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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bill Would Overturn FCC Order Impacting Public Power Pole
Attachments (American Public Power Association)
Editorial: If Fires Burn Pacific Gas & Electric to the
Ground, What Will Replace It? (San Francisco Business Times)
Q&A with Washington State Sen. Reuven Carlyle on Climate
Change Legislation This Session (Washington State Wire, Olympia)
Clallam County PUD Community Solar Project Part of Microgrid
(American Public Power Association)
23rd Measles Patient Is Another Unvaccinated Child in
Vancouver Area (Oregonian, Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Editorial: If Fires Burn Pacific Gas &
Electric to the Ground, What Will Replace It?
2.
Kurt Miller Named New Executive Director of
Northwest RiverPartners
3.
Itron’s Mezey Announces Retirement, Recruitment
for New CEO Underway
4.
Florida, Georgia: Three Newborn Endangered Right
Whales Seen after Year with No Births
5.
Clallam County PUD Community Solar Project Part
of Microgrid
6.
Energy Adviser: Helpful Tips to Address Indoor
Air Pollution
7.
In the Rush to Join the Smart Home Crowd, Buyers
Should Beware
8.
Bill Would Overturn FCC Order Impacting Public
Power Pole Attachments
9.
Comcast Loses Cable Users – Internet Subscribers
Surge
10.
Tonga Hit by Near-Total Internet Blackout
11.
Editorial: If 5G Is So Important, Why Isn’t It
Secure?
12.
Survey: 1 In 9 Americans Would Consider Buying
an Electric Vehicle
13.
Q&A with Washington State Sen. Reuven
Carlyle on Climate Change Legislation This Session
14.
The Unprecedented Surge in Fear About Climate
Change
15.
Dan Griffey – After Family Tragedy, Washington
State Representative Fights to End Statute of Limitations for Felony Sex Crimes
16.
Mason General Hospital Case Cited in Legislation
Proposed to End ‘Warehousing’ of People
17.
23rd Measles Patient Is Another Unvaccinated
Child in Vancouver Area
18.
Man Kills Clerk During Kelso Convenience Store
Robbery, Police Say; Victim Called 911 Before Succumbing to Wounds
19.
Thurston County Commission Votes to Build
Courthouse & Civic Center in Downtown Olympia
20.
Cooperstown Calls for Edgar Martinez. Seattle
Mariners Great Elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame
21.
Tiny Homes Are Popping Up Across the U-S. Here’s
How They Could Help Affordable Housing Crisis.
WORD OF THE DAY
Imbroglio • \im-BROLE-yo\ • noun – 1: a confused mass 2a: an
intricate or complicated situation (as in a drama or novel) b: an acutely
painful or embarrassing misunderstanding c: a violently confused or bitterly
complicated altercation: embroilment d: scandal
Like an unholy game of Twister, the rugby players piled
themselves on the unclaimed ball, readying themselves for the inevitable scrum.
That is, until a 400-pound fullback flung himself into the imbroglio, causing
the entire pile to sink at least six inches into the muddy, bloody field.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Editorial: If Fires Burn Pacific Gas &
Electric to the Ground, What Will Replace It? (San Francisco Business Times)
2.
Kurt Miller Named New Executive Director of
Northwest RiverPartners (Northwest RiverPartners, Portland, OR)
3.
Itron’s Mezey Announces Retirement, Recruitment for
New CEO Underway (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
4.
Florida, Georgia: Three Newborn Endangered Right
Whales Seen after Year with No Births (NY Times)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
5.
Clallam County PUD Community Solar Project Part of
Microgrid (American Public Power Association)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
6.
Energy Adviser: Helpful Tips to Address Indoor
Air Pollution (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
7.
In the Rush to Join the Smart Home Crowd, Buyers
Should Beware (NY Times)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
8.
Bill Would Overturn FCC Order Impacting Public
Power Pole Attachments (American Public Power Association)
9.
Comcast Loses Cable Users – Internet Subscribers
Surge (Associated Press)
10. Tonga
Hit by Near-Total Internet Blackout (British Broadcasting Corporation)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
11. Editorial:
If 5G Is So Important, Why Isn’t It Secure? (NY Times)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
12. Survey:
1 In 9 Americans Would Consider Buying an Electric Vehicle (Utility Dive)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
13. Q&A
with Washington State Sen. Reuven Carlyle on Climate Change Legislation This
Session (Washington State Wire, Olympia)
14. The
Unprecedented Surge in Fear About Climate Change (Atlantic Magazine)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
15. Dan
Griffey – After Family Tragedy, Washington State Representative Fights to End
Statute of Limitations for Felony Sex Crimes (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
16. Mason
General Hospital Case Cited in Legislation Proposed to End ‘Warehousing’ of People
(KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
17. 23rd
Measles Patient Is Another Unvaccinated Child in Vancouver Area (Oregonian, Portland)
18. Man
Kills Clerk During Kelso Convenience Store Robbery, Police Say; Victim Called
911 Before Succumbing to Wounds (Oregonian, Portland)
19. Thurston
County Commission Votes to Build Courthouse & Civic Center in Downtown Olympia
(KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
20. Cooperstown
Calls for Edgar Martinez. Seattle Mariners Great Elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame
(News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
21. Tiny
Homes Are Popping Up Across the U-S. Here’s How They Could Help Affordable
Housing Crisis. (USA Today)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Oscar Mayer on the Hunt for Its Next Wienermobile Driver
Holy Cr@p, the Moon Was Struck by a Meteorite During the ‘Super
Wolf Blood Moon’ Eclipse
Taiwan’s ‘Bikini Hiker’ Dies After Falling into Ravine on
Solo Trek
Blown
Call Brings Class Action Against the NFL
SONG OF THE DAY
Dave Berry - The Crying Game
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