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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Suspect in Shelton-Area Double Homicide Dies During Standoff
from Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Portland General Electric Draws Fire from All Sides in Power
Plan Comments (Portland Business Journal, OR)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/01/25/pge-draws-fire-from-all-sides-in-power-plan.html
Prineville Is Running Out of Electricity, Jeopardizing New
Manufacturing Jobs (Oregonian, Portland)
500,000 Cowlitz Hatchery Smolt Vanish (Longview Daily News,
WA)
Pumped-Storage Hydropower Shows Promise for Boosting Energy
Storage (Renewable Energy World)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Portland General Electric Draws Fire from All Sides in Power Plan Comments
- Prineville Is Running Out of Electricity, Jeopardizing New Manufacturing Jobs
- Puget Sound Energy Hasn’t Tracked Abandoned Gas Lines; Businesses Want Utility to Pay for Explosion
- Tacoma Power Releasing Water in Skokomish River
- British Columbia: Government Under Pressure to Give Big BC Hydro Businesses Tax Break
- Peace River Dam Site Ruling Shows Canadian Courts Don’t Take Reconciliation Seriously, Says Law Professor
- President Trump’s Infrastructure Priority Plan Includes Transmission, Wind, Energy Storage
- What Can You Do When the Utility Company Says You Owe a Bill You Can’t Pay?
- 500,000 Cowlitz Hatchery Smolt Vanish
- Nisqually Tribe Won’t Fish Chum After Historic Decision
- Oregon Lawmaker Promises ‘Dog Fight’ Over Gillnets in Legislature
- Op/Ed: Partnership Brings New Direction to Columbia Basin Salmon
- Climate Change, Jobs Focus in Second Day of Kalama Shoreline Methanol Hearings
- Feds Look to Increase Water Storage in Boise River System
- Pumped-Storage Hydropower Shows Promise for Boosting Energy Storage
- A Wind Turbine with Flapping Wings Might Be Quieter & Safer for Birds
- Michigan Solar Project Scrapped After Developer ‘Disappeared,’ City Claims
- How Solar Cells Turn Sunlight into Electricity
- Idaho: Moscow Residents Complain About Too-Bright LED Streetlights
- Inside Inslee’s Carbon Tax: A Gift for King Coal
- Alaska Natives to Protect Land for California Carbon Program
- Tesla Charging Stations Staying in Aberdeen
- To Enable EV Grid Services, States Need More Electric Cars on the Road
- Salt Water Is All You Need to Power This Lamp for 80 Hours
- New Push to Restrict Law Enforcement Surveillance Cameras on Seattle City Light Poles
- Verizon Is Reportedly in Talks to Merge with Charter, America’s Second-Biggest Cable Company
- Google & Netflix Join Fight Against Municipal Broadband Restrictions
- It Started in a Park: Rogue Twitter Accounts Spring Up to Fight Donald Trump on Climate Change
- Some Firms Are Harnessing Trump’s Tweets as a Marketing Strategy
- How to Improve Your Blog Posts with YouTube Videos
- Washington Secretary of State: No Evidence of Voter Fraud
- GOP Leaders: Bill to Build Wall Will Cost Up to $15 Billion
- Wildfire Operations Unaffected by Trump Administration’s ‘Media Blackout,’ Hiring Freeze
- Suspect in Shelton-Area Double Homicide Dies During Standoff from Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound
- Two Flu Deaths in Mason County
- Spokane County Settles Public Records Lawsuit for $100,000
Disremember • \dis-rih-MEM-ber\ • Verb – Forget
“I must say, that I disremember the details of the
dismembering of the different elements of my energy company,” droned the energy
trader at his trial. “I do remember that our lawyers were out of the room at
the time, so we may have just been joking,” he quipped, while slowly winking at
attractive juror number 6.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Portland General Electric Draws Fire from All Sides in Power
Plan Comments (Portland Business Journal, OR)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/01/25/pge-draws-fire-from-all-sides-in-power-plan.html
Prineville Is Running Out of Electricity, Jeopardizing New
Manufacturing Jobs (Oregonian, Portland)
Puget Sound Energy Hasn’t Tracked Abandoned Gas Lines;
Businesses Want Utility to Pay for Explosion (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Tacoma Power Releasing Water in Skokomish River (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
British Columbia: Government Under Pressure to Give Big BC Hydro
Businesses Tax Break (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Peace River Dam Site Ruling Shows Canadian Courts Don’t Take
Reconciliation Seriously, Says Law Professor (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
President Trump’s Infrastructure Priority Plan Includes
Transmission, Wind, Energy Storage (Utility Dive)
What Can You Do When the Utility Company Says You Owe a Bill
You Can’t Pay? (Consumerist)
FISH & WILDLIFE
500,000 Cowlitz Hatchery Smolt Vanish (Longview Daily News,
WA)
Nisqually Tribe Won’t Fish Chum After Historic Decision
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Oregon Lawmaker Promises ‘Dog Fight’ Over Gillnets in
Legislature (Oregonian, Portland)
Op/Ed: Partnership Brings New Direction to Columbia Basin
Salmon (Opinion)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
Climate Change, Jobs Focus in Second Day of Kalama Shoreline
Methanol Hearings (Longview Daily News, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Feds Look to Increase Water Storage in Boise River System
(Associated Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Pumped-Storage Hydropower Shows Promise for Boosting Energy
Storage (Renewable Energy World)
A Wind Turbine with Flapping Wings Might Be Quieter &
Safer for Birds (Gizmodo)
Michigan Solar Project Scrapped After Developer ‘Disappeared,’
City Claims (Midwest Energy News)
How Solar Cells Turn Sunlight into Electricity (Cosmos)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Idaho: Moscow Residents Complain About Too-Bright LED
Streetlights (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Inside Inslee’s Carbon Tax: A Gift for King Coal (Crosscut
Seattle)
Alaska Natives to Protect Land for California Carbon Program
(News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Tesla Charging Stations Staying in Aberdeen (KXRO Radio,
Aberdeen, WA)
To Enable EV Grid Services, States Need More Electric Cars
on the Road (Utility Dive)
Salt Water Is All You Need to Power This Lamp for 80 Hours
(Gizmodo)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
New Push to Restrict Law Enforcement Surveillance Cameras on
Seattle City Light Poles (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Verizon Is Reportedly in Talks to Merge with Charter,
America’s Second-Biggest Cable Company (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Google & Netflix Join Fight Against Municipal Broadband
Restrictions (Ars Technica)
MARKETING & MEDIA
It Started in a Park: Rogue Twitter Accounts Spring Up to
Fight Donald Trump on Climate Change (Washington Post)
Some Firms Are Harnessing Trump’s
Tweets as a Marketing Strategy (National Public Radio)
How to Improve Your Blog Posts with YouTube Videos (Social
Media Examiner)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington Secretary of State: No Evidence of Voter Fraud (Associated
Press)
GOP Leaders: Bill to Build Wall Will Cost Up to $15 Billion
(Associated Press)
http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/jan/26/gop-leaders-bill-to-build-wall-will-cost-up-to-15-billion/
Wildfire Operations Unaffected by Trump Administration’s ‘Media
Blackout,’ Hiring Freeze (Northwest Public Radio)
GENERAL NEWS
Suspect in Shelton-Area Double Homicide Dies During Standoff
from Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Two Flu Deaths in Mason County (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Spokane County Settles Public Records Lawsuit for $100,000
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Mary Tyler Moore Dies at 80
Charter Takes Heat for Absurdly Bad Security Advice
Kraft Heinz Employees Get Day Off After Super Bowl
Horse Left Behind in Wyoming Wilderness Survives for 6 Weeks
SONG OF THE DAY
Love Is All Around – Mary Tyler Moore Show
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