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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Group Sues to Force Pollution Disclosure at Grand Coulee Dam
(Tri-City Herald, WA)
Wind Energy Project Proposed for Thurston, Lewis Counties (Olympian - Paywall Advisory – Greens say “build
it. We dare you…”)
Washington State’s Watershed Conditions Continue to Decline
(Northwest Public Radio)
Google Has Turned on Its US-Japan Undersea Cable (Gizmodo –
Note: Page may have PG-13 content)
Two Seal Pups Die after Being Picked Up from Beach
(Northwest Cable News Network)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Obama’s Clean Energy Goal Fails without Nuclear, Industry Says
- Despite Flawed Records, Pacific Gas & Electric Raised Pressure on Pipe That Exploded
- After Diablo Canyon: Pacific Gas & Electric CEO Tony Earley on Renewables & California’s Energy Future
- Centralia Council Approves City Light Rate Increase with 5-2 Vote
- Alaska: U-S Forest Service Releases Draft Decision on Kake Electrical Line
- Scotland: Gilkes Begins Construction of Three Small Hydroelectric Plants in Scotland
- Two Seal Pups Die after Being Picked Up from Beach
- Grand Canyon Visitors May Face Citation for Picking Up Deer
- Boyer Park Hot Spot for Pikeminnow Angling Rewards
- Group Sues to Force Pollution Disclosure at Grand Coulee Dam
- Washington State’s Watershed Conditions Continue to Decline
- California: Shasta Water Release Plan Has No Cutbacks to Farmers – For Now
- Climate Change, Lack of Water Monitoring Leave Oregon Vulnerable to Harmful Algae Blooms
- Wind Energy Project Proposed for Thurston, Lewis Counties
- Study: California Investor Owned Utilities Lead Nation in Renewable Energy Retail Sales
- Colorado: Public Utilities Commission Agrees to Billing & Credit Change for Solar Gardens
- Utilities, Including the Bonneville Power Administration, Put Incentive Money on the Table
- Idaho Falls Slowly Replacing Old Street Lights with New LED’s
- Here’s a Rare $50 Discount on Nest’s Newest Thermostat
- Washington State Readies for Bumpy Ride as State’s Medical, Rec Markets Merge
- ‘Mason County Leaders OK Moratorium on Medical Marijuana Cooperatives
- Canada’s Marijuana Task Force to Be Led by Former Deputy PM Anne McLellan
- Editorial: Oregon – The Intoxicating Smell of Pot Tax Money
- Three Questions for the Oregon Department of Transportation about the West Coast Electric Highway
- Google Has Turned on Its US-Japan Undersea Cable
- Google Calendar Outage Leaves Users Frustrated
- How One Email Set Off a Six-Year Legal Battle with No End in Sight
- What Would You Do without Your Yahoo? Avid Users Fret as Decision Looms
- As Publisher Reach on Facebook Goes Down, Video Is Going Way Up
- How Social Media Has Changed the Camera—and Photography—Forever
- Facebook Users Are Rebelling Against Clickbait with One of the Only Tools They Have
- Tribal Sovereignty Is Hot Topic at Gathering of Native American Leaders in Spokane
- Judge Orders Tim Eyman to Surrender Tax Records
- Franklin Graham Rallies the Evangelical Vote in Olympia
- Why Office Dress Codes Keep Getting More Casual
- Crackdown Aims to Keep Long Beach Trash Free This July Fourth
- Car Crashes near Victor; Troopers Looking for Second Vehicle
- Danette Brannin Named Mason Transit’s General Manager
- Hundreds of Spokane Homeowners Still Await Repair after Last November’s Wind Storm
- Suicide Rates Highest In Farmers, Lumberjacks, Fishermen
- Washington Ranked Among Most Patriotic States
- ‘Earthquake?’ Google Promises Faster Information – And a Map
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taking the part of second importance in a classical Greek drama *2: a person
who serves as a foil to another
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the “Lord of the Rings” is misplaced, especially when as a deuteragonist,
Gollum is a more interesting character.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Obama’s Clean Energy Goal Fails without Nuclear, Industry
Says (Washington Examiner)
Despite Flawed Records, Pacific Gas & Electric Raised
Pressure on Pipe That Exploded (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
After Diablo Canyon: Pacific Gas & Electric CEO Tony
Earley on Renewables & California’s Energy Future (Utility Dive)
Centralia Council Approves City Light Rate Increase with 5-2
Vote (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Alaska: U-S Forest Service Releases Draft Decision on Kake Electrical
Line (KFSK Radio, Petersburg, AK)
Scotland: Gilkes Begins Construction of Three Small
Hydroelectric Plants in Scotland (Renewable
Energy World)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Two Seal Pups Die after Being Picked Up from Beach (Northwest
Cable News Network)
Grand Canyon Visitors May Face Citation for Picking Up Deer (Associated Press)
Boyer Park Hot Spot for Pikeminnow Angling Rewards (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Group Sues to Force Pollution Disclosure at Grand Coulee Dam
(Tri-City Herald, WA)
Washington State’s Watershed Conditions Continue to Decline (Northwest
Public Radio)
California: Shasta Water Release Plan Has No Cutbacks to
Farmers – For Now (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Climate Change, Lack of Water Monitoring Leave Oregon Vulnerable
to Harmful Algae Blooms (Associated
Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Wind Energy Project Proposed for Thurston, Lewis Counties (Olympian - Paywall Advisory – Greens say “build
it. We dare you…”)
Study: California Investor Owned Utilities Lead Nation in
Renewable Energy Retail Sales (Utility Dive)
Colorado: Public
Utilities Commission Agrees to Billing & Credit Change for Solar Gardens
(Denver Post, CO)
Utilities, Including
the Bonneville Power Administration, Put Incentive Money on the Table (Hydrocarbons
21)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Idaho Falls Slowly Replacing Old Street Lights with New LED’s
(KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls, ID)
Here’s a Rare $50 Discount on Nest’s Newest Thermostat (Gizmodo)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Washington State Readies for Bumpy Ride as State’s Medical, Rec
Markets Merge (Marijuana Business Daily)
‘Mason County Leaders OK Moratorium on Medical Marijuana
Cooperatives (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Canada’s Marijuana Task Force to Be Led by Former Deputy PM
Anne Mclellan (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
Editorial: Oregon – The Intoxicating Smell of Pot Tax Money (Oregonian,
Portland)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Three Questions for the Oregon Department of Transportation about
the West Coast Electric Highway (Portland Business Journal, OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Has Turned on Its US-Japan Undersea Cable (Gizmodo –
Note: Page may have PG-13 content)
Google Calendar Outage Leaves Users Frustrated (Associated Press)
How One Email Set Off a Six-Year Legal Battle with No End in
Sight (Consumerist)
https://consumerist.com/2016/06/30/how-one-email-set-off-a-6-year-legal-battle-with-no-end-in-sight/
MARKETING & MEDIA
What Would You Do without Your Yahoo? Avid Users Fret as Decision
Looms (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/06/30/overlooked-yahoo-bidding-its-avid-users/86478384/
As Publisher Reach on Facebook Goes Down, Video Is Going Way
Up (AdWeek)
How Social Media Has Changed the Camera—and
Photography—Forever (AdWeek)
Facebook Users Are Rebelling Against Clickbait with One of the
Only Tools They Have (Washington Post)
POLITICS & MANAGEMENT
Tribal Sovereignty Is Hot Topic at Gathering of Native
American Leaders in Spokane (Northwest Public Radio)
Judge Orders Tim Eyman to Surrender Tax Records (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Franklin Graham Rallies the Evangelical Vote in Olympia (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
http://www.king5.com/news/politics/franklin-graham-rallies-the-evangelical-vote-in-olympia/259818498
Why Office Dress Codes Keep Getting More Casual (San Jose
Mercury News, CA)
GENERAL NEWS
Crackdown Aims to Keep Long Beach Trash Free This July
Fourth (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Car Crashes near Victor; Troopers Looking for Second Vehicle
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Danette Brannin Named Mason Transit’s General Manager (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Hundreds of Spokane Homeowners Still Await Repair after Last
November’s Wind Storm (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Suicide Rates Highest In Farmers, Lumberjacks, Fishermen (Associated Press)
Washington Ranked Among Most Patriotic States (Northwest
Cable News Network)
‘Earthquake?’ Google Promises Faster Information – And a Map
(Los Angeles Times, CA)
FLYING FIGS – DIVERSIONS
Cricket Chips, Dehydrated Organs: ‘Healthy’ Snack Foods That
May Be Hard to Swallow
Flexible Squirrel Is the Star of a Stunt-Filled Photoshop Battle
Calling Michael Scott – Kellogg’s Opening an All-Day Premium
Cereal Cafe in Times Square
They Stole Michael Scott’s Cereal Shack Idea
5,000-Year-Old Pay Stub Shows That Ancient Workers Were Paid
in Beer
SONG OF THE DAY
Leo Sayer – Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)
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