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News Digest Word Cloud for March 28, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Balancing
Water & Wind – Bonneville Power Administration Issues Final Decision on
Oversupply Rate (Bonneville Power Administration)
Pacific
Gas & Electric: Federal Criminal Charges Likely in Gas Blast (Associated Press)
Fish-Eating Birds to Be Killed at Five Dams (Northwest
Public Radio)
Strong Salmon Runs Expected in Upper Columbia River
(Tri-City Herald, WA)
Utility Efficiency Programs Saving Enough to Power
More than 12 Million Homes (Fierce Energy)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Balancing Water & Wind – Bonneville Power Administration Issues Final Decision on Oversupply Rate (Bonneville Power Administration)
- Pacific Gas & Electric: Federal Criminal Charges Likely in Gas Blast (Associated Press)
- Why There Was No “Near Miss” at Columbia Generating Station (NEI Nuclear Notes)
- Beginning April 8 – Mason PUD 3 to Conduct Tree Trimming on State Route 106 (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
- Phone Scam Targeting Cass County Electric Customers (WDAY-TV, Fargo, ND)
- Ukraine Spotlights Germany’s Nuclear Power Switch (Associated Press)
- Fish-Eating Birds to Be Killed at Five Dams (Northwest Public Radio)
- Strong Salmon Runs Expected in Upper Columbia River (Tri-City Herald, WA)
- Low Water Levels at Wanapum Dam Creates Problems for Fish (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
- Despite Mixed British Columbia Position, Stakeholders Continue Canadian Columbia River Salmon Reintroduction Push (Revelstoke Times-Review, BC)
- Bellingham Students Release Salmon Fry as Part of Science Project (Bellingham Herald, WA)
- Army Corps of Engineers Awards Dredging Contract for Columbia River Mouth (Oregonian, Portland)
- See-Through SolarWindow Capable of Generating Electricity on Glass (Energy Harvesting Journal)
- Congress Successfully Took the Wind out of Wind Energy’s Sails Last Year (Grist Online)
- Utility Efficiency Programs Saving Enough to Power More than 12 Million Homes (Fierce Energy)
- LEDs Will Get Even More Efficient: Cree Passes 300 Lumens per Watt (Forbes Magazine)
- Philips Makes Hue Smart Lights More Affordable, Lazy-Friendly (USA Today)
- Energy Efficiency First Explains the Importance of Good Windows & Doors (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
- Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver Shares Energy Conservation Lessons for Earth Hour (Straight.Com, Vancouver, BC)
- Is a Super El Niño Coming That Will Shatter Extreme Weather & Global Temperature Records? (The Energy Coillective)
- Times Square is Going to Be Dark for a Very Short While (New York Magazine)
- Seattle: Rising Star among Global Clean-Energy Cities (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
- With Help, Sprint Expands Networks to Rural Areas (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
- Facebook to Deliver Internet via Drones, Satellites & Lasers (All while balancing an egg on a spoon - San Francisco Business Times, CA)
- Ford Savages Smarmy Cadillac Electric Car Ad (Mashable)
- Twitter Eyes Turning Retweets into ‘Shares’ (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
- Oso Search Comes Down to Shovels (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
- Washington State’s Marijuana Entrepreneurs Fear Potentially Violent Consequences of an All-Cash Industry (Oregonian, Portland)
- Shelton High School Pool Will Stay Open - For Now (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
- Deschutes Is the Fastest-Growing County in the West (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
- Newlywed Who Shoved Husband Off Montana Cliff Gets 30 Years (Associated Press)
WORD OF THE DAY
Lambent
• \LAM-bunt\ • Adjective - Shining or glowing softly; having a light, appealing
quality
The
lambent, flickering electric candlelight bathed the face of the infant robot
with an appealing halo. “Remember the three laws,” crooned its caretaker
hopefully. “I’d like to be able to sleep as peacefully as your electronic
hibernation when you are all grown up and caring for me.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Balancing
Water & Wind – Bonneville Power Administration Issues Final Decision on
Oversupply Rate (Bonneville Power Administration)
Pacific
Gas & Electric: Federal Criminal Charges Likely in Gas Blast (Associated Press)
Why
There Was No “Near Miss” at Columbia Generating Station (NEI Nuclear Notes)
Beginning
April 8 – Mason PUD 3 to Conduct Tree Trimming on State Route 106 (Mason County
PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Phone
Scam Targeting Cass County Electric Customers (WDAY-TV, Fargo, ND)
Ukraine
Spotlights Germany’s Nuclear Power Switch (Associated
Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fish-Eating Birds to Be Killed at Five Dams (Northwest
Public Radio)
Strong Salmon Runs Expected in Upper Columbia River
(Tri-City Herald, WA)
Low Water Levels at Wanapum Dam Creates Problems
for Fish (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
Despite Mixed British Columbia Position,
Stakeholders Continue Canadian Columbia River Salmon Reintroduction Push
(Revelstoke Times-Review, BC)
Bellingham Students Release Salmon Fry as Part of
Science Project (Bellingham Herald, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Army
Corps of Engineers Awards Dredging Contract for Columbia River Mouth (Oregonian,
Portland)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
See-Through
SolarWindow Capable of Generating Electricity on Glass (Energy Harvesting
Journal)
Congress
Successfully Took the Wind out of Wind Energy’s Sails Last Year (Grist Online)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Utility Efficiency Programs Saving Enough to Power
More than 12 Million Homes (Fierce Energy)
LEDs Will Get Even More Efficient: Cree Passes 300
Lumens per Watt (Forbes Magazine)
Philips Makes Hue Smart Lights More Affordable,
Lazy-Friendly (USA Today)
Energy Efficiency First Explains the Importance of
Good Windows & Doors (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver Shares Energy
Conservation Lessons for Earth Hour (Straight.Com, Vancouver, BC)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Is
a Super El Niño Coming That Will Shatter Extreme Weather & Global
Temperature Records? (The Energy Coillective)
Times
Square is Going to Be Dark for a Very Short While (New York Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Seattle:
Rising Star among Global Clean-Energy Cities (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
With Help, Sprint Expands Networks to Rural Areas (Dallas
Business Journal, TX)
Facebook to Deliver Internet via Drones, Satellites
& Lasers (All while balancing an egg on a spoon - San Francisco Business
Times, CA)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Ford Savages Smarmy Cadillac Electric Car Ad (Mashable)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Twitter Eyes Turning Retweets into ‘Shares’
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Oso Search Comes Down to Shovels (KING-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Washington State’s Marijuana Entrepreneurs Fear
Potentially Violent Consequences of an All-Cash Industry (Oregonian, Portland)
Shelton High School Pool Will Stay Open - For Now (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Deschutes Is the Fastest-Growing County in the West
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Newlywed Who Shoved Husband Off Montana Cliff Gets
30 Years (Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
Dallas
Cowboys Offer Up AT&T Stadium to High School After It Loses Prom Venue
Walmart
Employee Accused of Stealing Cash, Says He Wasn’t Getting Enough Hours
Road
Rage Incident Caught on Video Goes Viral
Study
suggests French will be the world’s most spoken language by 2050
SONG OF THE DAY
One
Man Sings ‘Rainbow Connection’ as All the Muppets (also sounds good on the
banjo ukulele)
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