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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Oregon Governor Declares Drought Emergency in Two Counties
(Oregonian, Portland)
New Group, With Conservative Credentials, Plans Push for a
Carbon Tax (NY Times)
House Set to Debate Offshore Wind Energy Bills in U-S Waters
(Reuters)
Oregon State Employees Unable to Email the Public after Computer
‘Hijacked’ by Phishing Email (Oregonian, Portland)
$2 Billion Power Line Project Awaits Green Light in New
Mexico (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
$2 Billion Power Line Project Awaits Green Light
in New Mexico
2.
Energy Companies among 22,000 Requests for Steel
Tariff Exemptions
3.
Police Seek Help as Wire Thefts Continue to Dog
Gig Harbor & Environs
4.
SMUD Manager Said He’d Throw Hispanic Employees
‘Over the Wall,’ Lawsuit Alleges
5.
Washington’s Benton PUD Gets AMI Solutions from Sensus
6.
Florida Regulators Review Power Restoration
Issues after 2017 Storms
7.
Dow Jones Industrial Average Is Dumping General
Electric & Adding Walgreens
8.
Olympic National Park Will Remove Mountain Goats
9.
Funding Boost for Skokomish River Valley
Restoration
10.
Pygmy Rabbits Population Not Improving, Remain
Endangered
11.
One Answer to the Bee Crisis: Turn Everyone into
Backyard Breeders
12.
House Set to Debate Offshore Wind Energy Bills
in U-S Waters
13.
Op/Ed: Let’s Break With the Past & Charge
Ahead with Clean Energy
14.
Weather-Smart Electric Grids Are Needed for Wind
& Solar Power to Surge
15.
Oregon State Employees Unable to Email the
Public after Computer ‘Hijacked’ by Phishing Email
16.
Why Bitcoin Exchanges Keep Getting Hacked – How
to Protect Yourself
17.
Vermont Cash Incentives – Working from Home
18.
Tesla Sues Ex-Employee Alleging Data Theft,
Leaks to Media
19.
Blink Eyes Significant Electric Vehicle Charging
Expansion via Smart Streetlights
20.
State Efficiency Incentives Averaged $24 per
Customer in 2016
21.
CLEAResult Agrees to Buyout to Further Its
Energy-Efficiency Goals
22.
Oregon Governor Declares Drought Emergency in
Two Counties
23.
New Group, With Conservative Credentials, Plans
Push for a Carbon Tax
24.
Beer May Lack Fizz in Europe amid Carbon Dioxide
Shortage
25.
Cambridge Analytica Quiz Designer Apologizes For
Data Mining Role
26.
Eek! – U-S State Department Mocked for Hosting
Facebook Family Travel Event
27.
The Glamorous Grandmas of Instagram
28.
Canada Vote on Marijuana Paves the Way for
Legalization
29.
President Trump Says He Will End the Family
Separations He Imposed
30.
Washington State Revenue Forecast Up $298
Million – Trade War Threat Looms
31.
No Third Trial for Former State Auditor Troy
Kelley, Who Faces Sentencing on Theft Charges
32.
U-S Builders Say President Trump’s Tariffs Are
Adding $9,000 to New Home Price – That’s Not All
33.
1,400 Pounds of Clams Destroyed after Illegal
Key Peninsula Harvest
34.
Mason County Unemployment Drops Slightly
35.
South Kitsap Raceway Backers Make Pitch for
Public Funds
36.
Shelton City Council: Citizens Voice Support for
YMCA
37.
El Niño Watch Could Mean a Warmer Winter in the
Pacific Northwest
38.
Summer Solstice Is Thursday – Five Things to
Know about the Longest Day of the Year
WORD OF THE DAY
Doggerel • \DOG-gerr-ull\ • Noun - Loosely styled &
irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect; also: marked by
triviality or inferiority
“Good Grief,” roared the news digest’s editor as he barreled
into the office of the resident poet, waving the day’s ‘word of the day’ haiku under
the hard-pressed writer’s nose. “Who said you could print this doggerel,
drivel, and otherwise unreadable stuff?”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
$2 Billion Power Line Project Awaits Green Light
in New Mexico (Associated Press)
2.
Energy Companies among 22,000 Requests for Steel
Tariff Exemptions (Washington Examiner, Daily on Energy)
3.
Police Seek Help as Wire Thefts Continue to Dog Gig
Harbor & Environs (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
4.
SMUD Manager Said He’d Throw Hispanic Employees ‘Over
the Wall,’ Lawsuit Alleges (Sacramento Bee, CA)
5.
Washington’s Benton PUD Gets AMI Solutions from
Sensus (Electric Light & Power)
6.
Florida Regulators Review Power Restoration
Issues after 2017 Storms (Tampa Bay Business Jounral, FL)
7.
Dow Jones Industrial Average Is Dumping General
Electric & Adding Walgreens “…struggled with weak demand for industrial
products such as gas turbines, locomotives & oil field equipment…” (Los
Angeles Times, CA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
8.
Olympic National Park Will Remove Mountain Goats
(Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
9.
Funding Boost for Skokomish River Valley
Restoration (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
10. Pygmy
Rabbits Population Not Improving, Remain Endangered (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
11. One
Answer to the Bee Crisis: Turn Everyone into Backyard Breeders (Christian
Science Monitor)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
12. House
Set to Debate Offshore Wind Energy Bills in U-S Waters (Reuters)
13. Op/Ed:
Let’s Break With the Past & Charge Ahead with Clean Energy (Seattle Times,
WA – Paywall Advisory – Public Power, see fuel mix, see awesome carbon free
electricity. Look. Look!)
14. Weather-Smart
Electric Grids Are Needed for Wind & Solar Power to Surge (Scientific
American)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
15. Oregon
State Employees Unable to Email the Public after Computer ‘Hijacked’ by Phishing
Email (Oregonian, Portland)
16. Why
Bitcoin Exchanges Keep Getting Hacked – How to Protect Yourself (Washington
Post)
17. Vermont
Cash Incentives – Working from Home (Pots & Pans)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
18. Tesla
Sues Ex-Employee Alleging Data Theft, Leaks to Media (Associated Press)
19. Blink
Eyes Significant Electric Vehicle Charging Expansion via Smart Streetlights (Utility
Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
20. State
Efficiency Incentives Averaged $24 per Customer in 2016 (U-S Energy Information
Administration)
21. CLEAResult
Agrees to Buyout to Further Its Energy-Efficiency Goals (Austin Business Journal,
TX)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
22. Oregon
Governor Declares Drought Emergency in Two Counties (Oregonian, Portland)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
23. New
Group, With Conservative Credentials, Plans Push for a Carbon Tax (NY Times)
24. Beer
May Lack Fizz in Europe amid Carbon Dioxide Shortage (Associated Press)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
25. Cambridge
Analytica Quiz Designer Apologizes For Data Mining Role (Courthouse News
Service)
26. Eek!
– U-S State Department Mocked for Hosting Facebook Family Travel Event (Reuters)
27. The
Glamorous Grandmas of Instagram (NY Times)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
28. Canada
Vote on Marijuana Paves the Way for Legalization (NY Times)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
29. President
Trump Says He Will End the Family Separations He Imposed (Atlantic Magazine)
30. Washington
State Revenue Forecast Up $298 Million – Trade War Threat Looms (Washington
State Wire, Olympia, WA)
31. No
Third Trial for Former State Auditor Troy Kelley, Who Faces Sentencing on Theft
Charges (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
32. U-S
Builders Say President Trump’s Tariffs Are Adding $9,000 to New Home Price – That’s
Not All (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
33. 1,400
Pounds of Clams Destroyed after Illegal Key Peninsula Harvest (News Tribune,
Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
34. Mason
County Unemployment Drops Slightly (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
35. South
Kitsap Raceway Backers Make Pitch for Public Funds (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
36. Shelton
City Council: Citizens Voice Support for YMCA (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
37. El
Niño Watch Could Mean a Warmer Winter in the Pacific Northwest (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
38. Summer
Solstice Is Thursday – Five Things to Know about the Longest Day of the Year (Washington
Post)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Cats Worth $12,000 Are Stolen as the Pasco Breeder Slept
Finland: Spraying Snake with Gas Leads to House Blaze
This Ingenious Button Will Replace Annoying Banner Ads with
Cute Cat Pictures
Alabama: City Hall Shut Down amid Dispute Over Water Bill
LET’S JUST DANCE – SONG OF THE DAY
Earth Wind & Fire – Boogie Wonderland (Extended Dance
Mix)
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