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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Salmon at ‘Scary’ Low Levels in Area Rivers as Fishing
Season Opens on the Puyallup River (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Cryptocurrency Miners Allowed in Moses Lake Under Certain
Conditions (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Solar Project Pays Off for Clark Public Utilities Investors
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
New Mexico State Senator Moves to Impeach Utility
Commissioners as Tensions Rise over San Juan Coal Plant Closure (Utility Dive)
Photos Show the World’s First Solar Road Turned Out to be a
Colossal Failure – It’s Falling Apart & Doesn’t Generate Enough Energy
(Business Insider)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
New Mexico State Senator Moves to Impeach
Utility Commissioners as Tensions Rise over San Juan Coal Plant Closure
2.
Grant PUD Commissioners Extend Irrigation Rate
Agreement
3.
United Kingdom: National Grid Blackout Report
Expected to Blame Avoidable Faults
4.
ComEd Tasks Goats with Vegetation Management
5.
Salmon at ‘Scary’ Low Levels in Area Rivers as
Fishing Season Opens on the Puyallup River
6.
Steelhead Numbers Keep Falling, But There Is
Optimism for a Local Fishery
7.
British Columbia: No End Date in Sight for Crews
Working Fraser River Landslide
8.
Washington Wheat Farmers Could Be Toast If Dams
Are Removed to Help Hungry Orcas
9.
Endangered Resident Orcas Return to Inland
Waters after Long Absence
10.
Idaho Agency Looks into Local Impacts of ESA
Changes
11.
Gillnetters: EPA’s ‘Particularly Bad’ Political
Decision Endangers Alaskan Salmon Runs
12.
Solar Project Pays Off for Clark Public
Utilities Investors
13.
Eugene Water & Electric Board Sells Stake in
Wyoming Wind Farm for About $1.7 Million
14.
Montana: County Commissioners Pause Tax Break
Vote on $500 Million Wind Farm
15.
An Ambitious Energy Policy Could Bring Maryland
Acres of Solar Farms. Where Should They Go?
16.
Op/Ed: Why 100% Renewables Isn’t Feasible by
2050
17.
Cryptocurrency Miners Allowed in Moses Lake
Under Certain Conditions
18.
Photos Show the World’s First Solar Road Turned
Out to be a Colossal Failure
19.
Emails Show Washington Lawmaker Tied to Group
Training for Holy War
20.
Stabbing at Downtown Shelton’s Brewer Park
21.
Magnitude 5.4 Quake Strikes Off Oregon Coast
22.
Has Seattle Already Seen Its Hottest Weather of
the Year?
23.
VIDEO: Teen Called a Hero After Putting Out Fire
in Mason County
WORD OF THE DAY
Vanguard • \VAN-gard\ • Noun - 1: the troops moving at the
head of an army 2: the forefront of an action or movement
“Mr. Spicoli,” grunted the dog-faced sergeant, “I want you
in the vanguard as we attack the hill.” “But, dude, I left my van back in the
states,” slurred the bleary-eyed private.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
New Mexico State Senator Moves to Impeach
Utility Commissioners as Tensions Rise over San Juan Coal Plant Closure (Utility
Dive)
2.
Grant PUD Commissioners Extend Irrigation Rate
Agreement (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
3.
United Kingdom: National Grid Blackout Report
Expected to Blame Avoidable Faults (The Guardian, UK)
4.
ComEd Tasks Goats with Vegetation Management (Electric
Light & Power)
FISH & WILDLIFE
5.
Salmon at ‘Scary’ Low Levels in Area Rivers as Fishing
Season Opens on the Puyallup River (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
6.
Steelhead Numbers Keep Falling, But There Is
Optimism for a Local Fishery (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
7.
British Columbia: No End Date in Sight for Crews
Working Fraser River Landslide – Federal officials consider building road so
fish can be transported by truck (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
8.
Washington Wheat Farmers Could Be Toast If Dams
Are Removed to Help Hungry Orcas (National Public Radio)
9.
Endangered Resident Orcas Return to Inland
Waters after Long Absence (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
10. Idaho
Agency Looks into Local Impacts of ESA Changes (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
11. Gillnetters:
EPA’s ‘Particularly Bad’ Political Decision Endangers Alaskan Salmon Runs (Longview
Daily News, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
12. Solar
Project Pays Off for Clark Public Utilities Investors (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
13. Eugene
Water & Electric Board Sells Stake in Wyoming Wind Farm for About $1.7
Million (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
14. Montana:
County Commissioners Pause Tax Break Vote on $500 Million Wind Farm (Billings
Gazette, MT)
15. An
Ambitious Energy Policy Could Bring Maryland Acres of Solar Farms. Where Should
They Go? (Washington Post)
16. Op/Ed:
Why 100% Renewables Isn’t Feasible by 2050 (Utility Dive)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
17. Cryptocurrency
Miners Allowed in Moses Lake Under Certain Conditions (Columbia Basin Herald,
Moses Lake, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
19. Emails
Show Washington Lawmaker Tied to Group Training for Holy War (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton
– Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
20. Stabbing
at Downtown Shelton’s Brewer Park (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
21. Magnitude
5.4 Quake Strikes Off Oregon Coast (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
22. Has
Seattle Already Seen Its Hottest Weather of the Year? (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
23. VIDEO:
Teen Called a Hero After Putting Out Fire in Mason County (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle,
WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Pumpkin Spice Spam Is Becoming a Reality
45% of Americans Wear Underwear for Two Days or Longer,
Survey Finds
Residents Purr-Turbed Over Cat’s Ouster from Police Force
Raccoon Freed After Being Trapped in Florida Vending Machine
SONG OF THE DAY
Pablo Cruise – A Place in the Sun
LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY
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organizations update their websites regularly, which may result in broken
links.
