SHELTON
FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT
SHOTS – THE TOP FIVE STORIES OF THE DAY
Secret
Puget Sound Energy-Funded Studies Say LNG Plant Poses No Off-Site Danger (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Yahoo to Provide Details on Massive Data Breach:
Recode (Reuters)
Okanogan
PUD Sued by Pierce County Couple over New Power Line (Omak Chronicle, WA)
Vancouver Heater Manufacturer Cadet Being Sold to
Irish Company
Native
Americans Protest Oregon Water Plant – Opponents of Nestle Believe It Will Harm
Salmon (Associated Press)
NEWS
HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Secret Puget Sound Energy-Funded Studies Say LNG Plant Poses No Off-Site Danger
- Okanogan PUD Sued by Pierce County Couple over New Power Line
- Washington State Energy Panel Declines Jurisdiction over Methanol Plant
- Public Power Financial Performance Is Holding Steady, Moody’s Says
- Energy Adviser: Speakers Available on Energy Subjects
- Crews Rush to Restore Power in Blacked-Out Puerto Rico
- The Man Who Keeps the Lights On
- Native Americans Protest Oregon Water Plant – Opponents of Nestle Believe It Will Harm Salmon
- More Salmon Cross McNary Dam
- Port Angeles to Post Fluoridation Decision on City Website
- Pacific Power Contracts with Oregon Solar Projects
- Apple to Sell 50 MW Solar Energy to Arizona Public Utility
- SolarWorld Will Lay Off 500 in Germany
- Vancouver Heater Manufacturer Cadet Being Sold to Irish Company
- Your TV May Devour More Energy Than You Think
- What Kind of Water Heater Is Greenest?
- Climate Change Threatens World’s Coffee Supply, Report Says
- Fremont Brewery Converts Waste into Energy, Fertilizer
- Yahoo to Provide Details on Massive Data Breach: Recode
- Yahoo Data Breach Could Affect Verizon Deal
- Comcast Plans to Launch Wireless Service Next Year
- California Supreme Court to Hear Yelp Free-Speech Case
- More than a Third of Both Presidential Candidates’ Twitter Followers Are Bots, Study Finds
- Your Tax Dollars for Political Campaigns? It’s on Washington State’s Ballot
- Tattooed Employees Can Improve Your Company’s Image, Study Finds
- Suspect Identified in Shelton OfferUp Auto Thefts
- Kiss Summer Goodbye: Fall Is Knocking at Our Door
- Seattle Really Did Have a Warmer than Usual Summer
- Green Diamond Tree Farms to Open for Hunters, Other Recreation
- Northwest Exporters Brace for Ocean Freight Cost Increases
- Spiders Coming into Your Home Are ‘Looking For Love, Basically’
Secret
Puget Sound Energy-Funded Studies Say LNG Plant Poses No Off-Site Danger (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Okanogan
PUD Sued by Pierce County Couple over New Power Line (Omak Chronicle, WA)
Washington
State Energy Panel Declines Jurisdiction over Methanol Plant (Associated Press)
Public
Power Financial Performance Is Holding Steady, Moody’s Says (American Public
Power Association)
Energy
Adviser: Speakers Available on Energy Subjects (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Crews Rush to Restore Power in Blacked-Out Puerto
Rico (Associated Press)
The
Man Who Keeps the Lights On – Tim Miller, an electric-utility lineman, talks
about what it’s like to be responsible for distributing his community’s power (Atlantic
Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Native
Americans Protest Oregon Water Plant – Opponents of Nestle Believe It Will Harm
Salmon (Associated Press)
More
Salmon Cross McNary Dam (Sunnyside Daily Sun, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Port Angeles to Post Fluoridation Decision on
City Website (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Pacific
Power Contracts with Oregon Solar Projects (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Apple
to Sell 50 MW Solar Energy to Arizona Public Utility (Utility Dive)
SolarWorld
Will Lay Off 500 in Germany (Portland Business Journal, OR)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Vancouver Heater Manufacturer Cadet Being Sold to Irish
Company (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Your TV May Devour More Energy Than You Think (CBS
News)
What Kind of Water
Heater Is Greenest? (Grist Online)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate
Change Threatens World’s Coffee Supply, Report Says (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Fremont Brewery Converts Waste into Energy,
Fertilizer (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Yahoo to Provide Details on Massive Data Breach: Recode
(Reuters)
Yahoo Data Breach Could Affect Verizon Deal (San
Francisco Business Times, CA)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/techflash/2016/09/yahoo-data-breach-could-affect-verizon-deal.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/techflash/2016/09/yahoo-data-breach-could-affect-verizon-deal.html
Comcast Plans to Launch Wireless Service Next Year
(Associated Press)
MARKETING & MEDIA
California Supreme Court to Hear Yelp Free-Speech
Case (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/California-Supreme-Court-to-hear-Yelp-free-speech-9237987.php
More than a Third of Both Presidential Candidates’ Twitter
Followers Are Bots, Study Finds (Mashable)
POLITICS & MANAGEMENT
Your Tax Dollars for Political Campaigns? It’s on Washington
State’s Ballot (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
Tattooed Employees Can Improve Your Company’s
Image, Study Finds (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Suspect Identified in Shelton OfferUp Auto Thefts
(KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Kiss Summer Goodbye: Fall Is Knocking at Our Door (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Seattle Really Did Have a Warmer than Usual Summer
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Green Diamond Tree Farms to Open for Hunters, Other
Recreation (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Northwest Exporters Brace for Ocean Freight Cost
Increases (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
Spiders Coming into Your Home Are ‘Looking For
Love, Basically’ (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
DIVERSIONS – SWEET SMELL OF FAILURE
Teen Hospitalized after Air Freshener Causes Car
Explosion
‘Marijuana Cannon’ Used to Fire Drugs over US Border
Seized in Mexico
Mint Worker Smuggled $180K Worth of Gold in His Bum,
Police Say
Spider Causes
Rollover Crash in Portland
SONG OF THE DAY
Shirley Bassey – Goldfinger
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