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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Gov. Inslee Signs Range of Bills Aimed at Helping Endangered
Orcas (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
In Surprise Reversal, Inslee Opposes Washington Natural Gas
Projects (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
U.S. Solar Hits Two Million Installations, Will Double in
Four Years (Reuters)
Three Mile Island Power Plant to Close After Bailout Bill
Stalls in Pennsylvania Legislature (Utility Dive)
Wild Olympics Plan Unveiled -- 126,000 Acres Proposed for
Wilderness (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Three Mile Island Power Plant to Close After
Bailout Bill Stalls in Pennsylvania Legislature
2.
In Surprise Reversal, Inslee Opposes Washington
Natural Gas Projects
3.
Clean Energy Law Will Mean “A Brave New World”
for Cowlitz PUD
4.
Electricity Restored to Hundreds of Clallam PUD
Customers After Wreck Causes 11-Hour Outage
5.
Jefferson PUD General Manager Role Now Permanent
for Streett
6.
Largest Contributor to 2018 Grant PUD Race Fined
$10,000
7.
Hydro One Reports First Quarter Profit Down on
Costs to End Avista Deal, Dividend Up
8.
Insurance Claims from Deadly California
Wildfires Top $12 Billion
9.
EIA Expects Less Electricity to Come from Coal
This Summer as Natural Gas, Renewables Rise
10.
Gov. Inslee Signs Range of Bills Aimed at Helping
Endangered Orcas
11.
Listening Session: “The Future of Our Dams”
12.
Commentary: New ‘Cycle’ Targets Lower Snake
River Dams
13.
New Fish Scanning Technology Now On-Line at
Bonneville Dam Fish Handling Facility
14.
Springer Return Count Still Uncertain; Managers
Opt for No Fishing Below Bonneville, Two Days Above
15.
U.S. Solar Hits Two Million Installations, Will
Double in Four Years
16.
New Kind of Battery Make Solar, Wind Worth Its
Salt
17.
CenturyLink Stock Is Getting Crushed After
Earnings. One Analyst Upgraded It Anyway.
18.
U.S. House Passes ACCESS BROADBAND Act
19.
Wild Olympics Plan Unveiled -- 126,000 Acres
Proposed for Wilderness
20.
Congressional Republicans Show Increasing
Appetite for Climate Action, Despite Opposition to Paris Accord Bill
21.
UN Chief Says ‘Total Disaster’ if Warming Not
Stopped
22.
Attorneys General from 33 States Urge Pot
Banking Reform
23.
These Everyday Items Can Be Dirtier Than a
Toilet Seat
24.
Shelton Home Heavily Damaged in Overnight Fire
25.
Outdoor Burn Restrictions in Unincorporated
Lewis County
26.
Pacific County Burn Ban Issued Due to Warm &
Dry Weather
27.
31% Pay Raise for Mason County Sheriff Approved;
Other Elected County Officials OK’d for Small Raise
28.
Crashes on Highway 3 Near Bremerton Airport Make
for Rough Commute
29.
Oregon Teachers Walk Out en Masse in Search of
School Funding
30.
Why Desperate Americans Are Driving to Canada in
Caravans for Insulin
WORD OF THE DAY
Vexatious • \vex-ay-shuss\ • Adjective - 1a: causing
vexation: distressing b: intended to harass 2: full of disorder or stress:
troubled
“I am NOT paranoid or a vexatious litigator. Did my mother
tell you that? Or maybe my brother; he never liked me, that weasel,” bellowed
the whiskered, barrel-chested jailhouse lawyer to the judge in his case. “Everyone
has wronged me or will wrong me sometime in my life. This is just my way of
protecting my rights.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Three Mile Island Power Plant to Close After
Bailout Bill Stalls in Pennsylvania Legislature (Utility Dive)
2.
In Surprise Reversal, Inslee Opposes Washington
Natural Gas Projects (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
3.
Clean Energy Law Will Mean “A Brave New World”
for Cowlitz PUD (Longview Daily News, WA)
4.
Electricity Restored to Hundreds of Clallam PUD Customers
After Wreck Causes 11-Hour Outage (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
6.
Largest Contributor to 2018 Grant PUD Race Fined
$10,000 (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
7.
Hydro One Reports First Quarter Profit Down on
Costs to End Avista Deal, Dividend Up (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
8.
Insurance Claims from Deadly California Wildfires
Top $12 Billion (Associated Press)
9.
EIA Expects Less Electricity to Come from Coal This
Summer as Natural Gas, Renewables Rise (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
10. Gov.
Inslee Signs Range of Bills Aimed at Helping Endangered Orcas (Seattle Times,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
11. Listening
Session: “The Future of Our Dams” (Congressman Dan Newhouse)
12. Commentary:
New ‘Cycle’ Targets Lower Snake River Dams (Capital Press)
13. New
Fish Scanning Technology Now On-Line at Bonneville Dam Fish Handling Facility
(Columbia Basin Bulletin)
14. Springer
Return Count Still Uncertain; Managers Opt for No Fishing Below Bonneville, Two
Days Above (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
15. U.S.
Solar Hits Two Million Installations, Will Double in Four Years (Reuters)
16. New
Kind of Battery Make Solar, Wind Worth Its Salt (Christian Science Monitor)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
17. CenturyLink
Stock Is Getting Crushed After Earnings. One Analyst Upgraded It Anyway.
(Barron’s)
18. U.S.
House Passes ACCESS BROADBAND Act (Multichannel News)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
19. Wild
Olympics Plan Unveiled -- 126,000 Acres Proposed for Wilderness (Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
20. Congressional
Republicans Show Increasing Appetite for Climate Action, Despite Opposition to Paris
Accord Bill (Utility Dive)
21. UN
Chief Says ‘Total Disaster’ if Warming Not Stopped (Associated Press)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
22. Attorneys
General from 33 States Urge Pot Banking Reform (Associated Press)
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/attorneys-general-33-states-urge-pot-banking-reform-62916265
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
23. These
Everyday Items Can Be Dirtier Than a Toilet Seat (USA Today)
GENERAL NEWS
24. Shelton
Home Heavily Damaged in Overnight Fire (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
25. Outdoor
Burn Restrictions in Unincorporated Lewis County (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
26. Pacific
County Burn Ban Issued Due to Warm & Dry Weather (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
27. 31%
Pay Raise for Mason County Sheriff Approved; Other Elected County Officials OK’d
for Small Raise (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
28. Crashes
on Highway 3 Near Bremerton Airport Make for Rough Commute (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
29. Oregon
Teachers Walk Out en Masse in Search of School Funding (Associated Press)
30. Why
Desperate Americans Are Driving to Canada in Caravans for Insulin (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Anti-Vaccination Student Who Sued Health Department After
Being Banned from School Now Has Chickenpox
Scientists Liken Anglo-Saxon Burial Site to King Tut’s Tomb
Hot Off the Grille: Is California Ready to Legalize Roadkill
Cuisine?
Child Finds $40,000 Worth of Meth in Lego Box from South
Carolina Consignment Shop
SONG OF THE DAY
Canned Heat - On the Road Again
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