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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER
ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE
STORIES
Emergency
Declared at Hanford Nuclear Reservation (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Epic
Snow & Rain Help Salmon Now, But Conflicts with Hydropower Lie Ahead on
Columbia River (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Congressman
Newhouse Asks President Trump for Small Modular Reactor Money (Tri-City Herald,
WA)
Washington
State Governor Delays Action on Biomass Bill (Longview Daily News, WA)
FCC
Says Its Web Site Got Attacked Sunday Preventing Net Neutrality Comments (USA
Today)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Congressman Newhouse Asks President Trump for Small Modular Reactor Money
- Iowa: Omaha Public Power District Picks Finalists for CFO Post- One with Bonneville Power Administration Ties
- Jordan Cove Spends Heavily to Kill Coos County Anti-Liquefied Natural Gas Measure
- Mason PUD 3 Receives National Recognition for Reliable Electric Operations
- Walla Walla Man Electrocuted from Wood Art Process
- Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration: Who Is Elliot Mainzer?
- Nevada: Google Eyes Defection from NV Energy Service
- Itron Acquires Demand Response Provider Comverge for $100 Million
- President Trump to Nominate Powelson, Chatterjee to FERC
- Epic Snow & Rain Help Salmon Now, But Conflicts with Hydropower Lie Ahead on Columbia River
- British Columbia: Making a Path for Columbia Salmon
- Leavenworth Hatchery Ordered to Limit Discharges
- Researchers Seek Better Ways to Farm Popular Pacific Fish
- Excrement in Puget Sound Sickened Customers, But Really Hurt Oyster Industry
- E.P.A. Dismisses Members of Major Scientific Review Board
- Washington State Governor Delays Action on Biomass Bill
- California: Group Files Appeal to Stop Part of the Tule Wind Project
- Greens Challenge Montana’s Clean-Energy Cap
- Climate Activists Shut Down Chase Banks in Seattle
- Editorial: Consumers Will Pay for California’s New Carbon Scheme – No Matter How It’s Written
- FCC Says Its Web Site Got Attacked Sunday Preventing Net Neutrality Comments
- Op/Ed: Electricity Ratepayers Should Not Subsidize Telecom Industry
- Comcast & Charter Communications Forge Wireless Alliance
- The Dangerous Mission to Undermine North Korea with Flash Drives
- Audio: Draft Horses Are Enlisted to Help Maintain Remote Cell Towers
- Sinclair To Pay $3.9 Billion for Tribune Media, Expanding Its Local TV Reach
- Are Facebook’s Recent Changes to Videos Affecting Its User Experience?
- Former Councilman from Puyallup Takes Email Privacy Case to U-S Supreme
- Emergency Declared at Hanford Nuclear Reservation
- Grapeview Man Dies in Idaho Boating Accident
- Shelton-Area Man Pleads Innocent to Voyeurism, Burglary, Weapons
- Boeing Got a Record Tax Break from Washington State & Cut Jobs Anyway. Now the State Wants to Strike Back
- Solar Eclipse or Bust: Small Oregon Towns Grapple with How to Prepare for Thousands
- Sequim Wins USA TODAY Best Northwestern Small Town Competition
Congressman
Newhouse Asks President Trump for Small Modular Reactor Money (Tri-City Herald,
WA)
Iowa: Omaha
Public Power District Picks Finalists for CFO Post- One with Bonneville Power
Administration Ties (Omaha World Herald, IA)
Jordan
Cove Spends Heavily to Kill Coos County Anti-Liquefied Natural Gas Measure
(Oregonian, Portland)
Mason
PUD 3 Receives National Recognition for Reliable Electric Operations (Mason PUD
3, Shelton, WA)
Walla
Walla Man Electrocuted from Wood Art Process (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Administrator
of the Bonneville Power Administration: Who Is Elliot Mainzer? (AllGov)
Nevada:
Google Eyes Defection from NV Energy Service (Utility Dive)
Itron
Acquires Demand Response Provider Comverge for $100 Million (Utility Dive)
President
Trump to Nominate Powelson, Chatterjee to FERC (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Epic Snow
& Rain Help Salmon Now, But Conflicts with Hydropower Lie Ahead on Columbia
River (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
British
Columbia: Making a Path for Columbia Salmon (Agassiz Observer, BC)
Leavenworth
Hatchery Ordered to Limit Discharges (Wenatchee World, WA)
Researchers
Seek Better Ways to Farm Popular Pacific Fish (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton WA –
Paywall Advisory)
Excrement
in Puget Sound Sickened Customers, But Really Hurt Oyster Industry (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
E.P.A.
Dismisses Members of Major Scientific Review Board (NY Times)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Washington
State Governor Delays Action on Biomass Bill (Longview Daily News, WA)
California:
Group Files Appeal to Stop Part of the Tule Wind Project (San Diego
Union-Tribune, CA)
Greens
Challenge Montana’s Clean-Energy Cap (Courthouse News Service)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION
VAULT
Climate
Activists Shut Down Chase Banks in Seattle (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Editorial:
Consumers Will Pay for California’s New Carbon Scheme – No Matter How It’s
Written (Sacramento Bee, CA)
TECHNOLOGY &
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Says
Its Web Site Got Attacked Sunday Preventing Net Neutrality Comments (USA Today)
Op/Ed:
Electricity Ratepayers Should Not Subsidize Telecom Industry (Tri-City Herald,
WA)
Comcast
& Charter Communications Forge Wireless Alliance (NY Times)
The
Dangerous Mission to Undermine North Korea with Flash Drives (Fast Company)
Audio: Draft
Horses Are Enlisted to Help Maintain Remote Cell Towers (National Public Radio)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Sinclair
To Pay $3.9 Billion for Tribune Media, Expanding Its Local TV Reach (Associated
Press)
Are
Facebook’s Recent Changes to Videos Affecting Its User Experience? (AdWeek)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Former Councilman
from Puyallup Takes Email Privacy Case to U-S Supreme Court (News Tribune,
Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Emergency
Declared at Hanford Nuclear Reservation (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Grapeview
Man Dies in Idaho Boating Accident (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Shelton-Area
Man Pleads Innocent to Voyeurism, Burglary, Weapons Charges (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Boeing
Got a Record Tax Break from Washington State & Cut Jobs Anyway. Now the
State Wants to Strike Back (Chicago Tribune, IL)
Solar
Eclipse or Bust: Small Oregon Towns Grapple with How to Prepare for Thousands
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Sequim
Wins USA TODAY Best Northwestern Small Town Competition (Sequim Gazette, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER –
DIVERSIONS
Woman
Accused of Faking Cancer to Collect $38K from Fundraising Campaign
Flutes
in the Rotunda: Celebrating Moms & Music
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