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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington Dam Managers Say Their Big Concrete Structures
Are Earthquake Ready (Northwest Public Radio)
Explosive 737 MAX Text Messages Reveal Boeing Knew of
Control System Problems In 2016, Misled FAA (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Pacific Gas & Electric Chief Says Blackout ‘Cannot
Become the Status Quo’ (NY Times)
Walleye ‘Catch & Kill’ Regulations Instituted in Montana
(Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
Pacific Northwest National Lab Develops Research Model to
Help Predict Effects of Climate Change in Washington State Waterways (KNDO/KNDU
TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Washington Dam Managers Say Their Big Concrete
Structures Are Earthquake Ready
2.
Pacific Gas & Electric Chief Says Blackout
‘Cannot Become the Status Quo’
3.
Should Edison Have Shut Off More Power Before
Saddleridge Fire? California Blackout Debate Rages
4.
Kinbasket Reservoir Important in Columbia River
Treaty Talks
5.
Mason PUD 3 Electricity is 98 Percent Carbon
Free
6.
Jacksonville Council Members Strike Conciliatory
Tone as They Engage with Jacksonville Energy Authority Sale Process
7.
Natural Gas Inventories Surpass Five-Year
Average for the First Time in Two Years
8.
Frog Involved in Montana Power Outage
9.
Walleye ‘Catch & Kill’ Regulations
Instituted in Montana
10.
Dozens of Environmental Groups Line Up to
Support Endangered Orcas’ Recovery
11.
Skagit, Kitsap, Clallam Counties – Comment
Period Extended for Proposed Steelhead Farms
12.
Planting of Fish Carcasses Brings Nutrients to
Upper Washougal River
13.
Dogs in the Northwest Are Susceptible to Salmon
Poisoning
14.
From Apple to Wineries, Businesses Turn to Solar
in Midst of Power Outages
15.
Deal on Wood Pellets to Japan to Help British
Columbia’s Struggling Forest Industry: Horgan
16.
So It Begins: ReConnect Program, USDA Invests
$2.85 Million in Rural Broadband for Tennessee Families
17.
Pacific Northwest National Lab Develops Research
Model to Help Predict Effects of Climate Change in Washington State Waterways
18.
Tribes Are Pushing Washington to Be the First
State to Declare a Climate Emergency
19.
All-Electric Homes Offer a Prototype for
Low-Carbon Housing in Colorado
20.
How Climate Change Impacts Wine
21.
Climate Protesters Dragged from Top of London
Underground Train
22.
President Trump Taps Perry Deputy to Replace Him
at Energy Department
23.
Explosive 737 MAX Text Messages Reveal Boeing
Knew of Control System Problems In 2016, Misled FAA
24.
Mason County: Aging Northwest Jails Endanger
Lives, But Replacing Them Is Costly & Controversial
25.
YMCA Is Breaking Ground in Shelton, & Making
History
26.
‘Totally Avoidable’: Three Firms Fined in
Seattle Crane Collapse
27.
Overnight RV Parking in Hawks Prairie Likely
Won’t Happen, Lacey Officials Say
28.
First All-Female Spacewalking Team Makes History
WORD OF THE DAY
Discombobulate • \diss-cum-BOB-yuh-late\ • Verb - Upset,
confuse
The house of mirrors trapped the two teen-aged vandals, like
a cat with a terrified mouse between its paws. Intent on wreaking carnage on
the small, traveling carnival…the instead became the victims of the enchanted structure.
Their every turn discombobulated them more. Their confusion turned to unbidden
fear. The carnival’s evil clown appeared, sending the pair into fits of
shrieking as he performed by creating balloon animals until dawn.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Washington Dam Managers Say Their Big Concrete
Structures Are Earthquake Ready (Northwest Public Radio)
2.
Pacific Gas & Electric Chief Says Blackout ‘Cannot
Become the Status Quo’ (NY Times)
3.
Should Edison Have Shut Off More Power Before Saddleridge
Fire? California Blackout Debate Rages (Los Angeles Times, CA)
4.
Kinbasket Reservoir Important in Columbia River
Treaty Talks (The Golden Star, BC)
5.
Mason PUD 3 Electricity is 98 Percent Carbon
Free (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
6.
Jacksonville Council Members Strike Conciliatory
Tone as They Engage with Jacksonville Energy Authority Sale Process
(Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
7.
Natural Gas Inventories Surpass Five-Year
Average for the First Time in Two Years (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
8.
Frog Involved in Montana Power Outage (Valley
Journal, Ronan, MT)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Walleye ‘Catch & Kill’ Regulations
Instituted in Montana (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
10. Dozens
of Environmental Groups Line Up to Support Endangered Orcas’ Recovery (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
11. Skagit,
Kitsap, Clallam Counties – Comment Period Extended for Proposed Steelhead Farms
(Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, WA)
12. Planting
of Fish Carcasses Brings Nutrients to Upper Washougal River (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
13. Dogs
in the Northwest Are Susceptible to Salmon Poisoning (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
14. From
Apple to Wineries, Businesses Turn to Solar in Midst of Power Outages (Washington
Post)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
16. So
It Begins: ReConnect Program, USDA Invests $2.85 Million in Rural Broadband for
Tennessee Families (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
17. Pacific
Northwest National Lab Develops Research Model to Help Predict Effects of Climate
Change in Washington State Waterways (KNDO/KNDU TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
18. Tribes
Are Pushing Washington to Be the First State to Declare a Climate Emergency (Gizmodo)
19. All-Electric
Homes Offer a Prototype for Low-Carbon Housing in Colorado (Energy News Network)
20. How
Climate Change Impacts Wine (NY Times)
21. Climate
Protesters Dragged from Top of London Underground Train (British Broadcasting
Corporation)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
22. President
Trump Taps Perry Deputy to Replace Him at Energy Department (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
23. Explosive
737 MAX Text Messages Reveal Boeing Knew of Control System Problems In 2016, Misled
FAA (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
24. Mason
County: Aging Northwest Jails Endanger Lives, But Replacing Them Is Costly &
Controversial (Northwest Public Radio)
25. YMCA
Is Breaking Ground in Shelton, & Making History (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
26. ‘Totally
Avoidable’: Three Firms Fined in Seattle Crane Collapse (Associated Press)
27. Overnight
RV Parking in Hawks Prairie Likely Won’t Happen, Lacey Officials Say (Olympian,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
28. First
All-Female Spacewalking Team Makes History (Associated Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Oh Rats! Rodents Blamed for Starting Wenatchee Vehicle Fire
Crowd Watches Hawks Scare Away Crows in Downtown Portland
Homeowner Censors ‘Mooning’ Pumpkin Man Halloween Display
After Complaints
SOS Spotted on Camera Saves Missing Australian Camper
SONG OF THE DAY
ABBA – S.O.S.
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