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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Inslee:
Make Big Polluters Pay for Transportation Projects (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
British
Columbia Approves $8.8-Billion Site for Peace River Hydroelectric Dam (Globe
& Mail, Canada)
Chelan
PUD Imposes Moratorium amid Boom in Power Requests for Data Centers (Wenatchee World, WA)
$2 Million in Taxpayer Dollars at Risk in Snake River
Dredging Showdown (Northwest Public Radio)
PayPal
Co-Founder Peter Thiel Reportedly Participating in $75 Million Round for
Seattle Marijuana Investment Company (Geekwire)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- British Columbia Approves $8.8-Billion Site for Peace River Hydroelectric Dam
- British Columbia: Peace River Dam Site – How We Got Here & What You Need to Know
- Chelan PUD Imposes Moratorium amid Boom in Power Requests for Data Centers
- Shocked Portland General Electric Worker on Long Road to Recovery
- Probe Continues in Clallam County Public Utility District Copper Theft
- U-S Senate Passes Short-Term Wind Tax Break, Confirms FERC Nominee
- Phone Scam Targets Port Angeles Businesses
- Residential Customers Sought for Cowlitz PUD Rate Advisory Panel
- Grays Harbor PUD Renews Commitment to Relay for Life, Looks for New Projects
- Pacific Gas & Electric Says Smart Grid Helped Speed Storm Recovery
- DOE Says Smart Grid Projects Have Helped Utilities Reduce the Impact of Outages after Storms
- $2 Million in Taxpayer Dollars at Risk in Snake River Dredging Showdown
- 11 Trillion Gallons of Water Needed – Will California Rains Set Back Water Conservation?
- President Obama Indefinitely Bans Drilling in Alaskan Bay
- U-S Imposes Steep Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels
- Boeing’s Renton 737 Factory to Move to Clean Energy
- Rural Co-Ops Promise Net Metering, But Don’t Always Deliver
- Report Shows Which States Excel & Lag in Promoting Solar Energy
- Warren Buffett’s Smart-Grid Idea Takes Over Your Washing Machine
- PayPal Co-Founder Peter Thiel Reportedly Participating in $75 Million Round for Seattle Marijuana Investment Company
- Oregon Hires Top Marijuana Regulator
- Seattle Pot Grower Offering Public Tours of Gardens, Facility
- Medical Marijuana Suddenly a Whole Lot Less Illegal Nationwide
- Tommy Chong Wants to Create Cannabis Business Brand
- Inslee: Make Big Polluters Pay for Transportation Projects
- Washington State Governor Proposes Transportation Plan with Carbon Tax
- Which Spin? Polling Shows Some Public Support for Taxing Carbon Pollution in Washington State
- Stream Away: Comcast Doubles Internet Speeds Across Washington State
- Sweeping Searches - Google’s Detractors Take Their Fight to the States
- How Cord-Cutting Is Changing the Kinds of TVs We Buy
- Nordstrom Employee Loses Job after Incendiary Facebook Comment about Killing Cops
- Twitter Debates Whether to Hit Autoplay on Videos to Compete With Facebook
- To Avoid Embarrassing Hacks, Don’t Send Embarrassing E-Mails
- Another Whistleblower Claim Filed Against Nampa – Claims Utility Billing Improprieties
- Shelton Area Man, 80, Fatally Shoots Younger Man
- Increased Code Enforcement Powers Sought by City of Shelton Officials
- Mt. Hood Snowpack at Lowest Level Since 1981
- How the Grinch Stole the Pacific Northwest’s Christmas Snow
- Methane on Mars? Curiosity Discovery Boosts Case for Martian Life
- Premiere Cancelled, Theater Chain Drops ‘The Interview’ Following Threats
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and other indescribable containers of dead and mutating foodstuffs. He rarely
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them as a stewing réchauffé could lead to the extinction of new mold and
bacteria species.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
British
Columbia Approves $8.8-Billion Site for Peace River Hydroelectric Dam (Globe
& Mail, Canada)
British
Columbia: Peace River Dam Site – How We Got Here & What You Need to Know (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Chelan
PUD Imposes Moratorium amid Boom in Power Requests for Data Centers (Wenatchee World, WA)
Shocked
Portland General Electric Worker on Long Road to Recovery - Nate Sweet shocked
while cleaning up from last week’s storm (KOIN-TV,
Portland, OR)
Probe
Continues in Clallam County Public Utility District Copper Theft (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
U-S
Senate Passes Short-Term Wind Tax Break, Confirms FERC Nominee (Utility Dive)
Phone
Scam Targets Port Angeles Businesses (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, WA)
Residential
Customers Sought for Cowlitz PUD Rate Advisory Panel (Longview Daily News, WA)
Grays
Harbor PUD Renews Commitment to Relay for Life, Looks for New Projects (Grays
Harbor Talk)
Pacific
Gas & Electric Says Smart Grid Helped Speed Storm Recovery (Utility Dive)
DOE
Says Smart Grid Projects Have Helped Utilities Reduce the Impact of Outages after
Storms (American Public Power Association)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
$2 Million in Taxpayer Dollars at Risk in Snake River
Dredging Showdown (Northwest Public Radio)
11 Trillion Gallons of Water Needed – Will California Rains
Set Back Water Conservation? (Christian Science Monitor)
President Obama Indefinitely Bans Drilling in Alaskan Bay (NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
U-S
Imposes Steep Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels (NY Times)
Boeing’s
Renton 737 Factory to Move to Clean Energy (Associated
Press)
Rural
Co-Ops Promise Net Metering, But Don’t Always Deliver (Midwest Energy News)
Report Shows Which States Excel & Lag in Promoting Solar
Energy (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Warren
Buffett’s Smart-Grid Idea Takes Over Your Washing Machine (Bloomberg News)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
PayPal
Co-Founder Peter Thiel Reportedly Participating in $75 Million Round for Seattle
Marijuana Investment Company (Geekwire)
Oregon Hires Top Marijuana Regulator (Northwest Public
Radio)
Seattle Pot Grower Offering Public Tours of Gardens,
Facility (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Medical
Marijuana Suddenly a Whole Lot Less Illegal Nationwide (Consumerist)
Tommy
Chong Wants to Create Cannabis Business Brand (Marijuana Business Daily)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Inslee:
Make Big Polluters Pay for Transportation Projects (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Washington
State Governor Proposes Transportation Plan with Carbon Tax (Everett Herald,
WA)
Which
Spin? Polling Shows Some Public Support for Taxing Carbon Pollution in Washington
State (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Stream
Away: Comcast Doubles Internet Speeds Across Washington State (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Sweeping
Searches - Google’s Detractors Take Their Fight to the States (NY Times)
How
Cord-Cutting Is Changing the Kinds of TVs We Buy (Washington Post)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Nordstrom
Employee Loses Job after Incendiary Facebook Comment about Killing Cops (Oregonian,
Portland)
Twitter
Debates Whether to Hit Autoplay on Videos to Compete With Facebook (AdWeek)
To
Avoid Embarrassing Hacks, Don’t Send Embarrassing E-Mails (SF Chronicle)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Another
Whistleblower Claim Filed Against Nampa – Claims Utility Billing Improprieties (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Area Man, 80, Fatally Shoots Younger Man (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Increased Code Enforcement Powers Sought by City
of Shelton Officials (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Mt. Hood Snowpack at Lowest Level Since 1981 (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
How the Grinch Stole Northwest’s Christmas Snow
(Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
Methane on Mars? Curiosity Discovery Boosts Case for
Martian Life (Christian Science Monitor)
Premiere Cancelled, Theater Chain Drops ‘The
Interview’ Following Threats (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
http://q13fox.com/2014/12/17/premiere-cancelled-theater-chain-drops-the-interview-following-threats/
DIVERSIONS
Qatar
Pays Migrant Workers $1 an Hour to Be Fake Sports Fans
Have
a Very Marie Curie Christmas with These Nobel Physicist Snowflake Decorations
More
Proof That Mondays Are Terrible: It’s the Most Common Day for Workplace
Injuries
The
Mesmerizing View of Christmas Lights from Space
SONG OF THE DAY
Journey
– Lights
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