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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
TransAlta to Buy 49 Percent Interest in Skookumchuck Wind
Project (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Moses Lake: These Solar Workers Will Lose Their Jobs If
Trump Doesn’t Get a China Deal (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Chinook Bust on the Columbia: Spring Returns Worse Than
Forecast on Northwest’s Largest River (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Utility Watchdog OK’s Pacific Gas & Electric Wildfire
Prevention Plan (Courthouse News Service)
Olympia Sewage Spill Threatens Budd Inlet, Capitol Lake
& Percival Creek (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Utility Watchdog OK’s Pacific Gas & Electric
Wildfire Prevention Plan
2.
More Hearings Set for Boardman-To-Hemingway
Transmission Project
3.
Mason PUD 1’s Ron Gold Elected to Nuclear Board
4.
Colorado: Boulder, Xcel Settle Lawsuit over
Municipalization
5.
New Hampshire: Safety, Reliability Key When
Maintaining 97-Year Old, 17.5 MW Hydropower Assets
6.
Chinook Bust on the Columbia: Spring Returns
Worse Than Forecast on Northwest’s Largest River
7.
Fish & Wildlife Make Changes in Puget Sound
Summer Salmon Fisheries for 2019
8.
British Columbia Chinook Salmon Populations in
Decline: Scientists
9.
Rare White Young Killer Whale Swimming Off the
British Columbia Coast
10.
Drone Video of a Sea Lion Hunting in the Middle
of Salmon Bait Ball
11.
Olympia Sewage Spill Threatens Budd Inlet,
Capitol Lake & Percival Creek
12.
Idaho Couple Appeals Government Wetlands Ruling
on Property
13.
TransAlta to Buy 49 Percent Interest in
Skookumchuck Wind Project
14.
Moses Lake: These Solar Workers Will Lose Their
Jobs If Trump Doesn’t Get a China Deal
15.
Utah: Facebook to Run Data Center with Power
from First Solar Project
16.
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Set to
Develop Its Largest Solar Array with Lendlease
17.
Utah Lays Claim to World’s Largest Renewable
Storage Project
18.
Massachusetts Looks to Beef up Commitment to
Offshore Wind
19.
Ocean Energy Could Be the Wave of the Future
20.
Tired of Sluggish Internet Service? This Deal
Could Punch Up Tri-Cities’ Speeds
21.
Experts Are Furious Over the FCC’s Rosy Picture
of Broadband Access
22.
T-Mobile’s Sprint Deal Should Be on Death Watch
23.
Internet Satellites: Are Elon Musk & SpaceX
About to Ruin Seattle’s View of the Night Sky?
24.
Protesting 5G
25.
Oregon’s Cap on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Opposed
by Groups on Both Sides
26.
Too Much Pot in Oregon: State Wants to Rein in
Licenses
27.
Cannabis Companies Push F.D.A. to Ease Rules on
CBD Products
28.
Are Likes & Followers the Problem with
Social Media?
29.
One Killed after Six Climbers Caught in Rockfall
on Mt. Rainier
30.
Smoke from Canadian Wildfires Drifts into Five
U.S. States
31.
Boeing’s 737 Max Crisis May Cost It the Upper
Hand
32.
More on the Washington State Drought Situation
33.
It’s Mason County Forest Festival Time This
Weekend in Shelton
34.
Beer by the Numbers: Craft Beer Jobs Grow While
Big Beer Stalls, New Study Finds
35.
Washington State’s #1 Rated Disc Golf Course Is
Hiding at Shelton Springs
WORD OF THE DAY
Nidifugous • \nye-DIFF-yuh-gus\ • adjective - Leaving the
nest soon after hatching
One of my favorite comic bits comes from Paula Poundstone,
as she recounts her nidifugous adventures as an infant, “I was born in Alabama,
but I had only lived there a month before I had done everything that there is
to do. Even as an infant I was bored and crawled to the state line.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Utility Watchdog OK’s Pacific Gas & Electric
Wildfire Prevention Plan (Courthouse News Service)
2.
More Hearings Set for Boardman-To-Hemingway Transmission
Project (LaGrande Observer, OR)
3.
Mason PUD 1’s Ron Gold Elected to Nuclear Board
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
4.
Colorado: Boulder, Xcel Settle Lawsuit over Municipalization
(American Public Power Association)
5.
New Hampshire: Safety, Reliability Key When
Maintaining 97-Year Old, 17.5 MW Hydropower Assets (Renewable Energy World)
FISH & WILDLIFE
6.
Chinook Bust on the Columbia: Spring Returns
Worse Than Forecast on Northwest’s Largest River (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
7.
Fish & Wildlife Make Changes in Puget Sound Summer
Salmon Fisheries for 2019 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
8.
British Columbia Chinook Salmon Populations in
Decline: Scientists (Global News, Canada)
9.
Rare White Young Killer Whale Swimming Off the British
Columbia Coast (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
11. Olympia
Sewage Spill Threatens Budd Inlet, Capitol Lake & Percival Creek (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
12. Idaho
Couple Appeals Government Wetlands Ruling on Property (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
13. TransAlta
to Buy 49 Percent Interest in Skookumchuck Wind Project (The Chronicle,
Centralia, WA)
14. Moses
Lake: These Solar Workers Will Lose Their Jobs If Trump Doesn’t Get a China Deal
(Los Angeles Times, CA)
15. Utah:
Facebook to Run Data Center with Power from First Solar Project (Bloomberg
News)
16. Sacramento
Municipal Utility District Set to Develop Its Largest Solar Array with Lendlease
(Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
17. Utah
Lays Claim to World’s Largest Renewable Storage Project (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/utah-lays-claim-to-worlds-largest-renewable-storage-project/555910/
18. Massachusetts
Looks to Beef up Commitment to Offshore Wind (Associated Press)
19. Ocean
Energy Could Be the Wave of the Future (Sciences News for Students)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
20. Tired
of Sluggish Internet Service? This Deal Could Punch Up Tri-Cities’ Speeds (Tri-City
Herald, Kennewick, WA)
21. Experts
Are Furious Over the FCC’s Rosy Picture of Broadband Access (The Verge)
22. T-Mobile’s
Sprint Deal Should Be on Death Watch (Bloomberg News)
23. Internet
Satellites: Are Elon Musk & SpaceX About to Ruin Seattle’s View of the
Night Sky? (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
24. Protesting
5G (Pots & Pans)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
25. Oregon’s
Cap on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Opposed by Groups on Both Sides (National
Public Radio)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
26. Too
Much Pot in Oregon: State Wants to Rein in Licenses (Courthouse News Service)
27. Cannabis
Companies Push F.D.A. to Ease Rules on CBD Products (NY Times)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
28. Are
Likes & Followers the Problem with Social Media? (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
29. One
Killed after Six Climbers Caught in Rockfall on Mt. Rainier (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
30. Smoke
from Canadian Wildfires Drifts into Five U.S. States (Associated Press)
31. Boeing’s
737 Max Crisis May Cost It the Upper Hand (Bloomberg News)
32. More
on the Washington State Drought Situation (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
33. It’s
Mason County Forest Festival Time This Weekend in Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
34. Beer
by the Numbers: Craft Beer Jobs Grow While Big Beer Stalls, New Study Finds (Oregonian,
Portland)
35. Washington
State’s #1 Rated Disc Golf Course Is Hiding at Shelton Springs (Thurston Talk,
Olympia, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Scripps Spelling Bee Names Eight Champions after 47 Perfect
Spellings
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2019/0531/Scripps-bee-names-eight-champions-after-47-perfect-spellings
Kids Keep Baseball Game Going Even as Tornado Moves Through the
Area
Deputies: Florida Man Calls 911 to Brag after Fleeing Traffic
Stop “…No cop can catch me in my Hyundai Elantra, that thing is fast…”
Singer Leon Redbone Dies at 69
SONG OF THE DAY
Leon Redbone- I’ll See You in My Dreams
Leon Redbone & Zooey Deschanel - Baby, It’s Cold Outside
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