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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Carbon Tax Measure Clears Senate Committee
(Associated Press)
Feds, Others File Reply Briefs in Ninth Circuit over Judge’s
More Columbia River Spill for Fish Order (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake,
WA)
Tesla Expands Sales of Solar Gear at Home Depot (Bloomberg
News)
New Hampshire Rejects Northern Pass Transmission, Throwing
Project into Doubt (Utility Dive)
U-S Attorney for Oregon Says State Has ‘Formidable’ Problem
with Black Market Marijuana (Oregonian, Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- New Hampshire Rejects Northern Pass Transmission, Throwing Project into Doubt
- Bondholders to Receive More Electric Shocks from Puerto Rico’s Power Utility
- New Jersey: Oldest Nuclear Power Plant in the U-S Closing a Year Ahead of Schedule
- Seattle City Light Months Behind on Hook-Ups for New Housing
- Editorial: Seattle City Council Should Butt Out of Tacoma’s Proposed Natural-Gas Depot
- Op/Ed: Nuclear Energy Supports Jobs, Clean Energy Economy
- Lane Electric: Dave D’Avanzo, Manager, Member Services Retires
- Ohio: Copper Theft Blamed for another Fatality
- Super Bowl Sunday & Electricity Demand: What Happens in Cities with Super Bowl Teams & Host Cities?
- Feds, Others File Reply Briefs in Ninth Circuit over Judge’s More Columbia River Spill for Fish Order
- Can Kelp & Seagrass Help Oysters Adapt to Major Ocean Change?
- States Team Up to Fortify Great Lakes against Invasive Carp
- Nearly Half of California Gripped by New Drought
- A Major South African City Is About to Run Out of Water – Officials Say It Will Be the Worst Disaster Since 9/11
- Tesla Expands Sales of Solar Gear at Home Depot
- In Stunning Reversal, President Trump Could Open California Desert to More Solar & Wind Farms
- Maine’s Governor Fought on Wind-Turbine Moratorium
- Texas: Wind Turbine Blades Falling Off Addison’s Water Tower Result In $1 Million Flop, Crazy Lawsuit
- Home Energy Audit: The Best Money I’ve Ever Spent
- San Francisco Seeks Universal Fiber Broadband with Net Neutrality & Privacy
- Behind Kerfuffle over a ‘Nationalized 5G Network,’ Real US-China Concerns
- Studies Offer No Clear Answers on Safety of Cellphone Use
- Bitcoin Tumbles as Cryptocurrency Sell-Off Intensifies
- Washington State Carbon Tax Measure Clears Senate Committee
- Washington State $10 per Ton Carbon-Tax Proposal Takes Key Step in Legislature
- Oregon Cap-&-Trade Proposal Facing Attack Ads
- Lawmakers from Nine States Vow to Put a Price on Carbon
- How Brands Can Stand Out on Instagram
- Scientists Shocked – Shocked! – To Learn Anti-Vaxxers Tend to Believe other Conspiracies, Too
- U-S Attorney for Oregon Says State Has ‘Formidable’ Problem with Black Market Marijuana
- U-S House Republicans Release Nunes Memo Accusing Russia Investigators of Bias
- Nunes Memo Release: What You Need to Know About the Controversial Document
- Crashed Website: The Nunes Memo Was Just Released – That Didn’t Mean You Could Read It
- Former Shelton City Commissioner Refutes State Public Disclosure Claims
- ‘We’re Screwed.’ Some School Districts Feel Like Losers in New School-Funding Scheme
- New Phishing Scam Targets Western Washington Teacher Payroll Information
- Report: Rattlesnake Ridge Landslide Could Last Years
- An Unusual Heavy Rain Event on Sunday
- Woman Keeps Seeing Her Ex-Boyfriend around Gig Harbor – Finds a GPS Tracker on Her Car
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degree of independent activity from birth.
Behold the precocial skills of the protagonist in Tennessee
Ernie Ford’s “Sixteen Tons”:
I was born one mornin’ when the sun didn’t shine
I picked up my shovel & I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
And the straw boss said “Well, a-bless my soul”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
New Hampshire Rejects Northern Pass Transmission, Throwing
Project into Doubt (Utility Dive)
Bondholders to Receive More Electric Shocks from Puerto Rico’s
Power Utility (Forbes Magazine)
New Jersey: Oldest Nuclear Power Plant in the U-S Closing a
Year Ahead of Schedule (Associated Press)
Seattle City Light Months Behind on Hook-Ups for New Housing
(Crosscut Seattle)
Editorial: Seattle City Council Should Butt Out of Tacoma’s
Proposed Natural-Gas Depot (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Op/Ed: Nuclear Energy Supports Jobs, Clean Energy Economy
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Lane Electric: Dave D’Avanzo, Manager, Member Services
Retires (Lane Electric, Eugene, OR)
Ohio: Copper Theft Blamed for another Fatality (Recycling
Today)
Super Bowl Sunday & Electricity Demand: What Happens in Cities
with Super Bowl Teams & Host Cities? (The Energy Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Feds, Others File Reply Briefs in Ninth Circuit over Judge’s
More Columbia River Spill for Fish Order (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake,
WA)
Can Kelp & Seagrass Help Oysters Adapt to Major Ocean
Change? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
States Team Up to Fortify Great Lakes against Invasive Carp
(Christian Science Monitor)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Nearly Half of California Gripped by New Drought (Courthouse
News Service)
A Major South African City Is About to Run Out of Water – Officials
Say It Will Be the Worst Disaster Since 9/11 (Business Insider)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Tesla Expands Sales of Solar Gear at Home Depot (Bloomberg
News)
In Stunning Reversal, President Trump Could Open California
Desert to More Solar & Wind Farms (The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA)
Maine’s Governor Fought on Wind-Turbine Moratorium
(Courthouse News Service)
Texas: Wind turbine blades falling off Addison’s water tower
result in $1 million flop, crazy lawsuit (Dallas Morning News, TX)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Home Energy Audit: The Best Money I’ve Ever Spent
(Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
San Francisco Seeks Universal Fiber Broadband with Net
Neutrality & Privacy (Ars Technica)
Behind Kerfuffle over a ‘Nationalized 5G Network,’ Real
US-China Concerns (Christian Science Monitor)
Studies Offer No Clear Answers on Safety of Cellphone Use
(Associated Press)
Bitcoin Tumbles as Cryptocurrency Sell-Off Intensifies
(Reuters)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington State Carbon Tax Measure Clears Senate Committee
(Associated Press)
Washington State $10 per Ton Carbon-Tax Proposal Takes Key
Step in Legislature (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Oregon Cap-&-Trade Proposal Facing Attack Ads (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Lawmakers from Nine States Vow to Put a Price on Carbon
(Utility Dive)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
How Brands Can Stand Out on Instagram (AdWeek)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
Scientists Shocked – Shocked! – To Learn Anti-Vaxxers Tend
to Believe other Conspiracies, Too (Gizmodo)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
U-S Attorney for Oregon Says State Has ‘Formidable’ Problem
with Black Market Marijuana (Oregonian, Portland)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
U-S House Republicans Release Nunes Memo Accusing Russia
Investigators of Bias (NY Times)
Nunes Memo Release: What You Need to Know About the
Controversial Document (USA Today)
Crashed Website: The Nunes Memo Was Just Released – That
Didn’t Mean You Could Read It (Mashable)
GENERAL NEWS
Former Shelton City Commissioner Refutes
State Public Disclosure Claims (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
‘We’re Screwed.’ Some School
Districts Feel Like Losers in New School-Funding Scheme (News Tribune, Tacoma,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
New Phishing Scam Targets Western
Washington Teacher Payroll Information (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Report: Rattlesnake Ridge
Landslide Could Last Years (Associated Press)
An Unusual Heavy Rain Event on
Sunday (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
Woman Keeps Seeing Her Ex-Boyfriend around Gig Harbor –
Finds a GPS Tracker on Her Car (Associated Press)
COYOTE CURMUDGEON – DIVERSIONS
Handlers: Punxsutawney Phil Sees Six More Weeks of Winter
This Coyote Was Stealing Newspapers, So Here’s What the
Delivery Man Did
‘Jeopardy’ Trolls Sad-Sack Browns after Contestants Fail to
Answer Football Questions
The Super Bowl Could Cost Employers $3 Billion
SONG OF THE DAY
UB40 Featuring Chrissie Hynde – I Got You Babe
Sonny & Cher – I Got You Babe
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