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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Quincy Named Country’s Top Data Center Location (PR Newswire)
Starvation Suspected in Massive Die-Off of Alaska Seabirds (Associated Press)
Klamath Falls: Renewed Fight over Bid Oregon Town’s Bid for
Public Power Brewing (Utility Dive)
Port Townsend Paper Mill Already Below Carbon Cap Proposed
by State (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Mason County: Growth Industry – Suspended On Leading Edge of
Pot Business (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Klamath Falls: Renewed Fight over Bid Oregon Town’s Bid for Public Power Brewing
- Grant PUD General Manager Announces He’s Stepping Down
- Cowlitz PUD Commissioners Vote to Hire Steve Kern as New General Manager
- Oregon LNG Withdraws Lawsuit against U-S Army Corps of Engineers
- BC Hydro Boss Apologizes for Inaccurate Testimony – Utility misled oversight agency about IT project
- Small Modular Reactor Startup with Molten Salt Nuclear Design Wins $8 Million in Funding
- Puerto Rico Utility’s Debt Plan Not a Sure Thing, House Is Told
- How a New Business Model Could Get the Puerto Rico Public Utility Out of Debt
- Vermont Regulators Approve New Line to Bring Canadian Renewables to New England
- Phillip Moeller, FERC Regulator Becomes Electric Utility Lobbyist
- Starvation Suspected in Massive Die-Off of Alaska Seabirds
- Washington State Considering End to Hatchery Steelhead on Rivers West of Longview
- Pacific Shellfish Set for Price Hike as Ocean Acidity Keeps Rising
- Columbia River Water Plan Unlikely to Pass, Say Locals
- Victoria B-C Sewer: Revisit Building Sewage Plant in Esquimalt, Oak Bay Mayor Urges
- Propelling a New Profitability Model for Hydro Generation
- Rents Due Ranch Goes Solar
- British Columbia: Peace River Regional District Mulls New Zoning Rules for Wind Farms
- Oregon: Bend Ranks Eleventh So Far in Energy Competition
- Did MIT Just Save the Incandescent Lightbulb?
- First Mention: The Arrival of Electric Light
- Mason County: Growth Industry – Suspended On Leading Edge of Pot Business
- Tacoma City Council Approves Moratorium for New Pot Stores
- Washington State Bill Would Exempt Some Legal-Pot Info from Public Disclosure
- Port Townsend Paper Mill Already Below Carbon Cap Proposed by State
- Giant Melting Icebergs Could Be Slowing Climate Change by Absorbing Carbon: Researchers
- Sidewalk Zamboni: Poopmaster 6000 Clears Downtown Portland Sidewalks of Crow Excrement
- Quincy Named Country’s Top Data Center Location
- Washington State to Consider Upping CenturyLink Fine over 911 Outage
- New Ways to Get Cable without an Ugly Cable Box
- If You Think Drones Are a Passing Fad, Better Think Again
- Comcast Appears to Be Injecting Browser Pop-Ups to Upsell Crappy Modem Deals
- Supporters Must Raise $7 Million to Save KPLU
- How to Develop a Social Media Reporting System
- Sen. Sheldon Opposes Mason County Hiring of Lobbying Firm
- Washington State Governor Inslee Pushes for Education Funding Framework in Speech
- Obama Touts Clean Energy Growth, Promises Fossil Fuel Extraction Reform in State of the Union
- Powerball Jackpot Increases to Historic $1.5 Billion
- Armed Oregon Occupiers to Reveal “Departure” Plans
- Public Invited to Graduation Matters Shelton Pep Rally
- Rainier Beer to be Brewed in Washington State Again
- Founder of Dick’s Drive-In Dies at 92
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Klamath Falls: Renewed Fight over Bid Oregon Town’s Bid for
Public Power Brewing (Utility Dive)
Grant PUD General Manager Announces He’s Stepping Down (iFIBER
One News, Ephrata, WA)
Cowlitz PUD Commissioners Vote to Hire Steve Kern as New
General Manager (Longview Daily
News, WA)
Oregon LNG Withdraws Lawsuit against U-S Army Corps of Engineers
(Oregonian, Portland)
BC Hydro Boss Apologizes for Inaccurate Testimony – Utility
misled oversight agency about IT project (Vancouver Sun, BC)
Small Modular Reactor Startup with Molten Salt Nuclear
Design Wins $8 Million in Funding (Green Tech Media)
Puerto Rico Utility’s Debt Plan Not a Sure Thing, House Is
Told (NY Times)
How a New Business Model Could Get the Puerto Rico Public
Utility Out of Debt (Utility Dive)
Vermont Regulators Approve New Line to Bring Canadian
Renewables to New England (Utility Dive)
Phillip Moeller, FERC Regulator Becomes Electric Utility
Lobbyist (Bloomberg News)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Starvation Suspected in Massive Die-Off of Alaska Seabirds (Associated Press)
Washington State Considering End to Hatchery Steelhead on
Rivers West of Longview (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Pacific Shellfish Set for Price Hike as Ocean Acidity Keeps
Rising (Globe & Mail, Canada)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Columbia River Water Plan Unlikely to Pass, Say Locals
(Daily Sun News, Sunnyside, WA)
Victoria B-C Sewer: Revisit Building Sewage Plant in
Esquimalt, Oak Bay Mayor Urges (Vancouver Sun, BC)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Propelling a New Profitability Model for Hydro Generation (Renewable Energy World)
Rents Due Ranch Goes Solar (Stanwood Camano News, WA)
British Columbia: Peace River Regional District Mulls New
Zoning Rules for Wind Farms (Alaska Highway News,
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Oregon: Bend Ranks Eleventh So Far in Energy Competition
(Bend Bulletin, OR)
Did MIT Just Save the Incandescent Lightbulb? (Christian
Science Monitor)
First Mention: The Arrival of Electric Light (NY Times)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Mason County: Growth Industry – Suspended On Leading Edge of
Pot Business (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)
Tacoma City Council Approves Moratorium for New Pot Stores (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Washington State Bill Would Exempt Some Legal-Pot Info from
Public Disclosure (Seattle Times, WA -
Paywall Advisory)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Port Townsend Paper Mill Already Below Carbon Cap Proposed
by State (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Giant Melting Icebergs Could Be Slowing Climate Change by
Absorbing Carbon: Researchers (Australia Broadcasting Corporation)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Sidewalk Zamboni: Poopmaster 6000 Clears Downtown Portland Sidewalks
of Crow Excrement (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Quincy Named Country’s Top Data Center Location (PR
Newswire)
Washington State to Consider Upping CenturyLink Fine over
911 Outage (Associated Press)
New Ways to Get Cable without an Ugly Cable Box (Associated Press)
If You Think Drones Are a Passing Fad, Better Think Again (Associated Press)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Comcast Appears to Be Injecting Browser Pop-Ups to Upsell
Crappy Modem Deals (Gizmodo)
Supporters Must Raise $7 Million to Save KPLU (Puget Sound
Business Journal, WA)
How to Develop a Social Media Reporting System (Social Media
Examiner)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Sen. Sheldon Opposes Mason County Hiring of Lobbying Firm (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Washington State Governor Inslee Pushes for Education
Funding Framework in Speech (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Obama Touts Clean Energy Growth, Promises Fossil Fuel
Extraction Reform in State of the Union (Utility Dive)
GENERAL NEWS
Powerball Jackpot Increases to Historic $1.5 Billion (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Armed Oregon Occupiers to Reveal “Departure” Plans (USA Today)
Public Invited to Graduation Matters Shelton Pep Rally (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Rainier Beer to be Brewed in Washington State Again (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Founder of Dick’s Drive-In Dies at 92 (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Teen Girl Uses ‘Crazy Strength’ to Lift Burning Car Off Dad (USA Today)
Why You Shouldn’t Park Your Car Beside Lake Erie in the
Winter
A Fugitive Hated His Mugshot, So He Sent the Police a Selfie
Instead
Vinyl Collector Puts Loss in Perspective after Fire near
Port Townsend Destroys 25,000 Albums
SONGS OF THE DAY
Don McLean – American Pie
A Final David Bowie Tribute:
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain – Life on Mars
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