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News Digest Word Cloud for July 24, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power Administration Employees Told to
Speak Out About Concerns without Fear of Retaliation (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspecting Richland
Nuke Plant after Issue Discovered (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Bad Generator Cost Millions in Power Sales, Seattle
City Light City Learns Belatedly (Seattle Times - Paywall Advisory)
Killing Barred Owls Will Aid Recovery of Oregon’s
Spotted Owls, Federal Wildlife Officials Believe (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Most
Recent Estimate: Oregon’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions Have Stopped Increasing (Northwest Public Radio)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration Employees Told to Speak Out About Concerns without Fear of Retaliation
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspecting Richland Nuke Plant after Issue Discovered
- Bad Generator Cost Millions in Power Sales, Seattle City Light City Learns Belatedly
- Cowlitz PUD Prepares for Residential Rate Increase
- Tacoma Voters Will Decide Whether to Raise Taxes on Utilities
- Mason County PUD 3 Says “Learn the Shocking Truth at the Mason Area Fair”
- FERC Affirms Nearly $500 Million in Penalties against Barclays for Western Market Manipulation, JP Morgan Could Be Next
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District Helps Schools Help Students Learn the Business of Energy Efficiency
- Heat Wave, Fires Dog Electric Co-ops
- Senate Committee to Discuss How to Choose Nuclear Waste Sites
- Jim Hansen Presses the Climate Case for Nuclear Energy
- The Smart Grid Means Standing Room Only in Silicon Valley
- More Regs Could Raise Hydro Costs
- Minnesota - Court: Stray Electricity Flowed through Cows, Cut Milk Production at Dairy
- A Prepaid Electricity Success Story
- Killing Barred Owls Will Aid Recovery of Oregon’s Spotted Owls, Federal Wildlife Officials Believe
- British Columbia Fish Farm Company Wins Cash Award in Appeal against Salmon Farming ‘Zealot’
- Trinity River Water Could Save Klamath Fish, But California Farmers Need It Too
- Maine - Breaching of Veazie Dam Begins As Part of Penobscot River Restoration
- In The Hot Deschutes River, Portland General Electric to Study Impact Of Round Butte Reservoir Mixing Towers
- Anacortes Bubbling over North America’s Biggest Bottling Plant
- California Ranks among Top Six Solar States
- Puget Sound Energy Wind Farm Lets You Bike, Hike or Hunt among Towering Turbines
- Hydropower: The Unsung Hero of Renewable Energy
- The Hydroelectric Dam in the Room
- South Sound Solar Hires Tony Dubes
- Ontario Power Conservation Message Short-Circuiting with Public, Experts Say
- Co-op On-Bill Financing Pilot a Hit
- Energy Innovation: Nest Rush Hour Rewards Save Money
- Smart Bulb: Inventor Raises $32,000 for Line of ‘Smart’ Light Bulbs
- Most Recent Estimate: Oregon’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions Have Stopped Increasing
- “Hockey Stick Graph” Climate Researcher’s Defamation Suit to Go Forward
- U-S Companies Need to Plan for Extreme Weather: Column
- Governor Inslee Sees More Washington State Jobs in Carbon Fiber Vehicles
- Cell Service to Improve in Mason County
- Residents Forced to Live Without Landlines
- Op/Ed - America’s Broadband Blues
- The World’s Biggest Data Breaches of the Last Decade
- This Seattle Company is Likely behind Your Favorite Social Media Accounts
- YouTube Keeps Pushing Viewers to Use Channels, Takes Subscribe Button Everywhere
- Strengthen Your Brand through Social Media
- Washington State’s Credit Outlook Moves from ‘Negative’ to ‘Stable’
- Unemployment Up in Mason County
- Vancouver Port OKs Oil Train Terminal
- Boeing Profit Up 13 Percent as Commercial Plane Sales Soar
- Tribal Casinos Report Increase in Revenue
- Mason County Sending Fairgrounds Letter to FAA
- Business Honors to Three Mason County women
WORD OF THE DAY
Chicanery
• \shick-KAYN-nuh-ree\ • Noun - 1: deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry:
trickery 2: a piece of sharp practice (as at law): trick
Look!
Chicanery
Diversion
from the real truth
Done
by sleight of hand
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville Power Administration Employees Told to
Speak Out About Concerns without Fear of Retaliation (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspecting Richland
Nuke Plant after Issue Discovered (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Bad Generator Cost Millions in Power Sales, Seattle
City Light City Learns Belatedly (Seattle Times - Paywall Advisory)
Cowlitz PUD Prepares for Residential Rate Increase (Longview Daily News, WA)
Tacoma Voters Will Decide Whether to Raise Taxes on
Utilities (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Mason County PUD 3 Says “Learn the Shocking Truth
at the Mason Area Fair” (Mason County PUD No. 3, Shelton, WA)
FERC Affirms Nearly $500 Million in Penalties against
Barclays for Western Market Manipulation, JP Morgan Could Be Next (GTH Energy
& Natural Resources Law Blog)
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Helps Schools
Help Students Learn the Business of Energy Efficiency (Northwest Public Power
Association)
Heat Wave, Fires Dog Electric Co-ops (Electric
Co-op Today)
Senate Committee to Discuss How to Choose Nuclear
Waste Sites (Augusta Chronicle, GA)
Jim Hansen Presses the Climate Case for Nuclear
Energy (NY Times)
The Smart Grid Means Standing Room Only in Silicon
Valley (The Energy Collective)
More Regs Could Raise Hydro Costs (Electric Co-op
Today)
Minnesota - Court: Stray Electricity Flowed through
Cows, Cut Milk Production at Dairy (Minneapolis Star-Tribune, MN)
http://m.startribune.com/?id=216480981
http://m.startribune.com/?id=216480981
A Prepaid Electricity Success Story (Electric Co-op
Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Killing Barred Owls Will Aid Recovery of Oregon’s
Spotted Owls, Federal Wildlife Officials Believe (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
British
Columbia Fish Farm Company Wins Cash Award in Appeal against Salmon Farming ‘Zealot’
(Vancouver Sun, BC)
Trinity
River Water Could Save Klamath Fish, But California Farmers Need It Too (Northwest Public Radio)
Maine
- Breaching of Veazie Dam Begins As Part of Penobscot River Restoration (Bangor
Daily News, ME)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
In
The Hot Deschutes River, Portland General Electric to Study Impact Of Round
Butte Reservoir Mixing Towers (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Anacortes
Bubbling over North America’s Biggest Bottling Plant (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
California
Ranks among Top Six Solar States (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Puget
Sound Energy Wind Farm Lets You Bike, Hike or Hunt among Towering Turbines (Seattle Times - Paywall Advisory)
Hydropower:
The Unsung Hero of Renewable Energy (Christian Science Monitor)
The
Hydroelectric Dam in the Room (Investing Daily)
South
Sound Solar Hires Tony Dubes (Olympian, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Ontario
Power Conservation Message Short-Circuiting with Public, Experts Say (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
Co-op
On-Bill Financing Pilot a Hit - Energy efficiency upgrades are great—if you
have the money (Electric Co-op Today)
Energy
Innovation: Nest Rush Hour Rewards Save Money (The Energy Collective)
Smart
Bulb: Inventor Raises $32,000 for Line of ‘Smart’ Light Bulbs (Technical.Ly Philly,
PA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Most
Recent Estimate: Oregon’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions Have Stopped Increasing (Northwest Public Radio)
“Hockey
Stick Graph” Climate Researcher’s Defamation Suit to Go Forward (Ars Technica)
U-S
Companies Need to Plan for Extreme Weather: Column (USA Today)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Governor
Inslee Sees More Washington State Jobs in Carbon Fiber Vehicles (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Cell Service to Improve in Mason County (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
Residents Forced to Live Without Landlines (National Public Radio)
Op/Ed - America’s Broadband Blues - Forget the
feel-good reports, The industry isn’t doing enough to wire the country (Los
Angeles Times, CA)
The World’s Biggest Data Breaches of the Last
Decade (GigaOM)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
This Seattle Company is Likely behind Your Favorite
Social Media Accounts (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2013/07/this-seattle-company-is-behind-social.html
YouTube Keeps Pushing Viewers to Use Channels,
Takes Subscribe Button Everywhere (GigaOM)
Strengthen Your Brand through Social Media (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State’s Credit Outlook Moves from ‘Negative’
to ‘Stable’ (Northwest Public Radio)
GENERAL NEWS
Unemployment Up in Mason County (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Vancouver Port OKs Oil Train Terminal (KOIN-TV, Portland,
OR)
Boeing Profit Up 13 Percent as Commercial Plane
Sales Soar (Reuters)
Tribal Casinos Report Increase in Revenue (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Mason County Sending Fairgrounds Letter to FAA (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Business Honors to Three Mason County women (South
Sound Business Examiner)
DIVERSIONS
City
of Salem Denies PETA’s Request to Build Chicken Statue
‘Cubicle
Guy’ Behind Weiner Captivates Internet
Cashier
Allegedly Scammed Lottery Winner Out Of $5 Million Ticket, Waited 6 Years to
Cash It In
Watch
Goodyear Build Its New Blimp-Replacing Zeppelin
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Police - Every Breath You Take
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