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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Why Is Weather Forecasting in the Pacific Northwest So
Difficult? (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
After Alert on Russian Hacks, Bigger Push To Protect Power
Grid (National Public Radio)
Clark Public Utilities Doesn’t Foresee Rate Increase – BPA
Weighs Options in Wake of Court’s Dam-Spill Ruling (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Snohomish PUD CEO/General Manager Craig Collar Announces
Retirement (Snohomish PUD, Everett, WA)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2018/04/snohomish-pud-ceogeneral-manager-craig.html
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2018/04/snohomish-pud-ceogeneral-manager-craig.html
Judge Lifts Requirement for Feds To Produce New
Salmon/Steelhead BiOp in 2018; Offers Flexibility (Columbia Basin Bulletin)(
Nevada’s Retail Choice Battle Will Greatly Impact Solar,
Everyone Agrees. But for Better or Worse? (Utility Dive)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Clark Public Utilities Doesn’t Foresee Rate Increase – BPA Weighs Options in Wake of Court’s Dam-Spill Ruling
- Snohomish PUD CEO/General Manager Craig Collar Announces Retirement
- Underground Power Lines Could Be Coming to Tacoma’s Brewery District
- Mason PUD 3 Wins Second Place in Northwest Safety Contest
- Lewis County PUD Equal Payment Plan
- Power in Puerto Rico Restored after Islandwide Blackout
- Lawmakers Urge Feds to Reconsider Tennessee Valley Authority Asset Sale Plan
- Xcel First Utility to Get FAA Approval to Run Inspection Drones Beyond Line of Sight
- Mason County PUD Halts Bitcoin Mining Operations
- Invasion of the Power Snatchers
- Bitcoin Miners Facing Shakeout as Profitability Wanes
- Judge Lifts Requirement for Feds To Produce New Salmon/Steelhead BiOp in 2018; Offers Flexibility
- 8 Months after Farmed-Fish Escape, Lively Atlantic Salmon Caught 40 Miles Upriver
- B.C. First Nation Wins Right to Its Own Commercial Fishery
- Hundreds of 5th Graders Participate in Salmon Release Field Trip
- Thanks BPA: Tribal Fish Restoration Work Highlighted, Awarded $4.9 Million in Federal Money.
- Nevada’s Retail Choice Battle Will Greatly Impact Solar, Everyone Agrees. But for Better or Worse?
- Target Is Tops In Corporate Solar-Energy Users
- The U-S Wind Turbine Database
- After Alert on Russian Hacks, Bigger Push To Protect Power Grid
- Can a Loud Noise Really Bring Down a Data Center?
- Top GOP Lawmaker Says Internet ‘Fast Lanes’ Are Just Like Priority TSA Lines, & Who Doesn’t Love Those?
- Another Voice: A Model for Energy Efficiency in Sacramento
- Senate Confirms Climate Change Denier to Lead NASA
- How Blockchain Will Disrupt the Future of Social Media Influencers
- Egypt’s Mufti Issues Fatwa against Buying Facebook ‘Likes’
- Grow Op Farms in Spokane Valley Expanding Its Already-Huge Marijuana Business
- Attack on Richland Pot Ban Launches on ‘Marijuana Holiday’
- Happy 4/20? How Marijuana Legalization Is Ruining the Unofficial Stoner Holiday.
- State Senator Wants to Stop Seattle from Implementing a Head Tax
- Opportunity Zones - An Incentives to Invest in Lower-Income Areas
- Wells Fargo Said To Be Target of $1 Billion U-S Fine
- Washingtonians Are Less Religious Than Ever, Gallup Poll Finds
- 2 Shelton Power Lifters Break Records at Invitational
- Seahawks 2018 Schedule Features Five Prime-Time Games, Four of Final Five Games at Home
- The Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend. Here’s How to See It.
- Chewing Tobacco Banned at Safeco, Centurylink
Gesamtkunstwerk • \guh-ZAHMT-koonst-verk\ • Noun - From the
German. The total work of art, meaning the architect designs everything, soup
to nuts.
The architect as artist had begun the meeting with a
bright-eyed exuberance. His vision, his gesamtkunstwerk was to be the crowning
achievement…a shining structure in the dusty, Midwest town that would be a
beacon for students everywhere. By the time the design had been festooned with
folk art and rustic, rural design suggestions…his vision had declined into a
thousand square-mile collection of kitsch. ‘Great,’ he mused. ‘I started with
the Guggenheim, and wound up with Green Acres.’
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Clark Public Utilities Doesn’t Foresee Rate Increase – BPA Weighs
Options in Wake of Court’s Dam-Spill Ruling (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Snohomish PUD CEO/General Manager Craig Collar Announces
Retirement (Snohomish PUD, Everett, WA)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2018/04/snohomish-pud-ceogeneral-manager-craig.html
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2018/04/snohomish-pud-ceogeneral-manager-craig.html
Underground Power Lines Could Be Coming to Tacoma’s Brewery
District (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Mason PUD 3 Wins Second Place in Northwest Safety Contest (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Lewis County PUD Equal Payment Plan (KELA Radio, Centralia,
WA)
Power in Puerto Rico Restored after Islandwide Blackout (NBC
News)
Lawmakers Urge Feds to Reconsider Tennessee Valley Authority
Asset Sale Plan (American Public Power Association)
Xcel First Utility to Get FAA Approval to Run Inspection
Drones Beyond Line of Sight (Utility Dive)
BITCOIN, BLOCKCHAIN, OH MY!
Mason County PUD Halts Bitcoin Mining Operations (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Invasion of the Power Snatchers (Capital Press)
Bitcoin Miners Facing Shakeout as Profitability Wanes (SF
Chronicle)
https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Bitcoin-miners-facing-shakeout-as-profitability-12849139.php
FISH & WILDLIFE
Judge Lifts Requirement for Feds To Produce New
Salmon/Steelhead BiOp in 2018; Offers Flexibility (Columbia Basin Bulletin)(
8 Months after Farmed-Fish Escape, Lively Atlantic Salmon
Caught 40 Miles Upriver (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
B.C. First Nation Wins Right to Its Own Commercial Fishery (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
Hundreds of 5th Graders Participate in Salmon Release Field
Trip (KNDO/KNDU,-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Thanks BPA: Tribal Fish Restoration Work Highlighted, Awarded
$4.9 Million in Federal Money. (Blue Mountain Eagle, John Day, OR)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Nevada’s Retail Choice Battle Will Greatly Impact Solar,
Everyone Agrees. But for Better or Worse? (Utility Dive)
Target Is Tops In Corporate Solar-Energy Users (Denver
Business Journal, CO)
The U-S Wind Turbine Database (U-S Geological Survey)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
After Alert on Russian Hacks, Bigger Push To Protect Power
Grid (National Public Radio)
Can a Loud Noise Really Bring Down a Data Center? (Gizmodo)
Top GOP Lawmaker Says Internet ‘Fast Lanes’ Are Just Like
Priority TSA Lines, & Who Doesn’t Love Those? (Gizmodo)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Another Voice: A Model for Energy Efficiency in Sacramento (Sacramento
Business Journal, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Senate Confirms Climate Change Denier to Lead NASA
(Huffington Post)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
How Blockchain Will Disrupt the Future of Social Media
Influencers (AdWeek)
Egypt’s Mufti Issues Fatwa against Buying Facebook ‘Likes’ (Associated
Press)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Grow Op Farms in Spokane Valley Expanding Its Already-Huge
Marijuana Business (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Attack on Richland Pot Ban Launches on ‘Marijuana Holiday’ (Tri-City
Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Happy 4/20? How Marijuana Legalization Is Ruining the Unofficial
Stoner Holiday. (Washington Post)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
State Senator Wants to Stop Seattle from Implementing a Head
Tax (Associated Press)
Opportunity Zones - An Incentives to Invest in Lower-Income
Areas (Washington State Department of Commerce, Olympia)
GENERAL NEWS
Wells Fargo Said To Be Target of $1 Billion U-S Fine (SF
Chronicle)
Washingtonians Are Less Religious Than Ever, Gallup Poll
Finds (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
2 Shelton Power Lifters Break Records at Invitational (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Seahawks 2018 Schedule Features Five Prime-Time Games, Four of
Final Five Games at Home (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
The Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend. Here’s How to
See It. (Mashable)
Chewing Tobacco Banned at Safeco, Centurylink (Associated
Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Bear Destroys SUV, Starts Honking Horn after Accidentally
Locking Itself Inside
Read the Sweet Letter Barbara Bush Once Wrote to Marge
Simpson
Alabama Mayor: ‘Poop Train’ Finally Empty; Sludge Gone
Walla Walla Sweet Onions Become Washington’s Official State
Vegetable on April 20, 2007.
SONG OF THE DAY
Dave Berry - The Crying Game
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