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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
911 Services Return, But Some Issues Remain (KXRO Radio,
Aberdeen, WA)
PacifiCorp Wants to Charge Californians for Upgrades to
Out-Of-State Coal Plants (Los Angeles Times, CA)
https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-warren-buffett-pacificorp-coal-california-20181228-story.html
Washington State Senator Renews Push for Carbon Fee (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Tesla Scrambles to Sell Cars Before a Tax Break Disappears
(NY Times)
Washington State Sens. Schoesler, Short Offer GOP
Perspective for Upcoming Legislative Session (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
PacifiCorp Wants to Charge Californians for
Upgrades to Out-Of-State Coal Plants
2.
California: Whittier Gets a New Electricity
Provider Come February, Here’s What That Means
3.
New York Sky Turns Bright Blue after Transformer
Explosion
4.
Pakistan: 20,000 Workers Booked for Abetting in
Power Theft
5.
Gray Whales Will Be Counted as They Migrate
Along Oregon Coast
6.
Tesla Scrambles to Sell Cars Before a Tax Break
Disappears
7.
Overheating in New York City Apartments Leads
Tenants to Throw Money Out the Window
8.
Portland Sewage Flows into Willamette River
9.
Washington State Senator Renews Push for Carbon
Fee
10.
Op/Ed: Forget the Carbon Tax for Now
11.
Inside Facebook’s Secret Rulebook for Global
Political Speech
12.
Instagram’s Botched Experiment is a Reminder
That the Future of Facebook is Stories
13.
New Study Says Sleep Texting is a Thing
14.
‘No Good Option’ for Handling California
Marijuana Funds, Report Finds
15.
Sad News: No More BLOB
16.
Washington State Sens. Schoesler, Short Offer
GOP Perspective for Upcoming Legislative Session
17.
911 Services Return, But Some Issues Remain
18.
A Nationwide CenturyLink Outage is Disrupting
911 – The FCC is Investigating
19.
Washington State Auditor Criticizes City of
Shelton over ‘Inadequate’ Accounting, Financial Statements
20.
Mason County’s November Unemployment Rises
21.
Walla Walla in Shock After Commissioner Dies
Hours Before Being Sworn in to Office
22.
Wind, Heavy Rain This Weekend – Drying Out for
New Year’s Eve
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU
Canorous /kuh-NORE-us/ Adjective - Pleasant sounding:
melodious
The sounds of heaven
Canorous strains, Clair de Lune
Great work DeBussy!
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
PacifiCorp Wants to Charge Californians for Upgrades
to Out-Of-State Coal Plants (Los Angeles Times, CA)
https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-warren-buffett-pacificorp-coal-california-20181228-story.html
2.
California: Whittier Gets a New Electricity
Provider Come February, Here’s What That Means (Whittier Daily News, CA)
3.
New York Sky Turns Bright Blue after Transformer
Explosion (NY Times)
4.
Pakistan: 20,000 Workers Booked for Abetting in Power
Theft (Dawn, Pakistan)
FISH & WILDLIFE
5.
Gray Whales Will Be Counted as They Migrate
Along Oregon Coast (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
6.
Tesla Scrambles to Sell Cars Before a Tax Break
Disappears (NY Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
7.
Overheating in New York City Apartments Leads
Tenants to Throw Money Out the Window (Breaking Energy)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
8.
Portland Sewage Flows into Willamette River (Associated
Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
9.
Washington State Senator Renews Push for Carbon
Fee (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
10. Op/Ed:
Forget the Carbon Tax for Now “…the climate movement has…turned this
potentially useful tool into a fetish…” (NY Times)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
11. Inside
Facebook’s Secret Rulebook for Global Political Speech (NY Times)
12. Instagram’s
Botched Experiment is a Reminder That the Future of Facebook is Stories
(Mashable)
13. New
Study Says Sleep Texting is a Thing (Mashable)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
14. ‘No
Good Option’ for Handling California Marijuana Funds, Report Finds (Courthouse
News Service)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
15. Sad
News: No More BLOB (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
GENERAL NEWS
17. 911
Services Return, But Some Issues Remain (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
18. A
Nationwide CenturyLink Outage is Disrupting 911 – The FCC is Investigating (Washington
Post)
19. Washington
State Auditor Criticizes City of Shelton over ‘Inadequate’ Accounting,
Financial Statements (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
20. Mason
County’s November Unemployment Rises (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
21. Walla
Walla in Shock After Commissioner Dies Hours Before Being Sworn in to Office (Tri-City
Herald, Kennewick, WA)
22. Wind,
Heavy Rain This Weekend – Drying Out for New Year’s Eve (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Washington State Social Worker Left Surprise $11 Million to Children’s
Charities
Ohio Weed That Sprouted Holiday Cheer Mysteriously Uprooted
Tossed from a Car – Hundreds Offer to Rehome Snoop the Abandoned
Dog
Frenchman, 71, Aims to Cross the Atlantic in a Giant Barrel
SONG OF THE DAY
Claude DeBussy – Clair de Lune (Ocean’s Eleven Soundtrack)
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