SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Those Spectacular Post Storm Sunsets, Explained (NY Times)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Audit Questions No-Bid Contract for
Washington State Patrol Radio Upgrade (Northwest Public Radio)
Canada’s Fisheries Minister Plans ‘Concrete’ Action to Fight
Declining Sockeye Run (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
Court Orders Feds to Turn Over Idaho Nuclear Waste Documents
(Associated Press)
Amnesty International Calls for Halt to British Columbia’s
Peace River Dam (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Massachusetts Just Gave a Huge Boost to the Offshore Wind
Industry (Washington Post)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Court Orders Feds to Turn Over Idaho Nuclear Waste Documents
- Amnesty International Calls for Halt to British Columbia’s Peace River Dam
- Mason PUD 3 Refunds Bonds for $4.1 Million in Savings
- California Governor Brown Puts CAISO Expansion on Hold
- Public Service of New Mexico Suspending ‘Smart Meter’ Plans until Rate Case Decided
- FCC OKs Automated Phone Calls by Co-ops
- Canada’s Fisheries Minister Plans ‘Concrete’ Action to Fight Declining Sockeye Run
- Massachusetts Just Gave a Huge Boost to the Offshore Wind Industry
- Cannabis in Mason County
- As Legalization Spreads, Marijuana Use Now Poised to Overtake Tobacco
- Scotts Miracle-Gro’s Cannabis Play Boosts Stock Price
- White House Issues Final Guidance on Climate Change
- Federal Carbon Tax – The Presidential Campaign Includes the Carbon Tax Issue
- Green Roofs on Amazon’s New Seattle Tower Filter Stormwater, Save Company Money
- Dairy Digesters Fight Climate Change, Benefit Farms
- Coast Communications Asks Grays Harbor County to Reconsider Franchise Fee Increase
- Hackers Make the First-Ever Ransomware for Smart Thermostats
- What the Broadband Home of the Future May Look Like
- San Jose’s Google Fiber Rollout Delayed While Tech Giant Explores Alternatives
- Will Facebook Finally Be Successful in Initiative to Bring Wi-Fi to Rural India?
- Yahoo Launches New Streaming Service Featuring Hulu
- Delta Outage: Looking for Customer Service? Try Social Media
- 231 Million People Talked About Pokemon Go on Facebook & Instagram in July
- Facebook Goes to War with Ad Blockers
- #PhelpsFace Is the Olympics Meme the World Deserves
- Oregon Elections Director Resigned Amid Investigation into Inappropriate Comments
- U-S Dept. of Energy: Crowd Demanding Moniz Encore if Clinton Elected?
- How to Look Interested in a Boring Meeting
- Washington State Audit Questions No-Bid Contract for Washington State Patrol Radio Upgrade
- Washington State Benefits – Barclays Reaches $100 Million U-S Multi-State Libor Settlement
- Emergency Mason County Road Closure for Little Egypt Road
- Washington Tenth in U-S Immigrant Population
- After Extensive Outage, Delta Seeks Forgiveness with Refunds, Vouchers
Ratiocination • \rat-ee-oh-suh-NAY-shun\ • Noun - 1: the
process of exact thinking: reasoning 2: a reasoned train of thought.
In the absence of his brain, which was on vacation for tax
purposes after a trying month of “Scrabble” tournaments, Billy’s ratiocination
was on the fritz. Even simple questions from his wife, such as “did you put
your shoes on today,” were met with sullen, monosyllabic grunts. (By the way,
Bill was not wearing shoes, socks…or pants.)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Court Orders Feds to Turn Over Idaho Nuclear Waste Documents
(Associated Press)
Amnesty International Calls for Halt to British Columbia’s
Peace River Dam (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Mason PUD 3 Refunds Bonds for $4.1 Million in Savings (Mason
PUD3, Shelton, WA)
California Governor Brown Puts CAISO Expansion on Hold (Utility
Dive)
Public Service of New Mexico Suspending ‘Smart Meter’ Plans until
Rate Case Decided (Albuquerque Business First, NM)
FCC OKs Automated Phone Calls by Co-ops (Electric Co-op Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Canada’s Fisheries Minister Plans ‘Concrete’ Action to Fight
Declining Sockeye Run (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Massachusetts Just Gave a Huge Boost to the Offshore Wind
Industry (Washington Post)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Cannabis in Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
As Legalization Spreads, Marijuana Use Now Poised to Overtake
Tobacco (Christian Science Monitor)
Scotts Miracle-Gro’s Cannabis Play Boosts Stock Price (Marijuana
Business Daily)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
White House Issues Final Guidance on Climate Change (Breaking
Energy)
Federal Carbon Tax – The Presidential Campaign Includes the Carbon
Tax Issue (Breaking Energy)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Green Roofs on Amazon’s New Seattle Tower Filter Stormwater,
Save Company Money (Puget Sound
Business Journal, WA)
Dairy Digesters Fight Climate Change, Benefit Farms (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Coast Communications Asks Grays Harbor County to Reconsider
Franchise Fee Increase (Aberdeen
Daily World, WA)
Hackers Make the First-Ever Ransomware for Smart Thermostats
(Motherboard)
What the Broadband Home of the Future May Look Like (USA Today)
San Jose’s Google Fiber Rollout Delayed While Tech Giant
Explores Alternatives (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Will Facebook Finally Be Successful in Initiative to Bring Wi-Fi
to Rural India? (Christian Science Monitor)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Yahoo Launches New Streaming Service Featuring Hulu (Silicon
Valley Business Journal, CA)
Delta Outage: Looking for Customer Service? Try Social Media
(KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
231 Million People Talked About Pokemon Go on Facebook &
Instagram in July (AdWeek)
Facebook Goes to War with Ad Blockers (Gizmodo)
#PhelpsFace Is the Olympics Meme the World Deserves (U-S
News & World Report)
POLITICS & MANAGEMENT
Oregon Elections Director Resigned Amid Investigation into
Inappropriate Comments (Oregonian, Portland)
U-S Dept. of Energy: Crowd Demanding Moniz Encore if Clinton
Elected? (Politico)
How to Look Interested in a Boring Meeting (British Broadcasting Corporation)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State Audit Questions No-Bid Contract for
Washington State Patrol Radio Upgrade (Northwest Public Radio)
Washington State Benefits – Barclays Reaches $100 Million U-S
Multi-State Libor Settlement (Reuters)
Emergency Mason County Road Closure for Little Egypt Road
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Washington Tenth in U-S Immigrant Population (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
After Extensive Outage, Delta Seeks Forgiveness with
Refunds, Vouchers (Associated Press)
FOR THE LOVE OF CARS – DIVERSIONS
Woman Parks Mercedes on Top of $300,000 Ferrari
Shirtless Canadian Premier Justin Trudeau Accidentally Photo
Bombs Beach Wedding
Homemade Cockroach-Killing Flamethrower Sparks Centralia Apartment
Fire
Security Camera Captures Alleged Arsonist Accidentally
Setting Himself on Fire
SONG OF THE DAY
Bruce Springsteen – I’m on Fire
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