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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Three
Storms, Three Threats: Flooding, Strong Winds, Landslides (KOMO-TV, Seattle,
WA)
The
Great Salmon Compromise - The Columbia Basin Fish Accords have funded $1
billion worth of habitat restoration projects, but can they replace
free-flowing rivers? (High Country News)
Idaho Power Turns to Cloud Seeding to Boost
Snowpack (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
What’s
Up with My Heat Pump? - Powerful Advice: Energy Insights from PUD 3 (Mason PUD
3, Shelton, WA)
The
Cost of Carbon: Tax Would Be ‘A Small Drag’ on Oregon Economy (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Obama administration to appeal to Supreme Court on FERC Order 745 ruling
- FERC Nominee Colette Honorable Gets Bipartisan Support at U-S Senate Hearing
- Clark Public Utilities to Set System Budgets for 2015
- 2014 Christmas Parade - Mason PUD 3 Wins Second Place in its Division
- How Utilities Can Prepare for the Bigger, Badder Storms of the Future
- The Great Salmon Compromise
- Fund Approved to Help Columbia River Gillnetters When Fishing Rules Change
- Trout Numbers Declining in the South Fork of the Snake River
- Avista Studying Long Lake Carp’s Effect on Water Quality
- Idaho Power Turns to Cloud Seeding to Boost Snowpack
- SolarWorld Makes Its Case against Asian Competitors
- Suppliers Criticize Proposed Expansion of Duties on Chinese Solar Panels
- Tribes Challenge California Mojave Desert Solar Project
- The Energy Boom You Haven’t Heard About: Wood Pellets
- Is Renewable Energy Making Money?
- What’s Up with My Heat Pump? - Powerful Advice: Energy Insights from PUD 3
- Eight Easy Ways to Save on Your Electricity Bill
- Marijuana Farmer Finds Takers for His Controversial Donation
- Marijuana Survey Has Some Eye-Opening Responses
- Chart of the Week: Percent of U-S Population in States with Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
- The Cost of Carbon: Tax Would Be ‘A Small Drag’ on Oregon Economy
- NOAA Throws Cold Water on Idea That Climate Change is to Blame for California’s Record Drought
- Global Warming to Make European Heat Waves ‘Commonplace’ by 2040s, Study Finds
- Copenhagen Lighting the Way to Greener, More Efficient Cities
- As Data Center ‘Halls’ Sit Empty, Washington Casts Wider Net for Tenants
- Comcast Sued for Turning Home Wi-Fi Routers into Public Hotspots
- Anheuser-Busch Is Plotting to Win the Super Bowl with Four Social Media Command Rooms
- Learn How to Block Your Ex & More in Facebook’s Cute, Quirky Tutorial Videos
- ‘Women Laughing Alone With Tablets’ Is the New ‘Women Laughing Alone With Salad’
- Washington State House Democrats Ax Three Committees, Add One for Marijuana
- Three Storms, Three Threats: Flooding, Strong Winds, Landslides
- Bertha Repair Pit Might Have Caused 30 Seattle Buildings to Sink along With Viaduct
- Crude Oil Swoons to Five-Year Low, Gas Prices to Follow
- Washington State Dropping Mandate to Replace License Plates
- Map: Where Your Christmas Trees Come From
Caitiff
• \KAY-riff\ • Adjective - Cowardly, despicable
Another
fresh sheet of foolscap and Frankie was ready to introduce his third character to
his loyal readers. “Ah,” he sighed to his son Bobby. “Now I get to introduce
the ‘Caitiff Lion’ to this wonderful story.” The child winced, “c’mon dad, no
one knows what that means. Just call ‘im the ‘Cowardly Lion’ and be done with
it.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Obama
administration to appeal to Supreme Court on FERC Order 745 ruling (Utility
Dive)
FERC
Nominee Colette Honorable Gets Bipartisan Support at U-S Senate Hearing (RTO
Insider)
Clark
Public Utilities to Set System Budgets for 2015 (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
2014
Christmas Parade - Mason PUD 3 Wins Second Place in its Division (Mason PUD 3,
Shelton, WA)
How
Utilities Can Prepare for the Bigger, Badder Storms of the Future (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
The
Great Salmon Compromise - The Columbia Basin Fish Accords have funded $1
billion worth of habitat restoration projects, but can they replace
free-flowing rivers? (High Country News)
Fund
Approved to Help Columbia River Gillnetters When Fishing Rules Change (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
Trout
Numbers Declining in the South Fork of the Snake River (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Avista
Studying Long Lake Carp’s Effect on Water Quality (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Idaho Power Turns to Cloud Seeding to Boost
Snowpack (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
SolarWorld
Makes Its Case against Asian Competitors (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Suppliers
Criticize Proposed Expansion of Duties on Chinese Solar Panels (Associated Press)
Tribes
Challenge California Mojave Desert Solar Project (Courthouse
News Service)
The
Energy Boom You Haven’t Heard About: Wood Pellets (National Geographic
Magazine)
Is
Renewable Energy Making Money? (Electric Co-op Today)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
What’s
Up with My Heat Pump? - Powerful Advice: Energy Insights from PUD 3 (Mason PUD
3, Shelton, WA)
Eight
Easy Ways to Save on Your Electricity Bill (KNDO/KNDU-TV,
Tri Cities, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Marijuana
Farmer Finds Takers for His Controversial Donation (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Marijuana
Survey Has Some Eye-Opening Responses (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
Chart
of the Week: Percent of U-S Population in States with Medical Marijuana
Dispensaries (Marijuana Business Daily)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
The
Cost of Carbon: Tax Would Be ‘A Small Drag’ on Oregon Economy (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
NOAA
Throws Cold Water on Idea That Climate Change is to Blame for California’s
Record Drought “…natural variations…mostly a La Nina weather
oscillation…” (U-S News & World Report)
Global
Warming to Make European Heat Waves ‘Commonplace’ by 2040s, Study Finds (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Copenhagen
Lighting the Way to Greener, More Efficient Cities (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
As Data Center ‘Halls’ Sit Empty, Washington Casts Wider Net
for Tenants (Northwest Public Radio)
Comcast
Sued for Turning Home Wi-Fi Routers into Public Hotspots (SF Chronicle)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Anheuser-Busch
Is Plotting to Win the Super Bowl with Four Social Media Command Rooms (AdWeek)
Learn
How to Block Your Ex & More in Facebook’s Cute, Quirky Tutorial Videos (AdWeek)
‘Women
Laughing Alone With Tablets’ Is the New ‘Women Laughing Alone With Salad’ (TIME
Magazine)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington
State House Democrats Ax Three Committees, Add One for Marijuana (Everett
Herald, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Three
Storms, Three Threats: Flooding, Strong Winds, Landslides (KOMO-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Bertha
Repair Pit Might Have Caused 30 Seattle Buildings to Sink along With Viaduct (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Crude
Oil Swoons to Five-Year Low, Gas Prices to Follow (USA Today)
Washington
State Dropping Mandate to Replace License Plates (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Map:
Where Your Christmas Trees Come From (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/08/map-where-your-christmas-trees-come-from/
DIVERSIONS
TGI
Friday’s Dumb Mistletoe Drone Cut Somebody’s Face Open
Roof
Experts Say Pigeon Poop Problem Grows in Fairbanks; Excrement Damages Metals,
Sealants
Korean
Air Exec Resigns after Ordering Crew Member Off the Plane for Serving Nuts
Improperly
Photos
Saved from Underwater Camera Lost in Cuba for Two Years
SONG OF THE DAY
George
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
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