Thursday, November 29, 2018


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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Murray, Cantwell Join in Senate Resolution on Climate (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Washington State Tribes Say Pipeline Will Harm Orcas, Way of Life (Associated Press)

Company Fined for Spilling More than 3,000 Gallons of Biodiesel into the Columbia River (NCW Life, East Wenatchee, WA)

Battery Boosters Pushing Congress to Give Industry a Tax Credit (Bloomberg News)

Washington State’s Voter Turnout Hit Nearly 72 Percent (Associated Press)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

1.      Shelton City Workers, Mason PUD 3 Decorate Downtown in Holiday Spirit
2.      Energy Industry Reacts with Guarded Optimism to USMCA Trade Deal – Addresses Intertie Access Policy of the Bonneville Power Administration
3.      Washington State Tribes Say Pipeline Will Harm Orcas, Way of Life
4.      Dead Newborn Orca Calf Found on Vancouver Island Earlier This Month a Transient Killer Whale
5.      Judge Says U-S Law Doesn’t Protect Ancient California Trees
6.      Battery Boosters Pushing Congress to Give Industry a Tax Credit
7.      Boise Eyes Energy Goal: Entire City Powered by Renewable Energy By 2040
8.      Reducing Property Taxes a Key to Profitability of Renewables
9.      AT&T Phasing Out Lifeline?
10.   Senators Press FCC for Action on White Spaces
11.   U-S Energy Secretary to Announce Red Team/Blue Team War Games on Defending the Grid
12.   Company Fined for Spilling More than 3,000 Gallons of Biodiesel into the Columbia River
13.   Louisiana: This Town Is Like Thousands That Are Vulnerable to Contaminated Water, With no Fix in Sight
14.   Murray, Cantwell Join in Senate Resolution on Climate
15.   A Carbon Tax Wave? Seven States (Including Washington, Oregon) Considering Carbon Pricing to Fight Climate Change
16.   Pressure Mounts to Bury Carbon Emissions. Who Will Pay?
17.   Printing Change Planned for News Tribune, Olympian
18.   Smart Is Talking Back
19.   Poll: Most Teens Savvy & Positive About Social Media
20.   Marijuana Movement Energized with Sessions Out as U-S Attorney General
21.   The ‘Green Dimension’: Inside the Lives of California’s Marijuana Trimmers
22.   Editorial: Banning Marijuana Comes Down to Ten Votes in Local Town. Is This Smart Way to Regulate Weed?
23.   Washington State’s Voter Turnout Hit Nearly 72 Percent
24.   Washington State House Speaker Chopp Outlines Legislative Priorities for 2019 Session
25.   Repeated Flooding in Mason County Forces One Family to Want to Move
26.   Meteorologists Says It’s Highly Likely El NiƱo Will Occur This Winter
27.   Mason County Olsen Building Purchase Again Draws Concern
28.   American Life Expectancy Continues to Drop, with Suicides & Drug Overdoses on the Rise
29.   Package Theft Will Spike Starting This Week; Here’s How to Protect Yourself.

WORD OF THE DAY

Marplot • \MAR-plott\ • Noun - One who frustrates or ruins a plan or undertaking by meddling

Barnabas didn’t intend to be the corporate marplot. It seemed whenever he took the initiative on a project, it went all wrong (kind of like the “Turkey Drop” from WRKP in Cincinnati). Even plausible deniability eluded the poor sap as he loudly proclaimed the “progress” of his projects in memo, email, Twitter feeds, Facebook, YouTube and just about any other megaphone like self-puffery. It never failed that the moment he predicted success, his projects fell off the face of the earth…remembered only in faint internet echoes.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES


2.    Energy Industry Reacts with Guarded Optimism to USMCA Trade Deal – Addresses Intertie Access Policy of the Bonneville Power Administration (Platts)

FISH & WILDLIFE

3.    Washington State Tribes Say Pipeline Will Harm Orcas, Way of Life (Associated Press)

4.    Dead Newborn Orca Calf Found on Vancouver Island Earlier This Month a Transient Killer Whale (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

5.    Judge Says U-S Law Doesn’t Protect Ancient California Trees (Courthouse News Service)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

6.    Battery Boosters Pushing Congress to Give Industry a Tax Credit (Bloomberg News)

7.    Boise Eyes Energy Goal: Entire City Powered by Renewable Energy By 2040 (Idaho Press, Boise)

8.    Reducing Property Taxes a Key to Profitability of Renewables (Utility Dive)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

9.    AT&T Phasing Out Lifeline? (Pots & Pans)

10. Senators Press FCC for Action on White Spaces (Multichannel News)

THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY

11. U-S Energy Secretary to Announce Red Team/Blue Team War Games on Defending the Grid (Washington Examiner, Daily on Energy)

ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER

12. Company Fined for Spilling More than 3,000 Gallons of Biodiesel into the Columbia River (NCW Life, East Wenatchee, WA)

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

13. Louisiana: This Town Is Like Thousands That Are Vulnerable to Contaminated Water, With no Fix in Sight (CNN)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

14. Murray, Cantwell Join in Senate Resolution on Climate (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

15. A Carbon Tax Wave? Seven States (Including Washington, Oregon) Considering Carbon Pricing to Fight Climate Change (Inside Climate News)

16. Pressure Mounts to Bury Carbon Emissions. Who Will Pay? (Reuters)

PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA

17. Printing Change Planned for News Tribune, Olympian (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

18. Smart Is Talking Back (American Public Power Association)

19. Poll: Most Teens Savvy & Positive About Social Media (Courthouse News Service)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

20. Marijuana Movement Energized with Sessions Out as U-S Attorney General (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

21. The ‘Green Dimension’: Inside the Lives of California’s Marijuana Trimmers (NY Times)

22. Editorial: Banning Marijuana Comes Down to Ten Votes in Local Town. Is This Smart Way to Regulate Weed? (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

23. Washington State’s Voter Turnout Hit Nearly 72 Percent (Associated Press)

24. Washington State House Speaker Chopp Outlines Legislative Priorities for 2019 Session (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

25. Repeated Flooding in Mason County Forces One Family to Want to Move (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

26. Meteorologists Says It’s Highly Likely El NiƱo Will Occur This Winter (National Public Radio)

27. Mason County Olsen Building Purchase Again Draws Concern (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

28. American Life Expectancy Continues to Drop, with Suicides & Drug Overdoses on the Rise (Gizmodo)

29. Package Theft Will Spike Starting This Week; Here’s How to Protect Yourself. (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Officials: Woman Passes Gas, Pulls Knife on Offended Man

Town Asks Homeowner to Pay $2,000 a Night in Christmas Light Display Showdown

Teen Freed After Being Stuck in Vault at Abandoned Bank

Mom Accuses Southwest Airlines Employee of Publicly Mocking Her 5-Year-Old’s Name

SONG OF THE DAY

The Hollies – The Air That I Breathe

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Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Energy News Digest for November 28, 2018


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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

White House: Federal Climate Change Report ‘Not Based on Facts’ (Washington Examiner)

Global Warming Could Increase Power Costs by Billions (Axios)

Pacific Gas & Electric Chose Not to Cut Power as Winds Raged Before Fatal Fire (Bloomberg News)

Chelan PUD’s Draft Report on Cryptocurrency Goes Live (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)

Connecticut: Legal Fight Over Energy Conservation Fund Raids Continues (Hartford Courant, CT)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

1.      Pacific Gas & Electric Chose Not to Cut Power as Winds Raged Before Fatal Fire
2.      Global Warming Could Increase Power Costs by Billions
3.      Chelan PUD’s Draft Report on Cryptocurrency Goes Live
4.      Jefferson PUD Passes ‘Revenue Positive’ Budget for 2019
5.      City of Hermiston Postpones Vote on Electric Rate Increase
6.      Benton PUD Celebrates New Payment Kiosks
7.      Public Invited to Millennium Coal Terminal Health Study Open House in Longview
8.      Avista Honored for $1.6 Million of Charitable Giving to WSU Medical School
9.      After a Long Boom, an Uncertain Future for Big Dam Projects
10.   Smart Meter Deployments Slow as Questions Emerge Over Cost Effectiveness, Saturation
11.   British Columbia: Vancouver Salmon Researcher Receives National Nod
12.   The Scientists Who Spend Their Summers Hunting for Whale Poop
13.   Grant PUD Fiber Buildout Set for 2019
14.   Creative Sources for Funding Fiber Infrastructure Projects
15.   Bitcoin Gains Six Percent as It Heads for Best Day Since July
16.   Connecticut: Legal Fight Over Energy Conservation Fund Raids Continues
17.   Oregon Adopts Alternative Code for Energy Efficiency
18.   Trump Administration Ponies Up $449 Million for New California Dam
19.   Environmentalists Sue EPA for Pollution That Acidifies Ocean
20.   White House: Federal Climate Change Report ‘Not Based on Facts’
21.   U-S House Lawmakers Introduce First Bipartisan Carbon Tax Bill in a Decade
22.   New Interactive Climate Tool Reveals Temperature & Rainfall Changes in Your Own Backyard (Or Close to It)
23.   Washington State Lawmakers Call for Limits on Plastic Bags
24.   Washington State House Speaker Frank Chopp to Step Down as Leader Next Spring
25.   Fight Over Wildfire Prevention Threatens to Upend Federal Farm Aid
26.   Skokomish River Flooding Closes Roads
27.   North Cascades Highway to Close for Season Because of Snow
28.   Semi Rolls Over on I-5 near Tumwater, Spills Powdered Milk Everywhere
29.   Over $5,000 In Windows Stolen from Tenino Home Built for Disabled Veteran
30.   Tribal Distillery Bill Heads to Trump
31.   Shelton City Council Approves Artwork for Traffic Signal Boxes

WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION

Betwixt / bih-TWIKST/ adverb or preposition – Between.

Beauty, her splendor
A red rose betwixt two thorns
A fragrance divine


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

1.    Pacific Gas & Electric Chose Not to Cut Power as Winds Raged Before Fatal Fire (Bloomberg News)

2.    Global Warming Could Increase Power Costs by Billions (Axios)

3.    Chelan PUD’s Draft Report on Cryptocurrency Goes Live (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)

4.    Jefferson PUD Passes ‘Revenue Positive’ Budget for 2019 (Port Townsend Leader, WA)

5.    City of Hermiston Postpones Vote on Electric Rate Increase (Hermiston Herald, OR)

6.    Benton PUD Celebrates New Payment Kiosks (KNDO/KNDU,-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

7.    Public Invited to Millennium Coal Terminal Health Study Open House in Longview (Longview Daily News, WA)

8.    Avista Honored for $1.6 Million of Charitable Giving to WSU Medical School (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

9.    After a Long Boom, an Uncertain Future for Big Dam Projects (Yale Environment 360)

10. Smart Meter Deployments Slow as Questions Emerge Over Cost Effectiveness, Saturation (Utility Dive)

FISH & WILDLIFE


12. The Scientists Who Spend Their Summers Hunting for Whale Poop (Gizmodo)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

13. Grant PUD Fiber Buildout Set for 2019 (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

14. Creative Sources for Funding Fiber Infrastructure Projects (Institute for Local Self Reliance)

THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY

15. Bitcoin Gains Six Percent as It Heads for Best Day Since July (Reuters)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

16. Connecticut: Legal Fight Over Energy Conservation Fund Raids Continues (Hartford Courant, CT)

17. Oregon Adopts Alternative Code for Energy Efficiency (Electrical Construction & Maintenance Magazine)

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

18. Trump Administration Ponies Up $449 Million for New California Dam (Courthouse News Service)

19. Environmentalists Sue EPA for Pollution That Acidifies Ocean (Courthouse News Service)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

20. White House: Federal Climate Change Report ‘Not Based on Facts’ (Washington Examiner)

21. U-S House Lawmakers Introduce First Bipartisan Carbon Tax Bill in a Decade (Washington Examiner)

22. New Interactive Climate Tool Reveals Temperature & Rainfall Changes in Your Own Backyard (Or Close to It) (Geekwire)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE

23. Washington State Lawmakers Call for Limits on Plastic Bags (Associated Press)

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

24. Washington State House Speaker Frank Chopp to Step Down as Leader Next Spring (Associated Press)

25. Fight Over Wildfire Prevention Threatens to Upend Federal Farm Aid (McClatchy DC Bureau)

GENERAL NEWS

26. Skokomish River Flooding Closes Roads (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

27. North Cascades Highway to Close for Season Because of Snow (Associated Press)

28. Semi Rolls Over on I-5 near Tumwater, Spills Powdered Milk Everywhere (Oregonian, Portland)

29. Over $5,000 In Windows Stolen from Tenino Home Built for Disabled Veteran (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

30. Tribal Distillery Bill Heads to Trump (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

31. Shelton City Council Approves Artwork for Traffic Signal Boxes (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Steer Too Beefy to Become Burgers Reprieved to Life on Farm

Video Shows Arizona Fire Started with Gender Reveal Party

Requiem for SpongeBob SquarePants Creator: A Hilarious Education Interview with SpongeBob himself

God Have Mercy on Your Soul – This $40 Talking Fish Has Amazon Alexa Inside

SONG OF THE DAY

Paul Anka – Having My Baby

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