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News Digest Word Cloud for March 11, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Grant PUD: Wanapum Dam Will Not Fail - Managers,
Commissioners Speak of Cooperation (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Columbia Generating Station Had Three Special
Inspections in 2013 (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Sea Lions Feast on Big Columbia River Smelt Run (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Officials:
Storms Make Washington State Drought Unlikely (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
GAO: Broadband Stimulus Helped Lower Prices, Boost
Speeds (Broadband Reports)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Grant PUD: Wanapum Dam Will Not Fail - Managers, Commissioners Speak of Cooperation
- Irrigation Impacted by Lower Reservoir Water at Wanapum Dam
- Columbia Generating Station Had Three Special Inspections in 2013
- Washington State Supreme Court Hears Final Arguments in Transmission Line Case
- Avista Selects Local Contractor for Upgrades to Historic Post Falls Hydroelectric Development Project
- Planned Outage at Lake Cushman
- Natural Gas Industry Struggles to Keep Promises
- Op/Ed: Snipers Won’t Black Out U-S Power Grid, But Sun May
- BPA: Technology Innovation Recognizes Becker, Barton & Kosterev with Project Awards
- Sea Lions Feast on Big Columbia River Smelt Run
- In Severe Drought Plan, California Salmon May Be Moved by Truck
- Utilities Seek to Save Birds from Power Lines - And Vice Versa
- Light Pollution ‘Affects Bats’ Tropical Seed Dispersal’
- Officials: Storms Make Washington State Drought Unlikely
- Vestas Expects to Add 850 Colorado Workers
- California Electric Grid Sets Solar Generation Record
- Nuclear Energy Rising at the Expense of Renewable Power
- Making It Easier to Plan Offshore Wind Farms
- Biomass Plants: Go Small & It Could Help Stabilize the National Power Grid
- U-S House of Representatives OKs Efficiency Bill for Large Water Heaters
- Gas Prices May Jump from California Emissions Law
- Up All Night: U-S Senate Dems Keep the Lights Lit in Climate Change Talkathon
- Mascot Madness: How Climate Change is Hurting School Spirit
- GAO: Broadband Stimulus Helped Lower Prices, Boost Speeds
- New Fiber Installation Makes North Carolina a ‘Gigabit State’ - With or without Google
- The Future of the Internet: Dark & Ubiquitous
- Comcast: We’re Lobbying Congress for You, the People!
- Utility Spending on Grid Monitoring to Hit $50 Billion by 2023: Navigant Research
- Sheryl Sandberg on Why We Should Ban ‘Bossy’
- 30th District’s Tracey Eide Won’t Seek Re-Election to Washington State Senate
- Law Would Require Officials to Get Training on Public Record Requests
- Seattle Archdiocese, FBI Investigate Data Breach
- Immigrant Hunger Strikers in Washington State Could Be Force-Fed
- Malaysian Military Says Missing Jet Went 300 Miles Off Course
- Avalanche Triggered by Explosives Takes Out Crystal Mountain Chairlift
- Colorado Rakes in $2 Million in Pot Profits for January
- Marijuana News: Pot Growing Operations Gobble Up Industrial Space in Denver
WORD OF THE DAY
Somnambulant • \sawm-NAM-byuh-lunt\ • Adjective -
1: walking or having the habit of walking while asleep 2: resembling or having the characteristics of a
sleepwalker
Matt came to a realization of his surroundings
with an abrupt start. Like a somnambulant long-haul trucker, his consciousness
returned just before Exit 24 off I-205. “That’s funny,” the fresh faced power
supply manager mused. “Last thing I remember was the Hamilton sign at Napavine…”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Grant PUD: Wanapum Dam Will Not Fail - Managers,
Commissioners Speak of Cooperation (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Irrigation Impacted by Lower Reservoir Water at
Wanapum Dam (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
Columbia Generating Station Had Three Special
Inspections in 2013 (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Washington State Supreme Court Hears Final Arguments
in Transmission Line Case (Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune, Oroville, WA)
Avista Selects Local Contractor for Upgrades to
Historic Post Falls Hydroelectric Development Project (Electric Energy Online)
Planned Outage at Lake Cushman (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Natural Gas Industry Struggles to Keep Promises (Washington
Post)
Op/Ed: Snipers Won’t Black Out U-S Power Grid, But
Sun May (CNBC)
BPA: Technology Innovation Recognizes Becker,
Barton & Kosterev with Project Awards (Bonneville Power Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sea Lions Feast on Big Columbia River Smelt Run (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
In Severe Drought Plan, California Salmon May Be
Moved by Truck (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Utilities Seek to Save Birds from Power Lines -
And Vice Versa (Midwest Energy News)
Light Pollution ‘Affects Bats’ Tropical Seed
Dispersal’ (British Broadcasting Corporation)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Officials:
Storms Make Washington State Drought Unlikely (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Vestas
Expects to Add 850 Colorado Workers (Sustainable
Business Oregon)
California
Electric Grid Sets Solar Generation Record (Reuters)
Nuclear
Energy Rising at the Expense of Renewable Power (Forbes Magazine)
Making
It Easier to Plan Offshore Wind Farms (Phys.Org)
Biomass
Plants: Go Small & It Could Help Stabilize the National Power Grid (Science
2.0)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
U-S House of Representatives OKs Efficiency Bill for
Large Water Heaters (Electric Co-op Today)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Gas
Prices May Jump from California Emissions Law (ABC News)
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/gas-prices-jump-california-emissions-law-22838029?singlePage=true
Up
All Night: U-S Senate Dems Keep the Lights Lit in Climate Change Talkathon (U-S
News & World Report)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Mascot
Madness: How Climate Change is Hurting School Spirit (National Wildlife
Federation)
http://www.nwf.org/news-and-magazines/media-center/reports/archive/2014/03-11-14-mascot-madness.aspx
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
GAO: Broadband Stimulus Helped Lower Prices, Boost
Speeds (Broadband Reports)
New Fiber Installation Makes North Carolina a ‘Gigabit
State’ - With or without Google (Triangle Business Journal, NC)
The Future of the Internet: Dark & Ubiquitous
(Live Science)
Comcast: We’re Lobbying Congress for You, the
People! (Broadband Reports)
Utility Spending on Grid Monitoring to Hit $50
Billion by 2023: Navigant Research (Telecom Engine)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Sheryl Sandberg on Why We Should Ban ‘Bossy’ (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
30th District’s Tracey Eide Won’t Seek Re-Election
to Washington State Senate (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Law Would Require Officials to Get Training on
Public Record Requests (Everett Herald, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Seattle Archdiocese, FBI Investigate Data Breach (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Immigrant Hunger Strikers in Washington State Could
Be Force-Fed (Reuters)
Malaysian Military Says Missing Jet Went 300 Miles
Off Course (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
http://www.kgw.com/news/Malaysian-military-says-missing-jet-went-350-miles-off-course-249485371.html
Avalanche Triggered by Explosives Takes Out Crystal
Mountain Chairlift (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Colorado Rakes in $2 Million in Pot Profits for
January (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Marijuana News: Pot Growing Operations Gobble Up
Industrial Space in Denver (Oregonian, Portland)
DIVERSIONS
Colorado
Man Could Sue Divers Who Saved Him from Submerged Car
Two-Year-Old
Saves Mom by Using FaceTime
Family
Calls 911 after Crazed Cat Attacks Baby, Holds Owners Hostage
Greatest
Pharmacist Ever Prescribes Anti-Monster Spray for 6-Year-Old
SONG OF THE DAY
Randy
Newman - Monsters Inc. Theme Song
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