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News Digest Word Cloud for January 8, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Arsenic Tests Show Puget Sound
Geoduck Clams Safe to Eat - Officials hope for lifting of China’s import ban
(Associated Press)
Arctic Air Eases Its Grip on Much of the U-S (Associated Press)
While
the U-S is in Deep Freeze - ‘Highly Significant’ Heatwave Smashes Australian
Records (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia)
January is Best Chance for Pacific Northwest Snow
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Eugene Water & Electric Board Selling Idaho
Power Plant - Board votes to put the northern Idaho site on the market to
reduce the amount of surplus electricity (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Eugene Water & Electric Board Selling Idaho Power
Plant
- Montana: Columbia Falls Aluminum Clean-Up Could Be
Costly
- Canadian Hydropower: Peace is Priceless, Site C
Hearing Told
- Cities Shutting Off Utilities When Unpaid Keeps
Write-Offs Low
- Power Lines Spark Small Fire after Semi Hits Tree
in SE Portland
- California: New Sonoma Utility Promises Cleaner,
Cheaper Power
- Colorado: Boulder Tells Xcel It Plans to Acquire
Parts of Electric System
- Co-ops Work through Cold Snap
- Energy Prices Rise as U-S Temperatures Fall
- Natural Gas Exports: Slow Walk or ‘Danger Zone’?
- Three Major Energy Themes to Watch in 2014
- Washington State Arsenic Tests Show Puget Sound
Geoduck Clams Safe to Eat
- Lower Columbia Commercial Fishing Policy to be
Reviewed
- Solar Rankings Released, Oregon Lands Outside the
Top 12
- Arizona: Salt River Project Now Importing
Geothermal Power from Utah
- Wind Energy Helps Ward Off Power Outages
- Burned to Death by a Refrigerator
- While the U-S is in Deep Freeze - ‘Highly
Significant’ Heatwave Smashes Australian Records
- Republican Legislators Call for Continuation of
Climate Legislative Executive Workgroup
- Court Battle Could Force New Jersey to Resume
Carbon Trading
- Cap-and-Trade Throws a Wrench into the Gears of
Green Consumerism
- Intel Greenery Gets Star Treatment on NYT Front
Page
- Testing of New Okanogan PUD High-Speed Network
Causes Periodic Internet Outages
- Ellensburg Pursues Its Fiber Project in Washington
State
- Seattle’s Fiber-Network Deal with Gigabit Squared
is Dead
- Washington State Senate: Another Change for
Democrats as Shin Steps Down, Citing Health
- Arctic Air Eases Its Grip on Much of the U-S
- January is Best Chance for Pacific Northwest Snow
- Mulally Staying at Ford, Not Leaving for Microsoft
- Mason County’s Chambers of Commerce Hold
Legislative Send Off
- Jeffreys is Mason County Commission Chair
- Seattle Apartment Explosion Caused by Hash Oil
Process
- Sheriff: Suspect Hiding in Retention Pond Foiled by
Hypothermia
WORD OF THE DAY
Chiropody
• \kuh-ROP-uh-dee \ • Noun – Podiatry
Origin
of CHIROPODY: chir- + pod-; from its original concern with both hands &
feet (From Merriam-Webster)
The
podiatrist
One
step ahead of the others
Fun
chiropody
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Eugene Water & Electric Board Selling Idaho Power
Plant - Board votes to put the northern Idaho site on the market to reduce the
amount of surplus electricity (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Montana: Columbia Falls Aluminum Clean-Up Could
Be Costly (Hungry Horse News, MT)
Canadian Hydropower: Peace is Priceless, Site C Hearing
Told (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
Cities Shutting Off Utilities When Unpaid Keeps
Write-Offs Low (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Power Lines Spark Small Fire after Semi Hits Tree
in SE Portland (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
California: New Sonoma Utility Promises Cleaner,
Cheaper Power (SF Chronicle, CA)
Colorado: Boulder Tells Xcel It Plans to Acquire
Parts of Electric System (American Public Power Association)
Co-ops Work through Cold Snap (Electric Co-op
Today)
Energy Prices Rise as U-S Temperatures Fall (Associated
Press)
Natural Gas Exports: Slow Walk or ‘Danger Zone’? (Associated
Press)
Three Major Energy Themes to Watch in 2014 (Forbes
Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Washington State Arsenic Tests Show Puget Sound Geoduck
Clams Safe to Eat - Officials hope for lifting of China’s import ban (Associated
Press)
Lower Columbia Commercial Fishing Policy to be
Reviewed (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Solar
Rankings Released, Oregon Lands Outside the Top 12 (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Arizona:
Salt River Project Now Importing Geothermal Power from Utah (American Public
Power Association)
Wind
Energy Helps Ward Off Power Outages (American Wind Energy Association – All while
balancing an egg on a spoon!)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Burned
to Death by a Refrigerator (Courthouse News Service)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
While
the U-S is in Deep Freeze - ‘Highly Significant’ Heatwave Smashes Australian Records
(Sydney Morning Herald, Australia)
Republican
Legislators Call for Continuation of Climate Legislative Executive Workgroup (Washington
State House Republicans, Olympia)
Court
Battle Could Force New Jersey to Resume Carbon Trading (Grist Online)
Cap-and-Trade
Throws a Wrench into the Gears of Green Consumerism (The Energy Collective)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Intel
Greenery Gets Star Treatment on NYT Front Page (Sustainable
Business Oregon)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Testing of New Okanogan PUD High-Speed Network
Causes Periodic Internet Outages (Methow Valley News, Twisp, WA)
Ellensburg Pursues Its Fiber Project in Washington
State (Community Broadband Networks)
Seattle’s Fiber-Network Deal with Gigabit Squared is
Dead (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Senate: Another Change for Democrats
as Shin Steps Down, Citing Health (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Arctic Air Eases Its Grip on Much of the U-S (Associated Press)
January is Best Chance for Pacific Northwest Snow (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Mulally Staying at Ford, Not Leaving for Microsoft (Associated Press)
Mason County’s Chambers of Commerce Hold
Legislative Send Off (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Jeffreys is Mason County Commission Chair (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Seattle Apartment Explosion Caused by Hash Oil
Process (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Sheriff:
Suspect Hiding in Retention Pond Foiled by Hypothermia (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Olympic
Speed Skater’s Parents Couldn’t Afford to Go to Sochi, So the Internet Stepped
In
Cheesy
Shortage: Kraft Says Velveeta Running Low
Bigfoot
Hunter Claims to Have Shot, Killed Hirsute Cryptid
Willie
the Wheeled Wiener Dog Recovers from Spinal Injury
SONG OF THE DAY
Deep
Purple – Hush
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