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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Judge Rejects King County Plan to Charge Utilities Rent for
Use of Roads (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Grant County PUD Adopts Increased Power Rates for Bitcoin
Mining Operations (Hydroworld)
The Colorado River Is Evaporating; Climate Change Is Largely
to Blame (Mashable)
Not Just Tankers at Fault, Says Canada’s Oceans Minister,
Defending Whale Protection Strategy (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Tennessee Valley Authority Accused of Discouraging Solar
Power (Courthouse News Service)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Judge Rejects King County Plan to Charge
Utilities Rent for Use of Roads
2.
Grant County PUD Adopts Increased Power Rates
for Bitcoin Mining Operations
3.
Millennium Sues Ecology, Claiming Bias against
Columbia River Coal Dock
4.
How Oregon Works: State’s Utility Line Workers
among Nation’s Highest Paid
5.
Nevada Teachers Union Opposes Energy Choice
Measure
6.
American Public Power Association, Others Say
Government Should Share Responsibility for Protecting U-S Grid
7.
Democrats Urge FERC Chairman to Denounce ‘Petty’
Remarks Supporting President Trump’s Coal Bailout
8.
Japan’s Power Supply System Weak Link in Times
of Disaster
9.
Woman Mistakes Dynamite for Candle during Power
Outage, Suffers Severe Injuries
10.
Not Just Tankers at Fault, Says Canada’s Oceans
Minister, Defending Whale Protection Strategy
11.
Ailing Killer Whale Off British Columbia Coast
Diagnosed with Parasitic Worms
12.
Tennessee Valley Authority Accused of
Discouraging Solar Power
13.
As Google Turns 20, Questions Over Whether It’s
Too Powerful
14.
Subsidizing Rural Broadband
15.
Verizon’s Troubles with AOL Taught It a Lesson:
Consumers Care About Privacy, Not Perks
16.
It Sure Looks Like Wireless Carriers Got Busted
Throttling Netflix & YouTube
17.
Get Ready for the “Splinternet”: The Web Might
Not Be Worldwide Much Longer
18.
A Red Tide on Florida’s Gulf Coast Has Been a
Huge Hit to Tourism
19.
The Colorado River Is Evaporating; Climate
Change Is Largely to Blame
20.
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Partners
with California State Parks to Sponsor 7th Annual Electricity Fair
21.
The Mystery of the Missing $400,000 GoFundMe
Money Deepens
22.
Massive Saharan Solar & Wind Farms Could
Increase Rainfall
23.
Pierce County Judge Dismisses Lawsuit That
Claims Sound Transit Car-Tab Taxes Are Unconstitutional
24.
Feds & Ranchers Working to Find Land to
Settle Snake River Property Disputes
25.
737 Problems Have Grown in Renton Despite
Boeing’s Reassurances
26.
Reward to Help Capture Thurston County Cat
Killer Bumped to $46,000
27.
North Thurston District, Teachers Reach
Tentative Contract Deal
28.
Shelton Man Suffers Bite Injuries from Grays
Harbor’s K-9 Max During Arrest
29.
California Says Nursing Homes Abandoned Elderly
During Fire
30.
Washington State’s Crystal Mountain Ski Resort
is Being Sold
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Pareidolia ● \per-eye-DOLE-ee-uh\ ● Noun – The tendency to
perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual
pattern - the human ability to see shapes or make pictures out of randomness.
Pareidolia
Fierce car grills, power outlets
Everywhere I look
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Judge Rejects King County Plan to Charge
Utilities Rent for Use of Roads (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
2.
Grant County PUD Adopts Increased Power Rates for
Bitcoin Mining Operations (Hydroworld)
3.
Millennium Sues Ecology, Claiming Bias against Columbia
River Coal Dock (Longview Daily News, WA)
4.
How Oregon Works: State’s Utility Line Workers among
Nation’s Highest Paid (Portland Business Journal, OR)
5.
Nevada Teachers Union Opposes Energy Choice
Measure (Las Vegas Review-Journal, NV)
6.
American Public Power Association, Others Say Government
Should Share Responsibility for Protecting U-S Grid (Daily Energy Insider)
7.
Democrats Urge FERC Chairman to Denounce ‘Petty’
Remarks Supporting President Trump’s Coal Bailout (Washington Examiner)
8.
Japan’s Power Supply System Weak Link in Times of
Disaster (Associated Press)
9.
Woman Mistakes Dynamite for Candle during Power
Outage, Suffers Severe Injuries (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
10. Not
Just Tankers at Fault, Says Canada’s Oceans Minister, Defending Whale
Protection Strategy (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
11. Ailing
Killer Whale Off British Columbia Coast Diagnosed with Parasitic Worms (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
12. Tennessee
Valley Authority Accused of Discouraging Solar Power (Courthouse News Service)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
13. As
Google Turns 20, Questions Over Whether It’s Too Powerful (Associated Press)
14. Subsidizing
Rural Broadband – “…there are only a few alternatives to fund rural
infrastructure…” (Pots & Pans)
15. Verizon’s
Troubles with AOL Taught It a Lesson: Consumers Care About Privacy, Not Perks (Washington
Post)
16. It
Sure Looks Like Wireless Carriers Got Busted Throttling Netflix & YouTube
17. Get
Ready for the “Splinternet”: The Web Might Not Be Worldwide Much Longer (Fast
Company)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
18. A
Red Tide on Florida’s Gulf Coast Has Been a Huge Hit to Tourism (NY Times)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
19. The
Colorado River Is Evaporating; Climate Change Is Largely to Blame (Mashable)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
20. Sacramento
Municipal Utility District Partners with California State Parks to Sponsor 7th
Annual Electricity Fair (EE Online)
21. The
Mystery of the Missing $400,000 GoFundMe Money Deepens (Fast Company)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
22. Massive
Saharan Solar & Wind Farms Could Increase Rainfall (Courthouse News
Service)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
23. Pierce
County Judge Dismisses Lawsuit That Claims Sound Transit Car-Tab Taxes Are
Unconstitutional (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
24. Feds
& Ranchers Working to Find Land to Settle Snake River Property Disputes (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
25. 737
Problems Have Grown in Renton Despite Boeing’s Reassurances (Seattle Times, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
26. Reward
to Help Capture Thurston County Cat Killer Bumped to $46,000 (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
27. North
Thurston District, Teachers Reach Tentative Contract Deal (Olympian, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
28. Shelton
Man Suffers Bite Injuries from Grays Harbor’s K-9 Max During Arrest (KXRO
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
29. California
Says Nursing Homes Abandoned Elderly During Fire (NY Times)
30. Washington
State’s Crystal Mountain Ski Resort is Being Sold (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Burt Reynolds Dies at 82; Made Hearts Throb & Audiences
Laugh
An Inverted Jenny Surfaces. The Flawed Stamp Had Not Been
Seen Since 1918.
Cute Blue Bird from the Movie “Rio” Now Believed to Be
Extinct in the Wild
Connecticut Restaurant Owner Fined over No Dog Pee Sign
SONG OF THE DAY
Phil Collins – I Wish It Would Rain Down
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