Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Worker Hurt in Grand Coulee Dam Fire (Associated Press)



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.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


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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Energy 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)

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)


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)

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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Energy 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)

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

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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