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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Portland May Sue the FCC Over New 5G Tech Rulings
(Oregonian, Portland)
Clallam PUD Opposes Washington State Carbon Fee Initiative
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Is Pacific Gas & Electric Going Too Far in Cutting Trees
for Fire Safety? A Sacramento Group Says Yes (Sacramento Bee, CA)
British Columbia Gets Huge $31 Billion Liquefied Natural Gas
Terminal (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Dust Storm Causes ‘Very Unhealthy’ Air Quality in Spokane
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Is Pacific Gas & Electric Going Too Far in
Cutting Trees for Fire Safety? A Sacramento Group Says Yes
2.
British Columbia Gets Huge $31 Billion Liquefied
Natural Gas Terminal
3.
LNG Canada Could Be 'Carbon Bomb' That Blows Up
British Columbia‘s Climate Change Goals, Critics Warn
4.
Centralia City Light's Substation Upgrades Show
Trends in Growth
5.
Ratepayers Press Okanogan PUD Commission to
Study Enloe Dam Sediment
6.
Snohomish County PUD Commission Confirms New
Pick for CEO
7.
Clark Public Utilities – Moody's Assigns A1 to
Electric & Generating Bonds; Outlook Changed to Positive
8.
San Juan County Cooperatives Celebrate National
Cooperative Month
9.
‘Everyone Was Sort of Passing the Buck’: A Cat,
a Utility Pole & Seattle Bureaucracy
10.
Yakima City Council Considering Partnership to
Increase Access to Affordable Solar Energy
11.
Portland May Sue the FCC Over New 5G Tech
Rulings
12.
Lawsuit Threats Target FCC's New 5G Rules That
Kneecap Local Control
13.
Rural U-S Suffers the Costs of Faulty FCC Broadband
Data
14.
NTIA: We’re Working to Fix the Broadband Mapping
Problem
15.
Officials Warn Arizona Dam Could Fail, More
Floods Possible
16.
Clallam PUD Opposes Washington State Carbon Fee
Initiative
17.
Bloomberg Pledges $1 Million to Support
Washington State’s Carbon Measure
18.
Why You Shouldn’t Use Facebook to Log In to
Other Sites
19.
How to Easily Design Social Media Images: 4 Free
Tools
20.
Turning to Scientific Outliers, EPA Says a
Little Radiation May Be Healthy
21.
White House Ends Law Enforcement Program at
Wildlife Refuges
22.
Dirty Washington State Capitol Dome Gets
Much-Needed Cleaning
23.
Dust Storm Causes ‘Very Unhealthy’ Air Quality
in Spokane
24.
Elderly Elma Couple Sends $27,000 in Cash in
Jail Scam
25.
Thieves Caught on Camera Stealing Backpacks from
Students at Morton School, ‘It’s Unforgiving’
26.
Emergency Alert Test Going Out to Mobile Phones
Nationwide
27.
Zip Code Look Up – Detailed New National Maps
Show How Neighborhoods Shape Children for Life
28.
Dutch Bros among Fastest-Growing Franchises in
the Nation
WORD OF THE DAY – EXTREMELY HORRIBLE HAIKU
Weltschmerz ● /VELT-shmairts/ ● Noun – 1: often capitalized
Weltschmerz: mental depression or apathy caused by comparison of the actual
state of the world with an ideal state. 2: often capitalized Weltschmerz: a
mood of sentimental sadness.
What it coulda’ been
Weltschmerz, imitation crab
It’s just not the same
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Is Pacific Gas & Electric Going Too Far in
Cutting Trees for Fire Safety? A Sacramento Group Says Yes (Sacramento Bee, CA)
2.
British Columbia Gets Huge $31 Billion Liquefied
Natural Gas Terminal (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
3.
LNG Canada Could Be 'Carbon Bomb' That Blows Up British
Columbia‘s Climate Change Goals, Critics Warn (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
4.
Centralia City Light's Substation Upgrades Show
Trends in Growth (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
5.
Ratepayers Press Okanogan PUD Commission to
Study Enloe Dam Sediment (Methow Valley News, Twisp, WA)
6.
Snohomish County PUD Commission Confirms New
Pick for CEO (Everett Herald, WA)
7.
Clark Public Utilities – Moody's Assigns A1 to Electric
& Generating Bonds; Outlook Changed to Positive (Markets Insider)
8.
San Juan County Cooperatives Celebrate National
Cooperative Month (The Islands’ Weekly, Eastsound WA)
9.
‘Everyone Was Sort of Passing the Buck’: A Cat, a
Utility Pole & Seattle Bureaucracy (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10. Yakima
City Council Considering Partnership to Increase Access to Affordable Solar
Energy (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
11. Portland
May Sue the FCC Over New 5G Tech Rulings (Oregonian, Portland)
12. Lawsuit
Threats Target FCC's New 5G Rules That Kneecap Local Control (Gizmodo)
13. Rural
U-S Suffers the Costs of Faulty FCC Broadband Data (Pacific Standard)
14. NTIA:
We’re Working to Fix the Broadband Mapping Problem (Fierce Wireless)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
15. Officials
Warn Arizona Dam Could Fail, More Floods Possible (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
16. Clallam
PUD Opposes Washington State Carbon Fee Initiative (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
17. Bloomberg
Pledges $1 Million to Support Washington State’s Carbon Measure (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
18. Why
You Shouldn’t Use Facebook to Log In to Other Sites (NY Times)
19. How
to Easily Design Social Media Images: 4 Free Tools (Social Media Examiner)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
20. Turning
to Scientific Outliers, EPA Says a Little Radiation May Be Healthy (CBS News)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
21. White
House Ends Law Enforcement Program at Wildlife Refuges (Courthouse News
Service)
22. Dirty
Washington State Capitol Dome Gets Much-Needed Cleaning (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
23. Dust
Storm Causes ‘Very Unhealthy’ Air Quality in Spokane (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
24. Elderly
Elma Couple Sends $27,000 in Cash in Jail Scam (Associated Press)
25. Thieves
Caught on Camera Stealing Backpacks from Students at Morton School, ‘It’s Unforgiving’
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
26. Emergency
Alert Test Going Out to Mobile Phones Nationwide (Associated Press)
27. Zip
Code Look Up – Detailed New National Maps Show How Neighborhoods Shape Children
for Life (NY Times)
28. Dutch
Bros among Fastest-Growing Franchises in the Nation (Portland Business Journal,
OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
New Dwarf Planet Spotted at the Very Fringe of Our Solar
System
Cheerleader Allegedly Brings Pot Brownies to School to Win Homecoming
Votes
Paddle Your Own Pumpkin: German Racers Swap Boats for
Vegetables
Fishmonger Offers Lobsters Some Herb Before the Butter
SONG OF THE DAY
Billy Preston – Outa-Space
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