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THE NEWS DIGEST WORD CLOUD (JUST BECAUSE I CAN)
Energy
News Digest word cloud for February 14, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Thanks to NoaNet & Public Utility Districts - High-Speed Broadband Expansion Complete in
Southeast Washington State (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Pacific Power Rate Increase Requests Can Be a
Power Struggle (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Thurston County PUD Appoints New Commissioner to
Board (Thurston County PUD, Olympia, WA)
Clark
County Pays Out on Biomass Project (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Grant PUD Finalizes Plan for White River Salmon
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Pacific Power Rate Increase Requests Can Be a Power Struggle
- Thurston County PUD Appoints New Commissioner to Board
- Janney to Quit Chelan PUD for Faith, Family
- Bonneville Power Administration Seeks Public Input on Replacing Line from Moxee to Columbia River
- U-S Army Corps Extends Comment Period on Proposed Bonneville Power Administration Line in SW Washington State
- Opposition is Growing to Proposed Tillamook PUD Line
- Washington State Governor’s Energy Section of “Working Washington Agenda”
- Ambre Energy Too Unstable to Profit from Coal Exports, Group Warns
- Reducing NERC-WECC Regulatory Burdens
- Hungry for Energy, Brazil Builds Monster Dams in the Amazon
- Grant PUD Finalizes Plan for White River Salmon
- Oregon - Clatsop County Approves Additional Funding for Gillnet Fishery
- Snake River Anglers Seek Spring Chinook
- Thieves Target Washougal Salmon Advocates
- Medford Sewage Plant Hurts the Rogue River; Study Finds
- Stranded Sea Lions Turning Up Earlier in Southern California
- Chehalis River Erosion Could Threaten Montesano Water Treatment Plant
- Clark County Pays Out on Biomass Project
- Texas - Wood-Waste Plant, Meant to Provide Austin with Renewable Energy, Sits Idle
- Oregon Offers Wave Energy Development Opportunities
- Solar As a Service Dominated the Solar Roofs Built Last Year in California
- Minnesota Sues to Halt Wind Energy Developer’s Operations
- Germany: Severe Renewable Energy Cuts Planned
- Thurston County Solid Waste Educates About Recycling Mercury-Containing Light Bulbs
- How a Carbon Tax Can Save America
- Green Workplaces Grow in Clark County
- $85,000 Tesla Sedan Being Raffled to Raise Funds for Garfield High
- Woman Marries Solar Panel in Bizarre Electricity Price Protest
- Thanks to NoaNet & Public Utility Districts - High-Speed Broadband Expansion Complete in Southeast Washington State
- CenturyLink Workers Closer to Striking in Washington, 12 Other States
- INetU to Launch West Coast Presence with Seattle Data Center
- Goodbye Cable? Intel Working on Set-Top Box That’s ‘Vastly Superior’
- West Virginia - Frontier Warns Against Redefining Broadband Speed
- Georgia - Bill Would Ban Muni Broadband if One Home in Census Tract Gets 1.5Mbps
- Washington State Governor - Inslee Offers Proposals for ‘A Working Washington’
- Washington State: Some 8,000 Initiative Signatures May Have Been Faked
- Belfair Woman Dies in Wednesday’s Highway 3 Crash
- 1,000 Pounds of Stolen Mail Found by Port Townsend Police, Man Arrested
- Washington State Drivers Join Oregon’s Pay-Per-Mile Pilot Program
WORD OF THE DAY
Nebulous
• \NEBB-yuh-luss\ • Adjective - 1: of, relating to, or resembling a nebula:
nebular 2: indistinct, vague – Origin: Latin nebulosus misty, from nebula
The
Washington State marijuana start-up’s brainstorming session was not going well.
The business plan’s thesis was just about as nebulous as the participants were
to each other through a hazy wall of, well, smoke…in the darkened,
snack-stocked conference room
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Pacific Power Rate Increase Requests Can Be a
Power Struggle (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Thurston County PUD Appoints New Commissioner to
Board (Thurston County PUD, Olympia, WA)
Janney to Quit Chelan PUD for Faith, Family (Wenatchee World, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Seeks Public
Input on Replacing Line from Moxee to Columbia River (Yakima Herald-Republic,
WA)
U-S Army Corps Extends Comment Period on Proposed
Bonneville Power Administration Line in SW Washington State (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Opposition is Growing to Proposed Tillamook PUD
Line (Tillamook Headlight-Herald, OR)
Washington State Governor’s Energy Section of “Working
Washington Agenda” (Washington State Governor)
Ambre Energy Too Unstable to Profit from Coal
Exports, Group Warns (Longview Daily News, WA)
Reducing NERC-WECC Regulatory Burdens (GTH Energy
& Natural Resources Law Blog)
Hungry for Energy, Brazil Builds Monster Dams in
the Amazon (National Public Radio)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Grant PUD Finalizes Plan for White River Salmon (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Oregon - Clatsop County Approves Additional
Funding for Gillnet Fishery (Coast River Business Journal, Astoria, OR)
Snake River Anglers Seek Spring Chinook (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Thieves Target Washougal Salmon Advocates
(KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Medford Sewage Plant Hurts the Rogue River; Study
Finds (Associated Press)
Stranded Sea Lions Turning Up Earlier in Southern
California (National Public Radio)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Chehalis
River Erosion Could Threaten Montesano Water Treatment Plant (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Clark
County Pays Out on Biomass Project (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Texas
- Wood-Waste Plant, Meant to Provide Austin with Renewable Energy, Sits Idle
(Austin American-Statesman, TX)
Oregon
Offers Wave Energy Development Opportunities (Maritime Activities Reports)
Solar
As a Service Dominated the Solar Roofs Built Last Year in California (GigaOM)
Minnesota
Sues to Halt Wind Energy Developer’s Operations (Pioneer Press, St Paul, MN)
http://www.twincities.com/business/ci_22584140/minnesota-sues-halt-wind-energy-developers-operations
Germany:
Severe Renewable Energy Cuts Planned (PV Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Thurston County Solid Waste Educates About
Recycling Mercury-Containing Light Bulbs (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
How
a Carbon Tax Can Save America (Motley Fool)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Green
Workplaces Grow in Clark County (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
$85,000
Tesla Sedan Being Raffled to Raise Funds for Garfield High (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Woman
Marries Solar Panel in Bizarre Electricity Price Protest (Energy Matters)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Thanks to NoaNet & Public Utility Districts - High-Speed Broadband Expansion Complete in
Southeast Washington State (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
CenturyLink Workers Closer to Striking in
Washington, 12 Other States (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
INetU to Launch
West Coast Presence with Seattle Data Center (PR Newswire)
Goodbye Cable?
Intel Working on Set-Top Box That’s ‘Vastly Superior’ (Associated Press)
West Virginia - Frontier
Warns Against Redefining Broadband Speed (Charleston Gazette, WV)
Georgia - Bill Would Ban Muni Broadband if One Home
in Census Tract Gets 1.5Mbps (Ars Technica)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Governor - Inslee Offers Proposals
for ‘A Working Washington’ (Seattle Times, WA)
Washington State: Some 8,000 Initiative Signatures
May Have Been Faked (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Belfair Woman Dies in Wednesday’s Highway 3 Crash
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
1,000 Pounds of Stolen Mail Found by Port Townsend
Police, Man Arrested (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Washington State Drivers Join Oregon’s Pay-Per-Mile
Pilot Program (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Asteroid
Worth $195 Billion, Asteroid Miners Speculate
These
Pickup Lines Are Guaranteed to Work on Your Nerd Crush
Captain
Cook’s Pistol Fetches $227,000 at Auction
Pennsylvania
Grad Student Sues, Says C-Plus Cost Her $1.3 Million
SONG OF THE DAY
Chaka
Khan - My Funny Valentine (A must-listen version)
Chet
Baker - My Funny Valentine
Miles
Davis - My Funny Valentine
