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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Few Salmon Mean No Summer Fishing on the Columbia. Fall
Forecast in Flux (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Poor Mapping – With Billions to Spend, Feds Unsure Who Lacks
Broadband (Associated Press)
Congressman Newhouse Says Critics
of Snake River Dam Study Seek to Undermine It (Associated Press)
Tribes Sue Feds Over Geothermal Leases on Sacred Land
(Courthouse News Service)
French President Macron Promises to Rebuild Notre Dame –
Paris Monument Suffers ‘Colossal Damage’ (Washington Post)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Congressman Newhouse Says Critics of Snake River
Dam Study Seek to Undermine It
2.
Chelan PUD Board Vote Is Unanimous on Service
Center Move to Olds Station
3.
Energy Pulse NW Podcast: The Industrial Athlete
4.
In 2018, the United States Consumed More Energy
Than Ever Before
5.
Residential Electricity Rates in Deregulated
States Saw Uptick
6.
Removing Fuel Rods, Japan Hits Milestone in
Fukushima Nuclear Cleanup
7.
New Brunswick: Canadian Man Fatally Zapped
Stealing Wiring from an Electrical Substation
8.
President Trump Prodded by Industry to Nominate
New FERC Members
9.
Few Salmon Mean No Summer Fishing on the Columbia.
Fall Forecast in Flux
10.
Biologists: Killing Hungry Sea Lions Saving
Imperiled Fish
11.
PacifiCorp Commits $20 Million to Lewis River
Salmon, Steelhead Habitat Improvements
12.
Endangered Marine Species Win One over Trump
Administration
13.
Ocean Salmon Fishing Rules Do Not Include
Provisions for Endangered Whales
14.
Idaho Conference Eyes Andrus-Like Look at Salmon
15.
Tribes Sue Feds Over Geothermal Leases on Sacred
Land
16.
Can the U.S. Government Stop Utilities from
Attempting to Kill Solar in Montana?
17.
Starbucks Expanding Solar, Enough to Power 360
Texas Stores
18.
For Utilities, Smart Thermostat Programs More
Than a ‘Set It & Forget It’ Effort
19.
Poor Mapping – With Billions to Spend, Feds
Unsure Who Lacks Broadband
20.
Are State Legislatures Wising Up about Broadband
Co-Ops?
21.
Google Fiber Experiment Ends with Choc Factory
Paying Louisville $3.8 Million to Clean Up Its Mess
22.
‘A Monopoly on Information’: Russia Closes Grip
on Internet
23.
Tribes, Conservation Groups Cry Foul after Trump
Administration Signals Rollback of Spokane River Quality Standards
24.
Microsoft: We’re Increasing Our Carbon Fee as We
Double Down on Sustainability
25.
Winters Are Only Going to Get Worse, So
Researchers Invented a Way to Generate Electricity from Snowfall
26.
Progress on Washington State Climate Bills Could
Boost Inslee’s 2020 Presidential Hopes
27.
French President Macron Promises to Rebuild
Notre Dame – Paris Monument Suffers ‘Colossal Damage’
28.
First Photographs from Inside Fire-Ravaged Notre
Dame Reveal Heartbreak & Hope
29.
Video: Central Mason Fire & EMS Deputy Chief
Mike Patti on Notre Dame Fire
30.
Two Die, One Injured in Head-On Crash near
Olympia
31.
Seattle Seahawks Reach Deal with Russell Wilson
WORD OF THE DAY
Gargoyle \GAR-goyl\ Noun – 1a: a spout in the form of a
grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw
rainwater clear of a building b: a grotesquely carved figure 2: a person with
an ugly face
The pitiless blaze
Engulfs sacred Notre Dame
And the gargoyles weep
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Congressman Newhouse Says Critics of Snake River
Dam Study Seek to Undermine It (Associated Press)
2.
Chelan PUD Board Vote Is Unanimous on Service
Center Move to Olds Station (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
3.
Energy Pulse NW Podcast: The Industrial Athlete
(Bonneville Power Administration)
4.
In 2018, the United States Consumed More Energy
Than Ever Before (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
5.
Residential Electricity Rates in Deregulated
States Saw Uptick (American Public Power Association)
6.
Removing Fuel Rods, Japan Hits Milestone in
Fukushima Nuclear Cleanup (NY Times)
7.
New Brunswick: Canadian Man Fatally Zapped
Stealing Wiring from an Electrical Substation (New York Daily News)
8.
President Trump Prodded by Industry to Nominate
New FERC Members (Washington Examiner, Daily on Energy)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Few Salmon Mean No Summer Fishing on the Columbia.
Fall Forecast in Flux (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
10. Biologists:
Killing Hungry Sea Lions Saving Imperiled Fish (Associated Press)
11. PacifiCorp
Commits $20 Million to Lewis River Salmon, Steelhead Habitat Improvements (Longview
Daily News, WA)
12. Endangered
Marine Species Win One over Trump Administration (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
13. Ocean
Salmon Fishing Rules Do Not Include Provisions for Endangered Whales (Courthouse
News Service)
https://www.courthousenews.com/salmon-fishing-rules-do-not-include-provisions-for-endangered-whales/
14. Idaho
Conference Eyes Andrus-Like Look at Salmon (Lewiston Tribune, ID)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
15. Tribes
Sue Feds Over Geothermal Leases on Sacred Land (Courthouse News Service)
16. Can
the U.S. Government Stop Utilities from Attempting to Kill Solar in Montana? (Renewable
Energy World)
17. Starbucks
Expanding Solar, Enough to Power 360 Texas Stores (Associated Press)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
18. For
Utilities, Smart Thermostat Programs More Than a ‘Set It & Forget It’
Effort (Energy News Network)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
19. Poor
Mapping – With Billions to Spend, Feds Unsure Who Lacks Broadband (Associated
Press)
20. Are
State Legislatures Wising Up about Broadband Co-Ops? (The Daily Yonder)
21. Google
Fiber Experiment Ends with Choc Factory Paying Louisville $3.8 Million to Clean
Up Its Mess (The Register, UK)
22. ‘A
Monopoly on Information’: Russia Closes Grip on Internet (Associated Press)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
23. Tribes,
Conservation Groups Cry Foul after Trump Administration Signals Rollback of Spokane
River Quality Standards (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
24. Microsoft:
We’re Increasing Our Carbon Fee as We Double Down on Sustainability (Microsoft)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
25. Winters
Are Only Going to Get Worse, So Researchers Invented a Way to Generate
Electricity from Snowfall (Gizmodo)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
26. Progress
on Washington State Climate Bills Could Boost Inslee’s 2020 Presidential Hopes
(Crosscut Seattle)
GENERAL NEWS
27. French
President Macron Promises to Rebuild Notre Dame – Paris Monument Suffers ‘Colossal
Damage’ (Washington Post)
28. First
Photographs from Inside Fire-Ravaged Notre Dame Reveal Heartbreak & Hope
(Huffington Post)
29. Video:
Central Mason Fire & EMS Deputy Chief Mike Patti on Notre Dame Fire (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
30. Two
Die, One Injured in Head-On Crash near Olympia (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
31. Seattle
Seahawks Reach Deal with Russell Wilson (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Where’s Waldo – ‘Many People Can’t Find Themselves on a Map,’
Laments Alabama Meteorologist
A Rare Trio of Bald Eagles — Two Dads, One Mom — Are Raising
Eaglets Together in One Nest
Squirrel Camp: Meet the Scientists Who Live Off the Grid to Study
the Frisky Critters
San Francisco Eyes Charge to Drive Its Famed Lombard Street
SONG OF THE DAY
Michael Giacchino’s – LOST Symphony (TV Soundtrack)
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