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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Western
Drought Steals Clean Energy Along with Fresh Water at Power Plants (Washington
Post)
Power
Needs of Marijuana: Industry’s Use of Electricity Sparks Concerns (The Daily
Astorian, OR)
Responding to De-List Petition, NOAA Fisheries
Announces Status Review for Snake River Fall Chinook (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Audit:
Hanford Failed To Take Advantage of Energy Incentive Payments (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Nevada’s
Lake Mead on Track to Reach Record Low Water Level amid Drought (Reuters)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Western Drought Steals Clean Energy Along with Fresh Water at Power Plants
- Power Needs of Marijuana: Industry’s Use of Electricity Sparks Concerns
- Cowlitz PUD Looking at Refinancing Bonds to Cut Debt
- Taking the Power Back: Public Power Utilities Empower Customers
- Editorial: New England Energy Infrastructure to Blame for High Electricity Rates
- Viridian in the Hot Seat: Fluctuating Electricity Rates, My Foot
- Week Ahead: Moniz Takes Energy Infrastructure Pitch to Congress
- Responding to De-List Petition, NOAA Fisheries Announces Status Review for Snake River Fall Chinook
- Love ‘Em or Hate ‘Em, Sea Lions Raise Concerns on the Columbia River
- Complex – And Expensive - System Transports Lewis River Fish
- Tri-Cities: Biologists Say West Fork of Amon Wasteway is Poor Habitat for Salmon, Trout
- Oregon Officials Discover Zebra Mussel Infestation on Boat Being Hauled from Ohio
- Nevada’s Lake Mead on Track to Reach Record Low Water Level amid Drought
- Kitsap PUD Wins State Water Quality Award
- Below-Average Snowpack in Clearwater Basin Calls for Early Fill of Dworshak Reservoir
- Drought Frames Economic Divide of Californians
- How Much Water Does a Water Leak Waste?
- How a Portland-Area Company is Powering Washington D-C’s Biggest Solar (energy) System
- Solar Oven: 3,500 Birds Died at Ivanpah ‘Power Towers’ in First Year
- More, Bigger Co-op Solar Coming
- Thirsty for Clean Power, California Taps Winds in Mexico
- Audit: Hanford Failed To Take Advantage of Energy Incentive Payments
- Bonneville Power Administration Testing Conservation Measures to Brace for High Demand, Low Supply
- With Legalization, Lawyers Turn to the Business of Marijuana
- Washington State House Democrats See Carbon Emissions Tax as Educational Funding Fix
- Op/Ed: Higher Taxes Not the Best Way to Reduce Emissions
- EPA’s McCarthy Tells Industry to Ignore ‘Doomsday’ Talk, Focus on Innovation
- Pope Francis Poised to Weigh in on Climate Change with Major Document
- How to Get More Electric Cars on the Roads
- Conspicuous Consumption for the Smug Environmentalist
- Rays from Exploding Stars May Help Measure Strength of Thunderstorms
- Comcast’s Deal Is Dead, So Now Charter Wants to Buy Time Warner Cable
- Comcast-Time Warner Cable Deal’s Collapse Leaves Frustrated Customers Out in the Cold
- With Amazon atop the Cloud, Big Tech Rivals Are Giving Chase
- Minnesota: Rural Broadband Download Disrupted by Politics
- The Kind of Hacker Your City Wants
- Pinterest Opens Up to Brands with New Ways to Plan Posts & Buy Ads
- Top Nine Facebook Marketing Questions Answered
- Wimbledon Bans Selfie Sticks at the Tournament Because of Contraption’s ‘Nuisance Value’
- Washington State Auditor: Troy Kelley Recall Petition Advances to Pierce County Court
- Gunman Who Fired Shots at North Thurston High School Tackled by Teacher (Shelton Alum)
- Nepal: Earthquake Death Toll Passes 4,000 & Climbing; Basic Goods in Short Supply
- Western Washington Couple Missing in Nepal
- Rafter Dies in Sultan River
- Low Snow Pack May be a Win for Some Outdoor Enthusiasts
- Scam Alert: Con Artists Posing as Heating, Air Conditioning Workers
- As Students Refuse Tests, Washington State Superintendent Warns of Consequences
Peregrine
• \PAIR-uh-grin\ • adjective – Having a tendency to wander
Walter
Mitty sat immobile at his desk, his unfocused eyes betraying his peregrine
mind, as it took a flight of fancy to a Renaissance Festival in Belfair,
Washington…
WORD
HISTORY FROM MERRIAM WEBSTER DICTIONARY – The current meaning of
"peregrine" has wandered a bit from its earlier meanings. The word
originally meant "foreign," as did its Latin predecessor
"peregrinus." But even before "peregrine" appeared on its
own in English, it was part of the name of that well-known bird of prey, the
peregrine falcon. The bird's appellation derives from "falco
peregrinus" -- literally, "pilgrim falcon" in Medieval Latin.
Peregrine falcons typically nest in high places, such as on cliff ledges or, in
modern times, city skyscrapers. Because of the nests' inaccessibility, medieval
falconers who wanted young peregrine falcons to train had captured them on
their first flights or migratory "pilgrimages." That practice led to
a new sense of "peregrine" ("engaged in or traveling on a
pilgrimage"), which was later broadened to "wandering."
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Western
Drought Steals Clean Energy Along with Fresh Water at Power Plants (Washington
Post)
Power
Needs of Marijuana: Industry’s Use of Electricity Sparks Concerns (The Daily
Astorian, OR)
Cowlitz
PUD Looking at Refinancing Bonds to Cut Debt (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Taking
the Power Back: Public Power Utilities Empower Customers (American Public Power
Association)
Editorial:
New England Energy Infrastructure to Blame for High Electricity Rates (The
Hill, Washington, DC)
Viridian
in the Hot Seat: Fluctuating Electricity Rates, My Foot (Courthouse News Service)
Week
Ahead: Moniz Takes Energy Infrastructure Pitch to Congress (The Hill,
Washington, DC)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Responding to De-List Petition, NOAA Fisheries
Announces Status Review for Snake River Fall Chinook (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Love ‘Em or Hate ‘Em, Sea Lions Raise Concerns on
the Columbia River (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Complex – And Expensive - System Transports Lewis
River Fish (Longview Daily News, WA)
Tri-Cities: Biologists Say West Fork of Amon
Wasteway is Poor Habitat for Salmon, Trout (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Oregon Officials Discover Zebra Mussel
Infestation on Boat Being Hauled from Ohio (Oregonian, Portland)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Nevada’s
Lake Mead on Track to Reach Record Low Water Level amid Drought (Reuters)
Kitsap
PUD Wins State Water Quality Award (Central Kitsap Reporter, WA)
Below-Average
Snowpack in Clearwater Basin Calls for Early Fill of Dworshak Reservoir (Columbia
Basin Bulletin)
Drought
Frames Economic Divide of Californians (NY Times)
How
Much Water Does a Water Leak Waste? (The Energy Collective)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
How
a Portland-Area Company is Powering Washington D-C’s Biggest Solar (energy) System
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
Solar
Oven: 3,500 Birds Died at Ivanpah ‘Power Towers’ in First Year (E&E
Publishing)
More,
Bigger Co-op Solar Coming (Electric Co-op Today)
Thirsty
for Clean Power, California Taps Winds in Mexico (San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Audit:
Hanford Failed To Take Advantage of Energy Incentive Payments (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Testing Conservation
Measures to Brace for High Demand, Low Supply (Longview
Daily News, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
With
Legalization, Lawyers Turn to the Business of Marijuana (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington State House Democrats See Carbon Emissions Tax as
Educational Funding Fix (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Op/Ed:
Higher Taxes Not the Best Way to Reduce Emissions (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
EPA’s
McCarthy Tells Industry to Ignore ‘Doomsday’ Talk, Focus on Innovation (E&E
Publishing)
Pope
Francis Poised to Weigh in on Climate Change with Major Document (Washington
Post)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
How
to Get More Electric Cars on the Roads (Christian Science Monitor)
Conspicuous
Consumption for the Smug Environmentalist (Slate Magazine)
Rays
from Exploding Stars May Help Measure Strength of Thunderstorms (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast’s
Deal Is Dead, So Now Charter Wants to Buy Time Warner Cable (Oregonian,
Portland)
Comcast-Time
Warner Cable Deal’s Collapse Leaves Frustrated Customers Out in the Cold (NY Times)
With
Amazon atop the Cloud, Big Tech Rivals Are Giving Chase (NY Times)
Minnesota:
Rural Broadband Download Disrupted by Politics (Minneapolis Star-Tribune, MN)
The Kind of Hacker Your City Wants (USA Today)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Pinterest
Opens Up to Brands with New Ways to Plan Posts & Buy Ads (AdWeek)
Top
Nine Facebook Marketing Questions Answered (Social Media Examiner)
Wimbledon
Bans Selfie Sticks at the Tournament Because of Contraption’s ‘Nuisance Value’ (Associated Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Auditor: Troy Kelley Recall Petition
Advances to Pierce County Court (Northwest Public Radio)
GENERAL NEWS
Gunman Who Fired Shots at North Thurston High School
Tackled by Teacher (Shelton Alum) (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Nepal: Earthquake Death Toll Passes 4,000 &
Climbing; Basic Goods in Short Supply (Oregonian, Portland)
Western Washington Couple Missing in Nepal
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Rafter Dies in Sultan River (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Low Snow Pack May be a Win for Some Outdoor
Enthusiasts (Associated Press)
Scam Alert: Con Artists Posing as Heating, Air
Conditioning Workers (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
As Students Refuse Tests, Washington State Superintendent Warns of
Consequences (Northwest Public Radio)
DIVERSIONS
How
the Tea Bag Was Invented
Man
Sidetracked by Tater Tots during Suspected Robbery Burglary Attempt
This
Sneaky Turtle Just Photobombed a Group Picture in the Philippines
Quacking
Duck Ringtone Helps Firefighter Rescue Ducklings
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Doobie Brothers – Black Water
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