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News Digest Word Cloud for April 4, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Grant PUD Continues Work on Wanapum Dam Fix -
Unclear when reservoir will return to normal levels (Columbia Basin herald,
Moses Lake, WA)
Port
Townsend Paper Corp. Drops Biomass Expansion Plans (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
City of Tacoma, Power Union Reach Tentative
Agreement (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Columbia Anglers to Get More Time for Spring
Chinook (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
For the Tech-Savvy with a Need for Speed, a Limited
Choice of Towns with Fiber (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Grant PUD Continues Work on Wanapum Dam Fix - Unclear when reservoir will return to normal levels (Columbia Basin herald, Moses Lake, WA)
- City of Tacoma, Power Union Reach Tentative Agreement (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
- Bulldozer Rampages (Clallam County), Parrots & Runaway Trucks: Weirdest Power Outages of 2013 (Electric Light & Power)
- Mason PUD 1 & PUD 3 Commissioners: CleanHydro Highlights Hydropower & River Values (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
- Download This Report: Pacific Northwest - Learnings from the Largest Smart Grid Test Bed (Smart Grid News)
- California PUC Orders Two Utilities to Replace San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Output (Engineering News Record)
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission to Issue Rulemaking Exempting Public Power Utilities from Restrictive Provision of Dodd-Frank Act (American Public Power Association)
- Opinion: Needed, A Debate on the Security of the Power Grid, Not on Leaks about It (Forbes Magazine)
- Smart Meter Maker Sensus to Acquire Atlanta Data Startup Verdeeco (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
- Natural Gas Weekly Update (U-S Energy Information Administration)
- Explosion Kills Four at Sopladora Hydropower Project in Ecuador (Penn Energy)
- Columbia Anglers to Get More Time for Spring Chinook (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
- Big Snowpack Increases Flood Risk (Associated Press)
- Overall, Oregon’s Snowpack Levels Are Below Normal (Northwest Public Radio)
- Yakima Basin Water Improvements ‘Virtually without Detractors’ (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
- Port Townsend Paper Corp. Drops Biomass Expansion Plans (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
- Google Teams with Oregon College on Wind Turbine Competition (Sustainable Business Oregon)
- GE’s Wind Turbine Tester Puts Gigantic Drivetrains through Hell (Gizmodo)
- New Federal Tax Bill Includes Wind Energy Credit (The Hill, Washington, DC)
- Geothermal Energy Is a Superior Solution for Today’s Electrical Grids (Renewable Energy World)
- Energy Star Partners: Evergreen Schools Recognized by EPA (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
- Opower Initial Public Offering: Opens Up Strong, Starts Trading at $25 Per Share (GigaOM)
- Nest Halts the Sale of Nest Protect Smoke Alarms While It Fixes a Flaw (GigaOM)
- White House Advisers Accused of Blowing Off Climate Change (Courthouse News Service)
- In the Balance: A new report from the IPCC implies that “climate exceptionalism”, the notion that global warming is a problem like no other, is coming to an end (Economist Magazine)
- United Kingdom: Smog Expert Says Worsening Saharan Dust Storms to Become an Annual Spring Fixture as Climate Changes (The Independent, UK)
- Air Pollutants from Biomass Burning Exceeds Coal (Bloomberg News)
- Hot Air Balloon? Blimp Spreads Encouragement, Shame in Silicon Valley Flyover (Data Center Knowledge)
- For the Tech-Savvy with a Need for Speed, a Limited Choice of Towns with Fiber (NY Times)
- Portland Reworks City Ordinances for Google Fiber (Broadband Reports)
- Google Fiber Files Permits for Thousands of Miles of Cable in Austin (Austin Business Journal, TX)
- Report: Google Eyes Its Own Wireless Network (Mashable)
- Silicon Valley Supports Aereo Video Streaming Service in Supreme Court (U-S News & World Report)
- Backlash against Duracell for Oso-Related ‘Selfie’ (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
- Lemons to Lemonade: Honey Maid is Okay with People Hating Its Ad Showing “Wholesome” Gay Parents (Consumerist)
- Seattle Tech Industry Can Learn from Seahawks: Be Brash & You Might Win (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
- Lost in Translation: Three Ways Your Firm Can Create a Better Spanish Website (Orlando Business Journal, FL)
- Google Is Struggling to Trademark the Word ‘Glass’ (Gizmodo)
- Washington State’s Top Court Oks $57 Million for Home-Care Workers (Associated Press)
- DNA Shows Skull Found in Crab Pot Off Washington Coast Was from a Female; No Database Match (Associated Press)
- Washington Lands Commissioner Accuses Anti-Logging Interests of Exploiting Oso Slide (Northwest Public Radio)
- Three Injured in Skokomish Valley Crash – Alcohol or Drugs Suspected (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
- Hoquiam Men Arrested Stealing Copper from Harbor Paper (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
- Washington, Montana, Oklahoma Tribal Leaders Criticize Land Buyback Program (Associated Press)
- Two-Legged Vancouver Dog’s Beach Video Goes Viral (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
WORD OF THE DAY
Phantasm • \FAN-taz-zum\ • - Something that
exists only in a person’s mind 1: a product of fantasy: as a: delusive
appearance: illusion b: ghost, specter c: a figment of the imagination 2: a
mental representation of a real object
Her co-workers generally dismissed Gertie’s
self-delusion about her singing abilities as a phantasm brought on by her
refusal to admit to tone deafness. The cacophonous noises that flowed from her
mid-floor cubicle sounded like a combination of an elk call and a discordant
bird whistle. Apocryphal stories about mysterious garage door openings, and desktop
radio interference due to Gertrude’s “musical” efforts abounded.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Grant PUD Continues Work on Wanapum Dam Fix - Unclear
when reservoir will return to normal levels (Columbia Basin herald, Moses Lake,
WA)
City of Tacoma, Power Union Reach Tentative
Agreement (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Bulldozer Rampages (Clallam County), Parrots &
Runaway Trucks: Weirdest Power Outages of 2013 (Electric Light & Power)
Mason PUD 1 & PUD 3 Commissioners: CleanHydro
Highlights Hydropower & River Values (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Download This Report: Pacific Northwest - Learnings
from the Largest Smart Grid Test Bed (Smart Grid News)
California
PUC Orders Two Utilities to Replace San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Output
(Engineering News Record)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission to Issue
Rulemaking Exempting Public Power Utilities from Restrictive Provision of Dodd-Frank
Act (American Public Power Association)
Opinion: Needed, A Debate on the Security of the
Power Grid, Not on Leaks about It (Forbes Magazine)
Smart Meter Maker Sensus to Acquire Atlanta Data
Startup Verdeeco (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
Natural Gas Weekly Update (U-S Energy Information Administration)
Explosion Kills Four at Sopladora Hydropower Project
in Ecuador (Penn Energy)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia Anglers to Get More Time for Spring
Chinook (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Big
Snowpack Increases Flood Risk (Associated Press)
Overall,
Oregon’s Snowpack Levels Are Below Normal (Northwest Public Radio)
Yakima
Basin Water Improvements ‘Virtually without Detractors’ (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Port
Townsend Paper Corp. Drops Biomass Expansion Plans (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Google
Teams with Oregon College on Wind Turbine Competition (Sustainable Business Oregon)
GE’s
Wind Turbine Tester Puts Gigantic Drivetrains through Hell (Gizmodo)
New
Federal Tax Bill Includes Wind Energy Credit (The Hill, Washington, DC)
Geothermal
Energy Is a Superior Solution for Today’s Electrical Grids (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Star Partners: Evergreen Schools Recognized
by EPA (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Opower Initial Public Offering: Opens Up Strong,
Starts Trading at $25 Per Share (GigaOM)
Nest Halts the Sale of Nest Protect Smoke Alarms
While It Fixes a Flaw (GigaOM)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
White
House Advisers Accused of Blowing Off Climate Change (Courthouse News Service)
In
the Balance: A new report from the IPCC implies that “climate exceptionalism”,
the notion that global warming is a problem like no other, is coming to an end
(Economist Magazine)
United
Kingdom: Smog Expert Says Worsening Saharan Dust Storms to Become an Annual
Spring Fixture as Climate Changes (The Independent, UK)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Air
Pollutants from Biomass Burning Exceeds Coal (Bloomberg News)
Hot
Air Balloon? Blimp Spreads Encouragement, Shame in Silicon Valley Flyover (Data
Center Knowledge)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
For the Tech-Savvy with a Need for Speed, a Limited
Choice of Towns with Fiber (NY Times)
Portland Reworks City Ordinances for Google Fiber (Broadband
Reports)
Google Fiber Files Permits for Thousands of Miles of
Cable in Austin (Austin Business Journal, TX)
Report: Google Eyes Its Own Wireless Network (Mashable)
Silicon Valley Supports Aereo Video Streaming
Service in Supreme Court (U-S News & World Report)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Backlash against Duracell for Oso-Related ‘Selfie’ (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Lemons to Lemonade: Honey Maid is Okay with People
Hating Its Ad Showing “Wholesome” Gay Parents (Consumerist)
Seattle Tech Industry Can Learn from Seahawks: Be
Brash & You Might Win (Puget Sound Business
Journal, WA)
Lost in Translation: Three Ways Your Firm Can
Create a Better Spanish Website (Orlando Business Journal, FL)
Google Is Struggling to Trademark the Word ‘Glass’ (Gizmodo)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State’s Top Court Oks $57 Million for
Home-Care Workers (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
DNA Shows Skull Found in Crab Pot Off Washington
Coast Was from a Female; No Database Match (Associated
Press)
Washington Lands Commissioner Accuses Anti-Logging
Interests of Exploiting Oso Slide (Northwest Public Radio)
Three Injured in Skokomish Valley Crash – Alcohol
or Drugs Suspected (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
Hoquiam Men Arrested Stealing Copper from Harbor
Paper (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Washington, Montana, Oklahoma Tribal Leaders
Criticize Land Buyback Program (Associated Press)
Two-Legged Vancouver Dog’s Beach Video Goes Viral (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Top
Ten List: Words for Things You Didn’t Know Have Names
A
Friendly Reminder: Check Furniture for Cats Before Donating It to Charity
The
Untold History of Where Barcodes Come From
How
Far Would You Go to Rescue Your Mobile Phone? A teenager in Kent had to be
rescued by firefighters after she got stuck in a storm drain while trying to
retrieve her mobile phone
SONG OF THE DAY
MFSB
– Freddie’s Dead
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