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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
North America Has Lost 3 Billion Birds, Scientists Say
(National Public Radio)
‘Save Our Future’: Students Hit Streets to Demand Global
Climate Action
Seattle Slows Proposed Ban on New Natural-Gas Buildings;
Heating-Oil Tax Advances (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Natural Gas & Wind Forecast to be Fastest Growing
Sources of U.S. Electricity Generation (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Governors Team Up with Utilities to Promote Electric
Vehicles (Daily Energy Insider)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Seattle Slows Proposed Ban on New Natural-Gas
Buildings; Heating-Oil Tax Advances
2.
Natural Gas & Wind Forecast to be Fastest
Growing Sources of U.S. Electricity Generation
3.
Eight Years after Fukushima Nuclear Disaster,
Japanese Court Acquits Trio of Negligence over Meltdown
4.
Chelan PUD Hears Public Feedback on Strategic
Plan Ahead of Next Month’s Possible Adoption
5.
Tax on Government Grants Spells Trouble for
Electric Co-Ops
6.
Brazil Dam Disaster Firms to Face Criminal
Charges
7.
North America Has Lost 3 Billion Birds,
Scientists Say
8.
Invasive & Voracious, Northern Pike Are
Inching Closer to Salmon Habitat – Washington State Plans to Fight the Threat
9.
News Release: Return of Deadly Marine Heat Wave
Underscores Critical Role of Carbon-Free Hydropower Energy
10.
Boat & 26 Chinook Seized Amid Allegations of
Overfishing Off British Columbia’s Coast
11.
Members of Idaho Governor’s Salmon Working Group
Say Actual Solutions Are Still Many Meetings Away
12.
Southern Resident Orcas, Including Newest Baby,
Visit Puget Sound
13.
Officials Say Derelict Vessels Contaminate
Washington State Water System
14.
Concrete Jungle: The Quest to Make the LA River
Wild Again
15.
FERC Proposal Would ‘Gut’ PURPA, Could Lower
Rates Utilities Pay to Solar Developers
16.
In Some Parts of the World, Cheap Solar &
Wind Power Is Outgrowing Subsidies
17.
How Does Affordable Energy & Broadband
Affect Community Health?
18.
The Little Law That Made the Internet a Free for
All
19.
Markey Leads Countercharge Against Universal
Service Fund Cap
20.
Governors Team Up with Utilities to Promote
Electric Vehicles
21.
Amazon Buys 100,000 Electric Vans as Part of Net
Zero Carbon Goals
22.
‘Save Our Future’: Students Hit Streets to
Demand Global Climate Action
23.
A Q&A with the Policy Wonks Who Wrote Jay
Inslee’s Climate Plans
24.
Hidden Marijuana Grows Are Spiking. Drug Teams
Are Using a New Tool to Find Them
25.
YouTube Is About to Demote a Wide Swath of Its
Creators
26.
Washington Police Arrest College Place Teen
Planning Columbine-Like Attack
27.
Washington State Sues the President Over
Transfer of $89 Million from Puget Sound Navy Base to Border Wall
28.
Scientists Look to the Shaky Future by Probing
Lakes to Learn from Great Quakes of the Past
29.
Loose Ladder Strikes School Bus in North Mason
30.
How Many Self-Driving Cars Are Being Tested on
Washington Roads? State Doesn’t Know
WORD OF THE DAY
Eternize • \it-TER-nyze\ • verb - 1a: to make eternal b: to
prolong indefinitely 2: immortalize
“I’m not sure this will eternize you,” stuttered the plastic
extrusion engineer to the towering, imposing customer with the oversized thumb.
“If you want immortality by embedding your ashes into tiddlywinks disks when
you die, that’s up to you. I just think it’s kinda creepy…that’s all”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Seattle Slows Proposed Ban on New Natural-Gas
Buildings; Heating-Oil Tax Advances (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
2.
Natural Gas & Wind Forecast to be Fastest
Growing Sources of U.S. Electricity Generation (U.S. Energy Information
Administration)
3.
Eight Years after Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japanese
Court Acquits Trio of Negligence over Meltdown (Washington Post)
4.
Chelan PUD Hears Public Feedback on Strategic
Plan Ahead of Next Month’s Possible Adoption (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
5.
Tax on Government Grants Spells Trouble for Electric
Co-Ops (Disqus)
6.
Brazil Dam Disaster Firms to Face Criminal
Charges (British Broadcasting Corporation)
FISH & WILDLIFE
7.
North America Has Lost 3 Billion Birds,
Scientists Say (National Public Radio)
8.
Invasive & Voracious, Northern Pike Are
Inching Closer to Salmon Habitat – Washington State Plans to Fight the Threat (The
Inlander, Spokane, WA
9.
News Release: Return of Deadly Marine Heat Wave
Underscores Critical Role of Carbon-Free Hydropower Energy (Northwest River
Partners)
10. Boat
& 26 Chinook Seized Amid Allegations of Overfishing Off British Columbia’s
Coast (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
11. Members
of Idaho Governor’s Salmon Working Group Say Actual Solutions Are Still Many
Meetings Away (Lewiston Tribune, ID)
12. Southern
Resident Orcas, Including Newest Baby, Visit Puget Sound (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
13. Officials
Say Derelict Vessels Contaminate Washington State Water System (Associated
Press)
14. Concrete
Jungle: The Quest to Make the LA River Wild Again (Courthouse News Service)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
15. FERC
Proposal Would ‘Gut’ PURPA, Could Lower Rates Utilities Pay to Solar Developers
(Utility Dive)
16. In
Some Parts of the World, Cheap Solar & Wind Power Is Outgrowing Subsidies (Los
Angeles Times, CA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
17. How
Does Affordable Energy & Broadband Affect Community Health? (Alaska Public
Media)
18. The
Little Law That Made the Internet a Free for All (Washington Post)
19. Markey
Leads Countercharge Against Universal Service Fund Cap – Democrats say it
threats progress on broadband deployment (Multichannel News)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
20. Governors
Team Up with Utilities to Promote Electric Vehicles (Daily Energy Insider)
21. Amazon
Buys 100,000 Electric Vans as Part of Net Zero Carbon Goals (Utility Dive)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
22. ‘Save
Our Future’: Students Hit Streets to Demand Global Climate Action (Reuters)
23. A
Q&A with the Policy Wonks Who Wrote Jay Inslee’s Climate Plans (Grist
Online)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
24. Hidden
Marijuana Grows Are Spiking. Drug Teams Are Using a New Tool to Find Them (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
25. YouTube
Is About to Demote a Wide Swath of Its Creators (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
26. Washington
Police Arrest College Place Teen Planning Columbine-Like Attack (KHQ TV,
Spokane, WA)
27. Washington
State Sues the President Over Transfer of $89 Million from Puget Sound Navy Base
to Border Wall (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
28. Scientists
Look to the Shaky Future by Probing Lakes to Learn from Great Quakes of the Past
(Northwest Public Radio)
29. Loose
Ladder Strikes School Bus in North Mason (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton – Paywall
Advisory)
30. How
Many Self-Driving Cars Are Being Tested on Washington Roads? State Doesn’t Know
(News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Woman Burning Love Letters Sparks Nebraska Apartment Fire
New Zealand Worker Feared He Might Lose His Job, So He
Brought an Emotional-Support Clown to Work
She Dreamed She Swallowed Her Engagement Ring. She Woke to
Find That She Had.
Photos: Earthlings Descend on Area 51 for Aliens, Parties
SONG OF THE DAY
Love & Kisses - Thank God It’s Friday
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