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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Report
Says Effects of Climate Change ‘Irreversible’ (Everett Herald, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Moving Forward
after Hiring Scandal (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Idaho: State’s Broadband Costs Could Decrease
“…costs are going down, because more schools are switching from copper wire to
fiber optics…” (Twin Falls Times-News, ID)
Feds
Consider Geothermal Leases near Mount Baker (Associated
Press)
Facebook Sets Up ‘Dark Web’ Link to Access Network
Via Tor (British Broadcasting Corporation)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration Moving Forward after Hiring Scandal
- Four Things to Know about the Columbia Generating Station Lawsuit
- Oregon: Taped Calls Backfire for Emerald People’s Utility District
- Seattle City Light Sells $265 Million of Bonds
- Op/Ed: Charter Change Would Politicize Tacoma Public Utilities
- Transmission Failure - Power Restored in Most of Bangladesh
- Coho Salmon Pour into Regional Tributaries, Far Exceeding Expectations
- Olympia National Park Opens Elwha River Viewpoint
- Feds Consider Geothermal Leases near Mount Baker
- The Fight over Solar Moves from Net Metering to Rate Design
- Ohio Utilities Feel Burned by Solar-Energy Users
- Texas Lobbying Group Busted for Phony Anti-Solar Campaign
- Wind Lobby Issues FERC Order 1000 Call
- Massachusetts Eyes Net Metering for Small Hydropower Projects
- Will LEDs Trigger Rebound Effects? Examining the Key Evidence
- The Newest Demand Response Participant: Electric Vehicles
- Report Says Effects of Climate Change ‘Irreversible’
- Washington State Governor Looks to Election for Climate Allies
- Builders of Tiny Houses Say They’re a Big Thing
- Idaho: State’s Broadband Costs Could Decrease
- What to Do with a Gigabit? Toying Around with a Hyper-Fast Internet Connection
- FCC Considering Hybrid Regulatory Approach to Net Neutrality
- Yellowstone Park Considers Bumping Up Bandwidth
- One Wi-Fi Hotspot for Every 150 People, Says Study
- Facebook Sets Up ‘Dark Web’ Link to Access Network Via Tor
- Ad of the Day: Lowe’s Rolls Out Eight More Charming & Useful ‘Fix in Six’ Vines
- Stolen SUV Pulled from Panther Lake
- Investigators in Virgin Galactic Crash Focus on Tail Booms
- Video: Pot Farms Sprouting Up All Over Okanogan
- Jedi Knight-Costumed Lawyer Sues Clarkston over Pot Sales Ban
- Credit Card Charges after Ex-Girlfriend Steals Visa Leave British Columbia Man on Hook for Thousands
Fusty
• \FUSS-tee\ • Adjective - 1: saturated with dust & stale odors: musty 2:
rigidly old-fashioned or reactionary
The
stone doorway grated open, its progress sounding like the wailing of the lost
souls of the slaves entrapped with the dead and mummified Pharaoh in the fusty,
forgotten corner of Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. “Nothing WORSE than the smell
of ‘mummy meat’ in the morning, opined the sweaty, odiferous, and grimy amateur
archeologist to his equally fragrant colleagues.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Mason
County Weather Forecast for November 3, 2014
Flood
Watch in Effect for Skokomish River in Mason County
Wet,
Warm & Windy - We Are Living in Interesting Times, Weather-wise That Is (Cliff
Mass Weather Blog)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville Power Administration Moving Forward after
Hiring Scandal (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Four Things to Know about the Columbia Generating
Station Lawsuit (KUOW-Radio, Seattle, WA)
Oregon: Taped Calls Backfire for Emerald People’s
Utility District (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Seattle City Light Sells $265 Million of Bonds (American
Public Power Association)
Op/Ed: Charter Change Would Politicize Tacoma
Public Utilities (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Transmission Failure - Power Restored in Most of Bangladesh
(Christian Science Monitor)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Coho Salmon Pour into Regional Tributaries, Far
Exceeding Expectations (Oregonian, Portland)
Olympia National Park Opens Elwha River Viewpoint
(KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Feds
Consider Geothermal Leases near Mount Baker (Associated
Press)
The
Fight over Solar Moves from Net Metering to Rate Design (Utility Dive)
Ohio
Utilities Feel Burned by Solar-Energy Users (The Columbus Dispatch, OH – Hey look,
Jim Lazar is quoted in here!)
Texas
Lobbying Group Busted for Phony Anti-Solar Campaign (Grist Online)
Wind
Lobby Issues FERC Order 1000 Call (reNews)
Massachusetts Eyes Net Metering for Small
Hydropower Projects (Renewable Energy
World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Will
LEDs Trigger Rebound Effects? Examining the Key Evidence (The Energy
Collective)
The
Newest Demand Response Participant: Electric Vehicles (The Energy Collective)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Report
Says Effects of Climate Change ‘Irreversible’ (Everett Herald, WA)
Washington
State Governor Looks to Election for Climate Allies (Associated Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Builders
of Tiny Houses Say They’re a Big Thing (USA Today)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Idaho: State’s Broadband Costs Could Decrease “…costs
are going down, because more schools are switching from copper wire to fiber
optics…” (Twin Falls Times-News, ID)
What to Do with a Gigabit? Toying Around with a Hyper-Fast
Internet Connection (Oregonian, Portland)
FCC Considering Hybrid Regulatory Approach to Net
Neutrality (NY Times)
Yellowstone Park Considers Bumping Up Bandwidth (Associated Press)
One Wi-Fi Hotspot for Every 150 People, Says Study (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook Sets Up ‘Dark Web’ Link to Access Network
Via Tor (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Ad of the Day: Lowe’s Rolls Out Eight More Charming
& Useful ‘Fix in Six’ Vines (AdWeek)
GENERAL NEWS
Stolen SUV Pulled from Panther Lake (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Investigators in Virgin Galactic Crash Focus on
Tail Booms (NY Times)
Video: Pot Farms Sprouting Up All Over Okanogan (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Jedi Knight-Costumed Lawyer Sues Clarkston over Pot
Sales Ban (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Credit Card Charges after Ex-Girlfriend Steals Visa
Leave British Columbia Man on Hook for Thousands (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
DIVERSIONS
Catchiest
Song of All Time? A Spice Girls Tune, Say British Scientists
Nik
Wallenda Completes Wire Walk across Chicago Skyline
Nearly
100 People Attended a Wedding They Weren’t Invited to on a Southwest Airlines
Flight
Cute
Chick Rover New Way to Keep an Eye on Shy Penguins Wary of Scientists
SONG OF THE DAY
Jigsaw
- Sky High
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