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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Puget
Sound Energy Faces Opposition over Options for Eastside Power-Line Route (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Columbia
Generating Station: Washington State’s Only Nuclear Power Plant Turns 30 Years
Old (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/States-only-nuclear-power-plant-turns-30-years-old-285826611.html
Oregon:
Biogas Power Plant near Junction City Mired in Legal Disputes (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
From
Carbon to Kids: Inslee Wants Climate Policy to Fund Schools (Washington State
Wire, Olympia, WA)
Columbia
River Salmon Anglers in 2014 Set Record Catch; Forecast Projects More Good Runs
in 2015 (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Puget Sound Energy Faces Opposition over Options for Eastside Power-Line Route
- Columbia Generating Station: Washington State’s Only Nuclear Power Plant Turns 30 Years Old
- Leads Prove Elusive as Clallam Sheriff’s Office Investigates Theft of Copper, Power Outage West of Port Angeles
- California: Tiny Water District to Seize Pacific Gas & Electric Power Lines, Transformers
- Even Before Long Winter Begins, Energy Bills Send Shivers in New England
- In Navajo Country, Coal Gives Life - And Takes It, Some Say
- Fitch: Utility Sector Well Positioned to Manage Near-Term Risks
- Advanced Meter Fee Scam Hits South Carolina Co-op
- Columbia River Salmon Anglers in 2014 Set Record Catch; Forecast Projects More Good Runs in 2015
- Canada: Salmon Farmers to Spend $1.5 Million on Wild Fish Study
- Beavers’ Eagerness Is the Problem above Douglas PUD’s Wells Dam
- Op/Ed: Congress’s Hostile Takeover of Endangered Species Efforts
- Skagit County Water Fight Ruling Won’t Mean Battle Ends
- Scientist Prepare for another Wave of Tsunami Debris along PNW Coast, & More Invasive Species
- Oregon: Biogas Power Plant near Junction City Mired in Legal Disputes
- The Economist Explains: What Has Gone Wrong with Germany’s Energy Policy
- Eggnog & Efficiency: How the Holiday Season Affects Utilities
- West Richland Getting New LED Lights
- Marijuana Growers Sprout on Wall Street as Pot Goes Public
- La Center Mulls Marijuana Ban
- From Carbon to Kids: Inslee Wants Climate Policy to Fund Schools
- Pacific Gas & Electric CEO: A Price on Carbon Can Be Good for Utilities
- Arctic Sea Ice Volume Holds Up in 2014
- Northwest Environmental Conference: Sustainability Directors in Unlikely Places
- Capturing Carbon as a Byproduct of Running a Fuel Cell
- FCC Boosts Rural Broadband Speed Requirements to 10 Mbps
- Facebook Discards Microsoft Bing for Search
- Google among Major U-S Companies Researching Use of Color in Business Initiatives
- The Governor Unplugged: Inslee Warns Of ‘Malarkey’ & ‘Assault by Polluting Industries’
- Alpine Lakes, Manhattan Project National Park Pass U-S Senate
- In Final Spending Bill, Salty Food & Belching Cows Are Winners
- Mason County Shellfish Contamination Prompts Recall
- Judge’s Ruling Favors Cowlitz Tribe in Casino Case
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Puget
Sound Energy Faces Opposition over Options for Eastside Power-Line Route (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Columbia
Generating Station: Washington State’s Only Nuclear Power Plant Turns 30 Years
Old (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/States-only-nuclear-power-plant-turns-30-years-old-285826611.html
Leads
Prove Elusive as Clallam Sheriff’s Office Investigates Theft of Copper, Power
Outage West of Port Angeles (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
California:
Tiny Water District to Seize Pacific Gas & Electric Power Lines,
Transformers (SF Chronicle)
Even
Before Long Winter Begins, Energy Bills Send Shivers in New England (NY Times)
In
Navajo Country, Coal Gives Life - And Takes It, Some Say (Los Angeles Times,
CA)
Fitch:
Utility Sector Well Positioned to Manage Near-Term Risks (Utility Dive)
Advanced
Meter Fee Scam Hits South Carolina Co-op (Electric Co-op
Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River Salmon Anglers in 2014 Set Record
Catch; Forecast Projects More Good Runs in 2015 (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Canada: Salmon Farmers to Spend $1.5 Million on
Wild Fish Study - Industry will appoint independent researchers to look at
disease transmission, migration routes (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Beavers’ Eagerness Is the Problem above Douglas
PUD’s Wells Dam (Wenatchee World, WA)
Op/Ed: Congress’s Hostile Takeover of Endangered
Species Efforts (The Hill, Washington, DC)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Skagit County Water Fight Ruling Won’t Mean Battle
Ends (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, WA)
Scientist Prepare for another Wave of Tsunami
Debris along PNW Coast, & More Invasive Species (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon:
Biogas Power Plant near Junction City Mired in Legal Disputes (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
The
Economist Explains: What Has Gone Wrong with Germany’s Energy Policy (The Economist
Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Eggnog
& Efficiency: How the Holiday Season Affects Utilities (Utility Dive)
West
Richland Getting New LED Lights (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities,
WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Marijuana
Growers Sprout on Wall Street as Pot Goes Public (Mashable)
La
Center Mulls Marijuana Ban - Pot businesses could be allowed in some areas or
banned altogether (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
From
Carbon to Kids: Inslee Wants Climate Policy to Fund Schools (Washington State
Wire, Olympia, WA)
Pacific
Gas & Electric CEO: A Price on Carbon Can Be Good for Utilities (Utility
Dive)
Arctic
Sea Ice Volume Holds Up in 2014 (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Northwest
Environmental Conference: Sustainability Directors in Unlikely Places (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Capturing
Carbon as a Byproduct of Running a Fuel Cell (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC
Boosts Rural Broadband Speed Requirements to 10 Mbps (eWeek)
Facebook
Discards Microsoft Bing for Search (Puget Sound
Business Journal, WA)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Google
among Major U-S Companies Researching Use of Color in Business Initiatives (Associated Press)
All
Google has to do is hire the characters Jane Lynch & John Michael Higgins
played in the movie “A Mighty Wind.”
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
The
Governor Unplugged: Inslee Warns Of ‘Malarkey’ & ‘Assault by Polluting
Industries’ (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
Alpine
Lakes, Manhattan Project National Park Pass U-S Senate (Seattle Post
Intelligencer, WA)
In
Final Spending Bill, Salty Food & Belching Cows Are Winners “…requires the
EPA to withdraw a new rule defining how the Clean Water Act applies to certain
agricultural conservation practices…” (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Shellfish Contamination Prompts
Recall (South Sound Business Examiner)
Judge’s
Ruling Favors Cowlitz Tribe in Casino Case (KATU-TV,
Portland, OR)
DIVERSIONS
Job
Title Not Convoluted Enough? Try This ‘Badass Advertising Job Titles’ Generator
Bunch
of Grinches Take $2,000 in Christmas Trees from Cut-Your-Own Farm without
Paying
The
Hottest Gift You Aren’t Getting: Selfie Sticks (I’m sure there’s something
Freudian about this!)
It’s
‘Culture.’ Merriam-Webster Unveils Its Word of the Year
SONG OF THE DAY
Boston
– Long Time/Foreplay
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