Maria Hits Puerto Rico Energy Infrastructure Hard (Politico)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2017/09/maria-hits-puerto-rico-energy.html
International Trade Commission Finds Injury to US Solar Manufacturers, Sending Tariff Decision to Trump (Utility Dive)
http://www.utilitydive.com/news/breaking-itc-finds-injury-to-us-solar-manufacturers-sending-tariff-decisi/505602/
Puget Sound Energy Settlement Paves Way to Close Older Units at Coal-Fired Power Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/business/article173644011.html
Decision Expected Soon on Grant PUD Fiber Expansion (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/article/20170921/ARTICLE/170929976
Editorial: Uh-Oh – Dueling Washington State Carbon Initiatives (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/editorials/article174204291.html
Maria Hits Puerto Rico Energy Infrastructure Hard
Puerto Rico Dam Bursts in Wake of Hurricane Maria
Class Action Lawsuit Targets Florida Power & Light, Hurricane Irma Recovery
Puget Sound Energy Settlement Paves Way to Close Older Units at Coal-Fired Power Plant
State of Idaho Approves New Transmission Line from Hailey to Ketchum
Cowlitz PUD Slates Hearing on Power Rate Increase
Belfair Woman Protests Mason PUD 3 Meters
Video: Protestors Spread Out across Puget Sound Energy Offices
British Columbia Utilities Regulator Raises Questions about Peace River Dam in New Report
Jackson County Transformer Manufacturer Will Lay Off 110
Trump May Not Get His Wall, But He May Make Dams Great Again
Salmon Run Rolls into Rivers – Catch in Columbia Tributaries Starts to Pick Up
Biologists Tell Northwest Power and Conservation Council That Sea Lion Predation Puts Willamette Winter Steelhead at Extinction Risk
Illegal Gillnetters Busted on Deschutes River with 85 Chinook Salmon (sic)
Escaped Atlantic Salmon Continue to be Caught – WDFW Says Fish Not Expected to Establish Themselves
Judge OKs Lawsuit Seeking Better Protection of Puget Sound
Puget Sound Partnership – State of the Sound Report
International Trade Commission Finds Injury to US Solar Manufacturers, Sending Tariff Decision to Trump
Oregon: Upgrading Technology Reduces Dyno Nobel's Electric Usage
Should Washington Allow Home Grows of Recreational Pot?
Marijuana Industry Looks to Get More Women, Minorities in the Pot Business
Editorial: Uh-Oh – Dueling Washington State Carbon Initiatives
States Supporting Paris Climate Deal Claim Status as Third-Largest Economy
Toilet Paper Power: How Used Bathroom Tissue (Yuck) Could Generate Electricity
Decision Expected Soon on Grant PUD Fiber Expansion
Marysville-Arlington Fiber-Optic Link Planned By Comcast
Verizon Abandoning 8,500 Rural Customers Is Proof that Wireless Is Not Broadband
Your Internet Isn't Getting Any Faster – The Government Might Soon Call It 'High-Speed' Anyway
FCC Op/Ed: Expanded Broadband Can Help Combat Rural Flight
Facebook to Turn Over Russian-Linked Ads to Congress
Facebook's Frankenstein Moment
Product Evangelism: How to Evangelize and Create Advocates
Washington State Sen. Dino Rossi Says He's Running for 8th District Seat to Replace Rep. Reichert
Strong Economy Takes State Revenue Forecast Up $288 Million
Mason County Officials Lift Burn Ban
Budget Conflicts Plague Mason County
Brinnon Man Sentenced for Trafficking Narwhale Tusks
Montana Wildfires Reignite Logging Debate
Stepping Out After a Day and Night of Fear, Puerto Ricans Find an Island in Tatters
NOAA Pegs La Nina at 55-60 Percent for Coming Months; Could Mean Colder, Wetter than Normal
WORD OF THE DAY – THE HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Holus-bolus ● \hoh-lus-BOH-lus\ ● Adverb – All at once
POTUS news presser
The holus bolus shouting
Sound, Fury, Nothing
Puerto Rico Dam Bursts in Wake of Hurricane Maria (British Broadcasting Corporation)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41368478
Class Action Lawsuit Targets Florida Power & Light, Hurricane Irma Recovery (Utility Dive)
http://www.utilitydive.com/news/class-action-lawsuit-targets-fpl-hurricane-irma-recovery/505315/
State of Idaho Approves New Transmission Line from Hailey to Ketchum (Idaho Mountain Express, Ketchum, ID)
http://www.mtexpress.com/news/blaine_county/idaho-puc-approves-new-transmission-line/article_4588da42-9d8e-11e7-bd2f-7fb06d4700c0.html
Cowlitz PUD Slates Hearing on Power Rate Increase (Longview Daily News, WA)
http://tdn.com/news/local/pud-slates-hearing-on-power-rate-increase/article_d215e8ff-8b56-5080-a49c-313d28923a97.html
Belfair Woman Protests Mason PUD 3 Meters (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/local/communities/mason/2017/09/20/belfair-woman-protests-pud-meters/686768001/
Video: Protestors Spread Out across Puget Sound Energy Offices (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/protestors-spread-out-across-pse-offices/477702329
British Columbia Utilities Regulator Raises Questions about Peace River Dam in New Report (Globe & Mail, Canada)
https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-utilities-regulator-raises-questions-about-site-c-dam-in-new-report/article36362013/
Jackson County Transformer Manufacturer Will Lay Off 110 (Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2017/09/jackson_county_transformer_man.html
Trump May Not Get His Wall, But He May Make Dams Great Again (Forbes Magazine)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelkrancer/2017/09/21/trump-may-not-get-his-wall-but-he-may-make-dams-great-again/#6904ec2a5ecc
Salmon Run Rolls into Rivers – Catch in Columbia Tributaries Starts to Pick Up (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
https://www.columbian.com/news/2017/sep/20/salmon-run-rolls-into-rivers/
Biologists Tell Northwest Power and Conservation Council That Sea Lion Predation Puts Willamette Winter Steelhead at Extinction Risk (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Illegal Gillnetters Busted on Deschutes River with 85 Chinook Salmon (sic) (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2017/sep/21/illegal-gillnetters-busted-deschutes-85-chinook/
Escaped Atlantic Salmon Continue to be Caught – WDFW Says Fish Not Expected to Establish Themselves (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Judge OKs Lawsuit Seeking Better Protection of Puget Sound (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/judge-oks-lawsuit-seeking-better-protection-of-puget-sound/
Puget Sound Partnership – State of the Sound Report (Northwest Public Radio)
http://nwpr.org/post/puget-sound-partnership-state-sound-report
Oregon: Upgrading Technology Reduces Dyno Nobel's Electric Usage (St Helens Chronicle, OR)
https://www.thechronicleonline.com/news_paid/upgrading-technology-reduces-dyno-nobel-s-electric-usage/article_137928ee-9cae-11e7-aa52-d3b7ef5754af.html
Should Washington Allow Home Grows of Recreational Pot? (Northwest Public Radio)
http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/should-washington-allow-home-grows-recreational-pot
Marijuana Industry Looks to Get More Women, Minorities in the Pot Business (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/marijuana-industry-looks-to-get-more-women-minorities-in-the-pot-business/2017/09/21/c5772522-9e30-11e7-84fb-b4831436e807_story.html
States Supporting Paris Climate Deal Claim Status as Third-Largest Economy (Washington Examiner)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/states-supporting-paris-climate-deal-claim-status-as-third-largest-economy/article/2635073
Toilet Paper Power: How Used Bathroom Tissue (Yuck) Could Generate Electricity (Live Science)
https://www.livescience.com/60448-used-toilet-paper-turned-into-electricity.html
Marysville-Arlington Fiber-Optic Link Planned By Comcast (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/news/marysville-arlington-fiber-optic-link-planned-by-comcast/
Verizon Abandoning 8,500 Rural Customers Is Proof that Wireless Is Not Broadband (Motherboard)
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8x8gyx/verizon-abandoning-8500-rural-customers-is-proof-that-wireless-is-not-broadband
Your Internet Isn't Getting Any Faster – The Government Might Soon Call It 'High-Speed' Anyway (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/09/21/your-internet-isnt-getting-any-faster-but-the-government-might-soon-call-it-high-speed-anyway/
FCC Op/Ed: Expanded Broadband Can Help Combat Rural Flight (Wichita Eagle, KS)
http://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/article174579201.html
Facebook to Turn Over Russian-Linked Ads to Congress (NY Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/technology/facebook-russian-ads.html
Facebook's Frankenstein Moment (NY Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/technology/facebook-frankenstein-sandberg-ads.html
Product Evangelism: How to Evangelize and Create Advocates (Social Media Examiner)
https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/product-evangelism-evangelize-and-create-advocates/
Washington State Sen. Dino Rossi Says He's Running for 8th District Seat to Replace Rep. Reichert (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/state-sen-dino-rossi-announces-congressional-bid-to-replace-dave-reichert/
Strong Economy Takes State Revenue Forecast Up $288 Million (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/sep/20/strong-economy-takes-state-revenue-forecast-up-288/
Mason County Officials Lift Burn Ban (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/mason-county-officials-lift-burn-ban/article_96e257f4-9fb6-11e7-849e-976082d8b8f9.html
Budget Conflicts Plague Mason County (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/local/communities/mason/2017/09/20/budget-conflicts-plague-mason-county/687608001/
Brinnon Man Sentenced for Trafficking Narwhale Tusks (Associated Press)
http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/regional_state_news/brinnon-man-sentenced-for-trafficking-whale-tusks/article_6bc9258a-9eed-11e7-bdfd-ff38e5fd73a1.html
Montana Wildfires Reignite Logging Debate (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/2017/09/21/552708146/montana-wildfires-reignite-logging-debate
Stepping Out After a Day and Night of Fear, Puerto Ricans Find an Island in Tatters (NY Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/us/puerto-rico-maria-scene.html
NOAA Pegs La Nina at 55-60 Percent for Coming Months; Could Mean Colder, Wetter than Normal (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
FIRST DAY OF ATUMN – DIVERSIONS
Indian Summer: What, Why, And When
https://www.almanac.com/content/indian-summer-what-why-and-when
These Adorable Goats Are Helping to Restore Brooklyn's Last Natural Forest
https://www.fastcompany.com/40468479/these-goats-arent-just-cute-theyre-also-helping-to-restore-brooklyns-last-natural-forest
Silly Rabbit: General Mills Bringing Back "Vibrant" Trix, Including Artificial Flavors & Colors
https://consumerist.com/2017/09/21/general-mills-bringing-back-vibrant-trix-including-artificial-flavors-colors/
Charmin Offers a Year Supply of Toilet Paper to the 'Mad Pooper' If She Turns Herself In
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/charmin-offers-a-year-supply-of-toilet-paper-to-the-mad-pooper-if-she-turns-herself-in/477729219
Poco – Indian Summer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZJ-6o5300Y