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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Feds Seek Expanded Habitat Protection as Salmon, Orcas
Battle Climate Change, Habitat Degradation (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Corps Mission: Trying to Fix a Broken Lock – Repairs Ongoing
to Let Columbia River Traffic Resume Passing Bonneville Dam (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Teachers Warn of "Homework Gap" Stemming from Lack
of Broadband Access (Axios)
As Battery Fires Spark Ongoing Concerns, National Fire
Protection Association Releases Standards to Address Risks (Utility Dive)
Seattle Schools Not Excusing Students for Friday Climate
Change Walkout (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Corps Mission: Trying to Fix a Broken Lock –
Repairs Ongoing to Let Columbia River Traffic Resume Passing Bonneville Dam
2.
Latest Round of Columbia River Treaty Talks Wrap
Up in Cranbrook
3.
Alaska Remote Diesel Generators Win Exemption
from Pollution Rule
4.
Pacific Gas & Electric to Raise Average
Monthly Bill Nearly $5 Next Month
5.
Lewis County PUD Passes Trimmed-Down 2020 Budget
Including Rate Hike
6.
Grant PUD Finances in Strong Position
7.
Snohomish PUD Gets Ready for Storm Season
8.
Northwest Public Power Association Announces
26th Annual Excellence in Communication Winners
9.
Florida: Jacksonville Electric Authority Bid
Negotiations Will Be Tight-Lipped
10.
Feds Seek Expanded Habitat Protection as Salmon,
Orcas Battle Climate Change, Habitat Degradation
11.
Endangered Orca May Soon Have More Protected
Habitat
12.
Canada: Drone Footage Documents Work to Free
Salmon at Fraser River’s Big Bar Landslide
13.
Chelan PUD Goes on Record Opposing Removal of
Snake River Dams
14.
Op/Ed: Can’t We Seek Common Ground on Dam/Fish
Divide?
15.
Bald Eagles Have Found Themselves a New Home:
Suburbia
16.
Skokomish River Restoration Project Partnership
Signed
17.
As Hood Canal Pollution Program Progresses,
Leaders Look for Sustainable Funding
18.
As Battery Fires Spark Ongoing Concerns,
National Fire Protection Association Releases Standards to Address Risks
19.
Okanogan County PUD Looking at Shared Community
Solar Project
20.
Idaho: New Solar Panels Being Installed in
Sandpoint Town Square
21.
Many Wind Turbines Are Slated to Come Online in
the United States in 2019 & 2020
22.
Teachers Warn of "Homework Gap"
Stemming from Lack of Broadband Access
23.
Solving America's Digital Divide: Study Says 90%
of U.S. Homes Will Have FIBER Internet by 2029
24.
Most Isolated Tribe in Continental U.S. Gets
Broadband
25.
Cities, Not Rural Areas, Are the Real Internet
Deserts
26.
Buying Pacific Gas & Electric’s Distribution
Network Could Also Make Municipal Broadband Possible
27.
Thousands of Vulnerabilities in City of
Seattle's IT Network Attributed to Siloed Approach to Cybersecurity
28.
Seattle Schools Not Excusing Students for Friday
Climate Change Walkout
29.
Oregon Climate Group Targets Boeing In
Hard-Hitting Cap & Trade Ad
30.
Youth Activists Plead with Congress to Take
Action on Climate Change
31.
Marijuana Banking Bill Might Have Easier Time
Passing U.S. Senate with These New Hemp Rules
32.
Illinois Marijuana Growers Will Face Energy
Efficiency & Reporting Rules
33.
U.S. Cities Are Losing 36 Million Trees a Year
34.
Experts: President Trump Faces Tough Legal Road
to Kill California Emissions Waiver
35.
Washingtonians Likely to Feel Pain at the Pump
After Saudi Attack
36.
Citing Homeless Encampment, Frightened Neighbors
Ask Shelton City Council for Help
37.
Washington State Investigating Vancouver Woman's
Death after Root Canal
38.
The Weather Outlook for the Rest of the Fall
& Winter
WORD OF THE DAY
Indian Summer • \INN-dee-un SUM-mer\ • noun - 1: a period of
warm or mild weather in late autumn or early winter 2: a happy or flourishing
period occurring toward the end of something
No sentence of the day for this one, but for you “gee whiz
factoid” fans, I thought you’d find this rundown from The “Old Farmer’s Almanac:”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Corps Mission: Trying to Fix a Broken Lock – Repairs
Ongoing to Let Columbia River Traffic Resume Passing Bonneville Dam (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
2.
Latest Round of Columbia River Treaty Talks Wrap
Up in Cranbrook – Federal, provincial, U.S. and Indigenous representatives
recently met for eight rounds of discussions (The Columbia Valley Pioneer, BC)
3.
Alaska Remote Diesel Generators Win Exemption
from Pollution Rule (Alaska Public Media)
4.
Pacific Gas & Electric to Raise Average
Monthly Bill Nearly $5 Next Month (SF Chronicle, CA)
5.
Lewis County PUD Passes Trimmed-Down 2020 Budget
Including Rate Hike (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
6.
Grant PUD Finances in Strong Position (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
7.
Snohomish PUD Gets Ready for Storm Season (My
Everett News, WA)
8.
Northwest Public Power Association Announces
26th Annual Excellence in Communication Winners (Northwest Public Power
Association, Vancouver, WA)
9.
Florida: Jacksonville Electric Authority Bid
Negotiations Will Be Tight-Lipped (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
FISH & WILDLIFE
10. Feds
Seek Expanded Habitat Protection as Salmon, Orcas Battle Climate Change,
Habitat Degradation (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
11. Endangered
Orca May Soon Have More Protected Habitat (Courthouse News Service)
12. Canada:
Drone Footage Documents Work to Free Salmon at Fraser River’s Big Bar Landslide
(Columbia Valley Pioneer, BC)
13. Chelan
PUD Goes on Record Opposing Removal of Snake River Dams (NCW Life News, East
Wenatchee, WA)
14. Op/Ed:
Can’t We Seek Common Ground on Dam/Fish Divide? (Lewiston Tribune, ID)
15. Bald
Eagles Have Found Themselves a New Home: Suburbia (Los Angeles Times, CA)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
16. Skokomish
River Restoration Project Partnership Signed (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
17. As
Hood Canal Pollution Program Progresses, Leaders Look for Sustainable Funding (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton – Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
18. As
Battery Fires Spark Ongoing Concerns, National Fire Protection Association Releases
Standards to Address Risks (Utility Dive)
19. Okanogan
County PUD Looking at Shared Community Solar Project (Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune,
Oroville, WA)
20. Idaho:
New Solar Panels Being Installed in Sandpoint Town Square (KHQ TV, Spokane, WA)
21. Many
Wind Turbines Are Slated to Come Online in the United States in 2019 & 2020
(U.S. Energy Information Administration)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
22. Teachers
Warn of "Homework Gap" Stemming from Lack of Broadband Access (Axios)
23. Solving
America's Digital Divide: Study Says 90% of U.S. Homes Will Have FIBER Internet
by 2029 (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
24. Most
Isolated Tribe in Continental U.S. Gets Broadband (National Public Radio)
25. Cities,
Not Rural Areas, Are the Real Internet Deserts (Washington Post)
26. Buying
Pacific Gas & Electric’s Distribution Network Could Also Make Municipal
Broadband Possible (San Francisco Examiner, CA)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
27. Thousands
of Vulnerabilities in City of Seattle's IT Network Attributed to Siloed
Approach to Cybersecurity (Crosscut Seattle)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
28. Seattle
Schools Not Excusing Students for Friday Climate Change Walkout (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
29. Oregon
Climate Group Targets Boeing In Hard-Hitting Cap & Trade Ad (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
30. Youth
Activists Plead with Congress to Take Action on Climate Change (Courthouse News
Service)
https://www.courthousenews.com/youth-activists-plead-with-congress-to-take-action-on-climate-change/
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
31. Marijuana
Banking Bill Might Have Easier Time Passing U.S. Senate with These New Hemp
Rules (McClatchy, DC Bureau)
32. Illinois
Marijuana Growers Will Face Energy Efficiency & Reporting Rules (Energy
News Network)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
33. U.S.
Cities Are Losing 36 Million Trees a Year (CNN Wire)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
34. Experts:
President Trump Faces Tough Legal Road to Kill California Emissions Waiver (Courthouse
News Service)
GENERAL NEWS
35. Washingtonians
Likely to Feel Pain at the Pump After Saudi Attack (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
36. Citing
Homeless Encampment, Frightened Neighbors Ask Shelton City Council for Help (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
37. Washington
State Investigating Vancouver Woman's Death after Root Canal (KGW-TV, Portland,
OR)
38. The
Weather Outlook for the Rest of the Fall & Winter (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Meet the Artisanal Toilet-Paper Startups Taking On Big
Tissue
Pigeon Poops on Lawmaker Discussing Pigeon Poop Problem
UK Makes Second Arrest in Golden Toilet Theft
Idea of a Princess Bride Remake Has People Crying ‘Inconceivable!’
“There’s a shortage of perfect movies in this world,” Elwes
wrote in a Tweet. “It would be a pity to damage this one.”
SONG OF THE DAY
Mark Knopfler/Willy DeVille - Storybook Love (Princess Bride
Soundtrack)
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