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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Regulators Withdraw Proposed Carbon-Cap
Rule – Industries would have had to reduce emissions 5 percent every 3 years (Associated Press)
Washington State Considers Nation’s First Carbon Emissions
Tax (Associated Press)
Oregon Created a Tax Break for Google Fiber – But Comcast
May Be the Big Winner (Oregonian, Portland)
Washington State Turns Up Heat for Victoria Sewage Plant,
Eyes Travel Curbs (Vancouver Sun, BC)
West Coast Sardine Populations, Long Sinking, Look Even
Worse in Forecast (Seattle Times, WA -
Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Fukushima Disaster: Ex-Tepco Executives Charged with Negligence
- British Columbia: Ruling on Peace River Dam Protest Camp Expected Today
- Idaho: Heyburn Gets Electrical Upgrades, Higher Bills
- With Monthly Bills Comes Sticker Shock for Many Snohomish PUD Customers
- British Columbia: BC Hydro Seeks Four Per Cent Interim Rate Hike
- APPA-Supported Bill to Fix Key Power Law Advances
- US Warns of Mosul Dam Collapse in Northern Iraq
- West Coast Sardine Populations, Long Sinking, Look Even Worse in Forecast
- Summer, Fall Salmon Season Planning Begins Tuesday
- Whales with a Dam Problem
- Monarch Butterfly Migration Rebounds, Easing Some Fears
- Washington State Turns Up Heat for Victoria Sewage Plant, Eyes Travel Curbs
- Good News, Bad News for Kitsap Streams
- Grays Harbor PUD & City of Hoquiam Remove Harbor Paper Water
- A Dirty Secret: Side Sewers Can Become a Homeowner’s Nightmare
- No Appeal on Challenge to Federal Plan to Limit Pollution in the Chesapeake Bay
- Oregon: With Newport Facility in Sight, Wave Energy Prepares for $1 Million Win in Salem
- Wind Power Will Soon Surpass Hydro as the Largest Source of Clean Energy in the U-S
- Buffett: Wind & Solar Power Competition Challenges Utilities
- Lots of LEDs Mean Lots of Questions
- Would Out-Of-State Money Help or Hurt Washington State’s Pot Industry?
- Pot Is Power Hungry: Why the Marijuana Industry’s Energy Footprint Is Growing
- Washington State Regulators Withdraw Proposed Carbon-Cap Rule
- Washington State Considers Nation’s First Carbon Emissions Tax
- Voter Initiative Seeks to Puts Price on Carbon
- The Suddenly Urgent Quest to Remove Carbon Dioxide from the Air
- Future Biorefinery in Boardman Will Turn Farm Waste into Renewable Energy
- Oregon Created a Tax Break for Google Fiber – But Comcast May Be the Big Winner
- Kentucky: Google Fiber Thanks Louisville for Pole Attachment Ordinance
- Missouri: AT&T Gave $62,000 to Lawmakers Months before Vote to Limit Muni Broadband
- California: AT&T to Answer for Internet Outages
- Facebook Reactions: What Marketers Need to Know
- Facebook Is Making a Map of Everyone in the World
- Editorial: Don’t Act Yet on Washington State Public Records Act
- Fourth Belfair Shooting Victim Identified
- Mason County Sheriff’s Office Releases Sequence of Belfair Standoff/Homicide/Suicide
- Washington State Officials Preparing for Massive Earthquake Drill
- ‘Super Lice’ Outbreak Hits 25 States, Including Washington State
- Plans for Capitol Lake to Open Up for Public Comment
- Yosemite Landmarks Set to Lose Famous Names in ‘Ugly Divorce’
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Commandments 2: a basic set of rules carrying binding authority
Here’s My Decalogue
God said to trembling Moses
Now, use them wisely
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Fukushima Disaster: Ex-Tepco Executives Charged with Negligence
(British Broadcasting Corporation)
British Columbia: Ruling on Peace River Dam Protest Camp
Expected Today – BC Hydro argues a protest group of local farmers & First
Nations is illegal & costing millions (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Idaho: Heyburn Gets Electrical Upgrades, Higher Bills (Twin
Falls Times News, ID)
With Monthly Bills Comes Sticker Shock for Many Snohomish PUD
Customers (Everett Herald, WA)
British Columbia: BC Hydro Seeks Four Per Cent Interim Rate
Hike (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
APPA-Supported Bill to Fix Key Power Law Advances (American
Public Power Association)
US Warns of Mosul Dam Collapse in Northern Iraq (British Broadcasting Corporation)
FISH & WILDLIFE
West Coast Sardine Populations, Long Sinking, Look Even
Worse in Forecast (Seattle Times, WA -
Paywall Advisory)
Summer, Fall Salmon
Season Planning Begins Tuesday (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Whales with a Dam
Problem (One Earth)
Monarch Butterfly Migration Rebounds, Easing Some Fears (NY Times)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington State Turns Up Heat for Victoria Sewage Plant,
Eyes Travel Curbs (Vancouver Sun, BC)
Good News, Bad News for Kitsap Streams (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Grays Harbor PUD & City of Hoquiam Remove Harbor Paper Water
(KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
A Dirty Secret: Side Sewers Can Become a Homeowner’s
Nightmare (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
No Appeal on Challenge to Federal Plan to Limit Pollution in
the Chesapeake Bay (Associated
Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Oregon: With Newport Facility in Sight, Wave Energy Prepares
for $1 Million Win in Salem (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Wind Power Will Soon Surpass Hydro as the Largest Source of
Clean Energy in the U-S (Renewable
Energy World)
Buffett: Wind & Solar Power Competition Challenges
Utilities (Bloomberg News)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Lots of LEDs Mean Lots of Questions (Electric Co-op Today)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Would Out-Of-State Money Help or Hurt Washington State’s Pot
Industry? (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
Pot Is Power Hungry: Why the Marijuana Industry’s Energy
Footprint Is Growing (The Guardian, UK)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington State Regulators Withdraw Proposed Carbon-Cap
Rule – Industries would have had to reduce emissions 5 percent every 3 years (Associated Press)
Washington State Considers Nation’s First Carbon Emissions
Tax (Associated Press)
Voter Initiative Seeks to Puts Price on Carbon (Longview Daily News, WA)
The Suddenly Urgent Quest to Remove Carbon Dioxide from the Air
(Washington Post)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Future Biorefinery in Boardman Will Turn Farm Waste into
Renewable Energy (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri
Cities, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Oregon Created a Tax Break for Google Fiber – But Comcast May
Be the Big Winner (Oregonian, Portland)
Kentucky: Google Fiber Thanks Louisville for Pole Attachment
Ordinance (USA Today)
Missouri: AT&T Gave $62,000 to Lawmakers Months before
Vote to Limit Muni Broadband (Ars Technica)
California: AT&T to Answer for Internet Outages (Mad
River Union, Arcata, CA)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook Reactions: What Marketers Need to Know (Social
Media Examiner)
Facebook Is Making a Map of Everyone in the World (The
Atlantic Magazine)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Editorial: Don’t Act Yet on Washington State Public Records Act
– The Public Records Act is under attack once again from public agencies who
must abide by it (Seattle Times, WA -
Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Fourth Belfair Shooting Victim Identified (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Mason County Sheriff’s Office Releases Sequence of Belfair
Standoff/Homicide/Suicide (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Washington State Officials Preparing for Massive Earthquake
Drill (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
‘Super Lice’ Outbreak Hits 25 States, Including Washington
State (NY Post)
Plans for Capitol Lake to Open Up for Public Comment (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
Yosemite Landmarks Set to Lose Famous Names in ‘Ugly Divorce’
(Reuters)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
In An Upset, ‘Spotlight’ Wins Best Picture at Oscars
Oregon: Shockingly, Salem’s Plan to Unleash 75 Lawn Care
Goats on the City Did Not End Well
Trolled: Donald Trump Retweets Post with Quote from
Mussolini
Washington State Investigating after Salma Hayek’s Dog Found
Dead near Yelm
SONG OF THE DAY
The Kinks – Celluloid Heroes
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