Energy News Digest for August 1, 2019

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Mason County Weather Forecast for August 1, 2019

Marine Forecast for Puget Sound & Hood Canal

Olympic Mountain Forecast for Mason County

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Bonneville Power Administration Shares Third Quarter Financial Outlook; Proposes Reserves Error Resolution (Bonneville Power Administration)

https://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/BPA-shares-third-quarter-financial-outlook-proposes-reserves-error-resolution.aspx

Pacific Gas & Electric Defends Spending on Investors, Politicians as Fires Sparked (Courthouse News Service)

https://www.courthousenews.com/pge-defends-spending-on-investors-politicians-as-fires-sparked/

Buying a New Car? You Can Save Big on Electric Vehicles with New Washington State Tax Exemptions (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

https://www.theolympian.com/news/politics-government/article233348007.ece

No Timeline for Opening of Natural Passage for Salmon Bottleneck on Fraser River – 1,400 Fish Transported by Air (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)

https://www.timescolonist.com/no-timeline-for-opening-of-natural-passage-for-salmon-bottleneck-on-fraser-river-1.23902006

The Inventor of Those Eco-Friendly Hipster Bulbs Is Getting Ready to Sue Everyone (Gizmodo)

https://gizmodo.com/the-inventor-of-those-eco-friendly-hipster-bulbs-is-get-1836858714

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

1.      Bonneville Power Administration Shares Third Quarter Financial Outlook; Proposes Reserves Error Resolution

2.      Pacific Gas & Electric Defends Spending on Investors, Politicians as Fires Sparked

3.      Los Angeles Hit with Another Legal Claim in Department of Water & Power Case, Claims of ‘Wrongful Acts & Omissions’

4.      Heat Wave Results in Highest U.S. Electricity Demand Since 2017

5.      PenLight Will Use Verizon Grid Wide Smart Grid Platform

6.      Chelan PUD Helps Kids Have A Lightbulb Moment with Upcoming Hands OnActivity

7.      Another U.S. Utility Giant Blames Trade Wars for Pinching Sales

8.      No Timeline for Opening of Natural Passage for Salmon Bottleneck on Fraser River – 1,400 Fish Transported by Air

9.      A Single Male Cat’s Reign of Terror – In Australia, One Cat Seems to Have Destroyed an Entire Bird Sanctuary.

10.   Lewis County Commissioners Set to Vote on Moratorium Against Crystal Geyser

11.   English Town Evacuated after Water Cascades through Damaged Dam

12.   Turbines Tossed into Dump Stirs Debate on Wind’s Dirty Downside

13.   Solar Roof Tweet Could Get Elon Musk in Trouble with Regulators – Again

14.   Chattanooga – Here’s the First American Airport Powered Entirely by Solar Energy

15.   The Inventor of Those Eco-Friendly Hipster Bulbs Is Getting Ready to Sue Everyone

16.   5G Is All the Rage. Verizon Is All the Yawns.

17.   Amazon Writes Scripts for Cops to Promote Ring Home Cameras, Report Says

18.   Arizona: County Explores Drone to Carry Vote Tallies from Tribal Land

19.   Buying a New Car? You Can Save Big on Electric Vehicles with New Washington State Tax Exemptions

20.   Alaska’s Sweltering Summer Is ‘Basically Off the Charts’

21.   Climate Change Will Survive the Debates Even If Inslee Doesn’t

22.   Idea of Oregon Hemp Commission Goes Up in Smoke

23.   Kansas Hits Hemp Farmers with Felonies, Accuses Them of Trafficking Weed

24.   Newspapers, Digital News Operations Hit with Layoffs as Disruption

25.   A Future without the Front Page – What Happens When the Presses Stop Rolling?

26.   How the Internet Transformed the World of Custom Poetry

27.   Washington State’s House Democrats Elect First Woman Speaker

28.   ‘Our House Is on Fire’: Jay Inslee Confronts Joe Biden over Climate Crisis in Democratic Debate

29.   Shelton Building Fire Leaves Six Families Homeless

30.   One Dead, Three Rescued After Boat Hits Salmon Pen near Port Angeles

31.   Man Shot in Head after Argument over RV Waste Dumping in Thurston County

32.   Chinese Billionaire Faces Charges in $1.8-Billion Scheme to Smuggle Aluminum through L.A.

33.   Washington State Driver’s Licenses & Ids to Feature an X Gender Option

34.   Man Swims 23-Mile Length of Idaho’s Priest Lake

WORD OF THE DAY

Zenith • \ZEE-nith\ • - 1: the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir & vertically above the observer 2: the highest point reached in the heavens by a celestial body 3: culminating point: acme

Ah yes, those big and bulky color television sets that were considered the zenith of home technology in the 1960’s. I remember being bundled up and herded across the street to the grandparents to join the Mitch Miller sing-along while parked in front of a hulking, wood-encased TV set that emitted odors of hot circuits and lemon pledge.

1972 Zenith Television Ad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlgSuaIHYsY

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

1.    Bonneville Power Administration Shares Third Quarter Financial Outlook; Proposes Reserves Error Resolution (Bonneville Power Administration)

https://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/BPA-shares-third-quarter-financial-outlook-proposes-reserves-error-resolution.aspx

2.    Pacific Gas & Electric Defends Spending on Investors, Politicians as Fires Sparked (Courthouse News Service)

https://www.courthousenews.com/pge-defends-spending-on-investors-politicians-as-fires-sparked/

3.    Los Angeles Hit with Another Legal Claim in Department of Water & Power Case, Claims of ‘Wrongful Acts & Omissions’ (Los Angeles Times, CA)

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-07-31/los-angeles-dwp-ratepayer-new-claim-lawsuit-fbi-raid

4.    Heat Wave Results in Highest U.S. Electricity Demand Since 2017 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=40253

5.    PenLight Will Use Verizon Grid Wide Smart Grid Platform (Telecompetitor)

https://www.telecompetitor.com/penlight-will-use-verizon-grid-wide-smart-grid-platform/

6.    Chelan PUD Helps Kids Have A Lightbulb Moment with Upcoming Hands OnActivity (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

https://www.kpq.com/chelan-pud-helps-kids-have-a-lightbulb-moment-with-upcoming-hands-onactivity/

7.    Another U.S. Utility Giant Blames Trade Wars for Pinching Sales (Bloomberg News)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-31/another-u-s-utility-giant-blames-trade-wars-for-pinching-sales

FISH & WILDLIFE

8.    No Timeline for Opening of Natural Passage for Salmon Bottleneck on Fraser River – 1,400 Fish Transported by Air (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)

https://www.timescolonist.com/no-timeline-for-opening-of-natural-passage-for-salmon-bottleneck-on-fraser-river-1.23902006

9.    A Single Male Cat’s Reign of Terror – In Australia, One Cat Seems to Have Destroyed an Entire Bird Sanctuary. (Atlantic Magazine)

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/cat-birds-australia/595048/

“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

10. Lewis County Commissioners Set to Vote on Moratorium Against Crystal Geyser (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2019/08/lewis-county-commissioners-set-to-vote.html

11. English Town Evacuated after Water Cascades through Damaged Dam (Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-reservoir-collapse/english-town-evacuated-after-water-cascades-through-damaged-dam-idUSKCN1UR4W6

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

12. Turbines Tossed into Dump Stirs Debate on Wind’s Dirty Downside (Bloomberg News)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-31/turbines-in-landfill-trigger-debate-over-wind-s-dirty-downside?srnd=climate-changed

13. Solar Roof Tweet Could Get Elon Musk in Trouble With Regulators – Again (Associated Press)

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/tweet-elon-musk-trouble-regulators-64691562

14. Chattanooga – Here’s the First American Airport Powered Entirely by Solar Energy (Forbes Magazine)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dandao/2019/07/30/chattanooga-first-solar-powered-american-airport/#6a519fe79571

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

15. The Inventor of Those Eco-Friendly Hipster Bulbs Is Getting Ready to Sue Everyone (Gizmodo)

https://gizmodo.com/the-inventor-of-those-eco-friendly-hipster-bulbs-is-get-1836858714

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

16. 5G Is All the Rage. Verizon Is All the Yawns. (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/5g-is-all-the-rage-verizon-is-all-the-yawns/2019/08/01/9a43de4c-b47a-11e9-acc8-1d847bacca73_story.html?utm_term=.45c656232a24

THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY

17. Amazon Writes Scripts for Cops to Promote Ring Home Cameras, Report Says (Ars Technica)

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/07/amazon-writes-scripts-for-cops-to-sling-ring-home-cameras-report-says/

18. Arizona: County Explores Drone to Carry Vote Tallies from Tribal Land (Associated Press)

https://www.apnews.com/00cfbad1bf224ceebe3630c9ef7b519a

I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC

19. Buying a New Car? You Can Save Big on Electric Vehicles with New Washington State Tax Exemptions (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

https://www.theolympian.com/news/politics-government/article233348007.ece

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

20. Alaska’s Sweltering Summer Is ‘Basically Off the Charts’ (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/alaskas-sweltering-summer-is-basically-off-the-charts/2019/07/31/d3ffa082-b2d9-11e9-951e-de024209545d_story.html

21. Climate Change Will Survive the Debates Even If Inslee Doesn’t (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/energy/climate-change-will-survive-the-debates-even-if-inslee-doesnt/2019/08/01/33d0f5fc-b482-11e9-acc8-1d847bacca73_story.html?utm_term=.c7cc268fe180

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

22. Idea of Oregon Hemp Commission Goes Up in Smoke (Washington Ag Network)

https://www.washingtonagnetwork.com/2019/07/30/idea-of-oregon-hemp-commission-goes-up-in-smoke/

23. Kansas Hits Hemp Farmers with Felonies, Accuses Them of Trafficking Weed (Huffington Post)

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hemp-farmers-kansas-felony-cannabis_n_5d3f1c30e4b01d8c977f3cce

PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA

24. Newspapers, Digital News Operations Hit with Layoffs as Disruption (USA Today)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/08/01/newspaper-layoffs-digital-journalism-job-cuts-pew-research-center/1877757001/

25. A Future without the Front Page – What Happens When the Presses Stop Rolling? (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/us/news-deserts-future.html

26. How the Internet Transformed the World of Custom Poetry (Medium, OneZero)

https://onezero.medium.com/how-the-internet-transformed-the-world-of-custom-poetry-50a181c78de1

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

27. Washington State’s House Democrats Elect First Woman Speaker (Associated Press)

https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/state_news/washington-house-democrats-elect-st-woman-speaker/article_cbe13e43-c9c6-5450-b89f-94e344e23f78.html

28. ‘Our House Is on Fire’: Jay Inslee Confronts Joe Biden over Climate Crisis in Democratic Debate (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/our-house-is-on-fire-jay-inslee-confronts-biden-over-climate-crisis-in-presidential-debate/

GENERAL NEWS

29. Shelton Building Fire Leaves Six Families Homeless (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/building-fire-leaves-six-families-homeless/article_1299f1c0-b411-11e9-9f26-277d2889a771.html

30. One Dead, Three Rescued After Boat Hits Salmon Pen near Port Angeles (Associated Press)

https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2019/07/31/1-dead-3-rescued-after-boat-hits-salmon-pen-port-angeles/1884086001/

31. Man Shot in Head after Argument over RV Waste Dumping in Thurston County (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

https://q13fox.com/2019/08/01/man-shot-in-head-after-argument-over-rv-dumping-in-thurston-county/

32. Chinese Billionaire Faces Charges in $1.8-Billion Scheme to Smuggle Aluminum through L.A. (Los Angeles Times, CA)

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-07-31/zhongwang-holdings-aluminum-smuggling-indictment

33. Washington State Driver’s Licenses & Ids to Feature an X Gender Option (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

https://mynorthwest.com/1466230/washington-drivers-licenses-and-ids-to-feature-an-x-gender-option/

34. Man Swims 23-Mile Length of Idaho’s Priest Lake (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/aug/01/man-swims-23-mile-length-of-idahos-priest-lake/

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Unopened 1987 Nintendo Video Game Could Sell for $10,000

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/unopened-1987-nintendo-video-game-180032021.html

Woodstock 50 Officially Off

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/woodstock-50-officially-off-182140230.html

VIDEO: Goats Roaming, (actually swarming) The Streets of Issaquah

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/video-goats-roaming-the-streets-of-issaquah/971631828

Oscar Mayer Is Releasing a Hot Dog-Infused Ice Cream Sandwich

https://mashable.com/article/oscar-mayer-hot-dog-mustard-ice-cream/

SONG OF THE DAY

Joe Cocker - Feelin’ Alright (Live at Woodstock, 1969)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KQDtCvXoBM

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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Energy News Digest for July 31, 2019

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Mason County Weather Forecast for July 31, 2019

Marine Forecast for Puget Sound & Hood Canal

Olympic Mountain Forecast for Mason County

Weather Forecast for the Rock of Gibraltar

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Snake River Dams Study Points to Removal – Dam Backers Aren’t Buying It (Portland Business Journal, OR)

https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2019/07/30/snake-river-dams-study-points-to-removal.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search

Opposition Groups Appealing Pend Oreille County Silicon Smelter Ruling (Bonner County Daily Bee, Sandpoint, ID)

https://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/local_news/20190730/groups_appealing_smelter_ruling

Failed Sewage Pumps Led to 2.1-Million-Gallon Spill into Puget Sound (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)

https://kuow.org/stories/sewage-plant-s-backup-pumps-fail-lead-to-2-1-m-gallon-spill

Oregon: Steelhead Return to Beaver Creek near LaGrande after Century-Long Absence (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

https://www.opb.org/news/article/steelhead-beaver-creek-century-long-absence/

Fish & Skidoo Passage – Personal Watercraft Survives Plunge Over Wanapum Dam (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

https://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/20190730/personal_watercraft_survives_plunge_over_wanapum_dam

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

1.      Snake River Dams Study Points to Removal – Dam Backers Aren’t Buying It

2.      Potential Removal of Snake River Dams Causes More Debate

3.      Costs of Removing Snake River Dams Unknown

4.      Fish & Skidoo Passage – Personal Watercraft Survives Plunge Over Wanapum Dam

5.      Avista Makes Annual Price Adjustment Filings in Idaho, Asks for Nearly Two Percent Increase in Electricity Rates

6.      Oregon: Northern Wasco PUD Board Seeks to Fill Vacancy

7.      Why Eskom’s Power Crisis Is South Africa’s Top Risk

8.      Oregon: Steelhead Return to Beaver Creek near LaGrande after Century-Long Absence

9.      Great White Sharks Attacking Sea Lions at Increase Rate Off California Coast

10.   Governor Inslee Appoints Two New Members to Washington State Fish & Wildlife Commission

11.   Failed Sewage Pumps Led to 2.1-Million-Gallon Spill into Puget Sound

12.   EPA Moves to Scrap Rules for Coal Ash Pollution

13.   Opposition Groups Appealing Pend Oreille County Silicon Smelter Ruling

14.   Op/Ed: Montana Has the Clean Energy That Washington Needs

15.   California Farmers Are Planting Solar Panels as Water Supplies Dry Up

16.   U.S. Launches Duty Investigations of Wind Towers Imported from Canada

17.   New York Congressman Calls Wind Turbines in Lake Erie ‘Devastating’ to Border Security

18.   Energy Adviser: Beating the Heat Can Be Affordable

19.   Independent Show: Small Cable Companies Are Bullish on Rural Broadband Expansion

20.   Alleged Capital One Hacker May Have Hit Other Targets

21.   Capital One’s Data Breach: Why You Need to Read the Fine Print

22.   Study: El Niño Has Outsized Economic Effects on California

23.   South Kitsap Cannabis Producer Investing in High-Tech Greenhouses

24.   How Phones Made the World Your Office, Like It or Not

25.   Washington State House Democrats Poised to Elect First Woman Speaker

26.   Yakamas Recall General Council Chairman Davis Washines, Install Roger Fiander

27.   Back-to-Back Hurricanes Churn Towards Hawaii

28.   Invasive Blackberry Species Conquered the Pacific Northwest a Century Ago

29.   Dolphins’ Hall of Fame Linebacker Nick Buoniconti Dead at 78

WORD OF THE DAY

Garrulous • \GERR-uh-luss \ • Adjective - 1: given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity: pointlessly or annoyingly talkative 2: wordy

Montgomery sagged weakly at his table. The presenter at the Oak Lawn Philatelic Society’s annual dinner droned for 45 minutes about the rare “Inverted Jenny” airmail stamp. The presenter’s garrulous appearance began as a series of distinct words and phrases…and slowly declined into a soporific experience similar to listening to the adults in a “Peanuts” special.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

1.    Snake River Dams Study Points to Removal – Dam Backers Aren’t Buying It (Portland Business Journal, OR)

https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2019/07/30/snake-river-dams-study-points-to-removal.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search

2.    Potential Removal of Snake River Dams Causes More Debate (KNDO/KNDU TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/potential-removal-of-snake-river-dams-causes-more-debate/article_9ee4f12a-b326-11e9-9663-8728c1c70930.html

3.    Costs of Removing Snake River Dams Unknown (Capital Press)

https://www.capitalpress.com/ag_sectors/grains/costs-of-removing-snake-river-dams-unknown/article_9f3710ea-b22c-11e9-9935-53c91ca4efd1.html

4.    Fish & Skidoo Passage – Personal Watercraft Survives Plunge Over Wanapum Dam (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

https://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/20190730/personal_watercraft_survives_plunge_over_wanapum_dam

5.    Avista Makes Annual Price Adjustment Filings in Idaho, Asks for Nearly Two Percent Increase in Electricity Rates (Yahoo Finance)

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/avista-makes-annual-price-adjustment-200500740.html

6.    Oregon: Northern Wasco PUD Board Seeks to Fill Vacancy (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)

https://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/government/pud-board-seeks-to-fill-vacancy/article_ed10dbc2-b2d4-11e9-860c-e36abc60f928.html

7.    Why Eskom’s Power Crisis Is South Africa’s Top Risk (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/energy/why-eskoms-power-crisis-is-south-africas-top-risk/2019/07/31/7a146cb4-b366-11e9-acc8-1d847bacca73_story.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

8.    Oregon: Steelhead Return to Beaver Creek near LaGrande after Century-Long Absence (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

https://www.opb.org/news/article/steelhead-beaver-creek-century-long-absence/

9.    Great White Sharks Attacking Sea Lions at Increase Rate Off California Coast (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/31/great-white-sharks-attacking-sea-lions-at-increased-rate-off-southern-california-coast/

10. Governor Inslee Appoints Two New Members to Washington State Fish & Wildlife Commission (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/jul/29/inslee-appoints-two-new-members-to-wdfw-commission/

“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

11. Failed Sewage Pumps Led to 2.1-Million-Gallon Spill into Puget Sound (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)

https://kuow.org/stories/sewage-plant-s-backup-pumps-fail-lead-to-2-1-m-gallon-spill

12. EPA Moves to Scrap Rules for Coal Ash Pollution (Courthouse News Service)

https://www.courthousenews.com/epa-moves-to-scrap-rules-for-coal-ash-pollution/

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

13. Opposition Groups Appealing Pend Oreille County Silicon Smelter Ruling (Bonner County Daily Bee, Sandpoint, ID)

https://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/local_news/20190730/groups_appealing_smelter_ruling

14. Op/Ed: Montana Has the Clean Energy That Washington Needs (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/montana-has-the-clean-energy-that-washington-needs/

15. California Farmers Are Planting Solar Panels as Water Supplies Dry Up (Los Angeles Times, CA)

https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-agriculture-farmlands-solar-power-20190703-story.html

16. U.S. Launches Duty Investigations of Wind Towers Imported from Canada (The Canadian Press)

https://www.kamsacktimes.com/u-s-launches-duty-investigations-of-wind-towers-imported-from-canada-1.23901067

17. New York Congressman Calls Wind Turbines in Lake Erie ‘Devastating’ to Border Security (The Buffalo News, NY)

https://buffalonews.com/2019/07/30/wind-turbines-in-lake-erie-collins-said-theyd-be-devastating-to-border-security/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

18. Energy Adviser: Beating the Heat Can Be Affordable (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/jul/30/energy-adviser-beating-the-heat-can-be-affordable/

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

19. Independent Show: Small Cable Companies Are Bullish on Rural Broadband Expansion (Telecompetitor)

https://www.telecompetitor.com/independent-show-small-cable-companies-are-bullish-on-rural-broadband-expansion/

THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY

20. Alleged Capital One Hacker May Have Hit Other Targets (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

https://q13fox.com/2019/07/30/alleged-capital-one-hacker-may-have-hit-other-targets/

21. Capital One’s Data Breach: Why You Need to Read the Fine Print (LifeHacker)

https://lifehacker.com/when-theres-a-data-breach-always-read-the-fine-print-1836816788

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

22. Study: El Niño Has Outsized Economic Effects on California (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/07/30/study-el-nio-has-outsized-economic-impact-california/

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

23. South Kitsap Cannabis Producer Investing in High-Tech Greenhouses (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton – Paywall Advisory)

https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/local/2019/07/30/south-kitsap-cannabis-producer-investing-high-tech-greenhouses/1807581001/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE

24. How Phones Made the World Your Office, Like It or Not (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/business/how-phones-made-the-world-your-office-like-it-or-not.html

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

25. Washington State House Democrats Poised to Elect First Woman Speaker (KING TV, Seattle, WA)

https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/washington-house-democrats-poised-to-elect-1st-woman-speaker/281-b45371e8-d4c1-44ed-8efb-cbb9cbcf67ba

26. Yakamas Recall General Council Chairman Davis Washines, Install Roger Fiander (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/yakamas-recall-general-council-chairman-davis-washines-install-roger-fiander/article_50800b48-cd19-53df-9a06-44dd5f9036a5.html

GENERAL NEWS

27. Back-to-Back Hurricanes Churn Towards Hawaii (Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-erick/back-to-back-hurricanes-churn-towards-hawaii-idUSKCN1UQ13G

28. Invasive Blackberry Species Conquered the Pacific Northwest a Century Ago (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

https://mynorthwest.com/1466755/invasive-blackberry-specie-himalayan-blackberries/?

29. Dolphins’ Hall of Fame Linebacker Nick Buoniconti Dead at 78 (Associated Press)

https://apnews.com/105128ae99674e97801c828724562941

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Child Hangs from Sixth-Story Balcony, Falls, Caught by Crowd In China

https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Child-hangs-from-sixth-story-balcony-falls-caught-by-crowd-in-China.html

Woman Suspects Porch Pirate Stole Package with Nine Tarantulas

https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/weird_news/woman-suspects-porch-pirate-stole-package-with-tarantulas/article_6f075f12-8d23-5dbf-9813-717195f43f0f.html

Iowa: Puppies Thrown Over Bridge into Icy Creek Reunite after Being Adopted

https://seattle.cbslocal.com/2019/07/30/puppies-thrown-over-bridge-into-icy-creek-reunite-after-being-adopted/

Body of 1930s Bank Robber John Dillinger to Be Exhumed – “Why do you rob banks?” “Because that’s where the money is.”

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/jul/30/body-of-1930s-gangster-john-dillinger-to-be-exhume/

SONG OF THE DAY

Howard Shore – Shelob’s Lair (The Lord of the Rings, soundtrack)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8tGKpQxbzY

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