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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Environmental Groups Want Work Halted on Snake River Dams
(Associated Press)
http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/jan/10/environmental-groups-want-work-halted-on-snake-river-dams/
Canada; BC Hydro Offers Special Payment Plan Due to Cold
Snap (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Oregon State University Wave Energy Test Center Looks to
State for $4.6 Million (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Oregon: Nearly Half of Facebook’s Prineville Jobs in Flux as
Data Centers Change Security Contractor (Oregonian, Portland)
Bipartisan Schools Funding Plan Proves Elusive as Washington
State Legislature Convenes (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Environmental Groups Want Work Halted on Snake River Dams
- Canada; BC Hydro Offers Special Payment Plan Due to Cold Snap
- Canada: Cabinet Political Staff Control BC Hydro’s PR on Peace River Dam
- San Diego Gauges Interest in 500 MW Pumped Storage Project
- Leavenworth Hatchery Violations
- A Bumblebee Gets New Protection on President Obama’s Way Out
- Mutant Grass Is Terrorizing Oregon
- Oregon State University Wave Energy Test Center Looks to State for $4.6 Million
- President Obama Says Shift to Green Energy Is ‘Irreversible’ Despite President Elect Trump
- Las Vegas Company’s Renewable Energy Efforts Touted by Greenpeace
- President Elect Trump’s Attorney General Pick Is No Fan of Microsoft or Marijuana
- White House Urges Research on Geoengineering to Combat Global Warming
- Oregon: Nearly Half of Facebook’s Prineville Jobs in Flux as Data Centers Change Security Contractor
- Yahoo to Be Named Altaba, Mayer to Leave Board After Verizon Deal
- Greenpeace: Amazon’s Path to Green Cloud Computing Is Unclear
- Russian Hackers Gained ‘Limited’ Access to R.N.C., Comey says
- Not Facebook, Too: Now You’ll See Tests of Ads in Middle of Videos
- Bipartisan Schools Funding Plan Proves Elusive as Washington State Legislature Convenes
- Five Things to Watch in Olympia This Year – Besides Education Funding
- Trump Set to Restrict Program for Foreign Tech Workers Used by Microsoft
- No Relief: Storms Continue to Slam West with Snow, Rain, Wind
Jitney ● /JITT-nee/ ● Noun – 1: A small bus that carries
passengers over a regular route on a flexible schedule 2: an unlicensed taxicab
Jitney at the curb
Shuddering chassis rattles
Transport most rustic
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Environmental Groups Want Work Halted on Snake River Dams (Associated
Press)
http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/jan/10/environmental-groups-want-work-halted-on-snake-river-dams/
Canada; BC Hydro Offers Special Payment Plan Due to Cold
Snap (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Canada: Cabinet Political Staff Control BC Hydro’s PR on Peace
River Dam (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
San Diego Gauges Interest in 500 MW Pumped Storage Project (Utility
Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Leavenworth Hatchery Violations (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
A Bumblebee Gets New Protection on President Obama’s Way Out
(NY Times)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
Mutant Grass Is Terrorizing Oregon (Gizmodo)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Oregon State University Wave Energy Test Center Looks to
State for $4.6 Million (Portland Business Journal, OR)
President Obama Says Shift to Green Energy Is ‘Irreversible’
Despite President Elect Trump (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Las Vegas Company’s Renewable Energy Efforts Touted by Greenpeace
(Las Vegas Review-Journal, NV)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
President Elect Trump’s Attorney General Pick Is No Fan of Microsoft
or Marijuana (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
White House Urges Research on Geoengineering to Combat
Global Warming (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Oregon: Nearly Half of Facebook’s Prineville Jobs in Flux as
Data Centers Change Security Contractor (Oregonian, Portland)
Yahoo to Be Named Altaba, Mayer to Leave Board After Verizon
Deal (Reuters)
Greenpeace: Amazon’s Path to Green Cloud Computing Is
Unclear (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Russian Hackers Gained ‘Limited’ Access to R.N.C., Comey
says (NY Times)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Not Facebook, Too: Now You’ll See Tests of Ads in Middle of Videos
(Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Bipartisan Schools Funding Plan Proves Elusive as Washington
State Legislature Convenes (Associated Press)
Five Things to Watch in Olympia This Year – Besides
Education Funding (Crosscut Seattle)
Trump Set to Restrict Program for Foreign Tech Workers Used by
Microsoft (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
No Relief: Storms Continue to Slam West with Snow, Rain,
Wind (USA Today)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Men, A Dirty Face Is the Latest Grooming Trend
‘Monopoly’ Fans Are Voting to Change the Game’s Iconic
Tokens
‘Sneaky’ Squirrels Have Stolen Dozens of Candy Bars from
This Convenience Store
Video: Drone Footage Captures Frozen Mural of Palouse Falls
SONG OF THE DAY
Johnny Rivers - Muddy Water
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