Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Energy News Digest for February 20, 2019


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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS




HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Legal Battles Continue Over Dumping Human Waste in Puget Sound (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

The Secret Lives of Salmon: British Columbia-Led International Expedition to Probe Ailing Pacific Stocks (Vancouver Sun, BC)

Farmers, Skiers, Salmon Rejoice! The Snowpack Is Back (Crosscut Seattle)

Washington State Legislature: Proposed Public Records Bill Is Dead (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

As More Electric Cars Arrive, What’s the Future for Gas-Powered Engines? (National Public Radio)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

1.      Canada’s Secret Advantage: Our Electrical Grid Is Among the Cleanest in the World
2.      British Columbia: NDP Quietly Gave BC Hydro Two Years to Work on Late CleanBC Electrification Plan
3.      Chelan PUD Seeks Community Input on Service Center Plans
4.      Murkowski ‘Frustrated’ by FERC Impasse, Pushes White House for Nominees
5.      Op/Ed: The Real Reason They Hate Nuclear Is Because It Means We Don’t Need Renewables
6.      The Secret Lives of Salmon: British Columbia-Led International Expedition to Probe Ailing Pacific Stocks
7.      Scientists Seek Out the Secret of Salmon During Ocean Voyage
8.      Lawmakers Propose New Watercraft Restrictions to Aid Southern Resident Orcas
9.      Montana: Local Fisheries Biologists Earn Statewide Awards
10.   Massive Loss of Thousands of Hives Afflicts Orchard Growers & Beekeepers
11.   Your Smart Light Can Tell Amazon & Google When You Go to Bed
12.   Bonneville Power Administration Energy Efficiency Program Receives National Recognition
13.   US Telcos’ Best Pal – Yes, The FCC – Urged to Dump Its Dodgy Stats, Crowd-Source Internet Speeds Direct from Subscribers
14.   Meet Derek Kilmer, The Rep from Washington State in Charge of Modernizing Congress
15.   As More Electric Cars Arrive, What’s the Future for Gas-Powered Engines?
16.   Legal Battles Continue Over Dumping Human Waste in Puget Sound
17.   Farmers, Skiers, Salmon Rejoice! The Snowpack Is Back
18.   Officials: Arizona Will Miss U-S Deadline for Key Water Plan
19.   Whatcom PUD Will Get $711,675 from State Ecology; Two Others Wait
20.   The ‘Green New Deal’ Out West
21.   California’s Big Idea for Cutting Emissions: Making You Pay More for Energy
22.   How to Improve Your Instagram Photos
23.   Polluted by Money – How Corporate Cash Corrupted One of the Greenest States in the U-S
24.   Washington State Legislature: Proposed Public Records Bill Is Dead
25.   Initiative Kingpin Tim Eyman Charged with Misdemeanor Theft – Attorneys Call Chair’s Removal from Store an Accident
26.   Video: Rash of Graffiti in Shelton Rouses Police
27.   Mason County Passes Resolution against I-1639 Gun Law
28.   United Way of Mason County’s Executive Director Resigns
29.   Mason County Historical Society Director Stepping Down
30.   Washington State Awards Grants for Mason County Drug-Abuse Prevention
31.   Public Invited to Learn about Schafer State Park Plans
32.   California Now Worries About Massive ‘ARkStorm’ Flood, Which Could Also Devastate Oregon

WORD OF THE DAY

Intersperse • \in-ter-SPERSS\ • verb - 1: to place something at intervals in or among 2: to insert at intervals among other things

The sideshow barker was putting his all into a chance for his potential customers to grab silver dollars hidden in a huge vat of viscous, half formed Jell-O. And to quell the more enthusiastic fishers for the loot, he made sure to let them know that he had interspersed the heaving mass with a few fish-hooks. (now that is dark)

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Canada’s Secret Advantage: Our Electrical Grid Is Among the Cleanest in the World (Globe & Mail, Canada)

Brisith Columbia: NDP Quietly Gave BC Hydro Two Years to Work on Late CleanBC Electrification Plan (North Shore News, BC)

Chelan PUD Seeks Community Input on Service Center Plans (NCW Life Channel, East Wenatchee, WA)

Murkowski ‘Frustrated’ by FERC Impasse, Pushes White House for Nominees (Utility Dive)

Op/Ed: The Real Reason They Hate Nuclear Is Because It Means We Don’t Need Renewables (Forbes Magazine)

FISH & WILDLIFE

The Secret Lives of Salmon: British Columbia-Led International Expedition to Probe Ailing Pacific Stocks (Vancouver Sun, BC)

Scientists Seek Out the Secret of Salmon During Ocean Voyage (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Lawmakers Propose New Watercraft Restrictions to Aid Southern Resident Orcas (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Montana: Local Fisheries Biologists Earn Statewide Awards (The Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)

Massive Loss of Thousands of Hives Afflicts Orchard Growers & Beekeepers (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Your Smart Light Can Tell Amazon & Google When You Go to Bed (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Bonneville Power Administration Energy Efficiency Program Receives National Recognition (Bonneville Power Administration)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

US Telcos’ Best Pal – Yes, The FCC – Urged to Dump Its Dodgy Stats, Crowd-Source Internet Speeds Direct from Subscribers (The Register)

THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY

Meet Derek Kilmer, The Rep from Washington State in Charge of Modernizing Congress (GeekWire)

I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC

As More Electric Cars Arrive, What’s the Future for Gas-Powered Engines? (National Public Radio)

“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Legal Battles Continue Over Dumping Human Waste in Puget Sound (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Farmers, Skiers, Salmon Rejoice! The Snowpack Is Back (Crosscut Seattle)

Officials: Arizona Will Miss U-S Deadline for Key Water Plan (Associated Press)

Whatcom PUD Will Get $711,675 from State Ecology; Two Others Wait (Lynden Tribune, WA)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

The ‘Green New Deal’ Out West (Power Magazine)

California’s Big Idea for Cutting Emissions: Making You Pay More for Energy (Huffington Post)

PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA

How to Improve Your Instagram Photos (Social Media Examiner)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE

Polluted by Money – How Corporate Cash Corrupted One of the Greenest States in the U-S (Oregonian, Portland)

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Washington State Legislature: Proposed Public Records Bill Is Dead (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

Initiative Kingpin Tim Eyman Charged with Misdemeanor Theft – Attorneys Call Chair’s Removal from Store an Accident (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

GENERAL NEWS

Video: Rash of Graffiti in Shelton Rouses Police (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Mason County Passes Resolution against I-1639 Gun Law (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

United Way of Mason County’s Executive Director Resigns (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Mason County Historical Society Director Stepping Down (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Washington State Awards Grants for Mason County Drug-Abuse Prevention (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)


California Now Worries About Massive ‘ARkStorm’ Flood, Which Could Also Devastate Oregon (Oregonian, Portland)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Kim or Trump? Hanoi Barber Offers Leaders’ Hairdos for Free

Beer from 1886 Shipwreck (the SS Oregon) May Yield New Brew

The Strange History of the Olympic Torch—And Why It Has to Stay Lit

‘Hold on to Your Pooch!’: National Weather Service Issues Small Dog Warning

SONG OF THE DAY

Haircut 100 - Love Plus One

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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