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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Colville, Partners, Issue Bid to Study Salmon Habitat above
Grand Coulee (Colville Tribune, Nespelem, WA)
Pend Oreille: Cutbacks at Usk Newsprint Operation Would Hurt
Rural Utility, Officials Say (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Clark County Braces for Washington State Carbon Rules
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Seattle City Light Pays Mariners, Sounders More Than
$300,000 for Energy-Awareness Ads (Seattle Times, WA)
The Government Says Internet Service Isn’t Expanding Fast
Enough (Washington Post)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Pend Oreille: Cutbacks at Usk Newsprint Operation Would Hurt Rural Utility, Officials Say
- The World Is Coming to Colstrip, But Not In a Good Way
- Utility Objects to Klamath Basin Public Power Bid – Pacific Power ‘Not for Sale’
- Avista Receives Commission Decision in Washington General Rate Cases
- B-C Hydro Announces Peace River Dam Business Sessions, Job Fairs
- Public Utility, Silicon Valley Power Ditches San Juan Plant Ownership to be Coal Free by the End of 2017
- Alabama: Apprentice Co-op Lineman Saves Co-worker
- Got Scam News? Check Out the Scam Tracker
- Scam Tracker U-S
- This Map Shows Power Outages Caused by Cyber-Terrorist Squirrels
- Colville, Partners, Issue Bid to Study Salmon Habitat above Grand Coulee
- Whale Poop Study Shows Connections between Salmon & Orca
- Oregon Snowpack Suggests Good Streamflows for Summer
- ‘Flying Wind Mills’ & Nuclear Waste: The Future of Energy?
- Utah Regulators Slim Down PURPA Contracts to 15 Years
- Seattle City Light Pays Mariners, Sounders More Than $300,000 for Energy-Awareness Ads
- Avista Utilities: Preparing for the Future by Trying to Create It
- Amazon Plans Wind Farm in Ohio to Help Power Data Centers
- Clark County Braces for Washington State Carbon Rules
- New Oregon Energy Agreement Would Avert a $1 Million-Plus Ballot Measure Battle
- ‘A Millennium’s Worth of Earthquakes’: What Are States Going to Do?
- The Government Says Internet Service Isn’t Expanding Fast Enough
- FCC: 10 Percent of Americans Still Lack Access to Proper Broadband
- Why Amazon’s Data Centers Are Hidden in Spy Country
- CenturyLink Says FTTH Is Helping It Beat Cable, Raise Overall Broadband Speed Awareness
- Comcast Brings Fiber to Fife
- Six Ways to Increase Twitter Engagement
- Short Session, Long List for Washington State Legislators
- Opposition to Navy’s Planned ‘Electronic Warfare’ Training over Olympic Peninsula
- Inslee Requests Federal Disaster Assistance for Fall Storm
- Shelton Officials Still Indecisive on How & When to Hire a City Admin
- Seahawks Snatch Heart-Stopping 10-9 Victory from Vikings in NFC Wild Card Game
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or susceptible to change
The invisible hand drew back and paused. The immutable force
of the market place had been battling a slow start in its contest against the
dialectic of Marxist theology. Suddenly the hand moved forward and flung the 16-pound
ball down the alley…picking up the 7-10 spare. “YOU WIN!” Exclaimed the
Keynesian scorekeeper. “Yeah, but in the long run you’ll all be dead,” chortled
the ghost of Thomas Malthus.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Pend Oreille: Cutbacks at Usk Newsprint Operation Would Hurt
Rural Utility, Officials Say (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
The World Is Coming to Colstrip, But Not In a Good Way (Associated Press)
Utility Objects to Klamath Basin Public Power Bid – Pacific
Power ‘Not for Sale’ (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Avista Receives Commission Decision in Washington General
Rate Cases (Electric Energy Online)
B-C Hydro Announces Peace River Dam Business Sessions, Job
Fairs (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Public Utility, Silicon Valley Power Ditches San Juan Plant
Ownership to be Coal Free by the End of 2017 (Utility Dive)
Alabama: Apprentice Co-op Lineman Saves Co-worker (Electric Co-op Today)
Got Scam News? Check Out the Scam Tracker (USA Today)
Scam Tracker U-S (Better Business Bureau)
This Map Shows Power Outages Caused by Cyber-Terrorist
Squirrels (Gizmodo)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Colville, Partners, Issue Bid to Study Salmon Habitat above
Grand Coulee (Colville Tribune, Nespelem, WA)
Whale Poop Study Shows Connections between Salmon & Orca
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon Snowpack Suggests Good Streamflows for Summer (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
‘Flying Wind Mills’ & Nuclear Waste: The Future of
Energy? (USA Today)
Utah Regulators Slim Down PURPA Contracts to 15 Years
(Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Seattle City Light Pays Mariners, Sounders More Than
$300,000 for Energy-Awareness Ads (Seattle Times, WA)
Avista Utilities: Preparing for the Future by Trying to Create
It (Forbes Magazine)
Amazon Plans Wind Farm in Ohio to Help Power Data Centers
(Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Clark County Braces for Washington State Carbon Rules
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
New Oregon Energy Agreement Would Avert a $1 Million-Plus
Ballot Measure Battle (Portland Business Journal, OR)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
‘A Millennium’s Worth of Earthquakes’: What Are States Going
to Do? (Christian Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The Government Says Internet Service Isn’t Expanding Fast
Enough (Washington Post)
FCC: 10 Percent of Americans Still Lack Access to Proper
Broadband (PC World)
Why Amazon’s Data Centers Are Hidden in Spy Country – The
company powers much of the Internet, but its cloud facilities are difficult to
find. (The Atlantic Magazine)
CenturyLink Says FTTH Is Helping It Beat Cable, Raise
Overall Broadband Speed Awareness (Fierce Telecom)
Comcast Brings Fiber to Fife (South Sound Business Examiner)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Six Ways to Increase Twitter Engagement (Social Media
Examiner)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Short Session, Long List for Washington State Legislators
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Opposition to Navy’s Planned ‘Electronic Warfare’ Training
over Olympic Peninsula (Associated Press)
Inslee Requests Federal Disaster Assistance for Fall Storm
(Associated Press)
Shelton Officials Still Indecisive on How & When to Hire
a City Admin (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Seahawks Snatch Heart-Stopping 10-9 Victory from Vikings in NFC
Wild Card Game (Puget Sound Business
Journal, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Legendary Musician David Bowie Dies of Cancer at 69 (RIP Slim
Young Duke)
Federal Judge Dismisses Naked Portland Violinist's Claims
Man Charged with Stealing Thousands of Pounds of Candy
Solo Entrant in Michigan City Contest Wins $2,000 Package
SONG OF THE DAY
David Bowie - Life on Mars
David Bowie – Fame
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