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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Pacific Gas & Electric Says About 250,000 Customers
Could Lose Power in Latest California Shutoff Event (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Opponents of Proposed Eastern Oregon-to-Idaho Transmission
Line File Federal Lawsuit (Northwest News Network)
California Defies Trump Administration on Lightbulb
Efficiency Standards (Utility Dive)
Ford Takes on Tesla with Debut of Powerful Mustang Mach-E
(NBC News)
Salmon Fishing Closed at Hoodsport; Anglers Must Release
Chum in the Rest of Marine Area 12 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Says About 250,000
Customers Could Lose Power in Latest California Shutoff Event
2.
Opponents of Proposed Eastern Oregon-to-Idaho
Transmission Line File Federal Lawsuit
3.
Oregon: FERC Staff Issues the Final EIS for the
Jordan Cove Energy Project
4.
Okanogan County PUD Board Continues to Work on
2020 Budget
5.
Bonneville Power Administration Chops Its Way to
Recycling Savings
6.
Op/Ed: Would Non-Profit Utilities Cure What Ails
California Electricity?
7.
Long-Running Coal Plant on Navajo Nation Stops
Production
8.
NRC Explores Streamlined Environmental Reviews
to Accelerate Advanced Reactor Approvals
9.
PJM – Operator of Country’s Largest Power Grid
Names New CEO
10. U.S.
Senate Energy Panel Tees Up November 19 Vote on Republican FERC Nominee
11. Here’s
How Much Money Electricians Make in Every State
12. Salmon
Fishing Closed at Hoodsport; Anglers Must Release Chum in the Rest of Marine
Area 12
13. Time
Running Short to Comment on Proposal to Farm Steelhead in Puget Sound
14. Is
a Tribal Fish Farm Partnership Necessity or ‘Disaster’?
15. Dungeness
Crab Season Delayed in Oregon
16. Low-Water
Hazards Prompt Limited Use of Willamette Valley Reservoirs
17. SW
Washington State Congressional Delegation Urges Funding Cowlitz River
Monitoring
18. Review
Process in Alpine Lakes Wilderness Slows Eightmile Lake Dam Repair
19. World
Toilet Day Highlights Global Sanitation Crisis
20. Salt
River Project to Install Arizona’s Largest Battery System, Helping to Replace
Giant Coal Plant
21. California
Defies Trump Administration on Lightbulb Efficiency Standards
22. FBI
Expands Data Center in Eastern Idaho
23. Ford
Takes on Tesla with Debut of Powerful Mustang Mach-E
24. Mason
County League of Women Voters to Talk Climate Tuesday
25. Smarting
from Defeat, Oregon Democrats Sketch Ideas for Cap-&-Trade 2.0
26. In
Pursuit of Big Profits, Hemp Growers Blaze a Perilous New Path in Northwest
Agriculture
27. Illegal
Pot Farm Leaves ‘Toxic Garbage Dump’ in Northern California National Forest
28. Most
Americans Believe They Are Being Tracked by Corporations & the Government
29. Chick-Fil-A
Drops Donations That Angered LGBTQ Groups – Conservatives Cry Betrayal
30. Why
Local News Is Necessary
31. U.S.
Energy Secretary Nominee Ranks Hanford Cleanup as His ‘Top Priority’
32. Sea-Tac
Airport Expects Upwards of 1 Million Travelers Thanksgiving Week
33. Magnitude
3.5 Earthquake Reported Near Coulee City
34. Shelton
Man Owes State $32,000 After Claiming to Be Injured While Still Working in
Oyster Biz
35. Ten
Seattle Children’s Hospital Operating Rooms to Remain Closed through January
Due to Mold Outbreak
36. Dozens
of Inmates Involved in Fight at Clallam Bay Corrections Center
37. Oregon,
Washington Governors Discuss Interstate Bridge
WORD OF THE DAY
Mot Juste /moe – ZHOOST/ Noun – The exactly right word or
phrasing.
“Your loss toots,” murmured Abernathy to his departing blind
date. The utterance was lost on the receding figure of the willowy woman, a mot
juste that wafted into the ether. Never to be heard again.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Says About 250,000
Customers Could Lose Power in Latest California Shutoff Event (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
2.
Opponents of Proposed Eastern Oregon-to-Idaho
Transmission Line File Federal Lawsuit (Northwest News Network)
3.
Oregon: FERC Staff Issues the Final EIS for the
Jordan Cove Energy Project (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
4.
Okanogan County PUD Board Continues to Work on 2020
Budget (Okanogan Valley Gazette Tribune, Oroville, WA)
5.
Bonneville Power Administration Chops Its Way to
Recycling Savings (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
6.
Op/Ed: Would Non-Profit Utilities Cure What Ails
California Electricity? (Energy Institute at HAAS)
7.
Long-Running Coal Plant on Navajo Nation Stops
Production (Associated Press)
8.
NRC Explores Streamlined Environmental Reviews to
Accelerate Advanced Reactor Approvals (Utility Dive)
9.
PJM – Operator of Country’s Largest Power Grid
Names New CEO (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
10.
U.S. Senate Energy Panel Tees Up November 19
Vote on Republican FERC Nominee (S&P Global – Platts)
11.
Here’s How Much Money Electricians Make in Every
State (Forbes Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
12.
Salmon Fishing Closed at Hoodsport; Anglers Must
Release Chum in the Rest of Marine Area 12 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
13.
Time Running Short to Comment on Proposal to Farm
Steelhead in Puget Sound (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
14.
Is a Tribal Fish Farm Partnership Necessity or ‘Disaster’?
(Port Townsend Leader, WA)
15.
Dungeness Crab Season Delayed in Oregon (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
16.
Low-Water Hazards Prompt Limited Use of
Willamette Valley Reservoirs (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
17.
SW Washington State Congressional Delegation
Urges Funding Cowlitz River Monitoring (Longview Daily News, WA)
18.
Review Process in Alpine Lakes Wilderness Slows Eightmile
Lake Dam Repair (Wenatchee World, WA – Paywall Advisory)
19.
World Toilet Day Highlights Global Sanitation
Crisis (KOMO TV, Seattle, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
20.
Salt River Project to Install Arizona’s Largest
Battery System, Helping to Replace Giant Coal Plant (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
21.
California Defies Trump Administration on
Lightbulb Efficiency Standards (Utility Dive)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
22.
FBI Expands Data Center in Eastern Idaho (Associated
Press)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
23.
Ford Takes on Tesla with Debut of Powerful Mustang
Mach-E (NBC News)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
25.
Smarting from Defeat, Oregon Democrats Sketch
Ideas for Cap-&-Trade 2.0 (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
26.
In Pursuit of Big Profits, Hemp Growers Blaze a Perilous
New Path in Northwest Agriculture (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
27.
Illegal Pot Farm Leaves ‘Toxic Garbage Dump’ in Northern
California National Forest (Associated Press)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
28.
Most Americans Believe They Are Being Tracked by
Corporations & the Government (Courthouse News Service)
29.
Chick-Fil-A Drops Donations That Angered LGBTQ Groups
– Conservatives Cry Betrayal (Washington Post)
30.
Why Local News Is Necessary (Christian Science
Monitor)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
31.
U.S. Energy Secretary Nominee Ranks Hanford Cleanup
as His ‘Top Priority’ (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
32.
Sea-Tac Airport Expects Upwards of 1 Million
Travelers Thanksgiving Week (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
33.
Magnitude 3.5 Earthquake Reported Near Coulee
City (Associated Press)
34.
Shelton Man Owes State $32,000 After Claiming to
Be Injured While Still Working in Oyster Biz (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
35.
Ten Seattle Children’s Hospital Operating Rooms to
Remain Closed through January Due to Mold Outbreak (Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
WA)
36.
Dozens of Inmates Involved in Fight at Clallam
Bay Corrections Center (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
37.
Oregon, Washington Governors Discuss Interstate
Bridge (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Special South African Gin Is Infused with Elephant Dung “in
the elephant dung, you get the most amazing variety of these botanicals”
Nine-Year-Old Boy Catches Massive Blue Catfish in New Mexico
I Am Railing: Sir Rod Stewart Reveals His Epic Model Railway
City
Family Told by HOA That It’s ‘Too Soon’ To Decorate for Christmas,
Ordered to Take Down Display
SONG OF THE DAY
Al Stewart – Downtown Train
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