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News Digest Word Cloud for January 23, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Salmon Expert: Urban Waterways Can Help Restore a
Fading Species (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Seattle City Light Bills May Grow 1.5 Percent -
Sawant: Big Business Should Pay (Seattle Times,
WA - Paywall Advisory)
Iowa
Solar Company Fights for ‘Public Utility’ Distinction in State Supreme Court
(Fox News)
Telemedicine Network Cuts Emergency Transport for
Ill Babies (Longview Daily News, WA)
Price of Postage Stamps to Go Up Sunday (Oregonian,
Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Seattle City Light Bills May Grow 1.5 Percent - Sawant: Big Business Should Pay
- Congressman Blumenauer Joins Oregon Activists’ Power Plant Fray
- British Columbia: Residents Still Waiting for Electricity as BC Hydro Postpones Expansion
- Judge Denies Injunction Request by Kauai Smart Meter Opponent
- What Everyone Should Know About Deregulated Electricity Markets
- How Smart Grid Technology Can Build a Better Utility Industry Future: Part 1
- How Smart Grid Technology Can Build a Better Utility Industry Future: Part 2
- Comcast Wants To Bundle In Electrical Service with Cable & Internet
- Salmon Expert: Urban Waterways Can Help Restore a Fading Species
- Habitat Key to Feds’ Salmon Plan
- Alaska U-S Senator: Bristol Bay Mine Would ‘Harm the Salmon
- Rogue, Other Oregon Rivers Have Heavy Levels of Mercury, Studies Show
- Historic California Drought Called a Red Flag for Future of U-S
- Pollution from China Harming Air Quality on West Coast: Study
- Iowa Solar Company Fights for ‘Public Utility’ Distinction in State Supreme Court
- Bill Seeking to Eliminate Ohio’s Renewable Energy Mandates Gets First Hearing
- U-S Offshore Wind Farm, Made in Europe
- Ten Reasons Intermittent Renewables (Wind & Solar PV) are a Problem
- An LED Bulb is Dimmable & Affordable
- It’s Time to Chill Out About Hacked Fridges
- Forget Google - Build Your Own Nest Smart Thermostat for $70
- Things Turn Nasty in Olympia over Climate Change
- ‘Windfall’ Explores the Business of Climate Change
- White Roofs Beat ‘Green’ Roofs on Climate Change, Says Berkeley Lab Study
- Telemedicine Network Cuts Emergency Transport for Ill Babies
- Google Fiber Expands Service Sign Ups in Provo
- $2.5 Million in West Virginia Broadband Stimulus Funds Likely Headed Back to Feds
- Community Digs Deep for Superfast Broadband
- Chinese Internet Traffic Redirected to Small Wyoming House
- Pope Francis Calls the Internet ‘A Gift from God’
- Twitter Sees Seattle as Next Big Engineering Center
- Minimum Wage Battle Lands in Olympia
- Price of Postage Stamps to Go Up Sunday
- Target Data Breach Costs Pacific Northwest Credit Unions $1.3 Million
- Firms Seek to Hire Pettit Oil Employees, Provide Fuel Needs
- Skookum Rotary Foundation Working on Mason County Events Center
- The 11 Most Dangerous States for Drivers
- Mic Audio of Richard Sherman, Michael Crabtree Exchange Released
WORD OF THE DAY
Bereft
• \bih-REFT\ • Adjective - 1a: deprived or robbed of the possession or use of
something - usually used with of b: lacking something needed, wanted, or
expected - used with of 2: suffering the death of a loved one: bereaved
“They
took my thumb Charlie!” howled the wayward mobster to his patron. Bereft of his
opposable digits, his future in tiddlywinks was murky at best.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Seattle City Light Bills May Grow 1.5 Percent - Sawant:
Big Business Should Pay (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Congressman Blumenauer Joins Oregon Activists’
Power Plant Fray (Sustainable Business Oregon)
British Columbia: Residents Still Waiting for
Electricity as BC Hydro Postpones Expansion (The Globe & Mail, Canada)
Judge Denies Injunction Request by Kauai Smart
Meter Opponent (Pacific Business News, HI)
http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/blog/morning_call/2014/01/judge-denies-injunction-request-by.html
What Everyone Should Know About Deregulated
Electricity Markets (The Energy Collective)
How Smart Grid Technology Can Build a Better
Utility Industry Future: Part 1 (The Energy Collective)
How Smart Grid Technology Can Build a Better
Utility Industry Future: Part 2 (The Energy Collective)
Comcast Wants To Bundle In Electrical Service with
Cable & Internet (Consumerist)
http://consumerist.com/2014/01/23/comcast-wants-to-bundle-in-electrical-service-with-cable-internet/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon Expert: Urban Waterways Can Help Restore a
Fading Species (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Habitat Key to Feds’ Salmon Plan (Electric Co-op
Today)
Alaska U-S Senator: Bristol Bay Mine Would ‘Harm the
Salmon (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Rogue, Other Oregon Rivers Have Heavy Levels of
Mercury, Studies Show (Oregonian, Portland)
Historic California Drought Called a Red Flag for
Future of U-S (Christian Science Monitor)
Pollution
from China Harming Air Quality on West Coast: Study (Victoria Times Colonist,
BC)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Iowa
Solar Company Fights for ‘Public Utility’ Distinction in State Supreme Court
(Fox News)
Bill
Seeking to Eliminate Ohio’s Renewable Energy Mandates Gets First Hearing (Columbus
Business First, OH)
U-S
Offshore Wind Farm, Made in Europe (NY Times)
Ten
Reasons Intermittent Renewables (Wind & Solar PV) are a Problem (The Energy
Collective)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
An
LED Bulb is Dimmable & Affordable (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/23/technology/personaltech/review-the-philips-slimstyle-led-lamp.html
It’s
Time to Chill Out About Hacked Fridges (Reviewed.Com)
Forget
Google - Build Your Own Nest Smart Thermostat for $70 (Grist Online)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Things
Turn Nasty in Olympia over Climate Change (Everett Herald, WA)
‘Windfall’
Explores the Business of Climate Change (Idaho State Journal)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
White
Roofs Beat ‘Green’ Roofs on Climate Change, Says Berkeley Lab Study (San
Francisco Business Times, CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Telemedicine Network Cuts Emergency Transport for
Ill Babies (Longview Daily News, WA)
Google Fiber Expands Service Sign Ups in Provo (Broadband
Reports)
$2.5 Million in West Virginia Broadband Stimulus
Funds Likely Headed Back to Feds (Charleson Gazette, WV)
Community Digs Deep for Superfast Broadband (American
Association of Retired Persons)
Chinese Internet Traffic Redirected to Small
Wyoming House (NY Times)
Pope Francis Calls the Internet ‘A Gift from God’ (Washington
Post)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter Sees Seattle as Next Big Engineering Center
(Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Minimum Wage Battle Lands in Olympia (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Price of Postage Stamps to Go Up Sunday (Oregonian,
Portland)
Target Data Breach Costs Pacific Northwest Credit
Unions $1.3 Million (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Firms Seek to Hire Pettit Oil Employees, Provide
Fuel Needs (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Skookum Rotary Foundation Working on Mason County Events
Center (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
The 11 Most Dangerous States for Drivers (Washington
Post)
Mic Audio of Richard Sherman, Michael Crabtree Exchange
Released (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Warren
Buffett’s $1 Billion Bet Against NCAA Bracket Perfection
Rabbit
in Ear of Massive Nelson Mandela Statue Sparks Outrage
Inslee
Turns to Social Media to Determine Super Bowl Bet with Colorado Governor
Here
Are Ralph Lauren’s Hideously Ugly Olympics Uniforms
SONG OF THE DAY
Frankie
Laine - Blazing Saddles Title Theme
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