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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Nuclear Reactors Could Run as Long as 80 Years under Trump
Plan (Bloomberg News)
Editorial: Bonneville Power Administration Asset Sale Lacks
Juice (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
PacifiCorp Picks Four Wyoming Projects for $1.5 Billion Wind
Buy (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Washington State Carbon Tax Debate Continues to Draw
Controversy (NCW Life Channel, East Wenatchee, WA)
Snow in Mason County Forecast through Friday (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Nuclear Reactors Could Run as Long as 80 Years under Trump Plan
- Editorial: Bonneville Power Administration Asset Sale Lacks Juice
- California: Utility Can Remove Power Poles in an Area of Montecito Burned by the Thomas Fire, Judge Rules
- U-S Dept of Energy Says It ‘Would Never Use’ Emergency Order for Uneconomic Plants
- Spring Salmon Seasons Due Wednesday for the Columbia River
- Cooke Aquaculture Threatens Legal Action of Salmon Farming Ban
- Volunteers Build Their Own Tukwila Hatchery, Restore a Salmon Run
- PacifiCorp Picks Four Wyoming Projects for $1.5 Billion Wind Buy
- New Rebellion against Wind Energy Stalls or Stops Projects
- Arizona Initiative Would Seek 50% Renewable Power by 2030
- Bloomberg: Solar Panel Imports Soared Ahead of Tariff Decision
- McKinley Paper Puts Retooling Plans on Hold at Port Angeles Mill, Biomass Power Plant
- FCC Repeal of Net Neutrality Rules to Be Published Thursday: Reports
- FCC Official Touts Utilities’ Role in Broadband
- Hackers Steal Millions by Ditching Malware to Sidestep Security
- North Korean Cyberspies Ready to Launch Mass Cyberattacks: Report
- Charter Must Face NY Lawsuit over Internet Speeds
- Stuck in a Wi-Fi & Broadband Blackspot? Your Local Church Spire Could Be the Answer
- British Columbia Utilities Commission Seeks Input on Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Future
- Google’s Digital Assistant Branches Out to Nest Camera
- Washington State Carbon Tax Debate Continues to Draw Controversy
- Chelan PUD Looks at Potential Legislative Carbon Changes
- ‘Trump Forest’ Hits a Million Trees in Bid to Curb Climate Change
- Conservative Twitter Users Lash Out after Followers Vanish
- Why Social Media & YouTube Creators Want More Diverse, Authentic Content
- Billy Graham Gave a TED Talk 20 Years Ago on Faith & Technology
- Marijuana Retailers Sue Lewis County over Federal Permission Rule
- Why We May Soon Be Living in Alexa’s World
- Snow in Mason County Forecast through Friday
- ‘It’s Not Going to Warm Up’: Record-Breaking Cold in Olympia, Bellingham as Chill Lingers
- Wednesday Will Be the Warmest February Day on Record for the East
- Home Sales Fall as Supply Hits Record Low & Prices Rise, Realtors Group Says
- Seattle Begins Season-Ticket Campaign for New National Hockey League Team
- U-S Women Win Historic Olympic Gold in Cross-Country Skiing
- Don’t Kiss Your Chickens. Salmonella Outbreak Prompts Unusual Warning
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to, or characterized by lethargy: sluggish 2: indifferent, apathetic
“Lethargic as the word of the day?” grunted the editor in
his morning stupor. “Sure, why not,” he murmured as his ham-like hand pounded
the “snooze button” on his clock-radio for the fifth time.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Nuclear Reactors Could Run as Long as 80 Years under Trump
Plan (Bloomberg News)
Editorial: Bonneville Power Administration Asset Sale Lacks
Juice (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
California: Utility Can Remove Power Poles in an Area of
Montecito Burned by the Thomas Fire, Judge Rules (Los Angeles Times, CA)
U-S Dept of Energy Says It ‘Would Never Use’ Emergency Order
for Uneconomic Plants (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Spring Salmon Seasons Due Wednesday for the Columbia River
(Oregonian, Portland)
Cooke Aquaculture Threatens Legal Action of Salmon Farming
Ban (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Volunteers Build Their Own Tukwila Hatchery, Restore a
Salmon Run (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
PacifiCorp Picks Four Wyoming Projects for $1.5 Billion Wind
Buy (Portland Business Journal, OR)
New Rebellion against Wind Energy Stalls or Stops Projects
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Arizona Initiative Would Seek 50% Renewable Power by 2030
(Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Bloomberg: Solar Panel Imports Soared Ahead of Tariff
Decision (Utility Dive)
McKinley Paper Puts Retooling Plans on Hold at Port Angeles
Mill, Biomass Power Plant (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Repeal of Net Neutrality Rules to Be Published Thursday:
Reports (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
FCC Official Touts Utilities’ Role in Broadband
(MissionCritical Communications)
Hackers Steal Millions by Ditching Malware to Sidestep
Security (Gizmodo)
North Korean Cyberspies Ready to Launch Mass Cyberattacks:
Report (Washington Examiner)
Charter Must Face NY Lawsuit over Internet Speeds (Pacific
Business News, HI)
Stuck in a Wi-Fi & Broadband Blackspot? Your Local
Church Spire Could Be the Answer (ZD Net)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
British Columbia Utilities Commission Seeks Input on
Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Future (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Google’s Digital Assistant Branches Out to Nest Camera
(Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington State Carbon Tax Debate Continues to Draw
Controversy (NCW Life Channel, East Wenatchee, WA)
Chelan PUD Looks at Potential Legislative Carbon Changes
(Ifiberone News, Ephrata, WA)
‘Trump Forest’ Hits a Million Trees in Bid to Curb Climate
Change (Reuters)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Conservative Twitter Users Lash Out after Followers Vanish
(SF Chronicle)
Why Social Media & YouTube Creators Want More Diverse,
Authentic Content (AdWeek)
Billy Graham Gave a TED Talk 20 Years Ago on Faith &
Technology (USA Today)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Marijuana Retailers Sue Lewis County over Federal Permission
Rule (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
Why We May Soon Be Living in Alexa’s World (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Snow in Mason County Forecast through Friday (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
‘It’s Not Going to Warm Up’: Record-Breaking Cold in
Olympia, Bellingham as Chill Lingers (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Wednesday Will Be the Warmest February Day on Record for the
East (Mashable)
Home Sales Fall as Supply Hits Record Low & Prices Rise,
Realtors Group Says (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Seattle Begins Season-Ticket Campaign for New National
Hockey League Team (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
U-S Women Win Historic Olympic Gold in Cross-Country Skiing (Christian
Science Monitor)
Don’t Kiss Your Chickens. Salmonella Outbreak Prompts
Unusual Warning (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
HIDDEN ART – DIVERSIONS
In Picasso’s Blue Period, Scanners Find Secrets He Painted
Over
There’s a Persistent Hum in This Canadian City, and No One
Knows Why – Cuz the City Doesn’t Know the Words!
New York Touts Economic Boom with South African Photo
Billy Graham, ‘America’s Pastor’ & Noted Evangelist,
Dead at 99
SONG OF THE DAY
For Windsor: Gregorian - The Sound of Silence
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