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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Winds of Change: What Will Power the Northwest’s Future?
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
California Could Build ‘Renewable Engine on the West Coast’
Under New Energy Bill (Palm Springs Desert Sun, CA)
Carbon Tax Fails – Again – In Washington State (Utility
Dive)
Op/Ed: Democrats Are Jeopardizing Snake River Dams &
Your Electric Rates (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
5G Cell Service Is Coming. Who Decides Where It Goes? (NY
Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Winds of Change: What Will Power the Northwest’s Future?
- Op/Ed: Democrats Are Jeopardizing Snake River Dams & Your Electric Rates
- Nevada Democrat Slams ‘Waste of Time’ Meeting to Reboot Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump
- Eastern U-S: Days after Powerful Storm, Hundreds of Thousands Remain without Power
- Massachusetts Negotiating With Second Grid Project to Deliver Canadian Hydropower
- Group Calls for Steelhead Fishing Ban to Protect Idaho Fish
- Washington Legislature Passes Atlantic Salmon Farm Ban
- Fewer Salmon at the Golden Gate May Mean Less Fishing in Northern California Rivers
- California Could Build ‘Renewable Engine on the West Coast’ Under New Energy Bill
- Residential Solar Still Strong in the Kittitas Valley
- IRS: Residential Storage Eligible for Investment Tax Credit When Charged by Onsite Solar
- Idaho Power Wants New Net Metering Compensation Scheme
- 5G Cell Service Is Coming. Who Decides Where It Goes?
- Rural Communities Take Broadband into Their Own Hands
- The Moon May Soon Get Better Broadband Than Inner-City Cleveland
- Six More Big Internet Companies Join the Legal Fight against the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rollback
- In a Blow to AT&T, Federal Judges Rejected ‘The Loophole That Could’ve Swallowed the Internet’
- Project Will Boost Access to Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles in Washington
- Substantial Improvements in Western U-S Snowpack & Water Resources
- Study: Snowpack Has Declined Dramatically across U-S West
- Oregon Snowpack Declining at Disturbing Rate, Study Finds
- State Finds Lead in Water at Tenino Schools
- Carbon Tax Fails – Again – In Washington State
- Oregon Cap-&-Trade Backers Eye 2019 after Failed Short-Session Bid
- The Effects of Climate Change in the Year 2038, According to Cliff Mass
- Is Facebook Winning the Battle against Ad Fraud?
- Advertisers Were Slow to Embrace the Web, & They’re Doing It Again with Podcasts
- Facebook Messenger: Here’s How to Give a Contact a Nickname
- Too Much Washington State Production, Not Enough Retail: How Marijuana Producers Keep Making Green
- California’s Marijuana Sales Are Escalating, Along with Growers’ Energy Costs
- Bitcoin Heist: 600 Powerful Computers Stolen in Iceland
- Washington State Legislators Look Forward to Better Public Records Bill
- Seattle Panel Urges ‘Head Tax’ To Fund Help for Homeless
- 5 Deaths in a Week: Spike in Avalanches in the Cascade Mountains
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big-top and taking it down. Now that he was close to retirement, all he had to
show for his 30 years of work were numerous tattoos, a life-time supply of “zoo-doo”
and the emotional scars from the 1968 “clown car calamity” in Hoboken, New
Jersey. “There was clown white all over the highway,” he muttered; visibly
shuddering over the memory.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Winds of Change: What Will Power the Northwest’s Future? (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Op/Ed: Democrats Are Jeopardizing Snake River Dams &
Your Electric Rates (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Nevada Democrat Slams ‘Waste of Time’ Meeting to Reboot Yucca
Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump (Washington Examiner)
Eastern U-S: Days after Powerful Storm, Hundreds of
Thousands Remain without Power (NY Times)
Massachusetts Negotiating With Second Grid Project to
Deliver Canadian Hydropower (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Group Calls for Steelhead Fishing Ban to Protect Idaho Fish
(Associated Press)
Washington Legislature Passes Atlantic Salmon Farm Ban (Northwest
Public Broadcasting)
Fewer Salmon at the Golden Gate May Mean Less Fishing in Northern
California Rivers (Sacramento Bee, CA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
California Could Build ‘Renewable Engine on the West Coast’ Under
New Energy Bill (Palm Springs Desert Sun, CA)
Residential Solar Still Strong in the Kittitas Valley (Yakima
Herald Republic, WA)
IRS: Residential Storage Eligible for Investment Tax Credit When
Charged by Onsite Solar (Utility Dive)
Idaho Power Wants New Net Metering Compensation Scheme (Utility
Dive)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
5G Cell Service Is Coming. Who Decides Where It Goes? (NY
Times)
Rural Communities Take Broadband into Their Own Hands (National
Public Radio)
The Moon May Soon Get Better Broadband Than Inner-City Cleveland
(Broadband Reports)
Six More Big Internet Companies Join the Legal Fight against
the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rollback (Gizmodo)
In a Blow to AT&T, Federal Judges Rejected ‘The Loophole
That Could’ve Swallowed the Internet’ (Washington Post)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
Project Will Boost Access to Charging Stations for Electric
Vehicles in Washington (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Substantial Improvements in Western U-S Snowpack & Water
Resources (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
Study: Snowpack Has Declined Dramatically across U-S West (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
Oregon Snowpack Declining at Disturbing Rate, Study Finds (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
State Finds Lead in Water at Tenino Schools (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon Tax Fails – Again – In Washington State (Utility Dive)
Oregon Cap-&-Trade Backers Eye 2019 after Failed
Short-Session Bid (Portland Business Journal, OR)
The Effects of Climate Change in the Year 2038, According to
Cliff Mass (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Is Facebook Winning the Battle against Ad Fraud? (AdWeek)
Advertisers Were Slow to Embrace the Web, & They’re
Doing It Again with Podcasts (AdWeek)
Facebook Messenger: Here’s How to Give a Contact a Nickname (AdWeek)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Too Much Washington State Production, Not Enough Retail: How
Marijuana Producers Keep Making Green (KNDO/KNDU,-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
California’s Marijuana Sales Are Escalating, Along with Growers’
Energy Costs (Forbes Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
Bitcoin Heist: 600 Powerful Computers Stolen in Iceland
(Associated Press)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Washington State Legislators Look Forward to Better Public
Records Bill (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Seattle Panel Urges ‘Head Tax’ To Fund Help for Homeless (Associated
Press)
GENERAL NEWS
5 Deaths in a Week: Spike in Avalanches in the Cascade
Mountains (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
College Sues Former Student Who Refuses to Leave Dorm
Agent: ‘M*A*S*H’ Star David Odgen Stiers Dies at 75
http://www.kgw.com/article/entertainment/agent-mash-star-david-odgen-stiers-dies-at-75/283-525219392
Stink Strait: New Mexico Town Battling Growing Skunk Crisis
Hog Wild: Pigs Outnumber People in Denmark, No. 1 in Europe
SONG OF THE DAY
Classical Guitar – MASH Theme
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