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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Snow Update (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
Dams Vs. Salmon: Workshops Aim to Get Past ‘My Study Can
Beat Up Your Study’ on Snake River (Northwest News Network)
Climate Activists Sue Oregon Secretary of State on Clean
Energy Initiatives (Portland Business Journal, OR)
As Huge Tides Bear Down on Oregon Coast, Researchers Warn
This is the Future (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Seattle Mayor: City-Owned Buildings to Get Off Fossil Fuels
(Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Dams Vs. Salmon: Workshops Aim to Get Past ‘My
Study Can Beat Up Your Study’ on Snake River
2.
Editorial: Report Underscores Hazards of Dam
Breaching
3.
Seattle Mayor: City-Owned Buildings to Get Off
Fossil Fuels
4.
Op/Ed: Americans Should Moderate Expectations
& Broaden Perspective on Modernized Columbia River Treaty
5.
Chelan PUD Offers Advanced Meter Opt-Out for
Monthly Fee
6.
Resource Adequacy: Meeting the Region’s Energy
Needs
7.
Hydro Dams in British Columbia’s Northeast at
Risk from Fracking, Report Claims
8.
Natural Gas Prices in 2019 Were the Lowest in
the Past Three Years
9.
New Fish Detection Gathers Salmon Survival Data
Faster than the Blink of an Eye
10.
Vancouver Island University Fish Farm Closes
After Accident Kills Hundreds of Trout
11.
Climate Activists Sue Oregon Secretary of State
on Clean Energy Initiatives
12.
Tennessee Valley Authority’s Push for Lengthy
Utility Deals Could Set Back Green Initiatives in Tennessee Cities
13.
No Contract Awarded for Anacortes Fiber
Installation
14.
Facebook Riles Tiny Oregon Coast Town with Plan
for Undersea Cable
15.
CES 2020: FCC’s Pai Says 5G Can Help Close Rural
Divide
16.
Ring Has Terminated Employees for Abusing Access
to People’s Video Data, Amazon Tells Lawmakers
17.
Spokane, Inland Northwest See Increase in
Electric Vehicles
18.
Tesla’s Market Value Zooms Past That of GM &
Ford – Combined
19.
As Huge Tides Bear Down on Oregon Coast,
Researchers Warn This is the Future
20.
Alaska Sees Warmest Year on Record in 2019,
While US Sees Second Wettest
21.
Glacier National Park Is Replacing Signs That
Predicted Its Glaciers Would Be Gone by 2020
22.
Facebook Again Refuses to Ban Political Ads,
Even False Ones
23.
Ignore the Absurd Claim That Streaming TV Is
Terrible for the Climate
24.
Sign of the Times: Being Labeled a Domestic
Terrorist May Be Making Rep. Matt Shea More Popular
25.
Shelton Mayor Resigns for Personal Reasons, New
Mayor Elected
26.
City of Shelton Looking for Public Works
Director
27.
Feds OK $1.5 Million Grant for Cleaner
Hybrid-Electric Bainbridge Ferry
28.
‘It’s Completely Tragic’: Portlanders Raise
Money to Rescue Wildlife from Australian Bush Fires
29.
Snow Update
30.
When’s Snow Coming to Olympia? Here’s What
Meteorologists Say
31.
Arctic Front to Bring Bitter Cold &
Possibility of Snow to Seattle Area
32.
Light Thursday Snow Only the Beginning for Puget
Sound Region
33.
Brace Yourselves: Several Inches of Snow
Expected Around Inland Northwest Friday
WORD OF THE DAY
Woebegone • \WOE-bih-gahn\ • adjective - Strongly afflicted
with woe: woeful 2: exhibiting great woe, sorrow, or misery 3: being in a sorry
state
Barty’s “Droopy Dog” expression was directly related to the limited
inventory of toroidal pastry in the staff break room. Throughout the day, his
woebegone expression haunted the staff member ordered by the boss to reduce the
weekly purchase as a battle of the beltline. The only substitute was a box of
stale “Triscuits,” a poor substitute for the doughy, sugar loaded pastry that
haunted Barty’s lonely afternoon vigil.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Dams Vs. Salmon: Workshops Aim to Get Past ‘My
Study Can Beat Up Your Study’ on Snake River (Northwest News Network)
2.
Editorial: Report Underscores Hazards of Dam
Breaching (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
3.
Seattle Mayor: City-Owned Buildings to Get Off
Fossil Fuels (Associated Press)
4.
Op/Ed: Americans Should Moderate Expectations &
Broaden Perspective on Modernized Columbia River Treaty (Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, WA)
5.
Chelan PUD Offers Advanced Meter Opt-Out for
Monthly Fee (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
6.
Resource Adequacy: Meeting the Region’s Energy
Needs (Bonneville Power Administration)
7.
Hydro Dams in British Columbia’s Northeast at Risk
from Fracking, Report Claims (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
8.
Natural Gas Prices in 2019 Were the Lowest in
the Past Three Years (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
New Fish Detection Gathers Salmon Survival Data
Faster than the Blink of an Eye (NOAA Fisheries)
10.
Vancouver Island University Fish Farm Closes
After Accident Kills Hundreds of Trout (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
11.
Climate Activists Sue Oregon Secretary of State on
Clean Energy Initiatives (Portland Business Journal, OR)
12.
Tennessee Valley Authority’s Push for Lengthy
Utility Deals Could Set Back Green Initiatives in Tennessee Cities (Knoxville
News Sentinel, TN)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
13.
No Contract Awarded for Anacortes Fiber
Installation (Skagit Valley Herald, Mt Vernon, WA)
14.
Facebook Riles Tiny Oregon Coast Town with Plan for
Undersea Cable (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
15.
CES 2020: FCC’s Pai Says 5G Can Help Close Rural
Divide (Multichannel News)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
16.
Ring Has Terminated Employees for Abusing Access
to People’s Video Data, Amazon Tells Lawmakers (Washington Post)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
17.
Spokane, Inland Northwest See Increase in
Electric Vehicles (KREM-TV, Spokane, WA)
18.
Tesla’s Market Value Zooms Past That of GM &
Ford – Combined (Reuters)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
19.
As Huge Tides Bear Down on Oregon Coast,
Researchers Warn This is the Future (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
20.
Alaska Sees Warmest Year on Record in 2019,
While US Sees Second Wettest (Courthouse News Service)
21.
Glacier National Park Is Replacing Signs That
Predicted Its Glaciers Would Be Gone by 2020 (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
22.
Facebook Again Refuses to Ban Political Ads,
Even False Ones (Associated Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
23.
Ignore the Absurd Claim That Streaming TV Is
Terrible for the Climate (Mashable)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
24.
Sign of the Times: Being Labeled a Domestic
Terrorist May Be Making Rep. Matt Shea More Popular (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
25.
Shelton Mayor Resigns for Personal Reasons, New
Mayor Elected (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
27.
Feds OK $1.5 Million Grant for Cleaner
Hybrid-Electric Bainbridge Ferry (KOMO TV, Seattle, WA)
28.
‘It’s Completely Tragic’: Portlanders Raise
Money to Rescue Wildlife from Australian Bush Fires (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
FREAKING OUT OVER FROSTED FLAKES
29.
Snow Update (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
30.
When’s Snow Coming to Olympia? Here’s What
Meteorologists Say (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
31.
Arctic Front to Bring Bitter Cold &
Possibility of Snow to Seattle Area (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
32.
Light Thursday Snow Only the Beginning for Puget
Sound Region (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
33.
Brace Yourselves: Several Inches of Snow
Expected Around Inland Northwest Friday (KHQ TV, Spokane, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Buck Henry, Who Helped Create ‘Get Smart’ & Adapt ‘The
Graduate,’ Dies at 89
Mississippi Men Arrested for Gluing Winning Numbers to Lottery
Ticket
https://nypost.com/2020/01/07/mississippi-men-arrested-for-gluing-winning-numbers-to-lottery-ticket/
See the Proposed Plans for Underground ‘Sleeping Pods’ in San
Francisco
Sacramento McDonald’s Blasts Bagpipe Music to Chase Homeless
Away, Angers Neighbors
SONG OF THE DAY
Bill Withers – Lovely Day
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