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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
4.2 Earthquake near Dewatto (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Puget Sound Energy Still Seeking Cause of 161 Gas Leaks
Found in Bonney Lake Area Tract (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Internet Outages in Eastern Washington Restored (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Montana: Advocates Urge Judge to Keep Injunction on
Yellowstone Dam (Associated Press)
Pot Sales Pump $5.3M More into Oregon State Coffers
(Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Puget Sound Energy Still Seeking Cause of 161 Gas Leaks Found in Bonney Lake Area Tract
- Environmental Group Appeals Approval of Southwest Idaho Power Line
- Lake Pend Oreille Water Level to Rise Behind Albeni Falls Dam
- Chelan County PUD Monitoring Water Levels in Lake Chelan Basin
- America’s Aging Dams Are in Need of Repair
- Suspect Arrested in Centralia Utility Payment Drop Box Break-In
- Squirrel to Blame for Puyallup Power Outage
- Fishermen at Odds Over Impact of Trump Executive Order on Regulations
- Montana: Advocates Urge Judge to Keep Injunction on Yellowstone Dam
- Drone Video: Check Out Washington State’s Largest Rooftop Solar Array at New Ikea in Renton
- Mill Official: Nippon Has Pared Down Port Angeles Production
- Canada: Wind Power Company Sues Federal Government for $28 Million
- Clean Energy’s Dirty Secret – Wind & Solar Power Are Disrupting Electricity Systems
- Chelan PUD Studies Switch to LED Streetlights
- Six Filters You Don’t Want to Forget to Change
- Pot Sales Pump $5.3M More into Oregon State Coffers
- Marijuana Industry Projected To Create More Jobs than Manufacturing by 2020
- Rosalia: Avista Opens Electric Vehicle Charging Station in Rural Eastern Washington
- Tesla Says Model 3 on Track for Volume Production by September
- Internet Outages in Eastern Washington Restored
- Google Expanding Gigabit Wireless to Denver, Seattle
- Broadband Has a Problem on the Pole
- When His Electricity Went Out, New EPA Chief Reached Out to Lobbyist for Faster Restoration Response
- Earthquake near Dewatto
- Youth Baseball World Series Coming to Shelton
- Trump Talk Rattles Aerospace Industry, Up & Down Supply Chain
- Canadian Government Launches Task Force for U-S Lumber Battle
- Discovery of Seven Earth-Like Planets Heats Up Search for Life
- Stolen Nazi Gate Returned To Memorial at Dachau
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to fields or open country: rural
“Come on Fred, have a little creativity,” the Bonneville
Power Administration contract manager exhorted to his hesitant project team
member. “Think of it: a ‘Campestral Discount’ sounds so much more lyrical than ‘Low
Density Discount.’ “
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Puget Sound Energy Still Seeking Cause of 161 Gas Leaks
Found in Bonney Lake Area Tract (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Environmental Group Appeals Approval of Southwest Idaho Power
Line (Associated Press)
Lake Pend Oreille Water Level to Rise Behind Albeni Falls
Dam (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Chelan County PUD Monitoring Water Levels in Lake Chelan
Basin (KOZI Radio, Chelan, WA)
America’s Aging Dams Are in Need of Repair (NY Times)
Suspect Arrested in Centralia Utility Payment Drop Box
Break-In (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Squirrel to Blame for Puyallup Power Outage (News Tribune,
Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fishermen at Odds Over Impact of Trump Executive Order on
Regulations (Associated Press)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Montana: Advocates Urge Judge to Keep Injunction on Yellowstone
Dam (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Drone Video: Check Out Washington State’s Largest Rooftop
Solar Array at New Ikea in Renton (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Mill Official: Nippon Has Pared Down Port Angeles Production
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Canada: Wind Power Company Sues Federal Government for $28 Million
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Clean Energy’s Dirty Secret – Wind & Solar Power Are
Disrupting Electricity Systems (The Economist)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Chelan PUD Studies Switch to LED Streetlights (KPQ Radio,
Wenatchee, WA)
Six Filters You Don’t Want to Forget to Change – “…Neglecting
HVAC filters can increase your power bill or strain your system & damage it…”
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Pot Sales Pump $5.3M More into Oregon State Coffers (Associated
Press)
Marijuana Industry Projected To Create More Jobs than
Manufacturing by 2020 (Forbes Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE
Rosalia: Avista Opens Electric Vehicle Charging Station in
Rural Eastern Washington (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Tesla Says Model 3 on Track for Volume Production by September
(Reuters)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Internet Outages in Eastern Washington Restored (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Google Expanding Gigabit Wireless to Denver, Seattle (Broadband
Reports)
Broadband Has a Problem on the Pole (Light Reading)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
When His Electricity Went Out, New EPA Chief Reached Out to Lobbyist
for Faster Restoration Response (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Earthquake near Dewatto (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Youth Baseball World Series Coming to Shelton (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Trump Talk Rattles Aerospace Industry, Up & Down Supply
Chain (NY Times)
Canadian Government Launches Task Force for U-S Lumber
Battle (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Discovery of Seven Earth-Like Planets Heats Up Search for
Life (Christian Science Monitor)
Stolen Nazi Gate Returned To Memorial at Dachau (Associated
Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Oklahoma Town Abolishes Decades-Old Dance Ban
Sushi Donuts Are Here – They’re Blowing the Internet’s Mind
New Jersey: Lieutenant Governor Gets Resignation Letter – From
Her Husband
Kellogg’s Unveils Pop-Tarts Pizza, Tacos at New York City Café
SONG OF THE DAY
Rare Earth – I Just Want to Celebrate
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