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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
British Columbia Minister: Trudeau-Trump Relations Haven’t
Impacted Columbia River Treaty Talks (The Columbia Valley Pioneer, BC)
Breaching Dams Could Have Negative Impacts on Vulnerable
Communities (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
Oregon: State Settles with CenturyLink for $4 Million for
Marketing & Billing Practices (Portland Business Journal, OR)
California Will Enforce the Energy-Efficient Lightbulb Rule
President Trump Wants to Reverse (National Public Radio)
Seattle-Area Weather Forecast: Unseasonably Warm Friday,
‘Fast & Furious’ Rain This Weekend, A Colder-Than-Normal Month (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
British Columbia Minister: Trudeau-Trump
Relations Haven’t Impacted Columbia River Treaty Talks
2.
Breaching Dams Could Have Negative Impacts on
Vulnerable Communities
3.
Couple's Car Struck by Power Lines as Wednesday
Wind Knocks Tree Over in SeaTac
4.
Pacific Gas & Electric Rate Case Compromise
Cuts $1.1 Billion Proposal to $575 Million for Wildfire Mitigation
5.
Build Your Own Utility – Amid Shut-Off Woes, a
Beacon of Energy
6.
New Year Brings New Protections for West Coast
Seafloor Habitat
7.
BSNF Train Derails into the Kootenai River;
Crews Work to Contain Spill
8.
Oregon: The Search for Solutions to Harney
County’s Water Crisis
9.
Pride of the Pacific Northwest: Tribe's
Perspective on Saving the Salish Sea
10.
Trump Administration Set to Approve NV Energy's
690 MW Solar Farm, Largest in U.S.
11.
California Will Enforce the Energy-Efficient
Lightbulb Rule President Trump Wants to Reverse
12.
Oregon: State Settles with CenturyLink for $4
Million for Marketing & Billing Practices
13.
Why Internet Stops Once School Ends for Many
Rural California Students
14.
UTOPIA Fiber: A Model Open-Access Network
15.
Municipal Broadband Capability Already Behind
Industry Giants; Fiber Not Future-Proof (!)
16.
Drones Flying in Rural Colorado & Nebraska
Have Residents Freaking Out. No One Knows Who’s Behind Them
17.
Climate Change Hope for Hydrogen Fuel
18.
Lawmaker Plans Legislation to Legalize Hemp in
Idaho
19.
America’s Marijuana Growers Are the Best in the
World – Federal Laws Are Keeping Them Out of Global Markets
20.
Time’s Up for ‘Totes:’ New Batch of Banned Words
Is Out
21.
Astronomers Say SpaceX’s Satellites Are Too
Bright in the Sky. Friday’s Launch Will Try to Fix That
22.
Seattle-Area Weather Forecast: Unseasonably Warm
Friday, ‘Fast & Furious’ Rain This Weekend, A Colder-Than-Normal Month
23.
Storms This Week Expected to Add Needed Depth to
Washington Snowpack
24.
Possible Inch of Snow Expected Around Inland
Northwest Thursday Night
25.
Tumbleweed Takeover! Cars Trapped, Highway Near
Richland Closed 10 Hours
26.
Skagit County Sues Over Timber Harvest, Teeing
Up Fight Over Washington’s Forests – And Money
27.
California Eases Way for Land Clearing to
Prevent Wildfires
28.
Thousands Flee Fires in Australia, Navy Helps
Evacuate the Stranded
29.
David Stern’s Legacy in Seattle Is Simple:
There’s No Sonics
30.
‘Superman in Sacramento’: Former NBA
Commissioner David Stern Dies at 77
WORD OF THE DAY – THE HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Cosmeticize /coz-MET-uh-syze/ Verb – To make (something
unpleasant or ugly) superficially attractive.
Lipstick on a pig
Cosmeticized ugly
You wanna kiss it?
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
British Columbia Minister: Trudeau-Trump Relations
Haven’t Impacted Columbia River Treaty Talks (The Columbia Valley Pioneer, BC)
2.
Breaching Dams Could Have Negative Impacts on
Vulnerable Communities (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
3.
Couple's Car Struck by Power Lines as Wednesday
Wind Knocks Tree Over in SeaTac (KOMO TV, Seattle, WA)
https://komonews.com/news/local/couples-car-struck-by-power-lines-as-wind-knocks-tree-over-in-seatac
4.
Pacific Gas & Electric Rate Case Compromise
Cuts $1.1 Billion Proposal to $575 Million for Wildfire Mitigation (Utility
Dive)
5.
Build Your Own Utility – Amid Shut-Off Woes, a Beacon
of Energy (Washington Post)
FISH & WILDLIFE
6.
New Year Brings New Protections for West Coast
Seafloor Habitat (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
7.
BSNF Train Derails into the Kootenai River;
Crews Work to Contain Spill (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
8.
Oregon: The Search for Solutions to Harney
County’s Water Crisis (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
9.
Pride of the Pacific Northwest: Tribe's Perspective
on Saving the Salish Sea (KING TV, Seattle, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10.
Trump Administration Set to Approve NV Energy's 690
MW Solar Farm, Largest in U.S. (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
11.
California Will Enforce the Energy-Efficient
Lightbulb Rule President Trump Wants to Reverse (National Public Radio)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
12.
Oregon: State Settles with CenturyLink for $4 Million
for Marketing & Billing Practices (Portland Business Journal, OR)
13.
Why Internet Stops Once School Ends for Many
Rural California Students (PBS NewsHour)
14.
UTOPIA Fiber: A Model Open-Access Network (Broadband
Communities)
15.
Municipal Broadband Capability Already Behind
Industry Giants; Fiber Not Future-Proof (!) (Complete Colorado)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
16.
Drones Flying in Rural Colorado & Nebraska Have
Residents Freaking Out. No One Knows Who’s Behind Them (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
17.
Climate Change Hope for Hydrogen Fuel (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
18.
Lawmaker Plans Legislation to Legalize Hemp in
Idaho (Associated Press)
19.
America’s Marijuana Growers Are the Best in the World
– Federal Laws Are Keeping Them Out of Global Markets (Washington Post)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
20.
Time’s Up for ‘Totes:’ New Batch of Banned Words
Is Out (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
21.
Astronomers Say SpaceX’s Satellites Are Too Bright
in the Sky. Friday’s Launch Will Try to Fix That (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
22.
Seattle-Area Weather Forecast: Unseasonably Warm
Friday, ‘Fast & Furious’ Rain This Weekend, A Colder-Than-Normal Month (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
23.
Storms This Week Expected to Add Needed Depth to
Washington Snowpack (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
24.
Possible Inch of Snow Expected Around Inland
Northwest Thursday Night (KHQ TV, Spokane, WA)
25.
Tumbleweed Takeover! Cars Trapped, Highway Near Richland
Closed 10 Hours (Tri-City Herald, WA)
26.
Skagit County Sues Over Timber Harvest, Teeing
Up Fight Over Washington’s Forests – And Money (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
27.
California Eases Way for Land Clearing to Prevent
Wildfires (Associated Press)
28.
Thousands Flee Fires in Australia, Navy Helps Evacuate
the Stranded (Reuters)
SAME PLANET, DIFFERENT WORLDS:
29.
David Stern’s Legacy in Seattle Is Simple:
There’s No Sonics (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
30.
‘Superman in Sacramento’: Former NBA
Commissioner David Stern Dies at 77 (Sacramento Bee, CA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Police: Woman Submitted Dog Urine During Drug Screening
A Michigan Restaurant Server Got a $2,020 Tip on a $23 Meal for
the New Year. It’s Part of the 2020 Tip Challenge
Kiss Them Goodbye: Hershey Is Retiring Fleet of Kissmobiles
Original Ford Mustang Used in ‘Bullitt’ Filming to Be
Auctioned
SONG OF THE DAY
Lalo Schifrin –Bullitt Soundtrack Mix
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