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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Compound Climate Events Transform Electrical Power Shortfall
Risk in the Pacific Northwest (Nature Communications)
Recent Storms Feed Snowpack in Olympic Mountains (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, WA)
Idaho Approves Burbot (Freshwater Cod) Fishing after
Populations Rebound (Associated Press)
Bill Gates’ Nuclear Venture Hits Snag amid U-S Restrictions
on China Deals (Reuters)
Charging Stations: White Pass Scenic Byway Could Go Green
(The Daily Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Bill Gates’ Nuclear Venture Hits Snag amid U-S
Restrictions on China Deals
2.
Proposed 19% Increase by Cascade Natural Gas
Under Review
3.
Feds Say California Fires Show Unclean Hands for
Pacific Gas & Electric
4.
Moody’s Affirms A3 Rating for Klickitat PUD
5.
British Columbia: December Storm ‘Most Damaging’
in BC Hydro’s History, Report Says
6.
Public Service Company Of New Mexico Gets State
Approvals to Join California ISO’s Western EIM in 2021
7.
Dominion Energy Completes Buyout of South
Carolina Utility, SCANA Corp.
8.
Electricity Use Was Up Last Year, But Why?
9.
Man Electrocuted at Abandoned Philadelphia Power
Plant
10.
Idaho Approves Burbot (Freshwater Cod) Fishing
after Populations Rebound
11.
Dungeness Crab Season Opens on Oregon Coast
12.
British Columbia Salmon Farm Agreement a
Milestone for Indigenous Rights
13.
‘Rights of Nature’ Movement Expands Locally to
Help Protect Endangered Orcas, Salish Sea
14.
Flathead Electric Project Gives Boost to
Solar-Energy Usage
15.
Outage Happened During Kitsap 911’s Transition
Away from CenturyLink
16.
Homegrown Internet Provider Brings Castle Rock
Area Out of ‘Dark Ages’
17.
How Your TV or Broadband Bill Might Creep Up in
the New Year
18.
Op/Ed: Germany Wants More 5G Faster. That May
Not Be Better
19.
Charging Stations: White Pass Scenic Byway Could
Go Green
20.
Neo Luddites: Wielding Rocks & Knives,
Arizonans Attack Self-Driving Cars
21.
Recent Storms Feed Snowpack in Olympic Mountains
22.
Those ‘Flushable’ Wipes Aren’t Good for Your
Pipes or the City’s
23.
Compound Climate Events Transform Electrical
Power Shortfall Risk in the Pacific Northwest
24.
How Washington’s Latest Proposed Carbon Fee
Differs from the Failed I-1631
25.
Jay Inslee Is Betting He Can Win the Presidency
on Climate Change
26.
What Is Ryuk, The Malware Believed to Have Hit
Newspapers across the Country?
27.
Ten Grammatical Errors That Damage Credibility.
How to Fix Them
28.
New Life for Old Classics, as Their Copyrights
Run Out
29.
Oregon May Look to Export Marijuana
30.
NASA Hits Its New Year’s Target at the Edge of
the Solar System
31.
National Parks in West Deal with ‘Free-For-All,’
Human Waste during Federal Shutdown
32.
Flood Watch, High Wind Watch Issued for Grays
Harbor
33.
Flood Watch Issued for Skokomish River
34.
Two Men, One Woman Found Shot to Death Outside
Home near Port Angeles
35.
Washington State Bans Anyone under 21 from
Buying Assault Rifles
36.
Including Hohobas in Mason County: Boy Scouts
Shedding Camp Properties across Puget Sound Region as Losses Mount
37.
Shelton Hospital Frustrated after State Leaves
Client for More Than Two Weeks
WORD OF THE DAY
Campestral • \camp-PEST-trull\ • Adjective - Of or relating
to fields or open country: rural.
After forty years away from the windswept grasslands of
northeast Montana, the family matriarch stood among the campestral glory of her
ancestral homestead, her face aglow with the dewy freshness of a teen-aged farm
girl. She had always felt fenced in in her new home among the towering, deep
green forests of western Washington. But she knew deep down that the whispering
winds through the pasture grass of the prairie always spoke to her heart.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Bill Gates’ Nuclear Venture Hits Snag amid U-S Restrictions
on China Deals (Reuters)
2.
Proposed 19% Increase by Cascade Natural Gas
Under Review (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
3.
Feds Say California Fires Show Unclean Hands for
Pacific Gas & Electric (Courthouse News Service)
4.
Moody’s Affirms A3 Rating for Klickitat PUD
(Goldendale Sentinel, WA)
5.
British Columbia: December Storm ‘Most Damaging’
in BC Hydro’s History, Report Says (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
6.
Public Service Company Of New Mexico Gets State
Approvals to Join California ISO’s Western EIM in 2021 (American Public Power
Association)
https://www.publicpower.org/periodical/article/pnm-gets-state-approvals-join-caisos-western-eim-2021
7.
Dominion Energy Completes Buyout of South
Carolina Utility, SCANA Corp. (Associated Press)
8.
Electricity Use Was Up Last Year, But Why?
(Bloomberg News)
9.
Man Electrocuted at Abandoned Philadelphia Power
Plant (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
10. Idaho
Approves Burbot (Freshwater Cod) Fishing after Populations Rebound (Associated
Press)
11. Dungeness
Crab Season Opens on Oregon Coast (Associated Press)
12. British
Columbia Salmon Farm Agreement a Milestone for Indigenous Rights (The Columbia
Valley Pioneer, BC)
13. ‘Rights
of Nature’ Movement Expands Locally to Help Protect Endangered Orcas, Salish
Sea (KNKX Radio, Tacoma, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
14. Flathead
Electric Project Gives Boost to Solar-Energy Usage (The Daily Inter Lake,
Kalispell, MT)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
15. Outage
Happened During Kitsap 911’s Transition Away from CenturyLink (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
16. Homegrown
Internet Provider Brings Castle Rock Area Out of ‘Dark Ages’ (Longview Daily
News, WA)
17. How
Your TV or Broadband Bill Might Creep Up in the New Year (Yahoo Finance)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
18. Op/Ed:
Germany Wants More 5G Faster. That May Not Be Better (Bloomberg News)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
19. Charging
Stations: White Pass Scenic Byway Could Go Green (The Daily Chronicle,
Centralia, WA)
20. Neo
Luddites: Wielding Rocks & Knives, Arizonans Attack Self-Driving Cars (NY
Times)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
21. Recent
Storms Feed Snowpack in Olympic Mountains (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles,
WA)
22. Those
‘Flushable’ Wipes Aren’t Good for Your Pipes or the City’s (Olympian, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
23. Compound
Climate Events Transform Electrical Power Shortfall Risk in the Pacific
Northwest (Nature Communications)
24. How
Washington’s Latest Proposed Carbon Fee Differs from the Failed I-1631 (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
25. Jay
Inslee Is Betting He Can Win the Presidency on Climate Change (Atlantic
Magazine)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
26. What
Is Ryuk, The Malware Believed to Have Hit Newspapers across the Country?
(Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
27. Ten
Grammatical Errors That Damage Credibility. How to Fix Them (Grammarly)
28. New
Life for Old Classics, as Their Copyrights Run Out (NY Times)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
29. Oregon
May Look to Export Marijuana (Associated Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
30. NASA
Hits Its New Year’s Target at the Edge of the Solar System (Atlantic Magazine)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
31. National
Parks in West Deal with ‘Free-For-All,’ Human Waste during Federal Shutdown
(Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
32. Flood
Watch, High Wind Watch Issued for Grays Harbor (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
33. Flood
Watch Issued for Skokomish River (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
34. Two
Men, One Woman Found Shot to Death Outside Home near Port Angeles (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
35. Washington State Bans Anyone
under 21 from Buying Assault Rifles (Courthouse News Service)
36. Including
Hohobas in Mason County: Boy Scouts Shedding Camp Properties across Puget Sound
Region as Losses Mount (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
37. Shelton
Hospital Frustrated after State Leaves Client for More Than Two Weeks (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Renton Post Office Renamed to Honor Jimi Hendrix
Washington Could Become the First State to Legalize Human
Composting
Driver Cut Ferry Loading Line, Rammed Employee to Board
Bainbridge Boat
Seattle Burglars Arrested after Being Foiled by
Embarrassingly Tiny Dog
SONG OF THE DAY
Jimi Hendrix Unplugged
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