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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Nuclear Developer Details Timeline for Trailblazing Reactor
Debut in Idaho (Northwest Public Radio)
Northwest Power & Conservation Council Approves More
Than $550K in Cost-Savings from FW Projects; Money Goes To Emerging Priorities
(Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Modernizing Dams: Lower Monumental Has Turbine Removed for
Repairs First Time in 20 Years (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Is the Future of Solar Bright in Oregon? (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Umatilla County Commissioners Uphold Wind Farm
Recommendation (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Nuclear Developer Details Timeline for Trailblazing Reactor Debut in Idaho
- Modernizing Dams: Lower Monumental Has Turbine Removed for Repairs First Time in 20 Years
- Why Pumped Storage Hydropower Needs More Attention in the Energy Storage Discussion
- City of Centralia: Engineering Support Services Contract for Proposed Substation
- It’s Already Happening: New EIA Numbers Show a Utility Sector in Transformation
- British Columbia; Cat Stuck Up BC Hydro Pole for Four Days Finally Rescued
- How Was This Escaped Chimp Not Zapped Into Oblivion?
- Northwest Power & Conservation Council Approves More Than $550K in Cost-Savings from FW Projects
- Oregon: Development near Salmon-Bearing Streams Gets New Restrictions
- Oyster Hatchery Sows Pearls of Wisdom on Climate Change
- Umatilla County Commissioners Uphold Wind Farm Recommendation
- Is the Future of Solar Bright in Oregon?
- Three Different Approaches from Rural Electric Cooperatives to Reduce the Cost of Community-Scale Solar
- Power Struggle: How JEA & Rooftop Solar Fans Are at Odds over Renewable Energy
- California: Salton Sea Geothermal – Cheaper Than Solar Farms?
- Pork Council Asks North Carolina Appeals Court to Reverse Swine-Gas Ruling
- Judge to Decide Whether City of Seattle Can Look through Your Trash
- A Court Is About To Make One of the Most Important Decisions in the History of the Internet
- FCC-Limiting, Net-Neutrality-Scuttling Bill Passes U-S House
- Obama’s Set-Top Box Stance a Blow to Comcast
- Tech Five: Yahoo’s Bidding Drama Continues
- UC Davis Spent $175,000 to Sanitize Its Online Image after Ugly Pepper Spray Episode
- AMC: Just Kidding About That Whole Texting in Theaters Thing
- The Titanic’s Final Hours Are Being Relived on Twitter, & It’s Hard to Look Away
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Washington State Audit Shows Commission on African American Affairs Funds Inappropriately Diverted to Nonprofit Organization
- Fire Destroys House South of Shelton
- Washington State Washington Wildfire Season Officially Begins Friday
- Blood Center Appeals for Donations to Replenish Supplies
- Second Strong Quake Hits Southern Japan; Some Reported Trapped
- City of Shelton: Lake Boulevard/Pioneer Way Improvement Project Update: Paving Scheduled
- Admission to All National Parks Will Be Free for a Week Starting April 16
- Seahawks 2016 Schedule: Kicks Off At Home vs. Miami
- Study: High-Speed Hand Dryers ‘Spread Germs 1,300 Times More than Paper Towels’
Bioturbation ● /bio-tur-BAY-shun/ ● Noun - The restructuring
of sedimentary deposits (as in a lake bottom or seabed) by moving organisms (as
worms & burrowing clams)
Bioturbation
Clams and worms love to do it
Dig-Dug arcade game
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Nuclear Developer Details Timeline for Trailblazing Reactor
Debut in Idaho (Northwest Public Radio)
Modernizing Dams: Lower Monumental Has Turbine Removed for Repairs
First Time in 20 Years (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Why Pumped Storage Hydropower Needs More Attention in the
Energy Storage Discussion (Renewable
Energy World)
City of Centralia: Engineering Support Services Contract for
Proposed Substation (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
It’s Already Happening: New EIA Numbers Show a Utility
Sector in Transformation (Utility Dive)
British Columbia; Cat Stuck Up BC Hydro Pole for Four Days
Finally Rescued (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
How Was This Escaped Chimp Not Zapped Into Oblivion? (Gizmodo)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Northwest Power & Conservation Council Approves More
Than $550K in Cost-Savings from FW Projects; Money Goes To Emerging Priorities (Columbia
Basin Bulletin)
Oregon: Development near Salmon-Bearing Streams Gets New
Restrictions (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Oyster Hatchery Sows Pearls of Wisdom on Climate Change (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Umatilla County Commissioners Uphold Wind Farm
Recommendation (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
Is the Future of Solar Bright in Oregon? (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Three Different Approaches from Rural Electric Cooperatives to
Reduce the Cost of Community-Scale Solar (Clean Technica)
Power Struggle: How JEA & Rooftop Solar Fans Are at Odds
over Renewable Energy (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
California: Salton Sea Geothermal – Cheaper Than Solar
Farms? (The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA)
Pork Council Asks North Carolina Appeals Court to Reverse
Swine-Gas Ruling (Charlotte Business Journal)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Judge to Decide Whether City of Seattle Can Look through Your
Trash (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
A Court Is About To Make One of the Most Important Decisions
in the History of the Internet (Washington Post)
FCC-Limiting, Net-Neutrality-Scuttling Bill Passes U-S House
(Consumerist)
Obama’s Set-Top Box Stance a Blow to Comcast (Philadelphia
Business Journal)
Tech Five: Yahoo’s Bidding Drama Continues (USA Today)
MARKETING & MEDIA
UC Davis Spent $175,000 to Sanitize Its Online Image after
Ugly Pepper Spray Episode (Los Angeles Times, CA)
AMC: Just Kidding About That Whole Texting in Theaters Thing
(Consumerist)
The Titanic’s Final Hours Are Being Relived on Twitter, &
It’s Hard to Look Away – Luxury liner struck ice 104 years ago today (AdWeek)
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Audit Shows Commission on African American
Affairs Funds Inappropriately Diverted to Nonprofit Organization (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Fire Destroys House South of Shelton (Mason Web TV, Shelton,
WA)
Washington State Washington Wildfire Season Officially
Begins Friday (Associated Press)
Blood Center Appeals for Donations to Replenish Supplies (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Second Strong Quake Hits Southern Japan; Some Reported
Trapped (Associated Press)
City of Shelton: Lake Boulevard/Pioneer Way Improvement
Project Update: Paving Scheduled
Admission to All National Parks Will Be Free for a Week
Starting April 16 (Consumerist)
Seahawks 2016 Schedule: Kicks Off At Home vs. Miami (Oregonian,
Portland)
Study: High-Speed Hand Dryers ‘Spread Germs 1,300 Times More
than Paper Towels’ (KCPQ-TV, Seattle,
WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Police: Man Stinks Up Georgia Bar Using Flatulence Spray
Judge Dismisses Flying Spaghetti Monster Religion as Parody
Escaped Texas Inmate Found Hiding in Apartment Dishwasher
Talk about a Spark of Imagination: Artist Creates Indoor
Thunderstorm Lighting
SONG OF THE DAY
The Bee Gees – ‘I Started a Joke’
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