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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Removal of Sea Lions Clears Way for Willamette Wild Winter
Steelhead (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Lawsuit Alleges Failure to Clean Up Deschutes River, Budd
Inlet (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Electricity Rates Going Up, Gas Rates Down for NorthWestern
Energy Customers (Missoula Current, MT)
States Charge More for Electric Cars as New Laws Take Effect
(Associated Press)
The Oregonian Eliminates Online Comments, Joining Other
Media Organizations (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Electricity Rates Going Up, Gas Rates Down for
NorthWestern Energy Customers
2.
California: State Utility Regulators Hold Off on
San Onofre Decommissioning Funding Request
3.
EIA Expects U.S. Energy-Related CO2 Emissions to
Fall in 2019
4.
Tillamook PUD Offers Community Support Grants in
2020
5.
Removal of Sea Lions Clears Way for Willamette
Wild Winter Steelhead
6.
What Is the Future of Washington State’s
Forests? Endangered Marbled Murrelet Seabird Caught in Fight
7.
Jim Beam Fined in Massive Bourbon Spill That
Killed Fish
8.
World’s Bird Species Face Much Higher Risk of
Extinction Than Previously Known, Study Says
9.
Lawsuit Alleges Failure to Clean Up Deschutes
River, Budd Inlet
10.
Oregon: Forest Service Wilderness Fee Plan Gets
Negative Comments
11.
Idaho Utilities Commission to Allow Idaho Power
to Purchase Solar Energy
12.
Op/Ed: Coastal Wind Development Is Complicated
13.
Vermont City Uses Christmas Trees to Produce
Electricity
14.
Critics Light Up Decision to Halt Planned
Lightbulb-Efficiency Rules
15.
Wave Broadband to Increase Costs of Some TV
Services
16.
Fox Networks Could Soon Go Dark for Millions
Still Stuck with Cable
17.
California Vastly Expands Digital Privacy. Will
People Use It?
18.
Hunting the Missing Millions from Collapsed
Cryptocurrency
19.
States Charge More for Electric Cars as New Laws
Take Effect
20.
FERC: The Energy Agency That Could Thwart
Democrats’ Climate Plans
21.
NorthWestern Energy Shareholder Files Suit
Claiming Utility Excluded Climate Proposal from 2020 Proxy
22.
Canada: New Industry Develops Around Sucking
Carbon Dioxide Out of the Atmosphere
23.
Slippery Salvation: Could Seaweed as Cow Feed
Help Climate?
24.
Legal Marijuana Sales May Spark Midwest
Interstate Tension
25.
Why Canada’s Cannabis Bubble Burst
26.
The Oregonian Eliminates Online Comments,
Joining Other Media Organizations
27.
Mark Twain Once Wrote for California’s Oldest
Newspaper. Now It Nears Its Final Days
28.
Editorial: Communities Are the Winners of New
Federal Law to Save Local Journalism
29.
Just Don’t Say It Three Times – A Giant Red Star
Is Acting Weird – Scientists Think It May Be About to Explode
30.
President Trump Signed Three Bills Affecting
Native Americans. Here’s What They Do.
31.
Washington State to Investigate Claims Over
Failed Expansion of Tri-Cities Convention Center
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Myrmidon • \MER-muh-donn\ • noun - A loyal follower;
especially: a subordinate who executes orders unquestioningly or unscrupulously
Behold! Myrmidon
Says everything I tell it
It won’t shut up now
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Electricity Rates Going Up, Gas Rates Down for NorthWestern
Energy Customers (Missoula Current, MT)
2.
California: State Utility Regulators Hold Off on
San Onofre Decommissioning Funding Request (Los Angeles Times, CA)
3.
EIA Expects U.S. Energy-Related CO2 Emissions to
Fall in 2019 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
4.
Tillamook PUD Offers Community Support Grants in
2020 (Tillamook County Pioneer)
FISH & WILDLIFE
5.
Removal of Sea Lions Clears Way for Willamette Wild
Winter Steelhead (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
6.
What Is the Future of Washington State’s
Forests? Endangered Marbled Murrelet Seabird Caught in Fight (Seattle Times, WA
– Paywall Advisory)
7.
Jim Beam Fined in Massive Bourbon Spill That
Killed Fish (Associated Press)
8.
World’s Bird Species Face Much Higher Risk of
Extinction Than Previously Known, Study Says (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
9.
Lawsuit Alleges Failure to Clean Up Deschutes
River, Budd Inlet (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
10.
Oregon: Forest Service Wilderness Fee Plan Gets
Negative Comments (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
11.
Idaho Utilities Commission to Allow Idaho Power
to Purchase Solar Energy (Associated Press)
12.
Op/Ed: Coastal Wind Development Is Complicated
(Del Norte Triplicate, Crescent City, CA)
13.
Vermont City Uses Christmas Trees to Produce
Electricity (WXII-TV, Winston-Salem, NC)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
14.
Critics Light Up Decision to Halt Planned
Lightbulb-Efficiency Rules (Cronkite News)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
15.
Wave Broadband to Increase Costs of Some TV Services
(Kitsap Sun, Bremerton – Paywall Advisory)
16.
Fox Networks Could Soon Go Dark for Millions
Still Stuck with Cable (Gizmodo)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
17.
California Vastly Expands Digital Privacy. Will People
Use It? (Associated Press)
18.
Hunting the Missing Millions from Collapsed
Cryptocurrency (British Broadcasting Corporation)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
19.
States Charge More for Electric Cars as New Laws
Take Effect (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
20.
FERC: The Energy Agency That Could Thwart Democrats’
Climate Plans (Politico)
21.
NorthWestern Energy Shareholder Files Suit Claiming
Utility Excluded Climate Proposal from 2020 Proxy (Missoula Current, MT)
22.
Canada: New Industry Develops Around Sucking
Carbon Dioxide Out of the Atmosphere (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
23.
Slippery Salvation: Could Seaweed as Cow Feed
Help Climate? (Associated Press)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
24.
Legal Marijuana Sales May Spark Midwest Interstate
Tension (Associated Press)
25.
Why Canada’s Cannabis Bubble Burst (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
26.
The Oregonian Eliminates Online Comments,
Joining Other Media Organizations (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
27.
Mark Twain Once Wrote for California’s Oldest
Newspaper. Now It Nears Its Final Days (Los Angeles Times, CA)
28.
Editorial: Communities Are the Winners of New
Federal Law to Save Local Journalism (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
29.
Just Don’t Say It Three Times – A Giant Red Star
Is Acting Weird – Scientists Think It May Be About to Explode (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle, WA)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
30.
President Trump Signed Three Bills Affecting Native
Americans. Here’s What They Do. (The Hill, Washington, DC)
GENERAL NEWS
31.
Washington State to Investigate Claims Over
Failed Expansion of Tri-Cities Convention Center (Associated Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Pennsylvania Shop Offers Sauerkraut-Flavored Ice Cream
New Sapling Takes Root in Portland’s Smallest Park the Day after
Being Vandalized
Honored as Jedi Master & Historian – Riley Howell, U.S. Student
Who Died Tackling Gunman in Shooting
Football-Making Town Sets Record for Most Balls Thrown at Once
SONG OF THE DAY
Blondie – Rapture
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