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News Digest Word Cloud for July 16, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Drummond Reportedly Out in Bonneville Power Administration
Management Shakeup (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Bonneville Power Administration Management
Violated Hiring Practices, May Have Retaliated against Whistleblowers, Federal Investigation
Says (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Yakima Area Residents Question Logic of 14.1% Electricity
Rate Hike (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
New
Wind Farm Proposed East of Ellensburg (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/latestlocalnews/1326479-8/new-wind-farm-proposed-east-of-ellensburg
Warm Weather & Threat of Lightning Increases
Wildfire Danger (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Drummond Reportedly Out in Bonneville Power Administration Management Shakeup
- DOE Appoints Elliot Mainzer Interim Leader of Bonneville Power Administration; Bill Drummond's Fate Unclear
- Bonneville Power Administration Management Violated Hiring Practices, May Have Retaliated against Whistleblowers, Federal Investigation Says
- Yakima Area Residents Question Logic of 14.1% Electricity Rate Hike
- Getting Charged Up Over Energy in Idaho
- Prehistoric Art, Lewis & Clark Trail in Path of Federal Power Project
- Leadership Changes Continue at Tennessee Valley Authority
- California - Utilities Weigh Options for Replacing Lost San Onofre Nuclear Capacity
- Power Outages Are Bad, Portable Generators Are Worse
- Projects along the Columbia River & I-84 to Make Wetlands More Hospitable to Salmon
- Fighting (And Cooking) Invasive Crayfish in Pacific Northwest Waters
- Spokane-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer Project Wraps Up
- California - Stakes Are High in State, Federal Water Contract Negotiations
- What's In the Water? City of Longview's Switch Stirs Up Complaints
- Low Great Lakes Levels Raise Concerns for Midwest Power Plants
- New Wind Farm Proposed East of Ellensburg
- Port Of Olympia Earns Return on Solar Power Investment
- These Maps Show the Best Places to Put Solar & Wind Power - It’s Not Where You Think
- Forest Biomass Loses in Court Ruling
- Virginia Power Company Converts First of Three Coal Plants to Biomass
- States Defend Clean-Energy Mandates Targeted by Conservatives
- The Dirty Secret of Britain's Power Madness
- Dunes, Reefs & Kelp Forests Protect U-S Coast from Climate Change
- Free Market Is Best Way to Combat Climate Change, Study Suggests
- Ten Electric Car Charging Stations to Open in Centralia
- Washington State Acknowledges Washington Data Center Was Overbuilt
- Oregon Government's Computer Server Hit by 'Catastrophic Failure'
- Very Few Use the Broadband Radios on Their Tablets
- Landline Phones Go the Way of the Telegram
- Warm Weather & Threat of Lightning Increases Wildfire Danger
- Columbia River Crossing Project Adviser Investigated for Ethics Violations
- Portland Firefighter Suffers Electrical Shock, Head Injury While Battling Southwest Portland Fire
- Airline to Sue San Francisco TV Station over Bogus Names
WORD OF THE DAY
Millefleur
• \meal-FLERR\ • Adjective – Bernice was the true definition of a wallflower.
Of course no one asked her to dance at the prom. The dress she wore with the
delightful millefleur design was the exact color and pattern as the ballroom
wallpaper. Sitting in her chair, the only way one knew she was there was when
she blinked, so effective was her unintentional camouflage.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Drummond Reportedly Out in Bonneville Power Administration
Management Shakeup (Sustainable Business Oregon)
DOE Appoints Elliot Mainzer Interim Leader of
Bonneville Power Administration; Bill Drummond's Fate Unclear (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
Bonneville Power Administration Management
Violated Hiring Practices, May Have Retaliated against Whistleblowers, Federal Investigation
Says (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Yakima Area Residents Question Logic of 14.1% Electricity
Rate Hike (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Getting Charged Up Over Energy in Idaho (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
Prehistoric Art, Lewis & Clark Trail in Path of
Federal Power Project (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Potential)
Leadership Changes Continue at Tennessee Valley
Authority (Knoxville News-Sentinel, TN)
California - Utilities Weigh Options for
Replacing Lost San Onofre Nuclear Capacity (Platts)
Power Outages Are Bad, Portable Generators Are
Worse (Forbes Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Projects along the Columbia River & I-84 to
Make Wetlands More Hospitable to Salmon (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Fighting (And Cooking) Invasive Crayfish in
Pacific Northwest Waters (Northwest Public Radio)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Spokane-Rathdrum
Prairie Aquifer Project Wraps Up (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
California
- Stakes Are High in State, Federal Water Contract Negotiations (Sacramento Bee, CA)
What's
In the Water? City of Longview's Switch Stirs Up Complaints (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Low
Great Lakes Levels Raise Concerns for Midwest Power Plants (Midwest Energy News)
http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2013/07/16/low-lake-levels-raise-concerns-for-midwest-power-plants/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
New
Wind Farm Proposed East of Ellensburg (Yakima Herald-Republic,
WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/latestlocalnews/1326479-8/new-wind-farm-proposed-east-of-ellensburg
Port
Of Olympia Earns Return on Solar Power Investment (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
These
Maps Show the Best Places to Put Solar & Wind Power - It’s Not Where You
Think (Washington Post)
Forest
Biomass Loses in Court Ruling (Earth Techling)
Virginia
Power Company Converts First of Three Coal Plants to Biomass (Associated Press)
States
Defend Clean-Energy Mandates Targeted by Conservatives (Bloomberg News)
The
Dirty Secret of Britain's Power Madness - Polluting diesel generators built in
secret by foreign companies to kick in when there's no wind for turbines (The
Daily Mail, UK)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Dunes,
Reefs & Kelp Forests Protect U-S Coast from Climate Change (Science World)
Free
Market Is Best Way to Combat Climate Change, Study Suggests (e! Science News)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Ten
Electric Car Charging Stations to Open in Centralia (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington State Acknowledges Washington Data
Center Was Overbuilt (Northwest Public Radio)
Oregon Government's Computer Server Hit by
'Catastrophic Failure' (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Very Few Use the Broadband Radios on Their Tablets (Broadband
Reports)
Landline Phones Go the Way of the Telegram (Forbes
Magazine)
GENERAL NEWS
Warm Weather & Threat of Lightning Increases
Wildfire Danger (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Columbia River Crossing Project Adviser
Investigated for Ethics Violations (KGW TV, Portland, OR)
Portland Firefighter Suffers Electrical Shock, Head
Injury While Battling Southwest Portland Fire (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Airline to Sue San Francisco TV Station over Bogus
Names (Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
Yum:
Twinkies Are Back
Suspected
Drunk Driver Assaulted after Crashing into Home
That’s
not a Meal; it’s a Circus Act - Wendy’s Halts Sale of 9-patty ‘T-Rex’ Burger
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Greg Kihn Band - The Breakup Song
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