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News Digest Word Cloud for July 15, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Energy Imbalance Market - One Little Thing That
Will Save Northwest Utilities $90 Million (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Logging, Not Power: Klickitat PUD Denies Its Power Lines Sparked
Fire Last Year (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
U-S Federal Reserve Warns of Overvalued Social
Media Stocks (British Broadcasting Corporation)
‘Kill-A-Watt
for God,’ Other Energy-Saving Programs Mean More for Church Outreach (The
State, Columbia, SC)
Wildfires in Oregon, California Destroy Homes;
Progress on Largest Washington Fire (Associated
Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Energy Imbalance Market - One Little Thing That Will Save Northwest Utilities $90 Million
- ‘Chasing’ an Energy Balance
- Logging, Not Power: Klickitat PUD Denies Its Power Lines Sparked Fire Last Year
- Avista Base Rates for Idaho Customers Won’t Change in 2015
- Most & Least Energy Expensive States
- U-S Electricity Prices Are Rising. Thank the ‘Polar Vortex.’
- Tacoma Utility Employees Give Back to Their Community
- Puget Sound Energy Foundation Grant to Pacific Lutheran University
- U-S Senate to Move FERC Nominees
- Coal-Burning Power Plant to Give New Life to Texas Oil Field
- South Carolina: Marion Man Electrocuted in Apparent Copper Theft
- Flap over Plucking Protected Gull Nest from Safeco Plaza Ledge
- Alaska: Brown Bear & Salmon Cam
- Grant PUD Utilizes Low Water at Crescent Bar to Dredge Channel to Boat Launch
- Study: Costs of Rooftop Solar Were Not Passed Along to Non-Solar Ratepayers in Nevada
- Is Waste Wood the Future of Power?
- ‘Kill-A-Watt for God,’ Other Energy-Saving Programs Mean More for Church Outreach
- Washington State Governor Inslee, UK Minister Barker Sign Climate Agreement
- Canada: What Wildfires in the Northwest Territories Say about Climate Change
- United Kingdom: People Who Claim to Worry about Climate Change Use More Electricity
- Electric Cars Will Change the Way You Power Your Home
- Brave Duo Attempts to Schlep across Eurasia in Solar-Powered Tuk-Tuk
- Cisco Enters Data Center Deal with Microsoft
- Internet Giants Push FCC Hard on Net Neutrality in Clash with Providers
- Google’s Back-Door Approach to Internet Policy
- These Two Tweets Sum Up Everything about the Net Neutrality Fight
- Nest, Samsung Create Low-Power Network ‘Thread’ for Smart Home Products
- Integra Buys WCI, Small Seattle Telecom Company
- U-S Federal Reserve Warns of Overvalued Social Media Stocks
- World Cup Finale a Huge Boon to Social-Media Sites
- Who Won the World Cup: Facebook or Twitter?
- Please, Stop Taking Pictures with Your Tablet
- Wildfires in Oregon, California Destroy Homes; Progress on Largest Washington Fire
- Rail Car Fire at Johns Prairie near Shelton
- Moses Lake to Be Test Site for Mitsubishi Aircraft Regional Jet
- Pot Unwelcome on Federal Land in Washington
- Private Grays Harbor County Hospital Asking for Taxpayer Bailout
- Belfair’ Business: Boxlight’s Interactive Deskboard Wins Best of Show Award at Tech Conference
- Which States Have the Worst Roads in America
- Got a Rash? iPad, Other Devices Might Be the Cause
Genuflect
• \JENN-yuh-flecked\ • Verb - To kneel on one knee and then rise again as an
act of respect: to obey someone with power in a way that is seen as weak.
“Man,
this service is a workout for the knees as well as the soul,” exclaimed the Protestant
to his Catholic friend after another round of genuflections. “Wait ‘til you
taste the sacramental wine,” was the cryptic response.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Energy Imbalance Market - One Little Thing That
Will Save Northwest Utilities $90 Million (Sustainable Business Oregon)
‘Chasing’ an Energy Balance (Wallowa Chieftain,
Enterprise, OR)
Logging, Not Power: Klickitat PUD Denies Its Power Lines Sparked
Fire Last Year (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Avista Base Rates for Idaho Customers Won’t
Change in 2015 (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Most & Least Energy Expensive States
(WalletHub - In Washington State we’re number two. No, wait. That didn’t come
out right. Nor did that!)
U-S Electricity Prices Are Rising. Thank the ‘Polar
Vortex.’ (Christian Science Monitor)
Tacoma Utility Employees Give Back to Their
Community (American Public Power Association)
Puget Sound Energy Foundation Grant to Pacific
Lutheran University (South Sound Business Examiner)
U-S Senate to Move FERC Nominees (Politico)
Coal-Burning Power Plant to Give New Life to
Texas Oil Field (National Public Radio)
South Carolina: Marion Man Electrocuted in
Apparent Copper Theft (Florence Morning News, SC)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Flap over Plucking Protected Gull Nest from
Safeco Plaza Ledge (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Alaska: Brown Bear & Salmon Cam
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Grant
PUD Utilizes Low Water at Crescent Bar to Dredge Channel to Boat Launch (iFIBER
One, Ephrata, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Study:
Costs of Rooftop Solar Were Not Passed Along to Non-Solar Ratepayers in Nevada
(The Energy Collective)
Is
Waste Wood the Future of Power? (Electric
Co-op Today)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
‘Kill-A-Watt
for God,’ Other Energy-Saving Programs Mean More for Church Outreach (The
State, Columbia, SC)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington
State Governor Inslee, UK Minister Barker Sign Climate Agreement (Associated Press)
Canada: What Wildfires in the Northwest Territories
Say about Climate Change (Globe & Mail, Canada)
United Kingdom: People Who Claim to Worry about
Climate Change Use More Electricity (The Telegraph, UK)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Electric
Cars Will Change the Way You Power Your Home (TIME Magazine)
Brave
Duo Attempts to Schlep across Eurasia in Solar-Powered Tuk-Tuk (Washington
Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Cisco Enters Data Center Deal with Microsoft (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Internet Giants Push FCC Hard on Net Neutrality in
Clash with Providers (Christian Science Monitor)
Google’s Back-Door Approach to Internet Policy (Washington
Post)
These Two Tweets Sum Up Everything about the Net Neutrality
Fight (Washington Post)
Nest, Samsung Create Low-Power Network ‘Thread’ for
Smart Home Products (Mashable)
Integra Buys WCI, Small Seattle Telecom Company (Oregonian,
Portland)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
U-S Federal Reserve Warns of Overvalued Social
Media Stocks (British Broadcasting Corporation)
World Cup Finale a Huge Boon to Social-Media Sites (San
Jose Mercury News, CA)
Who Won the World Cup: Facebook or Twitter?
(Mashable)
Please, Stop Taking Pictures with Your Tablet
(Reviewed.Com)
GENERAL NEWS
Wildfires in Oregon, California Destroy Homes;
Progress on Largest Washington Fire (Associated
Press)
Rail Car Fire at Johns Prairie near Shelton (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Moses Lake to Be Test Site for Mitsubishi Aircraft
Regional Jet (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/latestlocalnews/2338510-8/moses-lake-to-be-test-site-for-mitsubishi
Pot Unwelcome on Federal Land in Washington (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Private Grays Harbor County Hospital Asking for
Taxpayer Bailout (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Belfair’ Business: Boxlight’s Interactive Deskboard
Wins Best of Show Award at Tech Conference (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal)
Which States Have the Worst Roads in America (Washington
Post)
Got a Rash? iPad, Other Devices Might Be the Cause (Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
100
Famous Bass Lines Played In One Badass Mega-Medley
Seattle
Couple Hosts Attic Full of Bats (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Abingdon
Man Claims African Land to Make Good on Promise to Daughter
Dude,
Where’s My Cheese Van? Stolen Tillamook Cheese Rigs Found in California
SONG OF THE DAY
Stanley
Clarke - School Days: acoustic bass solo
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