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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Oregon: Local Utilities Work to Restore Power as Some
Outages Could Last a Week or More (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Grays Harbor, Mason, Other Counties Included in Major
Disaster Declaration for Washington Recently Approved by President Donald J.
Trump (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
5G Technology Again Blasted by the Gig Harbor City Council
(News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Most Washington Salmon Returns Predicted to Be Worse “…due
largely to the lingering effects of The Blob…” (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Washington State Senate Transportation Bill Would More Than
Double Electric Vehicle Registration Fees (GeekWire)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Oregon: Local Utilities Work to Restore Power as
Some Outages Could Last a Week or More
2.
Check Your Thermostat, BPA Asking Adams County
Avista Customers & Others to Conserve Power
3.
Op/Ed: Nuclear Power Always Ready for Extreme
Weather
4.
Op/Ed: Wildfires Spark Debate Over Power Lines
5.
New Chelan PUD Base Moving Forward
6.
Tacoma Power Offers Grant Opportunity for
Cowlitz River Basin Projects
7.
Michigan: Homeowner Points Gun at DTE Energy
Employee Who Attempted to Disconnect Electricity for Power Theft
8.
Another Reason to Support HB 1380 – Providing an
Aggravating Circumstance for Assault Against a Utility Worker
9.
Washington State Bill Gives Broadcasters Access
to Emergency Scenes
10.
Plant the Right Tree in the Right Place to Avoid
Power Lines
11.
For Pacific Gas & Electric Board Candidate,
‘Job One Is to Restore the Public Trust’
12.
South Carolina: Lawyer Says Ex-SCANA Officials
‘Whitewashed,’ Lied about Defects at Failed Nuclear Plant
13.
Here’s How Much Your Electricity Bill Will Cost
on Average in Every State
14.
Most Washington Salmon Returns Predicted to Be
Worse “…due largely to the lingering effects of The Blob…”
15.
Ocean Heat Waves Are Threatening Marine Life
16.
Rarest Orangutans ‘Doomed’ by Indonesia Dam
Project
17.
Snohomish PUD Seeking Sites for Local Solar
Projects
18.
British Columbia: Baby Boomers Use Twice as Much
Electricity as Millennials, BC Hydro Says
19.
5G Technology Again Blasted by the Gig Harbor
City Council
20.
City of Seattle City: Low-Income Areas Five
Times as Likely to Lack Internet Access
21.
U-S House Democrats Will Introduce ‘Save the
Internet Act’ to Restore Net Neutrality This Week
22.
US Telcos Teeter Toward Bankruptcy as Comcast’s
Broadband Monopoly Grows
23.
Editorial: Cities Wise to Lay Groundwork for
Public Broadband
24.
The American Broadband Initiative
25.
Washington State Senate Transportation Bill
Would More Than Double Electric Vehicle Registration Fees
26.
California’s Surging Electric Car Sales Driven
Largely by Tesla’s Model 3
27.
Editorial: Huge Yakima Basin Project, Small Part
of Massive Bill
28.
Editorial: Welcome Congressional Safeguards for
Public Lands, Including in Washington State
29.
Plan to Protect Colorado River Still Isn’t Done.
Now What?
30.
Clean Electricity Rule to Phase Out Fossil Fuel
Plants Moves Closer to Passage in Washington
31.
Seattle’s Carbon Reduction: Too Slow, Too
Steady, Report Says
32.
Splitting Apart Pacific Gas & Electric Could
Hurt California’s Carbon Neutrality Goals, Sierra Club Says
33.
Republicans Who Couldn’t Beat Climate Debate Now
Seek to Join It
34.
Op/Ed: There Really, Really Isn’t a Silver
Bullet for Climate Change
35.
Melania Trump Talks Up Homework with Kids on ‘Be
Best’ Tour
36.
Social Media Trolls Will Be Blocked &
Reported to Police by Royal Family Under New Rules
37.
Teen Who Vaccinated Himself Says Anti-Vaxx Mom
Gets Misinformation from Facebook
38.
Astronomers Around the World Are Training in
Case a Giant Asteroid Threatens Earth
39.
Skywatch: Spring Forward in March with a Time
Change & the Brightness of Venus
40.
Inslee Eyes National Climate Fight, Has
Struggled at Home
41.
Washington State Legislature OKs Moving
Presidential Primary to March
42.
Washington’s Urban & Rural Communities Need
One Another
43.
Grays Harbor, Mason, Other Counties Included in
Major Disaster Declaration for Washington Recently Approved by President Donald
J. Trump
44.
More Snow Possible Later This Week as Cold
Weather Continues
45.
Roundabout Proposed Near Hood Canal Bridge on
Highway 104 in Jefferson County
46.
Alaska Airlines Flight Puts Washington State’s
Paine Field Back on U-S Aviation Map
47.
There Are More $100 Bills in Circulation Than $1
Bills – It Makes No Cents
WORD OF THE DAY
Misprision • \mis-PRIZH-un\ • Noun – 1a: neglect or wrong
performance of official duty b: concealment of treason or felony by one who is
not a participant in the treason or felony 2: misunderstanding,
misinterpretation.
“I love the delete key,” purred the entry-level clerk at the
Behemoth Tool & Die Company. “Won’t Mr. Dithers be so proud of me for
covering up his massive embezzlement scheme?” The clerk’s misprision did not
win him the accolades he expected. Through the neophyte’s killing of all the
incriminating files, the erstwhile Mr. Dithers had no way to determine how much
money he had squirreled away in a Cayman Island account. As such, he died
penniless in a debtor’s prison.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Oregon: Local Utilities Work to Restore Power as
Some Outages Could Last a Week or More (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
2.
Check Your Thermostat, BPA Asking Adams County
Avista Customers & Others to Conserve Power (iFiberone News, Ephrata, WA)
3.
Op/Ed: Nuclear Power Always Ready for Extreme
Weather (Forbes Magazine)
4.
Op/Ed: Wildfires Spark Debate Over Power Lines
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
5.
New Chelan PUD Base Moving Forward (KOZI-Radio,
Chelan, WA)
6.
Tacoma Power Offers Grant Opportunity for
Cowlitz River Basin Projects (Longview Daily News, WA)
7.
Michigan: Homeowner Points Gun at DTE Energy
Employee Who Attempted to Disconnect Electricity for Power Theft (Click ON
Detroit, MI)
8.
Another Reason to Support HB 1380 – Providing an
Aggravating Circumstance for Assault Against a Utility Worker (Washington State
Legislature)
9.
Washington State Bill Gives Broadcasters Access
to Emergency Scenes (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
10. Plant
the Right Tree in the Right Place to Avoid Power Lines (Everett Herald, WA)
11. For
Pacific Gas & Electric Board Candidate, ‘Job One Is to Restore the Public
Trust’ (NY Times)
12. South
Carolina: Lawyer Says Ex-SCANA Officials ‘Whitewashed,’ Lied about Defects at
Failed Nuclear Plant (The State, Columbia, SC)
13. Here’s
How Much Your Electricity Bill Will Cost on Average in Every State (USA Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
14. Most
Washington Salmon Returns Predicted to Be Worse “…due largely to the lingering
effects of The Blob…” (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
15. Ocean
Heat Waves Are Threatening Marine Life (NY Times)
16. Rarest
Orangutans ‘Doomed’ by Indonesia Dam Project (British Broadcasting Corporation)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
17. Snohomish
PUD Seeking Sites for Local Solar Projects (My Edmonds News, WA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
18. British
Columbia: Baby Boomers Use Twice as Much Electricity as Millennials, BC Hydro
Says (Abbotsford News, BC)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
19. 5G
Technology Again Blasted by the Gig Harbor City Council (News Tribune, Tacoma,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
20. City
of Seattle City: Low-Income Areas Five Times as Likely to Lack Internet Access
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
21. U-S
House Democrats Will Introduce ‘Save the Internet Act’ to Restore Net
Neutrality This Week (Gizmodo)
22. US
Telcos Teeter Toward Bankruptcy as Comcast’s Broadband Monopoly Grows
(TechDirt)
23. Editorial:
Cities Wise to Lay Groundwork for Public Broadband (Daily Hampshire Gazette,
Northampton, MA)
24. The
American Broadband Initiative (Pots & Pans)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
25. Washington
State Senate Transportation Bill Would More Than Double Electric Vehicle
Registration Fees (GeekWire)
26. California’s
Surging Electric Car Sales Driven Largely by Tesla’s Model 3 (SF Chronicle)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
27. Editorial:
Huge Yakima Basin Project, Small Part of Massive Bill (Ellensburg Daily Record,
WA)
28. Editorial:
Welcome Congressional Safeguards for Public Lands, Including in Washington
State (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
29. Plan
to Protect Colorado River Still Isn’t Done. Now What? (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
30. Clean
Electricity Rule to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Plants Moves Closer to Passage in
Washington (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
31. Seattle’s
Carbon Reduction: Too Slow, Too Steady, Report Says (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
32. Splitting
Apart Pacific Gas & Electric Could Hurt California’s Carbon Neutrality
Goals, Sierra Club Says (Utility Dive)
33. Republicans
Who Couldn’t Beat Climate Debate Now Seek to Join It (Bloomberg News)
34. Op/Ed:
There Really, Really Isn’t a Silver Bullet for Climate Change (Atlantic
Magazine)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
35. Melania
Trump Talks Up Homework with Kids on ‘Be Best’ Tour (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
36. Social
Media Trolls Will Be Blocked & Reported to Police by Royal Family Under New
Rules (Mashable)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
37. Teen
Who Vaccinated Himself Says Anti-Vaxx Mom Gets Misinformation from Facebook
(USA Today)
38. Astronomers
Around the World Are Training in Case a Giant Asteroid Threatens Earth
(Gizmodo)
39. Skywatch:
Spring Forward in March with a Time Change & the Brightness of Venus
(Washington Post)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
40. Inslee
Eyes National Climate Fight, Has Struggled at Home (Washington Post)
41. Washington
State Legislature OKs Moving Presidential Primary to March (Associated Press)
42. Washington’s
Urban & Rural Communities Need One Another (Crosscut Seattle)
GENERAL NEWS
44. More
Snow Possible Later This Week as Cold Weather Continues (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
45. Roundabout
Proposed Near Hood Canal Bridge on Highway 104 in Jefferson County (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
46. Alaska
Airlines Flight Puts Washington State’s Paine Field Back on U-S Aviation Map
(USA Today)
47. There
Are More $100 Bills in Circulation Than $1 Bills – It Makes No Cents
(Washington Post)
TURTLES IN THE LUGGAGE – DIVERSIONS
Oregon Man Snowed in with Only Taco Sauce Grateful for
Rescue
Trove of Ice-Age Fossils Found in LA Subway Dig
Over 1,500 Turtles Found Inside Luggage in Philippines
German Police Say Dead Cow Kicked Slaughterhouse Worker
SONG OF THE DAY
Boston – Foreplay / Long Time
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