Energy News Digest for May 27, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for May 27, 2016

http://tinyurl.com/gwv49sb

Memorial Day Weather Statistics

http://tinyurl.com/zzsmjo2

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Mason PUD 1 Commission Formally Opposes Carbon Tax Initiative (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/20577

Washington State & Tribal Officials Agree On Puget Sound Salmon Season (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://www.kxro.com/state-tribal-officials-agree-fishing-season/

Comcast Loses Key Oregon Tax Rulings, with ‘Tens of Millions’ at Stake (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2016/05/comcast_loses_key_oregon_tax_r.html

Montana, Idaho, Wyoming Want to Be Heard on Longview Coal Terminal Permit (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/montana-idaho-wyoming-want-be-heard-longview-coal-terminal-permit

Judges Reject Steens Mountain Wind Project (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/judges-reject-steens-mountain-wind-project/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Montana, Idaho, Wyoming Want to Be Heard on Longview Coal Terminal Permit
• Forget Cars, These Guys Build Nuclear Reactors in Their Back Yards
• Lewis County PUD Commissioner Candidate Withdraws
• Snohomish PUD – Hack My Servers, Please
• Washington State & Tribal Officials Agree On Puget Sound Salmon Season
• Idaho: Middle Fork Could Regain Role as Salmon Nursery
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: Feds Hammered for Impact on Sage Grouse
• Cowlitz PUD Osprey Cam: First Chick Hatches, More on the Way
• Is the Drought Making California’s Beaches Cleaner?
• Judges Reject Steens Mountain Wind Project
• Clean Energy: Governor Attends Ravalli Electric Cooperative Valley Solar Project Ribbon Cutting
• Mason PUD 1 Commission Formally Opposes Carbon Tax Initiative
• Moses Lake: Solar Cars Race Down the Track – Fifth-Grade Energy Powers Annual Event
• Comcast Loses Key Oregon Tax Rulings, with ‘Tens of Millions’ at Stake
• Microsoft, Facebook to Build Transatlantic Subsea Cable
• Apple Must Shut Down iMessage, FaceTime: Lawsuit Demands
• New Study Revives Old Cell Phone & Cancer Risk Debate
• Here’s What to Do If You’re Worried About Cellphones Causing Cancer
• Snapchat Raises $1.81 Billion in New Funding Round
• B-U-R-N! National Spelling Bee Handles a Twitter Troll
• Google Reveals Top Misspelled Word in Each State
• How to Take Jaw-Dropping Photographs of Star Trails
• Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
• U-S House Votes to Enter Conference Committee with Senate on Energy Bills
• More Than 200 Olympic Panel Products Workers to Lose Jobs in Shelton with July Closure
• Lake Cushman: Big Creek Campground Grand Re-Opening Celebration June 2
• Two Gas Leaks Shut Down Streets in Seattle & Bellevue
• Lawsuit Alleges Yakima Employee Was Fired for Old Age
• Mars Is Making Its Closest Approach to Us in a Decade & Here’s How to Watch

WORD OF THE DAY

Aureate ● \OR-ee-ut\ ● Adjective – 1: of a golden color or brilliance 2: marked by grandiloquent & rhetorical style.

Hawaiian sunset

Sun’s rays, an aureate delight

Soothing waves give peace

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Montana, Idaho, Wyoming Want to Be Heard on Longview Coal Terminal Permit (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/montana-idaho-wyoming-want-be-heard-longview-coal-terminal-permit

Forget Cars, These Guys Build Nuclear Reactors in Their Back Yards (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/forget-cars-these-guys-build-nuclear-reactors-in-their-back-yards/2016/05/25/8a4ef73e-1238-11e6-93ae-50921721165d_story.html

Lewis County PUD Commissioner Candidate Withdraws (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2016/05/lewis-county-pud-commissioner-candidate.html

Snohomish PUD – Hack My Servers, Please (EDM Digest)

http://edmdigest.com/opinion/hack-my-servers-please/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Washington State & Tribal Officials Agree On Puget Sound Salmon Season (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://www.kxro.com/state-tribal-officials-agree-fishing-season/

Idaho: Middle Fork Could Regain Role as Salmon Nursery (Idaho Mountain Express, Ketchum, ID)

http://www.mtexpress.com/news/environment/middle-fork-could-regain-role-as-salmon-nursery/article_f278829e-2368-11e6-aba0-2f533de5d069.html

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: Feds Hammered for Impact on Sage Grouse (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2016/05/26/feds-hammered-for-impact-on-sage-grouse.htm

Cowlitz PUD Osprey Cam: First Chick Hatches, More on the Way (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2016/05/27/osprey-cam-first-chick-hatches-more-on-the-way/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Is the Drought Making California’s Beaches Cleaner? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0527/Is-the-drought-making-California-s-beaches-cleaner

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Judges Reject Steens Mountain Wind Project (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/judges-reject-steens-mountain-wind-project/

Clean Energy: Governor Attends Ravalli Electric Cooperative Valley Solar Project Ribbon Cutting (Ravalli Republic, MT)

http://ravallirepublic.com/news/local/article_22a4cdc8-23a6-11e6-a091-73781fe88270.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Mason PUD 1 Commission Formally Opposes Carbon Tax Initiative (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/20577

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Moses Lake: Solar Cars Race Down the Track – Fifth-Grade Energy Powers Annual Event (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/school_news/solar-cars-race-down-the-track/article_e9568ace-239c-11e6-a740-bf76c10a267a.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Comcast Loses Key Oregon Tax Rulings, with ‘Tens of Millions’ at Stake (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2016/05/comcast_loses_key_oregon_tax_r.html

Microsoft, Facebook to Build Transatlantic Subsea Cable (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-facebook-cable-idUSKCN0YH26Q

Apple Must Shut Down iMessage, FaceTime: Lawsuit Demands (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.siliconbeat.com/2016/05/27/apple-hit-lawsuit-demand-shut-imessage-facetime/?source=rss

New Study Revives Old Cell Phone & Cancer Risk Debate (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.siliconbeat.com/2016/05/27/new-study-revives-old-cell-phone-cancer-risk-debate/?source=rss

Here’s What to Do If You’re Worried About Cellphones Causing Cancer (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2016/05/27/cellphone-cancer/

MARKETING & MEDIA

Snapchat Raises $1.81 Billion in New Funding Round (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-snapchat-funding-idUSKCN0YH13Z

B-U-R-N! National Spelling Bee Handles a Twitter Troll (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2016/05/27/b-u-r-n-national-spelling-bee-handles-a-twitter-troll/

Google Reveals Top Misspelled Word in Each State (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2016/05/27/google-reveals-top-misspelled-word-in-each-state/

How to Take Jaw-Dropping Photographs of Star Trails (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2016/05/27/photographing-star-trails/

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2016/05/27/consumerist-friday-flickr-finds-334/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

U-S House Votes to Enter Conference Committee with Senate on Energy Bills (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/us-house-votes-to-enter-conference-committee-with-senate-on-energy-bills/419983/

GENERAL NEWS

More Than 200 Olympic Panel Products Workers to Lose Jobs in Shelton with July Closure (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/more-than-olympic-panel-products-workers-to-lose-jobs-in/article_9ff2f698-2378-11e6-9df0-d36a9faa0053.html

Lake Cushman: Big Creek Campground Grand Re-Opening Celebration June 2 – U-S Forest Service & Tacoma Power (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/20575

Two Gas Leaks Shut Down Streets in Seattle & Bellevue (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/302059/two-gas-leaks-in-puget-sound-shut-down-roads/

Lawsuit Alleges Yakima Employee Was Fired for Old Age (Associated Press)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20160526/BIZ02/160529317

Mars Is Making Its Closest Approach to Us in a Decade & Here’s How to Watch (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/mars-is-making-its-closest-approach-to-us-in-a-decade-a-1778753347

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Stoned Sheep Cause Mayhem in Swansea Valley after Eating Cannabis Plants

http://www.southwalesguardian.co.uk/news/14518441.Stoned_sheep_cause_mayhem_in_Swansea_Valley_after_eating_cannabis_plants/

Crows: Bird Takes Off with Knife from Crime Scene

http://www.newser.com/story/225691/bird-takes-off-with-knife-from-crime-scene.html

Man Killed By More Than 1,000 Bee Stings in Arizona Park

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-arizona-bees-idUSKCN0YI1O8

World’s Oldest Stamps Traveling to New York in Bomb-Proof Case

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/05/26/worlds-oldest-stamps-traveling-ny-bomb-proof-case/84917636/

SONG OF THE DAY

Rimsky-Korsakov – Flight of the Bumblebee (Orchestra)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYAJopwEYv8

Harry James – Flight of the Bumblebee (Big Band, Trumpet)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxS7llr8x_4

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Energy News Digest for May 26, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for May 26, 2016

http://tinyurl.com/ztho6hk

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Equipment Failure Causes Large Power Outage in Downtown Seattle (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2016/05/25/downtown-seattle-power-outage/

Feds Reject Request to Lift Snake River Fall Chinook Listing (Associated Press)

http://mynorthwest.com/301893/feds-reject-request-to-lift-snake-river-fall-chinook-listing/

Franklin PUD Community Solar Making Power, Shade (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article79957192.html

Thieves Steal Stream Monitoring Equipment at Multiple Washington State Rivers (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20160526/NEWS01/160529340

Olympic Panel of Shelton Will Close at the Cost of 217 Jobs (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/business/article79854142.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Equipment Failure Causes Large Power Outage in Downtown Seattle
• Lessons Learned from Seattle’s Major Power Outage
• Montana Power Plant Needs New Operator by May 2018
• Bear Cub Rescued from Bonneville Power Administration Substation in Shelton Returns Home
• Vancouver Planning Commission Votes to Prohibit Oil Terminals on City Land
• Pacific Gas & Electric Accuses Prosecutors of Deceptions in San Bruno Blast Probe
• Lewis County PUD Equal Payment Plan
• Tennessee: Watts Bar Nuclear Unit Splits Atoms for First Time
• Bonneville Power Administration Celebrates 75th Anniversary of Woody Guthrie’s Columbia River Songs
• Feds Reject Request to Lift Snake River Fall Chinook Listing
• Washington State, Tribes Reaching Agreement over Puget Sound Salmon Fishing
• Michigan Officials to Consider Rules on Fish ‘Chumming’
• Salmon Passage Debate Nets State Title for Reardan FFA
• Thieves Steal Stream Monitoring Equipment at Multiple Washington State Rivers
• Congress Wading into California’s Long-Running Water War
• Franklin PUD Community Solar Making Power, Shade
• Clallam PUD’s Solar Project Perseveres
• Nevada: Millions Raised on Both Sides of Rooftop Solar Tax Initiative Referendum
• With Huge Peace River Dam Project in the Wings, Two British Columbia Wind Farm Projects Halted
• LED Sales Top 25% of Market for First Time, More Growth to Come
• EnerNOC Is Selling Its Utility Engagement Software Business
• Planning a Trip? Here’s How to Save Energy at Home While You’re Gone
• Mason County’s Green Economy: Marijuana Sales Grow
• Federal Marijuana Smuggling Is Declining In The Era Of Legal Weed
• Cloud Seeding Challenges Our Understanding of Global Warming
• Editorial: The Portland School Board’s Climate-Change Meltdown
• Solar Impulse lands in Pennsylvania
• Microsoft Denies Forcing Windows 10 Upgrade
• AT&T’s Broadband Caps Go Live This Week – The Opening Salvo in an All-Out War on Cord Cutters
• Verizon Strike Heads for Court Showdown Thursday
• Virginia: Norfolk Bringing Free Public Wi-Fi to Neighborhood
• Tech Five: Twitter Ditching the Buy Button
• Is Vine Dying? A new analysis finds a “mass exodus” of the platform’s most popular accounts
• KPLU Supporters Reach $7 Million Mark
• South Bend Apologizes for Lifting Salt Lake’s Tourism Campaign Almost Wholesale
• Six Visual Apps for Creating Social Media Content
• LGBT Fight Sinks House Energy & Water Spending Bill
• Trump Reaches the Magic Number to Clinch Republican Presidential Nomination
• Olympic Panel of Shelton Will Close at the Cost of 217 Jobs
• Washington State Prepping Early for Wildfire Season
• Traffic Fatalities in the Pacific Northwest Rising at Fastest Rate in the Country
• Mason County Commission Renews Chemical Dependency, Mental Health Sales Tax
• Reception Held for Dave O’Leary, Retiring Shelton City Administrator
• Bing Cherry Crop a “Disaster”; 30 Percent Could Be Lost
• Canadians Shamed for Disrespecting Iconic American Landmarks

WORD OF THE DAY

Euphemism • \YOO-fuh-miz-um\ • Noun – The substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant; also: the expression so substituted

“Never answer your cell phone in the bathroom,” advised the grizzled information technology professional to his fresh-faced new charge. “If you do, the euphemism should always be ‘I’m in the equipment room.’ That always explains the odd echo.”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Equipment Failure Causes Large Power Outage in Downtown Seattle (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2016/05/25/downtown-seattle-power-outage/

Lessons Learned from Seattle’s Major Power Outage (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/301774/hold-on-to-your-ukuleles-when-seattles-power-grid-fails/

Montana Power Plant Needs New Operator by May 2018 (Associated Press)

http://mynorthwest.com/300921/montana-power-plant-needs-new-operator-by-may-2018/

Bear Cub Rescued from Bonneville Power Administration Substation in Shelton Returns Home (Bonneville Power Administration)

https://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Bear-cub-rescued-in-Shelton-returns-home.aspx

Vancouver Planning Commission Votes to Prohibit Oil Terminals on City Land

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2016/05/vancouver-planning-commission-votes-to-prohibit.html

Pacific Gas & Electric Accuses Prosecutors of Deceptions in San Bruno Blast Probe (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/PG-E-accuses-prosecutors-of-deceptions-in-San-7945716.php

Lewis County PUD Equal Payment Plan (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2016/05/lewis-county-pud-equal-payment-plan.html

Tennessee: Watts Bar Nuclear Unit Splits Atoms for First Time (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/power-supply/power-plants/watts-bar-nuclear-unit-splits-atoms-for-first-time/91920

Bonneville Power Administration Celebrates 75th Anniversary of Woody Guthrie’s Columbia River Songs (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2016/05/bonneville-power-administration.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Feds Reject Request to Lift Snake River Fall Chinook Listing (Associated Press)

http://mynorthwest.com/301893/feds-reject-request-to-lift-snake-river-fall-chinook-listing/

Washington State, Tribes Reaching Agreement over Puget Sound Salmon Fishing (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/tech/science/environment/state-tribes-reach-agreement-over-salmon-fishing/215019034

Michigan Officials to Consider Rules on Fish ‘Chumming’ (Associated Press)

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2016/05/26/michigan-officials-to-consider-rules-on-fish-chumming/

Salmon Passage Debate Nets State Title for Reardan FFA (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/may/25/in-brief-salmon-passage-debate-nets-state-title-fo/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Thieves Steal Stream Monitoring Equipment at Multiple Washington State Rivers (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20160526/NEWS01/160529340

Congress Wading into California’s Long-Running Water War (Associated Press)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-wading-californias-long-running-water-war-183201383--politics.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Franklin PUD Community Solar Making Power, Shade (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article79957192.html

Clallam PUD’s Solar Project Perseveres (Sequim Gazette, WA)

http://www.sequimgazette.com/news/380850601.html

Nevada: Millions Raised on Both Sides of Rooftop Solar Tax Initiative Referendum (Las Vegas Review Journal, NV)

http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/energy/millions-raised-both-sides-rooftop-solar-tax-initiative-referendum

With Huge Peace River Dam Project in the Wings, Two British Columbia Wind Farm Projects Halted (Globe & Mail, Canada)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/two-bc-wind-farm-projects-halted-with-huge-site-c-dam-in-wings/article30170273/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

LED Sales Top 25% of Market for First Time, More Growth to Come (The Energy Collective)

http://www.theenergycollective.com/djwamsted/2379249/led-sales-top-25-of-market-for-first-time-more-growth-to-come

EnerNOC Is Selling Its Utility Engagement Software Business (GreenTech Media)

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/enernoc-puts-utility-engagement-software-up-for-sale

Planning a Trip? Here’s How to Save Energy at Home While You’re Gone (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/living/planning-a-trip-heres-how-to-save-energy-at-home-while-youre-gone/

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Mason County’s Green Economy: Marijuana Sales Grow (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/mason-county-s-green-economy-marijuana-sales-grow/article_343f5c84-22d8-11e6-b7c4-f7d91c888075.html

Federal ​Marijuana Smuggling Is Declining In The Era Of Legal Weed (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/05/26/federal%E2%80%8B-marijuana-smuggling-is-declining-in-the-era-of-legal-weed/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Cloud Seeding Challenges Our Understanding of Global Warming (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0526/Cloud-seeding-challenges-our-understanding-of-global-warming

Editorial: The Portland School Board’s Climate-Change Meltdown (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/05/portland_school_board_serves_u.html

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Solar Impulse lands in Pennsylvania (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36386858

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Microsoft Denies Forcing Windows 10 Upgrade (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/may/25/microsoft-denies-forcing-windows-10-upgrade/

AT&T’s Broadband Caps Go Live This Week – The Opening Salvo in an All-Out War on Cord Cutters (TechDirt)

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160524/06013534532/atts-broadband-caps-go-live-this-week-are-opening-salvo-all-out-war-cord-cutters.shtml

Verizon Strike Heads for Court Showdown Thursday (Trenton News Journal, DE)

http://www.delawareonline.com/story/money/2016/05/25/verizon-strike-heads-court-thursday/84904544/

Virginia: Norfolk Bringing Free Public Wi-Fi to Neighborhood (Associated Press)

http://wtop.com/virginia/2016/05/norfolk-bringing-free-public-wi-fi-to-neighborhood/

MARKETING & MEDIA

Tech Five: Twitter Ditching the Buy Button (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/05/26/tech-five-twitter-ditching-buy-button/84966528/

Is Vine Dying? A new analysis finds a “mass exodus” of the platform’s most popular accounts (Atlantic Magazine)

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/05/vines-death-knell-gets-louder/484301/

KPLU Supporters Reach $7 Million Mark (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article80036057.html

South Bend Apologizes for Lifting Salt Lake’s Tourism Campaign Almost Wholesale (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/south-bend-apologizes-lifting-salt-lakes-tourism-campaign-almost-wholesale-171695

Six Visual Apps for Creating Social Media Content (Social Media Examiner)

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/6-visual-apps-for-creating-social-media-content/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

LGBT Fight Sinks House Energy & Water Spending Bill (Politico)

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/lgbt-fight-sinks-house-spending-bill-223606

Trump Reaches the Magic Number to Clinch Republican Presidential Nomination (Associated Press)

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6fb6b090e8734d8593c0dc65658a4afa/trump-reaches-magic-number-delegates-clinch-nomination

GENERAL NEWS

Olympic Panel of Shelton Will Close at the Cost of 217 Jobs (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/business/article79854142.html

Washington State Prepping Early for Wildfire Season (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2016/05/25/washington-state-prepping-early-for-wildlife-season/

Traffic Fatalities in the Pacific Northwest Rising at Fastest Rate in the Country (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/traffic-fatalities-northwest-rising-fastest-rate-country

Mason County Commission Renews Chemical Dependency, Mental Health Sales Tax (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/mason-leaders-renew-chemical-dependency-mental-health-sales-tax/article_6a82b566-22dd-11e6-aa71-8be6ae4eb6c3.html

Reception Held for Dave O’Leary, Retiring Shelton City Administrator (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/20558

Bing Cherry Crop a “Disaster”; 30 Percent Could Be Lost (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/business/local/bing-cherry-crop-a-disaster-percent-could-be-lost/article_8f05e8ce-2349-11e6-b6c6-2ba9ffc59add.html

Canadians Shamed for Disrespecting Iconic American Landmarks (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/yellowstone-internet-shaming-videos-1.3600196?cmp=rss

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

The 100 Best American Movies in Film History

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/the-100-best-american-movies-in-film-history-1778512589

This Man Lived as a Goat for Nearly a Week – We Asked Him Why (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/05/25/this-man-lived-as-a-goat-for-nearly-a-week-we-asked-him-why/

The Best African American Figure Skater in History is Now Bankrupt & Living in a Trailer

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/the-mystery-of-why-the-best-african-american-figure-skater-in-history-went-bankrupt-and-lives-in-a-trailer/2016/02/25/a191972c-ce99-11e5-abc9-ea152f0b9561_story.html?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_1_na

McDonald’s Makes Green & Red Angry Birds Burgers, Just Makes People Angry

http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/mcdonalds-makes-green-and-red-angry-birds-burgers-just-makes-people-angry-171685

SONG OF THE DAY

Jethro Tull – Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z2RzVhw4rE

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Energy News Digest for May 25, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Benton, Franklin PUD Leaders Oppose Carbon Tax Initiative (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article79580022.html

Proposed Longview Coal Terminal Gets Public Grilling, Props (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/proposed-longview-coal-terminal-gets-public-grilling-props

Emails Cast Clouds over California Energy Regulator’s Ties to Pacific Gas & Electric & Wall Street (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_29934292/emails-cast-clouds-over-puc-ties-pg-e?source=rss

Spring Chinook Salmon Fishing in Lower Columbia River to Reopen for Memorial Day Weekend (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/may/24/spring-chinook-salmon-fishing-in-lower-columbia-river-to-reopen-for-memorial-day-weekend/

Pole Attachment Politics – Where AT&T’s Lawsuit against the City of Louisville Stands (Louisville Business First, TN)

http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2016/05/25/where-at-ts-lawsuit-against-the-citystands.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Proposed Longview Coal Terminal Gets Public Grilling, Props
• Emails Cast Clouds over California Energy Regulator’s Ties to Pacific Gas & Electric & Wall Street
• As Utilities Quietly Turn to Herbicides, a Challenge Arises
• Look Up! Grass Fire Located Off Taylor Flats Road in Pasco Causes Power Outages in the Area
• Jefferson PUD Votes to Accept ‘Disclaimer’ Opinion from State Auditors – Findings to be presented in upcoming public meeting
• Oregon: Hermiston Energy Services Recommends New Substation
• Sacramento Municipal Utility District Launches College Scholarship & Internship Program
• Pacific Gas & Electric, Currents Urges Planning for National Dam Safety Awareness Day, May 31
• Rare Good News on Electricity Demand Comes with a Catch
• Germany’s Renewables Electricity Generation Grows In 2015, But Coal Still Dominant
• Spring Chinook Salmon Fishing in Lower Columbia River to Reopen for Memorial Day Weekend
• Local Wineries Committing to ‘Salmon-Safe’ Growing
• Despite Vote, Cascade Locks Wants Nestle
• Portland Reservoir Project Increases (Again) to $190 Million
• Across the ‘Valley of Death’: How the Wind Industry Will Cope without Tax Credits
• Snohomish County: Energy Grants Will Fund Street Light Upgrades, Updates in Schools
• California Boasts Some of the Lowest Per-Capita Energy Usage in the U-S, Report Says
• Benton, Franklin PUD Leaders Oppose Carbon Tax Initiative
• Solar Scandal – $1 Billion Went to Buffalo, Cuomo Donors Benefited
• New Solar Cell Turns Light into Heat to Potentially Double Efficiency
• Pole Attachment Politics – Where AT&T’s Lawsuit against the City of Louisville Stands
• Demand for In-Flight Broadband Hits New Heights – Supplants Food as Amenity
• The End of the Office Dress Code
• Clinton, Trump Win Washington State’s Presidential Primary
• Greens Employ Tweet-Storm to Stop Energy Exports
• Remains of Arlington Couple Found after One of the Accused Killers Pinpoint Gravesite
• Historians, City of Shelton Make Push to Preserve Washington State Logging Road
• Pac-12 Agrees to Limit Late Football Games, Court Storming

WORD OF THE DAY

Truculent • \TRUCK-you-lunt\ • Adjective – 1: feeling or displaying ferocity: cruel, savage 2: deadly, destructive 3: scathingly harsh: vitriolic 4: aggressively self-assertive: belligerent

“I absolutely love the pink and purple paint on my house,” bleated Gertrude. Her other neighbors blanched at the horrific color choice of their truculent local gadfly. “I know that she’s doing this to get back at us for denying her motorized Elvis lawn ornament,” whispered the head of the homeowners’ association.

Bulletin! The ‘Internet’ Is About to Get Smaller (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/25/business/media/internet-to-be-lowercase-in-new-york-times-and-associated-press.html

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Proposed Longview Coal Terminal Gets Public Grilling, Props (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/proposed-longview-coal-terminal-gets-public-grilling-props

Emails Cast Clouds over California Energy Regulator’s Ties to Pacific Gas & Electric & Wall Street (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_29934292/emails-cast-clouds-over-puc-ties-pg-e?source=rss

As Utilities Quietly Turn to Herbicides, a Challenge Arises (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/companies/2016/05/24/As-Pennsylvania-utilities-quietly-turn-to-herbicides-a-challenge-arises-PUC/stories/201605170004

Look Up! Grass Fire Located Off Taylor Flats Road in Pasco Causes Power Outages in the Area (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)

http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/32056670/grass-fire-located-off-of-taylor-flats-road-in-pasco-causes-power-outages-in-the-area

Jefferson PUD Votes to Accept ‘Disclaimer’ Opinion from State Auditors – Findings to be presented in upcoming public meeting (Port Townsend Leader, WA)

http://www.ptleader.com/news/pud-votes-to-accept-disclaimer-opinion-from-state-auditors/article_94ae5ef6-220d-11e6-98c1-4f27d882541e.html

Oregon: Hermiston Energy Services Recommends New Substation (Hermiston Herald, OR)

http://www.hermistonherald.com/hh/local-news/20160524/hermiston-energy-services-recommends-new-substation

Sacramento Municipal Utility District Launches College Scholarship & Internship Program (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article79526862.html

Pacific Gas & Electric, Currents Urges Planning for National Dam Safety Awareness Day, May 31 (Pacific Gas & Electric, Currents)

http://www.pgecurrents.com/2016/05/25/pge-urges-planning-for-national-dam-safety-awareness-day/

Rare Good News on Electricity Demand Comes with a Catch (The Energy Collective)

http://www.theenergycollective.com/djwamsted/2379192/rare-good-news-on-electric-demand-comes-with-a-catch-2

Germany’s Renewables Electricity Generation Grows In 2015, But Coal Still Dominant (PennEnergy)

http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2016/05/germany-s-renewable-energy-electricity-generation-grows-in-2015-but-coal-still-dominant.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Spring Chinook Salmon Fishing in Lower Columbia River to Reopen for Memorial Day Weekend (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/may/24/spring-chinook-salmon-fishing-in-lower-columbia-river-to-reopen-for-memorial-day-weekend/

Local Wineries Committing to ‘Salmon-Safe’ Growing (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/tech/science/environment/salmon-safe-label-continues-to-grow-in-washington/214513344

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Despite Vote, Cascade Locks Wants Nestle (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2016/05/24/despite-vote-cascade-locks-wants-nestle/

Portland Reservoir Project Increases (Again) to $190 Million (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2016/05/portland_reservoir_project_inc.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Across the ‘Valley of Death’: How the Wind Industry Will Cope without Tax Credits (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/across-the-valley-of-death-how-the-wind-industry-will-cope-without-tax-c/419773/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Snohomish County: Energy Grants Will Fund Street Light Upgrades, Updates in Schools (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20160525/NEWS01/160529486

California Boasts Some of the Lowest Per-Capita Energy Usage in the U-S, Report Says (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/california-boasts-some-of-the-lowest-per-capita-energy-usage-in-the-us-rep/419735/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Benton, Franklin PUD Leaders Oppose Carbon Tax Initiative (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article79580022.html

Solar Scandal – $1 Billion Went to Buffalo, Cuomo Donors Benefited (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/25/nyregion/a-tangle-of-interests-behind-cuomos-1-billion-boon-for-buffalo.html?_r=1

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

New Solar Cell Turns Light into Heat to Potentially Double Efficiency (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/new-solar-cell-turns-light-into-heat-to-potentially-dou-1778593027

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Pole Attachment Politics – Where AT&T’s Lawsuit against the City of Louisville Stands (Louisville Business First, TN)

http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2016/05/25/where-at-ts-lawsuit-against-the-citystands.html

Demand for In-Flight Broadband Hits New Heights – Supplants Food as Amenity (Advanced Television)

http://advanced-television.com/2016/05/24/demand-for-in-flight-broadband-hits-new-heights/

MARKETING & MEDIA

The End of the Office Dress Code (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/26/fashion/office-fashion-uniforms.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Clinton, Trump Win Washington State’s Presidential Primary (Associated Press)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/may/24/clinton-trump-win-washingtons-presidential-primary/

Greens Employ Tweet-Storm to Stop Energy Exports (Washington Examiner, WA)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/greens-employ-tweet-storm-to-stop-energy-exports/article/2592159?custom_click=rss

GENERAL NEWS

Remains of Arlington Couple Found after One of the Accused Killers Pinpoint Gravesite (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2016/05/24/remains-of-arlington-couple-found-after-one-of-the-accused-killers-pinpoint-gravesite/

Historians, City of Shelton Make Push to Preserve Washington State Logging Road (Trains Magazine)

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2016/05/24-historians-city-make-push-to-preserve-washington-logging-road

Pac-12 Agrees to Limit Late Football Games, Court Storming (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.kgw.com/sports/pac-12-agrees-to-limit-late-football-games-court-storming/214064695

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

The Judgment of Paris: The Blind Taste Test That Decanted the Wine World

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/05/24/479163882/the-judgment-of-paris-the-blind-taste-test-that-decanted-the-wine-world

Oregon Man Makes Teens Caught Breaking into His House Call 911 to Report Themselves

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/oregon-man-makes-teens-caught-breaking-into-his-house-call-911-to-report-themselves/

Glacier-Trapped Camera Finds Owner Thanks to High-Climbing Dentist & Port Orchard Facebookers

http://pugetsoundblogs.com/trails-and-tides/2016/05/24/glacier-trapped-camera-finds-owner-thanks-to-high-climbing-dentist-and-port-orchard-facebookers/

Shipwreck Found in Desert Diamond Field Solves ‘Maritime Mystery’

http://www.newser.com/story/225502/shipwreck-found-in-desert-diamond-field-solves-maritime-mystery.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Maurice Jarre – Lawrence of Arabia, Soundtrack Suite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro7ustlPLuc

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