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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Energy
Northwest Defends Water Permit for Its Richland Nuclear Plant (Oregonian,
Portland)
Bonneville Power Administration Challenges
PacifiCorp Plans for Allocation of Network Transmission Rights (American Public
Power Association)
Wanapum Dam Repair Crews to Labor on through
Winter (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Telecommuters Facing Gridlock with Latest Comcast
Modem (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Vote
Today (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Energy Northwest Defends Water Permit for Its Richland Nuclear Plant
- Environmentalists Need to Decide if Science Matters or Not
- Bonneville Power Administration Challenges PacifiCorp Plans for Allocation of Network Transmission Rights
- Wanapum Dam Repair Crews to Labor on through Winter
- Editorial: Enjoying Conservation & Low-Cost Power
- News Release: California ISO, PacifiCorp Launch First Western Energy Market
- Iowa: Battle Brewing over Prepaid Electric Meters
- Op/Ed: Boulder, CO - Municipalization Is Our Best Step into the Future
- It’s Official: Steelhead Coming to the Boise River on Thursday
- Kennewick Finishes Zintel Canyon Dam Repairs
- ‘Soil Burritos’ Hold Together Northwest River Banks More Like Nature Does
- Scary Maps Show How Bad California’s Water Shortage Is
- California: Wind Project’s Demise Gets Energetic Response in High Desert
- Your Building Has Secrets to Tell. Are You Listening?
- Nest Just Made Your Thermostat Smarter with a New Algorithm
- Make Your Dumb Home Smart on a Budget
- U-S Department of Energy Expands Efficiency Push to ‘Fast-Charging’ Power Cords
- Is the EPA Considering Easing Back on Carbon Cuts?
- Telecommuters Facing Gridlock with Latest Comcast Modem
- Comcast Doubling Internet Speeds in Puget Sound Region, Spokane
- Google Fiber Enables the Fastest Starbucks in the West
- Brazil Begins Laying Its Own Internet Cables to Avoid U-S Surveillance
- The Internet Archive, Trying to Encompass All Creation
- Etsy CEO: Congress Still Doesn’t Get the Internet
- Does Mobile Marketing Actually Work in the Real World?
- U-S Map Shows the Best-Selling NFL Jersey among Women in Each State
- That Time Bill Clinton Photobombed a Sad Little Kid
- Republicans Expect Congressional Gains, But Many Races Close on Election Day
- Vote Today
- Fire Trucks Recalled Nationally after Wheel Falls Off Portland Ladder Truck
- Spurned Marijuana Store Sues Bellevue
- Marijuana Profits Up in Smoke under IRS Rules
- Brittany Maynard Galvanizes National Right-To-Die Efforts
- Prosecutors: Squatters Tried to ‘Homestead’ in Foreclosed King County Homes
- ‘Movember’: Mustaches for Men’s Health!
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• \ark-uh-PELL-uh-goe\ • Noun - 1: an expanse of water with many scattered
islands 2: a group of islands 3: something resembling an archipelago;
especially: a group or scattering of similar things
Emerald
blue water, whitewashed houses tumbling down rocky slopes to the waters’ edge,
island time could truly be summed up by a summer in the Aegean archipelago of
Greece; far from the madding crowds of Athens.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Energy
Northwest Defends Water Permit for Its Richland Nuclear Plant (Oregonian, Portland)
Environmentalists Need to Decide if Science
Matters or Not (Northwest Clean Energy)
Bonneville Power Administration Challenges PacifiCorp
Plans for Allocation of Network Transmission Rights (American Public Power
Association)
Wanapum Dam Repair Crews to Labor on through Winter
(Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Editorial: Enjoying Conservation & Low-Cost
Power (Olympian - Paywall Advisory – Implies Thurston
County, a PSE-served area, gets preference power & pays a share of fish
& wildlife costs in Columbia River Basin)
News Release: California ISO, PacifiCorp Launch
First Western Energy Market (BusinessWire)
Iowa: Battle Brewing over Prepaid Electric Meters
(Cedar Rapids Gazette, IA)
Op/Ed: Boulder, CO - Municipalization Is Our Best
Step into the Future (The Daily Camera, Boulder, CO)
FISH & WILDLIFE
It’s Official: Steelhead Coming to the Boise
River on Thursday (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Kennewick
Finishes Zintel Canyon Dam Repairs (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
‘Soil Burritos’ Hold Together Northwest River
Banks More Like Nature Does (Northwest Public Radio)
Scary
Maps Show How Bad California’s Water Shortage Is (Grist
Online)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
California:
Wind Project’s Demise Gets Energetic Response in High Desert (Victorville Daily
Press, CA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Your
Building Has Secrets to Tell. Are You Listening? (Fortune Magazine)
Nest
Just Made Your Thermostat Smarter with a New Algorithm (Gizmodo)
Make
Your Dumb Home Smart on a Budget (USA Today)
U-S
Department of Energy Expands Efficiency Push to ‘Fast-Charging’ Power Cords
(The Hill, Washington DC)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Is
the EPA Considering Easing Back on Carbon Cuts? (Utility Dive)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Telecommuters Facing Gridlock with Latest Comcast Modem
(KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Comcast Doubling Internet Speeds in Puget Sound Region,
Spokane (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Google Fiber Enables the Fastest Starbucks in the West
(Oregonian, Portland)
Brazil Begins Laying Its Own Internet Cables to
Avoid U-S Surveillance (Washington Post)
The Internet Archive, Trying to Encompass All
Creation (NY Times)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Etsy CEO: Congress Still Doesn’t Get the Internet (Washington
Post)
Does Mobile Marketing Actually Work in the Real
World? (AdWeek)
U-S Map Shows the Best-Selling NFL Jersey among
Women in Each State (AdWeek)
That Time Bill Clinton Photobombed a Sad Little Kid
(Washington Post)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Republicans Expect Congressional Gains, But Many
Races Close on Election Day (Reuters)
GENERAL NEWS
Vote
Today (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Fire Trucks Recalled Nationally after Wheel Falls
Off Portland Ladder Truck (Oregonian, Portland)
Spurned Marijuana Store Sues Bellevue (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Marijuana Profits Up in Smoke under IRS Rules (USA
Today)
Brittany Maynard Galvanizes National Right-To-Die
Efforts (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Prosecutors: Squatters Tried to ‘Homestead’ in Foreclosed
King County Homes (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
‘Movember’: Mustaches for Men’s Health! (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Tom Magliozzi, Popular Co-Host of NPR’s ‘Car
Talk,’ Dies at 77
Show off Driver Tries Impressing Bystanders by
Revving Lamborghini’s Engine, Catches Car on Fire Instead
NY Troopers Arrest Man for Trying to Eat DWI Test
Ruminant Revolt - Spanish Shepherds Guide
2,000 Sheep across Madrid
SONG OF THE DAY
Ol’
‘55 – Eagles
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