Monday, April 18, 2016

Energy News Digest for April 18, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for April 18, 2016

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

More Record High Temperatures in Store Monday (Northwest Cable News Network)

Spring Snowpack Banking Water for North Olympic Peninsula Rivers – Worries Persist Over Melting Rate (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Bureau of Land Management Conservation Policy Threatens Key Wyoming to Idaho Power Line (E&E Publishing)

Montana’s Largest Wind Farm Quietly Develops Northeast of Colstrip (Helena Independent Record, MT)

No Ocean Coho This Year; Tribes Cancel Inland Season (Everett Herald, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Bureau of Land Management Conservation Policy Threatens Key Wyoming to Idaho Power Line
  • City Official: Oregon LNG Withdraws from Pipeline Project
  • Where America’s Poor Pay the Most for Electricity
  • S’Klallam Tribe Raises Concerns about Proposed Brinnon Resort
  • No Ocean Coho This Year; Tribes Cancel Inland Season
  • U-S House Panel Targets Endangered Species Act
  • West Coast Fishers Denied Federal Protections under Endangered Species Act
  • Spring Snowpack Banking Water for North Olympic Peninsula Rivers – Worries Persist Over Melting Rate
  • Court Orders Feds to Clean Up World War II Era Nuclear Site
  • Montana’s Largest Wind Farm Quietly Develops Northeast of Colstrip
  • Test in Washington State Could Show the World How to Store Power in Batteries
  • Oregon Kite Power Start-Up Gets State & Federal Funding
  • The Fuzzy Accounting behind Renewable Energy’s Falling Prices
  • Co-op Using Nest Thermostat for Load Control
  • Tumwater, Once Known for Beer, Is Now Home to Marijuana Growers, Processors
  • High Times in Cowlitz County as Marijuana Market Grows
  • Mason County i502 Recreational Marijuana Sales
  • Keurig’s New K-Cup Coffee Is Recyclable, but Hardly Green
  • Google Fiber Begins San Antonio Construction
  • Danbury, Connecticut Eyes $15, 20 Mbps Broadband for All City Residents
  • United Kingdom: Web Host 123-Reg Deletes Sites in Clean-Up Error
  • Shakeout in the Yahoo Bid Process Narrows Players
  • The Coming Week in Congress: Energy Bill Wraps Up, Puerto Rico Drags On
  • More Record High Temperatures in Store Monday
  • Workplace Deaths in Washington State Dropped in 2015; Falls Were the Main Killer
  • In Quake-Devastated Ecuador, Loss Piles Up Amid the Rubble
  • More & More Buyers Moving to Bremerton
WORD OF THE DAY

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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Bureau of Land Management Conservation Policy Threatens Key Wyoming to Idaho Power Line (E&E Publishing)

City Official: Oregon LNG Withdraws from Pipeline Project (Associated Press)

Where America’s Poor Pay the Most for Electricity – Poor families face persistent obstacles to cutting their power bill (Atlantic Magazine)

S’Klallam Tribe Raises Concerns about Proposed Brinnon Resort (Everett Herald, WA)

FISH & WILDLIFE

No Ocean Coho This Year; Tribes Cancel Inland Season (Everett Herald, WA)

U-S House Panel Targets Endangered Species Act (Washington Examiner)

West Coast Fishers Denied Federal Protections under Endangered Species Act (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Spring Snowpack Banking Water for North Olympic Peninsula Rivers – Worries Persist Over Melting Rate (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Court Orders Feds to Clean Up World War II Era Nuclear Site (Crosscut Seattle)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Montana’s Largest Wind Farm Quietly Develops Northeast of Colstrip (Helena Independent Record, MT)

Test in Washington State Could Show the World How to Store Power in Batteries (Miami Herald, FL)

Oregon Kite Power Start-Up Gets State & Federal Funding (Oregon Public Radio)

The Fuzzy Accounting behind Renewable Energy’s Falling Prices (The Hill, Washington, DC)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Co-op Using Nest Thermostat for Load Control (Electric Co-op Today)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Tumwater, Once Known for Beer, Is Now Home to Marijuana Growers, Processors (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

High Times in Cowlitz County as Marijuana Market Grows (Longview Daily News, WA)

Mason County i502 Recreational Marijuana Sales (502 Data)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Keurig’s New K-Cup Coffee Is Recyclable, but Hardly Green (NY Times)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Google Fiber Begins San Antonio Construction (Broadband Reports)

Danbury, Connecticut Eyes $15, 20 Mbps Broadband for All City Residents (Broadband Reports)

United Kingdom: Web Host 123-Reg Deletes Sites in Clean-Up Error (British Broadcasting Corporation)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Shakeout in the Yahoo Bid Process Narrows Players (USA Today)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

The Coming Week in Congress: Energy Bill Wraps Up, Puerto Rico Drags On (Morning Consult)

GENERAL NEWS

More Record High Temperatures in Store Monday (Northwest Cable News Network)

Workplace Deaths in Washington State Dropped in 2015; Falls Were the Main Killer (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

In Quake-Devastated Ecuador, Loss Piles Up Amid the Rubble (Sacramento Bee, CA)

More & More Buyers Moving to Bremerton (Northwest Cable News Network)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Belfair Man’s Tricked out Trump Truck Hits Streets of Washington State

Landslide Win for ‘Boaty McBoatface’ in $300M Research Ship Naming Poll

Science Has Some Awesome News for Coffee Drinkers

The Story behind Those Gorgeous National Parks Posters from the 1930s

SONG OF THE DAY

Nat King Cole Trio - You’re the Cream in My Coffee

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