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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
FBI Seeks Peaceful End to Occupation at Oregon Wildlife
Refuge (Reuters)
Current Mt. Hood Snowpack Shreds Last Year’s Levels
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
Montana Mine Lays Off Workers as Coal Industry Slumps (Associated Press)
Editorial: Unlocking Carbon Gridlock in Washington a Matter
of Inclusion, Not Exclusion (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
AP Source: Washington State Democratic Rep. McDermott to
Announce Retirement (Associated
Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Montana Mine Lays Off Workers as Coal Industry Slumps
- Union at Eugene Water & Electric Board Will Vote Third Time Tuesday on Proposed Pact with Utility
- Editorial: Threading the Needle – Cheaply – To Meet Pacific Northwest Power Demands
- Alaska Railbelt Utilities Progress on Forming Single Transmission Operator
- Colorado Regulators Affirm Decision Rejecting Part of Boulder’s Public Power Plan
- California: Did Wayward Drone Knock Out Power in Bernal Heights?
- Maine: PUC Data at Center of Bias Allegations to Remain Secret Indefinitely
- Puget Sound Salmon Restoration Efforts Focus on Private Property
- In OTHER Malheur National Wildlife Refuge News: Biologists Hope Fishing Will End Carp Invasion
- Environmental Disaster: Using Bombs for Fishing
- To Save a Rare Forest, Farmers Try a New Crop – Butterflies
- Current Mt. Hood Snowpack Shreds Last Year’s Levels
- Editorial: Picking Up the Pieces in Klamath
- California: Solar Is In, Biomass Energy Is Out – Farmers Are Struggling to Dispose of Woody Waste
- California: Ratepayers Face Unknown Costs for Renewable Power
- Op/Ed: Montana – NorthWestern Rebuts Renewables Criticism
- Google Helps Analyze If Rooftop Solar Panels Are Good Deal
- Hawaii Court Upholds PUC Order Ending Retail Rate Net Metering
- Electrifying India, With the Sun & Small Loans
- Oregon Opens Application Process for Marijuana Licenses
- Cowlitz County: Local Marijuana Retailers Contend with Falling Prices
- Portland Cannabis Cultivator Raises $2.8 Million for a 50-Acre Farm
- Tech Mavericks See Green in Burgeoning Marijuana Industry
- Editorial: Unlocking Carbon Gridlock in Washington a Matter of Inclusion, Not Exclusion
- At the Centers for Disease Control, a Debate behind Recommendations on Cellphone Risk
- Why Cities Need Trees: The Science behind a 30 Percent Canopy
- Can You Download Me Now? NY Payphones Become Wi-Fi Hot Spots
- Group Says BBC Website Hack Was a Test for Attack on ISIS
- Op/Ed: India Deserves Better than Mark Zuckerberg’s Watered-Down Internet
- AP Source: Washington State Democratic Rep. McDermott to Announce Retirement
- Mayor: Records Requests Add to Problems in Gold Bar Audit
- FBI Seeks Peaceful End to Occupation at Oregon Wildlife Refuge
- Another Round of Winter Weather Causes Delays at 60+ Schools in Western Washington State
- 4-H Clubs Booted from Kitsap Co. Buildings after Dispute
- Periodic Table’s Seventh Row Filled; Four Elements Added
- No, That Crazy Viral Snoqualmie Pass Snow Photo Isn’t Real
Boycott • \BOY-kaht\ • verb – To engage in a concerted
refusal to have dealings with (as a person, store, or organization) usually to
express disapproval or to force acceptance of certain conditions
Ambrose’s global warming protest was less than successful.
It seems that his idea to boycott his own carbon dioxide emissions by not
breathing was a fatal mistake.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Montana Mine Lays Off Workers as Coal Industry Slumps (Associated Press)
Union at Eugene Water & Electric Board Will Vote Third
Time Tuesday on Proposed Pact with Utility (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Editorial: Threading the Needle – Cheaply – To Meet Pacific
Northwest Power Demands (Oregonian, Portland)
Alaska Railbelt Utilities Progress on Forming Single
Transmission Operator (Utility Dive)
Colorado Regulators Affirm Decision Rejecting Part of
Boulder’s Public Power Plan (Utility Dive)
California: Did Wayward Drone Knock Out Power in Bernal Heights?
(SF Chronicle)
Maine: PUC Data at Center of Bias Allegations to Remain
Secret Indefinitely (Portland Press-Herald, ME)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Puget Sound Salmon Restoration Efforts Focus on Private
Property (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
In OTHER Malheur National Wildlife Refuge News: Biologists Hope
Fishing Will End Carp Invasion (KOIN-TV,
Portland, OR)
Environmental Disaster: Using Bombs for Fishing (USA Today)
To Save a Rare Forest, Farmers Try a New Crop – Butterflies
(Christian Science Monitor)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Current Mt. Hood Snowpack Shreds Last Year’s Levels
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
Editorial: Picking Up the Pieces in Klamath (Oregonian,
Portland)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
California: Solar Is In, Biomass Energy Is Out – Farmers Are
Struggling to Dispose of Woody Waste (Los Angeles Times, CA)
California: Ratepayers Face Unknown Costs for Renewable
Power (Modesto Bee, CA)
Op/Ed: Montana – NorthWestern Rebuts Renewables Criticism
(Billings Gazette, MT)
Google Helps Analyze If Rooftop Solar Panels Are Good Deal (Associated Press)
Hawaii Court Upholds PUC Order Ending Retail Rate Net
Metering (Utility Dive)
Electrifying India, With the Sun & Small Loans (NY Times)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Oregon Opens Application Process for Marijuana Licenses
(Oregonian, Portland)
Cowlitz County: Local Marijuana Retailers Contend with
Falling Prices (Longview Daily News,
WA)
Portland Cannabis Cultivator Raises $2.8 Million for a
50-Acre Farm (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Tech Mavericks See Green in Burgeoning Marijuana Industry (Sacramento Bee, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Editorial: Unlocking Carbon Gridlock in Washington a Matter
of Inclusion, Not Exclusion (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
At the Centers for Disease Control, a Debate behind
Recommendations on Cellphone Risk (NY
Times)
Why Cities Need Trees: The Science behind a 30 Percent
Canopy (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA -
Paywall Advisory)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Can You Download Me Now? NY Payphones Become Wi-Fi Hot Spots
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Group Says BBC Website Hack Was a Test for Attack on ISIS
(Mashable)
Op/Ed: India Deserves Better than Mark Zuckerberg’s
Watered-Down Internet (Washington Post)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
AP Source: Washington State Democratic Rep. McDermott to
Announce Retirement (Associated
Press)
Mayor: Records Requests Add to Problems in Gold Bar Audit
(Everett Herald, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
FBI Seeks Peaceful End to Occupation at Oregon Wildlife
Refuge (Reuters)
Another Round of Winter Weather Causes Delays at 60+ Schools
in Western Washington State (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle, WA)
4-H Clubs Booted from Kitsap Co. Buildings after Dispute (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Periodic Table’s Seventh Row Filled; Four Elements Added (USA Today)
No, That Crazy Viral Snoqualmie Pass Snow Photo Isn’t Real
(Oregonian, Portland)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Cheers! Portland Leads Oregon to ‘Booziest State in Country’
Title
Someone Made a Google Chrome Filter to Block Donald Trump from
Your Internet
Majestic Clydesdale Horse Masterfully Photobombs Little Girl
This Is What Happens When You Try to Take a Stealthy Picture
of Elton John
SONG OF THE DAY
Elton John – Song for Guy
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