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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Chelan PUD Employee Killed in Rock Island Dam Accident (NCW
Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
TransAlta Coal Plant in Washington State Fined $331,000
(Associated Press)
Antarctica Is Melting Three Times as Fast as a Decade Ago
(NY Times)
Fresh Seafood from the U-S? Dealer Sold Fishy Tale at Inslee
Event in Washington State (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Bitcoin’s Astronomical Rise Last Year Was Buoyed by Market
Manipulation, Researchers Say (Washington Post)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Chelan PUD Employee Killed in Rock Island Dam
Accident
2.
TransAlta Coal Plant in Washington State Fined
$331,000
3.
Douglas PUD, Colville Tribes Sell Power to Puget
Sound Energy
4.
Breaker Failure & Fire Cause Goldendale
Power Outage
5.
Kitsap PUD Candidate Challenged over Residency
6.
America’s Gas Exports May Double Prices by 2040
7.
Op/Ed: Community Choice to Determine
California’s Energy Future
8.
President Trump Wants to Bail Out Coal &
Nuclear Power. Here’s Why That Will Be Hard.
9.
Here’s How Lightning Can Knock out Your Power
before It Even Strikes
10.
Fresh Seafood from the U-S? Dealer Sold Fishy
Tale at Inslee Event in Washington State
11.
Cowlitz Indian Tribe Celebrates Supreme Court
Salmon Ruling on Culvert Repairs, Replacement
12.
Bitcoin’s Astronomical Rise Last Year Was Buoyed
by Market Manipulation, Researchers Say
13.
Seattle Company Installs Bitcoin ATM at the
Spokane Valley Mall
14.
Will 5G Phones Need Wi-Fi?
15.
Electrify America to Spend $44 Million on
Sacramento-Area Electric Vehicles
16.
Orange Plankton Bloom Is Not a Good Sign for
Ecological Health
17.
Antarctica Is Melting Three Times as Fast as a
Decade Ago
18.
See What Percentage of People in Your State Were
Affected by Cambridge Analytica
19.
We’re All Getting Dumber, Says Science
20.
Lawsuit Accuses Seattle of Violating
Open-Meetings Law before Head-Tax Repeal Vote
21.
Millions of Tax Revenue at Stake in Tulalip
Tribal Lawsuit
22.
Collins Lake – Husband Admits to Beating Wife
before Her Death
23.
Gunman at Large after Shooting 4 Cars along
Highway near Sea-Tac Airport
24.
Don’t Touch That Temperature Dial: Seattle Due
for Record-Testing Heat Wave
25.
Mason EDC Hires New Executive Director
26.
Washington Unemployment Rate at 4.7 Percent
27.
Labor Shortage Looms as Cherry Harvest
Approaches
28.
Happy Flag Day. Are You Flying It Correctly?
WORD OF THE DAY
Defenestration ● / dee-fen-uh-STRAYS-shun / ● Noun – 1: a
throwing of a person or thing out of a window 2: a usually swift dismissal or
expulsion (as from a political party or office).
Defenestration
Chamber pot out the window
Hey! Regardez l’eau
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Chelan PUD Employee Killed in Rock Island Dam
Accident (NCW Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
2.
TransAlta Coal Plant in Washington State Fined $331,000
(Associated Press)
3.
Douglas PUD, Colville Tribes Sell Power to Puget
Sound Energy (Wenatchee World, WA)
4.
Breaker Failure & Fire Cause Goldendale Power
Outage (Goldendale Sentinel, WA)
5.
Kitsap PUD Candidate Challenged over Residency (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
6.
America’s Gas Exports May Double Prices by 2040 (Bloomberg
News)
7.
Op/Ed: Community Choice to Determine California’s
Energy Future (SF Chronicle)
8.
President Trump Wants to Bail Out Coal &
Nuclear Power. Here’s Why That Will Be Hard. (NY Times)
9.
Here’s How Lightning Can Knock out Your Power
before It Even Strikes (Washington Post)
FISH & WILDLIFE
10. Fresh
Seafood from the U-S? Dealer Sold Fishy Tale at Inslee Event in Washington State
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
11. Cowlitz
Indian Tribe Celebrates Supreme Court Salmon Ruling on Culvert Repairs,
Replacement (Longview Daily News, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
12. Bitcoin’s
Astronomical Rise Last Year Was Buoyed by Market Manipulation, Researchers Say
(Washington Post)
13. Seattle
Company Installs Bitcoin ATM at the Spokane Valley Mall (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
14. Will
5G Phones Need Wi-Fi? (Pots & Pans)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
15. Electrify
America to Spend $44 Million on Sacramento-Area Electric Vehicles (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
16. Orange
Plankton Bloom Is Not a Good Sign for Ecological Health (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
17. Antarctica
Is Melting Three Times as Fast as a Decade Ago (NY Times)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
18. See
What Percentage of People in Your State Were Affected by Cambridge Analytica
(Slate Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
19. We’re
All Getting Dumber, Says Science (Fast Company)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
20. Lawsuit
Accuses Seattle of Violating Open-Meetings Law before Head-Tax Repeal Vote (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
21. Millions
of Tax Revenue at Stake in Tulalip Tribal Lawsuit (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
22. Collins
Lake – Husband Admits to Beating Wife before Her Death (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
23. Gunman
at Large after Shooting 4 Cars along Highway near Sea-Tac Airport (KOMO-TV, Seattle,
WA)
24. Don’t
Touch That Temperature Dial: Seattle Due for Record-Testing Heat Wave (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
25. Mason
EDC Hires New Executive Director (Mason County Economic Development Council,
Shelton, WA)
26. Washington
Unemployment Rate at 4.7 Percent (Associated Press)
27. Labor
Shortage Looms as Cherry Harvest Approaches (NCW Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
28. Happy
Flag Day. Are You Flying It Correctly? (NY Times)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Ronnie Lott’s Brother? Capitals Star Brooks Orpik Finger
Decapitated during Stanley Cup Finals
Teen Gets Head Stuck in Truck’s Exhaust Pipe – Cited For
Underage Drinking, of Course
Woman Sues NASA to Keep Moon Dust Gift from Neil Armstrong
Video: Little Green Gems Are Spewing Out of Hawaii’s Kilauea
Volcano
SONG OF THE DAY
Seals & Crofts – Diamond Girl
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