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)
• Montana - BPA Transmission Line Rebuild on Schedule
• City of Port Angeles Takes Wholesale Power Hike
• Including SnoPUD - Two Local Hydro Projects Get Funding From DOE
• Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Project Faces 'Fierce' Competition
• San Diego - Wildfire Prevention Plan to Pull Plug on Power
• West Virginia Still Weighing Tax on New High-Voltage Power Lines
• Minnesota - Xcel Takes Bid for Expanded Nuclear Plant to Judge
• Homeless Nuclear Waste
• EPA To Place Limits On Power Plant Water Pollution
• Oregonian Editorial - It's Time to Get Columbia Salmon Out Of the Courtroom
• Obama Administration Submits Salmon Plan
• The Obama Administration Reveals Its Salmon Plan
• Dam Breaching in Latest Version of Federal Salmon Plan
• Obama Administration Puts Forward Salmon Plan
• Obama Administration Gives Court New Adaptive Management Plan To Bolster 2008 Salmon BiOp
• Obama Follows Bush on Salmon Recovery
• Oh, Rocky - Salmon decision gets mixed, predictable reactions
• Obama Administration Affirms Science in Salmon Plan for Columbia-Snake Rivers
• News Release - Obama Administration Follows Flawed Bush Salmon Plan
• Obama Administration Sticks with the Bush Approach on Columbia River Salmon
• New Northwest Salmon Plan Modifies Bush Approach
• Preliminary Tests Yield Possible Cause of Death for Dozens of Birds
• Killer Whales Die without King Salmon
• Columbia River & Tributary Fish Checks
• Media Advisory - This Thursday, BPA Takes Kids Wading In Icicle Creek
• Comment Sought On Condit Dam Removal
• Washington State Releases Clean Spokane River Plan
• California - Schwarzenegger Orders More Renewable Energy - His Way
• Ferndale Company to Make Cutting-Edge Fuel from Wood
• Oregon - Ocean Dunes Development Gets Green Light
• Maryland Turning To Offshore Wind Energy
• Wind-Farm Lease Buyouts Coming To New York
• A Major Price Drop for Solar Panels
• Colorado Electric Coop Offers Unique Solar Leasing Program
• Canada - Tidal Power Project Approved For Bay of Fundy
• Whole Foods Completes Major Purchase of Renewable Energy Credits
• Faulty Wind Turbines Costly To Minnesota Family
• White House Is Prepared to Set First National Limits on Greenhouse Gases
• 2010? Reid's Comments Add Uncertainty to Climate Vote's Timing
• Obama Admin: Cap & Trade Could Cost Families $1,761 per Year
• Electric Cars May Be Closer To Charging Up Auto Market
• Climate Change Depresses Beer Drinkers
• Chattanooga: EPB fiber optics available to 17,000 homes
• Comcast Raises Cable Modem Rental Fee
• After Outcry, T-Mobile Drops Paper Billing Fee
• Washington State's Jobless Rate Resumes Its Climb: 9.2% for August
• Port Of Kalama Wine Bottle Plant Shutting Down
• Chewy Chicken Feet May Quash a Trade War
WORD OF THE DAY
Sternutation • \ster-nyuh-TAY-shun\ • noun - The act, fact, or noise of sneezing
Matt was caught between the devil & the deep blue sea. On one hand, the occasional sternutation from the other side of the wall rattled the pictures on his “vanity wall.” On the other hand, the sneezes from across the office reached a high frequency that changed the channel on his remote-controlled radio.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Montana - BPA Transmission Line Rebuild on Schedule (The Western News, Libby, MT)
http://www.thewesternnews.com/articles/2009/09/15/news/doc4aafc7ab476b2729162948.txt
City of Port Angeles Takes Wholesale Power Hike (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/5099
Including SnoPUD - Two Local Hydro Projects Get Funding From DOE (Daily Journal of Commerce)
http://www.djc.com/news/en/12010078.html
Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Project Faces 'Fierce' Competition (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009878988_apusgaspipelineproject.html?syndication=rss
San Diego - Wildfire Prevention Plan to Pull Plug on Power (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/16/BAPO19K5QN.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
West Virginia Still Weighing Tax on New High-Voltage Power Lines (Fort Mills Times, SC)
http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/760833.html
Minnesota - Xcel Takes Bid for Expanded Nuclear Plant to Judge (The Electricity Forum)
http://www.electricityforum.com/news/sep09/Xcellookstoexpandnuclearstorageatfacility.html
Homeless Nuclear Waste - Some 60,000 metric tons of radioactive waste is stored at nuclear power plants across the country, awaiting federal action that’s already a decade late (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/09/15/homeless-nuclear-waste/
EPA To Place Limits On Power Plant Water Pollution (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009871081_apuspowerplantpollution.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregonian Editorial - It's Time to Get Columbia Salmon Out Of the Courtroom “…the new administration took a long, hard look at the plan to restore Columbia salmon, & was impressed by what it saw…”
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/09/its_time_to_get_columbia_salmo.html
Obama Administration Submits Salmon Plan - The Obama administration says it will be more aggressive in protecting declining Pacific Northwest salmon runs & will study breaching some dams as a last resort in a long-awaited management plan (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009870855_apussalmondams.html?syndication=rss
Obama Speeds Effort to Save Salmon, Renews Dam-Removal Option (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/09/obama_administration_adds_an_i.html
Dam Breaching in Latest Version of Federal Salmon Plan - White House: Study considers action ‘last resort’ if runs reach decline trigger (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/881239.html
Obama Administration Puts Forward Salmon Plan (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5818-obama-administration-puts-forward-salmon-plan/
Obama Administration Gives Court New Adaptive Management Plan To Bolster 2008 Salmon BiOp (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/355765.aspx
Obama Follows Bush on Salmon Recovery (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/us/politics/16salmon.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Oh, Rocky - Salmon decision gets mixed, predictable reactions (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/environment/story/900969.html
News Release - Obama Administration Affirms Science in Salmon Plan for Columbia-Snake Rivers (Northwest River Partners)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=594
News Release - Obama Administration Follows Flawed Bush Salmon Plan Despite Scientific, Economic & Legal Failings - Administration avoids sound science & legal guidance (Earth Justice, et. al.)
http://www.earthjustice.org/news/press/2009/us-commerce-department-follows-flawed-bush-salmon-plan-despite-scientific-economic-and-legal-failings.html
Obama Administration Sticks with the Bush Approach on Columbia River Salmon (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/09/15/science-environment/19237/
New Northwest Salmon Plan Modifies Bush Approach - Monitoring could trigger dam removals in Washington State. Some conservationists aren't satisfied (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-salmon-dams16-2009sep16,0,3655234.story
Washington Coast - Preliminary Tests Yield Possible Cause of Death for Dozens of Birds: Hypothermia (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090916/news/309169991
Killer Whales Die without King Salmon (Discovery Channel)
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/09/16/killer-whale-salmon.html
Columbia River & Tributary Fish Checks (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009872830_columbia_river_and_tributary_f_1.html
Media Advisory - This Thursday, BPA Takes Kids Wading In Icicle Creek (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/325856/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Comment Sought On Condit Dam Removal (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090916/NEWS02/909159984/
Washington State Releases Clean Spokane River Plan - Big cuts in phosphorus proposed (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/16/state-releases-clean-river-plan/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
California - Schwarzenegger Orders More Renewable Energy - His Way (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-power16-2009sep16,0,3412344.story
Ferndale Company to Make Cutting-Edge Fuel from Wood (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/410148_sky15.html?source=rss
Oregon - Ocean Dunes development gets green light (Siuslaw News, Florence, OR)
http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=2622
Maryland Turning To Offshore Wind Energy - State considers huge turbines off Ocean City, launches impact study (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/bal-md.windmill16sep16,0,7774897.story
Wind-Farm Lease Buyouts Coming To New York (Press Republican, Plattsburg, NY)
http://www.pressrepublican.com/0100_news/local_story_257225219.html
A Major Price Drop for Solar Panels - Solar power has suddenly become more affordable. (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/09/14/a-major-price-drop-for-solar-panels/
Colorado Electric Coop Offers Unique Solar Leasing Program (Cooler Planet)
http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/9150902-colorado-electric-coop-offers-unique-solar-leasing-program.aspx
Canada - Tidal Power Project Approved For Bay of Fundy: Most Extreme Tides in the World (Globe & Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/tidal-power-project-approved-for-bay-of-fundy/article1288762/
Whole Foods Completes Major Purchase of Renewable Energy Credits (Austin Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/09/14/daily20.html?ana=from_rss
Faulty Wind Turbines Costly To Minnesota Family (WCCO Radio, Minneapolis, MN)
http://wcco.com/local/faulty.wind.turbines.2.1186107.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
White House Is Prepared to Set First National Limits on Greenhouse Gases (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/15/AR2009091503146.html?wprss=rss_politics
2010? Reid's Comments Add Uncertainty to Climate Vote's Timing (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/09/16/16climatewire-2010-reids-comments-add-uncertainty-to-clima-48964.html
Obama Admin: Cap & Trade Could Cost Families $1,761 per Year (CBS News)
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/09/15/taking_liberties/entry5314040.shtml
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Electric Cars May Be Closer To Charging Up Auto Market (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009873449_electriccars16.html
Climate Change Depresses Beer Drinkers (New Scientist)
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327253.400-climate-change-depresses-beer-drinkers.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Chattanooga: EPB fiber optics available to 17,000 homes (Times Free Press, Chattanooga, TN)
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2009/sep/15/chattanooga-epb-fiber-optics-available-17000-homes/?breakingnews
Comcast Raises Cable Modem Rental Fee - Market by market, beginning this fall (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Raises-Cable-Modem-Rental-Fee-104477
After Outcry, T-Mobile Drops Paper Billing Fee (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/15/financial/f142734D24.DTL&feed=rss.business
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State's Jobless Rate Resumes Its Climb: 9.2% for August (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009871427_webjobs15.html?syndication=rss
Port Of Kalama Wine Bottle Plant Shutting Down (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/971713.html
Chewy Chicken Feet May Quash a Trade War (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/business/global/16chickens.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Hybrid Man-Eating Pythons? Florida Is On Alert.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0915/p02s01-usgn.html
Fake Cop Arrested After Stopping Mayor
http://www.kirotv.com/politics/20924752/detail.html
Universal Reveals Details of New Harry Potter Park
http://www.kirotv.com/travelgetaways/20921703/detail.html
Town Left in the Dark for Two Months
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE58E5GB20090915?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Train Misses Drunken Teen Napping On Track
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE58D4LB20090914?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
SONG OF THE DAY
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmDDOFXSgAs
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Energy News Digest for September 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)
• Natural Gas Prices Jump 12 Percent
• Natural Gas Has Spiked 60% Since Labor Day. Why?
• Avista Cutting Natural Gas Rates
• TransAlta Earns Statewide Award
• Tennessee Valley Authority to Pay $43 Million on Projects in Spill Area
• New York Independent System Operator Seeks Changes to Energy Bidding
• Beware Of Utility Bill Phishing
• Colorado - Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association to Return $1.6 Million to Members
• Indiana - Alcoa Offers Incentives for Workers Who Leave
• Florida - Downtown Power Lines Battle Could Grow Into Lawsuit
• The Obama Administration Reveals Its Salmon Plan
• Obama Administration Backs Columbia Salmon and Dam Plan
• Salmon Plan Boosts Protection, Administration Says
• News Release - NOAA Strengthens 2008 Columbia River Salmon Protection Strategy
• Administration Presents Plan to Adapt to Change, Provide Insurance Policy for Fish
• Op/Ed - Energizing the Future to Save Our Salmon
• Inmates Join Battle against Weed to Protect North Mason Salmon Run
• Male Bass in Many US Rivers Feminized, Study Finds
• About 100 Dead or Sick Sea Ducks Found At Kalaloch, LaPush
• Bat Experts Watch Health of Northwest Colonies
• Headline Hilarity - PNW Study Suggests Less Total Precip in Dry Years
• People for Puget Sound Gets New Leader
• Schwarzenegger Plans Executive Order on Renewable Energy
• Editorial - A Clean-Energy Plan in Doubt
• California Renewables Push Could Drive Up Prices in Oregon
• Montana - Deal on Wind Power Sealed, Schweitzer Says
• Montana - Second Huge Wind Farm Planned For Toole, Glacier Counties
• Denmark – World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm to Go Online
• Europe Wind Power Body Sees Big Offshore Potential
• It’s Time to Regulate Wind Farms
• PSE's Green Power Program Wins National Award
• Editorial - Tax Dollars should not Be Used to Hype Alternatives to Fossil Fuels
• Can Solar Energy Pay Off Without Subsidies?
• German Thieves' New Take on Solar Panel Recycling
• Can Energy Efficiency Goals Be Met Without More Laws?
• Oregon Proposes New Rules for Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Clark County Calculates Which ‘Green’ Purchasing Efforts Pay Off
• Amazon Halts Work On Oregon Data Center Complex
• Comcast to Encrypt Signals
• $350 Million for Broadband Mapping: Too Much?
• Broadband over Powerline's Pulse Still Beats
• Google Hopes Readers Will 'Flip' Over New Format
• Deputies Arrest 'Polite' North Mason Robber
• City Of Shelton to Seek Stimulus Funds to Improve 101/Wallace Kneeland Interchange
• WA Gov Releases Natural Resource Reform Ideas
• People Empowered - Shelton-Area Family Pedals across Country
WORD OF THE DAY
Intestate • \in-TESS-tayt\ • adjective - 1: having made no valid will 2: not disposed of by will
The silence in the dark-paneled lawyer’s office was deafening. Brutus’ extended family had dutifully trooped into the hushed chamber, punctuated by silent coughs and the scraping of moving chairs. All 50 attendees had expected at least a share in the “Joanie Loves Chachi” memorabilia collection…breathless in anticipation over what the treasured items would bring in a planned Sotheby’s auction. The stunned silence was palpable as the attorney announced that Brutus died intestate. “But I thought he died in Omaha,” barked his clearly agitated uncle.
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
Natural Gas Prices Jump 12 Percent (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/14/financial/f022422D65.DTL&feed=rss.business
Natural Gas Has Spiked 60% Since Labor Day. Why? (Seeking Alpha)
http://seekingalpha.com/article/161308-natural-gas-has-spiked-60-since-labor-day-why?source=feed
Avista Cutting Natural Gas Rates - Utility hopes to have new prices in effect by November (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/14/avista-cutting-gas-rates-third-time-year/
TransAlta Earns Statewide Award (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?TransAlta-Earns-Statewide-Award=1&blockID=75139&feedID=410
Tennessee Valley Authority to Pay $43 Million on Projects in Spill Area (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/us/15ash.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
New York Independent System Operator Seeks Changes to Energy Bidding (The Business Review)
http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/othercities/albany/stories/2009/09/14/daily5.html
Beware Of Utility Bill Phishing (KTHV-TV, Little Rock, AR)
http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=90870&catid=2
Colorado - Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association to Return $1.6 Million to Members (The Coloradan, Fort Collins)
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20090914/UPDATES03/90914013/PVREA+to+return++1.6+million+to+members+
Indiana - Alcoa Offers Incentives for Workers Who Leave (Journal Courier, Lafayette, IN)
http://www.jconline.com/article/20090915/BUSINESS/909150323
Florida - Downtown Power Lines Battle Could Grow Into Lawsuit (Cape Coral Daily Breeze, FL)
http://www.cape-coral-daily-breeze.com/page/content.detail/id/510210.html?nav=5011
FISH & WILDLIFE
The Obama Administration Reveals Its Salmon Plan (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/09/the_obama_administration_revea.html
Obama Administration Backs Columbia Salmon and Dam Plan (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/environment/story/900609.html
Salmon Plan Boosts Protection, Administration Says (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/15/obama-administration-release-salmon-plan/
News Release - NOAA Strengthens 2008 Columbia River Salmon Protection Strategy - Plan based on sound science; strengthened contingency plan added as insurance for salmon (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090915_salmon.html
Administration Presents Plan to Adapt to Change, Provide Insurance Policy for Fish (salmonrecovery.gov)
http://www.salmonrecovery.gov/Biological_Opinions/FCRPS/2008_biop/index.cfm
Oregonian Op/Ed - Energizing the Future to Save Our Salmon
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/09/energizing_the_future_to_save.html
Inmates Join Battle against Weed to Protect North Mason Salmon Run (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/59290287.html
Male Bass in Many US Rivers Feminized, Study Finds (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009864392_apussciintersexfish.html?syndication=rss
About 100 Dead or Sick Sea Ducks Found At Kalaloch, LaPush Beaches (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2009860574_seabirds14m.html
Bat Experts Watch Health of Northwest Colonies - After Northeast bat colonies suffer a deadly infection, a local bat study takes on new urgency
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2009860734_bats14m.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Headline Hilarity - PNW Study Suggests Less Total Precip in Dry Years (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11131103
People for Puget Sound Gets New Leader (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/971202.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Schwarzenegger Plans Executive Order on Renewable Energy (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2183025.html
SF Chronicle Editorial - A Clean-Energy Plan in Doubt
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/14/EDS919N0PE.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
California Renewables Push Could Drive Up Prices in Oregon (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/09/california_renewables_push_cou.html
Montana - Deal on Wind Power Sealed, Schweitzer Says (The Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_b24f828e-a1b6-11de-929d-001cc4c03286.html
Montana - Second Huge Wind Farm Planned For Toole, Glacier Counties (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090913/NEWS01/909130303
Denmark – World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm to Go Online (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/largest-offshore-wind-farm-to-go-online/
Europe Wind Power Body Sees Big Offshore Potential (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE58D30J20090914
It’s Time to Regulate Wind Farms - For the past decade, Northwest policymakers have treated wind energy like a newborn, lavishing it with political love and bathing it in tax credits and other incentives (AgWeek)
http://www.agweek.com/articles/?id=6100&article_id=15000&property_id=41
PSE's Green Power Program Wins National Award (iStock Analyst)
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3480984
Washington Post Editorial - Self-Serve, Please: Tax Dollars should not Be Used to Hype Alternatives to Fossil Fuels
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/13/AR2009091302448.html?nav=rss_opinions
Can Solar Energy Pay Off Without Subsidies? (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112839270&ft=1&f=3
German Thieves' New Take on Solar Panel Recycling (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112839276&ft=1&f=3
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Can Energy Efficiency Goals Be Met Without More Laws? (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ARTCL&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=369025&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregon Proposes New Rules for Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/09/oregon_proposes_new_rules_for.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Clark County Calculates Which ‘Green’ Purchasing Efforts Pay Off (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090915/NEWS02/709159953/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Amazon Halts Work On Oregon Data Center Complex (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/09/14/daily8.html?ana=from_rss
Comcast to Encrypt Signals (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009860393_brier14.html
$350 Million for Broadband Mapping: Too Much? One company says they could do it for $3.5 million (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/350-Million-For-Broadband-Mapping-Too-Much-104442
Broadband over Powerline's Pulse Still Beats (Fierce Telecom)
http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/broadband-over-powerlines-pulse-still-beats/2009-09-14
Google Hopes Readers Will 'Flip' Over New Format (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/14/financial/f160151D97.DTL&feed=rss.business
GENERAL NEWS
Deputies Arrest 'Polite' North Mason Robber (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/sep/14/deputies-arrest-polite-north-mason-robber/?partner=RSS
City Of Shelton to Seek Stimulus Funds to Improve 101/Wallace Kneeland Interchange (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=169:city-applying-for-stimulus-funds-to-improve-101wallace-kneeland-interchange-&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
WA Gov Releases Natural Resource Reform Ideas (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5807-wa-gov-releases-natural-resource-reform-ideas/
People Empowered - Shelton-Area Family Pedals across Country (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/971191.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
California Disability Applicant Arrested After Video Shows Her Bowling
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2183027.html
Cruzin' Cooler Is A Drink Cooler That You Can Ride
http://consumerist.com/5359742/cruzin-cooler-is-a-drink-cooler-that-you-can-ride
Pharmacy Tech Sues Employer over Mock Holdup
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20900565/detail.html
Worker Honored For 50 Years at McDonald's
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20910531/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Billy Joel - Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UBpt1dya60
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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Natural Gas Prices Jump 12 Percent
• Natural Gas Has Spiked 60% Since Labor Day. Why?
• Avista Cutting Natural Gas Rates
• TransAlta Earns Statewide Award
• Tennessee Valley Authority to Pay $43 Million on Projects in Spill Area
• New York Independent System Operator Seeks Changes to Energy Bidding
• Beware Of Utility Bill Phishing
• Colorado - Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association to Return $1.6 Million to Members
• Indiana - Alcoa Offers Incentives for Workers Who Leave
• Florida - Downtown Power Lines Battle Could Grow Into Lawsuit
• The Obama Administration Reveals Its Salmon Plan
• Obama Administration Backs Columbia Salmon and Dam Plan
• Salmon Plan Boosts Protection, Administration Says
• News Release - NOAA Strengthens 2008 Columbia River Salmon Protection Strategy
• Administration Presents Plan to Adapt to Change, Provide Insurance Policy for Fish
• Op/Ed - Energizing the Future to Save Our Salmon
• Inmates Join Battle against Weed to Protect North Mason Salmon Run
• Male Bass in Many US Rivers Feminized, Study Finds
• About 100 Dead or Sick Sea Ducks Found At Kalaloch, LaPush
• Bat Experts Watch Health of Northwest Colonies
• Headline Hilarity - PNW Study Suggests Less Total Precip in Dry Years
• People for Puget Sound Gets New Leader
• Schwarzenegger Plans Executive Order on Renewable Energy
• Editorial - A Clean-Energy Plan in Doubt
• California Renewables Push Could Drive Up Prices in Oregon
• Montana - Deal on Wind Power Sealed, Schweitzer Says
• Montana - Second Huge Wind Farm Planned For Toole, Glacier Counties
• Denmark – World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm to Go Online
• Europe Wind Power Body Sees Big Offshore Potential
• It’s Time to Regulate Wind Farms
• PSE's Green Power Program Wins National Award
• Editorial - Tax Dollars should not Be Used to Hype Alternatives to Fossil Fuels
• Can Solar Energy Pay Off Without Subsidies?
• German Thieves' New Take on Solar Panel Recycling
• Can Energy Efficiency Goals Be Met Without More Laws?
• Oregon Proposes New Rules for Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Clark County Calculates Which ‘Green’ Purchasing Efforts Pay Off
• Amazon Halts Work On Oregon Data Center Complex
• Comcast to Encrypt Signals
• $350 Million for Broadband Mapping: Too Much?
• Broadband over Powerline's Pulse Still Beats
• Google Hopes Readers Will 'Flip' Over New Format
• Deputies Arrest 'Polite' North Mason Robber
• City Of Shelton to Seek Stimulus Funds to Improve 101/Wallace Kneeland Interchange
• WA Gov Releases Natural Resource Reform Ideas
• People Empowered - Shelton-Area Family Pedals across Country
WORD OF THE DAY
Intestate • \in-TESS-tayt\ • adjective - 1: having made no valid will 2: not disposed of by will
The silence in the dark-paneled lawyer’s office was deafening. Brutus’ extended family had dutifully trooped into the hushed chamber, punctuated by silent coughs and the scraping of moving chairs. All 50 attendees had expected at least a share in the “Joanie Loves Chachi” memorabilia collection…breathless in anticipation over what the treasured items would bring in a planned Sotheby’s auction. The stunned silence was palpable as the attorney announced that Brutus died intestate. “But I thought he died in Omaha,” barked his clearly agitated uncle.
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
Natural Gas Prices Jump 12 Percent (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/14/financial/f022422D65.DTL&feed=rss.business
Natural Gas Has Spiked 60% Since Labor Day. Why? (Seeking Alpha)
http://seekingalpha.com/article/161308-natural-gas-has-spiked-60-since-labor-day-why?source=feed
Avista Cutting Natural Gas Rates - Utility hopes to have new prices in effect by November (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/14/avista-cutting-gas-rates-third-time-year/
TransAlta Earns Statewide Award (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?TransAlta-Earns-Statewide-Award=1&blockID=75139&feedID=410
Tennessee Valley Authority to Pay $43 Million on Projects in Spill Area (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/us/15ash.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
New York Independent System Operator Seeks Changes to Energy Bidding (The Business Review)
http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/othercities/albany/stories/2009/09/14/daily5.html
Beware Of Utility Bill Phishing (KTHV-TV, Little Rock, AR)
http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=90870&catid=2
Colorado - Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association to Return $1.6 Million to Members (The Coloradan, Fort Collins)
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20090914/UPDATES03/90914013/PVREA+to+return++1.6+million+to+members+
Indiana - Alcoa Offers Incentives for Workers Who Leave (Journal Courier, Lafayette, IN)
http://www.jconline.com/article/20090915/BUSINESS/909150323
Florida - Downtown Power Lines Battle Could Grow Into Lawsuit (Cape Coral Daily Breeze, FL)
http://www.cape-coral-daily-breeze.com/page/content.detail/id/510210.html?nav=5011
FISH & WILDLIFE
The Obama Administration Reveals Its Salmon Plan (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/09/the_obama_administration_revea.html
Obama Administration Backs Columbia Salmon and Dam Plan (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/environment/story/900609.html
Salmon Plan Boosts Protection, Administration Says (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/15/obama-administration-release-salmon-plan/
News Release - NOAA Strengthens 2008 Columbia River Salmon Protection Strategy - Plan based on sound science; strengthened contingency plan added as insurance for salmon (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090915_salmon.html
Administration Presents Plan to Adapt to Change, Provide Insurance Policy for Fish (salmonrecovery.gov)
http://www.salmonrecovery.gov/Biological_Opinions/FCRPS/2008_biop/index.cfm
Oregonian Op/Ed - Energizing the Future to Save Our Salmon
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/09/energizing_the_future_to_save.html
Inmates Join Battle against Weed to Protect North Mason Salmon Run (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/59290287.html
Male Bass in Many US Rivers Feminized, Study Finds (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009864392_apussciintersexfish.html?syndication=rss
About 100 Dead or Sick Sea Ducks Found At Kalaloch, LaPush Beaches (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2009860574_seabirds14m.html
Bat Experts Watch Health of Northwest Colonies - After Northeast bat colonies suffer a deadly infection, a local bat study takes on new urgency
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2009860734_bats14m.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Headline Hilarity - PNW Study Suggests Less Total Precip in Dry Years (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11131103
People for Puget Sound Gets New Leader (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/971202.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Schwarzenegger Plans Executive Order on Renewable Energy (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2183025.html
SF Chronicle Editorial - A Clean-Energy Plan in Doubt
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/14/EDS919N0PE.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
California Renewables Push Could Drive Up Prices in Oregon (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/09/california_renewables_push_cou.html
Montana - Deal on Wind Power Sealed, Schweitzer Says (The Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_b24f828e-a1b6-11de-929d-001cc4c03286.html
Montana - Second Huge Wind Farm Planned For Toole, Glacier Counties (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090913/NEWS01/909130303
Denmark – World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm to Go Online (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/largest-offshore-wind-farm-to-go-online/
Europe Wind Power Body Sees Big Offshore Potential (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE58D30J20090914
It’s Time to Regulate Wind Farms - For the past decade, Northwest policymakers have treated wind energy like a newborn, lavishing it with political love and bathing it in tax credits and other incentives (AgWeek)
http://www.agweek.com/articles/?id=6100&article_id=15000&property_id=41
PSE's Green Power Program Wins National Award (iStock Analyst)
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3480984
Washington Post Editorial - Self-Serve, Please: Tax Dollars should not Be Used to Hype Alternatives to Fossil Fuels
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/13/AR2009091302448.html?nav=rss_opinions
Can Solar Energy Pay Off Without Subsidies? (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112839270&ft=1&f=3
German Thieves' New Take on Solar Panel Recycling (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112839276&ft=1&f=3
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Can Energy Efficiency Goals Be Met Without More Laws? (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ARTCL&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=369025&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregon Proposes New Rules for Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/09/oregon_proposes_new_rules_for.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Clark County Calculates Which ‘Green’ Purchasing Efforts Pay Off (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090915/NEWS02/709159953/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Amazon Halts Work On Oregon Data Center Complex (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/09/14/daily8.html?ana=from_rss
Comcast to Encrypt Signals (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009860393_brier14.html
$350 Million for Broadband Mapping: Too Much? One company says they could do it for $3.5 million (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/350-Million-For-Broadband-Mapping-Too-Much-104442
Broadband over Powerline's Pulse Still Beats (Fierce Telecom)
http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/broadband-over-powerlines-pulse-still-beats/2009-09-14
Google Hopes Readers Will 'Flip' Over New Format (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/14/financial/f160151D97.DTL&feed=rss.business
GENERAL NEWS
Deputies Arrest 'Polite' North Mason Robber (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/sep/14/deputies-arrest-polite-north-mason-robber/?partner=RSS
City Of Shelton to Seek Stimulus Funds to Improve 101/Wallace Kneeland Interchange (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=169:city-applying-for-stimulus-funds-to-improve-101wallace-kneeland-interchange-&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
WA Gov Releases Natural Resource Reform Ideas (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5807-wa-gov-releases-natural-resource-reform-ideas/
People Empowered - Shelton-Area Family Pedals across Country (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/971191.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
California Disability Applicant Arrested After Video Shows Her Bowling
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2183027.html
Cruzin' Cooler Is A Drink Cooler That You Can Ride
http://consumerist.com/5359742/cruzin-cooler-is-a-drink-cooler-that-you-can-ride
Pharmacy Tech Sues Employer over Mock Holdup
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20900565/detail.html
Worker Honored For 50 Years at McDonald's
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20910531/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Billy Joel - Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UBpt1dya60
Monday, September 14, 2009
Energy News Digest for September 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)
• Natural Gas Costs Flame Out
• Alaska - New Gas Contract for Chugach Electric May Be No Bargain
• TransAlta Emissions - Environmentalists’ Claims Disputed by Ecology Department
• Look Up! Volunteer construction worker injured by power line
• Editorial - Tennessee Valley Authority Calls For Input But Shuts Public Out
• Tennessee Valley Authority Nominee: Utility's Problems Same As In 1970s
• San Francisco Power Plant To Remain Open Through 2010
• Minnesota Utility Quits Big Stone II - $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant
• EPA Says It Will Review 79 Coal Mining Requests
• South Carolina - Copper Thefts at Santee Electric Cooperative
• U.S. Climate Bill Should Not Delay Grid Overhaul: FERC
• What Is Obama's Plan For The Northwest's Imperiled Salmon?
• Columnist - Rocky Barker: Will Obama Broach Dam Breaching?
• Fishermen Spat Leads To Puyallup River Closures
• New Washington State Fish And Wildlife Director Knows Job
• EPA Puts Limits on Three Pesticides to Protect Salmon
• Fix the Road; Fix the Stream
• Friends Help Fox Creek Salmon
• California - Key Salmon Spawning Rivers All But Dry
• Canada - Sockeye Salmon on the Wane
• Idaho - Boise River Chinook Harvest Is Over
• Fish Salvage Starts At Idaho's Sixmile, Gunnel Reservoirs
• Idaho to Reintroduce Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout
• WA State Lets Fishermen Sell Salmon-Eating Squid
• Dangerous Germ Found on Puget Sound Beaches
• Deadly Algae Closes Leland, Gibbs Lakes To Recreational Use
• Clark County Upgrade Boosts Sewer Capacity By 45 Percent
• Water Deal Eludes California Lawmakers At Session's End
• Mother Nature’s Little Helpers - The busy beaver
• Port of Shelton Announces Land Option with Alternative Energy Company
• California - Schwarzenegger To Veto Renewable Energy Bills
• Colorado Utility's Rebuff Of Wyoming Wind Surprises –
• Op/Ed - Critics Say Wind Turbines Hurt Land Values
• Wisconsin - Biomass Plant Plan Triggers Questions
• Meeting the Energy Challenge through Conservation in Oregon
• Op/Ed - Energy conservation, personal sacrifice has become a necessity
• Carbon Price Drops In Northeast Auction
• Pollution Auction - Good for Acid Rain, But Can It Slow Climate Change?
• Protecting Climate Change Refugees
• News Digest Flashback - Bogus Trend Story of the Week
• Environmental Groups Spar over Certifications of Wood and Paper Products
• Op/Ed - Algae Farms Can Clean Up Power Plants’ Carbon
• Sailing Ships – California says Wind Power Isn’t Green Enough For the Lady Washington
• Lobbying Firm Says It Only Forged 13 Letters, Not 14
• Good Housekeeping's New Green Seal: Not That Green, Actually
• $100 Million Question: Where is Broadband In US?
• Assessing the Internet: Great Creator or Destroyer?
• Twitter Changes Terms Of Service to Allow Ads
• Regulators Seize Lacey-Based Venture Bank
• Mason Officials Want Residents to Trade Burn Barrels for Compost Bins
• Initiative 1033 - Backers of Revenue Cap Initiative Lose Bid to Change Ballot Wording
• State Considers Selling Company Naming Rights On Ferries
• Heat Bares Ice at Mount Rainier
WORD OF THE DAY
Munificent • \myoo-NIF-uh-sunt\ • adjective - 1: very liberal in giving or bestowing: lavish
Barty was in hog heaven. He was eating chicken-fried steak at his favorite hash house, lavished with the munificent ministrations of the waitress, who kept plying him with complimentary bacon…fried just right to a crispy crunch.
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
Natural Gas Costs Flame Out - Natural-gas prices are increasingly unlikely to cause much discontent this winter (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090913/BIZ01/709139952/-1/BIZ
Alaska - New Gas Contract for Chugach Electric May Be No Bargain (Alaska Journal of Commerce)
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/091109/oil_img_001.shtml
TransAlta Emissions - Environmentalists’ Claims Disputed by Ecology Department (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/09/12/news//doc4aab4daf3d9c1192494207.txt
Look Up! Volunteer construction worker injured by power line (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/12/volunteer-construction-worker-injured-power-line/
Daily News Journal Editorial - Tennessee Valley Authority Calls For Input But Shuts Public Out
http://www.dnj.com/article/20090913/NEWS05/909130326/TVA+calls+for+input+but+shuts+public+out
Tennessee Valley Authority Nominee: Utility's Problems Same As In 1970s (Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, IN)
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20090912/APF/909120730
San Francisco Power Plant To Remain Open Through 2010 (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2214054~SF_power_plant_to_remain_open_through_2010.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Minnesota Utility Quits Big Stone II - $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant in South Dakota (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009849020_apusbigstoneottertail.html?syndication=rss
EPA Says It Will Review 79 Coal Mining Requests (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/12/epa-says-it-will-review-79-coal-mining-requests/
South Carolina - Copper Thefts at Santee Electric Cooperative (WPDE-TV, Myrtle Beach, SC)
http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=349247
U.S. Climate Bill Should Not Delay Grid Overhaul: FERC “…(Wellinghof) I would hope the Senate would consider looking at a (transmission) bill separately, if in fact the climate bill does seem to be stalled…” (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE58A45U20090911
FISH & WILDLIFE
What Is Obama's Plan For The Northwest's Imperiled Salmon? “…Based on interviews with those familiar with the Obama administration's discussions, Tuesday's unveiling will not dramatically alter the approach we've known from the previous administration…” (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/09/what_is_obamas_plan_for_the_no.html
Idaho Statesman Columnist - Rocky Barker: Will Obama Broach Dam Breaching?
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/898982.html
Fishermen Spat Leads To Puyallup River Closures (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/59069032.html
New Washington State Fish And Wildlife Director Knows Job - Anderson hopes to enhance outdoor activity opportunities after removal of ‘interim’ from title (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/877907.html
EPA Puts Limits on Three Pesticides to Protect Salmon (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11114916
Fix the Road; Fix the Stream - New Culvert On Evergreen State College Campus Will Mimic Nature (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/970114.html
Friends Help Fox Creek Salmon (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/09/14/area_news/doc4aadea4ec5869136838687.txt
California - Key Salmon Spawning Rivers All But Dry (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/13/MN5I19CVKD.DTL
Canada - Sockeye Salmon on the Wane: Salmon in the Pink on Fraser River (Globe and Mail, Canada)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/salmon-in-the-pink-on-fraser-river/article1284895/
Idaho - Boise River Chinook Harvest Is Over (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/969429.html
Fish Salvage Starts At Idaho's Sixmile, Gunnel Reservoirs – Hybrid fish will be eliminated (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/968420.html
Idaho to Reintroduce Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/969450.html
WA State Lets Fishermen Sell Salmon-Eating Squid (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009859480_apwahumboldtsquid.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Dangerous Germ Found on Puget Sound Beaches (KIRO-TV, Seattle) http://www.kirotv.com/news/20875990/detail.html
Deadly Algae Closes Leland, Gibbs Lakes To Recreational Use (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090913/news/309139989
Clark County Upgrade Boosts Sewer Capacity By 45 Percent (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090912/NEWS02/909129993/
Water Deal Eludes California Lawmakers At Session's End (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iMcz9ocS8CdxPM6ZyRBpUq9Yro8QD9ALKENG2
Mother Nature’s Little Helpers - The busy beaver may be key to region’s water issues (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/13/busy-beavers-may-be-key-water-storage/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Port of Shelton Announces Land Option with Alternative Energy Company (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=146:port-of-shelton-announces-land-option-with-energy-company&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
California - Schwarzenegger To Veto Renewable Energy Bills (Associated Press)
http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20090913/UPDATES01/90912021/Schwarzenegger+to+veto+renewable+energy+bills+
Colorado Utility's Rebuff Of Wyoming Wind Surprises - Xcel Rejected Southeast Wyoming Wind Developers (Associated Press)
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/20888390/detail.html
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Op/Ed - Critics Say Wind Turbines Hurt Land Values
http://www.jsonline.com/business/59088607.html
Wisconsin - Biomass Plant Plan Triggers Questions - Papermakers concerned about price of wood (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI)
http://www.jsonline.com/business/59087912.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Meeting the Energy Challenge through Conservation in Oregon (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/09/meeting_the_energy_challenge_t.html
Alaska Journal of Commerce Op/Ed - Energy conservation, personal sacrifice has become a necessity
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/091109/opi_7_001.shtml
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon Price Drops In Northeast Auction (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/11/financial/f133834D87.DTL&feed=rss.business
Pollution Auction - Good for Acid Rain, But Can It Slow Climate Change? (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112795024&ft=1&f=2
Protecting Climate Change Refugees - Communities hardest hit by climate change are also the poorest. Their right to compensation and protection needs to be made into law (Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/13/climate-change-refugees-law
News Digest Flashback - Bogus Trend Story of the Week: "Climate Fears Are Driving 'Ecomigration' Across Globe." (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2212229/
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Environmental Groups Spar over Certifications of Wood and Paper Products (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/science/earth/12timber.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Billings Gazette Op/Ed - Algae Farms Can Clean Up Power Plants’ Carbon
http://billingsgazette.com/news/opinion/guest/article_a463df08-9f54-11de-a466-001cc4c03286.html
Sailing Ships – California says Wind Power Isn’t Green Enough For the Lady Washington (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/09/12/local_news/doc4aab565b993cb859656624.txt
Lobbying Firm Says It Only Forged 13 Letters, Not 14 (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/09/lobbying_firm_says_it_only_for.html
Good Housekeeping's New Green Seal: Not That Green, Actually (Consumerist)
http://consumerist.com/5357723/good-housekeepings-new-green-seal-not-that-green-actually
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
$100 Million Question: Where is Broadband In US? (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009856089_apustecthe350millionmap.html?syndication=rss
Assessing the Internet: Great Creator or Destroyer? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/09/13/assessing-the-internet-great-creator-or-destroyer/
Twitter Changes Terms Of Service to Allow Ads (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13316808
GENERAL NEWS
Regulators Seize Lacey-Based Venture Bank (KIRO Radio, Seattle, WA)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=211623
Mason Officials Want Residents to Trade Burn Barrels for Compost Bins (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/sep/13/mason-officials-want-residents-to-trade-burn-for/?partner=RSS
Initiative 1033 - Backers of Revenue Cap Initiative Lose Bid to Change Ballot Wording (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/968267.html
State Considers Selling Company Naming Rights On Ferries (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009850506_ferrynaming12m.html?syndication=rss
Heat Bares Ice at Mount Rainier (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/13/heat-bares-ice-at-mount-rainier/
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Driver Dons Monkey Masks to Elude Tickets - Arizona Man Faces 37 Tickets, $6,700 In Fines
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/20859369/detail.html
Washington State Judicial Candidate Mistaken For SC Rep who Heckled President
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11114755
Bad Neighbor - Man Signs For Package, Pawns Contents
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20090911/BREAKINGNEWS/90911005/1006/NEWS01/Police++Man+signed+for+neighbor+s+package++pawned+it
Puyallup 911 Dispatcher Gives Birth on 9-11 at 9:11
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/969529.html
DIY Roads In India After Endless Govt Delays: Report
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090908/od_afp/indiaroadoffbeat_20090908110446
SONG OF THE DAY
Bette Midler - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUxUbYUHExs
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Natural Gas Costs Flame Out
• Alaska - New Gas Contract for Chugach Electric May Be No Bargain
• TransAlta Emissions - Environmentalists’ Claims Disputed by Ecology Department
• Look Up! Volunteer construction worker injured by power line
• Editorial - Tennessee Valley Authority Calls For Input But Shuts Public Out
• Tennessee Valley Authority Nominee: Utility's Problems Same As In 1970s
• San Francisco Power Plant To Remain Open Through 2010
• Minnesota Utility Quits Big Stone II - $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant
• EPA Says It Will Review 79 Coal Mining Requests
• South Carolina - Copper Thefts at Santee Electric Cooperative
• U.S. Climate Bill Should Not Delay Grid Overhaul: FERC
• What Is Obama's Plan For The Northwest's Imperiled Salmon?
• Columnist - Rocky Barker: Will Obama Broach Dam Breaching?
• Fishermen Spat Leads To Puyallup River Closures
• New Washington State Fish And Wildlife Director Knows Job
• EPA Puts Limits on Three Pesticides to Protect Salmon
• Fix the Road; Fix the Stream
• Friends Help Fox Creek Salmon
• California - Key Salmon Spawning Rivers All But Dry
• Canada - Sockeye Salmon on the Wane
• Idaho - Boise River Chinook Harvest Is Over
• Fish Salvage Starts At Idaho's Sixmile, Gunnel Reservoirs
• Idaho to Reintroduce Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout
• WA State Lets Fishermen Sell Salmon-Eating Squid
• Dangerous Germ Found on Puget Sound Beaches
• Deadly Algae Closes Leland, Gibbs Lakes To Recreational Use
• Clark County Upgrade Boosts Sewer Capacity By 45 Percent
• Water Deal Eludes California Lawmakers At Session's End
• Mother Nature’s Little Helpers - The busy beaver
• Port of Shelton Announces Land Option with Alternative Energy Company
• California - Schwarzenegger To Veto Renewable Energy Bills
• Colorado Utility's Rebuff Of Wyoming Wind Surprises –
• Op/Ed - Critics Say Wind Turbines Hurt Land Values
• Wisconsin - Biomass Plant Plan Triggers Questions
• Meeting the Energy Challenge through Conservation in Oregon
• Op/Ed - Energy conservation, personal sacrifice has become a necessity
• Carbon Price Drops In Northeast Auction
• Pollution Auction - Good for Acid Rain, But Can It Slow Climate Change?
• Protecting Climate Change Refugees
• News Digest Flashback - Bogus Trend Story of the Week
• Environmental Groups Spar over Certifications of Wood and Paper Products
• Op/Ed - Algae Farms Can Clean Up Power Plants’ Carbon
• Sailing Ships – California says Wind Power Isn’t Green Enough For the Lady Washington
• Lobbying Firm Says It Only Forged 13 Letters, Not 14
• Good Housekeeping's New Green Seal: Not That Green, Actually
• $100 Million Question: Where is Broadband In US?
• Assessing the Internet: Great Creator or Destroyer?
• Twitter Changes Terms Of Service to Allow Ads
• Regulators Seize Lacey-Based Venture Bank
• Mason Officials Want Residents to Trade Burn Barrels for Compost Bins
• Initiative 1033 - Backers of Revenue Cap Initiative Lose Bid to Change Ballot Wording
• State Considers Selling Company Naming Rights On Ferries
• Heat Bares Ice at Mount Rainier
WORD OF THE DAY
Munificent • \myoo-NIF-uh-sunt\ • adjective - 1: very liberal in giving or bestowing: lavish
Barty was in hog heaven. He was eating chicken-fried steak at his favorite hash house, lavished with the munificent ministrations of the waitress, who kept plying him with complimentary bacon…fried just right to a crispy crunch.
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
Natural Gas Costs Flame Out - Natural-gas prices are increasingly unlikely to cause much discontent this winter (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090913/BIZ01/709139952/-1/BIZ
Alaska - New Gas Contract for Chugach Electric May Be No Bargain (Alaska Journal of Commerce)
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/091109/oil_img_001.shtml
TransAlta Emissions - Environmentalists’ Claims Disputed by Ecology Department (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/09/12/news//doc4aab4daf3d9c1192494207.txt
Look Up! Volunteer construction worker injured by power line (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/12/volunteer-construction-worker-injured-power-line/
Daily News Journal Editorial - Tennessee Valley Authority Calls For Input But Shuts Public Out
http://www.dnj.com/article/20090913/NEWS05/909130326/TVA+calls+for+input+but+shuts+public+out
Tennessee Valley Authority Nominee: Utility's Problems Same As In 1970s (Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, IN)
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20090912/APF/909120730
San Francisco Power Plant To Remain Open Through 2010 (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2214054~SF_power_plant_to_remain_open_through_2010.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Minnesota Utility Quits Big Stone II - $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant in South Dakota (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009849020_apusbigstoneottertail.html?syndication=rss
EPA Says It Will Review 79 Coal Mining Requests (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/12/epa-says-it-will-review-79-coal-mining-requests/
South Carolina - Copper Thefts at Santee Electric Cooperative (WPDE-TV, Myrtle Beach, SC)
http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=349247
U.S. Climate Bill Should Not Delay Grid Overhaul: FERC “…(Wellinghof) I would hope the Senate would consider looking at a (transmission) bill separately, if in fact the climate bill does seem to be stalled…” (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE58A45U20090911
FISH & WILDLIFE
What Is Obama's Plan For The Northwest's Imperiled Salmon? “…Based on interviews with those familiar with the Obama administration's discussions, Tuesday's unveiling will not dramatically alter the approach we've known from the previous administration…” (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/09/what_is_obamas_plan_for_the_no.html
Idaho Statesman Columnist - Rocky Barker: Will Obama Broach Dam Breaching?
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/898982.html
Fishermen Spat Leads To Puyallup River Closures (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/59069032.html
New Washington State Fish And Wildlife Director Knows Job - Anderson hopes to enhance outdoor activity opportunities after removal of ‘interim’ from title (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/877907.html
EPA Puts Limits on Three Pesticides to Protect Salmon (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11114916
Fix the Road; Fix the Stream - New Culvert On Evergreen State College Campus Will Mimic Nature (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/970114.html
Friends Help Fox Creek Salmon (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/09/14/area_news/doc4aadea4ec5869136838687.txt
California - Key Salmon Spawning Rivers All But Dry (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/13/MN5I19CVKD.DTL
Canada - Sockeye Salmon on the Wane: Salmon in the Pink on Fraser River (Globe and Mail, Canada)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/salmon-in-the-pink-on-fraser-river/article1284895/
Idaho - Boise River Chinook Harvest Is Over (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/969429.html
Fish Salvage Starts At Idaho's Sixmile, Gunnel Reservoirs – Hybrid fish will be eliminated (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/968420.html
Idaho to Reintroduce Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/969450.html
WA State Lets Fishermen Sell Salmon-Eating Squid (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009859480_apwahumboldtsquid.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Dangerous Germ Found on Puget Sound Beaches (KIRO-TV, Seattle) http://www.kirotv.com/news/20875990/detail.html
Deadly Algae Closes Leland, Gibbs Lakes To Recreational Use (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090913/news/309139989
Clark County Upgrade Boosts Sewer Capacity By 45 Percent (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090912/NEWS02/909129993/
Water Deal Eludes California Lawmakers At Session's End (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iMcz9ocS8CdxPM6ZyRBpUq9Yro8QD9ALKENG2
Mother Nature’s Little Helpers - The busy beaver may be key to region’s water issues (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/13/busy-beavers-may-be-key-water-storage/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Port of Shelton Announces Land Option with Alternative Energy Company (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=146:port-of-shelton-announces-land-option-with-energy-company&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
California - Schwarzenegger To Veto Renewable Energy Bills (Associated Press)
http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20090913/UPDATES01/90912021/Schwarzenegger+to+veto+renewable+energy+bills+
Colorado Utility's Rebuff Of Wyoming Wind Surprises - Xcel Rejected Southeast Wyoming Wind Developers (Associated Press)
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/20888390/detail.html
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Op/Ed - Critics Say Wind Turbines Hurt Land Values
http://www.jsonline.com/business/59088607.html
Wisconsin - Biomass Plant Plan Triggers Questions - Papermakers concerned about price of wood (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI)
http://www.jsonline.com/business/59087912.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Meeting the Energy Challenge through Conservation in Oregon (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/09/meeting_the_energy_challenge_t.html
Alaska Journal of Commerce Op/Ed - Energy conservation, personal sacrifice has become a necessity
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/091109/opi_7_001.shtml
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon Price Drops In Northeast Auction (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/11/financial/f133834D87.DTL&feed=rss.business
Pollution Auction - Good for Acid Rain, But Can It Slow Climate Change? (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112795024&ft=1&f=2
Protecting Climate Change Refugees - Communities hardest hit by climate change are also the poorest. Their right to compensation and protection needs to be made into law (Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/13/climate-change-refugees-law
News Digest Flashback - Bogus Trend Story of the Week: "Climate Fears Are Driving 'Ecomigration' Across Globe." (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2212229/
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Environmental Groups Spar over Certifications of Wood and Paper Products (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/science/earth/12timber.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Billings Gazette Op/Ed - Algae Farms Can Clean Up Power Plants’ Carbon
http://billingsgazette.com/news/opinion/guest/article_a463df08-9f54-11de-a466-001cc4c03286.html
Sailing Ships – California says Wind Power Isn’t Green Enough For the Lady Washington (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/09/12/local_news/doc4aab565b993cb859656624.txt
Lobbying Firm Says It Only Forged 13 Letters, Not 14 (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/09/lobbying_firm_says_it_only_for.html
Good Housekeeping's New Green Seal: Not That Green, Actually (Consumerist)
http://consumerist.com/5357723/good-housekeepings-new-green-seal-not-that-green-actually
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
$100 Million Question: Where is Broadband In US? (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009856089_apustecthe350millionmap.html?syndication=rss
Assessing the Internet: Great Creator or Destroyer? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/09/13/assessing-the-internet-great-creator-or-destroyer/
Twitter Changes Terms Of Service to Allow Ads (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13316808
GENERAL NEWS
Regulators Seize Lacey-Based Venture Bank (KIRO Radio, Seattle, WA)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=211623
Mason Officials Want Residents to Trade Burn Barrels for Compost Bins (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/sep/13/mason-officials-want-residents-to-trade-burn-for/?partner=RSS
Initiative 1033 - Backers of Revenue Cap Initiative Lose Bid to Change Ballot Wording (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/968267.html
State Considers Selling Company Naming Rights On Ferries (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009850506_ferrynaming12m.html?syndication=rss
Heat Bares Ice at Mount Rainier (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/13/heat-bares-ice-at-mount-rainier/
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Driver Dons Monkey Masks to Elude Tickets - Arizona Man Faces 37 Tickets, $6,700 In Fines
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/20859369/detail.html
Washington State Judicial Candidate Mistaken For SC Rep who Heckled President
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11114755
Bad Neighbor - Man Signs For Package, Pawns Contents
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20090911/BREAKINGNEWS/90911005/1006/NEWS01/Police++Man+signed+for+neighbor+s+package++pawned+it
Puyallup 911 Dispatcher Gives Birth on 9-11 at 9:11
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/969529.html
DIY Roads In India After Endless Govt Delays: Report
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090908/od_afp/indiaroadoffbeat_20090908110446
SONG OF THE DAY
Bette Midler - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUxUbYUHExs
Friday, September 11, 2009
Energy News Digest for September 11, 2009
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• BPA Hopes - Columbia Falls Aluminum Operations Extended Again
• City Of Aberdeen to Lease Water Rights to Grays Harbor Energy
• Montana - Meeting Set to Discuss Great Falls Power Plant
• California Utilities Sign $900M Natural Gas Pact
• Two Florida PSC Staffers Resign As Nuclear Plant Weighed
• Idaho - Rare Salmon Get Boost at Redfish
• Columbia River Tour Tracks Salmon Migration
• Five Transient Orcas Seen In South Sound
• Killer Whales Strain to "Talk" Over Ship Noise
• Biologist says Dwindling British Columbia Salmon Stocks Poorly Managed
• British Columbia - Tiny Fish at Heart of Big Legal Win For Endangered Species
• Oregon Timber Operators Sue Obama Administration
• EPA Vows to Be Chesapeake Watchdog
• Radar Ridge Wind Power Project Deemed Wildlife Safe
• Portland - Vestas Looking At Existing Buildings for Headquarters
• California Lawmakers Weigh Rules on Renewable Energy
• Puget Sound Energy Names Burns & McDonnell Design Engineer for Snake River Wind Energy Project
• Suntech: Oregon Market Is Too Small
• Idaho Man Gets Money to Put Solar Panels in Highways
• Self-Guided Tour of Solar Homes Upcoming in Kittitas County
• Long Eclipsed by the West, Eastern States Angle to Stake Claim in Renewables Push
• The War over Wind - Critics Say Green Groups Are Too Tight With Industry
• German Geothermal Project Leads to Second Thoughts After the Earth Rumbles
• United Kingdom - Planning Blamed For Liquidation of Micro Wind Generation Firm
• Editorial - Smart grid offers leap forward on power usage
• Energy-Efficient Home Renovations Market Windows, Doors & Insulation
• Theft Charges for Ex-Owner of Window & Door Factory
• As Hill Debate on Climate Flounders, EPA Plows Ahead on Emission Rules
• Don't Count on Carbon Offsets to Solve Climate Change, Group Says
• A Carbon Tax for France & a Dramatic Plan to Cut Emissions in Japan
• Car Dealers Appeal Ruling on California Emissions
• Greenland's Melt Mystery Unfolds, At Glacial Pace
• Arctic Shortcut Beckons Shippers as Ice Thaws
• California's Compost Law Could Spark New Trend, & Fines
• Clean Energy Future Has Humble Beginnings
• Really Big Potato Battery! Trees Could Be the Ultimate in Green Power
• Data Center Energy Use Will Likely Be Part of Coming Federal Requirements
• Dell to Hang Up On Idaho Call Center
• Class Action Lawsuit Claims AT&T Profits from Phone Thefts
• 9/11 Marked With Mourning & a Spirit of Service
• Former Mason Budget Director Files Claim Alleging Discrimination
• Judge Shields Signatures in Gay-Rights Referendum
• Washington Tops College Student Swine Flu Rate
• Can You Save Money By Motorcycle Commuting? Not Really
WORD OF THE DAY
Ennead • \ENN-ee-ad\ • noun – A group of nine
The US Supreme Court, an ennead of the brightest legal minds in the nation. One wonders what the Friday potlucks behind the huge bronze doors are like. I like to imagine they’re having a great time, chowing down and wearing big “Red Lobster”-like bibs over their black, silk robes during their noon-hour repast.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Columbia Falls Aluminum Operations Extended Again “…BPA agreed to let CFAC shop in the open market to buy power without jeopardizing its position as a Bonneville customer….” (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/columbia_falls_aluminum_company_open_through_october/12916/
City Of Aberdeen to Lease Water Rights to Grays Harbor Energy (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/09/10/local_news/doc4aa93bbad5c76408089942.txt
Montana - Meeting Set to Discuss Great Falls Power Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.kxmb.com/News/434939.asp
California Utilities Sign $900M Natural Gas Pact (Sacramento Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2009/09/07/daily55.html?ana=from_rss
Two Florida PSC Staffers Resign As Nuclear Plant Weighed (Electricity Forum)
http://www.electricityforum.com/news/sep09/PSCstaffersresignamidFPLratehikerequest.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho - Rare Salmon Get Boost at Redfish: Sockeye released into lake after second summer of high returns (Idaho Mountain Express & Guide, Sun Valley)
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005127810
River Tour Tracks Salmon Migration - NOAA scientists research fish populations in Columbia River estuaries (Daily Astorian, OR)
http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=63936
Five Transient Orcas Seen In South Sound (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/966869.html
Killer Whales Strain to "Talk" Over Ship Noise (National Geographic)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090910-killer-whales-ships.html
Biologist says Dwindling British Columbia Salmon Stocks Poorly Managed (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/09/09/bc-salmon-suzuki-foundation.html
British Columbia - Tiny Fish at Heart of Big Legal Win For Endangered Species (BC Local News)
http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/58664377.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon Timber Operators Sue Obama Administration (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5792-oregon-timber-operators-sue-obama-administration/
EPA Vows to Be Chesapeake Watchdog - Agency Says It Will Strictly Enforce Pollution Rules to Try to Restore the Estuary (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/10/AR2009091002645.html?wprss=rss_business
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Radar Ridge Wind Power Project Deemed Wildlife Safe (Chinook Observer, Longview, WA)
http://www.chinookobserver.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=30321&TM=36067.46#B2
Portland - Vestas Looking At Existing Buildings for Headquarters (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/09/vestas_looking_at_existing_bui.html
California Lawmakers Weigh Rules on Renewable Energy (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g-95_hW8k5bE1za44MIkrEhQIxlQD9AKR8O80
Puget Sound Energy Names Burns & McDonnell Design Engineer for Snake River Wind Energy Project (North American Wind Power)
http://www.nawindpower.com/naw/e107_plugins/content/content_lt.php?content.4587
Suntech: Oregon Market Is Too Small (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/09/07/daily23.html?ana=from_rss
Idaho Man Gets Federal Money to Develop His Idea of Putting Solar Panels in Highways (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/895850.html
Self-Guided Tour of Solar Homes Upcoming in Kittitas County (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/09/10/self-guided-tour-of-solar-homes-upcoming-in-kittitas-county
Long Eclipsed by the West, Eastern States Angle to Stake Claim in Renewables Push (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/09/10/10greenwire-long-eclipsed-by-the-west-eastern-states-angle-83896.html
The War over Wind – Critics Say Green Groups Are Too Tight With Industry (The Daily Page, Madison, WI)
http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=26856
Honey, I Broke the Planet! - German Geothermal Project Leads to Second Thoughts After the Earth Rumbles (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/science/earth/11quake.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
United Kingdom - Planning Blamed For Liquidation of Micro Wind Generation Firm (New Energy Focus)
http://newenergyfocus.com/do/ecco.py/view_item?listid=1&listcatid=32&listitemid=2993§ion=Wind
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Spokesman-Review Editorial - Smart grid offers leap forward on power usage
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/11/smart-grid-offers-leap-forward-on-power-usage/
Energy-Efficient Home Renovations Market Windows, Doors & Insulation (TMC Net)
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/09/11/4364638.htm
Theft Charges for Ex-Owner of Window & Door Factory – Moved inventory to another state to start a new business (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/us/11republic.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
As Hill Debate on Climate Flounders, EPA Plows Ahead on Emission Rules (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/09/10/10greenwire-as-hill-debate-on-climate-flounders-epa-plows-47515.html
Don't Count on Carbon Offsets to Solve Climate Change, Group Says (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/09/dont_count_on_carbon_offsets_t.html
Sacre vert! A Carbon Tax for France & a Dramatic Plan to Cut Emissions in Japan. But America is behind (Economist Magazine)
http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14437359
Car Dealers Appeal Ruling on California Emissions (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009842664_apuscaliforniapollution3rdldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Greenland's Melt Mystery Unfolds, At Glacial Pace (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009841746_apclimate09greenlandsmelt.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Arctic Shortcut Beckons Shippers as Ice Thaws (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/science/earth/11passage.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
California's Compost Law Could Spark New Trend, & Fines (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/2009/sep/California-s-Compost-Law-Could-Spark-New-Trend-.html
Clean Energy Future Has Humble Beginnings (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE58A0JT20090911
Really Big Potato Battery! Trees Could Be the Ultimate in Green Power (New Scientist)
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17767-trees-could-be-the-ultimate-in-green-power.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Ready For Regulation? Data Center Energy Use Will Likely Be Part of Coming Federal Requirements (Processor)
http://www.processor.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/P3123/37p23/37p23/37p23.asp&guid=
Dell to Hang Up On Idaho Call Center (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/967564.html
Class Action Lawsuit Claims AT&T Profits from Phone Thefts (Courthouse News)
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/09/11/Class_Claims_AT&T_Profits_from_Phone_Thefts.htm
GENERAL NEWS
9/11 Marked With Mourning & a Spirit of Service (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20838690/detail.html
Former Mason Budget Director Files Claim Alleging Discrimination (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/sep/10/former-mason-budget-director-files-claim/?partner=RSS
Judge Shields Signatures in Gay-Rights Referendum (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009843284_webref7111m.html?syndication=rss
Washington Tops College Student Swine Flu Rate (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/966828.html
Can You Save Money By Motorcycle Commuting? Not Really (Consumerist)
http://consumerist.com/5356991/can-you-save-money-by-motorcycle-commuting-not-really
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Gender-Questioned Sprinter Gets Makeover
http://www.kirotv.com/sports/20837332/detail.html
Cat in Ohio Survives 26 Days under Fire Debris
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20835120/detail.html
UPS Driver Is Champion Parking Violator
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20812471/detail.html
Wisconsin Dad, Son Excel at Cricket-Spitting
http://www.kirotv.com/sports/20796240/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Buddy Holly & the Crickets - True Love Ways
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYI9uaLdSZM&feature
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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• BPA Hopes - Columbia Falls Aluminum Operations Extended Again
• City Of Aberdeen to Lease Water Rights to Grays Harbor Energy
• Montana - Meeting Set to Discuss Great Falls Power Plant
• California Utilities Sign $900M Natural Gas Pact
• Two Florida PSC Staffers Resign As Nuclear Plant Weighed
• Idaho - Rare Salmon Get Boost at Redfish
• Columbia River Tour Tracks Salmon Migration
• Five Transient Orcas Seen In South Sound
• Killer Whales Strain to "Talk" Over Ship Noise
• Biologist says Dwindling British Columbia Salmon Stocks Poorly Managed
• British Columbia - Tiny Fish at Heart of Big Legal Win For Endangered Species
• Oregon Timber Operators Sue Obama Administration
• EPA Vows to Be Chesapeake Watchdog
• Radar Ridge Wind Power Project Deemed Wildlife Safe
• Portland - Vestas Looking At Existing Buildings for Headquarters
• California Lawmakers Weigh Rules on Renewable Energy
• Puget Sound Energy Names Burns & McDonnell Design Engineer for Snake River Wind Energy Project
• Suntech: Oregon Market Is Too Small
• Idaho Man Gets Money to Put Solar Panels in Highways
• Self-Guided Tour of Solar Homes Upcoming in Kittitas County
• Long Eclipsed by the West, Eastern States Angle to Stake Claim in Renewables Push
• The War over Wind - Critics Say Green Groups Are Too Tight With Industry
• German Geothermal Project Leads to Second Thoughts After the Earth Rumbles
• United Kingdom - Planning Blamed For Liquidation of Micro Wind Generation Firm
• Editorial - Smart grid offers leap forward on power usage
• Energy-Efficient Home Renovations Market Windows, Doors & Insulation
• Theft Charges for Ex-Owner of Window & Door Factory
• As Hill Debate on Climate Flounders, EPA Plows Ahead on Emission Rules
• Don't Count on Carbon Offsets to Solve Climate Change, Group Says
• A Carbon Tax for France & a Dramatic Plan to Cut Emissions in Japan
• Car Dealers Appeal Ruling on California Emissions
• Greenland's Melt Mystery Unfolds, At Glacial Pace
• Arctic Shortcut Beckons Shippers as Ice Thaws
• California's Compost Law Could Spark New Trend, & Fines
• Clean Energy Future Has Humble Beginnings
• Really Big Potato Battery! Trees Could Be the Ultimate in Green Power
• Data Center Energy Use Will Likely Be Part of Coming Federal Requirements
• Dell to Hang Up On Idaho Call Center
• Class Action Lawsuit Claims AT&T Profits from Phone Thefts
• 9/11 Marked With Mourning & a Spirit of Service
• Former Mason Budget Director Files Claim Alleging Discrimination
• Judge Shields Signatures in Gay-Rights Referendum
• Washington Tops College Student Swine Flu Rate
• Can You Save Money By Motorcycle Commuting? Not Really
WORD OF THE DAY
Ennead • \ENN-ee-ad\ • noun – A group of nine
The US Supreme Court, an ennead of the brightest legal minds in the nation. One wonders what the Friday potlucks behind the huge bronze doors are like. I like to imagine they’re having a great time, chowing down and wearing big “Red Lobster”-like bibs over their black, silk robes during their noon-hour repast.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Columbia Falls Aluminum Operations Extended Again “…BPA agreed to let CFAC shop in the open market to buy power without jeopardizing its position as a Bonneville customer….” (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/columbia_falls_aluminum_company_open_through_october/12916/
City Of Aberdeen to Lease Water Rights to Grays Harbor Energy (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/09/10/local_news/doc4aa93bbad5c76408089942.txt
Montana - Meeting Set to Discuss Great Falls Power Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.kxmb.com/News/434939.asp
California Utilities Sign $900M Natural Gas Pact (Sacramento Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2009/09/07/daily55.html?ana=from_rss
Two Florida PSC Staffers Resign As Nuclear Plant Weighed (Electricity Forum)
http://www.electricityforum.com/news/sep09/PSCstaffersresignamidFPLratehikerequest.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho - Rare Salmon Get Boost at Redfish: Sockeye released into lake after second summer of high returns (Idaho Mountain Express & Guide, Sun Valley)
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005127810
River Tour Tracks Salmon Migration - NOAA scientists research fish populations in Columbia River estuaries (Daily Astorian, OR)
http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=63936
Five Transient Orcas Seen In South Sound (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/966869.html
Killer Whales Strain to "Talk" Over Ship Noise (National Geographic)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090910-killer-whales-ships.html
Biologist says Dwindling British Columbia Salmon Stocks Poorly Managed (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/09/09/bc-salmon-suzuki-foundation.html
British Columbia - Tiny Fish at Heart of Big Legal Win For Endangered Species (BC Local News)
http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/58664377.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon Timber Operators Sue Obama Administration (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5792-oregon-timber-operators-sue-obama-administration/
EPA Vows to Be Chesapeake Watchdog - Agency Says It Will Strictly Enforce Pollution Rules to Try to Restore the Estuary (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/10/AR2009091002645.html?wprss=rss_business
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Radar Ridge Wind Power Project Deemed Wildlife Safe (Chinook Observer, Longview, WA)
http://www.chinookobserver.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=30321&TM=36067.46#B2
Portland - Vestas Looking At Existing Buildings for Headquarters (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/09/vestas_looking_at_existing_bui.html
California Lawmakers Weigh Rules on Renewable Energy (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g-95_hW8k5bE1za44MIkrEhQIxlQD9AKR8O80
Puget Sound Energy Names Burns & McDonnell Design Engineer for Snake River Wind Energy Project (North American Wind Power)
http://www.nawindpower.com/naw/e107_plugins/content/content_lt.php?content.4587
Suntech: Oregon Market Is Too Small (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/09/07/daily23.html?ana=from_rss
Idaho Man Gets Federal Money to Develop His Idea of Putting Solar Panels in Highways (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/895850.html
Self-Guided Tour of Solar Homes Upcoming in Kittitas County (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/09/10/self-guided-tour-of-solar-homes-upcoming-in-kittitas-county
Long Eclipsed by the West, Eastern States Angle to Stake Claim in Renewables Push (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/09/10/10greenwire-long-eclipsed-by-the-west-eastern-states-angle-83896.html
The War over Wind – Critics Say Green Groups Are Too Tight With Industry (The Daily Page, Madison, WI)
http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=26856
Honey, I Broke the Planet! - German Geothermal Project Leads to Second Thoughts After the Earth Rumbles (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/science/earth/11quake.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
United Kingdom - Planning Blamed For Liquidation of Micro Wind Generation Firm (New Energy Focus)
http://newenergyfocus.com/do/ecco.py/view_item?listid=1&listcatid=32&listitemid=2993§ion=Wind
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Spokesman-Review Editorial - Smart grid offers leap forward on power usage
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/11/smart-grid-offers-leap-forward-on-power-usage/
Energy-Efficient Home Renovations Market Windows, Doors & Insulation (TMC Net)
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/09/11/4364638.htm
Theft Charges for Ex-Owner of Window & Door Factory – Moved inventory to another state to start a new business (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/us/11republic.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
As Hill Debate on Climate Flounders, EPA Plows Ahead on Emission Rules (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/09/10/10greenwire-as-hill-debate-on-climate-flounders-epa-plows-47515.html
Don't Count on Carbon Offsets to Solve Climate Change, Group Says (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/09/dont_count_on_carbon_offsets_t.html
Sacre vert! A Carbon Tax for France & a Dramatic Plan to Cut Emissions in Japan. But America is behind (Economist Magazine)
http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14437359
Car Dealers Appeal Ruling on California Emissions (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009842664_apuscaliforniapollution3rdldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Greenland's Melt Mystery Unfolds, At Glacial Pace (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009841746_apclimate09greenlandsmelt.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Arctic Shortcut Beckons Shippers as Ice Thaws (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/science/earth/11passage.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
California's Compost Law Could Spark New Trend, & Fines (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/2009/sep/California-s-Compost-Law-Could-Spark-New-Trend-.html
Clean Energy Future Has Humble Beginnings (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE58A0JT20090911
Really Big Potato Battery! Trees Could Be the Ultimate in Green Power (New Scientist)
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17767-trees-could-be-the-ultimate-in-green-power.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Ready For Regulation? Data Center Energy Use Will Likely Be Part of Coming Federal Requirements (Processor)
http://www.processor.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/P3123/37p23/37p23/37p23.asp&guid=
Dell to Hang Up On Idaho Call Center (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/967564.html
Class Action Lawsuit Claims AT&T Profits from Phone Thefts (Courthouse News)
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/09/11/Class_Claims_AT&T_Profits_from_Phone_Thefts.htm
GENERAL NEWS
9/11 Marked With Mourning & a Spirit of Service (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20838690/detail.html
Former Mason Budget Director Files Claim Alleging Discrimination (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/sep/10/former-mason-budget-director-files-claim/?partner=RSS
Judge Shields Signatures in Gay-Rights Referendum (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009843284_webref7111m.html?syndication=rss
Washington Tops College Student Swine Flu Rate (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/966828.html
Can You Save Money By Motorcycle Commuting? Not Really (Consumerist)
http://consumerist.com/5356991/can-you-save-money-by-motorcycle-commuting-not-really
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Gender-Questioned Sprinter Gets Makeover
http://www.kirotv.com/sports/20837332/detail.html
Cat in Ohio Survives 26 Days under Fire Debris
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20835120/detail.html
UPS Driver Is Champion Parking Violator
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20812471/detail.html
Wisconsin Dad, Son Excel at Cricket-Spitting
http://www.kirotv.com/sports/20796240/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Buddy Holly & the Crickets - True Love Ways
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYI9uaLdSZM&feature
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Energy News Digest for September 10, 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)
• Environmental Group Reacts to TransAlta Emissions Reduction Plan
• Chelan County PUD Selling Lehman Brothers Debt
• California - Regulators Reject San Diego Utility Wildfire Plan
• Rising Temps Melt Electric Utilities' Business Models
• Wisconsin Appeals Court Rules Farm Can Sue Alliant Energy over Stray Voltage
• TransAlta Extends Canadian Hydro Buyout Offer
• Fishing Groups Push Sec. Locke on Salmon Populations
• Puget Sound Salmon - 'Pink Fever' Brings Out Salmon Fishers, Poachers
• First the Skok, Now This - Record Fishing Crowds Trashing Puyallup River
• Wash. Wildlife Police Concerned About Sturgeon Poaching on Columbia River
• Scientists Taking A Close Look At the Columbia River Estuary
• Cynic Alert - Why Is Gordon Smith Weighing In On Dam Breaching?
• The Future of Salmon in Denmark
• From Deep Pacific, Ugly and Tasty, With a Catch
• DOE Considers Building another Hanford Landfill
• State Of Emergency Declared For Green River Flooding Potential
• Snoqualmie Valley Residents Fear Dam-Lowering Project
• $250 Million for West Lewis County Wind Power Project
• Op/Ed - Whidbey Wind Is Sold To California
• Wind-Energy Rush Threatens Historic Sites
• Push for Renewable Energy Lauded, But Divisions over Details Remain
• South Dakota - Wind Farm Is a Burst of Energy for State
• US House Passes $1 Billion Wind Energy Bill
• Sacramento Municipal Utility District Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Photovoltaic Power
• Another Company Leaves 'Mixed Messaging' Coal Alliance
• Carbon Trading like Any Commodity, Panel Told
• Senate Democrats Skeptical About Climate Bill
• New Ag Chairwoman May Not Change Senate Dynamic on Climate Bill Push
• Musical Chairs in the Senate Present Worries for Enviros
• Let's Talk Trash - A Cheaper, Greener Way to Deal with Garbage
• New Microsoft Data Center Opening In Redmond Ridge
• Grant County PUD Restarts Dark Fiber Sales
• Feds Give Details on 2,200 Broadband Stimulus Requests
• Fairpoint Will Miss Maine & Vermont Broadband Expansion Commitments
• Chattanooga Finally Getting Its Fiber
• Mason County Deputies Getting Office in Belfair Safeway
• Olympia Nonprofit Volunteer Charged: 62 Felony Counts
• A New Tune at KPLU
• Wal-Mart to Staff: Bye-Bye Paycheck, Hello Debit Card
WORD OF THE DAY
Futurity • \fyoo-TOOR-uh-tee\ • noun - 1: time to come: future 2: the quality or state of being future 3: future events or prospects
The past is not done
It lives to futurity
It sticks like cheap gum
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
Environmental Group Reacts to TransAlta Emissions Reduction Plan (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Environmental-Group-Reacts-to-TransAlta-=1&blockID=74192&feedID=410
Chelan County PUD Selling Lehman Brothers Debt (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
http://www.kpq.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1363
California - Regulators Reject San Diego Utility Wildfire Plan (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2210645~Regulators_reject_San_Diego_utility_wildfire_plan.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Rising Temps Melt Electric Utilities' Business Models (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/09/10/10greenwire-rising-temps-melt-electric-utilities-business-72148.html
Wisconsin Appeals Court Rules Farm Can Sue Alliant Energy over Stray Voltage (Associated Press)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Wis-appeals-court-Farm-can-apf-103190156.html?x=0&.v=2
TransAlta Extends Canadian Hydro Buyout Offer (Associated Press)
http://www.cnbc.com/id/32765930
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fishing Groups Push Sec. Locke on Salmon Populations (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5784-fishing-groups-push-sec-locke-salmon-populations/
Puget Sound Salmon - 'Pink Fever' Brings Out Salmon Fishers, Poachers (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/58159952.html
First the Skok, Now This - Record Fishing Crowds Trashing Puyallup River (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_090909ENB-puyallup-river-trash-TP.1650c535d.html?rss
Wash. Wildlife Police Concerned About Sturgeon Poaching on Columbia River (KUOW Radio, Seattle)
http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=18373
Scientists Taking A Close Look At the Columbia River Estuary (Daily Astorian, OR)
http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=63936
Cynic Alert - Why Is Gordon Smith Weighing In On Dam Breaching? (The Oregonian)
http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2009/09/why_is_gordon_smith_weighs_in.html
The Future of Salmon in Denmark (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5782-future-salmon-denmark/
From Deep Pacific, Ugly and Tasty, With a Catch (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/science/10fish.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
DOE Considers Building another Hanford Landfill (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/874221.html
State Of Emergency Declared For Green River Flooding Potential (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/58526582.html
Snoqualmie Valley Residents Fear Dam-Lowering Project (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/409898_snoqualmie09.html?source=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
$250 MILLION FOR WEST LEWIS COUNTY WIND POWER PROJECT (DOTY) – A New York based energy company has $250 million plans to harvest the wind near Doty. EverPower has hopes to build up to 50-wind turbines on remote Weyerhaeuser property. The wind turbines – which could reach 330-feet into the air - would be placed on a single ridge near the border of Lewis and Grays Harbor County. The so-called “Coyote Crest Wind Park” could produce 120-megawatts. It’s enough power to supply power to 25,000 homes. (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Whidbey News-Times Op/Ed - Whidbey Wind Is Sold to California - PSE/Macquarie started off in true form by secretly selling all its green wind energy to California!
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/whidbey/wnt/opinion/letters/58146272.html
Wind-Energy Rush Threatens Historic Sites - Public funds being used to destroy historic treasures (Outlook Online, Portland, OR)
http://www.theoutlookonline.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=125201796695922700
Push for Renewable Energy Lauded, But Divisions over Details Remain (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_13302045
South Dakota - Wind Farm Is a Burst of Energy for State (Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD)
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20090910/NEWS/909100335/1003/BUSINESS
US House Passes $1 Billion Wind Energy Bill – To make wind turbines more efficient and reliable (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/09/MN9119KRFA.DTL
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Photovoltaic Power at Rancho Seco (Sacramento Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2009/09/07/daily24.html?ana=from_rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Another Company Leaves 'Mixed Messaging' Coal Alliance (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/09/09/09greenwire-another-company-leaves-mixed-messaging-coal-al-88273.html
Carbon Trading like Any Commodity, Panel Told (Houston Chronicle, TX – This is NOT a confidence builder…)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6611010.html
Senate Democrats Skeptical About Climate Bill (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5883HD20090909
New Ag Chairwoman May Not Change Senate Dynamic on Climate Bill Push (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/09/10/10climatewire-new-ag-chairwoman-may-not-change-senate-dyna-32661.html
Musical Chairs in the Senate Present Worries for Enviros (Newsweek Magazine)
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/09/09/musical-chairs-in-the-senate-present-worries-for-enviros.aspx
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Let's Talk Trash - A Cheaper, Greener Way to Deal with Garbage (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/215120?from=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
New Microsoft Data Center Opening In Redmond Ridge “…Microsoft will also be scaling back its plans to expand a much larger data center in Grant County…” (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoftpri0/2009832638_newmicrosoftdatacenteropeninginredmondridge.html?syndication=rss
Grant County PUD Restarts Dark Fiber Sales (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/09/09/news/doc4aa82e4f71546640143354.txt
Feds Give Details on 2,200 Broadband Stimulus Requests (San Francisco Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/09/07/daily54.html?ana=from_rss
Here are the applications from Washington State (BroadbandUSA)
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/applications/results.cfm?org=&keywords=&projtype=&program=&state=WA
Fairpoint Will Miss Maine & Vermont Broadband Expansion Commitments - Utter incompetence versus wimpy regulators. Get ready, fight! (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Fairpoint-Will-Miss-Broadband-Expansion-Commitments-104382
Chattanooga Finally Getting Its Fiber - $200 million local investment offers 15,20,50 Mbps tiers (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Chattanooga-Finally-Getting-Its-Fiber-104379
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Deputies Getting Office in Belfair Safeway (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/sep/09/mason-county-deputies-getting-office-in-belfair/?partner=RSS
Olympia Nonprofit Volunteer Charged: 62 Felony Counts (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/965832.html
A New Tune at KPLU (Tacoma Daily Index)
http://www.tacomadailyindex.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=88&cat=23&id=1619470&more=0
Wal-Mart to Staff: Bye-Bye Paycheck, Hello Debit Card - The Nation's Largest Employer Eliminates Physical Paychecks in Favor of Cards, Direct Deposit (ABC News)
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wal-mart-employees-debit-cards-paychecks/Story?id=8494124&page=1
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Pigeon transfers data faster than South Africa's Telkom
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5885PM20090909?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Over Bathtub Pictures - Outraged Parents Sue Wal-Mart, And Arizona for Taking Kids
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/09/10/Outraged_Parents_Sue_Wal-Mart_And_Arizona_for_Taking_Kids.htm
2,400-Lb Ore. Horse Rescued From Hole
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/58307442.html
Woman Uses 'Because I'm Pretty' Sign to Deter Police Stops
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20810835/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Ernie - Rubber Ducky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Wkq8iouEY&feature=related
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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Environmental Group Reacts to TransAlta Emissions Reduction Plan
• Chelan County PUD Selling Lehman Brothers Debt
• California - Regulators Reject San Diego Utility Wildfire Plan
• Rising Temps Melt Electric Utilities' Business Models
• Wisconsin Appeals Court Rules Farm Can Sue Alliant Energy over Stray Voltage
• TransAlta Extends Canadian Hydro Buyout Offer
• Fishing Groups Push Sec. Locke on Salmon Populations
• Puget Sound Salmon - 'Pink Fever' Brings Out Salmon Fishers, Poachers
• First the Skok, Now This - Record Fishing Crowds Trashing Puyallup River
• Wash. Wildlife Police Concerned About Sturgeon Poaching on Columbia River
• Scientists Taking A Close Look At the Columbia River Estuary
• Cynic Alert - Why Is Gordon Smith Weighing In On Dam Breaching?
• The Future of Salmon in Denmark
• From Deep Pacific, Ugly and Tasty, With a Catch
• DOE Considers Building another Hanford Landfill
• State Of Emergency Declared For Green River Flooding Potential
• Snoqualmie Valley Residents Fear Dam-Lowering Project
• $250 Million for West Lewis County Wind Power Project
• Op/Ed - Whidbey Wind Is Sold To California
• Wind-Energy Rush Threatens Historic Sites
• Push for Renewable Energy Lauded, But Divisions over Details Remain
• South Dakota - Wind Farm Is a Burst of Energy for State
• US House Passes $1 Billion Wind Energy Bill
• Sacramento Municipal Utility District Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Photovoltaic Power
• Another Company Leaves 'Mixed Messaging' Coal Alliance
• Carbon Trading like Any Commodity, Panel Told
• Senate Democrats Skeptical About Climate Bill
• New Ag Chairwoman May Not Change Senate Dynamic on Climate Bill Push
• Musical Chairs in the Senate Present Worries for Enviros
• Let's Talk Trash - A Cheaper, Greener Way to Deal with Garbage
• New Microsoft Data Center Opening In Redmond Ridge
• Grant County PUD Restarts Dark Fiber Sales
• Feds Give Details on 2,200 Broadband Stimulus Requests
• Fairpoint Will Miss Maine & Vermont Broadband Expansion Commitments
• Chattanooga Finally Getting Its Fiber
• Mason County Deputies Getting Office in Belfair Safeway
• Olympia Nonprofit Volunteer Charged: 62 Felony Counts
• A New Tune at KPLU
• Wal-Mart to Staff: Bye-Bye Paycheck, Hello Debit Card
WORD OF THE DAY
Futurity • \fyoo-TOOR-uh-tee\ • noun - 1: time to come: future 2: the quality or state of being future 3: future events or prospects
The past is not done
It lives to futurity
It sticks like cheap gum
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
Environmental Group Reacts to TransAlta Emissions Reduction Plan (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Environmental-Group-Reacts-to-TransAlta-=1&blockID=74192&feedID=410
Chelan County PUD Selling Lehman Brothers Debt (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
http://www.kpq.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1363
California - Regulators Reject San Diego Utility Wildfire Plan (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2210645~Regulators_reject_San_Diego_utility_wildfire_plan.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Rising Temps Melt Electric Utilities' Business Models (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/09/10/10greenwire-rising-temps-melt-electric-utilities-business-72148.html
Wisconsin Appeals Court Rules Farm Can Sue Alliant Energy over Stray Voltage (Associated Press)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Wis-appeals-court-Farm-can-apf-103190156.html?x=0&.v=2
TransAlta Extends Canadian Hydro Buyout Offer (Associated Press)
http://www.cnbc.com/id/32765930
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fishing Groups Push Sec. Locke on Salmon Populations (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5784-fishing-groups-push-sec-locke-salmon-populations/
Puget Sound Salmon - 'Pink Fever' Brings Out Salmon Fishers, Poachers (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/58159952.html
First the Skok, Now This - Record Fishing Crowds Trashing Puyallup River (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_090909ENB-puyallup-river-trash-TP.1650c535d.html?rss
Wash. Wildlife Police Concerned About Sturgeon Poaching on Columbia River (KUOW Radio, Seattle)
http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=18373
Scientists Taking A Close Look At the Columbia River Estuary (Daily Astorian, OR)
http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=63936
Cynic Alert - Why Is Gordon Smith Weighing In On Dam Breaching? (The Oregonian)
http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2009/09/why_is_gordon_smith_weighs_in.html
The Future of Salmon in Denmark (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5782-future-salmon-denmark/
From Deep Pacific, Ugly and Tasty, With a Catch (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/science/10fish.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
DOE Considers Building another Hanford Landfill (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/874221.html
State Of Emergency Declared For Green River Flooding Potential (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/58526582.html
Snoqualmie Valley Residents Fear Dam-Lowering Project (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/409898_snoqualmie09.html?source=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
$250 MILLION FOR WEST LEWIS COUNTY WIND POWER PROJECT (DOTY) – A New York based energy company has $250 million plans to harvest the wind near Doty. EverPower has hopes to build up to 50-wind turbines on remote Weyerhaeuser property. The wind turbines – which could reach 330-feet into the air - would be placed on a single ridge near the border of Lewis and Grays Harbor County. The so-called “Coyote Crest Wind Park” could produce 120-megawatts. It’s enough power to supply power to 25,000 homes. (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Whidbey News-Times Op/Ed - Whidbey Wind Is Sold to California - PSE/Macquarie started off in true form by secretly selling all its green wind energy to California!
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/whidbey/wnt/opinion/letters/58146272.html
Wind-Energy Rush Threatens Historic Sites - Public funds being used to destroy historic treasures (Outlook Online, Portland, OR)
http://www.theoutlookonline.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=125201796695922700
Push for Renewable Energy Lauded, But Divisions over Details Remain (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_13302045
South Dakota - Wind Farm Is a Burst of Energy for State (Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD)
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20090910/NEWS/909100335/1003/BUSINESS
US House Passes $1 Billion Wind Energy Bill – To make wind turbines more efficient and reliable (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/09/MN9119KRFA.DTL
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Photovoltaic Power at Rancho Seco (Sacramento Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2009/09/07/daily24.html?ana=from_rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Another Company Leaves 'Mixed Messaging' Coal Alliance (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/09/09/09greenwire-another-company-leaves-mixed-messaging-coal-al-88273.html
Carbon Trading like Any Commodity, Panel Told (Houston Chronicle, TX – This is NOT a confidence builder…)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6611010.html
Senate Democrats Skeptical About Climate Bill (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5883HD20090909
New Ag Chairwoman May Not Change Senate Dynamic on Climate Bill Push (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/09/10/10climatewire-new-ag-chairwoman-may-not-change-senate-dyna-32661.html
Musical Chairs in the Senate Present Worries for Enviros (Newsweek Magazine)
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/09/09/musical-chairs-in-the-senate-present-worries-for-enviros.aspx
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Let's Talk Trash - A Cheaper, Greener Way to Deal with Garbage (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/215120?from=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
New Microsoft Data Center Opening In Redmond Ridge “…Microsoft will also be scaling back its plans to expand a much larger data center in Grant County…” (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoftpri0/2009832638_newmicrosoftdatacenteropeninginredmondridge.html?syndication=rss
Grant County PUD Restarts Dark Fiber Sales (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/09/09/news/doc4aa82e4f71546640143354.txt
Feds Give Details on 2,200 Broadband Stimulus Requests (San Francisco Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/09/07/daily54.html?ana=from_rss
Here are the applications from Washington State (BroadbandUSA)
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/applications/results.cfm?org=&keywords=&projtype=&program=&state=WA
Fairpoint Will Miss Maine & Vermont Broadband Expansion Commitments - Utter incompetence versus wimpy regulators. Get ready, fight! (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Fairpoint-Will-Miss-Broadband-Expansion-Commitments-104382
Chattanooga Finally Getting Its Fiber - $200 million local investment offers 15,20,50 Mbps tiers (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Chattanooga-Finally-Getting-Its-Fiber-104379
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Deputies Getting Office in Belfair Safeway (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/sep/09/mason-county-deputies-getting-office-in-belfair/?partner=RSS
Olympia Nonprofit Volunteer Charged: 62 Felony Counts (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/965832.html
A New Tune at KPLU (Tacoma Daily Index)
http://www.tacomadailyindex.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=88&cat=23&id=1619470&more=0
Wal-Mart to Staff: Bye-Bye Paycheck, Hello Debit Card - The Nation's Largest Employer Eliminates Physical Paychecks in Favor of Cards, Direct Deposit (ABC News)
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wal-mart-employees-debit-cards-paychecks/Story?id=8494124&page=1
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Pigeon transfers data faster than South Africa's Telkom
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5885PM20090909?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Over Bathtub Pictures - Outraged Parents Sue Wal-Mart, And Arizona for Taking Kids
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/09/10/Outraged_Parents_Sue_Wal-Mart_And_Arizona_for_Taking_Kids.htm
2,400-Lb Ore. Horse Rescued From Hole
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/58307442.html
Woman Uses 'Because I'm Pretty' Sign to Deter Police Stops
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20810835/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Ernie - Rubber Ducky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Wkq8iouEY&feature=related
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Energy News Digest for Setpember 9, 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)
• Hearings Set On NW Power Plan
• Yakima - Accident Leaves 1,450 without Power
• FERC-NERC-WECC - Chelan PUD to Pay $42,000 for Rule Violations
• State Pollution Board Upholds Energy Northwest Fine
• Fitch Affirms Arrowrock Hydroelectric Project Revenue Bonds at 'BBB+'
• A ‘Nuclear Renaissance’ Stumbles Forward
• Chesapeake CEO Convinced Compressed Natural Gas Popularity Will Grow
• Developing World's Energy Needs Set Stage for Fight
• Flores Hopes Fish Plan Sticks
• Idaho - Biologists to Release Sockeye into Redfish Lake
• Columbia River and Tributary Fish Checks
• British Columbia Bears Dying From Salmon Shortage
• Huge Squid Appear En Masse Around Clallam Bay/Sekiu
• Half of Fish Consumption Attributed to Aquaculture
• Montana - Restoration River: Unlocking Upper Clark Fork's Potential
• Entiat Sewage to Get Chelan PUD Boost
• Suntech Snubs Oregon
• Suntech Says Solar Demand Has Turned Up
• Bechtel to build solar plants for BrightSource
• States Sharing the Sea for Wind Industry
• How Do You Grow A Wind-Power Startup To Utility-Grade?
• Earth Talk - Compare Costs of Alternative Energy
• Pellet Stoves Have Positives and Negatives
• Naval Base Kitsap Facilities Recognized for Conservation
• ‘Smart Grid’ To Get Test
• San Francisco Green Buildings Standard Seen As Flawed
• Workshop Uses Power Of Faith To Save Energy
• At Last, an LED Bulb worth Talking About
• Energy Bill's Proponents Prepare Counterattack
• Coalition Launches Campaign to Pass Climate Bill
• Electric rates will increase
• Stimulus Money to Train Scientists to Store Carbon to Fight Global Warming
• Storing Carbon Dioxide Could Be Britain’s New Oil Industry
• Bid to Make ‘Green’ Palm Oil Advances
• Eugene Named A ‘Smarter City’
• Are Blackboards More Environmentally Friendly Than Whiteboards?
• Comcast Launches 100Mbps Business Service to Take on Telcos
• Connected Nation Bails on Kentucky
• Ex-Yahoo Executive to Lead AOL's E-Mail Effort
• For Green Data Centers, Tech Firms Pick Up Where LEED Left Off
• 28 Have Sought Life-Ending Prescriptions under Washington State Law
• Soaring Forest Service leases to drive families out of cabins they've had for generations
• Large Marijuana Grows Dangerous To Environment & Humans
• North Mason Chamber's Proposed Name Change Raises Eyebrows
• Challenges Facing Gorge Cities Mount
• Olympia Looks to Ease Traffic Congestion at Busiest Intersection
• State Department Contractor electrocuted in Iraqi shower
• Olympic National Park Will Be On New U.S. Quarter
• Bellingham Offers Key to "Daily Show" Host
WORD OF THE DAY
Solipsism • \SO-lup-siz-um \ • noun – A theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing; also: extreme egocentrism
Norbert’s pudgy fingers reached for another chocolate bon bon. “It’s good to the King,” he mused through his hazy, and all to frequent, bouts of solipsism. After the life-altering “bee in the motorcycle helmet” incident, Norbert sensed that he was the reincarnation of Louis the 14th of France…the “Sun King”, as ordained by God. His wife merely rolled her eyes and handed him another powdered wig.
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
Hearings Set On NW Power Plan (Idaho Business Review)
http://www.idahobusiness.net/archive.htm/2009/09/08/Hearings-set-on-NW-power-plan
Yakima - Accident Leaves 1,450 without Power; Truck Driver Cited (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/09/08/truck-snaps-utility-power-leaving-1-000-without-power
FERC-NERC-WECC - Chelan PUD to Pay $42,000 for Rule Violations “…Manager puts it succinctly, ‘“Not only have we seen a plethora of new regulations and standards coming out…these are being interpreted and developed ... right up to the day of the audit, in many cases.’” (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/sep/09/chelan-pud-to-pay-42000-for-rule-violations/
State Pollution Board Upholds Energy Northwest Fine (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009826558_webwaste08.html?syndication=rss
Fitch Affirms Arrowrock Hydroelectric Project Revenue Bonds at 'BBB+' (Yahoo! Finance)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Fitch-Affirms-Boise-Kuna-bw-2662308920.html?x=0&.v=1
A ‘Nuclear Renaissance’ Stumbles Forward (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/a-nuclear-renaissance-stumbles-forward/
Chesapeake CEO Convinced Compressed Natural Gas Popularity Will Grow (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/08/financial/f145445D95.DTL&feed=rss.business
Developing World's Energy Needs Set Stage for Fight (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/08/AR2009090804019.html?nav=rss_email/components
FISH & WILDLIFE
Flores Hopes Fish Plan Sticks - Terry Flores is hoping the third time will be the charm for the Northwest Salmon Plan (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/09/news09-0809-01.shtml
Idaho - Biologists to Release Sockeye into Redfish Lake (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/964770.html
Columbia River and Tributary Fish Checks (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009827361_columbia_river_and_tributary_f.html
British Columbia Bears Dying From Salmon Shortage, Globe Says (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=a4Wi3OaH9XC0
Huge Squid Appear En Masse Around Clallam Bay/Sekiu -- Why? (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090909/news/309099988
Half of Fish Consumption Attributed to Aquaculture, Study Finds (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/digest.msp?id=2044
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Montana - Restoration River: Unlocking Upper Clark Fork's Potential for Recreation, Wildlife (Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_edba697c-9c36-11de-8792-001cc4c03286.html
Entiat Sewage to Get Chelan PUD Boost (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/sep/09/entiat-sewage-to-get-pud-boost/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Suntech Snubs Oregon (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/09/07/daily8.html?ana=from_rss
Suntech Says Solar Demand Has Turned Up (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5874TB20090908
Bechtel to build solar plants for BrightSource (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/09/BUPE19K87F.DTL&feed=rss.business
States Sharing the Sea for Wind Industry (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/09/09/09climatewire-states-sharing-the-sea-for-wind-industry-58551.html
How Do You Grow A Wind-Power Startup To Utility-Grade? (Massachusetts High Tech)
http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/09/07/weekly9-How-do-you-grow-a-wind-power-startup-to-utility-grade.html
Earth Talk - Compare Costs of Alternative Energy: Is it better to go with your utility's renewable power option or install your own solar or wind power? (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/09/08/earth-talk-compare-costs-of-alternative-energy/
Pellet Stoves Have Positives and Negatives (KYTV-TV, Springfield, MO)
http://www.ky3.com/news/contactky3reports/57716177.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Naval Base Kitsap Facilities Recognized for Conservation (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/sep/09/naval-base-kitsap-facilities-recognized-for/
‘Smart Grid’ To Get Test - Led by Battelle, utilities will incorporate tools to better manage electricity use (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/09/smart-grid-to-get-test/
San Francisco Green Buildings Standard Seen As Flawed (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/09/BU1A19K7LM.DTL&feed=rss.business
Workshop Uses Power Of Faith To Save Energy - Cool Congregations shows how people can cut their carbon footprint (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/19842902-46/story.csp#ID:19842902
At Last, an LED Bulb worth Talking About - Other LEDs disappoint, but the new bulb from Philips has the power to drag low-carbon spotlights out of the shadows (The Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2009/sep/09/led-light-bulb
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Energy Bill's Proponents Prepare Counterattack - While Washington focuses on health care, another battle looms in the Senate for carbon cap-and-trade legislation (BusinessWeek)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32757053/ns/business-businessweekcom/
Coalition Launches Campaign to Pass Climate Bill (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/08/AR2009090802295.html?wprss=rss_business
Electric rates will increase (Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD)
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20090909/VOICES09/909090319/1057/COLUMNISTS
Stimulus Money to Train Scientists to Store Carbon to Fight Global Warming (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/09/stimulus_money_to_train_scient.html
Storing Carbon Dioxide Could Be Britain’s New Oil Industry (Times of London, UK)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/earth-environment/article6826737.ece
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Bid to Make ‘Green’ Palm Oil Advances (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/business/energy-environment/10palm.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Eugene Named A ‘Smarter City’ - A group ranks the leaders high in the “environmental vanguard’’ (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/19846539-46/story.csp#ID:19846539
Are Blackboards More Environmentally Friendly Than Whiteboards? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2227692/?from=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast Launches 100Mbps Business Service to Take on Telcos (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/09/08/comcast-launches-100mbps-business-service-to-take-on-telcos/
Connected Nation Bails on Kentucky - After state demands too much of the organization (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Connected-Nation-Bails-On-Kentucky-104356
Ex-Yahoo Executive to Lead AOL's E-Mail Effort (Associated Press)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/08/AR2009090803219.html?wprss=rss_technology
For Green Data Centers, Tech Firms Pick Up Where LEED Left Off (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/09/08/for-green-data-centers-tech-firms-pick-up-where-leed-left-off/
GENERAL NEWS
28 Have Sought Life-Ending Prescriptions Under Washington State Law (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009827702_death09m.html
Soaring Forest Service leases to drive families out of cabins they've had for generations (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/traveloutdoors/2009827693_cabin09m.html?syndication=rss
Large Marijuana Grows Dangerous To Environment & Humans (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11096117
North Mason Chamber's Proposed Name Change Raises Eyebrows (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/sep/08/north-mason-chambers-proposed-name-change-raises/?partner=RSS
Challenges Facing Gorge Cities Mount - Mixed messages abound at first-ever bi-state gathering (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090909/NEWS02/709099958/
Olympia Looks to Ease Traffic Congestion at Busiest Intersection (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/871211.html
State Department Contractor electrocuted in Iraqi shower (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/08/national/w150306D79.DTL&feed=rss.business
Olympic National Park Will Be On New U.S. Quarter (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/09/07/daily15.html?ana=from_rss
Bellingham Offers Key to "Daily Show" Host (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_090909WAB-AP-bellingham-key-jon-stewart-LJ.16274cc85.html?rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Owners Say Horses Indicate Early Winter
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20794400/detail.html
Fanboys Rejoice - Tolkien Settlement Clears Way for 'Hobbit' Movies
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13291548
Police: Robber Returned To Ask Victim Out
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20798748/detail.html
Vermont Group Tries To Take Chili's Pepper Sign
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20793784/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Otis Redding – Respect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JGJXmpKGXY
Aretha Franklin – Respect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0XAI-PFQcA
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Hearings Set On NW Power Plan
• Yakima - Accident Leaves 1,450 without Power
• FERC-NERC-WECC - Chelan PUD to Pay $42,000 for Rule Violations
• State Pollution Board Upholds Energy Northwest Fine
• Fitch Affirms Arrowrock Hydroelectric Project Revenue Bonds at 'BBB+'
• A ‘Nuclear Renaissance’ Stumbles Forward
• Chesapeake CEO Convinced Compressed Natural Gas Popularity Will Grow
• Developing World's Energy Needs Set Stage for Fight
• Flores Hopes Fish Plan Sticks
• Idaho - Biologists to Release Sockeye into Redfish Lake
• Columbia River and Tributary Fish Checks
• British Columbia Bears Dying From Salmon Shortage
• Huge Squid Appear En Masse Around Clallam Bay/Sekiu
• Half of Fish Consumption Attributed to Aquaculture
• Montana - Restoration River: Unlocking Upper Clark Fork's Potential
• Entiat Sewage to Get Chelan PUD Boost
• Suntech Snubs Oregon
• Suntech Says Solar Demand Has Turned Up
• Bechtel to build solar plants for BrightSource
• States Sharing the Sea for Wind Industry
• How Do You Grow A Wind-Power Startup To Utility-Grade?
• Earth Talk - Compare Costs of Alternative Energy
• Pellet Stoves Have Positives and Negatives
• Naval Base Kitsap Facilities Recognized for Conservation
• ‘Smart Grid’ To Get Test
• San Francisco Green Buildings Standard Seen As Flawed
• Workshop Uses Power Of Faith To Save Energy
• At Last, an LED Bulb worth Talking About
• Energy Bill's Proponents Prepare Counterattack
• Coalition Launches Campaign to Pass Climate Bill
• Electric rates will increase
• Stimulus Money to Train Scientists to Store Carbon to Fight Global Warming
• Storing Carbon Dioxide Could Be Britain’s New Oil Industry
• Bid to Make ‘Green’ Palm Oil Advances
• Eugene Named A ‘Smarter City’
• Are Blackboards More Environmentally Friendly Than Whiteboards?
• Comcast Launches 100Mbps Business Service to Take on Telcos
• Connected Nation Bails on Kentucky
• Ex-Yahoo Executive to Lead AOL's E-Mail Effort
• For Green Data Centers, Tech Firms Pick Up Where LEED Left Off
• 28 Have Sought Life-Ending Prescriptions under Washington State Law
• Soaring Forest Service leases to drive families out of cabins they've had for generations
• Large Marijuana Grows Dangerous To Environment & Humans
• North Mason Chamber's Proposed Name Change Raises Eyebrows
• Challenges Facing Gorge Cities Mount
• Olympia Looks to Ease Traffic Congestion at Busiest Intersection
• State Department Contractor electrocuted in Iraqi shower
• Olympic National Park Will Be On New U.S. Quarter
• Bellingham Offers Key to "Daily Show" Host
WORD OF THE DAY
Solipsism • \SO-lup-siz-um \ • noun – A theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing; also: extreme egocentrism
Norbert’s pudgy fingers reached for another chocolate bon bon. “It’s good to the King,” he mused through his hazy, and all to frequent, bouts of solipsism. After the life-altering “bee in the motorcycle helmet” incident, Norbert sensed that he was the reincarnation of Louis the 14th of France…the “Sun King”, as ordained by God. His wife merely rolled her eyes and handed him another powdered wig.
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
Hearings Set On NW Power Plan (Idaho Business Review)
http://www.idahobusiness.net/archive.htm/2009/09/08/Hearings-set-on-NW-power-plan
Yakima - Accident Leaves 1,450 without Power; Truck Driver Cited (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/09/08/truck-snaps-utility-power-leaving-1-000-without-power
FERC-NERC-WECC - Chelan PUD to Pay $42,000 for Rule Violations “…Manager puts it succinctly, ‘“Not only have we seen a plethora of new regulations and standards coming out…these are being interpreted and developed ... right up to the day of the audit, in many cases.’” (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/sep/09/chelan-pud-to-pay-42000-for-rule-violations/
State Pollution Board Upholds Energy Northwest Fine (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009826558_webwaste08.html?syndication=rss
Fitch Affirms Arrowrock Hydroelectric Project Revenue Bonds at 'BBB+' (Yahoo! Finance)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Fitch-Affirms-Boise-Kuna-bw-2662308920.html?x=0&.v=1
A ‘Nuclear Renaissance’ Stumbles Forward (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/a-nuclear-renaissance-stumbles-forward/
Chesapeake CEO Convinced Compressed Natural Gas Popularity Will Grow (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/08/financial/f145445D95.DTL&feed=rss.business
Developing World's Energy Needs Set Stage for Fight (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/08/AR2009090804019.html?nav=rss_email/components
FISH & WILDLIFE
Flores Hopes Fish Plan Sticks - Terry Flores is hoping the third time will be the charm for the Northwest Salmon Plan (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/09/news09-0809-01.shtml
Idaho - Biologists to Release Sockeye into Redfish Lake (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/964770.html
Columbia River and Tributary Fish Checks (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009827361_columbia_river_and_tributary_f.html
British Columbia Bears Dying From Salmon Shortage, Globe Says (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=a4Wi3OaH9XC0
Huge Squid Appear En Masse Around Clallam Bay/Sekiu -- Why? (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090909/news/309099988
Half of Fish Consumption Attributed to Aquaculture, Study Finds (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/digest.msp?id=2044
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Montana - Restoration River: Unlocking Upper Clark Fork's Potential for Recreation, Wildlife (Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_edba697c-9c36-11de-8792-001cc4c03286.html
Entiat Sewage to Get Chelan PUD Boost (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/sep/09/entiat-sewage-to-get-pud-boost/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Suntech Snubs Oregon (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/09/07/daily8.html?ana=from_rss
Suntech Says Solar Demand Has Turned Up (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5874TB20090908
Bechtel to build solar plants for BrightSource (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/09/BUPE19K87F.DTL&feed=rss.business
States Sharing the Sea for Wind Industry (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/09/09/09climatewire-states-sharing-the-sea-for-wind-industry-58551.html
How Do You Grow A Wind-Power Startup To Utility-Grade? (Massachusetts High Tech)
http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/09/07/weekly9-How-do-you-grow-a-wind-power-startup-to-utility-grade.html
Earth Talk - Compare Costs of Alternative Energy: Is it better to go with your utility's renewable power option or install your own solar or wind power? (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/09/08/earth-talk-compare-costs-of-alternative-energy/
Pellet Stoves Have Positives and Negatives (KYTV-TV, Springfield, MO)
http://www.ky3.com/news/contactky3reports/57716177.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Naval Base Kitsap Facilities Recognized for Conservation (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/sep/09/naval-base-kitsap-facilities-recognized-for/
‘Smart Grid’ To Get Test - Led by Battelle, utilities will incorporate tools to better manage electricity use (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/09/smart-grid-to-get-test/
San Francisco Green Buildings Standard Seen As Flawed (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/09/BU1A19K7LM.DTL&feed=rss.business
Workshop Uses Power Of Faith To Save Energy - Cool Congregations shows how people can cut their carbon footprint (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/19842902-46/story.csp#ID:19842902
At Last, an LED Bulb worth Talking About - Other LEDs disappoint, but the new bulb from Philips has the power to drag low-carbon spotlights out of the shadows (The Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2009/sep/09/led-light-bulb
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Energy Bill's Proponents Prepare Counterattack - While Washington focuses on health care, another battle looms in the Senate for carbon cap-and-trade legislation (BusinessWeek)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32757053/ns/business-businessweekcom/
Coalition Launches Campaign to Pass Climate Bill (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/08/AR2009090802295.html?wprss=rss_business
Electric rates will increase (Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD)
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20090909/VOICES09/909090319/1057/COLUMNISTS
Stimulus Money to Train Scientists to Store Carbon to Fight Global Warming (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/09/stimulus_money_to_train_scient.html
Storing Carbon Dioxide Could Be Britain’s New Oil Industry (Times of London, UK)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/earth-environment/article6826737.ece
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Bid to Make ‘Green’ Palm Oil Advances (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/business/energy-environment/10palm.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Eugene Named A ‘Smarter City’ - A group ranks the leaders high in the “environmental vanguard’’ (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/19846539-46/story.csp#ID:19846539
Are Blackboards More Environmentally Friendly Than Whiteboards? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2227692/?from=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast Launches 100Mbps Business Service to Take on Telcos (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/09/08/comcast-launches-100mbps-business-service-to-take-on-telcos/
Connected Nation Bails on Kentucky - After state demands too much of the organization (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Connected-Nation-Bails-On-Kentucky-104356
Ex-Yahoo Executive to Lead AOL's E-Mail Effort (Associated Press)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/08/AR2009090803219.html?wprss=rss_technology
For Green Data Centers, Tech Firms Pick Up Where LEED Left Off (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/09/08/for-green-data-centers-tech-firms-pick-up-where-leed-left-off/
GENERAL NEWS
28 Have Sought Life-Ending Prescriptions Under Washington State Law (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009827702_death09m.html
Soaring Forest Service leases to drive families out of cabins they've had for generations (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/traveloutdoors/2009827693_cabin09m.html?syndication=rss
Large Marijuana Grows Dangerous To Environment & Humans (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11096117
North Mason Chamber's Proposed Name Change Raises Eyebrows (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/sep/08/north-mason-chambers-proposed-name-change-raises/?partner=RSS
Challenges Facing Gorge Cities Mount - Mixed messages abound at first-ever bi-state gathering (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090909/NEWS02/709099958/
Olympia Looks to Ease Traffic Congestion at Busiest Intersection (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/871211.html
State Department Contractor electrocuted in Iraqi shower (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/08/national/w150306D79.DTL&feed=rss.business
Olympic National Park Will Be On New U.S. Quarter (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/09/07/daily15.html?ana=from_rss
Bellingham Offers Key to "Daily Show" Host (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_090909WAB-AP-bellingham-key-jon-stewart-LJ.16274cc85.html?rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Owners Say Horses Indicate Early Winter
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20794400/detail.html
Fanboys Rejoice - Tolkien Settlement Clears Way for 'Hobbit' Movies
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13291548
Police: Robber Returned To Ask Victim Out
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20798748/detail.html
Vermont Group Tries To Take Chili's Pepper Sign
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20793784/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Otis Redding – Respect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JGJXmpKGXY
Aretha Franklin – Respect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0XAI-PFQcA
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