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Energy
News Digest word cloud for March 1, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
It May be Weeks before We See Impact of Sequester Cuts
in Washington State (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Kitsap PUD Wants to Expand Wi-Fi to Port Orchard
(Port Orchard Independent, WA)
Jobs
Required for SoloPower’s $20 Million Tax Credit Fall Short of Public
Projections (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Klamath
County Deals Political Setback to Dam Removal Plan (Northwest Public Radio)
Appeals Court
Upholds FCC Pole Attachment Order for Private Utilities (American Public Power Association)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Appeals Court Upholds FCC Pole Attachment Order for Private Utilities
- Pat Smith: Energy in Northwest Entwined with Treaties, Environment
- Bonneville Power Administration Quick to Respond to Residents Angry Over Tree Cutting
- Mason County PUD 3 Tree Trimming on Mason Lake Drive E Begins March 4
- Mason County PUD 3 Commission Cancels March 12 Meeting, Will Hold Special Meeting March 5
- Op/Ed - Pacific Gas & Electric Rate Plan Would Shift Burden
- Forget Tar Sands: Canadian Hydropower Can Help U-S
- Exclusive: Cyberattack Leaves Natural Gas Pipelines Vulnerable to Sabotage
- U-S Natural Gas Supplies Fell Last Week
- Post-Fukushima, Arguments for Nuclear Safety Bog Down
- French Nuclear Giant Areva Loses $130 Million in 2012
- Outgoing Energy Secretary Could Be Remembered for More than Solyndra
- Chairman Hastings Renews Request for Information from Secretary Chu on Memo that Could Increase Electricity Rates on 40 Million Americans
- Editorial - Power Poles: A Price We Pay
- Klamath County Deals Political Setback to Dam Removal Plan
- Op/Ed - The Education of Dr. Jane Lubchenco
- In California, What Price Water?
- Dust from Africa Affects Snowfall in California
- Jobs Required for SoloPower’s $20 Million Tax Credit Fall Short of Public Projections
- SoloPower Looking More & More Like Solyndra
- Boston-Based Energy Firm Looks to Harness the Waves Off Alaska’s Coast
- E3TNW.Org: BPA’s New Emerging Technology Tool
- A Little Guilt, a Lot of Energy Savings
- The Real Power behind Today’s Energy Efficiency Industry
- A Carbon Market Takes Root in California
- Study of Ice Age Bolsters Carbon & Warming Link
- What ‘Green’ Really Means for the Eagles, Seahawks & NASCAR
- Some Far Out (at Least for Now) Energy Ideas
- Kitsap PUD Wants to Expand Wi-Fi to Port Orchard
- Limited Access: Rural Communities Struggle to Find Internet Providers
- California - Public Broadband Works; Why Not Here?
- Interactive Community Network Map
- Right or Wrong, Yahoo Is the Talk of the Town
- Thousands Expected to ‘Unplug’ for a Day
- Why Limiting Emails to 50 Words is a Great Idea
- It May be Weeks before We See Impact of Sequester Cuts in Washington State
- Sequester Closes Some Doors on Capitol Hill
- Raising Washington State Taxes Now Easier, But Politically Harder
- Op/Ed - Washington State Should Help Tech Industry by Renewing Tax Incentives
- Woman’s Body Found in Thurston County Woods
- Washington State Governor Planning Visit to Hanford Tank Farms Next Week
- Las Vegas Shooting Suspect Arrested in Los Angeles
- Decline in Bumblebees Is Mystery
WORD OF THE DAY
Billabong
• \BILL-uh-bong\ • Noun – 1a: a blind channel leading out from a river b: a
usually dry streambed that is filled seasonally 2: a backwater forming a
stagnant pool
“Waltzing
Matilda”
Once
a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,
Under
the shade of a Coolibah tree,
And
he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boil,
You’ll
come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Appeals Court
Upholds FCC Pole Attachment Order for Private Utilities (American Public Power Association)
Pat Smith: Energy
in Northwest Entwined with Treaties, Environment (The Missoulian, MT)
Bonneville Power
Administration Quick to Respond to Residents Angry Over Tree Cutting (KATU-TV, Portland,
OR)
Mason County PUD
3 Tree Trimming on Mason Lake Drive E Begins March 4 (Mason County PUD 3,
Shelton, WA)
Mason County PUD
3 Commission Cancels March 12 Meeting, Will Hold Special Meeting March 5 (Mason
County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Op/Ed - Pacific
Gas & Electric Rate Plan Would Shift Burden (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Forget Tar Sands:
Canadian Hydropower Can Help U-S (The Energy Collective)
Exclusive: Cyberattack Leaves Natural Gas
Pipelines Vulnerable to Sabotage (Christian Science Monitor)
U-S Natural Gas Supplies Fell Last Week (Associated Press)
Post-Fukushima, Arguments for Nuclear Safety Bog
Down (NY Times)
French Nuclear
Giant Areva Loses $130 Million in 2012 (Associated Press)
Outgoing Energy
Secretary Could Be Remembered for More than Solyndra (National Public Radio)
Chairman Hastings
Renews Request for Information from Secretary Chu on Memo that Could Increase
Electricity Rates on 40 Million Americans (U-S House Natural Resources
Committee)
Editorial - Power
Poles: A Price We Pay (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Klamath
County Deals Political Setback to Dam Removal Plan (Northwest Public Radio)
Op/Ed - The Education of Dr. Jane Lubchenco (The
Summit Daily, CO)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
In California, What Price Water? (NY Times)
Dust from Africa Affects Snowfall in California (Associated
Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/Dust-from-Africa-affects-snowfall-in-California-4317173.php
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/Dust-from-Africa-affects-snowfall-in-California-4317173.php
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Jobs
Required for SoloPower’s $20 Million Tax Credit Fall Short of Public
Projections (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
SoloPower
Looking More & More Like Solyndra (GigaOM)
Boston-Based
Energy Firm Looks to Harness the Waves Off Alaska’s Coast (Boston Business
Journal, MA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
E3TNW.org: BPA’s new emerging technology tool (Bonneville
Power Administration)
A Little Guilt, a Lot of Energy Savings - How
smiley faces & peer pressure can save money—& the planet (Slate
Magazine)
The
Real Power behind Today’s Energy Efficiency Industry (Renewable Energy World)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
A Carbon Market Takes Root in California (San
Jose Mercury News, CA)
Study
of Ice Age Bolsters Carbon & Warming Link (NY
Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
What
‘Green’ Really Means for the Eagles, Seahawks & NASCAR (Forbes Magazine)
Some
Far Out (at Least for Now) Energy Ideas (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Kitsap PUD Wants to Expand Wi-Fi to Port Orchard (Port
Orchard Independent, WA)
Limited Access: Rural Communities Struggle to Find
Internet Providers (Associated Press)
California - Public Broadband Works; Why Not Here?
(San Francisco Bay Guardian, CA)
Interactive Community Network Map (Municipal
Networks)
Right or Wrong, Yahoo Is the Talk of the Town (GigaOM)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Thousands Expected to ‘Unplug’ for a Day (USA Today)
Why Limiting Emails to 50 Words is a Great Idea
(Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
It May be Weeks before We See Impact of Sequester
Cuts in Washington State (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Sequester Closes Some Doors on Capitol Hill (Washington
Post)
Raising Washington State Taxes Now Easier, But
Politically Harder (Seattle Times, WA)
Op/Ed - Washington State Should Help Tech Industry by
Renewing Tax Incentives (Seattle Times, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Woman’s Body Found in Thurston County Woods (Associated
Press)
Washington State Governor Planning Visit to Hanford
Tank Farms Next Week (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Las Vegas Shooting Suspect Arrested in Los Angeles (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Decline in Bumblebees Is Mystery (Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
Write
On! Idaho Senate Clears Cursive Requirement
Berlin
Wall Removal Project Stalls amid Protests
Titanic
II: Billionaire Launches Plans for Replica of Doomed Ship
Like,
You Will: Star Wars Nesting Dolls
SONG OF THE DAY
Blackfoot
- Train Train
