Energy News Digest for September 28, 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

BPA Transformer Blast Cuts Power, Spills Oil - Agency Says 8,500 Gallons Contained at Site W. of Redmond (KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)

http://www.ktvz.com/news/25181025/detail.html

Oregon Wind Energy Too Much to Handle (Oregon Daily Journal of Commerce)

http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/09/27/oregon-wind-energy-too-much-to-handle/

Wind Energy Can Power Much of East Coast, Study Says (McClatchy News Service – good luck getting anything built anytime soon)

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/09/28/101206/wind-energy-can-power-much-of.html

Olympic National Park on List for Ecology’s Haze Reduction Efforts (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100927/news/309279992/olympic-national-park-on-list-for-ecologys-haze-reduction-efforts

Will Washington State Add Another Congressional District? (Puget Sound Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2010/09/27/daily7.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         BPA Transformer Blast Cuts Power, Spills Oil

·         Olympia: Rallies to Protest Centralia Coal Fueled Power Plant

·         California – Pacific Gas & Electric Recommends Energy Conservation after Heat Knocks Out Power for More Than 30,000

·         Benton PUD to Discuss Planned Rate Increases

·         Mason PUD 1 - Planned Power Outage for Union Area Tonight

·         Mason County PUD No. 3 to Celebrate Public Power Week October 3-9

·         Workers Say Vermont Yankee Safe Despite Problems

·         Tennessee Valley Authority Inspector Says Poor Management Led to Coal Ash Spill

·         Scientists Use Hovering Zeppelin to Film Whales

·         Olympic National Park on List for Ecology’s Haze Reduction Efforts

·         Shelton City Commission Briefed on Water Rate Study – One suggestion: raise water utility tax to about 13%

·         US Congressman Dicks, Governor’s Chief of Staff Receive Clean Water Awards

·         Oregon Wind Energy Too Much to Handle

·         Wind Energy Can Power Much of East Coast, Study Says

·         Never Mind Oil, Group Says: Think Atlantic Wind

·         South Dakota Wind Partners Reach Investment Goal

·         Wisconsin - Customer groups oppose Rate Increase – Cite green power transmission bottleneck

·         Britain’s Offshore Wind Power Costs Twice as Much as Coal & Gas Generated Electricity

·         Everett Composting Odor Could Generate Electricity

·         South Carolina - Santee Cooper Board Approves Major Biomass Project

·         North Carolina Utilities Buy Power from Poop, Landfills

·         Electricity Plant Fuelled by Waste Food in Cumbernauld Opens

·         Scotland to get 100 pct green energy by 2025

·         Water Heaters Get Their Smart Grid on at Mason County PUD No. 3

·         Proctor & Gamble to Push Cold-Water Laundry Washing

·         Environmentalism’s Communications Problem

·         Seattle’s Turning Its Rooftops Green

·         Lowe’s Goes Green with Recycling Centers

·         Computer Attacks May be Cyber War

·         Social Media Advertising: Who Measures, Who Wins

·         Will Washington State Add Another Congressional District?

·         Kitsap County Elected Officials Accept Two-Year Pay Freeze

·         Yamaha Faces Hundreds of Lawsuits over Off-Road Rhino Injuries, Deaths

·         Spokane - For Street & Water Projects, Economic Downturn Has an Upside

·         Spiders, Spiders Everywhere This Season

·         Don’t Expect IRS Tax Forms in Mail

WORD OF THE DAY

Eternize • \it-TER-nyze\ • verb - 1a: to make eternal b: to prolong indefinitely 2: immortalize

“I’m not sure this will eternize you,” stuttered the plastic extrusion engineer to the towering, imposing customer with the oversized thumb. “But if you want immortality by embedding your ashes into tiddlywinks disks when you die, that’s up to you. I just think it’s kinda creepy…that’s all”

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

BPA Transformer Blast Cuts Power, Spills Oil - Agency Says 8,500 Gallons Contained at Site W. of Redmond (KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)

http://www.ktvz.com/news/25181025/detail.html

Olympia: Rallies to Protest Centralia Coal Fueled Power Plant (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/28/1384187/olympia-rallies-to-protest-centralia.html

California – Pacific Gas & Electric Recommends Energy Conservation after Heat Knocks Out Power for More Than 30,000 (Oakland Tribune, CA)

http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_16180235

Benton PUD to Discuss Planned Rate Increases (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/09/27/1185454/benton-pud-to-discuss-planned.html

Mason PUD 1 - Planned Power Outage for Union Area Tonight (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3365-planned-power-outage-for-union-area-tonight

Mason County PUD No. 3 to Celebrate Public Power Week October 3-9 (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=778

Workers Say Vermont Yankee Safe Despite Problems (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013011646_apvtvermontyankeelabor.html

Tennessee Valley Authority Inspector Says Poor Management Led to Coal Ash Spill (Associated Press)

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/09/28/business-financial-impact-us-tva-ash-spill_7965389.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Scientists Use Hovering Zeppelin to Film Whales (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=13227972

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Olympic National Park on List for Ecology’s Haze Reduction Efforts (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100927/news/309279992/olympic-national-park-on-list-for-ecologys-haze-reduction-efforts

Shelton City Commission Briefed on Water Rate Study – One suggestion: raise water utility tax to about 13% (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3370-shelton-city-commission-briefed-on-water-rate-study

US Congressman Dicks, Governor’s Chief of Staff Receive Clean Water Awards (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100927/news/309279993/us-rep-dicks-governors-chief-of-staff-receive-clean-water-awards

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Oregon Wind Energy Too Much to Handle (Oregon Daily Journal of Commerce)

http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/09/27/oregon-wind-energy-too-much-to-handle/

Wind Energy Can Power Much of East Coast, Study Says (McClatchy News Service – good luck getting anything built anytime soon)

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/09/28/101206/wind-energy-can-power-much-of.html

Never Mind Oil, Group Says: Think Atlantic Wind (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/never-mind-oil-group-says-think-atlantic-wind/

South Dakota Wind Partners Reach Investment Goal (Rapid City Journal, SD)

http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/article_d546b3b6-ca87-11df-a477-001cc4c002e0.html

Wisconsin - Customer groups oppose Rate Increase – Cite green power transmission bottleneck (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, WI)

http://www.jsonline.com/business/103900619.html

Britain’s Offshore Wind Power Costs Twice as Much as Coal & Gas Generated Electricity (The Telegraph, UK)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/8028328/Britains-offshore-windpower-costs-twice-as-much-as-coal-and-gas-generated-electricity.html

Everett Composting Odor Could Generate Electricity (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013015893_apwaodorpower.html

South Carolina - Santee Cooper Board Approves Major Biomass Project (Electric Light & Power)

http://www.elp.com/index/display/article-display/articles/electric-light-power/renewable-energy/2010/09/Santee_Cooper_board_approves_major_biomass_project.html

North Carolina Utilities Buy Power from Poop, Landfills (Associated Press)

http://www.freep.com/article/20100928/BUSINESS07/100928013/N-C-utilities-buy-power-from-poop-landfills

Electricity Plant Fuelled by Waste Food in Cumbernauld Opens (British Broadcasting Corp.)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-11418388

Scotland to get 100 pct green energy by 2025 (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68Q61X20100927

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Water Heaters Get Their Smart Grid on at Mason County PUD No. 3 (EarthTechling)

http://www.earthtechling.com/2010/09/water-heaters-get-their-smart-grid-on/

Proctor & Gamble to Push Cold-Water Laundry Washing (Media Post)

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=136456

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Environmentalism’s Communications Problem (High Country News)

http://www.hcn.org/greenjustice/blog/environmentalisms-communications-problem

Seattle’s Turning Its Rooftops Green (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=370774

Lowe’s Goes Green with Recycling Centers (Charlotte Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2010/09/27/daily13.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Computer Attacks May be Cyber War (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/sep/27/computer-attacks-may-be-cyber-war/

Social Media Advertising: Who Measures, Who Wins (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2010/09/27/social-media-advertising-who-measures-who-wins/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Will Washington State Add Another Congressional District? (Puget Sound Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2010/09/27/daily7.html

Kitsap County Elected Officials Accept Two-Year Pay Freeze (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/sep/27/kitsap-county-elected-officials-accept-two-year-pa/

GENERAL NEWS

Yamaha Faces Hundreds of Lawsuits over Off-Road Rhino Injuries, Deaths (Oregonian, Portland)

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

Spokane - For Street & Water Projects, Economic Downturn Has an Upside: City rescheduling saves money, creates work for local businesses (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/sep/28/for-street-water-projects-downturn-has-an-upside/

Spiders, Spiders Everywhere This Season (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Spiders-spiders-everywhere-this-season-103905509.html

Don’t Expect IRS Tax Forms in Mail (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013012895_taxform28.html

DIVERSIONS

Coffee Survey Might Surprise the Coffee-Dependent Northwest

http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=370567

Robbers Clean Up With Vacuum - A gang of thieves armed with a powerful vacuum cleaner that sucks cash from supermarket safes has struck for the fifteenth time in France

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3149962/Robbers-clean-up-with-vacuum.html

Buzzword of the Day: ‘Narrative’

http://www.detnews.com/article/20100928/OPINION03/9280315/1008/opinion01/Buzzword-of-the-day---narrative-

Athiests & Agnostics Know More about Religion According to New Survey

http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=371157

SONG OF THE DAY

King Harvest - Dancin’ in the Moonlight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMc8naeeSS8

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

The Out-of-Towners - Seattle Foe Targets Cogeneration Plan in Port Angeles to Make Test Case Against Biomass Energy (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100926/news/309269980/seattle-foe-targets-cogeneration-plan-in-port-angeles-to-make-test

California Push for Renewables Could Blow Across West (Associated Press)

http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/09/25/2494567/calif-push-for-renewables-could.html

Portland General Electric Fires Up New Plan to Close Boardman Coal Plant (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/09/27/story7.html

Yakima Water Talks Begin With Cost - Rough Numbers Show $2 Billion Investment Needed to Upgrade Basin’s Storage System (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/09/23/water-talks-center-on-cost

Bellingham Processor Guilty of Mislabeling Salmon (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=13216503

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Portland General Electric Fires Up New Plan to Close Boardman Coal Plant

·         Washington State Seeks Public Input on New Energy Strategy

·         Op/Ed - Those Hidden Taxes Are Killing Us

·         Idaho Falls Power Holds Open House - Utility Shares Smart Grid Project With Public

·         Will Pacific Gas & Electric ratepayers or shareholders pay for San Bruno Pipeline Damages?

·         Self-Inflicted Wounds Make Pacific Gas & Electric’s Effort to Rebuild Trust a Tall Order

·         United Kingdom New Nuclear Plants Needed to Reach Green Goals

·         Computer Hack - Iran Says Bushehr Nuclear Plant Not Damaged by Stuxnet

·         What the World Needs Now: Coal, Sweet Coal

·         Delaware - Lazy Lake Residents in Shock about Substation Noise

·         New Mexico - Co-Op Overcharged Member-Owners Nearly $1.8 Million

·         Colorado – Aspen-Area Hydro Plant Goes Behind the Scenes

·         Colorado – Will Aspen Diversion Project Kill Castle Creek?

·         Bellingham Processor Guilty of Mislabeling Salmon

·         State Gets $27.5 Million to Aid Fish

·         NW Power/Conservation Council Recommends $21 Million to Boost Lemhi Basin Salmon

·         Washington State Inspectors Stop Boat with Invasive Mussels

·         King County Hires Horse Logger to Help Build Fish Habitat

·         Yakima Water Talks Begin With Cost - Rough Numbers Show $2 Billion Investment Needed

·         Portland Officials Warn Residents to Stay Out of Willamette River after Rain Causes Sewer Overflow

·         Editorial - How to Clean a River

·         Shelton City Commission to Talk Water Rates Tonight

·         Water Woes—and Not Just in New Mexico

·         The Out-of-Towners - Seattle Foe Targets Cogeneration Plan in Port Angeles

·         Snohomish PUD - Experimental Tidal Energy Project Moves Ahead in Admiralty Inlet

·         California Push for Renewables Could Blow Across West

·         Vemont - Biomass Project Meeting Draws a Skeptical Throng

·         For Renewable Energy Standard Passage, Time is Growing Short

·         Editorial – Renewable Energy Standard: Energy Roulette

·         Senators See Renewable Energy Bill as Christmas Tree for Pet Projects

·         Canada - The Cost of Wind: Power When We Don’t Need It

·         Iowa Wind Industry Awaits Stiffer Breezes

·         New York Power Authority Mum on Offshore Wind Farm Plans

·         GE’s Wind Turbines Cutting Diesel Generation, Energy Costs for Alaska’s Kodiak Island

·         How Wind Turbines Work

·         Asia Begins Embracing Solar Power

·         Business Pulse Survey: Many Readers Take a Shine to Solar, Wind Power

·         Renewable Power Not Supportable on Grid - Coherent US Energy Strategy Required

·         Can We Build in a Brighter Shade of Green?

·         House in Olympia Is All About Efficiency

·         Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs: A Bright Idea?

·         NOAA Awards Grant to Establish Pacific Northwest Climate Decision Support Consortium

·         Down With the Natural Wine Movement

·         Wood Cookstoves - The Silent Killer in the Kitchen

·         Has Touting Green Jobs Been a Mistake?

·         Belfair-Based Boxlight Product Wins Award

·         Hackers Who Disrupted Comcast.Net Site Sentenced – Tumwater resident involved in case

·         Google at 12: A Company Navigating the Conflicts That Come With Age

·         Google Says Microsoft is Biggest Competition

·         Comcast Spends Big in Pressing for Merger

·         Gain-Sharing Benefits - Ruling on Public Employee Pensions Leaves Questions

·         Washington State Settles Campaign Finance Lawsuit With BIAW

·         Big Oil Refinery Loads on Idaho Highways Spark Big Battle

·         States Expand Efforts to Combat ‘Funny Honey’ That Isn’t Pure

WORD OF THE DAY

Haute Cuisine • \OAT kwiz-ZEEN\ • noun – Gourmet food; the preparation of gourmet food.

Compared to the “Scotch-Buy” store brand of macaroni and cheese, Kraft brand mac ‘n cheese is as close to haute cuisine you can get in this prepared food category.

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

Portland General Electric Fires Up New Plan to Close Boardman Coal Plant (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/09/27/story7.html

Washington State Seeks Public Input on New Energy Strategy (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/sep/27/state-seeks-public-input-new-energy-strategy/

Op/Ed - Those Hidden Taxes Are Killing Us “…Even though current law under Initiative 937 mandates utilities to buy & sell more renewable power, lawmakers in Olympia have refused to amend it. So we feel it in our pocketbooks…” (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)

http://kpbj.com/business_weekly/2010-09-27/those_hidden_taxes_are_killing_us

Idaho Falls Power Holds Open House - Utility Shares Smart Grid Project With Public (KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls, ID)

http://www.localnews8.com/news/25161619/detail.html

Will Pacific Gas & Electric ratepayers or shareholders pay for San Bruno Pipeline Damages? (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_16167547

Self-Inflicted Wounds Make Pacific Gas & Electric’s Effort to Rebuild Trust a Tall Order (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_16164635

United Kingdom New Nuclear Plants Needed to Reach Green Goals (Associated Press)

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/09/27/world/AP-US-Britain-Nuclear-Power.html

Computer Hack - Iran Says Bushehr Nuclear Plant Not Damaged by Stuxnet (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/09/26/world/international-uk-iran-cyber-bushehr.html

What the World Needs Now: Coal, Sweet Coal (CTV News, Canada)

http://www.ctv.ca/generic/generated/static/business/article1725575.html

Delaware - Lazy Lake Residents in Shock about Substation Noise (Cape Gazette, Lewes, DE)

http://www.capegazette.com/storiescurrent/201009-16-30/24003-lazy-lake.html

New Mexico - Co-op overcharged member-owners nearly $1.8 million over the past five years (El Defensor Chieftain, Socorro, NM)

http://www.dchieftain.com/dc/index.php/news/2155-co-op-overcharged-member-owners.html

Colorado – Aspen-Area Hydro Plant Goes Behind the Scenes (Aspen Daily News, CO)

http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/142677

Colorado – Will Aspen Diversion Project Kill Castle Creek? Project pits renewable power against healthy stream (Aspen Times, CO)

http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20100822/ASPENWEEKLY/100829972

Castle Creek Project Website (City of Aspen & Pitkin County, CO)

http://www.aspenpitkin.com/Living-in-the-Valley/Green-Initiatives/Renewable-Energy/Hydroelectric/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Bellingham Processor Guilty of Mislabeling Salmon (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=13216503

State Gets $27.5 Million to Aid Fish - Part of federal salmon funds will be used to check lower Columbia (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/sep/25/state-gets-27-million-to-aid-fish/

NW Power/Conservation Council Recommends $21 Million to Boost Lemhi Basin Salmon Habitat (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/399125.aspx

Washington State Inspectors Stop Boat with Invasive Mussels (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012997971_apwainvasivemussels1stldwritethru.html

King County Hires Horse Logger to Help Build Fish Habitat (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/sep/24/king-county-hires-horse-logger-to-help-build-fish/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Yakima Water Talks Begin With Cost - Rough Numbers Show $2 Billion Investment Needed to Upgrade Basin’s Storage System (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/09/23/water-talks-center-on-cost

Portland Officials Warn Residents to Stay Out of Willamette River after Rain Causes Sewer Overflow (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/09/portland_officials_warn_reside.html

Editorial - How to Clean a River: EPA working group provides a blueprint for reducing pollution in Columbia River (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/sep/27/how-to-clean-a-river/

Shelton City Commission to Talk Water Rates Tonight (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3358-shelton-city-commission-to-talk-water-rates-tonight

Water Woes—and Not Just in New Mexico (Newsweek Magazine)

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/09/26/waterworks-get-failing-grade-from-civil-engineers.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

The Out-of-Towners - Seattle Foe Targets Cogeneration Plan in Port Angeles to Make Test Case Against Biomass Energy (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100926/news/309269980/seattle-foe-targets-cogeneration-plan-in-port-angeles-to-make-test

Snohomish PUD - Experimental Tidal Energy Project Moves Ahead in Admiralty Inlet (Whidbey News-Times, WA)

http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/whidbey/wnt/news/103752099.html

California Push for Renewables Could Blow Across West (Associated Press)

http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/09/25/2494567/calif-push-for-renewables-could.html

Vemont - Biomass Project Meeting Draws a Skeptical Throng (Bennington Banner, VT)

http://www.benningtonbanner.com/ci_16181885

For Renewable Energy Standard Passage, Time is Growing Short (North America Wind Power Ass’n)

http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content_lt.php?content.6599

Editorial – Renewable Energy Standard: Energy Roulette (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/26/AR2010092603020.html

Senators See Renewable Energy Bill as Christmas Tree for Pet Projects (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/09/24/24greenwire-senators-see-renewable-energy-bill-as-christmas-2170.html

Canada - The Cost of Wind: Power When We Don’t Need It (Toronto Star, Ontario)

http://www.thestar.com/business/article/866129--the-cost-of-wind-power-when-we-don-t-need-it

Iowa Wind Industry Awaits Stiffer Breezes (Des Moines Register, IA)

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100926/BUSINESS01/9260342/1029/

New York Power Authority Mum on Offshore Wind Farm Plans (Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, NY)

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100927/NEWS01/9270318/1002/NEWS

GE’s Wind Turbines Cutting Diesel Generation, Energy Costs for Alaska’s Kodiak Island (Trading Markets)

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/news/press-release/ge_ge-s-wind-turbines-cutting-diesel-generation-energy-costs-for-alaska-s-kodiak-island-1187311.html

How Wind Turbines Work (Helium)

http://www.helium.com/items/1963723-how-wind-turbines-work

Asia Begins Embracing Solar Power (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/business/energy-environment/27green.html

Business Pulse Survey: Many Readers Take a Shine to Solar, Wind Power (Denver Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/09/20/daily70.html

Renewable Power Not Supportable on Grid - Coherent US Energy Strategy Required (Canada.Com)

http://www.canada.com/life/green-guide/Renewable+power+supportable+grid/3571572/story.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Can We Build in a Brighter Shade of Green? (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/business/energy-environment/26smart.html

House in Olympia Is All About Efficiency (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100926/BIZ/709269993/-1/rss03

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs: A Bright Idea? A look at whether compact fluorescent bulbs are really energy efficient (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/sep/27/cfls-a-bright-idea/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

NOAA Awards Grant to Establish Pacific Northwest Climate Decision Support Consortium (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/399122.aspx

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Down With the Natural Wine Movement (Slate Magazine)

http://www.slate.com/id/2268456/

Wood Cookstoves - The Silent Killer in the Kitchen (Huffington Post)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathy-bushkin-calvin/the-silent-killer-in-the-_b_738451.html

Has Touting Green Jobs Been a Mistake? (TreeHugger)

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/09/has-touting-green-jobs-been-mistake.php

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Belfair-Based Boxlight Product Wins Award (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/sep/24/boxlight-product-wins-award/

Hackers Who Disrupted Comcast.Net Site Sentenced – Tumwater resident involved in case (Philadelphia Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2010/09/20/daily44.html

Google at 12: A Company Navigating the Conflicts That Come With Age (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_16155958

Google Says Microsoft is Biggest Competition (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=370516

Comcast Spends Big in Pressing for Merger (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/business/media/27comcast.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Gain-Sharing Benefits - Ruling on Public Employee Pensions Leaves Questions (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/26/1356815/pension-ruling-leaves-questions.html

Washington State Settles Campaign Finance Lawsuit With BIAW (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/24/1380883/wash-settles-campaign-finance.html

GENERAL NEWS

Big Oil Refinery Loads on Idaho Highways Spark Big Battle (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013002221_apusmegaloads.html

States Expand Efforts to Combat ‘Funny Honey’ That Isn’t Pure (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2010-09-25-honey-producers_N.htm

DIVERSIONS

Hula Wish Will Come True for Iraq Veteran’s Ill 4-Year-Old Daughter (This girl is AGGRESSIVELY cute!)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/27/1357797/hula-wish-will-come-true-for-riley.html

Segway Company Owner Dies after Falling Off River Cliff…While Riding a Segway

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013006885_apeubritainsegwaydeath.html

Pass the Pie: Canned Pumpkin Shortage is Over

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013006582_apuspumpkinsreturn.html

Wyoming Man Douses Himself in Paint to Avoid Taser

http://www.kirotv.com/news/25159554/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Ukester Brown - Ukulele Lady

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzwWi4DsXy8