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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Experimental Spring Water Spills Start at Dams on Snake,
Columbia Rivers (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
Southwest Power Pool Considers Launching Alternative to
California ISO Energy Imbalance Market (Utility Dive)
Winter Steelhead Stage Comeback on Willamette after Lethal
Removal of Sea Lions, Officials Say (Oregonian, Portland)
Methownew Gets Okanogan County’s OK to Install Fiber
Internet Lines in Valley (Methow Valley News, Twisp, WA)
Is a Low-Carbon Fuel Standard for Washington State Running
Out of Political Gas? (Everett Herald, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Southwest Power Pool Considers Launching
Alternative to California ISO Energy Imbalance Market
2.
Grant PUD Worker Injured in Priest Rapids Dam
Accident
3.
More Than 80% of Idaho’s In-State Electricity
Generation Comes from Renewables
4.
British Columbia Premier Says Final Pieces of
Massive Liquefied Natural Gas Canada Project Now in Place
5.
Pacific County PUD Looking for Children’s Poster
Designs
6.
Experimental Spring Water Spills Start at Dams
on Snake, Columbia Rivers
7.
Winter Steelhead Stage Comeback on Willamette
after Lethal Removal of Sea Lions, Officials Say
8.
Willamette River - Groups Lobby Judge for
Immediate Fixes to Salmon-Killing Dams
9.
Chinook Closures in British Columbia Waters
Anger Anglers
10.
Feds Propose Allowing Makah Tribe to Hunt Gray
Whales Again
11.
Supporters of Orca Whale Recovery Put Pressure
on the Washington State Legislature to Pass Protection Bills
12.
Onalaska High School Students Release 25,000
Steelhead Headed to Chehalis River
13.
A Virtual Solar Power Plant for L.A.? ‘It Will
Happen’
14.
Texas Lessons for the Green New Deal
15.
U.S. Senator Grassley Schools President on
‘Idiotic’ Wind Turbines & Cancer Comment
16.
Op/Ed: Will FERC Trample State & Local
Authorities in Distributed Energy Resources Rulemaking?
17.
New Mexico Efficiency Bill Ensures Utilities Don’t
Take Hit from Lower Energy Use
18.
Methownew Gets Okanogan County’s OK to Install
Fiber Internet Lines in Valley
19.
Bozeman’s Top Priorities Include Art, Gender
Pay, Broadband
20.
Telecom Lobbyists Crushed San Francisco’s Quest
for Better Broadband
21.
North Carolina: Republicans Reversing Course on
Government Role in Rural Broadband?
22.
Amazon Cloud Storage Dilemma Exposed in
Facebook’s Latest Leak
23.
Is a Low-Carbon Fuel Standard for Washington
State Running Out of Political Gas?
24.
Earth’s Carbon Dioxide Levels Highest in Three
Million Years Study Says
25.
California’s Next Frontier in Fighting Climate
Change: Your Kitchen Stove
26.
Inaugural Hearing of House Climate Group Gathers
Young Voices
27.
Vaccine Wars: Social Media Sites Battle Outbreak
of Bogus Claims
28.
Watch Two Eclipses on Mars, Recorded by NASA’s
Curiosity Rover
29.
Washington State Senate Passes $52.2 Billion
Budget Proposal
30.
Washington State Transportation Budget Clears
Senate
31.
Mason County Studies the Feasibility of a New
Jail
32.
Governor Inslee Declares Drought Emergency in
Central Washington State
33.
Boeing CEO Apologizes for Deadly 737 MAX Crashes
34.
State Reduces Speed Limit to 50 MPH on
Interstate 5 in Tacoma
WORD OF THE DAY
Brummagem \BRUM-uh-jum\ Adjective – Not genuine: spurious; also:
cheaply showy: tawdry.
Show biz brummagem: “Strip away the phony tinsel of
Hollywood and you’ll find the real tinsel underneath.”
-- Oscar Levant
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Southwest Power Pool Considers Launching
Alternative to California ISO Energy Imbalance Market (Utility Dive)
2.
Grant PUD Worker Injured in Priest Rapids Dam
Accident (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wa)
3.
More Than 80% Of Idaho’s In-State Electricity
Generation Comes from Renewables (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
4.
British Columbia Premier Says Final Pieces of
Massive Liquefied Natural Gas Canada Project Now in Place (Victoria Times
Colonist, BC)
5.
Pacific County PUD Looking for Children’s Poster
Designs (Chinook Observer, Long Beach, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
6.
Experimental Spring Water Spills Start at Dams on
Snake, Columbia Rivers (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
7.
Winter Steelhead Stage Comeback on Willamette after
Lethal Removal of Sea Lions, Officials Say (Oregonian, Portland)
8.
Willamette River - Groups Lobby Judge for
Immediate Fixes to Salmon-Killing Dams (Courthouse News Service)
9.
Chinook Closures in British Columbia Waters
Anger Anglers (Vancouver Is Awesome, BC)
10. Feds
Propose Allowing Makah Tribe to Hunt Gray Whales Again (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
11. Supporters
of Orca Whale Recovery Put Pressure on the Washington State Legislature to Pass
Protection Bills (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
12. Onalaska
High School Students Release 25,000 Steelhead Headed to Chehalis River (The
Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
13. A
Virtual Solar Power Plant for L.A.? ‘It Will Happen’ (NY Times)
14. Texas
Lessons for the Green New Deal (Washington Examiner)
15. U.S.
Senator Grassley Schools President on ‘Idiotic’ Wind Turbines & Cancer
Comment (Politico)
16. Op/Ed:
Will FERC Trample State & Local Authorities in Distributed Energy Resources
Rulemaking? (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
17. New
Mexico Efficiency Bill Ensures Utilities Don’t Take Hit from Lower Energy Use (Utility
Dive)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
18. Methownew
Gets Okanogan County’s OK to Install Fiber Internet Lines in Valley (Methow Valley
News, Twisp, WA)
19. Bozeman’s
Top Priorities Include Art, Gender Pay, Broadband (Bozeman Daily Chronicle, MT)
20. Telecom
Lobbyists Crushed San Francisco’s Quest for Better Broadband (TechDirt)
21. North
Carolina: Republicans Reversing Course on Government Role in Rural Broadband?
(The Laurinburg Exchange, NC)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
22. Amazon
Cloud Storage Dilemma Exposed in Facebook’s Latest Leak (Bloomberg News)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
23. Is
a Low-Carbon Fuel Standard for Washington State Running Out of Political Gas? (Everett
Herald, WA)
24. Earth’s
Carbon Dioxide Levels Highest in Three Million Years Study Says (USA Today)
25. California’s
Next Frontier in Fighting Climate Change: Your Kitchen Stove (Los Angeles Times,
CA)
26. Inaugural
Hearing of House Climate Group Gathers Young Voices (Courthouse News Service)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
27. Vaccine
Wars: Social Media Sites Battle Outbreak of Bogus Claims (Associated Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
28. Watch
Two Eclipses on Mars, Recorded by NASA’s Curiosity Rover (NY Times)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
29. Washington
State Senate Passes $52.2 Billion Budget Proposal (Associated Press)
30. Washington
State Transportation Budget Clears Senate (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
31. Mason
County Studies the Feasibility of a New Jail (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
32. Governor
Inslee Declares Drought Emergency in Central Washington State (Associated
Press)
33. Boeing
CEO Apologizes for Deadly 737 MAX Crashes (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
34. Washington
State Reduces Speed Limit to 50 MPH on Interstate 5 in Tacoma (Associated Press
– insert cynical comment about even attempting 50 MPH in that zone)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Police: ‘Beware of Goose!’ After Campus Parking Lot Attack
Scientists Have Found a ‘Fossil Graveyard’ Linked to the Asteroid
That Killed Off the Dinosaurs
Scientists Solve Mystery of Pristine Weapons of China’s
Terracotta Warriors
Texas Civil Court Judge Accidentally Resigns
SONG OF THE DAY
James Bond Medley - BBC Proms 2011
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