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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
A Windy Day on Tap As a Potent Storm Blows Ashore (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
California: Pacific Gas & Electric Executive
Linked to Email Scandal Gets $3 Million Severance Package (Silicon Valley
Business Journal, CA)
Research Hints High Toll of Salmon Taken by Sea
Lions (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2014/nov/06/research-hints-high-toll-salmon-taken-sea-lions/
Undaunted
Washington State Governor: Election Losses Won’t Derail Climate Agenda
(Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
Portland Drafts New Utility Cabinet Rules for
Google Fiber & Others (Oregonian, Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- California: Pacific Gas & Electric Executive Linked to Email Scandal Gets $3 Million Severance Package
- Mason PUD 3 Special Meeting Monday Includes Rate & Budget Hearings
- Pacific Power Warns about Utility Phone Scam
- Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement - Power Deliveries Not Finalized
- Three Found with Drones near Nuclear Plant Are Questioned in France
- The North American Electric Reliability Corporation Warns Carbon Rules Could Threaten Reliability
- North Dakota: Powering the Bakken: An Update
- The Hidden Cost of Hydroelectric Power
- Minnesota: Pine River Dairy Farmers Awarded $6.3 Million in Lawsuit against Power Cooperative
- Learn to Be Prepared for Future Power Outages
- Research Hints High Toll of Salmon Taken by Sea Lions
- Chamber of Commerce, Central Washington University Look at Biomass Power
- REC Silicon Mulls Solar Panel Polysilicon Plant in Saudi Arabia
- Energy Adviser: Conservation Shines Bright on School Bills
- Undaunted Washington State Governor: Election Losses Won’t Derail Climate Agenda
- The World’s First Solar Road Is a Bike Path in the Netherlands
- Portland Drafts New Utility Cabinet Rules for Google Fiber & Others
- Seven Colorado Communities Just Secured the Right to Build Their Own Broadband
- Gigabit Internet Connections Make Property Values Rise
- Futurology: U-S Failed with Broadband
- Welcome to the Murky World of Social Media Marketing
- Twitter Takes another Teeny Tiny Step Toward Becoming Facebook
- Microsoft Changes Tack, Making Office Suite Free on Mobile
- Brand of the Day: LeBron James Was Flo for Halloween, as Progressive Makes Them BFFs
- GoldieBlox Hammers Barbie-Style Dolls in This Creepy-Cool Homage to Apple’s ‘1984’
- Washington State Rep. Kathy Haigh Clinging to 110-Vote Edge over GOP Challenger Dan Griffey; Recount Possible in 35th District
- Washington State’s U-S Senators, Patty Murray, Maria Cantwell Weigh Move to New Committees
- Dead Man Elected: How to Fill His Seat in the Washington State Legislature
- Greens Spent Millions on Midterm Elections & Lost. Or Did They?
- Port Orchard Homicide Suspect Taken into Custody in Oregon
- A Windy Day on Tap As a Potent Storm Blows Ashore
- Pacific Northwest Scientists Monitoring ‘Intense’ Earthquake Swarm
- Pot Proponents Look to California after Victories
- Clallam County: New Community Development Director to be Tougher on Placement of Rural Marijuana Firms
- Bugs & Slugs: Oregon Company Gives Christmas Trees Hot Showers
Bifurcate
• \BYE-fur-kate\ • verb – to cause to divide into two branches or parts
Alfred
was distraught. The debate over treatment for his halitosis had fallen into
bifurcated disarray among the medical community. One group was debating for
large doses of antibiotics parsley pills and other questionable treatments. The
second medical team contended that just brushing his teeth every occasionally
would provide a measure of success.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
California: Pacific Gas & Electric Executive
Linked to Email Scandal Gets $3 Million Severance Package (Silicon Valley
Business Journal, CA)
Mason PUD 3 Special Meeting Monday Includes Rate &
Budget Hearings (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Pacific Power Warns about Utility Phone Scam (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement - Power Deliveries
Not Finalized (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Three Found with Drones near Nuclear Plant Are
Questioned in France (NY Times)
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation
Warns Carbon Rules Could Threaten Reliability (Utility Dive)
North Dakota: Powering the Bakken: An Update
(Bismarck Tribune, ND)
The Hidden Cost of Hydroelectric Power (Forbes
Magazine)
Minnesota: Pine River Dairy Farmers Awarded $6.3
Million in Lawsuit against Power Cooperative (Park Rapids Enterprise, MN)
Learn to Be Prepared for Future Power Outages
(WHSV-TV, Harrisonburg, VA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Research Hints High Toll of Salmon Taken by Sea
Lions (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2014/nov/06/research-hints-high-toll-salmon-taken-sea-lions/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Chamber
of Commerce, Central Washington University Look at Biomass Power (Ellensburg
Daily Record, WA)
REC Silicon Mulls Solar Panel Polysilicon
Plant in Saudi Arabia (Renewable Energy
World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy
Adviser: Conservation Shines Bright on School Bills (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Undaunted
Washington State Governor: Election Losses Won’t Derail Climate Agenda
(Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The
World’s First Solar Road Is a Bike Path in the Netherlands (Gizmodo)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Portland Drafts New Utility Cabinet Rules for Google
Fiber & Others (Oregonian, Portland)
Seven Colorado Communities Just Secured the Right to
Build Their Own Broadband (Washington Post)
Gigabit Internet Connections Make Property Values
Rise (Motherboard)
Futurology: U-S Failed with Broadband - A 2004
prediction guessed the U.S. would have near universal high-speed connections.
It hasn’t happened (U-S News & World Report)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Welcome to the Murky World of Social Media
Marketing (GigaOM)
Twitter Takes another Teeny Tiny Step Toward
Becoming Facebook (Gizmodo)
Microsoft Changes Tack, Making Office Suite Free on
Mobile (NY Times)
Brand of the Day: LeBron James Was Flo for
Halloween, as Progressive Makes Them BFFs (AdWeek)
GoldieBlox Hammers Barbie-Style Dolls in This
Creepy-Cool Homage to Apple’s ‘1984’ (AdWeek)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Rep. Kathy Haigh Clinging to 110-Vote
Edge over GOP Challenger Dan Griffey; Recount Possible in 35th District (Olympian
- Paywall Advisory)
Washington State’s U-S Senators, Patty Murray, Maria
Cantwell Weigh Move to New Committees (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Dead Man Elected: How to Fill His Seat in the Washington
State Legislature (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Greens Spent Millions on Midterm Elections & Lost.
Or Did They? (Christian Science Monitor)
GENERAL NEWS
Port Orchard Homicide Suspect Taken into Custody in
Oregon (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
A Windy Day on Tap As a Potent Storm Blows Ashore (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Pacific Northwest Scientists Monitoring ‘Intense’
Earthquake Swarm (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Pot Proponents Look to California after Victories (Associated Press)
Clallam County: New Community Development Director to
be Tougher on Placement of Rural Marijuana Firms (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Bugs & Slugs: Oregon Company Gives Christmas Trees
Hot Showers (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
DIVERSIONS
Bad
First Date in Wilsonville, OR Starts with Arby’s Milkshake & with Arrest
Acme
Foundry Would Like to Thank Whoever Finally Added Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner to
the Building
This
Guy Made Ice Wheels for His Bike, & They Are Awesome
NYC
Subway Performers Collaborate to Form First ‘Wi-Fi Orchestra’
SONG OF THE DAY
Electric
Light Orchestra - All Over the World
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