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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Snake River Dams Study Points to Removal – Dam Backers
Aren’t Buying It (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Opposition Groups Appealing Pend Oreille County Silicon
Smelter Ruling (Bonner County Daily Bee, Sandpoint, ID)
Failed Sewage Pumps Led to 2.1-Million-Gallon Spill into
Puget Sound (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
Oregon: Steelhead Return to Beaver Creek near LaGrande after
Century-Long Absence (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Fish & Skidoo Passage – Personal Watercraft Survives
Plunge Over Wanapum Dam (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Snake River Dams Study Points to Removal – Dam
Backers Aren’t Buying It
2.
Potential Removal of Snake River Dams Causes
More Debate
3.
Costs of Removing Snake River Dams Unknown
4.
Fish & Skidoo Passage – Personal Watercraft
Survives Plunge Over Wanapum Dam
5.
Avista Makes Annual Price Adjustment Filings in
Idaho, Asks for Nearly Two Percent Increase in Electricity Rates
6.
Oregon: Northern Wasco PUD Board Seeks to Fill
Vacancy
7.
Why Eskom’s Power Crisis Is South Africa’s Top
Risk
8.
Oregon: Steelhead Return to Beaver Creek near
LaGrande after Century-Long Absence
9.
Great White Sharks Attacking Sea Lions at
Increase Rate Off California Coast
10.
Governor Inslee Appoints Two New Members to
Washington State Fish & Wildlife Commission
11.
Failed Sewage Pumps Led to 2.1-Million-Gallon
Spill into Puget Sound
12.
EPA Moves to Scrap Rules for Coal Ash Pollution
13.
Opposition Groups Appealing Pend Oreille County
Silicon Smelter Ruling
14.
Op/Ed: Montana Has the Clean Energy That
Washington Needs
15.
California Farmers Are Planting Solar Panels as
Water Supplies Dry Up
16.
U.S. Launches Duty Investigations of Wind Towers
Imported from Canada
17.
New York Congressman Calls Wind Turbines in Lake
Erie ‘Devastating’ to Border Security
18.
Energy Adviser: Beating the Heat Can Be Affordable
19.
Independent Show: Small Cable Companies Are
Bullish on Rural Broadband Expansion
20.
Alleged Capital One Hacker May Have Hit Other
Targets
21.
Capital One’s Data Breach: Why You Need to Read
the Fine Print
22.
Study: El Niño Has Outsized Economic Effects on
California
23.
South Kitsap Cannabis Producer Investing in
High-Tech Greenhouses
24.
How Phones Made the World Your Office, Like It
or Not
25.
Washington State House Democrats Poised to Elect
First Woman Speaker
26.
Yakamas Recall General Council Chairman Davis
Washines, Install Roger Fiander
27.
Back-to-Back Hurricanes Churn Towards Hawaii
28.
Invasive Blackberry Species Conquered the
Pacific Northwest a Century Ago
29.
Dolphins’ Hall of Fame Linebacker Nick
Buoniconti Dead at 78
WORD OF THE DAY
Garrulous • \GERR-uh-luss \ • Adjective - 1: given to prosy,
rambling, or tedious loquacity: pointlessly or annoyingly talkative 2: wordy
Montgomery sagged weakly at his table. The presenter at the
Oak Lawn Philatelic Society’s annual dinner droned for 45 minutes about the
rare “Inverted Jenny” airmail stamp. The presenter’s garrulous appearance began
as a series of distinct words and phrases…and slowly declined into a soporific
experience similar to listening to the adults in a “Peanuts” special.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Snake River Dams Study Points to Removal – Dam Backers
Aren’t Buying It (Portland Business Journal, OR)
2.
Potential Removal of Snake River Dams Causes
More Debate (KNDO/KNDU TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
3.
Costs of Removing Snake River Dams Unknown
(Capital Press)
4.
Fish & Skidoo Passage – Personal Watercraft
Survives Plunge Over Wanapum Dam (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
5.
Avista Makes Annual Price Adjustment Filings in Idaho,
Asks for Nearly Two Percent Increase in Electricity Rates (Yahoo Finance)
6.
Oregon: Northern Wasco PUD Board Seeks to Fill Vacancy
(The Dalles Chronicle, OR)
7.
Why Eskom’s Power Crisis Is South Africa’s Top
Risk (Washington Post)
FISH & WILDLIFE
8.
Oregon: Steelhead Return to Beaver Creek near
LaGrande after Century-Long Absence (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
9.
Great White Sharks Attacking Sea Lions at Increase
Rate Off California Coast (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
10. Governor
Inslee Appoints Two New Members to Washington State Fish & Wildlife Commission
(Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
11. Failed
Sewage Pumps Led to 2.1-Million-Gallon Spill into Puget Sound (KUOW Radio, Seattle,
WA)
12. EPA
Moves to Scrap Rules for Coal Ash Pollution (Courthouse News Service)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
13. Opposition
Groups Appealing Pend Oreille County Silicon Smelter Ruling (Bonner County
Daily Bee, Sandpoint, ID)
14. Op/Ed:
Montana Has the Clean Energy That Washington Needs (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
15. California
Farmers Are Planting Solar Panels as Water Supplies Dry Up (Los Angeles Times, CA)
16. U.S.
Launches Duty Investigations of Wind Towers Imported from Canada (The Canadian
Press)
17. New
York Congressman Calls Wind Turbines in Lake Erie ‘Devastating’ to Border
Security (The Buffalo News, NY)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
18. Energy
Adviser: Beating the Heat Can Be Affordable (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
19. Independent
Show: Small Cable Companies Are Bullish on Rural Broadband Expansion
(Telecompetitor)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
20. Alleged
Capital One Hacker May Have Hit Other Targets (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
21. Capital
One’s Data Breach: Why You Need to Read the Fine Print (LifeHacker)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
22. Study:
El Niño Has Outsized Economic Effects on California (Washington Post)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
23. South
Kitsap Cannabis Producer Investing in High-Tech Greenhouses (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton – Paywall Advisory)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
24. How
Phones Made the World Your Office, Like It or Not (NY Times)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
25. Washington
State House Democrats Poised to Elect First Woman Speaker (KING TV, Seattle, WA)
26. Yakamas
Recall General Council Chairman Davis Washines, Install Roger Fiander (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
27. Back-to-Back
Hurricanes Churn Towards Hawaii (Reuters)
28. Invasive
Blackberry Species Conquered the Pacific Northwest a Century Ago (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
29. Dolphins’
Hall of Fame Linebacker Nick Buoniconti Dead at 78 (Associated Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Child Hangs from Sixth-Story Balcony, Falls, Caught by Crowd
In China
Woman Suspects Porch Pirate Stole Package with Nine
Tarantulas
Iowa: Puppies Thrown Over Bridge into Icy Creek Reunite after
Being Adopted
Body of 1930s Bank Robber John Dillinger to Be Exhumed – “Why
do you rob banks?” “Because that’s where the money is.”
SONG OF THE DAY
Howard Shore – Shelob’s Lair (The Lord of the Rings,
soundtrack)
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