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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Larry Weis Out as Seattle City Light Boss (Seattle Times, WA
– Paywall Advisory)
Columbia River Coal Terminal Backers File Second Suit
against Washington State (Associated Press)
Fishermen Fear Damage from Wind Farms Along the Eastern
Seaboard (National Public Radio)
YouTube, Responding to Crisis over Content, Will Have 10,000
People Reviewing Videos (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
City Of Shelton Commissioners OK Primary, General Elections
for New Council Candidate Votes (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Larry Weis Out as Seattle City Light Boss
- Employees Shocked as City Light CEO is Ousted
- Columbia River Coal Terminal Backers File Second Suit against Washington State
- No Rate Increase in Adopted Chelan PUD Budget
- Help a Neighbor, Get a Freebie from Benton PUD
- Pacific Gas & Electric Board Chairman Will Retire in Less Than Two Weeks, Energy Giant Says
- Editorial: Ratepayers Should Not Have to Pay for Utilities’ Wildfires Negligence
- Georgia’s Nuclear Project Could Be Canceled Like South Carolina’s, Utility Watchdogs Say
- Fluor Awarded $831 Million Puerto Rico Power Construction Contract
- Lisa Murkowski Warns Trump Nominee to Keep Federal Energy Data Free of Politics
- Top Regional Grid Operator Says Rick Perry’s Plan to Save Coal Would ‘Sledgehammer’ Power Markets
- Where Does America Get Its Carbon-Free Electricity?
- Bitcoin Could Cost Us Our Clean-Energy Future
- Washington State Water Project Could Get Boost from Congress
- Fishermen Fear Damage from Wind Farms Along the Eastern Seaboard
- Tennesseans Want More Solar Power & Choices Other Than Tennessee Valley Authority
- Washington State Pot Regulators Punt to Lawmakers on Home Grows
- Energy Idea for Mars Yields a Clue for Powering Data Centers
- Malware Spreads as Holiday Shopping Season Starts; Portland’s Infection Rate Makes Top 30 List
- Chelan County PUD to Expand Fiber-Optic Network
- Cooperatives are On It – Rural America Is Building High-Speed Internet the Same Way It Built Electricity in the 1930s
- Verizon Eyes Bigger Role in Residential Broadband as It Builds Out 5G Network
- YouTube, Responding to Crisis over Content, Will Have 10,000 People Reviewing Videos
- Facebook Rolls Out Messenger App for Kids Under 13
- Brands Heed Social Media but Are Advised Not to Forget Word of Mouth
- Three Powerful Graphic Design Tools for Busy Marketers
- President Trump Outlines Big Cuts to Utah Monuments, Environmentalists Sue
- City Of Shelton Commissioners OK Primary, General Elections for New Council Candidate Votes
- Olympic College Names Next President
- Washington State May Allow ‘X’ Gender Designation on Birth Certificates
- California’s Worst Fire Season Just Got Even More Terrifying
- Russia Banned from Winter Olympics by International Olympic Committee
- Oregon School’s Mural, Hidden for 50 Years, Ready to Emerge
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to hold back, stop, or control: very lively and cheerful
Irrepressible: see dog chasing ball. Over and over. See
owner getting tired. Over and over.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Larry Weis Out as Seattle City Light Boss (Seattle Times, WA
– Paywall Advisory)
Employees Shocked as City Light CEO is Ousted (Crosscut
Seattle)
Columbia River Coal Terminal Backers File Second Suit against
Washington State (Associated Press)
No Rate Increase in Adopted Chelan PUD Budget (NCW Life,
East Wenatchee, WA)
Help a Neighbor, Get a Freebie from Benton PUD (Tri-City
Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Pacific Gas & Electric Board Chairman Will Retire in Less
Than Two Weeks, Energy Giant Says (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Editorial: Ratepayers Should Not Have to Pay for Utilities’
Wildfires Negligence (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Georgia’s Nuclear Project Could Be Canceled Like South
Carolina’s, Utility Watchdogs Say (Charleston Post & Courier, SC)
Fluor Awarded $831 Million Puerto Rico Power Construction
Contract (Washington Technology)
Lisa Murkowski Warns Trump Nominee to Keep Federal Energy
Data Free of Politics (Washington Examiner)
Top Regional Grid Operator Says Rick Perry’s Plan to Save
Coal Would ‘Sledgehammer’ Power Markets (Washington Examiner)
Where Does America Get Its Carbon-Free Electricity? (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Bitcoin Could Cost Us Our Clean-Energy Future (Grist Online)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Washington State Water Project Could Get Boost from Congress
(Crosscut Seattle)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Fishermen Fear Damage from Wind Farms Along the Eastern
Seaboard (National Public Radio)
Tennesseans Want More Solar Power & Choices Other Than Tennessee
Valley Authority (Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Washington State Pot Regulators Punt to Lawmakers on Home
Grows (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
Energy Idea for Mars Yields a Clue for Powering Data Centers
(NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Malware Spreads as Holiday Shopping Season Starts; Portland’s
Infection Rate Makes Top 30 List (Oregonian, Portland)
Chelan County PUD to Expand Fiber-Optic Network (NCW Life,
East Wenatchee, WA)
Cooperatives are On It – Rural America Is Building
High-Speed Internet the Same Way It Built Electricity in the 1930s
(Motherboard)
Verizon Eyes Bigger Role in Residential Broadband as It
Builds Out 5G Network (Forbes Magazine)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
YouTube, Responding to Crisis over Content, Will Have 10,000
People Reviewing Videos (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Facebook Rolls Out Messenger App for Kids Under 13 (Reuters)
Brands Heed Social Media but Are Advised Not to Forget Word of
Mouth (SF Chronicle)
Three Powerful Graphic Design Tools for Busy Marketers (Social
Media Examiner)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
President Trump Outlines Big Cuts to Utah Monuments,
Environmentalists Sue (Reuters)
GENERAL NEWS
City Of Shelton Commissioners OK Primary, General Elections for
New Council Candidate Votes (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Olympic College Names Next President (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
Washington State May Allow ‘X’ Gender Designation on Birth
Certificates (Northwest Public Radio)
California’s Worst Fire Season Just Got Even More Terrifying
(Mashable)
Russia Banned from Winter Olympics by International Olympic
Committee (NY Times)
Oregon School’s Mural, Hidden for 50 Years, Ready to Emerge
(KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
WHY DO SQUIRRELS HATE CHRISTMAS? – DIVERSIONS
America’s Hippest City Is Vancouver, Washington?
Pete Carroll asked Neil deGrasse Tyson to Explain Why Russell
Wilson’s Lateral Was Actually Backward
Police: Squirrel Blamed For Vandalizing Christmas Lights
Man Who Threw Away a Fortune in Bitcoin Now Looking to Dig
Up a Landfill
SONG OF THE DAY
Genesis – Throwing It All Away
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