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THE NEWS DIGEST WORD CLOUD (JUST BECAUSE I CAN)
Energy
News Digest word cloud for February 5, 2013
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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Superdome Officials Had Worried About a Power
Outage (Associated Press)
Report
Says Dam Removal Good for Klamath Salmon (Associated
Press)
New Light Bulb Law Feeds Washington State Recycling
Industry (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Judge
Halts Sale of Assets in Chinese Firm’s Oregon Wind Deal (Bloomberg News)
Castle Rock Area Residents Speak Out Against New
Bonneville Power Administration Power Line (Longview Daily News, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Superdome Officials Had Worried About a Power Outage
- Hubris Alert - Super Bowl Blackout: 49ers New High-Tech Stadium Would Not Fail During Big Game, Boosters Say
- Castle Rock Area Residents Speak Out Against New Bonneville Power Administration Power Line
- Editorial - Wright Brought Stability
- Doug Smith Serving New Roles at Grays Harbor PUD
- Alaska Senator Murkowski Unveils Her Big New Energy Plan. Here’s a Breakdown
- Duke Energy to Close Troubled Florida Nuclear Plant
- Are Mini-Reactors The Future Of Nuclear Power?
- Op/Ed - Who Should Be Obama’s Next Energy Secretary?
- U-S Department of Energy is the Latest Victim of an Online Attack
- Texas Power Company Skeptical of Customer’s Heat Exhaustion Lawsuit
- Report Says Dam Removal Good for Klamath Salmon
- Arizona Sues U-S EPA over Coal Power Plant Emissions
- Businesses Cashing in on China’s Air Pollution
- Judge Halts Sale of Assets in Chinese Firm’s Oregon Wind Deal
- FERC Proposes Changes to Small Generator Interconnection Process Designed to Encourage Solar, Distributed Resources
- New Light Bulb Law Feeds Washington State Recycling Industry
- Nest Topped Last Week’s Top Five Silicon Valley Fundings
- Carbon Emissions in U-S Drop to Lowest Level Since 1994
- Huzzah! King County Reaches Ambitious Goal of Getting Half of Its Energy for Operations from Renewable Sources
- EPA Doubles Down on Ethanol Mandates
- FCC Super Wi-Fi Proposal Prompts Fierce Lobbying from Tech, Telecom Firms
- When Will the Rest of Us Get Google Fiber?
- Report: Canadian Schools Banning Wi-Fi Based on Bogus Science
- Report Blasts Cell Phone Taxes & Fees
- Dell in $24 Billion Deal to Go Private
- Blackout Bowl Spotlights Twitter’s Super Reach
- When Twitter Attacks: How Trolls Use Social Media to Silence
- CBS Learned Nothing from Hopper Snafu - Banned SodaStream Ad Because it Angered Coke & Pepsi
- Nearly Half of Single Women Research Dates on Facebook
- Washington State Senate - “Gross Disloyalty”: Democrats Censure Tom, Sheldon
- On Suffrage, Washington State Helped Lead the Way
- Oregon Men Falsified Weight, Takeoff Power of Helicopter in Deadly Iron 44 Crash, Indictment Alleges
- Three Washington State Colleges Lead Nation in Peace Corps Volunteers
- I Want My Bankruptcy Stew! Portland Group to Purchase Oak Tree Casino Restaurant
- Canada Begins Phase Out of Penny
WORD OF THE DAY
Topiary
• \TOPE-pee-err-ee\ • Adjective - Of, relating to, or being the practice or art
of training, cutting, and trimming trees or shrubs into odd or ornamental
shapes; also: characterized by such work.
Nigel
was the perfect choice for the landscaping job at the Bamsforth-Duddle-Branxton
estates in the remote “Lakes District” of England. Not only was he skilled at
shaping boxwood into the most amazing topiary shapes…he truly reflected his
work. His amazing shock of hair was the “test bed” for many of his creations;
billowing, flowing shapes, creatures and various designs appeared on his raven
locks before he took the sharp, shiny shears to the shrubbery.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Superdome Officials Had Worried About a Power
Outage (Associated Press)
Hubris Alert - Super Bowl Blackout: 49ers New
High-Tech Stadium Would Not Fail During Big Game, Boosters Say (San Jose
Mercury News, CA)
Castle Rock Area Residents Speak Out Against New Bonneville
Power Administration Power Line (Longview Daily News, WA)
Editorial - Wright Brought Stability: Bonneville
Power Administration CEO & Administrator Navigated Challenging Waters
(Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Doug Smith Serving New Roles at Grays Harbor PUD (KXRO
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Alaska Senator Murkowski Unveils Her Big New Energy
Plan. Here’s a Breakdown (Washington Post)
Duke Energy to Close Troubled Florida Nuclear
Plant (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Are Mini-Reactors The Future Of Nuclear Power? (National
Public Radio)
Op/Ed - Who Should Be Obama’s Next Energy
Secretary? (NY Times)
U-S Department of Energy is the Latest Victim of
an Online Attack (NY Times)
Texas Power Company Skeptical of Customer’s Heat
Exhaustion Lawsuit (Courthouse News Service)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Report
Says Dam Removal Good for Klamath Salmon (Associated
Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Arizona
Sues U-S EPA over Coal Power Plant Emissions (Reuters)
Businesses
Cashing in on China’s Air Pollution - Businesses are selling everything from $5
face masks to million-dollar protective domes (Seattle
Times, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Judge
Halts Sale of Assets in Chinese Firm’s Oregon Wind Deal (Bloomberg News)
FERC
Proposes Changes to Small Generator Interconnection Process Designed to
Encourage Solar, Distributed Resources (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law
Blog)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
New Light Bulb Law Feeds Washington State Recycling
Industry (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Nest Topped Last Week’s Top Five Silicon Valley Fundings
(Silicon Valley Business Journal, San Jose, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon
Emissions in U-S Drop to Lowest Level Since 1994 (Christian Science Monitor)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Huzzah!
King County Reaches Ambitious Goal of Getting Half of Its Energy for Operations
from Renewable Sources (Redmond Reporter, WA)
EPA
Doubles Down on Ethanol Mandates (Christian Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Super Wi-Fi Proposal Prompts Fierce Lobbying from
Tech, Telecom Firms (Washington Post)
When Will the Rest of Us Get Google Fiber?
(Mashable)
Report: Canadian Schools Banning Wi-Fi Based on
Bogus Science (Broadband Reports)
Report Blasts Cell Phone Taxes & Fees
(Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
Dell in $24 Billion Deal to Go Private (NY Times)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Blackout Bowl Spotlights Twitter’s Super Reach (Associated
Press)
When Twitter Attacks: How Trolls Use Social Media to
Silence (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
CBS Learned Nothing from Hopper Snafu - Banned
SodaStream Ad Because it Angered Coke & Pepsi (Broadband Reports)
Nearly Half of Single Women Research Dates on
Facebook (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Senate - “Gross Disloyalty”: Democrats
Censure Tom, Sheldon (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/02/04/gross-disloyalty-democrats-censure-tom-sheldon/
On Suffrage, Washington State Helped Lead the Way (Everett Herald, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Oregon Men Falsified Weight, Takeoff Power of
Helicopter in Deadly Iron 44 Crash, Indictment Alleges (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Three Washington State Colleges Lead Nation in Peace
Corps Volunteers (Seattle Times, WA)
I Want My Bankruptcy Stew! Portland Group to
Purchase Oak Tree Casino Restaurant (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Canada Begins Phase Out of Penny (Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
Remembering
Karen Carpenter, 30 Years Later
What
Happens When a 900 MPH Ping Pong Serve Hits Your Paddle?
Remains
of King Richard III Found Under Parking Lot
True
Love Tattoo? Woman Tattoos Man’s Name on Her Face 24 Hours after They Meet
SONG OF THE DAY
Carpenters
- Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft
