Energy News Digest for April 25, 2014

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Washington State Tribes Ask for Action on Climate Change (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/04/24/3164916/state-tribes-ask-for-climate-action.html

Tribes Optimistic About Returning Salmon to Upper Columbia Basin (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/tribes-optimistic-about-returning-salmon-upper-columbia-basin

Wire Thieves Cut Service to 20,000 Comcast Customers in Snohomish County (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/police-wire-thieves-cut-service-20000-comcast-cust/nfhSR/

The Politics of Water: Portland’s Fight over Its Drinking Supply Is Constant & Contentious (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/04/the_politics_of_water_portland.html

Explosion in Allyn (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/12636

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Elma Oil Forum Tense, One-Sided (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
• Mason PUD 1 Commissioner Re-elected to Energy Northwest Executive Board - Others elected/re-elected include: William "Skip" Orser, Linda Gott, Kathy Vaughn, Will Purser, and Lori Sanders
• (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
• San Juan Islands: Head’s Up - County-Wide Power Outage Overnight May 8 (San Juan Islander, Friday Harbor, WA)
• Oregon: City of Bandon Utility Rate Increase in Budget Plan (The World, Coos Bay, OR)
• Editorial: Cowlitz PUD Makes the Right Call on Records Requests (Longview Daily News, WA)
• GE in Talks to Buy Alstom’s Power Arm: Sources (Reuters)
• Tribes Optimistic About Returning Salmon to Upper Columbia Basin (Northwest Public Radio)
• Idaho: Nez Perce Tribe Challenges Open-Pit Gold Mine “…will endanger native populations of Chinook salmon, steelhead & bull trout…” (Courthouse News Service)
• Overdue Plans for Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuges Trigger Lawsuit to Force Action (Associated Press)
• Washington State’s Lowland Lakes Fishing Season Opens Saturday (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
• Feds Weigh Protecting Orcas Off Pacific Coast (Associated Press)
• Scientists Want to Breed Fish to be Better Biters (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
• The Politics of Water: Portland’s Fight over Its Drinking Supply Is Constant & Contentious (Oregonian, Portland)
• Portland Utility Lawsuit: City Wants to Appeal Judge’s Decision over Authority, Misspent Money “…spent about $1.2 million from utility funds for publicly financed political campaigns & outdoor public restrooms…” (Oregonian, Portland)
• In California Drought, Big Money, Many Actors, Little Oversight (Reuters)
• Fewer Communities Risk Running Out of Water in California Drought (Reuters)
• Oregon Tech Runs on Geothermal (Bend Bulletin, OR)
• Oklahoma Adds Fee for Homes to Connect Solar, Wind Power to Grid (Green Car Reports)
• Turtles vs. Wind turbines (Great Lakes Echo, Lansing, MI)
• Op/Ed: Report Misses Positives of Biomass Electricity (Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)
• Rooftops, Empty Lots Offer Japan Space for Solar Panels (Renewable Energy World)
• Know Your Audience: Energy Efficiency & the Small Commercial Class (The Energy Collective)
• Energy Efficiency First Shares Eco-Friendly Heating Options (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
• Washington State Tribes Ask for Action on Climate Change (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
• Humongous Iceberg Might Be on the Move, Say Scientists (Christian Science Monitor)
• Students to Race Electric Vehicles That They Built (Tri-City Herald, WA)
• Wire Thieves Cut Service to 20,000 Comcast Customers in Snohomish County (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
• Lobbying Efforts Intensify After FCC Tries Third Time on Net Neutrality (NY Times)
• FCC Pushes Back Against Criticism over Internet Traffic Plan (Reuters)
• When It Comes to Net Neutrality, Either the FCC Thinks We’re Idiots, Or It Just Doesn’t Care (GigaOM)
• Cloud Strength Helps Microsoft Earnings Top Street (Associated Press)
• Broadband Analyst: Google Deserves Credit for Gigabit Burst Triad Business Journal, NC)
• Op/Ed: Hold Comcast Accountable for Performance (Sacramento Bee, CA)
• Retailers Get Creative with Pinterest (Associated Press)
• Facebook Launches a Newswire So It Can Help the Media — While It Competes with Them (GigaOM)
• No One Cares About Your Company’s Facebook Fan Page - Or Why Webs is Doubling Down on the Feed (Washington Business Times, DC)
• Google Turns Maps into a Time Machine (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
• Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
• Explosion in Allyn (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
• North Bend Businesses Rocked by Massive Explosion, Fire (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
• Washington Loses Waiver on No Child Left Behind (Northwest Cable News Network)
• Oso Mudslide Search Winding Down; Two Still Missing (Associated Press)
• Tri-Cities Prosecutors Make “No Buy List” to Deter Metal Thieves (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
• Seattle Mayor Finds Impasse over $15 Hourly Wage Proposal (Reuters)
• Seattle Marijuana Farmers Readying First Crop for Retail Sales (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
• Seahawks’ Richard Sherman Named to Time’s List of 100 Most Influential People (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

WORD OF THE DAY

Metrology • \met-TRAWL-luh-jee\ • Noun - 1: the science of weights and measures or of measurement 2: a system of weights and measures.

Home metrology

Marks on the kitchen doorjamb

How tall is Mark now?

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Elma Oil Forum Tense, One-Sided (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://thedailyworld.com/news/local/elma-oil-forum-tense-one-sided

Mason PUD 1 Commissioner Re-elected to Energy Northwest Executive Board - Others elected/re-elected include: William "Skip" Orser, Linda Gott, Kathy Vaughn, Will Purser, and Lori Sanders

(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/12634

San Juan Islands: Head’s Up - County-Wide Power Outage Overnight May 8 (San Juan Islander, Friday Harbor, WA)

http://www.sanjuanislander.com/island-newshome/more/opalco/9122-heads-up-county-wide-power-outage-overnight-on-may-8

Oregon: City of Bandon Utility Rate Increase in Budget Plan (The World, Coos Bay, OR)

http://m.theworldlink.com/bandon/news/utility-rate-increase-in-budget-plan/article_deb16800-cb38-11e3-bc80-0019bb2963f4.html

Editorial: Cowlitz PUD Makes the Right Call on Records Requests (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/opinion/pud-makes-the-right-call-on-records-requests/article_e1bd710e-cbf3-11e3-b191-001a4bcf887a.html

GE in Talks to Buy Alstom’s Power Arm: Sources (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/25/us-alstom-offer-general-electric-idUSBREA3O14I20140425

FISH & WILDLIFE

Tribes Optimistic About Returning Salmon to Upper Columbia Basin (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/tribes-optimistic-about-returning-salmon-upper-columbia-basin

Idaho: Nez Perce Tribe Challenges Open-Pit Gold Mine “…will endanger native populations of Chinook salmon, steelhead & bull trout…” (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2014/04/25/67328.htm

Overdue Plans for Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuges Trigger Lawsuit to Force Action (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/04/overdue_plans_for_klamath_basi.html

Washington State’s Lowland Lakes Fishing Season Opens Saturday (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2014/04/washington-states-lowland-lakes-fishing.html

Feds Weigh Protecting Orcas Off Pacific Coast (Associated Press)

http://www.katu.com/news/local/Feds-weigh-protecting-orcas-off-Pacific-coast-256578531.html

Scientists Want to Breed Fish to be Better Biters (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/Scientists-want-to-breed-fish-to-be-better-biters-5428626.php

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

The Politics of Water: Portland’s Fight over Its Drinking Supply Is Constant & Contentious (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/04/the_politics_of_water_portland.html

Portland Utility Lawsuit: City Wants to Appeal Judge’s Decision over Authority, Misspent Money “…spent about $1.2 million from utility funds for publicly financed political campaigns & outdoor public restrooms…” (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/04/portland_utility_lawsuit_city.html

In California Drought, Big Money, Many Actors, Little Oversight (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/25/us-usa-california-water-insight-idUSBREA3O0YF20140425

Fewer Communities Risk Running Out of Water in California Drought (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/25/us-usa-california-drought-idUSBREA3O06K20140425

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Oregon Tech Runs on Geothermal (Bend Bulletin, OR)

http://www.bendbulletin.com/home/2014560-151/oregon-tech-runs-on-geothermal#

Oklahoma Adds Fee for Homes to Connect Solar, Wind Power to Grid (Green Car Reports)

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1091676_oklahoma-adds-fee-for-homes-to-connect-solar-wind-power-to-grid

Turtles vs. Wind turbines (Great Lakes Echo, Lansing, MI)

http://greatlakesecho.org/2014/04/24/turtles-vs-turbines/

Op/Ed: Report Misses Positives of Biomass Electricity (Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20140424/OPINION01/304240031/Report-misses-positives-biomass-electricity

Rooftops, Empty Lots Offer Japan Space for Solar Panels (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2014/04/rooftops-empty-lots-offer-japan-space-for-solar-panels?cmpid=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Know Your Audience: Energy Efficiency & the Small Commercial Class (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/cleanenergyleadershipinstitute/372781/know-your-audience-energy-efficiency-and-small-commercial-clas

Energy Efficiency First Shares Eco-Friendly Heating Options (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)

http://www.thurstontalk.com/2014/04/24/eco-friendly-heating-options/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Washington State Tribes Ask for Action on Climate Change (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/04/24/3164916/state-tribes-ask-for-climate-action.html

Humongous Iceberg Might Be on the Move, Say Scientists (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0424/Humongous-iceberg-might-be-on-the-move-say-scientists-video

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Students to Race Electric Vehicles That They Built (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2014/04/24/2942174/students-to-race-electric-vehicles.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Wire Thieves Cut Service to 20,000 Comcast Customers in Snohomish County (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/police-wire-thieves-cut-service-20000-comcast-cust/nfhSR/

Lobbying Efforts Intensify After FCC Tries Third Time on Net Neutrality (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/25/business/lobbying-efforts-intensify-after-fcc-tries-3rd-time-on-net-neutrality.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

FCC Pushes Back Against Criticism over Internet Traffic Plan (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/24/us-usa-netneutrality-fcc-idUSBREA3N1J120140424

When It Comes to Net Neutrality, Either the FCC Thinks We’re Idiots, Or It Just Doesn’t Care (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2014/04/24/when-it-comes-to-net-neutrality-either-the-fcc-thinks-were-idiots-or-it-just-doesnt-care/

Cloud Strength Helps Microsoft Earnings Top Street (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/technology/article/Microsoft-3Q-earnings-beat-Street-expectations-5427550.php

Broadband Analyst: Google Deserves Credit for Gigabit Burst Triad Business Journal, NC)

http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/blog/2014/04/broadband-analyst-google-deserves-credit-for.html

Op/Ed: Hold Comcast Accountable for Performance (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2014/04/25/6351962/viewpoints-hold-comcast-accountable.html

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Retailers Get Creative with Pinterest (Associated Press)

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/retailers-creative-pinterest-23468379

Facebook Launches a Newswire So It Can Help the Media — While It Competes with Them (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2014/04/24/facebook-launches-a-newswire-so-it-can-help-the-media-while-it-competes-with-them/

No One Cares About Your Company’s Facebook Fan Page - Or Why Webs is Doubling Down on the Feed (Washington Business Times, DC)

http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/techflash/2014/04/no-one-cares-about-your-companys-facebook-fan-page.html

Google Turns Maps into a Time Machine (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/techchron/2014/04/23/google-turns-maps-into-a-time-machine/

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)

http://consumerist.com/2014/04/25/consumerist-friday-flickr-finds-238/

GENERAL NEWS

Explosion in Allyn (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/12636

North Bend Businesses Rocked by Massive Explosion, Fire (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2014/04/25/north-bend-businesses-rocked-by-explosion-fire/#axzz2zuSuOckn

Washington Loses Waiver on No Child Left Behind (Northwest Cable News Network)

http://www.nwcn.com/news/Washington-loses-waiver-No-Child-Left-Behind-256590171.html

Oso Mudslide Search Winding Down; Two Still Missing (Associated Press)

http://www.khq.com/story/25340082/oso-mudslide-search-winding-down-2-still-missing

Tri-Cities Prosecutors Make “No Buy List” to Deter Metal Thieves (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.keprtv.com/home/video/Tri-Cities-prosecutors-make-No-Buy-List-to-deter-metal-thieves-256449531.html

Seattle Mayor Finds Impasse over $15 Hourly Wage Proposal (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/25/us-usa-washingtonstate-wage-idUSBREA3O0KO20140425

Seattle Marijuana Farmers Readying First Crop for Retail Sales (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/11/2505695/Seattle-marijuana-farmers-readying-first-crop-for-retail-sales

Seahawks’ Richard Sherman Named to Time’s List of 100 Most Influential People (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/11/2505959/Seahawks-Richard-Sherman-named-to-Times-list-of-100-most-influential-people

DIVERSIONS

‘World’s Largest Warhol’ To Get Test Run on Tacoma Dome Roof

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2023454126_tacomadomeresurfacexml.html?syndication=rss

Tomorrow: National Pretzel Day - Make Your Own Soft Pretzels

http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Food/Stir-It-Up/2014/0425/National-Pretzel-Day-Make-your-own-soft-pretzels

Woman Suing Hotel for $1 Million after Falling Off One of Their Bar Stools

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/woman-suing-hotel-for--1-million-after-falling-off-one-of-their-bar-stools-195007112.html

Wisconsin: Giant Pile of Dirt Upsetting People

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/giant-pile-of-dirt-upsetting-people-182146752.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1bFe4OaENI

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