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News Digest Word Cloud for November 15, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Federal Bill Would Make It Easier to Kill
Salmon-Munching Sea Lions (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
600,000
Bats Killed at Wind Farms in 2012 (Northwest Public Radio)
DOE Nominee Pledges to Study Whistleblowing
Policies – Respect Regional Control of Bonneville Power Administration
(Bellingham Herald, WA)
Appeals
Court Overturns Shelton Area’s Johns Creek Ruling (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Winter Storm Warning Issued as Heavy Snow Aims for
Cascade Passes (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- DOE Nominee Pledges to Study Whistleblowing Policies – Respect Regional Control of Bonneville Power Administration
- Op/Ed: Consider Ecosystem in U-S/Canada Negotiations for Columbia River Treaty
- Idaho Rep. Simpson Gets New House Assignment: Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy & Water Development
- Cowlitz PUD Commissioners Approve New Contract for GM McMaster
- Mason PUD 3 Commission cancels December 10th & 24th meetings
- NRECA Aids Typhoon Relief Efforts
- Pacific Gas & Electric Preps for Whatever Havoc Mother Nature Wreaks This Winter
- New York: Con Ed’s 2012 Electricity Prices Were Some of the Nation’s Highest
- The Blackout That Exposed the Flaws in the Grid
- Federal Bill Would Make It Easier to Kill Salmon-Munching Sea Lions
- Op/Ed: Nothing Merits Killing Steller Sea Lions
- Great Year for Salmon Topped by Fall Chinook Run
- British Columbia: Chum Salmon ‘Wiped Out’ by 2011 Fuel Spill in Goldstream River
- Survey: Too Early to Say If Liability Law Has Affected Salmon Projects
- Appeals Court Overturns Shelton Area’s Johns Creek Ruling
- Mount St. Helens: The View from Space 33 Years Later Shows Remarkable Rebirth of the Landscape
- 600,000 Bats Killed at Wind Farms in 2012
- Facebook Says It’s New Data Center Will Run Entirely on Wind
- Facebook’s New Datacenter Will NOT Be Wind-Powered
- Alaskan Wave Energy Project Receives Project Management Support
- Arizona Sets Precedent for Solar (Energy) Systems with New Monthly Fee
- Nebraska Public Power District Offers Customers Chance to Pay More for Electricity
- Eugene Water & Electric Board Restores Conservation Assistance Program
- Ductless Systems Provide Lower Electric Heating Bills & Cozier Homes
- U-S Fears Climate Talks Will Focus On Compensation for Extreme Weather
- Court Rejects Challenge to California’s Carbon Auctions
- San Jose Biogas Facility Will Turn Food Waste into Energy
- Editorial: Ethanol Not So Green After All
- Port Angeles Will Keep “Mesh” Network Active
- Comcast Extends High-Speed Broadband Network to Underserved Commercial Areas in Kitsap County
- Los Angeles 1 Gbps Fiber Plan Appears to be a Pipe Dream
- Google Wins Dismissal of Lawsuit over Digital Books
- What Your Email Signature Says About You
- ‘Doctor Who’ Shows How to Keep Secrets in a Social Media World
- Washington’s Health Exchange Ranks No. 3 in Nation
- Winter Storm Warning Issued as Heavy Snow Aims for Cascade Passes
- Boeing Says It Will Look Elsewhere to Develop New Airliner After Union Rejects Contract
- Washington State Senator Calls for Special Session to Make WA ‘Right-To-Work’ State
- Pressure Builds for Coos Bay Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal as Political Opposition Cools
- Living Smart: Preparing For & Dealing With a Disaster
WORD OF THE DAY
Devoid
• \dih-VOYD\ • Adjective - Being without a usual, typical, or expected
attribute or accompaniment.
Fall’s
cold grip, summer’s gone
Devoid
of mercy, snow comes
Snows
blanket the hills
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
DOE Nominee Pledges to Study Whistleblowing
Policies – Respect Regional Control of Bonneville Power Administration
(Bellingham Herald, WA)
Op/Ed: Consider Ecosystem in U-S/Canada
Negotiations for Columbia River Treaty (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Idaho Rep. Simpson Gets New House Assignment: Appropriations
Subcommittee on Energy & Water Development (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
Cowlitz PUD Commissioners Approve New Contract for
GM McMaster (Longview Daily News, WA)
Mason PUD 3 Commission cancels December 10th &
24th meetings - Will hold special meetings on December 3rd & 17th
(Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
NRECA Aids Typhoon Relief Efforts (Electric Co-op
Today)
Pacific Gas & Electric Preps for Whatever Havoc
Mother Nature Wreaks This Winter (PG&E Currents)
http://www.pgecurrents.com/2013/11/12/pge-preps-for-whatever-havoc-mother-nature-wreaks-this-winter/
New York: Con Ed’s 2012 Electricity Prices Were
Some of the Nation’s Highest (Wall Street Journal)
The Blackout That Exposed the Flaws in the Grid (NY
Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Federal Bill Would Make It Easier to Kill
Salmon-Munching Sea Lions (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Op/Ed: Nothing Merits Killing Steller Sea Lions (The
Daily Astorian, OR)
Great Year for Salmon Topped by Fall Chinook Run (Wenatchee
World, WA)
British Columbia: Chum Salmon ‘Wiped Out’ by 2011
Fuel Spill in Goldstream River (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
Survey: Too Early to Say If Liability Law Has
Affected Salmon Projects (Methow Valley News, Twisp, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Appeals
Court Overturns Shelton Area’s Johns Creek Ruling (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Mount St. Helens: The View from Space 33 Years
Later Shows Remarkable Rebirth of the Landscape (Oregonian, Portland)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
600,000
Bats Killed at Wind Farms in 2012 (Northwest Public Radio)
Facebook
Says It’s New Data Center Will Run Entirely on Wind (Wired)
Facebook’s
New Datacenter Will NOT Be Wind-Powered (ZD Net)
Alaskan
Wave Energy Project Receives Project Management Support (The Energy Collective)
Arizona
Sets Precedent for Solar (Energy) Systems with New Monthly Fee (Reuters)
Nebraska
Public Power District Offers Customers Chance to Pay More for Electricity (Associated Press)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Eugene
Water & Electric Board Restores Conservation Assistance Program (Eugene
Register-Guard, OR)
Ductless
Systems Provide Lower Electric Heating Bills & Cozier Homes (PR NewsWire)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U-S
Fears Climate Talks Will Focus On Compensation for Extreme Weather (The
Guardian, UK)
Court
Rejects Challenge to California’s Carbon Auctions (Sacramento Bee, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
San
Jose Biogas Facility Will Turn Food Waste into Energy (San Jose Mercury News,
CA)
Editorial:
Ethanol Not So Green After All (Wenatchee World, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Port Angeles Will Keep “Mesh” Network Active (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Comcast Extends High-Speed Broadband Network to
Underserved Commercial Areas in Kitsap County (Kitsap Peninsula Business
Journal, WA)
Los Angeles 1 Gbps Fiber Plan Appears to be a Pipe
Dream (Broadband Reports)
Google Wins Dismissal of Lawsuit over Digital Books
(Bloomberg News)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
What Your Email Signature Says About You (Gizmodo)
‘Doctor Who’ Shows How to Keep Secrets in a Social
Media World (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington’s Health Exchange Ranks No. 3 in Nation (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Winter Storm Warning Issued as Heavy Snow Aims for
Cascade Passes (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Boeing Says It Will Look Elsewhere to Develop New
Airliner After Union Rejects Contract (Oregonian, Portland)
Washington State Senator Calls for Special Session
to Make WA ‘Right-To-Work’ State (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Pressure Builds for Coos Bay Liquefied Natural Gas
Terminal as Political Opposition Cools (Oregonian, Portland)
Living Smart: Preparing For & Dealing With a
Disaster (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
DIVERSIONS
UPS
Driver Has Driven 7 Million Miles without a Single Crash, Ticket
Pennsylvania
Paper: Sorry for Panning Gettysburg Address
Cursive
Handwriting: Seven States Fight for Cursive Writing in School
CBS
Will Stream JFK Assassination Coverage Online in ‘Real Time’
SONG OF THE DAY
Steve
Miller Band - The Window
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