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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Yakima Basin Water Supply for Irrigators Holds Steady for
June (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Congressman Kilmer Comments on Snake River Dams (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, Wa)
Copper River Fishery Improves but Levels Remain Below Normal
(Associated Press)
Oregon’s PacWave Aims to Jump-Start US Marine Energy Market
(GreenTech Media
Heat-Trapping Carbon Dioxide in Air Hits New Record High
(Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Congressman Kilmer Comments on Snake River Dams
2.
Spokane Fire, Avista Crews Investigating Vault
Fire Leading to Power Outages in Downtown Spokane Buildings
3.
Jefferson PUD Approves Routine Telecommuting
Policy
4.
Fight Over New Mexico Nuke Waste Plan Lands in
DC Circuit
5.
Massachusetts Attorney General Urges State
Examine Shift from Natural Gas Heating
6.
Copper River Fishery Improves but Levels Remain
Below Normal
7.
Death of the Giants: Forests Getting Shorter,
Younger, in Northwest & Elsewhere
8.
British Columbia Vastly Overestimates Size of
Its Old-Growth Forest, Independent Researchers Say
9.
Yakima Basin Water Supply for Irrigators Holds
Steady for June
10.
Oregon’s PacWave Aims to Jump-Start US Marine
Energy Market
11.
Salt River Project Seeking Information on
Projects for Up to 500 MW of Wind Power
12.
Glare Study? – Omaha Utility’s Solar Plan
Collides with Suburban Development Aspirations
13.
Small ISP Cancels Data Caps Permanently After
Reviewing Pandemic Usage
14.
5G Conspiracy Idiots Now Threatening Telecom
Workers That Don’t Even Work in Wireless
15.
Op/Ed: Congress Must Make Access to Affordable,
Reliable Broadband a Priority
16.
Heat-Trapping Carbon Dioxide in Air Hits New
Record High
17.
WA Gov. Inslee’s Emergency Orders within His
Authority, Court Commissioner Says
18.
Washington State Gets Back $333 Million in
Stolen Unemployment Benefits - With More to Recover
19.
Washington State Reports 245 New COVID-19 Cases
& Three Deaths Thursday
20.
U.S. Unemployment Drops Unexpectedly to a
Still-High 13.3%
21.
Alcoa Begins Laying Off Workers at Its Ferndale
Aluminum Plant Ahead of Schedule
WORD OF THE DAY
Banshee • \BAN-shee\ • Noun - A female spirit in Gaelic
folklore whose appearance or wailing warns a family that one of them will soon
die
The small-town newspaper’s music editor faced a dilemma. He
wanted to be truthful, but he also did not want to alienate the 1,000 readers
of the broadsheet. Therefore, he crumpled the typewritten first draft of his
story titled “Local Band Named ‘The Banshees’ Appropriately Named: You Will
Want to Die.” His new draft bore the headline “Unique Sounds from Local Band.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Congressman Kilmer Comments on Snake River Dams
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, Wa)
2.
Spokane Fire, Avista Crews Investigating Vault
Fire Leading to Power Outages in Downtown Spokane Buildings (KHQ-TV, Spokane,
WA)
3.
Jefferson PUD Approves Routine Telecommuting
Policy (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
4.
Fight Over New Mexico Nuke Waste Plan Lands in
DC Circuit (Courthouse News Service)
5.
Massachusetts Attorney General Urges State
Examine Shift from Natural Gas Heating (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
7.
Death of the Giants: Forests Getting Shorter,
Younger, in Northwest & Elsewhere (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
8.
British Columbia Vastly Overestimates Size of
Its Old-Growth Forest, Independent Researchers Say (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
9.
Yakima Basin Water Supply for Irrigators Holds
Steady for June (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10.
Oregon’s PacWave Aims to Jump-Start US Marine
Energy Market (GreenTech Media
11.
Salt River Project Seeking Information on Projects
for Up to 500 MW of Wind Power (American Public Power Association)
12.
Glare Study? – Omaha Utility’s Solar Plan
Collides with Suburban Development Aspirations (Energy News Network)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
13.
Small ISP Cancels Data Caps Permanently After
Reviewing Pandemic Usage (Ars Technica)
14.
5G Conspiracy Idiots Now Threatening Telecom
Workers That Don’t Even Work in Wireless (TechDirt)
15.
Op/Ed: Congress Must Make Access to Affordable,
Reliable Broadband a Priority (The Hill, Washington, DC)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
16.
Heat-Trapping Carbon Dioxide in Air Hits New
Record High (Associated Press)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
17.
WA Gov. Inslee’s Emergency Orders within His
Authority, Court Commissioner Says (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
18.
Washington State Gets Back $333 Million in Stolen
Unemployment Benefits - With More to Recover (Associated Press)
SICKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
19.
Washington State Reports 245 New COVID-19 Cases &
Three Deaths Thursday (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
20.
U.S. Unemployment Drops Unexpectedly to a Still-High
13.3% (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
21.
Alcoa Begins Laying Off Workers at Its Ferndale Aluminum
Plant Ahead of Schedule (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
D.C. Mayor Bowser Has ‘Black Lives Matter’ Painted on Street
Leading to White House
Giant Asteroid to Zip Toward Earth This Weekend. But Don’t Freak
Out.
On Sad Anniversary, Few to Mourn the D-Day Dead in Normandy
Masks Blossom Among Roses at French Perfume Capital
SONG OF THE DAY
Jim Reeves - Roses Are Red My Love
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