Friday, April 15, 2016

News Digest for April 15, 2016

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Nuclear Developer Details Timeline for Trailblazing Reactor Debut in Idaho (Northwest Public Radio)

Northwest Power & Conservation Council Approves More Than $550K in Cost-Savings from FW Projects; Money Goes To Emerging Priorities (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

Modernizing Dams: Lower Monumental Has Turbine Removed for Repairs First Time in 20 Years (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

Is the Future of Solar Bright in Oregon? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

Umatilla County Commissioners Uphold Wind Farm Recommendation (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Nuclear Developer Details Timeline for Trailblazing Reactor Debut in Idaho
  • Modernizing Dams: Lower Monumental Has Turbine Removed for Repairs First Time in 20 Years
  • Why Pumped Storage Hydropower Needs More Attention in the Energy Storage Discussion
  • City of Centralia: Engineering Support Services Contract for Proposed Substation
  • It’s Already Happening: New EIA Numbers Show a Utility Sector in Transformation
  • British Columbia; Cat Stuck Up BC Hydro Pole for Four Days Finally Rescued
  • How Was This Escaped Chimp Not Zapped Into Oblivion?
  • Northwest Power & Conservation Council Approves More Than $550K in Cost-Savings from FW Projects
  • Oregon: Development near Salmon-Bearing Streams Gets New Restrictions
  • Oyster Hatchery Sows Pearls of Wisdom on Climate Change
  • Umatilla County Commissioners Uphold Wind Farm Recommendation
  • Is the Future of Solar Bright in Oregon?
  • Three Different Approaches from Rural Electric Cooperatives to Reduce the Cost of Community-Scale Solar
  • Power Struggle: How JEA & Rooftop Solar Fans Are at Odds over Renewable Energy
  • California: Salton Sea Geothermal – Cheaper Than Solar Farms?
  • Pork Council Asks North Carolina Appeals Court to Reverse Swine-Gas Ruling
  • Judge to Decide Whether City of Seattle Can Look through Your Trash
  • A Court Is About To Make One of the Most Important Decisions in the History of the Internet
  • FCC-Limiting, Net-Neutrality-Scuttling Bill Passes U-S House
  • Obama’s Set-Top Box Stance a Blow to Comcast
  • Tech Five: Yahoo’s Bidding Drama Continues
  • UC Davis Spent $175,000 to Sanitize Its Online Image after Ugly Pepper Spray Episode
  • AMC: Just Kidding About That Whole Texting in Theaters Thing
  • The Titanic’s Final Hours Are Being Relived on Twitter, & It’s Hard to Look Away
  • Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
  • Washington State Audit Shows Commission on African American Affairs Funds Inappropriately Diverted to Nonprofit Organization
  • Fire Destroys House South of Shelton
  • Washington State Washington Wildfire Season Officially Begins Friday
  • Blood Center Appeals for Donations to Replenish Supplies
  • Second Strong Quake Hits Southern Japan; Some Reported Trapped
  • City of Shelton: Lake Boulevard/Pioneer Way Improvement Project Update: Paving Scheduled
  • Admission to All National Parks Will Be Free for a Week Starting April 16
  • Seahawks 2016 Schedule: Kicks Off At Home vs. Miami
  • Study: High-Speed Hand Dryers ‘Spread Germs 1,300 Times More than Paper Towels’
WORD OF THE DAY

Bioturbation ● /bio-tur-BAY-shun/ ● Noun - The restructuring of sedimentary deposits (as in a lake bottom or seabed) by moving organisms (as worms & burrowing clams)

Bioturbation
Clams and worms love to do it
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Nuclear Developer Details Timeline for Trailblazing Reactor Debut in Idaho (Northwest Public Radio)

Modernizing Dams: Lower Monumental Has Turbine Removed for Repairs First Time in 20 Years (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

Why Pumped Storage Hydropower Needs More Attention in the Energy Storage Discussion (Renewable Energy World)

City of Centralia: Engineering Support Services Contract for Proposed Substation (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

It’s Already Happening: New EIA Numbers Show a Utility Sector in Transformation (Utility Dive)

British Columbia; Cat Stuck Up BC Hydro Pole for Four Days Finally Rescued (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

How Was This Escaped Chimp Not Zapped Into Oblivion? (Gizmodo)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Northwest Power & Conservation Council Approves More Than $550K in Cost-Savings from FW Projects; Money Goes To Emerging Priorities (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

Oregon: Development near Salmon-Bearing Streams Gets New Restrictions (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

Oyster Hatchery Sows Pearls of Wisdom on Climate Change (Associated Press)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Umatilla County Commissioners Uphold Wind Farm Recommendation (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)

Is the Future of Solar Bright in Oregon? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

Three Different Approaches from Rural Electric Cooperatives to Reduce the Cost of Community-Scale Solar (Clean Technica)

Power Struggle: How JEA & Rooftop Solar Fans Are at Odds over Renewable Energy (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)

California: Salton Sea Geothermal – Cheaper Than Solar Farms? (The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA)

Pork Council Asks North Carolina Appeals Court to Reverse Swine-Gas Ruling (Charlotte Business Journal)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Judge to Decide Whether City of Seattle Can Look through Your Trash (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

A Court Is About To Make One of the Most Important Decisions in the History of the Internet (Washington Post)

FCC-Limiting, Net-Neutrality-Scuttling Bill Passes U-S House (Consumerist)

Obama’s Set-Top Box Stance a Blow to Comcast (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Tech Five: Yahoo’s Bidding Drama Continues (USA Today)

MARKETING & MEDIA

UC Davis Spent $175,000 to Sanitize Its Online Image after Ugly Pepper Spray Episode (Los Angeles Times, CA)

AMC: Just Kidding About That Whole Texting in Theaters Thing (Consumerist)

The Titanic’s Final Hours Are Being Relived on Twitter, & It’s Hard to Look Away – Luxury liner struck ice 104 years ago today (AdWeek)

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State Audit Shows Commission on African American Affairs Funds Inappropriately Diverted to Nonprofit Organization (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Fire Destroys House South of Shelton (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Washington State Washington Wildfire Season Officially Begins Friday (Associated Press)

Blood Center Appeals for Donations to Replenish Supplies (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Second Strong Quake Hits Southern Japan; Some Reported Trapped (Associated Press)

City of Shelton: Lake Boulevard/Pioneer Way Improvement Project Update: Paving Scheduled

Admission to All National Parks Will Be Free for a Week Starting April 16 (Consumerist)

Seahawks 2016 Schedule: Kicks Off At Home vs. Miami (Oregonian, Portland)

Study: High-Speed Hand Dryers ‘Spread Germs 1,300 Times More than Paper Towels’ (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Police: Man Stinks Up Georgia Bar Using Flatulence Spray

Judge Dismisses Flying Spaghetti Monster Religion as Parody

Escaped Texas Inmate Found Hiding in Apartment Dishwasher

Talk about a Spark of Imagination: Artist Creates Indoor Thunderstorm Lighting

SONG OF THE DAY

The Bee Gees – ‘I Started a Joke’

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