Thursday, June 26, 2014

Energy News Digest for June 26, 2014

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Mason County Neighbors Voice Concerns over Sells Road Pot Farm (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Avista Warns against Scams after Spokane Incident - Woman wearing blue Avista hat tried to enter home (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

35 Straight Years – Mason PUD 3 Passes another State Audit (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

Studies: Pacific Northwest Orcas among World’s Most Contaminated Marine Mammals (Associated Press)

Portland General Electric Seeks Zone Change for Possible Solar Power Plant near Salem (Oregonian, Portland)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Avista Warns against Scams after Spokane Incident
  • 35 Straight Years – Mason PUD 3 Passes another State Audit
  • Pasco Power Restored after Utility Work Causes Outage
  • Energized Innovation - PUD 3 Linemen & Engineers Move Transmission Lines & Poles in Belfair
  • California: Bay Area Clean Energy Advocates Celebrate Partial Defeat of Controversial State Bill
  • Seeing a Nuclear Reactor Start Up is Cooler than My Sci-Fi Dreams
  • Mummified Man in Manhole Was Likely Electrocuted
  • Studies: Pacific Northwest Orcas among World’s Most Contaminated Marine Mammals
  • Viewers Alarmed as Wild Baby Eagle Dies on Maine Webcam; Officials Wouldn’t Intervene
  • The Effluent Society - In The Midst of an Unprecedented Drought, Wichita Falls is Turning to a Once Unthinkable Source to Slake Its Thirst
  • Portland General Electric Seeks Zone Change for Possible Solar Power Plant near Salem
  • How Snow Can Help Build Better Wind Turbines
  • Governor Inslee Looks to Unveil Early Version of Climate Plan This Summer
  • Obama: Climate Change Steps Making a Difference
  • Six Major Climate Change Myths, Debunked
  • Google, Microsoft & Others Delve Deeper into Cloud Storage for Businesses
  • Inside the Giant Data Center Hidden In the Middle of Manhattan
  • Beware AT&T’s Dismal Record of Unkept Broadband Promises
  • Twelve Percent of Americans Shower with Cellphones, Portland Lawyer Writes in Influential Supreme Court Brief
  • Google Cardboard Was the Ultimate WTF Moment of Google I/O
  • Facebook Hunts for Bigger Seattle Office
  • Four Ways to Nail Your Brand Voice
  • Lunch Hour Closures Leaves Mason County Commissioner Hungry
  • An Insider’s Battle Plan: ‘Elections Are about Winning. Period’
  • Mason County Neighbors Voice Concerns over Sells Road Pot Farm
  • Oregon County Told Nuisance Rules on Pot Grows Could Collide with Right-to-Farm Law
  • Boy Faces Charges in Mason County Shooting Death
  • McCleary Man Connected to Crimes Grays Harbor, Thurston, Mason, & Lewis Counties
  • Think You’re Being Robbed Now at the Gas Pump? Real Thieves Could Strike
  • Man Who Caused Crash Holding Breath through Tunnel Charged
  • Puget Sound Skin Cancer Rates among Tops in Nation
  • San Juan Island Rated Tops in Nation for Fourth of July Celebration
WORD OF THE DAY

Cheesecake \CHEEZ-kayk\ Noun - A cake with a sweet filling usually made of cheese, eggs, & sugar; pictures of attractive young women who are scantily clad.

A man’s hushed voice floated out of the darkened ally, pulling Bartholomew up short. The raincoat swathed alley dweller, his hat pulled down over his eyes called out in hushed, gravelly tones, “Hey buddy, wanna buy some cheesecake pictures?” Money was exchanged, furtive looks made, and Barty scurried away from the decrepit neighborhood, holding his ill-gotten gains to his chest. Only when he was alone in his seedy hotel room did he open the grimy envelope from which fell two dog-eared menus from the ‘Cheesecake Factory.’ “I wonder if they do take out,” he sighed to the bare light bulb descending from the ceiling.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Avista Warns against Scams after Spokane Incident - Woman wearing blue Avista hat tried to enter home (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

35 Straight Years – Mason PUD 3 Passes another State Audit (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

Pasco Power Restored after Utility Work Causes Outage (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Energized Innovation - PUD 3 Linemen & Engineers Move Transmission Lines & Poles in Belfair (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

California: Bay Area Clean Energy Advocates Celebrate Partial Defeat of Controversial State Bill (Santa Cruz Sentinel, CA)

Seeing a Nuclear Reactor Start Up is Cooler than My Sci-Fi Dreams (Gizmodo)

Mummified Man in Manhole Was Likely Electrocuted (Associated Press)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Studies: Pacific Northwest Orcas among World’s Most Contaminated Marine Mammals (Associated Press)

Viewers Alarmed as Wild Baby Eagle Dies on Maine Webcam; Officials Wouldn’t Intervene (Associated Press)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

The Effluent Society - In The Midst of an Unprecedented Drought, Wichita Falls is Turning to a Once Unthinkable Source to Slake Its Thirst (Texas Monthly)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Portland General Electric Seeks Zone Change for Possible Solar Power Plant near Salem (Oregonian, Portland)

How Snow Can Help Build Better Wind Turbines (Mother Nature Network)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Governor Inslee Looks to Unveil Early Version of Climate Plan This Summer (Crosscut Seattle)

Obama: Climate Change Steps Making a Difference (Associated Press)

Six Major Climate Change Myths, Debunked (Mashable)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Google, Microsoft & Others Delve Deeper into Cloud Storage for Businesses (NY Times)

Inside the Giant Data Center Hidden In the Middle of Manhattan (Gizmodo)

Beware AT&T’s Dismal Record of Unkept Broadband Promises (InfoWorld)

Twelve Percent of Americans Shower with Cellphones, Portland Lawyer Writes in Influential Supreme Court Brief (Oregonian, Portland)

Google Cardboard Was the Ultimate WTF Moment of Google I/O (Mashable)

SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING

Facebook Hunts for Bigger Seattle Office (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

Four Ways to Nail Your Brand Voice (Mashable)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Lunch Hour Closures Leaves Mason County Commissioner Hungry (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

An Insider’s Battle Plan: ‘Elections Are about Winning. Period’ (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Mason County Neighbors Voice Concerns over Sells Road Pot Farm (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Oregon County Told Nuisance Rules on Pot Grows Could Collide with Right-to-Farm Law (Associated Press)

Boy Faces Charges in Mason County Shooting Death (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

McCleary Man Connected to Crimes Grays Harbor, Thurston, Mason, & Lewis Counties (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

Think You’re Being Robbed Now at the Gas Pump? Real Thieves Could Strike (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

Man Who Caused Crash Holding Breath through Tunnel Charged (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

Puget Sound Skin Cancer Rates among Tops in Nation (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

San Juan Island Rated Tops in Nation for Fourth of July Celebration (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

DIVERSIONS

Angry Birds: Crows Never Forget Your Face

How Much Farther? Couple Mistakenly Flown to Caribbean Island Grenada, Not Granada, Spain

An Anatomical Chocolate Skull for Sweet-Toothed Cannibals

Amelia Earhart Tries to Complete Her Namesake’s Flight

SONG OF THE DAY

The Beatles – Blackbird

Sarah McLachlan – Blackbird

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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