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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Murray, Cantwell Join in Senate Resolution on Climate
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Washington State Tribes Say Pipeline Will Harm Orcas, Way of
Life (Associated Press)
Company Fined for Spilling More than 3,000 Gallons of
Biodiesel into the Columbia River (NCW Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
Battery Boosters Pushing Congress to Give Industry a Tax
Credit (Bloomberg News)
Washington State’s Voter Turnout Hit Nearly 72 Percent
(Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Shelton City Workers, Mason PUD 3 Decorate
Downtown in Holiday Spirit
2.
Energy Industry Reacts with Guarded Optimism to
USMCA Trade Deal – Addresses Intertie Access Policy of the Bonneville Power
Administration
3.
Washington State Tribes Say Pipeline Will Harm
Orcas, Way of Life
4.
Dead Newborn Orca Calf Found on Vancouver Island
Earlier This Month a Transient Killer Whale
5.
Judge Says U-S Law Doesn’t Protect Ancient
California Trees
6.
Battery Boosters Pushing Congress to Give
Industry a Tax Credit
7.
Boise Eyes Energy Goal: Entire City Powered by
Renewable Energy By 2040
8.
Reducing Property Taxes a Key to Profitability
of Renewables
9.
AT&T Phasing Out Lifeline?
10.
Senators Press FCC for Action on White Spaces
11.
U-S Energy Secretary to Announce Red Team/Blue
Team War Games on Defending the Grid
12.
Company Fined for Spilling More than 3,000
Gallons of Biodiesel into the Columbia River
13.
Louisiana: This Town Is Like Thousands That Are
Vulnerable to Contaminated Water, With no Fix in Sight
14.
Murray, Cantwell Join in Senate Resolution on
Climate
15.
A Carbon Tax Wave? Seven States (Including
Washington, Oregon) Considering Carbon Pricing to Fight Climate Change
16.
Pressure Mounts to Bury Carbon Emissions. Who
Will Pay?
17.
Printing Change Planned for News Tribune,
Olympian
18.
Smart Is Talking Back
19.
Poll: Most Teens Savvy & Positive About
Social Media
20.
Marijuana Movement Energized with Sessions Out
as U-S Attorney General
21.
The ‘Green Dimension’: Inside the Lives of
California’s Marijuana Trimmers
22.
Editorial: Banning Marijuana Comes Down to Ten
Votes in Local Town. Is This Smart Way to Regulate Weed?
23.
Washington State’s Voter Turnout Hit Nearly 72
Percent
24.
Washington State House Speaker Chopp Outlines
Legislative Priorities for 2019 Session
25.
Repeated Flooding in Mason County Forces One
Family to Want to Move
26.
Meteorologists Says It’s Highly Likely El Niño
Will Occur This Winter
27.
Mason County Olsen Building Purchase Again Draws
Concern
28.
American Life Expectancy Continues to Drop, with
Suicides & Drug Overdoses on the Rise
29.
Package Theft Will Spike Starting This Week;
Here’s How to Protect Yourself.
WORD OF THE DAY
Marplot • \MAR-plott\ • Noun - One who frustrates or ruins a
plan or undertaking by meddling
Barnabas didn’t intend to be the corporate marplot. It
seemed whenever he took the initiative on a project, it went all wrong (kind of
like the “Turkey Drop” from WRKP in Cincinnati). Even plausible deniability
eluded the poor sap as he loudly proclaimed the “progress” of his projects in
memo, email, Twitter feeds, Facebook, YouTube and just about any other megaphone
like self-puffery. It never failed that the moment he predicted success, his
projects fell off the face of the earth…remembered only in faint internet
echoes.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
2.
Energy Industry Reacts with Guarded Optimism to USMCA
Trade Deal – Addresses Intertie Access Policy of the Bonneville Power
Administration (Platts)
FISH & WILDLIFE
3.
Washington State Tribes Say Pipeline Will Harm
Orcas, Way of Life (Associated Press)
4.
Dead Newborn Orca Calf Found on Vancouver Island
Earlier This Month a Transient Killer Whale (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
5.
Judge Says U-S Law Doesn’t Protect Ancient California
Trees (Courthouse News Service)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
6.
Battery Boosters Pushing Congress to Give
Industry a Tax Credit (Bloomberg News)
7.
Boise Eyes Energy Goal: Entire City Powered by
Renewable Energy By 2040 (Idaho Press, Boise)
8.
Reducing Property Taxes a Key to Profitability of
Renewables (Utility Dive)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
9.
AT&T Phasing Out Lifeline? (Pots & Pans)
10. Senators
Press FCC for Action on White Spaces (Multichannel News)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
11. U-S
Energy Secretary to Announce Red Team/Blue Team War Games on Defending the Grid
(Washington Examiner, Daily on Energy)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
12. Company
Fined for Spilling More than 3,000 Gallons of Biodiesel into the Columbia River
(NCW Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
13. Louisiana:
This Town Is Like Thousands That Are Vulnerable to Contaminated Water, With no
Fix in Sight (CNN)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
14. Murray,
Cantwell Join in Senate Resolution on Climate (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
15. A
Carbon Tax Wave? Seven States (Including Washington, Oregon) Considering Carbon
Pricing to Fight Climate Change (Inside Climate News)
16. Pressure
Mounts to Bury Carbon Emissions. Who Will Pay? (Reuters)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
17. Printing
Change Planned for News Tribune, Olympian (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
18. Smart
Is Talking Back (American Public Power Association)
19. Poll:
Most Teens Savvy & Positive About Social Media (Courthouse News Service)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
20. Marijuana
Movement Energized with Sessions Out as U-S Attorney General (Aberdeen Daily
World, WA)
21. The
‘Green Dimension’: Inside the Lives of California’s Marijuana Trimmers (NY
Times)
22. Editorial:
Banning Marijuana Comes Down to Ten Votes in Local Town. Is This Smart Way to
Regulate Weed? (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
23. Washington
State’s Voter Turnout Hit Nearly 72 Percent (Associated Press)
24. Washington
State House Speaker Chopp Outlines Legislative Priorities for 2019 Session
(Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
25. Repeated
Flooding in Mason County Forces One Family to Want to Move (KOMO-TV, Seattle,
WA)
26. Meteorologists
Says It’s Highly Likely El Niño Will Occur This Winter (National Public Radio)
27. Mason
County Olsen Building Purchase Again Draws Concern (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
28. American
Life Expectancy Continues to Drop, with Suicides & Drug Overdoses on the
Rise (Gizmodo)
29. Package
Theft Will Spike Starting This Week; Here’s How to Protect Yourself. (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Officials: Woman Passes Gas, Pulls Knife on Offended Man
Town Asks Homeowner to Pay $2,000 a Night in Christmas Light
Display Showdown
Teen Freed After Being Stuck in Vault at Abandoned Bank
Mom Accuses Southwest Airlines Employee of Publicly Mocking
Her 5-Year-Old’s Name
SONG OF THE DAY
The Hollies – The Air That I Breathe
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