SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Dozens of Renewable Energy Projects Referred to Oregon’s
Department of Justice (Portland Tribune, OR)
Congressional Panel Investigating Western Area Power
Administration (Wall Street Journal)
Inside the Carbon Tax Fight That's Dividing
Environmentalists – Leonardo DiCaprio is backing Washington State's climate
change initiative. Much of the green movement will be voting "No."
(Mother Jones Magazine)
Comcast Will Launch Gigabit Service in Oregon Early Next
Year (Oregonian, Portland)
Agate Area Mill Destroyed by Fire (Mason Web TV, Shelton,
WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Congressional Panel Investigating Western Area Power Administration
- Colstrip Is Battleground in Montana Governor's Race
- Oregon: Klamath Tribes Protest Pumped Storage Project
- Avista Reports Third Quarter Income of $12.2 Million
- Clallam PUD Switching Over to New Online Bill Payment System Today
- About 500 City of Everett Utility Customers Are Double-Billed
- Canada: First Nations Challenge of Peace River Dam Permits Denied by British Columbia Supreme Court
- Vermont Nixes Purchase of TransCanada Hydroelectric Dams
- Tajikistan Starts Building World's Tallest Dam for Hydro Plant
- Don’t Get Too Used to That Smaller Utility Bill -- It Won’t Last
- Final Report of the Task Force on Federal Energy Management
- Washington State Officials to Get Briefed on Columbia River Salmon Fishing Reforms
- Plan Unveiled to Protect Western U-S Wildlife & Sagebrush
- Leaving Behind Burned Trees for Bird Habitat
- Robot Shellfish May Tell Us About Climate Change's Impact on Marine Species
- In California, a $350 Million Social Experiment over Lawns
- Porous Driveways Offer Environmentally Friendly, Back-To-The-Future Approach to Addressing Runoff
- Dozens of Renewable Energy Projects Referred to Oregon’s Department of Justice
- Con Ed Says Plan to Install Rooftop Solar Panels Will Aid Poor New Yorkers
- Blog: Free Kill-A-Watt Lending Program Helps Customers Save Energy
- Will Seattle Cannabis Tourism Take a Hit If Other States Legalize It?
- Inside the Carbon Tax Fight That's Dividing Environmentalists
- America’s Energy Revolution Hits a Historic Milepost
- Comcast Will Launch Gigabit Service in Oregon Early Next Year
- LocalTel Removes Satellite Dishes from Confluence Technology Center
- Google Publishes Windows Security Flaw, Saying It’s Being Exploited Right Now
- FCC Supports Google Fiber, Louisville in Utility Pole Fight
- Twitter Users Frustrated by Disappearance of “@-Replies”
- Eight Social Media Content Ideas for Marketers
- Why You Shouldn’t Organize Your Email
- Washington’s Secretary of State Will Send 136,000 Letters to Fix Error in Spanish Translation
- On One Thing the Presidential Candidates Agree: Infrastructure Needs Work
- Agate Area Mill Destroyed by Fire
- Fire Destroys Shelton-Area Mill Building
- St Helens: The Deadliest Volcano in the United States Just Got Really Weird
- Daylight Saving Time Ends Soon: Important Reminder to Turn Your Clocks Back
- Hello, Clarice, Is the Pacific Northwest the Serial Killer Capital?
Gravid ● /GRAH-vid/ ● Adjective – 1: pregnant 2: distended
with or full of eggs.
Like the gravid silence following a “beer belch” in church,
Barty’s inopportune outburst during a vital pitch meeting created a crushing
silence that neatly ended his sales career. Directly after his pharmaceutical CEO’s
declaration that the product was “the least expensive treatment for spastic
colon,” Barty issued a smug, hoarse stage whisper “and at a 1,000 percent
profit margin.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Congressional Panel Investigating Western Area Power
Administration (Wall Street Journal)
Colstrip Is Battleground in Montana Governor's Race (Billings
Gazette, MT)
Oregon: Klamath Tribes Protest Pumped Storage Project
(Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Avista Reports Third Quarter Income of $12.2 Million (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Clallam PUD Switching Over to New Online Bill Payment System
Today (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
About 500 City of Everett Utility Customers Are
Double-Billed (Everett Herald, WA)
Canada: First Nations Challenge of Peace River Dam Permits
Denied by British Columbia Supreme Court (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Vermont Nixes Purchase of TransCanada Hydroelectric Dams (Utility
Dive)
Tajikistan Starts Building World's Tallest Dam for Hydro
Plant (Reuters)
Don’t Get Too Used to That Smaller Utility Bill -- It Won’t
Last (Bloomberg News)
Final Report of the Task Force on Federal Energy Management
(U-S Department of Energy)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Washington State Officials to Get Briefed on Columbia River Salmon
Fishing Reforms (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Plan Unveiled to Protect Western U-S Wildlife &
Sagebrush (Associated Press)
Leaving Behind Burned Trees for Bird Habitat (Northwest
Public Radio)
Robot Shellfish May Tell Us About Climate Change's Impact on
Marine Species (Smithsonian Magazine)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
In California, a $350 Million Social Experiment over Lawns (Associated
Press)
Porous Driveways Offer Environmentally Friendly,
Back-To-The-Future Approach to Addressing Runoff (Washington Post)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Dozens of Renewable Energy Projects Referred to Oregon’s Department
of Justice (Portland Tribune, OR)
Con Ed Says Plan to Install Rooftop Solar Panels Will Aid
Poor New Yorkers (NY Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Blog: Free Kill-A-Watt Lending Program Helps Customers Save
Energy (Pacific Gas & Electric, Currents)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Will Seattle Cannabis Tourism Take a Hit If Other States
Legalize It? (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Inside the Carbon Tax Fight That's Dividing
Environmentalists – Leonardo DiCaprio is backing Washington State's climate
change initiative. Much of the green movement will be voting "No."
(Mother Jones Magazine)
America’s Energy Revolution Hits a Historic Milepost (Bloomberg
News)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast Will Launch Gigabit Service in Oregon Early Next
Year (Oregonian, Portland)
LocalTel Removes Satellite Dishes from Confluence Technology
Center (North Central Washington Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
Google Publishes
Windows Security Flaw, Saying It’s Being Exploited Right Now (Dallas Business
Journal, TX)
FCC Supports Google Fiber, Louisville in Utility Pole Fight (Broadband
Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Supports-Google-Fiber-Louisville-in-Utility-Pole-Fight-138230
MARKETING & MEDIA
Twitter Users Frustrated by Disappearance of “@-Replies” (Consumerist)
Eight Social Media Content Ideas for Marketers (Social Media
Examiner)
Why You Shouldn’t Organize Your Email (Washington Post)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington’s Secretary of State Will Send 136,000 Letters to
Fix Error in Spanish Translation (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
On One Thing the Presidential Candidates Agree:
Infrastructure Needs Work (National Public Radio)
GENERAL NEWS
Agate Area Mill Destroyed by Fire (Mason Web TV, Shelton,
WA)
Fire Destroys Shelton-Area Mill Building (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
St Helens: The Deadliest Volcano in the United States Just
Got Really Weird (Gizmodo)
Daylight Saving Time Ends Soon: Important Reminder to Turn
Your Clocks Back (Tribune Media)
Hello, Clarice, Is the Pacific Northwest the Serial Killer
Capital? (Northwest Public Radio)
DEER MEAT IN THE DRIVE THROUGH – DIVERSIONS
Arby’s Sells Out of Venison Sandwich on First Day in Nashville
Yes, Eleven Will Be Back for Stranger Things Season Two
'Homeward Bound' & 'Born to Run' Trace the Making of Two
American Icons
Flatulence Blamed for Causing a Fire During Surgery at a
Tokyo Hospital
SONGS OF THE DAY
Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
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