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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Lowest Canadian Sockeye Run on Record Prompts Fishery
Closures, Outcry (Victoria Times
Colonist, BC – Fraser River, no dams)
Washington State Carbon-Tax Initiative Backers Press
Campaign despite Green Opposition (Seattle
Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Op/Ed: Carbon Tax Proposal Wrong Approach for Washington
State (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Who Owns the Wind? We Do, Wyoming Says – It’s Taxing Those
Who Use It (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Seattle City Light Takes Feedback on Opt-Out for Smart
Meters (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Seattle City Light Takes Feedback on Opt-Out for Smart Meters
- California: Pacific Gas & Electric Files Joint Proposal to Close Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant
- Earthquakes & Energy - The San Andreas of the Pacific Northwest
- Only Major Dam Owned by Tribes: Council Hears Update on Salish Kootenai Dam Operations in Flathead
- New York Heat Overburdens Utility as Authorities Urge AC Use
- Exelon Buys New York Nuclear Plant from Entergy
- It’s Electric: Novel Re-Creates Charged Rivalry Between Edison & Westinghouse
- DUI Suspect Went to WSP Office to Pay Utility Bill, Troopers Say
- Lowest Canadian Sockeye Run on Record Prompts Fishery Closures, Outcry
- Scientists Tackle Mercury Woes in River & Fish on Idaho-Oregon Line
- Columbia River Northern Pikeminnow Reward Catches on a Decline
- For $1 a Year, Tumwater Leases Land to Deschutes River Salmon Hatchery
- Bull Trout Share Secrets That Might Help Revive Their Population
- Giant Largemouth Bass from Lake Bosworth is New Record for Washington State
- Court Rules Canadian Smelter Not Responsible for Air Pollution in U-S
- Who Owns the Wind? We Do, Wyoming Says – It’s Taxing Those Who Use It
- California: Burney Biomass Plant Gives Notice It Will Shut Down
- Judge Denies SunEdison Shareholders Official Voice in Bankruptcy
- Solar Snare: Spend Thousands & Cut Power Bills by $9 a Month
- How Producing Clean Power Turned Out to Be a Messy Business
- Q&A: How Solar Could Change the Face of Low-Income Energy Assistance
- In U-S Jails, a Constitutional Clash over Air-Conditioning
- Army Heeds Obama Call, Attacks High Energy Bills
- First-Ever Marijuana Growers’ Fair Opens in Oregon
- The Pot Industry Is Taking Over Pro-Pot Efforts
- Editorial: Reefer Madness at the DEA – When Will the Feds Catch Up?
- Washington State Carbon-Tax Initiative Backers Press Campaign despite Green Opposition
- Op/Ed: Carbon Tax Proposal Wrong Approach for Washington State
- California Cow Cops: Dairy Groups Blast Methane Reductions, ‘Cows Expel Gas So They Don’t Explode’
- Electric Cars Get Fresh Jolt in Rural Oregon
- Electric Vehicles Everywhere – Public Power Charged
- Colorado Towns Work to Preserve a Diminishing Resource: Darkness
- FCC Limits Some Broadband Bids
- Google Fiber’s Plan: Bringing Wireless Broadband to the Masses
- Abuse on Twitter Is a ‘Fundamental Feature,’ Report Says
- Twitter Rolls Out Promoted Stickers
- Court: AT&T Can Continue to Say ‘Thanks’
- Internet Sprints to Make That Iconic Usain Bolt Photo a Meme
- Consultant Recommends Hillsboro Project Name, City Rejects It, Pays $33,000
- Pentagon Gives Green Light for Boeing Tanker Contracts
- A Washington State Florist Caught Between Faith & Discrimination
- Calif. Voters Could Decide Fate of Daylight-Saving Time
- Ryan Lochte, Three Other Olympic Swimmers Robbed at Gunpoint in Rio
- Popular Theory on How Humans Populated North America Can’t Be Right, Study Shows
Dundrearies • \DUNN-dreer-eeze\ • Noun - Long flowing
sideburns.
Bartholomew Hunting-Dance-The-Thames was well known in the
upper crust circles as a leader in fashion and grooming for the “Bohemian” set.
It wasn’t until after he had died (tragically in a freak cricket match
involving the bale somehow getting stuck in his throat, years before the
Heimlich maneuver had been invented) that the secret to his impressive
dundrearies was discovered. He had tattooed various parts of his face,
outlining the intricate shaving necessary for the grooming of beard &
sideburns. The discovery was too late for the mortician, who after an
impressive shaving job of his own on the dead noble, had no way of covering up
the map-like lines in time for the open-casket ceremony in Saint Johns in
London.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Seattle City Light Takes Feedback on Opt-Out for Smart
Meters (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
California: Pacific Gas & Electric Files Joint Proposal to
Close Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant (Utility Dive)
Earthquakes & Energy - The San Andreas of the Pacific
Northwest (Politico)
Only Major Dam Owned by Tribes: Council Hears Update on Salish
Kootenai Dam Operations in Flathead (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
New York Heat Overburdens Utility as Authorities Urge AC Use
(Bloomberg News)
Exelon Buys New York Nuclear Plant from Entergy (American
Public Power Association)
It’s Electric: Novel Re-Creates Charged Rivalry Between
Edison & Westinghouse (National Public Radio)
DUI Suspect Went to WSP Office to Pay Utility Bill, Troopers
Say (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Lowest Canadian Sockeye Run on Record Prompts Fishery
Closures, Outcry (Victoria Times Colonist,
BC – Fraser River, no dams)
Scientists Tackle Mercury Woes in River & Fish on Idaho-Oregon
Line (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/Scientists-tackle-mercury-woes-in-river-on-9141925.php
Columbia River Northern Pikeminnow Reward Catches on a Decline
(Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
For $1 a Year, Tumwater Leases Land to Deschutes River Salmon
Hatchery (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
Bull Trout Share Secrets That Might Help Revive Their
Population (The Missoulian, MT)
Giant Largemouth Bass from Lake Bosworth is New Record for
Washington State (KXLY-TV, Spokane,
WA)
http://www.kxly.com/news/northwest/giant-largemouth-bass-is-new-record-for-washington-state/41197206
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Court Rules Canadian Smelter Not Responsible for Air
Pollution in U-S (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Who Owns the Wind? We Do, Wyoming Says – It’s Taxing Those
Who Use It (Los Angeles Times, CA)
California: Burney Biomass Plant Gives Notice It Will Shut
Down (Redding Record Searchlight, CA)
Judge Denies SunEdison Shareholders Official Voice in
Bankruptcy (St Louis Business Journal, MO)
Solar Snare: Spend Thousands & Cut Power Bills by $9 a
Month (NY Times)
How Producing Clean Power Turned Out to Be a Messy Business (NY Times)
Q&A: How Solar Could Change the Face of Low-Income
Energy Assistance (Midwest Energy News)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
In U-S Jails, a Constitutional Clash over Air-Conditioning (NY Times)
Army Heeds Obama Call, Attacks High Energy Bills (USA Today)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
First-Ever Marijuana Growers’ Fair Opens in Oregon (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
The Pot Industry Is Taking Over Pro-Pot Efforts (Slate
Magazine)
Editorial: Reefer Madness at the DEA – When Will the Feds
Catch Up? (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington State Carbon-Tax Initiative Backers Press
Campaign despite Green Opposition (Seattle
Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Op/Ed: Carbon Tax Proposal Wrong Approach for Washington State
(Tri-City Herald, WA)
California Cow Cops: Dairy Groups Blast Methane Reductions, ‘Cows
Expel Gas So They Don’t Explode’ (The Guardian, UK)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Electric Cars Get Fresh Jolt in Rural Oregon (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Electric Vehicles Everywhere – Public Power Charged (American
Public Power Association)
Colorado Towns Work to Preserve a Diminishing Resource:
Darkness (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Limits Some Broadband Bids (Electric Co-op Today)
Google Fiber’s Plan: Bringing Wireless Broadband to the Masses
(Christian Science Monitor)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Abuse on Twitter Is a ‘Fundamental Feature,’ Report Says (San
Jose Mercury News, CA)
Twitter Rolls Out Promoted Stickers (USA Today)
Court: AT&T Can Continue to Say ‘Thanks’ (Broadband Reports)
Internet Sprints to Make That Iconic Usain Bolt Photo a Meme
(Mashable)
POLITICS & MANAGEMENT
Consultant Recommends Hillsboro Project Name, City Rejects
It, Pays $33,000 (Oregonian, Portland)
GENERAL NEWS
Pentagon Gives Green Light for Boeing Tanker Contracts (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
A Washington State Florist Caught Between Faith &
Discrimination (Christian Science Monitor)
Calif. Voters Could Decide Fate of Daylight-Saving Time (Courthouse News Service)
Ryan Lochte, Three Other Olympic Swimmers Robbed at Gunpoint
in Rio (Associated Press)
Popular Theory on How Humans Populated North America Can’t
Be Right, Study Shows (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Glenn Yarbrough, Folk Singer with the Limeliters, Dies at 86
Idiots Can’t Stop Painting Tortoises
Some Editions of the First Harry Potter Book Contain a Valuable
Mistake
Dozens of Classic Cars Hidden in Grand Rapids Barn for Decades
SONG OF THE DAY
Glenn Yarbrough – Baby the Rain Must Fall
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