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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Equipment Failure Causes Large Power Outage in Downtown
Seattle (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Feds Reject Request to Lift Snake River Fall Chinook Listing
(Associated Press)
Franklin PUD Community Solar Making Power, Shade (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Thieves Steal Stream Monitoring Equipment at Multiple
Washington State Rivers (Everett Herald, WA)
Olympic Panel of Shelton Will Close at the Cost of 217 Jobs (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Equipment Failure Causes Large Power Outage in Downtown Seattle
- Lessons Learned from Seattle’s Major Power Outage
- Montana Power Plant Needs New Operator by May 2018
- Bear Cub Rescued from Bonneville Power Administration Substation in Shelton Returns Home
- Vancouver Planning Commission Votes to Prohibit Oil Terminals on City Land
- Pacific Gas & Electric Accuses Prosecutors of Deceptions in San Bruno Blast Probe
- Lewis County PUD Equal Payment Plan
- Tennessee: Watts Bar Nuclear Unit Splits Atoms for First Time
- Bonneville Power Administration Celebrates 75th Anniversary of Woody Guthrie’s Columbia River Songs
- Feds Reject Request to Lift Snake River Fall Chinook Listing
- Washington State, Tribes Reaching Agreement over Puget Sound Salmon Fishing
- Michigan Officials to Consider Rules on Fish ‘Chumming’
- Salmon Passage Debate Nets State Title for Reardan FFA
- Thieves Steal Stream Monitoring Equipment at Multiple Washington State Rivers
- Congress Wading into California’s Long-Running Water War
- Franklin PUD Community Solar Making Power, Shade
- Clallam PUD’s Solar Project Perseveres
- Nevada: Millions Raised on Both Sides of Rooftop Solar Tax Initiative Referendum
- With Huge Peace River Dam Project in the Wings, Two British Columbia Wind Farm Projects Halted
- LED Sales Top 25% of Market for First Time, More Growth to Come
- EnerNOC Is Selling Its Utility Engagement Software Business
- Planning a Trip? Here’s How to Save Energy at Home While You’re Gone
- Mason County’s Green Economy: Marijuana Sales Grow
- Federal Marijuana Smuggling Is Declining In The Era Of Legal Weed
- Cloud Seeding Challenges Our Understanding of Global Warming
- Editorial: The Portland School Board’s Climate-Change Meltdown
- Solar Impulse lands in Pennsylvania
- Microsoft Denies Forcing Windows 10 Upgrade
- AT&T’s Broadband Caps Go Live This Week – The Opening Salvo in an All-Out War on Cord Cutters
- Verizon Strike Heads for Court Showdown Thursday
- Virginia: Norfolk Bringing Free Public Wi-Fi to Neighborhood
- Tech Five: Twitter Ditching the Buy Button
- Is Vine Dying? A new analysis finds a “mass exodus” of the platform’s most popular accounts
- KPLU Supporters Reach $7 Million Mark
- South Bend Apologizes for Lifting Salt Lake’s Tourism Campaign Almost Wholesale
- Six Visual Apps for Creating Social Media Content
- LGBT Fight Sinks House Energy & Water Spending Bill
- Trump Reaches the Magic Number to Clinch Republican Presidential Nomination
- Olympic Panel of Shelton Will Close at the Cost of 217 Jobs
- Washington State Prepping Early for Wildfire Season
- Traffic Fatalities in the Pacific Northwest Rising at Fastest Rate in the Country
- Mason County Commission Renews Chemical Dependency, Mental Health Sales Tax
- Reception Held for Dave O’Leary, Retiring Shelton City Administrator
- Bing Cherry Crop a “Disaster”; 30 Percent Could Be Lost
- Canadians Shamed for Disrespecting Iconic American Landmarks
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agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest
something unpleasant; also: the expression so substituted
“Never answer your cell phone in the bathroom,” advised the
grizzled information technology professional to his fresh-faced new charge. “If
you do, the euphemism should always be ‘I’m in the equipment room.’ That always
explains the odd echo.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Equipment Failure Causes Large Power Outage in Downtown
Seattle (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Lessons Learned from Seattle’s Major Power Outage (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Montana Power Plant Needs New Operator by May 2018 (Associated Press)
Bear Cub Rescued from Bonneville Power Administration
Substation in Shelton Returns Home (Bonneville
Power Administration)
Vancouver Planning Commission Votes to Prohibit Oil
Terminals on City Land
Pacific Gas & Electric Accuses Prosecutors of Deceptions
in San Bruno Blast Probe (SF
Chronicle)
Lewis County PUD Equal Payment Plan (KELA Radio, Centralia,
WA)
Tennessee: Watts Bar Nuclear Unit Splits Atoms for First
Time (Electric Co-op Today)
Bonneville Power Administration Celebrates 75th Anniversary
of Woody Guthrie’s Columbia River Songs (Bonneville Power Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Feds Reject Request to Lift Snake River Fall Chinook Listing
(Associated Press)
Washington State, Tribes Reaching Agreement over Puget Sound
Salmon Fishing (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Michigan Officials to Consider Rules on Fish ‘Chumming’ (Associated Press)
Salmon Passage Debate Nets State Title for Reardan FFA (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Thieves Steal Stream Monitoring Equipment at Multiple Washington
State Rivers (Everett Herald, WA)
Congress Wading into California’s Long-Running Water War (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Franklin PUD Community Solar Making Power, Shade (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Clallam PUD’s Solar Project Perseveres (Sequim Gazette, WA)
Nevada: Millions Raised on Both Sides of Rooftop Solar Tax
Initiative Referendum (Las Vegas Review Journal, NV)
With Huge Peace River Dam Project in the Wings, Two British
Columbia Wind Farm Projects Halted (Globe & Mail, Canada)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
LED Sales Top 25% of Market for First Time, More Growth to Come
(The Energy Collective)
EnerNOC Is Selling Its Utility Engagement Software Business
(GreenTech Media)
Planning a Trip? Here’s How to Save Energy at Home While You’re
Gone (Grist Online)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Mason County’s Green Economy: Marijuana Sales Grow (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Federal Marijuana
Smuggling Is Declining In The Era Of Legal Weed (Washington Post)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Cloud Seeding Challenges Our Understanding of Global Warming
(Christian Science Monitor)
Editorial: The Portland School Board’s Climate-Change
Meltdown (Oregonian, Portland)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Solar Impulse lands in Pennsylvania (British Broadcasting Corporation)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft Denies Forcing Windows 10 Upgrade (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
AT&T’s Broadband Caps Go Live This Week – The Opening
Salvo in an All-Out War on Cord Cutters (TechDirt)
Verizon Strike Heads for Court Showdown Thursday (Trenton
News Journal, DE)
Virginia: Norfolk Bringing Free Public Wi-Fi to Neighborhood
(Associated Press)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Tech Five: Twitter Ditching the Buy Button (USA Today)
Is Vine Dying? A new analysis finds a “mass exodus” of the platform’s
most popular accounts (Atlantic Magazine)
KPLU Supporters Reach $7 Million Mark (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
South Bend Apologizes for Lifting Salt Lake’s Tourism
Campaign Almost Wholesale (AdWeek)
Six Visual Apps for Creating Social Media Content (Social
Media Examiner)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
LGBT Fight Sinks House Energy & Water Spending Bill
(Politico)
Trump Reaches the Magic Number to Clinch Republican
Presidential Nomination (Associated
Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Olympic Panel of Shelton Will Close at the Cost of 217 Jobs (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
Washington State Prepping Early for Wildfire Season (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Traffic Fatalities in the Pacific Northwest Rising at Fastest
Rate in the Country (Northwest Public Radio)
Mason County Commission Renews Chemical Dependency, Mental
Health Sales Tax (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
Reception Held for Dave O’Leary, Retiring Shelton City
Administrator (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Bing Cherry Crop a “Disaster”; 30 Percent Could Be Lost (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Canadians Shamed for Disrespecting Iconic American Landmarks
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/yellowstone-internet-shaming-videos-1.3600196?cmp=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
The 100 Best American Movies in Film History
This Man Lived as a Goat for Nearly a Week – We Asked Him
Why (Washington Post)
The Best African American Figure Skater in History is Now
Bankrupt & Living in a Trailer
McDonald’s Makes Green & Red Angry Birds Burgers, Just
Makes People Angry
SONG OF THE DAY
Jethro Tull – Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day
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