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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for May 29, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Solar
Industry Anxious Over Defective Panels (NY Times)
Grays Harbor PUD Selects New General Manager
(KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Making Rural Idaho Less Remote with Broadband
Internet (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Cowlitz
PUD Promoting Conservation through Usage Comparison Campaign (Longview Daily News, WA)
Washington State Attorney General Appeals Salmon
Culvert Ruling (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Grays Harbor PUD Selects New General Manager
- Bonneville Power Administration Line Crew’s Invention Solves One Hefty Problem
- Mason County PUD 3 Linemen Replace Major Power Transmission Pole in Downtown Shelton
- Environmental Groups File Appeal to Stop Coos Bay Liquefied Natural Gas Export Plans
- Senator Boxer Calls for Probe on California Nuclear Plant
- Japan Vows Reform after Nuclear Leak
- Ernest Moniz on Natural Gas & “Forgotten Renewables”
- California - Hercules Council to Consider Offer from Pacific Gas & Electric to Buy Municipal Utility
- Want a Secure & High Paying Job? Get Into Power Engineering
- World Bank Announces Renewed Support for Large Hydropower
- Washington State Attorney General Appeals Salmon Culvert Ruling
- Biologist Claims Deadly Disease Found in British Columbia Salmon
- Seals Tell Tales of Sound’s Health
- Pot Gardens’ Use of Poison Looked at in Owl Deaths
- Port Angeles City Officials Brief Business Group on Elwha Sediment Issue
- Wal-Mart Fined $82 Million over Mishandling of Hazardous Wastes
- Solar Industry Anxious Over Defective Panels
- Grant PUD Uses Solar Races to Teach Renewable Energy
- Wyoming Lawmakers Say State’s Wind Power Industry Doesn’t Need Tax Credit
- Connecticut - House Passes Energy Bill with Added Restriction on Hydropower
- Denmark - Dong Energy Delays Switch to Biomass as It Awaits Rules on Tax
- Ernst & Young: Political Infighting Damaging UK Green Energy Prospects
- Cowlitz PUD Promoting Conservation through Usage Comparison Campaign
- Burbank Water & Power GM Sees ‘Silver Lining’ in Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy
- Mild Winter Cited as Cause - European Union Greenhouse Gas Emissions Lowest to Date
- Are Electric Cars Green? The External Cost of Lithium Batteries
- Insight: The Road to a Greener America is Littered with Road-Kill
- For Those Lacking Electricity - A Little Wind Power Goes a Long Way
- Making Rural Idaho Less Remote with Broadband Internet
- Companies Pitch Cities on Going High Tech
- Duke Energy Fiber-Optic Venture May Be for Sale
- Banning Employee Uses of Social Media. It’s Happening
- FEMA Promotes Its Wireless Emergency Alert System
- Many Don’t Know How Much They Pay for Roads, Survey Finds
- One Arrest after Tuesday Shooting in Belfair
- $1 Million Bail for Man Accused in Baby-Freezer Case
- Man Arrested at Little Creek Casino after Security Agents Find $66,000, Gun & Meth
- Six Injured When Motorhomes Collide near Lilliwaup
- Boeing Sends Layoff Notices to Hundreds
- Students Support Workers on Strike at The Evergreen State College
- Master Gardeners Celebrate 40th Year of Program That Began Locally
WORD OF THE DAY
Menagerie
• \muh-NADJE-uh-ree\ • Noun - 1a: a place where animals are kept & trained
especially for exhibition b: a collection of wild or foreign animals kept
especially for exhibition 2: a varied mixture.
Every
time I hear the word “menagerie.” I think of a song my mom used to sing to us
on long trips:
The
Animal Fair
I
went to the animal fair,
All
the birds and the beasts were there,
The
big baboon by the light of the moon
Was
combing his auburn hair.
You
should have seen the monk,
He
sat on the elephant’s trunk;
The
elephant sneezed and fell on his knees,
And
what became of the monk,
The
monk, the monk, the monk,
The
monk, the monk, the monk?
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Grays Harbor PUD Selects New General Manager (KXRO
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Line Crew’s
Invention Solves One Hefty Problem (Bonneville
Power Administration)
Mason County PUD 3 Linemen Replace Major Power
Transmission Pole in Downtown Shelton (Mason County PUD No. 3, Shelton, WA)
Environmental Groups File Appeal to Stop Coos Bay
Liquefied Natural Gas Export Plans (Northwest
Public Radio)
Senator Boxer Calls for Probe on California
Nuclear Plant (Christian Science Monitor)
Japan Vows Reform after Nuclear Leak - Exposure
north of Tokyo wasn’t reported for day (Associated
Press)
Ernest Moniz on Natural Gas & “Forgotten
Renewables” (The Energy Collective)
California - Hercules Council to Consider Offer
from Pacific Gas & Electric to Buy Municipal Utility (Contra Costa Times,
Walnut Grove, CA)
Want a Secure & High Paying Job? Get Into
Power Engineering (Forbes Magazine)
World Bank Announces Renewed Support for Large
Hydropower (Renewable Energy World)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Washington State Attorney General Appeals Salmon Culvert
Ruling (Associated Press)
Biologist Claims Deadly Disease Found in British
Columbia Salmon (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Seals Tell Tales of Sound’s Health (Seattle Times, WA)
Pot Gardens’ Use of Poison Looked at in Owl
Deaths (SF Chronicle, CA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Port
Angeles City Officials Brief Business Group on Elwha Sediment Issue (KONP Radio,
Port Angeles, WA)
Wal-Mart
Fined $82 Million over Mishandling of Hazardous Wastes (NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Solar
Industry Anxious Over Defective Panels (NY Times)
Grant
PUD Uses Solar Races to Teach Renewable Energy (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, WA)
Wyoming
Lawmakers Say State’s Wind Power Industry Doesn’t Need Tax Credit (Casper
Star-Tribune, WY)
Connecticut
- House Passes Energy Bill with Added Restriction on Hydropower (Hartford
Courant, CT)
Denmark
- Dong Energy Delays Switch to Biomass as It Awaits Rules on Tax (Bloomberg
News - Calling Duff Badgley)
Ernst
& Young: Political Infighting Damaging UK Green Energy Prospects (Business
Green)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Cowlitz
PUD Promoting Conservation through Usage Comparison Campaign (Longview Daily News, WA)
Burbank
Water & Power GM Sees ‘Silver Lining’ in Energy Efficiency, Renewable
Energy (American Public Power Association)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Mild
Winter Cited as Cause - European Union Greenhouse Gas Emissions Lowest to Date (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/EU-greenhouse-gas-emissions-lowest-to-date-4557017.php
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Are
Electric Cars Green? The External Cost of Lithium Batteries (The Energy
Collective)
Insight:
The Road to a Greener America is Littered with Road-Kill (Reuters)
For
Those Lacking Electricity - A Little Wind Power Goes a Long Way (Renewable
Energy World)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Making Rural Idaho Less Remote with Broadband Internet
(Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Companies Pitch Cities on Going High Tech (Washington
Post)
Duke Energy Fiber-Optic Venture May Be for Sale
(Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Banning Employee Uses of Social Media. It’s
Happening (Portland Business Journal, OR)
FEMA Promotes Its Wireless Emergency Alert System (NY
Times)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Many Don’t Know How Much They Pay for Roads, Survey
Finds (Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
One Arrest after Tuesday Shooting in Belfair (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
$1 Million Bail for Man Accused in Baby-Freezer
Case (Associated Press)
Man Arrested at Little Creek Casino after Security
Agents Find $66,000, Gun & Meth (Olympian, WA)
Six Injured When Motorhomes Collide near Lilliwaup
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Boeing Sends Layoff Notices to Hundreds (KCPQ-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Students Support Workers on Strike at The Evergreen
State College (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Master Gardeners Celebrate 40th Year of Program
That Began Locally (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Move
Over ‘Ugly American,’ China’s Tourists Are In Town
Ladder
May Be Placed Atop Mount Everest
Commuters
Say Teakettle Billboard Looks Like Hitler
Missing
Man Walks Up to News Crew Reporting On … Missing Man
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/news-crew-reporting-missing-man-finds-him-during-144040400.html
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Mission (Movie Soundtrack) - Gabriel’s Oboe
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