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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
IRS Ruling on U.S. Credit Is an Unexpected Gift to Solar
Developers (Bloomberg News)
Association Opposes New Push to Divest Bonneville Power
Administration TVA, Other PMA Assets (American Public Power Association)
Low Sockeye Returns Restrict Copper River Subsistence Hours
(Associated Press)
Sea Lion Removal Bill Makes Headway (Lewiston Tribune, ID)
Thermostats, Locks & Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic
Abuse (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Association Opposes New Push to Divest
Bonneville Power Administration TVA, Other PMA Assets
2.
Senators Tell Administration to Abandon Plan to
Sell Federal Transmission Lines
3.
Low Sockeye Returns Restrict Copper River
Subsistence Hours
4.
Sea Lion Removal Bill Makes Headway
5.
Tiny Shrimp Poses Big Threat to Oyster Growers
6.
Canoe Journey Honoring Salmon & Tribal
Traditions Takes on New Significance
7.
IRS Ruling on U.S. Credit Is an Unexpected Gift
to Solar Developers
8.
Renewable Energy Field’s Flourishing Brings New
Careers
9.
A Red State Goes Green: How Texas Became a
Pioneer in Wind Energy
10.
Thermostats, Locks & Lights: Digital Tools
of Domestic Abuse
11.
Oregon Government Email Restored; Official Says
Hack Fed Scheme
12.
FirstNet Launches, Giving Police &
Firefighters a Dedicated Wireless Network & Infinite Possibilities
13.
Grave Digging? Changing Tires? Washington’s
Rural Telecom Companies Do It All
14.
Volkswagen’s Electric Car Just Broke the
All-Time Record at Pikes Peak
15.
Butte, Montana: Let the Stream Run through It –
It’s Taken Two Decades to Clean up Most of Silver Bow Creek
16.
Leaders Tour Site as Chehalis Dam Project awaits
Environmental Review
17.
Rapid Snowmelt Already Evident in Dramatic
Change to Area Waterways
18.
Americans Are Conserving Water like Never
Before, According to Latest Federal Data
19.
On New York City’s Rooftops, Old-Style Wooden
Water Tanks Hang Tough
20.
Port Angeles Aims for Climate Plan in 2019
21.
Canada: Billions of Dollars in Limbo as Incoming
Ontario Premier Nixes Cap & Trade
22.
Ocean Science Agency Chief Floats Removing
‘Climate’ from Mission Statement, New Focus on Trade Deficit
23.
This Is How to Write a Follow-Up Email that’s
Not Annoying
24.
Western State Hospital to Lose Certification,
$53 Million in Federal Funding
25.
President Trump’s Pick to Lead Weather Agency
Spent 30 Years Fighting It
26.
Shelton’s Olympic Highway North to Be Closed
Monday-Friday for Stormwater System Work
27.
Mason County Coroner: Man, 19, Drowns at Lake
Cushman’s ‘Party Rock’
28.
Central Washington State Wildfires – Ecology
Says it’s Time to Prepare for Smoke & Poor Air Quality
29.
Washington State’s 2016 Red Wines Are Shaping Up
to Be Something Special
30.
Team Sail like a Girl wins Race to Alaska
31.
‘Pawn Stars’ Patriarch Richard ‘Old Man’
Harrison Dead at 77
WORD OF THE DAY
Haiku • \HI-koo\ • noun – An unrhymed verse form of Japanese
origin having three lines containing usually five, seven, and five syllables
respectively; also: a poem in this form usually having a seasonal reference
Nuclear dreams rise
History’s ghosts fade away
Follow power’s path
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Association Opposes New Push to Divest Bonneville
Power Administration TVA, Other PMA Assets (American Public Power Association)
2.
Senators Tell Administration to Abandon Plan to
Sell Federal Transmission Lines (The Chattanoogan, TN)
FISH & WILDLIFE
3.
Low Sockeye Returns Restrict Copper River
Subsistence Hours (Associated Press)
4.
Sea Lion Removal Bill Makes Headway (Lewiston
Tribune, ID)
5.
Tiny Shrimp Poses Big Threat to Oyster Growers (Aberdeen
Daily World, WA)
6.
Canoe Journey Honoring Salmon & Tribal
Traditions Takes on New Significance (Nelson Star, BC)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
7.
IRS Ruling on U.S. Credit Is an Unexpected Gift
to Solar Developers (Bloomberg News)
8.
Renewable Energy Field’s Flourishing Brings New
Careers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
9.
A Red State Goes Green: How Texas Became a
Pioneer in Wind Energy (CBS News)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
10. Thermostats,
Locks & Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse (NY Times)
11. Oregon
Government Email Restored; Official Says Hack Fed Scheme (Associated Press)
12. FirstNet
Launches, Giving Police & Firefighters a Dedicated Wireless Network &
Infinite Possibilities (Washington Post)
13. Grave
Digging? Changing Tires? Washington’s Rural Telecom Companies Do It All (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
14. Volkswagen’s
Electric Car Just Broke the All-Time Record at Pikes Peak (Jalopnik)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
15. Butte,
Montana: Let the Stream Run through It – It’s Taken Two Decades to Clean up
Most of Silver Bow Creek (NY Times)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
16. Leaders
Tour Site as Chehalis Dam Project awaits Environmental Review (Aberdeen Daily
World, WA)
17. Rapid
Snowmelt Already Evident in Dramatic Change to Area Waterways (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
18. Americans
Are Conserving Water like Never Before, According to Latest Federal Data (Washington
Post)
19. On
New York City’s Rooftops, Old-Style Wooden Water Tanks Hang Tough (Business
Times)
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/real-estate/on-nys-rooftops-old-style-wooden-water-tanks-hang-tough
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
20. Port
Angeles Aims for Climate Plan in 2019 (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
21. Canada:
Billions of Dollars in Limbo as Incoming Ontario Premier Nixes Cap & Trade (Victoria
Times Colonist, BC)
22. Ocean
Science Agency Chief Floats Removing ‘Climate’ from Mission Statement, New
Focus on Trade Deficit (Washington Post)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
23. This
Is How to Write a Follow-Up Email that’s Not Annoying (Fast Company)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
24. Western
State Hospital to Lose Certification, $53 Million in Federal Funding (Northwest
Public Broadcasting)
25. President
Trump’s Pick to Lead Weather Agency Spent 30 Years Fighting It (Bloomberg News)
GENERAL NEWS
26. Shelton’s
Olympic Highway North to Be Closed Monday-Friday for Stormwater System Work (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
27. Mason
County Coroner: Man, 19, Drowns at Lake Cushman’s ‘Party Rock’ (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
28. Central
Washington State Wildfires – Ecology Says it’s Time to Prepare for Smoke &
Poor Air Quality (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
29. Washington
State’s 2016 Red Wines Are Shaping Up to Be Something Special (Seattle Times,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
30. Team
Sail like a Girl wins Race to Alaska (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
31. ‘Pawn
Stars’ Patriarch Richard ‘Old Man’ Harrison Dead at 77 (Mashable)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Jogger Detained for Two Weeks after Accidentally Crossing into
U-S from Canada
9,000 Barrels of Bourbon Fall in Kentucky Distillery
Building Collapse
Rat Dies Doing What It Loved: Breaking into an ATM &
Gorging Itself on Nearly $18,000 in Cash
Let Photos of Cats High on Catnip Be a Light in This Dark,
Dark World
SONG OF THE DAY
Al Stewart - On the Border
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