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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Get Ready Puget Sound, the Region Could See 2 Weeks of No
Rain (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Hey, BPA is in Here, WAPA, and TVA! – The Federal Tax Bill’s
Automatic Spending Cuts (NY Times)
Uncharted Waters: Willamette Restoration Groups Navigate
Threats to Funding (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Judge Floats Idea of Suspending Work on 2018 BiOp for
Salmon/Steelhead Due To Lack of Completed EIS (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Pacific Northwest Company’s Internet Antennas Helping
Hurricane Victims Get Online (Northwest Public Radio)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Hey, BPA is in Here, WAPA, and TVA! – The Federal Tax Bill’s Automatic Spending Cuts
- Hundreds Turn Out for Public Hearing on Proposed Newport Silicon Smelter
- California Utility Regulators Revise Down the Number of Emails Withheld on San Onofre Matter
- California: Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Lassen Lodge Hydroelectric Project
- Women in the Trades – A look into Puget Sound’s hardworking women in traditionally male jobs
- Public Power Women of the West
- Tennessee: Declining Use of Electricity Forcing Changes in Memphis, TVA Rates
- The Utility Dive Awards for 2017
- Uncharted Waters: Willamette Restoration Groups Navigate Threats to Funding
- Judge Floats Idea of Suspending Work on 2018 BiOp for Salmon/Steelhead Due To Lack of Completed EIS
- Baby Endangered California Salmon Use Different Rivers than Expected, Research Shows
- Endangered Species Protection Stalled in Year 1 of President Trump
- Water Runs Red to Test for Pollution in Hammersley Inlet
- Stormwater Pollution: Less than Half of Puget Sound Cities & Counties in Compliance
- Mason Commissioners OK City of Bremerton Pact to Run Sewage Line to Belfair Facility
- A County in Utah Wants to Suck 77 Million Gallons a Day Out of Lake Powell, Threatening the Colorado River
- Mason PUD 3 Opens Up Solar Incentive Program
- SolarCity, Salt River Project Antitrust Lawsuit Heads to U-S Supreme Court
- President Trump’s First Major Trade Fight with China Could Be over Solar Panels
- Avangrid Renewables Does a Big Wind Power Deal with Google
- Cape Wind – What Was Once Hailed as First U-S Offshore Wind Farm Is No More
- Certified Green Homes Grabbing Market Share in Pacific Northwest
- Middle-Agers Lead on Using Energy-Saving Devices – Overall Adoption Is Low
- Grays Harbor County: Some Marijuana Growers Essentially “Indentured Servants”
- Tribe Loses Bid to Resume Hemp Growing In California after DEA Seizure
- Turn North Jersey into a “Climate Change National Park”: A Modest Proposal
- Pacific Northwest Company’s Internet Antennas Helping Hurricane Victims Get Online
- From the Arctic’s Melting Ice, an Unexpected Digital Hub
- Internet Association, a Powerful Silicon Valley Lobby, Is Opening an Office in Seattle
- Editorial: Undoing Neutrality an Economic Blow
- How to Write Emails That Make People Want to Respond
- 24 More Countries Get Twitter Lite
- Senate Tax Measure Helps President Trump Pivot Away From Clean Energy & Back to Fossil Fuels
- U-S Senate Unanimously Approves Plan to Improve Conditions at Columbia River Tribal Fishing Sites
- Sheldon: Vancouver Terminal Rejection Part of a Pattern of Denials, And a ‘War on Washington State’
- Get Ready Puget Sound, the Region Could See 2 Weeks of No Rain
- DGL Group Buys BMW Stake in Moses Lake Carbon Fiber Plant
- Reclaiming Identity: Colville Tribal Members Mull Name Change
- The Best Way to Avoid Getting Sick during Holiday Travel
Devoid • \dih-VOYD\ • Adjective - Being without a usual,
typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment.
Fall’s cold grip, summer’s gone
Devoid of mercy, snow comes
Snows blanket the hills
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Hey, BPA is in Here, WAPA, and TVA! – The Federal Tax Bill’s
Automatic Spending Cuts (NY Times)
Hundreds Turn Out for Public Hearing on Proposed Newport Silicon
Smelter (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
California Utility Regulators Revise Down the Number of Emails
Withheld on San Onofre Matter (San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
California: Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed
Lassen Lodge Hydroelectric Project (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
Women in the Trades – A look into Puget Sound’s hardworking
women in traditionally male jobs (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Public Power Women of the West (American Public Power
Association)
Tennessee: Declining Use of Electricity Forcing Changes in Memphis,
TVA Rates (USA Today)
The Utility Dive Awards for 2017 (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Uncharted Waters: Willamette Restoration Groups Navigate
Threats to Funding (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Judge Floats Idea of Suspending Work on 2018 BiOp for
Salmon/Steelhead Due To Lack of Completed EIS (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Baby Endangered California Salmon Use Different Rivers than Expected,
Research Shows (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Endangered Species Protection Stalled in Year 1 of President
Trump (Courthouse News Service)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
Water Runs Red to Test for Pollution in Hammersley Inlet (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Stormwater Pollution: Less than Half of Puget Sound Cities &
Counties in Compliance (Northwest Public Radio)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Mason Commissioners OK City of Bremerton Pact to Run Sewage
Line to Belfair Facility (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
A County in Utah Wants to Suck 77 Million Gallons a Day Out of
Lake Powell, Threatening the Colorado River (Los Angeles Times, CA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Mason PUD 3 Opens Up Solar Incentive Program (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
SolarCity, Salt River Project Antitrust Lawsuit Heads to U-S
Supreme Court (Utility Dive)
President Trump’s First Major Trade Fight with China Could
Be over Solar Panels (NY Times)
Avangrid Renewables Does a Big Wind Power Deal with Google (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Cape Wind – What Was Once Hailed as First U-S Offshore Wind
Farm Is No More (Bloomberg News)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Certified Green Homes Grabbing Market Share in Pacific
Northwest (Northwest Public Radio)
Middle-Agers Lead on Using Energy-Saving Devices – Overall
Adoption Is Low (Utility Dive)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Grays Harbor County: Some Marijuana Growers Essentially “Indentured
Servants” (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Tribe Loses Bid to Resume Hemp Growing In California after DEA
Seizure (Marijuana Business Daily)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Turn North Jersey into a “Climate Change National Park”: A
Modest Proposal (Fast Company)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Pacific Northwest Company’s Internet Antennas Helping
Hurricane Victims Get Online (Northwest Public Radio)
From the Arctic’s Melting Ice, an Unexpected Digital Hub (NY
Times)
Internet Association, a Powerful Silicon Valley Lobby, Is
Opening an Office in Seattle (GeekWire)
Editorial: Undoing Neutrality an Economic Blow (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
How to Write Emails That Make People Want to Respond (Fast
Company)
24 More Countries Get Twitter Lite (AdWeek)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Senate Tax Measure Helps President Trump Pivot Away From
Clean Energy & Back to Fossil Fuels (Los Angeles Times, CA)
U-S Senate Unanimously Approves Plan to Improve Conditions at
Columbia River Tribal Fishing Sites (Oregonian, Portland)
Sheldon: Vancouver Terminal Rejection Part of a Pattern of
Denials, And a ‘War on Washington State’ (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Get Ready Puget Sound, the Region Could See 2 Weeks of No
Rain (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
DGL Group Buys BMW Stake in Moses Lake Carbon Fiber Plant (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Reclaiming Identity: Colville Tribal Members Mull Name
Change (Northwest Public Radio)
The Best Way to Avoid Getting Sick during Holiday Travel (San
Jose Mercury News, CA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Internet Rallies Behind St. Paul Cat Banned from Library after
Repeated Attempts to Enter
Vermont City Thanks French City for Misspelled Jerseys
Ancestry Digs Up Top 3 Last Names in Each State. Do They
Sound Familiar?
A Grasshopper Has Been Stuck in This van Gogh Painting for
128 Years
SONG OF THE DAY
Willie Nelson - Moonlight in Vermont
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