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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
I-1631 Could Be the First Voter-Approved Carbon Tax, But at
What Cost? (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Breaching Dams to Save Pacific Northwest Orcas Is
Contentious Issue (Associated Press)
Pioneer of Central Washington Cryptocurrency Boom Falls on
Hard Times (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
California: Pacific Gas & Electric Seeks Higher Monthly
Bills for Electricity Transmission (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Mason County Residents React to News That Fiber Internet Is
Expanding into Their Area (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Pioneer of Central Washington Cryptocurrency
Boom Falls on Hard Times
2.
California: Pacific Gas & Electric Seeks
Higher Monthly Bills for Electricity Transmission
3.
Power Back Up in Kennewick after Widespread
Power Outage in Benton County
4.
British Columbia Power Outage Blamed on Vandals
Cutting Down Poles with Chainsaw
5.
Northern California Power Agency celebrates 50
years
6.
Canadian Hydropower: New England Power Line Opposition
Brings Together Unusual Alliance
7.
Breaching Dams to Save Pacific Northwest Orcas
Is Contentious Issue
8.
Trump Administration Opens Door for California
Offshore Wind Farms
9.
Can the Price of Rooftop Solar Keep Falling?
10.
Mason County Residents React to News That Fiber
Internet Is Expanding into Their Area
11.
Rural Americans Struggle with Poor Broadband
Access
12.
Comcast Offering 1 Gigabit Per Second Service to
Its Entire Territory
13.
Spokane To Partner with Verizon on Smart Cities Project
14.
I-1631 Could Be the First Voter-Approved Carbon
Tax, But at What Cost?
15.
Carbon Fee: ‘For Once, This Was Done Right’
16.
2018 Likely to Rank as Fourth-Hottest Year on
Record
17.
Trump Administration Asks High Court to Halt
Young Activists’ Climate Change Case
18.
This Scientist Keeps Winning Money from People
Who Bet against Climate Change
19.
The Radical, Democratizing Power of Instagram
Poetry
20.
El Niño Looks ‘Imminent’—Here’s What That Means
for You
21.
Low-Profile Thurston PUD Finds Itself at Center
of Campaign Controversy
22.
NOAA Predicts a Mild Winter in the Pacific
Northwest
23.
West Coast Quake Warning System Now Operational,
with Limits
24.
U-S Mega Millions Jackpot Nears $1 Billion,
Second Largest on Record
25.
You May See Shooting Stars This Weekend
WORD OF THE DAY
Linchpin /LINCH-pin/ Noun – 1: a locking pin inserted
crosswise (as through the end of an axle or shaft) 2: one that serves to hold
together parts or elements that exist or function as a unit
I love the movie “Polar Express.” However, with some
judicious editing of a LOT of padding, the movie would probably last only an
hour. Examples include the Rube Goldberg cycle of the wind-blown and bird
vomited ticket, or the lost linchpin scene.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Pioneer of Central Washington Cryptocurrency
Boom Falls on Hard Times (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
2.
California: Pacific Gas & Electric Seeks
Higher Monthly Bills for Electricity Transmission (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
3.
Power Back Up in Kennewick after Widespread
Power Outage in Benton County (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
4.
British Columbia Power Outage Blamed on Vandals
Cutting Down Poles with Chainsaw (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
5.
Northern California Power Agency celebrates 50
years (The Healdsburg Tribune, CA)
6.
Canadian Hydropower: New England Power Line
Opposition Brings Together Unusual Alliance (Energy News Network)
FISH & WILDLIFE
7.
Breaching Dams to Save Pacific Northwest Orcas
Is Contentious Issue (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
8.
Trump Administration Opens Door for California Offshore
Wind Farms (The Hill, Washington, DC)
9.
Can the Price of Rooftop Solar Keep Falling? (Utility
Dive)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
10. Mason
County Residents React to News That Fiber Internet Is Expanding into Their Area
(KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
11. Rural
Americans Struggle with Poor Broadband Access (Voice of America)
12. Comcast
Offering 1 Gigabit Per Second Service to Its Entire Territory (C/NET News)
13. Spokane
to Partner with Verizon on Smart Cities Project (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
14. I-1631
Could Be the First Voter-Approved Carbon Tax, But at What Cost? (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
15. Carbon
Fee: ‘For Once, This Was Done Right’ (Crosscut Seattle)
16. 2018
Likely to Rank as Fourth-Hottest Year on Record (EcoWatch)
17. Trump
Administration Asks High Court to Halt Young Activists’ Climate Change Case (Reuters)
18. This
Scientist Keeps Winning Money from People Who Bet against Climate Change
(Mashable)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
19. The
Radical, Democratizing Power of Instagram Poetry (Mashable)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
20. El
Niño Looks ‘Imminent’—Here’s What That Means for You (Gizmodo)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
GENERAL NEWS
22. NOAA
Predicts a Mild Winter in the Pacific Northwest (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
23. West
Coast Quake Warning System Now Operational, with Limits (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
24. U-S
Mega Millions Jackpot Nears $1 Billion, Second Largest on Record (Reuters)
25. You
May See Shooting Stars This Weekend (CBS News)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Teen Baked Her Grandfather’s Ashes into Sugar Cookies &
Brought Them to School, Police Say
Nebraska’s Message for Tourists? ‘It’s Not for Everyone’
‘Rich History’ Toilet Rolls Dating Back to WW2 Go Up for Auction
Man ‘Fought Snakes’ to Survive after Falling Down 100-Foot
Mineshaft
SONG OF THE DAY
Alison Krauss – Down to the River to Pray
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