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News Digest Word Cloud for November 18, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Editorial:
DOE Does the Right Thing in Promising It Has No Plan to Run Bonneville Power
Administration (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
PNNL
Practices Defense Drill against Cyber Attack on Grid (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Cloud City: Amazon Web Services Is One of Many
Reasons Seattle Is the Next Tech Mecca (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Dead Fish Wash Up On Richland's Waterfront after
Record Salmon Run (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Op/Ed:
Climate Change Forces Us to Rethink Glen Canyon Dam & Its Releases (Salt
Lake Tribune, UT)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Editorial: DOE Does the Right Thing in Promising It Has No Plan to Run Bonneville Power Administration
- PNNL Practices Defense Drill against Cyber Attack on Grid
- NERC Completes Second Grid Security Exercise
- Nuke Huggers? Why Some Climate Scientists Are Warming to Nuclear Power
- Naval Reactors Should Be Empowered to Show the Way Again
- Part of Kennewick Mobile Home Park Still Without Power
- Benton PUD Collecting Donations for Helping Hands Program
- Editorial: Thumbs Up to Hastings & Cantwell, Down to Golden Parachutes
- Iowa Landowners Worry about Proposed Power Line
- Dead Fish Wash Up On Richland's Waterfront after Record Salmon Run
- Elwha River Sees Chinook Salmon Run Increase
- Kennedy Creek: Paying Witness to the Salmon Cycle
- Herrera Beutler: Bill Supports Local Efforts to Aid Salmon
- U-S Fish & Wildlife Service Announces No Fish Hatchery Closures This Year
- Federal Lawmakers from North Central Washington Urge Wolf Delisting
- Umatilla River Users in Uncertain Waters
- Yakima Basin Water Plan Flowing in a Good Direction
- Puget Sound Energy’s Green Power Program Grant Helps Add Solar at Olympia Library
- Yakima Valley Community College Solar Project to Expand Renewable Energy in Region
- Almost Everyone Is Angling Solar Panels the Wrong Way
- Ohio Wind Energy & Efficiency Mandates Could Disappear But Electric Rates Soar, Say Opponents of Pending Bill
- 67 Percent of Consumers Would Pay More for Clean Energy
- Judd Hirsch’s Wind-Power Plan Unsettles Catskill Town
- Heating 101: What to Know Before You Crank Up the Heat
- Mapping Whole Communities and Their Homes with Thermal Images to Reduce Heat Loss
- Op/Ed: Climate Change Forces Us to Rethink Glen Canyon Dam & Its Releases
- Coal Fires Green Anger at U-N Climate Talks
- Op/Ed: Megastorms Could Create Tipping Point for Climate Action
- Politico: Rahm Emanuel Wanted ‘To Kill’ Steven Chu for Talking About Climate Change
- Most Consumers Don't Know About Electric Vehicle Incentives, Survey Finds
- Biggest Challenge for Electric Vehicles? Not Enough Parking Spots
- Cloud City: Amazon Web Services Is One of Many Reasons Seattle Is the Next Tech Mecca
- In Person: Andy Jassy Steers Fast-Growing Web Unit for Amazon
- Amazon Lags Movement to Reduce Cloud’s Effect on Environment
- Google Pushes for More Clean Energy in Land of the Data Centers
- Google & Facebook Also Have an Energy Dark Side
- Quinn: Facebook Needs to Open Service to Kids under 13
- Snazzy Science Apps Explain the Unknown to Kids
- How Historic Moments Would Have Been Shared on Instagram
- Six Killed as Tornadoes Rip Through U-S Midwest
- The Weather Trifecta – Rain, Wind & Mountain Snow
- Boeing CEO: 3 Months for 777x Location Decision
- Half of Detroit’s Streetlights May Go Out as City Shrinks
WORD OF THE DAY
Conurbation •
\kah-ner-BAY-shun\ • Noun - An aggregation or continuous network of urban
communities.
Welcome to “Everseatacoly,”
blared the tour guide, his mashing of the conurbation along the central Puget Sound
I-5 parking lot of a freeway only slightly tinged with irony.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Editorial:
DOE Does the Right Thing in Promising It Has No Plan to Run Bonneville Power
Administration (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
PNNL
Practices Defense Drill against Cyber Attack on Grid (Tri-City Herald, WA)
NERC
Completes Second Grid Security Exercise (Electric Energy Online)
Nuke
Huggers? Why Some Climate Scientists Are Warming to Nuclear Power (Forbes Magazine)
Naval Reactors Should Be Empowered to Show the
Way Again (The Energy Collective)
Part
of Kennewick Mobile Home Park Still Without Power (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Benton
PUD Collecting Donations for Helping Hands Program (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Editorial: Thumbs Up to Hastings & Cantwell,
Down to Golden Parachutes (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Iowa Landowners Worry about Proposed Power Line (Associated
Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Dead Fish Wash Up On Richland's Waterfront after
Record Salmon Run (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Elwha River Sees Chinook Salmon Run Increase
(Associated Press)
Kennedy Creek: Paying Witness to the Salmon Cycle
- Viewpoints on Salmon Trail show life cycle of chum salmon in action (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
Herrera Beutler: Bill Supports Local Efforts to
Aid Salmon (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
U-S Fish & Wildlife Service Announces No Fish
Hatchery Closures This Year (The Chattanoogan, TN)
Federal Lawmakers from North Central Washington
Urge Wolf Delisting (Wenatchee World, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Umatilla
River Users in Uncertain Waters (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Yakima
Basin Water Plan Flowing in a Good Direction (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/latestlocalnews/1640425-8/yakima-basin-water-plan-flowing-in-a-good
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Puget
Sound Energy’s Green Power Program Grant Helps Add Solar at Olympia Library
(Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
Yakima
Valley Community College Solar Project to Expand Renewable Energy in Region
(Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
Almost
Everyone Is Angling Solar Panels the Wrong Way (Gizmodo)
Ohio
Wind Energy & Efficiency Mandates Could Disappear But Electric Rates Soar,
Say Opponents of Pending Bill (Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH)
67 Percent of Consumers Would Pay More for Clean
Energy (The Energy Collective)
Judd
Hirsch’s Wind-Power Plan Unsettles Catskill Town (NY Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/16/nyregion/judd-hirschs-wind-power-plan-unsettles-catskill-town.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Heating
101: What to Know Before You Crank Up the Heat (PR Web)
Mapping Whole Communities and Their Homes with
Thermal Images to Reduce Heat Loss (The Energy Collective)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Op/Ed:
Climate Change Forces Us to Rethink Glen Canyon Dam & Its Releases (Salt
Lake Tribune, UT)
Coal
Fires Green Anger at U-N Climate Talks (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Op/Ed:
Megastorms Could Create Tipping Point for Climate Action (News Tribune, Tacoma,
WA - Paywall Advisory)
Politico:
Rahm Emanuel Wanted ‘To Kill’ Steven Chu for Talking About Climate Change (Think
Progress)
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/11/15/2950131/politico-rahm-emanuel-steven-chu-climate-change/
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Most
Consumers Don't Know About Electric Vehicle Incentives, Survey Finds (San Jose
Mercury News, CA)
Biggest
Challenge for Electric Vehicles? Not Enough Parking Spots (Silicon Valley
Business Journal, WA)
EPA
Proposes Reduction of Ethanol in Gas (Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Cloud City: Amazon Web Services Is One of Many
Reasons Seattle Is the Next Tech Mecca (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
In Person: Andy Jassy Steers Fast-Growing Web Unit for
Amazon (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Amazon Lags Movement to Reduce Cloud’s Effect on
Environment (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Google Pushes for More Clean Energy in Land of the
Data Centers (Wired)
Google & Facebook Also Have an Energy Dark Side
(Clean Technica)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Quinn: Facebook Needs to Open Service to Kids under
13 (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Snazzy Science Apps Explain the Unknown to Kids
(USA Today)
How Historic Moments Would Have Been Shared on
Instagram (Gizmodo)
GENERAL NEWS
Six Killed as Tornadoes Rip Through U-S Midwest (Reuters)
The Weather Trifecta – Rain, Wind & Mountain
Snow (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Boeing CEO: 3 Months for 777x Location Decision (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Half of Detroit’s Streetlights May Go Out as City
Shrinks (Bloomberg News)
DIVERSIONS
Authorities
Made the Swedish Ice Hotel Install Fire Alarms
Alabama
Man Loses Battle to Keep Wife Buried in His Front Yard
Kansas
Woman Swaps Wedding Rings for Chiefs Tickets
Spanish
Pianist Could Be Jailed After Neighbor Complains
SONG OF THE DAY
Scott
Bradlee - Classic 80's Hits... Interpreted for Ragtime Piano
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