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News Digest Word Cloud for September 10, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Federal Dam Plan Offers No Major Strategy Changes
(Associated Press)
SoloPower
Job Benchmarks, Loan Payments on Hold as Oregon Agrees to Restructure
(Oregonian, Portland, OR)
FCC Releases Map for Round Two of Stimulus Funding
(Broadband Reports)
State Energy Bill Could Alter Electricity Rates
for Millions in California (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Record High Temperatures This Week as Summer Gives
Last Gasp (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/Record-high-temperatures-this-week-as-summer-4800494.php
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- State Energy Bill Could Alter Electricity Rates for Millions in California
- Grays Harbor PUD Transformers Replaced Following Lighting Storm
- Cowlitz Tribe Opposes Longview Coal Terminal
- Pacific Gas & Electric to Settle San Bruno Pipeline Explosion Claims
- NRC 'Waste Confidence' Meetings to Focus on Spent Nuclear Fuel
- Op/Ed: Renewables, Efficiency or Natural Gas to Replace San Onofre?
- Report: Smart Advanced Meters Offer Multiple Benefits to Utilities, Customers
- Federal Dam Plan Offers No Major Strategy Changes
- Feds Say Dams Are Working Fine for Columbia Salmon
- Federal Columbia River Power System Biological Opinion
- Idaho: 80-Year-Old Hatchery Grows Healthier Fish with New Technology
- California: Pot Grow Sites' Poisons Cited in Fishers' Survival Struggles
- This Colossal Dam Keeps Russia's Capital City above Water
- SoloPower Job Benchmarks, Loan Payments on Hold as Oregon Agrees to Restructure
- Oregon: Baker County Commissioners to Hear Wind Farm Appeal
- Arizona: Zoners to Consider Extension for Kingman Wind Farm
- Push to Green Energy Will Cost California Customers
- Net Energy Metering Policies Helping to Spur Solar Growth
- Renewables: Here's How Much Your State Cares About Climate Change
- Commercial Solar: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
- Just Say No to Combustion in Buildings & Say Yes to Geothermal Heat Pumps
- Don't be Fooled by These Urban Legends of Green Living
- National Ceiling Fan Day Makes Saving Energy a Breeze
- Green Group Targets GOP Senators in New Climate Change Campaign
- NFL Goes Solar, Who's in the Lead?
- Solar Boat Reaches Paris after Crossing Atlantic
- FCC Releases Map for Round Two of Stimulus Funding
- Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase I Round Two
- Washington State Law Change Forces Poulsbo Fiber Project into Wireless Mesh
- Judges Hear Arguments on Neutrality Rules for Internet
- Amazon Lobbies Heavily for Internet Sales Tax
- The Ultimate Guide to Choosing an Internet Provider
- Inslee Kicking Off 'Results Washington' Initiative Tuesday to Promote Lean in Agencies
- U-S Senator Baucus, Congressman Camp Say Consensus Forming in Washington on a Corporate Tax Overhaul
- Record High Temperatures This Week as Summer Gives Last Gasp
- Pot Retailers, Growers in Washington State Gear Up for Legalization
- Parents Say They Regret In Vitro Twins, Stir Up Controversy
WORD OF THE DAY
Itinerant
• \eye-TIN-uh-runt\ • Adjective - Traveling from place to place; especially:
covering a circuit
Itinerant
Grace
Brother
Love’s Salvation Show
That’s
what he’s there for…
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
State Energy Bill Could Alter Electricity Rates for
Millions in California (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Grays Harbor PUD Transformers Replaced Following
Lighting Storm (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Cowlitz Tribe Opposes Longview Coal Terminal (KGW TV, Portland, OR)
Pacific Gas & Electric to Settle San Bruno
Pipeline Explosion Claims (Bloomberg News)
NRC 'Waste Confidence' Meetings to Focus on Spent
Nuclear Fuel (Augusta Chronicle, GA)
Op/Ed: Renewables, Efficiency or Natural Gas to
Replace San Onofre? (The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA)
Report: Smart Advanced Meters Offer
Multiple Benefits to Utilities, Customers (Electric Light & Power)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Federal Dam Plan Offers No Major Strategy Changes
(Associated Press)
Feds Say Dams Are Working Fine for Columbia
Salmon (Northwest Public Radio)
Federal Columbia River Power System Biological
Opinion (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
Idaho: 80-Year-Old Hatchery Grows Healthier Fish with
New Technology (Twin Falls Times News, ID)
California: Pot Grow Sites' Poisons Cited in
Fishers' Survival Struggles (Sacramento Bee, CA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
This
Colossal Dam Keeps Russia's Capital City above Water (Gizmodo)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
SoloPower
Job Benchmarks, Loan Payments on Hold as Oregon Agrees to Restructure (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
Oregon:
Baker County Commissioners to Hear Wind Farm Appeal (Baker City Herald, OR)
Arizona:
Zoners to Consider Extension for Kingman Wind Farm (Kingman Daily Miner, AZ)
Push
to Green Energy Will Cost California Customers (Hi-Desert Star, Yucca Valley,
CA)
Net
Energy Metering Policies Helping to Spur Solar Growth (Huffington Post)
Renewables:
Here's How Much Your State Cares About Climate Change (Business Insider)
Commercial
Solar: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (The Energy Collective)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Just
Say No to Combustion in Buildings & Say Yes to Geothermal Heat Pumps (Renewable
Energy World)
Don't
be Fooled by These Urban Legends of Green Living (PR Newswire)
National
Ceiling Fan Day Makes Saving Energy a Breeze (Bloomer Advance, WI)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Green
Group Targets GOP Senators in New Climate Change Campaign (Politico)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
NFL
Goes Solar, Who's in the Lead? (Renewable Energy World)
Solar
Boat Reaches Paris after Crossing Atlantic (Associated
Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Releases Map for Round Two of Stimulus Funding (Broadband
Reports)
Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase I Round Two
(Federal Communications Commission)
Washington State Law Change Forces Poulsbo Fiber
Project into Wireless Mesh (Institute for Local Self-Reliance)
Judges Hear Arguments on Neutrality Rules for
Internet (NY Times)
Amazon Lobbies Heavily for Internet Sales Tax (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
The Ultimate Guide to Choosing an Internet Provider
(Christian Science Monitor)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Inslee Kicking Off 'Results Washington' Initiative
Tuesday to Promote Lean in Agencies (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
U-S Senator Baucus, Congressman Camp Say Consensus
Forming in Washington on a Corporate Tax Overhaul (Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Record High Temperatures This Week as Summer Gives
Last Gasp (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/Record-high-temperatures-this-week-as-summer-4800494.php
Pot Retailers, Growers in Washington State Gear Up
for Legalization (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/09/09/bc-washington-legal-pot.html?cmp=rss
Parents Say They Regret In Vitro Twins, Stir Up
Controversy (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
DIVERSIONS
Pilfered
Light Bulb Leads to Stolen Car, Three Arrests
Van
Gogh Painting: Long-Lost Painting Identified as Van Gogh's
Cal
Worthington, Car Dealer with Manic Ads, Dies at 92
Tacoma
Man Trapped in Chimney after Hide-And-Seek
SONG OF THE DAY
Don McLean - Vincent (Starry Starry Night)
Chet Atkins - Vincent (Starry Starry Night)
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