Friday, April 22, 2016

Energy News Digest for April 22, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for April 22, 2016

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Nations Ink Historic Paris Climate Deal (British Broadcasting Corporation)

Corps of Engineers Resumes Columbia River Cormorant Removal (Longview Daily News, WA)

Seattle Public Utilities Asks Residents to Run Water Amid Lead Concerns (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Hot Weather Leads to Transmission Emergency at Ice Harbor Dam – Reduces Spill for Juvenile Fish (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

The US Used Less Energy in 2015 with Less Waste, New Report Shows (Utility Dive)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Hot Weather Leads to Transmission Emergency at Ice Harbor Dam – Reduces Spill for Juvenile Fish
  • Pacific Gas & Electric Criminal Trial for San Bruno Fire Delayed
  • Tree Climber Dies after Fall
  • Why Anti-Nuclear Enviros Just Aren’t the Same as Climate Deniers
  • Corps of Engineers Resumes Columbia River Cormorant Removal
  • Warm Seas Continue to Chop Salmon Numbers, Affecting Idaho, Pacific Northwest
  • As Spring Chinook Passage Picks Up at Bonneville Dam, So Do Sea Lion Numbers, Salmon Mortality
  • Lowland Lakes Fishing Season Starts Saturday
  • Orca Tagging Stops after Dead Whale Found with Fragments
  • Irony Alert: Study Finds Lack of Diversity (Gender, Race) among Fisheries Scientists
  • Seattle Public Utilities Asks Residents to Run Water Amid Lead Concerns
  • Seattle Area’s Air Quality Gets Poor Grades
  • Waters of the U-S – GOP Measure to Block EPA Water Rule Fails
  • Indulgence Corner: Buying Clean Electricity
  • The US Used Less Energy in 2015 with Less Waste, New Report Shows
  • This Earth Day, Let’s Look at How Much Energy We’ve Been Using
  • Six Necessary Steps When Oregon Pot Sellers Pay Taxes with Cash
  • Canada: Pot Culture Crash? Marijuana Legalization in Canada May Extinguish Drug Cachet
  • Nations Ink Historic Paris Climate Deal
  • Carbon Emissions & the Washington State Clean Air Rule: A Few Things to Know
  • Bill Nye Predicts Major Shift in Climate Change Debate
  • Solar Plane Slowly Soaring from Hawaii to California
  • AT&T Is Reaching Out to Low-Income Americans with $10 Internet Service
  • Ten-Dollar Router Blamed in $80 Million Bangladesh Bank Hack
  • Google Parent Alphabet Sees a Worrisome Slowdown in Online Advertising
  • Facebook Inches into Skype Territory with Group Calls on Messenger
  • Judge Rules British Columbia Woman’s Defamatory Facebook Posts ‘Completely False & Unjustified’
  • Online Media Is Tested When Social Platforms Come to Town
  • Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
  • Conservation Attorney Launches Campaign for Washington State Lands Commissioner
  • Life without Parole for Carnation Family Killer
  • Update: First Paving on Shelton’s Lake Boulevard Complete
  • National Park Spending Contributed $32 Billion to U-S Economy
  • In 2015, park visitors spent an estimated $270.6 Million in local gateway regions while visiting Olympic National Park
WORD OF THE DAY

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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Hot Weather Leads to Transmission Emergency at Ice Harbor Dam – Reduces Spill for Juvenile Fish (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

Pacific Gas & Electric Criminal Trial for San Bruno Fire Delayed (San Francisco Business Times, CA)

Tree Climber Dies after Fall (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

Why Anti-Nuclear Enviros Just Aren’t the Same as Climate Deniers (Grist Online)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Corps of Engineers Resumes Columbia River Cormorant Removal (Longview Daily News, WA)

Warm Seas Continue to Chop Salmon Numbers, Affecting Idaho, Pacific Northwest (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

As Spring Chinook Passage Picks Up at Bonneville Dam, So Do Sea Lion Numbers, Salmon Mortality (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

Lowland Lakes Fishing Season Starts Saturday (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

Orca Tagging Stops after Dead Whale Found with Fragments (Associated Press)

Irony Alert: Study Finds Lack of Diversity (Gender, Race) among Fisheries Scientists (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Seattle Public Utilities Asks Residents to Run Water Amid Lead Concerns (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Seattle Area’s Air Quality Gets Poor Grades (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Waters of the U-S – GOP Measure to Block EPA Water Rule Fails (Washington Examiner)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Indulgence Corner: Buying Clean Electricity (Breaking Energy)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

The US Used Less Energy in 2015 with Less Waste, New Report Shows (Utility Dive)

This Earth Day, Let’s Look at How Much Energy We’ve Been Using (The Energy Collective)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Six Necessary Steps When Oregon Pot Sellers Pay Taxes with Cash (Consumerist)

Canada: Pot Culture Crash? Marijuana Legalization in Canada May Extinguish Drug Cachet (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Nations Ink Historic Paris Climate Deal (British Broadcasting Corporation)

Carbon Emissions & the Washington State Clean Air Rule: A Few Things to Know (Business Institute of Washington)

Bill Nye Predicts Major Shift in Climate Change Debate (AOL News)

SCIENCE IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Solar Plane Slowly Soaring from Hawaii to California (ABC News)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AT&T Is Reaching Out to Low-Income Americans with $10 Internet Service (Washington Post)

Ten-Dollar Router Blamed in $80 Million Bangladesh Bank Hack (British Broadcasting Corporation)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Google Parent Alphabet Sees a Worrisome Slowdown in Online Advertising (Washington Post)

Facebook Inches into Skype Territory with Group Calls on Messenger (Consumerist)

Judge Rules British Columbia Woman’s Defamatory Facebook Posts ‘Completely False & Unjustified’ (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

Online Media Is Tested When Social Platforms Come to Town (NY Times)

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Conservation Attorney Launches Campaign for Washington State Lands Commissioner (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Life without Parole for Carnation Family Killer (Seattle Post-Intelligencewr, WA)

Update: First Paving on Shelton’s Lake Boulevard Complete (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

National Park Spending Contributed $32 Billion to U-S Economy (Travel Weekly)

Olympic National Park
In 2015, park visitors spent an estimated $270.6 Million in local gateway regions while visiting Olympic National Park. These expenditures supported 3.7 Thousand jobs, $131.2 Million in labor income, $232.6 Million in value added, & $375.5 Million in economic output in local gateway economies surrounding Olympic National Park.

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Mechanics Make Unusual Discovery in Car’s Engine

Why We Sleep So Poorly In Unfamiliar Places

McDonald’s Quashes All-You-Can-Eat Fries Reports

Prost! Germany Celebrates 500 Years of Beer Purity Law

SONG OF THE DAY

Roy Orbison – In Dreams

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