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THE NEWS DIGEST WORD CLOUD (JUST BECAUSE I CAN)
Energy
News Digest word cloud for March 4, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Barack Obama Names Energy, Environment &
Budget Heads (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Douglas, Chelan, Grant PUDs Favor Adjusting or
Ending River Treaty with Canada (Wenatchee
World, WA)
$400,000 Fine Recommended Against Puget Sound
Energy for Seattle Home Explosion (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Harstine Island –
Mason County PUD 3 Planned Power Outage March 6 to Complete Connection of New
Bridge Cable Crossing (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Odessa
Biodiesel Producer Using Canola Seed Goes Bankrupt (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Barack Obama Names Energy, Environment & Budget Heads
- Douglas, Chelan, Grant PUDs Favor Adjusting or Ending River Treaty with Canada
- $400,000 Fine Recommended Against Puget Sound Energy for Seattle Home Explosion
- Harstine Island – Mason County PUD 3 Planned Power Outage March 6 to Complete Connection of New Bridge Cable Crossing
- Grand Coulee to Creston - BPA to Meet Again with Public for Feedback on Proposed 71-Year-Old Transmission Line Rebuild
- Chicken Little & the "Crisis" of Grid Reliability
- The final recommendations developed by the Western/DOE Joint Outreach Team
- Obama Admin Releases Keystone Pipeline Environmental Impact Report
- Power Failure Blamed in New Orleans Water Issues
- Report Casts Doubt on Britain’s Nuclear Electricity Strategy
- New Zealand to Sell Stake in State Power Company
- Sea Lion Killings Pass Court Test
- Editorial - Salmon Return; So Do Sea Lions
- Washington Releases Preseason Salmon Forecasts For Ocean Fishing, Puget Sound, Columbia
- Dramatic Changes Following Elwha Dam Removal
- Kennewick Experiments with Aquifer Water Storage
- California - Central Valley Irrigation Fight Dries Up in the 9th
- Texas - Drought Revives Interest in Reservoirs
- Coal-Train Dust Study Finds Scant Data
- New Bonneville Power Administration Battery Stores Excess Energy
- Firm, Flathead Electric Cooperative Cooperate on Battery Test
- Winds of Change Blowing Through Wind Power Industry
- Woody Biomass in Northeast Oregon Gets a Boost from State Forestry Department Grants
- Editorial - State of California Goes Green, But Neglects the Basics
- Big Win for Energy Luddites in Louisiana
- Odessa Biodiesel Producer Using Canola Seed Goes Bankrupt
- Seattle - Tenants for Bullitt Center Must Think Green
- Colorado - Boulder Report Finds City Could Dramatically Reduce Greenhouse Gases, Keep Rates Flat, By Forming a City-Owned Utility
- BioLite CampStove: Charges Your Phone & Warms Your Tush, By Burning Twigs
- Op/Ed - Moving from an Age of Internet Scarcity to Abundance
- Colorado - EAGLE-Net Broadband Project in Steamboat Springs Struggles Launch
- Cisco to West Virginia: You Can Return Those Routers You Didn't Use
- Evernote Hacked: 50 Million Passwords Reset
- Here We Go Again – Facebook Is About to Change News Feed
- Google Knows Searching Is Its Strength
- Hulu's Uncertain Future
- Surprised over Court's Tax Ruling? Shouldn't Have Been
- Changes Loom for Washington State Pension System
- Washington State Representative Drawing Ire from Pacific Northwest Bike Community
- Why Gas Prices Go Up In the Spring
- Driver Testing No Longer Offered In Some DOL Offices; Including Shelton
- Police Have Person of Interest in Sea-Tac Copper Wire Caper
- Gravel Mining Bill Could Ease Path for Washington State Coal Terminal, Critics Claim
- Alaska Airlines, Flying Above an Industry’s Troubles
- Washington Territory Was Created 160 Years Ago
WORD OF THE DAY
Politic
• \PAWL-uh-tick\ • Adjective - 1: political 2: characterized by shrewdness in managing,
contriving, or dealing 3; sagacious in promoting a policy 4: shrewdly tactful
Getting
his main rival to not only agree to an odious act of public policy, but getting
him to actually believe it was his idea was the political genius of Francis
Urquhart. “You might well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Barack Obama Names Energy, Environment &
Budget Heads (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Douglas, Chelan, Grant PUDs Favor Adjusting or
Ending River Treaty with Canada (Wenatchee
World, WA)
$400,000 Fine Recommended Against Puget Sound
Energy for Seattle Home Explosion (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Harstine Island –
Mason County PUD 3 Planned Power Outage March 6 to Complete Connection of New
Bridge Cable Crossing (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Grand Coulee to Creston - BPA to Meet Again with Public
for Feedback on Proposed 71-Year-Old Transmission Line Rebuild (Bonneville
Power Administration)
Chicken Little & the "Crisis" of
Grid Reliability (Renewable Energy World)
The final
recommendations developed by the Western/DOE Joint Outreach Team, which were
presented to Secretary Chu for his consideration, and Secretary Chu’s response
memo to Western’s Acting Administrator are now available (Western Area Power
Administration – Links to PDF File) http://ww2.wapa.gov/sites/western/about/Documents/FINALRecommendationPackage.pdf
Obama Admin Releases Keystone Pipeline
Environmental Impact Report (Houston Business Journal, TX)
Power Failure
Blamed in New Orleans Water Issues (Associated Press)
Report Casts Doubt on Britain’s Nuclear
Electricity Strategy (NY Times)
New Zealand to
Sell Stake in State Power Company (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sea Lion Killings Pass Court Test (Electric Co-op
Today)
Editorial - Salmon Return; So Do Sea Lions (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Washington Releases Preseason Salmon Forecasts
For Ocean Fishing, Puget Sound, Columbia (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Dramatic Changes Following Elwha Dam Removal (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Kennewick
Experiments with Aquifer Water Storage (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
California
- Central Valley Irrigation Fight Dries Up in the 9th (Courthouse News Service)
Texas
- Drought Revives Interest in Reservoirs (NY Times)
Coal-Train
Dust Study Finds Scant Data - Oregon officials ask fruitlessly for analysis of
likely health effects (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
New
Bonneville Power Administration Battery Stores Excess Energy (KGW-TV, Portland,
OR)
Firm,
Flathead Electric Cooperative Cooperate on Battery Test (Daily Interlake, Kalispell,
MT)
Winds
of Change Blowing Through Wind Power Industry (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
Woody
Biomass in Northeast Oregon Gets a Boost from State Forestry Department Grants (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
Editorial
- State of California Goes Green, But Neglects the Basics (San Diego
Union-Tribune, CA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Big Win for Energy Luddites in Louisiana (Forbes
Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Odessa
Biodiesel Producer Using Canola Seed Goes Bankrupt (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Seattle
- Tenants for Bullitt Center Must Think Green (Seattle
Times, WA)
Colorado
- Boulder Report Finds City Could Dramatically Reduce Greenhouse Gases, Keep
Rates Flat, By Forming a City-Owned Utility (American Public
Power Association)
BioLite
CampStove: Charges Your Phone & Warms Your Tush, By Burning Twigs (Gizmodo)
http://gizmodo.com/5988305/biolite-campstove-charges-your-phone-and-warms-your-tush-by-burning-twigs
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Op/Ed - Moving from an Age of Internet Scarcity to
Abundance (Seattle Times, WA)
Colorado - EAGLE-Net Broadband Project in Steamboat
Springs Struggles Launch (Denver Post, CO)
Cisco to West Virginia: You Can Return Those
Routers You Didn't Use (Silicon Valley Business Journal, San Jose, CA)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Evernote Hacked: 50 Million Passwords Reset
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Here We Go Again – Facebook Is About to Change News
Feed (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Google Knows Searching Is Its Strength (SF
Chronicle, CA)
Hulu's Uncertain Future (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Surprised over Court's Tax Ruling? Shouldn't Have
Been (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Changes Loom for Washington State Pension System (Seattle
Times, WA)
Washington State Representative Drawing Ire from
Pacific Northwest Bike Community (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
GENERAL NEWS
Why Gas Prices Go Up In the Spring (Christian
Science Monitor)
Driver Testing No
Longer Offered In Some DOL Offices; Including Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Police Have Person
of Interest in Sea-Tac Copper Wire Caper (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Gravel Mining Bill
Could Ease Path for Washington State Coal Terminal, Critics Claim (Everett Herald, WA)
Alaska Airlines,
Flying Above an Industry’s Troubles (NY Times)
Washington
Territory Was Created 160 Years Ago (Everett Herald, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Brooklyn
Man Fakes His Own Kidnapping to Explain Two-Week Absence to Girlfriend
Chutzpah
Department - Report: Sanford Asked Ex-Wife to Run His Campaign
Macy's
Reimagines Marilyn Monroe for the 21st Century
Pink
Floyd's 'Dark Side,' 40 Years Later
http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2013/03/02/173272509/pink-floyds-dark-side-40-years-later?ft=1&f=7
SONG OF THE DAY
Pink
Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
