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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Governor
Inslee Proposes Plan to Charge Big Washington State Polluters to Fund Budget
Priorities (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Who’s
Shooting Up Electrical Equipment near JBLM? (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Eugene
Water & Electric Board Biomass Power Plant Contract Secrecy Rejected (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
States
in Parched Southwest Take Steps to Bolster Lake Mead (NY Times)
Snohomish
County Marijuana-Business Discussion to Continue Today (Everett Herald, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Who’s Shooting Up Electrical Equipment near JBLM?
- Insulator Damage Endangers Public, Power Reliability; Ratepayers Foot Repair Bill
- Power Outages Cost More Than $250,000 to Jefferson PUD
- British Columbia to Proceed with $7.6 Billion Hydro-Dam
- British Columbia: Peace River Mega-Project a Welcome Boost for Construction Industry
- British Columbia: First Nation Chief Says Peace River Dam Site Approval a ‘Spit in the Face’
- Columbia River Coal Decision Is At Least a Year Away
- Grays Harbor PUD Dropping Bi-Monthly Billing, Beginning January 2015
- Energy Northwest Santa & Elves Visit Head Start
- Moody’s: Public Power Sector Will Be Stable in 2015
- Computer Models Contest EPA Clean Power Plan’s Reliability Impacts
- Tree Top, Downed in Storm & Dangling from Wire, Is Decorated for Holidays by Festive Locals
- Spring Chinook Forecast: Mediocre Outlook in Willamette, Cowlitz Rivers
- Idaho: Kokanee Loving Their New Gravel at Lake Pend Oreille
- States in Parched Southwest Take Steps to Bolster Lake Mead
- Eugene Water & Electric Board Biomass Power Plant Contract Secrecy Rejected
- Nevada Regulators Reject Tribal Solar Plant, Again
- What the Senate’s Tax Extender Bill Means for Wind Energy
- Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance Report Gives Businesses an Energy Roadmap
- Biggest Energy Myths Busted
- Snohomish County Marijuana-Business Discussion to Continue Today
- Colorado Funds $8 Million in Marijuana Research
- Strategies for Success: How Cannabis Businesses Can Build Relationships with Lawmakers
- Governor Inslee Proposes Plan to Charge Big Washington State Polluters to Fund Budget Priorities
- California Billionaire Backs Inslee’s Carbon Plan
- Seattle Cloud Company Skytap Raises $35 Million, Mulls Future IPO
- Half of Connecticut Says It Wants Fiber-Optic Internet - And Soon
- Why Broadband Execs Are Telling Washington & Wall Street Different Things on Net Neutrality
- A Year Out from Release, Star Wars is Already Killing It in Social Media
- Jeans Made That Will Prevent ‘Digital Pickpocketing’
- US-Cuba Thaw: Does This Mean Americans Can Now Go to Cuba?
- Cuban Cigars among Goods Travelers Get OK to Import
- 80-Year-Old Shelton-Area Man Fatally Shoots Friend after Putt-Putt Golf
- Dump Truck Spills Gravel on Highway 3 South of Allyn
- Belfair Sewer System – 20 Year Payoff Plan
- Washington’s Unemployment Rate Rises Again in November – Mason County Rate 8.1 Percent
- Wet, Breezy Weekend Forecast for Washington State
- How Much Learning Happens on Field Trips? A Lot, a New Study Says
Palaver
• \puh-LAV-er\ • noun 1 a: a long parley usually between persons of different
cultures or levels of sophistication b: conference, discussion 2 *a: idle talk
b : misleading or beguiling speech
The
ethereal palaver between Moses, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Winston Churchill and Tiny
Tim had its awkward moments. A breakthrough was achieved when Beethoven
snatched Tiny Tim’s ukulele and played an exceptionally energetic version of “Born
to be Wild”. God was not amused.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Who’s
Shooting Up Electrical Equipment near JBLM? (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Insulator
Damage Endangers Public, Power Reliability; Ratepayers Foot Repair Bill (Bonneville Power Administration)
Power
Outages Cost More Than $250,000 to Jefferson PUD - Extra crews on hand all
weekend to restore PUD electricity (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
British
Columbia to Proceed with $7.6 Billion Hydro-Dam (Bloomberg News)
British
Columbia: Peace River Mega-Project a Welcome Boost for Construction Industry
(Vancouver Sun, BC)
British
Columbia: First Nation Chief Says Peace River Dam Site Approval a ‘Spit in the
Face’ (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Columbia
River Coal Decision Is At Least a Year Away (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Grays
Harbor PUD Dropping Bi-Monthly Billing, Beginning January 2015 (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Energy
Northwest Santa & Elves Visit Head Start (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
Moody’s:
Public Power Sector Will Be Stable in 2015 (Utility Dive)
Computer
Models Contest EPA Clean Power Plan’s Reliability Impacts (E&E Publishing)
Tree
Top, Downed in Storm & Dangling from Wire, Is Decorated for Holidays by
Festive Locals (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Spring Chinook Forecast: Mediocre Outlook in
Willamette, Cowlitz Rivers (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Idaho: Kokanee Loving Their New Gravel at Lake
Pend Oreille (Coeur d’Alene Press, ID)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
States
in Parched Southwest Take Steps to Bolster Lake Mead (NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Eugene
Water & Electric Board Biomass Power Plant Contract Secrecy Rejected (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Nevada Regulators Reject Tribal Solar Plant, Again (Associated
Press)
What the Senate’s Tax Extender Bill Means for Wind Energy (Renewable
Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Northwest
Energy Efficiency Alliance Report Gives Businesses an Energy Roadmap (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Biggest
Energy Myths Busted (Forbes Magazine)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Snohomish
County Marijuana-Business Discussion to Continue Today (Everett Herald, WA)
Colorado
Funds $8 Million in Marijuana Research (Associated
Press)
Strategies
for Success: How Cannabis Businesses Can Build Relationships with Lawmakers
(Marijuana Business Daily)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Governor
Inslee Proposes Plan to Charge Big Washington State Polluters to Fund Budget
Priorities (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
California
Billionaire Backs Inslee’s Carbon Plan (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Seattle
Cloud Company Skytap Raises $35 Million, Mulls Future IPO (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Half
of Connecticut Says It Wants Fiber-Optic Internet - And Soon (Washington Post)
Why
Broadband Execs Are Telling Washington & Wall Street Different Things on
Net Neutrality (Washington Post)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
A
Year Out from Release, Star Wars is Already Killing It in Social Media (AdWeek)
Jeans
Made That Will Prevent ‘Digital Pickpocketing’ (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
US-Cuba
Thaw: Does This Mean Americans Can Now Go to Cuba? (Christian Science Monitor)
Cuban
Cigars among Goods Travelers Get OK to Import (USA Today)
GENERAL NEWS
80-Year-Old Shelton-Area Man Fatally Shoots Friend
after Putt-Putt Golf (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Dump Truck Spills Gravel on Highway 3 South of
Allyn (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Belfair Sewer System – 20 Year Payoff Plan (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Washington’s Unemployment Rate Rises Again in
November – Mason County Rate 8.1 Percent (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Wet, Breezy Weekend Forecast for Washington State
(Associated Press)
How Much Learning Happens on Field Trips? A Lot,
a New Study Says (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
DIVERSIONS
Guy
Picks the Lucky Gal with Same Name as His Ex to Fly Around the World with Him
A
Scientific Defense of Santa’s Weight
Deputies:
Man Faked Heart Attack So Friend Could Steal Barbie Car, Toy House from
Wal-Mart
Watch
Sir Ian McKellen Teach Cookie Monster about Self-Control
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Band - The Weight
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