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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• BPA Proposal Looks Like It Will Keep Ferndale-Area Intalco Smelter Going
• Intalco: New BPA Deal Will Allow Us to Stay Open
• West Virginia - Retraining of former Century Aluminum workers an uphill climb
• Astoria, Ore.: County Commissioners Again OK Gas Terminal
• Orcas Power & Light Cooperative Fuel Mix: 95% Greenhouse Gas Free
• Adjustments to raise Avista rates in Idaho slightly
• Portland General Electric Names New Vice Presidents
• Senator Says TVA's Future Should Include More Nuclear, Conservation
• Nuclear - The Renewable With Power
• Nuclear Power - What the Rest of the World Can Teach America
• Tennessee Valley Authority Increases Hazard Ratings on Coal Ash Sites
• Maryland - Baltimore could build own power plants
• IGCC Plant Fracas - Mississippi Power Corrects Erroneous Information
• TransAlta to Launch Offer for Canadian Hydro Developers
• Michigan Electric Cooperative Embezzlement Case Update
• Smart Grid is the Scam of the Century
• Texas Lineman's Rodeo Showcases Skills, Teamwork
• Op/Ed –BPA Speaks: The Northwest Salmon Debate
• Analysis: Fish & Energy Needs Clash in Midwest
• Montana Trout Rebounding
• Op/Ed - Restoring a Northwest Jewel: Hemlock Dam's Removal
• Columbia Tribal Fish Commission Names Nez Perce Chairwoman
• California - No Way to Guard New Ocean Sanctuaries
• Annual Milfoil Removal Begins At Chelan PUD Parks
• Columbia River Channel Money Gets House OK
• Op/Ed - Be Green about Water by Going Slow With the Flow
• As The Wind Blows - BPA Tries To Grapple With Wind Supply
• Radar Ridge wind farm by 2010?
• News Photos: More Wind Components at Port Of Longview
• Wind Farm Foes Describe the Noise - No Peace & Quiet
• Seattle City Light RFP Seeks 50 MW of Green Power
• Idaho – Federal Money to Expand Boise's Geothermal System
• Inventive Colville Man Gives Life to Wood-To-Energy Technology
• Congress Shows Overwhelming Support for Hydro
• Kansas - Bowersock Leaders Planning To Build a New Hydro Plant
• Hydropower in Europe: Current Status, Future Opportunities
• United Kingdom - Green Dream Runs Low on Power
• Free Light Bulbs for PSE Customers
• Conservation to Be Chelan PUD’s Focus for Stimulus Funding
• A New Enforcer in Buildings, the Energy Inspector
• North Carolina - Wal-Mart Wants Out Of Energy Conservation Surcharge
• House Climate Bill Was Flooded With Last-Minute Changes
• Lobbyists Lining Up For Shot At Climate Bill
• Pollution Credits Are Hot Issue in Climate Bill
• Op/Ed - Global Warming Believers Aren't About Science
• Ozone Hole Fallout - Chemicals That Eased One Woe Worsen Another
• Obama's Parks Pick Would Face Challenges
• Poll: Seattle Disposable Bag Tax Is Going Down
• Data Center Cooling – Quincy’s Reclaimed Water Flowing at Microsoft
• The Hidden Cost of the Cloud - Bandwidth Charges
• 4 1/2 Ways to Deal with Data during Cloudbursts
• Qwest Doubles Top Broadband Speed in Some Cities
• Yahoo & Microsoft Said to Be Closer to Search Deal
• Microsoft's New Mantra: Save People Money
• Are The Stars Aligning For Telemedicine's Success?
• As Media Grow, FCC Looks Ahead
• Shelton Woman Dies In Crash On McCreavy Road
• Thurston County: Two Die In SUV Wreck on State Route 8
• Shelton City Commission: Building Moratorium & Transportation Plan
• Afghanistan - Captured U.S. Soldier Is 23-Year-Old NW Man
• California Sprouts Marijuana 'Green Rush'
• Oregon to Allow Farmers to Grow Hemp
• 40 Years Later, Moon Still Giant Leap for Mankind
WORD OF THE DAY
Déjà vu • \DAY-zhu -voo\ • noun – 1a: the illusion of remembering scenes and events when experienced for the first time b: a feeling that one has seen or heard something before 2: something overly or unpleasantly familiar
The Army Corps of Engineers biologist had fled the fish wars of the Pacific Northwest for the Idyllic climate of the White River Basin. Until, that is, the fateful day came when his project became the target of an environmental organization accusing his employer of damaging fish runs.
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 proposal looks like it will keep Ferndale-area Intalco smelter going (The Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/255/story/992947.html
Intalco: New BPA Deal Will Allow Us to Stay Open (The Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/latestheadlines/story/992911.html
West Virginia - Retraining of former Century Aluminum workers an uphill climb: Since the Century Aluminum plant near Ravenswood closed five months ago and threw 650 people out of work…promised placement programs have had few tangible successes (Charleston Daily Mail, WV)
http://www.dailymail.com/Business/200907190324
Astoria, Ore.: County Commissioners Again OK Gas Terminal (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/815238.html
Orcas Power & Light Cooperative Fuel Mix: 95% Greenhouse Gas Free (Islands Weekly, Lopez Island, WA)
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/sanjuans/isw/news/51059437.html
Adjustments to raise Avista rates in Idaho slightly (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA - There goes the residential exchange…)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/17/adjustments-raise-avista-rates-idaho-slightly/
Portland General Electric Names New Vice Presidents (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/20/daily3.html?ana=from_rss
Tenn. Senator Says TVA's Future Should Include More Nuclear, Conservation (WHNT-TV, Huntsville, AL)
http://www.whnt.com/news/sns-ap-tn--tva-alexander,0,1721226.story
Nuclear - The Renewable With Power (Tampa Bay Tribune, FL)
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jul/19/co-nuclear---the-renewable-with-power/news-opinion-commentary/
Energy Dependence - What the Rest of the World Can Teach America in Its Return to Nuclear Power (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/207235?from=rss
Tennessee Valley Authority Increases Hazard Ratings on Coal Ash Sites (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/science/earth/18ash.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Maryland - Baltimore could build own power plants: Details are scant; aim is to lower residents’ energy bills (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/07/20/story2.html?ana=from_rss
IGCC Plant Fracas - Mississippi Power Corrects Erroneous Information by the Sierra Club (WebWire)
http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=99545
TransAlta to Launch Offer for Canadian Hydro Developers (Proactive Investors)
http://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1906/transalta-to-launch-c455-all-cash-offer-for-canadian-hydro-developers-1906.html
Michigan Electric Cooperative Embezzlement Case Update (Petosky News-Review, MI)
http://www.petoskeynews.com/articles/2009/07/17/news/doc4a607aea1ddad043030800.txt
Smart Grid is the Scam of the Century (Gerson Lehman Group)
http://www.glgroup.com/News/Smart-Grid-is-the-Scam-of-the-Century-41531.html
Texas Lineman's Rodeo Showcases Skills, Teamwork (San Antonio Express News, TX)
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/51102377.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregonian Op/Ed –BPA Speaks: The Northwest Salmon Debate
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/the_northwest_salmon_debate.html
Analysis: Fish And Energy Needs Clash in Midwest (Associated Press – As Dean Boyer of WPUDA points out “Déjà vu”)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/business/6536696.html
Montana Trout Rebounding - Famed River’s Rainbows Had Been Decimated by Whirling Disease (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/20/montana-trout-rebounding/
Columbian Op/Ed - Restoring a Northwest Jewel: Hemlock Dam's removal victory for steelhead, those who love nature
http://columbian.com/article/20090719/OPINION03/707199994/-1/OPINION
Columbia Tribal Fish Commission Names Nez Perce Chairwoman (Associated Press)
http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=10745707
California - No Way to Guard New Ocean Sanctuaries, State Game Wardens Say - It seems a contradiction: State game wardens oppose creating 30 new ocean sanctuaries on California's coast to protect sensitive fisheries (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2036097.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Annual Milfoil Removal Begins At Chelan PUD Parks (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090718/NEWS04/707189944/1001/NEWS04
Columbia River Channel Money Gets House OK (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090718/NEWS02/707189964/
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Be Green about Water by Going Slow With the Flow
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2009492253_ecoconsumer18m.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
As The Wind Blows - BPA Tries To Grapple With Wind Supply (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95469
Radar Ridge wind farm by 2010? (National Wind Watch)
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/11/11/radar-ridge-wind-farm-by-2010/
News Photos: More Wind Components at Port Of Longview (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/17//area_news/doc4a60c898eb334150132063.txt
Wind Farm Foes Describe the Noise - No Peace And Quiet: Effect of 50 Turbines 'Almost Unbearable' (Watertown Daily Times, NY)
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20090717/NEWS03/307179968/0/FRONTPAGE
Seattle City Light RFP Seeks 50 MW of Green Power (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/archives/173968.asp?source=rss
Idaho - Money to Expand Boise's Geothermal System Included In Department Of Energy Bill (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/boise/story/837403.html
Inventive Colville Man Gives Life to Wood-To-Energy Technology (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/19/inventive-colville-man-gives-life-to-wood-to/
Congress Shows Overwhelming Support for Hydro (Renewable Energy News)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/national-hydropower-association/news/article/2009/07/congress-shows-overwhelming-support-for-hydro?cmpid=rss
Kansas - Bowersock Leaders Planning To Build a New Hydro-Electric Power Plant (Lawrence Journal-World, KS)
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/jul/17/bowersock-leaders-planning-build-news-hydro-electr/?city_local
Hydropower in Europe: Current Status, Future Opportunities (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/07/hydropower-in-europe-current-status-future-opportunities?cmpid=rss
United Kingdom - Green Dream Runs Low on Power: The closure of a turbine plant on the Isle of Wight is symbolic of a dangerously becalmed renewables sector
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jul/19/wind-power-isle-wight
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Free Light Bulbs for PSE Customers (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/bellevueblog/2009491159_freebulbsforpsecustomers.html?syndication=rss
Conservation to Be Chelan PUD’s Focus for Stimulus Funding (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090717/NEWS04/707179969?Conservation-to-be-PUD%E2%80%99-s-focus-for-stimulus-funding
A New Enforcer in Buildings, the Energy Inspector (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/business/energy-environment/18codes.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
North Carolina - Wal-Mart Wants Out Of Energy Conservation Surcharge (Triangle Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/07/20/story3.html?ana=from_rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
House Climate Bill Was Flooded With Last-Minute Changes - Many provisions were narrowly focused to help certain industries. Expect more of the same in the Senate (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-climate-fineprint20-2009jul20,0,5210778.story
Lobbyists Lining Up For Shot At Climate Bill (The Hill)
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/lobbyists-lining-up-for-shot-at-climate-bill-2009-07-19.html
Pollution Credits Are Hot Issue in Climate Bill (Des Moines Register, IA)
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090720/BUSINESS/907200320/-1/LIFE04
Salem Statesman Journal Op/Ed - Global Warming Believers Aren't About Science
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090718/OPINION/907180309/1049
Ozone Hole Fallout - Chemicals That Eased One Woe Worsen Another (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071901817.html?nav=rss_email/components
Obama's Parks Pick Would Face Challenges (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/915351.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Poll: Seattle Disposable Bag Tax Is Going Down (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/173976.asp?source=pimail
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Data Center Cooling – Quincy’s Reclaimed Water Flowing at Microsoft (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090717/NEWS04/707189984/1025/rss1025
The Hidden Cost of the Cloud - Bandwidth Charges: Microsoft is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build out its next generation of data centers to host its cloud computing offering (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/17/the-hidden-cost-of-the-cloud-bandwidth-charges/
4 1/2 Ways to Deal with Data during Cloudbursts (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/19/4-12-ways-to-deal-with-data-during-cloudbursts/
Qwest Doubles Top Broadband Speed in Some Cities (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009503722_apustectechbitqwestinternet.html?syndication=rss
Yahoo and Microsoft Said to Be Closer to Search Deal (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/yahoo-and-microsoft-closer-to-a-partnership/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Microsoft's New Mantra: Save People Money (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2009500612_microsoftsales20.html?syndication=rss
Are The Stars Aligning For Telemedicine's Succcess? (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10290067-92.html?tag=nl.e703
As Media Grow, FCC Looks Ahead - Agency's New Chief Is a Product of the Information Age (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071901826.html?wprss=rss_business
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Woman Dies In Crash On McCreavy Road (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7824/reftab/1632/t/WOMAN-DIES-IN-CRASH-ON-MCREAVY-ROAD/Default.aspx
Thurston County: Two Die In SUV Wreck On State Route 8 (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/915348.html
Shelton City Commission Holding Hearings On Building Moratorium And Transportation Plan Tonight (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7823/reftab/1632/t/CITY-COMMISSION-HOLDING-HEARINGS-ON-BUILDING-MORATORIUM-AND-TRANSPORTATION-PLAN-TONIGHT/Default.aspx
Afghanistan - Captured U.S. Soldier Is 23-Year-Old NW Man (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51137282.html
California Sprouts Marijuana 'Green Rush' (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2125347~California_sprouts_marijuana__green_rush_.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Oregon to Allow Farmers to Grow Hemp (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071909ORB-AP-oregon-hemp-SW.58b8ac37.html?rss?npc
40 Years Later, Moon Still Giant Leap for Mankind (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009500005_apusscimoonanniversary.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Neil Armstrong's $10.50 Check Sells For $27K
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20075293/detail.html
North Carolina Man Calls 911 to Report He's Robbing Bank
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20077952/detail.html
Boys Will Be Boys - Idaho Wrestlers Told To Abandon Bikini Tops
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071909IDN-bikini-boys-SW.57eac57b.html?rss
Waller Of '60s Pop Duo Peter and Gordon Dies At 64
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12875727
SONG OF THE DAY
A World without Love - Peter & Gordon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_lJPUKTchI
Lady Godiva - Peter & Gordon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_lJPUKTchI
Monday, July 20, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
Energy News Digest for July 17, 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)
• Jefferson Utility Takeover Negotiations Conducted Out Of Public's Eye
• Clark Public Utilities Looks Good - Residential customer satisfaction
• Industrial Users Mull Grant County PUD Rate Proposal
• BPA Invites Public Feedback on Grand Coulee Transmission Line Replacement
• Fitch Rates Chelan County PUD's $68MM Various New Money Issues 'AA+’
• Seattle City Light: Big Power Lines To Stay
• Texas - Power Line Plans Alarm Hill Country Residents
• Pacific Gas & Electric Says 1920s Power Line Sparked S.F. Fire
• Natural Gas Reserves Increase As Expected
• NEW DEVELOPMENT: Strategies for Tapping Hydro’s Potential
• Hearing Examiner to Take Up Clallam County Salmon Pond Plan
• Editorial - Stop the suction dredging of state's rivers
• Temporary Halt to New Wells in Upper Kittitas County
• Kessler Seeks Answers from Ecology on Water Rules for Streamflow
• Seattle Reservoirs to Be Majorly (Sic) Re-Done After Leaks Found
• Manchester Sewer Plant Tops State Ratings
• Limits on Oregon Logging Are Reinstated
• Tribal Canoes to Watch Puget Sound
• Black Goop Floating Off Arctic Coast Identified As Algae
• Oregon Supreme Court Backs More Columbia Gorge Protection
• Honolulu Mayor Looks To Block Transport Of Trash To Longview
• Editorial - Kittitas County Is Keen On Green
• Unites States Becomes World Leader in Wind Power
• U.S. Looks to Rediscover Hydropower as Untapped Energy Source
• Colorado Electricity Co-Ops Oppose More State Regulation
• Texas - All Austinites May Soon Shoulder Extra Green Energy Costs
• United Kingdom - Don’t Blow Our £100 Billion ($164b US) On Wind Power
• United Kingdom - Green Light For £500m ($819m US) Biomass Plant
• California - Onions Produce Tears And Energy At An Oxnard Plant
• Smart Grid Project May Help Milton-Freewater Businesses Lower Their Utility Bills
• Are Consumers Ready For The Smart Grid?
• States Awash In Stimulus Money to Weatherize Homes
• American and China Pledge to Study Energy-Efficient Building Practices
• Renewable Energy 101: How Do I Install A Solar Powered Attic Vent Fan?
• Chelan PUD - Putting Hydro to Work in Green Markets
• Editorial - Federal Climate Bill Will Intensify Oregon's Recession
• U.S. Lawmakers Debate Climate Bills' Economic Impact
• Consumer Groups Push Senate on Climate Bill's Rate-Protection Language
• Will Regional Climate Change Efforts Drive National Climate Change
• Climate change taking toll on Glacier National Park
• Seattle Tops America's 'Green' Cities (Thanks to HYDRO!)
• Google Gets Shifty With Its Data Center Operations
• Study Shows Broadband Access Translates To $32B to Consumers
• Vermont & New Hampshire - Fairpoint Investigations Loom
• CableOrganizer.com Issues Top Five Reasons to Choose Fiber Optics
• Web’s Anonymity Makes Cyberattack Hard to Trace
• Bremerton Man Severely Injured While Making Fireworks
• Seattle's Light Rail Officially Takes Off On Saturday
• Herald joins forces with Yahoo!
WORD OF THE DAY
Omnibus • \AHM-nih-bus\ • adjective - 1: of, relating to, or providing for many things at once 2: containing or including many items
“I’m goin’ home,” sulked the goth teenager to his fresh-faced preppy girlfriend. “Well then take all your stuff and go!” she sqeaked tossing vinyl records battered copies of ‘Catcher in the Rye” and many other manner of things onto the nearby omnibus bus.
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
Jefferson Utility Takeover Negotiations Conducted Out Of Public's Eye (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090717/NEWS/307179991
Clark Public Utilities Looks Good - Residential customers' satisfaction with electric utilities rising (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=366340&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Industrial Users Mull Grant County PUD Rate Proposal (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/07/16/news/doc4a5faf88870c0634757493.txt
BPA Invites Public Feedback On Proposed Transmission Line Replacement Project At Grand Coulee Dam (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/289293/
Fitch Rates Chelan County PUD's $68MM Various New Money Issues 'AA+’ (PR-Inside)
http://www.pr-inside.com/fitch-rates-chelan-county-pud-wa-s-r1394716.htm
Seattle City Light: Big Power Lines To Stay (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50981937.html
Texas - Power Line Plans Alarm Hill Country Residents (San Antonio Express News, TX)
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/50985747.html
Pacific Gas & Electric Says 1920s Power Line Sparked S.F. Fire (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/16/BAHQ18P8CR.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Natural Gas Reserves Increase As Expected (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009482895_apusnaturalgasstorage.html?syndication=rss
NEW DEVELOPMENT: Strategies for Tapping Hydro’s Potential (Hydro Review)
http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/article-display/366364/s-articles/s-hydro-review/s-volume-28/s-issue-5/s-feature-articles/s-new-development-strategies-for-tapping-hydrorsquos-potential.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Hearing Examiner to Take Up Clallam County Salmon Pond Plan (KONP Radio, Port Angeles)
http://www.konp.com/local/4933
SF Chronicle Editorial - Stop the suction dredging of state's rivers
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/16/EDUJ18Q1A8.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Temporary Halt to New Wells in Upper Kittitas County (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10741491
Kessler Seeks Answers from Ecology on Water Rules for Streamflow (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090716/news/307169986
Seattle Reservoirs To Be Majorly (Sic) Re-Done After Leaks Found (Seattle Times – Majorly?)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009485902_reservoir17m.html?syndication=rss
Manchester Sewer Plant Tops State Ratings (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/16/manchester-sewer-plant-tops-state-ratings/?partner=RSS
Limits on Oregon Logging Are Reinstated (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/science/earth/17forest.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Tribal Canoes to Watch Puget Sound (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090717/NEWS01/707179908/-1/RSS02
Black Goop Floating Off Arctic Coast Identified As Algae (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/867160.html
Oregon Supreme Court Backs More Columbia Gorge Protection (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/oregon_supreme_court_backs_mor.html
RENEWABLE & ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Honolulu Mayor Looks To Block Transport Of Trash To Longview – Wants it for waste-to-energy plant (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/16/area_news//doc4a5f94896b11f875275080.txt
Yakima Herald-Republic Editorial - Kittitas County Is Keen On Green -- And So Are We
http://www.pennenergy.com/index/articles/newsdisplay/s-133057189.html
Unites States Becomes World Leader in Wind Power (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12852693
U.S. Looks to Rediscover Hydropower as Untapped Energy Source “…A Department of Energy study found 130,000 sites that could provide small-scale hydropower…” (Popular Mechanics)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/07/16/hearstmaggreen397387.DTL
Colorado Electricity Co-Ops Oppose More State Regulation - Clean-energy advocates say oversight would increase use of renewables (Durango Herald, CO)
http://durangoherald.com/sections/News/2009/07/17/Coops_oppose_more_state_regulation/
Texas - All Austinites May Soon Shoulder Extra Green Energy Costs: To meet ambitious renewable energy goals, city must find a way to pay for them. (Austin American-Statesman, TX)
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/07/17/0717greenchoice.html
United Kingdom - Don’t Blow Our £100 Billion ($164b US) On Wind Power: Instead of pouring money into renewable energy, we should invest in technology that will really tackle climate change (Financial Times of London, UK)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6717079.ece
United Kingdom - Green Light For £500m ($819m US) Biomass Plant (Financial Times of London, UK)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/68166e66-71a1-11de-a821-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
California - Onions Produce Tears And Energy At An Oxnard Plant (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-onions-fuel17-2009jul17,1,6891708.story
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Smart Grid Project May Help Milton-Freewater Businesses Lower Their Utility Bills (Union Bulletin, Walla Walla, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/07/15/local_news/090715local07strictly.txt
Are Consumers Ready For The Smart Grid? (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/ptech/07/16/cnet.smart.grid/
States Awash In Stimulus Money to Weatherize Homes (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1110ap_us_stimulus_weatherizing_homes.html?source=rss
American and China Pledge to Study Energy-Efficient Building Practices (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/world/asia/17beijing.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Renewable Energy 101: How Do I Install A Solar Powered Attic Vent Fan? (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-14744-LA-Renewable-Energy-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Renewable-Energy-101-How-do-I-install-a-solar-powered-attic-vent-fan
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Chelan PUD - Putting Hydro to Work in Green Markets: Participation in the Chicago Climate Exchange has earned Chelan County Public Utility District more than $900,000 in financing and helped the utility emphasize that hydropower is an important, emissions-free source of renewable energy (Hydro Review)
http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/article-display/366366/s-articles/s-hydro-review/s-volume-28/s-issue-5/s-feature-articles/s-carbon-trading-putting-hydro-to-work-in-green-markets.html
Salem Statesman Journal Editorial - Federal Climate Bill Will Intensify Oregon's Recession
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090717/OPINION/907170309/1049
U.S. Lawmakers Debate Climate Bills' Economic Impact (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE56F4ZH20090716
Consumer Groups Push Senate on Climate Bill's Rate-Protection Language “…residential customers deserve treatment parallel to that being given to big business…” (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/16/16greenwire-consumer-groups-push-senate-on-climate-bills-r-55475.html
Will Regional Climate Change Efforts Drive National Climate Change (Energy Pulse)
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=2092
Climate change taking toll on Glacier National Park (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10288113-52.html?tag=nl.e703
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Seattle Tops America's 'Green' Cities “…the city relies on hydroelectric plants for 90 percent of its power (which has helped keep Seattle's air quality high)…” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/173823.asp
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Gets Shifty With Its Data Center Operations (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/16/google-gets-shifty-with-its-data-center-operations/
Study Shows Broadband Access Translates To $32B To Consumers (Austin Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/07/13/daily21.html
For A Mildly Vulgar Translation about What the Above Story Means, Visit the Consumerist
http://consumerist.com/5315796/consumers-get-32-billion-more-than-they-bargained-for-with-broadband-says-study
Fairpoint Investigations Loom - Vermont, New Hampshire consumer advocates want inquiries (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Fairpoint-Investigations-Loom-103480
CableOrganizer.com Issues Top Five Reasons to Choose Fiber Optic Cabling (TCM Net)
http://dark-fiber.tmcnet.com/topics/dark-fiber/articles/60108-cableorganizercom-issues-top-five-reasons-choose-fiber-optic.htm
Web’s Anonymity Makes Cyberattack Hard to Trace (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/technology/17cyber.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Bremerton Man Severely Injured While Making Fireworks (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071609WAB-bremerton-explosion-KC.4a395eda.html?rss?npc
Seattle's Light Rail Officially Takes Off On Saturday (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071709WAB-light-rail-SW.4c3e1b11.html?rss?npc
Herald joins forces with Yahoo! (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/648331.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Man Fends Off Wyoming Lion Attack with Chainsaw
http://www.examiner.com/a-2122203~Man_fends_off_Wyo__lion_attack_with_chainsaw.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Man Locks Himself in Train Station Locker, Nearly Suffocates
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090717/od_nm/us_germany_locker_odd;_ylt=AuB_W2rSZTY75obpiD6l74vtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJxdmM4NDgzBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwNzE3L3VzX2dlcm1hbnlfbG9ja2VyX29kZARwb3MDMwRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA2FuZHdoeWRpZHRoZQ--
Cannes Bans Nudists after Yacht Club Complains
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090717/od_nm/us_nudists_odd;_ylt=AmlTsYPQX0wbR8tEISoh1VLtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJqcWlpZ3RsBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwNzE3L3VzX251ZGlzdHNfb2RkBHBvcwM1BHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDY2FubmVzYmFuc251
NY Teen Torches Car (BMW) He Hated
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090717/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_teen_hates_car;_ylt=Ai5SQy4FTodTx2p2Nk0b0xLtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJydWhkajMyBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzE3L3VzX29kZF90ZWVuX2hhdGVzX2NhcgRwb3MDMTEEc2VjA3luX2FydGljbGVfc3VtbWFyeV9saXN0BHNsawNwb2xpY2VueXRlZW4-
Artist's Nazi Saluting-Gnome Sparks Police Probe
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090717/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_germany_nazi_salute;_ylt=AlzFLi9YpCUsxh_pUK9uSeHtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTMydm1kNjNtBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwNzE3L291a29lX3VrX2dlcm1hbnlfbmF6aV9zYWx1dGUEcG9zAzE3BHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDYXJ0aXN0MzlzbmF6
SONG OF THE DAY
Bruce Springsteen - I'm on Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzQvGz6_fvA
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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Jefferson Utility Takeover Negotiations Conducted Out Of Public's Eye
• Clark Public Utilities Looks Good - Residential customer satisfaction
• Industrial Users Mull Grant County PUD Rate Proposal
• BPA Invites Public Feedback on Grand Coulee Transmission Line Replacement
• Fitch Rates Chelan County PUD's $68MM Various New Money Issues 'AA+’
• Seattle City Light: Big Power Lines To Stay
• Texas - Power Line Plans Alarm Hill Country Residents
• Pacific Gas & Electric Says 1920s Power Line Sparked S.F. Fire
• Natural Gas Reserves Increase As Expected
• NEW DEVELOPMENT: Strategies for Tapping Hydro’s Potential
• Hearing Examiner to Take Up Clallam County Salmon Pond Plan
• Editorial - Stop the suction dredging of state's rivers
• Temporary Halt to New Wells in Upper Kittitas County
• Kessler Seeks Answers from Ecology on Water Rules for Streamflow
• Seattle Reservoirs to Be Majorly (Sic) Re-Done After Leaks Found
• Manchester Sewer Plant Tops State Ratings
• Limits on Oregon Logging Are Reinstated
• Tribal Canoes to Watch Puget Sound
• Black Goop Floating Off Arctic Coast Identified As Algae
• Oregon Supreme Court Backs More Columbia Gorge Protection
• Honolulu Mayor Looks To Block Transport Of Trash To Longview
• Editorial - Kittitas County Is Keen On Green
• Unites States Becomes World Leader in Wind Power
• U.S. Looks to Rediscover Hydropower as Untapped Energy Source
• Colorado Electricity Co-Ops Oppose More State Regulation
• Texas - All Austinites May Soon Shoulder Extra Green Energy Costs
• United Kingdom - Don’t Blow Our £100 Billion ($164b US) On Wind Power
• United Kingdom - Green Light For £500m ($819m US) Biomass Plant
• California - Onions Produce Tears And Energy At An Oxnard Plant
• Smart Grid Project May Help Milton-Freewater Businesses Lower Their Utility Bills
• Are Consumers Ready For The Smart Grid?
• States Awash In Stimulus Money to Weatherize Homes
• American and China Pledge to Study Energy-Efficient Building Practices
• Renewable Energy 101: How Do I Install A Solar Powered Attic Vent Fan?
• Chelan PUD - Putting Hydro to Work in Green Markets
• Editorial - Federal Climate Bill Will Intensify Oregon's Recession
• U.S. Lawmakers Debate Climate Bills' Economic Impact
• Consumer Groups Push Senate on Climate Bill's Rate-Protection Language
• Will Regional Climate Change Efforts Drive National Climate Change
• Climate change taking toll on Glacier National Park
• Seattle Tops America's 'Green' Cities (Thanks to HYDRO!)
• Google Gets Shifty With Its Data Center Operations
• Study Shows Broadband Access Translates To $32B to Consumers
• Vermont & New Hampshire - Fairpoint Investigations Loom
• CableOrganizer.com Issues Top Five Reasons to Choose Fiber Optics
• Web’s Anonymity Makes Cyberattack Hard to Trace
• Bremerton Man Severely Injured While Making Fireworks
• Seattle's Light Rail Officially Takes Off On Saturday
• Herald joins forces with Yahoo!
WORD OF THE DAY
Omnibus • \AHM-nih-bus\ • adjective - 1: of, relating to, or providing for many things at once 2: containing or including many items
“I’m goin’ home,” sulked the goth teenager to his fresh-faced preppy girlfriend. “Well then take all your stuff and go!” she sqeaked tossing vinyl records battered copies of ‘Catcher in the Rye” and many other manner of things onto the nearby omnibus bus.
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
Jefferson Utility Takeover Negotiations Conducted Out Of Public's Eye (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090717/NEWS/307179991
Clark Public Utilities Looks Good - Residential customers' satisfaction with electric utilities rising (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=366340&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Industrial Users Mull Grant County PUD Rate Proposal (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/07/16/news/doc4a5faf88870c0634757493.txt
BPA Invites Public Feedback On Proposed Transmission Line Replacement Project At Grand Coulee Dam (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/289293/
Fitch Rates Chelan County PUD's $68MM Various New Money Issues 'AA+’ (PR-Inside)
http://www.pr-inside.com/fitch-rates-chelan-county-pud-wa-s-r1394716.htm
Seattle City Light: Big Power Lines To Stay (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50981937.html
Texas - Power Line Plans Alarm Hill Country Residents (San Antonio Express News, TX)
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/50985747.html
Pacific Gas & Electric Says 1920s Power Line Sparked S.F. Fire (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/16/BAHQ18P8CR.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Natural Gas Reserves Increase As Expected (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009482895_apusnaturalgasstorage.html?syndication=rss
NEW DEVELOPMENT: Strategies for Tapping Hydro’s Potential (Hydro Review)
http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/article-display/366364/s-articles/s-hydro-review/s-volume-28/s-issue-5/s-feature-articles/s-new-development-strategies-for-tapping-hydrorsquos-potential.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Hearing Examiner to Take Up Clallam County Salmon Pond Plan (KONP Radio, Port Angeles)
http://www.konp.com/local/4933
SF Chronicle Editorial - Stop the suction dredging of state's rivers
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/16/EDUJ18Q1A8.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Temporary Halt to New Wells in Upper Kittitas County (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10741491
Kessler Seeks Answers from Ecology on Water Rules for Streamflow (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090716/news/307169986
Seattle Reservoirs To Be Majorly (Sic) Re-Done After Leaks Found (Seattle Times – Majorly?)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009485902_reservoir17m.html?syndication=rss
Manchester Sewer Plant Tops State Ratings (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/16/manchester-sewer-plant-tops-state-ratings/?partner=RSS
Limits on Oregon Logging Are Reinstated (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/science/earth/17forest.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Tribal Canoes to Watch Puget Sound (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090717/NEWS01/707179908/-1/RSS02
Black Goop Floating Off Arctic Coast Identified As Algae (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/867160.html
Oregon Supreme Court Backs More Columbia Gorge Protection (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/oregon_supreme_court_backs_mor.html
RENEWABLE & ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Honolulu Mayor Looks To Block Transport Of Trash To Longview – Wants it for waste-to-energy plant (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/16/area_news//doc4a5f94896b11f875275080.txt
Yakima Herald-Republic Editorial - Kittitas County Is Keen On Green -- And So Are We
http://www.pennenergy.com/index/articles/newsdisplay/s-133057189.html
Unites States Becomes World Leader in Wind Power (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12852693
U.S. Looks to Rediscover Hydropower as Untapped Energy Source “…A Department of Energy study found 130,000 sites that could provide small-scale hydropower…” (Popular Mechanics)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/07/16/hearstmaggreen397387.DTL
Colorado Electricity Co-Ops Oppose More State Regulation - Clean-energy advocates say oversight would increase use of renewables (Durango Herald, CO)
http://durangoherald.com/sections/News/2009/07/17/Coops_oppose_more_state_regulation/
Texas - All Austinites May Soon Shoulder Extra Green Energy Costs: To meet ambitious renewable energy goals, city must find a way to pay for them. (Austin American-Statesman, TX)
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/07/17/0717greenchoice.html
United Kingdom - Don’t Blow Our £100 Billion ($164b US) On Wind Power: Instead of pouring money into renewable energy, we should invest in technology that will really tackle climate change (Financial Times of London, UK)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6717079.ece
United Kingdom - Green Light For £500m ($819m US) Biomass Plant (Financial Times of London, UK)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/68166e66-71a1-11de-a821-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
California - Onions Produce Tears And Energy At An Oxnard Plant (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-onions-fuel17-2009jul17,1,6891708.story
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Smart Grid Project May Help Milton-Freewater Businesses Lower Their Utility Bills (Union Bulletin, Walla Walla, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/07/15/local_news/090715local07strictly.txt
Are Consumers Ready For The Smart Grid? (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/ptech/07/16/cnet.smart.grid/
States Awash In Stimulus Money to Weatherize Homes (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1110ap_us_stimulus_weatherizing_homes.html?source=rss
American and China Pledge to Study Energy-Efficient Building Practices (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/world/asia/17beijing.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Renewable Energy 101: How Do I Install A Solar Powered Attic Vent Fan? (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-14744-LA-Renewable-Energy-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Renewable-Energy-101-How-do-I-install-a-solar-powered-attic-vent-fan
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Chelan PUD - Putting Hydro to Work in Green Markets: Participation in the Chicago Climate Exchange has earned Chelan County Public Utility District more than $900,000 in financing and helped the utility emphasize that hydropower is an important, emissions-free source of renewable energy (Hydro Review)
http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/article-display/366366/s-articles/s-hydro-review/s-volume-28/s-issue-5/s-feature-articles/s-carbon-trading-putting-hydro-to-work-in-green-markets.html
Salem Statesman Journal Editorial - Federal Climate Bill Will Intensify Oregon's Recession
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090717/OPINION/907170309/1049
U.S. Lawmakers Debate Climate Bills' Economic Impact (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE56F4ZH20090716
Consumer Groups Push Senate on Climate Bill's Rate-Protection Language “…residential customers deserve treatment parallel to that being given to big business…” (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/16/16greenwire-consumer-groups-push-senate-on-climate-bills-r-55475.html
Will Regional Climate Change Efforts Drive National Climate Change (Energy Pulse)
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=2092
Climate change taking toll on Glacier National Park (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10288113-52.html?tag=nl.e703
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Seattle Tops America's 'Green' Cities “…the city relies on hydroelectric plants for 90 percent of its power (which has helped keep Seattle's air quality high)…” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/173823.asp
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Gets Shifty With Its Data Center Operations (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/16/google-gets-shifty-with-its-data-center-operations/
Study Shows Broadband Access Translates To $32B To Consumers (Austin Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/07/13/daily21.html
For A Mildly Vulgar Translation about What the Above Story Means, Visit the Consumerist
http://consumerist.com/5315796/consumers-get-32-billion-more-than-they-bargained-for-with-broadband-says-study
Fairpoint Investigations Loom - Vermont, New Hampshire consumer advocates want inquiries (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Fairpoint-Investigations-Loom-103480
CableOrganizer.com Issues Top Five Reasons to Choose Fiber Optic Cabling (TCM Net)
http://dark-fiber.tmcnet.com/topics/dark-fiber/articles/60108-cableorganizercom-issues-top-five-reasons-choose-fiber-optic.htm
Web’s Anonymity Makes Cyberattack Hard to Trace (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/technology/17cyber.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Bremerton Man Severely Injured While Making Fireworks (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071609WAB-bremerton-explosion-KC.4a395eda.html?rss?npc
Seattle's Light Rail Officially Takes Off On Saturday (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071709WAB-light-rail-SW.4c3e1b11.html?rss?npc
Herald joins forces with Yahoo! (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/648331.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Man Fends Off Wyoming Lion Attack with Chainsaw
http://www.examiner.com/a-2122203~Man_fends_off_Wyo__lion_attack_with_chainsaw.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Man Locks Himself in Train Station Locker, Nearly Suffocates
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090717/od_nm/us_germany_locker_odd;_ylt=AuB_W2rSZTY75obpiD6l74vtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJxdmM4NDgzBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwNzE3L3VzX2dlcm1hbnlfbG9ja2VyX29kZARwb3MDMwRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA2FuZHdoeWRpZHRoZQ--
Cannes Bans Nudists after Yacht Club Complains
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090717/od_nm/us_nudists_odd;_ylt=AmlTsYPQX0wbR8tEISoh1VLtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJqcWlpZ3RsBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwNzE3L3VzX251ZGlzdHNfb2RkBHBvcwM1BHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDY2FubmVzYmFuc251
NY Teen Torches Car (BMW) He Hated
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090717/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_teen_hates_car;_ylt=Ai5SQy4FTodTx2p2Nk0b0xLtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJydWhkajMyBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzE3L3VzX29kZF90ZWVuX2hhdGVzX2NhcgRwb3MDMTEEc2VjA3luX2FydGljbGVfc3VtbWFyeV9saXN0BHNsawNwb2xpY2VueXRlZW4-
Artist's Nazi Saluting-Gnome Sparks Police Probe
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090717/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_germany_nazi_salute;_ylt=AlzFLi9YpCUsxh_pUK9uSeHtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTMydm1kNjNtBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwNzE3L291a29lX3VrX2dlcm1hbnlfbmF6aV9zYWx1dGUEcG9zAzE3BHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDYXJ0aXN0MzlzbmF6
SONG OF THE DAY
Bruce Springsteen - I'm on Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzQvGz6_fvA
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Energy News Digest for July 16, 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.
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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Controversial California Power Line Project Cancelled
• New Seattle Power Lines - Homeowner: 'My Heart Sank When I Saw This'
• Energy's Thirst for Water Challenges Carbon Debate
• South Carolina Nuclear Reactor Costs up
• Colorado Regulators Mull Oversight of Electric Co-Op
• Work At Chief Joseph Dam Will Impact Salmon Fishing
• Puget Sound Hatchery Chinook Fishing Opens Today
• Ocean Fishing Producing Salmon Success
• Grant to Help Restore Bumblebee Habitat near Farms
• Western Washington River Cities Get Head Start on Flood Strategy
• Interior Secretary to Address Pacific Northwest Forests
• Feasibility Assessment of the Water Energy Resources of the United States for New Low Power and Small Hydro Classes of Hydroelectric Plants
• REC May Supply Kittitas Solar Power Project
• Grants for Grays Harbor Wind and Wave Energy Sought
• Oregon - Surf's Up: Douglas County Catching The Wave
• Can Wind Farms Change the Weather?
• With Push toward Renewable Energy, California Sets Pace for Solar Power (NY Times)
• New Mexico - Hydrogen Power Plant In Works
• Las Vegas School Features Geothermal System
• United Kingdom - Consumers Face Growing Costs For Green Energy
• Op/Ed - Recovery Act Funds Old and New Technology to Conserve Energy
• Green Remodel Eliminates Home's Electric Bill
• GE Planning "Net-Zero Energy Homes"
• Power Industry Infighting Heats Up Over Climate Legislation
• Senator Holds Up EPA Nominee over Climate Study
• Editorial - A Glass Partly Full: The Long, Fractious Road to Global Climate Talks
• Op/Ed - Climate Bill Needs Incentives for Small Forest Owners Like Me
• EPA Releases Clean Energy Guide
• Virginia GOP says Kaine fumbled Apple Data Center to North Carolina
• Minnesota - Stimulus Fizzles For Northfield Fiber Optics
• Property Tax Initiative Will Be On Washington Ballot
• “Red Flag” Rules - Photo ID to be Required at Dental Offices
• Television, Newspapers Beat Internet as Source of Economic News, Pew Poll Finds
• Texas - Cooperative Village Residents In Grand Prairie Enjoy Low Costs
WORD OF THE DAY
Tenebrous • \TEN-uh-brus\ • adjective – 1: shut off from the light: dark, murky 2: hard to understand: obscure 3: causing gloom
“These tenebrous budget predictions do nothing to help us predict the next budget year,” stuttered the fresh faced budget analyst to her stern-faced boss. “What I need is at least a glimmer of clarity from your policy makers as to where you want us to spend the money…and where it is going to come from.”
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
Controversial California Power Line Project Cancelled (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12845469?nclick_check=1
New Seattle Power Lines - Homeowner: 'My Heart Sank When I Saw This' (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50910422.html
Energy's Thirst for Water Challenges Carbon Debate (Fox Business News)
http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/energy/energys-thirst-water-challenges-carbon-debate/
South Carolina Nuclear Reactor Costs up (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/07/15/ap6659618.html
Colorado Regulators Mull Oversight of Electric Co-Op (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2119616~Colo__regulators_mull_oversight_of_electric_co_op.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Work At Chief Joseph Dam Will Impact Salmon Fishing (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090715/NEWS04/707159929/1025/rss1025
Puget Sound Hatchery Chinook Fishing Opens Today (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009477970_fish16.html?syndication=rss
Ocean Fishing Producing Salmon Success Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/911919.html
Grant to Help Restore Bumblebee Habitat near Farms (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/911689.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Western Washington River Cities Get Head Start on Flood Strategy (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/812183.html
Interior Secretary to Address Pacific Northwest Forests (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/912114.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Feasibility Assessment of the Water Energy Resources of the United States for New Low Power and Small Hydro Classes of Hydroelectric Plants (4.5 MB PDF File - Dept. of Energy – Look at Washington State…WOW!)
http://hydropower.inel.gov/resourceassessment/pdfs/main_report_appendix_a_final.pdf
REC May Supply Kittitas Solar Power Project (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/07/15/news/doc4a5e5273c6548910713394.txt
Grants for Grays Harbor Wind and Wave Energy Sought (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/07/15/local_news/doc4a5e1ba557820034046839.txt
Oregon - Surf's Up: Douglas County Catching The Wave (News Review, Roseburg, OR)
http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090715/NEWS/907159979/1063/NEWS
Can Wind Farms Change the Weather? (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/2009/07/can_wind_farms_change_the_weat.html?hpid=news-col-blog
With Push toward Renewable Energy, California Sets Pace for Solar Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/science/earth/16solar.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
New Mexico - Hydrogen Power Plant In Works (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/16/hydrogen-power-plant-in-works/
Las Vegas School Features Geothermal System (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/15/state/n151205D30.DTL&feed=rss.business
United Kingdom - Consumers Face Growing Costs For Green Energy (The Scotsman, UK)
http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Consumers-face-growing-costs-.5464026.jp
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Recovery Act Funds Old and New Technology to Conserve Energy, Create Green Jobs
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009478109_guest16jones.html
Green Remodel Eliminates Home's Electric Bill (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/athome/408151_green0715.html
GE Planning "Net-Zero Energy Homes" - But Consumers Can Take Smaller Steps Now (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/2009/july/GE-Planning--Net-Zero-Energy-Homes--But-Consumers-Can-Take-Smaller-Steps-Now.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Power Industry Infighting Heats Up Over Climate Legislation (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/07/16/16climatewire-power-industry-infighting-heats-up-over-clim-38477.html
Senator Holds Up EPA Nominee over Climate Study (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009478168_apusepanominationhold.html?syndication=rss
Washington Post Editorial - A Glass Partly Full: The Long, Fractious Road to Global Climate Talks in Copenhagen
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/15/AR2009071503380.html?nav=rss_opinions
Atlanta Journal Constitution Op/Ed - Climate Bill Needs Incentives for Small Forest Owners Like Me
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/climate-bill-needs-incentives-92232.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
EPA Releases Clean Energy Guide (CitiesGoGreen)
http://www.citiesgogreen.com/2009/07/15/epa-releases-clean-energy-guide/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Virginia GOP says Kaine fumbled Apple Data Center to North Carolina (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/15/state/n163916D68.DTL&feed=rss.business
Minnesota - Stimulus Fizzles For Northfield Fiber Optics (Northfield News, MN)
http://www.northfieldnews.com/news.php?viewStory=49096
GENERAL NEWS
Property Tax Initiative Will Be On Washington Ballot (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009478395_apwapropertytaxinitiative1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
“Red Flag” Rules - Photo ID to be Required at Dental Offices (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10734538
Television, Newspapers Beat Internet as Source of Economic News, Pew Poll Finds (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12846178
Texas - Cooperative Village Residents In Grand Prairie Enjoy Low Costs (WFAA-TV, Dallas, TX)
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/wfaa090714_lj_avion.3d39f3d7.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Did They Say Bacon-Flavored Ice Cream?
http://www.kirotv.com/health/20058701/detail.html
6-Year-Old Michigan Boy Hits Hole-In-One
http://www.kirotv.com/sports/20060284/detail.html
Dog Wet Nurse Saves Panda Cubs in China
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009479554_apaschinapandas.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Cool Water - Sons of the Pioneers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWJPnhScrwI
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Controversial California Power Line Project Cancelled
• New Seattle Power Lines - Homeowner: 'My Heart Sank When I Saw This'
• Energy's Thirst for Water Challenges Carbon Debate
• South Carolina Nuclear Reactor Costs up
• Colorado Regulators Mull Oversight of Electric Co-Op
• Work At Chief Joseph Dam Will Impact Salmon Fishing
• Puget Sound Hatchery Chinook Fishing Opens Today
• Ocean Fishing Producing Salmon Success
• Grant to Help Restore Bumblebee Habitat near Farms
• Western Washington River Cities Get Head Start on Flood Strategy
• Interior Secretary to Address Pacific Northwest Forests
• Feasibility Assessment of the Water Energy Resources of the United States for New Low Power and Small Hydro Classes of Hydroelectric Plants
• REC May Supply Kittitas Solar Power Project
• Grants for Grays Harbor Wind and Wave Energy Sought
• Oregon - Surf's Up: Douglas County Catching The Wave
• Can Wind Farms Change the Weather?
• With Push toward Renewable Energy, California Sets Pace for Solar Power (NY Times)
• New Mexico - Hydrogen Power Plant In Works
• Las Vegas School Features Geothermal System
• United Kingdom - Consumers Face Growing Costs For Green Energy
• Op/Ed - Recovery Act Funds Old and New Technology to Conserve Energy
• Green Remodel Eliminates Home's Electric Bill
• GE Planning "Net-Zero Energy Homes"
• Power Industry Infighting Heats Up Over Climate Legislation
• Senator Holds Up EPA Nominee over Climate Study
• Editorial - A Glass Partly Full: The Long, Fractious Road to Global Climate Talks
• Op/Ed - Climate Bill Needs Incentives for Small Forest Owners Like Me
• EPA Releases Clean Energy Guide
• Virginia GOP says Kaine fumbled Apple Data Center to North Carolina
• Minnesota - Stimulus Fizzles For Northfield Fiber Optics
• Property Tax Initiative Will Be On Washington Ballot
• “Red Flag” Rules - Photo ID to be Required at Dental Offices
• Television, Newspapers Beat Internet as Source of Economic News, Pew Poll Finds
• Texas - Cooperative Village Residents In Grand Prairie Enjoy Low Costs
WORD OF THE DAY
Tenebrous • \TEN-uh-brus\ • adjective – 1: shut off from the light: dark, murky 2: hard to understand: obscure 3: causing gloom
“These tenebrous budget predictions do nothing to help us predict the next budget year,” stuttered the fresh faced budget analyst to her stern-faced boss. “What I need is at least a glimmer of clarity from your policy makers as to where you want us to spend the money…and where it is going to come from.”
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
Controversial California Power Line Project Cancelled (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12845469?nclick_check=1
New Seattle Power Lines - Homeowner: 'My Heart Sank When I Saw This' (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50910422.html
Energy's Thirst for Water Challenges Carbon Debate (Fox Business News)
http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/energy/energys-thirst-water-challenges-carbon-debate/
South Carolina Nuclear Reactor Costs up (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/07/15/ap6659618.html
Colorado Regulators Mull Oversight of Electric Co-Op (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2119616~Colo__regulators_mull_oversight_of_electric_co_op.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Work At Chief Joseph Dam Will Impact Salmon Fishing (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090715/NEWS04/707159929/1025/rss1025
Puget Sound Hatchery Chinook Fishing Opens Today (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009477970_fish16.html?syndication=rss
Ocean Fishing Producing Salmon Success Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/911919.html
Grant to Help Restore Bumblebee Habitat near Farms (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/911689.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Western Washington River Cities Get Head Start on Flood Strategy (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/812183.html
Interior Secretary to Address Pacific Northwest Forests (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/912114.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Feasibility Assessment of the Water Energy Resources of the United States for New Low Power and Small Hydro Classes of Hydroelectric Plants (4.5 MB PDF File - Dept. of Energy – Look at Washington State…WOW!)
http://hydropower.inel.gov/resourceassessment/pdfs/main_report_appendix_a_final.pdf
REC May Supply Kittitas Solar Power Project (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/07/15/news/doc4a5e5273c6548910713394.txt
Grants for Grays Harbor Wind and Wave Energy Sought (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/07/15/local_news/doc4a5e1ba557820034046839.txt
Oregon - Surf's Up: Douglas County Catching The Wave (News Review, Roseburg, OR)
http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090715/NEWS/907159979/1063/NEWS
Can Wind Farms Change the Weather? (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/2009/07/can_wind_farms_change_the_weat.html?hpid=news-col-blog
With Push toward Renewable Energy, California Sets Pace for Solar Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/science/earth/16solar.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
New Mexico - Hydrogen Power Plant In Works (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/16/hydrogen-power-plant-in-works/
Las Vegas School Features Geothermal System (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/15/state/n151205D30.DTL&feed=rss.business
United Kingdom - Consumers Face Growing Costs For Green Energy (The Scotsman, UK)
http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Consumers-face-growing-costs-.5464026.jp
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Recovery Act Funds Old and New Technology to Conserve Energy, Create Green Jobs
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009478109_guest16jones.html
Green Remodel Eliminates Home's Electric Bill (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/athome/408151_green0715.html
GE Planning "Net-Zero Energy Homes" - But Consumers Can Take Smaller Steps Now (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/2009/july/GE-Planning--Net-Zero-Energy-Homes--But-Consumers-Can-Take-Smaller-Steps-Now.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Power Industry Infighting Heats Up Over Climate Legislation (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/07/16/16climatewire-power-industry-infighting-heats-up-over-clim-38477.html
Senator Holds Up EPA Nominee over Climate Study (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009478168_apusepanominationhold.html?syndication=rss
Washington Post Editorial - A Glass Partly Full: The Long, Fractious Road to Global Climate Talks in Copenhagen
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/15/AR2009071503380.html?nav=rss_opinions
Atlanta Journal Constitution Op/Ed - Climate Bill Needs Incentives for Small Forest Owners Like Me
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/climate-bill-needs-incentives-92232.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
EPA Releases Clean Energy Guide (CitiesGoGreen)
http://www.citiesgogreen.com/2009/07/15/epa-releases-clean-energy-guide/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Virginia GOP says Kaine fumbled Apple Data Center to North Carolina (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/15/state/n163916D68.DTL&feed=rss.business
Minnesota - Stimulus Fizzles For Northfield Fiber Optics (Northfield News, MN)
http://www.northfieldnews.com/news.php?viewStory=49096
GENERAL NEWS
Property Tax Initiative Will Be On Washington Ballot (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009478395_apwapropertytaxinitiative1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
“Red Flag” Rules - Photo ID to be Required at Dental Offices (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10734538
Television, Newspapers Beat Internet as Source of Economic News, Pew Poll Finds (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12846178
Texas - Cooperative Village Residents In Grand Prairie Enjoy Low Costs (WFAA-TV, Dallas, TX)
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/wfaa090714_lj_avion.3d39f3d7.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Did They Say Bacon-Flavored Ice Cream?
http://www.kirotv.com/health/20058701/detail.html
6-Year-Old Michigan Boy Hits Hole-In-One
http://www.kirotv.com/sports/20060284/detail.html
Dog Wet Nurse Saves Panda Cubs in China
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009479554_apaschinapandas.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Cool Water - Sons of the Pioneers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWJPnhScrwI
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Energy News Digest for July 15, 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)
• NW Energy Resources Form the ‘Middle East of North America’
• Contractor Gets Too Close - Power Restored To Downtown Olympia
• Including BPA Poles - Keizer Woman Accused Of Setting Fires in Detroit Area
• Entergy Pushes To Get Spinoff of Nuclear Reactors Done
• Colorado Regulators Review Gas Drilling At Nuke Site
• Nearly 70 Million Households Now Use Online Banking
• Avista Spares Tree House in Old Apple Tree
• $10 per Year per Customer - Oregon to Fund Klamath River Dams' Removal
• Salmon Run at Rocky Reach Dam
• Showdown at Icicle Creek
• PacifiCorp Agrees To $10.5 Million Settlement in Wyoming Raptor Deaths
• California State Lawmakers OK Temporary Dredging Ban Targeting Salmon Habitat
• California - Sea Lions Are Flooding Into Bay Area Rescue Centers
• Whitewater Park Faces Trout Hurdle
• Treating Ballast Water Could Fight Invasive Species
• Leaks Found In Seattle City Reservoirs
• Water Shortage in Benton City
• Alaska - Huge Blob of Arctic Goo Floats past Slope Communities
• Ellensburg - Public Testimony Heard Over Desert Claim Wind Farm
• Editorial - Wind Farms Are Coming; Who Stands To Benefit?
• Renewable Energy Developing in Northwest, But Transmission is a Bottleneck
• BLM Seeks Comment on Use of Public Land for Large Solar-Energy Projects
• Energy Department to Pay $52.5 Million for 24/7 Solar Power
• Feds Reviewing Bay Area Geothermal Energy Project
• Stimulus money to give NW consumers rebates for Energy Star appliances
• Reflective Roof Paint Repels the Heat
• How to Teach Kids about Global Warming
• The Gray in 'Green Jobs'
• Wal-Mart to Rate Products’ Impact on Environment
• My Backyard Fish Farm
• Constrained Power Grids for Data Centers Zap Sales at 3Par
• Wireless Innovation Faces Roadblocks
• Bing Reverses Microsoft’s Decline, But Actual Gain Is Modest
• Microsoft Office Users Attacked By Cybercriminals
• Google’s Software Plan Confusing, Ballmer Says
• Comcast Online Video Trial Grows To 23 Networks
• Google Voice Goes Mobile
• Wash. unemployment rate rises to 9.3 percent
• Mason County Residents Angry About Added Recycling Fee
• Boy Scout Missing from Camp near Hood Canal Found
• Ferry Stimulus Shorts Washington State, Officials Say
• Federal Aid May Go To Local Swine Flu Fight
• Thieves Steal New Wiring at Harmony Sports Complex
• North Dakota Could Have a Huge New Oil Field
WORD OF THE DAY
Fractious • \FRAK-shus\ • adjective - 1: Tending to be troublesome: unruly 2: quarrelsome, irritable
Dilbert walked warily to the teller’s window at Fractious Bank. He was unaware when he had opened his account a month prior that it was required that each customer had to argue loudly and forcefully for withdrawal of funds…and plead pitifully to be allowed to deposit money at the beautifully appointed financial center. Closing an account: that was an entirely different matter…
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
NW Energy Resources Form the ‘Middle East of North America’ (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/14/nw-energy-resources-form-middle-east-north-america/
Contractor Gets Too Close - Power Restored To Downtown Olympia (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/911519.html
Including BPA Poles - Keizer Woman Accused Of Setting Fires in Detroit Area (Keizer Times, OR)
http://www.keizertimes.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=11477
Entergy Pushes To Get Spinoff of Nuclear Reactors Done (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009469910_apusentergyspinoff.html?syndication=rss
Colorado Regulators Review Gas Drilling At Nuke Site (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/15/financial/f114004D01.DTL&feed=rss.business
Nearly 70 Million Households Now Use Online Banking (The Business Journal of Milwaukee)
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2009/07/13/daily35.html?ana=from_rss
Avista Spares Tree House in Old Apple Tree (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/910556.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
$10 per Year per Customer - Oregon to Fund Klamath River Dams' Removal (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2009472063_klamathdams15.html?syndication=rss
Salmon Run at Rocky Reach Dam - Right now is a good time to look a salmon in the eye at the Rocky Reach Dam Visitor Center (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee)
http://www.kpq.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1195
Showdown at Icicle Creek - A long dispute over the way U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service operates its hatchery has moved to the courts (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/07/15/agriculture/19107/
PacifiCorp Agrees To $10.5 Million Settlement in Wyoming Raptor Deaths (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/pacificorp_agrees_to_105_milli.html
California State Lawmakers OK Temporary Dredging Ban Targeting Salmon Habitat (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/latest/story/2025063.html
California - Sea Lions Are Flooding Into Bay Area Rescue Centers (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sea-lions15-2009jul15,0,4663405.story?track=rss
Whitewater Park Faces Trout Hurdle (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/14/whitwater-park-faces-trout-hurdle/
Treating Ballast Water Could Fight Invasive Species (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106599241&ft=1&f=2
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Leaks Found In Seattle City Reservoirs (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071309WAB-reservoir-leaks-discovered-TP.3d919d74.html?rss
Water Shortage in Benton City (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/50804167.html
Alaska - Huge Blob of Arctic Goo Floats past Slope Communities (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://www.adn.com/2835/story/864687.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Ellensburg - Public Testimony Heard Over Desert Claim Wind Farm (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10726846
Idaho Statesman Editorial - Wind Farms Are Coming; Who Stands To Benefit?
http://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/story/834013.html
Renewable Energy Developing in Northwest, But Transmission is a Bottleneck (New West)
http://www.newwest.net/city/article/renewable_energy_developing_in_northwest/C108/L108/
BLM Seeks Comment on Use of Public Land for Large Solar-Energy Projects (Denver Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/07/13/daily38.html?ana=from_rss
Energy Department to Pay $52.5 Million for 24/7 Solar Power (San Francisco Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/07/13/daily53.html?ana=from_rss
Feds Reviewing Bay Area Geothermal Energy Project (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/14/national/a095839D80.DTL&feed=rss.business
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Stimulus money to give Oregon, Washington consumers rebates for Energy Star appliances (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/stimulus_money_to_give_oregon.html
Reflective Roof Paint Repels the Heat (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cool-roof15-2009jul15,0,2823772.story
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
How to Teach Kids about Global Warming - Without Scaring Them (Opposing Views)
http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/advice-how-to-teach-kids-about-global-warming-without-scaring-them-r-1247688250
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The Gray in 'Green Jobs' - Everyone from patent lawyers for washing machines to security guards in green buildings wants a ride on this gravy train. (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0715/p08s01-comv.html
Wal-Mart to Rate Products’ Impact on Environment (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/business/energy-environment/16walmart.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
My Backyard Fish Farm (The Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/my-backyard-fish-farm/article1218280/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Constrained Power Grids for Data Centers Zap Sales at 3Par (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/15/constrained-power-grids-zap-sales-at-3par/
Wireless Innovation Faces Roadblocks (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12837756
Bing Reverses Microsoft’s Decline, But Actual Gain Is Modest (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/07/13/daily23.html?ana=from_rss
Microsoft Office Users Attacked By Cybercriminals (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE56D6FU20090714?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Google’s Software Plan Confusing, Ballmer Says (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/811126.html
Comcast Online Video Trial Grows To 23 Networks (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/14/financial/f112748D98.DTL&feed=rss.business
Google Voice Goes Mobile (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/google-voice-goes-mobile/?partner=rss&emc=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Wash. unemployment rate rises to 9.3 percent – Mason County at 10.1% (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/910327.html
Mason County Residents Angry About Added Recycling Fee (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7791/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-RESIDENTS-ANGRY-ABOUT-ADDED-RECYCLING-FEE-/Default.aspx
Boy Scout Missing from Camp near Hood Canal Found (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20061704/detail.html
Ferry Stimulus Shorts Washington State, Officials Say - Despite nation’s biggest system, Washington low on federal funding list (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/910887.html
Federal Aid May Go To Local Swine Flu Fight (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2009472064_bluebox15m.html?syndication=rss
Thieves Steal New Wiring at Harmony Sports Complex (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090714/NEWS02/707159976/
North Dakota Could Have a Huge New Oil Field (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/14/financial/f090317D07.DTL&feed=rss.business
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Man Tries To Fix Airbed, Blows up Apartment
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE56E3XV20090715?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Here Is My Job Resumay
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE56D4XA20090714?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Prisoner Released After Fooling Judge
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20059980/detail.html
NH Man Charged 23 Quadrillion Dollars for Smokes
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090715/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_quadrillion_dollar_debit;_ylt=Aq1Z.liCPc0A0oS8WXhUZOftiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTMwcTN0cGs2BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzE1L3VzX29kZF9xdWFkcmlsbGlvbl9kb2xsYXJfZGViaXQEY3BvcwMxBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA25obWFuY2hhcmdlZA--
SONG OF THE DAY
Jerry Garcia - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEuJqlrfEZ0
Bryan Ferry - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJtMoX_mHBg
Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htmIjfNuZqs
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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• NW Energy Resources Form the ‘Middle East of North America’
• Contractor Gets Too Close - Power Restored To Downtown Olympia
• Including BPA Poles - Keizer Woman Accused Of Setting Fires in Detroit Area
• Entergy Pushes To Get Spinoff of Nuclear Reactors Done
• Colorado Regulators Review Gas Drilling At Nuke Site
• Nearly 70 Million Households Now Use Online Banking
• Avista Spares Tree House in Old Apple Tree
• $10 per Year per Customer - Oregon to Fund Klamath River Dams' Removal
• Salmon Run at Rocky Reach Dam
• Showdown at Icicle Creek
• PacifiCorp Agrees To $10.5 Million Settlement in Wyoming Raptor Deaths
• California State Lawmakers OK Temporary Dredging Ban Targeting Salmon Habitat
• California - Sea Lions Are Flooding Into Bay Area Rescue Centers
• Whitewater Park Faces Trout Hurdle
• Treating Ballast Water Could Fight Invasive Species
• Leaks Found In Seattle City Reservoirs
• Water Shortage in Benton City
• Alaska - Huge Blob of Arctic Goo Floats past Slope Communities
• Ellensburg - Public Testimony Heard Over Desert Claim Wind Farm
• Editorial - Wind Farms Are Coming; Who Stands To Benefit?
• Renewable Energy Developing in Northwest, But Transmission is a Bottleneck
• BLM Seeks Comment on Use of Public Land for Large Solar-Energy Projects
• Energy Department to Pay $52.5 Million for 24/7 Solar Power
• Feds Reviewing Bay Area Geothermal Energy Project
• Stimulus money to give NW consumers rebates for Energy Star appliances
• Reflective Roof Paint Repels the Heat
• How to Teach Kids about Global Warming
• The Gray in 'Green Jobs'
• Wal-Mart to Rate Products’ Impact on Environment
• My Backyard Fish Farm
• Constrained Power Grids for Data Centers Zap Sales at 3Par
• Wireless Innovation Faces Roadblocks
• Bing Reverses Microsoft’s Decline, But Actual Gain Is Modest
• Microsoft Office Users Attacked By Cybercriminals
• Google’s Software Plan Confusing, Ballmer Says
• Comcast Online Video Trial Grows To 23 Networks
• Google Voice Goes Mobile
• Wash. unemployment rate rises to 9.3 percent
• Mason County Residents Angry About Added Recycling Fee
• Boy Scout Missing from Camp near Hood Canal Found
• Ferry Stimulus Shorts Washington State, Officials Say
• Federal Aid May Go To Local Swine Flu Fight
• Thieves Steal New Wiring at Harmony Sports Complex
• North Dakota Could Have a Huge New Oil Field
WORD OF THE DAY
Fractious • \FRAK-shus\ • adjective - 1: Tending to be troublesome: unruly 2: quarrelsome, irritable
Dilbert walked warily to the teller’s window at Fractious Bank. He was unaware when he had opened his account a month prior that it was required that each customer had to argue loudly and forcefully for withdrawal of funds…and plead pitifully to be allowed to deposit money at the beautifully appointed financial center. Closing an account: that was an entirely different matter…
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
NW Energy Resources Form the ‘Middle East of North America’ (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/14/nw-energy-resources-form-middle-east-north-america/
Contractor Gets Too Close - Power Restored To Downtown Olympia (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/911519.html
Including BPA Poles - Keizer Woman Accused Of Setting Fires in Detroit Area (Keizer Times, OR)
http://www.keizertimes.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=11477
Entergy Pushes To Get Spinoff of Nuclear Reactors Done (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009469910_apusentergyspinoff.html?syndication=rss
Colorado Regulators Review Gas Drilling At Nuke Site (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/15/financial/f114004D01.DTL&feed=rss.business
Nearly 70 Million Households Now Use Online Banking (The Business Journal of Milwaukee)
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2009/07/13/daily35.html?ana=from_rss
Avista Spares Tree House in Old Apple Tree (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/910556.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
$10 per Year per Customer - Oregon to Fund Klamath River Dams' Removal (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2009472063_klamathdams15.html?syndication=rss
Salmon Run at Rocky Reach Dam - Right now is a good time to look a salmon in the eye at the Rocky Reach Dam Visitor Center (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee)
http://www.kpq.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1195
Showdown at Icicle Creek - A long dispute over the way U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service operates its hatchery has moved to the courts (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/07/15/agriculture/19107/
PacifiCorp Agrees To $10.5 Million Settlement in Wyoming Raptor Deaths (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/pacificorp_agrees_to_105_milli.html
California State Lawmakers OK Temporary Dredging Ban Targeting Salmon Habitat (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/latest/story/2025063.html
California - Sea Lions Are Flooding Into Bay Area Rescue Centers (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sea-lions15-2009jul15,0,4663405.story?track=rss
Whitewater Park Faces Trout Hurdle (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/14/whitwater-park-faces-trout-hurdle/
Treating Ballast Water Could Fight Invasive Species (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106599241&ft=1&f=2
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Leaks Found In Seattle City Reservoirs (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071309WAB-reservoir-leaks-discovered-TP.3d919d74.html?rss
Water Shortage in Benton City (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/50804167.html
Alaska - Huge Blob of Arctic Goo Floats past Slope Communities (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://www.adn.com/2835/story/864687.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Ellensburg - Public Testimony Heard Over Desert Claim Wind Farm (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10726846
Idaho Statesman Editorial - Wind Farms Are Coming; Who Stands To Benefit?
http://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/story/834013.html
Renewable Energy Developing in Northwest, But Transmission is a Bottleneck (New West)
http://www.newwest.net/city/article/renewable_energy_developing_in_northwest/C108/L108/
BLM Seeks Comment on Use of Public Land for Large Solar-Energy Projects (Denver Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/07/13/daily38.html?ana=from_rss
Energy Department to Pay $52.5 Million for 24/7 Solar Power (San Francisco Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/07/13/daily53.html?ana=from_rss
Feds Reviewing Bay Area Geothermal Energy Project (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/14/national/a095839D80.DTL&feed=rss.business
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Stimulus money to give Oregon, Washington consumers rebates for Energy Star appliances (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/stimulus_money_to_give_oregon.html
Reflective Roof Paint Repels the Heat (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cool-roof15-2009jul15,0,2823772.story
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
How to Teach Kids about Global Warming - Without Scaring Them (Opposing Views)
http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/advice-how-to-teach-kids-about-global-warming-without-scaring-them-r-1247688250
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The Gray in 'Green Jobs' - Everyone from patent lawyers for washing machines to security guards in green buildings wants a ride on this gravy train. (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0715/p08s01-comv.html
Wal-Mart to Rate Products’ Impact on Environment (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/business/energy-environment/16walmart.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
My Backyard Fish Farm (The Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/my-backyard-fish-farm/article1218280/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Constrained Power Grids for Data Centers Zap Sales at 3Par (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/15/constrained-power-grids-zap-sales-at-3par/
Wireless Innovation Faces Roadblocks (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12837756
Bing Reverses Microsoft’s Decline, But Actual Gain Is Modest (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/07/13/daily23.html?ana=from_rss
Microsoft Office Users Attacked By Cybercriminals (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE56D6FU20090714?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Google’s Software Plan Confusing, Ballmer Says (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/811126.html
Comcast Online Video Trial Grows To 23 Networks (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/14/financial/f112748D98.DTL&feed=rss.business
Google Voice Goes Mobile (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/google-voice-goes-mobile/?partner=rss&emc=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Wash. unemployment rate rises to 9.3 percent – Mason County at 10.1% (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/910327.html
Mason County Residents Angry About Added Recycling Fee (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7791/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-RESIDENTS-ANGRY-ABOUT-ADDED-RECYCLING-FEE-/Default.aspx
Boy Scout Missing from Camp near Hood Canal Found (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20061704/detail.html
Ferry Stimulus Shorts Washington State, Officials Say - Despite nation’s biggest system, Washington low on federal funding list (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/910887.html
Federal Aid May Go To Local Swine Flu Fight (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2009472064_bluebox15m.html?syndication=rss
Thieves Steal New Wiring at Harmony Sports Complex (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090714/NEWS02/707159976/
North Dakota Could Have a Huge New Oil Field (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/14/financial/f090317D07.DTL&feed=rss.business
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Man Tries To Fix Airbed, Blows up Apartment
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE56E3XV20090715?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Here Is My Job Resumay
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE56D4XA20090714?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Prisoner Released After Fooling Judge
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20059980/detail.html
NH Man Charged 23 Quadrillion Dollars for Smokes
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090715/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_quadrillion_dollar_debit;_ylt=Aq1Z.liCPc0A0oS8WXhUZOftiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTMwcTN0cGs2BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzE1L3VzX29kZF9xdWFkcmlsbGlvbl9kb2xsYXJfZGViaXQEY3BvcwMxBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA25obWFuY2hhcmdlZA--
SONG OF THE DAY
Jerry Garcia - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEuJqlrfEZ0
Bryan Ferry - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJtMoX_mHBg
Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htmIjfNuZqs
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Energy News Digest for July 14, 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 Issue Up To $71 Million for Dam Projects
• Meeting Set On Pacific Northwest Transmission Lines
• New England Electric Grid Operator Feels Congressional Heat
• Co-Ops on the Cutting Edge
• Power Outage Shuts Down New Jersey Nuke Plant
• Massachusetts - Critics Say Pre-Paid Utility Plan May Leave Some in Dark
• Pakistani Clerics condemn theft of electricity
• Oops! City of Richland Utility Bill Rises Steeply: $250 To $74,599
• State To Inventory Tidelands
• Feds Ban Krill Fishing To Save It for the Whales
• Plan for Green River Dam Won't Help Much This Season
• Green River Valley Residents Urged To Buy Flood Insurance
• Controversial Manchester Sewer Project Is Rejected
• Port Of Longview Strikes Deal To Handle Garbage from Hawaii
• Iraq Suffers as the Euphrates River Dwindles
• King County Companies Band Together To Build Skills for Turbine Repair Work
• Debate on Clean Energy Leads to Regional Divide
• Quake Fears Stall California Energy Extraction Project
• A Solar Land Rush
• Renewable Energy Corp. Says Share Issue 60 Pct Oversubscribed
• Energy Firm “PV Powered” An Extension of HP's Legacy
• Texas - Austin’s Clean Energy Program Costing More, Selling Less
• Wind Company Downsizes, Ordered To Pay Back Wages
• Kansas among States Boasting a High Electrical Yield from Wind
• Wind Conference Shows How Hoosier Farms Can Grow Electricity
• Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative Agrees To Market Wind-Turbine Equipment
• Texas - With Wind Turbines, Saving Money Can Be a Breeze
• The Challenge for Green Energy: How to Store Excess Electricity
• Powering “the Cabin” - Pondering Energy Alternatives
• Low Gas Prices Hurt Sales of High-Ethanol E85 Fuel
• A Business Guide to Energy Conservation
• Montana - Schools Race Clock to Spend Energy Money
• Baltimore Gas & Electric Announces Plan for 'Smart' Meters
• Op/Ed - Cap and Trade Not Best Way To Reduce Greenhouse Gases
• Editorial - Palin Slams Obama on Energy Plan
• Carbon Accounting: Currency of the Future?
• The Summit of Green Futility
• Microsoft Takes on Google as Office Moves To Web
• Want Microsoft Office Web? Don’t Hold Your Breath
• Google Apps Add Features, Syncs with Lotus Notes
• Clearwire Hiring in Dallas, Seattle
• Facebook Gets $6.5 Billion Valuation with Share Sale
• Palo Alto Considers Going Wireless
• Internet Regulator Mulls Cybersquatting Block
• Travelers Should Be Wary Of Wireless Networks, BBB Warns
• States Seek To Jam Cell Phones in Prisons
• Man Charged with Theft of $18,000 in State Injury Benefits
• More Than $827 Million in Stimulus Money Spent In Washington
• State Official Gets Earful from Tri-City Biz Owners
• Bystanders Beat Man Who Tried To Grab Tacoma Girls
WORD OF THE DAY
Clinometer • \klie-NOM-itt-err\ • noun – Any of various instruments for measuring angles of elevation or inclination
Ambrose was considered an exacting person in all his habits. Regardless, all his climbing partners in his assault on Mount Rainer nearly pulled their eye muscles in an elaborate eye-rolling exercise when he pulled out his home-made clinometer. The Rube Golberg device was intended to measure the exact angle of the mountain slope and provide the exact caloric output necessary to overcome it. “Come on man,” ventured one, “just carb-up and do it.”
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 Issue Up To $71 Million for Dam Projects (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090714/NEWS04/707149970?Chelan-PUD-to-issue-up-to-$71-million-for-dam-projects
Meeting Set On Pacific Northwest Transmission Lines (The Union Bulletin, Walla Walla)
http://www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/07/13/local_news/090713local04bpa.txt
New England Electric Grid Operator Feels Congressional Heat (Connecticut Post)
http://www.connpost.com/news/ci_12828053?source=rss
Co-Ops on the Cutting Edge: In Conduct of Their Operations, Generation and Transmission (EnergyBiz Insider)
http://www.scoop.com/remote/article/include/101718113/53616c7465645f5f6b77b999a8f4b53334b7fa31438ddcc9c0f576eacfc45cef
Power Outage Shuts Down New Jersey Nuke Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/649570.html
Massachusetts - Critics Say Pre-Paid Utility Plan May Leave Some in Dark (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/07/14/critics_say_utility_plan_may_leave_some_in_dark/
Pakistani Clerics condemn theft of electricity (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE56C4RL20090713?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Oops! City of Richland Utility Bill Rises Steeply: $250 To $74,599 (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009465679_webbill14.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
State To Inventory Tidelands - Taylor Shellfish: Second possible trespass triggers surveying effort (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/909853.html
Feds Ban Krill Fishing To Save It for the Whales (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jSUIMoDkJOGnQdlG1v3tFccRmYWwD99DQ38G1
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Plan for Green River Dam Won't Help Much This Season (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071309WAB-howard-hanson-dam-grout-wall-TP.394d1d09.html?rss
Green River Valley Residents Urged To Buy Flood Insurance (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50685072.html
Controversial Manchester Sewer Project Is Rejected (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/14/controversial-manchester-sewer-project-rejected/?partner=RSS
Port Of Longview Strikes Deal To Handle Garbage from Hawaii (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/14//area_news/doc4a5bf0e2ec919029651291.txt
Iraq Suffers as the Euphrates River Dwindles (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/world/middleeast/14euphrates.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
King County Companies Band Together To Build Skills for Turbine Repair Work (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/07/13/story4.html?ana=from_rss
Debate on Clean Energy Leads to Regional Divide (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/science/earth/14grid.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Quake Fears Stall California Energy Extraction Project (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/business/energy-environment/14drill.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A Solar Land Rush (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/a-solar-land-rush/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Renewable Energy Corp. Says Share Issue 60 Pct Oversubscribed (Reuters)
http://in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINLD71341920090714
Energy Firm “PV Powered” An Extension of HP's Legacy (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090712/BIZ01/707129992/-1/BIZ
Texas - Austin’s Clean Energy Program Costing More, Selling Less (Energy Tribune)
http://www.energytribune.com/articles.cfm?aid=2052
Wind Company Downsizes, Ordered To Pay Back Wages - Layoffs plague firm with Boulder ties, turbine manufacturers nationwide (Daily Camera, Boulder, CO)
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2009/jul/14/boulder-wind-company-downsizes-as-orders-dwindle/
Kansas among States Boasting a High Electrical Yield from Wind (Daily News, Hays, KS)
http://www.hdnews.net/Story/wind032009
Wind Conference Shows How Hoosier Farms Can Grow Electricity (Lafayette Online, IN)
http://www.lafayette-online.com/business/2009/07/wind-conference-farms-electricity/
Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative Agrees To Market Wind-Turbine Equipment (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2009/07/13/daily8.html?ana=from_rss
Texas - With Wind Turbines, Saving Money Can Be a Breeze: Area users of small wind turbines say they’re happy with return on their investment (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, TX)
http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/1478831.html
The Challenge for Green Energy: How to Store Excess Electricity (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2170
Powering “the Cabin” - Pondering Energy Alternatives (NY Times)
http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/pondering-energy-alternatives/
Low Gas Prices Hurt Sales of High-Ethanol E85 Fuel (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/14/national/a011114D15.DTL&feed=rss.business
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
A Business Guide to Energy Conservation - How to use less energy and lower your business's utility bills (Inc.)
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20090701/a-business-guide-to-energy-conservation.html
Montana - Schools Race Clock to Spend Energy Money (Daily InterLake, Kalispell, MT)
http://dailyinterlake.com/articles/2009/07/13/news/local_montana/news_8752543908_01.txt
Baltimore Gas & Electric Announces Plan for 'Smart' Meters - Consumer groups skeptical of savings consumers might achieve (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.bge14jul14,0,1356638.story
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Columbian Op/Ed - Cap and Trade Not Best Way To Reduce Greenhouse Gases
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090714/BIZ/707149984
Boston Globe Editorial - Palin Slams Obama on Energy Plan
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/palin_slams_oba.html
Carbon Accounting: Currency of the Future? (Energy Pulse)
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=2089
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The Summit of Green Futility (NY Times)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/13/AR2009071302587.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft Takes on Google as Office Moves To Web (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE56C34T20090713?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
Want Microsoft Office Web? Don’t Hold Your Breath (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/13/want-microsoft-office-web-dont-hold-your-breath/
Google Apps Add Features, Syncs with Lotus Notes (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/google-rolls-out-new-apps-features-aimed-at-wooing-the-enterprise/
Clearwire Hiring in Dallas, Seattle - Company pushes toward 9 market launches in '09 (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Clearwire-Hiring-In-Dallas-Seattle-103446
Facebook Gets $6.5 Billion Valuation with Share Sale (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE56C4TH20090714?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Palo Alto Considers Going Wireless (Palo Alto Online, CA)
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=13038
Internet Regulator Mulls Cybersquatting Block (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009464360_apustectechbitinternetoversight.html?syndication=rss
Travelers Should Be Wary Of Wireless Networks, BBB Warns (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/bizbeat/story/643232.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
GENERAL NEWS
States Seek To Jam Cell Phones in Prisons (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009465940_prisonphones14m.html?syndication=rss
Man Charged with Theft of $18,000 in State Injury Benefits - Records show he worked while claiming he couldn’t (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/909852.html
More Than $827 Million in Stimulus Money Spent In Washington (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009465571_webstatestimulus13.html?syndication=rss
State Official Gets Earful from Tri-City Biz Owners (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/643499.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Bystanders Beat Man Who Tried To Grab Tacoma Girls (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/809847.html
DIVERSIONS
Swearing Can Make You Feel Better, Lessen Pain
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE56C1B320090713
Web Site Recreates Apollo 11 Mission in Real Time
http://www.kirotv.com/technology/20034140/detail.html
Vocal Minority Insists Moon Shot Was All Smoke and Mirrors
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/science/space/14hoax.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Port Angeles Woman Allegedly Pulls Gun on Wal-Mart Customers over Wrong Ammunition
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090712/news/307129995
U.S. Chicken Feet Are Being Booted Out Of China
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5674D420090708
SONG OF THE DAY
Annie Get Your Gun – Ethel Merman (Irving Berlin once said that you should never write a bad song for Ethel Merman…because you’ll hear it!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuGMKRewa0w&feature=related
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Chelan PUD to Issue Up To $71 Million for Dam Projects
• Meeting Set On Pacific Northwest Transmission Lines
• New England Electric Grid Operator Feels Congressional Heat
• Co-Ops on the Cutting Edge
• Power Outage Shuts Down New Jersey Nuke Plant
• Massachusetts - Critics Say Pre-Paid Utility Plan May Leave Some in Dark
• Pakistani Clerics condemn theft of electricity
• Oops! City of Richland Utility Bill Rises Steeply: $250 To $74,599
• State To Inventory Tidelands
• Feds Ban Krill Fishing To Save It for the Whales
• Plan for Green River Dam Won't Help Much This Season
• Green River Valley Residents Urged To Buy Flood Insurance
• Controversial Manchester Sewer Project Is Rejected
• Port Of Longview Strikes Deal To Handle Garbage from Hawaii
• Iraq Suffers as the Euphrates River Dwindles
• King County Companies Band Together To Build Skills for Turbine Repair Work
• Debate on Clean Energy Leads to Regional Divide
• Quake Fears Stall California Energy Extraction Project
• A Solar Land Rush
• Renewable Energy Corp. Says Share Issue 60 Pct Oversubscribed
• Energy Firm “PV Powered” An Extension of HP's Legacy
• Texas - Austin’s Clean Energy Program Costing More, Selling Less
• Wind Company Downsizes, Ordered To Pay Back Wages
• Kansas among States Boasting a High Electrical Yield from Wind
• Wind Conference Shows How Hoosier Farms Can Grow Electricity
• Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative Agrees To Market Wind-Turbine Equipment
• Texas - With Wind Turbines, Saving Money Can Be a Breeze
• The Challenge for Green Energy: How to Store Excess Electricity
• Powering “the Cabin” - Pondering Energy Alternatives
• Low Gas Prices Hurt Sales of High-Ethanol E85 Fuel
• A Business Guide to Energy Conservation
• Montana - Schools Race Clock to Spend Energy Money
• Baltimore Gas & Electric Announces Plan for 'Smart' Meters
• Op/Ed - Cap and Trade Not Best Way To Reduce Greenhouse Gases
• Editorial - Palin Slams Obama on Energy Plan
• Carbon Accounting: Currency of the Future?
• The Summit of Green Futility
• Microsoft Takes on Google as Office Moves To Web
• Want Microsoft Office Web? Don’t Hold Your Breath
• Google Apps Add Features, Syncs with Lotus Notes
• Clearwire Hiring in Dallas, Seattle
• Facebook Gets $6.5 Billion Valuation with Share Sale
• Palo Alto Considers Going Wireless
• Internet Regulator Mulls Cybersquatting Block
• Travelers Should Be Wary Of Wireless Networks, BBB Warns
• States Seek To Jam Cell Phones in Prisons
• Man Charged with Theft of $18,000 in State Injury Benefits
• More Than $827 Million in Stimulus Money Spent In Washington
• State Official Gets Earful from Tri-City Biz Owners
• Bystanders Beat Man Who Tried To Grab Tacoma Girls
WORD OF THE DAY
Clinometer • \klie-NOM-itt-err\ • noun – Any of various instruments for measuring angles of elevation or inclination
Ambrose was considered an exacting person in all his habits. Regardless, all his climbing partners in his assault on Mount Rainer nearly pulled their eye muscles in an elaborate eye-rolling exercise when he pulled out his home-made clinometer. The Rube Golberg device was intended to measure the exact angle of the mountain slope and provide the exact caloric output necessary to overcome it. “Come on man,” ventured one, “just carb-up and do it.”
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 Issue Up To $71 Million for Dam Projects (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090714/NEWS04/707149970?Chelan-PUD-to-issue-up-to-$71-million-for-dam-projects
Meeting Set On Pacific Northwest Transmission Lines (The Union Bulletin, Walla Walla)
http://www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/07/13/local_news/090713local04bpa.txt
New England Electric Grid Operator Feels Congressional Heat (Connecticut Post)
http://www.connpost.com/news/ci_12828053?source=rss
Co-Ops on the Cutting Edge: In Conduct of Their Operations, Generation and Transmission (EnergyBiz Insider)
http://www.scoop.com/remote/article/include/101718113/53616c7465645f5f6b77b999a8f4b53334b7fa31438ddcc9c0f576eacfc45cef
Power Outage Shuts Down New Jersey Nuke Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/649570.html
Massachusetts - Critics Say Pre-Paid Utility Plan May Leave Some in Dark (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/07/14/critics_say_utility_plan_may_leave_some_in_dark/
Pakistani Clerics condemn theft of electricity (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE56C4RL20090713?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Oops! City of Richland Utility Bill Rises Steeply: $250 To $74,599 (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009465679_webbill14.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
State To Inventory Tidelands - Taylor Shellfish: Second possible trespass triggers surveying effort (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/909853.html
Feds Ban Krill Fishing To Save It for the Whales (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jSUIMoDkJOGnQdlG1v3tFccRmYWwD99DQ38G1
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Plan for Green River Dam Won't Help Much This Season (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071309WAB-howard-hanson-dam-grout-wall-TP.394d1d09.html?rss
Green River Valley Residents Urged To Buy Flood Insurance (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50685072.html
Controversial Manchester Sewer Project Is Rejected (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/14/controversial-manchester-sewer-project-rejected/?partner=RSS
Port Of Longview Strikes Deal To Handle Garbage from Hawaii (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/14//area_news/doc4a5bf0e2ec919029651291.txt
Iraq Suffers as the Euphrates River Dwindles (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/world/middleeast/14euphrates.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
King County Companies Band Together To Build Skills for Turbine Repair Work (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/07/13/story4.html?ana=from_rss
Debate on Clean Energy Leads to Regional Divide (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/science/earth/14grid.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Quake Fears Stall California Energy Extraction Project (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/business/energy-environment/14drill.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A Solar Land Rush (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/a-solar-land-rush/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Renewable Energy Corp. Says Share Issue 60 Pct Oversubscribed (Reuters)
http://in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINLD71341920090714
Energy Firm “PV Powered” An Extension of HP's Legacy (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090712/BIZ01/707129992/-1/BIZ
Texas - Austin’s Clean Energy Program Costing More, Selling Less (Energy Tribune)
http://www.energytribune.com/articles.cfm?aid=2052
Wind Company Downsizes, Ordered To Pay Back Wages - Layoffs plague firm with Boulder ties, turbine manufacturers nationwide (Daily Camera, Boulder, CO)
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2009/jul/14/boulder-wind-company-downsizes-as-orders-dwindle/
Kansas among States Boasting a High Electrical Yield from Wind (Daily News, Hays, KS)
http://www.hdnews.net/Story/wind032009
Wind Conference Shows How Hoosier Farms Can Grow Electricity (Lafayette Online, IN)
http://www.lafayette-online.com/business/2009/07/wind-conference-farms-electricity/
Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative Agrees To Market Wind-Turbine Equipment (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2009/07/13/daily8.html?ana=from_rss
Texas - With Wind Turbines, Saving Money Can Be a Breeze: Area users of small wind turbines say they’re happy with return on their investment (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, TX)
http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/1478831.html
The Challenge for Green Energy: How to Store Excess Electricity (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2170
Powering “the Cabin” - Pondering Energy Alternatives (NY Times)
http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/pondering-energy-alternatives/
Low Gas Prices Hurt Sales of High-Ethanol E85 Fuel (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/14/national/a011114D15.DTL&feed=rss.business
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
A Business Guide to Energy Conservation - How to use less energy and lower your business's utility bills (Inc.)
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20090701/a-business-guide-to-energy-conservation.html
Montana - Schools Race Clock to Spend Energy Money (Daily InterLake, Kalispell, MT)
http://dailyinterlake.com/articles/2009/07/13/news/local_montana/news_8752543908_01.txt
Baltimore Gas & Electric Announces Plan for 'Smart' Meters - Consumer groups skeptical of savings consumers might achieve (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.bge14jul14,0,1356638.story
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Columbian Op/Ed - Cap and Trade Not Best Way To Reduce Greenhouse Gases
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090714/BIZ/707149984
Boston Globe Editorial - Palin Slams Obama on Energy Plan
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/palin_slams_oba.html
Carbon Accounting: Currency of the Future? (Energy Pulse)
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=2089
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The Summit of Green Futility (NY Times)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/13/AR2009071302587.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft Takes on Google as Office Moves To Web (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE56C34T20090713?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
Want Microsoft Office Web? Don’t Hold Your Breath (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/13/want-microsoft-office-web-dont-hold-your-breath/
Google Apps Add Features, Syncs with Lotus Notes (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/google-rolls-out-new-apps-features-aimed-at-wooing-the-enterprise/
Clearwire Hiring in Dallas, Seattle - Company pushes toward 9 market launches in '09 (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Clearwire-Hiring-In-Dallas-Seattle-103446
Facebook Gets $6.5 Billion Valuation with Share Sale (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE56C4TH20090714?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Palo Alto Considers Going Wireless (Palo Alto Online, CA)
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=13038
Internet Regulator Mulls Cybersquatting Block (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009464360_apustectechbitinternetoversight.html?syndication=rss
Travelers Should Be Wary Of Wireless Networks, BBB Warns (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/bizbeat/story/643232.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
GENERAL NEWS
States Seek To Jam Cell Phones in Prisons (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009465940_prisonphones14m.html?syndication=rss
Man Charged with Theft of $18,000 in State Injury Benefits - Records show he worked while claiming he couldn’t (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/909852.html
More Than $827 Million in Stimulus Money Spent In Washington (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009465571_webstatestimulus13.html?syndication=rss
State Official Gets Earful from Tri-City Biz Owners (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/643499.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Bystanders Beat Man Who Tried To Grab Tacoma Girls (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/809847.html
DIVERSIONS
Swearing Can Make You Feel Better, Lessen Pain
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE56C1B320090713
Web Site Recreates Apollo 11 Mission in Real Time
http://www.kirotv.com/technology/20034140/detail.html
Vocal Minority Insists Moon Shot Was All Smoke and Mirrors
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/science/space/14hoax.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Port Angeles Woman Allegedly Pulls Gun on Wal-Mart Customers over Wrong Ammunition
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090712/news/307129995
U.S. Chicken Feet Are Being Booted Out Of China
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5674D420090708
SONG OF THE DAY
Annie Get Your Gun – Ethel Merman (Irving Berlin once said that you should never write a bad song for Ethel Merman…because you’ll hear it!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuGMKRewa0w&feature=related
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