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Energy
News Digest word cloud for February 12, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Mountain Snowpack Looks Good for Hydro Power (KPQ
Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Danner to Chair Washington State UTC - Inslee:
‘Disruptive Change’ Turns to Predictable Continuity (Seattle Post
Intelligencer, WA)
Mason County PUD 3 Completes Downtown Shelton
Substation Rebuild Project (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Oregon Court Of Appeals Stays New Rules
Restricting Columbia River Gillnetters (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Waste is Seen in Program to Give Internet Access to
Rural U-S (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Mountain Snowpack Looks Good for Hydro Power
- Danner to Chair Washington State UTC - Inslee: ‘Disruptive Change’ Turns to Predictable Continuity
- Mason County PUD 3 Completes Downtown Shelton Substation Rebuild Project
- Franklin PUD Schedules Public Meetings on Rates
- The Green File - In His Time, Mason PUD 3 Commissioner Whalen Was a Force
- Columbia Basin College Hopes to Interest Next Generation of Nuclear Technicians
- Nuclear Power - Entergy Cites Federal Laws in Vermont Yankee Hearing
- Brazil’s Hydroelectric Dam Boom is Bringing Tensions as Well as Energy
- Is Another Enron Possible in Today’s Energy Market?
- Data Browser Shows Changes in the Electricity Fuel Mix
- Oregon Court Of Appeals Stays New Rules Restricting Columbia River Gillnetters
- Feral Cat Population Becoming a Problem in Columbia Park
- Despite Mild Winter, Snowfall in Mountains Still Average
- GE Snatches Wind Installation Crown from Vestas
- Steaming Vats of Goo - Solar Energy’s Dirty Little Secret
- Wind Turbine is Part of South Kitsap High School’s Conservation Initiative
- Waste is Seen in Program to Give Internet Access to Rural U-S
- Daily Report: Where the Broadband Roams
- Obama Expected to Issue Cybersecurity Executive Order
- Newspapers That Aren’t Dying: Four Success Stories & Four Lessons
- Bitter Barista Loses Job over Snarky Blog about Customers, Boss
- Analysis: What to Watch for in Obama’s State of the Union Speech
- New Washington State Bill Would Extend Divorce Waiting Period
- Shelton Man Driving Wrong-Way on SR 8 Crashes into Two Cars
- Seattle Might Make It without a Winter Snow
- Greeks Snatch Urban Metal to Get through Crisis
- Wrestling Dropped from 2020 Olympics
WORD OF THE DAY
Anhedonia
• \ann-hee-DOEN-ee-yuh\ • Noun - A psychological condition characterized by
inability to experience pleasure in normally pleasurable acts.
“You
know,” muttered Andrew to his morose ride-share partner, “your anhedonia is
understandable. You should like any song from the ‘Bay City Rollers,’ but you
can’t bring yourself to admit publicly your love for their music.” The windows
of the ‘Geo-Metro’ rattled rhythmically as Andy slowly turned up the chanting
cover version of S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night, unwaware that his act would soon turn
the car-pool eligible vehicle into a one-passenger car at the next stop.
SHELTON FORECAST &
WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Mountain Snowpack Looks Good for Hydro Power (KPQ
Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Danner to Chair Washington State UTC - Inslee: ‘Disruptive
Change’ Turns to Predictable Continuity (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
Mason County PUD 3 Completes Downtown Shelton Substation
Rebuild Project (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Franklin PUD Schedules Public Meetings on Rates (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
The Green File - In His Time, Mason PUD 3
Commissioner Whalen Was a Force (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Columbia Basin College Hopes to Interest Next
Generation of Nuclear Technicians (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Nuclear Power - Entergy Cites Federal Laws in Vermont
Yankee Hearing (Associated Press)
Brazil’s Hydroelectric Dam Boom is Bringing
Tensions as Well as Energy (The Guardian, UK)
Is Another Enron Possible in Today’s Energy Market?
(Forbes Magazine)
Data Browser Shows Changes in the Electricity Fuel
Mix - Visualization tool shows how dramatically natural gas is displacing coal
in electricity generation & the dynamics of renewable energy (MIT
Technology Review)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon Court Of Appeals Stays New Rules
Restricting Columbia River Gillnetters (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Salmon Recovery Assessment (Northwest Ag
Information Network)
Feral Cat Population Becoming a Problem in Columbia
Park (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Despite
Mild Winter, Snowfall in Mountains Still Average (KNDU-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
GE
Snatches Wind Installation Crown from Vestas (Renewable Energy World)
Steaming
Vats of Goo - Solar Energy’s Dirty Little Secret (Grist
Online)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Wind Turbine is Part of South Kitsap High School’s Conservation
Initiative (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Waste is Seen in Program to Give Internet Access to
Rural U-S (NY Times)
Daily Report: Where the Broadband Roams (NY Times)
Obama Expected to Issue Cybersecurity Executive
Order (USA Today)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Newspapers That Aren’t Dying: Four Success Stories
& Four Lessons (Paid Content)
http://paidcontent.org/2013/02/11/newspapers-that-arent-dying-four-success-stories-and-four-lessons/
Bitter Barista Loses Job over Snarky Blog about
Customers, Boss (Seattle Times, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Analysis: What to Watch for in Obama’s State of the
Union Speech (Seattle Times, WA)
New Washington State Bill Would Extend Divorce
Waiting Period (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Man Driving Wrong-Way on SR 8 Crashes into
Two Cars (Olympian, WA)
Seattle Might
Make It without a Winter Snow (Associated Press)
Greeks Snatch Urban Metal to Get through Crisis (Associated
Press)
Wrestling Dropped from 2020 Olympics (Associated
Press)
DIVERSIONS
Maker’s
Mark Cutting Alcohol Level in Bourbon
Boy’s
Postcard Mailed in 1967 Turns Up in Oklahoma
Dallas
Chocolatier Pumps Out Chocolate High Heels
Adventurers
Re-Enact Shackleton’s Antarctic Voyage
SONG OF THE DAY
Willie
Nelson - Whiskey River
