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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Q&A: Here’s Why Salmon Fishing Is Off Limits in the
Puget Sound (Associated Press)
Facing Potential Blackouts, California Regulators Boost
Efficiency Spending for Low-Income Communities (Utility Dive)
Mason PUD 1 to Hold Hearing on Carbon Tax Initiative 732
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Ten Megawatt Solar Farm Slated for Central Oregon (Associated Press)
NRC Finds Environmental Impact of Yucca Mountain Would Be
‘Small’ (Morning Consult)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- NRC Finds Environmental Impact of Yucca Mountain Would Be ‘Small’
- Nuclear’s Unlikely Apostle – Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Michael Shellenberger’s Conversion
- Two New Electrical Power Substations to Be Built at the Port of Quincy
- Seattle City Light Facility Eyed for Landmark Status
- Elaine Dixon to Succeed Arnie Winkler at Northwest Public Power Association
- Smart Meters Help Florida Power & Light Catch More Electricity Thieves
- Editorial: California ‘Insiders’ Utility Commission: Here We Go Again
- Q&A: Here’s Why Salmon Fishing Is Off Limits in the Puget Sound
- Pacific Northwest Coast Scouted for Possible Seaside Whale Sanctuary
- Changes at Lower Granite Aimed at Cooling Adult Fish Ladder Where Salmon Hit ‘Thermal Barrier’
- Oregon Seeking More Money from the Feds to Cover McKenzie River Hatchery Expenses, Smolt Releases
- With BPA’s Help - Redesign for Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Editorial: Feds Are Running Out of Half Measures for Columbia River Salmon
- Ten Megawatt Solar Farm Slated for Central Oregon
- Tree Removal for Minnesota Solar Project Prompts Legislative Action
- Weeks after Law’s Passage, New Hampshire Utilities near Net Metering Cap for Large Solar
- Facing Potential Blackouts, California Regulators Boost Efficiency Spending for Low-Income Communities
- Looming Marijuana Ruling Could Limit Federal Prosecutions
- Northern California Counties Battle over June 7 Marijuana Measures
- Chart of the Week: Profitability in the Cannabis Industry
- Mason PUD 1 to Hold Hearing on Carbon Tax Initiative 732
- U-S Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions in 2015 Are 12% below Their 2005 Levels
- Are Mega Dams a Solution or Burden to Climate Change?
- Respecting the Earth, Even in Death – Seattle Architect Proposes Human Composting
- Toledo Selected for Federal Broadband Program
- New Report Shows Most People Still Hate Their Broadband Provider
- Making the Case for Co-op Drones
- Could You Get Sued for Texting Someone While They Are Driving?
- How to Use Facebook Messenger for Business
- Evernote Backing Out of Work Chat – Committed to ‘Deep Work’
- Troy Kelley Shakes Up Washington State Auditor Staff, Governor Demands Explanation
- Griffey to Seek Re-Election to Washington State House
- On the Trail of America’s Dangerous, Dead Electronics
- Alberta Wildfires Expected to Double In Size & Burn for Months
- Awesome Aurora: Northern Lights Dance above Seattle Skyline
Hubris ● /HYOO-briss/ ● Noun – Exaggerated pride or
self-confidence
“Don’t get too excited,” chirped Euripides to his over proud
assistant. “Just because your poetry is being quoted in the Athenian
marketplace today, doesn’t mean you won't be cursed around town tomorrow.”
“Beware of hubris,” he warned. “Those whom the gods would
destroy they first raise up.”
(That’s not the exact quote, but it is in the same vein: “Whom
the Gods would destroy they first make mad.”)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
NRC Finds Environmental Impact of Yucca Mountain Would Be ‘Small’
(Morning Consult)
Nuclear’s Unlikely Apostle – Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Michael
Shellenberger’s Conversion (San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
Two New Electrical Power Substations to Be Built at the Port
of Quincy (PR Newswire)
Seattle City Light Facility Eyed for Landmark Status (Daily
Journal of Commerce)
Elaine Dixon to Succeed Arnie Winkler at Northwest Public
Power Association (Northwest Public Power Association)
Smart Meters Help Florida Power & Light Catch More
Electricity Thieves (Palm Beach Post, FL)
Editorial: California ‘Insiders’ Utility Commission: Here We
Go Again (San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Q&A: Here’s Why Salmon Fishing Is Off Limits in the Puget
Sound (Associated Press)
Pacific Northwest Coast Scouted for Possible Seaside Whale
Sanctuary (Northwest Public Radio)
Changes at Lower Granite Aimed at Cooling Adult Fish Ladder
Where Salmon Hit ‘Thermal Barrier’ (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Oregon Seeking More Money from the Feds to Cover McKenzie
River Hatchery Expenses, Smolt Releases (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
With BPA’s Help - Redesign for Steigerwald Lake National
Wildlife Refuge (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Editorial: Feds Are Running Out of Half Measures for
Columbia River Salmon (The Daily Astorian, OR)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Ten Megawatt Solar Farm Slated for Central Oregon (Associated Press)
Tree Removal for Minnesota Solar Project Prompts Legislative
Action (Midwest Energy News – Renewable Energy: “Build it. We dare you.”)
Weeks after Law’s Passage, New Hampshire Utilities near Net
Metering Cap for Large Solar (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Facing Potential Blackouts, California Regulators Boost
Efficiency Spending for Low-Income Communities (Utility Dive)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Looming Marijuana Ruling Could Limit Federal Prosecutions (Associated Press)
Northern California Counties Battle over June 7 Marijuana
Measures (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Chart of the Week: Profitability in the Cannabis Industry (Marijuana
Business Daily)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Mason PUD 1 to Hold Hearing on Carbon Tax Initiative 732
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
U-S Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions in 2015 Are 12% below
Their 2005 Levels (U-S Energy Information Administration)
Are Mega Dams a Solution or Burden to Climate Change?
(Eco-Business)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Respecting the Earth, Even in Death – Seattle Architect
Proposes Human Composting (Seattle
Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Toledo Selected for Federal Broadband Program (KELA Radio,
Centralia, WA)
New Report Shows Most People Still Hate Their Broadband
Provider – Opens door for new disruptors (Tech Republic)
Making the Case for Co-op Drones (Electric Co-op Today)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Could You Get Sued for Texting Someone While They Are
Driving? (Consumerist)
How to Use Facebook Messenger for Business (Social Media
Examiner)
Evernote Backing Out of Work Chat – Committed to ‘Deep Work’
(GigaOM)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Troy Kelley Shakes Up Washington State Auditor Staff, Governor
Demands Explanation (Northwest Public Radio)
Griffey to Seek Re-Election to Washington State House (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
On the Trail of America’s Dangerous, Dead Electronics
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Alberta Wildfires Expected to Double In Size & Burn for
Months (Gizmodo)
Awesome Aurora: Northern Lights Dance above Seattle Skyline (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Americans Wearing Flip Flops Cower in Fear of Math
Terrorists on Planes
Olympic Runner’s ‘Rent My Skin’ Auction Nets $21,800
One Winning Ticket Sold in $429 Million Powerball Lottery
Egypt Official Blames ‘Tom & Jerry’ Cartoons for Violence
in the Middle East
SONG OF THE DAY
Frank Sinatra – Luck be a Lady
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