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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
It’s ‘All Hands on Deck’ to Protect Columbia River Salmon
from Invasive Northern Pike (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Oregon DEQ Denies Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas Water
Quality Permit (Oregonian, Portland)
Clark Public Utilities Board May Pick New Top Exec Tuesday
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Seattle Passes Electric Vehicle Readiness Requirements
(Utility Dive – Love the European License Place in the Stock Photo)
Body of Unidentified Person Found in Shelton’s Goldsborough
Creek (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Oregon DEQ Denies Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural
Gas Water Quality Permit
2.
Clark Public Utilities Board May Pick New Top Exec
Tuesday
3.
Op/Ed: Snake River Dams — Setting the Record
Straight
4.
Clallam Against Smart Meters Meeting Set for
Wednesday in Port Angeles
5.
The Douglas Electric Cooperative Workers
Responsible for Restoring the Power
6.
Massachusetts Communities Hit by Gas Blasts Get
$80 Million to Fix Infrastructure
7.
It’s ‘All Hands on Deck’ to Protect Columbia
River Salmon from Invasive Northern Pike
8.
With Tears in Their Eyes, Tri-Cities Students
Set Their Fish Free. This Man Shows Why It Matters
9.
Saving Salmon: Planning Ahead to Improve Salmon
Numbers
10.
Gray Whales Starving to Death in the Pacific
Ocean. Scientists Want to Know Why
11.
Salish Sea Boat Noise Making It Difficult for
Orcas to Hunt
12.
Separating the Sheep from the Goats: Invasive
Mountain Goats Surpass Bighorn Sheep, Cause Issues in the Teton Range
13.
Editorial: Washington State Law Calling for Full
Renewable Electricity Is Worthy Goal
14.
Greenlit: British Columbia Lighthouses Upgrading
to Wind & Solar Power
15.
Wisconsin: We Energies Proposes Fee for Solar
Customers – Again
16.
It’s Microsoft Vs. Comcast in Infrastructure
Push to Expand Rural Broadband
17.
Microsoft Petitions FCC for White Spaces
Rulemaking
18.
Broadband Economic Impact Bill Introduced
19.
5G Signal Could Jam Satellites That Help with
Weather Forecasting
20.
Experts Assess Damage after First Cyberattack on
U.S. Grid
21.
Seattle Passes Electric Vehicle Readiness
Requirements
22.
This Instagram Account Protects Public Lands by
Calling Out Abuse
23.
Microsoft Plans to Have Software Tools to Make
Elections Secure Ready This Summer
24.
Body of Unidentified Person Found in Shelton’s
Goldsborough Creek
25.
As The 737 MAX Crisis Drags On, Boeing’s CEO
Faces Questions About His Own Future
26.
Amid Measles Outbreaks, States Consider Revoking
Religious Vaccine Exemptions
27.
Weather Service Says Its Upgraded American
Forecasting Model Is About Ready for Prime Time
28.
History of Respect Woven into Pendleton’s
Partnership with Cowlitz Tribe
WORD OF THE DAY
Propitiate • \pro-PISH-ee-yate\ • verb - To gain or regain
the favor or goodwill of: appease, conciliate
The famous “turkey drop” from ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ was no
match for the “Ferret Drop” promotion of KFER radio one bleak, wintry December day.
The promotion, meant to propitiate listeners who had been stiffed by the
limited edition “ball of sisal twine” give-away, went horribly wrong when the
helicopter pilot misread his instructions and hovered 1,000 feet above the mall
parking lot (instead of the ten feet as directed in the crumpled and smudged
instruction sheet.) Fortunately for the apparently ill-fated weasels, their
leader fashioned a makeshift parachute from a discarded mascot costume…which
delivered the lucky ferrets into a briar patch from which the fabled “Ferret
Foundation” grew.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Oregon DEQ Denies Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural
Gas Water Quality Permit (Oregonian, Portland)
3.
Op/Ed: Snake River Dams — Setting the Record
Straight (Capital Press)
4.
Clallam Against Smart Meters Meeting Set for Wednesday
in Port Angeles (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
5.
The Douglas Electric Cooperative Workers
Responsible for Restoring the Power (The World, Coos Bay, OR)
6.
Massachusetts Communities Hit by Gas Blasts Get
$80 Million to Fix Infrastructure (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
7.
It’s ‘All Hands on Deck’ to Protect Columbia
River Salmon from Invasive Northern Pike (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
8.
With Tears in Their Eyes, Tri-Cities Students
Set Their Fish Free. This Man Shows Why It Matters (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
9.
Saving Salmon: Planning Ahead to Improve Salmon
Numbers (KIVI-TV, Boise, ID)
10. Gray
Whales Starving to Death in the Pacific Ocean. Scientists Want to Know Why (Aberdeen
Daily World, WA)
11. Salish
Sea Boat Noise Making It Difficult for Orcas to Hunt (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
12. Separating
the Sheep from the Goats: Invasive Mountain Goats Surpass Bighorn Sheep, Cause
Issues in the Teton Range (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
13. Editorial:
Washington State Law Calling for Full Renewable Electricity Is Worthy Goal (Walla
Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
14. Greenlit:
British Columbia Lighthouses Upgrading to Wind & Solar Power (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
15. Wisconsin:
We Energies Proposes Fee for Solar Customers – Again (Utility Dive)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
16. It’s
Microsoft Vs. Comcast in Infrastructure Push to Expand Rural Broadband
(Marketwatch)
17. Microsoft
Petitions FCC for White Spaces Rulemaking (MultiChannel News)
18. Broadband
Economic Impact Bill Introduced (Multichannel News)
19. 5G
Signal Could Jam Satellites That Help with Weather Forecasting (The Guardian,
UK)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/04/5g-mobile-networks-threat-to-world-weather-forecasting
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
20. Experts
Assess Damage after First Cyberattack on U.S. Grid (E&E News)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
21. Seattle
Passes Electric Vehicle Readiness Requirements (Utility Dive – Love the European
License Place in the Stock Photo)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
22. This
Instagram Account Protects Public Lands by Calling Out Abuse (Aberdeen Daily
World, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/life/this-instagram-account-protects-public-lands-by-calling-out-abuse/
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
23. Microsoft
Plans to Have Software Tools to Make Elections Secure Ready This Summer (USA
Today)
GENERAL NEWS
24. Body
of Unidentified Person Found in Shelton’s Goldsborough Creek (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
25. As
The 737 MAX Crisis Drags On, Boeing’s CEO Faces Questions About His Own Future
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
26. Amid
Measles Outbreaks, States Consider Revoking Religious Vaccine Exemptions (National
Public Radio)
28. History
of Respect Woven into Pendleton’s Partnership with Cowlitz Tribe (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Selah Standoff Ends When Suspect Falls Through Ceiling
A Mysterious Force Has Been Blocking Car Key Fobs in This
Small Ohio Town
First Moon Landing Manual Could Fetch $9 Million at Auction
That Coffee Cup Has Been Digitally Removed from ‘Game of Thrones’
SONG OF THE DAY
Ella Fitzgerald - How High the Moon
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