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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for August 7, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Congressman
Hastings Blasts Army Corps of Engineers Deal on Dams & Pollution (Tri-City Herald, WA)
First
Nations Fear the Worst for British Columbia’s Salmon Run Following Mount Polley
Mine Breach (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Northwest
Power & Conservation Council Considers Multi-State Approach to Federal
Carbon Rules (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Police
Nab Copper Theft Suspects Who Duped Seattle City Light (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
All
Four National Wireless Companies Accused Of Breaking FCC Rules by Hiding
Information about Data Throttling (Consumerist)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Police Nab Copper Theft Suspects Who Duped Seattle City Light
- FERC Approves Second Settlement in 2011 Southwest Blackout Case – NERC & Imperial Irrigation District
- Workshop on Grant PUD Rate Structure Later This Month
- California PUC Nominee Hopes to Take Heat Off Pacific Gas & Electric’s State Regulators
- ISIS Forces Appear to Capture Iraq’s Largest Dam
- First Nations Fear the Worst for British Columbia’s Salmon Run Following Mount Polley Mine Breach
- Big Mine Dam Rupture: ‘British Columbia’s Exxon Valdez’
- Latest Fishing Clash between Oregon, Native American Tribes Dismissed
- Freed Elwha River’s Water Level Falling Enough to Allow Completion of Dam Removal
- Pacific Northwest Dam Settlement Addresses Oil & Other Pollutants
- Congressman Hastings Blasts Army Corps of Engineers Deal on Dams & Pollution
- Dry California Fights Illegal Use of Water for Cannabis
- Hawaii Wind Farms Prepare for Impacts of Hurricanes Iselle, Julio
- The Battle Against Solar in the Sunshine State
- Underwater Ocean Turbines: A New Spin on Clean Energy?
- This Graphic Illustrates the Energy Efficiency Problem Created By Split Incentives
- Northwest Power & Conservation Council Considers Multi-State Approach to Federal Carbon Rules
- ‘I ♥ NY’ Designer Milton Glaser Tries to Create an Iconic Logo for Climate Change
- Column: Building Solar-Ready Structures Will Be the Industry Standard
- All Four National Wireless Companies Accused Of Breaking FCC Rules by Hiding Information about Data Throttling
- FCC Needs to Revise Outdated Definition of Broadband
- Montana: Missoulian Editorial - Carefully Move Forward on Broadband
- Fiber: It’s Good for Your Digestion & Your Home Value!
- World’s Fastest Internet Can Grab Movies in Milliseconds
- The Man Who Can See the Internet
- Ironic: Man Voicing Concern over Seattle Surveillance Wears Google Glass
- Yelp Accused of Lying to Investors about Quality of Online Reviews
- Levi’s Stadium Brings Sporting Events into the Mobile Age
- Pinteresters Can Finally Talk to Each Other
- A Transforming USB Business Card That Shares More Than Just Your Name
- Mason County Primary Election Results – Updated 8/6/14
- Republicans Appear Well-Poised to Hold Washington State Senate
- Protest over Closed-Door Washington State Labor Negotiations
- Mason County Superior Court Seeks Candidates for Third Judicial Position
- Timber Industry Challenges Grays Harbor County’s Fee-For-Access Ordinance
- Hawaii Braces for First Hurricane in 22 Years
- Four Charged with Marijuana-Related Securities Fraud
- Marijuana Thieves Bring New Meaning to Term ‘‘Pot Hole’’
- Census: Almost Ten Million Americans Changed Race Designation
- What to Watch for in Tonight’s Seahawks Vs. Broncos Game
Philippic
• \ fuh-LIP-ick\ • noun – A discourse or declamation full of bitter condemnation:
tirade
The
house was dark and quiet. The only indications of occupancy were the glowing
embers on the tip of Alphonse’s expensive Turkish cigarette as he sat alone in
his darkened study. In the distance, a dog barked. Suddenly his wild-haired
wife burst into the room, spewing white flame retardant from an ancient fire
extinguisher and howling a philippic against the dangers of smoking…”especially
in MY house,” she thundered.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Police Nab Copper Theft Suspects Who Duped Seattle
City Light (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
FERC Approves Second Settlement in 2011 Southwest
Blackout Case – NERC & Imperial Irrigation District (Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission)
Workshop on Grant PUD Rate Structure Later This
Month (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
California PUC Nominee Hopes to Take Heat Off Pacific
Gas & Electric’s State Regulators (SF Chronicle)
ISIS Forces Appear to Capture Iraq’s Largest Dam (NY Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
First Nations Fear the Worst for British Columbia’s
Salmon Run Following Mount Polley Mine Breach (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Big Mine Dam Rupture: ‘British Columbia’s Exxon
Valdez’ (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Latest Fishing Clash between Oregon, Native
American Tribes Dismissed (Oregonian, Portland)
Freed Elwha River’s Water Level Falling Enough to
Allow Completion of Dam Removal (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Pacific
Northwest Dam Settlement Addresses Oil & Other Pollutants (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Congressman
Hastings Blasts Army Corps of Engineers Deal on Dams & Pollution (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Dry
California Fights Illegal Use of Water for Cannabis (NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Hawaii
Wind Farms Prepare for Impacts of Hurricanes Iselle, Julio (Pacific Business
News, HI)
The Battle Against Solar in the Sunshine State
(Renewable Energy
World)
Underwater Ocean Turbines: A New Spin on Clean
Energy? (Yahoo! News)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
This
Graphic Illustrates the Energy Efficiency Problem Created By Split Incentives
(The Energy Collective)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Northwest
Power & Conservation Council Considers Multi-State Approach to Federal
Carbon Rules (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
‘I
♥ NY’ Designer Milton Glaser Tries to Create
an Iconic Logo for Climate Change (AdWeek)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Column:
Building Solar-Ready Structures Will Be the Industry Standard (Sustainable Business Oregon)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
All Four National Wireless Companies Accused Of
Breaking FCC Rules by Hiding Information about Data Throttling (Consumerist)
FCC Needs to Revise Outdated Definition of
Broadband (Consumerist)
Montana: Missoulian Editorial - Carefully Move
Forward on Broadband (The Missoulian, MT)
Fiber: It’s Good for Your Digestion & Your Home
Value! (GigaOM)
World’s Fastest Internet Can Grab Movies in
Milliseconds (Reviewed.Com)
The Man Who Can See the Internet (Washington Post)
Ironic: Man Voicing Concern over Seattle Surveillance
Wears Google Glass (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Yelp Accused of Lying to Investors about Quality of
Online Reviews (Consumerist)
Levi’s Stadium Brings Sporting Events into the
Mobile Age - Smartphone technology soars on San Francisco 49ers’ new turf (Ad
Week)
Pinteresters Can Finally Talk to Each Other (Gizmodo)
A Transforming USB Business Card That Shares More
Than Just Your Name (Gizmodo)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Mason County Primary Election Results – Updated
8/6/14 (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Republicans Appear Well-Poised to Hold Washington State
Senate (Crosscut Seattle)
Protest over
Closed-Door Washington State Labor Negotiations (Northwest Public Radio)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Superior Court Seeks Candidates for Third
Judicial Position (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Timber Industry Challenges Grays Harbor County’s
Fee-For-Access Ordinance (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Hawaii Braces for First Hurricane in 22 Years (Associated Press)
Four Charged with Marijuana-Related Securities
Fraud (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)
Marijuana Thieves Bring New Meaning to Term ‘‘Pot
Hole’’ (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Census: Almost Ten Million Americans Changed Race
Designation (Associated Press)
What to Watch for in Tonight’s Seahawks Vs. Broncos
Game (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
California
Insurer Pays Out in Buckets, Literally
Coming
Soon: Perseids Meteor Shower & a Super Moon
Somebody
Crashed a Drone into Yellowstone’s Hot Springs
Woman
Poses for Photo While Using Stolen Credit Card
SONG OF THE DAY
Mozart
- Jupiter Symphony, Fourth Movement
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