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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Coldest Temperatures in Years & the Next Snowstorm
(Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
Oregon: Federal Plan to Save Salmon by Killing Birds
Backfired (Courthouse News Service)
2018 Was Earth’s 4th Hottest Year on Record, U-S Government
Says (Washington Examiner)
Telemedicine’s Challenge: Getting Patients to Click the App
(Associated Press)
Future U-S Electricity Generation Mix Will Depend Largely on
Natural Gas Prices (U-S Energy Information Administration)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Future U-S Electricity Generation Mix Will
Depend Largely on Natural Gas Prices
2.
Transmission Constraints Impede Incremental
Quebec-to-US Power Deliveries
3.
Oregon: Central Electric Plans Rate Changes
4.
Maine Lawmakers to Consider Forming Public Power
Authority
5.
Oregon: Federal Plan to Save Salmon by Killing
Birds Backfired
6.
Congressmen Heck, Kilmer Call to Protect Salmon
& Orca
7.
British Columbia: Federal Court Rules Farmed
Salmon Must Be Tested for Deadly Virus
8.
Politics Has Science on the Run — And Not Just
in the Other Washington
9.
Dutch Mystery of ‘20,000 Seabird Deaths’ on
Coast
10.
North Dakota Wind Farm Developer Challenging
Denial of Permits
11.
Telemedicine’s Challenge: Getting Patients to
Click the App
12.
iPhones Are Displaying Fake ‘5G E’ Indicators:
Why It Matters
13.
United Kingdom: The REAL Cost of Bad Broadband –
Estate Agents Warn Sluggish Speeds Could Slash House Prices by 20%
14.
Thief Takes Off with University of British
Columbia Engineering Team’s $5,000 Electric Bike Project
15.
Greener than Thou: Lyft Adds Electric Vehicles,
‘Green Mode’ to Ride-Hailing App
16.
Nez Perce Tribe Awarded $100,000 Grant for Idaho
Water Project
17.
Washington Snowpack Remains Ho-Hum
18.
2018 Was Earth’s 4th Hottest Year on Record, U-S
Government Says
19.
Want Proof Climate Change Is Here? Look at
Oregon in 2018, Report Says
20.
What the Death of Washington State’s Carbon Tax
Says about the Future
21.
Lucy Kellaway: My Futile Battle to Do Away with
Business Jargon
22.
The Return of Handwriting
23.
The Rise of the Robot Reporter
24.
Our Milky Way Galaxy Is Truly Warped, at Least
Around Edges
25.
Mason County Sheriff Tells Deputies Not to
Enforce State’s Controversial Gun Law
26.
U-S Senator Schumer Offers Clean Energy Lawyer
for FERC — Sources
27.
Trump Urges America to ‘Choose Greatness’ in
State of the Union Address
28.
Coldest Temperatures in Years & the Next
Snowstorm
29.
Woman Suspected of Robbing Steamboat Island Area
Credit Union at Gunpoint Arrested in Olympia
30.
Police Pursuit Leads to Crash & Standoff on
I-5 in Lakewood
31.
Work Proceeds on Grapeview Boat Launch Ramp
32.
Opening a New Brewery in Shelton, Cody Morris’
Next Plan
WORD OF THE DAY
Ratiocination /rat-ee-oh-suh-NAY-shun / Noun – 1: the
process of exact thinking: reasoning 2: a reasoned train of thought
Einstein’s gorgeous mind
Strict ratiocinations
Creative physic
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Future U-S Electricity Generation Mix Will
Depend Largely on Natural Gas Prices (U-S Energy Information Administration)
2.
Transmission Constraints Impede Incremental Quebec-to-US
Power Deliveries (S&P Global, Platts)
3.
Oregon: Central Electric Plans Rate Changes
(KBND Radio, Bend, OR)
4.
Maine Lawmakers to Consider Forming Public Power
Authority (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
5.
Oregon: Federal Plan to Save Salmon by Killing
Birds Backfired (Courthouse News Service)
6.
Congressmen Heck, Kilmer Call to Protect Salmon
& Orca (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
7.
British Columbia: Federal Court Rules Farmed
Salmon Must Be Tested for Deadly Virus (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
8.
Politics Has Science on the Run — And Not Just in
the Other Washington (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
9.
Dutch Mystery of ‘20,000 Seabird Deaths’ on Coast
(British Broadcasting Corporation)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10. North
Dakota Wind Farm Developer Challenging Denial of Permits (Associated Press)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
11. Telemedicine’s
Challenge: Getting Patients to Click the App (Associated Press)
12. iPhones
Are Displaying Fake ‘5G E’ Indicators: Why It Matters (Mashable)
13. United
Kingdom: The REAL Cost of Bad Broadband – Estate Agents Warn Sluggish Speeds
Could Slash House Prices by 20% (Daily Mail, UK)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
14. Thief
Takes Off with University of British Columbia Engineering Team’s $5,000 Electric
Bike Project (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
15. Greener
than Thou: Lyft Adds Electric Vehicles, ‘Green Mode’ to Ride-Hailing App
(Mashable)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
16. Nez
Perce Tribe Awarded $100,000 Grant for Idaho Water Project (Associated Press)
17. Washington
Snowpack Remains Ho-Hum (Washington Ag Network)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
18. 2018
Was Earth’s 4th Hottest Year on Record, U-S Government Says (Washington
Examiner)
19. Want
Proof Climate Change Is Here? Look at Oregon in 2018, Report Says (Northwest
Public Broadcasting)
20. What
the Death of Washington State’s Carbon Tax Says about the Future (Crosscut
Seattle)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
21. Lucy
Kellaway: My Futile Battle to Do Away with Business Jargon (The Irish Times)
22. The
Return of Handwriting – How cursive, which carries social & cognitive
benefits, became the latest fetish of the analogue authenticity set (Medium)
23. The
Rise of the Robot Reporter (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
24. Our
Milky Way Galaxy Is Truly Warped, at Least Around Edges (Courthouse News
Service)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
25. Mason
County Sheriff Tells Deputies Not to Enforce State’s Controversial Gun Law (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
26. U-S
Senator Schumer Offers Clean Energy Lawyer for FERC — Sources (E&E News)
27. Trump
Urges America to ‘Choose Greatness’ in State of the Union Address (Associated
Press)
GENERAL NEWS
28. Coldest
Temperatures in Years & the Next Snowstorm (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
29. Woman
Suspected of Robbing Steamboat Island Area Credit Union at Gunpoint Arrested in
Olympia (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
30. Police
Pursuit Leads to Crash & Standoff on I-5 in Lakewood (News Tribune, Tacoma,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
31. Work
Proceeds on Grapeview Boat Launch Ramp (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
32. Opening
a New Brewery in Shelton, Cody Morris’ Next Plan (Washington State Beer Bog)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
USB Drive Found in Seal Poop Still Works – Scientists Want to
Find Owner
Mountain Lion Attacks Runner in Colorado, Runner Strangles
It to Death
Utah Man Hears Burglar in Home, Fights Him Off with BBQ Fork
Greek Minister Caught Smoking Tells European Union Official to
Butt Out
SONG OF THE DAY
Monty Pythin - Galaxy Song
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