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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Drought in 2016 for Washington State? (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
Investors Are Mining for Water, the Next Hot Commodity (NY Times)
Op/Ed: Governor Jay Inslee – ‘Fear Mongers’ Will Not Stop Us from Setting Carbon Cap (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Second-Largest Dam in the Nation Becomes More Powerful, Efficient (Bonneville Power Administration)
Indiana Advocates Say Utilities Are Scaling Back Efficiency Efforts (Utility Dive)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Second-Largest Dam in the Nation Becomes More Powerful, Efficient
- Special Meeting Set to Deal with Damaged Okanogan PUD Facilities
- Small-Scale Nuclear Fusion May Be a New Energy Source
- Colorado: After PUC Rebuke, Boulder Signals New Flexibility in Muni Proceeding
- Northwest Public Power Association Announces 2015 Excellence in Communication Awards
- Scams! - The Next Generation
- Columbia Fall Chinook Run to Top 1.1 Million
- California: Rescue Center Overwhelmed with Starving Seabirds – Rising Ocean Temperatures Cited
- Investors Are Mining for Water, the Next Hot Commodity
- California: How a Wind-Energy Project Proposed Off Morro Bay's Coast Would Work
- British Columbia: Vancouver’s SolShare Energy Hopes To Raise $1 Million for Community-Owned Solar-Power Projects
- Indiana Advocates Say Utilities Are Scaling Back Efficiency Efforts
- Winter Is Coming: Home Improvements You Need to Make
- Zuli’s Smartplug Heads to Lowe’s Next Week – Should Most People Care?
- Op/Ed: Governor Jay Inslee – ‘Fear Mongers’ Will Not Stop Us from Setting Carbon Cap
- Judge Dismisses Challenge to Oregon Climate Change Program
- Oregon: Climate Trust Lands $1 Million to Sequester More Carbon
- Green Power House Rises from the Ashes
- Denver Zoo Ditches Plans to Burn Elephant Dung for Electricity
- Nine Massive U-S Companies Pledge to Go 100% Renewable
- Are Automatic Toilets Wasteful?
- Utility Industry Casts Doubt on FERC's Proposed Cyber Standards
- Ad Blockers Rise as Ads Annoy, Bog Down Websites
- Could a Bank Deny Your Loan Based on Your Facebook Friends?
- Some Millennials Digging into News, Contrary to Stereotype
- Community Driven Success & Inter-Generational Teams: NWPPA 2015 NIC Keynote
- OP/Ed: Why Americans Can’t Write
- Speaker John Boehner Resigns U-S House Seat
- Who's Next? Possible Boehner Successors as Speaker
- Drought in 2016 for Washington State?
- Aurora Bridge Back Open after Deadly Bus, 'Ducks' Crash
- Shelton’s Lake Boulevard/Pioneer Way Improvement Project
- Mason County: OysterFest to Change Location
- Unable to Call 911, Hostage Uses Facebook to Find Help
- Home Demolitions Rising along with Tension in Portland Neighborhoods
Katzenjammer • \KAT-zun-jam-er\ • noun – *1: hangover 2: distress 3: a discordant clamor
“The katzenjammer inside my head keeps Exedrin from going into the red,” opined Foster Brooks. Yet another night of witless debauchery: tins of smoked oysters swilled down with cheap, generic beer produced a pounding, clanging, throbbing pain right in the center of the downcast lush’s brain.
BTW, the history of the term Katzenjammer is explained well in this excerpt from Merriam Webster: Have you ever heard a cat wailing and felt that you could relate? Apparently some hungover German speakers once did. "Katzenjammer" comes from the German "Katze" (meaning "cat") and "Jammer" (meaning "distress"). English speakers borrowed the word for their hangovers (and other distressful inner states) in the 19th century and eventually applied it to outer commotion as well. The word isn't as popular in English today as it was around the mid-20th century, but it's well-known to many because of the "Katzenjammer Kids," a long-running comic strip featuring the incorrigibly mischievous twins Hans and Fritz.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Second-Largest Dam in the Nation Becomes More Powerful, Efficient (Bonneville Power Administration)
Special Meeting Set to Deal with Damaged Okanogan PUD Facilities (Omak Chronicle, WA)
Small-Scale Nuclear Fusion May Be a New Energy Source (Phys.org)
Colorado: After PUC Rebuke, Boulder Signals New Flexibility in Muni Proceeding (Utility Dive)
Northwest Public Power Association Announces 2015 Excellence in Communication Awards (Northwest Public Power Association – Links to PDF File)
Scams! - The Next Generation (Conduit)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia Fall Chinook Run to Top 1.1 Million (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
California: Rescue Center Overwhelmed with Starving Seabirds – Rising Ocean Temperatures Cited (Sacramento Bee, CA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Investors Are Mining for Water, the Next Hot Commodity (NY Times)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
California: How a Wind-Energy Project Proposed Off Morro Bay's Coast Would Work (San Luis Obispo Tribune, CA)
British Columbia: Vancouver’s SolShare Energy Hopes To Raise $1 Million for Community-Owned Solar-Power Projects (The Georgia Straight, BC)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Indiana Advocates Say Utilities Are Scaling Back Efficiency Efforts (Utility Dive)
Winter Is Coming: Home Improvements You Need to Make (The Energy Collective)
Zuli’s Smartplug Heads to Lowe’s Next Week – Should Most People Care? (GigaOM)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Op/Ed: Governor Jay Inslee – ‘Fear Mongers’ Will Not Stop Us from Setting Carbon Cap (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Judge Dismisses Challenge to Oregon Climate Change Program (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Oregon: Climate Trust Lands $1 Million to Sequester More Carbon (Portland Business Journal, OR)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Green Power House Rises from the Ashes (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
http://flatheadbeacon.com/2015/09/24/green-power-house-rises-from-the-ashes/
http://flatheadbeacon.com/2015/09/24/green-power-house-rises-from-the-ashes/
Denver Zoo Ditches Plans to Burn Elephant Dung for Electricity (Denver Post, CO)
Nine Massive U-S Companies Pledge to Go 100% Renewable (Think Progress)
Are Automatic Toilets Wasteful? (Grist Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Utility Industry Casts Doubt on FERC's Proposed Cyber Standards (Utility Dive)
Ad Blockers Rise as Ads Annoy, Bog Down Websites (Associated Press)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Could a Bank Deny Your Loan Based on Your Facebook Friends? (The Atlantic)
Some Millennials Digging into News, Contrary to Stereotype (Associated Press)
Community Driven Success & Inter-Generational Teams: NWPPA 2015 NIC Keynote (Conduit)
OP/Ed: Why Americans Can’t Write (Washington Post)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Speaker John Boehner Resigns U-S House Seat (Associated Press)
Who's Next? Possible Boehner Successors as Speaker (USA Today)
GENERAL NEWS
Drought in 2016 for Washington State? (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
Aurora Bridge Back Open after Deadly Bus, 'Ducks' Crash (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Shelton’s Lake Boulevard/Pioneer Way Improvement Project (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Mason County: OysterFest to Change Location (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Unable to Call 911, Hostage Uses Facebook to Find Help (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Home Demolitions Rising along with Tension in Portland Neighborhoods (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
DIVERSIONS
McDonald's Worker Stops Working to Help Customer with Disability Eat
'Pope Dogs' Craze Triggered by Papal Visit
The Rise of Humblebragging
Japan's 105-Year-Old 'Golden Bolt' Sets Sprint Record, Misses Personal Best
SONG OF THE DAY
Donny Hathaway - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
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