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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Grays Harbor PUD Commission Opposes Carbon Tax Initiative (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Claim from Imperial Irrigation District – Another California
Electricity Crisis Ahead? (Courthouse
News Service)
California Dreaming: Utilities Uneasy with Regulator’s
Vision to Remake Their Business Model (Utility Dive)
July in the Pacific Northwest Will Be Wet, Cool in the Wake
of El Nino (KIRO Broadcasting,
Seattle, WA)
Buyers Should Be Wary of Houses That Are Marketed as
Energy-Efficient (Washington Post)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Claim from Imperial Irrigation District – Another California Electricity Crisis Ahead?
- Oregon: Federal Regulators Seek Input on Permit for 500-MW Owyhee Pumped Storage Project
- Reservoir Levels Will Fluctuate During Turbine Tests for Nine Mile Dam
- Vandals Shoot Windows at Grays Harbor PUD
- Pacific Gas & Electric Sought to Skirt Federal Rules for Pipeline Pressure
- Report: Warren Buffett Energy Company Could Be Eyeing Bid for Hawaiian Electric
- Energy Adviser: Electrifying Facts about Energy
- Video: Pilgrim – The End of a Nuclear Power Plant
- After Avoiding Default, Puerto Rico Utility Secures 26% Rate Hike to Help Cover Restructuring
- Florida: July 4th Balloons Knock Out Power to Thousands in Kissimmee
- Once Again, Dworshak Reservoir, Columbia River Make Bassmaster’s List for Best Bass Fishing
- Fairly Good Catch of Hatchery Chinook in the Strait of Juan de Fuca
- Op/Ed: Dam-Managing Agencies Won’t Do the Right Thing for Snake River Dams
- Washington State Vineyards Use Drone to Capture Irrigation Data
- Editorial: Southern California Doesn’t Have the Money to Buy Its Way to Clean Air
- California Dreaming: Utilities Uneasy with Regulator’s Vision to Remake Their Business Model
- California Outshines Other States in Solar Power
- Oil Fire Put Out at REC Silicon
- Tapping in to Geothermal Energy – Touring the Newberry Geothermal Energy research facility
- Wind Turbine Industry Aims to Keep Tailwind Blowing
- Buyers Should Be Wary of Houses That Are Marketed as Energy-Efficient
- Grays Harbor PUD Commission Opposes Carbon Tax Initiative
- Florida: Miami-Dade Could Ask Developers to Pay for Climate Change Costs
- Science Groups Blasted for Crossing Line into Activism with Climate-Change Letter to Congress
- The ‘Holy Grail’ for Earthquake Scientists Has Been Accidentally Destroyed
- Silicon Valley: Yahoo Third-Round Bids Due Wednesday
- Here’s How to Make Google Forget All Those Embarrassing Things You’ve Done Online
- Comcast Leaves Cable Dangling in Back Yard of Non-Customer for More Than Two Years
- Snapchat Unveils Memories to Save Photos, Videos
- Twitter Debuts Livestreaming with High Definition Broadcast of Wimbledon
- 26 Ways to Use Video for Your Social Media Marketing
- ‘Selfie Elbow’ Is the Latest in a Long Line of Tech-Related Injuries
- Why You Should Stop Using the Word ‘Foodie’ & 21 Other Awful Food Terms
- Belfair Man’s Trump Truck Pelted during Burien 4th of July Parade
- Editorial: Verner, Upthegrove Top Lands Commissioner Field
- Trailer Rollover Blocks U-S 101 Traffic, Seven Rescued
- Group Says It Sabotaged Oregon Lumber Mill’s Logs
- Hot Spot Reignites Blaze in Downtown Olympia Warehouse Overnight
- July in the Pacific Northwest Will Be Wet, Cool in the Wake of El Nino
- NASA Live-Tweeted the Juno Spacecraft Entering Jupiter’s Orbit, & Basically Won the Internet
- Tech Snafu Forces Starbucks to Apologize, Reveal Higher Prices
Particular ● \per-TICK-yuh-lurr\ ● Adjective – Used to
indicate that one specific person or thing is being referred to and no others.
Special or more than usual. Having very definite opinions about what is good or
acceptable.
My particular use of the term “Pacific Northwest” as opposed
to “the Northwest” has its genesis in a phone call I made in the 1980’s to book
an Amtrak Ticket from Washington State to a city in Oregon. It is a “hair shirt”
pet peeve.
The customer service rep seemed clueless as to the location
of Washington State. When I said it was in the “Northwest,” she said, “Oh, you
mean near Ohio.” Sigh. Her reference was to the Old Northwest Territories,
which in the late 1700’s meant Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and part of
Minnesota (see the name origin of Northwestern University in Evanston, IL). I
just could not penetrate the person’s wall of ignorance: a person who
responsible for booking Amtrak tickets. I drove to my destination.
Even the term “Pacific Northwest” is amorphous. Sometimes including
only Washington State, Oregon & Idaho. Other times adding northern
California, British Columbia, Alaska, and west Montana.
Is it a pet peeve of mine? Yes. Just like the use of the geographic
name “Washington,” when someone actually means “Washington State.” Not to
confuse it with Washington, DC.
Now, get off my lawn!
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Claim from Imperial Irrigation District – Another California
Electricity Crisis Ahead? (Courthouse
News Service)
Oregon: Federal Regulators Seek Input on Permit for 500-MW
Owyhee Pumped Storage Project (Renewable
Energy World)
Reservoir Levels
Will Fluctuate During Turbine Tests for Nine Mile Dam (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Vandals Shoot Windows at Grays Harbor PUD (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Pacific Gas & Electric Sought to Skirt Federal Rules for
Pipeline Pressure (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Report: Warren Buffett Energy Company Could Be Eyeing Bid
for Hawaiian Electric (Utility Dive)
Energy Adviser: Electrifying Facts about Energy (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Video: Pilgrim – The
End of a Nuclear Power Plant (The Atlantic)
After Avoiding Default, Puerto Rico Utility Secures 26% Rate
Hike to Help Cover Restructuring (Utility Dive)
Florida: July 4th Balloons Knock Out Power to Thousands in
Kissimmee (Kissimmee Utility Authority, FL)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Once Again, Dworshak Reservoir, Columbia River Make
Bassmaster’s List for Best Bass Fishing (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Fairly Good Catch of Hatchery Chinook in the Strait of Juan
de Fuca (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
Op/Ed: Dam-Managing Agencies Won’t Do the Right Thing for
Snake River Dams (Seattle Times, WA -
Paywall Advisory)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington State Vineyards Use Drone to Capture Irrigation
Data (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
Editorial: Southern California Doesn’t Have the Money to Buy
Its Way to Clean Air (Los Angeles Times, CA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
California Dreaming: Utilities Uneasy with Regulator’s
Vision to Remake Their Business Model (Utility Dive)
California Outshines Other States in Solar Power (Forbes
Magazine)
Oil Fire Put Out at REC Silicon (Columbia Basin Herald,
Moses Lake, WA)
Tapping in to Geothermal Energy – Touring the Newberry
Geothermal Energy research facility (Northwest Power & Conservation Council)
Wind Turbine Industry Aims to Keep Tailwind Blowing (USA Today)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Buyers Should Be Wary of Houses That Are Marketed as
Energy-Efficient (Washington Post)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Grays Harbor PUD Commission Opposes Carbon Tax Initiative (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Florida: Miami-Dade Could Ask Developers to Pay for Climate
Change Costs (Miami New-Times, FL)
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-dade-could-ask-developers-to-pay-for-climate-change-costs-8576071
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-dade-could-ask-developers-to-pay-for-climate-change-costs-8576071
Science Groups Blasted for Crossing Line into Activism with
Climate-Change Letter to Congress (Washington Times)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The ‘Holy Grail’ for Earthquake Scientists Has Been
Accidentally Destroyed (Los Angeles Times, CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Silicon Valley: Yahoo Third-Round Bids Due Wednesday
(BizWomen)
Here’s How to Make Google Forget All Those Embarrassing
Things You’ve Done Online (Consumerist)
Comcast Leaves Cable Dangling in Back Yard of Non-Customer
for More Than Two Years (Consumerist)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Snapchat Unveils Memories to Save Photos, Videos (USA Today)
Twitter Debuts Livestreaming with High Definition Broadcast
of Wimbledon (AdWeek)
26 Ways to Use Video for Your Social Media Marketing (Social
Media Examiner)
‘Selfie Elbow’ Is the Latest in a Long Line of Tech-Related
Injuries (Washington Post)
Why You Should Stop Using the Word ‘Foodie’ & 21 Other
Awful Food Terms (Seattle Times, WA -
Paywall Advisory)
POLITICS & MANAGEMENT
Belfair Man’s Trump Truck Pelted during Burien 4th of July
Parade (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Editorial: Verner, Upthegrove Top Lands Commissioner Field (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Trailer Rollover Blocks U-S 101 Traffic, Seven Rescued (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
Group Says It Sabotaged Oregon Lumber Mill’s Logs (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Hot Spot Reignites Blaze in Downtown Olympia Warehouse
Overnight (Olympian - Paywall
Advisory)
July in the Pacific Northwest Will Be Wet, Cool in the Wake
of El Nino (KIRO Broadcasting,
Seattle, WA)
NASA Live-Tweeted the Juno Spacecraft Entering Jupiter’s
Orbit, & Basically Won the Internet (Yahoo News)
Tech Snafu Forces Starbucks to Apologize, Reveal Higher
Prices (Puget Sound Business
Journal, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Human Slingshot Launches People 300 Feet into the Air
101 Bivalves Down the Gullet – 2016 Oyster Eating Challenge
Has A New Champion
How Champion Eater Joey ‘Jaws’ Chestnut Scarfed Down 70 Hot
Dogs in 10 Minutes
Orphaned Elk Shows Up at Wildfire, Nuzzles Firefighters
SONG OF THE DAY
Duran Duran – Hungry Like the Wolf
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