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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for February 19, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
String
of Storms Hits State; Snowpack Builds to 80% of Normal - Progress Expected To
Continue Into the Early Part of Spring (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Changes Are Coming to Northwest Natural Resource
Policy (Northwest Public Radio)
Editorial:
Do Not Compromise the Energy Independence Act (Olympian
- Paywall Advisory)
Columnist: Peter Johnson He Pulled the Plug on
Nuclear Excess (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
FCC to Try Again on ‘Net Neutrality’ (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Columnist: Peter Johnson He Pulled the Plug on Nuclear Excess
- U-S Army Corps of Engineers Plans Narrower Review of Washington Coal-Export Plan
- Grays Harbor PUD Outage Totals Down in 2013
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District Names Director of Customer Service
- String of Storms Hits State; Snowpack Builds to 80% of Normal - Progress Expected To Continue Into the Early Part of Spring
- Recent Storms Bring Snowpack above Drought Levels - For Now
- Water-Saving Apps Turn Conservation into a Money-Saving Game
- Editorial: Do Not Compromise the Energy Independence Act
- U.K. Wind Expansion Scrapped on Concern Birds May Be Harmed
- Farmers’ Electric Cooperative: The #1 Solar Utility Is in…Iowa?
- In Praise of the Humble Smart Plug: Are Outlets the Gateway for the Internet of Things?
- Clean Energy Offers Boost for Remote Island Nations
- FCC to Try Again on ‘Net Neutrality’
- Here’s the FCC’s New Plan to Bring Back Net Neutrality
- CFO: Google Fiber Network Boosted Kansas City’s Bond Rating
- Microsoft’s Rebranded OneDrive Cloud Storage is Now Here
- Wireless System Could Offer a Private Fast Lane for Video
- Google to Glass Users: Don’t Be a ‘Glasshole’
- Chevron Says Sorry for Fracking Fire the Only Way It Knows How: With Pizza Coupon
- Changes Are Coming to Northwest Natural Resource Policy
- First Cannabis Lease Approved At Port of Shelton
- Belfair Shoplifter Dies after Deputy & Security Guard Perform CPR
- Lake Cushman Robbery Suspect Caught
- Benton County Firefighter: “I Died & Those Guys Were Able to Save Me”
- Watch for Companies to Claim ‘Jack Frost Ate Our Profits’
WORD OF THE DAY
Aseptic
• \ā-ˈSEP-tick\ • Adjective
- 1a: preventing infection b: free or freed from pathogenic microorganisms 2:
lacking vitality, emotion, or warmth.
The
harsh, green fluorescent light in the aseptic waiting room hammered the eyes of
the downcast patients like so many small, blunt instruments. Occasionally, one
of the ancient light tubes would hum and flicker, adding a hideously
counterpoint to the easy listening music piped into the soul-crushing room. The
Percy Faith Orchestra never sounded more depressing.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Columnist: Peter Johnson He Pulled the Plug on
Nuclear Excess (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
U-S Army Corps of Engineers Plans Narrower Review
of Washington Coal-Export Plan (Associated Press)
Grays Harbor PUD Outage Totals Down in 2013 (KXRO
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Names
Director of Customer Service (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
String
of Storms Hits State; Snowpack Builds to 80% of Normal - Progress Expected To
Continue Into the Early Part of Spring (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Recent
Storms Bring Snowpack above Drought Levels - For Now (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Water-Saving
Apps Turn Conservation into a Money-Saving Game (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Editorial:
Do Not Compromise the Energy Independence Act (Olympian
- Paywall Advisory)
U.K.
Wind Expansion Scrapped on Concern Birds May Be Harmed (Bloomberg News)
Farmers’
Electric Cooperative: The #1 Solar Utility Is in…Iowa? (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
In
Praise of the Humble Smart Plug: Are Outlets the Gateway for the Internet of
Things? (GigaOM)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Clean
Energy Offers Boost for Remote Island Nations (Christian Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC to Try Again on ‘Net Neutrality’ (NY Times)
Here’s the FCC’s New Plan to Bring Back Net
Neutrality (Washington Post)
CFO: Google Fiber Network Boosted Kansas City’s
Bond Rating (Telecompetitor)
Microsoft’s Rebranded OneDrive Cloud Storage is Now
Here (Gizmodo)
Wireless System Could Offer a Private Fast Lane for
Video (NY Times)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Google to Glass Users: Don’t Be a ‘Glasshole’ (Seattle
Post Intelligencer, WA)
Chevron Says Sorry for Fracking Fire the Only Way
It Knows How: With Pizza Coupon (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Changes Are Coming to Northwest Natural Resource
Policy (Northwest Public Radio)
GENERAL NEWS
First Cannabis Lease Approved At Port of Shelton (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Belfair Shoplifter Dies after Deputy & Security
Guard Perform CPR (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Lake Cushman Robbery Suspect Caught (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
Benton County Firefighter: “I Died & Those Guys
Were Able to Save Me” (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Watch for Companies to Claim ‘Jack Frost Ate Our
Profits’ (Reuters)
DIVERSIONS
Richard
Sherman Surprises Little Seahawks Supporters on Queen Latifah Show
Cats
May See Things That Are Invisible To Us
McDonald’s
Worker Fired after Paying for Food Donation
Devo’s
Bob Casale Dead of Heart Failure
SONG OF THE DAY
Devo
– Satisfaction
Devo
- Whip It
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