SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Under Pressure, Corps Adds Dams Meeting in Tri-Cities (Tri-City
Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Proposes Raising Wholesale
Electricity Rates (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Washington State Carbon Tax Backers Undeterred by Vote
Defeat (Associated Press)
Editorial: Canada Finally Acts on Raw Sewage Pumping into
Our Waters (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Oregon: Eugene Internet Startup Wants to Connect Rural Towns
(Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Under Pressure, Corps Adds Dams Meeting in Tri-Cities
- Bonneville Power Administration Proposes Raising Wholesale Electricity Rates
- Grant PUD Approves 2017 Budget, Without Rates
- Canada’s Big Dams Produce Clean Energy, & High Levels of Mercury
- Spiker Named Senior Advisor for Hydropower at Bureau of Reclamation
- New Day for Nuclear Waste
- President Trump: Nuclear Energy Is the Mother Lode of Untapped Potential
- Boulder: City-Owned Utility Would Be Cost Effective, Cleaner
- Australia: Western Power Worker Hospitalized as Copper Wire Thieves Strike Repeatedly
- Salmon, Climate Change Cast Doubt on Future of Dams
- Cedar River Salmon Carcass Survey Finds Deadly Parasite
- Editorial: Canada Finally Acts on Raw Sewage Pumping into Our Waters
- It’s Not Just California. The Deep South Is Also Reeling from a Drought
- Trump Insider: New Administration Won’t Attack Renewable Energy
- Montana: Glacier Electric Cooperative Has Lots of Bright Ideas to Help with Lighting & Heating Costs
- Washington State Carbon Tax Backers Undeterred by Vote Defeat
- Stunningly Good News for the Planet: Carbon Emissions Were Flat for the Third Straight Year
- Federal Judge Rejects Government’s Arguments, Sides with Youth Plaintiffs in Climate Lawsuit
- Oregon: Eugene Internet Startup Wants to Connect Rural Towns
- This Is the Worst “Reply Allpocalypse” We’ve Ever Seen
- Denver Doesn’t Know Who’s Running the ‘City of Denver’ Instagram Account
- Ten Metrics to Track for Social Media Success
- Oregon’s Energy & Climate Outlook Unmoved by Trump Win
- Zuckerberg Again Rejects Claims of Facebook Impact on U-S Election
- Shelton Parks Director Ziegler Promoted to Community Development Director
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Under Pressure, Corps Adds Dams Meeting in Tri-Cities (Tri-City
Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Proposes Raising Wholesale
Electricity Rates (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Grant PUD Approves 2017 Budget, Without Rates (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Canada’s Big Dams Produce Clean Energy, & High Levels of
Mercury (NY Times)
Spiker Named Senior Advisor for Hydropower at Bureau of Reclamation
(Hydroworld)
New Day for Nuclear Waste (Politico Morning Energy)
President Trump: Nuclear Energy Is the Mother Lode of
Untapped Potential (The Energy Collective)
Boulder: City-Owned Utility Would Be Cost Effective, Cleaner
(Utility Dive)
Australia: Western Power Worker Hospitalized as Copper Wire
Thieves Strike Repeatedly (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon, Climate Change Cast Doubt on Future of Dams (News
Deeply)
Cedar River Salmon Carcass Survey Finds Deadly Parasite (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
Editorial: Canada Finally Acts on Raw Sewage Pumping into
Our Waters (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
It’s Not Just California. The Deep South Is Also Reeling from
a Drought (Los Angeles Times, CA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Trump Insider: New Administration Won’t Attack Renewable
Energy (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Montana: Glacier Electric Cooperative Has Lots of Bright
Ideas to Help with Lighting & Heating Costs (Pioneer Press, Cut Bank, MT)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington State Carbon Tax Backers Undeterred by Vote
Defeat (Associated Press)
Stunningly Good News for the Planet: Carbon Emissions Were Flat
for the Third Straight Year (Washington Post)
Federal Judge Rejects Government’s Arguments, Sides with
Youth Plaintiffs in Climate Lawsuit (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Oregon: Eugene Internet Startup Wants to Connect Rural Towns
(Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
This Is the Worst “Reply Allpocalypse” We’ve Ever Seen (Gizmodo
– Warning: PG-13 Language)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Denver Doesn’t Know Who’s Running the ‘City of Denver’
Instagram Account (KTHV-TV, Houston, TX)
Ten Metrics to Track for Social Media Success (Social Media
Examiner)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Oregon’s Energy & Climate Outlook Unmoved by Trump Win (Oregonian,
Portland)
Zuckerberg Again Rejects Claims of Facebook Impact on U-S
Election (Reuters)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Parks Director Ziegler Promoted to Community
Development Director (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Sacramento Woman Sets World Record Doing 555 Pushups
Local Girl Fierce on the Football Field Hits Harder Than the
Boys
‘Aspiring Weatherman’ Allegedly Starts Forest Fire for
Facebook Views
Man Sues Ex-Fiancée for $125,000 Ring
SONG OF THE DAY
Pat Benatar – Hit Me with Your Best Shot
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