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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Puget Sound Energy Warns Customers to Limit Gas &
Electricity Consumption (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Breaching Snake River Dams Could Be ‘A Deadly Distraction
for Orca’ (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Opponents Say Portland Clean Energy Measure Could Cost More
Than Originally Thought (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Broadband ‘Disconnect’ Has Big Consequences for Midwest
Farmers “…the U.S. offers $6 billion in subsidies to telecommunications
companies for installing rural broadband, but the funds aren’t making their way
out to the farms…” (Phys.Org)
Whitefish Energy Gets U-S Contracts after Puerto Rico Ouster
(Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Puget Sound Energy Warns Customers to Limit Gas
& Electricity Consumption
2.
Whitefish Energy Gets U-S Contracts after Puerto
Rico Ouster
3.
One of Oldest Coal Companies in U-S, Colstrip
Supplier Files for Bankruptcy
4.
Cowlitz PUD Regulatory Director Accepts New
Position at Lewis PUD
5.
Water Resources Bill Would Speed Hydropower
Licensing
6.
Pacific Gas & Electric Lines Caused 2017
Cascade Fire That Killed 4, State Officials Say
7.
U-S Home Heating Bills Likely to Be Slightly Higher
This Winter
8.
Breaching Snake River Dams Could Be ‘A Deadly
Distraction for Orca’
9.
Audio: Energy Companies in Alaska Fight
Controversial Salmon Initiative
10.
Washington State to Hear Public Comments on
Columbia Salmon Policy at Oct. 15 Meeting
11.
Opponents Say Portland Clean Energy Measure
Could Cost More Than Originally Thought
12.
Nevada PUC Eyes Blockchain to Track Renewable
Credits
13.
Broadband ‘Disconnect’ Has Big Consequences for
Midwest Farmers
14.
Funding the Universal Service Fund Broadband
Programs
15.
Verizon Pats Itself on the Back After Throttling
Firefighters in California
16.
Google Challenges Record $5 Billion European
Union Antitrust Fine
17.
Facebook’s New Gadget Is a Video-Chat Screen
with a Camera That Follows You
18.
Tax Break for Electric Vehicles in the Crosshairs
19.
Are Regulators Hindering Electric Vehicle
Acceleration?
20.
States Agree on Plan to Manage Overtaxed
Colorado River
21.
Seattle City Councils Endorses State Carbon Tax
on November Ballot
22.
Op/Ed: Brunell – Carbon Fee Hurts Business,
Families
23.
How High Does Carbon Need to Be? Somewhere From
$20-$27,000
24.
Those Facebook Double Friend Requests Are a Hoax
25.
Stop Writing to Yourself.
26.
Toke Off! Marijuana Is Set to Become Legal
Across Canada
27.
Geoengineering Is Inevitable
28.
Congress Passes Mandate That Trump Administration
Complete Village for Northwest Tribes
29.
Five Washington State Children Hospitalized with
Mysterious Polio-Like Illness
30.
Thurston County Commissioners Declare
‘Emergency’ To Address Recent Courthouse Complex Power Problems
31.
Lies, Lies & More Lies. Out of an Old Tacoma
House, Fact-Checking Site Snopes Uncovers Them
32.
Lighthouse Keeper Shortage on British Columbia
Coast ‘Critical,’ Says Union
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Puget Sound Energy Warns Customers to Limit Gas &
Electricity Consumption (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
2.
Whitefish Energy Gets U-S Contracts after Puerto
Rico Ouster (Associated Press)
3.
One of Oldest Coal Companies in U-S, Colstrip Supplier
Files for Bankruptcy (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
4.
Cowlitz PUD Regulatory Director Accepts New
Position at Lewis PUD (Longview Daily News, WA)
5.
Water Resources Bill Would Speed Hydropower
Licensing (Roll Call, Washington, DC)
6.
Pacific Gas & Electric Lines Caused 2017 Cascade
Fire That Killed 4, State Officials Say (Utility Dive)
7.
U-S Home Heating Bills Likely to Be Slightly
Higher This Winter (U-S Energy Information Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
8.
Breaching Snake River Dams Could Be ‘A Deadly
Distraction for Orca’ (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
9.
Audio: Energy Companies in Alaska Fight
Controversial Salmon Initiative (National Public Radio)
10. Washington
State to Hear Public Comments on Columbia Salmon Policy at Oct. 15 Meeting (KNDO/KNDU,-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
11. Opponents
Say Portland Clean Energy Measure Could Cost More Than Originally Thought
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
12. Nevada
PUC Eyes Blockchain to Track Renewable Credits (American Public Power
Association)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
13. Broadband
‘Disconnect’ Has Big Consequences for Midwest Farmers “…the U.S. offers $6
billion in subsidies to telecommunications companies for installing rural
broadband, but the funds aren’t making their way out to the farms…” (Phys.Org)
14. Funding
the Universal Service Fund Broadband Programs (Pots & Pans)
15. Verizon
Pats Itself on the Back After Throttling Firefighters in California (AdWeek)
16. Google
Challenges Record $5 Billion European Union Antitrust Fine (Reuters)
17. Facebook’s
New Gadget Is a Video-Chat Screen with a Camera That Follows You (NY Times)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
18. Tax
Break for Electric Vehicles in the Crosshairs (Roll Call, Washington, DC)
19. Are
Regulators Hindering Electric Vehicle Acceleration? (Utility Dive)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
20. States
Agree on Plan to Manage Overtaxed Colorado River (Las Vegas Sun, NV)
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2018/oct/09/states-agree-on-plan-to-manage-overtaxed-colorado/
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2018/oct/09/states-agree-on-plan-to-manage-overtaxed-colorado/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
21. Seattle
City Councils Endorses State Carbon Tax on November Ballot (KIRO Broadcasting,
Seattle, WA)
22. Op/Ed:
Brunell – Carbon Fee Hurts Business, Families (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
23. How
High Does Carbon Need to Be? Somewhere From $20-$27,000 (Bloomberg News)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
24. Those
Facebook Double Friend Requests Are a Hoax (USA Today)
25. Stop
Writing to Yourself. (The Writing Cooperative)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
26. Toke
Off! Marijuana Is Set to Become Legal Across Canada (Associated Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
27. Geoengineering
Is Inevitable (Gizmodo)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
28. Congress
Passes Mandate That Trump Administration Complete Village for Northwest Tribes
(Oregonian, Portland)
GENERAL NEWS
29. Five
Washington State Children Hospitalized with Mysterious Polio-Like Illness (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
30. Thurston
County Commissioners Declare ‘Emergency’ To Address Recent Courthouse Complex Power
Problems (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
31. Lies,
Lies & More Lies. Out of an Old Tacoma House, Fact-Checking Site Snopes Uncovers
Them (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
32. Lighthouse
Keeper Shortage on British Columbia Coast ‘Critical,’ Says Union (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Treasure Hunters Challenge FBI Over Dig for Civil War Gold
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/treasure-hunters-challenge-fbi-over-dig-legendary-gold-025045374.html
New Jersey: Determined Runner Struck by Deer Finishes Half
Marathon
Inside the Rooms Where 20 Famous Books Were Written
Chinook Jargon – North America’s Nearly Forgotten Language
SONG OF THE DAY
Roxy Music - More Than This
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