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News Digest Word Cloud for January 2, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Olympic
Mountain Snowpack Running Low at Just 24 Percent of Normal Levels (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Oregon:
Dry Run - Eugene-Springfield Has Driest Year on Record (Eugene Register-Guard,
OR)
Court Zaps Idaho Falls' Plan to Build Power Lines
Using Eminent Domain (Courthouse News Service)
Editorial:
Wind Energy Tax Credit Has Blown Its Course; Let Expiration Stand (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Cold
Facts: More Record Lows than Highs in USA in 2013 (USA Today)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Court Zaps Idaho Falls' Plan to Build Power Lines Using Eminent Domain
- Tri-Cities Group Studies Small Nuclear Reactor
- Orcas Power & Light Turns Dial Up on Energy
- Pacific Gas & Electric Projects 2.8 Percent Increase in Residential Gas/Electric Bills
- Pacific Gas & Electric - Electric, Gas Rates to Change at Start of 2014
- Fierce Winter Storm Bearing Down on Northeast U-S
- Is New England Baking the Books on Oil-Fired Carbon Emissions?
- Massachusetts Makes Smart Grid Mandatory
- Moody's & Fitch Agree: 2014 Credit Outlook for Public Power is Stable
- A Huge Fall Chinook Run Saves Season for Columbia River Tribal Fishers
- Olympic Mountain Snowpack Running Low at Just 24 Percent of Normal Levels
- Oregon: Dry Run - Eugene-Springfield Has Driest Year on Record
- Mt. Hood Snowpack Levels Way Below Normal
- California: Folsom Lake’s Decline Exposes Gold Rush History
- Editorial: Wind Energy Tax Credit Has Blown Its Course; Let Expiration Stand
- Texas: Wind Power Advocates Stay Calm as Tax Credit Dies Down
- U-S Solar Panel Maker Seeks to Close Loophole in Duties on Chinese Products
- Connecticut: Man Says Groton Wind Turbine Project Turned His Dream House into Nightmare
- New York: Wind Turbines Get Turn to Power Hudson Valley Homes
- The End of the Bulb as We Know It? Not Quite
- New Oregon Rule Aims to Make TVs More Efficient
- Report: Smart Thermostat Maker Nest Now Worth $2 Billion
- Cold Facts: More Record Lows than Highs in USA in 2013
- Compared to the Two Previous Years, 2013 Was a Paper Tiger
- Helicopter Rescues All 52 Passengers from Stranded Ship in Antarctica
- World's Climate Warming Faster Than Feared, Scientists Say
- Ford Creates Plug-In Car That Runs on Sunlight
- Will Electric Cars Help or Hinder Climate Action?
- Why S.F. Broadband Is Slower, Costlier Than Everywhere Else
- A Snapchat Security Breach Affects 4.6 Million Users. Did Snapchat Drag Its Feet on a Fix?
- Hacker Group Takes over Microsoft Skype Social Media Accounts
- What Are the Social Media Expectations for 2014?
- Marijuana Legalization: Long Lines on First Day of Colorado Legal Pot Sales
- Pot Opponents Predict 'Hogwild' Colorado Trainwreck
- Mason County Adopts 2014 Budget
- Target Faces New Problem with Gift Cards
- First-Time Shelton Mom Has Thurston County's First Baby of New Year
- Seattle Fifth-Graders Try to Solve Bertha’s Big Mystery
WORD OF THE DAY
Pococurante
• \POE-koe-kyoo-rant-tee\ • Adjective - Indifferent, nonchalant
Another
new year? Brad’s pococurante attitude towards the linear passage of time was in
direct contract to the interest he had in the New Year’s college bowl games,
which he used to mark the passage of time. It was a passage littered with “Cheetos”
and the crumbs of deep fried pork rinds.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Court Zaps Idaho Falls' Plan to Build Power Lines
Using Eminent Domain (Courthouse News Service)
Tri-Cities Group Studies Small Nuclear Reactor
(Associated Press)
Orcas Power & Light Turns Dial Up on Energy
(Islands’ Weekly, Lopez Island, WA)
Pacific Gas & Electric Projects 2.8 Percent
Increase in Residential Gas/Electric Bills (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
Pacific Gas & Electric - Electric, Gas Rates
to Change at Start of 2014 (PGE Currents)
Fierce Winter Storm Bearing Down on Northeast U-S
(Associated Press)
Is
New England Baking the Books on Oil-Fired Carbon Emissions? (Forbes Magazine)
Massachusetts Makes Smart Grid Mandatory (The
Energy Collective)
Moody's & Fitch Agree: 2014 Credit Outlook for
Public Power is Stable (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
A Huge Fall Chinook Run Saves Season for Columbia
River Tribal Fishers (Oregonian, Portland)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Olympic
Mountain Snowpack Running Low at Just 24 Percent of Normal Levels (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Oregon:
Dry Run - Eugene-Springfield Has Driest Year on Record (Eugene Register-Guard,
OR)
Mt.
Hood Snowpack Levels Way Below Normal (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
California:
Folsom Lake’s Decline Exposes Gold Rush History (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Editorial:
Wind Energy Tax Credit Has Blown Its Course; Let Expiration Stand (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Texas:
Wind Power Advocates Stay Calm as Tax Credit Dies Down (San Antonio
Express-News, TX)
U-S
Solar Panel Maker Seeks to Close Loophole in Duties on Chinese Products (NY Times)
Connecticut:
Man Says Groton Wind Turbine Project Turned His Dream House into Nightmare (New
Hampshire Union-Leader)
New
York: Wind Turbines Get Turn to Power Hudson Valley Homes (Journal News, White
Plains, NY)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
The
End of the Bulb as We Know It? Not Quite (Northwest Public Radio)
New
Oregon Rule Aims to Make TVs More Efficient (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Report:
Smart Thermostat Maker Nest Now Worth $2 Billion (Mashable)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Cold
Facts: More Record Lows than Highs in USA in 2013 (USA Today)
Compared
to the Two Previous Years, 2013 Was a Paper Tiger (The Weather Channel)
Helicopter
Rescues All 52 Passengers from Stranded Ship in Antarctica (NBC News)
World's
Climate Warming Faster Than Feared, Scientists Say (The Telegraph, UK)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Ford
Creates Plug-In Car That Runs on Sunlight (USA Today)
Will
Electric Cars Help or Hinder Climate Action? (The Energy Collective)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Why S.F. Broadband Is Slower, Costlier Than
Everywhere Else (San Francisco Weekly, CA)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
A Snapchat Security Breach Affects 4.6 Million
Users. Did Snapchat Drag Its Feet on a Fix? (Washington Post)
Hacker Group Takes over Microsoft Skype Social
Media Accounts (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
What Are the Social Media Expectations for 2014? (Louisville
Business First, KY)
GENERAL NEWS
Marijuana Legalization: Long Lines on First Day of Colorado
Legal Pot Sales (Christian Science Monitor)
Pot Opponents Predict 'Hogwild' Colorado Trainwreck
(U-S News & World Report)
Mason County Adopts 2014 Budget (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Target Faces New Problem with Gift Cards (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
First-Time Shelton Mom Has Thurston County's First
Baby of New Year (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
Seattle Fifth-Graders Try to Solve Bertha’s Big
Mystery (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
DIVERSIONS
China
Wal-Mart Surprise: How Did Fox Meat Get into Donkey Products?
The
Science of Chocolate
Why
Does Pine-Sol No Longer Smell Like Pine?
Brewery
Responds to Starbucks’ Cease & Desist Letter with $6 Check
SONG OF THE DAY
Ray
Charles - Georgia on My Mind
Willie
Nelson - Georgia on My Mind
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