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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Blunder That Sent Texas Power Prices Surging 24,000% Ends Up
on Bills (Bloomberg News)
Where Are the Salmon & the Orcas? Tribe, Scientists
Grapple with Unprecedented Disappearance in Washington State Waters (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
July Confirmed as Hottest Month Recorded (Cable News
Network)
Lewis County Approves Moratorium That Would Stop Crystal
Geyser Project (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Wildfire Between Connell & Kahlotus Grows, Threatening
Homes. Fires All Around Mid-Columbia (Tri-City Herald, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Blunder That Sent Texas Power Prices Surging
24,000% Ends Up on Bills
2.
Montana: Beetle-Killed Trees Near Power Lines
Bring Increased Wildfire Risk
3.
Downen to Represent Montana on NW Power &
Conservation Council
4.
Op/Ed: Don’t Act in Haste on Energy
5.
Where Are the Salmon & the Orcas? Tribe,
Scientists Grapple with Unprecedented Disappearance in Washington State Waters
6.
Washington State’s King County ‘Doubling Down’
to Help Killer Whales
7.
Help Coming to Make Central Kitsap County
Streams Friendlier to Fish
8.
The First Sockeye Arrives at Redfish, But
Biologists Worry Few Will Follow. Here’s Why
9.
New Salmon Agreement Could Impact Columbia River
Treaty
10.
Data Rigging Is Latest Chile Salmon Farm Scandal
11.
Lewis County Approves Moratorium That Would Stop
Crystal Geyser Project
12.
Washington State Warns of Possible Water
Restrictions in Parched Little Spokane River Basin
13.
Jefferson to Vote on Amendment for Brinnon-Area
Rocky Brook Hydro Facility
14.
Wave Broadband Notifies City of Port Orchard of
Cable Rate Increase
15.
Hyundai Releases Car with Solar Panel Roof
16.
July Confirmed as Hottest Month Recorded
17.
Alaska’s Sea Ice Has Completely Melted Away
18.
Climate Could Be an Electoral Time Bomb,
Republican Strategists Fear
19.
Newspaper Chain GateHouse buying Gannett, USA
Today Owner
20.
The Perseids Have Arrived. Here’s How to Enjoy
the Year’s Best Meteor Shower
21.
Where the Last Pristine Skies in America Are
22.
Presidential Campaign Keeps Washington Governor
Out of State
23.
Small City, Big Trouble: Wapato Has Spent Close
to $500,000 on Settlements, Severance & Attorney Fees Since 2018
24.
Wildfire Between Connell & Kahlotus Grows,
Threatening Homes. Fires All Around Mid-Columbia
25.
Triple Whammy: Seattle Seeing Smoke from
Wildfires in Siberia, Alaska & E. Washington
26.
Wheat Harvest Underway One Year after
Devastating Fire Near The Dalles
27.
Ocean Shores Chamber of Commerce Stops Operating
amid Missing Funds
WORD OF THE DAY
Totem /TOE-tum/ Noun – 1a: An object (such as an animal or
plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan & often as a reminder of
its ancestry; also: a usually carved or painted representation of such an
object b:
a family or clan identified by a common totemic object 2: one
that serves as an emblem or revered symbol.
Orca, Black and White
Totem of the Salish Sea
Whither thou goest
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Blunder That Sent Texas Power Prices Surging
24,000% Ends Up on Bills (Bloomberg News)
2.
Montana: Beetle-Killed Trees Near Power Lines
Bring Increased Wildfire Risk (Montana Public Radio)
3.
Downen to Represent Montana on NW Power &
Conservation Council (Northwest Public Power Association)
4.
Op/Ed: Don’t Act in Haste on Energy (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
5.
Where Are the Salmon & the Orcas? Tribe,
Scientists Grapple with Unprecedented Disappearance in Washington State Waters (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
6.
Washington State’s King County ‘Doubling Down’ to
Help Killer Whales (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
7.
Help Coming to Make Central Kitsap County Streams
Friendlier to Fish (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton – Paywall Advisory)
8.
The First Sockeye Arrives at Redfish, But
Biologists Worry Few Will Follow. Here’s Why (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
9.
New Salmon Agreement Could Impact Columbia River
Treaty (Capital Press)
10. Data
Rigging Is Latest Chile Salmon Farm Scandal (Los Angeles Times, CA)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
11. Lewis
County Approves Moratorium That Would Stop Crystal Geyser Project (The
Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
12. Washington
State Warns of Possible Water Restrictions in Parched Little Spokane River
Basin (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
13. Jefferson
to Vote on Amendment for Brinnon-Area Rocky Brook Hydro Facility (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
14. Wave
Broadband Notifies City of Port Orchard of Cable Rate Increase (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, WA)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
15. Hyundai
Releases Car with Solar Panel Roof (British Broadcasting Corporation)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
16. July
Confirmed as Hottest Month Recorded (Cable News Network)
17. Alaska’s
Sea Ice Has Completely Melted Away (Mashable)
18. Climate
Could Be an Electoral Time Bomb, Republican Strategists Fear (NY Times)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
19. Newspaper
Chain GateHouse buying Gannett, USA Today Owner (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/aug/05/newspaper-chain-gatehouse-buying-gannett-usa-today-owner/
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
20. The
Perseids Have Arrived. Here’s How to Enjoy the Year’s Best Meteor Shower (Quartz)
21. Where
the Last Pristine Skies in America Are (Washington Post)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
22. Presidential
Campaign Keeps Washington Governor Out of State (Associated Press)
23. Small
City, Big Trouble: Wapato Has Spent Close to $500,000 on Settlements, Severance
& Attorney Fees Since 2018 (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
24. Wildfire
Between Connell & Kahlotus Grows, Threatening Homes. Fires All Around Mid-Columbia
(Tri-City Herald, WA)
25. Triple
Whammy: Seattle Seeing Smoke from Wildfires in Siberia, Alaska & E. Washington
(KOMO TV, Seattle, WA)
26. Wheat
Harvest Underway One Year after Devastating Fire Near The Dalles (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
27. Ocean
Shores Chamber of Commerce Stops Operating amid Missing Funds (KING TV,
Seattle, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison Dead at 88
Texas Dog Gives Birth to 20 Pups!
Stranded Alaska Ferry Visitors Keep Busy by Painting Fence
Franky Zapata Crosses English Channel by Hoverboard at Second
Attempt
SONG OF THE DAY
Bonnie Raitt – Can’t Find My Way Home
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