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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Snow Post Mortem and a View to the Next Snowstorm (Cliff
Mass Weather Blog)
The Feeding Frenzy That Got Sea Lions into Deep Trouble
(Atlantic Magazine)
South Carolina Gets Four Legitimate Offers to Buy Santee
Cooper (The State, Columbia, SC)
Op/Ed: Columbia River System Improvement Plan Revised
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
When Does the Windy City Lose Wind Power? During a Polar
Vortex (Bloomberg News)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
South Carolina Gets Four Legitimate Offers to
Buy Santee Cooper
2.
Op/Ed: Columbia River System Improvement Plan
Revised
3.
Colville Tribal Fish & Wildlife Staff to
Work with Okanogan PUD on Enloe Dam Removal Options
4.
Embattled California Utility Spent Most for 2018
Lobbying
5.
What You Need to Know about Clean Power
Alliance, Socal’s Newest Electric Company
6.
Blockchain Boo-Boo – After Founder’s Sudden
Death, Cryptocurrency Exchange Can’t Access $190 Million in Holdings
7.
Super Bowl Sunday Sees Electricity Use Spike in
Lead to Kick-Off in British Columbia
8.
The Feeding Frenzy That Got Sea Lions into Deep
Trouble
9.
Calls for Sea Lion Harvest in British Columbia
Grow as U-S Approves Partial Cull
10.
Dam Cool Idea? Washington Seeks Public Input on
Plan to Help Salmon
11.
Plan to Help Endangered Salmon in Maine River
Abandoned
12.
When Does the Windy City Lose Wind Power? During
a Polar Vortex
13.
Puget Sound Energy Funds Five Solar Projects
through Green Power Program Grants
14.
Tesla Plans to Buy Energy Storage Company
Maxwell Technologies for $218 Million
15.
Court Brings Back Subsidies for Tribal Wireless
Providers
16.
FCC Struggles to Convince Judge That Broadband
Isn’t “Telecommunications”
17.
Broadening the Universal Service Fund Funding
Base
18.
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Spearheads
Clean Transportation Hub Effort
19.
Feds Start Process to Manage Colorado River
After States Miss Drought Plan Deadline
20.
Super Bowl Ads 2019: Grading the Best &
Worst of the Game's Commercials
21.
Flickr is about to Start Deleting Old Photos
22.
The National Parks’ Iconic Typeface Has Never
Been Digitized–Until Now
23.
Bud Light Gets Earful from Angry Corn Lobby
After Super Bowl Ad
24.
Hemp Legalization Parade Hits a Bump in Idaho
25.
The North Magnetic Pole’s Mysterious Journey
Across the Arctic
26.
Former State Senator Violated Harassment Policy,
Report Finds
27.
Wapato Agrees to $130,000 in Payouts for Records
Requests
28.
Oregon Awards $1.3 Million Tax Break for
Nonprofit to Create 5 Warehouse Jobs
29.
Snow Post Mortem and a View to the Next
Snowstorm
30.
Two-Truck Pickering Road Crash Kills One in
Mason County
31.
Thurston I-5 Crash Kills 1, Injures 3, Including
a Shelton 8-Year-Old
32.
Construction on Belfair Roundabout, Park &
Ride Could Start this Spring
33.
They Stopped the Presses. Printing of the News
Tribune & the Olympian Outsourced
34.
Mossyrock Man Whose Dogs Terrorized Neighborhood
Sentenced to More than Three Years
WORD OF THE DAY
Invidious • \in-VID-ee-us\ • adjective – 1: tending to cause
discontent, animosity, or envy 2: envious 3a: of an unpleasant or objectionable
nature: obnoxious *b: of a kind to cause harm or resentment.
“You’re wearing a silly hat,” thundered Octavio during the
morning session on energy derivatives. Ignoring the remark, the hardy presenter
droned on about markets, hedging strategies and cost savings. “You’re mother
wears army boots,” marked the next salvo in Octavio’s barrage of invidious
comments. His barking, irrelevant comments were the only points that kept
attendees awake. Unfortunately for the presenter, the only things the attendees
remembered were something about boots and hats.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
South Carolina Gets Four Legitimate Offers to
Buy Santee Cooper (The State, Columbia, SC)
2.
Op/Ed: Columbia River System Improvement Plan
Revised (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
3.
Colville Tribal Fish & Wildlife Staff to
Work with Okanogan PUD on Enloe Dam Removal Options (Tribal Tribune, Nespelem, WA)
4.
Embattled California Utility Spent Most for 2018
Lobbying (Associated Press)
5.
What You Need to Know about Clean Power Alliance,
Socal’s Newest Electric Company (Los Angeles Times, CA)
6.
Blockchain Boo-Boo – After Founder’s Sudden
Death, Cryptocurrency Exchange Can’t Access $190 Million in Holdings (Washington
Post)
7.
Super Bowl Sunday Sees Electricity Use Spike in
Lead to Kick-Off in British Columbia (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
FISH & WILDLIFE
8.
The Feeding Frenzy That Got Sea Lions into Deep
Trouble (Atlantic Magazine)
9.
Calls for Sea Lion Harvest in British Columbia Grow
as U-S Approves Partial Cull (Chekmedia, BC)
10. Dam
Cool Idea? Washington Seeks Public Input on Plan to Help Salmon (KOMO-TV, Seattle,
WA)
11. Plan
to Help Endangered Salmon in Maine River Abandoned (Main Public Broadcasting)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
12. When
Does the Windy City Lose Wind Power? During a Polar Vortex (Bloomberg News)
13. Puget
Sound Energy Funds Five Solar Projects through Green Power Program Grants (The
Suburban Times, Lakewood, WA)
https://thesubtimes.com/2019/02/02/pse-funds-five-solar-projects-through-green-power-program-grants/
14. Tesla
Plans to Buy Energy Storage Company Maxwell Technologies for $218 Million
(Mashable)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
16. FCC
Struggles to Convince Judge That Broadband Isn’t “Telecommunications” (Ars
Technica)
17. Broadening
the Universal Service Fund Funding Base (Pots & Pans)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
18. Sacramento
Municipal Utility District Spearheads Clean Transportation Hub Effort (American
Public Power Association)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
19. Feds
Start Process to Manage Colorado River After States Miss Drought Plan Deadline
(The Nevada Independent, Las Vegas)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
20. Super
Bowl Ads 2019: Grading the Best & Worst of the Game's Commercials (Yahoo!
Sports)
21. Flickr
is about to Start Deleting Old Photos (Mashable)
22. The
National Parks’ Iconic Typeface Has Never Been Digitized–Until Now (Fast
Company)
23. Bud
Light Gets Earful from Angry Corn Lobby After Super Bowl Ad (Bloomberg News)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
24. Hemp
Legalization Parade Hits a Bump in Idaho (Portland Business Journal, OR)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
25. The
North Magnetic Pole’s Mysterious Journey Across the Arctic (NY Times)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
26. Former
State Senator Violated Harassment Policy, Report Finds (Northwest Public
Broadcasting)
27. Wapato
Agrees to $130,000 in Payouts for Records Requests (Columbia Basin Herald,
Moses Lake, WA)
28. Oregon
Awards $1.3 Million Tax Break for Nonprofit to Create 5 Warehouse Jobs (Oregonian,
Portland)
GENERAL NEWS
29. Snow
Post Mortem and a View to the Next Snowstorm (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
30. Two-Truck
Pickering Road Crash Kills One in Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
31. Thurston
I-5 crash kills 1, injures 3, including a Shelton 8-year-old (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
32. Construction
on Belfair Roundabout, Park & Ride Could Start this Spring (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
33. They
Stopped the Presses. Printing of the News Tribune & the Olympian Outsourced
(News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
34. Mossyrock
Man Whose Dogs Terrorized Neighborhood Sentenced to More than Three Years (Aberdeen
Daily World, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Super Bowl Ads: Yes, that WAS Andy Warhol Eating a Burger
King Whopper
Portland Man Guilty of Running a Stolen LEGO Operation
Speed Limit on the Autobahn? Over My Dead Body, Many Germans
Say
Let the Toilet Jokes Begin – You Flushed the Toilet. They
Made Some Bricks. (NY Times)
SONG OF THE DAY
David Bowie – Andy Warhol Song
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