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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
White House Begins Formal Withdrawal from Paris Climate Deal
(Courthouse News Service)
Puget Sound Energy’s Controversial Tacoma Energy Project Set
to Open In 2021 (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Wildfires, Power Outages, Now Flooding? California Has a Dam
Problem – And Desert Communities Might Be in Danger (USA Today)
California Suffered Widespread Cellphone Outages During
Fires. A Big Earthquake Would Be Much Worse (Los Angeles Times, CA)
New Drone, Underwater Footage of Orcas Stuns Researchers,
Gives Intimate Look at Killer Whales’ Family Life (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Puget Sound Energy’s Controversial Tacoma Energy
Project Set to Open In 2021
2.
Wildfires, Power Outages, Now Flooding?
California Has a Dam Problem – And Desert Communities Might Be in Danger
3.
How Nuclear Power Will Drive Our Energy Future
4.
New Drone, Underwater Footage of Orcas Stuns
Researchers, Gives Intimate Look at Killer Whales’ Family Life
5.
Drones Let British Columbia Researchers Act as
‘Fly on the Wall’ to Observe Orca Behavior
6.
South Sounders, Don’t Miss the Spectacle That Is
the Return of the Salmon
7.
How 100% Renewables Backfired on a Texas Town
8.
Green Groups, States, Challenge President
Trump’s Lightbulb Rollback
9.
California Suffered Widespread Cellphone Outages
During Fires. A Big Earthquake Would Be Much Worse
10.
Rural Carriers Sue T-Mobile Over Calls Not
Completed
11.
British Columbia: 5G-Powered ‘Smart Campus’
Launched at UBC to Boost Research into Uses for Ultra-High-Speed Wireless
12.
Do Cable Companies Have a Wireless Advantage?
13.
As Dominion, Others Target 80-Year Nuclear
Plants, Cybersecurity Concerns Complicate Digital Upgrades
14.
Researchers Used a Laser to Hack Alexa &
Other Voice Assistants
15.
Review: Facebook’s Portal TV Is Video Chat at
Its Best. Too Bad It’s from Facebook
16.
Bitcoin’s Government Enemies Are Planning Their
Revenge
17.
Behind the Wheel of a Hydrogen-Powered Car
18.
White House Begins Formal Withdrawal from Paris
Climate Deal
19.
11,000 Scientists from Around the World Unite to
Declare Global Climate Emergency
20.
Google Employees Call for Corporate Climate
Change Action
21.
Facebook Adds More Corporate Branding to
Instagram, WhatsApp
22.
T-Mobile Says It Owns Exclusive Rights to the
Color Magenta
23.
It’s Election Day: What You Need to Know About
Your Ballot & the Races in Washington State
24.
Link to Mason County Elections Results – Results
Usually Available After 8:00 PM Count
25.
Link to Washington State General Election
Results
26.
Trump Team Has a Plan for National Parks:
Amazon, Food Trucks & No Senior Discounts
27.
Kitsap Jammed: Interference Fouls Garage Door
Openers, Key Fobs
28.
West Linn Paper Mill Reopens as Willamette Falls
Paper Co., with 125 Employees
29.
Oh, Deer! Washington Officials Warn of Increased
Vehicle Collisions During Mating Season
WORD OF THE DAY
Frisson • \free-SON (ends with kind of a nasally-French pronunciation)
\ • Noun - A brief moment of emotional excitement: shudder, thrill
My cat, Sheba, leapt onto my lap…in a tense pose of
frisson…looking for the bird I obviously was hiding in my mouth. You know; the one that was just whistling the
guitar solo from “Sultans of Swing.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Puget Sound Energy’s Controversial Tacoma Energy
Project Set to Open In 2021 (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
2.
Wildfires, Power Outages, Now Flooding? California
Has a Dam Problem – And Desert Communities Might Be in Danger (USA Today)
3.
How Nuclear Power Will Drive Our Energy Future (CNBC
News)
FISH & WILDLIFE
4.
New Drone, Underwater Footage of Orcas Stuns
Researchers, Gives Intimate Look at Killer Whales’ Family Life (Seattle Times,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
5.
Drones Let British Columbia Researchers Act as ‘Fly
on the Wall’ to Observe Orca Behavior (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
6.
South Sounders, Don’t Miss the Spectacle That Is
the Return of the Salmon (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
7.
How 100% Renewables Backfired on a Texas Town (Energy
News Network)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
8.
Green Groups, States, Challenge President Trump’s
Lightbulb Rollback (Bloomberg News)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
9.
California Suffered Widespread Cellphone Outages
During Fires. A Big Earthquake Would Be Much Worse (Los Angeles Times, CA)
10. Rural
Carriers Sue T-Mobile Over Calls Not Completed (Telecompetitor)
11. British
Columbia: 5G-Powered ‘Smart Campus’ Launched at UBC to Boost Research into Uses
for Ultra-High-Speed Wireless (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
12. Do
Cable Companies Have a Wireless Advantage? (Pots & Pans)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
13. As
Dominion, Others Target 80-Year Nuclear Plants, Cybersecurity Concerns
Complicate Digital Upgrades (Utility Dive)
14. Researchers
Used a Laser to Hack Alexa & Other Voice Assistants (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
15. Review:
Facebook’s Portal TV Is Video Chat at Its Best. Too Bad It’s from Facebook (USA
Today)
16. Bitcoin’s
Government Enemies Are Planning Their Revenge (Washington Post)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
17. Behind
the Wheel of a Hydrogen-Powered Car (British Broadcasting Corporation)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
18. White
House Begins Formal Withdrawal from Paris Climate Deal (Courthouse News
Service)
19. 11,000
Scientists from Around the World Unite to Declare Global Climate Emergency (The
Hill, Washington, DC)
20. Google
Employees Call for Corporate Climate Change Action (Associated Press)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
21. Facebook
Adds More Corporate Branding to Instagram, WhatsApp (Bloomberg News)
22. T-Mobile
Says It Owns Exclusive Rights to the Color Magenta (AdAge)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
23. It’s
Election Day: What You Need to Know About Your Ballot & the Races in Washington
State (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
24. Link
to Mason County Elections Results – Results Usually Available After 8:00 PM
Count (Mason County Auditor, Shelton, WA)
25. Link
to Washington State General Election Results (Washington Secretary of State,
Olympia, WA)
26. Trump
Team Has a Plan for National Parks: Amazon, Food Trucks & No Senior
Discounts (Los Angeles Times, CA)
GENERAL NEWS
27. Kitsap
Jammed: Interference Fouls Garage Door Openers, Key Fobs (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton
– Paywall Advisory)
28. West
Linn Paper Mill Reopens as Willamette Falls Paper Co., with 125 Employees (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
29. Oh,
Deer! Washington Officials Warn of Increased Vehicle Collisions During Mating
Season (Northwest News Network)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Black Cat Visits Field During Cowboys-Giants Game on ‘Monday
Night Football’
Osprey to PaddleHeads: Missoula’s Minor League Baseball Team
Changes Nickname
United Kingdom: One Million Christmas Lights Man Ends
Display Over Safety Fears
Chinese Baby Eel Smugglers Sentenced in France
SONG OF THE DAY
Al Stewart - The Year of the Cat
LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY
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