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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Canada: Ottawa Cites Salmon Species Extinction Risk in Call
for Input on Fraser River Slide Response (Columbia Valley Pioneer, BC)
https://www.columbiavalleypioneer.com/news/ottawa-cites-salmon-species-extinction-risk-in-call-for-input-on-slide-response/
https://www.columbiavalleypioneer.com/news/ottawa-cites-salmon-species-extinction-risk-in-call-for-input-on-slide-response/
Eastern Oregon Natural Gas Project Gets More Time – Still
Faces Hurdles (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Earth’s Temperature Likely Marks Hottest Decade on Record:
Report (Reuters)
OPALCO Addresses Snake River Dam Resolution (The Islands’
Sounder, Eastsound, WA)
T-Mobile Rolls Out 5G Service in Spokane Area This Week
(Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Eastern Oregon Natural Gas Project Gets More
Time – Still Faces Hurdles
2.
Overpowered: Why a U.S. Gas-Building Spree
Continues Despite Electricity Glut
3.
Coal Exports Choked by Green-Minded Towns on
U.S. West Coast
4.
Regulators Should ‘Ask Tough Questions About
Carbon Capture’ Before Closing Coal: Wyoming PSC Chair
5.
U.S. Coal-Fired Power Plant Retirements Linked
to Plants with Higher Operating Costs
6.
Grant PUD Expects ‘Lights to Go Out’ Less with
$58 Million Electrical System Upgrade
7.
Franklin PUD Partners with HAPO Community Credit
Union to Help Keep Families Warm This Winter
8.
Do Pacific Gas & Electric, SoCal Edison Need
Higher Profits? California Regulators Seem Inclined to Say No
9.
Op/Ed: Expensive California Electricity Is Still
Too Cheap
10.
Distribution Fault Anticipation Technology to
Keep Lights on Could Help Prevent Wildfires
11.
Tennessee Valley Authority Fined $145,000 for
Inaccurate Nuclear Power Plant Info
12.
Canada: Ottawa Cites Salmon Species Extinction
Risk in Call for Input on Fraser River Slide Response
13.
Biologist ‘Gobsmacked’ the Salmon Sperm He
Helped Freeze 20 Years Ago May Now Boost a Dwindling Stock
14.
OPALCO Addresses Snake River Dam Resolution
15.
Alaska; Fisherman Sentenced for Fishing in State
Research Area
16.
Angler Collects $53,000 Reward for Fishing the
Columbia & Snake Rivers Last Summer
17.
Thurston County Welcomes Spawning Salmon Home
for the Holidays
18.
News Release: California – Bad News for the
Bay-Delta Tomorrow: Trump Admin’s New Biological Opinions
19.
Hanford Boosts Contaminated Groundwater Cleanup
to Protect the Columbia River
20.
Skagit River Watershed – Water Temperature
Problem in Local Creeks Regains Attention
21.
Politicians Knew the Inconvenient Truth about
the Colorado River 100 Years Ago – And Ignored It
22.
Cheap at Last, Batteries Are Making a Solar
Dream Come True
23.
Oregon Town to Use Cameras, Citizens to Police
Streets at Night
24.
T-Mobile Rolls Out 5G Service in Spokane Area
This Week
25.
5G Broadband Is an Existential Threat to the
Cable Industry – Executives & Investors Aren’t Worried
26.
USDA Provides $6 Million to Expand Broadband
Infrastructure for Two Rural Oregon Counties
27.
USDA Invests $18.88 Million In Rural Broadband
for Alaskan Families
28.
$50 Million Available from British Columbia
Government to Improve Internet in Rural & Indigenous Communities
29.
Setting Up Free Internet Around Georgia Ahead of
Primarily Online 2020 Census
30.
You’ve Been Hacked! Data Breaches in Washington
on the Rise
31.
How Europe’s ‘Digital Tax’ Plans Will Hit U.S.
Tech Companies
32.
Putin Signs Law Making Russian Apps Mandatory on
Smartphones, Computers
33.
Earth’s Temperature Likely Marks Hottest Decade
on Record: Report
34.
Under Pressure, Two Utilities Ditch Pro-Coal
Trade Group
35.
Why ‘Carbon Neutral’ Is the New Climate Change
Mantra
36.
Seattle Metro Area Is One of Just Three in
America Where Marijuana Use Tops Nicotine, Data Shows
37.
‘Horrific’ 220-Pound Ball of Plastic Found in
the Stomach of a Dead Sperm Whale
38.
Maia Bellon, Washington State Ecology Director
Resigning
39.
Facing Looming Budget Crisis, Washington State
Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Asks for $26 Million from State
40.
Senate Approves Successor to Rick Perry as
Energy Secretary
41.
Seattle Children’s Hospital Knew of Deadly Mold
Danger Since 2005, Lawsuit Says
42.
One-Third of Washington’s Rural Hospitals Are at
Risk. What Will Happen If They Close?
43.
Rash of Suspicious Central Washington Haystack
Fires Means Major Export Is Up in Smoke
44.
U.S. May Face French Fry Shortage Due to Poor
Potato Crop: Report
45.
Christmas Tree Prices Remain High amid Low
Supply
46.
Washington State Stakes Claim in Wine World
WORD OF THE DAY
Stolid • \STAH-lid\ • adjective - Having or expressing
little or no sensibility: unemotional
Jennifer was of stolid, Midwestern stock. Even as her
potluck tuna casserole flopped at the church social, she returned the next week
to silence her critics with her prize-winning “Spam” casserole. It was a
hit…especially since the slices were cut into fish-shaped bits; a
passive-aggressive nose-thumbing to her previous week’s critics.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Eastern Oregon Natural Gas Project Gets More
Time – Still Faces Hurdles (Portland Business Journal, OR)
2.
Overpowered: Why a U.S. Gas-Building Spree
Continues Despite Electricity Glut (S&P Global)
3.
Coal Exports Choked by Green-Minded Towns on
U.S. West Coast (Bloomberg News)
4.
Regulators Should ‘Ask Tough Questions About
Carbon Capture’ Before Closing Coal: Wyoming PSC Chair (Utility Dive)
5.
U.S. Coal-Fired Power Plant Retirements Linked to
Plants with Higher Operating Costs (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
6.
Grant PUD Expects ‘Lights to Go Out’ Less with $58
Million Electrical System Upgrade (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
7.
Franklin PUD Partners with HAPO Community Credit
Union to Help Keep Families Warm This Winter (KNDO/KNDU TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
8.
Do Pacific Gas & Electric, SoCal Edison Need
Higher Profits? California Regulators Seem Inclined to Say No (Los Angeles
Times, CA)
9.
Op/Ed: Expensive California Electricity Is Still
Too Cheap (Monroe News, MI)
10.
Distribution Fault Anticipation Technology to
Keep Lights on Could Help Prevent Wildfires (Associated Press)
11.
Tennessee Valley Authority Fined $145,000 for Inaccurate
Nuclear Power Plant Info (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
12.
Canada: Ottawa Cites Salmon Species Extinction
Risk in Call for Input on Fraser River Slide Response (Columbia Valley Pioneer,
BC)
https://www.columbiavalleypioneer.com/news/ottawa-cites-salmon-species-extinction-risk-in-call-for-input-on-slide-response/
https://www.columbiavalleypioneer.com/news/ottawa-cites-salmon-species-extinction-risk-in-call-for-input-on-slide-response/
13.
Biologist ‘Gobsmacked’ the Salmon Sperm He Helped
Freeze 20 Years Ago May Now Boost a Dwindling Stock (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
14.
OPALCO Addresses Snake River Dam Resolution (The
Islands’ Sounder, Eastsound, WA)
15.
Alaska; Fisherman Sentenced for Fishing in State
Research Area (Associated Press)
16.
Angler Collects $53,000 Reward for Fishing the Columbia
& Snake Rivers Last Summer (Tri-City Herald, WA)
17.
Thurston County Welcomes Spawning Salmon Home
for the Holidays (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
18.
News Release: California – Bad News for the
Bay-Delta Tomorrow: Trump Admin’s New Biological Opinions (Natural Resources
Defense Council, NYC)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
19.
Hanford Boosts Contaminated Groundwater Cleanup to
Protect the Columbia River (Tri-City Herald, WA)
20.
Skagit River Watershed – Water Temperature
Problem in Local Creeks Regains Attention (Skagit Valley Herald, Mt Vernon, WA)
21.
Politicians Knew the Inconvenient Truth about
the Colorado River 100 Years Ago – And Ignored It (Grist Online)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
22.
Cheap at Last, Batteries Are Making a Solar
Dream Come True (Wired Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
23.
Oregon Town to Use Cameras, Citizens to Police
Streets at Night (Associated Press)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
24.
T-Mobile Rolls Out 5G Service in Spokane Area
This Week (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
25.
5G Broadband Is an Existential Threat to the Cable
Industry – Executives & Investors Aren’t Worried (CNBC News)
26.
USDA Provides $6 Million to Expand Broadband
Infrastructure for Two Rural Oregon Counties (USDA)
https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2019/12/03/usda-provides-6-million-expand-broadband-infrastructure-two-rural
https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2019/12/03/usda-provides-6-million-expand-broadband-infrastructure-two-rural
27.
USDA Invests $18.88 Million In Rural Broadband for
Alaskan Families (USDA)
28.
$50 Million Available from British Columbia Government
to Improve Internet in Rural & Indigenous Communities (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
29.
Setting Up Free Internet Around Georgia Ahead of
Primarily Online 2020 Census (National Public Radio)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
30.
You’ve Been Hacked! Data Breaches in Washington on
the Rise (Everett Herald, WA)
31.
How Europe’s ‘Digital Tax’ Plans Will Hit U.S.
Tech Companies (Washington Post)
32.
Putin Signs Law Making Russian Apps Mandatory on
Smartphones, Computers (Reuters)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
33.
Earth’s Temperature Likely Marks Hottest Decade on
Record: Report (Reuters)
34.
Under Pressure, Two Utilities Ditch Pro-Coal
Trade Group (E&E News)
35.
Why ‘Carbon Neutral’ Is the New Climate Change
Mantra (Washington Post)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
36.
Seattle Metro Area Is One of Just Three in America
Where Marijuana Use Tops Nicotine, Data Shows (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
37.
‘Horrific’ 220-Pound Ball of Plastic Found in
the Stomach of a Dead Sperm Whale (Gizmodo)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
38.
Maia Bellon, Washington State Ecology Director
Resigning (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
39.
Facing Looming Budget Crisis, Washington State
Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Asks for $26 Million from State (Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, WA)
40.
Senate Approves Successor to Rick Perry as
Energy Secretary (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
41.
Seattle Children’s Hospital Knew of Deadly Mold
Danger Since 2005, Lawsuit Says (KOMO TV, Seattle, WA)
42.
One-Third of Washington’s Rural Hospitals Are at
Risk. What Will Happen If They Close? (Crosscut Seattle)
43.
Rash of Suspicious Central Washington Haystack
Fires Means Major Export Is Up in Smoke (Northwest News Network)
44.
U.S. May Face French Fry Shortage Due to Poor
Potato Crop: Report (The Hill, Washington, DC)
45.
Christmas Tree Prices Remain High amid Low
Supply (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
46.
Washington State Stakes Claim in Wine World (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
This Map Shows How the U.S. Really Has Eleven Separate ‘Nations’
with Entirely Different Cultures
Just, Wow! Listen to The Isolated Vocals of the Beach Boys’ ‘God
Only Knows’ & Marvel at Brian Wilson’s Genius
‘Blasted’ from the Broadcast: Is the National Anthem Played
Too Loudly at Naval Base Kitsap?
Mississippi Residents Protest Pothole with Holiday Décor
SONG OF THE DAY
Simon & Garfunkel – America
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