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News Digest Word Cloud for December 27, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Rig
Downs Poles While Being Transported on Train in Shelton (Olympian - Paywall
Advisory)
Reclamation
Employee Dies from Injuries Following Fall Monday (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, WA)
Endangered
Species Act marks 40 years (Everett Herald, WA)
Why
LED Retrofits Are the ‘Trojan Horse’ of the Internet of Things (Forbes
Magazine)
Puget
Sound Region’s Economy Looks to Rebound in 2014 (Puget Sound Business Journal,
WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Rig Downs Poles While Being Transported on Train in Shelton
- Shelton Woman Trapped in Car by Downed Power Lines
- Reclamation Employee Dies from Injuries Following Fall Monday
- Eastern U-S & Canada: Utility Linemen Brave Cold, Ice to Restore Power
- Some Mainers Could Be without Power Until 2014
- Positions Emerge Ahead of 2014 Columbia River Treaty Deadline
- Avista Fund: Being a Good Neighbor
- Nuclear Safety Regulators Cite Now-Closed San Onofre Power Plant
- Northern Exposure: Canadian Hydro in the Spotlight
- Utilities Mimic Cable with Monthly Fee to Preserve Grid
- Planning, Preparation Crucial to Storm Recovery
- Endangered Species Act marks 40 years
- A King without a Crown: Chinook Vulnerable to Ocean Forces
- Restoring Ranch Land for a Profit, & a ‘Trout Dividend’
- Gagged Fish-Farm Foe Takes Fight against Industry to Scotland
- Op/Ed: An Oyster Allegory Captures Irony & Absurdity
- Interior Head Sally Jewell Brings Outsider’s Perspective to Job
- Energy Adviser: Take a Long View in Terms of Renewable Energies
- Catching Rays in California, & Storing Them
- EIA: Most New Residential Solar PV Projects in California Program Not Owned by Homeowners
- As Solar Power Grows, Dispute Flares Over U-S Utility Bills
- Tennessee Valley Authority Using Tims Dam for Solar Study
- Fitch Ratings: Net Metering Can Destabilize Entire Utility Industry
- Why LED Retrofits Are the ‘Trojan Horse’ of the Internet of Things
- Governor Inslee Honors Washington State Industries That Excel in Energy Efficiency
- How is Global Warming Affecting Precipitation? New Satellite to Help Explain
- Washington State’s 2013 Climate Report Card
- Federal Communications Commission: Mapping Progress - Connect America Fund’s Broadband Expansion
- President Obama Signs Bipartisan Budget Deal, Annual Defense Bill
- Puget Sound Region’s Economy Looks to Rebound in 2014
- Fire Burns Part of Port Angeles Mill
- A Computer Error Lets Travelers Book Rock-Bottom Airfares on Delta
WORD OF THE DAY
Sprite
• \SPRĪT\ • Noun – 1: A small creature that has magical powers:
an elf or fairy 2a: archaic: soul b: a disembodied spirit: ghost 3a: elf, fairy
b: an elfish person.
See
the bug-eyed Sprite
Austin
Healey’s smiling car
Vroom,
vroom: watch it go
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Rig
Downs Poles While Being Transported on Train in Shelton (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
Shelton Woman Trapped in Car by Downed Power Lines
(Northwest Cable News Network – Great interview: her husband had worked for the
PUD, so she knew exactly what to do…)
Reclamation
Employee Dies from Injuries Following Fall Monday (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, WA)
Eastern
U-S & Canada: Utility Linemen Brave Cold, Ice to Restore Power (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
Death
Threats, Fistfights as Northeast U-S, Canadian Power Outages Linger (USA Today)
Some
Mainers Could Be without Power Until 2014 - As thousands regain electricity,
crews face harsh conditions & extensive damage in areas hit hardest by the
ice storm (Portland Press-Herald, ME)
http://www.pressherald.com/news/Utility_crews_back_to_work__but_roughly_35_000_still_without_power_.html
http://www.pressherald.com/news/Utility_crews_back_to_work__but_roughly_35_000_still_without_power_.html
Positions
Emerge Ahead of 2014 Columbia River Treaty Deadline (Revelstoke Times-Review, BC)
Avista
Fund: Being a Good Neighbor (HydroWorld)
Nuclear
Safety Regulators Cite Now-Closed San Onofre Power Plant (KPBS Radio, San Diego,
CA)
Northern
Exposure: Canadian Hydro in the Spotlight “…Some U-S states are already working
to modify their renewable portfolio standards to include hydropower imported
from Canada…” (HydroWorld)
Utilities Mimic Cable with Monthly Fee to
Preserve Grid (Bloomberg News)
Planning,
Preparation Crucial to Storm Recovery (Electric Light & Power)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Endangered Species Act marks 40 years (Everett
Herald, WA)
A King without a Crown: Chinook Vulnerable to
Ocean Forces (Alaska Journal of Commerce)
Restoring Ranch Land for a Profit, & a ‘Trout
Dividend’ (NY Times)
Gagged Fish-Farm Foe Takes Fight against Industry
to Scotland (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
Op/Ed: An Oyster Allegory Captures Irony &
Absurdity (Sacramento Bee, CA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Interior
Head Sally Jewell Brings Outsider’s Perspective to Job (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Energy
Adviser: Take a Long View in Terms of Renewable Energies (Vancouver Columbian,
WA)
Catching
Rays in California, & Storing Them (NY Times)
EIA:
Most New Residential Solar PV Projects in California Program Not Owned by
Homeowners (Electric Light & Power)
As
Solar Power Grows, Dispute Flares Over U-S Utility Bills (National Geographic
Magazine)
Tennessee
Valley Authority Using Tims Dam for Solar Study (Tullahoma News, TN)
Fitch
Ratings: Net Metering Can Destabilize Entire Utility Industry (The Energy Collective)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Why
LED Retrofits Are the ‘Trojan Horse’ of the Internet of Things (Forbes
Magazine)
Governor
Inslee Honors Washington State Industries That Excel in Energy Efficiency (Bonneville Power Administration)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
How
is Global Warming Affecting Precipitation? New Satellite to Help Explain (Christian
Science Monitor)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Washington
State’s 2013 Climate Report Card (Crosscut Seattle)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Federal Communications Commission: Mapping Progress
- Connect America Fund’s Broadband Expansion (4-Traders)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
President Obama Signs Bipartisan Budget Deal,
Annual Defense Bill (Reuters)
GENERAL NEWS
Puget Sound Region’s Economy Looks to Rebound in
2014 (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Fire Burns Part of Port Angeles Mill (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
A Computer Error Lets Travelers Book Rock-Bottom
Airfares on Delta (Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
South
Carolina Woman Stabs Fiancé over Wedding Color Scheme
Wisconsin
Has a Cheesy Solution for De-Icing Roads. Literally.
‘The
Smithsonian’s History of America in 101 Objects’: Why Richard Kurin Chose As He
Did
Deer
Makes Appearance at Pennsylvania Sporting Goods Store
SONG OF THE DAY
Nazareth
- Love Hurts
Norah Jones & Keith Richards - Love Hurts
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