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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Thunderstorms on Friday (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Emergency Drought Declaration Declared for Mason &
Thurston Counties (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Deal for Columbia River Hydropower Clears Path for Diamond
Making in Wenatchee (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
Comcast Ordered to Pay Back Washington State Customers After
Judge Rules Extra Charges Unlawful (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Oregon Cap-And-Trade Bill Nears Last Committee Hearing – And
a Late Test (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Oregon: Warm Springs Water Crisis Continues (Associated
Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Deal for Columbia River Hydropower Clears Path
for Diamond Making in Wenatchee
2.
Line Crews Keep the Electricity Flowing
3.
Changing Hawaii’s Utility Model May Only Drive
High Rates Higher, State Energy Office Finds
4.
Ice Harbor Dam Turbine Improves Fish Passage
5.
Rep. Kilmer’s Bipartisan Bill to Fight Ocean
Acidification Passes House
6.
Hood Canal Shrimp Fishery to Open for Two More
Days
7.
Russia Fines ‘Whale Jail’ Company White Whale
8.
Oregon: Warm Springs Water Crisis Continues
9.
Idaho Nuclear Waste Treatment Plant Reports
Progress
10.
The Great Lakes Are Overflowing with Record
Amounts of Water
11.
Tenino Renewable Energy Project Nominated for
National Award
12.
Four States Account for More Than Half of U.S.
Wind Electricity Generation
13.
Is Vegetation Management a Problem for Your
Solar Farm? Just Add Sheep
14.
Comcast Ordered to Pay Back Washington State
Customers After Judge Rules Extra Charges Unlawful
15.
Apartment Renter Broadband Study: Almost Half
Would Pay Higher Rent to Get Fiber
16.
State’s Role in Broadband Grants
17.
Summary Conclusions for Designing an FCC
Broadband Grant
18.
Oregon Cap-And-Trade Bill Nears Last Committee
Hearing – And a Late Test
19.
Alberta Repealed Its Carbon Tax. What Now?
20.
Jay Inslee Is Actually Taking the Climate
Refugee Crisis Seriously
21.
Forest Fires Release Less Carbon Dioxide Than
Previously Thought
22.
Oregon Passes Permanent Daylight Saving Measure,
Bill Goes to Governor
23.
Here’s How Prepared States Across the U.S. Are
for a Disaster, from Least to Most Prepared
24.
Emergency Drought Declaration Declared for Mason
& Thurston Counties
25.
Wildfire in Grant County 50% Contained
26.
A Hammer Started the Largest Wildfire in
California History
27.
Climber Rescued After Days Trapped on Mount
Rainier: ‘You Just Have to Keep Going’
28.
Boeing Turns to High-Powered Defense Attorneys
in 737 MAX Investigation
29.
Topping Out Ceremony for Mason General Hospital’s
Medical Building
WORD OF THE DAY – THE HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Toroidal /tuh-ROY-dull/ Adjective – Of, relating to, or
shaped like a torus or toroid: doughnut-shaped
Yay for doughnut day
Those tasty toroidal treats
A holey pastry
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Deal for Columbia River Hydropower Clears Path for
Diamond Making in Wenatchee (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
2.
Line Crews Keep the Electricity Flowing
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
3.
Changing Hawaii’s Utility Model May Only Drive
High Rates Higher, State Energy Office Finds (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
4.
Ice Harbor Dam Turbine Improves Fish Passage (My
Columbia Basin, (Pendleton, OR)
5.
Rep. Kilmer’s Bipartisan Bill to Fight Ocean
Acidification Passes House (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
6.
Hood Canal Shrimp Fishery to Open for Two More
Days (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
8.
Oregon: Warm Springs Water Crisis Continues (Associated
Press)
9.
Idaho Nuclear Waste Treatment Plant Reports
Progress (Associated Press)
10. The
Great Lakes Are Overflowing with Record Amounts of Water (Washington Post)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
11. Tenino
Renewable Energy Project Nominated for National Award (The Chronicle,
Centralia, WA)
12. Four
States Account for More Than Half of U.S. Wind Electricity Generation (U.S. Energy
Information Administration)
13. Is
Vegetation Management a Problem for Your Solar Farm? Just Add Sheep (Renewable
Energy World)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
14. Comcast
Ordered to Pay Back Washington State Customers After Judge Rules Extra Charges
Unlawful (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
15. Apartment
Renter Broadband Study: Almost Half Would Pay Higher Rent to Get Fiber
(Telecompetitor)
16. State’s
Role in Broadband Grants (Pots & Pans)
17. Summary
Conclusions for Designing an FCC Broadband Grant (Pots & Pans)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
18. Oregon
Cap-And-Trade Bill Nears Last Committee Hearing – And a Late Test (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
19. Alberta
Repealed Its Carbon Tax. What Now? (Forbes Magazine)
20. Jay
Inslee Is Actually Taking the Climate Refugee Crisis Seriously (Gizmodo)
21. Forest
Fires Release Less Carbon Dioxide Than Previously Thought – Challenging Some
Forest Management Practices, Study Says (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
22. Oregon
Passes Permanent Daylight Saving Measure, Bill Goes to Governor (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
23. Here’s
How Prepared States Across the U.S. Are for a Disaster, from Least to Most
Prepared (USA Today)
GENERAL NEWS
24. Emergency
Drought Declaration Declared for Mason & Thurston Counties (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
25. Wildfire
in Grant County 50% Contained (Associated Press)
26. A
Hammer Started the Largest Wildfire in California History (Mashable)
27. Climber
Rescued After Days Trapped on Mount Rainier: ‘You Just Have to Keep Going’ (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
28. Boeing
Turns to High-Powered Defense Attorneys in 737 MAX Investigation (Seattle Times,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
29. Topping
Out Ceremony for Mason General Hospital’s Medical Building (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Legendary New Orleans Musician Dr. John Dead at 77
No One Could Open a Museum’s Safe for 40 Years. A Tourist
Cracked It on His First Try.
Drink Margaritas? Tequila Prices Are Likely to Rise Because of
U.S. Tariffs on Mexico
Idaho State Professor Says FBI Research Dilutes Evidence of
Bigfoot’s Existence
SONGS OF THE DAY
Dr. John - Such a Night
Dr. John & Eric Clapton - Right Place, Wrong Time
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