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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Blunt Comments by Seattle City Light Nominee Trouble Council
Members (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
Forced Release of Water to the U-S Meant More Power
Generation (Vancouver Sun, BC)
Montana: Colstrip Owners Write Bills Putting Plant’s Future
in Doubt (Associated Press)
Carbon Initiative Key Issue as Lawmakers Reconvene in
Olympia (KPLU Radio, Tacoma, WA)
Shelton Man Faces Charges in Woman’s Drug Death (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Blunt Comments by Seattle City Light Nominee Trouble Council Members
- Editorial: The Continual Question of Who Should Govern Austin Energy
- Forced Release of Water to the U-S Meant More Power Generation
- Montana: Colstrip Owners Write Bills Putting Plant’s Future in Doubt
- Bitcoin Blues: High-Capacity Data Centers Blindsided by Increase in Utilities Charges
- Cowlitz PUD: December 21 Windstorm Damage Not Covered by Federal Disaster Relief
- Mason PUD 3 Authorizes Application for Federal Funds to Help Cover Fall/Winter Storm Costs
- Washington State Senator: Washington Small Reactor Report Promising
- Oregon Lawmakers Meet to Restructure Troubled Energy Department
- Fitch Affirms Pend Oreille PUD’s Revenue Bonds at ‘A-’; Outlook Revised to Negative
- NDP Critic Says BC Hydro Inflated Claims of Smart-Meter Benefits
- British Columbia: ‘Dumb’ Smart Meters Being Removed in Nickel Belt
- Federal Attorneys Say Pacific Gas & Electric Tried to Dispose of Safety Records on San Bruno Explosion
- Power Company Keeps Billing House That Was Destroyed in Tornado
- Fish Habitat Projects across Washington State Total $44 Million
- Who Needs the Sage Grouse More, Montana or Canada?
- Europe’s Orca Whales Are at Risk of Extinction, Ecologists Say
- OK, I’m Getting “Squirrel Fatigue”: Are Squirrels a Bigger Threat to the Power Grid than Hackers?
- Authorities in California Plan to Temporarily Reduce Water Deliveries for Up to 25 Million in Central & Southern California
- Solar Industry Growing, With Some Setbacks
- Solar Is In, Biomass Energy Is Out – And Farmers Are Struggling to Dispose of Woody Waste
- In Minnesota, Community Solar Shares Getting Snapped Up Fast
- California: Altamont Wind Provider Gets Green Light for New Turbines
- Emerald Valley: The Merging of Cannabis & Technology in California
- Carbon Initiative Key Issue as Lawmakers Reconvene in Olympia
- Washington State Senator Proposes $8 Fee per Ton of Carbon Emissions
- What’s Melting Greenland’s Ice Sheet? Night Clouds, Say Scientists
- Huntington Beach, California, Considers Offering Broadband as a Utility
- Portland Startup Works to Silence Internet Trolls
- Yahoo to Release Huge Amount of Data Showing How People Behave Online
- ‘Be an Engineer,’ Exxon Mobil Tells Apathetic Young People in Equally Apathetic Ads
- Shelton Man Faces Charges in Woman’s Drug Death
- Oregon: Armed Occupiers Promise Plan to Leave Refuge, But Signal Longer Stay
- How They Did It: Boeing & Union Strike Unexpected Deal
- Graduation Matters Shelton Program
- Nominations Open for Mason County Forest Festival Parade’s Grand Marshal
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“Local grocery stores are filled to the brim with
comestibles,” thought Francis MacDonald. “If that’s the case, where do they
keep the yummy haggis?”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Blunt Comments by Seattle City Light Nominee Trouble Council
Members (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
Editorial: The Continual Question of Who Should Govern
Austin Energy (Austin Statesman, TX)
Forced Release of Water to the U-S Meant More Power
Generation (Vancouver Sun, BC)
Montana: Colstrip Owners Write Bills Putting Plant’s Future
in Doubt (Associated Press)
Bitcoin Blues: High-Capacity Data Centers Blindsided by
Increase in Utilities Charges (Digital Communities)
Cowlitz PUD: December 21 Windstorm Damage Not Covered by
Federal Disaster Relief (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Mason PUD 3 Authorizes Application for Federal Funds to Help
Cover Fall/Winter Storm Costs (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Washington State Senator: Washington Small Reactor Report
Promising (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Oregon Lawmakers Meet to Restructure Troubled Energy Department
(Oregonian, Portland)
Fitch Affirms Pend Oreille PUD’s Revenue Bonds at ‘A-’;
Outlook Revised to Negative (BusinessWire)
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160114006140/en/Fitch-Affirms-Pend-Oreille-PUD-Revenue-Bonds
NDP Critic Says BC Hydro Inflated Claims of Smart-Meter
Benefits (Globe & Mail, Canada)
British Columbia: ‘Dumb’ Smart Meters Being Removed in
Nickel Belt (Sudbury Star, BC)
Federal Attorneys Say Pacific Gas & Electric Tried to
Dispose of Safety Records on San Bruno Explosion (Utility Dive)
Power Company Keeps Billing House That Was Destroyed in
Tornado (Consumerist)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fish Habitat Projects across Washington State Total $44
Million (Longview Daily News, WA)
Who Needs the Sage Grouse More, Montana or Canada? (Associated Press)
Europe’s Orca Whales Are at Risk of Extinction, Ecologists
Say (Christian Science Monitor)
OK, I’m Getting “Squirrel Fatigue”: Are Squirrels a Bigger
Threat to the Power Grid than Hackers? (Washington Post)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Authorities in California Plan to Temporarily Reduce Water
Deliveries for Up to 25 Million in Central & Southern California (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Solar Industry Growing, With Some Setbacks (USA Today)
Solar Is In, Biomass Energy Is Out – And Farmers Are
Struggling to Dispose of Woody Waste (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/drought/ci_29385905/solar-is-biomass-energy-is-out-and-farmers?source=rss
In Minnesota, Community Solar Shares Getting Snapped Up Fast
(Midwest Energy News)
http://midwestenergynews.com/2016/01/15/in-minnesota-community-solar-shares-getting-snapped-up-fast/
California: Altamont Wind Provider Gets Green Light for New
Turbines (Contra Cost Times, Walnut Creek, CA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Emerald Valley: The Merging of Cannabis & Technology in
California (Canna Law Blog)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon Initiative Key Issue as Lawmakers Reconvene in
Olympia (KPLU Radio, Tacoma, WA)
Washington State Senator Proposes $8 Fee per Ton of Carbon
Emissions (Associated Press)
What’s Melting Greenland’s Ice Sheet? Night Clouds, Say
Scientists (Christian Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Huntington Beach, California, Considers Offering Broadband
as a Utility (Digital Communities)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Portland Startup Works to Silence Internet Trolls – The
Startup Is Catering to News Organizations, Blogs & Other Websites (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Yahoo to Release Huge Amount of Data Showing How People
Behave Online (Orlando Business Journal, FL)
http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/blog/2016/01/yahoo-to-release-huge-amount-of-data-showing-how.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/blog/2016/01/yahoo-to-release-huge-amount-of-data-showing-how.html
‘Be an Engineer,’ Exxon Mobil Tells Apathetic Young People
in Equally Apathetic Ads (AdWeek)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Man Faces Charges in Woman’s Drug Death (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Oregon: Armed Occupiers Promise Plan to Leave Refuge, But
Signal Longer Stay (Oregonian, Portland)
How They Did It: Boeing & Union Strike Unexpected Deal (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Graduation Matters Shelton Program (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Nominations Open for Mason County Forest Festival Parade’s
Grand Marshal (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
“Fast Crafted,” “Fine Casual” & Other Nonsense Terms
Restaurants Use To Avoid Saying “Fast Food”
Rare Dime Sells for Nearly $2 Million
Ohio Man Who Sent Selfie to Police Arrested in Florida
Middle-Aged Man Dresses as Old Woman for Official’s Photo Op
SONG OF THE DAY
Donna Summer - McArthur Park Live
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