SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
August Was Warmer, Wetter Than Average (KELA Radio,
Centralia, WA)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Regulators OK Pacific Power Rate Hike
(Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
Cloud Computing Brings Big Centers, But Few Jobs to Small
Towns (SF Chronicle)
Pole Attachment Reform Passes in Nashville to AT&T’s
Dismay (Broadband Reports)
Washington State’s Carbon Tax Initiative Looks Like a
Nail-Biter (Crosscut Seattle)
Struggles Continue for Belfair Sewer (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Washington State Regulators OK Pacific Power Rate Hike
- Nine Mile Dam Upgrade Part of Avista’s Plan to Keep Generators Humming
- Wahkiakum, Pacific PUD ‘Intertie’ Aims for Better Reliability
- Oops! Seattle Utilities Try to Figure Out What Caused Flaw in New System
- After Aliso Canyon Methane Leak, California Natural Gas Generation Down 20%
- California Is Using More Renewables & Less Natural Gas in Its Summer Electricity Mix
- Army Corps of Engineers: ‘Hard to Estimate’ How Much Oklahoma Dams Could Handle in Earthquake
- Florida: Power Struggle? Scott, Tallahassee at Odds on Storm Recovery
- Judge Grants Partial Stop on North Dakota Pipeline Work
- Energy Bill Supporters: Don’t Expect a Deal Before Election
- Feds Take Most Humpback Whales Off Endangered Species List
- Struggles Continue for Belfair Sewer
- Ninth Circuit Upholds Permit for Wood-Burning California Power Plant
- Oregon State Spinout Lands $175,000 For Renewable Energy Tech
- Elon Musk’s Solar Vision, Up for a Dicey Vote
- Google to Oversee Team from Struggling Smart-Home Firm Nest
- Oregon Agency Charged with Accrediting Pot Labs ‘On Verge of Collapse’
- Alaska Pot Regulators Poised to Approve Retail Licenses
- Washington State’s Carbon Tax Initiative Looks Like a Nail-Biter
- Opinion: Famed Weatherman Wades into I-732 Debate on Race & Social Justice
- Clallam County Commissioner Candidates Differ on Carbon Tax
- U-S Companies Tout Climate Policies, Fund Climate Skeptics
- California Utility Wants to Install Huge Number of Electric Car Chargers
- Cloud Computing Brings Big Centers, But Few Jobs to Small Towns
- Pole Attachment Reform Passes in Nashville to AT&T’s Dismay
- SandyNet Increases Speeds, Keeps Low Prices
- CenturyLink Broadband Availability Uneven, Rural Markets Suffering, Report Shows
- Amazon Leaks iPhone 7 Product Page, Showing Off Bluetooth Headphones
- Are You Really Reaching Co-op Members Online?
- Bundy Wildlife Refuge Occupation: How The Trial Breaks the Legal Mold
- ITT Closes Nationwide after Federal Government Stops New Funding
- City of Shelton Hires Director of Financial Services
- Mason County Releases Preliminary 2017 Budget
- Federal Court Dismisses Klickitat County’s Case over Yakama Nation Reservation Boundary
- Washington State Connection: Mystery of Flag in Iconic 9/11 Photo Solved
- Gonzaga Reacts to Wave of Criticism over Hiring of Fired University of Missouri Professor Melissa Click
Retrospective • \reh-truh-SPEK-tiv\ • adjective – 1a:
contemplative of or relative to past events *b: being a generally comprehensive
exhibition, compilation, or performance of the work of an artist over a span of
years 2: affecting things past: retroactive
Dante was distraught. He had been thoroughly enjoying the
retrospective exhibit at the local museum on the acting career of Don Knotts.
That is, until he came across an enlargement of a negative review of the “Ghost
& Mr. Chicken” from the New Yorker Magazine that was prominently placed
near the “Andy Griffith” display. “It was like a beer belch in church,” he
tearfully confessed to the local newspaper’s intern who had been sent to cover
the premiere event.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Washington State Regulators OK Pacific Power Rate Hike
(Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
Nine Mile Dam Upgrade Part of Avista’s Plan to Keep Generators
Humming (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Wahkiakum, Pacific PUD ‘Intertie’ Aims for Better
Reliability (Chinook Observer, Long Beach, WA)
Oops! Seattle Utilities Try to Figure Out What Caused Flaw in
New System (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
After Aliso Canyon Methane Leak, California Natural Gas
Generation Down 20% (Utility Dive)
California Is Using More Renewables & Less Natural Gas in
Its Summer Electricity Mix (Energy Information Administration)
Army Corps of Engineers: ‘Hard to Estimate’ How Much Oklahoma
Dams Could Handle in Earthquake (KTUL-TV, Tulsa, OK)
Florida: Power Struggle? Scott, Tallahassee at Odds on Storm
Recovery (Associated Press)
Judge Grants Partial Stop on North Dakota Pipeline Work (Associated
Press)
Energy Bill Supporters: Don’t Expect a Deal Before Election
(Morning Consult)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Feds Take Most Humpback Whales Off Endangered Species List (Associated
Press)
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/feds-humpback-whales-off-endangered-species-list-41903696
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Struggles Continue for Belfair Sewer (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Ninth Circuit Upholds Permit for Wood-Burning California Power
Plant (Reuters)
Oregon State Spinout Lands $175,000 For Renewable Energy
Tech (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Elon Musk’s Solar Vision, Up for a Dicey Vote (NY Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Google to Oversee Team from Struggling Smart-Home Firm Nest (San
Jose Mercury News, CA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Oregon Agency Charged with Accrediting Pot Labs ‘On Verge of
Collapse’ (Oregonian, Portland)
Alaska Pot Regulators Poised to Approve Retail Licenses (Associated
Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington State’s Carbon Tax Initiative Looks Like a
Nail-Biter (Crosscut Seattle)
Opinion: Famed Weatherman Wades into I-732 Debate on Race
& Social Justice (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Clallam County Commissioner Candidates Differ on Carbon Tax
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
U-S Companies Tout Climate Policies, Fund Climate Skeptics (Reuters)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
California Utility Wants to Install Huge Number of Electric
Car Chargers – Wants rate payers to foot the $160 million bill (Scientific
American)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Cloud Computing Brings Big Centers, But Few Jobs to Small
Towns (SF Chronicle)
Pole Attachment Reform Passes in Nashville to AT&T’s
Dismay (Broadband Reports)
SandyNet Increases Speeds, Keeps Low Prices (Municipal
Networks)
CenturyLink Broadband Availability Uneven, Rural Markets
Suffering, Report Shows (Fierce Telecom)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Amazon Leaks iPhone 7 Product Page, Showing Off Bluetooth Headphones
(Mashable)
Are You Really Reaching Co-op Members Online? (Electric
Co-op Today)
POLITICS & MANAGEMENT
Bundy Wildlife Refuge Occupation: How The Trial Breaks the
Legal Mold (Christian Science Monitor)
GENERAL NEWS
ITT Closes Nationwide after Federal Government Stops New
Funding (Sacramento Bee, CA)
City of Shelton Hires Director of Financial Services (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Mason County Releases Preliminary 2017 Budget (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Federal Court Dismisses Klickitat County’s Case over Yakama
Nation Reservation Boundary (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
Washington State Connection: Mystery of Flag in Iconic 9/11
Photo Solved (USA Today)
Gonzaga Reacts to Wave of Criticism over Hiring of Fired University
of Missouri Professor Melissa Click (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
SHOCKING NEWS – DIVERSIONS
USDA Admits Weight Loss Not Possible for People Who Don’t
Like Salmon (The Onion. Note: from the ONION)
Pachyderm Pandemonium – Ohio Coroner Links Elephant
Tranquilizer to Series of Overdose Deaths
“I’m a Shooting Star”: Asteroid Named after Freddie Mercury
Trump Supporter Shocks Political Sign Thieves
SONG OF THE DAY
Queen – We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions
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