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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Hard Freeze Will Soon Hit West of the Cascade Crest (Cliff Mass
Weather Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Hard Freeze Will Soon Hit West of the Cascade Crest (Cliff
Mass Weather Blog)
California, Oregon, Washington – West Coast States to Fight
Climate Change Even If President-Elect Trump Does Not (Reuters)
Washington State Governor Inslee Proposes Carbon, Capital
Gains Taxes for Education (Associated Press)
Clark Public Utilities Holds Rates Steady – Commissioners OK
$371.1 Million Budget for 2017 (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
California to Adopt First U-S Energy-Saving Rules for
Computers (Reuters)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Clark Public Utilities Holds Rates Steady – Commissioners OK $371.1 Million Budget for 2017
- Douglas PUD Rates Increasing
- Clallam PUD Commissioners OK Budget, Rate Increases for 2017
- Snowy Weather Could Drive Up Electricity Bills
- Bipartisan Committee Can’t Agree How to Restructure Oregon’s Troubled Energy Department
- More Join in the Celebration of December 15 as Hydropower Appreciation Day
- Benton/Franklin County PUDs Declare December 15 National Hydropower Appreciation Day
- Feds Greenlight Pair of Western U-S Transmission Projects
- Arizona Utility Regulator Wants Nuclear Energy to Count as Renewable
- Editorial: Congress Can’t Find Energy to Act
- Mason Conservation District Receives Salmon Recovery Funding for Gosnell Creek
- Bald Eagle Comes Off Endangered Species List in Washington State
- 102 Million Dead Trees in California’s Forests Are Turning Tree Cutters into Millionaires
- First U-S Offshore Wind Farm Spins to Life
- California to Adopt First U-S Energy-Saving Rules for Computers
- Simple Energy Savers – Ease Winter Bills, Improve Comfort with Snohomish PUD Tips
- Kitsap Marijuana Businesses on the Move
- Colorado Has Sold More Than $1 Billion in Marijuana in 2016
- California, Oregon, Washington – West Coast States to Fight Climate Change Even If President-Elect Trump Does Not
- Things Could Change for Battelle’s Climate Change Research Under Trump Administration
- Arctic’s Year of Crazy Extremes as Warming Hits Overdrive
- Could a Colorado Tax Case Raise Fees for Online Shopping?
- Facebook’s Epic Email Blunder Reveals Their Stance on President Elect Trump’s Muslim Registry
- Three Ways to Republish Instagram Content on Facebook
- Washington State Governor Inslee Proposes Carbon, Capital Gains Taxes for Education
- Washington State Auditor – 9th Circuit Declines to Hear Troy Kelley’s Double Jeopardy Claim
- Trump Passes Over McMorris Rodgers, Picks Zinke as Interior Secretary
- Sunny & Dry for Most Across Puget Sound Area, But Cold, Cold, Cold Through Rest of Week
- What You Should Know About the Polar Vortex
- City of Shelton Leaders Raise Issues with Proposed Downtown Site of Treatment Center
- Mason County Holds Meeting on Extending Belfair Sewer
- Omak Plywood Plant Will Close at the End of January, Putting 217 Out of Work
- Minimum Wage to Climb in Seattle, Around Washington State
- Olympia Adopts ‘Sanctuary City’ Resolution in Response to Presidential Election
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of the clergy in a liturgical service by performing minor duties 2: one who attends
or assists: follower.
The college intern’s enthusiasm over her new position at
PepsiCo hit rock bottom on the second day. That’s when she learned that she’d
been assigned to the “Gatorade” division, with the inauspicious title of “electrolyte
acolyte.” Somewhere a clever HR staffer is still giggling.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Clark Public Utilities Holds Rates Steady – Commissioners OK
$371.1 Million Budget for 2017 (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Douglas PUD Rates Increasing (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Clallam PUD Commissioners OK Budget, Rate Increases for 2017
(Sequim Gazette, WA)
Snowy Weather Could Drive Up Electricity Bills (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Bipartisan Committee Can’t Agree How to Restructure Oregon’s
Troubled Energy Department (Oregonian, Portland)
More Join in the Celebration of December 15 as Hydropower
Appreciation Day (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Benton/Franklin County PUDs Declare December 15 National
Hydropower Appreciation Day (Benton PUD, Franklin PUD, Tri-Cities, WA)
Feds Greenlight Pair of Western U-S Transmission Projects (Utility
Dive)
Arizona Utility Regulator Wants Nuclear Energy to Count as
Renewable (Associated Press)
Editorial: Congress Can’t Find Energy to Act (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Mason Conservation District Receives Salmon Recovery Funding
for Gosnell Creek (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Bald Eagle Comes Off Endangered Species List in Washington
State (Utility Dive)
102 Million Dead Trees in California’s Forests Are Turning
Tree Cutters into Millionaires (Los Angeles Times, CA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
First U-S Offshore Wind Farm Spins to Life (NY Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
California to Adopt First U-S Energy-Saving Rules for
Computers (Reuters)
Simple Energy Savers – Ease Winter Bills, Improve Comfort
with Snohomish PUD Tips (Stanwood-Camano News, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Kitsap Marijuana Businesses on the Move (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Colorado Has Sold More Than $1 Billion in Marijuana in 2016
(Mashable)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California, Oregon, Washington – West Coast States to Fight
Climate Change Even If President-Elect Trump Does Not (Reuters)
Things Could Change for Battelle’s Climate Change Research
Under Trump Administration (Columbus Business First, OH)
Arctic’s Year of Crazy Extremes as Warming Hits Overdrive (Associated
Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Could a Colorado Tax Case Raise Fees for Online Shopping?
(Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2016/1214/Could-a-Colorado-tax-case-raise-fees-for-online-shopping
MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook’s Epic Email Blunder Reveals Their Stance on President
Elect Trump’s Muslim Registry (Mashable)
Three Ways to Republish Instagram Content on Facebook (Social
Media Examiner)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Governor Inslee Proposes Carbon, Capital
Gains Taxes for Education (Associated Press)
Washington State Auditor – 9th Circuit Declines to Hear Troy
Kelley’s Double Jeopardy Claim (Northwest Public Radio)
Trump Passes Over McMorris Rodgers, Picks Zinke as Interior
Secretary (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Sunny & Dry for Most Across Puget Sound Area, But Cold,
Cold, Cold Through Rest of Week (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
What You Should Know About the Polar Vortex (Christian
Science Monitor)
City of Shelton Leaders Raise Issues with Proposed Downtown Site
of Treatment Center (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Mason County Holds Meeting on Extending Belfair Sewer (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Omak Plywood Plant Will Close at the End of January, Putting
217 Out of Work (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Minimum Wage to Climb in Seattle, Around Washington State
(Associated Press)
Olympia Adopts ‘Sanctuary City’ Resolution in Response to
Presidential Election (Associated Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Bring the Smell of KFC Home with This Fried Chicken-Scented
Candle
Boy with Homemade Plastic Messi Jersey Has Finally Met His
Idol
Man Kicked Out of Six Flags for Being an Unapproved Santa
Lookalike
Alan Thicke, Reassuring Father on ‘Growing Pains,’ Dies at
69
SONG OF THE DAY
Shep & The Limelites - Daddy’s Home
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