Energy News Digest for August 8, 2017

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for August 8, 2017

Air Quality Issues – Special Weather Statement

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Think It’s Hot Now? Here’s What Climate Models Say about the Future of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/think-its-hot-now-heres-what-climate-models-say-about-the-future-of-the-pacific-northwest/

With Shipping Down on Snake River, Farmers Worry About Dams’ Future (Bellingham Herald, WA)

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/state/article165591912.html

Oregon Warns Willamette Steelhead Face Extinction If Sea Lions’ Feast Continues (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2017/08/oregon_warns_willamette_steelh.html

Warren Buffett Likes Solar, But Not the Price Tag (Bloomberg News)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/warren-buffett-likes-solar-but-not-the-price-tag

Draft Government Report Finds Drastic Impact of Climate Change on U-S (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/climate/climate-change-drastic-warming-trump.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• With Shipping Down on Snake River, Farmers Worry About Dams’ Future
• Chelan PUD Announces Two Deals Worth $40 Million
• Idaho Falls Power Proposes Rate Increase
• TVA – Federal Judge Orders Nation’s Largest Public Utility to Remove Coal Waste
• Massachusetts: Utilities Want Higher Rates to Update Electric Grid
• (New York) Massive Steam Generator Goes Down Hudson River to New Jersey
• Should Northern New England Host Massachusetts’ Renewable Energy Extension Cord?
• Texas: Third Boy Scout Dies after Sailboat Strikes Power Line on Lake
• Oregon Warns Willamette Steelhead Face Extinction If Sea Lions’ Feast Continues
• Bill That Could Stabilize West Coast Crab Industry Heads to Trump’s Desk
• Op/Ed: Working Forests Help Purify Water Sources for Salmon Habitat
• Free Alaskan Salmon: Just Bring a Net & Expect a Crowd
• Report Proposes Steps to Keep Asian Carp Out of Great Lakes
• Warren Buffett Likes Solar, But Not the Price Tag
• Opportunity Abounds as Washington State Builds the Modern Electricity Grid
• Editorial: Eugene Water & Electric Board - Gone With the Wind, EWEB Seeks To Reduce Power Resources
• EIA: Aug. 21 Eclipse Expected to Affect Solar Units – Not Reliability
• Germans Just Love Paying Sky-High Prices for Green Energy
• Think It’s Hot Now? Here’s What Climate Models Say about the Future of the Pacific Northwest
• Draft Government Report Finds Drastic Impact of Climate Change on U-S
• U-S Department of Agriculture Is Censoring Use of Term ‘Climate Change’, Emails Reveal
• City Pledges for ‘100% Renewable Energy’ Are 99% Misleading
• Garage Science Project Lands Seattle Sisters an Opportunity to Work with NASA
• Want to More Than Just Watch The Eclipse? Become a Citizen Scientist
• Some Rural Co-Ops Investing To Bring Broadband to Rural Areas, Just as They Did with Electricity
• Hackers Demand Millions in Ransom for Stolen HBO Data
• Comcast Fails To Shut Down Customer Lawsuit over ‘Broadcast TV’ & ‘Regional Sports’ Fees
• How to Grow Your Facebook Following: A Six-Step Plan
• Threat of State Employee Layoffs Still Real as Capital Budget Impasse Persists
• Public Works Funding Falls as Infrastructure Deteriorates
• Google Fires Engineer Who Asserted Women Not Biologically Suited for Leadership Roles
• Citations Down, Warnings Up on New Distracted Driving Law
• Del Griffey Takes Farmers’ Position on Port of Allyn Commission
• Shelton’s Log & Band Saw Monuments Placed on Historic Register
• Community Rallies to Raise Funds for Young Boys Whose Mom Was Struck by Lightning
• Report: Dead Body on a Gurney Flies Into Olympia Traffic

WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU

Monstrous ● \MON-struss\ ● 1: strange, unnatural 2: having extraordinary often overwhelming size 3: gigantic 3a: having the qualities or appearance of a monster 3b: teeming with monsters 4a: extraordinarily ugly or vicious: 4b: shockingly wrong or ridiculous 5: deviating greatly from the natural form or character: 6: very great — used as an intensive

Ode to Godzilla

Man in rubber suit

Tiny Tokyo destroyed

Monstrous behavior

https://joelshorriblehaiku.blogspot.com/

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

With Shipping Down on Snake River, Farmers Worry About Dams’ Future (Bellingham Herald, WA)

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/state/article165591912.html

Chelan PUD Announces Two Deals Worth $40 Million (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

http://kpq.com/chelan-pud-announces-two-deals-worth-40-million/

Idaho Falls Power Proposes Rate Increase (East Idaho News)

https://www.eastidahonews.com/2017/08/idaho-falls-power-proposes-rate-increase/

TVA – Federal Judge Orders Nation’s Largest Public Utility to Remove Coal Waste (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/federal-judge-orders-nations-largest-public-utility-to-remove-coal-waste/article/2630717

Massachusetts: Utilities Want Higher Rates to Update Electric Grid (Gloucester Times, MA)

http://www.gloucestertimes.com/news/local_news/utilities-want-higher-rates-to-update-electric-grid/article_50c74e0f-15a4-54c8-8093-471c7fe64b1d.html

New York: Massive Steam Generator Goes Down Hudson River to New Jersey (Associated Press)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/national_news/massive-steam-generator-goes-down-hudson-river-to-new-jersey/article_69c3a334-be6d-587f-8c34-38e996c65815.html

Should Northern New England Host Massachusetts’ Renewable Energy Extension Cord? (New England Public Radio)

http://nepr.net/post/should-northern-new-england-host-massachusetts-renewable-energy-extension-cord#stream/0

Texas: Third Boy Scout Dies after Sailboat Strikes Power Line on Lake (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/aug/07/third-boy-scout-dies-after-sailboat-strikes-power-/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Oregon Warns Willamette Steelhead Face Extinction If Sea Lions’ Feast Continues (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2017/08/oregon_warns_willamette_steelh.html

Bill That Could Stabilize West Coast Crab Industry Heads to Trump’s Desk (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/donald-trump-west-coast-crab-industry-bill/

Op/Ed: Working Forests Help Purify Water Sources for Salmon Habitat (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/sponsored/working-forests-help-purify-water-sources-for-salmon-habitat/

Free Alaskan Salmon: Just Bring a Net & Expect a Crowd (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/dining/sockeye-salmon-fishing-in-alaska.html

Report Proposes Steps to Keep Asian Carp Out of Great Lakes (Associated Press)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/report-list-options-strengthening-asian-carp-defenses-050245397.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Warren Buffett Likes Solar, But Not the Price Tag (Bloomberg News)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/warren-buffett-likes-solar-but-not-the-price-tag

Opportunity Abounds as Washington State Builds the Modern Electricity Grid (Xconomy)

http://www.xconomy.com/national/2017/08/07/opportunity-abounds-as-washington-builds-the-modern-electricity-grid/

Editorial: Eugene Water & Electric Board - Gone With the Wind, EWEB Seeks To Reduce Power Resources (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)

http://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/35840290-78/gone-with-the-wind.html.csp

EIA: Aug. 21 Eclipse Expected to Affect Solar Units – Not Reliability (American Public Power Association)

http://www.publicpower.org/Media/daily/ArticleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=48644

Germans Just Love Paying Sky-High Prices for Green Energy (Fortune Magazine)

http://fortune.com/2017/08/08/germans-renewable-energy-energiewende-subsidies/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Think It’s Hot Now? Here’s What Climate Models Say about the Future of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/think-its-hot-now-heres-what-climate-models-say-about-the-future-of-the-pacific-northwest/

Draft Government Report Finds Drastic Impact of Climate Change on U-S (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/climate/climate-change-drastic-warming-trump.html

U-S Department of Agriculture Is Censoring Use of Term ‘Climate Change’, Emails Reveal (The Guardian, UK)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/07/usda-climate-change-language-censorship-emails

City Pledges for ‘100% Renewable Energy’ Are 99% Misleading (Wall Street Journal)

https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2017/08/08/city-pledges-for-100-renewable-energy-are-99-misleading/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE

Garage Science Project Lands Seattle Sisters an Opportunity to Work with NASA (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2017/08/06/garage-science-project-lands-seattle-sisters-an-opportunity-to-work-with-nasa/

Want to More Than Just Watch The Eclipse? Become a Citizen Scientist (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/want-more-just-watch-eclipse-become-citizen-scientist

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Some Rural Co-Ops Investing To Bring Broadband to Rural Areas, Just as They Did with Electricity (Jefferson City News-Tribune, MO)
http://www.newstribune.com/news/local/story/2017/aug/06/some-rural-co-ops-investing-to-bring-broadband-to-rural-areas-just-as-they-did-electricity/685280/

Hackers Demand Millions in Ransom for Stolen HBO Data (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2017/08/08/hackers-demand-millions-in-ransom-for-stolen-hbo-data/

Comcast Fails To Shut Down Customer Lawsuit over ‘Broadcast TV’ & ‘Regional Sports’ Fees (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/08/08/comcast-fails-to-shut-down-customer-lawsuit-over-broadcast-tv-regional-sports-fees/

MARKETING & MEDIA

How to Grow Your Facebook Following: A Six-Step Plan (Social Media Examiner)

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/facebook-grow-following-6-step-plan/

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Threat of State Employee Layoffs Still Real as Capital Budget Impasse Persists (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/article165962737.html

Public Works Funding Falls as Infrastructure Deteriorates (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/us/politics/infrastructure-trump.html

Google Fires Engineer Who Asserted Women Not Biologically Suited for Leadership Roles (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/google-fires-engineer-who-asserted-women-not-biologically-suited-for-leadership-roles/article/2630879

GENERAL NEWS

Citations Down, Warnings Up on New Distracted Driving Law (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

http://kpq.com/citations-warnings-new-distracted-driving-law/

Del Griffey Takes Farmers’ Position on Port of Allyn Commission (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/26843

Shelton’s Log & Band Saw Monuments Placed on Historic Register (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/26835

Community Rallies to Raise Funds for Young Boys Whose Mom Was Struck by Lightning (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)

http://www.khq.com/story/36083119/community-rallies-to-raise-funds-for-young-boys-whose-mom-was-struck-by-lightning

Report: Dead Body on a Gurney Flies Into Olympia Traffic (KIRO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/712797/olympia-gurney-body-traffic/

MEN IN RUBBER SUITS ON A RAMPAGE – DIVERSIONS

Century-Old $5 Bill Sold at Auction for $11,000

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/aug/07/century-old-5-bill-sold-at-auction-for-11000/

India Police Pair Sacked over Faked Everest Climb

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-40859155

Original Godzilla Suit Actor Haruo Nakajima Dies

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40860365

San Francisco Street Sells for $90,000. Neighbors Aren’t Happy

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/san-francisco-street-sells-90k-225021750.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Alexandre Desplat – Godzilla (2014 Soundtrack Main Title Theme)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nof1AoSFCyw

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for August 7, 2017

Poor Air Quality for Mason County – Special Weather Statement

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Heat Wave Shatters Bonneville Power Administration’s Summer Electricity Record — Again & Again (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article165709212.html

Power Is What Powers the Mid-Columbia Economy (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article165721382.html

Oregon: Eugene Water & Electric Board Puts Two Wind Farms Up for Sale (Roseburg News-Review, OR)

http://www.nrtoday.com/eweb-puts-two-wind-farms-up-for-sale/article_7d999f98-d412-5494-8bf4-34a69f9fd4c9.html

Cell Transmitters on Every Block? Cities, Counties Fight To Retain Control over Expanding Industry (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article165344887.html

“Oh No!” There’s an Osprey Trying to Build a Nest on a Mason PUD 3 Power Pole! (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

https://www.pud3.org/service/in-your-community/osprey

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Heat Wave Shatters Bonneville Power Administration’s Summer Electricity Record — Again & Again
• Power Is What Powers the Mid-Columbia Economy
• What Does Inexpensive Power Mean for Whatcom County? Jobs
• Op/Ed: Legislation Protects Salmon & Hydrosystem
• Op/Ed: Do Avista Customers Face Colstrip Risk?
• Teen Electrocuted in 2014 While Tubing On Puyallup River, Family Says in Lawsuit
• Texas: Utility Companies Discuss the Dangers of Electricity Following Tub Death of Lubbock Teen
• Idaho: Wildfire Threatens Blaine County Power Source
• B.C. Hydro Protecting Interior Substation from Wildfire
• Billions Lost in South Carolina Nuclear Power Projects, With More Bills Due
• Upgrading the Power Grid in Remote Tibet
• “Oh No!” There’s an Osprey Trying to Build a Nest on a Mason PUD 3 Power Pole!
• Grays Harbor Osprey Freed from Tangled Mess
• New Plan Will Work with States on Sage Grouse, Interior Dept. Says
• Op/Ed: Endangered Species Threatened by Unneeded Energy
• Let Forest Fires Burn? What the - Black-Backed Woodpecker Knows
• The Veins of America: Stunning Map Shows Every River Basin in the U-S
• Oregon: Eugene Water & Electric Board Puts Two Wind Farms Up for Sale
• Portland, Multnomah County Back Big Portland General Electric Renewable Energy Buy
• August 21 Solar Eclipse Will Affect Photovoltaic Generators across the Country
• Oncor Drops Proposed Minimum Charge for DER Customers
• What’s Missing from the 100% Renewable Energy Debate
• Even With All Our Gadgets, Americans Are Using Less Electricity than Ten Years Ago
• Washington State: Any Trump Administration Crackdown on Marijuana Would Be “Unacceptable”
• Is Jeff Sessions Planning to Crack Down on Legal Pot? This Letter Suggests He Might Be.
• California Inc.: The State Mulls Creation of a Pot-Industry Bank
• Cost Concerns: Spokane Mayor Won’t Sign Climate Ordinance
• Cell Transmitters on Every Block? Cities, Counties Fight To Retain Control over Expanding Industry
• AT&T Deploys Mobile Cell Units Ahead of Eclipse
• 65,000 Frustrated DSL Customers Fled CenturyLink Last Quarter
• Northwest Open Access Network’s CEO Announces Retirement
• Almost Half the World Is Now on Social Media, According to New Report
• “Write Drunk. Edit Sober.” According To Science, Ernest Hemingway Was Actually Right
• Some Users Can Go Live Directly via Facebook Camera
• Here Are Some Projects That Will Cost Taxpayers More Money, Thanks to Construction Budget Impasse
• After Alleged Assault, Investigation Reveals Inappropriate Culture at Washington State Agency
• Air Pollution around Seattle Could Get Worse, Before Improving
• Dry Period Record for Pacific Northwest Tied Today
• Shelton Wins Pee Wee Reese World Series Championship
• Fake Solar Eclipse Glasses Flood the Market; NASA Offers Recommended Brands

WORD OF THE DAY

Perfunctory • \per-FUNK-tuh-ree\ • adjective – *1: characterized by routine or superficiality: mechanical 2: lacking in interest or enthusiasm.

Albert was tired. TOO tired. On his way out the door, he patted his wife on her head and gave the dog a smooch. “When did SHE grow a moustache?” he pondered as he backed out of the driveway to head to another day of work at the Patent Office.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Heat Wave Shatters Bonneville Power Administration’s Summer Electricity Record — Again & Again (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article165709212.html

Power Is What Powers the Mid-Columbia Economy (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article165721382.html

What Does Inexpensive Power Mean for Whatcom County? Jobs (Bellingham Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article165593657.html

Op/Ed: Legislation Protects Salmon & Hydrosystem (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/aug/05/legislation-protects-salmon-and-hydro-system/

Op/Ed: Do Avista Customers Face Colstrip Risk? (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/aug/06/do-avista-customers-face-colstrip-risk/

Teen Electrocuted in 2014 While Tubing On Puyallup River, Family Says in Lawsuit (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article165485352.html

Texas: Utility Companies Discuss the Dangers of Electricity Following Tub Death of Lubbock Teen (Lubbock Avalanche Journal, TX)

http://lubbockonline.com/local-news/news/2017-08-06/utility-companies-discuss-dangers-electricity-following-death-lubbock

Idaho: Wildfire Threatens Blaine County Power Source (Idaho Mountain Express, Ketchum)

http://www.mtexpress.com/news/blaine_county/idaho-power-wildfire-threatens-blaine-power-source/article_933871ba-7a4f-11e7-8e7e-f7f9f3637bb7.html

B.C. Hydro Protecting Interior Substation from Wildfire (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/b-c/b-c-hydro-protecting-interior-substation-from-wildfire-1.21664228

Billions Lost in South Carolina Nuclear Power Projects, With More Bills Due (Associated Press)

http://wtop.com/business-finance/2017/08/billions-lost-in-nuclear-power-projects-with-more-bills-due/slide/1/

Upgrading the Power Grid in Remote Tibet (Atlantic Magazine)

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/08/upgrading-the-power-grid-in-remote-tibet/536121/?utm_source=feed

FISH & WILDLIFE

“Oh No!” There’s an Osprey Trying to Build a Nest on a Mason PUD 3 Power Pole! (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

https://www.pud3.org/service/in-your-community/osprey

Grays Harbor Osprey Freed from Tangled Mess (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://www.thedailyworld.com/news/osprey-freed-from-tangled-mess/

New Plan Will Work with States on Sage Grouse, Interior Dept. Says (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/aug/07/new-plan-will-work-with-states-on-sage-grouse-inte/

Op/Ed: Endangered Species Threatened by Unneeded Energy (Idaho State Journal)

http://idahostatejournal.com/opinion/columns/endangered-species-threatened-by-unneeded-energy/article_88222138-1edf-5d0a-8c0b-12e64d5e855e.html

ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER

Let Forest Fires Burn? What the - Black-Backed Woodpecker Knows (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/06/science/let-forest-fires-burn-what-the-black-backed-woodpecker-knows.html

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

The Veins of America: Stunning Map Shows Every River Basin in the U-S (The Daily Mail, UK)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3860062/The-veins-America-Stunning-map-shows-river-basin-US.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Oregon: Eugene Water & Electric Board Puts Two Wind Farms Up for Sale (Roseburg News-Review, OR)

http://www.nrtoday.com/eweb-puts-two-wind-farms-up-for-sale/article_7d999f98-d412-5494-8bf4-34a69f9fd4c9.html

Portland, Multnomah County Back Big Portland General Electric Renewable Energy Buy (Portland Business Journal, OR)

https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/08/07/portland-multnomah-county-back-big-pge-renewable.html

August 21 Solar Eclipse Will Affect Photovoltaic Generators across the Country (U-S Energy Information Administration)

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=32372

Oncor Drops Proposed Minimum Charge for DER Customers (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/oncor-drops-proposed-minimum-charge-for-der-customers/448724/

What’s Missing from the 100% Renewable Energy Debate (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/whats-missing-from-the-100-renewable-energy-debate/447658/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Even With All Our Gadgets, Americans Are Using Less Electricity than Ten Years Ago (ReCode)

https://www.recode.net/2017/8/6/16103800/electronic-gadgets-americans-using-less-electricity-energy-information-administration

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Washington State: Any Trump Administration Crackdown on Marijuana Would Be “Unacceptable” (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/08/04/washington-state-any-trump-administration-crackdown-on-marijuana-would-be-unacceptable/

Is Jeff Sessions Planning to Crack Down on Legal Pot? This Letter Suggests He Might Be. (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/08/04/is-jeff-sessions-planning-to-crack-down-on-legal-pot-this-letter-suggests-he-might-be/

California Inc.: The State Mulls Creation of a Pot-Industry Bank (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-newsletter-california-inc-20170807-story.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE

Cost Concerns: Spokane Mayor Won’t Sign Climate Ordinance (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/spokane-mayor-wont-sign-climate-ordinance

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Cell Transmitters on Every Block? Cities, Counties Fight To Retain Control over Expanding Industry (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article165344887.html

AT&T Deploys Mobile Cell Units Ahead of Eclipse (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2017/08/07/att-deploys-mobile-cell-units-ahead-of-eclipse/

65,000 Frustrated DSL Customers Fled CenturyLink Last Quarter (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/65000-Frustrated-DSL-Customers-Fled-CenturyLink-Last-Quarter-140070

Northwest Open Access Network’s CEO Announces Retirement (Washington PUD Association)

https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2017/08/northwest-open-access-networks-ceo.html

MARKETING & MEDIA

Almost Half the World Is Now on Social Media, According to New Report (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2017/08/07/3-billion-global-social-media-users/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial#.6ik5O61saqo

“Write Drunk. Edit Sober.” According To Science, Ernest Hemingway Was Actually Right (Fast Company)

https://www.fastcompany.com/3066929/write-drunk-edit-sober-according-to-science-hemingway-is-right

Some Users Can Go Live Directly via Facebook Camera (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/digital/live-facebook-camera/

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Here Are Some Projects That Will Cost Taxpayers More Money, Thanks to Construction Budget Impasse (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/politics-government/article165594657.html

After Alleged Assault, Investigation Reveals Inappropriate Culture at Washington State Agency (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/after-alleged-rape-investigation-reveals-sexualized-culture-washington-state-agency

GENERAL NEWS

Air Pollution around Seattle Could Get Worse, Before Improving (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/711798/smoky-haze-settling-back-in-over-greater-seattle-area/

Dry Period Record for Pacific Northwest Tied Today (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2017/08/dry-period-record-tied-today.html

Shelton Wins Pee Wee Reese World Series Championship (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/26805

Fake Solar Eclipse Glasses Flood the Market; NASA Offers Recommended Brands (KSTW-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2017/08/04/fake-solar-eclipse-glasses-nasa-best-brands/

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Lost High School Ring ‘Keeps Coming Back’ to Florida Woman

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/weird_news/lost-high-school-ring-keeps-coming-back-to-florida-woman/article_5481fb7c-5083-50d9-a6fa-92ef5cabd6d9.html

Photo: Vermont Boy Reels in a Record-Setting Carp

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/weird_news/photo-vermont-boy-reels-in-a-record-setting-carp/article_80efe889-81b8-563a-aea1-e1a9ceb43179.html

B.C. Boater Called ‘Hero of the Day’ for Spraying Grass Fire with His Jet Boat

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-boater-called-hero-of-the-day-for-spraying-grass-fire-with-his-jet-boat-1.4228355

Nine-Year-Old Wants to be NASA’s ‘Planetary Protection Officer’

https://www.yahoo.com/news/9-old-wants-nasas-planetary-protection-officer-113137712.html

SONG OF THE DAY

First Class - Beach Baby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge4l82FG6JY

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for August 4, 2017

Excessive Heat Warning for Mason County & Much of Western Washington State

Special Weather Statement for Smoke & Air Quality

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Seattle Hotter Than Tucson? National Media Freaks over Heat Wave (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/weather/article/National-media-freaks-about-typical-Seattle-11732952.php

Columnist: A Changing Electrical Grid May Make Snake River Dams Expendable — and Help Save Salmon (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/environment/article165452982.html

Op/Ed: The Power of Natural Gas in the War on Carbon Emissions (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-power-of-natural-gas-in-the-war-on-carbon-emissions/

Power Restored to Two North Carolina Islands after Weeklong Outage (USA Today)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/08/03/power-restored-two-north-carolina-islands/538365001/

Jefferson PUD Names New Telecom Manager (Jefferson, PUD, Port Townsend, WA)

https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2017/08/jefferson-pud-names-new-telecom-manager.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Power Restored to Two North Carolina Islands after Weeklong Outage
• North Carolina: After 7 Days of Darkness, Power Is Restored on the Outer Banks
• Okanogan PUD Power Rates Increased to Pay for Capital Improvements
• Port of Port Angeles, Clallam PUD Seek Potential Partnerships
• Cats & Squirrels Are Causing Washington Fires, Power Outages
• Return to Quorum: Senate Confirms Powelson, Chatterjee to FERC
• Senate Committee Sets Hearing for FERC Nominees Glick, Mcintyre in September
• Death of a Nuke Build: Summer Abandonment Leaves South Carolina Ratepayers Holding the Bag
• U-S Utility Customers Remain Satisfied, but Always Room for Improvement
• Columnist: A Changing Electrical Grid May Make Snake River Dams Expendable — and Help Save Salmon
• Fishy Release Numbers Again Hamper Cowlitz Trout Hatchery
• Mountain Goats on Your Trail? They Like You, & Your Urine
• Deadly Bat Disease Found In State; Data, Samples Collected In Clallam
• Super-Colossal Wind Turbines May Be on the Horizon
• Op/Ed: If We Keep Subsidizing Wind, Will the Cost of Wind Energy Go Down?
• Tesla Finishes First Solar Roofs—Including Elon’s House
• Many States Have Adopted Policies to Encourage Energy Efficiency
• Washington State Does Not Intend to Give Lewis County Pot Revenue
• Op/Ed: The Power of Natural Gas in the War on Carbon Emissions
• This Site Calculates Your Carbon Footprint, Then Helps You Offset It
• Sequim Holiday Inn Installs Tesla Supercharger Station
• Jefferson PUD Names New Telecom Manager
• FCC Offers ‘Reverse-Auction’ to Expand Rural Broadband Access
• Can Using a Laptop Make You Infertile?
• Seattle Hotter Than Tucson? National Media Freaks over Heat Wave
• Heat, Wildfires Make Portland’s Air Quality among Worst in Nation
• Hot, Dry Weather Fuels Grass Fires, Keeps Central Mason Firefighters Busy
• Here’s What We Know about the British Columbia Fires
• Shelton Playing for Pee Wee Reese Championship
• When is the Perseid Meteor Shower – How Can I See It?

WORD OF THE DAY

Ignominious • \ig-nuh-MIN-ee-us\ • adjective – 1: marked with or characterized by disgrace or shame: dishonorable 2: deserving of shame or infamy: despicable *3: humiliating, degrading

“Oh, the pain…the pain,” moaned Doctor Smith to his fellow lost shipmates on Jupiter 2. “We’ll all meet our ignominious end on this voyage, I just know it.” Billy Mumy missed his cue. He was transfixed by the ACTING of Jonathan Harris…

Jonathan Harris

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Harris

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Power Restored to Two North Carolina Islands after Weeklong Outage (USA Today)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/08/03/power-restored-two-north-carolina-islands/538365001/

North Carolina: After 7 Days of Darkness, Power Is Restored on the Outer Banks (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/us/outer-banks-blackout.html

Okanogan PUD Power Rates Increased to Pay for Capital Improvements (The Gazette-Tribune, Oroville, WA)

http://www.gazette-tribune.com/news/power-rates-increased-to-pay-for-capital-improvements/75070/

Port of Port Angeles, Clallam PUD Seek Potential Partnerships (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/port-of-port-angeles-clallam-public-utility-district-seek-potential-partnerships/

Cats & Squirrels Are Causing Washington Fires, Power Outages (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/710171/cats-squirrels-causing-washington-fires/

Return to Quorum: Senate Confirms Powelson, Chatterjee to FERC (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/senate-confirms-powelson-chatterjee-to-ferc/448659/

Senate Committee Sets Hearing for FERC Nominees Glick, Mcintyre in September (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/senate-committee-sets-hearing-for-ferc-nominees-glick-mcintyre-in-septembe/448604/

Death of a Nuke Build: Summer Abandonment Leaves South Carolina Ratepayers Holding the Bag (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/death-of-a-nuke-build-summer-abandonment-leaves-ratepayers-holding-the-bag/448597/

U-S Utility Customers Remain Satisfied, but Always Room for Improvement (Forbes Magazine)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/pikeresearch/2017/08/04/us-utility-customers-satisfied/#3bcd1de332e2

FISH & WILDLIFE

Columnist: A Changing Electrical Grid May Make Snake River Dams Expendable — and Help Save Salmon (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/environment/article165452982.html

Fishy Release Numbers Again Hamper Cowlitz Trout Hatchery (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

http://www.chronline.com/news/fishy-release-numbers-again-hamper-cowlitz-trout-hatchery/article_3a4a31e4-787c-11e7-930f-5fdf83a69a47.html

Mountain Goats on Your Trail? They Like You, & Your Urine (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/science/mountain-goats-urine-pee-glacier-national-park-montana.html

Deadly Bat Disease Found In State; Data, Samples Collected In Clallam (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/deadly-bat-disease-found-in-state-data-samples-collected-in-clallam/

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Super-Colossal Wind Turbines May Be on the Horizon (NBC News)

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/super-colossal-wind-turbines-may-be-horizon-ncna789001

Op/Ed: If We Keep Subsidizing Wind, Will the Cost of Wind Energy Go Down? (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/If-we-keep-subsidizing-wind-will-the-cost-of-11732853.php

Tesla Finishes First Solar Roofs—Including Elon’s House (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2017/08/tesla-finishes-first-solar-roofs-including-elon-s-house.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Many States Have Adopted Policies to Encourage Energy Efficiency (U-S Energy Information Administration)

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=32332

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Washington State Does Not Intend to Give Lewis County Pot Revenue “…(the county) could not prohibit the sale & manufacture of cannabis in the county & then seek to receive marijuana tax money…” (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

http://www.chronline.com/news/state-does-not-intend-to-give-lewis-county-pot-revenue/article_a819de28-787b-11e7-80f7-17ac9984e4e3.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Op/Ed: The Power of Natural Gas in the War on Carbon Emissions (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-power-of-natural-gas-in-the-war-on-carbon-emissions/

This Site Calculates Your Carbon Footprint, Then Helps You Offset It (Fast Company)

https://www.fastcompany.com/40448103/this-site-calculates-your-carbon-footprint-then-helps-you-offset-it

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE

Sequim Holiday Inn Installs Tesla Supercharger Station (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/sequim-holiday-inn-installs-tesla-supercharger-station/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Jefferson PUD Names New Telecom Manager (Jefferson, PUD, Port Townsend, WA)

https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2017/08/jefferson-pud-names-new-telecom-manager.html

FCC Offers ‘Reverse-Auction’ to Expand Rural Broadband Access (Engadget)

https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/03/fcc-reverse-auction-expand-rural-broadband-access/

Can Using a Laptop Make You Infertile? (USA Today)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/08/02/can-using-laptop-make-you-infertile/529414001/

GENERAL NEWS

Seattle Hotter Than Tucson? National Media Freaks over Heat Wave (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/weather/article/National-media-freaks-about-typical-Seattle-11732952.php

Heat, Wildfires Make Portland’s Air Quality among Worst in Nation (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2017/08/heat_wildfires_make_portlands.html

Hot, Dry Weather Fuels Grass Fires, Keeps Central Mason Firefighters Busy (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/hot-dry-weather-fuels-grass-fires-keeps-central-mason-firefighters/article_1d095eee-787b-11e7-9526-6b5e557bded7.html

Here’s What We Know about the British Columbia Fires (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

https://www.thedailyworld.com/northwest/heres-what-we-know-about-the-british-columbia-fires/

Shelton Playing for Pee Wee Reese Championship (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/26784

When is the Perseid Meteor Shower – How Can I See It? (Yahoo News)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/perseid-meteor-shower-see-133018396.html

BRAIN SALAD SURGERY – DIVERSIONS

Cops: Rant About Salad with Too-Few Cucumbers Ends in Arrest

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/weird_news/cops-rant-about-salad-with-too-few-cucumbers-ends-in/article_5e0a6958-7d52-5fe5-a990-597ff795004b.html

Cubs Give World Series Championship Ring to Steve Bartman

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/steve-bartman-incident-cubs-give-world-series-ring-to-notorious-fan/

Boeing Dreamliner Draws Itself in the Air During 18-Hour Test Flight

http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2017/08/03/boeing-dreamliner-test-flight-drawing-photo/

Bee Bumble: Homeowner Tries to Burn Nest, Sets Home Ablaze

http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/us/article/Bee-bumble-Homeowner-tries-to-burn-nest-sets-11734592.php

SONG OF THE DAY

Still You Turn Me On - Emerson Lake & Palmer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8VHHcd0M_o

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