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News Digest Word Cloud for March 25, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Energy Northwest Looking at Pricey Public Records
Request (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Idaho Lawmakers Voice Columbia River Treaty
Concerns (Capital Press)
Feds approve LNG exports from proposed Jordan
Cove Energy Project in Coos Bay (Oregonian, Portland)
Feds
Say Montana Rules Hinder Renewable Energy Projects - Small companies having
trouble with renewable energy contracts (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
LED Bulb Efficiency Expected to Continue Improving
as Cost Declines (The Energy Collective)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Energy Northwest Looking at Pricey Public Records Request
- Idaho Lawmakers Voice Columbia River Treaty Concerns
- Feds approve LNG exports from proposed Jordan Cove Energy Project in Coos Bay
- Wanapum Dam Drawdown’s Irresistible Mud Expanse Poses a Law Enforcement Challenge
- Grant PUD has Online Information about Wanapum Dam Status
- Protest, Petition Urges Port Angeles to Stop ‘Smart’ Meter Project
- Grant PUD Rates Will Not Increase Immediately
- Skookum Rotary’s March 22 Science Fair – Mason PUD 3 Awards Students for Electricity-Related Projects
- FERC Approves NERC Proposal to Refine Bulk Electric System Definition
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission Issues ‘No-Action’ Letter Offering Relief to Utilities That Use Swaps for Hedging Operating Risks
- FERC Order 1000 Has Its Day in Court
- Oversight Hearing on “Examining the Proposed Fiscal Year 2015 Spending, Priorities & the Missions of the Bureau of Reclamation, the Four Power Marketing Administrations & the U.S. Geological Survey’s Water Program”
- Tribes Push to Restore Salmon in Upper Columbia River
- Op/Ed: Remember Andrus’ Efforts to Boost Idaho Salmon
- California Drought Puts Spotlight on Water Theft
- Desalination Plants Help Israel Reduce Chronic Water Scarcity
- Feds Say Montana Rules Hinder Renewable Energy Projects - Small companies having trouble with renewable energy contracts
- Tester, Walsh Fighting for Montana’s Renewable Energy Sector
- Feds Wave Hello Off Oregon
- Renewables Push Up German Electric Rates
- LED Bulb Efficiency Expected to Continue Improving as Cost Declines
- Port Townsend Students to Begin Ambitious Cross-Country Trip to Stump for Global-Warming Awareness
- Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee on Climate Solutions in the Pacific Northwest
- United Nations Says Global Warming Not Stopped, Will Go On for Centuries
- The Cold Truth: Icy Temps Can Slash an Electric Car’s Range by More than Half
- Solar Water Heating is Nothing New
- Bremerton School Board Rejects Providing Internet for All Students
- CenturyLink: Trust Us Boise, You Don’t Need Google Fiber
- Power Companies Promise Gigabit Broadband
- AT&T Promises: Kill Net Neutrality & You’ll Pay Less for Internet
- Turkey Tries, Fails (Horribly) to Ban Twitter
- Study into Youth Online Behavior Delivers International Insights
- Death Toll at 14 in Oso Slide, Dozens Still Missing
- Chinese Families Clash with Police, Slam Malaysia over Lost Plane
- Analysis of ‘Pings’ Helped Reach Conclusions on 777’s Fate
- Five Guys Burgers Lands in Olympia
WORD OF THE DAY
Knackered • \NACK-erd\ • Adjective - Tired,
exhausted.
Long distance running
Knackered at the finish line
Where’s my “Gatorade?”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Energy Northwest Looking at Pricey Public Records
Request (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Idaho Lawmakers Voice Columbia River Treaty Concerns
(Capital Press)
Feds approve LNG exports from proposed Jordan
Cove Energy Project in Coos Bay (Oregonian, Portland)
Wanapum Dam Drawdown’s Irresistible Mud Expanse
Poses a Law Enforcement Challenge (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
Grant PUD has Online Information about Wanapum
Dam Status (Grant PUD, Ephrata, WA)
Protest, Petition Urges Port Angeles to Stop ‘Smart’
Meter Project (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Grant PUD Rates Will Not Increase Immediately
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Skookum Rotary’s March 22 Science Fair – Mason
PUD 3 Awards Students for Electricity-Related Projects (Mason PUD 3, Shelton,
WA)
FERC Approves NERC Proposal to Refine Bulk
Electric System Definition (American Public Power Association)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Issues ‘No-Action’
Letter Offering Relief to Utilities That Use Swaps for Hedging Operating Risks (American
Public Power Association)
FERC Order 1000 Has Its Day in Court (Renewable
Energy World)
Oversight Hearing on “Examining the Proposed
Fiscal Year 2015 Spending, Priorities & the Missions of the Bureau of
Reclamation, the Four Power Marketing Administrations & the U.S. Geological
Survey’s Water Program” (U-S House of Representatives, Natural Resources
Committee)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Tribes Push to Restore Salmon in Upper Columbia
River (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Op/Ed: Remember Andrus’ Efforts to Boost Idaho Salmon
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
California
Drought Puts Spotlight on Water Theft (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
Desalination
Plants Help Israel Reduce Chronic Water Scarcity (Seattle
Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Feds
Say Montana Rules Hinder Renewable Energy Projects - Small companies having
trouble with renewable energy contracts (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
Tester,
Walsh fighting for Montana’s renewable energy sector (KXLO Radio, Lewistown,
MT)
Feds
Wave Hello Off Oregon (ReNews)
Renewables
Push Up German Electric Rates (Real Clear Energy)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
LED Bulb Efficiency Expected to Continue Improving
as Cost Declines (The Energy Collective)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Port
Townsend Students to Begin Ambitious Cross-Country Trip to Stump for
Global-Warming Awareness (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Washington
State Gov. Jay Inslee on Climate Solutions in the Pacific Northwest (Grist Online)
United
Nations Says Global Warming Not Stopped, Will Go On for Centuries (Reuters)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The
Cold Truth: Icy Temps Can Slash an Electric Car’s Range by More than Half (Forbes
Magazine)
Solar
Water Heating is Nothing New (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Ontario, Canada)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Bremerton School Board Rejects Providing Internet for
All Students (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
CenturyLink: Trust Us Boise, You Don’t Need Google
Fiber (Broadband Reports)
Power Companies Promise Gigabit Broadband (Light
Reading)
AT&T Promises: Kill Net Neutrality & You’ll
Pay Less for Internet (Consumerist)
Turkey Tries, Fails (Horribly) to Ban Twitter (Broadband
Reports)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Study into Youth Online Behavior Delivers
International Insights (Christian Science Monitor)
GENERAL NEWS
Death Toll at 14 in Oso Slide, Dozens Still Missing
(Everett Herald, WA)
Chinese Families Clash with Police, Slam Malaysia over
Lost Plane (Reuters)
Analysis of ‘Pings’ Helped Reach Conclusions on 777’s
Fate (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Five Guys Burgers Lands in Olympia (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Why
the Speed of Ships is Measured in Knots
Your
Stick Figure Family May Be Putting Your Family in Danger
Radio
Station Outrages Listeners by Burning Thousands in Cash for Promo Stunt
Clown
on Staten Island Just Generally Creeping People Out
SONG OF THE DAY
Ohio
Players - Fire
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