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News Digest Word Cloud for March 21, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Montana U-S Senator - Columbia Falls Aluminum:
‘Glencore Has Been Playing Us’ (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
Editorial - Increasing Hydropower: Cantwell Bill
Would Allow Washington State to Increase Its Role in Renewable Energy
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
New Study Shows Increase in Stormy Weather in
Western Washington (Northwest Public Radio)
Portlanders
Pushing for New Water Public Utility District (KOIN TV, Portland, OR)
Chelan
PUD’s Local Solar Guru Named ‘Science Champion’ (Wenatchee
World, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Montana U-S Senator - Columbia Falls Aluminum: ‘Glencore Has Been Playing Us’
- Editorial - Increasing Hydropower: Cantwell Bill Would Allow Washington State to Increase Its Role in Renewable Energy
- Hastings, DeFazio to Co-Chair Northwest Energy Caucus
- New Report Says U-S Mining, Energy Industries Face Workforce Shortage as Baby Boomers Retire
- Increased Dependence on Natural Gas Exposes Holes in U-S Electrical Grid
- Los Angeles Public Utility Says Will Be Free of Coal by 2025
- House Lawmakers Urged to Consider Impacts of Changing the Tax Treatment of Municipal Bonds
- House Agriculture Committee Reports Public Power Risk Management Act
- U-S Natural Gas Supplies Fell Last Week
- Body of Rat Is Linked to Blackout at Japanese Atomic Site
- How Deadly Is Your Kilowatt? We Rank the Killer Energy Sources
- Up & Away! Endangered Deer Get Ride Out of Threatened Refuge
- Portlanders Pushing for New Water Public Utility District
- U-S Supreme Court Justices Back Loggers in Water Runoff Case
- Chelan PUD’s Local Solar Guru Named ‘Science Champion’
- Analysis - Vestas Puts ‘For Sale’ Sign on Factories
- Chinese Solar Panel Maker Suntech Declares Bankruptcy
- California Eagle Death Prompts Wind Farm Investigation
- Kansas - Effort to Push Back Renewable Energy Requirements Fails in House Committee
- State of the Art - New Reasons to Change Light Bulbs
- “Vampire Diaries” Star Highlights Cree’s LED Bulb
- Energy-Efficiency Survey Results Encouraging Yet Disappointing
- Federal Water Heater Standards Challenged
- The Business of Smart Appliances
- U-S Cap & Trade Growing; May Hit $2 Billion by 2020
- Google Explains Why the Future of Energy is Green
- AAA Launches Roadside Charging Service for Electric Vehicles in WA
- Soccer as an Energy Source
- Google’s Super-Fast Broadband Service is Growing, But Not Everyone is Happy
- Doors Opening at FCC
- Verizon Considers Only Paying Cable Providers for What You Watch
- Companies Slow to Use Twitter, Facebook for Customer Service, Study Says
- Twitter Turns Seven: Users Send Over 400 Million Tweets per Day
- U-S House Passes Plan to Avert Federal Shutdown
- U-S Senate Panel Approves Obama’s Choice for Interior Department
- Washington State Budget Shortfall Expected to be $1.2 Billion
- Special Weather Statement for Western Washington
- New Study Shows Increase in Stormy Weather in Western Washington
- City of Shelton Sewer Rates Forecast to Increase
- Washington Economic Recovery Hits Milestone
- Nippon Strikers Say They’ll Picket Around the Clock; Paper Mill Shut Down
- Washington State Forests Generate $296 Million for Schools
- Kitsap-Area Credit Unions Host Event on Surviving Sequestration
- ‘Green’ Marijuana Jobs Coming to Raymond
WORD OF THE DAY
Plaudit
• \PLAW-ditt\ • Noun - 1: an act or round of applause 2: enthusiastic approval
— usually used in plural
Barney
loved to see his wife embarrassed; not because he had a need to witness her
discomfort, but because whenever she received unexpected plaudits for her
amazing theatrical talents, she blushed the most amazing shade of pink.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Montana U-S Senator - Columbia Falls Aluminum: ‘Glencore
Has Been Playing Us’ (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
Editorial - Increasing Hydropower: Cantwell Bill
Would Allow Washington State to Increase Its Role in Renewable Energy (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Hastings, DeFazio to Co-Chair Northwest Energy
Caucus (U-S Representative Doc Hastings)
New Report Says U-S Mining, Energy Industries
Face Workforce Shortage as Baby Boomers Retire (Associated
Press)
Increased Dependence on Natural Gas Exposes Holes
in U-S Electrical Grid (U-S News & World Report)
Los Angeles Public Utility Says Will Be Free of
Coal by 2025 (Reuters)
House Lawmakers Urged to Consider Impacts of
Changing the Tax Treatment of Municipal Bonds (American Public Power
Association)
House Agriculture Committee Reports Public Power
Risk Management Act (American Public Power Association)
U-S Natural Gas Supplies Fell Last Week (Associated Press)
Body of Rat Is Linked to Blackout at Japanese Atomic
Site (NY Times)
How
Deadly Is Your Kilowatt? We Rank the Killer Energy Sources (Forbes Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Up & Away! Endangered Deer Get Ride Out of
Threatened Refuge (KATU TV, Portland, OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Portlanders
Pushing for New Water Public Utility District (KOIN TV, Portland, OR)
U-S
Supreme Court Justices Back Loggers in Water Runoff Case (NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Chelan
PUD’s Local Solar Guru Named ‘Science Champion’ (Wenatchee
World, WA)
Analysis
- Vestas Puts ‘For Sale’ Sign on Factories (Wind Power Monthly)
Chinese
Solar Panel Maker Suntech Declares Bankruptcy (USA Today)
California
Eagle Death Prompts Wind Farm Investigation (Energy AOL)
Kansas
- Effort to Push Back Renewable Energy Requirements Fails in House Committee
(Wichita Eagle, KS)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
State of the Art - New Reasons to Change Light
Bulbs (NY Times)
“Vampire
Diaries” Star Highlights Cree’s LED Bulb (Triangle Business Journal, NC)
Energy-Efficiency
Survey Results Encouraging Yet Disappointing (Fierce Energy)
Federal
Water Heater Standards Challenged (Electric Co-op Today)
The Business of Smart Appliances (Oven Info.com)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U-S
Cap & Trade Growing; May Hit $2 Billion by 2020 (The Energy Collective)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Google
Explains Why the Future of Energy is Green (Forbes Magazine)
AAA
Launches Roadside Charging Service for Electric Vehicles in WA (KING TV,
Seattle, WA)
Soccer
as an Energy Source (TIME Magazine)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google’s Super-Fast Broadband Service is Growing,
But Not Everyone is Happy (Motherboard)
Doors Opening at FCC (Washington Post)
Verizon Considers Only Paying Cable Providers for
What You Watch (Mashable)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Companies Slow to Use Twitter, Facebook for
Customer Service, Study Says (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Twitter Turns Seven: Users Send Over 400 Million
Tweets per Day (Washington Post)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
U-S House Passes Plan to Avert Federal Shutdown (NY
Times)
U-S Senate Panel Approves Obama’s Choice for Interior
Department (NY Times)
Washington State Budget Shortfall Expected to be
$1.2 Billion (Everett Herald, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Special Weather Statement for Western Washington
(National Weather Service, Seattle, WA)
New Study Shows Increase in Stormy Weather in
Western Washington (Northwest Public Radio)
City
of Shelton Sewer Rates Forecast to Increase (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Washington Economic Recovery Hits Milestone
(Northwest Public Radio)
Nippon Strikers Say They’ll Picket Around the
Clock; Paper Mill Shut Down (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Washington State Forests Generate $296 Million for
Schools (Associated Press)
Kitsap-Area Credit Unions Host Event on Surviving
Sequestration (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)
‘Green’
Marijuana Jobs Coming to Raymond - Port of Willapa leases building to state’s
first legal marijuana farm (Coast River Business Journal, Astoria, OR)
DIVERSIONS
School
Asks Teens to Lay Off the Axe Body Spray After Student Suffers Severe Allergic
Reaction
Cops:
Mom Tells Girl, 7, To Shoot Store Workers with Pepper Spray
Hermiston
School District Cuts ‘Zombie Survival Skills’ Class
Tacoma
Woman Allegedly Trashes Friend’s House to the Tune of $30,000
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Zombies - Time of the Season
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