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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Russian Hackers Amass Over a Billion Internet
Passwords (NY Times)
Bonneville Power Administration & U-S DOE
Avoid Disclosure of Public Records on BPA’s Hiring Scandal – Again (Oregonian,
Portland)
Tennessee Valley
Authority Cutting Thousands of Jobs (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
British Columbia Sockeye Salmon Return in Doubt
after Quesnel Spill - Fish will be swimming through the toxic debris field in
two weeks (Vancouver Sun, BC)
Will
the Pacific Northwest be a Climate Refuge under Global Warming? (Cliff Mass
Weather Blog)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration & U-S DOE Avoid Disclosure of Public Records on BPA’s Hiring Scandal – Again
- Tennessee Valley Authority Cutting Thousands of Jobs
- 9th Circuit Won’t Review Liquefied Natural Gas Columbia River Shipments Letter
- Northwest Natural Gas Earnings Down in Second Quarter
- Avista Reports Financial Results for Second Quarter, Raises 2014 Earnings Guidance
- FERC Approves Pilot Project to Test Two-Year Hydropower Licensing Process
- APPA, Other Electricity Groups Ask Court Not to Revisit May Ruling on FERC Order No. 745
- United Kingdom: Energy Bosses Found Guilty of Rigging Gas & Electricity Prices
- British Columbia Sockeye Salmon Return in Doubt after Quesnel Spill
- Central Puget Sound Hatchery King Harvest Rate Nearing Catch Quota Ceiling
- Portland May Enlist Border Collies to Manage Its Ever-Growing Goose Population
- Maine: Scientists Want Bird-Ogling Public to Observe Puffins Eating, Help with Research to Save Them
- Utah: What’s Rooftop Solar Power Worth? Not Much, Utility Says
- Areva Posts Loss, Announces Close of Solar Business
- Texas: Austin Energy Changes Wind Power Program
- Wall Street Meets Hippies as Green Energy Turns into Big Business
- Will the Pacific Northwest be a Climate Refuge under Global Warming?
- Hot Planet: Pacific Northwest Winners & Losers
- Scientist on Rainier Chases Climate Change’s Butterfly Effect
- Column: Cap-And-Trade Can Help Forests & Businesses Grow Together
- What is Electric Car Sales’ Biggest Challenge? Car Dealers
- SunPower Targets Hybrid Car Buyers with Lure of Pure Solar Power
- iFIBER Communications Offers Internet, Phone Access for People without Power in Pend Oreille
- CenturyLink Fined for Improper Billing in Pasco, Elsewhere
- CenturyLink Rolls Out Speedier Internet in Some Parts of Spokane
- How Fast Should Basic Internet Be? Telecom Regulators Want to Know
- Obama on Net Neutrality: My Administration is Against Internet Fast Lanes
- Comcast Makes Changes for Low-Income Families
- Facebook Outage Points to Importance of ‘Dark Social’
- Technology Meets Marijuana in New Networking Event
- E-Coyotes: The Central American People Smugglers Who ‘Like’ Facebook
- McDonald’s Gets Super-Sized Backlash with Instagram Ads - People Aren’t Loving It
- Mason County Election Results – Official Canvas August 19
- Tim Sheldon, Maverick Washington State Senator, In Tight Race
- The Washington State Legislature: Senate Veterans Roach & Sheldon in Trouble
- Top Two Primary: Two GOP House Candidates to Face Off for First Time in Washington State History
- Russian Hackers Amass Over a Billion Internet Passwords
- Seven Steps to Stronger, More Secure Passwords
- Oregon: Missing Dundee Mom, Jennifer Huston, Found Dead Off Rural Yamhill County Logging Road
- Firefighters Make Progress on Largest Pacific Northwest Blazes
- Vilsack Says Forest Service Will Soon Tap Other Programs to Pay for Firefighting Expenses
- Two Men Get Prison for Accidentally Starting Wildfire. Too Harsh?
- Workshop on Mason County Pot Farms Set
- Rosetta Space Probe Catches Up With Comet after Ten-Year Chase
Insalubrious
• \inn-suh-LOO-bree-uss\ • Adjective - Not clean or healthy.
Insalubrious
Breathing
evening Beijing air
Worse
than cigarettes?
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville Power Administration & U-S DOE
Avoid Disclosure of Public Records on BPA’s Hiring Scandal – Again (Oregonian,
Portland)
Tennessee Valley
Authority Cutting Thousands of Jobs (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
9th Circuit Won’t Review Liquefied Natural Gas Columbia
River Shipments Letter (Courthouse News Service)
Northwest Natural Gas Earnings Down in Second
Quarter (Oregonian, Portland)
Avista Reports Financial Results for Second
Quarter, Raises 2014 Earnings Guidance (MarketWatch)
FERC Approves
Pilot Project to Test Two-Year Hydropower Licensing Process (Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission)
APPA, Other Electricity Groups Ask Court Not to
Revisit May Ruling on FERC Order No. 745 - Demand Response Compensation (American
Public Power Association)
United Kingdom: Energy Bosses Found Guilty of
Rigging Gas & Electricity Prices - Could Face Two Years In Jail Under New
Laws (The Daily Mail, UK)
FISH & WILDLIFE
British Columbia Sockeye Salmon Return in Doubt
after Quesnel Spill - Fish will be swimming through the toxic debris field in
two weeks (Vancouver Sun, BC)
Central Puget Sound Hatchery King Harvest Rate
Nearing Catch Quota Ceiling (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
Portland May Enlist Border Collies to Manage Its
Ever-Growing Goose Population (Oregonian, Portland)
Maine: Scientists Want Bird-Ogling Public to
Observe Puffins Eating, Help with Research to Save Them (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Utah:
What’s Rooftop Solar Power Worth? Not Much, Utility Says - Net-metered
ratepayers say they give more than utility credits reflect (Salt Lake Tribune,
UT)
Areva Posts Loss, Announces Close of Solar
Business (Renewable Energy
World)
Texas: Austin Energy Changes Wind Power
Program (Houston Chronicle, TX)
Wall
Street Meets Hippies as Green Energy Turns into Big Business (GigaOM)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Will
the Pacific Northwest be a Climate Refuge under Global Warming? (Cliff Mass
Weather Blog)
Hot
Planet: Pacific Northwest Winners & Losers (Seattle
Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Scientist
on Rainier Chases Climate Change’s Butterfly Effect (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Column:
Cap-And-Trade Can Help Forests & Businesses Grow Together (Sustainable Business Oregon)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
What
is Electric Car Sales’ Biggest Challenge? Car Dealers (Christian Science
Monitor)
SunPower
Targets Hybrid Car Buyers with Lure of Pure Solar Power (San Jose Mercury News,
CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
iFIBER Communications Offers Internet, Phone Access
for People without Power in Pend Oreille (iFIBER One, Ephrata, WA)
CenturyLink Fined for Improper Billing in Pasco,
Elsewhere (Tri-City Herald, WA)
CenturyLink Rolls Out Speedier Internet in Some
Parts of Spokane (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
How Fast Should Basic Internet Be? Telecom
Regulators Want to Know (Washington Post)
Obama on Net Neutrality: My Administration is
Against Internet Fast Lanes (Washington Post)
Comcast Makes Changes for Low-Income Families (KATU-TV,
Portland, OR)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook Outage Points to Importance of ‘Dark
Social’ – Instant Messages, emails & office conversations also drive
visitors to websites (Ad Week)
Technology Meets Marijuana in New Networking Event (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
E-Coyotes: The Central American People Smugglers
Who ‘Like’ Facebook (Reuters)
McDonald’s Gets Super-Sized Backlash with Instagram
Ads - People Aren’t Loving It (Ad Week)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Mason County Election Results – Official Canvas
August 19 (Mason County Auditor’s Office, Shelton, WA – Multi-county races link
to cumulative results)
Tim Sheldon, Maverick Washington State Senator, In
Tight Race (Associated Press)
The Washington State Legislature: Senate Veterans
Roach & Sheldon in Trouble (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Top Two Primary: Two GOP House Candidates to Face
Off for First Time in Washington State History (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Russian Hackers Amass Over a Billion Internet
Passwords (NY Times)
Seven Steps to Stronger, More Secure Passwords
(Associated
Press)
Oregon: Missing Dundee Mom, Jennifer Huston, Found
Dead Off Rural Yamhill County Logging Road (Oregonian, Portland)
Firefighters Make Progress on Largest Pacific
Northwest Blazes (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Vilsack Says Forest Service Will Soon Tap
Other Programs to Pay for Firefighting Expenses (Associated Press)
Two Men Get Prison for Accidentally Starting
Wildfire. Too Harsh? (Christian Science Monitor)
Workshop on Mason County Pot Farms Set (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Rosetta Space Probe Catches Up With Comet
after Ten-Year Chase (Associated
Press)
DIVERSIONS
Heartless
Thug Who Kicked a Squirrel into the Grand Canyon in a YouTube Clip Has a
£10,000 Bounty Put on His Head
Teachers in STEM Class Learn to Build Ukuleles
at Hanford High School
Teens'
Bagpipes Seized At U-S Border over Ivory
Aussie
Commuters Tip Train Car to Help Trapped Man
SONG OF THE DAY
Heart
- Heartless
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