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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Lawsuit Challenges Washington State’s Decision to
Approve Discharge Permit for Tri-Cities Nuclear Plant (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
Washington State Ecology Staff at Odds with Gov.
Inslee on Ocean Acidification Effects (Longview Daily News, WA)
SolarWorld’s
$10 Million Expansion Includes 200 New Jobs (Portland Business Journal, OR)
State to Fine Owners of Mason County Water System
for Neglect (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Mason PUD 3 Update
- Electricity Restored at 3:00 AM to All Customers Affected by Tahuya Area
Outage (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Lawsuit Challenges Washington State’s Decision to Approve Discharge Permit for Tri-Cities Nuclear Plant
- Diablo Canyon: Environmentalists Take Aim at California’s Last Nuclear Plant
- Mystery Drones Have Been Flying over France’s Nuclear Power Plants
- Tour of NuScale Control Room & Test Facility
- Mason PUD 3 Update - Electricity Restored at 3:00 AM to All Customers Affected by Tahuya Area Outage
- California: Pacific Gas & Electric Cutting Gas Pressure on Lines with Wrong Kind of Pipe
- Grant PUD Proposes Raise in 2015 Rates
- Washington State Natural Gas Customers Will See Higher Bills as of November 1
- British Columbia: Peace River Landowners go to Court to Halt Site C Dam
- British Columbia: BC Hydro’s Power Transmission Upgrade behind Schedule
- Oklahoma Electric Cooperative Shareholders Petition to Rid of Trustees
- Grid Wars: The Battle to Control Your Electricity
- Indiana Jonesing at Bonneville Power Administration: An Archaeologist’s Passion for Cultural Resources
- Indiana Co-op Becomes a Work of Art
- Washington State Ecology Staff at Odds with Gov. Inslee on Ocean Acidification Effects
- Mason County Man Accused of Diverting Tahuya Peninsula River
- SolarWorld’s $10 Million Expansion Includes 200 New Jobs
- Portland Company Looks to Make (Energy From) Waves in Hawaii
- Tide-Powered Turbine Will Feed Electricity to British Columbia Fishing Lodge
- Solar Power Is Good Business for Chelan PUD & NCW
- Wanted: Wind Turbine Mechanic - Must Be Daredevil, Skilled with Hands
- Washington State Governor Inslee’s Climate Plans: Heavy Winds Ahead
- California’s Carbon Market is Leaking
- Stephen Colbert: War on Halloween - Flaming Bags of Government
- For Every Portland Trailblazers 3-Pointer, 3 Trees Planted
- Study Finds Internet Congestion Really Is About Business, Not Technology
- The American Way of Broadband: Slow
- FCC’s Tom Wheeler: Let’s Redefine ‘Pay TV’ to Include Online Streaming
- Connecticut: Frontier Offers Credit for Continued AT&T Transition Issues
- Hungary Suspends Internet Tax after Huge Protests
- Hootsuite’s Great Halloween Ads Try to Calm Your Fears about Social Media
- How to Make Money Blogging: Five Steps
- Washington State Rep. Roger Freeman, D-Federal Way, Dies of Colon Cancer
- Washington State Congressman Reichert Says He’ll Consider Run for Governor or Senate in 2016
- Pot Legalization Votes: Grass-Roots Support May Not Be Enough
- State to Fine Owners of Mason County Water System for Neglect
- 700 Show Up to Tell Washington State: Tougher Steps Needed to Ensure Safety of Oil-By-Rail Shipping
- Seattle Public Utilities Says Heavy Rains Bring Increased Risk of Landslides
- Studded Tires Legal November 1 in Washington State
- Five Tips to ‘Fall Back’ This Weekend from Daylight Saving Time 2014
Prothalamion
• \proh-thuh-LAY-mee-un\ • noun – A song in celebration of a marriage
Arturo
considered himself the pre-eminent prothalamion performer in the greater
Matlock area of Mason County. With his $59 Casio Keyboard and syndrum machine,
he would sing just about any song requested by the wedding couple. However, he
drew the line at Michael Stookey’s “Wedding Song.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Lawsuit Challenges Washington State’s Decision to
Approve Discharge Permit for Tri-Cities Nuclear Plant (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
Diablo Canyon: Environmentalists
Take Aim at California’s Last Nuclear Plant (Courthouse News Service)
Mystery Drones
Have Been Flying over France’s Nuclear Power Plants (Gizmodo)
Tour of NuScale Control Room & Test Facility
(The Energy Collective)
Mason PUD 3 Update
- Electricity Restored at 3:00 AM to All Customers Affected by Tahuya Area
Outage (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
California: Pacific
Gas & Electric Cutting Gas Pressure on Lines with Wrong Kind of Pipe (SF Chronicle)
Grant PUD Proposes
Raise in 2015 Rates (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Washington State Natural
Gas Customers Will See Higher Bills as of November 1 (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
British Columbia: Peace River Landowners go to
Court to Halt Site C Dam (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
British Columbia:
BC Hydro’s Power Transmission Upgrade behind Schedule (Globe & Mail,
Canada)
Oklahoma Electric
Cooperative Shareholders Petition to Rid of Trustees (KXII-TV, Sherman, TX)
Grid Wars: The
Battle to Control Your Electricity (Renewable Energy World)
Indiana Jonesing at
Bonneville Power Administration: An Archaeologist’s Passion for Cultural
Resources (Bonneville Power Administration)
Indiana Co-op Becomes a Work of Art (Electric
Co-op Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Washington State Ecology Staff at Odds with Gov. Inslee
on Ocean Acidification Effects (Longview Daily News, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Mason
County Man Accused of Diverting Tahuya Peninsula River (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
SolarWorld’s
$10 Million Expansion Includes 200 New Jobs (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Portland
Company Looks to Make (Energy From) Waves in Hawaii (Portland Business Journal,
OR)
Tide-Powered
Turbine Will Feed Electricity to British Columbia Fishing Lodge (Vancouver Sun,
BC)
Solar
Power Is Good Business for Chelan PUD & NCW (Wenatchee
World, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Wanted:
Wind Turbine Mechanic - Must Be Daredevil, Skilled with Hands (National Public
Radio)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington
State Governor Inslee’s Climate Plans: Heavy Winds Ahead (Crosscut Seattle)
California’s Carbon Market is Leaking (Grist Online)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Stephen
Colbert: War on Halloween - Flaming Bags of Government (Yahoo! News)
For
Every Portland Trailblazers 3-Pointer, 3 Trees Planted (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Study Finds Internet Congestion Really Is About
Business, Not Technology (Consumerist)
The American Way of Broadband: Slow (Los Angeles
Times, CA)
FCC’s Tom Wheeler: Let’s Redefine ‘Pay TV’ to
Include Online Streaming (Christian Science Monitor)
Connecticut: Frontier Offers Credit for Continued
AT&T Transition Issues (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Frontier-Offers-Credit-For-Continued-ATT-Transition-Issues-131102
Hungary Suspends Internet Tax after Huge Protests
(Mashable)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Hootsuite’s Great Halloween Ads Try to Calm Your
Fears about Social Media - Fun horror-movie parodies (AdWeek)
How to Make Money Blogging: Five Steps (Christian
Science Monitor)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Rep. Roger Freeman, D-Federal Way,
Dies of Colon Cancer (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Washington State Congressman Reichert Says He’ll Consider
Run for Governor or Senate in 2016 (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Pot Legalization Votes: Grass-Roots Support May Not
Be Enough (Courthouse News Service)
GENERAL NEWS
State to Fine Owners of Mason County Water System for
Neglect (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
700 Show Up to Tell Washington State: Tougher Steps
Needed to Ensure Safety of Oil-By-Rail Shipping (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Seattle Public Utilities Says Heavy Rains Bring Increased
Risk of Landslides (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Studded Tires Legal November 1 in Washington State (Associated Press)
Five Tips to ‘Fall Back’ This Weekend from Daylight
Saving Time 2014 (ABC News)
DIVERSIONS
Stephen
Colbert: Here’s When the Last Episode of His ‘Colbert Report’ Will Air
France
Halloween: Town Bans Clowns after Assaults
‘Dumb
Ways to Die’ Returns With a Trick-or-Treat Halloween Special
A
Magnificent Photo of the Milky Way Arching over Devils Tower
SONG OF THE DAY
Mussorgsky
- A Night on Bald Mountain
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