Energy News Digest for September 29, 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

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Clean Energy Groups Protest Centralia TransAlta Coal Power Plant - Sierra Club, others hope to close Centralia plant by 2015

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/29/1385373/clean-energy-groups-protest-coal.html

Benton PUD Expects to Raise Rates in 2011 – BPA wholesale rates, renewable energy mandates, conservation goals cited (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/29/1360840/benton-pud-expects-to-raise-rates.html

Ancient Italian Town Has Wind at Its Back (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/science/earth/29fossil.html

Wind offers reprieve to struggling, dying fish in Hood Canal dead zone (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013019126_hoodcanal29m.html

California - Modesto Irrigation District Agrees to Reconsider Wood-Burning Power Plant: Board holds off voting to cease negotiations (Modesto Bee, CA)

http://www.modbee.com/2010/09/29/1360163/mid-agrees-to-reconsider-wood.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Clean Energy Groups Protest Centralia TransAlta Coal Power Plant

·         Benton PUD Expects to Raise Rates in 2011

·         Chelan PUD Board Approves Five-Year Steering Plan

·         Editorial - Politics & British Columbia’s Peace River Dam

·         Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Lifts Price Cap on Transmission Capacity

·         Low-Cost Electric Deals OK’d for Western New York Companies

·         Energy Department Commits $1 Billion to FutureGen

·         Too Many Nukes - Why Many Environmentalists Will Fight Germany’s Green Energy Plan

·         California - Is PUC a Utility Watchdog - Or Lapdog?

·         The Rise of the New Power Co-Op Movement

·         Coho Scarce in Puyallup River, Tribe Ends Season

·         Great Lakes – Scientists Say Mussels May Leave Carp Nothing to Eat

·         Union Threatens Labor Charge in US Fishery Case

·         Wind Offers Reprieve to Struggling, Dying Fish in Hood Canal Dead Zone

·         Sewer Plan: Boon or Bust for Brinnon?

·         Sewage Overflow in New York? Believe It

·         Water Use in Southwest Heads for a Day of Reckoning

·         Bark Beetles May Not be Wildfire Culprits

·         Ancient Italian Town Has Wind at Its Back

·         Minnesota - North Shore Attracts Wind Power, Migrating Birds

·         United Kingdom - Wind Farms: Yet Another Brewing Disaster

·         California - Modesto Irrigation District Agrees to Reconsider Wood-Burning Power Plant

·         Op/Ed - Wood Energy Produces Power, Questions

·         NREL Releases Biomass Mapping Application

·         US Energy Grid Gets Its First Taste of Tidal Power

·         Oregon Governor Says Wave Farms Will be Smart Long-Term Investment

·         Major Solar Projects Make Progress in California

·         Editorial - No, Nuclear Power Does Not Belong in the Renewable Energy Standard

·         Painting Roofs White Saves You Green

·         Salem Electric Customers to Receive Efficient Bulbs

·         New Refrigerator Standards Are First from Industry/Environmental Consensus Agreement

·         Short on Roof Space? Adobe Plants Fuel Cells

·         GM Tests Electric Cars That Feed Power Back to the Grid

·         Microsoft Bans Employees from Tweeting at Annual Meeting

·         State Senate - Marr Changing TV Ad That Lacked Disclosure

·         Hey, Citizens, Guess Who’s Really Taking the Initiative

·         Clallam County Phone Bills Going Up after County Passes Tax Increase

·         Social Media ‘Wild Wild West’ of Political Campaigns

·         Woman Pleads Innocent in Washington State Acid Hoax Case

·         Tumwater Judge Arrested in DUI, Hit & Run Case

·         WSP Arrests Man Suspected of Taunting Trooper after I-90 Crash

·         Census Shows More Washington Residents in Poverty

·         Longview - Utah Coal Company Eyes Private Port at Former Reynolds Metals Site

·         Indian Story Pole Decaying at Capitol in Olympia

WORDS OF THE DAY

Parlay • \PARR-lay\ • verb – 1: to bet in a parlay 2a: to exploit successfully b: to increase or otherwise transform into something of much greater value

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH:

Parley • \PARR-lee\ • verb – To speak with another: confer; specifically: to discuss terms with an enemy

Paulette was eager for parlay her parley with the energy traders to her advantage. “All I want is a corner office and one of those little cube refrigerators,” she sighed in hushed tones to her counterpart.

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

Clean Energy Groups Protest Centralia TransAlta Coal Power Plant - Sierra Club, others hope to close Centralia plant by 2015

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/29/1385373/clean-energy-groups-protest-coal.html

Benton PUD Expects to Raise Rates in 2011 – BPA wholesale rates, renewable energy mandates, conservation goals cited (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/29/1360840/benton-pud-expects-to-raise-rates.html

Chelan PUD Board Approves Five-Year Steering Plan (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/sep/29/pud-board-approves-5-year-steering-plan/

Editorial - Politics & British Columbia’s Peace River Dam (North Island MidWeek, BC)

http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_north/northislandmidweek/opinion/103959629.html

Open the Sluice Gates! Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Lifts Price Cap on Transmission Capacity (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/09/28/30647.htm

Low-Cost Electric Deals OK’d for Western New York Companies (Business First of Buffalo)

http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2010/09/27/daily22.html

Energy Department Commits $1 Billion to FutureGen (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013019592_apusfuturegenfunding.html

Too Many Nukes - Why Many Environmentalists Will Fight Germany’s Green Energy Plan (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2010/0928/Why-many-environmentalists-will-fight-Germany-s-green-energy-plan

California - Is PUC a Utility Watchdog - Or Lapdog? (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/29/BUHP1FJAIF.DTL

The Rise of the New Power Co-Op Movement (Huffington Post)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brendan-smith/the-rise-of-the-new-power_b_740709.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Coho Scarce in Puyallup River, Tribe Ends Season (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/29/1360742/coho-scarce-in-puyallup-tribe.html

Great Lakes – Scientists Say Mussels May Leave Carp Nothing to Eat (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013021293_apusmusselmenace.html

Union Threatens Labor Charge in US Fishery Case (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013020198_apusfisheryenforcement.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Wind Offers Reprieve to Struggling, Dying Fish in Hood Canal Dead Zone (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013019126_hoodcanal29m.html

Sewer Plan: Boon or Bust for Brinnon? “…The processed water would be dumped into Hood Canal, while the solid waste would be hauled to a waste facility in Shelton…” (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100929/news/309299989/sewer-plan-boon-or-bust-for-brinnon

Sewage Overflow in New York? Believe It (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/sewage-overflow-in-new-york-believe-it/

Water Use in Southwest Heads for a Day of Reckoning (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/science/earth/28mead.html

Bark Beetles May Not be Wildfire Culprits - New study finds infestations thin out fuel that feeds fires (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/sep/28/bark-beetles-may-not-be-wildfire-culprits-new/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Ancient Italian Town Has Wind at Its Back (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/science/earth/29fossil.html

Minnesota - North Shore Attracts Wind Power, Migrating Birds (Minnesota Public Radio)

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/09/29/north-shore-wind-power-birds/?refid=0

United Kingdom - Wind Farms: Yet Another Brewing Disaster (The Telegraph, UK)

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100056158/wind-farms-yet-another-brewing-disaster/

California - Modesto Irrigation District Agrees to Reconsider Wood-Burning Power Plant: Board holds off voting to cease negotiations (Modesto Bee, CA)

http://www.modbee.com/2010/09/29/1360163/mid-agrees-to-reconsider-wood.html

Op/Ed - Wood Energy Produces Power, Questions (Traverse City Record-Eagle, MI)

http://record-eagle.com/features/x1560863297/Wood-energy-produces-power-questions

NREL Releases Biomass Mapping Application - A mapping application shows where bio-energy facilities are located now & where more could be developed (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/09/nrel-releases-biomass-mapping-application

US Energy Grid Gets Its First Taste of Tidal Power (Dvice)

http://dvice.com/archives/2010/09/us-energy-grid.php

Oregon Governor Says Wave Farms Will be Smart Long-Term Investment (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/14361-kulongoski-says-wave-farms-will-be-smart-long-term-investment/

Major Solar Projects Make Progress in California (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/environment/2010-09-29-solarpower29_ST_N.htm

Editorial - No, Nuclear Power Does Not Belong in the Renewable Energy Standard – Renewable Energy Standard versus Clean Energy Standard (Grist)

http://www.grist.org/article/2010-09-28-no-nuclear-power-does-not-belong-in-the-res/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Painting Roofs White Saves You Green (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=13234358

Salem Electric Customers to Receive Efficient Bulbs - The fluorescent lamps may save money as well as lots of kilowatt hours (Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100929/COMMUNITIES/9290307/1107/news#ixzz10vyZQPie

New Refrigerator Standards Are First from Industry/Environmental Consensus Agreement (Appliance Magazine)

http://www.appliancemagazine.com/news.php?article=1433514&zone=0&first=1

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Short on Roof Space? Adobe Plants Fuel Cells (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/short-on-roof-space-adobe-plants-fuel-cells/

GM Tests Electric Cars That Feed Power Back to the Grid (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/09/gm-tests-electric-cars-that-feed-power-back-to-the-grid/1?csp=34money

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Microsoft Bans Employees from Tweeting at Annual Meeting (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoftpri0/2013016819_microsoftholdsannualemployeemeetingatsafecofield.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

State Senate - Marr Changing TV Ad That Lacked Disclosure (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/sep/29/in-brief-marr-changing-tv-ad-that-lacked/

Hey, Citizens, Guess Who’s Really Taking the Initiative (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2013020975_danny29.html

Clallam County Phone Bills Going Up after County Passes Tax Increase (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/6195

Social Media ‘Wild Wild West’ of Political Campaigns (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Social-Media-Wild-Wild-West-of-political-campaigns-104013549.html

GENERAL NEWS

Woman Pleads Innocent in Washington State Acid Hoax Case (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013025794_apusacidattackhoax.html

Tumwater Judge Arrested in DUI, Hit & Run Case (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/28/1385101/tumwater-judge-arrested-in-dui.html

WSP Arrests Man Suspected of Taunting Trooper after I-90 Crash (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013025335_apwatroopertaunting.html

Census Shows More Washington Residents in Poverty (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thebusinessofgiving/2013017355_census_shows_more_washington_r.html

Longview - Utah Coal Company Eyes Private Port at Former Reynolds Metals Site (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_0e7af782-cb78-11df-bc3c-001cc4c002e0.html

Indian Story Pole Decaying at Capitol in Olympia (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/103945619.html

DIVERSIONS

Beer-Soaked Brawl Ends Three-Year-Old’s Birthday Party

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013015953_apusbirthdaybeerbrawl.html

Ben & Jerry’s to Drop ‘All Natural’ Claim

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100928/BIZ/709289950/-1/RSS03

Oops! Portland Driver Talking on Cell Phone Rear-Ends OSP Cruiser

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/09/oops_portland_driver_talking_o_1.html

Belgium Experiments with Mystical “Full Moon” Beer

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100924/od_nm/us_belgium_beer_odd

SONG OF THE DAY

Bob Seger - Shame On the Moon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnKoAEs65Pg

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.

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

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