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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Seattle Unprepared for Deadly Heat Waves Made Worse by
Global Warming, Researchers Say (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Pacific Power Announces Wildfire
Prevention Policies in Wake of California Tragedies (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Pacific Gas & Electric: Transformers in Bay Area Can’t
Always Cope with Heat Waves (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
British Columbia Drought Fears Surge as Rivers Dry Up Across
the Province (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
City of Shelton Working to Renew Lease with U.S. Postal
Service for Post Office Park (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Pacific Power Announces Wildfire Prevention
Policies in Wake of California Tragedies
2.
Pacific Gas & Electric: Transformers in Bay
Area Can’t Always Cope with Heat Waves
3.
New York Utilities to Face Revenue Hit for
Missed Reliability, Customer Service Targets
4.
California: FERC Staff Issues Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the Bucks Creek Hydropower Project
5.
Op/Ed: Public Power Opinion on Electric Rates
Misses Mark, Retail Choice Better for Customers: Academics
6.
British Columbia Drought Fears Surge as Rivers
Dry Up Across the Province
7.
Snohomish River Estuary Project Shows Why Salmon
Recovery Takes So Long
8.
Icicle River Will Open to Salmon Fishing This
Year
9.
Canada: Whale Watchers Bullish Despite New
Federal Restrictions
10.
The Fish Egg That Traveled Through a Swan’s Gut,
Then Hatched
11.
U.S. Lawmakers Push Canadian Province on Mining
Pollution
12.
Anderson Lake Biotoxin Levels Drop, Still Lethal
13.
California: Putting the Power of the Sun to Work
in Lassen County
14.
Selling Transport to Small Cell Sites
15.
FCC Commissioners Now Literal Poster Boys for
Big Telecom
16.
Seattle Unprepared for Deadly Heat Waves Made
Worse by Global Warming, Researchers Say
17.
As Carbon Tax Fans Lobby Congress, Cap &
Trade Faces Resistance on the West Coast
18.
Bitcoin Has a Big Carbon Footprint, Researchers
Say
19.
Electric Utilities Seek New Ways to Improve
Customer Relationships
20.
Lori Matsukawa Stepping Down after 36 Years at
KING 5
21.
On Editors
22.
President Trump Taps Portland Native for
Prominent White House Job
23.
City of Shelton Working to Renew Lease with U.S.
Postal Service for Post Office Park
24.
Lacey Bans Homeless Camping – Enforcement
Uncertain
25.
Court-Appointed Receiver Takes Over Olympia’s
Indebted Fish Brewing Company
26.
Harstine Island Bridge Parade Friday
27.
Imprisoned Graduates Celebrate Accomplishments
& Earn Degrees at Mission Creek
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Joel’s Horrible Haiku – Oneiric /oh-NYE-rick/ Adjective – Of
or relating to dreams: dreamy
The lost horizon
Peaceful oneiric visions
Shangri La, I’m home
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Pacific Power Announces Wildfire
Prevention Policies in Wake of California Tragedies (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Pacific Gas & Electric: Transformers in Bay Area Can’t
Always Cope with Heat Waves (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
New York Utilities to Face Revenue Hit for Missed
Reliability, Customer Service Targets (Utility Dive)
California: FERC Staff Issues Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the Bucks Creek Hydropower Project (Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission)
Op/Ed: Public Power Opinion on Electric Rates Misses Mark,
Retail Choice Better for Customers: Academics (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
British Columbia Drought Fears Surge as Rivers Dry Up Across
the Province (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Snohomish River Estuary Project Shows Why Salmon Recovery
Takes So Long (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Icicle River Will Open to Salmon Fishing This Year (KPQ
Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Canada: Whale Watchers Bullish Despite New Federal
Restrictions (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
The Fish Egg That Traveled Through a Swan’s Gut, Then
Hatched (NY Times)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
U.S. Lawmakers Push Canadian Province on Mining Pollution (Associated
Press)
Anderson Lake Biotoxin Levels Drop, Still Lethal (Port
Townsend Leader, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
California: Putting the Power of the Sun to Work in Lassen
County (Susanville Stuff, CA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Selling Transport to Small Cell Sites (Pots & Pans)
FCC Commissioners Now Literal Poster Boys for Big Telecom (Gizmodo)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Seattle Unprepared for Deadly Heat Waves Made Worse by Global
Warming, Researchers Say (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
As Carbon Tax Fans Lobby Congress, Cap & Trade Faces
Resistance on the West Coast (Forbes Magazine)
Bitcoin Has a Big Carbon Footprint, Researchers Say (SF
Chronicle)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Electric Utilities Seek New Ways to Improve Customer
Relationships (Daily Energy Insider)
Lori Matsukawa Stepping Down after 36 Years at KING 5 (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
On Editors (Courthouse News Service)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
President Trump Taps Portland Native for Prominent White
House Job (Oregonian, Portland)
GENERAL NEWS
City of Shelton Working to Renew Lease with U.S. Postal
Service for Post Office Park (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Lacey Bans Homeless Camping – Enforcement Uncertain (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Court-Appointed Receiver Takes Over Olympia’s Indebted Fish
Brewing Company (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Harstine Island Bridge Parade Friday (Mason Web TV, Shelton,
WA)
Imprisoned Graduates Celebrate Accomplishments & Earn
Degrees at Mission Creek (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Sriracha Trial Begins: The Breakup Between the California Hot
Sauce Maker & Farmer Exposed
Retouching the Mona Lisa Is Restoration, But a Mickey Mantle
Baseball Card? Collectors Cry Fraud
Canada On Cloud Nine: Toronto Raptors Capture First Crown in
Thrilling Win Over Warriors
Bar Scales Back ‘Free Shot Per Goal’ Promotion After U.S.
13-0 Win in Women’s World Cup
SONG OF THE DAY
Roxy Music - Dance Away
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