Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Energy News Digest for June 24, 2014

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Major Earthquake Hits Off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands (Reuters)

Money Men Tally Cost of Climate Change (Associated Press)

Army Corps of Engineers Disputes Pend Oreille Alliance Claims (Bonner County Daily Bee, Sandpoint, ID)

Crowded Rails in U-S Coal Country Throw Miners, Utilities Out of Gear (Reuters)

Facebook May Not Have a Teen Problem After All (Mashable)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Crowded Rails in U-S Coal Country Throw Miners, Utilities Out of Gear
  • From Smart to Resilient: How Utilities Are Using New Technology to Protect the Grid
  • Seattle City Light Leader Fell for ‘Indian’ Copper Con
  • News Release - Six GTH Energy & Environmental Named Washington “Super Lawyers”
  • Grays Harbor PUD Receives 14th Consecutive Clean Audit
  • Struggling to Pay Your Power Bill? Snohomish PUD Has Options
  • Electric Utilities Keep on Current Consolidation Path
  • Eugene Bee Die-Off Leads to License Suspension for Pesticide Sprayer
  • Army Corps of Engineers Disputes Pend Oreille Alliance Claims
  • Army Corps of Engineers Deny Causing Missouri River Floods
  • British Columbia: Foreign Worker Permits for Conifex Power Plant Raise Questions
  • Colorado: New Hydropower Could Ease Transition from Fossil Fuels
  • Texas: The Renewable, Green Energy State
  • EPA Adds Clothes Dryers to Energy Star Program
  • Map: The Age of Housing in Every Zip Code in the U-S
  • Money Men Tally Cost of Climate Change
  • Though Rebuked for Overreaching, the EPA Prevails Before the Supreme Court
  • Google’s Nest Labs Acquires Home Surveillance Company Dropcam
  • Nest Labs Joins Race to Define Platform for the Internet of Things
  • Congress to Tackle Merger of AT&T & DirecTV
  • Cloud Storage Wars: Microsoft, Google, & Others Want Your Digital Stuff
  • Facebook May Not Have a Teen Problem After All
  • Twitter Testing Ways to Add Commentary to Retweets
  • Is Time Spent A Better Metric than Pageviews?
  • Major Earthquake Hits Off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands
  • Lawsuit Filed Against North Mason Schools over Theler & Public Records
  • City of Shelton - Canyon Creek Culvert Replacement to Impact Northcliff Road
  • Mount Rainier Hiker, Writer Karen Sykes Died of Hypothermia, Officials Say
  • Tank Explosion Produces More Noise than Damage at Terrace Heights Recycling Plant
  • El Niño 2014: What It Is, When It’s Coming, & What to Expect
  • As Wars Wind Down, Small-Town Police Inherit Armored Vehicles
WORD OF THE DAY

Gaffer • \GAFF-er\ • noun 1: an old man 2: British a: foreman, overseer b: employer 3: a head glassblower *4: a lighting electrician on a motion-picture or television set.

The Orcs of Cirith Ungol quailed before the onslaught of Samwise Gamgee: ‘That’s for Frodo - that’s for the Shire - and that’s for my old Gaffer!’

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Crowded Rails in U-S Coal Country Throw Miners, Utilities Out of Gear (Reuters)

From Smart to Resilient: How Utilities Are Using New Technology to Protect the Grid (GreenTech Grid)

Seattle City Light Leader Fell for ‘Indian’ Copper Con (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

News Release - Six GTH Energy & Environmental Named Washington “Super Lawyers” (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)

Grays Harbor PUD Receives 14th Consecutive Clean Audit (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

Struggling to Pay Your Power Bill? Snohomish PUD Has Options (My Edmonds News, WA)

Electric Utilities Keep on Current Consolidation Path (National Public Radio)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Eugene Bee Die-Off Leads to License Suspension for Pesticide Sprayer (Sustainable Business Oregon)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Army Corps of Engineers Disputes Pend Oreille Alliance Claims (Bonner County Daily Bee, Sandpoint, ID)

Army Corps of Engineers Deny Causing Missouri River Floods (Associated Press)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

British Columbia: Foreign Worker Permits for Conifex Power Plant Raise Questions (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

Colorado: New Hydropower Could Ease Transition from Fossil Fuels (Boulder Weekly, CO)

Texas: The Renewable, Green Energy State (Community Digital News)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

EPA Adds Clothes Dryers to Energy Star Program (American Public Power Association)

Map: The Age of Housing in Every Zip Code in the U-S (Washington Post)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Money Men Tally Cost of Climate Change (Associated Press)

Though Rebuked for Overreaching, the EPA Prevails Before the Supreme Court (Forbes Magazine)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Google’s Nest Labs Acquires Home Surveillance Company Dropcam (Bloomberg News)

Nest Labs Joins Race to Define Platform for the Internet of Things (NY Times)

Congress to Tackle Merger of AT&T & DirecTV (NY Times)

Cloud Storage Wars: Microsoft, Google, & Others Want Your Digital Stuff (Christian Science Monitor)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook May Not Have a Teen Problem After All (Mashable)

Twitter Testing Ways to Add Commentary to Retweets (Mashable)

Is Time Spent A Better Metric than Pageviews? (GigaOM)

GENERAL NEWS

Major Earthquake Hits Off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands (Reuters)

Lawsuit Filed Against North Mason Schools over Theler & Public Records (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

City of Shelton - Canyon Creek Culvert Replacement to Impact Northcliff Road (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Mount Rainier Hiker, Writer Karen Sykes Died of Hypothermia, Officials Say (Associated Press)

Tank Explosion Produces More Noise than Damage at Terrace Heights Recycling Plant (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

El Niño 2014: What It Is, When It’s Coming, & What to Expect (Christian Science Monitor)

As Wars Wind Down, Small-Town Police Inherit Armored Vehicles (Yahoo! News)

DIVERSIONS

14 Highly Intellectual Jokes You Probably Won’t Understand

‘Joyland’ Mixup: Why a Canadian is Spending Stephen King Cash

San Francisco Tells App to Stop Auctions of Parking Spaces

Oregon: Police: DUI Suspect Crashes Stolen Model A in Crooked River

SONG OF THE DAY

Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Love Land

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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