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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Pole Attachment Lawsuit Brings $3.4 Million to Pacific PUD
(Chinook Observer, Long Beach, WA)
CalFire: Pacific Gas & Electric Power Lines Sparked
Tuesday Blaze in California (Utility Dive)
Skagit PUD, Anacortes Ask Residents to Cut Water Usage as
Drought Worsens (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Oregon Approval of Aggressive Electric Vehicle Goals
Overshadowed by Climate Bill Drama (Utility Dive)
California Sets Record for Solar, Renewable Curtailments
(American Public Power Association)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
CalFire: Pacific Gas & Electric Power Lines
Sparked Tuesday Blaze in California
2.
First of Four FERC Hearings Held in Coos County
on Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas Project
3.
California: Oroville Dam – Despite Water Levels,
Spillway Release ‘Unlikely’
4.
U.S. Tribes Are Being Left Out of Talks Over the
Columbia River’s Fate. Why?
5.
Michael Catsi Named Tacoma Public Utilities
Economic
6.
Op/Ed: Letter – Support for Pacific PUD
Commissioners
7.
Massachusetts: Canadian Hydropower Contracts
Approved by Utility Regulators
8.
U.S. Electricity Is Shifting, But Not Exactly
Going Green
9.
Weaning U.S. Power Sector Off Fossil Fuels Would
Cost $4.7 Trillion: Study
10.
Louisiana: Utility Worker Survives 14,000-Volt
Shock in Catahoula Parish
11.
Frackers Go Electric as Low Natural Gas Prices
Spur Fuel Switch
12.
Two More Gray Whales Found Dead in Alaska; Total
Reaches 12
13.
Canoe Journey Parallels Tribal Efforts to Return
Salmon to Upper Columbia River
14.
Fish & Wildlife Plant Hood Canal Oysters to
Compensate for Lost Shellfish from 2012 Oil Spill
15.
As the Oceans Acidify, These Oyster Farmers Are
Fighting Back
16.
Orcas Visit Dyes Inlet
17.
Skagit PUD, Anacortes Ask Residents to Cut Water
Usage as Drought Worsens
18.
Olympic National Park, Olympic National Forest
& Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Moderate to Severe Drought;
Above Normal Potential for Wildfire
19.
EPA Breathes New Life into Controversial Alaska
Mining Project
20.
California Sets Record for Solar, Renewable
Curtailments
21.
Largest Wind Turbine Blade Shipment Unloads in
Vancouver
22.
Oregon House Backs $5,000 Home Solar Rebates
23.
After Two Years, Program to Install Brighter,
Cheaper Streetlights Resumes in Yakima
24.
Heat Pump Water Heaters Can be Demand Response
Assets
25.
Pole Attachment Lawsuit Brings $3.4 Million to
Pacific PUD
26.
Anacortes Sets Internet Fees for City Network
27.
Broadband & Unemployment
28.
An Increasingly Popular Authoritarian Tool:
Shutting Down the Internet
29.
Oregon Approval of Aggressive Electric Vehicle
Goals Overshadowed by Climate Bill Drama
30.
Electric Cars Still Face a Major Roadblock
31.
Record-Breaking Heat Wave Cooks Europe
32.
A Record-Challenging Greenland Climate Pattern
Is Boosting Extreme Weather in North America & Europe
33.
Americans Demand Climate Action – As Long as It
Doesn’t Cost Much: Reuters Poll
34.
Most States Legalizing Marijuana Have Yet to
Grapple with Energy Demand
35.
Twitter Adds Labels for Tweets That Break Its
Rules
36.
Global Warming Is Only Going to Get Worse. One
Reason: Those Cloud Trails Airplanes Leave Behind in the Sky
37.
Here’s What Jay Inslee Said in His Six Answers
in the Democratic Presidential Debate
38.
How Oregon Senate Republicans Could Pay Walkout
Expenses & Fines: Campaign Cash
39.
Washington State Gun Law Restrictions Effective
July 1 Despite Controversy
40.
U.S. Regulator Cites New Flaw on Grounded Boeing
737 MAX
41.
41 Washington State Patrol Troopers Sworn in at
State Capitol
42.
In Pacific Northwest, Only Portland Has Worse
Drivers Than Seattle, New Report Says
WORD OF THE DAY
Scuttlebutt • \SKUTT-ul-butt\ • noun - Rumor, gossip
WORD ORIGIN, FROM MERRIAM-WEBSTER - Nowadays, office workers
catch up on the latest scuttlebutt around the water cooler, and when they do,
they are continuing a long-standing (although not necessarily honorable)
tradition. That kind of gossip sharing probably also occurred on the sailing
ships of yore. Back in the early 1800s, the cask containing a ship’s daily
supply of freshwater was called a “scuttlebutt”; that name was later applied to
a drinking fountain on a ship or at a naval installation. By the early 20th
century, the term for the water source was also applied to the gossip and
rumors generated around it, and the latest chatter has been called “scuttlebutt”
ever since.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
CalFire: Pacific Gas & Electric Power Lines
Sparked Tuesday Blaze in California (Utility Dive)
2.
First of Four FERC Hearings Held in Coos County on
Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas Project (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
3.
California: Oroville Dam – Despite Water Levels,
Spillway Release ‘Unlikely’ (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
4.
U.S. Tribes Are Being Left Out of Talks Over the
Columbia River’s Fate. Why? (Crosscut Seattle)
5.
Michael Catsi Named Tacoma Public Utilities
Economic Development Manager (South Sound Business)
6.
Op/Ed: Letter – Support for Pacific PUD Commissioners
(Chinook Observer, Long Beach, WA)
7.
Massachusetts: Canadian Hydropower Contracts
Approved by Utility Regulators (New England Public Radio)
8.
U.S. Electricity Is Shifting, But Not Exactly
Going Green (Bloomberg News)
9.
Weaning U.S. Power Sector Off Fossil Fuels Would
Cost $4.7 Trillion: Study (Reuters)
10. Louisiana:
Utility Worker Survives 14,000-Volt Shock in Catahoula Parish (KALB-TV, Alexandria,
LA)
11. Frackers
Go Electric as Low Natural Gas Prices Spur Fuel Switch (Bloomberg News)
FISH & WILDLIFE
12. Two
More Gray Whales Found Dead in Alaska; Total Reaches 12 (Associated Press)
13. Canoe
Journey Parallels Tribal Efforts to Return Salmon to Upper Columbia River
(Courthouse News Service)
14. Fish
& Wildlife Plant Hood Canal Oysters to Compensate for Lost Shellfish from
2012 Oil Spill (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
15. As
the Oceans Acidify, These Oyster Farmers Are Fighting Back (Christian Science
Monitor)
16. Orcas
Visit Dyes Inlet (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
17. Skagit
PUD, Anacortes Ask Residents to Cut Water Usage as Drought Worsens (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
18. Olympic
National Park, Olympic National Forest & Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National
Forest in Moderate to Severe Drought; Above Normal Potential for Wildfire
(Thurston Talk, Olympia, WA)
19. EPA
Breathes New Life into Controversial Alaska Mining Project (Reuters)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
20. California
Sets Record for Solar, Renewable Curtailments (American Public Power
Association)
21. Largest
Wind Turbine Blade Shipment Unloads in Vancouver (Oregonian, Portland)
22. Oregon
House Backs $5,000 Home Solar Rebates (Portland Business Journal, OR)
https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2019/06/26/oregonhouse-backs-5-000-home-solar-rebates.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
23. After
Two Years, Program to Install Brighter, Cheaper Streetlights Resumes in Yakima (Yakima
Herald Republic, WA)
24. Heat
Pump Water Heaters Can be Demand Response Assets (Greentech Media)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
25. Pole
Attachment Lawsuit Brings $3.4 Million to Pacific PUD (Chinook Observer, Long
Beach, WA)
26. Anacortes
Sets Internet Fees for City Network (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, WA)
27. Broadband
& Unemployment (Pots & Pans)
28. An
Increasingly Popular Authoritarian Tool: Shutting Down the Internet (Los
Angeles Times, CA)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
29. Oregon
Approval of Aggressive Electric Vehicle Goals Overshadowed by Climate Bill
Drama (Utility Dive)
30. Electric
Cars Still Face a Major Roadblock (Atlantic Magazine)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
31. Record-Breaking
Heat Wave Cooks Europe (British Broadcasting Corporation)
32. A
Record-Challenging Greenland Climate Pattern Is Boosting Extreme Weather in North
America & Europe (Washington Post)
33. Americans
Demand Climate Action – As Long as It Doesn’t Cost Much: Reuters Poll (Reuters)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
34. Most
States Legalizing Marijuana Have Yet to Grapple with Energy Demand (Energy News
Network)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
35. Twitter
Adds Labels for Tweets That Break Its Rules (Washington Post)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
36. Global
Warming Is Only Going to Get Worse. One Reason: Those Cloud Trails Airplanes
Leave Behind in the Sky (USA Today)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
37. Here’s
What Jay Inslee Said in His Six Answers in the Democratic Presidential Debate (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
38. How
Oregon Senate Republicans Could Pay Walkout Expenses & Fines: Campaign Cash
(Oregonian, Portland)
GENERAL NEWS
39. Washington
State Gun Law Restrictions Effective July 1 Despite Controversy (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
40. U.S.
Regulator Cites New Flaw on Grounded Boeing 737 MAX (Reuters)
41. 41
Washington State Patrol Troopers Sworn in at State Capitol (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
42. In
Pacific Northwest, Only Portland Has Worse Drivers Than Seattle, New Report
Says (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
‘Hero’ 17-Year-Old Catches Falling Toddler
How Historians Can Now See Invisible Text on Ancient
Manuscripts
Killer Whale Eats Fisherman’s Trophy Catch as He’s Reeling
It In, Video Shows
Washington Court Upholds $40,000
Award Against Truck Owner in Neighbor Piano Lesson Dispute
SONG OF THE DAY
Billy Joel - Piano Man
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