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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Op/Ed: Snake River Dams or Shiny New Things (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Portland General Electric Defends Plans, Trims Estimate of New Power Needs (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Moody’s: More Renewable Energy Will Mean More Demand for Gas-Fired Electricity (Business Insider)
Oregon: Federal Agency Checks Stability of Ochoco Dam (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
States – Including Washington & Oregon – Sue Trump Administration for Delaying Energy Efficiency Standards on Multiple Products (Consumerist)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Op/Ed: Snake River Dams or Shiny New Things
- Portland General Electric Defends Plans, Trims Estimate of New Power Needs
- More to the Story: City Light Gives A Couple More Reasons for Higher Bills
- No Big Outcry over Cowlitz PUD Electric Bills This Year
- Restructuring of Troubled Oregon Energy Department Brings Its Own Controversy
- Colorado: Boulder’s New Munipalization Plan Would Allow Xcel to Retain Distribution Control during Transition
- Arkansas: Bentonville, Wal-Mart Partner for Electric Substation
- How Connecticut’s Nuclear Energy Bill Could Open a New Front in the Plant Subsidy Debate
- If You Like Lox on Your Bagel, You Might Not Like This Trump Proposal
- Native American Tribes Find It’s Not Always Easy Being Green
- Oregon: Federal Agency Checks Stability of Ochoco Dam
- Tri-Cities, WA: Burrowing Animals Causing Canal Concerns
- Moody’s: More Renewable Energy Will Mean More Demand for Gas-Fired Electricity
- Lawmakers Aim to Safeguard Renewable Energy Credits in Tax Overhaul
- Tesla Says It Will Take Orders for the Solar Roof in April – No Sign of Solar Sales in Stores Yet
- Why Isn’t Everything Powered by Solar Yet?
- Feature: In Energy Starved Indian Villages, Solar Mini-Grids Light the Way
- States – Including Washington & Oregon – Sue Trump Administration for Delaying Energy Efficiency Standards on Multiple Products
- U-S Senate Committee Approves Energy Efficiency Bill
- Lobbying Group Aims to Influence Federal Cannabis Policy
- Trump’s EPA Chief Says There Is Warming Trend – ‘The Real Issue Is How Much We Contribute to It’
- GeoGirls Accepting Applications for Summertime Science Trek to Mount St. Helens
- Harvard Thinks It’s Found the Next Einstein — And She’s 23
- Trump Administration Picks AT&T to Develop Broadband Network for First Responders
- Frustration Mounts at Google Fiber’s Slow Pace, Non-Answers
- Major Internet Providers Say Will Not Sell Customer Browsing Histories
- Google: Please Don’t Look at Our Very Tiny Ad Problem
- Facebook Post Costs Woman $500,000
- Tools to Reshape Digital Etiquette
- Oregon: Free Press? State Hits Tiny Paper with Pricey Lawsuit after It Seeks Public Records
- AG Seeks More than $2 Million in Campaign Finance Lawsuit against Tim Eyman, Others
- U-S Supreme Court Pick Gorsuch Wins Approval from Senate Panel on Party-Line Vote, Setting Up Historic Filibuster
- New EPA Documents Reveal Even Deeper Proposed Cuts to Staff & Programs
- Mason County Homeowner Arrested after Fatally Shooting Showering Intruder
- Plane Crash near Mount Jupiter Injures Two in Olympic National Park
- Police: Abandoned Baby Found Lying in Grass in Lakewood Neighborhood
- Lawsuit over Seattle Sidewalks Could Cost City Millions
- What Happens Next for Bertha & Seattle’s Waterfront Tunnel
- Gonzaga Earns Chance to Prove It Belongs among Basketball’s Elite
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I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouch! Scaramouch!
Will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt & lightning, very, very frightening
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Op/Ed: Snake River Dams or Shiny New Things (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Portland General Electric Defends Plans, Trims Estimate of New Power Needs (Portland Business Journal, OR)
More to the Story: City Light Gives A Couple More Reasons for Higher Bills (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
No Big Outcry over Cowlitz PUD Electric Bills This Year (Longview Daily News, WA)
Restructuring of Troubled Oregon Energy Department Brings Its Own Controversy (Oregonian, Portland)
Colorado: Boulder’s New Munipalization Plan Would Allow Xcel to Retain Distribution Control during Transition (Utility Dive)
Arkansas: Bentonville, Wal-Mart Partner for Electric Substation (Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette)
How Connecticut’s Nuclear Energy Bill Could Open a New Front in the Plant Subsidy Debate (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
If You Like Lox on Your Bagel, You Might Not Like This Trump Proposal (Washington Post)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
Native American Tribes Find It’s Not Always Easy Being Green (Washington Examiner)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Oregon: Federal Agency Checks Stability of Ochoco Dam (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Tri-Cities, WA: Burrowing Animals Causing Canal Concerns (KNDO/KNDU,-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Moody’s: More Renewable Energy Will Mean More Demand for Gas-Fired Electricity (Business Insider)
Lawmakers Aim to Safeguard Renewable Energy Credits in Tax Overhaul (Bloomberg News)
Tesla Says It Will Take Orders for the Solar Roof in April – No Sign of Solar Sales in Stores Yet (Breaking Energy)
Why Isn’t Everything Powered by Solar Yet? (Christian Science Monitor)
Feature: In Energy Starved Indian Villages, Solar Mini-Grids Light the Way (Reuters)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
States – Including Washington & Oregon – Sue Trump Administration for Delaying Energy Efficiency Standards on Multiple Products (Consumerist)
U-S Senate Committee Approves Energy Efficiency Bill (American Public Power Association)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Lobbying Group Aims to Influence Federal Cannabis Policy (Canna Law Blog)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Trump’s EPA Chief Says There Is Warming Trend – ‘The Real Issue Is How Much We Contribute to It’ (The Hill, Washington, DC)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE
GeoGirls Accepting Applications for Summertime Science Trek to Mount St. Helens (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Harvard Thinks It’s Found the Next Einstein — And She’s 23 (Second Nexus)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Trump Administration Picks AT&T to Develop Broadband Network for First Responders (Washington Examiner)
Frustration Mounts at Google Fiber’s Slow Pace, Non-Answers (Broadband Reports)
Major Internet Providers Say Will Not Sell Customer Browsing Histories (Reuters)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Google: Please Don’t Look at Our Very Tiny Ad Problem (Gizmodo)
Facebook Post Costs Woman $500,000 (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Tools to Reshape Digital Etiquette (Christian Science Monitor)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Oregon: Free Press? State Hits Tiny Paper with Pricey Lawsuit after It Seeks Public Records (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
AG Seeks More than $2 Million in Campaign Finance Lawsuit against Tim Eyman, Others (Northwest Public Radio)
U-S Supreme Court Pick Gorsuch Wins Approval from Senate Panel on Party-Line Vote, Setting Up Historic Filibuster (Los Angeles Times, CA)
New EPA Documents Reveal Even Deeper Proposed Cuts to Staff & Programs (Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Homeowner Arrested after Fatally Shooting Showering Intruder (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Plane Crash near Mount Jupiter Injures Two in Olympic National Park (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Police: Abandoned Baby Found Lying in Grass in Lakewood Neighborhood (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Lawsuit over Seattle Sidewalks Could Cost City Millions (Associated Press)
What Happens Next for Bertha & Seattle’s Waterfront Tunnel (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Gonzaga Earns Chance to Prove It Belongs among Basketball’s Elite (NY Times)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Revealed: Self-Styled UK ‘Grammar Vigilante’ Corrects Badly Punctuated Shop Signs in Dead of Night
Who’s A Good Girl? Florida Principal Sorry for Prom Dress Poster
Nine Oregon Hotels Investigated over Eclipse Reservations
Wife Dies Just Minutes after Her Husband of 71 Years Passed Away
SONG OF THE DAY
The Kinks – Come Dancing
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