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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for April 17, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Greenhouse
Gas - Second Suit Targets California’s Cap-And-Trade Program (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Bonneville Power Administration Revises
Oversupply Rate Proposal
(Albany Tribune, OR)
Conservation
Groups Lists Rivers in Southern Oregon, Idaho as Most Endangered (Northwest Public Radio)
Tribe Closes Lake Quinault to Non-Tribal Fishing (Associated Press)
Pend Oreille County to Get Broadband (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration Revises Oversupply Rate Proposal
- California - Power Trouble? Pacific Gas & Electric Substation Hit by Vandalism, Could Impact Valley Businesses
- Chelan PUD & Entiat Celebrate Launch of Improvements for City’s Popular Riverfront Park
- Deferrals Leave Duke Energy with No Federal Income Tax Payment
- Colorado - Boulder Chamber of Commerce Urges New City Vote on Municipalization
- Natural Gas Prices Rise from Historic Lows, Easing Pressure on Renewable Energy & Coal
- Pennsylvania - Montco Man Headed to State Prison for Stealing Copper from PECO Substations
- West Virginia - Copper Crisis: 911 Center Theft Unacceptable
- U-S Rethinks How to Respond to Nuclear Disaster
- A Clear, Comprehensive Overview of the U-S Electricity System
- Op/Ed - Should Utilities Be Required to Bury Power Lines to Protect Them?
- Tribe Closes Lake Quinault to Non-Tribal Fishing
- New Protections Proposed For Giant Pacific Octopus in Puget Sound
- Burien Whale Raising Stink; City Gets Job of Removing It
- Conservation Groups Lists Rivers in Southern Oregon, Idaho as Most Endangered
- Elwha: The Olympics’ Greatest River Being Restored & Reborn
- Colorado - Renewable Energy Bill Could Hurt Rural Co-Ops
- Wal-Mart Works to Cut $1 Billion from Annual Energy Costs
- Transformation of Industrial Energy Management Systems Could Benefit Utility Bottom Line
- Ten Energy Efficiency Tips for Your Spring Cleaning
- Do LED Bulbs Make Turkeys Happy? Minnesota Farmer Smiling Either Way
- Greenhouse Gas - Second Suit Targets California’s Cap-And-Trade Program
- A Portrait of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Panel: Ocean Acidification Threatening Sea Life Here
- Rural Electric Co-Ops Go Green
- Celebrate Earth Day at the Greenest Office Building in Your Neighborhood… And the World
- Pend Oreille County to Get Broadband
- Google Gmail, Drive & Other Services Disrupted for Some Users
- As FCC Chairman Leaves Post, Challenges Persist in Broadband Expansion
- America’s Broadband Networks Are ‘Passports to Economic & Social Citizenship’
- Why the Cloud is Threatened by Unprofitability
- Verizon to Extend Phone-Upgrade Waiting Period
- Wi-Fi-Phobes Flee to West Virginia Mountains
- U-S Internet Ad Revenue Grows 15 Percent in 2012
- Why Brands Should Be Human on Social Media
- Washington State Legislature - Final Push Made for $8.4 Billion Roads Plan
- Washington State Patrol Says Crime Lab Manager Falsified Work
- Circuit Board, Pressure Cooker Lid Recovered in Boston Bombing
- Image of Lake Stevens Runner in Boston Will Be Sports Illustrated Cover
- Seattle Playfield Knocked Out of Service by Massive Copper Theft
- Phone Companies No Longer Have to Print Directories
- 100th Anniversary of John Tornow’s Death; Site Dedication/Memorial
- Sunday April 21 - Grand Opening of Oakland Bay Park & Celebration of the 4th Annual Earth Day on Oakland Bay
- Nevada Buses Hundreds of Mentally Ill Patients to Cities around Country
- NBA Delays Vote on Kings’ Future in Sacramento
WORD OF THE DAY
Surd
• \SERD\ • Adjective - 1: lacking sense: irrational 2: voiceless - used of
speech sounds
Surd
– Description of a person afraid of radio waves from Wi-Fi transmitters who
calls “Papa Murphy’s” on their cellphone to place a pickup order for a family
sized cowboy pizza on de-light crust. Then spends the next half hour on the
cell phone (while driving to the store) talking about their upcoming twentieth
tanning session.
Word
Origin via Merriam Webster Dictionary - Both “surd” and its more common cousin “absurd”
come from the Latin word “surdus,” meaning “unhearing, deaf, muffled, or dull.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville Power Administration Revises Oversupply
Rate Proposal
(Albany Tribune, OR)
California - Power Trouble? Pacific Gas &
Electric Substation Hit by Vandalism, Could Impact Valley Businesses (Silicon
Valley Business Journal, CA)
Chelan PUD & Entiat Celebrate Launch of
Improvements for City’s Popular Riverfront Park (North Central Washington TV)
Deferrals Leave Duke Energy with No Federal
Income Tax Payment (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
Colorado - Boulder Chamber of Commerce Urges New
City Vote on Municipalization (Boulder Daily Camera, CO)
Natural Gas Prices Rise from Historic Lows,
Easing Pressure on Renewable Energy & Coal (Associated
Press)
Pennsylvania - Montco Man Headed to State Prison for
Stealing Copper from PECO Substations (Journal-Register, Admore, PA)
West Virginia - Copper Crisis: 911 Center Theft
Unacceptable (Bluefield Daily Telegraph, WV)
U-S Rethinks How to Respond to Nuclear Disaster (NY Times)
A Clear, Comprehensive Overview of the U-S
Electricity System (Grist Online)
Op/Ed - Should Utilities Be Required to Bury
Power Lines to Protect Them? (Wall Street Journal)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Tribe Closes Lake Quinault to Non-Tribal Fishing (Associated Press)
New Protections Proposed For Giant Pacific
Octopus in Puget Sound (Northwest Public Radio)
Burien Whale Raising Stink; City Gets Job of
Removing It (Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Conservation
Groups Lists Rivers in Southern Oregon, Idaho as Most Endangered (Northwest Public Radio)
Elwha:
The Olympics’ Greatest River Being Restored & Reborn (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Colorado
- Renewable Energy Bill Could Hurt Rural Co-Ops (Fort Morgan Times, CO)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Wal-Mart
Works to Cut $1 Billion from Annual Energy Costs (Kitsap Peninsula Business
Journal, WA)
Transformation
of Industrial Energy Management Systems Could Benefit Utility Bottom Line
(Fierce Energy)
10
Energy Efficiency Tips for Your Spring Cleaning (Earth Techling)
Do
LED Bulbs Make Turkeys Happy? Minnesota Farmer Smiling Either Way (Midwest
Energy News)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Greenhouse
Gas - Second Suit Targets California’s Cap-And-Trade Program (Sacramento Bee, CA)
A
Portrait of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Panel:
Ocean Acidification Threatening Sea Life Here (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Rural
Electric Co-Ops Go Green - Electric cooperatives have served rural Americans
for generations. Some are taking advantage of their member-owned status to
begin weaning their regions off of fossil fuels (Christian Science Monitor)
Celebrate
Earth Day at the Greenest Office Building in Your Neighborhood… And the World (Central
District News, Seattle, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Pend Oreille County to Get Broadband (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Google Gmail, Drive & Other Services Disrupted for
Some Users (Financial Post, Canada)
As FCC Chairman Leaves Post, Challenges Persist in
Broadband Expansion (Bloomberg News)
America’s Broadband Networks Are ‘Passports to
Economic & Social Citizenship’ (Huffington Post)
Why the Cloud is Threatened by Unprofitability
(GigaOm)
Verizon to Extend Phone-Upgrade Waiting Period (San
Jose Mercury News, CA)
Wi-Fi-Phobes Flee to West Virginia Mountains (Broadband
Reports)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
U-S Internet Ad Revenue Grows 15 Percent in 2012 (Associated
Press)
Why Brands Should Be Human on Social Media
(Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Legislature - Final Push Made for
$8.4 Billion Roads Plan (Everett Herald, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State Patrol Says Crime Lab Manager
Falsified Work (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/State-crime-lab-manager-resigns-amid-investigation-203214851.html
Circuit
Board, Pressure Cooker Lid Recovered in Boston Bombing (Associated Press)
Image of Lake Stevens Runner in Boston Will Be Sports
Illustrated Cover (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Seattle Playfield Knocked Out of Service by Massive
Copper Theft (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Phone Companies No Longer Have to Print Directories
(News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
100th Anniversary of John Tornow’s Death; Site
Dedication/Memorial (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Sunday April 21 - Grand Opening of Oakland Bay Park
& Celebration of the 4th Annual Earth Day on Oakland Bay (Mason County PUD
No. 3, Shelton, WA)
Nevada Buses Hundreds of Mentally Ill Patients to
Cities around Country (Sacramento Bee, CA)
NBA Delays Vote on Kings’ Future in Sacramento (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
DIVERSIONS
It’s
Official: Just the Taste of Beer Makes Your Brain Happy
(“Beer
is proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy” -- Benjamin Franklin.
Note: the actual quote was attributed to wine, but some wit changed it to beer.
The sentiment is still a nice one: “…We hear of the conversion of water into
wine at the marriage in Cana as of a miracle. But this conversion is, through
the goodness of God, made every day before our eyes. Behold the rain which
descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the
vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves
to see us happy. The miracle in question was only performed to hasten the
operation, under circumstances of present necessity, which required it…” – In a
letter dated 1779, while in Paris, France.)
Pat
Summerall, Legendary NFL Announcer, Dies at 82
Prankster
Pretends to Pee on Rich Guy’s Ferrari after He Illegally Parks in Handicap Spot
(PG-13 Content)
Most
Kids Curse Before They Learn the Alphabet - Foul-mouthed parents are largely to
blame, according to a new book
SONG OF THE DAY
NFL
Films Theme song - Classic Battle
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