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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Environmentalists Sue Federal Government in Seattle to Protect
Endangered Orcas (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Will Washington State Voters Make History on Climate Change?
(Atlantic Magazine)
Proposed Longview Data Center Appears Dead (Longview Daily
News, WA)
High-Speed Internet Comes to Rural Mason County
Neighborhoods (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
PacifiCorp, Sierra Club Head to Court Over Confidential Coal
Fleet Study (Utility Dive)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Proposed Longview Data Center Appears Dead
2.
PacifiCorp, Sierra Club Head to Court Over
Confidential Coal Fleet Study
3.
Hydro in the Pacific Northwest: The Region’s
Electricity Powerhouse
4.
Arizona: Potential Buyer Would Operate Navajo
Generating Station at Less Than Half Capacity
5.
Louisiana: Private Equity Firm Eyes Lafayette
Utility Services, May Approach Other Utilities
6.
Commissioner Glick ‘At a Loss’ Over FERC Role in
Trump Coal & Nuclear Bailout
7.
Environmentalists Sue Federal Government in
Seattle to Protect Endangered Orcas
8.
Op/Ed: Blaming Snake River Dams for Orca Woes a
Hoax
9.
Budget Request to Keep Naches Fish Hatchery Open
Goes to Legislature
10.
In China, Salmon is Salmon, Even if It’s Trout
11.
Get Ready for the Calls: Arcadia Power Nets $25
Million to Expand Clean Energy Connections
12.
High-Speed Internet Comes to Rural Mason County
Neighborhoods
13.
Rural Broadband Is the Gateway to Better
Politics
14.
A Community-Run ISP Is the Highest Rated
Broadband Company in America
15.
FCC Must Halt Cuts to Lifeline Broadband
Subsidies in Tribal Regions, Says Court
16.
Rural, Public Utilities Enhance Cyber
Preparedness with Grant Help
17.
Where’s the Beef? Wyoming Ranchers Bet on
Blockchain to Track It
18.
Energy Costs Estimated at $67 Per Year for This
Award-Winning Seattle Custom Home
19.
Logging in Upper Skagit River Watershed Put on
Hold as Seattle Has ‘Grave Concern’
20.
Will Washington State Voters Make History on
Climate Change?
21.
Newspapers Take Up Pens to Assail Fake-News
Rhetoric
22.
Pacific Gas & Electric Sponsors TV Wildfire
Commercials — Though You Wouldn’t Know by Watching Them
23.
Doctor on Smart Device Blue Light Study: ‘Don’t
Freak Out’
24.
Olympia City Council Meeting Interrupted as Pair
Tries to Deliver Lawsuit to Mayor
25.
Olympic National Forest: Maple Fire Grows to
1,396 Acres — 52 Percent Contained
26.
Air Quality Around South Sound Expected to
Improve with Winds Picking Up
27.
Remains Found in Olympic National Park Belong to
Hiker Missing Since 2017
28.
Kitten Found Killed in Lacey; Possible Link to 7
Other Mutilations
29.
Washington State Unemployment Rate Hits Lowest
Point in Eleven Years
30.
Yakima Police Say Fake Microsoft Tech Support
Cost Woman More Than $180,000
WORD OF THE DAY
Pizzicato • \pitts-sih-KAW-toe\ • Noun - A note or passage
played by plucking strings.
The dancing mice in the orchestral score of “Three Blind Mice”
will be represented by sharp, pizzicato passages. (To be read in a soft,
nasally, pretentious manner…)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Proposed Longview Data Center Appears Dead
(Longview Daily News, WA)
2.
PacifiCorp, Sierra Club Head to Court Over
Confidential Coal Fleet Study (Utility Dive)
3.
Hydro in the Pacific Northwest: The Region’s
Electricity Powerhouse (Hydro Review)
4.
Arizona: Potential Buyer Would Operate Navajo
Generating Station at Less Than Half Capacity (Utility Dive)
5.
Louisiana: Private Equity Firm Eyes Lafayette
Utility Services, May Approach Other Utilities (American Public Power
Association)
6.
Commissioner Glick ‘At a Loss’ Over FERC Role in
Trump Coal & Nuclear Bailout (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
7.
Environmentalists Sue Federal Government in
Seattle to Protect Endangered Orcas (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
8.
Op/Ed: Blaming Snake River Dams for Orca Woes a
Hoax (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
9.
Budget Request to Keep Naches Fish Hatchery Open
Goes to Legislature (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
10. In
China, Salmon is Salmon, Even if It’s Trout (NY Times)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
11. Get
Ready for the Calls: Arcadia Power Nets $25 Million to
Expand Clean Energy Connections (Washington Business Journal, DC)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
12. High-Speed
Internet Comes to Rural Mason County Neighborhoods (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
13. Rural
Broadband Is the Gateway to Better Politics (Albuquerque Journal, NM)
14. A
Community-Run ISP Is the Highest Rated Broadband Company in America
(MotherBoard)
15. FCC
Must Halt Cuts to Lifeline Broadband Subsidies in Tribal Regions, Says Court
(C/NET News)
16. Rural,
Public Utilities Enhance Cyber Preparedness with Grant Help (Bloomberg News)
17. Where’s
the Beef? Wyoming Ranchers Bet on Blockchain to Track It (National Public
Radio)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
18. Energy
Costs Estimated at $67 Per Year for This Award-Winning Seattle Custom Home
(Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
19. Logging
in Upper Skagit River Watershed Put on Hold as Seattle Has ‘Grave Concern’
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
20. Will
Washington State Voters Make History on Climate Change? (Atlantic Magazine)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
21. Newspapers
Take Up Pens to Assail Fake-News Rhetoric (Courthouse News Service)
22. Pacific
Gas & Electric Sponsors TV Wildfire Commercials — Though You Wouldn’t Know
by Watching Them (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
23. Doctor
on Smart Device Blue Light Study: ‘Don’t Freak Out’ (CBS News)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
24. Olympia
City Council Meeting Interrupted as Pair Tries to Deliver Lawsuit to Mayor
(Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
25. Olympic
National Forest: Maple Fire Grows to 1,396 Acres — 52 Percent Contained (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
26. Air
Quality Around South Sound Expected to Improve with Winds Picking Up (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
27. Remains
Found in Olympic National Park Belong to Hiker Missing Since 2017 (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
28. Kitten
Found Killed in Lacey; Possible Link to 7 Other Mutilations (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
29. Washington
State Unemployment Rate Hits Lowest Point in Eleven Years (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
30. Yakima
Police Say Fake Microsoft Tech Support Cost Woman More Than $180,000 (Yakima
Herald Republic, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul, Dead at 76
Ramen Thief Escapes with $100,000 Worth of Illicit Noodles,
Georgia Cops Say
Mom Who Threw Son $25,000 Dubai-Themed Prom Party, Complete
with Camel, Is Charged with Fraud
Should Coffee Come with Cancer Warnings? California Says No
SONGS OF THE DAY
Aretha Franklin – Bridge Over Troubled Water
Aretha Franklin – A Natural Woman
Aretha Franklin – Respect
Aretha Franklin - I Say a Little Prayer
Aretha Franklin - Think (Blues Brothers Soundtrack)
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