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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Citing Costs, U-S House Votes to Halt Additional Water
Spills for Salmon (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Brad Sawatzke Named Energy Northwest CEO (Energy Northwest)
A Proposed Silicon Smelter in Northeast Washington Has
Neighbors Worried About Pollution & Health (Inlander, Spokane, WA)
Longview Supercomputer Project Leader for MiningSky Inc.
Headed to Prison (Longview Daily News, WA)
Washington State to End Tax Exemptions for ‘Green’ Vehicles
(Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Brad Sawatzke Named Energy Northwest CEO (Energy Northwest)
- Can Puerto Rico Recover from Maria Before the Next Storm Hits?
- Washington State’s Move Over Law Expanding to Include Linemen
- Mothballed Reactors: Fight over South Carolina Utility Fees
- Grant PUD Installing New Meters
- Inside & Outside Directors Elected to Executive Board
- PUD Commissioners Gott & Janda Elected to Energy NW Board
- Callaghan, Grays Harbor PUD Commissioner Elected to Energy Northwest Executive Board
- Lewis County PUD Commissioner Elected President of State Association
- Citing Costs, U-S House Votes to Halt Additional Water Spills for Salmon
- U-S House OKs Newhouse Bill to Protect Dams, Advocates Warn It Will “Push Salmon Closer To Extinction”
- Columbia & Snake River Dam Protection Bill Passes U-S House Vote
- U-S House Passes Bill Rejecting Court-Ordered Snake River Dam Spills to Help Fish
- Bishop, McMorris Rodgers Praise House Passage of Bill to Save Western Ratepayers Millions
- It’s Not Just About Culverts – The Most Important Washington Lawsuit You Have Never Heard Of
- A Proposed Silicon Smelter in Northeast Washington Has Neighbors Worried About Pollution & Health
- California: Tule Wind Project Knocked Offline
- Iowa Wind Turbine Blade Plant Plans to Rehire Dozens of Laid-Off Workers
- Renewable Energy Subsidies Decline as Tax Credits, Other Policies Diminish
- Longview Supercomputer Project Leader for MiningSky Inc. Headed to Prison
- Port of Woodland Pursues $1 Million Rural High-Speed Internet Plan
- A Former Top Wall Street Regulator Turns to the Blockchain
- Washington State to End Tax Exemptions for ‘Green’ Vehicles
- Nest To Provide 1 Million Smart Thermostats to Low-Income Homes
- French President Macron Breaks with Trump on Climate Change: ‘There’s No Planet B’
- How to Perfect the Art of Connecting With Your Community & Encouraging Authentic Engagement
- Public Lands Crucial for U-S Senator Tester, MT
- Passerby Pulls Amputee from Johns Prairie Road House Fire
- Small Tremor Strikes Off Oregon Coast
- Sierra Pacific Donates Lumber, Windows to House Shelton Veteran Severely Injured in Bomb Blast
- Report Slams Problems at Hanford Nuclear Waste Site
- Kevin Schmelzlen Announces Bid for Mason County Commissioner
Debutant • \DEB-yoo-tawnt\ • Noun - One making a debut
The new employee was shaking in his freshly–shined loafers.
His first task was to make a twenty minute presentation to the board of
directors on the duties of his position. For a debutant, having the entire job
description being listed as “other duties as assigned,” was daunting enough…but
to hold forth for 20 minutes on his mysterious duties was the figurative “Mount
Everest” of public speaking.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Brad Sawatzke Named Energy Northwest CEO (Energy Northwest)
Can Puerto Rico Recover from Maria Before the Next Storm
Hits? (Atlantic Magazine)
Washington State’s Move Over Law Expanding to Include
Linemen (KNDO/KNDU,-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Mothballed Reactors: Fight over South Carolina Utility Fees
(Associated Press)
Grant PUD Installing New Meters (Star of the Grand Coulee, WA)
Inside & Outside Directors Elected to Executive Board
(Energy Northwest)
PUD Commissioners Gott & Janda Elected to Energy NW
Board (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Callaghan, Grays Harbor PUD Commissioner Elected to Energy
Northwest Executive Board (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Lewis County PUD Commissioner Elected President of State
Association (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
TAKE ME TO THE RIVER
Citing Costs, U-S House Votes to Halt Additional Water
Spills for Salmon (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
U-S House OKs Newhouse Bill to Protect Dams, Advocates Warn
It Will “Push Salmon Closer To Extinction” (Associated Press)
Columbia & Snake River Dam Protection Bill Passes U-S
House Vote (NCW Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
U-S House Passes Bill Rejecting Court-Ordered Snake River Dam
Spills to Help Fish (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Bishop, McMorris Rodgers Praise House Passage of Bill to
Save Western Ratepayers Millions (U-S House Committee on Natural Resources)
FISH & WILDLIFE
It’s Not Just About Culverts – The Most Important Washington
Lawsuit You Have Never Heard Of (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
A Proposed Silicon Smelter in Northeast Washington Has Neighbors
Worried About Pollution & Health (Inlander, Spokane, WA)
California: Tule Wind Project Knocked Offline (San Diego
Union-Tribune, CA)
Iowa Wind Turbine Blade Plant Plans to Rehire Dozens of
Laid-Off Workers (Associated Press)
Renewable Energy Subsidies Decline as Tax Credits, Other
Policies Diminish (U-S Energy Information Administration)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Longview Supercomputer Project Leader for MiningSky Inc.
Headed to Prison (Longview Daily News, WA)
Port of Woodland Pursues $1 Million Rural High-Speed
Internet Plan (Longview Daily News, WA)
A Former Top Wall Street Regulator Turns to the Blockchain
(NY Times)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
Washington State to End Tax Exemptions for ‘Green’ Vehicles
(Associated Press)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Nest To Provide 1 Million Smart Thermostats to Low-Income
Homes (Utility Dive)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
French President Macron Breaks with Trump on Climate Change:
‘There’s No Planet B’ (NBC News)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
How to Perfect the Art of Connecting With Your Community &
Encouraging Authentic Engagement (AdWeek)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Public Lands Crucial for U-S Senator Tester, MT (Politico
Morning Energy)
GENERAL NEWS
Passerby Pulls Amputee from Johns Prairie Road House Fire
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Small Tremor Strikes Off Oregon Coast (Oregonian, Portland)
Sierra Pacific Donates Lumber, Windows to House Shelton Veteran
Severely Injured in Bomb Blast (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Report Slams Problems at Hanford Nuclear Waste Site (Associated
Press)
Kevin Schmelzlen Announces Bid for Mason County Commissioner
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
CONJUNCTION JUNCTION – DIVERSIONS
‘Fake’ Gold Rush Coin Declared Real: ‘It’s Like Finding an
Original Picasso at a Garage Sale’
‘Schoolhouse Rock’ Composer & Musician Bob Dorough Dies
at 94
‘Tase Me, And You’ll See What Happens,’ An American Airlines
Flier Said. Police Did — 10 Times.
Epic Deluge in Kauai May Have Broken All-Time U-S Rainfall
Record, with 4 Feet in 24 Hours
SONG OF THE DAY
Talking Heads - Take Me to the River
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