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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Pacific Gas & Electric Takes $2.5 Billion Charge for
California Wildfires (Associated Press)
Company Prepares to Move on Newport Smelter’s Environmental
Study (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Lightning Strikes Utility Pole during ‘Rogue Thunderstorm’
in Beaverton; 10,000 PGE Customers Wake to No Power (Oregonian, Portland)
Researchers to Study Why Seabird Species Is Disappearing at
Cannon Beach (Associated Press)
Columbia River Treaty Meeting in Revelstoke Brings Local
Concerns to the Forefront (Revelstoke Review, BC)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Takes $2.5 Billion
Charge for California Wildfires
2.
Lightning Strikes Utility Pole during ‘Rogue
Thunderstorm’ in Beaverton; 10,000 PGE Customers Wake to No Power
3.
Columbia River Treaty Meeting in Revelstoke
Brings Local Concerns to the Forefront
4.
Op/Ed: Renewing the Columbia River Treaty – A
Once-in-A-Generation Chance to Address River Health
5.
Op/Ed: Challenges Facing Bonneville Power
Administration
6.
Candlelight Vigil Organized for Chelan PUD
Technician
7.
Flathead Electric to Host Dual Benefit Drive
8.
Blockchain Startup Power Ledger Brings
Electricity Sharing to Silicon Valley
9.
Editorial: California Energy Changes May Shake
Things Up
10.
Puerto Rico Signs Law to Overhaul Storm-Battered
Energy Utility
11.
EIA Monthly Survey Tracks U-S Power Plant
Additions
12.
Researchers to Study Why Seabird Species Is
Disappearing at Cannon Beach
13.
Forest Service Proposes Changes to Sage Grouse
Protections
14.
Company Prepares to Move on Newport Smelter’s
Environmental Study
15.
Nevada: Renewable Energy Initiative to Be on
November Ballot
16.
AT&T Successfully Cripples California’s Net
Neutrality Law
17.
How Tech Companies Conquered America’s Cities
18.
Report Ranks States on Activities Tied to
Electric Vehicles
19.
Portland to Host World’s Largest Electric Vehicle
Conference
20.
Europe Already Has a Solution for Too-Quiet
Electric Cars
21.
Anacortes to Raise Agriculture Water Rates by
900 Percent
22.
The Natural Gas Industry Has a Leak Problem
23.
Too Hot to Handle: Politics of Warming Part of
Culture Wars
24.
#fail – Burger King Says Sorry for Russian World
Cup Pregnancy Ad
25.
Legal Marijuana Will Roll Out Differently In
Canada than in U-S
26.
Editorial: Good News on Marijuana – President
Trump’s support of bill could signal end of federal government’s war on pot
27.
Mars Rover Still Silent as Red Planet Dust Storm
Goes Global
28.
President Trump Backs Down on Separating
Immigrant Children, Legal Problems Remain
29.
U-S Supreme Court Cuts Path for States to Tax
Online Retailers
30.
Tumwater Walmart Shooting: This Unusual Pastor
Took Out an Active Shooter & Expertly Treated the Wounded, All after
Delivering His Sunday Sermon
31.
Troopers Cracking Down on Drivers Who Don’t Move
Over for Emergency Vehicles
32.
Puyallup Woman Admits to Cheating Costco Out of
Nearly $300,000
33.
Record 47 Million Expected to Travel for U-S
July Fourth Holiday: AAA
34.
Washington State Patrol Explosives Detection
Class Graduates 5 New K9s with Handlers
35.
Crowded Western Washington Trails Crowding Out
Tribal Culture
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU
Gild the lily • \GILD-thuh-LILL-ee\ • phrasal verb – To add
unnecessary ornamentation to something beautiful in its own right
An Ode to Coprolite
Fossilized Feces
Gilding the Lily of Time
History Is Changed
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Takes $2.5 Billion
Charge for California Wildfires (Associated Press)
2.
Lightning Strikes Utility Pole during ‘Rogue
Thunderstorm’ in Beaverton; 10,000 PGE Customers Wake to No Power (Oregonian,
Portland)
3.
Columbia River Treaty Meeting in Revelstoke Brings
Local Concerns to the Forefront (Revelstoke Review, BC)
4.
Op/Ed: Renewing the Columbia River Treaty – A Once-in-A-Generation
Chance to Address River Health (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
5.
Op/Ed: Challenges Facing Bonneville Power
Administration (Seeley Swan Pathfinder, Seeley Lake, MT)
6.
Candlelight Vigil Organized for Chelan PUD
Technician (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
7.
Flathead Electric to Host Dual Benefit Drive
(The Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
8.
Blockchain Startup Power Ledger Brings
Electricity Sharing to Silicon Valley (News BTC)
9.
Editorial: California Energy Changes May Shake
Things Up (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
10. Puerto
Rico Signs Law to Overhaul Storm-Battered Energy Utility (Bloomberg News)
11. EIA
Monthly Survey Tracks U-S Power Plant Additions (U-S Energy Information
Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
12. Researchers
to Study Why Seabird Species Is Disappearing at Cannon Beach (Associated Press)
13. Forest
Service Proposes Changes to Sage Grouse Protections (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
14. Company
Prepares to Move on Newport Smelter’s Environmental Study (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
15. Nevada:
Renewable Energy Initiative to Be on November Ballot (KSNV-TC, Las Vegas, NV)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
16. AT&T
Successfully Cripples California’s Net Neutrality Law (Broadband Reports)
17. How
Tech Companies Conquered America’s Cities (NY Times)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
18. Report
Ranks States on Activities Tied to Electric Vehicles (American Public Power
Association)
https://www.publicpower.org/periodical/article/report-ranks-states-activities-tied-electric-vehicles
19. Portland
to Host World’s Largest Electric Vehicle Conference (Portland Business Journal,
OR)
20. Europe
Already Has a Solution for Too-Quiet Electric Cars (Jalopnik)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
21. Anacortes
to Raise Agriculture Water Rates by 900 Percent (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon,
WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
22. The
Natural Gas Industry Has a Leak Problem (NY Times)
23. Too
Hot to Handle: Politics of Warming Part of Culture Wars (Associated Press)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
24. #fail
– Burger King Says Sorry for Russian World Cup Pregnancy Ad (Associated Press)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
25. Legal
Marijuana Will Roll Out Differently In Canada than in U-S (Associated Press)
26. Editorial:
Good News on Marijuana – President Trump’s support of bill could signal end of
federal government’s war on pot (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
27. Mars
Rover Still Silent as Red Planet Dust Storm Goes Global (Associated Press)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
28. President
Trump Backs Down on Separating Immigrant Children, Legal Problems Remain (Reuters)
29. U-S
Supreme Court Cuts Path for States to Tax Online Retailers (Courthouse News
Service)
GENERAL NEWS
30. Tumwater
Walmart Shooting: This Unusual Pastor Took Out an Active Shooter & Expertly
Treated the Wounded, All after Delivering His Sunday Sermon (Washington Post)
31. Troopers
Cracking Down on Drivers Who Don’t Move Over for Emergency Vehicles (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
32. Puyallup
Woman Admits to Cheating Costco Out of Nearly $300,000 “…Even the fraud comes
in bulk…” (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
33. Record
47 Million Expected to Travel for U-S July Fourth Holiday: AAA (Reuters)
34. Washington
State Patrol Explosives Detection Class Graduates 5 New K9s with Handlers (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
35. Crowded
Western Washington Trails Crowding Out Tribal Culture (Northwest Public
Broadcasting)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Michigan Woman May Have Served Ex-Lover’s Remains at
Barbecue
Phillies Fan Injured by Flying Hot Dog Launched By Phanatic
Koko, the Cat-Loving Gorilla Who Learned Sign Language, Dies
at 46
Police: Thief Tried Paying Waitress with Her Own Stolen Card
SONG OF THE DAY
Maurice Jarre – Gorillas in the Mist Theme (Soundtrack)
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