SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather Forecast for May 13, 2016
Major Cooling Ahead (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power’s Fish/Wildlife Costs $757 Million in 2015,
$15 Billion Since 1978 (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Promoters Say New Banks Lake Hydropower Project Could Employ
Thousands (Star of the Grand Coulee, WA)
Okanogan PUD Gives Go-Ahead to Enloe Dam (Omak Chronicle,
WA)
Colstrip Coal Plant’s Fate Discussed by Montana Governor,
Executives (Associated Press)
Clallam PUD Formally Opposes Carbon Tax Initiative (KONP
Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Promoters Say New Banks Lake Hydropower Project Could Employ Thousands
- Okanogan PUD Gives Go-Ahead to Enloe Dam
- Colstrip Coal Plant’s Fate Discussed by Montana Governor, Executives
- Raccoon Causes 38,000 Seattle Customers to Lose Power Wednesday
- California PUC’s Big Scandal over San Onofre Closure Heats Up
- California Looks to Texas to Solve Nuclear Waste Problem
- NuScale to Hold United Kingdom Supplier Day July 13 in Sheffield
- Senate Overwhelmingly Approves Energy & Water Funding Bill
- Bonneville Power’s Fish/Wildlife Costs $757 Million in 2015, $15 Billion Since 1978
- Harvest Managers Reaffirm Pre-Season Spring Chinook Return of 188,800 Fish
- Greenpeace Files Complaint about UW Fishery Professor
- Port Angeles Man Reels in Behemoth Halibut in Freshwater Bay
- 28% of U-S Bees Wiped Out This Winter, Suggesting Bigger Environmental Issues
- British Columbia Snowpack Reaches Record Low for May
- Clallam PUD Commissioners to Discuss Community Solar Project
- Facebook, Microsoft Aim to Shift the Nation to Green Energy
- Why Germany Is Paying People to Use Electricity
- Othello Switching to LED Streetlights
- Remember Those Smart Streetlights GE Announced? That Already Happened
- Better Buildings Challenge Partners Exceed $1.3 Billion in Energy Cost Savings
- Just How Much Power Do Your Electronics Use When They Are ‘Off’?
- Energy Efficiency Is Key for Compliance, Customer Satisfaction, Panel Says
- No Shortage of Marijuana in Washington Say Researchers
- Clallam PUD Formally Opposes Carbon Tax Initiative
- Clallam Public Utility District Affirms Carbon Tax Opposition
- Op/Ed: British Columbia’s Carbon Tax Is an Opportunity for Christy Clark
- Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Electricity Generation in 2015 Were Lowest Since 1993
- Plastic Bags Might Kickstart the Carbon Capture Industry
- Dyson Could Become Next Tesla with Its Electric Car, Says Expert
- Electric Co-op Members Get Discounts on Ford Electric Cars
- Grant County Is One-Sixth Seattle’s Size – Here’s Why Microsoft, Yahoo, CenturyLink Are All Expanding There
- Cable Lobby Group: Broadband Competition is Bad for Customers
- Instagram’s New Logo Is a Travesty – ‘Modernizing’ Effort Goes Awry
- How Uber, Netflix & Google’s App Redesigns Compare with Instagram’s
- How to Create Quality Facebook Canvas Ads
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Indicted Washington State Auditor Lashes Out at Governor
- MacEwen Announces Re-Election Bid for Washington State House
- Mason County Commissioner – Neatherlin Announces Re-Election Bid
- Conservative Group Requests Personal Information of State Employees
- America’s Most (and Least) Popular Governors
- City of Shelton Names Five Finalists for Administrator
- Man Pulled From Lake Cushman Tuesday Dies
- Olympia Mayor ‘Very’ Concerned about City Income Tax
- Clark County Inmates’ Identity Swap Fools Jailers, Leads to Escape
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blue of the sky.
Irving Berlin was stumped. “Cerulean skies, smiling at
me…nothing but cerulean skies, do I see…” He took a deep sigh, “I just can’t
see anyone singing that…it sounds like a commercial for Cheerios cereal.”
One of my favorite quotes is attributed to Irving Berlin: “Never
write a bad song for Ethel Merman…Because you’ll HEAR it!”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Promoters Say New Banks Lake Hydropower Project Could Employ
Thousands (Star of the Grand Coulee, WA)
Okanogan PUD Gives Go-Ahead to Enloe Dam (Omak Chronicle,
WA)
Colstrip Coal Plant’s Fate Discussed by Montana Governor,
Executives (Associated Press)
Raccoon Causes 38,000 Seattle Customers to Lose Power Wednesday
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
California PUC’s Big Scandal over San Onofre Closure Heats
Up (Sacramento Bee, CA)
California Looks to Texas to Solve Nuclear Waste Problem (Sacramento Bee, CA)
NuScale to Hold United Kingdom Supplier Day July 13 in
Sheffield (The Energy Collective)
Senate Overwhelmingly Approves Energy & Water Funding
Bill (Washington Examiner)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Bonneville Power’s Fish/Wildlife Costs $757 Million in 2015,
$15 Billion Since 1978 (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Harvest Managers Reaffirm Pre-Season Spring Chinook Return
of 188,800 Fish (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Greenpeace Files Complaint about UW Fishery Professor (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Port Angeles Man Reels in Behemoth Halibut in Freshwater Bay
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles,
WA)
28% of U-S Bees Wiped Out This Winter, Suggesting Bigger
Environmental Issues (The Guardian, UK)
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/11/bee-colony-deaths-environmental-problems?CMP=share_btn_tw
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WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
British Columbia Snowpack Reaches Record Low for May (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Clallam PUD Commissioners to Discuss Community Solar Project
(KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Facebook, Microsoft Aim to Shift the Nation to Green Energy
(Washington Examiner)
Why Germany Is Paying People to Use Electricity (Fortune
Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Othello Switching to LED Streetlights – Conversion will
reduce streetlight costs by 30 percent (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Remember Those Smart Streetlights GE Announced? That Already
Happened (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
Better Buildings Challenge Partners Exceed $1.3 Billion in
Energy Cost Savings – Share Hundreds Of Solutions To Help Spur Future
Efficiency Efforts (Breaking Energy)
Just How Much Power Do Your Electronics Use When They Are ‘Off’?
(NY Times)
Energy Efficiency Is Key for Compliance, Customer
Satisfaction, Panel Says (American Public Power Association)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
No Shortage of Marijuana in Washington Say Researchers
(Northwest Public Radio)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Clallam PUD Formally Opposes Carbon Tax Initiative (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Clallam Public Utility District Affirms Carbon Tax
Opposition (Peninsula Daily News,
Port Angeles, WA)
Op/Ed: British Columbia’s Carbon Tax Is an Opportunity for
Christy Clark (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Electricity Generation in 2015
Were Lowest Since 1993 (U-S Energy Information Administration)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Plastic Bags Might Kickstart the Carbon Capture Industry
(Breaking Energy)
Dyson Could Become Next Tesla with Its Electric Car, Says
Expert (The Guardian, UK)
Electric Co-op Members Get Discounts on Ford Electric Cars (Electric Co-op Today)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Grant County Is One-Sixth Seattle’s Size – Here’s Why
Microsoft, Yahoo, CenturyLink Are All Expanding There (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Cable Lobby Group: Broadband Competition is Bad for
Customers (Ars Technica)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Instagram’s New Logo Is a Travesty – ‘Modernizing’ Effort
Goes Awry (Adweek)
How Uber, Netflix & Google’s App Redesigns Compare with
Instagram’s (Mashable)
How to Create Quality Facebook Canvas Ads (Social Media
Examiner)
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Indicted Washington State Auditor Lashes Out at Governor (Associated Press)
MacEwen Announces Re-Election Bid for Washington State House
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Mason County Commissioner – Neatherlin Announces Re-Election
Bid (Mason Web Tv, Shelton, Wa)
Conservative Group Requests Personal Information of State
Employees (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle,
WA)
America’s Most (and Least) Popular Governors (Morning
Consult)
GENERAL NEWS
City of Shelton Names Five Finalists for Administrator (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Man Pulled From Lake Cushman Tuesday Dies (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Olympia Mayor ‘Very’ Concerned about City Income Tax (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Clark County Inmates’ Identity Swap Fools Jailers, Leads to
Escape (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Bride’s Uncle Arrested in Theft of Park Rose Trellis
Your Boss Can’t Force You to Be Happy at Work, Federal Board
Rules
That’s Right, $63 Million for a Football Stadium … for High
Schoolers
Government Says He’s Dead, But Man Insists He’s Very Much Alive
SONG OF THE DAY
Patrick Hernandez - Born To Be Alive
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