The Energy News Digest: Energy News Digest for September 5, 2013

Demand Cools amid Fight over Pacific Northwest Coal Terminals
‘Clean Hydro’ Campaign Hopes to Build Dam Support
I Wonder How the Dam Thing Works?
Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Rates to Go Up October 1
Arcata Marijuana Growers to Face Excessive Electricity Tax
Stinky Mailbox? PSE Sends Smell-Infused Bills
Editorial: Here Are 30 Young Leaders to Watch in NCW
Maine: Energy Firm to Contest Federal Fines
Germany’s Energy ‘Revolution’ Ends in Energy Poverty
Lights Out in Venezuela as Nearly 70 Percent Lose Power
Alaska Fishermen Protest Wal-Mart Decision on Salmon Certification
Seattle Salmon Snaggers Nabbed by Washington State Officials
Bald Eagles Are Back In a Big Way - And the Talons Are Out
California: Court Rules against Oyster Company Lease
Global Wind Turbine Demand to Drop for First Time in Five Years
Ocean Energy Has Vast Potential but Many Waves to Skirt
Guns & Renewable Energy: Colorado Secession Backers Campaign in Pueblo
Energy Adviser: Improving Appliances’ Efficiency Agency’s Goal
Living Smart: Large Appliances - Repair or Replace?
Pushing Down Energy Use - And Bills
Energy & the Cloud: No More Railing Against iPhones
Whiplash: Climate Change to Make Sandy-Like Paths Less Likely, Study Says
Report: Warming Waters Will Harm Freshwater Fish & Thousands of Jobs
Wildfires & Climate Change
Turn Pay Phones into Chargers for Electric Vehicles
Online Business is Booming, Just Ask Bainbridge Island
Right on Cue: Comcast to Light Up 250-Meg Broadband Service in Provo
America’s Internet Inequality: A Map of Who’s Got the Best (and Worst) Connections
After Monthlong Logo Tease, Yahoo Reveals Redesigned, Slimmer Look
Now Hiring: Hawaiian Electric Dipping Into the Social Media Pool
Brick-And-Mortar Clinics Treat Internet Addicts
California County Wants to Secede, Join Oregon Counties to Create State of Jefferson
Rain, Thunder, Flood Watch for Western Washington
Tips for Handling Expected Stormy Wet Weather
Highway 8 Double Fatality near McCleary
Earthquake Shakes Kitsap Peninsula; Study Reveals New Tsunami Potential
Yosemite Rim Fire Definitely Not Caused by Marijuana Grow; Mystery Remains
Thieves Used Cars to Steal Copper Wiring near Aberdeen Settling Ponds
South Sound Would Get 54 Weed Stores

WORD OF THE DAY

Agonistic • \ag-uh-NISS-tick\ • Adjective - 1: argumentative 2: striving for effect: strained

3: of, relating to, or being aggressive or defensive social interaction between individuals usually of the same species

It was popcorn day in North Loup, Nebraska District Court. Pre-trial hearings were underway in the Dodder-Bangle trespassing trial, & the two attorneys – strutting to & fro like banty roosters before the distracted judge, unaware of their diminutive size & worth – made their incremental challenges over the rules of evidence. The attraction wasn't so much the agnostic legal show; it was the most excellent popcorn, due to the fact that North Loup is one of the six self-proclaimed “popcorn capitols of the world.”

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Demand Cools amid Fight over Pacific Northwest Coal Terminals (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/sep/04/demand-cools--fight-coal-terminals-northwest/

‘Clean Hydro’ Campaign Hopes to Build Dam Support (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/sep/05/clean-hydro-caign-hopes-to-build-dam-support/

I Wonder How the Dam Thing Works? (Eugene Daily News, OR)

http://eugenedailynews.com/2013/08/26/wonder-dam-thing-works/

Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Rates to Go Up October 1 (Burns Times-Herald, OR)

http://burnstimesherald.info/2013/09/04/otec-rates-to-go-up-oct-1/

Arcata Marijuana Growers to Face Excessive Electricity Tax: Officials Hopeful New Tax Will Deter Growers “…45 percent tax on residences that use more than 600 percent of the energy baseline…” (Eureka Times Standard, CA)

http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_23937692/arcata-marijuana-growers-face-excessive-electricity-tax-officials

Stinky Mailbox? PSE Sends Smell-Infused Bills (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA – Another reason to go with paperless billing)

http://q13fox.com/2013/09/04/whats-that-smell-puget-sound-energy-promoting-safety-with-stinky-bills/

Editorial: Here Are 30 Young Leaders to Watch in NCW – Includes Kelly Cordell-Stine, wildlife biologist at Chelan Public Utility District (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/sep/03/here-are-30-young-leaders-to-watch-in-ncw/

Maine: Energy Firm to Contest Federal Fines - Competitive Energy Services of Portland faces stiff penalties for alleged market manipulation (Portland Press-Herald, ME)
http://www.pressherald.com/business/energy-firm-to-contest-federal-fines_2013-09-05.html

Germany’s Energy ‘Revolution’ Ends in Energy Poverty (Marketwatch)

http://blogs.marketwatch.com/energy-ticker/2013/09/05/germanys-energy-revolution-ends-in-energy-poverty-der-spiegel/

Lights Out in Venezuela as Nearly 70 Percent Lose Power (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2013/0904/Lights-out-in-Venezuela-as-nearly-70-percent-lose-power-video

FISH & WILDLIFE

Alaska Fishermen Protest Wal-Mart Decision on Salmon Certification (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Alaska-fishermen-protest-Wal-Mart-decision-4787227.php

Seattle Salmon Snaggers Nabbed by Washington State Officials (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Hooked-by-crook-salmon-snaggers-222435761.html

Bald Eagles Are Back In a Big Way - And the Talons Are Out (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/2013/09/04/212641932/bald-eagles-are-back-in-a-big-way-and-the-talons-are-out?ft=1&f=3

California: Court Rules against Oyster Company Lease (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/05/us/california-court-rules-against-oyster-company.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Global Wind Turbine Demand to Drop for First Time in Five Years (REVE)

http://www.evwind.es/2013/09/03/wind-turbine-demand-to-drop-for-first-time-in-five-years/35577

Ocean Energy Has Vast Potential but Many Waves to Skirt (EnergyBiz)

http://www.energybiz.com/article/13/09/ocean-energy-has-vast-potential-many-waves-skirt

Guns & Renewable Energy: Colorado Secession Backers Campaign in Pueblo (Pueblo Chieftain, CO)
http://www.chieftain.com/news/pueblo/1796139-120/pueblo-animas-colorado-commissioners

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Energy Adviser: Improving Appliances’ Efficiency Agency’s Goal (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/sep/05/improving-appliances-efficiency-agencys-goal/

Living Smart: Large Appliances - Repair or Replace? (Olympian, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/2013/09/05/2705835/living-smart-large-appliances.html

Pushing Down Energy Use - And Bills (Baltimore Sun, MD)

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-09-01/business/bs-bz-energy-efficiency-lowering-power-use-20130901_1_electricity-use-peter-van-buren-energy-star

Energy & the Cloud: No More Railing Against iPhones (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/robatkinson/266166/energy-and-cloud-no-more-railing-against-iphones

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Whiplash: Climate Change to Make Sandy-Like Paths Less Likely, Study Says (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/09/04/whiplash-climate-change-to-make-sandy-like-paths-less-likely-study-says/

Report: Warming Waters Will Harm Freshwater Fish & Thousands of Jobs (U-S News & World Report)

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/09/05/report-warming-waters-will-harm-freshwater-fish-and-thousands-of-jobs

Wildfires & Climate Change (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/05/business/energy-environment/wildfires-and-climate-change.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Turn Pay Phones into Chargers for Electric Vehicles (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/list/turn-pay-phones-into-chargers-for-electric-vehicles/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Online Business is Booming, Just Ask Bainbridge Island (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/eco/Online-business-is-booming-just-ask-Bainbridge-Island-220885881.html

Right on Cue: Comcast to Light Up 250-Meg Broadband Service in Provo (Multichannel News)

http://www.multichannel.com/distribution/comcast-light-250-meg-broadband-service-provo/145182

America’s Internet Inequality: A Map of Who’s Got the Best (and Worst) Connections (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/americas-internet-inequality-a-map-of-whos-got-the-b-1057686215

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

After Monthlong Logo Tease, Yahoo Reveals Redesigned, Slimmer Look (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_24019908

Now Hiring: Hawaiian Electric Dipping Into the Social Media Pool (Pacific Business News, HI)
http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/blog/2013/09/hawaiian-electric-dipping-into-the.html

Brick-And-Mortar Clinics Treat Internet Addicts (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/04/net-us-usa-addiction-internet-idUSBRE9830W220130904

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

California County Wants to Secede, Join Oregon Counties to Create State of Jefferson (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2013/09/california_county_wants_to_sec.html

GENERAL NEWS

Rain, Thunder, Flood Watch for Western Washington (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/rain-Flood-watch-Western-Washington--222517681.html

Tips for Handling Expected Stormy Wet Weather (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)

http://www.thurstontalk.com/2013/09/05/tips-for-handling-expected-stormy-wet-weather/

Highway 8 Double Fatality near McCleary (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/11075

Earthquake Shakes Kitsap Peninsula; Study Reveals New Tsunami Potential (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=2347502

Yosemite Rim Fire Definitely Not Caused by Marijuana Grow; Mystery Remains (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_24017017

Thieves Used Cars to Steal Copper Wiring near Aberdeen Settling Ponds (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5965

South Sound Would Get 54 Weed Stores (South Sound Business Examiner)

http://www.businessexaminer.com/blog/September-2013/South-Sound-would-get-54-pot-stores/

DIVERSIONS

Surgery Photo Leads to Privacy Lawsuit against Torrance Memorial

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hospital-patient-privacy-20130905,0,7915045.story

Hong Kong’s Paper Crafters Work Overtime to Feed Hungry Ghosts

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/27/us-hongkong-ghosts-idUSBRE97Q07D20130827

‘Crazy Obsession’: The Singaporean Man with 6,000 Barbie Dolls

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/02/us-singapore-barbie-idUSBRE98106E20130902

Say what? China says 400 million can’t speak national language

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/05/us-china-language-idUSBRE9840E220130905

SONG OF THE DAY

Outlaws - Ghost Riders in the Sky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmpvpypXKf0

Duane Eddy - Ghost Riders in the Sky (good stuff)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMz8XRGxZdY

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

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