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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
U.S. Energy Consumption Falls to 16-Year Low (Yahoo Finance)
Jefferson PUD Installs Wi-Fi Hotspots at Offices,
Substations (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Chelan PUD & Local Internet Service Providers Teaming Up
for Free Hotspots (KPQ-Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Quinault Nation Will Oppose Flood-Control Dam in Chehalis
River System (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Researchers Seek Help from Waterfront Residents for Whale
Sightings (KOMO News, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
U.S. Energy Consumption Falls to 16-Year Low
2.
Oil Price Collapses to Below Zero as Demand
Takes a Dive During Pandemic
3.
Clallam PUD Appointee Decides Against Running in
November
4.
Tillamook PUD Rate Update – Board of Directors
Postpone Rate Increase to Fall, 2020
5.
Op/Ed: Our Comments on the Snake River Environmental
Impact Statement
6.
Now Trending: Utility Fire Mitigation Efforts
7.
Researchers Seek Help from Waterfront Residents
for Whale Sightings
8.
5,000 Grant PUD-Managed Fish Die Due to Power
Failure
9.
Bill Monroe: Complex Set of Sport Salmon Fishing
Seasons Proposed
10.
Once Again, Orca Researchers Fail to Answer the
Key Question on Snake River Dams
11.
Quinault Nation Will Oppose Flood-Control Dam in
Chehalis River System
12.
Jefferson PUD Installs Wi-Fi Hotspots at
Offices, Substations
13.
Chelan PUD & Local Internet Service
Providers Teaming Up for Free Hotspots
14.
Alaska Broadband Project Scrapped After Virus
Closes Company
15.
Editorial: High-Speed Internet Is a Necessity
16.
Young Climate Activists Slowed by Pandemic, But
Not Defeated
17.
Seven Ways to Keep Up Day-to-Day Communications
in a Time of Crisis
18.
Deep Newspaper Job Cuts Prompt Rare Plea for
Federal Funding to News Media
19.
Native American Woman Removed from Land O’Lakes
Packaging
20.
Ventilator from Old Car Parts? Afghan Girls
Pursue Prototype
21.
Here’s What Washington School Districts Reported
to the State About the Services They’re Providing During Coronavirus Closures
22.
Surge in Unemployment Continues as Clunky State
Systems Await Upgrade
23.
Demonstrators Rally in Olympia Against
Washington’s Coronavirus Stay-At-Home Order
24.
Health Care Workers Block Denver Protesters
Calling for End to Stay-At-Home Orders
25.
This Has Been Seattle’s Driest April Weather on
Record So Far – Here Comes the Rain
WORD OF THE DAY
Deflagrate /DEFF-fluh-grate/ Verb – 1: to burn rapidly with
intense heat and sparks being given off 2: to cause (something) to burn in such
a manner
“This is stupid,” grunted a dispirited Neil Young, trapped
in a mountain-sized writer’s block. “It’s better to deflagrate, than fade away,”
he whispered. “It just doesn’t sing.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
U.S. Energy Consumption Falls to 16-Year Low
(Yahoo Finance)
2.
Oil Price Collapses to Below Zero as Demand
Takes a Dive During Pandemic (Los Angeles Times, CA)
3.
Clallam PUD Appointee Decides Against Running in
November (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
4.
Tillamook PUD Rate Update – Board of Directors
Postpone Rate Increase to Fall, 2020 (Tillamook Count Pioneer, OR)
5.
Op/Ed: Our Comments on the Snake River Environmental
Impact Statement (Washington Policy Center)
6.
Now Trending: Utility Fire Mitigation Efforts (Utility
Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
7.
Researchers Seek Help from Waterfront Residents for
Whale Sightings (KOMO News, Seattle, WA)
8.
5,000 Grant PUD-Managed Fish Die Due to Power
Failure (iFIBER One News, Ephrata, WA)
9.
Bill Monroe: Complex Set of Sport Salmon Fishing
Seasons Proposed (Oregonian, Portland)
10.
Once Again, Orca Researchers Fail to Answer the Key
Question on Snake River Dams (Washington Policy Center)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
11.
Quinault Nation Will Oppose Flood-Control Dam in
Chehalis River System (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
12.
Jefferson PUD Installs Wi-Fi Hotspots at
Offices, Substations (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
13.
Chelan PUD & Local Internet Service
Providers Teaming Up for Free Hotspots (KPQ-Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
14.
Alaska Broadband Project Scrapped After Virus
Closes Company (Associated Press)
15.
Editorial: High-Speed Internet Is a Necessity
(Baker City Herald, OR)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
16.
Young Climate Activists Slowed by Pandemic, But
Not Defeated (Associated Press)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
17.
Seven Ways to Keep Up Day-to-Day Communications
in a Time of Crisis (Pioneer Utility Resources)
18.
Deep Newspaper Job Cuts Prompt Rare Plea for
Federal Funding to News Media (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
19.
Native American Woman Removed from Land O’Lakes Packaging
(Associated Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
20.
Ventilator from Old Car Parts? Afghan Girls
Pursue Prototype (Associated Press)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
21.
Here’s What Washington School Districts Reported
to the State About the Services They’re Providing During Coronavirus Closures (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
22.
Surge in Unemployment Continues as Clunky State
Systems Await Upgrade (Northwest News Network)
SICKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
23.
Demonstrators Rally in Olympia Against Washington’s
Coronavirus Stay-At-Home Order (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
24.
Health Care Workers Block Denver Protesters
Calling for End to Stay-At-Home Orders (Huffington Post)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/denver-health-care-workers-counter-protest_n_5e9d0b54c5b635d25d6efce6
GENERAL NEWS
25.
This Has Been Seattle’s Driest April Weather on
Record So Far – Here Comes the Rain (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Americans Stockpile Frozen Pizza, Causing Potential Shortage
Toilet Paper Thieves Try to Make Clean Getaway But Can’t
Roll Away from Police
A Honey of a Heist: 120 Beehives Stolen Near George, WA
Amid Pandemic, Debate Rages in Mexico: Is Beer Essential?
SONG OF THE DAY
Tom T. Hall – I Like Beer
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