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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Mining Company Disputes $8 Million Columbia River
Environmental-Litigation Bill (Courthouse News Service)
Western Area Power Administration, Other Parties Move
Forward with Transmission Project (American Public Power Association)
Oregon Cap & Trade a No-Show in Gov. Kate Brown’s State
of State Address (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Op/Ed: Washington State’s Carbon Tax Differs from British
Columbia’s (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Seattle Says Facebook Is Violating City Campaign Finance Law
(Reuters)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Western Area Power Administration, Other Parties Move Forward with Transmission Project
- Chelan PUD Looks at Snowpack Forecast
- U-S Electric Co-op Fuel Mix Trends Away from Coal
- Grid Complexity Is Increasing Exponentially. Is Blockchain The Answer?
- The Big Picture: Abandoned Nuclear Power Projects
- Mining Company Disputes $8 Million Columbia River Environmental-Litigation Bill
- Squaw Valley Gets Tesla Batteries to Stabilize Tahoe Power Grid
- Honolulu Energy Storage Permits Surge 1,700% in One Year, New Report Says
- Op/Ed: Why a Big Utility Is Embracing Wind & Solar
- Winter Electric Bill Can Be a Great Motivator to Make Changes
- Op/Ed: Washington State’s Carbon Tax Differs from British Columbia’s
- Oregon Cap & Trade a No-Show in Gov. Kate Brown’s State of State Address
- Oregonians Want Solutions on Climate
- Solar-Powered Trash Compactor Bins to Hit Downtown Spokane Streets
- Telecoms Lash Out at Plan to Nationalize 5G Network
- Here’s Ajit Pai’s “Proof” That Killing Net Neutrality Created More Broadband
- Seattle Says Facebook Is Violating City Campaign Finance Law
- Why Brands Must Move From Communication with Consumers to Conversation
- Seven Twitter Hashtag Research Tools for Marketers
- Belfair Bypass Planning Process in Sight
- Mason County: Man Sentenced to 50 Months for Shooting, Running Over Man Dragging Raccoon Carcass
- Assistant Manager Look on Tap to Become Shelton’s Interim City Manager
- City of Shelton Commissioners May Not Be Entitled to Health Benefits
- Washington State Boeing Workers to Get $600 Million in Bonuses
- ‘Extreme’ Rainstorms Becoming More Common In Seattle, Says City Meteorologist
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Western Area Power Administration, Other Parties Move
Forward with Transmission Project (American Public Power Association)
Chelan PUD Looks at Snowpack Forecast (iFiberOne News,
Ephrata, WA)
U-S Electric Co-op Fuel Mix Trends Away from Coal (National
Rural Electric Cooperatives Association)
Grid Complexity Is Increasing Exponentially. Is Blockchain
The Answer? (Utility Dive)
The Big Picture: Abandoned Nuclear Power Projects (Power
Magazine)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
Mining Company Disputes $8 Million Columbia River Environmental-Litigation
Bill (Courthouse News Service)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Squaw Valley Gets Tesla Batteries to Stabilize Tahoe Power
Grid (Bloomberg News)
Honolulu Energy Storage Permits Surge 1,700% in One Year,
New Report Says (Utility Dive)
Op/Ed: Why a Big Utility Is Embracing Wind & Solar (NY
Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Winter Electric Bill Can Be a Great Motivator to Make
Changes (Danville Advocate-Messenger, KY)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Op/Ed: Washington State’s Carbon Tax Differs from British
Columbia’s (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Oregon Cap & Trade a No-Show in Gov. Kate Brown’s State of
State Address (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Oregonians Want Solutions on Climate – Public opinion
polling points to climate action in Oregon & among PGE’s customers
(Sightline)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
Solar-Powered Trash Compactor Bins to Hit Downtown Spokane Streets
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Telecoms Lash Out at Plan to Nationalize 5G Network (Washington
Examiner)
Here’s Ajit Pai’s “Proof” That Killing Net Neutrality
Created More Broadband (Ars Technica)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Seattle Says Facebook Is Violating City Campaign Finance Law
(Reuters)
Why Brands Must Move From Communication with Consumers to
Conversation (AdWeek)
Seven Twitter Hashtag Research Tools for Marketers (Social
Media Examiner)
GENERAL NEWS
Belfair Bypass Planning Process in Sight (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Mason County: Man Sentenced to 50 Months for Shooting,
Running Over Man Dragging Raccoon Carcass (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Assistant Manager Look on Tap to Become Shelton’s Interim
City Manager (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
City of Shelton Commissioners May Not Be Entitled to Health
Benefits (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Washington State Boeing Workers to Get $600 Million in
Bonuses (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
‘Extreme’ Rainstorms Becoming More Common In Seattle, Says
City Meteorologist (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Part of Lake Tahoe Property Featured In ‘Godfather’ Movie for
Sale
Scientists May Have Found a Cure for Baldness – In McDonald’s
Fries, Study Says
Philly Mayor Cites Fans Falling from Light Poles ‘Like
Idiots’
Where Does Music Come From?
SONG OF THE DAY
Dinah Washington - Birth of the Blues
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