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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for August 4, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington
State: As Oysters Die, Climate Policy Goes on the Stump (NY Times)
Strong Winds Bring Blackouts & Blocked Roads
to the Inland Northwest – Again (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Editorial: Feds Need to Either Get On or Off the
Pot (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
On Columbia, ‘Just Add Water’ Seems to be Working
(Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
CEO Tells Congress: Equity in Rural Broadband
Needed (Electric Co-op Today)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Strong Winds Bring Blackouts & Blocked Roads to the Inland Northwest – Again
- Editorial: Feds Need to Either Get On or Off the Pot
- Discounts Available for Some Low-Income Cowlitz PUD Customers
- Op/Ed: The Rest of the Story - Demand for Electricity is Growing
- Tennessee Valley Authority Settles Coal Ash Sludge Lawsuit
- Kentucky, Indiana File Suit to Block EPA Rule on Power Plants
- LaFleur Named Chair of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- On Columbia, ‘Just Add Water’ Seems to be Working
- Residents, Cowlitz Tribe Pray for Return to Natural Salmon Runs - Concerns about Columbia River Treaty
- Pest Rodent Nutria Will Find Itself in Gun Sights at Olympia’s Capitol Lake
- Keep Wolverines Protected, Scientists Urge Interior Department
- “Low Quality Wood:” Off Switch Hit at Saskatchewan Wood-Burning Power Generation Plant
- Ohio Utilities Take Net Metering Fight to State Supreme Court
- Washington State: As Oysters Die, Climate Policy Goes on the Stump
- Idaho Leaders Take on a Changing Climate
- Utility Industry: We Need to Promote Electric Vehicles in Order to ‘Remain Viable’
- How Biofuels Will Expand Tesla’s Charging Stations
- CEO Tells Congress: Equity in Rural Broadband Needed
- Google Effect: Comcast is Boosting Internet Speeds for Olathe, Independence & Other KC Suburbs
- Cloud Revenue Jumps, Led by Microsoft & IBM
- Call Center Jobs Increase as More Return from Overseas
- Ditching Email: Inspired Vision or Hallucination?
- Want to Increase Your Readership? Forget About Twitter & Stop Posting So Many Stories, Says the Telegraph
- How Con Edison Effectively Relied on Social Media to Reach Customers during Superstorm Sandy
- Twitter Tests a New Feature That Explains Hashtags for You
- Five Ways to Make Your Website More Mobile Friendly
- Today’s Google Doodle Celebrates the Art of the Venn Diagram
- Washington Voters Set to Weigh in on Primary
- Ellensburg Wildfire Burns a Dozen Homes
- Oregon Gulch Fire near Ashland, Klamath Falls Remains Biggest, Most Volatile in State
- WW1 Remembered: First World War Commemorations
- In Pictures: World War One Battlefields 100 Years On
- Mother of Toddler Found Dead at Cannon Beach in Custody
- These Growers Know Marijuana Inside & Out
- Is It Better to Grow Marijuana Indoors or Out?
- August 6 Resurfacing to Delay Drivers on SR 302
- Graffiti Blemishes Sacred Olympic Peninsula Tribal Site
Noachian
• \no-AY-kee-un\ • Adjective - Of or relating to the patriarch Noah or his time.
The
rain gardens and stormwater retention system at PUD 3’s Johns Prairie
operations center were designed to collect and treat voluminous amounts of
water unleashed by the sluicegates of heaven. However, if the last retention
area in the long string of collection ponds gets even close to fullness, we’ve
got bigger problems than just rainfall…we’ll all be building arks of Noachian
proportions.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Strong Winds Bring Blackouts & Blocked Roads
to the Inland Northwest – Again (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Editorial: Feds Need to Either Get On or Off the
Pot (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Discounts Available for Some Low-Income Cowlitz
PUD Customers (Longview Daily News, WA)
Op/Ed: The Rest of the Story - Demand for
Electricity is Growing “…Our abundant low cost hydropower has been the staple
of our state’s economy…most of the world is not blessed with our Columbia River
hydropower system and must rely on fossil fuels….” (Enumclaw Courier-Herald,
WA)
Tennessee Valley Authority Settles Coal Ash
Sludge Lawsuit (Associated Press)
Kentucky, Indiana File Suit to Block EPA Rule on
Power Plants (Louisville Business, First, KY)
LaFleur Named Chair of Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
On Columbia, ‘Just Add Water’ Seems to be Working
(Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Residents, Cowlitz Tribe Pray for Return to
Natural Salmon Runs - Concerns about Columbia River Treaty (Longview Daily
News, WA)
Pest Rodent Nutria Will Find Itself in Gun Sights
at Olympia’s Capitol Lake (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Keep Wolverines Protected, Scientists Urge
Interior Department (Los Angeles Times, CA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
“Low
Quality Wood:” Off Switch Hit at Saskatchewan Wood-Burning Power Generation
Plant (Comox Valley Echo, BC)
Ohio
Utilities Take Net Metering Fight to State Supreme Court (Midwest Energy News)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington
State: As Oysters Die, Climate Policy Goes on the Stump (NY Times)
Idaho
Leaders Take on a Changing Climate (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Utility
Industry: We Need to Promote Electric Vehicles in Order to ‘Remain Viable’ (The
Energy Collective)
How
Biofuels Will Expand Tesla’s Charging Stations (USA
Today)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CEO Tells Congress: Equity in Rural Broadband
Needed (Electric Co-op Today)
Google Effect: Comcast is Boosting Internet Speeds
for Olathe, Independence & Other KC Suburbs (Kansas City Star, MO)
Cloud Revenue Jumps, Led by Microsoft & IBM (NY
Times)
Call Center Jobs Increase as More Return from
Overseas (USA Today)
Ditching Email: Inspired Vision or Hallucination? (Associated Press)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Want to Increase Your Readership? Forget About
Twitter & Stop Posting So Many Stories, Says the Telegraph (GigaOM)
How Con Edison Effectively Relied on Social Media
to Reach Customers during Superstorm Sandy (The Energy Collective – 3 million
customers, 20,000 Twitter followers – 3,175 FB Likes)
Twitter Tests a New Feature That Explains Hashtags
for You (Washington Post)
Five Ways to Make Your Website More Mobile Friendly
(Birmingham Business Journal, AL)
Today’s Google Doodle Celebrates the Art of the
Venn Diagram (TIME Magazine)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington Voters Set to Weigh in on Primary (Associated Press)
Primary Ballot for Mason County (Mason County
Auditor’s Office, Shelton, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Ellensburg Wildfire Burns a Dozen Homes (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Oregon Gulch Fire near Ashland, Klamath Falls
Remains Biggest, Most Volatile in State (Oregonian, Portland)
WW1 Remembered: First World War Commemorations (The
Guardian, UK)
In Pictures: World War One Battlefields 100 Years
On (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Mother of Toddler Found Dead at Cannon Beach in
Custody (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
These Growers Know Marijuana Inside & Out (Olympian
- Paywall Advisory)
Is It Better to Grow Marijuana Indoors or Out? (Northwest
Public Radio)
August 6 Resurfacing to Delay Drivers on SR 302
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Graffiti Blemishes Sacred Olympic Peninsula Tribal
Site (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
DIVERSIONS
You
Will Regret Handing Out Slide Whistle Straws at Your Next Party
Guy’s
Hilarious Obit: ‘Don’t E-Mail Me, I’m Dead’
The
REAL Cookie Monster - Illinois Man Angered by Three Missing Chips Ahoy! Cookies
Tries to Kill Roommate, Police Say
Why
We Yawn (And Why It Really Is Contagious)
SONG OF THE DAY
Mark
Knopfler - Going Home - Theme from Local Hero
LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY
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