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News Digest Word Cloud for May 28, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Small
Scale Nuclear: NuScale Completes Federal Funding Deal Worth Up to $217 Million
(Oregonian, Portland)
Isle
of Hungry Birds - Tribes Witness Salmon Kill, Ponder How to Save Small Fry (The
Daily Astorian, OR)
High
Levels of Mercury Found in Fish at Olympic National Park’s Hoh Lake (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Man
Convicted in Likely Largest Metal Theft in Washington State History (KOMO-TV,
Seattle)
High-Pollution
Power Plant That Said It Was Victim in Obama’s ‘War on Coal’ Survives, Thrives
(Associated Press)
http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2014/05/27/after-decades-dirty-power-plant-to-get-clean
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Small Scale Nuclear: NuScale Completes Federal Funding Deal Worth Up to $217 Million
- High-Pollution Power Plant That Said It Was Victim in Obama’s ‘War on Coal’ Survives, Thrives
- Editorial: A Coal-Free Washington? Changes Are Coming to the Way Electricity Is Produced, Washington State Is Preparing Itself
- Pacific Gas & Electric Natural Gas Operation Honored; Critics Say Pipeline System Remains Unsafe
- Two Jefferson County PUD Employees Train to Be Journeymen Linemen
- Benton PUD Demonstrates Danger of Power Lines
- Smart Grid Benefits Shown to Outweigh Costs
- Undergrounding Gains Ground
- Consumers Really Want Options in Utility Rate Plans
- Isle of Hungry Birds - Tribes Witness Salmon Kill, Ponder How to Save Small Fry
- Condit Dam Gone - Concerns Voiced for Lower White Salmon River’s Future
- British Columbia: Salmon Coming Home
- Editorial: Power Council Shouldn’t Fiddle with Hatcheries
- High Levels of Mercury Found in Fish at Olympic National Park’s Hoh Lake
- Two Portland Reservoirs Scrubbed After Boil Order
- California’s Flawed Water System Can’t Track Usage
- Homeowners Dismiss Clouds, Reap Benefits of Solar Panels
- Idaho Solar Road Startup Passes Fundraising Goal
- Montana: NorthWestern Energy Wants To Talk With Smurfit about Biomass Plant at Frenchtown Mill
- Want to Own Your Personal Power Plant? It Might Be Possible Soon
- Blinded by the Sun: How Much Do Solar Panels Really Cost?
- Applying the Lessons of Politics to Green Power
- Kilowatt Crackdown: Energy Contest Names 15 Oregon Building Winners
- Geothermal Heating – The Ultimate in Green from Sunset Air
- President Obama Will Let States Decide How to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Why ‘Global Warming’ Is Scarier Than ‘Climate Change’
- How Fog Harvesting Can Revive the Driest Places on Earth
- The U-S Could Be on the Cusp of a Smart Toilet Revolution
- Why Are Netflix Streaming Video Speeds Slowing Down?
- EBay Breach Proves the Era of the Password Is Over. Now What?
- United Kingdom: A Third of Rural Residents Say Their Broadband Isn’t Fast Enough for Web Browsing
- Facebook Will Curb Automatic Posts from Apps in the News Feed
- Can You Spot the Change in Google’s Logo?
- Who Designed the Weather Icons?
- Space Invaders - Why You Should Never, Ever Use Two Spaces after a Period
- Man Convicted in Likely Largest Metal Theft in Washington State History
- Seismologists: Cluster of Earthquakes in Central Idaho ‘Dying Down to Normal Levels’
- Washington, Colorado Seek More Pot Banking Help
- Industrial Hemp Pilot Study Begins in Whatcom County
- Seattle Surpasses 6-Month Rainfall Record in Just 4 Months
Fell
• \FELL\ • Noun, Verb, Adjective – See Below
Fell
– noun – 1: skin, hide, pelt 2: a thin tough membrane covering a carcass
directly under the hide.
Fell
– verb - To cut down (a tree): to beat or knock down (someone or something).
Fell
– adjective - 1a: fierce, cruel, terrible b: sinister, malevolent c: very destructive: deadly.
Fell
– noun - A high barren field or moor.
I
meant to use this word in an example sentence, but fell forces in the linear
makeup of time felled my initiative to write something that was reminiscent of
the fells of “Wuthering Heights.”
HA!
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Small Scale Nuclear: NuScale Completes Federal
Funding Deal Worth Up to $217 Million (Oregonian, Portland)
High-Pollution Power Plant That Said It Was
Victim in Obama’s ‘War on Coal’ Survives, Thrives (Associated Press)
http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2014/05/27/after-decades-dirty-power-plant-to-get-clean
Editorial: A Coal-Free Washington? Changes Are
Coming to the Way Electricity Is Produced, Washington State Is Preparing Itself
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Pacific Gas & Electric Natural Gas Operation
Honored; Critics Say Pipeline System Remains Unsafe (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Two Jefferson County PUD Employees Train to Be
Journeymen Linemen (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Benton PUD Demonstrates Danger of Power Lines (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
Smart Grid Benefits Shown to Outweigh Costs (Bonneville Power Administration)
Undergrounding Gains Ground (American Public
Power Association)
Consumers Really Want Options in Utility Rate
Plans (The Energy Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Isle of Hungry Birds - Tribes Witness Salmon
Kill, Ponder How to Save Small Fry (The Daily Astorian, OR)
Condit Dam Gone - Concerns Voiced for Lower White
Salmon River’s Future (Hood River News, OR)
British Columbia: Salmon Coming Home (Penticton
Western News, BC)
Editorial: Power Council Shouldn’t Fiddle with
Hatcheries - Northwest Treaty Tribes have great success (The Daily Astorian,
OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
High
Levels of Mercury Found in Fish at Olympic National Park’s Hoh Lake (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Two
Portland Reservoirs Scrubbed After Boil Order (KGW TV, Portland, OR)
California’s
Flawed Water System Can’t Track Usage (Associated
Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Homeowners
Dismiss Clouds, Reap Benefits of Solar Panels - Overcast skies don’t stop
photovoltaic cells from pumping out the watts (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/05/28/3215339/solar-energy-getting-brighter.html?sp=/99/1683/492/
Idaho
Solar Road Startup Passes Fundraising Goal (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Montana:
NorthWestern Energy Wants To Talk With Smurfit about Biomass Plant at
Frenchtown Mill (Ravalli Republic, MT)
http://ravallirepublic.com/news/state-and-regional/article_49a53bfd-c390-51aa-8a99-234418d58ddc.html
Want
to Own Your Personal Power Plant? It Might Be Possible Soon (Christian Science
Monitor)
Blinded
by the Sun: How Much Do Solar Panels Really Cost? (Forbes Magazine)
Applying
the Lessons of Politics to Green Power (NY Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Kilowatt Crackdown: Energy Contest Names 15 Oregon
Building Winners (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Geothermal Heating – The Ultimate in Green from
Sunset Air (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
President
Obama Will Let States Decide How to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions (McClatchy
News Service)
Cap-And-Trade
to Get Fresh Look with EPA Power Plant Rule (Washington Examiner, DC)
Why
‘Global Warming’ Is Scarier Than ‘Climate Change’ (TIME Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
How
Fog Harvesting Can Revive the Driest Places on Earth (Washington Post)
The
U-S Could Be on the Cusp of a Smart Toilet Revolution (Mashable)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Why Are Netflix Streaming Video Speeds Slowing
Down? (Christian Science Monitor)
EBay Breach Proves the Era of the Password Is Over.
Now What? (Triangle Business Journal, NC)
United Kingdom: A Third of Rural Residents Say Their
Broadband Isn’t Fast Enough for Web Browsing (ITProPortal)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Facebook Will Curb Automatic Posts from Apps in the
News Feed (GigaOM)
Can You Spot the Change in Google’s Logo? (Seattle
Post Intelligencer, WA)
Who Designed the Weather Icons? (Gizmodo)
Space Invaders - Why You Should Never, Ever Use Two
Spaces after a Period (Slate Magazine)
GENERAL NEWS
Man Convicted in Likely Largest Metal Theft in
Washington State History (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Seismologists: Cluster of Earthquakes in Central
Idaho ‘Dying Down to Normal Levels’ (Associated Press)
Washington, Colorado Seek More Pot Banking Help
(Associated Press)
Industrial Hemp Pilot Study Begins in Whatcom
County (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Industrial-hemp-pilot-study-begins-in-Whatcom-County--260873071.html
Seattle Surpasses 6-Month Rainfall Record in Just 4
Months (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
DIVERSIONS
Calling
Mad Max - This Abandoned Wasteland Was Once America’s Largest Mall
Ohio
Man: Meteorite Broke My Buick
How
Mad Men-Era Americans Imagined the World Would Look in 1970
Business
Will Bury Your Web Presence After You Die
SONG OF THE DAY
Curtis
Mayfield - Move On Up
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