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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Thousands of Cormorants Abandon Their Nests on the Columbia
River (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Report: Branches on Power Line Started Fatal Fire near Twisp
(KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Marijuana Millionaires Cashing in on Cannabis Legalization
(The Guardian, UK)
Washington State’s Snowpack Collapsing Fast, Stream Flow at
Risk (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
Historic Shelton Hotel Catches Fire, Collapses (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Report: Branches on Power Line Started Fatal Fire near Twisp
- FERC Seeks Input on Rivertec’s 4.2-MW Hydro Project in Oregon
- USDA Rural Utility Service Marks 80th Anniversary with Co-op Loans
- Nuclear Energy Institute: More Than a Dozen Nuclear Plants ‘At Risk’ of Early Closure
- Real People Are Harmed When Other People Decide to Close Nuclear Plants
- PG&E Sees Drone Technology as Opportunity with Safety & Reliability Benefits
- America’s Crumbling Dams Are a Disaster Waiting to Happen
- Power Sector Preparing for EMP Attack among Grid Risks, EEI Official Tells U-S Senate
- Thousands of Cormorants Abandon Their Nests on the Columbia River
- Pinniped-Fishery Task Force to Reconvene to Consider Five More Years of Killing Sea Lions at Bonneville
- Will the Feds Change Course on Columbia River Management?
- Potential Disease Discovered in Salmon at a British Columbia Fish Farm
- Lake Roosevelt Trout Released Early
- Washington State’s Snowpack Collapsing Fast, Stream Flow at Risk
- Lake Mead Hits All-Time Low amid Ongoing Drought
- The Death & Birth of the American Dam
- Oregon: Proposed Ashland Initiative Calls for More Clean Energy Locally
- Top States for Renewable Energy – Look at Washington, Oregon, Idaho & California!
- Arizona Begins Hearings on Co-Op Plan for Higher Fixed Charges, Lower Net Metering Rates
- Mirrors Spark Fire at World’s Largest Solar-Thermal Plant
- Oklahoma Landowners Register Private Airstrips to Keep Wind Farms at Bay
- BPA, Energy Northwest Demand Response Project Wins National Award
- Marijuana Millionaires Cashing in on Cannabis Legalization
- Medford Voters to Decide City Ban on Growing Pot Outdoors
- A New Growth Industry for Native Americans: Weed
- Benton PUD Plans Hearing on Carbon Tax Initiative
- Portland Public Schools Ban Educational Materials Denying Climate Change
- EPA Boss: Clean Power Plan ‘Will Restore Your Faith in Government’
- What’s the Difference Between Arctic & Antarctic Sea Ice Growth?
- Op/Ed: Can Citizens Sue the Government Over Climate Change?
- Vermont Passes Oregon for No. 3 Spot in Latest Cleantech Ranking – Washington State Drops to Ninth
- U-S Clean Tech Leadership Index
- Microsoft Commits to Cleaning Up Its Cloud Energy Sources
- Unemployed Detroit Residents Are Trapped by a Digital Divide
- This Dark Side of the Internet Is Costing Young People Their Jobs & Social Lives
- Prepare to Communicate During Any Co-op Crisis
- Content Creation Hacks: How to Quickly Produce Valuable Content
- Facebook’s Troubling One-Way Mirror
- Time for a Talk: Tech Expert Says We Settle for Connection But Crave Conversation
- Historic Shelton Hotel Catches Fire, Collapses
- Weyerhaeuser to Allow Camping, Hunting, Fishing, & Exclusive Leases on Forest Lands
- Mushroom Hunting Heating Up in Wake of Pacific Northwest Wildfires
- 14 Festivals in Washington State Food Lovers Should NOT Miss
Propitiate • \pro-PISH-ee-yate\ • Verb - To gain or regain
the favor or goodwill of: appease, conciliate
The famous “turkey drop” from ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ was no
match for the “Ferret Drop” promotion of KFER radio one bleak, wintry day in
December. The promotion, meant to propitiate listeners who had been stiffed by
the limited edition “ball of sisal twine” give-away, went horribly wrong when
the helicopter pilot misread his instructions and hovered 1,000 feet above the
mall parking lot (instead of the ten feet as directed in the crumpled and
smudged instruction sheet.) Fortunately for the apparently ill-fated weasels,
their leader fashioned a makeshift parachute from a discarded mascot
costume…which delivered the lucky ferrets into a briar patch from which the
fabled “Ferret Foundation” grew.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Report: Branches on Power Line Started Fatal Fire near Twisp
(KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
FERC Seeks Input on Rivertec’s 4.2-MW Hydro Project in
Oregon (Hydroworld)
USDA Rural Utility Service Marks 80th Anniversary with Co-op
Loans (Electric Co-op Today)
Nuclear Energy Institute: More Than a Dozen Nuclear Plants ‘At
Risk’ of Early Closure (Utility Dive)
Real People Are Harmed When Other People Decide to Close
Nuclear Plants (The Energy Collective)
PG&E Sees Drone Technology as Opportunity with Safety &
Reliability Benefits (Pacific Gas & Electric Currents)
America’s Crumbling Dams Are a Disaster Waiting to Happen
(Huffington Post)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/america-crumbling-dam-infrastructure_us_573a332be4b08f96c183deac
Power Sector Preparing for EMP Attack among Grid Risks, EEI
Official Tells U-S Senate (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Thousands of Cormorants Abandon Their Nests on the Columbia
River (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Pinniped-Fishery Task Force to Reconvene to Consider Five
More Years of Killing Sea Lions at Bonneville (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Will the Feds Change Course on Columbia River Management?
(High Country News)
Potential Disease Discovered in Salmon at a British Columbia
Fish Farm (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Lake Roosevelt Trout Released Early (Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington State’s Snowpack Collapsing Fast, Stream Flow at
Risk (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
Lake Mead Hits All-Time Low amid Ongoing Drought (Associated
Press)
The Death & Birth of the American Dam (Wired Magazine)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Oregon: Proposed Ashland Initiative Calls for More Clean
Energy Locally (Ashland Daily Tidings, OR)
Top States for Renewable Energy – Look at Washington,
Oregon, Idaho & California! (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/slideshow/elp/2015/top-states-for-renewable-energy.html
Arizona Begins Hearings on Co-Op Plan for Higher Fixed
Charges, Lower Net Metering Rates (Utility Dive)
Mirrors Spark Fire at World’s Largest Solar-Thermal Plant (Associated Press)
Oklahoma Landowners Register Private Airstrips to Keep Wind
Farms at Bay (The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
BPA, Energy Northwest Demand Response Project Wins National
Award (Bonneville Power Administration)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Marijuana Millionaires Cashing in on Cannabis Legalization
(The Guardian, UK)
Medford Voters to Decide City Ban on Growing Pot Outdoors (Oregonian,
Portland)
A New Growth Industry for Native Americans: Weed (Atlantic
Magazine)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Benton PUD Plans Hearing on Carbon Tax Initiative (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Portland Public Schools Ban Educational Materials Denying
Climate Change (Associated Press)
EPA Boss: Clean Power Plan ‘Will Restore Your Faith in
Government’ (Washington Examiner)
What’s the Difference Between Arctic & Antarctic Sea Ice
Growth? (Christian Science Monitor)
Op/Ed: Can Citizens Sue the Government Over Climate Change? (NY Times)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Vermont Passes Oregon for No. 3 Spot in Latest Cleantech
Ranking – Washington State Drops to Ninth (Portland Business Journal, OR)
U-S Clean Tech Leadership Index (Clean Edge)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft Commits to Cleaning Up Its Cloud Energy Sources
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Unemployed Detroit Residents Are Trapped by a Digital Divide
– Detroit has the worst rate of Internet access of any big American city (NY
Times)
This Dark Side of the Internet Is Costing Young People Their
Jobs & Social Lives (Washington Post)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Prepare to Communicate During Any Co-op Crisis (Electric
Co-Op Today)
Content Creation Hacks: How to Quickly Produce Valuable
Content (Social Media Examiner)
Facebook’s Troubling One-Way Mirror (NY Times)
Time for a Talk: Tech Expert Says We Settle for Connection
But Crave Conversation (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
GENERAL NEWS
Historic Shelton Hotel Catches Fire, Collapses (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Weyerhaeuser to Allow Camping, Hunting, Fishing, &
Exclusive Leases on Forest Lands (KBKW
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Mushroom Hunting Heating Up in Wake of Pacific Northwest Wildfires
(Associated Press)
14 Festivals in Washington State Food Lovers Should NOT Miss
(Only in Your Town)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Laughing Chewbacca Mom Viewed 135 Million Times
Massachusetts Man Runs for 10,000 Consecutive Days
No Joke: Three Mayors Walk into an Elevator, Get Stuck
Scale of Hearst Plot to Discredit Orson Welles & Citizen
Kane Revealed
SONG OF THE DAY
Steely Dan’s “Aja”: Eight Minutes of Genius
Steely Dan – Aja
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