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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Pacific Gas & Electric Files for Bankruptcy. Electricity
Prices Likely to Rise For Millions of Californians (Los Angeles Times, CA)
To Help Salmon, Fish Advocates Want To Kill Some Gulls
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Hoping to Hook a Chinook Salmon This Spring? This Year’s Run
May Be Slim, Forecasts Say (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Apple to Patch Privacy Bug in Video-Calling Feature
(Reuters)
Inslee Announces Appointment of Lisa Brown as Director of
Washington State Department of Commerce (Washington State Wire, Olympia)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Files for Bankruptcy.
Electricity Prices Likely to Rise for Millions of Californians
2.
Wyoming Lawmakers Look to Sue Washington State
over Coal
3.
Bill Gates Comes to Washington, DC — Selling the
Promise of Nuclear Energy
4.
An Emerging Push for Time-Of-Use Rates Sparks
New Debates about Customer & Grid Impacts
5.
Western Energy Imbalance Market Looks to Expand
its Authority
6.
Longtime Tillamook PUD Board Members Ended Their
Terms in January
7.
U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Increased in 2018 – Will Likely Fall in 2019 & 2020
8.
To Help Salmon, Fish Advocates Want To Kill Some
Gulls
9.
Hoping to Hook a Chinook Salmon This Spring?
This Year’s Run May Be Slim, Forecasts Say
10.
Oregon Biologists Killing California Sea Lions
to Protect Threatened Salmon
11.
Apparently, Salmon’s Not the Only Thing on the
Menu: Sea Lion Bites Alaska Fisherman, Tries to Drag Him into Sea
12.
British Columbia: Trans Mountain Pipeline Work
Destroyed Salmon Habitat
13.
Near-Bankrupt PG&E Pulls Plug on a
Hydropower License Renewal
14.
Renewables? Sorry, But You’ve Got a Gas
Emissions Problem
15.
How ‘Bout a Little Hometown Love? Microsoft,
Vermont Team Up to Increase Broadband Access, Digital Skills Training in
Vermont
16.
Kagan: Broadband-Only Households to Reach 40.8
Million by 2023
17.
Apple to Patch Privacy Bug in Video-Calling
Feature
18.
Feel Like You’ve Lost Control of Your Data? A
Washington Lawmaker Wants to Change That
19.
Virtual Reality, Clean Energy Captivate Car
Lovers at Portland Auto Show
20.
Dye: Completing the Columbia Basin Project Would
Be a Game Changer for the Region
21.
How A Crumbling Dam in the Enchantments Could
Change Our Understanding of the PNW Wilderness
22.
States Along Colorado River Working to Avert
Crisis from 19-Year Drought
23.
Is It Climate Change? New Birds Are Here, Others
Disappeared
24.
Flickr’s Top Photos of 2018 Aren’t Just About
Clicks & Algorithms
25.
Oregon: Woodburn Hemp Company Lands $33 Million
26.
California Looks at Tax Cut to Boost Sluggish
Pot Sales
27.
Liberals Grow Skeptical of Carbon Tax Proposal
28.
Inslee Announces Appointment of Lisa Brown as
Director of Washington State Department of Commerce
29.
Everyone Wants to Clean Up State Energy Sector –
Parties Disagree on How
30.
Hair Stylists Take Over Olympia, Fighting
against Booth Renting Bill
31.
Boy in Highway 101 Hit & Run Not Expected to
Live — Motorist Who Fled Scene Sought
32.
Life-Threatening Cold Grips U.S., Could Hit
Minus 50 in the Midwest
33.
Perspective: Lowland Snow? It’s Possible for
Some Areas Early Next Week
34.
Confirmed Measles Cases in Clark County Rise to
34
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Crocodile Tears /CROCK-uh-dial – teers/ Plural Noun – False
or affected tears; hypocritical sorrow.
Schultz mea culpa
“Sorry I sold the Sonics”
Mere crocodile tears
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Files for Bankruptcy.
Electricity Prices Likely to Rise for Millions of Californians (Los Angeles
Times, CA)
2.
Wyoming Lawmakers Look to Sue Washington State
over Coal (Associated Press)
3.
Bill Gates Comes to Washington, DC — Selling the
Promise of Nuclear Energy (Washington Post)
4.
An Emerging Push for Time-Of-Use Rates Sparks
New Debates about Customer & Grid Impacts (Utility Dive)
5.
Western Energy Imbalance Market Looks to Expand
its Authority (RTO Insider)
6.
Longtime Tillamook PUD Board Members Ended Their
Terms in January (Tillamook County Pioneer, OR)
7.
U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Increased in 2018 – Will Likely Fall in 2019 & 2020 (U-S Energy Information
Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Hoping to Hook a Chinook Salmon This Spring? This
Year’s Run May Be Slim, Forecasts Say (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
10. Oregon
Biologists Killing California Sea Lions to Protect Threatened Salmon (SF
Chronicle)
11. Apparently,
Salmon’s Not the Only Thing on the Menu: Sea Lion Bites Alaska Fisherman, Tries
to Drag Him into Sea (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
12. British
Columbia: Trans Mountain Pipeline Work Destroyed Salmon Habitat – Biologist
calls the work on the Stewart Creek crossing in Chilliwack ‘amateur hour’
(Columbia Valley Pioneer, BC)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
13. Near-Bankrupt
PG&E Pulls Plug on a Hydropower License Renewal (Renewable Energy World)
14. Renewables?
Sorry, But You’ve Got a Gas Emissions Problem (Grist Online)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
15. How
‘Bout a Little Hometown Love? Microsoft, Vermont Team Up to Increase Broadband
Access, Digital Skills Training in Vermont (Telecompaper)
16. Kagan:
Broadband-Only Households to Reach 40.8 Million by 2023 (Multichannel News)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
17. Apple
to Patch Privacy Bug in Video-Calling Feature (Reuters)
18. Feel
Like You’ve Lost Control of Your Data? A Washington Lawmaker Wants to Change
That (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
http://www.nwnewsnetwork.org/post/feel-youve-lost-control-your-data-washington-lawmaker-wants-change
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
19. Virtual
Reality, Clean Energy Captivate Car Lovers at Portland Auto Show (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
20. Dye:
Completing the Columbia Basin Project Would Be a Game Changer for the Region
(Washington Ag Network)
21. How
A Crumbling Dam in the Enchantments Could Change Our Understanding of the PNW Wilderness
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
22. States
Along Colorado River Working to Avert Crisis from 19-Year Drought (National
Public Radio)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
23. Is
It Climate Change? New Birds Are Here, Others Disappeared (Everett Herald, WA)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
24. Flickr’s
Top Photos of 2018 Aren’t Just About Clicks & Algorithms (Fast Company)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
25. Oregon:
Woodburn Hemp Company Lands $33 Million (Portland Business Journal, OR)
26. California
Looks at Tax Cut to Boost Sluggish Pot Sales (Courthouse News Service)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
27. Liberals
Grow Skeptical of Carbon Tax Proposal (Washington Examiner)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
28. Inslee
Announces Appointment of Lisa Brown as Director of Washington State Department
of Commerce (Washington State Wire, Olympia)
29. Everyone
Wants to Clean Up State Energy Sector – Parties Disagree on How (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
30. Hair
Stylists Take Over Olympia, Fighting against Booth Renting Bill (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
31. Boy
in Highway 101 Hit & Run Not Expected to Live — Motorist Who Fled Scene
Sought (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
32. Life-Threatening
Cold Grips U.S., Could Hit Minus 50 in the Midwest (Reuters)
33. Perspective:
Lowland Snow? It’s Possible for Some Areas Early Next Week (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
34. Confirmed
Measles Cases in Clark County Rise to 34 (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Missing Toddler Found Alive Says He Was ‘With a Bear for Two
Days’
Mom Accidentally Donates Mug with $6,500 Stashed Inside
Canada Dry Planning to Change Labelling after ‘Made from
Real Ginger’ Lawsuits
Taking Tune from “The Office” Episode, Man Helps Save Woman’s
Life
SONG OF THE DAY
Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive (Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack)
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