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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
In New Case, World Trade Organization Rules Against Washington
State’s Tax Breaks for Boeing 777X Plants (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Lines – Agency Releases
Final Environmental Impact Statement Ahead of Final Decision (Argus Observer,
Ontario, OR)
Washington State: Where Marijuana Plants Flourish Under
Energy-Saving LED Lights (NY Times)
Oregon Solar Industry Calls Residential Energy Tax Credit
Extension Top 2017 Priority (Portland Business Journal, OR)
California Today: Fretting Over the ‘Netflix Tax’ (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Lines – Agency Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement Ahead of Final Decision
- Hoquiam Eyes Permit for Oil Terminal – Quinault Tribe Says It Threatens Way of Life
- Seattle City Light Warns Against Scam Callers
- Floating Home Residents Say They’re Being Denied a Voice on Columbia River PUD Board
- Clallam Public Utility District Linemen Honored for Heroism
- Tennessee Valley Authority to Move Away from Coal Even Under Trump
- Japan Fukushima Nuclear Plant ‘Clean-Up Costs Double’
- Columnist: Can Federal Dam Operators Save Northwest Salmon?
- Op/Ed: Dam Removal Would Breach Pacific Northwest NW Economy
- One of the Oldest, Biggest Pines in the Pacific Northwest Is Dead
- Trump Win Churns US-Mexico Water Talks
- Enormous Water Ice Deposit Could Help Us Survive on Mars
- Oregon Solar Industry Calls Residential Energy Tax Credit Extension Top 2017 Priority
- Three Turbine Manufacturers Provide More Than 75% Of U-S Wind Capacity
- Upstate New York Towns Embroiled in Fight Over Tall Wind Turbines
- Hydro vs. Solar – A New Controversy Over Renewable Energy in Vermont
- Solar, Wind Industries Gave Big to Republican Campaigns – Will It Pay Off?
- Washington State: Where Marijuana Plants Flourish Under Energy-Saving LED Lights
- A New App Arrives to Help Washington Marijuana Businesses, Banks Handle Payments
- The Cannabis Train Could Still Go Off the Tracks – Here’s How
- Trump to Scrap NASA Climate Research in Crackdown on ‘Politicized Science’
- Trump Faces Dilemma as U-S Oil Reels from Record Biofuels Targets
- California Today: Fretting Over the ‘Netflix Tax’
- Hackers Breached San Francisco Transit System, Held It Hostage All Weekend
- Facebook Changes Page Layouts: This Week in Social Media
- Infographic: What Consumers Really Want from Your Video Content
- Report: Russian Propaganda Effort Spread Fake News
- In New Case, World Trade Organization Rules Against Washington State’s Tax Breaks for Boeing 777X Plants
- Republicans Get Ready to Welcome Back Earmarks
- Judge Rules Amazon Pilot Strike Must End
- Two Earthquakes Recorded Off Oregon Coast
- Geologists Track Ancient Columbia River Gorge Landslides
- Mason County Solid Waste Disposal Rates to Rise
- North Mason Students to Help Train Guide Dogs
- Port Angeles’ Downtown Holiday Lights Vandalized
- Man with Lung Disease Finishes Seattle Marathon Towing Oxygen Tank
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Lines – Agency Releases
Final Environmental Impact Statement Ahead of Final Decision (Argus Observer,
Ontario, OR)
Hoquiam Eyes Permit for Oil Terminal – Quinault Tribe Says
It Threatens Way of Life (Associated Press)
Seattle City Light Warns Against Scam Callers (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Floating Home Residents Say They’re Being Denied a Voice on Columbia
River PUD Board (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Clallam Public Utility District Linemen Honored for Heroism (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Tennessee Valley Authority to Move Away from Coal Even Under
Trump (Chattanooga Times-Free Press, TN)
Japan Fukushima Nuclear Plant ‘Clean-Up Costs Double’ (Christian
Science Monitor)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columnist: Can Federal Dam Operators Save Northwest Salmon? (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
Op/Ed: Dam Removal Would Breach Pacific Northwest NW Economy
– The importance for Northwest wheat & forest products is invaluable to the
region (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
One of the Oldest, Biggest Pines in the Pacific Northwest Is
Dead (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Trump Win Churns US-Mexico Water Talks (Politico)
Enormous Water Ice Deposit Could Help Us Survive on Mars (Gizmodo)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Oregon Solar Industry Calls Residential Energy Tax Credit Extension
Top 2017 Priority (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Three Turbine Manufacturers Provide More Than 75% Of U-S
Wind Capacity (US Energy Information Administration)
Upstate New York Towns Embroiled in Fight Over Tall Wind
Turbines (Associated Press)
Hydro vs. Solar – A New Controversy Over Renewable Energy in
Vermont (WCAX-TV, Burlington, VT)
Solar, Wind Industries Gave Big to Republican Campaigns – Will
It Pay Off? (Christian Science Monitor)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Washington State: Where Marijuana Plants Flourish Under
Energy-Saving LED Lights (NY Times)
A New App Arrives to Help Washington Marijuana Businesses,
Banks Handle Payments (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
The Cannabis Train Could Still Go Off the Tracks – Here’s
How (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Trump to Scrap NASA Climate Research in Crackdown on ‘Politicized
Science’ (The Guardian, UK)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Trump Faces Dilemma as U-S Oil Reels from Record Biofuels
Targets (Reuters)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
California Today: Fretting Over the ‘Netflix Tax’ (NY Times)
Hackers Breached San Francisco Transit System, Held It
Hostage All Weekend (Consumerist)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook Changes Page Layouts: This Week in Social Media (Social
Media Examiner)
Infographic: What Consumers Really Want from Your Video
Content (AdWeek)
Report: Russian Propaganda Effort Spread Fake News (Associated
Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
In New Case, World Trade Organization Rules Against Washington
State’s Tax Breaks for Boeing 777X Plants (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Republicans Get Ready to Welcome Back Earmarks (Atlantic
Magazine)
GENERAL NEWS
Judge Rules Amazon Pilot Strike
Must End (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Two Earthquakes Recorded Off Oregon Coast (Associated Press)
Geologists Track Ancient Columbia River Gorge Landslides (Associated
Press)
Mason County Solid Waste Disposal Rates to Rise (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
North Mason Students to Help Train Guide Dogs (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Port Angeles’ Downtown Holiday Lights Vandalized (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Man with Lung Disease Finishes Seattle Marathon Towing
Oxygen Tank (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Cards Against Humanity Is Digging a Giant Hole for No Good
Reason
Dodo Skeleton Auctioned Off for $430,000 – Why Does the Bird
Fascinate?
Done with Tinder? Try ‘Sindr,’ the Vatican’s New Confession
Finder App
Man Arrested for Stealing Wallet During Job Interview – He Didn’t
Get the Job
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