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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Study: U.S. Would Lose Over $2.3 Billion by Breaching Lower
Snake River Dams (Pacific Northwest Waterways Association)
Newport Smelter Company Quiet as Pend Oreille Officials End
Agreement (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
Snohomish PUD Board Approves Time-of-Day Rate Pilot
(American Public Power Association)
Spokane Considering Forgiving 14 Years of Unpaid Utility
Bills They Believe Would Be Legally Difficult to Collect (Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, WA)
Massive Snowfall & Heavy Precipitation Will Pummel the Cascades
This Week (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Snohomish PUD Board Approves Time-of-Day Rate
Pilot
2.
Spokane Considering Forgiving 14 Years of Unpaid
Utility Bills They Believe Would Be Legally Difficult to Collect
3.
Powerful Lines: Seattle City Light’s Approach to
Keep Its Customers Out of the Dark
4.
WPUDA’s George Caan Tapped to Serve on Energy
Strategy Advisory Committee
5.
Navajo Maintains Electric Line That Carried
Coal-Fired Power
6.
The Northeast’s Energy Problem Is an Opportunity
for These Three Utilities – Meaning, Rate Hikes
7.
Study: U.S. Would Lose Over $2.3 Billion by
Breaching Lower Snake River Dams
8.
Washington State Dam Breach Study Impacts
Idahoans
9.
Why a New Report Examining Dams Along the Snake
River Is Unlikely to Break Through the Logjam
10.
Public Invited to Clarkston-Pasco-Vancouver
Workshops on Question of Snake River Dams
11.
Wahkiakum County Included in Lawsuit Against
Marbled Murrelet Conservation Plan
12.
Counting Whales from Space Pitched as Key to
Saving Them
13.
Grand Teton Park to Begin Killing Invasive
Mountain Goats
14.
Environmental Impact Statement for Pebble Mine
Project Delayed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
15.
‘It’s an Atomic Bomb’: Australia Deploys
Military as Fires Spread
16.
Newport Smelter Company Quiet as Pend Oreille
Officials End Agreement
17.
California: AT&T Fights Denial of Broadband
Antenna Tower in Rural Placer County
18.
U.S. House Advances Two Walden-Supported Bills
to Expand Rural Broadband
19.
Looking for an Electric Vehicle Charging Station
in Your State? It May Take a While.
20.
California Eyes Climate Bond to Prepare for
Disasters
21.
Trump Administration Rule Would Exclude Climate
Change in Infrastructure Planning
22.
Geoengineering Wouldn’t Be Enough to Stop
Greenland From Melting
23.
Oregon Marijuana Industry Deals with Growing
Pains
24.
Editorial: Does Stinky Marijuana Need a Task
Force Study? A Washington State Senator Wants One. We Have Questions.
25.
‘They’ Is the Word of the Decade
26.
Smiley Faces Haida Style: Totem Carver Rolls Out
Emojis for the Digital Age
27.
Composted Cows a Success Story for Some, A
Concern for Others
28.
Get Ready For 13 Full Moons, Two Supermoons
& a Blue Moon in 2020, NASA Says
29.
Washington State Rep. Kristine Reeves Is Running
for Congress
30.
Chinook Tribe Back in Court Monday on Long Quest
to Regain Federal Recognition
31.
Two Die in Belfair Tahuya Head-On – UPDATED
32.
Hit & Run Pedestrian Fatality on 101 North
of Shelton
33.
Massive Snowfall & Heavy Precipitation Will
Pummel the Cascades This Week
34.
Stormy This Week, Then Season’s First Arctic
Blast Coming Next?
35.
The Crisis Clinic of Thurston & Mason
Counties Is Facing a Crisis of Its Own
36.
Nation’s Growth May Be Slowing, But Washington
Is Adding Babies Faster Than Other States
37.
Port Angeles to Victoria Ferry Coho Out for
Month’s Maintenance Beginning Today
WORD OF THE DAY
Eavesdrop • \EEVES-drop\ • Verb - To listen secretly to what
is said in private
At one time, the arched roof of the 1800-era US House
chambers in Washington, DC provided a secret way for opposing Congressmen to
hear the nefarious plotting of their counterparts. “This is a most excellent
spot for eavesdropping,” mused Congressman John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts,
as he leaned back in his creaking, wooden chair. “The whispered conversations
bounce most effectively off the ceiling, directly to my desk in this esteemed
chamber.”
From Merriam Webster: Originally this word had nothing to do
with snooping. Eavesdrop started off literally: first it referred to the water
that fell from the eaves of a house, then it came to mean the ground where that
water fell. Eventually, eavesdropper described someone who stood within the
eavesdrop of a house to overhear a conversation inside. Over time, the word
obtained its current meaning: “to listen secretly to what is said in private.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Snohomish PUD Board Approves Time-of-Day Rate
Pilot (American Public Power Association)
2.
Spokane Considering Forgiving 14 Years of Unpaid
Utility Bills They Believe Would Be Legally Difficult to Collect (Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, WA)
3.
Powerful Lines: Seattle City Light’s Approach to
Keep Its Customers Out of the Dark (Seattle City Light, WA)
4.
WPUDA’s George Caan Tapped to Serve on Energy
Strategy Advisory Committee (Washington PUD Association)
5.
Navajo maintains electric line that carried
coal-fired power (Associated Press)
6.
The Northeast’s Energy Problem Is an Opportunity
for These Three Utilities – Meaning, Rate Hikes (The Motley Fool)
DAM STORIES
7.
Study: U.S. Would Lose Over $2.3 Billion by
Breaching Lower Snake River Dams (Pacific Northwest Waterways Association)
8.
Washington State Dam Breach Study Impacts Idahoans
(LEW-TV, Lewiston, ID)
9.
Why a New Report Examining Dams Along the Snake
River Is Unlikely to Break Through the Logjam (The Inlander, Spokane, WA)
10.
Public Invited to Clarkston-Pasco-Vancouver
Workshops on Question of Snake River Dams (Northwest News Network – Will the ‘Rapping
Orca’ be there?)
FISH & WILDLIFE
11.
Wahkiakum County Included in Lawsuit Against
Marbled Murrelet Conservation Plan (Longview Daily News, WA)
12.
Counting Whales from Space Pitched as Key to Saving
Them (Associated Press)
13.
Grand Teton Park to Begin Killing Invasive
Mountain Goats (Associated Press)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
14.
Environmental Impact Statement for Pebble Mine Project
Delayed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (KTUU-TV, Anchorage, AK)
15.
‘It’s an Atomic Bomb’: Australia Deploys
Military as Fires Spread (NY Times)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
16.
Newport Smelter Company Quiet as Pend Oreille Officials
End Agreement (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
17.
California: AT&T Fights Denial of Broadband
Antenna Tower in Rural Placer County (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
18.
U.S. House Advances Two Walden-Supported Bills to
Expand Rural Broadband (The Ripon Advance)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
19.
Looking for an Electric Vehicle Charging Station
in Your State? It May Take a While. (Mashable)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
20.
California Eyes Climate Bond to Prepare for Disasters
(Associated Press)
21.
Trump Administration Rule Would Exclude Climate
Change in Infrastructure Planning (NY Times)
22.
Geoengineering Wouldn’t Be Enough to Stop Greenland
From Melting (Gizmodo)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
23.
Oregon Marijuana Industry Deals with Growing
Pains (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
24.
Editorial: Does Stinky Marijuana Need a Task
Force Study? A Washington State Senator Wants One. We Have Questions. (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
25.
‘They’ Is the Word of the Decade (Mashable)
26.
Smiley Faces Haida Style: Totem Carver Rolls Out
Emojis for the Digital Age (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
27.
Composted Cows a Success Story for Some, A Concern
for Others (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
28.
Get Ready For 13 Full Moons, Two Supermoons &
a Blue Moon in 2020, NASA Says (Sacramento Bee, CA)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
29.
Washington State Rep. Kristine Reeves Is Running
for Congress (Washington State, Wire)
30.
Chinook Tribe Back in Court Monday on Long Quest
to Regain Federal Recognition (Northwest News Network)
GENERAL NEWS
31.
Two Die in Belfair Tahuya Head-On – UPDATED (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
32.
Hit & Run Pedestrian Fatality on 101 North
of Shelton (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
33.
Massive Snowfall & Heavy Precipitation Will
Pummel the Cascades This Week (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
34.
Stormy This Week, Then Season’s First Arctic
Blast Coming Next? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
35.
The Crisis Clinic of Thurston & Mason
Counties Is Facing a Crisis of Its Own (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
36.
Nation’s Growth May Be Slowing, But Washington Is
Adding Babies Faster Than Other States (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
37.
Port Angeles to Victoria Ferry Coho Out for
Month’s Maintenance Beginning Today (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Police: Man & Goat Taken on Terrifying Three-State Drive
Column: ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ (1924) Just Reached the Public
Domain, Showing the Insanity of U.S. Copyright Law
Somebody Released Bedbugs Inside a Walmart. Pennsylvania Authorities
Want to Know Who - & Why.
Ballooning Dispute: America’s Giant Inflatable Rats Under
Attack
SONG OF THE DAY
Ella Fitzgerald, Andre Previn – I’ve Got a Crush on You,
Someone to Watch Over Me, Embraceable You
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