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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for January 6, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Offshore ‘Click Farms’ Big Business for Those
Trying to Make Money from Duping Social Media (Associated
Press)
East Sand Cormorant Colony Increasing; Estuary’s
Single Most Significant Source of Smolt Mortality (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Apple Plans Solar Array at Central Oregon Data
Center, Says Prineville Mayor (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Michigan: Lansing Utility Chief under Fire after
Storm Response – Went on New York Vacation (WZZM, Grand Rapids, MI)
Efforts
to Improve the Efficiency of Natural Gas Furnaces Have Chilled (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Michigan: Lansing Utility Chief under Fire after Storm Response – Went on New York Vacation
- Settlement Talks Planned in Montana Power Co-Op Bankruptcy
- Finding Hot Spots in Mason County - Infrared Inspection for Safety & Reliability
- Botched Tree Removal - Fallen Tree, Power Line Blocks Vancouver Street
- Judge: Environmental Groups’ Lawsuit over Eastern Washington Coal Trains Can Proceed
- FirstEnergy Utilities Offer Cold Weather Tips
- Ratings Firm: Electric Co-op Finances Solid
- Co-op Clutter Becomes Treasure
- Nepal Extends Power Cut to 12 Hours per Day as Dry Season Comes
- East Sand Cormorant Colony Increasing; Estuary’s Single Most Significant Source of Smolt Mortality
- No Snow is No Fun
- California: Sierra Snow Survey Points to Dry Year Ahead
- Colorado River Drought Forces a Painful Reckoning for States
- California: Outrage in Owens Valley a Century after Los Angeles Began Taking Its Water
- Americans’ View of Clean Energy Rebounds
- Study: Wind Energy Needs Controls to Minimize Risk of Instability on the Grid
- New National Renewable Energy Laboratory Tests Wind Turbines’ Performance
- Hawaiian Electric Considers Wood Pellets as Fuel
- Efforts to Improve the Efficiency of Natural Gas Furnaces Have Chilled
- Apple Plans Solar Array at Central Oregon Data Center, Says Prineville Mayor
- Worried About the Yahoo Malware Outbreak? If You’re in U-S, You’re Probably Safe
- Offshore ‘Click Farms’ Big Business for Those Trying to Make Money from Duping Social Media
- Australian Olympians Say They’ll Defy Sochi Social Media Ban
- Flu-Related Death Toll Doubles in Washington State
- Tahuya Man Arrested After Standoff
- Frigid Air Threatens Coldest U-S Weather in Two Decades
- ‘Polar Vortex’ Pushes Subzero Temps into Midwest
- Shades of Gray in Union’s OK of Boeing 777X Offer
- ‘The System is Broken’: Staffing Issues Plague Washington State Ferries
- DNR to Enhance Recreation Opportunities in Green Mountain & Tahuya State Forests
WORD OF THE DAY
Mimesis
• \muh-MEE-siss\ • Noun - Imitation, mimicry.
Mark
was justifiably proud of his art. The attention to detail, the use of bold and
subtle hues, and feather soft brush strokes. All his skills and artistic powers
fit flawlessly…to a point. He just could not restrain his tendency to produce
mimesis reminiscent of those “follow you around the room eyes” in the style of
Walter Keane. “It’s just creepy,” was the verdict of his 13-year-old daughter.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Michigan: Lansing Utility Chief under Fire after
Storm Response – Went on New York Vacation (WZZM, Grand Rapids, MI)
Settlement Talks Planned in Montana Power Co-Op
Bankruptcy (Associated Press)
Finding Hot Spots in Mason County - Infrared
Inspection for Safety & Reliability (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Botched Tree Removal - Fallen Tree, Power Line
Blocks Vancouver Street (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Judge: Environmental Groups’ Lawsuit over Eastern
Washington Coal Trains Can Proceed (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
FirstEnergy Utilities Offer Cold Weather Tips
(Yahoo! Finance)
Ratings Firm: Electric Co-op Finances Solid (Electric
Co-op Today)
Co-op Clutter Becomes Treasure (Electric Co-op
Today)
Nepal Extends Power Cut to 12 Hours per Day as
Dry Season Comes (China Daily)
FISH & WILDLIFE
East Sand Cormorant Colony Increasing; Estuary’s
Single Most Significant Source of Smolt Mortality (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
No
Snow is No Fun (Wenatchee World, WA)
California:
Sierra Snow Survey Points to Dry Year Ahead (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
Colorado
River Drought Forces a Painful Reckoning for States (NY Times)
California:
Outrage in Owens Valley a Century after Los Angeles Began Taking Its Water (Sacramento Bee, CA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Americans’
View of Clean Energy Rebounds (Houston Business Journal)
Study:
Wind Energy Needs Controls to Minimize Risk of Instability on the Grid (The
Energy Collective)
New
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Tests Wind Turbines’ Performance (The
Journal Advocate, Sterling, CO)
http://www.journal-advocate.com/sterling-local_news/ci_24842409/new-national-renewable-energy-labratory-tests-wind-turbines-performance
http://www.journal-advocate.com/sterling-local_news/ci_24842409/new-national-renewable-energy-labratory-tests-wind-turbines-performance
Hawaiian
Electric Considers Wood Pellets as Fuel (Associated
Press)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Efforts
to Improve the Efficiency of Natural Gas Furnaces Have Chilled (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Apple Plans Solar Array at Central Oregon Data
Center, Says Prineville Mayor (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Worried About the Yahoo Malware Outbreak? If You’re
in U-S, You’re Probably Safe (Washington Post)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Offshore ‘Click Farms’ Big Business for Those
Trying to Make Money from Duping Social Media (Associated
Press)
Australian Olympians Say They’ll Defy Sochi Social
Media Ban (Mashable)
GENERAL NEWS
Flu-Related Death Toll Doubles in Washington State (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Tahuya Man Arrested After Standoff (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Frigid Air Threatens Coldest U-S Weather in Two
Decades (Bloomberg News)
‘Polar Vortex’ Pushes Subzero Temps into Midwest (Associated Press)
Shades of Gray in Union’s OK of Boeing 777X Offer (Everett
Herald, WA)
‘The System is Broken’: Staffing Issues Plague Washington
State Ferries (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
DNR to Enhance Recreation Opportunities in Green
Mountain & Tahuya State Forests (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Phil
Everly & Brother Don Were Architects of Harmony
NFL
Fines Lynch for Not Talking
The
Interior of the Lego Simpsons Home Takes Its Awesome Level Up to 11
Man’s
Blood Alcohol Content Too High for Police to Measure
SONG OF THE DAY
Everly Brothers Country Music Hall of Fame
Video
Everly
Brothers - Bye Bye Love
Don’t
Speak - No Doubt
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