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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather Workshop to Focus on Communicating Windstorm Risk
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/weather-workshop-to-focus-on-communicating-wind-storm-risk/419683932
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Report: Restoration Efforts in Columbia Basin Helping Salmon
(Associated Press)
Oregon State Senate Republican Leader: ‘Portland General
Electric Must Be Stopped’ (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Wind Industry Drives Columbia County Wages Skyward (Walla
Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
Trump Proposal: Slash Puget Sound Cleanup Money by 93
Percent (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Will California’s Power Grid Be Able to Keep Up with Legal
Marijuana’s Demand? (Los Angeles Business Journal, CA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Oregon State Senate Republican Leader: ‘Portland General Electric Must Be Stopped’
- Avista CEO Scott Morris Earned $4.5 Million in 2016
- Grays Harbor PUD Board to Consider Rate Restructure
- Lewis County PUD & Centralia City Light Set to Increase Rates in April
- Tree Lovers Argue Seattle City Light is Cutting Too Aggressively near Power Lines
- Is Yucca Mountain Once Again America’s Nuclear Waste Dump?
- Arizona: ABC15 Uncovers Out-of-Control Waste, Abuse & Fraud inside WAPA, Federal Power Agency
- California Imports about a Quarter of Its Electricity on Average
- Perry Rallies Energy Department on His First Day: ‘Change the World’
- House Leaders Urge President Trump to Fill Vacancies on FERC
- How Climate Change Will Stress the Grid & What ISOs Are Doing About It
- Comcast Expands Relationship with Canadian Utility Company
- Report: Restoration Efforts in Columbia Basin Helping Salmon
- Kilmer, Murray Re-Introduce Wild Olympics Legislation
- Trump Proposal: Slash Puget Sound Cleanup Money by 93 Percent
- White House Proposes Steep Budget Cut to Leading Climate Science Agency
- Columbia Basin Looking at Healthy Runoff, Water Supply Thanks to La Nina – Possible Records on Upper Snake
- Capitol Journal: California’s Reservoirs Are Filled with Gunk – It’s Crowding Out Room to Store Water
- Wind Industry Drives Columbia County Wages Skyward
- Most Wood Energy Schemes Are A ‘Disaster’ For Climate Change
- Should Utility Prepay Plans Be Considered Energy Efficiency Programs?
- Oregon: Three Bend Schools Win Energy-Reduction Competition
- Montana: Flathead Electric Co-Op Has Banner Year for Energy Efficiency
- Grant to Light Up Makah Museum
- Will California’s Power Grid Be Able to Keep Up with Legal Marijuana’s Demand?
- Let There Be Starlight: Light Pollution a Glaring Problem in Michigan
- British Columbia’s Rural Jobs Plan Leans on High-Speed Internet & Kinder Morgan
- FCC Solicits Comments on Broadband Subsidy Program
- Your Echo Is Listening, Which Could Someday Lead to an Invasion of Your Privacy
- Inside the TalkTalk ‘Indian Scam Call Centre’
- Facebook Promises to Quit Snooping on Private Messages for Ad-Targeting Purposes
- Tacoma to Pay $50,000 for Violating Public Records Act
- President Trump’s Revised Travel Ban Excludes Iraqis
- Monday May Be Last Chance for Western Washington Snow
- Two-Way Stop Signs Coming to Downtown Shelton’s Fourth & Railroad Intersection
- Skyrocketing Car Tabs Spur Call for Washington State Attorney General Opinion
- Costco Will Raise Its Membership Fees
- Why We Switch to Daylight Savings
- New Visitors Center Coming to Tillamook Cheese Factory
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Oregon State Senate Republican Leader: ‘Portland General
Electric Must Be Stopped’ (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Avista CEO Scott Morris Earned $4.5 Million in 2016
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Grays Harbor PUD Board to Consider Rate Restructure
(Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Lewis County PUD & Centralia City Light Set to Increase
Rates in April (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Tree Lovers Argue Seattle City Light is Cutting Too
Aggressively near Power Lines (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Is Yucca Mountain Once Again America’s Nuclear Waste Dump?
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Arizona: ABC15 Uncovers Out-of-Control Waste, Abuse &
Fraud inside WAPA, Federal Power Agency (KNXV-TV, Phoenix, AZ)
California Imports about a Quarter of Its Electricity on
Average (U-S Energy Information Administration)
Perry Rallies Energy Department on His First Day: ‘Change the
World’ (The Hill, Washington, DC)
House Leaders Urge President Trump to Fill Vacancies on FERC
(American Public Power Association)
How Climate Change Will Stress the Grid & What ISOs Are
Doing About It (Utility Dive)
Comcast Expands Relationship with Canadian Utility Company
(Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Report: Restoration Efforts in Columbia Basin Helping Salmon
(Associated Press)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
Kilmer, Murray Re-Introduce Wild Olympics Legislation
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Trump Proposal: Slash Puget Sound Cleanup Money by 93
Percent (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
White House Proposes Steep Budget Cut to Leading Climate
Science Agency (Washington Post)
Columbia Basin Looking at Healthy Runoff, Water Supply
Thanks to La Nina – Possible Records on Upper Snake (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Capitol Journal: California’s Reservoirs Are Filled with
Gunk – It’s Crowding Out Room to Store Water (Los Angeles Times, CA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Wind Industry Drives Columbia County Wages Skyward (Walla
Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
Most Wood Energy Schemes Are A ‘Disaster’ For Climate Change
(British Broadcasting Corporation)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Should Utility Prepay Plans Be Considered Energy Efficiency
Programs? (The Energy Collective)
Oregon: Three Bend Schools Win Energy-Reduction Competition
(KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)
Montana: Flathead Electric Co-Op Has Banner Year for Energy
Efficiency (The Western News, Libby. MT)
Grant to Light Up Makah Museum (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Will California’s Power Grid Be Able to Keep Up with Legal
Marijuana’s Demand? (Los Angeles Business Journal, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE
Let There Be Starlight: Light Pollution a Glaring Problem in
Michigan (Detroit Free Press, MI)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
British Columbia’s Rural Jobs Plan Leans on High-Speed
Internet & Kinder Morgan (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
FCC Solicits Comments on Broadband Subsidy Program (The
Hill, Washington, DC)
Your Echo Is Listening, Which Could Someday Lead to an
Invasion of Your Privacy (Scientific American)
Inside the TalkTalk ‘Indian Scam Call Centre’ (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook Promises to Quit Snooping on Private Messages for
Ad-Targeting Purposes (Consumerist)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Tacoma to Pay $50,000 for Violating Public Records Act
(Associated Press)
President Trump’s Revised Travel Ban Excludes Iraqis (NY
Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Monday May Be Last Chance for Western Washington Snow (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Two-Way Stop Signs Coming to Downtown Shelton’s Fourth &
Railroad Intersection (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Skyrocketing Car Tabs Spur Call for Washington State Attorney
General Opinion (Northwest Public Radio)
Costco Will Raise Its Membership Fees (SF Chronicle)
Why We Switch to Daylight Savings (Yahoo! News)
New Visitors Center Coming to Tillamook Cheese Factory
(KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
‘I’m A Little Dazed,’ French Artist Says after Living in a
Rock
Police Find an Antique-Looking Gun on a Guy – People Think
He’s a Time-Traveler
Flip the Script: Cursive Sees Revival in School Instruction
Firefighters in Wisconsin Fight Fire at Their Own Firehouse
SONG OF THE DAY
Simon & Garfunkel – I Am a Rock
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