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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Clallam PUD Officials Consider Possible Impacts of Carbon
Tax Initiative (Sequim Gazette, WA)
Behind the Collapse of SunEdison, a Solar Supernova (Los
Angeles Times, CA)
Wildlife Workers Kill 38 Sea Lions near Bonneville Dam This
Year
Cost Estimate of Los Angeles-Area Gas Leak Hits $665 Million
(Associated Press)
Canada: All of Fort McMurray Ordered to Flee Wildfire in the
Largest Fire Evacuation in Alberta's History (Edmonton Journal, AB)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Cost Estimate of Los Angeles-Area Gas Leak Hits $665 Million
- Pacific Gas & Electric Profit Tops Expectations, But Challenges Loom
- Chelan PUD Narrows Public Benefits Projects
- Penlight Members Re-Elect Three Board Directors
- Tennessee Valley Authority Prepares to Start America’s First New Nuclear Power Reactor in 20 Years
- Ohio: American Electric Power Looks to Salvage Plant Subsidy Deal after FERC Decision
- Even in States Suing over New Climate Regulations, Coal Use is Shrinking
- Avoiding a Big Blackout: There’s a Drone for That
- Customer Is King
- Wildlife Workers Kill 38 Sea Lions near Bonneville Dam This Year
- Report: Faster Response Needed to Minimize Salmon Die-Offs
- Tri-City Area Students Release Salmon at Columbia Park
- 100-Year-Old Data Making Hunt for Old, Lead Water Pipes Difficult in Tacoma
- Bonneville Power Administration Sees ‘Normal Water Year’ Ahead, Thanks to Heavy Rain, Snow
- Feasibility Study Looks at Estimated $58.4 Million Proposal for Duckabush River Project
- Behind the Collapse of SunEdison, a Solar Supernova
- Wind Industry Marks Strongest First Quarter for Installations since 2012
- New Rule Would Permit Thousands of Eagle Deaths
- The World’s Largest Coal Supplier Is Building a Giant Solar Plant in China
- Bonneville Power Administration Seeks Non-Wires Solutions for Congested Corridor
- Clallam PUD Officials Consider Possible Impacts of Carbon Tax Initiative
- ‘Climate Hustle’: The Movie Sneers at Climate Change Concerns
- Tesla Powerwalls for Home Energy Storage Are Hitting U-S Market
- Rainier Connect acquires Lacey ISP, Reach One Internet
- Puyallup Trans-Pacific Data Center Partners with Taiwanese Telecom
- Facebook Pays $10,000 to 10-Year-Old Instagram Hacker
- Twitter Shares Hit All-Time Low
- The KPLU Miracle
- CBS’s Star Trek Could Change the TV Broadcast Model
- Steve Bloomfield Announces Bid for Mason County Commissioner
- Ted Cruz Ends Bid for Republican Presidential Nomination
- John Kasich to Drop Out of 2016 Republican Presidential Race: Reports
- Canada: All of Fort McMurray Ordered to Flee Wildfire in the Largest Fire Evacuation in Alberta’s History
- CRF Frozen Foods Recalls Everything Processed at WA Plant since May 2014 Due to Possible Listeria
- Innocent Plea for Shelton Man Suspected of Striking Couple with Truck in Downtown Olympia
- Consultant Firm Study Supports Simpson Shelton Mill Site Railroad Museum
- Bellevue School Board Addresses WIAA Investigation of Football Program
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Cost Estimate of Los Angeles-Area Gas Leak Hits $665 Million
(Associated Press)
Pacific Gas & Electric Profit Tops Expectations, But
Challenges Loom (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Chelan PUD Narrows Public Benefits Projects (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Penlight Members Re-Elect Three Board Directors (Peninsula
Light Company, Gig Harbor, WA)
Tennessee Valley Authority Prepares to Start America’s First
New Nuclear Power Reactor in 20 Years (Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN)
Ohio: American Electric Power Looks to Salvage Plant Subsidy
Deal after FERC Decision (Utility Dive)
Even in States Suing over New Climate Regulations, Coal Use
is Shrinking (Washington Post)
Avoiding a Big Blackout: There’s a Drone for That (USA Today)
Customer Is King (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Wildlife Workers Kill 38 Sea Lions near Bonneville Dam This
Year
Report: Faster Response Needed to Minimize Salmon Die-Offs (Associated Press)
Tri-City Area Students Release Salmon at Columbia Park (Tri-City Herald, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
100-Year-Old Data
Making Hunt for Old, Lead Water Pipes Difficult in Tacoma (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Bonneville Power
Administration Sees ‘Normal Water Year’ Ahead, Thanks to Heavy Rain, Snow (Pamplin
Media Group, Portland, OR)
Feasibility Study Looks at Estimated $58.4 Million Proposal
for Duckabush River Project (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Behind the Collapse of SunEdison, a Solar Supernova (Los
Angeles Times, CA)
Wind Industry Marks Strongest First Quarter for
Installations since 2012 (Utility Dive)
New Rule Would Permit Thousands of Eagle Deaths (Associated Press)
The World’s Largest Coal Supplier Is Building a Giant Solar
Plant in China (Gizmodo)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Bonneville Power Administration Seeks Non-Wires Solutions
for Congested Corridor (American Public Power Association)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Clallam PUD Officials Consider Possible Impacts of Carbon
Tax Initiative (Sequim Gazette, WA)
‘Climate Hustle’: The Movie Sneers at Climate Change
Concerns (Christian Science Monitor)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Tesla Powerwalls for Home Energy Storage Are Hitting U-S
Market (Renewable Energy World)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Rainier Connect acquires Lacey ISP, Reach One Internet
(South Sound Business Examiner)
Puyallup Trans-Pacific Data Center Partners with Taiwanese
Telecom (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook Pays $10,000 to 10-Year-Old Instagram Hacker (Yahoo
News)
Twitter Shares Hit All-Time Low (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
The KPLU Miracle (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
CBS’s Star Trek Could Change the TV Broadcast Model (The
Atlantic Magazine)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Steve Bloomfield Announces Bid for Mason County Commissioner
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Ted Cruz Ends Bid for Republican Presidential Nomination (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
John Kasich to Drop Out of 2016 Republican Presidential
Race: Reports (Huffington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Canada: All of Fort McMurray Ordered to Flee Wildfire in the
Largest Fire Evacuation in Alberta’s History (Edmonton Journal, AB)
CRF Frozen Foods Recalls Everything Processed at WA Plant
since May 2014 Due to Possible Listeria (Consumerist)
Innocent Plea for Shelton Man Suspected of Striking Couple
with Truck in Downtown Olympia (Olympian
- Paywall Advisory)
Consultant Firm Study Supports Simpson Shelton Mill Site
Railroad Museum (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
Bellevue School Board Addresses WIAA Investigation of
Football Program (KING-TV, Seattle,
WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
This Star Wars Day Is Better Than Every Other Star Wars Day
Janis: Little Girl Blue – About the Film
Diamond the Size of a Tennis Ball Could Fetch $70 Million
Woman ‘Miraculously’ Regains Sight 21 Years after Crash –
Thanks to another Accident
SONG OF THE DAY
BBC Proms 2011 - Star Wars, Main Theme
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