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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Supercomputer Hosting Company Threatens to Abandon Longview
(Longview Daily News, WA)
Alaska’s Draft Climate Change Policy Proposes Carbon Price
Mechanism (KTUU-TV, Anchorage, AK)
President Trump Vows to Back Law to Protect Marijuana
Industry (Associated Press)
Introducing the Solar Revenue Put: Insurance for Cloudy Days
at the Farm (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Industries Fight Yakama Nation’s Demand to Clean Up More
Fish Habitat (Courthouse News Service)
https://www.courthousenews.com/industries-fight-yakama-nations-demand-to-clean-up-more-fish-habitat/
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Supercomputer Hosting Company Threatens to Abandon Longview
- Bitcoin Mining Operations Moratorium
- Columbia River Treaty Watchers Hope to Right 50 Years of Wrongs
- Energy Secretary Perry Promises to Not Sell Off BPA Assets without Congressional Approval
- Hardie Resigns as Oregon PUC Chair – Governor Brown Appoints Replacement
- Historic SMUD Headquarters in East Sacramento Gets Modern Touch
- Texas: Harvey Blew Out All Victoria Electric Cooperative Meters
- Industries Fight Yakama Nation’s Demand to Clean Up More Fish Habitat
- Court Blocks Company’s Attempt to Restock Puget Sound Fish Farm with Atlantic Salmon
- Introducing the Solar Revenue Put: Insurance for Cloudy Days at the Farm
- Arizona: Feedback Negative for Proposed Windfarm
- Homeowners Association Files another Lawsuit against Radio Tower near Sequim
- ACLU: If Americans Want Privacy & Net Neutrality, They Should Build Their Own Broadband Networks
- New Mexico – How a Rural Electric Co-Op Connected a Community
- Collapse of Broadband Internet Project Might Threaten Kentucky’s ‘Entire Economy’
- Can Unused TV Signals Be Repurposed for Broadband?
- Buckle Up for the Coming ‘Carpocalypse Now’ over Electric Cars
- Transportation Electrification Should Build on Energy Efficiency & Renewables Program Success
- Hillsboro LED Specialist Phoseon Hits Upcycle, Employment Balloons to 175
- BC Hydro’s New Face on TV Wants to Help You Save Energy
- Hackers Exploit Casino’s Smart Thermometer to Steal Database Info
- Oregon Governor Declares Drought Emergency in Second County
- Meeting With Federal Officials Focuses on Elwha Water Facility Impasse
- Alaska’s Draft Climate Change Policy Proposes Carbon Price Mechanism
- Closing Rust Belt Nuke Plants Makes Carbon Pollution Worse: Study
- Wenatchee Learns, Chelan PUD Partnering on Careers after School
- Report for America Supports Journalism Where Cutbacks Hit Hard
- Editing Tweaks That Can Boost Your Video’s Performance on Facebook
- President Trump Vows to Back Law to Protect Marijuana Industry
- The Newest Threat to California’s Redwoods Isn’t What You’d Think – The Environmental Cost of Legalized Pot.
- Cryptocurrency & Cannabis: A Difficult Relationship
- The Flip Phone Is the New Protest Statement
- Dragging an Energy Bill from the Ashes
- Take a Wild Guess: Crypto Confusion Reigns as Tax Deadline Nears
- Saturday’s Awful Weather Set a Record
- Mason Judge Delays Hearing for Accused Murder Defendant
- Increase Property Taxes to Save Shelton Marina?
- More Than 200 Million Eggs Recalled Over Salmonella Fears
- Ferries Slow Down in Hopes of Saving Taxpayer Money
- After Another Copper Wire Theft, Gig Harbor Athletic Director Left Wondering What Else Can Be Done
Pelagic • \puh-LAJ-ik\ • adjective – Of, relating to, or
living or occurring in the open sea: oceanic
Prior to their mysterious departure from this blue-green
planet, the pelagic species known as dolphins sent a cryptic message, “so long,
and thanks for all the fish!”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Supercomputer Hosting Company Threatens to Abandon Longview
(Longview Daily News, WA)
Bitcoin Mining Operations Moratorium (KELA Radio, Centralia,
WA)
Columbia River Treaty Watchers Hope to Right 50 Years of
Wrongs (Missoulian, MT)
Energy Secretary Perry Promises to Not Sell Off BPA Assets
without Congressional Approval (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
Hardie Resigns as Oregon PUC Chair – Governor Brown Appoints
Replacement (Portland Business Journal, OR)
https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2018/04/13/hardie-resigns-as-puc-chair-brown-appoints.html
Historic SMUD Headquarters in East Sacramento Gets Modern
Touch (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Texas: Harvey Blew Out All Victoria Electric Cooperative Meters
(Victoria Advocate, TX)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Industries Fight Yakama Nation’s Demand to Clean Up More
Fish Habitat (Courthouse News Service)
https://www.courthousenews.com/industries-fight-yakama-nations-demand-to-clean-up-more-fish-habitat/
Court Blocks Company’s Attempt to Restock Puget Sound Fish
Farm with Atlantic Salmon (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Introducing the Solar Revenue Put: Insurance for Cloudy Days
at the Farm (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Arizona: Feedback Negative for Proposed Windfarm (Mohave
Valley Daily News, Bullhead City, AZ)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Homeowners Association Files another Lawsuit against Radio
Tower near Sequim (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
ACLU: If Americans Want Privacy & Net Neutrality, They
Should Build Their Own Broadband Networks (TechDirt)
New Mexico – How a Rural Electric Co-Op Connected a
Community – By expanding into broadband, Kit Carson Co-op provides high-speed
internet to thousands. (High Country News)
Collapse of Broadband Internet Project Might Threaten
Kentucky’s ‘Entire Economy’ (Lexington Herald-Leader, KY)
Can Unused TV Signals Be Repurposed for Broadband? (GovTech)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
Buckle Up for the Coming ‘Carpocalypse Now’ over Electric
Cars (Forbes Magazine)
Transportation Electrification Should Build on Energy
Efficiency & Renewables Program Success (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Hillsboro LED Specialist Phoseon Hits Upcycle, Employment
Balloons to 175 (Oregonian, Portland)
BC Hydro’s New Face on TV Wants to Help You Save Energy
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Hackers Exploit Casino’s Smart Thermometer to Steal Database
Info (Mashable)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Oregon Governor Declares Drought Emergency in Second County
(Associated Press)
Meeting With Federal Officials Focuses on Elwha Water
Facility Impasse (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Alaska’s Draft Climate Change Policy Proposes Carbon Price
Mechanism (KTUU-TV, Anchorage, AK)
Closing Rust Belt Nuke Plants Makes Carbon Pollution Worse: Study
(Washington Examiner)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Wenatchee Learns, Chelan PUD Partnering on Careers after
School (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Report for America Supports Journalism Where Cutbacks Hit
Hard (NY Times)
Editing Tweaks That Can Boost Your Video’s Performance on
Facebook (AdWeek)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
President Trump Vows to Back Law to Protect Marijuana
Industry (Associated Press)
The Newest Threat to California’s Redwoods Isn’t What You’d
Think – The Environmental Cost of Legalized Pot. (Washington Post)
Cryptocurrency & Cannabis: A Difficult Relationship
(Canna Law Blog)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
The Flip Phone Is the New Protest Statement (SF Chronicle)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Dragging an Energy Bill from the Ashes (Roll Call,
Washington, DC)
Take a Wild Guess: Crypto Confusion Reigns as Tax Deadline
Nears (Los Angeles Times, CA)
GENERAL NEWS
Saturday’s Awful Weather Set a Record (Olympian, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
Mason Judge Delays Hearing for Accused Murder Defendant (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Increase Property Taxes to Save Shelton Marina? (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
More Than 200 Million Eggs Recalled Over Salmonella Fears
(NY Times)
Ferries Slow Down in Hopes of Saving Taxpayer Money
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
After Another Copper Wire Theft, Gig Harbor Athletic
Director Left Wondering What Else Can Be Done (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Milos Forman, Oscar-Winning Director, Dies at 86
Bathroom Hand Dryers Suck Up Fecal Matter & Sprays It On
Your Hands, New Study Reports
A Substitute Teacher Hosted a ‘Fight Club’ at School So Kids
Would Like Him, Police Say
Is the World Going to End THIS MONTH? Conspiracy Theorists
Claim Biblical Rapture Is Coming April 23 When the ‘Death Planet’ Nibiru Appears
in the Sky
SONG OF THE DAY
R.E.M. - Man on the Moon
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