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News Digest Word Cloud for June 5, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Portland General Electric, Bonneville Power
Administration, Cancel Plans for Major Transmission Line (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Idaho to Turn All Public High Schools into Wi-Fi
Hotspots (Northwest Public Radio)
Grant PUD to Pay More to Raise Salmon to Offset
Dams Impact (iFiber One News, Ephrata, WA)
Sequim
Eyes Solar-Powered City Hall (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
U-S Soldier Pleads Guilty at Joint Base
Lewis-McCord to Afghan Massacre (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Portland General Electric, Bonneville Power Administration, Cancel Plans for Major Transmission Line
- Portland General Electric Projects Mean Hundreds of Construction Jobs in Boardman, Dayton
- Jefferson County PUD Bills: Questions, Answers
- Benton PUD Pays Millions in Privilege Taxes
- Columbia River PUD Advocate Receives Recognition
- Fall River Electric Annual Meeting to Mark 75th Anniversary
- Audit: Pacific Gas & Electric Failed to Spend $50M for Gas Pipeline Safety before Fatal California Blast
- Pacific Gas & Electric Launches New Economic Vitality Grant Program
- Utility World is Beaming after Buffett's Bid for NV Energy
- Don't Overlook Electrical Hazards on Your Farm
- Grant PUD to Pay More to Raise Salmon to Offset Dams Impact
- All Witnesses in Agreement that Endangered Species Act Needs Improvement
- Skyridge Middle School Students Spend a Day with the Columbia River Fisheries Program
- New Study Finds Problems in Central Puget Sound
- Bainbridge City Manager Opposes Outsourcing Water Utility to Kitsap PUD
- Washington State Blog Keeps Residents Up to Date on ‘Fecal Matters’
- EPA: Spend Billions to Upgrade Aging Water Systems
- Sequim Eyes Solar-Powered City Hall
- Op/Ed - Distributed Solar is Here to Stay, Soon Without Subsidies
- Connecticut Tilts to Canadian Hydro in New Renewable Energy Rules
- U-S to Auction Wind Energy Leases Off East Coast
- States Buffeted by Turbulent Wind Industry
- Where the Heck Does Wind Even Come From?
- Close to Its Home, Walgreen Tests Energy-Saving Ideas
- Why Don't More Utilities Push Energy Efficiency?
- Mona Lisa's New LED Lighting Shows Her Off Just as Da Vinci Intended
- Washington State – Bipartisanship as Climate Group Selects Consultant
- Got Some Airspace Above Your Home? Sell It to the Neighbors
- Internet Billionaire’s Lavish Wedding Put Threatened Species at Risk
- Wind Power Goes Retro
- Idaho to Turn All Public High Schools into Wi-Fi Hotspots
- What Does Social Media Mean to You?
- Online Advertising in U-S Rises 16 Percent in First Quarter
- Swiffer Swiftly Cleans Up Offensive Rosie the Riveter Campaign
- Washington State Governor Criticizes Lack of Progress on Budget
- It’s Rep. Derek Kilmer, NOT Val Kilmer
- Report: IRS Spent Millions on Silly Training Videos
- U-S Soldier Pleads Guilty at Joint Base Lewis-McCord to Afghan Massacre
- First Degree Murder Charge in Belfair Area Shooting
- Mason County Looking to Refinance Belfair Sewer Debt
- Columbia River Crossing: One Step Forward, another Back as Coast Guard Hearing Lets All Sides Sound Off
- As Vandals Deface U-S Parks, Some Point to Online Show-Offs
- Report: Poll Says Most Locals Don’t Care That Sonics Aren’t Returning Yet
- Coffee Blight in Central America: Changing Livelihoods & Your Cup of Joe
WORD OF THE DAY
Pizzaiolo
• \PEETS-suh-yolo\ • Noun - Man who makes pizzas in a pizzeria.
Pizzaiolo
Pete
Toss
that dough high my paisan
Extra
cheese and sauce
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Portland General Electric, Bonneville Power
Administration, Cancel Plans for Major Transmission Line (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Portland General Electric Projects Mean Hundreds
of Construction Jobs in Boardman, Dayton (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Jefferson County PUD Bills: Questions, Answers - More
customer service reps added to help field calls (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Benton PUD Pays Millions in Privilege Taxes (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Columbia River PUD Advocate Receives Recognition
(St Helens Chronicle, OR)
Fall River Electric Annual Meeting to Mark 75th
Anniversary (West Yellowstone News, MT)
Audit: Pacific Gas & Electric Failed to Spend
$50M for Gas Pipeline Safety before Fatal California Blast (Associated Press)
Pacific Gas & Electric Launches New Economic
Vitality Grant Program (Electric Energy Online)
Utility World is Beaming after Buffett's Bid for
NV Energy (EnergyBiz Insider)
Don't Overlook Electrical Hazards on Your Farm
(Western Stockman-Farmer)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Grant PUD to Pay More to Raise Salmon to Offset
Dams Impact (iFiber One News, Ephrata, WA)
All Witnesses in Agreement that Endangered
Species Act Needs Improvement (Natural Resources Committee, U-S House of
Representatives)
Skyridge Middle School Students Spend a Day with
the Columbia River Fisheries Program (Camas-Washougal Post Record, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
New
Study Finds Problems in Central Puget Sound (Associated
Press)
Bainbridge
City Manager Opposes Outsourcing Water Utility to Kitsap PUD (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2013/jun/04/bainbridge-city-manager-opposes-outsourcing/#axzz2VM2nwgta
Washington
State Blog Keeps Residents Up to Date on ‘Fecal Matters’ (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
EPA:
Spend Billions to Upgrade Aging Water Systems (Associated
Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Sequim
Eyes Solar-Powered City Hall (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Op/Ed
- Distributed Solar is Here to Stay, Soon Without Subsidies (Sustainable
Business Oregon)
Connecticut
Tilts to Canadian Hydro in New Renewable Energy Rules (Associated Press)
http://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/conn-tilts-to-hydro-in-new-renewable-energy-rules-1.5407721
U-S
to Auction Wind Energy Leases Off East Coast (Associated
Press)
States
Buffeted by Turbulent Wind Industry (San Gabriel Valley Tribune, CA)
Where
the Heck Does Wind Even Come From? (Gizmodo)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Close
to Its Home, Walgreen Tests Energy-Saving Ideas (NY
Times)
Why
Don't More Utilities Push Energy Efficiency? (Buildings)
Mona
Lisa's New LED Lighting Shows Her Off Just as Da Vinci Intended (Gizmodo)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington
State – Bipartisanship as Climate Group Selects Consultant (Washington Wire,
Olympia, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Got
Some Airspace Above Your Home? Sell It to the Neighbors (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Internet
Billionaire’s Lavish Wedding Put Threatened Species at Risk (Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
WA)
Wind
Power Goes Retro (Engineering.com)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Idaho to Turn All Public High Schools into Wi-Fi
Hotspots (Northwest Public Radio)
Cloud Computing Rains Billion-Dollar Deals (Associated
Press)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
What Does Social Media Mean to You? (Mashable)
Online Advertising in U-S Rises 16 Percent in First
Quarter (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal)
Swiffer Swiftly Cleans Up Offensive Rosie the
Riveter Campaign (The Atlantic)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Governor Criticizes Lack of
Progress on Budget (Associated Press)
It’s Rep. Derek Kilmer, NOT Val Kilmer (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Report: IRS Spent Millions on Silly Training Videos
(KGW TV, Portland, OR)
GENERAL NEWS
U-S Soldier Pleads Guilty at Joint Base Lewis-McCord
to Afghan Massacre (Associated Press)
First Degree Murder Charge in Belfair Area Shooting
(KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Mason County Looking to Refinance Belfair Sewer
Debt (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Columbia River Crossing: One Step Forward, another
Back as Coast Guard Hearing Lets All Sides Sound Off (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
As Vandals Deface U-S Parks, Some Point to Online
Show-Offs (NY Times - Like dogs peeing to mark the spot…)
Report: Poll Says Most Locals Don’t Care That Sonics
Aren’t Returning Yet (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Coffee Blight in Central America: Changing Livelihoods
& Your Cup of Joe (Christian Science Monitor)
DIVERSIONS
Seattle
Pizza-Maker Approved by Italian Pizza Authority
Spanish
Town Mails Dog Mess Back to Offending Hound Owners
Ancient
'Lizard King' Lizard Named After Jim Morrison
Scientists
Uncover ‘God’s Bathtub’
SONG OF THE DAY
David
Byrne - The Last Emperor Main Title Theme (Yes, David Byrne of the “Talking
Heads”)
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