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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
California Fire Season Starts with Pacific Gas &
Electric Power Shut-Off in Five Counties – Nearly 23,000 Customers (Utility
Dive)
Grays Harbor PUD Makes Final Connections for East County
Fiber Project (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Bio-Snake Oil - This Richland Couple Ran a Nationwide Scam
to Bilk the IRS Out of Millions in Tax Credits (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Bigger Blades Bound for Dayton Wind Farm in Retrofit Project
(Lewiston Tribune, ID)
Oregon: Carbon Bill Revamp Proposal: A Real Threat or
Political Theater? (Oregonian, Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
California Fire Season Starts with Pacific Gas
& Electric Power Shut-Off in Five Counties – Nearly 23,000 Customers
2.
Bonneville Power Administration Office Planned
for Clarkston Port
3.
Smart Grid Transformation Hinges on Data
Bandwidth – And Lots of It
4.
Tillamook PUD & Bonneville Environmental
Foundation Bring Renewable Energy Educational Opportunity to Neah-Kah-Nie
School District
5.
Almost All U.S. Coal Production Is Consumed for
Electric Power
6.
U.S. House Panel Highlights Risks Over
Nuclear-Storage Stalemate
7.
What’s the Path Forward for D.C.’S Grid Mod?
After Nearly a Year of Study, The City Is Still Finding Out
8.
Are Underground Electricity Cables Worth the
Hype?
9.
Chinook Habitat Restoration on Stillaguamish
River to Start in July
10.
Washington State’s Endangered Pygmy Rabbits
Bounce Back from the Brink
11.
Editor’s Notebook: Draft EIS Alternatives Show
Breadth, Scope of Salmon Recovery; Yes, the Pike Are Coming; Barbed, Barbless
12.
Bioengineered Salmon Won’t Come from This
Country’s Biggest Farm State
13.
Op/Ed: Collaboration on Water Is Harder Than
Picking a Fight
14.
Bigger Blades Bound for Dayton Wind Farm in
Retrofit Project
15.
How to Cool Down a Room, Without Blasting A/C
16.
Grays Harbor PUD Makes Final Connections for
East County Fiber Project
17.
USDA Leaders Visit Lewis County to Talk Broadband,
Rural Funding
18.
‘Homework Gap’ Shows Millions of Students Lack
Home Internet
19.
Should Rural Fiber be a Utility?
20.
U.S. Supreme Court to Review $20 Billion Racial
Discrimination Lawsuit Against Comcast
21.
Oregon: Carbon Bill Revamp Proposal: A Real
Threat or Political Theater?
22.
Op/Ed: In the Climate Crisis, Power of Our Ocean
Is Too Great to Ignore
23.
How Far Can You Go on Social Media Before It
Breaks the Law?
24.
Bio-Snake Oil - This Richland Couple Ran a
Nationwide Scam to Bilk the IRS Out of Millions in Tax Credits
25.
The Road to Sustainability with Renewable
Natural Gas
26.
Legislator Records Fight Before Washington State
Supreme Court
27.
Washington Attorney General Accuses Wapato City
Official of Enriching Himself by Creating & Accepting $95,000 Job
28.
Many Americans Have Had a Work Spouse
29.
Drought Regionally Now Considered Severe
30.
Weather Expert Challenges Severe Drought
Assessment
31.
Northcliff Open, Paving in Downtown Shelton
Begins Tuesday
32.
Mountain Goat Relocation Efforts to Temporarily
Close Mt. Ellinor Trails
33.
Grant County Fire Is Nearly Finished as Spokane
Air Returns to ‘Good’
WORD OF THE DAY
ineffable /in-EFF-uh-bull/ Adjective – 1a: incapable of
being expressed in words: indescribable b: inexpressibly bad: unspeakable 2: not
to be uttered: taboo
Barnabas masticated mouthfuls of the ineffable components of
his evening meal. He sat alone in his booth at “Hagar’s Haggis Hut.” Saddened
that his family would not participate in his birthday meal tradition; referred
to by the household as the “entrée that shall not be named.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
California Fire Season Starts with Pacific Gas
& Electric Power Shut-Off in Five Counties – Nearly 23,000 Customers
(Utility Dive)
2.
Bonneville Power Administration Office Planned
for Clarkston Port (Lewiston Tribune, ID)
3.
Smart Grid Transformation Hinges on Data
Bandwidth – And Lots of It (Energy News Network)
4.
Tillamook PUD & Bonneville Environmental
Foundation Bring Renewable Energy Educational Opportunity to Neah-Kah-Nie
School District (Tillamook County Pioneer, OR)
5.
Almost All U.S. Coal Production Is Consumed for
Electric Power (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
6.
U.S. House Panel Highlights Risks Over
Nuclear-Storage Stalemate (Associated Press)
7.
What’s the Path Forward for D.C.’S Grid Mod?
After Nearly a Year of Study, The City Is Still Finding Out (Utility Dive)
8.
Are Underground Electricity Cables Worth the
Hype? (The Wire)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Chinook Habitat Restoration on Stillaguamish
River to Start in July (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
10. Washington
State’s Endangered Pygmy Rabbits Bounce Back from the Brink (Crosscut Seattle)
11. Editor’s
Notebook: Draft EIS Alternatives Show Breadth, Scope of Salmon Recovery; Yes,
the Pike Are Coming; Barbed, Barbless (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
12. Bioengineered
Salmon Won’t Come from This Country’s Biggest Farm State (Associated Press)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
13. Op/Ed:
Collaboration on Water Is Harder Than Picking a Fight (Bend Bulletin, OR)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
14. Bigger
Blades Bound for Dayton Wind Farm in Retrofit Project (Lewiston Tribune, ID)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
15. How
to Cool Down a Room, Without Blasting A/C (Popular Mechanics)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
16. Grays
Harbor PUD Makes Final Connections for East County Fiber Project (KBKW Radio,
Aberdeen, WA)
17. USDA
Leaders Visit Lewis County to Talk Broadband, Rural Funding (The Chronicle,
Centralia, WA)
18. ‘Homework
Gap’ Shows Millions of Students Lack Home Internet (Associated Press)
19. Should
Rural Fiber be a Utility? (Pots & Pans)
20. U.S.
Supreme Court to Review $20 Billion Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against
Comcast (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2019/06/10/u-s-supreme-court-to-review-20b-racial.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
21. Oregon:
Carbon Bill Revamp Proposal: A Real Threat or Political Theater? (Oregonian,
Portland)
22. Op/Ed:
In the Climate Crisis, Power of Our Ocean Is Too Great to Ignore (The Hill,
Washington, DC)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
23. How
Far Can You Go on Social Media Before It Breaks the Law? (KIRO Broadcasting,
Seattle, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
24. Bio-Snake
Oil - This Richland Couple Ran a Nationwide Scam to Bilk the IRS Out of
Millions in Tax Credits (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
25. The
Road to Sustainability with Renewable Natural Gas (Puget Sound Business
Journal, WA)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
26. Legislator
Records Fight Before Washington State Supreme Court (Associated Press)
27. Washington
Attorney General Accuses Wapato City Official of Enriching Himself by Creating &
Accepting $95,000 Job (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
28. Many
Americans Have Had a Work Spouse (USA Today)
GENERAL NEWS
29. Drought
Regionally Now Considered Severe (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
30. Weather
Expert Challenges Severe Drought Assessment (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
31. Northcliff
Open, Paving in Downtown Shelton Begins Tuesday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
32. Mountain
Goat Relocation Efforts to Temporarily Close Mt. Ellinor Trails (Thurston
Talks, Olympia, WA)
33. Grant
County Fire Is Nearly Finished as Spokane Air Returns to ‘Good’
(Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
This Suspect Tried to Hide from a Deputy. He Didn’t Hide
Very Well
National Black Cow Day – June 10
Study Ranks Washington Fourth on List of ‘Most Fun States to
Visit in America’
From Washington to Australia: Rower Talks About Solo Journey
Across the Pacific
SONG OF THE DAY
Steely Dan – Black Cow
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