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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Hello Hydropower - Idaho Power Aims to End Use of Coal &
Natural Gas – A ‘Big Deal,’ Conservationist Says (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
US Senate Kills Green New Deal in What Dems Call ‘Sham’ Vote
(Courthouse News Service)
Kalispell Meeting Furthers Columbia River Treaty Negotiations
(Montana Public Radio)
U-S Energy Secretary Calls Hanford Cleanup Cost ‘Shocking’
(Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
How Statewide Internet Access Would Work in Washington State
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Hello Hydropower - Idaho Power Aims to End Use
of Coal & Natural Gas – A ‘Big Deal,’ Conservationist Says
2.
Kalispell Meeting Furthers Columbia River Treaty
Negotiations
3.
The Bonneville Power Administration Could Remove
Thousands of Trees along Eastside Transmission Lines
4.
Clallam PUD Lowers Cost of Smart Meter Opt-Out,
Adds Self-Read Option
5.
NuScale’s Reactors Seen as Hedge Against Future
Climate Rules
6.
Seattle City Light’s Broad Street Substation Is
Now a City Landmark
7.
Coal Investor Offers to Buy Tennessee Valley
Authority Power Plant Slated for Closure
8.
NOAA Opens Consultation on Offshore Fisheries to
Investigate Impacts on Orcas
9.
New Fish Count Contractor at Columbia/Snake
Dams; Data Release Delays at Some Dams
10.
US Senate Kills Green New Deal in What Dems Call
‘Sham’ Vote
11.
Op/Ed: Darker Side of Renewables
12.
How Statewide Internet Access Would Work in
Washington State
13.
The Battle for 5G Is Making Carriers Absurdly
Petty
14.
5G Is Speedy, But Does It Also Raise the Stakes
on Privacy, Security, Potential Abuse?
15.
Colorado River Drought Plan Gets First
Congressional Hearing
16.
Tiny Alaska Community of Eek Gets Running Water
for First Time
17.
GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander Wants to Address
Climate Change without the Green New Deal
18.
Women in Cannabis – And in Portland – Are
Breaking the ‘Grass Ceiling’
19.
Local News Is Dying, and Americans Have No Idea
20.
Google, McClatchy Collaborating on Local News
Experiment
21.
Facebook Says It Will Block White Nationalist,
White Separatist Posts
22.
Whatever You Do, Don’t Change Your Birth Year to
2007 on Twitter
23.
Weather Channel Sued for $125m over Storm Chase
Death
24.
U-S Energy Secretary Calls Hanford Cleanup Cost
‘Shocking’
25.
Mason County Unemployment Rises Again
26.
Shelton City Council Set to Act on Veterans Tiny
Homes Community
27.
Little Creek Casino Parking Garage Closed Until
Further Notice after Car Fire
28.
Sunday Deadline to Remove Studded Tires in
Washington State
29.
To Get Astronauts Back to the Moon in Five
Years, Pence Is Willing to Bounce Boeing
WORD OF THE DAY
Bifurcate \BYE-fur-kate\ Verb – To cause to divide into two
branches or parts.
Shattered dreams and bitter tears followed the introduction
of the bifurcated “Tiddly Winks Control Act” in Congress. “The matter of
plastic thickness, colors of the playing pieces, even the use of replay in
professional matches should be address in one bill,” bloviated the white-maned Congressman
from the Northeast. “Think about the children! Breaking this issue into separate
bills raises the prospect of much mischief.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Hello Hydropower - Idaho Power Aims to End Use
of Coal & Natural Gas – A ‘Big Deal,’ Conservationist Says (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
2.
Kalispell Meeting Furthers Columbia River Treaty
Negotiations (Montana Public Radio)
3.
The Bonneville Power Administration Could Remove
Thousands of Trees along Eastside Transmission Lines (Seattle Weekly, WA)
5.
NuScale’s Reactors Seen as Hedge Against Future
Climate Rules (Bloomberg News)
6.
Seattle City Light’s Broad Street Substation Is
Now a City Landmark (Curbed Seattle)
7.
Coal Investor Offers to Buy Tennessee Valley
Authority Power Plant Slated for Closure (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
8.
NOAA Opens Consultation on Offshore Fisheries to
Investigate Impacts on Orcas (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
9.
New Fish Count Contractor at Columbia/Snake
Dams; Data Release Delays at Some Dams (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10. US
Senate Kills Green New Deal in What Dems Call ‘Sham’ Vote (Courthouse News
Service)
11. Op/Ed:
Darker Side of Renewables (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
12. How
Statewide Internet Access Would Work in Washington State (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
13. The
Battle for 5G Is Making Carriers Absurdly Petty (Gizmodo)
14. 5G
Is Speedy, But Does It Also Raise the Stakes on Privacy, Security, Potential
Abuse? (USA Today)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
15. Colorado
River Drought Plan Gets First Congressional Hearing (Associated Press)
16. Tiny
Alaska Community of Eek Gets Running Water for First Time (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
17. GOP
Sen. Lamar Alexander Wants to Address Climate Change without the Green New Deal
(National Public Radio)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
18. Women
in Cannabis – And in Portland – Are Breaking the ‘Grass Ceiling’ (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
19. Local
News Is Dying, and Americans Have No Idea (Atlantic Magazine)
20. Google,
McClatchy Collaborating on Local News Experiment (Associated Press)
21. Facebook
Says It Will Block White Nationalist, White Separatist Posts (Washington Post)
22. Whatever
You Do, Don’t Change Your Birth Year to 2007 on Twitter (USA Today)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
23. Weather
Channel Sued for $125m over Storm Chase Death (British Broadcasting Corporation)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
24. U-S
Energy Secretary Calls Hanford Cleanup Cost ‘Shocking’ (Tri-City Herald,
Kennewick, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
25. Mason
County Unemployment Rises Again (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
26. Shelton
City Council Set to Act on Veterans Tiny Homes Community (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
27. Little
Creek Casino Parking Garage Closed Until Further Notice after Car Fire (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
28. Sunday
Deadline to Remove Studded Tires in Washington State (KELA Radio, Centralia,
WA)
29. To
Get Astronauts Back to the Moon in Five Years, Pence Is Willing to Bounce Boeing
(Los Angeles Times, CA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Scott Walker, Experimental Pop
Icon, Dead At 76
‘Aggravated Women, Socially Awkward Men’ Make Seattle the Nation’s
Worst City for Singles, Says Love-Podcast Host
A Tweet Depicting Bagels Sliced Like Loaves of Bread Is
Causing People to Freak Out
Dog-Gone, Dog Now Back – Spectrum Employee Caught on Camera
Stealing Someone’s Dog
SONG OF THE DAY
The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore
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