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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Pacific Northwest Tribes Want Ecological Concerns
Prioritized in Columbia River Treaty Negotiations (Montana Public Radio)
$250 Pacific Gas & Electric Bill: Utility’s Customers
Will Pay 50 Percent More If Wildfires Erupt Again, Report Warns (San Jose
Mercury News, CA)
U.S. Senate Tries to Get a Read on Broadband Mapping –
Bipartisan support for better data much in evidence (Multichannel News)
Bags of Cash, Armed Guards & Wary Banks: The Edgy Life
of a Cannabis Company CFO (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
Shelton’s Olympic Highway North Reopens Friday, Short-Term
Closure on Northcliff Monday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Pacific Northwest Tribes Want Ecological
Concerns Prioritized in Columbia River Treaty Negotiations
2.
$250 Pacific Gas & Electric Bill: Utility’s
Customers Will Pay 50 Percent More If Wildfires Erupt Again, Report Warns
3.
Montana Advanced Metering Infrastructure Bill
Moves Past Policy ‘Animosity’, Eases State into Smart Meter Technology
4.
Rate Increase Proposed by Klickitat PUD
5.
Clallam PUD Approves Pay Raises for Union
Employees
6.
Fill ‘Er Up... With Hydrogen? Washington Utility
Eager to Branch into H2 Fuel Production
7.
New Tennessee Valley Authority CEO Visits
Memphis: Life without TVA? ‘You Have Some Important Decisions to Make’
8.
Utility Damage from Digging Decreased in 2018,
UTC Reports
9.
Corps Installing Fish Passage Smolt Slides at
Chittenden Locks in Ballard
10.
Two More Days of Spring Chinook Fishing –
Harvest Managers Wonder If Looking at ‘Really Poor Run’
11.
Woman on a 17-Day Hunger Strike to Save Southern
Resident Orcas
12.
Wind Industry Prepares for Massive Expansion
13.
US Energy CEOs See Future Power System That
Includes Renewables, Gas & Storage
14.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Launches Major Campaign
to Get in Front of the Green New Deal
15.
U.S. Senate Tries to Get a Read on Broadband
Mapping – Bipartisan support for better data much in evidence
16.
On Broadband Mapping – Hood Canal Communications
GM Testifies in Washington, D.C.
17.
Video: U.S. Senate Committee Digging into Issues
of Rural Broadband
18.
Net Neutrality Vote Passes House, Fulfilling
Promise by Democrats
19.
Oregon: Columbia County Commissioners Ask
Residents to Clock Internet Speed
20.
Julian Assange Arrested, Faces U.S. Charges
Related to 2010 WikiLeaks Releases
21.
Yahoo to Pay $117.5 Million in Latest Settlement
of Massive Breach
22.
Montana Approves Bill to Allow Utility Power
Sales to EV Charging Stations
23.
California City, Environmentalists Duke Out
Chromium 6 Water Woes
24.
Alaska Relies on Ice. What Happens When It Can’t
Be Trusted?
25.
Bags of Cash, Armed Guards & Wary Banks: The
Edgy Life of a Cannabis Company CFO
26.
Attorney General Barr: U.S. Law Protecting
State-Legal Marijuana Trumps Current Situation
27.
Social Media Execs Fight Censorship Claims in
U.S. Senate
28.
Who Says Old-Fashioned Street Photography Is
Dead?
29.
Israeli Spacecraft Closes in for Historic Moon
Landing
30.
At CNN Town Hall, Gov. Inslee Says He’d Have
Grounded Boeing Planes Sooner, Calls Company Tax Breaks Extortion
31.
Griffey Bill: Washington State Legislature
Eliminates Statute of Limitations for Child Sex Crimes
32.
EPA Snubs Ecology, Tribes Over Attempts to
Reverse State’s Clean Water Rule
33.
Taxpayers Cry ‘#TaxScam’ as Total Refunds Are
Down by $6 Billion
34.
Shelton’s Olympic Highway North Reopens Friday,
Short-Term Closure on Northcliff Monday
35.
Fire Destroys Carport at Shelton Home
36.
No Reason to Worry Yet About Summer Drought in
the Pacific Northwest
37.
Giant Storm in Central U.S. Has Unleashed All
Sorts of Extreme Weather – It’s Still Dumping Snow
WORD OF THE DAY
Diorama • \die-uh-RAM-uh • Noun - 1: a scenic representation
in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an
opening 2a: a scenic representation in which sculptured figures & lifelike
details are displayed usually in miniature so as to blend indistinguishably
with a realistic painted background b: a life-size exhibit (as of a wildlife
specimen or scene) with realistic natural surroundings & a painted
background
The museum’s gray-haired docent glided silently across the
buff-waxed floors to the latest diorama, which had been meticulously
constructed and sealed by the normally attentive maintenance staff.
Unfortunately, they did not count off before hermetically sealing the display,
leaving Clem gasping for breath in the background of a tableau featuring
stone-faced (actually wax-faced) Cro-Magnon family huddled around a campfire. “Poke
some holes in the top so he can get some air,” barked the docent. “And then get
the giant can opener from the broom closet. This is gonna take some time.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Pacific Northwest Tribes Want Ecological
Concerns Prioritized in Columbia River Treaty Negotiations (Montana Public
Radio)
2.
$250 Pacific Gas & Electric Bill: Utility’s
Customers Will Pay 50 Percent More If Wildfires Erupt Again, Report Warns (San
Jose Mercury News, CA)
3.
Montana Advanced Metering Infrastructure Bill
Moves Past Policy ‘Animosity’, Eases State into Smart Meter Technology (Utility
Dive)
4.
Rate Increase Proposed by Klickitat PUD (The
Goldendale Sentinel, WA)
5.
Clallam PUD Approves Pay Raises for Union
Employees (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
6.
Fill ‘Er Up... With Hydrogen? Washington Utility
Eager to Branch into H2 Fuel Production (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
7.
New Tennessee Valley Authority CEO Visits
Memphis: Life without TVA? ‘You Have Some Important Decisions to Make’ (Memphis
Business Journal, TN)
8.
Utility Damage from Digging Decreased in 2018,
UTC Reports (South Sound Business)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Corps Installing Fish Passage Smolt Slides at
Chittenden Locks in Ballard (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
10. Two
More Days of Spring Chinook Fishing – Harvest Managers Wonder If Looking at ‘Really
Poor Run’ (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
11. Woman
on a 17-Day Hunger Strike to Save Southern Resident Orcas (Columbia Basin
Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
12. Wind
Industry Prepares for Massive Expansion (Power Magazine)
13. US
Energy CEOs See Future Power System That Includes Renewables, Gas & Storage
(S&P Global, Platts)
14. U.S.
Chamber of Commerce Launches Major Campaign to Get in Front of the Green New
Deal (Daily on Energy, Washington Examiner)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
15. U.S.
Senate Tries to Get a Read on Broadband Mapping – Bipartisan support for better
data much in evidence (Multichannel News)
16. On
Broadband Mapping – Hood Canal Communications GM Testifies in Washington, D.C.
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
17. Video:
U.S. Senate Committee Digging into Issues of Rural Broadband (WTFR, Wheeling,
WV)
https://www.wtrf.com/news/committee-digging-into-issues-of-rural-broadband_20190410230220/1915104719
18. Net
Neutrality Vote Passes House, Fulfilling Promise by Democrats (NY Times)
19. Oregon:
Columbia County Commissioners Ask Residents to Clock Internet Speed (Pamplin
Media Group, Portland, OR)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
20. Julian
Assange Arrested, Faces U.S. Charges Related to 2010 WikiLeaks Releases
(National Public Radio)
21. Yahoo
to Pay $117.5 Million in Latest Settlement of Massive Breach (Associated Press)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
22. Montana
Approves Bill to Allow Utility Power Sales to EV Charging Stations (Utility
Dive)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
23. California
City, Environmentalists Duke Out Chromium 6 Water Woes (Courthouse News
Service)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
24. Alaska
Relies on Ice. What Happens When It Can’t Be Trusted? (NY Times)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
25. Bags
of Cash, Armed Guards & Wary Banks: The Edgy Life of a Cannabis Company CFO
(KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
26. Attorney
General Barr: U.S. Law Protecting State-Legal Marijuana Trumps Current
Situation (Marijuana Business Daily)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
27. Social
Media Execs Fight Censorship Claims in U.S. Senate (Courthouse News Service)
28. Who
Says Old-Fashioned Street Photography Is Dead? (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
29. Israeli
Spacecraft Closes in for Historic Moon Landing (CBS News)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
30. At
CNN Town Hall, Gov. Inslee Says He’d Have Grounded Boeing Planes Sooner, Calls
Company Tax Breaks Extortion (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
31. Griffey
Bill: Washington State Legislature Eliminates Statute of Limitations for Child
Sex Crimes (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
32. EPA
Snubs Ecology, Tribes Over Attempts to Reverse State’s Clean Water Rule (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
33. Taxpayers
Cry ‘#TaxScam’ as Total Refunds Are Down by $6 Billion (Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
34. Shelton’s
Olympic Highway North Reopens Friday, Short-Term Closure on Northcliff Monday
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
35. Fire
Destroys Carport at Shelton Home (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
36. No
Reason to Worry Yet About Summer Drought in the Pacific Northwest (Cliff Mass
Weather Blog)
37. Giant
Storm in Central U.S. Has Unleashed All Sorts of Extreme Weather – It’s Still
Dumping Snow (Washington Post)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
81 Staggering Lines in Literature (some PG-13 language)
Mistrial Declared for Man Who Snapped Off & Stole a $4.5
Million Statue’s Thumb
Swiss Government Says Coffee ‘Not Essential’, Stockpiling to
End
California’s Proposed Ban on ‘Big Gulp’-Style Sodas Is
Shelved
SONG OF THE DAY
Nat King Cole Trio - You’re the Cream in My Coffee
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