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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
British Columbia Official Calls for Columbia River
Treaty Accounting (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
‘Smart Meter’ Contractor, City of Port Angeles Settle
on Failed Project (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
California Getting More Bakken Crude by Barge than
Rail “…from barges loaded at terminals in the Pacific Northwest…” (Reuters)
‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’: How Utilities Are Powering
the Marijuana Industry
Heavy Rainfall, Eclipse Weather, & Possible
Saturday Windstorm (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- British Columbia Official Calls for Columbia River Treaty Accounting
- ‘Smart Meter’ Contractor, City of Port Angeles Settle on Failed Project
- ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’: How Utilities Are Powering the Marijuana Industry
- California Getting More Bakken Crude by Barge than Rail “…from barges loaded at terminals in the Pacific Northwest…”
- A First: Bonneville Power Administration Customer Schedules Energy in 15-Minute Increments
- Detroit Plans to Sell 13 Million Pounds of Scrapped Copper Wire
- Not All Power is Created Equally. So Why Does It All Cost the Same?
- Be ‘Storm Smart’ is Message of Co-op Website
- Tacoma Power: Lake Cushman Fish Collector Project Nears Completion
- Water: The Old but New Piece of the Energy Puzzle
- Fight for Cleaner Los Angeles Air Reaches 9th Circuit
- Solar Power among Industries Offering ‘Takeoff’ for Troops
- Utility-Scale Solar Project for Nevada Co-op
- Will Improved Energy Efficiency Lead to Increased Energy Consumption in the Developing World? Quite Possibly
- Cree Unveils Cheaper, More Efficient LED Lighting
- Plastics Industry Spends Big to Reverse California’s Bag Ban
- Lawmakers Call on FCC to Reclassify Broadband for Net Neutrality
- Microsoft’s Big Freaking Servers Make Cloud Wars Even More Interesting
- Google Tries To Rethink E-Mail with ‘Inbox’
- Heavy Rainfall, Eclipse Weather, & Possible Saturday Windstorm
- First Heavy Rain of Season Breaks Record
- Vice-President of Shelton School Board Resigns
- Fish & Wildlife Officers to Star in Reality TV Show
- Marijuana News: Seattle Warns Medical Marijuana Shops to Get State License or Face Enforcement
- Canadian Police Say Ottawa Attack Was Work of Lone Gunman
- Like Dogs & A Hydrant: Vandals Hit Crater Lake as Part of National Park Spraypainting Spree
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
British Columbia Official Calls for Columbia River
Treaty Accounting (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
‘Smart Meter’ Contractor, City of Port Angeles Settle
on Failed Project (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’: How Utilities Are Powering
the Marijuana Industry (Utility Dive)
California Getting More Bakken Crude by Barge than
Rail “…from barges loaded at terminals in the Pacific Northwest…” (Reuters)
A First: Bonneville Power Administration Customer
Schedules Energy in 15-Minute Increments (Bonneville
Power Administration)
Detroit Plans to Sell 13 Million Pounds of
Scrapped Copper Wire (Associated Press)
Not All Power is Created Equally. So Why Does It
All Cost the Same? (Christian Science Monitor)
Be ‘Storm Smart’ is Message of Co-op Website
(Electric Co-op Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Tacoma Power: Lake Cushman Fish Collector Project Nears
Completion (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://kmasnewsradio.com/news/environment/19494-lake-cushman-fish-collector-project-nears-completion
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Water:
The Old but New Piece of the Energy Puzzle (Forbes Magazine)
Fight
for Cleaner Los Angeles Air Reaches 9th Circuit (Courthouse
News Service)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Solar
Power among Industries Offering ‘Takeoff’ for Troops (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA
– Paywall Advisory)
Utility-Scale
Solar Project for Nevada Co-op (Electric Co-op Today)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Will
Improved Energy Efficiency Lead to Increased Energy Consumption in the
Developing World? Quite Possibly (The Energy Collective)
Cree
Unveils Cheaper, More Efficient LED Lighting (Mashable)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Plastics
Industry Spends Big to Reverse California’s Bag Ban (Sacramento Bee, CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Lawmakers Call on FCC to Reclassify Broadband for Net
Neutrality (Infoworld)
Microsoft’s Big Freaking Servers Make Cloud Wars
Even More Interesting (GigaOM)
https://gigaom.com/2014/10/23/microsofts-big-freaking-servers-make-cloud-wars-even-more-interesting/
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Google Tries To Rethink E-Mail with ‘Inbox’ (Washington
Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Heavy Rainfall, Eclipse Weather, & Possible
Saturday Windstorm (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
First Heavy Rain of Season Breaks Record (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Vice-President of Shelton School Board Resigns (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Fish & Wildlife Officers to Star in Reality TV Show
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Marijuana News: Seattle Warns Medical Marijuana
Shops to Get State License or Face Enforcement (Oregonian, Portland)
Canadian Police Say Ottawa Attack Was Work of Lone
Gunman (NY Times)
Like Dogs & A Hydrant: Vandals Hit Crater Lake as
Part of National Park Spraypainting Spree (Portland Business Journal, OR)
DIVERSIONS
Air
New Zealand Made a Lord of the Rings Movie for an Epic Safety Video
Five
Unbelievable Ocean Mysteries We Still Haven’t Solved
Maker
of Camel Cigarettes to End Smoking in Its Offices
British
Man Pleads Guilty after Faking Two Year Coma to Avoid Court, Cops Say
SONG OF THE DAY
Jimmy
Buffet - Son of a Son of a Sailor
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