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News Digest Word Cloud for September 29, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Small Modular
Nuclear Reactor Powering Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Vit Plant Could
Save $300M, Study Says (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Devaluation
of Wind Farms to Hit Government Coffers (Bakersfield Californian, CA)
California:
Agencies at Odds over Wind Farm, Eagles at Odds over Wind Farm, Eagles (San
Diego Union-Tribune, VA)
Electric
Vehicles Sell Power Back to the Grid - Delaware Test Fleet Makes Money by
Serving as an Electricity Reserve (Wall Street Journal)
Sea Lions Thwart Salmon, Pacific Northwest
Wildlife Managers (Electric Co-op Today)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Powering Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Vit Plant Could Save $300M, Study Says
- Hearing on Pacific Power Electricity Rate Increase Held in Walla Walla
- Dworshak Generator Outage, Now Back in Action - Had Corps Juggling Spill, Flow Operations for Fish
- Ninth Circuit Orders BPA to Reconsider Recovery of Improper Payments to Direct Service Industries
- Dave Siburg Will Depart from Kitsap Public Utility District after 27 Years
- Mason PUD 3 Commission Report - September 23, 2014 Business Meeting
- Bonneville Power Administration Customers Get Insider View of FCRPS Dam Operations
- Power Outage Caused by Moclips Rat
- California: Folsom-Based Electric Grid Operator Names New Chairman
- Lights Out: Preparing for Extended Power Outages
- Sea Lions Thwart Salmon, Pacific Northwest Wildlife Managers
- Columbia Riverkeeper Tests Find Toxics in Fish Bound for Dinner Tables
- Do You Want Your Salmon Farmed or Wild?
- Kootenai River Projects Beckon Anglers
- Gophers May Put Puget Sound Builders in the Hole
- Wastewater Plan Improves Yakima River’s Flow
- Making Sure There Is Enough Water to Go Around
- Septic Systems Threaten Water Quality throughout Thurston County
- Devaluation of Wind Farms to Hit Government Coffers
- California: Agencies at Odds over Wind Farm, Eagles at Odds over Wind Farm, Eagles
- Alaska: Council to Consider Lease Agreement with AVEC for Wind Study
- California: Palen Solar Project Dropped by Developers
- Geothermal Industry Sees a New Frontier the Northwest
- Benton PUD Energy Saving Class for Seniors Set Oct. 15
- Climate Change Linked to Several 2013 Heat Waves
- President’s Drive for Carbon Pricing Fails to Win at Home
- Electric Vehicles Sell Power Back to the Grid - Delaware Test Fleet Makes Money by Serving as an Electricity Reserve
- Editorial: Dalles Broadband - A Link Forged in a Crucible
- Consumer Reports Test: iPhone 6 Bends at 70 Pounds
- Examining the Amazon Way
- Shelton Woman Airlifted from Scene of Mason County Collision
- Washington Corrections Center near Shelton Celebrates 50 Years
- Earthquake Swarm: What Caused Hundreds of California Mini-Quakes?
- Editorial: Forest Service Comes to Its Senses on Media
Cartographer•
\car-TAH-gruh-fer \ • Noun - One that makes maps
The
14th century artist backed away from his world map…pleased with the colors,
shapes of the continents, & the symmetrical arrangement of the land masses.
“It’s a good thing we won’t be using this for navigation,” mused the Genoan
sailor to his first mate. “That big land mass painted by this ‘so-called’
cartographer between us & Indies would keep our hands off the spice trade
for years.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Small Modular
Nuclear Reactor Powering Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Vit Plant Could
Save $300M, Study Says (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Hearing on Pacific
Power Electricity Rate Increase Held in Walla Walla (Walla Walla
Union-Bulletin, WA)
Dworshak Generator Outage, Now Back in Action - Had
Corps Juggling Spill, Flow Operations for Fish (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Ninth Circuit Orders BPA to Reconsider Recovery of
Improper Payments to Direct Service Industries (GTH Energy & Natural
Resources Law Blog)
Dave Siburg Will Depart from Kitsap Public
Utility District after 27 Years (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Mason PUD 3
Commission Report - September 23, 2014 Business Meeting (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton,
WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Customers Get
Insider View of FCRPS Dam Operations (Bonneville Power Administration)
Power Outage Caused by Moclips Rat (Aberdeen
Daily World, WA)
California: Folsom-Based Electric Grid Operator
Names New Chairman (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Lights Out: Preparing for Extended Power Outages
(Cincinnati Insurance Companies)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sea Lions Thwart Salmon, Pacific Northwest
Wildlife Managers (Electric Co-op Today)
Columbia Riverkeeper Tests Find Toxics in Fish
Bound for Dinner Tables (Oregonian, Portland)
Do You Want Your Salmon Farmed or Wild? (Sustainable
Business Oregon)
Kootenai River Projects Beckon Anglers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Gophers May Put Puget Sound Builders in the Hole (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Wastewater
Plan Improves Yakima River’s Flow (Yakima Herald-Republic,
WA)
Making
Sure There Is Enough Water to Go Around (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
Septic
Systems Threaten Water Quality throughout Thurston County (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Devaluation
of Wind Farms to Hit Government Coffers (Bakersfield Californian, CA)
California:
Agencies at Odds over Wind Farm, Eagles at Odds over Wind Farm, Eagles (San
Diego Union-Tribune, VA)
Alaska:
Council to Consider Lease Agreement with AVEC for Wind Study (The Delta
Discovery, Bethel, AK)
California:
Palen Solar Project Dropped by Developers (Palm Springs Desert Sun, CA)
http://www.desertsun.com/story/tech/science/energy/2014/09/26/palen-solar-plant-developers/16294531/
Geothermal Industry Sees a New Frontier the
Northwest (Northwest Public Radio)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Benton
PUD Energy Saving Class for Seniors Set Oct. 15 (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate
Change Linked to Several 2013 Heat Waves (USA Today)
President’s
Drive for Carbon Pricing Fails to Win at Home (NY
Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Electric
Vehicles Sell Power Back to the Grid - Delaware Test Fleet Makes Money by
Serving as an Electricity Reserve (Wall Street Journal)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Editorial: Dalles Broadband - A Link Forged in a Crucible
(The Dalles Chronicle, OR)
Consumer Reports Test: iPhone 6 Bends at 70 Pounds (USA
Today)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Examining the Amazon Way (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Woman Airlifted from Scene of Mason County Collision
(KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Washington Corrections Center near Shelton Celebrates
50 Years (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Earthquake Swarm: What Caused Hundreds of California
Mini-Quakes? (Christian Science Monitor)
Editorial: Forest Service Comes to Its Senses on
Media (Baker City Herald, OR)
DIVERSIONS
Hey,
Caffeine Addicts: It’s National Coffee Day
Scientists
Sneak Bob Dylan Lyrics into Articles as Part of Long-Running Bet
Man
Who Raised $55K for Potato Salad Throws Party
Cops:
Man Fired into Neighbor’s Home to Unload Gun
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Manhattan Transfer - Java Jive
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