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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
President Trump Signs Bipartisan Water Infrastructure
Spending Law (Cable News Network)
British Columbia’s Natural Gas Supply Could Be Reduced as
Much as 50% This Winter (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Energy Transmission: Boardman to Hemingway’s Tussle over
Towers Baker City Herald, OR)
https://www.bakercityherald.com/news/local/6605631-151/tussle-over-towers
https://www.bakercityherald.com/news/local/6605631-151/tussle-over-towers
Oregon: EPA Proposes Scaling Back Cleanup of Portland Harbor
(Associated Press)
Vendor to Blame for Wrong Ballot Envelopes in Asotin, Grant
Counties – No Postage Paid Labels (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
President Trump Signs Bipartisan Water
Infrastructure Spending Law
2.
British Columbia’s Natural Gas Supply Could Be
Reduced as Much as 50% This Winter
3.
Energy Transmission: Boardman to Hemingway’s
Tussle over Towers
4.
Daytime Utility Work Brings Single-Lane Closures
to SR 108
5.
South Carolina: Judge Expected to Overturn Law
That Forced Customers to Pay for Failed SC Nuclear Project
6.
New Campaign Will Ask Coal Users to Face the
‘Cold Hard Economic Case’ Against Them
7.
Op/Ed: Using Nuclear Power Can Help Our Children
Live with Climate Change
8.
West’s Rivers Are Hot Enough to Cook Salmon to
Death. Will This Court Ruling Keep Them Cool?
9.
Endangered Species Act – Leaked Memo Advises
Silence on Fish & Wildlife Info Requests
10.
Why Are Coyote Sightings Spiking in Tacoma &
Elsewhere?
11.
More Big Wind Acquisitions for Portland’s
Skyline Renewables
12.
Republicans Learn to Love Wind & Solar Jobs
after Once Mocking Them
13.
Hurricane Michael’s Damage to Communications
Systems Has Slowed Recovery
14.
Don’t Want Facebook Up in Your Business? Here’s
How to Cut Social Networks from Signons
15.
Oregon: EPA Proposes Scaling Back Cleanup of
Portland Harbor
16.
Editorial Endorsements: No on the Carbon Tax;
Yes on the Grocery Tax Ban
17.
Young Climate Activists Say Their Lawsuit Should
Go to Trial
18.
Exelon CEO: Carbon Price Preferable to
‘Band-Aid’ Nuke Subsidies
19.
Vendor to Blame for Wrong Ballot Envelopes in
Asotin, Grant Counties – No Postage Paid Labels
20.
‘Deceptive’ Mailings Prompt Democratic Protest,
Campaign Finance Complaints
21.
Donor Group Acting as Unregistered PAC in Grant
PUD Race, Complaint Alleges
22.
They Said Seattle’s Higher Base Pay Would Hurt
Workers. Why Did They Flip?
23.
Two Deaths in Mason County Trailer Ruled
Murder-Suicide
24.
Leaders to Kick Off YMCA Capital Fundraising
Campaign in Shelton
25.
Mason General to Hold Groundbreaking Event for
New Medical Office Building
26.
Players on Edge for Record $1.6 Billion Jackpot
in Mega Millions Drawing
27.
Reminder: We ‘Fall Back’ November 4th
Neophyte •
\NEE-uh-fite\ • Noun - 1: a new convert: proselyte 2: novice 3: tyro, beginner
The newly elected
Public Utility District commissioner received his bright, shiny, ten-pound “Scott
Corwin’s Big Book ‘O Utility Acronyms” on his official first day. The
resounding thud as it was dropped on the kitchen table that night made the
neophyte have second thoughts about the day he passed his filing fee, hands
shaking, to the wooden faced clerk at the Auditor’s office.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
President Trump Signs Bipartisan Water
Infrastructure Spending Law (Cable News Network)
2.
British Columbia’s Natural Gas Supply Could Be
Reduced as Much as 50% This Winter (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
3.
Energy Transmission: Boardman to Hemingway’s Tussle
over Towers Baker City Herald, OR)
https://www.bakercityherald.com/news/local/6605631-151/tussle-over-towers
https://www.bakercityherald.com/news/local/6605631-151/tussle-over-towers
4.
Daytime Utility Work Brings Single-Lane Closures
to SR 108 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
5.
South Carolina: Judge Expected to Overturn Law
That Forced Customers to Pay for Failed SC Nuclear Project (Charleston Post &
Courier, SC)
https://www.postandcourier.com/business/judge-expected-to-overturn-law-that-forced-customers-to-pay/article_f88beb4a-d60c-11e8-81a7-ffa25e55541a.html
https://www.postandcourier.com/business/judge-expected-to-overturn-law-that-forced-customers-to-pay/article_f88beb4a-d60c-11e8-81a7-ffa25e55541a.html
6.
New Campaign Will Ask Coal Users to Face the ‘Cold
Hard Economic Case’ Against Them (Utility Dive)
7.
Op/Ed: Using Nuclear Power Can Help Our Children
Live with Climate Change (Knoxville News Sentinel, TN)
FISH & WILDLIFE
8.
West’s Rivers Are Hot Enough to Cook Salmon to Death.
Will This Court Ruling Keep Them Cool? (Sacramento Bee, CA)
9.
Endangered Species Act – Leaked Memo Advises
Silence on Fish & Wildlife Info Requests (Courthouse News Service)
10. Why
Are Coyote Sightings Spiking in Tacoma & Elsewhere? (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma,
WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
11. More
Big Wind Acquisitions for Portland’s Skyline Renewables (North American
Windpower)
12. Republicans
Learn to Love Wind & Solar Jobs after Once Mocking Them (Washington
Examiner, DC)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
13. Hurricane
Michael’s Damage to Communications Systems Has Slowed Recovery (National Public
Radio)
14. Don’t
Want Facebook Up in Your Business? Here’s How to Cut Social Networks from
Signons (USA Today)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
15. Oregon:
EPA Proposes Scaling Back Cleanup of Portland Harbor (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
16. Editorial
Endorsements: No on the Carbon Tax; Yes on the Grocery Tax Ban (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
17. Young
Climate Activists Say Their Lawsuit Should Go to Trial (Associated Press)
18. Exelon
CEO: Carbon Price Preferable to ‘Band-Aid’ Nuke Subsidies (Utility Dive)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
19. Vendor
to Blame for Wrong Ballot Envelopes in Asotin, Grant Counties – No Postage Paid
Labels (Associated Press)
20. ‘Deceptive’
Mailings Prompt Democratic Protest, Campaign Finance Complaints (Northwest
Public Broadcasting)
21. Donor
Group Acting as Unregistered PAC in Grant PUD Race, Complaint Alleges (iFiberOne
News, Ephrata, WA)
22. They
Said Seattle’s Higher Base Pay Would Hurt Workers. Why Did They Flip? (NY
Times)
GENERAL NEWS
23. Two
Deaths in Mason County Trailer Ruled Murder-Suicide (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
24. Leaders
to Kick Off YMCA Capital Fundraising Campaign in Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
26. Players
on Edge for Record $1.6 Billion Jackpot in Mega Millions Drawing (Reuters)
27. Reminder:
We ‘Fall Back’ November 4th (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Titanic II Will Set Sail in 2022. It’s Going Over on Twitter
About as Well as You’d Expect
Guess What Is in Your Poop? Plastic, Suggests a Study
Phoenix Suns Surprise Boy After No One Shows Up to His
Birthday Party
https://q13fox.com/2018/10/22/phoenix-suns-surprise-boy-after-no-one-shows-up-to-his-birthday-party/
Nobel Prize Winner Honored with Dedicated Campus Bike Rack
SONG OF THE DAY
ABBA – Money, Money, Money
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