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News Digest Word Cloud for August 16, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Taking Back Power: Tribes Vie for Control of
Hydro Dams (Northwest Public Radio)
California Attorney General Announces $750M
Refund from Canadian Utility Powerex (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
Fraser River Sockeye Test Fishery Scaled Back
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Climate
Research Targets Western Wildfire Smoke (KEPR-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
Washington
State Supreme Court Says Columbia County Ranch Must Fence-In Creek (Northwest Public Radio)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Taking Back Power: Tribes Vie for Control of Hydro Dams
- Bill Eases Regulations on Hydropower Projects - McMorris Rodgers’ Measure Speeds Up Licensing Process
- Power Group: Draft Columbia River Treaty Hurts U-S
- California Attorney General Announces $750M Refund from Canadian Utility Powerex
- Electricity Industry: JP Morgan & Market Complexity
- $22 Million Net Loss - Portland General Electric Announces Second Quarter Results
- Franklin PUD Completes Sale of Revenue Bonds
- Bonneville Power Administration Names Richard Shaheen VP of Engineering & Technical Services - Former Florida Power & Light Executive
- Grays Harbor PUD Earns Clean Annual Audit from Washington State Auditor’s Office
- Columbia River PUD Warns Customers to be Wary of Phone Scam
- Editorial: Heed Court’s Order on Nuke Waste Delay Tactics
- Report Says U-S Nuclear Power Plants Vulnerable to 9/11-Style Attacks
- Appeals Court Blocks Attempt by Vermont to Close a Nuclear Plant
- Minnesota: One Killed, One Injured While Working on Power Line Construction near New Prague
- Sierra Club Raises Concerns over Sale of NV Energy
- Alcoa to Close or Curtail 164,000 Metric Tons of Smelting Capacity
- Increased Air Conditioning Usage Threatens Global Energy Supply
- A Rare Glimpse Inside a Magnificent, Abandoned Shrine to Electricity
- Fraser River Sockeye Test Fishery Scaled Back
- Chehalis Developer to Pay $250,000 for Clean Water Violations
- Scatter Creek: Business Decision Drains Salmon Stream of Water
- California: Judge Orders New Yuba River Biological Opinion
- Washington State Supreme Court Says Columbia County Ranch Must Fence-In Creek
- New Law Caps Gold Mining Dredges in Oregon’s Rivers at 850
- Drought Forces Restrictions on Colorado River Water Releases
- Chelan County: Local Wind Power Keeps Energy Close to Home
- Washington State Agricultural Solar Projects to be Funded
- Secretary Jewell Underscores Importance of Landscape-Level Approach, Mitigation in Meeting Presidents Renewable Energy Goals on Public Lands
- Japan Solar Energy Soars, But Grid Needs to Catch Up
- Your iPhone Uses More Energy than a Refrigerator
- Climate Research Targets Western Wildfire Smoke
- Enviros Not Happy with California Carbon Offsets
- Severe Heat Waves Are Expected to Double by 2020
- White House Solar Panels Being Installed this Week
- New York: Rochester Man Puts Solar Panels on Home to Show Waste
- British Columbia: Solar Panels Mean $3 Electricity Bill for Surrey Man
- Gresham Goes Solar on Some Emergency Vehicles
- Google Unveils Provo Google Fiber Pricing
- Comcast Fights Google Fiber in Provo With New Pricing
- The Surprisingly Large Energy Footprint of the Digital Economy
- Editorial: Dave Sabey - Big Ideas & Big Data Go Hand In Hand
- CBS Blackout on Time Warner Cable May Last Until NFL Season
- Why Dayparting Must Be Part of Your Mobile Strategy
- Facebook is a Bummer, Study Says
- How Ant Colonies Foreshadow the Future of Facebook
- Idaho Congressman Labrador to Seek Third Term, Not Run for Governor
- Paid Washington State Signature Gatherer Accused of Faking Names
- Washington State is at “High Risk” of Losing Federal Education Waiver
- Washington State’s Unemployment Rate Ticks Up in July, While Jobs Continue to Climb
- Radical Environmentalist Rebecca Rubin Will Plead Guilty in Portland in October
- Silverdale Man Believed to be Under the Influence Causes Belfair Crash
- HHS Watchdog Says Rural Hospital Program Needs a Trim
WORD OF THE DAY
Moue
• \moo\ • Noun - A little grimace: pout.
Moue,
a nervous tic
“Seasons
in the Sun,” I cringe
Terry
Jacks, oh no!
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Taking Back Power: Tribes Vie for Control of
Hydro Dams (Northwest Public Radio)
Bill Eases Regulations on Hydropower Projects -
McMorris Rodgers’ Measure Speeds Up Licensing Process (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
Power Group: Draft Columbia River Treaty Hurts
U-S (Electric Co-op Today)
California Attorney General Announces $750M
Refund from Canadian Utility Powerex (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
Electricity Industry: JP Morgan & Market
Complexity (The Energy Collective)
$22 Million Net Loss - Portland General Electric
Announces Second Quarter Results (BusinessWire)
Franklin PUD Completes Sale of Revenue Bonds (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Names Richard
Shaheen VP of Engineering & Technical Services - Former Florida Power &
Light Executive (Bonneville Power Administration)
Grays Harbor PUD Earns Clean Annual Audit from
Washington State Auditor’s Office (KBKW Radio,
Aberdeen, WA)
Columbia River PUD Warns Customers to be Wary of
Phone Scam (St Helens Chronicle, OR)
Editorial: Heed Court’s Order on Nuke Waste Delay
Tactics (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Report Says U-S Nuclear Power Plants Vulnerable
to 9/11-Style Attacks (Reuters)
Appeals Court Blocks Attempt by Vermont to Close
a Nuclear Plant (NY Times)
Minnesota: One Killed, One Injured While Working
on Power Line Construction near New Prague (Minneapolis Star-Tribune, MN)
Sierra Club Raises Concerns over Sale of NV
Energy (Individula.com)
Alcoa to Close or Curtail 164,000 Metric Tons of
Smelting Capacity (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2013/08/14/alcoa-to-close-or-curtail-164000.html?page=all
Increased Air Conditioning Usage Threatens Global
Energy Supply (U-S News & World Report)
A Rare Glimpse Inside a Magnificent, Abandoned
Shrine to Electricity (Gizmodo)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fraser River Sockeye Test Fishery Scaled Back
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Chehalis Developer to Pay $250,000 for Clean
Water Violations (Longview Daily News, WA)
Scatter Creek: Business Decision Drains Salmon
Stream of Water (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
California: Judge Orders New Yuba River
Biological Opinion (The Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, CA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington
State Supreme Court Says Columbia County Ranch Must Fence-In Creek (Northwest Public Radio)
New
Law Caps Gold Mining Dredges in Oregon’s Rivers at 850 (Northwest Public Radio)
Drought
Forces Restrictions on Colorado River Water Releases (National Public Radio)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Chelan
County: Local Wind Power Keeps Energy Close to Home (Northwest Public Radio)
Washington
State Agricultural Solar Projects to be Funded (KVEW-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Secretary
Jewell Underscores Importance of Landscape-Level Approach, Mitigation in
Meeting Presidents Renewable Energy Goals on Public Lands (Renewables Biz)
Japan
Solar Energy Soars, But Grid Needs to Catch Up (National Geographic Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Your
iPhone Uses More Energy than a Refrigerator (The Week)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate
Research Targets Western Wildfire Smoke (KEPR-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
Enviros
Not Happy with California Carbon Offsets (Associated
Press)
Severe
Heat Waves Are Expected to Double by 2020 (U-S News & World Report)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
White
House Solar Panels Being Installed this Week (Washington
Post)
New
York: Rochester Man Puts Solar Panels on Home to Show Waste (Rochester Democrat
& Chronicle, NY)
British
Columbia: Solar Panels Mean $3 Electricity Bill for Surrey Man (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
Gresham
Goes Solar on Some Emergency Vehicles (KGW TV,
Portland, OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Unveils Provo Google Fiber Pricing
(Broadband Reports)
Comcast Fights Google Fiber in Provo With New
Pricing (Broadband Reports)
The Surprisingly Large Energy Footprint of the Digital
Economy (TIME Magazine)
Editorial: Dave Sabey - Big Ideas & Big Data Go
Hand In Hand (Wenatchee World, WA)
CBS Blackout on Time Warner Cable May Last Until
NFL Season (NY Times)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Why Dayparting Must Be Part of Your Mobile Strategy
(Mashable)
Facebook is a Bummer, Study Says (Los Angeles
Times, CA)
How Ant Colonies Foreshadow the Future of Facebook
(Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Idaho Congressman Labrador to Seek Third Term, Not
Run for Governor (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Paid Washington State Signature Gatherer Accused of
Faking Names (Everett Herald, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State is at “High Risk” of Losing
Federal Education Waiver (Northwest Public Radio)
Washington State’s Unemployment Rate Ticks Up in
July, While Jobs Continue to Climb (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)
Radical Environmentalist Rebecca Rubin Will Plead
Guilty in Portland in October (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Silverdale Man Believed to be Under the Influence
Causes Belfair Crash (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA - Paywall Advisory)
HHS Watchdog Says Rural Hospital Program Needs a
Trim (Washington Post)
DIVERSIONS
Lambrecht
Chevrolet Auction is Your Chance to Buy New (And We Mean New) Old Cars
Residents
Blow Up Home in Attempt to Make Hash Oil
Chinese
Zoo Tries to Pass Off Dog as African Lion
Want
a ‘Star Trek’ Tricorder? Your Smart Phone Could Be Getting Close
SONG OF THE DAY
Jigsaw
- Sky High
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