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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Prolonged
Stretch of Heat Begins with Temperatures Rising over Weekend (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Pacific
Northwest Power Jumps to Seasonal Record as Water Flows Drop (Bloomberg News)
U-S
House GOP Bill Targets Obama Plan to Limit Carbon Pollution from Coal-Fired
Power Plants (Associated Press)
Facebook
Forces Some Small Businesses to Shift Their Social Media Game Plan (San Jose
Mercury News, CA)
U-S
Supreme Court Upholds Key Provision of Obamacare (Associated
Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Pacific Northwest Power Jumps to Seasonal Record as Water Flows Drop
- Klamath Falls: Advocacy Group Promotes Public Power
- California: Man Killed While Retrofitting Streetlights in San Jose
- Why Bonneville Power Administration Sees Aggregation as the Future of Demand Response
- IEEE Aims to Improve Seismic Design of Power Substations
- News Release: Grant PUD Automates Callout of Electric Crews with ARCOS
- U-S Department of Energy Guarantees $1.8 Billion in Loans for Georgia Nuclear Plant
- News Release: Memphis Leads among Nation’s Cities with Lowest Utility Bills
- U-S Tribes Representatives Visit Revelstoke to Talk Salmon Reintroduction
- British Columbia: Scientists Scramble to Catalogue Wildlife Ahead of Peace River Dam Decision
- Troubled Delta System Is California’s Water Battleground
- Congress: Amendment to Classify Hydropower among Renewable Energy Passes House
- How Utilities Are Leveraging New Software to Help Customers Go Solar
- Indian Tribes Sue to Block Solar Plant in Southern California
- Report: Solar’s Value Is Nearly 17 Cents/kWh, Utilities Under-Compensating
- Oregon Lawmakers OK Marijuana Market
- U-S House GOP Bill Targets Obama Plan to Limit Carbon Pollution from Coal-Fired Power Plants
- The Internet of Things Has Vast Economic Potential, McKinsey Report Says
- Facebook Forces Some Small Businesses to Shift Their Social Media Game Plan
- Millennials Love Media on Smartphones, Shun Live TV
- Verizon Wants Brands to Sponsor Your TV Watching
- U-S Supreme Court Upholds Key Provision of Obamacare
- 3,000 Washington State Prison Employees Receive Layoff Notices
- Should Oregonians Pay Sales Tax in Washington State?
- Where America’s Worst Roads Are – How Much They’re Costing Us
- Prolonged Stretch of Heat Begins with Temperatures Rising over Weekend
- Fire Officials ‘Ramping Up’ Resources for Hot Weekend
- West Coast Wildfires: What’s Being Done to Control Them
- Olympic National Park Enacts Campfire Restrictions
- Permits Running Out: Wilson Recycle Wants to Clean Up Mason County Trash
- Oregon: 3.2 Quake Shakes near Forest Grove
Craven
• \KRAY-vun\ • adjective – Lacking the least bit of courage: contemptibly
fainthearted
Flavius
stood undefeated in the arena; his blood-stained sword glinting in the sharp,
angled glow of the setting, golden sun. No craven bone in his body had
he…except for his uncharacteristic fear of chickens. Whether by suspicion or a
childhood incident involving the family rooster, he would quake in fear at the
mere mention of any poultry dish or the appearance of a feathered opponent.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Pacific
Northwest Power Jumps to Seasonal Record as Water Flows Drop (Bloomberg News)
Klamath
Falls: Advocacy Group Promotes Public Power (Klamath Falls Herald & News,
OR)
California:
Man Killed While Retrofitting Streetlights in San Jose (San Jose Mercury News,
CA)
Why
Bonneville Power Administration Sees Aggregation as the Future of Demand
Response (Utility Dive)
IEEE
Aims to Improve Seismic Design of Power Substations (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/IEEE-aims-to-improve-seismic-design-of-power-substations.aspx
News
Release: Grant PUD Automates Callout of Electric Crews with ARCOS (Penn Energy)
U-S
Department of Energy Guarantees $1.8 Billion in Loans for Georgia Nuclear Plant
(The Hill, Washington, DC)
News
Release: Memphis Leads among Nation’s Cities with Lowest Utility Bills (Electric
Energy Online)
FISH & WILDLIFE
U-S Tribes Representatives Visit Revelstoke to
Talk Salmon Reintroduction (Revelstoke Mountaineer, BC)
British Columbia: Scientists Scramble to Catalogue
Wildlife Ahead of Peace River Dam Decision (Globe & Mail, Canada)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Troubled
Delta System Is California’s Water Battleground (NY Times)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Congress:
Amendment to Classify Hydropower among Renewable Energy Passes House (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
How
Utilities Are Leveraging New Software to Help Customers Go Solar – SMUD &
Avista have already deployed new sites that estimate the costs & benefits
of solar for customers (Utility Dive)
Indian
Tribes Sue to Block Solar Plant in Southern California (Christian Science
Monitor)
Report:
Solar’s Value Is Nearly 17 Cents/kWh, Utilities Under-Compensating (Utility
Dive)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Oregon
Lawmakers OK Marijuana Market (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U-S
House GOP Bill Targets Obama Plan to Limit Carbon Pollution from Coal-Fired
Power Plants (Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
These
Places Have the Slowest Internet in the Country (KCPQ-TV, Seattle,
WA)
The
Internet of Things Has Vast Economic Potential, McKinsey Report Says (NY Times)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook
Forces Some Small Businesses to Shift Their Social Media Game Plan (San Jose
Mercury News, CA)
Millennials
Love Media on Smartphones, Shun Live TV (USA Today)
Verizon
Wants Brands to Sponsor Your TV Watching – This free stream is brought to you
by... (Reviewed.Com)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
U-S
Supreme Court Upholds Key Provision of Obamacare (Associated
Press)
3,000
Washington State Prison Employees Receive Layoff Notices (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Should
Oregonians Pay Sales Tax in Washington State? Sales tax exemption up for debate
in Washington legislature (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Where
America’s Worst Roads Are – How Much They’re Costing Us (Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Prolonged
Stretch of Heat Begins with Temperatures Rising over Weekend (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Fire
Officials ‘Ramping Up’ Resources for Hot Weekend (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
West
Coast Wildfires: What’s Being Done to Control Them (Christian Science Monitor)
Olympic National Park Enacts Campfire
Restrictions (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Permits Running Out: Wilson Recycle Wants to Clean
Up Mason County Trash (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Oregon:
3.2 Quake Shakes near Forest Grove (KOIN-TV,
Portland, OR)
DIVERSIONS
Ice
Breaker: Mystery Chunk of Ice Crashes through Roof of Moxee Home
Baby
Falls from Apartment Deck, Hits Tarp, Man Working Below
The
Most Annoying Restaurant Trend Happening Today
A
Good Way to Ruin a Roller Coaster Ride for Everyone Else? Pull Out a Selfie
Stick
SONG OF THE DAY
New
Riders of the Purple Sage – Dead Flowers
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