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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Dirty Deals: How Oregon Let Its Clean Energy Program Enrich
Rule Breakers (Oregonian, Portland)
A Controversial Oregon Transmission Line Gets the Go-Ahead
(Northwest Public Radio)
Study: Seal & Sea Lions’ Strong Revival Eats Into Salmon
Harvest, Orca Recovery (Oregonian, Portland)
The Public Paid $14 Million for an Idaho Hatchery — All Its
Fish Have Been Dying (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Owners: Coal-Fired Montana Power Plant Losing Money, May Be
Closed (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- A Controversial Oregon Transmission Line Gets the Go-Ahead
- Owners: Coal-Fired Montana Power Plant Losing Money, May Be Closed
- British Columbia Utilities Commission Admits Mistakes in Peace River Dam Report – Says Conclusions Still Valid
- No Rate Hike from Northern Wasco PUD
- On Hydro, British Columbia Premier John Horgan Borrows a Trick from the Liberal Repertoire
- Editorial: Let’s Lead on Clean Energy
- Puerto Rico Power Director Ricardo Ramos Resigns amid Whitefish Contract Scandal
- Lawsuit Accuses Utilities of Jacking up Natural Gas Prices
- Mississippi Utilities Seek Higher Rates as Gas Prices Rise
- Does C-C-A Spell the End of the Regulated Electric Utility In California?
- Meet Community Choice Aggregation, Public Power’s First Cousin
- Link between Growth in Economic Activity & Electricity Use Is Changing Around the World
- Study: Seal & Sea Lions’ Strong Revival Eats Into Salmon Harvest, Orca Recovery
- The Public Paid $14 Million for an Idaho Hatchery — All Its Fish Have Been Dying
- Northwest Power & Conservation Council Directs Cost Efficiency Savings to More Funds for Hatchery, Fish Diversion Improvements
- Op/Ed: Lawsuits Meant to Help Fish Are Actually Hurting Them
- Washington State Delays Dungeness Crab Season
- Congress: Herrera Beutler Seeks Aid for Fishery Disasters
- How a Few Small Investments Can Lower Your Water Bill
- Dirty Deals: How Oregon Let Its Clean Energy Program Enrich Rule Breakers
- Mason PUD 3 Lifts Moratorium on Solar Incentive Program
- U-S House Cuts Wind Power Incentives, Putting Sector’s Fate in Senate Hands
- Study Finds Carbon Emissions Increase When Land Is Converted Into Crops for Ethanol
- Researcher Says ‘Radical Farming Ideas’ Could Trap More Carbon Dioxide in Soil
- Idaho Businesses, Industry, Agencies, Other Groups Come Together at ‘Climate Summit’
- Paid Vacation For Bad Weather? Businesses Consider Adding Policies to Grant ‘Climate Leave’
- Washington State Has 10th Highest Rate of Cybercrime in U-S
- What It’s Like to Go Inside a Data Center That Generates $4 Trillion in Business Every Day
- Small Cells Hold Promise for Rural Broadband
- Germany Bans Children’s Smart Watches with Listening App
- Brands Have No Idea How to Deal with Being Caught in a Political Firestorm
- Washington State Legislature Argues Most Records Exempt Under Law
- Washington State Revenues up $319 Million
- Is There Room for a Political Center in Washington State?
- Early Pacific Northwest Snowpack Threatened by Temps ‘Zooming Up’
- Oakland Bay: Don’t Be Shocked When This Body of Water Turns Red
- Huge Waves Drench Cars on Ferry Headed to Anacortes
- Mortified Mom of Teen Charged in Eagle Creek Fire Speaks: ‘This is a Trauma for Him’
- Mass Killer, Cult Leader Charles Manson Dies at 83
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
A Controversial Oregon Transmission Line Gets the Go-Ahead
(Northwest Public Radio)
Owners: Coal-Fired Montana Power Plant Losing Money, May Be
Closed (Associated Press)
British Columbia Utilities Commission Admits Mistakes in Peace
River Dam Report – Says Conclusions Still Valid (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
No Rate Hike from Northern Wasco PUD (The Dalles Chronicle,
OR)
On Hydro, British Columbia Premier John Horgan Borrows a
Trick from the Liberal Repertoire (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Editorial: Let’s Lead on Clean Energy (Vancouver Columbian,
WA – Um, we do…)
Puerto Rico Power Director Ricardo Ramos Resigns amid
Whitefish Contract Scandal (Utility Dive)
Lawsuit Accuses Utilities of Jacking up Natural Gas Prices
(Associated Press)
Mississippi Utilities Seek Higher Rates as Gas Prices Rise
(Utility Dive)
Does C-C-A Spell the End of the Regulated Electric Utility
In California? (Utility Dive)
Meet Community Choice Aggregation, Public Power’s First
Cousin (American Public Power Association)
Link between Growth in Economic Activity & Electricity
Use Is Changing Around the World (U-S Energy Information Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Study: Seal & Sea Lions’ Strong Revival Eats Into Salmon
Harvest, Orca Recovery (Oregonian, Portland)
The Public Paid $14 Million for an Idaho Hatchery — All Its
Fish Have Been Dying (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Northwest Power & Conservation Council Directs Cost
Efficiency Savings to More Funds for Hatchery, Fish Diversion Improvements
(Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Op/Ed: Lawsuits Meant to Help Fish Are Actually Hurting Them
(Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Washington State Delays Dungeness Crab Season (Associated
Press)
Congress: Herrera Beutler Seeks Aid for Fishery Disasters
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
How a Few Small Investments Can Lower Your Water Bill (USA
Today)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Dirty Deals: How Oregon Let Its Clean Energy Program Enrich
Rule Breakers (Oregonian, Portland)
Mason PUD 3 Lifts Moratorium on Solar Incentive Program
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
U-S House Cuts Wind Power Incentives, Putting Sector’s Fate
in Senate Hands (Utility Dive)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Study Finds Carbon Emissions Increase When Land Is Converted
Into Crops for Ethanol (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Researcher Says ‘Radical Farming Ideas’ Could Trap More
Carbon Dioxide in Soil (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Idaho Businesses, Industry, Agencies, Other Groups Come Together
at ‘Climate Summit’ (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Paid Vacation For Bad Weather? Businesses Consider Adding
Policies to Grant ‘Climate Leave’ (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington State Has 10th Highest Rate of Cybercrime in U-S
(Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
https://washingtonstatewire.com/washington-10th-highest-rate-cybercrime-us/
https://washingtonstatewire.com/washington-10th-highest-rate-cybercrime-us/
What It’s Like to Go Inside a Data Center That Generates $4
Trillion in Business Every Day (AdWeek)
Small Cells Hold Promise for Rural Broadband (Rome
News-Tribune, GA – That is, if they are connected to fiber, have power, are on
a pole, & are spaced every 500 to 1,500 feet)
Germany Bans Children’s Smart Watches with Listening App
(Associated Press)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Brands Have No Idea How to Deal with Being Caught in a
Political Firestorm (Mashable)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Washington State Legislature Argues Most Records Exempt
Under Law (Associated Press)
Washington State Revenues up $319 Million (Associated Press)
Is There Room for a Political Center in Washington State?
Ex-Officials – A Democrat & a Republican – Start New Group to Find Out
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Early Pacific Northwest Snowpack Threatened by Temps ‘Zooming
Up’ (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Oakland Bay: Don’t Be Shocked When This Body of Water Turns
Red (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Huge Waves Drench Cars on Ferry Headed to Anacortes
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Mortified Mom of Teen Charged in Eagle Creek Fire Speaks: ‘This
is a Trauma for Him’ (Oregonian, Portland)
Mass Killer, Cult Leader Charles Manson Dies at 83 (Reuters)
A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY – DIVERSIONS
Lawsuit: Couple Detained After Hibiscus Mistaken For Pot
Investigators: D.B. Cooper Letter Confirms Suspect, FBI
Cover-Up
A Time Capsule, Long Forgotten at the Space Needle, Is Found
Longtime Country Singer, Songwriter Mel Tillis Dies
SONG OF THE DAY
Mel Tillis – Good Woman Blues
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