The Hot Shots edition of the Energy News Digest is available
on Facebook, and on Twitter.
To subscribe to
the Energy News Digest, email jmyer@masonpud3.org.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Salmon Conference Calls for Innovative Solutions to Protect
Fish (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Mason PUD 3 Hiring New Line Crew (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Tesla Solar Installations Continue to Plummet amid
SolarCity’s Slow Collapse (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Editorial: Bridge the Digital Divide (Seattle Times, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
Intercity Transit Will Remove Ads from Its Buses after
Complaints: ‘It’s Not a Good Business Proposition.” (Olympian, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Mason PUD 3 Hiring New Line Crew
2.
Mason PUD 1’s TJ Goos Water Operator of Year
3.
California: Parents of Electrocuted Teens File
Wrongful Death Claim against North Bay Irrigation District
4.
Salmon Conference Calls for Innovative Solutions
to Protect Fish
5.
Why Are Gray Whales Washing Up Dead on Pacific
Northwest Beaches?
6.
Duckabush River Estuary Restoration Moving
Forward on Hood Canal
7.
Tesla Solar Installations Continue to Plummet
amid SolarCity’s Slow Collapse
8.
Op/Ed: Where’s the Future of Clean Energy? Right
Here in Washington State
9.
New Wind & Solar Power Projects Tend to Come
Online at the End of the Year
10.
Editorial: Bridge the Digital Divide
11.
Virginia Co-op Efforts: Gigabit Internet Access
Changes Broadband Landscape in Floyd County
12.
Verizon Is Launching 5G in These 20 Cities This
Year
13.
Microsoft’s Profit Rises 19% as Its Cloud
Business Drives Strong Results
14.
Study Ranks Yakima No. 6 In Nation for
Short-Term Air Pollution Spikes
15.
Is Washington State Air Quality Getting Better
or Worse?
16.
Oregon’s Air Is Getting Worse, According to
American Lung Association
17.
Vanishing Mountain Glaciers Will Kill Off
Ecosystems & the Creatures within Them
18.
Oregon Directs Utilities to Show Plans for
Accelerating Transportation Electrification
19.
Daimler Will Convert Portland Factory to Make
Electric Trucks
20.
Spokane Chosen for Electric Sports Car Factory
with Promise of 850 Jobs
21.
Cannabis, Marijuana, Weed, Pot? Just Call It a
Job Machine
22.
Intercity Transit Will Remove Ads from Its Buses
after Complaints: ‘It’s Not a Good Business Proposition.”
23.
Facebook Beats Profit Estimates, Sets Aside $3
Billion for Privacy Penalty
24.
Canada Accuses Facebook of Breaking Local
Privacy Law, Threatening to Take Company to Court
25.
Washington Democrats Have Days Left to Negotiate
a New State Budget – And Decisions on Taxes
26.
After Washington State Senator’s Debate Gaffe –
Legislature Requires Hospitals to Give Rest & Meal Breaks to Nurses
27.
Washington State’s House Democrats Will Select
New Speaker This Summer
28.
Shelton School Board Approves Layoffs, Budget
Cuts
29.
Shelton Downtown Connector Project Nears
Completion, Save for the Roundabout at First Street
30.
North Mason Voice Gets Update on Highway 3
Freight Corridor/Belfair Bypass Project
31.
Washington State’s Missing Indigenous Women
Spotlighted as Bill Signed
32.
Small Plane Crash Lands on Top of Idaho Tree,
Pilot Rescued
WORD OF THE DAY
Longueur • \lawn-GURR \ • Noun - A dull & tedious
passage or section (as of a book, play, or musical composition) — usually used
in plural.
Cool story about coded messages to the French Underground in
World War II prior to the Normandy invasions on D-Day:
In preparation for Operation Overlord, the BBC had signaled
to the French Resistance that the opening lines of the 1866 Verlaine poem “Chanson
d’Automne” were to indicate the start of D-Day operations. The first three
lines of the poem, Long sobs of autumn violins, meant that Operation Overlord
was to start within two weeks. These lines were broadcast on 1 June 1944. The
next set of lines, wound my heart with a monotonous languor, meant that it
would start within 48 hours & that the resistance should begin sabotage
operations especially on the French railroad system; these lines were broadcast
on 5 June at 23:15.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Mason PUD 3 Hiring New Line Crew (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
2.
Mason PUD 1’s TJ Goos Water Operator of Year
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
3.
California: Parents of Electrocuted Teens File
Wrongful Death Claim against North Bay Irrigation District (San Jose Mercury
News, CA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
4.
Salmon Conference Calls for Innovative Solutions
to Protect Fish (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
5.
Why Are Gray Whales Washing Up Dead on Pacific
Northwest Beaches? (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
6.
Duckabush River Estuary Restoration Moving Forward
on Hood Canal (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
7.
Tesla Solar Installations Continue to Plummet amid
SolarCity’s Slow Collapse (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
8.
Op/Ed: Where’s the Future of Clean Energy? Right
Here in Washington State (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
9.
New Wind & Solar Power Projects Tend to Come
Online at the End of the Year (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
10. Editorial:
Bridge the Digital Divide (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
11. Virginia
Co-op Efforts: Gigabit Internet Access Changes Broadband Landscape in Floyd
County (WDBJ-TV, Roanoke, VA)
12. Verizon
Is Launching 5G in These 20 Cities This Year (Mashable)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
13. Microsoft’s
Profit Rises 19% as Its Cloud Business Drives Strong Results (NY Times)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
14. Study
Ranks Yakima No. 6 In Nation for Short-Term Air Pollution Spikes (Yakima Herald
Republic, WA)
15. Is
Washington State Air Quality Getting Better or Worse? (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
16. Oregon’s
Air Is Getting Worse, According to American Lung Association (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
17. Vanishing
Mountain Glaciers Will Kill Off Ecosystems & the Creatures within Them (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
18. Oregon
Directs Utilities to Show Plans for Accelerating Transportation Electrification
(Utility Dive)
19. Daimler
Will Convert Portland Factory to Make Electric Trucks (Oregonian, Portland)
20. Spokane
Chosen for Electric Sports Car Factory with Promise of 850 Jobs (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
21. Cannabis,
Marijuana, Weed, Pot? Just Call It a Job Machine (NY Times)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
22. Intercity
Transit Will Remove Ads from Its Buses after Complaints: ‘It’s Not a Good
Business Proposition.” (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
23. Facebook
Beats Profit Estimates, Sets Aside $3 Billion for Privacy Penalty (Reuters)
24. Canada
Accuses Facebook of Breaking Local Privacy Law, Threatening to Take Company to Court
(Washington Post)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
25. Washington
Democrats Have Days Left to Negotiate a New State Budget – And Decisions on
Taxes (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
26. After
Washington State Senator’s Debate Gaffe – Legislature Requires Hospitals to
Give Rest & Meal Breaks to Nurses (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
27. Washington
State’s House Democrats Will Select New Speaker This Summer (Washington State
Wire, Olympia, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
28. Shelton
School Board Approves Layoffs, Budget Cuts (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
29. Shelton
Downtown Connector Project Nears Completion, Save for the Roundabout at First Street
(KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
30. North
Mason Voice Gets Update on Highway 3 Freight Corridor/Belfair Bypass Project
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
31. Washington
State’s Missing Indigenous Women Spotlighted as Bill Signed (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
32. Small
Plane Crash Lands on Top of Idaho Tree, Pilot Rescued (Associated Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Educators Donate Over 100 Sick Days to Teacher after His
Baby’s Cancer Diagnosis
Workers Save Dog Spotted More Than 100 Miles Off Thailand Coast
Artists Use Ukraine President’s Candy Wrappers for Critical
Portrait
Lawsuit Says TGI Fridays Potato Skins Contain No Potato
Skins
SONG OF THE DAY
Willie Nelson & Ray Price – Faded Love
LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY
Links in the news digest lead to current stories. Media
organizations update their websites regularly, which may result in broken
links.
