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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
White House: Federal Climate Change Report ‘Not Based on
Facts’ (Washington Examiner)
Global Warming Could Increase Power Costs by Billions
(Axios)
Pacific Gas & Electric Chose Not to Cut Power as Winds
Raged Before Fatal Fire (Bloomberg News)
Chelan PUD’s Draft Report on Cryptocurrency Goes Live
(iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
Connecticut: Legal Fight Over Energy Conservation Fund Raids
Continues (Hartford Courant, CT)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Chose Not to Cut
Power as Winds Raged Before Fatal Fire
2.
Global Warming Could Increase Power Costs by
Billions
3.
Chelan PUD’s Draft Report on Cryptocurrency Goes
Live
4.
Jefferson PUD Passes ‘Revenue Positive’ Budget
for 2019
5.
City of Hermiston Postpones Vote on Electric
Rate Increase
6.
Benton PUD Celebrates New Payment Kiosks
7.
Public Invited to Millennium Coal Terminal
Health Study Open House in Longview
8.
Avista Honored for $1.6 Million of Charitable
Giving to WSU Medical School
9.
After a Long Boom, an Uncertain Future for Big
Dam Projects
10.
Smart Meter Deployments Slow as Questions Emerge
Over Cost Effectiveness, Saturation
11.
British Columbia: Vancouver Salmon Researcher
Receives National Nod
12.
The Scientists Who Spend Their Summers Hunting
for Whale Poop
13.
Grant PUD Fiber Buildout Set for 2019
14.
Creative Sources for Funding Fiber
Infrastructure Projects
15.
Bitcoin Gains Six Percent as It Heads for Best
Day Since July
16.
Connecticut: Legal Fight Over Energy
Conservation Fund Raids Continues
17.
Oregon Adopts Alternative Code for Energy
Efficiency
18.
Trump Administration Ponies Up $449 Million for
New California Dam
19.
Environmentalists Sue EPA for Pollution That
Acidifies Ocean
20.
White House: Federal Climate Change Report ‘Not
Based on Facts’
21.
U-S House Lawmakers Introduce First Bipartisan
Carbon Tax Bill in a Decade
22.
New Interactive Climate Tool Reveals Temperature
& Rainfall Changes in Your Own Backyard (Or Close to It)
23.
Washington State Lawmakers Call for Limits on
Plastic Bags
24.
Washington State House Speaker Frank Chopp to
Step Down as Leader Next Spring
25.
Fight Over Wildfire Prevention Threatens to
Upend Federal Farm Aid
26.
Skokomish River Flooding Closes Roads
27.
North Cascades Highway to Close for Season
Because of Snow
28.
Semi Rolls Over on I-5 near Tumwater, Spills
Powdered Milk Everywhere
29.
Over $5,000 In Windows Stolen from Tenino Home
Built for Disabled Veteran
30.
Tribal Distillery Bill Heads to Trump
31.
Shelton City Council Approves Artwork for
Traffic Signal Boxes
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Betwixt / bih-TWIKST/ adverb or preposition – Between.
Beauty, her splendor
A red rose betwixt two thorns
A fragrance divine
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Chose Not to Cut
Power as Winds Raged Before Fatal Fire (Bloomberg News)
2.
Global Warming Could Increase Power Costs by
Billions (Axios)
3.
Chelan PUD’s Draft Report on Cryptocurrency Goes
Live (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
4.
Jefferson PUD Passes ‘Revenue Positive’ Budget for
2019 (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
5.
City of Hermiston Postpones Vote on Electric
Rate Increase (Hermiston Herald, OR)
6.
Benton PUD Celebrates New Payment Kiosks (KNDO/KNDU,-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
7.
Public Invited to Millennium Coal Terminal
Health Study Open House in Longview (Longview Daily News, WA)
8.
Avista Honored for $1.6 Million of Charitable
Giving to WSU Medical School (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
9.
After a Long Boom, an Uncertain Future for Big
Dam Projects (Yale Environment 360)
10. Smart
Meter Deployments Slow as Questions Emerge Over Cost Effectiveness, Saturation (Utility
Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
12. The
Scientists Who Spend Their Summers Hunting for Whale Poop (Gizmodo)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
13. Grant
PUD Fiber Buildout Set for 2019 (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
14. Creative
Sources for Funding Fiber Infrastructure Projects (Institute for Local Self
Reliance)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
15. Bitcoin
Gains Six Percent as It Heads for Best Day Since July (Reuters)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
16. Connecticut:
Legal Fight Over Energy Conservation Fund Raids Continues (Hartford Courant, CT)
17. Oregon
Adopts Alternative Code for Energy Efficiency (Electrical Construction & Maintenance
Magazine)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
18. Trump
Administration Ponies Up $449 Million for New California Dam (Courthouse News
Service)
19. Environmentalists
Sue EPA for Pollution That Acidifies Ocean (Courthouse News Service)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
20. White
House: Federal Climate Change Report ‘Not Based on Facts’ (Washington Examiner)
21. U-S
House Lawmakers Introduce First Bipartisan Carbon Tax Bill in a Decade
(Washington Examiner)
22. New
Interactive Climate Tool Reveals Temperature & Rainfall Changes in Your Own
Backyard (Or Close to It) (Geekwire)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
23. Washington
State Lawmakers Call for Limits on Plastic Bags (Associated Press)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
24. Washington
State House Speaker Frank Chopp to Step Down as Leader Next Spring (Associated
Press)
25. Fight
Over Wildfire Prevention Threatens to Upend Federal Farm Aid (McClatchy DC Bureau)
GENERAL NEWS
26. Skokomish
River Flooding Closes Roads (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
27. North
Cascades Highway to Close for Season Because of Snow (Associated Press)
28. Semi
Rolls Over on I-5 near Tumwater, Spills Powdered Milk Everywhere (Oregonian, Portland)
29. Over
$5,000 In Windows Stolen from Tenino Home Built for Disabled Veteran (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
30. Tribal
Distillery Bill Heads to Trump (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
31. Shelton
City Council Approves Artwork for Traffic Signal Boxes (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Steer Too Beefy to Become Burgers Reprieved to Life on Farm
Video Shows Arizona Fire Started with Gender Reveal Party
Requiem for SpongeBob SquarePants Creator: A Hilarious
Education Interview with SpongeBob himself
God Have Mercy on Your Soul – This $40 Talking Fish Has Amazon
Alexa Inside
SONG OF THE DAY
Paul Anka – Having My Baby
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