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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Lawsuit Seeks to Keep Columbia & Snake Rivers Cold for
Salmon (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Ripples from Nuclear Plant Closings Overwhelm Small Towns
(Associated Press)
Lawsuit Seeks to Keep Columbia & Snake Rivers Cold for
Salmon (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
I’m Lookin’ at you Victoria: Human Waste May Be
Contaminating Environment of Puget Sound Orcas (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Shelton-Area Man Pleads Innocent in Shooting of Spencer Lake
Bar & Grill Owner (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- British Columbia: Sierra Club Predicts Costs of Peace River Hydro Dam Will Balloon Further
- As Extra-Large Nuclear Projects Struggle, Nimble Creators Devise New Approaches
- Clallam PUD Announces Residential Customer Survey
- Not Sure How to Use Benton PUD’s New SmartHub? Help Available
- Roadblocks to Improving the Energy Grid: Regulations & Empty Chairs
- Lawsuit Seeks to Keep Columbia & Snake Rivers Cold for Salmon
- Human Waste May Be Contaminating Environment of Puget Sound Orcas
- Gray Whales Return to Puget Sound for Spring Feeding
- Oregon Officials Likely to Keep Running Rogue River Basin Hatchery
- Thurston County Couple at Wit’s End over Pocket Gophers Delaying New Home
- Seattle Wastewater Plant Failure Dumps Millions of Gallons of Sewage
- Above-Average Olympic Mountain Snowpack Holding Firm as Spring Begins
- Washington UTC Issues Draft Policy Statement on Energy Storage
- Tesla to Take Orders for Solar Roof Tiles Starting April
- Canada: Liberals to Announce Marijuana Will Be Legal by July 1, 2018
- Marijuana Equipment Start-Ups Flourish as Large Rivals Avoid Legal Pitfalls
- Trump to Begin Reversing Obama-Era Cutbacks in Carbon Dioxide
- A ‘Department of Energy & Climate’ for Oregon Picks Up Support
- Leaked Paper Exposes European Union Countries’ Abuse of Climate Loophole
- Oregon: Four Electric Vehicle-Friendly Bills Advance, But Two Face Funding Test
- Push for Internet Privacy Rules Moves to Statehouses
- Why Experts Say High-Speed Internet Access Matters to Families & Businesses Nationwide
- Comcast Said to Gain Rights to Offer Online TV Nationwide
- Publishers Retreat from the Risks of Google-YouTube Advertising
- Five Tips for Leveraging Sponsorships in a Public Power Community
- Dewey Defeats Truman – After Health-Care Bill Dies, Ads Air Thanking Republicans for Replacing Obamacare
- After Barring Girls for Leggings, United Airlines Defends Decision
- Judicial Watch Sues EPA over ‘Environmental Justice’ Program
- You Can Now Call Your Congressman through Facebook
- Shelton-Area Man Pleads Innocent in Shooting of Spencer Lake Bar & Grill Owner
- A 7.4 Quake in Southern California? A Long Fault Could Make It Likelier
- Hoodsport Man Injured In One-Vehicle Rollover Crash
- Gonzaga & Oregon Off to Men’s NCAA Final Four
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leaves batteries instead of eggs and candy.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Ripples from Nuclear Plant Closings Overwhelm Small Towns (Associated
Press)
British Columbia: Sierra Club Predicts Costs of Peace River Hydro
Dam Will Balloon Further (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
As Extra-Large Nuclear Projects Struggle, Nimble Creators
Devise New Approaches (Forbes Magazine)
Clallam PUD Announces Residential Customer Survey (Clallam
PUD, Sequim, WA)
Not Sure How to Use Benton PUD’s New SmartHub? Help Available
(Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Roadblocks to Improving the Energy Grid: Regulations &
Empty Chairs (Washington Examiner)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Lawsuit Seeks to Keep Columbia & Snake Rivers Cold for
Salmon (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Human Waste May Be Contaminating Environment of Puget Sound Orcas
(Globe & Mail, Canada)
Gray Whales Return to Puget Sound for Spring Feeding
(Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
Oregon Officials Likely to Keep Running Rogue River Basin Hatchery
(Associated Press)
Thurston County Couple at Wit’s End over Pocket Gophers
Delaying New Home (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
Seattle Wastewater Plant Failure Dumps Millions of Gallons of
Sewage (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Above-Average Olympic Mountain Snowpack Holding Firm as
Spring Begins (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/above-average-olympic-snowpack-holding-firm-as-spring-begins/
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Washington UTC Issues Draft Policy Statement on Energy
Storage (CH& Energy Blog)
Tesla to Take Orders for Solar Roof Tiles Starting April (Reuters)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Canada: Liberals to Announce Marijuana Will Be Legal by July
1, 2018 (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Marijuana Equipment Start-Ups Flourish as Large Rivals Avoid
Legal Pitfalls (USA Today)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Trump to Begin Reversing Obama-Era Cutbacks in Carbon
Dioxide (Bloomberg News)
A ‘Department of Energy & Climate’ for Oregon Picks Up
Support (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Leaked Paper Exposes European Union Countries’ Abuse of
Climate Loophole (Euractive)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE
Oregon: Four Electric Vehicle-Friendly Bills Advance, But
Two Face Funding Test (Portland Business Journal, OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Push for Internet Privacy Rules Moves to Statehouses (NY
Times)
Why Experts Say High-Speed Internet Access Matters to
Families & Businesses Nationwide (StatePoint)
Comcast Said to Gain Rights to Offer Online TV Nationwide (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Publishers Retreat from the Risks of Google-YouTube
Advertising (NY Times)
Five Tips for Leveraging Sponsorships in a Public Power
Community (American Public Power Association)
Dewey Defeats Truman – After Health-Care Bill Dies, Ads Air
Thanking Republicans for Replacing Obamacare (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
After Barring Girls for Leggings, United Airlines Defends
Decision (NY Times)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Judicial Watch Sues EPA over ‘Environmental Justice’ Program
(Washington Examiner)
You Can Now Call Your Congressman through Facebook (Washington
Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton-Area Man Pleads Innocent in Shooting of Spencer Lake
Bar & Grill Owner (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
A 7.4 Quake in Southern California? A Long Fault Could Make
It Likelier (NY Times)
Hoodsport Man Injured In One-Vehicle Rollover Crash (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Gonzaga & Oregon Off to Men’s NCAA Final Four (Northwest
Public Radio)
HARRY & THE HENDERSONS EDITION – DIVERSIONS
Idaho Woman Says She Crashed Because She Saw a Sasquatch
‘Fearless Girl’ Statue Will Stay Face to Face with Charging
Bull through February 2018
Baggy Pants Betray This Wannabe Burglar &Leave Him
Hanging
Scientists Grew Beating Human Heart Tissue on Spinach Leaves
SONG OF THE DAY
Miles Davis - Flamenco Sketches
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