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News Digest Word Cloud for June 16, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Tribe Fears Hatchery Work Will Lose Funding (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Salmon Munching Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam
Shifting to Different Species, New Problems (Oregonian, Portland)
Vintage U-S Coal-Fired Power Plants Now an ‘Aging
Fleet of Clunkers’ (Washington Post)
Credit
Implications of EPA’s Proposed Rule on Carbon Emissions Are Mostly Longer Term,
Rating Agencies Say (American Public Power Association)
FCC Examining Reasons for Internet Traffic Jams (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Vintage U-S Coal-Fired Power Plants Now an ‘Aging Fleet of Clunkers’
- Morse Creek Hydroelectric Facility Issue Presents Costs for Port Angeles No Matter Which Option is Chosen
- Rocky Barker: Market Revolution Reaches Power Grid
- BRIEF: Douglas PUD Union Has New Contract
- Seattle City Light Hires Online Results Firm to Polish Its CEO’s Image
- Power Tripped: Eagles, Ravens, Squirrels Interrupt Electrical Service in Alaska’s Capital
- Lewis County PUD Hires New Superintendent
- Avista Buying Back 4 Million Shares
- Five Things to Know about Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s Energy Policies
- This 40-Foot Buzz Saw Hangs from a Helicopter to Trim Trees from the Sky
- Salmon Munching Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam Shifting to Different Species, New Problems
- Tribe Fears Hatchery Work Will Lose Funding
- Report: BPA’s Columbia Basin Fish/Wildlife Mitigation Costs Pegged at $682 Million for 2013
- Editorial: Science Should Guide Next Steps as Fish Runs Continue to Recover
- Salmon Migrate by Truck during California Drought
- Suckers Being Reintroduced to Upper Klamath Lake
- Editorial: Stop Dumping Your &#*! In Our Shared Waters, Victoria
- A Guide to Light Bulbs: How to Save Money, Environment
- News Release - Clothes Dryers Cost Consumers Up to $4 Billion in Annual Energy Waste
- Credit Implications of EPA’s Proposed Rule on Carbon Emissions Are Mostly Longer Term, Rating Agencies Say
- Carbon Pricing Won’t Solve Climate Change, Innovation Will
- Power Plant Debate Prompts War of Stats
- Greenpeace Says Rogue Employee Lost $5.2 Million on Currency Hedge Gone Wrong
- FCC Examining Reasons for Internet Traffic Jams
- Verizon: Net Neutrality Hurts Disabled People
- FCC Might Stop Bans on City-Owned Broadband Networks
- Growing Number of Clark County Residents Are Telecommuting
- Supreme Court to Hear Case on Facebook Threats
- Iraq Tries to Censor Social Media to Disrupt ISIS Communication, But Its Success Is Limited
- Google Prepping Health Service Google Fit to Rival Apple, Samsung
- Bic Is Trying to Make a Font Based on the entire World’s Handwriting
- ‘Washington Journal’ Transports Readers to the Strange Tumult of Watergate
- Eight Projects in Mason among Park Funding Request
- Starbucks Offers Bargain College Program for Baristas
Matriculate • \muh-TRICK-yuh-layt\ • Verb - To
enroll as a member of a body & especially of a college or university.
“Matriculating Baristas!” screamed the 42-point
bolded headline from the cover of the local tabloid. “Shut up,” muttered “People”
magazine.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Vintage U-S Coal-Fired Power Plants Now an ‘Aging
Fleet of Clunkers’ (Washington Post)
Morse Creek Hydroelectric Facility Issue Presents
Costs for Port Angeles No Matter Which Option is Chosen (Peninsula Daily News,
Port Angeles, WA)
Rocky Barker: Market Revolution Reaches Power
Grid (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
BRIEF: Douglas PUD Union Has New Contract
(Insurance News Network)
Seattle City Light Hires Online Results Firm to
Polish Its CEO’s Image (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Power Tripped: Eagles, Ravens, Squirrels
Interrupt Electrical Service in Alaska’s Capital (Associated Press)
Lewis County PUD Hires New Superintendent (The
Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Avista Buying Back 4 Million Shares (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Five Things to Know about Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s
Energy Policies (Wall Street Journal)
This 40-Foot Buzz Saw Hangs from a Helicopter to
Trim Trees from the Sky (Gizmodo)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon Munching Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam Shifting
to Different Species, New Problems (Oregonian, Portland)
Tribe Fears Hatchery Work Will Lose Funding (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Report: BPA’s Columbia Basin Fish/Wildlife
Mitigation Costs Pegged at $682 Million for 2013 (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Editorial: Science Should Guide Next Steps as
Fish Runs Continue to Recover (Associated Press)
Salmon Migrate by Truck during California Drought
(Associated Press)
Suckers Being Reintroduced to Upper Klamath Lake (Associated
Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Editorial:
Stop Dumping Your &#*! In Our Shared Waters, Victoria (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
A Guide to Light Bulbs: How to Save Money,
Environment (Christian Science Monitor)
News Release - Clothes Dryers Cost Consumers Up to
$4 Billion in Annual Energy Waste (Natural Resources Defense Council)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Credit
Implications of EPA’s Proposed Rule on Carbon Emissions Are Mostly Longer Term,
Rating Agencies Say (American Public Power Association)
Carbon
Pricing Won’t Solve Climate Change, Innovation Will (Christian Science Monitor)
Power
Plant Debate Prompts War of Stats (Associated
Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/business/energy/article/Power-plant-debate-prompts-war-of-stats-5554765.php
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Greenpeace
Says Rogue Employee Lost $5.2 Million on Currency Hedge Gone Wrong (Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Examining Reasons for Internet Traffic Jams (Associated Press)
Verizon: Net Neutrality Hurts Disabled People (Broadband
Reports)
FCC Might Stop Bans on City-Owned Broadband
Networks (PC Magazine)
Growing Number of Clark County Residents Are
Telecommuting (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Facebook Threats (USA
Today)
Iraq Tries to Censor Social Media to Disrupt ISIS Communication,
But Its Success Is Limited (Washington Post)
Google Prepping Health Service Google Fit to Rival Apple,
Samsung (Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)
Bic Is Trying to Make a Font Based on the entire
World’s Handwriting (Gizmodo)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
‘Washington Journal’ Transports Readers to the
Strange Tumult of Watergate (Christian Science Monitor)
GENERAL NEWS
Eight Projects in Mason among Park Funding Request
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Starbucks Offers Bargain College Program for
Baristas (Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
Casey
Kasem Dies at 82; Radio Personality Hosted Top 40 Countdown Show
‘Deep
Throat’ Garage From U-S Watergate Scandal to Be Razed
Would-Be
Cat Rescuer Ends Up Needing Rescue by Firefighters after Getting Stuck In a
Tree
Mom
plans to wear dress school deemed ‘inappropriate’ for daughter, to graduation
SONG OF THE DAY
Casey
Kasem’s - American Top 40 / #35-40 (Oct.22, 1977)
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