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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Carbon Tax Floated as Possible Replacement
to Inslee’s ‘Clean Air Rule’ (Northwest Public Radio)
Ocean Salmon Fishery Closures Proposed to Protect Klamath
River Fish (Northwest Public Radio)
Editorial: Washington State House Should Pass Senate Dam
Policy (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Chelan County Close to Prohibiting Outdoor Pot Farms
(Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2017/mar/13/chelan-county-close-to-prohibiting-outdoor-pot-farms/
Skokomish River Flood Watch in Effect; Landslide Risk
Increasing (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- California Dam Emergency Sparks Push for Better Flood Protection
- Editorial: Washington State House Should Pass Senate Dam Policy
- Tacoma Click! Network Lawsuit Threatens to Restrict Authority of Publicly-Owned Utilities to Meet Community Needs
- Panel Gives Small Victory to Utilities in Nuke Plant Lawsuit
- How to Get the Most Out of Grid Modernization, In Five Simple Steps
- Ocean Salmon Fishery Closures Proposed to Protect Klamath River Fish
- Eagle Being Monitored In Clallam County after Electrocution from Power Line
- Nisqually River Expected To Rise with Dam Release
- Solar Experiment Lets Neighbors Trade Energy among Themselves
- Community Solar Is Surging, Says NRECA
- Everyone’s Buying a Smart Thermostat—Here’s How to Pick One
- Chelan County Close to Prohibiting Outdoor Pot Farms
- Baker Technologies Raises $3.5 Million to Become a “Salesforce for Pot”
- Washington State Carbon Tax Floated as Possible Replacement to Inslee’s ‘Clean Air Rule’
- Washington State Republicans Reiterate Their Stance on a Possible Carbon Tax: No
- On Cap & Trade, Oregon Designers Hope to Learn from California
- Internet-Connected Toys: Parents, Do Your Homework
- New York City Sues Verizon, Claiming Broken Promises of Fios Coverage
- Verizon Proposes Rooftop Cellular Equipment
- Panel to Study Wiring San Francisco with High-Speed Internet
- A World without Wi-Fi Looks Possible as Unlimited Plans Rise
- America’s Broadband Market Needs More Competition
- Google Balloon Mistaken for UFO as It Crashes in Colombia
- Pandora Starts On-Demand Music Subscription Service
- Op/Ed: Four Ways You’re Killing Your Brand’s Reputation on Social Media
- Langley Mayor Learns There’s No Billing a Free Press
- Public-Records Access: Washington State Not Too Bad, But It Could Be Better
- Skokomish River Flood Watch in Effect; Landslide Risk Increasing
- Northeastern Utilities Gear Up for Winter Storm Stella as Thousands Face Blackouts
- East Coast Snowstorm Forces Flight Cancellations at Sea-Tac Airport
- Everett Sues Pharmaceutical Company for Alleged Role in Opioid Crisis
Lugubrious • \luh-GOO-bree-us\ • Adjective – 1: mournful;
especially: exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful 2: dismal
The sad hobo clowns were at a loss. The circus had
unwittingly hired a team of spotlight operators with attention deficit
disorder. The grand finale of their lugubrious memorial to famed clown Emmett
Kelly was a disaster, as clowns with brooms rushed frantically about the circus
tent in a futile attempt to sweep the diminishing pools of light into
nothingness. “It was a clown calamity,” intoned the distraught Clown Colonel.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
California Dam Emergency Sparks Push for Better Flood
Protection (Washington Examiner)
Editorial: Washington State House Should Pass Senate Dam
Policy (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Tacoma Click! Network Lawsuit Threatens to Restrict
Authority of Publicly-Owned Utilities to Meet Community Needs (CH& Energy
Blog)
Panel Gives Small Victory to Utilities in Nuke Plant Lawsuit
(Associated Press)
How to Get the Most Out of Grid Modernization, In Five
Simple Steps (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Ocean Salmon Fishery Closures Proposed to Protect Klamath
River Fish (Northwest Public Radio)
Eagle Being Monitored In Clallam County after Electrocution from
Power Line (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Nisqually River Expected To Rise with Dam Release (Olympian,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Solar Experiment Lets Neighbors Trade Energy among
Themselves (NY Times)
Community Solar Is Surging, Says NRECA (Energy Manager
Today)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Everyone’s Buying a Smart Thermostat—Here’s How to Pick One (USA
Today)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Chelan County Close to Prohibiting Outdoor Pot Farms (Wenatchee
World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2017/mar/13/chelan-county-close-to-prohibiting-outdoor-pot-farms/
Baker Technologies Raises $3.5 Million to Become a “Salesforce
for Pot” (Tech Crunch)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington State Carbon Tax Floated as Possible Replacement to
Inslee’s ‘Clean Air Rule’ (Northwest Public Radio)
Washington State Republicans Reiterate Their Stance on a Possible
Carbon Tax: No (Washington State Wire)
On Cap & Trade, Oregon Designers Hope to Learn from California
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE
Internet-Connected Toys: Parents, Do Your Homework (USA
Today)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
New York City Sues Verizon, Claiming Broken Promises of Fios
Coverage (NY Times)
Verizon Proposes Rooftop Cellular Equipment (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Panel to Study Wiring San Francisco with High-Speed Internet
(SF Chronicle)
A World without Wi-Fi Looks Possible as Unlimited Plans Rise
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
America’s Broadband Market Needs More Competition (Salon
Magazine)
Google Balloon Mistaken for UFO as It Crashes in Colombia (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Pandora Starts On-Demand Music Subscription Service (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Op/Ed: Four Ways You’re Killing Your Brand’s Reputation on
Social Media (AdWeek)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Langley Mayor Learns There’s No Billing a Free Press (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Public-Records Access: Washington State Not Too Bad, But It
Could Be Better (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Skokomish River Flood Watch in Effect; Landslide Risk
Increasing (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Northeastern Utilities Gear Up for Winter Storm Stella as Thousands
Face Blackouts (Utility Dive)
East Coast Snowstorm Forces Flight Cancellations at Sea-Tac
Airport (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Everett Sues Pharmaceutical Company for Alleged Role in
Opioid Crisis (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Politician Denies Sending Tweet, Giant Screen behind Him
Shows the Tweet
Joni Sledge of Vocal Group Sister Sledge Dies at 60
Everything You Need to Know About ‘Pi Day’
Tiller, Oregon, Could Be Yours for $3.85 Million
SONG OF THE DAY
Sister Sledge - We Are Family (EP Version)
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