Energy News Digest for February 28, 2012

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

Snow Forecast for Parts of Washington - A winter storm is bringing another shot of snow to parts of Washington (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017613800_apwasnow.html

Lean Energy: Clark Public Utilities Controls Costs - Rates under control in face of economy, weather, I-937 (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/feb/26/lean-energy-clark-public-utilities-costs-energy/

Coal Export Opponents to Bring 40,000 Petition Signatures to Olympia (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/coal-export-opponents-to-bring-petition-signatures-to-olympia/article_eb8f8da8-61dc-11e1-bd35-0019bb2963f4.html

Biggest, Ugliest Clam in Town Earns State Protection - Survey shows geoduck poaching is hampering species' recovery (KCPQ-TV, Tacoma/Seattle – Before opening, make sure you have not just taken a sip of coffee, tea or other beverage…)

http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-biggest-ugliest-clam-in-town-earns-state-protection-20120227,0,6579875.story

Big Prospects for Small Wind Turbines - Markets for turbines of less than 100 kW offer huge potential for growth if government incentives (subsidies) are set up (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/02/big-prospects-for-small-wind-turbines?cmpid=rss

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Lean Energy: Clark Public Utilities Controls Costs
• Coal Export Opponents to Bring 40,000 Petition Signatures to Olympia
• Plant Chief: Japan’s Fukushima Nuke Plant Still Vulnerable
• City of Prosser Alerts to Utility Shut-Off Typo
• Seattle - Dump Truck Snags Power Lines; Buses Affected
• Hawaii - Smart Meter Installation Rolls Out:  Some Residents Irked By Lack of Notice
• Stray Voltage Claims - Farmer Shocked at Cows' Drying Up
• Biggest, Ugliest Clam in Town Earns State Protection
• Oregon Legislature - Fish at Center of Debate Whether Health, Education Bills Advance
• Pacific Sea Otters’ Failure to Thrive Confounds Wildlife Sleuths
• Why Asian Carp Are Such a Threat
• The Atlantic Sturgeon’s Looming Endangered Listing
• Water Bills Expected to Triple In Some Parts of US
• Project aims to photograph every inch of Sacramento River
• Editorial - Congress Moves to Redistribute California's Water
• Big Prospects for Small Wind Turbines
• United Kingdom - Tall Order for Firefighters as Blaze Hits Fuel Store in Biomass Power Station
• A Case of Big Wind Bullying in Mexico?
• Spain Exits Renewables Top Ten after Curbing Subsidies
• Evergreen Public Schools Recognized for Energy Efficiency
• Comcast to Offer Smart Thermostat Service via EcoFactor
• Study: Less Arctic Ice Means More US Snow
• How Student-Built Solar Homes Can Help Solve US Housing & Energy Crisis
• North Carolina - Discovery Place Branches Out with New Solar Trees
• Chelan PUD Fiber Future Meeting
• Google Fiber Edging Device Could Help It Rapidly Connect Homes in Kansas City to 1-Gig Network
• Pot, Meet Kettle: Washington State Auditor Has Unused Phones, Too
• Audit Confirms Improper Charges by Port of Seattle Commissioners
• Snow Forecast for Parts of Washington - A winter storm is bringing another shot of snow to parts of Washington
• Winter Storm Watch for Hood Canal Area
• Gas Prices Leap another 12 Cents a Gallon in Past Week
• The $200 Million Seattle Tunnel Miscalculation
• Pacific Northwest - Water Views With a Hint of Daring and Danger
• Obama Approves Bill for Quileute Tribal Move
• No High School Basketball TV This Year

WORD OF THE DAY

Copious • \KOE-pee-yus\ • Adjective - 1a: yielding something abundantly b: plentiful in number 2: full of thought, information, or matter 3: lavish, abundant

Expensive shellfish

Ugly geoduck in danger

Copious no more

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

Lean Energy: Clark Public Utilities Controls Costs - Rates under control in face of economy, weather, I-937 (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/feb/26/lean-energy-clark-public-utilities-costs-energy/

Coal Export Opponents to Bring 40,000 Petition Signatures to Olympia (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/coal-export-opponents-to-bring-petition-signatures-to-olympia/article_eb8f8da8-61dc-11e1-bd35-0019bb2963f4.html

Plant Chief: Japan’s Fukushima Nuke Plant Still Vulnerable (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2017613700_apasjapannuclear.html

City of Prosser Alerts to Utility Shut-Off Typo (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2012/02/27/prosser-alerts-to-utility-shut-off-typo

Seattle - Dump Truck Snags Power Lines; Buses Affected (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911/2012/02/27/dump-truck-snags-power-lines-on-capitol-hill-road-closed/

Hawaii - Smart Meter Installation Rolls Out:  Some Residents Irked By Lack of Notice (The Garden Island, Lihue, HI)

http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/smart-meter-installation-rolls-out/article_9511b07c-61dd-11e1-abcc-0019bb2963f4.html

Stray Voltage Claims - Farmer Shocked at Cows' Drying Up (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/02/28/44226.htm

FISH & WILDLIFE

Biggest, Ugliest Clam in Town Earns State Protection - Survey shows geoduck poaching is hampering species' recovery (KCPQ-TV, Tacoma/Seattle – Before opening, make sure you have not just taken a sip of coffee, tea or other beverage…)

http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-biggest-ugliest-clam-in-town-earns-state-protection-20120227,0,6579875.story

Oregon Legislature - Fish at Center of Debate Whether Health, Education Bills Advance (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.katu.com/politics/Fish-at-center-of-debate-whether-health-education-bills-advance-140672103.html

Pacific Sea Otters’ Failure to Thrive Confounds Wildlife Sleuths (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/science/sea-otters-failure-to-thrive-confounds-researchers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Why Asian Carp Are Such a Threat (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0227/Why-Asian-carp-are-such-a-threat

The Atlantic Sturgeon’s Looming Endangered Listing (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/the-sturgeons-looming-endangered-listing/?partner=rss&emc=rss

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Water Bills Expected to Triple In Some Parts of US (Cable News Network)

http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/27/pf/water_bills/index.htm?iid=HP_LN

Project aims to photograph every inch of Sacramento River (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/28/4295964/project-aims-to-photograph-every.html

Editorial - Congress Moves to Redistribute California's Water (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/28/EDO11ND256.DTL

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Big Prospects for Small Wind Turbines - Markets for turbines of less than 100 kW offer huge potential for growth if government incentives (subsidies) are set up (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/02/big-prospects-for-small-wind-turbines?cmpid=rss

United Kingdom - Tall Order for Firefighters as Blaze Hits Fuel Store in Biomass Power Station (Yorkshire Post, UK)
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/at-a-glance/main-section/tall_order_for_firefighters_as_blaze_hits_fuel_store_in_biomass_power_station_1_4291688

A Case of Big Wind Bullying in Mexico? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/Latin-America-Monitor/2012/0228/A-case-of-Big-Wind-bullying-in-Mexico

Spain Exits Renewables Top Ten after Curbing Subsidies (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-28/spain-exits-renewables-top-10-after-curbing-subsidies-e-y-says.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Evergreen Public Schools Recognized for Energy Efficiency (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/feb/28/evergreen-recognized-energy-efficiency/

Comcast to Offer Smart Thermostat Service via EcoFactor (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/cleantech/comcast-to-offer-smart-thermostat-service-via-ecofactor/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Study: Less Arctic Ice Means More US Snow (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2012/02/arctic-sea-ice-winter-snow-usa-blizzard-climate-change/1?csp=34news

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

How Student-Built Solar Homes Can Help Solve US Housing & Energy Crisis (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2012/0228/How-student-built-solar-homes-can-help-solve-US-housing-and-energy-crisis

North Carolina - Discovery Place Branches Out with New Solar Trees (EcoSeed)

http://www.ecoseed.org/press-releases/article/98-press-releases/12551-discovery-place-branches-out-with-new-solar-trees

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Chelan PUD Fiber Future Meeting (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

http://www.kpq.com/02-27-12-PUD-Fiber-Future-Meeting-more-/12389979

Google Fiber Edging Device Could Help It Rapidly Connect Homes in Kansas City to 1-Gig Network (Fierce Cable)

http://www.fiercecable.com/story/google-develops-technology-could-help-it-rapidly-connect-homes-1-gig-networ/2012-02-27

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Pot, Meet Kettle: Washington State Auditor Has Unused Phones, Too (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Wash-auditor-has-unused-phones-too--140592493.html

Audit Confirms Improper Charges by Port of Seattle Commissioners (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2017610076_audit_confirms_improper_port_c.html

GENERAL NEWS

Snow Forecast for Parts of Washington - A winter storm is bringing another shot of snow to parts of Washington (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017613800_apwasnow.html

Winter Storm Watch for Hood Canal Area (National Weather Service, Seattle)

http://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=WA124C9B0CC688.WinterStormWatch.124C9B0DFE40WA.SEWWSWSEW.a98a7b5a968db8b4fbc9a9f9b020c7d4

Sixth Person Arrested in Slaying of Trooper - Courts: Drugs ‘common thread’ (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/02/28/2008315/6th-person-arrested-in-slaying.html

Gas Prices Leap another 12 Cents a Gallon in Past Week (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2012/02/gas-prices-leap-another-12-cents-a-gallon-in-past-week/1?csp=34money

The $200 Million Seattle Tunnel Miscalculation (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/The-200-million-tunnel-miscalculation-140671673.html

Pacific Northwest - Water Views With a Hint of Daring and Danger (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/us/in-western-washington-state-mudslides-pose-hint-of-danger.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

Obama Approves Bill for Quileute Tribal Move (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Obama-approves-bill-for-Quileute-tribal-move-140631603.html

No High School Basketball TV This Year - Root Sports Open To Broadcasting Future Basketball Title Games (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/02/28/2008339/root-sports-open-to-broadcasting.html

DIVERSIONS

Wyoming House Advances Doomsday Bill “…its own military draft, raise a standing army, and acquire strike aircraft and an aircraft carrier…”

http://m.trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/wyoming-house-advances-doomsday-bill/article_af6e1b2b-0ca4-553f-85e9-92c0f58c00bd.html

Couple Wants Answers after Lavatory Leak from Overhead Plane

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/02/26/l-i-couple-wants-answers-after-lavatory-leak-from-overhead-plane/

Chicken Slaughter Art Project Ruffles Feathers - Officials have banned an artist from publicly slaughtering chickens in eastern Kansas, saying the proposed art installation would amount to animal cruelty

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2017616224_apuschickenslaughterart.html

Lexicon of Regionalisms to Live on After Final Printing

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/story/2012-02-27/dictionary-regionalisms-lexicon/53274960/1?csp=34news

SONG OF THE DAY

Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwYNWYaS3bI

Energy News Digest for February 27, 2012

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

Bonneville Power Administration Completes Power Transmission Line Early (Associated Press)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/feb/24/bpa-completes-power-transmission-line-early/

Bonneville Power Administration Green Lights DC Intertie Improvements (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/BPANews/ArticleTemplate.cfm?ArticleId=article-20120224-01

Upcoming Salmon Forecasts Expect to Show Strong Fall Season on Columbia River (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2017598571_outn26.html

Oregon Governor Kitzhaber Supports Withdrawing Winter Water from Columbia River (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/kitzhaber_supports_withdrawing_winter_water_from_columbia_river/

Chelan PUD to String Fiber for Verizon 4G (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/feb/24/chelan-pud-to-string-fiber-for-verizon-4g/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Bonneville Power Administration Completes Power Transmission Line Early
• Bonneville Power Administration Green Lights DC Intertie Improvements
• Clallam County - If You Live on the West End, Here’s Why Your Power Went Out Early Saturday
• New Montana Power Plant Runs Only to Pass Air-Quality Tests
• Phil Bussey to Fill Puget Sound Energy Executive Position Focused on Customers
• How to Earn Smart Meter Acceptance – Central Electric Co-op, Oregon
• Has Time Finally Come for a Power Grid in Rural Alaska?
• Boulder Selects Washington, DC, Law Firm in Effort to Investigate Costs of Forming a Municipal Electric Utility
• Moody’s: Outlook Remains Mixed for Power Project Sector
• Upcoming Salmon Forecasts Expect to Show Strong Fall Season on Columbia River
• Grant PUD Seeks Federal Muscle to Force White River Fish Ponds
• Tagging Under Way on Puget Sound Orcas
• Justices Won’t Enter the Fray to Stop Asian Carp
• Oregon Governor Kitzhaber Supports Withdrawing Winter Water from Columbia River
• Public Hearing on Water for Mason County PUD No. 1: March 13
• Mojave Solar-Power Project Sacrifices the Desert for the Earth
• Science Scarce on Eagle, Wind Farm Interactions
• United Kingdom - US Billionaire Donald Trump Funds £10 Million Anti-Wind Farm War Chest to ‘Preserve Nature’ - But no mention of the protected sand dunes he built on
• United Kingdom - School Wind Turbines ‘Could Cause an Injury’
• Wind Farms Axed as UK Loses Its Taste for Turbines
• Israel Nixes Solar Energy for Palestinians
• BP Solar No More
• Deal Hunter: Do Energy Audits Save Everyone Green?
• Global Warming Feeds Bark Beetles: Are They Unstoppable?
• Everest Could Soon Become Impossible to Climb Because Of Global Warming, Says Top Sherpa
• Jefferson Airport Becomes State’s First Fully Solar-Powered Airstrip
• Manure-Fueled Electricity Generator Benefits Tribe & Local Farmers
• Chelan PUD to String Fiber for Verizon 4G
• CenturyLink Will Close Gig Harbor Call Center Operation in Late April; 52 Workers Displaced
• Google to Sell Clearwire Stake at 94 Percent Loss
• It’s The End of the Line for Telco
• Will an Avalanche of iPads Crush Business Networks?
• Large Payouts Spur Proposals for Changes in Public Records Disputes
• Montana Defies Supreme Court’s Citizens United Case
• Snow Forecast in Mason County for Tuesday
• Skydiver Rescued from Brockdale Area Tree
• Ranger Killed in Holly Rd Accident Remembered for Unbridled Enthusiasm for Parks & Kids
• Kitsap Boy Who Brought Gun to School Might Get Probation
• Grant Deadline for Shelton-Based Senior Center Looming
• In San Francisco, Fighting Fire with Wood
• How You Can Harness ‘The Power of Habit’

WORD OF THE DAY

Empirical • \imp-PEER-uh-kull\ • Adjective - 1: originating in or based on observation or experience 2: relying on experience or observation alone often without due regard for system and theory 3: capable of being verified or disproved by observation or experiment 4: of or relating to empiricism

Empirical vs Anecdotal:

“What are you going to believe, me (anecdotal), or your lying eyes (empirical).”

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 Completes Power Transmission Line Early (Associated Press)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/feb/24/bpa-completes-power-transmission-line-early/

Bonneville Power Administration Green Lights DC Intertie Improvements (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/BPANews/ArticleTemplate.cfm?ArticleId=article-20120224-01

Clallam County - If You Live on the West End, Here’s Why Your Power Went Out Early Saturday (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120226/news/302269983/if-you-live-on-the-west-end-here-8217-s-why-your-power-went-out

New Montana Power Plant Runs Only to Pass Air-Quality Tests (Billings Gazette, MT)

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/new-power-plant-runs-only-to-pass-air-quality-tests/article_3664ca78-8258-5302-82a7-8e57e4d03407.html

Phil Bussey to Fill Puget Sound Energy Executive Position Focused on Customers (Electric Light & Power)

http://www.elp.com/index/display/article-display.articles.electric-light-power.customer-service.2012.February.Phil_Bussey_to_fill_PSE_executive_position_focused_on_customers.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html

How to Earn Smart Meter Acceptance – Central Electric Co-op, Oregon (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/industry/trends-reports-analyses/how-to-earn-smart-meter-acceptance/40189

Has Time Finally Come for a Power Grid in Rural Alaska? (Alaska Dispatch)

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/has-time-finally-come-power-grid-rural-alaska

Boulder Selects Washington, D.C., Law Firm in Effort to Investigate Costs of Forming a Municipal Electric Utility (Public Power Daily)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=168243&issueID=23046

Moody’s: Outlook Remains Mixed for Power Project Sector (Public Power Daily)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=168244&issueID=23047

FISH & WILDLIFE

Upcoming Salmon Forecasts Expect to Show Strong Fall Season on Columbia River (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2017598571_outn26.html

Grant PUD Seeks Federal Muscle to Force White River Fish Ponds (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/feb/24/grant-pud-to-ignore-county-seek-federal-ok-for/

Tagging Under Way on Puget Sound Orcas (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/fieldnotes/2017586369_whale_tagging_underway_on_orcas_in_j_pod.html

Justices Won’t Enter the Fray to Stop Asian Carp (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/02/27/44207.htm

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Oregon Governor Kitzhaber Supports Withdrawing Winter Water from Columbia River (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/kitzhaber_supports_withdrawing_winter_water_from_columbia_river/

Public Hearing on Water for Mason County PUD No. 1: March 13 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/public-notices/24915-public-hearing-for-mason-county-pud-no-1-mar-13

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Mojave Solar-Power Project Sacrifices the Desert for the Earth (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2017591314_desertsolar26.html

Science Scarce on Eagle, Wind Farm Interactions (Midwest Energy News)

http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2012/02/27/science-scarce-on-eagle-wind-farm-interactions/

United Kingdom - US Billionaire Donald Trump Funds £10 Million Anti-Wind Farm War Chest to ‘Preserve Nature’ - But no mention of the protected sand dunes he built on (The Daily Mail, UK)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2106736/Donald-Trump-funds-10m-anti-wind-farm-war-chest-preserve-nature.html

United Kingdom - School Wind Turbines ‘Could Cause an Injury’ (John O’Groat Journal, UK)

http://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/News/School-wind-turbines-could-cause-an-injury-23022012.htm

Wind Farms Axed as UK Loses Its Taste for Turbines (The Guardian-UK)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/feb/27/windfarms-axed-uk

Israel Nixes Solar Energy for Palestinians (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2017591986_apmlisraelwestbankgrip.html

BP Solar No More (PV-Magazine)

http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/archive/2012/february/beitrag/bp-solar-no-more_100005883/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Deal Hunter: Do Energy Audits Save Everyone Green? (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/do-energy-audits-save-everyone-green/2012/02/17/gIQAmad8XR_story.html?wprss=rss_business

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Global Warming Feeds Bark Beetles: Are They Unstoppable? (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/environment/la-me-gs-global-warming-and-unstoppable-bark-beetles-20120226,0,1422452.story

Everest Could Soon Become Impossible to Climb Because Of Global Warming, Says Top Sherpa (The Daily Mail, UK)

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2107013/Everest-soon-impossible-climb-global-warming-says-Sherpa.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Jefferson Airport Becomes State’s First Fully Solar-Powered Airstrip (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120227/NEWS/302279988/jefferson-airport-becomes-states-first-fully-solar-powered-airstrip

Manure-Fueled Electricity Generator Benefits Tribe & Local Farmers (Indian Country Today)

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/02/27/manure-fueled-electricity-generator-benefits-tribe-and-local-farmers-100104

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Chelan PUD to String Fiber for Verizon 4G (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/feb/24/chelan-pud-to-string-fiber-for-verizon-4g/

CenturyLink Will Close Gig Harbor Call Center Operation in Late April; 52 Workers Displaced (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://blog.thenewstribune.com/business/2012/02/24/centurylink-will-close-gig-harbor-call-center-operation-in-late-april-52-workers-diaplaced/

Google to Sell Clearwire Stake at 94 Percent Loss (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017590421_apusgoogleclearwire1stldwritethru.html

It’s The End of the Line for Telco (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2012/02/25/its-the-end-of-the-line-for-telco/

Will an Avalanche of iPads Crush Business Networks? (Wired Magazine)

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/02/ipadcrush/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Large Payouts Spur Proposals for Changes in Public Records Disputes (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/02/25/2004936/new-ideas-considered-for-public.html

Montana Defies Supreme Court’s Citizens United Case (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/2012/02/27/147488187/montana-defies-citizens-united-case?ft=1&f=3

GENERAL NEWS

Snow Forecast in Mason County for Tuesday (Mason Web TV)

http://masonwebtv.com/?p=2869

Skydiver Rescued from Brockdale Area Tree (Mason Web TV)

http://masonwebtv.com/?p=2885

Ranger Killed in Holly Rd Accident Remembered for Unbridled Enthusiasm for Parks & Kids (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/feb/25/ranger-remembered-for-unbridled-enthusiasm-for/

Kitsap Boy Who Brought Gun to School Might Get Probation (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=634661

Grant Deadline for Shelton-Based Senior Center Looming (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/24676-senior-center-

In San Francisco, Fighting Fire with Wood (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/in-san-francisco-fighting-fire-with-wood/bc2eade19264668c38aaabfce939acfa

How You Can Harness ‘The Power of Habit’ (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/2012/02/27/147296743/how-you-can-harness-the-power-of-habit?ft=1&f=3

DIVERSIONS

Calvin & Hobbes Art Sells for $107,550 at Auction

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/02/24/calvin-and-hobbes-art-sells-for-107550-at-auction/

NASA Telescope Detects Massive Cloud of ‘Buckyballs’ Hurtling Through Space

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0223/NASA-telescope-detects-massive-cloud-of-buckyballs-hurtling-through-space-video

Victor Hugo: Ten Quotes on His Birthday

http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2012/0227/Victor-Hugo-10-quotes-on-his-birthday/Trials-and-tribulations

SONG OF THE DAY

The Lovin’ Spoonful - Daydream

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwH4wPz-URM