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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for January 15, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Power Planners Ponder the Northwest without a
Nuclear Power Plant (Northwest Public Radio)
Net Neutrality Takes Big Hit from Federal Appeals
Court (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Washington State Bill Would Vacate Fish Treaty
Protest Convictions from ‘Fish Wars’ (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
The State of Washington State - Governor Inslee
Calls for Statewide Minimum Wage Increase (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Interactive
Maps - Mapping the American Carbon Footprint, Down to the Last Zip Code (The
Energy Collective)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Power Planners Ponder the Northwest without a Nuclear Power Plant
- Portland General Electric Email Scam Now Targeting Individuals
- Thousands without Power as Wind Storm Batters Northeastern British Columbia
- Northern Exposure: Canadian Hydro in the Spotlight
- Fukushima Radiation (Still) Poses No California Risk
- Why Electricity’s Future Is in the Produce Aisle
- Library Offers DVD Collection of Vintage Bonneville Power Administration Films
- Washington State Bill Would Vacate Fish Treaty Protest Convictions from ‘Fish Wars’
- Acidic Oceans Eating Away at Skeletons in the Pacific, Researchers Say
- New USGS models will help clean up phosphorus on Boise River
- Google Buys another Texas Wind Farm
- With Startup Acquisition, SolarCity Will Open Up Solar Investing to Individuals
- Interactive Maps - Mapping the American Carbon Footprint, Down to the Last Zip Code
- Washington State Lawmaker Says Any Effort to Implement Low Carbon Fuel Standards Should Go through Legislative Process, Not Executive Decree
- Net Neutrality Takes Big Hit from Federal Appeals Court
- Flip - Major Change Unlikely Despite Open-Internet Ruling
- Flop - Court Ruling to Have Sweeping Effect on Internet Access
- The Nuts & Bolts of Network Neutrality
- Target Data Breach Could Be Costly for Payment Partners
- The Impact of Social Media on the Next Generation: One View
- The State of Washington State - Governor Inslee Calls for Statewide Minimum Wage Increase
- $1.1 Trillion Bill to Avoid Federal Shutdown Covers Many Local Interests
- Air Stagnation Advisory Issued by NWS Seattle
- Oregon Lawmakers Probe Columbia River Crossing Solo Plan During Hearing
- Mason General Hospital Commission Board Elects Officers; Medical Officers Elected
- Washington State Marijuana Businesses Having Hard Time Finding Landlords, Lenders
- Seahawks History: The 1983 AFC Championship Game
WORD OF THE DAY
Encrust • \in-KRUST\
• Verb - To cover, line, or overlay with or as if with a crust; to form a
crust.
“You can never
have enough parmesan and bread crumb crust on these babies,” enthused the hometown-cooking
expert to his basic-cable audience. He smiled broadly as the brown bag, filled
with crumbs and cheesy goodness bounced up and down, encrusting the tasty
tilapia inside with their wholesome goodness.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Power Planners Ponder the Northwest without a
Nuclear Power Plant (Northwest Public Radio)
Portland General Electric Email Scam Now
Targeting Individuals (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Thousands without Power as Wind Storm Batters
Northeastern British Columbia (Alberni Valley Times, BC)
Northern Exposure: Canadian Hydro in the Spotlight
(Renewable Energy World)
Fukushima Radiation (Still) Poses No California
Risk (NY Times)
Why Electricity’s Future Is in the Produce Aisle (Christian
Science Monitor)
Library Offers DVD Collection of Vintage Bonneville
Power Administration Films (Bonneville Power Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Washington State Bill Would Vacate Fish Treaty
Protest Convictions from ‘Fish Wars’ (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Acidic
Oceans Eating Away at Skeletons in the Pacific, Researchers Say (U-S News &
World Report)
New USGS models will help clean up phosphorus on
Boise River (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Google
Buys another Texas Wind Farm (Austin Business Journal, TX)
With
Startup Acquisition, SolarCity Will Open Up Solar Investing to Individuals (Gigaom)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Interactive
Maps - Mapping the American Carbon Footprint, Down to the Last Zip Code (The
Energy Collective)
Washington
State Lawmaker Says Any Effort to Implement Low Carbon Fuel Standards Should Go
through Legislative Process, Not Executive Decree (Washington State
Republicans)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Net Neutrality Takes Big Hit from Federal Appeals
Court (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Flip - Major Change Unlikely Despite Open-Internet Ruling
(Associated Press)
Flop - Court Ruling to Have Sweeping Effect on Internet
Access (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
The Nuts & Bolts of Network Neutrality (NY
Times)
Target Data Breach Could Be Costly for Payment
Partners (Reuters)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
The Impact of Social Media on the Next Generation:
One View (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
The State of Washington State - Governor Inslee Calls
for Statewide Minimum Wage Increase (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
$1.1 Trillion Bill to Avoid Federal Shutdown Covers
Many Local Interests (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Air Stagnation Advisory Issued by NWS Seattle (National
Weather Service, Seattle)
Oregon Lawmakers Probe Columbia River Crossing Solo
Plan During Hearing (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Mason General Hospital Commission Board Elects
Officers; Medical Officers Elected (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Washington State Marijuana Businesses Having Hard
Time Finding Landlords, Lenders (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Seahawks History: The 1983 AFC Championship Game (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
19
People Tasting Edible Play Dough for the Very First Time
Stunning
Photos of Colossal Lightning in Massive Volcano Eruption
Can
Cooking with Your Bed Save You Money?
Thieves
Try to Steal Sigmund Freud’s Ashes
SONG OF THE DAY
Crazy
– Patsy Cline
Willie
Nelson – Crazy
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