SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Why Isn’t the U-S Better at Predicting Extreme Weather? (NY
Times)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Environmental Effects of Columbia, Snake River Dams
Scrutinized (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
News Release: America’s Dams Are in Disrepair; CAP Report
Calls for New Thinking on Future of Dam Infrastructure and River Health (Center
for American Progress)
No on I-732; Carbon Tax Rough Draft Needs Work (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Homeowners with Solar Chose Generators Over Batteries in
Survey (American Public Power Association)
Comcast Ready to Roll Out New Pricing Structure in
Washington State (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Environmental Effects of Columbia, Snake River Dams Scrutinized
- News Release: America’s Dams Are in Disrepair; CAP Report Calls for New Thinking on Future of Dam Infrastructure and River Health
- Report – Aging Dams & Clogged Rivers - An Infrastructure Plan for America’s Waterways
- Eyeing Canadian Hydro Imports, New York Regulators Call for Transmission Expansion
- Tennessee Valley Authority Sets Date for Final Round of Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant Auction
- Will FERC Toughen Standards for Energy M&A? – What's Behind the Agency's Market Power Review
- Taylor Shellfish to Assess Impact of Geoduck Farm at Burley Lagoon
- More Elwha Fish Find Way to Dam-Free Upper Watershed
- Canada: Groups Challenge Federal Approval of Genetically Modified Salmon in Court
- Homeowners with Solar Chose Generators Over Batteries in Survey
- Why Everyone is Talking About Baseload Power
- SolarCity Offers Airbnb Hosts $1,000 Credit Toward Panels
- Tesla, Panasonic to Collaborate on Solar Manufacturing
- Oregon’s Recreational Marijuana Sales Top $160 Million for First Nine Months of 2016
- California Capital Region Could Reap Billions from Legalized Pot, Study Says
- No on I-732; Carbon Tax Rough Draft Needs Work
- How a Tax on Carbon Has Divided Pacific Northwest Climate Activists
- Over Half a Million Plug-In Vehicles Have Been Sold in the United States as of September 2016
- Comcast Ready to Roll Out New Pricing Structure in Washington State
- Verizon Just Raised a Big Warning Flag for Yahoo
- Facebook Messenger Wants to Help You Have Interesting Conversations
- Stop Sharing This Viral Facebook Hoax
- Op/Ed: Our Schools Need Money from State Timber Sales
- Defense Rests with Witness Confirming He Was FBI Informant & Ran Occupation's Shooting Range
- La Nina Is Here: What It Means for the Pacific Northwest
- How Much Snow for Western Washington State This Winter?
- Stink Bug Numbers Increasing Dramatically in Washington
- Shelton Returns to Playoff Hunt with 31-21 Win Over North Thurston
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Environmental Effects of Columbia, Snake River Dams
Scrutinized (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
News Release: America’s Dams Are in Disrepair; CAP Report
Calls for New Thinking on Future of Dam Infrastructure and River Health (Center
for American Progress)
Report – Aging Dams & Clogged Rivers - An Infrastructure
Plan for America’s Waterways (Center for American Progress)
Eyeing Canadian Hydro Imports, New York Regulators Call for
Transmission Expansion (Utility Dive)
Tennessee Valley Authority Sets Date for Final Round of Bellefonte
Nuclear Power Plant Auction (Birmingham Business Journal, AL)
Will FERC Toughen Standards for Energy M&A? – What's Behind
the Agency's Market Power Review (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Taylor Shellfish to Assess Impact of Geoduck Farm at Burley
Lagoon (Associated Press)
More Elwha Fish Find Way to Dam-Free Upper Watershed (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Canada: Groups Challenge Federal Approval of Genetically
Modified Salmon in Court (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Homeowners with Solar Chose Generators Over Batteries in
Survey (American Public Power Association)
Why Everyone is Talking About Baseload Power (Renewable
Energy World)
SolarCity Offers Airbnb Hosts $1,000 Credit Toward Panels (USA
Today)
Tesla, Panasonic to Collaborate on Solar Manufacturing (Reuters)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Oregon’s Recreational Marijuana Sales Top $160 Million for
First Nine Months of 2016 (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
California Capital Region Could Reap Billions from Legalized
Pot, Study Says (Sacramento Bee, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
No on I-732; Carbon Tax Rough Draft Needs Work (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
How a Tax on Carbon Has Divided Pacific Northwest Climate
Activists (Los Angeles Times, CA)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Over Half a Million Plug-In Vehicles Have Been Sold in the
United States as of September 2016 (U-S Energy Information Administration)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast Ready to Roll Out New Pricing Structure in Washington
State (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Verizon Just Raised a Big Warning Flag for Yahoo (Washington
Post)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook Messenger Wants to Help You Have Interesting
Conversations (Consumerist)
Stop Sharing This Viral Facebook Hoax (Northwest Cable News Network)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Op/Ed: Our Schools Need Money from State Timber Sales (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Defense Rests with Witness Confirming He Was FBI Informant
& Ran Occupation's Shooting Range (Oregonian, Portland)
La Nina Is Here: What It Means for the Pacific Northwest (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
How Much Snow for Western Washington State This Winter? (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Stink Bug Numbers Increasing Dramatically in Washington (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Shelton Returns to Playoff Hunt with 31-21 Win Over North
Thurston (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
HOLES IN MY INNARDS – DIVERSIONS
He Ate a Pepper So Hot It Burned a Hole in His Esophagus
They've Got Spirit, Yes They Do: Christopher Guest Rallies
His Team for 'Mascots'
Man Needed Rescue After Getting Stuck in Tree Watching Storm
PG-13 Language: Man Attaches a Dementor to a Drone &
Scares Everyone
SONG OF THE DAY
Carly Simon – Boys in the Trees
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