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Weather Forecast for June 2, 2016
Special Weather Statement: Hot Weather on the Way
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Hot Weather Expected This Weekend in Washington State (KBKW
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Washington State Seeks to Limit Carbon Pollution from
Largest Sources (Tri-City Herald,
WA)
Tribe Blocks Salmon Fishing on Namesake Skokomish River (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Power Blackout as French Workers Strike over Labor Bill (Associated Press)
How Iconic Charities Like Red Cross & United Way Are
Trying to Win Over Millennial Donors (AdWeek)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Power Blackout as French Workers Strike over Labor Bill
- Cost of Priest Rapids Dam Refurbishment May Increase
- Seattle City Council Passes Resolution Opposing Nuclear Power
- Exelon Says It Will Close Two Illinois Nuclear Plants
- California: Pacific Gas & Electric Faces $24 Million Fine for Explosion
- Rate Design Roundup: Demand Charges vs. Time-Based Rates
- Tribe Blocks Salmon Fishing on Namesake Skokomish River
- Outdoors: Some Coho Fishing Coming After All on the North Olympic Peninsula
- Merwin Reservoir: 500,000-Plus Northern Pikeminnows
- Opinion Analysis: Narrow Loss for the Government in Clean Water Act Finality Case
- SolarCity Launches New Rooftop Loan Product to Replace MyPower Offering
- SolarWorld Gets Training Partner as Solar Industry Booms
- Ravalli Electric Cooperative Celebrates Valley Solar Project
- Renewable Energy Isn’t About to Doom Oil
- Chile Has So Much Solar Energy It’s Giving It Away for Free
- The Surprising Success of Micro Hydro
- Marijuana Edible Sales Start Thursday in Oregon
- Washington State Seeks to Limit Carbon Pollution from Largest Sources
- Does a Stay of the Clean Power Plan Really Mean States Should ‘Put Pencils Down’?
- Clean Power Plan: Obama Team Pledges New Money for Clean Energy
- Researchers Discover Malware Built to Cripple Industrial Systems
- Report: Federal Reserve Breached over 50 Times in Four Years
- How Iconic Charities Like Red Cross & United Way Are Trying to Win Over Millennial Donors
- Facebook Tests Having Users Initiate Safety Check
- Facebook Messenger Adds More Diverse Emojis
- Zen & the Art of Managing Smartphone Photos
- Four Tips for a Professional Email
- Demise of Local News May Be Ruining Congress
- Hot Weather Expected This Weekend in Washington State
- Details Emerge About Gunman, Victim in UCLA Murder-Suicide
- Woman on UCLA Shooter’s ‘Kill List’ Found Dead
- ‘Armed & Dangerous’ Homeowner a Suspect in Elma Murder
- Boeing to Lay Off 211 Workers in Washington State, Agency Says
- Official Says Prince Died of Opioid Overdose
- The Graying of Rural America
Beaucoup • \BOE-koo\ • Adjective - Great in quantity or
amount: many, much
Barty and Mildred were enjoying their holiday in France.
Barty, however, was sowing a crop of bad will with his “jocularity” at each
small, snooty street café he visited. “Mercy Buckets,” he would shout at the
retreating waiters & waitresses, chortling into his after dinner espresso.
His mangling of “thanks much” resulted in beaucoup trouble at the last night’s
dinner, as a “clumsy” busboy “tripped” and cascaded dirty dishes and soapy
rinse water over Barty’s finest evening wear.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Power Blackout as French Workers Strike over Labor Bill (Associated Press)
Cost of Priest Rapids Dam Refurbishment May Increase (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Seattle City Council Passes Resolution Opposing Nuclear
Power (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Exelon Says It Will Close Two Illinois Nuclear Plants (Associated Press)
California: Pacific Gas & Electric Faces $24 Million
Fine for Explosion (Courthouse News
Service)
Rate Design Roundup: Demand Charges vs. Time-Based Rates (Utility
Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Tribe Blocks Salmon Fishing on Namesake Skokomish River (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Outdoors: Some Coho Fishing Coming After All on the North
Olympic Peninsula (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, WA)
Merwin Reservoir: 500,000-Plus Northern Pikeminnows (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Opinion Analysis: Narrow Loss for the Government in Clean
Water Act Finality Case (SCOTUS Blog)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
SolarCity Launches New Rooftop Loan Product to Replace
MyPower Offering (Utility Dive)
SolarWorld Gets Training Partner as Solar Industry Booms (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Ravalli Electric Cooperative Celebrates Valley Solar Project
(Bitteroot Star, Stevensville, MT)
Renewable Energy Isn’t About to Doom Oil (Bloomberg News)
Chile Has So Much Solar Energy It’s Giving It Away for Free (Bloomberg
News)
The Surprising Success of Micro Hydro (International Rivers)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Marijuana Edible Sales Start Thursday in Oregon (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington State Seeks to Limit Carbon Pollution from
Largest Sources (Tri-City Herald,
WA)
Does a Stay of the Clean Power Plan Really Mean States
Should ‘Put Pencils Down’? (Morning Consult)
Clean Power Plan: Obama Team Pledges New Money for Clean
Energy (USA Today)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Researchers Discover Malware Built to Cripple Industrial
Systems (Washington Examiner)
Report: Federal Reserve Breached over 50 Times in Four Years
(Washington Examiner)
MARKETING & MEDIA
How Iconic Charities Like Red Cross & United Way Are
Trying to Win Over Millennial Donors (AdWeek)
Facebook Tests Having Users Initiate Safety Check (USA Today)
Facebook Messenger Adds More Diverse Emojis (USA Today)
Zen & the Art of Managing Smartphone Photos (NY Times)
Four Tips for a Professional Email – Writing effective
emails is vital for maintaining good relationships at work (U-S News &
World Report)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Demise of Local News May Be Ruining Congress (Bloomberg
News)
GENERAL NEWS
Hot Weather Expected This Weekend in Washington State (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Details Emerge About Gunman, Victim in UCLA Murder-Suicide
(CBS News)
Woman on UCLA Shooter’s ‘Kill List’ Found Dead (Associated Press)
‘Armed & Dangerous’ Homeowner a Suspect in Elma Murder (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Boeing to Lay Off 211 Workers in Washington State, Agency
Says (Reuters)
Official Says Prince Died of Opioid Overdose (Associated Press)
The Graying of Rural America – As young people increasingly
move to cities, what happens to the people & places they leave behind? (Atlantic
Magazine)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Kid Destroys $15,000 LEGO Sculpture an Hour after New
Exhibit Opens
Call This Number & a Swede Will Answer, Any Swede
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/06/01/call-number-and-swede-answer-any-swede/85228810/
2,000-Year-Old Handwritten Documents Found in London Mud
Woman Buys Freezer from Neighbor, Finds Human Remains Inside
SONG OF THE DAY
ABBA - Mamma Mia
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