Energy News Digest for June 5, 2017

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for June 5, 2017

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Western U-S Looks Good – NERC’s Summer Reliability Assessment Highlights Seasonal Electricity Reliability Issues (U-S Energy Information Administration)

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=31492

Oregon to Join Climate Change Coalition after President Trump Pulls Out of Paris Agreement (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2017/06/oregon_gov_kate_brown_joins_climate_change_coalition_trump_paris_accords.html

Wasted Green Power Tests China’s Energy Leadership (Associated Press)

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/wasted-green-power-tests-chinas-043910672.html

U-S Web Connections Pick Up Speed – Most Are Slower Than ‘Broadband’ (MediaPost)

https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/302243/us-web-connections-pick-up-speed-but-most-are-s.html

Washington State Legislators Look at Compromise Ideas to Raise More Revenue (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/legislators-look-at-compromise-ideas-to-raise-more-revenue/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Western U-S Looks Good – NERC’s Summer Reliability Assessment Highlights Seasonal Electricity Reliability Issues
• British Columbia: Peace River Dam – It Could Be Time for Plan B on Site C
• New Education Effort Touts Hydropower Benefits
• Op/Ed: Privatizing Bonneville Power Administration Transmission System Bad Bet for Salmon
• Survey Finds Growing Awareness of Smart Grid Programs But Still Low Participation
• California: With a Lot of Help, Chinook Salmon Return to the San Joaquin River
• Yellowstone Park Says It’s Winning against Non-Native Fish
• Ocean Acidity Increasing Along Pacific Coast, Study Finds
• News Release: It’s Orca Month! Celebrating Endangered Southern Residents
• Logging Operations Critical to Forest Restoration
• Wasted Green Power Tests China’s Energy Leadership
• Solar Power: Installation Should Land Homeless Shelter in (Less Expensive) Hot Water
• California Senate Votes for 100% Renewable Energy Target by 2045
• Daylight Savings Time May Be Down for the Count in California
• While You Weren’t Looking, Energy Efficiency Became One of Our Nation’s Top Energy Resources
• Hemp Advocates to Celebrate First Planting of Newly Legalized Crop in Washington State
• Oregon to Join Climate Change Coalition after President Trump Pulls Out of Paris Agreement
• California Senate Struggles to Extend Cap-And-Trade Program
• EPA Administrator Defends Paris Climate Decision, Advocates Fuel Diversity in Media Lap
• How G.O.P. Leaders Came to View Climate Change as Fake Science
• Corn Ethanol Faces Its Limits under EPA Fuel Mandate
• U-S Web Connections Pick Up Speed – Most Are Slower Than ‘Broadband’
• Small Cable Companies Say Selling TV a ‘Failing’ Market
• To Kill Net Neutrality Rules, FCC Says Broadband Isn’t “Telecommunications”
• San Francisco: ‘Jarring’ Internet Access Survey Results Embolden Leaders of Citywide Broadband
• It’s Not Just You: Google Home Users Report Widespread Problems
• No, Your Phone Didn’t Ring. So Why Voice Mail From a Telemarketer?
• How to Manage Instagram via the Facebook Inbox
• Washington State Legislators Look at Compromise Ideas to Raise More Revenue
• Neo “New Federalism” – President Trump Plans to Shift Infrastructure Funding to Cities, States, and Business
• Report: Environmental Protection Agency Forges Ahead with Staff Reduction, Buyouts to Meet ‘Changing Mission Requirements’
• ‘New External Threat’ Cancels Classes Again Monday at the Evergreen State College
• Diver Dies Sunday in Hood Canal
• Day of Portland Demonstrations Marked by Arrests, Clashes
• Florida: Disgruntled Ex-Worker Kills 5, Then Himself, Sheriff Says
• Maintenance Will Close I-5 Ramps between Olympia & Lakewood
• 73rd Paul Bunyan Grand Parade Award Winners
• Kudos to My Alma Mater: Big News in Tiny Onalaska, Washington: All 43 Grads Were Accepted to College

WORD OF THE DAY – THE HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION

Cube Farm ● \KYOOB – farm \ ● Noun – An office in which employees work in cubicles.

Gray carpet, gray walls

Life in organic cube farm

Are walls edible?

http://joelshorriblehaiku.blogspot.com/

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Western U-S Looks Good – NERC’s Summer Reliability Assessment Highlights Seasonal Electricity Reliability Issues (U-S Energy Information Administration)

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=31492

British Columbia: Peace River Dam – It Could Be Time for Plan B on Site C (Globe & Mail, Canada)

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bcs-election-has-imperilled-a-hydroelectric-megaproject-in-the-provincesnorth/article35197494/?cmpid=rss1

New Education Effort Touts Hydropower Benefits (KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)

http://www.ktvz.com/news/new-education-effort-touts-hydropower-benefits/526588798

Op/Ed: Privatizing Bonneville Power Administration Transmission System Bad Bet for Salmon (Everett Herald, WA – Don’t wanna kill that cash cow!)

http://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/privatizing-bpa-power-system-bad-bet-for-salmon/

Survey Finds Growing Awareness of Smart Grid Programs But Still Low Participation (Midwest Energy News)

http://midwestenergynews.com/2017/06/05/survey-finds-growing-awareness-of-smart-grid-programs/

FISH & WILDLIFE

California: With a Lot of Help, Chinook Salmon Return to the San Joaquin River (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/lot-help-chinook-salmon-return-san-joaquin-river/

Yellowstone Park Says It’s Winning against Non-Native Fish (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jun/04/yellowstone-park-says-its-winning-against-non-nati/

Ocean Acidity Increasing Along Pacific Coast, Study Finds (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ocean-acidity-increasing-along-pacific-coast-study-finds-1.4144786?cmp=rss

News Release: It’s Orca Month! Celebrating Endangered Southern Residents (Natural Resources Defense Council)

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/its-orca-month-celebrating-endangered-southern-residents

ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER

Logging Operations Critical to Forest Restoration (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/logging-operations-critical-to-forest-restoration/article_552d613a-49af-11e7-aa47-a764fd8aef1f.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Wasted Green Power Tests China’s Energy Leadership (Associated Press)

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/wasted-green-power-tests-chinas-043910672.html

Solar Power: Installation Should Land Homeless Shelter in (Less Expensive) Hot Water (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/solar-power-installation-should-land-homeless-shelter-in-less-expensive/article_1c80a360-49af-11e7-b964-07496dceeb01.html

California Senate Votes for 100% Renewable Energy Target by 2045 (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/california-senate-votes-for-100-renewable-energy-target-by-2045/444178/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Daylight Savings Time May Be Down for the Count in California (San Francisco Business Times, CA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2017/06/05/daylight-savings-time-may-be-down-for-the-count-in.html?ana=RSS%26s=article_search

While You Weren’t Looking, Energy Efficiency Became One of Our Nation’s Top Energy Resources (Union of Concerned Scientists)

http://blog.ucsusa.org/julie-mcnamara/while-you-werent-looking-energy-efficiency-became-one-of-our-nations-top-energy-resources

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Hemp Advocates to Celebrate First Planting of Newly Legalized Crop in Washington State (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/hemp-advocates-celebrate-first-planting-newly-legalized-crop-washington

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Oregon to Join Climate Change Coalition after President Trump Pulls Out of Paris Agreement (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2017/06/oregon_gov_kate_brown_joins_climate_change_coalition_trump_paris_accords.html

California Senate Struggles to Extend Cap-And-Trade Program (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/california-senate-struggles-to-extend-cap-and-trade-program/444181/

EPA Administrator Defends Paris Climate Decision, Advocates Fuel Diversity in Media Lap (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/pruitt-defends-paris-decision-advocates-fuel-diversity-in-media-lap/444232/

How G.O.P. Leaders Came to View Climate Change as Fake Science (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/us/politics/republican-leaders-climate-change.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE

Corn Ethanol Faces Its Limits under EPA Fuel Mandate (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/corn-ethanol-faces-its-limits-under-epa-fuel-mandate/article/2624823

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

U-S Web Connections Pick Up Speed – Most Are Slower Than ‘Broadband’ (MediaPost)

https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/302243/us-web-connections-pick-up-speed-but-most-are-s.html

Small Cable Companies Say Selling TV a ‘Failing’ Market (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Small-Cable-Companies-Say-Selling-TV-a-Failing-Market-139694

To Kill Net Neutrality Rules, FCC Says Broadband Isn’t “Telecommunications” (Ars Technica)

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/06/to-kill-net-neutrality-rules-fcc-says-broadband-isnt-telecommunications/

San Francisco: ‘Jarring’ Internet Access Survey Results Embolden Leaders of Citywide Broadband (SF Examiner)

http://www.sfexaminer.com/jarring-internet-access-survey-results-embolden-leaders-citywide-broadband/

It’s Not Just You: Google Home Users Report Widespread Problems (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/06/05/its-not-just-you-google-home-users-report-widespread-problems/

MARKETING & MEDIA

No, Your Phone Didn’t Ring. So Why Voice Mail From a Telemarketer? (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/business/phone-ringless-voicemail-fcc-telemarketer.html

How to Manage Instagram via the Facebook Inbox (Social Media Examiner)

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-manage-instagram-via-facebook-inbox/

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Washington State Legislators Look at Compromise Ideas to Raise More Revenue (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/legislators-look-at-compromise-ideas-to-raise-more-revenue/

Neo “New Federalism” – President Trump Plans to Shift Infrastructure Funding to Cities, States, and Business (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/us/politics/trump-plans-to-shift-infrastructure-funding-to-cities-states-and-business.html

Report: Environmental Protection Agency Forges Ahead with Staff Reduction, Buyouts to Meet ‘Changing Mission Requirements’ (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/report-epa-forges-ahead-with-staff-reduction-buyouts-to-meet-changing-mi/444182/

GENERAL NEWS

‘New External Threat’ Cancels Classes Again Monday at the Evergreen State College (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/new-threatening-information-will-keep-the-evergreen-state-college-closed-on-monday-police-investigating/

Diver Dies Sunday in Hood Canal (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/25960

Day of Portland Demonstrations Marked by Arrests, Clashes (Associated Press)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/state_news/day-of-portland-demonstrations-marked-by-arrests-clashes/article_1a1be3e6-4e2e-53fe-b607-5157a1698a95.html

Florida: Disgruntled Ex-Worker Kills 5, Then Himself, Sheriff Says (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jun/05/survivor-called-from-company-bathroom-my-boss-is-d/

Maintenance Will Close I-5 Ramps between Olympia & Lakewood (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article154108154.html

73rd Paul Bunyan Grand Parade Award Winners (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/25940#more-25940

Kudos to My Alma Mater: Big News in Tiny Onalaska, Washington: All 43 Grads Were Accepted to College (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/in-tiny-onalaska-wash-high-schools-heavy-focus-on-life-after-graduation-is-paying-off/

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Mom Spends $25,000 on Exotic Cars, Sand, Camel for Son’s Prom

http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/mom-spends-25k-on-exotic-cars-sand-camel-for-son-s-prom-1.3444034

Rock-Balancing Robots Could Build Our Future Habitats on Mars

http://gizmodo.com/rock-balancing-robots-could-build-our-future-habitats-o-1795814087

NASA’s Plan to Fill the Sky with Red & Green Clouds Has Been Postponed

http://gizmodo.com/nasas-plan-to-fill-the-sky-with-red-and-green-clouds-ha-1795801189

Ingenious British Woman Is Slowing Down Speeding Drivers with a Hairdryer

http://mashable.com/2017/06/05/woman-hairdryer-speeding-cars/

SONG OF THE DAY

Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCnf46boC3I

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Weather Forecast for June 2, 2017

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

President Trump Announces U-S Departure from Paris Climate Agreement (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2017/0601/Trump-announces-US-departure-from-Paris-climate-agreement

Vestas, World’s Biggest Wind-Turbine Maker Falls as President Trump Drops Paris (Bloomberg News)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-02/world-s-biggest-wind-turbine-maker-falls-as-trump-drops-paris

Portland General/Deschutes River Alliance Dispute over Lower Deschutes Goes to Ninth Circuit (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/439002.aspx

Founder of Pasco Green Energy Company Sentenced for Fraud (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jun/02/founder-of-pasco-green-energy-company-sentenced-fo/

The Evergreen State College Will Remain Closed Friday, Officials Announce (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jun/02/evergreen-will-remain-closed-friday-college-announ/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• In Bonneville Case – It’s ‘Recoupment,’ not ‘Refund,’ Court Tells FERC
• Editorial: No Buyers Likely In Budget Bid to Privatize Bonneville Power Administration
• Tillamook PUD Contractors to Inspect & Treat 2,200 Wood Power Poles
• Hydro Flows Here – The Pacific Northwest’s Largest Renewable Makes a Splash
• Los Angeles Muni to Join Western Energy Imbalance Market in 2019
• British Columbia: Political Leader Calls on BC Hydro Not to Finalize Peace River Dam Contracts
• Itron Buys Georgia-Based Comverge in $100 Million Deal
• Portland General/Deschutes River Alliance Dispute over Lower Deschutes Goes to Ninth Circuit
• Spring Chinook Run Size Estimate Upgraded – Low Passage Numbers in Upper Columbia, Lower Snake
• Sea Lion Presence at Bonneville Dam Up – Salmon Predation Exceeds Historical Average
• Water Supply Forecasts Still Going Up; Now Ninth Highest Since 1960, Lower Granite Twelfth Highest
• Vestas, World’s Biggest Wind-Turbine Maker Falls as President Trump Drops Paris
• As President Trump Ditches Paris, California Is One Step Closer To Getting Wind Power from Wyoming
• Washington State Marijuana Regulators Fire Employee Who Leased Deer Park Land for Growing Operation
• Marijuana Farm Plans Overruled by Yamhill County in Favor of Nearby Winery
• President Trump Announces U-S Departure from Paris Climate Agreement
• President Trump Phones Allies to Explain Decision to Exit Paris Climate Deal
• California, New York, Washington State Unite to Back Climate Pact
• Utilities Post-Paris: Uncertainty Rules Power Sector as Trump Shatters Climate Consensus
• Founder of Pasco Green Energy Company Sentenced for Fraud
• Portland Council Says Yes to 100% Renewable Energy by 2050
• CenturyLink Fined $123,000 for Washington State Communications Outage
• OneLogin Data Breach May Have Revealed Encrypted Data
• FCC Fires First Volley in Bid to Close the Internet
• Microsoft’s Skype Draws Inspiration from Snapchat in Big Redesign
• Google’s Chrome Browser to Block Some Ads Starting Next Year
• Facebook Investors Grill Zuckerberg on Fake News, Gender Pay Gap
• Teens Tells Us How to Be Cool on Instagram & Snapchat
• The Only Four Speaking Tips You Need When You’re the Youngest One in the Room
• Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
• U-S Adds 138,000 Jobs; Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.3 Percent
• Washington State High Court Declines to Review Lake Quinault Ownership Case
• Parking Is About to Get Worse at the Washington State Capitol – And More Expensive
• Ecology: Industrial Shelton Harbor to Get Restoration Work This Fall
• The Evergreen State College Will Remain Closed Friday, Officials Announce
• Grays Harbor County: James Walker Faces Charges of Manslaughter, Assault, Hit & Run
• Homeless Man Arrested for Stealing from Portland MAX Victim
• Grout It: Hanford Leaders Have Plan for Collapsed Tunnel
• Mason County Forest Festival Runs Thursday to Sunday
• Ribbon Cutting for Railroad Avenue Road Diet
• ‘There’s Going to Be A Lot of Dead Gangsters’: Inside King County’s Surging Gang War

WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION

Abrogate • \AB-ruh-gayt\ • Verb - 1: to abolish by authoritative action: annul 2: to treat as nonexistent

Thank God it’s Friday

Abrogate weekend yard work

Time for relaxing

http://joelshorriblehaiku.blogspot.com/

Marocain – No One on the Internet Knows What the Winning National Spelling Bee Word Even Means (TIME Magazine)

http://time.com/4802971/national-spelling-bee-words/

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

In Bonneville Case – It’s ‘Recoupment,’ not ‘Refund,’ Court Tells FERC (American Public Power Association)

http://www.publicpower.org/Media/daily/ArticleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=48243

Editorial: No Buyers Likely In Budget Bid to Privatize Bonneville Power Administration (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

https://www.thedailyworld.com/news/no-buyers-likely-in-budget-bid-to-privatize-bpa/

Tillamook PUD Contractors to Inspect & Treat 2,200 Wood Power Poles (Tillamook Headlight-Herald, OR)

https://www.tillamookheadlightherald.com/community/tillamook-pud-contractors-to-inspect-and-treat-wood-power-poles/article_daaf610a-4680-11e7-b2ec-e7485e8c99b4.html

Hydro Flows Here – The Pacific Northwest’s Largest Renewable Makes a Splash (Bonneville Power Administration)

https://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Northwests-largest-renewable-makes-a-splash.aspx

Los Angeles Muni to Join Western Energy Imbalance Market in 2019 (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/los-angeles-muni-to-join-western-eim-in-2019/444072/

British Columbia: Political Leader Calls on BC Hydro Not to Finalize Peace River Dam Contracts (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ndp-horgan-site-c-1.4142590?cmp=rss

Itron Buys Georgia-Based Comverge in $100 Million Deal (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jun/01/itron-buys-georgia-based-comverge-in-100-million-d/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Portland General/Deschutes River Alliance Dispute over Lower Deschutes Goes to Ninth Circuit (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/439002.aspx

Spring Chinook Run Size Estimate Upgraded – Low Passage Numbers in Upper Columbia, Lower Snake (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/439008.aspx

Sea Lion Presence at Bonneville Dam Up – Salmon Predation Exceeds Historical Average (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/439007.aspx

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Water Supply Forecasts Still Going Up; Now Ninth Highest Since 1960, Lower Granite Twelfth Highest (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/439005.aspx

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Vestas, World’s Biggest Wind-Turbine Maker Falls as President Trump Drops Paris (Bloomberg News)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-02/world-s-biggest-wind-turbine-maker-falls-as-trump-drops-paris

As President Trump Ditches Paris, California Is One Step Closer To Getting Wind Power from Wyoming (USA Today)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/06/02/trump-ditches-paris-california-one-step-closer-getting-wind-power-wyoming/364305001/

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Washington State Marijuana Regulators Fire Employee Who Leased Deer Park Land for Growing Operation (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jun/02/state-marijuana-regulators-fire-employee-who-lease/

Marijuana Farm Plans Overruled by Yamhill County in Favor of Nearby Winery (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2017/06/marijuana_farm_plans_overruled.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

President Trump Announces U-S Departure from Paris Climate Agreement (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2017/0601/Trump-announces-US-departure-from-Paris-climate-agreement

President Trump Phones Allies to Explain Decision to Exit Paris Climate Deal (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-phones-allies-to-explain-decision-to-exit-paris-climate-deal/article/2624755

California, New York, Washington State Unite to Back Climate Pact (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/California-New-York-Washington-unite-to-back-11189678.php

Utilities Post-Paris: Uncertainty Rules Power Sector as Trump Shatters Climate Consensus (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/utilities-post-paris-uncertainty-rules-power-sector-as-trump-shatters-clim/444124/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE

Founder of Pasco Green Energy Company Sentenced for Fraud (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jun/02/founder-of-pasco-green-energy-company-sentenced-fo/

Portland Council Says Yes to 100% Renewable Energy by 2050 (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/06/02/portland-council-says-yes-to-100-renewable-energy.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

CenturyLink Fined $123,000 for Washington State Communications Outage (Associated Press)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/article/20170602/AP/306029933

OneLogin Data Breach May Have Revealed Encrypted Data (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/onelogin-data-breach-may-have-revealed-encrypted-data-1795723808

FCC Fires First Volley in Bid to Close the Internet (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/fcc-fires-first-volley-bid-close-internet/

Microsoft’s Skype Draws Inspiration from Snapchat in Big Redesign (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-skype-idUSKBN18S5F5

Google’s Chrome Browser to Block Some Ads Starting Next Year (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-tn-google-chrome-ad-block-20170602-story.html

MARKETING & MEDIA

Facebook Investors Grill Zuckerberg on Fake News, Gender Pay Gap (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Facebook-investors-grill-Zuckerberg-on-fake-news-11189712.php

Teens Tells Us How to Be Cool on Instagram & Snapchat (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2017/06/02/rules-teens-instagram-snapchat/

The Only Four Speaking Tips You Need When You’re the Youngest One in the Room (Fast Company)

https://www.fastcompany.com/40425761/the-only-4-speaking-tips-you-need-when-youre-the-youngest-one-in-the-room

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/06/02/consumerist-friday-flickr-finds-381/

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

U-S Adds 138,000 Jobs; Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.3 Percent (Atlantic Magazine)

https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/06/us-jobs/528942/?utm_source=feed

Washington State High Court Declines to Review Lake Quinault Ownership Case (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/state-high-court-declines-review-lake-quinault-case/

Parking Is About to Get Worse at the Washington State Capitol – And More Expensive “...The Legislature eventually opted to build the 1063 Building, but wanted to save money by not paying for a replacement parking garage or other facilities to offset the new parkers… (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/article153933969.html

GENERAL NEWS

Ecology: Industrial Shelton Harbor to Get Restoration Work This Fall (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/ecology-industrial-shelton-harbor-to-get-restoration-work-this-fall/article_d124a710-47bd-11e7-a080-53d257fab1d4.html

The Evergreen State College Will Remain Closed Friday, Officials Announce (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jun/02/evergreen-will-remain-closed-friday-college-announ/

Grays Harbor County: James Walker Faces Charges of Manslaughter, Assault, Hit & Run

http://www.kxro.com/james-walker-faces-charges-manslaughter-assault-hit-run/

Homeless Man Arrested for Stealing from Portland MAX Victim (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2017/06/01/man-wanted-for-stealing-bag-ring-from-max-victim/

Grout It: Hanford Leaders Have Plan for Collapsed Tunnel (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/grout-it-hanford-leaders-have-plan-collapsed-tunnel

Mason County Forest Festival Runs Thursday to Sunday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/video-mason-county-forest-festival-runs-thursday-to-sunday/youtube_c5dae750-4661-11e7-a72d-fbd9d03c26c5.html

Ribbon Cutting for Railroad Avenue Road Diet (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/25922

‘There’s Going to Be A Lot of Dead Gangsters’: Inside King County’s Surging Gang War (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/theres-going-to-be-a-lot-of-dead-gangsters-inside-king-countys-surging-gang-war/

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

The Best Way to Make New Friends According to Science – It’s kind of a big deal. Not having enough friends is the same risk factor as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

https://www.fastcompany.com/40424657/the-best-way-to-make-new-friends-according-to-science

Hundreds of Giant Seafloor Craters Produced by Explosive Methane Farts

http://gizmodo.com/hundreds-of-giant-seafloor-craters-produced-by-explosiv-1795721166

Scientists Name Protein after Minions, America’s Favorite Movie Characters

http://gizmodo.com/scientists-name-protein-after-minions-americas-favorit-1795737238

How to Stuff Your Face with Free Doughnuts on National Doughnut Day

http://mashable.com/2017/06/01/krispy-kreme-and-dunkin-donuts-give-away-free-doughnuts/

SONG OF THE DAY

Love & Kisses - Thank God It's Friday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je5SBsCW7NE

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for June 1, 2017

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Fed’s FY 2018 Budget Proposal Would Significantly Affect Public Power (American Public Power Association)

http://blog.publicpower.org/sme/?p=1394

Record-Breaking Number of Salmon Released from Baker Lake (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/record-breaking-number-of-salmon-released-from-baker-lake/528121954

Support for Tidal Energy Is High among Washington State Residents (UW Today)

http://www.washington.edu/news/2017/05/31/support-for-tidal-energy-is-high-among-washington-residents/

Oregon Legislature Says Homeowners Associations Can’t Bar Rooftop Solar (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/05/31/legislature-says-homeowners-associations-cant-bar.html

City of Shelton Revenues Fall During Yearlong Fee Reduction – New Homes Permits Rise (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/city-revenues-fall-during-yearlong-fee-reduction-new-homes-permits/article_fa4ece20-4639-11e7-9c0f-8b4a76d1ea08.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Fed’s FY 2018 Budget Proposal Would Significantly Affect Public Power
• ACLU Asks Seattle City Council to Beef Up Privacy Protections on Smart Meters
• U-S Chamber of Commerce Prods Senate for Quick Vote on Trump Energy Nominees
• Record-Breaking Number of Salmon Released from Baker Lake
• Columbia River Sturgeon Retention to Resume Monday
• British Columbia: ‘It’s Deeply Troubling’ – Critics Decry Federal Cuts to Salmon Education Programs
• Support for Tidal Energy Is High among Washington State Residents
• Oregon Legislature Says Homeowners Associations Can’t Bar Rooftop Solar
• More Than Half of Small-Scale Photovoltaic Generation Comes from Residential Rooftops
• Op/Ed: A Solar Energy Trade War May Be Looming
• Renewable Energy Continues to Grow Globally, Despite Trump Moving in the Opposite Direction
• Nest Security Camera Knows Who’s Home with Google Face Tech
• Harold Evans Wants Americans to Drop Their Bad-Writing Habit
• ‘Something Fishy’ Is Going on with President Trump’s Twitter Account, Researchers Say
• Four Tactics for Shooting Memorable Moments
• Editorial: Statement of Values – Trump Budget Plan Shows Disdain for Schools, Environment, Poor, Pacific Northwest
• U-S Supreme Court Ruling on Printer Cartridges Changes What It Means to Buy Almost Anything
• City of Shelton Revenues Fall During Yearlong Fee Reduction – New Homes Permits Rise
• Court Documents: Man Admits to Grays Harbor Fatal Hit-And-Run
• Great Wolf Lodge in Thurston County Responds to Bedbugs Facebook Post
• It’s Official: Seattle’s Had Wettest Fall-Winter-Spring on Record
• Mason County Forest Festival This Weekend
• Paul Allen Just Rolled Out the World’s Largest Airplane, And He Is Ready to Take on the Rocket Makers

WORD OF THE DAY

Paladin • \PALL-uh-dinn\ • noun - 1: a trusted military leader (as for a medieval prince) 2: a leading champion of a cause

Ballad of Paladin - TV Series: “Have Gun, Will Travel”

Paladin, Paladin, where do you roam

Paladin, Paladin, far, far from home

Have gun, will travel reads the card of a man

A knight without armor in a savage land

His fast gun for hire heeds the calling wind

A soldier of fortune is the man called Paladin

Paladin, Paladin, where do you roam

Paladin, Paladin, far, far from home

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Fed’s FY 2018 Budget Proposal Would Significantly Affect Public Power (American Public Power Association)

http://blog.publicpower.org/sme/?p=1394

ACLU Asks Seattle City Council to Beef Up Privacy Protections on Smart Meters (Seattle Weekly)

https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/aclu-asks-city-council-to-beef-up-privacy-protections-on-smart-meters/

U-S Chamber of Commerce Prods Senate for Quick Vote on Trump Energy Nominees (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/chamber-of-commerce-prods-senate-for-quick-vote-on-trump-energy-nominees/article/2624621

FISH & WILDLIFE

Record-Breaking Number of Salmon Released from Baker Lake (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/record-breaking-number-of-salmon-released-from-baker-lake/528121954

Columbia River Sturgeon Retention to Resume Monday (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/may/31/columbia-sturgeon-retention-to-resume-monday/

British Columbia: ‘It’s Deeply Troubling’ – Critics Decry Federal Cuts to Salmon Education Programs (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fisheries-department-cuts-education-program-1.4140391?cmp=rss

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Support for Tidal Energy Is High among Washington State Residents (UW Today)

http://www.washington.edu/news/2017/05/31/support-for-tidal-energy-is-high-among-washington-residents/

Oregon Legislature Says Homeowners Associations Can’t Bar Rooftop Solar (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/05/31/legislature-says-homeowners-associations-cant-bar.html

More Than Half of Small-Scale Photovoltaic Generation Comes from Residential Rooftops (U-S Energy Information Administration)

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=31452

Op/Ed: A Solar Energy Trade War May Be Looming (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/a-solar-energy-trade-war-may-be-looming/article/2624659

Renewable Energy Continues to Grow Globally, Despite Trump Moving in the Opposite Direction (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0601/Renewable-energy-continues-to-grow-globally-despite-Trump-moving-in-the-opposite-direction

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Nest Security Camera Knows Who’s Home with Google Face Tech (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jun/01/nest-security-camera-knows-whos-home-with-google-f/

MARKETING & MEDIA

Harold Evans Wants Americans to Drop Their Bad-Writing Habit (Says the poorly-written headline – Adweek)

http://www.adweek.com/digital/harold-evans-wants-americans-to-drop-their-bad-writing-habit/

‘Something Fishy’ Is Going on with President Trump’s Twitter Account, Researchers Say (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/05/31/something-fishy-is-going-on-with-trumps-twitter-account-researchers-say/?utm_term=.b42b2035adb6

Four Tactics for Shooting Memorable Moments (Ruralite Services)

https://www.ruraliteservices.org/shooting-memorable-moments/

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Editorial: Statement of Values – Trump Budget Plan Shows Disdain for Schools, Environment, Poor, Pacific Northwest (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/may/31/in-our-view-statement-of-values/

U-S Supreme Court Ruling on Printer Cartridges Changes What It Means to Buy Almost Anything (Chicago Tribune, IL)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-supreme-court-ruling-on-printer-cartridges-20170601-story.html

GENERAL NEWS

City of Shelton Revenues Fall During Yearlong Fee Reduction – New Homes Permits Rise (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/city-revenues-fall-during-yearlong-fee-reduction-new-homes-permits/article_fa4ece20-4639-11e7-9c0f-8b4a76d1ea08.html

Court Documents: Man Admits to Grays Harbor Fatal Hit-And-Run (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://komonews.com/news/local/court-documents-man-admits-to-grays-harbor-fatal-hit-and-run

Great Wolf Lodge in Thurston County Responds to Bedbugs Facebook Post (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2017/05/31/great-wolf-lodge-in-thurston-county-responds-to-bedbugs-facebook-post/

It’s Official: Seattle’s Had Wettest Fall-Winter-Spring on Record (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/its-official-seattles-had-wettest-fall-winter-spring-on-record/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all

Mason County Forest Festival This Weekend (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/25902

Paul Allen Just Rolled Out the World’s Largest Airplane, And He Is Ready to Take on the Rocket Makers (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/05/31/paul-allen-just-rolled-out-the-worlds-largest-airplane-and-he-ready-to-take-on-the-rocket-makers/?utm_term=.3b7194ad9085

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Mr. Met Accused of Physically Impossible Rude Gesture (PG-13 Content)

https://consumerist.com/2017/06/01/mr-met-accused-of-physically-impossible-rude-gesture/

Nightmare Food – Here’s What That ‘Faceless Fish’ Actually Is

http://gizmodo.com/heres-what-that-faceless-fish-actually-is-1795720270

There’s a Lumberjack Competition & It’s Absolutely Ridiculous (the Western Professional Qualifier is in Shelton this Weekend)

http://mashable.com/2017/06/01/lumberjack-competition-lodgers/

Fremont’s Lenin in Focus after Removal of Confederate Monuments

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Fremont-s-Lenin-in-focus-after-removal-of-11185820.php

SONG OF THE DAY

Ferde Grofe – Grand Canyon Suite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe7wC-HG6RQ

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