Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Energy News Digest for February 10, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for February 10, 2016

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

U-S Supreme Court Blocks Obama Carbon Emissions Plan (Reuters)

Judge Tosses Case against Dredging Snake, Clearwater Rivers (Associated Press)

Ecology Officials: Shelton’s C Street Landfill Clean-Up Project Could Take Years (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Permanent Ban on Pot Farms Approved by Chelan County Commissioners (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

Judge: Pierce County Prosecutor’s Text Message is a Public Record (Associated Press)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • U-S Supreme Court Blocks Obama Carbon Emissions Plan
  • What Does the Supreme Court’s Emissions Regulation Freeze Mean?
  • Local Leaders Upset over Klamath Dam Removal Plans
  • Cowlitz PUD to Suspend Error-Ridden Online Tool amid Customer Complaints
  • Editorial: Power & Politics
  • California: How the Drought Boosts Your Utility Bills, & Global Warming
  • Ruralite Services Names New CEO
  • The U-S Electricity System in 15 Maps
  • Judge Tosses Case against Dredging Snake, Clearwater Rivers
  • Pacific Northwest Habitat Studies Target over a Dozen Watersheds
  • San Juan Islands Still Producing Fair Numbers of Hatchery Winter Chinook
  • With Dungeness Crab Season in Limbo, Fishermen Line Up for Federal Aid
  • Is That Really Lobster on Your Plate? Restaurants Found Using Cheaper Fish Instead
  • Skagit PUD, Anacortes to Draft Policy for Water Rights Transfer to Farmers
  • How a Prize for Water Innovators Could Save Billions of Gallons
  • Clallam County Public Utility District Eyes Solar Power Project in Sequim
  • Clark Public Utilities ‘Pauses’ New Incentives for Solar
  • How Much Going Solar with Pacific Gas & Electric Could Cost Your Business
  • Despite Cheap Oil, Vestas Blows Past Wind Turbine Sales Record
  • Permanent Ban on Pot Farms Approved by Chelan County Commissioners
  • Cannabis Business Expo Coming to Tacoma Dome
  • Washington State Lawmakers Look at “Revenue Neutral” Carbon Tax
  • OP/Ed: Carbon-Reduction Bill is Wrong Path for Oregon
  • Will Drone-Attacking Eagles Be the Next Crime-Fighting Tool?
  • A Surprise Player Emerges in the Government’s Historic Auction of Airwaves
  • Op/Ed: $19 Billion Alone Won’t Fix Washington’s Cybersecurity Problem
  • Twitter Tweaks Its Timeline to Look a Bit More Like Facebook
  • With a Social-First Mind-Set, Esurance Completely Dominated the Twitter Super Bowl
  • Here Are the Ads That Won the Super Bowl on Facebook
  • Five Super Bowl Advertisers That Nailed Their Instagram Marketing
  • Judge: Pierce County Prosecutor’s Text Message is a Public Record
  • Congressman Derek Kilmer Announces Town Hall Tour
  • Ecology Officials: Shelton’s C Street Landfill Clean-Up Project Could Take Years
  • Data Breach Affects 91,000 Washington Medicaid Clients
  • ID Thieves Attack IRS Website Using 460,000 Stolen Social Security Numbers
  • Mason County Sheriff’s Cold Case Unit Seeks Help in Death Investigations
  • Belfair Senior Center to Open Soon
  • Weyerhaeuser’s Federal Way Campus Sells to Los Angeles Developer
  • Pacific NW Allergy Forecast: Sneezing & Sniffling Ahead
WORD OF THE DAY

Cartographer• \car-TAH-gruh-fer \ • Noun - One that makes maps

The 14th century artist backed away from his world map…pleased with the colors, shapes of the continents, & the symmetrical arrangement of the landmasses. “It’s a good thing we won’t be using this for navigation,” mused the Genoan sailor to his first mate. “That big land mass painted by this ‘so-called’ cartographer between us & Indies would keep our hands off the spice trade for years.”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

U-S Supreme Court Blocks Obama Carbon Emissions Plan (Reuters)

What Does the Supreme Court’s Emissions Regulation Freeze Mean? (Christian Science Monitor)

Local Leaders Upset over Klamath Dam Removal Plans (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)

Cowlitz PUD to Suspend Error-Ridden Online Tool amid Customer Complaints (Longview Daily News, WA)

Editorial: Power & Politics (Longview Daily News, WA)

California: How the Drought Boosts Your Utility Bills, & Global Warming (SF Chronicle)

Ruralite Services Names New CEO (Ruralite)

The U-S Electricity System in 15 Maps (The Energy Collective)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Judge Tosses Case against Dredging Snake, Clearwater Rivers (Associated Press)

Pacific Northwest Habitat Studies Target over a Dozen Watersheds (Associated Press)

San Juan Islands Still Producing Fair Numbers of Hatchery Winter Chinook (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

With Dungeness Crab Season in Limbo, Fishermen Line Up for Federal Aid (SF Chronicle)

Is That Really Lobster on Your Plate? Restaurants Found Using Cheaper Fish Instead (Oregonian, Portland)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Skagit PUD, Anacortes to draft policy for water rights transfer to farmers (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, WA)

How a Prize for Water Innovators Could Save Billions of Gallons (Christian Science Monitor)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Clallam County Public Utility District Eyes Solar Power Project in Sequim (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Clark Public Utilities ‘Pauses’ New Incentives for Solar (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

How Much Going Solar with Pacific Gas & Electric Could Cost Your Business (L.A. Biz, CA)

Despite Cheap Oil, Vestas Blows Past Wind Turbine Sales Record (Portland Business Journal, OR)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Permanent Ban on Pot Farms Approved by Chelan County Commissioners (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

Cannabis Business Expo Coming to Tacoma Dome (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Washington State Lawmakers Look at “Revenue Neutral” Carbon Tax (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

OP/Ed: Carbon-Reduction Bill is Wrong Path for Oregon (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Will Drone-Attacking Eagles Be the Next Crime-Fighting Tool? (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

A Surprise Player Emerges in the Government’s Historic Auction of Airwaves (Washington Post)

Op/Ed: $19 Billion Alone Won’t Fix Washington’s Cybersecurity Problem (Christian Science Monitor)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Twitter Tweaks Its Timeline to Look a Bit More Like Facebook (Associated Press)

With a Social-First Mind-Set, Esurance Completely Dominated the Twitter Super Bowl (AdWeek)

Here Are the Ads That Won the Super Bowl on Facebook (AdWeek)

Five Super Bowl Advertisers That Nailed Their Instagram Marketing (AdWeek)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Judge: Pierce County Prosecutor’s Text Message is a Public Record (Associated Press)

Congressman Derek Kilmer Announces Town Hall Tour (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Ecology Officials: Shelton’s C Street Landfill Clean-Up Project Could Take Years (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Data Breach Affects 91,000 Washington Medicaid Clients (Associated Press)

ID Thieves Attack IRS Website Using 460,000 Stolen Social Security Numbers (Consumerist)

Mason County Sheriff’s Cold Case Unit Seeks Help in Death Investigations (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Belfair Senior Center to Open Soon (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Weyerhaeuser’s Federal Way Campus Sells to Los Angeles Developer (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

Pacific NW Allergy Forecast: Sneezing & Sniffling Ahead (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

The World’s Fastest Ocean Liner May Be Restored to Sail Again

The Show Must Go on: Audience Uses Cell Phones to Light Stage During Power Outage

Man Convicted of Drunk Driving Blames Beer-Battered Fish

Vermin Supreme, a Joke Presidential Candidate, Gets 240 Votes in New Hampshire

SONG OF THE DAY

Christopher Cross – Sailing

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