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Forecast for December 7, 2015
Forecasters:
Heavy Rain Means Landslide Danger and Flooding
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Power Outages Accompany Storms; ‘Excessive Rain’
on the Way (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
U-S State Department Mulls Columbia River Treaty
Recommendation (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
Sports Fishing Groups: Columbia River Salmon
Reforms Working (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Seattle to Comcast: We Want Contract Deal Like Philly Got (Seattle
Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-to-comcast-we-want-a-deal-like-philly-got/
US
Postal Service Warns Newspapers to Stop Running Pot Ads (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- U-S State Department Mulls Columbia River Treaty Recommendation
- Storm Packing 68 Mph Winds Knocks Out Power to Over 18,000 in Northwest Washington
- Energy Costs Were a Concern Long Before Decision to Shut Down Intalco
- Peninsula Light Customers to See Rate Hike in April
- Oregon: Central Electric Announces Rate Hikes
- Oregon: Eugene Water & Electric Board Votes to Increase Prices in 2016
- Grand Opening for New Clallam Public Utility District Office in Carlsborg Set Saturday
- Grant Co. Deputies Warn of Phone Scam Targeting Grant PUD Customers
- California Regulators Finalize $16.7 Million Fine to SoCal Edison for Secret San Onofre Deal
- California Entrepreneurs Push to Reinvent the Nuclear Industry
- Touchstone Energy Launches Your Source Campaign
- Sports Fishing Groups: Columbia River Salmon Reforms Working
- Study: Removing Bateman Island Causeway Would Assist Salmon
- Op/Ed: Abundant Salmon Runs Are Early Christmas Present
- Smelt Run Expected to Decrease This Season
- Portland Loses Again in Water Utility Lawsuit, This Time for $3 Million
- Wind, Solar Credits on the Chopping Block?
- British Columbia: Vancouver Roofing Company Starts Offering Solar Panel Installation
- As IOUs Push Solar, Santee Cooper Rate Plan Draws Ire of South Carolina Greens
- Google Nearly Doubles Bet on Renewable Energy
- Disruptive Deceptions: How Electric Utilities Stifled Rooftop Solar
- Insulation
- US Postal Service Warns Newspapers to Stop Running Pot Ads
- Marijuana Retailers Giving to Charity
- Surprising Study Says Heat-Trapping Gases Worldwide May Have Gone Down in 2015 Thanks to China
- Messy Midway: Paris Draft Climate Deal Ready, Long Way to Go
- Anonymous Hacked the Data of More Than 1,000 Climate Change Officials
- Giant Battery System Could Help Light Up Homes in Snohomish County
- Oregon’s ‘Clean Economy’ Is Growing Much Faster Than the Rest of the State
- Seattle to Comcast: We Want Contract Deal Like Philly Got
- Tacoma Takes Step toward Municipal Broadband amid Cost Concerns
- Hawaii to Get Added Broadband Thanks to New Undersea Cable
- Streaming Video Now Accounts for 70 Percent of Broadband Usage
- AT&T Expands Speedy GigaPower Fiber Network
- Why Stakes Are High for Court’s Decision on FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules
- Broadband Adoption Rates & Gaps in U-S Metropolitan Areas
- ications Buttons
- Digital Ad Spending Expected to Soon Surpass TV
- The Online Industry Is Losing $8 Billion a Year, and Ad Blocking Is the Least of Its Worries
- Hack a Hairdryer: Campaign Aimed at Women Suddenly Backfires
- Fourteen Video Tools for Social Media Marketers
- Pearl Harbor Day Ceremonies to Mark 74 Years since Attack
- Power Outages Accompany Storms; ‘Excessive Rain’ on the Way
- Grays Harbor PUD Remembers the December 2007 Storm
- Very High Winds around Bellingham
- Kaiser Permanente to Acquire Seattle’s Group Health
Volition
• \voe-LISH-shun\ • Noun - 1: an act of making a choice or decision; also: a
choice or decision made 2: the power of choosing or determining: will
Belvedere
was considered the hapless sad sack of the office. It seemed that every
endeavor he undertook was doomed to failure, no matter what good intentions he had.
His latest venture to house feral civet cats in the basement of the office
building came to naught, after he discovered the creature’s scent glands
produced such an overpowering stench that the building had to be evacuated
several times before the maintenance workers found the source. “Next time you
get a bright idea,” thundered the overall-bedecked maintenance supervisor, “don’t
act on your own volition…ask me first so I can put an end to it beforehand.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
U-S State Department Mulls Columbia River Treaty
Recommendation (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
Storm Packing 68 Mph Winds Knocks Out Power to Over 18,000
in Northwest Washington (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Energy Costs Were a Concern Long Before Decision to Shut
Down Intalco (Bellingham Herald, WA)
Peninsula Light Customers to See Rate Hike in April (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Oregon: Central Electric Announces Rate Hikes (My Central
Oregon, Bend)
Oregon: Eugene Water & Electric Board Votes to Increase
Prices in 2016 (KMTR-TV, Eugene, OR)
Grand
Opening for New Clallam Public Utility District Office in Carlsborg Set
Saturday – With Santa, a Nice Touch (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, WA)
Grant Co. Deputies Warn of Phone Scam Targeting Grant PUD Customers
(KNDO/KNDU-TV,
Tri Cities, WA)
California
Regulators Finalize $16.7 Million Fine to SoCal Edison for Secret San Onofre
Deal (Utility Dive)
California Entrepreneurs Push to Reinvent the Nuclear
Industry (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Touchstone
Energy Launches Your Source Campaign (Electric Co-op
Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sports Fishing Groups: Columbia River Salmon
Reforms Working (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Study: Removing Bateman Island Causeway Would Assist Salmon (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
Op/Ed: Abundant salmon runs are early Christmas
present (The Covington Reporter, WA)
Smelt Run Expected to Decrease This Season (Longview
Daily News, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Portland Loses Again in Water Utility Lawsuit, This Time for
$3 Million (Oregonian, Portland)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Wind,
Solar Credits on the Chopping Block? (The Hill, Washington, DC)
British
Columbia: Vancouver Roofing Company Starts Offering Solar Panel Installation (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
As
IOUs Push Solar, Santee Cooper Rate Plan Draws Ire of South Carolina Greens (Utility
Dive)
Google
Nearly Doubles Bet on Renewable Energy (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Disruptive
Deceptions: How Electric Utilities Stifled Rooftop Solar (Forbes Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Insulation
(Breaking Energy)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
US
Postal Service Warns Newspapers to Stop Running Pot Ads (Associated Press)
Marijuana
Retailers Giving to Charity (USA Today)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Surprising
Study Says Heat-Trapping Gases Worldwide May Have Gone Down in 2015 Thanks to
China (Associated Press)
Messy
Midway: Paris Draft Climate Deal Ready, Long Way to Go (Associated Press)
Anonymous
Hacked the Data of More Than 1,000 Climate Change Officials (Mother Jones)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Giant
Battery System Could Help Light Up Homes in Snohomish County (KOMO-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Oregon’s
‘Clean Economy’ Is Growing Much Faster Than the Rest of the State (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Seattle to Comcast: We Want Contract Deal Like Philly Got (Seattle
Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-to-comcast-we-want-a-deal-like-philly-got/
Tacoma Takes Step toward Municipal Broadband amid Cost
Concerns (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Hawaii to Get Added Broadband Thanks to New Undersea Cable
(Pacific Business Journal, HI)
Streaming Video Now Accounts for 70 Percent of Broadband
Usage (re/code)
AT&T
Expands Speedy GigaPower Fiber Network (USA Today)
Why Stakes Are High for Court’s Decision on FCC’s Net
Neutrality Rules (Christian Science Monitor)
Broadband Adoption Rates & Gaps in U-S Metropolitan
Areas (Brookings Institution)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Some Twitter Users Cry Foul as Platform Switches Moments and
Notifications Buttons (AdWeek)
Digital
Ad Spending Expected to Soon Surpass TV (NY Times)
The Online Industry Is Losing $8 Billion a Year, and Ad
Blocking Is the Least of Its Worries (AdWeek)
Hack
a Hairdryer: Campaign Aimed at Women Suddenly Backfires (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Fourteen Video Tools for Social Media Marketers (Social
Media Examiner)
GENERAL NEWS
Pearl Harbor Day Ceremonies to Mark 74 Years
since Attack (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Power Outages Accompany Storms; ‘Excessive Rain’
on the Way (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Grays Harbor PUD Remembers the December 2007 Storm (KBKW Radio,
Aberdeen, WA)
Very High Winds around Bellingham (Cliff Mass
Weather Blog)
Kaiser Permanente to Acquire Seattle’s Group Health (Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
A
Sunken Spanish Galleon Worth Billions Has Been Discovered Off the Coast of
Colombia
Cat
Missing for Eight Years Reunited With Family in California
Wild
Boar in Germany Adopted by Herd of Cattle
Man
Named Bud Weisser Arrested at Budweiser Brewery
SONG OF THE DAY
Richard
Rodgers – Victory at Sea, Main Theme
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