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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
The U-S Just Burned the Most Natural Gas Ever (Bloomberg
News)
Small Quakes Hit Near Mount St. Helens (KOIN-TV, Portland,
OR)
Microsoft Forms Rural Broadband Advocacy Group Called
Connect Americans Now (VentureBeat)
BC Hydro Selects Preferred Contractor for Peace River Dam’s
Generating Station (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Garbage Bags Filled with Dozens of Dead Ducks Discovered
along Road near Montesano (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- The U-S Just Burned the Most Natural Gas Ever
- BC Hydro Selects Preferred Contractor for Peace River Dam’s Generating Station
- Plan for Transmission Line between Tillamook & Oceanside Draws Opposition
- Oregon: Governor Promotes Acting Director to Lead Energy Department
- Op/Ed: Canada – Columbia River Treaty a Boon to the U-S, But Must Benefit All
- Public Power Utilities Earn Recognition for Business Customer Satisfaction – Seattle City Light Among Honorees
- China Central Bank Can Tell Local Governments to Regulate Bitcoin Miners' Power Use: Source
- Garbage Bags Filled with Dozens of Dead Ducks Discovered along Road near Montesano
- As Fish Disappear, Trump Administration Seeks to Pump More California Water South
- Wary of What Comes Out of Taps, Startups Join Quest for Pure Water
- National Grid Wants to Sell Canadian Wind Power in New England
- Public Power Utilities Prepare for Electric Vehicle Boom
- The ‘Shroom Boom: Will Trendy Medicinal Mushrooms Go Mainstream in 2018?
- Microsoft Forms Rural Broadband Advocacy Group Called Connect Americans Now
- Snubbing FCC, States Are Writing Their Own Net Neutrality Laws
- FERC Aims to Raise the Bar for Reporting Cyber Attacks with New Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- Spotify Hit with $1.6 Billion Copyright Lawsuit
- What It Means That Amazon Is Bringing Ads to Alexa
- Small Quakes Hit Near Mount St. Helens
- Slow Moving Landslide Threatens Homes near Yakima – Some Are Staying Put
- ‘Bomb Cyclone’ to Blast East Coast before Polar Vortex Uncorks Tremendous Cold Late This Week
- Mason County Service Hours Reduced, Effective Tuesday
Antaean • \an-TEE-un\ • Adjective - 1: mammoth *2: having
superhuman strength
Oswald Slugfest guffawed at his puny opponent, unaware of
Milton Milquetoast’s antaean strength. Unlike the mythical Antaeas (whose
superhuman strength came from his contact with the earth), Miltie’s strength
came from contact with his magical, horn-rimmed glasses. Only after the
ambulance had hauled away Ozzie’s battered remains did Milton strip his
coke-bottle glasses from his pinched face for a well deserved rest.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
The U-S Just Burned the Most Natural Gas Ever (Bloomberg
News)
BC Hydro Selects Preferred Contractor for Peace River Dam’s Generating
Station (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Plan for Transmission Line between Tillamook & Oceanside
Draws Opposition (Associated Press)
Oregon: Governor Promotes Acting Director to Lead Energy
Department (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Op/Ed: Canada – Columbia River Treaty a Boon to the U-S, But
Must Benefit All (Oregonian, Portland)
Public Power Utilities Earn Recognition for Business
Customer Satisfaction – Seattle City Light Among Honorees (American Public
Power Association)
China Central Bank Can Tell Local Governments to Regulate
Bitcoin Miners' Power Use: Source (Reuters)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Garbage Bags Filled with Dozens of Dead Ducks Discovered
along Road near Montesano (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
As Fish Disappear, Trump Administration Seeks to Pump More California
Water South (Sacramento Bee, CA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Wary of What Comes Out of Taps, Startups Join Quest for Pure
Water (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
National Grid Wants to Sell Canadian Wind Power in New
England (Electric Light & Power)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
Public Power Utilities Prepare for Electric Vehicle Boom (American
Public Power Association)
The ‘Shroom Boom: Will Trendy Medicinal Mushrooms Go
Mainstream in 2018? (Fast Company – Includes comments from Shelton mushroom
mogul, Paul Stamets)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft Forms Rural Broadband Advocacy Group Called Connect
Americans Now (VentureBeat)
Snubbing FCC, States Are Writing Their Own Net Neutrality
Laws (Fast Company)
FERC Aims to Raise the Bar for Reporting Cyber Attacks with
New Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Utility Dive)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Spotify Hit with $1.6 Billion Copyright Lawsuit (Reuters)
What It Means That Amazon Is Bringing Ads to Alexa (Slate
Magazine)
GENERAL NEWS
Small Quakes Hit Near Mount St. Helens (KOIN-TV, Portland,
OR)
Slow Moving Landslide Threatens Homes near Yakima – Some Are
Staying Put (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
‘Bomb Cyclone’ to Blast East Coast before Polar Vortex
Uncorks Tremendous Cold Late This Week (Washington Post)
Mason County Service Hours Reduced, Effective Tuesday (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
No Winner in Mega Millions Drawing, Jackpot Climbs to $418
Million
Taiwan Dentist Must Pay His Mother Nearly $1 Million for
‘Upbringing’
Rat on Plane Cancels Alaska Airlines Flight to PDX
Rick Hall, Music Producer Known for Muscle Shoals Sound,
Dies at 85
SONG OF THE DAY
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers
And they've been known to pick a song or two (yes they do)
Lord they get me off so much
They pick me up when I'm feeling blue, now how ‘bout you?
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