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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for June 19, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bellevue
City Council Looking for Answers to Puget Sound Energy’s Energize Eastside
(Bellevue Reporter, WA)
Intruder
Burned at Renton Substation Still Alive (Associated Press)
About 14,000 Young Salmon Die in Elwha River
Release of 2.6 Million Fish (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Grant PUD Declines Request to Support Credit,
Leaves NoaNet (iFIBER One News, Ephrata, WA)
Lawsuit:
Extending Eagle Death Permits Illegal (Associated
Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bellevue City Council Looking for Answers to Puget Sound Energy’s Energize Eastside
- Intruder Burned at Renton Substation Still Alive
- Pacific Gas & Electric Upgrading Substation Security after San Jose Sniper Attack
- California: Proposal to Raise Pacific Gas & Electric Electricity & Gas Bills Advances
- Delaware: Driver Trapped after Farm Equipment Hooks Power Line
- Feds: Oil Train Details Not Security Sensitive
- Senate Panel Votes to Advance Bay, LaFleur at FERC
- Public Power Credit Outlook is Stable, But Challenges Loom, Rating Agencies Tell Conference
- About 14,000 Young Salmon Die in Elwha River Release of 2.6 Million Fish
- Tab for Saving Pacific Northwest Fish Nears $700 Million
- Despite Early Start to Alaska King Salmon Runs, Biologists Not Convinced Slump is Over
- Sea Star Epidemic Hits Hood Canal
- Obama Oceans Plan Could Boost State Shellfish Industry
- Endangered Fish Now Spawning in Grand Canyon National Park
- From Billions to Zero: Humans Killed Off Passenger Pigeons But May Try to Bring Them Back
- The California Drought Just Got Worse
- Lawsuit: Extending Eagle Death Permits Illegal
- Onsite Energy Generation is Nice but Centralized Transmission is Here to Stay
- Op/Ed: On Biomass, EPA Should Follow the Science
- The Rise of Solar Co-ops
- California: Berkeley May Consider Gas Pump Warnings about Global Warming
- Green Power CEO Denied Temporary Bail
- Harley-Davidson Introduces Electric Motorcycle
- Grant PUD Declines Request to Support Credit, Leaves NoaNet
- How a Sprint Cable Led to a Major Oregon Cell Outage
- 911 Outage Raises Questions about Who Knew What When
- FCC Report Shows Internet Service Providers Are Faster than Ever, but Congestion is a Problem
- Former FCC Commissioner: “We Should Be Ashamed of Ourselves” for State of Broadband in the U-S
- AT&T Claims ‘Strong’ Net Neutrality Would Actually Ruin the Internet. That’s a Big Leap
- No, a Supreme Court Victory by Aereo Would Not Crush the NFL
- Facebook Service Restored after Worldwide Cutoff
- Seattle Times Bans Use of NFL’s Redskins Name
- Try New Facebook & Snapchat Features
- June 30: Social Media Day 2014 is Official in These Cities
- Lt. Governor Brad Owen to Lead Trade Mission to Taiwan
- ATF, Washington State Investigate Fatal Tenino-Area Fireworks Explosion
- Different Story: One Dead after Fireworks Set Off in Home
- Man Arrested in Tahuya Shooting
- Mason County Sheriff Patrol Vehicle Struck in Shelton
- Unemployment Rate Steady as State Adds 4,000 Jobs
- Oregon, Washington Gas Prices Expected to Pass $4 a Gallon as Iraq Conflict Heats Up
- Washington State Domestic Partners to Become Spouses June 30
Persiflage
• \PER-suh-flahzh\ • Noun - Frivolous bantering talk: light raillery
Cyrano
DeBergerac must have been the prince of persiflage. No getting around it, small
talk would certainly be the strategy to defer his guest’s unnatural desire to
talk about his giant schnoz.
Why Summer Doesn’t Really Start in Western
Washington until July 12 (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
http://mynorthwest.com/11/2547505/Why-summer-doesnt-really-start-in-western-Washington-until-July-12
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bellevue City Council Looking for Answers to
Puget Sound Energy’s Energize Eastside (Bellevue Reporter, WA)
Intruder Burned at Renton Substation Still Alive (Associated Press)
Pacific Gas & Electric Upgrading Substation
Security after San Jose Sniper Attack (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
California: Proposal to Raise Pacific Gas & Electric
Electricity & Gas Bills Advances (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Delaware: Driver Trapped after Farm Equipment Hooks
Power Line (Wilmington News-Journal, DE)
Feds: Oil Train Details Not Security Sensitive (Washington
Post)
Senate Panel Votes to Advance Bay, LaFleur at FERC
(Reuters)
Public Power Credit Outlook is Stable, But
Challenges Loom, Rating Agencies Tell Conference (American Public Power
Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
About 14,000 Young Salmon Die in Elwha River Release
of 2.6 Million Fish (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Tab for Saving Pacific Northwest Fish Nears $700
Million (Electric Co-op Today)
Despite Early Start to Alaska King Salmon Runs,
Biologists Not Convinced Slump is Over (Alaska Dispatch)
Sea Star Epidemic Hits Hood Canal (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Obama Oceans Plan Could Boost State Shellfish
Industry (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Endangered Fish Now Spawning in Grand Canyon
National Park (Christian Science Monitor)
From Billions to Zero: Humans Killed Off
Passenger Pigeons But May Try to Bring Them Back (Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
The
California Drought Just Got Worse (Mashable)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Lawsuit:
Extending Eagle Death Permits Illegal (Associated
Press)
Onsite
Energy Generation is Nice but Centralized Transmission is Here to Stay (Forbes
Magazine)
Op/Ed:
On Biomass, EPA Should Follow the Science (The Hill, Washington, DC)
The
Rise of Solar Co-ops (Renewable Energy World)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California:
Berkeley May Consider Gas Pump Warnings about Global Warming (Los Angeles
Times, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Green
Power CEO Denied Temporary Bail (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
Harley-Davidson
Introduces Electric Motorcycle (Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Grant PUD Declines Request to Support Credit,
Leaves NoaNet (iFIBER One News, Ephrata, WA)
How a Sprint Cable Led to a Major Oregon Cell
Outage (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
911 Outage Raises Questions about Who Knew What
When (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
FCC Report Shows Internet Service Providers Are
Faster than Ever, but Congestion is a Problem (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2014/06/18/fcc-report-shows-isps-are-faster-than-ever-but-congestion-is-a-problem/
Former FCC Commissioner: “We Should Be Ashamed of
Ourselves” for State of Broadband in the U-S (Consumerist)
AT&T Claims ‘Strong’ Net Neutrality Would
Actually Ruin the Internet. That’s a Big Leap. (Washington Post)
No, a Supreme Court Victory by Aereo Would Not
Crush the NFL (Consumerist)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Facebook Service Restored after Worldwide Cutoff (NY
Times)
Seattle Times Bans Use of NFL’s Redskins Name (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Try New Facebook & Snapchat Features (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
June 30: Social Media Day 2014 is Official in These
Cities (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Lt. Governor Brad Owen to Lead Trade Mission to
Taiwan (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
ATF, Washington State Investigate Fatal Tenino-Area
Fireworks Explosion (Associated Press)
Different Story: One Dead after Fireworks Set Off in
Home (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Man Arrested in Tahuya Shooting (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
Mason County Sheriff Patrol Vehicle Struck in
Shelton (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Unemployment Rate Steady as State Adds 4,000 Jobs (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Oregon, Washington Gas Prices Expected to Pass $4 a
Gallon as Iraq Conflict Heats Up (Oregonian, Portland)
Washington State Domestic Partners to Become
Spouses June 30 (Everett Herald, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Chester
the Cat Found after Being Lost by Air Canada
The
Top 10 Greatest Landmarks in the World
This
Manure-Tossing Monstrosity Can Shred and Spread a Whole Car (PG-13 Language)
CIA
Hatched Plan to Make Demon Toy to Counter Osama Bin Laden’s Influence
SONG OF THE DAY
Steve
Miller Band - Jet Airliner
Paul
Pena - Jet Airliner (The Original)
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