Friday, April 25, 2014

Energy News Digest for April 25, 2014

SUBSCRIBE TO THE ENERGY NEWS DIGEST

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

THE NEWS DIGEST TWITTER FEED

Follow the news digest on Twitter for breaking news & notices:

THE NEWS DIGEST WORD CLOUD

Energy News Digest Word Cloud for April 25, 2014

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Washington State Tribes Ask for Action on Climate Change (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Tribes Optimistic About Returning Salmon to Upper Columbia Basin (Northwest Public Radio)

Wire Thieves Cut Service to 20,000 Comcast Customers in Snohomish County (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

The Politics of Water: Portland’s Fight over Its Drinking Supply Is Constant & Contentious (Oregonian, Portland)

Explosion in Allyn (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Elma Oil Forum Tense, One-Sided (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
  • Mason PUD 1 Commissioner Re-elected to Energy Northwest Executive Board - Others elected/re-elected include: William "Skip" Orser, Linda Gott, Kathy Vaughn, Will Purser, and Lori Sanders
  • (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
  • San Juan Islands: Head’s Up - County-Wide Power Outage Overnight May 8 (San Juan Islander, Friday Harbor, WA)
  • Oregon: City of Bandon Utility Rate Increase in Budget Plan (The World, Coos Bay, OR)
  • Editorial: Cowlitz PUD Makes the Right Call on Records Requests (Longview Daily News, WA)
  • GE in Talks to Buy Alstom’s Power Arm: Sources (Reuters)
  • Tribes Optimistic About Returning Salmon to Upper Columbia Basin (Northwest Public Radio)
  • Idaho: Nez Perce Tribe Challenges Open-Pit Gold Mine “…will endanger native populations of Chinook salmon, steelhead & bull trout…” (Courthouse News Service)
  • Overdue Plans for Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuges Trigger Lawsuit to Force Action (Associated Press)
  • Washington State’s Lowland Lakes Fishing Season Opens Saturday (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
  • Feds Weigh Protecting Orcas Off Pacific Coast (Associated Press)
  • Scientists Want to Breed Fish to be Better Biters (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
  • The Politics of Water: Portland’s Fight over Its Drinking Supply Is Constant & Contentious (Oregonian, Portland)
  • Portland Utility Lawsuit: City Wants to Appeal Judge’s Decision over Authority, Misspent Money “…spent about $1.2 million from utility funds for publicly financed political campaigns & outdoor public restrooms…” (Oregonian, Portland)
  • In California Drought, Big Money, Many Actors, Little Oversight (Reuters)
  • Fewer Communities Risk Running Out of Water in California Drought (Reuters)
  • Oregon Tech Runs on Geothermal (Bend Bulletin, OR)
  • Oklahoma Adds Fee for Homes to Connect Solar, Wind Power to Grid (Green Car Reports)
  • Turtles vs. Wind turbines (Great Lakes Echo, Lansing, MI)
  • Op/Ed: Report Misses Positives of Biomass Electricity (Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)
  • Rooftops, Empty Lots Offer Japan Space for Solar Panels (Renewable Energy World)
  • Know Your Audience: Energy Efficiency & the Small Commercial Class (The Energy Collective)
  • Energy Efficiency First Shares Eco-Friendly Heating Options (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
  • Washington State Tribes Ask for Action on Climate Change (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
  • Humongous Iceberg Might Be on the Move, Say Scientists (Christian Science Monitor)
  • Students to Race Electric Vehicles That They Built (Tri-City Herald, WA)
  • Wire Thieves Cut Service to 20,000 Comcast Customers in Snohomish County (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
  • Lobbying Efforts Intensify After FCC Tries Third Time on Net Neutrality (NY Times)
  • FCC Pushes Back Against Criticism over Internet Traffic Plan (Reuters)
  • When It Comes to Net Neutrality, Either the FCC Thinks We’re Idiots, Or It Just Doesn’t Care (GigaOM)
  • Cloud Strength Helps Microsoft Earnings Top Street (Associated Press)
  • Broadband Analyst: Google Deserves Credit for Gigabit Burst Triad Business Journal, NC)
  • Op/Ed: Hold Comcast Accountable for Performance (Sacramento Bee, CA)
  • Retailers Get Creative with Pinterest (Associated Press)
  • Facebook Launches a Newswire So It Can Help the Media — While It Competes with Them (GigaOM)
  • No One Cares About Your Company’s Facebook Fan Page - Or Why Webs is Doubling Down on the Feed (Washington Business Times, DC)
  • Google Turns Maps into a Time Machine (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
  • Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
  • Explosion in Allyn (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
  • North Bend Businesses Rocked by Massive Explosion, Fire (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
  • Washington Loses Waiver on No Child Left Behind (Northwest Cable News Network)
  • Oso Mudslide Search Winding Down; Two Still Missing (Associated Press)
  • Tri-Cities Prosecutors Make “No Buy List” to Deter Metal Thieves (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
  • Seattle Mayor Finds Impasse over $15 Hourly Wage Proposal (Reuters)
  • Seattle Marijuana Farmers Readying First Crop for Retail Sales (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
  • Seahawks’ Richard Sherman Named to Time’s List of 100 Most Influential People (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
WORD OF THE DAY

Metrology • \met-TRAWL-luh-jee\ • Noun - 1: the science of weights and measures or of measurement 2: a system of weights and measures.

Home metrology
Marks on the kitchen doorjamb
How tall is Mark now?

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Elma Oil Forum Tense, One-Sided (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

Mason PUD 1 Commissioner Re-elected to Energy Northwest Executive Board - Others elected/re-elected include: William "Skip" Orser, Linda Gott, Kathy Vaughn, Will Purser, and Lori Sanders
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

San Juan Islands: Head’s Up - County-Wide Power Outage Overnight May 8 (San Juan Islander, Friday Harbor, WA)

Oregon: City of Bandon Utility Rate Increase in Budget Plan (The World, Coos Bay, OR)

Editorial: Cowlitz PUD Makes the Right Call on Records Requests (Longview Daily News, WA)

GE in Talks to Buy Alstom’s Power Arm: Sources (Reuters)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Tribes Optimistic About Returning Salmon to Upper Columbia Basin (Northwest Public Radio)

Idaho: Nez Perce Tribe Challenges Open-Pit Gold Mine “…will endanger native populations of Chinook salmon, steelhead & bull trout…” (Courthouse News Service)

Overdue Plans for Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuges Trigger Lawsuit to Force Action (Associated Press)

Washington State’s Lowland Lakes Fishing Season Opens Saturday (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

Feds Weigh Protecting Orcas Off Pacific Coast (Associated Press)

Scientists Want to Breed Fish to be Better Biters (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

The Politics of Water: Portland’s Fight over Its Drinking Supply Is Constant & Contentious (Oregonian, Portland)

Portland Utility Lawsuit: City Wants to Appeal Judge’s Decision over Authority, Misspent Money “…spent about $1.2 million from utility funds for publicly financed political campaigns & outdoor public restrooms…” (Oregonian, Portland)

In California Drought, Big Money, Many Actors, Little Oversight (Reuters)

Fewer Communities Risk Running Out of Water in California Drought (Reuters)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Oregon Tech Runs on Geothermal (Bend Bulletin, OR)

Oklahoma Adds Fee for Homes to Connect Solar, Wind Power to Grid (Green Car Reports)

Turtles vs. Wind turbines (Great Lakes Echo, Lansing, MI)

Op/Ed: Report Misses Positives of Biomass Electricity (Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)

Rooftops, Empty Lots Offer Japan Space for Solar Panels (Renewable Energy World)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Know Your Audience: Energy Efficiency & the Small Commercial Class (The Energy Collective)

Energy Efficiency First Shares Eco-Friendly Heating Options (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Washington State Tribes Ask for Action on Climate Change (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Humongous Iceberg Might Be on the Move, Say Scientists (Christian Science Monitor)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Students to Race Electric Vehicles That They Built (Tri-City Herald, WA)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Wire Thieves Cut Service to 20,000 Comcast Customers in Snohomish County (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Lobbying Efforts Intensify After FCC Tries Third Time on Net Neutrality (NY Times)

FCC Pushes Back Against Criticism over Internet Traffic Plan (Reuters)

When It Comes to Net Neutrality, Either the FCC Thinks We’re Idiots, Or It Just Doesn’t Care (GigaOM)

Cloud Strength Helps Microsoft Earnings Top Street (Associated Press)

Broadband Analyst: Google Deserves Credit for Gigabit Burst Triad Business Journal, NC)

Op/Ed: Hold Comcast Accountable for Performance (Sacramento Bee, CA)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Retailers Get Creative with Pinterest (Associated Press)

Facebook Launches a Newswire So It Can Help the Media — While It Competes with Them (GigaOM)

No One Cares About Your Company’s Facebook Fan Page - Or Why Webs is Doubling Down on the Feed (Washington Business Times, DC)

Google Turns Maps into a Time Machine (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)

GENERAL NEWS

Explosion in Allyn (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

North Bend Businesses Rocked by Massive Explosion, Fire (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

Washington Loses Waiver on No Child Left Behind (Northwest Cable News Network)

Oso Mudslide Search Winding Down; Two Still Missing (Associated Press)

Tri-Cities Prosecutors Make “No Buy List” to Deter Metal Thieves (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

Seattle Mayor Finds Impasse over $15 Hourly Wage Proposal (Reuters)

Seattle Marijuana Farmers Readying First Crop for Retail Sales (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Seahawks’ Richard Sherman Named to Time’s List of 100 Most Influential People (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

DIVERSIONS

‘World’s Largest Warhol’ To Get Test Run on Tacoma Dome Roof

Tomorrow: National Pretzel Day - Make Your Own Soft Pretzels

Woman Suing Hotel for $1 Million after Falling Off One of Their Bar Stools

Wisconsin: Giant Pile of Dirt Upsetting People

SONG OF THE DAY

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic

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.


Note that as some newspapers migrate to a “paywall” system of access, some articles may not be available without forking over some cold hard credit card cash. However, some sites will allow a certain number of story accesses per month before holding out their hand. Sorry if this is an inconvenience.