SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
One-Third of Washington State Voters Have Cast Ballots
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Mason PUD No. 3’s $7 Million Grid Modernization Project
Underway (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Hood Canal Group Eyes Internet Project (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, WA)
Environmental Groups to Petition Feds for ‘Whale Protection
Zone’ Off Part of San Juan Island (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Seattle Cannabis Firm Privateer Raises $40 Million for Legal
Pot Business (SF Chronicle)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Mason PUD No. 3’s $7 Million Grid Modernization Project Underway
- Puget Sound Energy Reportedly Installed Toxic Utility Poles in Kenmore Wetland
- Electricity Fee Charges, Rates Differ Locally – Kootenai Electric Cooperative Customers Critical of Increase
- Idaho-Wyoming Wedding – Fall River Will Not Merge with Jackson Area Electric Co-Op
- Tax-Averse Spokane Valley City Council Proposes New Utility Tax
- Paris Resort in Las Vegas Crippled by Accidental Power-Line Cut
- Moniz Shares His “Keep Awake” List of Issues on the Future of Nuclear Energy in U-S
- Dams in the Amazon – Not in My Valley
- Environmental Groups to Petition Feds for ‘Whale Protection Zone’ Off Part of San Juan Island
- Chum Salmon Flows Begin from Bonneville Dam in Anticipation of the Fish Building Redds
- Campbell River Waterfalls Surge with Record Rains
- Wood-Fueled Power Plant in Heppner Could See New Life
- First Solar Plummets 18% After Global Surplus of Panels
- What the Renewable-Energy Economy Looks Like
- Energy Adviser: Don’t Let Vampires Bleed Your Electric Bill
- Google Home Is Promising – Still a Work in Progress
- Home is Where the Smart Is – First-of-its-Kind Study Reveals Importance of Smart Technology & Low-Water Clean Energy
- Washington State Vote on Nation’s First Carbon Tax Divides Greens
- Are You Melting the Arctic? How Your Carbon Dioxide Emissions Add Up
- Wal-Mart Sets Environmental Plan as People Seek Green Items
- Seattle Cannabis Firm Privateer Raises $40 Million for Legal Pot Business
- Rating The Governors on Cannabis: The A+ Governor Will Surprise You
- Hood Canal Group Eyes Internet Project
- Google to Fiber Cities: Don’t Freak Out, We’re Not Cancelling Anything
- In Illinois, Rural Co-Ops See Energy Advantage with Broadband
- CenturyLink Selling Data Centers to Help Pay for Level 3 Buy
- Each Facebook User Is Worth $14 in Annual Ad Revenue, According to New Report
- Watch Netflix Over Cable – It’s Happening as Comcast X1 Deal Goes Live
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- One-Third of Washington State Voters Have Cast Ballots
- Last Economic Snapshot Before the Election Shows Healthy Job Growth
- Feds Learn Hard Lessons in Bundy Case
- Most Americans Don’t Want the Electoral College. Why Does It Prevail?
- Washington State Doing Away with Standard Terms to Describe Inmates
- Feds Checking Terror Threat Info Timed to Election
- The Kitsap Opportunity Is a Marketing Opportunity
- When Does Daylight Saving Time 2016 End? Get Ready to Change Your Clocks This Weekend
- Yes, We Might Have No Bananas – Can Science Prevent the Fruit’s Extinction?
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Tuesday’s final test
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Mason PUD No. 3’s $7 Million Grid Modernization Project
Underway (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Puget Sound Energy Reportedly Installed Toxic Utility Poles in
Kenmore Wetland (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Electricity Fee Charges, Rates Differ Locally – Kootenai
Electric Cooperative Customers Critical of Increase (Coeur d’Alene Press, ID)
Idaho-Wyoming Wedding – Fall River Will Not Merge with Jackson
Area Electric Co-Op (Teton Valley News, Driggs, ID)
Tax-Averse Spokane Valley City Council Proposes New Utility
Tax (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Paris Resort in Las Vegas Crippled by Accidental Power-Line
Cut (Associated Press)
Moniz Shares His “Keep Awake” List of Issues on the Future
of Nuclear Energy in U-S (The Energy Collective)
Dams in the Amazon – Not in My Valley (The Economist
Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Environmental Groups to Petition Feds for ‘Whale Protection
Zone’ Off Part of San Juan Island (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Chum Salmon Flows Begin from Bonneville Dam in Anticipation of
the Fish Building Redds (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Campbell River Waterfalls Surge with Record Rains – BC Hydro
opens spillway as rain fills Vancouver Island reservoir (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Wood-Fueled Power Plant in Heppner Could See New Life (East
Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
First Solar Plummets 18% After Global Surplus of Panels (CNBC)
What the Renewable-Energy Economy Looks Like (Atlantic
Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Adviser: Don’t Let Vampires Bleed Your Electric Bill
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/nov/04/energy-adviser-dont-let-vampires-bleed-your-electric-bill/
Google Home Is Promising – Still a Work in Progress (Washington
Post)
Home is Where the Smart Is – First-of-its-Kind
Study Reveals Importance of Smart Technology & Low-Water Clean Energy (The
Energy Collective)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington State Vote on Nation’s First Carbon Tax Divides
Greens (The Hill, Washington, DC)
Are You Melting the Arctic? How Your
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Add Up (Christian Science Monitor)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Wal-Mart Sets Environmental Plan as People Seek Green Items
(Los Angeles Times, CA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Seattle Cannabis Firm Privateer Raises $40 Million for Legal
Pot Business (SF Chronicle)
Rating The Governors on Cannabis: The A+ Governor Will
Surprise You (Canna Law Blog)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Hood Canal Group Eyes Internet Project (Peninsula Daily News,
Port Angeles, WA)
Google to Fiber Cities: Don’t Freak Out, We’re Not
Cancelling Anything (Consumerist)
In Illinois, Rural Co-Ops See Energy Advantage with
Broadband (Midwest Energy News)
CenturyLink Selling Data Centers to Help Pay for Level 3 Buy
(Denver Business Journal, CO)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Each Facebook User Is Worth $14 in Annual Ad Revenue,
According to New Report (AdWeek)
Watch Netflix Over Cable – It’s Happening as Comcast X1 Deal
Goes Live (USA Today)
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
One-Third of Washington State Voters Have Cast Ballots (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Last Economic Snapshot Before the Election Shows Healthy Job
Growth (NY Times)
Feds Learn Hard Lessons in Bundy Case (Courthouse News
Service)
Most Americans Don’t Want the Electoral College. Why Does It
Prevail? (Christian Science Monitor)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State Doing Away with Standard Terms to Describe
Inmates (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
Feds Checking Terror Threat Info Timed to Election (USA
Today)
The Kitsap Opportunity Is a Marketing Opportunity (Puget
Sound Business Journal, WA)
When Does Daylight Saving Time 2016 End? Get Ready to Change
Your Clocks This Weekend (Oregonian, Portland)
Yes, We Might Have No Bananas – Can Science Prevent the Fruit’s
Extinction? (Christian Science Monitor)
TURKEY IN THE OVEN – DIVERSIONS
Butterball’s Turkey Hotline Has Been Preventing Thanksgiving
Disasters for 35 Years – it’s changed with the times
Little Girl’s Dance Moves Are Way Better Than Whatever
Sports Event Is Also Happening
Muggles Rejoice! National Quidditch Tournament Comes to British
Columbia
The Real ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Soldier Saved 75 Souls without Ever
Carrying a Gun
SONG OF THE DAY
Elton John – Tiny Dancer
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