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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Killer Whales Face Dire PCBs Threat (NY Times)
Orca Task Force Recommendations Include Focus on Salmon
Runs; Non-Native Game Fish To ‘Predatory’ (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Coal Power Plant That Feeds Puget Sound Energy Is Back on
Line (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Columbia River Electric Generation in 2018 Remains Normal
Despite Above-Normal Water Flow (U-S Energy Information Administration)
Big Money Pours into Fight over Washington State Carbon Fee
Initiative (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Coal Power Plant That Feeds Puget Sound Energy
Is Back on Line
2.
Columbia River Electric Generation in 2018
Remains Normal Despite Above-Normal Water Flow
3.
How to Jump-Start a Micro Nuclear Reactor
Industry in the U-S
4.
Woman Loses $1,400 to Scam by Fake Avista
Workers
5.
Snohomish PUD Hits 350,000 Customer Mark
6.
Grant PUD Leader Reports to Grand Coulee Dam
Area Chamber of Commerce
7.
Federal Court Again Upholds State Nuclear
Subsidies, This Time in New York
8.
Chief of U-S Grid Watchdog, NERC, Says He’s Not
Involved with President Trump’s Coal Bailout
9.
Including Electrocution Lawsuit - Supreme Court
Takes Up Five Cases for Start of New Term
10.
Florida Dog Electrocuted by Utility Box Lid
during Routine Walk
11.
Killer Whales Face Dire PCBs Threat
12.
The Lingering Curse That’s Killing Killer Whales
13.
Orca Task Force Recommendations Include Focus on
Salmon Runs; Non-Native Game Fish To ‘Predatory’
14.
Canada: Practice of Fishing Unknown Stocks of
Marine Salmon Raises Concern over Sockeye Run
15.
Evergreen Grad’s ‘Rodents of Unusual Size’
Sounds Like a Horror Film -- And Maybe It Is
16.
U-S House Committee Votes to Relax Endangered
Species Act
17.
Securities & Exchange Commission Announces
Securities Fraud Charges against Elon Musk
18.
88% of Voters Say Utilities Shouldn’t Block
Residential Solar: SEIA
19.
In Kansas, demand charges could take a bite out
of solar customers’ savings
20.
Video: Electric Vehicles Can Collectively Power
Entire Cities with Their Batteries
21.
Grant PUD Commissioners Discuss Fiber Optic
Network Buildout Funding
22.
What Would Make Wave, Comcast Service Better? Kitsap
County Wants to Know
23.
Cities Are Teaming Up to Offer Broadband, and
the FCC Is Mad
24.
Ransomware Attack Hits Port of San Diego
25.
Controversial Oyster Pesticide Ruled ‘Too Risky’
for Washington State Waters
26.
Bureau of Reclamation Awards Nearly $76 Million
for Cle Elum Dam Work
27.
Big Money Pours into Fight over Washington State
Carbon Fee Initiative
28.
Columnist: Washington State’s Proposed Carbon
Tax: Smart Move in a Scary Time
29.
Shawn Vestal: Washington State Officials Say
Legal Pot Economy Is Plateauing
30.
Alexa Can Be Hacked–By Chirping Birds
31.
U-S Supreme Court Will Hear Yakama Tribal
Member’s Gas Tax Case in Late October
32.
Police Chief: Threat to Shelton High School ‘Not
Credible’
33.
Mason County to Lift Burn Ban Monday
34.
Boeing Wins $9.2 Billion Contract for New Air
Force Training Jet
35.
Micronesia: Everybody on Plane Survives Crash
Landing in Pacific Lagoon
36.
Teens Arrested for Robbing Auburn Convenience
Store as Clerk Suffered Heart Attack
37.
Keyhole Valley Brews Beer on a Shelton-Area
Ranch
WORD OF THE DAY
Obdurate • \AWB-duh-rut\ • Adjective - 1a: stubbornly
persistent in wrongdoing b: hardened in feelings 2: resistant to persuasion or
softening influences
Brittani’s obdurate attitude regarding the woozy effect of “Axe”
body spray used by her new boyfriend was unfathomable to her mall-walking
friends. “Like, do you have to wear a gas-mask to be around him,” sniffed Candi
as they strutted past Bath & Body Works, their bejeweled “smart phones”
winking in and out with reflections from a stray spotlight at the “Empire
Floors” kiosk. “Anytime you can actually see waves of fragrance should be a
warning sign,” mumbled Nanci, who was absently sipping on her “Orange Julius”.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Coal Power Plant That Feeds Puget Sound Energy Is
Back on Line (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
2.
Columbia River Electric Generation in 2018
Remains Normal Despite Above-Normal Water Flow (U-S Energy Information
Administration)
3.
How to Jump-Start a Micro Nuclear Reactor
Industry in the U-S (GreenTech Media)
4.
Woman Loses $1,400 to Scam by Fake Avista Workers
(KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
5.
Snohomish PUD Hits 350,000 Customer Mark (My
Everett News, WA)
6.
Grant PUD Leader Reports to Grand Coulee Dam
Area Chamber of Commerce (Star of the Grand Coulee, WA)
7.
Federal Court Again Upholds State Nuclear
Subsidies, This Time in New York (Utility Dive)
8.
Chief of U-S Grid Watchdog, NERC, Says He’s Not
Involved with President Trump’s Coal Bailout (Washington Examiner)
9.
Including Electrocution Lawsuit - Supreme Court
Takes Up Five Cases for Start of New Term (Courthouse News Service)
10. Florida
Dog Electrocuted by Utility Box Lid during Routine Walk (CBS News)
FISH & WILDLIFE
11. Killer
Whales Face Dire PCBs Threat (NY Times)
12. The
Lingering Curse That’s Killing Killer Whales (Atlantic Magazine)
13. Orca
Task Force Recommendations Include Focus on Salmon Runs; Non-Native Game Fish
To ‘Predatory’ (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
14. Canada:
Practice of Fishing Unknown Stocks of Marine Salmon Raises Concern over Sockeye
Run (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
15. Evergreen
Grad’s ‘Rodents of Unusual Size’ Sounds Like a Horror Film -- And Maybe It Is (Olympian,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
16. U-S
House Committee Votes to Relax Endangered Species Act (The Hill, Washington,
DC)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
17. Securities
& Exchange Commission Announces Securities Fraud Charges against Elon Musk (Courthouse
News Service)
18. 88%
of Voters Say Utilities Shouldn’t Block Residential Solar: SEIA (Utility Dive)
19. In
Kansas, demand charges could take a bite out of solar customers’ savings
(Energy News Network)
20. Video:
Electric Vehicles Can Collectively Power Entire Cities with Their Batteries (Mashable)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
21. Grant
PUD Commissioners Discuss Fiber Optic Network Buildout Funding (Columbia Basin
Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
22. What
Would Make Wave, Comcast Service Better? Kitsap County Wants to Know (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
23. Cities
Are Teaming Up to Offer Broadband, and the FCC Is Mad (Wired Magazine)
24. Ransomware
Attack Hits Port of San Diego (Mashable)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
25. Controversial
Oyster Pesticide Ruled ‘Too Risky’ for Washington State Waters (News Tribune, Tacoma,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
26. Bureau
of Reclamation Awards Nearly $76 Million for Cle Elum Dam Work (KPQ Radio,
Wenatchee, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
27. Big
Money Pours into Fight over Washington State Carbon Fee Initiative (Associated
Press)
28. Columnist:
Washington State’s Proposed Carbon Tax: Smart Move in a Scary Time (Seattle Times,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
29. Shawn
Vestal: Washington State Officials Say Legal Pot Economy Is Plateauing (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
30. Alexa
Can Be Hacked–By Chirping Birds (Fast Company)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
31. U-S
Supreme Court Will Hear Yakama Tribal Member’s Gas Tax Case in Late October (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
32. Police
Chief: Threat to Shelton High School ‘Not Credible’ (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
33. Mason
County to Lift Burn Ban Monday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
34. Boeing
Wins $9.2 Billion Contract for New Air Force Training Jet (Reuters)
35. Micronesia:
Everybody on Plane Survives Crash Landing in Pacific Lagoon (Associated Press)
36. Teens
Arrested for Robbing Auburn Convenience Store as Clerk Suffered Heart Attack (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
37. Keyhole
Valley Brews Beer on a Shelton-Area Ranch (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
You Can Thank Millennials for the Declining Divorce Rate,
Study Says
Remember the Historic Grange in Tumwater? Now It’s a Historic
Starbucks
Boo! A Halloween Display So Scary That Neighbor Calls 911
Photos from Japanese Space Rovers Show Asteroid Is … Rocky
SONG OF THE DAY
Mark Knopfler – Romeo & Juliet
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