Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Energy News Digest for June 30, 2009

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• BPA Lowers Proposed Fall Rate Increase to 6.4 Percent
• Energy: Small Fire Forces Richland Nuclear Plant Offline
• Clark County - Electricity Sales to Industry Down 18.3%, Utility Reports
• PUD 3 Employees & Family Join the Fight against Cancer
• Should Renewable Energy Include Nuclear?
• Wyoming Looks to Keep Coal in Energy Mix
• New Jersey Transformer Blast Causes Fire, Power Failure
• Summer Safety Tips from PECO
• Driver Mows Down Dozens of Protected Seabirds
• To Protect Public - Safety Rules Sought for Creation of Salmon Habitat
• Spokane White-Water Park Could Affect Fish
• Congress May Overhaul Fishing Industry Safety Regulations
• The Influence Game: A Catfish by Any Other Name
• BPA/Digital Angel in $745,000 Contract for Fish Monitoring
• Increasing Dust Speeds Melting Of Mountain Snow
• State and Federal Officials to Discuss Yakima Water
• Clallam County Water Reuse Site Draws Ideas from Three Groups
• Aberdeen Wastewater Plant Wins State Honor
• Study: Coastal Seagrass Increasingly Being Lost
• Oregon to End Field Burning - House OKs measure banning practice
• Interior Secretary Unveils Fast-Track Solar Plan
• Oregon Wind Bill Awaits Signing - Cuts incentives
• Fourteen New Wind Farms Planned For Southern Idaho
• PacificCorp IRP Calls For More Renewable Generation
• The Switch - Waste into Energy Projects Look Promising
• Wind Turbine Prices Move Down
• National Hydropower Association Applauds Support for Hydro
• White House Announces New Lighting Conservation Standards
• Analysis: Climate Bill May Spur Energy Revolution
• Can Farm Groups Kill the Climate Bill?
• EPA Approves California Greenhouse Gas Pollution Rule
• Portland/Vancouver - Wireless Broadband to Go Live Today
• Fiber Broadband Sells Homes
• Yahoo to Build Data Center near Buffalo
• Cautionary Stories of the State of Broadband Mapping
• Wash. State Population Grows, but Rate Slows
• Small earthquake in Kitsap County
• Process for Withdrawing From Mason Hospital District
• Thurston County - Counterfeit Money Circulating In Area
• Northwest Companies Make the Cut in Clean Tech Competition
• Oregon Had 51,402 ‘Green Jobs’ In 2008
• Startup Expects 10% of Web Readers to Pay for News
• Murray, Larsen Seeking Federal Funds for Ferries
• Seattle Man Suing To Stop Fireworks at Gas Works
• Natural 'Air Force' Guards Central Washington Blueberry Crop

WORD OF THE DAY

Shambling • \SHAM-bling\ • adjective – Characterized by slow awkward movement

After a quick start, breathtaking special effects, and sparking dialog what appeared to be the movie of the summer stumbled into a shambling shadow if itself as it ground through the last fifteen minutes to a merciful conclusion. Unknown to the movie-goers, the film’s screenwriter had been fired before the script was complete. The “key grip” was unceremoniously called upon to write the final act…with disastrous effect.

WEATHER

Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

BPA Lowers Proposed Fall Rate Increase to 6.4 Percent (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/30/area_news/doc4a495fa4baea0233597683.txt

Energy: Small Fire Forces Richland Nuclear Plant Offline (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/631045.html

Clark County - Electricity Sales to Industry Down 18.3%, Utility Reports (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090630/BIZ01/706309977/-1/BIZ

PUD 3 Employees & Family Join the Fight against Cancer (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=565

Should Renewable Energy Include Nuclear? (Christian Science Monitor – How about anything that firms renewables?)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0629/p06s10-woeu.html

Wyoming Looks to Keep Coal in Energy Mix (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/29/ap6597345.html

New Jersey Transformer Blast Causes Fire, Power Failure (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/30/national/a092346D73.DTL&feed=rss.business

Summer Safety Tips from PECO (Yahoo! Finance)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Summer-Safety-Tips-From-bw-3273404425.html/print?x=0

FISH & WILDLIFE

Driver Runs Over Dozens of Protected Seabirds at Long Beach, WA (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/reward_offered_in_slaughter_of.html

To Protect Public - Safety Rules Sought for Creation of Salmon Habitat (Seattle Times – I guess large woody debris aren’t good for people…)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009400482_safetyrules30.html?syndication=rss

Spokane White-Water Park Could Affect Fish (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/29/white-water-park-could-affect-fish/

Congress May Overhaul Fishing Industry Safety Regulations (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/896968.html

The Influence Game: A Catfish by Any Other Name: It looks like catfish, it tastes like catfish, and it acts like catfish (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009401759_apuscatfishwars.html?syndication=rss

News Release – BPA/Digital Angel in $745,000 Contracts and Orders for Fish Monitoring Systems (Yahoo! Finance)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Digital-Angels-Destron-bw-220066637.html?x=0&.v=1

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Increasing Dust Speeds Melting Of Mountain Snow (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009398582_apusscidustinthewind.html?syndication=rss

State and Federal Officials to Discuss Yakima Water (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10616772

Clallam County Water Reuse Site Draws Ideas from Three Groups (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090630/news/306309989

Aberdeen Wastewater Plant Wins State Honor (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/06/29/local_news/doc4a4924e33ebd2709834479.txt

Study: Coastal Seagrass Increasingly Being Lost (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009398734_apussciseagrassloss.html?syndication=rss

Oregon to End Field Burning - House OKs measure banning practice (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/30/oregon-to-end-field-burning/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Interior Secretary Unveils Fast-Track Solar Plan (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/29/state/n113204D09.DTL&feed=rss.business

Oregon Wind Bill Awaits Signing - could significantly shrink the size of economic incentives for wind energy developers (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/06/29/daily6.html?ana=from_rss

Fourteen New Wind Farms Planned For Southern Idaho (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/896909.html

PacificCorp IRP Calls For More Renewable Generation (North American Wind Power)
http://www.nawindpower.com/naw/e107_plugins/content/content_lt.php?content.4204

The Switch - Waste into Energy Projects Look Promising (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5317-switch-waste-energy-projects-look-promising/

Wind Turbine Prices Move Down, Shows New Price Index from NEF (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/wind-turbine-prices-move-down-says-new-price-index?cmpid=rss

National Hydropower Association Applauds Support for Hydro and Other Renewables in House Bill (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/national-hydropower-association/news/article/2009/06/nha-applauds-support-for-hydro-and-other-renewables-in-house-bill?cmpid=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

White House Announces New Lighting Conservation Standards (Associated Press)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/29/AR2009062901857.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Analysis: Climate Bill May Spur Energy Revolution (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/2009-06-29-climate-bill_N.htm

Can Farm Groups Kill the Climate Bill? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/30/30climatewire-can-farm-groups-kill-the-climate-bill-71264.html

EPA Approves California Greenhouse Gas Pollution Rule (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/30/national/w081619D61.DTL&feed=rss.news

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Portland/Vancouver - Wireless Broadband to Go Live Today: Comcast/Clearwire alliance pioneers its service in Portland area
http://columbian.com/article/20090630/BIZ01/706309984/-1/BIZ

Fiber Broadband Sells Homes - According to group eager to sell FTTH (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Fiber-Broadband-Sells-Homes-103189

Yahoo To Build Data Center Near Buffalo (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/30/financial/f084944D49.DTL&feed=rss.business

Cautionary Stories of the State of Broadband Mapping – Texas and Tennessee (Public Knowledge, via Baller/Herbst)
http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/2507

GENERAL NEWS

Wash. State Population Grows, but Rate Slows (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/896487.html

State OFM News Release on Population (Washington State Office of Financial Management)
http://www.ofm.wa.gov/news/release/2009/090629.asp

Here is a Link to the Population Estimates by Cities and Towns (Washington State Office of Financial Management – Yikes! Shelton actually lost population – Mason County gained some)
http://www.ofm.wa.gov/pop/april1/default.asp

Small earthquake in Kitsap County (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_063009WAB-kitsap-quake-SW.20421da2.html?rss

Process for Withdrawing From Mason General Hospital District Spelled Out (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7665/reftab/1632/t/PROCESS-FOR-WITHDRAWING-FROM-MASON-GENERAL-HOSPITAL-DISTRICT-SPELLED-OUT/Default.aspx

Thurston County - Counterfeit Money Circulating In Area (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/795294.html

Northwest Companies Make the Cut in Clean Tech Competition (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062909TTB-clean-tech-finalistsES.1d1968b0.html?rss

Oregon Had 51,402 ‘Green Jobs’ In 2008 (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/06/29/daily4.html?ana=from_rss

Startup Expects 10% of Web Readers to Pay for News (Associated Pres
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/630420.html

Murray, Larsen Seeking Federal Funds for Ferries (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009401550_apwaferrysupport.html?syndication=rss

Seattle Man Suing To Stop Fireworks at Gas Works (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19893865/detail.html

Natural 'Air Force' Guards Central Washington Blueberry Crop (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/49440532.html

DIVERSIONS

Grammar Groan - Really Bad Writing Finds a New Champion in Federal Way (Should read: Poor Writing Skills Find New Champion In Federal Way)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=184054

'Dog Ate My Checks' – Woman Accused Of Dipping Into Her Ex-Husband's Bank Account without Permission
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/896787.html

Dog-Eaten Passport Cancels Wisconsin Boy's Trip to Peru
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/29/national/a194032D95.DTL&feed=rss.news

Prize Locusts - Crowd Grabs Goodies and Foils Airline Publicity Stunt
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090626/od_nm/us_balloons

SONG OF THE DAY

Pep Band Flashback: Rhythm Heritage - Theme from S.W.A.T.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AH7g9sYH54

Monday, June 29, 2009

Energy News Digest for June 29, 2009

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

To subscribe, email
jmyer@masonpud3.org

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

- Editorial - Intalco Plant Continues to Be worth Supporting
- Hearing Set on BPA Transmission Lines
- Grant PUD Explains Power Line Options in Quincy
- Op/Ed - The Dirty War against Clean Coal
- Top 10 Green US Cities – Portland No. 1, Eugene No. 5, Seattle No. 8
- Op/Ed – Columbia River Basin Tribes Take Issue with Hatchery Fish Study
- Lower Elwha Hatchery Construction to Begin in the Fall
- Salmon-Recovery Fund Isn’t Quite Extinct Yet
- Murray Trying To Save Salmon Funds
- Waters Buzz with Salmon
- Oregon - Plans Afoot To Truck Salmon to Upper McKenzie River
- Army Corp of Engineers Trying to Save Salmon
- Feds Decline to Delist Klamath Sucker Fish, Again
- California – US Senator Sides with Oyster Farmer Over Park Service
- Sage Grouse Endangered Decision Delayed ‘Til 2010
- Concerns Voiced Over Proposed Chehalis River Basin Dams
- Seepage Found At Dam Upstream From Walla Walla
- Dams Are Thwarting Louisiana Marsh Restoration, Study Says
- It’s Now Legal to Catch a Raindrop in Colorado
- Hope Wanes For Olympia Brewery
- Beetles Add New Dynamic to Forest Fire Control Efforts
- Oregon State Legislature Votes to Roll Back Tax Subsidy for Wind Projects
- Oregon’s Renewable-Energy Standard in Flux?
- How Utilities Integrate Wind Energy – Build MORE Wind!
- Idaho Statesman Op/Ed - Don’t Go Off Course in Developing Wind Energy
- Montana – Flathead County Garbage to Power Up To 900 Homes
- Oregon - Fireplace Logs from Biomass Proposed
- A Funding Roadblock Ahead for Clean Energy
- California Solar Industry Fears Hitting State Credit Cap
- Editorial - Solar Incentives: Spinning the meter backward
- What Does Big Solar Want? What Doesn’t It Want?
- Kentucky - A Renewed Source of Renewable Energ
- Maine - Wind Project May Knock Island Electric Rates Down
- Algae Farm Aims to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Fuel
- Connecticut Man Modifies Pickup to Run On Wood, Waste
- Montana Aims For More Energy-Efficient Houses
- California Homeowners Could Save More on Energy-Saving Upgrades
- The Green Building Guide to Waxman-Markey
- Project Porch Light to Distribute One Million Energy-Saving Bulbs
- Inslee’s Cap-and-Trade Bill Cruises through House
- Inslee, Reichert Play Key Roles in Energy Bill
- Wood-Waste Provision Drew Baird’s Climate Change Vote
- Winners And Losers Emerge In Climate Bill
- Climate Change Activists Dismayed by Some of Bill’s Provisions
- Climate Change Bill May Be Election Issue
- Obama Urges Senators to Back Cap and Trade Bill
- Internet Service Providers Not Keeping Up With Upload Trends
- Size Limits Increased for YouTube, Gmail
- Study: Bing Has Better Design, But People Sticking To Google
- Google Makes a Case That It Isn’t So Big
- China’s Required PC Filter Green Dam a Big Risk for Companies
- Microsoft Kills MSN Web Messenger
- Telcos Target Rural Phone Fee
- The Broadband Stimulus Gets, Uh, Less Patriotic?
- Editorial - New FCC Chairman Genachowski Will Put Citizens before Big Media
- Internet Naming Agency Selects New Leader
- Search Intensifies For Missing McCleary Girl
- US Supreme Court Won’t Get Involved In Washington State Bible Club
- Weather to Blame for Statewide Mosquito Boom
- Wash. Visitor Info Center Closes To Save Money
- Lt. Gov. Owen Travels to China
- Centennial Agreement - 1989 pact keeps state and tribes talking
- The Bite of Bank Fees
- Slowdown in Once-Booming Organics Troubles Farmers
- Wenatchee still clings to title as Apple capital
- Billy Mays, Enthusiastic TV Pitchman, Dies at 50

WORD OF THE DAY

Bruit • \BROOT\ • noun – 1: noise, din 2: report, rumor

The bruit surrounding the departure of the CEO of “Hai Karate” bubbled down the cubicle rows like a surging tide, its progression marked by the increasing noise of whispering, guttural gossip as it moved towards the end of the business floor. Seems the “fearless leader” had shunned the distinctive fragrance at a recent board meeting…replacing its mandated use (mysteriously for men AND women) with the “great smell of Brut.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAnU9zT87j4

WEATHER

Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Bellingham Herald Editorial - Intalco Plant Continues to Be worth Supporting (If consummated, public power customers will be expecting a HUGE thank you note from Bellingham and Columbia Falls residents…)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/615/story/964899.html

Hearing Set on BPA Transmission Lines - The Dalles, Goldendale are sites (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/06/news06-26-09-02.shtml

Grant PUD Explains Power Line Options in Quincy - Collecting responses to options (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/26/news/doc4a4545375dbec035489372.txt

NY Times Op/Ed - The Dirty War against Clean Coal
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/opinion/29easterbrook.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Top 10 Green US Cities – Portland No. 1, Eugene No. 5, Seattle No. 8 (Miami Herald, FL)
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1118999.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Columbian Op/Ed – Columbia River Basin Tribes Take Issue with Hatchery Fish Study
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090628/OPINION03/706289992/-1/OPINION

Lower Elwha Hatchery Construction to Begin in the Fall (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090629/news/306299992

Salmon-Recovery Fund Isn’t Quite Extinct Yet - Senate version may fall in reconciliation (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090628/NEWS02/706289965/

Murray Trying To Save Salmon Funds - Millions of dollars deleted this week from the Pacific Salmon Recovery Fund for 2010 may be restored in the U.S. Senate (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090626/NEWS04/706269881/1025/rss1025

Waters Buzz with Salmon (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/28/waters-buzz-with-salmon/

Oregon - Plans Afoot To Truck Salmon to Upper McKenzie River (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/plans_afoot_to_truck_salmon_to.html

Army Corp of Engineers Trying to Save Salmon (KBND Radio, Bend, OR)
http://www.yournews.com/copyroom/postmynews.asp?empid=0&zipcode=67207&STORY_id=89143&sections_id=381&sections_CHILD_id=439&FULLNAME

Feds Decline to Delist Klamath Sucker Fish, Again (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/893382.html

California – US Senator Sides with Oyster Farmer Over Park Service (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/26/financial/f111308D75.DTL&feed=rss.business

Sage Grouse Endangered Decision Delayed ‘Til 2010 – Listing could impact increasing number of wind power turbines (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009390103_apmtsagegrouse2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Concerns Voiced Over Proposed Chehalis River Basin Dams (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/06/27/news//doc4a450833bb69e957321144.txt

Seepage Found At Dam Upstream From Walla Walla (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009388943_apwaleakingdam.html?syndication=rss

Dams Are Thwarting Louisiana Marsh Restoration, Study Says (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/science/earth/29mississippi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

It’s Now Legal to Catch a Raindrop in Colorado (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/us/29rain.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Hope Wanes For Olympia Brewery - Olympia, Lacey, and Tumwater want brewery’s water rights for new homes (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/894721.html

Beetles Add New Dynamic to Forest Fire Control Efforts (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/us/28wildfires.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Oregon State Legislature Votes to Roll Back Tax Subsidy for Wind Projects (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/legislature_votes_to_roll_back.html

Oregon’s Renewable-Energy Standard in Flux? (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/06/oregons_renewableenergy_standa.html

How Utilities Integrate Wind Energy – Build MORE Wind! (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/how-utilities-integrate-wind-energy?cmpid=rss

Idaho Statesman Op/Ed - Don’t Go Off Course in Developing Wind Energy “…The fact that there are no incentives to build these new gas plants (or spinning reserves of any kind) is a big hole in the current thinking…”
http://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/story/816711.html

Montana – Flathead County Garbage to Power Up To 900 Homes (The Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/06/27/news/local/news04.txt

Oregon - Fireplace Logs from Biomass Proposed (Associated Press)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090629/BIZ/906290304/-1/rss05

A Funding Roadblock Ahead for Clean Energy (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/business/energy-environment/29iht-green29.html?ref=global

California Solar Industry Fears Hitting State Credit Cap - Push to raise cap to avoid shut down (San Francisco Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/06/29/story10.html?ana=from_rss

SF Chronicle Editorial - Solar Incentives: Spinning the meter backward
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/28/EDNL18E55A.DTL&feed=rss.opinion

What Does Big Solar Want? What Doesn’t It Want? (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmCarbonEmissions/idUS409857413520090626

Kentucky - A Renewed Source of Renewable Energy (Lexington Herald-Leader, KY - Hydropower as renewable? Imagine that…)
http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/845634.html

Maine - Wind Project May Knock Island Electric Rates Down: Advocates hope Maine's first island wind turbines on Vinalhaven also blow public opinion their way (Portland Press-Herald, ME)
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=264944

Algae Farm Aims to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Fuel (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/business/energy-environment/29biofuel.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Connecticut Man Modifies Pickup to Run On Wood, Waste (Associated Press)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/792675.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Montana Aims For More Energy-Efficient Houses (Montana News Stations)
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=10604054

California Homeowners Could Save More on Energy-Saving Upgrades (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/1983291.html?mi_rss=Our%2520Region

The Green Building Guide to Waxman-Markey (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmBuildings/idUS216473327920090626

New Jersey - Project Porch Light to Distribute One Million Energy-Saving Bulbs (Alternative Press)
http://www.thealternativepress.com/article.asp?news=4493

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Inslee’s Cap-and-Trade Bill Cruises through House (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/26/inslees-cap-and-trade-bill-cruises-through-house/?partner=RSS

Inslee, Reichert Play Key Roles in Energy Bill (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/172435.asp?source=pimail

Wood-Waste Provision Drew Baird’s Climate Change Vote - But Vancouver Legislator Had Urged Delay to Study Bill (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090627/NEWS02/706279962/

Winners And Losers Emerge In Climate Bill - In addition to raising energy prices, the climate legislation that’s winding through Congress would create a parallel financial system with a carbon-based currency (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009391795_apusclimatebillwinnerslosers.html?syndication=rss

Climate Change Activists Dismayed by Some of Bill’s Provisions (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062603076.html?wprss=rss_politics

Climate Change Bill May Be Election Issue (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/us/politics/28cong.html?hp

Obama Urges Senators to Back Cap and Trade Bill (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/06/27/obama_urges_senators_to_back_c.html?hpid=sec-politics

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Internet Service Providers Not Keeping Up With Upload Trends (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12689652

Size Limits Increased for YouTube, Gmail (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/06/29/daily2.html?ana=from_rss

Study: Bing Has Better Design, But People Sticking To Google (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/172431.asp?source=pimail

Google Makes a Case That It Isn’t So Big (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/technology/companies/29google.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

China’s Required PC Filter Green Dam a Big Risk for Companies (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009390570_chinasoftware27.html

Microsoft Kills MSN Web Messenger (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/172438.asp?source=pimail

Telcos Target Rural Phone Fee - AT&T says Universal Service Fund fee needs revamp to bring it into Internet age (Dallas Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2009/06/29/story7.html?ana=from_rss

The Broadband Stimulus Gets, Uh, Less Patriotic? NTIA realizes ‘buy American’ wasn’t realistic goal (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-Broadband-Stimulus-Gets-Uh-Less-Patriotic-103163

Seattle Times Editorial - New FCC Chairman Genachowski Will Put Citizens before Big Media
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009389484_ryan28.html

Internet Naming Agency Selects New Leader (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090628/BIZ/706289942/-1/RSS03

GENERAL NEWS

Search Intensifies For Missing McCleary Girl (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062909WAB-Mccleary-girl-missing-LJ.1a971644.html?rss?npc

US Supreme Court Won’t Get Involved In Washington State Bible Club Question (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/29/national/w072210D28.DTL&feed=rss.business

Weather to Blame for Statewide Mosquito Boom (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062609WAB-mosquitoes-boom-KS.d774cac.html?rss

Wash. Visitor Info Center Closes To Save Money (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/49386862.html

Lt. Gov. Owen Travels To China - Privately paid trip takes state official overseas to promote business, strengthen relationships (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/895556.html

Centennial Agreement - 1989 pact keeps state and tribes talking (Everett Herald, WA – Denny Hurtado from Skokomish Tribe is featured)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090628/NEWS01/706289848/-1/RSS02

The Bite of Bank Fees - Banks To "Earn" $38.5 Billion from Overdrafts This Year (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062604974.html?wprss=rss_business

Slowdown in Once-Booming Organics Troubles Farmers “…many consumers are no longer willing to pay the price in a recession…” (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/06/slowdown_in_oncebooming_organi.html

Wenatchee still clings to title as Apple capital (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_apple_capital.html?source=pimail

Billy Mays, Enthusiastic TV Pitchman, Dies at 50 (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/business/media/29mays.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

DIVERSIONS

Billy Mays: A Look Back at a Television Legend (Consumerist, Comments may include PG-13 Language)
http://consumerist.com/5303625/billy-mays-a-look-back-at-a-television-legend

Not an Energy Drink - Opossum Rescued from NY Gym’s Soda Machine
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19861180/detail.html

Mother Charged with Changing Daughter’s Grades - Wanted to Improve Daughter’s Class Standing
http://www.kirotv.com/education/19860204/detail.html

Under-Bite Helps Pabst Become World’s Ugliest Dog
http://www.sacbee.com/latest/story/1983976.html

The Bottoms of New York City’s Harbors Still House 1,600 Bars of Silver - If you can find them amid the junk and the 4-foot-long wood worms…
http://news.yahoo.com/s/uc/20090628/od_notw/nwx090628xml;_ylt=AnbSIIveczNWkIlRdso5LkrtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJoOG5tNmlqBGFzc2V0A3VjLzIwMDkwNjI4L253eDA5MDYyOHhtbARwb3MDMwRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA25ld3NvZnRoZXdlaQ--

SONG OF THE DAY

Susan Tedeschi - Rock Me Right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xigwtXcrXBA&feature=related

Friday, June 26, 2009

Energy News Digest for June 26, 2009

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

To subscribe, email
jmyer@masonpud3.org

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

- Hanford Nuclear Plant Back On Line
- PUD 3 Customers - June 26 Planned Power Outage for Twanoh Falls and Creekside Drive
- PUD 3 Customers – June 27 Planned Power Outage for Lake Cushman area
- Avista Seeks Oregon Rate Increase
- Meter Reader's Pepper Spray Raises Objection from Dog Owner
- Judge Says Names of Gay Seattle Public Utilities Workers Don’t Have to Be Released
- BPA Invites Public to Provide Feedback on Proposed Transmission Line
- Chu: U.S. To Spend Nearly $4 Billion on Smart Grid
- Two Utilities Are Leaving Clean Coal Initiative
- Washington Post Editorial - A Greener Look for Coal
- Tennessee: Report Cites Several Factors in Ash Spill
- Enviros Sue FEMA Over Lack of Oregon Salmon Protection
- Non-Tribal Commercial Trollers:Coho Numbers off The Charts
- Trout Group Seeks Study of Spokane Park
- Surprise: Fish in Acidic Waters Grow Bigger Ears
- Shelton: Sewer Project's Final Phase to Begin Today
- Concerns over Economy Affect Environmental Agenda
- Ship of Plastic Bottles to Send Eco-Message
- Power Lurks In Oregon Forests
- Northwest Communities Push Back Against Wind Power
- Astorian Editorial - Wind and Wave Energy Need a Push
- Northern Wasco PUD - A Recipe for Clean, Green Hydrogen Power
- Report: Efficiency and Renewables Can Save US $200B Annually
- The Renewable-Energy Scam
- Imperium Sells Seattle Biodiesel Plant
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - Washington Should Scrap Biofuels Mandate
- Burns Paiute Tribe First to Go To All Green Light Bulbs
- Microsoft’s Hohm Hopes to Overpower Google’s PowerMeter
- Tokyo Is Burning - Japan saves energy by keeping office buildings at 82 degrees
- Wide-Ranging Energy Measure Ready for Floor Vote
- Rep. Jim Mcdermott Says He Supports Cap-And-Trade Legislation
- FACTBOX: Climate Change Bill Pending In House
- Major Provisions of House Climate and Energy Bill
- For the Farm Lobby, Too Much Is Never Enough
- NY Times Editorial - The House and Global Warming
- Washington Post Editorial - Waxman-Markey
- Hello to Carbon Trading - but With Smog?
- Wal-Mart's Big Problem: Climate Change
- Tree Owners Could Reap Climate Bill Windfall
- Moses Lake - Titan Building Continues Data Center Construction
- Senate Confirms 2 for FCC Commission
- Yahoo CEO: Stop Comparing Us to Google
- FCC Approves Centurytel-Embarq Deal
- Who Moved My 'Delete' Key? Lenovo Did. Here's Why
- Social Media Will Not Get Me to Eat Your Gross Pizza
- Shock and Grief Over Jackson’s Death
- Allyn Area Group Wants To Withdraw From Mason Hospital District 1
- More Than 20,000 Pot Plants Found Near South Bend
- A Cautionary Tale for Bellingham – San Francisco: Sanctuary Has Its Limits

WORD OF THE DAY

Beamish • \BEEM-ish\ • Adjective – Beaming and bright with optimism, promise, or achievement

Roberto’s speech droned on. He desperately tried to engage individual members of his entranced audience to respond to his treatise on the affects of granular sand in underwear. Unfortunately, his presentation didn’t register with anyone in the assembly, except for the beamish countenance of his lovely wife Sally, who would have been enthralled with any presentation uttered by Roberto, including his recitation of debit slip totals while balancing the checkbook.

WEATHER

Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Hanford nuclear plant back on line - The only nuclear power plant in the Northwest is generating electricity again (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009384230_apwanuclearplant.html

PUD 3 Customers - June 26 Planned Power Outage for Twanoh Falls and Creekside Drive (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=564

PUD 3 Customers – June 27 Planned Power Outage for Lake Cushman area to Accommodate BPA Substation Repairs (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=563

Avista Seeks Oregon Rate Increase (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/06/22/daily62.html?ana=from_rss

Meter Reader's Pepper Spray Raises Objection from Dog Owner (The Daily News, Longview, WA - “MY dog would NEVER bite someone…”)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/05/29/top_story/doc4a1f3fcf3b5d9836636934.txt

Judge Says Names of Gay Seattle Public Utilities Workers Don’t Have to Be Released, For Now - Requester now claims 'secret gay organization' harassing him (Seattle Times)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/407611_pdr25.html?source=rss

News Release - BPA Invites Public to Provide Feedback on Proposed Goldendale/Dalles Transmission Line: 500-kilovolt line would help integrate wind and reinforce BPA high-voltage network (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/284767/

Chu: U.S. To Spend Nearly $4 Billion on Smart Grid (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=365240&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss

Two Utilities Are Leaving Clean Coal Initiative (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/business/energy-environment/26coal.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Washington Post Editorial - A Greener Look for Coal: The Waxman-Markey energy bill reflects a commitment to lower costs for cleaner coal, but will it work?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/24/AR2009062403266.html

Tennessee: Report Cites Several Factors in Ash Spill (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/us/26brfs-REPORTCITESS_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Enviros Sue FEMA Over Lack of Oregon Salmon Protection (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/49151692.html

Non-Tribal Commercial Trollers Report Coho Numbers off The Charts in the Ocean (Seattle Times)
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/reeltimenorthwest/2009/06/25/non-tribal_commercial_trollers.html

Trout Group Seeks Study of Spokane Park - The Spokane chapter of Trout Unlimited wants more studies of a proposal to build a whitewater park on the Spokane River. (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009384429_apwawhitewaterpark.html?syndication=rss

Surprise: Fish in Acidic Waters Grow Bigger Ears (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009383693_apusscisizematters.html?syndication=rss

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Shelton: Sewer Project's Final Phase to Begin Today (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/892775.html

Concerns over Economy Affect Environmental Agenda (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5306-concerns-over-economy-affect-environmental-agenda/

Ship of Plastic Bottles to Send Eco-Message (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009383928_apusbottleship.html?syndication=rss

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Power Lurks In Oregon Forests (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/power_lurks_in_oregon_forests.html

Northwest Communities Push Back Against Wind Power (Oregon Public Broadcast)
http://news.opb.org/article/5305-northwest-communities-push-back-against-wind-power/

Astorian Editorial - Wind and Wave Energy Need a Push - It’s hard to compete with cheap, government subsidized hydropower (Hydropower is NOT subsidized…it is an AT COST resource. Conversely, sanctioned renewables are HEAVILY subsidized)
http://www.dailyastorian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=23&ArticleID=62030

Northern Wasco PUD - A Recipe for Clean, Green Hydrogen Power: New ideas, old technology may offer the key to storing renewable energy (The Dalles Chronicle)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/06/news06-25-09-01.shtml

Report: Efficiency and Renewables Can Save US $200B Annually (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnEnergy/idUS61806988520090623

The Renewable-Energy Scam - New legislation would force Americans to buy costlier electricity (National Review Online)
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZmE1YWE2MmYzNDBjMjMzYjQ3MWQ2YTdiNjQ0OTdlN2Q=

Imperium Sells Seattle Biodiesel Plant (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/06/22/daily59.html?ana=from_rss

Seattle Times Op/Ed - Washington Should Scrap Biofuels Mandate
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009385013_guest26badgley.html?syndication=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Burns Paiute Tribe First to Go To All Green Light Bulbs (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5307-burns-paiute-tribe-first-go-all-green-lightbulbs/

Microsoft’s Hohm Hopes to Overpower Google’s PowerMeter (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/idgGreenComputing/idUS352592697020090625

Tokyo Is Burning - Japan saves energy by keeping office buildings at 82 degrees. Is this foresighted or perverse?
http://www.slate.com/id/2221405/?from=rss

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Wide-Ranging Energy Measure Ready for Floor Vote (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h5iS14YOIUrpdmPuNylwKcVpSnmAD992C7000

Rep. Jim McDermott Says He Supports Cap-And-Trade Legislation (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2009384092_rep_jim_mcdermott_says_he_supp.html

FACTBOX: Climate Change Bill Pending In House (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55P16S20090626

Major Provisions of House Climate and Energy Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iN9H53G7uL7botwummDxHZg78xnAD991R4MG0

For the Farm Lobby, Too Much Is Never Enough (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062504133.html

NY Times Editorial - The House and Global Warming
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/opinion/26fri1.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Washington Post Editorial - Waxman-Markey: Action on climate change is overdue. But is this the best we can hope for?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062503469.html?nav=rss_opinions

Hello to Carbon Trading - but With Smog? (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124597170994956985.html

Wal-Mart's Big Problem: Climate Change (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmEnergy/idUS105378824820090624

Tree Owners Could Reap Climate Bill Windfall - For years, landowners have gotten paid for not farming. Now they may get paid for not cutting down trees. (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009384526_apusclimatebillbreaks.html?syndication=rss

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Moses Lake - Titan Building Continues Data Center Construction (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/25/news/doc4a440d492c74c136246532.txt

Senate Confirms 2 for FCC Commission (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/25/financial/f174109D02.DTL&feed=rss.business

Yahoo CEO: Stop Comparing Us to Google (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12688924

FCC Approves Centurytel-Embarq Deal (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/25/financial/f121407D50.DTL&feed=rss.business

Who Moved My 'Delete' Key? Lenovo Did. Here's Why (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12689064

Social Media Will Not Get Me to Eat Your Gross Pizza (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10273118-36.html?tag=nl.e703

GENERAL NEWS

Shock and Grief over Jackson’s Death (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/world/27jacksonreax.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Allyn Area Group Wants To Withdraw From Mason Hospital District 1 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7633/reftab/1632/t/ALLYN-AREA-GROUP-WANTS-TO-WITHDRAW-FROM-MGH/Default.aspx

More Than 20,000 Pot Plants Found Near South Bend (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10601159

A Cautionary Tale for Bellingham - Sanctuary Has Its Limits: The well-intentioned notion of offering sanctuary for undocumented immigrants has its limits, the city has learned the hard way.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/26/ED8U18DRFM.DTL&feed=rss.opinion

DIVERSIONS

Man Who Shot Another in Civil War Re-enactment Pleads Guilty
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/nyregion/26reenact.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Fines Paid For Ohioans Ticketed In Own Driveways
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19858317/detail.html

'High' Wallabies Blamed For Crop Circles - Marsupials Eating Opium Poppies
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19853754/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

This is how I want to remember his face….
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvc9XBTfu6g&feature=related

This is how I want to remember his music…
Michael Jackson - Thriller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xs9OQHpwDE

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Energy News Digest for June 25, 2009

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

- Buried in Long-Term Contract - BPA Edges Closer To Deal That Would Keep Intalco Smelter Operating
- Centralia Coal Plant Target of Air Quality Petition
- Planned Mason County Planned Power Outages Scheduled for Friday and Saturday
- Grant PUD Manager to Get New Contract
- Arrowrock Dam - Power Poles Go Up For Transmission Lines from A New Hydro Plant near Boise
- Alaska – Power Creek Hydroelectric Project Honors Politicians’ Efforts
- Editorial - Without Alternative Plan, U.S. Can't Afford To Abandon Plans for Nevada Nuclear Wastes Dump
- NorthWestern Energy Responds To FERC Orders on Transmission Projects
- Arkansas - Court Tosses Out Permit for 600 MW Coal-Fired Power Plant
- Oops! After Obama Reinstates Salmon Recovery Money, House Dems Divert It
- British Columbia - Chemicals from Storm Drains May Have Killed Salmon
- Chinook, Sturgeon Fishing Picks Up In Lower Columbia
- Now the Puget Sound Orcas Have Been Accounted For
- Nominations Open For New Columbia River Fishery Advisory Board
- Puget Sound Area Ranks High In Cancer Risk from Toxic Air Pollution
- Aberdeen May Ship Water to Mideast
- Kalama lands $108,000 grant for water system repairs
- Retaining Capitol Lake Gets People's Vote
- Interior Secretary to Hold California Drought Meeting
- Walla Walla - New Water Management Program near Launch
- EPA Sees Limited Renewable Energy Growth under Waxman-Markey
- Sears Tower to Be Revamped to Produce Most of Its Own Power
- Moses Lake - REC VP Recounts Green Jobs Summit
- Everett Herald Op/Ed - Tilting At Green Windmills
- Owner of San Jose Company Arrested In Alleged Solar-Energy Scam
- Texas - Largest US Biodiesel Plant Is For Sale
- Canada - Garbage a Burning Issue in Metro Vancouver
- New Kinds of Hydropower Spark Buzz
- The lure of the line - Clothesline users are avid fans of the original dryer
- Home Audit Helps Cut Energy Use
- California Considers Global Warming Fee on Industry
- Democrats Push For Votes on Climate Bill
- Poll Says Opposition to "Cap-And-Trade" Grows In US
- Climate Bill Proponents Agree To Concessions
- Free Allowances to Utilities Are Not Dividends to Consumers
- Federal Climate Bill Gives Billions to Save Trees in Other Nations
- Reining in Global Warming? Not Without a New Approach to Transportation
- Rural Broadband Use Increases, But Still Room for Progress
- Google Shares Some Secrets
- Google Slammed As China, U.S. Quarrel over Internet
- Report: Yahoo Plans Major Rebranding
- Time Warner, Comcast to Start Online Video Trials
- Microsoft Says Vista Buyers to Get Free Windows 7
- Man Rushing To Vet Injures 2 Children In Yelm Crash
- Counterfeit Bills Showing Up On Kitsap Peninsula
- Public Disclosure Laws - Idaho, Without Disclosure, Ranks Last Again; Wash. First
- Some Wondering Why Navy Needs New Wharf at Bangor
- Drivers Sue 19 Cities over Traffic Cameras
- Judge Dismisses Lawsuit over Canadian Lumber Pact Payments
- Farrah Fawcett Dies of Cancer
- Portland Advertising Awards Taunt Other Cities

WORD OF THE DAY

Dilatory • \DILL-uh-toree \ • adjective – 1: tending or intended to cause delay 2: characterized by procrastination: tardy

The dilatory nature of today’s news digest was unavoidable. Happy evening reading everyone….

WEATHER

Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Buried in Long-Term Contract - BPA Edges Closer To Deal That Would Keep Intalco Smelter Operating (The Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/255/story/963088.html

Centralia Coal Plant Target of Air Quality Petition - Coalition asks government to step in regarding pollution from Centralia site (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/891516.html

Planned Mason County Planned Power Outages Scheduled for Friday and Saturday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7629/reftab/1632/t/PLANNED-POWER-OUTAGES-SCHEDULED-FOR-FRIDAY-AND-SATURDAY/Default.aspx

Grant PUD Manager to Get New Contract (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090625/NEWS04/706259942/-1/OP?Grant-PUD-exec-to-get-job-contract

Arrowrock Dam - Power Poles Go Up For Transmission Lines From A New Hydro Plant Near Boise (The Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/813403.html

Alaska – Power Creek Hydroelectric Project Honors Politicians’ Efforts (Cordova Times, AK)
http://www.thecordovatimes.com/news/show/6454

Daily News Editorial - Without Alternative Plan, U.S. Can't Afford To Abandon Plans for Nevada Nuclear Wastes Dump (Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/25/editorial/doc4a42bc551efaf207022143.txt

NorthWestern Energy Responds To FERC Orders on Transmission Projects (Power Online)
http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/NorthWestern-Energy-Responds-To-FERC-Orders-0001?VNETCOOKIE=NO

Arkansas - Court Tosses Out Permit for 600 MW Coal-Fired Power Plant (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=365138&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Oops! After Obama Reinstates Salmon Recovery Money, House Dems Divert It (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090624/NEWS03/706249924

British Columbia - Chemicals from Storm Drains May Have Killed Salmon (CBC News, Canada)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/06/24/bc-hyde-creek-chemical-spill-salmon-kill.html

Chinook, Sturgeon Fishing Picks Up In Lower Columbia (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/891582.html

Now the Puget Sound Orcas Have Been Accounted For (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2009/06/24/now-the-puget-sound-orcas-have-been-accounted-for/

Nominations Open For New Columbia River Fishery Advisory Board (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090625/SPORTS04/706259947/-1/SPORTS

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Puget Sound Area Ranks High In Cancer Risk from Toxic Air Pollution, Reports Say “…Diesel is the thing that drives the bulk of this risk…more than 70 percent of the health risk from air pollution is due to diesel fumes…” (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2009381228_pollution25m0.html

Aberdeen May Ship Water to Mideast (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/891890.html

Kalama lands $108,000 grant for water system repairs (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/25//area_news/doc4a430aad263eb990777789.txt

Retaining Capitol Lake Gets People's Vote - Estuary draws few nods in informal survey (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/891503.html

Interior Secretary to Hold California Drought Meeting (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2085470~Interior_Secretary_to_hold_Calif_drought_meeting.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines

Walla Walla - New Water Management Program near Launch (The Union Bulletin, Walla Walla, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/06/24/local_news/090624local03watermeeting.txt

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

EPA Sees Limited Renewable Energy Growth under Waxman-Markey – Due to conservation and lack of increased price pressures on fossil fuels (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/06/24/epa-sees-limited-renewable-energy-growth-under-waxman-markey/

Sears Tower to Be Revamped to Produce Most of Its Own Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/us/25sears.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Moses Lake - REC VP Recounts Green Jobs Summit (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses, Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/25/news/doc4a42b37f30247807095579.txt

Everett Herald Op/Ed - Tilting At Green Windmills
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090625/OPINION04/706259980/-1/RSS05

Owner of San Jose Company Arrested In Alleged Solar-Energy Scam (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/topstories/ci_12679747

Texas - Largest US Biodiesel Plant Is For Sale (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200906241551DOWJONESDJONLINE000746_FORTUNE5.htm

Canada - Garbage a Burning Issue in Metro Vancouver (CBC News)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/06/23/bc-garbage-burning-gvrd.html?ref=rss

New Kinds of Hydropower Spark Buzz - wave, tidal stream, ocean current, ocean thermal and river hydrokinetic resources (Energy Pulse)
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=2079

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

The lure of the line - Clothesline users are avid fans of the original dryer (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090625/NEIGHBORS/706259968/1001/NEWS04

Home Audit Helps Cut Energy Use - Start small; budget for bigger changes (Detroit Free Press, MI)
http://www.freep.com/article/20090625/FEATURES01/906250419

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

California Considers Global Warming Fee on Industry (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2086582~California_weighs_global_warming_fee_on_industry.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines

Democrats Push For Votes on Climate Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h5iS14YOIUrpdmPuNylwKcVpSnmAD991PS700

Poll Says Opposition to "Cap-And-Trade" Grows In US (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55O2BS20090625

Climate Bill Proponents Agree To Concessions (Associated Press)
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/congress/49009786.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUZ

Free Allowances to Utilities Are Not Dividends to Consumers (Huffington Post)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-sandler/free-allowances-to-utilit_b_219872.html

Federal Climate Bill Gives Billions to Save Trees in Other Nations (Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/25/climate-bill-gives-billions-to-foreign-foliage/

Reining in Global Warming? Not Without a New Approach to Transportation (Huffington Post)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-earl-blumenauer/reining-in-global-warming_b_220404.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Rural Broadband Use Increases, But Still Room for Progress (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5295-rural-broadband-use-increases-still-room-progress/

Google Shares Some Secrets (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12679900

Google Slammed As China, U.S. Quarrel over Internet (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE55O0EO20090625?feedType=nl&feedName=ustopnewsearly

Report: Yahoo Plans Major Rebranding (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/06/22/daily68.html?ana=from_rss

Time Warner, Comcast to Start Online Video Trials (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090624/BIZ/706249652/-1/RSS03

Microsoft Says Vista Buyers to Get Free Windows 7 (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090625/BIZ/706259820/-1/RSS03

GENERAL NEWS

Man Rushing To Vet Injures 2 Children In Yelm Crash (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19848671/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_1_09000106252009&ts=H

Counterfeit Bills Showing Up On Kitsap Peninsula (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19851044/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_1_09000106252009&ts=H

Public Disclosure Laws - Idaho, Without Disclosure, Ranks Last Again; Wash. First (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/25/idaho-still-without-disclosure-ranks-last-again-wa/

Some Wondering Why Navy Needs New Wharf at Bangor (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/24/some-wondering-why-navy-needs-new-wharf-at/?partner=RSS

Drivers Sue 19 Cities over Traffic Cameras (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/789486.html

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit over Canadian Lumber Pact Payments (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/891206.html

Farrah Fawcett Dies of Cancer (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/19857734/detail.html

Portland Advertising Awards Taunt Other Cities (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/06/portland_advertising_awards_ta.html

DIVERSIONS

Marmot Causes Restaurant Ruckus in Prosser
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/24/marmot-causes-restaurant-ruckus-prosser/

Saudi Arabian Dog Makes Its Way to California
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/23/AR2009062303619.html

Woman Chasing Raccoon with Fireworks Sets Off Brush Fire
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19850141/detail.html

851 George Formby ‘Sound-Alikes’ Smash Ukulele World Record – The Horror…The Horror!
http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED23%20Jun%202009%2015%3A09%3A30%3A030

SONG OF THE DAY

Rocky Raccoon – Beatles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nucSvl7VXVM

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Energy News Digest for June 24, 2009

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

- Chelan PUD to Replace Bonds with New
- Chelan PUD to Offer Billing Online By January
- Wall Street Journal Op/Ed - The New Nuclear Revolution
- Court Rules against NE States in Power Grid Suit
- Wildfire Protection – San Diego Votes against Utility's Power Shutoff Plan
- Oregon - Savage Rapids Lesson: Removing Dams No Easy Task
- Snohomish County Restoring Salmon Habitat
- Canadian Fisheries Report Find Colder Ocean Water Good for Salmon
- Alaska Biologists Eye Ocean Shifts' Effect on Salmon
- Backyard Beekeepers Could Help Save Periled Population
- NYC Beekeepers Swarm City Hall to Protest Ban
- State Officials Issue Final Report on Yakima River Basin Water Needs
- Water Seeping Through Howard Hanson Dam Is Picking Up Speed
- Carlsborg Sewer Costs Raise Residents' Concerns
- Proposal Would Raise Stormwater Utility Rates
- Get the Dulcolax - Second Boring Machine Stuck In Kingco Sewage Tunnel
- Proposed Skamania County Wind Farm Intrusion To Hikers?
- Oregon - Umatilla County to Weigh Barring Turbines from Blue Mountains
- Land Use Fuels Wind Debate
- U.S. Awards Exploratory Leases for Offshore Wind
- Experts Say Wind Energy Key to Oklahoma Economy
- Baird Becomes Maverick On Federal Energy Bill
- Solar Industry to See Faster Than Expected Growth
- Ocean Renewable Energy Has Huge Potential But Not Without Giant Hurdles
- Energy Dept Sees Renewable Energy Loan Rules Soon
- Meltdown 101: Where Are The Renewable Energy Jobs?
- Seattle's Biodiesel Producer Hoping For a Comeback
- Deep in Bedrock, Clean Energy and Quake Fears
- Vermont School District Shifts to Wood Pellets
- Editorial - Green Politicians Thrive When Economy Goes South
- Tropical Plant Shows Promise as Biomass Energy Source
- Recycling Refrigerators Saves Money and the Environment
- Microsoft Debuts Power Conservation Website
- Vote Set on House Climate Bill
- Lobbying Frenzy Begins as House Climate Bill Heads for Floor
- Farm Groups Prevail as House Climate Bill Puts USDA in Charge of Ag Offsets
- Putting A Financial Spin On Global Warming
- Pennsylvania Utilities, Industry Lining Up Behind Clean-Energy Act
- Op/Ed - Reduce Carbon Emissions Now: Focus On Vehicle Emissions
- Fighting Climate Change at Mount Rainier and Other National Parks
- Maryland - Lawmakers Get Lesson on Global Warming and the Bay
- Cable TV’s Big Worry: Taming the Web
- Japan Offers Faster Speeds, Lower Prices than US, Report Documents
- Cost-Cutting - Mason County Eliminates Director of Budget and Finance Position
- Mason County Reaps Benefits of Bidding Climate
- Tahuya Paramedic Service Hangs in Balance as Contract Runs Out
- State Supreme Court Hears Library Filter Arguments
- Seattle Restaurant Owner Paid Workers to Enter Into Sham Marriages
- Including Bauxite - China Hoarding Building Blocks to Recovery, U.S. Charges

WORD OF THE DAY

Cavalcade • \kav-ul-KAYD\ • noun – 1a: a procession of riders or carriages b: a procession of vehicles or ships 2: a dramatic sequence or procession: series

Alfred came stumbling into the room; his bumbling entrance reminded his friend Bert of a crazed kind of “Rube Golberg” machine. The arrival was nothing more than a cavalcade of tripping, pratfalls, apologies, breaking glass, and the distant sound of a screeching cat.

WEATHER

Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Chelan PUD to Replace Bonds with New (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090623/NEWS04/706239968

Chelan PUD to Offer Billing Online By January (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090623/NEWS04/706239950/0/SPORTS04?Chelan-PUD-to-offer-billing-online-by-January

Wall Street Journal Op/Ed - The New Nuclear Revolution. Safe fission power is our future; if regulators allow it.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124580572129645069.html

Court Rules against NE States in Power Grid Suit (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/23/ap6578437.html

Wildfire Protection – San Diego votes against utility's power shutoff plan (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2084121~SD_supes_vote_against_utility_s_power_shutoff_plan.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines

FISH & WILDLIFE

Oregon - Savage Rapids Lesson: Removing Dams No Easy Task (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5281-savage-rapids-lesson-removing-dams-no-easy-task/

Snohomish County Restoring Salmon Habitat - Some farmers are opposed to the loss of farmland on Smith Island (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090624/NEWS01/706249791/-1/RSS02

Canadian Fisheries Report Find Colder Ocean Water Good for Salmon (Seattle Times)
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/reeltimenorthwest/2009/06/23/canadian_fisheries_report_foun.html

Alaska Biologists Eye Ocean Shifts' Effect on Salmon (Fairbanks News Miner)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jun/23/biologists-wonder-if-ocean-shifts-affect-salmon/

Backyard Beekeepers Could Help Save Periled Population (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/48963471.html

NYC Beekeepers Swarm City Hall to Protest Ban (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009374828_apusnycbeekeepersabuzz2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

State Officials Issue Final Report on Yakima River Basin Water Needs (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2009/06/23/ecology-officials-issue-final-report-on-yakima-river-basin-water-needs

Water Seeping Through Howard Hanson Dam Is Picking Up Speed (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009376179_leakingdam24m.html?syndication=rss

Carlsborg Sewer Costs Raise Residents' Concerns (Sequim Gazette)
http://www.sequimgazette.com/topstory/articleDetail.exm/Index/article/2009-06-24_Carlsborg_sewer_costs_raise_residents__concerns/

Proposal Would Raise Stormwater Utility Rates - Clean Water Act: Requires monitoring, pollution prevention (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/890438.html

Get the Dulcolax - Second Boring Machine Stuck In Kingco Sewage Tunnel (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009377511_apwasewagetunnel.html?syndication=rss

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Proposed Skamania County Wind Farm Intrusion To Hikers? (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090624/NEWS02/706249957/Proposed+wind+farm+intrusion+to+hikers

Oregon - Umatilla County to Weigh Barring Turbines from Blue Mountains (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/umatilla_county_to_weigh_barri.html

Land Use Fuels Wind Debate (Boston Herald)
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/20090624land_use_fuels_wind_debate/srvc=business&position=recent_bullet

U.S. Awards Exploratory Leases for Offshore Wind (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55M6G920090623

Experts Say Wind Energy Key to Oklahoma Economy (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/23/ap6578750.html

Baird Becomes Maverick On Federal Energy Bill; Warns It Hurts Local Biomass Effort (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/politicsblog/story/890263.html

Solar Industry to See Faster Than Expected Growth (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009372808_apussolarutilities.html?syndication=rss

Ocean Renewable Energy Has Huge Potential But Not Without Giant Hurdles (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/ocean-renewable-energy-has-huge-potential-but-not-without-giant-hurdles?cmpid=rss

Energy Dept Sees Renewable Energy Loan Rules Soon (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN236811620090623

Meltdown 101: Where Are The Renewable Energy Jobs? (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009373936_apusmeltdown101greenjobs.html?syndication=rss

Seattle's Biodiesel Producer Hoping For a Comeback (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062309ENB_seattle-biodiesel-imperium-JM.1c3054b2.html?rss

Deep in Bedrock, Clean Energy and Quake Fears (NY Times – Honey, I broke the planet!)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/business/energy-environment/24geotherm.html?hp

Vermont School District Shifts to Wood Pellets (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/vermont-school-district-shifts-to-wood-pellets?cmpid=rss

Denver Post Editorial - Green Politicians Thrive When Economy Goes South
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_12673389

Tropical Plant Shows Promise as Biomass Energy Source (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5283-tropical-plants-shows-promise-biomass-energy-source/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Recycling Refrigerators Saves Money and the Environment (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062409WAB-refrigerator-recycling-LJ.1104f16.html

Microsoft Debuts Power Conservation Website (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/24/AR2009062401017.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Vote Set on House Climate Bill - Cap-and-Trade Legislation Advances Despite Some Resistance (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/06/23/ST2009062303474.html

Lobbying Frenzy Begins as House Climate Bill Heads for Floor (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/06/23/23greenwire-lobbying-frenzy-begins-as-house-climate-bill-he-7715.html

Farm Groups Prevail as House Climate Bill Puts USDA in Charge of Ag Offsets (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/24/24climatewire-farm-groups-prevail-as-house-climate-bill-pu-24287.html

Putting A Financial Spin On Global Warming - Climate change is a potential environmental disaster; but it's also potentially an economic opportunity. (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105834436&ft=1&f=3

Pennsylvania Utilities, Industry Lining Up Behind Clean-Energy Act (Philadelphia Business Today)
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20090624_PhillyDeals__Pa__utilities__industry_lining_up_behind_clean-energy_act.html

Salem Statesman-Journal Op/Ed - Reduce Carbon Emissions Now: Focus On Vehicle Emissions
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090624/OPINION/906240464/1049

Fighting Climate Change at Mount Rainier and Other National Parks (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2009375042_webnationalparks23.html?syndication=rss

Maryland - Lawmakers Get Lesson on Global Warming and the Bay: With House vote looming, Chesapeake serves as site for hearing (Baltimore Sun)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/bal-md.bay24jun24,0,2096064.story

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Cable TV’s Big Worry: Taming the Web (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/business/media/24pay.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Japan Offers Faster Speeds, Lower Prices than US, Report Documents (Broadband Census)
http://broadbandcensus.com/2009/06/japan-offers-faster-speeds-lower-prices-than-us-report-documents/

GENERAL NEWS

Cost-Cutting - Mason County Eliminates Director of Budget and Finance Position (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7620/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-ELIMINATES-DIRECTOR-OF-BUDGET-AND-FINANCE-POSITION/Default.aspx

Mason County Reaps Benefits of Bidding Climate (Kmas Radio, Shelton, Wa)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7618/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-REAPS-BENEFITS-OF-BIDDING-CLIMATE/Default.aspx

Tahuya Paramedic Service Hangs in Balance as Contract Runs Out (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/23/tahuya-paramedic-service-hangs-in-balance-as-out/?partner=RSS

State Supreme Court Hears Library Filter Arguments (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/24/court-hears-library-filter-arguments/

Seattle Restaurant Owner Paid Workers to Enter Into Sham Marriages (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19835937/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_4pm&tmi=sea_4pm_1_06000206232009&ts=H

Including Bauxite - China Hoarding Building Blocks to Recovery, U.S. Charges (Globe and Mail, Canada)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/china-hoarding-building-blocks-to-recovery-us-charges/article1194438/

DIVERSIONS

Woman Says Money Too Fake To Be Felony - worked with counterfeiters to pass off photocopied $100 bills in the store in exchange for gift cards
http://www.kirotv.com/politics/19822595/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_nots&tmi=sea_nots_1_01000106232009&ts=H

Fifteen Los Angeles Students Denied Diplomas after Protesting Planned Teacher Layoffs
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12673203

Kids' "Power Station" Sparks Radiation Alert
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE55M6ME20090623?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest

Turkey Lands in Manure Truck's Cab, Causing Crash
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_turkey_truck_crash;_ylt=AuBZCUAD4j5RP0Y1BXPAL3XtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTM0NDZsOWxuBGFzc2V0Ay9hcC8yMDA5MDYyNC9hcF9vbl9mZV9zdC91c19vZGRfdHVya2V5X3RydWNrX2NyYXNoBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9oZWFkbGluZV9saXN0BHNsawN0dXJrZXlsYW5kc2k-

SONG OF THE DAY

Steve Miller Band - Take the Money and Run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFGZufk4HFs