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News Digest Word Cloud for March 28, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Mason County PUD 3 Accepts Manager Retirement;
Appoints Successor (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
A
Big Dam Fight Ahead - Opponents of Oregon’s Green Energy Law Are Seeking a
Major Change (Willamette Weekly, OR)
Is
The Sky The Limit For Wind Power? “…it’s actually possible to have so many
turbines that they start to lose power. They steal each other’s wind…” (National Public Radio)
Washington
State Senator Says Governor’s Climate Change Bill Really Not about Climate (Seattle Times, WA)
The Mysterious Decline of Puget Sound Herring
(Crosscut Seattle)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Mason County PUD 3 Accepts Manager Retirement; Appoints Successor
- Northern Wasco PUD Phases in Electricity Rate Increases
- Avista to Raise Idaho Natural Gas Rates
- New OMSI Exhibit Gives Visitors Power!
- Balloons - Oh the Humanity! Incident Disrupts Power to 200 in Everett
- Report Confirms Hydroelectric Power’s Value to U-S Transmission Grids
- Natural Gas Prices Highest Since 2011, Capping a Year of Gains
- Vermont Supreme Court denies New England Coalition’s petition to close Vermont Yankee
- Japan Utility Scraps Plan for New Nuke Plant
- Does My Smart Meter Make Me Look Fat?
- The Mysterious Decline of Puget Sound Herring
- Northwest Power & Conservation Council Taking Opinions for Columbia River Fish & Wildlife
- Work Advancing on Eastern Idaho Sockeye Hatchery
- Pacific Northwest Tribes Maximize Steelhead Populations
- Sierra Club Opposes Portland Fluoridation Measure
- A Big Dam Fight Ahead - Opponents of Oregon’s Green Energy Law Are Seeking a Major Change
- Is The Sky The Limit For Wind Power?
- Idaho Expresses Disappointment in FERC Action over Wind Power Projects
- Zephyr Power Line to Thread Southeastern Wyoming
- Scotland Chooses Wind Energy over Trump’s Golf Course
- Oregon & Washington Schools & Businesses Are Top 2013 Energy Star Partners in Saving Energy & Fighting Climate Change
- Blaine Receives $500,000 Grant to Reduce Energy Consumption
- Thurston Energy Announces Extension of Energy Efficiency Rebates to June 21
- Borrow a High-Tech Energy Display from Sacramento Public Utility District
- Washington State Senator Says Governor’s Climate Change Bill Really Not about Climate
- Global Warming Predictions Prove Accurate
- Granite Falls Eco Car Team Ready to Hit the Road
- Solar Plane Prepares for Flight Across America
- Roads Soak Up the Sun. Could We Use That Energy?
- Sprint Confirms Plans to Bring ‘LTE’ Service to Portland ‘Soon’
- Intel, TV Networks near Accord on Cable TV Alternative
- That Internet War Apocalypse Is a Lie
- Court Rejects Antitrust Suit in Victory for Comcast
- Egypt Arrests Three as Undersea Internet Cable Is Cut Off Alexandria
- Smartphone Users Love Their Facebook
- Suspect Killed, Home Bursts into Flames as Hoquiam Standoff Ends
- 35 Homes Evacuated Near Whidbey Island Landslide
- Ten Hanford Managers Indicted in Timecard Scheme
- Fatal Seattle Crash Sheds New Light on Disturbing Gaps in DUI Laws
- Get Studded Tires Off By Monday or Face $124 Fine
- Stolen Gresham Storm Grates Create Hazards
- In Order To Omit Needless Words & Cut Deadwood
WORD OF THE DAY
Heliacal
• \hih-LIE-uh-cull\ • Adjective - Relating to or near the sun — used especially
of the last setting of a star before and its first rising after invisibility
due to conjunction with the sun's rising and setting
Icarus’
heliacal experience was an abject failure. ‘Nuff said.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Mason County PUD 3 Accepts Manager Retirement;
Appoints Successor (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Northern Wasco PUD Phases in Electricity Rate
Increases (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)
Avista to Raise Idaho Natural Gas Rates (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
New OMSI Exhibit Gives Visitors Power! (Bonneville Power Administration)
Balloons - Oh the Humanity! Incident Disrupts
Power to 200 in Everett (Everett Herald, WA)
Report Confirms Hydroelectric Power’s Value to U-S
Transmission Grids (HydroWorld)
Natural Gas Prices Highest Since 2011, Capping a
Year of Gains (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Vermont Supreme Court denies New England
Coalition’s petition to close Vermont Yankee (VT Digger, Montpelier, VT)
Japan Utility Scraps Plan for New Nuke Plant (Associated Press)
Does My Smart Meter Make Me Look Fat? (The Energy
Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
The Mysterious Decline of Puget Sound Herring
(Crosscut Seattle)
Northwest Power & Conservation Council Taking
Opinions for Columbia River Fish & Wildlife (KNDU-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
Work Advancing on Eastern Idaho Sockeye Hatchery (Associated Press)
Pacific Northwest Tribes Maximize Steelhead
Populations (Boise State Public Radio, ID)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Sierra
Club Opposes Portland Fluoridation Measure (Associated
Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
A
Big Dam Fight Ahead - Opponents of Oregon’s Green Energy Law Are Seeking a
Major Change (Willamette Weekly, OR)
Is
The Sky The Limit For Wind Power? “…it’s actually possible to have so many
turbines that they start to lose power. They steal each other’s wind…” (National Public Radio)
Idaho
Expresses Disappointment in FERC Action over Wind Power Projects (Electric
Light & Power)
http://www.elp.com/news/2013/03/28/states-utility-group-expresses-disappointment-in-ferc-action.html
Zephyr
Power Line to Thread Southeastern Wyoming (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Scotland
Chooses Wind Energy over Trump’s Golf Course (The Energy Collective)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Oregon
& Washington Schools & Businesses Are Top 2013 Energy Star Partners in
Saving Energy & Fighting Climate Change (Environmental Protection Agency)
Blaine
Receives $500,000 Grant to Reduce Energy Consumption (The Northern Light,
Blaine, WA)
Thurston
Energy Announces Extension of Energy Efficiency Rebates to June 21 (Thurston
Talk, Olympia, WA)
Borrow
a High-Tech Energy Display from Sacramento Public Utility District (Electric
Light & Power)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington
State Senator Says Governor’s Climate Change Bill Really Not about Climate (Seattle Times, WA)
Global
Warming Predictions Prove Accurate - Analysis of climate change modeling for
past 15 years reveal accurate forecasts of rising global temperatures (The
Guardian, UK)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Granite
Falls Eco Car Team Ready to Hit the Road (Everett
Herald, WA)
Solar
Plane Prepares for Flight Across America (Associated
Press)
Roads
Soak Up the Sun. Could We Use That Energy? (Christian Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Sprint Confirms Plans to Bring ‘LTE’ Service to Portland
‘Soon’ (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Intel, TV Networks near Accord on Cable TV Alternative
(Oregonian, Portland, OR)
That Internet War Apocalypse Is a Lie (Gizmodo)
Court Rejects Antitrust Suit in Victory for Comcast
(NY Times)
Egypt Arrests Three as Undersea Internet Cable Is Cut
Off Alexandria (British Broadcasting Corporation)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Smartphone Users Love Their Facebook (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
GENERAL NEWS
Suspect Killed, Home Bursts into Flames as Hoquiam Standoff
Ends (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
35 Homes Evacuated Near Whidbey Island Landslide (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Ten Hanford Managers Indicted in Timecard Scheme (Associated
Press)
Fatal Seattle Crash Sheds New Light on Disturbing
Gaps in DUI Laws (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Get Studded Tires Off By Monday or Face $124 Fine (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Stolen Gresham Storm Grates Create Hazards (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
In Order To Omit Needless Words & Cut Deadwood (Christian
Science Monitor)
DIVERSIONS
City
Makes Waves by Removing Easter from Easter Egg Hunt
VIDEO:
City of Walla Walla Paints Over Giant Purple Octopus
Chihuahua
Saves Girl from Pit Bull Attack
Restaurant
Shames No-Shows on Twitter
SONG OF THE DAY
Fleetwood
Mac – Landslide
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