The Energy News Digest: Energy News Digest for January 7, 2014

Clark Public Utilities Bills Up Slightly as Rebate Decreases
Grays Harbor PUD Left Holding a Bag of Ash
Editorial: Small, Modular Reactors for Hanford?
Nuclear Fuel Storage Remains Safe, Panel Members Say
Boise: City Bus Crashes into Idaho Power Building
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Seeking Pilot Projects to Test Two-Year Hydro Licensing Process
Satellite Tagging Reveals Info on Endangered Orcas
$18 Billion Price Put on Effort to Block Carp from Great Lakes
California: Drought Prompts Deep Cuts in American River Flows
Editorial: Let the Wind Subsidy Blow Away
Oregon Governor’s Mansion Gets Energy Upgrades
Five Reasons California’s Energy Efficiency Plan Flopped
Understanding Energy Usage Starts at Home
Is Climate Change Causing the ‘Polar Vortex’?
Can Global Warming Be Real If It’s Cold in the U-S?
Is Global Warming a Myth?
Still Stuck in a Climate Argument
Canadian Climate Change Protesters Use Thrift-Store Outfits to Evade Prime Minister’s Security
‘Fart Factory’ Prepares to Heat Thousands of New York City Homes with Table Scraps
New Laws Could Mean Noise for Silent Electric Cars
Slow Broadband Internet Speeds Vex Nation’s Schools
Big City Community Networks: Lessons from Seattle & Gigabit Squared
T-Mobile & Verizon Just Struck a Huge Spectrum Deal. This Map Shows How It’ll Affect You
CenturyLink Field to Get Wi-Fi by 2015, And Other Revelations from the Man Behind the Seahawks’ Tech
Wireless Internet is Coming to Your Next Car
Polar Freeze Settles over U-S South, East
NASA’s Rover Mission on Mars Completes Ten Years

WORD OF THE DAY

Brocade • \broe-KAYD\ • Noun - 1: A rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver 2: a fabric characterized by raised designs.

“Layering is one thing, but this is ridiculous,” fumed Queen Elizabeth I to her dresser. The rich, brocade dress fell from her shoulders. Figuring the weight of her undergarments, girdle, skirts and riding jacket, the Queen estimated that her short walk from her boudoir to the throne room was the equivalent of carrying a small pony on her back.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Clark Public Utilities Bills Up Slightly as Rebate Decreases - Average customer will see increase of about $5 a month (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/jan/06/clark-public-utilities-bills-up-rebate-decreases/

Grays Harbor PUD Left Holding a Bag of Ash (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://thedailyworld.com/news/local/pud-left-hold-bag-ash

Editorial: Small, Modular Reactors for Hanford? (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/01/07/2981358/small-modular-reactors-for-hanford.html

Nuclear Fuel Storage Remains Safe, Panel Members Say (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/us/nuclear-fuel-storage-remains-safe-panel-members-say.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Boise: City Bus Crashes into Idaho Power Building (Northwest Cable News Network)

http://www.nwcn.com/news/City-bus-crashes-into-Idaho-Power-building-238857751.html

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Seeking Pilot Projects to Test Two-Year Hydro Licensing Process (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

http://www.ferc.gov/media/news-releases/2014/2014-1/01-06-14.asp#.UsxAlRBKZZ9

FISH & WILDLIFE

Satellite Tagging Reveals Info on Endangered Orcas (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Satellite-tagging-reveals-info-on-endangered-orcas-238935381.html

$18 Billion Price Put on Effort to Block Carp from Great Lakes (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/us/18-billion-price-put-on-effort-to-block-carp.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

California: Drought Prompts Deep Cuts in American River Flows (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2014/01/07/6050449/drought-prompts-deep-cuts-in-american.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Editorial: Let the Wind Subsidy Blow Away - Congress shouldn’t renew corporate welfare to this politically favored industry (Chicago Tribune, IL)

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-01-05/opinion/ct-edit-wind-energy-subsidy-edit-0105-20140105_1_wind-energy-turbines-wind-farms

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Oregon Governor’s Mansion Gets Energy Upgrades (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.kgw.com/news/238966101.html

Five Reasons California’s Energy Efficiency Plan Flopped (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelkanellos/2014/01/06/five-reasons-californias-energy-efficiency-plan-flopped/?ss=business%3Aenergy

Understanding Energy Usage Starts at Home (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/severinborenstein/323031/understanding-energy-usage-starts-home

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Is Climate Change Causing the ‘Polar Vortex’? (U-S News & World Report)

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2014/01/06/is-global-warming-causing-the-polar-vortex

Can Global Warming Be Real If It’s Cold in the U-S? (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/06/can-global-warming-be-real-if-its-cold-in-the-u-s-um-yes/

Is Global Warming a Myth? (The Toronto Star, Ontario)

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/01/06/is_global_warming_a_myth.html

Still Stuck in a Climate Argument (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/science/earth/still-stuck-in-a-climate-argument.html?_r=0

Canadian Climate Change Protesters Use Thrift-Store Outfits to Evade Prime Minister’s Security (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/protesters-use-thrift-store-outfits-to-evade-pm-s-security-1.779489

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

‘Fart Factory’ Prepares to Heat Thousands of New York City Homes with Table Scraps (Huffington Post)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/06/fart-factory-new-york-city-biogas-table-scraps_n_4550078.html?utm_hp_ref=green

New Laws Could Mean Noise for Silent Electric Cars (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/In-Gear/2014/0107/New-laws-could-mean-noise-for-silent-electric-cars

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Slow Broadband Internet Speeds Vex Nation’s Schools (Wall Street Journal)

http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303640604579300350203453792?mobile=y

Big City Community Networks: Lessons from Seattle & Gigabit Squared (Community Broadband Networks)

http://www.muninetworks.org/content/big-city-community-networks-lessons-seattle-and-gigabit-squared

T-Mobile & Verizon Just Struck a Huge Spectrum Deal. This Map Shows How It’ll Affect You (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/01/06/t-mobile-and-verizon-just-struck-a-huge-spectrum-deal-this-map-shows-how-itll-affect-you/?wprss=rss_business

CenturyLink Field to Get Wi-Fi by 2015, And Other Revelations from the Man Behind the Seahawks’ Tech (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2014/01/the-tech-behind-the-seahawks-and-wifi.html

Wireless Internet is Coming to Your Next Car (Jalopnik)

http://jalopnik.com/wireless-internet-is-coming-to-your-next-car-1495459629

GENERAL NEWS

Polar Freeze Settles over U-S South, East (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/texas/article/Polar-freeze-settles-over-US-South-East-5119615.php

NASA’s Rover Mission on Mars Completes Ten Years (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0106/NASA-s-rover-mission-on-Mars-completes-10-years

DIVERSIONS

Marshawn Lynch’s Silence Helping Charity

http://q13fox.com/2014/01/07/lynchs-silence-helping-charity/#axzz2pfPOO6hs

Mountain Dew Cheetos Are Now a Reality…In Japan

http://consumerist.com/2014/01/06/mountain-dew-cheetos-are-now-a-reality-in-japan/

Naked Aussie Freed From Washer with Olive Oil

http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2022613879_apxaustraliastuckinwasher.html?syndication=rss

British Thieves Make Off With Thousands of Sleeping Bees

http://grist.org/list/british-thieves-make-off-with-thousands-of-sleeping-bees/

SONG OF THE DAY

Richie Havens - Here Comes the Sun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBbXKsKXyNU

The Beatles – Here Comes the Sun (with lost guitar solo)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9Ahfw1MX5s

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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