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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Cap-&-Trade Bill Could Hike Natural Gas Prices in Oregon
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
After Decades of Debate, Victoria Is Building a Sewage
Treatment Plant (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Studies Planned for Douglas County Pumped-Storage Facility
(Wenatchee World, WA)
California Fisherman, Conservationists Want More Research
Before Developing Wind Farms (Redwood Times, Eureka, CA)
Seattle Weather Could Break a Heat Record This Week (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Studies Planned for Douglas County
Pumped-Storage Facility
2.
A Radical, Enron-Era Measure Revived as Fires
Burn Power Giants
3.
Op/Ed: The U.S. Electric Grid as a Platform for
Infrastructure Modernization
4.
Dead Gray Whale Washes Ashore at Beach in
Everett
5.
Icicle River Will Not Open for Spring Chinook
Fishing
6.
They Smell, Bark & Snatch Pet Dogs. Sea
Lions Cause Trouble at Pacific Northwest Ports
7.
Op/Ed: Wanda Keefer – Salmon, Dams: We Need Both
8.
Changing Water Flow Leads to More Bugs in Grand
Canyon – A Good Thing
9.
On a French Coastline with 1,200 Dead Dolphins,
Fishermen & Conservationists Clash
10.
California Fisherman, Conservationists Want More
Research Before Developing Wind Farms
11.
After Decades of Debate, Victoria Is Building a
Sewage Treatment Plant
12.
North Central Washington EcoChallenge Begins
Monday, May 6
13.
Survey Launched to Seek Input on Internet in
East Jefferson County
14.
Wahkiakum County Broadband Group Seeks Survey
Results
15.
FCC Admits It ‘Drastically Overstated’ U.S.
Broadband Figures
16.
5G Claims for Rural America
17.
Alexa Has Been Eavesdropping on You This Whole
Time
18.
Cap-&-Trade Bill Could Hike Natural Gas
Prices in Oregon
19.
Boeing’s 737 Max Defense Is a Textbook Mess
20.
The Problem with Social-Media Protests
21.
This Is Why No One Responds to Your Email
22.
2019 National Geographic Travel Photo Contest
23.
What If Air Conditioners Could Help Save the
Planet Instead of Destroying It?
24.
Is Conference Room Air Making You Dumber?
25.
Washington Republican State Senator’s $500,000
Contract with Autocratic Cambodian Regime Draws Scrutiny, Condemnation
26.
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Rally
for Green New Deal in Washington, DC
27.
Seattle Weather Could Break a Heat Record This
Week
28.
Poll: Northwest Residents Are More Concerned
About Wildfires Than 4 Years Ago
29.
A Swarm of Small Earthquakes Strikes Pacific
Ocean Off Northern California Coast
30.
Boeing Believed a 737 Max Warning Light Was
Standard. It Wasn’t.
31.
Mammoth Bones Are Being Unearthed Near
Tri-Cities. You Can Take a Tour of the Dig
32.
Royal Baby: Meghan Gives Birth to Boy, Harry
Announces
WORD OF THE DAY – PATHOS FROM AN AGING BRAIN
Ephemeral /if-FEM-uh-rull/ Adjective
1: lasting a very short time, 2: lasting one day only
Thought interrupted
Ephemeral memory
Dimmed passage of life
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Studies Planned for Douglas County Pumped-Storage
Facility (Wenatchee World, WA)
2.
A Radical, Enron-Era Measure Revived as Fires
Burn Power Giants (Bloomberg News)
3.
Op/Ed: The U.S. Electric Grid as a Platform for Infrastructure
Modernization (Morning Consult)
FISH & WILDLIFE
4.
Dead Gray Whale Washes Ashore at Beach in Everett
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
5.
Icicle River Will Not Open for Spring Chinook
Fishing (Ifiberone News, Ephrata, WA)
6.
They Smell, Bark & Snatch Pet Dogs. Sea
Lions Cause Trouble at Pacific Northwest Ports (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
7.
Op/Ed: Wanda Keefer – Salmon, Dams: We Need Both
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
8.
Changing Water Flow Leads to More Bugs in Grand
Canyon – A Good Thing (Associated Press)
9.
On a French Coastline with 1,200 Dead Dolphins, Fishermen
& Conservationists Clash (NY Times)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10. California
Fisherman, Conservationists Want More Research Before Developing Wind Farms
(Redwood Times, Eureka, CA)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
12. North
Central Washington EcoChallenge Begins Monday, May 6 (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
13. Survey
Launched to Seek Input on Internet in East Jefferson County (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, WA)
14. Wahkiakum
County Broadband Group Seeks Survey Results (Wahkiakum County Eagle, Cathlamet,
WA)
15. FCC
Admits It ‘Drastically Overstated’ U.S. Broadband Figures (Engineering &
Technology Magazine)
16. 5G
Claims for Rural America (Pots & Pans)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
17. Alexa
Has Been Eavesdropping on You This Whole Time (Washington Post)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
18. Cap-&-Trade
Bill Could Hike Natural Gas Prices in Oregon (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
19. Boeing’s
737 Max Defense Is a Textbook Mess (Washington Post)
20. The
Problem with Social-Media Protests – Online movements can burn out faster than
campaigns that spend months or even years forging in-person connections. (Atlantic
Magazine)
21. This
Is Why No One Responds to Your Email (Fast Company)
22. 2019
National Geographic Travel Photo Contest (Atlantic Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
23. What
If Air Conditioners Could Help Save the Planet Instead of Destroying It? (Grist
Online)
24. Is
Conference Room Air Making You Dumber? (NY Times)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
25. Washington
Republican State Senator’s $500,000 Contract with Autocratic Cambodian Regime
Draws Scrutiny, Condemnation (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
26. New
York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Rally for Green New Deal in Washington (NY
Times)
GENERAL NEWS
27. Seattle
Weather Could Break a Heat Record This Week (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
28. Poll:
Northwest Residents Are More Concerned About Wildfires Than 4 Years Ago (Northwest
Public Broadcasting)
29. A
Swarm of Small Earthquakes Strikes Pacific Ocean Off Northern California Coast
(Sacramento Bee, CA)
30. Boeing
Believed a 737 Max Warning Light Was Standard. It Wasn’t. (NY Times)
31. Mammoth
Bones Are Being Unearthed Near Tri-Cities. You Can Take a Tour of the Dig (Tri-City
Herald, Kennewick, WA)
32. Royal
Baby: Meghan Gives Birth to Boy, Harry Announces (British Broadcasting
Corporation)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Kentucky Derby: Maximum Security’s Disqualification Reportedly
Costs Bettors $42 Million
Tons of Trash & Human Bodies Recovered from Mount
Everest
Cicada Swarm About to Emerge in Parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio
Luke Perry Was Buried in an ‘Eco-Friendly’ Mushroom Suit,
His Daughter Says
SONG OF THE DAY
Three Dog Night – Pieces of April
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