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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
British Columbia: Christy Clark Announces $470-Million
Turbine Contract for Peace River Dam (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Carbon Washington Talks I-732 (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Community Solar Poised for Growth as Utilities Gain
Confidence, Familiarity (Utility Dive)
Yakima River Basin Water Supply ‘Very Healthy’ (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Survey: Homeowners Choose Efficiency Upgrades to Save Money
(Utility Dive)
http://www.utilitydive.com/news/survey-homeowners-choose-efficiency-upgrades-to-save-money-1/417096/
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- British Columbia: Christy Clark Announces $470-Million Turbine Contract for Peace River Dam
- Utilities Seek to Stockpile Essential Parts for Disasters
- What Do Texas & California Have in Common? ‘Negative Power’ Caused by Renewables Glut
- Columbia River Will Close Early for Salmon Fishing
- Columbia River Tribal Nations Condemn Lawsuit That Would Cut Funding to Fish Hatcheries
- Yakima River Basin Water Supply ‘Very Healthy’
- Community Solar Poised for Growth as Utilities Gain Confidence, Familiarity
- Why We Should Let Utilities Own & Operate Rooftop Solar
- SolarCity Taps Ex-FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff as Chief Policy Officer
- 2015 Top Ten PV Cell Manufacturers
- Survey: Homeowners Choose Efficiency Upgrades to Save Money
- Your Water Heater Can Become a High-Power Home Battery
- Poulsbo Pot Lab May Lose License after Washington State Auditors Find Irregularities
- Washington Marijuana Sales See ‘Border Effect’ from Oregon’s New Recreational Market
- Carbon Washington Talks I-732
- Climate Models May Overstate Clouds’ Cooling Power, Research Says
- Tesla’s Model 3 Already Has 325,000 Preorders
- The Tremendous Ambitions behind New York City’s Free Wi-Fi
- More Colorado Communities Vote to Toss Restrictive State Law, Explore Municipal Broadband
- Municipally-Owned Broadband Networks Should Be a Last Resort, State Leadership Group Says
- Adobe Issues Flash Update to Thwart Ransomware
- Verizon Expected to Bid for Yahoo – Google Also May Make an Offer
- Facebook Facing Sharing in Decline?
- What the iPhone Has Done to Cameras Is Completely Insane
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Washington State Attorney General’s Office Admits It Gave ‘Deeply Flawed’ Advice on Early Prison Releases
- Acting Port of Shelton Director Sees Need for Jobs Growth
- Cowlitz Tribe Pushes Back against Clark County’s Efforts to Stop Casino Construction
- Postage Rates Goes Down on Sunday
- One Athlete, One Percent Bring Highclimbers, Skokomish Together
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
British Columbia: Christy Clark Announces $470-Million
Turbine Contract for Peace River Dam (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Utilities Seek to Stockpile Essential Parts for Disasters
(Wall Street Journal)
What Do Texas & California Have in Common? ‘Negative
Power’ Caused by Renewables Glut (Dallas Morning News, TX)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River Will Close Early for Salmon Fishing
(Oregonian, Portland)
Columbia River Tribal Nations Condemn Lawsuit That Would Cut
Funding to Fish Hatcheries (Indian Country Today)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Yakima River Basin Water Supply ‘Very Healthy’ (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Community Solar Poised for Growth as Utilities Gain
Confidence, Familiarity (Utility Dive)
Why We Should Let Utilities Own & Operate Rooftop Solar
(Green Tech Media)
SolarCity Taps Ex-FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff as Chief
Policy Officer (Utility Dive)
2015 Top Ten PV Cell Manufacturers (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Survey: Homeowners Choose Efficiency Upgrades to Save Money
(Utility Dive)
http://www.utilitydive.com/news/survey-homeowners-choose-efficiency-upgrades-to-save-money-1/417096/
Your Water Heater Can Become a High-Power Home Battery
(Popular Science)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Poulsbo Pot Lab May Lose License after Washington State
Auditors Find Irregularities (Seattle
Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Washington Marijuana Sales See ‘Border Effect’ from Oregon’s
New Recreational Market (Oregonian, Portland)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon Washington Talks I-732 (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Climate Models May Overstate Clouds’ Cooling Power, Research
Says (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Tesla’s Model 3 Already Has 325,000 Preorders (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/08/business/teslas-model-3-already-has-325000-prospective-owners.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The Tremendous Ambitions behind New York City’s Free Wi-Fi
(Washington Post)
More Colorado Communities Vote to Toss Restrictive State
Law, Explore Municipal Broadband (Consumerist)
Municipally-Owned Broadband Networks Should Be a Last
Resort, State Leadership Group Says (Fierce Telecom)
Adobe Issues Flash Update to Thwart Ransomware (USA Today)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Verizon Expected to Bid for Yahoo – Google Also May Make an
Offer (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Facebook Facing Sharing in Decline? (San Jose Mercury News,
CA)
What the iPhone Has Done to Cameras Is Completely Insane (Washington
Post)
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State Attorney General’s Office Admits It Gave ‘Deeply
Flawed’ Advice on Early Prison Releases (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Acting Port of Shelton Director Sees Need for Jobs Growth (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Cowlitz Tribe Pushes Back against Clark County’s Efforts to
Stop Casino Construction (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Postage Rates Goes Down on Sunday (Associated Press)
One Athlete, One Percent Bring Highclimbers, Skokomish
Together (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Is Tipping Smart Cars on Their Side The Urban Take on ‘Cow
Tipping’?
Three Castaways Rescued After Spelling ‘Help’ with Palm
Leaves on Remote Island
We Analyzed the Names of Almost Every Chinese Restaurant in
America. This Is What We Learned
What Merle Haggard Brought to the Country Music Genre
SONG OF THE DAY
Merle Haggard - Are the Good Times Really Over
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