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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for October 18, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville
Power Administration Execs Offered New Jobs by U-S Energy Department
(Oregonian, Portland)
Electrical
Grid Is Called Vulnerable to Power Shutdown (NY Times)
Facebook Puts Seldom-Used Data in ‘Cold Storage’ -
Housing It at Oregon Location Helps Cut Energy Costs (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
With Shutdown Over, Pacific Northwest Fisherman
Hope to Get Back to Work in Alaska (Northwest Public Radio)
Supreme
Court May Fidget with Carbon Formula But Not EPA’s Authority (Forbes Magazine)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration Execs Offered New Jobs by U-S Energy Department
- Electrical Grid Is Called Vulnerable to Power Shutdown
- Here’s Exactly How a Cyberattack Will Bring Down Your Utility
- Canada Wants More from U-S Under Columbia Treaty
- Richland Electricity Customers: No Electricity Rate Increase Expected for 2014
- Modesto, Turlock Irrigation Districts’ Deadline Nears for Don Pedro Reservoir Documents
- Coal Terminal Hearing Draws 900 - Tacoma Event the Last of Five on Proposed Longview Project
- FERC Issues Order Approving As-Built Exhibits of Chelan County PUD’s Rock Island Project
- FERC Order: Chehalis Power Generating proposed for supplying Reactive Power to the Bonneville Power Administration
- Light Pollution Fight Advances One City & Park at a Time
- East Africa: Ethiopian Dam Plans Spark Regional Tensions
- With Shutdown Over, Pacific Northwest Fisherman Hope to Get Back to Work in Alaska
- Skokomish River Sport Fishing Season Extended Through Mid-December
- Video: California City Turns to Birds of Prey to Solve Problems
- Some Portland Homeowners Unhappy When Their Water Bills Spike by $100
- Dodgy Drinking Water in Richland Has People Smelling Mold
- Arizona Utility Tries Storing Solar Energy for Use in the Dark
- Clean Energy Conference in Pasco Showcases New Technology
- City of Olympia Converts to LED Streetlights
- Will Smart Meters Change Consumer Habits? Early Indicators Say Yes
- Have a Safe & Spooktacular Halloween
- Supreme Court May Fidget with Carbon Formula But Not EPA’s Authority
- Environmental Protection Agency Sued to Deal with Ocean Acidification
- Oceans in Trouble by Year 2100: ‘The Consequences Are Massive’
- Man Seeks ‘Climate Change Asylum’ in New Zealand
- Facebook Puts Seldom-Used Data in ‘Cold Storage’ - Housing It at Oregon Location Helps Cut Energy Costs
- Wiring Theft Causes Phone Service Outage in Yakima County
- City of Pasco’s Wireless Modems Monitor City Utilities & Save You Money
- Putting Data Centers on Turbines to Save Billions of Dollars
- Texas’ U-S Senator Ted Cruz Blocks Confirmation of Tom Wheeler, Nominee for FCC Chairman
- Is Reposted Content the Secret to More Page Views?
- Public Relations Society Names Portland’s Best
- Sleeptexting Is the New Sleepwalking
- Washington State High Court OKs Governor Secrecy, Calls It ‘Critical’ Privilege
- Ex-Montana Governor Considering 2016 White House Bid
- Former Speaker of the House Tom Foley Dead at 84
- GMO Labeling: Washington’s Big-Money Battle Could Reverberate in Oregon, Elsewhere
- Locals Count Their Losses as Washington State’s National Parks Reopen
- Timber Companies Sue Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management over Logging Shutdown
- Washington State Men Die in British Columbia Diving Accident
- Pacific Northwest’s Cold, Clear Weather Leads to Air Pollution Concerns
- Port Townsend to End “Offensive Name,” As NFL Keeps It Alive
- Designed for Hunters, Check Station Draws Winthrop Deer
WORD OF THE DAY
Doozy • \DOO-zee\
• Noun - An extraordinary one of its kind
Word Origin from
Merriam Webster - While it’s often maintained that the word “doozy” derives
from the “Duesenberg” in the name of the famed Duesenberg Motor Company, this
is impossible on chronological grounds. “Doozy” was first recorded (in the form
“dozy”) in eastern Ohio in 1916, four years before the Duesenberg Motor Company
began to manufacture passenger cars; the related adjective “doozy,” meaning “stylish”
or “splendid,” is attested considerably earlier, in 1903. So where did “doozy”
come from? Etymologists believe that it’s an altered form of the word “daisy,”
which was used especially in the late 1800s as a slang term for someone or
something considered the best.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville Power Administration Execs Offered New
Jobs by U-S Energy Department (Oregonian, Portland)
Electrical Grid Is Called Vulnerable to Power
Shutdown (NY Times)
Here’s Exactly How a Cyberattack Will Bring Down
Your Utility (Smart Grid News)
Canada Wants More from U-S Under Columbia Treaty (Associated
Press)
Richland Electricity Customers: No Electricity
Rate Increase Expected for 2014 (KNDO/KNDU-TV,
Tri Cities, WA)
Modesto, Turlock Irrigation Districts’ Deadline
Nears for Don Pedro Reservoir Documents (Modesto Bee, CA)
Coal Terminal Hearing Draws 900 - Tacoma Event
the Last of Five on Proposed Longview Project (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
FERC Issues Order Approving As-Built Exhibits of Chelan
County PUD’s Rock Island Project (TMC Net)
FERC Order: Chehalis Power Generating proposed
for supplying Reactive Power to the Bonneville Power Administration (PDF File -
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
Light Pollution Fight Advances One City &
Park at a Time (Northwest Public Radio)
East Africa: Ethiopian Dam Plans Spark Regional
Tensions (All Africa)
FISH & WILDLIFE
With Shutdown Over, Pacific Northwest Fisherman
Hope to Get Back to Work in Alaska (Northwest Public Radio)
Skokomish River Sport Fishing Season Extended
Through Mid-December (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Video: California City Turns to Birds of Prey to
Solve Problems (USA Today)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Some
Portland Homeowners Unhappy When Their Water Bills Spike by $100 (KATU-TV,
Portland, OR)
Dodgy
Drinking Water in Richland Has People Smelling Mold (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Arizona
Utility Tries Storing Solar Energy for Use in the Dark (NY Times)
Clean
Energy Conference in Pasco Showcases New Technology (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
City of Olympia Converts to LED Streetlights
(Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
Will Smart Meters Change Consumer Habits? Early
Indicators Say Yes (The Energy Collective)
Have a Safe & Spooktacular Halloween (Yahoo!
Finance)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Supreme
Court May Fidget with Carbon Formula But Not EPA’s Authority (Forbes Magazine)
Environmental
Protection Agency Sued to Deal with Ocean Acidification (Northwest Public
Radio)
Oceans
in Trouble by Year 2100: ‘The Consequences Are Massive’ (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Man
Seeks ‘Climate Change Asylum’ in New Zealand (ABC News)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Facebook Puts Seldom-Used Data in ‘Cold Storage’ - Housing
It at Oregon Location Helps Cut Energy Costs (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Wiring Theft Causes Phone Service Outage in Yakima
County (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
City of Pasco’s Wireless Modems Monitor City Utilities
& Save You Money (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
Putting
Data Centers on Turbines to Save Billions of Dollars (GigaOM)
Texas’ U-S Senator Ted Cruz Blocks Confirmation of
Tom Wheeler, Nominee for FCC Chairman (Washington Post)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Is Reposted Content the Secret to More Page Views?
(Mashable)
Public Relations Society Names Portland’s Best
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
Sleeptexting Is the New Sleepwalking (The Atlantic)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State High Court OKs Governor Secrecy,
Calls It ‘Critical’ Privilege (Associated Press)
Ex-Montana Governor Considering 2016 White House
Bid (USA Today)
Former Speaker of the House Tom Foley Dead at 84
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
GMO Labeling: Washington’s Big-Money Battle Could
Reverberate in Oregon, Elsewhere (Oregonian, Portland)
GENERAL NEWS
Locals Count Their Losses as Washington State’s
National Parks Reopen (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Timber Companies Sue Forest Service, Bureau of Land
Management over Logging Shutdown (Associated
Press)
Washington State Men Die in British Columbia Diving
Accident (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Pacific Northwest’s Cold, Clear Weather Leads to
Air Pollution Concerns (Mason Web-TV,k Shelton, WA)
Port Townsend to End “Offensive Name,” As NFL Keeps
It Alive (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Designed for Hunters, Check Station Draws Winthrop
Deer (Wenatchee World, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Duct
Tape Wallet Girl (from Shelton, WA) Still Has One Question for Russell Wilson
Seattle
Accents: Unsexy & Unremarkable?
Vatican
Hopes New Air Conditioning Will Prevent ‘Painful’ Limit to Sistine Chapel
Visitors
Whoops,
Looks Like the Yeti May Just Be a Hybrid Polar Bear
SONG OF THE DAY
Billie
Holiday - Autumn in New York
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