SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather Forecast for December 29, 2015
Stevens Pass Reporting Record Snow Depth (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
El Nino: A Weather Force Awakens (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Heavy Snows Hampering North Idaho Power Restoration Efforts (KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)
Group Rejects Alternative, Moves Forward with Carbon Tax
Plan (Associated Press)
Otters, Beavers Feasting around Fish Ladder at Rocky Reach
Dam (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Marijuana Bank Begs for Access to Nation’s Banking System (Associated Press)
Wind Giant Iberdrola Joins $30 Billion Utility Group
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Heavy Snows Hampering North Idaho Power Restoration Efforts
- In Windstorm Aftermath, Arborists Suggest Evaluations before Removing More Trees
- Orcas Power & Light Explains January 5 Percent Rate Hike Line By Line
- What Climate Change Will Mean for Idaho’s Energy Supply
- The Bushy-Tailed, Nut-Loving Menace Coming after America’s Power Grid
- Western Area Power Administration: Federal Agency That Markets, Provides Hydroelectric Power Ordered to be Transparent & Accountable
- Addressing Remaining Concerns about Nuclear Energy
- Otters, Beavers Feasting around Fish Ladder at Rocky Reach Dam
- Columbia River Smelt Watch Has Started - Some Already Seen as Far Up as the Cowlitz River
- English Ivy Invades Pacific Northwest Forests
- Wind Giant Iberdrola Joins $30 Billion Utility Group
- Nevada Overhauls Net Metering Rules despite Objections from Distributed Solar Industry
- Southwest Power Pool Hits New Peak for Wind Power in December
- Idaho Falls Power Presents Energy Conservation Rebate Checks
- Marijuana Bank Begs for Access to Nation’s Banking System
- A Big Drag – Pot Growers Put Huge Energy Demand on the Grid
- Indoor Grows Could Prove Costly for Hawaii Medical Marijuana Businesses
- Group Rejects Alternative, Moves Forward with Carbon Tax Plan
- Climate Change Could Help Idaho Wine Growers – If Temperatures Don’t Rise Too Much
- Which Cheese Produces More Electricity: Brie or Beaufort?
- Pie in the Sky: Wood-Fired Pizza & Air Quality Issues
- Grant PUD Expands Wireless Broadband Network
- People Are Ditching Broadband, Relying on Their Smartphones’ LTE for Internet Access
- Clickbait Conundrum: Regulators Have a Warning for Ads That Masquerade as Real Content
- This Was the Year Social Networks Turned into News Organizations
- How to Handle Customer Complaints via Social Media
- Database of 191 Million U-S Voters Exposed on Internet
- Derek Kilmer, Come on Down; These Are the Ten Most Effective Lawmakers in the U-S Congress
- Group to Sue City of Shelton over “C” Street Dump
- Public Hearing Slated on Permit Application for Sierra Pacific Industries’ Shelton Mill
- Report: Washington State Troopers Underpaid, Unhappy with Management
- Drivers in Rural Oregon Will Pump Their Own Gas Starting January 1
- Tumwater Brewery Sold to Hotel Tycoon for $4 Million
- No, Facebook Isn’t Giving You Money
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Favonian winds
Salty fragrance from the sea
Push whitecaps to shore
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Heavy Snows Hampering North Idaho Power Restoration Efforts (KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)
In Windstorm Aftermath, Arborists Suggest Evaluations before
Removing More Trees (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
Orcas Power & Light Explains January 5 Percent Rate Hike
Line By Line (San Juan Journal, Friday Harbor, WA)
What Climate Change Will Mean for Idaho’s Energy Supply
(Twin Falls Times-News, ID)
The Bushy-Tailed, Nut-Loving Menace Coming after America’s Power
Grid (Washington Post)
Western Area Power Administration: Federal Agency That
Markets, Provides Hydroelectric Power Ordered to be Transparent &
Accountable (Wilcox Range News, AZ)
Addressing Remaining Concerns about Nuclear Energy (The
Energy Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Otters, Beavers Feasting around Fish Ladder at Rocky Reach
Dam (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Columbia River Smelt Watch Has Started - Some Already Seen as
Far Up as the Cowlitz River (Seattle
Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
English Ivy Invades Pacific Northwest Forests (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Wind Giant Iberdrola Joins $30 Billion Utility Group (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Nevada Overhauls Net Metering Rules despite Objections from
Distributed Solar Industry (Forbes Magazine)
Southwest Power Pool Hits New Peak for Wind Power in
December (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Idaho Falls Power Presents Energy Conservation Rebate Checks
(Idaho Business Review)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Marijuana Bank Begs for Access to Nation’s Banking System (Associated Press)
A Big Drag – Pot Growers Put Huge Energy Demand on the Grid
(Source Weekly, Bend, OR)
Indoor Grows Could Prove Costly for Hawaii Medical Marijuana
Businesses (Marijuana Business Daily)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Group Rejects Alternative, Moves Forward with Carbon Tax
Plan (Associated Press)
Climate Change Could Help Idaho Wine Growers – If
Temperatures Don’t Rise Too Much (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Which Cheese Produces More Electricity: Brie or Beaufort? (Christian
Science Monitor)
Pie in the Sky: Wood-Fired Pizza & Air Quality Issues (Grist Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Grant PUD Expands Wireless Broadband Network (Columbia Basin
Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
People Are Ditching Broadband, Relying on Their Smartphones’
LTE for Internet Access (Network World)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Clickbait Conundrum: Regulators Have a Warning for Ads That Masquerade
as Real Content (Washington Post)
This Was the Year Social Networks Turned into News
Organizations (GigaOM)
How to Handle Customer Complaints via Social Media (Social
Media Examiner)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Database of 191 Million U-S Voters Exposed on Internet (Reuters)
Derek Kilmer, Come on Down; These Are the Ten Most Effective
Lawmakers in the U-S Congress (Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Group to Sue City of Shelton over “C” Street Dump (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Public Hearing Slated on Permit Application for Sierra
Pacific Industries’ Shelton Mill (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Report: Washington State Troopers Underpaid, Unhappy with Management
(KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Drivers in Rural Oregon Will Pump Their Own Gas Starting January
1 (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Tumwater Brewery Sold to Hotel Tycoon for $4 Million (South
Sound Business Examiner)
No, Facebook Isn’t Giving You Money (KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Ex-Globetrotters Star Meadowlark Lemon Dies
Motorhead Frontman ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister Dies at 70
Portlanders Turn Up Their Noses at Edible Crickets
Cow Dung Patties Are Selling Like Hot Cakes Online in India
SONG OF THE DAY
Motörhead - Ace of Spades
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