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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Yakama, Lummi Tribal Leaders Call for Removal of Three Lower
Columbia River Dams (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
The Meteorological Switch is About to Be Turned On (Cliff
Mass Weather Blog)
California Regulator Criticizes Execution of Pacific Gas
& Electric Power Outage (Associated Press)
Lewis County PUD to Hold Rate Hearings Tuesday, November 5
(The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Solar Power Deal Involving Idaho Homeowners Reached (Associated
Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
California Regulator Criticizes Execution of
Pacific Gas & Electric Power Outage
2.
Pacific Gas & Electric Shut-Off May Have
Wiped Out $500K in Cancer Studies, UC Berkeley Researcher Says
3.
Los Angeles: Could an Electrical Equipment
Malfunction Be Behind the Saddleridge Fire?
4.
Are Northern California’s Blackouts an Image of
Our Energy Future?
5.
Lewis County PUD to Hold Rate Hearings Tuesday,
November 5
6.
Snohomish PUD Adds Tracker Tool to Outage Map
7.
Pacific Gas & Electric Rejects San
Francisco’s $2.5 Billion Bid to Buy Assets
8.
American Public Power Association Chooses Joy
Ditto as Next CEO
9.
Utilities Celebrate Public Power Week with
Community Activities
10.
Yakama, Lummi Tribal Leaders Call for Removal of
Three Lower Columbia River Dams
11.
Owl Killings Spur Moral Questions About Human
Intervention
12.
Wenatchee City Council OK’s Exploratory Water
Drilling in Malaga
13.
Solar Power Deal Involving Idaho Homeowners
Reached
14.
As Green Bonds Boom, So Do ‘Greenwashing’
Worries
15.
Alliance Adds Seven Technology, Energy Sector
Leaders to Board – Includes Debra Smith of Seattle City Light
16.
Fortnite Is Live Again with a New Map & More
Ways to Level Up. See the New Map.
17.
The Meteorological Switch is About to Be Turned
On
18.
Rain, Rain & More Rain: Welcome to October
in the Pacific Northwest
19.
Port of Moses Lake Concerned About Space Taken
Up by Boeing 737s
WORD OF THE DAY
Logomachy • \loh-GAH-muh-kee\ • noun - 1: a dispute over or
about words *2: a controversy marked by verbiage
Ira was upset with his brother George. “I’m the one who does
the wordsmithing, you schmuck,” he growled. If I want to write a song about
logomachy, it’s up to you to come up with some catchy jingle.”
Fred Astaire - Lets Call the Whole Thing Off (you say
tomato, I say tomato….)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
California Regulator Criticizes Execution of Pacific
Gas & Electric Power Outage (Associated Press)
2.
Pacific Gas & Electric Shut-Off May Have
Wiped Out $500K in Cancer Studies, UC Berkeley Researcher Says (SF Chronicle,
CA)
3.
Los Angeles: Could an Electrical Equipment
Malfunction Be Behind the Saddleridge Fire? (Gizmodo)
4.
Are Northern California’s Blackouts an Image of
Our Energy Future? (Forbes Magazine)
5.
Lewis County PUD to Hold Rate Hearings Tuesday,
November 5 (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
6.
Snohomish PUD Adds Tracker Tool to Outage Map (My
Edmonds News, WA)
7.
Pacific Gas & Electric Rejects San
Francisco’s $2.5 Billion Bid to Buy Assets (Bloomberg News)
8.
American Public Power Association Chooses Joy
Ditto as Next CEO (American Public Power Association)
https://www.publicpower.org/publication/american-public-power-association-chooses-joy-ditto-next-ceo
9.
Utilities Celebrate Public Power Week with
Community Activities (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
10. Yakama,
Lummi Tribal Leaders Call for Removal of Three Lower Columbia River Dams
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
11. Owl
Killings Spur Moral Questions About Human Intervention (Washington Post)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
12. Wenatchee
City Council OK’s Exploratory Water Drilling in Malaga (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee,
WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
13. Solar
Power Deal Involving Idaho Homeowners Reached (Associated Press)
14. As
Green Bonds Boom, So Do ‘Greenwashing’ Worries (Washington Post)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
15. Alliance
Adds Seven Technology, Energy Sector Leaders to Board – Includes Debra Smith of
Seattle City Light (Alliance to Save Energy)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
16. Fortnite
Is Live Again with a New Map & More Ways to Level Up. See the New Map. (Washington
Post)
GENERAL NEWS
17. The
Meteorological Switch is About to Be Turned On (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
18. Rain,
Rain & More Rain: Welcome to October in the Pacific Northwest (KCPQ-TV, Seattle,
WA)
19. Port
of Moses Lake Concerned About Space Taken Up by Boeing 737s (Columbia Basin
Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
8-Year-Old Girl Gets Gifts from Crows She’s Been Feeding for
4 Years
All-Female Delta Crew Flies 120 Girls to NASA as Part of Gender
Equality Program
University of Washington Professor Says SpongeBob Is
'Violent' & 'Racist' Colonizer
Dutch family found in cellar 'waiting for end of time'
SONG OF THE DAY
Van Morrison - Days Like This
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