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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Ailing Orca Is Probably Dead, Whale Researcher Says
(Oregonian, Portland)
PacifiCorp’s Oregon Smart Meter Rollout Hits Bumps (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Microsoft Is Rolling Out a Rural Broadband Plan — But Iowa
Counties That Benefit Aren’t Rural (Des Moines Register, IA)
17 Bipartisan Governors Vow to Fight Climate Change—And
President Trump (Atlantic Magazine)
Special Solar Panels Turn Air into Drinking Water (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
PacifiCorp’s Oregon Smart Meter Rollout Hits
Bumps
2.
U-S Senators Tout Oregon Projects in Energy,
Water Spending Bill
3.
Lead U-S Negotiators for New Columbia River
Treaty Hold Portland Town Hall
4.
Massachusetts Disaster: Columbia Gas Announced
It Was ‘Improving’ Gas Service on Day of Explosions
5.
FERC, NERC Open Inquiry into Winter Load Event
That Stressed Midwest Grids
6.
Ailing Orca Is Probably Dead, Whale Researcher
Says
7.
Huge Marine Protection Area to Be Created Off
Northern Vancouver Island
8.
Draft Columbia Basin Fish Accords Extension Out
for Review; Less Expensive, Shorter Duration
9.
News Release: Senator Murray – Deal Keeps
Politics Out of Columbia River System Operations
10.
Spokane Tribe Launches ‘Children of the Sun’
Solar Initiative, with Long-Range Plans for Energy Independence
11.
As Storms Bear Down, More Homeowners Look to
Batteries – Not Generators – for Backup Power
12.
Microsoft Is Rolling Out a Rural Broadband Plan
— But Iowa Counties That Benefit Aren’t Rural
13.
FCC Speed Tests for Internet Service Providers
14.
Wired Icelanders Seek to Keep Remote Peninsula
Digital-Free
15.
Forget Smart Ovens. Intelligent HVAC Is the
Smart Home’s Future
16.
Longview Water Meter Costs to Rise Slightly
after Contract Change
17.
17 Bipartisan Governors Vow to Fight Climate
Change—And President Trump
18.
Challenge at a Climate Conference: Keeping It
Green
19.
Nike Stock Closes at All-Time High in Aftermath
of Colin Kaepernick Ad Campaign
20.
Special Solar Panels Turn Air into Drinking
Water
21.
Oregon Lawmakers Try to Force Trump
Administration to Follow Through on Tribal Housing
22.
Jam-Packed Gathering Shows Support for Tumwater
Teachers
23.
Tentative Contract Agreement Reached in
Week-Long Tacoma Teachers Strike
24.
Much of Carolinas Awash after Hurricane Florence
Moves In
25.
Humane Society Seeks Help with 36 Pets Recovered
from Kitsap County Home
WORD OF THE DAY
Minion • \MIN-yun\ • noun: 1: a servile dependent, follower,
or underling 2: one highly favored: IDOL 3: a subordinate or petty official.
The hard-fought dodge ball match between the accountants and
auditors was over. The chief auditor and his minions having been dispatched by the
red, bouncy playground balls flung with glee by a phalanx of Certified Public
Accountants. “You will rue the day I was vanquished, he cried.” “Perhaps,”
muttered the Senior Accountant in hushed tones. “But today belongs to the
eye-shaded bean counters.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
PacifiCorp’s Oregon Smart Meter Rollout Hits
Bumps (Portland Business Journal, OR)
2.
U-S Senators Tout Oregon Projects in Energy,
Water Spending Bill (KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)
3.
Lead U-S Negotiators for New Columbia River
Treaty Hold Portland Town Hall (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
4.
Massachusetts Disaster: Columbia Gas Announced
It Was ‘Improving’ Gas Service on Day of Explosions (Boston Business Journal,
MA)
5.
FERC, NERC Open Inquiry into Winter Load Event
That Stressed Midwest Grids (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
6.
Ailing Orca Is Probably Dead, Whale Researcher
Says (Oregonian, Portland)
7.
Huge Marine Protection Area to Be Created Off
Northern Vancouver Island (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
8.
Draft Columbia Basin Fish Accords Extension Out for
Review; Less Expensive, Shorter Duration (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
9.
News Release: Senator Murray – Deal Keeps
Politics Out of Columbia River System Operations (U-S Senator Patty Murray)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10. Spokane
Tribe Launches ‘Children of the Sun’ Solar Initiative, with Long-Range Plans for
Energy Independence (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
11. As
Storms Bear Down, More Homeowners Look to Batteries – Not Generators – for
Backup Power (U-S News & World Report)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
12. Microsoft
Is Rolling Out a Rural Broadband Plan — But Iowa Counties That Benefit Aren’t
Rural (Des Moines Register, IA)
13. FCC
Speed Tests for Internet Service Providers (Pots & Pans)
14. Wired
Icelanders Seek to Keep Remote Peninsula Digital-Free (SF Chronicle)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
15. Forget
Smart Ovens. Intelligent HVAC Is the Smart Home’s Future (Fast Company)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
16. Longview
Water Meter Costs to Rise Slightly after Contract Change (Longview Daily News, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
17. 17
Bipartisan Governors Vow to Fight Climate Change—And President Trump (Atlantic
Magazine)
18. Challenge
at a Climate Conference: Keeping It Green (NY Times)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
19. Nike
Stock Closes at All-Time High in Aftermath of Colin Kaepernick Ad Campaign (Yahoo
Sports)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
20. Special
Solar Panels Turn Air into Drinking Water (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
21. Oregon
Lawmakers Try to Force Trump Administration to Follow Through on Tribal Housing
(Oregonian, Portland)
GENERAL NEWS
22. Jam-Packed
Gathering Shows Support for Tumwater Teachers (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
23. Tentative
Contract Agreement Reached in Week-Long Tacoma Teachers Strike (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma,
WA)
24. Much
of Carolinas Awash after Hurricane Florence Moves In (Reuters)
25. Humane
Society Seeks Help with 36 Pets Recovered from Kitsap County Home (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma,
WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Why the Humble Ukulele Could Be Your New Yoga
Andre Blay, Who Put Movies on Videotape, Is Dead at 81
A Pod of Beluga Whales Adopted a Lost Narwhal, & It’s
Too Wholesome
New Mexico: ‘Telescope Did Not See Aliens,’ Director of
Mysteriously Shut Down Observatory Claims
SONG OF THE DAY
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain – Life on Mars
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