Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Energy News Digest for December 15, 2015
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather Forecast for December 15, 2015
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Construction Halts at PGE Power Station Near Boardman (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
EPA Broke Law with Social Media Push for Water Rule, Auditor
Finds (NY Times)
Lower Kalama River Fish Hatchery Nearly Decimated by
Flooding (Longview Daily News, WA)
SolarCity Admits Funding Outside Group Targeting Arizona
Utility Regulators (Utility Dive)
Washington State Governor Inslee Turns to Students to
Promote Climate Change Campaign (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Construction Halts at PGE Power Station Near Boardman
- Lights Back On in Chico Following Bremerton-Area Substation Fire
- Canada; BC Hydro Substation Fire in Richmond Triggers Air Warning
- Canada: NDP Says BC Hydro Misled Utilities Commission on Information-Technology Costs
- Coos Bay Liquefied Natural Gas Project Approval Expected This Month
- Natural Gas, Used to Heat Homes, Plunges on Mild Weather
- One Phone Number, Multiple Scams
- Lower Kalama River Fish Hatchery Nearly Decimated by Flooding
- Tulalip Tribe Turning Tide on Diminishing Salmon
- New Study Says Shellfish Poisoning is Killing Sea Lions
- EPA Broke Law with Social Media Push for Water Rule, Auditor Finds
- Obama Administration Launches All-Out Push on Water
- SolarCity Admits Funding Outside Group Targeting Arizona Utility Regulators
- California: Roseville May Let Customers Buy Solar Power without Installing Panels
- To Run Completely on Clean Energy, Denmark Harnesses Wind Power
- Marijuana’s Flower Power Is Leading to (National) Energy Headaches
- Washington State Governor Inslee Turns to Students to Promote Climate Change Campaign
- Key Points of the Landmark Paris Agreement to Fight Climate Change around the World
- Video: Beyond the Forecast – Climate Change
- Op/Ed: Lots Already Done to Clean Our Air
- Op/Ed: The Carbon Tax – An Idea with Real Appeal
- A Restaurant in China Has Been Charging Diners a Fee to Breathe Unpolluted Air
- State Dollars Flowing to Clean Energy Start-Ups Spurs Debate
- Leadership Summit: Oregon State Legislature Mulls New Electric Vehicle Rebate
- Mayors Will Create a ‘Green Wall’ Along the West Coast: An ‘Electric Vehicle Highway’ Will Run Through It
- These Urine-Powered Socks Could Supply Enough Juice to Send a Text
- Municipal Broadband: Tacoma City Council Doesn’t Have Final Say on Click
- Seattle Reaches Ten-Year Cable-TV Deal with Comcast
- How AT&T is Out-Building Google Fiber
- How Netflix Plans to Cut Its Behemoth Bandwidth Use
- More Telecoms Let You Watch Video without Dinging Data Caps
- Why the EPA Got Busted for Spreading “Covert Propaganda” on the Internet
- Do These ‘Instagram Husbands’ Remind You of Any Poor Bastards in Your Life?
- Over 15 Feet of Snow Has Fallen at Mount Baker This Season
- Tree through the House: Spokane Family Living In Hotel Weeks after Windstorm
- Own a Drone? Get Ready to Register It with the Feds
- First Christmas Full Moon since 1977 (The Year of the First ‘Star Wars’ Film)
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in speech or behavior 2: characterized by temporary or capricious ill humor.
The ponderous, seemingly good-natured personality of Kasper
Gutman in the “Maltese Falcon” disguised the repellant personality of a
petulant, mean-spirited crook.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Construction Halts at PGE Power Station Near Boardman (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
Lights Back On in Chico Following Bremerton-Area Substation
Fire (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
Canada; BC Hydro Substation Fire in Richmond Triggers Air
Warning (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
Canada: NDP Says BC Hydro Misled Utilities Commission on Information-Technology
Costs (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Coos Bay Liquefied Natural Gas Project Approval Expected
This Month (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Natural Gas, Used to Heat Homes, Plunges on Mild Weather (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Natural-gas-used-to-heat-homes-plunges-on-mild-6697708.php
One Phone Number, Multiple Scams (Electric Co-op Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Lower Kalama River Fish Hatchery Nearly Decimated by Flooding
(Longview Daily News, WA)
Tulalip Tribe Turning Tide on Diminishing Salmon (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
New Study Says Shellfish Poisoning is Killing Sea Lions (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
EPA Broke Law with Social Media Push for Water Rule, Auditor
Finds (NY Times)
Obama Administration Launches All-Out Push on Water (USA Today)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
SolarCity Admits Funding Outside Group Targeting Arizona Utility
Regulators (Utility Dive)
California: Roseville May Let Customers Buy Solar Power without
Installing Panels (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
To Run Completely on Clean Energy, Denmark Harnesses Wind
Power (PBS News Hour)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Marijuana’s Flower Power Is Leading to (National) Energy
Headaches (Above the Law)
http://abovethelaw.com/2015/12/marijuanas-flower-power-is-leading-to-national-energy-headaches/?rf=1
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington State Governor Inslee Turns to Students to Promote
Climate Change Campaign (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Key Points of the Landmark Paris Agreement to Fight Climate
Change around the World (Associated
Press)
Video: Beyond the Forecast – Climate Change (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Op/Ed: Lots Already Done to Clean Our Air (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Op/Ed: The Carbon Tax – An Idea with Real Appeal (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
A Restaurant in China Has Been Charging Diners a Fee to Breathe
Unpolluted Air (TIME Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
State Dollars Flowing to Clean Energy Start-Ups Spurs Debate
(Northwest Public Radio)
Leadership Summit: Oregon State Legislature Mulls New
Electric Vehicle Rebate (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Mayors Will Create a ‘Green Wall’ Along the West Coast: An ‘Electric
Vehicle Highway’ Will Run Through It (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
These Urine-Powered Socks Could Supply Enough Juice to Send a
Text (Mashable)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Municipal Broadband: Tacoma City Council Doesn’t Have Final
Say on Click (News Tribune, Tacoma,
WA - Paywall Advisory)
Seattle Reaches Ten-Year Cable-TV Deal with Comcast (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
How AT&T is Out-Building Google Fiber (SF Chronicle)
How Netflix Plans to Cut Its Behemoth Bandwidth Use (Gizmodo)
More Telecoms Let You Watch Video without Dinging Data Caps (Associated Press)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Why the EPA Got Busted for Spreading “Covert Propaganda” on
the Internet (Gizmodo)
Do These ‘Instagram Husbands’ Remind You of Any Poor
Bastards in Your Life? (AdWeek)
GENERAL NEWS
Over 15 Feet of Snow Has Fallen at Mount Baker This Season (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Tree through the House: Spokane Family Living In Hotel Weeks
after Windstorm (KHQ-TV, Spokane,
WA)
Own a Drone? Get Ready to Register It with the Feds (Christian
Science Monitor)
First Christmas Full Moon since 1977 - The Year of the First ‘Star
Wars’ Film (Oregonian, Portland)
DIVERSIONS
Texas Plumber Sues Car Dealer after His Truck Ends Up on
Syria’s Front Lines
How the Potato Changed the World & Altered the Course of
History
Watch the Original Star Wars Trilogy as It Was Before George
Lucas Screwed It Up
Homeowner Tricks Holiday Package Thief into Stealing Box of
Dog Poop
SONG OF THE DAY
Tommy James & The Shondells – Draggin’ the Line -
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