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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
This Bill Would Save Snake River Dams. It’s Hitting
Opposition in Congress (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
81,000 Solar Panels: Washington State’s Largest Solar Farm
Planned near Lind (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Concrete Layers Are Source of Priest Rapids Dam Leak
(Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Errors & Arbitrary Assumptions Plague Study on Replacing
Energy from Snake River Dams (Washington Policy Center)
Flood Watch Issued for Skokomish River (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- This Bill Would Save Snake River Dams. It’s Hitting Opposition in Congress
- Errors & Arbitrary Assumptions Plague Study on Replacing Energy from Snake River Dams
- Editorial: Despite Their Differences, Murray & Newhouse Agree on This Critical Point About Northwest Dams
- Concrete Layers Are Source of Priest Rapids Dam Leak
- Bonneville Power Administration Taking Steps to Strengthen Financial Health
- Power Marketing Agency Assets: Lamar Alexander Blames ‘Gremlin’ for Bad Trump Policy on Electricity
- Washington Regulators Require Utilities to Offer Smart Meter Opt-Outs
- Dunbar, New Jefferson PUD Manager, Aims for More Effective Utility
- Malinowski to Run Again for Clark PUD Position
- What’s Next for South Carolina’s Embattled Utilities?
- Mini-Versions of Pacific NW Dams Find a Home — In Mississippi
- Columbia River Fall Salmon & Ocean Seasons Set
- 81,000 Solar Panels: Washington State’s Largest Solar Farm Planned near Lind
- United Kingdom – Big Electricity Producers May Be Told to Cut Output as Solar & Wind Power Surges
- A Cryptocurrency Miner Wanted 10 Megawatts of Power. Wait Just a Sec, Mason County PUD Said
- Mason PUD 3 Places Moratorium on New Cryptocurrency Operations
- Mason County PUD 3 Sets Cryptocurrency Moratorium
- How Blockchain Is Threatening to Kill the Traditional Utility
- Central Washington: Epicenter of World-Changing Technology or Ground Zero for Bitcoin’s Epic Fail
- The Latest: FCC Official Targets Lack of Broadband Parity
- Comcast Desperately Wants to Corner the Smart Home Market
- This Environmental Group Is Launching Its Own Satellite to Learn More About Greenhouse Gas Leaks
- The Most Important Exchange of the Zuckerberg Hearing
- Senators Had a Lot to Say About Facebook. That Hasn’t Stopped Them from Using It.
- How to Research & Plan Your Blog Content for a Year
- Gmail Is Set to Get a Major Update
- Los Angeles Painting City Streets White in Bid to Combat Climate Change
- Flood Watch Issued for Skokomish River
- Comment Period Extended on Webb Hill Septic Lagoon
- Boeing Flushes 737 Toilet RFP, Suppliers Upset as Company Considers Doing Work in House
- He Woke Up Boxed in by a Tractor & Covered in Feces. It Was Deputies Doing the Waking
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
This Bill Would Save Snake River Dams. It’s Hitting
Opposition in Congress (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Errors & Arbitrary Assumptions Plague Study on Replacing
Energy from Snake River Dams (Washington Policy Center)
Editorial: Despite Their Differences, Murray & Newhouse Agree
on This Critical Point About Northwest Dams (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Concrete Layers Are Source of Priest Rapids Dam Leak (Ellensburg
Daily Record, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Taking Steps to Strengthen
Financial Health (Bonneville Power Administration)
Power Marketing Agency Assets: Lamar Alexander Blames ‘Gremlin’
for Bad Trump Policy on Electricity (Washington Examiner)
Washington Regulators Require Utilities to Offer Smart Meter
Opt-Outs (Utility Dive)
Dunbar, New Jefferson PUD Manager, Aims for More Effective
Utility (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Malinowski to run again for Clark PUD position (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
What’s Next for South Carolina’s Embattled Utilities? (Utility
Dive)
Mini-Versions of Pacific NW Dams Find a Home — In Mississippi
(Crosscut Seattle)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River Fall Salmon & Ocean Seasons Set (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
81,000 Solar Panels: Washington State’s Largest Solar Farm
Planned near Lind (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
United Kingdom – Big Electricity Producers May Be Told to Cut
Output as Solar & Wind Power Surges (Yahoo Finance)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
A Cryptocurrency Miner Wanted 10 Megawatts of Power. Wait Just
a Sec, Mason County PUD Said (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Mason PUD 3 Places Moratorium on New Cryptocurrency
Operations (South Sound Business)
Mason County PUD 3 Sets Cryptocurrency Moratorium (American
Public Power Association)
How Blockchain Is Threatening to Kill the Traditional
Utility (Bloomberg News)
Central Washington: Epicenter of World-Changing Technology or
Ground Zero for Bitcoin’s Epic Fail (Inlander, Spokane, WA)
The Latest: FCC Official Targets Lack of Broadband Parity (Associated
Press)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Comcast Desperately Wants to Corner the Smart Home Market (Broadband
Reports)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
This Environmental Group Is Launching Its Own Satellite to
Learn More About Greenhouse Gas Leaks (Washington Post)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
The Most Important Exchange of the Zuckerberg Hearing (Atlantic
Magazine)
Senators Had a Lot to Say About Facebook. That Hasn’t
Stopped Them from Using It. (NY Times)
How to Research & Plan Your Blog Content for a Year (Social
Media Examiner)
Gmail Is Set to Get a Major Update (Washington Post)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
Los Angeles Painting City Streets White in Bid to Combat
Climate Change (FOX61-TV, Hartford, CT)
http://fox61.com/2018/04/11/los-angeles-painting-city-streets-white-in-bid-to-combat-climate-change/
GENERAL NEWS
Flood Watch Issued for Skokomish River (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Comment Period Extended on Webb Hill Septic Lagoon (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Boeing Flushes 737 Toilet RFP, Suppliers Upset as Company
Considers Doing Work in House (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
He Woke Up Boxed in by a Tractor & Covered in Feces. It Was
Deputies Doing the Waking (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Contact Lenses That Darken in Sunlight Are Going to Give You
Some Creepy Alien Eyes
Medieval Cheater’s Dice with Double Fours & Fives Found
in Norway
‘Donkey Kong’ Record Holder Gets Titles Stripped in Cheating
Scandal
SONG OF THE DAY
Linda Ronstadt – Tumbling Dice
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