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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
NOAA Says Pacific Northwest Winter Weather ‘Selected Significant Climate Anomaly’ (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Breaking: DC Circuit Halts Clean Power Plan Case in Win for Trump (Utility Dive)
Bureau of Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental Assessment for Grand Coulee Generator Project (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
California: Could An Offshore Wind Farm in San Luis Obispo County Hurt Endangered Whales? (San Luis Obispo Tribune, CA)
Olympic National Park Tourism Means Big Bucks for Nearby Communities (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Seattle City Councilmember Sawant Under Fire – Accused of Trying to Incite May Day Problems (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bureau of Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental Assessment for Grand Coulee Generator Project
- Peace River Dam Petition Delivers 120K Signatures Asking Feds to Halt Dam Construction
- Hopes, Suspicions Raised by Smelter Restart Talk in Wenatchee
- California Utilities Propose Bill Charges for Community Aggregation Customers
- San Francisco Clean Power Program’s Customers Could Face Higher Pacific Gas & Electric Fee
- Salt River Project to Participate in Western Energy Imbalance Market
- Editorial: Subsidies Are Subsidies, Whether ‘In’ or ‘Around’ the Market
- Will Salmon Ever Come Back to the Upper Columbia?
- California: Could An Offshore Wind Farm in San Luis Obispo County Hurt Endangered Whales?
- Washington, DC: Merkley Bill Aims U-S Toward 100% Renewables by 2050
- Is Rooftop Solar Just a Toy for the Wealthy?
- Breaking: DC Circuit Halts Clean Power Plan Case in Win for Trump
- State of Washington Doubling Its Electric Vehicle Fleet
- Even the World’s Largest Internet Companies Get Phished, Just Like Your Grandma
- This Program Gets Rural Schools Online – Will It Survive Trump’s FCC?
- Cloud Produces Sunny Earnings at Amazon, Microsoft, & Alphabet
- Google Fiber Confirms Louisville as New Launch City
- FCC Falsely Claims Net Neutrality Took Away Your Freedom
- Op/Ed: The ‘Fix’ for Net Neutrality That Consumers Don’t Need
- Six Interesting Social & Mobile Marketing Stats from This Week
- Sharing More Than 140 Characters on Twitter
- Heineken Just Put Out the Antidote to That Pepsi Kendall Jenner Ad
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Seattle City Councilmember Sawant Under Fire – Accused of Trying to Incite May Day Problems
- Congress Oks Bill Averting Government Shutdown - For a Week
- Facebook Data ‘Does Not Contradict’ Intelligence on Russia Meddling
- Olympic National Park Tourism Means Big Bucks for Nearby Communities
- Shelton’s Railroad Avenue, 4th Street Traffic Lights to Be Removed Next Friday
- Mumps Case Confirmed in Kitsap County
- New Schools Using Cross-Laminated Timber
- $72,000 Means You’re Low Income in King & Snohomish County
Scarify • \SKAIR-uh-fye\ • verb – 1: to make scratches or small cuts in (as the skin) 2: to lacerate the feelings of *3: to cut or soften the wall of (a hard seed) to hasten germination 4: to clear ground of debris in preparation for replanting, as in logging clean up
Ambrose wandered aimlessly through the wasteland that was his backyard. A stunted tree with a crazily angled swing off a cracked limb; an abandoned fish pond filled with frogs eggs and mosquito larvae; and his barren garden plot, half an acre of rocky soil that looked as if God had scarified it as a biblical curse. “Hmm,” he pondered. “Maybe potatoes this year.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bureau of Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental Assessment for Grand Coulee Generator Project (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Peace River Dam Petition Delivers 120K Signatures Asking Feds to Halt Dam Construction (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Hopes, Suspicions Raised by Smelter Restart Talk in Wenatchee (Northwest Public Radio)
California Utilities Propose Bill Charges for Community Aggregation Customers (Utility Dive)
San Francisco Clean Power Program’s Customers Could Face Higher Pacific Gas & Electric Fee (SF Chronicle)
Salt River Project to Participate in Western Energy Imbalance Market (American Public Power Association)
Editorial: Subsidies Are Subsidies, Whether ‘In’ or ‘Around’ the Market (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Will Salmon Ever Come Back to the Upper Columbia? (Castlegar News, BC)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
California: Could An Offshore Wind Farm in San Luis Obispo County Hurt Endangered Whales? (San Luis Obispo Tribune, CA)
Washington, DC: Merkley Bill Aims U-S Toward 100% Renewables by 2050 (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Is Rooftop Solar Just a Toy for the Wealthy? (Utility Dive)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Breaking: DC Circuit Halts Clean Power Plan Case in Win for Trump (Utility Dive)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE
State of Washington Doubling Its Electric Vehicle Fleet (Northwest Public Radio)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Even the World’s Largest Internet Companies Get Phished, Just Like Your Grandma (Gizmodo)
This Program Gets Rural Schools Online – Will It Survive Trump’s FCC? (Fast Company)
Cloud Produces Sunny Earnings at Amazon, Microsoft, & Alphabet (NY Times)
Google Fiber Confirms Louisville as New Launch City (Broadband Reports)
FCC Falsely Claims Net Neutrality Took Away Your Freedom (Broadband Reports)
Op/Ed: The ‘Fix’ for Net Neutrality That Consumers Don’t Need (NY Times)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Six Interesting Social & Mobile Marketing Stats from This Week (AdWeek)
Sharing More Than 140 Characters on Twitter (NY Times)
Heineken Just Put Out the Antidote to That Pepsi Kendall Jenner Ad (Fast Company)
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Seattle City Councilmember Sawant Under Fire – Accused of Trying to Incite May Day Problems (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Congress Oks Bill Averting Government Shutdown - For a Week (Associated Press)
Facebook Data ‘Does Not Contradict’ Intelligence on Russia Meddling (Atlantic Magazine)
GENERAL NEWS
Olympic National Park Tourism Means Big Bucks for Nearby Communities (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Shelton’s Railroad Avenue, 4th Street Traffic Lights to Be Removed Next Friday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Mumps Case Confirmed in Kitsap County (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
New Schools Using Cross-Laminated Timber (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
$72,000 Means You’re Low Income in King & Snohomish County (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Color Outside the Lines: Women in STEM 2017 Coloring Book
Shelton Skydiver – After the Free Fall
The Moon Magically Appears on the Post Office’s New Total Solar Eclipse Stamp
Teen Cashes In on the Perfect Revenge after Being Dumped by Prom Date (PG-13 Content, Language)
SONG OF THE DAY
Lola Albright - How High the Moon
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