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News Digest Word Cloud for September 12, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Shelton-Area Brush Fire Temporarily Shut Down Hwy
101 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Fire Danger: Mason County Red Flag Warning Remains
in Effect through 9:00 Tonight (National Weather Service, Seattle)
Columbia River: Adult Fall Chinook Returns
Shatter Single-Day Record Set Just One Year Ago (Bonneville Power
Administration)
Puget Sound Energy Ordered to Share Gain with
Ratepayers (South Sound Business Examiner)
Google’s Studied Silence on Net Neutrality Has
Finally Broken (Washington Post)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Puget Sound Energy Ordered to Share Gain with Ratepayers
- Portland General Electric, PacifiCorp Likely to Get Rate Increases
- County, Cities, Okanogan PUD Working with FEMA on Funds for Fire-Related Damage Repairs
- Substation Failure Causes Port Townsend Power Outage
- Mason PUD 3 Commission Report - August 9, 2014 Business Meeting
- Areva’s Richland Plant to Fabricate Nuclear Fuel for Tennessee Valley Authority
- Is it Really Necessary to Have a Deep Geologic Repository for Used Nuclear Fuel?
- Op/Ed: Nuclear Power - A Risky Wager for the Northwest
- Authorities Warn Businesses about Scammers Posing as Cowlitz PUD Representatives
- The Smallest Losers Win: RP3 Program Supports Efficient Operations
- Latest Round in PURPA Wars: Fifth Circuit Upholds Texas Rule Limiting PURPA Rights of Wind Generators
- Video: Solar Storm Heading for Earth
- New York Energy Company Teams Up with School District to Groom Future Recruits
- Columbia River: Adult Fall Chinook Returns Shatter Single-Day Record Set Just One Year Ago
- Fish Rap: Fall Chinook Run Should Pour in Next Week
- New Fishing Rule Protects Endangered Seabird
- House Passes Bill That Would Block Proposed ‘Waters of the United States’ Rule
- Portland Energy Advocates Provide Solar Power That’ll Warm Oregon Vets
- The Straight Dope: Marijuana Cultivation Uses a Lot of Electricity
- Sea-Tac Only Airport in North America to Win Award for Reducing Carbon Emissions
- Air Pollution: Judge Bars Former EPA Official from Testifying in Enforcement Suit
- Nevada Lawmakers Approve Tesla Tax Breaks
- Players Help Power the Lights on This Soccer Field Just by Running
- Google’s Studied Silence on Net Neutrality Has Finally Broken
- The Switchboard: U-S Threatened Yahoo with $250,000 per Day Fine to Force Release of Data
- Three Things That Can Devour Your Data Plan
- Facebook Apologizes for Banning 2-Month-Old Heart Patient’s ‘Gory’ Photo
- 74% of Packers-Seahawks Google Searches Came Via Smartphone
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Washington State Supreme Court Holds Legislature in Contempt over School Funding
- Appeals Court: Public Business Conducted on Prosecutor’s Private Phone Is Still Public
- PAC Refunds $225,000 to another PAC in 35th District Race Pitting Senator Sheldon, Challenger Irene Bowling
- Shelton-Area Brush Fire Temporarily Shut Down Hwy 101
- Fire Danger: Mason County Red Flag Warning Remains in Effect through 9:00 Tonight
- Two Wildfires Burning in Western Washington State
- High Winds, Downed Power Lines Lead to Numerous Grass Fires around Portland Metropolitan Area
- Shelton School Superintendent Replaced
- Reminder: Drivers Strongly Urged to Avoid I-5 in Olympia Over Next Two Weekends
- A Very Warm Autumn & Winter Ahead?
- After a Two-Year Trek, NASA’s Mars Rover Reaches Its Mountain Lab
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Sisyphus’
long task
Exacerbated
by slope
No
brake (or break) for the guy!
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Puget Sound Energy Ordered to Share Gain with
Ratepayers (South Sound Business Examiner)
Portland General Electric, PacifiCorp Likely to Get
Rate Increases (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
County, Cities, Okanogan PUD Working with FEMA on
Funds for Fire-Related Damage Repairs (Methow Valley News, Twisp, WA)
Substation Failure Causes Port Townsend Power
Outage (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Mason PUD 3 Commission Report - August 9, 2014 Business Meeting (Mason
County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Areva’s Richland Plant to Fabricate Nuclear Fuel for
Tennessee Valley Authority (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Is it Really Necessary to Have a Deep Geologic
Repository for Used Nuclear Fuel? (The Energy Collective)
Op/Ed: Nuclear Power - A Risky Wager for the
Northwest (Crosscut Seattle)
Authorities Warn Businesses about Scammers Posing
as Cowlitz PUD Representatives (Longview Daily News, WA)
The Smallest Losers Win: RP3 Program Supports
Efficient Operations (American Public Power Association)
Latest Round in PURPA Wars: Fifth Circuit Upholds
Texas Rule Limiting PURPA Rights of Wind Generators (GTH Energy & Natural
Resources Law Blog)
Video: Solar Storm Heading for Earth (USA Today)
New York Energy Company Teams Up with School
District to Groom Future Recruits (Albany Business Review, NY)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River: Adult Fall Chinook Returns
Shatter Single-Day Record Set Just One Year Ago (Bonneville Power
Administration)
Fish Rap: Fall Chinook Run Should Pour in Next
Week (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
New Fishing Rule Protects Endangered Seabird (Longview
Daily News, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
House
Passes Bill That Would Block Proposed ‘Waters of the United States’ Rule (American
Public Power Association)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Portland
Energy Advocates Provide Solar Power That’ll Warm Oregon Vets (Sustainable Business Oregon)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
The
Straight Dope: Marijuana Cultivation Uses a Lot of Electricity (Forbes Magazine
– Love the wrap up paragraph)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Sea-Tac
Only Airport in North America to Win Award for Reducing Carbon Emissions (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Air
Pollution: Judge Bars Former EPA Official from Testifying in Enforcement Suit
(E&E Publishing)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Nevada
Lawmakers Approve Tesla Tax Breaks (USA Today)
Players
Help Power the Lights on This Soccer Field Just by Running (Gizmodo)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google’s Studied Silence on Net Neutrality Has
Finally Broken (Washington Post)
The Switchboard: U-S Threatened Yahoo with $250,000
per Day Fine to Force Release of Data (Washington Post)
Three Things That Can Devour Your Data Plan (USA
Today)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook Apologizes for Banning 2-Month-Old Heart
Patient’s ‘Gory’ Photo (Yahoo! News)
74% of Packers-Seahawks Google Searches Came Via
Smartphone - Game-Day Data Underscores Mobile’s Emergence (AdWeek)
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Supreme Court Holds Legislature in
Contempt over School Funding (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Appeals Court: Public Business Conducted on
Prosecutor’s Private Phone Is Still Public (News Tribune,
Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
PAC Refunds $225,000 to another PAC in 35th
District Race Pitting Senator Sheldon, Challenger Irene Bowling (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton-Area Brush Fire Temporarily Shut Down Hwy
101 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Fire Danger: Mason County Red Flag Warning Remains
in Effect through 9:00 Tonight (National Weather Service, Seattle)
Two Wildfires Burning in Western Washington State (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
High Winds, Downed Power Lines Lead to Numerous
Grass Fires around Portland Metropolitan Area (Oregonian, Portland)
Shelton School Superintendent Replaced (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Reminder: Drivers Strongly Urged to Avoid I-5 in
Olympia Over Next Two Weekends (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
A Very Warm Autumn & Winter Ahead? (Cliff Mass
Weather Blog)
After a Two-Year Trek, NASA’s Mars Rover Reaches
Its Mountain Lab (NY Times)
DIVERSIONS
Stolen
Seahawks Garden Gnome Returns Home to Tumwater - With a Twist
Burke Museum: Here’s the Mask That Likely
Inspired the Seattle Seahawks’ Logo
Northern
Lights Could Dazzle Seattle Sky This Weekend
San
Diego Cabbies Cry Foul over Body Odor Test
SONG OF THE DAY
NFL
Films, Sam Spence - The Over the Hill Gang, Autumn Thunder
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