SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
U-S Court Says Animals Can Be Listed as Threatened if
Climate Change Poses a Risk (Gizmodo)
Avista Agrees to Lower Electric Rate Hike for Idaho
Customers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
West Coast Waves a World-Class Energy Resource, Researchers
Say (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Tacoma Power Releasing Water from Cushman Dam (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Tacoma City Council to Weigh Putting Hold on Click’s
‘All-In’ Plan for Broadband System (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Avista Agrees to Lower Electric Rate Hike for Idaho Customers
- Tacoma Power Releasing Water from Cushman Dam
- Feds Look Over Columbia Generating Station's Disaster Flood Plans
- Cowlitz Tribe Asserts Opposition to Longview Coal Terminal
- Residents Question Proposed Snohomish PUD’s Hydroelectric Project’s Operational Costs
- Moniz: Congress Should Authorize Interim Nuclear Fuel Storage
- U-S Court Says Animals Can Be Listed as Threatened if Climate Change Poses a Risk
- Pressure Mounts on Lower Snake Dams as Fish Runs Sag
- Taking Down Dams and Letting the Fish Flow
- Officials Cancel Razor Clam Dig Along Washington State Coast
- Major California River Adding Key Ingredient: Water
- Map of America's River Basins Show Our Nation's Hidden Beauty
- West Coast Waves a World-Class Energy Resource, Researchers Say
- Pacific Northwest Senators Push for Pioneering U-S Wave Energy Test Facility
- Arizona: Big Utility to Spend $1 Million on Regulator Race, Cites Solar Cash
- Plunging Solar Equipment Prices Fuel Trade Complaints
- Perovskite: Game Changer for Solar Energy?
- Study Finds Wind Turbines Killing Migratory Birds
- New Green Energy Power Generation Tech Using Waste Heat Will Be Used at Phoenix Data Center
- Your Doggie Door Is Probably Wasting Energy – But You Can Fix That
- Why Is Support for Marijuana Legalization Hitting Record Heights?
- Washington Carbon Emission Tax & Sales Tax Reduction, Initiative 732
- Tacoma City Council to Weigh Putting Hold on Click’s ‘All-In’ Plan for Broadband System
- Daily Report: Hackers Have New Tools to Bring Down Websites
- Big Brands Are Enlisting Employees to Create an Army of Social Media Mavens
- Can anyone save Twitter?
- How the Hyphen Is Shaping the Future of Advertising
- People Are Too Tired of the Election to Fight About It on Social Media
- New Elway Poll: Inslee Is 12 Points Ahead, A Democratic "Wave" Building?
- Voter Alert: In Three Washington Counties, One Stamp Is Not Enough to Return Your Ballot
- Voters Increasingly Turning to Internet for Information, Survey Shows
- When Do We Vote? Pierce County Auditor Misstates Election Day Date
- Shelton Leaders Look at Eagle Point as New City Park Site
- Alert Level Raised for Alaska Volcano After Explosion Detected
- University of Washington gets $210 Million from Gates Foundation
- Highway 302 Construction Near Victor on Hold Again
- Don’t Drink the Hand Sanitizer
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glow
Basking in the rutilant glow of a Canadian winter sunset, Dougie’s
inner contentment slowly diminished with the Northern Rocky Mountain
temperatures. He realized he’d be spending the night on the Athabasca Glacier.
Sub-zero temperatures had frozen his ample bum to the slow moving, creaking gigantic
block of ice.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Avista Agrees to Lower Electric Rate Hike for Idaho
Customers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Tacoma Power Releasing Water from Cushman Dam (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Feds Look Over Columbia Generating Station's Disaster Flood
Plans (Northwest Public Radio)
Cowlitz Tribe Asserts Opposition to Longview Coal Terminal (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Residents Question Proposed Snohomish PUD’s Hydroelectric
Project’s Operational Costs (Monroe Monitor, WA)
http://www.monroemonitor.com/2016/10/24/residents-question-hydroelectric-projects-operational-costs/
Moniz: Congress Should Authorize Interim Nuclear Fuel
Storage (Morning Consult)
FISH & WILDLIFE
U-S Court Says Animals Can Be Listed as Threatened if
Climate Change Poses a Risk (Gizmodo)
Pressure Mounts on Lower Snake Dams as Fish Runs Sag
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Taking Down Dams and Letting the Fish Flow (NY Times)
Officials Cancel Razor Clam Dig Along Washington State Coast
(KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Major California River Adding Key Ingredient: Water
(Associated Press)
Map of America's River Basins Show Our Nation's Hidden
Beauty (Gizmodo)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
West Coast Waves a World-Class Energy Resource, Researchers
Say (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Pacific Northwest Senators Push for Pioneering U-S Wave
Energy Test Facility (Eurasia Review)
Arizona: Big Utility to Spend $1 Million on Regulator Race,
Cites Solar Cash (Associated Press)
Plunging Solar Equipment Prices Fuel Trade Complaints (Associated
Press)
Perovskite: Game Changer for Solar Energy? (Utility Dive)
Study Finds Wind Turbines Killing Migratory Birds (WLFI-TV,
Providence, RI)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
New Green Energy Power Generation Tech Using Waste Heat Will
Be Used at Phoenix Data Center (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Your Doggie Door Is Probably Wasting Energy – But You Can
Fix That (Grist Online)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Why Is Support for Marijuana Legalization Hitting Record
Heights? (Christian Science Monitor)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington Carbon Emission Tax & Sales Tax Reduction,
Initiative 732 (Ballotpedia)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Tacoma City Council to Weigh Putting Hold on Click’s ‘All-In’
Plan for Broadband System (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Daily Report: Hackers Have New Tools to Bring Down Websites (NY
Times)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Big Brands Are Enlisting Employees to Create an Army of
Social Media Mavens (AdWeek)
Can anyone save Twitter? (Mashable)
How the Hyphen Is Shaping the Future of Advertising – Ability
to do more than one thing is freeing transcreatives (AdWeek)
People Are Too Tired of the Election to Fight About It on Social
Media (McClatchy News Service)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
New Elway Poll: Inslee Is 12 Points Ahead, A Democratic "Wave"
Building? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Voter Alert: In Three Washington Counties, One Stamp Is Not
Enough to Return Your Ballot (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Voters Increasingly Turning to Internet for Information,
Survey Shows (NY Times)
When Do We Vote? Pierce County Auditor Misstates Election
Day Date (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Leaders Look at Eagle Point as New City Park Site (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Alert Level Raised for Alaska Volcano After Explosion
Detected (Reuters)
University of Washington gets $210 Million from Gates
Foundation (Associated Press)
Highway 302 Construction Near Victor on Hold Again (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Don’t Drink the Hand Sanitizer (NY Times)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
The U-S Map Redrawn as 50 States with Equal Population
Man Dressed as Tree Arrested in the Other Portland
Dorothy's Wizard of Oz Slippers to Be Saved After Campaign
Hits $300,000
Beer Run! Self-Driving Truck Goes 120-Plus Miles on Delivery
SONG OF THE DAY
Jerry Reed – Eastbound & Down (Soundtrack – Smokey &
the Bandit)
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