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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Seattle Hotter Than Tucson? National Media Freaks over Heat Wave (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Columnist: A Changing Electrical Grid May Make Snake River Dams Expendable — and Help Save Salmon (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Op/Ed: The Power of Natural Gas in the War on Carbon Emissions (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Power Restored to Two North Carolina Islands after Weeklong Outage (USA Today)
Jefferson PUD Names New Telecom Manager (Jefferson, PUD, Port Townsend, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Power Restored to Two North Carolina Islands after Weeklong Outage
- North Carolina: After 7 Days of Darkness, Power Is Restored on the Outer Banks
- Okanogan PUD Power Rates Increased to Pay for Capital Improvements
- Port of Port Angeles, Clallam PUD Seek Potential Partnerships
- Cats & Squirrels Are Causing Washington Fires, Power Outages
- Return to Quorum: Senate Confirms Powelson, Chatterjee to FERC
- Senate Committee Sets Hearing for FERC Nominees Glick, Mcintyre in September
- Death of a Nuke Build: Summer Abandonment Leaves South Carolina Ratepayers Holding the Bag
- U-S Utility Customers Remain Satisfied, but Always Room for Improvement
- Columnist: A Changing Electrical Grid May Make Snake River Dams Expendable — and Help Save Salmon
- Fishy Release Numbers Again Hamper Cowlitz Trout Hatchery
- Mountain Goats on Your Trail? They Like You, & Your Urine
- Deadly Bat Disease Found In State; Data, Samples Collected In Clallam
- Super-Colossal Wind Turbines May Be on the Horizon
- Op/Ed: If We Keep Subsidizing Wind, Will the Cost of Wind Energy Go Down?
- Tesla Finishes First Solar Roofs—Including Elon’s House
- Many States Have Adopted Policies to Encourage Energy Efficiency
- Washington State Does Not Intend to Give Lewis County Pot Revenue
- Op/Ed: The Power of Natural Gas in the War on Carbon Emissions
- This Site Calculates Your Carbon Footprint, Then Helps You Offset It
- Sequim Holiday Inn Installs Tesla Supercharger Station
- Jefferson PUD Names New Telecom Manager
- FCC Offers ‘Reverse-Auction’ to Expand Rural Broadband Access
- Can Using a Laptop Make You Infertile?
- Seattle Hotter Than Tucson? National Media Freaks over Heat Wave
- Heat, Wildfires Make Portland’s Air Quality among Worst in Nation
- Hot, Dry Weather Fuels Grass Fires, Keeps Central Mason Firefighters Busy
- Here’s What We Know about the British Columbia Fires
- Shelton Playing for Pee Wee Reese Championship
- When is the Perseid Meteor Shower – How Can I See It?
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Power Restored to Two North Carolina Islands after Weeklong Outage (USA Today)
North Carolina: After 7 Days of Darkness, Power Is Restored on the Outer Banks (NY Times)
Okanogan PUD Power Rates Increased to Pay for Capital Improvements (The Gazette-Tribune, Oroville, WA)
Port of Port Angeles, Clallam PUD Seek Potential Partnerships (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Cats & Squirrels Are Causing Washington Fires, Power Outages (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Return to Quorum: Senate Confirms Powelson, Chatterjee to FERC (Utility Dive)
Senate Committee Sets Hearing for FERC Nominees Glick, Mcintyre in September (Utility Dive)
Death of a Nuke Build: Summer Abandonment Leaves South Carolina Ratepayers Holding the Bag (Utility Dive)
U-S Utility Customers Remain Satisfied, but Always Room for Improvement (Forbes Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columnist: A Changing Electrical Grid May Make Snake River Dams Expendable — and Help Save Salmon (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Fishy Release Numbers Again Hamper Cowlitz Trout Hatchery (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Mountain Goats on Your Trail? They Like You, & Your Urine (NY Times)
Deadly Bat Disease Found In State; Data, Samples Collected In Clallam (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Super-Colossal Wind Turbines May Be on the Horizon (NBC News)
Op/Ed: If We Keep Subsidizing Wind, Will the Cost of Wind Energy Go Down? (SF Chronicle)
Tesla Finishes First Solar Roofs—Including Elon’s House (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Many States Have Adopted Policies to Encourage Energy Efficiency (U-S Energy Information Administration)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Washington State Does Not Intend to Give Lewis County Pot Revenue “…(the county) could not prohibit the sale & manufacture of cannabis in the county & then seek to receive marijuana tax money…” (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Op/Ed: The Power of Natural Gas in the War on Carbon Emissions (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
This Site Calculates Your Carbon Footprint, Then Helps You Offset It (Fast Company)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE
Sequim Holiday Inn Installs Tesla Supercharger Station (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Jefferson PUD Names New Telecom Manager (Jefferson, PUD, Port Townsend, WA)
FCC Offers ‘Reverse-Auction’ to Expand Rural Broadband Access (Engadget)
Can Using a Laptop Make You Infertile? (USA Today)
GENERAL NEWS
Seattle Hotter Than Tucson? National Media Freaks over Heat Wave (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Heat, Wildfires Make Portland’s Air Quality among Worst in Nation (Oregonian, Portland)
Hot, Dry Weather Fuels Grass Fires, Keeps Central Mason Firefighters Busy (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Here’s What We Know about the British Columbia Fires (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Shelton Playing for Pee Wee Reese Championship (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
When is the Perseid Meteor Shower – How Can I See It? (Yahoo News)
BRAIN SALAD SURGERY – DIVERSIONS
Cops: Rant About Salad with Too-Few Cucumbers Ends in Arrest
Cubs Give World Series Championship Ring to Steve Bartman
Boeing Dreamliner Draws Itself in the Air During 18-Hour Test Flight
Bee Bumble: Homeowner Tries to Burn Nest, Sets Home Ablaze
http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/us/article/Bee-bumble-Homeowner-tries-to-burn-nest-sets-11734592.php
SONG OF THE DAY
Still You Turn Me On - Emerson Lake & Palmer
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