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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington
State Climate Task Force Leaves It to Gov. Inslee to Decide: Cap-and-Trade or
Carbon Tax? (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
PPL Montana Completes $890 Million Sale of
Hydroelectric Facilities to NorthWestern Energy (Digital Journal)
Idaho
Power: Ready to Become a Green Giant? (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
Should U-S Government Kill Thousands of Birds to
Save Salmon? (National Geographic)
Pot
Is a Growing Business on the Harbor (Montesano Vidette, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- PPL Montana Completes $890 Million Sale of Hydroelectric Facilities to NorthWestern Energy
- NorthWestern Purchase of Montana Dams Complete
- Wanapum Reservoir to Start Filling Again
- Op/Ed: You Might Be Surprised by Puget Sound Energy’s Coal Power Supply
- Mason PUD 3’s 10th Consecutive Financial Reporting Recognition
- Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Fails U-S Senate by One Vote
- Keystone XL Pipeline: Northwest Senators Vote Along Party Lines
- Electric Reliability Council of Texas Voices Reliability Concerns Related to EPA Plan to Curb Emissions from Existing Power Plants
- DHS: Hackers Targeted the Grid 79 Times This Year
- Tennessee Valley Authority Income Up, Portfolio Changing
- Puerto Rico’s Electric Utility Owed $1.75 Billion
- Jim Jura Sighting - BNSF’s Rose to Chair Clean Coal Coalition
- Should U-S Government Kill Thousands of Birds to Save Salmon?
- Video: Not Quite Fish in a Barrel, But Close - 340,000 Fish Planted
- City of Wenatchee & Chelan PUD Agree to End Dispute over Water Tax
- San Diego Advances Plan to Recycle Wastewater
- Idaho Power: Ready to Become a Green Giant?
- Community Notebook: Palo Alto Tests New Smart Solar Street Lights
- Oklahoma: Opponents Vow to Fight Planned Osage County Wind Farm
- How the Most Efficient States Convince Utilities to Conserve Energy
- Washington State Climate Task Force Leaves It to Gov. Inslee to Decide: Cap-and-Trade or Carbon Tax?
- Washington State Task Force Considers Carbon Pricing Options
- A Carbon Tax Could Bolster Green Energy
- British Columbia: How to Communicate a Good Idea - Carbon Pricing
- Berkeley, San Francisco Consider Plans to Put Climate-Change Warning Labels on Gas Pumps
- Pot Is a Growing Business on the Harbor
- Oregon: Local Officials to Take Pot Sales Tax Fight to Legislature in 2015
- West Richland Bans Recreational Marijuana Businesses
- Oregon & Washington State Differences in Recreational Marijuana
- Bob Marley Family Launches “First World Cannabis Brand”
- California Likely to Allow Utilities to Own EV Charging Stations
- John Hodgman: ‘The Government Should Be Laying Down Broadband Like Eisenhower Laid Down Interstates’
- Seattle City Council Wants to Fund Internet in Homeless Camps
- Port of Shelton Employees Pull Man from Oakland Bay
- Belfair’s Theler Center Will Become a Shelter for Cold Weather Refuge
- Port Slowdown: Christmas Tree Farmers’ Work May Go to Mulch
- Sale in Sight for Former Olympia Brewery Property
- WSDOT: Thief Stole $7,000 Cameras Used to Track Elk
- Map of Record-Breaking Cold Blanket Covering the U-S
Gestalt
• \guh-STALT\ • Noun - A structure, configuration, or pattern of physical,
biological, or psychological phenomena so integrated as to constitute a
functional unit with properties not derivable by summation of its parts (think
of the statement that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts).
A
football team is a perfect example of gestalt; a quarterback, lineman, or
running back alone cannot win a game. But as a unit, their varied talents
enable the individual talents to overcome defenders and score.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
PPL Montana Completes $890 Million Sale of Hydroelectric
Facilities to NorthWestern Energy (Digital Journal)
NorthWestern Purchase of Montana Dams Complete
(Associated Press)
Wanapum Reservoir to Start Filling Again (KHQ-TV,
Spokane, WA)
Op/Ed: You Might Be Surprised by Puget Sound
Energy’s Coal Power Supply (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Mason PUD 3’s 10th Consecutive Financial
Reporting Recognition (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Fails U-S Senate by One
Vote (Associated Press)
Keystone XL Pipeline: Northwest Senators Vote
Along Party Lines (Northwest Public Radio)
Electric Reliability Council of Texas Voices
Reliability Concerns Related to EPA Plan to Curb Emissions from Existing Power
Plants (American Public Power Association)
DHS: Hackers Targeted
the Grid 79 Times This Year (Utility Dive)
Tennessee Valley Authority Income Up, Portfolio
Changing (Electric Co-op Today)
Puerto Rico’s Electric
Utility Owed $1.75 Billion (Utility Dive)
Jim Jura Sighting - BNSF’s Rose to Chair Clean Coal Coalition
(Progressive Railroading)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Should U-S Government Kill Thousands of Birds to
Save Salmon? (National Geographic)
Video: Not Quite Fish in a Barrel, But Close -
340,000 Fish Planted (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
City of Wenatchee & Chelan PUD Agree to End
Dispute over Water Tax (Wenatchee World, WA)
San Diego Advances Plan to Recycle Wastewater
(Associated Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Idaho
Power: Ready to Become a Green Giant? (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
Community
Notebook: Palo Alto Tests New Smart Solar Street Lights (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Oklahoma:
Opponents Vow to Fight Planned Osage County Wind Farm (Tulsa World, OK)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
How
the Most Efficient States Convince Utilities to Conserve Energy (Utility Dive)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington
State Climate Task Force Leaves It to Gov. Inslee to Decide: Cap-and-Trade or
Carbon Tax? (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
Washington
State Task Force Considers Carbon Pricing Options (Olympian, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
A
Carbon Tax Could Bolster Green Energy (NY Times)
British
Columbia: How to Communicate a Good Idea - Carbon Pricing (Globe & Mail,
Canada)
Berkeley,
San Francisco Consider Plans to Put Climate-Change Warning Labels on Gas Pumps
(Associated Press)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Pot
Is a Growing Business on the Harbor (Montesano Vidette, WA)
Oregon:
Local Officials to Take Pot Sales Tax Fight to Legislature in 2015 (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
West
Richland Bans Recreational Marijuana Businesses (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
Oregon
& Washington State Differences in Recreational Marijuana (KNDU-TV, Tri Cities,
WA)
Bob
Marley Family Launches “First World Cannabis Brand” (British Broadcasting
Corporation)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
California
Likely to Allow Utilities to Own EV Charging Stations (Utility Dive)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
John Hodgman: ‘The Government Should Be Laying Down
Broadband Like Eisenhower Laid Down Interstates’ (Washington Post)
Seattle City Council Wants to Fund Internet in
Homeless Camps (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
GENERAL NEWS
Port of Shelton Employees Pull Man from Oakland Bay
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Belfair’s Theler Center Will Become a Shelter for
Cold Weather Refuge (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Port Slowdown: Christmas Tree Farmers’ Work May Go to
Mulch (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Sale in Sight for Former Olympia Brewery Property
(Associated Press)
WSDOT: Thief Stole $7,000 Cameras Used to Track Elk
(KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Map of Record-Breaking Cold Blanket Covering the U-S
(Gizmodo)
DIVERSIONS
British
Columbia Birds Getting Boozed Up from Frost-Fermented Berries
World
Toilet Day: A Little Potty Humor
Behold
the Internet’s Favorite Bathroom
British Hotel Fines Customers £100 for Bad Review
on TripAdvisor
SONG OF THE DAY
Bob
Marley – No Woman No Cry
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