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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Wear Your Action Green to Celebrate Hydropower Appreciation
Day Today! (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Yahoo says one billion accounts exposed in newly discovered
security breach (Reuters)
Feds Unveil Ten-Year Recovery Plan for Threatened Coastal
Coho (Oregonian, Portland)
Seattle City Light Signs Agreement to Participate in CAISO
Energy Imbalance Market (American Public Power Association)
Climate Monitoring – Jerry Brown Strikes Defiant Tone:
‘California Will Launch Its Own Damn Satellite’ (Sacramento Bee, CA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Seattle City Light Signs Agreement to Participate in CAISO Energy Imbalance Market
- Jefferson Public Utility District OKs Rate Hikes for 2017
- California Regulators Force Sothern Cal Edison, Stakeholders to Renegotiate San Onofre Nuclear Settlement
- Fish, Not Bird, on Wire Causes South Seattle Power Outage
- Feds Unveil Ten-Year Recovery Plan for Threatened Coastal Coho
- Anglers Cashed in on Pikeminnow Rewards
- Unprecedented Images Show Orcas Hunting & Killing Rare Beaked Whales
- Arizona Water Leaders Confer with Colorado River States on Drought Contingency Plan
- Port of Grays Harbor “Deeper Draft” Dredging Project Applauded
- Hawaii Regulators Nix Bid to Raise Caps on Grid-Supply Rooftop Solar Incentive
- Wind Industry to Trump: Transmission Vital to Sustain Record Growth
- Benton PUD Shows Ways to Lower Energy Bills This Winter
- Home Heating Safety Tips for This Winter Season
- Marijuana Growers Are Seeing the (LED) Light on Energy Efficiency
- Climate Monitoring – Jerry Brown Strikes Defiant Tone: ‘California Will Launch Its Own Damn Satellite’
- Climate Change is Threatening Earth’s Best Place to Study Mars
- Yahoo Says One Billion Accounts Exposed in Newly Discovered Security Breach
- Verizon Considers Changing Yahoo Deal After Latest Breach
- FCC Boss Tom Wheeler Announces His Resignation
- Google Fiber Turns to ‘Microtrenching’ to Speed up Fiber Build
- Facebook Just Launched a Boatload of Tools for Fighting Fake News
- Evernote: Update to Privacy Policy Was “Communicated Poorly”
- Murray to Fight Any Trump Administration Cutbacks at Hanford, PNNL, Impacts to BPA
- Seahawks Wearing ‘Action Green’ Uniforms in Tonight’s ‘Color Rush’ Game
- Wear Your Action Green to Celebrate Hydropower Appreciation Day Today!
- Green Diamond Leases 15,850 Acres in Mason County to Motorcycle Group
- Washington State Unemployment Rate Down to 5.3 Percent
- Ten Years Ago Today, Historic Hanukkah Eve Windstorm Pummeled Western Washington State
Semiotic • \sem-mee-AWE-tick\ • Adjective - A general
philosophical theory of signs & symbols that deals especially with their
function in both artificially constructed & natural languages &
comprises syntactics, semantics, & pragmatics.
The bristling electrical engineer pounded his fist on the
table during the safety meeting with his insurance adjuster. “The big glowing
signs be blasted,” he thundered. “A semiotic approach would be best advanced by
a low voltage shock when someone tries to break into our substation. Now
there’s a sign that those copper stealing vermin would notice.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Seattle City Light Signs Agreement to Participate in CAISO Energy
Imbalance Market (American Public Power Association)
Jefferson Public Utility District OKs Rate Hikes for 2017
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
California Regulators Force Sothern Cal Edison, Stakeholders
to Renegotiate San Onofre Nuclear Settlement (Utility Dive)
Fish, Not Bird, on Wire Causes South Seattle Power Outage
(KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Feds Unveil Ten-Year Recovery Plan for Threatened Coastal
Coho (Oregonian, Portland)
Anglers Cashed in on Pikeminnow Rewards (Vancouver Columbian,
WA)
Unprecedented Images Show Orcas Hunting & Killing Rare
Beaked Whales (Gizmodo – Note: Graphic Images)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Arizona Water Leaders Confer with Colorado River States on Drought
Contingency Plan (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2016/12/14/arizona-water-leaders-confer-with-colorado-river.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2016/12/14/arizona-water-leaders-confer-with-colorado-river.html
Port of Grays Harbor “Deeper Draft” Dredging Project
Applauded (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Hawaii Regulators Nix Bid to Raise Caps on Grid-Supply
Rooftop Solar Incentive (Utility Dive)
Wind Industry to Trump: Transmission Vital to Sustain Record
Growth (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Benton PUD Shows Ways to Lower Energy Bills This Winter (KEPR-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
Home Heating Safety Tips for This Winter Season (KNDO/KNDU-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Marijuana Growers Are Seeing the (LED) Light on Energy
Efficiency (Utility Dive)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate Monitoring – Jerry Brown Strikes Defiant Tone: ‘California
Will Launch Its Own Damn Satellite’ (Sacramento Bee, CA)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Climate Change is Threatening Earth’s Best Place to Study Mars
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Yahoo Says One Billion Accounts Exposed in Newly Discovered
Security Breach (Reuters)
Verizon Considers Changing Yahoo Deal After Latest Breach
(Reuters)
FCC Boss Tom Wheeler Announces His Resignation (Broadband
Reports)
Google Fiber Turns to ‘Microtrenching’ to Speed up Fiber
Build (Broadband Reports)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook Just Launched a Boatload of Tools for Fighting Fake
News (Mashable)
Evernote: Update to Privacy Policy Was “Communicated Poorly”
(Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Murray to Fight Any Trump Administration Cutbacks at Hanford,
PNNL, Impacts to BPA (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Seahawks Wearing ‘Action Green’ Uniforms in Tonight’s ‘Color
Rush’ Game (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Wear Your Action Green to Celebrate Hydropower Appreciation Day
Today! (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Green Diamond Leases 15,850 Acres in Mason County to
Motorcycle Group (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Washington State Unemployment Rate Down to 5.3 Percent (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Ten Years Ago Today, Historic Hanukkah Eve Windstorm
Pummeled Western Washington State (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN – DIVERSIONS
Astronomers Discover Alien Planet with Clouds Made of Jewels
Climate Change Could Mean the End of Fish & Chips
Drat. Humbug! Uh, Oh: Heartbreaking Story of Boy Who Died in
Santa’s Arms Unravels
Court Order Can’t Stop Stray Golf Balls from Hitting Home
SONG OF THE DAY
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
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