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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Snake River Sockeye Show Highest Returns to
Sawtooth Valley since 1950’s (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Washington State’s Once Extinct Tahuya River
Salmon Run on Its Own after Restoration Effort (Associated Press)
Puget Sound Energy to Give Back More of Proceeds
from Jefferson County Sale — But Only to Current Customers (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, WA)
Southwest
Braces as Lake Mead Water Levels Drop (Associated
Press)
Taking
a Call for Climate Change to the Streets (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Puget Sound Energy to Give Back More of Proceeds from Jefferson County Sale
- Seattle City Light Apologizes for I-5 Southcenter Backup
- Electric, Water & Sewer: Proposed Port Angeles’ Five-Year Utility Rate Plan Could Cost Residents Hundreds of Dollars More
- Idaho: Avista Rate Settlement Adopted
- Clatskanie PUD to Sell Power to Georgia Pacific Camas Mill
- Columbia River Treaty Reaches Age 50 This (Last) Week; British Columbia, U.S. Considering Future Options
- Editorial: Columbia River Treaty Needs an Update
- Pacific Gas & Electric Email Scandal: Utility to Acknowledge “Accountability,” Expects Fine
- Rating Agencies: Jury Is Still Out on Credit Impact of Proposed EPA Greenhouse Gas Rule
- Illinois: Copper Thieves Cut Co-op Poles
- Olivier Burnham, Quebec Blacksmith, Makes Device to Prevent Smart Meter Swap
- Snake River Sockeye Show Highest Returns to Sawtooth Valley since 1950’s
- Washington State’s Once Extinct Tahuya River Salmon Run on Its Own after Restoration Effort
- Grant & Chelan PUDs: New Penticton Sockeye Hatchery Has Big Tie to North Central Washington State
- $1 Million Project Saves Fish that Get Trapped in Willamette Side Channel
- Klamath Basin Project Restores River for Endangered Fish
- Southwest Braces as Lake Mead Water Levels Drop
- Op/Ed: Freshwater Shortage Looming As Next World Crisis
- Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan Nears Release
- Taking a Call for Climate Change to the Streets
- Climate Protesters Pledge to Risk Arrest during Wall Street Sit-In
- The Dirty Secret of Electric Cars - Are They Better Than Hybrids? Depends on Your Zip Code
- Apple Sold 10 Million iPhone 6s & iPhone 6 Pluses in Record Debut
- Where in the World is the Fastest Broadband? Hint: It’s Not the U-S
- Brand Publishers Are Ditching Facebook in Favor Of Microsites - They Want To Own Their Data, Content
- Muslims Launch Powerful Social Media Campaign Against ISIS with #NotInMyName
- Iran Prosecutor Gives Government 30 Days to Block Social Media
- Newspapers Want to Charge Subscribers Extra to Receive Black Friday Ads
- Another Lawsuit Filed against North Mason Schools over Public Records Requests & Theler
- Barge Runs over Pontoon Boat on Snake River – Boat Had Drifted into Shipping Lanes
- Man Gets 4 Months for Poaching Puget Sound Geoduck
- Oregon Starts Preparing Before State Votes on Legalizing Pot
- Cash That Smells Like Pot & Other Challenges Washington State’s Newest Industry Faces
- OysterFest Still Going Strong to Support Community
- Autumn Arrives at Tonight at 7:29 Pacific Time: The Fall Equinox Explained in Six Images
Ashram
• \AWSH-rum\ • noun – 1: a secluded dwelling of a Hindu sage; also: the group
of disciples instructed there 2: a religious retreat
It
was widely rumored that Beauregard’s disappearance each morning at ten was for
a daily walk to Starbucks for coffee. His co-workers were horrified one day to
find that he had constructed a hidden shrine in his office dedicated as a kind
of ashram for daily Elvis devotionals. He was discovered when a co-worker heard
the thudding baseline from “Burning Love” reverberating through the walls of
Beauregard’s hidden retreat.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Puget Sound Energy to Give Back More of Proceeds from
Jefferson County Sale — But Only to Current Customers (Peninsula Daily News,
Port Angeles, WA)
Seattle City Light Apologizes for I-5 Southcenter
Backup (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Electric, Water & Sewer: Proposed Port
Angeles’ Five-Year Utility Rate Plan Could Cost Residents Hundreds of Dollars
More (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Idaho: Avista Rate Settlement Adopted (Coeur d’Alene
Press, ID)
Clatskanie PUD to Sell Power to Georgia Pacific
Camas Mill (St. Helens Chronicle, OR)
Columbia River Treaty Reaches Age 50 This (Last)
Week; British Columbia, U.S. Considering Future Options (Columbia Basin
Bulletin)
Editorial: Columbia River Treaty Needs an Update (Everett
Herald, WA)
Pacific Gas & Electric Email Scandal: Utility
to Acknowledge “Accountability,” Expects Fine (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Rating Agencies: Jury Is Still Out on Credit
Impact of Proposed EPA Greenhouse Gas Rule (American Public Power Association)
Illinois: Copper Thieves Cut Co-op Poles (Electric
Co-op Today)
Olivier Burnham, Quebec Blacksmith, Makes Device to
Prevent Smart Meter Swap (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Snake River Sockeye Show Highest Returns to
Sawtooth Valley since 1950’s (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Washington State’s Once Extinct Tahuya River Salmon
Run on Its Own after Restoration Effort (Associated Press)
Grant & Chelan PUDs: New Penticton Sockeye
Hatchery Has Big Tie to North Central Washington State (Wenatchee World, WA)
$1 Million Project Saves Fish that Get Trapped in
Willamette Side Channel (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Klamath Basin Project Restores River for
Endangered Fish (Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Southwest
Braces as Lake Mead Water Levels Drop (Associated
Press)
Op/Ed:
Freshwater Shortage Looming As Next World Crisis (Kitsap Peninsula Business
Journal, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Desert
Renewable Energy Conservation Plan Nears Release (The Desert Sun, Palm Springs,
CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Taking
a Call for Climate Change to the Streets (NY Times)
Climate
Protesters Pledge to Risk Arrest during Wall Street Sit-In (Reuters)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The
Dirty Secret of Electric Cars - Are They Better Than Hybrids? Depends on Your
Zip Code (The Stranger)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Apple Sold 10 Million iPhone 6s & iPhone 6 Pluses
in Record Debut (Oregonian, Portland)
Where in the World is the Fastest Broadband? Hint:
It’s Not the U-S (ReadWrite)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Brand Publishers Are Ditching Facebook in Favor Of Microsites
- They Want To Own Their Data, Content (AdWeek)
Muslims Launch Powerful Social Media Campaign
Against ISIS with #NotInMyName (Mashable)
Iran Prosecutor Gives Government 30 Days to Block
Social Media (Reuters)
Newspapers Want to Charge Subscribers Extra to
Receive Black Friday Ads (Consumerist)
GENERAL NEWS
Another Lawsuit Filed against North Mason Schools
over Public Records Requests & Theler; Settlement Offer Made (Mason Web TV)
Barge Runs over
Pontoon Boat on Snake River – Boat Had Drifted into Shipping Lanes (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Man Gets 4 Months for Poaching Puget Sound Geoduck (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Oregon Starts Preparing Before State Votes on
Legalizing Pot (Associated Press)
Cash That Smells Like Pot & Other Challenges Washington’s
Newest Industry Faces (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
OysterFest Still Going Strong to Support Community (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Autumn Arrives at Tonight at 7:29 Pacific Time: The
Fall Equinox Explained in Six Images (Washington Post)
DIVERSIONS
Judge:
Yes, You Can Serve Legal Papers over Facebook
Seahawks
CB DeShawn Shead Proposes to Girlfriend after Game
Banana
Peel Slipperiness Wins IgNobel Prize in Physics
California
Lawyer Faces Discipline for Phony Celebrity Photo-Ops
SONG OF THE DAY
Miles
Davis - Autumn leaves
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