Energy News Digest for April 19, 2010

Energy News Digest for April 19, 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

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Bonneville Power Administration Power Line Proposal Galvanizes Residents - Hundreds organize in effort to seek change in plans (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/apr/16/power-line-proposal-galvanizes-residents/

British Columbia - Decision Looms on $6.6 Billion Site C Peace River Dam Project (Vancouver Sun, BC)

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Second+mega+project+could+announced+Monday/2922559/story.html

Late Snowfall Helps, But Not Enough - No Pacific Northwest Drought: Summer water conservation urged (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/04/19/1210697/late-snowfall-helps-but-not-enough.html

More NoaNet Stimulus - Jamestown S’Klallam, Makah, Shoalwater Bay to Get Broadband (Indian Country Today)

http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/91461594.html

Newspaper Reports Oregon Treasury Officers Repaid for Free Meals, Exceed Lodging Limits “…Seeking state reimbursement for free meals is ‘acceptable practice within the agency,’ said Ron Schmitz, chief investment officer for Treasury’s investment division…” (The Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/04/oregon_treasury_officers_repai.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Bonneville Power Administration Power Line Proposal Galvanizes Residents

·         Bonneville Power Administration to Address Kelso Council over Transmission Line Proposal

·         Daily News Editorial - Exempting PUD Conservation Funds from Being Taxed Is the Right Move

·         Dam Upgrades, Refinancing of Debt - Grant PUD Sells $349 Million in Bonds

·         British Columbia - Decision Looms on $6.6 Billion Site C Peace River Dam Project

·         Vancouver Sun Columnist – Peace River’s Site C will be a hard sell as green power

·         “Chainsaw Chicken” - Vandalism Damages Portland General Electric Power Poles Near Sandy

·         April 28 – Mason PUD 3 to Host Quarterly Council of Governments Meeting

·         Orcas Power & Light Cooperative Director Roger Crosby Retires

·         Ohio - Problems at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Reactor near Toledo Are Worse Than Expected

·         Cost of Indiana Coal Gasification Plant Rises to $2.9 Billion

·         Powering Up: Wiring Minnesota for the Next Generation

·         Detroit News Editorial - Electricity Theft Rising in Detroit

·         Low Reservoir Level at Dworshak Dam Means Less Cold Water for Summer Flows

·         Record Number of Steller Sea Lions Stealing Salmon from Smaller California Sea Lions

·         Vancouver Sun Op/Ed – British Columbia: Fraser River Sockeye Inquiry Needs to Stay Focused

·         British Columbia Boaters Near Orcas Face More Scrutiny

·         Declining Deer Herds Spark Debate

·         Chelan PUD Storage Yard - Rabbits Popping Up near Appleatchee

·         Congressman Norm Dicks Proud of 17.10 Pound Chinook in Anacortes Fishing Derby

·         Late Snowfall Helps, But Not Enough

·         Idaho Ranks 4th in Geothermal Development

·         Home Solar Panels Doubled Electric Output Last Year

·         Ship Shortage Could Slow Wind Power

·         Massachusetts - Opposition to First US Offshore Wind Farm Could Blow Renewable Energy’s Chances

·         Texas - Windmill Country: Small Turbines Fill the Gap Left by Their Big Brothers

·         You’re Hired: Wind-aided career change

·         Daily Star Editorial - Ghouls Rush In: Alternative Energy Is Only Answer to Coal Disaster

·         Cow-Chips-to-Power Company Sues Idaho

·         Five LED Bulbs You Can (Soon) Buy to Replace Incandescents

·         Betting on Climate Change - Is the Planet Really Warming Up?

·         Google Climate Change Chief Wants Price on Carbon

·         Researchers Explore ‘Coal without Mining’ in Bid to Slash CO2-Storage Price Tag

·         Fossil ‘Gold Mine’ Illuminates Ancient Wyoming Warming

·         To Meet State Mandate - Ephrata Adopts Green Resolution

·         Olympian Editorial - Olympia Area Takes Lead in Green Ideas as Earth Day Nears

·         Looking for a Quick & Easy Way to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint?

·         Greenmyparents Wants to Build an Army of Green Kids, Launching on Earth Day

·         More NoaNet Stimulus - Jamestown S’Klallam, Makah, Shoalwater Bay to Get Broadband

·         State Approves Sale of Verizon’s Landline Business

·         NY Times Editorial - The F.C.C. & the Internet

·         Companies Slowly Join Cloud-Computing

·         Newspaper Reports Oregon Treasury Officers Repaid for Free Meals, Exceed Lodging Limits

·         Who Killed the Washington State Water Quality Tax?

·         Washington State’s 2010 Tax Package

·         Survey Says Majority of Americans Distrust the Government

·         Oklahoma City Marks 15 Years Since Domestic Terror Bombing

·         Travel troubles from ash cloud spread beyond Europe

·         Portable Heaters Headed for Chilly Mount Si High School

·         Shelton City Commission to Take Action on Shelton Hills Rezone Monday Night

·         McCleary: Two Clerks on Paid Leave over Finances

·         Former Oregon BLM Official Admits to $481,000 Fraud

·         Aryan Nations May Buy Long Beach, WA Hotel

WORD OF THE DAY

Frowsy • \FROW-zee\ • adjective - 1: musty, stale *2 : having a slovenly or uncared-for appearance

Open the old trunk

Frowsy air comes wafting out

I gasp, air is stale

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

Bonneville Power Administration Power Line Proposal Galvanizes Residents - Hundreds organize in effort to seek change in plans (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/apr/16/power-line-proposal-galvanizes-residents/

Bonneville Power Administration to Address Kelso Council over Transmission Line Proposal (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://www.tdn.com/news/local/article_6e987050-4b89-11df-8a97-001cc4c002e0.html

Daily News Editorial - Exempting PUD Conservation Funds from Being Taxed Is the Right Move

http://www.tdn.com/news/opinion/article_8f77ef1e-49a2-11df-a45e-001cc4c03286.html

Dam Upgrades, Refinancing of Debt - Grant PUD Sells $349 Million in Bonds (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/apr/16/grant-pud-sells-349-million-in-bonds/

British Columbia - Decision Looms on $6.6 Billion Site C Peace River Dam Project (Vancouver Sun, BC)

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Second+mega+project+could+announced+Monday/2922559/story.html

Vancouver Sun Columnist – Peace River’s Site C will be a hard sell as green power

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Site+will+hard+sell+green+power/2922834/story.html

“Chainsaw Chicken” - Vandalism Damages Portland General Electric Power Poles Near Sandy (The Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/04/vandalism_damages_pge_power_po.html

April 28 – Mason PUD 3 to Host Quarterly Council of Governments Meeting (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=711

Orcas Power & Light Cooperative Director Roger Crosby Retires; Winnie Adams Appointed to Board (San Juan Island, WA)

http://www.sanjuanislander.com/businesses/opalco/crosby.shtml

Ohio - Problems at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Reactor near Toledo Are Worse Than Expected (Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH)

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/04/davis-besse.html

Cost of Indiana Coal Gasification Plant Rises to $2.9 Billion (Associated Press)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100417/ap_on_bi_ge/in_coal_gasification_cost

Powering Up: Wiring Minnesota for the Next Generation - Blueprints for thousands of miles of new power lines to carry wind are sparking debate over the nation’s clean energy future (Minneapolis Star, MN)

http://www.startribune.com/90307062.html?elr=KArks:DCiUo3PD:3D_V_qD3L:c7cQKUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr

Detroit News Editorial - Electricity Theft Rising in Detroit

http://www.detnews.com/article/20100416/OPINION03/4160390/Electricity-theft-rising-in-Detroit

FISH & WILDLIFE

Low Reservoir Level at Dworshak Dam Means Less Cold Water for Summer Flows (Columbia Basin Bulletin) 

http://www.cbbulletin.com/383196.aspx

Record Number of Steller Sea Lions Stealing Salmon from Smaller California Sea Lions (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/383198.aspx

Vancouver Sun Op/Ed – British Columbia: Fraser River Sockeye Inquiry Needs to Stay Focused

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Fraser+River+sockeye+inquiry+needs+stay+focused/2923293/story.html

British Columbia Boaters Near Orcas Face More Scrutiny (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/travel/Boaters+near+orcas+face+more+scrutiny/2909313/story.html

Declining Deer Herds Spark Debate (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2010-04-18-deerpredators_N.htm

Chelan PUD Storage Yard - Rabbits Popping Up near Appleatchee (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/apr/16/rabbits-popping-up-near-appleatchee/

Congressman Norm Dicks Proud of 17.10 Pound Chinook in Anacortes Fishing Derby (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/04/16/1150016/dicks-prefers-mooching.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Late Snowfall Helps, But Not Enough - No Pacific Northwest Drought: Summer water conservation urged (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/04/19/1210697/late-snowfall-helps-but-not-enough.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Idaho Ranks 4th in Geothermal Development (Penn Energy)

http://www.pennenergy.com/index/articles/newsdisplay/143825689.html

Home Solar Panels Doubled Electric Output Last Year (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/04/homes-solar-panels-doubled-electric-output-last-year/1

Ship Shortage Could Slow Wind Power (Clean Technica)

http://cleantechnica.com/2010/04/16/ship-shortage-could-slow-wind-power/

Massachusetts - Opposition to First US Offshore Wind Farm Could Blow Renewable Energy’s Chances (Business Report)

http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5433195&fSectionId=2880&fSetId=662

Texas - Windmill Country: Small Turbines Fill the Gap Left by Their Big Brothers (San Angelo Standard-Times, TX)

http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2010/apr/17/small-turbines-fill-the-gap-left-by-their-big/

You’re Hired: Wind-aided career change (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/apr/16/wind-aided-career-change/

Daily Star Editorial - Ghouls Rush In: Alternative Energy Is Only Answer to Coal Disaster

http://www.thedailystar.com/opinion/local_story_107040028.html

Cow-Chips-to-Power Company Sues Idaho (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/04/19/26501.htm

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Five LED Bulbs You Can (Soon) Buy to Replace Incandescents (Earth2Tech)

http://earth2tech.com/2010/04/16/5-led-bulbs-you-can-soon-buy-to-replace-incandescents/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Betting on Climate Change - Is the Planet Really Warming Up? Just ask the corporations that stand to make—or lose—billions because of “climate exposure.” (Slate Magazine)

http://www.slate.com/id/2251297/?from=rss

Google Climate Change Chief Wants Price on Carbon (Grist)

http://www.grist.org/article/2010-04-15-google-climate-change-chief-wants-price-on-carbon/

Researchers Explore ‘Coal without Mining’ in Bid to Slash CO2-Storage Price Tag (E&E News)

http://www.eenews.net/special_reports/underground/

Fossil ‘Gold Mine’ Illuminates Ancient Wyoming Warming (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2010-04-16-Wyoming-fossils_N.htm

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

To Meet State Mandate - Ephrata Adopts Green Resolution (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2010/04/16/news/doc4bc7a18aa0771780931642.txt

Olympian Editorial - Olympia Area Takes Lead in Green Ideas as Earth Day Nears

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/04/19/1210739/olympia-area-takes-lead-in-green.html

Looking for a Quick & Easy Way to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint? Paperless billing reduces paper waste & the amount of energy needed to print & deliver bills (PR NewsWire)

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Looking-for-a-Quick-and-Easy-prnews-4045030136.html?x=0&.v=1

Greenmyparents Wants to Build an Army of Green Kids, Launching on Earth Day (The Oregonian, Portland)

http://blog.oregonlive.com/pdxgreen/2010/04/greenmyparents_wants_to_build.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

More NoaNet Stimulus - Jamestown S’Klallam, Makah, Shoalwater Bay to Get Broadband (Indian Country Today)

http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/91461594.html

State Approves Sale of Verizon’s Landline Business (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=12329029

NY Times Editorial - The F.C.C. & the Internet

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/19/opinion/19mon1.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Companies Slowly Join Cloud-Computing (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/19/technology/19cloud.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Newspaper Reports Oregon Treasury Officers Repaid for Free Meals, Exceed Lodging Limits “…Seeking state reimbursement for free meals is ‘acceptable practice within the agency,’ said Ron Schmitz, chief investment officer for Treasury’s investment division…” (The Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/04/oregon_treasury_officers_repai.html

Who Killed the Washington State Water Quality Tax? (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/2010/04/16/washington-legislature/19749/

Washington State’s 2010 Tax Package (Lexology)

http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=87f41eab-a5f1-4d27-886f-a8766787fe6c

Survey Says Majority of Americans Distrust the Government (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63I0FB20100419

GENERAL NEWS

Oklahoma City Marks 15 Years Since Domestic Terror Bombing (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/23192763/detail.html

Travel troubles from ash cloud spread beyond Europe (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-04-18-volcano-impact_N.htm

Portable Heaters Headed for Chilly Mount Si High School (KING-TV, Seattle – Are they Amish Heaters?)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Portable-heaters-headed-for-Mount-Si-High-School--91057834.html

Shelton City Commission to Take Action on Shelton Hills Rezone Monday Night (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/1899-shelton-city-commission-to-take-action-on-shelton-hills-rezone-monday-night

McCleary: Two Clerks on Paid Leave over Finances (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/04/17/1209151/mccleary-2-clerks-on-paid-leave.html

Former Oregon BLM Official Admits to $481,000 Fraud (NW Public Radio)

http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=7171

Aryan Nations May Buy Long Beach, WA Hotel (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Aryan-Nations-may-buy-Long-Beach-WA-hotel-91080089.html

DIVERSIONS

Downtown Spokane Duck Nest Raided, Four Eggs Taken

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_duck_nest.html?source=pimail

Pit Bull Clears out Auburn Fred Meyer

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/418628_pitbull17.html?source=pimail

Man Arrested While Trying to Make Citizen’s Arrest

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100417/NEWS01/704179899/-1/RSS02

SONG OF THE DAY

Johnny Rivers - Summer Rain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ_jdbT30Yc

Energy News Digest for April 15, 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)

·         Adequate Power despite Low Columbia River Flows

·         April Storms Offer Little Relief for Hydro Operators, Irrigators

·         Grant County PUD Raises Ag Rates

·         Fitch Rates Snohomish PUD Revenue Bonds as ‘AA-’

·         Wyoming Electricity Users Suspicious of Rate Hike

·         US Department of Energy Puts Yucca Mountain Shutdown on Hold 21 Days

·         Coal Chiefs Go on Offensive as Pickens Pushes Case for Natural Gas

·         FERC: Statement of Chairman Wellinghoff’s on Small/Low-Impact Hydro Development

·         FERC Staff Report on the State of Energy Markets

·         The Looming Fight Over Power Data –

·         Fifth Gray Whale Found Dead in Pacific NW Waters in Ten Days

·         Chinook News Good

·         Local Orcas’ Favorite Meal: British Columbia Chinook

·         Groups Ask Judge to Limit Columbia River Water Drawdown

·         Oregonian Op/Ed - Rogue River: Oregon’s Salmon & Taxpayers Pay the Price for Mining

·         Opening Day of Lake-Fishing Season Expected to Draw 300,000 Anglers

·         Top Five Springtime Fishing Spots

·         Feds: Wyoming Pocket Gopher Listing Not Warranted

·         Central Washington Counties Challenge State on Two Water Fronts

·         Mason County Getting Nearly $6.5 Million for Sewer Work on Hood Canal

·         Officials Seek Cause of Snohomish Dairy-Manure Spill

·         Tacoma Water: Dirty-Looking Water on Tap

·         Over Jobs Guarantees - Everett Backs Away from Massive Beverage Plant Idea

·         Proposed Oregon Wind Farm Becalmed by Air Force

·         Decision on Cape Cod Wind Project due This Month

·         U.S. Fish & Wildlife Goes for Birds, Against Muskegon County’s Wind Turbine Plan

·         Gas in That Trash: Seattle’s Food & Yard Waste to Produce Energy

·         Vermont - New Biomass Plant Moves Green Mountain College Close to Carbon Neutrality

·         Wausau Daily Herald Editorial - Concerns about Biomass Plant Have Answers

·         State of Oregon Clears Way for Solar Highway

·         Nevada - Vulcan Seeks Permission to Build Geothermal Plant

·         Arizona Daily Sun Editorial - Renewable Energy 101: Let Utilities Pay Upfront

·         Turning Chicken Poop into Power

·         Idaho Power wants ratepayers to cover cost of participation in energy efficiency group

·         Government Tightens Requirements for Energy Star Program

·         Efficient Energy: Sizing & Seizing Opportunities

·         Senate Climate Bill Would End EPA/State Programs

·         tional Ties, Especially Regarding Climate Change

·         British Review Panel Clears ‘Climategate’ Research Unit

·         Thurston County Chamber Honors 44 Businesses for Green Efforts

·         United Kingdom - Poo Power; No Flash in the Pan

·         Verizon Getting Early Jump on Offloading Future Frontier Users

·         Lynn Kessler’s Replacement - Parties Are Scrambling for Potential Candidates

·         Builders’ Lobby Sponsors Workers’ Comp Initiative

·         Unemployment in Mason County Drops Slightly

·         Officials: Man Accused of Plotting to Kill Deputies Had Officer’s Stolen Gun

·         Mason County Medic One Purchase Reportedly Unravels

·         Port of Shelton Moving Forward with Eliminating Commissioner Districts

·         Iceland’s Volcanic Ash Halts Flights Across Europe

·         Man Found Guilty of Putting Children in Trash

WORD OF THE DAY

Misperceive • \miss-per-SEEV\ • verb - To understand or perceive incorrectly; misunderstand

Misconceive • \miss-kun-SEEV\ • verb - To conceive or interpret wrongly; misunderstand.

Unfortunately for Sam, he was using the wrong universal interpreter in his first contact with the Filenesians on the planet Closet. His equipment’s misperception of the extremely peaceful intentions of the Filenesians led to his misconception that to destroy the peaceful planet, all that was required was to demolish their well-stocked clothing warehouses. It only freed the Filenesians of whatever limited modesty they had…making the planet the first intergalactic nudist colony.

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

Adequate Power despite Low Columbia River Flows (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/04/14/1206568/adequate-power-despite-low-columbia.html

April Storms Offer Little Relief for Hydro Operators, Irrigators (Northwest Public Radio)

http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=7155

Grant County PUD Raises Ag Rates (Othello Outlook, WA)

http://othellooutlook.com/?p=10057

Fitch Rates Snohomish PUD Revenue Bonds as ‘AA-’ (Yahoo! Finance)

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Fitch-Rates-Snohomish-PUD-No-bw-3165683785.html?x=0&.v=1

Wyoming Electricity Users Suspicious of Rate Hike (Billings Gazette, MT)

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_50f51a0c-4842-11df-b68a-001cc4c002e0.html

US Department of Energy Puts Yucca Mountain Shutdown on Hold 21 Days (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/04/15/26438.htm

Coal Chiefs Go on Offensive as Pickens Pushes Case for Natural Gas (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/04/15/15climatewire-coal-chiefs-go-on-offensive-as-pickens-pushe-62650.html

FERC: Statement of Chairman Wellinghoff’s on Small/Low-Impact Hydro Development (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

http://www.ferc.gov/news/statements-speeches/wellinghoff/2010/04-15-10-wellinghoff-A-5.asp

FERC Staff Report on Small Hydro – Links to PDF File (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

http://www.ferc.gov/news/news-releases/2010/2010-2/04-15-10-A-5-presentation.pdf

FERC Staff Report on the State of Energy Markets – Links to PDF File (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

http://www.ferc.gov/market-oversight/st-mkt-ovr/som-rpt-2009.pdf

The Looming Fight Over Power Data - Calls are mounting from tech companies, environmental nonprofits & even legislators to open up consumer energy information (Green Tech Media)

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/google-asks-president-obama-to-open-consumer-energy-data

FISH & WILDLIFE

Fifth Gray Whale Found Dead in Pacific NW Waters in Ten Days (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/90911199.html

Chinook News Good (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/apr/15/chinook-news-good/

As Seen Previously in the News Digest - Local Orcas’ Favorite Meal: British Columbia Chinook (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011609220_orca15m.html

Groups Ask Judge to Limit Columbia River Water Drawdown (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/apr/15/groups-ask-judge-to-limit-drawdown/

Oregonian Op/Ed - Rogue River: Oregon’s Salmon & Taxpayers Pay the Price for Mining

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/04/oregons_salmon_and_taxpayers_p.html

Opening Day of Lake-Fishing Season Expected to Draw 300,000 Anglers (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1527

Top Five Springtime Fishing Spots (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2011608539_fish15.html

Feds: Wyoming Pocket Gopher Listing Not Warranted “…no clear evidence that gas drilling, wind energy development, climate change & other factors are harming the…pocket gopher…” (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011607655_apwypocketgopher.html?syndication=rss

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Central Washington Counties Challenge State on Two Water Fronts (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/04/14/counties-challenge-state-on-two-water-fronts

Mason County Getting Nearly $6.5 Million for Sewer Work on Hood Canal (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.net/news/1862-mason-county-getting-nearly-65-million-for-sewer-work-on-hood-canal

Officials Seek Cause of Snohomish Dairy-Manure Spill (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011609194_manure15m.html?syndication=rss

Tacoma Water: Dirty-Looking Water on Tap (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/04/15/1148682/dirty-looking-water-on-tap.html

Over Jobs Guarantees - Everett Backs Away from Massive Beverage Plant Idea (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100414/NEWS01/100419939/0/LIVING

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Proposed Oregon Wind Farm Becalmed by Air Force (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011609868_aporairforcewind1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss

Decision on Cape Cod Wind Project due This Month (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011610306_apusoffshorewind.html?syndication=rss

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Goes for Birds, Against Muskegon County’s Wind Turbine Plan (Muskegon Chronicle, MI)

http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2010/04/us_fish_and_wildlife_goes_for.html

Gas in That Trash: Seattle’s Food & Yard Waste to Produce Energy (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/418370_compost.html?source=rss

Vermont - New Biomass Plant Moves Green Mountain College Close to Carbon Neutrality (PR Newswire)

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-biomass-plant-moves-green-mountain-college-close-to-carbon-neutrality-90941559.html

Wausau Daily Herald Editorial - Concerns about Biomass Plant Have Answers

http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20100415/WDH06/4150483/1636&located=rss

State of Oregon Clears Way for Solar Highway - Report concludes no significant impacts from I-205 panels (Portland Tribune, OR)

http://www.portlandtribune.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=127109333076973600

Nevada - Vulcan Seeks Permission to Build Geothermal Plant (World of Renewables)

http://www.worldofrenewables.com/renewables_news/geothermal/vulcan_seeks_permission_to_build_geothermal_plant_east_of_fernle.html

Arizona Daily Sun Editorial - Renewable Energy 101: Let Utilities Pay Upfront

http://www.azdailysun.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_43e6b51e-4860-11df-a8ea-001cc4c03286.html

Turning Chicken Poop into Power (Nat’l Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125640525&ft=1&f=1025

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Idaho Power wants ratepayers to cover cost of participation in energy efficiency group (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/04/14/1152513/idaho-power-wants-ratepayers-to.html

Government Tightens Requirements for Energy Star Program (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011603852_apusenergystar.html?syndication=rss

Efficient Energy: Sizing & Seizing Opportunities (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/archives/201826.asp?source=rss

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Senate Climate Bill Would End EPA/State Programs (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63A0UW20100415

Initiative Aims to Restrict City of Spokane’s International Ties, Especially Regarding Climate Change (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/apr/14/initiative-aims-restrict-citys-international-ties/

British Review Panel Clears ‘Climategate’ Research Unit (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011608537_climategate15.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Thurston County Chamber Honors 44 Businesses for Green Efforts (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/04/15/1206875/county-chamber-honors-44-businesses.html

United Kingdom - Poo Power; No Flash in the Pan (Mayor Watch, UK)

http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/poo-power-%E2%80%93-no-flash-in-the-pan/201011105

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Verizon Getting Early Jump on Offloading Future Frontier Users - By giving them less features & screwing up e-mail accounts? (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Getting-Early-Jump-On-Offloading-Future-Frontier-Users-107893

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Lynn Kessler’s Replacement - Parties Are Scrambling for Potential Candidates (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)

http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2010/04/14/local_news/doc4bc60204c8e1a395939162.txt

Builders’ Lobby Sponsors Workers’ Comp Initiative (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011608491_apwaworkerscompinitiative.html?syndication=rss

GENERAL NEWS

Unemployment in Mason County Drops Slightly (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.net/news/1869-unemployment-in-mason-county-drops-slightly

Officials: Man Accused of Plotting to Kill Deputies Had Officer’s Stolen Gun (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/23142654/detail.html?

Mason County Medic One Purchase Reportedly Unravels (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.net/news/1872-medic-one-purchase-reportedly-unravels

Port of Shelton Moving Forward with Eliminating Commissioner Districts (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.net/news/1863-port-of-shelton-moving-forward-with-eliminating-commissioner-districts

Iceland’s Volcanic Ash Halts Flights Across Europe (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/travelgetaways/23157055/detail.html

Man Found Guilty of Putting Children in Trash (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/23142445/detail.html

DIVERSIONS

Dog Slobber May Hold Cancer Clues

http://www.kirotv.com/health/23159106/detail.html

Don’t Stretch Before Sports, Experts Say

http://www.kirotv.com/health/23158050/detail.html

Boys in Drag at School Riles Some Parents

http://www.kirotv.com/education/23151571/detail.html

Mustache Advocacy Group Seeks Tax Break

http://www.kirotv.com/politics/23151200/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Kiki Dee Band - I Got the Music in Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLQRW7J_D0U