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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for April 26, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Glencore
Still Hopes to Reopen Columbia Falls Aluminum (Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
The
Best Utility Brands of 2013 – Snohomish PUD #2, SMUD #4, Portland General Electric
#6, Idaho Power #7, Seattle City Light #9 (E-Source)
Idaho
Power Seeks to End Excess Green Energy Credit Payouts (Northwest Public Radio)
Energy
Efficiency Means Lower Utility Bills, Less Mortgage Risk (Christian Science
Monitor)
In
Two-Way Charging, Electric Cars Begin to Earn Money from the Grid (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Montana - Glencore Still Hopes to Reopen Columbia Falls Aluminum
- News Digest Flashback - Montana U-S Senator: ‘Glencore Has Been Playing Us’
- The Best Utility Brands of 2013 – Snohomish PUD #2, SMUD #4, Portland General Electric #6, Idaho Power #7, Seattle City Light #9
- Hanging ‘Em High - Crews Thread Cable for Douglas PUD’s New High-Voltage Line
- Editorial - The River, the Treaty, the Money
- Northwest books: Woody Guthrie (BPA), Abe Lincoln, Pig War, Susan Orlean, Karen Karbo
- French Nuclear Giant Areva Sees Revenue Rise 12.5 Per Cent as Turnaround Takes Hold
- New Nuclear Waste Proposal Creates Agency, Restarts Yucca Mountain Debate
- The Next Nuclear Reactor May Arrive Hauled by a Truck
- Kokanee Reach New Sizes in Lake Chelan
- Oregon’s Air Getting Fresher: American Lung Association State of the Air 2013
- 9th Circuit Axes Pacific Northwest Forest Plan Settlement
- Green Groups Seeing Red over Barbara Boxer’s Water Bill
- Idaho Power Seeks to End Excess Green Energy Credit Payouts
- Largest Solar Power Water Heating System in Washington State Installed near Prescott
- IRS Provides Tax-Day Gift to Renewable Energy Producers
- Energy Efficiency Means Lower Utility Bills, Less Mortgage Risk
- Feds Issue Final Rule Setting Energy Efficiency Standards for Distribution Transformers
- Snohomish County PUD Tips for Reducing Bills, Helping the Environment
- LED Streetlamp Aims to Improve Public’s View of Stars
- Obama Backers Launch Plan to Shame Climate Skeptics in Congress
- In Two-Way Charging, Electric Cars Begin to Earn Money from the Grid
- Lacey Alternative Energy Fair to Showcase Green Energy
- U-S Colleges Building a Clean Energy Future
- Washington State AG to T-Mobile: Not So Fast with That ‘No-Contract’ Advertising
- New York City’s Free Subway Wi-Fi Faster than Home Broadband
- Google Agrees to Change Displays for Search Results in Europe
- Bold Predictions about the Internet from 1982
- Netflix Looks Back on Its Near-Death Spiral
- Watch How Retweets Ripple Out Through the Internet
- Why Only Perfect Customer Service Scores Matter: It’s About Evangelism
- Washington State GOP Blames Democrats for Special Session
- U-S Congress - House Joins Senate in Passing Bill to Ease Flight Delays
- Seattle Siblings Swim 14 Hours after Boat Sinks in Virgin Islands
- Olympia Prepares for Possible May Day Demonstrations
- Pacific Northwest Ranks High for Stress
- Stoel Rives Looks to Grow with New Development Chief
WORD OF THE DAY
Demulcent
• \dih-MULL-sunt\ • Adjective - Soothing
See
Christopher Cross, “Sailing.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Montana - Glencore Still Hopes to Reopen Columbia
Falls Aluminum (Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
News Digest Flashback - Montana U-S Senator: ‘Glencore
Has Been Playing Us’ (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
The Best Utility Brands of 2013 – Snohomish PUD
#2, SMUD #4, Portland General Electric #6, Idaho Power #7, Seattle City Light
#9 (E-Source)
Hanging ‘Em High - Crews Thread Cable for Douglas
PUD’s New High-Voltage Line (Wenatchee World, WA)
Editorial - The River, the Treaty, the Money (Wenatchee World, WA)
Northwest books: Woody Guthrie (BPA), Abe
Lincoln, Pig War, Susan Orlean, Karen Karbo (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
French Nuclear Giant Areva Sees Revenue Rise 12.5
Per Cent as Turnaround Takes Hold (Associated
Press)
New Nuclear Waste Proposal Creates Agency,
Restarts Yucca Mountain Debate (U-S News & World Report)
The Next Nuclear Reactor May Arrive Hauled by a
Truck (NY Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Kokanee Reach New Sizes in Lake Chelan (Wenatchee World, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon’s
Air Getting Fresher: American Lung Association State of the Air 2013 (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
9th
Circuit Axes Pacific Northwest Forest Plan Settlement (Courthouse News Service)
Green
Groups Seeing Red over Barbara Boxer’s Water Bill (Politico)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Idaho
Power Seeks to End Excess Green Energy Credit Payouts (Northwest Public Radio)
Largest
Solar Power Water Heating System in Washington State Installed near Prescott (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
IRS
Provides Tax-Day Gift to Renewable Energy Producers - Provides Guidance on
Production Tax Credit Eligibility (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy
Efficiency Means Lower Utility Bills, Less Mortgage Risk (Christian Science
Monitor)
Feds
Issue Final Rule Setting Energy Efficiency Standards for Distribution
Transformers (American Public Power Association)
Snohomish
County PUD Tips for Reducing Bills, Helping the Environment (Mukilteo Beacon,
WA)
LED
Streetlamp Aims to Improve Public’s View of Stars (British Broadcasting
Corporation)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Obama
Backers Launch Plan to Shame Climate Skeptics in Congress (The Guardian, UK)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
In
Two-Way Charging, Electric Cars Begin to Earn Money from the Grid (NY Times)
Lacey
Alternative Energy Fair to Showcase Green Energy (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
U-S
Colleges Building a Clean Energy Future (The Energy Collective – Includes Evergreen,
UW, WSU, WWU, UPS, etc.)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington State AG to T-Mobile: Not So Fast with
That ‘No-Contract’ Advertising (Consumerist)
New York City’s Free Subway Wi-Fi Faster than Home
Broadband (NBC News)
Google Agrees to Change Displays for Search Results
in Europe (Associated Press)
Bold Predictions about the Internet from 1982 (Washington
Post)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Netflix Looks Back on Its Near-Death Spiral (NY
Times)
Watch How Retweets Ripple Out Through the Internet
(Gizmodo)
Why Only Perfect Customer Service Scores Matter: It’s
About Evangelism (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State GOP Blames Democrats for Special
Session - With Four Days Left In Regular Session (Seattle Times, WA)
U-S Congress - House Joins Senate in Passing Bill
to Ease Flight Delays (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Seattle Siblings Swim 14 Hours after Boat Sinks in Virgin
Islands (Associated Press)
Olympia Prepares for Possible May Day Demonstrations
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Pacific Northwest Ranks High for Stress - Washington,
Oregon & Idaho among top 15 most-stressed states (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Stoel Rives Looks to Grow with New Development
Chief (Portland Business Journal, OR)
DIVERSIONS
What
Did Alexander Graham Bell Sound Like? Now We Know
Feral
Hogs - Malicious but Delicious
Return
of the Twinkie? Hostess to Reopen Bakery This Summer
http://www.katu.com/news/national/Need-a-Twinkie-Hostess-to-reopen-bakery-this-summer-204848711.html
George
Jones, Country Superstar, Has Died At 81
SONGS OF THE DAY
George
Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today
George
Jones - The Race Is On
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