SUBSCRIBE TO THE ENERGY NEWS DIGEST
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
THE NEWS DIGEST TWITTER FEED
Follow the news
digest on Twitter for breaking news & notices:
THE NEWS DIGEST WORD CLOUD
Energy News Digest Word Cloud for June 26, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Mason County
Neighbors Voice Concerns over Sells Road Pot Farm (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Avista Warns
against Scams after Spokane Incident - Woman wearing blue Avista hat tried to
enter home (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
35 Straight Years
– Mason PUD 3 Passes another State Audit (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Studies:
Pacific Northwest Orcas among World’s Most Contaminated Marine Mammals (Associated
Press)
Portland General Electric Seeks Zone Change for Possible
Solar Power Plant near Salem (Oregonian,
Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Avista Warns against Scams after Spokane Incident
- 35 Straight Years – Mason PUD 3 Passes another State Audit
- Pasco Power Restored after Utility Work Causes Outage
- Energized Innovation - PUD 3 Linemen & Engineers Move Transmission Lines & Poles in Belfair
- California: Bay Area Clean Energy Advocates Celebrate Partial Defeat of Controversial State Bill
- Seeing a Nuclear Reactor Start Up is Cooler than My Sci-Fi Dreams
- Mummified Man in Manhole Was Likely Electrocuted
- Studies: Pacific Northwest Orcas among World’s Most Contaminated Marine Mammals
- Viewers Alarmed as Wild Baby Eagle Dies on Maine Webcam; Officials Wouldn’t Intervene
- The Effluent Society - In The Midst of an Unprecedented Drought, Wichita Falls is Turning to a Once Unthinkable Source to Slake Its Thirst
- Portland General Electric Seeks Zone Change for Possible Solar Power Plant near Salem
- How Snow Can Help Build Better Wind Turbines
- Governor Inslee Looks to Unveil Early Version of Climate Plan This Summer
- Obama: Climate Change Steps Making a Difference
- Six Major Climate Change Myths, Debunked
- Google, Microsoft & Others Delve Deeper into Cloud Storage for Businesses
- Inside the Giant Data Center Hidden In the Middle of Manhattan
- Beware AT&T’s Dismal Record of Unkept Broadband Promises
- Twelve Percent of Americans Shower with Cellphones, Portland Lawyer Writes in Influential Supreme Court Brief
- Google Cardboard Was the Ultimate WTF Moment of Google I/O
- Facebook Hunts for Bigger Seattle Office
- Four Ways to Nail Your Brand Voice
- Lunch Hour Closures Leaves Mason County Commissioner Hungry
- An Insider’s Battle Plan: ‘Elections Are about Winning. Period’
- Mason County Neighbors Voice Concerns over Sells Road Pot Farm
- Oregon County Told Nuisance Rules on Pot Grows Could Collide with Right-to-Farm Law
- Boy Faces Charges in Mason County Shooting Death
- McCleary Man Connected to Crimes Grays Harbor, Thurston, Mason, & Lewis Counties
- Think You’re Being Robbed Now at the Gas Pump? Real Thieves Could Strike
- Man Who Caused Crash Holding Breath through Tunnel Charged
- Puget Sound Skin Cancer Rates among Tops in Nation
- San Juan Island Rated Tops in Nation for Fourth of July Celebration
Cheesecake \CHEEZ-kayk\ Noun - A cake with a sweet
filling usually made of cheese, eggs, & sugar; pictures of attractive young
women who are scantily clad.
A man’s hushed voice floated out of the darkened ally,
pulling Bartholomew up short. The raincoat swathed alley dweller, his hat
pulled down over his eyes called out in hushed, gravelly tones, “Hey buddy,
wanna buy some cheesecake pictures?” Money was exchanged, furtive looks made,
and Barty scurried away from the decrepit neighborhood, holding his ill-gotten
gains to his chest. Only when he was alone in his seedy hotel room did he open
the grimy envelope from which fell two dog-eared menus from the ‘Cheesecake
Factory.’ “I wonder if they do take out,” he sighed to the bare light bulb
descending from the ceiling.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Avista Warns against
Scams after Spokane Incident - Woman wearing blue Avista hat tried to enter
home (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
35 Straight Years
– Mason PUD 3 Passes another State Audit (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Pasco Power
Restored after Utility Work Causes Outage (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Energized
Innovation - PUD 3 Linemen & Engineers Move Transmission Lines & Poles
in Belfair (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
California: Bay
Area Clean Energy Advocates Celebrate Partial Defeat of Controversial State
Bill (Santa Cruz Sentinel, CA)
Seeing a
Nuclear Reactor Start Up is Cooler than My Sci-Fi Dreams (Gizmodo)
Mummified Man
in Manhole Was Likely Electrocuted (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Studies: Pacific
Northwest Orcas among World’s Most Contaminated Marine Mammals (Associated
Press)
Viewers Alarmed
as Wild Baby Eagle Dies on Maine Webcam; Officials Wouldn’t Intervene (Associated
Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
The Effluent
Society - In The Midst of an Unprecedented Drought, Wichita Falls is Turning to
a Once Unthinkable Source to Slake Its Thirst (Texas Monthly)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Portland General Electric Seeks Zone Change for Possible
Solar Power Plant near Salem (Oregonian,
Portland)
How Snow Can Help Build Better Wind Turbines (Mother
Nature Network)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Governor Inslee Looks to Unveil Early Version of Climate
Plan This Summer (Crosscut Seattle)
Obama: Climate Change Steps Making a Difference (Associated
Press)
Six Major Climate Change Myths, Debunked (Mashable)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google, Microsoft & Others Delve Deeper into Cloud
Storage for Businesses (NY Times)
Inside the Giant Data Center Hidden In the Middle of
Manhattan (Gizmodo)
Beware AT&T’s Dismal Record of Unkept Broadband
Promises (InfoWorld)
Twelve Percent of Americans Shower with Cellphones, Portland
Lawyer Writes in Influential Supreme Court Brief (Oregonian, Portland)
Google Cardboard Was the Ultimate WTF Moment of Google
I/O (Mashable)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Facebook Hunts for
Bigger Seattle Office (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Four Ways to
Nail Your Brand Voice (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Lunch Hour
Closures Leaves Mason County Commissioner Hungry (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
An Insider’s Battle Plan: ‘Elections Are about Winning. Period’
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Neighbors
Voice Concerns over Sells Road Pot Farm (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Oregon County
Told Nuisance Rules on Pot Grows Could Collide with Right-to-Farm Law (Associated
Press)
Boy Faces
Charges in Mason County Shooting Death (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
McCleary Man
Connected to Crimes Grays Harbor, Thurston, Mason, & Lewis Counties (KXRO
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Think You’re
Being Robbed Now at the Gas Pump? Real Thieves Could Strike (KCPQ-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Man Who Caused Crash
Holding Breath through Tunnel Charged (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Puget Sound Skin
Cancer Rates among Tops in Nation (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
San Juan Island Rated
Tops in Nation for Fourth of July Celebration (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Angry Birds: Crows Never Forget Your Face
How Much Farther? Couple Mistakenly Flown to Caribbean
Island Grenada, Not Granada, Spain
An Anatomical Chocolate Skull for Sweet-Toothed Cannibals
Amelia Earhart Tries to Complete Her Namesake’s Flight
SONG OF THE DAY
The Beatles – Blackbird
Sarah McLachlan – Blackbird
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.
