SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather Forecast for January 25, 2016
Why Are Government Weather Forecasts So Shouty? – They’re
one of the best products put out by the NWS. But they have a certain style.
(The Atlantic Magazine)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Alaska Quake Upgraded to Magnitude 7.1; Aftermath Destroyed
Four Homes (Associated Press)
Demand Response: Supreme Court Backs Electricity-Saving Rule
(Politico)
Seals Blamed For Drop in Juvenile Salmon Stocks in Strait of
Georgia: Study (Vancouver Sun, BC)
Marijuana Business Incubator Comes to Tacoma (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
Green Groups Brace for Attacks in Olympia (Investigate West)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Demand Response: Supreme Court Backs Electricity-Saving Rule
- U-S Tribes in Canadian Court Opposing Massive Pipeline Expansion North of the Border
- Oregon Energy Bills Will Battle for Dominance
- Cautious New Cowlitz PUD Leader Faces Myriad of Challenges
- Klamath Falls: Oregon Citizens Petition for People’s Utility District
- Adrian Dix Slams BC Hydro for Smart Meter Replacements
- Editorial: Preserve Hydro Assets
- FERC’s Tony Clark Won’t Seek Reappointment, Warns of CPP Challenges
- How to Prolong Your Phone’s Life in a Power Outage
- Seals Blamed For Drop in Juvenile Salmon Stocks in Strait of Georgia: Study
- Successful Salmon Homing Requires Both Olfactory Imprinting, Geomagnetic Navigation
- In Victory for Eagles, USFWS Gives Up Fight for 30-Year Take Permits
- Paying for Water Projects in Yakima Basin Is Complicated
- ‘Citizen Scientists’ Use Drones to Map El Nino Flooding
- Feds: California Reservoirs Only Half Full after Big Storms
- California Utilities Propose Alternative to Regulators’ Net Metering Policy
- Editorial: Sky Won’t Fall If Solar Companies Share A Little Sun
- Op-Ed: Smug About Your Solar Roof? Not So Fast
- Oklahoma: State Pays Millions More in Wind-Energy Incentives than Projected
- Kansas Bill to Defund Transmission Authority Raises Alarm with Wind Energy Advocates
- Vermont Solar Growth Slowed for Now as Utilities Hit Limit
- Watch Your Energy Use - Man Claims Lab Was to Make Botanical Soaps
- Marijuana Business Incubator Comes to Tacoma
- Northwest Marijuana Growers Try to Go Green – But It’s Hard
- Recreational Pot Prices Fall on North Olympic Peninsula as Production Increases
- Tiny State Agency Tapped To Fight Climate Change Faces Developers’ Attack
- Op/Ed: Clean Energy Fund Is Making a Difference
- This High-Tech Soccer Field Generates Its Own Electricity – From the Players
- 300,000 Drones Registered in 30 Days
- Disney Loved Its No-Fly Zone – Until It Wanted to Fly Its Own Drones
- What Management Turmoil at Twitter Means to Service
- Green Groups Brace for Attacks in Olympia
- Columnist: Carbon Tax, Corporate Political Spending in State Spotlight
- Alaska Quake Upgraded to Magnitude 7.1; Aftermath Destroyed Four Homes
- ‘Slow-Moving’ Earthquake Continues March South through Western Washington
- U-S East Coast Struggles to Return to Normal after Blizzard
- U-S Snowstorm: What to Do If It All Goes Wrong
- Washington State Bill Would Require Students to Learn Cursive
- Some Oregon Schools Can Keep Native American Mascots
Akrasia • \uh-KRAY-zhuh\ • noun – Weakness of will: weakness
of will, especially a failure to act according to a sense of moral obligation
Alfonse was wracked with akrasia. On one hand, he knew that
a double cheeseburger with jalapenos, blue cheese, thick bacon and avocados was
bad for him. On the other hand, he knew that his head would explode if he could
not take just one tasty bite of this forbidden fruit. “I know just how Ulysses
felt when he had his crew tie him to the mast as they passed by the sirens,” he
pondered. In the end, his vegetarian friends came to the rescue, tying him to
the bumper of their hybrid vehicle as they slowly glided past the burger joint
on their way to the organic “Hummus Hut” on south 43rd Avenue.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Demand Response: Supreme Court Backs Electricity-Saving Rule
(Politico)
U-S Tribes in Canadian Court Opposing Massive Pipeline
Expansion North of the Border (Associated
Press)
Oregon Energy Bills Will Battle for Dominance (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Cautious New Cowlitz PUD Leader Faces Myriad of Challenges (Longview Daily News, WA)
Klamath Falls: Oregon Citizens Petition for People’s Utility
District (American Public Power Association – Slowly I turn. Step by step.
Klamath Falls)
Adrian Dix Slams BC Hydro for Smart Meter Replacements –
Replacing meters are ‘routine operations’, says BC Hydro, due to damage through
house construction, demolition (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
Editorial: Preserve Hydro Assets (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
FERC’s Tony Clark Won’t Seek Reappointment, Warns of CPP
Challenges (Utility Dive)
How to Prolong Your Phone’s Life in a Power Outage (USA Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Seals Blamed For Drop in Juvenile Salmon Stocks in Strait of
Georgia: Study (Vancouver Sun, BC)
Successful Salmon Homing Requires Both Olfactory Imprinting,
Geomagnetic Navigation (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
In Victory for Eagles, USFWS Gives Up Fight for 30-Year Take
Permits (Audubon)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Paying for Water Projects in Yakima Basin Is Complicated (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
‘Citizen Scientists’ Use Drones to Map El Nino Flooding (Associated Press)
Feds: California Reservoirs Only Half Full after Big Storms (Associated Press)
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/01/22/feds-california-reservoirs-only-half-full-after-big-storms.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY
California Utilities Propose Alternative to Regulators’ Net
Metering Policy (Utility Dive)
Editorial: Sky Won’t Fall If Solar Companies Share A Little
Sun (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Op-Ed: Smug About Your Solar Roof? Not So Fast (Los Angeles
Times, CA)
Oklahoma: State Pays Millions More in Wind-Energy Incentives
than Projected (Enid News & Eagle, OK)
Kansas Bill to Defund Transmission Authority Raises Alarm
with Wind Energy Advocates (Utility Dive)
Vermont Solar Growth Slowed for Now as Utilities Hit Limit (Associated Press)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Watch Your Energy Use - Man Claims Lab Was to Make Botanical
Soaps (Whidbey News Times, Coupeville, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Marijuana Business Incubator Comes to Tacoma (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
Northwest Marijuana Growers Try to Go Green – But It’s Hard
(KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
Recreational Pot Prices Fall on North Olympic Peninsula as
Production Increases (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Tiny State Agency Tapped To Fight Climate Change Faces
Developers’ Attack (Olympian - Paywall
Advisory)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Op/Ed: Clean Energy Fund Is Making a Difference (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
This High-Tech Soccer Field Generates Its Own Electricity – From
the Players (Huffington Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
300,000 Drones Registered in 30 Days (Associated Press)
Disney Loved Its No-Fly Zone – Until It Wanted to Fly Its
Own Drones (Washington Post)
MARKETING & MEDIA
What Management Turmoil at Twitter Means to Service (USA Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Green Groups Brace for Attacks in Olympia (Investigate West)
Columnist: Carbon Tax, Corporate Political Spending in State
Spotlight (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA
- Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Alaska Quake Upgraded to Magnitude 7.1; Aftermath Destroyed
Four Homes (Associated Press)
‘Slow-Moving’ Earthquake Continues March South through
Western Washington (KIRO Broadcasting,
Seattle, WA)
U-S East Coast Struggles to Return to Normal after Blizzard (Reuters)
U-S Snowstorm: What to Do If It All Goes Wrong (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Washington State Bill Would Require Students to Learn
Cursive (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Some Oregon Schools Can Keep Native American Mascots
(Oregonian, Portland)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Darth Vader Delivered a 3D Printed Arm to Boy in Need
Eight Egyptian Museum Officials Face Trial over King Tut’s
Broken Beard
This Adorable Sloth Tried to Cross a Road in Ecuador &
OMG It’s So Cute
This Beautiful Animation of London’s History Was Made
Entirely from Paper
SONG OF THE DAY
The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed Full Album
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