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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Feds Reject Removal of Four Snake River Dams in Key Report
(Associated Press)
As Puget Sound Energy Moves to Sell Colstrip Share, Critics
Say NorthWestern Energy is Desperate to Keep Coal Plant Online (Utility Dive)
Environmental Evaluation for Proposed Chehalis River Flood
Reduction Project Ready for Review (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Local Gray Whales Named ‘Sounders’ May Hold Clues to Mystery
of 2019 Die-Off (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Coronavirus Expected to Spread as Washington State Prepares
to Become First in Country to Perform In-State Testing (KNDO/KNDU – Tri-Cities,
WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Feds Reject Removal of Four Snake River Dams in
Key Report
2.
Snake River Dams Should Stay, Concludes
Court-Ordered Draft Federal Report
3.
Columbia River System Operations EIS Comment
Period Open – February 28 - April 13
4.
As Puget Sound Energy Moves to Sell Colstrip
Share, Critics Say NorthWestern Energy is Desperate to Keep Coal Plant Online
5.
Regulators Boost Pacific Gas & Electric’s
Wildfire Fine to $2.1 Billion
6.
Massive New Bipartisan Senate Energy Legislative
Package Could See Vote as Early as Next Week
7.
Landmark Bipartisan Energy Bill Includes
Cantwell Provisions to Modernize, Protect America’s Energy Grid
8.
Local Gray Whales Named ‘Sounders’ May Hold
Clues to Mystery of 2019 Die-Off
9.
Tensions rise ahead of B.C. herring fishery season
10.
Successful Blast Removes Portion of Big Bar
Landslide Obstructing Fraser River Salmon Migration
11.
Op/Ed: Oregon’s Orcas, Too
12.
SpaceX May Be Eyeing the Rural Digital
Opportunity Fund Auction for Rural Broadband Funding
13.
U.S. Senate OKs $1 Billion for Small Telecom
Providers
14.
Why Are U.S. Broadband Prices So High?
15.
Cloud Computing Is Not the Energy Hog That Had
Been Feared
16.
Google to Invest $10 Billion in Offices &
Data Centers in 11 States This Year, Including Washington
17.
Many Internet of Things Projects Fail — Portland
General Electric’s Approach Could Change That for Utilities
18.
Environmental Evaluation for Proposed Chehalis
River Flood Reduction Project Ready for Review
19.
Lewis County Commissioners Up the Ante in
Bottled Water Battle
20.
California Is Abnormally Dry after
Low-Precipitation Winter
21.
Can Electric Cars Rise In Time To Save Us?
Washington State Says Yes
22.
The Plug-In Electric Car Is Having Its Moment –
Despite False Starts, Toyota Is Still Trying to Make the Fuel Cell Happen
23.
Earth Temporarily Captures New Moon the Size of
a Car
24.
Biggest Explosion in the Universe Spotted by
Astronomers
25.
Washington Agency Rejects Facebook Political Ad
Settlement
26.
Op/Ed: Protecting More of the Olympic Peninsula
Would Be a Win for Public Lands & the Economy
27.
Coronavirus Expected to Spread as Washington
State Prepares to Become First in Country to Perform In-State Testing
28.
North Mason to re-run school support levy in
April
29.
Suspect Killed in Gun Battle with State Troopers
in Purdy
30.
Judge Blocks Trump from Using Kitsap Naval Base
Funds on Border Wall
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Feds Reject Removal of Four Snake River Dams in
Key Report (Associated Press)
2.
Snake River Dams Should Stay, Concludes
Court-Ordered Draft Federal Report (Tri-City Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
3.
Columbia River System Operations EIS Comment
Period Open – February 28 - April 13 (Columbia River System Operations)
4.
As Puget Sound Energy Moves to Sell Colstrip Share,
Critics Say NorthWestern Energy is Desperate to Keep Coal Plant Online (Utility
Dive)
5.
Regulators Boost Pacific Gas & Electric’s Wildfire
Fine to $2.1 Billion (Associated Press)
6.
Massive New Bipartisan Senate Energy Legislative
Package Could See Vote as Early as Next Week (Utility Dive)
7.
Landmark Bipartisan Energy Bill Includes
Cantwell Provisions to Modernize, Protect America’s Energy Grid (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
8.
Local Gray Whales Named ‘Sounders’ May Hold
Clues to Mystery of 2019 Die-Off (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
9.
Tensions rise ahead of B.C. herring fishery
season (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
10.
Successful Blast Removes Portion of Big Bar Landslide
Obstructing Fraser River Salmon Migration (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
11.
Op/Ed: Oregon’s Orcas, Too (Oregonian, Portland)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
12.
SpaceX May Be Eyeing the Rural Digital
Opportunity Fund Auction for Rural Broadband Funding (Telecompetitor)
13.
U.S. Senate OKs $1 Billion for Small Telecom
Providers (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
14.
Why Are U.S. Broadband Prices So High? (Pots &
Pans)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
15.
Cloud Computing Is Not the Energy Hog That Had
Been Feared “…Some have been built near the Arctic for natural cooling &
others beside huge hydroelectric plants in the Pacific Northwest…” (NY Times)
16.
Google to Invest $10 Billion in Offices & Data
Centers in 11 States This Year, Including Washington (Puget Sound Business
Journal, WA)
17.
Many Internet of Things Projects Fail — Portland
General Electric’s Approach Could Change That for Utilities (Utility Dive)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
18.
Environmental Evaluation for Proposed Chehalis
River Flood Reduction Project Ready for Review (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
19.
Lewis County Commissioners Up the Ante in Bottled
Water Battle (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
20.
California Is Abnormally Dry after Low-Precipitation
Winter (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
21.
Can Electric Cars Rise In Time To Save Us?
Washington State Says Yes (Forbes Magazine)
22.
The Plug-In Electric Car Is Having Its Moment – Despite
False Starts, Toyota Is Still Trying to Make the Fuel Cell Happen (Washington
Post)
VATS OF STEAMING GOO – POTPOURRI OF SCIENCE
23.
Earth Temporarily Captures New Moon the Size of
a Car (Washington Examiner)
24.
Biggest Explosion in the Universe Spotted by Astronomers
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
25.
Washington Agency Rejects Facebook Political Ad
Settlement (Associated Press)
26.
Op/Ed: Protecting More of the Olympic Peninsula Would
Be a Win for Public Lands & the Economy (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
27.
Coronavirus Expected to Spread as Washington
State Prepares to Become First in Country to Perform In-State Testing
(KNDO/KNDU – Tri-Cities, WA)
28.
North Mason to re-run school support levy in
April (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
29.
Suspect Killed in Gun Battle with State Troopers
in Purdy (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
30.
Judge Blocks Trump from Using Kitsap Naval Base
Funds on Border Wall (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
DREAM OF WHIRLED PEAS – DIVERSIONS
Scientists Made an Environmentally Friendly Gin from Peas. Yes,
It Will Still Get You Drunk (Mashable)
Ontario’s New License Plates Have a Problem: You Can’t Read
Them
Centuries-Old Law against Cursing in Public Repealed by Virginia
Legislators
Tradition Behind Women Proposing on a Leap Year - And the Get-Out
Clause for Men
SONG OF THE DAY
The Fifth Dimension - Wedding Bell Blues
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