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News Digest Word Cloud for October 4, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
How the Federal Shutdown Affects Federal Energy
Agencies (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
Northwest Hydropower Output Falls Four Percent in
September below Same Month in 2012 (Platts)
Washington
Court Ruling Means More Water for Fish, Less For Landowners (Northwest Public Radio)
Group Files Suit to Stop Barred Owl Shooting (KGW TV, Portland, OR)
Wal-Mart
Turns Up the Heat in $10 LED Bulb Pricing War (Midwest Energy News)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Irrigators Seek Seat at Columbia River Treaty Table
- How the Federal Shutdown Affects Federal Energy Agencies
- Northwest Hydropower Output Falls Four Percent in September below Same Month in 2012
- Tennessee Valley Authority Says Fiscal 2013 Was Record Year for Hydro
- Local Groups Join Cowlitz County PUD’s Annual Food Drive for CAP
- Washington D-C Area Utilities Face Financial Hit under Prolonged Shutdown
- Western Market Appears Inevitable, Says WAPA’s Gabriel
- How Painful Will the Coming Spike in Natural Gas Prices Be?
- Communication Was Key in Burlington’s Conversion to Smart Meters, Manager Says
- Group Files Suit to Stop Barred Owl Shooting
- Elwha River Water Plant Clog Fixed - Work Begins Again on Tearing Down Glines Canyon Dam
- Washington Court Ruling Means More Water for Fish, Less For Landowners
- Group Revives Lawsuit over Lake Pend Oreille Water Levels
- Tube That Delivers Snohomish County’s Water Has Ten-Year Inspection
- Electricity Rate Hikes in California? Not the Jolt Clean Energy Opponents Claim
- Wal-Mart Turns Up the Heat in $10 LED Bulb Pricing War
- Microsoft Energy-Saving Program Called ‘Groundbreaking’
- Polar Opposites: Why Climate Change Affects Arctic & Antarctic Differently
- Tesla Stock Tumbles after Electric Car Catches Fire
- This Merry-Go-Round Turns Kid Energy to Clean Energy
- REI Cuts Cooling Costs at Data Center by 90 Percent
- Google Begins Sign Ups for Google Fiber in Provo
- Phone Mystery: Landline Usage Down, Taxes Up
- How Wired Is the World Today?
- October Is National Cyber Security Awareness Month
- Tri-Cities Campaign Has People “Seeing Green”
- Army Corps Impacted By Shutdown
- Montana Lt. Gov. John Walsh to Seek Senate Seat
- Official’s Big Salary in California City May Lead to Prison
- Obamacare’s ‘Cadillac Tax’ Starting to Worry Employers with Generous Healthcare Plans
- Weather Service Sees ‘Pineapple Express’ Winter for Area
- Boy, 14, Held in Shooting Deaths of Two Men at Oregon Hunting Camp
- Company Fires Scientist Who Warned of Hanford Waste Site Problems
- Washington State Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Mason County in Public Records Case
- Tacoma Rail Conductor Honored for Saving Homeless Man’s Life
- Douglas Fir: Tacoma Exhibit Sheds Light on Naturalist Who Gave Name to Popular Evergreen Tree
WORD OF THE DAY
Rubicon
• \ROOB-ih-kahn\ • Noun - A bounding or limiting line; especially: one that
when crossed commits a person irrevocably
“You
have crossed the Rubicon, grasshopper,” intoned the beefy tiddlywinks coach to
his wiry young apprentice. “The callouses you have gained on the amateur
circuit show that you are now ready to enter the ring of honor on the
professional tour.” “May god protect your soul.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Irrigators Seek Seat at Columbia River Treaty Table
(Capital Press) http://www.capitalpress.com/article/20131003/ARTICLE/131009965/1318
How the Federal Shutdown Affects Federal Energy
Agencies (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
Northwest Hydropower Output Falls Four Percent in
September below Same Month in 2012 (Platts)
Tennessee Valley Authority Says Fiscal 2013 Was
Record Year for Hydro (Associated Press)
Local Groups Join Cowlitz County PUD’s Annual Food
Drive for CAP (Longview Daily News, WA)
Washington D-C Area Utilities Face Financial Hit under
Prolonged Shutdown (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Western Market Appears Inevitable, Says WAPA’s
Gabriel (American Public Power Association)
How Painful Will the Coming Spike in Natural Gas
Prices Be? (The Energy Collective)
Communication Was Key in Burlington’s Conversion to
Smart Meters, Manager Says (American Public Power
Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Group Files Suit to Stop Barred Owl Shooting (KGW TV, Portland, OR)
Elwha River Water Plant Clog Fixed - Work Begins
Again on Tearing Down Glines Canyon Dam (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles,
WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington
Court Ruling Means More Water for Fish, Less For Landowners (Northwest Public Radio)
Group
Revives Lawsuit over Lake Pend Oreille Water Levels (Associated Press)
Tube
That Delivers Snohomish County’s Water Has Ten-Year Inspection (Everett Herald, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Electricity
Rate Hikes in California? Not the Jolt Clean Energy Opponents Claim (Union of
Concerned Scientists)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Wal-Mart
Turns Up the Heat in $10 LED Bulb Pricing War (Midwest Energy News)
Microsoft
Energy-Saving Program Called ‘Groundbreaking’ (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Polar
Opposites: Why Climate Change Affects Arctic & Antarctic Differently (Live
Science)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Tesla
Stock Tumbles after Electric Car Catches Fire (Associated
Press)
This
Merry-Go-Round Turns Kid Energy to Clean Energy (Grist
Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
REI Cuts Cooling Costs at Data Center by 90 Percent
(Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Google Begins Sign Ups for Google Fiber in Provo (Broadband
Reports)
Phone Mystery: Landline Usage Down, Taxes Up (Crosscut
Seattle)
Adobe Announces Security Breach (NY Times)
How Wired Is the World Today? (Bloomberg News)
October Is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (Associated
Press)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Tri-Cities
Campaign Has People “Seeing Green” (KNDU-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Army Corps Impacted By Shutdown (KDRV-TV, Medford,
OR)
Montana Lt. Gov. John Walsh to Seek Senate Seat (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Official’s Big Salary in California City May Lead
to Prison (NY Times)
Obamacare’s ‘Cadillac Tax’ Starting to Worry
Employers with Generous Healthcare Plans (Wenatchee World, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Weather Service Sees ‘Pineapple Express’ Winter for
Area (Seattle Times - Paywall Advisory)
Boy, 14, Held in Shooting Deaths of Two Men at Oregon
Hunting Camp (Reuters)
Company Fires Scientist Who Warned of Hanford Waste
Site Problems (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Washington State Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Mason
County in Public Records Case (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Tacoma Rail Conductor Honored for Saving Homeless
Man’s Life (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Douglas Fir: Tacoma Exhibit Sheds Light on
Naturalist Who Gave Name to Popular Evergreen Tree (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
DIVERSIONS
Home Association Frowns on Seahawks 12th Man Flag
Meet
the Voice Behind iPhone’s Siri
Sammy
the Squirrel Steals the U-S Spotlight at Presidents Cup
Pills
Made from Poop Cure Serious Gut Infections
SONG OF THE DAY
Moody
Blues - The Voice
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