Energy News Digest for July 26, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Bonneville Power Administration: Congressman Darrell Issa to Hold Hearings on DOE Whistleblower Retaliation (Washington Free Beacon, DC)

http://freebeacon.com/darrell-issa-to-hold-hearings-on-doe-whistleblower-retaliation/

Teanaway Solar Officials: Plans Still Alive for Huge Power Array (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/latestlocalnews/1348362-8/teanaway-solar-officials-plans-still-alive-for-huge

Oregon: McKenzie River Snowpack to Drop by 56 Percent Due to Global Warming (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/07/oregons_mckenzie_river_snowpac.html

What 3.6 Degrees Means for Snowpack in the Western Cascades (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/what-36-degrees-means-snowpack-western-cascades

Can You Hear Me Now? Thieves Ripping Out Bulk Phone Lines (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2013/07/25/can-you-hear-me-now-thieves-ripping-out-bulk-phone-lines/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Bonneville Power Administration: Congressman Darrell Issa to Hold Hearings on DOE Whistleblower Retaliation
• Port Angeles City Light Power Rates May Go Up Due to Bonneville Power Administration Rate Hike
• Higher Federal Power Rates to Be Spread Out in Flathead
• Grays Harbor PUD Says Wire Thefts Are Rampant, No Solution in Sight
• Updated: Wright to Take Top Chelan PUD Post for Love of River
• Editorial: Wilf Woods - Wright Signals New Power Era in North Central Washington State
• British Columbia: Seymour Arm Residents to Vote on Electrical Service
• Hungry Horse Dam: Sixty Years on the South Fork
• Californians Consider a Future without a Nuclear Plant for a Neighbor
• U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week
• Where Is All of the Water Going? A Look at Which Energy Resources Are Gulping Down Our Water
• Power Traders Get Protection from Scorching Temps
• Canada: Eventful Day for Eastern Canada Electric Power Industry
• Oregon: McKenzie River Snowpack to Drop by 56 Percent Due to Global Warming
• What 3.6 Degrees Means for Snowpack in the Western Cascades
• Water Power: 15 Tribes Have Say in Modernizing the Columbia River Treaty
• Teanaway Solar Officials: Plans Still Alive for Huge Power Array
• Oregon: Baker County Planning Commission Denies Wind Farm Permits
• Puget Sound Energy’s Green Power Program Offering a Solar Sweepstakes
• Wind, the “Workhorse” of Renewable Energy
• France’s Renewable Power Subsidies Not Effective Enough – Auditor
• Energy Champs: Bonneville Power Administration Industrial Energy Efficiency, Administrator Lauded for Hard-Hitting Results
• NEEA: Savings Since 1997 Would Power 660,000 Homes
• Saving Energy: Edmonds Wastewater Treatment Plant Meets Challenge
• FERC Settlements Illustrate Attempts to ‘Game’ Demand Response Programs
• Black Hills Heating: Using Free Filter Service to Build Trust
• Greenhouse Gas Test Planned in Wallula
• Editorial: Protection from Impact of Climate Change Will Be Costly
• Electric Vehicles Find Juice in the Northwest
• Buying an Electric Vehicle Won’t Up Your Green Cred
• Can You Hear Me Now? Thieves Ripping Out Bulk Phone Lines
• With New Law Nearly Here, Copper Wire Thieves Getting More Daring
• Idaho Schools Superintendent Defends Wireless Contract
• Google Still Dwarfs Facebook on the Infrastructure Front
• White Space: A New Way to Bring Broadband to Rural Towns in Upstate New York
• How to Alienate Your Twitter Followers: Chipotle Staged Hack Falls Flat
• Social Media: The Secret Weapon behind Diaper Rash Ointment’s National Launch
• Initiative Filed to Name Skagit River Bridge after Tim Eyman
• Heat to Ease This Weekend
• The Real Fair Story: Attendance
• Nearly 700 Inactive Groups Purged from Washington’s Adopt-A-Highway

WORD OF THE DAY

Repertoire • \REP-err-twahr\ • Noun - 1: a list or supply of plays, operas, pieces, or parts which a company or performer is prepared to present 2: a supply of skills, devices, or expedients; broadly: amount, supply 3: a list or supply of capabilities

I’ve always contended that a musician’s commercial success can be gauged by the repertoire & title of find on their retrospective that compiles all their material. A “Greatest Hits” album has hits. A “Very Best Of” album normally has just one.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Bonneville Power Administration: Congressman Darrell Issa to Hold Hearings on DOE Whistleblower Retaliation (Washington Free Beacon, DC)

http://freebeacon.com/darrell-issa-to-hold-hearings-on-doe-whistleblower-retaliation/

Port Angeles City Light Power Rates May Go Up Due to Bonneville Power Administration Rate Hike (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/8884

Higher Federal Power Rates to Be Spread Out in Flathead (Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_39ab8312-f4de-11e2-be1c-0019bb2963f4.html

Grays Harbor PUD Says Wire Thefts Are Rampant, No Solution in Sight (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://thedailyworld.com/sections/news/local/pud-says-wire-thefts-are-rampant-no-solution-sight.html

Updated: Wright to Take Top Chelan PUD Post for Love of River (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/jul/25/chelan-pud-lands-a-big-fish/

Editorial: Wilf Woods - Wright Signals New Power Era in North Central Washington State (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/jul/26/wilf-woods-wright-signals-new-power-era-in-ncw/

British Columbia: Seymour Arm Residents to Vote on Electrical Service (Salmon Arm Observer, BC)

http://www.saobserver.net/news/216969181.html

Hungry Horse Dam: Sixty Years on the South Fork (Hungry Horse News, MT)

http://www.flatheadnewsgroup.com/hungryhorsenews/article_b9f47c9e-f46c-11e2-a77d-001a4bcf887a.html

Californians Consider a Future without a Nuclear Plant for a Neighbor (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/us/californians-consider-a-future-without-a-nuclear-plant-for-a-neighbor.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/US-natural-gas-supplies-grew-last-week-4686311.php

Where Is All of the Water Going? A Look at Which Energy Resources Are Gulping Down Our Water (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/edfenergyexchange/2013/07/25/where-is-all-of-the-water-going-a-look-at-which-energy-resources-are-gulping-down-our-water/

Power Traders Get Protection from Scorching Temps (PR Newswire)

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/power-traders-get-protection-from-scorching-temps-217077321.html

Canada: Eventful Day for Eastern Canada Electric Power Industry (Mondaq)

http://www.mondaq.com/canada/x/253920/Renewables/Eventful+Day+for+Eastern+Canada+Electric+Power+Industry

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Oregon: McKenzie River Snowpack to Drop by 56 Percent Due to Global Warming (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/07/oregons_mckenzie_river_snowpac.html

What 3.6 Degrees Means for Snowpack in the Western Cascades (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/what-36-degrees-means-snowpack-western-cascades

Water Power: 15 Tribes Have Say in Modernizing the Columbia River Treaty (Indian Country Today)

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/07/25/modernizing-columbia-river-treaty-15-tribes-have-say-150558

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Teanaway Solar Officials: Plans Still Alive for Huge Power Array (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/latestlocalnews/1348362-8/teanaway-solar-officials-plans-still-alive-for-huge

Oregon: Baker County Planning Commission Denies Wind Farm Permits (Baker City Herald, OR)

http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Planning-Commission-denies-wind-farm-permits

Puget Sound Energy’s Green Power Program Offering a Solar Sweepstakes - One winner will receive a $10,000 solar photovoltaic system for their home (Enhanced Online News)

http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20130725006534/en

Wind, the “Workhorse” of Renewable Energy (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_23731608/wind-workhorse-renewable-energy

France’s Renewable Power Subsidies Not Effective Enough – Auditor (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/25/france-renewables-subsidies-idUSL6N0FV2ZG20130725

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Energy Champs: Bonneville Power Administration Industrial Energy Efficiency, Administrator Lauded for Hard-Hitting Results (MarketWire)

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/energy-champs-bpa-industrial-energy-efficiency-administrator-lauded-hard-hitting-results-1814765.htm

NEEA: Savings Since 1997 Would Power 660,000 Homes (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2013/07/neea-savings-since-97-would-power-660k.html

Saving Energy: Edmonds Wastewater Treatment Plant Meets Challenge (Everett Patch, WA)

http://edmonds.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/saving-energy-edmonds-wastewater-treatment-plant-meets-challenge

FERC Settlements Illustrate Attempts to ‘Game’ Demand Response Programs (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/jimpierobon/253471/two-ferc-settlements-illustrate-attempts-game-demand-response-programs

Black Hills Heating: Using Free Filter Service to Build Trust (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)

http://www.thurstontalk.com/2013/07/25/black-hills-heating-using-free-filter-service-to-build-trust/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Greenhouse Gas Test Planned in Wallula (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/07/25/2487760/greenhouse-gas-test-planned-in.html

Editorial: Protection from Impact of Climate Change Will Be Costly (Vancouver Sun, BC)

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Stephen+Hume+Protection+from+impact+climate+change+will+costly/8707577/story.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Electric Vehicles Find Juice in the Northwest (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5800

Buying an Electric Vehicle Won’t Up Your Green Cred (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2013/07/25/electric-vehicle-ubiquity/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Can You Hear Me Now? Thieves Ripping Out Bulk Phone Lines (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2013/07/25/can-you-hear-me-now-thieves-ripping-out-bulk-phone-lines/

With New Law Nearly Here, Copper Wire Thieves Getting More Daring (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/With-new-law-nearly-here-copper-wire-thieves-getting-more-daring-217048731.html

Idaho Schools Superintendent Defends Wireless Contract (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/07/26/2672303/luna-defends-wireless-contract.html

Google Still Dwarfs Facebook on the Infrastructure Front (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2013/07/25/google-still-dwarves-facebook-on-the-infrastructure-front/

White Space: A New Way to Bring Broadband to Rural Towns in Upstate New York (WNET-TV, New York)

http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/2013/07/a-new-way-to-bring-broadband-to-rural-towns-in-upstate-ny/

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

How to Alienate Your Twitter Followers: Chipotle Staged Hack Falls Flat (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/how-to-alienate-your-twitter-followers-chipotle-staged-hack-falls-flat/2013/07/25/b413164a-f53a-11e2-aa2e-4088616498b4_story.html?wprss=rss_technology

Social Media: The Secret Weapon behind Diaper Rash Ointment’s National Launch (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/blog/2013/07/social-media-diaper-rash-ointment.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Initiative Filed to Name Skagit River Bridge after Tim Eyman (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Initiative-Skagit-River-bridge-Tim-Eyman-216972411.html

GENERAL NEWS

Heat to Ease This Weekend (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://kmasnewsradio.com/news/local-state-news/3031-heat-to-ease-this-weekend

The Real Fair Story: Attendance (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://kmasnewsradio.com/news/local-state-news/3032-the-real-fair-story-attendance

Nearly 700 Inactive Groups Purged from Washington’s Adopt-A-Highway (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/nearly-700-inactive-groups-purged-washington-s-adopt-highway

DIVERSIONS

Singing ‘Happy Birthday’ Makes Cake Taste Better, Study Says

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/-singing-%E2%80%98happy-birthday%E2%80%99-makes-cake-taste-better--study-says--142401860.html

Punked TV Station Fires Producers over Bogus Asiana Pilot Names (Political Correctness Alert)

http://consumerist.com/2013/07/25/punked-tv-station-fires-producers-over-bogus-asiana-pilot-names/

Someone Go Back In Time & Tell This Family Not to “Invest” $100,000 in Beanie Babies

http://consumerist.com/2013/07/25/someone-go-back-in-time-tell-this-family-not-to-invest-100000-in-beanie-babies/

Man Arrested Trying to Rob Gun Store with Baseball Bat

http://www.nwcn.com/news/217101791.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Joe Cocker - Into the Mystic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wm-K5qparU

Van Morrison - Into the Mystic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVAnlke_xUY

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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Note that as some newspapers migrate to a “paywall” system of access, some articles may not be available without forking over some cold hard credit card cash. However, some sites will allow a certain number of story accesses per month before holding out their hand. Sorry if this is an inconvenience.

Energy News Digest for July 25, 2013

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Energy News Digest Word Cloud for July 25, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Bonneville Power Administration Adopts New Wholesale Power & Transmission Rates (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/BPA-adopts-new-wholesale-power-and-transmission-rates-.aspx

Steve Wright named next Chelan PUD general manager (Chelan County PUD, Wenatchee, WA)

http://www.chelanpud.org/11787.html

Diarrhetic Shellfish Toxin Closes Budd Inlet Beach in South Puget Sound for First Time (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/diarrhetic-shellfish-toxin-closes-beach-south-puget-sound-first-time

Facebook Looks to the Future with Prineville 'Cold Storage' Facility (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2013/07/facebook_looks_to_the_future_w.html

Idaho School Wi-Fi Plan Surprises Legislators (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/jul/24/idaho-school-wi-fi-plan-surprises-legislators/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Bonneville Power Administration Adopts New Wholesale Power & Transmission Rates
• Bonneville Power Administration Raises Wholesale Power, Transmission Rates
• Bonneville Power Administration to Raise Rates as of October 1, 2013
• Steve Wright Named Next Chelan PUD General Manager
• Former Federal-Power Big Fish Steve Wright to Take Top Job at Chelan PUD
• Ex-BPA Administrator Steve Wright Offered Top Job, $295K Salary at Chelan PUD
• Grays Harbor Energy Loses Tax Appeal over Satsop Power Plant
• PUD 3 Commission Report for the July 23 Regular Business Meeting
• Mason County PUD 1 Director of Electric Operations Announces Retirement
• Child Artists Invited to Enter Grant PUD Contest
• Electricity Prices on the Rise. Higher Bills to Come? - A rise in natural gas prices pushed wholesale electricity costs higher
• FERC Order on Southeastern Regional Transmission Plan May Pose Dilemma for Public Power Utilities
• Diarrhetic Shellfish Toxin Closes Budd Inlet Beach in South Puget Sound for First Time
• Chelan PUD to Quelch Failed Sockeye Program
• Descendants of Northwest Pioneers Create Nature Reserve to Protect Chum Salmon Spawning Grounds along Columbia River
• Salmon: How Much We Eat Matters
• Red Water in Puget Sound Could Give Green Light for Geoduck Harvesting
• Water Bottling Contract for Tacoma
• California - Moratorium on Solar Projects Extended in San Bernardino County
• Study: State Government Support Leads to More Solar Installations
• Columnist - Mazen Skaf: Hydropower’s Dominance Will Continue
• Greater Grays Harbor Energy Program Continued
• Snohomish PUD Drastically Cutting Price of CFL Bulbs in Everett
• Jolt: Environmentalists Lose Climate-Change Appeal
• No British Columbia Carbon Tax Rise, Despite Program's Success
• A Carbon Tax by Any Other Name
• Climate Change Slowdown is Due to Warming of Deep Oceans, Say Scientists
• “Nature” Magazine Article Puts $60 Billion Price on Climate Change
• Duke Energy Investigates Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Technology
• Facebook Looks to the Future with Prineville 'Cold Storage' Facility
• Idaho School Wi-Fi Plan Surprises Legislators
• Google Offers to Fund Wireless Hotspots in San Francisco
• Google Fiber Closes Deal to Acquire iProvo Network
• Many Washington State Residents Still Have Landlines
• Broadband Speed Is Increasing, But U-S is Falling Behind
• United Kingdom - Rural broadband: Tangled Wires
• Check Out the Floor Plans for the NSA's Huge New Data Center in Utah
• Social Media in a Crisis: Tweeting Through Bankruptcy & Other Challenges
• Twitter Fakes Real Users’ Tweets to Promote Ad Platform
• DEA Raiding Marijuana Dispensaries in Puget Sound Region
• Who's Packing? Concealed Weapons Permit Rates in Washington Counties – Nine Percent in Mason County

WORD OF THE DAY

Fard • \FAHRD\ • Verb - To paint (the face) with cosmetics

Farded white clown paint

Like Kabuki theater

Actors ham it up

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Bonneville Power Administration Adopts New Wholesale Power & Transmission Rates (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/BPA-adopts-new-wholesale-power-and-transmission-rates-.aspx

Bonneville Power Administration Raises Wholesale Power, Transmission Rates (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/bpa-raises-wholesale-power-transmission-rates/article_c0827f20-f49e-11e2-9aa0-001a4bcf887a.html

Bonneville Power Administration to Raise Rates as of October 1, 2013 (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/jul/24/bpa-to-raise-rates-as-of-oct-1/

Steve Wright Named Next Chelan PUD General Manager (Chelan County PUD, Wenatchee, WA)

http://www.chelanpud.org/11787.html

Former Federal-Power Big Fish Steve Wright to Take Top Job at Chelan PUD (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/jul/24/chelan-pud-offers-gm-job-to-federal-power-big-fish-steve-wright/

Ex-BPA Administrator Steve Wright Offered Top Job, $295K Salary at Chelan PUD (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2013/07/ex-bpa_administrator_steve_wri.html

Grays Harbor Energy Loses Tax Appeal over Satsop Power Plant (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kxro.wordpress.com/2013/07/25/grays-harbor-energy-loses-tax-appeal/

PUD 3 Commission Report for the July 23 Regular Business Meeting (Mason County PUD No. 3, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=1244

Mason County PUD 1 Director of Electric Operations Announces Retirement (Mason County PUD No. 1, Potlatch, WA)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2013/07/mason-county-pud-1-director-of-electric.html

Child Artists Invited to Enter Grant PUD Contest (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_d53b500c-f4b9-11e2-8957-0019bb2963f4.html

Electricity Prices on the Rise. Higher Bills to Come? - A rise in natural gas prices pushed wholesale electricity costs higher (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Energy-Voices/2013/0723/Electricity-prices-on-the-rise.-Higher-bills-to-come

FERC Order on Southeastern Regional Transmission Plan May Pose Dilemma for Public Power Utilities (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=227542&issueID=27067

FISH & WILDLIFE

Diarrhetic Shellfish Toxin Closes Budd Inlet Beach in South Puget Sound for First Time (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/diarrhetic-shellfish-toxin-closes-beach-south-puget-sound-first-time

Chelan PUD to Quelch Failed Sockeye Program (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/jul/22/chelan-pud-to-quelch-failed-sockeye-program/

Descendants of Northwest Pioneers Create Nature Reserve to Protect Chum Salmon Spawning Grounds along Columbia River (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/clark-county/index.ssf/2013/07/descendants_of_northwest_pione.html

Salmon: How Much We Eat Matters (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Salmon-How-much-we-eat-matters-216683881.html

Red Water in Puget Sound Could Give Green Light for Geoduck Harvesting (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Red-water-in-Puget-Sound-could-mean-green-216673321.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Water Bottling Contract for Tacoma (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://kmasnewsradio.com/news/local-state-news/2979-water-bottling-contract-for-tacoma

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

California - Moratorium on Solar Projects Extended in San Bernardino County (San Bernardino Sun, CA)

http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_23717844/moratorium-solar-projects-extended-san-bernardino-county

Study: State Government Support Leads to More Solar Installations (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2013/07/23/state-government-support-solar-installat.html

Columnist - Mazen Skaf: Hydropower’s Dominance Will Continue (Wall Street Journal)

http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-283393/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Greater Grays Harbor Energy Program Continued (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5792

Snohomish PUD Drastically Cutting Price of CFL Bulbs in Everett (My Everett News, WA)

http://myeverettnews.com/2013/07/24/pud-drastically-cutting-price-of-cfl-bulbs-in-everett/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Jolt: Environmentalists Lose Climate-Change Appeal (PubliCola)

http://www.seattlemet.com/articles/jolt-environmentalists-lose-appeal-on-regional-plan-july-2013

No British Columbia Carbon Tax Rise, Despite Program's Success (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/07/24/bc-no-carbon-tax-increase.html?cmp=rss

A Carbon Tax by Any Other Name (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/25/business/global/a-carbon-tax-by-any-other-name.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Climate Change Slowdown is Due to Warming of Deep Oceans, Say Scientists (The Guardian, UK)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/jul/22/climate-change-slowdown-warming-oceans

“Nature” Magazine Article Puts $60 Billion Price on Climate Change (South Florida Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/blog/2013/07/nature-article-puts-60b-price-on.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Duke Energy Investigates Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Technology (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterdetwiler/2013/07/24/duke-energy-investigates-wireless-electric-vehicle-charging-technology/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Facebook Looks to the Future with Prineville 'Cold Storage' Facility (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2013/07/facebook_looks_to_the_future_w.html

Idaho School Wi-Fi Plan Surprises Legislators (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/jul/24/idaho-school-wi-fi-plan-surprises-legislators/

Google Offers to Fund Wireless Hotspots in San Francisco (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/24/net-us-google-sanfrancisco-wireless-idUSBRE96N1J620130724

Google Fiber Closes Deal to Acquire iProvo Network (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Google-Fiber-Closes-Deal-to-Acquire-iProvo-Network-125087

Many Washington State Residents Still Have Landlines (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Many-Wash-residents-still-have-landlines-216805571.html

Broadband Speed Is Increasing, But U-S is Falling Behind (PC World)

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2045046/broadband-speed-is-increasing-but-us-is-falling-behind.html

United Kingdom - Rural broadband: Tangled Wires (The Economist Magazine)

http://www.economist.com/blogs/blighty/2013/07/rural-broadband

Check Out the Floor Plans for the NSA's Huge New Data Center in Utah (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/check-out-the-floor-plans-for-the-nsas-huge-new-data-c-901152509

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Social Media in a Crisis: Tweeting Through Bankruptcy & Other Challenges (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2013/07/social-media-in-a-crisis-tweeting.html

Twitter Fakes Real Users’ Tweets to Promote Ad Platform (SF Chronicle, CA)

http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2013/07/23/twitter-fakes-real-users-tweets-to-promote-ad-platform/

GENERAL NEWS

DEA Raiding Marijuana Dispensaries in Puget Sound Region (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/DEA-raiding-marijuana-dispensaries-in-Washington-216824181.html

Who's Packing? Concealed Weapons Permit Rates in Washington Counties – Nine Percent in Mason County (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Whos-packing-CPL-rates-in-Washington-counties-216826761.html

DIVERSIONS

These Geese Are Also Police

http://grist.org/living/these-geese-are-also-police/

Tree Transformed Into Peace Sign Draws Crowds in Edmonds

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Tree-transformed-into-peace-sign-draws-crowds-in-Edmonds-216848081.html

George H.W. Bush Shaves Head in Support of Boy with Leukemia

http://news.yahoo.com/george-h-w-bush-shaves-head-support-boy-231101051.html

Washington D-C's Corpse Flower Ends Its Stinky Reign

http://news.yahoo.com/washingtons-corpse-flower-ends-stinky-reign-205107825.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Johnny Rivers - Where Have All the Flowers Gone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfmWh5EDDAI

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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