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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Russians a Chief Suspect in U-S Power Plant Hackings (Santa
Fe New Mexican)
Rooftop Solar Dims under Pressure from Utility Lobbyists (NY
Times)
Water Ruling Debate Holds Up Washington State Capital Budget
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Newspapers Want to Team Up Against the ‘Inexorable Threat’
from Google & Facebook. Will the Government Let Them? (Los Angeles Times,
CA)
Mason County Sheriff’s Office Presses Commissioners to Spare
Personnel Cuts (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Russians a Chief Suspect in U-S Power Plant Hackings
- U-S Congress Unnerved by Energy Grid Hack
- Amid Heat Wave, Fire Causes Power Failure for Part of Los Angeles
- Bird Causes Power Outages in West Umatilla & North Morrow Counties
- Op/Ed: How Wholesale Power Markets & State Environmental Policies Can Work Together
- Cryptocurrency Electricity Requirements Surpasses Annual Energy Consumption of Few Nations
- Northwest Salmon, the Stuff of Legends, Still Struggle to Survive. Can We Save Them — And At What Price?
- Legal Battle Drives Dam Managers to Extraordinary Salmon Research
- More Naturally Flowing Columbia River Would Benefit Region’s Economy, Tribes Say
- Rooftop Solar Dims under Pressure from Utility Lobbyists
- Cordova Electric & Alaska Village Electric Cooperatives Make Case for Microgrids at U-S Senate Committee Hearing
- Kites Could Be the Future of Wind Power
- Awnings Enter the Solar Power Age
- Why Some Pot Businesses Hide Their Cash — Others Truck It Straight to a Federal Vault
- When Will Electric Cars Go Mainstream? It May Be Sooner Than You Think
- In Illinois, Cloud Computing Debate Could Open Next Chapter of Utility Rate Reform
- Amazon Hires Gadget Experts for Door-To-Door Smart Home Installs, Taking on Best Buy’s Geek Squad
- Newspapers Want to Team Up Against the ‘Inexorable Threat’ from Google & Facebook. Will the Government Let Them?
- Water Ruling Debate Holds Up Washington State Capital Budget
- BPA, Fish, Healthcare – U-S Rep. Herrera Beutler Takes on Issues
- Election Rarity: No Washington State Initiatives Qualify for November Ballot
- Mason County Sheriff’s Office Presses Commissioners to Spare Personnel Cuts
- Fires Burning Across the Pacific Northwest
- SWAT Team Kills Naked Man Who Was Shooting at Bainbridge Island Homes from a Sailboat
- Nonprofit Hopes to Bring Tourist Train Rides to Shelton
- Through Citizen Science Projects, Anyone Can Be a Scientist
Piquant • \PEEK-unt\ • Adjective - 1: agreeably stimulating
to the palate; especially: spicy 2: engagingly provocative; also: having a
lively arch charm
When the local dining editor said the local hash house’s
five-alarm chili had a “piquant personality, just right for a cold winter’s
repast,” what he really meant was that the meal had the volcanic characteristic
of drinking hot magma.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Russians a Chief Suspect in U-S Power Plant Hackings (Santa
Fe New Mexican)
U-S Congress Unnerved by Energy Grid Hack (Roll Call)
Amid Heat Wave, Fire Causes Power Failure for Part of Los
Angeles (NY Times)
Bird Causes Power Outages in West Umatilla & North Morrow
Counties (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
Op/Ed: How Wholesale Power Markets & State Environmental
Policies Can Work Together (Utility Dive)
Cryptocurrency Electricity Requirements Surpasses Annual
Energy Consumption of Few Nations (Bitcoin News Service)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Northwest Salmon, the Stuff of Legends, Still Struggle to
Survive. Can We Save Them — And At What Price? (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Legal Battle Drives Dam Managers to Extraordinary Salmon
Research (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
More Naturally Flowing Columbia
River Would Benefit Region’s Economy, Tribes Say (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Rooftop Solar Dims under Pressure from Utility Lobbyists (NY
Times)
Cordova Electric & Alaska Village Electric Cooperatives Make
Case for Microgrids at U-S Senate Committee Hearing (Daily Energy Insider)
Kites Could Be the Future of Wind Power (Popular Mechanics)
Awnings Enter the Solar Power Age (Renewable Energy World)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Why Some Pot Businesses Hide Their Cash — Others Truck It
Straight to a Federal Vault (Los Angeles Times, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE
When Will Electric Cars Go Mainstream? It May Be Sooner Than
You Think (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
In Illinois, Cloud Computing Debate Could Open Next Chapter of
Utility Rate Reform (Utility Dive)
Amazon Hires Gadget Experts for Door-To-Door Smart Home
Installs, Taking on Best Buy’s Geek Squad (SF Chronicle)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Newspapers Want to Team Up Against the ‘Inexorable Threat’ from
Google & Facebook. Will the Government Let Them? (Los Angeles Times, CA)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Water Ruling Debate Holds Up Washington State Capital Budget
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
BPA, Fish, Healthcare – U-S Rep. Herrera Beutler Takes on Issues
(Longview Daily News, WA)
Election Rarity: No Washington State Initiatives Qualify for
November Ballot (Northwest Public Radio)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Sheriff’s Office Presses Commissioners to Spare
Personnel Cuts (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Fires Burning Across the Pacific Northwest (KGW-TV, Portland,
OR)
SWAT Team Kills Naked Man Who Was Shooting at Bainbridge
Island Homes from a Sailboat (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Nonprofit Hopes to Bring Tourist Train Rides to Shelton
(South Sound Business Examiner)
Through Citizen Science Projects, Anyone Can Be a Scientist (Christian
Science Monitor)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Company Removes Beeping Alarm Clock in Wall Vent Since 2004
Beekeeper, Baker, Photographer … Senator?
Photo of Mike Pence Touching NASA Equipment Marked ‘Do Not
Touch’ Launches Hilarious Photoshop Battle
These Coloradans Say Earth Is Flat; Gravity’s A Hoax. Now,
They’re Being Persecuted
SONG OF THE DAY
Electric Light Orchestra - All Over the World
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