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THE NEWS DIGEST WORD CLOUD (JUST BECAUSE I CAN)
Energy
News Digest word cloud for February 25, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Drought
Conditions Unlikely in Washington State This Year (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Traditionally Green Strategists Now Pushing
Pacific Northwest Coal Ports (Seattle Times, WA)
Snohomish
PUD’s Studies Support Proposed Mini-Dam on Skykomish River (Everett Herald, WA)
If Forecasts Are Right, The Columbia Will be
Great for Salmon Fishing (Seattle Times, WA)
Microsoft’s Azure Service Breaks Down After Company
Lets Online Security Certificate Expire (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Traditionally Green Strategists Now Pushing Pacific Northwest Coal Ports
- Editorial: Demand Rebates for Victims of California Energy Scams
- Pacific Gas & Electric Boosts Training after Electrocutions
- FERC: Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Middle Fork American River Hydroelectric Project in California
- The Ant, the Grasshopper & Electricity Prices in New England
- Chesapeake Energy Sells Stake in Oklahoma Land to China’s Sinopec for $1.02 Billion
- Sparks Fly in New Hampshire over Hydro-Quebec’s Northern Pass Power Line - Designed to bring hydropower to the Northwest U-S
- Energy Secretary Chu to Return to Stanford
- U-S Supreme Court Narrows Antitrust Exemptions for Local Government Entities
- Touchstone Energy Cooperative Marks 15 Years
- If Forecasts Are Right, The Columbia Will be Great for Salmon Fishing
- Editorial - Thumbs Up to Federal Judge for Common-Sense Ruling on Sea Lions
- Drought Conditions Unlikely in Washington State This Year
- Montana Judge Strikes Down Significant Component of Proposed Tribal Water Rights Compact
- Snohomish PUD’s Studies Support Proposed Mini-Dam on Skykomish River
- Shepherd’s Flat Wind Farm’s $30 Million in Tax Credits Will Be Reviewed by Oregon Energy Department
- U-S Court Dismisses Chinese Firm’s Claims against Obama over Wind Farm
- A New Hope in Energy Storage? Tests at Bonneville Power Administration’s Ross Complex could be key to solving Northwest power grid woes
- Renewable Energy Law - Greens Versus the Poor: Washington State’s 2006 Initiative is Creating Problems That Will Burden Electricity Consumers
- British Columbia - Work Continues on Huge Electrical Generation Plant at Harmac
- Maryland, District of Columbia Utilities Pay Paper Mills Burning ‘Black Liquor’ for Alternative Fuel Credits
- Washington State Installing LED Lights on Highway 101 Next Week
- Shedding Light on the Types of Bulbs
- Pennsylvania - Energy Audit Helpful Step in Improving Home’s Efficiency
- California’s Second Carbon Permit Auction Beats Expectations
- Congress Should Aim for Greenhouse Gas Reductions in Energy Bills That Address Other Topics, APPA Says
- Flipping The Switch: What it Takes to Prioritize Electric Cars
- NASA: A Nuclear Reactor to Replace Your Water Heater
- Microsoft’s Azure Service Breaks Down After Company Lets Online Security Certificate Expire
- Google expands free Wi-Fi in The Dalles
- GM Bringing 4G Broadband to New Autos in 2014 with AT&T
- Twitter Hackings Put Focus on Security for Brands
- No Surprises on Deadline Day as Policy Bills Live & Die, but Senate Democrats Raise a Ruckus
- Editorial - In Defense of Rogue Washington State Senators Rodney Tom & Tim Sheldon
- Washington State Could Lose Millions if Feds Don’t Reach Budget Deal
- Kate Upton & Ryan Gosling Explain the Sequester
- Snohomish County Exec - Aaron Reardon’s Swift Rise Comes to an Abrupt End
- Bell, California - Using the “Dumb” Defense: Mayor in Corruption Case is Uneducated
- Six Leaking Tanks Are Hanford Nuke Site’s Latest Woe
- Plundering of Timber Lucrative for Thieves, A Problem for Washington State
- Quinault Indian Nation Suing Neighboring School Districts, Including Mary M. Knight, for Discrimination
- Director of Democrats’ Campaign Group in Washington State under Investigation
- Seattle Times to Begin Charging for Online Access
WORD OF THE DAY
Roseate
• \ROZE-ee-ut\ • Adjective - 1: resembling a rose especially in having a pink
color 2: overly optimistic: viewed favorably
Barbara
smirked at the overoptimistic view of her companion regarding the energy
savings from latest window installation. “The company promised I would save up
to sixty percent off my electricity bill with these quintuple-paned windows,”
the fresh-faced homeowner enthused. “Interesting that you would have such a
roseate outlook on your $60,000 purchase,” Babs cooed, “Especially since you
heat with natural gas.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Traditionally Green Strategists Now Pushing Pacific
Northwest Coal Ports (Seattle Times, WA)
Editorial: Demand Rebates for Victims of California
Energy Scams (Riverside Press-Enterprise, CA)
Pacific Gas & Electric Boosts Training after
Electrocutions (SF Chronicle, CA)
FERC: Final Environmental Impact Statement for
the Middle Fork American River Hydroelectric Project in California (Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission)
The Ant, the Grasshopper & Electricity Prices
in New England (NY Times)
Chesapeake Energy Sells Stake in Oklahoma Land to
China’s Sinopec for $1.02 Billion (Associated
Press)
Sparks Fly in New Hampshire over Hydro-Quebec’s
Northern Pass Power Line - Designed to bring hydropower to the Northwest U-S (Toronto
Star, Ontario)
Energy Secretary Chu to Return to Stanford (Associated Press)
U-S Supreme Court Narrows Antitrust Exemptions
for Local Government Entities (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
Touchstone Energy Cooperative Marks 15 Years
(Electric Co-op Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
If Forecasts Are Right, The Columbia Will be
Great for Salmon Fishing (Seattle Times, WA)
Editorial - Thumbs Up to Federal Judge for
Common-Sense Ruling on Sea Lions (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Drought
Conditions Unlikely in Washington State This Year (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Montana
Judge Strikes Down Significant Component of Proposed Tribal Water Rights
Compact (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Snohomish
PUD’s Studies Support Proposed Mini-Dam on Skykomish River (Everett Herald, WA)
Shepherd’s
Flat Wind Farm’s $30 Million in Tax Credits Will Be Reviewed by Oregon Energy
Department (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
U-S
Court Dismisses Chinese Firm’s Claims against Obama over Wind Farm (Reuters)
A
New Hope in Energy Storage? Tests at Bonneville Power Administration’s Ross
Complex could be key to solving Northwest power grid woes (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Renewable
Energy Law - Greens Versus the Poor: Washington State’s 2006 Initiative is
Creating Problems That Will Burden Electricity Consumers (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
British
Columbia - Work Continues on Huge Electrical Generation Plant at Harmac
(Nanaimo Daily News, BC)
Maryland,
District of Columbia Utilities Pay Paper Mills Burning ‘Black Liquor’ for
Alternative Fuel Credits (Washington Post)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Washington State Installing LED Lights on Highway 101
Next Week (Olympian, WA)
Shedding Light on the Types of Bulbs (The Energy
Collective)
Pennsylvania - Energy Audit Helpful Step in
Improving Home’s Efficiency (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California’s
Second Carbon Permit Auction Beats Expectations (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Congress
Should Aim for Greenhouse Gas Reductions in Energy Bills That Address Other
Topics, APPA Says (American Public Power Association)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Flipping
The Switch: What it Takes to Prioritize Electric Cars (National Public Radio)
NASA:
A Nuclear Reactor to Replace Your Water Heater (Forbes Magazine)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft’s Azure Service Breaks Down After Company
Lets Online Security Certificate Expire (Associated Press)
Google expands free Wi-Fi in The Dalles (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
GM Bringing 4G Broadband to New Autos in 2014 with
AT&T (Bloomberg News)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter Hackings Put Focus on Security for Brands (NY
Times)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
No Surprises on Deadline Day as Policy Bills Live
& Die, but Senate Democrats Raise a Ruckus (Washington Wire, Olympia, WA)
Editorial - In Defense of Rogue Washington State Senators
Rodney Tom & Tim Sheldon (Seattle Times, WA)
Washington State Could Lose Millions if Feds Don’t
Reach Budget Deal (Seattle Times, WA)
Kate Upton & Ryan Gosling Explain the Sequester
(Gawker – Very clever, but note the comment section may contain PG-13 language)
Snohomish County Exec - Aaron Reardon’s Swift Rise
Comes to an Abrupt End (Seattle Times, WA)
Bell, California - Using the “Dumb” Defense: Mayor in
Corruption Case is Uneducated (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Six Leaking Tanks Are Hanford Nuke Site’s Latest
Woe (Associated Press)
Plundering of Timber Lucrative for Thieves, A
Problem for Washington State (Seattle Times, WA)
Quinault Indian Nation Suing Neighboring School
Districts, Including Mary M. Knight, for Discrimination (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Director of Democrats’ Campaign Group in Washington
State under Investigation (Associated Press)
Seattle Times to Begin Charging for Online Access (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Woman
‘Shot’ & Wounded as She Cooks a Snack after Bullets Left in Her OVEN Explode
California
School District Sued over Yoga Program – “…the…classes are inherently
religious, in violation of the separation between church & state…”
Fragments
of Ancient Continent Buried under Indian Ocean
Dope
Tests in Ice Fishing? No, Beer Doesn’t Count
SONG OF THE DAY
Donovan
– Atlantis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leI7sfmipuI
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