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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Chelan PUD Could
Seek Reimbursement for Wanapum-Related Loss (Wenatchee World, WA)
Emerald People’s Utility District General Manager
to Resign - The executive’s taped phone conversations fanned board infighting (Eugene
Register-Guard, OR)
Snohomish
PUD Installs First Solar Project on Camano Island (Everett Herald, WA)
Arizona
Considers Axing Efficiency Standards (Utility Dive)
35th District Nail Biter: Republican Dan
Griffey Moves Ahead of Rep. Kathy Haigh by 157 Votes (Olympian - Paywall
Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Chelan PUD Could Seek Reimbursement for Wanapum-Related Loss
- Emerald People’s Utility District General Manager to Resign
- Cowlitz County Commissioners Rebuke Ecology Official over State Coal Review
- Oregon: FERC Issues Jordan Cove's Draft Environmental Impact Statement
- Editorial: Power to the People: Gas or Electric?
- Creeping City Utility Taxes Exceed 36% in Some Cities, & They Aren’t Even Utility Taxes By Law
- Nuclear Energy & the 2014 Mid-Term Elections
- What Republicans’ Big Win Means for Harry Reid’s Fight against Yucca Mountain
- New England Electricity Prices Spike as Gas Pipelines Lag
- Smart Meter Fire Probe Points to Sensus Design 'Shortcomings'
- Op/Ed: How to Boost Salmon Populations
- Yakima River’s Record Coho Extends Fishing Season
- Feds Eye Ways to Avoid Sage Grouse Listing
- A New Bounty of Oysters in Maryland, but There Is a Snag
- Snohomish PUD Installs First Solar Project on Camano Island
- REC Silicon Wants Grant County to Review 2014 Assessment
- Arizona Regulatory Staff Rejects APS Bid to Own Rooftop Solar
- Wyoming: Microsoft Unveils New Data Plant
- Fewer, Larger Wind Turbines Less Lethal for Birds
- Listen Up: Geothermal Heat Pumps & Rooftop Solar Are a Perfect Match
- Arizona Considers Axing Efficiency Standards
- Home Depot Says Hackers Also Stole Email Addresses
- Cable Companies Hike Broadband Prices While Losing Subscribers
- One Man’s Failed Quest to Buy Wired Internet from Time Warner or Verizon
- Broadband Adoption: U-S County Map
- Comcast Apologizes for Week’s Second Large-Scale Outage
- 35th District Nail Biter: Republican Dan Griffey Moves Ahead of Rep. Kathy Haigh by 157 Votes
- President Obama expected to nominate Loretta Lynch as U-S Attorney General
- What’s Driving the Tech Exodus from American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)? In A Word, Tech
- Highway 101 Closure Expected to Last into the Morning after High Winds Wreak Havoc across North Olympic Peninsula
- More Than 100 Organizations Plead for President to Intervene in Puget Sound Ports' Labor Disputes
- FBI Director: Agent Posed as AP Reporter to Dupe Lacey Teen Threatening Bombings
- U-S Unemployment Rate Falls to 5.8% as Employers Add 214,000 Jobs
- New Pot Laws Could Be Good for Business
- The Real Reason So Many States Are Legalizing Cannabis in One Chart
- U-S Forest Service Agrees: First Amendment Applies in Wilderness
- How Drones & GoPro Cameras Are Helping Recover Lost WWII Planes
- The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Shook Itself to Pieces 74 Years Ago
Deglutition
• \dee-gloo-TISH-un\ • noun – The act or process of swallowing
Man,
Derwood looked cool. He was getting a dressing down from his boss that would
turn most folks into a dry husk of humanity. Unfortunately, it was Mr. D’s
uncontrolled deglutition that did him in. That Ichabod Crane Adam’s apple
bobbing up and down on his long, slender neck showed the powerful emotional
forces that were at war within that calm exterior.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Chelan PUD Could
Seek Reimbursement for Wanapum-Related Loss (Wenatchee World, WA)
Emerald People’s Utility District General Manager
to Resign - The executive’s taped phone conversations fanned board infighting (Eugene
Register-Guard, OR)
Cowlitz County Commissioners
Rebuke Ecology Official over State Coal Review (Longview Daily News, WA)
Oregon: FERC Issues
Jordan Cove's Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Coos Bay World, OR)
Editorial: Power to the People: Gas or Electric?
(Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Creeping City Utility Taxes Exceed 36% in Some
Cities, & They Aren’t Even Utility Taxes By Law (Washington Wire, Olympia,
WA)
Nuclear Energy &
the 2014 Mid-Term Elections (Forbes Magazine)
What Republicans’
Big Win Means for Harry Reid’s Fight against Yucca Mountain (Las Vegas Sun, NV)
New England
Electricity Prices Spike as Gas Pipelines Lag (National Public Radio)
Smart Meter Fire Probe Points to Sensus Design
'Shortcomings' (Renew Grid)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Op/Ed: How to Boost Salmon Populations - We need
to support expanding spill and managing the hydro-system more like a natural
river (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Yakima River’s Record Coho Extends Fishing Season
(Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Feds Eye Ways to Avoid Sage Grouse Listing (Ontario
Argus-Observer, OR)
A New Bounty of Oysters in Maryland, but There Is
a Snag (NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Snohomish
PUD Installs First Solar Project on Camano Island (Everett Herald, WA)
REC Silicon Wants Grant County to Review 2014 Assessment
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Arizona Regulatory Staff Rejects APS Bid to Own
Rooftop Solar (Utility Dive)
Wyoming:
Microsoft Unveils New Data Plant (Wyoming Tribune Eagle Cheyenne)
Fewer, Larger Wind Turbines Less Lethal for
Birds (The Independent, Livermore, CA)
Listen Up: Geothermal Heat Pumps & Rooftop
Solar Are a Perfect Match (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Arizona
Considers Axing Efficiency Standards (Utility Dive)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Home Depot Says Hackers Also Stole Email Addresses (NY
Times)
Cable Companies Hike Broadband Prices While Losing
Subscribers (New York Post, NY)
One Man’s Failed Quest to Buy Wired Internet from
Time Warner or Verizon (Ars Technica)
Broadband Adoption: U-S County Map (Governing)
Comcast Apologizes for Week’s Second Large-Scale
Outage (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
35th District Nail Biter: Republican Dan
Griffey Moves Ahead of Rep. Kathy Haigh by 157 Votes (Olympian - Paywall
Advisory)
President Obama expected to nominate Loretta Lynch
as U-S Attorney General (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
http://q13fox.com/2014/11/07/president-obama-expected-to-nominate-loretta-lynch-as-attorney-general/
What’s Driving the Tech Exodus from American Legislative
Exchange Council (ALEC)? In A Word, Tech (Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Highway 101 Closure Expected to Last into the Morning
after High Winds Wreak Havoc across North Olympic Peninsula (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
More Than 100 Organizations Plead for President to
Intervene in Puget Sound Ports' Labor Disputes (Puget
Sound Business Journal, WA)
FBI Director: Agent Posed as AP Reporter to Dupe Lacey
Teen Threatening Bombings (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
U-S Unemployment Rate Falls to 5.8% as Employers
Add 214,000 Jobs (Oregonian, Portland)
New Pot Laws Could
Be Good for Business (National Public Radio)
The Real Reason So Many States Are Legalizing
Cannabis in One Chart (Gizmodo)
U-S Forest Service Agrees: First Amendment Applies in
Wilderness (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
How Drones & GoPro Cameras Are Helping Recover
Lost WWII Planes (Washington Post)
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Shook Itself to
Pieces 74 Years Ago (Northwest Public Radio)
DIVERSIONS
Star
Wars: Episode VII Will Be Called the Force Awakens
Police:
Victim Fights Off Robbers with Bag of Political Flyers
Olympia Therapy Cat Earns National Award for Volunteer
Work
Woman
Wearing 'I (Heart) Crystal Meth' Shirt Arrested on Drug Charges
SONG OF THE DAY
Electric
Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down
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