Energy News Digest for September 2, 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 Plan for Power Line Generates Lots of Worry - Clark, Cowlitz residents, officials urge consideration (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/sep/02/bpa-plan-for-power-line-generates-lots-of-worry/

Idaho - Ridgeline Energy Appeals Wind Project Denial - Hope to Build 75 Wind Turbines in Bonneville County (KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls, ID)

http://www.localnews8.com/news/24847294/detail.html

Fraser River Whopper Sockeye Salmon Run Even Bigger (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012777922_salmon02m.html

Locks Coming Off Belfair Fire Hydrants (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/sep/01/locks-coming-off-belfair-fire-hydrants/

Greenpeace Continues to Pressure Facebook over Prineville Data Center - Claims PacifiCorp has 83% coal in fuel mix (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/09/greenpeace_continues_to_pressu.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Bonneville Power Administration Plan for Power Line Generates Lots of Worry

·         Oregon Governor Names Bradbury to NW Power Council

·         Clallam PUD Likely to Raise Rates to Offset Five Percent Bonneville Power Administration Hike

·         Mason County PUD 3 Customers Urged to Help Low-Income Customers through Project Share

·         Columbia River’s Crescent Bar Island Could Become a State Park

·         Scores of Savannah Residents Criticize Proposed Rate Increase as Georgia Power Eyes More Profit

·         Bringing Light to India’s Rural Areas

·         Fraser River Whopper Sockeye Salmon Run Even Bigger

·         British Columbia’s Fishy Salmon Science

·         Clallam County PUD to Build Back Up Plant for Central-County Water

·         Idaho - Ridgeline Energy Appeals Wind Project Denial

·         First Users of Oregon Solar Pilot Program Up & Running

·         Solar Panels Provide Backup Power for Liberty Lake Police

·         Klamath County Chamber Endorses Biomass Facility

·         Wind energy to power US Mint in Denver

·         Interested in Wind Turbine Testing? Vestas Is, Too!

·         Chicken Poo Fight - We’ll Take Incinerator Battle All the Way to Europe Say Protesters

·         City of Port Angeles Helping With Wind Energy Storage

·         Mason Public Utility, BPA Piloting Water Heater/Wind Power Smart Grid Project

·         Energy Adviser: Heat Pump Water Heaters May Not Fit in Every Home

·         Homeowners Must Pay Off Energy Improvement Loans

·         Ten Ways to Reduce Energy Use & Costs in Your Building

·         Bill Gates on R&D, a Carbon Tax & China’s Climate Role

·         California - Environmentalists Stunned by Failures of Key Measures in Legislature

·         Greenpeace Continues to Pressure Facebook over Prineville Data Center

·         Facebook Faces Campaign to Switch to Renewable Energy

·         Utah Data Center for Twitter May Open in Early Fall

·         FCC Seeks Input on Rules for Online Services

·         Google, Verizon Unite to Shape Net Regulation

·         Samsung Unveils iPad Competitor Galaxy

·         Will We Soon Have Gigantic Wireless Hotspots?

·         Washington US Senate Race - Rossi Leads Murray in New Poll

·         Mason County Primary Election Results Now Official

·         SEC Won’t Pursue Fraud Case Against Moody’s

·         Locks Coming Off Belfair Fire Hydrants

·         State Superintendent to Suspend Morton Teacher’s Certificate

·         Forecasters Expect Cloudy Weekend in Washington

·         Shelton School Superintendent Announces Retirement

·         Blast on Gulf Oil Rig Injures One Worker

·         Man in Discovery Channel Hostage Standoff Had Lived in Washington

·         CEOs Who Cut Jobs Got Paid More, Study Says

·         Lock Down the Ground Wires - Copper Prices Jump on Improved Manufacturing

·         Shelton Highclimbers Learn Lessons From Past Two Seasons

·         Mike Booms at Half Staff - Former KELA/KMNT Personality Russ Mohney Dead at 75

WORD OF THE DAY

Scurrilous • \SKURR-uh-luss\ • adjective - 1a: using or given to coarse language b: vulgar and evil 2: containing obscenities, abuse, or slander

“This meeting of Squirrels Against Scurrilous Attacks will come to order,” squeaked the diminutive, bottle-brushed chairman to his assembled, arboreal rodents. “Electric utilities have blamed us too often for outages,” he squealed. “For an update on our eco-terror tactics, I had invited Sparky to speak, but we haven’t seen him since last week’s big Kamilche outage.”

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 Plan for Power Line Generates Lots of Worry - Clark, Cowlitz residents, officials urge consideration (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/sep/02/bpa-plan-for-power-line-generates-lots-of-worry/

Oregon Governor Names Bradbury to NW Power Council (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/01/1355272/ore-governor-names-bradbury-to.html

Clallam PUD Likely to Raise Rates to Offset Five Percent Bonneville Power Administration Hike (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100902/news/309029988/clallam-pud-likely-to-raise-rates-to-offset-5-bpa-hike

Mason County PUD 3 Customers Urged to Help Low-Income Customers through Project Share (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=771

Columbia River’s Crescent Bar Island Could Become a State Park (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_0d75460a-b60e-11df-a769-001cc4c002e0.html

Scores of Savannah Residents Criticize Proposed Rate Increase as Georgia Power Eyes More Profit (Savannah Morning Herald, GA)

http://savannahnow.com/news/2010-09-01/scores-savannah-residents-slam-proposed-rate-increase-georgia-power-eyes-more-profit

Bringing Light to India’s Rural Areas (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/business/energy-environment/03iht-rbogsolar.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Fraser River Whopper Sockeye Salmon Run Even Bigger (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012777922_salmon02m.html

British Columbia’s Fishy Salmon Science - Like It Or Not, Farmed Fish Will Soon be Vital to Feed a Hungry World (Globe & Mail)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/bcs-fishy-salmon-science/article1693096/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Clallam County PUD to Build Back Up Plant for Central-County Water (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/6105

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Idaho - Ridgeline Energy Appeals Wind Project Denial - Hope to Build 75 Wind Turbines in Bonneville County (KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls, ID)

http://www.localnews8.com/news/24847294/detail.html

First Users of Oregon Solar Pilot Program Up & Running (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/09/first_users_of_oregon_solar_pi.html

Solar Panels Provide Backup Power for Liberty Lake Police (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/sep/02/bright-idea-for-energy/

Klamath County Chamber Endorses Biomass Facility (KBNW Radio, Bend, OR)

http://www.mycentraloregon.com/news/local/1301861/Klamath-County-Chamber-Endorses-Biomass-Facility.html

Wind energy to power US Mint in Denver (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/From-the-news-wires/2010/0901/Wind-energy-to-power-US-Mint-in-Denver

Interested in Wind Turbine Testing? Vestas Is, Too! (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/09/interested-in-wind-turbine-testing-vestas-is-too

Chicken Poo Fight - We’ll Take Incinerator Battle All the Way to Europe Say Protesters (The Belfast Telegraph, UK)

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/wersquoll-take-incinerator-battle-all-the-way-to-europe-say-protesters-14930451.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

City of Port Angeles Helping With Wind Energy Storage (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/6103

Mason Public Utility, BPA Piloting Water Heater/Wind Power Smart Grid Project (Renew Grid)

http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5696

Energy Adviser: Heat Pump Water Heaters May Not Fit in Every Home (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/sep/02/heat-pump-water-heaters-may-not-fit-in-every-home/

Homeowners Must Pay Off Energy Improvement Loans (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/homeowners-must-pay-off-energy-improvement-loans/

Ten Ways to Reduce Energy Use & Costs in Your Building (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS336088759920100902

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Bill Gates on R&D, a Carbon Tax & China’s Climate Role (NY Times)

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/bill-gates-on-rd-a-carbon-tax-and-chinas-climate-role/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

California - Environmentalists Stunned by Failures of Key Measures in Legislature (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-environment-20100902,0,5195731.story

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Greenpeace Continues to Pressure Facebook over Prineville Data Center - Claims PacifiCorp has 83% coal in fuel mix (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/09/greenpeace_continues_to_pressu.html

Facebook Faces Campaign to Switch to Renewable Energy “…Greenpeace admitted that many of its own web hosting operations are also housed in data centres powered primarily by coal & nuclear power…” – This story claims 67% coal mix (The Guardian, UK)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/01/facebook-renewable-energy-coal

Utah Data Center for Twitter May Open in Early Fall (Salt Lake Tribune – Guess what, mostly coal power)

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/50119223-79/twitter-operations-center-company.html.csp

FCC Seeks Input on Rules for Online Services (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012778000_apustecfccinternetrules.html

Google, Verizon Unite to Shape Net Regulation (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/02/BU381F72IO.DTL

Samsung Unveils iPad Competitor Galaxy (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012785265_apeutecgermanysamsungtablet.html

Will We Soon Have Gigantic Wireless Hotspots? (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2010/09/01/will-we-soon-have-gigantic-wireless-hotspots/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington US Senate Race - Rossi Leads Murray in New Poll (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=361416

Mason County Primary Election Results Now Official (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.net/news/3156-primary-election-results-now-official

SEC Won’t Pursue Fraud Case Against Moody’s (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/31/AR2010083105800.html

GENERAL NEWS

Locks Coming Off Belfair Fire Hydrants (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/sep/01/locks-coming-off-belfair-fire-hydrants/

State Superintendent to Suspend Morton Teacher’s Certificate (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/24847499/detail.html

Forecasters Expect Cloudy Weekend in Washington (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012785358_apwalabordayweekendweather.html

Shelton School Superintendent Announces Retirement (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.net/news/3155-shelton-superintendent-announces-retirement-

Blast on Gulf Oil Rig Injures One Worker (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/02/AR2010090202733.html

Man in Discovery Channel Hostage Standoff Had Lived in Washington (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/24847425/detail.html

CEOs Who Cut Jobs Got Paid More, Study Says (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/01/BU6M1F5PP6.DTL

Lock Down the Ground Wires - Copper prices jump on improved manufacturing (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012778572_apuscommoditiesreview.html

Shelton Highclimbers Learn Lessons From Past Two Seasons - Forced into action as underclassmen, strong senior class gives Highclimbers hope (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/02/1355603/highclimbers-learn-lessons-from.html

Mike Booms at Half Staff - Former KELA/KMNT Personality Russ Mohney Dead at 75 (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?FORMER-KELAKMNT-PERSONALITY-RUSS-MOHNEY-=1&blockID=302088&feedID=410

DIVERSIONS

Longview, Kelso Football Players Smiling in Pink

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/01/1354698/longview-kelso-football-players.html

‘Ladies Nights’ OK’d by Appeals Court

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/ladies_nights_ok_by_appeals_court_TlblZbvBSpagI0ZNEVwoeP

Washington State Bride-To-Be Arrested for DUI on Her Wedding Day

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2010-08-22-dui-bride_N.htm

Homeless Man Calls 911 from Hot Tub, Seeks Cocoa

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012784644_apusoddhotchocolate911.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Kool & the Gang - Ladies Night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wosgSI5bOx4

Energy News Digest for September 1, 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

Jefferson County PUD Gets the Power It Needs; Bonneville Inks Agreement (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100901/news/309019991/jefferson-county-pud-get-the-power-it-needs-bonneville-inks-agreement

Washington State’s Lt. Governor Supports Mason County ADAGE Biomass Plant (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3146-lt-governor-supports-adage-biomass-plant

California - Modesto Irrigation District Rejects Wood-Fired Power Plant - Many ratepayers at meeting call biomass expensive, polluting (Modesto Bee, CA)

http://www.modbee.com/2010/08/31/1318725/modesto-irrigation-district-rejects.html

Report to Mason County PUD 3 Customers: Utility Fuel Mix Report (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=767

E Source Announces Top Utilities in Large Business Customer Satisfaction - Tacoma Power &

Portland General Electric ranked high (Electric Energy Online)

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=139372

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Jefferson County PUD Gets the Power It Needs; Bonneville Inks Agreement

·         Oregon DEQ Seeks Comment on Closing Portland General Electric Coal Plant

·         Shelton Woman Killed in Crash near Timberlakes – Causes Power Outage for 1,200

·         Grant PUD Shelves Fee Idea

·         Report to Mason County PUD 3 Customers: Utility Fuel Mix Report

·         Gas Pipeline Developers Sue Oregon Land Officials

·         E Source Announces Top Utilities in Large Business Customer Satisfaction - Tacoma Power &

·         Portland General Electric ranked high

·         Sierra Club Challenges RUS Lien Accommodation Regulation for Coal Plants

·         New Warnings About Costs of Nuclear Power

·         Op/Ed - Nuclear Micro-Reactors Could Supply Jobs, Energy to South Dakota

·         Chain Billing - Texas’ Public Utility Commission Considers Preventing Some Nonpaying Customers from Switching Electricity Providers

·         Op/Ed – Canada: It’s Time for an Energy Council

·         Op/Ed - Reducing Salmon to a Mere Commodity

·         Three Die When Fish Survey Helicopter Crashes in Middle of Small Idaho Town

·         Celebration of Salmon Ceremony in Belfair

·         Washington State Shellfish Harvester Appeals License Revocation

·         Research Buoys Planned Off Westport, Newport

·         Columbia River - Regulators Reevaluating Dredge Spoil Dumping on West Hayden Island

·         Judge Cancels Hawaii to Washington Garbage Shipments until Lawsuit Ends

·         Washington State’s Lt. Governor Supports Mason County ADAGE Biomass Plant

·         California - Modesto Irrigation District Rejects Wood-Fired Power Plant

·         Florida Supreme Court May Hear Biomass Power Plant Case

·         Canada’s Pristine Power Keen to Tackle Bioenergy

·         Massachusetts Court Rejects Challenge to Cape Wind Permit

·         Massachusetts - Cape Wind Dissent Rocks Environmentalists

·         Arizona - State Moves to Curb Hazards Alternative Energy Sites Pose for Wildlife

·         Wind Turbines Can Bring Financial Windfall for Landowners

·         Brookings Report Calls for Clean-Energy Centers in Colorado, West

·         Mason County PUD 3 Takes on Cutting-Edge Smart-Grid Project

·         Doing More While Using Less Power

·         Pennsylvania - Energy Makeovers Expected to Save Allegheny County $2 Million

·         Santa Cruz Mountains Lures Cash for Trapping Carbon

·         California Lawmakers Reject Plastic Shopping Bag Ban

·         Going Green: An Electric Vehicle Made from Hemp

·         Hood Canal Communications to Expand Broadband to Rural Mason County Areas

·         More Closed Door Neutrality Deals Struck

·         Clallam County’s Embezzled $600,000 Still Not Replaced by Insurance

·         California Passes Bills Responding to City Pay Scandal

·         Mason County Says Belfair Water District’s Hydrant Locks Violate the Fire Code

·         City of Shelton to Ask Fire District Five to Continue Contract

·         Test Results Mixed for Washington Students

·         Convicted Morton Teacher Calls in Sick for Third Straight Day

WORD OF THE DAY

Carceral • \KAHR-suh-rul\ • adjective - Of, relating to, or suggesting a jail or prison

My heart is captive

A pleasant carceral life

Love to you bonded

Yeesh, how mushy!

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

Jefferson County PUD Gets the Power It Needs; Bonneville Inks Agreement (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100901/news/309019991/jefferson-county-pud-get-the-power-it-needs-bonneville-inks-agreement

Oregon DEQ Seeks Comment on Closing Portland General Electric Coal Plant (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/08/30/daily18.html

Shelton Woman Killed in Crash near Timberlakes – Causes Power Outage for 1,200 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3148-shelton-woman-killed-in-crash-near-timberlakes

Grant PUD Shelves Fee Idea (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_4a683912-b552-11df-9316-001cc4c002e0.html

Report to Mason County PUD 3 Customers: Utility Fuel Mix Report (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=767

Gas Pipeline Developers Sue Oregon Land Officials (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/08/30/daily17.html

E Source Announces Top Utilities in Large Business Customer Satisfaction - Tacoma Power &

Portland General Electric ranked high (Electric Energy Online)

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=139372

Sierra Club Challenges RUS Lien Accommodation Regulation for Coal Plants (Lexology)

http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=21505e4d-df93-47cb-ab52-b2e05781f4a6

New Warnings About Costs of Nuclear Power (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/new-warnings-about-costs-of-nuclear-power/

Op/Ed - Nuclear Micro-Reactors Could Supply Jobs, Energy to South Dakota (Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, SD)

http://www.argusleader.com/article/20100901/VOICES05/9010317/1052/OPINION01

Chain Billing - Texas’ Public Utility Commission Considers Preventing Some Nonpaying Customers from Switching Electricity Providers (Dallas Morning News, TX)

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-switchhold_01bus.ART0.State.Edition1.26c8dc0.html

Op/Ed – Canada: It’s Time for an Energy Council. The focus of this new initiative would be on energy security, foreign policy, and expanded energy trade (Vancouver Sun, BC)

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/smart-shift/fp/time+energy+council/3462694/story.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Op/Ed - Reducing Salmon to a Mere Commodity (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/08/when_salmon_are_a_mere_commodi.html

Three Die When Fish Survey Helicopter Crashes in Middle of Small Idaho Town (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2010/08/two_killed_when_helicopter_crashes_in_middle_of_small_idaho_town.html

Celebration of Salmon Ceremony in Belfair (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/sep/01/celebration-salmon-ceremony-belfair/

Washington State Shellfish Harvester Appeals License Revocation (Northwest Public Radio)

http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=7739

Research Buoys Planned Off Westport, Newport (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=13079146

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Columbia River - Regulators Reevaluating Dredge Spoil Dumping on West Hayden Island (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/08/regulators_reevaluating_dredge.html

Judge Cancels Hawaii to Washington Garbage Shipments until Lawsuit Ends (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/08/judge_cancels_hawaii_to_washin.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Washington State’s Lt. Governor Supports Mason County ADAGE Biomass Plant (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3146-lt-governor-supports-adage-biomass-plant

California - Modesto Irrigation District Rejects Wood-Fired Power Plant - Many ratepayers at meeting call biomass expensive, polluting (Modesto Bee, CA)

http://www.modbee.com/2010/08/31/1318725/modesto-irrigation-district-rejects.html

Florida Supreme Court May Hear Biomass Power Plant Case (Independent Florida Alligator)

http://www.alligator.org/news/local/article_514175dc-b584-11df-ab51-001cc4c03286.html

Canada’s Pristine Power Keen to Tackle Bioenergy (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67U4UR20100831

Massachusetts Court Rejects Challenge to Cape Wind Permit (Bloomberg News)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/08/31/financial/f082449D03.DTL

Massachusetts - Cape Wind Dissent Rocks Environmentalists (Boston Herald, MA)

http://bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1278321

Arizona - State Moves to Curb Hazards Alternative Energy Sites Pose for Wildlife (MSNBC)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38943818/ns/local_news-phoenix_az/

Wind Turbines Can Bring Financial Windfall for Landowners (Indiana Economic Digest)

http://www.indianabusinessnews.com/main.asp?SectionID=31&SubSectionID=232&ArticleID=55548

Brookings Report Calls for Clean-Energy Centers in Colorado, West (Denver Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/08/30/daily29.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Mason County PUD 3 Takes on Cutting-Edge Smart-Grid Project (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/sep/01/pud-3-takes-cutting-edge-smart-grid-project/

Doing More While Using Less Power (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/business/global/02iht-rensave.html

Pennsylvania - Energy Makeovers Expected to Save Allegheny County $2 Million (Pittsburgh Gazette, PA)

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_697384.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Santa Cruz Mountains Lures Cash for Trapping Carbon (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_15951273

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

California Lawmakers Reject Plastic Shopping Bag Ban (Associated Press)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129570458

Going Green: An Electric Vehicle Made from Hemp - Maybe this is the car that should have been called the Leaf (Seattle Post Intelligencer

http://blog.seattlepi.com/transportation/archives/219840.asp

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Hood Canal Communications to Expand Broadband to Rural Mason County Areas “…We’re bringing broadband to areas that don’t have any services now…” Huh? (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/sep/01/hood-canal-communications-expand-broadband-rural-m/

More Closed Door Neutrality Deals Struck - Without pesky public input into the process (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/More-Closed-Door-Neutrality-Deals-Struck-110158

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Clallam County’s Embezzled $600,000 Still Not Replaced by Insurance (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/101945108.html

California Passes Bills Responding to City Pay Scandal - Bills to rein in excessive salaries & pensions of public employees (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012772994_apuscaliforniamunicipalsalaries.html

GENERAL NEWS

Mason County Says Belfair Water District’s Hydrant Locks Violate the Fire Code (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3145-mason-county-says-belfair-water-districts-hydrant-locks-violate-the-fire-code

City of Shelton to Ask Fire District Five to Continue Contract (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3140-shelton-to-ask-fire-district-5-to-continue-contract

Test Results Mixed for Washington Students (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012768744_statetests01m.html

Convicted Morton Teacher Calls in Sick for Third Straight Day (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/101976953.html

DIVERSIONS

A Turnaround in Ansel Adams Photo Dispute

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/arts/design/31adams.html

Golfer’s Swing Snags Rock, Sparks Southern California Fire

http://www.kirotv.com/sports/24826906/detail.html

NYC Man Plunges 40 Stories, Lands on Car, Survives

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012773573_apus40storyplunge.html

The Washington Times Could be Sold for $1

http://www.kirotv.com/money/24832005/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Jim Croce - Photographs & Memories

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48o5rCFFxh8