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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
COVID-19: Gov. Inslee Eases Restrictions on Washington State
Outdoor Activities (KOMO News, Seattle, WA)
Lewis County PUD, ToledoTel Take Action to Make Wi-Fi
Hotspots Available Around the County (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
First Circuit Clears General Electric on Fukushima Nuclear
Disaster (Courthouse News Service)
Utility Shutoff Bans Are in Effect for Many Families, But
What Happens When They End? (Utility Dive)
‘Salmon Cannon’ Coming to Help Threatened Fraser River Fish
Bypass Rock Slide (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
First Circuit Clears General Electric on
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
2.
Utility Shutoff Bans Are in Effect for Many
Families, But What Happens When They End?
3.
Clark Public Utilities’ Home & Garden Fair
to Go Virtual This Year
4.
Mason PUD 1 Receives “Excellence in
Communications” Awards
5.
Something for Everyone in New OPALCO COVID-19
Relief Measures
6.
Tri-State, Colorado Cooperatives in ‘Race to the
Courthouse’ Over Exit Fee Jurisdiction
7.
In 2019, U.S Energy Production Exceeded
Consumption for the First Time in 62 Years
8.
‘Salmon Cannon’ Coming to Help Threatened Fraser
River Fish Bypass Rock Slide
9.
Major Dust Storm Closes Highway Near Dusty,
Washington
10.
Investors Donate Solar Panels to Jefferson
County Airport
11.
Work to Install a Tidal Turbine in Waters Off China
Has Been Completed, Despite the Coronavirus Pandemic
12.
Seattle Startup WattBuy Shines a New Light on
Electric Rates by Plugging into Public Energy Data
13.
Lewis County PUD, ToledoTel Take Action to Make
Wi-Fi Hotspots Available Around the County
14.
Comcast Extends COVID-19 Response Policies to
June 30
15.
Even in Crisis Times, There Is a Push to Wire
Rural America
16.
Meteorologists Say 2020 on Course to Be Hottest
Year Since Records Began
17.
How a Major Electric Company Is Aiming to Be
Carbon-Free by 2050
18.
Amid Falling Revenue, Sound Publishing Lays Off
70 Workers
19.
Typing Debate: Do You Type 2 Spaces Between
Sentences or 1?
20.
Mile-Long Asteroid to Make Close Approach to
Earth April 29, NASA Says
21.
COVID-19: Gov. Inslee Eases Restrictions on
Washington State Outdoor Activities
22.
U.S. Congress Abandons Return to Washington
After Lawmakers Revolt
23.
Side-Effect of the Pandemic: Pipes Clogged with
Non-Flushable Junk
24.
Mason County Ballots for Special Election Due
25.
Pacific Northwest Maple Syrup? UW Testing Local
Bigleaf Maples for Sweet Industry
WORD OF THE DAY
nabob \NAY-bobb\ Noun – 1: a provincial governor of the
Mogul empire in India 2: a person of great wealth or prominence
Spio Agnew was no William Jenning Bryant. In the heat of Agnew’s
battle with the press, famed speechwriter and newspaper columnist William
Safire made him sound like Shakespeare with this famous quote:
"In the United States today, we have more than our
share of nattering nabobs of negativism. They have formed their own 4-H club --
the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history."
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
First Circuit Clears General Electric on
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster (Courthouse News Service)
2.
Utility Shutoff Bans Are in Effect for Many
Families, But What Happens When They End? (Utility Dive)
3.
Clark Public Utilities’ Home & Garden Fair
to Go Virtual This Year (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
4.
Mason PUD 1 Receives “Excellence in
Communications” Awards (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
5.
Something for Everyone in New OPALCO COVID-19
Relief Measures (San Juan Islander, Friday Harbor, WA)
6.
Tri-State, Colorado Cooperatives in ‘Race to the
Courthouse’ Over Exit Fee Jurisdiction (Utility Dive)
7.
In 2019, U.S Energy Production Exceeded
Consumption for the First Time in 62 Years (U.S. Energy Information
Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10.
Investors Donate Solar Panels to Jefferson
County Airport (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
11.
Work to Install a Tidal Turbine in Waters Off China
Has Been Completed, Despite the Coronavirus Pandemic (CNBC)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
12.
Seattle Startup WattBuy Shines a New Light on Electric
Rates by Plugging into Public Energy Data (GeekWire)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
13.
Lewis County PUD, ToledoTel Take Action to Make Wi-Fi
Hotspots Available Around the County (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
14.
Comcast Extends COVID-19 Response Policies to June
30 (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
15.
Even in Crisis Times, There Is a Push to Wire
Rural America (National Public Radio)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
16.
Meteorologists Say 2020 on Course to Be Hottest
Year Since Records Began (The Guardian, UK)
17.
How a Major Electric Company Is Aiming to Be
Carbon-Free by 2050 (Axios)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
18.
Amid Falling Revenue, Sound Publishing Lays Off
70 Workers (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
19.
Typing Debate: Do You Type 2 Spaces Between
Sentences or 1? (National Public Radio)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
20.
Mile-Long Asteroid to Make Close Approach to Earth
April 29, NASA Says (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
21.
COVID-19: Gov. Inslee Eases Restrictions on Washington
State Outdoor Activities (KOMO News, Seattle, WA)
22.
U.S. Congress Abandons Return to Washington After
Lawmakers Revolt (British Broadcasting Corporation)
SICKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
23.
Side-Effect of the Pandemic: Pipes Clogged with Non-Flushable
Junk (Oregon Public Radio)
GENERAL NEWS
24.
Mason County Ballots for Special Election Due
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
25.
Pacific Northwest Maple Syrup? UW Testing Local
Bigleaf Maples for Sweet Industry (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
This 1,000-Year-Old Mill Has Resumed Production Due to
Demand for Flour
Undefeated, High Schoolers Head Online for Isolation Proms
Seuss-Star Trek Copyright Battleship Makes Landing at Ninth
Circuit
Backyard Bird-Watching Picks Up in British Columbia as Neighborhoods
Get Quieter
SONG OF THE DAY
Leon Redbone - Up A Lazy River & Mr. Jelly Roll Baker
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