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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
California: Pacific Gas & Electric Website Has Technical
Issues as ‘High Volume’ of Users Seek Power Shutoff Updates (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
Washington State Task Force’s Final Word on Saving Southern
Resident Orcas (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
British Columbia: Hundreds of Spawning Salmon Killed in
Squamish River; BC Hydro Admits Responsibility (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
Four Firms Hired to Gather Views on Lower Snake River Dams
(KQQQ Radio, Pullman, WA)
Oregon Greens Turn to Ballot Threat to Boost Cap & Trade
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
California: Pacific Gas & Electric Website
Has Technical Issues as ‘High Volume’ of Users Seek Power Shutoff Updates
2.
Four Firms Hired to Gather Views on Lower Snake
River Dams
3.
Cascade Locks Foundry Burglarized During Planned
Power Outage
4.
Chelan PUD Commissioners Honor Former General
Manager Who Died in September
5.
Pacific Gas & Electric to Pay $65 Million
Settlement Over Claims It Falsified Records
6.
Florida: 16 Companies Interested in Taking
Jacksonville Electric Authority Private
7.
Winter Energy Bills in the United States Likely
to be Lower Than Last Year’s
8.
Nuclear Faces Climate-Fight Irrelevance without
Lower Cost
9.
Energy Secretary Perry Denies Pressing Ukraine
on Energy Company, Says He's Not Resigning
10.
Washington State Task Force’s Final Word on
Saving Southern Resident Orcas
11.
How to Help Puget Sound’s Orcas & Salmon:
What Seattle-Area Leaders Say Can Make a Difference
12.
British Columbia: Hundreds of Spawning Salmon
Killed in Squamish River; BC Hydro Admits Responsibility
13.
Chehalis Basin Board Sets Sights on Saving
Chinook Salmon
14.
Federal Funding Boost Could Help Coastal Oregon
Fish Hatcheries
15.
‘Thin It or Watch It Burn’: How Washington Is
Chewing Up Trees & Spitting Out Resilient Landscapes
16.
As Community Choice Aggregations Take Over
Utility Customers, Local Generation Emerges as the Next Big Growth Driver
17.
Shift to Wind, Solar & Other Energy Sources
Subject of Centralia College Lecture Series
18.
How Much Electricity Will We Use in 30 Years?
19.
Port of Port Angeles Wins $50,000 Grant for
Broadband Study
20.
Not the Pacific Northwest, Yet – USDA Invests
$152M to Improve Broadband Service in 14 States
21.
Google to Take Advantage of Omaha Public Power
District Rate for New Nebraska Data Center
22.
Oregon Greens Turn to Ballot Threat to Boost Cap
& Trade
23.
Wildfires a Massive Threat to California’s
Progress in Cutting Greenhouse Gases, Report Says
24.
Pacific Northwest Tribes Face Climate Change
with Agricultural Ancient Practice
25.
Roughly 40 State Attorneys General Plan to Take
Part in Facebook Antitrust Probe
26.
Green Roofs Can Make Cities Healthier And
Happier. Why Aren’t They Everywhere?
27.
Cold Air & Snow Back in the Pacific
Northwest
28.
California Fire Danger Spikes with Most Powerful
Winds of the Season
29.
Southwest Pilots' Union Sues Boeing Over
Grounding of 737 Max
30.
Economic Development Expert: Rural Communities
Have Power to Create Entrepreneurial Ecoystems
WORD OF THE DAY
Copacetic • \coe-puh-SET-ick\ • adjective - Very
satisfactory
It was all here; the gentle waves lapping on the shore, a
slight wind rusting through the palm fronds, the tinkling of Chinese glass wind
chimes, the wafting fragrance of fresh cut fruit. As Arnold took another sip of
his Pina Colada, he reflected that his trip to Hawaii was turning out to be
quite copacetic.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
California: Pacific Gas & Electric Website
Has Technical Issues as ‘High Volume’ of Users Seek Power Shutoff Updates
(Sacramento Bee, CA)
3.
Cascade Locks Foundry Burglarized During Planned
Power Outage (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
4.
Chelan PUD Commissioners Honor Former General
Manager Who Died in September (NCW Life News, East Wenatchee, WA)
5.
Pacific Gas & Electric to Pay $65 Million
Settlement Over Claims It Falsified Records (ABC News)
6.
Florida: 16 Companies Interested in Taking Jacksonville
Electric Authority Private (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
7.
Winter Energy Bills in the United States Likely
to be Lower Than Last Year’s (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
8.
Nuclear Faces Climate-Fight Irrelevance without
Lower Cost (Bloomberg News)
9.
Energy Secretary Perry Denies Pressing Ukraine
on Energy Company, Says He's Not Resigning (Politico)
FISH & WILDLIFE
10. Washington
State Task Force’s Final Word on Saving Southern Resident Orcas (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle, WA)
11. How
to Help Puget Sound’s Orcas & Salmon: What Seattle-Area Leaders Say Can
Make a Difference (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
12. British
Columbia: Hundreds of Spawning Salmon Killed in Squamish River; BC Hydro Admits
Responsibility (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
13. Chehalis
Basin Board Sets Sights on Saving Chinook Salmon (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
14. Federal
Funding Boost Could Help Coastal Oregon Fish Hatcheries (Bend Bulletin, OR)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
15. ‘Thin
It or Watch It Burn’: How Washington Is Chewing Up Trees & Spitting Out
Resilient Landscapes (Crosscut Seattle)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
16. As
Community Choice Aggregations Take Over Utility Customers, Local Generation
Emerges as the Next Big Growth Driver (Utility Dive)
17. Shift
to Wind, Solar & Other Energy Sources Subject of Centralia College Lecture
Series (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
18. How
Much Electricity Will We Use in 30 Years? (American Public Power Association)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
19. Port
of Port Angeles Wins $50,000 Grant for Broadband Study (Peninsula Daily News,
Port Angeles, WA)
20. Not
the Pacific Northwest, Yet – USDA Invests $152M to Improve Broadband Service in
14 States (Hoosier Ag Today, IN)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
21. Google
to Take Advantage of Omaha Public Power District Rate for New Nebraska Data
Center (American Public Power Association)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
22. Oregon
Greens Turn to Ballot Threat to Boost Cap & Trade (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
23. Wildfires
a Massive Threat to California’s Progress in Cutting Greenhouse Gases, Report
Says (Los Angeles Times, CA)
24. Pacific
Northwest Tribes Face Climate Change with Agricultural Ancient Practice
(National Public Radio)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
25. Roughly
40 State Attorneys General Plan to Take Part in Facebook Antitrust Probe
(Washington Post)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
26. Green
Roofs Can Make Cities Healthier And Happier. Why Aren’t They Everywhere? (Fast
Company)
GENERAL NEWS
27. Cold
Air & Snow Back in the Pacific Northwest (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
28. California
Fire Danger Spikes with Most Powerful Winds of the Season (Los Angeles Times,
CA)
29. Southwest
Pilots' Union Sues Boeing Over Grounding of 737 Max (Associated Press)
30. Economic
Development Expert: Rural Communities Have Power to Create Entrepreneurial
Ecoystems (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Helena Bonham Carter: Princess Margaret’s Ghost Gave Me
Advice for ‘The Crown’
Lost Egyptian Temple Unearthed 2,200 Years After It Was
Built for King Ptolemy IV
‘South Park’ Sarcastically Apologizes to China After Country
Bans Show
Squirrels Hide More Than 200 Walnuts under SUV's Hood
SONG OF THE DAY
The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian
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