Energy News Digest for February 17, 2010

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)

•  NOAA Fisheries Drops Appeal of Bradwood Landing Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal

•  Obama’s Latest Bipartisan Outreach: Nuclear Energy

•  A Comeback for Nuclear Power?

•  Idaho - Local Legislators Approve of Obama’s New Nuclear Power

•  Missouri - Is Nuclear Energy Renewable? If Missouri House passes HB1851, it is

•  California – Pacific Gas & Electric Funds Anti-Green Measure

•  Utilities’ Transition to Smart Grid Has Promise, But Potholes, Too

•  Georgia Power Still Increasing Rates

•  Record-Breaking Steelhead Returns

•  Record Low Number of Chinook Salmon in Calif. Spawns Controversy

•  Bull Trout Protections Up for Public Review

•  California - Two-Year Fishing Ban to Save Alameda Creek Trout

•  Klamath Dam Removal Agreement Signing Set

•  The Columbian Editorial - Another (Condit) Dam Delay

•  SF Chronicle Editorial - Senator Dianne Feinstein’s Fishy Water Deal

•  Interior Secretary Salazar Comes to Seattle

•  Capitol Lake to Get Saline Rinse

•  City of Port Angeles City May Disconnect Downspouts That Feed Sewer

•  Electric Plant in Shelton to be Fueled with Wood Waste

•  Chelan County PUD Customers Snap Up Free Bulbs

•  Climate Change Will Lead to War, Vets Warn

•  PNNL Scientists Say East Coast Storms Don’t Rule Out Global Warming

•  Conoco, BP, Caterpillar Leave Climate Coalition

•  Texas Challenging EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Finding

•  Less Fog Puts Redwoods at Risk, Scientists Say

•  Houston Aims to be Electric Car Capital

•  Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car

•  Slow Trip Across Sea Aids Profit & Environment

•  Jefferson County Moves to Acquire Speedier Internet

•  Mobile Data, the Next Generation: High Speeds but at What Cost?

•  Verizon to Allow Skype Calls Over Wireless Network

•  Privacy group files FTC complaint on Google Buzz (

•  Body of Mount St. Helens Climber Recovered - Man had been up volcano 68 times

•  Shelton Sewer & Solid Waste Rate Increases Deferred due to Billing Issues

•  US Supreme Court Sets Date for R-71 Case

•  Legislative Deadline Brings Busy Time

•  Seattle Times Op/Ed - Protecting Washington’s High-Value Forest & Agriculture Lands

•  Urban, Rural Areas Battle for Census Prison Populace

•  Wash. Senate Votes to Register Initiative Petition Workers

•  Norm Dicks: Boeing Not Guaranteed Tanker, but ‘We Had Better Win’

•  Seattle Times Op/Ed - Nation Can’t Turn Away from Critical Infrastructure Needs

•  How to Stream the 2010 Vancouver Olympics from Anywhere

WORD OF THE DAY

Wont • \WŎNT\ • noun – Habitual way of doing.

Something was wrong with Harry. He put his pants on his head, and his shirt on his legs; something he wasn’t usually wont to do.

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

NOAA Fisheries Drops Appeal of Bradwood Landing Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal (The Daily News, Longview, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_968b28fe-1b6a-11df-8a1f-001cc4c002e0.html

Obama’s Latest Bipartisan Outreach: Nuclear Energy (Associated Press)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100216/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama

A Comeback for Nuclear Power? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/archives/194791.asp?source=rss

Idaho - Local Legislators Approve of Obama’s New Nuclear Power (KIFI, Idaho Falls, ID)

http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=11996217

Missouri - Is Nuclear Energy Renewable? If Missouri House passes HB1851, it is (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO)

http://interact.stltoday.com/blogzone/political-fix/political-fix/2010/02/is-nuclear-energy-renewable-if-missouri-house-passes-hb1851-it-is/

California – Pacific Gas & Electric Funds Anti-Green Measure (East Bay Express, CA)

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/92510/archives/2010/02/16/pgande-funds-anti-green-measure

Utilities’ Transition to Smart Grid Has Promise, But Potholes, Too (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2010-02-17-smartgrid17_CV_N.htm

Georgia Power Still Increasing Rates - To finance two new nuclear reactors (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011096765_apganuclearexpansionrates.html?syndication=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Record-Breaking Steelhead Returns (Othello Outlook, WA)

http://othellooutlook.com/?p=8481

Record Low Number of Chinook Salmon in Calif. Spawns Controversy (Scripps News Service)

http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/51505

Bull Trout Protections Up for Public Review (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11997443

California - Two-Year Fishing Ban to Save Alameda Creek Trout (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/16/BATT1B4JGI.DTL&feed=rss.news

Klamath Dam Removal Agreement Signing Set (Associated Press)

http://www.sacbee.com/latest/story/2541629.html

The Columbian Editorial - Another Dam Delay: Bureaucratic maneuvering extends life of Condit Dam at least one more year

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/feb/16/another-dam-delay/

SF Chronicle Editorial - Senator Dianne Feinstein’s Fishy Water Deal

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/15/EDT61C0P8K.DTL&feed=rss.opinion

Interior Secretary Salazar Comes to Seattle (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/194689.asp?from=blog_last3

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Capitol Lake to Get Saline Rinse - Officials to take on New Zealand mudsnail infestation using Budd Inlet saltwater (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/1140506.html

City of Port Angeles City May Disconnect Downspouts That Feed Sewer (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/5525

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Electric Plant in Shelton to be Fueled with Wood Waste (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/feb/15/electric-plant-in-shelton-to-be-fueled-with-wood/?partner=RSS

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Chelan County PUD Customers Snap Up Free Bulbs (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/feb/16/pud-customers-snap-up-free-bulbs/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Climate Change Will Lead to War, Vets Warn - Coalition argues for green energy (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/1137277.html

PNNL Scientists Say East Coast Storms Don’t Rule Out Global Warming (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11989403

Conoco, BP, Caterpillar Leave Climate Coalition - coalition of more than two-dozen companies & environmental groups lobbying Congress to pass greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-trade legislation (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/02/16/16greenwire-conoco-bp-caterpillar-leave-climate-coalition-73582.html

Texas Challenging EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Finding (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011091287_apustexasvsepa.html?syndication=rss

Less Fog Puts Redwoods at Risk, Scientists Say (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/16/MN3G1C05BD.DTL&feed=rss.news

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Houston Aims to be Electric Car Capital (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE61F4JU20100216

Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/business/15electric.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Slow Trip Across Sea Aids Profit & Environment (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/business/energy-environment/17speed.html?th&emc=th

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Jefferson County Moves to Acquire Speedier Internet (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100217/news/302179988

Mobile Data, the Next Generation: High Speeds but at What Cost? (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/technology/16lte.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Verizon to Allow Skype Calls Over Wireless Network (Associated Press)

http://www.examiner.com/a-2477503~Verizon_to_allow_Skype_calls_over_wireless_network.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines

Privacy group files FTC complaint on Google Buzz (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/02/16/financial/f143354S75.DTL&feed=rss.business

GENERAL NEWS

Body of Mount St. Helens Climber Recovered - Man had been up volcano 68 times (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/1140508.html

Shelton Sewer & Solid Waste Rate Increases Deferred due to Billing Issues (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/1389-rate-increases-not-coming-right-now-city-commission-decides

US Supreme Court Sets Date for R-71 Case (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/84521232.html

Legislative Deadline Brings Busy Time (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/1073541.html

Seattle Times Op/Ed - Protecting Washington’s High-Value Forest & Agriculture Lands

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2011060263_guest16goldmark.html?syndication=rss

Urban, Rural Areas Battle for Census Prison Populace (Nat’l Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123663462&ft=1&f=2

Wash. Senate Votes to Register Initiative Petition Workers (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11990050

Norm Dicks: Boeing Not Guaranteed Tanker, but ‘We Had Better Win’ (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100213/NEWS01/702139918/-1/RSS02

Seattle Times Op/Ed - Nation Can’t Turn Away from Critical Infrastructure Needs

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2011092496_herbert17.html?syndication=rss

How to Stream the 2010 Vancouver Olympics from Anywhere (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/10/AR2010021004619.html?wprss=rss_technology

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS

In Utah, a plan to cut 12th grade

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-utah-school15-2010feb15,0,906102.story

Meth lab discovered in Port Orchard tree house - Insert bad drug humor here: __________

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011085188_apwamethtreehouse.html?syndication=rss

Arrested Robber, 73, Says He Was Paying Off Mortgage

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100215/od_nm/us_usa_robber_odd

First Came Love, Then Came Marriage-Night Arrests

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100217/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_misbehaving_groom

SONG OF THE DAY

The Byrds - Eight Miles High

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH6UnvSlahc

Energy News Digest for February 16, 2010

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)

•  California - Public Power Backers Cry Foul Over Utility Effort

•  California – Pacific Gas & Electric Rate Request, SmartMeter Gripes Prompt Scrutiny

•  Fitch Affirms Cowlitz County PUD’s Bonds ‘A-’; Outlook Stable

•  Lewis County - Thousands Lose Lights as Suspected Drunken Driver Smashes into Power Pole

•  Snohomish County PUD Customers & Employees Help Those in Need

•  Idaho Power Lays Out Its Plan for the Future

•  Idaho State Representative Discusses Power Bill

•  Obama Unveils Plan to Build Nuclear Plant

•  Chinese Seen As Potential Buyer of Alaska Natural Gas

•  Wintery Blast in US a Welcome Boost for Natural Gas

•  Florida - Pasco Man Charged with Stealing Electricity by Rigging Power Box

•  California City Tries to Give Boot to ‘Shoefiti’

•  Record Low Sacramento River Salmon Runs Bode Ill for Oregon Fishery

•  Coho Forecast Best Indicator for Off-Coast Season

•  Barker: Redden Wants to Finish Salmon Suit

•  Columbia River: Will Obama’s Feds Finally Aim High?

•  What Does Council’s Sixth Power Plan Say About Removing Four Lower Snake Dams?

•  Wild versus Hatchery Debate on the McKenzie River

•  Montana - Anglers Target Flathead Lake Gill-Net Plan

•  Zebra Mussels Pose Pacific NW Threat

•  Squaxin Island Tribe Pays Tribute to Rare Bryde’s Whale

•  Critics Speak on Washington Lawmaker’s Proposal to Quit Columbia River Gorge Compact

•  Olympian Editorial - Plan for Shelton Biomass Plant Is Great News for Region

•  Georgia - Green-Minded Seeing Red over Biomass Plant

•  Biomass Energy Gets Tax Break Love

•  Walmart Made Millions off Oregon’s Renewable Energy Tax Credits

•  Trace of Chemical Leaves REC Silicon - Steam Cloud Stems from Cleaning

•  Montana - US Senator Tester Pays Visit to Power-Producing Landfill in Flathead

•  Kodiak Electric Association Named DOE Wind Cooperative of the Year

•  Vermont - A Stealth Ban on Wind

•  Vermont - Vermont Utility Pulls Out Stops to Gain Wind Project Approval

•  Texas - Energy Plan Would Put Austin among Nation’s Greenest Cities, But Comes at a Cost

•  Puget Sound Energy Offers Rebates to Customers Who Upgrade

•  Avista Customers Help Company Surpass 2009 Energy Savings Targets

•  Even Boulder Finds It Isn’t Easy Going Green

•  Is the Copenhagen Accord Already Dead?

•  Wall Street Journal Editorial - The Continuing Climate Meltdown

•  Billings Gazette Op/Ed - Montana at Carbon Emissions Crossroads

•  Boston Globe Editorial - Congress Should Take Note of Mass. Report on Cutting Carbon

•  ‘Green’ is the New Black: Northwest Retailers Offer Shoppers More Eco-Friendly Options

•  The Seattleization of Washington DC

•  Green Jobs: Environmental Red Tape Cancels Out Job Creation

•  At Shared Offices, How Green Is My Work Space

•  New Data: 40 Percent in US Lack Home Broadband

•  Summary Box: Data Show Broadband Policy Challenges

•  FCC to Propose Higher Broadband Speeds

•  Google’s Uberfast Plan Bound to Include Fine Print

•  Los Angeles Times Editorial - Google’s Broadband Venture

•  Man, 45, Held in Shooting of Pacific County State Trooper

•  Rescuers Plan Search for Mount St. Helens Climber

•  The Green File: Lilliwaup Man Watches It Rain, And Rain, And Rain

WORD OF THE DAY

Nee • \NAY\ • adjective – 1. Originally or formerly called 2. Used to identify a woman by her maiden family name

The debonair actor Cary Grant, née Archibald Alexander Leach was an Alfred Hitchcock favorite.

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

Public Power Backers Cry Foul Over Utility Effort - CA utility spends $6.5M on ballot initiative critics say would hamper public power movement (Associated Press)

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Public-power-backers-cry-foul-apf-564159249.html?x=0&.v=1

California – Pacific Gas & Electric Rate Request, SmartMeter Gripes Prompt Scrutiny (Modesto Bee, CA)

http://www.modbee.com/local/story/1047972.html

Fitch Affirms Cowlitz County PUD’s Bonds ‘A-’; Outlook Stable (Environmental Expert)

http://www.environmental-expert.com/resultEachPressRelease.aspx?cid=28518&codi=152583

Lewis County - Thousands Lose Lights as Suspected Drunken Driver Smashes into Power Pole (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Thousands-Lose-Lights-as-Suspected-Drunk=1&blockID=179587&feedID=410

Snohomish County PUD Customers & Employees Help Those in Need (Mukilteo Beacon, WA)

http://www.mukilteobeacon.com/community/article.exm/2010-02-15_pud_customers___employees_help_those_in_need

Idaho Power Lays Out Its Plan for the Future (Magic Valley News, Twin Falls, ID)

http://www.magicvalley.com/news/article_ed26e388-c2d3-5efb-bb51-79840e25540d.html

Idaho State Representative Discusses Power Bill - would allow power producing cities to issue reserve bonds to expand power capacity without going to the voters every year (KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls, ID)

http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=11984855

Obama Unveils Plan to Build Nuclear Plant (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61F33V20100216

Chinese Seen As Potential Buyer of Alaska Natural Gas (Anchorage Daily News, AK)

http://www.adn.com/money/industries/oil/pipeline/story/1139611.html

Wintery Blast in US a Welcome Boost for Natural Gas (Edmonton Journal, Alberta)

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Wintery+blast+welcome+boost+natural/2570419/story.html

Florida - Pasco Man Charged with Stealing Electricity by Rigging Power Box (The Tampa Tribune, FL)

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/feb/12/121559/pasco-man-charged-stealing-electricity-rigging-pow/

California City Tries to Give Boot to ‘Shoefiti’ - If you look up, you might spot them hanging from telephone wires & power lines by their shoelaces (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011078012_shoefiti15.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Record Low Sacramento River Salmon Runs Bode Ill for Oregon Fishery (The Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/02/record_low_sacramento_river_sa.html

Coho Forecast Best Indicator for Off-Coast Season (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2011062090_outn14.html

Barker: Redden Wants to Finish Salmon Suit (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/1080756.html

Columbia River: Will Obama’s Feds Finally Aim High? (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/2010/02/16/science-environment/19590/

What Does Council’s Sixth Power Plan Say About Removing Four Lower Snake Dams? (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/376641.aspx

Wild versus Hatchery Debate on the McKenzie River (Oregon Public Radio)

http://news.opb.org/article/6720-wild-versus-hatchery-debate-mckenzie-river/

Montana - Anglers Target Flathead Lake Gill-Net Plan (The Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell, MT)

http://dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_f4004e96-185a-11df-ac6f-001cc4c03286.html

Zebra Mussels Pose Pacific NW Threat - Early detection of tiny crustacean critical, difficult (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/feb/15/zebra-mussels-pose-nw-threat/

Squaxin Island Tribe Pays Tribute to Rare Bryde’s Whale (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011068857_whale14m.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Critics Speak on Washington Lawmaker’s Proposal to Quit Columbia River Gorge Compact (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100215/NEWS/302159996

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Olympian Editorial - Plan for Shelton Biomass Plant Is Great News for Region

http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/1138259.html

Georgia - Green-Minded Seeing Red over Biomass Plant (Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA)

http://www.ajc.com/business/green-minded-seeing-red-303007.html

Biomass Energy Gets Tax Break Love (Politico)

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32872.html

Walmart Made Millions off Oregon’s Renewable Energy Tax Credits (AlterNet)

http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/02/13/walmart-made-millions-off-oregons-renewable-energy-tax-credits/

Trace of Chemical Leaves REC Silicon - Steam Cloud Stems from Cleaning (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2010/02/12/news/doc4b75de9c02967219207183.txt

Montana - US Senator Tester Pays Visit to Power-Producing Landfill in Flathead (The Missoulian, MT)

http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_1d5a9a9a-1ac6-11df-89b7-001cc4c03286.html

Kodiak Electric Association Named DOE Wind Cooperative of the Year (Environmental Expert)

http://www.environmental-expert.com/resultEachPressRelease.aspx?cid=11245&codi=152669

Vermont - A Stealth Ban on Wind (The Times-Argus, Montpelier, VT)

http://www.timesargus.com/article/20100215/OPINION01/2150301/1021/OPINION01

Vermont - Vermont Utility Pulls Out Stops to Gain Wind Project Approval (Burlington Free Press, VT)

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100214/NEWS02/100213017/Vermont-utility-pulls-out-stops-to-gain-wind-project-approval

Texas - Energy Plan Would Put Austin among Nation’s Greenest Cities, But Comes at a Cost “…It would raise bills an estimated 20 percent over the next decade, adjusted for inflation, according to estimates from Austin Energy…” (Austin American Statesman, TX)

http://www.statesman.com/news/local/energy-plan-would-put-austin-among-nation-s-239683.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Puget Sound Energy Offers Rebates to Customers Who Upgrade (Issaquah Press, WA)

http://www.issaquahpress.com/2010/02/12/puget-sound-energy-offers-rebates-to-customers-who-upgrade/

Avista Customers Help Company Surpass 2009 Energy Savings Targets (PR Newswire)

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Avista-Customers-Help-Company-prnews-4248860424.html?x=0&.v=1

Even Boulder Finds It Isn’t Easy Going Green “…What we’ve found is that for the vast majority of people, it’s exceedingly difficult to get them to do much of anything…” (Wall Street Journal)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704320104575015920992845334.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Is the Copenhagen Accord Already Dead? (Agence French Presse)

http://www.grist.org/article/2010-02-16-is-the-copenhagen-accord-already-dead/

Wall Street Journal Editorial - The Continuing Climate Meltdown

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748703630404575053781465774008.html

Billings Gazette Op/Ed - Montana at Carbon Emissions Crossroads

http://billingsgazette.com/news/opinion/guest/article_99b47ee8-1aae-11df-b4c8-001cc4c002e0.html

Boston Globe Editorial - Congress Should Take Note of Mass. Report on Cutting Carbon

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2010/02/16/congress_should_take_note_of_mass_climate_change_report/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

‘Green’ is the New Black: Northwest Retailers Offer Shoppers More Eco-Friendly Options (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011085403_greenretail16.html

The Seattleization of Washington DC (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/2010/02/15/seattle/19594/

Green Jobs: Environmental Red Tape Cancels Out Job Creation (Online Opinion)

http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10045

At Shared Offices, How Green Is My Work Space (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/nyregion/15green.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

New Data: 40 Percent in US Lack Home Broadband (Associated Press)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100216/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_broadband_data

Summary Box: Data Show Broadband Policy Challenges (Associated Press)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100216/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_broadband_data_summary_box

FCC to Propose Higher Broadband Speeds (Associated Press)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100216/wr_nm/us_broadband_fcc_genachowski

Google’s Uberfast Plan Bound to Include Fine Print - Google is acting like Willy Wonka, dangling a few golden tickets to ultrafast broadband around the country (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011069322_brier15.html

Los Angeles Times Editorial - Google’s Broadband Venture: If Google sparks a race to the top among broadband providers; it will hardly be the only one to benefit

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-google15-2010feb15,0,1355667.story

GENERAL NEWS

Man, 45, Held in Shooting of Pacific County State Trooper (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011086771_trooper16m.html

Rescuers Plan Search for Mount St. Helens Climber (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011088055_apussthelensrescue.html?syndication=rss

The Green File: Lilliwaup Man Watches It Rain, And Rain, And Rain (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/1346-green-file-lilliwaup-man-watches-it-rain-and-rain-and-rain

DIVERSIONS

Pelican Attacks TV Weatherman

http://www.kirotv.com/news/22578796/detail.html

Nevada Police Officer Saved from Bullet by Badge

http://www.kirotv.com/news/22570299/detail.html

Pork-Flavored Doughnuts? Chinese Market Beckons

http://www.kirotv.com/money/22555866/detail.html

Chile’s Mint Fires Boss over Coin Typo - incorrect spelling of the country’s name

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61E4FJ20100215

SONG OF THE DAY

Willie Wonka & The Chocolate Factory - I’ve Got a Golden Ticket

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29_uSlEEPSk