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News Digest Word Cloud for November 21, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Study:
California Wind Power is the Worst for Wildlife (KCET TV, Huntington Beach, CA)
Updated: Worker Injured in Fire at Grand Coulee
Dam Is in Serious Condition (Wenatchee World, WA)
Study Reports 1.6 Billion People on Social Networks
(Yahoo! News)
North Fork of the Lewis River Gets Huge Fall
Chinook Return (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Shelton Resident in the Spotlight - Ductless Heat
Pumps a Super Saver for Pacific Northwest Homeowners (Bonneville Power
Administration)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Updated: Worker Injured in Fire at Grand Coulee Dam Is in Serious Condition
- Puget Sound Energy, Union Negotiate as Strike Looms
- Oregon: Baker County Continues Working on Plan to Build a Hydroelectric Plant at Mason Dam
- Former BPA Administrator, Ex-Marylhurst President Johansen Resurfaces on Bank Board
- California: Rain Causes Several Utility Pole Fires in San Jose, Causing Power Outages
- Tennessee Valley Authority Payments Fall to States, Localities
- Smart Meters, but Dumb Pricing? Not in Sacramento
- North Fork of the Lewis River Gets Huge Fall Chinook Return
- Seines May Need Sport-Fishing Closures in Columbia
- What Exactly Is the Impact of Setnet Bycatch on Alaska’s Kenai River King Salmon Fishery?
- Op/Ed: Federal Government Doing Too Little to Help Columbia Salmon
- Columbia Basin Farmer Fined for Illegal Water Use
- Great Lakes Recover Substantial Water Levels
- The Longest Rivers & the Tallest Mountains in One Exquisite Graphic
- Study: California Wind Power is the Worst for Wildlife
- Business Can Pave the Way for Renewable Energy in the U-S
- Shelton Resident in the Spotlight - Ductless Heat Pumps a Super Saver for Pacific Northwest Homeowners
- Energy Saving Initiative Putting Money into Chelan PUD Rate Payers’ Pockets
- City of Blaine Moving Forward with New Streetlights
- Living Smart: LED Lights for the Holidays
- Developing Nations Stage Protest at Climate Talks
- Putting the Chill on Climate Change, One Refrigerator at a Time
- Just Ten Percent of California Car Chargers Delivered
- Researchers Say U-S Internet Traffic Was Re-Routed through Belarus - That’s a Problem
- Microsoft, Facebook Make Green Data Center Push
- LG Investigates Smart TV ‘Unauthorized Spying’ Claim
- Study Reports 1.6 Billion People on Social Networks
- Half of All Active Twitter Users Live in Five Countries
- Opower Chief on Fox Business, Bats Down IPO Question
- Washington State’s Revenue Forecast Remains Steady
- Sharon Nelson is Washington State Senate’s Democratic Leader
- Oops: Pro-Boeing Ad in Seattle Uses Airbus Plane
- Oversized Plane Stuck at Wrong Airport
- Wire Theft Damage to Cowlitz Way Bridge in Kelso Estimated at $60,000
- Mason County Asked to Send Fairgrounds Petition to FAA
- Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Growers Say Business is Looking Up
WORD OF THE DAY
Apostate • \uh-POSS-tayt\
• Noun - Someone whose beliefs have changed & who no longer belongs to a
religious or political group.
Apostate: See Dr. Patrick
Moore, a co-founder of Greenpeace in 1971; now a supporter of using nuclear
energy to slow climate change.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Updated: Worker Injured in Fire at Grand Coulee
Dam Is in Serious Condition (Wenatchee World, WA)
Puget Sound Energy, Union Negotiate as Strike
Looms (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
Oregon: Baker County Continues Working on Plan to
Build a Hydroelectric Plant at Mason Dam (Baker City Herald, OR)
Former BPA Administrator, Ex-Marylhurst President
Johansen Resurfaces on Bank Board (Portland Business Journal, OR)
California: Rain Causes Several Utility Pole
Fires in San Jose, Causing Power Outages Overnight (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Tennessee Valley Authority Payments Fall to
States, Localities - Power drop hurts tax equivalent payments (Chattanooga
Times Free Press, TN)
Smart Meters, but Dumb Pricing? Not in Sacramento
(The Energy Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
North Fork of the Lewis River Gets Huge Fall
Chinook Return (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Seines May Need Sport-Fishing Closures in Columbia
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
What Exactly Is the Impact of Setnet Bycatch on Alaska’s
Kenai River King Salmon Fishery? (Alaska Dispatch)
Op/Ed: Federal Government Doing Too Little to
Help Columbia Salmon (Oregonian, Portland)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Columbia Basin Farmer Fined for Illegal Water Use
(Tri-City Herald, WA)
Great Lakes Recover Substantial Water Levels (NY Times)
The
Longest Rivers & the Tallest Mountains in One Exquisite Graphic (Gizmodo)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Study:
California Wind Power is the Worst for Wildlife (KCET TV, Huntington Beach, CA)
Business
Can Pave the Way for Renewable Energy in the U-S (The Guardian, UK)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Shelton Resident in the Spotlight - Ductless Heat
Pumps a Super Saver for Pacific Northwest Homeowners (Bonneville Power
Administration)
Energy Saving Initiative Putting Money into Chelan
PUD Rate Payers’ Pockets (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
City of Blaine Moving Forward with New Streetlights
(The Northern Light, Blaine, WA)
Living Smart: LED Lights for the Holidays (Raleigh
News & Observer, NC)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Developing
Nations Stage Protest at Climate Talks (NY Times)
Putting
the Chill on Climate Change, One Refrigerator at a Time (Environmental Defense
Fund)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Just
Ten Percent of California Car Chargers Delivered (Associated
Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Researchers Say U-S Internet Traffic Was Re-Routed
through Belarus - That’s a Problem (Washington Post)
Microsoft, Facebook Make Green Data Center Push (Network
Computing)
LG Investigates Smart TV ‘Unauthorized Spying’
Claim (British Broadcasting Corporation)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Study Reports 1.6 Billion People on Social Networks
(Yahoo! News)
Half of All Active Twitter Users Live in Five
Countries (Mashable)
Opower Chief on Fox Business, Bats Down IPO Question
(Washington, DC Business Journal)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State’s Revenue Forecast Remains Steady (Associated Press)
Sharon Nelson is Washington State Senate’s Democratic
Leader (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
GENERAL NEWS
Oops: Pro-Boeing Ad in Seattle Uses Airbus Plane (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Oversized Plane Stuck at Wrong Airport (KCPQ-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Wire Theft Damage to Cowlitz Way Bridge in Kelso Estimated
at $60,000 (Longview Daily News, WA)
Mason County Asked to Send Fairgrounds Petition to
FAA (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Growers Say
Business is Looking Up (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Wristwatch
Used to Declare JFK’s Time of Death May Sell for $100,000
‘Tis
the Season to Use a Frozen Turkey as a Weapon during Grocery Store Brawl
Man
Uses Over 4,000 Christmas Lights to Heat His House
Suspect
Taunts Police on Facebook & Almost Immediately Gets Arrested
SONG OF THE DAY
Glenn
Frey - The Heat Is On
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