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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for December 31, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Microsoft, Amazon Propel Washington to Most Innovative
State – “…Washington State arguably owns the cloud…” (Bloomberg News)
Study Looking for Gaps in Web Access on North
Olympic Peninsula (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Home
Electricity Use Plummets: Five Reasons Why (Associated
Press)
Wind’s
Tax Credit Winds Down, But Debate at Full Force (Christian Science Monitor)
When it Comes to Our Need for Electricity,
Reliability is Essential (The Energy Collective)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- When it Comes to Our Need for Electricity, Reliability is Essential
- Portland General Electric Scammers Target Small Business Owners
- Oregon: Lane Electric Bills Rise 5.2 Percent
- Montana Power Co-Op Members Seek to Hasten Break-Up
- California Utility Regulator Talks Renewable Energy, Safety & More
- Lighting the Rural Countryside since the 1930s - Part II in a Series
- Germany’s Energy Goes Kaput, Threatening Economic Stability
- United Kingdom: Community Offer for Hydro Power
- Smelt Could Be Back on the Menu for Local Fishers
- Proposed Alaska Copper Mine Might Boost One Vital Export, But Hurt Another
- Controversial Idaho Hunting Contest Ends with No Wolves Killed
- For Long-Billed Curlew, a Dangerous Life
- Wind’s Tax Credit Winds Down, But Debate at Full Force
- Where is the U-S Wind Energy Sector Headed?
- Monroe Biogas Firm Powers Up
- Wind-Farm Operations Improperly Curtailed by Duke Energy Indiana, Suit Claims
- Home Electricity Use Plummets: Five Reasons Why
- Home Electricity Use in U-S Falling to 2001 Levels
- Lights Dim on Traditional Bulbs
- U-S DOE Rejects Microwave Oven Efficiency Petition, Sets Up Energy Industry Fight
- How Technology Can Halt Climate Change
- Editorial: Global Warming Researcher Gets Stuck in Ice
- 2014 Is the Year to Reform Energy Subsidies
- San Francisco Turns Christmas into Renewable Energy
- Safely Ring In the New Year with an LED Fireworks Extravaganza
- Microsoft, Amazon Propel Washington to Most Innovative State – “…Washington State arguably owns the cloud…”
- Study Looking for Gaps in Web Access on North Olympic Peninsula
- The Lobbyists & Legislators Who Kill Municipal Broadband in America
- Viewing Where the Internet Goes
- Why Do Android Smartphones Guzzle the Most Data?
- Facebook Still King of Social Networking & 63 Percent of Its Users Check In Daily
- Old on LinkedIn & Rich on Pinterest: Do You Fit Your Social Media Profile?
- In Terms of Social Media, How Will 2013 Be Remembered?
- City of Shelton Commission Meeting
- Washington State Passed Over for FAA Drone Test Site
- Get Ready, Get Set, Get Sick: Flu Season Starts
- Idaho Reports First Flu-Related Death of the Season
- Lack of Snow Means No Skiing Yet at Snoqualmie Pass
- More Washington Residents Moved Out of State than In
- Police: Olympia Driver Took Unsuspecting Passenger on 100 Mph Joyride
- Idaho Potato Drops Tonight. Will This New Year’s Eve Celebration Have a Mash Pit?
WORD OF THE DAY
Imprecate
• \IMP-pruh-kayt\ • Verb - To invoke evil on: curse. To utter curses.
See
Joel imprecate, with unprintable prose, his spell checker for changing
imbricate to imprecate in his example sentence for the December 30 word of the
day.
‘Selfie,’
‘Twerk’ Top School’s Annoying Word List (Associated
Press)
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
When it Comes to Our Need for Electricity,
Reliability is Essential (The Energy Collective)
Portland General Electric Scammers Target Small
Business Owners (KGW-TV, Portland, OR – What an unfortunate
headline: are the scammers targeting PGE customers, or are they from PGE.
Yikes!)
Oregon: Lane Electric Bills Rise 5.2 Percent - The
utility for rural residents is raising rates to cover a Bonneville Power
Administration cost increase (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Montana Power Co-Op Members Seek to Hasten
Break-Up (Associated Press)
California Utility Regulator Talks Renewable
Energy, Safety & More (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Lighting the Rural Countryside since the 1930s - Part
II in a Series (Atkin Age, Isle MN)
Germany’s Energy Goes Kaput, Threatening Economic
Stability (Forbes Magazine)
United Kingdom: Community Offer for Hydro Power
(This is Guernsey, UK)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Smelt Could Be Back on the Menu for Local Fishers
(Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Proposed Alaska Copper Mine Might Boost One Vital
Export, But Hurt Another (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Controversial Idaho Hunting Contest Ends with No
Wolves Killed (Reuters)
For Long-Billed Curlew, a Dangerous Life (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind’s
Tax Credit Winds Down, But Debate at Full Force (Christian Science Monitor)
Where
is the U-S Wind Energy Sector Headed? (The Motley Fool)
Monroe
Biogas Firm Powers Up (Everett Herald, WA)
Wind-Farm
Operations Improperly Curtailed by Duke Energy Indiana, Suit Claims (Charlotte
Business Journal, NC)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Home
Electricity Use Plummets: Five Reasons Why (Associated
Press)
Home
Electricity Use in U-S Falling to 2001 Levels (Associated
Press)
Lights
Dim on Traditional Bulbs (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
U-S
DOE Rejects Microwave Oven Efficiency Petition, Sets Up Energy Industry Fight
(Platts)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
How
Technology Can Halt Climate Change (USA Today)
Editorial:
Global Warming Researcher Gets Stuck in Ice (SF Chronicle, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
2014
Is the Year to Reform Energy Subsidies (U-S News & World Report)
San
Francisco Turns Christmas into Renewable Energy (San Francisco Weekly, CA)
Safely
Ring In the New Year with an LED Fireworks Extravaganza (Gizmodo)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft, Amazon Propel Washington to Most
Innovative State – “…Washington State arguably owns the cloud…” (Bloomberg
News)
Study Looking for Gaps in Web Access on North
Olympic Peninsula (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
The Lobbyists & Legislators Who Kill Municipal
Broadband in America (Slate Magazine)
Viewing Where the Internet Goes (NY Times)
Why Do Android Smartphones Guzzle the Most Data? (NY
Times)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook Still King of Social Networking & 63
Percent of Its Users Check In Daily (GigaOM)
Old on LinkedIn & Rich on Pinterest: Do You Fit
Your Social Media Profile? (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
In Terms of Social Media, How Will 2013 Be
Remembered? (Louisville Business First, KY)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
City of Shelton Commission Meeting (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State Passed Over for FAA Drone Test
Site (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Get Ready, Get Set, Get Sick: Flu Season Starts (USA
Today)
Idaho Reports First Flu-Related Death of the Season
(Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Lack of Snow Means No Skiing Yet at Snoqualmie Pass
(Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
More Washington Residents Moved Out of State than
In (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Police: Olympia Driver Took Unsuspecting Passenger on
100 Mph Joyride (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Idaho Potato Drops Tonight. Will This New Year’s
Eve Celebration Have a Mash Pit? (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
DIVERSIONS
‘Hobbit’
Locations Bring Action, Adventure to Travelers
Power
from the People: Human Energy Will Fuel NYC’s New Year’s Eve Ball Drop
Let
Patrick Stewart Teach You How to Moo in a British Accent
Raise
Your Hand If You’d Move out Of a House Hit by Cars 11 Times in 30 Years
SONG OF THE DAY
Hayley
Westenra - We’ll Meet Again
Johnny
Cash - We’ll Meet Again
(And
no, I won’t post the “Dr. Strangelove” Mash-Up of Nuclear Explosions to this
song here….)
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