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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Citing Washington Supreme Court Well Ruling, Lender Limits Real Estate Loans (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Colstrip Power Plant Operator Reverses Course, Says It’s Staying (Associated Press)
Here’s What You Need to Know about the Government Report on Climate Change. For Starters, It’s Real (Los Angeles Times, CA)
South Carolina: Sell Santee Cooper? All Options on Table for Nuclear Fix, Leaders Say (The State, Columbia SC)
Tacoma Public Utilities Director Bill Gaines to Retire In December (Suburban Times, Lakewood, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Colstrip Power Plant Operator Reverses Course, Says It’s Staying
- Op/Ed: Switching From Coal to Natural Gas Will Not Save Our Planet
- South Carolina: Sell Santee Cooper? All Options on Table for Nuclear Fix, Leaders Say
- Tacoma Public Utilities Director Bill Gaines to Retire In December
- Grant PUD Preliminary Budget Smaller Than 2017
- Op/Ed: Congress Must Continue to Block Trump Plan to Sell Bonneville Power Administration
- Editorial: North Carolina Outer Banks – You Can’t Do What We Do Without Electricity
- Eastern Washington Man Appointed to Lead Governor’s Salmon Recovery Office
- To Save the Rivers & the Woods, Try Hurling a Few Dead Fish
- Years Of Work to Save a Fish Species Might Be… Dammed
- Sage Grouse Conservation Changes Draw Mix of Praise, Alarm
- Here’s How Congress Can Fix a Failed Policy on Fishing
- Poached Eels: U-S Strikes at Illegal Harvests as Value Grows
- Colville’s A to Z Timber Project Can Move Forward, Federal Court Rules
- Citing Washington Supreme Court Well Ruling, Lender Limits Real Estate Loans
- States Ask U-S Supreme Court to Define ‘Fractured’ Groundwater Rights
- Extreme Heat Reverses Benefits of Oregon’s Above-Average Snowpack
- To Solve ‘Duck Curve,’ Missouri Utility to Pay Bonus for West-Facing Solar Panels
- Op/Ed: Why a Solar Farm Makes No Sense
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District Could Earn from Japan’s Energy Deregulation
- Four Things You Need to Know Before Buying a Smart Light Bulb
- Oregon Lawmakers to the Federal Government: De-Schedule Marijuana
- Here’s What You Need to Know about the Government Report on Climate Change. For Starters, It’s Real
- Nikki Haley: No Reason Why Trump Administration Wouldn’t Accept Findings of Climate Change Report
- DC Circuit Extends Delay on Clean Power Plan Litigation
- California Mulls Larger Rebates for Electric Car Buyers
- Could ‘Solar Roads’ Help Generate Electricity?
- One Broadband Choice Still Counts as “Competition” after Court Decision
- Taylor Electric Cooperative Bringing Faster Internet to Rural Areas
- Wave Goodbye to Two More Facebook Apps: Lifestage & Groups
- Kilmer Town Hall Thursday in Belfair
- Yes, We Have the Worst Air in the Nation — We’re Setting a Regional Rainless Record
- Puget Sound Burn Ban Issued as Smoke from Fires Returns
- Plutonium Detected In Air at Hanford Nuclear Reservation
- Shelton City Commissioners Hire Firm to Study City Sewer, Water Rates
- President Trump Approves FEMA Disaster Relief Funds for Oregon after Winter Storms
- Overstock.com Doubling In Size at Satsop
- Of All Cascade Volcanoes, Mount Rainier Is the Most Dangerous
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Amber had asked Chad to create a simple costume she could wear for the April “Procession of the Species” parade in Olympia. Unbeknownst to her, he had just attended a guerilla theater camp where the attendees were taught how to make giant, creepy puppets for protest marches. Horrified, she crawled inside the paper-mache blue whale that was to be her costume. Sweating and straining, barely aware of the cheers from the attendees of the event, Amber swayed back and forth down the parade route, the juggernaut of a costume she was wearing veering dangerously towards the nearby Greenpeace “Rainbow Warrior” float. The irony of the next moments would live forever in “procession” lore.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Colstrip Power Plant Operator Reverses Course, Says It’s Staying (Associated Press)
Op/Ed: Switching From Coal to Natural Gas Will Not Save Our Planet (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
South Carolina: Sell Santee Cooper? All Options on Table for Nuclear Fix, Leaders Say (The State, Columbia SC)
Tacoma Public Utilities Director Bill Gaines to Retire In December (Suburban Times, Lakewood, WA)
Grant PUD Preliminary Budget Smaller Than 2017 (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Op/Ed: Congress Must Continue to Block Trump Plan to Sell Bonneville Power Administration (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
Editorial: North Carolina Outer Banks – You Can’t Do What We Do Without Electricity (Norwalk Reflector, NC)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Eastern Washington Man Appointed to Lead Governor’s Salmon Recovery Office (Washington State Recreation & Conservation Office)
To Save the Rivers & the Woods, Try Hurling a Few Dead Fish (Mother Jones Magazine)
Years Of Work to Save a Fish Species Might Be… Dammed (Crosscut Seattle)
Sage Grouse Conservation Changes Draw Mix of Praise, Alarm (Associated Press)
Here’s How Congress Can Fix a Failed Policy on Fishing (Washington Examiner)
Poached Eels: U-S Strikes at Illegal Harvests as Value Grows (Associated Press)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
Colville’s A to Z Timber Project Can Move Forward, Federal Court Rules (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Citing Washington Supreme Court Well Ruling, Lender Limits Real Estate Loans (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
States Ask U-S Supreme Court to Define ‘Fractured’ Groundwater Rights (Courthouse News Service)
Extreme Heat Reverses Benefits of Oregon’s Above-Average Snowpack (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
To Solve ‘Duck Curve,’ Missouri Utility to Pay Bonus for West-Facing Solar Panels (Renewable Energy World)
Op/Ed: Why a Solar Farm Makes No Sense (Ashland Daily Tidings, OR)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Could Earn from Japan’s Energy Deregulation (Sacramento Municipal Utility District, CA)
Four Things You Need to Know Before Buying a Smart Light Bulb (USA Today)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Oregon Lawmakers to the Federal Government: De-Schedule Marijuana (Oregonian, Portland)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Here’s What You Need to Know about the Government Report on Climate Change. For Starters, It’s Real (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Nikki Haley: No Reason Why Trump Administration Wouldn’t Accept Findings of Climate Change Report (Washington Examiner)
DC Circuit Extends Delay on Clean Power Plan Litigation (Utility Dive)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE
California Mulls Larger Rebates for Electric Car Buyers (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Could ‘Solar Roads’ Help Generate Electricity? (British Broadcasting Corporation)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
One Broadband Choice Still Counts as “Competition” after Court Decision (Ars Tecnica)
Taylor Electric Cooperative Bringing Faster Internet to Rural Areas (KTXS-TV, Abilene, TX)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Wave Goodbye to Two More Facebook Apps: Lifestage & Groups (AdWeek)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Kilmer Town Hall Thursday in Belfair (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Yes, We Have the Worst Air in the Nation — We’re Setting a Regional Rainless Record (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Puget Sound Burn Ban Issued as Smoke from Fires Returns (Associated Press)
Plutonium Detected In Air at Hanford Nuclear Reservation (Associated Press)
Shelton City Commissioners Hire Firm to Study City Sewer, Water Rates (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
President Trump Approves FEMA Disaster Relief Funds for Oregon after Winter Storms (Oregonian, Portland)
Overstock.com Doubling In Size at Satsop (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Of All Cascade Volcanoes, Mount Rainier Is the Most Dangerous (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY – DIVERSIONS
Glen Campbell, Country Music Legend, Is Dead At 81
Lawsuit Claims Dunkin’ Donuts Blueberry Bakery Items Don’t Contain Actual Blueberries
Calm Down People, the Moscow Mule Is Not Going to Kill You
You Still Can’t Fire Up an E-Cigarette on Your Flight
SONG OF THE DAY
Glen Campbell – Adios
This is an absolutely amazing interview with Alice Cooper about his relationship with Glen Campbell.
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