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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Judge OKs $235 Million in Bonuses for Pacific Gas &
Electric Employees, as Company Struggles with Bankruptcy (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Charter Fishing Fleet Casts Wary Eye Toward Possible Fishing
Cutbacks to Save Orcas (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
‘I Want Salmon Back in Idaho.’ Simpson Seeks Bold Action
after $16 Billion Spent on Recovery (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Murray: Proposal Would Create Grants to Help Rural Areas Get
High-Speed Internet (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Oregon Trash Incinerator Burns Through Campaign Cash in
Green Energy Push (Oregonian, Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Judge OKs $235 Million in Bonuses for Pacific
Gas & Electric Employees, as Company Struggles with Bankruptcy
2.
Washington & Nevada Join the Swelling List
of States Aiming for 100% Clean Power
3.
Irrigators, Grant PUD to Discuss Rate Structure
May 1
4.
Op/Ed: When the Electricity Market Is the
Problem
5.
Charter Fishing Fleet Casts Wary Eye Toward
Possible Fishing Cutbacks to Save Orcas
6.
‘I Want Salmon Back in Idaho.’ Simpson Seeks
Bold Action after $16 Billion Spent on Recovery
7.
News Release: Idahoans Take Lead on Snake River
Salmon Restoration
8.
Increased Protections Sought for Coho Salmon in
Oregon Coastal Rivers
9.
Salmon Fishing Closure on Columbia No Surprise
to Washington State Fish & Wildlife Commissioner
10.
Op/Ed: Conserving Tiny Forage Fish, The Heroes
of Our Shared Ocean Ecosystem
11.
Oregon Trash Incinerator Burns Through Campaign
Cash in Green Energy Push
12.
Energy Adviser: Idea Fair Brims with Reliable,
Local Pros
13.
Murray: Proposal Would Create Grants to Help
Rural Areas Get High-Speed Internet
14.
Montana: Gianforte Touts Rural Broadband in
Bozeman Visit
15.
T-Mobile Says Verizon’s mmWave 5G Won’t Really
Benefit Most Americans
16.
Google Maps Adds Live Electric Vehicle Charger
Information
17.
Sequim, Clallam Officials Tour Proposed Site of
Dungeness River Reservoir
18.
Three Progressive Groups Oppose Oregon Cap &
Trade Bill
19.
Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5 Billion by
F.T.C. Over Privacy Issues
20.
To Write with Power You Must Find the Essence of
Things
21.
‘Approximately the Size of Our Truck’: Massive
Chunks Falling from Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach
22.
City Authority in Rights-of-Way
23.
Largest E-Recycling Fraud in U.S. History Sends
Owners of Kent Firm to Prison
24.
Cowlitz County: Thousands Line Streets to Say
Goodbye to Deputy DeRosier
25.
Gas Prices Surge ‘Unabated’ in South Puget
Sound, Elsewhere
26.
Mason County Unemployment Drops in March
27.
Shelton Man Accused of Faking Injury to Collect
$70,000 in Workers’ Comp Benefits
28.
City of Shelton Receives Tree City USA
Designation for Sixth Consecutive Year
29.
Campground Opening Dates for the Olympic
National Forest
WORD OF THE DAY
Misconstrue • \miss-kun-STREW\ • Verb – To understand or
explain wrongly: misinterpret
Construe • \kun-STREW\ • Verb – 1: to analyze the
arrangement & connection of words in 2: to understand or explain the sense
or intention of usually in a particular way or with respect to a given set of
circumstances
“I don’t want you to construe that you misconstrued my prior
statement regarding the appropriateness of your garb,” puffed the imposing
clothing designer to his diminutive, mousy assistant. “What I meant to say is:
go home and change.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Judge OKs $235 Million in Bonuses for Pacific Gas &
Electric Employees, as Company Struggles with Bankruptcy (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Washington & Nevada Join the Swelling List of States
Aiming for 100% Clean Power (Grist Online)
Irrigators, Grant PUD to Discuss Rate Structure May 1
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Op/Ed: When the Electricity Market Is the Problem (Morning
Consult)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Charter Fishing Fleet Casts Wary Eye Toward Possible Fishing
Cutbacks to Save Orcas (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
‘I Want Salmon Back in Idaho.’ Simpson Seeks Bold Action after
$16 Billion Spent on Recovery (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
News Release: Idahoans Take Lead on Snake River Salmon
Restoration (Natural Resources Defense Council – Hells Canyon Complex, Anyone?)
Increased Protections Sought for Coho Salmon in Oregon
Coastal Rivers (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Salmon Fishing Closure on Columbia No Surprise to Washington
State Fish & Wildlife Commissioner (NCW Life Channel, East Wenatchee, WA)
Op/Ed: Conserving Tiny Forage Fish, The Heroes of Our Shared
Ocean Ecosystem (The Hill, Washington, DC)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Oregon Trash Incinerator Burns Through Campaign Cash in
Green Energy Push (Oregonian, Portland)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Adviser: Idea Fair Brims with Reliable, Local Pros (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Murray: Proposal Would Create Grants to Help Rural Areas Get
High-Speed Internet (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Montana: Gianforte Touts Rural Broadband in Bozeman Visit (Bozeman
Daily Chronicle, MT)
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/politics/gianforte-touts-rural-broadband-in-bozeman-visit/article_01aaf7e8-fc36-520b-949e-fe0405d2e959.html
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/politics/gianforte-touts-rural-broadband-in-bozeman-visit/article_01aaf7e8-fc36-520b-949e-fe0405d2e959.html
T-Mobile Says Verizon’s mmWave 5G Won’t Really Benefit Most Americans
(BGR)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
Google Maps Adds Live Electric Vehicle Charger Information (Utility
Dive)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Sequim, Clallam Officials Tour Proposed Site of Dungeness
River Reservoir (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Three Progressive Groups Oppose Oregon Cap & Trade Bill
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5 Billion by F.T.C. Over
Privacy Issues (NY Times)
To Write with Power You Must Find the Essence of Things
(Medium – Some PG-13 Language)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
‘Approximately the Size of Our Truck’: Massive Chunks
Falling from Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
City Authority in Rights-of-Way (Pots & Pans)
GENERAL NEWS
Largest E-Recycling Fraud in U.S. History Sends Owners of Kent
Firm to Prison (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Cowlitz County: Thousands Line Streets to Say Goodbye to Deputy
DeRosier (Longview Daily News, WA)
Gas Prices Surge ‘Unabated’ in South Puget Sound, Elsewhere
(KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Mason County Unemployment Drops in March (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Shelton Man Accused of Faking Injury to Collect $70,000 in Workers’
Comp Benefits (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
City of Shelton Receives Tree City USA Designation for Sixth
Consecutive Year (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Campground Opening Dates for the Olympic National Forest (Thurston
Talk, Olympia, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Thieves Pinch Rifles as Kenyan Police Watch Champions League
Football
Why You Should Examine Your Spare Change This Week
A High School’s New Dress Code Bans Leggings, Pajamas & Silk
Bonnets — For Parents
Colorado TV Tech Charged after Giving Customer ‘Bear Hug’
SONG OF THE DAY
Pink Floyd – Money
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