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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Airway Heights Prison, Washington Corrections Center May
House Coronavirus-Positive Inmates (KREM-TV, Spokane, WA)
APPA Encourages Members to Reach Out to Lawmakers in Support
of Financial Aid Bill (American Public Power Association)
Grant-Funded Project Extends Free Wi-Fi Access Outside North
Central Washington Library Buildings (Wenatchee World, WA)
Quiet Salish Sea Gives Scientists Chance to Study Endangered
Killer Whales (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Washington Reckons with a Budget Shortfall That Evokes
Painful Memories of the Great Recession (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
APPA Encourages Members to Reach Out to
Lawmakers in Support of Financial Aid Bill
2.
Conflicting Emotions as France Shutters Oldest
Nuclear Plant
3.
Northwest Power & Conservation Council Names
Bill Edmonds Executive Director
4.
Nile Countries Agree to Restart Talks Over
Disputed Dam
5.
Avista Seeks RFPs for Renewable Energy Projects
Up to 120 MW
6.
California’s Clean Energy Programs Are Mainly
Benefiting the Rich, Study Finds
7.
The Debate Over Burning Dead Trees to Create
Biomass Energy
8.
House Bill Supported by APPA Makes Energy Tax
Credits Available to Public Power
9.
Quiet Salish Sea Gives Scientists Chance to
Study Endangered Killer Whales
10.
Alaska Cooperative Hopes to Revive Commercial
Salmon Fishing
11.
First Nations Call for End to British Columbia
Open-Net Salmon Farms
12.
Headless Sea Lions Are Washing Up on Vancouver
Island — And Some Believe People Are to Blame
13.
A Big Fireworks Pollution Question Will Be
Answered Next Weekend
14.
Grant-Funded Project Extends Free Wi-Fi Access
Outside North Central Washington Library Buildings
15.
For Rural Telecom – Cell Phone Tax Sails Through
Oregon Legislature
16.
Inslee, Brown Call on Congress to Invest in
Broadband Infrastructure
17.
Georgia – Bill to Regulate Electric Cooperative
Pole Attachment Rates Heads to Governor
18.
The Video Call Is Starting. Time to Put on Your
Zoom Shirt
19.
Bowing to Pressure, Facebook Will Start Labeling
Violating Posts from Politicians. But Critics Say It’s Not Enough.
20.
Facebook Removes Videos Targeting Public Health
Officials
21.
Could Teleporting Ever Work?
22.
Washington Reckons with a Budget Shortfall That
Evokes Painful Memories of the Great Recession
23.
Oregon Lawmakers Finish Special Session on
Police, Virus
24.
Airway Heights Prison, Washington Corrections
Center May House Coronavirus-Positive Inmates
25.
Report: COVID-19 Increasing in Puget Sound,
Across State
26.
UW Study: 75% of U.S. Workers Can’t Work
Exclusively from Home, Face Greater Risks During COVID-19 Pandemic
27.
Wearing a Mask to Reduce the Spread of
Coronavirus Will Not Give You Carbon Dioxide Poisoning
28.
Mask Exemption Cards from the ‘Freedom to
Breathe Agency’?
29.
Thousands Miss June Rent Payment, Housing
Advocates Warn of Looming Homeless Crisis
30.
Another Shooting in Seattle’s Protest Zone
Leaves One Dead
31.
Boeing Set for Critical 737 Max Flight Tests
32.
Those at Olympia Rally Share Details of Comedian
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Surprise Appearance
WORD OF THE DAY
Ipso Facto • \IP-so - FACK-toe\ • Adverb - By that very fact
or act: as an inevitable result.
The slack-jawed audience gazed wonderingly at the slick
politician who headed the speakers’ roster at the small-town’s annual summer
festival. “I will use large words you do not understand,” he bellowed in a
voice that reached the upper tier of the sweltering meeting hall. “Ipso factor,
you will know by my words that I am a very intelligent man; smarter than most
of you.” One unconvinced attendee muttered to his neighbor, “Even so, he’s
still not smart enough to examine his zipper before stepping onto the stage.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
APPA Encourages Members to Reach Out to Lawmakers
in Support of Financial Aid Bill (American Public Power Association)
2.
Conflicting Emotions as France Shutters Oldest
Nuclear Plant (Associated Press)
3.
Northwest Power & Conservation Council Names
Bill Edmonds Executive Director (Northwest Power & Conservation Council)
4.
Nile Countries Agree to Restart Talks Over
Disputed Dam (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
5.
Avista Seeks RFPs for Renewable Energy Projects
Up to 120 MW (Solar Power Online)
6.
California’s Clean Energy Programs Are Mainly
Benefiting the Rich, Study Finds (Los Angeles Times, CA)
7.
The Debate Over Burning Dead Trees to Create
Biomass Energy (Wired Magazine)
8.
House Bill Supported by APPA Makes Energy Tax
Credits Available to Public Power (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Quiet Salish Sea Gives Scientists Chance to
Study Endangered Killer Whales (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
10.
Alaska Cooperative Hopes to Revive Commercial
Salmon Fishing (Associated Press)
11.
First Nations Call for End to British Columbia Open-Net
Salmon Farms (Columbia Valley Pioneer, BC)
12.
Headless Sea Lions Are Washing Up on Vancouver
Island — And Some Believe People Are to Blame (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
13.
A Big Fireworks Pollution Question Will Be
Answered Next Weekend (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
14.
Grant-Funded Project Extends Free Wi-Fi Access
Outside North Central Washington Library Buildings (Wenatchee World, WA)
15.
For Rural Telecom – Cell Phone Tax Sails Through
Oregon Legislature (Oregonian, Portland)
16.
Inslee, Brown Call on Congress to Invest in Broadband
Infrastructure (State Of Reform
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
18.
The Video Call Is Starting. Time to Put on Your
Zoom Shirt (NY Times)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
19.
Bowing to Pressure, Facebook Will Start Labeling
Violating Posts from Politicians. But Critics Say It’s Not Enough. (Washington
Post)
20.
Facebook Removes Videos Targeting Public Health
Officials (Los Angeles Times, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
21.
Could Teleporting Ever Work? (Gizmodo)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
22.
Washington Reckons with a Budget Shortfall That
Evokes Painful Memories of the Great Recession (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
23.
Oregon Lawmakers Finish Special Session on
Police, Virus (Associated Press)
SICKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
24.
Airway Heights Prison, Washington Corrections
Center May House Coronavirus-Positive Inmates (KREM-TV, Spokane, WA)
25.
Report: COVID-19 Increasing in Puget Sound,
Across State (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
26.
UW Study: 75% of U.S. Workers Can’t Work
Exclusively from Home, Face Greater Risks During COVID-19 Pandemic (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
27.
Wearing a Mask to Reduce the Spread of
Coronavirus Will Not Give You Carbon Dioxide Poisoning (Forbes Magazine)
28.
Mask Exemption Cards from the ‘Freedom to
Breathe Agency’? They’re Fake (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
29.
Thousands Miss June Rent Payment, Housing
Advocates Warn of Looming Homeless Crisis (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
30.
Another Shooting in Seattle’s Protest Zone
Leaves One Dead (Associated Press)
31.
Boeing Set for Critical 737 Max Flight Tests (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
32.
Those at Olympia Rally Share Details of Comedian
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Surprise Appearance (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
‘Master’ Bedroom Description Ditched by Texas Real Estate
Group. What’s the New Name?
Kissing of Blarney Stone Resumes as Ireland Eases Lockdown
Utah Wants You to Eat as Many ‘Enormous’ Invasive Bullfrogs as
You Can Stomach
‘Lunar Loo’ Challenge Asks People to Help Astronauts Poop on
the Moon
SONG OF THE DAY
Three Dog Night – Joy to the World
