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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Wet & Windy Through Thanksgiving Weekend (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Irrigators Ask Trump for ‘God Squad’ as Snake River Dam
Breaching Floated (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Seattle Residents Stage Slow Walking Protest Over Bad
Broadband (Broadband Reports)
Study Shows North Cascades Glaciers Have Shrunk Dramatically
Since 1950s (Skagit Valley Herald, Mt Vernon, WA)
How California Utility Regulators Are Turning Electric
Vehicles into Grid Resources (Utility Dive)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Irrigators Ask Trump for ‘God Squad’ as Snake River Dam Breaching Floated
- Why the Pacific Northwest is Debating Dams on the Snake River
- Editorial: Snake River Dams in Peril, So Speak Up
- A Hydropower Project Flows Through Port of Vancouver USA
- New Washington State Lands Commissioner Could Pose Challenge for Longview Coal Project
- Northern Wasco PUD Mulls Five Percent Rate Hike
- Salem Man Frustrated by Mess Portland General Electric Left Behind
- Reduce Fire Risk by Practicing Electrical Safety
- Report: Re-Regulating Markets Could Risk $15 Billion in Savings for Ohio Customers
- Canada Set to Phase Out Coal-Fired Power by 2030: Minister
- NW Power & Conservation Council’s ‘Cost-Savings’ Workgroup Earmarks Some FW Project Cost Savings for Hatchery Repairs
- Invasive Mussel Larvae Found for First Time in Pacific Northwest
- California Today: More Than 100 Million Trees Are Dead. What Now?
- These Giant Batteries May Save Your Power Bill
- Amazon Continues to Turn to the Sun & Wind to Power Giant Data Centers
- Study Shows North Cascades Glaciers Have Shrunk Dramatically Since 1950s
- The Big Melt: Sea Ice Hits Record Lows at North & South Poles
- Today’s Energy System Could Blow Paris Climate Goals
- How California Utility Regulators Are Turning Electric Vehicles into Grid Resources
- Counting on Unlimited Free Charging for Your Tesla? Don’t
- Seattle Residents Stage Slow Walking Protest Over Bad Broadband
- As Google Fiber Scales Down Its Broadband Business, San Francisco Moves Ahead on Its Own
- Comcast Speed Boost Goes Live for Most Subscribers – But You Have to Activate It
- The Internet of Things Is Still Hackable as Hell
- Instagram Joins the Live Streaming Club
- Ten Facebook Marketing Tips for the Holiday Season
- Quit Social Media – Your Career May Depend on It
- How Washington State’s Carbon Tax Initiative Was Defeated
- Secessionists Formally Launch Quest for California’s Independence
- Wet & Windy Through Thanksgiving Weekend
- Winter Weather – Prepare Now for Resilience Later
- Abducted Washington State Woman Found Dead Along Kennewick-Area Roadside
- U-S Job Growth Strongest in Washington State, Faltering in Energy States
- Apple Secretly Storing Customers’ Call Histories on Its iCloud Server for Months
- A Revolutionary New U-S Weather Satellite is Launched
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Irrigators Ask Trump for ‘God Squad’ as Snake River Dam
Breaching Floated (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Why the Pacific Northwest is Debating
Dams on the Snake River (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Editorial: Snake River Dams in Peril, So Speak Up (Tri-City
Herald, Kennewick, WA)
A Hydropower Project Flows Through Port of Vancouver USA
(American Journal of Transportation)
New Washington State Lands Commissioner Could Pose Challenge
for Longview Coal Project (Longview Daily News, WA)
Northern Wasco PUD Mulls Five Percent Rate Hike (The Dalles
Chronicle, OR)
Salem Man Frustrated by Mess Portland General Electric Left
Behind (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Reduce Fire Risk by Practicing Electrical Safety (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
Report: Re-Regulating Markets Could Risk $15 Billion in
Savings for Ohio Customers (Utility Dive)
Canada Set to Phase Out Coal-Fired Power by 2030: Minister (Reuters)
FISH & WILDLIFE
NW Power & Conservation Council’s ‘Cost-Savings’
Workgroup Earmarks Some FW Project Cost Savings for Hatchery Repairs (Columbia
Basin Bulletin)
Invasive Mussel Larvae Found for First Time in Pacific
Northwest (Associated Press)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
California Today: More Than 100 Million Trees Are Dead. What
Now? (NY Times)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
These Giant Batteries May Save Your Power Bill (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Amazon Continues to Turn to the Sun & Wind to Power
Giant Data Centers (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2016/11/21/amazon-solar-wind-data-farms-cloud-computing.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Study Shows North Cascades Glaciers Have Shrunk Dramatically
Since 1950s (Skagit Valley Herald, Mt Vernon, WA)
The Big Melt: Sea Ice Hits Record Lows at North & South
Poles (Christian Science Monitor)
Today’s Energy System Could Blow Paris Climate Goals (Associated
Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
How California Utility Regulators Are Turning Electric
Vehicles into Grid Resources (Utility Dive)
Counting on Unlimited Free Charging for Your Tesla? Don’t
(Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Seattle Residents Stage Slow Walking Protest Over Bad
Broadband (Broadband Reports)
As Google Fiber Scales Down Its Broadband Business, San
Francisco Moves Ahead on Its Own (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Comcast Speed Boost Goes Live for Most Subscribers – But You
Have to Activate It (Oregonian, Portland)
The Internet of Things Is Still Hackable as Hell (Gizmodo)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Instagram Joins the Live Streaming Club (USA Today)
Ten Facebook Marketing Tips for the Holiday Season (Social
Media Examiner)
Quit Social Media – Your Career May Depend on It (NY Times)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
How Washington State’s Carbon Tax Initiative Was Defeated (Christian
Science Monitor)
Secessionists Formally Launch Quest for California’s Independence
(Los Angeles Times, CA)
GENERAL NEWS
Wet & Windy Through Thanksgiving Weekend (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Winter Weather – Prepare Now for Resilience Later (Thurston
Talks, Olympia, WA)
Abducted Washington State Woman Found Dead Along Kennewick-Area
Roadside (Associated Press)
U-S Job Growth Strongest in Washington State, Faltering in
Energy States (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2016/11/21/u-s-job-growth-strongest-in-washington-state.html
Apple Secretly Storing Customers’ Call Histories on Its iCloud
Server for Months (Nashville Buisiness Journal, TN)
A Revolutionary New U-S Weather Satellite is Launched (Cliff
Mass Weather Blog)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Alaska Town Won’t See Another Sunrise Until January
Alaskans Vow Pushback If Trump Targets Mountain’s New Name
Massachusetts Man Sues Neighbor Over Seagull Mess
Two Moose Found Frozen Mid-Fight Near Remote Alaska Village
SONG OF THE DAY
Eagles – Tequila Sunrise
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