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News Digest Word Cloud for September 9, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Cities
Prepare for Warm Climate without Saying So (Associated
Press)
APPA, Other Groups Urge Court to Reject Bid to
Recover Damages from Power Outages (Associated Press)
Migratory Fish Return to Upper Elwha River for
the First Time in Over a Century (KBKW Radio,
Aberdeen, WA)
Montana
Lawmakers Give Renewable Energy Standard Green Light (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
As
Wind Power Surges, Opposition Grows (Seattle Times,
WA - Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- APPA, Other Groups Urge Court to Reject Bid to Recover Damages from Power Outages
- Alaska: Hydropower Project Planned for Tok Area
- Grant PUD to Discuss Possible Rate Increases on Thursday
- Pacific Power CEO to Give Energy Talk in Corvallis Wednesday
- Migratory Fish Return to Upper Elwha River for the First Time in Over a Century
- Radio Transmitters Lead Biologists to Salmon
- Washington State to Compensate Wahkiakum, Pacific Counties for Murrelet Land
- Purified Sewer Water Is Secret Ingredient in Hillsboro Homebrew Competition
- Montana Lawmakers Give Renewable Energy Standard Green Light
- As Wind Power Surges, Opposition Grows
- Tech from Stealth Warplanes Make Wind Turbines Invisible to Radar
- Everett Area Solar Power Generation Up 50 Percent over Last Year
- North Carolina: Utilities Will Meet Target for Generating Electricity from Poultry Waste
- Milton-Freewater: A Frontier for New Technology
- GE, Home Appliance Pioneer, Gives Up on Consumers
- Cities Prepare for Warm Climate without Saying So
- Greenhouse Gas Levels Rising at Fastest Rate since 1984
- Global Warming May Mean Bye-Bye for Some Birdies
- California Charges Ahead with Electric Vehicles
- Helsinki Blasted Out an Underground Lake to Water-Cool Its Buildings
- Apple Kicks Off Star-Studded Event with Larger iPhone
- Get Ready: The Senate Is About to Hold a Hearing on Net Neutrality
- Tech, Equipment Makers Join U-S ‘Net Neutrality’ Debate
- U-S Telcos Shy Away from Broadband Definition Benchmark Boost
- Google Fiber’s ‘Fiberhood’ Plan Could Further the Broadband Divide, Say Critics
- Facebook Will Soon Tell Users How Many Views a Video Receives
- Comcast Is Injecting Ads Right into Web Pages at Its Public Hotspots
- A Desperate Amazon Drops the Fire Phone’s Price to 99 Cents
- Logo Design Contest Leaves Portland Bureau of Transportation Spinning Its Wheels
- Congress Is Back for ‘Closing Arguments’ Before Election Day
- Overdue Hiker in Olympics Found Safe
- Shelton: Turner Avenue Improvements Start Sept. 10
- Drought-Plagued Phoenix Is Swamped by Rain
- Home Depot Admits Hack Attack Dates Back to April
- What If Your Small Town Suddenly Got Huge?
Precocial
• \prih-KOE-shull\ • Adjective - Capable of a high degree of independent
activity from birth.
Witness
the precocial skills of the protagonist of Tennessee Ernie Ford’s “Sixteen Tons”:
I
was born one mornin’ when the sun didn’t shine
I
picked up my shovel & I walked to the mine
I
loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
And
the straw boss said “Well, a-bless my soul”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
APPA, Other Groups Urge Court to Reject Bid to
Recover Damages from Power Outages (Associated Press)
Alaska: Hydropower Project Planned for Tok Area (Fairbanks
News-Miner, AK)
Grant PUD to Discuss Possible Rate Increases on Thursday
(iFiber One News, Ephrata, WA)
Pacific Power CEO to Give Energy Talk in Corvallis
Wednesday (Corvallis Gazette-Times, OR)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Migratory Fish Return to Upper Elwha River for the
First Time in Over a Century (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Radio Transmitters Lead Biologists to Salmon (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Washington State to Compensate Wahkiakum, Pacific
Counties for Murrelet Land (Longview Daily News, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Purified
Sewer Water Is Secret Ingredient in Hillsboro Homebrew Competition (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Montana
Lawmakers Give Renewable Energy Standard Green Light (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
As
Wind Power Surges, Opposition Grows (Seattle Times, WA
- Paywall Advisory)
Tech
from Stealth Warplanes Make Wind Turbines Invisible to Radar (Gizmodo)
Everett
Area Solar Power Generation Up 50 Percent over Last Year (My Everett News, WA)
North
Carolina: Utilities Will Meet Target for Generating Electricity from Poultry
Waste (Charlotte News & Observer, NC)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Milton-Freewater:
A Frontier for New Technology (Bonneville Power
Administration)
GE,
Home Appliance Pioneer, Gives Up on Consumers (Associated
Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Cities
Prepare for Warm Climate without Saying So (Associated
Press)
Greenhouse
Gas Levels Rising at Fastest Rate since 1984 (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
Global
Warming May Mean Bye-Bye for Some Birdies (Associated
Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
California
Charges Ahead with Electric Vehicles (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Helsinki
Blasted Out an Underground Lake to Water-Cool Its Buildings (Gizmodo)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Apple Kicks Off Star-Studded Event with Larger iPhone
(Yahoo! News)
Get Ready: The Senate Is About to Hold a Hearing on
Net Neutrality (Washington Post)
Tech, Equipment Makers Join U-S ‘Net Neutrality’
Debate (Yahoo! News)
U-S Telcos Shy Away from Broadband Definition
Benchmark Boost (Zdnet)
Google Fiber’s ‘Fiberhood’ Plan Could Further the
Broadband Divide, Say Critics (Fierce Telecom)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook Will Soon Tell Users How Many Views a
Video Receives (Christian Science Monitor)
Comcast Is Injecting Ads Right into Web Pages at
Its Public Hotspots (Gizmodo)
A Desperate Amazon Drops the Fire Phone’s Price to
99 Cents (Gizmodo)
Logo Design Contest Leaves Portland Bureau of Transportation
Spinning Its Wheels (Oregonian, Portland)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Congress Is Back for ‘Closing Arguments’ Before Election
Day (Christian Science Monitor)
GENERAL NEWS
Overdue Hiker in Olympics Found Safe (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Shelton: Turner Avenue Improvements Start Sept. 10 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Drought-Plagued Phoenix Is Swamped by Rain (NY
Times)
Home Depot Admits Hack Attack Dates Back to April (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
What If Your Small Town Suddenly Got Huge? (The
Atlantic)
DIVERSIONS
Carb
Overload: Olive Garden Offers Seven Weeks of Endless Pasta for $100 — Until
Promotion Crashes Site
Want
a Lighthouse? Feds Giving Them Away
Oops:
College Exams Already Had All the Answers
Woman
Accused of Setting Fire with Burned Bacon
SONG OF THE DAY
Tennessee
Ernie Ford - 16 Tons
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