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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for October 22, 2013
HOT
SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Colorado
Governor Signs Controversial Renewable Energy Bill into Law (Burlington Record,
CO)
DOE’s
Poneman Says Regions Will Be Consulted on Bonneville Power Administration,
Western Area Power Administration Joining an Energy Imbalance Market (American
Public Power Association)
Stoel
Rives Snags Top U-S Energy Regulator to Join Law Practice (Oregonian, Portland)
U-S
Carbon Dioxide Pollution Down 3.8 Percent (Associated
Press)
Some
Retailers Rejecting Modified Salmon (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
NEWS
HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- DOE’s Poneman Says Regions Will Be Consulted on Bonneville Power Administration, Western Area Power Administration Joining an Energy Imbalance Market
- Stoel Rives Snags Top U-S Energy Regulator to Join Law Practice
- Bonneville Power Administration Tests New Seismic Technology at Ross Complex
- Benton PUD Customers Target of Scam
- City Of Buckley Will Vote on Selling Natural Gas Utility
- The Problem with California’s Energy Storage Mandate
- New England Could See Price Spikes This Winter, But Rest of Country Looks Stable, FERC Says
- Plan to Bury District of Columbia Power Lines Remains Sketchy
- Analysis: U-S ‘War on Coal’ May Be Good Fight for Some Manufacturers
- Some Retailers Rejecting Modified Salmon
- Alligator Snapping Turtle Found In Oregon Reservoir
- Colorado Governor Signs Controversial Renewable Energy Bill into Law
- Solar Energy Campaign Launched in South Kitsap Will Benefit Habitat for Humanity
- Alaska: Wind Power Complaint against Golden Valley Electric Association Rejected
- TransAlta Renewables Announces Acquisition of 144 MW Wyoming Wind Farm
- U-S Interior Secretary: Wind Power Progress in Rhode Island
- Video: ‘Wind Turbine Syndrome’ Blamed for Mysterious Symptoms in Cape Cod Town
- Reading the Renewable Energy Tea Leaves in Latest FERC Report
- United Kingdom: Nuclear Power Station Will Avoid ‘Blight’ of 30,000 Wind Turbines, Minister Says
- Weatherizing Homes to Uniform Standard Can Achieve $33 Billion in Annual Energy Savings
- U-S Carbon Dioxide Pollution Down 3.8 Percent
- Critique of the IPCC’s Summary for Policymakers
- Seven Stunning Passive Houses That Will Cost Just Pennies to Heat This Winter
- Connected TV Points the Way Forward for the Internet of Things
- Apple Environmental Chief: Clean Energy Sourcing Takes Creativity
- How Google’s Hummingbird Update Crippled Search Results
- Yahoo Again Tops Google in U-S Web Visitors in September
- Is Verizon A Better Option Than AT&T In The Rural Wireless Market?
- When Facebook Was Down, Brands Pounced
- Facebook Average Referral Traffic to Media Sites Up 170% This Year
- How Pinterest Is Killing It in Referral Traffic
- Five Questions to Ask Before Allowing Employees to Use Personal Devices for Work
- State Senate Race Is the Most Expensive in Washington State History
- Puget Sound Area Grocery Strike Averted As Union, Stores Reach Tentative Agreement
- Continued Effort to Save the Mason County Fairground
- Coal Port Foe Heads National American Indian Group
- Steve Duin: New Owners Swing the Ax at KATU & KOMO
- Watch, Warning, or Advisory? What Do They Mean?
- Cops Use Google Earth to Bust Oregon Pot Garden
WORD
OF THE DAY
Personify
• \purr-SAWN-if-fie\ • Verb - To have a lot of (a particular quality): to be
the perfect example of a person who has (a quality). To think of or represent
(a thing or idea) as a person or as having human qualities or powers.
Bartholomew
personified the studly aspect of accounting. The bulging forearm above his ten-key
hand looked as if it had small mice running up and down the muscles as he
tapped out the credits and debits. The only down side is that his other arm was
normal-sized, so he looked to all as if he were one-half a Popeye.
SHELTON
FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY
& UTILITY ISSUES
DOE’s
Poneman Says Regions Will Be Consulted on Bonneville Power Administration, Western
Area Power Administration Joining an Energy Imbalance Market (American Public
Power Association)
Stoel
Rives Snags Top U-S Energy Regulator to Join Law Practice (Oregonian, Portland)
Bonneville
Power Administration Tests New Seismic Technology at Ross Complex (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Benton
PUD Customers Target of Scam (Tri-City Herald, WA)
City
Of Buckley Will Vote on Selling Natural Gas Utility (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
The
Problem with California’s Energy Storage Mandate (The Energy Collective)
New
England Could See Price Spikes This Winter, But Rest of Country Looks Stable, FERC
Says (American Public Power Association)
Plan
to Bury District of Columbia Power Lines Remains Sketchy (Washington, DC
Business Journal)
Analysis: U-S ‘War on Coal’ May Be Good Fight for
Some Manufacturers (Reuters)
FISH
& WILDLIFE
Some
Retailers Rejecting Modified Salmon (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Alligator
Snapping Turtle Found In Oregon Reservoir (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE
ENERGY
Colorado
Governor Signs Controversial Renewable Energy Bill into Law (Burlington Record,
CO)
Solar
Energy Campaign Launched in South Kitsap Will Benefit Habitat for Humanity (Kitsap
Peninsula Business Journal, WA)
Alaska:
Wind Power Complaint against Golden Valley Electric Association Rejected
(Fairbanks News-Miner, AK)
TransAlta
Renewables Announces Acquisition of 144 MW Wyoming Wind Farm (MarketWatch)
U-S
Interior Secretary: Wind Power Progress in Rhode Island (Associated Press)
Video:
‘Wind Turbine Syndrome’ Blamed for Mysterious Symptoms in Cape Cod Town (ABC
News)
Reading
the Renewable Energy Tea Leaves in Latest FERC Report (The Energy Collective)
United
Kingdom: Nuclear Power Station Will Avoid ‘Blight’ of 30,000 Wind Turbines,
Minister Says (The Telegraph, UK)
CONSERVATION
& EFFICIENCY
Weatherizing
Homes to Uniform Standard Can Achieve $33 Billion in Annual Energy Savings (Science
Blog)
CLIMATE
CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U-S
Carbon Dioxide Pollution Down 3.8 Percent (Associated
Press)
Critique
of the IPCC’s Summary for Policymakers (Tucson Citizen, AZ)
BARREL
O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Seven
Stunning Passive Houses That Will Cost Just Pennies to Heat This Winter (The
Energy Collective)
TECHNOLOGY
& TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Connected TV Points the Way Forward for the
Internet of Things (GigaOM)
Apple Environmental Chief: Clean Energy Sourcing
Takes Creativity (Forbes Magazine)
How Google’s Hummingbird Update Crippled Search
Results (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
Yahoo
Again Tops Google in U-S Web Visitors in September (Associated Press)
Is
Verizon A Better Option Than AT&T In The Rural Wireless Market? (Seeking
Alpha)
SOCIAL
MEDIA & MARKETING
When Facebook Was Down, Brands Pounced (Mashable)
Facebook Average Referral Traffic to Media Sites Up
170% This Year (Mashable)
How Pinterest Is Killing It in Referral Traffic
(San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Five Questions to Ask Before Allowing Employees to
Use Personal Devices for Work (Columbus Business First, OH)
POLITICS
& GOVERNANCE
State
Senate Race Is the Most Expensive in Washington State History (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL
NEWS
Puget
Sound Area Grocery Strike Averted As Union, Stores Reach Tentative Agreement (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Continued
Effort to Save the Mason County Fairground (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Coal
Port Foe Heads National American Indian Group (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Steve
Duin: New Owners Swing the Ax at KATU & KOMO (Oregonian, Portland)
Watch,
Warning, or Advisory? What Do They Mean? (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen,
WA)
Cops
Use Google Earth to Bust Oregon Pot Garden (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
DIVERSIONS
Arkansas
Teen Goes Digging, Finds Jellybean-Sized Diamond
Thief
Returns York City Boy’s Giant Pumpkin
A
Mathematician Found the Formula for the Perfectly Proportioned Pizza
Portland
Arcade Makes Top 10 Restrooms List
SONG
OF THE DAY
Seals
& Croft - Diamond Girl
LINKS
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