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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Congress OKs Bill to Allow Killing Sea Lions to Help Salmon
(Associated Press)
Avista & Hydro One Ask Washington Regulators to
Reconsider Denial of $5.3 Billion Sale (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Washington Clean Energy Proposal Would Phase Out Coal by
2025 (Utility Dive)
EPA, Army Release Proposed New “Waters of the U-S”
Definition (American Public Power Association)
New Shelton City Manager Selected (Mason Web TV, Shelton,
WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Avista & Hydro One Ask Washington Regulators
to Reconsider Denial of $5.3 Billion Sale
2.
Washington Clean Energy Proposal Would Phase Out
Coal by 2025
3.
Remember the British Columbia Natural Gas
Pipeline Explosion? Here’s What It Will Do to Your Bill
4.
Hermiston City Council Approves Electricity Rate
Increase
5.
Camp Fire: Pacific Gas & Electric Finds
Bullet Holes, Broken Equipment at Sites Where Blaze Likely Started
6.
Congress OKs Bill to Allow Killing Sea Lions to
Help Salmon
7.
Sea Lions in the Crosshairs – Bipartisan Bill to
Protect Endangered Fish Species in Pacific Northwest Heads to President Trump
for Signature
8.
Washington State Awards over $1 Million for
Salmon Recovery Projects in Mason, Thurston Counties
9.
Scientists Help Hatchery Salmon Find the Sweet
Smell of Home
10.
Op/Ed: Yes to Whale-Watching Moratorium – Cut
the Engine Noise, Save the Orcas
11.
Op/Ed: No to Whale-Watching Moratorium – Done
Responsibly, It Can Help Our Orcas Survive
12.
Op/Ed: Let’s Make Sure Orcas Get What They Need
from Us
13.
New Report Sheds Light on Washington State’s Use
of Renewable Energy
14.
Op/Ed: Wind & Solar Clash with Energy
Reality
15.
U-S Investigators Point to China in Marriott
Hack Affecting 500 Million Guests
16.
Checking In? No Thanks. I’m Just Here to Use the
Wi-Fi
17.
EPA, Army Release Proposed New “Waters of the
U-S” Definition
18.
‘Carbon Removal Is Now a Thing’: Radical Fixes
Get a Boost at Climate Talks
19.
Pacific Gas & Electric Sued for Spending on
Advertising Instead of Fire Safety
20.
Elisa Hahn, Phuong Le -- Brain Drain of Departures
in Seattle Media
21.
Be Impeccable with Customer Service & Stand
Out, Online or Off
22.
Mitch McConnell Touting Victory with Hemp
Legalization on Federal Farm Bill
23.
Cheney Marijuana Grower Scrutinized for Failed
Bacterial Test amid Legal Tussle over Ownership
24.
For Big Tobacco & Brewers, Grass Is Greener
25.
Coal-Friendly Manchin Becomes Top Democrat on
U-S Senate Energy Committee – Cantwell to Commerce
26.
New Shelton City Manager Selected
27.
Mason Commissioners OK Purchase of Former Olsen
Furniture Building
WORD OF THE DAY
Lunette /loo-NET/ Noun – 1a: something that has the shape of
a crescent or half-moon b: an opening in a vault especially for a window c: the
surface at the upper part of a wall that is partly surrounded by a vault which
the wall intersects & that is often filled by windows or by mural painting d:
a low crescentic mound (as of sand) formed by the wind 2: the figure or shape
of a crescent moon.
Bartholomew’s first mooning attempt was in 1964, while cruising
Main Street with his cousin Bert. Barty was small for a teenager. Therefore,
what he thought was a full moon, turned out to be a simple lunette.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Avista & Hydro One Ask Washington Regulators
to Reconsider Denial of $5.3 Billion Sale (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
2.
Washington Clean Energy Proposal Would Phase Out
Coal by 2025 (Utility Dive)
3.
Remember the British Columbia Natural Gas
Pipeline Explosion? Here’s What It Will Do to Your Bill (Bellingham Herald, WA
– Paywall Advisory)
4.
Hermiston City Council Approves Electricity Rate
Increase (My Columbia Basin, Pendleton, OR)
5.
Camp Fire: Pacific Gas & Electric Finds
Bullet Holes, Broken Equipment at Sites Where Blaze Likely Started (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
6.
Congress OKs Bill to Allow Killing Sea Lions to
Help Salmon (Associated Press)
7.
Sea Lions in the Crosshairs – Bipartisan Bill to
Protect Endangered Fish Species in Pacific Northwest Heads to President Trump
for Signature (U-S House Committee on Natural Resources)
8.
Washington State Awards over $1 Million for Salmon
Recovery Projects in Mason, Thurston Counties (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
9.
Scientists Help Hatchery Salmon Find the Sweet
Smell of Home (Crosscut Seattle)
10. Op/Ed:
Yes to Whale-Watching Moratorium – Cut the Engine Noise, Save the Orcas (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
11. Op/Ed:
No to Whale-Watching Moratorium – Done Responsibly, It Can Help Our Orcas
Survive (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
12. Op/Ed:
Let’s Make Sure Orcas Get What They Need from Us (Crosscut Seattle)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
13. New
Report Sheds Light on Washington State’s Use of Renewable Energy (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA – Um, Hydro. Hello?)
14. Op/Ed:
Wind & Solar Clash with Energy Reality (The Hill, Washington, DC)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
15. U-S
Investigators Point to China in Marriott Hack Affecting 500 Million Guests (Washington
Post)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
16. Checking
In? No Thanks. I’m Just Here to Use the Wi-Fi (NY Times)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
17. EPA,
Army Release Proposed New “Waters of the U-S” Definition (American Public Power
Association)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
18. ‘Carbon
Removal Is Now a Thing’: Radical Fixes Get a Boost at Climate Talks (Washington
Post)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
19. Pacific
Gas & Electric Sued for Spending on Advertising Instead of Fire Safety (Bloomberg
News)
20. Elisa
Hahn, Phuong Le -- Brain Drain of Departures in Seattle Media (Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
WA)
21. Be
Impeccable with Customer Service & Stand Out, Online or Off (USA Today)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
22. Mitch
McConnell Touting Victory with Hemp Legalization on Federal Farm Bill (Roll
Call)
23. Cheney
Marijuana Grower Scrutinized for Failed Bacterial Test amid Legal Tussle over Ownership
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
24. For
Big Tobacco & Brewers, Grass Is Greener (NY Times)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
25. Coal-Friendly
Manchin Becomes Top Democrat on U-S Senate Energy Committee – Cantwell to
Commerce (Politico)
GENERAL NEWS
26. New
Shelton City Manager Selected (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
27. Mason
Commissioners OK Purchase of Former Olsen Furniture Building (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Ton of Liquid Chocolate Spills onto German Street
Winners of the 2018 National Geographic Nature Photographer of
the Year Contest
NASA Invites Steph Curry to Show Him ‘There’s Lots of Evidence’
NASA Landed on the Moon
This Chinese City Is Feeding Garbage to a Billion
Cockroaches to Combat Waste
SONG OF THE DAY
Gene Wilder - Pure Imagination (Soundtrack, Willie Wonka &
the Chocolate Factory)
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