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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Seahawks
Storm Watch - High Winds Bring Down Trees, Knock Out Power (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Despite
Recent Dryness, Water Supply Forecast Shows January-July Columbia Basin Runoff
at 93 Percent (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Chinook Salmon Help Bring Record Number of Eagles
to Hanford (Tri-City Herald, WA)
After
a Building Boom, Solar Energy’s Prospects Now Aren’t As Sunny (Los Angeles
Times, CA)
Washington State Lawmakers Return for 60-Day
Session (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Seahawks Storm Watch - High Winds Bring Down Trees, Knock Out Power
- Peninsula Whipped by Two-Day Storm; Power Restored After Weekend’s High Winds
- Nearly 2,800 Lose Power in Storm
- Time’s Short to Comment on Snohomish PUD’s Skykomish River Mini-Dam
- Sweeping Changes Sought for Electricity Bills - Time-of-Use Pricing Would Encourage Conservation
- California: Pacific Gas & Electric Warns of Email Scam; Consumers Report Receiving Bogus Bills
- British Columbia: Proposal at Peace River Site C Dam Hearing - Put a Nuclear Plant in Victoria
- Polar Vortex - Nuclear Saves the Day
- Japan Nuclear Agency to Conduct ‘Controlled Meltdown’ of Reactor
- Ohio: Threats against Electric Co-Op Alleged
- Chinook Salmon Help Bring Record Number of Eagles to Hanford
- “Beaver” Dams Aid Fish Restoration in John Day River Drainage
- Toxic Waters: Consumption Advisories on Life-Giving Year-Round Fish Threaten Health
- Taylor Shellfish Educates Students to Shift Our Impact on Water Quality
- Despite Recent Dryness, Water Supply Forecast Shows January-July Columbia Basin Runoff at 93 Percent
- After a Building Boom, Solar Energy’s Prospects Now Aren’t As Sunny
- Familiar Holiday Wind Rush a Little Different This Year
- Stormy Weather Sees Europe’s Electricity Prices Turn Negative
- Blame It on Coal: Carbon Emissions Up Again In U-S
- Editorial: Use California Cap & Trade Auction Proceeds Wisely
- Germany Out In the Coal
- New Zealand: Seal Poo May Hold Clue to Climate Change
- Hot New Wood Stoves: High-Tech & Eco-Friendly
- Alaska Town Hasn’t Had Internet Since New Year’s Eve Revelers Shot Out Fiber-Optic Cable
- How Should New Seattle Mayor Murray Bring Broadband Alternative to Capitol Hill?
- Report: More Holiday Credit Card Breaches to Be Revealed
- Social Media Meets Appliance Innovation
- Facebook Tells Former AG’s Wife, Marilyn McKenna, Her ‘Fat Pants’ Photo Is Not OK
- Washington State Lawmakers Return for 60-Day Session
- Pressures Grow for Rodney Tom, State Senate’s Maverick Majority Leader
- WSDOT May Face Lawsuit If White Businesswomen Removed from Program
- Seahawks Winning Streak Pumps Millions into Local Economy
- Should NFL Teams Restrict Out-Of-State Fans From Buying Tickets?
- Beast Quake: Seahawks Fans Rock Stadium Again
- Banks Shun Washington State Marijuana Money
- Yakama tribe moving to ban pot in 10 counties
- Oxymoron? - Cannabis Energy Drink appears popular in Moses Lake
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Seahawks
Storm Watch - High Winds Bring Down Trees, Knock Out Power (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Peninsula Whipped By Two-Day Storm; Power
Restored After Weekend’s High Winds (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Nearly 2,800 Lose Power in Storm (Longview Daily
News, WA)
Time’s Short to Comment on Snohomish PUD’s
Skykomish River Mini-Dam (Everett Herald, WA)
Sweeping Changes Sought for Electricity Bills - Time-of-Use
Pricing Would Encourage Conservation (SF Chronicle, CA)
California: Pacific Gas & Electric Warns of
Email Scam; Consumers Report Receiving Bogus Bills (Sacramento Bee, CA)
British Columbia: Proposal at Peace River Site C Dam
Hearing - Put a Nuclear Plant in Victoria (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Polar Vortex - Nuclear Saves the Day (Forbes
Magazine)
Japan Nuclear Agency to Conduct ‘Controlled
Meltdown’ of Reactor (U-S News & World Report)
Ohio: Threats against Electric Co-Op Alleged
(Marietta Times, OH)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Chinook Salmon Help Bring Record Number of Eagles
to Hanford (Tri-City Herald, WA)
“Beaver” Dams Aid Fish Restoration in John Day
River Drainage (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)
Toxic Waters: Consumption Advisories on
Life-Giving Year-Round Fish Threaten Health (Indian Country Today)
Taylor Shellfish Educates Students to Shift Our
Impact on Water Quality (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Despite
Recent Dryness, Water Supply Forecast Shows January-July Columbia Basin Runoff
at 93 Percent (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
After
a Building Boom, Solar Energy’s Prospects Now Aren’t As Sunny (Los Angeles
Times, CA)
Familiar
Holiday Wind Rush a Little Different This Year (Renewable
Energy World)
Stormy
Weather Sees Europe’s Electricity Prices Turn Negative (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Blame
It on Coal: Carbon Emissions Up Again In U-S (The Business Journals)
Editorial:
Use California Cap & Trade Auction Proceeds Wisely (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Germany
Out In the Coal (Toronto Sun, Ontario)
New
Zealand: Seal Poo May Hold Clue to Climate Change (3 News)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Hot
New Wood Stoves: High-Tech & Eco-Friendly (Discovery Channel News)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Alaska Town Hasn’t Had Internet Since New Year’s
Eve Revelers Shot Out Fiber-Optic Cable (Consumerist)
How Should New Seattle Mayor Murray Bring Broadband
Alternative to Capitol Hill? (Capitol Hill Seattle Blog)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Report: More Holiday Credit Card Breaches to Be
Revealed (Consumerist)
Social Media Meets Appliance Innovation (Albany Business
Review, NY)
Facebook Tells Former AG’s Wife, Marilyn McKenna,
Her ‘Fat Pants’ Photo Is Not OK (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Lawmakers Return for 60-Day
Session (Associated Press)
Pressures Grow for Rodney Tom, State Senate’s Maverick
Majority Leader (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
WSDOT May Face Lawsuit If White Businesswomen
Removed from Program (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Seahawks Winning Streak Pumps Millions into Local
Economy (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Should NFL Teams Restrict Out-Of-State Fans From
Buying Tickets? (Consumerist)
Beast Quake: Seahawks Fans Rock Stadium Again (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Banks Shun Washington State Marijuana Money (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Yakama tribe moving to ban pot in 10 counties (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Oxymoron? - Cannabis Energy Drink appears popular
in Moses Lake (Columbia Basin Bulletin, Moses Lake, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Woman
Claims Lawyers Should Have Told Her Divorce Would End Her Marriage
Virginia
Woman Must Return Renoir Painting She Bought at a Flea Market for $7
Taco
Bell Franchisee Doesn’t Tell Social Security About Dead Mom For 23 Years,
Collects $200K
Actually,
Your Cat Thinks You Are a Giant Cat
Consider
yourself a kitten’s mommy? You’re actually more like its freakishly large
roommate
SONG OF THE DAY
Tammy Wynette - D.I.V.O.R.C.E
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