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Hot Shots – Today’s Top Five Stories
FEMA Awards $2.35
Million in Disaster Funds for Okanogan County PUD (Federal Emergency Management
Agency, DC)
Green Power
Advocates Urge Shift Away from Coal - Protest Petitions Delivered to Puget
Sound Energy (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Pacific
Northwest Energy Efficiency Gains Hit $3.5 Billion (Electric Co-op
Today)
Environmentalists
Eye Idaho Sage Grouse Ruling as Leverage for Similar Lawsuits Elsewhere (Associated
Press)
Editorial: Snohomish PUD’s Tidal Project Well Worth the
Investment (Everett Herald, WA)
News Highlights (Details Below)
- FEMA Awards $2.35 Million in Disaster Funds for Okanogan County PUD
- Green Power Advocates Urge Shift Away from Coal - Protest Petitions Delivered to Puget Sound Energy
- Peace River Dam: As Decision Time Looms, Price Tag for Site C Remains in Doubt
- Smart Grid Provides Power Bridge to Fox Island
- Idaho Co-op’s Outage Reporting Goes High-tech
- ‘Power Line’ Examines History Of, & Sacrifices for Electricity
- Environmentalists Eye Idaho Sage Grouse Ruling as Leverage for Similar Lawsuits Elsewhere
- NW Power & Conservation Council Approves New Columbia River Basin Fish & Wildlife Program
- Stream Flows Increased in Klamath River by 75 Percent to Fight Parasite Threatening Coho, Chinook
- Grant’s Getaways: Salmon Watch
- Hood Canal Bridge May be Death Trap for Steelhead
- Idaho: Kootenai Tribe Celebrates Twin River’s Hatchery’s Launch
- Idaho Power Stocks 72K Trout in C.J. Strike & Snake River
- Dam Removal Study Suggests Rivers Return to Natural Conditions Surprisingly Fast
- Editorial: Snohomish PUD’s Tidal Project Well Worth the Investment
- Bats Are Hit by a Hard One-Two Punch: Deadly Windmills & White-Nose Disease
- New Wind Farm Coming to Eastern New Mexico
- Warren Buffett’s MidAmerican to Invest $280 Million in Iowa Wind
- China Finally Acknowledges Unfair Pricing, to Sharply Lower Renewable Tariffs by 2020
- Pacific Northwest Energy Efficiency Gains Hit $3.5 Billion
- Is Energy Efficiency Investment Hurting Renewables?
- LED Lights Are a ‘Transformative Technology’ in the Developing World
- NOAA: Record Antarctic Sea Ice Growth Linked to Its Staggering Loss of Land Ice
- Climate Change Forcing Fish Stocks North: Study
- Cap-And-Trade Opponents Hit California Incumbents
- Southwest Power Pool Says Rule on Carbon Dioxide Would Hurt Reliability
- Hackers Slam Their Way into Oregon Employment Department Site
- Social Media Karma & the Golden Rule
- Watch Your Mailbox for Ballots, Voters’ Guides
- Mason County Candidates’ Forum Tuesday
- Oregon Governor Responds to Fiancé’s Sham Marriage
- Forecast for Heavy Rain Follows Weekend of Unusual Weather
- The National Weather Service Kicks off Windstorm Season – 52 Years after 1962 Columbus Day Disaster
- Columbus Day Storm in 1962 Still a Record-Holder
- Small Earthquake Rattles South Sound
- Police Catch Copper Thief beneath Old Seattle Times Building
Megillah • \muh-GILL-luh\ • noun - slang a long involved
story or account.
“Ask him what time it is, and he’ll tell you how to make
a watch,” murmured the junior executive to his neighbor during the longest
board meeting in company history. The CEO was asked the secret to his success,
and promptly began a droning recitation of his life’s history. The boss’s megillah
began to wear thin at the two-hour point, at which he recounted his memorable
personal experiences with teething and potty training.
Energy & Utility Issues
FEMA Awards $2.35
Million in Disaster Funds for Okanogan County PUD (Federal Emergency Management
Agency, DC)
Green Power
Advocates Urge Shift Away from Coal - Protest Petitions Delivered to Puget
Sound Energy (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Peace River
Dam: As Decision Time Looms, Price Tag for Site C Remains in Doubt (Globe &
Mail, Canada)
Smart Grid
Provides Power Bridge to Fox Island (Bonneville Power Administration)
Idaho Co-op’s
Outage Reporting Goes High-tech (Electric Co-op Today)
‘Power Line’ Examines
History Of, & Sacrifices for Electricity (Billings Gazette, MT)
Fish & Wildlife
Environmentalists
Eye Idaho Sage Grouse Ruling as Leverage for Similar Lawsuits Elsewhere (Associated
Press)
NW Power &
Conservation Council Approves New Columbia River Basin Fish & Wildlife Program
(Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Stream Flows
Increased in Klamath River by 75 Percent to Fight Parasite Threatening Coho,
Chinook (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Grant’s
Getaways: Salmon Watch (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Hood Canal Bridge
May be Death Trap for Steelhead (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Idaho: Kootenai
Tribe Celebrates Twin River’s Hatchery’s Launch (Bonner County Daily Bee,
Sandpoint, ID)
Idaho Power Stocks
72K Trout in C.J. Strike & Snake River (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Water & Environment
Dam Removal
Study Suggests Rivers Return to Natural Conditions Surprisingly Fast (Columbia
Basin Bulletin)
Renewable/Alternative Energy
Editorial: Snohomish PUD’s Tidal Project Well Worth the
Investment (Everett Herald, WA)
Bats Are Hit by a Hard One-Two Punch: Deadly Windmills &
White-Nose Disease (Washington Post)
New Wind Farm Coming to Eastern New Mexico (Associated
Press)
Warren Buffett’s MidAmerican to Invest $280 Million in
Iowa Wind (Bloomberg News)
China Finally Acknowledges Unfair Pricing, to Sharply Lower
Renewable Tariffs by 2020 (Renewable Energy World)
Conservation & Efficiency
Pacific Northwest
Energy Efficiency Gains Hit $3.5 Billion (Electric Co-op Today)
Is Energy
Efficiency Investment Hurting Renewables? (Renewable Energy World)
LED Lights Are a
‘Transformative Technology’ in the Developing World (National Public
Radio)
Climate Change Sequestration Vault
NOAA: Record Antarctic Sea Ice Growth Linked to Its
Staggering Loss of Land Ice (The Energy Collective)
Climate Change Forcing Fish Stocks North: Study (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/climate-change-forcing-fish-stocks-north-study-1.2796207?cmp=rss
Cap-And-Trade Opponents Hit California Incumbents (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
Southwest Power Pool Says Rule on Carbon Dioxide Would
Hurt Reliability - Asks EPA to Extend Deadlines by at Least Five Years (American Public Power Association)
Technology & Telecommunications
Hackers Slam
Their Way into Oregon Employment Department Site (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Social Media & Marketing
Social Media
Karma & the Golden Rule (Social Mediopolis)
Politics & Governance
Watch Your Mailbox for
Ballots, Voters’ Guides (Northwest Public Radio)
Mason County Candidates’
Forum Tuesday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Oregon Governor
Responds to Fiancee’s Sham Marriage (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
General News
Forecast for
Heavy Rain Follows Weekend of Unusual Weather (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
The National Weather Service Kicks off Windstorm Season –
52 Years after 1962 Columbus Day Disaster (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Columbus Day
Storm in 1962 Still a Record-Holder (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Small Earthquake Rattles South Sound (KING-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Police Catch
Copper Thief beneath Old Seattle Times Building (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Diversions
Pest Control Company Takes Drastic Measures to Rid House of
5,000 Brown Recluse Spiders
California Police Field Reports of Creepy Clowns
Employee Upset over Working Conditions Allegedly Steals,
Then Crashes Train
‘As You Wish’: Take a Peek At the Making of ‘The Princess
Bride’
Song of the Day
Mark Knopfler - Once Upon a Time, Storybook Love (Princess
Bride Soundtrack)
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