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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Activist Groups to Washington State Governor: Extend
Moratorium on Service Cutoffs by Utilities (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
‘Status Quo Is Not Working,’ Tribes Say, as Seattle Begins
Relicensing Skagit River Hydro (KNKX Radio, Tacoma, WA)
U.S. House Democrats Aim to Put More Than $80 Billion into
Broadband Expansion During Coronavirus (CNBC)
Boeing Raises $25 Billion in Massive Bond Sale, Turns Down
Bailout Funds (Washington Post)
Idaho Stay-Home Order Ends, Restoring Normal Activity Begins
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Activist Groups to Washington State Governor:
Extend Moratorium on Service Cutoffs by Utilities
2.
Tacoma Public Utilities Expands Relief for
Customers Facing Financial Hardship
3.
‘Status Quo Is Not Working,’ Tribes Say, as
Seattle Begins Relicensing Skagit River Hydro
4.
FERC Gives the Go Ahead for NorthernGrid
5.
Pacific Gas & Electric to Purge Most of Its
Board in Fallout from Bankruptcy
6.
Judge Calls Pacific Gas & Electric
Vegetation Work ‘Sloppy & Unreliable,’ Imposes New Conditions on the
Utility
7.
Sage-Grouse, Other Projects to Get Exemption
from NEPA Review
8.
Chehalis River Basin Flood Authority Endorses
Basin-Wide Solution
9.
Sierra Snowpack Is 3% of May Average: Here’s
What That Means
10.
Is Geothermal Power on the Brink of a Boom?
11.
COVID-19 Will Create Energy Efficiency
Opportunities
12.
U.S. House Democrats Aim to Put More Than $80
Billion into Broadband Expansion During Coronavirus
13.
Ziply Fiber Completes Acquisition of Frontier
Communications’ Pacific Northwest Operations
14.
FCC Commissioner: Our Agency Says All Americans
Are Gaining Advanced Internet Access. It’s Wrong
15.
The Deceiving Thing About the Big, Historic Drop
in Carbon Dioxide Emissions
16.
The Business of Burps: Scientists Smell Profit
in Cow Emissions
17.
How to Develop a Post-COVID-19 Digital Strategy
Now
18.
Idaho Stay-Home Order Ends, Restoring Normal
Activity Begins
19.
1 in 5 Washington Workers Have Filed
Unemployment Claims
20.
U.S.’ Pelosi Mulls $1 Trillion for Cities,
States in Next Coronavirus Relief Round
21.
Turkey Sends Second Consignment of Medical
Supplies, Poetic Message to U.S.
22.
Mason County COVID-19 Cases Now 24
23.
Mason County Sheriff’s Office to Move Towards
Re-opening
24.
City of Tacoma Offers $1.2 Million to Help
Tenants Struggling to Pay Rent Amid COVID-19
25.
See Where Nearly 200,000 Rent Strikes Are
Happening in the U.S.
26.
Poop May Tell Us When the Coronavirus Lockdown
Will End
27.
Boeing Raises $25 Billion in Massive Bond Sale,
Turns Down Bailout Funds
28.
DNR Commissioner Describes How 2020 Wildfire
Season Will Look Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
29.
Lawmakers Blast Trump Over Alcoa Smelter Closure
in Ferndale, Tariff War with China
30.
No Foul Play Suspected After Body Found Hanging
from Tree Near Belfair
31.
Washington State Scotch Broom Census Set for May
WORD OF THE DAY
Animus • \ANN-uh-muss\ • Noun - 1: basic attitude or
governing spirit: disposition, intention 2: a usually prejudiced and often
spiteful or malevolent ill will 3: an inner masculine part of the female
personality in the analytic psychology of C. G. Jung
My animus for thick, spongy restaurant pancakes has no
bounds. A pancake cooked thin and nearly crepe-like, should be able to stand on
its own (so to speak), with just the right amount of butter and syrup. It
should not be a vehicle for carrying flavor enhancements into your alimentary
tract.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Activist Groups to Washington State Governor: Extend
Moratorium on Service Cutoffs by Utilities (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
2.
Tacoma Public Utilities Expands Relief for
Customers Facing Financial Hardship (South Sound Business)
3.
‘Status Quo Is Not Working,’ Tribes Say, as Seattle
Begins Relicensing Skagit River Hydro (KNKX Radio, Tacoma, WA)
4.
FERC Gives the Go Ahead for NorthernGrid (Bonneville
Power Administration)
5.
Pacific Gas & Electric to Purge Most of Its
Board in Fallout from Bankruptcy (Associated Press)
6.
Judge Calls Pacific Gas & Electric Vegetation
Work ‘Sloppy & Unreliable,’ Imposes New Conditions on the Utility (Utility
Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
7.
Sage-Grouse, Other Projects to Get Exemption from
NEPA Review (Bloomberg News)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
8.
Chehalis River Basin Flood Authority Endorses
Basin-Wide Solution (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
9.
Sierra Snowpack Is 3% of May Average: Here’s What
That Means (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10.
Is Geothermal Power on the Brink of a Boom?
(Power Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
11.
COVID-19 Will Create Energy Efficiency
Opportunities (Transmission & Distribution World)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
12.
U.S. House Democrats Aim to Put More Than $80
Billion into Broadband Expansion During Coronavirus (CNBC)
13.
Ziply Fiber Completes Acquisition of Frontier
Communications’ Pacific Northwest Operations (Portland Business Journal, OR)
14.
FCC Commissioner: Our Agency Says All Americans Are
Gaining Advanced Internet Access. It’s Wrong (CNN Business)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
15.
The Deceiving Thing About the Big, Historic Drop
in Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Mashable)
16.
The Business of Burps: Scientists Smell Profit
in Cow Emissions (NY Times)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
17.
How to Develop a Post-COVID-19 Digital Strategy
Now (PR News Online)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
18.
Idaho Stay-Home Order Ends, Restoring Normal
Activity Begins (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
19.
1 in 5 Washington Workers Have Filed
Unemployment Claims (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
20.
U.S.’ Pelosi Mulls $1 Trillion for Cities,
States in Next Coronavirus Relief Round (Reuters)
21.
Turkey Sends Second Consignment of Medical
Supplies, Poetic Message to U.S. (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
SICKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
22.
Mason County COVID-19 Cases Now 24 (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
24.
City of Tacoma Offers $1.2 Million to Help
Tenants Struggling to Pay Rent Amid COVID-19 (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
25.
See Where Nearly 200,000 Rent Strikes Are
Happening in the U.S. (Fast Company)
26.
Poop May Tell Us When the Coronavirus Lockdown
Will End (Oregonian, Portland)
GENERAL NEWS
27.
Boeing Raises $25 Billion in Massive Bond Sale,
Turns Down Bailout Funds (Washington Post)
28.
DNR Commissioner Describes How 2020 Wildfire
Season Will Look Amid Coronavirus Pandemic (KREM-TV, Spokane, WA)
29.
Lawmakers Blast Trump Over Alcoa Smelter Closure
in Ferndale, Tariff War with China (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
30.
No Foul Play Suspected After Body Found Hanging from
Tree Near Belfair (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
31.
Washington State Scotch Broom Census Set for May
(KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Thousands of Flamingos Take Over India’s Largest City amid Coronavirus
Lockdown
Add This to the List: Green Fireball Sighted in Skies Above Central
Washington State
Key West to Skip Hemingway Look-Alike Contest This Year
Porch Costumes Provide Cheer in Troubled Times
SONG OF THE DAY
The Carpenters – Calling of Occupants of Interplanetary
Craft
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