SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Lawmakers, U-S Department of Energy Probe Western Area Power
Administration Spending (Utility Dive)
Hells Canyon Complex – Idaho Utility Seeks to Negate Oregon
Fish Passage Law (Associated Press)
Some Building Halted as Washington State Counties React to
Water Rights Case (Associated Press)
Canada’s $7 Billion Peace River Dam Tests the Limits of
State Power (NY Times)
Seattle’s Cloud-Computing Boom Is New Force Helping to Drive
Washington Economy (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Lawmakers, U-S Department of Energy Probe Western Area Power Administration Spending
- Canada’s $7 Billion Peace River Dam Tests the Limits of State Power
- Maintenance Shutters Locks on Columbia, Snake
- Columbia River Tribes One Step Away from Housing at Bonneville Dam After U-S Senate Approves Bill
- Feds Say No, Again, to Coos Bay LNG Terminal & Pipeline
- Front & Center: Avista’s Mike Broemeling is the Company’s Point Man for Customer Service
- Winter Residential Electricity Consumption Expected to Increase from Last Winter
- Rick Perry a Leading Candidate for U-S Energy Post: Source
- Hells Canyon Complex – Idaho Utility Seeks to Negate Oregon Fish Passage Law
- Sportsmen, Commercials Feud Over Columbia River Reforms
- Salmon Restoration Results in Park for Shelton
- Cowlitz, Wahkiakum Counties to Get Nearly $1.9 Million for Salmon Restoration Projects
- Trump’s Choice for Interior Could Risk Salmon Recovery, Treaty Rights
- Mohawks Become First Tribe to Take Down a Federal Dam – Eleven-Foot Tall Hogansburg Dam
- Idaho Sanctuary Prepares Orphaned Bear Cubs for the Wild
- Some Building Halted as Washington State Counties React to Water Rights Case
- Bill to Increase Yakima Basin Water Supplies Fails as Congress Adjourns
- Columbia River Restoration Act Passes Congress
- Arizona, Colorado Governors Headline Las Vegas Water Summit
- Eastern Oregon Wind Project Plans Taller Turbines
- Numbers Vary on Turbine Electrical Generation; Intent Not Power Production, City of Port Angeles Says
- First US Offshore Wind Farm Opens off Rhode Island’s Coast
- Wind Power - U-S Fish & Wildlife Service Readies Final Eagle Take Rule
- Titans of New Industry Spring $1 Billion Clean Energy Fund
- How Utilities Can Deal with the Threat of Community Energy
- Marijuana Farm Odor Hurts Neighbor’s Property Value Near Cheney
- City of Wenatchee Ban On Marijuana Co-Ops
- Marijuana Mega-Fest Draws Record 30,000 to Wine Country
- Climate Change Conversations Are Targeted in Questionnaire to Energy Department
- Canada Wonders, if U-S Balks, Is Carbon Pricing Still the Answer?
- Atmospheric Levels of Methane Are Spiking, Scientists Report
- Video: Could You Patent the Sun?
- Seattle’s Cloud-Computing Boom Is New Force Helping to Drive Washington Economy
- Bipartisan Group of U-S Senators Calls for Probe of Russian Role in 2016 Elections
- Google Inks Deal with Cuba to Speed Up Internet Service
- Comcast Confirms TV & Internet Price Hikes Up to 3.8%
- Samsung to Disable Note 7 Phones in the U-S Via Software Update
- Snapchat: How the Vanishing-Photo App Managed Not to Fade
- Facebook Page Layout Changes: How Marketers Should Respond
- ESPN: One of Disney’s Most Popular Brands Has Investors Really Worried
- ‘My Stomach Dropped’: Artist Discovers ‘Stolen’ Work on Shirts Being Sold at Winners
- U-S Senators Cantwell & Murkowski, Allies on Some Issues, Will Be Foes on Arctic-Refuge Drilling Fight
- Herrera Beutler Still Pursuing Solutions for Lewis County Communities Found to Be ‘Too Affluent’ for Federal Funding
- Washington State Representative Fights Ethics Board over Posting Public Videos
- He Was Minutes from Retirement. But First, He Blasted His Bosses in a Company-Wide Email
- Congress Approves Provision to Return ‘Kennewick Man’ to Columbia Basin Tribes
- Reliable Power, Data Backup Draws Banks, Businesses to ‘Co-Locate’ at Satsop Business Park
- Sounders Planning Seattle Parade Tuesday to Celebrate MLS Cup Championship
- Geminids Meteor Shower Peaks Tuesday Amid Full Moon
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Lawmakers, U-S Department of Energy Probe Western Area Power
Administration Spending (Utility Dive)
Canada’s $7 Billion Peace River Dam Tests the Limits of
State Power (NY Times)
Maintenance Shutters Locks on Columbia, Snake (Walla Walla
Union Bulletin, WA)
Columbia River Tribes One Step Away from Housing at Bonneville
Dam After U-S Senate Approves Bill (Oregonian, Portland)
Feds Say No, Again, to Coos Bay LNG Terminal & Pipeline
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
Front & Center: Avista’s Mike Broemeling is the Company’s
Point Man for Customer Service (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Winter Residential Electricity Consumption Expected to
Increase from Last Winter (U-S Energy Information Administration)
Rick Perry a Leading Candidate for U-S Energy Post: Source (Reuters)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Hells Canyon Complex – Idaho Utility Seeks to Negate Oregon Fish
Passage Law (Associated Press)
Sportsmen, Commercials Feud Over Columbia River Reforms (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Salmon Restoration Results in Park for Shelton (Northwest
Indian Fisheries Commission)
Cowlitz, Wahkiakum Counties to Get Nearly $1.9 Million for
Salmon Restoration Projects (Longview Daily News, WA)
Trump’s Choice for Interior Could Risk Salmon Recovery,
Treaty Rights (Indian Country Today)
Mohawks Become First Tribe to Take Down a Federal Dam –
Eleven-Foot Tall Hogansburg Dam (Associated Press)
Idaho Sanctuary Prepares Orphaned Bear Cubs for the Wild (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Some Building Halted as Washington State Counties React to
Water Rights Case (Associated Press)
Bill to Increase Yakima Basin Water Supplies Fails as Congress
Adjourns (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Columbia River Restoration Act Passes Congress (The Dalles
Chronicle, O)
Arizona, Colorado Governors Headline Las Vegas Water Summit (Associated
Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Eastern Oregon Wind Project Plans Taller Turbines (Bend
Bulletin, OR)
http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/4885986-151/eastern-oregon-wind-project-plans-taller-turbines
Numbers Vary on Turbine Electrical Generation; Intent Not
Power Production, City of Port Angeles Says (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
First US Offshore Wind Farm Opens off Rhode Island’s Coast (Associated
Press)
Wind Power - U-S Fish & Wildlife Service Readies Final
Eagle Take Rule (Politico Morning Edition)
Titans of New Industry Spring $1 Billion Clean Energy Fund (Associated
Press)
How Utilities Can Deal with the Threat of Community Energy
(The Energy Collective)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Marijuana Farm Odor Hurts Neighbor’s Property Value Near Cheney
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
City of Wenatchee Ban On Marijuana Co-Ops (KPQ Radio,
Wenatchee, WA)
Marijuana Mega-Fest Draws Record 30,000 to Wine Country (SF
Chronicle)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate Change Conversations Are Targeted in Questionnaire
to Energy Department (NY Times)
Canada Wonders, if U-S Balks, Is Carbon Pricing Still the
Answer? (NY Times)
Atmospheric Levels of Methane Are Spiking, Scientists Report
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Video: Could You Patent the Sun? (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Seattle’s Cloud-Computing Boom Is New Force Helping to Drive
Washington Economy (Associated Press)
Bipartisan Group of U-S Senators Calls for Probe of Russian Role
in 2016 Elections (Cable News Network)
Google Inks Deal with Cuba to Speed Up Internet Service (USA
Today)
Comcast Confirms TV & Internet Price Hikes Up to 3.8% (Broadband
Reports)
Samsung to Disable Note 7 Phones in the U-S Via Software
Update (Reuters)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Snapchat: How the Vanishing-Photo App Managed Not to Fade (Associated
Press)
Facebook Page Layout Changes: How Marketers Should Respond (Social
Media Examiner)
ESPN: One of Disney’s Most Popular Brands Has Investors
Really Worried (Washington Post)
‘My Stomach Dropped’: Artist Discovers ‘Stolen’ Work on Shirts
Being Sold at Winners (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
U-S Senators Cantwell & Murkowski, Allies on Some
Issues, Will Be Foes on Arctic-Refuge Drilling Fight (Seattle Times, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
Herrera Beutler Still Pursuing Solutions for Lewis County
Communities Found to Be ‘Too Affluent’ for Federal Funding (The Chronicle,
Centralia, WA)
Washington State Representative Fights Ethics Board over Posting
Public Videos (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
He Was Minutes from Retirement. But First, He Blasted His
Bosses in a Company-Wide Email (Washington Post)
LOCAL & REGIONAL NEWS
Congress Approves Provision to Return ‘Kennewick Man’ to Columbia
Basin Tribes (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Reliable Power, Data Backup Draws Banks, Businesses to ‘Co-Locate’
at Satsop Business Park (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Sounders Planning Seattle Parade Tuesday to Celebrate MLS
Cup Championship (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Geminids Meteor Shower Peaks Tuesday Amid Full Moon (Associated
Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Terminally ill boy dies in Santa’s arms
Filling Your Stocking with Chocolate May Be Cheaper This
Year
Cadillac Cancels Neo-Nazi Ad After Online Outrage
Bank Glitch Allows Man to Spend Over $1 Million & Walk
Away Free
SONG OF THE DAY
Sheryl Crow - All Through the Night
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