SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Here We Go Again: Next Round of Storms Arrives in Washington
State Today (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Assessing the Damage: Port Angeles, Others to Start Adding
Up Costs of Wind Storm (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Plan for Public Group to Buy Avista Has Major Obstacles
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Lost in the Shuffle of the Inslee Budget: A Washington State
Broadband Office (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Expert Skeptical of Washington State’s Orca-Saving Proposal
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Assessing the Damage: Port Angeles, Others to
Start Adding Up Costs of Wind Storm
2.
Plan for Public Group to Buy Avista Has Major
Obstacles
3.
Would a $2 Billion Gas-To-Methanol Plant in
Washington State Help Combat Climate Change?
4.
Portland General Electric: Who Will Pay More, or
Less, on Their Bill in 2019
5.
Pacific Gas & Electric Falsified Gas
Pipeline Records for Years after Deadly Explosion, Regulators Say
6.
Idaho Test Reactor Is Pivotal in U-S Nuclear
Power Strategy
7.
Op/Ed: The Small Modular Reactor Revolution
8.
Conclusion of the Fourth Round of Negotiations
to Modernize the Columbia River Treaty Regime
9.
Editorial: Don’t Let the Window Close on a Yucca
Mountain Nuclear Waste Storage Deal
10.
Fall River Electric Names New Member Service
Manager
11.
TransCanada Sells U-S Power Plant in Arizona to
Southwest Generation for $623 Million
12.
Why the Lights Keep Going Out in South Africa
13.
Cambodia’s Biggest Hydropower Dam Now Producing
Electricity
14.
‘We’re Sounding the Alarm’: Half of Canada’s
Chinook Salmon Endangered
15.
Brown Trout Reduce Native Cutthroat Numbers,
Study Finds
16.
Seventeen Fish Farms Could All Be Phased Out
under New Agreement between British Columbia Government, First Nations
17.
Northwest Power & Conservation Council
Recommends BPA Funding For 25 Existing Basin F&W Research Projects Reviewed
by Science Panel
18.
Op/Ed: Shellfish Farming, The Lifeblood of
Pacific County, Faces Extinction
19.
Lamprey: The World’s Most Terrifying Fish
20.
Expert Skeptical of Washington State’s
Orca-Saving Proposal
21.
What If Dams Are Torn Down to Save Orcas?
Washington State Governor Inslee Wants to Spend $750,000 to Find Out
22.
State Discusses Killing Seals & Sea Lions in
Puget Sound – Aid for Orcas?
23.
Op/Ed: Why Utilities Are Making a Necessary
Foray into Renewables
24.
Lost in the Shuffle of the Inslee Budget: A
Washington State Broadband Office
25.
Lead Balloon: California Scraps Plan to Tax Text
Messages
26.
Gotchas in the e-Connectivity Grant Program
27.
The Future of American Broadband Is a Comcast
Monopoly
28.
Google To Spend $1 Billion on New Campus in New
York
29.
Government Regulation May Spell Demise of
Cryptocurrencies
30.
California Requires New City Buses to Be
Electric by 2029
31.
Don’t Overload Your Extension Cords or Outlets
This Season
32.
California Cedes Water to Feds in Delta Deal
with Trump
33.
With Emissions on the Rise, Oregon Falls Well
Short of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals
34.
Will 2019 Be the Year Oregon Gets Climate Change
Bill to Finish Line?
35.
Teen Activist Says Leaders Not ‘Mature Enough’
to Take Action on Climate Change
36.
Pacific Power Greens Holiday Lights with
Renewable Energy
37.
Idaho Rep. Nilsson Troy Looks to Legalize Hemp
under New Farm Bill Guidelines
38.
Marijuana Pesticide Contamination Worries Oregon
Farmers
39.
Heart Attacks Most Likely Happen at This Time on
Christmas Eve, Study Says
40.
New Report on Russian Disinformation, prepared
for the U-S Senate, Shows the Operation’s Scale & Sweep
41.
Here We Go Again: Next Round of Storms Arrives
in Washington State Today
42.
Flood Warning Continues for Skokomish River in
Mason County
43.
Atmospheric River Headed to Oregon &
Southwest Washington
44.
Salem Public Library Halts Book Removal Campaign
after Backlash
WORD OF THE DAY
Epitome ● /ih-PIT-oh-mee/ ● Noun – 1a: a summary of a
written work b: a brief presentation or statement of something 2: a typical or
ideal example: EMBODIMENT 3: brief or miniature form.
The late Gary Owens (he of radio & Laugh In fame) was
the epitome of what a radio announcer should be. We will never see his like
again.
Gary Owens - Golden Voice Announcers School: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cd2Otu8Xq8
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Assessing the Damage: Port Angeles, Others to
Start Adding Up Costs of Wind Storm (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
2.
Plan for Public Group to Buy Avista Has Major
Obstacles (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
3.
Would a $2 Billion Gas-To-Methanol Plant in Washington
State Help Combat Climate Change? (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
4.
Portland General Electric: Who Will Pay More, or
Less, on Their Bill in 2019 (Portland Business Journal, OR)
5.
Pacific Gas & Electric Falsified Gas
Pipeline Records for Years after Deadly Explosion, Regulators Say (Los Angeles
Times, CA)
6.
Idaho Test Reactor Is Pivotal in U-S Nuclear
Power Strategy (Associated Press)
7.
Op/Ed: The Small Modular Reactor Revolution
(Morning Consult)
8.
Conclusion of the Fourth Round of Negotiations
to Modernize the Columbia River Treaty Regime (STL News)
9.
Editorial: Don’t Let the Window Close on a Yucca
Mountain Nuclear Waste Storage Deal (Los Angeles Times, CA)
10. Fall
River Electric Names New Member Service Manager (MDJ Online)
11. TransCanada
Sells U-S Power Plant in Arizona to Southwest Generation for $623 Million (Victoria
Times Colonist, BC)
12. Why
the Lights Keep Going Out in South Africa (Bloomberg News)
13. Cambodia’s
Biggest Hydropower Dam Now Producing Electricity (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
14. ‘We’re
Sounding the Alarm’: Half of Canada’s Chinook Salmon Endangered (The Guardian,
UK)
15. Brown
Trout Reduce Native Cutthroat Numbers, Study Finds (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
16. Seventeen
Fish Farms Could All Be Phased Out under New Agreement between British Columbia
Government, First Nations (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
17. Northwest
Power & Conservation Council Recommends BPA Funding For 25 Existing Basin
F&W Research Projects Reviewed by Science Panel (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
18. Op/Ed:
Shellfish Farming, The Lifeblood of Pacific County, Faces Extinction (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
19. Lamprey:
The World’s Most Terrifying Fish (Medium, Science)
ORCA ONTOLOGY
20. Expert
Skeptical of Washington State’s Orca-Saving Proposal (KIRO Broadcasting,
Seattle, WA)
21. What
If Dams Are Torn Down to Save Orcas? Washington State Governor Inslee Wants to
Spend $750,000 to Find Out (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
22. State
Discusses Killing Seals & Sea Lions in Puget Sound – Aid for Orcas?
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
23. Op/Ed:
Why Utilities Are Making a Necessary Foray into Renewables (The Hill,
Washington, DC)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
24. Lost
in the Shuffle of the Inslee Budget: A Washington State Broadband Office (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
25. Lead
Balloon: California Scraps Plan to Tax Text Messages (Los Angeles Times, CA)
27. The
Future of American Broadband Is a Comcast Monopoly (Motherboard)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
28. Google
To Spend $1 Billion on New Campus in New York (Reuters)
29. Government
Regulation May Spell Demise of Cryptocurrencies (SF Chronicle)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
30. California
Requires New City Buses to Be Electric by 2029 (NY Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
31. Don’t
Overload Your Extension Cords or Outlets This Season (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
32. California
Cedes Water to Feds in Delta Deal with Trump (Sacramento Bee, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
33. With
Emissions on the Rise, Oregon Falls Well Short of Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Goals (Oregonian, Portland)
34. Will
2019 Be the Year Oregon Gets Climate Change Bill to Finish Line? (Oregonian, Portland)
35. Teen
Activist Says Leaders Not ‘Mature Enough’ to Take Action on Climate Change
(Washington Post)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
36. Pacific
Power Greens Holiday Lights with Renewable Energy (KVTZ-TV, Bend, OR)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
37. Idaho
Rep. Nilsson Troy Looks to Legalize Hemp under New Farm Bill Guidelines
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
38. Marijuana
Pesticide Contamination Worries Oregon Farmers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
39. Heart
Attacks Most Likely Happen at This Time on Christmas Eve, Study Says (USA
Today)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
40. New
Report on Russian Disinformation, prepared for the U-S Senate, Shows the Operation’s
Scale & Sweep (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
GENERAL NEWS
41. Here
We Go Again: Next Round of Storms Arrives in Washington State Today (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
42. Flood
Warning Continues for Skokomish River in Mason County (Mason Web TV, Shelton,
WA)
43. Atmospheric
River Headed to Oregon & Southwest Washington (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
44. Salem
Public Library Halts Book Removal Campaign after Backlash (KGW-TV, Portland,
OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Top of Mind: ‘Justice’ Is Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year
Trucker Saves Dogs Thrown from Vehicle on New York Highway
Cat Mistakenly Shipped More Than 700 Miles from Home after Sneaking
into Box
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cat-mistakenly-shipped-cross-canada_us_5c171b07e4b05d7e5d835472
Parrot Who Has Made Friends with Its Owner’s Alexa Keeps
Accidentally Ordering Things on Amazon... From Fruit & Veg to a Kite
SONG OF THE DAY
Canned Heat - On the Road Again
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