SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Columbia River Sockeye Salmon Return Is Fifth Largest Since
1938 (Oregonian, Portland)
Seattle City Light Cuts Back Solar Power Incentive
(PubliCola)
FBI: Pacific Gas & Electric Exceeded Legal Pressure
Limits in Numerous Pipelines (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Google Fiber Will Delay Portland Launch for Months – Or
Longer (Oregonian, Portland)
Utilities Ignore Millennials at Their Peril (GreenTech
Media)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- FBI: Pacific Gas & Electric Exceeded Legal Pressure Limits in Numerous Pipelines
- Concerns over Proposed New England Natural Gas Pipeline Projects Grow as FERC Nears Decision
- Chelan County Utility Hikes Rates to Check Cryptocurrency Server Farms
- Video: Chelan PUD Warns Of Scam Calls about Your Utility Bill
- Hawaiian Electric Says It Is Not for Sale, Withdraws LNG Import Proposal
- U-S Electric System Is Made Up of Interconnections & Balancing Authorities
- Democrats Ignore Inconvenient Math on Nuclear Power
- Environmentalists Slam Feds for Spying on Them
- Columbia River Sockeye Salmon Return Is Fifth Largest Since 1938
- Washington State Tribe Joins Legal Challenge over Modified Salmon
- Prairie Chicken No Longer Threatened
- Seattle City Light Cuts Back Solar Power Incentive
- Montana: Big Timber Wind Farm in Jeopardy
- Obama Makes New Push on Solar Power
- Utility Participation Key to Driving Residential Energy Storage Growth
- Installation of New Port Angeles’ Civic Field LED Lights to Begin This Week
- Google Cuts Its Giant Electricity Bill with DeepMind-Powered Artificial Intelligence
- Fighting Obama’s Climate Plan, but Quietly Preparing to Comply
- El Nino Is Gone, But Earth’s Record Heat Is Sticking Around
- Group Clones California Giant Trees to Combat Climate Change
- Trees Can Limit Climate Change—Unless It Kills Them First
- Where Do Deep Space Probes Get Their Power?
- The Air Conditioner That Makes Electricity
- Ice Cream Waste to Power UK Homes
- Google Fiber Will Delay Portland Launch for Months – Or Longer
- Google Fiber No Longer a Moonshot – It’s a ‘Real Business’
- As PCs Decline, Microsoft Betting Its Future on the Cloud
- Why Amazon Is Taking Aim at Cable Companies
- More Than 75 Percent of Tennesseans Don’t Have Broadband, Despite Many Having Access
- Comcast Providing Free Wi-Fi on Wheels to Democratic Convention
- Utilities Ignore Millennials at Their Peril
- Twitter Announces Crackdown after Online Abuse of ‘Ghostbusters’ Actress
- Facebook Celebrates Forcing 1 Billion of its Existing Users to Download Messenger
- Anyone Can Now Get Twitter’s Prestigious Blue Tick
- Facebook Signs Internet Stars to ‘Encourage Experimentation’ on Facebook Live
- How Emoji Have Completely Revolutionized Communication from Tears of Joy to Bacon
- Republican Convention: Christmas Trees, Boeing & Volcanoes: How Delegates Promoted Washington State
- How Much Are America’s National Parks Worth?
- Shelton City Commissioners Delay Water-Well Decision
- Mason County Commissioners Set Parks District Vote
- Washington State Schools Chief Sues Seven Districts over Levy Funds
- Documents: People Held to Shield Image of Montana Tribe
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
FBI: Pacific Gas & Electric Exceeded Legal Pressure
Limits in Numerous Pipelines (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Concerns over Proposed New England Natural Gas Pipeline
Projects Grow as FERC Nears Decision (Utility Dive)
Chelan County Utility Hikes Rates to Check Cryptocurrency
Server Farms (Northwest Public Radio)
Video: Chelan PUD Warns Of Scam Calls about Your Utility
Bill (NCW Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
Hawaiian Electric Says It Is Not for Sale, Withdraws LNG Import
Proposal (Utility Dive)
U-S Electric System Is Made Up of Interconnections &
Balancing Authorities (U-S Energy Information Administration)
Democrats Ignore Inconvenient Math on Nuclear Power (National
Review)
Environmentalists Slam Feds for Spying on Them (Washington
Examiner)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River Sockeye Salmon Return Is Fifth Largest Since
1938 (Oregonian, Portland)
Washington State Tribe Joins Legal Challenge over Modified
Salmon (Associated Press)
Prairie Chicken No Longer Threatened (Washington Examiner)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Seattle City Light Cuts Back Solar Power Incentive
(PubliCola)
Montana: Big Timber Wind Farm in Jeopardy (Billings Gazette,
MT)
Obama Makes New Push on Solar Power (The Hill, Washington, DC)
Utility Participation Key to Driving Residential Energy Storage
Growth (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Installation of New Port Angeles’ Civic Field LED Lights to
Begin This Week (KONP Radio, Port
Angeles, WA)
Google Cuts Its Giant Electricity Bill with DeepMind-Powered
Artificial Intelligence (Bloomberg News)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Fighting Obama’s Climate Plan, but Quietly Preparing to
Comply (NY Times)
El Nino Is Gone, But Earth’s Record Heat Is Sticking Around (Associated Press)
Group Clones California Giant Trees to Combat Climate Change
(Associated Press)
Trees Can Limit Climate Change—Unless It Kills Them First (Bloomberg
News)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Where Do Deep Space Probes Get Their Power? (Cosmos
Magazine)
The Air Conditioner That Makes Electricity (Scientific
American)
Ice Cream Waste to Power UK Homes (Renewable Energy Focus)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Fiber Will Delay Portland Launch for Months – Or
Longer (Oregonian, Portland)
Google Fiber No Longer a Moonshot – It’s a ‘Real Business’ (USA Today)
As PCs Decline, Microsoft Betting Its Future on the Cloud (Associated Press)
Why Amazon Is Taking Aim at Cable Companies (Washington
Post)
More Than 75 Percent of Tennesseans Don’t Have Broadband,
Despite Many Having Access (Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN)
Comcast Providing Free Wi-Fi on Wheels to Democratic
Convention (Broadband Reports)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Utilities Ignore Millennials at Their Peril (GreenTech
Media)
Twitter Announces Crackdown after Online Abuse of ‘Ghostbusters’
Actress (Reuters)
Facebook Celebrates Forcing 1 Billion of its Existing Users
to Download Messenger (Gizmodo)
Anyone Can Now Get Twitter’s Prestigious Blue Tick (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Facebook Signs Internet Stars to ‘Encourage Experimentation’
on Facebook Live (New York Business Journal, NY)
How Emoji Have Completely Revolutionized Communication from
Tears of Joy to Bacon (TIME Magazine)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Republican Convention: Christmas Trees, Boeing &
Volcanoes: How Delegates Promoted Washington State (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
How Much Are America’s National Parks Worth? (The Atlantic
Magazine)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton City Commissioners Delay Water-Well Decision (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Mason County Commissioners Set Parks District Vote (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Washington State Schools Chief Sues Seven Districts over
Levy Funds (Northwest Cable News Network)
Documents: People Held to Shield Image of Montana Tribe (Associated Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
‘Happy Days’ Creator Garry Marshall Dies at 81
‘It’s Just Weird:’ Seattle Man Finds Stranger Living in His
Attic
91-Year-Old Woman Fills in $89,000 Artwork She Thought Was
Crossword Puzzle
The Most Famous Musician from Each State
SONG OF THE DAY
Happy Days Theme Song
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