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Energy
News Digest word cloud for February 5, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
REI Executive Sally Jewell Appointed Head of
Federal Interior Department (Associated Press)
Chelan PUD Ends Year $78 Million in the Black (Wenatchee World, WA)
Washington
State Governor - Inslee Team Downplays Earlier Bid to Lure Wind-Power Firm (Seattle Times, WA)
Report
Highlights Groundwater Decline in Columbia (Associated
Press)
Kennewick Gets Big Energy Conservation Rebate from
Benton PUD (KEPR-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- REI Executive Sally Jewell Appointed Head of Federal Interior Department
- Chelan PUD Ends Year $78 Million in the Black
- Study Slams Nuclear Waste Practices at Hanford
- ABB Wins $260 Million Order to Upgrade Pacific Northwest U-S Power Station
- North Carolina - Closing Crystal River Could Push Progress Energy to Build New Nuke
- Keep the Lights On - At Super Bowl & As National Energy Policy
- Three Lessons from the Blackout Bowl
- Energy & Extreme Weather: Derechos & Hurricane Sandy
- Doc Hastings Wants Salmon Assessment Stopped
- Hazing Sea Lions with Fireworks
- Ouster Sharpens Debate on the Sage Grouse
- Albatross Stuns Experts by Giving Birth at 62
- Report Highlights Groundwater Decline in Columbia
- Washington State Governor - Inslee Team Downplays Earlier Bid to Lure Wind-Power Firm
- Senior U-S Energy Official to Tour Huge Oregon Wind Farm
- Maryland - Paper Mills Reap Millions from State Energy Law
- Kennewick Gets Big Energy Conservation Rebate from Benton PUD
- Chelan PUD to Offer Rebates on Low-Energy Appliances
- Feds: Warming Means More Fires, Insects in Forests
- EPA Posts Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data for 2011 on Its Website
- New U-S Postal Service Electric Fleet Touted as Clean-Air Boost
- NRECA Seeks Rural Broadband Focus
- Oh, the Irony: Coursera Suspends Online Course about How to Run an Online Course
- Five Things to Know About ‘Free’ Public Wi-Fi
- Ask an Expert: How to Get Viral Publicity
- Family Leave Debate Continues in Olympia
- The Three Plans to Stop the Sequester
- Oregon, Washington Drivers Face Biggest Gas Price Jump in Two Years
- Vehicle Fleeing Shooting Scene Strikes Puyallup School Bus
- Crowd Packs Heat; Oak Harbor Backs Down
- Postal Service to Cut Saturday Mail to Trim Costs
- Washington Attorney General joins $5B lawsuit against Standard & Poor’s
- Winter Weather Advisory - Olympic Mountains above 2,500 Feet
- Skywarn Weather Spotters Help Protect Thurston & Grays Harbor County
- WSDOT: Brazen Vandals Targeting Local Highways
WORD OF THE DAY
Factotum
• \fack-TOE-tum\ • Noun - 1: a person having many diverse activities or
responsibilities 2: a general servant
“You’re
a veritable Swiss army knife, a factotum of the highest degree,” enthused the mustachioed,
Brylcream scented supervisor to his new hire. “We hired you to deliver the
mail, but you’ve been sneaking around to the empty cubicles during the day to
complete unfinished projects left by employees out to lunch, or cleaning
cluttered desks, even making new coffee to replace the bubbling dregs.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
REI Executive Sally Jewell Appointed Head of Federal
Interior Department (Associated Press)
Chelan PUD Ends Year $78 Million in the Black (Wenatchee World, WA)
Study Slams Nuclear Waste Practices at Hanford (NY
Times)
ABB Wins $260 Million Order to Upgrade Pacific Northwest
U-S Power Station (NASDAQ)
North Carolina - Closing Crystal River Could Push
Progress Energy to Build New Nuke (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
Keep the Lights On - At Super Bowl & As
National Energy Policy (The Business Journals, Washington, DC Bureau)
Three Lessons from the Blackout Bowl (GigaOM)
Energy & Extreme Weather: Derechos &
Hurricane Sandy (The Energy Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Doc Hastings Wants Salmon Assessment Stopped (Lewiston
Tribune, ID)
Hazing Sea Lions with Fireworks - Oregon wildlife
officials hope that sea lions & fireworks don’t mix (Electric Co-op Today)
Ouster Sharpens Debate on the Sage Grouse (NY Times)
Albatross Stuns Experts by Giving Birth at 62 (Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Report
Highlights Groundwater Decline in Columbia (Associated
Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Washington
State Governor - Inslee Team Downplays Earlier Bid to Lure Wind-Power Firm (Seattle Times, WA)
Senior
U-S Energy Official to Tour Huge Oregon Wind Farm (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Maryland
- Paper Mills Reap Millions from State Energy Law (Baltimore Sun, MD)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Kennewick Gets Big Energy Conservation Rebate from Benton
PUD (KEPR-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
Chelan PUD to Offer Rebates on Low-Energy
Appliances - Free refrigerator recycling, duct sealing also in the works (Wenatchee
World, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Feds:
Warming Means More Fires, Insects in Forests (Associated
Press)
EPA
Posts Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data for 2011 on Its Website (American Public Power Association)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
New
U-S Postal Service Electric Fleet Touted as Clean-Air Boost (Sacramento Bee, CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
NRECA Seeks Rural Broadband Focus (Electric Co-op
Today)
Oh, the Irony: Coursera Suspends Online Course
about How to Run an Online Course (GigaOM)
Five Things to Know About ‘Free’ Public Wi-Fi (Washington
Post)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Ask an Expert: How to Get Viral Publicity (USA
Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Family Leave Debate Continues in Olympia (Associated
Press)
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/politicsnorthwest/2013/02/05/family-leave-debate-continues-in-olympia/
The Three Plans to Stop the Sequester (Washington
Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Oregon, Washington Drivers Face Biggest Gas Price
Jump in Two Years (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Vehicle Fleeing Shooting Scene Strikes Puyallup School
Bus (Seattle Times, WA)
Crowd Packs Heat; Oak Harbor Backs Down (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Postal Service to Cut Saturday Mail to Trim Costs (Associated
Press)
Washington Attorney General joins $5B lawsuit
against Standard & Poor’s (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Winter Weather Advisory - Olympic Mountains above
2,500 Feet (National Weather Service, Seattle)
Skywarn Weather Spotters Help Protect Thurston &
Grays Harbor County (Thurston Talk, Olympia, WA)
WSDOT: Brazen Vandals Targeting Local Highways (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Skydiver
Actually Went 843 Mph
City
Workers Repaint Spot as Handicap Zone, Tow Car
Giant Cookie Stolen by Cookie Monster Impersonator
Recovered in Germany
Survivalists Plan Giant Walled Fortress in Idaho
SONG OF THE DAY
Bob
Dylan - All Along the Watchtower
Jimi
Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
