Energy News Digest for February 13, 2014

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

U-S Representative Doc Hastings to Retire from Congress at the End of the Year (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)

http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/24716354/rep-doc-hastings-to-retire-from-congress-at-the-end-of-the-year

Memorial Services for Former BPA Administrator Johnson Set Tuesday at Boise State University (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/02/13/3027104/memorial-services-for-former-bpa.html

Spotted Owl Could Leave Endangered Species List (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kxro.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/spotted-owl-could-leave-endangered-species-list/

Comcast to buy Time Warner Cable for $45 billion (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/02/comcast_said_to_buy_time_warne.html

(Recorded Video) Washington State House Local Government Committee - Work Session: NoaNet - Federally-Financed Broadband Expansions & Impacts to Local Governments (Washington State Legislature)

http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014020107

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Memorial Services for Former BPA Administrator Johnson Set Tuesday at Boise State University
• Troutdale Power Plant Developers Refute Claims of Environmental Harm
• Obama Energy Official: Nuclear Plants Essential to Our Carbon Reduction Goals
• Lewis County PUD Rate Increase
• Benton County Firefighter Shocked by Power Line, Taken to Hospital
• Mason PUD 3 Commission Report for the February 11, 2014 Business Meeting
• California Utility Plans to Beef Up Security after Attack
• Oops: Natural Gas, Not Renewables, Caused California Grid Alert
• U-S Senator Murkowski Calls for Greater Attention to Reliability Challenges
• Spotted Owl Could Leave Endangered Species List
• Moses Lake: Fish Eating Birds to Be Evicted from Potholes Island
• Modoc Sucker of Southern Oregon Proposed by Feds to be Taken Off Endangered List
• Scientists Count Whales from Space
• Measures Would Limit Ecology’s Authority in Ag Water Quality
• Clallam County Commissioners to Send Letter to State on Dungeness Water Rule
• Report: California Solar Industry Jobs a Third of Nation’s Total
• State Solar Jobs 2013
• Washington State - 2,000 Solar Jobs
• California’s Green Energy Drought - The water shortage hammering California is bad news for power prices
• The World’s Largest Solar Plant Started Creating Electricity Today
• Monster Wind Farm Planned in South Dakota
• Mapping the Nation’s Wind Turbines
• Five Years Later, Missouri Still Grappling with Renewable Law
• Report: Opower Has Quietly Filed for Its Long-Awaited IPO
• Liquid-Cooled Supercomputers, to Trim the Power Bill
• Con Edison to Calculate Benefits of Preparing Utility for Climate Change
• Comcast to Buy Time Warner Cable for $45 Billion
• Time Warner Cable Still Insists Users Don’t Want Faster Speeds
• (Recorded Video) Washington State House Local Government Committee - Work Session: NoaNet
• Obama’s Farm Bill Provides $50 Million for Rural Gbps Broadband
• Google Working on 10 Gigabit Internet Speeds
• PayPal President’s Credit Card Info Swiped by Hackers
• Washington State Senate Eyes Data Bill Tax Exemptions
• Is the Facebook Like Dead for Marketers?
• U-S Representative Doc Hastings to Retire from Congress at the End of the Year
• After GOP Leaders Step In, Senate Votes to Raise Debt Ceiling
• Washington State Senate Approves Sheldon Bill to Add Third Mason County Judge
• Up to 2,000 Gallons of Oil Spilled in Hood Canal
• Washington Coal Terminal to Get Extensive Review
• No Changes in Mason County School Levy Election Results
• Failure to Prepare for Extreme Weather Costs Billions
• Three Washington State Schools Best Source of Peace Corps Volunteers
• Washington State Waterfall Designated in House Bill
• New NBA Commissioner Douses Hopes of Seattle Expansion

WORD OF THE DAY

Serendipity • \sair-un-DIP-uh-tee\ • noun - The faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for; also: an instance of this.

Serendipity

Dorito with extra “cheese”

A tasty tidbit

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Shelton area weather forecast for February 13, 2014

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Memorial Services for Former BPA Administrator Johnson Set Tuesday at Boise State University (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/02/13/3027104/memorial-services-for-former-bpa.html

Troutdale Power Plant Developers Refute Claims of Environmental Harm (Portland Tribune, OR)

http://portlandtribune.com/go/42-news/210528-68002-power-plant-developers-refute-claims-of-environmental-harm

Obama Energy Official: Nuclear Plants Essential to Our Carbon Reduction Goals (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelkrancer/2014/02/12/obama-energy-official-nuclear-plants-essential-to-our-carbon-reduction-goals/

Lewis County PUD Rate Increase (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2014/02/lewis-county-pud-rate-increase-kela.html

Benton County Firefighter Shocked by Power Line, Taken to Hospital (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/latestlocalnews/1923041-8/benton-county-firefighter-shocked-by-power-line-taken

Mason PUD 3 Commission Report for the February 11, 2014 Business Meeting (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=1340

California Utility Plans to Beef Up Security after Attack (Associated Press)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140211/BIZ/140219810

Oops: Natural Gas, Not Renewables, Caused California Grid Alert (Earth Techling)

http://www.earthtechling.com/2014/02/oops-natural-gas-not-renewables-caused-california-grid-woes/

U-S Senator Murkowski Calls for Greater Attention to Reliability Challenges (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=253255&issueID=34792

FISH & WILDLIFE

Spotted Owl Could Leave Endangered Species List (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kxro.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/spotted-owl-could-leave-endangered-species-list/

Moses Lake: Fish Eating Birds to Be Evicted from Potholes Island (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_0d8134d8-9373-11e3-9aea-0019bb2963f4.html

Modoc Sucker of Southern Oregon Proposed by Feds to be Taken Off Endangered List (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/02/modoc_sucker_of_southern_orego.html

Scientists Count Whales from Space (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26075274

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Measures Would Limit Ecology’s Authority in Ag Water Quality (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/latestlocalnews/1919801-8/measures-would-limit-ecologys-authority-in-ag-water

Clallam County Commissioners to Send Letter to State on Dungeness Water Rule (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/9447

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Report: California Solar Industry Jobs a Third of Nation’s Total (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_25115831?source=rss

State Solar Jobs 2013 (Links to report above – Click on your state & see how it ranks…it’s fun, & quite possibly depressing)

http://thesolarfoundation.org/solarstates

Washington State - 2,000 Solar Jobs (The Solar Foundation)

http://thesolarfoundation.org/solarstates/washington

California’s Green Energy Drought - The water shortage hammering California is bad news for power prices - and for the state’s emissions goals (Foreign Policy)

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/02/07/californias_water_woes

The World’s Largest Solar Plant Started Creating Electricity Today (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/the-worlds-largest-solar-plant-started-creating-electr-1521998493

Monster Wind Farm Planned in South Dakota (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/news/monster-wind-farm-planned-in-south-dakota/

Mapping the Nation’s Wind Turbines (U-S Geological Survey)

http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/mapping-the-nations-wind-turbines/

Five Years Later, Missouri Still Grappling with Renewable Law (Midwest Energy News)

http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2014/02/11/five-years-later-missouri-still-grappling-with-renewable-law/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Report: Opower Has Quietly Filed for Its Long-Awaited IPO (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2014/02/12/report-opower-has-quietly-filed-for-its-long-awaited-ipo/

Liquid-Cooled Supercomputers, to Trim the Power Bill (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/12/business/international/improving-energy-efficiency-in-supercomputers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Con Edison to Calculate Benefits of Preparing Utility for Climate Change (Bloomberg News)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-11/con-edison-to-calculate-benefits-of-preparing-for-climate-change.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Comcast to Buy Time Warner Cable for $45 Billion (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/02/comcast_said_to_buy_time_warne.html

Time Warner Cable Still Insists Users Don’t Want Faster Speeds (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Time-Warner-Cable-Still-Insists-Users-Dont-Want-Faster-Speeds-127700

(Recorded Video) Washington State House Local Government Committee - Work Session: NoaNet - Federally-Financed Broadband Expansions & Impacts to Local Governments (Washington State Legislature)

http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014020107

Obama’s Farm Bill Provides $50 Million for Rural Gbps Broadband (Fierce Telecom)

http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/obamas-farm-bill-provides-50m-rural-gbps-broadband/2014-02-10

Google Working on 10 Gigabit Internet Speeds (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/02/12/google-10-gigabit-internet-speeds/5421709/

PayPal President’s Credit Card Info Swiped by Hackers (Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2014/02/11/paypal-presidents-credit-card-info.html

Washington State Senate Eyes Data Bill Tax Exemptions (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/politics/article_885579da-94d1-11e3-acc5-001a4bcf887a.html

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Is the Facebook Like Dead for Marketers? “…Marketing on Facebook is now about curating a following as opposed to just building numbers…” (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2014/02/10/could-more-facebook-likes-be-costing-marketers-money/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

U-S Representative Doc Hastings to Retire from Congress at the End of the Year (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)

http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/24716354/rep-doc-hastings-to-retire-from-congress-at-the-end-of-the-year

After GOP Leaders Step In, Senate Votes to Raise Debt Ceiling (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/13/us/politics/senate-debt-ceiling-increase.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Washington State Senate Approves Sheldon Bill to Add Third Mason County Judge (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/12240

GENERAL NEWS

Up To 2,000 Gallons of Oil Spilled in Hood Canal (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/2000-gallons-oil-spilled-hood-canal

Washington Coal Terminal to Get Extensive Review (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Washington-coal-terminal-to-get-extensive-review-245240301.html

No Changes in Mason County School Levy Election Results (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/12248

Failure to Prepare for Extreme Weather Costs Billions (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/02/12/costs-unpreparedness-critical-weather-events/5417257/

Three Washington State Schools Best Source of Peace Corps Volunteers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/feb/11/3-wa-schools-best-source-peace-corps-volunteers/

Washington State Waterfall Designated in House Bill (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2014/02/12/2980673/state-waterfall-designated-in.html

New NBA Commissioner Douses Hopes of Seattle Expansion (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=2456040

DIVERSIONS

Don’t Order Last-Minute Flowers: Make Chocolate-Dipped Bacon Roses

http://consumerist.com/2014/02/13/dont-order-last-minute-flowers-make-chocolate-dipped-bacon-roses/

Humongous Sinkhole Opens beneath Kentucky’s National Corvette Museum – Swallows Eight Corvettes

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0212/Humongous-sinkhole-opens-beneath-Kentucky-s-National-Corvette-Museum-video

The Girl from the 1981 Lego Ad is Now a Doctor & Still Loves It

http://lego.gizmodo.com/the-girl-from-the-1981-lego-ad-is-now-a-doctor-and-stil-1522182468

Seventeen Historic Patents That Made Winter Olympic Sports Possible

http://gizmodo.com/17-historic-patents-that-make-winter-olympic-sports-pos-1520995330

SONG OF THE DAY

Linda Ronstadt - You Can Close Your Eyes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta6cut3XlC0

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

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 February 11, 2014 – The Hot Shots Edition

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Former BPA Administrator Peter T. Johnson Helped Preserve Northwest Economy (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/02/11/3021361/boisean-helped-preserve-nw-economy.html

Winter Storms to Blow through Puget Sound (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=2454429

Weather Forecast for Mason County: Rain & Some Blustery Winds Mid-Week (National Weather Service, Seattle)

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Shelton&state=WA&site=SEW&lat=47.2389&lon=-123.206#.UvpMYbTzLqo

Drop in Hydro Production Foreseen (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/industry/trends-reports-analyses/drop-in-hydro-production-foreseen/65822

Idaho May Have to Repay $13.3 Million in Education Broadband Cash (Boise State Public Radio, ID)

http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/luna-idaho-may-have-repay-133-million-education-broadband-cash

Do You Recognize This Suspected Mason County Burglar? (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/crime/Do-you-recognize-this-suspected-Mason-Co-burglar-244891381.html

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

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 February 10, 2014

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THE NEWS DIGEST WORD CLOUD

Energy News Digest Word Cloud for February 10, 2014

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2014/02/energy-news-digest-word-cloud-for_10.html

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Oregon Utility Crews Work to Restore Power in Storm (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.kgw.com/news/Ore-power-outages-reported-more-anticipated-244585151.html

Snohomish PUD Dam Proposal Runs into Opposition over Costs, Fish (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140209/NEWS01/140209220/Power-struggle

Beginning of the End for Colstrip? Washington UTC Rejects Puget Sound Energy’s Analysis of Coal Plant Economics (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)

http://www.energynaturalresourceslaw.com/2014/02/beginning-of-the-end-for-colstrip-washington-utc-rejects-puget-sound-energys-analysis-of-coal-plant.html

Low on Natural Gas, California Told to Power Down (Associated Press)

http://news.yahoo.com/low-natural-gas-california-told-power-down-065659226.html

Lawmakers Move toward Compromise to Protect Oregon’s Renewable Energy Mandates (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/02/lawmakers_move_toward_compromi.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Oregon Utility Crews Work to Restore Power in Storm
• Snohomish PUD Dam Proposal Runs into Opposition over Costs, Fish
• Beginning of the End for Colstrip? Washington UTC Rejects Puget Sound Energy’s Analysis of Coal Plant Economics
• Low on Natural Gas, California Told to Power Down
• How Can a Nation Awash in Natural Gas Have Shortages? And What to Do About It
• Idaho: Bureau of Land Management Cuts Flows below Palisades Reservoir
• California: Giant New Floodgates Soon to Arrive at Folsom Dam
• APPA, NRECA Oppose Proposal to Make Power Marketing Administrations & Tennessee Valley Authority Test Cases for Clean Energy
• Nuclear Waste Solution Seen in Desert Salt Beds
• Motives of San Diego Gas & Electric Transmission Project Questioned
• Editorial: Farewell to Ferron, Hello to Picker at California Utilities Commission
• Feds to Evict Salmon-Munching Birds from Columbia River
• Forecasters Expect Huge 2014 Coho Return to Columbia River, Almost a Million Fish Pre-Fisheries
• 40 Years after Boldt, the Fight Goes On Over Fewer & Fewer Fish
• Op/Ed: Salmon Enhancement Helps Restore Our Economy
• Despite Chinese Ban, Washington State Geoducks Going to Asia
• Texans Answer Call to Save Water, Only to Face Higher Rates
• Lawmakers Move toward Compromise to Protect Oregon’s Renewable Energy Mandates
• Sequim Expects Savings from Use of LED Street Lights
• Researchers: Strong Pacific Winds Slowing Global Warming – for Now
• Secretary Jewell Highlights Pacific Northwest Climate Impacts, But Dodges Questions about Coal Leasing
• Updates Proposed for Wood Heater Standards
• Want to Sustain Utilities? Decouple Profits from Revenues, Assign Costs Where They Belong & Enable Customers to Make Smarter Energy Choices
• This Abandoned Nazi Bunker Just Reopened as a Clean Energy Plant
• Olympia Neighborhoods Sought for Cell Towers
• Idaho Tax Committee Gives Initial Nod to Rural Broadband Bill
• Industry & Congress Await the FCC Chairman’s Next Moves on Internet Rules
• Vermont: Got Broadband? State Says You Do Even If It’s From a Cell Signal
• What I Missed in the Google Vs. Amazon Cloud Debate - Fiber!
• Poor Taste Department: Valentino Apologizes for Amy Adams Bag-Gate
• Ashley Wagner’s Angry Face Inspires Olympics Meme
• U-S Senator Patty Murray to Seek Fifth Term
• Snow Will Be Replaced By Rain & Wind This Week in Seattle
• Microsoft Should Move to San Francisco, Says Forbes
• Washington State Senate Committee OK with Study of Hemp Industry

WORD OF THE DAY

Parvenu • \PARR-vuh-noo\ • Noun - One who has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it.

The manner in which we rise in prestige and power is relative. The new CEO may revel in their newfound position for a few weeks, and then settle into executive disassociation from the daily activities of lesser minions. Compare that to the person to whom has the authority to assign choice parking spots in the corporate garage. This position is bound to deliver to the newly minted parvenu the innate feeling of superiority over even those above their station. “You want a spot near the elevator? What’s it worth to you.” Silly rabbit: martinet is your title…hubris is your future.

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

Oregon Utility Crews Work to Restore Power in Storm (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.kgw.com/news/Ore-power-outages-reported-more-anticipated-244585151.html

Snohomish PUD Dam Proposal Runs into Opposition over Costs, Fish (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140209/NEWS01/140209220/Power-struggle

Beginning of the End for Colstrip? Washington UTC Rejects Puget Sound Energy’s Analysis of Coal Plant Economics (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)

http://www.energynaturalresourceslaw.com/2014/02/beginning-of-the-end-for-colstrip-washington-utc-rejects-puget-sound-energys-analysis-of-coal-plant.html

Low on Natural Gas, California Told to Power Down (Associated Press)

http://news.yahoo.com/low-natural-gas-california-told-power-down-065659226.html

How Can a Nation Awash in Natural Gas Have Shortages? And What to Do About It (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2014/02/08/how-can-a-nation-awash-in-natural-gas-have-shortages-and-what-to-do-about-it/?ss=business:energy

Idaho: Bureau of Land Management Cuts Flows below Palisades Reservoir (Capital Press)

http://www.capitalpress.com/article/20140206/ARTICLE/140209919

California: Giant New Floodgates Soon to Arrive at Folsom Dam (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2014/02/10/6142545/giant-new-floodgates-soon-to-arrive.html

APPA, NRECA Oppose Proposal to Make Power Marketing Administrations & Tennessee Valley Authority Test Cases for Clean Energy (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=252682&issueID=34790

Nuclear Waste Solution Seen in Desert Salt Beds (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/10/science/earth/nuclear-waste-solution-seen-in-desert-salt-beds.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Motives of San Diego Gas & Electric Transmission Project Questioned - More than 1,800 poles in or near the Cleveland National Forest would be replaced (San Diego Union-Tribunte, CA)

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/feb/05/sdge-tranmission-forest-rebuild/

Editorial: Farewell to Ferron, Hello to Picker at California Utilities Commission (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2014/02/10/6140487/editorial-farewell-to-ferron-hello.html+

FISH & WILDLIFE

Feds to Evict Salmon-Munching Birds from Columbia River (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Feds-to-evict-birds-from-Columbia-River-244567281.html

Forecasters Expect Huge 2014 Coho Return to Columbia River, Almost a Million Fish Pre-Fisheries (Colubmia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/429694.aspx

40 Years after Boldt, the Fight Goes On Over Fewer & Fewer Fish (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://seattletimes.com/html/pacificnw/2022730157_boldtdecision40yeaslatercover2xml.html

Op/Ed: Salmon Enhancement Helps Restore Our Economy (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/2014/02/10/2975580/salmon-enhancement-helps-restore.html

Despite Chinese Ban, Washington State Geoducks Going to Asia (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Despite-Chinese-ban-WA-geoducks-going-to-Asia-244554411.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Texans Answer Call to Save Water, Only to Face Higher Rates (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/us/texans-answer-call-to-save-water-only-to-face-higher-rates.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Lawmakers Move toward Compromise to Protect Oregon’s Renewable Energy Mandates (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/02/lawmakers_move_toward_compromi.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Sequim Expects Savings from Use of LED Street Lights (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20140210/news/302109989/sequim-expects-savings-from-use-of-led-street-lights

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Researchers: Strong Pacific Winds Slowing Global Warming – for Now (U-S News & World Report)

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/02/10/researchers-strong-pacific-winds-slowing-global-warming-for-now?s_cid=rss:researchers-strong-pacific-winds-slowing-global-warming-for-now

Secretary Jewell Highlights Pacific Northwest Climate Impacts, But Dodges Questions about Coal Leasing (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/article/secretary-jewell-highlights-pacific-northwest-climate-impacts-but-dodges-questions-about-coal-leasing/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Updates Proposed for Wood Heater Standards (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2014/02/07/65207.htm

Want to Sustain Utilities? Decouple Profits from Revenues, Assign Costs Where They Belong & Enable Customers to Make Smarter Energy Choices (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/jimpierobon/339216/more-decoupling-not-new-or-higher-fixed-charges-can-align-utility-profits-while-i

This Abandoned Nazi Bunker Just Reopened as a Clean Energy Plant (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/this-abandoned-nazi-bunker-just-reopened-as-a-clean-ene-1519830617

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Olympia Neighborhoods Sought for Cell Towers (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/2014/02/07/2971949/olympia-neighborhoods-sought-for.html#emlnl=Morning_Newsletter

Idaho Tax Committee Gives Initial Nod to Rural Broadband Bill (Bonner County Bee, Sandpoint, ID)

http://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/news/local/article_8f59f400-9089-11e3-8adc-001a4bcf887a.html

Industry & Congress Await the FCC Chairman’s Next Moves on Internet Rules (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/10/business/economy/industry-and-congress-await-the-fcc-chairmans-next-moves-on-internet-rules.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Vermont: Got Broadband? State Says You Do Even If It’s From a Cell Signal (Vermont Public Radio)

http://digital.vpr.net/post/got-broadband-state-says-you-do-even-if-its-cell-signal

What I Missed in the Google Vs. Amazon Cloud Debate - Fiber! (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2014/02/07/what-i-missed-in-the-google-vs-amazon-cloud-debate-fiber/

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Poor Taste Department: Valentino Apologizes for Amy Adams Bag-Gate (Associated Press)

http://news.yahoo.com/valentino-apologizes-amy-adams-bag-gate-192801410.html

Ashley Wagner’s Angry Face Inspires Olympics Meme (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2014/02/09/ashley-wagner-meme/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

U-S Senator Patty Murray to Seek Fifth Term (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Sen-Patty-Murray-to-seek-fifth-term-in-2016-244707181.html

GENERAL NEWS

Snow Will Be Replaced By Rain & Wind This Week in Seattle (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2014/02/09/snow-will-be-replaced-by-rain-and-wind-this-week-in-seattle/#axzz2sw425CEu

Microsoft Should Move to San Francisco, Says Forbes (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2014/02/microsoft-should-move-to-san.html

Washington State Senate Committee OK with Study of Hemp Industry - State bill receives no organized opposition (Associated Press)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/feb/08/senate-committee-ok-with-study-of-hemp-industry/

DIVERSIONS

The Beatles: 50 Years after ‘Ed Sullivan,’ They’re Everywhere, in Everything

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2014/0209/The-Beatles-50-years-after-Ed-Sullivan-they-re-everywhere-in-everything-video

A History of the Beatles in 50 Photographs

http://mashable.com/2014/02/07/the-beatles-50-years/

Perspective Theater: Curiosity Rover’s First Photo of Earth from Mars

http://mashable.com/2014/02/07/curiosity-rover-photographs-earth/

The Real-Life Monument Men: How American Scholars Went to War for Art

http://gizmodo.com/the-real-life-monument-men-how-american-scholars-went-1517835154

SONG OF THE DAY

The Beatles - A Day in the Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPSR9K7tzPc

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