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News Digest Word Cloud for February 18, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Lawsuits Could Lead to Changes at Northwest Fish
Hatcheries (Associated Press)
Lake Cushman Update: Electricity Restored after
Repairs Made to Underground Power Lines (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Seattle
Mayor Prefers Publicly-Funded Internet Utility, Wants to ‘Evaluate Relationship
with Comcast’ (GeekWire)
As
Decision Looms on SolarWorld Trade Case, Not All Solar Companies Welcome China
Fight (Oregonian, Portland)
Renters
Need to be Part of Energy-Saving Conversation (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Lake Cushman Update: Electricity Restored after Repairs Made to Underground Power Lines
- Portland General Electric Asks for New 4.6 Percent Rate Increase, Announces Earnings
- Grant PUD Enhances Public Access
- You May Recognize these names - 2014 Electric Utility Business Customer Satisfaction Study
- Duke Energy to Sell Ohio Power Plants
- Police: One Man Electrocuted, Four Charged in Warehouse Break-In
- Congress Passes Bill to Extend Cuts to Credit Payments to Issuers of Build America Bonds, New Clean Renewable Energy Bonds
- Australian Aluminum Outgunned by Cheap, Coal-Free Rivals
- Lawsuits Could Lead to Changes at Northwest Fish Hatcheries
- Study Examines Recycling of Cowlitz Summer Steelhead
- Colville Tribe Names New Fish, Wildlife Director
- As Decision Looms on SolarWorld Trade Case, Not All Solar Companies Welcome China Fight
- Seattle Company Pursues Wind Energy in Ocean
- FERC Grants New Permit for 240-MW Alaska Tidal Energy Project
- Google to Become 100 Percent Reliant on Renewable Energy, Exec Says
- Renters Need to be Part of Energy-Saving Conversation
- Orcas Power & Light Invests in Energy Savings to Keep Member Costs Down
- California: Elk Grove Explores LED Future for Street Lamps
- One in Five Electrical Appliances ‘Has Misleading Energy Efficiency Claims’
- Ninth Circuit Denies Rehearing in Greenhouse Gas Case - Continues to Struggle with Standing in Climate Litigation
- Debate over Deviant Weather Patterns Centers on Climate Change
- Billionaire Environmentalist Plows Ahead with Global Warming Campaign
- Three Corporations Using 100% Renewable Energy
- U-S Green Building Council Releases the Top 10 States in Nation for LEED Green Building
- Seattle Mayor Prefers Publicly-Funded Internet Utility, Wants to ‘Evaluate Relationship with Comcast’
- Utah Cities Score Broadband Deal That Rivals Kansas City & Google
- Charter Upgrades to Faster, Better, Digital Services for Tri-City Area
- PayPal President to Employees: Use Our New Service — Or Else
- Kickstarter Data Breach: ‘We’re Incredibly Sorry’
- After a McMocking, McDonald’s Provides a Straightforward Answer to Simple Question
- Cover Story: The Fascinating Anatomy of a Magazine Cover
- Clint Didier to Run for Doc Hastings’ U-S House Seat from Washington State
- Parade of Winter Storms Continues through Washington State
- Meat Recall Expanded to Include Oregon & Washington State
- Washington State House Votes to Allow Industrial Hemp
- Washington at Center of U-S Microbrewery Growth
WORD OF THE DAY
Tenterhook
• \TENT-terr-hook\ • Noun - A sharp hooked nail used especially for fastening
cloth on a tenter (a frame for stretching or holding cloth) In a state of uneasiness,
strain, or suspense.
I
thought I was having a tiny stroke watching Canadian TV coverage of skating
over the weekend. Describing the tension of the competitors waiting for their
routines, she said they were on tenderhooks. Each time she said it, I involuntarily
shouted at the inanimate television set, “that’s TENTERHOOKS!” Which, upon
reflection, was a poorly executed imitation of an outburst from Basil Fawlty.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Lake Cushman Update: Electricity Restored after
Repairs Made to Underground Power Lines (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Portland General Electric Asks for New 4.6
Percent Rate Increase, Announces Earnings (Oregonian, Portland)
Grant PUD Enhances Public Access (Crescent Bar
Chronicle, WA)
You May Recognize these names - 2014 Electric
Utility Business Customer Satisfaction Study (JD Power)
Duke Energy to Sell Ohio Power Plants (Cincinnati
Business Courier, OH)
Police: One Man Electrocuted, Four Charged in
Warehouse Break-In (Ann Arbor News, MI)
Congress Passes Bill to Extend Cuts to Credit
Payments to Issuers of Build America Bonds, New Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (American
Public Power Association)
Australian Aluminum Outgunned by Cheap, Coal-Free
Rivals (Renew Economy)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Lawsuits Could Lead to Changes at Northwest Fish
Hatcheries (Associated Press)
Study Examines Recycling of Cowlitz Summer
Steelhead (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Colville Tribe Names New Fish, Wildlife Director
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2014/feb/18/colville-tribe-names-new-fish-wildlife-director/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
As
Decision Looms on SolarWorld Trade Case, Not All Solar Companies Welcome China Fight
(Oregonian, Portland)
Seattle
Company Pursues Wind Energy in Ocean (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
FERC
Grants New Permit for 240-MW Alaska Tidal Energy Project (Renewable Energy
World)
Google
to Become 100 Percent Reliant on Renewable Energy, Exec Says (Opposing Views)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Renters
Need to be Part of Energy-Saving Conversation (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Orcas
Power & Light Invests in Energy Savings to Keep Member Costs Down (San Juan
Islander, Friday Harbor, WA)
California:
Elk Grove Explores LED Future for Street Lamps (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
One
in Five Electrical Appliances ‘Has Misleading Energy Efficiency Claims’ (The
Telegraph, UK)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Ninth
Circuit Denies Rehearing in Greenhouse Gas Case - Continues to Struggle with
Standing in Climate Litigation (GTH Energy & Natural
Resources Law Blog)
Debate
over Deviant Weather Patterns Centers on Climate Change (Forbes Magazine)
Billionaire
Environmentalist Plows Ahead with Global Warming Campaign (USA Today)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Three
Corporations Using 100% Renewable Energy (Daily Finance)
U-S
Green Building Council Releases the Top 10 States in Nation for LEED Green
Building (USGBC)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Seattle Mayor Prefers Publicly-Funded Internet Utility,
Wants to ‘Evaluate Relationship with Comcast’ (GeekWire)
Utah Cities Score Broadband Deal That Rivals Kansas
City & Google (GigaOM)
Charter Upgrades to Faster, Better, Digital Services
for Tri-City Area (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
PayPal President to Employees: Use Our New Service
— Or Else (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Kickstarter Data Breach: ‘We’re Incredibly Sorry’ (Associated Press)
After a McMocking, McDonald’s Provides a
Straightforward Answer to Simple Question (Consumerist)
Cover Story: The Fascinating Anatomy of a Magazine
Cover (Gizmodo)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Clint Didier to Run for Doc Hastings’ U-S House
Seat from Washington State (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Parade of Winter Storms Continues through Washington
State (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Meat Recall Expanded to Include Oregon & Washington
State (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Washington State House Votes to Allow Industrial
Hemp (Associated Press)
Washington at Center of U-S Microbrewery Growth
(Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
Hawaii
Could Adopt the Ukulele as Its Official State Instrument under a Proposed Bill
(It isn’t already?)
Why
Just Cutting the Mold Off That Leftover Pizza Probably Isn’t a Good Idea
Requiem
for Norway’s Glorious Olympic Curling Pants
Steve
Jobs Time Capsule Finally Uncovered After 30 Years
SONG OF THE DAY
Richard Harris - MacArthur Park
Donna
Summer - MacArthur Park Suite
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