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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Utilities (Including Benton, Franklin PUDs)
Reach Solar Incentive Cap, Foreshadowing Net Metering Limits (Utility Dive)
Nearly 100 Turn Out at Bellevue City Hall to Protest New
Puget Sound Energy Power Line Project (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle, WA)
http://q13fox.com/2016/05/17/nearly-100-turn-out-at-bellevue-city-hall-to-protest-new-power-project/
Group to Sue PGE over Deschutes River Water Quality – Blames
Lake Billy Chinook Water Withdrawal Tower (Columbia River Basin Bulletin)
New Turbines at Ice Harbor Dam Aim to Improve Fish Passage (Associated Press)
New Area Code Coming to Western Washington State (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Nearly 100 Turn Out at Bellevue City Hall to Protest New Puget Sound Energy Power Line Project
- New Turbines at Ice Harbor Dam Aim to Improve Fish Passage
- Snohomish PUD Employee Dies after Falling from the Second Floor of Lynnwood Warehouse
- Independent Audit Finds Cowlitz PUD Meters Are Accurate
- Jefferson PUD Dismisses Financial Officer; State Audit Continues
- Mason PUD 1’s Denison Elected to Nuclear Facility’s Review Board
- Piper Won’t Run for Reelection to Cowlitz PUD Commission
- Montana Energy Committee Members Visit the Flathead
- Editorial: Columbia River Treaty Works, But Needs Thoughtful Updating
- U-S Senator Cantwell: We Must Address Nuclear Power Problems
- Hydropower Conditions Improve as West Coast Drought Eases
- Hydropower’s Next Act: Becoming a Less-Controversial Renewable
- D-C Circuit Court of Appeals to Skip Three-Judge Panel, Hear Clean Power Plan ‘En Banc’ in September
- Group to Sue PGE over Deschutes River Water Quality
- BiOp Judge Approves Extension for Feds in Delivering a Plan for Responding to Court Directives
- Carbon Pollution Could Be a Big Problem for Pacific Northwest Crab Business
- Hearings Board Rules Against Thurston County in Gopher Fight
- Two Shelton City Commissioners Support Delay in Replacing Water Well
- Voters Pass Measure to Keep Nestle Out of Cascade Locks
- Thanks El Nino: Status Some of California’s Big Reservoirs
- Washington State Utilities (Including Benton, Franklin PUDs) Reach Solar Incentive Cap, Foreshadowing Net Metering Limits
- Clallam PUD Commissioners Discuss Solar Project Monday
- Making Waves: DOE Reboots Marine Hydrokinetic Energy Program to Push Commercialization – SnoPUD Interviewed
- Solar Power Grows in the Pacific Northwest
- An Enormous 500MW Wind Farm Could Soon Grace the Fields of Eastern Oregon
- The World’s Largest Solar Plant Just Torched Itself
- Mason County Leaders Raise Concerns about Number of Marijuana Retailers
- No Cannabis Empire in Washington State?
- Federal Appeals Court Delays Clean Power Plan Arguments; Lawmakers Seek EPA Answers
- Carbon Dioxide’s 400 Parts per Million Milestone Shows Humans Are Rewriting the Planet’s History
- This Agency Made Edible Six-Pack Beer Rings to Feed Marine Life Instead of Killing It
- Peek Inside Google’s Secretive New Portland Office
- What the Massive LinkedIn Data Breach Can Teach Your Business
- Church Offers Its Spires as Beacons for Those without Fast Broadband
- Netflix Launches Its Own Speed Test Website
- Snapchat Advertising Data Reveals What Kinds of Brands Have Bought Into the App
- Three Ways to Use Psychology in Your Social Media Marketing
- This Is How You Fail At Sponsored Social Media Posts
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Didier Seeks Rematch against Newhouse for U-S House Seat
- ‘Eye-Popping’ Voter Turnout for Washington Presidential Primary So Far
- Hopes for Speedy Federal Energy Bill Fade as Lawmakers Plan Rare Conference Committee
- New Area Code Coming to Western Washington State
- Port of Allyn Stalls Belfair Park Talks
- Olympia City Council Responds to Local Income Tax Plan with Its Own
- More Than a Ton of Trash Left Behind after Anti-Oil Protest
- Suitcases of Cash Leave Sea-Tac as Hawala Banking
- Rockaway Beach: Oregon Coast Town Lands on List of Most Affordable Beach Towns
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Nearly 100 Turn Out at Bellevue City Hall to Protest New Puget
Sound Energy Power Line Project (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle, WA)
http://q13fox.com/2016/05/17/nearly-100-turn-out-at-bellevue-city-hall-to-protest-new-power-project/
New Turbines at Ice Harbor Dam Aim to Improve Fish Passage (Associated Press)
Snohomish PUD Employee Dies after Falling from the Second
Floor of Lynnwood Warehouse (My Edmonds News, WA)
Independent Audit Finds Cowlitz PUD Meters Are Accurate (Longview Daily News, WA)
Jefferson PUD Dismisses Financial Officer; State Audit Continues
(Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Mason PUD 1’s Denison Elected to Nuclear Facility’s Review
Board (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Piper Won’t Run for Reelection to Cowlitz PUD Commission (Longview Daily News, WA)
Montana Energy Committee Members Visit the Flathead
(Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
Editorial: Columbia River Treaty Works, But Needs Thoughtful
Updating (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
U-S Senator Cantwell: We Must Address Nuclear Power Problems
(Morning Consult)
Hydropower Conditions Improve as West Coast Drought Eases
(U-S Energy Information Administration)
Hydropower’s Next Act: Becoming a Less-Controversial
Renewable (Christian Science Monitor)
D-C Circuit Court of Appeals to Skip Three-Judge Panel, Hear
Clean Power Plan ‘En Banc’ in September (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Group to Sue PGE over Deschutes River Water Quality – Blames
Lake Billy Chinook Water Withdrawal Tower (Columbia River Basin Bulletin)
BiOp Judge Approves Extension for Feds in Delivering a Plan
for Responding to Court Directives (Columbia River Basin Bulletin)
Carbon Pollution Could Be a Big Problem for Pacific Northwest
Crab Business (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
Hearings Board Rules Against Thurston County in Gopher Fight
(South Sound Business Examiner)
http://www.businessexaminer.com/blog/April-2015/Hearings-Board-rules-against-county-in-gopher-fight/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Two Shelton City Commissioners Support Delay in Replacing
Water Well (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Voters Pass Measure to Keep Nestle Out of Cascade Locks (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Thanks El Nino: Status Some of California’s Big Reservoirs
(Los Angeles Times, CA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Washington State Utilities (Including Benton, Franklin PUDs)
Reach Solar Incentive Cap, Foreshadowing Net Metering Limits (Utility Dive)
Clallam PUD Commissioners Discuss Solar Project Monday
(Sequim Gazette, WA)
Making Waves: DOE Reboots Marine Hydrokinetic Energy Program
to Push Commercialization – SnoPUD Interviewed (Utility Dive)
Solar Power Grows in the Pacific Northwest (Northwest Power
& Conservation Council)
An Enormous 500MW Wind Farm Could Soon Grace the Fields of
Eastern Oregon (Portland Business Journal, OR)
The World’s Largest Solar Plant Just Torched Itself
(Gizmodo)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Mason County Leaders Raise Concerns about Number of
Marijuana Retailers (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
No Cannabis Empire in Washington State? (Canna Law Blog)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Federal Appeals Court Delays Clean Power Plan Arguments;
Lawmakers Seek EPA Answers (American Public Power Association)
Carbon Dioxide’s 400 Parts per Million Milestone Shows
Humans Are Rewriting the Planet’s History (The Guardian, UK)
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2016/may/20/carbon-dioxides-400ppm-milestone-shows-humans-are-re-writing-the-planets-history?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2016/may/20/carbon-dioxides-400ppm-milestone-shows-humans-are-re-writing-the-planets-history?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
This Agency Made Edible Six-Pack Beer Rings to Feed Marine
Life Instead of Killing It (AdWeek)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Peek Inside Google’s Secretive New Portland Office
(Oregonian, Portland)
What the Massive LinkedIn Data Breach Can Teach Your
Business (Albuquerque Business Journal, NM)
Church Offers Its Spires as Beacons for Those without Fast
Broadband (The Guardian, UK)
Netflix Launches Its Own Speed Test Website (Consumerist)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Snapchat Advertising Data Reveals What Kinds of Brands Have
Bought Into the App (AdWeek)
Three Ways to Use Psychology in Your Social Media Marketing
(Social Media Examiner)
This Is How You Fail At Sponsored Social Media Posts (Consumerist)
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Didier Seeks Rematch against Newhouse for U-S House Seat (Tri-City Herald, WA)
‘Eye-Popping’ Voter Turnout for Washington Presidential
Primary So Far (KIRO Broadcasting,
Seattle, WA)
http://mynorthwest.com/296283/eye-popping-voter-turn-out-for-washington-presidential-primary-so-far/
Hopes for Speedy Federal Energy Bill Fade as Lawmakers Plan
Rare Conference Committee (Utility Dive)
GENERAL NEWS
New Area Code Coming to Western Washington State (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Port of Allyn Stalls Belfair Park Talks (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Olympia City Council Responds to Local Income Tax Plan with
Its Own (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
More Than a Ton of Trash Left Behind after Anti-Oil Protest (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Suitcases of Cash Leave Sea-Tac as Hawala Banking (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Rockaway Beach: Oregon Coast Town Lands on List of Most
Affordable Beach Towns (Portland Business Journal, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Hanford High School Students Raise over $1,000 to Buy Goats
for Impoverished In Haiti
Michigan Man Charged after Stripper Paid with Fake $100 Bill
German Shepherd Known as ‘Freeway Frida’ Survives 5 Weeks
Trapped on Highway Median in NorCal
In Lieu of Flowers: Families Reveal Political Hopes in Obits
SONG OF THE DAY
Blood, Sweat & Tears – And When I Die
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