Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Energy News Digest for November 26, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Chance of Snow for Monday Night Seahawks Game (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Op/Ed: Future Generations Deserve Our Thoughtful Consideration of Columbia River Treaty (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Renewable-Energy Subsidy Twists in Political Winds (Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)

Vestas Hopes to Bring Wind Power to World (NY Times)

Government Underestimates Methane Emissions by 50 Percent (U-S News & World Report)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Op/Ed: Future Generations Deserve Our Thoughtful Consideration of Columbia River Treaty
  • Tennessee Valley Authority’s Business Strategy Evolving
  • Nuclear Waste Burial Debate Produces Odd Alliances
  • Seattle Seeks Proposals for Summer-Winter Power Exchange
  • Scientists Unraveling Mystery of Orcas in Race to Save Them
  • Renewable-Energy Subsidy Twists in Political Winds
  • Vestas Hopes to Bring Wind Power to World
  • Pumped Storage in the Spotlight
  • Maine: First Wind Grows by Aiming Low
  • Bill Preserves Ohio Renewable Energy Targets
  • Government Underestimates Methane Emissions by 50 Percent
  • Recycled Glass Actually Taken to Oregon Landfills
  • NSA May Have Penetrated Internet Cable Links
  • Intel Looks to Unload Its Nascent Web TV Division for $500 Million
  • Bayers: Time to Retire Term ‘Cloud Computing’
  • Government Accountability Office: More Oversight Needed at National Labs
  • Chance of Snow for Monday Night Seahawks Game
  • Kelso Couple (One a Cowlitz PUD Employee) Helps Rescue Men After Boat Sinks in Columbia River
  • DuPont Issues Temporary Occupancy Permit for Amazon Distribution Center
  • Four-Inch Mistake Forces Taxpayers to Pick Up Expensive Tab
  • Christmas Tree Arrives in Washington, D-C From Washington State

WORD OF THE DAY

Brachiate • \BRAY-kee-ayt\ • Verb - To progress by swinging from hold to hold by the arms.

Kids on the playground
Brachiate from bar to bar
Don’t fall! Lawyers watch

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Op/Ed: Future Generations Deserve Our Thoughtful Consideration of Columbia River Treaty (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Tennessee Valley Authority’s Business Strategy Evolving (Energy Biz)

Nuclear Waste Burial Debate Produces Odd Alliances (Associated Press)

Seattle Seeks Proposals for Summer-Winter Power Exchange (American Public Power Association)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Scientists Unraveling Mystery of Orcas in Race to Save Them (KOMO TV, Seattle, WA)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Renewable-Energy Subsidy Twists in Political Winds (Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)

Vestas Hopes to Bring Wind Power to World (NY Times)

Pumped Storage in the Spotlight (Renewable Energy World)

Maine: First Wind Grows by Aiming Low (Boston Globe, MA)

Bill Preserves Ohio Renewable Energy Targets (Associated Press)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Government Underestimates Methane Emissions by 50 Percent (U-S News & World Report)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Recycled Glass Actually Taken to Oregon Landfills (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

NSA May Have Penetrated Internet Cable Links (NY Times)

Intel Looks to Unload Its Nascent Web TV Division for $500 Million (Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)

Bayers: Time to Retire Term ‘Cloud Computing’ (USA Today)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Government Accountability Office: More Oversight Needed at National Labs (Tri-City Herald, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Chance of Snow for Monday Night Seahawks Game (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Kelso Couple (One a Cowlitz PUD Employee) Helps Rescue Men After Boat Sinks in Columbia River (Longview Daily News, WA)

DuPont Issues Temporary Occupancy Permit for Amazon Distribution Center (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Four-Inch Mistake Forces Taxpayers to Pick Up Expensive Tab (KOMO TV, Seattle, WA)

Christmas Tree Arrives in Washington, D-C From Washington State (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

DIVERSIONS

‘Maltese Falcon’ Figure Sells for More than $4 Million

Thieves Walk Away with More than $30,000 of Ice Wine from Okanagan Winery

Australian Family Set Christmas Lights Record

Stoned Ghost Hunters Torch Historic Mansion

SONG OF THE DAY

Manfred Mann's Earth Band- Blinded by the Light

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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