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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
U-S Supreme Court Blocks Obama’s Limits on Power Plants (NY Times)
Montana Coal Plant Operator Says Colstrip Remains Profitable for Now (Associated Press)
http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/Coal-plant-operator-says-Colstrip-remains-profitable-for-now/33826880
Jefferson PUD Won’t Say No to Selling Electricity to Pot Growers (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Oregon: Deschutes County to Review Two Proposed Solar Farms (Bend Bulletin, OR)
Structures Burn & Hundreds Evacuate in Chelan County (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- U-S Supreme Court Blocks Obama’s Limits on Power Plants
- Montana Coal Plant Operator Says Colstrip Remains Profitable for Now
- Hot Weather is the Time to Conserve Energy
- Why Are the Government’s Energy Forecasts So Bad?
- Germany’s Oldest Remaining Nuclear Plant Shuts Down
- Armenia Suspends Electricity Price Increases after Weeks of Protests
- Warming Northwest Rivers Raise Risk of Fish Kills
- Umatilla Leader Brigham Elected as New Chair of Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
- The Season of Salmon - Columbia-Pacific Sport-Fishers Say Hello to Summer
- Alaska Trollers Outraged by Low King Salmon Quota Set by Pacific Salmon Commission
- Harvesting Geoducks is Lucrative, But It’s Also Brutally Hard Work
- Columbia River Deepening Sparks $1 Billion in Investments
- Oregon: Deschutes County to Review Two Proposed Solar Farms
- Olympia: Roosevelt Elementary School’s Solar Panels Still a Hot Commodity
- Duke Energy: Looking for Payback
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s Commercial Energy-Savings Programs Have Helped ‘Thousands’ of Regional Businesses
- Jefferson PUD Won’t Say No to Selling Electricity to Pot Growers
- Washington State Marijuana Taxes Will Be Reduced
- State Marijuana Laws Complicate Federal Job Recruitment
- Rand Paul Set to Raise Money from Marijuana Industry
- British Columbia is Looking at a New Approach to Tackling Climate Change – Adaptation
- Solar Impulse Passes ‘Point of No Return’ over Pacific
- How to Stop Click! Network from Bleeding Money? Tacoma Looks at Options
- FCC’s O’Rielly: Broadband Neither a Necessity or Human Right
- How Google’s Street View Scaled Yosemite’s El Capitán
- Washington State Lawmakers OK 11.9-Cent Gas Tax Hike in Transportation Package
- Structures Burn & Hundreds Evacuate in Chelan County
- Despite Drought, Fireworks Sales Off to Strong Start
- Fireworks Danger Rises with Heat
- Heat Surge Hits Eastern Washington. The Highest WA Temperature Ever Observed?
- Big Blow for Boeing as Congress Allows Ex-Im Bank to Sunset
- Thurston County Investigates Two Cases of Legionnaires’ Disease
- Sierra Pacific Scoops Up Lewis County Timberland
- Blessing & Stud Signing at Belfair HUB Center for Seniors
- Port Townsend Rhododendron Festival Float Burns after Parade
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
U-S Supreme Court Blocks Obama’s Limits on Power Plants (NY Times)
Montana Coal Plant Operator Says Colstrip Remains Profitable for Now (Associated Press)
http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/Coal-plant-operator-says-Colstrip-remains-profitable-for-now/33826880
Hot Weather is the Time to Conserve Energy (Franklin PUD, Pasco, WA)
Why Are the Government’s Energy Forecasts So Bad? (Politico)
Germany’s Oldest Remaining Nuclear Plant Shuts Down (Associated Press)
Armenia Suspends Electricity Price Increases after Weeks of Protests (United Press International)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Warming Northwest Rivers Raise Risk of Fish Kills (Northwest Public Radio)
Umatilla Leader Brigham Elected as New Chair of Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
The Season of Salmon - Columbia-Pacific Sport-Fishers Say Hello to Summer (Coast Weekend, Astoria, OR)
Alaska Trollers Outraged by Low King Salmon Quota Set by Pacific Salmon Commission (SitNews, Ketchikan, AK)
Harvesting Geoducks is Lucrative, But It’s Also Brutally Hard Work (Everett Herald, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Columbia River Deepening Sparks $1 Billion in Investments (Longview Daily News, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Oregon: Deschutes County to Review Two Proposed Solar Farms (Bend Bulletin, OR)
Olympia: Roosevelt Elementary School’s Solar Panels Still a Hot Commodity (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
Duke Energy: Looking for Payback – Two years after getting prosecuted under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the energy giant takes aim at the law itself (Audubon)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s Commercial Energy-Savings Programs Have Helped ‘Thousands’ of Regional Businesses (Sacramento Bee, CA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Jefferson PUD Won’t Say No to Selling Electricity to Pot Growers (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Washington State Marijuana Taxes Will Be Reduced (Crosscut Seattle)
State Marijuana Laws Complicate Federal Job Recruitment (NY Times)
Rand Paul Set to Raise Money from Marijuana Industry (Lexington Herald-Leader, KY)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
British Columbia is Looking at a New Approach to Tackling Climate Change – Adaptation (Globe & Mail, Canada)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Solar Impulse Passes ‘Point of No Return’ over Pacific (British Broadcasting Corporation)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
How to Stop Click! Network from Bleeding Money? Tacoma Looks at Options (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
FCC’s O’Rielly: Broadband Neither a Necessity or Human Right (Broadband Reports)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
How Google’s Street View Scaled Yosemite’s El Capitán (Christian Science Monitor)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Lawmakers OK 11.9-Cent Gas Tax Hike in Transportation Package (Everett Herald, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Structures Burn & Hundreds Evacuate in Chelan County (Associated Press)
Despite Drought, Fireworks Sales Off to Strong Start (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Fireworks Danger Rises with Heat (Everett Herald, WA)
Heat Surge Hits Eastern Washington. The Highest WA Temperature Ever Observed? (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
Big Blow for Boeing as Congress Allows Ex-Im Bank to Sunset (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Thurston County Investigates Two Cases of Legionnaires’ Disease (Associated Press)
Sierra Pacific Scoops Up Lewis County Timberland (South Sound Business Examiner)
Blessing & Stud Signing at Belfair HUB Center for Seniors (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Port Townsend Rhododendron Festival Float Burns after Parade – Vehicles, Funds Sought For Rest Of Season’s Appearances (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Yes Co-Founder, Bassist Chris Squire Dies at 67
Japanese Station Master Cat Tama Given Lavish Send-Off
Colonial Americans Drank Roughly Three Times as Much as Americans Do Now
A Trip around the Solar System
SONG OF THE DAY
Yes – Roundabout
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