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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
‘Alarm Bell’ Over City Light Spending as Seattle Council
Considers Rate Increases (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
REC Silicon Chief Hopeful about Future (Columbia Basin
Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Orcas of the Pacific Northwest Are Starving &
Disappearing (NY Times)
Vestas to Supply PacifiCorp in Washington State Wind
Repowering (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Kilmer: Bill Aims to Expand Broadband Access (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
‘Alarm Bell’ Over City Light Spending as Seattle
Council Considers Rate Increases
2.
Editorial: It’s Time to Bury Plan to Sell the
Bonneville Power Administration
3.
Op/Ed: Bonneville Power Administration at a
Crossroads
4.
Weekend Heat Wave Cuts Power to Over 80K around
Los Angeles
5.
An Oxygen Machine Was Keeping An Ailing Woman
Alive. Then the Power Company Shut Off Her Electricity.
6.
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Details
Home Electrification Rebate Offerings
7.
Orcas of the Pacific Northwest Are Starving
& Disappearing
8.
To Protect Salmon in the Columbia, Will We Have
to Kill More Sea Lions?
9.
Colville Tribes’ Fish & Wildlife Utilize
Beavers in Methow Salmon Recovery Work
10.
REC Silicon Chief Hopeful about Future
11.
Vestas to Supply PacifiCorp in Washington State
Wind Repowering
12.
Energy Boost: Yakima County Could Soon Use Sun,
Wind to Its Advantage
13.
The Roiled Solar Power Market Shows How Trump’s
Tariffs Can Disrupt an Industry
14.
Kilmer: Bill Aims to Expand Broadband Access
15.
FCC Stands By Decision to Raise Broadband Prices
on American Indians
16.
Getting Militant for Broadband
17.
Exclusive: Starbucks to Ditch Plastic Straws by
2020
18.
Connelly: ‘Roll On Columbia’ -- Exploring
Washington’s Master Stream
19.
We Could Have a Serious Air Conditioning Problem
by Mid-Century
20.
Seven Do’s & Don’ts for Engaging with
Journalists on Social Media
21.
Editorial: America’s Craft Beer Diplomacy
22.
IHOB Is Dead – We’re Back to IHOP Again
23.
Vegan Electricity? Company Offers Green
Alternative to Energy Made from Animal Byproducts
24.
Washington Secretary of State: ‘Significant’
Constitutional Concerns Raised over Petition Format for Gun Measure I-1639
25.
The Three Initiatives That Made It to the
November Ballot & Two That Didn’t
26.
He Called Older Employees ‘Dead Wood.’ Two Sued
for Age Discrimination.
27.
Road Work in Shelton Affects Traffic This Week
28.
Disabled U.S. Marine Veteran Honored with Big
Shelton Welcome – Group Builds Home for Him
29.
Baby Survives Nine Hours Buried In Western
Montana Woods
30.
Man Drowns in Alder Lake, Deputies Say
31.
Centralia, a Washington State Town Had Become
Listless. Then a Bar Came to Town & Everything Began to Change
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Subterfuge • \SUB-terr-fyooj\ • Noun - 1: deception by
artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade 2: a deceptive
device or stratagem.
Racing with your luge
Beware of the subterfuge
Opponents may cheat
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
‘Alarm Bell’ Over City Light Spending as Seattle
Council Considers Rate Increases (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
2.
Editorial: It’s Time to Bury Plan to Sell the Bonneville
Power Administration - Despite assurances that BPA was not for sale, the Trump
administration has resurrected the plan. (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
3.
Op/Ed: Bonneville Power Administration at a Crossroads
– Battling growing competition & looking at costly upgrades, Northwest
power agency is trying to right its ship. Could dam breaching be a solution? (Lewiston
Tribune, ID)
4.
Weekend Heat Wave Cuts Power to Over 80K around Los
Angeles (Utility Dive)
5.
An Oxygen Machine Was Keeping An Ailing Woman
Alive. Then the Power Company Shut Off Her Electricity. (Washington Post)
6.
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Details
Home Electrification Rebate Offerings (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
7.
Orcas of the Pacific Northwest Are Starving &
Disappearing (NY Times)
8.
To Protect Salmon in the Columbia, Will We Have to
Kill More Sea Lions? (Sacramento Bee, CA)
9.
Colville Tribes’ Fish & Wildlife Utilize
Beavers in Methow Salmon Recovery Work (Tribal Tribune, Nespelem, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10. REC
Silicon Chief Hopeful about Future (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
11. Vestas
to Supply PacifiCorp in Washington State Wind Repowering (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
12. Energy
Boost: Yakima County Could Soon Use Sun, Wind to Its Advantage (Yakima Herald
Republic, WA)
13. The
Roiled Solar Power Market Shows How Trump’s Tariffs Can Disrupt an Industry (Los
Angeles Times, CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
14. Kilmer:
Bill Aims to Expand Broadband Access (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
15. FCC
Stands By Decision to Raise Broadband Prices on American Indians (Ars Technica)
16. Getting
Militant for Broadband (Pots & Pans)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
17. Exclusive:
Starbucks to Ditch Plastic Straws by 2020 (Fast Company)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
18. Connelly:
‘Roll On Columbia’ -- Exploring Washington’s Master Stream (Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
19. We
Could Have a Serious Air Conditioning Problem by Mid-Century (Earther)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
20. Seven
Do’s & Don’ts for Engaging with Journalists on Social Media (PR News)
21. Editorial:
America’s Craft Beer Diplomacy (NY Times)
22. IHOB
Is Dead – We’re Back to IHOP Again (Mashable)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
23. Vegan
Electricity? Company Offers Green Alternative to Energy Made from Animal
Byproducts (Newsweek)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
24. Washington
Secretary of State: ‘Significant’ Constitutional Concerns Raised over Petition
Format for Gun Measure I-1639 (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
25. The
Three Initiatives That Made It to the November Ballot & Two That Didn’t (Washington
State Wire, Olympia, WA)
26. He
Called Older Employees ‘Dead Wood.’ Two Sued for Age Discrimination. (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
27. Road
Work in Shelton Affects Traffic This Week (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
28. Disabled
U.S. Marine Veteran Honored with Big Shelton Welcome – Group Builds Home for Him
(KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
29. Baby
Survives Nine Hours Buried In Western Montana Woods (Associated Press)
30. Man
Drowns in Alder Lake, Deputies Say (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
31. Centralia,
a Washington State Town Had Become Listless. Then a Bar Came to Town &
Everything Began to Change (Los Angeles Times, CA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Police: Pair High on Bath Salts Fired Gun at Fireflies,
Mistaking Them for Alien Lasers
‘Star Wars’ Actor Said Hate Toward His Character Jar Jar
Binks Almost Ruined His Life
Office Napping Climbs Out from Under the Desk & Into
High-Tech Pods
Rat Extermination Causes Barn Fire
SONG OF THE DAY
Peter Frampton - Baby I Love Your Way (Acoustic)
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