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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Good Blow Friday Morning (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Big Spike in Your Power Bill? Blame Weather, But Check Meter
(KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
U-S Attorney General Indicates He’ll Pursue More Stringent
Regulations on Marijuana – Washington State AG Seeks Discussion (Washington
State Wire)
Puzzling Steelhead Deaths Studied at Hood Canal Bridge
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Grant County AT&T Customers Experience 911 Outage
(KREM-TV, Spokane, WA)
Washington Business Groups Sue to Stop Minimum Wage Hike
& Sick Leave Law (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Big Spike in Your Power Bill? Blame Weather, But Check Meter
- Op/Ed: Oregon Investor-Owned Utilities Must Be Stopped
- BC Hydro Proposes New Powerlines in Metro Vancouver to Meet Demand
- Oregon: Ashe-Marion Transmission Emergency Work Offers Human Cargo, Sno-Cats & Safety Moments
- Report: Trump to Nominate McIntyre, Chatterjee to FERC
- Here Are Five Texas-Sized Ideas for Energy Secretary Rick Perry
- Puzzling Steelhead Deaths Studied at Hood Canal Bridge
- King County Releases Findings on Sewage Plant Failure
- Report: White House Planning Deep Cuts to DOE Efficiency, Renewables Office
- Wind Energy Takes Flight in the Heart of Texas Oil Country
- Thinking of Rigging Your Home with Smart Devices? Start Here
- Six Ways to Save Energy & Reduce Your Electricity Bill
- Canada: Daylight Saving Time Causes Higher Electricity Use in Alberta, Study Finds
- U-S Attorney General Indicates He’ll Pursue More Stringent Regulations on Marijuana – Washington State AG Seeks Discussion
- Warming May Disrupt Four-Fifths of World’s Oceans by 2050: Study
- Report: Trump Plans Not to Replace Clean Power Plan with New Carbon Rule
- Can Tilapia Skin Be Used to Bandage Burns?
- Grant County AT&T Customers Experience 911 Outage
- Internet-Connected ‘Smart’ Devices Are Dunces about Security
- Ex-CIA Chief to Stephen Colbert: No, the Government Is Not Spying On You through Your Microwave
- Washington Business Groups Sue to Stop Minimum Wage Hike & Sick Leave Law
- Restaurants Adding Surcharge to Customers’ Bills amid Rising Labor Costs
- State House Oks Bills to Streamline Public Records Process
- Oregon to Join Washington State in New Trump Travel Ban Suit
- U-S Senate: GOP Courting Montana Attorney General to Challenge Tester
- Wind Advisory for Friday Morning
- Newly Identified Fault Line in California Could Unleash Monster Earthquake
- British Columbia’s Softwood Lumber Envoy Says Long-Term Deal Needed with U-S
- Mason County Hires New Planning Manager
- Antique Apples, Believed Extinct, Found In Washington State
Archipelago • \ark-uh-PELL-uh-goe\ • Noun - 1: an expanse of
water with many scattered islands 2: a group of islands 3: something resembling
an archipelago; especially: a group or scattering of similar things
Emerald blue water; whitewashed houses tumbling down rocky
slopes to the waters’ edge. Island time could truly be summed up by a summer in
the Aegean archipelago of Greece; far from the madding crowds of Athens.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Big Spike in Your Power Bill? Blame Weather, But Check Meter
(KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Op/Ed: Oregon Investor-Owned Utilities Must Be Stopped
(Oregonian, Portland)
BC Hydro Proposes New Powerlines in Metro Vancouver to Meet
Demand (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Oregon: Ashe-Marion Transmission Emergency Work Offers Human
Cargo, Sno-Cats & Safety Moments (Bonneville Power Administration)
Report: Trump to Nominate McIntyre, Chatterjee to FERC (Utility
Dive)
Here Are Five Texas-Sized Ideas for Energy Secretary Rick
Perry (The Hill, Washington, DC)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Puzzling Steelhead Deaths Studied at Hood Canal Bridge (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
King County Releases Findings on Sewage Plant Failure (Northwest
Public Radio)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Report: White House Planning Deep Cuts to DOE Efficiency,
Renewables Office (Utility Dive)
Wind Energy Takes Flight in the Heart of Texas Oil Country (National
Public Radio)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Thinking of Rigging Your Home with Smart Devices? Start Here
(NY Times)
Six Ways to Save Energy & Reduce Your Electricity Bill
(Lifehack)
Canada: Daylight Saving Time Causes Higher Electricity Use
in Alberta, Study Finds (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
U-S Attorney General Indicates He’ll Pursue More Stringent
Regulations on Marijuana – Washington State AG Seeks Discussion (Washington
State Wire)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Warming May Disrupt Four-Fifths of World’s Oceans by 2050:
Study (Reuters)
Report: Trump Plans Not to Replace Clean Power Plan with New
Carbon Rule (Utility Dive)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE
Can Tilapia Skin Be Used to Bandage Burns? (Stat News)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Grant County AT&T Customers Experience 911 Outage
(KREM-TV, Spokane, WA)
Internet-Connected ‘Smart’ Devices Are Dunces about Security
(Associated Press)
Ex-CIA Chief to Stephen Colbert: No, the Government Is Not
Spying On You through Your Microwave (Washington Post)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Washington Business Groups Sue to Stop Minimum Wage Hike
& Sick Leave Law (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Restaurants Adding Surcharge to Customers’ Bills amid Rising
Labor Costs (Consumerist)
State House Oks Bills to Streamline Public Records Process (Everett
Herald, WA)
Oregon to Join Washington State in New Trump Travel Ban Suit
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
U-S Senate: GOP Courting Montana Attorney General to
Challenge Tester (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Wind Advisory for Friday Morning (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Newly Identified Fault Line in California Could Unleash
Monster Earthquake (USA Today)
British Columbia’s Softwood Lumber Envoy Says Long-Term Deal
Needed with U-S (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Mason County Hires New Planning Manager (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Antique Apples, Believed Extinct, Found In Washington State (Northwest
Public Radio)
FLOWERS IN THE DESERT – DIVERSIONS
This Desert in the Southwest Is Experiencing a Wildflower ‘Superbloom’
Rabbit Hole Leads to 700-Year-Old Knights Templar Cave
Trial by Fire: Lawyer’s Pants Set Ablaze During Arson Case
Hawaii-Bound Flight Diverted Over Blanket Dispute
SONG OF THE DAY
Glen Campbell – Sunflower
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