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News Digest Word Cloud for July 7, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
History Made: Your First Washington-Licensed
Marijuana Retail Stores (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Olympic Peninsula Utilities Wait for Decision on
Electricity for Marijuana-Growing Operations (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Washington State Water Rights May Be Affected by
New Wastewater Reclamation Rules (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
Upper Columbia Sockeye Expectations Should Soar
in the Near Future (Seattle Times – Paywall Advisory)
Yahoo Data Center Plans Growth in Grant County
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Olympic Peninsula Utilities Wait for Decision on Electricity for Marijuana-Growing Operations
- Clallam PUD Electricity Rates Increase 3.5%
- The Columbia River Basin Provides More than 40% of Total U-S Hydroelectric Generation
- The Columbia: America's Greatest Power Stream
- Squirrel Causes Temporary Power Outages in Washington County – Again
- Seattle City Light CEO Apologizes for ‘Mistakes,’ Vows to Work to Regain Public Trust
- OP/Ed: Klamath River - No Easy Solutions to Power Rates for Irrigators
- Government Asks Utilities, Others to Check Networks after 'Energetic Bear' Cyberattacks
- Op/Ed: Coal Plays Important Role in Powering Utah
- Floating Nuclear Plants: Is the Future of Nuclear Offshore?
- Upper Columbia Sockeye Expectations Should Soar in the Near Future
- Endangered Species Listing an Issue in Western U-S Senate Races
- Washington State Water Rights May Be Affected by New Wastewater Reclamation Rules
- Editorial: California - Beautiful River, Growing Thirst - Looming Battle over the Eel River
- As Dams Fall, Rapid Changes on Elwha River
- For Paper Mills & Cogeneration, Everything Old Is New Again
- Why Solar Shingles Are Not for Everyone
- GE Opens a Pricing War over the Connected LED Light Bulb
- High-Tech Firms Focus on Energy Efficiency to Confront Climate Change
- Carbon Emission Offsets - California Rice Farmers Could Get Pollution Credit
- Four Carbon Pricing Pitfalls to Avoid - Europe paved the way so that Cascadia can do better
- Misconceptions Helped Kill Australian Carbon Tax
- British Broadcasting Corporation Won't Give Climate Skeptics Equal Time
- Yahoo Data Center Plans Growth in Grant County
- History Made: Your First Washington-Licensed Marijuana Retail Stores
- Washington State Marijuana Shops Prepare for Historic Sales
- Canadian Medical Pot Giant Buys Share In Willapa Harbor Garden
- Train Derailment Threatens 737 Production, Leads to Supply Chain Questions
This
is not a word of the day but a rant about qualitative difference between Robbery
vs. Burglary. I’m looking at you Seattle media.
OK:
The basic difference between burglary and robbery is that burglary involves
entering somewhere by stealth with the intent to commit a crime. Robbery is
using force or fear to take personal property.
Robbery
is defined by Merriam Webster as: the act or practice of robbing; specifically: larceny from the person or presence of
another by violence or threat.
Burglary
is defined: as the act of breaking and entering a dwelling at night to commit a
felony (as theft); broadly: the entering
of a building with the intent to commit a crime.
Get
it? Got it? Good!
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Olympic Peninsula Utilities Wait for Decision on
Electricity for Marijuana-Growing Operations (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Clallam PUD Electricity Rates Increase 3.5%
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
The Columbia River Basin Provides More than 40%
of Total U-S Hydroelectric Generation (The Energy Collective)
The Columbia: America's Greatest Power Stream
(Bonneville Power Administration, 1949)
Squirrel Causes Temporary Power Outages in Washington
County – Again (Oregonian, Portland)
Seattle City Light CEO apologizes for ‘mistakes,’
vows to work to regain public trust (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle, WA)
OP/Ed: Klamath River - No Easy Solutions to Power
Rates for Irrigators (Herald & News, Klamath Falls, OR)
http://www.heraldandnews.com/members/forum/guest_commentary/no-easy-solutions-to-power-rates-for-irrigators/article_6ea30266-0491-11e4-8290-001a4bcf887a.html
http://www.heraldandnews.com/members/forum/guest_commentary/no-easy-solutions-to-power-rates-for-irrigators/article_6ea30266-0491-11e4-8290-001a4bcf887a.html
Government Asks Utilities, Others to Check
Networks after 'Energetic Bear' Cyberattacks (American Public Power
Association)
Op/Ed: Coal Plays Important Role in Powering Utah
(Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT)
Floating Nuclear Plants: Is the Future of Nuclear
Offshore? (Christian Science Monitor)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Upper Columbia Sockeye Expectations Should Soar
in the Near Future (Seattle Times – Paywall Advisory)
Endangered Species Listing an Issue in Western U-S
Senate Races (Christian Science Monitor)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington State Water Rights May Be Affected by
New Wastewater Reclamation Rules (Yakima Herald-Republic,
WA)
Editorial:
California - Beautiful River, Growing Thirst - Looming Battle over the Eel
River (Sacramento Bee, CA)
As Dams Fall, Rapid Changes on Elwha River (Associated
Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
For
Paper Mills & Cogeneration, Everything Old Is New Again (Midwest Energy
News)
Why
Solar Shingles Are Not for Everyone (Triangle Business Journal, NC)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
GE
Opens a Pricing War over the Connected LED Light Bulb (The Energy Collective)
High-Tech
Firms Focus on Energy Efficiency to Confront Climate Change (Bangor Daily News,
ME)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon
Emission Offsets - California Rice Farmers Could Get Pollution Credit
(Sacramento Bee, CA)
Four
Carbon Pricing Pitfalls to Avoid - Europe paved the way so that Cascadia can do
better (Sightline Daily)
Misconceptions
Helped Kill Australian Carbon Tax (Associated Press)
British
Broadcasting Corporation Won't Give Climate Skeptics Equal Time (The Hill,
Washington, DC)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Yahoo Data Center Plans Growth in Grant County (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
History Made: Your First Washington-Licensed
Marijuana Retail Stores (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Washington State Marijuana Shops Prepare for
Historic Sales (Associated Press)
Canadian Medical Pot Giant Buys Share In Willapa
Harbor Garden (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Train Derailment Threatens 737 Production, Leads to
Supply Chain Questions (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Finnish
Couple Wins Quirky 'Wife Carrying' Race
How
Did Electric Eels Get Their Jolt? Genetic Study Reveals Clues
Brainiacs
Need Vacations, Too: Nerdy Visitor Experiences Abound in Oregon, Washington
A
Lamp That Looks Exactly Like Sneakers Tossed over Power Lines
SONG OF THE DAY
Tom
Petty – Mary Jane’s Last Dance
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