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News Digest Word Cloud for May 13, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Caused Widespread Power Outage - Port Angeles Man
Arrested after Bulldozer Rampage Damages Four Homes: He Was Angry with
Neighbors, Authorities Say (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Op/Ed - Local View: Clark County’s Utility Was
Built On People Power (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Oregon’s U-S Senators Seek Federal Drought Help
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Report Says Bonneville Power’s Fish/Wildlife
Costs for 2012 Pegged at $644.1 Million (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Carbon
Dioxide Levels Hit New Peak at Key Observatory (Cable News Network)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Caused Widespread Power Outage - Port Angeles Man
Arrested after Bulldozer Rampage Damages Four Homes: He Was Angry with Neighbors,
Authorities Say
- Op/Ed - Local View: Clark County’s Utility Was
Built on People Power
- Greater Use of Natural Gas & Renewables Will
Potentially Impact Grid Reliability, APPA Tells House Panel
- Alaska - Wasilla Set to Hear Matanuska Electric
Association Power Line Proposal
- Three Ways to Increase Hydropower Efficiency &
Revenues
- United Kingdom - Rollout of Smart Energy Meters
Delayed By a Year
- Report Says Bonneville Power’s Fish/Wildlife Costs
for 2012 Pegged at $644.1 Million
- Northern Pikeminnow Reward Fishery Underway in
Columbia River
- Fishing Tournaments a Boost for Columbia Basin
Economy
- Companies Won’t Face Charges in Condor Deaths
- Oregon’s U-S Senators Seek Federal Drought Help
- Runoff Forecast: 91% of Normal at Dalles Dam -
Above Normal in North Basin, Low in Snake
- Crews Begin Hauling Sediment from Elwha
- Editorial - Lower Valley Water Pollution:
Cooperation, Not Litigation, Will Solve Problem
- Colorado Renewable Energy Bill Gets Call for Veto
from GOP Lawmakers
- Connecticut Seeks to Literally Water Down its RPS,
Could it Happen in Your Region?
- California - Placer County Supervisors Reject Bid
to Block Biomass Facility
- Op/Ed – Montana: Does Expensive Energy Serve the
Working Man?
- California Shared Renewable Energy Bills Pass Major
Hurdle
- Europe Not Likely to Get North African Electricity
- Green Building’s Return to the Spotlight
- Carbon Dioxide Levels Hit New Peak at Key
Observatory
- Study: Climate Change Will Cut Habitats by 2080
- Monster Ice Sheets Destroy Homes, Terrorize
Residents
- 84% of U-S Broadband Households Have Home Network
- Real Estate or Utility? Surging Data Center
Industry Blurs Boundaries
- Analysis: Google+ Struggles to Attract Brands, Some
Neglect to Update
- Special Session - Back to the Washington State
Budget Battle in Olympia
- Five Washington State Air Traffic Control Towers
Get FAA Sequestration Reprieve
- Washington State Auditor Releases Financial
Management Performance Audit
- Mason County Election Filing Begins Monday
- Boeing to Cut 1,500 IT Jobs Over Next Three Years
- Oregon - Suspects Steal $20,000 in Wire from
Yamhill Quarry
- State Urging Residents to Better Protect Themselves
from Wildfires
- Mason General Campus Renewal Project Complete
- Shelton’s Skyline Drive-In Reach Their (sic)
Kickstarter Goal
WORD OF THE DAY
Sesquipedalian
• \sess-kwuh-pud-DALE-yun\ • Adjective - 1: having many syllables: long 2:
using long words
Julie
Andrew’s role as the irrepressible “Mary Poppins” cemented her as the ultimate sesquipedalian
actress. No one can match the use of the word “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Caused Widespread Power Outage - Port Angeles Man
Arrested after Bulldozer Rampage Damages Four Homes: He Was Angry with
Neighbors, Authorities Say (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Op/Ed - Local View: Clark County’s Utility Was
Built On People Power (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Greater Use of Natural Gas & Renewables Will
Potentially Impact Grid Reliability, APPA Tells House Panel (American Public Power Association)
Alaska - Wasilla Set to Hear Matanuska Electric
Association Power Line Proposal (Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, AK)
Three Ways to Increase Hydropower Efficiency &
Revenues (Renewable Energy World)
United Kingdom - Rollout of Smart Energy Meters
Delayed By a Year (The Telegraph, UK)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Report Says Bonneville Power’s Fish/Wildlife
Costs for 2012 Pegged at $644.1 Million (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Northern Pikeminnow Reward Fishery Underway in Columbia
River (Seattle Times, WA)
Fishing Tournaments a Boost for Columbia Basin Economy
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Companies Won’t Face Charges in Condor Deaths
(Los Angeles Times, CA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon’s U-S Senators Seek Federal Drought Help
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Runoff
Forecast: 91% of Normal at Dalles Dam - Above Normal in North Basin, Low in
Snake (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Crews
Begin Hauling Sediment from Elwha (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Editorial
- Lower Valley Water Pollution: Cooperation, Not Litigation, Will Solve Problem
(Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Colorado
Renewable Energy Bill Gets Call for Veto from GOP Lawmakers (Energy Tribune)
Connecticut
Seeks to Literally Water Down its RPS, Could it Happen in Your Region? - Including
hydropower in the state’s renewable portfolio standard could crowd out other
renewable energy sources (Renewable Energy World)
California
- Placer County Supervisors Reject Bid to Block Biomass Facility (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Op/Ed – Montana: Does Expensive Energy Serve the
Working Man? (Hungry Horse News, MT)
California
Shared Renewable Energy Bills Pass Major Hurdle (The Energy Collective)
Europe
Not Likely to Get North African Electricity (Deutsch Welle)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Green
Building’s Return to the Spotlight (Fierce Energy)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon
Dioxide Levels Hit New Peak at Key Observatory (Cable News Network)
Study:
Climate Change Will Cut Habitats by 2080 (USA Today)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Monster
Ice Sheets Destroy Homes, Terrorize Residents (Grist
Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
84% of U-S Broadband Households Have Home Network
(Broadband-TV News)
Real Estate or Utility? Surging Data Center
Industry Blurs Boundaries (NY Times)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Analysis: Google+ Struggles to Attract Brands, Some
Neglect to Update (Reuters)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Special Session - Back to the Washington State Budget
Battle in Olympia (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Five Washington State Air Traffic Control Towers
Get FAA Sequestration Reprieve (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Washington State Auditor Releases Financial
Management Performance Audit (Washington Policy Center)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Election Filing Begins Monday (Mason
Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
Boeing to Cut 1,500 IT Jobs Over Next Three Years (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Oregon - Suspects Steal $20,000 in Wire from Yamhill
Quarry (KGW TV, Portland, OR)
State Urging Residents to Better Protect Themselves
from Wildfires (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Mason General Campus Renewal Project Complete (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Shelton’s Skyline Drive-In Reach Their (sic)
Kickstarter Goal (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Looking
for a Better Beard? Head to Turkey
Time
for Some Grub! – Insects: A New Nutritious Ingredient for School Lunches?
Why
Are Birthrates Falling Around the World? Blame Television
Sophia
Top Baby Name for U-S Girls; Messiah & King on the Rise for Boys
SONG OF THE DAY
ZZ
Top - Sharp Dressed Man
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