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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Seattle Study Favors Breaching Dams. ‘Slap in the Face,’
Says Tri-Cities Congressman (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Global Warming Pushing Some Pacific Salmon to the Brink “…Young
salmon will die when water temperatures warm above a certain threshold. This
very thing happened in…British Columbia’s Fraser River…the river’s temperature
was too high…streamflow was also down. (Digital Journal)
Three-Way Wrangle Over Plan to Expand Shasta Dam (Courthouse
News Service)
Multnomah County & Portland Take Steps Toward Public
Internet Access (Portland Mercury, OR)
Capital One Target of Massive Data Breach – Seattle Hacker
Accused (Courthouse News Service)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Seattle Study Favors Breaching Dams. ‘Slap in
the Face,’ Says Tri-Cities Congressman
2.
Study: In Breaching Snake River Dams, Benefits
Outweigh Costs
3.
‘Flawed Connection’: New York City Power Company
Explains July Blackout
4.
Grid Mod: New Revenue-Quality Meters Form First
Building Blocks to Increased Visibility & Accuracy
5.
News Release: Regionalization of the Western
Electricity Grid May Be Inevitable
6.
Texas: A May Price Spike Shows Vulnerability of
Power Market to Manipulation — And Cost to Consumers
7.
Kentucky: Man Arrested for Stealing Electricity
from Neighboring Home
8.
Global Warming Pushing Some Pacific Salmon to
the Brink “…Young salmon will die when water temperatures warm above a certain
threshold. This very thing happened in…British Columbia’s Fraser River…the
river’s temperature was too high…streamflow was also down…”
9.
Op/Ed: Increasing Hatchery Salmon Won’t Help
Orcas
10.
Whale ‘Swallows’ Sea Lion: ‘It Was A
Once-in-a-Lifetime Event’
11.
Three-Way Wrangle Over Plan to Expand Shasta Dam
12.
Editorial: It’s Hard to Believe, But State
Officials Rejected Their Own Water Standards
13.
Tahltan First Nation Buys into $2.5 Billion
British Columbia Hydro Project
14.
Tesla Powerwall, Powerpack Deployment Grows 81%
To 415 MWh in the Second Quarter
15.
Efficiency Requirements for Residential Central
Air Conditioning & Heat Pumps to Rise in 2023
16.
Multnomah County & Portland Take Steps
Toward Public Internet Access
17.
High-Speed Fiber ‘Net Coming to Schweitzer
Mountain Resort
18.
Study: Broadband a Boost for Rural Telemedicine
Use
19.
East Oregonian Publishers Win Federal Auction
for Bend, Redmond Newspapers
20.
This Startup Just Raised $33 Million to Vaporize
Trash
21.
Put the Synthale Down: Chateau Picard Wine Is
Real, & Here
22.
Washington State House Hires Outside Firm to
Investigate Representative Matt Shea of Spokane
23.
Capital One Target of Massive Data Breach –
Seattle Hacker Accused
24.
Roadwork Brings Temporary Delays to State Route
3 North of Shelton
WORD OF THE DAY
Stolid • \STAH-lid\ • adjective - Having or expressing
little or no sensibility: unemotional
Jennifer was of stolid, Midwestern stock. Even as her
potluck tuna casserole flopped at the church social, she returned the next week
to silence her critics with her prize-winning “Spam” casserole. It was a
hit…especially since the slices were cut into fish-shaped bits; a
passive-aggressive nose-thumbing to her previous week’s critics.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Seattle Study Favors Breaching Dams. ‘Slap in
the Face,’ Says Tri-Cities Congressman (Tri-City Herald, WA)
2.
Study: In Breaching Snake River Dams, Benefits
Outweigh Costs (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
3.
‘Flawed Connection’: New York City Power Company
Explains July Blackout (Washington Examiner)
4.
Grid Mod: New Revenue-Quality Meters Form First
Building Blocks to Increased Visibility & Accuracy (Bonneville Power
Administration)
5.
News Release: Regionalization of the Western Electricity
Grid May Be Inevitable (Natural Resources Defense Council)
6.
Texas: A May Price Spike Shows Vulnerability of
Power Market to Manipulation — And Cost to Consumers (Houston Chronicle, TX)
7.
Kentucky: Man Arrested for Stealing Electricity from
Neighboring Home (KFVS TV, Cape Girardeau, MO)
FISH & WILDLIFE
8.
Global Warming Pushing Some Pacific Salmon to
the Brink “…Young salmon will die when water temperatures warm above a certain
threshold. This very thing happened in…British Columbia’s Fraser River…the
river’s temperature was too high…streamflow was also down…” (Digital Journal)
9.
Op/Ed: Increasing Hatchery Salmon Won’t Help
Orcas (Everett Herald, WA)
10. Whale
‘Swallows’ Sea Lion: ‘It Was A Once-in-a-Lifetime Event’ (British Broadcasting
Corporation)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
11. Three-Way
Wrangle Over Plan to Expand Shasta Dam (Courthouse News Service)
12. Editorial:
It’s Hard to Believe, But State Officials Rejected Their Own Water Standards (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
13. Tahltan
First Nation Buys into $2.5 Billion British Columbia Hydro Project (Victoria
Times-Colonist, BC)
14. Tesla
Powerwall, Powerpack Deployment Grows 81% To 415 MWh in the Second Quarter (Utility
Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
15. Efficiency
Requirements for Residential Central Air Conditioning & Heat Pumps to Rise in
2023 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
16. Multnomah
County & Portland Take Steps Toward Public Internet Access (Portland
Mercury, OR)
17. High-Speed
Fiber ‘Net Coming to Schweitzer Mountain Resort (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
19. East
Oregonian Publishers Win Federal Auction for Bend, Redmond Newspapers (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
20. This
Startup Just Raised $33 Million to Vaporize Trash (Fast Company)
21. Put
the Synthale Down: Chateau Picard Wine Is Real, & Here (Gizmodo)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
22. Washington
State House Hires Outside Firm to Investigate Representative Matt Shea of Spokane
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
23. Capital
One Target of Massive Data Breach – Seattle Hacker Accused (Courthouse News Service)
24. Roadwork
Brings Temporary Delays to State Route 3 North of Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Reports: ‘Clown’ Sparks Brawl Onboard UK-Bound Cruise Ship
Man Finds 2.12-Carat Diamond on Vacation at Arkansas’ Crater
of Diamonds State Park
79-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to Ten Days in Jail for Feeding
Stray Cats
Rich People Now Just Signing Over Custody of Their Kids to
Score Financial Aid, Apparently
SONG OF THE DAY
Boz Scaggs – Georgia
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