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News Digest Word Cloud for August 9, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Fire Weather Watch - For the Black Hills &
Southwest Interior Lowlands, includes south Mason County (Mason County PUD 3,
Shelton, WA)
Washington Supreme Court: Drunken Driver,
Passenger Who Hit Pole Can Sue Power Company (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Utilities Blast Columbia River Treaty (Daily
Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
Cut
Emissions? Congress Itself Keeps Burning a Dirtier Fuel (NY Times)
Debate
over Solar Panels Rages on in Kirkland (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Washington Supreme Court: Drunken Driver, Passenger Who Hit Pole Can Sue Power Company
- Washington Supreme Court Rejects Legal Liability Defense for Utilities & Municipalities Where Criminally Negligent Drivers Cause Accidents
- Utilities Blast Columbia River Treaty
- Advisory Committee Suggests Five Percent PUD Residential Rate Hike
- Wahkiakum PUD Commission Hears Reports on Service, Rates
- City of Tacoma Completes Major Hydropower Upgrade at Cushman Dam
- Thief Tries Steal Copper Wire, Gets Electrocuted
- Officials Say Bird Caused Prosser Fire after Landing on Power Pole
- Parents of Woman Crushed by Tree in California Sue Pacific Gas & Electric
- Use of Coal Power Plants Rises with Natural Gas Prices
- Energy & Water Are Running Out In Texas, But It’s Not Too Late
- Tennessee Valley Authority Saves Chattanooga from $44 Million of Flood Damage in July
- Latest Lake Washington Sockeye Count Shows More Than 178,000 Have Returned
- Seattle City Light: Lonely Osprey Risks a Lot Looking for Love
- Southern Oregon Farmers Suing to Prevent Klamath Water Release
- Debate over Solar Panels Rages on in Kirkland
- Avista Holding Open House at Kettle Falls Generating Station
- Marin Supervisors Defeat Proposed Novato Solar Farm
- SolarWorld Restructuring Proceeds in Germany, Cushioning Hillsboro Workers
- Environmentalists Gearing Up for a War on Wind
- State Renewable-Energy Laws Turn Out to be Incredibly Hard to Repeal
- Maine: Officials Tour Proposed Hydropower Project in Wilton
- Cut Emissions? Congress Itself Keeps Burning a Dirtier Fuel
- Climate Change is Already Pummeling Energy Infrastructure
- Swinging Carbon Dioxide Levels Show the Earth is ‘Breathing’ More Deeply
- Canada: Is Extreme Weather the New Normal?
- Study: Washington State the Second-Cleanest Place to Drive Electric Cars “…76 percent of electricity in the state is generated by hydroelectric dams…”
- Are Hybrids ‘Greener’ Than Electric Cars?
- Internet TVs May Drive Consumers to Cut Pay TV Cord
- Frontier Broadband Subscribers Climb to 1.8 Million as Business Customer Churn Slows
- CenturyLink Losing DSL Customers, Money
- The Daily Yonder: Geography is First Piece in Understanding Rural Broadband Puzzle
- This Is What an Undersea Data Cable Actually Looks Like
- ‘Like’ This Article Online? Your Friends Will Probably Approve, Too, Scientists Say
- Why Online Conversations Don’t Matter Anymore - And Never Did
- The Anatomy of a Successful, Responsive Website
- Is Congressman Doc Hastings Eying House Oversight Chair?
- This Week Marks the 39th Anniversary of Watergate Finale
- Fire Weather Watch - For the Black Hills & Southwest Interior Lowlands, includes south Mason County
- Wildfire Smoke Leads to Emergency Room Visits in Southern Oregon
- California Wildfire Chases 1,500 from Their Homes
- Baby Ejected from Car in Mason County Accident
- Olympia Oyster House Fire: Spontaneous Combustion
- Where Are the Foreign Language Households in Washington State? Not Where You Think
- iPhone Thief Who Posted Pics on Facebook Caught
WORD OF THE DAY
Blah
• \BLAW\ • Noun - 1: silly or pretentious chatter or nonsense 2: a feeling of
boredom, lethargy, or general dissatisfaction.
“Blah.
Blah, blah, blah, blah” mouthed the listless CEO to her attentive minions at
the staff meeting. “Sounds like the chief has a case of the blahs,” chirped one
attentive oaf.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Washington Supreme Court: Drunken Driver,
Passenger Who Hit Pole Can Sue Power Company (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Washington Supreme Court Rejects Legal Liability
Defense for Utilities & Municipalities Where Criminally Negligent Drivers
Cause Accidents (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
Utilities Blast Columbia River Treaty (Daily
Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
Advisory Committee Suggests Five Percent PUD Residential
Rate Hike (Longview Daily News, WA)
Wahkiakum PUD Commission Hears Reports on
Service, Rates (Wahkiakum Eagle, Skamokawa, WA)
City of Tacoma Completes Major Hydropower Upgrade
at Cushman Dam (U-S Department of Energy)
Thief Tries Steal Copper Wire, Gets Electrocuted (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Officials Say Bird Caused Prosser Fire after
Landing on Power Pole (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Parents of Woman Crushed by Tree in California
Sue Pacific Gas & Electric (Associated Press)
Use of Coal Power Plants Rises with Natural Gas
Prices (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
Energy & Water Are Running Out In Texas, But
It’s Not Too Late (Forbes Magazine)
Tennessee Valley Authority Saves Chattanooga from
$44 Million of Flood Damage in July (Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Latest Lake Washington Sockeye Count Shows More
Than 178,000 Have Returned (Seattle Times - Paywall
Advisory)
Seattle City Light: Lonely Osprey Risks a Lot
Looking for Love (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Southern
Oregon Farmers Suing to Prevent Klamath Water Release (Northwest Public Radio)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Debate
over Solar Panels Rages on in Kirkland (KOMO-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Avista
Holding Open House at Kettle Falls Generating Station (KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)
Marin
Supervisors Defeat Proposed Novato Solar Farm (Marin Independent Journal, San
Rafael, CA)
SolarWorld
Restructuring Proceeds in Germany, Cushioning Hillsboro Workers (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
Environmentalists
Gearing Up for a War on Wind (Forbes Magazine)
State
Renewable-Energy Laws Turn Out to be Incredibly Hard to Repeal (Washington Post)
Maine:
Officials Tour Proposed Hydropower Project in Wilton (Franklin Sun Journal,
Lewiston, ME)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Cut
Emissions? Congress Itself Keeps Burning a Dirtier Fuel (NY Times)
Climate
Change is Already Pummeling Energy Infrastructure (High Country News)
Swinging
Carbon Dioxide Levels Show the Earth is ‘Breathing’ More Deeply (National Public Radio)
Canada:
Is Extreme Weather the New Normal? (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Study:
Washington State the Second-Cleanest Place to Drive Electric Cars “…76 percent
of electricity in the state is generated by hydroelectric dams…” (Seattle Times - Paywall Advisory)
Are
Hybrids ‘Greener’ Than Electric Cars? (SF Chronicle,
CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Internet TVs May Drive Consumers to Cut Pay TV Cord
(USA Today)
Frontier Broadband Subscribers Climb to 1.8 Million
as Business Customer Churn Slows (Fierce Telecom)
CenturyLink Losing DSL Customers, Money (Broadband
Reports)
The Daily Yonder: Geography is First Piece in
Understanding Rural Broadband Puzzle (Kentucky Forward)
This Is What an Undersea Data Cable Actually Looks
Like (Gizmodo)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
‘Like’ This Article Online? Your Friends Will
Probably Approve, Too, Scientists Say (NY Times)
Why Online Conversations Don’t Matter Anymore - And
Never Did (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)
http://kpbj.com/business_daily/2013-08-09/why_online_conversations_dont_matter_anymore_and_never_did
The Anatomy of a Successful, Responsive Website
(Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Is Congressman Doc Hastings Eying House Oversight Chair?
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
This Week Marks the 39th Anniversary of Watergate Finale
(Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Fire Weather Watch - For the Black Hills &
Southwest Interior Lowlands, includes south Mason County (Mason County PUD 3,
Shelton, WA)
Wildfire Smoke Leads to Emergency Room Visits in
Southern Oregon (Northwest Public Radio)
California Wildfire Chases 1,500 from Their Homes (Christian
Science Monitor)
Baby Ejected from Car in Mason County Accident (KBKW
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Olympia Oyster House Fire: Spontaneous Combustion (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Where Are the Foreign Language Households in
Washington State? Not Where You Think (Northwest Public Radio)
iPhone Thief Who Posted Pics on Facebook Caught (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Oregon’s
Boring, Meet Scotland’s Dull. Excited Yet?
We’re
Getting Closer to Finding Mona Lisa’s Skeleton
Perseid
Meteor Shower to Light Up Night Sky This Weekend
French
Farmers in Egg-Smashing Rampage in Brittany
SONG OF THE DAY
Boy
Meets Girl – Waiting for a Star to Fall
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