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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Grant
PUD Begins Raising Wanapum Pool (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Inland
Power & Light Tries Community Solar Projects (Associated
Press)
Oregon
Proposes Tax Credit Rollback for Biomass (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Editorial:
Columbia Generating Station - Study against Nuclear Power Plant Lacks
Credibility (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Idaho’s Sockeye Salmon Success Could Be Blueprint
(Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Grant PUD Begins Raising Wanapum Pool
- Editorial: Columbia Generating Station - Study against Nuclear Power Plant Lacks Credibility
- EPA Urged Not To Include Nuclear Units under Construction in Calculation of State Carbon Dioxide Goals
- Op/Ed: New Jersey Can Use Nuclear Power to Diversify Its Energy Supply
- Western Area Power Administration Agrees to Settlement in Southwest Blackout
- A Fresh Look at Power Lines, Cancer & the Dread-to-Risk Ratio
- December 4 Confirmation Hearing Date Set for Colette Honorable
- Idaho’s Sockeye Salmon Success Could Be Blueprint
- Lake Cle Elum Proposal Geared to Help Efforts to Recover Native Fishery
- Chehalis Basin Work Group Celebrates ‘Historic Step Forward’ on Handling Flooding
- Inland Power & Light Tries Community Solar Projects
- Oregon Proposes Tax Credit Rollback for Biomass
- For Struggling Rural Communities, Wind Farms a Welcome Boon
- Spinning Off Baseload Resources – German Utility Company E.ON to Focus on Renewables
- California Motorists to Begin Shouldering Costs of Carbon Auction
- Executive Orders & Carbon Emissions: Can Governor Inslee Establish A Low Carbon Fuel Standard Without Legislation?
- Op/ED: Governor & Washington State Carbon Emissions Reduction Taskforce Should Carefully Consider Climate Policy
- Washington State Governor Jay Inslee Seeks Tax Breaks, Maybe Car Pool Lanes for Electric Vehicles
- Tennessee Fiber Fight: Broadening Broadband Gig City Touted as Model in Broadband Debate
- More Data Breaches Expected this Holiday Season
- Black Friday Fatigue? Thanksgiving Weekend Sales Slide Eleven Percent
- Supreme Court Weighs Limits of Free Speech over the Internet
- Congress Crams Unfinished Agenda into Final Days (U-S
- Cold Forecast to Ease Midweek in Washington
- Shelton Woman Stabbed; Suspect in Custody
- New Mason County Superior Court Judge Position Filled
- Taylor United Shellfish Company Seeks Permits for Dungeness Bay Geoduck Farm
- Incudes Mount Ellinor – Trail Counters Help Monitor Use in Olympic Forest
- Giant Sunspot May Cause Massive Solar Storms
- Road De-Icing Researchers Say Hold the Salt, Pass the Vodka By-Product
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• \LOAD-star\ • noun - One that serves as an inspiration, model, or guide. The
literal, albeit archaic, meaning of “lodestar” is “a star that leads or guides;
especially: the North Star.” (The first half of the word derives from the
Middle English word “lode,” meaning “course.”)
His
realization that woefully outdated generational references and a hyper-nerdish
wardrobe were not to his best advantage, Bertrand began to question using Steve
Erkle has his cultural and professional lodestar.
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Grant
PUD Begins Raising Wanapum Pool (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Editorial:
Columbia Generating Station - Study against Nuclear Power Plant Lacks
Credibility (Tri-City Herald, WA)
EPA
Urged Not To Include Nuclear Units under Construction in Calculation of State
Carbon Dioxide Goals (American Public Power Association)
Op/Ed:
New Jersey Can Use Nuclear Power to Diversify Its Energy Supply (New Jersey
Star Ledger)
Western
Area Power Administration Agrees to Settlement in Southwest Blackout (Electric Co-op Today)
A
Fresh Look at Power Lines, Cancer & the Dread-to-Risk Ratio “…finds no
evidence…of anything approaching a public health concern…” (NY Times)
December
4 Confirmation Hearing Date Set for Colette Honorable (American Public Power
Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho’s Sockeye Salmon Success Could Be Blueprint
(Associated Press)
Lake Cle Elum Proposal Geared to Help Efforts to Recover
Native Fishery (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Chehalis
Basin Work Group Celebrates ‘Historic Step Forward’ on Handling Flooding (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Inland
Power & Light Tries Community Solar Projects (Associated
Press)
Oregon
Proposes Tax Credit Rollback for Biomass (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
For
Struggling Rural Communities, Wind Farms a Welcome Boon (Midwest Energy News)
Spinning
Off Baseload Resources – German Utility Company E.ON to Focus on Renewables (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California
Motorists to Begin Shouldering Costs of Carbon Auction (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Executive
Orders & Carbon Emissions: Can Governor Inslee Establish A Low Carbon Fuel
Standard Without Legislation? (Science, Law & the Environment, Seattle, WA)
Op/ED:
Governor & Washington State Carbon Emissions Reduction Taskforce Should
Carefully Consider Climate Policy (Seattle Times,
WA - Paywall Advisory)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Washington
State Governor Jay Inslee Seeks Tax Breaks, Maybe Car Pool Lanes for Electric
Vehicles (Oregonian, Portland)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Tennessee
Fiber Fight: Broadening Broadband Gig City Touted as Model in Broadband Debate
(Chattanooga Times-Free Press, TN)
More
Data Breaches Expected this Holiday Season (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Black
Friday Fatigue? Thanksgiving Weekend Sales Slide Eleven Percent (NY Times)
Supreme
Court Weighs Limits of Free Speech over the Internet (Associated Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Congress
Crams Unfinished Agenda into Final Days (U-S News & World Report)
GENERAL NEWS
Cold
Forecast to Ease Midweek in Washington State (Associated
Press)
Shelton
Woman Stabbed; Suspect in Custody (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
http://masonwebtv.com/archives/13928
http://masonwebtv.com/archives/13928
New
Mason County Superior Court Judge Position Filled (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
http://masonwebtv.com/archives/13921
http://masonwebtv.com/archives/13921
Taylor
United Shellfish Company Seeks Permits for Dungeness Bay Geoduck Farm (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Incudes Mount Ellinor – Trail Counters Help
Monitor Use in Olympic Forest (Associated Press)
Giant
Sunspot May Cause Massive Solar Storms (Mashable)
Road De-Icing Researchers Say Hold the Salt, Pass the Vodka
By-Product (Northwest Public Radio)
DIVERSIONS
Price
of Doing 12 Days of Christmas Up 1%, Will Now Cost $116,000
Kirk
Douglas’ Obit Published by Mistake on ‘People’ Website
Cops:
Beau Who Ate Holiday Meal Early Gets Stabbed
Wisconsin:
Dispute over Nine-Point Buck Settled with Coin Flip
SONG OF THE DAY
Alex
North – Main Theme - Spartacus 1960 Original Soundtrack
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