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News Digest Word Cloud for May 1, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Data Farms Changing Oregon Electric Co-op Loads
(Electric Co-op Today)
Talking Columbia River Treaty (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
California Officials Split On How to Divvy Up $500
Million in Clean-Energy Funds (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Idaho - Cox Communications is Off City of Ketchum’s
Broadband Committee – Mayor says survey is irresponsible (Idaho Mountain
Express, Sun Valley, ID)
Citing
‘Environmental Terrorism,’ Oregon House Passes Bills Targeting Tree-Sitters,
Environmental Activists (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Talking Columbia River Treaty
- Fitch Rates Tacoma’s Electric System Revenue Bonds ‘AA-’; Outlook Stable
- Cowlitz PUD Set to Take over Stretch of Power Lines near Volcano
- Seattle City Light Named Tree Line USA Utility by Arbor Day Foundation
- Costs for San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Shutdown Exceed $550 Million, May Be Retired
- A New Authority for Nuclear Waste
- Flow of Tainted Water Is Latest Crisis at Japan Nuclear Plant
- New York Governor Asks Con Ed to Freeze Bonuses for Top Executives
- Kentucky - Electricity Deal Saves 650 Jobs at Century Aluminum Smelter
- Editorial – Selling Off the Tennessee Valley Authority: The Stupid Party Strikes Again
- Young Coho Salmon Are Being Reintroduced to Area Waterways in Hopes They’ll Return to Spawn Naturally
- Union River Estuary Work near Belfair to Resume
- Citing ‘Environmental Terrorism,’ Oregon House Passes Bills Targeting Tree-Sitters, Environmental Activists
- California - MidAmerican, SunPower Begin “Major Construction” at Antelope Valley
- Colorado - House Oks Renewable Energy Increase for Rural Electric Co-Ops
- California Officials Split On How to Divvy Up $500 Million in Clean-Energy Funds
- Belkin’s Internet of Things Dreams Extend to Energy & Water Management
- McDonald’s Testing Energy-Efficient Restaurant in Cleveland
- Cowlitz PUD Adding Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles
- Lacey Alternative Energy Fair Educates, Entertains
- Electric Car Maker Files for Bankruptcy Protection
- Data Farms Changing Oregon Electric Co-op Loads
- Idaho - Cox Communications is Off City of Ketchum’s Broadband Committee
- Comcast Net Income Rises 17% - Higher Cable Bills Pump Up Revenues
- Time’s Ripe for Broadband Internet Activism in Rural Alaska
- Obama Ally, Former Cable Lobbyist Likely Pick for FCC
- Even Gamification Execs Hate the Term Gamification
- Bud Light Offers Proof That Facebook Ads Work
- Ten Reasons No One Wants You in Their Meetings
- Washington State Rep Dave Upthegrove Announces Candidacy for King County Council Seat
- Washington State Public Hospitals Win a Public Records Fight
- Deputies Searching for Woman after Man Found Dead in Olympia
- Road Work Scheduled for Shelton Springs Road
- Shelton Hospital Set to Celebrate Completion of Construction Project May 9
WORD OF THE DAY
Xenophobia
• \zen-uh-FOE-bee-yuh\ • Noun - Fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or
of anything that is strange or foreign.
Xenophobia
Fresh
winds bring changing seasons
Don’t
fear the new times
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Talking Columbia River Treaty (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Fitch Rates Tacoma’s Electric System Revenue
Bonds ‘AA-’; Outlook Stable (BusinessWire)
Cowlitz PUD Set to Take over Stretch of Power
Lines near Volcano (Longview Daily News, WA)
Seattle City Light Named Tree Line USA Utility by
Arbor Day Foundation (Electric Energy Online)
Costs for San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Shutdown
Exceed $550 Million, May Be Retired (Associated
Press)
A New Authority for Nuclear Waste (Forbes
Magazine)
Flow of Tainted Water Is Latest Crisis at Japan
Nuclear Plant (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/world/asia/radioactive-water-imperils-fukushima-plant.html?hp&_r=0
New York Governor Asks Con Ed to Freeze Bonuses
for Top Executives (NY Times)
Kentucky - Electricity Deal Saves 650 Jobs at Century
Aluminum Smelter (Louisville Courier-Journal, KY)
Editorial – Selling Off the Tennessee Valley
Authority: The Stupid Party Strikes Again (Powerline)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Young Coho Salmon Are Being Reintroduced to Area
Waterways in Hopes They’ll Return to Spawn Naturally (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Union River Estuary Work near Belfair to Resume (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Citing
‘Environmental Terrorism,’ Oregon House Passes Bills Targeting Tree-Sitters,
Environmental Activists (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
California
- MidAmerican, SunPower Begin “Major Construction” at Antelope Valley (Renewable
Energy World)
Colorado
- House Oks Renewable Energy Increase for Rural Electric Co-Ops (North Colorado
Business Report)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
California Officials Split On How to Divvy Up $500
Million in Clean-Energy Funds (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Belkin’s
Internet of Things Dreams Extend to Energy & Water Management (GigaOM)
McDonald’s
Testing Energy-Efficient Restaurant in Cleveland (Columbus Morning Call, OH_)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Cowlitz
PUD Adding Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles (Longview Daily News, WA)
Lacey
Alternative Energy Fair Educates, Entertains (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
Electric
Car Maker Files for Bankruptcy Protection (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Data Farms Changing Oregon Electric Co-op Loads
(Electric Co-op Today)
Idaho - Cox Communications is Off City of Ketchum’s
Broadband Committee – Mayor says survey is irresponsible (Idaho Mountain Express,
Sun Valley, ID)
Comcast Net Income Rises 17% - Higher Cable Bills
Pump Up Revenues (NY Times)
Time’s Ripe for Broadband Internet Activism in
Rural Alaska (Alaska Dispatch)
Obama Ally, Former Cable Lobbyist Likely Pick for FCC
(NY Times)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Even Gamification Execs Hate the Term Gamification
(Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)
Bud Light Offers Proof That Facebook Ads Work
(Mashable)
Ten Reasons No One Wants You in Their Meetings (U-S
News & World Report)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Rep Dave Upthegrove Announces
Candidacy for King County Council Seat (B-Town Blog)
Washington State Public Hospitals Win a Public
Records Fight (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Deputies Searching for Woman after Man Found Dead in
Olympia (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Road Work Scheduled for Shelton Springs Road (Mason
Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
Shelton Hospital Set to Celebrate Completion of
Construction Project May 9 (Olympian, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Eastside
Student Channels Rick Astley, Gets Prom Date
Hitler’s
Food Taster Kept Wartime Job a Secret until Age 95
School
Bans Voodoo Doughnut Presenter after Career Day Language
$100
Bills Remain One of America’s Leading Exports
SONG OF THE DAY
Rick
Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
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