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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Portland General Electric Joins California Power Trading Market (Utility Dive)
A Huge Solar Storm Is Coming & Could Cost $20 Trillion in Damage (USA Today)
Split U-S Solar Industry to Debate Tariffs at Hearing (Reuters)
Tropical Forests Now Release More Carbon than Trucks & Cars in the U-S, Study Finds (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Op/Ed: Brevity Is the Soul of Twit (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Portland General Electric Joins California Power Trading Market
- A Huge Solar Storm Is Coming & Could Cost $20 Trillion in Damage
- 22,000 Avista Customers Lose Power in Spokane
- Feds Say Residential Prices Were Up in First Half of 2017
- Belfair’s Salmon Center Receives $91,000 from EPA
- Washington State Cuts King Fishing Short on Cowlitz River, Other Tributaries
- Split U-S Solar Industry to Debate Tariffs at Hearing
- California Solar Farm Inks Deal With Modesto Irrigation District for Cheap Solar
- The Opportunities of Solar Panel Recycling
- Energy-Efficient Apartments Appeal to Tenants
- A Growing Problem: Lightening the Carbon Footprint of Cannabis Farms
- Tropical Forests Now Release More Carbon than Trucks & Cars in the U-S, Study Finds
- GM: The Future Is All-Electric
- He Knows It’s Crazy, But This Seattle Guy Is Pushing a Total Ban on Gas Cars
- Is 5G Really a Fiber Replacement?
- Senate Reconfirms FCC Chairman Ajit Pai for Five More Years, a Big Victory for Your ISP
- Utah’s 911 Service for the Deaf Was Down for Days Because a Company Forgot to Renew Its Domain
- Op/Ed: Brevity Is the Soul of Twit
- Facebook’s Russia-Linked Ads Came in Many Disguises
- A Burst of Gunfire, a Pause, & Then Carnage in Las Vegas That Would Not Stop
- Woman from Spokane Killed in Las Vegas Shooting
- Failure to Vaccinate Is Likely Driver of U-S Measles Outbreaks, Report Says
- Grab a Clam Gun. (or shovel) You Might Be Digging Razor Clams This Weekend If Tests Are Good
Caitiff • \KAY-riff\ • Adjective - Cowardly, despicable
Another fresh sheet of foolscap and Frankie was ready to introduce his third character to his loyal readers. “Ah,” he sighed to his son Bobby. “Now I get to introduce the ‘Caitiff Lion’ to this wonderful story.” The child winced, “c’mon dad, no one knows what that means. Just call ‘im the ‘Cowardly Lion’ and be done with it.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Portland General Electric Joins California Power Trading Market (Utility Dive)
A Huge Solar Storm Is Coming & Could Cost $20 Trillion in Damage (USA Today)
22,000 Avista Customers Lose Power in Spokane (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Feds Say Residential Prices Were Up in First Half of 2017 (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Belfair’s Salmon Center Receives $91,000 from EPA (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Washington State Cuts King Fishing Short on Cowlitz River, Other Tributaries (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Split U-S Solar Industry to Debate Tariffs at Hearing (Reuters)
California Solar Farm Inks Deal With Modesto Irrigation District for Cheap Solar (Utility Dive)
The Opportunities of Solar Panel Recycling (GreenMatch)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy-Efficient Apartments Appeal to Tenants (Denver Business Journal, CO)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
A Growing Problem: Lightening the Carbon Footprint of Cannabis Farms (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Tropical Forests Now Release More Carbon than Trucks & Cars in the U-S, Study Finds (Sacramento Bee, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
GM: The Future Is All-Electric (CNN – Tech)
He Knows It’s Crazy, But This Seattle Guy Is Pushing a Total Ban on Gas Cars (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Is 5G Really a Fiber Replacement? (POTS & PANS)
Senate Reconfirms FCC Chairman Ajit Pai for Five More Years, a Big Victory for Your ISP (Gizmodo)
Utah’s 911 Service for the Deaf Was Down for Days Because a Company Forgot to Renew Its Domain (Gizmodo)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Op/Ed: Brevity Is the Soul of Twit (NY Times)
Facebook’s Russia-Linked Ads Came in Many Disguises (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
A Burst of Gunfire, a Pause, & Then Carnage in Las Vegas That Would Not Stop (NY Times)
Woman from Spokane Killed in Las Vegas Shooting (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Failure to Vaccinate Is Likely Driver of U-S Measles Outbreaks, Report Says (Washington Post)
Grab a Clam Gun. (or shovel) You Might Be Digging Razor Clams This Weekend If Tests Are Good (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
R.I.P. – The Humble Hugeness of Tom Petty
Ranked: Remember Tom Petty with His Ten Best Songs
Born In Same Hospital, On Same Day. Now They’re Married
Crayfish Staff Help Czech Brewery Keep Its Water as Pure as Can Be
SONG OF THE DAY
Tom Petty – Wildflowers
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