SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
NOAA: Atmospheric River Possible for West Coast Next Week
(SnowBrains)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
U-S Ready to Start Talks on Columbia River Treaty (U-S
Senator Maria Cantwell)
Hurricane Matthew: Some 600,000 Florida Homes without Power
Due to Storm (Reuters)
Washington State Carbon-Tax Initiative Pencils Out Nicely
for Boeing (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Pumped Hydro: Oregon to Transform Lakes into Batteries to
Charge Electricity Grid (PBS Newshour)
Fall Chinook Run Size Downgraded for Fourth Straight Week –
Early Run Coho Far Below Average (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- U-S Ready to Start Talks on Columbia River Treaty
- Hurricane Matthew: Some 600,000 Florida Homes without Power Due to Storm
- Strong Winds Hit Western Washington, Knock Out Power
- Energy Northwest Report Identifies Opportunities for Improvement, But No Systemic Chilled Work Environment
- Energy Northwest Corrective Actions in Response to Workplace Report Outlined
- Power Management Subject of Grant PUD Discussion
- Natural Gas Association Expects Upward Pressure on Gas Prices This Winter
- Drill Baby, Drill? Oil Glut? Here Comes Some More!
- For Utilities Hoping to Unlock Smart Grid Opportunities, Data Is the Key
- This Young Engineer Wants to Convince You That Nuclear Power Is Just What the Climate Needs
- Fall Chinook Run Size Downgraded for Fourth Straight Week – Early Run Coho Far Below Average
- House Natural Resources Committee Passes Bill to Expedite Columbia River Sea Lion Removal
- Pumped Hydro: Oregon to Transform Lakes into Batteries to Charge Electricity Grid
- Wind Is the New Corn for Struggling Farmers
- Recreational Marijuana Nearly Ready for Sale in Alaska
- Washington State Carbon-Tax Initiative Pencils Out Nicely for Boeing
- U-S Megadroughts Are Likely to Become More Common, Study Concludes
- Op/Ed: Canada May Already Be Carbon Neutral, So Why Are We Keeping It a Secret?
- Washington State Seeking Comments on Changes to Microsoft Data Center Air Permit in Quincy
- Comcast’s Internet Just Got a Lot More Like Cellphone Service
- Comcast Expands Data Caps to Another 23 Markets Starting November 1
- Verizon Pushes for $1 Billion Discount on Yahoo Deal
- New York Cities Pin Economic Growth on $750M Gigabit Internet Plan
- U-S Surgeon General Investigating Possible Computer Breach
- Twitter Shares Plunge on Report Bidders Are Scarce
- Voter Registration Deadline Is Monday for General Election
- Death Toll from Hurricane Matthew Surges in Haiti, Storm Hugs Florida Coast
- What Does Hurricane Category 1, 2, 3 Really Mean?
- City of Seattle Cancels Business with Wells Fargo After ‘Betrayal of Public Trust’
- Dozens Arrested at India Call Center Linked to IRS Scam Calls
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wheels of his cart clanged a raucous chorus across the macadam lane past the
local amphitheater. Unfortunately, his hope to seize the culinary class of Rome
was dashed, along with his comestibles, when Vesuvius belched out its anger at
the first arrival of Haggis on Mediterranean shores.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
U-S Ready to Start Talks on Columbia River Treaty (U-S
Senator Maria Cantwell)
Hurricane Matthew: Some 600,000 Florida Homes without Power
Due to Storm (Reuters)
Strong Winds Hit Western Washington, Knock Out Power (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Energy Northwest Report Identifies Opportunities for
Improvement, But No Systemic Chilled Work Environment (Energy Northwest)
Energy Northwest Corrective Actions in Response to Workplace
Report Outlined (Energy Northwest)
Power Management Subject of Grant PUD Discussion (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Natural Gas Association Expects Upward Pressure on Gas
Prices This Winter (American Public Power Association)
Drill Baby, Drill? Oil Glut? Here Comes Some More! (NY
Times)
For Utilities Hoping to Unlock Smart Grid Opportunities,
Data Is the Key (Utility Dive)
This Young Engineer Wants to Convince You That Nuclear Power
Is Just What the Climate Needs (Grist Online)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fall Chinook Run Size Downgraded for Fourth Straight Week – Early
Run Coho Far Below Average (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
House Natural Resources Committee Passes Bill to Expedite Columbia
River Sea Lion Removal (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Pumped Hydro: Oregon to Transform Lakes into Batteries to
Charge Electricity Grid (PBS Newshour)
Wind Is the New Corn for Struggling Farmers – Seventy percent
of U-S turbines are in low-income rural areas (Bloomberg News)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Recreational Marijuana Nearly Ready for Sale in Alaska (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington State Carbon-Tax Initiative Pencils Out Nicely for
Boeing (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
U-S Megadroughts Are Likely to Become More Common, Study
Concludes (Washington Post)
Op/Ed: Canada May Already Be Carbon Neutral, So Why Are We
Keeping It a Secret? (Financial Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington State Seeking Comments on Changes to Microsoft Data
Center Air Permit in Quincy (North Central Washington Live, East Wenatchee, WA)
Comcast’s Internet Just Got a Lot More Like Cellphone
Service (Washington Post)
Comcast Expands Data Caps to Another 23 Markets Starting
November 1 (Consumerist)
Verizon Pushes for $1 Billion Discount on Yahoo Deal (Reuters)
New York Cities Pin Economic Growth on $750M Gigabit
Internet Plan (USA Today)
U-S Surgeon General Investigating Possible Computer Breach (Associated
Press)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Twitter Shares Plunge on Report Bidders Are Scarce (Reuters)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Voter Registration Deadline Is Monday for General Election (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Death Toll from Hurricane Matthew Surges in Haiti, Storm
Hugs Florida Coast (Reuters
What Does Hurricane Category 1, 2, 3 Really Mean? (Coastal
Living Magazine)
City of Seattle Cancels Business with Wells Fargo After ‘Betrayal
of Public Trust’ (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Dozens Arrested at India Call Center Linked to IRS Scam
Calls (Associated Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
This Invasion of Kick-Ass Star Wars Furniture Can Only Mean
One Thing: It’s Time to Redecorate
Matt Drudge Takes Heat for Tweet Implying Hurricane Is
Government Lie
Can’t Get Enough of Apple Products? Now You Can Get a Candle
That Smells Like a Freshly Unboxed Mac
This Was the Bicycle of the Future in 1946 (I WANT this
bike)
SONG OF THE DAY
Natalie Merchant – Like the Weather
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