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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Major Transition to Warmer & Wetter (Cliff Mass Weather
Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Snake River Dams Ramp Up as Cold Weather Drives Demand for
BPA Power (Bonneville Power Administration)
Carbon Footprint Shrinking in Pacific Northwest Thanks to
Energy Efficiency – Oh, & Hydropower (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Why an Oregon Wave Energy Device Is Being Tested in Colorado
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
Arizona Proposal Funds Rural High-Speed Internet with Phone
Bill Fee (Associated Press)
It’s Finally Warmer — But Here Comes the Rain, With
Potential for River Flooding, Avalanches (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Snake River Dams Ramp Up as Cold Weather Drives Demand for BPA Power
- News Release: Dam Breaching Undermines Washington State Measures to Reduce Climate Change Impacts
- Oregon Electric Co-Ops Feud Over Service Territory
- Prineville Power Needs Spur Meeting with Oregon Rep. Greg Walden
- Bainbridge Public Utility Campaign Topic of Port Townsend Lunch
- Corvallis-Based NuScale Seeks Regulatory OK for Smaller Nuke Plants
- Double Vision: Plans to Upgrade Bonneville Power Administration Radio Network Spark Debate Over Mary’s Peak
- What to Do Before the Power Goes Out
- U-S Files Trade Complaint Targeting China’s Aluminum Industry
- Angry Protests in Gaza Over Crippling Power Shortages
- Washington Stat Adopts Columbia Salmon Fishing Reforms
- Gillnets on the Columbia River: The Long-Standing Debate Roars Back
- British Columbia: Norovirus Threatens Health of Oyster Industry, Farmer Says
- Columnist: Drought & Storms Prove Again California Needs More Storage
- Why an Oregon Wave Energy Device Is Being Tested in Colorado
- Wyoming Lawmakers Want to Limit Utility Usage of In-State Wind Energy
- North Carolina Legislators Ask President Elect Trump to Squash Wind Farms
- Carbon Footprint Shrinking in Pacific Northwest Thanks to Energy Efficiency – Oh, & Hydropower
- Oregon Lawmakers to Debate Hard Limits On Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- On Climate Change, Even States in Forefront Are Falling Short
- Could Treated Sewage Be a Tool Against Sea-Level Rise?
- A Big Test for Big Batteries
- Arizona Proposal Funds Rural High-Speed Internet with Phone Bill Fee
- This College Just Paid a $28,000 Ransom, in Bitcoin, to Cyberattackers
- Google Fiber in San Antonio Paused After Build Complaints
- Cuba Sees Explosion in Internet Access as Ties with U-S Grow
- Canada: Internal Document Raises Possibility of ‘Netflix Tax’
- How to Use Social Media Emoji to Humanize Your Business
- Proposal Would Repeal Death Penalty in Washington State
- It’s Finally Warmer — But Here Comes the Rain, With Potential for River Flooding, Avalanches
- Ice Storm Warning for Central Washington State
- Woman Dies in Star Lake – Area Fire
- Bent Bine to Be Mason County’s Only Brewery
- Credit, Debit Card Payments at Chehalis Restaurant Routed to Texas Business
- Seattle Mayor Nixes Bike-Share Program
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Snake River Dams Ramp Up as Cold Weather Drives Demand for BPA
Power (Bonneville Power Administration)
News Release: Dam Breaching Undermines Washington State
Measures to Reduce Climate Change Impacts (PR Newswire)
Oregon Electric Co-Ops Feud Over Service Territory (East
Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
Prineville Power Needs Spur Meeting with Oregon Rep. Greg
Walden – Not enough power in Crook County to lure big businesses (Bend
Bulletin, OR)
http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/4988475-151/prineville-power-needs-spur-meeting-with-rep-greg
Bainbridge Public Utility Campaign Topic of Port Townsend Lunch
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Corvallis-Based NuScale Seeks Regulatory OK for Smaller Nuke
Plants (Oregonian, Portland)
Double Vision: Plans to Upgrade Bonneville Power
Administration Radio Network Spark Debate Over Mary’s Peak (Corvallis
Gazette-Times, OR)
What to Do Before the Power Goes Out (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
U-S Files Trade Complaint Targeting China’s Aluminum
Industry (Bellingham Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Angry Protests in Gaza Over Crippling Power Shortages (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Washington Stat Adopts Columbia Salmon Fishing Reforms (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Gillnets on the Columbia River: The Long-Standing Debate
Roars Back (Oregonian, Portland)
British Columbia: Norovirus Threatens Health of Oyster
Industry, Farmer Says (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Columnist: Drought & Storms Prove Again California Needs
More Storage (Sacramento Bee, CA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Why an Oregon Wave Energy Device Is Being Tested in Colorado
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
Wyoming Lawmakers Want to Limit Utility Usage of In-State
Wind Energy (Utility Dive)
North Carolina Legislators Ask President Elect Trump to
Squash Wind Farms – Amazon Wind Farm Developer Speaks Out (Triad Business Journal,
NC)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon Footprint Shrinking in Pacific Northwest Thanks to
Energy Efficiency – Oh, & Hydropower (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Oregon Lawmakers to Debate Hard Limits On Greenhouse Gas
Emissions (Oregonian, Portland)
On Climate Change, Even States in Forefront Are Falling
Short (NY Times)
Could Treated Sewage Be a Tool Against Sea-Level Rise? (Associated
Press)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
A Big Test for Big Batteries (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Arizona Proposal Funds Rural High-Speed Internet with Phone
Bill Fee (Associated Press)
This College Just Paid a $28,000 Ransom, in Bitcoin, to Cyberattackers
(Washington Post)
Google Fiber in San Antonio Paused After Build Complaints (Broadband
Reports)
Cuba Sees Explosion in Internet Access as Ties with U-S Grow
(Associated Press)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Canada: Internal Document Raises Possibility of ‘Netflix Tax’
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
How to Use Social Media Emoji to Humanize Your Business (Social
Media Examiner)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Proposal Would Repeal Death Penalty in Washington State (Associated
Press)
GENERAL NEWS
It’s Finally Warmer — But Here Comes the Rain, With
Potential for River Flooding, Avalanches (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Ice Storm Warning for Central Washington State (KPQ Radio,
Wenatchee, WA)
Woman Dies in Star Lake – Area Fire (Mason Web TV, Shelton,
WA)
Bent Bine to Be Mason County’s Only Brewery (KING-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Credit, Debit Card Payments at Chehalis Restaurant Routed to
Texas Business (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Seattle Mayor Nixes Bike-Share Program (Associated Press)
DESIDERATA DIVERSIONS
Humans Are Literally Made of Stardust After All
Flight 666 Lands Safely in HEL on Friday the 13th
Woman Denied Swiss Citizenship for Complaining About
Cowbells
How High Is Too High for a Pile of Chicken Droppings?
SONG OF THE DAY
B.J. Thomas – Everybody Loves a Rain Song
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