Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Energy News Digest for January 7, 2014

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Is Climate Change Causing the ‘Polar Vortex’? (U-S News & World Report)

Clark Public Utilities Bills Up Slightly as Rebate Decreases - Average customer will see increase of about $5 a month (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Satellite Tagging Reveals Info on Endangered Orcas (Associated Press)

Slow Broadband Internet Speeds Vex Nation’s Schools (Wall Street Journal)

Editorial: Let the Wind Subsidy Blow Away - Congress shouldn’t renew corporate welfare to this politically favored industry (Chicago Tribune, IL)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Clark Public Utilities Bills Up Slightly as Rebate Decreases
  • Grays Harbor PUD Left Holding a Bag of Ash
  • Editorial: Small, Modular Reactors for Hanford?
  • Nuclear Fuel Storage Remains Safe, Panel Members Say
  • Boise: City Bus Crashes into Idaho Power Building
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Seeking Pilot Projects to Test Two-Year Hydro Licensing Process
  • Satellite Tagging Reveals Info on Endangered Orcas
  • $18 Billion Price Put on Effort to Block Carp from Great Lakes
  • California: Drought Prompts Deep Cuts in American River Flows
  • Editorial: Let the Wind Subsidy Blow Away
  • Oregon Governor’s Mansion Gets Energy Upgrades
  • Five Reasons California’s Energy Efficiency Plan Flopped
  • Understanding Energy Usage Starts at Home
  • Is Climate Change Causing the ‘Polar Vortex’?
  • Can Global Warming Be Real If It’s Cold in the U-S?
  • Is Global Warming a Myth?
  • Still Stuck in a Climate Argument
  • Canadian Climate Change Protesters Use Thrift-Store Outfits to Evade Prime Minister’s Security
  •  ‘Fart Factory’ Prepares to Heat Thousands of New York City Homes with Table Scraps
  • New Laws Could Mean Noise for Silent Electric Cars
  • Slow Broadband Internet Speeds Vex Nation’s Schools
  • Big City Community Networks: Lessons from Seattle & Gigabit Squared
  • T-Mobile & Verizon Just Struck a Huge Spectrum Deal. This Map Shows How It’ll Affect You
  • CenturyLink Field to Get Wi-Fi by 2015, And Other Revelations from the Man Behind the Seahawks’ Tech
  • Wireless Internet is Coming to Your Next Car
  • Polar Freeze Settles over U-S South, East
  • NASA’s Rover Mission on Mars Completes Ten Years

WORD OF THE DAY

Brocade • \broe-KAYD\ • Noun - 1: A rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver 2:  a fabric characterized by raised designs.

“Layering is one thing, but this is ridiculous,” fumed Queen Elizabeth I to her dresser. The rich, brocade dress fell from her shoulders. Figuring the weight of her undergarments, girdle, skirts and riding jacket, the Queen estimated that her short walk from her boudoir to the throne room was the equivalent of carrying a small pony on her back.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Clark Public Utilities Bills Up Slightly as Rebate Decreases - Average customer will see increase of about $5 a month (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Grays Harbor PUD Left Holding a Bag of Ash (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

Editorial: Small, Modular Reactors for Hanford? (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Nuclear Fuel Storage Remains Safe, Panel Members Say (NY Times)

Boise: City Bus Crashes into Idaho Power Building (Northwest Cable News Network)

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Seeking Pilot Projects to Test Two-Year Hydro Licensing Process (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Satellite Tagging Reveals Info on Endangered Orcas (Associated Press)

$18 Billion Price Put on Effort to Block Carp from Great Lakes (NY Times)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

California: Drought Prompts Deep Cuts in American River Flows (Sacramento Bee, CA)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Editorial: Let the Wind Subsidy Blow Away - Congress shouldn’t renew corporate welfare to this politically favored industry (Chicago Tribune, IL)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Oregon Governor’s Mansion Gets Energy Upgrades (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

Five Reasons California’s Energy Efficiency Plan Flopped (Forbes Magazine)

Understanding Energy Usage Starts at Home (The Energy Collective)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Is Climate Change Causing the ‘Polar Vortex’? (U-S News & World Report)

Can Global Warming Be Real If It’s Cold in the U-S? (Washington Post)

Is Global Warming a Myth? (The Toronto Star, Ontario)

Still Stuck in a Climate Argument (NY Times)

Canadian Climate Change Protesters Use Thrift-Store Outfits to Evade Prime Minister’s Security (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

 ‘Fart Factory’ Prepares to Heat Thousands of New York City Homes with Table Scraps (Huffington Post)

New Laws Could Mean Noise for Silent Electric Cars (Christian Science Monitor)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Slow Broadband Internet Speeds Vex Nation’s Schools (Wall Street Journal)

Big City Community Networks: Lessons from Seattle & Gigabit Squared (Community Broadband Networks)

T-Mobile & Verizon Just Struck a Huge Spectrum Deal. This Map Shows How It’ll Affect You (Washington Post)

CenturyLink Field to Get Wi-Fi by 2015, And Other Revelations from the Man Behind the Seahawks’ Tech (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

Wireless Internet is Coming to Your Next Car (Jalopnik)

GENERAL NEWS

Polar Freeze Settles over U-S South, East (Associated Press)

NASA’s Rover Mission on Mars Completes Ten Years (Christian Science Monitor)

DIVERSIONS

Marshawn Lynch’s Silence Helping Charity

Mountain Dew Cheetos Are Now a Reality…In Japan

Naked Aussie Freed From Washer with Olive Oil

British Thieves Make Off With Thousands of Sleeping Bees

SONG OF THE DAY

Richie Havens - Here Comes the Sun

The Beatles – Here Comes the Sun (with lost guitar solo)

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