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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Puget Sound Energy Customers without Power for Fourth Day
(Associated Press)
Editorial: Expand Use of Renewable Energy by Washington
State Utilities (Everett Herald, WA)
California Has Glut of Electricity But Residents Still Pay
40% More than National Average (CNBC)
California: Engineers to Begin Inspections at Damaged
Oroville Dam – Damaged Spillway (Sacramento Bee, CA)
GOP Senior Statesmen Making Push for a Carbon Tax
(Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Puget Sound Energy Customers without Power for Fourth Day
- California Has Glut of Electricity But Residents Still Pay 40% More than National Average
- Eight British Columbia Mayors Want Provincial Sales Tax Removed on Heavy Industry Power Bills
- Jefferson PUD Expects Clean Audit from Washington State
- Chelan PUD Seeks Help Naming New Riverfront Park Land
- Controversial Dakota Pipeline to Go Ahead After Army Approval
- Electricity Cable Aims to Link Cyprus, Egypt, Greece
- Grays Harbor & Willapa Bay Salmon Fisheries Under Review
- California: Engineers to Begin Inspections at Damaged Oroville Dam – Damaged Spillway
- Editorial: Expand Use of Renewable Energy by Washington State Utilities
- Bill to Boost Small-Scale Renewables in Oregon Runs Into Opposition
- Portland Smart Home Startup Lands Nest Exec for Board
- Keeping Winter Cold at Bay
- San Francisco: 100 New Streetlights Planned to Brighten Dark Tenderloin
- For Washington’s Cannabis Industry, Out-Of-State Owners Could Supply a Lifeline – Or Invite Trouble
- GOP Senior Statesmen Making Push for a Carbon Tax
- The Big Melt: Global Sea Ice at Record Low
- Climate Change Is Off the Table Under Trump
- Youth Climate Lawsuit Could Go to Trial This Summer
- How California’s Utilities Are Planning the Next Phase of Electric Vehicle Adoption
- The FCC Is Stopping Nine Companies from Providing Federally Subsidized Internet to the Poor
- Hacker Claims He Hacked 150,000 Printers to ‘Raise Awareness’ About Hacking
- The Internet Just Helped a Staggering Number of People Engage with Their Government
- Facebook Adds Community Help Feature to Safety Check to Help Folks in Crisis
- Activist Group Trying to Oust Mark Zuckerberg as Facebook Chairman
- Seattle City Council Votes to Sever Ties with Wells Fargo
- Ex-Port of Seattle CEO Fires Back, Says Illegal Payouts Weren’t His Idea
- City of Shelton Ponders Privatization of Garbage Service
- Woman Found Dead on Lilliwaup Beach Drowned
- ‘Big System’ to Dump Rain (up to two inches), Bring Warmer Weather to Seattle Area
- Weather Expert Predicts Hot, Dry Summer Due to El Nino
- Weyerhaeuser Posts $1 Billion in Profits for 2016
- Mary M Knight Girls Advance in District Basketball; Boys Fall
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Puget Sound Energy Customers without Power for Fourth Day (Associated
Press)
California Has Glut of Electricity But Residents Still Pay
40% More than National Average (CNBC)
Eight British Columbia Mayors Want Provincial Sales Tax Removed
on Heavy Industry Power Bills (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Jefferson PUD Expects Clean Audit from Washington State
(Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Chelan PUD Seeks Help Naming New Riverfront Parkland (North
Central Washington Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
Controversial Dakota Pipeline to Go Ahead After Army Approval
(Reuters)
Electricity Cable Aims to Link Cyprus, Egypt, Greece (Associated
Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Grays Harbor & Willapa Bay Salmon Fisheries Under Review
(KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
California: Engineers to Begin Inspections at Damaged Oroville
Dam – Damaged Spillway (Sacramento Bee, CA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Editorial: Expand Use of Renewable Energy by Washington
State Utilities (Everett Herald, WA)
Bill to Boost Small-Scale Renewables in Oregon Runs Into
Opposition (Portland Business Journal, OR)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Portland Smart Home Startup Lands Nest Exec for Board (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Keeping Winter Cold at Bay (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)
San Francisco: 100 New Streetlights Planned to Brighten Dark
Tenderloin (SF Chronicle)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
For Washington’s Cannabis Industry, Out-Of-State Owners
Could Supply a Lifeline – Or Invite Trouble (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
GOP Senior Statesmen Making Push for a Carbon Tax (Associated
Press)
The Big Melt: Global Sea Ice at Record Low (USA Today)
Climate Change Is Off the Table Under Trump (Washington
Examiner)
Youth Climate Lawsuit Could Go to Trial This Summer (Northwest
Public Radio)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
How California’s Utilities Are Planning the Next Phase of
Electric Vehicle Adoption (Utility Dive)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The FCC Is Stopping Nine Companies from Providing Federally
Subsidized Internet to the Poor (Washington Post)
Hacker Claims He Hacked 150,000 Printers to ‘Raise Awareness’
About Hacking (Gizmodo)
MARKETING & MEDIA
The Internet Just Helped a Staggering Number of People
Engage with Their Government (Washington Post)
Facebook Adds Community Help Feature to Safety Check to Help
Folks in Crisis (USA Today)
Activist Group Trying to Oust Mark Zuckerberg as Facebook Chairman
(SF Chronicle)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Seattle City Council Votes to Sever Ties with Wells Fargo (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Ex-Port of Seattle CEO Fires Back, Says Illegal Payouts
Weren’t His Idea (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
City of Shelton Ponders Privatization of Garbage Service (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Woman Found Dead on Lilliwaup Beach Drowned (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
‘Big System’ to Dump Rain (up to two inches), Bring Warmer
Weather to Seattle Area (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Weather Expert Predicts Hot, Dry Summer Due to El Nino (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Weyerhaeuser Posts $1 Billion in Profits for 2016 (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Mary M Knight Girls Advance in District Basketball; Boys
Fall (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
The Roman Economy Was a Powerhouse
British Columbia Woman Loses Hot Tea Lawsuit against Starbucks
Oklahoma: Old Ordinance Shuts Down Valentine’s Dance in Town
of Henryetta
Richard Hatch, Who Starred in ‘Battlestar Galactica,’ Dies
at 71
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