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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Oregon
Thunderstorms Knock Out Power, Topple Trees (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Avista
Wants to Raise Idaho Electricity Rates (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Kittitas
County PUD Needs Answers on Pot Farm Electricity - Questions about using power
from federal projects (The Daily Record, Ellensburg, WA)
Arizona
Utility Opposing Rooftop Solar Seeking to Provide Panels - The same utility
that fought residential rooftop solar, now wants to sell it to its customers
(Renewable Energy World)
Google
Fiber in Hillsboro: City Reaches Agreement with Google to Locate ‘Huts’ on
Public Property (Oregonian, Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Oregon Thunderstorms Knock Out Power, Topple Trees
- Avista Wants to Raise Idaho Electricity Rates
- Kittitas County PUD Needs Answers on Pot Farm Electricity
- BC Hydro Says Its Smart Meters Safe after Fires Force SaskPower to Pull Meters
- California: Pacific Gas & Electric Shares Plunge as Investors Ponder New Criminal Charges over San Bruno Explosion
- Oregon Terminal Developer Gets Blessing for Astoria Based Natural Gas Exports
- Energy Boom Brings New Focus by States on Rail, Oil Pipeline Safety
- Energy Northwest Team Raises $30,000 in Walk
- Utilities Installing Bull’s-Eyes at Substations to Combat Frequent Attacks
- Kentucky Lineman on the Job - Adorable Deer Cries When You Stop Petting Its Belly
- Outdoors: Absence of Chinook a Mystery in Strait of Juan de Fuca
- Thousands of Anchovies Wash Up in Seaside Oregon
- Columnist: Only in Alaska - Flack for Mine Named Governor’s Fisheries Adviser
- $11 Million Deal Struck to Conserve Colorado River Basin
- Arizona Utility Opposing Rooftop Solar Seeking to Provide Panels
- Renewable Energy: Hydroelectric Dominance is Water under the Bridge
- Energy Efficiency Rebates under Scrutiny as Cost Effectiveness is Questioned
- Reno Is Tesla’s First Choice as a Gigafactory Site - But Elon Musk Sets a High Price Tag
- Electric Vehicles at the Tipping Point
- Combined Heat & Brewing Power
- Google Fiber in Hillsboro: City Reaches Agreement with Google to Locate ‘Huts’ on Public Property
- Should Colleges Be Broadband Hubs for Their Communities?
- Why You Should Set Up Your Own Community Fiber Network
- Who Has the Biggest Cloud? By Year’s End, The Answer May Surprise You
- Judge Upholds Demand for Microsoft’s Irish Data
- Why These Startups Think Chat Apps Are the Next Big Thing in Workplace Collaboration
- With Comic-Con as a Backdrop, Portland-Made App Aims to Take Us to Social Media 2.0
- What Does This Emoji Really Mean?
- A Twitter NFL Showdown - Fan versus Fan
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Eric Cantor Resigns from U-S House, Will Leave in Mid-August
- Marijuana Might Be Legal, But Washington Employers Can Still Prohibit Workers from Using It
- The Economics of Legalized Marijuana
- Editorial: Mixed Messages from White House Worsen the Marijuana Muddle
- Lacey Mother Accused of Allowing Her Children to Abuse Puppy
Homophone
• \HOME-uh-fone\ • Noun - A word that is pronounced like another word but is
different in meaning, origin, or spelling.
A
homophone haiku
I
chased your chaste love
Your
love is a sweet dessert.
Dear
don’t desert me.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Oregon Thunderstorms Knock Out Power, Topple
Trees (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Avista Wants to
Raise Idaho Electricity Rates (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Kittitas County PUD Needs Answers on Pot Farm
Electricity - Questions about using power from federal projects (The Daily
Record, Ellensburg, WA)
BC Hydro Says Its
Smart Meters Safe after Fires Force SaskPower to Pull Meters (Victoria Times
Colonist, BC)
California: Pacific
Gas & Electric Shares Plunge as Investors Ponder New Criminal Charges over San
Bruno Explosion (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Oregon Terminal
Developer Gets Blessing for Astoria Based Natural Gas Exports (Northwest Public
Radio)
Energy Boom
Brings New Focus by States on Rail, Oil Pipeline Safety (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Energy Northwest Team
Raises $30,000 in Walk (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Utilities Installing Bull’s-Eyes at Substations to
Combat Frequent Attacks (SNL Financial)
Kentucky
Lineman on the Job - Adorable Deer Cries When You Stop Petting Its Belly (TIME
Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Outdoors: Absence of Chinook a Mystery in Strait of
Juan de Fuca (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, Wa)
Thousands of Anchovies Wash Up in Seaside Oregon
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Columnist: Only in Alaska - Flack for Mine Named
Governor’s Fisheries Adviser (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
$11
Million Deal Struck to Conserve Colorado River Basin (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Arizona
Utility Opposing Rooftop Solar Seeking to Provide Panels - The same utility
that fought residential rooftop solar, now wants to sell it to its customers (Renewable Energy World)
Renewable
Energy: Hydroelectric Dominance is Water under the Bridge (Fuel Fix)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy
Efficiency Rebates under Scrutiny as Cost Effectiveness is Questioned (Oregonian,
Portland)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Reno
Is Tesla’s First Choice as a Gigafactory Site - But Elon Musk Sets a High Price
Tag (Forbes Magazine)
Electric
Vehicles at the Tipping Point (Sustainable Business
Oregon)
Combined
Heat & Brewing Power - New Belgium Brewery leads Colorado’s craft brewers down
the road to sustainability (Renewable Energy World)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Fiber in Hillsboro: City Reaches Agreement with
Google to Locate ‘Huts’ on Public Property (Oregonian, Portland)
Should Colleges Be Broadband Hubs for Their
Communities? (Government Executive)
Why You Should Set Up Your Own Community Fiber
Network (Gizmodo)
Who Has the Biggest Cloud? By Year’s End, The
Answer May Surprise You (GigaOM)
Judge Upholds Demand for Microsoft’s Irish Data (Courthouse News Service)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Why These Startups Think Chat Apps Are the Next Big
Thing in Workplace Collaboration (GigaOM)
With Comic-Con as a Backdrop, Portland-Made App
Aims to Take Us to Social Media 2.0 (Portland Business Journal, OR)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2014/07/with-comic-con-as-a-backdrop-portland-made-app.html
What Does This Emoji Really Mean? (Seattle Post
Intelligencer, WA)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/techchron/2014/07/31/what-does-this-emoji-really-mean/
http://blog.seattlepi.com/techchron/2014/07/31/what-does-this-emoji-really-mean/
A Twitter NFL Showdown - Fan versus Fan (USA Today)
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Eric Cantor Resigns from U-S House, Will Leave in
Mid-August (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Marijuana Might Be Legal, But Washington Employers
Can Still Prohibit Workers from Using It (Puget Sound
Business Journal, WA)
The Economics of Legalized Marijuana (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Editorial: Mixed Messages from White House Worsen the
Marijuana Muddle (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Lacey Mother Accused of Allowing Her Children to
Abuse Puppy (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Blogger
Fired From Language School over ‘Homophonia’
Portland
Flushes Outdoor Toilet Business
‘Fire
Challenge’ Fad Growing in Popularity with Teens
Cats
Overrun New York Island. Lord of the Fleas?
SONG OF THE DAY
Bruce
Springsteen - I'm on Fire
Mumford
& Sons - I'm on Fire
John
Mayer - I'm on Fire
Tori
Amos - I'm on Fire
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