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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Poll: Nation’s First Carbon Fee Leading among Voters
(Crosscut Seattle)
Fire Risk Prompts Pacific Gas & Electric to Cut Power to
42,000 Homes in Sierra Foothills – Even More May Go Dark (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Oregon Recoups $13 Million for Inflated Solar Tax Credits
(Oregonian, Portland)
Partners United for Salmon, Steelhead & Lamprey Extend
Columbia Basin Fish Accords (Bonneville Power Administration)
Thousands in Florida May Not Get Electricity Back for Weeks
(NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Fire Risk Prompts Pacific Gas & Electric to
Cut Power to 42,000 Homes in Sierra Foothills – Even More May Go Dark
2.
Thousands in Florida May Not Get Electricity
Back for Weeks
3.
In the Wake of Hurricane Michael, Public Power
Makes Restoration Push
4.
Snake River Dams Drive Wedge Between Farmers
& Orca Champions
5.
Congress Approves Bill Requiring Tribal Village
to Be Built along Columbia River
6.
Local Utilities Warn Customers of Telephone
Scams
7.
California Decision Means Higher Costs for
Community Choice Aggregation Programs
8.
Bonneville Power Administration Closes Out 2018
Integrated Program Review – Publication of Final Spending Levels
9.
Lewis PUD to Vote Tuesday on New Manager
10.
Alice Dietz, Cowlitz PUD Spokeswoman Appointed
to LCC Board of Trustees
11.
Editorial: Bitcoin ‘Miners’ Squander Our
Electrical Energy to Feed Warehouses Packed with Computers
12.
Florida: City of Jacksonville Sends Blistering
Response to Vogtle-Prompted Debt Downgrade
13.
FERC Nominee Will Have to Wait on His Senate
Hearings
14.
Partners United for Salmon, Steelhead &
Lamprey Extend Columbia Basin Fish Accords
15.
British Columbia Sockeye Salmon Return Thrills
Onlookers Despite Concerns over Decline
16.
To Save Salmon, Orcas: Make Landowners Pay
17.
NOAA Releases Preliminary 2018 Juvenile Salmonid
Survival Estimates Through Columbia/Snake Dams
18.
Oregon Recoups $13 Million for Inflated Solar
Tax Credits
19.
Neighbors Sue to Block Planned Montana Wind Farm
near Crazy Mountains
20.
Google: Powering Data Centers with Clean Energy
24/7 ‘No Easy Feat’
21.
Cryptocurrency Theft Hits Nearly $1 Billion in
First Nine Months: Report
22.
False Advertising for 5G
23.
Op/Ed: We’d Be Crippled by a Cyberattack on Our
Utilities
24.
Fort Worden Upgrades Energy Efficiency with
Solar, LED Lights
25.
Benton PUD Shares Tips on How to Keep the Chill
Off Your Heating Bill This Winter
26.
Poll: Nation’s First Carbon Fee Leading among
Voters
27.
Longview Councilmembers Unanimously Oppose
Carbon Fee Measure
28.
Editorial: If You Worry about Climate Change
& Care About the Environment, Vote No on I-1631
29.
Editorial: I-1631 – If No Carbon Fee Now, When?
30.
How to Cultivate Community with Facebook Groups
31.
Pantone’s Latest Colors Are the Ultimate Sign of
the Times
32.
Canadians Already Smoke a Lot of Pot. Now It’s
About to Become Legal.
33.
Can These Super Oysters Survive Our Screwed-Up
Oceans?
34.
Washington State Gun Initiative Leading by 25
Points in New Poll
35.
Bowling Challenges Sheldon Again for 35th
District Senate Seat
36.
Republican Rep. Newhouse Joining with Democratic
Rep. Kilmer on a ‘Civility & Respect Tour’
37.
‘I Shot a Whole Family of Baboons’: Idaho Fish
& Game Official Faces Fury after Africa Trophy Hunting Boasts
38.
Inmate Tries to Dig Her Way Out of Mason Jail
with a Plastic Spoon
39.
15 Percent Chance the PNW Could Be Hit by a
Mega-Quake, Says Earthquake Experts
40.
More State Patrol Troopers File Carbon Monoxide
Claims
41.
Seattle 8, Portland 10 - 2018’s Greenest Cities
in America
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU
Tergiversation ● /turr-jiv-er-SAY-shun/ ● Noun – 1: evasion
of straightforward action or clear-cut statement: equivocation. 2: desertion of
a cause, position, party, or faith.
Tergiversation
Well, of course YOU could say that
I couldn’t comment
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Fire Risk Prompts Pacific Gas & Electric to
Cut Power to 42,000 Homes in Sierra Foothills – Even More May Go Dark
(Sacramento Bee, CA)
2.
Thousands in Florida May Not Get Electricity
Back for Weeks (NY Times)
3.
In the Wake of Hurricane Michael, Public Power
Makes Restoration Push (American Public Power Association)
4.
Snake River Dams Drive Wedge Between Farmers
& Orca Champions (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
5.
Congress Approves Bill Requiring Tribal Village
to Be Built along Columbia River (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
6.
Local Utilities Warn Customers of Telephone
Scams (KNDO/KNDU,-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
7.
California Decision Means Higher Costs for
Community Choice Aggregation Programs (Utility Dive)
8.
Bonneville Power Administration Closes Out 2018
Integrated Program Review – Publication of Final Spending Levels (Bonneville
Power Administration)
9.
Lewis PUD to Vote Tuesday on New Manager (The
Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
10. Alice
Dietz, Cowlitz PUD Spokeswoman Appointed to LCC Board of Trustees (Longview
Daily News, WA)
11. Editorial:
Bitcoin ‘Miners’ Squander Our Electrical Energy to Feed Warehouses Packed with
Computers (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
12. Florida:
City of Jacksonville Sends Blistering Response to Vogtle-Prompted Debt
Downgrade (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
13. FERC
Nominee Will Have to Wait on His Senate Hearings (Politico, Morning Energy)
FISH & WILDLIFE
14. Partners
United for Salmon, Steelhead & Lamprey Extend Columbia Basin Fish Accords
(Bonneville Power Administration)
15. British
Columbia Sockeye Salmon Return Thrills Onlookers Despite Concerns over Decline
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
16. To
Save Salmon, Orcas: Make Landowners Pay (Crosscut Seattle)
17. NOAA
Releases Preliminary 2018 Juvenile Salmonid Survival Estimates Through
Columbia/Snake Dams (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
18. Oregon
Recoups $13 Million for Inflated Solar Tax Credits (Oregonian, Portland)
19. Neighbors
Sue to Block Planned Montana Wind Farm near Crazy Mountains (Associated Press)
20. Google:
Powering Data Centers with Clean Energy 24/7 ‘No Easy Feat’ (Utility Dive)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
21. Cryptocurrency
Theft Hits Nearly $1 Billion in First Nine Months: Report (Reuters)
22. False
Advertising for 5G (Pots & Pans)
23. Op/Ed:
We’d Be Crippled by a Cyberattack on Our Utilities (Washington Post)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
24. Fort
Worden Upgrades Energy Efficiency with Solar, LED Lights (Peninsula Daily News,
Port Angeles, WA)
25. Benton
PUD Shares Tips on How to Keep the Chill Off Your Heating Bill This Winter
(KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
26. Poll:
Nation’s First Carbon Fee Leading among Voters (Crosscut Seattle)
27. Longview
Councilmembers Unanimously Oppose Carbon Fee Measure (Longview Daily News, WA)
28. Editorial:
If You Worry about Climate Change & Care About the Environment, Vote No on
I-1631 (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
29. Editorial:
I-1631 – If No Carbon Fee Now, When? (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
30. How
to Cultivate Community with Facebook Groups (Social Media Examiner)
31. Pantone’s
Latest Colors Are the Ultimate Sign of the Times (Fast Company)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
32. Canadians
Already Smoke a Lot of Pot. Now It’s About to Become Legal. (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
33. Can
These Super Oysters Survive Our Screwed-Up Oceans? (Crosscut Seattle)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
34. Washington
State Gun Initiative Leading by 25 Points in New Poll (Crosscut Seattle)
35. Bowling
Challenges Sheldon Again for 35th District Senate Seat (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
36. Republican
Rep. Newhouse Joining with Democratic Rep. Kilmer on a ‘Civility & Respect
Tour’ (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
37. ‘I
Shot a Whole Family of Baboons’: Idaho Fish & Game Official Faces Fury
after Africa Trophy Hunting Boasts (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
38. Inmate
Tries to Dig Her Way Out of Mason Jail with a Plastic Spoon (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
39. 15
Percent Chance the PNW Could Be Hit by a Mega-Quake, Says Earthquake Experts
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
40. More
State Patrol Troopers File Carbon Monoxide Claims (Associated Press)
41. Seattle
8, Portland 10 - 2018’s Greenest Cities in America (Wallet Hub)
BUNNIES AT THE BEACH – DIVERSIONS
No Agency Has Responsibility for Feral Cannon Beach Rabbits,
City Says
Police: Man Run Over by Mower Was Trying to Kill Son with a
Chainsaw
Sequim Pumpkin Patch’s Corn Maze Flies with Peter Pan Theme
Nacho Cheese or Cool Ranch? Doritos Lure Rogue Pig Back Home
SONG OF THE DAY
Art Garfunkel – Bright Eyes (Soundtrack: Watership Down)
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