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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Pacific Gas & Electric Reaches $11 Billion Insurance
Settlement Over Wildfire Claims (Utility Dive)
Seattle Pays $450,000 to Ex-City Light Worker Who Spoke Out
About Sexual Harassment (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
A Warming Puget Sound Means Dying Kelp, Researchers Say.
That Hurts Orcas & Salmon (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
U.S. Biologists Eye Unusual Deaths of Alaska Ice Seals
(Associated Press)
Wahkiakum County Broadband Won’t Come Cheap (Wahkiakum
County Eagle, Cathlamet, WA)
https://www.waheagle.com/story/2019/09/12/news/county-broadband-wont-come-cheap/16685.html
https://www.waheagle.com/story/2019/09/12/news/county-broadband-wont-come-cheap/16685.html
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Reaches $11 Billion
Insurance Settlement Over Wildfire Claims
2.
Seattle Pays $450,000 to Ex-City Light Worker
Who Spoke Out About Sexual Harassment
3.
Bonneville Dam Lock Shutdown Shouldn’t Affect
Plateau Wheat Shipping
4.
For Private Utilities – Utility Regulators
Finalize Plan for Implementing Washington State’s 100% Clean Electricity Law
5.
Bonneville Power Administration Tests Operations
with Future Reliability Coordinator
6.
Canada: BC Hydro Halts Community’s Painted Poles
Art Project
7.
A Swift Fall from Political Power for PG&E,
California’s Largest Utility
8.
Can Environmentalists Get Their Heads Wrapped
Around Using Nuclear Energy?
9.
Navajo Tribal Utility Authority to Host New
Effort to Bring Power to Navajo Nation Residents
10.
U.S. Biologists Eye Unusual Deaths of Alaska Ice
Seals
11.
Meeting on Idaho Salmon Restoration Set for
Lewiston
12.
Fish-Friendly Construction Aims to Help
Threatened Nevada Trout
13.
Dolphins in the English Channel Carry ‘Toxic
Cocktail’ of Chemicals
14.
A Warming Puget Sound Means Dying Kelp,
Researchers Say. That Hurts Orcas & Salmon
15.
PacifiCorp to Construct Wind Farm in Montana
16.
U.S. Wind to ‘Peak’ in 2020 as Tax Credits
Expire — Report
17.
‘Struth – Trump Says He Looks Orange Because of
Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs
18.
Wahkiakum County Broadband Won’t Come Cheap
19.
Anacortes: This Island Town Is Building a Public
Broadband Network. Is It a Model for Bridging Digital Divide?
20.
Alaska Considering Early Close for Telephone,
Internet Fund
21.
Rural Alaska Clinics Depend on Broadband. What
Happens When It Goes Out?
22.
Climate Change: Electrical Industry’s ‘Dirty
Secret’ Boosts Warming
23.
14 Of the Most Astounding Astronomy Photos Taken
in 2019
24.
Doctors Eyeing Three Possible Vaping-Related
Lung Illnesses in Eastern Washington
WORD OF THE DAY
Onomatopoeia • \on-uh-mott-uh-PEE-uh\ • noun - 1: the naming
of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as
buzz, hiss) 2: the use of words whose sound suggests the sense.
“Whiz…bang…pow…vroom,” bellowed the toddler as he bounced
around the room with his toy cars. His manic bouts of onomatopoeia did not end
at nap time, as he snored loudly in French…much to his mother’s amusement.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Reaches $11 Billion Insurance
Settlement Over Wildfire Claims (Utility Dive)
3.
Bonneville Dam Lock Shutdown Shouldn’t Affect Plateau
Wheat Shipping (NCW Life News, East Wenatchee, WA)
4.
For Private Utilities – Utility Regulators
Finalize Plan for Implementing Washington State’s 100% Clean Electricity Law
(EE Online)
5.
Bonneville Power Administration Tests Operations
with Future Reliability Coordinator (Bonneville Power Administration)
6.
Canada: BC Hydro halts community’s painted poles
art project (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
7.
A Swift Fall from Political Power for PG&E, California’s
Largest Utility (Los Angeles Times, CA)
8.
Can Environmentalists Get Their Heads Wrapped
Around Using Nuclear Energy? (Forbes Magazine)
9.
Navajo Tribal Utility Authority to Host New
Effort to Bring Power to Navajo Nation Residents (American Public Power
Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
10. U.S.
Biologists Eye Unusual Deaths of Alaska Ice Seals (Associated Press)
11. Meeting
on Idaho Salmon Restoration Set for Lewiston (KLIX Radio, Lewiston, ID)
12. Fish-Friendly
Construction Aims to Help Threatened Nevada Trout (Christian Science Monitor)
13. Dolphins
in the English Channel Carry ‘Toxic Cocktail’ of Chemicals (The Guardian, UK)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
14. A
Warming Puget Sound Means Dying Kelp, Researchers Say. That Hurts Orcas &
Salmon (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
15. PacifiCorp
to Construct Wind Farm in Montana (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
16. U.S.
Wind to ‘Peak’ in 2020 as Tax Credits Expire — Report (EE News)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
17. ‘Struth
– Trump Says He Looks Orange Because of Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs (Mashable)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
18. Wahkiakum
County Broadband Won’t Come Cheap (Wahkiakum County Eagle, Cathlamet, WA)
https://www.waheagle.com/story/2019/09/12/news/county-broadband-wont-come-cheap/16685.html
https://www.waheagle.com/story/2019/09/12/news/county-broadband-wont-come-cheap/16685.html
19. Anacortes:
This Island Town Is Building a Public Broadband Network. Is It a Model for Bridging
Digital Divide? (GeekWire)
20. Alaska
Considering Early Close for Telephone, Internet Fund (Associated Press)
21. Rural
Alaska Clinics Depend on Broadband. What Happens When It Goes Out? (Alaska
Public Media)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
22. Climate
Change: Electrical Industry’s ‘Dirty Secret’ Boosts Warming (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
23. 14
Of the Most Astounding Astronomy Photos Taken in 2019 (Mashable)
GENERAL NEWS
24. Doctors
Eyeing Three Possible Vaping-Related Lung Illnesses in Eastern Washington (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Eddie Money, ‘Two Tickets to Paradise’ Singer, Dies at 70
Training Surgeons Like Dogs, Icky Money Win 2019 Ig Nobels
Civil War Cannonball Found in Kansas City Area Tree
22 Years Later – Google Maps Shows Sunken Car Where Missing
Man’s Body Was Found
SONG OF THE DAY
Eddie Money – Think I’m In Love
Eddie Money – I Wanna Go Back
OK, I Give:
Eddie Money – Two Tickets to Paradise
LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY
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organizations update their websites regularly, which may result in broken
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