Friday, June 5, 2015

Energy News Digest for June 5, 2015

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for June 5, 2015

The Weather Story: The warmest temperatures of the year so far are expected in parts of Western Washington this weekend.

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Warmest Weather of the Year (so far) Coming This Weekend (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Heat-wave-coming-to-Seattle-this-weekend-6307247.php

Hack Exposes Personal Data of Four Million Federal Workers (C/NET News)

Army Corps Won’t Rubber Stamp $210 Million Vancouver Oil Terminal (Portland Business Journal, OR)

Yahoo to Shut Down Maps, Some Other Services (Reuters)

‘Fake Willy’ Goes Belly Up near Port of Astoria (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Army Corps Won’t Rubber Stamp $210 Million Vancouver Oil Terminal
  • FERC Approves Iberdrola-UIL Merger
  • Minnesota: Charred Hot Dogs Help Kids Learn about Electrical Safety
  • ‘Fake Willy’ Goes Belly Up near Port of Astoria
  • Tribal Members Speak Out Against Klamath Water Settlement
  • Murray, Kilmer Reintroduce Wild Olympics Wilderness Bill – Familiar Opponents Begin to Take Aim at Legislation
  • Chugach Electric Association to Install Hybrid Storage for Renewables Integration
  • Pakistan: Free, Clean Electricity: Small Watermills for Country’s Big Energy Crisis
  • ComEd-Nest-Xfinity Demand Response Program Paves Way for New Utility Business Models
  • Three Federal Marijuana-Related Bills Advance, One Stalls
  • The World Hasn’t Stopped or Even Slowed Its Warming Recently – Federal Data Analysis
  • California Senate Passes Sweeping 12-Bill Climate & Renewables Package
  • Proposed Clean Power Plan Would Accelerate Renewable Additions & Coal Plant Retirements
  • Fight against Climate Change Brings Former Portland Mayor to D-C
  • Apple & Google Set Their Sights on Their Next Battleground: Your Home
  • Hack Exposes Personal Data of Four Million Federal Workers
  • Microsoft Leaks Info on New Wi-Fi Service
  • Yahoo to Shut Down Maps, Some Other Services
  • Facebook Rolls Out ‘Lite’ Version
  • Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
  • U-S Senate: McConnell – ‘Highly Likely’ Senate Won’t Appoint New Circuit, SCOTUS Judges
  • Why a Simple 30-Year-Old Chart is an Ingenious Teaching Tool Today
  • Warmest Weather of the Year (so far) Coming This Weekend
  • When Forecasts Disagree, Whom Do You Trust?
  • U-S Gains 280,000 Jobs in May as Hiring Gets Back on Track
  • Shelton CHOICE Students Open Shelton Creek Trail
  • Fake Posts, Alleged Voting Fraud & Suspected Hacking Mire Final Day of Outside’s ‘Best Town Ever’ Contest
  • Well Done, Port Angeles! Chattanooga Tallied the Most Votes . . . But We Won, Too!
WORD OF THE DAY

Warison • \WAIR-uh-sun\ • Noun – A bugle call to attack

The warison for the garrison was sounding mighty weak
The guards were playing poker, the soldiers fast asleep
The enemy was fast, but did not notice what was cast
The ground around the castle was coated with (gosh, I can’t finish this thing in time)

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Army Corps Won’t Rubber Stamp $210 Million Vancouver Oil Terminal (Portland Business Journal, OR)

FERC Approves Iberdrola-UIL Merger – UIL is in the business of ownership of operating regulated utilities in Connecticut & Massachusetts (Breaking Energy)

Minnesota: Charred Hot Dogs Help Kids Learn about Electrical Safety (Grand Rapids Herald-Review, MN)

FISH & WILDLIFE

‘Fake Willy’ Goes Belly Up near Port of Astoria (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Tribal Members Speak Out Against Klamath Water Settlement (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)

Murray, Kilmer Reintroduce Wild Olympics Wilderness Bill – Familiar Opponents Begin to Take Aim at Legislation (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Chugach Electric Association to Install Hybrid Storage for Renewables Integration (Utility Dive)

Pakistan: Free, Clean Electricity: Small Watermills for Country’s Big Energy Crisis (The Express-Tribune)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

ComEd-Nest-Xfinity Demand Response Program Paves Way for New Utility Business Models (Utility Dive)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Three Federal Marijuana-Related Bills Advance, One Stalls (Marijuana Business Daily)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

The World Hasn’t Stopped or Even Slowed Its Warming Recently – Federal Data Analysis (Associated Press)

California Senate Passes Sweeping 12-Bill Climate & Renewables Package (Utility Dive)

Proposed Clean Power Plan Would Accelerate Renewable Additions & Coal Plant Retirements (U-S Energy Information Administration)

Fight against Climate Change Brings Former Portland Mayor to D-C (National Journal – Now about that Portland energy mix….)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Apple & Google Set Their Sights on Their Next Battleground: Your Home (Washington Post)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Hack Exposes Personal Data of Four Million Federal Workers (C/NET News)

Microsoft Leaks Info on New Wi-Fi Service (Broadband Reports)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Yahoo to Shut Down Maps, Some Other Services (Reuters)

Facebook Rolls Out ‘Lite’ Version (USA Today)

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

U-S Senate: McConnell – ‘Highly Likely’ Senate Won’t Appoint New Circuit, SCOTUS Judges (The Hill, Washington, DC)

Why a Simple 30-Year-Old Chart is an Ingenious Teaching Tool Today (Washington Post)

GENERAL NEWS

Warmest Weather of the Year (so far) Coming This Weekend (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Heat-wave-coming-to-Seattle-this-weekend-6307247.php

When Forecasts Disagree, Whom Do You Trust? (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

U-S Gains 280,000 Jobs in May as Hiring Gets Back on Track (Associated Press)

Shelton CHOICE Students Open Shelton Creek Trail (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Fake Posts, Alleged Voting Fraud & Suspected Hacking Mire Final Day of Outside’s ‘Best Town Ever’ Contest (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Well Done, Port Angeles! Chattanooga Tallied the Most Votes . . . But We Won, Too! (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

DIVERSIONS

Getting to the Point with Pencils

Michigan Teen Plans 55-Mile Walk with Brother on Back

National Doughnut Day

British Columbia Student’s Grad Dress Made from Old Homework Auctioned for Girls’ Education

SONG OF THE DAY

Otis Redding – (What a) Wonderful World

Sam Cooke – (What a) Wonderful World

Herman’s Hermits – (What a) Wonderful World

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