SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Why Natural Gas Supply Will Be Crucial in Preventing Winter
Power Outages (Utility Dive)
U-S Owes Six California Wind Farms $206 Million (Courthouse
News Service)
Tree-Trimmer Causes Comcast Service Problems in Vancouver
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
City of Tacoma OKs Up to $100,000 For an Independent Look at
Click! Cable’s Books (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Shelton City Leaders Get First Look at Proposed 2017 City
Budget (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Why Natural Gas Supply Will Be Crucial in Preventing Winter Power Outages
- World’s Priciest Gas Bound for One U-S Region This Winter
- America’s Nuclear-Waste Plan Is a Giant Mess
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspection Finds ‘Substantial Weaknesses’ in TVA Safety Culture at New Nuclear Plant
- Bob McKinney, Former Cowlitz PUD Manager Dies
- Snohomish PUD Invests $11.2 Million in Energy-Storing Units
- Eugene Water & Electric Board Approves Deal to Relicense Carmen-Smith Dam for $80 Million Less
- Oregon: Portland General Electric CEO Not Sold on Merkley’s 100% Renewables Vision
- Chum Salmon Beat the Odds, Return to Metro Vancouver, BC Streams
- The Price of Farmers’ Conservation: Group Looks at Federal Program’s Efficiency
- Washington State Supreme Court Ruling on Wells May Constrain Rural Development
- U-S Owes Six California Wind Farms $206 Million
- Report: California Needs to Invest $5 Billion in Transmission to Support Renewables Goals
- Tesla Says SolarCity Would Add $1 Billion to 2017 Revenue
- Renewable Energy Could Lose European Power Grid Priority, Documents Reveal
- Legal Pot Is Still a Tough Deal for Investors
- Washington State: Can A British Columbia-Inspired U-S Carbon Tax Compete with Trump & Clinton?
- Amazon Gets an ‘F’ from the Carbon Disclosure Project
- Tree-Trimmer Causes Comcast Service Problems in Vancouver
- City of Tacoma OKs Up to $100,000 For an Independent Look at Click! Cable’s Books
- Cable Rates Have Risen at Twice Inflation Rate for 20 Years
- Hulu’s Bid to Replace Cable
- 41% of Cable TV Customers Plan to Cut, Scale Back Service
- Protecting the Internet’s Purpose
- How the Internet Is Loosening Our Grip on the Truth
- How the Internet Is Changing Pronunciation
- Insert Eye-Roll Here: Starbucks’ New ‘Unity’ Cup Draws Fire Ahead of Election
- Photos from Nat Geo’s Nature Photographer of the Year Contest
- The Four Races That Could Tip Control of the Washington State Senate
- Popular Washington State Senator Andy Hill Dies of the Lung Cancer He Once Defeated
- Where Electric Utilities Are Putting Their Money in the 2016 Election
- Talk of Holding a U-S Supreme Court Seat Vacant for Four Years Is without Precedent
- Can You Take a Voting Selfie? States Wage Legal Battles Days Before Election
- Shelton City Leaders Get First Look at Proposed 2017 City Budget
- Oregon: 3.8 Quake Hits About Ten Miles West of Astoria
- Washington State Mother Accused of Giving Children Heroin to Make Them Sleep
- Cowlitz Casino Opponents Appealing Case to U-S Supreme Court
- The Secret to the Seahawks’ Success? This Book.
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Why Natural Gas Supply Will Be Crucial in Preventing Winter
Power Outages (Utility Dive)
World’s Priciest Gas Bound for One U-S Region This Winter
(Bloomberg News)
America’s Nuclear-Waste Plan Is a Giant Mess (Atlantic
Magazine)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspection Finds ‘Substantial
Weaknesses’ in TVA Safety Culture at New Nuclear Plant (Chattanooga Times Free
Press, TN)
Bob McKinney, Former Cowlitz PUD Manager Dies (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Snohomish PUD Invests $11.2 Million in Energy-Storing Units
(Everett Herald, WA)
Eugene Water & Electric Board Approves Deal to Relicense
Carmen-Smith Dam for $80 Million Less (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Oregon: Portland General Electric CEO Not Sold on Merkley’s
100% Renewables Vision (Portland Business Journal, OR)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Chum Salmon Beat the Odds, Return to Metro Vancouver, BC
Streams (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
The Price of Farmers’ Conservation: Group Looks at Federal
Program’s Efficiency (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Washington State Supreme Court Ruling on Wells May Constrain
Rural Development (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
U-S Owes Six California Wind Farms $206 Million (Courthouse
News Service)
Report: California Needs to Invest $5 Billion in
Transmission to Support Renewables Goals (Utility Dive)
Tesla Says SolarCity Would Add $1 Billion to 2017 Revenue
(Reuters)
Renewable Energy Could Lose European Power Grid Priority,
Documents Reveal (The Guardian, UK)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Legal Pot Is Still a Tough Deal for Investors (USA Today)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington State: Can A British Columbia-Inspired U-S Carbon
Tax Compete with Trump & Clinton? (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Amazon Gets an ‘F’ from the Carbon Disclosure Project
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Tree-Trimmer Causes Comcast Service Problems in Vancouver
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
City of Tacoma OKs Up to $100,000 For an Independent Look at
Click! Cable’s Books (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Cable Rates Have Risen at Twice Inflation Rate for 20 Years (Broadband
Reports)
Hulu’s Bid to Replace Cable (Atlantic Magazine)
41% of Cable TV Customers Plan to Cut, Scale Back Service (Broadband
Reports)
Protecting the Internet’s Purpose (Christian Science
Monitor)
MARKETING & MEDIA
How the Internet Is Loosening Our Grip on the Truth (NY
Times)
How the Internet Is Changing Pronunciation (Atlantic
Magazine)
Insert Eye-Roll Here: Starbucks’ New ‘Unity’ Cup Draws Fire
Ahead of Election (NBC News)
Photos from Nat Geo’s Nature Photographer of the Year Contest
(USA Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
The Four Races That Could Tip Control of the Washington State
Senate (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Popular Washington State Senator Andy Hill Dies of the Lung
Cancer He Once Defeated (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
Where Electric Utilities Are Putting Their Money in the 2016
Election (Utility Dive)
Talk of Holding a U-S Supreme Court Seat Vacant for Four
Years Is without Precedent (Washington Post)
Can You Take a Voting Selfie? States Wage Legal Battles Days
Before Election (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton City Leaders Get First Look at Proposed 2017 City
Budget (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Oregon: 3.8 Quake Hits About Ten Miles West of Astoria (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
Washington State Mother Accused of Giving Children Heroin to
Make Them Sleep (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Cowlitz Casino Opponents Appealing Case to U-S Supreme Court
(Longview Daily News, WA)
The Secret to the Seahawks’ Success? This Book. (Christian
Science Monitor)
THE EMPTY TOMB – DIVERSIONS
Jesus’ Tomb Opened: What Did We Learn So Far?
Mom Held Hostage in Louisiana Sends Daughter to School with
SOS Note
Scientists Just Completed a Census of the Creepy Crawlies
That Live in Our Homes
Social Media Has Been Flooded with People Mourning the Death
of the Peach Butt Emoji
SONG OF THE DAY
The Outlaws - Hurry Sundown
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