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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Breaching Dams Would Hurt Reliable, Low-Cost Electricity for
Tri-Cities, Utilities Argue (Tri-City Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Endangered Resident Killer Whales, Not Seen for a Month,
Spotted Off Vancouver Island “…the whales…including the new calf, looked
healthy & robust…” (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Cowlitz PUD Prepares for Uncertain Energy Future (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Motions Denied in Effort to Block City of Tacoma Click
Negotiations – Fight May Not Be Over (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Anchorage Roasts as Heat Records Break across Alaska
(Mashable)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Breaching Dams Would Hurt Reliable, Low-Cost
Electricity for Tri-Cities, Utilities Argue
2.
Cowlitz PUD Prepares for Uncertain Energy Future
3.
Renegotiating the Columbia River Treaty, Six
Decades Later
4.
Op/Ed: Much Is at Stake in Columbia River Treaty
Update
5.
Video: Mason County PUD 3 is turning 80
6.
BC Hydro Scraps E-Plus Program, Forces More Wood
Burning
7.
Mayors Renew Support for South San Joaquin
Irrigation District Pacific Gas & Electric Takeover Bid
8.
Endangered Resident Killer Whales, Not Seen for
a Month, Spotted Off Vancouver Island “…the whales…including the new calf,
looked healthy & robust…”
9.
It’s a Girl: Researchers Get Closer Look at J Pod
Orca Baby “…those (undammed Fraser River) fish have been very scarce, so the
whales have been feeding in coastal waters to survive…”
10.
Monroe: Ocean Fishing Has Vastly Improved This
Summer
11.
Fisheries Officials to Help Salmon Move Upstream
in Fraser River
12.
Dead Gray Whale Found Floating in South Puget
Sound’s Budd Inlet
13.
A Deadly Fungus Is Killing Millions of Bats in
the U.S. Now It’s in California
14.
These Very Hungry Caterpillars Are Eating
Washington State Forests – And Fueling Wildfires
15.
Florida, the Sunshine State, Is Slow to Adopt
Rooftop Solar Power
16.
The New Kid on the Block: Community Choice
Aggregators Face Credit, Other Challenges to Lead California’s Renewable Energy
Growth
17.
Rural Co-Op Transition to Renewables Impeded by
Coal Financing Obligations, NGOs Find
18.
All That Online Grocery Shopping Is Causing a
Cold Storage Shortage
19.
Do Americans Need Air-Conditioning?
20.
Motions Denied in Effort to Block City of Tacoma
Click Negotiations – Fight May Not Be Over
21.
A New-Wave Broadband Firm Dials Up Frontier Communications
22.
Will 5G Fix America’s Rural Broadband Woes? We
Asked the Experts
23.
Report: 5G Hype is Working as 1/3 of Smartphone
Owners Think They Have a 5G Device
24.
Google’s Balloon Project Has a New Test:
Providing Internet Access to ‘Mountainous Villagers’ in Kenya
25.
Internet of Things Sparks Race to Replace the
Battery
26.
The True Price of Electric Cars
27.
Anchorage Roasts as Heat Records Break across
Alaska
28.
The Rural Anxiety behind Oregon’s Failed Climate
Legislation
29.
Bend Bulletin Must Terminate Employees before
Paper’s Sale, Documents State
30.
The Most Important Road Trip in American History
31.
California Had Its Largest Earthquake in Years —
Then an Even Bigger One Hit
32.
Oregon: Recent Earthquakes Don’t Suggest the Big
One Is Imminent, Experts Say
33.
Detectives Seize Over $900,000 Worth of Drugs in
Bremerton
34.
Man Arrested after Multiple Persons Killed in
Port Angeles Trailer Park
35.
Rapinoe Lavelle Give U.S. Fourth Women’s World
Cup
WORD OF THE DAY
Pensive • \PENT-sive\ • adjective - 1: musingly or dreamily
thoughtful 2: suggestive of sad thoughtfulness
Darlene sat at her desk, her pensive expression looking to
the entire world as if she was trying to solve a “dark matter” problem for her
upcoming physics treatise. Unknown to her admiring observers was that her
dreamy expression was hiding the fact that she had just finished her “New York
Times” crossword puzzle in record time.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Breaching Dams Would Hurt Reliable, Low-Cost
Electricity for Tri-Cities, Utilities Argue (Tri-City Herald, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
2.
Cowlitz PUD Prepares for Uncertain Energy Future
(Longview Daily News, WA)
3.
Renegotiating the Columbia River Treaty, Six
Decades Later (High Country News)
4.
Op/Ed: Much Is at Stake in Columbia River Treaty
Update (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
5.
Video: Mason County PUD 3 is turning 80 (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
6.
BC Hydro Scraps E-Plus Program, Forces More Wood
Burning (Rocky Mountain Goat, Valemount, BC)
7.
Mayors Renew Support for South San Joaquin
Irrigation District Pacific Gas & Electric Takeover Bid (American Public
Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
8.
Endangered Resident Killer Whales, Not Seen for
a Month, Spotted Off Vancouver Island “…the whales…including the new calf,
looked healthy & robust…” (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
9.
It’s a Girl: Researchers Get Closer Look at J
Pod Orca Baby “…those (undammed Fraser River) fish have been very scarce, so
the whales have been feeding in coastal waters to survive…” (Seattle Times, WA
– Paywall Advisory)
10. Monroe:
Ocean Fishing Has Vastly Improved This Summer (Oregonian, Portland)
11. Fisheries
Officials to Help Salmon Move Upstream in Fraser River (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
12. Dead
Gray Whale Found Floating in South Puget Sound’s Budd Inlet (Olympian, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
13. A
Deadly Fungus Is Killing Millions of Bats in the U.S. Now It’s in California
(Los Angeles Times, CA)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
14. These
Very Hungry Caterpillars Are Eating Washington State Forests – And Fueling
Wildfires (Crosscut Seattle)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
15. Florida,
the Sunshine State, Is Slow to Adopt Rooftop Solar Power (NY Times)
16. The
New Kid on the Block: Community Choice Aggregators Face Credit, Other
Challenges to Lead California’s Renewable Energy Growth (Utility Dive)
17. Rural
Co-Op Transition to Renewables Impeded by Coal Financing Obligations, NGOs Find
(Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
18. All
That Online Grocery Shopping Is Causing a Cold Storage Shortage (Los Angeles
Times, CA)
19. Do
Americans Need Air-Conditioning? (NY Times)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
20. Motions
Denied in Effort to Block City of Tacoma Click Negotiations – Fight May Not Be
Over (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
21. A
New-Wave Broadband Firm Dials Up Frontier Communications (Everett Herald, WA)
22. Will
5G Fix America’s Rural Broadband Woes? We Asked the Experts (Digital Trends)
23. Report:
5G Hype is Working as 1/3 of Smartphone Owners Think They Have a 5G Device
(Telecompetitor)
24. Google’s
Balloon Project Has a New Test: Providing Internet Access to ‘Mountainous
Villagers’ in Kenya (Washington Post)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
25. Internet
of Things Sparks Race to Replace the Battery (Financial Times)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
26. The
True Price of Electric Cars (Washington Post)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
27. Anchorage
Roasts as Heat Records Break across Alaska (Mashable)
28. The
Rural Anxiety behind Oregon’s Failed Climate Legislation (Grist Online)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
29. Bend
Bulletin Must Terminate Employees before Paper’s Sale, Documents State (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
30. The
Most Important Road Trip in American History (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
31. California
Had Its Largest Earthquake in Years — Then an Even Bigger One Hit (Washington
Post)
32. Oregon:
Recent Earthquakes Don’t Suggest the Big One Is Imminent, Experts Say
(Oregonian, Portland)
33. Detectives
Seize Over $900,000 Worth of Drugs In Bremerton Bust (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA
– Paywall Advisory)
34. Man
Arrested after Multiple Persons Killed in Port Angeles Trailer Park Fire
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
35. Rapinoe,
Lavelle Give U.S. Fourth Women’s World Cup Title (Reuters)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Clickety Clack, Let’s Look Back: Typewriters Return
Denver Culls Canada Geese to Feed ‘Needy Families’
Idaho Mayor Says, ‘NO WAY, NO CHANCE’ To PETA’s Request to
Rename Chicken Dinner Road
Starbucks Apologizes after Police Officers Reportedly Asked
to Leave Arizona Shop
SONG OF THE DAY
The Brandenburg Symphony – “The Typewriter”
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