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News Digest Word Cloud for January 3, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Heavy Snow, Dangerous Cold Bite Northeastern U-S
(Reuters)
TransAlta’s Downsizing Pinches Lewis County
Revenue (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Idaho
Solar Developer Fights to Keep Project Alive (Associated Press)
Op/Ed:
Don't Dilute Oregon's Renewable Power Standards (Oregonian, Portland)
Washington State Residents May See Battling Gun
Initiatives Before Legislature (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- TransAlta’s Downsizing Pinches Lewis County Revenue
- FERC Urged to Clarify Order on Cybersecurity Standards
- San Francisco Botches Energy Co-Op Rollout
- New England: Grid Operator Decides Brayton Point Plant Should Stay Open for Electricity Reliability
- Yakima Basin Storage Alliance Funding $100K Water Study
- Idaho Solar Developer Fights to Keep Project Alive
- Op/Ed: Don't Dilute Oregon's Renewable Power Standards
- 'Bird-Friendly' Turbines on Altamont Pass Sought by Researchers, Energy Companies
- For The Birds (And the Bats): Eight Ways Wind Power Companies Are Trying to Prevent Deadly Collisions
- ALEC’s Attack on Renewables Arrives in Colorado
- Montana: NorthWestern Energy Seeking to Fund Conservation Projects
- Bulbageddon Is Upon Us
- Editorial: California Needs to Find Smart Way to Recycle Dim Bulbs
- Buzzword Bingo - Can a Better Taxonomy Help Behavioral Energy Efficiency?
- EPA Proposal Could Shift War on Renewable Fuels
- Four Reasons Why Environmentalists Are Wrong About Energy
- Is Industrial Hemp the Ultimate Energy Crop?
- Yes, American Broadband Sucks: Here's the Real Reason Why
- Commotion Comes Out of Beta, Vying to Create a Broadband Commons
- Football Playoffs, Super Bowl XLVIII to Be Streamed Online for (Mostly) Free
- Barbed Wire Fences Were an Early DIY Telephone Network
- Privacy Experts Warn About Dangers of Image Theft via Online Photo Scraping
- Tip: Burglars Use Social Media to Target Homes
- Three Social Media Trends You Should Know About
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Washington State Residents May See Battling Gun Initiatives Before Legislature
- Feisty Liberal Washington State Senator Adam Kline Won’t Seek Re-Election
- Heavy Snow, Dangerous Cold Bite Northeastern U-S
- Washington Ski Resorts Forced to Move Snow Around
- U-S Plywood Industry's Plea for Help Rejected - Firms Complain of Chinese 'Dumping' on Domestic Market
- New Mason County Economic Development Council Director Announced
- First Baby at Mason General Hospital in 2014
WORD OF THE DAY
Taxonomy
• \tack-SAWN-uh-mee\ • Noun - The process or system of describing the way in
which different living things are related by putting them in groups.
Brad’s
kitchen junk drawer was a perfect example of how to obsessively apply taxonomic principles never seen before, or since. Even his misshapen lint was organized by
various methods: pocket lint and other variants; the apparent substance that
made up the lint balls; even the color of the multitudinous materials that went
into the lint was taken into account.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
TransAlta’s Downsizing Pinches Lewis County Revenue
(Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
FERC Urged to Clarify Order on Cybersecurity
Standards (American Public Power Association)
San Francisco Botches Energy Co-Op Rollout
(Public CEO)
New England: Grid Operator Decides Brayton Point
Plant Should Stay Open for Electricity Reliability (Boston Business Journal,
MA)
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass_roundup/2014/01/iso-rejects-brayton-closure-request.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Yakima
Basin Storage Alliance Funding $100K Water Study (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/latestlocalnews/1803417-8/storage-alliance-funding-100k-water-study
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Idaho
Solar Developer Fights to Keep Project Alive (Associated Press)
Op/Ed:
Don't Dilute Oregon's Renewable Power Standards (Oregonian, Portland)
'Bird-Friendly'
Turbines on Altamont Pass Sought by Researchers, Energy Companies (San Jose
Mercury News, CA)
For
The Birds (And the Bats): Eight Ways Wind Power Companies Are Trying to Prevent
Deadly Collisions (Grist Online)
ALEC’s
Attack on Renewables Arrives in Colorado (Boulder Weekly, CO)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Montana:
NorthWestern Energy Seeking to Fund Conservation Projects (KBZK-TV, Bozeman,
MT)
Bulbageddon
Is Upon Us - The new year is bringing new efficiency standards that will spell
the end for the common incandescent light bulb (C/NET News)
Editorial:
California Needs to Find Smart Way to Recycle Dim Bulbs (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Buzzword
Bingo - Can a Better Taxonomy Help Behavioral Energy Efficiency? (The Energy
Collective: Can energy efficiency programs be improved by better organization
and focus?)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
EPA
Proposal Could Shift War on Renewable Fuels (Politico)
Four
Reasons Why Environmentalists Are Wrong About Energy (MarketWatch)
Is
Industrial Hemp the Ultimate Energy Crop? (The Conversation)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Yes, American Broadband Sucks: Here's the Real
Reason Why (Computerworld)
Commotion Comes Out of Beta, Vying to Create a
Broadband Commons (GigaOM)
Football Playoffs, Super Bowl XLVIII to Be Streamed
Online for (Mostly) Free (GigaOM)
Barbed Wire Fences Were an Early DIY Telephone
Network (Gizmodo)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Privacy Experts Warn About Dangers of Image Theft
via Online Photo Scraping (Vancouver Sun, BC)
Tip: Burglars Use Social Media to Target Homes (USA
Today)
Three Social Media Trends You Should Know About
(Mashable)
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Residents May See Battling Gun
Initiatives Before Legislature (Associated Press)
Feisty Liberal Washington State Senator Adam Kline Won’t
Seek Re-Election (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Heavy Snow, Dangerous Cold Bite Northeastern U-S (Reuters)
Washington Ski Resorts Forced to Move Snow Around
(Associated Press)
U-S Plywood Industry's Plea for Help Rejected - Firms
Complain of Chinese 'Dumping' on Domestic Market (USA Today)
New Mason County Economic Development Council
Director Announced (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
First Baby at Mason General Hospital in 2014 (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
North
Carolina Politician Writes Resignation Letter in Klingon
Pick the Winner: Doritos Super Bowl Ad Competition
Cricket
Holy War on as Anglicans Accept Vatican Challenge
Obamas'
Christmas Gift for Godmother Delivered to Wrong Family
SONG OF THE DAY
Hector
Berlioz - Dies Irae
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