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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Chelan PUD Preparing for Cryptocurrency Moratorium Hearing
(KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Seattle Council Approves Electricity-Rate Hikes, Directs
City Light to Rethink Rate Structure (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Sierra Club Demands PacifiCorp Reveal Coal Study Results
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
For Alaska Sockeye Salmon, Record Highs in Bristol Bay,
Record Lows Nearly Everywhere Else (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
Electric Vehicles Could Drive 38% Rise in U-S Electricity
Demand, DOE Lab Finds (Utility Dive)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Chelan PUD Preparing for Cryptocurrency
Moratorium Hearing
2.
Seattle Council Approves Electricity-Rate Hikes,
Directs City Light to Rethink Rate Structure
3.
Sierra Club Demands PacifiCorp Reveal Coal Study
Results
4.
Fearing Climate Change, Experts in San Diego
Warn U-S Nuclear Industry Faces Collapse
5.
Navajo Nation Company Buys Partial Ownership in
New Mexico Power Plant
6.
As Electricity Returns to Puerto Rico, Its
People Want More Power
7.
Small Modular Reactor Project Advances in Canada
8.
For Alaska Sockeye Salmon, Record Highs in
Bristol Bay, Record Lows Nearly Everywhere Else
9.
Exploding Salish Sea Seal Population Sparks Call
for a Cull
10.
Symphony of the Salmon: How Scientists Are
Learning By Putting Fish Migration to Music
11.
Vantage Data Centers Seeking Fewer, Smaller
Generators
12.
Hackers Have a New Favorite Target: Gas Stations
13.
Electric Vehicles Could Drive 38% Rise in U-S
Electricity Demand, DOE Lab Finds
14.
Conservative Groups Push for House Vote on
Anti-Carbon-Tax Measure
15.
Twitter Purges Fake Accounts, Shareholders Purge
Their Twitter Stock
16.
Snapchat Debuts a Library of Selfie Filters
17.
Listen to the Sound of Saturn’s Electromagnetic
Energy
18.
President Trump Nominates Brett Kavanaugh for
Supreme Court, Setting Up Fight with Democrats
19.
President Trump Pardons Ranchers Who’s Case
Sparked Bundy Takeover of Oregon Refuge
20.
Brush Fire Closes Miles of I-90 in Eastern
Washington State – Forces Evacuation of Vantage
21.
Tumwater Police Seek Two Suspects in Attempted
Abduction of Girls
22.
James Stidd, Convicted of Killing a Woman Who
Was Never Found, Sentenced to 41 Years
23.
After Daring Rescue, Entire Thai Soccer Team Out
of Cave
24.
Shelton City Council Finalizes Wording of YMCA
Lease
25.
Shelton: Turner Avenue Closures Scheduled
26.
Fixes Sought for Belfair’s Theler Trails System
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU
Wangle • \WANG-gull\ • Verb - 1: to resort to trickery or
devious methods 2: to adjust or manipulate for personal or fraudulent ends 3:
to make or get by devious means: finagle
Wangle and Fritter
Fish and politics don’t mix
You can’t swim in spin
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Chelan PUD Preparing for Cryptocurrency
Moratorium Hearing (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
2.
Seattle Council Approves Electricity-Rate Hikes,
Directs City Light to Rethink Rate Structure (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
3.
Sierra Club Demands PacifiCorp Reveal Coal Study
Results (Portland Business Journal, OR)
4.
Fearing Climate Change, Experts in San Diego Warn
U-S Nuclear Industry Faces Collapse (San Diego Union Tribune, CA)
5.
Navajo Nation Company Buys Partial Ownership in
New Mexico Power Plant (Associated Press)
6.
As Electricity Returns to Puerto Rico, Its
People Want More Power (Scientific American)
7.
Small Modular Reactor Project Advances in Canada
(Power Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
8.
For Alaska Sockeye Salmon, Record Highs in Bristol
Bay, Record Lows Nearly Everywhere Else (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
9.
Exploding Salish Sea Seal Population Sparks Call
for a Cull (Vancouver Sun, BC)
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/exploding-salish-sea-seal-population-sparks-call-for-a-cull
10. Symphony
of the Salmon: How Scientists Are Learning By Putting Fish Migration to Music (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
11. Vantage
Data Centers Seeking Fewer, Smaller Generators (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, WA)
12. Hackers
Have a New Favorite Target: Gas Stations (Fortune Magazine)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
13. Electric
Vehicles Could Drive 38% Rise in U-S Electricity Demand, DOE Lab Finds (Utility
Dive)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
14. Conservative
Groups Push for House Vote on Anti-Carbon-Tax Measure (The Hill, Washington, DC)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
15. Twitter
Purges Fake Accounts, Shareholders Purge Their Twitter Stock (San Jose Mercury
News, CA)
16. Snapchat
Debuts a Library of Selfie Filters (Tech Crunch)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
17. Listen
to the Sound of Saturn’s Electromagnetic Energy (Gizmodo)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
18. President
Trump Nominates Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court, Setting Up Fight with Democrats
(Associated Press)
19. President
Trump Pardons Ranchers Who’s Case Sparked Bundy Takeover of Oregon Refuge (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
20. Brush
Fire Closes Miles of I-90 in Eastern Washington State – Forces Evacuation of Vantage
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
21. Tumwater
Police Seek Two Suspects in Attempted Abduction of Girls (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
22. James
Stidd, Convicted of Killing a Woman Who Was Never Found, Sentenced to 41 Years
(Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
23. After
Daring Rescue, Entire Thai Soccer Team Out of Cave (Associated Press)
24. Shelton
City Council Finalizes Wording of YMCA Lease (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
25. Shelton:
Turner Avenue Closures Scheduled (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
26. Fixes
Sought for Belfair’s Theler Trails System (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
A California Couple Wed with a Massive Wildfire Burning
Behind Them. Then, They Ran
Tenino’s Wooden Money to Be Featured on Travel Channel Series
Costco Kills Beloved Food Court Item & People Are
Doggone Furious
Rescue Crew Drops Man at Hospital, Then Does His Yard Work
SONG OF THE DAY
Elis Presley – Burning Love
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