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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power Administration Shares Third Quarter
Financial Outlook; Proposes Reserves Error Resolution (Bonneville Power
Administration)
Pacific Gas & Electric Defends Spending on Investors,
Politicians as Fires Sparked (Courthouse News Service)
Buying a New Car? You Can Save Big on Electric Vehicles with
New Washington State Tax Exemptions (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
No Timeline for Opening of Natural Passage for Salmon
Bottleneck on Fraser River – 1,400 Fish Transported by Air (Victoria
Times-Colonist, BC)
The Inventor of Those Eco-Friendly Hipster Bulbs Is Getting
Ready to Sue Everyone (Gizmodo)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Bonneville Power Administration Shares Third
Quarter Financial Outlook; Proposes Reserves Error Resolution
2.
Pacific Gas & Electric Defends Spending on
Investors, Politicians as Fires Sparked
3.
Los Angeles Hit with Another Legal Claim in
Department of Water & Power Case, Claims of ‘Wrongful Acts & Omissions’
4.
Heat Wave Results in Highest U.S. Electricity
Demand Since 2017
5.
PenLight Will Use Verizon Grid Wide Smart Grid
Platform
6.
Chelan PUD Helps Kids Have A Lightbulb Moment
with Upcoming Hands OnActivity
7.
Another U.S. Utility Giant Blames Trade Wars for
Pinching Sales
8.
No Timeline for Opening of Natural Passage for
Salmon Bottleneck on Fraser River – 1,400 Fish Transported by Air
9.
A Single Male Cat’s Reign of Terror – In
Australia, One Cat Seems to Have Destroyed an Entire Bird Sanctuary.
10.
Lewis County Commissioners Set to Vote on
Moratorium Against Crystal Geyser
11.
English Town Evacuated after Water Cascades
through Damaged Dam
12.
Turbines Tossed into Dump Stirs Debate on Wind’s
Dirty Downside
13.
Solar Roof Tweet Could Get Elon Musk in Trouble
with Regulators – Again
14.
Chattanooga – Here’s the First American Airport
Powered Entirely by Solar Energy
15.
The Inventor of Those Eco-Friendly Hipster Bulbs
Is Getting Ready to Sue Everyone
16.
5G Is All the Rage. Verizon Is All the Yawns.
17.
Amazon Writes Scripts for Cops to Promote Ring
Home Cameras, Report Says
18.
Arizona: County Explores Drone to Carry Vote
Tallies from Tribal Land
19.
Buying a New Car? You Can Save Big on Electric
Vehicles with New Washington State Tax Exemptions
20.
Alaska’s Sweltering Summer Is ‘Basically Off the
Charts’
21.
Climate Change Will Survive the Debates Even If
Inslee Doesn’t
22.
Idea of Oregon Hemp Commission Goes Up in Smoke
23.
Kansas Hits Hemp Farmers with Felonies, Accuses
Them of Trafficking Weed
24.
Newspapers, Digital News Operations Hit with
Layoffs as Disruption
25.
A Future without the Front Page – What Happens
When the Presses Stop Rolling?
26.
How the Internet Transformed the World of Custom
Poetry
27.
Washington State’s House Democrats Elect First
Woman Speaker
28.
‘Our House Is on Fire’: Jay Inslee Confronts Joe
Biden over Climate Crisis in Democratic Debate
29.
Shelton Building Fire Leaves Six Families
Homeless
30.
One Dead, Three Rescued After Boat Hits Salmon
Pen near Port Angeles
31.
Man Shot in Head after Argument over RV Waste
Dumping in Thurston County
32.
Chinese Billionaire Faces Charges in
$1.8-Billion Scheme to Smuggle Aluminum through L.A.
33.
Washington State Driver’s Licenses & Ids to
Feature an X Gender Option
34.
Man Swims 23-Mile Length of Idaho’s Priest Lake
WORD OF THE DAY
Zenith • \ZEE-nith\ • - 1: the point of the celestial sphere
that is directly opposite the nadir & vertically above the observer 2: the
highest point reached in the heavens by a celestial body 3: culminating point:
acme
Ah yes, those big and bulky color television sets that were
considered the zenith of home technology in the 1960’s. I remember being
bundled up and herded across the street to the grandparents to join the Mitch
Miller sing-along while parked in front of a hulking, wood-encased TV set that
emitted odors of hot circuits and lemon pledge.
1972 Zenith Television Ad
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Bonneville Power Administration Shares Third
Quarter Financial Outlook; Proposes Reserves Error Resolution (Bonneville Power
Administration)
2.
Pacific Gas & Electric Defends Spending on
Investors, Politicians as Fires Sparked (Courthouse News Service)
3.
Los Angeles Hit with Another Legal Claim in Department
of Water & Power Case, Claims of ‘Wrongful Acts & Omissions’ (Los
Angeles Times, CA)
4.
Heat Wave Results in Highest U.S. Electricity
Demand Since 2017 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
5.
PenLight Will Use Verizon Grid Wide Smart Grid
Platform (Telecompetitor)
6.
Chelan PUD Helps Kids Have A Lightbulb Moment
with Upcoming Hands OnActivity (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
7.
Another U.S. Utility Giant Blames Trade Wars for
Pinching Sales (Bloomberg News)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
A Single Male Cat’s Reign of Terror – In
Australia, One Cat Seems to Have Destroyed an Entire Bird Sanctuary. (Atlantic
Magazine)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
10. Lewis
County Commissioners Set to Vote on Moratorium Against Crystal Geyser (KELA
Radio, Centralia, WA)
11. English
Town Evacuated after Water Cascades through Damaged Dam (Reuters)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
12. Turbines
Tossed into Dump Stirs Debate on Wind’s Dirty Downside (Bloomberg News)
13. Solar
Roof Tweet Could Get Elon Musk in Trouble With Regulators – Again (Associated
Press)
14. Chattanooga
– Here’s the First American Airport Powered Entirely by Solar Energy (Forbes
Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
15. The
Inventor of Those Eco-Friendly Hipster Bulbs Is Getting Ready to Sue Everyone (Gizmodo)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
16. 5G
Is All the Rage. Verizon Is All the Yawns. (Washington Post)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
17. Amazon
Writes Scripts for Cops to Promote Ring Home Cameras, Report Says (Ars Technica)
18. Arizona:
County Explores Drone to Carry Vote Tallies from Tribal Land (Associated Press)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
19. Buying
a New Car? You Can Save Big on Electric Vehicles with New Washington State Tax
Exemptions (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
20. Alaska’s
Sweltering Summer Is ‘Basically Off the Charts’ (Washington Post)
21. Climate
Change Will Survive the Debates Even If Inslee Doesn’t (Washington Post)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
22. Idea
of Oregon Hemp Commission Goes Up in Smoke (Washington Ag Network)
23. Kansas
Hits Hemp Farmers with Felonies, Accuses Them of Trafficking Weed (Huffington
Post)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
24. Newspapers,
Digital News Operations Hit with Layoffs as Disruption (USA Today)
25. A
Future without the Front Page – What Happens When the Presses Stop Rolling? (NY
Times)
26. How
the Internet Transformed the World of Custom Poetry (Medium, OneZero)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
27. Washington
State’s House Democrats Elect First Woman Speaker (Associated Press)
28. ‘Our
House Is on Fire’: Jay Inslee Confronts Joe Biden over Climate Crisis in Democratic
Debate (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
29. Shelton
Building Fire Leaves Six Families Homeless (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
30. One
Dead, Three Rescued After Boat Hits Salmon Pen near Port Angeles (Associated
Press)
31. Man
Shot in Head after Argument over RV Waste Dumping in Thurston County (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle, WA)
32. Chinese
Billionaire Faces Charges in $1.8-Billion Scheme to Smuggle Aluminum through L.A.
(Los Angeles Times, CA)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-07-31/zhongwang-holdings-aluminum-smuggling-indictment
33. Washington
State Driver’s Licenses & Ids to Feature an X Gender Option (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
34. Man
Swims 23-Mile Length of Idaho’s Priest Lake (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Unopened 1987 Nintendo Video Game Could Sell for $10,000
Woodstock 50 Officially Off
VIDEO: Goats Roaming, (actually swarming) The Streets of Issaquah
Oscar Mayer Is Releasing a Hot Dog-Infused Ice Cream
Sandwich
SONG OF THE DAY
Joe Cocker - Feelin’ Alright (Live at Woodstock, 1969)
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