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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
The Quiet Fight to Finally Send Nuclear Waste to Yucca
Mountain (Washington Examiner)
Spokane Explores Publicly Owned Broadband Network – Intended
to Open Up Internet Services, Drive Down Costs (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Port of Longview Hit with Major Cyberattack (Longview Daily
News, WA)
The Government Is Nearly Done with a Major Report on Climate
Change. The President Isn’t Going to Like It (Washington Post)
Kids Light Up for Clark Public Utilities Solar Car Race
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- The Quiet Fight to Finally Send Nuclear Waste to Yucca Mountain
- U-S May Want To Keep Idaho Nuclear Waste Plant Running Longer
- The City of Ellensburg Raised the Cost of Electricity to Keep Up with Costs
- Droning in Colorado: Utility Tests Safer Way to Inspect Lines
- Bitcoin Mining Turns Electricity into Money
- Is a Residential Three-Part Rate the Way to a Modern Grid or Bad News for Utility Customers?
- Should Some Species Be Allowed to Die Out?
- Considering Getting Solar Panels? Here Are the Right Questions to Ask.
- California: ‘Wind Resource in Humboldt Is Phenomenal’: Local Experts Look into Area Wind Energy Feasibility
- New Mexico: Students Deliver Solar Power to Eastern Navajo Nation
- Spokane Explores Publicly Owned Broadband Network
- Port of Longview Hit with Major Cyberattack
- President Trump’s Block of a $117 Billion Takeover of Qualcomm Shows Fault Lines in 5G Network Development
- Pay TV Lost 3.1 Million Traditional Video Subscribers Last Year
- Judge Greenlights Class Action over Yahoo Data Breaches
- Electric Transportation Expansion Is Key Focus for Sacramento Municipal Utility District
- Off the Grid, on Maui
- The Government Is Nearly Done with a Major Report on Climate Change. The President Isn’t Going to Like It
- Bali to Shush Social Media for Day of Silence
- Why Consumers Are Increasingly Willing to Trade Privacy for Convenience
- Burger King Staged a Car Fire on a Highway, & Surprised Those Who Stopped to Help
- Kids Light Up for Clark Public Utilities Solar Car Race
- The Coming Solar Storm Isn’t ‘Massive’ – It’s Actually Pretty Weak
- Washington State Legislature Sued Over How It Changed Police Deadly Force Law
- ‘It Was a Sad Year.’ Lawmakers See Missed Opportunities to Protect Sexual Assault Survivors
- President Trump Ousts Secretary of State Tillerson – Will Replace Him with CIA Chief Pompeo
- Nor’easter, Blizzard Conditions Sock Winter-Weary Northeast
- Recall Debate – Shelton City Commission Holding Special Meeting Tuesday
- Washington State Lawmakers Pass Capital Dollars to Improve Shelton Library
- U-S Sen. Cantwell Learns About Mason County Opioid Crisis
- 2018 Mason Forest Festival Royalty Crowned, Grand Marshal Selected, Button Art Winner Announced
- $1 Million in Tax Money Earmarked to Help Ostrom Mushroom Farms to Set Up Sunnyside Plant
- ‘I Was Crying’: Hair Product Blamed for Open Sores, Bald Spots
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Tiny sky dancers.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
The Quiet Fight to Finally Send Nuclear Waste to Yucca
Mountain (Washington Examiner)
U-S May Want To Keep Idaho Nuclear Waste Plant Running
Longer (Associated Press)
The City of Ellensburg Raised the Cost of Electricity to
Keep Up with Costs (KIMA-TV, Yakima, WA)
Droning in Colorado: Utility Tests Safer Way to Inspect
Lines – After fatal helicopter crash, drones seen as better option (Grand
Junction Daily Sentinel, CO)
Bitcoin Mining Turns Electricity into Money (Atlantic
Magazine)
Is a Residential Three-Part Rate the Way to a Modern Grid or
Bad News for Utility Customers? (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Should Some Species Be Allowed to Die Out? (NY Times)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Considering Getting Solar Panels? Here Are the Right
Questions to Ask. (Washington Post)
California: ‘Wind Resource in Humboldt Is Phenomenal’: Local
Experts Look into Area Wind Energy Feasibility (Eureka Times-Standard, CA)
New Mexico: Students Deliver Solar Power to Eastern Navajo
Nation (Farmington Daily Times, NM)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Spokane Explores Publicly Owned Broadband Network – Intended
to Open Up Internet Services, Drive Down Costs (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Port of Longview Hit with Major Cyberattack (Longview Daily
News, WA)
President Trump’s Block of a $117 Billion Takeover of Qualcomm
Shows Fault Lines in 5G Network Development (Washington Examiner)
Pay TV Lost 3.1 Million Traditional Video Subscribers Last
Year (Broadband Reports)
Judge Greenlights Class Action over Yahoo Data Breaches (Courthouse
News Service)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
Electric Transportation Expansion Is Key Focus for Sacramento
Municipal Utility District (American Public Power Association)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Off the Grid, on Maui (NY Times)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
The Government Is Nearly Done with a Major Report on Climate
Change. The President Isn’t Going to Like It (Washington Post)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Bali to Shush Social Media for Day of Silence (Washington
Post)
Why Consumers Are Increasingly Willing to Trade Privacy for
Convenience – Amazon & Walmart are testing boundaries (AdWeek)
Burger King Staged a Car Fire on a Highway, & Surprised
Those Who Stopped to Help (AdWeek)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
Kids Light Up for Clark Public Utilities Solar Car Race (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
The Coming Solar Storm Isn’t ‘Massive’ – It’s Actually
Pretty Weak (Mashable)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Washington State Legislature Sued Over How It Changed Police
Deadly Force Law (Associated Press)
‘It Was a Sad Year.’ Lawmakers See Missed Opportunities to
Protect Sexual Assault Survivors (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
President Trump Ousts Secretary of State Tillerson – Will
Replace Him with CIA Chief Pompeo (Oregonian, Portland)
GENERAL NEWS
Nor’easter, Blizzard Conditions Sock Winter-Weary Northeast (Associated
Press)
Recall Debate – Shelton City Commission Holding Special
Meeting Tuesday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Washington State Lawmakers Pass Capital Dollars to Improve Shelton
Library (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
U-S Sen. Cantwell Learns About Mason County Opioid Crisis (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
2018 Mason Forest Festival Royalty Crowned, Grand Marshal
Selected, Button Art Winner Announced (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
$1 Million in Tax Money Earmarked to Help Ostrom Mushroom Farms
to Set Up Sunnyside Plant (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
‘I Was Crying’: Hair Product Blamed for Open Sores, Bald
Spots (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
William Shatner Responds to Flat Earthers Using His Image to
Promote Their Stupid Ideas
Bizarre Battle over Body of Charles Manson Won by Grandson
Alabama Incensed over ‘Horrific’ Smell of New York City Poo
Arizona Bride Arrested on Suspicion of DUI on Way to Her
Wedding
SONG OF THE DAY
Stanley Holloway – Get Me to the Church on Time (May Fair
Lady Soundtrack)
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