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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Northwest’s Biggest Climate Polluter: Scrapping Clean Power
Plan Won’t Affect Us (Northwest Public Radio)
http://nwpr.org/post/northwest-s-biggest-climate-polluter-scrapping-clean-power-plan-won-t-affect-us
Lower Deschutes Water Quality Lawsuit Can Go Forward, Judge
Simon Rules (Oregonian, Portland)
Sockeye to Be Moved from Flood-Threatened Idaho Hatchery
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Snohomish PUD Installs Second Energy Storage System
(Electric Light & Power)
Twitter Will No Longer Count Usernames against Character
Limit in Replies (Consumerist)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Northwest’s Biggest Climate Polluter: Scrapping Clean Power Plan Won’t Affect Us
- Grant PUD Work Proceeding on Priest Rapids Refurbishment
- Lewis County PUD Rate Increase
- Bonneville Power Administration Hosts Gathering to Brainstorm Hot Topic in Electric Industry
- Oregon: Power Outage – Future of Cove Hydro Plant Cloudy
- New Energy Northwest Fountain Captures Importance of Nuclear Power
- Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy, in Blow to Nuclear Power
- Fusion: A Dream of Clean Energy at a Very High Price
- Mapping How the United States Generates Its Electricity
- Reliability: We’ll Be There Before the Pizza
- Sockeye to Be Moved from Flood-Threatened Idaho Hatchery
- Trout Lost at Chelan Hatchery from Heavy Rain Will Be Replaced by Other Hatcheries
- Columbia River Steelhead Fishing Restrictions, Closures Loom
- Oregon: Gov. Kate Brown Fires Majority of State Environmental Commissioners
- Lower Deschutes Water Quality Lawsuit Can Go Forward, Judge Simon Rules
- Columbia River Threatens Woodland Homes
- Snohomish PUD Installs Second Energy Storage System
- Oregon Legislature Wrestles With Extending Rooftop Solar Incentive – Or Letting It Die
- Washington State UTC Will Revise PURPA Policy
- Xcel Energy Plans Investment in 11 Wind Farms across Seven States
- Study: Efficiency Programs Return Results – But Not In All Buildings
- Slew of New Bills Aim to Reform Marijuana Laws at Federal Level
- The Only Certainty in Trump’s Climate Orders? More Lawsuits
- Why President Trump’s Environmental Order Will Have Little Impact on the Tennessee Valley Authority
- A Political Organization That Doubts Climate Science is Sending This Book to 200,000 Teachers
- Physicist Wants to Beam Solar Energy Back from Moon’s Surface
- Wastewater: The Best Hidden Energy Source You’ve Never Heard Of
- Anacortes: Fiber Optics Coming to City via Water Pipes
- What the Repeal of Online Privacy Protections Means for You
- What Makes a Cyberattack? Experts Lobby to Restrict the Term
- Twitter Will No Longer Count Usernames against Character Limit in Replies
- Twitter Just Ruined Twitter
- Facebook Added ‘Paid’ to Branded Content – More Pages Can Now Start Publishing It
- Seattle Mayor Ed Murray Announces City Lawsuit against Trump Administration for Immigration Executive Order
- Energy Department Climate Office Bans Use of Phrase ‘Climate Change’
- Four Dead, Power Cut after Storms Hit Texas & Neighboring States
- City of Shelton Seeks Input on Railroad Avenue Changes
- Wells Fargo Will Pay $110M to Settle Lawsuits over Unauthorized Accounts
- Forecasts for This Past Winter Were Mostly Awful – Blame the Fickle Pacific Ocean
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Northwest’s Biggest Climate Polluter: Scrapping Clean Power
Plan Won’t Affect Us (Northwest Public Radio)
http://nwpr.org/post/northwest-s-biggest-climate-polluter-scrapping-clean-power-plan-won-t-affect-us
Grant PUD Work Proceeding on Priest Rapids Refurbishment (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Lewis County PUD Rate Increase (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration hosts gathering to
brainstorm hot topic in electric industry (Bonneville Power Administration)
Oregon: Power Outage – Future of Cove Hydro Plant Cloudy
(LaGrande Observer, OR)
New Energy Northwest Fountain Captures Importance of Nuclear
Power (KNDO/KNDU,-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy, in Blow to Nuclear Power (NY
Times)
Fusion: A Dream of Clean Energy at a Very High Price (NY
Times)
Mapping How the United States Generates Its Electricity (Washington
Post)
Reliability: We’ll Be There Before the Pizza (American
Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sockeye to Be Moved from Flood-Threatened Idaho Hatchery
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Trout Lost at Chelan Hatchery from Heavy Rain Will Be
Replaced by Other Hatcheries (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Columbia River Steelhead Fishing Restrictions, Closures Loom
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
Oregon: Gov. Kate Brown Fires Majority of State
Environmental Commissioners (Oregonian, Portland)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Lower Deschutes Water Quality Lawsuit Can Go Forward, Judge
Simon Rules (Oregonian, Portland)
Columbia River Threatens Woodland Homes (Longview Daily
News, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Snohomish PUD Installs Second Energy Storage System (Electric
Light & Power)
Oregon Legislature Wrestles With Extending Rooftop Solar
Incentive – Or Letting It Die (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Washington State UTC Will Revise PURPA Policy (CH&
Energy Blog)
Xcel Energy Plans Investment in 11 Wind Farms across Seven
States (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Study: Efficiency Programs Return Results – But Not In All
Buildings (Utility Dive)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Slew of New Bills Aim to Reform Marijuana Laws at Federal
Level (Consumerist)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
The Only Certainty in Trump’s Climate Orders? More Lawsuits
(Utility Dive)
Why President Trump’s Environmental Order Will Have Little
Impact on the Tennessee Valley Authority (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
A Political Organization That Doubts Climate Science is Sending
This Book to 200,000 Teachers (Washington Post)
Hmmm. The picture of the dam on the cover of the previously
mentioned book looks very familiar….
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE
Physicist Wants to Beam Solar Energy Back from Moon’s
Surface (Forbes Magazine)
Wastewater: The Best Hidden Energy Source You’ve Never Heard
Of (Breaking Energy)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Anacortes: Fiber Optics Coming to City via Water Pipes (Go
Anacortes, WA)
What the Repeal of Online Privacy Protections Means for You (NY
Times)
What Makes a Cyberattack? Experts Lobby to Restrict the Term
(Associated Press)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Twitter Will No Longer Count Usernames against Character
Limit in Replies (Consumerist)
Twitter Just Ruined Twitter (Gizmodo)
Facebook Added ‘Paid’ to Branded Content – More Pages Can
Now Start Publishing It (AdWeek)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray Announces City Lawsuit against Trump
Administration for Immigration Executive Order (Washington Wire, Olympia, WA)
Energy Department Climate Office Bans Use of Phrase ‘Climate
Change’ (Politico)
GENERAL NEWS
Four Dead, Power Cut after Storms Hit Texas &
Neighboring States (Reuters)
City of Shelton Seeks Input on Railroad Avenue Changes
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Wells Fargo Will Pay $110M to Settle Lawsuits over
Unauthorized Accounts (Oregonian, Portland)
Forecasts for This Past Winter Were Mostly Awful – Blame the
Fickle Pacific Ocean (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
‘Tonight Show’ Puppies Pick Oregon to Win National
Championship
Georgie the Beloved Hospital Cat Moves on to New Pastures
Crayola Decides To Weed ‘Dandelion’ Hue from Its Crayon
Garden
Creator Joel Hodgson on the Return of Mystery Science
Theater 3000 & the Hidden Beauty of Bad Movies
SONG OF THE DAY
Mystery Science Theater 3000 – Closing Theme
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