Thursday, December 28, 2017

Energy News Digest for December 28, 2017

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Higher Energy Costs Accompany Bitter Cold Snap in U-S (Associated Press)

Analysts Blame Tesla after Solar Installations Fall Sharply Nationwide (Pacific Business News, HI)

Op/Ed: Rep Drew MacEwen – Washington State Can Have Energy Independence without Economic Damage from Carbon Tax (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Trio of Net Neutrality Challenges Coming from Washington State (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

British Columbia Supreme Court Grants Injunction against Fish Farm Protesters (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Higher Energy Costs Accompany Bitter Cold Snap in U-S
  • Utility Workers, Feds Ready Major New Push to Fix Puerto Rico's Grid
  • Power Restored at Disneyland after Outage Halts Rides
  • Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Line – Extending a Hand
  • Tillamook Transmission Line Proposal Meets with Controversy
  • Wyoming: Lower Valley Energy Energizes Buried Lines Connecting Town of Teton Village
  • PUD 1 Power Outage Planned for Part of Mason County
  • Bonneville Power Administration Celebrates Formation of New Tribal Utility
  • National Grid Seeks Permit to Bring Canadian Power to Northeast U-S
  • British Columbia Supreme Court Grants Injunction against Fish Farm Protesters
  • Audio: How Fishermen Are Faring in Washington Months after Atlantic Salmon Spill
  • Washington State Bill Could Provide Economic Assistance from Marbled Murrelet Protections
  • Coyotes Are Colonizing Cities. Step Forward the Urban Hunter.
  • Private-Public Partnership for Conservation: Examples from Oregon, Hawaii, & Maine
  • Analysts Blame Tesla after Solar Installations Fall Sharply Nationwide
  • Electric Heat Pumps Are Key to Low-Carbon Homes and Buildings
  • California Marijuana Start-Ups, Shut Out from Banks, Turn to Private Backing
  • Op/Ed: Rep Drew MacEwen – Washington State Can Have Energy Independence without Economic Damage from Carbon Tax
  • Video Gaming Disorder Could Soon Be Recognized by the World Health Organization
  • Trio of Net Neutrality Challenges Coming from Washington State
  • Where Were Netflix & Google in the Net-Neutrality Fight?
  • Now That The FCC Is Doing Away with Title II for Broadband, Will Verizon Give Back Taxpayer Subsidies It Got Under Title II?
  • How to Repurpose Blog Content into Short-Form Social Media Updates
  • Instagram: Here’s How to Tag Someone in a Story Post
  • The Library of Congress No Longer Wants All the Tweets
  • IRS Says Many Who Prepaid Property Taxes May Still Face Cap on Deductions
  • Clark County Treasurer: No, You Can’t Pay Property Tax Early
  • Rain Returns to the Lowlands, Heavy Snow Makes Travel Tough over Mountain Passes
  • Mason County Unemployment Rises
  • Census Data Highlights Pacific Northwest Population Growth
  • Repairs on Capitol Lake Dam to Start Next Week
  • Here's What Alexa Users Asked Most Over the Holidays
WORD OF THE DAY

Hassock • \HASS-uck\ • noun - 1: a cushion for kneeling b: a padded cushion or low stool that serves as a seat or leg rest

Corpulent Casper Gutman ponderously waddled across the room. The long tube tied to his water pipe wobbled like an obscene umbilical cord as he drew grey, swirling smoke from the bowl on the many-faceted contraption through its length. He grunted heavily as he backed into his overstuffed chair, the tassel on his canted fez draped across one ear. Only the dark, heavy, leather hassock protected his dainty, beslippered feet from the desecration of touching the floor. “Now,” he rasped to the impatient Sam Spade, “I assume you are here to speak with me about ‘the bird’.”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Higher Energy Costs Accompany Bitter Cold Snap in U-S (Associated Press)

Utility Workers, Feds Ready Major New Push to Fix Puerto Rico's Grid (Washington Examiner)

Power Restored at Disneyland after Outage Halts Rides (CNN)

Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Line – Extending a Hand (Baker City Herald, OR)

Tillamook Transmission Line Proposal Meets with Controversy (Capital Press)

Wyoming: Lower Valley Energy Energizes Buried Lines Connecting Town of Teton Village (Associated Press)

PUD 1 Power Outage Planned for Part of Mason County (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Bonneville Power Administration Celebrates Formation of New Tribal Utility (Bonneville Power Administration)

National Grid Seeks Permit to Bring Canadian Power to Northeast U-S (Associated Press)

FISH & WILDLIFE

British Columbia Supreme Court Grants Injunction against Fish Farm Protesters (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

Audio: How Fishermen Are Faring in Washington Months after Atlantic Salmon Spill (National Public Radio)

Washington State Bill Could Provide Economic Assistance from Marbled Murrelet Protections (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

Coyotes Are Colonizing Cities. Step Forward the Urban Hunter. (NY Times)

ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER

Private-Public Partnership for Conservation: Examples from Oregon, Hawaii, & Maine (Atlantic Magazine)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Analysts Blame Tesla after Solar Installations Fall Sharply Nationwide (Pacific Business News, HI)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Electric Heat Pumps Are Key to Low-Carbon Homes and Buildings (The Energy Collective)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

California Marijuana Start-Ups, Shut Out from Banks, Turn to Private Backing (NY Times)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Op/Ed: Rep Drew MacEwen – Washington State Can Have Energy Independence without Economic Damage from Carbon Tax (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE

Video Gaming Disorder Could Soon Be Recognized by the World Health Organization (USA Today)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Trio of Net Neutrality Challenges Coming from Washington State (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Where Were Netflix & Google in the Net-Neutrality Fight? (Atlantic Magazine)

Now That The FCC Is Doing Away with Title II for Broadband, Will Verizon Give Back Taxpayer Subsidies It Got Under Title II? (TechDirt)

PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA

How to Repurpose Blog Content into Short-Form Social Media Updates (Social Media Examiner)

Instagram: Here’s How to Tag Someone in a Story Post (AdWeek)

The Library of Congress No Longer Wants All the Tweets (NY Times)

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

IRS Says Many Who Prepaid Property Taxes May Still Face Cap on Deductions (Washington Post)

Clark County Treasurer: No, You Can’t Pay Property Tax Early (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Rain Returns to the Lowlands, Heavy Snow Makes Travel Tough over Mountain Passes (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

Mason County Unemployment Rises (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Census Data Highlights Pacific Northwest Population Growth (Northwest Public Radio)

Repairs on Capitol Lake Dam to Start Next Week (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Here's What Alexa Users Asked Most Over the Holidays (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

This Haircut Was So Bad the Stylist Was Arrested

Why This Halifax Bus Driver Plays the Ukulele for Passengers

Get Bach to Work: Company Orchestras a German Tradition

People Are Putting Anti-Bird Spikes on Trees to Protect Their Fancy Cars, & Humanity Has Hit an All-Time Low

SONG OF THE DAY

Johann Sebastian Bach –Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

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