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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Report:
Washington State Carbon Emissions Dropped in 2011 (Associated Press)
EPA
Wrestles with Role of Nuclear Plants in Carbon Emission Rules (NY Times)
California:
New Pacific Gas & Electric Emails Show More Unethical Dealings with
California Regulators (Utility Dive)
Race
to Build on the Columbia River Could Block Pacific Oil Route (NY Times)
Editorial:
Even Boeing Says Hydropower is Renewable Energy (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- California: New Pacific Gas & Electric Emails Show More Unethical Dealings with California Regulators
- EPA Wrestles with Role of Nuclear Plants in Carbon Emission Rules
- UMass-Dartmouth Report Details Impact of Vermont Yankee Closing
- Video: Anonymous Donors Pay Tacoma Family’s Utility Bills
- Have Your Cake & Easement, Too
- Fish Recovery Plan Paying Off on Yakima River
- Kitsap County Proposal for Hood Canal Geoduck Farm Dropped
- Geoduck Clam Farming Opportunities Sowing Seeds for a British Columbia Turf War
- Race to Build on the Columbia River Could Block Pacific Oil Route
- Water Source for Almonds in California May Run Dry
- Editorial: Even Boeing Says Hydropower is Renewable Energy
- Utility CEOs to Congress: No New Tax Credits for Wind Energy
- Germans Balk at Plan for Wind Power Lines
- Editorial: No Steam behind Wind Energy Tax Credits
- New Mexico: State Solar Industry to Fight PNM’s Proposed Rooftop Fee
- Don’t Let the New Gadgets Santa Brought be a Drain on Your Electricity
- As the Marijuana Industry Looks to the Legislature, Job Prospects Continue to Expand
- Pair Charged in $20,000 Robbery of Snohomish County Medical Marijuana Grower
- Pot Pie, Redefined? Chefs Start to Experiment With Cannabis
- ‘Free’ Pot Offered by Vancouver Medical Marijuana Dispensary
- Report: Washington State Carbon Emissions Dropped in 2011
- California Fuel Prices Going Up As Its Greenhouse Gas Controls Hit Gasoline, Diesel Sales
- California Carbon Funds Are an Uncertain Benefit for High-Speed Rail
- Battle Ground Home Goes Super Green with Geothermal, Solar Energy
- Are Google & Gmail Really the Enemy of China?
- Xbox Live Goes Offline as Microsoft Gets Caught in the Middle of a Hacker Turf War
- Pinterest Cashes in on Success of Promoted Pins, Opening It to All Advertisers
- U-S Police Struggle to Uncover Threats on Social Media
- Facebook Apologizes for Pain Caused by ‘Year in Review’ Posts
- Consumerist End-Of-The-Week Flickr Finds
- Cantwell Says She’ll Play Defense as Ranking Democrat on U-S Senate Energy Panel
- Energy Policy Seen Ripe for Compromise in GOP Congress
- GOP Congress: Five Energy Priorities
- AirAsia QZ8501: Indonesia Plane ‘At Bottom of Sea’
- Oregon, Washington State Minimum Wage Set for Increase
- Lawsuit for Washington State Wildfire Claims Prepared
- New $48 Million Thurston County Jail Sits Empty
- Unpopular License Plate Law Dies, Drivers Not Entirely Pleased
- Seattle, Portland Could Set Records for Warmth in 2014
- Man Stabs Co-Worker at Christmas Party, Police Say
Desultory
• \DEH-sult-tore-ee\ • Adjective - 1: marked by lack of definite plan,
regularity, or purpose 2: not connected with the main subject 3: disappointing
in progress, performance, or quality.
The
local sports announcer was booster, perhaps too enthusiastic. The 3-13 team trotted
onto its tattered home field for its last game of the year, another sacrifice
to their league opponents (a la the “Washington Generals” of Globetrotters
fame) and another expected, desultory performance. “They never gave up, no
matter what the score,” pronounced the reporter. But quietly, his inner voice
answered “of course not, the rules don’t let you do that until the time runs
out at the end of the game.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
California:
New Pacific Gas & Electric Emails Show More Unethical Dealings with
California Regulators (Utility Dive)
EPA
Wrestles with Role of Nuclear Plants in Carbon Emission Rules (NY Times)
UMass-Dartmouth
Report Details Impact of Vermont Yankee Closing (VT Digger, Montpelier, VT)
Video:
Anonymous Donors Pay Tacoma Family’s Utility Bills (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Have
Your Cake & Easement, Too (Electric Co-op Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fish Recovery Plan Paying Off on Yakima River (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Kitsap County Proposal for Hood Canal Geoduck
Farm Dropped (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Geoduck Clam Farming Opportunities Sowing Seeds
for a British Columbia Turf War (Globe & Mail, Canada)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Race
to Build on the Columbia River Could Block Pacific Oil Route (NY Times)
Water
Source for Almonds in California May Run Dry (NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Editorial:
Even Boeing Says Hydropower is Renewable Energy (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
Utility
CEOs to Congress: No New Tax Credits for Wind Energy (Utility Dive)
Germans
Balk at Plan for Wind Power Lines (NY Times)
Editorial:
No Steam behind Wind Energy Tax Credits (Denver Post, CO)
New
Mexico: State Solar Industry to Fight PNM’s Proposed Rooftop Fee (Albuquerque
Business First, NM)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Don’t
Let the New Gadgets Santa Brought be a Drain on Your Electricity (Consumerist)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
As
the Marijuana Industry Looks to the Legislature, Job Prospects Continue to
Expand (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
Pair
Charged in $20,000 Robbery of Snohomish County Medical Marijuana Grower (Everett
Herald, WA)
Pot
Pie, Redefined? Chefs Start to Experiment With Cannabis (NY Times)
‘Free’
Pot Offered by Vancouver Medical Marijuana Dispensary (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Report:
Washington State Carbon Emissions Dropped in 2011 (Associated Press)
California
Fuel Prices Going Up As Its Greenhouse Gas Controls Hit Gasoline, Diesel Sales (San
Jose Mercury News, CA)
California
Carbon Funds Are an Uncertain Benefit for High-Speed Rail (Sacramento Bee, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Battle
Ground Home Goes Super Green with Geothermal, Solar Energy (Battle Ground
Reflector, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Are
Google & Gmail Really the Enemy of China? (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2014/1229/Are-Google-and-Gmail-really-the-enemy-of-China
Xbox
Live Goes Offline as Microsoft Gets Caught in the Middle of a Hacker Turf War (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Pinterest
Cashes in on Success of Promoted Pins, Opening It to All Advertisers (Mashable)
U-S
Police Struggle to Uncover Threats on Social Media (Reuters)
Facebook
Apologizes for Pain Caused by ‘Year in Review’ Posts (TIME Magazine)
Consumerist
End-Of-The-Week Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Cantwell
Says She’ll Play Defense as Ranking Democrat on U-S Senate Energy Panel (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Energy
Policy Seen Ripe for Compromise in GOP Congress (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-05/energy-policy-seen-ripe-for-compromise-in-gop-congress.html
GOP
Congress: Five Energy Priorities (Christian Science Monitor)
GENERAL NEWS
AirAsia QZ8501: Indonesia Plane ‘At Bottom of Sea’ (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
Oregon, Washington State Minimum Wage Set for Increase (Northwest
Public Radio)
Lawsuit for Washington State Wildfire Claims Prepared (Associated
Press)
New $48 Million Thurston County Jail Sits Empty (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Unpopular License Plate Law Dies, Drivers Not Entirely Pleased (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Seattle, Portland Could Set Records for Warmth in 2014 (Northwest
Public Radio)
Man Stabs Co-Worker at Christmas Party, Police Say (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Who
Don’t You Want to Live Next To? Survey Says ... Justin Bieber!
Sunnyside
Battles Hitchcock-Style Crow Infestation
Camo
Returns! The Cat Went Missing After It Was Accidentally Sold with a Mattress
Nevada
Goats Help Eat, Recycle Christmas Trees
SONG OF THE DAY
Player
- Baby Come Back
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