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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Legislature Calls It Quits for 2018
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Energy Sector Condemns President Trump’s Steel, Aluminum
Tariffs (Utility Dive)
Proposal Would Reduce Size of Desert Claim Wind Farm
(Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Growing Concern: Marijuana Energy Conservation Rules Could
Mean Lower Quality Product (Boston Globe, MA)
California Salmon Will Have Places to Chill with Dam Removal
(Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Energy Sector Condemns President Trump’s Steel, Aluminum Tariffs
- Wind Knocks Down Trees, Causes Power Outages around Puget Sound
- Jefferson PUD Puts Smart Meters on Hold
- California: Hayward Town Requires Commercial Property Owners to Switch from Pacific Gas & Electric to Its 100% Renewable Energy Effort
- It’s a Horrible Idea to Privatize the Tennessee Valley Authority & Other Public Energy Assets
- South Carolina: Fight between Santee Cooper, Electric Co-Ops Could Hurt Finances of Both, Standard & Poor’s Says
- FERC Members Hint At Move to Compensate Electric Grid Reliability
- This MIT Project Says Nuclear Fusion Is 15 Years Away (No, Really, This Time)
- California Salmon Will Have Places to Chill with Dam Removal
- The Energy 202: Almost 100,000 Comments Missing from Federal Sage Grouse Conservation Report
- Proposal Would Reduce Size of Desert Claim Wind Farm
- Claims of Fraud, Racketeering – New Mexico Sues Vivint Solar for Its Sunny Promises
- Geothermal: Japan Builds a Head of Steam for an Alternative to Nuclear
- These Huge New Wind Turbines Are a Marvel. They’re Also the Future.
- Owning Fiber, Town of Coulee Dam Considering Broadband Expansion
- Why Low-Income Communities Are Building Their Own Internet Networks
- Big Telcos Set to Hit Many Canadians with Internet Price Hikes
- U-S Finally Passes ‘Dig Once’ Rules for Fiber Deployment
- To Get Rural Kids Online, Microsoft Wants to Put Internet Access on School Buses
- Heavy Snow Packs May Contribute to British Columbia Flooding
- Trump’s Interior Secretary Claimed Wind Power Leads to Global Warming. His Numbers Are Wrong
- Growing Concern: Marijuana Energy Conservation Rules Could Mean Lower Quality Product
- Portland Reaches Milestone in ‘Poop to Power’ Project
- Video: This Space Heater Mines Bitcoin While Keeping Your House Warm
- Washington State Legislature Calls It Quits for 2018
- Washington Legislature Approves Budget Plan That Boosts School Spending
- Legislature Passes, Sends Governor One-Time Property Tax Cut for 2019
- Washington State Legislature Passes Gender Pay Equity Bill
- Public Records: Attorney Dubbed ‘Evil Harry Potter’ by Lindquist Staffers Calls Text Messages ‘Disappointing’
- Trump Administration Warns Idaho against Its Rebel Insurance Plans
- Lockdown at 2 Shelton Schools Lifted, Roads Reopened after Suspicious Device Found
- Police Photos Show Long Beach Bombs
- Governor Appoints Ex-Mason Chief Deputy Prosecutor as Mason Superior Court Judge
- Spring “Heat Wave” Coming to Western Washington & Oregon
- The Word Is Pummeled: Third Nor’easter Still a Possibility for Start of Next Week
- Oregon: Former Columbia County Employee Admits to Stealing Nearly $600,000
- WSDOT Says Expect Delays on I-5 as Crews Clean Bridge over Nisqually River
- NASA Says ‘Fireball’ That Shook Washington Coast about the Size of a Minivan
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Those Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em Robots
“You knocked my block off!”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Energy Sector Condemns President Trump’s Steel, Aluminum
Tariffs (Utility Dive)
Wind Knocks Down Trees, Causes Power Outages around Puget
Sound (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Jefferson PUD Puts Smart Meters on Hold (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, WA)
California: Hayward Town Requires Commercial Property Owners
to Switch from Pacific Gas & Electric to Its 100% Renewable Energy Effort
(San Francisco Business Times, CA)
It’s a Horrible Idea to Privatize the Tennessee Valley
Authority & Other Public Energy Assets (Forbes Magazine)
South Carolina: Fight between Santee Cooper, Electric Co-Ops
Could Hurt Finances of Both, Standard & Poor’s Says (Charleston Post &
Courier, SC)
FERC Members Hint At Move to Compensate Electric Grid
Reliability (Washington Examiner)
This MIT Project Says Nuclear Fusion Is 15 Years Away (No,
Really, This Time) (Fast Company)
FISH & WILDLIFE
California Salmon Will Have Places to Chill with Dam Removal
(Associated Press)
The Energy 202: Almost 100,000 Comments Missing from Federal
Sage Grouse Conservation Report (Washington Post)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Proposal Would Reduce Size of Desert Claim Wind Farm (Ellensburg
Daily Record, WA)
Claims of Fraud, Racketeering – New Mexico Sues Vivint Solar
for Its Sunny Promises (Courthouse News Service)
Geothermal: Japan Builds a Head of Steam for an Alternative to
Nuclear (Christian Science Monitor)
These Huge New Wind Turbines Are a Marvel. They’re Also the
Future. (Vox)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Owning Fiber, Town of Coulee Dam Considering Broadband
Expansion (Star of the Grand Coulee, Grand Coulee, WA)
Why Low-Income Communities Are Building Their Own Internet
Networks (Fast Company)
Big Telcos Set to Hit Many Canadians with Internet Price
Hikes (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
U-S Finally Passes ‘Dig Once’ Rules for Fiber Deployment
(Broadband Reports)
To Get Rural Kids Online, Microsoft Wants to Put Internet
Access on School Buses (Washington Post)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Heavy Snow Packs May Contribute to British Columbia Flooding
– Snow deposits that feed Columbia, Okangan & Similkameen basins well above
normal (Salmon Arm Observer, BC)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Trump’s Interior Secretary Claimed Wind Power Leads to
Global Warming. His Numbers Are Wrong (TIME Magazine)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Growing Concern: Marijuana Energy Conservation Rules Could
Mean Lower Quality Product (Boston Globe, MA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
Portland Reaches Milestone in ‘Poop to Power’ Project (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
Video: This Space Heater Mines Bitcoin While Keeping Your
House Warm (Mashable)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Washington State Legislature Calls It Quits for 2018 (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Washington Legislature Approves Budget Plan That Boosts
School Spending (Associated Press)
Legislature Passes, Sends Governor One-Time Property Tax Cut
for 2019 (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Washington State Legislature Passes Gender Pay Equity Bill (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
Public Records: Attorney Dubbed ‘Evil Harry Potter’ by
Lindquist Staffers Calls Text Messages ‘Disappointing’ (News Tribune, Tacoma,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
Trump Administration Warns Idaho against Its Rebel Insurance
Plans (Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Lockdown at 2 Shelton Schools Lifted, Roads Reopened after Suspicious
Device Found (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Police Photos Show Long Beach Bombs (Chinook Observer, Long
Beach, WA)
Governor Appoints Ex-Mason Chief Deputy Prosecutor as Mason
Superior Court Judge (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Spring “Heat Wave” Coming to Western Washington & Oregon
(Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
The Word Is Pummeled: Third Nor’easter Still a Possibility for
Start of Next Week (Yahoo News)
Oregon: Former Columbia County Employee Admits to Stealing
Nearly $600,000 (Longview Daily News, WA)
WSDOT Says Expect Delays on I-5 as Crews Clean Bridge over
Nisqually River (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
NASA Says ‘Fireball’ That Shook Washington Coast about the
Size of a Minivan (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Skinny Jeans Sold at Target Recalled for Making People Bleed
Norwegian Airline Responds to Poem Complaint in Verse
Daylight Saving Time 2018: Seven Things to Know about ‘Springing
Forward’
Volkswagen to Stop Making the Beetle
SONG OF THE DAY
Phoebe Snow - Poetry Man
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