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News Digest Word Cloud for May 22, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Large
Mason County Planned Power Outage Thursday Night (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Cleaner
Air Could Mean Higher Electric Bills “…Adjusted for inflation, the national
average residential price is nearly 30 percent lower than in 1984…” (Associated
Press)
U-S
Senate Set to Vote on $12.3 Billion Water Bill (Associated Press)
Google
Fiber Posts Portland Jobs, But Says It’s Still Deciding Whether to Build
(Oregonian, Portland)
Nest
Recalls Smoke & Carbon Dioxide Detectors (Silicon Valley Business Journal,
CA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Large Mason County Planned Power Outage Thursday Night
- May 22 Planned Outage – Mason PUD 1 & PUD 3 Customers to be Affected by Bonneville Power Administration Maintenance Work
- Chelan PUD GM Says Commissioners Reviewing Utility’s Economic Development Role
- Jefferson County PUD Has Mutual-Aid Agreement in Event of an Emergency
- Minnesota Appeals Ruling on Electricity Imports Based on Carbon Emissions
- BBB: Fake Utility Bill Collection Scams on the Rise
- Accountability at FERC: Bullies Deserve the Boot, Not Promotions
- How ‘Smart’ Utilities Save Cities, Utility Providers Money
- Northern Spotted Owl Shows Small Increase after Rival Targeted
- Lack of Oxygen Hastens Death of Thousands of Fish in California Harbor
- U-S Senate Set to Vote on $12.3 Billion Water Bill
- Tacoma Pays Too Much to Dredge Mississippi Mud
- Editorial: U-S Bureau of Reclamation Should Get Out of the Way of Sane State Marijuana Laws
- Solar At Night? How a Pacific Northwest Lab Is Shining a Light on Power Usage
- Sparks Fly over San Francisco Mayor’s Effort to Raid Clean-Energy Fund
- Solar Booms Beyond White House to Mega U-S Projects
- Nest Recalls Smoke & Carbon Dioxide Detectors
- Energy Adviser: Heat Pump Water Heaters Recoup Cost
- California Energy Conservation Campaign Gives Tips on How to Save Energy, Money
- Cleaner Air Could Mean Higher Electric Bills
- Seventeen Things to Know about California’s Carbon Cap
- New York Mulls Requiring Utilities to Address Climate Change Risks
- Fiat Chrysler CEO: Please Don’t Buy Fiat 500e Electric Car
- Is Apple Going To Run Its Stores Off Renewable Energy?
- Google Fiber Posts Portland Jobs, But Says It’s Still Deciding Whether to Build
- Google Reportedly Plans to Target Businesses with Wi-Fi
- Hackers Got 145 Million Accounts in the eBay Breach
- European Union Urges U-S to Move Faster to End Internet Monopoly
- For Automakers, Internet-Connected Cars Are A Balancing Act
- Facebook Gets Serious About Privacy with “Checkups” for All, Change to “Friends Only” Setting
- Oregon: Lincoln City Hotel Sues for Defamation after Anonymous Person Posts Scathing TripAdvisor Review
- Youths in ‘Happy’ Video Find Iran’s Grip on Internet Is Still Tight
- Report: Odds Are Summer in Seattle Will Be Warmer Than Average
- Sheriff’s Office Looking to Identify Lake Limerick Vandal & Arson Suspects
- Winlock Teen Killed in Logging Accident
- Formerly Simpson’s: New Tacoma Mill Owner Plans $60 Million in Improvements
- Mason Transit Gets Federal Grant
- Port of Shelton Commissioners “Approve” OysterFest Lease
Lunatic
• \LOON-uh-tick\ • Noun/Adjective - 1a: affected with lunacy: insane b:
designed for the care of insane persons 2: wildly foolish 3: an insane person
“There
are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them.” -
Arthur Conan Doyle, via Sherlock Holmes – from “The Red Headed League”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Large Mason County Planned Power Outage Thursday
Night (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
May 22 Planned Outage – Mason PUD 1 & PUD 3
Customers to be Affected by Bonneville Power Administration Maintenance Work
(Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Chelan PUD GM Says Commissioners Reviewing
Utility’s Economic Development Role (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Jefferson County PUD Has Mutual-Aid Agreement in
Event of an Emergency (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Minnesota Appeals Ruling on Electricity Imports
Based on Carbon Emissions (American Public Power Association)
BBB: Fake Utility Bill Collection Scams on the
Rise (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Accountability at FERC: Bullies Deserve the Boot,
Not Promotions (Forbes Magazine)
How ‘Smart’ Utilities Save Cities, Utility
Providers Money (Kansas City Business Journal, MO)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Northern
Spotted Owl Shows Small Increase after Rival Targeted (Victoria Times Colonist,
BC)
Lack
of Oxygen Hastens Death of Thousands of Fish in California Harbor (Oregonian,
Portland)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
U-S
Senate Set to Vote on $12.3 Billion Water Bill (Associated
Press)
Tacoma
Pays Too Much to Dredge Mississippi Mud (News Tribune,
Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Editorial:
U-S Bureau of Reclamation Should Get Out of the Way of Sane State Marijuana
Laws (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Solar
At Night? How a Pacific Northwest Lab Is Shining a Light on Power Usage
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
Sparks
Fly over San Francisco Mayor’s Effort to Raid Clean-Energy Fund (SF Chronicle)
Solar
Booms Beyond White House to Mega U-S Projects (America’s Markets)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Nest Recalls Smoke & Carbon Dioxide Detectors
(Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)
Energy Adviser: Heat Pump Water Heaters Recoup Cost
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
California Energy Conservation Campaign Gives Tips
on How to Save Energy, Money (KERO-TV, Bakersfield, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Cleaner
Air Could Mean Higher Electric Bills “…Adjusted for inflation, the national
average residential price is nearly 30 percent lower than in 1984…” (Associated Press)
Seventeen
Things to Know about California’s Carbon Cap (Sightline Daily)
New
York Mulls Requiring Utilities to Address Climate Change Risks (Power Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Fiat
Chrysler CEO: Please Don’t Buy Fiat 500e Electric Car (Reuters)
Is
Apple Going To Run Its Stores Off Renewable Energy? (Shiny Shiny)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Fiber Posts Portland Jobs, But Says It’s
Still Deciding Whether to Build (Oregonian, Portland)
Google Reportedly Plans to Target Businesses with
Wi-Fi (Gigaom)
Hackers Got 145 Million Accounts in the eBay Breach
(Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2014/05/22/hackers-got-145-million-accounts-in-the-ebay.html
European Union Urges U-S to Move Faster to End
Internet Monopoly (Reuters)
For Automakers, Internet-Connected Cars Are A
Balancing Act (National Public Radio)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Facebook Gets Serious About Privacy with “Checkups”
for All, Change to “Friends Only” Setting (GigaOM)
Oregon: Lincoln City Hotel Sues for Defamation
after Anonymous Person Posts Scathing TripAdvisor Review (Oregonian, Portland)
Youths
in ‘Happy’ Video Find Iran’s Grip on Internet Is Still Tight (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Report: Odds Are Summer in Seattle Will Be Warmer
Than Average (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Sheriff’s Office Looking to Identify Lake Limerick Vandal
& Arson Suspects (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Winlock Teen Killed in Logging Accident (KELA
Radio, Centralia, WA)
Formerly Simpson’s: New Tacoma Mill Owner Plans $60
Million in Improvements (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Mason Transit Gets Federal Grant (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Port of Shelton Commissioners “Approve” OysterFest
Lease (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle: 10 Quotes on His Birthday
21
Smells That Will Bring You Back to Childhood
Wild
Wyoming Cloud Wows Weather Watchers
The
Curious Story of Why the Jedi Are Called Jedi (PG-13 Language)
SONG OF THE DAY
British
Broadcasting Corporation - Sherlock`s Theme Melody
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