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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Pacific Gas & Electric Shutting Off Power to 450,000
People in Northern California (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Washington State’s Greenhouse-Gas Emissions Continue to
Trend Higher in Latest Inventory (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Alaska Company Opens State’s Largest Solar Farm Facility
(Associated Press)
Columnist: ‘Why Are We Exporting Billions of Dollars Around
the State?’ The Coming Showdown Over Seattle’s Money (Seattle Times, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
Northern Lights Could Be Visible in Washington State
Wednesday Night (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Shutting Off Power to
450,000 People in Northern California
2.
Grid Mod: Bonneville Power Administration Formally
Transitions to RC West for Reliability Coordinator Services
3.
Climate Change Activists Urge Los Angeles Not to
Build a Gas-Fired Power Plant in Utah
4.
California Groups Challenge Sempra Rate
Decisions Allowing Recovery of ‘Charitable Contributions’
5.
Glick Asks for Return to ‘Nonpartisan’ FERC as
Senate Advances President Trump’s Pick
6.
Idaho Extends 2020 Steelhead Bag Limits on Parts
of Snake, Salmon, Little Salmon
7.
Federal Cuts Shut Down Salmon River, Other Idaho
Rivers’ Monitoring Gauges
8.
Oregon State University Researchers Using Whale
Poop to Study Ocean
9.
Alaska Company Opens State’s Largest Solar Farm
Facility
10.
Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s Solar
Option for New Homes Hits Roadblock with Regulators
11.
New England Fishing Industry Objects to Offshore
Wind Companies’ Uniform Turbine Layout
12.
Nearly Half of U.S. Geothermal Power Capacity
Came Online in the 1980s
13.
Energy Adviser: Conserve Heat While Staying
Comfy
14.
Report: Why 5G Can’t Survive without Fiber, Grant
County 5G-Capable
15.
Another Farming Broadband Survey
16.
Terrifying Camera App Flaw Left Millions of
Android Phones Vulnerable to Spying
17.
Meeting Paris Climate Goals Will Require
Electric Vehicle Innovation: MIT Report
18.
Washington State’s Greenhouse-Gas Emissions
Continue to Trend Higher in Latest Inventory
19.
100+ Hydro Plants Have Greater Warming Impacts
Than Fossil Fuels: EDF Study
20.
Oregon Tribal Hemp Plan Under Review by Federal
Officials
21.
Newspaper Publisher McClatchy Teeters Near
Bankruptcy
22.
Trying to Trademark a Meme? OK Boomer
23.
Northern Lights Could Be Visible in Washington
State Wednesday Night
24.
Columnist: ‘Why Are We Exporting Billions of
Dollars Around the State?’ The Coming Showdown Over Seattle’s Money
25.
Mason County Unemployment Rate Up Slightly
26.
Oregon Jury to Decide $1.4 Billion Logging Trial
27.
Feds Call for Redesign of Key Component of
Boeing 737 NG After Deadly Southwest Incident
28.
WSDOT Giving Out Free Pieces of Demolished
Alaskan Way Viaduct
WORD OF THE DAY
Garrulous • \GERR-uh-luss \ • Adjective - 1: given to prosy,
rambling, or tedious loquacity: pointlessly or annoyingly talkative 2: wordy
Montgomery sagged weakly at his table. The presenter at the
Oak Lawn Philatelic Society’s annual dinner had droned for 45 minutes about the
rare “Inverted Jenny” airmail stamp. The presenter’s garrulous appearance began
as a series of distinct words and phrases…and slowly declined into a soporific
experience similar to listening to the voices of the adults in a “Peanuts”
special.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Shutting Off Power to
450,000 People in Northern California (Los Angeles Times, CA)
2.
Grid Mod: Bonneville Power Administration Formally
Transitions to RC West for Reliability Coordinator Services (Bonneville Power
Administration)
3.
Climate Change Activists Urge Los Angeles Not to
Build a Gas-Fired Power Plant in Utah (Los Angeles Times, CA)
4.
California Groups Challenge Sempra Rate
Decisions Allowing Recovery of ‘Charitable Contributions’ (Utility Dive)
5.
Glick Asks for Return to ‘Nonpartisan’ FERC as Senate
Advances President Trump’s Pick (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
6.
Idaho Extends 2020 Steelhead Bag Limits on Parts
of Snake, Salmon, Little Salmon (Idaho County Free Press, Grangeville, ID)
7.
Federal Cuts Shut Down Salmon River, Other Idaho
Rivers’ Monitoring Gauges (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
8.
Oregon State University Researchers Using Whale
Poop to Study Ocean (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
9.
Alaska Company Opens State’s Largest Solar Farm
Facility (Associated Press)
10.
Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s Solar
Option for New Homes Hits Roadblock with Regulators (Sacramento Business
Journal, CA)
11.
New England Fishing Industry Objects to Offshore
Wind Companies’ Uniform Turbine Layout (WCAI-Radio, Woods Hole, MA)
12.
Nearly Half of U.S. Geothermal Power Capacity
Came Online in the 1980s (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
13.
Energy Adviser: Conserve Heat While Staying
Comfy (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
14.
Report: Why 5G Can’t Survive without Fiber,
Grant County 5G-Capable (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
15.
Another Farming Broadband Survey (Pots &
Pans)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
16.
Terrifying Camera App Flaw Left Millions of
Android Phones Vulnerable to Spying (Gizmodo)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
17.
Meeting Paris Climate Goals Will Require Electric
Vehicle Innovation: MIT Report (Utility Dive)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
18.
Washington State’s Greenhouse-Gas Emissions
Continue to Trend Higher in Latest Inventory (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
19.
100+ Hydro Plants Have Greater Warming Impacts
Than Fossil Fuels: EDF Study (Utility Dive)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
20.
Oregon Tribal Hemp Plan Under Review by Federal
Officials (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
21.
Newspaper Publisher McClatchy Teeters Near
Bankruptcy (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
22.
Trying to Trademark a Meme? OK Boomer (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
23.
Northern Lights Could Be Visible in Washington
State Wednesday Night (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
24.
Columnist: ‘Why Are We Exporting Billions of
Dollars Around the State?’ The Coming Showdown Over Seattle’s Money (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
25.
Mason County Unemployment Rate Up Slightly (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
26.
Oregon Jury to Decide $1.4 Billion Logging Trial
(Courthouse News Service)
27.
Feds Call for Redesign of Key Component of Boeing
737 NG After Deadly Southwest Incident (Washington Post)
28.
WSDOT Giving Out Free Pieces of Demolished Alaskan
Way Viaduct (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Vegan Sues Burger King, Claiming Meatless Impossible Whopper
Is ‘Contaminated’ By Beef Fat
Woman Desperately Chugging Coffee Becomes Impeachment
Hearing Hero
A Teen Smuggler Used a Remote-Control Car to Get 55 Pounds of
Meth Across the Border, Officials Say
French ducks allowed to keep quacking... for now
SONG OF THE DAY
The Ink Spots – Java Jive
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