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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Why Are Birds & Seals Starving in a Bering Sea Full of
Fish? (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Lewis County: Clean Energy Utility Purchases Majority Stake
in Skookumchuck Wind Farm (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Hints at Government Control of
Pacific Gas & Electric if Bankruptcy Effort Fizzles (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Kitsap County, Cities of Bremerton & Port Orchard Team Up
for Climate Change Impact Study (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton – Paywall Advisory)
TikTok Said to Be Under National Security Review (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Hints at Government
Control of Pacific Gas & Electric if Bankruptcy Effort Fizzles
2.
Fire Sparked as Edison Turned Power Back On
Points to Another Hazard for Utilities
3.
Clarkston Official Retracts Statements about
Asotin County PUD & Sewer Costs
4.
Snohomish PUD Offers Ways to Help Customers Keep
the Heat On
5.
California ISO Takes Expanded Western
Reliability Services Live
6.
Why Are Birds & Seals Starving in a Bering
Sea Full of Fish?
7.
Washington State’s Latest Plan to Save
Endangered Southern Resident Orcas: Hatch More Salmon
8.
National Group Says Pesticides Poisoning Pacific
Northwest Salmon
9.
Cooke Aquaculture Seeks to Farm Native Steelhead
in Puget Sound after 2017 Atlantic Salmon Escape
10.
Trump Administration Eases Obama-Era Rules on
Coal Pollution
11.
Lewis County: Clean Energy Utility Purchases
Majority Stake in Skookumchuck Wind Farm
12.
Squeezed for Profits, Cranberry Farmers Turn to
Solar Power
13.
Plug Power Has a $1 Billion Revenue Goal –
That’s Going to Require a Lot More Hydrogen – 85 Tons a Day
14.
U.S. Dept of Energy Awards Nearly $25 Million
for Innovative Hydropower Projects
15.
Report: Why “Digital Equity” Will Get You Fiber
Internet Access Sooner Than You Might Think; Local Leaders Agree
16.
British Columbia Cryptocurrency Exchange Shuts
Amid Questions, Complaints & Lawsuits
17.
Federal Safety Agency Launches Probe of Tesla
Battery Fires
18.
Kitsap County, Cities of Bremerton & Port
Orchard Team Up for Climate Change Impact Study
19.
Proposed Plan Aims for Carbon-Neutral Port
Angeles by 2030
20.
Op/Ed: Two Pen Strokes Could Help Wean
Washington State Off Natural Gas
21.
TikTok Said to Be Under National Security Review
22.
Everyone’s Laughing at Facebook’s Boomer Rebrand
to FACEBOOK
23.
Salt Lake Tribune Gets IRS Approval to Convert
to Nonprofit
24.
Color Me Underwhelmed – What’s The 2020 Color of
the Year? There Are Three So Far
25.
Spin Control: Play It Again, Congress – As
Daylight Time Goes By
26.
Washington State Audit Finds Improperly
Transferred Voter Registration Requests
27.
California Fires: President Trump Threatens to
Pull Federal Aid
28.
Is Washington State Barreling Toward a
Recession?
29.
New Study Means Olympia Can Keep Dreaming About
Ferry Service to Tacoma Or Seattle
30.
Columbia Sportswear’s Gert Boyle, Iconic &
Influential Portland Business Giant, Dies at Age 95
WORD OF THE DAY
Saxicolous • \sak-SIK-uh-lus\ • adjective - Inhabiting or
growing among rocks
Boulders and caverns made up Barty’s saxicolous home on the
slopes of a remote western mountain. His domain is becoming overrun by
survivalists and conspiracy theorists. What he had envisioned as a hermit’s
retreat had evolved into a nut’s dream of how the world would end…not with a
whimper…but with a whine.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Hints at Government
Control of Pacific Gas & Electric if Bankruptcy Effort Fizzles (Los Angeles
Times, CA)
2.
Fire Sparked as Edison Turned Power Back On
Points to Another Hazard for Utilities (Los Angeles Times, CA)
3.
Clarkston Official Retracts Statements about Asotin
County PUD & Sewer Costs (Lewiston Tribune, ID)
4.
Snohomish PUD Offers Ways to Help Customers Keep
the Heat On (Everett Herald, WA)
5.
California ISO Takes Expanded Western
Reliability Services Live (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
6.
Why Are Birds & Seals Starving in a Bering
Sea Full of Fish? (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
7.
Washington State’s Latest Plan to Save Endangered
Southern Resident Orcas: Hatch More Salmon (Crosscut Seattle)
8.
National Group Says Pesticides Poisoning Pacific
Northwest Salmon (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
9.
Cooke Aquaculture Seeks to Farm Native Steelhead
in Puget Sound after 2017 Atlantic Salmon Escape (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
10. Trump
Administration Eases Obama-Era Rules on Coal Pollution (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
11. Lewis
County: Clean Energy Utility Purchases Majority Stake in Skookumchuck Wind Farm
(The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
12. Squeezed
for Profits, Cranberry Farmers Turn to Solar Power (Christian Science Monitor)
13. Plug
Power Has a $1 Billion Revenue Goal – That’s Going to Require a Lot More
Hydrogen – 85 Tons a Day (Albany Business Review, NY)
14. U.S.
Dept of Energy Awards Nearly $25 Million for Innovative Hydropower Projects
(Daily Energy Insider)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
15. Report:
Why “Digital Equity” Will Get You Fiber Internet Access Sooner Than You Might
Think; Local Leaders Agree (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
16. British
Columbia Cryptocurrency Exchange Shuts Amid Questions, Complaints &
Lawsuits (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
17. Federal
Safety Agency Launches Probe of Tesla Battery Fires (Los Angeles Times, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
18. Kitsap
County, Cities of Bremerton & Port Orchard Team Up for Climate Change
Impact Study (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton – Paywall Advisory)
19. Proposed
Plan Aims for Carbon-Neutral Port Angeles by 2030 (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
20. Op/Ed:
Two Pen Strokes Could Help Wean Washington State Off Natural Gas (Sightline
Institute)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
21. TikTok
Said to Be Under National Security Review (NY Times)
22. Everyone’s
Laughing at Facebook’s Boomer Rebrand to FACEBOOK (Mashable)
23. Salt
Lake Tribune Gets IRS Approval to Convert to Nonprofit (Spokesman-Review, Spokane,
WA)
24. Color
Me Underwhelmed – What’s The 2020 Color of the Year? There Are Three So Far (Fast
Company)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
25. Spin
Control: Play It Again, Congress – As Daylight Time Goes By (Spokesman-Review, Spokane,
WA)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
26. Washington
State Audit Finds Improperly Transferred Voter Registration Requests (KHQ TV,
Spokane, WA)
27. California
Fires: President Trump Threatens to Pull Federal Aid (British Broadcasting
Corporation)
GENERAL NEWS
28. Is
Washington State Barreling Toward a Recession? (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
29. New
Study Means Olympia Can Keep Dreaming About Ferry Service to Tacoma Or Seattle (Olympian,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
30. Columbia
Sportswear’s Gert Boyle, Iconic & Influential Portland Business Giant, Dies
at Age 95 (Portland Business Journal, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Krispy Kreme Orders Student to Halt Doughnut Resale Service
Just a Girl? Not Fife QB Brynna Nixon, Who Throws TD Pass in
Playoff Win
61-13 - Long Island High School Football Coach Suspended for
Running Up the Score
Beached Big Rig Gets Caught by Tide on Oregon Coast
SONG OF THE DAY
The Moody Blues – Driftwood
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