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News Digest Word Cloud for October 17, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
U-S Congress Ends Default Threat, Obama Signs Debt
Bill (Reuters)
Report: 'The Big One' Could Kill 10,000 in Western
Washington State (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Cable Theft: Phone Service Down in Gleed Area; 911 Also
Affected (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
British Columbia, U-S Grapple over Columbia River
Pact (The Canadian Press)
Oregon:
Seneca Biomass Power Plant’s Air Proposal Criticized - The company’s effort to
raise pollution limits at its wood-fired electric plant draws opponents to a
hearing (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- British Columbia, U-S Grapple over Columbia River Pact
- Regional Work Group Hopes to Reduce NW Utilities’ Earthquake Vulnerabilities
- Superman, Martini Towers Boost High-Voltage Lines
- Bonneville Power Administration Hiring Scandal: Live Chat Recap
- Does Puget Sound Energy Need 20 More Years of Relying on Coal?
- PenLight Celebrates National Cooperative Month
- East Fork Lewis Recommended as Wild Steelhead Gene Bank
- Longview Flushing Its Pipes to Clear Nasty Looking Water
- Oregon: Seneca Biomass Power Plant’s Air Proposal Criticized
- Ocean Energy Technologies Speeding Towards Commercialization
- Is Burning Garbage Green? In Sweden, There’s Little Debate
- Solar Means Business: Top 25 U-S Corporate Solar Energy Users
- Cosumnes Oaks Students Use Energy-Efficient House As Learning Laboratory
- Eight Tribes That Are Way Ahead of the Climate-Adaptation Curve
- Cleantech Open Picks 2013 Winning Startups from the Pacific Northwest
- Electric cars steal the attention at Seattle Auto Show
- You Could Soon Be Able to Charge Your Electric Car Just By Parking It over a Manhole
- Cable Theft: Phone Service Down in Gleed Area; 911 Also Affected
- Verizon Sees Continued Wireless Growth Ahead
- How the FCC Plans to Clear the Air for More Mobile Data
- What Superstorm Sandy Taught Us about Protecting IT Infrastructure
- Wisconsin Adds Sales Tax to Amazon.Com Shopping Cart
- Can a City Get Punished for Standing up to Google Fiber?
- Facebook Changes Age Rules, Lets Teens Post Publicly
- How Green Energy Companies Can Use Social Media
- Furor over Yahoo Mail Changes
- U-S Congress Ends Default Threat, Obama Signs Debt Bill
- How the Pacific Northwest Delegation Voted on Ending Shutdown
- Shutdown Was 'Devastating' to Wood Industry
- Report: 'The Big One' Could Kill 10,000 in Western Washington State
- Panel OKs Rules for Washington State's Marijuana Industry
- Body Found in Wooded Area in Lacey
- Washington State, Oregon Pear Farmers May Lose Millions This Year
- Port of Shelton Commissioners Continue Debate on Fairgrounds
- Police Arrest Ground Handling Employee in Dry Ice Explosions at Los Angeles Airport
WORD OF THE DAY
Adjudicate •
\uh-JOOD-dih-kayt\ • Verb - 1: to settle judicially 2: to act as judge
“Y’all have a
misperception ‘bout mah role in this case,” drawled the grizzled District Court
Judge to the legal minds ranged around his cluttered desk in this dusty office
behind the crowded courtroom. A weak shaft of autumn sunlight caressed his
seamed face, each wrinkle showing the 50-year toll of adjudicating drunk
driving cases and small claims. “I don’t care IF your client was riding a mule
down the center of Main Street. The fact that the critter was drunk means this
is a drunk driving case.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
British Columbia, U-S Grapple over Columbia River
Pact (The Canadian Press)
Regional Work Group Hopes to Reduce NW Utilities’
Earthquake Vulnerabilities (City of Seattle, WA)
Superman, Martini Towers Boost High-Voltage Lines
(Bonneville Power Administration)
Bonneville Power Administration Hiring Scandal:
Live Chat Recap (Oregonian, Portland)
Does Puget Sound Energy Need 20 More Years of
Relying on Coal? The utility says it's a leader in clean energy, but some want
it to kick the coal habit quickly (Crosscut Seattle)
PenLight Celebrates National Cooperative Month
(Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
East Fork Lewis recommended as wild steelhead
gene bank (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Longview
Flushing Its Pipes to Clear Nasty Looking Water (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon:
Seneca Biomass Power Plant’s Air Proposal Criticized - The company’s effort to
raise pollution limits at its wood-fired electric plant draws opponents to a
hearing (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Ocean
Energy Technologies Speeding Towards Commercialization (Renewable Energy World)
Is
Burning Garbage Green? In Sweden, There’s Little Debate (Midwest Energy News)
http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2013/10/17/is-burning-garbage-green-in-sweden-theres-little-debate/
Solar
Means Business: Top 25 U-S Corporate Solar Energy Users (The Energy Collective)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Cosumnes Oaks Students Use Energy-Efficient House
As Learning Laboratory (Sacramento Bee, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Eight
Tribes That Are Way Ahead of the Climate-Adaptation Curve (Indian Country
Today)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Cleantech
Open Picks 2013 Winning Startups from the Pacific Northwest (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Electric
cars steal the attention at Seattle Auto Show (KEPR-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
You
Could Soon Be Able to Charge Your Electric Car Just By Parking It over a
Manhole (Grist Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Cable Theft: Phone Service Down in Gleed Area; 911
Also Affected (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Verizon Sees Continued Wireless Growth Ahead (USA
Today)
How the FCC Plans to Clear the Air for More Mobile
Data (Washington Post)
What Superstorm Sandy Taught Us about Protecting IT
Infrastructure (GigaOM)
Wisconsin Adds Sales Tax to Amazon.Com Shopping
Cart (Reuters)
Can a City Get Punished for Standing up to Google
Fiber? (Broadband Reports)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Facebook Changes Age Rules, Lets Teens Post
Publicly (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
How Green Energy Companies Can Use Social Media (PR
Newswire)
Furor over Yahoo Mail Changes (NY Times)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
U-S Congress Ends Default Threat, Obama Signs Debt
Bill (Reuters)
How the Pacific Northwest Delegation Voted on
Ending Shutdown (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Shutdown Was 'Devastating' to Wood Industry (Courthouse News Service)
GENERAL NEWS
Report: 'The Big One' Could Kill 10,000 in Western
Washington State (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Panel OKs Rules for Washington State's Marijuana
Industry (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Body Found in Wooded Area in Lacey (KCPQ-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Washington State, Oregon Pear Farmers May Lose
Millions This Year (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Port of Shelton Commissioners Continue Debate on
Fairgrounds (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Police Arrest Ground Handling Employee in Dry Ice
Explosions at Los Angeles Airport (Associated
Press)
DIVERSIONS
Stenographer
Snaps, Rants on U-S House of Representatives’ Floor
Oberto
Introduces New Jerky, Loses the ‘Oh Boy!’
Oreos
Addictive? Rats Treat Oreos Like Cocaine, Study Suggests
Man
Tries to Buy House, Finds Out He’s Dead & Married to a Woman He Never Met
SONG OF THE DAY
Eric
Clapton, Albert Lee, & Chris Stainton – Cocaine
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