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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Benton REA OKs Sale to Yakama Nation Utility (Yakima Herald
Republic, WA)
Report on Questionable Energy Tax Credits Names
Cross-Section of Oregon Companies (Oregonian, Portland)
Carbon-Tax Initiative Foes, Backers Raise Last-Minute Cash
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Southern Oregon Solar Project Lands $21 Million from East
Coast Buyer (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Facebook Made $7 Billion Last Quarter & Now Has 1.79
Billion Monthly Users (AdWeek)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Benton REA OKs Sale to Yakama Nation Utility
- Report on Questionable Energy Tax Credits Names Cross-Section of Oregon Companies
- No Rate Increase Expected in Okanogan PUD Budget
- Wahkiakum PUD Adopts Budgets with No Rate Increases
- USDA Commits $3.6 Billion in Loans for Rural Transmission Projects
- Survey Says: Customers Want Innovation. How Can Utilities Deliver?
- Obama: Feds to Consider Re-Routing Dakota Pipeline to Protect Native Lands
- South Carolina: A Power Lineman’s Sacrifice to Get Your Lights Back On
- Removing Bald Eagle from Endangered Species List Proposed by Washington State
- Thrifty Thurston Spots Salmon Spawning at Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail
- Wildlife Neglected: How Oregon Lost Track of Species It’s Supposed to Protect
- Walleye Is Top Fishing Choice on Columbia River, Many Other Fisheries Now Closed
- Op/Ed: Washington State Must Rethink Logging & Landslides
- The Blob, Hangover Edition: Lingering Pool of Warm Ocean Water Messing with Us
- Utah’s Great Salt Lake Is Shrinking at an Alarming Rate
- Southern Oregon Solar Project Lands $21 Million from East Coast Buyer
- Oregon Lawmakers to Consider Solar Incentive Changes
- Arizona: Millions in Cash Burned on One War Over Rooftop Solar Panels
- Will Homeowner’s Insurance Cover My Solar Panels?
- Why Lower Thermostat Energy Savings May Not Be Such a Bad Thing
- Office Worker Refutes Energy Poster Using Sweet Power of Math
- Does Daylight Saving Time Really Save Energy?
- California Voters Strongly Support Initiative to Legalize Recreational Use of Marijuana
- This Washington State Sheriff Is Selling Pot to East Coast Voters
- Carbon-Tax Initiative Foes, Backers Raise Last-Minute Cash
- Puget Sound Energy Joins Big-Money Fight Over Nation’s First Carbon Tax
- APPA to the Feds: States Need More Flexibility in Clean Energy Incentive Program
- Sewage Plants Overlooked Source of Carbon Dioxide
- U-S Designates 25,000 Miles of Electric Car-Friendly Highways
- Cross-Country Trips in Electric Cars Are About to Get Easier
- Tech Company Abandons Plan to Revive Eugene Plant
- Lattice Semiconductor, Portland’s Biggest Tech Company, Sells for $1.3 Billion
- Why Light Bulbs May Be the Next Hacker Target
- Facebook Made $7 Billion Last Quarter & Now Has 1.79 Billion Monthly Users
- 1 Billion People Check Facebook Only on Mobile
- What Percentage of Employees Check Work Emails from Home?
- Standing Rock ‘Check In’ Marks Turning Point for Activists
- Social Media ‘Influencers’: A Marketing Experiment That’s Become a Mini-Economy
- Budweiser Ran This Classic ‘80s Ad with Harry Caray Right After the World Series Ended
- Republican Leaders Want Washington State Public Disclosure Commission Director Suspended
- Grocery Manufacturers Association Fined $18 Million – Largest Campaign Finance Penalty in U-S History
- Audit: Oregon Agency Engaged in ‘Inappropriate Grant Management’
- National Blood Platelet Shortage Having Impact in the Inland Pacific Northwest
- Treasure Hunters Find Woman Trapped in Wrecked Car at Bottom of Ravine
- City of Shelton Cuts Ribbon, Plants Trees on Brockdale Path
- Rain Helps Cubs Regroup – Take World Series Title in Epic Game Seven
- November 13-14 – Look Up! November Supermoon Will Be Biggest in Nearly 70 Years
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Benton REA OKs Sale to Yakama Nation Utility (Yakima Herald
Republic, WA)
Report on Questionable Energy Tax Credits Names
Cross-Section of Oregon Companies (Oregonian, Portland)
No Rate Increase Expected in Okanogan PUD Budget (Omak
Chronicle, WA)
Wahkiakum PUD Adopts Budgets with No Rate Increases
(Wahkiakum Eagle, Cathlamet, WA)
USDA Commits $3.6 Billion in Loans for Rural Transmission
Projects (Utility Dive)
Survey Says: Customers Want Innovation. How Can Utilities
Deliver? (Utility Dive)
Obama: Feds to Consider Re-Routing Dakota Pipeline to
Protect Native Lands (Christian Science Monitor)
South Carolina: A Power Lineman’s Sacrifice to Get Your
Lights Back On (The Island Packet, Hilton Head Island, SC)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Removing Bald Eagle from Endangered Species List Proposed by
Washington State (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Thrifty Thurston Spots Salmon Spawning at Kennedy Creek
Salmon Trail (Thurston Talk, Olympia, WA)
Wildlife Neglected: How Oregon Lost Track of Species It’s
Supposed to Protect (Oregon Public Radio)
Walleye Is Top Fishing Choice on Columbia River, Many Other
Fisheries Now Closed (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
Op/Ed: Washington State Must Rethink Logging &
Landslides (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
The Blob, Hangover Edition: Lingering Pool of Warm Ocean
Water Messing with Us (Northwest Public Radio)
Utah’s Great Salt Lake Is Shrinking at an Alarming Rate (Gizmodo)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Southern Oregon Solar Project Lands $21 Million from East
Coast Buyer (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Oregon Lawmakers to Consider Solar Incentive Changes (American
Public Power Association)
Arizona: Millions in Cash Burned on One War Over Rooftop
Solar Panels (Bloomberg News)
Will Homeowner’s Insurance Cover My Solar Panels? (Christian
Science Monitor)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Why Lower Thermostat Energy Savings May Not Be Such a Bad
Thing (Utility Dive)
Office Worker Refutes Energy Poster Using Sweet Power of
Math (Mashable)
Does Daylight Saving Time Really Save Energy? (Live Science)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
California Voters Strongly Support Initiative to Legalize
Recreational Use of Marijuana (Los Angeles Times, CA)
This Washington State Sheriff Is Selling Pot to East Coast
Voters (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon-Tax Initiative Foes, Backers Raise Last-Minute Cash (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Puget Sound Energy Joins Big-Money Fight Over Nation’s First
Carbon Tax (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
APPA to the Feds: States Need More Flexibility in Clean
Energy Incentive Program (American Public Power Association)
Sewage Plants Overlooked Source of Carbon Dioxide (Climate
Central)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
U-S Designates 25,000 Miles of Electric Car-Friendly
Highways (Associated Press)
Cross-Country Trips in Electric Cars Are About to Get Easier
(Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Tech Company Abandons Plan to Revive Eugene Plant
(Associated Press)
Lattice Semiconductor, Portland’s Biggest Tech Company,
Sells for $1.3 Billion (Oregonian, Portland)
Why Light Bulbs May Be the Next Hacker Target (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/technology/why-light-bulbs-may-be-the-next-hacker-target.html?_r=0
MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook Made $7 Billion Last Quarter & Now Has 1.79
Billion Monthly Users (AdWeek)
1 Billion People Check Facebook Only on Mobile (USA Today)
What Percentage of Employees Check Work Emails from Home? (Atlantic
Magazine)
Standing Rock ‘Check In’ Marks Turning Point for Activists
(Christian Science Monitor)
Social Media ‘Influencers’: A Marketing Experiment That’s
Become a Mini-Economy (SF Chronicle)
Budweiser Ran This Classic ‘80s Ad with Harry Caray Right
After the World Series Ended (AdWeek)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Republican Leaders Want Washington State Public Disclosure
Commission Director Suspended (Northwest Public Radio)
Grocery Manufacturers Association Fined $18 Million – Largest
Campaign Finance Penalty in U-S History (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Audit: Oregon Agency Engaged in ‘Inappropriate Grant
Management’ (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-natural-hazards-monitor-agency-questionable-fiscal-practices/
GENERAL NEWS
National Blood Platelet Shortage Having Impact in the Inland
Pacific Northwest (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Treasure Hunters Find Woman Trapped in Wrecked Car at Bottom
of Ravine (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
City of Shelton Cuts Ribbon, Plants Trees on Brockdale Path
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Rain Helps Cubs Regroup – Take World Series Title in Epic Game
Seven (Christian Science Monitor)
November 13-14 – Look Up! November Supermoon Will Be Biggest
in Nearly 70 Years (USA Today)
SPACE ODDITIES – DIVERSIONS
The David Bowie Emoji Has Arrived
An Elementary School Canceled a Mock Election Because It Got
as Nasty as the Real One
Amelia Earhart: Did She Really Die as a Pacific Island Castaway?
Britain Simply Can’t Agree on How to Pronounce This 5-Letter
Word
SONG OF THE DAY
David Bowie – Changes
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