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News Digest Word Cloud for June 7, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Google Proposes New Data Center in the Dalles
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Hedging Plan Reaps Millions for Chelan PUD (Wenatchee World, WA)
California Utility Will Close Troubled San Onofre
Nuclear Plant (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Mt.
Bachelor Joins Climate Push (Bend Bulletin, OR)
Hoodsport Area - Where There’s Smoke, There’s
Prescribed Fire (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Hedging Plan Reaps Millions for Chelan PUD
- California Utility Will Close Troubled San Onofre Nuclear Plant
- Small Reactor Developers Face Funding Challenges, SNL Reports
- Ohio - Goldfish Caper at Perry Nuclear Power Plant Has Been Solved
- Keeping Power Lines from Trees a Challenge for Co-Ops
- What is the Smart Grid, Really?
- Oregon Tribe Secures Stretch of Santiam for Salmon
- Lamprey Ramp Installed on North Umpqua Dam
- Sea to Shining Sea - Salmon Fishing with the Nez Perce
- Farm Subsidies Leading to More Water Use
- Portland General Electric Beats Rest of Utilities for Green Power Sales
- Op/Ed - A Sweet Deal on Solar for Consumers
- A New Spin on “Intelligent” Wind Energy
- Lighten Your Load with LEDs & Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs
- Mt. Bachelor Joins Climate Push
- Op/Ed - Warming World: It’s Time to Give Up the 2 Degree Target
- Google Proposes New Data Center in the Dalles
- Obama Wants Faster Internet in US Schools. Would You Pay $5 a Year For It?
- U-S Intelligence Mining Data from Nine U-S Internet Companies in Broad Secret Program
- AT&T Says It’s Connecting More Devices
- Is the Internet Green? Yes & No
- Facebook Finally Ditching Those “Sponsored Stories” We All Love So Very Much
- Former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to Work on Energy, Tribal Issues for Int’l Law Firm in Denver
- Hoodsport Area - Where There’s Smoke, There’s Prescribed Fire
- Olympia Couple Sued by WA Attorney General Over Timeshare Scheme
- I-5 Clark County Closure Starting Tonight Could be ‘Carmaggedon’
- How Congress unknowingly legalized PRISM in 2007
- Mason Area Fair Is On - July 26-28
- British Columbia City Puts Chicken Manure on Homeless Encampment
WORD OF THE DAY
In
honor of “National Doughnut Day,” I took a dip in the WOTD archives:
Toroidal • \ tor-OYD-ul \ • adjective - Of,
relating to, or shaped like a torus or toroid: doughnut-shaped
Frederic could not understand the lack of business
at his new bakery. In a town renowned for its love of doughnuts, no one was
interested in visiting his aptly, but unfortunately named, “Frederic’s Toroidal
Pastry Shack”.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Hedging Plan Reaps Millions for Chelan PUD (Wenatchee World, WA)
California Utility Will Close Troubled San Onofre
Nuclear Plant (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Small Reactor Developers Face Funding Challenges,
SNL Reports (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
Ohio - Goldfish Caper at Perry Nuclear Power
Plant Has Been Solved (Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH)
Keeping Power Lines from Trees a Challenge for
Co-Ops (Santa Fe New Mexican – How about keeping trees from power lines…)
What is the Smart Grid, Really? (Electronic
Design)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon Tribe Secures Stretch of Santiam for
Salmon (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Lamprey Ramp Installed on North Umpqua Dam (Associated Press)
Sea to Shining Sea - Salmon Fishing with the Nez
Perce “…with lots of fish hatchery activity & fish ladders to allow the
salmon to get past the dams, the fish are coming back…”
(Cape Cod
Gazette, MA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Farm
Subsidies Leading to More Water Use (NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Portland
General Electric Beats Rest of Utilities for Green Power Sales (Portland
Tribune, OR)
Op/Ed
- A Sweet Deal on Solar for Consumers (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
A
New Spin on “Intelligent” Wind Energy (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Lighten
Your Load with LEDs & Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (Lake Stevens
Journal. WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Mt.
Bachelor Joins Climate Push (Bend Bulletin, OR)
Op/Ed
- Warming World: It’s Time to Give Up the 2 Degree Target (Der Spiegel)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Proposes New Data Center in the Dalles (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Obama Wants Faster Internet in US Schools. Would You
Pay $5 a Year For It? (Christian Science Monitor)
U-S Intelligence Mining Data from Nine U-S Internet
Companies in Broad Secret Program (Washington Post)
AT&T Says It’s Connecting More Devices (Associated
Press)
Is the Internet Green? Yes & No (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook Finally Ditching Those “Sponsored Stories”
We All Love So Very Much (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to Work on
Energy, Tribal Issues for Int’l Law Firm in Denver (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Hoodsport Area - Where There’s Smoke, There’s
Prescribed Fire (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Olympia Couple Sued by WA Attorney General Over
Timeshare Scheme (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
I-5 Clark County Closure Starting Tonight Could be ‘Carmaggedon’
(Northwest Cable News Network)
How Congress unknowingly legalized PRISM in 2007 (Washington
Post)
Mason Area Fair Is On - July 26-28 (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
British Columbia City Puts Chicken Manure on
Homeless Encampment (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
DIVERSIONS
That
Was Some Kick: Stunned Runner Didn’t Even Realize She Was Pregnant
Murder
of Crows Dive-Bombing Everett Residents, Police
Maps
Show How U-S Regions Speak Differently
Free
Donuts! Everything You Need to Know to Celebrate National Donut Day
SONG OF THE DAY
Isaac
Hayes - Shaft Theme
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