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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
NuScale, Oregon’s Small-Nuke Company Wins $40 Million
Federal Grant (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Drilling Crews Search for More Leaks at Priest Rapids Dam
(Northwest Public Broadcasting)
First Steps toward Renegotiation of Columbia River Treaty
Get Underway in Spokane (Revelstoke Review, BC)
Mason County’s Taylor Shellfish Farm, Hama Hama Oysters Help
Form Climate Coalition (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Sprint & T-Mobile to Merge, in Bid to Remake Wireless
Market (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- NuScale, Oregon’s Small-Nuke Company Wins $40 Million Federal Grant
- Drilling Crews Search for More Leaks at Priest Rapids Dam
- First Steps toward Renegotiation of Columbia River Treaty Get Underway in Spokane
- Columbia River: Stanford Students Explore the Complexities of Creating Energy
- Editorial: Use Common Sense When Deciding Fate of Dams
- Avista Building $1.6 Million Corporate Plane Hangar at Spokane International Airport
- California Fines Pacific Gas & Electric $97.5 Million for Improper Talks in San Bruno Pipeline Case
- Mount Vernon Councilman to Run for Skagit PUD Board
- Former Bonneville Power Administration Employee to Seek Clark Utility Board Seat
- The Highs & Lows of American Electricity
- New York To Launch Utility Energy Registry This Summer in Data-Gathering Effort
- Florida: Jacksonville Mayor Will Not Offer JEA Privatization Plan
- New Mexico: Learning About Electricity
- India Says Electrified All Villages Ahead of Prime Minister’s Deadline
- Hoover Gets His Dam
- Op/Ed: This Is What Washington State’s Getting Wrong about Salmon Recovery
- The Solar Power Potential of Rooftops in the U-S
- Could Blockchain Tech Be the Future of Renewable Energy?
- Editorial: Wind, Sun, Electricity
- Sprint & T-Mobile to Merge, in Bid to Remake Wireless Market
- T-Mobile & Sprint CEOs Announce Merger with 7-Minute Explainer Touting Future 5G
- Inside The Alaska Broadband Company Whose Former CEO Is Charged with Wire Fraud
- Utilities, Oil Interests Clash over EV Policy at Conservative Policy Summit
- Mason County’s Taylor Shellfish Farm, Hama Hama Oysters Help Form Climate Coalition
- Study: Public Health Concerns Play Minor Role in Climate Change Lawsuits
- Video: Is Alexa Spying On You?
- Bill Gates Warns 30 Million People Could Die From Flu Pandemic if We Don’t Get It Together
- President Trump Calls on Montana Democrat to Resign in Fight Over Failed V.A. Nomination
- 3 Earthquakes Off Oregon Coast in 4 Days
- Get Ready for the Most Expensive Driving Season in Years
- 126 Pounds of Meth Found in Semi Carrying Starbucks Products from California to Spokane
- Centralia Man Arrested After Threatening Coach during Little League Baseball Game
- National Park Service Says Tourism Contributes $677 Million to Washington State Economy
- Camera Comes Loose during Bonney Lake Sewer Inspection. City Sues to Recover the $377,000 It Spent to Avoid a Big Mess
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
NuScale, Oregon’s Small-Nuke Company Wins $40 Million Federal
Grant (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Drilling Crews Search for More Leaks at Priest Rapids Dam (Northwest
Public Broadcasting)
First Steps toward Renegotiation of Columbia River Treaty Get
Underway in Spokane (Revelstoke Review, BC)
Columbia River: Stanford Students Explore the Complexities of
Creating Energy (Stanford News)
Editorial: Use Common Sense When Deciding Fate of Dams (Sunnyside
Daily Sun, WA)
Avista Building $1.6 Million Corporate Plane Hangar at Spokane
International Airport (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
California Fines Pacific Gas & Electric $97.5 Million for
Improper Talks in San Bruno Pipeline Case (Utility Dive)
Mount Vernon Councilman to Run for Skagit PUD Board (Skagit
Valley Herald, Mt Vernon, WA)
Former Bonneville Power Administration Employee to Seek Clark
Utility Board Seat (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
The Highs & Lows of American Electricity (Bloomberg
News)
New York To Launch Utility Energy Registry This Summer in Data-Gathering
Effort (Utility Dive)
Florida: Jacksonville Mayor Will Not Offer JEA Privatization
Plan (American Public Power Association)
New Mexico: Learning About Electricity (Ruidoso News, NM)
India Says Electrified All Villages Ahead of Prime Minister’s
Deadline (Reuters)
Hoover Gets His Dam (Slate Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Op/Ed: This Is What Washington State’s Getting Wrong about
Salmon Recovery (Bellingham Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
The Solar Power Potential of Rooftops in the U-S (Forbes
Magazine)
Could Blockchain Tech Be the Future of Renewable Energy?
(The Merkle)
Editorial: Wind, Sun, Electricity (Baker City Herald, OR)
http://www.bakercityherald.com/opinion/6199153-151/wind-sun-electricity
http://www.bakercityherald.com/opinion/6199153-151/wind-sun-electricity
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Sprint & T-Mobile to Merge, in Bid to Remake Wireless
Market (NY Times)
T-Mobile & Sprint CEOs Announce Merger with 7-Minute
Explainer Touting Future 5G (AdWeek)
Inside The Alaska Broadband Company Whose Former CEO Is
Charged with Wire Fraud (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
Utilities, Oil Interests Clash over EV Policy at
Conservative Policy Summit (Utility Dive)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Mason County’s Taylor Shellfish Farm, Hama Hama Oysters Help
Form Climate Coalition (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Study: Public Health Concerns Play Minor Role in Climate
Change Lawsuits (U-S News & World Report)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Video: Is Alexa Spying On You? Hackers have found a way to
eavesdrop on your conversations through Alexa’s listen feature. (Fast Company)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
Bill Gates Warns 30 Million People Could Die From Flu
Pandemic if We Don’t Get It Together (Gizmodo)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
President Trump Calls on Montana Democrat to Resign in Fight
Over Failed V.A. Nomination (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
3 Earthquakes Off Oregon Coast in 4 Days (KGW-TV, Portland,
OR)
Get Ready for the Most Expensive Driving Season in Years (CNBC)
126 Pounds of Meth Found in Semi Carrying Starbucks Products
from California to Spokane (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Centralia Man Arrested After Threatening Coach during Little
League Baseball Game (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
National Park Service Says Tourism Contributes $677 Million to
Washington State Economy (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Camera Comes Loose during Bonney Lake Sewer Inspection. City
Sues to Recover the $377,000 It Spent to Avoid a Big Mess (News Tribune,
Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Incredible New Photo Shows Mars Bathed in Dramatic Light
Auburn Police Rescue Litter of Kittens Duct Taped in Abandoned
Box
Oof! Uhh! Mom? Meet the Peewee Powerlifters
Wayward Cat Captured at JFK Airport after a Week on the Lam
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