Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Energy News Digest for July 12, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Group Starts Fast in Opposition to Proposed Washington State Carbon Rule (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Business Group Emerges to Back Vancouver, WA Oil Terminal (Portland Business Journal, OR)

Cascade Natural Gas Facing Possible $4M Penalty for Pipeline Safety Violations (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)

Biologists Keep Watchful Eye on Sockeye Migration (Twin Falls Times News, ID)

New York’s LED Streetlights: A Crime Deterrent to Some, a Nuisance to Others (NY Times)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Business Group Emerges to Back Vancouver, WA Oil Terminal
  • Cascade Natural Gas Facing Possible $4M Penalty for Pipeline Safety Violations
  • Op/Ed: Maintaining Low-Cost Electricity Vital for Washington State’s Clean Tech Industries
  • Study Says Expansion of California's Electric Grid Would Save Consumers $1.5 Billion
  • Arizona: City of Sierra Vista Looks to Hoover Dam for Cheaper Power
  • North Carolina: Alcoa’s Yadkin Project Hydroelectric Plants to be Sold
  • Greens Sue Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection (PJM), Saying New Capacity Rules Disadvantage Renewables, Demand Response
  • Future of Natural Gas Hinges on Stanching Methane Leaks
  • Biologists Keep Watchful Eye on Sockeye Migration
  • Columbia River Northern Pikeminnow Reward Catch Program Continues to Show Decent Catch Rates
  • New Kittitas County Water Bank Website Could Make Shopping for Water Rights Easier
  • Is Burning Trees Still Green? Some Experts Now Question Biomass
  • Massachusetts Wind Farm Stumbled on Shorebirds
  • New York’s LED Streetlights: A Crime Deterrent to Some, a Nuisance to Others
  • When Kids Learn to Conserve Energy, Their Behavior Also Spreads to Parents
  • Marijuana Ban Ending In Parts of Pierce County
  • Group Starts Fast in Opposition to Proposed Washington State Carbon Rule
  • California's Climate Change Program: Jerry Brown Pushes Extension of Cap-And-Trade
  • Clinton Gives Thumbs Down to Dem Platform's Carbon Tax
  • Smart Doesn’t Always Mean an Easy Home
  • Harney: Don’t Be Fooled by Fake ‘Green’
  • Comcast Experiencing Major Phone Outage
  • Wyden, Colleagues Urge FCC: Close Rural Broadband Gap
  • Foreign Hackers Target Thousands of Gmail Users Every Month
  • Google Fiber Adds New Business Class Tiers, Raises Rates
  • Colorado: Big Choices Ahead as Boulder Pursues Faster, Cheaper Broadband
  • Cooperative to Start Broadband Project in Northwest Arkansas
  • Relax, You're Not Going to Jail for Sharing Your Netflix Password – Consensual Password Sharing
  • Mind the Font: London's Underground Getting a New Look
  • U-S Senators Strike Deal to Move Forward on Sweeping Energy Bill
  • Blood Donation Urged Immediately; Supply 'Alarmingly' Low
  • Work Stoppage Continues at Hanford Nuclear Reservation
  • Dow Jones Industrial Average Closes at a Record High
  • D.B. Cooper Investigation – Unsolved – Is Over after 45 Years, FBI Says
WORD OF THE DAY

Akrasia • \uh-KRAY-zhuh\ • noun – Weakness of will: weakness of will, especially a failure to act according to a sense of moral obligation

Alfonse was ridden with akrasia. On one hand, he knew that the double cheeseburger with jalapenos, blue cheese, thick bacon and avocados was bad for him. On the other hand, he knew that his head would explode if he could not take just one tasty bite of this forbidden fruit. “I know just as Ulysses felt as he had his crew tie him to the mast as they passed by the sirens,” he pondered. In the end, his vegetarian friends came to the rescue, tying him to the bumper of their hybrid vehicle as they slowly glided past the burger joint on their way to the organic “Humus Hut” on south 43rd Avenue.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Business Group Emerges to Back Vancouver, WA Oil Terminal (Portland Business Journal, OR)

Cascade Natural Gas Facing Possible $4M Penalty for Pipeline Safety Violations (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)

Op/Ed: Maintaining Low-Cost Electricity Vital for Washington State’s Clean Tech Industries (Maple Valley Reporter, WA)

Study Says Expansion of California's Electric Grid Would Save Consumers $1.5 Billion (Los Angeles Times, CA)

Arizona: City of Sierra Vista Looks to Hoover Dam for Cheaper Power (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)

North Carolina: Alcoa’s Yadkin Project Hydroelectric Plants to be Sold (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)

Greens Sue Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection (PJM), Saying New Capacity Rules Disadvantage Renewables, Demand Response (Utility Dive)

Future of Natural Gas Hinges on Stanching Methane Leaks (NY Times)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Biologists Keep Watchful Eye on Sockeye Migration (Twin Falls Times News, ID)

Columbia River Northern Pikeminnow Reward Catch Program Continues to Show Decent Catch Rates (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

New Kittitas County Water Bank Website Could Make Shopping for Water Rights Easier (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Is Burning Trees Still Green? Some Experts Now Question Biomass (National Public Radio)

Massachusetts Wind Farm Stumbled on Shorebirds (Courthouse News Service)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

New York’s LED Streetlights: A Crime Deterrent to Some, a Nuisance to Others (NY Times)

When Kids Learn to Conserve Energy, Their Behavior Also Spreads to Parents (Eurekalert)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Marijuana Ban Ending In Parts of Pierce County (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Group Starts Fast in Opposition to Proposed Washington State Carbon Rule (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

California's Climate Change Program: Jerry Brown Pushes Extension of Cap-And-Trade (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

Clinton Gives Thumbs Down to Dem Platform's Carbon Tax (Washington Examiner)

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Smart Doesn’t Always Mean an Easy Home (NY Times)

Harney: Don’t Be Fooled by Fake ‘Green’ (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Comcast Experiencing Major Phone Outage (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

Wyden, Colleagues Urge FCC: Close Rural Broadband Gap (KTVC-TV, Bend, OR)

Foreign Hackers Target Thousands of Gmail Users Every Month (The Atlantic Magazine)

Google Fiber Adds New Business Class Tiers, Raises Rates (Broadband Reports)

Colorado: Big Choices Ahead as Boulder Pursues Faster, Cheaper Broadband (Boulder Daily Camera, CO)

Cooperative to Start Broadband Project in Northwest Arkansas (Associated Press)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Relax, You're Not Going to Jail for Sharing Your Netflix Password – Consensual Password Sharing (Los Angeles Times, CA)

Mind the Font: London's Underground Getting a New Look (USA Today)

POLITICS & MANAGEMENT

U-S Senators Strike Deal to Move Forward on Sweeping Energy Bill (The Hill, Washington, DC)

GENERAL NEWS

Blood Donation Urged Immediately; Supply 'Alarmingly' Low (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Work Stoppage Continues at Hanford Nuclear Reservation (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Dow Jones Industrial Average Closes at a Record High (Associated Press)

D.B. Cooper Investigation – Unsolved – Is Over after 45 Years, FBI Says (Associated Press)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Craft Breweries Fighting over Ever-Dwindling Supply of Puns about Hops

Morse Code Found on Mars?

He Gave Her a Ring She Gave Him a Kidney – Now They Start a New Life Together

Man Mobbed By Monkeys Gets the Photoshop Battle He So Rightly Deserves

SONG OF THE DAY

Derek & the Dominos – Layla

Eric Clapton - Layla (Unplugged)

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