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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State House Passes Low-Carbon Fuels Standard
(Associated Press)
Tacoma Public Utilities’ Click! Network Seeks Comment Over
Private ISP Partnership (South Sound Business)
Pacific Gas & Electric Spared Criminal Charges in Deadly
2017 California Wildfires (Reuters)
Pacific Gas & Electric’s Next CEO Could Be Leader of
Tennessee Valley Authority (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Countries & Carriers Around the Globe Ground the 737 Max
8 (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Spared Criminal
Charges in Deadly 2017 California Wildfires
2.
Pacific Gas & Electric’s Next CEO Could Be
Leader of Tennessee Valley Authority
3.
Clallam PUD Tables Proposal for a Lower Opt-Out
Fee on Smart Meters
4.
Franklin PUD Commissioners Name Scott Rhees as
New General Manager
5.
Chelan PUD Hits the Road to Discuss Proposed
Wenatchee Service Center
6.
Three’s Company: New Mexico Joins California,
Hawaii in Approving 100% Clean Energy Mandate
7.
AP Explains: What’s Behind Venezuela’s Historic
Blackout?
8.
Aquaculture Wars: The Perils & Promise of
Big Fish
9.
Scientists & Shellfish Farmers Discuss
Burrowing Shrimp at Conference
10.
U-S Solar Installations to Rebound in 2019 as
Prices Plummet: Woodmac
11.
U-S Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal Is Not
Going Over Well at One of the Year’s Biggest Energy Gatherings
12.
Quilcene School Aims for Energy-Efficient
Facilities
13.
Tacoma Public Utilities’ Click! Network Seeks
Comment Over Private ISP Partnership
14.
#webmyth – Portland Lawmakers Want to Block 5G
Rollout, Citing Shaky Health Risks
15.
Oops: Much of the Broadband Growth Ajit Pai
Credits to Killing Net Neutrality Was Actually Due to a Clerical Error
16.
Democrats Launch Uphill Battle to Restore Net
Neutrality
17.
Your Social Media Photos Could Be Training
Facial Recognition AI without Your Consent
18.
These Forests in the West Might Start Vanishing
Entirely after Wildfires, Study Says
19.
Yellowstone, Water District to Meet Over Sewage
Claims
20.
Remembering Celilo Falls 62 Years After It Was
Silenced by the Dalles Dam
21.
Destruction from Sea Level Rise in California
Could Exceed Worst Wildfires & Earthquakes, New Research Shows
22.
Kids Around the World Plan to Skip School This
Friday to Demand Climate Change Action
23.
Teenage Climate Activist Nominated for Nobel
Peace Prize
24.
In Push for Marijuana Legalization, 2020
Democrats Side with Industry
25.
One in Four Marijuana Users Get Stoned at Work
in States with Legal Weed, Survey Says
26.
Want to Turn Off the Internet? It Could Happen
If a Solar Storm Hits the Earth
27.
Washington State House Passes Low-Carbon Fuels
Standard
28.
Carbon Fee Back on the Table for Washington
State
29.
President Trump Enacts Sweeping Public Lands
Protections with His Signature
30.
U-S Sen. Cantwell, trenchant Trump critic, makes
rare trip to White House
31.
Countries & Carriers Around the Globe Ground
the 737 Max 8
32.
Here’s How the F.B.I. Says Parents Cheated to
Get Their Kids into Elite Colleges
33.
Shelton YMCA Fundraising Approaches $16 Million
Goal
34.
Mason County Unemployment Rises in January
35.
Mason County Forest Festival Royalty Crowned,
Grand Marshal Selected, Button Design Winner Announced
36.
Alaskan Native Pete Kaiser Wins Iditarod
Sled-Dog Race
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
“No Fighting in the War Room”
“No Fighting in the War Room”
Zero-Sum \ZEER-oh-SUM\
Adjective – Of, relating to, or being a situation (such as a game or
relationship) in which a gain for one side entails a corresponding loss for the
other side.
The nuke deterrent
It’s mutual destruction
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Spared Criminal
Charges in Deadly 2017 California Wildfires (Reuters)
2.
Pacific Gas & Electric’s Next CEO Could Be
Leader of Tennessee Valley Authority (Los Angeles Times, CA)
3.
Clallam PUD Tables Proposal for a Lower Opt-Out
Fee on Smart Meters (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
4.
Franklin PUD Commissioners Name Scott Rhees as
New General Manager (Franklin PUD, Pasco, WA)
5.
Chelan PUD Hits the Road to Discuss Proposed
Wenatchee Service Center (KOZI-Radio, Chelan, WA)
6.
Three’s Company: New Mexico Joins California,
Hawaii in Approving 100% Clean Energy Mandate (Utility Dive)
7.
AP Explains: What’s Behind Venezuela’s Historic
Blackout? (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
8.
Aquaculture Wars: The Perils & Promise of Big
Fish (Christian Science Monitor – Atlantic Salmon, the “King of Fish?” Really?)
9.
Scientists & Shellfish Farmers Discuss
Burrowing Shrimp at Conference (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10. U-S
Solar Installations to Rebound in 2019 as Prices Plummet: Woodmac (Reuters)
11. U-S
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal Is Not Going Over Well at One of the Year’s
Biggest Energy Gatherings (CNBC)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
12. Quilcene
School Aims for Energy-Efficient Facilities (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
13. Tacoma
Public Utilities’ Click! Network Seeks Comment Over Private ISP Partnership
(South Sound Business)
14. #webmyth
– Portland Lawmakers Want to Block 5G Rollout, Citing Shaky Health Risks
(Gizmodo)
15. Oops:
Much of the Broadband Growth Ajit Pai Credits to Killing Net Neutrality Was
Actually Due to a Clerical Error (Tech Dirt)
16. Democrats
Launch Uphill Battle to Restore Net Neutrality (Courthouse News Service)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
17. Your
Social Media Photos Could Be Training Facial Recognition AI without Your
Consent (Mashable)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
18. These
Forests in the West Might Start Vanishing Entirely after Wildfires, Study Says
(Sacramento Bee, CA)
19. Yellowstone,
Water District to Meet Over Sewage Claims (Associated Press)
20. Remembering
Celilo Falls 62 Years After It Was Silenced by the Dalles Dam (Yakima Herald
Republic, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
21. Destruction
from Sea Level Rise in California Could Exceed Worst Wildfires &
Earthquakes, New Research Shows (Los Angeles Times, CA)
22. Kids
Around the World Plan to Skip School This Friday to Demand Climate Change Action
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
23. Teenage
Climate Activist Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize (Associated Press)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
24. In
Push for Marijuana Legalization, 2020 Democrats Side with Industry (Washington
Post)
25. One
in Four Marijuana Users Get Stoned at Work in States with Legal Weed, Survey
Says (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
26. Want
to Turn Off the Internet? It Could Happen If a Solar Storm Hits the Earth (USA
Today)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
27. Washington
State House Passes Low-Carbon Fuels Standard (Associated Press)
28. Carbon
Fee Back on the Table for Washington State (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
29. President
Trump Enacts Sweeping Public Lands Protections with His Signature (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
30. U-S
Sen. Cantwell, trenchant Trump critic, makes rare trip to White House (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
31. Countries
& Carriers Around the Globe Ground the 737 Max 8 (Associated Press)
32. Here’s
How the F.B.I. Says Parents Cheated to Get Their Kids into Elite Colleges (NY
Times)
33. Shelton
YMCA Fundraising Approaches $16 Million Goal (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
34. Mason
County Unemployment Rises in January (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
35. Mason
County Forest Festival Royalty Crowned, Grand Marshal Selected, Button Design
Winner Announced (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
36. Alaskan
Native Pete Kaiser Wins Iditarod Sled-Dog Race (Associated Press)
SOW IN THE STUDIO – DIVERSIONS
Man Buys $1,000 Worth of Cookies, Tells Girl Scouts To Hand
Them Out for Free
Dozens of Dog Clones Spawn Federal Contract Suit
Painting Sow Pigcasso Hogs the Limelight at South Africa
Farm
Hal Blaine, Wrecking Crew Drummer, Is Dead at 90
SONGS OF THE DAY
Hal Blaine’s Greatest Hits - The Songs That Reached #1 - Our
Tribute
The Ronettes - Be My Baby (Hal Blaine on Drums)
The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
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