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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Color Washington State Blue: How Does Your State Make
Electricity? (NY Times)
Deal Reached on Use of First Small U-S Nuke Reactors in
Idaho (Associated Press)
Idaho Public Utilities Commission Conducting Prudency Review
of Avista Efficiency Programs (Daily Energy Insider)
Oregon Governor Establishes Rural Broadband Office (Eastern
Oregonian, Pendleton)
Bloody Effluent Still Spewing from British Columbia Fish
Processing Plant, Photographer Finds (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Color Washington State Blue: How Does Your State
Make Electricity?
2.
Deal Reached on Use of First Small U-S Nuke
Reactors in Idaho
3.
Bonneville Power Administration Stays on Track
to Join Western Energy Imbalance Market
4.
Snohomish PUD Plans a 1.3 Percent Electricity
Rate Hike
5.
Orcas Power & Light Bills Go Up in January;
Need help? Get Monthly Bill Credits with Energy Assist
6.
Pacific Power Customers May See Small Rate
Increase in February
7.
Jefferson PUD to Fix Aging Port Ludlow Power
Line
8.
Local Voices Included in Columbia River Treaty
Report
9.
Mural Design Team for Central Lincoln PUD
Building in Florence Chosen
10.
U-S Energy Department Warns against Chinese Hackers
11.
Bloody Effluent Still Spewing from British
Columbia Fish Processing Plant, Photographer Finds
12.
Study: Northwest Salmon Not Immune to Ocean
Acidification
13.
Washington to Release Chinook Fry after Power
Outage
14.
Sea Lion Bill Signed into Law by President Trump
15.
Opponents Decry New Dam Agreement to Help Salmon
16.
As Salmon Spawn, Eagles Return in Numbers to
Lake Coeur d’Alene
17.
Changing Climate, Water Flows Impact Bald
Eagles’ Feasts on the Skagit River
18.
Massachusetts: National Grid Nixes Solar Project
Unless Users Pay for Upgrades
19.
Oregon Governor Establishes Rural Broadband
Office
20.
Bitcoin’s Terrible 2018 Doesn’t Bode Well for
the Future of Crypto
21.
Remember Bitcoin? Some Investors Might Want to
Forget
22.
Idaho Lab Protects U-S Infrastructure from
Cyberattacks
23.
Idaho Public Utilities Commission Conducting
Prudency Review of Avista Efficiency Programs
24.
Help Washington State DNR to Prioritize Puget
Sound Cleanup Efforts with New App
25.
Editorial: Quality of Life in Our Region Depends
Upon the Quality of Puget Sound’s Environment
26.
Pacific Northwest Mountain Snowpack Update
27.
Two Michigan Regulators Take Plea Deals in Flint
Water Case
28.
80% of Mountain Glaciers in Alberta, British
Columbia & Yukon Will Disappear within 50 Years: Report
29.
There’s No Threat Too Big for New York Rats,
Even Climate Change
30.
Records Retention: The Government Has an
Instagram Problem
31.
How to Respond to Negative Online Reviews
32.
2018 a Banner Year for Legal Marijuana Industry
33.
California Inc.: Marijuana Shops Do Big
Business, But Where to Put All That Cash?
34.
Looking for Solar Panels on Distant Planets
35.
New Mason County Elected Officials Take Oath of
Office
36.
As Shutdown Lingers, Only Guarantee for Federal
Workers Is More Uncertainty
37.
Frustrated by Shutdown, States Spend to Keep
National Parks Open
38.
Hoodsport Killing: Man Charged with First-Degree
Murder in Mother’s Beating Death
39.
Pedestrian Hit by Truck in Hoodsport in Highway
101 Accident
40.
Damage Climbs Past $2 Million as Most Power
Returns after Solstice Eve Windstorm
41.
Census: More King County Residents Moving to
Kitsap
42.
Pacific Northwest Sees Record Hops Production
43.
Seahawks Trying to Match NFL Record for Fewest
Turnovers
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Enervate /ENN-err-vayt/ Verb – 1: to reduce the mental or
moral vigor of; 2: to lessen the vitality or strength of.
Using passive voice
Enervates your turgid prose
Use the active voice!
(You know, the little voice in your head…)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Color Washington State Blue: How Does Your State
Make Electricity? (NY Times)
2.
Deal Reached on Use of First Small U-S Nuke
Reactors in Idaho (Associated Press)
3.
Bonneville Power Administration Stays on Track
to Join Western Energy Imbalance Market (RTO Insider)
4.
Snohomish PUD Plans a 1.3 Percent Electricity
Rate Hike (Everett Herald, WA)
5.
Orcas Power & Light Bills Go Up in January;
Need help? Get Monthly Bill Credits with Energy Assist (San Juan Islander,
Friday Harbor, WA)
6.
Pacific Power Customers May See Small Rate
Increase in February (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
7.
Jefferson PUD to Fix Aging Port Ludlow Power
Line (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
8.
Local Voices Included in Columbia River Treaty
Report (Eknow, Canada)
9.
Mural Design Team for Central Lincoln PUD
Building in Florence Chosen (The Siuslaw News, Florence, OR)
10. U-S
Energy Department Warns against Chinese Hackers (Daily Energy Insider)
FISH & WILDLIFE
11. Bloody
Effluent Still Spewing from British Columbia Fish Processing Plant,
Photographer Finds (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
13. Washington
to Release Chinook Fry after Power Outage (Associated Press)
14. Sea
Lion Bill Signed into Law by President Trump (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, Wa)
15. Opponents
Decry New Dam Agreement to Help Salmon (Associated Press)
16. As
Salmon Spawn, Eagles Return in Numbers to Lake Coeur d’Alene (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
17. Changing
Climate, Water Flows Impact Bald Eagles’ Feasts on the Skagit River (Northwest
Public Broadcasting)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
18. Massachusetts:
National Grid Nixes Solar Project Unless Users Pay for Upgrades (Greenfield
Recorder, MA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
19. Oregon
Governor Establishes Rural Broadband Office (Eastern Oregonian, Pendleton)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
20. Bitcoin’s
Terrible 2018 Doesn’t Bode Well for the Future of Crypto (Reuters)
21. Remember
Bitcoin? Some Investors Might Want to Forget (NY Times)
22. Idaho
Lab Protects U-S Infrastructure from Cyberattacks (SF Chronicle)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
23. Idaho
Public Utilities Commission Conducting Prudency Review of Avista Efficiency
Programs (Daily Energy Insider)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
24. Help
Washington State DNR to Prioritize Puget Sound Cleanup Efforts with New App
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
25. Editorial:
Quality of Life in Our Region Depends Upon the Quality of Puget Sound’s
Environment (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
26. Pacific
Northwest Mountain Snowpack Update (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
27. Two
Michigan Regulators Take Plea Deals in Flint Water Case (Courthouse News
Service)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
28. 80%
of Mountain Glaciers in Alberta, British Columbia & Yukon Will Disappear
within 50 Years: Report (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
29. There’s
No Threat Too Big for New York Rats, Even Climate Change (Grist Online)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
31. How
to Respond to Negative Online Reviews (SF Chronicle)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
32. 2018
a Banner Year for Legal Marijuana Industry (Associated Press)
33. California
Inc.: Marijuana Shops Do Big Business, But Where to Put All That Cash? (Los
Angeles Times, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
34. Looking
for Solar Panels on Distant Planets (Atlantic Magazine)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
35. New
Mason County Elected Officials Take Oath of Office (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
36. As
Shutdown Lingers, Only Guarantee for Federal Workers Is More Uncertainty (NY
Times)
37. Frustrated
by Shutdown, States Spend to Keep National Parks Open (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
38. Hoodsport
Killing: Man Charged with First-Degree Murder in Mother’s Beating Death (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
39. Pedestrian
Hit by Truck in Hoodsport in Highway 101 Accident (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
40. Damage
Climbs Past $2 Million as Most Power Returns after Solstice Eve Windstorm
(Bellingham Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
41. Census:
More King County Residents Moving to Kitsap (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
42. Pacific
Northwest Sees Record Hops Production (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
43. Seahawks
Trying to Match NFL Record for Fewest Turnovers (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
PowerPoint Is the Most Efficient Way for Kids to Manage
Their Parents (NY Times)
American Man, from Portland, First to Solo Across Antarctica
Unaided
Man Finds a $10,000 Surprise Inside Designer Bag on Subway
Nail Guns Vs. Real Guns: Armed Customers Foil Tool Thieves
SONG OF THE DAY
Hoyt Curtin – Jonny Quest Theme Song
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