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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Shelton City Manager Wheaton Resigns, Citing ‘A New
Direction’ for City (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Report: Montana Coal Generation Decline Continues (Utility
Dive)
Gov. Inslee Continues Washington State Carbon Tax Sales
Pitch (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
21 States Sue to Keep Net Neutrality as Senate Democrats
Reach 50 Votes (Reuters)
Port of Vancouver Votes to End Lease for West Coast Oil-by-Rail
Terminal (The Energy Collective)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Report: Montana Coal Generation Decline Continues
- British Columbia: First Nations File Civil Lawsuit against Peace River Dam Project
- Port of Vancouver Votes to End Lease for West Coast Oil-by-Rail Terminal
- Auditors Agree with Jefferson PUD: Books ‘Fully Corrected’
- Snohomish PUD Lineworkers Working to Keep the Lights On
- Heater Likely Caused Kelso Fire
- Why Space Heaters Need Their Space
- City Of Oroville to Sue Over 2017 Spillway Emergency
- South Carolina: Dominion CEO Says SCANA Deal Off If Cost Recovery for Summer Plant Repealed
- 2017 Wholesale Power Prices Were Stable in the East – Increased in Texas, California
- Fish Recovery Project Could Empty Detroit Lake for Two Years
- Navy to Pay for Water-Filter System after Chemicals Found in Whidbey Island Wells
- West Coast Water Supply Is in Good Shape – About to Get Much Better
- Why Are the Newest Distribution System Buzzwords ‘Hosting Capacity Analysis’?
- Wind & Solar Energies Could Peter Out If Transmission Grid Is Not Expanded
- Gov. Inslee Continues Washington State Carbon Tax Sales Pitch
- Washington State Senators Hear Testimony on Carbon Tax
- Businesses Join Support for Washington Carbon Tax Measure
- Pacific Gas & Electric Launches Electric Vehicle Charging Network with 7,500 Stations
- 21 States Sue to Keep Net Neutrality as Senate Democrats Reach 50 Votes
- FCC Chair Proposes $500 Million Push for Rural Broadband
- HughesNet Satellite Users Say Service is Slowing to a Crawl
- High-Speed Internet Coming to Over 100 Coastal British Columbia Communities
- Bitcoin Sinks below $10,000, Losing Half Its Value in a Month
- What Is Blockchain?
- Here’s Why Your PR Nightmare Might Not Be a Long Term Crisis after All
- Six Environmental Issues to Watch in Olympia
- What Shuts Down During a U-S Government Shutdown: QuickTake Q&A
- U-S Chamber of Commerce Wants 25 Cent Increase in Federal Gas Tax to Pay for Infrastructure
- New California Declares “Independence” from Rest of State
- Shelton City Manager Wheaton Resigns, Citing ‘A New Direction’ for City
- Shelton City Manager Resigns
- Washington State Quarterback Tyler Hilinski Found Dead in Apparent Suicide
- 32 Foot Seas Expected Off Washington Coast Thursday
- Coffee & Parks Help Make Olympia One of the Best Small Cities in the U-S
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sad & lonely because of isolation or desertion: desolate 2: being in poor
condition: miserable, wretched 3: nearly hopeless
Recipe for a Country Music Song:
Combine a dash of cheating girlfriend; broken down pickup
truck; forlorn landscape with swirling dust; faithful dog; and, six-pack of
warm beer. Shake vigorously.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Report: Montana Coal Generation Decline Continues (Utility
Dive)
British Columbia: First Nations File Civil Lawsuit against Peace
River Dam Project (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Port of Vancouver Votes to End Lease for West Coast
Oil-by-Rail Terminal (The Energy Collective)
Auditors Agree with Jefferson PUD: Books ‘Fully Corrected’
(Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Snohomish PUD Lineworkers Working to Keep the Lights On (Stanwood
Camano News, WA)
Heater Likely Caused Kelso Fire (Longview Daily News, WA)
Why Space Heaters Need Their Space (Consumer Reports)
City Of Oroville to Sue Over 2017 Spillway Emergency (Associated
Press)
South Carolina: Dominion CEO Says SCANA Deal Off If Cost
Recovery for Summer Plant Repealed (Utility Dive)
2017 Wholesale Power Prices Were Stable in the East – Increased
in Texas, California (U-S Energy Information Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fish Recovery Project Could Empty Detroit Lake for Two Years
(Oregonian, Portland)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Navy to Pay for Water-Filter System after Chemicals Found in
Whidbey Island Wells (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
West Coast Water Supply Is in Good Shape – About to Get Much
Better (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Why Are the Newest Distribution System Buzzwords ‘Hosting
Capacity Analysis’? (Utility Dive)
Wind & Solar Energies Could Peter Out If Transmission
Grid Is Not Expanded (Forbes Magazine)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Gov. Inslee Continues Washington State Carbon Tax Sales
Pitch (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Washington State Senators Hear Testimony on Carbon Tax (Northwest
Public Radio)
Businesses Join Support for Washington Carbon Tax Measure (Associated
Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
Pacific Gas & Electric Launches Electric Vehicle Charging
Network with 7,500 Stations (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
21 States Sue to Keep Net Neutrality as Senate Democrats Reach
50 Votes (Reuters)
FCC Chair Proposes $500 Million Push for Rural Broadband
(engadget)
HughesNet Satellite Users Say Service is Slowing to a Crawl (Broadband
Reports)
High-Speed Internet Coming to Over 100 Coastal British
Columbia Communities (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Bitcoin Sinks below $10,000, Losing Half Its Value in a Month
(Los Angeles Times, CA)
What Is Blockchain? (Lifehacker)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Here’s Why Your PR Nightmare Might Not Be a Long Term Crisis
after All (Fortune Magazine)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Six Environmental Issues to Watch in Olympia (Crosscut
Seattle)
What Shuts Down During a U-S Government Shutdown: QuickTake
Q&A (Washington Post)
U-S Chamber of Commerce Wants 25 Cent Increase in Federal
Gas Tax to Pay for Infrastructure (Washington Examiner)
New California Declares “Independence” from Rest of State (CBS
News)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton City Manager Wheaton Resigns, Citing ‘A New
Direction’ for City (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Shelton City Manager Resigns (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Washington State Quarterback Tyler Hilinski Found Dead in Apparent
Suicide (Associated Press)
32 Foot Seas Expected Off Washington Coast Thursday (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Coffee & Parks Help Make Olympia One of the Best Small
Cities in the U-S (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
R.I.P. Christmas Drones; Many Already Go Missing
People Totally Freaked Out Over the Meteor Above Michigan
Hawaii Emergency Agency Password Caught on a Post-It in Public
Photo
How Benny Goodman Orchestrated ‘The Most Important Concert in
Jazz History’
SONG OF THE DAY
BBC Big Band Orchestra – Sing, Sing, Sing (Bennie Goodman)
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