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THE NEWS DIGEST WORD CLOUD (JUST BECAUSE I CAN)
Energy
News Digest word cloud for February 8, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Drummond
Sworn in as BPA administrator (Albany Tribune, OR)
Entergy
Takes the Blame - Super Bowl Blackout Traced to Faulty Device (Associated Press)
Wind
Power Purchasing Rules Spark another Fight in Olympia (Washington Wire,
Olympia)
Salmon May Use Magnetic Field as a Navigational
Aid, Oregon State Researchers Find (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Health Department: Washington State Lab-Confirmed
Flu Deaths at 34 (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Entergy Takes the Blame - Super Bowl Blackout Traced to Faulty Device
- Entergy Stock Takes a Hit for Super Bowl Blackout
- Drummond Sworn in as BPA Administrator
- Grant PUD Gathers Input on Proposed Transmission Line
- Idaho PUC Staff Supports Avista’s Proposal to Hike Rates
- The New Normal: Has Slow Load Growth & Limited Capacity Become the Norm in the Pacific Northwest?
- Wahkiakum PUD Customers Challenged To Support Low-Income Program
- Columbia River PUD Board Welcomes New Representative
- Operator at California Nuke Plant Disputes Safety Claim
- Sales Flat, Losses Up at Tennessee Valley Authority
- Federal Judges Question Electricity Watchdog’s Authority
- Insurers Blame Electric Co-op for Texas Wildfire
- U-S Natural Gas Supplies Fell Last Week
- Salmon May Use Magnetic Field as a Navigational Aid, Oregon State Researchers Find
- Department of Obvious Headlines - Lack of Snow Hurts Idaho Snowpack Levels
- In California, Reading the Snow to Tell the Future for the Water Supply
- Wind Power Purchasing Rules Spark another Fight in Olympia
- Bloom Energy Breaks Silence, Takes Responsibility for ‘Breakdown’ in Underpaying Mexican Workers
- SolarWorld Will Survive Fiscal Crisis, Chief Executive Frank Asbeck Says
- Biomass Breathing New Life into Coal Plants
- In the Rockies, Growing Support for Renewables
- Can Tidal Energy Take Off?
- More Americans Convinced of Climate Change, Poll Finds
- Nine Northeastern States Seek to Reduce Emissions Caps
- U-S Can Slow Climate Change with New Carbon-Capture Technology
- Tacoma’s Center for Urban Waters Puts Washington State at Number Eight on U-S LEED List
- Facebook Outage Took Several Other Sites with It
- Why the Feds Should Promote Wi-Fi Everywhere
- During Power Outage, PR People Fumbled in New Orleans
- Bill Would Protect Social Media Passwords from Employers
- Are Printed Annual Reports Worth Money?
- ‘Not Invited to Our Party Anymore’: Democrats Turn Up Heat on Tom, Sheldon
- Inslee Knocks Washington State Senate Majority Proposals on Renewable Energy & Workers’ Comp
- Health Department: Washington State Lab-Confirmed Flu Deaths at 34
- Port of Shelton Approves Airport Plan; Says Fairgrounds Not Being Demolished
- Ocean Debris Trashing Beaches on Washington Coast
- Crooks Steal $100K in Bronze from Port Townsend Foundry
- A State-By-State Look at the Northeast U-S Blizzard
- U-S Senator Murray Plans to Re-Introduce Wild Olympics Legislation
WORD OF THE DAY
Métier
• \MET-yay\ • noun - 1: vocation, trade 2: an area of activity in which one
excels: forte
See
Clapton’s métier
Guitar;
Blues rock the house
Slowhand
is awsome
SHELTON FORECAST &
WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Entergy
Takes the Blame - Super Bowl Blackout Traced to Faulty Device (Associated Press)
Entergy
Stock Takes a Hit for Super Bowl Blackout (USA Today)
Drummond
Sworn in as BPA Administrator (Albany Tribune, OR)
Grant
PUD Gathers Input on Proposed Transmission Line (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, WA)
Idaho
PUC Staff Supports Avista’s Proposal to Hike Rates (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
The
New Normal: Has Slow Load Growth & Limited Capacity Become the Norm in the
Pacific Northwest? (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
Wahkiakum
PUD Customers Challenged To Support Low-Income Program (Wahkiakum Eagle, Skamokawa,
WA)
Columbia
River PUD Board Welcomes New Representative (St, Helens Chronicle, OR)
Operator
at California Nuke Plant Disputes Safety Claim (Associated
Press)
Sales
Flat, Losses Up at Tennessee Valley Authority (Electric Co-op Today)
Federal
Judges Question Electricity Watchdog’s Authority (Reuters)
Insurers
Blame Electric Co-op for Texas Wildfire (Courthouse
News Service)
U-S
Natural Gas Supplies Fell Last Week (Associated
Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon May Use Magnetic Field as a Navigational
Aid, Oregon State Researchers Find (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Department of Obvious Headlines - Lack of Snow
Hurts Idaho Snowpack Levels (Associated Press)
In
California, Reading the Snow to Tell the Future for the Water Supply (NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind
Power Purchasing Rules Spark another Fight in Olympia (Washington Wire,
Olympia)
Bloom
Energy Breaks Silence, Takes Responsibility for ‘Breakdown’ in Underpaying Mexican
Workers (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
SolarWorld
Will Survive Fiscal Crisis, Chief Executive Frank Asbeck Says (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
Biomass
Breathing New Life into Coal Plants (Forbes Magazine)
In
the Rockies, Growing Support for Renewables (NY Times – Ed.
Note: Something’s missing from the article’s chart…hydo)
Can
Tidal Energy Take Off? (The Energy Collective)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
More
Americans Convinced of Climate Change, Poll Finds (USA Today)
Nine
Northeastern States Seek to Reduce Emissions Caps (USA Today)
U-S
Can Slow Climate Change with New Carbon-Capture Technology (Christian Science
Monitor)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Tacoma’s
Center for Urban Waters Puts Washington State at Number Eight on U-S LEED List
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Facebook Outage Took Several Other Sites with It (Washington
Post)
Why the Feds Should Promote Wi-Fi Everywhere - The
FCC isn’t really creating a free nationwide wireless network. But it might
happen anyway (Slate Magazine)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
During Power Outage, PR People Fumbled in New
Orleans (PR Daily)
Bill Would Protect Social Media Passwords from
Employers (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Are Printed Annual Reports Worth Money? (USA Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
‘Not Invited to Our Party Anymore’: Democrats Turn
Up Heat on Tom, Sheldon (Seattle Times, WA)
Inslee Knocks Washington State Senate Majority
Proposals on Renewable Energy & Workers’ Comp (Seattle Times, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Health Department: Washington State Lab-Confirmed
Flu Deaths at 34 (Associated Press)
Port of Shelton Approves Airport Plan; Says
Fairgrounds Not Being Demolished (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Ocean Debris Trashing Beaches on Washington Coast (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Crooks Steal $100K in Bronze from Port Townsend
Foundry (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
A State-By-State Look at the Northeast U-S Blizzard
(Associated Press)
U-S Senator Murray Plans to Re-Introduce Wild
Olympics Legislation (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Family
of Smokers on Airplane Forces Costly Diversion
Varmints
in the Works - This Is a Case for ‘Car Talk’
Energy’s
Steven Chu Has an Awesome Sense of Humor
Blonde
‘Anne of Green Gables’? A New Cover Displeases Loyal Readers
SONG OF THE DAY
Willie
Nelson & Merle Haggard - Pancho & Lefty
Emmylou
Harris - Pancho & Lefty
