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News Digest Word Cloud for March 22, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Hedging by Natural Gas Utilities Cost State’s
Ratepayers $800 Million (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Seattle City Light receives 42-year license for
Boundary Dam (Electric Energy Online)
Apple Outlines “Green” Energy Plans for Prineville Data
Center (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Canada - Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Run May be
Lower than Expected, Says Federal Official (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Drivers Endure High Gas Prices Despite U-S Oil Boom
(Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Hedging by Natural Gas Utilities Cost State’s Ratepayers $800 Million
- Seattle City Light receives 42-year license for Boundary Dam
- Portland General Electric Retools Cascade Line
- Bonneville Power Administration to Meet with Public for Input on Proposed Rebuild of 60-Year-Old Transmission Line
- Bonneville Power Administration Transmission Line Study
- FERC Approves New Vegetation Management Standards
- Obama Names Nuclear Chief Macfarlane to New Term
- Fitch Sees No Trend Toward Public Power Buyouts or Sellouts
- Canada - Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Run May be Lower than Expected, Says Federal Official
- Trout Found That Gorges, Starves Itself to Survive
- Big, Chunky Kokanee Coming Up from Depths of Lake Chelan
- What Are Columbia River Sea Lions Doing in Chicago?
- Bend Council Moves Forward Toward Controversial $70 Million Oregon Water Project
- Global Water Problems Get a Fresh Approach at Local School
- The Seven States Running Out of Water
- Cost of Nippon Paper Industries’ Port Angeles Biomass Plant Project Rises About 20%
- Renewed Tax Credit Buoys Wind-Power Projects
- Bosch to Abandon Solar Energy Business
- Renewable Energy Losing Its Shine in Europe
- Renewables: Good for Some Things, Not so Good for Others
- Earth Hour - Cable Bridge to go Dark Saturday Night
- Fund Green Infrastructure, but Not With Cap-and-Trade
- The Biggest Blind Spot of Urban Greens? It’s Zoning.
- A Solar-Powered Hand-Cranked Digital Camera Laughs at Your Limited Battery Life
- Apple Outlines “Green” Energy Plans for Prineville Data Center
- FCC Chairman Announces Resignation
- Who Has The Fastest LTE Service?
- Do the Time: “Social” Relationship Building
- Op/Ed - State Pension Plan Works, Does Not Need Fixing
- Drivers Endure High Gas Prices Despite U-S Oil Boom
- Governor Directs Flags to Fly at Half-Staff to Honor Gardner
- Nearly 1,000 Acres in San Juan Islands to be National Monument
- High Finance - Mason County Misses Economic Opportunity for Pot Farm
- Past May Help Keep Mason County Fairgrounds
- Thurston County Ranks Ninth Healthiest in State – Mason 33
- Oregon - Model Plane Enthusiasts Worry Drone Bill Could Shoot Down Their Hobby
- NOAA: Drier, Cooler Spring for Pacific Northwest
WORD OF THE DAY
Vernal
• \VERN-null\ • Adjective - 1: of, relating to, or occurring in the spring
2: fresh or new like the spring;
also: youthful
A
baby’s first smile
Heartwarming,
vernal surprise
And
no, it’s not gas
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Hedging by Natural Gas Utilities Cost State’s
Ratepayers $800 Million (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Seattle City Light receives 42-year license for
Boundary Dam (Electric Energy Online)
Portland General Electric Retools Cascade Line
(The Dalles Chronicle, OR)
Bonneville Power Administration to Meet with
Public for Input on Proposed Rebuild of 60-Year-Old Transmission Line
(Bonneville Power Administration)
Bonneville Power Administration Transmission Line
Study Released (KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls, ID)
FERC Approves New Vegetation Management Standards
(American Public Power Association)
Obama Names Nuclear Chief Macfarlane to New Term (Associated Press)
Fitch Sees No Trend Toward Public Power Buyouts or
Sellouts (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Canada - Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Run May be
Lower than Expected, Says Federal Official (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Trout Found That Gorges, Starves Itself to
Survive (Seattle Times, WA)
Big, Chunky Kokanee Coming Up from Depths of Lake
Chelan (Seattle Times, WA)
What Are Columbia River Sea Lions Doing in
Chicago? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Bend
Council Moves Forward Toward Controversial $70 Million Oregon Water Project
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Global
Water Problems Get a Fresh Approach at Local School (Seattle Times, WA)
The
Seven States Running Out of Water (247 Wall Street)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Cost
of Nippon Paper Industries’ Port Angeles Biomass Plant Project Rises About 20% (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Renewed
Tax Credit Buoys Wind-Power Projects (NY Times)
Bosch
to Abandon Solar Energy Business (Associated
Press)
Renewable
Energy Losing Its Shine in Europe (USA Today)
Renewables:
Good for Some Things, Not so Good for Others (The Energy Collective)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Earth
Hour - Cable Bridge to go Dark Saturday Night (KNDU-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
Fund
Green Infrastructure, but Not With Cap-and-Trade (Huffington Post)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The
Biggest Blind Spot of Urban Greens? It’s Zoning. (Sightline Daily)
A
Solar-Powered Hand-Cranked Digital Camera Laughs at Your Limited Battery Life
(Gizmodo)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Apple Outlines “Green” Energy Plans for Prineville Data
Center (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
FCC Chairman Announces Resignation (NY Times)
Who Has The Fastest LTE Service? (NY Times)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Do the Time: “Social” Relationship Building (Puget
Sound Business Journal, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Op/Ed - State Pension Plan Works, Does Not Need
Fixing (Seattle Times, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Drivers Endure High Gas Prices Despite U-S Oil Boom
(Associated Press)
Governor Directs Flags to Fly at Half-Staff to
Honor Gardner (Associated Press)
Nearly 1,000 Acres in San Juan Islands to be
National Monument (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
High Finance - Mason County Misses Economic
Opportunity for Pot Farm (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Past May Help Keep Mason County Fairgrounds (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Thurston County Ranks
Ninth Healthiest in State – Mason 33 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/52623-thurston-county-ranks-ninth-healthiest-in-state
Oregon - Model Plane Enthusiasts Worry Drone Bill
Could Shoot Down Their Hobby (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
NOAA: Drier, Cooler Spring for Pacific Northwest (KNDU-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Turkish Company Loses Bid to Trademark ‘Idaho’
Thieves
Steal Entire Bridge in Western Turkey
Roadkill
in Montana May Soon Be on the Menu
Teen’s
Photo Wows National Geographic, Earns Him Grand Prize
SONG OF THE DAY
Eddy
Arnold - Cattle Call (As heard in the movie “My Own Private Idaho”)
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