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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Group Starts Fast in Opposition to Proposed Washington State
Carbon Rule (KIRO Broadcasting,
Seattle, WA)
Business Group Emerges to Back Vancouver, WA Oil Terminal
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
Cascade Natural Gas Facing Possible $4M Penalty for Pipeline
Safety Violations (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri
Cities, WA)
Biologists Keep Watchful Eye on Sockeye Migration (Twin
Falls Times News, ID)
New York’s LED Streetlights: A Crime Deterrent to Some, a
Nuisance to Others (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Business Group Emerges to Back Vancouver, WA Oil Terminal
- Cascade Natural Gas Facing Possible $4M Penalty for Pipeline Safety Violations
- Op/Ed: Maintaining Low-Cost Electricity Vital for Washington State’s Clean Tech Industries
- Study Says Expansion of California's Electric Grid Would Save Consumers $1.5 Billion
- Arizona: City of Sierra Vista Looks to Hoover Dam for Cheaper Power
- North Carolina: Alcoa’s Yadkin Project Hydroelectric Plants to be Sold
- Greens Sue Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection (PJM), Saying New Capacity Rules Disadvantage Renewables, Demand Response
- Future of Natural Gas Hinges on Stanching Methane Leaks
- Biologists Keep Watchful Eye on Sockeye Migration
- Columbia River Northern Pikeminnow Reward Catch Program Continues to Show Decent Catch Rates
- New Kittitas County Water Bank Website Could Make Shopping for Water Rights Easier
- Is Burning Trees Still Green? Some Experts Now Question Biomass
- Massachusetts Wind Farm Stumbled on Shorebirds
- New York’s LED Streetlights: A Crime Deterrent to Some, a Nuisance to Others
- When Kids Learn to Conserve Energy, Their Behavior Also Spreads to Parents
- Marijuana Ban Ending In Parts of Pierce County
- Group Starts Fast in Opposition to Proposed Washington State Carbon Rule
- California's Climate Change Program: Jerry Brown Pushes Extension of Cap-And-Trade
- Clinton Gives Thumbs Down to Dem Platform's Carbon Tax
- Smart Doesn’t Always Mean an Easy Home
- Harney: Don’t Be Fooled by Fake ‘Green’
- Comcast Experiencing Major Phone Outage
- Wyden, Colleagues Urge FCC: Close Rural Broadband Gap
- Foreign Hackers Target Thousands of Gmail Users Every Month
- Google Fiber Adds New Business Class Tiers, Raises Rates
- Colorado: Big Choices Ahead as Boulder Pursues Faster, Cheaper Broadband
- Cooperative to Start Broadband Project in Northwest Arkansas
- Relax, You're Not Going to Jail for Sharing Your Netflix Password – Consensual Password Sharing
- Mind the Font: London's Underground Getting a New Look
- U-S Senators Strike Deal to Move Forward on Sweeping Energy Bill
- Blood Donation Urged Immediately; Supply 'Alarmingly' Low
- Work Stoppage Continues at Hanford Nuclear Reservation
- Dow Jones Industrial Average Closes at a Record High
- D.B. Cooper Investigation – Unsolved – Is Over after 45 Years, FBI Says
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Alfonse was ridden with akrasia. On one hand, he knew that
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was bad for him. On the other hand, he knew that his head would explode if he
could not take just one tasty bite of this forbidden fruit. “I know just as
Ulysses felt as he had his crew tie him to the mast as they passed by the
sirens,” he pondered. In the end, his vegetarian friends came to the rescue,
tying him to the bumper of their hybrid vehicle as they slowly glided past the
burger joint on their way to the organic “Humus Hut” on south 43rd Avenue.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Business Group Emerges to Back Vancouver, WA Oil Terminal (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Cascade Natural Gas Facing Possible $4M Penalty for Pipeline
Safety Violations (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri
Cities, WA)
Op/Ed: Maintaining Low-Cost Electricity Vital for Washington
State’s Clean Tech Industries (Maple Valley Reporter, WA)
Study Says Expansion of California's Electric Grid Would
Save Consumers $1.5 Billion (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Arizona: City of Sierra Vista Looks to Hoover Dam for
Cheaper Power (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
North Carolina: Alcoa’s Yadkin Project Hydroelectric Plants to
be Sold (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
Greens Sue Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection (PJM),
Saying New Capacity Rules Disadvantage Renewables, Demand Response (Utility
Dive)
Future of Natural Gas Hinges on Stanching Methane Leaks (NY Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Biologists Keep Watchful Eye on Sockeye Migration (Twin
Falls Times News, ID)
Columbia River Northern Pikeminnow Reward Catch Program
Continues to Show Decent Catch Rates (Seattle
Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
New Kittitas County Water Bank Website Could Make Shopping for
Water Rights Easier (Yakima Herald-Republic,
WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Is Burning Trees Still Green? Some Experts Now Question
Biomass (National Public Radio)
Massachusetts Wind Farm Stumbled on Shorebirds (Courthouse News Service)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
New York’s LED Streetlights: A Crime Deterrent to Some, a
Nuisance to Others (NY Times)
When Kids Learn to Conserve Energy, Their Behavior Also
Spreads to Parents (Eurekalert)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Marijuana Ban Ending In Parts of Pierce County (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Group Starts Fast in Opposition to Proposed Washington State
Carbon Rule (KIRO Broadcasting,
Seattle, WA)
California's Climate Change Program: Jerry Brown Pushes
Extension of Cap-And-Trade (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Clinton Gives Thumbs Down to Dem Platform's Carbon Tax
(Washington Examiner)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Smart Doesn’t Always Mean an Easy Home (NY Times)
Harney: Don’t Be Fooled by Fake ‘Green’ (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast Experiencing Major Phone Outage (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Wyden, Colleagues Urge FCC: Close Rural Broadband Gap (KTVC-TV,
Bend, OR)
Foreign Hackers Target Thousands of Gmail Users Every Month
(The Atlantic Magazine)
Google Fiber Adds New Business Class Tiers, Raises Rates (Broadband Reports)
Colorado: Big Choices Ahead as Boulder Pursues Faster, Cheaper
Broadband (Boulder Daily Camera, CO)
Cooperative to Start Broadband Project in Northwest Arkansas
(Associated Press)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Relax, You're Not Going to Jail for Sharing Your Netflix Password
– Consensual Password Sharing (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Mind the Font: London's Underground Getting a New Look (USA Today)
POLITICS & MANAGEMENT
U-S Senators Strike Deal to Move Forward on Sweeping Energy
Bill (The Hill, Washington, DC)
GENERAL NEWS
Blood Donation Urged Immediately; Supply 'Alarmingly' Low (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Work Stoppage Continues at Hanford Nuclear Reservation (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Dow Jones Industrial Average Closes at a Record High (Associated Press)
D.B. Cooper Investigation – Unsolved – Is Over after 45
Years, FBI Says (Associated Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Craft Breweries Fighting over Ever-Dwindling Supply of Puns
about Hops
Morse Code Found on Mars?
He Gave Her a Ring She Gave Him a Kidney – Now They Start a
New Life Together
Man Mobbed By Monkeys Gets the Photoshop Battle He So
Rightly Deserves
SONG OF THE DAY
Derek & the Dominos – Layla
Eric Clapton - Layla (Unplugged)
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