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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Strong Winds & Lots of Precipitation Ahead (Cliff Mass
Weather Blog)
Clark Public Utilities Shifts Solar-Panel Revenue to
Operation Warm Heart (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Germany Shuts Nuclear Plant as It Phases Out Atomic Energy
(Associated Press)
Tired of Waiting for Broadband, Rural Communities Are
Tapping Grants, Partnerships to Get Modern Internet (Canon City Daily Record,
CO)
Study Finds Bellingham Has Strong Base of Clean Energy Jobs
Compared to Rest of State (Bellingham Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Germany Shuts Nuclear Plant as It Phases Out
Atomic Energy
2.
Montana: Bozeman Residents Call on State to
Reject NorthWestern Energy’s 20-Year Plan
3.
Orcas Power & Light Board Listens to Member
Concerns, Reconsiders Resolution on Snake River Dams
4.
Fake Seattle City Light Warnings: Old Scam at
Dawn of New Year
5.
California: Happy New Year from Pacific Gas
& Electric: Your Electric Rates Will Rise Jan. 1
6.
Report: Natural Gas Production to Slow in 2020
7.
Coeur d’Alene’s Eagle Viewing Season Ending
After Lower-Than-Normal Year
8.
President Trump’s Plans to Strip Clean Water
Protections Leave New Mexico Fearing Pollution & Health Risks
9.
‘A Slow-Motion Chernobyl’: How Lax Laws Turned a
River into a Disaster
10.
Clark Public Utilities Shifts Solar-Panel
Revenue to Operation Warm Heart
11.
Study Finds Bellingham Has Strong Base of Clean
Energy Jobs Compared to Rest of State
12.
Solar Company Merges Energy Production with
Sheep Grazing to Restore Soil, Biodiversity
13.
Bronx Wind Turbine’s Blades Fly Off, Smashing
Car & Billboard
14.
Tired of Waiting for Broadband, Rural
Communities Are Tapping Grants, Partnerships to Get Modern Internet
15.
Employee Error to Blame for Massive Data Leak,
Wyze Says
16.
Court Won’t Reinstate Lawsuit over Diet Dr
Pepper Advertising
17.
Marist Poll: ‘Whatever’ Is Once Again Most
Annoying Word of Year
18.
Apostrophes, School Choice, & More: 7 AP
Style Rules You Need to Know
19.
Feds Target Seattle Transportation Projects as
Part of Criminal Inquiry
20.
Strong Winds & Lots of Precipitation Ahead
21.
Hood Canal Bridge Closed by High Winds
22.
High Winds Threaten New Year’s Eve Fireworks at
Space Needle
23.
Two Officers Shot, One Man Killed in Federal Way
Confrontation
24.
Employers, Employees Prepare for Costs, Benefits
of Coming $1.50 Minimum Wage Increase
25.
Boeing’s 737 MAX Crisis Leaves It Badly Behind
in ‘Arms Race’ for Next Decade’s Jets
WORD OF THE DAY
Glockenspiel • \GLAWK-ken-shpeel\ • noun – A percussion
instrument consisting of a series of graduated metal bars tuned to the
chromatic scale & played with two hammers
“Sonny, with shoulders like that, you’re a natural to carry
the marching band’s glockenspiel in the parade,” intoned the well-travelled
virtuoso. “You do understand that I’ll be hammering away on the cranky thing
while you walk four miles?”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Germany Shuts Nuclear Plant as It Phases Out
Atomic Energy (Associated Press)
2.
Montana: Bozeman Residents Call on State to
Reject NorthWestern Energy’s 20-Year Plan (KECI-TV, Missoula, MT)
3.
Orcas Power & Light Board Listens to Member
Concerns, Reconsiders Resolution on Snake River Dams (Orcas Power & Light
Company, Friday Harbor, WA)
4.
Fake Seattle City Light Warnings: Old Scam at
Dawn of New Year (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
5.
California: Happy New Year from Pacific Gas &
Electric: Your Electric Rates Will Rise Jan. 1 (SF Chronicle, CA)
6.
Report: Natural Gas Production to Slow in 2020 (Pittsburgh
Business Times, PA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
7.
Coeur d’Alene’s Eagle Viewing Season Ending
After Lower-Than-Normal Year (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
8.
President Trump’s Plans to Strip Clean Water
Protections Leave New Mexico Fearing Pollution & Health Risks (Los Angeles
Times, CA)
9.
‘A Slow-Motion Chernobyl’: How Lax Laws Turned a
River into a Disaster (Union Journal News, NY)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10.
Clark Public Utilities Shifts Solar-Panel Revenue
to Operation Warm Heart (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
11.
Study Finds Bellingham Has Strong Base of Clean
Energy Jobs Compared to Rest of State (Bellingham Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
12.
Solar Company Merges Energy Production with
Sheep Grazing to Restore Soil, Biodiversity (USA Today)
13.
Bronx Wind Turbine’s Blades Fly Off, Smashing
Car & Billboard (NY Post)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
14.
Tired of Waiting for Broadband, Rural
Communities Are Tapping Grants, Partnerships to Get Modern Internet (Canon City
Daily Record, CO)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
15.
Employee Error to Blame for Massive Data Leak, Wyze
Says (Ars Technica)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
16.
Court Won’t Reinstate Lawsuit over Diet Dr
Pepper Advertising (ABC News)
17.
Marist Poll: ‘Whatever’ Is Once Again Most
Annoying Word of Year (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
18.
Apostrophes, School Choice, & More: 7 AP
Style Rules You Need to Know (CISION)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
19.
Feds Target Seattle Transportation Projects as
Part of Criminal Inquiry (Crosscut Seattle)
GENERAL NEWS
20.
Strong Winds & Lots of Precipitation Ahead (Cliff
Mass Weather Blog)
21.
Hood Canal Bridge Closed by High Winds (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
22.
High Winds Threaten New Year’s Eve Fireworks at Space
Needle (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
23.
Two Officers Shot, One Man Killed in Federal Way
Confrontation (KOMO TV, Seattle, WA)
24.
Employers, Employees Prepare for Costs, Benefits
of Coming $1.50 Minimum Wage Increase (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
25.
Boeing’s 737 MAX Crisis Leaves It Badly Behind in
‘Arms Race’ for Next Decade’s Jets (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Bewildered CVS Shoppers Keep Getting Super-Long Receipts
Police Warn Against Celebratory Gunfire on New Year’s Eve
A 12-Year-Old Got a Magnifying Glass for Christmas — And Set
His Lawn on Fire
A Couple Unwittingly Threw Away $20,000. The Dump Gave It
Back.
SONG OF THE DAY
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
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