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News Digest Word Cloud for September 25, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
O’Brien, Clark Zap Sawant’s Seattle City Light
Rate Proposal (Crosscut Seattle)
Nancy Mitman Named Bonneville Power
Administration’s Chief Financial Officer (Bonneville Power Administration)
Portland’s
Vestas Picks Up Another Big Texas Order from Duke (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Cities & Counties Hungry for Marijuana Tax
Money (Everett Herald, WA)
President Obama to Expand Pacific Ocean Preserve
to Six Times Size (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- O’Brien, Clark Zap Sawant’s Seattle City Light Rate Proposal
- It’s Lights Out for Sawant’s Plan to Change Seattle City Light Rates
- Nancy Mitman Named Bonneville Power Administration’s Chief Financial Officer
- Avista Replacing Brittle Natural Gas Lines
- Op/Ed: Steve Wright - How Can Chelan County PUD Do All That & Not Raise Rates?
- First Nations Insist British Columbia Choose Between Peace River Region Dam & LNG Projects
- What Wal-Mart, Microsoft & Johnson & Johnson Want from Their Utilities
- How to Prepare for & Endure a Power Outage
- President Obama to Expand Pacific Ocean Preserve to Six Times Size
- Columbia River Chinook Tops 1 Million Fish for 2014
- British Columbia Salmon Farmers Pledge to Meet New Global Standard
- Great Lakes Have Above-Average Water Levels for First Time This Century
- Portland’s Vestas Picks Up Another Big Texas Order from Duke
- Wind-Farm Plan to Power Los Angeles Hinges on Huge Utah Caverns
- Natural Gas Won’t Save Us from Global Warming, Study Confirms
- The Coming Era of Unlimited - And Free - Clean Energy
- Electric Vehicles Widen Their Clean-Air Advantage
- FCC Commissioners Hear Testimony on Net Neutrality in Sacramento
- Op/Ed: Allow Municipalities the Chance to Build Broadband Networks
- Apple Pulls iOS Update after Reports of No Cell Service
- NFL Players & Their New Microsoft Tablets: Just Keep Them Charged
- KitKat Has the Best Response So Far to Apple’s #Bendgate Scandal
- This Incredible Aurora Is 2014’s Best Astronomy Photograph
- Cities & Counties Hungry for Marijuana Tax Money
- Moratoriums: Pot License Holder Sues Gig Harbor for Damages
- Study: Washington State Roads among the Worst in the U-S
- Notes from the Shelton School Board Meeting
- Media Vow to Fight Rule Requiring Permit to Film on Public Land
- Montana: Frozen Chicken Load Abandoned after Ransom Attempt
Halyard
• \HAL-yerd\ • Noun - A rope used to raise or lower something such as a sail or
flag.
Benny’s
shoulders were creaming with tiredness. The self-proclaimed captain of the
tramp steamer, the “Greasy Getaway” had ordered him to spell out the opening
lines of “Moby Dick” using the signal flags for the rest of the rusty flotilla
of ships. The squeaking of the tackle as the halyard was pulled up and down was
almost as excruciating as the aches in Ben’s shoulders.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
O’Brien, Clark Zap Sawant’s Seattle City Light Rate
Proposal (Crosscut Seattle)
It’s Lights Out for Sawant’s Plan to Change Seattle
City Light Rates (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Nancy Mitman Named Bonneville Power
Administration’s Chief Financial Officer (Bonneville Power Administration)
Avista Replacing Brittle Natural Gas Lines (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Op/Ed: Steve Wright - How Can Chelan County PUD Do
All That & Not Raise Rates? (Wenatchee World, WA)
First Nations Insist British Columbia Choose
Between Peace River Region Dam & LNG Projects (Globe & Mail, Canada)
What Wal-Mart, Microsoft & Johnson & Johnson
Want from Their Utilities (Utility Dive)
How to Prepare for & Endure a Power Outage (The
St. George Spectrum, UT)
FISH & WILDLIFE
President Obama to Expand Pacific Ocean Preserve to
Six Times Size (Associated Press)
Columbia River Chinook Tops 1 Million Fish for
2014 (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/09/24/3391921_columbia-river-chinook-tops-1.html?sp=/99/110/&rh=1
British Columbia Salmon Farmers Pledge to Meet
New Global Standard (Vancouver Sun, BC)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Great
Lakes Have Above-Average Water Levels for First Time This Century (Wisconsin
Public Radio)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Portland’s
Vestas Picks Up Another Big Texas Order from Duke (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Wind-Farm
Plan to Power Los Angeles Hinges on Huge Utah Caverns (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Natural
Gas Won’t Save Us from Global Warming, Study Confirms (Washington Post - Duh)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The
Coming Era of Unlimited - And Free - Clean Energy (Washington Post)
Electric
Vehicles Widen Their Clean-Air Advantage (PG&E Currents)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Commissioners Hear Testimony on Net Neutrality in
Sacramento (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Op/Ed: Allow Municipalities the Chance to Build
Broadband Networks (Huffington Post)
Apple Pulls iOS Update after Reports of No Cell
Service (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
NFL Players & Their New Microsoft Tablets: Just
Keep Them Charged (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
KitKat Has the Best Response So Far to Apple’s
#Bendgate Scandal (AdWeek)
This Incredible Aurora Is 2014’s Best Astronomy
Photograph (Gizmodo)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Cities & Counties Hungry for Marijuana Tax
Money (Everett Herald, WA)
Moratoriums: Pot License
Holder Sues Gig Harbor for Damages (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Study: Washington State
Roads among the Worst in the U-S (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Notes from the
Shelton School Board Meeting (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Media Vow to Fight
Rule Requiring Permit to Film on Public Land (Northwest Public Radio)
Montana: Frozen Chicken
Load Abandoned after Ransom Attempt (Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
Washington
State Teen Calls Police to Break Up His Own Party
Missing
Philadelphia Dog Found Safe in Oregon, 3,000 Miles from Home
Bride-To-Be
Crochets Her Own Wedding Gown during Bus Commute
Guy
Leaves His iPad On a Plane, Gets It Back 10 Days Later with Airline Staff
Selfies Included
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Proclaimers - I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
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