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NextEra says it plans to build the Clearwater wind farm about 60 miles north of Colstrip. NextEra spokesperson Bryan Garner says Puget contracted for about half of the total 750 megawatts of electricity the wind farm will produce when it comes online. “So, there’s significant capacity remaining that could be marketed to other customers as well,” Garner says. Puget Sound is a part-owner of both the Colstrip coal-fired power plant and the Colstrip electric transmission system. Puget Vice President of Energy Supply Ron Roberts says Colstrip Units 1 and 2 closed last year. “That made tha...

Igba Ogbole: Interrogating the legality of increasing calls for self-defence Published Black’s Law Dictionary, edited by Bryan Garner, defines Self-Defence as the use of force to protect oneself, one’s family or one’s property from real or threatened attack. Just as the right to life is globally accepted as fundamental, the right to self-preservation is a law of nature. Self-preservation, of which self-defence is a natural component, is a concept that is an intrinsic part of not just humanity but even animals; and nations of the world recognise this. Thomas Hobbes, the seventeenth centu...

I have assumed deprecate meant “to belittle.” As it turns out, I am far from the first person to have been baffled by this word.

Your recipe for effective legal writing Bryan Garner on Words Part one of a three-part series Congratulations. You’re the newest hire at your state attorney general’s office. They advertised for an experienced litigator with sound writing skills, and you got the job. Your first law job was in this very office—and you know the demands can be great. Now, after a few years in private practice, you’re among the most experienced litigators in the office. After two days of orientation, you’ve just arrived for your first day of work. It’s 8:45 a.m. Your supervising attorney briefly expla...

We told you in April that a new solar farm would be coming to Linn County. The new farm, set to be located in Palo around the old Duane Arnold Energy Center, is now causing some concern for area residents. Iowa's News Now reports that a company named NextEra is looking to use the land around the closed Duane Arnold Energy Center for a 3,500-acre solar energy farm. Benefits of the farm include electricity that would service thousands of homes, provide around 300 construction jobs, and Linn County would get about $40 million in tax revenue. Plus, according to a NextEra representative, "so...