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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
REC Silicon Chief: Closing Moses Lake Plant an ‘Option’
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Washington State Regulators Want to Turn around State’s Bad
Rep on Blockchain & Cryptocurrency (Geekwire)
Heat Wave Puts Southern California Power Grid under Pressure
(San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
Audit Finds 70 Percent of British Columbia Fish-Processing
Plants Do Not Comply with Environmental Regulations (Seattle Times, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
Counties Aren’t Gonna Take It Any More – They’re All Gearing
Up For Legal Duel with the State over Money & Power (Everett Herald, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Heat Wave Puts Southern California Power Grid
under Pressure
2.
Editorial: Exploding Transmission Costs Are the
Missing Story in California’s Regionalization Debate
3.
Raccoon Blamed for Seattle Power Outage
4.
Editorial: Sell BPA? No Takers Here
5.
Op/Ed: Columbia River Treaty – Coming to the
Table
6.
Northwest Public Power Association Announces
2018-2019 Board Officers
7.
Arizona Corporation Commission Executive Director
Resigns Over APS Conflict
8.
Polywood – Northern Powergrid Supports New
Manufacturing Technique for Electricity Poles
9.
Audit Finds 70 Percent of British Columbia
Fish-Processing Plants Do Not Comply with Environmental Regulations
10.
Taking It to the Bank for Salmon, Shad – Many
locations on Columbia River shores have produced solid results
11.
REC Silicon Chief: Closing Moses Lake Plant an
‘Option’
12.
Group behind Arizona Clean Energy Initiative
Submits More Than 480,000 Signatures
13.
California Lawmakers Push 100% Clean Energy Bill
Closer to Governor’s Desk
14.
Are Zero Net Energy Buildings All They’re
Cracked Up to Be?
15.
Washington State Regulators Want to Turn around
State’s Bad Rep on Blockchain & Cryptocurrency
16.
Idaho Call Center Lays Off More Than 600 Workers
17.
California’s Net Neutrality Bill Is Back &
as Tough as Ever
18.
How Smart TVs in Millions of Homes Track More
Than What’s On Tonight
19.
British Columbia BC Hydro Launches Second Phase
of Vehicle Charging Stations
20.
Red-Hot Planet: All-Time Heat Records Have Been
Set All Over the World During The Past Week
21.
Facebook Censored a Post for ‘Hate Speech.’ It
Was the Declaration of Independence.
22.
Hemp Farming Act Could Make Hemp a Legal Federal
Crop
23.
Is Seattle’s Straw Ban a Green Gateway Drug or
Just Peak Slactivism?
24.
UBC Scientists Say E. Coli Bacteria Could Be the
Future of Solar Power
25.
Counties Aren’t Gonna Take It Any More – They’re
All Gearing Up For Legal Duel with the State over Money & Power
26.
Op/Ed: State Lawmakers Receive Record Tax
Revenues, Then Impose Unfunded Mandates on Local Communities in Violation of
State Law
27.
Washington State Voters Likely to Decide Whether
to Bar Local Soda Taxes
28.
U-S Tariffs Take Effect, China Announces
Retaliation
29.
Long-Embattled, Scott Pruitt Resigns as Head of
EPA
30.
Mason County Sheriff: Inmate Assaults Deputy in
Shelton
31.
Overstock Looking to Hire for Satsop Location
32.
Expect Delays, Reduced Speed on Dayton Airport
Road
33.
I Have the Sads: Costco Food Court Is Dumping
the Polish Dog – Here’s What to Expect on the Menu
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Sophistry ● /SAW-fuss-tree/ ● Noun – 1: subtly deceptive
reasoning or argumentation 2: an argument apparently correct in form but
actually invalid; especially: such an argument used to deceive
Political speech
Sound like the “Peanuts” parents
Sophistry deluxe
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Heat Wave Puts Southern California Power Grid under
Pressure (San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
2.
Editorial: Exploding Transmission Costs Are the
Missing Story in California’s Regionalization Debate (Utility Dive)
3.
Raccoon Blamed for Seattle Power Outage (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
4.
Editorial: Sell BPA? No Takers Here – Trump
administration’s proposal an absurd idea that will hurt Northwest economy
5.
Op/Ed: Columbia River Treaty – Coming to the Table
(Wildsight)
6.
Northwest Public Power Association Announces
2018-2019 Board Officers (Northwest Public Power Association)
7.
Arizona Corporation Commission Executive
Director Resigns Over APS Conflict (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
8.
Polywood – Northern Powergrid Supports New
Manufacturing Technique for Electricity Poles (Networks Online)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Audit Finds 70 Percent of British Columbia
Fish-Processing Plants Do Not Comply with Environmental Regulations (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
10. Taking
It to the Bank for Salmon, Shad – Many locations on Columbia River shores have
produced solid results (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
11. REC
Silicon Chief: Closing Moses Lake Plant an ‘Option’ (Columbia Basin Herald,
Moses Lake, WA)
12. Group
behind Arizona Clean Energy Initiative Submits More Than 480,000 Signatures
(Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
13. California
Lawmakers Push 100% Clean Energy Bill Closer to Governor’s Desk (Utility Dive)
14. Are
Zero Net Energy Buildings All They’re Cracked Up to Be? (National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
15. Washington
State Regulators Want to Turn around State’s Bad Rep on Blockchain &
Cryptocurrency (Geekwire)
16. Idaho
Call Center Lays Off More Than 600 Workers (Associated Press)
17. California’s
Net Neutrality Bill Is Back & as Tough as Ever (Washington Post)
18. How
Smart TVs in Millions of Homes Track More Than What’s On Tonight (SF Chronicle)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
19. British
Columbia BC Hydro Launches Second Phase of Vehicle Charging Stations (Victoria
Times Colonist, BC)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
20. Red-Hot
Planet: All-Time Heat Records Have Been Set All Over the World During The Past
Week (Washington Post)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
21. Facebook
Censored a Post for ‘Hate Speech.’ It Was the Declaration of Independence. (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
22. Hemp
Farming Act Could Make Hemp a Legal Federal Crop (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/hemp-farming-act-could-make-hemp-a-legal-federal-crop/283-571140441
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
23. Is
Seattle’s Straw Ban a Green Gateway Drug or Just Peak Slactivism? (Grist
Online)
24. UBC
Scientists Say E. Coli Bacteria Could Be the Future of Solar Power (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
25. Counties
Aren’t Gonna Take It Any More – They’re All Gearing Up For Legal Duel with the
State over Money & Power (Everett Herald, WA)
26. Op/Ed:
State Lawmakers Receive Record Tax Revenues, Then Impose Unfunded Mandates on
Local Communities in Violation of State Law (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
27. Washington
State Voters Likely to Decide Whether to Bar Local Soda Taxes (Associated
Press)
28. U-S
Tariffs Take Effect, China Announces Retaliation (Associated Press)
29. Long-Embattled,
Scott Pruitt Resigns as Head of EPA (Courthouse News Service)
GENERAL NEWS
30. Mason
County Sheriff: Inmate Assaults Deputy in Shelton (Associated Press)
31. Overstock
Looking to Hire for Satsop Location (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
32. Expect
Delays, Reduced Speed on Dayton Airport Road (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
33. I
Have the Sads: Costco Food Court Is Dumping the Polish Dog – Here’s What to Expect
on the Menu (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Tasty Typo Confuses Connecticut State Senate Candidate with
a Sandwich
Kent Police Department Officer Gives Local Boy a New Bike
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/kent-police-department-officer-gives-local-boy-a-new-bike/782431734
Duke, the Bush’s Baked Beans Dog, Has Died – Claimed by
Aggressive Cancer
A Pride of Lions Killed & Ate a Group of Rhino Poachers
Who Broke Into a Wildlife Reserve
SONG OF THE DAY
Glenn Shorrock – American Flyers (Movie Soundtrack)
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