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The
energy news digest will be contemplating a glut of Presidential Programming on
the History Channel or elsewhere on Monday. Therefore it will be too sated with
infotainment to lift a finger to disseminate any news…unless a meteorite explodes
over the Pacific Northwest, then…LOOK OUT!
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THE NEWS DIGEST WORD CLOUD (JUST BECAUSE I CAN)
Energy
News Digest word cloud for February 15, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Nearly 1,000 Injured by Blasts as Meteor Falls in
Russia (Associated Press – Some AWESOME videos here)
Washington
State Lawmakers Seek Changes to Clean-Energy Law (Associated
Press)
Puget Sound Energy Wind Farms Post New One-Day
Generating Record (BusinessWire)
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance Releases
Comprehensive Residential Energy Study - study reveals home energy usage that
will inform future Pacific Northwest energy planning (Rock Hill Herald, SC)
U-S Senator Cantwell Presses Lew on Proposal to
Cap Municipal Bond Tax Deduction (American Public
Power Association)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- U-S Senator Cantwell Presses Lew on Proposal to Cap Municipal Bond Tax Deduction
- Taxpayers Steaming over Florida Nuclear Plant’s Shuttering
- San Onofre: Mitsubishi Told to Hand over Nuclear Power Plant Report
- Tennessee Valley Authority Faces Lawsuit over Clean Water Act
- Energy Theft Goes Global
- Columbia River Suitable for Invasive Mussel Invasion
- March 1 Forecast Meeting Starts Salmon Season Process
- What Happens When Fish Get High on Discarded Drugs?
- Relocation of Endangered Deer a Slow, Dangerous Process
- Greens Say California Hatchery Threatens Native Fish
- Skagit County - No Charges in Possible Theft of State Money at Bullerville Utility District
- Washington State Lawmakers Seek Changes to Clean-Energy Law
- Puget Sound Energy Wind Farms Post New One-Day Generating Record
- Dimming Future for Large Solar Projects in Oregon as Incentives Dry Up
- Won’t You Be My Solar-Panel-Buying Neighbor?
- Texas - Clean Energy Faces Hurdles in Legislature
- Net Metering Debate Rages On, Despite Calls for Calm
- United Kingdom - Kent Prison Goes Green with Huge Wind Turbines
- Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance Releases Comprehensive Residential Energy Study
- How Nest’s Control Freaks Reinvented the Thermostat
- Op/Ed - LEDs: Lighting the Way to Major Energy Savings
- Federal Government’s New Big Worry: The Weather
- Biofuel Agreement - Port Of Pasco Agrees to New Lease with Green Power
- To Help Light Up Africa, Many Drops in the Bucket
- U-S Broadband Providers Performing Better Than Their Critics Claim, New Study Finds
- Which Internet Service Providers Are Providing The Speeds They Advertise?
- Seattle Number 7 on Network World’s Top Tech Towns
- Obama Executive Order on Cybersecurity Promises Greater Information Sharing With Industry
- Nearly 1,000 Injured by Blasts as Meteor Falls in Russia
- Budget Deadline Would Cut 1,000 Hanford Workers
- Snohomish County Executive Admits Political Attacks Came from His Staff
- Dude, Where’s My Refund? IRS Website Overrun
WORD OF THE DAY
Intemperate
• \in-TEMP-puh-rutt\ • adjective - 1: not moderate or mild: severe 2: lacking
or showing lack of restraint 3: given to excessive use of alcoholic beverages
“Diarrhea
is like an intemperate storm raging inside you,” boomed the throbbing baritone
voice into the microphone, its glottal tones shaking the spiders in the rafters
of the control booth at the recording studio. “Um, you may want to remove the
word intemperate from the copy Gary,” the mousy-voiced engineer whined into the
talkback circuit. “Two of our staff were persuaded by your delivery…just a bit
too much.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
U-S Senator Cantwell Presses Lew on Proposal to
Cap Municipal Bond Tax Deduction (American Public
Power Association)
Taxpayers Steaming over Florida Nuclear Plant’s
Shuttering (National Public Radio)
San Onofre: Mitsubishi Told to Hand over Nuclear Power
Plant Report (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Tennessee Valley Authority Faces Lawsuit over Clean
Water Act (Memphis Business Journal, TN)
http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2013/02/14/tva-faces-lawsuit-over-clean-water-act.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2013/02/14/tva-faces-lawsuit-over-clean-water-act.html
Energy Theft Goes Global (The Energy Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River Suitable for Invasive Mussel
Invasion (Associated Press)
March 1 Forecast Meeting Starts Salmon Season
Process (Wahkiakum Eagle, Skamokawa, WA)
What Happens When Fish Get High on Discarded
Drugs? (Seattle Times, WA)
Relocation of Endangered Deer a Slow, Dangerous
Process (Longview Daily News, WA)
Greens Say California Hatchery Threatens Native
Fish (Courthouse News Service)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Skagit
County - No Charges in Possible Theft of State Money at Bullerville Utility
District (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Washington
State Lawmakers Seek Changes to Clean-Energy Law (Associated
Press)
Puget Sound Energy Wind Farms Post New One-Day
Generating Record (BusinessWire)
Dimming Future for Large Solar Projects in Oregon
as Incentives Dry Up (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Won’t
You Be My Solar-Panel-Buying Neighbor? (Crosscut Seattle)
Texas
- Clean Energy Faces Hurdles in Legislature (NY Times)
Net
Metering Debate Rages On, Despite Calls for Calm (Renewable Energy World)
United
Kingdom - Kent Prison Goes Green with Huge Wind Turbines (The Guardian, UK)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance Releases
Comprehensive Residential Energy Study - study reveals home energy usage that
will inform future Pacific Northwest energy planning (Rock Hill Herald, SC)
How Nest’s Control Freaks Reinvented the Thermostat
(MIT Technology Review)
Op/Ed - LEDs: Lighting the Way to Major Energy
Savings (Forbes Magazine)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Federal
Government’s New Big Worry: The Weather (USA Today)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Biofuel
Agreement - Port Of Pasco Agrees to New Lease with Green
Power (KNDU-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
To Help Light Up Africa, Many Drops in the
Bucket (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
U-S Broadband Providers Performing Better Than
Their Critics Claim, New Study Finds (Bloomberg News)
Which Internet Service Providers Are Providing The
Speeds They Advertise? (Consumerist)
Seattle Number 7 on Network World’s Top Tech Towns (Puget
Sound Business Journal, WA)
Obama Executive Order on Cybersecurity Promises
Greater Information Sharing With Industry (GTH Energy & Natural Resources
Law Blog)
GENERAL NEWS
Nearly 1,000 Injured by Blasts as Meteor Falls in Russia
(Associated Press – Some AWESOME videos here)
Budget Deadline Would Cut 1,000 Hanford Workers (Associated
Press)
Snohomish County Executive admits political attacks
came from his staff (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Dude, Where’s My Refund? IRS Website Overrun (Associated
Press)
DIVERSIONS
Ancient
Asteroid Strike in Australia “Changed Face of Earth”
Bill
Nye Says 45-Meter Asteroid Coming near Earth Reason to be Concerned
Yes,
There’s a Study about Passing Gas on Planes: Let It Rip, Unless You’re the
Pilot
Worst
Vacation Ever Continues as Cruise Ship’s Bus Ride Home Breaks Down
SONG OF THE DAY
Justin
Hayward - Forever Autumn (this is perhaps the most obscure song of the day reference
to a story in the news digest you will ever see…)
