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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Benton, Franklin PUD Leaders Oppose Carbon Tax Initiative (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Proposed Longview Coal Terminal Gets Public Grilling, Props
(Northwest Public Radio)
Emails Cast Clouds over California Energy Regulator’s Ties
to Pacific Gas & Electric & Wall Street (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Spring Chinook Salmon Fishing in Lower Columbia River to
Reopen for Memorial Day Weekend (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Pole Attachment Politics – Where AT&T’s Lawsuit against
the City of Louisville Stands (Louisville Business First, TN)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Proposed Longview Coal Terminal Gets Public Grilling, Props
- Emails Cast Clouds over California Energy Regulator’s Ties to Pacific Gas & Electric & Wall Street
- As Utilities Quietly Turn to Herbicides, a Challenge Arises
- Look Up! Grass Fire Located Off Taylor Flats Road in Pasco Causes Power Outages in the Area
- Jefferson PUD Votes to Accept ‘Disclaimer’ Opinion from State Auditors – Findings to be presented in upcoming public meeting
- Oregon: Hermiston Energy Services Recommends New Substation
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District Launches College Scholarship & Internship Program
- Pacific Gas & Electric, Currents Urges Planning for National Dam Safety Awareness Day, May 31
- Rare Good News on Electricity Demand Comes with a Catch
- Germany’s Renewables Electricity Generation Grows In 2015, But Coal Still Dominant
- Spring Chinook Salmon Fishing in Lower Columbia River to Reopen for Memorial Day Weekend
- Local Wineries Committing to ‘Salmon-Safe’ Growing
- Despite Vote, Cascade Locks Wants Nestle
- Portland Reservoir Project Increases (Again) to $190 Million
- Across the ‘Valley of Death’: How the Wind Industry Will Cope without Tax Credits
- Snohomish County: Energy Grants Will Fund Street Light Upgrades, Updates in Schools
- California Boasts Some of the Lowest Per-Capita Energy Usage in the U-S, Report Says
- Benton, Franklin PUD Leaders Oppose Carbon Tax Initiative
- Solar Scandal – $1 Billion Went to Buffalo, Cuomo Donors Benefited
- New Solar Cell Turns Light into Heat to Potentially Double Efficiency
- Pole Attachment Politics – Where AT&T’s Lawsuit against the City of Louisville Stands
- Demand for In-Flight Broadband Hits New Heights – Supplants Food as Amenity
- The End of the Office Dress Code
- Clinton, Trump Win Washington State’s Presidential Primary
- Greens Employ Tweet-Storm to Stop Energy Exports
- Remains of Arlington Couple Found after One of the Accused Killers Pinpoint Gravesite
- Historians, City of Shelton Make Push to Preserve Washington State Logging Road
- Pac-12 Agrees to Limit Late Football Games, Court Storming
Truculent • \TRUCK-you-lunt\ • Adjective – 1: feeling or
displaying ferocity: cruel, savage 2: deadly, destructive 3: scathingly harsh:
vitriolic 4: aggressively self-assertive: belligerent
“I absolutely love the pink and purple paint on my house,”
bleated Gertrude. Her other neighbors blanched at the horrific color choice of
their truculent local gadfly. “I know that she’s doing this to get back at us
for denying her motorized Elvis lawn ornament,” whispered the head of the
homeowners’ association.
Bulletin! The ‘Internet’ Is About to Get Smaller (NY Times)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Proposed Longview Coal Terminal Gets Public Grilling, Props (Northwest
Public Radio)
Emails Cast Clouds over California Energy Regulator’s Ties to
Pacific Gas & Electric & Wall Street (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
As Utilities Quietly Turn to Herbicides, a Challenge Arises
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Look Up! Grass Fire Located Off Taylor Flats Road in Pasco Causes
Power Outages in the Area (KNDO/KNDU-TV,
Tri Cities, WA)
Jefferson PUD Votes to Accept ‘Disclaimer’ Opinion from State
Auditors – Findings to be presented in upcoming public meeting (Port Townsend
Leader, WA)
Oregon: Hermiston Energy Services Recommends New Substation
(Hermiston Herald, OR)
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Launches College
Scholarship & Internship Program (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
Pacific Gas & Electric, Currents Urges Planning for
National Dam Safety Awareness Day, May 31 (Pacific Gas & Electric,
Currents)
Rare Good News on Electricity Demand Comes with a Catch (The
Energy Collective)
Germany’s Renewables Electricity Generation Grows In 2015,
But Coal Still Dominant (PennEnergy)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Spring Chinook Salmon Fishing in Lower Columbia River to Reopen
for Memorial Day Weekend (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Local Wineries Committing to ‘Salmon-Safe’ Growing (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Despite Vote, Cascade Locks Wants Nestle (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Portland Reservoir Project Increases (Again) to $190 Million
(Oregonian, Portland)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Across the ‘Valley of Death’: How the Wind Industry Will
Cope without Tax Credits (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Snohomish County: Energy Grants Will Fund Street Light
Upgrades, Updates in Schools (Everett Herald, WA)
California Boasts Some of the Lowest Per-Capita Energy Usage
in the U-S, Report Says (Utility Dive)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Benton, Franklin PUD Leaders Oppose Carbon Tax Initiative (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Solar Scandal – $1 Billion Went to Buffalo, Cuomo Donors
Benefited (NY Times)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
New Solar Cell Turns Light into Heat to Potentially Double
Efficiency (Gizmodo)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Pole Attachment Politics – Where AT&T’s Lawsuit against
the City of Louisville Stands (Louisville Business First, TN)
Demand for In-Flight Broadband Hits New Heights – Supplants Food
as Amenity (Advanced Television)
MARKETING & MEDIA
The End of the Office Dress Code (NY Times)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Clinton, Trump Win Washington State’s Presidential Primary (Associated Press)
Greens Employ Tweet-Storm to Stop Energy Exports (Washington
Examiner, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Remains of Arlington Couple Found after One of the Accused
Killers Pinpoint Gravesite (KCPQ-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Historians, City of Shelton Make Push to Preserve Washington
State Logging Road (Trains Magazine)
Pac-12 Agrees to Limit Late Football Games, Court Storming (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
The Judgment of Paris: The Blind Taste Test That Decanted
the Wine World
Oregon Man Makes Teens Caught Breaking into His House Call
911 to Report Themselves
Glacier-Trapped Camera Finds Owner Thanks to High-Climbing
Dentist & Port Orchard Facebookers
Shipwreck Found in Desert Diamond Field Solves ‘Maritime
Mystery’
SONG OF THE DAY
Maurice Jarre – Lawrence of Arabia, Soundtrack Suite
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