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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for July 5, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Canada Defends Hydropower ‘Entitlement’ from U-S
Pacific Northwest (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Idaho - Cold Water Released at Dworshak Reservoir
Early (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Ultrafast Internet Service Launched by Vancouver,
B-C Start-Up (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Idaho
PUC: Don’t Burn Solar Users (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Governor Inslee Misses Some Top Priorities in First
Washington State Session (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Inslee-misses-some-top-priorities-in-first-session-214168491.html
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Canada Defends Hydropower ‘Entitlement’ from U-S Pacific Northwest
- Editorial - How Much for a Modern Columbia River Treaty?
- Editorial - Columbia River Treaty: Maintain the Goodwill That Has Worked
- Cowlitz Falls - Debt Extension on Small Project Yields Real Savings
- ‘Widespread Catastrophic Event’ Could Cripple B-C Hydro
- Grays Harbor PUD Outage May Have Been Due to Tampering
- Chelan PUD - Rocky Reach: Have a Dam Fine Time for Free
- Fallen Tree Shuts Down Tennessee Nuclear Reactor
- Idaho - Cold Water Released at Dworshak Reservoir Early
- Strange Fish Appearing in Columbia River
- Columbia River Northern Pikeminnow Reward Catch Figures
- New Law Protects Landowners from Liability in Salmon Projects
- Port Angeles Company Loses $6,000 worth of Hagfish after Port Angeles Mall Fire
- Editorial - Eat Your Fill, Tiger Muskies
- Washington State Budget Includes Clallam County Water Funds
- Idaho PUC: Don’t Burn Solar Users
- Hoku Corporation Files Bankruptcy
- Hoku Solar Will Fulfill Obligations in Hawaii despite Bankruptcy Filing
- Solar Panel Price War Claims Latest German Victim
- California - Riverside Signs Contract for Geothermal Power through 2039
- Committee Named to Review Colorado’s Latest Renewable Energy Law
- Why the Military Is a Game Changer for Clean Power
- Choosing the Right Bulb Has Never Been So Complicated
- “Just Get a Nest!” My Journey into the World of Connected Thermostats
- Obama’s Advocacy Group Lining Up Behind Clean Energy
- Ultrafast Internet Service Launched by Vancouver, B-C Start-Up
- Verizon Pursues All-Wireless Phone Service in Seaside New York Town
- Behind Every Cloud is an Upstart Computer Company
- House Dems Fight for Followers on Social Media
- Governor Inslee Misses Some Top Priorities in First Washington State Session
- U-S Senator Patty Murray Quietly Builds Power Center in Senate
- Olympia Woman Dies in Motorcycle Crash on 101 near Shelton
- Application Filed For New Natural Gas Pipeline through Lewis County
- Arizona Wildfire Prompts Congressional Hearing on Logging. The Right Focus?
- Port Townsend Begins the Search for a New Mascot
- The Inventor of the Computer Mouse Has Died. Here’s Why His Invention Took 30 Years to Catch On
WORD OF THE DAY
Esplanade
• \ESS-pluh-nodd\ • Noun - A level open stretch of paved or grassy ground;
especially: one designed for walking or driving along a shore.
Demetrius
drove his Escalade across the esplanade & got a ticket for leaving tire
tracks across the newly planted lawn.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Canada Defends Hydropower ‘Entitlement’ from U-S Pacific
Northwest (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Editorial - How Much for a Modern Columbia River Treaty?
(Wenatchee World, WA)
Editorial - Columbia River Treaty: Maintain the
Goodwill That Has Worked (Seattle Times, WA)
Cowlitz Falls - Debt Extension on Small Project
Yields Real Savings (Bonneville Power Administration)
‘Widespread Catastrophic Event’ Could Cripple B-C
Hydro - Rate increase to pay for upgrades inevitable, warns energy minister
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Grays Harbor PUD Outage May Have Been Due to
Tampering (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Chelan PUD - Rocky Reach: Have a Dam Fine Time for
Free (Chelan County PUD, Wenatchee, WA)
Fallen Tree Shuts Down Tennessee Nuclear Reactor (Forbes
Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho - Cold Water Released at Dworshak Reservoir
Early (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Strange Fish Appearing in Columbia River (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Columbia River Northern Pikeminnow Reward Catch
Figures (Seattle Times, WA)
New Law Protects Landowners from Liability in
Salmon Projects (Methow Valley News, Twisp, WA)
Port Angeles Company Loses $6,000 worth of
Hagfish after Port Angeles Mall Fire (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Editorial - Eat Your Fill, Tiger Muskies (Baker
City Herald, OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington
State Budget Includes Clallam County Water Funds (Sequim Gazette, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Idaho
PUC: Don’t Burn Solar Users (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Hoku
Corporation Files Bankruptcy (Associated Press)
Hoku
Solar Will Fulfill Obligations in Hawaii despite Bankruptcy Filing (Pacific
Business News, HI)
Solar
Panel Price War Claims Latest German Victim (Associated
Press)
California
- Riverside Signs Contract for Geothermal Power through 2039 (American Public Power Association)
Committee
Named to Review Colorado’s Latest Renewable Energy Law (Denver Business Journal,
CO)
Why
the Military Is a Game Changer for Clean Power (GigaOM)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Choosing
the Right Bulb Has Never Been So Complicated (Portland Press-Herald, ME)
“Just
Get a Nest!” My Journey into the World of Connected Thermostats (GigaOM)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Obama’s
Advocacy Group Lining Up Behind Clean Energy (USA
Today)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Ultrafast Internet Service Launched by Vancouver,
B-C Start-Up (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Verizon Pursues All-Wireless Phone Service in
Seaside New York Town (Washington Post)
Behind Every Cloud is an Upstart Computer Company (USA
Today)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
House Dems Fight for Followers on Social Media (U-S
News & World Report)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Governor Inslee Misses Some Top Priorities in First
Washington State Session (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Inslee-misses-some-top-priorities-in-first-session-214168491.html
U-S Senator Patty Murray Quietly Builds Power
Center in Senate (USA Today)
GENERAL NEWS
Olympia Woman Dies in Motorcycle Crash on 101 near
Shelton (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Application Filed For New Natural Gas Pipeline
through Lewis County (Seattle Times, WA)
Arizona Wildfire Prompts Congressional Hearing on
Logging. The Right Focus? (Christian Science Monitor)
Port Townsend Begins the Search for a New Mascot (Seattle
Times, WA)
The Inventor of the Computer Mouse Has Died. Here’s
Why His Invention Took 30 Years to Catch On (Washington Post)
DIVERSIONS
Disabled
Duck with New Foot & an AFLAC Sponsorship Starts His Victory Laps
Paint
Made From People: The Fascinating History behind Extinct Colors
Harry
Potter’s Diagon Alley Is Now on Google Street View
Note Graphic Content - Photos: Battle of Gettysburg’s
150th Anniversary (July 1-3) Relives Civil War Carnage (U-S News & World
Report)
SONG OF THE DAY
Elton
John - Madman across the Water
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