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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Carbon Tax Clears Washington State Senate Committee
(Northwest Public Broadcasting)
Pacific Northwest Tribes Ask Washington State Governor to
Halt Tacoma Natural Gas Plant Construction (Associated Press)
Pacific Gas & Electric Power Lines Sparked Two Fires in
Santa Rosa Last October, City Probe Finds (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Bill Seeking to Improve Washington State’s Rural Broadband
Access Approved in Energy, Tech Committee (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Washington State Lawmakers Get Ready to Abide by Public
Record Law –Legislators Say They Support Access, But Want Constituents’ Privacy
Protected (Everett Herald, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Pacific Northwest Tribes Ask Washington State Governor to Halt Tacoma Natural Gas Plant Construction
- Pacific Gas & Electric Power Lines Sparked Two Fires in Santa Rosa Last October, City Probe Finds
- Clallam PUD to Raise Rates
- Op/Ed: Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Line Will Benefit Entire Region
- Challenging, Changing Hydropower Market Addressed in Bonneville Power Administration Strategic Plan
- The Future of Nuclear Power? Think Small, Look to Corvallis
- Coal Production in NE Wyoming Tops 300 Million Tons Again
- FERC’s Resilience Order May Suggest Reliability Tweaks, Rather Than Novel Solutions
- Four Reasons Connecticut Residents Pay Highest Electric Rates in the Continental U-S
- San Diego: Water Bill Investigation – The Meter Is Unreadable, So How Is Your Bill Right?
- The Cost of Crypto Is Turning Miners towards Green Power
- Steigerwald Salmon Habitat Restoration Propelled by $4.6 Million Grant – Majority Funded by the Bonneville Power Administration
- What’s So Great about Wetlands? More Than You Might Realize!
- The Forgotten Renewable: Geothermal Energy Production Heats Up
- Electric Cars Could Destroy the Electric Grid – Or Fix It Forever
- Energy-Efficient Renovations Transform Clatsop Community College’s Historic Patriot Hall
- California’s Chief Marijuana Regulator Predicts More Issues with Supply
- Carbon Tax Clears Washington State Senate Committee
- Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions by State, 2000-2015
- Bill Seeking to Improve Washington State’s Rural Broadband Access Approved in Energy, Tech Committee
- Senate Committee Approves Bill to Bring Broadband to Rural Washington
- ‘An Issue That Needs to Matter’: Washington Legislators Team Up for Net Neutrality in Washington State
- Wave Broadband Outage Fixed, Spokesman Says
- FCC Gets Ready to Kick Off $2 Billion Rural Broadband Fund
- The Five Best Ads of Super Bowl LII
- Ram’s Super Bowl Ad Using Martin Luther King Jr. Gets Ripped Apart on Twitter
- NBC Blames 30-Second Super Bowl Blackout on ‘Equipment Failure’
- Washington State Lawmakers Get Ready to Abide by Public Record Law
- Two Clam Diggers Die at Long Beach – Became Caught in Rough Surf
- To Study ‘Atmospheric Rivers,’ Scientists Take Lab into Skies Off Washington State Coast
- Breweries, Taprooms Say They Were Forced to Shut Down for Unclear Violations
- Shelton Bowling Team Takes Fifth in State
- District Bound: Mason County Basketball Teams
- Eagles Stun Patriots for First Super Bowl Title
Deuteragonist • \doo-tuh-RAG-uh-nist\ • Noun - 1: the actor
taking the part of second importance in a classical Greek drama *2: a person
who serves as a foil to another
Some fanboys think Frodo’s legacy in the “Lord of the Rings”
is misplaced. As a deuteragonist, Gollum is a more interesting character.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Pacific Northwest Tribes Ask Washington State Governor to
Halt Tacoma Natural Gas Plant Construction (Associated Press)
Pacific Gas & Electric Power Lines Sparked Two Fires in Santa
Rosa Last October, City Probe Finds (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Clallam PUD to Raise Rates (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Op/Ed: Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Line Will Benefit
Entire Region (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
Challenging, Changing Hydropower Market Addressed in Bonneville
Power Administration Strategic Plan (Renewable Energy World)
The Future of Nuclear Power? Think Small, Look to Corvallis (Oregonian,
Portland)
Coal Production in NE Wyoming Tops 300 Million Tons Again (Associated
Press)
FERC’s Resilience Order May Suggest Reliability Tweaks,
Rather Than Novel Solutions (Utility Dive)
Four Reasons Connecticut Residents Pay Highest Electric
Rates in the Continental U-S (RJ Media Group, Meriden, CT)
San Diego: Water Bill Investigation – The Meter Is
Unreadable, So How Is Your Bill Right? (KFMB-TV, San Diego, CA)
The Cost of Crypto Is Turning Miners towards Green Power (Bloomberg
News)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Steigerwald Salmon Habitat Restoration Propelled by $4.6 Million
Grant – Majority Funded by the Bonneville Power Administration (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
What’s So Great about Wetlands? More Than You Might Realize!
(Bonneville Power Administration)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
The Forgotten Renewable: Geothermal Energy Production Heats
Up (National Public Radio)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
Electric Cars Could Destroy the Electric Grid – Or Fix It
Forever (Wired Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy-Efficient Renovations Transform Clatsop Community
College’s Historic Patriot Hall (Portland Business Journal, OR)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
California’s Chief Marijuana Regulator Predicts More Issues with
Supply (Sacramento Bee, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon Tax Clears Washington State Senate Committee (Northwest
Public Broadcasting)
Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions by State, 2000-2015
(U-S Energy Information Administration)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Bill Seeking to Improve Washington State’s Rural Broadband
Access Approved in Energy, Tech Committee (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Senate Committee Approves Bill to Bring Broadband to Rural Washington
(KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
‘An Issue That Needs to Matter’: Washington Legislators Team
Up for Net Neutrality in Washington State (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
Wave Broadband Outage Fixed, Spokesman Says (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, WA)
FCC Gets Ready to Kick Off $2 Billion Rural Broadband Fund (Tech
Crunch)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
The Five Best Ads of Super Bowl LII (AdWeek)
Ram’s Super Bowl Ad Using Martin Luther King Jr. Gets Ripped
Apart on Twitter (AdWeek)
NBC Blames 30-Second Super Bowl Blackout on ‘Equipment
Failure’ (AdWeek)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Washington State Lawmakers Get Ready to Abide by Public
Record Law –Legislators Say They Support Access, But Want Constituents’ Privacy
Protected (Everett Herald, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Two Clam Diggers Die at Long Beach – Became Caught in Rough
Surf (Associated Press)
To Study ‘Atmospheric Rivers,’ Scientists Take Lab into
Skies Off Washington State Coast (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Breweries, Taprooms Say They Were Forced to Shut Down for
Unclear Violations (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Shelton Bowling Team Takes Fifth in State (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
District Bound: Mason County Basketball Teams (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Eagles Stun Patriots for First Super Bowl Title (Reuters)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Axe-Throwing Bars: Why Mixing Weapons & Beer Is
Surprisingly Good Business
House Speaker Ryan Deletes Tweet Praising $1.50 Pay Increase
Dead Goose Falls from Sky, Knocks Hunter Unconscious
“Starry Night” Mural – Mount Dora Couple Fined $100 per Day for
Paint Job on House
SONG OF THE DAY
Don McLean – Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)
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