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News Digest Word Cloud for March 4, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Unusual
Crack in Wanapum Dam on Columbia River is Serious, But Won’t Cause Flooding
(Associated Press)
Energy
Northwest Suing Company That Made Parts for Condenser System (Tri-City Herald,
WA)
Tacoma’s
Simpson Paper Mill Getting a New Owner - Will use the proceeds from the sale to
enhance its lumber & door business (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
Bonneville
Power Administration Touts Mason PUD 3 Conservation Efforts (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Twitter
Accidentally Reset Its Users’ Passwords (Gizmodo)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Unusual Crack in Wanapum Dam on Columbia River is Serious, But Won’t Cause Flooding
- Columbia River Drawdown Continues to Take Pressure Off Wanapum Dam
- Energy Northwest Suing Company That Made Parts for Condenser System
- Centralia City Light Turbine Repairs to Cost More
- Portland Tree Trimmer Rescued after 20 Foot Tumble
- Clark Public Utilities Recognized By J.D. Power as a 2014 Customer Champion
- With $3 Million-Plus Available, Bonneville Power Administration Calls For Energy Ideas
- Grays Harbor PUD Hires New Engineering Manager
- Energy Northwest Appoints New PIO/Manager of Public Affairs
- Hermiston Energy Services Announces Nate Rivera to Be New Superintendent
- Why Power Lines Aren’t as Important as a Company’s Right to Property
- Public Power Communities: Future-Focused
- Scratch One Drought! Buried by February Snows
- Study: Americans Have ‘No Clue’ About Conserving Water
- Renewable Northwest Project: Over the Rainbow for 20 Years
- West Coast-East Coast - Floating Wind Farms Venture Farther Out to Sea
- Bonneville Power Administration Touts Mason PUD 3 Conservation Efforts
- Global Warming Disrupts Ocean Dynamics in Antarctica, Study Reveals
- Tim Cook’s Climate Change Faith Costs Apple, Shareholders
- Port of Olympia Congratulates LOTT for East Bay Public Plaza’s Sustainable Design Award
- Small Sources Could Yield an Energy Windfall
- Comcast Extends Cheap Web Access amid Deal Review
- Editorial: Broadband Access Is an Infrastructure Necessity
- Google Fiber Connects Kansas City Band for Practice, Encore
- Twitter Accidentally Reset Its Users’ Passwords
- 12 Selfie Tips You Can Learn From the World’s Most Retweeted Photo
- America’s First ‘Wireless Newspaper’ Killed Catalina’s Carrier Pigeons
- Poll: Voters Ready to Get Rid of Their Own Members of Congress in 2014
- Tacoma’s Simpson Paper Mill Getting a New Owner
- Georgia Company Agrees to Buy Simpson Tacoma Kraft Paper Mill
- Rain Brings Risk of Landslides & Flooding - Includes Mason County
- Olympic National Park/Communities Felt Federal Shutdown
- Insider Information Reveals Seattle Digging Machine Bertha’s Ongoing Woes
- RadioShack Closing 1,100 U-S Stores
WORD OF THE DAY
Beneficence • \buh-NEH-fuh-sunts\
• Noun - 1: the quality or state of being beneficent (doing or producing good; especially:
performing acts of kindness and charity).
Beneficence:
Albert Schweitzer; look it up….
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Unusual Crack in Wanapum Dam on Columbia River is
Serious, But Won’t Cause Flooding (Associated Press)
Columbia River Drawdown Continues to Take
Pressure Off Wanapum Dam (Northwest Public Radio)
Energy Northwest Suing Company That Made Parts for
Condenser System (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Centralia City Light Turbine Repairs to Cost More
(KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Portland Tree Trimmer Rescued after 20 Foot
Tumble (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Clark Public Utilities Recognized By J.D. Power as
a 2014 Customer Champion (Clark Public Utilities)
With $3 Million-Plus Available, Bonneville Power
Administration Calls For Energy Ideas (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Grays Harbor PUD Hires New Engineering Manager
(KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Energy Northwest Appoints New PIO/Manager of
Public Affairs (Northwest Public Power Association)
Hermiston Energy Services Announces Nate Rivera
to Be New Superintendent (Northwest Public Power Association)
Why Power Lines Aren’t as Important as a Company’s
Right to Property (JD Supra Business Advisor)
Public Power Communities: Future-Focused (Area
Development Magazine)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Scratch One Drought! Buried by February Snows
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Study: Americans Have ‘No Clue’ About Conserving
Water (U-S News & World Report)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Renewable
Northwest Project: Over the Rainbow for 20 Years (Sustainable
Business Oregon)
West
Coast-East Coast - Floating Wind Farms Venture Farther Out to Sea (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Bonneville Power Administration Touts Mason PUD 3
Conservation Efforts (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Global
Warming Disrupts Ocean Dynamics in Antarctica, Study Reveals (Christian Science
Monitor)
Tim
Cook’s Climate Change Faith Costs Apple, Shareholders (Investor’s Business
Daily)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Port
of Olympia Congratulates LOTT for East Bay Public Plaza’s Sustainable Design
Award (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
Small
Sources Could Yield an Energy Windfall (Christian Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast Extends Cheap Web Access amid Deal Review (Associated Press)
Editorial: Broadband Access Is an Infrastructure
Necessity (Rochester Post-Bulletin, MN)
Google Fiber Connects Kansas City Band for
Practice, Encore (Kansas City Business Journal, MO)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Twitter Accidentally Reset Its Users’ Passwords
(Gizmodo)
12 Selfie Tips You Can Learn From the World’s Most
Retweeted Photo (Mashable)
America’s First ‘Wireless Newspaper’ Killed
Catalina’s Carrier Pigeons (Paleofuture)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Poll: Voters Ready to Get Rid of Their Own Members
of Congress in 2014 (U-S News & World Report)
GENERAL NEWS
Tacoma’s Simpson Paper Mill Getting a New Owner -
Will use the proceeds from the sale to enhance its lumber & door business (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Georgia
Company Agrees to Buy Simpson Tacoma Kraft Paper Mill (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Rain Brings Risk of Landslides & Flooding - Includes
Mason County (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Olympic National Park Felt Federal Shutdown - Visits
dropped 24 percent…nearby communities took a $3.4 million economic blow (Associated Press)
Insider Information Reveals Seattle Digging Machine
Bertha’s Ongoing Woes (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
RadioShack Closing 1,100 U-S Stores (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Dark
Chocolate ‘Good for the Heart,’ Study Suggests
Jimmy
Fallon Covers “Let It Go” With Roots & Adele Dazeem - With Toy Instruments
(except what appears to be a cheap ukulele)
New
Jersey’s Indignation at Being Called Armpit Forces Dove to Scrap Ad Campaign
This
Bluetooth Ring Is Like a Magic Wand on Your Finger (This could be dangerous for
those of us who can’t talk without using our hands…)
SONGS OF THE DAY
BJ Thomas - Everybody Loves a Rain Song
Eddie Rabbitt - I Love a Rainy Night
James
Taylor - Mud Slide Slim
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