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Storm Forecasts Get More Localized (Associated Press)
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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville
Regains Hiring Authorities; Managers Look to Bring “Very Difficult Chapter” to
a Close (Oregonian, Portland)
Snohomish PUD Abandons Tidal Energy Project (Everett Herald, WA)
Officials Laud
Record-Setting Columbia River Salmon Run (Oregonian Public Broadcasting)
Cascade
Natural Gas Requests 5.6% Rate Hike to Cover Costs (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
There Are Now
Three Million Data Centers in the U-S, & Climbing (Mashable)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Weather Service Storm Forecasts Get More Localized
- Bonneville Regains Hiring Authorities; Managers Look to
Bring “Very Difficult Chapter” to a Close
- Bonneville Power Administration’s Hiring Authority
Reinstated
- Customers Comment on Return of Hiring Authority to
Bonneville Power Administration
- Washington Congressman Hastings Praises Decision to
Reinstate Bonneville Power Admin’s Human Resources Authorities
- Cascade Natural Gas Requests 5.6% Rate Hike to Cover
Costs
- Idaho: Rupert Power Customers See 3 Percent Rate Increase
- California is Integrating Buffett’s Western Utilities
into Its Grid Balancing Market
- New Law Would Bring Dramatic Changes to the Texas
Electricity Grid
- News Release: With Fall & Winter Storm Season
Approaching, Peninsula Light Company Provides Real-Time Communications with
Members in the Pacific Northwest
- NERC Report Offers Series of Recommendations Tied to
Polar Vortex
- Officials Laud Record-Setting Columbia River Salmon Run
- 35,000 Walrus Come Ashore in Northwest Alaska
- Oyster Prices Could Skyrocket if We Don’t Change Our
Shellfish Ways
- Stillaguamish Tribe Chairman Named to Northwest Indian
Fisheries Commission Post
- Draft Water Rules Tied To Fish Consumption Released
- Snohomish PUD Abandons Tidal Energy Project
- Snohomish PUD Tidal Power Project Not to Advance
- University of Wyoming Gets $4.25 Million Federal Grant
for Wind Energy Research
- The World’s Biggest Energy Hogs Aren’t Who You Think They
Are
- Antarctica Is Losing So Much Ice It’s Throwing Off
Earth’s Gravity
- Did Climate Change Create Modern Man? Ancient Temperature
Shifts Made Us More Intelligent, Study Claims
- There Are Now Three Million Data Centers in the U-S,
& Climbing
- Fiber Is Coming: Seattle City Council Strikes Down
Restrictive Rule
- Up to Speed: FCC Woos TV Stations for Upcoming Spectrum
Auction
- Verizon Starts Throttling Unlimited LTE Users Starting
Today
- Municipal Broadband: A Bad Deal for Taxpayers
- Microsoft Unveils Windows 10 Operating System
- Ello: How Is It Different from Other Social Networks?
- Bad Stock Photos Make Us Want to Cry - Checklist for
Creative
- Washington State Bottled Water Tax May End Up in Governor
Inslee’s Budget
- Op/Ed: Public Officials Give Up Some Privacy on Personal
Cellphones
- Live Grenade Found in Dumpster Outside Belfair Business
- Pacific Northwest’s Second Worst Fire Season Draws to a
Close
- Longview Marijuana Farm Is Preparing for Its First
Harvest
- Advocates File Petition to Legalize Marijuana in
Mississippi
- 24 Maps & Charts That Explain Marijuana
- Washington State Minimum Wage Rises 15 Cents to $9.47 an
Hour
- Green Diamond Opens Lands for Hunting & Recreation
WORD OF THE DAY
Zeitgeist • \ZITE-ghyst\ • noun, often capitalized - The
general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era
Depending on whom you ask, the Zeitgeist of the Enron era
was either pioneering financial activity or slumming in the underworld of
questionable financial shenanigans.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville
Regains Hiring Authorities; Managers Look to Bring “Very Difficult Chapter” to
a Close (Oregonian, Portland)
Bonneville
Power Administration’s Hiring Authority Reinstated (U-S Department of Energy)
Customers
Comment on Return of Hiring Authority to Bonneville Power Administration
(Public Power Council, Portland, OR)
Washington
Congressman Hastings Praises Decision to Reinstate Bonneville Power Admin’s
Human Resources Authorities (U-S House Natural Resources Committee)
Cascade
Natural Gas Requests 5.6% Rate Hike to Cover Costs (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
Idaho: Rupert
Power Customers See 3 Percent Rate Increase (Twin Falls Times News, ID)
California is
Integrating Buffett’s Western Utilities into Its Grid Balancing Market (Green
Tech Media)
New Law Would
Bring Dramatic Changes to the Texas Electricity Grid (Dallas Morning News, TX)
News Release: With
Fall & Winter Storm Season Approaching, Peninsula Light Company Provides
Real-Time Communications with Members in the Pacific Northwest (Yahoo! Finance)
NERC Report
Offers Series of Recommendations Tied to Polar Vortex (American Public
Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Officials Laud
Record-Setting Columbia River Salmon Run (Oregonian Public Broadcasting)
35,000 Walrus Come Ashore in Northwest Alaska (Associated Press)
Oyster Prices Could Skyrocket if We Don’t Change Our Shellfish Ways (Grist
Online)
Stillaguamish Tribe Chairman Named to Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
Post (Everett Herald, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Draft Water
Rules Tied To Fish Consumption Released (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Snohomish PUD Abandons Tidal Energy Project (Everett Herald, WA)
Snohomish PUD Tidal Power Project Not to Advance
(Snohomish County PUD, Everett, WA)
University of Wyoming Gets $4.25 Million Federal Grant for
Wind Energy Research (Wyoming Business Report)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
The World’s
Biggest Energy Hogs Aren’t Who You Think They Are (Christian Science Monitor)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Antarctica Is Losing So Much Ice It’s Throwing Off Earth’s
Gravity (Gizmodo)
Did Climate Change Create Modern Man? Ancient Temperature
Shifts Made Us More Intelligent, Study Claims (The Daily Mail, UK)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
There Are Now
Three Million Data Centers in the U-S, & Climbing (Mashable)
Fiber Is Coming:
Seattle City Council Strikes Down Restrictive Rule (Puget Sound
Business Journal, WA)
Up to Speed: FCC
Woos TV Stations for Upcoming Spectrum Auction (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Verizon Starts
Throttling Unlimited LTE Users Starting Today (Broadband Reports)
Municipal
Broadband: A Bad Deal for Taxpayers (Forbes Magazine)
Microsoft
Unveils Windows 10 Operating System (British Broadcasting Corporation)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Ello: How Is It
Different from Other Social Networks? (Christian Science Monitor)
Bad Stock Photos
Make Us Want to Cry - Checklist for Creative (AdWeek)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State
Bottled Water Tax May End Up in Governor Inslee’s Budget (KXLY-TV,
Spokane, WA)
Op/Ed: Public Officials
Give Up Some Privacy on Personal Cellphones (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Live Grenade
Found in Dumpster Outside Belfair Business (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Pacific Northwest’s
Second Worst Fire Season Draws to a Close (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Longview
Marijuana Farm Is Preparing for Its First Harvest (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Advocates File
Petition to Legalize Marijuana in Mississippi “…initiatives are on the November
ballot in Oregon, Alaska and the District of Columbia…similar measures before
voters in 2016 in California, Arizona, Nevada and Massachusetts…” (Reuters)
24 Maps &
Charts That Explain Marijuana (Vox)
Washington State
Minimum Wage Rises 15 Cents to $9.47 an Hour (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Green Diamond
Opens Lands for Hunting & Recreation (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Everything You Need to Know about Oysters & a
How-To-Shuck Tutorial
Hey Kids, Let’s Not Trick-Or-Treat in This Completely
Black Bodysuit
Missing Child Discovered by Journalist Reporting on Story
Reports: China Body-Searched 10,000 Pigeons
SONG OF THE DAY
John Mayer – Gravity
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