SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather Forecast for June 10, 2016
El Nino is Dead & La Nina Has Begun (Cliff Mass Weather
Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Cascadia Rising: Washington National Guard, By Air &
Land (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
U-S House Backs Symbolic Measures to Oppose Oil Fee, Carbon
Tax (Associated Press)
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/house-back-symbolic-measures-oppose-oil-fee-carbon-39762849
Salmon Canning Jobs Dwindling as Consumer Tastes Change (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Clallam PUD Solar Program Moving Forward after Commissioners
Show Their Support (Sequim Gazette, WA)
Time Warner Cable Says It’s Being Bullied by Electrical
Co-Ops over Pole Attachments (Broadband Reports)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Tribes Face Some of Greatest Risks from Oil Train Wrecks in Columbia River Gorge, Leaders Say
- Op/Ed: Lost Economic Opportunities from Energy Projects Mounting
- Boulder, Xcel Energy in Talks to End City’s Municipal Utility Bid
- Pennsylvania Regulator Says States Should Maintain Nuclear Power Plant Fleet
- Skagit PUD to Introduce GM Candidates
- Bonneville Power Administration Helps Clark County Extinguish Fire at Vancouver Church
- Salmon Canning Jobs Dwindling as Consumer Tastes Change
- Columbia River Sport Fishing Closure Lifted Below Bonneville Dam
- Clallam PUD Solar Program Moving Forward after Commissioners Show Their Support
- The Rural Utilities Service: How the USDA is Building a Clean Energy Future for Rural America
- Big Community Solar Push in South Carolina
- Court Rejects Environmentalists’ Bid to Block San Diego Wind Farm
- Solar Panels Don’t Raise Regular Utility Rates — They Might Even Lower Them
- Keeping Your Home Cool at a Low Cost
- Water Conservation Saves Energy in California
- U-S House Backs Symbolic Measures to Oppose Oil Fee, Carbon Tax
- You Should Totally Pee in the Shower
- Time Warner Cable Says It’s Being Bullied by Electrical Co-Ops over Pole Attachments
- Broadband Auction Entry Clearer for Co-ops – Show evidence of their capabilities to operate transmission or distribution systems
- Electric Co-Ops: A Path to Rural Broadband
- No More Boingo Wi-Fi on Washington Ferries
- City of Seattle: CityStream – Georgetown Steam Plant
- Thanks for the Story: Citigroup Is Suing AT&T for Using the Word ‘Thanks’ Because Citi Trademarked It
- Ad of the Day: Air Canada Sends Response Videos to Trump-Wary Americans on Twitter
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- This Is How Much Washington State Aerospace Companies Got in Tax Breaks in the Past 2 Years
- Up in the Air…It’s Drew MacEwan – In a Trump Year, Candidates Look for Ways to Shake Things Up
- Cascadia Rising: Washington National Guard, By Air & Land
- Planes & Parachutes Might Be Best Bet after 9.0 Earthquake
- Cascadia Rising: The Big One Would Create Whole New Landscape
- Record Wildfires Taught State Lessons
- Shelton City Administrator Meet & Greet
- Port Of Shelton: Time to Tear Down Fairgrounds Buildings
- Family of Shelton Student Who Found Needle Outraged over School’s Response
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Tribes Face Some of
Greatest Risks from Oil Train Wrecks in Columbia River Gorge, Leaders Say (Oregonian,
Portland)
Op/Ed: Lost Economic Opportunities from Energy Projects
Mounting (Columbia Basin Herald,
Moses Lake, WA)
Boulder, Xcel Energy
in Talks to End City’s Municipal Utility Bid (Utility Dive)
Pennsylvania Regulator
Says States Should Maintain Nuclear Power Plant Fleet (Electric Light &
Power)
Skagit PUD to
Introduce GM Candidates (Skagit Valley Harald, Mount Vernon, WA)
Bonneville Power
Administration Helps Clark County Extinguish Fire at Vancouver Church (Bonneville
Power Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon Canning Jobs Dwindling as Consumer Tastes Change (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Columbia River Sport Fishing Closure Lifted Below Bonneville
Dam (Oregonian, Portland)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Clallam PUD Solar Program Moving Forward after Commissioners
Show Their Support (Sequim Gazette, WA)
The Rural Utilities Service: How the USDA is Building a
Clean Energy Future for Rural America (Utility Dive)
Big Community Solar Push in South Carolina (Electric Co-op Today)
Court Rejects Environmentalists’ Bid to Block San Diego Wind
Farm (Governor’s Wind & Solar Energy Coalition)
Solar Panels Don’t Raise Regular Utility Rates — They Might
Even Lower Them (Grist Online)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Keeping Your Home Cool at a Low Cost (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Water Conservation Saves Energy in California (KQED-TV, San
Francisco, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U-S House Backs Symbolic Measures to Oppose Oil Fee, Carbon
Tax (Associated Press)
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/house-back-symbolic-measures-oppose-oil-fee-carbon-39762849
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
You Should Totally Pee in the Shower (Mental Floss)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Time Warner Cable Says It’s Being Bullied by Electrical
Co-Ops over Pole Attachments (Broadband Reports)
Broadband Auction Entry Clearer for Co-ops – Show evidence
of their capabilities to operate transmission or distribution systems (Electric Co-op Today)
Electric Co-Ops: A Path to Rural Broadband (Links to PDF
File, Broadband Communities)
No More Boingo Wi-Fi on Washington Ferries (Northwest Cable
News)
MARKETING & MEDIA
City of Seattle: CityStream – Georgetown Steam Plant (City
of Seattle, WA – Emmy Winner)
Thanks for the Story: Citigroup Is Suing AT&T for Using
the Word ‘Thanks’ Because Citi Trademarked It (Gizmodo)
Ad of the Day: Air Canada Sends Response Videos to
Trump-Wary Americans on Twitter (AdWeek)
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
This Is How Much Washington State Aerospace Companies Got in
Tax Breaks in the Past 2 Years (Puget
Sound Business Journal, WA)
Up in the Air…It’s Drew MacEwan – In a Trump Year,
Candidates Look for Ways to Shake Things Up (Northwest Public Radio)
GENERAL NEWS
Cascadia Rising: Washington National Guard, By Air &
Land (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Planes & Parachutes Might Be Best Bet after 9.0
Earthquake (Northwest Public Radio – Hey look! There’s PUD 3’s operations
center at Johns Prairie!)
Cascadia Rising: The Big One Would Create Whole New
Landscape (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Record Wildfires Taught State Lessons (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Shelton City Administrator Meet & Greet (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Port Of Shelton: Time to Tear Down Fairgrounds Buildings
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Family of Shelton Student Who Found Needle Outraged over
School’s Response (KIRO Broadcasting,
Seattle, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Gordie Howe, the Gritty & Mighty ‘Mr. Hockey,’ Dies at 88
Parrot a Murder Witness: ‘Don’t F**ing Shoot’
Proven Wrong, Political Consultant Runs Naked around California
Capitol
Seagull Masala? Bird Falls in Vat of Curry, Turns Orange
SONG OF THE DAY
Hockey Night in Canada Theme Song
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