Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Energy News Digest for November 19, 2013
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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Coal Export Terminal Proposed for Longview Draws
Unprecedented 163,000-Plus Public Comments (Associated Press)
Fuel Removal Starts at Japan’s Crippled Nuclear
Plant (NY Times)
Tidal
Energy Sparks Concerns over Impact on Marine Life (KING-TV, Seattle, WA – Build a qualifying renewable energy project; we
dare you…)
No Data Storage, No Spying in Port Angeles’ Wi-Fi System,
City Police Say (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Flood Warning for Mason County’s Skokomish River
(National Weather Service, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Coal Export Terminal Proposed for Longview Draws Unprecedented 163,000-Plus Public Comments
- Fuel Removal Starts at Japan’s Crippled Nuclear Plant
- Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for the November 12, 2013 Business Meeting
- Moody’s Expects To Nudge Most Ratings Up a Notch For Private Utilities
- Power Grid ‘Under Considerable Stress’ from New Carbon Rules, AEP Exec Says
- $5.9 Million: Tennessee Valley Authority’s New CEO Paid Nearly 50% More Than Predecessor
- Recovering ‘The Lost Fish’
- Portland Water Customers Own a $500,000 Home with a Beautiful View
- Tidal Energy Sparks Concerns over Impact on Marine Life
- Who’s Winning the Net Metering Debate Now?
- Threat of Bat Fatalities Stalls Maine Wind Project
- Twenty Bad Things about Wind Energy, and Three Reasons Why
- Colorado: How Aspen Skiing Co. Became a Power Company
- Five Ways to Keep Food Fresher: Refrigerated Food Lasts Longer When Stored Correctly
- You Can Have Either Climate Justice or a Climate Treaty
- Where Will Electric Vehicles Get Their Juice?
- Hyundai to Market Hydrogen Vehicle Next Year
- How to Make Your Own Glowing Light Bulbs That Don’t Need Electricity
- No Data Storage, No Spying in Port Angeles’ Wi-Fi System, City Police Say
- Washington Wins $610,000 in Google Settlement
- CenturyLink Buys Tier 3 of Bellevue
- No, Wasn’t Just You: YouTube Went Down
- Six (Often Frustrating) Reasons for Comcast’s Varying Prices
- Selfie Is Officially the 2013 Word of the Year
- Washington State Audit Findings Could Prove Costly for Clark County
- Flood Warning for Mason County’s Skokomish River
- Hundreds Apply to Grow, Process & Sell Pot in Washington State
- U-S Now Produces More Oil Than It Imports: Good Or Bad?
- Spokane Valley Thieves Steal Thousands in Copper Wiring
- Butterball: Don’t Panic, But There’s a Turkey Shortage
- Olympic National Forest Christmas Tree Permits on Sale
WORD OF THE DAY
Simpatico • \simm-PAWT-ih-coe\
• Adjective - 1: Agreeable, likable 2: being on the same wavelength: congenial,
sympathetic.
David was
perplexed. His interview with the new division supervisor had gone horribly
wrong from the beginning, especially when his careless comment about the boss’s
LED lit bow-tie was taken as an insult on the level of a beer belch in church.
Regardless of his fashion sense, the new boss threw Dave into a tailspin when
he showed simpatico for a common interest: collecting campaign buttons for
failed presidential candidates…generally those of libertarians…and specifically
those of the 1972 slate of John Hospers & Theodora Nathan.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Coal Export Terminal Proposed for Longview Draws
Unprecedented 163,000-Plus Public Comments (Associated Press)
Fuel Removal Starts at Japan’s Crippled Nuclear
Plant (NY Times)
Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for the
November 12, 2013 Business Meeting (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Moody’s Expects To Nudge Most Ratings Up a Notch
For Private Utilities (American Public Power Association)
Power Grid ‘Under Considerable Stress’ from New
Carbon Rules, AEP Exec Says (Columbus Business First, OH)
$5.9 Million: Tennessee Valley Authority’s New CEO
Paid Nearly 50% More Than Predecessor (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Recovering ‘The Lost Fish’ (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Portland
Water Customers Own a $500,000 Home with a Beautiful View (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Tidal
Energy Sparks Concerns over Impact on Marine Life (KING-TV, Seattle, WA – Build a qualifying renewable energy project; we
dare you…)
Who’s
Winning the Net Metering Debate Now? (Renewable
Energy World)
Threat
of Bat Fatalities Stalls Maine Wind Project (Portland Press Herald, ME)
Twenty
Bad Things about Wind Energy, and Three Reasons Why (Master Resource)
Colorado:
How Aspen Skiing Co. Became a Power Company (Aspen Journalism, CO)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Five Ways to Keep Food Fresher: Refrigerated Food
Lasts Longer When Stored Correctly (Consumer Reports)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
You
Can Have Either Climate Justice or a Climate Treaty (Slate Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Where Will Electric Vehicles Get Their Juice? (Forbes
Magazine)
Hyundai to Market Hydrogen Vehicle Next Year (Associated Press)
How
to Make Your Own Glowing Light Bulbs That Don’t Need Electricity (Gizmodo)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
No Data Storage, No Spying in Port Angeles’ Wi-Fi System,
City Police Say (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Washington Wins $610,000 in Google Settlement (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
CenturyLink Buys Tier 3 of Bellevue (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
No, Wasn’t Just You: YouTube Went Down (GigaOM)
Six (Often Frustrating) Reasons for Comcast’s
Varying Prices (Forbes Magazine)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Selfie Is Officially the 2013 Word of the Year
(Gizmodo)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Audit Findings Could Prove Costly
for Clark County (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Flood Warning for Mason County’s Skokomish River
(National Weather Service, Seattle, WA)
Hundreds Apply to Grow, Process & Sell Pot in Washington
State (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
U-S Now Produces More Oil Than It Imports: Good Or
Bad? (Christian Science Monitor)
Spokane Valley Thieves Steal Thousands in Copper
Wiring (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Butterball: Don’t Panic, But There’s a Turkey
Shortage (Christian Science Monitor)
Olympic National Forest Christmas Tree Permits on
Sale (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Coffee
Maker Meals Mean You’ll Never Go Hungry in a Hotel Room Again
Bride
Jailed After Biting Groom in Kennewick (and we all know that being bitten in
the Kennewick is more painful than being bitten in the finger)
‘It’s
a Wonderful Life’ Sequel Planned for 2015 Theatrical Release
This
Is What a 3,400-Year-Old Mummy Steak Looks Like
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Pretenders - Thin Line Between Love & Hate
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Monday, November 18, 2013
Energy News Digest for November 18, 2013
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News Digest Word Cloud for November 18, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Editorial:
DOE Does the Right Thing in Promising It Has No Plan to Run Bonneville Power
Administration (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
PNNL
Practices Defense Drill against Cyber Attack on Grid (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Cloud City: Amazon Web Services Is One of Many
Reasons Seattle Is the Next Tech Mecca (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Dead Fish Wash Up On Richland's Waterfront after
Record Salmon Run (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Op/Ed:
Climate Change Forces Us to Rethink Glen Canyon Dam & Its Releases (Salt
Lake Tribune, UT)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Editorial: DOE Does the Right Thing in Promising It Has No Plan to Run Bonneville Power Administration
- PNNL Practices Defense Drill against Cyber Attack on Grid
- NERC Completes Second Grid Security Exercise
- Nuke Huggers? Why Some Climate Scientists Are Warming to Nuclear Power
- Naval Reactors Should Be Empowered to Show the Way Again
- Part of Kennewick Mobile Home Park Still Without Power
- Benton PUD Collecting Donations for Helping Hands Program
- Editorial: Thumbs Up to Hastings & Cantwell, Down to Golden Parachutes
- Iowa Landowners Worry about Proposed Power Line
- Dead Fish Wash Up On Richland's Waterfront after Record Salmon Run
- Elwha River Sees Chinook Salmon Run Increase
- Kennedy Creek: Paying Witness to the Salmon Cycle
- Herrera Beutler: Bill Supports Local Efforts to Aid Salmon
- U-S Fish & Wildlife Service Announces No Fish Hatchery Closures This Year
- Federal Lawmakers from North Central Washington Urge Wolf Delisting
- Umatilla River Users in Uncertain Waters
- Yakima Basin Water Plan Flowing in a Good Direction
- Puget Sound Energy’s Green Power Program Grant Helps Add Solar at Olympia Library
- Yakima Valley Community College Solar Project to Expand Renewable Energy in Region
- Almost Everyone Is Angling Solar Panels the Wrong Way
- Ohio Wind Energy & Efficiency Mandates Could Disappear But Electric Rates Soar, Say Opponents of Pending Bill
- 67 Percent of Consumers Would Pay More for Clean Energy
- Judd Hirsch’s Wind-Power Plan Unsettles Catskill Town
- Heating 101: What to Know Before You Crank Up the Heat
- Mapping Whole Communities and Their Homes with Thermal Images to Reduce Heat Loss
- Op/Ed: Climate Change Forces Us to Rethink Glen Canyon Dam & Its Releases
- Coal Fires Green Anger at U-N Climate Talks
- Op/Ed: Megastorms Could Create Tipping Point for Climate Action
- Politico: Rahm Emanuel Wanted ‘To Kill’ Steven Chu for Talking About Climate Change
- Most Consumers Don't Know About Electric Vehicle Incentives, Survey Finds
- Biggest Challenge for Electric Vehicles? Not Enough Parking Spots
- Cloud City: Amazon Web Services Is One of Many Reasons Seattle Is the Next Tech Mecca
- In Person: Andy Jassy Steers Fast-Growing Web Unit for Amazon
- Amazon Lags Movement to Reduce Cloud’s Effect on Environment
- Google Pushes for More Clean Energy in Land of the Data Centers
- Google & Facebook Also Have an Energy Dark Side
- Quinn: Facebook Needs to Open Service to Kids under 13
- Snazzy Science Apps Explain the Unknown to Kids
- How Historic Moments Would Have Been Shared on Instagram
- Six Killed as Tornadoes Rip Through U-S Midwest
- The Weather Trifecta – Rain, Wind & Mountain Snow
- Boeing CEO: 3 Months for 777x Location Decision
- Half of Detroit’s Streetlights May Go Out as City Shrinks
WORD OF THE DAY
Conurbation •
\kah-ner-BAY-shun\ • Noun - An aggregation or continuous network of urban
communities.
Welcome to “Everseatacoly,”
blared the tour guide, his mashing of the conurbation along the central Puget Sound
I-5 parking lot of a freeway only slightly tinged with irony.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Editorial:
DOE Does the Right Thing in Promising It Has No Plan to Run Bonneville Power
Administration (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
PNNL
Practices Defense Drill against Cyber Attack on Grid (Tri-City Herald, WA)
NERC
Completes Second Grid Security Exercise (Electric Energy Online)
Nuke
Huggers? Why Some Climate Scientists Are Warming to Nuclear Power (Forbes Magazine)
Naval Reactors Should Be Empowered to Show the
Way Again (The Energy Collective)
Part
of Kennewick Mobile Home Park Still Without Power (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Benton
PUD Collecting Donations for Helping Hands Program (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Editorial: Thumbs Up to Hastings & Cantwell,
Down to Golden Parachutes (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Iowa Landowners Worry about Proposed Power Line (Associated
Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Dead Fish Wash Up On Richland's Waterfront after
Record Salmon Run (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Elwha River Sees Chinook Salmon Run Increase
(Associated Press)
Kennedy Creek: Paying Witness to the Salmon Cycle
- Viewpoints on Salmon Trail show life cycle of chum salmon in action (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
Herrera Beutler: Bill Supports Local Efforts to
Aid Salmon (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
U-S Fish & Wildlife Service Announces No Fish
Hatchery Closures This Year (The Chattanoogan, TN)
Federal Lawmakers from North Central Washington
Urge Wolf Delisting (Wenatchee World, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Umatilla
River Users in Uncertain Waters (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Yakima
Basin Water Plan Flowing in a Good Direction (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/latestlocalnews/1640425-8/yakima-basin-water-plan-flowing-in-a-good
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Puget
Sound Energy’s Green Power Program Grant Helps Add Solar at Olympia Library
(Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
Yakima
Valley Community College Solar Project to Expand Renewable Energy in Region
(Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
Almost
Everyone Is Angling Solar Panels the Wrong Way (Gizmodo)
Ohio
Wind Energy & Efficiency Mandates Could Disappear But Electric Rates Soar,
Say Opponents of Pending Bill (Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH)
67 Percent of Consumers Would Pay More for Clean
Energy (The Energy Collective)
Judd
Hirsch’s Wind-Power Plan Unsettles Catskill Town (NY Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/16/nyregion/judd-hirschs-wind-power-plan-unsettles-catskill-town.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Heating
101: What to Know Before You Crank Up the Heat (PR Web)
Mapping Whole Communities and Their Homes with
Thermal Images to Reduce Heat Loss (The Energy Collective)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Op/Ed:
Climate Change Forces Us to Rethink Glen Canyon Dam & Its Releases (Salt
Lake Tribune, UT)
Coal
Fires Green Anger at U-N Climate Talks (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Op/Ed:
Megastorms Could Create Tipping Point for Climate Action (News Tribune, Tacoma,
WA - Paywall Advisory)
Politico:
Rahm Emanuel Wanted ‘To Kill’ Steven Chu for Talking About Climate Change (Think
Progress)
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/11/15/2950131/politico-rahm-emanuel-steven-chu-climate-change/
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Most
Consumers Don't Know About Electric Vehicle Incentives, Survey Finds (San Jose
Mercury News, CA)
Biggest
Challenge for Electric Vehicles? Not Enough Parking Spots (Silicon Valley
Business Journal, WA)
EPA
Proposes Reduction of Ethanol in Gas (Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Cloud City: Amazon Web Services Is One of Many
Reasons Seattle Is the Next Tech Mecca (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
In Person: Andy Jassy Steers Fast-Growing Web Unit for
Amazon (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Amazon Lags Movement to Reduce Cloud’s Effect on
Environment (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Google Pushes for More Clean Energy in Land of the
Data Centers (Wired)
Google & Facebook Also Have an Energy Dark Side
(Clean Technica)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Quinn: Facebook Needs to Open Service to Kids under
13 (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Snazzy Science Apps Explain the Unknown to Kids
(USA Today)
How Historic Moments Would Have Been Shared on
Instagram (Gizmodo)
GENERAL NEWS
Six Killed as Tornadoes Rip Through U-S Midwest (Reuters)
The Weather Trifecta – Rain, Wind & Mountain
Snow (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Boeing CEO: 3 Months for 777x Location Decision (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Half of Detroit’s Streetlights May Go Out as City
Shrinks (Bloomberg News)
DIVERSIONS
Authorities
Made the Swedish Ice Hotel Install Fire Alarms
Alabama
Man Loses Battle to Keep Wife Buried in His Front Yard
Kansas
Woman Swaps Wedding Rings for Chiefs Tickets
Spanish
Pianist Could Be Jailed After Neighbor Complains
SONG OF THE DAY
Scott
Bradlee - Classic 80's Hits... Interpreted for Ragtime Piano
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Friday, November 15, 2013
Energy News Digest for November 15, 2013
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News Digest Word Cloud for November 15, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Federal Bill Would Make It Easier to Kill
Salmon-Munching Sea Lions (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
600,000
Bats Killed at Wind Farms in 2012 (Northwest Public Radio)
DOE Nominee Pledges to Study Whistleblowing
Policies – Respect Regional Control of Bonneville Power Administration
(Bellingham Herald, WA)
Appeals
Court Overturns Shelton Area’s Johns Creek Ruling (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Winter Storm Warning Issued as Heavy Snow Aims for
Cascade Passes (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- DOE Nominee Pledges to Study Whistleblowing Policies – Respect Regional Control of Bonneville Power Administration
- Op/Ed: Consider Ecosystem in U-S/Canada Negotiations for Columbia River Treaty
- Idaho Rep. Simpson Gets New House Assignment: Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy & Water Development
- Cowlitz PUD Commissioners Approve New Contract for GM McMaster
- Mason PUD 3 Commission cancels December 10th & 24th meetings
- NRECA Aids Typhoon Relief Efforts
- Pacific Gas & Electric Preps for Whatever Havoc Mother Nature Wreaks This Winter
- New York: Con Ed’s 2012 Electricity Prices Were Some of the Nation’s Highest
- The Blackout That Exposed the Flaws in the Grid
- Federal Bill Would Make It Easier to Kill Salmon-Munching Sea Lions
- Op/Ed: Nothing Merits Killing Steller Sea Lions
- Great Year for Salmon Topped by Fall Chinook Run
- British Columbia: Chum Salmon ‘Wiped Out’ by 2011 Fuel Spill in Goldstream River
- Survey: Too Early to Say If Liability Law Has Affected Salmon Projects
- Appeals Court Overturns Shelton Area’s Johns Creek Ruling
- Mount St. Helens: The View from Space 33 Years Later Shows Remarkable Rebirth of the Landscape
- 600,000 Bats Killed at Wind Farms in 2012
- Facebook Says It’s New Data Center Will Run Entirely on Wind
- Facebook’s New Datacenter Will NOT Be Wind-Powered
- Alaskan Wave Energy Project Receives Project Management Support
- Arizona Sets Precedent for Solar (Energy) Systems with New Monthly Fee
- Nebraska Public Power District Offers Customers Chance to Pay More for Electricity
- Eugene Water & Electric Board Restores Conservation Assistance Program
- Ductless Systems Provide Lower Electric Heating Bills & Cozier Homes
- U-S Fears Climate Talks Will Focus On Compensation for Extreme Weather
- Court Rejects Challenge to California’s Carbon Auctions
- San Jose Biogas Facility Will Turn Food Waste into Energy
- Editorial: Ethanol Not So Green After All
- Port Angeles Will Keep “Mesh” Network Active
- Comcast Extends High-Speed Broadband Network to Underserved Commercial Areas in Kitsap County
- Los Angeles 1 Gbps Fiber Plan Appears to be a Pipe Dream
- Google Wins Dismissal of Lawsuit over Digital Books
- What Your Email Signature Says About You
- ‘Doctor Who’ Shows How to Keep Secrets in a Social Media World
- Washington’s Health Exchange Ranks No. 3 in Nation
- Winter Storm Warning Issued as Heavy Snow Aims for Cascade Passes
- Boeing Says It Will Look Elsewhere to Develop New Airliner After Union Rejects Contract
- Washington State Senator Calls for Special Session to Make WA ‘Right-To-Work’ State
- Pressure Builds for Coos Bay Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal as Political Opposition Cools
- Living Smart: Preparing For & Dealing With a Disaster
WORD OF THE DAY
Devoid
• \dih-VOYD\ • Adjective - Being without a usual, typical, or expected
attribute or accompaniment.
Fall’s
cold grip, summer’s gone
Devoid
of mercy, snow comes
Snows
blanket the hills
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
DOE Nominee Pledges to Study Whistleblowing
Policies – Respect Regional Control of Bonneville Power Administration
(Bellingham Herald, WA)
Op/Ed: Consider Ecosystem in U-S/Canada
Negotiations for Columbia River Treaty (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Idaho Rep. Simpson Gets New House Assignment: Appropriations
Subcommittee on Energy & Water Development (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
Cowlitz PUD Commissioners Approve New Contract for
GM McMaster (Longview Daily News, WA)
Mason PUD 3 Commission cancels December 10th &
24th meetings - Will hold special meetings on December 3rd & 17th
(Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
NRECA Aids Typhoon Relief Efforts (Electric Co-op
Today)
Pacific Gas & Electric Preps for Whatever Havoc
Mother Nature Wreaks This Winter (PG&E Currents)
http://www.pgecurrents.com/2013/11/12/pge-preps-for-whatever-havoc-mother-nature-wreaks-this-winter/
New York: Con Ed’s 2012 Electricity Prices Were
Some of the Nation’s Highest (Wall Street Journal)
The Blackout That Exposed the Flaws in the Grid (NY
Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Federal Bill Would Make It Easier to Kill
Salmon-Munching Sea Lions (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Op/Ed: Nothing Merits Killing Steller Sea Lions (The
Daily Astorian, OR)
Great Year for Salmon Topped by Fall Chinook Run (Wenatchee
World, WA)
British Columbia: Chum Salmon ‘Wiped Out’ by 2011
Fuel Spill in Goldstream River (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
Survey: Too Early to Say If Liability Law Has
Affected Salmon Projects (Methow Valley News, Twisp, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Appeals
Court Overturns Shelton Area’s Johns Creek Ruling (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Mount St. Helens: The View from Space 33 Years
Later Shows Remarkable Rebirth of the Landscape (Oregonian, Portland)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
600,000
Bats Killed at Wind Farms in 2012 (Northwest Public Radio)
Facebook
Says It’s New Data Center Will Run Entirely on Wind (Wired)
Facebook’s
New Datacenter Will NOT Be Wind-Powered (ZD Net)
Alaskan
Wave Energy Project Receives Project Management Support (The Energy Collective)
Arizona
Sets Precedent for Solar (Energy) Systems with New Monthly Fee (Reuters)
Nebraska
Public Power District Offers Customers Chance to Pay More for Electricity (Associated Press)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Eugene
Water & Electric Board Restores Conservation Assistance Program (Eugene
Register-Guard, OR)
Ductless
Systems Provide Lower Electric Heating Bills & Cozier Homes (PR NewsWire)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U-S
Fears Climate Talks Will Focus On Compensation for Extreme Weather (The
Guardian, UK)
Court
Rejects Challenge to California’s Carbon Auctions (Sacramento Bee, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
San
Jose Biogas Facility Will Turn Food Waste into Energy (San Jose Mercury News,
CA)
Editorial:
Ethanol Not So Green After All (Wenatchee World, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Port Angeles Will Keep “Mesh” Network Active (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Comcast Extends High-Speed Broadband Network to
Underserved Commercial Areas in Kitsap County (Kitsap Peninsula Business
Journal, WA)
Los Angeles 1 Gbps Fiber Plan Appears to be a Pipe
Dream (Broadband Reports)
Google Wins Dismissal of Lawsuit over Digital Books
(Bloomberg News)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
What Your Email Signature Says About You (Gizmodo)
‘Doctor Who’ Shows How to Keep Secrets in a Social
Media World (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington’s Health Exchange Ranks No. 3 in Nation (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Winter Storm Warning Issued as Heavy Snow Aims for
Cascade Passes (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Boeing Says It Will Look Elsewhere to Develop New
Airliner After Union Rejects Contract (Oregonian, Portland)
Washington State Senator Calls for Special Session
to Make WA ‘Right-To-Work’ State (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Pressure Builds for Coos Bay Liquefied Natural Gas
Terminal as Political Opposition Cools (Oregonian, Portland)
Living Smart: Preparing For & Dealing With a
Disaster (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
DIVERSIONS
UPS
Driver Has Driven 7 Million Miles without a Single Crash, Ticket
Pennsylvania
Paper: Sorry for Panning Gettysburg Address
Cursive
Handwriting: Seven States Fight for Cursive Writing in School
CBS
Will Stream JFK Assassination Coverage Online in ‘Real Time’
SONG OF THE DAY
Steve
Miller Band - The Window
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