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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
The Warm Up (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Columbia Generating Station Shuts Down Unexpectedly Sunday
(Associated Press)
Environmentalists Rip Portland General Electric on New Natural
Gas Plant Possibility (Portland Business Journal, OR)
British Columbia: Local Politicians Travel to Ottawa for
Columbia River Treaty Discussions (Nelson Star, BC)
Lower Returns Than Last Year Expected for Spring/Summer
Chinook, Sockeye (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Warmer, Windy, Wet Weather Awaits This Week (News Tribune,
Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Columbia Generating Station Shuts Down Unexpectedly Sunday
- Columbia Generating Station Offline
- Environmentalists Rip Portland General Electric on New Natural Gas Plant Possibility
- British Columbia: Local Politicians Travel to Ottawa for Columbia River Treaty Discussions
- Mason County PUDs Celebrate Hydropower Appreciation Day
- Salt River Project Board Gives Go-Ahead to $40 Million Price Decrease
- Trump Election Throws Wrench in California ISO Plan for Western Power Market
- Pacific Gas & Electric Lineman’s Wife Writes Children’s Book to Share Dad’s Important Work
- Lower Returns Than Last Year Expected for Spring/Summer Chinook, Sockeye
- Oregon, Idaho Differ on Clean Water Act Interpretations Regarding Snake River’s Hells Canyon Complex
- Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation Wants to Get Its Ecological Message Out
- Lawsuits Filed Over Klamath Basin Operations That Plaintiffs Say Allowed for Parasite to Kill Salmon
- President Obama Signs $10 Billion Water Bill That Helps Flint
- New York: Hydroelectric Engineers Find Potential in Centuries-Old Mine
- Waste-to-Energy: The Carbon Negative Power Machine
- Officials Worry Water Will Go to Marijuana Growers
- State of Cannabis: Washington
- House ‘Freedom Caucus’ Pushes President-Elect Trump to Rescind Climate Measures in First 100 Days
- United Kingdom: Risk of Electricity Blackouts Due to ‘Overly Ambitious’ Climate Change Targets
- Tesla to Fine Drivers Hogging Supercharger Stations: Could It Backfire?
- How Seattle Became ‘Cloud City’: Amazon & Microsoft Are Leading a Tech Revolution
- AT&T, Verizon Laugh Off the FCC’s Net Neutrality Concerns
- Verizon Has Second Thoughts About Buying Yahoo
- How to Build Community on Facebook
- The Salvation Army Just Scored One of the NFL’s Best Product Placements Ever
- Washington State Rep. MacEwen Appointed to 2 House Budget Panels
- Electors Start Voting to Officially Pick Donald Trump as President
- Warmer, Windy, Wet Weather Awaits This Week
- One Injured in Crash North of Allyn
- UPDATE: Up to 30 Staffers Would Work at Mental Health Facility in Shelton
- Portland Wants Seattle to Adopt Its CEO Tax
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Columbia Generating Station Shuts Down Unexpectedly Sunday (Associated
Press)
Columbia Generating Station Offline (Energy Northwest, Tri-Cities,
WA)
Environmentalists Rip Portland General Electric on New
Natural Gas Plant Possibility (Portland Business Journal, OR)
British Columbia: Local Politicians Travel to Ottawa for Columbia
River Treaty Discussions (Nelson Star, BC)
Mason County PUDs Celebrate Hydropower Appreciation Day (Bonneville
Power Administration)
https://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Mason-County-PUDs-celebrate-Hydropower-Appreciation-Day.aspx
Salt River Project Board Gives Go-Ahead to $40 Million Price
Decrease (American Public Power Association)
Trump Election Throws Wrench in California ISO Plan for
Western Power Market (Utility Dive)
Pacific Gas & Electric Lineman’s Wife Writes Children’s
Book to Share Dad’s Important Work (PG&E Currents)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Lower Returns Than Last Year Expected for Spring/Summer
Chinook, Sockeye (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Oregon, Idaho Differ on Clean Water Act Interpretations
Regarding Snake River’s Hells Canyon Complex (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation Wants to Get Its
Ecological Message Out (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Lawsuits Filed Over Klamath Basin Operations That Plaintiffs
Say Allowed for Parasite to Kill Salmon (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
President Obama Signs $10 Billion Water Bill That Helps Flint
(Washington Examiner)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
New York: Hydroelectric Engineers Find Potential in Centuries-Old
Mine (Associated Press)
Waste-to-Energy: The Carbon Negative Power Machine (Renewable
Energy World)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Officials Worry Water Will Go to Marijuana Growers (Medford
Mail Tribune, OR)
State of Cannabis: Washington (Canna Law Blog)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
House ‘Freedom Caucus’ Pushes President-Elect Trump to
Rescind Climate Measures in First 100 Days (Utility Dive)
United Kingdom: Risk of Electricity Blackouts Due to ‘Overly
Ambitious’ Climate Change Targets (The Actuary, UK)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Tesla to Fine Drivers Hogging Supercharger Stations: Could It
Backfire? (Christian Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
How Seattle Became ‘Cloud City’: Amazon & Microsoft Are
Leading a Tech Revolution (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
AT&T, Verizon Laugh Off the FCC’s Net Neutrality
Concerns (Broadband Reports)
Verizon Has Second Thoughts About Buying Yahoo (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
MARKETING & MEDIA
How to Build Community on Facebook (Social Media Examiner)
The Salvation Army Just Scored One of the NFL’s Best Product
Placements Ever (AdWeek)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Rep. MacEwen Appointed to 2 House Budget
Panels (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Electors Start Voting to Officially Pick Donald Trump as President
(Cable News Network)
GENERAL NEWS
Warmer, Windy, Wet Weather Awaits This Week (News Tribune,
Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
One Injured in Crash North of Allyn (Mason Web TV, Shelton,
WA)
UPDATE: Up to 30 Staffers Would Work at Mental Health
Facility in Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Portland Wants Seattle to Adopt Its CEO Tax (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
SAD STORIES FOR $500, ALEX – DIVERSIONS, THE JEOPARDY
EDITION
‘Jeopardy!’ Champion Dies Before She Could See Her Triumph
On TV
Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor Dies at Age 99
Pennsylvania Store Seeks Customer – So They Can Apologize
Sanitation Workers Dig Through Garbage, Find Woman’s Cash
SONG OF THE DAY
Diana Krall – Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word (Elton John
Cover)
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