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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Sues Comcast for $100 Million over ‘Near
Worthless’ Protection Plan (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/State-sues-Comcast-for-100-million-after-8994804.php
Avista Makes Annual Price Adjustment Filings in Idaho (Yahoo
News)
First Snake River Sockeye of the Year Makes It to Sawtooth
Valley; No Passage Issues at Dams (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Yakama Power Eyeing $24 Million Expansion Deal (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
Yahoo Probes Possible Huge Data Breach (British Broadcasting Corporation)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Avista Makes Annual Price Adjustment Filings in Idaho
- Yakama Power Eyeing $24 Million Expansion Deal
- California: Pacific Gas & Electric Customers Face Triple Whammy in Gas & Electric Bills
- NW Natural Taps New CEO from within Its Own Ranks
- Editorial: Oil Train Blockade? The Spokane City Council is Tilting at Windmills
- Op/Ed: U-S Energy Policy Must Be Broad, Inclusive
- Op/Ed: How a Western Regional Electric Grid Can Bring Us into the 21st Century
- Say Goodbye to City Light’s Iconic Neon Sign
- Updated: New York PSC Approves 50% Clean Energy Standard, Nuclear Subsidies
- Two New Scams Target Co-op Members
- Maine: Editorial – When Dams Matter To Everybody But Their Owners
- First Snake River Sockeye of the Year Makes It to Sawtooth Valley; No Passage Issues at Dams
- Science Unsure of Cause for Salmon Decline in Yukon River
- Effort Helps Endangered Bull Trout Spawn, Survive Possible Extinction
- Dike Breach Restores Salmon Habitat in Skagit County
- Another Gopher Change in Thurston County
- Shelton City Commission Approves Fix for Well #1
- Washington State Announces New Clean Water Rules
- Which Sports Held in Rio’s Sewage-Contaminated Waters Present the Biggest Health Risk?
- Vancouver, BC Plans to Go 100% Renewable
- Why Renewable Power Can Still Be Wasteful
- Why Should Only the Wealthy Get Solar Panels?
- How Saving Natural Gas Helps Businesses
- 5 Quick Ways to Save Energy on Home Cooling
- What Can a Tree Do for Your Overworked Air Conditioner?
- Tricks & Tips for Line Drying Clothes
- Does I-732 Really Have a “Budget Hole”?
- Global Heat, Sea Level Hit Record Highs in 2015
- Can a House Where Wood Is Burned for Heat Really Be Called Green?
- This Overhead Wire Electric Car Thing-a-Ma-Jig Was Way Ahead of Its Time
- Washington State Sues Comcast for $100 Million over ‘Near Worthless’ Protection Plan
- As Fed-Up Customers Unplug, Cable Companies Say They’re Listening to You Now – Really
- Charter Complains That Google Fiber’s Louisville Franchise Deal ‘Unfair’
- Solar Panels, Vacation Wi-Fi at Risk for Hacking
- A Look at the Company Storing Most of MTV’s Archives
- Yahoo Probes Possible Huge Data Breach
- Live Video Has Made Facebook the Place to Be
- Twitter Analytics: How to Know if Your Twitter Marketing Works
- My Nephew is Such a Mensch: How a Prankster Hijacked Garfield’s Attempted Twitter Q&A
- Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife Takes Its Budget Case to the People
- Stabbing on Franklin Street in Shelton
- City of Shelton Creates ‘Safe Exchange Zone’ For Craigslist Buyers & Sellers
- Power Struggle: Preservationists Go Nuclear at University of Washington
- National Parks Become Concert Halls to Celebrate Park Service’s 100th Birthday
Fob • \FAWB\ • Verb – To deceive, cheat
“Good grief,” groused Abercrombie. “I bought this stupid
Yugo for ten bucks. It was the worst item ever fobbed off on me,” he muttered
as he pushed the four-wheeled boat anchor into the nearest driveway off the
country lane, abandoning it to its fate.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Avista Makes Annual Price Adjustment Filings in Idaho (Yahoo
News)
Yakama Power Eyeing $24 Million Expansion Deal (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
California: Pacific Gas & Electric Customers Face Triple
Whammy in Gas & Electric Bills (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_30195020/pg-e-customers-face-triple-whammy-gas-and?source=rss
NW Natural Taps New CEO from within Its Own Ranks (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Editorial: Oil Train Blockade? The Spokane City Council is
Tilting at Windmills (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Op/Ed: U-S Energy Policy Must Be Broad, Inclusive (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Op/Ed: How a Western Regional Electric Grid Can Bring Us
into the 21st Century (Breaking Energy)
Say Goodbye to City Light’s Iconic Neon Sign (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Updated: New York PSC Approves 50% Clean Energy Standard,
Nuclear Subsidies (Utility Dive)
Two New Scams Target Co-op Members (Electric Co-op Today)
Maine: Editorial – When Dams Matter To Everybody But Their
Owners (Bangor Daily News, ME)
FISH & WILDLIFE
First Snake River Sockeye of the Year Makes It to Sawtooth
Valley; No Passage Issues at Dams (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Science Unsure of Cause for Salmon Decline in Yukon River – industrial
development & increased fishing…haven’t been factors along the river (Associated Press)
Effort Helps Endangered Bull Trout Spawn, Survive Possible
Extinction (Yakima Herald-Republic,
WA)
Dike Breach Restores Salmon Habitat in Skagit County (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Another Gopher Change in Thurston County (South Sound
Business Examiner)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Shelton City Commission Approves Fix for Well #1 (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
Washington State Announces New Clean Water Rules (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Which Sports Held in Rio’s Sewage-Contaminated Waters
Present the Biggest Health Risk? (Slate)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Vancouver, BC Plans to Go 100% Renewable. I Asked the City’s
Manager about the Challenges It Faces (Vox)
Why Renewable Power Can Still Be Wasteful (Slate Magazine)
Why Should Only the Wealthy Get Solar Panels? (Atlantic
Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
How Saving Natural Gas Helps Businesses (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
5 Quick Ways to Save Energy on Home Cooling (Breaking
Energy)
What Can a Tree Do for Your Overworked Air Conditioner?
(Chicago Tribune, IL)
Tricks & Tips for Line Drying Clothes (Consumer Reports)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Does I-732 Really Have a “Budget Hole”? – No—the tax swap is
about as revenue-neutral as it can get (Sightline)
Global Heat, Sea Level Hit Record Highs in 2015 (Yahoo News)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Can a House Where Wood Is Burned for Heat Really Be Called
Green? (Treehugger)
http://www.treehugger.com/energy-policy/can-house-where-wood-burned-heat-really-be-called-green.html
This Overhead Wire Electric Car Thing-a-Ma-Jig Was Way Ahead
of Its Time (Gizmodo)
http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/this-overhead-wire-electric-car-thing-a-ma-jig-was-way-1784293796/amp
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington State Sues Comcast for $100 Million over ‘Near
Worthless’ Protection Plan (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/State-sues-Comcast-for-100-million-after-8994804.php
As Fed-Up Customers Unplug, Cable Companies Say They’re
Listening to You Now – Really (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
Charter Complains That Google Fiber’s Louisville Franchise Deal
‘Unfair’ (Broadband Reports)
Solar Panels, Vacation Wi-Fi at Risk for Hacking (USA Today)
A Look at the Company Storing Most of MTV’s Archives
(Atlanta Business Journal, GA)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Yahoo Probes Possible Huge Data Breach (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Live Video Has Made Facebook the Place to Be (C/NET News)
Twitter Analytics: How to Know if Your Twitter Marketing
Works (Social Media Examiner)
My Nephew is Such a Mensch: How a Prankster Hijacked
Garfield’s Attempted Twitter Q&A (AV Club)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife Takes Its
Budget Case to the People (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Stabbing on Franklin Street in Shelton (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
City of Shelton Creates ‘Safe Exchange Zone’ For Craigslist Buyers
& Sellers (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Power Struggle: Preservationists Go Nuclear at University of
Washington (KIRO Broadcasting,
Seattle, WA)
National Parks Become Concert Halls to Celebrate Park
Service’s 100th Birthday (Northwest Public Radio)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
The Yiddish Handbook: 40 Words You Should Know
I Blame Computers for Ruining My Handwriting
Teachers Share the Most Ridiculous Things Parents Have Ever
Said to Them
So Many Australians Are Claiming ‘Jedi’ as Their Religion
That It’s Becoming a Problem
SONG OF THE DAY
Thompson Twins – Lies
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