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News Digest Word Cloud for November 8, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Pacific
Northwest Congressional Delegation to Feds: Fix Bonneville Power Administration's
Hiring Problems, Then Hands Off (Oregonian, Portland)
U-S Columbia River Users Seek ‘Better Bargain’
with Canada (Northwest Public Radio)
Phone, Data Outage at San Juan Islands Causes
Island Fever (Northwest Cable News Network)
Napa
on the Sound: Climate Change Turning Puget Sound Area into Prime Terrain to
Grow Valuable Vines (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Sake,
Food, Speeches Celebrate Nippon Paper Mill’s New Biomass Cogeneration Plant (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Pacific Northwest Congressional Delegation to Feds: Fix Bonneville Power Administration's Hiring Problems, Then Hands Off
- U-S Columbia River Users Seek ‘Better Bargain’ with Canada
- Alaska Utility Owner Plans to Donate Millions after Sale to Avista
- British Columbia Weighs in on Columbia River Treaty’s Future
- Bonneville Power Administration Invests In Energy Literacy for Students across Pacific Northwest
- Realistic Look at Small Modular Reactors in Idaho
- ‘Pandora’s Promise’: Why Greens Are Warming to Nuclear Power
- Six Nuclear Plants That Could Be Next to Shut Down
- New Mexico: Forest Service Sends Electric Co-Op $38 Million Bill for Fire
- Reuters Summit: Executive says U-S Power Companies Struggle to Profit
- Senators Raise Alarm over Asian Carp Invasion in Great Lakes
- Raleigh Flushes Toilet Rebate Program
- How Many Toilet Flushes, Showers, Leaks to Use 1 Million Gallons of Water?
- Sake, Food, Speeches Celebrate Nippon Paper Mill’s New Biomass Cogeneration Plant
- California Seen Exceeding Renewable Energy Generation Target
- Clean Energy in Big Business: How to Make It Happen
- What the U-S Can Learn from Germany’s Green Energy Debacle
- Solar Power Sings ‘I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll,’ Study Finds
- Block That Draft, Save Some Cash
- Ten Ways to Save on Energy Costs This Winter
- Is Your Starbucks Latte Sour? Don’t Blame the Barista - Blame the Internet
- Napa on the Sound: Climate Change Turning Puget Sound Area into Prime Terrain to Grow Valuable Vines
- Scientists Update Report on How Pacific Northwest Will Fare under Climate Change
- Bay Area Company among DOE Awards for Carbon-Capture Projects
- Moses Lake Plant Key to Hopes for BMW Electric Car
- Car vs. Pole: Pacific Gas & Electric Says Electric Cars Have Little Impact on Grid
- Tesla Shares Hit By a Fire Involving the Model S
- Energy Department’s Gas Guzzlers
- Phone, Data Outage at San Juan Islands Causes Island Fever
- Tacoma a Top Ten ‘Digital City’
- Democrats Call for E-Rate Reforms to Expand Broadband Internet Access
- Charter CEO ‘Surprised’ More Users Want Broadband with No TV
- Google Barge Mystery Unfurled
- Tech Tips: Getting Started with Twitter
- The Beginner’s Guide to TweetDeck
- Mason County Election Update: Moore Overtakes McDowell
- Hired Guns Cost Seattle Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
- Boeing Warns Seattle Could Lose 777X If Deal Rejected
- One of World’s Strongest Storms Blasts Philippines
- What Will Oregon’s Winter Be Like? It’s a La Nada Year, Forecasters Say
- Calling Port Townsend: The Best Small Towns for Retirement
WORD OF THE DAY
Dendrology
• \den-DRAWL-uh-jee\ • Noun - The study of trees.
If
there were any movie moment that Cling Eastwood probably would want to take
back, I would assume it would be his dendrological ode to the forest in the
film “Paint Your Wagon.” Eek! (I will admit, its tons better than the “singing”
of Lee Marvin in the same musical)
Clint
Eastwood - I Talk to the Trees
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Pacific
Northwest Congressional Delegation to Feds: Fix Bonneville Power Administration's
Hiring Problems, Then Hands Off (Oregonian, Portland)
U-S Columbia River Users Seek ‘Better Bargain’ with
Canada (Northwest Public Radio)
British Columbia Weighs in on Columbia River
Treaty’s Future (Rocky Mountain Goat, Valemount, BC)
Alaska Utility Owner Plans to Donate Millions
after Sale to Avista (Associated Press)
Bonneville Power Administration Invests In Energy
Literacy for Students across Pacific Northwest (Bonneville Power
Administration)
Realistic Look at Small Modular Reactors in Idaho
(The Energy Collective)
‘Pandora’s Promise’: Why Greens Are Warming to
Nuclear Power (Christian Science Monitor)
Six Nuclear Plants That Could Be Next to Shut
Down (Forbes Magazine)
New Mexico: Forest Service Sends Electric Co-Op $38 Million
Bill for Fire (Santa Fe New Nexican)
Reuters Summit: Executive says U-S Power
Companies Struggle to Profit (Reuters)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Senators Raise Alarm over Asian Carp Invasion in
Great Lakes (Christian Science Monitor)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Raleigh
Flushes Toilet Rebate Program (Triangle Business Journal, NC)
How
Many Toilet Flushes, Showers, Leaks to Use 1 Million Gallons of Water? (USA Today)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Sake,
Food, Speeches Celebrate Nippon Paper Mill’s New Biomass Cogeneration Plant (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
California
Seen Exceeding Renewable Energy Generation Target (Bloomberg News)
Clean
Energy in Big Business: How to Make It Happen (Christian Science Monitor)
What
the U-S Can Learn from Germany’s Green Energy Debacle (Forbes Magazine)
Solar
Power Sings ‘I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll,’ Study Finds (Christian Science Monitor)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Block
That Draft, Save Some Cash (Monroe Monitor, WA)
Ten
Ways to Save on Energy Costs This Winter (U-S News & World Report)
Is Your Starbucks Latte Sour? Don’t Blame the
Barista - Blame the Internet (Refrigerators Reviewed)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Napa
on the Sound: Climate Change Turning Puget Sound Area into Prime Terrain to
Grow Valuable Vines (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Scientists
Update Report on How Pacific Northwest Will Fare under Climate Change (Portland
Tribune, OR)
Bay
Area Company among DOE Awards for Carbon-Capture Projects (Associated Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Moses
Lake Plant Key to Hopes for BMW Electric Car (Seattle
Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Car
vs. Pole: Pacific Gas & Electric Says Electric Cars Have Little Impact on
Grid (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/morning_call/2013/11/pge-says-electric-cars-have-little.html
Tesla
Shares Hit By a Fire Involving the Model S (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Energy
Department’s Gas Guzzlers (Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Phone, Data Outage at San Juan Islands Causes
Island Fever (Northwest Cable News Network)
Tacoma a Top Ten ‘Digital City’ (South Sound
Business Examiner, WA)
Democrats Call for E-Rate Reforms to Expand
Broadband Internet Access (Bloomberg News)
Charter CEO ‘Surprised’ More Users Want Broadband with
No TV (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Charter-CEO-Surprised-More-Users-Want-Broadband-With-No-TV-126529
Google Barge Mystery Unfurled (SF Chronicle, CA)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Tech Tips: Getting Started with Twitter (Associated Press)
The Beginner’s Guide to TweetDeck (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Mason County Election Update: Moore Overtakes
McDowell (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Hired Guns Cost Seattle Taxpayers Hundreds of
Millions of Dollars (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
GENERAL NEWS
Boeing
Warns Seattle Could Lose 777X If Deal Rejected (Reuters)
One of World’s Strongest Storms Blasts Philippines (Associated Press)
What
Will Oregon’s Winter Be Like? It’s a La Nada Year, Forecasters Say (Oregonian, Portland)
Calling Port Townsend: The Best Small Towns for
Retirement (USA Today)
DIVERSIONS
Everybody
Panic: Corgis Are on Their Way to Becoming Endangered
We
Approve of the Rubber Duck’s Induction into Toy Hall of Fame That We Just
Learned Exists
Hermann Rorschach: Why His Inkblot Tests Still Endure
Thief
Squirrels Away 140,000 Pounds of Nuts
SONG OF THE DAY
Dave
Grusin - It Takes a Thief (TV Show Theme Song)
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