Energy News Digest for November 23, 2016
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather Apps to Download & Store Up for Winter (NY
Times)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
A Wet, Gusty Thanksgiving Week, With Heavy Snow Falling in
the Cascade Passes (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Power Restored After Widespread Outage in Lewis County (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Will Klamath River Salmon Thrive Again After Dams Are Gone?
(KQED Radio, San Francisco, CA)
Oregon: Roseburg Sawmill Challenges Investigators of State
Energy Tax Credit Program (Oregonian, Portland)
Energy-Efficiency Advocates, Realtors Square Off in Portland
Home Energy Reporting Debate (Portland Business Journal, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Power Restored After Widespread Outage in Lewis County
- Oregon: Deschutes Forest Considers Transmission Line
- Tigard Cyclist Hit by Power Lines, Burned After Car Knocks Down Pole
- Bonneville Power Administration Rate Increase Could Impact Fall River Electric Members
- Mason PUD 3 Adopts 2017 Budget
- Grant PUD Approves Union Contract
- Jefferson PUD Draws Lawsuit Over Closed-Door Meetings
- Bonneville Power Administration Expecting Big Turkey Bulge in Electricity Use on Thanksgiving
- Fighting Utility Scams – Battling Utility Impersonators
- Renewables & Nuclear Can No Longer Afford to Be Foes
- Will Klamath River Salmon Thrive Again After Dams Are Gone?
- Bainbridge Officer Resigns after Investigation into Fish Story
- Massive Project Proposed to Remove Juniper Trees in Idaho
- Oregon: Roseburg Sawmill Challenges Investigators of State Energy Tax Credit Program
- Trump Victory Won’t Chill Utilities’ Plans for Wind, Solar Power
- Energy-Efficiency Advocates, Realtors Square Off in Portland Home Energy Reporting Debate
- What Does a Trump Administration Mean for Legal Cannabis?
- U-S Attorney General: Jeff Sessions Appointment Poses Threat to Booming Marijuana Industry
- Kids Vs Washington State Over Climate Change
- California’s Troubled Pollution Credit Program Rebounds
- President-Elect Trump Admits ‘Some Connectivity’ Between Climate Change & Human Activity
- Did the Mars Spirit Rover Just Find Signs of Past Life?
- ‘We Don’t Need the FCC’: A Trump Adviser’s Proposal to Dissolve America’s Telecom Watchdog
- Can Google Make the Internet of Things More Secure?
- India Call Center Workers Held for Defrauding Americans
- Facebook Corrects Over-Reported Organic Reach Data: This Week in Social Media
- Twitter Accidentally Suspends CEO Jack Dorsey’s Account
- Final Tally: Washington State Legislature to Remain Split with Democrats Controlling House, Republicans Leading Senate
- Infrastructure Is Only Popular without Concrete Details
- Rep. McMorris Rodgers for Spot in Trump’s Cabinet?
- A Wet, Gusty Thanksgiving Week, With Heavy Snow Falling in the Cascade Passes
- Mason County Unemployment Drops in October
- Mason Leaders Learn About Budget Shortfall
- Pilot Strike Could Delay Amazon, DHL Shipping
- No Evidence of Aloe Vera Found in Aloe Vera at Wal-Mart, CVS, Target
Kafkaesque ● /koff-kuh-ESK/ ● Adjective – Of, relating to,
or suggestive of Franz Kafka or his writings; especially: having a
nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or illogical quality.
Thanksgiving weather
Threatens roasted turkey feast
Kafkaesque, you bet
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Power Restored After Widespread Outage in Lewis County (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Oregon: Deschutes Forest Considers Transmission Line – Proposal
aims to ensure power around south Deschutes County (Bend Bulletin, OR)
Tigard Cyclist Hit by Power Lines, Burned After Car Knocks
Down Pole (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Bonneville Power Administration Rate Increase Could Impact Fall
River Electric Members (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Mason PUD 3 Adopts 2017 Budget (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Grant PUD Approves Union Contract (Columbia Basin Herald,
Moses Lake, WA)
Jefferson PUD Draws Lawsuit Over Closed-Door Meetings (Port
Townsend Leader, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Expecting Big Turkey Bulge
in Electricity Use on Thanksgiving (Bonneville Power Administration)
Fighting Utility Scams – Battling Utility Impersonators (The
Energy Times)
Renewables & Nuclear Can No Longer Afford to Be Foes
(Huffington Post)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Will Klamath River Salmon Thrive Again After Dams Are Gone?
(KQED Radio, San Francisco, CA)
Bainbridge Officer Resigns after Investigation into Fish
Story (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Massive Project Proposed to Remove Juniper Trees in Idaho (Associated
Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Oregon: Roseburg Sawmill Challenges Investigators of State
Energy Tax Credit Program (Oregonian, Portland)
Trump Victory Won’t Chill Utilities’ Plans for Wind, Solar
Power (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy-Efficiency Advocates, Realtors Square Off in Portland
Home Energy Reporting Debate (Portland Business Journal, OR)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
What Does a Trump Administration Mean for Legal Cannabis? (Northwest
Public Radio)
U-S Attorney General: Jeff Sessions Appointment Poses Threat
to Booming Marijuana Industry
BIG BLOCKS O’ CARBON
Kids Vs Washington State Over Climate Change – Seattle
youths contend new rules are needed to limit carbon emissions (Associated
Press)
California’s Troubled Pollution Credit Program Rebounds (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
President-Elect Trump Admits ‘Some Connectivity’ Between
Climate Change & Human Activity (Cable News Network)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Did the Mars Spirit Rover Just Find Signs of Past Life? (Christian
Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
‘We Don’t Need the FCC’: A Trump Adviser’s Proposal to Dissolve
America’s Telecom Watchdog (Washington Post)
Can Google Make the Internet of Things More Secure? (Christian
Science Monitor)
India Call Center Workers Held for Defrauding Americans (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook Corrects Over-Reported Organic Reach Data: This
Week in Social Media (Social Media Examiner)
Twitter Accidentally Suspends CEO Jack Dorsey’s Account (Associated
Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Final Tally: Washington State Legislature to Remain Split with
Democrats Controlling House, Republicans Leading Senate (Olympian, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Infrastructure Is Only Popular without Concrete Details “…One
solution…making tax-exempt municipal bonds...available to the private companies…”
(Atlantic Magazine)
Rep. McMorris Rodgers for Spot in Trump’s Cabinet? (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
A Wet, Gusty Thanksgiving Week, With Heavy Snow Falling in
the Cascade Passes (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Mason County Unemployment Drops in October (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Mason Leaders Learn About Budget Shortfall (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
Pilot Strike Could Delay Amazon, DHL Shipping (USA Today)
No Evidence of Aloe Vera Found in Aloe Vera at Wal-Mart, CVS,
Target (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
RATS IN THE RIVER – DIVERSIONS
Fire-Eating Workshop Leads to False Alarm at Former Church
River Rat Burgers Are Here – We’re Not Sure Why
‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ Returns with New Blood for
the Turkey Day Marathon
Presidential Turkey Pardons Expected for Tater & Tot
SONG OF THE DAY
Shostakovich – Firebird Suite
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