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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Idaho Officials Approve Utility's Plan to Close Coal Plant (Associated Press)
EPA’s Scott Pruitt Wants to Set up Opposing Teams to Debate Climate Change Science (Washington Post)
Oregon Solar Stays Hot – First-Quarter Installations Rise 126% (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Pound-Sign Politics: What Government Agencies Can Learn from Hashtag Activism (AdWeek)
Shelton Mayor Defends City Building Fees Reduction as Long-Term Gain (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Idaho Officials Approve Utility's Plan to Close Coal Plant
- Editorial: Pressure Puget Sound Energy to Abandon All Coal
- Editorial: Federal BPA Power Grab Would Hurt Region
- Watch Out for Man with Fake Tacoma Public Utilities Badge
- Proposed Methanol Plant in Kalama Gets Key Permit
- British Columbia: Greens’ Weaver Rebukes BC Hydro for Misleading Statements on Peace River Dam
- Trump Administration to Reconsider Protections for Rare Sage Grouse
- Op/Ed: Salmon Restoration Funding Supports Our Rural Economies
- Hearing Focuses on Bills to Protect Endangered Salmon, Empower Local Management on Federal Water Projects
- Port Angeles Approves More Money for Water Facilities Legal Dispute with Olympic National Park
- Airway Heights Water Safe to Drink, Officials Say
- Oregon Solar Stays Hot – First-Quarter Installations Rise 126%
- What Makes a Successful Utility-Led Community Solar Program?
- Offshore Wind Turbines Face Hurricane Threat
- News Release: Mason PUD 3 – Celebrating the Past with Local LED Lighting Technology
- KCP&L Thermostat Program Shows How Regulatory Design Can Make or Break DSM
- EPA’s Scott Pruitt Wants to Set up Opposing Teams to Debate Climate Change Science
- Americans Have Slower Mobile Internet Speed than Estonia
- Bitcoin Moves beyond Mere Curiosity as Value Skyrockets
- HomePod, Echo, Google Home – How Secure Are Your Speakers?
- Frontier Laid Off West Virginia State Senate President after Broadband Vote It Didn’t Like
- Pound-Sign Politics: What Government Agencies Can Learn from Hashtag Activism
- There Were 3.6 Million Tweets about James Comey’s Testimony Thursday
- Washington State’s High Court: Vancouver Port Meetings Should Have Been Public
- President Trump May Restrict Length of Environmental Reviews under Infrastructure Plan
- Controversial Tweets Sink Trump Supporter’s Campaign for Port Commission
- Washington State Representative Manweller Raises Bill to Defund Evergreen State College
- Shelton Mayor Defends City Building Fees Reduction as Long-Term Gain
- Kitsap County's Median Home Price Topped $300k in May
- City of Shelton: Roundabout among Options for Proposed Alder Street Project
- Southern Oregon University Loses $1.9 Million in Email Scheme
Maieutic • \may-YOO-tik\ • Adjective - Relating to or resembling the Socratic method of eliciting new ideas from another.
“I love the maieutic learning process in this class,” enthused the east coast trust-funder to his fellow ‘Greener seminar members. “Yeah,” barked the professor to his hipster student. “But the Socratic Method this seminar follows requires that you read the material and participate with your opinions…not blather on about your trip to a third world country to take in the local scenery.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Idaho Officials Approve Utility's Plan to Close Coal Plant (Associated Press)
Editorial: Pressure Puget Sound Energy to Abandon All Coal (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Editorial: Federal BPA Power Grab Would Hurt Region (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Watch Out for Man with Fake Tacoma Public Utilities Badge (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Proposed Methanol Plant in Kalama Gets Key Permit (Associated Press)
British Columbia: Greens’ Weaver Rebukes BC Hydro for Misleading Statements on Peace River Dam (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Trump Administration to Reconsider Protections for Rare Sage Grouse (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Op/Ed: Salmon Restoration Funding Supports Our Rural Economies (The Daily Astorian, OR)
Hearing Focuses on Bills to Protect Endangered Salmon, Empower Local Management on Federal Water Projects (U-S House Committee on Natural Resources)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Port Angeles Approves More Money for Water Facilities Legal Dispute with Olympic National Park (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Airway Heights Water Safe to Drink, Officials Say (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Oregon Solar Stays Hot – First-Quarter Installations Rise 126% (Portland Business Journal, OR)
What Makes a Successful Utility-Led Community Solar Program? (Utility Dive)
Offshore Wind Turbines Face Hurricane Threat (Maritime Executive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
News Release: Mason PUD 3 – Celebrating the Past with Local LED Lighting Technology (PR Web)
KCP&L Thermostat Program Shows How Regulatory Design Can Make or Break DSM (Utility Dive)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
EPA’s Scott Pruitt Wants to Set up Opposing Teams to Debate Climate Change Science (Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Americans Have Slower Mobile Internet Speed than Estonia (Mashable)
Bitcoin Moves beyond Mere Curiosity as Value Skyrockets (Oregonian, Portland)
HomePod, Echo, Google Home – How Secure Are Your Speakers? (C/NET News)
Frontier Laid Off West Virginia State Senate President after Broadband Vote It Didn’t Like (Ars Technica)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Pound-Sign Politics: What Government Agencies Can Learn from Hashtag Activism (AdWeek)
There Were 3.6 Million Tweets about James Comey’s Testimony Thursday (AdWeek)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Washington State’s High Court: Vancouver Port Meetings Should Have Been Public (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
President Trump May Restrict Length of Environmental Reviews under Infrastructure Plan (The Hill, Washington, DC)
Controversial Tweets Sink Trump Supporter’s Campaign for Port Commission (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Washington State Representative Manweller Raises Bill to Defund Evergreen State College (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Mayor Defends City Building Fees Reduction as Long-Term Gain (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Kitsap County's Median Home Price Topped $300k in May (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
City of Shelton: Roundabout among Options for Proposed Alder Street Project (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Southern Oregon University Loses $1.9 Million in Email Scheme (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Psst: Did You Mistakenly Donate Family Ashes to Goodwill?
Cops: Man Upset about Onions in Food Threatens Eatery Owner
911 Call For Ride to Hooters Ended with Trip to Florida Jail
Road Paved with Clamshells Emits Stench, Covered in Maggots
SONG OF THE DAY
Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road
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