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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Benton PUD Says Electric Usage Up 60 to 100 Percent More as Heating
Bills Skyrocket (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Mason PUD 3 Commission Report - Near Historic Cold Affects
Mason County Energy Consumption (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Oregon: Cold Temperatures Fuel Skyrocketing Heating Bills (The
Chief, Clatskanie, OR)
Corps Racing to Reopen Columbia, Snake to River Traffic on
Time (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Oregon Is Getting Warmer, Climate Report Finds (Eugene
Register-Guard, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Benton PUD Says Electric Usage Up 60 to 100 Percent More as Heating Bills Skyrocket
- Mason PUD 3 Commission Report - Near Historic Cold Affects Mason County Energy Consumption
- Oregon: Cold Temperatures Fuel Skyrocketing Heating Bills
- Grant PUD Contract Changes Will Impact Irrigation Districts
- New York: Indian Point Nuclear Plant Closure Leaves Locals Scrambling To Deal with 'Major Economic Loss'
- News Release: NRG and NFL Power Super Bowl LI with Clean, Renewable Energy
- Washington State Survey Shows Spring Chinook Spawning Higher Up in White Salmon River above Old Condit Dam Site
- Video: Still No Answer for Cowlitz Hatchery Vanishing Fish
- Hatching A New Fish Plan – Big Creek Hatchery to Reduce Salmon Production
- Washington State Congressman, Larsen Backs Bill Banning Orca Captivity
- Nature Lovers Ask BC Hydro to Delay Destruction of Rarely-Seen Bird's Nesting Ground
- Corps Racing to Reopen Columbia, Snake to River Traffic on Time
- Water, Water Everywhere in California – And Not Enough Reservoir Space to Store It
- Excess Electricity Aids Aquifer Recharge
- New Mexico Lawmakers Propose Expanding Renewable Portfolio Standard to 80% by 2040
- The Danger of Using Electric Heaters
- The Trump Cannabis Advisory Group: What Does it Mean?
- Oregon Is Getting Warmer, Climate Report Finds
- Concerned About President Trump, UC Davis Experts Spend Day Archiving Climate Change Research
- Sequim Lab Looks to Find the Best Biofuel in Algae
- Local partnership changing renewable energy
- Folsom’s PowerSchool Extends Reach into Half of U-S Schools with $850 Million Acquisition
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- McMorris Rodgers Asks That Wildfire Fighters Be Exempted from Federal Hiring Freeze
- Belfair SR3 Improvement Project Work to Shift Traffic
- City of Shelton Seeking Comments on Comp Plan Update & Urban Growth Area Expansion
- Neighbors Return Home after Huge Lynnwood Fire
- Bad Oysters from British Columbia Could Be Making Ontarians Sick
- Tillamook Rock Lighthouse
- WORD OF THE DAY
Farceur • \far-SUR\ • noun: 1: joker, wag *2: a writer or
actor of farce
Galahad was the preeminent office clown; the “farceur” of
Acme Pen and Novelty Company. At least he was, until the unfortunate “whoopee
cushion” incident with the CEO at the annual meeting. Now, Galahad is the
restroom attendant.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Benton PUD Says Electric Usage Up 60 to 100 Percent More as Heating
Bills Skyrocket (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Mason PUD 3 Commission Report - Near Historic Cold Affects
Mason County Energy Consumption (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Oregon: Cold Temperatures Fuel Skyrocketing Heating Bills (The
Chief, Clatskanie, OR)
Grant PUD Contract Changes Will Impact Irrigation Districts (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
New York: Indian Point Nuclear Plant Closure Leaves Locals
Scrambling To Deal with 'Major Economic Loss' (Forbes Magazine)
News Release: NRG and NFL Power Super Bowl LI with Clean,
Renewable Energy “…will purchase and retire one Renewable Energy Certificate…” (BusinessWire)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Washington State Survey Shows Spring Chinook Spawning Higher
Up in White Salmon River above Old Condit Dam Site (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Video: Still No Answer for Cowlitz Hatchery Vanishing Fish (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Hatching A New Fish Plan – Big Creek Hatchery to Reduce
Salmon Production (The Daily Astorian, OR)
Washington State Congressman, Larsen Backs Bill Banning Orca
Captivity (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Nature Lovers Ask BC Hydro to Delay Destruction of
Rarely-Seen Bird's Nesting Ground (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Corps Racing to Reopen Columbia, Snake to River Traffic on Time
(Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Water, Water Everywhere in California – And Not Enough Reservoir
Space to Store It (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Excess Electricity Aids Aquifer Recharge (Capital Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
New Mexico Lawmakers Propose Expanding Renewable Portfolio
Standard to 80% by 2040 (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
The Danger of Using Electric Heaters (Saudi Gazette)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
The Trump Cannabis Advisory Group: What Does it Mean? (Canna
Law Blog)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregon Is Getting Warmer, Climate Report Finds (Eugene
Register-Guard, OR)
Concerned About President Trump, UC Davis Experts Spend Day
Archiving Climate Change Research (Sacramento Bee, CA)
BARRELS O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Sequim Lab Looks to Find the Best Biofuel in Algae (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Local partnership changing renewable energy (KNDO/KNDU,-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Folsom’s PowerSchool Extends Reach into Half of U-S Schools with
$850 Million Acquisition (Sacramento Bee, CA)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
McMorris Rodgers Asks That Wildfire Fighters Be Exempted from
Federal Hiring Freeze (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA – Famous Photo of Irony: anti-tax/gov’t
proponent thanks firefighters – funded by taxes – for saving his home)
GENERAL NEWS
Belfair SR3 Improvement Project Work to Shift Traffic (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
City of Shelton Seeking Comments on Comp Plan Update & Urban
Growth Area Expansion (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Neighbors Return Home after Huge Lynnwood Fire (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Bad Oysters from British Columbia Could Be Making Ontarians Sick
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Tillamook Rock Lighthouse (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
IT’S CHICKEN MAN (HE’S EVERYWHERE) – DIVERSIONS
'Notorious B.O.B' Downs 409 Wings to Reign at Wing Bowl
Pooh the Cat Gets a Pair of Bionic Legs in Bulgaria
Target Refusing to Pay for Damage after Its Two-Ton Red Ball
Rolls into Driver’s Car
Thoughtful Dad Sent Bouquet of Roses Not to His Wife, But to
His Dog
SONG OF THE DAY
Cyrcle – Red Rubber Ball
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