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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Amid Uncertainty, SolarWorld Continues to Hire (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
New Phone Scam Hitting Tacoma Utility Customers (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
6,000 Without Power – Winter Storm Hits Northeastern
Washington State & North Idaho (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Five Proposals in Olympia to Tackle Climate Change (The
Stranger)
More Than 750 American Communities Have Built Their Own
Internet Networks (Motherboard)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- 6,000 Without Power – Winter Storm Hits Northeastern Washington State & North Idaho
- New Phone Scam Hitting Tacoma Utility Customers
- Grant PUD Customers to See Average 1.5 Percent Electricity Rate Increase
- This Farming County in Washington Is a Bitcoin Mining Hub
- Oregon: Bonneville Power Administration Unveils Marys Peak Communications Options
- U-S Department of Energy: Deep Freeze Shows Risks to Grid from Coal Retirements
- Emails: New Jersey Utility Worked with Christie Staff to Shield Data
- Connecticut: Nuclear Power Should Be Allowed to Compete with Wind, Solar
- Tennessee Valley Authority CEO Regrets Memphis Aquifer Decision
- Nova Scotia: That Dam Project: The Carbon Question
- SEC Investigating General Electric Charge; Company Posts $10 Billion Loss
- Why Hundreds of Dead Salmon Are Being Left in Eastern Washington State’s Tucannon River
- Amid Uncertainty, SolarWorld Continues to Hire
- Solar Panel Tariffs Threaten to Increase Customer Cost & Slow Growth, But the Industry Remains Optimistic
- Trump’s Solar Tariffs Are Clouding the Industry’s Future
- Wind Expected to Surpass Hydro as Largest Renewable Electricity Generation Source
- How Many Electric Cars Can the Grid Take? Depends on Your Neighborhood
- Small Marijuana Farmers Seek Protection from Corporate Growers in California
- Five Proposals in Olympia to Tackle Climate Change
- Washington State Panel OKs Low Carbon Fuels Standard
- Op/Ed: Oregon Carbon Emissions Bills – Cap-&-Trade Proposal Unnecessary & Harmful
- Melting Glaciers Could Reveal How Our Ancestors Dealt with Changing Climates
- I Got Chipped: A Dispatch from the Frontier of Wearable Tech
- More Than 750 American Communities Have Built Their Own Internet Networks
- Including Broadband – State Senator Tim Sheldon Talks on Legislative Session on Daybreak
- New York Decrees Net Neutrality for Web Firms with State Contracts
- Apple Launches Homepod Voice Speaker, Takes On Google, Amazon
- Facebook Defends Its Simple, 2-Question Survey on the Trustworthiness of News Publishers
- Op/Ed: Five Trends That Will Shape Social Media in 2018
- Burger King Deviously Explains Net Neutrality by Making People Wait Longer for Whoppers
- Editorial: Lawmakers Should Not Fight Ruling in Public-Records Case
- Washington State Speaker of the House Looking to Help Rural Economies
- Lawmakers Pressured to Eliminate State Ban on Rent Control
- Experts Think They Know When a 1,800-Foot-Tall Ridge Slipping Near Yakima Will Break Loose
- Allyn Woman’s Vehicle Strikes, Kills Man on SR3 in Bremerton
- Aberdeen Woman Charged With Theft from Credit Union
- On Washington Coast, Residents Slumber Through Tsunami Watch
- Shelton City Commission Approves Proposed Location for YMCA
- WSU’s Luke Falk Will Wear Tyler Hilinski’s No. 3 Jersey in Senior Bowl
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
6,000 Without Power – Winter Storm Hits Northeastern
Washington State & North Idaho (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
New Phone Scam Hitting Tacoma Utility Customers (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Grant PUD Customers to See Average 1.5 Percent Electricity Rate
Increase (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
This Farming County in Washington Is a Bitcoin Mining Hub
(Yahoo Finance)
Oregon: Bonneville Power Administration Unveils Marys Peak Communications
Options (Albany Democrat Herald, OR)
U-S Department of Energy: Deep Freeze Shows Risks to Grid
from Coal Retirements (Washington Examiner)
Emails: New Jersey Utility Worked with Christie Staff to
Shield Data (Associated Press)
Connecticut: Nuclear Power Should Be Allowed to Compete with
Wind, Solar (Associated Press)
Tennessee Valley Authority CEO Regrets Memphis Aquifer
Decision (Memphis Business Journal, TN)
Nova Scotia: That Dam Project: The Carbon Question (The
Gander Beacon, NS, Canada)
SEC Investigating General Electric Charge; Company Posts $10
Billion Loss (Reuters)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Why Hundreds of Dead Salmon Are Being Left in Eastern
Washington State’s Tucannon River (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
DAY TRIPPERS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, & SELF STORAGE
Amid Uncertainty, SolarWorld Continues to Hire (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Solar Panel Tariffs Threaten to Increase Customer Cost &
Slow Growth, But the Industry Remains Optimistic
Trump’s Solar Tariffs Are Clouding the Industry’s Future (NY
Times)
Wind Expected to Surpass Hydro as Largest Renewable
Electricity Generation Source (U-S Energy Information Administration)
How Many Electric Cars Can the Grid Take? Depends on Your
Neighborhood (Ars Technica)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Small Marijuana Farmers Seek Protection from Corporate Growers
in California (Courthouse News Service)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Five Proposals in Olympia to Tackle Climate Change (The
Stranger)
Washington State Panel OKs Low Carbon Fuels Standard
(Associated Press)
Op/Ed: Oregon Carbon Emissions Bills – Cap-&-Trade
Proposal Unnecessary & Harmful (Oregonian, Portland)
Melting Glaciers Could Reveal How Our Ancestors Dealt with
Changing Climates (National Geographic)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
I Got Chipped: A Dispatch from the Frontier of Wearable Tech
(Fast Company)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
More Than 750 American Communities Have Built Their Own
Internet Networks (Motherboard)
Here’s the Community Networks Map (Institute for Local Self
Reliance)
Including Broadband – State Senator Tim Sheldon Talks on
Legislative Session on Daybreak (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
New York Decrees Net Neutrality for Web Firms with State
Contracts (Associated Press)
Apple Launches Homepod Voice Speaker, Takes On Google,
Amazon (Reuters)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook Defends Its Simple, 2-Question Survey on the
Trustworthiness of News Publishers (Washington Post)
Op/Ed: Five Trends That Will Shape Social Media in 2018
(AdWeek)
Burger King Deviously Explains Net Neutrality by Making
People Wait Longer for Whoppers (AdWeek)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Editorial: Lawmakers Should Not Fight Ruling in
Public-Records Case (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Washington State Speaker of the House Looking to Help Rural
Economies (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Lawmakers Pressured to Eliminate State Ban on Rent Control
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/lawmakers-pressured-to-eliminate-state-ban-on-rent-control/688410526
GENERAL NEWS
Experts Think They Know When a 1,800-Foot-Tall Ridge
Slipping Near Yakima Will Break Loose (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Allyn Woman’s Vehicle Strikes, Kills Man on SR3 in Bremerton
(KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Aberdeen Woman Charged With Theft from Credit Union
(Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
On Washington Coast, Residents Slumber Through Tsunami Watch
(Northwest News Network)
Shelton City Commission Approves Proposed Location for YMCA
(KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
WSU’s Luke Falk Will Wear Tyler Hilinski’s No. 3 Jersey in
Senior Bowl (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
RATS IN PARIS FLOODWATERS – DIVERSIONS
‘Super Blue Blood Moon’ To Be Visible in the U-S Jan. 31
My Brain Can’t Handle This Guy Carving a Pencil on the End
of a Pencil on the End of a Pencil
Chinese Scientists Have Successfully Cloned Monkeys for the
First Time
Paris Garbage Men Complain of Rat Attacks, Share Disgusting
Video of Rodents
SONG OF THE DAY
Camille – Le Festin (“The Feast” – Ratatouille Soundtrack)
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