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HOT SHOTS –
TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State’s
Orca Task Force Finalizes Plan to Save Endangered Southern Resident Killer
Whales “…No recommendations were made to breach the Lower Snake River dams,
considered by some advocates as the only solution left to get enough salmon to
the orcas…” (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Pacific Gas &
Electric Shares Surge 40 Percent on Report California Regulator Wants to Avoid
Bankruptcy from Wildfire (Reuters)
Sea Lion Murder
Mystery Grows in Seattle (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Op/Ed: With
Washington State’s Carbon Fee Defeat, What Next on Climate? (Olympian, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
Facebook Says It
Removed a Flood of Hate Speech, Terrorist Propaganda & Fake Accounts from
Its Site (Washington Post)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
(Details Below)
1. Pacific
Gas & Electric Shares Surge 40 Percent on Report California Regulator Wants
to Avoid Bankruptcy from Wildfire
2. Pacific
Gas & Electric Asked Last Month to Hike Bills over California Fires
3. Grant,
Chelan, Douglas PUD Commissioners Discuss Joint Transmission Line
4. British
Columbia: More Extreme Weather Causing More Power Outages, BC Hydro Report Says
5. The
Cost of Utilities: Which States Pay the Most
6. FERC
Nominee McNamee Distances Himself from Trump Coal Bailout at Hearing
7. Power
Pole in the Middle of the Street Raises Questions
8. Washington
State’s Orca Task Force Finalizes Plan to Save Endangered Southern Resident
Killer Whales
9. Here’s
the Southern Resident Orca Task Force Recommendation
10. Stop
Fishing Salmon, Orca Lovers Say. You’re Missing the Point, Skagit Tribe Says
11. To
Whale Watch, We All Must Make Sacrifices
12. Sea
Lion Murder Mystery Grows in Seattle
13. Oregon
Gets OK to Kill Sea Lions at Willamette Falls
14. For
the First Time in Eight Years, Chinook Salmon Return to Spawn in Rehabilitated
Thornton Creek
15. Video:
Kennedy Creek Salmon Return for Annual Spawning Ritual
16. Otter
Fans Float Plan to Bring Sea Otters Back to Oregon Coast
17. Washington
State’s Largest Solar Farm Now Online in Lind, Washington
18. Kittitas
County Officials Work on Clarifying Vision after Approving New Solar
Regulations
19. America’s
Wind Farms Are Ready to Go It Alone
20. Got
Ideas About Making Tacoma’s Click Network Better? Share Them at Monday Meeting
21. Japan’s
New Head of Cybersecurity Has Never Used a Computer
22. Leaving
the Nest: ‘Bring Your Own’ Efficiency Programs Grow Beyond Thermostats
23. Op/Ed:
With Washington State’s Carbon Fee Defeat, What Next on Climate?
24. In
Yellowstone National Park, Warming Has Brought Rapid Changes.
25. Facebook
Says It Removed a Flood of Hate Speech, Terrorist Propaganda & Fake
Accounts from Its Site
26. ‘Toxic’
Is Oxford’s Word of the Year. No, We’re Not Gaslighting You.
27. Marijuana
Is Getting Cheaper. For Some States, That’s a Problem.
28. YMCA
on Track to Break Ground on First Shelton Site Next Year
29. Five
Finalists for Shelton City Manager – Names Not Released
30. Five
Earthquakes, the Largest a 4.5, Recorded Off Oregon Coast
31. National
Rifle Association Suing to Block Gun Control Initiative 1639
32.
The Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend.
Here’s How to See It
WORD OF THE DAY –
HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Coquetry •
\KOE-kut-tree\ • Noun - A flirtatious act or attitude
Fluttering lace fan
Sparking eyes, a
hidden smile
Southern coquetry
“Oh captain, I do
declare!”
ENERGY &
UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Shares Surge 40
Percent on Report California Regulator Wants to Avoid Bankruptcy from Wildfire (Reuters)
2.
Pacific Gas & Electric Asked Last Month to
Hike Bills over California Fires (Associated Press)
3.
Grant, Chelan, Douglas PUD Commissioners Discuss
Joint Transmission Line (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
4.
British Columbia: More Extreme Weather Causing
More Power Outages, BC Hydro Report Says (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
5.
The Cost of Utilities: Which States Pay the
Most? (Move.org)
6.
FERC Nominee McNamee Distances Himself from Trump
Coal Bailout at Hearing (Utility Dive)
7.
Power Pole in the Middle of the Street Raises
Questions (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
ORCAS: BEHEMOUTH
BLACKFISH
8.
Washington State’s Orca Task Force Finalizes
Plan to Save Endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales “…No recommendations
were made to breach the Lower Snake River dams, considered by some advocates as
the only solution left to get enough salmon to the orcas…” (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
9.
Here’s the Southern Resident Orca Task Force
Recommendation (Washington State Governor, Jay Inslee)
10. Stop
Fishing Salmon, Orca Lovers Say. You’re Missing the Point, Skagit Tribe Says (KUOW
Radio, Seattle, WA)
FISH &
WILDLIFE
12. Sea
Lion Murder Mystery Grows in Seattle (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
13. Oregon
Gets OK to Kill Sea Lions at Willamette Falls (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
14. For
the First Time in Eight Years, Chinook Salmon Return to Spawn in Rehabilitated Thornton
Creek (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
https://www.seattlepi.com/local/environment/amp/Chinook-salmon-Seattle-orca-creek-spawn-13392413.php
15. Video:
Kennedy Creek Salmon Return for Annual Spawning Ritual (Olympian, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
16. Otter
Fans Float Plan to Bring Sea Otters Back to Oregon Coast (Northwest Public
Broadcasting)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
& SELF STORAGE
17. Washington
State’s Largest Solar Farm Now Online in Lind, Washington (iFiberOne News,
Ephrata, WA)
18. Kittitas
County Officials Work on Clarifying Vision after Approving New Solar
Regulations (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
19. America’s
Wind Farms Are Ready to Go It Alone (Bloomberg News)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
20. Got
Ideas About Making Tacoma’s Click Network Better? Share Them at Monday Meeting (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
21. Japan’s
New Head of Cybersecurity Has Never Used a Computer (Gizmodo)
CONSERVATION
& EFFICIENCY
22. Leaving
the Nest: ‘Bring Your Own’ Efficiency Programs Grow Beyond Thermostats (Utility
Dive)
CLIMATE CHANGE
SEQUESTRATION VAULT
23. Op/Ed:
With Washington State’s Carbon Fee Defeat, What Next on Climate? (Olympian, WA
– Paywall Advisory)
24. In
Yellowstone National Park, Warming Has Brought Rapid Changes. (NY Times)
PUBLIC
RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
25. Facebook
Says It Removed a Flood of Hate Speech, Terrorist Propaganda & Fake
Accounts from Its Site (Washington Post)
26. ‘Toxic’
Is Oxford’s Word of the Year. No, We’re Not Gaslighting You. (NY Times)
KILOWATTS FOR
CANNABIS
27. Marijuana
Is Getting Cheaper. For Some States, That’s a Problem. (Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
28. YMCA
on Track to Break Ground on First Shelton Site Next Year (Olympian, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
29. Five
Finalists for Shelton City Manager – Names Not Released (Mason Web TV, Shelton,
WA)
30. Five
Earthquakes, the Largest a 4.5, Recorded Off Oregon Coast (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
31. National
Rifle Association Suing to Block Gun Control Initiative 1639 (KHQ-TV, Spokane,
WA)
32. The
Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend. Here’s How to See It (Mashable)
ALLIGATORS IN
THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Seven Americana
Covers That Are Better Than the Originals
Plot Twist: The
$400,000 GoFundMe for a Homeless Man Was All a Scam
MEAT-Y CHRISTMAS: Jimmy
Dean Offering Sausage-Scented Wrapping Paper
West Virginia: ‘Rabid’
Raccoons Turn Out to Be Drunk on Fermented Crabapples
SONG OF THE DAY
Bonnie Raitt –
Angel from Montgomery
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