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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Feds Could Restrict Pacific Ocean Fishing over Endangered
Orcas, NOAA Letter Says (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Utilities Warn Record Low Temperatures Will Mean Higher
Power Bills (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Carbon Fee Returns to Olympia as Lawmakers Consider $15
Billion Transportation Package (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Lowland Snow Chances Continue into the Weekend (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Oregon U-S Senator Merkley Pushes USDA to Get Rural
Broadband Funding Out (KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Utilities Warn Record Low Temperatures Will Mean
Higher Power Bills
2.
Smaller, Safer, Cheaper: One Company Aims to
Reinvent the Nuclear Reactor & Save a Warming Planet
3.
Six-Figure Settlement Reached in Tacoma Public
Utilities ‘Bro’ Culture Case
4.
Mason PUD 3 Receives International Recognition
for Financial Reporting - Fourteenth Consecutive Honor
5.
Catlin Gabel Wins Bonneville Power
Administration Science Bowl, Heads to Nationals
6.
Pacific Gas & Electric Considers Boosting
New Director Pay to $400,000
7.
Public Advocate: Maine Would Benefit from New
Power Line
8.
Feds Could Restrict Pacific Ocean Fishing over
Endangered Orcas, NOAA Letter Says
9.
Washington State Will Allow Gillnets in Lower
Columbia This Fall
10.
British Columbia: New Fisheries Closures
Announced Near Vancouver to Protect Glass Sponge Reefs
11.
Scientists Warn of Ecosystem Consequences for
Proposed British Columbia Seal Hunt
12.
What’s the Catch? With Seafood, It’s Often a
Mystery
13.
You Could Snag the Jackpot: $50,000 Is Swimming
in Lake Pend Oreille
14.
Oregon OKs Dual Portland General Electric
Approach to Procure Renewables for Business Customers
15.
President Trump Again Seeks Deep Cuts in
Renewable Energy Funding
16.
Democrats Hammer U-S Energy Department for
Backpedaling on Appliance Rules
17.
Oregon U-S Senator Merkley Pushes USDA to Get
Rural Broadband Funding Out
18.
Jefferson County Commissioners Approve $800,000
Public in Public Infrastructure Grants – Including funds for Jefferson PUD
Telecom
19.
Op/Ed: Rural America Will Fall Further Behind
without All-Fiber Broadband Infrastructure Investment
20.
Every Mississippi Electric Co-Op Exploring
Broadband Funding
21.
U-S House to Hold Hearing on Sprint, T-Mobile
Proposed Merger
22.
Audio: The Increasing Demand for Electric Cars
23.
Whatcom County Pilot Project Turns Manure into
Clean Water for Puget Sound Salmon
24.
Coastal Wetlands Crank Up Carbon Storage as Seas
Rise
25.
Birthstrike: Meet the Women Deciding Not to Have
Kids Because of Climate Change
26.
After Facebook’s Scandals, Mark Zuckerberg Says
He’ll Shift Focus to Private Sharing
27.
U-S Users Are Leaving Facebook, New Study Shows
28.
Queen Elizabeth II Posts Her First Ever
Instagram Post – It’s Pretty Special
29.
The Mad Science Plan to Power the World with
Poop
30.
If Night Lights Were Mountains: Cartographer
Invents Whole New Way to Look at Earth
31.
Carbon Fee Returns to Olympia as Lawmakers
Consider $15 Billion Transportation Package
32.
Washington State Senators Advance Online &
Data Privacy Proposal
33.
Lowland Snow Chances Continue into the Weekend
34.
Flu Season Still in Full Swing in Western
Washington State
35.
Nearly One-Third of Washington Ferry Fleet Not
Operating
36.
First-Of-Its-Kind Bus Will Respond to Overdoses
in Mason County
37.
Shelton STEM Students Meet Governor at
Washington State Capitol
38.
Vancouver Among Four Washington Cities to Make
‘Top 100 Best Places to Live’ List
WORD OF THE DAY
Nidifugous • \nye-DIFF-yuh-gus\ • adjective - Leaving the
nest soon after hatching.
One of my favorite comic bits comes from Paula Poundstone,
as she recounts her nidifugous adventures as an infant, “I was born in Alabama,
but I had only lived there a month before I had done everything that there is
to do. Even as an infant I was bored and crawled to the state line.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Utilities Warn Record Low Temperatures Will Mean
Higher Power Bills (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
2.
Smaller, Safer, Cheaper: One Company Aims to
Reinvent the Nuclear Reactor & Save a Warming Planet (Science Magazine)
3.
Six-Figure Settlement Reached in Tacoma Public
Utilities ‘Bro’ Culture Case (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
4.
Mason PUD 3 Receives International Recognition
for Financial Reporting - Fourteenth Consecutive Honor (Mason PUD 3, Shelton,
WA)
5.
Catlin Gabel Wins Bonneville Power
Administration Science Bowl, Heads to Nationals (Bonneville Power
Administration)
6.
Pacific Gas & Electric Considers Boosting
New Director Pay to $400,000 (Bloomberg News)
7.
Public Advocate: Maine Would Benefit from New
Power Line (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
8.
Feds Could Restrict Pacific Ocean Fishing over Endangered
Orcas, NOAA Letter Says (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
9.
Washington State Will Allow Gillnets in Lower Columbia
This Fall (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
10. British
Columbia: New Fisheries Closures Announced Near Vancouver to Protect Glass
Sponge Reefs (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
11. Scientists
Warn of Ecosystem Consequences for Proposed British Columbia Seal Hunt (Victoria
Times Colonist, BC)
12. What’s
the Catch? With Seafood, It’s Often a Mystery (Grist Online)
13. You
Could Snag the Jackpot: $50,000 Is Swimming in Lake Pend Oreille (Idaho Press, Nampa,
ID)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
14. Oregon
OKs Dual Portland General Electric Approach to Procure Renewables for Business
Customers (Utility Dive)
15. President
Trump Again Seeks Deep Cuts in Renewable Energy Funding (Bloomberg News)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
16. Democrats
Hammer U-S Energy Department for Backpedaling on Appliance Rules (Washington
Examiner)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
17. Oregon
U-S Senator Merkley Pushes USDA to Get Rural Broadband Funding Out (KTVZ-TV,
Bend, OR)
19. Op/Ed:
Rural America Will Fall Further Behind without All-Fiber Broadband
Infrastructure Investment (The Hill, Washington, DC)
20. Every
Mississippi Electric Co-Op Exploring Broadband Funding (Government Tech)
21. U-S
House to Hold Hearing on Sprint, T-Mobile Proposed Merger (Reuters)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
22. Audio:
The Increasing Demand for Electric Cars (National Public Radio)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
23. Whatcom
County Pilot Project Turns Manure into Clean Water for Puget Sound Salmon
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
24. Coastal
Wetlands Crank Up Carbon Storage as Seas Rise (Courthouse News Service)
25. Birthstrike:
Meet the Women Deciding Not to Have Kids Because of Climate Change (Fast
Company)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
26. After
Facebook’s Scandals, Mark Zuckerberg Says He’ll Shift Focus to Private Sharing
(NY Times)
27. U-S
Users Are Leaving Facebook, New Study Shows (Mashable)
28. Queen
Elizabeth II Posts Her First Ever Instagram Post – It’s Pretty Special (Mashable)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
29. The
Mad Science Plan to Power the World with Poop (Gizmodo)
30. If
Night Lights Were Mountains: Cartographer Invents Whole New Way to Look at
Earth (Washington Post)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
31. Carbon
Fee Returns to Olympia as Lawmakers Consider $15 Billion Transportation Package
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
32. Washington
State Senators Advance Online & Data Privacy Proposal (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
33. Lowland
Snow Chances Continue into the Weekend (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
34. Flu
Season Still in Full Swing in Western Washington State (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma,
WA)
35. Nearly
One-Third of Washington Ferry Fleet Not Operating (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
36. First-Of-Its-Kind
Bus Will Respond to Overdoses in Mason County (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
37. Shelton
STEM Students Meet Governor at Washington State Capitol (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
38. Vancouver
Among Four Washington Cities to Make ‘Top 100 Best Places to Live’ List
(KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Jeopardy Host Alex Trebek Has Pancreatic Cancer
Fred Meyer Loss Prevention Manager Found Guilty of Stealing
$230K
Man Returns Girl Scout Cookies, Steals Over $600 from Seattle
Stand, Police Say
Why Eating Roadkill Makes Roads Safer for People &
Animals
SONG OF THE DAY
Chicago – Questions 67 & 68
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