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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Major Trump Administration Climate Report Says Damage Is
‘Intensifying Across the Country’ (Washington Post)
Idaho Regulators Asking Hard Questions about Avista’s Sale
to Canadian Utility (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Dead Sea Lions Found with Gunshot Wounds (Associated Press)
Clean Power Benefits – Grant PUD Reviews Power Sales
Contract (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
USDA’s Rural Broadband Plan Met with Citizen Criticism,
Concerns (KUNC Radio, Greeley, CO)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Idaho Regulators Asking Hard Questions about
Avista’s Sale to Canadian Utility
2.
Clean Power Benefits – Grant PUD Reviews Power
Sales Contract
3.
Snohomish PUD Crews Headed to Help Restore Power
Following Camp Fire
4.
Will Small-Scale Nuclear Energy Power Some Utah
Cities in the Future?
5.
Electricity Rate Increase Goes to Hermiston
Council
6.
Pair Charged with Stealing Wire from Power Poles
near Silverdale
7.
As Temperatures Drop, Firefighters Say Don’t
Plug Space Heaters into Power Strips
8.
Idaho Man Charged after Gas Utility Workers Hit
with Bug Spray
9.
British Columbia Electrification: Where Will All
the Electricity Come From?
10.
South Carolina: SCANA Settles $2 Billion Lawsuit
over VC Summer Project’s Failure
11.
U-S Senate Dems Seek to Postpone McNamee FERC
Vote Over Video
12.
Dead Sea Lions Found with Gunshot Wounds
13.
Orca Task Force Member: We Don’t Have Resources,
Capacity to Do Everything
14.
‘I Am Superbly Worried’: Canada’s West Coast
Fishermen Await Decision on Restrictions Meant to Protect Orcas
15.
Dry Fall Puts Damper on Kitsap Salmon Returns
16.
To Fix Salmon Streams, Leave It to Beavers
17.
Montana Regulators, NorthWestern Sued over
Renewable Energy Law
18.
Is California Going the Way of Germany When It
Comes to Energy?
19.
Idaho: Northern Lights Electric Co-op Offers
Solar Tour for High School Students
20.
USDA’s Rural Broadband Plan Met with Citizen
Criticism, Concerns
21.
The Reality of Rural Broadband
22.
Five Reasons Cryptocurrency Prices Are Plunging
Again
23.
Benton PUD Plans Workshop on Home Automation
& Energy Conservation
24.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Lighting
Research Makes for a Brighter Future
25.
Utilities Encourage Energy Savings with Smart
Thermostats
26.
Major Trump Administration Climate Report Says
Damage Is ‘Intensifying Across the Country’
27.
Green Hypocrisy? Washington State Voters Keep
Proving It’s Not Easy Being Green
28.
McKenna: Climate Change Lawsuit in Oregon ‘A
Pretty Big Leap’
29.
This is Why Nobody is Reading Your Content
30.
Three Smart Ways to Stop Email from Taking Over
Your Life
31.
The Mystery Font That Took Over New York
32.
This Non-Profit Is Raising $1 Million to Price
Carbon
33.
Three Washington State Legislative Races Heading
for Hand Recounts
34.
A ‘Juicy’ Pineapple Express Storm Is Hitting
Washington State – It Won’t Make Up for Dry November
35.
This Winter Will Be Warmer Than Average in the
United States, Experts Say
36.
Space Heater Ignites Blaze That Levels Home in
Shelton
37.
Shelton’s Northcliff Road Closed through Friday
38.
The ‘Heart & Soul’ Behind Shelton’s Fight to
Help Homeless Kids: Small Program Emerges as Statewide Model
WORD OF THE DAY
Vociferous • \voh-SIF-uh-rus\ • adjective - Marked by or
given to vehement insistent outcry
Apropos the “Family Circus” comic, the environmental
advocacy group vociferously denied that they had engaged in vandalism during
their protest against people exhaling carbon dioxide during sleep. “Not Me” was
the refrain when asked about the use of super glue to close napping employees’
nostrils.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Idaho Regulators Asking Hard Questions about
Avista’s Sale to Canadian Utility (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
2.
Clean Power Benefits – Grant PUD Reviews Power
Sales Contract (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
3.
Snohomish PUD Crews Headed to Help Restore Power
Following Camp Fire (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
4.
Will Small-Scale Nuclear Energy Power Some Utah
Cities in the Future? (Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT)
5.
Electricity Rate Increase Goes to Hermiston
Council (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
6.
Pair Charged with Stealing Wire from Power Poles
near Silverdale (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
7.
As Temperatures Drop, Firefighters Say Don’t
Plug Space Heaters into Power Strips (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
8.
Idaho Man Charged after Gas Utility Workers Hit
with Bug Spray (Associated Press)
9.
British Columbia Electrification: Where Will All
the Electricity Come From? (Vancouver Sun, BC)
10. South
Carolina: SCANA Settles $2 Billion Lawsuit over VC Summer Project’s Failure
(The State, Columbia, SC)
11. U-S
Senate Dems Seek to Postpone McNamee FERC Vote Over Video (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
12. Dead
Sea Lions Found with Gunshot Wounds (Associated Press)
13. Orca
Task Force Member: We Don’t Have Resources, Capacity to Do Everything (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
15. Dry
Fall Puts Damper on Kitsap Salmon Returns (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
16. To
Fix Salmon Streams, Leave It to Beavers (Crosscut Seattle – Haha, I saw what
you did there. Clever)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
17. Montana
Regulators, NorthWestern Sued over Renewable Energy Law (Billings Gazette, MT)
18. Is
California Going the Way of Germany When It Comes to Energy? (San Diego
Union-Tribune, CA)
19. Idaho:
Northern Lights Electric Co-op Offers Solar Tour for High School Students
(Bonner County Bee, Sandpoint, ID)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
20. USDA’s
Rural Broadband Plan Met with Citizen Criticism, Concerns (KUNC Radio, Greeley,
CO)
21. The
Reality of Rural Broadband (Pots & Pans)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
22. Five
Reasons Cryptocurrency Prices Are Plunging Again (NY Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
23. Benton
PUD Plans Workshop on Home Automation & Energy Conservation (Tri-City
Herald, Kennewick, WA)
24. Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory Lighting Research Makes for a Brighter Future
(Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
25. Utilities
Encourage Energy Savings with Smart Thermostats (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
26. Major
Trump Administration Climate Report Says Damage Is ‘Intensifying Across the
Country’ (Washington Post)
27. Green
Hypocrisy? Washington State Voters Keep Proving It’s Not Easy Being Green
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
28. McKenna:
Climate Change Lawsuit in Oregon ‘A Pretty Big Leap’ (KIRO Broadcasting,
Seattle, WA)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
29. This
is Why Nobody is Reading Your Content (The Writing Cooperative)
30. Three
Smart Ways to Stop Email from Taking Over Your Life (Fast Company)
31. The
Mystery Font That Took Over New York (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
32. This
Non-Profit Is Raising $1 Million to Price Carbon (Utility Dive)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
33. Three
Washington State Legislative Races Heading for Hand Recounts (Seattle Times, WA
– Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
34. A
‘Juicy’ Pineapple Express Storm Is Hitting Washington State – It Won’t Make Up
for Dry November (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
35. This
Winter Will Be Warmer Than Average in the United States, Experts Say (Afar)
36. Space
Heater Ignites Blaze That Levels Home in Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
37. Shelton’s
Northcliff Road Closed through Friday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
38. The
‘Heart & Soul’ Behind Shelton’s Fight to Help Homeless Kids: Small Program
Emerges as Statewide Model (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
75-Year-Old Volunteer Visits Animal Shelter Every Day &
Naps With Cats
Vancouver, BC – Otter on the Lam after Scarfing Seven Prized
Koi Fish from Pond at Formal Garden
Pet Peacock Runs Away from Home & Takes Up with Wild
Turkeys
A Couple Finds an Old Lottery Ticket While Cleaning for
Thanksgiving. It’s Worth $1.8 Million.
SONG OF THE DAY
Paul Revere & The Raiders – Birds of a Feather
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