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News Digest Word Cloud for August 2, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
U-S House Committee Grills Energy, Bonneville
Officials Over Allegations of Retaliation, Improper Hiring (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
Columbia
RiverKeeper Suit Alleges Dam-Based Pollution (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Sediment
behind Dams Creates Greenhouse Gas ‘Hot Spots,’ Study Finds (Los Angeles Times,
CA)
Avista Requests Rate Hikes in Idaho (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Hydropower
Dam Project Proposed in Central Oregon (Associated
Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- U-S House Committee Grills Energy, Bonneville Officials Over Allegations of Retaliation, Improper Hiring
- Department of Energy Administrator Tells Congress He Did Not Muzzle BPA Whistleblowers
- Bonneville Power Administration Leader Says Poor Performance, Not Retaliation, Led to Personnel Actions against Employees
- Congress Tells Bonneville Power Administration, Department Of Energy to Compensate Victims of Hiring Discrimination
- Bonneville Power Administration Made a Mistake in Its Hiring Practices but Did Not Intend to Discriminate, Decker Tells House Panel
- Department of Energy’s Bonneville Power Administration: Discriminating against Veterans & Retaliating against Whistleblowers
- Avista Requests Rate Hikes in Idaho
- Idaho Power’s Parent Company Reports $45 Million Net Income for Quarter
- Pollution Board: Okanogan PUD Must Consider Visual Impact of Flows at Enloe Dam
- Janney Pondering Offer to Stay at Chelan PUD
- Moody’s Assigns Aa3 to Grant PUD’s Revenue Bonds; Outlook Stable
- Mason PUD 3 Harstine Island Tree Trimming to Begin August 5
- Washington State Officials Set Two-Year Study for Washington Coal Trains
- Conservatives ID Next Confirmation Fight: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Florida Nuclear Power Project Is Dropped
- U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week
- Wisconsin - We Energies Loses Its Top User
- New Tools for Keeping the Lights On
- Columbia RiverKeeper Suit Alleges Dam-Based Pollution
- Fall Chinook Season Opens on Lower Columbia
- A Swimming Scene
- Witnesses & Members Agree on the Need for Transparency in Data Used for Endangered Species Decisions – Washington State Man Testifies
- Pot Farm Pollution: Too Dangerous to Deal With?
- Hydropower Dam Project Proposed in Central Oregon
- U-S Geothermal Completes New Eastern Oregon Energy Plant
- Wildfire Reaches Wind Farm Near Ellensburg
- States Argue for Cutting Off Solar Subsidies
- Los Angeles Completes World’s Largest LED Street Light Retrofit
- Belkin Gadget Will Reveal How Much Energy Your Devices Use
- Sediment behind Dams Creates Greenhouse Gas ‘Hot Spots,’ Study Finds
- Editorial: A Car, Lighter by Two Dams
- Will Anything Come of Idaho High Schools’ Wi-Fi Flap?
- CenturyLink Reaches Deal with Union
- Cord Cutters Alert: 5 Percent of Broadband Users Watch All Their TV Online
- Google Fiber, Net Neutrality & the Regulatory Challenges in the Age of Gigabit Broadband
- Firefighters Getting Upper Hand on Huge Wildfire; Cost Hits $3.5 Million
- Air Quality in Rogue Valley Now ‘Hazardous’
- Southern Oregon Wildfires Ignite Scam: False Evacuation Alerts
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: Thurston County Can’t Tax Great Wolf Lodge
- Group Files Suit to Stop Tacoma’s Utility Tax Proposition
- Bellevue Developer Convicted in ‘Massive’ Tax Evasion Scheme
- Pretrial Issues Are Focus Today at Port Angeles Bulldozer-Rampage Hearing
- Tribal Canoes Land - Paddle to Quinault 2013
WORD OF THE DAY
Footle
• \FOO-tul\ • Verb - 1: To talk or act foolishly 2: to waste time: trifle, fool
“MISTER
Peebles, stop your footling around,” bellowed the master sergeant to the
fresh-faced recruit. For some reason the combination of Peebles and Footle made
the observing General laugh…thinking what a wonderful name that would be for a
pub in his West Virginia home town.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
A CHILD’S TREASURY OF HEARINGS - BPA’S DAY AT CONGRESS
U-S House Committee Grills Energy, Bonneville
Officials Over Allegations of Retaliation, Improper Hiring (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
Department of Energy Administrator Tells Congress
He Did Not Muzzle BPA Whistleblowers (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Bonneville Power Administration Leader Says Poor
Performance, Not Retaliation, Led to Personnel Actions against Employees (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
Congress Tells Bonneville Power Administration,
Department Of Energy to Compensate Victims of Hiring Discrimination (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
Bonneville
Power Administration Made a Mistake in Its Hiring Practices but Did Not Intend
to Discriminate, Decker Tells House Panel (American Public
Power Association)
Department of Energy’s Bonneville Power
Administration: Discriminating against Veterans & Retaliating against
Whistleblowers (U-S House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Avista Requests Rate Hikes in Idaho (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Idaho Power’s Parent Company Reports $45 Million
Net Income for Quarter (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Pollution Board: Okanogan PUD Must Consider
Visual Impact of Flows at Enloe Dam (Methow Valley News, Twisp, WA)
Janney Pondering Offer to Stay at Chelan PUD (Wenatchee World, WA)
Moody’s Assigns Aa3 to Grant PUD’s Revenue Bonds;
Outlook Stable (Moody’s Investor Service)
Mason PUD 3 Harstine Island Tree Trimming to Begin
August 5 (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Washington State Officials Set Two-Year Study for
Washington Coal Trains (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Conservatives ID Next Confirmation Fight: Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (Politico)
Florida Nuclear Power Project Is Dropped (NY
Times)
U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week (Associated
Press)
Wisconsin - We Energies Loses Its Top User (Milwaukee
Journal-Sentinel, WI)
New Tools for Keeping the Lights On (NY Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia
RiverKeeper Suit Alleges Dam-Based Pollution (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Fall Chinook Season Opens on Lower Columbia (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
A Swimming Scene (Wenatchee
World, WA)
Witnesses & Members Agree on the Need for Transparency
in Data Used for Endangered Species Decisions – Washington State Man Testifies
(U-S House Natural Resources Committee)
Pot
Farm Pollution: Too Dangerous to Deal With? (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Hydropower
Dam Project Proposed in Central Oregon (Associated
Press)
U-S
Geothermal Completes New Eastern Oregon Energy Plant (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Wildfire
Reaches Wind Farm Near Ellensburg (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
States
Argue for Cutting Off Solar Subsidies (Fox News)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Los Angeles Completes World’s Largest LED Street
Light Retrofit (Forbes Magazine)
Belkin
Gadget Will Reveal How Much Energy Your Devices Use (MIT Technology Review)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Sediment
behind Dams Creates Greenhouse Gas ‘Hot Spots,’ Study Finds (Los Angeles Times,
CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Editorial:
A Car, Lighter by Two Dams (Wenatchee World, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Will Anything Come of Idaho High Schools’ Wi-Fi Flap?
(Idaho Statesman, Boise)
CenturyLink Reaches Deal with Union (Associated
Press)
Cord Cutters Alert: 5 Percent of Broadband Users
Watch All Their TV Online (GigaOM)
Google Fiber, Net Neutrality & the Regulatory
Challenges in the Age of Gigabit Broadband (GigaOM)
GENERAL NEWS
Firefighters Getting Upper Hand on Huge Wildfire;
Cost Hits $3.5 Million (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Air Quality in Rogue Valley Now ‘Hazardous’ (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
Southern Oregon Wildfires Ignite Scam: False
Evacuation Alerts (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: Thurston County Can’t
Tax Great Wolf Lodge (Olympian, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Group Files Suit to Stop Tacoma’s Utility Tax
Proposition (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Bellevue Developer Convicted in ‘Massive’ Tax
Evasion Scheme (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Pretrial Issues Are Focus Today at Port Angeles Bulldozer-Rampage
Hearing (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Tribal Canoes Land - Paddle to Quinault 2013 (Thurston
Talks, Olympia, WA)
DIVERSIONS
New
Drone Airplane Program Sets Out to Find Bigfoot
UK
Lawmakers Told Not To Rub Statues’ Toes
Clients
Drop $180 for Bird Poop Facials at NYC Spa
Nevada
Brewpub Shames Patron Online for Unpaid Tab
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Beatles - I’ve Just Seen a Face
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