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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Carbon Fee Initiative Likely on Fall Ballot
(Associated Press)
Avista’s Idaho Customers Could Get Slight Break on Winter
Heating Bills (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Trump Administration Puts Bonneville Power Administration
Assets Back on Chopping Block (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Whale Stranding on Washington-Oregon Coast Highest in Nearly
Two Decades (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
President Trump Orders Flags Flown at Half-Staff to Honor
Capital Gazette Victims (Washington Post)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Avista’s Idaho Customers Could Get Slight Break
on Winter Heating Bills
2.
Trump Administration Puts Bonneville Power
Administration Assets Back on Chopping Block
3.
Okanogan PUD Removes Coppock as Interim General
Manager
4.
Petroleum, Natural Gas, Coal Still Dominate U-S
Energy Consumption
5.
Wildfires Cost Taxpayers & Utility Customers
6.
As the Power Sector Transforms, Can Utilities
& Customers Find Common Ground on Ratemaking?
7.
Greenpeace Drone, Toy Plane Crash into French
Nuclear Plant
8.
Whale Stranding on Washington-Oregon Coast
Highest in Nearly Two Decades
9.
Op/Ed: We Can’t Survive More Cuts to Alaska
King-Salmon Quota
10.
Op/Ed: The Politically Unifying Potential of
Salmon
11.
Pacific Gas & Electric to Replace Three Gas
Plants with World’s Biggest Battery Projects
12.
Nestle Opens a Nine Turbine Wind Farm in
Scotland to Help Meet Its Ambitious Renewable Energy Goals
13.
Shrinking Cellular Backhaul Revenues
14.
Nevada Regulators Approve NV Energy’s First EV
Infrastructure Program
15.
100 Redwoods Coming to the Region, All in Need
of Permanent Homes
16.
Washington State Carbon Fee Initiative Likely on
Fall Ballot
17.
Fight Heats Up Over Washington State Carbon
‘Fee’ Likely to Make Fall Ballot
18.
Carbon Fee Initiative Likely to Go Before
Washington Voters in November
19.
Carbon “Fee” Initiative Is on Its Way to the
November Ballot
20.
Five Affordable Social Media Video Tools for
Marketers
21.
Meteorite Search Off the Washington Coast
Recovers Two Small Fragments
22.
President Trump Orders Flags Flown at Half-Staff
to Honor Capital Gazette Victims
23.
Second Arson Suspected in Olympia Jehovah’s
Witnesses’ Kingdom Hall Fire
24.
Capitol Forest Fire Burns at Least Eight Acres
25.
Report: Belfair Man Who Shot Intruder Fit to
Stand Trial
26.
Lewis County Brothers Charged in Teen’s Murder
27.
People Celebrating July 4th Are Major Source of
Wildfires
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Joyous ● \JOY-uss\ ● Adjective – Joyful,
a joyous occasion a joyous celebration
Shafts of golden light
Swallows dart through the sun’s rays
Bright chirps, joyous flight
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Avista’s Idaho Customers Could Get Slight Break on
Winter Heating Bills (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
2.
Trump Administration Puts Bonneville Power
Administration Assets Back on Chopping Block (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
3.
Okanogan PUD Removes Coppock as Interim General
Manager (Omak Chronicle, WA – Paywall Advisory)
4.
Petroleum, Natural Gas, Coal Still Dominate U-S
Energy Consumption (U-S Energy Information Administration)
5.
Wildfires Cost Taxpayers & Utility Customers
(White Mountain Independent, AZ)
6.
As the Power Sector Transforms, Can Utilities
& Customers Find Common Ground on Ratemaking? (Utility Dive)
7.
Greenpeace Drone, Toy Plane Crash into French
Nuclear Plant (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
8.
Whale Stranding on Washington-Oregon Coast
Highest in Nearly Two Decades (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
9.
Op/Ed: We Can’t Survive More Cuts to Alaska King-Salmon
Quota (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
10. Op/Ed:
The Politically Unifying Potential of Salmon (Crosscut Seattle)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
11. Pacific
Gas & Electric to Replace Three Gas Plants with World’s Biggest Battery
Projects (Utility Dive)
12. Nestle
Opens a Nine Turbine Wind Farm in Scotland to Help Meet Its Ambitious Renewable
Energy Goals (NBC News)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
13. Shrinking
Cellular Backhaul Revenues (Pots & Pans)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
14. Nevada
Regulators Approve NV Energy’s First EV Infrastructure Program (Utility Dive)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
15. 100
Redwoods Coming to the Region, All in Need of Permanent Homes (Aberdeen Daily
World, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
16. Washington
State Carbon Fee Initiative Likely on Fall Ballot (Associated Press)
17. Fight
Heats Up Over Washington State Carbon ‘Fee’ Likely to Make Fall Ballot (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
18. Carbon
Fee Initiative Likely to Go Before Washington Voters in November (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
19. Carbon
“Fee” Initiative Is on Its Way to the November Ballot (PubliCola, SeattleMet)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
20. Five
Affordable Social Media Video Tools for Marketers (Social Media Examiner)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
21. Meteorite
Search Off the Washington Coast Recovers Two Small Fragments (Seattle Times, WA
– Paywall Advisory)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
22. President
Trump Orders Flags Flown at Half-Staff to Honor Capital Gazette Victims (Washington
Post)
GENERAL NEWS
23. Second
Arson Suspected in Olympia Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Kingdom Hall Fire (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
24. Capitol
Forest Fire Burns at Least Eight Acres (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
25. Report:
Belfair Man Who Shot Intruder Fit to Stand Trial (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
26. Lewis
County Brothers Charged in Teen’s Murder (Longview Daily News, WA)
27. People
Celebrating July 4th Are Major Source of Wildfires (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
FLYING THE FLAG – DIVERSIONS
‘God Bless America’: 100 Years of an Immigrant’s Anthem
The Circle of Life – Woman Who Scammed Scammer Charged With
Theft
Officers Step in after Man Threatens to Shut Down Eight-Year-Old’s
Lemonade Stand
Building Dispute Leads to Mural of Crowned Mayor on a Toilet
SONG OF THE DAY
Kate Smith – God Bless America (Original Recording)
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