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News Digest Word Cloud for December 26, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
U-S Canadian Ice Storm Power Outages Leave
Thousands in the Dark - Bad Weather May Hinder Efforts to Restore Electricity (Associated Press)
Ballot
Fight over Oregon Renewable Energy Law Could Be Sparked by Small Rural Utility
(Oregonian, Portland)
Washington
State Regulators Approve Aggressive Energy Conservation Goals (Bonney Lake-Sumner
Courier-Herald, WA)
Op/Ed: A Pacific Northwest Success Story for the
Endangered Species Act (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Idaho Tops Nation in Portion of People Cutting
Their Landline (Northwest Public Radio)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- U-S Canadian Ice Storm Power Outages Leave Thousands in the Dark - Bad Weather May Hinder Efforts to Restore Electricity
- U-S FERC Drops Suit Against Idaho PUC Over Power-Buying Issue
- Cajun Christmas Surprise: Louisiana Electric Cooperative Successfully Defends NERC Deregistration
- Oregon: Scam Targets Northern Wasco PUD Customer
- Okanogan PUD Adopts $50.2 Million Budget for 2014
- Merry Christmas California - No Shopping Days Left for Nuclear – No Nukes, More Greenhouse Gas
- Feds Call Maine Businesses’ Energy Deals Fraudulent
- Home Gas Ranges Produce Toxic Gases; Lawrence Berkeley Lab Study Says
- Op/Ed: A Pacific Northwest Success Story for the Endangered Species Act
- Op/Ed: Salmon Plan Working
- OP/Ed: Steve Wright - Fish Are Finding Home in New Chelan River Channel
- Vacuum Pressure May Someday Pull Salmon over Dams
- Salmon Recovery Assessment: Who Leads the Long-Term Way? A Re-Defined Pacific NW Power/Conservation Council?
- Canadian View: Salmon Reintroduction Emerges as Columbia River Treaty Negotiation Issue
- Geoduck Harvesters See Money Slipping through Their Fingers
- Oregon Winter Whale Watch Week Begins Thursday
- Sea Lion Poop Becomes a Bone of Contention
- Worker Critically Injured in Fall at Pinto Dam
- Ballot Fight over Oregon Renewable Energy Law Could Be Sparked by Small Rural Utility
- Lakeview Brings Oregon Geothermal Plant Online
- San Diego Gas & Electric, Montana Wind Farm Tangle in Court
- Montana: Whitefish Company Turns Industrial Waste into Electricity
- Wind Power Developers Race Clock to Secure Subsidy
- Vestas Calls 2013 Its 2nd-Best Year for North American Turbine Sales
- Editorial: Hydropower Is Renewable
- Washington State Regulators Approve Aggressive Energy Conservation Goals
- Your Cable Box is a Vampire, But It’s About to Get More Efficient
- Light Bulb Law Brings Changes, Options
- If Christmas Brings New Devices to Plug In, Here Are Tips to Save Energy
- Carbon Dioxide Waste from Coal Plants Helps Extract More Oil from Old Fields
- Idaho Tops Nation in Portion of People Cutting Their Landline
- Five States with Most Wireless-Only Households
- Average U-S Wireless User Now Eats 1.2 GB Monthly
- T-Mobile Makes Wireless Access Deal with Facebook
- Analysis: Time Warner Cable's Missed Chances Begin Slide to Takeover Buzz
- Target Data Breach: Retailer Stages PR Blitz
- Bye Bye, Bile? Websites Try to Nix Nasty Comments
- McDonald's on Employee Resources Site: Not Lovin' It
- Most Americans Say this Congress is Worst in Their Lifetime, CNN Poll Says
- Boeing Is on Many Wish Lists, But Economists Say States Should Rethink Their Big Tax Breaks
- Target Says Be Wary of Phishing Emails
- Hood Canal: Navy Maneuver on Bangor Wharf’s Safety is Key to Lawsuit
- Mason County Consolidates Services; Creates Support Services Department
- Price of a U-S Stamp to Go Up By Three Cents in January
- Mormons Lead Way in Disaster-Prep Food Storage
- Olympia’s Oyster House to Soon Be Reborn
WORD OF THE DAY
Crèche
• \kresh\ • Noun - A place where young children are cared for during the day
while their parents are working; a day care center.
The
neighborhood’s day care center chose the wrong marketing firm for its rollout
campaign:
“Let
your Kids Krash at the Local Crèche”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
U-S Canadian Ice Storm Power Outages Leave
Thousands in the Dark - Bad Weather May Hinder Efforts to Restore Electricity (Associated Press)
U-S FERC Drops Suit Against Idaho PUC Over
Power-Buying Issue (Platts)
Cajun Christmas Surprise: Louisiana Electric
Cooperative Successfully Defends NERC Deregistration (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
Oregon: Scam Targets Northern Wasco PUD Customer
(The Dalles Chronicle, OR)
Okanogan PUD Adopts $50.2 Million Budget for 2014
(Methow Valley News, Twisp, WA)
Merry Christmas California - No Shopping Days
Left for Nuclear – No Nukes, More Greenhouse Gas (Forbes)
Feds Call Maine Businesses’ Energy Deals Fraudulent
(Boston Globe, MA)
Home Gas Ranges Produce Toxic Gases; Lawrence
Berkeley Lab Study Says (San José Mercury News, CA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Op/Ed: A Pacific Northwest Success Story for the
Endangered Species Act (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Op/Ed: Salmon Plan Working (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
OP/Ed: Steve Wright - Fish Are Finding Home in
New Chelan River Channel (Wenatchee World, WA)
Vacuum Pressure May Someday Pull Salmon over Dams
(Seattle Times – Paywall Advisory)
Salmon Recovery Assessment: Who Leads the
Long-Term Way? A Re-Defined Pacific NW Power/Conservation Council? (Columbia
Basin Bulletin)
Canadian View: Salmon Reintroduction Emerges as Columbia
River Treaty Negotiation Issue (Arrow Lakes News, Nakusp, BC)
Geoduck Harvesters See Money Slipping through
Their Fingers (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Oregon Winter Whale Watch Week Begins Thursday
(KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Sea Lion Poop Becomes a Bone of Contention (Courthouse
News Service)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Worker
Critically Injured in Fall at Pinto Dam (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Ballot
Fight over Oregon Renewable Energy Law Could Be Sparked by Small Rural Utility (Oregonian,
Portland)
Lakeview
Brings Oregon Geothermal Plant Online (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
San
Diego Gas & Electric, Montana Wind Farm Tangle in Court (San Diego
Union-Tribune, CA)
Montana:
Whitefish Company Turns Industrial Waste into Electricity (Ravalli Republic,
MT)
Wind
Power Developers Race Clock to Secure Subsidy (NY
Times)
Vestas
Calls 2013 Its 2nd-Best Year for North American Turbine Sales (Denver Business
Journal, CO)
Editorial:
Hydropower Is Renewable (Baker City Herald, OR)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Washington
State Regulators Approve Aggressive Energy Conservation Goals (Bonney
Lake-Sumner Courier-Herald, WA)
Your
Cable Box is a Vampire, But It’s About to Get More Efficient (Grist Online)
Light Bulb Law Brings Changes, Options (Akron
Beacon, OH)
If
Christmas Brings New Devices to Plug In, Here Are Tips to Save Energy
(Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon
Dioxide Waste from Coal Plants Helps Extract More Oil from Old Fields (Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Idaho Tops Nation in Portion of People Cutting
Their Landline (Northwest Public Radio)
Five States with Most Wireless-Only Households (USA
Today)
Average U-S Wireless User Now Eats 1.2 GB Monthly
(Broadband Reports)
T-Mobile Makes Wireless Access Deal with Facebook
(Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Analysis: Time Warner Cable's Missed Chances Begin
Slide to Takeover Buzz (Reuters)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Target Data Breach: Retailer Stages PR Blitz
(Associated Press)
Bye Bye, Bile? Websites Try to Nix Nasty Comments (Associated Press)
McDonald's on Employee Resources Site: Not Lovin'
It (Cable News Network)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Most Americans Say this Congress is Worst in Their
Lifetime, CNN Poll Says (McCLatchy News Service)
GENERAL NEWS
Boeing Is on Many Wish Lists, But Economists Say
States Should Rethink Their Big Tax Breaks (Washington Post)
Target Says Be Wary of Phishing Emails (Associated
Press)
Hood Canal: Navy Maneuver on Bangor Wharf’s Safety
is Key to Lawsuit (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Mason County Consolidates Services; Creates Support
Services Department (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Price of a U-S Stamp to Go Up By Three Cents in
January (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Mormons Lead Way in Disaster-Prep Food Storage (Associated Press)
Olympia’s Oyster House to Soon Be Reborn
(Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Cowboy
QB Backup Kitna to Donate Salary to High School (Puget Sound Business Journal,
WA)
Cabbie
Finds, Returns $300,000
West
Pennsylvania Man Charged with Stealing Cuffs in Escape
New
York Man's 10,607 Video Games Secure Guinness Title
SONG OF THE DAY
James
Brown - Prisoner of Love
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