SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Fire at Moses lake REC Silicon Plant Will Impact Third
Quarter Production (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Sockeye Fishing Opens, Salmon Limits Raised In Columbia
above Priest Rapids Dam (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
California: State Electric Grid Expansion Would Add
Coal-Heavy Utility (Los Angeles Times, CA)
This New Facebook Device Aims to Bring Internet to the Ends
of the Earth (Washington Post)
Grays Harbor County Commissioners Take Heat after Public
Services BBQ (Aberdeen Daily World,
WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- California: State Electric Grid Expansion Would Add Coal-Heavy Utility
- Op/Ed: Close the Expensive Columbia Generating Station
- Columbia Generating Station States & Value
- Marysville Neighbors Catch, Tie Up Suspected Metal Thief
- BC Hydro, McLeod Lake Indian Band Reach Agreement on 1,100-MW Peace River Hydroelectric Project
- Clean Power Plan Implementation Choices by States Could Affect Electricity Generation Mix
- Utilities Rebuild an Aging Lexicon to Keep Pace with Change
- Bystander Electrocuted in Detroit Plane Crash Has Died – Damaged Power Line Struck Her
- Sockeye Fishing Opens, Salmon Limits Raised In Columbia above Priest Rapids Dam
- Oregon Can Kill Salmon-Eating Sea Lions until 2021
- New Warning to Leave Harbor Seal Pups Alone
- Shelton Commissioners Hear Second Plea to Replace or Rehab City’s Main Water Well
- Facing Historically Low Levels, Lake Mead Officials Are Fending Off a Water War. Here’s How
- Fire at Moses lake REC Silicon Plant Will Impact Third Quarter Production
- Vestas Gets Big Order from Xcel for $1 Billion Colorado Wind Farm Project
- Advocacy Group Briefs FBI in Arizona Corporation Commission Inquiry
- MGM Resorts Beats Toys ‘R’ Us with Biggest Rooftop Solar Energy System
- Google Defeats the Pentagon on Green Energy Use
- Pot Backers Hope California Vote Will Pressure Congress to Ease Laws
- Google Preparing to Work with the Cannabis Industry?
- One of the Big Questions in Marijuana Research Has Been Answered – How Much is in a Typical Joint
- ‘Hot, Wet & Wild’ 2016 Weather as U-S Has Warmest June
- The Democrats’ Climate Change Conundrum
- Climate Scientists Are Under Attack from Frivolous Lawsuits
- Ecotrust, National Labor Group Tout Clean Energy Jobs Potential in New Study
- This New Facebook Device Aims to Bring Internet to the Ends of the Earth
- Ten States Challenge FCC Broadband Subsidy Fast-Track
- Glitches Afflict Payments on Etsy, Angering Sellers
- Online, Digital News Overtakes TV for Most Americans, Newspapers on Life Support
- Verizon Promotion of New Plans on Twitter Goes Horribly Wrong
- The Republican National Convention Mobile App Has Livestreaming & a 360-Degree View
- Grays Harbor County Commissioners Take Heat after Public Services BBQ
- What Power Does a Lieutenant Governor Have? Washington State Candidates Disagree
- U-S House Members, Staff Offered Blood Testing after Lead Found in Cannon House Office Building Water
- When You Don’t Have a Direct Competitor, Invent a Phantom One
- Eight U-S Airlines, Including Alaska, Win Tentative Approval to Fly to Cuba
- Port of Shelton Commissioners to Discuss Options for Ex-Fairgrounds Buildings
- Mason County Recognized as a Stormready County
- 34th Annual Allyn Days July 15-17
- A Lesson Learned in Minutes May Save Lives: ‘Hands-Only CPR’
- Seahawks QB (and Alaska Airlines CFO) Russell Wilson, Singer Ciara Had Top-Secret European Wedding
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
California: State Electric Grid Expansion Would Add
Coal-Heavy Utility (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Op/Ed: Close the Expensive Columbia Generating Station (Oregonian,
Portland)
Columbia Generating Station States & Value – 4.7 - 5.2
cents/kWh; Natural Gas 6 - 14 cents/kWh; Wind 7 - 10 cents/kWh; Solar 11 - 42
cents/kWh. (Energy Northwest)
Marysville Neighbors Catch, Tie Up Suspected Metal Thief
(Everett Herald, WA)
BC Hydro, McLeod Lake Indian Band Reach Agreement on 1,100-MW
Peace River Hydroelectric Project (Renewable
Energy World)
Clean Power Plan Implementation Choices by States Could
Affect Electricity Generation Mix (The Energy Collective)
Utilities Rebuild an Aging Lexicon to Keep Pace with Change (E&E
News)
Bystander Electrocuted in Detroit Plane Crash Has Died – Damaged
Power Line Struck Her (Associated
Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sockeye Fishing Opens, Salmon Limits Raised In Columbia above
Priest Rapids Dam (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
Oregon Can Kill Salmon-Eating Sea Lions until 2021 (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
New Warning to Leave Harbor Seal Pups Alone (Northwest Cable
News Network)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Shelton Commissioners Hear Second Plea to Replace or Rehab
City’s Main Water Well (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Facing Historically Low Levels, Lake Mead Officials Are
Fending Off a Water War. Here’s How (Los Angeles Times, CA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Fire at Moses lake REC Silicon Plant Will Impact Third
Quarter Production (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Vestas Gets Big Order from Xcel for $1 Billion Colorado Wind
Farm Project (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Advocacy Group Briefs FBI in Arizona Corporation Commission
Inquiry (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ)
MGM Resorts Beats Toys ‘R’ Us with Biggest Rooftop Solar Energy
System (Bloomberg News)
Google Defeats the Pentagon on Green Energy Use (Washington
Examiner)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Pot Backers Hope California Vote Will Pressure Congress to
Ease Laws (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Google Preparing to Work with the Cannabis Industry?
(Marijuana Business Daily)
One of the Big Questions in Marijuana Research Has Been
Answered – How Much is in a Typical Joint (Washington Post)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
‘Hot, Wet & Wild’ 2016 Weather as U-S Has Warmest June (Associated Press)
The Democrats’ Climate Change Conundrum (Christian Science
Monitor)
Climate Scientists Are Under Attack from Frivolous Lawsuits
(The Guardian, UK)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Ecotrust, National Labor Group Tout Clean Energy Jobs
Potential in New Study (Portland Business Journal, OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
This New Facebook Device Aims to Bring Internet to the Ends of
the Earth (Washington Post)
Ten States Challenge FCC Broadband Subsidy Fast-Track (Bloomberg
News)
Glitches Afflict Payments on Etsy, Angering Sellers (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Online, Digital News Overtakes TV for Most Americans,
Newspapers on Life Support (Washington Examiner)
Verizon Promotion of New Plans on Twitter Goes Horribly
Wrong (USA Today)
The Republican National Convention Mobile App Has
Livestreaming & a 360-Degree View (AdWeek)
POLITICS & MANAGEMENT
Grays Harbor County Commissioners Take Heat after Public
Services BBQ (Aberdeen Daily World,
WA)
What Power Does a Lieutenant Governor Have? Washington State
Candidates Disagree (News Tribune,
Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
U-S House Members, Staff Offered Blood Testing after Lead
Found in Cannon House Office Building Water (The Hill, Washington, DC)
When You Don’t Have a Direct Competitor, Invent a Phantom
One (Idaho Statesman, Boise – Cites
former BPA Administrator Peter Johnson)
GENERAL NEWS
Eight U-S Airlines, Including Alaska, Win Tentative Approval
to Fly to Cuba (NY Times)
Port of Shelton Commissioners to Discuss Options for
Ex-Fairgrounds Buildings (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Mason County Recognized as a Stormready County (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
34th Annual Allyn Days July 15-17 (Mason Web TV, Shelton,
WA)
A Lesson Learned in Minutes May Save Lives: ‘Hands-Only CPR’
(Washington Post)
Seahawks QB (and Alaska Airlines CFO) Russell Wilson, Singer
Ciara Had Top-Secret European Wedding (Puget
Sound Business Journal, WA)
FLYING FIGS – DIVERSIONS
Nepal Says an Indian Couple Faked Mt. Everest Summit
Conquest Pictures
Delay Those New Year’s Plans: 2016 Is Getting a Leap Second
Man Eats 153-Year-Old Cracker from the Civil War
Ikea’s Black Hot Dog Looks Like It Came from Hell’s Snack
Bar
SONG OF THE DAY
Boston – Rock & Roll Band
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