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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Investigation Results into Columbia Generating Station
Released – Many Findings Unsubstantiated, Others Handled Appropriately (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
Cost to Replace California Nuclear with Solar: $15 Billion (Renewable Energy World)
EIA: Clean Power Plan Emissions Cuts Depend on State
Compliance Decisions (Utility Dive)
Drought Killed 66 Million Trees in California (Associated Press)
Debate over Closing of British Columbia Salmon Cannery Goes
to Federal Committee (Globe & Mail, Canada)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Investigation Results into Columbia Generating Station Released – Many Findings Unsubstantiated, Others Handled Appropriately
- Cost to Replace California Nuclear with Solar: $15 Billion
- Utah Energy Co-Op Pushes Small Nuclear Reactor Development
- Snohomish PUD to Spend $18 Million to Fix Billing Problems
- Oregon: Columbia River PUD to Receive Federal Emergency Funds for Storm Work
- Washington State Supreme Court to Decide If Vancouver Oil Terminal Lease Is Valid
- Michigan: Upper Peninsula Ratepayers to Pay Millions to Keep Coal Plants Online
- U-S Energy Bill Bogged Down by Controversial Riders
- Debate over Closing of British Columbia Salmon Cannery Goes to Federal Committee
- Seagulls Are Now Carrying One of the World's Deadliest Superbugs
- Drought Killed 66 Million Trees in California
- 2 on Your Side Investigates: What's in the Water?
- USDA Provides Electrical Co-Op Loans to Bolster Rural Efficiency
- Portland's Jade District Lands EPA Backing for Design, Sustainability Work
- Portland Commissioners Send $3 Million Pot Tax to Voters
- EIA: Clean Power Plan Emissions Cuts Depend on State Compliance Decisions
- Op/Ed: Clallam PUD Commissioners Should Fulfill Their Mission by Supporting I-732
- Boeing & Lamborghini Spur State’s Carbon-Fiber Industry
- Google Buys Gigabit Broadband Provider to Speed Up San Francisco Fiber Deployment
- This Cable Company Expected to Overcharge Americans $2 Million This Year Alone
- Chicago Tax on Streaming Media Battled in Court
- Instagram to Allow Users to Translate Posts with Button
- Thurston Auditor’s Office Honored for Using Social Media to Reach Millennials
- June 30 – Social Media Day: A Global Celebration
- U-S Supreme Court Tie Favors Tribal Court Authority
- Colville Tribal Chairman James Boyd Dies at Age 60
- Three Bodies Found Near Lacey In Trailer Filled with Drugs, Guns
- Video: Sierra Pacific Sawmill Going Up in Shelton
- Home Prices Soaring Faster in Washington than Any Other State, Including Mason County
- Union Pacific Blamed for Oil Train Derailment
- City of Shelton Delays Pioneer Way/Lake Boulevard Paving
- Rain Takes a Bite out of Washington State’s Cherry Crop
Canard • \kuh-NARD\ • noun – 1a: a false or unfounded report
or story; especially: a fabricated report *b: a groundless rumor or belief: an
airplane with horizontal stabilizing and control surfaces in front of
supporting surfaces; also: a small airfoil in front of the wing of an aircraft
that increases the aircraft's stability
Angus was furious at his neighbor’s disdain for the Weekly
World News. “That rag is nothing but a collection of canards…from the recurring
‘Batboy’ sightings; aliens visiting dead presidents; to Satan’s face in bomb
and fire smoke plumes,” his friend howled.
“But it’s in print,” muttered Angus. “No reputable newspaper would waste
ink and newsprint if it weren’t true!”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Investigation Results into Columbia Generating Station
Released – Many Findings Unsubstantiated, Others Handled Appropriately (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
Cost to Replace California Nuclear with Solar: $15 Billion (Renewable Energy World)
Utah Energy Co-Op Pushes Small Nuclear Reactor Development
(Utility Dive)
Snohomish PUD to Spend $18 Million to Fix Billing Problems
(Everett Herald, WA)
Oregon: Columbia River PUD to Receive Federal Emergency
Funds for Storm Work (St Helens Chronicle, OR)
Washington State Supreme Court to Decide If Vancouver Oil
Terminal Lease Is Valid (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Michigan: Upper Peninsula Ratepayers to Pay Millions to Keep
Coal Plants Online (Midwest Energy News)
U-S Energy Bill Bogged Down by Controversial Riders
(Washington Examiner)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Debate over Closing of British Columbia Salmon Cannery Goes to
Federal Committee (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Seagulls Are Now Carrying One of the World's Deadliest
Superbugs (Mother Jones Magazine)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Drought Killed 66 Million Trees in California (Associated Press)
2 on Your Side Investigates: What's in the Water? (KREM-TV,
Spokane, WA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
USDA Provides Electrical Co-Op Loans to Bolster Rural Efficiency
(Utility Dive)
Portland's Jade District Lands EPA Backing for Design,
Sustainability Work (Portland Business Journal, OR)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Portland Commissioners Send $3 Million Pot Tax to Voters
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
EIA: Clean Power Plan Emissions Cuts Depend on State
Compliance Decisions (Utility Dive)
Op/Ed: Clallam PUD Commissioners Should Fulfill Their
Mission by Supporting I-732 (Sequim Gazette, WA)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Boeing & Lamborghini Spur State’s Carbon-Fiber Industry (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Buys Gigabit Broadband Provider to Speed Up San
Francisco Fiber Deployment (Consumerist)
This Cable Company Expected to Overcharge Americans $2
Million This Year Alone (Washington Post)
Chicago Tax on Streaming Media Battled in Court (Courthouse News Service)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Instagram to Allow Users to Translate Posts with Button
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Thurston Auditor’s Office Honored for Using Social Media to
Reach Millennials (Olympian - Paywall
Advisory: 220 followers on Twitter, 368 likes on Facebook)
June 30 – Social Media Day: A Global Celebration (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
U-S Supreme Court Tie Favors Tribal Court Authority (Associated Press)
Colville Tribal Chairman James Boyd Dies at Age 60 (Northwest
Cable News Network)
GENERAL NEWS
Three Bodies Found Near Lacey In Trailer Filled with Drugs, Guns
(Associated Press)
Video: Sierra Pacific Sawmill Going Up in Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Home Prices Soaring Faster in Washington than Any Other
State, Including Mason County (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Union Pacific Blamed for Oil Train Derailment (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
City of Shelton Delays Pioneer Way/Lake Boulevard Paving
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Rain Takes a Bite out of Washington State’s Cherry Crop (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Two Women Go 'Blind' after Checking Their Phones in Bed
Scientists Confirm: Comets Smell Like Cat Pee
Archaeologists Are Spotting Ancient Ruins in Cold War Spy
Photos
Texas Woman Has Foreign Accent Syndrome after Jaw Surgery
SONG OF THE DAY
Mary J. Blige – Stairway to Heaven
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