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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power Administration: No Increase to Base Power
Rates (Bonneville Power Administration)
Could British Columbia’s Chinook-Loving Orcas Adapt to a New
Food Source? It’s Not Unthinkable (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Moody’s Buys Climate Data Firm, Signaling New Scrutiny of
Climate Risks (NY Times)
Crews Tagging Fraser River Salmon to Track Survival Beyond
Big Bar Landslide (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
Software Problems Cripple Washington State Marijuana
Industry (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Bonneville Power Administration: No Increase to
Base Power Rates
2.
Judge Delays Ruling on Pacific Gas &
Electric Control during Bankruptcy
3.
UAMPS Members Execute Power Sales Contracts for
Modular Nuclear Power Project
4.
Electrical Usage, Grant PUD Below Second Quarter
Projection
5.
Feds Announce $16 Million in Funding for 14
Tribal Energy Projects
6.
Realtor, Community Advocate Joins Tacoma Public
Utility Board of Directors
7.
Electricity Marketplace WattBuy Is the Latest
Seattle-Area Energy Startup to Raise Funding
8.
Chicago Considers Municipalizing ComEd
9.
Colorado: Tri-State Files for FERC Regulation,
Delta-Montrose to Exit in 2020
10.
Pennsylvania: PUC Seeks $4.5 Million from Met-Ed
after Man Electrocuted
11.
This Texas Oil Town Actually Wants the Nation’s
Nuclear Waste
12.
Could British Columbia’s Chinook-Loving Orcas
Adapt to a New Food Source? It’s Not Unthinkable
13.
Crews Tagging Fraser River Salmon to Track
Survival Beyond Big Bar Landslide
14.
Whales Are Dying from Ship Strikes. A Newly
Funded Project Aims to Prevent That
15.
Examination of Gray Whale Deaths Could Answer
Bigger Questions about the Environment
16.
76 Mountain Goats in Olympic National Park
Relocated to the Cascade Mountains This Month
17.
The Crisis Lurking in Californians’ Taps: How
1,000 Water Systems May Be at Risk
18.
Ohio’s New Law a Blow to Renewable Electricity
Mandate Momentum
19.
Broadband Research: Half of Americans Can Get
500 Mbps Broadband, Monthly Costs Often Exceed $60
20.
Lack of Broadband Access Puts Tribal, Rural
Communities ‘In Jeopardy,’ Lawmakers Told
21.
Illinois: Internet for Broadband Desert
22.
Senate Commerce OK’s Broadband DATA Act
23.
Grays Harbor Community Hospital Mum on
Ransomware Attack
24.
Public Power Rebates on Nissan LEAF
25.
Moody’s Buys Climate Data Firm, Signaling New
Scrutiny of Climate Risks
26.
Olympia Sets Goal of Net-Zero Emissions by 2040,
Backs Green New Deal
27.
Global Climate Warming Faster Now Than in Past
2,000 Years
28.
‘No Doubt Left’ about Scientific Consensus on
Global Warming, Say Experts
29.
Software Problems Cripple Washington State
Marijuana Industry
30.
Federal Bill to Decriminalize Marijuana Has
Local, National Advocates Enthusiastic for Vote
31.
Automakers Go Around President Trump to Strike
Deal with California to Make Cleaner Cars
32.
Eyman Settles in Office Chair Theft Case
33.
28,630 Cloud Flashes & 3,499 Lightning
Strikes across Washington State from Tuesday to Wednesday
34.
Fire, Power Crews Struggle to Catch Up to
Aftermath of Tuesday Night Storms
35.
Hiker Dies after 100-Foot Fall in Mount Rainier
National Park. Victim Was Author
36.
Mason County Unemployment Up in June
37.
Thousands Celebrate Tribal Canoe Journey at
Lummi Nation
38.
Shelton’s Urraco Coffee Opens New Shop in
Thurston County
WORD OF THE DAY
En masse • \on-MASS\ • adverb - In a body: as a whole
Like the sheep they were, the group of unshorn ruminants
followed the bell-wether en masse to their first shearing of the year. “Where
are we going?” bleated Anabelle to her herd mate. “I dunno,” replied Gertie. “Someone
said there was a fashion statement to be made today. I just hope it’s not a
clipper cut like I had last year; it makes me look fat.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Bonneville Power Administration: No Increase to
Base Power Rates (Bonneville Power Administration)
2.
Judge Delays Ruling on Pacific Gas & Electric
Control during Bankruptcy (Courthouse News Service)
3.
UAMPS Members Execute Power Sales Contracts for
Modular Nuclear Power Project (American Public Power Association)
4.
Electrical Usage, Grant PUD Below Second Quarter
Projection (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
5.
Feds Announce $16 Million in Funding for 14
Tribal Energy Projects (Utility Dive)
6.
Realtor, Community Advocate Joins Tacoma Public
Utility Board of Directors (South Sound Business)
7.
Electricity Marketplace WattBuy Is the Latest Seattle-Area
Energy Startup to Raise Funding (GeekWire)
8.
Chicago Considers Municipalizing ComEd (Utility
Dive)
9.
Colorado: Tri-State Files for FERC Regulation, Delta-Montrose
to Exit in 2020 (Utility Dive)
10. Pennsylvania:
PUC Seeks $4.5 Million from Met-Ed after Man Electrocuted (WITF TV, Harrisburg,
PA)
11. This
Texas Oil Town Actually Wants the Nation’s Nuclear Waste (Bloomberg News)
FISH & WILDLIFE
12. Could
British Columbia’s Chinook-Loving Orcas Adapt to a New Food Source? It’s Not
Unthinkable (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
13. Crews
Tagging Fraser River Salmon to Track Survival Beyond Big Bar Landslide (Victoria
Times-Colonist, BC)
14. Whales
Are Dying from Ship Strikes. A Newly Funded Project Aims to Prevent That (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
15. Examination
of Gray Whale Deaths Could Answer Bigger Questions about the Environment (KNKX
Radio, Tacoma, WA)
16. 76
Mountain Goats in Olympic National Park Relocated to the Cascade Mountains This
Month (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton – Paywall Advisory)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
17. The
Crisis Lurking in Californians’ Taps: How 1,000 Water Systems May Be at Risk (NY
Times)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
18. Ohio’s
New Law a Blow to Renewable Electricity Mandate Momentum (Washington Examiner,
Josh Siegel, Daily on Energy)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
19. Broadband
Research: Half of Americans Can Get 500 Mbps Broadband, Monthly Costs Often
Exceed $60 (Telecompetitor)
20. Lack
of Broadband Access Puts Tribal, Rural Communities ‘In Jeopardy,’ Lawmakers
Told (Indian Country Today)
21. Illinois:
Internet for Broadband Desert (Lasalle News Tribune, IL)
22. Senate
Commerce OK’s Broadband DATA Act (Multichannel News)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
23. Grays
Harbor Community Hospital Mum on Ransomware Attack (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
25. Moody’s
Buys Climate Data Firm, Signaling New Scrutiny of Climate Risks (NY Times)
26. Olympia
Sets Goal of Net-Zero Emissions by 2040, Backs Green New Deal (Olympian, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
27. Global
Climate Warming Faster Now Than in Past 2,000 Years (Courthouse News Service)
28. ‘No
Doubt Left’ about Scientific Consensus on Global Warming, Say Experts (The
Guardian, UK)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
29. Software
Problems Cripple Washington State Marijuana Industry (Associated Press)
30. Federal
Bill to Decriminalize Marijuana Has Local, National Advocates Enthusiastic for Vote
(Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
31. Automakers
Go Around President Trump to Strike Deal with California to Make Cleaner Cars (Washington
Examiner)
32. Eyman
Settles in Office Chair Theft Case (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
33. 28,630
Cloud Flashes & 3,499 Lightning Strikes across Washington State from Tuesday
to Wednesday (KNDO/KNDU TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
34. Fire,
Power Crews Struggle to Catch Up to Aftermath of Tuesday Night Storms (Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, WA)
35. Hiker
Dies after 100-Foot Fall in Mount Rainier National Park. Victim Was Author (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
36. Mason
County Unemployment Up in June (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
37. Thousands
Celebrate Tribal Canoe Journey at Lummi Nation (KING TV, Seattle, WA)
38. Shelton’s
Urraco Coffee Opens New Shop in Thurston County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Rutger Hauer, Iconic Star of Blade Runner, Dies at 75
Ohio State Fair Remembers Moon Landing with Butter Sculpture
of Astronauts
Photo of One-Armed Two-Year-Old Bonding with Orlando Pride’s
Carson Pickett Goes Viral
School District That Turned Down Donation Will Accept Offer to
Pay Off Lunch Debt
SONG OF THE DAY
Vangelis – Love Theme (Blade Runner Soundtrack)
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