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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Randle Residents Oppose Crystal Geyser Water Plant on
Cowlitz River (Longview Daily News, WA)
Canada: Politicians Consider Trucking, Helicoptering Fraser
River Salmon Trapped by Rock Slide (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
City of Tacoma to Continue Negotiations with Rainier Connect
(South Sound Business)
Tacoma Liquefied Natural Gas Project Faces Legal Challenge
from Local Group (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
It’s New York vs. California in a New Climate Race. Who Will
Win? (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Oregon: Coalition Maintains Intent to See
Boardman-Hemingway Transmission Lines Stopped
2.
Tacoma Liquefied Natural Gas Project Faces Legal
Challenge from Local Group
3.
Future of Grant PUD Power Sales Topic of
Discussion
4.
California ISO Marks First Phase of Reliability
Coordinator Operations
5.
Energy Adviser: High-Density Loads Can Pose
Risks
6.
Bonneville Power Administration Science Bowl
Winner Conquers Jeopardy’s 2019 Teen Tournament
7.
Canada: Politicians Consider Trucking,
Helicoptering Fraser River Salmon Trapped by Rock Slide
8.
Canada Funds 23 Projects to Help Restore British
Columbia’s Fragile Salmon Stocks
9.
Washington State Awards Nearly $7 Million in
Mason, Thurston & Kitsap Salmon Projects
10.
Whatcom County: Grants Will Help Remove One Dam
While Creating Several Logjams to Aid Salmon
11.
Southern Resident Killer Whales Last Seen in
Poor Health Now Missing
12.
Tour Boats: ‘If the Whales Go Away, We Go Away.
We Don’t Want That Either’
13.
Washington State to Cut Hundreds of Trees to
Save Salmon
14.
Randle Residents Oppose Crystal Geyser Water
Plant on Cowlitz River
15.
Washington State Fines Developer for Causing
'Significant' Environmental Damage to Port Orchard Wetlands
16.
New York Program Promotes Renewable Energy
Through Hydro-Electricity
17.
Without Transmission Lines, Renewable Energy
Still has a Long Way to Go — Literally
18.
Tips To Keep Your Home Cool & Your Electric
Bill Low
19.
City of Tacoma to Continue Negotiations with
Rainier Connect
20.
It’s New York vs. California in a New Climate
Race. Who Will Win?
21.
Yakama Nation Radio Station Gets Tuned Back on
Air 8 Months after Burglary Knocked It Off
22.
U.S. Lawyer Gored Taking Video Selfie at
Pamplona’s Running of the Bulls
23.
Colorful Self-Made Billionaire H. Ross Perot
Dies at 89
24.
Troopers investigating deadly 2-car crash near
Shelton
25.
Dry Weather Sparks Preparations for Wildfires in
Olympics
26.
Analysis: Western Washington Wildfires Differ
from Their East Side Counterparts
27.
Swarm of Small Earthquakes Shakes Slopes of
Mount Hood
28.
Former Shelton Furniture Store Would Be
Remodeled for New Courtroom Space under Sales Tax Proposal
29.
Little Skookum Shellfish Growers: Harvesting
History
WORD OF THE DAY – AN ADAGE BIOMASS CALLBACK
Hysteroid • \HISS-tuh-royd\ • adjective - Resembling or
tending toward hysteria
“The sky is falling… the sky is fa…….” Unfortunate last
words from a hysteriod air pollution protester; killed instantly by a single
exposure to the largest airborne particulate ever: a 500-pound meteorite.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Oregon: Coalition Maintains Intent to See Boardman-Hemingway
Transmission Lines Stopped (LaGrande Observer, OR)
2.
Tacoma Liquefied Natural Gas Project Faces Legal
Challenge from Local Group (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
3.
Future of Grant PUD Power Sales Topic of Discussion
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
4.
California ISO Marks First Phase of Reliability
Coordinator Operations (American Public Power Association)
5.
Energy Adviser: High-Density Loads Can Pose
Risks (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
6.
Bonneville Power Administration Science Bowl Winner
Conquers Jeopardy’s 2019 Teen Tournament (Bonneville Power Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
7.
Canada: Politicians Consider Trucking,
Helicoptering Fraser River Salmon Trapped by Rock Slide (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
8.
Canada Funds 23 Projects to Help Restore British
Columbia’s Fragile Salmon Stocks “…12 of 13 Fraser chinook runs are
endangered…” (Globe & Mail, Canada)
9.
Washington State Awards Nearly $7 Million in
Mason, Thurston & Kitsap Salmon Projects (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
10. Whatcom
County: Grants Will Help Remove One Dam While Creating Several Logjams to Aid
Salmon (Bellingham Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
11. Southern
Resident Killer Whales Last Seen in Poor Health Now Missing (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
12. Tour
Boats: ‘If the Whales Go Away, We Go Away. We Don’t Want That Either’
(Bellingham Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
13. Washington
State to Cut Hundreds of Trees to Save Salmon (KOMO TV, Seattle, WA)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
14. Randle
Residents Oppose Crystal Geyser Water Plant on Cowlitz River (Longview Daily
News, WA)
15. Washington
State Fines Developer for Causing 'Significant' Environmental Damage to Port
Orchard Wetlands (KING TV, Seattle, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
16. New
York Program Promotes Renewable Energy Through Hydro-Electricity (WABC-TV, New
York, NY – “Hydro-Electricity,” how grammatically quaint)
17. Without
Transmission Lines, Renewable Energy Still has a Long Way to Go — Literally
(Texas Observer)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
18. Tips
to keep your home cool and your electric bill low (KEPR TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
19. City
of Tacoma to Continue Negotiations with Rainier Connect (South Sound Business)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
20. It’s
New York vs. California in a New Climate Race. Who Will Win? (NY Times)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
21. Yakama
Nation Radio Station Gets Tuned Back on Air 8 Months after Burglary Knocked It
Off (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
22. U.S.
Lawyer Gored Taking Video Selfie at Pamplona’s Running of the Bulls (Huffington
Post)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
23. Colorful
Self-Made Billionaire H. Ross Perot Dies at 89 (Seattle Times – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
24. Troopers
investigating deadly 2-car crash near Shelton (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
25. Dry
Weather Sparks Preparations for Wildfires in Olympics (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton – Paywall
Advisory)
26. Analysis:
Western Washington Wildfires Differ from Their East Side Counterparts (KNKX
Radio, Tacoma, WA – Scroll down to hear interviews with Central Mason Fire
Chief Tim McKern & Mason County Commissioner Kevin Shutty)
27. Swarm
of Small Earthquakes Shakes Slopes of Mount Hood (Oregonian, Portland)
28. Former
Shelton Furniture Store Would Be Remodeled for New Courtroom Space under Sales
Tax Proposal (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
29. Little
Skookum Shellfish Growers: Harvesting History (South Sound Business)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Man Swept Over Niagara Falls Survives with Non-Life-Threatening
Injuries
Volkswagen's Last Beetle to Leave the Factory This Week
Poorly Timed Flatulence Helps Deputies Sniff Out Suspect
Hiding from Arrest
Lithuanian Couple Defends World Wife-Carrying Championship
Title
SONG OF THE DAY
Anthony Philip Heinrich - The War of the Elements & the Thundering
of Niagara
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