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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Pacific Mega Moisture Plume Approaches the West Coast “…Washington
is a sunless disaster area…” (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State’s Special Legislative Session Starts Today
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Snowpack Surplus Roils Pacific Northwest Power Market (The
Missoulian, MT)
Apple Says New Oregon Solar & Wind Projects Will Help
Power Prineville Data Centers (Oregonian, Portland)
How Google Cashes In on the Space Right Under the Search Bar
(NY Times)
Mason County: Serial Intruder Suspected of Hunting Victims
through Social Media (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Snowpack Surplus Roils Pacific Northwest Power Market
- White House Advisor Promises Approval for Oregon’s Controversial Liquefied Natural Gas Project
- Alaska: Chugach Electric Association to Halt Kenai Peninsula Dam Study after Public Outcry
- California: BLM Paves Way for Contested Hydro Project near Joshua Tree
- Areva to Add $12 Million Facility to Its Richland Nuclear Fuel Plant
- Chelan PUD Predicts Challenging Financial Times Ahead
- Should Landmark Status for Tacoma’s Cushman Substation Include Its Interior?
- Mason PUD 3 Administrators Address Substation Fee Proposal to Customers
- Nguyen Appointed Columbia River PUD General Manager
- Last Lawsuit over Pacific Gas & Electric San Bruno Explosion Close to Settlement
- Zambia Turns to Charcoal as Hydroelectricity Sources Drain
- Squaxin Tribe Op/Ed: To Preserve Water & Fish, Ignore False Alarms
- Apple Says New Oregon Solar & Wind Projects Will Help Power Prineville Data Centers
- Grays Harbor Solar Power: Is It Right for Your Home or Business?
- CAISO: California Curtailed 80 GWh of Renewables in March
- Environmentalists Just Killed a Wind Farm near Las Vegas
- Is Wind Power Saving Rural Iowa or Wrecking It?
- Montana: Bonneville Power Administration Helps Job Corps Campus Achieve Dramatic Energy Savings
- It’s Earth Day: Toss Your Old Appliances the Right Way
- Our Favorite Smart Thermostats
- EPA Administrator Tells Electric Co-Ops War on Coal Is Over
- What Americans Really Think About Climate Change
- Tesla to Double Number of Supercharger Stations in Advance of Model 3 Launch
- Comcast Says Customer Service Overhaul Is Showing Results
- Congress Returns, But the Real Cybersecurity Action Is Taking Place Off the Hill
- How Google Cashes In on the Space Right Under the Search Bar
- News Tribune Publisher to Oversee Bellingham Herald
- Washington State’s Special Legislative Session Starts Today
- Clarification on Rural Roads Grants Leads to Confusion
- Will the Federal Government Be Open in a Week? Here Are the Dividing Lines
- Softwood Lumber Decision Tuesday Is Trump’s Next Chance to Hammer Canada
- Mason County: Serial Intruder Suspected of Hunting Victims through Social Media
- Fire Destroys Shelton House near Callanan Park; Displaces Family of Five
- Seattle So Chill as the Pacific Northwest Bucks National Trend of Warm Start to 2017
- Trump Administration Declares Disaster for Benton, Franklin Counties
- Potato Farming In Washington State Involves High-Stakes Investment Due to Competitive Market, Low Profit Margins
- After Years of Work, Cowlitz Tribe Opens Casino This Week
Bumptious • \BUMP-shus\ • adjective – Presumptuously,
obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive: obtrusive.
“Will you just SHUT UP,” screamed Alice at the bumptious
insect that had snuck into her studio apartment. The cricket interrupted her
slumber every five minutes with its insistent song. Unknown to Alice, the
insect was channeling the ghost of J.P. Morgan, sending secret investment
advice. Alas, Alice, not understanding “cricket” ended the sure-fire wealth
session by locating and squashing the bug before she headed for work: cleaning
up offal at the Eastside Rendering Plant.
Top 30 Commonly Confused Words in English (Grammerly)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Snowpack Surplus Roils Pacific Northwest Power Market (The
Missoulian, MT)
White House Advisor Promises Approval for Oregon’s
Controversial Liquefied Natural Gas Project (Northwest Public Radio)
Alaska: Chugach Electric Association to Halt Kenai Peninsula
Dam Study after Public Outcry (Alaska Dispatch News, Anchorage, AK)
California: BLM Paves Way for Contested Hydro Project near Joshua
Tree (Greenwire)
Areva to Add $12 Million Facility to Its Richland Nuclear
Fuel Plant (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Chelan PUD Predicts Challenging Financial Times Ahead
(Wenatchee World, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Should Landmark Status for Tacoma’s Cushman Substation
Include Its Interior? (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Mason PUD 3 Administrators Address Substation Fee Proposal
to Customers (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Nguyen Appointed Columbia River PUD General Manager (St
Helens Chronicle, OR)
Last Lawsuit over Pacific Gas & Electric San Bruno
Explosion Close to Settlement (SF Chronicle, CA)
http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Last-lawsuit-over-PG-E-San-Bruno-explosion-close-11090597.php
Zambia turns to charcoal as hydroelectricity sources drain
(Deutsch Welle)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Squaxin Tribe Op/Ed: To Preserve Water & Fish, Ignore
False Alarms (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Apple Says New Oregon Solar & Wind Projects Will Help
Power Prineville Data Centers (Oregonian, Portland)
Grays Harbor Solar Power: Is It Right for Your Home or Business?
(KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
CAISO: California Curtailed 80 GWh of Renewables in March
(Utility Dive)
Environmentalists Just Killed a Wind Farm near Las Vegas (Palm
Springs Desert Sun, CA)
Is Wind Power Saving Rural Iowa or Wrecking It? (The Des
Moines Register, IA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Montana: Bonneville Power Administration Helps Job Corps
Campus Achieve Dramatic Energy Savings (Bonneville Power Administration)
It’s Earth Day: Toss Your Old Appliances the Right Way (USA
Today)
Our Favorite Smart Thermostats (SF Chronicle, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
EPA Administrator Tells Electric Co-Ops War on Coal Is Over
(Salem News, MO)
What Americans Really Think About Climate Change (Atlantic
Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE
Tesla to Double Number of Supercharger Stations in Advance of
Model 3 Launch (Consumerist)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast Says Customer Service Overhaul Is Showing Results
(Oregonian, Portland)
Congress Returns, But the Real Cybersecurity Action Is
Taking Place Off the Hill (Washington Examiner)
MARKETING & MEDIA
How Google Cashes In on the Space Right Under the Search Bar
(NY Times)
News Tribune Publisher to Oversee Bellingham Herald (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Washington State’s Special Legislative Session Starts Today (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Clarification on Rural Roads Grants Leads to Confusion
(Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Will the Federal Government Be Open in a Week? Here Are the
Dividing Lines (NY Times)
Softwood Lumber Decision Tuesday Is Trump’s Next Chance to
Hammer Canada (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County: Serial Intruder Suspected of Hunting Victims
through Social Media (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Fire Destroys Shelton House near Callanan Park; Displaces
Family of Five (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Seattle So Chill as the Pacific Northwest Bucks National
Trend of Warm Start to 2017 (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Trump Administration Declares Disaster for Benton, Franklin
Counties (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Potato Farming In Washington State Involves High-Stakes
Investment Due to Competitive Market, Low Profit Margins (Associated Press)
After Years of Work, Cowlitz Tribe Opens Casino This Week
(Associated Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Boy aged 12 drives himself 1,300km across Australia
At Air Force Museum, Famed Memphis Belle Undergoes Careful
Restoration
Yes, of Course Kenny G Gave an Impromptu Performance
Mid-Flight
One Year Later: Kitten Gets New Lease on Life after Severe
Burns
SONG OF THE DAY
Alternative Jazz Trio ‘Cool Cat’ – Cool Cat
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