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News Digest Word Cloud for January 28, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
BPA: Elliot Mainzer Officially Named
Administrator; Looks to Firm Up Leadership Team (Oregonian, Portland)
Blast Leaves Only 35 Feet of Glines Canyon Dam
Standing on the Elwha River (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Congressional Negotiators Reach Deal on U-S Farm
Bill (Reuters)
Montana Ranks near the Bottom for Broadband Access
(KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
Leveraging the Seahawks Super Bowl Run for a
Business Win (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- BPA: Elliot Mainzer Officially Named Administrator; Looks to Firm Up Leadership Team
- Department of Energy Names Elliot Mainzer Permanent BPA Administrator
- Elliot Mainzer New BPA Administrator - Reaxn from Public Power Council/U-S Senator Murray
- Kentucky-Fried Politics – Report Makes Claim About Purchase of Nuclear Fuel in Pacific Northwest
- Western Utilities Try to Balance a Proposed Energy Imbalance Market with Pros, Cons
- Shahala Middle School Team a BPA Science Bowl Finalist
- Chelan PUD Donations to Helping Hand Fund
- Widespread Reliability Violations Contributed to 2011 Blackout, FERC Staff Allege
- Could Wind Emerge As a Major Provider of Frequency Regulation?
- Blast Leaves Only 35 Feet of Glines Canyon Dam Standing on the Elwha River
- Fall River, Land Trust Team Up to Protect Birds from Electricity
- Snohomish River-Delta Stink: Humans, Sensors Smell It Differently
- NYC’s Charming Water Towers Are Actually Bacteria-Filled Horrorshows
- The Tortoise & the Flare: California Solar Power Projects Confront Habitat Impact
- U-S Solar Jobs Jump 20% in Biggest Climb for Past Four Years
- How Do You Recycle a Solar Panel?
- Renewable Energy Provides 37% of All New US Electrical Generating Capacity in 2013
- Molten Magma Could Power Electric Plants of the Future
- Don’t Get Blown Away by the Naysayers: Three Reasons to Be Bullish on Wind
- California: Despite Cold Classrooms, 140 HVAC Units Sat Idle at Twin Rivers
- Quiet Sun Could Cause ‘Mini Ice Age’
- Whoops: Anti-Fracking Activists Glued Themselves to the Wrong Gas Station
- This Student-Designed Portable Home May be the Most Beautiful Tiny House We’ve Seen
- Montana Ranks near the Bottom for Broadband Access
- AT&T Blames U-Verse Internet Outage on ‘Web Hosting Service Issue’
- Why Do Washington, DC Residents Pay the Highest Internet Costs in the Country?
- Microsoft Changes ‘SkyDrive’ name to ‘OneDrive’
- Former FCC Commissioner: FCC Needs to Reclassify Broadband ISPs, Save Net Neutrality
- Report: Spies Can Track You through Google Maps, Angry Birds
- ESPN Is Wary of Cord-Cutters, Says Protecting Pay-TV is First Priority
- Leveraging the Seahawks Super Bowl Run for a Business Win
- THC-Hawks? Pot Puns Pack This Super Bowl
- Congressional Negotiators Reach Deal on U-S Farm Bill
- Congressmen Kilmer & Heck Pass ‘Chick Pic’ (It’s Not What You Might Think)
- Work Begins on Downtown Shelton’s New Transit-Community Center
- Report: Red Light Camera Operator Bribed Officials in Multiple States
- Top 12 Moments in Seahawks Pop Culture History
- Winlock: Egg-cited about Seahawks!
- Seahawks Uniform History – The “Seattle Kings?”
WORD OF THE DAY
Acephalous
• \ay-SEFF-uh-luss\ • Adjective – 1: Lacking a head or having the head reduced 2:
lacking a governing head or chief
Acephalous
era
Ends
at Bonneville Power
Good
luck Elliot
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
BPA: Elliot Mainzer Officially Named
Administrator; Looks to Firm Up Leadership Team (Oregonian, Portland)
Department of Energy Names Elliot Mainzer
Permanent BPA Administrator (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
Elliot Mainzer New BPA Administrator - Reaxn from
Public Power Council/U-S Senator Murray (Energy News Feed)
Kentucky-Fried Politics – Report Makes Claim
About Purchase of Nuclear Fuel in Pacific Northwest (Newsweek Magazine)
Western Utilities Try to Balance a Proposed Energy
Imbalance Market with Pros, Cons (American Public Power Association)
Shahala Middle School Team a BPA Science Bowl Finalist
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Chelan PUD Donations to Helping Hand Fund (Chelan
PUD, Wenatchee, WA)
Widespread Reliability Violations Contributed to
2011 Blackout, FERC Staff Allege (American Public Power Association)
Could Wind Emerge As a Major Provider of
Frequency Regulation? (Green Tech Media)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Blast Leaves Only 35 Feet of Glines Canyon Dam Standing
on the Elwha River (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Fall River, Land Trust Team Up to Protect Birds
from Electricity (Teton Valley News, Driggs, ID)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Snohomish
River-Delta Stink: Humans, Sensors Smell It Differently (Everett Herald, WA)
NYC’s
Charming Water Towers Are Actually Bacteria-Filled Horrorshows (Gizmodo)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
The
Tortoise & the Flare: California Solar Power Projects Confront Habitat
Impact (PBS)
U-S
Solar Jobs Jump 20% in Biggest Climb for Past Four Years (San Jose Mercury
News, CA)
How
Do You Recycle a Solar Panel? (Huffington Post – Shades of other electric
component disposal dilemmas: don’t forget those nasty other materials that are
in a solar panel)
Renewable
Energy Provides 37% of All New US Electrical Generating Capacity in 2013 (Renewable Energy World)
Molten
Magma Could Power Electric Plants of the Future (Gizmodo)
Don’t
Get Blown Away by the Naysayers: Three Reasons to Be Bullish on Wind (Motley
Fool)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
California:
Despite Cold Classrooms, 140 HVAC Units Sat Idle at Twin Rivers (Sacramento Bee, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Quiet
Sun Could Cause ‘Mini Ice Age’ (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Whoops:
Anti-Fracking Activists Glued Themselves to the Wrong Gas Station (Grist Online)
This
Student-Designed Portable Home May be the Most Beautiful Tiny House We’ve Seen (Grist Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Montana Ranks near the Bottom for Broadband Access (KNDO/KNDU-TV,
Tri Cities, WA)
AT&T Blames U-Verse Internet Outage on ‘Web
Hosting Service Issue’ (Fierce Cable)
Why Do Washington, DC Residents Pay the Highest
Internet Costs in the Country? (DCist)
Microsoft Changes ‘SkyDrive’ name to ‘OneDrive’ (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Former FCC Commissioner: FCC Needs to Reclassify Broadband
ISPs, Save Net Neutrality (Consumerist)
Report: Spies Can Track You through Google Maps,
Angry Birds (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
ESPN Is Wary of Cord-Cutters, Says Protecting
Pay-TV is First Priority (GigaOM)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Leveraging the Seahawks Super Bowl Run for a
Business Win (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
THC-Hawks? Pot Puns Pack This Super Bowl “…’I’m
staying home & will be watching the Super Bowl while I light up my own
Super Bowl,’ well-known stoner Tommy Chong…” (Associated
Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Congressional Negotiators Reach Deal on U-S Farm
Bill (Reuters)
Congressmen Kilmer & Heck Pass ‘Chick Pic’ (It’s
Not What You Might Think) (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA
- Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Work Begins on Downtown Shelton’s New
Transit-Community Center (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Report: Red Light Camera Operator Bribed Officials
in Multiple States (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Top 12 Moments in Seahawks Pop Culture History (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Winlock: Egg-cited about Seahawks! (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle, WA – I remember when certain schools – ahem – would paint the egg
their colors before or after a game with the Cardinals.)
Seahawks Uniform History – The “Seattle Kings?” (MickyLantz)
DIVERSIONS
All
the Crazy Stuff People Tried to Bring on Airplanes Last Year
South
Korea: Plastic Surgery Clinic Fined for Tower of Bones
Flatulent
Cows Start Fire at German Dairy Farm – Police
Eric
Lawson, Who Portrayed Marlboro Man, Dies at 72
SONG OF THE DAY
Elmer
Bernstein - The Magnificent Seven Theme
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