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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for June 6, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Sierra
Club Sues over Coal Dust from Uncovered Trains in Columbia River Gorge
(Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Obama to Seek More Internet Aid for Schools &
Libraries (NY Times)
California Officials Outraged at Transfers of PUC
Attorneys Investigating Deadly San Bruno Blast (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Colorado’s
Governor Signs Controversial Rural Renewable-Energy Bill “…The bill also allows
rural cooperatives to add a monthly surcharge, up to 2 percent…to help pay for
projects needed to meet the goal…” (Denver Business Journal, CO)
NEEA,
Utilities & Northwest Builders Test the Market with New Homes Pilot (Herald
Online)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- California Officials Outraged at Transfers of PUC Attorneys Investigating Deadly San Bruno Blast
- Feds Back California on JPMorgan Energy Trades
- APPA, TAPS Back Extension of Effective Date of Bulk Electric System Definition, with Clarification
- U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week
- Minnesota - Charges Brought In Theft of Electricity
- Where Does Texas Rank in Power Outages?
- Rare Willamette Valley Salmon & Steelhead Habitat Protected
- Birds Spread Nuclear Waste
- Thrifty Thurston Tours Taylor Shellfish Farms
- Sierra Club Sues over Coal Dust from Uncovered Trains in Columbia River Gorge
- Portland Reservoir Plan Ignites New PUD Fight
- Colorado’s Governor Signs Controversial Rural Renewable-Energy Bill
- Tidal Energy Could Be Next Big Wave
- National Renewable Energy Lab Names Top 10 Utilities for Renewable Energy
- NEEA, Utilities & Northwest Builders Test the Market with New Homes Pilot
- Start-Up to Connect Home Appliances
- Isn’t It a Pain When Your Beer Fridge Knocks out the Entire Neighborhood’s Cell Network?
- United Kingdom - Climate Change: Let’s Bury the Carbon Dioxide Problem
- EPA Biofuel Rule: Energy Solution or Economic Burden?
- Low-Cost Leases Electrify Plug-In Car Sales on West Coast
- Mount Hood Community College Uses Solar Picnic Tables as Chargers
- Obama to Seek More Internet Aid for Schools & Libraries
- NTIA: There Are Rural/Urban Broadband Subdivides
- Comcast’s Top Lobbyist Pens Editorial to Remind Americans That US Broadband Service Is Awesome
- Months after Sandy Tore Up Fire Island, Verizon’s Fix Gets Stormy Reception
- AT&T LTE Hits another 22 Markets - Expands Coverage in another Ten Markets
- Wireless to Surpass Home Broadband Spending This Year
- Hashtags in Bathrooms? CMT Displays #CMTawards above Toilets
- Washington State Government Shutdown? Inslee Concedes the Possibility
- Couldn’t Happen without Dams & Locks - Tall Ships Making Stop in Port of Pasco on June 8-16
- 69 Years Ago Today, the Allies Launched Massive Normandy Invasion on D-Day
- One Dead, One Injured in SW Mason County Motorcycle Crash
- Report: Gov’t Secretly Collecting Millions of Phone Records in U-S
- Washington State Courts Ignored Expert’s Warning that Computer System Was at Risk
- Douglas County Arrests Could Put a Dent in Metal Theft Plague, Sheriff Says
- U-S Security Agency Scraps Plan to Allow Small Knives on Planes
- Genetically Altered Wheat in Oregon Comes as No Surprise
- Average Gas Mileage of New Cars Hits Record High
WORD OF THE DAY
Orotund
• \ORE-uh-tund\ • Adjective - 1: marked by fullness, strength, and clarity of
sound: sonorous 2: pompous, bombastic.
The
rollers of crashing music washed over Frederick’s dinner guests in orotund waves,
its throbbing resonance causing wine glasses to hum to the vibrations of the Wagnerian
opera his stereo system was blasting into the enclosed dining space of his
small apartment. Conversation was impossible, as was hearing after exposure to
the eardrum bursting concert.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
California Officials Outraged at Transfers of PUC
Attorneys Investigating Deadly San Bruno Blast (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Feds Back California on JPMorgan Energy Trades (Sacramento Bee, CA)
APPA, TAPS Back Extension of Effective Date of Bulk
Electric System Definition, with Clarification (American
Public Power Association)
U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week (Associated Press)
Minnesota - Charges Brought In Theft of
Electricity (New Ulm Journal, MN)
Where Does Texas Rank in Power Outages? (Dallas
Business Journal, TX)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Rare Willamette Valley Salmon & Steelhead
Habitat Protected (Albany Tribune, OR)
http://www.albanytribune.com/05062013-rare-willamette-valley-salmon-and-steelhead-habitat-protected/
Birds Spread Nuclear Waste (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Thrifty Thurston Tours Taylor Shellfish Farms
(Thurston Talk, Olympia, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Sierra
Club Sues over Coal Dust from Uncovered Trains in Columbia River Gorge (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
Portland
Reservoir Plan Ignites New PUD Fight (Portland Tribune, OR)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Colorado’s
Governor Signs Controversial Rural Renewable-Energy Bill “…The bill also allows
rural cooperatives to add a monthly surcharge, up to 2 percent…to help pay for
projects needed to meet the goal…” (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Tidal
Energy Could Be Next Big Wave (Forbes Magazine)
National
Renewable Energy Lab Names Top 10 Utilities for Renewable Energy (Electric
Light & Power)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
NEEA,
Utilities & Northwest Builders Test the Market with New Homes Pilot (Herald
Online)
Start-Up
to Connect Home Appliances (NY Times)
Isn’t
It a Pain When Your Beer Fridge Knocks out the Entire Neighborhood’s Cell
Network? (Consumerist)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
United
Kingdom - Climate Change: Let’s Bury the Carbon Dioxide Problem (The Guardian,
UK)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
EPA
Biofuel Rule: Energy Solution or Economic Burden? (Christian Science Monitor)
Low-Cost
Leases Electrify Plug-In Car Sales on West Coast (Northwest
Public Radio)
Mount
Hood Community College Uses Solar Picnic Tables as Chargers (KGW TV, Portland, OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Obama to Seek More Internet Aid for Schools &
Libraries (NY Times)
NTIA: There Are Rural/Urban Broadband Subdivides
(MultiChannel)
Comcast’s Top Lobbyist Pens Editorial to Remind
Americans That US Broadband Service Is Awesome (TechDirt)
Months after Sandy Tore Up Fire Island, Verizon’s
Fix Gets Stormy Reception (New York Business Journal, NY)
AT&T LTE Hits another 22 Markets - Expands
Coverage in another Ten Markets (Broadband Reports)
Wireless to Surpass Home Broadband Spending This
Year - Which Of Course Should Surprise Nobody (Broadband Reports)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Hashtags in Bathrooms? CMT Displays #CMTawards
above Toilets (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Government Shutdown? Inslee
Concedes the Possibility (Crosscut Seattle)
Couldn’t Happen without Dams & Locks - Tall
Ships Making Stop in Port of Pasco on June 8-16 (Tri-City Herald, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
69 Years Ago Today, the Allies Launched Massive
Normandy Invasion on D-Day (U-S News & World Report)
One Dead, One Injured in SW Mason County Motorcycle
Crash (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Report: Gov’t Secretly Collecting Millions of Phone
Records in U-S (Associated Press)
Washington State Courts Ignored Expert’s Warning that
Computer System Was at Risk (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Douglas County Arrests Could Put a Dent in Metal
Theft Plague, Sheriff Says (Wenatchee World, WA)
U-S Security Agency Scraps Plan to Allow Small
Knives on Planes (Reuters)
Genetically Altered Wheat in Oregon Comes as No
Surprise (NY Times)
Average Gas Mileage of New Cars Hits Record High (Christian
Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/In-Gear/2013/0606/Average-gas-mileage-of-new-cars-hits-record-high
DIVERSIONS
Key
Peninsula 8th Graders Send Egg to Edge of Space, Passing over Yakima
Reefer
for Rover? Vet Recommends Marijuana for Sick Pets
Secret
Man Caves Found in EPA Warehouse
29
Valedictorians? That’s a Lot of Speeches
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Longest Day Soundtrack
(The
first four drum beats - dot-dot-dot-dash - represent Morse Code for “V”, for
Victory…also meant to reflect the beginning of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony)
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