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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Public Lands Commissioner Franz Lays Out $90 Million Request
for Washington State Orca, Salmon Habitat (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
Mason PUD 3, Northwest RiverPartners Applaud Orca Task Force
– Focus Is on Swift, Meaningful, Actionable Steps to Help Puget Sound Orcas (Mason
PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
California: Insured Losses from Camp & Woolsey Wildfires
Estimated at $9-13 Billion (Reuters)
Pacific Gas & Electric’s Wildfire Crisis Could Impact
California’s Ambitions Clean Energy Targets (Renewable Energy World)
Mysterious Mass Bird Deaths in Hillsboro (KGW-TV, Portland,
OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
California: Insured Losses from Camp &
Woolsey Wildfires Estimated at $9-13 Billion
2.
Power Lines Keep Sparking Wildfires. Why Don’t
California Utility Companies Bury Them?
3.
Widespread Pattern of Sexism Not Found at
Seattle City Light, Report Says
4.
The Electrification of British Columbia: How a
2030 Deadline Is Tipping the Balance of Power
5.
Sue Kelly to Retire from the American Public
Power Association at the End of 2019
6.
Op/Ed: There’s Still Life in Rural Tennessee,
& Electric Co-Ops Power It
7.
Public Lands Commissioner Franz Lays Out $90
Million Request for Washington State Orca, Salmon Habitat
8.
Mason PUD 3, Northwest RiverPartners Applaud
Orca Task Force – Focus Is on Swift, Meaningful, Actionable Steps to Help Puget
Sound Orcas
9.
Washington State Task Force Names 36 Ways to
Save Orcas. What Does That Mean for Tearing Down Dams?
10.
The Orca Task Force Finally Has a Plan. Will It
Work?
11.
Puget Sound Orcas Are in Town, Chasing Chum
& Wowing Ferry Riders
12.
Mysterious Mass Bird Deaths in Hillsboro
13.
Bald Eagles Flock to Coeur d’Alene in Record
Numbers
14.
Helicopters Place Thousands of Logs in
Washington Streams for Fish
15.
Saving Salmon: British Columbia Business Man
Believes Hatcheries Can Help Bring Back the Fish
16.
Pacific Gas & Electric’s Wildfire Crisis
Could Impact California’s Ambitions Clean Energy Targets
17.
FCC Tells SpaceX It Can Deploy Up to 11,943
Broadband Satellites
18.
A Solution to Bitcoin’s Energy Waste: Use It to
Warm Buildings
19.
Climate Activists Must Come to Grips with the
Role Natural Gas Will Have
20.
Closing Nuclear Power Plants Risks Rise in
Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Report Warns
21.
Orcas Power & Light Reaches Out to
Membership with Listening Sessions
22.
Here’s What Evergreen Is Doing to Turn Its
Reputation & Enrollment Woes Around
23.
Oregon Marijuana Prices Plunge, Sales Soar
24.
U-S Senate Majority Leader Guarantees Industrial
Hemp Legalization
25.
4.1-Magnitude Earthquake Recorded in Olympic
National Park
26.
Kitsap Airporter Shuttle Bus Crashes &
Bursts into Flames, Killing Driver
27.
Finally! Heavy Rain, Wind, & Snow Headed for
the Pacific Northwest & California
28.
Rain Looms as Search for California Wildfire
Missing Continues
29.
North Carolina: Anti-Vaccination Stronghold Hit
with State’s Worst Chickenpox Outbreak in 2 Decades
WORD OF THE DAY
Clairvoyant • \klair-VOY-unt\ • Adjective – 1: having the
ability to see beyond the range of ordinary perception *2: of or relating to
the power or faculty of discerning objects not present to the senses
Bartholomew and his blind date sat in uncomfortable silence
in the busy, high-class restaurant. His bulging eyes and searching gaze reflect
his inner concentration. Barty hoped, that through some miracle, he would be gifted
with clairvoyant talents to read the mind of his date. The only message he
received was “we’re sorry, the number you have dialed has been changed or
disconnected. Please hang up your mind and try again.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
California: Insured Losses from Camp & Woolsey
Wildfires Estimated at $9-13 Billion (Reuters)
2.
Power Lines Keep Sparking Wildfires. Why Don’t
California Utility Companies Bury Them? (Sacramento Bee, CA)
3.
Widespread Pattern of Sexism Not Found at Seattle
City Light, Report Says (Crosscut Seattle)
4.
The Electrification of British Columbia: How a 2030
Deadline Is Tipping the Balance of Power (Globe & Mail, Canada)
6.
Op/Ed: There’s Still Life in Rural Tennessee, &
Electric Co-Ops Power It (The Tennessean, Nashville, TN)
7.
Public Lands Commissioner Franz Lays Out $90
Million Request for Washington State Orca, Salmon Habitat (Washington State
Wire, Olympia, WA)
8.
Mason PUD 3, Northwest RiverPartners Applaud
Orca Task Force – Focus Is on Swift, Meaningful, Actionable Steps to Help Puget
Sound Orcas (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
9.
Washington State Task Force Names 36 Ways to
Save Orcas. What Does That Mean for Tearing Down Dams? (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick,
WA)
10. The
Orca Task Force Finally Has a Plan. Will It Work? (Crosscut Seattle)
11. Puget
Sound Orcas Are in Town, Chasing Chum & Wowing Ferry Riders “…chase the
chum runs just now returning to Puget Sound rivers, and were actively hunting…”
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
FISH & WILDLIFE
12. Mysterious
Mass Bird Deaths in Hillsboro (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
13. Bald
Eagles Flock to Coeur d’Alene in Record Numbers (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
14. Helicopters
Place Thousands of Logs in Washington Streams for Fish (Bonneville Power
Administration)
15. Saving
Salmon: British Columbia Business Man Believes Hatcheries Can Help Bring Back the
Fish (Columbia Valley Pioneer, BC)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
16. Pacific
Gas & Electric’s Wildfire Crisis Could Impact California’s Ambitions Clean Energy
Targets (Renewable Energy World)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
17. FCC
Tells SpaceX It Can Deploy Up to 11,943 Broadband Satellites (Ars Technica)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
18. A
Solution to Bitcoin’s Energy Waste: Use It to Warm Buildings (Fast Company)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
19. Climate
Activists Must Come to Grips with the Role Natural Gas Will Have (Forbes
Magazine)
20. Closing
Nuclear Power Plants Risks Rise in Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Report Warns (The Guardian,
UK)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
21. Orcas
Power & Light Reaches Out to Membership with Listening Sessions (The
Islands’ Sounder, Eastsound, WA)
22. Here’s
What Evergreen Is Doing to Turn Its Reputation & Enrollment Woes Around (Olympian,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
23. Oregon
Marijuana Prices Plunge, Sales Soar (Oregonian, Portland)
24. U-S
Senate Majority Leader Guarantees Industrial Hemp Legalization (Canna Law Blog)
GENERAL NEWS
25. 4.1-Magnitude
Earthquake Recorded in Olympic National Park (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
26. Kitsap
Airporter Shuttle Bus Crashes & Bursts into Flames, Killing Driver (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
27. Finally!
Heavy Rain, Wind, & Snow Headed for the Pacific Northwest & California (Cliff
Mass Weather Blog)
28. Rain
Looms as Search for California Wildfire Missing Continues (Reuters)
29. North
Carolina: Anti-Vaccination Stronghold Hit with State’s Worst Chickenpox
Outbreak in 2 Decades (Washington Post)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
British Columbia: Two Arrested Following Rash of Butter
Thefts
Oregon Officials Worry ‘World’s Smallest Harbor’ Could
Shrivel Unless Dredged
A Rogue Turkey Becomes the Unofficial ‘Mayor’ of Wisconsin
Town
Take a Weight Off: ‘Grand K’ Kilo Being Retired
SONG OF THE DAY
The Band, with the Staples Singers – The Weight (Soundtrack:
The Last Waltz)
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