Occasionally clear the cache & history of your internet
browser. It will help when trying to access news sites that count your visits.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Steens Mountain: Federal Court Kills Large Wind Energy
Project in Southeast Oregon (Associated Press)
Conservation Groups Ask to Stop Barging Sockeye around Dams
(KLCC Radio, Eugene, OR)
TransCanada Closes $1 Billion Sale of Hydro Assets (Utility
Dive)
AP Exclusive: Missteps Made In Handling of Oroville Dam
Crisis (Associated Press)
Mason Pot Business Generates More Than $3.9 Million in
Excise Tax (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- TransCanada Closes $1 Billion Sale of Hydro Assets
- AP Exclusive: Missteps Made In Handling of Oroville Dam Crisis
- Chelan PUD & Alcoa to Host Open House
- Jefferson Public Utility District Panel to Discuss More Rate Hikes
- Price of Power Goes Up in Elmer City
- Proposed Kalama Methanol Refinery Hits Snag in Permit Approval
- Washington State “Call Before You Dig” Program Gains Permanence
- Gaza’s Only Power Plant Has Shut Down. Who Will Pay the Bill?
- Q&A: Why Did Los Angeles County Create Another Utility?
- Op/Ed: FERC Needs a Quorum
- Conservation Groups Ask to Stop Barging Sockeye around Dams
- Pikeminnow Reward Program Starts May 1 on Snake, Columbia Rivers
- Judge in Endangered Fish Lawsuit Lifts Hold on Montana Dam
- New Report Finds Cleaner Air for Many, But Not All
- City of Seattle Will Receive $440,000 in Settlement over Unauthorized Cutting of Public Trees
- Steens Mountain: Federal Court Kills Large Wind Energy Project in Southeast Oregon
- Starbucks, REI & Sound Transit Partner with Puget Sound Energy on Renewable Energy Project
- The U-S Wind Industry Now Employs More Than 100,000 People
- California 1, Oregon 6, Washington 8 - Oregon Ranks Nationally In ‘Clean Energy Momentum’ Report
- Is Grid Defection Still a Threat to the Utility Business Model?
- Coming Soon to a Data Center Near You: Energy Efficiency
- Hack Your House: How to Knock $137 Off Your Utility Bill
- Mason Pot Business Generates More Than $3.9 Million in Excise Tax
- Oregon: Marijuana Farm Next Door to Yamhill County’s Prized Vineyards Sparks Legal Fight
- Most Voters Back Legal Weed, Say It’s Less Harmful Than Alcohol
- As Global Warming Continues, Scientists Prep Tests to Artificially Cool the Planet
- ‘We Are Making Electricity:’ Dairy Farmer Making Power from Cow Manure
- Every Time You Poop in Portland, You’re Helping the Environment
- Charge Me Up: Rural Electric Drivers Face ‘Range Anxiety’
- Electric Flying Car That Takes Off Vertically Could Be Future of Transport
- Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Other Hotels Warn of Data Breach
- F.C.C. Leader Seeks Tech Companies’ Views on Net Neutrality
- Ignoring a WhatsApp Scam
- How to Conduct a Social Media Audit
- Netflix Names Its ‘Greatest Enemy’: Sleep
- EPA Offers Early Retirement, Buyout Program
- Some USDA Scientists Say Their Work Has Been Tampered With – Maybe for Political Reasons
- Shelton Police: Intruder Watches Women Sleep, Being Sought
- Three Seattle Cops Shot as 7-Eleven Robbery Turns Deadly
- Person of Interest Identified in Lindsey Baum Disappearance
- Small Earthquake Rumbles near Port Townsend
- Goldendale Observatory Loses Prestigious Dark Sky Park Status
- Mom Who Threw Baby in Trash Could Regain Custody after Jail
- Washington State Unemployment Rate Lowest in Ten Years
- How to Visit a National Park for Free This Weekend
- TIME ‘Most Influential’ List Includes Three from Washington State
Sketches ● \skech-uz\ ● noun – 1a: a rough drawing
representing the chief features of an object or scene & often made as a
preliminary study b: a tentative draft 2: a brief description (as of a person)
or outline 3a: a short literary composition somewhat resembling the short story
& the essay but intentionally slight in treatment, discursive in style, &
familiar in tone b: a short instrumental composition usually for piano c: a
slight theatrical piece having a single scene; especially: a comic variety act.
Miles Davis. So smooth
Kind of Blue, Sketches of Spain
This guy’s in heaven
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
TransCanada Closes $1 Billion Sale of Hydro Assets (Utility
Dive)
AP Exclusive: Missteps Made In Handling of Oroville Dam
Crisis (Associated Press)
Chelan PUD & Alcoa to Host Open House (NCW Life, East Wenatchee,
WA)
Jefferson Public Utility District Panel to Discuss More Rate
Hikes (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Price of Power Goes Up in Elmer City (Star of the Grand
Coulee, WA)
Proposed Kalama Methanol Refinery Hits Snag in Permit
Approval (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Washington State “Call Before You Dig” Program Gains
Permanence (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Gaza’s Only Power Plant Has Shut Down. Who Will Pay the Bill?
(Washington Post)
Q&A: Why Did Los Angeles County Create Another Utility?
(Los Angeles Times, CA)
Op/Ed: FERC Needs a Quorum (Washington Examiner)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Conservation Groups Ask to Stop Barging Sockeye around Dams
(KLCC Radio, Eugene, OR)
Pikeminnow Reward Program Starts May 1 on Snake, Columbia
Rivers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Judge in Endangered Fish Lawsuit Lifts Hold on Montana Dam (Associated
Press)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
New Report Finds Cleaner Air for Many, But Not All (Christian
Science Monitor)
City of Seattle Will Receive $440,000 in Settlement over
Unauthorized Cutting of Public Trees (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory – by
the appearance of those stumps, this doesn’t look like the first time)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Steens Mountain: Federal Court Kills Large Wind Energy
Project in Southeast Oregon (Associated Press)
Starbucks, REI & Sound Transit Partner with Puget Sound
Energy on Renewable Energy Project (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
The U-S Wind Industry Now Employs More Than 100,000 People
(Washington Post)
California 1, Oregon 6, Washington 8 - Oregon Ranks
Nationally In ‘Clean Energy Momentum’ Report (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Is Grid Defection Still a Threat to the Utility Business
Model? (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Coming Soon to a Data Center Near You: Energy Efficiency (Utility
Dive)
Hack Your House: How to Knock $137 Off Your Utility Bill (Forbes
Magazine)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Mason Pot Business Generates More Than $3.9 Million in
Excise Tax (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Oregon: Marijuana Farm Next Door to Yamhill County’s Prized
Vineyards Sparks Legal Fight (Oregonian, Portland)
Most Voters Back Legal Weed, Say It’s Less Harmful Than
Alcohol (Morning Consult)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
As Global Warming Continues, Scientists Prep Tests to
Artificially Cool the Planet (Mashable)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE
‘We Are Making Electricity:’ Dairy Farmer Making Power from
Cow Manure (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Every Time You Poop in Portland, You’re Helping the Environment
(SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/Every-time-you-poop-in-Portland-you-re-helping-11087225.php
Charge Me Up: Rural Electric Drivers Face ‘Range Anxiety’ (Associated
Press)
Electric Flying Car That Takes Off Vertically Could Be
Future of Transport (The Guardian, UK)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Other Hotels Warn of Data Breach
(KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
F.C.C. Leader Seeks Tech Companies’ Views on Net Neutrality (NY
Times)
Ignoring a WhatsApp Scam (NY Times)
MARKETING & MEDIA
How to Conduct a Social Media Audit (Social Media Examiner)
Netflix Names Its ‘Greatest Enemy’: Sleep (SF Chronicle)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
EPA Offers Early Retirement, Buyout Program (Morning
Consult)
Some USDA Scientists Say Their Work Has Been Tampered With –
Maybe for Political Reasons (Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Police: Intruder Watches Women Sleep, Being Sought (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Three Seattle Cops Shot as 7-Eleven Robbery Turns Deadly
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Person of Interest Identified in Lindsey Baum Disappearance
(KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Small Earthquake Rumbles near Port Townsend (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Goldendale Observatory Loses Prestigious Dark Sky Park
Status (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
Mom Who Threw Baby in Trash Could Regain Custody after Jail (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Washington State Unemployment Rate Lowest in Ten Years (Northwest
Public Radio)
How to Visit a National Park for Free This Weekend (Yahoo
News)
TIME ‘Most Influential’ List Includes Three from Washington
State (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
California Secessionist Leader Throws in Towel, Moves to
Russia
Here Are the Ways Large Asteroids Can Kill You, Ranked
Cops: Ten Pounds of Pot Wrongly Sent to Pennsylvania Pastor
After Three Weeks, French Artist Succeeds in Hatching Eggs
SONG OF THE DAY
Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky
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.
LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY
Links in the news digest lead to current stories. Media
organizations update their websites regularly, which may result in broken
links. There may be paywall barriers, unless you are willing to fork over some
dough or if you have a clean browser history.
