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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
President Trump, Congress Agree to End Longest Government
Shutdown (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
State of Emergency – Measles Outbreak Grows in Pacific
Northwest, 30 Cases Reported (Associated Press)
Avista, Hydro One Abandon Plans for Sale (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
Private Power Lines, Not Pacific Gas & Electric’s,
Caused Deadly 2017 Wine Country Fire, State Says (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Mason County Requests State Funding to Keep Salmon from
Swimming Over Road (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Avista, Hydro One Abandon Plans for Sale
2.
Private Power Lines, Not Pacific Gas &
Electric’s, Caused Deadly 2017 Wine Country Fire, State Says
3.
Carbon-Free Energy by 2045 Is Goal of
Legislation Introduced in Washington State Legislature
4.
Klamath County, OR – Final Environmental Impact
Statement for the Swan Lake North Pumped Storage Project
5.
Community’s Help Sought to Meet Chelan Valley
Load Growth
6.
Workers Affected by Federal Government Shutdown
Get Public Power Electric Bill Support
7.
Company Defends Plans for New Mexico Nuclear
Waste Storage Facility
8.
Common Choice Aggregators – Here’s How Local
Governments Are Replacing California’s Biggest Utilities
9.
Mason County Requests State Funding to Keep
Salmon from Swimming Over Road
10.
North Pacific Fishing Industry Raising Money for
Alaska Coast Guard Families
11.
NextEra Fires ‘Warning Shot’ at Pacific Gas
& Electric over Power Contracts
12.
Huge Wind Turbine Project in Eastern Shasta
County Is Ready to Go to the Public
13.
Wyoming Voters Could Decide Whether to Increase
the State’s Wind Tax
14.
Interior Reverses Course, Proceeds With Martha’s
Vineyard Wind Project after Allegations of Fossil Fuel Bias
15.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to Build
New Energy Sciences Research Facility
16.
It’s Now Clear None of the Supposed Benefits of
Killing Net Neutrality Are Real
17.
Hulu Cuts Basic Monthly Subscription Price to $6
18.
California Utilities Pursue Subscriptions,
Time-Of-Use Rates to Drive More California Electric Vehicles
19.
Are Electric Cars Only for the Rich? Sacramento
Is Challenging That Notion
20.
With Rise of Electric Vehicles, a New Foreign
Energy Dependence Looms
21.
Well That Monitors Giant Idaho Aquifer Back in
Service
22.
Last Four Years Hottest on Record
23.
Exclusive: Bipartisan House Group Revives Carbon
Tax Bill
24.
United Kingdom – Watchdog Rejects Complaint
against ‘Vegan’ Electricity Company
25.
‘Close’ Proximity, ‘End’ Result, & More
Redundant Words to Delete from Your Writing
26.
NASA’s Opportunity Rover Marks 15 Years on Mars
27.
President Trump, Congress Agree to End Longest
Government Shutdown
28.
State of Emergency – Measles Outbreak Grows in
Pacific Northwest, 30 Cases Reported
29.
Clallam Sheriff’s Office Makes Arrest in
Connection with Triple Homicide
30.
Construction Will Resume in Late February on
Shelton’s Downtown Connector Project
31.
Shelton Bowlers Eye Return Trip to State
Championships
WORD OF THE DAY
Caltrop • \KAL-trip \ • noun – 1: a device with four metal
points so arranged that when any three are on the ground the fourth projects
upward as a hazard to the hooves of horses or to pneumatic tires 2: a plural
but single or plural in construction: star thistle 1 b: puncture vine; also :
any of various related herbs (genera Tribulus & Kallstroemia) of the same
family (Zygophyllaceae, the caltrop family)
Amanda stood at the second-floor window, a smile playing
across her face as she watched her potential fiancé dance gingerly in his bare
feet across her gravel driveway. She knew that when she asked for a floral
bouquet the garden he would have to negotiate the sharp gravel chunks, jabbing
the tender soles of his feet as if she had strewn his path with a truckload of
caltrops. “Next time I’ll ask for a bouquet of ‘stinging nettles’,” she
thought. Her sharp cackle of laughter at the thought chased her long-haired
Chihuahua from the room.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Avista, Hydro One Abandon Plans for Sale (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
2.
Private Power Lines, Not Pacific Gas & Electric’s,
Caused Deadly 2017 Wine Country Fire, State Says (Los Angeles Times, CA)
3.
Carbon-Free Energy by 2045 Is Goal of Legislation
Introduced in Washington State Legislature (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
4.
Klamath County, OR – Final Environmental Impact
Statement for the Swan Lake North Pumped Storage Project (Federal Energy Regularity
Commission)
5.
Community’s Help Sought to Meet Chelan Valley
Load Growth (Lake Chelan Mirror, Wa – Nice Framing)
6.
Workers Affected by Federal Government Shutdown
Get Public Power Electric Bill Support (American Public Power Association)
7.
Company Defends Plans for New Mexico Nuclear
Waste Storage Facility (Associated Press)
8.
Common Choice Aggregators – Here’s How Local
Governments Are Replacing California’s Biggest Utilities (Los Angeles Times,
CA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Mason County Requests State Funding to Keep
Salmon from Swimming Over Road (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
10. North
Pacific Fishing Industry Raising Money for Alaska Coast Guard Families (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
11. NextEra
Fires ‘Warning Shot’ at Pacific Gas & Electric over Power Contracts (Los
Angeles Times, CA)
12. Huge
Wind Turbine Project in Eastern Shasta County Is Ready to Go to the Public (Redding
Record Searchlight, CA)
13. Wyoming
Voters Could Decide Whether to Increase the State’s Wind Tax (Casper Star
Tribune, WY)
14. Interior
Reverses Course, Proceeds With Martha’s Vineyard Wind Project after Allegations
of Fossil Fuel Bias (Washington Examiner)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
15. Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory to Build New Energy Sciences Research Facility
(Daily Energy Insider)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
16. It’s
Now Clear None of the Supposed Benefits of Killing Net Neutrality Are Real
(Motherboard)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
17. Hulu
Cuts Basic Monthly Subscription Price to $6 (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
18. California
Utilities Pursue Subscriptions, Time-Of-Use Rates to Drive More California Electric
Vehicles (Utility Dive)
19. Are
Electric Cars Only for the Rich? Sacramento Is Challenging That Notion (NY
Times)
20. With
Rise of Electric Vehicles, a New Foreign Energy Dependence Looms (Houston
Chronicle, TX)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
21. Well
That Monitors Giant Idaho Aquifer Back in Service (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
22. Last
Four Years Hottest on Record (Courthouse News Service)
23. Exclusive:
Bipartisan House Group Revives Carbon Tax Bill (Axios)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
24. United
Kingdom – Watchdog Rejects Complaint against ‘Vegan’ Electricity Company
(Farmers Weekly, UK)
25. ‘Close’
Proximity, ‘End’ Result, & More Redundant Words to Delete from Your Writing
(Medium)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
26. NASA’s
Opportunity Rover Marks 15 Years on Mars (Courthouse News Service)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
27. President
Trump, Congress Agree to End Longest Government Shutdown (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma,
WA)
GENERAL NEWS
28. State
of Emergency – Measles Outbreak Grows in Pacific Northwest, 30 Cases Reported (Associated
Press)
29. Clallam
Sheriff’s Office Makes Arrest in Connection with Triple Homicide (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
30. Construction
Will Resume in Late February on Shelton’s Downtown Connector Project (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
31. Shelton
Bowlers Eye Return Trip to State Championships (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Sweethearts Candies Won’t Be on Shelves This Valentine’s Day
The Eat Roadkill Revolution Is Coming
A 10-Year-Old Kid Won a Science Fair by Proving Tom Brady Is
A Cheater
Report: Two Coyotes in Ballard Got Drunk on Craft Beer
SONG OF THE DAY
Bee Gees - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
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