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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Cowlitz County Blasts Ecology over Methanol Plant Permit
(Longview Daily News, WA)
King County Considers Burning Landfill Waste to Convert into
Energy (KOMO TV, Seattle, WA)
Feds Propose Pacific Northwest Habitat Protections for Orcas
& Humpback Whales (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Thousands of Washingtonians Drive Cars That Get This Tax
Break. It’s Under Siege in D.C. (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Groundbreaking for Shelton YMCA (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Cowlitz County Blasts Ecology over Methanol
Plant Permit
2.
Pacific PUD Rates Up 4.4%
3.
Lewis County PUD Receives Little Public Feedback
on Rate Increase Proposal
4.
Northwest Natural Reports Third Quarter Loss of
$19.3 Million
5.
Rate, Tariff & Energy Imbalance Market
Public Processes Join Forces
6.
California Mayors Back Plan to Make Pacific Gas
& Electric a Cooperative
7.
Florida Eases Financing for Billions in Storm
Hardening Spending, Retains Energy Efficiency Program
8.
Florida: Regulators Back Underground Power Line
Plans
9.
Feds Propose Pacific Northwest Habitat
Protections for Orcas & Humpback Whales
10.
Low Steelhead Numbers Prompt Federal Review
11.
Lamprey releases continue in several local
tributaries
12.
8-Year-Old Breaks Idaho Record Catching
36.5-Inch Rainbow Trout
13.
3,000 Gallons of Sewage Spills into Willamette
River in Downtown Portland
14.
California Urged to Update Water Plans for
Increasingly Wild Weather
15.
King County Considers Burning Landfill Waste to
Convert into Energy
16.
Tesla, Walmart Settle Lawsuit over Fires; Solar
Panels to Remain in Place
17.
Have California’s Renewable Energy Mandates
Hampered Wildfire Prevention Efforts?
18.
This Monstrous, 826-Ton Wave Buoy Turns Rough
Seas into Renewable Energy
19.
T-Mobile & Sprint Merger Gets Official
Approval from the FCC
20.
Thousands of Washingtonians Drive Cars That Get
This Tax Break. It’s Under Siege in D.C.
21.
Energy Adviser: Good Time to Consider an
Electric Vehicle
22.
Twitter Exec Teases Possible Major Changes
Coming in 2020
23.
Oregon: Salem Plant Turning More Cooking Oil
into Biodiesel Than Ever
24.
How the Internet Made Us Believe in a Flat Earth
25.
Mason County Elections: For Shelton City
Council, Boad, McDowell Lead in First Returns
26.
Link to Mason County Elections Results
27.
State Car-Tab Initiative, Affirmative Action
Measure Too Close to Call
28.
Amendment Giving Special Powers to Legislature
in Case of Catastrophe Approved
29.
Link to Washington State General Election
Results
30.
Groundbreaking for Shelton YMCA
31.
Port Angeles Mayor Faces Push Back Over
Veteran’s Memorial Memo “…because they depict soldiers holding guns…”
WORD OF THE DAY
Laconic • \luh-CONN-ick \ • adjective - Using or involving
the use of a minimum of words: concise to the point of seeming rude or
mysterious
“Laconic? Yup, nice word for it,” quipped the tight-lipped
farmer.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Cowlitz County Blasts Ecology over Methanol
Plant Permit (Longview Daily News, WA)
2.
Pacific PUD Rates Up 4.4% (Chinook Observer, Long
Beach, WA)
3.
Lewis County PUD Receives Little Public Feedback
on Rate Increase Proposal (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
4.
Northwest Natural Reports Third Quarter Loss of $19.3
Million (Associated Press)
5.
Rate, Tariff & Energy Imbalance Market Public
Processes Join Forces (Bonneville Power Administration)
6.
California Mayors Back Plan to Make Pacific Gas
& Electric a Cooperative (NY Times)
7.
Florida Eases Financing for Billions in Storm
Hardening Spending, Retains Energy Efficiency Program (Utility Dive)
8.
Florida: Regulators Back Underground Power Line
Plans (Tampa Bay Business Journal)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Feds Propose Pacific Northwest Habitat
Protections for Orcas & Humpback Whales (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
10. Low
Steelhead Numbers Prompt Federal Review (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
11. Lamprey
releases continue in several local tributaries (The Tribal Tribune, Nespelem,
WA)
12. 8-Year-Old
Breaks Idaho Record Catching 36.5-Inch Rainbow Trout (KOMO TV, Seattle, WA)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
13. 3,000
Gallons of Sewage Spills into Willamette River in Downtown Portland (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
14. California
Urged to Update Water Plans for Increasingly Wild Weather (Courthouse News
Service)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
15. King
County Considers Burning Landfill Waste to Convert into Energy (KOMO TV,
Seattle, WA)
16. Tesla,
Walmart Settle Lawsuit over Fires; Solar Panels to Remain in Place (Utility
Dive)
17. Have
California’s Renewable Energy Mandates Hampered Wildfire Prevention Efforts? (San
Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
18. This
Monstrous, 826-Ton Wave Buoy Turns Rough Seas into Renewable Energy (Digital
Trends)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
19. T-Mobile
& Sprint Merger Gets Official Approval from the FCC (Gizmodo)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
20. Thousands
of Washingtonians Drive Cars That Get This Tax Break. It’s Under Siege in D.C.
(News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
21. Energy
Adviser: Good Time to Consider an Electric Vehicle (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/nov/05/energy-adviser-good-time-to-consider-an-electric-vehicle/
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
22. Twitter
Exec Teases Possible Major Changes Coming in 2020 (Mashable)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
23. Oregon:
Salem Plant Turning More Cooking Oil into Biodiesel Than Ever (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
24. How
the Internet Made Us Believe in a Flat Earth (Medium)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
25. Mason
County Elections: For Shelton City Council, Boad, McDowell Lead in First
Returns (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
26. Link
to Mason County Elections Results (Mason County Auditor, Shelton, WA)
27. State
Car-Tab Initiative, Affirmative Action Measure Too Close to Call (KING TV,
Seattle, WA)
28. Amendment
Giving Special Powers to Legislature in Case of Catastrophe Approved (Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, WA)
29. Link
to Washington State General Election Results (Washington Secretary of State,
Olympia, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
30. Groundbreaking
for Shelton YMCA (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
31. Port
Angeles Mayor Faces Push Back Over Veteran’s Memorial Memo “…because they
depict soldiers holding guns…” (KOMO TV, Seattle, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Houston Shelter Cat ‘Quilty’ Goes Viral after Repeatedly Letting
His Cat Comrades Loose
Diamond Ring Found in Getty Fire Debris Is Woman’s Only
Heirloom — And It Survived Two Fires
15 Gifts True Fans of ‘The Office’ Need in Their Lives
Police: Man Who Wanted to Avoid DWI Stole Electric Scooter from
Walmart to Bar Hop
SONG OF THE DAY
Today is “National Stress Reduction” & National Saxophone”
Day. A little smooth jazz covers it all…
Pamela Williams – Forbidden Fruit
LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY
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