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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for April 2, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Pacific Gas & Electric Criminally Charged in
Fatal Natural Gas Pipeline Blast (Associated Press)
Government Says New Rule Will Make Power-Plant
Work Safer (Associated Press)
Ocean
Power Technologies Pulls the Plug in Oregon (ReNews)
Oregon Data Centers Win Praise from Greenpeace, a
Former Skeptic (Oregonian, Portland)
'Threatened' Steelhead Trout Filling Hood Canal
River – Biologists want to keep the river’s name secret (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Pacific Gas & Electric Criminally Charged in Fatal Natural Gas Pipeline Blast (Associated Press)
- Government Says New Rule Will Make Power-Plant Work Safer (Associated Press)
- OSHA Issues Final Rule Revising Standards for Electric Power Generation, Transmission & Distribution Work (American Public Power Association)
- Link to the final OSHA Rule is Available Here (Links to PDF File)
- Drilling Crews Continue Work after Fracture Found at Wanapum Dam (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
- Lower Taxes for Puget Sound Energy Gas Plant Linked to Carbon Cuts (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
- Generators to Foot Bill for Excess Pacific Northwest Power (Electric Co-op Today)
- Video: Mason PUD 3 Lynch Road Outage Recap & Outage Restoration Primer (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
- Wire Thieves Leave Tacoma Neighborhoods in the Dark (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
- PacifiCorp Lineman Broke Spine in 35-Foot Fall during 2012 Safety Day Exercise, $3.3 Million Suit Says (Oregonian, Portland)
- Clallam PUD Employee Honored as 'Land Surveyor of the Year' (Electric Energy Online)
- Ambre Energy Coal Terminal Asks for Another Permit Delay from Oregon (Oregonian, Portland)
- Duke Energy Wants Judge to Dismiss Citizens Groups from Ash Pits Pollution Cleanup Lawsuit (Associated Press)
- 'Threatened' Steelhead Trout Filling Hood Canal River – Biologists want to keep the river’s name secret (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
- Hastings: Court Misses the Mark on ESA Settlement Ruling (U-S House of Representatives, Committee on Natural Resources)
- Tiny Battery to Power Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Salmon Research (Bellingham Herald, WA)
- “DamNation” Film Wins Enviro Prize and Shines Light on Dam Removal (National Geographic Magazine)
- Ocean Power Technologies Pulls the Plug in Oregon (ReNews)
- Utility Alleges Fraud in Cut Bank Wind Farm Deal (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
- New Manager Working through Cogeneration Plant Challenge at Port Angeles Nippon Plant (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
- Vestas’ Hot Streak Continues with New Orders for Wind Turbines (Denver Business Journal, CO)
- Will a Newly Signed Oregon Bill Spell a Boom in Community-Owned Energy? (Sustainable Business Oregon)
- Ellensburg: Wild Horse Wind Farm Plans Open House Celebration (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
- Going Under the Sea for Clean Energy (NY Times)
- Nest’s Thermostat is Going Global (NY Times)
- Philips' New Clear LED Bulbs Look Just Like Incandescents (Gizmodo)
- Two Portland Cleantech Companies Land High-Profile Energy Award (Sustainable Business Oregon)
- Electric Heater Recall Affects Nearly 4,000 Dyson Space Heaters (Christian Science Monitor)
- How to Reduce Your Energy Costs This Summer - A few steps now could cut your monthly bill when the weather gets warmer (U-S News & World Report)
- British Broadcasting Corporation Climate Change Approach Blasted (MSN News, UK)
- Hypnotic Flapping Wing Turbines Keep Working in the Gentlest Breeze (Gizmodo)
- CBS Apologizes for “Audio Error” of a Loud Car Engine Dubbed over Tesla Footage (Consumerist)
- Oregon Data Centers Win Praise from Greenpeace, a Former Skeptic (Oregonian, Portland)
- Amazon Has One of the Dirtiest Powered Clouds Around, Says Greenpeace (GigaOM)
- Feds to Look Harder at Cell Carriers When Tower Climbers Die (ProPublica)
- Google Fiber Faces ‘Issues’ as It Seeks Public Rights of Way (Oregonian, Portland)
- Why One of World’s Most Remote Places Has the Fastest Internet (Gizmodo)
- The Internet Didn’t Invent Viral Content or Clickbait Journalism — There’s Just More of It Now, And It Happens Faster (GigaOM)
- Mason County Man Facing Child Porn Charges Found Dead at Bremerton Marina (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
- Receding Floodwaters at Mudslide Help with Search (Associated Press)
- Spring Runoff a Threat to Those Downriver of Oso Mudslide (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
- Treacherous: The Mudslide’s Political Fallout - The response to a disaster can be a catastrophe for political careers. Or a help. (Crosscut Seattle)
- United Way of Mason County Seeks Day of Caring Projects (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
WORD OF THE DAY
Hirsute • \HER-soot\ • Adjective - 1: hairy 2: covered
with coarse stiff hairs
Barty’s ample posterior projected from the open
door of the rattling, gasping refrigerator. His other half was busy inside the
ancient appliance looking for edible items that had not succumbed to gardens of
hirsute mold. A pickled egg, and what appeared to be a wizened apple, or some
sort of fruit substance, were the only items he deemed edible. His succeeding
weigh loss from its effects was expected, of course.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Pacific Gas & Electric Criminally Charged in
Fatal Natural Gas Pipeline Blast (Associated Press)
Government Says New Rule Will Make Power-Plant
Work Safer (Associated Press)
OSHA Issues Final Rule Revising Standards for
Electric Power Generation, Transmission & Distribution Work (American
Public Power Association)
Link to the final OSHA Rule is Available Here
(Links to PDF File)
Drilling Crews Continue Work after Fracture Found
at Wanapum Dam (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
Lower Taxes for Puget Sound Energy Gas Plant
Linked to Carbon Cuts (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Generators to Foot Bill for Excess Pacific
Northwest Power (Electric Co-op Today)
Video: Mason PUD 3 Lynch Road Outage Recap &
Outage Restoration Primer (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Wire Thieves Leave Tacoma Neighborhoods in the Dark
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
PacifiCorp Lineman Broke Spine in 35-Foot Fall
during 2012 Safety Day Exercise, $3.3 Million Suit Says (Oregonian, Portland)
Clallam PUD Employee Honored as 'Land Surveyor of
the Year' (Electric Energy Online)
Ambre Energy Coal Terminal Asks for Another
Permit Delay from Oregon (Oregonian, Portland)
Duke Energy Wants Judge to Dismiss Citizens
Groups from Ash Pits Pollution Cleanup Lawsuit (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
'Threatened' Steelhead Trout Filling Hood Canal
River – Biologists want to keep the river’s name secret (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Hastings: Court Misses the Mark on ESA Settlement
Ruling (U-S House of Representatives, Committee on Natural Resources)
Tiny Battery to Power Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory Salmon Research (Bellingham Herald, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
“DamNation”
Film Wins Enviro Prize and Shines Light on Dam Removal (National Geographic
Magazine)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Ocean
Power Technologies Pulls the Plug in Oregon (ReNews)
Utility
Alleges Fraud in Cut Bank Wind Farm Deal (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
New
Manager Working through Cogeneration Plant Challenge at Port Angeles Nippon Plant
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Vestas’
Hot Streak Continues with New Orders for Wind Turbines (Denver Business Journal,
CO)
Will
a Newly Signed Oregon Bill Spell a Boom in Community-Owned Energy? (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Ellensburg:
Wild Horse Wind Farm Plans Open House
Celebration (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Going
Under the Sea for Clean Energy (NY Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Nest’s Thermostat is Going Global (NY Times)
Philips' New Clear LED Bulbs Look Just Like
Incandescents (Gizmodo)
Two Portland Cleantech Companies Land High-Profile
Energy Award (Sustainable Business Oregon)
http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2014/04/indow-windows-takes-home-high-profile.html
Electric Heater Recall Affects Nearly 4,000 Dyson
Space Heaters (Christian Science Monitor)
How to Reduce Your Energy Costs This Summer - A few
steps now could cut your monthly bill when the weather gets warmer (U-S News
& World Report)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
British
Broadcasting Corporation Climate Change Approach Blasted (MSN News, UK)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Hypnotic
Flapping Wing Turbines Keep Working in the Gentlest Breeze (Gizmodo)
CBS
Apologizes for “Audio Error” of a Loud Car Engine Dubbed over Tesla Footage
(Consumerist)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Oregon Data Centers Win Praise from Greenpeace, a
Former Skeptic (Oregonian, Portland)
Amazon Has One of the Dirtiest Powered Clouds
Around, Says Greenpeace (GigaOM)
Feds to Look Harder at Cell Carriers When Tower
Climbers Die (ProPublica)
Google Fiber Faces ‘Issues’ as It Seeks Public
Rights of Way (Oregonian, Portland)
Why One of World’s Most Remote Places Has the
Fastest Internet (Gizmodo)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
The Internet Didn’t Invent Viral Content or
Clickbait Journalism — There’s Just More of It Now, And It Happens Faster (GigaOM)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Man Facing Child Porn Charges Found
Dead at Bremerton Marina (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Receding Floodwaters at Mudslide Help with Search (Associated Press)
Spring Runoff a Threat to Those Downriver of Oso Mudslide
(Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Treacherous: The Mudslide’s Political Fallout - The
response to a disaster can be a catastrophe for political careers. Or a help. (Crosscut Seattle)
United Way of Mason County Seeks Day of Caring
Projects (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Seattle
Man: Stop Mailing Me Marijuana
Teen
Who Sued Parents for College Money Lands $56,000 Scholarship
Crowds
Swamp Church in Spain after ‘Holy Grail’ Claim
Stolen
Gauguin Painting 'Hung on Factory Worker's Wall'
SONG OF THE DAY
Pachelbel
- Canon in D (On the Ukulele)
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