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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Governor Backs Proposed Carbon Fee
Initiative (Associated Press)
Commercial Solar Arrays on Farmland Cropping Up Bountifully
– And Stirring Opposition (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
Is Energy Data The Real Winner For Blockchain? (Forbes
Magazine)
California Utilities Race to Charge Your Electric Car, Bus,
Forklift (Utility Dive)
Connecticut Raid of Energy Funds Draws Court Challenge
(Courthouse News Service)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Is Energy Data The Real Winner For Blockchain?
2.
Incumbents Win Seats in Peninsula Light Company
Election
3.
City Utility Trials Voltage Optimization in
First for Western Canada
4.
Commercial Solar Arrays on Farmland Cropping Up
Bountifully – And Stirring Opposition
5.
Net Neutrality Is Getting a Big Vote in the
Senate Today. Here’s What to Expect.
6.
White House Eliminates Cybersecurity Coordinator
Role
7.
Atlanta Disappointed by Google Fiber Delays
8.
California Utilities Race to Charge Your
Electric Car, Bus, Forklift
9.
Are Electric Cars Worse for the Environment?
10.
Connecticut Raid of Energy Funds Draws Court
Challenge
11.
Eightmile Lake Dam Breach “Unlikely Now”
12.
A Community Works to Keep Friends Dry as Flood
Threat Looms in Okanogan Valley
13.
Washington State Governor Backs Proposed Carbon
Fee Initiative
14.
Facebook Says It Removed 583 Million Fake
Accounts
15.
Cannabis Retailer to Close amid Yakima County
Ban
16.
Billions at Stake for Washington State Growers
& Manufacturers under President Trump Trade Policy, Speakers Say
17.
Voters Can Mail In Primary, General Election
Ballots for Free
18.
Shelton Mayor Cronce Steps Aside – New City
Council Elects Rogers to Lead City
19.
Washington State Department of Commerce Warns
Gig Harbor of Affordable Housing Crisis
20.
Why the Seattle ‘Head Tax’ Is Relevant to the
Nation
21.
Port of Shelton Hires Appraiser for Marina
22.
Boeing 747s Are Back from the Dead
23.
The Feminist Enlightenment of Giant Jocks
WORD OF THE DAY
Sinuous • \SIN-yuh-wus\ • Adjective – 1a: of a serpentine or
wavy form: winding b: marked by strong lithe movements 2: intricate, complex
The sinuous route of the Skokomish River through its
historic valley wound its way to Hood Canal like a large, sedentary snake. The
long, oxbow curves showed its historic tendency to move back and forth across
the valley floor. Oh, and flood regularly.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Is Energy Data The Real Winner For Blockchain? (Forbes
Magazine)
2.
Incumbents Win Seats in Peninsula Light Company Election
(News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
3.
City Utility Trials Voltage Optimization in
First for Western Canada (Renewable Energy World)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
4.
Commercial Solar Arrays on Farmland Cropping Up
Bountifully – And Stirring Opposition (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
5.
Net Neutrality Is Getting a Big Vote in the Senate
Today. Here’s What to Expect. (Washington Post)
6.
White House Eliminates Cybersecurity Coordinator
Role (NY Times)
7.
Atlanta Disappointed by Google Fiber Delays (Broadband
Reports)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
8.
California Utilities Race to Charge Your
Electric Car, Bus, Forklift (Utility Dive)
9.
Are Electric Cars Worse for the Environment? (Politico)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
10. Connecticut
Raid of Energy Funds Draws Court Challenge (Courthouse News Service)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
11. Eightmile
Lake Dam Breach “Unlikely Now” (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
12. A
Community Works to Keep Friends Dry as Flood Threat Looms in Okanogan Valley (Northwest
Public Broadcasting)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
13. Washington
State Governor Backs Proposed Carbon Fee Initiative (Associated Press)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
14. Facebook
Says It Removed 583 Million Fake Accounts (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
15. Cannabis
Retailer to Close amid Yakima County Ban (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
16. Billions
at Stake for Washington State Growers & Manufacturers under President Trump
Trade Policy, Speakers Say (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
17. Voters
Can Mail In Primary, General Election Ballots for Free (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
18. Shelton
Mayor Cronce Steps Aside – New City Council Elects Rogers to Lead City (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
19. Washington
State Department of Commerce Warns Gig Harbor of Affordable Housing Crisis (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
20. Why
the Seattle ‘Head Tax’ Is Relevant to the Nation (Washington Post)
21. Port
of Shelton Hires Appraiser for Marina (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
22. Boeing
747s Are Back from the Dead (Bloomberg News)
23. The
Feminist Enlightenment of Giant Jocks (NY Times)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Woman Fired after Cops Seize Laxative-Laced Brownies
Buried Treasure Found in NYC; Pirates Nowhere in Sight
‘Lost’ Asteroid 2010 WC9 Makes an Unusually Close Flyby of
Earth (Space.COM)
Bee on the Lookout: Georgia Keeper Stung by $20K Hive Heist
SONG OF THE DAY
Max Steiner – Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Soundtrack Suite)
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