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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Hearings Next Week on Columbia River Salmon Recovery
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Did Secret Phone Call Jeopardize Oregon Solar Fraud
Prosecution? (Oregonian, Portland)
“Salmon Disaster” Designation Requested for Washington State
Fisheries (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Protesters Gain Victory in Fight Over Dakota Access Oil
Pipeline (NY Times)
A New Kind of Family Farm – Growing Pot Outdoors in Mason
County, Washington (Bellingham Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Protesters Gain Victory in Fight Over Dakota Access Oil Pipeline
- Federal Energy Bill Dead as GOP Looks for Better Deal Under Trump
- Moniz: U-S Department of Energy Programs Must ‘Show Value Added’ to Survive in Trump Administration
- Montana: Ravalli Electric Cooperative Offers Warming Tree to Help People Stay Warm This Winter
- “Salmon Disaster” Designation Requested for Washington State Fisheries
- Decisions Coming Soon on Columbia Salmon Reforms
- Survey Shows Jump in Mountain Goats on Olympic Peninsula
- Rare Weasel-Like Mammal Makes a Comeback in Washington State
- Hearings Next Week on Columbia River Salmon Recovery
- Lower Snake River Dams at Storm’s Eye
- Op/Ed: Breaching Dams Won’t Help Orcas
- Op/Ed: Dam Removal Across the West a Growing Concern
- Did Secret Phone Call Jeopardize Oregon Solar Fraud Prosecution?
- Port Angeles’ Wind Turbines Generating Regret – $100,000 Turbines to Create $1.50 in Electricity Monthly
- Saddle Butte: Could This Be Oregon’s Next Big Wind Farm?
- Mukilteo Firm Wants to Power the Switch to Renewable Energy
- First U-S Offshore Wind Farm to Begin Production within Days
- White House Rushing Out Energy Efficiency Rules in Flurry of 11th-Hour Actions
- Utilities Embrace E-Commerce in Bid to Boost Efficiency
- Very Cool: Heat Pump Water Heaters Save Energy & Money
- A New Kind of Family Farm – Growing Pot Outdoors in Mason County, Washington
- Without the Clean Power Plan, Are Nuclear Plants Essential to Combat Climate Change?
- Ivanka Trump, Climate Czar?
- Four New Names Officially Added to the Periodic Table of Elements
- AT&T Takes Heat for Opting Out of Lifeline Broadband Program
- Electric Lightwave Sold for $1.4 Billion
- There’s A Powerful New Way to Dig Up Dead Websites
- Social Media Ads to Hit $50 Billion by 2019 –Zenith
- Three Things Kiss Taught Me About Marketing
- Oregon U-S Senator Walden Selected as House Energy & Commerce Committee Chair
- An Earthquake Worse Than the ‘Big One’? – Shattered New Zealand City Shows Danger of Seattle’s Fault
- City of Shelton Halting Work on Highway 3 Pear Orchard/Park & Ride
- In Idaho Lumber Country, Trump Voters Wait to See If He Can Jumpstart Jobs
- Creator of McDonald’s Flagship Sandwich, The Big Mac, Dies
Canoodle • \kuh-NOO-dull\ • Verb - To engage in amorous
embracing, caressing, and kissing
Every time I hear or read this word, the song “Muskrat Love”
starts playing in my head. Curses Merriam-Webster! (It’s not in the song, but
implied in one of the latter verses)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Protesters Gain Victory in Fight Over Dakota Access Oil
Pipeline (NY Times)
Federal Energy Bill Dead as GOP Looks for Better Deal Under Trump
(Washington Examiner)
Moniz: U-S Department of Energy Programs Must ‘Show Value
Added’ to Survive in Trump Administration (Utility Dive)
Montana: Ravalli Electric Cooperative Offers Warming Tree to
Help People Stay Warm This Winter (Ravalli Republic, Hamilton, MT)
FISH & WILDLIFE
“Salmon Disaster” Designation Requested for Washington State
Fisheries (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Decisions Coming Soon on Columbia Salmon Reforms (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Survey Shows Jump in Mountain Goats on Olympic Peninsula (Associated
Press)
Rare Weasel-Like Mammal Makes a Comeback in Washington State
(Associated Press)
THE DAM HEARING SCHEDULE
Hearings Next Week on Columbia River Salmon Recovery (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Lower Snake River Dams at Storm’s Eye (The Lens)
Op/Ed: Breaching Dams Won’t Help Orcas (Tri-City Herald,
Kennewick, WA)
Op/Ed: Dam Removal Across the West a Growing Concern (Klamath
Falls Herald & News, OR)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Did Secret Phone Call Jeopardize Oregon Solar Fraud Prosecution?
(Oregonian, Portland)
Port Angeles’ Wind Turbines Generating Regret – $100,000
Turbines to Create $1.50 in Electricity Monthly (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Saddle Butte: Could This Be Oregon’s Next Big Wind Farm? (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Mukilteo Firm Wants to Power the Switch to Renewable Energy (Everett
Herald, WA)
First U-S Offshore Wind Farm to Begin Production within Days
(Associated Press)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
White House Rushing Out Energy Efficiency Rules in Flurry of
11th-Hour Actions (Utility Dive)
Utilities Embrace E-Commerce in Bid to Boost Efficiency (Midwest
Energy News)
Very Cool: Heat Pump Water Heaters Save Energy & Money (Natural
Resources Defense Council)
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/pierre-delforge/very-cool-heat-pump-water-heaters-save-energy-and-money
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
A New Kind of Family Farm – Growing Pot Outdoors in Mason
County, Washington (Bellingham Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
CLIMATE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Without the Clean Power Plan, Are Nuclear Plants Essential to
Combat Climate Change? (Utility Dive)
Ivanka Trump, Climate Czar? (Politico)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Four New Names Officially Added to the Periodic Table of
Elements (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AT&T Takes Heat for Opting Out of Lifeline Broadband
Program (Fierce Telecom)
Electric Lightwave Sold for $1.4 Billion (Associated Press)
There’s A Powerful New Way to Dig Up Dead Websites (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Social Media Ads to Hit $50 Billion by 2019 –Zenith (Reuters)
Three Things Kiss Taught Me About Marketing – Iconic band
knew how to rock brand storytelling (AdWeek)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Oregon U-S Senator Walden Selected as House Energy &
Commerce Committee Chair (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
GENERAL NEWS
An Earthquake Worse Than the ‘Big One’? – Shattered New
Zealand City Shows Danger of Seattle’s Fault (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
City of Shelton Halting Work on Highway 3 Pear Orchard/Park
& Ride (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
In Idaho Lumber Country, Trump Voters Wait to See If He Can
Jumpstart Jobs (Northwest Public Radio)
Creator of McDonald’s Flagship Sandwich, The Big Mac, Dies (Associated
Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
‘Postal Grinch’ Caught Opening Post Office Packages
We Hate Fake News – But We Loved ‘Weekly World News’
Cheers Greet British Veteran, 89, As He Starts His New Job
Macaw Poses in Man’s Mug Shot After Unlucky Court Appearance
SONG OF THE DAY
Rose Royce – Car Wash
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