Energy News Digest for March 16, 2015

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for March 16, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/jw96xf5

Deluge & Divine Intervention (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2015/03/deluge-and-divine-intervention.html

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

High Winds, Downed Trees Wreak Havoc in PDX – 71,000 people were without power throughout the day Sunday (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2015/03/15/mudslide-rolls-across-road-in-northwest-portland/

Growth in Residential Electricity Prices Highest in 6 Years, But Expected to Slow in 2015 (U-S Energy Information Administration)

http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=20372

Editorial: Washington State Senate Bill a Path for Carbon Reduction (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20150312/OPINION01/150319789

Pacific Northwest Drought Could Mean Early Salmon Season (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/Drought-could-mean-early-salmon-season--296389041.html

Is Rooftop Solar Under Threat in Oregon? (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2015/03/is-rooftop-solar-under-threat-in-oregon.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

1. High Winds, Downed Trees Wreak Havoc in PDX – 71,000 People Were without Power throughout the Day Sunday
2. Some in Clark County Still without Power Today – Rainfall Records Set in Seattle Area
3. Growth in Residential Electricity Prices Highest in 6 Years, But Expected to Slow in 2015
4. Pacific Gas & Electric Reports Diablo Canyon Safe against Once-in-10,000 Year Earthquake
5. Call Before You Dig During California Arbor Week & Every Day
6. Pacific Northwest Drought Could Mean Early Salmon Season
7. Anticipated ‘Very Poor’ Spring Chinook Returns to Deschutes River Closes Fishing
8. Study Looks at Pacific Lamprey That Pass 8 Dams into Snake River Tributaries, Notes Good Habitat
9. Governor Declares Emergency Drought in Parts of Washington
10. Pacific Northwest Braces for Drought Because of Record-Low Snowpack
11. Is Rooftop Solar Under Threat in Oregon?
12. Report: Arizona Public Service to Propose Higher Rooftop Solar Fees
13. Washington State Regulators Adopt New Rules for Energy Conservation, Renewables
14. Think of Solar as a Technology, Not a Fuel
15. Editorial: California Renewables – Energy Plan Sparks Productive Conversation
16. KATU Sting Reveals Duct-Cleaning Company’s History of Complaints
17. Europe’s Ban on ‘Wasteful’ Gadgets – Does It Cost or Save?
18. Former New Mexico Governor Calls Washington State’s Marijuana Rules ‘Worst-Case Scenario’
19. Woodland Confronts Marijuana Dilemma – Council Will Try to Make Code Align with Zoning Rules to Permit Businesses
20. Chart of the Week: First Six Months of Recreational Marijuana Sales in Colorado vs. Washington State
21. The Grass Ceiling: Once Upon a Time, Weed Was a No-No – Now It’s Your Next 9-to-5
22. Editorial: Washington State Senate Bill a Path for Carbon Reduction
23. Seattle’s Silly War on Oil Rigs: Reminder, The City is Also Home to Boeing, The World’s Largest Jet Maker
24. Emissions by Makers of Energy Level Off
25. Oregon: Jackson County Protests Human Waste as Fertilizer
26. Iowa: Fiorina – Phase Out Federal Energy Incentives
27. Google Fiber Has Just 30,000 Video Subscribers, Analyst Claims
28. What Net Neutrality Opponents Are Saying Now – And Why It’s a Lot of Hot Air
29. Oregon: New Ashland Cell Tower Light Angers Neighbors
30. Google is Pleading with Firefox Users to Stop Using Yahoo
31. Will the Internet of Things Come of Age in Five Years?
32. Unconscious Diver Airlifted to Harborview after Hoodsport Area Incident
33. Shelton Police Looking for Suspect after Finding over $10,000 in Methamphetamine
34. Finalists Selected for Shelton Superintendent
35. The Healthiest & Least Healthy Counties in Washington State May Surprise You
36. Tentative Refinery Strike Settlement Should Help with Gas Prices
37. Boeing Production Czar Says Planemaker Won’t Repeat Errors
38. Oregon: Warm Springs Tribes Broke, Seek Federal Inquiry into Finances

WORD OF THE DAY

Rhadamanthine • \rad-uh-MAN-thun\ • Adjective - Rigorously strict or just.

“Flexibility in interpretation be darned,” hooted the old west judge to the unrepentant horse thief. “You may NOT drink yourself to death. The law says ye shall be hanged by the neck until dead.” Since the town already had a “hanging judge,” the literal jurist was known in the tiny Wyoming town as the Rhadamanthine Justice. Only the local newspaper editor knew what that meant. Everyone else thought that it was an east coast town from whence the tough judge came.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

High Winds, Downed Trees Wreak Havoc in PDX – 71,000 people were without power throughout the day Sunday (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2015/03/15/mudslide-rolls-across-road-in-northwest-portland/

Some in Clark County Still without Power Today – Rainfall records set in Seattle area (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2015/mar/16/some-still-without-power-today/

Growth in Residential Electricity Prices Highest in 6 Years, But Expected to Slow in 2015 (U-S Energy Information Administration)

http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=20372

Pacific Gas & Electric Reports Diablo Canyon Safe against Once-in-10,000 Year Earthquake (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/pge-reports-diablo-canyon-safe-against-once-in-10000-year-earthquake/375086/

Call Before You Dig During California Arbor Week & Every Day (PG&E Currents, CA)

http://www.pgecurrents.com/2015/03/11/call-before-you-dig-this-california-arbor-day/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Pacific Northwest Drought Could Mean Early Salmon Season (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/Drought-could-mean-early-salmon-season--296389041.html

Anticipated ‘Very Poor’ Spring Chinook Returns to Deschutes River Closes Fishing (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/433377.aspx

Study Looks at Pacific Lamprey That Pass 8 Dams into Snake River Tributaries, Notes Good Habitat (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/433373.aspx

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Governor Declares Emergency Drought in Parts of Washington (Associated Press)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/governor-declares-emergency-drought-parts-washingt/nkWdt/

Pacific Northwest Braces for Drought Because of Record-Low Snowpack (E&E Publishing)

http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060014995

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Is Rooftop Solar Under Threat in Oregon? (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2015/03/is-rooftop-solar-under-threat-in-oregon.html

Report: Arizona Public Service to Propose Higher Rooftop Solar Fees (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/report-aps-to-propose-higher-rooftop-solar-fees/375272/

Washington State Regulators Adopt New Rules for Energy Conservation, Renewables (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/boomerconsumer/2015/03/13/state-regulators-adopt-new-rules-for-conservation-renewables/

Think of Solar as a Technology, Not a Fuel (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/industry/trends-reports-analyses/think-of-solar-as-a-technology-not-a-fuel/79077

Editorial: California Renewables – Energy Plan Sparks Productive Conversation (Victorville Daily Press, CA)

http://www.vvdailypress.com/article/20150316/News/150319884

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

KATU Sting Reveals Duct-Cleaning Company’s History of Complaints (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.katu.com/news/problemsolver/KATU-sting-reveals-duct-cleaning-companys-history-of-complaints-296016391.html

Europe’s Ban on ‘Wasteful’ Gadgets – Does It Cost or Save? (The Telegraph, UK)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/energy-bills/11463659/Europes-ban-on-wasteful-gadgets-does-it-cost-or-save.html

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Former New Mexico Governor Calls Washington State’s Marijuana Rules ‘Worst-Case Scenario’ “…Washington State…screwed it up as bad as they possibly can…” (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/marijuana/index.ssf/2015/03/gary_johnson_former_new_mexico.html

Woodland Confronts Marijuana Dilemma – Council Will Try to Make Code Align with Zoning Rules to Permit Businesses (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2015/mar/16/woodland-confronts-marijuana-dilemma/

Chart of the Week: First Six Months of Recreational Marijuana Sales in Colorado vs. Washington State (Marijuana Business Daily)

http://mmjbusinessdaily.com/chart-week-first-6-months-recreational-marijuana-sales-co-vs-wa/

The Grass Ceiling: Once Upon a Time, Weed Was a No-No – Now It’s Your Next 9-to-5 (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2015/03/16/marijuana-jobs/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Editorial: Washington State Senate Bill a Path for Carbon Reduction (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20150312/OPINION01/150319789

Seattle’s Silly War on Oil Rigs: Reminder, The City is Also Home to Boeing, The World’s Largest Jet Maker (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/lorensteffy/2015/03/16/in-the-sky-its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-cognitive-dissonance/

Emissions by Makers of Energy Level Off “…many nations…promoted energy efficiency & low-carbon energy sources like hydroelectric, solar, wind & nuclear power…” (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/14/science/emissions-by-makers-of-energy-level-off.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Oregon: Jackson County Protests Human Waste as Fertilizer (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2015/03/16/jackson-co-protests-human-waste-as-fertilizer/

Iowa: Fiorina – Phase Out Federal Energy Incentives (Des Moines Register, IA)

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/kathie-obradovich/2015/03/14/fiorina-phase-federal-energy-incentives/24757665/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Google Fiber Has Just 30,000 Video Subscribers, Analyst Claims (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2015/03/google_fiber_has_just_30000_vi.html

What Net Neutrality Opponents Are Saying Now – And Why It’s a Lot of Hot Air (Consumerist)

http://consumerist.com/2015/03/13/what-net-neutrality-opponents-are-saying-now-and-why-its-a-lot-of-hot-air/

Oregon: New Ashland Cell Tower Light Angers Neighbors (Medford Mail Tribune, OR)

http://www.mailtribune.com/article/20150316/NEWS/150319753/101033/NEWS?rssfeed=true

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Google is Pleading with Firefox Users to Stop Using Yahoo (Business Insider)

http://www.businessinsider.com/google-firefox-message-yahoo-search-share-decline-2015-3

Will the Internet of Things Come of Age in Five Years? (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/will-internet-things-come-age-5-years-163449

GENERAL NEWS

Unconscious Diver Airlifted to Harborview after Hoodsport Area Incident (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/14759

Shelton Police Looking for Suspect after Finding over $10,000 in Methamphetamine (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://www.kxro.com/shelton-police-looking-for-suspect-after-finding-over-10000-in-methamphetamine/

Finalists Selected for Shelton Superintendent (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/14757

The Healthiest & Least Healthy Counties in Washington State May Surprise You (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/health-care-inc/2015/03/the-healthiest-and-least-healthy-counties-in.html

Tentative Refinery Strike Settlement Should Help with Gas Prices (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/tentative-refinery-strike-settlement-should-help-gas-prices

Boeing Production Czar Says Planemaker Won’t Repeat Errors (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/16/us-boeing-production-idUSKBN0MC03620150316

Oregon: Warm Springs Tribes Broke, Seek Federal Inquiry into Finances (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/03/warm_springs_tribes_broke_seek.html

DIVERSIONS

Man Wins Lottery Without Knowing It, Loses Ticket, Probably Cries

http://consumerist.com/2015/03/13/man-wins-lottery-without-knowing-it-loses-ticket-probably-cries/

Knuckle Cracking is Probably Not Dangerous, Just Annoying

http://gizmodo.com/knuckle-cracking-is-probably-not-dangerous-just-annoyi-1691596600

Dog Gone It: PETA Cites Dog Cruelty in Calling for End of the Iditarod

http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/28492502/peta-cites-dog-cruelty-in-calling-for-end-of-the-iditarod

Coke a Healthy Snack? How Company Gets Its Message Out

http://news.yahoo.com/coke-healthy-snack-company-gets-message-104133830.html

SONG OF THE DAY

The New Seekers – I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiri_EDfU8U

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Energy News Digest for March 13, 2015

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for March 13, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/ovx39yz

One-Day Heat Wave on Friday (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2015/03/one-day-heat-wave-on-friday.html

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Inslee Cap-&-Trade Bill to Open Legislative Session’s Second Act (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)

http://washingtonstatewire.com/blog/inslee-cap-trade-bill-open-legislative-sessions-second-act/

Wanapum Pool Should Start Refilling within Six Weeks (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/wanapum-pool-should-start-refilling-within-six-weeks/article_f6cd6878-c90f-11e4-a33d-17df9b46918b.html

It’s Official: Olympic Mountains – Source of Our Water Supply – In a State of Drought (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20150310/NEWS/303109978/its-official-olympic-mountains-8212-source-of-our-water-supply

Assembly Line Nuclear Reactors Are Quietly Building Steam in the Pacific Northwest (Motherboard)

http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/read/assembly-line-nuclear-reactors-are-quietly-building-steam-in-the-northwest

Your Shower is Wasting Huge Amounts of Energy & Water – Here’s What You Can Do About It (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/03/04/your-shower-is-wasting-huge-amounts-of-energy-and-water-heres-what-to-do-about-it/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

1. Wanapum Pool Should Start Refilling within Six Weeks
2. Assembly Line Nuclear Reactors Are Quietly Building Steam in the Pacific Northwest
3. Why the Nuclear Energy World is Thinking Small
4. Montana Raises Concerns about Washington State Bill to Study Closing Coal Plant
5. Franklin PUD Names New General Manager
6. Bonneville Looks to Pour $5 Million toward Energy Entrepreneurs
7. Cowlitz PUD Approves Cyber Security Policy
8. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory – Meet the New Director of the Northwest’s Premier Research Lab
9. KONP/Clallam PUD Sponsored Home & Lifestyle Show Arrives
10. Montana: Union Officials – Glencore’s Promises to Reopen Columbia Falls Aluminum Were ‘A Sham’
11. California PUC Aims to Replace Shuttered Nuclear & Gas with More ‘Preferred Resources’
12. J.P. Morgan Faces Suit over California Power Market Manipulation Claims
13. Can’t All Nuclear Just Get on the Same Page?
14. France’s Nuclear Love Affair Too Strong to Let Areva Fail
15. Okanogan PUD in Preliminary Talks to Swap Enloe Dam for Fish Habitat
16. Washington Battling Major Threat to Columbia Salmon – Northern Pike
17. Starving Sea Lions Washing Ashore by the Hundreds in California
18. What’s Killing Millions of Starfish on the West Coast?
19. It’s Official: Olympic Mountains – Source of Our Water Supply – In a State of Drought
20. How Portlanders May Get to Enjoy Early Spring Now & Avoid Drought Later
21. Some Kittitas County Residents Express Concern over Plans for Water Storage
22. Washington State Senate OKs Bill Giving Utilities Option on Renewable Energy
23. Editorial: Waste-To-Energy Plant at Least as Green as Tiny N-Reactors
24. Energy Department Releases New Wind Report, Examines Future of Industry
25. Report: Wind Power Could Be 35% of Supply by 2050
26. Utilities Wage Campaign against Rooftop Solar
27. Your Shower is Wasting Huge Amounts of Energy & Water – Here’s What You Can Do About It
28. How a New Kind of Thermostat Could Lower Home Energy Costs & Help Save the Planet
29. U-S Senate: Portman, Shaheen Keep Hope Alive on Energy-Efficiency Bill
30. Survey: Washington State High Schoolers Say Pot is Easy to Get, Not Harmful
31. Cle Elum Council Bans Marijuana Distribution
32. Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill to be Introduced in U-S Senate
33. Global Carbon Emissions Flatlined in 2014 Even as Economy Grew
34. Study Says Climate Change Will Continue to Pick Up through the Century
35. No, Cosmic Rays Aren’t Causing Global Warming
36. Energy Quote of the Day: On Florida’s Climate Change Denial
37. GM Recalls Chevrolet Volt over Carbon Monoxide
38. U-S Arctic Envoy Won’t ‘Let It Go’ – He’s Still Talking with Disney to Use Frozen to Teach Climate Change
39. FCC Sets Net Neutrality Rules
40. Here Are All 400 Pages of the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules
41. Four Steps to Simplify Your Daily Social Media Activities
42. Child Advocates: Halt Production of ‘Creepy’ Interactive Barbie Doll
43. Inslee Cap-&-Trade Bill to Open Legislative Session’s Second Act
44. Commentary: Washington State Senate’s Collision with Science & Climate Change
45. Washington State Cap-&-Trade: Not Just Smokestacks, But a Broader Tax Based on Energy Consumption
46. Editorial: Inslee’s Cap & Trade a Bad Idea for Washington State
47. Oregon Hailed For Making Low-Carbon Fuels the Law
48. Worker Falls to Death at Seattle’s 520 Bridge
49. Shelton Group Vows to Keep Fighting to Save Swimming Pool
50. Belfair Woman Attempts to Help Neighbor, Mistaken for Attempted Abduction
51. Cowlitz Tribe Casino Plan: ‘It’s Our Homeland’
52. Vague Email Rules Let Federal Agencies Decide When to Hit Save or Delete

WORD OF THE DAY

Fracas • \FRAKE-uss\ • Noun - A noisy quarrel: brawl

The ornate hall where the national tiddlywinks championships was to have been held that cold, bitter day in January was in shambles. The secretive “Greasy Thumb McGee” doping scandal had leaked to the press overnight in a secretive, dark underground parking garage. The resulting fracas at the opening ceremonies sent fans and participants screaming towards the exit. The only injury was to McGee, who sprained his steroid-enhanced thumb as he tried jabbing it into the eye of his rival, Ben “The Crooked Index” Bartholomew.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Wanapum Pool Should Start Refilling within Six Weeks (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/wanapum-pool-should-start-refilling-within-six-weeks/article_f6cd6878-c90f-11e4-a33d-17df9b46918b.html

Assembly Line Nuclear Reactors Are Quietly Building Steam in the Pacific Northwest (Motherboard)

http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/read/assembly-line-nuclear-reactors-are-quietly-building-steam-in-the-northwest

Why the Nuclear Energy World is Thinking Small (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/why-nuclear-energy-world-thinking-small

Montana Raises Concerns about Washington State Bill to Study Closing Coal Plant (Associated Press)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2015/mar/12/montana-raises-concerns-about-bill-to-study-closin/

Franklin PUD Names New General Manager (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2015/03/10/3450926/franklin-pud-names-new-general.html

Bonneville Looks to Pour $5 Million toward Energy Entrepreneurs (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2015/03/bonneville-looks-to-pour-5m-toward-energy.html

Cowlitz PUD Approves Cyber Security Policy (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/cowlitz-pud-approves-cyber-security-policy/article_82d97b70-c912-11e4-8d01-8b26810c2ee4.html

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory – Meet the New Director of the Northwest’s Premier Research Lab (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2015/03/meet-the-new-director-of-the-northwests-premier.html

KONP/Clallam PUD Sponsored Home & Lifestyle Show Arrives (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/10528

Montana: Union Officials – Glencore’s Promises to Reopen Columbia Falls Aluminum Were ‘A Sham’ (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)

http://flatheadbeacon.com/2015/03/11/union-officials-glencores-promises-to-reopen-were-a-sham/

California PUC Aims to Replace Shuttered Nuclear & Gas with More ‘Preferred Resources’ – renewable energy, efficiency measures, demand response, & energy storage (Breaking Energy)

http://breakingenergy.com/2015/03/12/california-puc-aims-to-replace-shuttered-nuclear-and-gas-with-more-preferred-resources/

J.P. Morgan Faces Suit over California Power Market Manipulation Claims (Reuters)

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N0WD19P20150311?irpc=932

Can’t All Nuclear Just Get on the Same Page? (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2015/03/12/cant-all-nuclear-just-get-on-the-same-page/

France’s Nuclear Love Affair Too Strong to Let Areva Fail (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/11/us-france-nuclear-areva-idUSKBN0M71AB20150311

FISH & WILDLIFE

Okanogan PUD in Preliminary Talks to Swap Enloe Dam for Fish Habitat (Methow Valley News, Twisp, WA)

http://methowvalleynews.com/2015/03/12/pud-in-preliminary-talks-to-swap-enloe-dam-for-fish-habitat/

Washington Battling Major Threat to Columbia Salmon – Northern Pike (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/life/2015/03/10/washington-battling-major-threat-columbia-salmon/24717153/

Starving Sea Lions Washing Ashore by the Hundreds in California (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/13/us/starving-sea-lions-washing-ashore-by-the-hundreds-in-california.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

What’s Killing Millions of Starfish on the West Coast? (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2015/03/11/3452470/massive-starfish-deaths-prompt.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

It’s Official: Olympic Mountains – Source of Our Water Supply – In a State of Drought (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20150310/NEWS/303109978/its-official-olympic-mountains-8212-source-of-our-water-supply

How Portlanders May Get to Enjoy Early Spring Now & Avoid Drought Later (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2015/03/how-portlanders-may-get-to-enjoy-early-spring-now.html

Some Kittitas County Residents Express Concern over Plans for Water Storage (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/yhr/thursday/2989125-8/some-kittitas-county-residents-express-concern-over-plans

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Washington State Senate OKs Bill Giving Utilities Option on Renewable Energy (Associated Press)

https://news.yahoo.com/senate-oks-bill-giving-utilities-025439906.html

Editorial: Waste-To-Energy Plant at Least as Green as Tiny N-Reactors (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/mar/13/editorial-waste-to-energy-plant-at-least-as-green/

Energy Department Releases New Wind Report, Examines Future of Industry (Breaking Energy)

http://breakingenergy.com/2015/03/12/energy-department-releases-new-wind-report-examines-future-of-industry/

Report: Wind Power Could Be 35% of Supply by 2050 (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/12/obama-wind-power-report-energy-department/70160824/

Utilities Wage Campaign against Rooftop Solar (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/utilities-sensing-threat-put-squeeze-on-booming-solar-roof-industry/2015/03/07/2d916f88-c1c9-11e4-ad5c-3b8ce89f1b89_story.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Your Shower is Wasting Huge Amounts of Energy & Water – Here’s What You Can Do About It (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/03/04/your-shower-is-wasting-huge-amounts-of-energy-and-water-heres-what-to-do-about-it/

How a New Kind of Thermostat Could Lower Home Energy Costs & Help Save the Planet (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2015/03/the_gadget_that_promises_to_lo.html

U-S Senate: Portman, Shaheen Keep Hope Alive on Energy-Efficiency Bill (National Journal)

http://www.nationaljournal.com/energy/portman-shaheen-keep-hope-alive-on-energy-efficiency-bill-20150310

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Survey: Washington State High Schoolers Say Pot is Easy to Get, Not Harmful (Associated Press)

http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/Survey-High-school-kids-say-pot-is-easy-to-get-not-harmful-296101361.html

Cle Elum Council Bans Marijuana Distribution (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)

http://www.dailyrecordnews.com/members/cle-elum-council-bans-marijuana-distribution/article_99e22488-c814-11e4-a920-7787a0e67500.html

Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill to be Introduced in U-S Senate (Marijuana Business Daily)

http://mmjbusinessdaily.com/medical-marijuana-legalization-bill-to-be-introduced-in-u-s-senate/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Global Carbon Emissions Flatlined in 2014 Even as Economy Grew (TIME Magazine)

http://time.com/3744135/global-carbon-emissions-carbon-dioxide-climate-change/

Study Says Climate Change Will Continue to Pick Up through the Century (NBC News)

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/climate-change-will-continue-pick-through-century-study-n320001

No, Cosmic Rays Aren’t Causing Global Warming (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/03/12/no-cosmic-rays-arent-causing-global-warming/

Energy Quote of the Day: On Florida’s Climate Change Denial (Breaking Energy)

http://breakingenergy.com/2015/03/10/energy-quote-of-the-day-on-floridas-climate-change-denial/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

GM Recalls Chevrolet Volt over Carbon Monoxide (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/03/12/gm-chevrolet-volt-carbon-monoxide/70238228/

U-S Arctic Envoy Won’t ‘Let It Go’ - He’s Still Talking with Disney to Use Frozen to Teach Climate Change (National Journal)

http://www.nationaljournal.com/energy/top-u-s-arctic-envoy-still-talking-with-disney-to-use-frozen-to-teach-kids-about-climate-change-20150312

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

FCC Sets Net Neutrality Rules (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/13/technology/fcc-releases-net-neutrality-rules.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Here Are All 400 Pages of the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/03/12/here-are-all-400-pages-of-the-fccs-net-neutrality-rules/?wprss=rss_technology

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Four Steps to Simplify Your Daily Social Media Activities (Social Media Examiner)

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/simplify-your-daily-social-media-activities/

Child Advocates: Halt Production of ‘Creepy’ Interactive Barbie Doll (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2015/03/11/3452396_child-advocates-halt-production.html?rh=1

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Inslee Cap-&-Trade Bill to Open Legislative Session’s Second Act (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)

http://washingtonstatewire.com/blog/inslee-cap-trade-bill-open-legislative-sessions-second-act/

Commentary: Washington State Senate’s Collision with Science & Climate Change (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/state-senates-collision-with-science-and-climate-change/

Washington State Cap-&-Trade: Not Just Smokestacks, But a Broader Tax Based on Energy Consumption – Budget Committee Hearing Puts Revenue Sources in Sharper Focus (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)

http://washingtonstatewire.com/blog/cap-trade-just-smokestacks-broader-tax-based-energy-consumption/

Editorial: Inslee’s Cap & Trade a Bad Idea for Washington State (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2015/03/13/3455110/our-voice-inslees-cap-and-trade.html

Oregon Hailed For Making Low-Carbon Fuels the Law (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2015/03/oregon-hailed-for-making-low-carbon-fuels-the-law.html

GENERAL NEWS

Worker Falls to Death at Seattle’s 520 Bridge (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/Worker-falls-to-death-at-520-bridge-6132092.php

Shelton Group Vows to Keep Fighting to Save Swimming Pool (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/2015/03/08/3615402_friends-of-the-shelton-pool-want.html?rh=1

Belfair Woman Attempts to Help Neighbor, Mistaken for Attempted Abduction (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/local-news/353717/

Cowlitz Tribe Casino Plan: ‘It’s Our Homeland’ – Cowlitz Indian Tribe secures reservation, plans to build casino & hotel (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2015/03/12/cowlitz-tribe-casino-plan-its-our-homeland/

Vague Email Rules Let Federal Agencies Decide When to Hit Save or Delete (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/14/us/politics/vague-email-rules-let-federal-agencies-decide-when-to-hit-save-or-delete.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

DIVERSIONS

Fans Told to Stop Copying Breaking Bad’s Walter White & Throwing Pizza on Roof

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/31833074

Bride Walks Out on Groom after He Botches Simple Math Problem

http://nypost.com/2015/03/13/bride-walks-out-on-groom-after-he-botches-simple-math-problem/

Pi, Pies Figure in Business’s Celebration

http://union-bulletin.com/news/2015/mar/12/pi-pies-figure-businesss-celebration/

Wildlife Officers Resuscitate Poached Sturgeon in California

http://news.yahoo.com/wildlife-officers-resuscitate-poached-sturgeon-california-180121844.html

SONG OF THE DAY

The Archies - Sugar, Sugar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JywK_5bT8z0

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Bonneville Power Administration Not Worried about Low Snowpack (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/bpa-not-worried-about-low-snowpack

Puget Sound Energy to Join Western Imbalance Market (Argus Media)

http://www.argusmedia.com/News/Article?id=1003641

What Could Oregon’s Clean Fuels Bill Mean to Your Wallet? (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.katu.com/news/problemsolver/What-could-Oregons-Clean-Fuels-bill-mean-to-your-wallet-295273991.html

FCC’s Other Decision Aims to Spur Local Broadband (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/03/05/fcc-approve-municipal-broadband-exemption/24439695/

Washington State House Approves Marijuana Deals with Tribes (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/2015/03/06/washington-house-approves-marijuana-deals-with-tribes/24484219/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

1. Bonneville Power Administration Not Worried about Low Snowpack
2. Puget Sound Energy to Join Western Imbalance Market
3. Analysis: Pacific Northwest U-S Winter Hydro Output Rises
4. Power Failure Exposes Lower Valley Fruit Buds
5. Washington State House Passes, Sends Senate Bill to Improve Safety of Oil Movement
6. Can Republicans Block Obama’s Clean Energy Plans?
7. How Much Do You Know about Your Electric Utility?
8. Will Seattle Have Enough Water This Summer?
9. Ancient Mars Had an Ocean, Scientists Say
10. National Solar Installer Group Attacks American Electric Power over ‘Shady Tactics’
11. California: High Desert Residents Weigh-In on County Renewable Energy Policy
12. From Space, World’s Largest Solar Plant Looks Like Someone Playing Tetris
13. Pacific Gas & Electric Reminds Customers: Spring Forward, Fall Back, & Install Energy-Efficient LED Lights
14. Washington State House Approves Marijuana Deals with Tribes
15. Professor Projects Next Five States to Legalize Recreational Marijuana
16. How Potent Are Marijuana Edibles? Lab Tests Yield Surprising Results
17. What Could Oregon’s Clean Fuels Bill Mean to Your Wallet?
18. Green Leaders Praise Oregon House for Clean Fuels Vote, Challenge Washington State to Do the Same
19. Paul Ryan’s Climate Change Confusion
20. FCC’s Other Decision Aims to Spur Local Broadband
21. Net Neutrality Ruling Doesn’t End Debate
22. This New GOP Bill Would Completely Gut the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules
23. False Alarm: Netflix Says No Change in Net Neutrality Support
24. Idaho Department Of Administration Declares Emergency, Gives CenturyLink $1.88 Million Broadband Contract
25. Apple Will Replace AT&T in the Dow Jones Industrial Average
26. Facebook is Removing Likes from Deactivated Accounts
27. ISIS Is Adept on Twitter, Study Finds
28. Looking to Buy a Prius, an Oregon Man Encounters a Racial Epithet on Carfax
29. “Sustainability Leader” Badges on Walmart Products Don’t Mean Items Are Good for Environment
30. Oregon’s Top Administrator Resigns in Wake of Kitzhaber Fiasco
31. One Killed in Central Washington School Bus Crash – 43 Kids Taken to Hospital
32. Daylight Saving Time Starts Sunday Morning
33. Daylight Saving Time Screws Us Up, So Why Do We Keep Springing Forward?
34. Graffiti-Spraying Youth Caught by Shelton Cops
35. Lake Quinault School District Being Investigated amid Allegations of Embezzlement
36. State Basketball Tourney: Mary M Knight Girls Lose in First Round – On to Consolation Bracket
37. Would You Call 911 on Another Parent?

WORD OF THE DAY

Gourmand • \GOOR-mahnd\ • noun – 1: one who is excessively fond of eating & drinking *2: one who is heartily interested in good food & drink

“Ahhh…that’s good eatin’,” grunted Roderick. He was basking in the afterglow of his fourth annual Haggis Harvest Festival in Glasgow, Scotland. He was considered among his Highlander friends a gourmand of the gastronomically curious national dish of Scotland. When asked what made good haggis, he replied “Just like good sausage, it’s best that ye not know.”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Bonneville Power Administration Not Worried about Low Snowpack (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/bpa-not-worried-about-low-snowpack

Puget Sound Energy to Join Western Imbalance Market (Argus Media)

http://www.argusmedia.com/News/Article?id=1003641

Analysis: Pacific Northwest U-S Winter Hydro Output Rises (Argus Media)

http://www.argusmedia.com/News/Article?id=1003130

Power Failure Exposes Lower Valley Fruit Buds (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/latestlocalnews/2969581-8/power-failure-exposes-lower-valley-fruit-buds

Washington State House Passes, Sends Senate Bill to Improve Safety of Oil Movement (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2015/03/05/house-passes-sends-senate-bill-to-improve-safety-of-oil-movement-in-washington/

Can Republicans Block Obama’s Clean Energy Plans? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Energy/2015/0305/Can-Republicans-block-Obama-s-clean-energy-plans

How Much Do You Know about Your Electric Utility? (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/coley-girouard/2201086/how-much-do-you-know-about-your-electric-utility

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Will Seattle Have Enough Water This Summer? (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2015/03/will-seattle-have-enough-water-this.html

Ancient Mars Had an Ocean, Scientists Say (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/06/science/mars-had-an-ocean-scientists-say-pointing-to-new-data.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

National Solar Installer Group Attacks American Electric Power over ‘Shady Tactics’ (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/national-solar-installer-group-attacks-aep-over-shady-tactics/371936/

California: High Desert Residents Weigh-In on County Renewable Energy Policy (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Ontario, CA)

http://www.dailybulletin.com/environment-and-nature/20150305/high-desert-residents-weigh-in-on-county-renewable-energy-policy

From Space, World’s Largest Solar Plant Looks Like Someone Playing Tetris (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/worlds-largest-solar-plant-looks-like-someone-playing-t-1689817522

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Pacific Gas & Electric Reminds Customers: Spring Forward, Fall Back, & Install Energy-Efficient LED Lights (PG&E Currents)

http://www.pgecurrents.com/2015/03/05/pge-reminds-customers-spring-forward-fall-back-and-install-energy-efficient-led-lights/

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Washington State House Approves Marijuana Deals with Tribes (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/2015/03/06/washington-house-approves-marijuana-deals-with-tribes/24484219/

Professor Projects Next Five States to Legalize Recreational Marijuana (Marijuana Business Daily)

http://mmjbusinessdaily.com/professor-projects-next-5-states-to-legalize-rec/

How Potent Are Marijuana Edibles? Lab Tests Yield Surprising Results (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/marijuana/index.ssf/2015/03/how_potent_are_marijuana_edibl.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

What Could Oregon’s Clean Fuels Bill Mean to Your Wallet? (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.katu.com/news/problemsolver/What-could-Oregons-Clean-Fuels-bill-mean-to-your-wallet-295273991.html

Green Leaders Praise Oregon House for Clean Fuels Vote, Challenge Washington State to Do the Same (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2015/03/green-leaders-praise-oregon-house-for-clean-fuels.html

Paul Ryan’s Climate Change Confusion (U-S News & World Report)

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/economic-intelligence/2015/03/06/paul-ryan-doesnt-get-it-on-climate-change-economics

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

FCC’s Other Decision Aims to Spur Local Broadband (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/03/05/fcc-approve-municipal-broadband-exemption/24439695/

Net Neutrality Ruling Doesn’t End Debate (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/larry-magid/ci_27653770/magid-net-neutrality-ruling-doesnt-end-debate

This New GOP Bill Would Completely Gut the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/03/05/this-new-gop-bill-would-completely-gut-the-fccs-net-neutrality-rules/?wprss=rss_technology

False Alarm: Netflix Says No Change in Net Neutrality Support (USA Today)

http://americasmarkets.usatoday.com/2015/03/05/362555/

Idaho Department Of Administration Declares Emergency, Gives CenturyLink $1.88 Million Broadband Contract (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2015/03/06/3680270_dept-of-administration-declares.html?rh=1

Apple Will Replace AT&T in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/technology/article/Apple-to-replace-AT-T-in-Dow-6118726.php

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook is Removing Likes from Deactivated Accounts (GigaOM)

https://gigaom.com/2015/03/05/facebook-is-removing-likes-from-deactivated-accounts/

ISIS Is Adept on Twitter, Study Finds (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/06/world/middleeast/isis-is-skilled-on-twitter-using-thousands-of-accounts-study-says.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Looking to Buy a Prius, an Oregon Man Encounters a Racial Epithet on Carfax (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2015/03/looking_to_buy_a_prius_an_oreg.html

“Sustainability Leader” Badges on Walmart Products Don’t Mean Items Are Good for Environment (Consumerist)

http://consumerist.com/2015/03/06/sustainability-leader-badges-on-walmart-products-dont-mean-items-are-good-for-environment/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Oregon’s Top Administrator Resigns in Wake of Kitzhaber Fiasco (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2015/03/oregons-top-administrator-resigns-in-wake-of.html

GENERAL NEWS

One Killed in Central Washington School Bus Crash – 43 Kids Taken to Hospital (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/1-killed-in-Central-Washington-school-bus-crash-6116924.php

Daylight Saving Time Starts Sunday Morning (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2015/03/daylight-saving-time-starts-sunday.html

Daylight Saving Time Screws Us Up, So Why Do We Keep Springing Forward? (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/11/2723085/Daylight-Saving-Time-screws-us-up-so-why-do-we-keep-springing-forward

Graffiti-Spraying Youth Caught by Shelton Cops (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://kmasnewsradio.com/news/local-state-news/21705-graffiti-spraying-youth-caught-by-cops

Lake Quinault School District Being Investigated amid Allegations of Embezzlement (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/local-news/351835

State Basketball Tourney: Mary M Knight Girls Lose in First Round – On to Consolation Bracket (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/14664#more-14664

Would You Call 911 on Another Parent? (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2015/03/03/would-you-call-911-on-another-parent/?tid=sm_fb

DIVERSIONS

Japan’s Cat Island: A Bad Precedent or New Form of Tourism?

http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/2015/0303/Japan-s-Cat-Island-A-bad-precedent-or-new-form-of-tourism

Iraq Says Islamic State Militants ‘Bulldozed’ Ancient Site

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9b6f845bf29047b0a2602bb711c4dd27/iraq-says-islamic-state-militants-bulldozed-ancient-site

Buy One, Get One Free? Right: Snuggie Seller Settles Charges That It Deceived Customers

http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Snuggie-seller-settles-charges-that-it-deceived-6117444.php

The Man Who Posted (Mailed) Himself to Australia

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31700049

SONG OF THE DAY

The Beatles – Got to Get You into My Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxhhFOnXs2M

Earth Wind & Fire – Got to Get You into My Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJPWXq6b1fA

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

Note that as some newspapers migrate to a “paywall” system of access, some articles may not be available without forking over some cold hard credit card cash. However, some sites will allow a certain number of story accesses per month before holding out their hand. Sorry if this is an inconvenience.