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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
U.S. Death Toll from Coronavirus Surges Past 100,000 People
(Associated Press)
Oregon, Environmental Groups Take Aim at Pipeline Project
(Courthouse News Service)
Fraser River - Contract to Clear British Columbia’s Big Bar
Landslide Balloons to $52.5M as Crews Race to Allow for Salmon Migration
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Armed with Broadband, Libraries Are Resuscitating
Communities Ravaged by COVID-19 (Broadband Breakfast)
President Trump Executive Order Takes Aim at Social Media
Firms: Draft (Reuters)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Oregon, Environmental Groups Take Aim at
Pipeline Project
2.
With Nuclear – Southern Company Targets Net Zero
Carbon by 2050
3.
Virginia: Regulators Warn Utility Disconnection
Moratorium ‘Is Not Sustainable’
4.
First Poverty, Now Pandemic Threatens Global
Access to Electricity
5.
Western Area Power Administration’s Sierra
Nevada Region Successfully Tests Pandemic Sequestration
6.
Fraser River - Contract to Clear British
Columbia’s Big Bar Landslide Balloons to $52.5M as Crews Race to Allow for
Salmon Migration
7.
Novel Virus Could Spread Rapidly Among Orcas
8.
Rare Gray Orca, Tl’uk, Spotted with Transient
Pod in Bellingham Bay Tuesday
9.
New Hampshire: EPA Backtracks on Fish-Protecting
Requirements in Long-Delayed Merrimack Coal Plant Permit
10.
Pacific Gas & Electric’s Attempts to Shut
Down San Francisco Environmental Cleanup Lawsuit
11.
What’s Driving Distributed Generation Adoption?
12.
Shining Cities 2020 – The Top U.S. Cities for
Solar Energy
13.
United Kingdom: Renewable Energy May Be Switched
Off as Demand Plummets
14.
Armed with Broadband, Libraries Are
Resuscitating Communities Ravaged by COVID-19
15.
The Anti-5G USB Stick Is a Scam
16.
President Trump Executive Order Takes Aim at
Social Media Firms: Draft
17.
Defying President Trump, Twitter Doubles Down on
Labeling Tweets
18.
Court Sinks Suit by Right-Wing Activists Against
Social Media
19.
Washington State Approves Three More Counties
for Phase 2 COVID Rules
20.
Governor Inslee Issues Guidance on Resuming
Religious Gatherings – Including Weddings & Funerals
21.
U.S. Death Toll from Coronavirus Surges Past
100,000 People
22.
Thurston County Residents Required to Wear Masks
in Public Starting Thursday
23.
Coronavirus Pandemic Transforming Olympic
College’s Delivery of Instruction, Culture
24.
Public Health Cynics Hated Pandemic
Interventions in 1918, Too
25.
Enjoy Thursday’s Sun While It Lasts: We’re in
for a Wet Weekend
26.
Mason General Hospital Foundation Committees
Announce Events
27.
Mason County: A Farmer Plucking Oysters from a
Crowded Beach Plays a Needed Role During the Coronavirus Pandemic
28.
Riverboat Cruise from Portland Will Be First to
Resume on U.S. Waters, Company Says
WORD OF THE DAY
Deleterious • \dell-uh-teer-ee-uss\ • Adjective - Harmful
often in a subtle or unexpected way
“Hey man, is that a third ear growing out of the side of
your head,” shouted a pizza-faced hoodlum at the cell-phone addicted
businessman who was standing at a mid-town taxi stand. Bartholomew had been so
infatuated with his constant cell conversations over the past year that he had
not noticed the deleterious results of his addiction. “Well, at least it’s not
a tumor,” he mumbled under his breath.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Oregon, Environmental Groups Take Aim at
Pipeline Project (Courthouse News Service)
2.
With Nuclear – Southern Company Targets Net Zero
Carbon by 2050 (Utility Dive)
3.
Virginia: Regulators Warn Utility Disconnection
Moratorium ‘Is Not Sustainable’ (Virginia Mercury)
4.
First Poverty, Now Pandemic Threatens Global Access
to Electricity (Reuters)
5.
Western Area Power Administration’s Sierra
Nevada Region Successfully Tests Pandemic Sequestration (American Public Power
Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
7.
Novel Virus Could Spread Rapidly Among Orcas (KUOW
Radio, Seattle, WA)
8.
Rare Gray Orca, Tl’uk, Spotted with Transient
Pod in Bellingham Bay Tuesday (Bellingham Herald, WA)
9.
New Hampshire: EPA Backtracks on Fish-Protecting
Requirements in Long-Delayed Merrimack Coal Plant Permit (Utility Dive)
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
10.
Pacific Gas & Electric’s Attempts to Shut
Down San Francisco Environmental Cleanup Lawsuit (Courthouse News Service)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
11.
What’s Driving Distributed Generation Adoption?
(Transmission & Distribution World)
12.
Shining Cities 2020 – The Top U.S. Cities for
Solar Energy (Environment America)
13.
United Kingdom: Renewable Energy May Be Switched
Off as Demand Plummets (The Guardian, UK)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
14.
Armed with Broadband, Libraries Are
Resuscitating Communities Ravaged by COVID-19 (Broadband Breakfast)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
15.
The Anti-5G USB Stick Is a Scam (Gizmodo)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
16.
President Trump Executive Order Takes Aim at
Social Media Firms: Draft (Reuters)
17.
Defying President Trump, Twitter Doubles Down on
Labeling Tweets (NY Times)
18.
Court Sinks Suit by Right-Wing Activists Against
Social Media (Courthouse News Service)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
19.
Washington State Approves Three More Counties for
Phase 2 COVID Rules (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
20.
Governor Inslee Issues Guidance on Resuming
Religious Gatherings – Including Weddings & Funerals (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
SICKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
21.
U.S. Death Toll from Coronavirus Surges Past
100,000 People (Associated Press)
22.
Thurston County Residents Required to Wear Masks
in Public Starting Thursday (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
23.
Coronavirus Pandemic Transforming Olympic
College’s Delivery of Instruction, Culture (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
24.
Public Health Cynics Hated Pandemic
Interventions in 1918, Too (Crosscut Seattle)
GENERAL NEWS
25.
Enjoy Thursday’s Sun While It Lasts: We’re in
for a Wet Weekend (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
26.
Mason General Hospital Foundation Committees
Announce Events (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
28.
Riverboat Cruise from Portland Will Be First to Resume
on U.S. Waters, Company Says (Oregonian, Portland)
FLYING TURTLES – DIVERSIONS
‘It Sounded Like a Bomb’: Turtle Smashes Through Driver’s
Windshield on Highway
Wedding Videography Company Denies Man Refund After Fiancée
Dies in Crash: ‘Life’s a B***h, Justin’
Loved Ones Reunite at an Oasis on Closed U.S. – Canada Border
SONG OF THE DAY
The Turtles – Elenore
LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY
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