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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Seattle City Light Hiring Third Party to Investigate Why 26
Power Poles Fell (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Low Snowpack Is More Bad News for British Columbia’s
Drought-Affected Rivers & Streams (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Samish Hatchery Preparing Salmon for Orcas (Skagit Valley
Herald, Mt Vernon, WA)
Microsoft Calls Out FCC for ‘Vastly’ Overestimating American
Broadband Access (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Amazon Accused of Abandoning 100 Percent Renewable Energy
Goal (Grist Online)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Seattle City Light Hiring Third Party to
Investigate Why 26 Power Poles Fell
2.
Video Shows Power Pole Smash into Car in
Tukwila, Washington
3.
Montana Reviews Controversial Coal-Saving Bill,
Passes Community Transition Actions
4.
Smaller Than Expected Rate Increase Coming to
Grays Harbor PUD
5.
Lane Electric Cooperative Names Debi Wilson as
New General Manager
6.
China Wants to Ban Bitcoin Mining
7.
Nuclear Power Can Save the World
8.
Enron’s Skilling Settles 17-Year-Old Suit Over
Company Collapse
9.
Samish Hatchery Preparing Salmon for Orcas
10.
Tougher Rules Aim to Save Salmon Habitat for the
Good of Puget Sound Orcas
11.
How Dangerous Is It to Be a Bird in Your City?
Buildings Kill Hundreds of Millions a Year
12.
Amazon Accused of Abandoning 100 Percent
Renewable Energy Goal
13.
How a Seattle Solar Entrepreneur First Saw the
Light in Rural Kenya
14.
Maryland General Assembly Approves 50 Percent
Renewable Energy Target for 2030
15.
Op/Ed: A Rush to Renewables Overlooks Practical
Concerns
16.
Microsoft Calls Out FCC for ‘Vastly’
Overestimating American Broadband Access
17.
It’s Time for a New Approach for Mapping
Broadband Data to Better Serve Americans
18.
Broadband Affordability Report: Nearly Half of
U.S. Population Lacks Access to a Low-Price Offering
19.
Why 5G Phones Are Arriving with Subplot of
Espionage
20.
Capping the Universal Service Fund
21.
Sacramento Municipal Utility District,
California Launch $15 Million Electric Vehicle Rebate Program
22.
Low Snowpack Is More Bad News for British
Columbia’s Drought-Affected Rivers & Streams
23.
Irrigators, Biologists Keeping Keen Eye on
Weather Amid Yakima Valley Drought Declaration
24.
Congress Approves Seven-State Colorado River
Deal Addressing Drought Conditions
25.
How a Sea Ice Meltdown Is Disrupting Life in
Coastal Alaska
26.
As White House Questions Climate Change, U.S.
Military Is Planning for It
27.
What Boeing’s PR Crisis Says About True
Oversight & Regulation
28.
Pinterest Dials Down Expectations as IPO Nears
29.
Back to Reporting for KNKX: News Director Erin
Hennessey Steps Down from Top Post
30.
Groups Believe Not Having Children Is a Way to
Cut a Person’s Carbon Footprint
31.
A Flood Online of Hate Speech Greets Lawmakers
Probing Facebook & Google About White Nationalism
32.
Congress to Bar the IRS from Ever Offering Free
Tax-Filing Software
33.
Update: Search for Lost Soldier Near High Steel
Bridge Temporarily Suspended
34.
Airlines Have Stopped Ordering the 737 Max
35.
Washington State Governor Signs New Law That
Raises Legal Age to Purchase Tobacco & Vaping Products
36.
Cases Mount Against Washington State Bar
Association Board
37.
Wenatchee-Bound Diamond Fabricator Gets Federal
Trade Warning
38.
‘Potentially Historic’ Central U.S. Storm to
Deliver Blizzard Conditions & Strong Winds Through Thursday
39.
NCAA Basketball: Virginia Trio Carries Cavaliers
to First National Championship
WORD OF THE DAY
Opusculum /oh-PUSK-yuh-lum/ Noun – A minor work (as of
literature) — usually used in plural.
Joel’s opusculum
Read the Horrible Haikus
Some marvelous dreck
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Seattle City Light Hiring Third Party to
Investigate Why 26 Power Poles Fell (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
2.
Video Shows Power Pole Smash into Car in
Tukwila, Washington (Tukwila Police Department, WA)
3.
Montana Reviews Controversial Coal-Saving Bill,
Passes Community Transition Actions (Utility Dive)
4.
Smaller Than Expected Rate Increase Coming to
Grays Harbor PUD (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
5.
Lane Electric Cooperative Names Debi Wilson as New
General Manager (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
6.
China Wants to Ban Bitcoin Mining (Reuters)
7.
Nuclear Power Can Save the World (NY Times)
8.
Enron’s Skilling Settles 17-Year-Old Suit Over
Company Collapse (Bloomberg News)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Samish Hatchery Preparing Salmon for Orcas (Skagit
Valley Herald, Mt Vernon, WA)
10. Tougher
Rules Aim to Save Salmon Habitat for the Good of Puget Sound Orcas (Northwest
Public Broadcasting)
11. How
Dangerous Is It to Be a Bird in Your City? Buildings Kill Hundreds of Millions
a Year (NY Times)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
12. Amazon
Accused of Abandoning 100 Percent Renewable Energy Goal (Grist Online)
13. How
a Seattle Solar Entrepreneur First Saw the Light in Rural Kenya (Crosscut
Seattle)
14. Maryland
General Assembly Approves 50 Percent Renewable Energy Target for 2030
(Baltimore Sun, MD)
15. Op/Ed:
A Rush to Renewables Overlooks Practical Concerns (Morning Consult, Energy)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
16. Microsoft
Calls Out FCC for ‘Vastly’ Overestimating American Broadband Access (Puget
Sound Business Journal, WA)
17. It’s
Time for a New Approach for Mapping Broadband Data to Better Serve Americans
(Microsoft)
18. Broadband
Affordability Report: Nearly Half of U.S. Population Lacks Access to a
Low-Price Offering (Telecompetitor)
19. Why
5G Phones Are Arriving with Subplot of Espionage (Bloomberg News)
20. Capping
the Universal Service Fund (Pots & Pans)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
21. Sacramento
Municipal Utility District, California Launch $15 Million Electric Vehicle Rebate
Program (American Public Power Association)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
22. Low
Snowpack Is More Bad News for British Columbia’s Drought-Affected Rivers &
Streams (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
23. Irrigators,
Biologists Keeping Keen Eye on Weather Amid Yakima Valley Drought Declaration
(Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
24. Congress
Approves Seven-State Colorado River Deal Addressing Drought Conditions (The
Hill, Washington, DC)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
25. How
a Sea Ice Meltdown Is Disrupting Life in Coastal Alaska (Gizmodo)
26. As
White House Questions Climate Change, U.S. Military Is Planning for It (Washington
Post)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
27. What
Boeing’s PR Crisis Says About True Oversight & Regulation (PR News Online)
28. Pinterest
Dials Down Expectations as IPO Nears (SF Chronicle)
29. Back
to Reporting for KNKX: News Director Erin Hennessey Steps Down from Top Post
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
30. Groups
Believe Not Having Children Is a Way to Cut a Person’s Carbon Footprint
(Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
31. A
Flood Online of Hate Speech Greets Lawmakers Probing Facebook & Google
About White Nationalism (Washington Post)
32. Congress
to Bar the IRS from Ever Offering Free Tax-Filing Software (Mashable)
GENERAL NEWS
33. Update:
Search for Lost Soldier Near High Steel Bridge Temporarily Suspended (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
34. Airlines
Have Stopped Ordering the 737 Max (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
35. Washington
State Governor Signs New Law That Raises Legal Age to Purchase Tobacco &
Vaping Products (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
https://kbkw.com/inslee-signs-new-law-that-raises-legal-age-to-purchase-tobacco-and-vaping-products/
36. Cases
Mount Against Washington State Bar Association Board (KIRO Broadcasting,
Seattle, WA)
37. Wenatchee-Bound
Diamond Fabricator Gets Federal Trade Warning (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
38. ‘Potentially
Historic’ Central U.S. Storm to Deliver Blizzard Conditions & Strong Winds
Through Thursday (Washington Post)
39. NCAA
Basketball: Virginia Trio Carries Cavaliers to First National Championship
(Reuters)
CATS IN THE CRATES – DIVERSIONS
Trapped in Crate Shipped From China: Hungry, Resourceful Cat
Found in British Columbia
A Three-Year-Old Boy Repeatedly Entered the Wrong Password,
Locked Up His Dad’s iPad Until 2067
Suspected Thief Dies When Car Jack Slips & Crushes Him
in Pierce County Field
Police: Man Buys $8 Million Island Then Steals from Kmart
SONG OF THE DAY
Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass - Slow Boat to China
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