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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Giga Watt, with Big Plans for Bitcoin Mining Facilities,
Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy (NCW Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
FCC Proposes Doubling Speed Requirement for Rural Broadband
(The Verge – 25 Mbps, Really?)
Lawsuit-Fueled Suspension of Idaho Steelhead Season Spawns
Unease (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Study: Pacific NW Forests Will Weather Climate Change Better
Than Others in the West (Capital Press)
Winter Storm Watch Issued for Cascades, Olympics Ahead of
Busy Holiday Travel (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Giga Watt, with Big Plans for Bitcoin Mining
Facilities, Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
2.
Chelan PUD Extends Moratorium, Gets Closer to
New Crypto Rate
3.
California: Utility-Friendly Wildfire Bill Being
Prepared by State Lawmakers in Wake of Lethal Butte County Inferno
4.
New Lewis County PUD Manager Keeps His Eyes on
the Horizon
5.
FERC Rejects Generator Proposal for California
ISO Capacity Market
6.
Five Conversation Starters for Thanksgiving
Dinner
7.
Lawsuit-Fueled Suspension of Idaho Steelhead
Season Spawns Unease
8.
Northwest Power & Conservation Council
Committee Recommends $11.6 Million to Continue BPA Funding for 25 Research
Projects
9.
FCC Proposes Doubling Speed Requirement for
Rural Broadband
10.
FCC to Release Report Wednesday Telling You If
Your Broadband Provider Is Screwing You [Update: Here It Is!]
11.
British Columbia: Every New Car Sold in 2040
Will Be Zero-Emission, B.C. Government Says
12.
FedEx is Adding 1,000 Chanje Vans to Electrify
Its Fleet
13.
Energy Efficiency Can Save the World — If We Can
Figure Out How to Pay for It
14.
Thanksgiving & Black Friday Have Unique
Electricity Demand Patterns
15.
Study: Pacific NW Forests Will Weather Climate
Change Better Than Others in the West
16.
What’s Next for Washington State to Address
Climate Change?
17.
Amazon Tells Some Customers Their Emails Have
Been Exposed, but Provides Few Details
18.
Do Customers Really Care About Your
Environmental Impact?
19.
Photography: Don’t Ruin the Moment
20.
Trump Administration Urges Congress to Act on
Forest Management to Help Stop Wildfires
21.
The Perils of Prediction: Lessons from the
Crosscut/Elway Poll
22.
Winter Storm Watch Issued for Cascades, Olympics
Ahead of Busy Holiday Travel
23.
Feds Say Throw Away ALL Romaine Lettuce, Danger
of E. Coli
24.
Two Injured in Highway 3 Head-On North of
Shelton
25.
Shelton City Council Announces Five Finalists
for New City Manager
26.
Washington State Department of Revenue: Thurston,
Mason Retail Sales See Growth in Second Quarter
27.
We Celebrate Thanksgiving Because of This
Poignant Proclamation from Abraham Lincoln
28.
How Turkey Trots Became a Thanksgiving Tradition
29.
Time to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent,
Some West Coast Lawmakers Say
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Thanksgiving /thanks-GIVE-ing/ Noun – 1a capitalized: Thanksgiving
Day b: a public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness 2: the act of
giving thanks 3: a prayer expressing gratitude
Blessed Thanksgiving
Family, friends, and colleagues
Glad thanks for them all
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Giga Watt, with Big Plans for Bitcoin Mining
Facilities, Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy (NCW Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
2.
Chelan PUD Extends Moratorium, Gets Closer to
New Crypto Rate (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
3.
California: Utility-Friendly Wildfire Bill Being
Prepared by State Lawmakers in Wake of Lethal Butte County Inferno (San Jose Mercury
News, CA)
4.
New Lewis County PUD Manager Keeps His Eyes on
the Horizon (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
5.
FERC Rejects Generator Proposal for California ISO
Capacity Market (Utility Dive)
6.
Five Conversation Starters for Thanksgiving Dinner
(Bonneville Power Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
7.
Lawsuit-Fueled Suspension of Idaho Steelhead
Season Spawns Unease (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
8.
Northwest Power & Conservation Council
Committee Recommends $11.6 Million to Continue BPA Funding for 25 Research
Projects (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
9.
FCC Proposes Doubling Speed Requirement for
Rural Broadband (The Verge – 25 Mbps, Really?)
10. FCC
to Release Report Wednesday Telling You If Your Broadband Provider Is Screwing
You [Update: Here It Is!] (Gizmodo)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
11. British
Columbia: Every New Car Sold in 2040 Will Be Zero-Emission, B.C. Government
Says (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
12. FedEx
is Adding 1,000 Chanje Vans to Electrify Its Fleet (Tech Crunch)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
13. Energy
Efficiency Can Save the World — If We Can Figure Out How to Pay for It (Utility
Dive)
14. Thanksgiving
& Black Friday Have Unique Electricity Demand Patterns (U-S Energy
Information Administration)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
15. Study:
Pacific NW Forests Will Weather Climate Change Better Than Others in the West
(Capital Press)
16. What’s
Next for Washington State to Address Climate Change? (PubliCola)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
17. Amazon
Tells Some Customers Their Emails Have Been Exposed, but Provides Few Details (Washington
Post)
18. Do
Customers Really Care About Your Environmental Impact? (Forbes Magazine)
19. Photography:
Don’t Ruin the Moment (Ruralite Magazine)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
20. Trump
Administration Urges Congress to Act on Forest Management to Help Stop
Wildfires (Washington Examiner)
21. The
Perils of Prediction: Lessons from the Crosscut/Elway Poll (Crosscut Seattle)
GENERAL NEWS
22. Winter
Storm Watch Issued for Cascades, Olympics Ahead of Busy Holiday Travel (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
23. Feds
Say Throw Away ALL Romaine Lettuce, Danger of E. Coli (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen,
WA)
24. Two
Injured in Highway 3 Head-On North of Shelton (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
25. Shelton
City Council Announces Five Finalists for New City Manager (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
26. Washington
State Department of Revenue: Thurston, Mason Retail Sales See Growth in Second
Quarter (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
27. We
Celebrate Thanksgiving Because of This Poignant Proclamation from Abraham Lincoln
(Washington Post)
28. How
Turkey Trots Became a Thanksgiving Tradition (NY Times)
29. Time
to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent, Some West Coast Lawmakers Say (Northwest
Public Broadcasting)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Out-of-Towners’ Starter Kit: What You Need to Survive Seattle’s
Rain
Spice Up Your Turkey with Flaming Hot Cheetos
Researchers Discover Oregon’s First Dinosaur Fossil
https://www.oregonlive.com/expo/news/erry-2018/11/08751553e73074/uo-researchers-discover-oregon.html
Seahawks Wide Receivers Lead League in TD Celebration
Creativity
SONGS OF THE DAY
Johnny Cash – Thanksgiving Prayer
Ray Davies – Thanksgiving Day
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