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Forecast for December 8, 2015
Wind
Advisory for Western Washington, Including Mason County
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
More Flood Warnings & a Wind Advisory Tuesday
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Without
Oregon Utilities Nod, Coos Bay WindFloat Dead in the Water (Coos Bay Wortld,
OR)
Washington State’s Governor Signs Climate Change Agreements
in Paris (Associated Press)
A Bad Year for Idaho Sockeye Could Mean a
Promising Future (Boise State Public Radio, ID)
Potentially Toxic Lead Paint on Some Pacific Gas &
Electric Power-Line Towers Flaking Off (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Potentially Toxic Lead Paint on Some Pacific Gas & Electric Power-Line Towers Flaking Off
- Grays Harbor PUD Commissioners Approve 2016 Budget
- Newhouse Votes to Support Hydropower, Rural Utilities
- PUD Association Recognizes Mason PUD 3 Employees; Awards Scholarship to Son of PUD 3 Employee
- Editorial: Central Lincoln PUD Move Is a Wise Decision
- Consumers Energy Offers 10 Electric Safety Tips for the Holiday Season
- Residents of Crimea Make Do While They’re without Power
- A Bad Year for Idaho Sockeye Could Mean a Promising Future
- Modoc Sucker, a Small Fish, Taken Off Endangered List
- California Mulls New Water Plan to Save Imperiled Salmon
- Beards Cove, Skokomish Delta – Two Mason County Shoreline Restoration Projects Receive State Grants
- Columbia Gorge Water Bottling Ban Closer to Ballot
- Without Oregon Utilities Nod, Coos Bay WindFloat Dead in the Water
- Vestas Boosts Wind Energy Market Share with Acquisition
- U-S Lawmakers Propose Five-Year Phase-Out of Renewable Tax Credits
- A Solar Champion Predicts Immediate Spike, Future Slowdowns as Incentive Expires
- U-S to Join World in Push for LED Lights
- How Much Are LED Holiday Lights Going To Save American Families This Year?
- Three Years In, Legal Marijuana Sales Soaring in Washington State
- Washington State’s Governor Signs Climate Change Agreements in Paris
- News Release: Inslee Solidifies International Partnerships to Take Action on Climate Change, Cites Snohomish PUD Project
- Oregon: Titles Released for Anti-Clean Fuels Ballot Measures
- Carbon Tax Increase Would Jeapordize LNG Economy, Says Industry
- The House Designed to Pay Your Energy Bill Actually Works
- The Violent Afterlife of a Recycled Plastic Bottle
- Google Fiber Eyes Chicago & Los Angeles; Portland Still Waiting
- Are You Allergic to Wi-Fi?
- Why Brands Are Ditching Twitter’s 6-Second Vine App
- YouTube Seeking Rights to TV Shows & Movies, Report Says
- Five Ways to Improve Your Social Media Results
- Voice-Over Actors Are Talking Up the Apps That Help Them Get Work
- Washington State Lawmakers Introduce Resolution to Impeach Auditor Kelley
- More Flood Warnings & a Wind Advisory Tuesday
- Wondering Where All the Snow Is? Mount Rainier Forecast to Get More Than 15 Feet This Week
Orphic
• \ORR-fick\ • Adjective - 1: of or relating to Orpheus or the rites or
doctrines ascribed to him 2: of, relating to, being, or resembling an oracle:
oracular, mystic 3: fascinating, entrancing
“Dude,
your mom’s brownies are absolutely the BEST,” enthused the slacker student to
his straight-laced roommate. With each bite, the orphic quality of the baked
goods seemed to become more elevated. (I guess where you can see this feeble
attempt at drug humor is going. Feel free to use your imagination to envision
the effects of the next few helpings of these most excellent brownies.)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Potentially Toxic Lead Paint on Some Pacific Gas &
Electric Power-Line Towers Flaking Off (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Grays
Harbor PUD Commissioners Approve 2016 Budget (KBKW
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Newhouse
Votes to Support Hydropower, Rural Utilities (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, WA)
PUD
Association Recognizes Mason PUD 3 Employees; Awards Scholarship to Son of PUD
3 Employee (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Editorial: Central Lincoln PUD Move Is a Wise Decision
(Newport News-Times, OR)
Consumers
Energy Offers 10 Electric Safety Tips for the Holiday Season (Electric Energy
Online)
Residents
of Crimea Make Do While They’re without Power (National Public Radio)
FISH & WILDLIFE
A Bad Year for Idaho Sockeye Could Mean a
Promising Future (Boise State Public Radio, ID)
Modoc Sucker, a Small Fish, Taken Off Endangered
List (Associated Press)
California Mulls New Water Plan to Save Imperiled
Salmon (Sacramento Bee, CA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Beards
Cove, Skokomish Delta – Two Mason County Shoreline Restoration Projects Receive
State Grants (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Columbia
Gorge Water Bottling Ban Closer to Ballot (KGW-TV, Portland,
OR)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Without
Oregon Utilities Nod, Coos Bay WindFloat Dead in the Water (Coos Bay Wortld,
OR)
Vestas
Boosts Wind Energy Market Share with Acquisition (Portland Business Journal,
OR)
U-S
Lawmakers Propose Five-Year Phase-Out of Renewable Tax Credits (Utility Dive)
A
Solar Champion Predicts Immediate Spike, Future Slowdowns as Incentive Expires (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
U-S to Join World in Push for LED Lights (Washington
Examiner)
How Much Are LED Holiday Lights Going To Save American
Families This Year? (Forbes Magazine)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Three
Years In, Legal Marijuana Sales Soaring in Washington State (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington State’s Governor Signs Climate Change Agreements in
Paris (Associated Press)
News Release: Inslee Solidifies International Partnerships to
Take Action on Climate Change, Cites Snohomish PUD Project (Governor Jay
Inslee, Washington State)
Oregon: Titles Released for Anti-Clean Fuels Ballot Measures
(Oregonian, Portland)
Carbon Tax Increase Would Jeapordize LNG Economy, Says
Industry (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The
House Designed to Pay Your Energy Bill Actually Works (Northwest Public Radio)
The
Violent Afterlife of a Recycled Plastic Bottle (The Atlantic)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google
Fiber Eyes Chicago & Los Angeles; Portland Still Waiting (Oregonian,
Portland)
Are
You Allergic to Wi-Fi? (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Why
Brands Are Ditching Twitter’s 6-Second Vine App (AdWeek)
YouTube
Seeking Rights to TV Shows & Movies, Report Says (San Jose Mercury News,
CA)
Five
Ways to Improve Your Social Media Results (Social Media Examiner)
Voice-Over
Actors Are Talking Up the Apps That Help Them Get Work (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington
State Lawmakers Introduce Resolution to Impeach Auditor Kelley (Northwest
Public Radio)
GENERAL NEWS
More Flood Warnings & a Wind Advisory Tuesday
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Wondering Where All the Snow Is? Mount Rainier Forecast
to Get More Than 15 Feet This Week. (Washington Post)
DIVERSIONS
This
Smart Car Seems to Have Tattled on Its Driver
Stunning
Photos Show Now Defunct ‘Land of Oz’ Theme Park in North Carolina
UW
Climatologist: Monday One of the Darkest Days in Nine Years
To
Whom It May Concern: Please Claim Your Boeing 747s
SONG OF THE DAY
Lena
Horne – Stormy Weather
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