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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
What This Coming Winter Has in Store for the United States (Gizmodo)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Turning Broadband Access into a Social Movement – Solutions to the digital divide won’t come from Washington but from our own backyards (The Nation)
Briefs Filed Opposing Irrigators’ Request for Juvenile Salmon Transportation/Spill Hearing (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Are Farm-Raised Salmon a ‘Pollutant’? (Crosscut Seattle)
Company from Whitefish, Montana, helping put Puerto Rican power grid back on line (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
EPA Scrubs Climate Change Website of ‘Climate Change’ (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Company from Whitefish, Montana, Helping Put Puerto Rican Power Grid Back On Line
- Puerto Ricans Ask: When Will the Lights Come Back On?
- Customers Are Owed $1 Billion over Failed South Carolina Nuke Project, Ratepayer Advocate Says
- Seattle City Light CEO May Lose His Bonus for Good
- Op/Ed: Failure to Adequately Regulate California Utilities Helped Fuel Wildfires
- Bird’s Nest May Have Sparked Outage in Peshastin
- Grays Harbor PUD Reminder: Stay Away from Downed Power Lines
- Photo: Northern Wasco PUD Getting Electrical Grid Ready for Winter
- Leave BPA? Berken Challenges Schiller for McCleary’s Top Seat
- Ravalli Electric Co-Op Observes National Co-Op Month
- Utilities Celebrate Public Power Week through a Variety of Activities
- FERC Sets Rules to Protect Grid from Malware Spread through Laptops
- Winter Reliability Strong, Regional Transmission Organizations Tell FERC – Undermining DOE NOPR Justification
- Briefs Filed Opposing Irrigators’ Request for Juvenile Salmon Transportation/Spill Hearing
- Are Farm-Raised Salmon a ‘Pollutant’?
- South Fork Flathead Westslope Cutthroat Project Receives Award of Excellence
- Backyard Bird Feeders May Be Altering the Course of Evolution
- 23,000 Gallons of Stormwater, Sewage Flow into Willamette River
- LED Lighting Boosts Northwest Energy Savings in 2016
- Report: Less Than 1/3 of Utility Customers Enroll in Energy Management Programs
- EPA Scrubs Climate Change Website of ‘Climate Change’
- EPA Abandons Changes to U-S Biofuel Program after Lawmaker Pressure
- Rocket Tests & Wind Farms – Jeff Bezos Had More on His Mind Today Than Just Who Wants to Host an Amazon HQ
- Turning Broadband Access into a Social Movement
- Seattle Reconsiders Municipal Broadband, & Comcast is Nervous
- FCC to Unveil Net Neutrality Killing Plan on Thanksgiving
- FERC to Consider NERC’s Proposed Cybersecurity Standards
- Patent Trolls, Big Pharma Try to Use Native Tribes to Skirt Patent Review
- Video: Meet the Young Woman Behind the ‘Chinstagram’ Trend
- Six Steps for Organizing Your Messy Photo Library
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Forests Most Likely to Burn Would Be Thinned under Cantwell Proposal That’s Backed by Idaho’s Senators
- Washington State Public Lands Commissioner to Unveil 20-Year Wildfire Prevention Plan
- 35th District Rep. MacEwen Named To Joint Committee on Veterans’ & Military Affairs
- You Survived Rounds 1 & 2 of Rain. Ready for Round 3?
- Third Round of Heavy Rain Raises Potential for Mudslides
- Flood Watch Issued for Weekend
- Columbia River Gorge: Charges Filed against 15-Year-Old Boy in Eagle Creek Fire
- Boeing Weighs Urgent Plans to Double 767 Production for a Big Buyer – Is It United Airlines?
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Company from Whitefish, Montana, Helping Put Puerto Rican Power Grid Back On Line (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Puerto Ricans Ask: When Will the Lights Come Back On? (NY Times)
Customers Are Owed $1 Billion over Failed South Carolina Nuke Project, Ratepayer Advocate Says (Utility Dive)
Seattle City Light CEO May Lose His Bonus for Good (Crosscut Seattle)
Op/Ed: Failure to Adequately Regulate California Utilities Helped Fuel Wildfires (SF Chronicle)
Bird’s Nest May Have Sparked Outage in Peshastin (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Grays Harbor PUD Reminder: Stay Away from Downed Power Lines (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Photo: Northern Wasco PUD Getting Electrical Grid Ready for Winter (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)
Leave BPA? Berken Challenges Schiller for McCleary’s Top Seat (Montesano Vidette, WA)
Ravalli Electric Co-Op Observes National Co-Op Month (Ravalli Republic, MT)
Utilities Celebrate Public Power Week through a Variety of Activities (American Public Power Association)
FERC Sets Rules to Protect Grid from Malware Spread through Laptops (Washington Examiner)
Winter Reliability Strong, Regional Transmission Organizations Tell FERC – Undermining DOE NOPR Justification (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Briefs Filed Opposing Irrigators’ Request for Juvenile Salmon Transportation/Spill Hearing (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Are Farm-Raised Salmon a ‘Pollutant’? (Crosscut Seattle)
South Fork Flathead Westslope Cutthroat Project Receives Award of Excellence (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Backyard Bird Feeders May Be Altering the Course of Evolution (Gizmodo)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
23,000 Gallons of Stormwater, Sewage Flow into Willamette River (Oregonian, Portland)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
LED Lighting Boosts Northwest Energy Savings in 2016 (Northwest Power & Conservation Council)
Report: Less Than 1/3 of Utility Customers Enroll in Energy Management Programs (Utility Dive)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
EPA Scrubs Climate Change Website of ‘Climate Change’ (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
EPA Abandons Changes to U-S Biofuel Program after Lawmaker Pressure (Reuters)
Rocket Tests & Wind Farms – Jeff Bezos Had More on His Mind Today Than Just Who Wants to Host an Amazon HQ (Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Turning Broadband Access into a Social Movement – Solutions to the digital divide won’t come from Washington but from our own backyards (The Nation)
Seattle Reconsiders Municipal Broadband, & Comcast is Nervous (Broadband Reports)
FCC to Unveil Net Neutrality Killing Plan on Thanksgiving (Broadband Reports)
FERC to Consider NERC’s Proposed Cybersecurity Standards (Utility Dive)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Patent Trolls, Big Pharma Try to Use Native Tribes to Skirt Patent Review (Consumerist)
Video: Meet the Young Woman Behind the ‘Chinstagram’ Trend (Mashable)
Six Steps for Organizing Your Messy Photo Library (USA Today)
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Forests Most Likely to Burn Would Be Thinned under Cantwell Proposal That’s Backed by Idaho’s Senators (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Washington State Public Lands Commissioner to Unveil 20-Year Wildfire Prevention Plan (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
35th District Rep. MacEwen Named To Joint Committee on Veterans’ & Military Affairs (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
You Survived Rounds 1 & 2 of Rain. Ready for Round 3? (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Third Round of Heavy Rain Raises Potential for Mudslides (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Flood Watch Issued for Weekend (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Columbia River Gorge: Charges Filed against 15-Year-Old Boy in Eagle Creek Fire (Oregonian, Portland)
Boeing Weighs Urgent Plans to Double 767 Production for a Big Buyer – Is It United Airlines? (Chicago Business Journal, IL)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Houston High School Apologizes for Poorly Photoshopping Homecoming Queen’s Purple Hair
Here’s a (Crazy?) Plan to Bribe Crows to Clean Up Cigarette Butts
Here’s How the Dog Who Protected Goats & Deer during Fire Is Faring
Couple Discovers Message-In-A-Bottle Written in 1988
SONG OF THE DAY
Love & Kisses - Thank God It’s Friday
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