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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Record-Breaking Heat Likely as Western Washington State
Temps Soar to 90 This Week (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Douglas County: Helicopter Crashes after Hitting Power Lines
in Orondo (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Bitcoin Mining Craze Bypasses Oregon: Here’s Why (Oregonian,
Portland)
Bumblebee Blues: Pacific Northwest Pollinator in Trouble
(Washington Post)
Here Are the Carbon Pricing Battles to Watch Right Now
(Grist Online)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Douglas County: Helicopter Crashes after Hitting
Power Lines in Orondo
2.
Maybe $330,000 per Year Isn’t Enough for
Tacoma’s New Utilities Director
3.
Avista’s Idaho Customers Will See Drop in Rates
from Federal, State Tax Cuts
4.
Restaurant Owner Encouraging Others to Donate
Meals to Family of Fallen Chelan PUD Worker
5.
Passion for Trades on Display at Portland Career
Fair
6.
Infographic: The Greening of Our Power
7.
Dueling Reports over President Trump’s Coal,
Nuclear Bailout
8.
Florida: After 30 Years, Iconic Jacksonville
Electric Authority Towers Fall in Seconds
9.
In Energy Choice Debate, Colorado River
Commission Considers Bill Draft on Hydropower Contracts
10.
Is Siemens Considering Unloading Its Gas Turbine
Business?
11.
Walmart Looks Into Blockchain Electric Bill
System
12.
Bumblebee Blues: Pacific Northwest Pollinator in
Trouble
13.
Oregon Wildlife Agency Seeks Permission to Kill
Sea Lions to Save Protected Fish
14.
Editorial: Where Is Leadership on Salmon,
Culverts?
15.
Record Lamprey Return a Cultural Win for Native
Tribes – Oh, & Thanks BPA
16.
Endangered British Columbia Orca Believed Dead,
Dropping Population to 75
17.
In the Philippines, Dynamite Fishing Decimates
Entire Ocean Food Chains
18.
New Mexico National Forest Says No to Geothermal
Drilling
19.
Expanding Broadband to Every Corner of
Washington State Topic of Governor’s Tour
20.
Minnesota: Can States Regulate VOiP? Ask the
Eighth Circuit
21.
Bitcoin Mining Craze Bypasses Oregon: Here’s Why
22.
Blockchain Explained
23.
Goodbye, Denver Post. Hello, Blockchain.
24.
Canada’s First Retail Hydrogen Fueling Station
Opens in Vancouver
25.
San Jose Picks Three Companies to Make Street
Lights ‘Smart,’ Set Groundwork for 5G
26.
Salem Water: Latest Test Shows Toxins below EPA
Advisory Level
27.
Health Advisory Issued for Upper Klamath Lake
Due to Algae Bloom
28.
‘This Is Not Normal.’ Eastern Oregon Ranchers
Struggle with Deepening Drought
29.
Here Are the Carbon Pricing Battles to Watch
Right Now
30.
National Grid Targets 80% Carbon Cut across
Buildings, Transport, Power
31.
How to Get People to Want to Help You
32.
Proposed U-S Banking Fix for Marijuana May Not
Open All Doors
33.
Cannabis Businesses Shut Out of Maine’s
Energy-Efficiency Programs
34.
Could Fiber Optics Detect Earthquakes?
35.
California Moves to Clear Coffee of Cancer-Risk
Stigma
36.
Feds: 300-Million-Year-Old Colossus Threatens
the Grid
37.
The Evergreen State College Is Updating after
Protests, Decline in Enrollment
38.
Record-Breaking Heat Likely as Western
Washington State Temps Soar to 90 This Week
39.
Armed Man Dead, Two Injured in Shooting at
Tumwater Walmart
40.
‘I Think She Just Died:’ He Called 911 Days
after Using ‘Everything’ to Beat Wife, Mason County Deputies Say
41.
Tacoma Man Killed after Driving the Wrong Way on
I-5 near Lacey
42.
Street, Sewer, Natural Gas Projects Slowing
Traffic in Shelton
43.
Extended Comment Period Sought for Case Inlet
Geoduck Farm Lease
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
It's the Same, Only Different – Joel’s Horrible Haiku
Homophone • \HOME-uh-fone\ • Noun - A word that is
pronounced like another word but is different in meaning, origin, or spelling.
A homophone haiku
I chased your chaste love
Your love is a sweet dessert.
Dear don’t desert me.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Douglas County: Helicopter Crashes after Hitting
Power Lines in Orondo (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
2.
Maybe $330,000 per Year Isn’t Enough for Tacoma’s
New Utilities Director (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
3.
Avista’s Idaho Customers Will See Drop in Rates
from Federal, State Tax Cuts (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
4.
Restaurant Owner Encouraging Others to Donate
Meals to Family of Fallen Chelan PUD Worker (KPQ-Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
5.
Passion for Trades on Display at Portland Career
Fair (Bonneville Power Administration)
6.
Infographic: The Greening of Our Power (American
Public Power Association)
7.
Dueling Reports over President Trump’s Coal,
Nuclear Bailout (Washington Examiner, Daily on Energy)
8.
Florida: After 30 Years, Iconic Jacksonville
Electric Authority Towers Fall in Seconds (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
9.
In Energy Choice Debate, Colorado River
Commission Considers Bill Draft on Hydropower Contracts (Nevada Independent,
Las Vegas)
10. Is
Siemens Considering Unloading Its Gas Turbine Business? (Utility Dive)
11. Walmart
Looks Into Blockchain Electric Bill System (Payments.Com)
FISH & WILDLIFE
12. Bumblebee
Blues: Pacific Northwest Pollinator in Trouble (Washington Post)
13. Oregon
Wildlife Agency Seeks Permission to Kill Sea Lions to Save Protected Fish
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
14. Editorial:
Where Is Leadership on Salmon, Culverts? (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
15. Record
Lamprey Return a Cultural Win for Native Tribes – Oh, & Thanks BPA
(Oregonian, Portland)
16. Endangered
British Columbia Orca Believed Dead, Dropping Population to 75 (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
17. In
the Philippines, Dynamite Fishing Decimates Entire Ocean Food Chains (NY Times)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
18. New
Mexico National Forest Says No to Geothermal Drilling (Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
19. Expanding
Broadband to Every Corner of Washington State Topic of Governor’s Tour (Office of
WA Governor Jay Inslee)
20. Minnesota:
Can States Regulate VOiP? Ask the Eighth Circuit (Courthouse News Service)
HALL OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
21. Bitcoin
Mining Craze Bypasses Oregon: Here’s Why (Oregonian, Portland)
22. Blockchain
Explained (Reuters)
23. Goodbye,
Denver Post. Hello, Blockchain. (NY Times)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC, OR HYDROGEN, OR BIOFUELS, OR
UNICORN FLATULENT
24. Canada’s
First Retail Hydrogen Fueling Station Opens in Vancouver (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
25. San
Jose Picks Three Companies to Make Street Lights ‘Smart,’ Set Groundwork for 5G
(Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
26. Salem
Water: Latest Test Shows Toxins below EPA Advisory Level (Oregonian, Portland)
27. Health
Advisory Issued for Upper Klamath Lake Due to Algae Bloom (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
28. ‘This
Is Not Normal.’ Eastern Oregon Ranchers Struggle with Deepening Drought (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
29. Here
Are the Carbon Pricing Battles to Watch Right Now (Grist Online)
30. National
Grid Targets 80% Carbon Cut across Buildings, Transport, Power (Utility Dive)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
31. How
to Get People to Want to Help You (Fast Company)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
32. Proposed
U-S Banking Fix for Marijuana May Not Open All Doors (SF Chronicle)
33. Cannabis
Businesses Shut Out of Maine’s Energy-Efficiency Programs (Portland Press
Herald, ME)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
34. Could
Fiber Optics Detect Earthquakes? (Smithsonian Magazine)
35. California
Moves to Clear Coffee of Cancer-Risk Stigma (Associated Press)
36. Feds:
300-Million-Year-Old Colossus Threatens the Grid (Washington Examiner, Daily on
Energy)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
37. The
Evergreen State College Is Updating after Protests, Decline in Enrollment
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
38. Record-Breaking
Heat Likely as Western Washington State Temps Soar to 90 This Week (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
39. Armed
Man Dead, Two Injured in Shooting at Tumwater Walmart (Olympian, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
40. ‘I
Think She Just Died:’ He Called 911 Days after Using ‘Everything’ to Beat Wife,
Mason County Deputies Say (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
41. Tacoma
Man Killed after Driving the Wrong Way on I-5 near Lacey (Olympian, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
42. Street,
Sewer, Natural Gas Projects Slowing Traffic in Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
43. Extended
Comment Period Sought for Case Inlet Geoduck Farm Lease (Mason Web TV, Shelton,
WA)
CORN AS HIGH AS REDEYE (WHISKEY) – DIVERSIONS
Fields of Dreams: Texas Project Seeks New Corn Strains for
Whiskey
Wicked Winds Send Port-A-Potties Flying High into the Sky at
Colorado Park
Sheriff Says Campers Burning Poop in a Hole Started 500-Plus
Acre Fire
Ax Throwing Could Become Next Hot Entertainment Trend
SONG OF THE DAY
John Denver - Rocky Mountain High
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