Energy News Digest for August 7, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Boardman Coal Plant Back on Line after Repairs (Associated Press)

http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/Boardman-coal-plant-back-on-line-after-repairs-218540761.html

Editorial: Is the Fix In? Privatizing Bonneville Power Has Been a Republican Plan (Daily Astorian, OR)

http://www.dailyastorian.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-is-the-fix-in/article_9a00b9cc-fec4-11e2-9377-0019bb2963f4.html

Washington State Grows as Leader in Wind Power (South Sound Business Examiner)

http://www.businessexaminer.com/blog/August-2013/WA-state-grows-as-leader-in-wind-power/

Consultant to Study Missoula Broadband Infrastructure Needs (Missoulian, MT)

http://missoulian.com/news/local/consultant-to-study-missoula-broadband-infrastructure-needs/article_3ccdfb22-ff03-11e2-b1aa-0019bb2963f4.html

Your Grandma is Three Times as Likely to Use a Social Networking Site Now as in 2009 (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/05/your-grandma-is-3-times-as-likely-to-use-a-social-networking-site-now-as-in-2009/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Boardman Coal Plant Back on Line after Repairs
• Editorial: Is the Fix In? Privatizing Bonneville Power Has Been a Republican Plan
• Op/Ed: Explore Alternatives to More Power Lines
• Grand Coulee Dam - How It Works
• New Leaks into Pacific at Japan Nuclear Plant
• How Vulnerable Are Power Companies to Cyberattack?
• Beetle Infestation Helps Open Shuttered Saw Mills
• Washington State Grows as Leader in Wind Power
• Feds Report Record Growth in Wind Industry, Some Surprising Results
• Op/Ed: Lisa Murkowski - Hydropower: The Key to Clean, More-Affordable Energy for Alaska
• Canada: Hydroelectric Project in Northern Ontario Expected to Create 100 New Jobs
• United Kingdom - British Stately Home Hosts Hydropower Project
• Colorado: GE Scraps Nation's Largest Solar Panel Plant
• Solar is from Mars, Utilities Are from Venus: Finding a Common Language for Net Metering
• To Mandate or Not to Mandate Solar Hot Water, That Is the Question
• A Very Short History of How Americans Use Energy at Home
• 2012 One of Ten Warmest Years on Record, Report Says
• Sacramento Municipal Utility District to Install Fast Electric Car Chargers
• How to Light Your House during a Blackout - Without Buying a Generator
• Consultant to Study Missoula Broadband Infrastructure Needs
• Op/Ed: Public-Private Partnerships Will Close Rural Broadband Gap
• Confused Xerox Copiers Rewrite Documents, Expert Finds
• Cord Cutting Deniers Change Tune as Industry Losses Mount
• Your Grandma is Three Times as Likely to Use a Social Networking Site Now as in 2009
• Facebook: Here's How Your News Feed Works
• Yahoo Announced a New Logo By Not Announcing a New Yahoo Logo
• How to Court Congress and Win Allies
• Mason County Primary Election Results
• Smoke from Wildfires is Expected in the Willamette Valley & Portland Area
• Port Townsend Paper Mill Tries New Odor Treatment
• Backers of Columbia River Crossing Push to Revive Project
• Cadillac Tax Will Hit High-End Health Plans. Will Yours Be Affected?
• Cleveland May Offer Preview Oregonian's Future
• Do Video Game Makers Owe It to Players to Keep Them from Getting Addicted?

WORD OF THE DAY

Kinetic • \kuh-NET-tick\ • Adjective - 1: of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated with them 2a: active, lively b: dynamic, energizing 3: of or relating to kinetic art.

I LOVE those Lyman Whitaker kinetic wind art creations at the Freed Gallery near Lincoln City. Whizz!

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Boardman Coal Plant Back on Line after Repairs (Associated Press)

http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/Boardman-coal-plant-back-on-line-after-repairs-218540761.html

Editorial: Is the Fix In? Privatizing Bonneville Power Has Been a Republican Plan (Daily Astorian, OR)

http://www.dailyastorian.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-is-the-fix-in/article_9a00b9cc-fec4-11e2-9377-0019bb2963f4.html

Op/Ed: Explore Alternatives to More Power Lines (Idaho Mountain Express, Sun Valley, ID)

http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005148372#.UgJg6nddBIR

Grand Coulee Dam - How It Works (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v56GZRJpOC4

New Leaks into Pacific at Japan Nuclear Plant (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/07/world/asia/leaks-into-pacific-persist-at-japan-nuclear-plant.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

How Vulnerable Are Power Companies to Cyberattack? (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidferris/2013/08/06/how-vulnerable-are-power-companies-to-cyberattack/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Beetle Infestation Helps Open Shuttered Saw Mills (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/2013/08/05/209097985/how-a-beetle-infestation-is-helping-shuttered-saw-mills?ft=1&f=3

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Washington State Grows as Leader in Wind Power (South Sound Business Examiner)

http://www.businessexaminer.com/blog/August-2013/WA-state-grows-as-leader-in-wind-power/

Feds Report Record Growth in Wind Industry, Some Surprising Results (KCET-TV, Burbank, CA)

http://www.kcet.org/news/rewire/wind/feds-report-record-growth-in-wind-industry.html

Op/Ed: Lisa Murkowski - Hydropower: The Key to Clean, More-Affordable Energy for Alaska (Alaska Dispatch)

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20130806/hydropower-key-clean-more-affordable-energy-alaska

Canada: Hydroelectric Project in Northern Ontario Expected to Create 100 New Jobs (CTV News, Canada)

http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/hydroelectric-project-in-northern-ontario-expected-to-create-100-new-jobs-1.1400541

United Kingdom - British Stately Home Hosts Hydropower Project (Renewable Energy Focus)

http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com/view/33869/british-stately-home-hosts-hydropower-project/

Colorado: GE Scraps Nation's Largest Solar Panel Plant (Associated Press)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/08/06/2507818/ge-scraps-nations-largest-solar.html

Solar is from Mars, Utilities Are from Venus: Finding a Common Language for Net Metering (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/08/solar-is-from-mars-utilities-are-from-venus-finding-a-common-language-for-net-metering?cmpid=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

To Mandate or Not to Mandate Solar Hot Water, That Is the Question (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2013/08/to-mandate-or-not-to-mandate-solar-hot-water-that-is-the-question?cmpid=rss

A Very Short History of How Americans Use Energy at Home (The Atlantic)

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/08/energy-at-home-a-backgrounder/278329/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

2012 One of Ten Warmest Years on Record, Report Says (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-76933995/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Sacramento Municipal Utility District to Install Fast Electric Car Chargers (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2013/08/06/smud-to-install-fast-electric-car-charge.html

How to Light Your House during a Blackout - Without Buying a Generator (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/how-to-light-your-house-during-a-blackout-without-buyi-992874886

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Consultant to Study Missoula Broadband Infrastructure Needs (Missoulian, MT)

http://missoulian.com/news/local/consultant-to-study-missoula-broadband-infrastructure-needs/article_3ccdfb22-ff03-11e2-b1aa-0019bb2963f4.html

Op/Ed: Public-Private Partnerships Will Close Rural Broadband Gap (Billings Gazette, MT)
http://m.billingsgazette.com/news/opinion/guest/guest-opinion-public-private-partnerships-will-close-rural-broadband-gap/article_0add8e93-4478-5ec7-897e-aff16bc406a2.html

Confused Xerox Copiers Rewrite Documents, Expert Finds (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23588202

Cord Cutting Deniers Change Tune as Industry Losses Mount (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Cord-Cutting-Deniers-Change-Tune-As-Industry-Losses-Mount-125283

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Your Grandma is Three Times as Likely to Use a Social Networking Site Now as in 2009 (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/05/your-grandma-is-3-times-as-likely-to-use-a-social-networking-site-now-as-in-2009/

Facebook: Here's How Your News Feed Works (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2013/08/06/facebook-news-feed-works/

Yahoo Announced a New Logo By Not Announcing a New Yahoo Logo (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/yahoo-is-changing-its-logo-but-its-not-this-one-or-s-1050513519

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

How to Court Congress and Win Allies (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/editors-pick/how-to-court-congress-and-win-allies/59967

GENERAL NEWS

Mason County Primary Election Results (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/10886

Smoke from Wildfires is Expected in the Willamette Valley & Portland Area (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/smoke-from-wildfires-is-expected-in-the-willamette-valley-and-portland-area/

Port Townsend Paper Mill Tries New Odor Treatment (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Port-Townsend-paper-mill-tries-new-odor-treatment-218539421.html

Backers of Columbia River Crossing Push to Revive Project - They contend work can be done without Washington Legislature (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/aug/06/backers-of-crc-push-to-revive-project-they-contend/

Cadillac Tax Will Hit High-End Health Plans. Will Yours Be Affected? (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/health-care-inc/2013/08/cadillac-tax-will-hit-high-end-health.html

Cleveland May Offer Preview Oregonian's Future (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/cleveland-may-offer-preview-oregonians-future-this-fall/

Do Video Game Makers Owe It to Players to Keep Them from Getting Addicted? (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/07/do-video-game-makers-owe-it-to-players-to-keep-them-from-getting-addicted/?wprss=rss_technology

DIVERSIONS

15-Ton “Fatberg” Lodged in Sewer System is Disgusting Reminder Not to Flush Baby Wipes

http://consumerist.com/2013/08/06/15-ton-fatberg-lodged-in-sewer-system-is-disgusting-reminder-not-to-flush-baby-wipes/

Nightmare Food: Kid Finds Egyptian Mummy in Attic

http://screen.yahoo.com/kid-finds-egyptian-mummy-attic-222505520.html

Cop Learns Speeding Woman Faked Emergency, Brings Proof to Her House

http://gawker.com/cop-learns-speeding-woman-faked-emergency-brings-proof-1044322764

Utah Man Accused of Running Speakeasy from Garage

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/06/man-ran-speakeasy/2624233/

SONG OF THE DAY

Ella Fitzgerald - I Get a Kick Out of You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUOM0rsYdAQ

Dave Brubeck - I Get a Kick Out of You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHtpxnTLAWQ

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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Note that as some newspapers migrate to a “paywall” system of access, some articles may not be available without forking over some cold hard credit card cash. However, some sites will allow a certain number of story accesses per month before holding out their hand. Sorry if this is an inconvenience.

Energy News Digest for August 6, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Bill to Promote Small Hydropower Projects Heads to Obama (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/08/05/2506451/bill-to-promote-small-hydropower.html

Northwest Utilities Add Muscle to Fight for Customers in Columbia River Treaty Talks (Columbia River Treaty Group)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2013/08/northwest-utilities-add-muscle-to-fight.html

Port Angeles Fiber-Optic Internet Firm Considering Sale - Had recently completed Port Angeles’ $2.7 million Metro-Net system (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130806/news/308069991/port-angeles-fiber-optic-internet-firm-considering-sale

U-S Senator Wyden Seeks to Make Waves with Energy Bill (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2013/08/wyden-seeks-to-make-waves-with.html

Protecting Salmon from Sea Lions: Progress is Elusive (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/1354338-8/protecting-salmon-from-sea-lions-progress-is-elusive

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Bill to Promote Small Hydropower Projects Heads to Obama
• A Big Boost for Small Hydro: Senate Sends Two Bills Promoting Small & Conduit Hydro to President Obama's Desk
• Op/Ed: Congress Agrees on Hydropower
• Downgrade Alert for Portland General Electric
• Oregon: Springfield Utility Board Utility to Replace Power Poles in Three-Year Project
• Young Man Climbing Tree in Everett Gets Jolt from Power Line
• Montana: Electricity Options to be Weighed - Obtaining New Power Supplier on City of Great Falls Agenda
• Kentucky: Nuclear Seen as an Option for State
• Less Nuclear Energy Means More Coal, Natural Gas - And Carbon Emissions
• Fitch Sounds Warning on Net Metering
• North Carolina Also Denies Alcoa Water Certificate for Yadkin Project, Hampering Federal Relicensing Effort
• Boulder City Council to Vote on a Future without Xcel
• In Wisconsin’s North Woods, Utility Makes Case for Buried Lines
• Protecting Salmon from Sea Lions: Progress is Elusive
• Warm Springs Tribes, Oregon Fish & Wildlife Try to Resurrect Hood River's Spring Chinook Run
• Salmon, Steelhead Spawning Again near Soda Springs Dam
• White Salmon River Reborn after Dam Removal
• Shellfish Industry Lobs Bomb at Sea Otters
• Two Washington State Men Accused of Illegally Selling Caviar, Steelhead, Salmon
• States Seek Federal Crackdown on Mussel Invaders
• Northwest Utilities Add Muscle to Fight for Customers in Columbia River Treaty Talks
• Op/Ed: What Needs to Change in the U-S - Canada Columbia River Treaty
• U-S Senator Wyden Seeks to Make Waves with Energy Bill
• Op/Ed - Montana Needs Fair Access to Renewable Energy Markets
• Newly Available Wind Power Often Has No Place to Go
• Seattle Aquarium to Moonlight as Solar Power Provider
• Solar Energy & the WECC: Beefing Up the Western U-S Grid
• The Evolution of Photovoltaic Waste in Europe
• The Battle over the Smart Connected Thermostat Rages On
• Governors of 13 States Back Obama Climate Change Plan to Limit Carbon Dioxide
• Climate Change Pushing Marine Life towards the Poles, Says Study
• Port Angeles Fiber-Optic Internet Firm Considering Sale
• NoaNet Deploys 100G on Washington Middle-Mile Fiber-Optic Network
• CBS Blackout Puts Start-Up Aereo in the Spotlight
• Time Warner Cable Directing Blocked CBS Users to Aereo
• Duly Noted: Cable TV Faces a Crossroads
• If You Could Actually See Wi-Fi, This is What It Would Look Like
• Top Ten U-S Newspapers Ranked by Digital Circulation
• Celebrating Infographics: A 1944 Electromagnetic Radiation Poster Makes Learning Retro Chic
• Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Buying Washington Post for $250 Million
• Belfair Bicyclist Dies in Crash
• Colockum Tarps Wildfire Was Human Caused
• Mason County’s Primary Ballots Due
• Thieves Strip Wiring from Kelso Pedestrian Path Light Poles
• Washington State’s Marijuana Consultant Shares Ideas on Pot Regulations
• Sun's Magnetic Field "Is About to Flip", Warns NASA

WORD OF THE DAY

Contraband • \KAHN-truh-band\ • Noun - 1: illegal or prohibited traffic in goods: smuggling 2: goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden; also: smuggled goods 3: a slave who during the American Civil War escaped to or was brought within the Union lines.

Amber was the face of “Barty’s Biscuits for Health,” the foremost health food product in the small town of Weezy-Breath in Brandyvine on the Barrel, Devon. Unbeknownst to the strict diet police in the excruciatingly clean and painfully bright factory, Amber hid a dark and whiskery secret in her bottom left desk drawer (the one that shrieked horribly when opened). A stash of contraband Hostess Twinkies languished there, biding its time.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Bill to Promote Small Hydropower Projects Heads to Obama (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/08/05/2506451/bill-to-promote-small-hydropower.html

A Big Boost for Small Hydro: Senate Sends Two Bills Promoting Small & Conduit Hydro to President Obama's Desk (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)

http://www.energynaturalresourceslaw.com/2013/08/president-obama-signs-legislation-exempting-conduit-hydro-from-ferc-licensing-simplifying-licensing.html

Op/Ed: Congress Agrees on Hydropower (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/aug/03/congress-agrees-on-hydropower/

Downgrade Alert for Portland General Electric (Trading Charts)

http://futures.tradingcharts.com/news/futures/Downgrade_Alert_for_Portland_General_Electric__POR__201763499.html

Oregon: Springfield Utility Board Utility to Replace Power Poles in Three-Year Project (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)

http://www.registerguard.com/rg/news/local/30215353-75/poles-sub-nelson-utility-steel.html.csp

Young Man Climbing Tree in Everett Gets Jolt from Power Line (Seattle Times - Paywall Advisory)

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/08/young-man-climbing-tree-gets-jolt-from-power-line/?syndication=rss

Montana: Electricity Options to be Weighed - Obtaining New Power Supplier on City of Great Falls Agenda (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20130805/NEWS01/308050023/Electricity-options-weighed-Obtaining-new-power-supplier-city-agenda

Kentucky: Nuclear Seen as an Option for State (Park City Daily News, KY)
http://www.bgdailynews.com/news/local/nuclear-seen-as-an-option-for-state/article_00dd752f-1485-5eab-8ce5-27be36fa3013.html

Less Nuclear Energy Means More Coal, Natural Gas - And Carbon Emissions (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2013/08/03/less-nuclear-energy-means-more-coal-natural-gas-and-carbon-emissions/

Fitch Sounds Warning on Net Metering (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=228359&issueID=27074

North Carolina Also Denies Alcoa Water Certificate for Yadkin Project, Hampering Federal Relicensing Effort (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)

http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/outside_the_loop/2013/08/nc-also-denies-alcoa-water-certificate.html

Boulder City Council to Vote on a Future without Xcel (Denver Business Journal, CO)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/earth_to_power/2013/08/boulder-city-council-to-vote-on-future.html

In Wisconsin’s North Woods, Utility Makes Case for Buried Lines (Midwest Energy News)

http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2013/08/05/in-wisconsins-north-woods-utility-makes-case-for-buried-lines/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Protecting Salmon from Sea Lions: Progress is Elusive (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/1354338-8/protecting-salmon-from-sea-lions-progress-is-elusive

Warm Springs Tribes, Oregon Fish & Wildlife Try to Resurrect Hood River's Spring Chinook Run (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/08/warm_springs_tribes_odfw_try_t.html

Salmon, Steelhead Spawning Again near Soda Springs Dam (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/salmon-steelhead-spawning-again-near-soda-springs-dam/

White Salmon River Reborn after Dam Removal (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20130804/GREEN/308040016/White-Salmon-River-reborn-after-dam-removal

Shellfish Industry Lobs Bomb at Sea Otters (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/08/02/59933.htm

Two Washington State Men Accused of Illegally Selling Caviar, Steelhead, Salmon (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20130804/NEWS01/708049963

States Seek Federal Crackdown on Mussel Invaders (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/05/mussel-invaders-cost-billions/2618669/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Northwest Utilities Add Muscle to Fight for Customers in Columbia River Treaty Talks (Columbia River Treaty Group)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2013/08/northwest-utilities-add-muscle-to-fight.html

Op/Ed: What Needs to Change in the U-S - Canada Columbia River Treaty- A modernized Columbia River Treaty should recognize the new realities of our environment (Seattle Times - Paywall Advisory)

http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2021546101_tomkarieroped06xml.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

U-S Senator Wyden Seeks to Make Waves with Energy Bill (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2013/08/wyden-seeks-to-make-waves-with.html

Op/Ed - Montana Needs Fair Access to Renewable Energy Markets (Bozeman Chronicle, MT)

http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/guest_columnists/article_252a9300-fdef-11e2-8548-0019bb2963f4.html

Newly Available Wind Power Often Has No Place to Go (Kansas City Star, MO)

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/08/04/4389900/newly-available-wind-power-often.html

Seattle Aquarium to Moonlight as Solar Power Provider (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-Aquarium-to-moonlight-as-solar-power-provider-218423441.html

Solar Energy & the WECC: Beefing Up the Western U-S Grid (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/08/solar-energy-and-the-wecc-beefing-up-the-western-grid?cmpid=rss

The Evolution of Photovoltaic Waste in Europe (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/08/the-evolution-of-photovoltaic-waste-in-europe?cmpid=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

The Battle over the Smart Connected Thermostat Rages On (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2013/08/02/the-battle-over-the-smart-connected-thermostat-rages-on/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Governors of 13 States Back Obama Climate Change Plan to Limit Carbon Dioxide (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=228690&issueID=27074

Climate Change Pushing Marine Life towards the Poles, Says Study (The Guardian, UK)

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/05/climate-change-pushing-marine-species-to-poles

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Port Angeles Fiber-Optic Internet Firm Considering Sale - Had recently completed Port Angeles’ $2.7 million Metro-Net system (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130806/news/308069991/port-angeles-fiber-optic-internet-firm-considering-sale

NoaNet Deploys 100G on Washington Middle-Mile Fiber-Optic Network (Lightwave)

http://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/2013/08/noanet-deploys-100g-on-washington-middle-mile-fiber-optic-network.html

CBS Blackout Puts Start-Up Aereo in the Spotlight (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/08/05/aereo-the-unlikely-beneficiary-in-time-warner-cbs-flap/2619467/

Time Warner Cable Directing Blocked CBS Users to Aereo (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Time-Warner-Cable-Directing-Blocked-CBS-Users-to-Aereo-125239

Duly Noted: Cable TV Faces a Crossroads (New York Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2013/08/05/duly-noted-cable-tv-faces-a-crossroads.html

If You Could Actually See Wi-Fi, This is What It Would Look Like (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2013/08/04/if-you-could-actually-see-wi-fi-this-is-what-it-would-look-like/

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Top Ten U-S Newspapers Ranked by Digital Circulation (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2013/08/06/newspapers-digital-subscriptions/

Celebrating Infographics: A 1944 Electromagnetic Radiation Poster Makes Learning Retro Chic (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/a-1944-infographic-on-electromagnetic-radiation-makes-l-1019197061

GENERAL NEWS

Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Buying Washington Post for $250 Million (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=2328693

Belfair Bicyclist Dies in Crash (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/10876

Colockum Tarps Wildfire Was Human Caused (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/aug/05/colockum-tarps-fire-was-human-caused/

Mason County’s Primary Ballots Due (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/10878

Thieves Strip Wiring from Kelso Pedestrian Path Light Poles (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/thieves-strip-wiring-from-kelso-pedestrian-path-light-poles/article_4189fdac-fe2f-11e2-97cb-0019bb2963f4.html

Washington State’s Marijuana Consultant Shares Ideas on Pot Regulations (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2013/08/05/states-marijuana-consultant-shares-ideas-on-pot-regulations/

Sun's Magnetic Field "Is About to Flip", Warns NASA (Yahoo! News)

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/sun-s-magnetic-field--is-about-to-flip---warns-nasa-131005894.html#U3cO6dl

DIVERSIONS

Connecticut Boy: I Was Cheated over 'Jeopardy!' Spelling

http://www.kgw.com/news/Conn-boy-I-was-cheated-over-Jeopardy-spelling-218288481.html

Sidney Rice Visits Seahawks Fan’s Barbecue on Trip to Switzerland

http://q13fox.com/2013/08/04/sidney-rice-visits-seahawks-fans-barbecue-on-trip-to-switzerland/

iPhone Thief Posts Picture on Victim's Facebook Page

http://www.king5.com/news/local/After-iPhone-thief-posts-photo-Facebook-218306291.html

Bring on the ‘Frankenburger’

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/bring-on-the-frankenburger/?partner=rss&emc=rss

SONG OF THE DAY

The Edgar Winter Group – Frankenstein

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOM4no5C8EU

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

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