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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Possible Waste-to-Energy Industrial Park Coming to Pierce County
(South Sound Business)
New 24 Cent Per Gallon Tax on Heating Oil Signed into Law by
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Sticker Shock for Washington State’s Hybrid & Electric
Car Owners: $75 Fee in Their New Car-Tab Bills (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Jefferson PUD Considers Draft Broadband Plan (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Shellfish Growers Fight to Keep Species Thriving amid Rising
Acid Levels in Puget Sound (KING TV, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
New 24 Cent Per Gallon Tax on Heating Oil Signed
into Law by Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan
2.
United Grain Regains Stride After Bonneville
Lock Closure
3.
Op/Ed: Orcas Power & Light – Visionary
Integrated Resource Plan, But Dam Removal Opposition Should Wait for Scientific
Study Completion
4.
Energy Pulse NW Podcast: BPA’s Weather
Forecasters Usher in the New Year for Water
5.
40 Under 40: Kristin Masteller Brings
Transparency to Her Mason PUD 1
6.
Tennessee Valley Authority: Cost Drives Climate
Decisions in Largest U.S. Public Power Provider
7.
U.S. Group Forms to Defend Natural Gas Against
Anti-Fossil Fuel Measures
8.
President Trump Nominates Republican James Danly
for FERC
9.
The Evolution of the Hard Hat
10.
Shellfish Growers Fight to Keep Species Thriving
amid Rising Acid Levels in Puget Sound
11.
Developer Plans E-Commerce Warehouse on Duwamish
River Property Coveted by Salmon Advocates
12.
Canada: Liberal Promise to End Open-Pen Salmon
Farms in British Columbia Making Waves on East Coast
13.
Thurston County: Toxic Algae Advisory Issued for
Pattison Lake
14.
Possible Waste-to-Energy Industrial Park Coming
to Pierce County
15.
Vestas Wins New Orders in U.S. & Germany
16.
Jefferson PUD Considers Draft Broadband Plan
17.
Getting Connected: Where Broadband, Rural
Prosperity & Health Care Intersect
18.
Court: FCC Can Dump Net Neutrality, But Can’t
Bar State Laws
19.
Former Yahoo Engineer Pleads Guilty to Hacking
Thousands of Accounts
20.
Sticker Shock for Washington State’s Hybrid
& Electric Car Owners: $75 Fee in Their New Car-Tab Bills
21.
Groups Voice Support for Electric Vehicle Tax
Credit Expansion
22.
In Restored Forests, Hope for World Beset by
Climate Change
23.
Op/Ed: Innovators Could Solve Climate Crisis
24.
House Democrats Struggle with Their Impeachment
Hashtag Game
25.
Earthworms ‘Worm’ Their Way into Sustainable
Dairy Farming in Washington State
26.
Firm Ordered to Pay More Than $1 Million After
Illegally Funneling Money to Initiative Activist Tim Eyman
27.
Fishtailing Trailer on Highway 101 near Shelton
Leads to Head-On Collision
28.
Two Indicted, Accused of Starting Maple Fire
Near Lena Lake to Burn a Bees Nest
29.
Winter Already? All-Time Snow Records Fall in
Spokane; Cascades Get First Snow Too...
30.
Olympia Farmers Prepare for Unseasonably Cold
Temperatures & Frost
31.
Blood, Beer Can Found at Old Faithful After Man
Falls in Scalding Water, Rangers Say
WORD OF THE DAY
Defalcate • \dih-FALL-cayt\ • verb – Embezzle
“Two dollars for the treasury, fifty-cent administrative fee
for me. Two dollars for…” was the sing-song chant that rationalized the
bewhiskered money changer’s nefarious plan to defalcate the “Widows and Orphans
Fund” at the local church. Unfortunately for him, he forgot his Sunday school
classes where he supposedly learned that “God is Watching.” “Hot coals all
around,” shouted the devil when the money-changer met his ethereal “reward.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
New 24 Cent Per Gallon Tax on Heating Oil Signed
into Law by Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
2.
United Grain Regains Stride After Bonneville
Lock Closure (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
3.
Op/Ed: Orcas Power & Light – Visionary Integrated
Resource Plan, But Dam Removal Opposition Should Wait for Scientific Study
Completion (Island Sounder, Eastsound, WA)
4.
Energy Pulse NW Podcast: BPA’s Weather Forecasters
Usher in the New Year for Water (Bonneville Power Administration)
6.
Tennessee Valley Authority: Cost Drives Climate
Decisions in Largest U.S. Public Power Provider (Washington Examiner)
7.
U.S. Group Forms to Defend Natural Gas Against
Anti-Fossil Fuel Measures (Reuters)
8.
President Trump Nominates Republican James Danly
for FERC (Washington Examiner)
9.
The Evolution of the Hard Hat (NY Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
10. Shellfish
Growers Fight to Keep Species Thriving amid Rising Acid Levels in Puget Sound (KING
TV, Seattle, WA)
11. Developer
Plans E-Commerce Warehouse on Duwamish River Property Coveted by Salmon
Advocates (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
12. Canada:
Liberal Promise to End Open-Pen Salmon Farms in British Columbia Making Waves on
East Coast (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
13. Thurston
County: Toxic Algae Advisory Issued for Pattison Lake (Olympian, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
14. Possible
Waste-to-Energy Industrial Park Coming to Pierce County (South Sound Business)
15. Vestas
Wins New Orders in U.S. & Germany (Renewable Energy Magazine)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
17. Getting
Connected: Where Broadband, Rural Prosperity & Health Care Intersect (Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, WA)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
19. Former
Yahoo Engineer Pleads Guilty to Hacking Thousands of Accounts (KCPQ-TV, Seattle,
WA)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
20. Sticker
Shock for Washington State’s Hybrid & Electric Car Owners: $75 Fee in Their
New Car-Tab Bills (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
21. Groups
Voice Support for Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Expansion (American Public Power
Association)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
22. In
Restored Forests, Hope for World Beset by Climate Change (Associated Press)
23. Op/Ed:
Innovators Could Solve Climate Crisis (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
24. House
Democrats Struggle with Their Impeachment Hashtag Game (Slate Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
25. Earthworms
‘Worm’ Their Way into Sustainable Dairy Farming in Washington State (KXLY-TV, Spokane,
WA)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
26. Firm
Ordered to Pay More Than $1 Million After Illegally Funneling Money to Initiative
Activist Tim Eyman (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
27. Fishtailing
Trailer on Highway 101 near Shelton Leads to Head-On Collision (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
28. Two
Indicted, Accused of Starting Maple Fire Near Lena Lake to Burn a Bees Nest (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton – Paywall Advisory)
29. Winter
Already? All-Time Snow Records Fall in Spokane; Cascades Get First Snow Too...
(KOMO TV, Seattle, WA)
30. Olympia
Farmers Prepare for Unseasonably Cold Temperatures & Frost (KCPQ-TV, Seattle,
WA)
31. Blood,
Beer Can Found at Old Faithful After Man Falls in Scalding Water, Rangers Say (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
433 Men Named Nigel Gathered in a British Pub to Honor Their
Legendary First Name
University Students Folding 1,000 Origami Ravens as Part of ‘Wish’
for Reconciliation
Ryan & the Giant Pumpkin: Coupeville Resident Grows
Half-Ton Gourd
Thief Nets $4,000 Worth of Ornamental Fish from New Mexico Pond
SONG OF THE DAY
Dave Grusin - On Golden Pond (Soundtrack)
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