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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Experts Say the U-S Power Grid Is Secure, As Russia
Escalates the Cyber War (Washington Examiner)
Ninth Circuit Hears Arguments on More (Experimental) Spill
for Juvenile Salmon/Steelhead at Columbia/Snake Dams (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
U-S Rep. Herrera Beutler Requests Pause in Dam Spills – Says
Columbia, Snake Releases Could Raise Energy Bills (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Good News for Water Supply: Olympic Mountain Snowpack at 119
Percent of Normal (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Facebook’s Stock Falls as the Federal Trade Commission
Confirms It’s Investigating the Company (Washington Post)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Experts Say the U-S Power Grid Is Secure, As Russia Escalates the Cyber War
- U-S Rep. Herrera Beutler Requests Pause in Dam Spills – Says Columbia, Snake Releases Could Raise Energy Bills
- Here’s What the New Federal Spending Bill Means for the Tri-Cities
- Cowlitz PUD Completes $30 Million Project to Reduce Outages
- Feds Award $321 Million for Installation of 14 McNary Dam Turbines
- Cheney Powers Bitcoin Mining – Cyber Currency Operation Sets Up in Former AMX/Harman Location on Cheney-Spokane
- Wahkiakum PUD Starts Planning Replacement of Grays River Substation
- New Jefferson PUD General Manager Arriving in April
- Rural Nevada Concerned Energy Choice Ballot Question Could Disrupt Way-of-Life; Supporters Say Legislative Fix Simple
- Fate of Utility Consumers under Federal Tax Overhaul Uneven
- Waterpower Week in Washington 2018 to Feature New FERC Chairman
- Ninth Circuit Hears Arguments on More (Experimental) Spill for Juvenile Salmon/Steelhead at Columbia/Snake Dams
- Army Corps of Engineers Wants to Remove 500 Cormorant Eggs to Protect Columbia River Salmon
- Gnarly Decisions Face Salmon Managers. There Will Be Seasons
- After 70 Years, Salmon Could Return to the Columbia River above Grand Coulee
- Why the Swallows Stopped Returning to San Juan Capistrano & How People Brought Them Back
- Arizona Lawmakers Pass Bill to Undermine Renewable Energy Ballot Proposal
- Solar Photovoltaic Costs Are Declining – Estimates Vary Across Sources
- Gorge powers Google Wind Challenge
- How Pumped Storage Can Make a U-S Comeback
- On the Duck’s 10th Birthday, Here’s How to Keep It from Eating the Power System
- 5G Could Widen the Gap between Haves & Have-Nots
- With Less Government Interference, 5G Will Be a Windfall for Taxpayers & Wireless Customers
- FCC Authorizes an Additional $540 Million for USF Rural Broadband Funding
- To Invade Homes, Tech Is Trying to Get in Your Kitchen
- Report Addresses Charging Stations Needed to Meet Calif. Goal
- From Thin Air: The Magic of Air Source Heat Pumps
- Good News for Water Supply: Olympic Mountain Snowpack at 119 Percent of Normal
- Nevada: State Water Ruling Sparks Fear, Misinformation in Nye County
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose Last Year. Here Are the Top 5 Reasons.
- Lights around the World Go Dark for Earth Hour to Highlight Climate Change
- British Columbia Electricity Use Rose During 2018 Earth Hour, Says BC Hydro
- Facebook’s Stock Falls as the Federal Trade Commission Confirms It’s Investigating the Company
- Mark Zuckerberg Finally Says ‘I’m Sorry’ in Newspaper Ads around the Globe
- Instagram Tweaks Its Feed to Be More Chronological after Years of Complaints
- Montana Rural Electric Coop Association Wins National Magazine Award
- A Dying Southern Town Needed a Miracle. Marijuana Came Calling.
- Former Washington State Auditor Seeks to Have Conviction Overturned or Retrial
- Bainbridge Island Sued Over Updates to Environmental Codes
- Seattle Consulate Closed; U-S, European Union to Expel Russian Diplomats over UK Nerve Attack
- Mason County: Webb Hill Biosolids Facility to Construct Storage Lagoon
- Oregon, Washington State Extend Studded-Tire Season for Motorists
- Trails End Arena in Tumwater, A Horse Riding Destination for Years, Is Set to be Demolished
- Oregon in Path of Chinese Space Station on Collision Course with Earth
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Experts Say the U-S Power Grid Is Secure, As Russia Escalates
the Cyber War (Washington Examiner)
U-S Rep. Herrera Beutler Requests Pause in Dam Spills – Says
Columbia, Snake Releases Could Raise Energy Bills (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Here’s What the New Federal Spending Bill Means for the
Tri-Cities (Tri-City Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Cowlitz PUD Completes $30 Million Project to Reduce Outages
(Longview Daily News, WA)
Feds Award $321 Million for Installation of 14 McNary Dam
Turbines (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Cheney Powers Bitcoin Mining – Cyber Currency Operation Sets
Up in Former AMX/Harman Location on Cheney-Spokane (Cheney Free Press, WA)
Wahkiakum PUD Starts Planning Replacement of Grays River
Substation (The Wahkiakum Eagle, Cathlamet, WA)
New Jefferson PUD General Manager Arriving in April
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Rural Nevada Concerned Energy Choice Ballot Question Could
Disrupt Way-of-Life; Supporters Say Legislative Fix Simple (Elko Daily Free
Press, NV)
Fate of Utility Consumers under Federal Tax Overhaul Uneven
(Associated Press)
Waterpower Week in Washington 2018 to Feature New FERC
Chairman (Renewable Energy World)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Ninth Circuit Hears Arguments on More (Experimental) Spill
for Juvenile Salmon/Steelhead at Columbia/Snake Dams (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Army Corps of Engineers Wants to Remove 500 Cormorant Eggs
to Protect Columbia River Salmon (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Gnarly Decisions Face Salmon Managers. There Will Be Seasons
(Oregonian, Portland)
After 70 Years, Salmon Could Return to the Columbia River above
Grand Coulee (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
Why the Swallows Stopped Returning to San Juan Capistrano &
How People Brought Them Back (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Arizona Lawmakers Pass Bill to Undermine Renewable Energy
Ballot Proposal (Utility Dive)
Solar Photovoltaic Costs Are Declining – Estimates Vary
Across Sources (U-S Energy Information Administration)
Gorge powers Google Wind Challenge (The Dalles Chronicle,
OR)
How Pumped Storage Can Make a U-S Comeback (Renewable Energy
World)
On the Duck’s 10th Birthday, Here’s How to Keep It from
Eating the Power System (Utility Dive)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
5G Could Widen the Gap between Haves & Have-Nots (C/NET
News)
With Less Government Interference, 5G Will Be a Windfall for
Taxpayers & Wireless Customers (Washington Examiner)
FCC Authorizes an Additional $540 Million for USF Rural
Broadband Funding (Telecompetitor)
To Invade Homes, Tech Is Trying to Get in Your Kitchen (NY
Times)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
Report Addresses Charging Stations Needed to Meet Calif. Goal
(American Public Power Association)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
From Thin Air: The Magic of Air Source Heat Pumps (Irish
Examiner, Cork)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Good News for Water Supply: Olympic Mountain Snowpack at 119
Percent of Normal (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Nevada: State Water Ruling Sparks Fear, Misinformation in Nye
County (The Nevada Independent, Las Vegas)
https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/state-water-ruling-sparks-fear-misinformation-in-nye-county
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose Last Year. Here Are the Top 5
Reasons. (NY Times)
Lights around the World Go Dark for Earth Hour to Highlight
Climate Change (Associated Press)
British Columbia Electricity Use Rose During 2018 Earth Hour,
Says BC Hydro (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook’s Stock Falls as the Federal Trade Commission
Confirms It’s Investigating the Company (Washington Post)
Mark Zuckerberg Finally Says ‘I’m Sorry’ in Newspaper Ads
around the Globe (Mashable)
Instagram Tweaks Its Feed to Be More Chronological after Years
of Complaints (Washington Post)
Montana Rural Electric Coop Association Wins National Magazine
Award (KBZK-TV, Bozeman, MT)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
A Dying Southern Town Needed a Miracle. Marijuana Came
Calling. (NY Times)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Former Washington State Auditor Seeks to Have Conviction
Overturned or Retrial (Northwest Public Radio)
Bainbridge Island Sued Over Updates to Environmental Codes (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Seattle Consulate Closed; U-S, European Union to Expel Russian
Diplomats over UK Nerve Attack (Reuters)
Mason County: Webb Hill Biosolids Facility to Construct
Storage Lagoon (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Oregon, Washington State Extend Studded-Tire Season for
Motorists (Associated Press)
Trails End Arena in Tumwater, A Horse Riding Destination for
Years, Is Set to be Demolished (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Oregon in Path of Chinese Space Station on Collision Course
with Earth (KVAL-TV, Eugene, OR)
COFFEE STAINS IN YOUR TEETH – DIVERSIONS
Selfie Latte? Coffee Shop Machine Will Turn Your Face into
Foamy Art
Orange Snow Blankets Parts of Russia
Overlooked No More: Ruth Wakefield, Who Invented the
Chocolate Chip Cookie
Idaho Couple Married 63 Years Dies Minutes Apart
SONG OF THE DAY
Mary Chapin Carpenter – Grow Old Along With Me
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