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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Pacific
Power Seeking Rate Hike to Pay Off Coal Plants (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
Internet
Speed Too Slow in 1 of 10 Washington School Districts, Report Finds (Seattle
Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Bill
Gates Lays Out Vision for Clean Energy at Paris Climate Conference (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Catch-And-Release Deaths Spark Early Closure of
Salmon Fishing (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Snohomish
County Appliance Recycler Leaves 154 without Jobs (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Pacific Power Seeking Rate Hike to Pay Off Coal Plants
- Avista Crews Cleanup after Historic Spokane-Area Outage
- Hydro Reforms in House Bill Are Compatible with Environmental Rules, APPA Says
- The Bear Survived and Got Doughnuts
- New Trouble for NextEra Merger as Regulators Slam Hawaiian Electric Power Supply Plan
- Prepare Your Electric Co-op for Rate Hikes
- Consumer Advocates Protest Indiana Utilities Pushing Fixed Charge Increases
- Could an Attack Spell 'Lights Out' for the Power Grid?
- Catch-And-Release Deaths Spark Early Closure of Salmon Fishing
- Freshwater Salmon Have ‘Exceptional’ Rebound in British Columbia’s Okanagan Lakes
- Cantwell Measure Allows More Irrigation in Return for Fish, Land Protections
- All Those Toxic Chemicals in the Ocean? Birds Are Pooping Them Back on Shore
- Bill Gates Lays Out Vision for Clean Energy at Paris Climate Conference
- ‘Huge Response’ for Community Solar in Cowlitz County
- Art of the Lease: The Silicon Valley Idea That's Driving Solar Use Worldwide
- City of Las Vegas Strikes Deal for 100% Renewables as Casinos Look to Defect
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory Lays Off Ten Workers after Round of Buyouts
- Research Discover How to Mimic Plants for Solar Production
- EIA Now Provides Monthly State-Level Estimates of Small-Scale Solar PV Capacity & Generation
- Snohomish County Appliance Recycler Leaves 154 without Jobs
- Cowlitz PUD: These Energy Products Won't Save You Money
- Cree Accuses California E-Retailer of Counterfeiting, Trademark Infringement
- Top Carbon Culprits U-S, China, India Debate Nuances of Roles
- British Columbia Climate Report Says Hike Carbon Tax, Extend Reduction Targets to 2050
- Can Monsanto Lead Way to Carbon Neutral Farming?
- Why Is these 15-Year-Old Suing Obama?
- How This Michigan Family Lives Stylishly Off the Grid
- Internet Speed Too Slow in 1 of 10 Washington School Districts, Report Finds
- Northern British Columbia Town Deprived of Internet for at Least a Month
- Why Are There So Many Data Centers in Iowa? – “Networks, land, power, and taxes.”
- Christmas Lights Might Slow Down Your Wi-Fi
- Advisory Council Condemns ‘Misguided’ KPLU Sale
- Twitter Turns Pope Francis into a Rapper with #PopeBars
- Indicted Washington State Auditor Seeks Return of Seized $908,000
- White House Threatens to Veto House Energy Bill
- Puerto Rico’s Financial Crisis Just Got More Serious
- Including Wind Tax Breaks, Health Care “Cadillac Tax” – Congress closes in on deal to extend tax breaks
- Principals Say Washington State Teacher Shortage Now a Crisis
- Snow Is Coming to the Cascades, Weather Service Says
- New Columbia/Snake River Barge Service Provides Much-Needed Relief for Oregon Exporters
- City of Shelton to Fund Port-A-Potties in 2016
- Photo: Raising the Washington State Capitol Christmas Tree
- New Weather Model Predicts Vivid Sunsets Before They Happen
Perennial
• \puh-REN-ee-ul\ • Adjective – 1: present at all seasons of the year 2: continuing
to live from year to year 3: recurring regularly: permanent
Monte
whispered to his shriveling coneflowers, “I’ll see you in the spring!” “Not if
we see you first,” croaked the eldest of the perennial flowers with its final
breath of fall.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Pacific
Power Seeking Rate Hike to Pay Off Coal Plants (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
Avista
Crews Cleanup after Historic Spokane-Area Outage (KREM-TV, Spokane, WA)
Hydro
Reforms in House Bill Are Compatible with Environmental Rules, APPA Says (American
Public Power Association)
The
Bear Survived and Got Doughnuts (Electric Co-op
Today – Editor’s Pick)
New
Trouble for NextEra Merger as Regulators Slam Hawaiian Electric Power Supply
Plan (Utility Dive)
Prepare
Your Electric Co-op for Rate Hikes (Electric Co-op
Today)
Consumer
Advocates Protest Indiana Utilities Pushing Fixed Charge Increases (Utility
Dive)
Could
an Attack Spell 'Lights Out' for the Power Grid? (E&E Publishing)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Catch-And-Release Deaths Spark Early Closure of
Salmon Fishing (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Freshwater Salmon Have ‘Exceptional’ Rebound in British
Columbia’s Okanagan Lakes (Globe & Mail, Canada)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Cantwell
Measure Allows More Irrigation in Return for Fish, Land Protections (Crosscut Seattle)
All Those Toxic Chemicals in the Ocean? Birds Are Pooping Them Back on
Shore (Grist Online)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Bill
Gates Lays Out Vision for Clean Energy at Paris Climate Conference (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
‘Huge
Response’ for Community Solar in Cowlitz County (KOIN-TV,
Portland, OR)
Art
of the Lease: The Silicon Valley Idea That's Driving Solar Use Worldwide (Bloomberg
News)
City
of Las Vegas Strikes Deal for 100% Renewables as Casinos Look to Defect (Utility
Dive)
National
Renewable Energy Laboratory Lays Off Ten Workers after Round of Buyouts (Denver
Post, CO)
Research
Discover How to Mimic Plants for Solar Production (Christian Science Monitor)
EIA Now Provides Monthly State-Level Estimates of Small-Scale
Solar PV Capacity & Generation (U-S Energy Information Administration)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Snohomish
County Appliance Recycler Leaves 154 without Jobs (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Cowlitz
PUD: These Energy Products Won't Save You Money (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Cree
Accuses California E-Retailer of Counterfeiting, Trademark Infringement (Triangle
Business Journal, NC)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Top
Carbon Culprits U-S, China, India Debate Nuances of Roles (Associated Press)
British
Columbia Climate Report Says Hike Carbon Tax, Extend Reduction Targets to 2050 (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Can
Monsanto Lead Way to Carbon Neutral Farming? (Christian Science Monitor)
Why
Is these 15-Year-Old Suing Obama? (Christian Science Monitor)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
How
This Michigan Family Lives Stylishly Off the Grid (USA Today)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Internet
Speed Too Slow in 1 of 10 Washington School Districts, Report Finds (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Northern
British Columbia Town Deprived of Internet for at Least a Month – The town's
sole internet provider is shutting down (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
Why
Are There So Many Data Centers in Iowa? – “Networks, land, power, and taxes.”
(The Atlantic)
Christmas
Lights Might Slow Down Your Wi-Fi (Gizmodo)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Advisory
Council Condemns ‘Misguided’ KPLU Sale – Calls out university for ‘misleading,
flatly incorrect’ statements (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Twitter
Turns Pope Francis into a Rapper with #PopeBars (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Indicted Washington State Auditor Seeks Return of Seized
$908,000 (Associated Press)
White House Threatens to Veto House Energy Bill (Washington
Examiner)
Puerto Rico’s Financial Crisis Just Got More Serious (Washington
Post)
Including Wind Tax Breaks, Health Care “Cadillac Tax” – Congress
closes in on deal to extend tax breaks (Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Principals Say Washington State Teacher Shortage
Now a Crisis (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Snow Is Coming to the Cascades, Weather Service
Says (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
New Columbia/Snake River Barge Service Provides
Much-Needed Relief for Oregon Exporters (Portland Business Journal, OR)
City of Shelton to Fund Port-A-Potties in 2016
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Photo: Raising the Washington State Capitol
Christmas Tree (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
New Weather Model Predicts Vivid Sunsets Before
They Happen (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Hollywood's
100 Favorite Films
What
Do You Get the Person Who Has Everything? Nothing, Says Cards against Humanity
Parents
Are Naming Their Babies after Instagram Filters
Christmas
Signs Posted Anonymously Are Stirring Controversy
SONG OF THE DAY
Billy
Preston - Nothing from nothing
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