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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Simpson Selling Sawmills to Canadian Forest
Products Company – “…does not include…sawmill in Shelton…the Shelton sawmill didn’t
fit in Interfor’s strategic plan to increase its U-S production….” (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Two
States Sue to Block Colorado Marijuana Markets (SCOTUS Blog)
Editorial:
Nuclear Energy Deserves Debate (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
2015
Looks Grim for Wind Energy. How Will the Industry Adapt? (Utility Dive)
Court
Fight Puts Idaho's School Broadband in Jeopardy (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Editorial: Nuclear Energy Deserves Debate
- Editorial: Small Modular Reactors Deserve Informed Study
- Lewis County PUD Approves Larger Budget for 2015
- Okanogan PUD Adopts 2015 Budget; Reflects Fire-Related Costs
- New Year Will Bring Electricity, Water, Sewer Rate Hikes to Clallam PUD Customers
- Portland's $500 Million Propane Deal Gets Its First Public Airing
- FERC Says California ISO is First to Fully Satisfy Order No. 1000 Regional Requirements; Takes Up Inter-Regional Filings
- Cheap Oil Jamming Rails Means Higher U-S Power Bills
- Washington, D-C Coalition Emerges to Oppose Exelon-Pepco Merger
- Vermont: Some See Gas as Replacement for Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant
- FERC Staff Report Alleges Trader, Funds Engaged in Fraudulent 'Up to Congestion' Transactions in PJM Energy Markets
- Cantwell Picks National Labs Advisor as Energy & Natural Resources Staff Director
- Bald Eagles Crowd Lake Pend Oreille
- EPA to Step in on Washington State Fish Consumption Water Rules
- How One Experiment Revived Colorado River's Parched Delta
- 2015 Looks Grim for Wind Energy. How Will the Industry Adapt?
- Portland May Require Commercial Building Owners to Report Energy Usage
- Energy Audits Can Save You Money This Winter
- Study: Utilities Increased Energy Efficiency Investments 30% since 2010
- The Surprising Link between Things That Make Us Happy & Things That Save Energy
- How Smart Meters Can Make You a Smarter Energy Consumer
- Two States Sue to Block Colorado Marijuana Markets
- Burglar Steals 24 Pounds of Pot from Legal Grow Facility — But Makes a Mistake
- Governor Inslee Unveils Washington State Cap-and-Trade Program, Message to Lawmakers: Make Polluters Pay
- White House Proposes Vetting Energy Projects for Climate Change
- Group Challenges Plum Creek Timberlands 'Green' Label Because of Oregon Citations
- Court Fight Puts Idaho's School Broadband in Jeopardy
- Google Fiber Delays Decision on Service in Portland, Other Cities
- Dirty Data: Why the ’4 Million Public Comments’ on Net Neutrality Might Not Be What They Seem
- FBI Blames North Korea for Sony Hack
- Study: More Teens Are Fleeing from Facebook
- Millions of Fake Instagram Users Disappear in Purge
- Cringeworthy: Illinois Woman Trying to Trademark “I Can’t Breathe” to Sell Hoodies Says She’s Not in it for the Money
- Psst! It’s Me, the Mannequin. This Would Look Great on You
- Inslee Tells State to 'Buck Up' & Accept New Taxes
- Couture Rethinks His GOP Exit; Takes Charge in Mason County
- City of Yakima Department Head Serves Suspension over Personal Texts
- Simpson Lumber Company Selling Longview Sawmill to Canadian Firm
- Simpson Selling Sawmills to Canadian Forest Products Company
- Life Sentence for Longshore in Shelton Double Homicide
- Caramel Apples Cause Fatal Listeria Outbreak
- Plum Creek Timber CEO Returns $1.8 Million Bonus, Says He Doesn't Deserve It
- Cowlitz Casino Battle May End Up in U-S Supreme Court
- Lawyers Create Big Paydays by Coaxing Attorneys General to Sue
Syncretic
• \sin-KRET-tick\ • Adjective - Characterized or brought about by a combination
of different forms of belief or practice.
Sufi,
Zoroaster
They
do the religious dance
Syncretic
living
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Editorial:
Nuclear Energy Deserves Debate (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Editorial:
Small Modular Reactors Deserve Informed Study (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
Lewis
County PUD Approves Larger Budget for 2015 (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Okanogan
PUD Adopts 2015 Budget; Reflects Fire-Related Costs (Methow Valley News, Twisp,
WA)
New
Year Will Bring Electricity, Water, Sewer Rate Hikes to Clallam PUD Customers (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Portland's
$500 Million Propane Deal Gets Its First Public Airing (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
FERC
Says California ISO is First to Fully Satisfy Order No. 1000 Regional
Requirements; Takes Up Inter-Regional Filings (American Public Power
Association)
Cheap
Oil Jamming Rails Means Higher U-S Power Bills (Bloomberg News)
Washington,
D-C Coalition Emerges to Oppose Exelon-Pepco Merger - As regulators dig in,
'Power D.C.' group says $6.8 billion deal is bad for the District (Washington
Post)
Vermont:
Some See Gas as Replacement for Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant (Montpelier
Times-Argus, VT)
FERC
Staff Report Alleges Trader, Funds Engaged in Fraudulent 'Up to Congestion'
Transactions in PJM Energy Markets (American Public Power Association)
Cantwell
Picks National Labs Advisor as Energy & Natural Resources Staff Director
(Politico)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Bald Eagles Crowd Lake Pend Oreille (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
EPA to Step in on Washington State Fish
Consumption Water Rules (Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
How
One Experiment Revived Colorado River's Parched Delta (Christian Science
Monitor)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
2015
Looks Grim for Wind Energy. How Will the Industry Adapt? (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Portland
May Require Commercial Building Owners to Report Energy Usage (Oregonian,
Portland)
Energy
Audits Can Save You Money This Winter (KEPR-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
Study:
Utilities Increased Energy Efficiency Investments 30% since 2010 (Utility Dive)
The
Surprising Link between Things That Make Us Happy & Things That Save Energy
(Washington Post)
How
Smart Meters Can Make You a Smarter Energy Consumer (Pacific Gas & Electric
Currents, CA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Two
States Sue to Block Colorado Marijuana Markets (SCOTUS Blog)
Burglar
Steals 24 Pounds of Pot from Legal Grow Facility — But Makes a Mistake (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Governor
Inslee Unveils Washington State Cap-and-Trade Program, Message to Lawmakers:
Make Polluters Pay (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
White
House Proposes Vetting Energy Projects for Climate Change (Wall Street Journal)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Group
Challenges Plum Creek Timberlands 'Green' Label Because of Oregon Citations (Oregonian,
Portland)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Court
Fight Puts Idaho's School Broadband in Jeopardy (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
Google
Fiber Delays Decision on Service in Portland, Other Cities (Oregonian,
Portland)
Dirty
Data: Why the ’4 Million Public Comments’ on Net Neutrality Might Not Be What
They Seem (Washington Post)
FBI
Blames North Korea for Sony Hack (Associated
Press)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Study:
More Teens Are Fleeing from Facebook (Mashable)
Millions
of Fake Instagram Users Disappear in Purge (NY Times)
Cringeworthy:
Illinois Woman Trying to Trademark “I Can’t Breathe” to Sell Hoodies Says She’s
Not in it for the Money (Consumerist)
Psst!
It’s Me, the Mannequin. This Would Look Great on You (NY Times)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Inslee Tells State to 'Buck Up' & Accept New Taxes (Puget
Sound Business Journal, WA)
Couture
Rethinks His GOP Exit; Takes Charge in Mason County (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
City of Yakima Department Head Serves Suspension over Personal
Texts (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Simpson Lumber Company Selling Longview Sawmill
to Canadian Firm (Longview Daily News, WA)
Simpson Selling Sawmills to Canadian Forest
Products Company – “…does not include…sawmill in Shelton…the Shelton sawmill
didn’t fit in Interfor’s strategic plan to increase its U-S production….” (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Life Sentence for Longshore in Shelton Double
Homicide (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Caramel
Apples Cause Fatal Listeria Outbreak (KCPQ-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Plum Creek Timber CEO Returns $1.8 Million Bonus,
Says He Doesn't Deserve It (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Cowlitz Casino Battle May End Up in U-S Supreme
Court (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Lawyers Create Big Paydays by Coaxing Attorneys
General to Sue (NY Times)
DIVERSIONS
Stephen
Colbert Retires His ‘Report,’ Character
Waitress
Gets 'Tip Bombed' with Huge Surprise Gratuity
Finger
of God: Thieves Struck by Lightning, Killed Minutes after Robbing Church
Cowlitz
County ID Theft Suspect Found Hiding in Clothes Dryer
SONG OF THE DAY
ZZ
Top - I Thank You
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