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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Northwest Apples,
Hay & Potatoes Caught Up in Port Slowdown (Northwest Public Radio)
Energy Northwest’s Richland Nuclear Power Plant Sets
Record for Operating Days (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Thurston
County Judge Rules in REC Silicon’s Favor over Grant County Tax Assessment
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Oregon:
Rogue Valley Residents Question University Biomass Proposal (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Oregon
Helps Defend Obama Administration’s Carbon Limits on Power Plants (Oregonian,
Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Energy Northwest’s Richland Nuclear Power Plant Sets Record for Operating Days
- Northwest Power Pool Initiative Launches Solicitation Seeking Market Operator for Potential Energy Imbalance Market
- FERC significantly expands Southwest Power Pool
- Mason PUD 3 Commission Report: Rate Hearing, Budget Hearing & Special Business Meeting
- Cold Weather Lingering, But Puget Sound Energy Restores Power to Most Customers
- Montana: Substance That Gives Natural Gas Its Smell Spills
- Gunfire Sticks Pennsylvania Co-op with $250,000 Repair Bill
- “Plug In” Electrical Safety This Holiday Season
- Turkey’s Biggest Hydropower Dam Project Victim of Faltering Peace Talks
- Feds to Protect Puget Sound Habitat for Rockfish
- Op/Ed: Buckley Dam - Stop Killing the Salmon
- Video: Recent Coyote Sightings Prompt Warnings on Social Media
- Cold Weather Cracks Spokane Water Mains
- Drought Is Taking California Back to the Wild, Wild West
- Thurston County Judge Rules in REC Silicon’s Favor over Grant County Tax Assessment
- Oregon: Rogue Valley Residents Question University Biomass Proposal
- Should American Wood Fuel European Power?
- Romance May Have Derailed Science in California Energy Development
- Europe’s Offshore Wind Industry Races to Cut Costs as Subsidies Drop
- Colorful Energy Conservation Efforts Appeal to Human Behavior
- What Is a Smart Home? Most People Don’t Know
- Pacific Gas & Electric: By Recycling Old Refrigerators & Buying Energy Efficient Ones, Customers Can Save Money, Energy
- Op/Ed: Saving Energy Means Increased Resources for Students
- Oregon Helps Defend Obama Administration’s Carbon Limits on Power Plants
- Study Finds as World Warms, U-S Gets More Lightning
- Obama to Pledge $3 Billion for International “Green” Fund
- FCC’s Rural Broadband Experimental Efforts Get 181 Applicants
- Idaho School Broadband Legal Bill Nears $1 Million
- Obama & Scalia, United on Broadband as a Utility
- Verizon’s Shammo: We Could Do 1 Gig Today, But the Demand Isn’t There
- Google Signs 60-Year, $1 Billion Lease with NASA
- Google’s Ad Server Suffers Global Failure, Causing Millions of Ads to Disappear from Web
- Auto-Replied Racial Slur Ruins Patriots Twitter Celebration
- Nest Isn’t Just Smart & Sleek, But Funny Too, in First TV Ads
- Republican Dan Griffey of Allyn Claims Victory over Rep. Kathy Haigh in the 35th District
- Northwest Apples, Hay & Potatoes Caught Up in Port Slowdown
- Tiny Amounts of Fukushima Radiation Found in California
- Gov’t Tells U-S Drivers to Get Used to “Cheap” Gas
- Central Washington State Pot Grower to Auction Off 500-Pound Crop
- Marijuana-Friendly States Team Up on Capitol Hill
- Editorial: Why You’ll Soon See Marijuana Ads in the Daily News
- Comet-Lander Begins Drilling but Battery is Running Low
Threnody
• \THREN-uh-dee\ • noun - A song of lamentation for the dead: elegy.
Dragons’ high keening
Threnody for the gone between
Tears shed, thread falls, fly
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Energy Northwest’s Richland Nuclear Power Plant
Sets Record for Operating Days (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Northwest Power Pool Initiative Launches
Solicitation Seeking Market Operator for Potential Energy Imbalance Market
(American Public Power Association)
FERC
significantly expands Southwest Power Pool (Utility Dive)
Mason PUD 3 Commission Report: Rate Hearing,
Budget Hearing & Special Business Meeting (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Cold Weather Lingering, But Puget Sound Energy Restores
Power to Most Customers (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Montana: Substance
That Gives Natural Gas Its Smell Spills (Associated Press)
Gunfire Sticks Pennsylvania Co-op with $250,000
Repair Bill (Electric Co-op Today)
“Plug
In” Electrical Safety This Holiday Season (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Turkey’s Biggest
Hydropower Dam Project Victim of Faltering Peace Talks (Renewable Energy World)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Feds
to Protect Puget Sound Habitat for Rockfish (Associated Press)
Op/Ed: Buckley Dam - Stop Killing the Salmon (Crosscut
Seattle)
Video: Recent Coyote Sightings Prompt Warnings on
Social Media (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Cold
Weather Cracks Spokane Water Mains (KXLY-TV, Spokane,
WA)
Drought
Is Taking California Back to the Wild, Wild West (National Journal)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Thurston
County Judge Rules in REC Silicon’s Favor over Grant County Tax Assessment (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Oregon:
Rogue Valley Residents Question University Biomass Proposal (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Should American Wood Fuel European Power? (Scientific
American)
Romance May Have Derailed Science in
California Energy Development (KCET Broadcasting, Burbank, CA)
Europe’s Offshore Wind Industry Races to Cut
Costs as Subsidies Drop (Reuters)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Colorful
Energy Conservation Efforts Appeal to Human Behavior (Pittsburgh Post- Gazette,
PA)
What
Is a Smart Home? Most People Don’t Know (The Energy Collective)
Pacific
Gas & Electric: By Recycling Old Refrigerators & Buying Energy
Efficient Ones, Customers Can Save Money, Energy (PG&E Currents)
Op/Ed:
Saving Energy Means Increased Resources for Students (San Bernardino County
Sun, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregon
Helps Defend Obama Administration’s Carbon Limits on Power Plants (Oregonian, Portland)
Study
Finds as World Warms, U-S Gets More Lightning (Associated
Press)
Obama
to Pledge $3 Billion for International “Green” Fund (Reuters)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC’s Rural Broadband Experimental Efforts Get 181
Applicants (eWeek)
Idaho School Broadband Legal Bill Nears $1 Million
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Obama & Scalia, United on Broadband as a
Utility (NY Times)
Verizon’s Shammo: We Could Do 1 Gig Today, But the Demand
Isn’t There (Fierce Telecom)
Google Signs 60-Year, $1 Billion Lease with NASA (Associated Press)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Google’s Ad Server Suffers Global Failure, Causing
Millions of Ads to Disappear from Web (GigaOM)
Auto-Replied Racial Slur Ruins Patriots Twitter Celebration
(Associated Press)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/sports/football/auto-replied-racial-slur-ruins-patriots-twitter-ce/nh7CX/
Nest
Isn’t Just Smart & Sleek, But Funny Too, in First TV Ads (AdWeek)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Republican Dan Griffey of Allyn Claims Victory over
Rep. Kathy Haigh in the 35th District (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Northwest Apples,
Hay & Potatoes Caught Up in Port Slowdown (Northwest Public Radio)
Tiny Amounts of Fukushima Radiation Found in California
(USA Today)
Gov’t Tells U-S Drivers to Get Used to “Cheap” Gas (Associated Press)
Central Washington
State Pot Grower to Auction Off 500-Pound Crop (Associated Press)
Marijuana-Friendly
States Team Up on Capitol Hill (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Editorial: Why You’ll Soon See Marijuana Ads in the
Daily News (Longview Daily News, WA)
Comet-Lander Begins Drilling but Battery is Running
Low (Mashable)
DIVERSIONS
Please
Sir, May I Have Some More? Ex-Wife of U-S Oil Baron to Appeal $1 Billion
Divorce Award
Humility
Check - Five-Year-Old Passes Microsoft Exam
Rodent
Selfie Puts Manning Park on the Map
Army
Vet Has Government Letter Declaring Him Dead
SONG OF THE DAY
Paul
McCartney - Live & Let Die
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