Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Energy News Digest for June 5, 2018


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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

First Columbia River Treaty Talks ‘Very Productive’ (Capital Press)

Score another Win for Farmland Over Solar Power in Oregon – Build It, We Dare You (Portland Business Journal, OR)

Editorial: Time to Act on Sea Lions (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Coming ‘Carbon Bubble’ Could Wipe Trillions from Global Economy (Courthouse News Service)

U-S Energy Information Administration’s Residential Energy Survey Now Includes Estimates for More Than 20 New End Uses (U-S Energy Information Administration)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

1.      First Columbia River Treaty Talks ‘Very Productive’
2.      Who Has the Power? Columbia River Treaty Renegotiation
3.      Kansas:” Two Westar Employees Die after Jeffrey Power Plant Accident
4.      How President Trump’s ‘Soviet-Style’ Coal Directive Would Upend Power Markets
5.      Editorial: Time to Act on Sea Lions
6.      Interior Alaska’s Once Numerous Fishwheels Dwindle In Number
7.      Score another Win for Farmland Over Solar Power in Oregon – Build It, We Dare You
8.      Public Power Utilities Make NREL Top 10 Lists for Green Pricing Programs
9.      Tesla Has Installed a Truly Huge Amount of Energy Storage
10.   FCC Emails Show Agency Spread Lies to Bolster Dubious Denial of Service Attack Claims
11.   Legislating Better Broadband
12.   U-S Energy Information Administration’s Residential Energy Survey Now Includes Estimates for More Than 20 New End Uses
13.   Coming ‘Carbon Bubble’ Could Wipe Trillions from Global Economy
14.   100 Redwoods In Search of a Forest: Seattle Man Looking for a Home for Ancient Tree Archive
15.   Facebook Is Under Fire & May Face Fines — Again — For Potentially Mishandling Users’ Data
16.   How to Pose for a Photograph
17.   Chart: Cannabis Industry Supports Up to 160,000 Full-Time Jobs, with More Growth on Horizon
18.   Facebook & Google Broke Campaign Laws, Says Washington State
19.   Remember the Sonics – Howard Schultz to Step Down as Starbucks Executive Chairman
20.   Editorial: Why Can’t Native Americans Make Whiskey?
21.   Two Arrested, 300 Roosters Seized in Puget Sound Cockfighting Ring, Officials Say
22.   British Museum to Return Native American Artifacts to Grand Ronde Tribe of Oregon
23.   Sources: Designer Kate Spade Found Dead in Manhattan Apartment in Apparent Suicide

WORD OF THE DAY

Craven • \KRAY-vun\ • adjective – Lacking the least bit of courage: contemptibly fainthearted

Flavius stood undefeated in the arena; his blood-stained sword glinting in the sharp, angled glow of the setting, golden sun. No craven bone in his body had he…except for his uncharacteristic fear of chickens. Whether by suspicion, or a childhood incident involving the family rooster, he would quake in fear at the mere mention of any poultry dish. Or the appearance of a feathered opponent.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

1.    First Columbia River Treaty Talks ‘Very Productive’ (Capital Press)

2.    Who Has the Power? Columbia River Treaty Renegotiation (Wildsight)

3.    Kansas:” Two Westar Employees Die after Jeffrey Power Plant Accident (Wichita Business Journal, KS)

4.    How President Trump’s ‘Soviet-Style’ Coal Directive Would Upend Power Markets (Utility Dive)

FISH & WILDLIFE

5.    Editorial: Time to Act on Sea Lions (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

6.    Interior Alaska’s Once Numerous Fishwheels Dwindle In Number (Fairbanks News Miner, AK)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

7.    Score another Win for Farmland Over Solar Power in Oregon – Build It, We Dare You (Portland Business Journal, OR)

8.    Public Power Utilities Make NREL Top 10 Lists for Green Pricing Programs (American Public Power Association)

9.    Tesla Has Installed a Truly Huge Amount of Energy Storage (Fast Company)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

10. FCC Emails Show Agency Spread Lies to Bolster Dubious Denial of Service Attack Claims (Gizmodo)

11. Legislating Better Broadband (Pots & Pans)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

12. U-S Energy Information Administration’s Residential Energy Survey Now Includes Estimates for More Than 20 New End Uses (U-S Energy Information Administration)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

13. Coming ‘Carbon Bubble’ Could Wipe Trillions from Global Economy (Courthouse News Service)

14. 100 Redwoods In Search of a Forest: Seattle Man Looking for a Home for Ancient Tree Archive (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA

15. Facebook Is Under Fire & May Face Fines — Again — For Potentially Mishandling Users’ Data (Washington Post)

16. How to Pose for a Photograph (NY Times)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

17. Chart: Cannabis Industry Supports Up to 160,000 Full-Time Jobs, with More Growth on Horizon (Marijuana Business Daily)

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

18. Facebook & Google Broke Campaign Laws, Says Washington State (Fast Company)

19. Remember the Sonics – Howard Schultz to Step Down as Starbucks Executive Chairman (NY Times)

20. Editorial: Why Can’t Native Americans Make Whiskey? (NY Times)

GENERAL NEWS

21. Two Arrested, 300 Roosters Seized in Puget Sound Cockfighting Ring, Officials Say (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

22. British Museum to Return Native American Artifacts to Grand Ronde Tribe of Oregon (Christian Science Monitor)

23. Sources: Designer Kate Spade Found Dead in Manhattan Apartment in Apparent Suicide (WLNY Radio, New York City)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

‘Like Bowling with Axes’: Victoria Gets an Axe-Throwing Club

Benedict Cumberbatch Got Up to Some Real-Life Heroics in London

Former 49er Dwight Clark, Whose Catch Will Live Forever, Dead At 61

The Battle over the Origin of Long Island Iced Tea

SONG OF THE DAY

Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days

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