SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather
Forecast for January 16, 2015
Warning
about Heavy Rainfall this Weekend: The Puget Sound lowlands from about Seattle
southward could see 2 to 3 inches of rain during this period.
Will
Snow Return to the Pacific Northwest? (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
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:
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Huge
Battery Will Help Deliver Clean Electricity, Snohomish PUD Says (Everett
Herald, WA)
Multimillion-Dollar
Lawsuits Filed over Nippon Paper’s Port Angeles Biomass Plant (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
U-S
House GOP Wants to Revive Yucca Nuke Dump (The Hill, Washington, DC)
Washington
State Governor Opts for Cap-and-Trade, But Debate Continues Over Carbon Tax
(Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
Broadband
Audit Shows Low Usage in Idaho Schools (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- U-S House GOP Wants to Revive Yucca Nuke Dump
- Former Idaho Governors Blast Otter’s Nuclear Waste Deal
- Scientists Say Public Safety Hazards at Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal in Coos Bay Are Underestimated
- Editorial: Millersburg Public Power Panel Must Take Time
- Colorado: Boulder Municipal Utility Plans Hit another Setback
- Columbia County Switches Power Providers for Offices – Going with Columbia Rural Electric Association
- Incoming Washington State DFW Director Has Challenging Job Ahead
- Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta Fish Species Plunge amid Drought
- Eight Reasons You Should Never Order the Salmon
- Judge Rules Dairies Are Contaminating Yakima Valley Drinking Water
- California: Drought Fears Return with Signs of Fourth Straight Dry Year
- Huge Battery Will Help Deliver Clean Electricity, Snohomish PUD Says
- Multimillion-Dollar Lawsuits Filed over Nippon Paper’s Port Angeles Biomass Plant
- Idaho Could Soon Have the Most Solar Per-Capita of Any State
- California Plan for Community Solar Stirs Controversy with Renewables Advocates
- New Mexico: Kit Carson Looks to Expand Solar Offerings
- California: Wind Turbine Catches Fire
- Conservation Hit by Falling Gas Prices
- How Opening Interior Doors Can Cut Heating Bills
- Millions of Americans Start Competing for a Cleaner Energy Future
- Growers Struggle with Glut of Legal Pot in Washington State
- Tumwater Credit Union Opens Its Doors to I-502 Businesses
- New Washington State Marijuana Bill Could Bring Tax Money to Cities
- Report: Cannabis Industry Investments Rocket 942%
- Weed Apps Are Dazed & Confused over Apple’s Unpredictable Policies
- Washington State Governor Opts for Cap-and-Trade, But Debate Continues Over Carbon Tax
- Climate Change Has Already Pushed Earth near the Tipping Point, But Technological Advances Could Save Us
- Rate of Sea-Level Rise ‘Steeper’
- Broadband Audit Shows Low Usage in Idaho Schools
- FCC To Vote in February on State Protectionist Broadband Laws
- Broadband: The Electricity of the 21st Century
- President Obama Calls for More High-Speed Broadband, Cites Public Power Examples
- Editorial: Getting Government into the Broadband Internet Business
- Seahawks Set Wireless Record, Consider New Stadium Tech
- Sony Hack Changing Email Habits at Work
- Facebook Is Now Moving to Invade Your Workplace with New App
- How to Use Visuals to Engage Your Audience
- How Polluting Industries Paid to Thwart Inslee’s Play
- Rep. Herrera Beutler Lands New Subcommittee Appointments
- Dan Newhouse Gets His Spots – Chairman Bishop Announces Natural Resources Committee Republican Leadership, Subcommittee Assignments for 114th Congress
- Here Chick Chick – Bowing To Tradition, a New Washington State Lawmaker Gets an Old Painting
- Samples from Benton County Flocks Come Back Negative for Avian Flu
- Washington State Lawmakers Get Earful on Fallout from West Coast Ports Dispute
- Yosemite Climbers Tell of Fear, Hope during Historic Climb
Brobdingnagian
● \brob-ding-NAG-ee-un\ ● Adjective – Marked by tremendous size.
The
diminutive Chihuahua Jumbo barked and leaped around the dinner-plate-sized feet of the phlegmatic Newfoundland, Tansey. The little pooch’s self-awareness was
woefully at odds with his actual size. An abrupt stumble of his brobdingnagian
companion Tansy caused the big-boned canine to roll over Jumbo, creating an abrupt
silence where once there were yips and ultrasonic whines.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
U-S
House GOP Wants to Revive Yucca Nuke Dump (The Hill, Washington, DC)
Former
Idaho Governors Blast Otter’s Nuclear Waste Deal (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
Scientists
Say Public Safety Hazards at Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal in Coos
Bay Are Underestimated (Oregonian, Portland)
Editorial:
Millersburg Public Power Panel Must Take Time (Albany Herald Democrat, OR)
Colorado:
Boulder Municipal Utility Plans Hit another Setback (Utility Dive)
Columbia
County Switches Power Providers for Offices – Going with Columbia Rural
Electric Association (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Incoming Washington State DFW Director Has
Challenging Job Ahead (Longview Daily News, WA)
Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta Fish Species
Plunge amid Drought (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Eight Reasons You Should Never Order the Salmon
(Yahoo! News)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Judge Rules Dairies Are Contaminating Yakima Valley Drinking
Water (Northwest Public Radio)
California:
Drought Fears Return with Signs of Fourth Straight Dry Year (SF Chronicle)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Huge
Battery Will Help Deliver Clean Electricity, Snohomish PUD Says (Everett
Herald, WA)
Multimillion-Dollar
Lawsuits Filed over Nippon Paper’s Port Angeles Biomass Plant (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Idaho
Could Soon Have the Most Solar Per-Capita of Any State (Utility Dive)
http://www.utilitydive.com/news/idaho-could-soon-have-the-most-solar-per-capita-of-any-state/352877/
California
Plan for Community Solar Stirs Controversy with Renewables Advocates (Utility
Dive)
New
Mexico: Kit Carson Looks to Expand Solar Offerings (Sangre de Cristo Chronicle,
Angel Fire NM)
California:
Wind Turbine Catches Fire (Imperial Valley Press, El Centro, CA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Conservation Hit by Falling Gas Prices (Portland Tribune,
OR)
How
Opening Interior Doors Can Cut Heating Bills (Arlington Heights Daily Herald, IL)
Millions
of Americans Start Competing for a Cleaner Energy Future – WA Communities
include Anacortes, Bellevue, Bellingham, San Juan County, Walla Walla, WA (Georgetown
University Energy Prize)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Growers
Struggle with Glut of Legal Pot in Washington State (Oregonian, Portland)
Tumwater Credit Union Opens Its Doors to I-502 Businesses (Olympian -
Paywall Advisory)
New Washington State Marijuana Bill Could Bring Tax Money to
Cities (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
Report: Cannabis Industry Investments Rocket 942% (Marijuana
Business Daily)
Weed Apps Are Dazed & Confused over Apple’s Unpredictable
Policies (AdWeek)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington
State Governor Opts for Cap-and-Trade, But Debate Continues Over Carbon Tax
(Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
Climate
Change Has Already Pushed Earth near the Tipping Point, But Technological
Advances Could Save Us (Oregonian, Portland)
Rate
of Sea-Level Rise ‘Steeper’ (British Broadcasting Corporation)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Broadband
Audit Shows Low Usage in Idaho Schools (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
FCC To Vote in February on State Protectionist Broadband
Laws (Broadband Reports)
Broadband: The Electricity of the 21st Century (White House
Blog)
President Obama Calls for More High-Speed Broadband, Cites
Public Power Examples (American Public Power Association)
Editorial:
Getting Government into the Broadband Internet Business (NY Times)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Seahawks
Set Wireless Record, Consider New Stadium Tech (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
Sony
Hack Changing Email Habits at Work (Oregonian, Portland)
Facebook
Is Now Moving to Invade Your Workplace with New App (Consumerist)
How
to Use Visuals to Engage Your Audience (Social Media Examiner)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
How
Polluting Industries Paid to Thwart Inslee’s Play (Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
WA)
Rep.
Herrera Beutler Lands New Subcommittee Appointments “…Energy & Water
Subcommittee…Department of Energy, the Army Corps of Engineers, the Bonneville
Power Administration,…Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Nuclear Waste
Technical Review Board, & others…” (Longview Daily
News, WA)
Dan
Newhouse Gets His Spots – Chairman Bishop Announces Natural Resources Committee
Republican Leadership, Subcommittee Assignments for 114th Congress (U-S House
of Representatives)
Here
Chick Chick – Bowing To Tradition, a New Washington State Lawmaker Gets an Old
Painting (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Samples from Benton County Flocks Come Back
Negative for Avian Flu (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Washington State Lawmakers Get Earful on Fallout
from West Coast Ports Dispute (Northwest Public Radio)
Yosemite
Climbers Tell of Fear, Hope during Historic Climb (SF Chronicle)
DIVERSIONS
Kam
Chancellor’s Greatest Hits
Wisconsin
Radio Station Bans Seattle Music before Seahawks Game
Seriously,
a Fatwa against Snowmen? Saudis Push Back on Twitter (Christian Science Monitor)
Thousands
of Fish to Be Freed from Abandoned Mall Fish-Hell
SONG OF THE DAY
Pat
Benatar - Hit Me with Your Best Shot
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.
