Energy News Digest for September 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.

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Group Sues to Stop Shelton Wood-Fired Power Plant - Shelton port also concerned about environment, director says (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/16/1371281/group-sues-to-stop-plant.html

EPA Clean Air Regulations Might Dim Green Luster of Biomass Plants in Oregon & Nationwide (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/09/epa_clean_air_regulations_migh.html

American Council on Renewable Energy Releases State-by-State Report on Green Energy (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/09/acore-releases-a-state-by-state-report-on-renewable-energy

Fish Show Signs of Stress in Southern Hood Canal (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/sep/15/fish-shows-signs-of-stress-in-southern-hood/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Shelton’s Hillcrest Outage - Mylar Balloons & Power Lines Don’t Mix
• Including Electricity - Port Angeles Staff Proposes Increases to Utility Fees
• Girl, 23 Months, Dies After Running into Path of Utility Truck in Orchards
• Avista Seeks Rise in Natural Gas Rates
• After San Bruno Natural Gas Blast, Feds Seeks Tougher Pipeline Oversight
• Utility Company Shareholders Would Pay for Disasters Under Proposed California Law
• Pacific Gas & Electric Remains Powerful Despite Rough Year
• North Carolina Judge Sends Dispute over Alcoa Hydropower Permit to Trial
• Vermont - Court Says Board Must Allow Yankee Nuclear Plant Question on Ballot
• Natural Gas Erodes Coal’s Share at Power Plants
• Coal Challenge Looms in China & India
• Lawsuit: Gas Drilling Fluid Ruined Pennsylvania Water Wells
• Colorado - Xcel Sees 12.6% Drop in Electric Bills for Fall
• Fish Show Signs of Stress in Southern Hood Canal
• Washington State Says Fish Safe in Potholes Reservoir
• Oregon - Kellogg Dam Demolition Moves Ahead
• California - Waiting for the Floodgates to Open: First Fish Enter Feather River Hatchery
• Open House on Skokomish Valley Flooding Saturday
• Clallam PUD - Funding for Carlsborg’s Sewer Project One Step Closer
• Group Sues to Stop Shelton Wood-Fired Power Plant
• EPA Clean Air Regulations Might Dim Green Luster of Biomass Plants in Oregon & Nationwide
• Portland General Electric Tests Biomass Process for Boardman
• Editorial - Support Oregon-Grown Energy
• Wood-Fired Power Plan Runs Out of Juice - Watertown biomass project too costly
• Paterson Vineyard Installs ‘Gorgeous’ Vertical Wind Turbines
• Hope for Stemming Wind Energy’s Toll on Bats
• American Council on Renewable Energy Releases State-by-State Report on Green Energy
• Weak Renewable Energy Law Gets Big Push from Steelworkers, Green Groups
• Congress - Groups Unify Push for Renewable Power Mandate
• Chevron Gets OK for World’s Biggest Solar Power Project
• Geothermal Lease Set to Go in Colorado
• Pace of EPA’s Clean Air Act Rulemakings Turns Heads, Draws Lawsuits
• British Columbia Energy Group Calls for Carbon Tax Hike
• Utah Greenhouse Gas Rules Advanced
• Who Killed the Energy & Climate Bill?
• Salvos Fly as Ethanol Ruling on Fuel Mix Nears
• The Limits & Potential of Plant-Based Energy
• Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 a huge step forward
• 6.5 Million Homes Now Have Fiber Broadband - 20 Million homes now passed
• Washington State Bracing for Another Drop in Tax Collections
• Mason County Sheriff’s Deputies Make Candidate Endorsements
• CNN/Time Poll: Murray Up by 9 over Rossi
• Skeptical Public? All Initiatives Under 50 Percent in Poll
• I-1098 Income Tax Signature Gatherer Charged With Forgery
• California Files Lawsuits Against High Salaries for City of Bell Leaders
• Washington State Jobless Rate Holds at 8.9% in August
• Highway Projects Added, But Not Belfair Bypass
• Former Olympia Resident Accused as Ecoterror Arsonist to Get New Trial
• WTO’s Boeing Ruling Could Fuel Subsidy Debate, Make Settlement More Difficult
• Investigators: Washington State Tax Dollars Flow on Floors of Casinos, Card Rooms
• Cantwell Announces $13.5 Million in Grants Awarded to 15 WA Tribes to Curb Crime
• Belfair’s Theler Community Center Turns 25
• Gold Prices Hit Record Highs, Fuel Mom & Pop Prospectors in US West

WORD OF THE DAY

Infer • \inn-FERR\ • verb - 1: to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises 2: guess, surmise 3a: to involve as a normal outcome of thought b: to point out: indicate 4: suggest, hint

“By the look on your face,” slurred the inebriated husband to his stone-faced wife, “I can infer that my ‘working late’ excuse is not persuading you.”

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

Shelton’s Hillcrest Outage - Mylar Balloons & Power Lines Don’t Mix (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=775

Including Electricity - Port Angeles Staff Proposes Increases to Utility Fees (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100916/NEWS/309169986/port-angeles-staff-proposes-increases-to-utility-fees

Girl, 23 Months, Dies After Running into Path of Utility Truck in Orchards - Company spokesman says it’s the first such fatality in at least 32 years (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/sep/15/2-year-old-girl-hit-car-near-orchards/

Avista Seeks Rise in Natural Gas Rates (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/sep/16/in-brief-avista-seeks-rise-in-natural-gas-rates/

After San Bruno Natural Gas Blast, Feds Seeks Tougher Pipeline Oversight (Associated Press)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_16081136

Utility Company Shareholders Would Pay for Disasters Under Proposed California Law (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/09/16/state/n050817D72.DTL

Pacific Gas & Electric Remains Powerful Despite Rough Year (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/16/BUAA1FDCQL.DTL

North Carolina Judge Sends Dispute over Alcoa Hydropower Permit to Trial (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012907796_apncalcoawater.html

Vermont - Court Says Board Must Allow Yankee Nuclear Plant Question on Ballot (Brattleboro Reformer, VT)

http://www.reformer.com/localnews/ci_16077328

Natural Gas Erodes Coal’s Share at Power Plants (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-09-16/natural-gas-erodes-coal-s-share-at-power-plants-energy-markets.html

Coal Challenge Looms in China & India (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/16/coal-challenge-looms-in-india-and-china/

Lawsuit: Gas Drilling Fluid Ruined Pennsylvania Water Wells (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012903699_apusfrackinglawsuit.html

Colorado - Xcel Sees 12.6% Drop in Electric Bills for Fall (Denver Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/09/13/daily36.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Fish Show Signs of Stress in Southern Hood Canal (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/sep/15/fish-shows-signs-of-stress-in-southern-hood/

Washington State Says Fish Safe in Potholes Reservoir (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_potholes_fish.html

Oregon - Kellogg Dam Demolition Moves Ahead — Slowly: Dam removal gets more federal pledges, county & Metro support (Portland Tribune, OR)

http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128444413936174200

California - Waiting for the Floodgates to Open: First Fish Enter Feather River Hatchery, Greater Numbers Expected (Oroville Mercury-Register, CA)

http://www.orovillemr.com/news/ci_16088202

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Open House on Skokomish Valley Flooding Saturday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3260-open-house-on-skokomish-valley-flooding-saturday

Clallam PUD - Funding for Carlsborg’s Sewer Project One Step Closer (Sequim Gazette, WA)

http://www.sequimgazette.com/news/article.exm/2010-09-15_funding_for_carlsborgs_sewer_project_one_step_closer

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Group Sues to Stop Shelton Wood-Fired Power Plant - Shelton port also concerned about environment, director says (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/16/1371281/group-sues-to-stop-plant.html

EPA Clean Air Regulations Might Dim Green Luster of Biomass Plants in Oregon & Nationwide (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/09/epa_clean_air_regulations_migh.html

Portland General Electric Tests Biomass Process for Boardman (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2010/09/pge_tests_biomass_process_for_boardman.html

Editorial - Support Oregon-Grown Energy: The state should help power up the “bioenergy park” envisioned by grass-seed growers (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/09/support_oregon-grown_energy.html

Wood-Fired Power Plan Runs Out of Juice - Watertown biomass project too costly for ratepayers (Waterbury Republican-American, CT)

http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2010/09/16/news/local/507817.txt

Paterson Vineyard Installs ‘Gorgeous’ Vertical Wind Turbines (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/09/15/1169643/vertical-wind-turbines-called.html

Hope for Stemming Wind Energy’s Toll on Bats - Shutting down blades on warm nights may protect migrating species (National Geographic)

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/09/100915-energy-wind-bats/

American Council on Renewable Energy Releases State-by-State Report on Green Energy (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/09/acore-releases-a-state-by-state-report-on-renewable-energy

See the report here:

http://www.acore.org/publications/50states

Weak Renewable Energy Law Gets Big Push from Steelworkers, Green Groups (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS379422003220100916

Congress - Groups Unify Push for Renewable Power Mandate (The Hill)

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/118951-groups-unify-push-for-renewable-power-mandate

Chevron Gets OK for World’s Biggest Solar Power Project (San Francisco Business Times)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2010/09/13/daily40.html

Geothermal Lease Set to Go in Colorado - Hurdles cleared, the Bureau of Land Management will offer 799 acres in Chaffee County (Denver Post, CO)

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_16086540

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Pace of EPA’s Clean Air Act Rulemakings Turns Heads, Draws Lawsuits (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/09/14/14greenwire-pace-of-epas-clean-air-act-rulemakings-turns-h-75200.html

British Columbia Energy Group Calls for Carbon Tax Hike - Pembina Institute says 48 cent hike by 2020 needed to fight climate change (Vancouver Sun, BC)

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Energy+group+calls+carbon+hike/3530933/story.html

Utah Greenhouse Gas Rules Advanced (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50292918-76/greenhouse-utah-gas-states.html.csp

Who Killed the Energy & Climate Bill? (Newsweek Magazine)

http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/09/15/who-killed-the-energy-and-climate-bill.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Salvos Fly as Ethanol Ruling on Fuel Mix Nears (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/salvos-fly-as-ethanol-ruling-nears/

The Limits & Potential of Plant-Based Energy (Grist Online)

http://www.grist.org/article/the-limits-and-potential-of-plant-based-energy/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 a huge step forward

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/2010-09-15-microsoft-ie9_N.htm

6.5 Million Homes Now Have Fiber Broadband - 20 Million homes now passed, 1.6 million in the last 6 months (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/65-Million-Homes-Now-Have-Fiber-Broadband-110379

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State Bracing for Another Drop in Tax Collections (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/State-bracing-for-another-drop-in-tax-collections-103049004.html

Mason County Sheriff’s Deputies Make Candidate Endorsements (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3264-sheriffs-deputies-make-candidate-endorsements

CNN/Time Poll: Murray Up by 9 over Rossi (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/221497.asp

Skeptical Public? All Initiatives Under 50 Percent in Poll (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/221486.asp

I-1098 Income Tax Signature Gatherer Charged With Forgery (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/103000089.html

California Files Lawsuits Against High Salaries for City of Bell Leaders (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/09/15/national/a091551D36.DTL

GENERAL NEWS

Washington State Jobless Rate Holds at 8.9% in August – Mason goes from 10.1% in July to 10.3% in August (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/102971254.html

Highway Projects Added, But Not Belfair Bypass (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://pugetsoundblogs.com/commute/2010/09/13/highway-projects-added-but-not-belfair-bypass/

Former Olympia Resident Accused as Ecoterror Arsonist to Get New Trial - Appeals court finds judicial errors (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/16/1371267/woman-accused-as-elf-arsonist.html

WTO’s Boeing Ruling Could Fuel Subsidy Debate, Make Settlement More Difficult (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012903753_boeingwto16.html

Investigators: Washington State Tax Dollars Flow on Floors of Casinos, Card Rooms (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/K5-Investigation--WA-Tax-Dollars-Flowing-on-Floors-of-Casinos-and-Cardrooms-102992949.html

Skokomish Tribe’s Lucky Dog Casino Is Open for Business Again (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/sep/15/lucky-dog-casino-open-business-again/

Cantwell Announces $13.5 Million in Grants Awarded to 15 WA Tribes to Curb Crime – Includes Skokomish & Squaxin Tribes (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2017

Belfair’s Theler Community Center Turns 25 (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/sep/15/theler-community-center-turns-25/

Gold Prices Hit Record Highs, Fuel Mom & Pop Prospectors in US West (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/From-the-news-wires/2010/0915/Gold-prices-hit-record-highs-fuel-mom-and-pop-prospectors-in-US-West

DIVERSIONS

Man Claiming to Have a Bomb in Watsonville Bank Gets Talked into Filling Out Loan Paperwork, Then Arrested

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_16033532

Only Six Cans of Libby’s Pumpkin Left in US

http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=366137

A Golden Gate Fantasy on the Kansas Prairie

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/16/us/16bridge.html

English woman develops French-sounding accent

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-09-15-foreign-accent-syndrome_N.htm

SONG OF THE DAY

Earta Kitt - C’est Si Bon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BvL-i--8Ws

Energy News Digest for September 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

Follow the news digest on Twitter for breaking news & notices: https://twitter.com/energydigest

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Citizen Group Files Lawsuit against the Port of Shelton over ADAGE (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3251-citizen-group-files-lawsuit-against-the-port-of-shelton-over-adage

RUS, NTIA Unveil New Broadband Stimulus Winners - $518 million from USDA/RUS, another $482 million from NTIA (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/RUS-NTIA-Unveil-New-Broadband-Stimulus-Winners-110363

Pacific Gas & Electric Won’t Apply Billing Plan to San Bruno Fire – Could have allowed company to bill the public for last week’s deadly pipeline explosion (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/14/BAS01FDTS0.DTL

Tahuya - Victim’s Neighbor Arrested in Mason County Shooting (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3254-man-shot-near-belfair-suspect-arrested

Boyd Is Chelan PUD’s New Chief Financial Officer (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/sep/14/boyd-is-chelan-puds-new-chief-financial-officer/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Pacific Gas & Electric Won’t Apply Billing Plan to San Bruno Fire
• Groups Mount New Challenge to Ruby Pipeline Plan
• California - Santa Cruz County Supervisors Vote to Support Moratorium on SmartMeters
• South Carolina: Nuclear Cleanup Underestimated by $1.5. Billion
• Boyd Is Chelan PUD’s New Chief Financial Officer
• Michigan - Consumers Energy Introduces New Rates in Preparation for Electric Vehicles
• Michigan - Chamber Supports Traverse City Public Utility
• Ocean Coho Take, Cowlitz, Nisqually River Angling Improves
• First Genetically Modified Salmon Sparks FDA Debate
• Whole Foods to Post Seafood Sustainability Ratings
• Editorial - Fishing at the Base of the (Food) Pyramid
• Tulalips Release Turkeys for Hunting by Tribe
• Sandy River Life After the Dam - Three Years after the Marmot Dam’s Removal, Where Did the Sediment Buildup Go?
• Oregon’s Rogue River Draws in Gold Prospectors
• The Clean Air Act Turns 40
• Anacortes to Supply Water to Bottler Everett Rebuffed
• Citizen Group Files Lawsuit against the Port of Shelton over ADAGE
• Biomass Takes Center Stage - Annual Forestry Tour Yields New Ideas for Timber Debris
• Proposed New Rules Concern Maine’s Biomass Industry
• Methane to Produce Power in Quincy
• National Hydropower Association Congratulates Snohomish PUD on DOE Funding Award
• Vestas Blames Human Error for V112 Wind Turbine Blade Detachment
• Massachusetts - Municipal Wind Power Project Moving Forward
• CEO: No Easy Fix to Maine Wind Turbine Noise Complaints
• New Jersey Solar Bill Too Costly, Complicated for Former Backers
• When Are We Going to Get This Transmission Thing Right?
• Editorial - They Must Think I’m a Dim Bulb
• Climate Policy Inaction Lost Oregon 26,000 Jobs, Groups Say
• States Are Climate Battlegrounds
• Arctic Sea Ice Continues Its Summer Slide
• Women Agree with Science on Global Warming More Than Men Do
• Roving Herds of Grazing Climate Helpers
• My Personal Biomass Incinerator - Should You Install a Wood-Burning Stove?
• RUS, NTIA Unveil New Broadband Stimulus Winners
• Federal Grant Bringing Wi-Fi to Rural Areas of Stevens, Spokane & Ferry Counties
• Online Banking Is Restored at Chase after Outage
• Internet Explorer 9 Test Launch Is Today
• Google Unveils White Space Broadband Trial in Ohio
• Editorial - ‘Net Neutrality’ Is a New Wrinkle in Web Content Competition
• How Do People Use Their Smartphones?
• At Twitter, a Web Site Is Revamped & Simplified
• Ten Things You Didn’t Know About the New Twitter.com
• States Cutting Benefits for Public-Sector Retirees
• A Look at State Pension Changes
• Census Response in Mason County Up Substantially from 2000
• Washington State’s 35th District Candidates Talk Education, Government Priorities
• Metric Interstate Divides Arizonans
• Tahuya - Victim’s Neighbor Arrested in Mason County Shooting
• Walla Walla: Five Year Old Shoots & Kills His Toddler Brother
• Oregon, Washington Secretaries of State Oppose Cuts to Saturday Mail Delivery
• Boeing Prepares for Illegal Subsidy Ruling from World Trade Organization
• Log Exports Still Booming at Port of Longview - Wind Power Shipping Slows
• Despite Call Before You Dig - Firefighters Respond to a Broken Gas Line
• Auditor: WWU Employee Wasted Tax Dollars on Trips, Parking Fees
• Olympia Man Admits to Thousands of Obscene Phone Calls

WORD OF THE DAY

Onomatopoeia • \on-uh-mott-uh-PEE-uh\ • noun - 1: the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss) 2: the use of words whose sound suggests the sense.

“Whiz…bang…pow…vroom,” bellowed the toddler as he bounced around the room with his toy cars. His manic bouts of onomatopoeia did not end at nap time, as he snored loudly in French…much to his mother’s amusement.

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

Pacific Gas & Electric Won’t Apply Billing Plan to San Bruno Fire – Could have allowed company to bill the public for last week’s deadly pipeline explosion (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/14/BAS01FDTS0.DTL

Groups Mount New Challenge to Ruby Pipeline Plan (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012893079_apnvrubypipeline.html

California - Santa Cruz County Supervisors Vote to Support Moratorium on SmartMeters (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_16073481

South Carolina: Nuclear Cleanup Underestimated by $1.5. Billion (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/us/15brfs-NUCLEARCLEAN_BRF.html

Boyd Is Chelan PUD’s New Chief Financial Officer (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/sep/14/boyd-is-chelan-puds-new-chief-financial-officer/

Michigan - Consumers Energy Introduces New Rates in Preparation for Chevy Volt, Other Electric Vehicles (Grand Rapids Press, MI)

http://www.mlive.com/auto/index.ssf/2010/09/consumers_energy_introduces_ne.html

Michigan - Chamber Supports Traverse City Public Utility (Interlochen Public Radio, MI)

http://ipr.interlochen.org/ipr-news-features/episode/9869

FISH & WILDLIFE

Ocean Coho Take, Cowlitz, Nisqually River Angling Improves (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/15/1341905/ocean-coho-take-cowlitz-nisqually.html

First Genetically Modified Salmon Sparks FDA Debate (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/food/safety/2010-09-10-onlinesalmon15_ST_N.htm?csp=34news

Whole Foods to Post Seafood Sustainability Ratings (Oregonian, Portland)

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

Editorial - Fishing at the Base of the (Food) Pyramid (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/opinion/15wed3.html

Tulalips Release Turkeys for Hunting by Tribe (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100915/NEWS01/709159790/-1/rss02

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Sandy River Life After the Dam - Three Years After the Marmot Dam’s Removal, Where Did the Sediment Buildup Go? (Sandy Post, OR)

http://www.sandypost.com/news/story.php?story_id=128451039679730000

Oregon’s Rogue River Draws in Gold Prospectors (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/15/BAFJ1FE3OV.DTL

The Clean Air Act Turns 40 (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/clean-air-act-turns-40/

Anacortes to Supply Water to Bottler Everett Rebuffed (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100915/BIZ/709159942/-1/rss03

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Citizen Group Files Lawsuit against the Port of Shelton over ADAGE (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3251-citizen-group-files-lawsuit-against-the-port-of-shelton-over-adage

Biomass Takes Center Stage - Annual Forestry Tour Yields New Ideas for Timber Debris (Daily Astorian, OR)

http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=73309

Proposed New Rules Concern Maine’s Biomass Industry (Maine Public Broadcasting Network)

http://www.mpbn.net/News/MaineNewsArchive/tabid/181/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3475/ItemId/13507/Default.aspx

Methane to Produce Power in Quincy (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_f956eec6-c049-11df-9087-001cc4c002e0.html

National Hydropower Association Congratulates Snohomish PUD on DOE Funding Award (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/national-hydropower-association/news/article/2010/09/nha-congratulates-snohomish-pud-on-doe-funding-award

Vestas Blames Human Error for V112 Wind Turbine Blade Detachment (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/09/vestas-blames-human-error-for-v112-wind-turbine-blade-detachment

Massachusetts - Municipal Wind Power Project Moving Forward (Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, MA)

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100915/NEWS/9150312/-1/NEWSMAP

CEO: No Easy Fix to Maine Wind Turbine Noise Complaints (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012893816_apmewindturbinenoise.html

New Jersey Solar Bill Too Costly, Complicated for Former Backers (New Jersey Spotlight)

http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/10/0914/2052/

When Are We Going to Get This Transmission Thing Right? (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2010/09/when-are-we-going-to-get-this-transmission-thing-right

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Editorial - They Must Think I’m a Dim Bulb (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/sep/14/they-must-think-im-a-dim-bulb/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Climate Policy Inaction Lost Oregon 26,000 Jobs, Groups Say (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2010/09/climate_policy_inaction_lost_oregon_26000_jobs_groups_say.html

States Are Climate Battlegrounds (Politico)

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42173.html

Arctic Sea Ice Continues Its Summer Slide (NY Times)

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/arctic-sea-ice-continues-its-summer-slide/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Women Agree with Science on Global Warming More Than Men Do (Live Science)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100914/sc_livescience/womenagreewithscienceonglobalwarmingmorethanmendo

Roving Herds of Grazing Climate Helpers (Miller McCune Magazine)

http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/roving-herds-of-grazing-climate-helpers-22521/

My Personal Biomass Incinerator - Should You Install a Wood-Burning Stove? “…wood stoves can also be significant sources of air pollution…” (DIY Life)

http://www.diylife.com/2010/09/15/wood-stoves/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

RUS, NTIA Unveil New Broadband Stimulus Winners - $518 million from USDA/RUS, another $482 million from NTIA (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/RUS-NTIA-Unveil-New-Broadband-Stimulus-Winners-110363

Federal Grant Bringing Wi-Fi to Rural Areas of Stevens, Spokane & Ferry Counties (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/sep/14/federal-grant-bringing-wi-fi-rural-areas/

Online Banking Is Restored at Chase after Outage (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/banking/2010-09-15-chase-restored_N.htm?csp=34money

Internet Explorer 9 Test Launch Is Today (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/15/1341881/internet-explorer-9-test-launch.html

Google Unveils White Space Broadband Trial in Ohio - Hospital trial got one-year experimental FCC license (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Google-Unveils-White-Space-Broadband-Trial-In-Ohio-110365

Editorial - ‘Net Neutrality’ Is a New Wrinkle in Web Content Competition (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/15/1370033/net-neutrality-is-a-new-wrinkle.html

How Do People Use Their Smartphones? (NY Times)

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/report-looks-at-trends-with-mobile-apps/

At Twitter, a Web Site Is Revamped & Simplified (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/technology/15twitter.html

Ten Things You Didn’t Know About the New Twitter.com (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2010/09/14/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-new-twitter-com/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

States Cutting Benefits for Public-Sector Retirees “…Only four states - Florida, New York, Washington & Wisconsin - had fully funded pension systems as of 2008…” (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012898691_apuspensionheadaches.html

A Look at State Pension Changes (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012898370_apuspensionheadachesglance.html

Census Response in Mason County Up Substantially from 2000 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3241-census-response-in-mason-county-up-substantially-from-2000

Washington State’s 35th District Candidates Talk Education, Government Priorities (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/sep/14/35th-district-candidates-talk-education/

Metric Interstate Divides Arizonans (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/us/15highway.html

GENERAL NEWS

Tahuya - Victim’s Neighbor Arrested in Mason County Shooting (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3254-man-shot-near-belfair-suspect-arrested

Walla Walla: Five Year Old Shoots & Kills His Toddler Brother (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=13154991

Oregon, Washington Secretaries of State Oppose Cuts to Saturday Mail Delivery (Northwest Public Radio)

http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=7788

Boeing Prepares for Illegal Subsidy Ruling from World Trade Organization (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=366156

Log Exports Still Booming at Port of Longview - Wind Power Shipping Slows (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_c0ef3478-c060-11df-b835-001cc4c002e0.html

Despite Call Before You Dig - Firefighters Respond to a Broken Gas Line (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=13153972

Auditor: WWU Employee Wasted Tax Dollars on Trips, Parking Fees (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/102919324.html

Olympia Man Admits to Thousands of Obscene Phone Calls (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/theblotter/2012897000_olympia_man_admits_to_thousand.html

DIVERSIONS

Treasure Hunter Finds Rare Antique in Cumbria

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-11287093

Gin-Soaked Raisins Relief to Back Pain?

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2012877540_webback14.html

Victoria Rabbits Hop for the Border

http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Victoria+rabbits+begin+exodus/3520105/story.html

Rescuers Free Camel from Oregon Sinkhole

http://www.kirotv.com/news/25017244/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x62pEAgAdTM