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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Grant County: Highway 243 Fire Now Estimated at Almost 19,000
Acres (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Power Struggle on the Eastside: Crucial Ruling Ahead in
Battle Over 16-Mile Power Line (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Pushback Against Superfast 5G Wireless Spreads to at Least
Seven Pacific Northwest Cities (KNKX Radio, Tacoma, WA)
Grays Harbor PUD Board Passes Resolution Supporting Lower
Snake River Hydroelectric Dams (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Attempt to Change California’s Definition of Renewable
Energy Fails – Rule Says Dams Don’t Count Toward Goals (KSAT-TV, San Antonia,
TX)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Power Struggle on the Eastside: Crucial Ruling
Ahead in Battle Over 16-Mile Power Line
2.
Grays Harbor PUD Board Passes Resolution Supporting
Lower Snake River Hydroelectric Dams
3.
What Caused 26 Power Poles to Collapse in South
Seattle?
4.
Going to Cowlitz PUD: Steve Taylor Was a
Thorough, Unflappable Kelso City Manager
5.
Op/Ed: Can the Bonneville Power Administration
Be Saved?
6.
Sixth-Graders Cross Chelan PUD’s Rocky Reach Dam
for Fishy Field Trip & Fun
7.
He Had Power-Pole Shaped Dent in His SUV. Police
Arrested Him for Hit-And-Run Power Outage
8.
Grant PUD Line Crews Named Grand Marshals of
Sage-n-Sun Festival Parade
9.
San Francisco Hires Financial Adviser as It
Considers Buying Pacific Gas & Electric Power Lines
10.
New England’s Electric Power Grid Is Undergoing
a Transformation
11.
Chatterjee Rejects Criticism of Violating FERC’s
Neutrality with Use of #Freedomgas
12.
Two More Dead Gray Whales Wash Ashore in Western
Washington
13.
Canada: Department of Fisheries to Test for
Harmful Virus at British Columbia Fish Farms
14.
Bombs, Guns & Sea Lions on the Columbia
River
15.
Orca Task Force Celebrates New Calf with Renewed
Determination
16.
Salmon Merging onto New ‘Highway’ in Seattle,
Complete with Rest Stops & Restaurants
17.
Fish Cannons, Koi Herpes & Other Tools to
Combat Invasive Carp
18.
Editorial: Mining Skagit River Headwaters
Invites Disaster
19.
Attempt to Change California’s Definition of
Renewable Energy Fails – Rule Says Dams Don’t Count Toward Goals
20.
California Has Too Much Solar Power. That Might
Be Good for Ratepayers
21.
GESS International to Build Six Biogas Plants in
Idaho – Conversion of “Dairy-Air”
22.
U.S. Wind Turbine Collapses ‘Not Linked’, Says
GE
23.
European Union Plan to Burn Wood Instead of Coal
Threatens Forests
24.
Pushback Against Superfast 5G Wireless Spreads
to at Least Seven Pacific Northwest Cities
25.
Port of Bellingham Plans to Build Faster
Internet Access for Rural Areas
26.
Governor Inslee Meets with Orcas Power &
Light to Talk Broadband, Clean Energy & Electric Ferries
27.
A New-Wave Broadband Firm Dials Up Frontier
Communications
28.
How a Radio Frequency Is Delivering High Speed
Internet to Small Towns
29.
Apple Announces It’s Getting Rid of iTunes
30.
How Extreme Weather Is Affecting People’s
Opinions of Climate Change
31.
Kids, Feds Spar Over Climate Change Suit in
Third Visit to Ninth Circuit
32.
Oregon’s Carbon-Reduction Plan Might Include
Hefty Fuel Rebates
33.
Exploding Danger: U.S. Marijuana Oil Labs Pose
Deadly, Destructive Hazard
34.
YouTube Updates Hate Speech Guidelines to
Prohibit Videos
35.
Americans Think Fake News Is Big Problem, Blame
Politicians
36.
Washington State Lawmaker Touts Kalama Methanol
Plant – And Works for Company That’s Trying to Get It Built
37.
‘Climate Candidate’ Jay Inslee Touts Mission to
Keep Earth Inhabitable
38.
Op/Ed: Transportation Projects Will Suffer If
Inslee Shifts Cash to Protect Fish
39.
Grant County: Highway 243 Fire Now Estimated at
Almost 19,000 Acres
40.
Ostrom’s Mushroom Farm Near Lacey Is Closing,
Laying Off 239 Workers
41.
Seattle Has Already Scored the Third Warmest
Spring on Record
42.
Washington’s Roads Are Becoming Increasingly
Deadly for People Who Walk or Bike, Data Show
43.
Fewer Kids Are Riding & Buying Bicycles –
The Industry Is Worried
44.
Learning What Vets Could Not Tell: What They Did
in World War II
WORD OF THE DAY
Colitas • \coe-LEET-uhs\ • - Tail, tail end, end
“On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair, warm smell
of colitas rising up through the air.”
Wikipedia: The term “colitas” in the first stanza of the
song is a Spanish term for “little tails” and a reference to the buds of the
Cannabis plant.
From the Straight Dope: This E-mail just in from Eagles
management honcho Irving Azoff: “In response to your [recent] memo, in 1976,
during the writing of the song ‘Hotel California’ by Messrs. Henley and Frey,
the word `colitas’ was translated for them by their Mexican-American road
manager as ‘little buds.’ You have obviously already done the necessary
extrapolation. Thank you for your inquiry.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Power Struggle on the Eastside: Crucial Ruling
Ahead in Battle Over 16-Mile Power Line (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
2.
Grays Harbor PUD Board Passes Resolution
Supporting Lower Snake River Hydroelectric Dams (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
3.
What Caused 26 Power Poles to Collapse in South
Seattle? (Crosscut Seattle)
4.
Going to Cowlitz PUD: Steve Taylor Was a
Thorough, Unflappable Kelso City Manager (Longview Daily News, WA)
5.
Op/Ed: Can the Bonneville Power Administration
Be Saved? (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
6.
Sixth-Graders Cross Chelan PUD’s Rocky Reach Dam
for Fishy Field Trip & Fun (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
7.
He Had Power-Pole Shaped Dent in His SUV. Police
Arrested Him for Hit-And-Run Power Outage (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
8.
Grant PUD Line Crews Named Grand Marshals of
Sage-n-Sun Festival Parade (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
https://www.kpq.com/grant-pud-line-crews-named-grand-marshals-of-sage-n-sun/https://www.kpq.com/grant-pud-line-crews-named-grand-marshals-of-sage-n-sun/
9.
San Francisco Hires Financial Adviser as It
Considers Buying Pacific Gas & Electric Power Lines (SF Chronicle)
10. New
England’s Electric Power Grid Is Undergoing a Transformation (WBUR, Boston, MA)
11. Chatterjee
Rejects Criticism of Violating FERC’s Neutrality with Use of #Freedomgas
(Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
12. Two
More Dead Gray Whales Wash Ashore in Western Washington (Associated Press)
13. Canada:
Department of Fisheries to Test for Harmful Virus at British Columbia Fish
Farms (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
14. Bombs,
Guns & Sea Lions on the Columbia River (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
15. Orca
Task Force Celebrates New Calf with Renewed Determination (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
16. Salmon
Merging onto New ‘Highway’ in Seattle, Complete with Rest Stops &
Restaurants (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
17. Fish
Cannons, Koi Herpes & Other Tools to Combat Invasive Carp (NY Times)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
18. Editorial:
Mining Skagit River Headwaters Invites Disaster (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
19. Attempt
to Change California’s Definition of Renewable Energy Fails – Rule Says Dams
Don’t Count Toward Goals (KSAT-TV, San Antonia, TX)
20. California
Has Too Much Solar Power. That Might Be Good for Ratepayers (Los Angeles Times,
CA)
21. GESS
International to Build Six Biogas Plants in Idaho – Conversion of “Dairy-Air”
(Associated Press)
22. U.S.
Wind Turbine Collapses ‘Not Linked’, Says GE (ReCharge)
23. European
Union Plan to Burn Wood Instead of Coal Threatens Forests (Courthouse News
Service)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
24. Pushback
Against Superfast 5G Wireless Spreads to at Least Seven Pacific Northwest
Cities (KNKX Radio, Tacoma, WA)
25. Port
of Bellingham Plans to Build Faster Internet Access for Rural Areas (Bellingham
Business Journal, WA)
26. Governor
Inslee Meets with Orcas Power & Light to Talk Broadband, Clean Energy &
Electric Ferries (San Juan Islander, Friday Harbor, WA)
27. A
New-Wave Broadband Firm Dials Up Frontier Communications (Everett Herald, WA)
28. How
a Radio Frequency Is Delivering High Speed Internet to Small Towns (National
Public Radio)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
29. Apple
Announces It’s Getting Rid of iTunes (CBS News)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
30. How
Extreme Weather Is Affecting People’s Opinions of Climate Change (National
Public Radio)
31. Kids,
Feds Spar Over Climate Change Suit in Third Visit to Ninth Circuit (Courthouse
News Service)
32. Oregon’s
Carbon-Reduction Plan Might Include Hefty Fuel Rebates (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
33. Exploding
Danger: U.S. Marijuana Oil Labs Pose Deadly, Destructive Hazard (Reuters)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
34. YouTube
Updates Hate Speech Guidelines to Prohibit Videos (Associated Press)
35. Americans
Think Fake News Is Big Problem, Blame Politicians (Associated Press)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
36. Washington
State Lawmaker Touts Kalama Methanol Plant – And Works for Company That’s
Trying to Get It Built (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
37. ‘Climate
Candidate’ Jay Inslee Touts Mission to Keep Earth Inhabitable (Courthouse News
Service)
https://www.courthousenews.com/climate-candidate-jay-inslee-touts-mission-to-keep-earth-inhabitable/
38. Op/Ed:
Transportation Projects Will Suffer If Inslee Shifts Cash to Protect Fish (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
39. Grant
County: Highway 243 Fire Now Estimated at Almost 19,000 Acres (Columbia Basin
Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
40. Ostrom’s
Mushroom Farm Near Lacey Is Closing, Laying Off 239 Workers (Olympian, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
41. Seattle
Has Already Scored the Third Warmest Spring on Record (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
42. Washington’s
Roads Are Becoming Increasingly Deadly for People Who Walk or Bike, Data Show
(News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
43. Fewer
Kids Are Riding & Buying Bicycles – The Industry Is Worried (Washington Post)
44. Learning
What Vets Could Not Tell: What They Did in World War II (NY Times)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Gainesville Gator Crashes Couples Romantic Lakeside Picnic
Florida Thief Takes Blowtorch to ATM, Welds It Shut Instead
Those Tiny Hotel Toiletry Bottles Are on Their Way Out
Family Discovers Graduation Cake Made of Plastic Foam
SONG OF THE DAY
The Beach Boys – Graduation Day
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