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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Gas Tax, Fees on Electric Cars Set to
Increase July 1 (KPLU Radio, Tacoma, WA)
Federal Appeals Court: Washington State Must Fix
Salmon-Blocking Culverts (Associated
Press)
Oregon Lawmakers Grill State Energy Department’s Leader
(Northwest Cable News Network)
British Columbia: Drought Alert Issued – Vancouver Islanders
Asked to Conserve Water (Victoria
Times Colonist, BC)
Berkeley Lab: It Takes 70 Billion-Kilowatt Hours a Year to
Run the Internet (Forbes Magazine)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Federal Appeals Court: Washington State Must Fix Salmon-Blocking Culverts
- Culvert Dilemma: Top Court Ruling to Protect Salmon Could Cost Washington State $2.4 Billion
- Section of Columbia River in Hanford Reach Area Opens for Sockeye Fishing
- Sea-Tac Becomes First “Salmon Safe” Airport in the Nation
- British Columbia: Drought Alert Issued – Vancouver Islanders Asked to Conserve Water
- The Prospect of Turning Human Waste into Drinking Water
- California Regulators Update Interconnection Rules for Renewables
- In New York, Solar Companies & Utilities Form an Unlikely Alliance
- U-S Senators Put Pressure on the Feds to Reschedule Marijuana
- Chart of the Week: Monthly Recreational Marijuana Sales in U-S Averaging $124 Million
- Why the Marijuana Business Is Appealing to Female Entrepreneurs
- Electric Motorcycles Creep into California’s Legendary Biker Culture
- Berkeley Lab: It Takes 70 Billion-Kilowatt Hours a Year to Run the Internet
- Google’s Satellite Map Gets a 700-Trillion-Pixel Makeover
- How Much Fiber Internet Could Make Your Rent Increase
- Olympics: The Cable Empire Strikes Back
- At Cannes, the Ad Industry Confronts the Rise of Facebook
- Microsoft Broke an Age-Old Rule with Windows 10 Updates & Paid the Price
- Three Tools to Create Social Media Visuals
- How to Save Old Film Photos with Your Phone
- U-S Supreme Court Rejects Washington Pharmacists’ Religious Rights Appeal
- Public Lands Commissioner Candidates Face Off in Belfair
- Infographic: From Town Halls to Targeting, Political Advertising Has Come a Long Way
- Washington State Gas Tax, Fees on Electric Cars Set to Increase July 1
- Nation’s Interstate Highways Celebrate 60th Birthday with Growing Congestion, Repair Backlogs
- Mason Transit Opens Public Parking Lot in Belfair
- Volkswagen to Pay Washington State $26 Million
- City of Shelton Reaches Employment Agreement with New Administrator
- Thurston County Commissioners Vote to Ban Fireworks during Burn Bans
- Baby Boomers’ Retirement: The Country’s Biggest & Most Predictable Train Wreck?
- Panama Canal Expansion Could Spell Doom for Seattle, Tacoma Ports
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requirements of the law: not forbidden by law: permissible.
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Sigh of summer love
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Oregon Lawmakers Grill State Energy Department’s Leader (Northwest
Cable News Network)
Oregon Department of Energy Director Calls Tax Credits an
Economic Development Success (Oregonian, Portland)
U-S, Mexico, Canada Pledge 50% Renewables & Nuclear by 2025
in New Climate Pact (Utility Dive)
City of Centralia Warns of Suspicious Activity at City Light
Dropbox (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
California PUC Approves Gas Rate Hike for California Utilities
& SoCalGas (Utility Dive)
Think We Can Abandon Nuclear Energy? Don’t Look at This
Chart. (The Motley Fool)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Federal Appeals Court: Washington State Must Fix
Salmon-Blocking Culverts (Associated
Press)
Culvert Dilemma: Top Court Ruling to Protect Salmon Could
Cost Washington State $2.4 Billion (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Section of Columbia River in Hanford Reach Area Opens for Sockeye
Fishing (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
Sea-Tac Becomes First “Salmon Safe” Airport in the Nation (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA – Except at Anthony’s
Restaurant)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
British Columbia: Drought Alert Issued – Vancouver Islanders
Asked to Conserve Water (Victoria
Times Colonist, BC)
The Prospect of Turning Human Waste into Drinking Water (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
California Regulators Update Interconnection Rules for Renewables
(Utility Dive)
In New York, Solar Companies & Utilities Form an
Unlikely Alliance (Buffalo News, NY)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
U-S Senators Put Pressure on the Feds to Reschedule
Marijuana (Marijuana Business Daily)
Chart of the Week: Monthly Recreational Marijuana Sales in
U-S Averaging $124 Million (Marijuana Business Daily)
Why the Marijuana Business Is Appealing to Female
Entrepreneurs (The Atlantic Magazine)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Electric Motorcycles Creep into California’s Legendary Biker
Culture (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Berkeley Lab: It Takes 70 Billion-Kilowatt Hours a Year to
Run the Internet (Forbes Magazine)
Google’s Satellite Map Gets a 700-Trillion-Pixel Makeover
(The Atlantic Magazine)
How Much Fiber Internet Could Make Your Rent Increase
(Louisville Business First, KY)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Olympics: The Cable Empire Strikes Back – The 2016 Olympics
will be a test of how well Comcast & NBC can deliver live programming in
the digital, on-demand era (The Atlantic Magazine)
At Cannes, the Ad Industry Confronts the Rise of Facebook (NY Times)
Microsoft Broke an Age-Old Rule with Windows 10 Updates &
Paid the Price (Mashable)
Three Tools to Create Social Media Visuals (Social Media
Examiner)
How to Save Old Film Photos with Your Phone (Gizmodo)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
U-S Supreme Court Rejects Washington Pharmacists’ Religious
Rights Appeal (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Public Lands Commissioner Candidates Face Off in Belfair
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Infographic: From Town Halls to Targeting, Political
Advertising Has Come a Long Way – A Look at the Programmatic Trail to the Presidency
(AdWeek)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State Gas Tax, Fees on Electric Cars Set to Increase
July 1 (KPLU Radio, Tacoma, WA)
Nation’s Interstate Highways Celebrate 60th Birthday with
Growing Congestion, Repair Backlogs (Consumerist)
Mason Transit Opens Public Parking Lot in Belfair (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Volkswagen to Pay Washington State $26 Million (Northwest
Cable News Network)
City of Shelton Reaches Employment Agreement with New
Administrator (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Thurston County Commissioners Vote to Ban Fireworks during
Burn Bans (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle,
WA)
Baby Boomers’ Retirement: The Country’s Biggest & Most
Predictable Train Wreck? (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
Panama Canal Expansion Could Spell Doom for Seattle, Tacoma Ports
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Ohio Becomes One of the First States to Legally Protect
Paramedics Who Save Pets’ Lives
Dad Pulls Out Daughter’s Loose Tooth with a Wild Squirrel
Skeletons & Coins Found at Pompeii Dig
Puppy Presumed Dead at Sea Reunited with Family, Thanks to Facebook
Post
SONG OF THE DAY
Henry Gross – Shannon
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