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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Pacific Power Takes Blame for Tieton Man Losing Home (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
Reduced Hydroelectric Production Hurts Avista Earnings (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Pacific Northwest Geothermal Research Aims to Help Solve Energy & Water Squeeze (Northwest Public Radio)
Could Obama’s Clean Power Plan Lower Your Electric Bill? (TIME Magazine)
Pacific Northwest Geothermal Research Aims to Help Solve Energy & Water Squeeze (Northwest Public Radio)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Pacific Power Takes Blame for Tieton Man Losing Home
- Reduced Hydroelectric Production Hurts Avista Earnings
- Feds Give Oregon Liquefied Natural Gas Developers a Long List of Suggestions
- Update - Power Restored after Outage Affecting Mason PUD 3 Customers on North Shore Road – Caused by Fallen Tree
- Op/Ed: The Clean Power Plan Will Collide With the Incredibly Weird Physics of the Electric Grid
- Co-op Using Prepay to Help Past-Due Members
- PPL: Reliability Efforts Avoided Almost 200,000 Outages So Far this Year
- A Small, Modular, Efficient Fusion Plant
- Recreational Fishing Shut Down in Most Olympic National Park Rivers, Streams
- Crews to Prep Dungeness River This Week for Huge Run of Pink Salmon
- Congress Considers Legislation Authorizing First Ten-Year Phase of Yakima Basin Water/Fish Plan
- Dworshak Dam Releases Reduced to Conserve Water for Fish Returning August, September
- Two of Oregon’s Worst Dams for Fish Are Coming Down
- Tulalip Tribe’s Fish & Wildlife Director Arrested in Poaching Investigation
- How to Reduce Water Waste from Sprinklers: The Science of Spray
- Pacific Northwest Geothermal Research Aims to Help Solve Energy & Water Squeeze
- Nearly 60 Percent of Utilities Are Reviewing Net-Metering Policies
- The Boom in Wind Energy Couldn’t Be Coming at a Better Time
- Clean Power Plan: A Mighty Optimistic Wind Estimate Fuels EPA Rule
- Cool It on the AC Already – How Air Conditioning Is Making Us Hotter
- Ikea to Replace All Lighting on Shelves with LED Bulbs
- How Marijuana is Making California Drought Worse
- Editorial: Congress & Obama Are Too Timid on Marijuana Reform
- Could Obama’s Clean Power Plan Lower Your Electric Bill?
- Op/Ed: Obama’s Latest Global Warming Plan Is about His Legacy, Not Policy
- Minnesota: Cow Power — Manure — Seen as Part of Climate Change Strategy
- CenturyLink to Cut 1,000 Jobs; Colorado Impact Unclear
- Watch the World Switch from Internet Explorer to Chrome
- A Federal Bailout Project to Build Colorado Broadband Needs a Bailout
- Verizon Is Totally Changing the Way It Sells Cellphones
- Social Media Becomes a Major Player in Politics
- Disney Apologizes over Tweet on Nagasaki A-Bomb Anniversary
- Study of Ad-Blocking Software Suggests Wide Use
- Twitter Expands Partnership with NFL
- Onalaska Wildfire Forces Evacuations
- Mason County Woman’s Oxygen Tank Sabotaged in Bizarre Bomb Scare
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Pacific Power Takes Blame for Tieton Man Losing Home (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
Reduced Hydroelectric Production Hurts Avista Earnings (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Feds Give Oregon Liquefied Natural Gas Developers a Long List of Suggestions (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Update - Power Restored after Outage Affecting Mason PUD 3 Customers on North Shore Road – Caused by Fallen Tree (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Op/Ed: The Clean Power Plan Will Collide With the Incredibly Weird Physics of the Electric Grid (Forbes Magazine)
Co-op Using Prepay to Help Past-Due Members (Electric Co-op Today)
PPL: Reliability Efforts Avoided Almost 200,000 Outages So Far this Year (Utility Dive)
A Small, Modular, Efficient Fusion Plant (The Energy Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Recreational Fishing Shut Down in Most Olympic National Park Rivers, Streams (KIRO News, Seattle, WA)
Crews to Prep Dungeness River This Week for Huge Run of Pink Salmon (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Congress Considers Legislation Authorizing First Ten-Year Phase of Yakima Basin Water/Fish Plan (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Dworshak Dam Releases Reduced to Conserve Water for Fish Returning August, September (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Two of Oregon’s Worst Dams for Fish Are Coming Down (Northwest Public Radio)
Tulalip Tribe’s Fish & Wildlife Director Arrested in Poaching Investigation (KIRO News, Seattle, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
How to Reduce Water Waste from Sprinklers: The Science of Spray (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Pacific Northwest Geothermal Research Aims to Help Solve Energy & Water Squeeze (Northwest Public Radio)
Nearly 60 Percent of Utilities Are Reviewing Net-Metering Policies (Breaking Energy)
The Boom in Wind Energy Couldn’t Be Coming at a Better Time (Washington Post)
Clean Power Plan: A Mighty Optimistic Wind Estimate Fuels EPA Rule (E&E Publishing)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Cool It on the AC Already – How Air Conditioning Is Making Us Hotter (Mother Jones)
Ikea to Replace All Lighting on Shelves with LED Bulbs (NY Times)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
How Marijuana is Making California Drought Worse (Christian Science Monitor)
Editorial: Congress & Obama Are Too Timid on Marijuana Reform (NY Times)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Could Obama’s Clean Power Plan Lower Your Electric Bill? (TIME Magazine)
Op/Ed: Obama’s Latest Global Warming Plan Is about His Legacy, Not Policy (Washington Post)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Minnesota: Cow Power — Manure — Seen as Part of Climate Change Strategy (Minneapolis Star-Tribune, MN)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CenturyLink to Cut 1,000 Jobs; Colorado Impact Unclear (Denver Business Journal, CO)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2015/08/08/centurylink-to-cut-1-000-jobs-colorado-impact.html
Watch the World Switch from Internet Explorer to Chrome (Gizmodo)
A Federal Bailout Project to Build Colorado Broadband Needs a Bailout (Denver Post, CO)
Verizon is totally changing the way it sells cellphones (Washington Post)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Social Media Becomes a Major Player in Politics (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
Disney Apologizes over Tweet on Nagasaki A-Bomb Anniversary (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Study of Ad-Blocking Software Suggests Wide Use (NY Times)
Twitter Expands Partnership with NFL (USA Today)
GENERAL NEWS
Onalaska Wildfire Forces Evacuations (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Mason County Woman’s Oxygen Tank Sabotaged in Bizarre Bomb Scare (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Womans-oxygen-tank-sabotaged-in-bizarre-bomb-scare-321257031.html
DIVERSIONS
Bounty Hunter Arrested After Mistaking Phoenix Police Chief for Target
Vegemite Sales May Be Limited after Claims It’s Used to Make Alcohol
Authorities: Man Planning Robbery Inadvertently Calls 911
Three Charged in ‘Bizarre’ New York Break-In, Home Occupation
SONG OF THE DAY
Steve Miller Band – Take the Money & Run
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