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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
500-Foot Turbines Would Stretch Over 24 Miles Near
Tri-Cities Under This Plan (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Prepare to Pay More If You’re a
Cascade Natural Gas Customer (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
British Columbia: Peace River Dam’s Main Builder Fined
Almost $1 Million for ‘High Risk’ Worker Safety Violations (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
Window Opens for Tribes to Seek Licenses for Internet Access
(Associated Press)
Flooding Again Possible Wednesday through Saturday (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Prepare to Pay More If You’re a Cascade Natural
Gas Customer
2.
British Columbia: Peace River Dam’s Main Builder
Fined Almost $1 Million for ‘High Risk’ Worker Safety Violations
3.
Columbia River System Operations EIS – January
2020 Update
4.
Op/Ed: Removing Snake River Dams Is Unwise
5.
Lewis River RV Park Owner Signs Up for Electric
Service After Court Order
6.
Bonneville Power Administration Seeks
Stakeholder Input Using Cost Saving Techniques
7.
Clark Public Utilities’ Race for Warmth Sees
Record Participation
8.
Navajo Nation Calls for Tucson Electric to Pay
Millions for Coal Retirements, As More Rural Areas Impacted
9.
Public Safety Power Shutoffs: How Utilities
Could Partner
10.
Power to the People: Bernie Sanders Calls for
Federal Takeover of Electricity Production
11.
Japan To Keep Pushing Coal in Developing World
Despite Criticism
12.
Editorial: Dangers of Suction Mining – Raise the
Gold Standard for Salmon & Orca
13.
Fireflies Have a Mating Problem: The Lights Are
Always On
14.
Lewis County Extends Moratorium on Bottling
Plants
15.
Lawmakers Want to Protect Water Rights in
Washington from Wall Street Speculation
16.
500-Foot Turbines Would Stretch Over 24 Miles
Near Tri-Cities Under This Plan
17.
Window Opens for Tribes to Seek Licenses for
Internet Access
18.
Is the FCC Killing State Matching Grants?
19.
Smaller Cable Companies Are Giving Up on Cable
TV Altogether
20.
New Study Finds Nearly 8% of Seattleites Work
Remotely
21.
Reimagining the Grid: How Portland General
Electric, Southern California Edison & Others Are Prepping for
Transportation Electrification
22.
Electric Dream: Britain to Ban New Petrol &
Hybrid Cars from 2035
23.
Experts Tell California Lawmakers Carbon
Neutrality Is Feasible
24.
Should WSDOT Address Our Congested Roads?
Washington Legislators Don’t Think So
25.
Unions Should Give Back Millions in Fair Share
Fees, Groups Argue in Dozens of Failing Lawsuits
26.
Editorial: Quit Trying to Hide Washington State
Public Employee Birthdates. Privacy Argument Fails
27.
Flooding Again Possible Wednesday through
Saturday
28.
Heavy Snow Expected in the Cascades Tuesday
Night, Wednesday Morning
29.
Canada’s Lumber Company Shares Rise on News the
U.S. Intends to Cut Softwood Duties
30.
Iowa Democrats to Release First Results after
Presidential Caucus Chaos
WORD OF THE DAY
Julienne • \jool-ee-ENN\ • - To slice into thin strips about
the size of matchsticks
“This ought to solve our backlog of Vegematics,” cackled the
opportunistic renewable energy entrepreneur. Looking for a way to make a more
readily burned woody biomass processor, the “network marketing” enthusiast
decided that julienne wood chips would be just the ticket.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Prepare to Pay More If You’re a Cascade Natural
Gas Customer (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
2.
British Columbia: Peace River Dam’s Main Builder
Fined Almost $1 Million for ‘High Risk’ Worker Safety Violations (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
3.
Columbia River System Operations EIS – January
2020 Update (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, NW Division)
4.
Op/Ed: Removing Snake River Dams Is Unwise (Wenatchee
World, WA)
5.
Lewis River RV Park Owner Signs Up for Electric Service
After Court Order (Longview Daily News, WA)
6.
Bonneville Power Administration Seeks
Stakeholder Input Using Cost Saving Techniques (Bonneville Power
Administration)
8.
Navajo Nation Calls for Tucson Electric to Pay
Millions for Coal Retirements, As More Rural Areas Impacted (Utility Dive)
9.
Public Safety Power Shutoffs: How Utilities
Could Partner (Power Magazine)
10.
Power to the People: Bernie Sanders Calls for Federal
Takeover of Electricity Production (Politico)
11.
Japan To Keep Pushing Coal in Developing World
Despite Criticism (Japan Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
12.
Editorial: Dangers of Suction Mining – Raise the
Gold Standard for Salmon & Orca (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
13.
Fireflies Have a Mating Problem: The Lights Are
Always On (NY Times)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
14.
Lewis County Extends Moratorium on Bottling
Plants (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
15.
Lawmakers Want to Protect Water Rights in Washington
from Wall Street Speculation (Crosscut Seattle)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
16.
500-Foot Turbines Would Stretch Over 24 Miles
Near Tri-Cities Under This Plan (Tri-City Herald, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
17.
Window Opens for Tribes to Seek Licenses for Internet
Access (Associated Press)
18.
Is the FCC Killing State Matching Grants? (Pots
& Pans)
19.
Smaller Cable Companies Are Giving Up on Cable
TV Altogether (TechDirt)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
20.
New Study Finds Nearly 8% of Seattleites Work
Remotely (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
21.
Reimagining the Grid: How Portland General Electric,
Southern California Edison & Others Are Prepping for Transportation
Electrification (Utility Dive)
22.
Electric Dream: Britain to Ban New Petrol &
Hybrid Cars from 2035 (Reuters)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
23.
Experts Tell California Lawmakers Carbon
Neutrality Is Feasible (Courthouse News Service)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
24.
Should WSDOT Address Our Congested Roads? Washington
Legislators Don’t Think So (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
25.
Unions Should Give Back Millions in Fair Share
Fees, Groups Argue in Dozens of Failing Lawsuits (Olympian, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
26.
Editorial: Quit Trying to Hide Washington State Public
Employee Birthdates. Privacy Argument Fails (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
27.
Flooding Again Possible Wednesday through
Saturday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
28.
Heavy Snow Expected in the Cascades Tuesday Night,
Wednesday Morning (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
29.
Canada’s Lumber Company Shares Rise on News the U.S.
Intends to Cut Softwood Duties (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
30.
Iowa Democrats to Release First Results after Presidential
Caucus Chaos (Reuters)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
‘God Given Right to Travle.’ Homemade License Plate (And
Spelling) Trips Up Kennewick Driver
How a Beer Can Helped Reunite a Woman with Her Dog After
Three Years
A School Played ‘The Lion King’ at a Fundraising Event. Now It
Has to Pay A Third of What It Raised
Rubik’s Cube “Mona Lisa” Goes on Sale in Paris
SONG OF THE DAY
John Morris – Young Frankenstein (Soundtrack Suite)
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