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
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Buried in Long-Term Contract - BPA Edges Closer To Deal That Would Keep Intalco Smelter Operating
- Centralia Coal Plant Target of Air Quality Petition
- Planned Mason County Planned Power Outages Scheduled for Friday and Saturday
- Grant PUD Manager to Get New Contract
- Arrowrock Dam - Power Poles Go Up For Transmission Lines from A New Hydro Plant near Boise
- Alaska – Power Creek Hydroelectric Project Honors Politicians’ Efforts
- Editorial - Without Alternative Plan, U.S. Can't Afford To Abandon Plans for Nevada Nuclear Wastes Dump
- NorthWestern Energy Responds To FERC Orders on Transmission Projects
- Arkansas - Court Tosses Out Permit for 600 MW Coal-Fired Power Plant
- Oops! After Obama Reinstates Salmon Recovery Money, House Dems Divert It
- British Columbia - Chemicals from Storm Drains May Have Killed Salmon
- Chinook, Sturgeon Fishing Picks Up In Lower Columbia
- Now the Puget Sound Orcas Have Been Accounted For
- Nominations Open For New Columbia River Fishery Advisory Board
- Puget Sound Area Ranks High In Cancer Risk from Toxic Air Pollution
- Aberdeen May Ship Water to Mideast
- Kalama lands $108,000 grant for water system repairs
- Retaining Capitol Lake Gets People's Vote
- Interior Secretary to Hold California Drought Meeting
- Walla Walla - New Water Management Program near Launch
- EPA Sees Limited Renewable Energy Growth under Waxman-Markey
- Sears Tower to Be Revamped to Produce Most of Its Own Power
- Moses Lake - REC VP Recounts Green Jobs Summit
- Everett Herald Op/Ed - Tilting At Green Windmills
- Owner of San Jose Company Arrested In Alleged Solar-Energy Scam
- Texas - Largest US Biodiesel Plant Is For Sale
- Canada - Garbage a Burning Issue in Metro Vancouver
- New Kinds of Hydropower Spark Buzz
- The lure of the line - Clothesline users are avid fans of the original dryer
- Home Audit Helps Cut Energy Use
- California Considers Global Warming Fee on Industry
- Democrats Push For Votes on Climate Bill
- Poll Says Opposition to "Cap-And-Trade" Grows In US
- Climate Bill Proponents Agree To Concessions
- Free Allowances to Utilities Are Not Dividends to Consumers
- Federal Climate Bill Gives Billions to Save Trees in Other Nations
- Reining in Global Warming? Not Without a New Approach to Transportation
- Rural Broadband Use Increases, But Still Room for Progress
- Google Shares Some Secrets
- Google Slammed As China, U.S. Quarrel over Internet
- Report: Yahoo Plans Major Rebranding
- Time Warner, Comcast to Start Online Video Trials
- Microsoft Says Vista Buyers to Get Free Windows 7
- Man Rushing To Vet Injures 2 Children In Yelm Crash
- Counterfeit Bills Showing Up On Kitsap Peninsula
- Public Disclosure Laws - Idaho, Without Disclosure, Ranks Last Again; Wash. First
- Some Wondering Why Navy Needs New Wharf at Bangor
- Drivers Sue 19 Cities over Traffic Cameras
- Judge Dismisses Lawsuit over Canadian Lumber Pact Payments
- Farrah Fawcett Dies of Cancer
- Portland Advertising Awards Taunt Other Cities
WORD OF THE DAY
Dilatory • \DILL-uh-toree \ • adjective – 1: tending or intended to cause delay 2: characterized by procrastination: tardy
The dilatory nature of today’s news digest was unavoidable. Happy evening reading everyone….
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
Buried in Long-Term Contract - BPA Edges Closer To Deal That Would Keep Intalco Smelter Operating (The Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/255/story/963088.html
Centralia Coal Plant Target of Air Quality Petition - Coalition asks government to step in regarding pollution from Centralia site (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/891516.html
Planned Mason County Planned Power Outages Scheduled for Friday and Saturday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7629/reftab/1632/t/PLANNED-POWER-OUTAGES-SCHEDULED-FOR-FRIDAY-AND-SATURDAY/Default.aspx
Grant PUD Manager to Get New Contract (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090625/NEWS04/706259942/-1/OP?Grant-PUD-exec-to-get-job-contract
Arrowrock Dam - Power Poles Go Up For Transmission Lines From A New Hydro Plant Near Boise (The Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/813403.html
Alaska – Power Creek Hydroelectric Project Honors Politicians’ Efforts (Cordova Times, AK)
http://www.thecordovatimes.com/news/show/6454
Daily News Editorial - Without Alternative Plan, U.S. Can't Afford To Abandon Plans for Nevada Nuclear Wastes Dump (Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/25/editorial/doc4a42bc551efaf207022143.txt
NorthWestern Energy Responds To FERC Orders on Transmission Projects (Power Online)
http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/NorthWestern-Energy-Responds-To-FERC-Orders-0001?VNETCOOKIE=NO
Arkansas - Court Tosses Out Permit for 600 MW Coal-Fired Power Plant (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=365138&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oops! After Obama Reinstates Salmon Recovery Money, House Dems Divert It (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090624/NEWS03/706249924
British Columbia - Chemicals from Storm Drains May Have Killed Salmon (CBC News, Canada)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/06/24/bc-hyde-creek-chemical-spill-salmon-kill.html
Chinook, Sturgeon Fishing Picks Up In Lower Columbia (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/891582.html
Now the Puget Sound Orcas Have Been Accounted For (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2009/06/24/now-the-puget-sound-orcas-have-been-accounted-for/
Nominations Open For New Columbia River Fishery Advisory Board (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090625/SPORTS04/706259947/-1/SPORTS
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Puget Sound Area Ranks High In Cancer Risk from Toxic Air Pollution, Reports Say “…Diesel is the thing that drives the bulk of this risk…more than 70 percent of the health risk from air pollution is due to diesel fumes…” (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2009381228_pollution25m0.html
Aberdeen May Ship Water to Mideast (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/891890.html
Kalama lands $108,000 grant for water system repairs (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/25//area_news/doc4a430aad263eb990777789.txt
Retaining Capitol Lake Gets People's Vote - Estuary draws few nods in informal survey (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/891503.html
Interior Secretary to Hold California Drought Meeting (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2085470~Interior_Secretary_to_hold_Calif_drought_meeting.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Walla Walla - New Water Management Program near Launch (The Union Bulletin, Walla Walla, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/06/24/local_news/090624local03watermeeting.txt
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
EPA Sees Limited Renewable Energy Growth under Waxman-Markey – Due to conservation and lack of increased price pressures on fossil fuels (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/06/24/epa-sees-limited-renewable-energy-growth-under-waxman-markey/
Sears Tower to Be Revamped to Produce Most of Its Own Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/us/25sears.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Moses Lake - REC VP Recounts Green Jobs Summit (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses, Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/25/news/doc4a42b37f30247807095579.txt
Everett Herald Op/Ed - Tilting At Green Windmills
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090625/OPINION04/706259980/-1/RSS05
Owner of San Jose Company Arrested In Alleged Solar-Energy Scam (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/topstories/ci_12679747
Texas - Largest US Biodiesel Plant Is For Sale (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200906241551DOWJONESDJONLINE000746_FORTUNE5.htm
Canada - Garbage a Burning Issue in Metro Vancouver (CBC News)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/06/23/bc-garbage-burning-gvrd.html?ref=rss
New Kinds of Hydropower Spark Buzz - wave, tidal stream, ocean current, ocean thermal and river hydrokinetic resources (Energy Pulse)
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=2079
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
The lure of the line - Clothesline users are avid fans of the original dryer (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090625/NEIGHBORS/706259968/1001/NEWS04
Home Audit Helps Cut Energy Use - Start small; budget for bigger changes (Detroit Free Press, MI)
http://www.freep.com/article/20090625/FEATURES01/906250419
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California Considers Global Warming Fee on Industry (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2086582~California_weighs_global_warming_fee_on_industry.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Democrats Push For Votes on Climate Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h5iS14YOIUrpdmPuNylwKcVpSnmAD991PS700
Poll Says Opposition to "Cap-And-Trade" Grows In US (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55O2BS20090625
Climate Bill Proponents Agree To Concessions (Associated Press)
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/congress/49009786.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUZ
Free Allowances to Utilities Are Not Dividends to Consumers (Huffington Post)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-sandler/free-allowances-to-utilit_b_219872.html
Federal Climate Bill Gives Billions to Save Trees in Other Nations (Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/25/climate-bill-gives-billions-to-foreign-foliage/
Reining in Global Warming? Not Without a New Approach to Transportation (Huffington Post)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-earl-blumenauer/reining-in-global-warming_b_220404.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Rural Broadband Use Increases, But Still Room for Progress (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5295-rural-broadband-use-increases-still-room-progress/
Google Shares Some Secrets (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12679900
Google Slammed As China, U.S. Quarrel over Internet (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE55O0EO20090625?feedType=nl&feedName=ustopnewsearly
Report: Yahoo Plans Major Rebranding (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/06/22/daily68.html?ana=from_rss
Time Warner, Comcast to Start Online Video Trials (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090624/BIZ/706249652/-1/RSS03
Microsoft Says Vista Buyers to Get Free Windows 7 (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090625/BIZ/706259820/-1/RSS03
GENERAL NEWS
Man Rushing To Vet Injures 2 Children In Yelm Crash (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19848671/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_1_09000106252009&ts=H
Counterfeit Bills Showing Up On Kitsap Peninsula (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19851044/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_1_09000106252009&ts=H
Public Disclosure Laws - Idaho, Without Disclosure, Ranks Last Again; Wash. First (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/25/idaho-still-without-disclosure-ranks-last-again-wa/
Some Wondering Why Navy Needs New Wharf at Bangor (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/24/some-wondering-why-navy-needs-new-wharf-at/?partner=RSS
Drivers Sue 19 Cities over Traffic Cameras (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/789486.html
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit over Canadian Lumber Pact Payments (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/891206.html
Farrah Fawcett Dies of Cancer (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/19857734/detail.html
Portland Advertising Awards Taunt Other Cities (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/06/portland_advertising_awards_ta.html
DIVERSIONS
Marmot Causes Restaurant Ruckus in Prosser
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/24/marmot-causes-restaurant-ruckus-prosser/
Saudi Arabian Dog Makes Its Way to California
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/23/AR2009062303619.html
Woman Chasing Raccoon with Fireworks Sets Off Brush Fire
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19850141/detail.html
851 George Formby ‘Sound-Alikes’ Smash Ukulele World Record – The Horror…The Horror!
http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED23%20Jun%202009%2015%3A09%3A30%3A030
SONG OF THE DAY
Rocky Raccoon – Beatles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nucSvl7VXVM
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Energy News Digest for June 24, 2009
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
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Chelan PUD to Replace Bonds with New
- Chelan PUD to Offer Billing Online By January
- Wall Street Journal Op/Ed - The New Nuclear Revolution
- Court Rules against NE States in Power Grid Suit
- Wildfire Protection – San Diego Votes against Utility's Power Shutoff Plan
- Oregon - Savage Rapids Lesson: Removing Dams No Easy Task
- Snohomish County Restoring Salmon Habitat
- Canadian Fisheries Report Find Colder Ocean Water Good for Salmon
- Alaska Biologists Eye Ocean Shifts' Effect on Salmon
- Backyard Beekeepers Could Help Save Periled Population
- NYC Beekeepers Swarm City Hall to Protest Ban
- State Officials Issue Final Report on Yakima River Basin Water Needs
- Water Seeping Through Howard Hanson Dam Is Picking Up Speed
- Carlsborg Sewer Costs Raise Residents' Concerns
- Proposal Would Raise Stormwater Utility Rates
- Get the Dulcolax - Second Boring Machine Stuck In Kingco Sewage Tunnel
- Proposed Skamania County Wind Farm Intrusion To Hikers?
- Oregon - Umatilla County to Weigh Barring Turbines from Blue Mountains
- Land Use Fuels Wind Debate
- U.S. Awards Exploratory Leases for Offshore Wind
- Experts Say Wind Energy Key to Oklahoma Economy
- Baird Becomes Maverick On Federal Energy Bill
- Solar Industry to See Faster Than Expected Growth
- Ocean Renewable Energy Has Huge Potential But Not Without Giant Hurdles
- Energy Dept Sees Renewable Energy Loan Rules Soon
- Meltdown 101: Where Are The Renewable Energy Jobs?
- Seattle's Biodiesel Producer Hoping For a Comeback
- Deep in Bedrock, Clean Energy and Quake Fears
- Vermont School District Shifts to Wood Pellets
- Editorial - Green Politicians Thrive When Economy Goes South
- Tropical Plant Shows Promise as Biomass Energy Source
- Recycling Refrigerators Saves Money and the Environment
- Microsoft Debuts Power Conservation Website
- Vote Set on House Climate Bill
- Lobbying Frenzy Begins as House Climate Bill Heads for Floor
- Farm Groups Prevail as House Climate Bill Puts USDA in Charge of Ag Offsets
- Putting A Financial Spin On Global Warming
- Pennsylvania Utilities, Industry Lining Up Behind Clean-Energy Act
- Op/Ed - Reduce Carbon Emissions Now: Focus On Vehicle Emissions
- Fighting Climate Change at Mount Rainier and Other National Parks
- Maryland - Lawmakers Get Lesson on Global Warming and the Bay
- Cable TV’s Big Worry: Taming the Web
- Japan Offers Faster Speeds, Lower Prices than US, Report Documents
- Cost-Cutting - Mason County Eliminates Director of Budget and Finance Position
- Mason County Reaps Benefits of Bidding Climate
- Tahuya Paramedic Service Hangs in Balance as Contract Runs Out
- State Supreme Court Hears Library Filter Arguments
- Seattle Restaurant Owner Paid Workers to Enter Into Sham Marriages
- Including Bauxite - China Hoarding Building Blocks to Recovery, U.S. Charges
WORD OF THE DAY
Cavalcade • \kav-ul-KAYD\ • noun – 1a: a procession of riders or carriages b: a procession of vehicles or ships 2: a dramatic sequence or procession: series
Alfred came stumbling into the room; his bumbling entrance reminded his friend Bert of a crazed kind of “Rube Golberg” machine. The arrival was nothing more than a cavalcade of tripping, pratfalls, apologies, breaking glass, and the distant sound of a screeching cat.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
Chelan PUD to Replace Bonds with New (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090623/NEWS04/706239968
Chelan PUD to Offer Billing Online By January (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090623/NEWS04/706239950/0/SPORTS04?Chelan-PUD-to-offer-billing-online-by-January
Wall Street Journal Op/Ed - The New Nuclear Revolution. Safe fission power is our future; if regulators allow it.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124580572129645069.html
Court Rules against NE States in Power Grid Suit (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/23/ap6578437.html
Wildfire Protection – San Diego votes against utility's power shutoff plan (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2084121~SD_supes_vote_against_utility_s_power_shutoff_plan.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon - Savage Rapids Lesson: Removing Dams No Easy Task (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5281-savage-rapids-lesson-removing-dams-no-easy-task/
Snohomish County Restoring Salmon Habitat - Some farmers are opposed to the loss of farmland on Smith Island (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090624/NEWS01/706249791/-1/RSS02
Canadian Fisheries Report Find Colder Ocean Water Good for Salmon (Seattle Times)
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/reeltimenorthwest/2009/06/23/canadian_fisheries_report_foun.html
Alaska Biologists Eye Ocean Shifts' Effect on Salmon (Fairbanks News Miner)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jun/23/biologists-wonder-if-ocean-shifts-affect-salmon/
Backyard Beekeepers Could Help Save Periled Population (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/48963471.html
NYC Beekeepers Swarm City Hall to Protest Ban (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009374828_apusnycbeekeepersabuzz2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
State Officials Issue Final Report on Yakima River Basin Water Needs (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2009/06/23/ecology-officials-issue-final-report-on-yakima-river-basin-water-needs
Water Seeping Through Howard Hanson Dam Is Picking Up Speed (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009376179_leakingdam24m.html?syndication=rss
Carlsborg Sewer Costs Raise Residents' Concerns (Sequim Gazette)
http://www.sequimgazette.com/topstory/articleDetail.exm/Index/article/2009-06-24_Carlsborg_sewer_costs_raise_residents__concerns/
Proposal Would Raise Stormwater Utility Rates - Clean Water Act: Requires monitoring, pollution prevention (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/890438.html
Get the Dulcolax - Second Boring Machine Stuck In Kingco Sewage Tunnel (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009377511_apwasewagetunnel.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Proposed Skamania County Wind Farm Intrusion To Hikers? (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090624/NEWS02/706249957/Proposed+wind+farm+intrusion+to+hikers
Oregon - Umatilla County to Weigh Barring Turbines from Blue Mountains (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/umatilla_county_to_weigh_barri.html
Land Use Fuels Wind Debate (Boston Herald)
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/20090624land_use_fuels_wind_debate/srvc=business&position=recent_bullet
U.S. Awards Exploratory Leases for Offshore Wind (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55M6G920090623
Experts Say Wind Energy Key to Oklahoma Economy (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/23/ap6578750.html
Baird Becomes Maverick On Federal Energy Bill; Warns It Hurts Local Biomass Effort (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/politicsblog/story/890263.html
Solar Industry to See Faster Than Expected Growth (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009372808_apussolarutilities.html?syndication=rss
Ocean Renewable Energy Has Huge Potential But Not Without Giant Hurdles (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/ocean-renewable-energy-has-huge-potential-but-not-without-giant-hurdles?cmpid=rss
Energy Dept Sees Renewable Energy Loan Rules Soon (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN236811620090623
Meltdown 101: Where Are The Renewable Energy Jobs? (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009373936_apusmeltdown101greenjobs.html?syndication=rss
Seattle's Biodiesel Producer Hoping For a Comeback (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062309ENB_seattle-biodiesel-imperium-JM.1c3054b2.html?rss
Deep in Bedrock, Clean Energy and Quake Fears (NY Times – Honey, I broke the planet!)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/business/energy-environment/24geotherm.html?hp
Vermont School District Shifts to Wood Pellets (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/vermont-school-district-shifts-to-wood-pellets?cmpid=rss
Denver Post Editorial - Green Politicians Thrive When Economy Goes South
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_12673389
Tropical Plant Shows Promise as Biomass Energy Source (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5283-tropical-plants-shows-promise-biomass-energy-source/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Recycling Refrigerators Saves Money and the Environment (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062409WAB-refrigerator-recycling-LJ.1104f16.html
Microsoft Debuts Power Conservation Website (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/24/AR2009062401017.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Vote Set on House Climate Bill - Cap-and-Trade Legislation Advances Despite Some Resistance (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/06/23/ST2009062303474.html
Lobbying Frenzy Begins as House Climate Bill Heads for Floor (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/06/23/23greenwire-lobbying-frenzy-begins-as-house-climate-bill-he-7715.html
Farm Groups Prevail as House Climate Bill Puts USDA in Charge of Ag Offsets (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/24/24climatewire-farm-groups-prevail-as-house-climate-bill-pu-24287.html
Putting A Financial Spin On Global Warming - Climate change is a potential environmental disaster; but it's also potentially an economic opportunity. (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105834436&ft=1&f=3
Pennsylvania Utilities, Industry Lining Up Behind Clean-Energy Act (Philadelphia Business Today)
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20090624_PhillyDeals__Pa__utilities__industry_lining_up_behind_clean-energy_act.html
Salem Statesman-Journal Op/Ed - Reduce Carbon Emissions Now: Focus On Vehicle Emissions
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090624/OPINION/906240464/1049
Fighting Climate Change at Mount Rainier and Other National Parks (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2009375042_webnationalparks23.html?syndication=rss
Maryland - Lawmakers Get Lesson on Global Warming and the Bay: With House vote looming, Chesapeake serves as site for hearing (Baltimore Sun)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/bal-md.bay24jun24,0,2096064.story
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Cable TV’s Big Worry: Taming the Web (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/business/media/24pay.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Japan Offers Faster Speeds, Lower Prices than US, Report Documents (Broadband Census)
http://broadbandcensus.com/2009/06/japan-offers-faster-speeds-lower-prices-than-us-report-documents/
GENERAL NEWS
Cost-Cutting - Mason County Eliminates Director of Budget and Finance Position (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7620/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-ELIMINATES-DIRECTOR-OF-BUDGET-AND-FINANCE-POSITION/Default.aspx
Mason County Reaps Benefits of Bidding Climate (Kmas Radio, Shelton, Wa)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7618/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-REAPS-BENEFITS-OF-BIDDING-CLIMATE/Default.aspx
Tahuya Paramedic Service Hangs in Balance as Contract Runs Out (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/23/tahuya-paramedic-service-hangs-in-balance-as-out/?partner=RSS
State Supreme Court Hears Library Filter Arguments (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/24/court-hears-library-filter-arguments/
Seattle Restaurant Owner Paid Workers to Enter Into Sham Marriages (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19835937/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_4pm&tmi=sea_4pm_1_06000206232009&ts=H
Including Bauxite - China Hoarding Building Blocks to Recovery, U.S. Charges (Globe and Mail, Canada)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/china-hoarding-building-blocks-to-recovery-us-charges/article1194438/
DIVERSIONS
Woman Says Money Too Fake To Be Felony - worked with counterfeiters to pass off photocopied $100 bills in the store in exchange for gift cards
http://www.kirotv.com/politics/19822595/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_nots&tmi=sea_nots_1_01000106232009&ts=H
Fifteen Los Angeles Students Denied Diplomas after Protesting Planned Teacher Layoffs
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12673203
Kids' "Power Station" Sparks Radiation Alert
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE55M6ME20090623?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Turkey Lands in Manure Truck's Cab, Causing Crash
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_turkey_truck_crash;_ylt=AuBZCUAD4j5RP0Y1BXPAL3XtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTM0NDZsOWxuBGFzc2V0Ay9hcC8yMDA5MDYyNC9hcF9vbl9mZV9zdC91c19vZGRfdHVya2V5X3RydWNrX2NyYXNoBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9oZWFkbGluZV9saXN0BHNsawN0dXJrZXlsYW5kc2k-
SONG OF THE DAY
Steve Miller Band - Take the Money and Run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFGZufk4HFs
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Chelan PUD to Replace Bonds with New
- Chelan PUD to Offer Billing Online By January
- Wall Street Journal Op/Ed - The New Nuclear Revolution
- Court Rules against NE States in Power Grid Suit
- Wildfire Protection – San Diego Votes against Utility's Power Shutoff Plan
- Oregon - Savage Rapids Lesson: Removing Dams No Easy Task
- Snohomish County Restoring Salmon Habitat
- Canadian Fisheries Report Find Colder Ocean Water Good for Salmon
- Alaska Biologists Eye Ocean Shifts' Effect on Salmon
- Backyard Beekeepers Could Help Save Periled Population
- NYC Beekeepers Swarm City Hall to Protest Ban
- State Officials Issue Final Report on Yakima River Basin Water Needs
- Water Seeping Through Howard Hanson Dam Is Picking Up Speed
- Carlsborg Sewer Costs Raise Residents' Concerns
- Proposal Would Raise Stormwater Utility Rates
- Get the Dulcolax - Second Boring Machine Stuck In Kingco Sewage Tunnel
- Proposed Skamania County Wind Farm Intrusion To Hikers?
- Oregon - Umatilla County to Weigh Barring Turbines from Blue Mountains
- Land Use Fuels Wind Debate
- U.S. Awards Exploratory Leases for Offshore Wind
- Experts Say Wind Energy Key to Oklahoma Economy
- Baird Becomes Maverick On Federal Energy Bill
- Solar Industry to See Faster Than Expected Growth
- Ocean Renewable Energy Has Huge Potential But Not Without Giant Hurdles
- Energy Dept Sees Renewable Energy Loan Rules Soon
- Meltdown 101: Where Are The Renewable Energy Jobs?
- Seattle's Biodiesel Producer Hoping For a Comeback
- Deep in Bedrock, Clean Energy and Quake Fears
- Vermont School District Shifts to Wood Pellets
- Editorial - Green Politicians Thrive When Economy Goes South
- Tropical Plant Shows Promise as Biomass Energy Source
- Recycling Refrigerators Saves Money and the Environment
- Microsoft Debuts Power Conservation Website
- Vote Set on House Climate Bill
- Lobbying Frenzy Begins as House Climate Bill Heads for Floor
- Farm Groups Prevail as House Climate Bill Puts USDA in Charge of Ag Offsets
- Putting A Financial Spin On Global Warming
- Pennsylvania Utilities, Industry Lining Up Behind Clean-Energy Act
- Op/Ed - Reduce Carbon Emissions Now: Focus On Vehicle Emissions
- Fighting Climate Change at Mount Rainier and Other National Parks
- Maryland - Lawmakers Get Lesson on Global Warming and the Bay
- Cable TV’s Big Worry: Taming the Web
- Japan Offers Faster Speeds, Lower Prices than US, Report Documents
- Cost-Cutting - Mason County Eliminates Director of Budget and Finance Position
- Mason County Reaps Benefits of Bidding Climate
- Tahuya Paramedic Service Hangs in Balance as Contract Runs Out
- State Supreme Court Hears Library Filter Arguments
- Seattle Restaurant Owner Paid Workers to Enter Into Sham Marriages
- Including Bauxite - China Hoarding Building Blocks to Recovery, U.S. Charges
WORD OF THE DAY
Cavalcade • \kav-ul-KAYD\ • noun – 1a: a procession of riders or carriages b: a procession of vehicles or ships 2: a dramatic sequence or procession: series
Alfred came stumbling into the room; his bumbling entrance reminded his friend Bert of a crazed kind of “Rube Golberg” machine. The arrival was nothing more than a cavalcade of tripping, pratfalls, apologies, breaking glass, and the distant sound of a screeching cat.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
Chelan PUD to Replace Bonds with New (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090623/NEWS04/706239968
Chelan PUD to Offer Billing Online By January (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090623/NEWS04/706239950/0/SPORTS04?Chelan-PUD-to-offer-billing-online-by-January
Wall Street Journal Op/Ed - The New Nuclear Revolution. Safe fission power is our future; if regulators allow it.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124580572129645069.html
Court Rules against NE States in Power Grid Suit (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/23/ap6578437.html
Wildfire Protection – San Diego votes against utility's power shutoff plan (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2084121~SD_supes_vote_against_utility_s_power_shutoff_plan.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon - Savage Rapids Lesson: Removing Dams No Easy Task (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5281-savage-rapids-lesson-removing-dams-no-easy-task/
Snohomish County Restoring Salmon Habitat - Some farmers are opposed to the loss of farmland on Smith Island (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090624/NEWS01/706249791/-1/RSS02
Canadian Fisheries Report Find Colder Ocean Water Good for Salmon (Seattle Times)
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/reeltimenorthwest/2009/06/23/canadian_fisheries_report_foun.html
Alaska Biologists Eye Ocean Shifts' Effect on Salmon (Fairbanks News Miner)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jun/23/biologists-wonder-if-ocean-shifts-affect-salmon/
Backyard Beekeepers Could Help Save Periled Population (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/48963471.html
NYC Beekeepers Swarm City Hall to Protest Ban (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009374828_apusnycbeekeepersabuzz2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
State Officials Issue Final Report on Yakima River Basin Water Needs (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2009/06/23/ecology-officials-issue-final-report-on-yakima-river-basin-water-needs
Water Seeping Through Howard Hanson Dam Is Picking Up Speed (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009376179_leakingdam24m.html?syndication=rss
Carlsborg Sewer Costs Raise Residents' Concerns (Sequim Gazette)
http://www.sequimgazette.com/topstory/articleDetail.exm/Index/article/2009-06-24_Carlsborg_sewer_costs_raise_residents__concerns/
Proposal Would Raise Stormwater Utility Rates - Clean Water Act: Requires monitoring, pollution prevention (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/890438.html
Get the Dulcolax - Second Boring Machine Stuck In Kingco Sewage Tunnel (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009377511_apwasewagetunnel.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Proposed Skamania County Wind Farm Intrusion To Hikers? (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090624/NEWS02/706249957/Proposed+wind+farm+intrusion+to+hikers
Oregon - Umatilla County to Weigh Barring Turbines from Blue Mountains (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/umatilla_county_to_weigh_barri.html
Land Use Fuels Wind Debate (Boston Herald)
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/20090624land_use_fuels_wind_debate/srvc=business&position=recent_bullet
U.S. Awards Exploratory Leases for Offshore Wind (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55M6G920090623
Experts Say Wind Energy Key to Oklahoma Economy (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/23/ap6578750.html
Baird Becomes Maverick On Federal Energy Bill; Warns It Hurts Local Biomass Effort (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/politicsblog/story/890263.html
Solar Industry to See Faster Than Expected Growth (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009372808_apussolarutilities.html?syndication=rss
Ocean Renewable Energy Has Huge Potential But Not Without Giant Hurdles (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/ocean-renewable-energy-has-huge-potential-but-not-without-giant-hurdles?cmpid=rss
Energy Dept Sees Renewable Energy Loan Rules Soon (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN236811620090623
Meltdown 101: Where Are The Renewable Energy Jobs? (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009373936_apusmeltdown101greenjobs.html?syndication=rss
Seattle's Biodiesel Producer Hoping For a Comeback (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062309ENB_seattle-biodiesel-imperium-JM.1c3054b2.html?rss
Deep in Bedrock, Clean Energy and Quake Fears (NY Times – Honey, I broke the planet!)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/business/energy-environment/24geotherm.html?hp
Vermont School District Shifts to Wood Pellets (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/vermont-school-district-shifts-to-wood-pellets?cmpid=rss
Denver Post Editorial - Green Politicians Thrive When Economy Goes South
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_12673389
Tropical Plant Shows Promise as Biomass Energy Source (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5283-tropical-plants-shows-promise-biomass-energy-source/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Recycling Refrigerators Saves Money and the Environment (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062409WAB-refrigerator-recycling-LJ.1104f16.html
Microsoft Debuts Power Conservation Website (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/24/AR2009062401017.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Vote Set on House Climate Bill - Cap-and-Trade Legislation Advances Despite Some Resistance (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/06/23/ST2009062303474.html
Lobbying Frenzy Begins as House Climate Bill Heads for Floor (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/06/23/23greenwire-lobbying-frenzy-begins-as-house-climate-bill-he-7715.html
Farm Groups Prevail as House Climate Bill Puts USDA in Charge of Ag Offsets (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/24/24climatewire-farm-groups-prevail-as-house-climate-bill-pu-24287.html
Putting A Financial Spin On Global Warming - Climate change is a potential environmental disaster; but it's also potentially an economic opportunity. (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105834436&ft=1&f=3
Pennsylvania Utilities, Industry Lining Up Behind Clean-Energy Act (Philadelphia Business Today)
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20090624_PhillyDeals__Pa__utilities__industry_lining_up_behind_clean-energy_act.html
Salem Statesman-Journal Op/Ed - Reduce Carbon Emissions Now: Focus On Vehicle Emissions
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090624/OPINION/906240464/1049
Fighting Climate Change at Mount Rainier and Other National Parks (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2009375042_webnationalparks23.html?syndication=rss
Maryland - Lawmakers Get Lesson on Global Warming and the Bay: With House vote looming, Chesapeake serves as site for hearing (Baltimore Sun)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/bal-md.bay24jun24,0,2096064.story
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Cable TV’s Big Worry: Taming the Web (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/business/media/24pay.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Japan Offers Faster Speeds, Lower Prices than US, Report Documents (Broadband Census)
http://broadbandcensus.com/2009/06/japan-offers-faster-speeds-lower-prices-than-us-report-documents/
GENERAL NEWS
Cost-Cutting - Mason County Eliminates Director of Budget and Finance Position (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7620/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-ELIMINATES-DIRECTOR-OF-BUDGET-AND-FINANCE-POSITION/Default.aspx
Mason County Reaps Benefits of Bidding Climate (Kmas Radio, Shelton, Wa)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7618/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-REAPS-BENEFITS-OF-BIDDING-CLIMATE/Default.aspx
Tahuya Paramedic Service Hangs in Balance as Contract Runs Out (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/23/tahuya-paramedic-service-hangs-in-balance-as-out/?partner=RSS
State Supreme Court Hears Library Filter Arguments (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/24/court-hears-library-filter-arguments/
Seattle Restaurant Owner Paid Workers to Enter Into Sham Marriages (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19835937/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_4pm&tmi=sea_4pm_1_06000206232009&ts=H
Including Bauxite - China Hoarding Building Blocks to Recovery, U.S. Charges (Globe and Mail, Canada)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/china-hoarding-building-blocks-to-recovery-us-charges/article1194438/
DIVERSIONS
Woman Says Money Too Fake To Be Felony - worked with counterfeiters to pass off photocopied $100 bills in the store in exchange for gift cards
http://www.kirotv.com/politics/19822595/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_nots&tmi=sea_nots_1_01000106232009&ts=H
Fifteen Los Angeles Students Denied Diplomas after Protesting Planned Teacher Layoffs
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12673203
Kids' "Power Station" Sparks Radiation Alert
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE55M6ME20090623?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Turkey Lands in Manure Truck's Cab, Causing Crash
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_turkey_truck_crash;_ylt=AuBZCUAD4j5RP0Y1BXPAL3XtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTM0NDZsOWxuBGFzc2V0Ay9hcC8yMDA5MDYyNC9hcF9vbl9mZV9zdC91c19vZGRfdHVya2V5X3RydWNrX2NyYXNoBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9oZWFkbGluZV9saXN0BHNsawN0dXJrZXlsYW5kc2k-
SONG OF THE DAY
Steve Miller Band - Take the Money and Run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFGZufk4HFs
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Energy News Digest for June 23, 2009
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
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Thieves Hit BPA Potlatch Substation near Hoodsport. Reward Offered
- Snohomish PUD To Seek Rate Increases More Often
- Oregon Forces Pollution Cuts at Portland General Electric Coal Plant
- Utah - US Needs 100 More Nuclear Power Plants
- Study Says Wyoming Coal Essential to Energy Future
- Seattle Garbage Truck Brings Down Power Pole
- National Lightning Safety Awareness Week
- Rogue River - Oregon Dam Deconstruction Takes Break for Fish
- NY Times Editorial - Ocean Rescue from Overfishing
- Report Critical Of Point Reyes Seashore's Take on Farms
- Contract for Shelton’s Kneeland Park Pump Station Awarded
- Oregon - Klamath Dams Removal Bill Goes To Governor
- Could Cowlitz Surges Fix Silt Problems?
- Justices Say Waste Can Be Dumped in Alaska Lake
- Portland General Electric Begins Generation at Biglow Canyon Wind Farm
- Funds Scarce For Alternative Energy Projects
- Can Wind Power Get Up to Speed?
- Wind, (The Myth Of) Backup Power and Emissions
- Solar Project Meets Bigger Foe than Cloudy Skie
- San Jose Closer to Being First U.S. City with Biogas Plant
- Energy Conservation - Stimulus Makes Local Impact
- Columbia Credit Union Earns Green Design Honor
- California Startup's Prefab Homes Aim for Zero Energy Bills
- Eco-Consultants Help Navigate Green Minefield
- Oakland Green Job Corps Grads Get To Work
- House Climate Bill Remains in Holding Pattern
- Word Games Could Threaten Climate Bill
- U.S. Climate Fix To Cost Consumers $175 a Year
- Montana Crowd Protests Cap-And-Trade Proposal (
- United Kingdom - Deforestation Plan for Britain Splits Green Groups
- Ancient Drought and Rapid Cooling Drastically Altered Climate
- Microsoft Hires Yahoo Data Center Exec
- Yahoo to Write Down As Much As $34M for Layoffs
- MySpace to Cut Two-Thirds of Staff Outside U.S.
- A Weak Spot in Our Cyber Defenses
- Grandmas Tell AT&T: We Don't Want Metered Billing Either
- Web Browser Enters a Golden Age
- Shot Across the Bow over Cost Savings for Fire Service
- Washington Highway Funds Stretch
- Bids Lower Than Expected For Idaho Road Projects
- Four Kids Sicced Pit Bull on Women in SeaTac, Cops Say
- Washington State's Top Prisons Doctor Quit Over Execution Policy
- State Audit Rips Apart King County
- Montana City Ends Policy Seeking Internet Passwords
- Editorial - Oregon Follows Suit on Metal Theft Laws
- The Wonder of Mars in Its Seasonal Glory
WORD OF THE DAY
Gumption • \GUMP-shun\ • noun – 1: common sense, horse sense 2: enterprise, initiative
Expertly guiding his team of six horses, the wizened stagecoach driver suspiciously eyed the fresh-faced guard assigned to watch over the chest of gold nuggets stashed under the wildly swaying seat. He absently shifted his quid of chewing tobacco and spat at a hovering fly, all the time wondering of the guard, nicknamed “Buttercup,” would have the gumption to protect the treasure on board the coach, or flee at the first sign of robbers or restive natives.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
Copper Thieves Hit Potlatch Substation, BPA Offers $25,000 Reward for Info (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062209WAB-bonnevile-copper-thieves-TP.17040c7d.html
Thieves Hit BPA Potlatch Substation near Hoodsport. Reward Offered (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=562
Snohomish PUD To Seek Rate Increases More Often - Officials say the move would help them maintain the power grid better (Everett Herald, WA)
http://heraldnet.com/article/20090623/NEWS01/706239910
Oregon Forces Pollution Cuts at Portland General Electric's Coal-Fired Power Plant (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/oregon_forces_pollution_cuts_a.html
Utah - US Needs 100 More Nuclear Power Plants: But with Yucca Mountain plan dead, what to do with the hot waste piling up across the country? (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12666571
Study Says Wyoming Coal Essential to Energy Future (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/22/ap6573521.html
Seattle Garbage Truck Brings Down Power Pole (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19821251/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_4pm&tmi=sea_4pm_1_06000206222009&ts=H
National Lightning Safety Awareness Week (KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10573262
FISH & WILDLIFE
Rogue River - Oregon Dam Deconstruction Takes Break for Fish (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2080924~Ore__dam_deconstruction_takes_break_for_fish.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
NY Times Editorial - Ocean Rescue: Most of the world’s important commercial fish species have been declining for years. The biggest cause of the deterioration in ocean health…is overfishing
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/opinion/22mon1.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Report Critical Of Point Reyes Seashore's Take on Farms – Including Aquaculture? (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12663374
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Contract for Shelton’s Kneeland Park Pump Station Awarded (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7604/reftab/1632/t/CONTRACT-FOR-KNEELAND-PARK-PUMP-STATION-AWARDED/Default.aspx
Oregon - Klamath Dams Removal Bill Goes To Governor (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2081587~Klamath_dams_removal_bill_goes_to_governor.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Could Cowlitz Surges Fix Silt Problems? Mossyrock Dam: Corps Exploring Several Options for Managing Tons of Sediment from Mount St. Helens (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/06/22/news//doc4a3fc0e52b8db967649388.txt
Justices Say Waste Can Be Dumped in Alaska Lake (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/us/23alaska.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Portland General Electric Begins Power Generation at Biglow Canyon Wind Farm (iStock Analyst)
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3277097
Funds Scarce For Alternative Energy Projects (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/06/22/local_news/doc4a3fd056ec579567846160.txt
Can Wind Power Get Up to Speed? (Time Magazine)
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1906507,00.html
Wind, (The Myth Of) Backup Power and Emissions (Energy Pulse)
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=2078
Solar Project Meets Bigger Foe than Cloudy Skies: The Air Force - Opposition to Plant Highlights Hurdles Facing Renewable Energy (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/19/AR2009061903404.html?wprss=rss_business
San Jose Closer to Being First U.S. City with Biogas Plant (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12650797
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Conservation - Stimulus Makes Local Impact (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/889253.html
Columbia Credit Union Earns Green Design Honor (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090623/BIZ01/706239988/-1/BIZ
California Startup's Prefab Homes Aim for Zero Energy Bills (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/22/BURR187SSG.DTL&feed=rss.news
Eco-Consultants Help Navigate Green Minefield (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/22/BUTR18A1KA.DTL&feed=rss.business
Oakland Green Job Corps Grads Get To Work (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/22/BUJP18BMCL.DTL&feed=rss.news
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
House Climate Bill Remains in Holding Pattern (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/22/22climatewire-house-climate-bill-remains-in-holding-patter-56278.html
Word Games Could Threaten Climate Bill (Politico.com)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/24059.html
U.S. Climate Fix To Cost Consumers $175 a Year: CBO (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55L57O20090622
Montana Crowd Protests Cap-And-Trade Proposal (Billings Gazette, MT)
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/06/23/news/local/26-protest.txt
United Kingdom - Deforestation Plan for Britain Which Has Split Green Groups: cutting down trees to enhance wildlife habitat? (The Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/5300490/Deforestation-plan-for-Britain-which-has-split-green-groups.html
Ancient Drought and Rapid Cooling Drastically Altered Climate (US News & World Report)
http://www.usnews.com/articles/science/2009/06/22/ancient-drought-and-rapid-cooling-drastically-altered-climate.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft Hires Yahoo Data Center Exec (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/06/22/daily11.html?ana=from_rss
Yahoo to Write Down As Much As $34M for Layoffs (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12648681
MySpace to Cut Two-Thirds of Staff Outside U.S. (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/technology/companies/24myspace.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A Weak Spot in Our Cyber Defenses (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/22/AR2009062202485.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
Grandmas Tell AT&T: We Don't Want Metered Billing Either - 'We grandmothers know a rip off when we seen one...' (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Grandmas-Tell-ATT-We-Dont-Want-Metered-Billing-Either-103080
Web Browser Enters a Golden Age (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12625109
GENERAL NEWS
Shot Across the Bow - City of Shelton Sending Letter to Dist. Five Inquiring About Cost Savings for Fire Service (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7607/reftab/1632/t/CITY-SENDING-LETTER-TO-FIRE-FIVE-INQUIRING-ABOUT-COST-SAVINGS-FOR-FIRE-SERVICE/Default.aspx
Washington Highway Funds Stretch - Lower-than-expected bids mean money left over for additional projects (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/787150.html
Bids Lower Than Expected For Idaho Road Projects (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/888802.html
Four Kids Sicced Pit Bull on Women In SeaTac, Cops Say (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009371116_pitbull23m.html
Washington State's Top Prisons Doctor Quit Over Execution Policy (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009370884_deathpenalty23m.html?syndication=rss
State Audit Rips Apart King County (KIRO Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=181400
Montana City Ends Policy Seeking Internet Passwords (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2082538~Mont__city_ends_policy_seeking_Internet_passwords.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Columbian Editorial - Oregon Follows Suit: New law that cracks down on metal thieves brings state in line with Washington (Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090623/OPINION02/706239994/-1/OPINION
The Wonder of Mars in Its Seasonal Glory (The Independent, UK)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-wonder-of-mars-in-its-seasonal-glory-1714144.html
DIVERSIONS
Which Way to Bay? Baby Sea Lion Rescued On Freeway
http://www.examiner.com/a-2081445~Which_way_to_Bay__Baby_sea_lion_rescued_on_freeway.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Sorry, Paul Simon, Kodak's Taking Kodachrome Away
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12663537
Mind Your BlackBerry or Mind Your Manners
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/us/22smartphones.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Woman Puts Man in Sleeper Hold, Stops Bank Heist
http://www.examiner.com/a-2081948~Woman_puts_man_in_sleeper_hold__stops_bank_heist.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
SONG OF THE DAY Expected AND Unexpected
Paul Simon - Kodachrome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hSXKjHDKkY
Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46bkXgxb66E
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Thieves Hit BPA Potlatch Substation near Hoodsport. Reward Offered
- Snohomish PUD To Seek Rate Increases More Often
- Oregon Forces Pollution Cuts at Portland General Electric Coal Plant
- Utah - US Needs 100 More Nuclear Power Plants
- Study Says Wyoming Coal Essential to Energy Future
- Seattle Garbage Truck Brings Down Power Pole
- National Lightning Safety Awareness Week
- Rogue River - Oregon Dam Deconstruction Takes Break for Fish
- NY Times Editorial - Ocean Rescue from Overfishing
- Report Critical Of Point Reyes Seashore's Take on Farms
- Contract for Shelton’s Kneeland Park Pump Station Awarded
- Oregon - Klamath Dams Removal Bill Goes To Governor
- Could Cowlitz Surges Fix Silt Problems?
- Justices Say Waste Can Be Dumped in Alaska Lake
- Portland General Electric Begins Generation at Biglow Canyon Wind Farm
- Funds Scarce For Alternative Energy Projects
- Can Wind Power Get Up to Speed?
- Wind, (The Myth Of) Backup Power and Emissions
- Solar Project Meets Bigger Foe than Cloudy Skie
- San Jose Closer to Being First U.S. City with Biogas Plant
- Energy Conservation - Stimulus Makes Local Impact
- Columbia Credit Union Earns Green Design Honor
- California Startup's Prefab Homes Aim for Zero Energy Bills
- Eco-Consultants Help Navigate Green Minefield
- Oakland Green Job Corps Grads Get To Work
- House Climate Bill Remains in Holding Pattern
- Word Games Could Threaten Climate Bill
- U.S. Climate Fix To Cost Consumers $175 a Year
- Montana Crowd Protests Cap-And-Trade Proposal (
- United Kingdom - Deforestation Plan for Britain Splits Green Groups
- Ancient Drought and Rapid Cooling Drastically Altered Climate
- Microsoft Hires Yahoo Data Center Exec
- Yahoo to Write Down As Much As $34M for Layoffs
- MySpace to Cut Two-Thirds of Staff Outside U.S.
- A Weak Spot in Our Cyber Defenses
- Grandmas Tell AT&T: We Don't Want Metered Billing Either
- Web Browser Enters a Golden Age
- Shot Across the Bow over Cost Savings for Fire Service
- Washington Highway Funds Stretch
- Bids Lower Than Expected For Idaho Road Projects
- Four Kids Sicced Pit Bull on Women in SeaTac, Cops Say
- Washington State's Top Prisons Doctor Quit Over Execution Policy
- State Audit Rips Apart King County
- Montana City Ends Policy Seeking Internet Passwords
- Editorial - Oregon Follows Suit on Metal Theft Laws
- The Wonder of Mars in Its Seasonal Glory
WORD OF THE DAY
Gumption • \GUMP-shun\ • noun – 1: common sense, horse sense 2: enterprise, initiative
Expertly guiding his team of six horses, the wizened stagecoach driver suspiciously eyed the fresh-faced guard assigned to watch over the chest of gold nuggets stashed under the wildly swaying seat. He absently shifted his quid of chewing tobacco and spat at a hovering fly, all the time wondering of the guard, nicknamed “Buttercup,” would have the gumption to protect the treasure on board the coach, or flee at the first sign of robbers or restive natives.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
Copper Thieves Hit Potlatch Substation, BPA Offers $25,000 Reward for Info (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062209WAB-bonnevile-copper-thieves-TP.17040c7d.html
Thieves Hit BPA Potlatch Substation near Hoodsport. Reward Offered (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=562
Snohomish PUD To Seek Rate Increases More Often - Officials say the move would help them maintain the power grid better (Everett Herald, WA)
http://heraldnet.com/article/20090623/NEWS01/706239910
Oregon Forces Pollution Cuts at Portland General Electric's Coal-Fired Power Plant (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/oregon_forces_pollution_cuts_a.html
Utah - US Needs 100 More Nuclear Power Plants: But with Yucca Mountain plan dead, what to do with the hot waste piling up across the country? (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12666571
Study Says Wyoming Coal Essential to Energy Future (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/22/ap6573521.html
Seattle Garbage Truck Brings Down Power Pole (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19821251/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_4pm&tmi=sea_4pm_1_06000206222009&ts=H
National Lightning Safety Awareness Week (KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10573262
FISH & WILDLIFE
Rogue River - Oregon Dam Deconstruction Takes Break for Fish (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2080924~Ore__dam_deconstruction_takes_break_for_fish.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
NY Times Editorial - Ocean Rescue: Most of the world’s important commercial fish species have been declining for years. The biggest cause of the deterioration in ocean health…is overfishing
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/opinion/22mon1.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Report Critical Of Point Reyes Seashore's Take on Farms – Including Aquaculture? (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12663374
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Contract for Shelton’s Kneeland Park Pump Station Awarded (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7604/reftab/1632/t/CONTRACT-FOR-KNEELAND-PARK-PUMP-STATION-AWARDED/Default.aspx
Oregon - Klamath Dams Removal Bill Goes To Governor (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2081587~Klamath_dams_removal_bill_goes_to_governor.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Could Cowlitz Surges Fix Silt Problems? Mossyrock Dam: Corps Exploring Several Options for Managing Tons of Sediment from Mount St. Helens (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/06/22/news//doc4a3fc0e52b8db967649388.txt
Justices Say Waste Can Be Dumped in Alaska Lake (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/us/23alaska.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Portland General Electric Begins Power Generation at Biglow Canyon Wind Farm (iStock Analyst)
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3277097
Funds Scarce For Alternative Energy Projects (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/06/22/local_news/doc4a3fd056ec579567846160.txt
Can Wind Power Get Up to Speed? (Time Magazine)
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1906507,00.html
Wind, (The Myth Of) Backup Power and Emissions (Energy Pulse)
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=2078
Solar Project Meets Bigger Foe than Cloudy Skies: The Air Force - Opposition to Plant Highlights Hurdles Facing Renewable Energy (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/19/AR2009061903404.html?wprss=rss_business
San Jose Closer to Being First U.S. City with Biogas Plant (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12650797
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Conservation - Stimulus Makes Local Impact (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/889253.html
Columbia Credit Union Earns Green Design Honor (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090623/BIZ01/706239988/-1/BIZ
California Startup's Prefab Homes Aim for Zero Energy Bills (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/22/BURR187SSG.DTL&feed=rss.news
Eco-Consultants Help Navigate Green Minefield (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/22/BUTR18A1KA.DTL&feed=rss.business
Oakland Green Job Corps Grads Get To Work (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/22/BUJP18BMCL.DTL&feed=rss.news
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
House Climate Bill Remains in Holding Pattern (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/22/22climatewire-house-climate-bill-remains-in-holding-patter-56278.html
Word Games Could Threaten Climate Bill (Politico.com)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/24059.html
U.S. Climate Fix To Cost Consumers $175 a Year: CBO (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55L57O20090622
Montana Crowd Protests Cap-And-Trade Proposal (Billings Gazette, MT)
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/06/23/news/local/26-protest.txt
United Kingdom - Deforestation Plan for Britain Which Has Split Green Groups: cutting down trees to enhance wildlife habitat? (The Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/5300490/Deforestation-plan-for-Britain-which-has-split-green-groups.html
Ancient Drought and Rapid Cooling Drastically Altered Climate (US News & World Report)
http://www.usnews.com/articles/science/2009/06/22/ancient-drought-and-rapid-cooling-drastically-altered-climate.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft Hires Yahoo Data Center Exec (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/06/22/daily11.html?ana=from_rss
Yahoo to Write Down As Much As $34M for Layoffs (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12648681
MySpace to Cut Two-Thirds of Staff Outside U.S. (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/technology/companies/24myspace.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A Weak Spot in Our Cyber Defenses (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/22/AR2009062202485.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
Grandmas Tell AT&T: We Don't Want Metered Billing Either - 'We grandmothers know a rip off when we seen one...' (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Grandmas-Tell-ATT-We-Dont-Want-Metered-Billing-Either-103080
Web Browser Enters a Golden Age (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12625109
GENERAL NEWS
Shot Across the Bow - City of Shelton Sending Letter to Dist. Five Inquiring About Cost Savings for Fire Service (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7607/reftab/1632/t/CITY-SENDING-LETTER-TO-FIRE-FIVE-INQUIRING-ABOUT-COST-SAVINGS-FOR-FIRE-SERVICE/Default.aspx
Washington Highway Funds Stretch - Lower-than-expected bids mean money left over for additional projects (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/787150.html
Bids Lower Than Expected For Idaho Road Projects (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/888802.html
Four Kids Sicced Pit Bull on Women In SeaTac, Cops Say (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009371116_pitbull23m.html
Washington State's Top Prisons Doctor Quit Over Execution Policy (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009370884_deathpenalty23m.html?syndication=rss
State Audit Rips Apart King County (KIRO Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=181400
Montana City Ends Policy Seeking Internet Passwords (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2082538~Mont__city_ends_policy_seeking_Internet_passwords.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Columbian Editorial - Oregon Follows Suit: New law that cracks down on metal thieves brings state in line with Washington (Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090623/OPINION02/706239994/-1/OPINION
The Wonder of Mars in Its Seasonal Glory (The Independent, UK)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-wonder-of-mars-in-its-seasonal-glory-1714144.html
DIVERSIONS
Which Way to Bay? Baby Sea Lion Rescued On Freeway
http://www.examiner.com/a-2081445~Which_way_to_Bay__Baby_sea_lion_rescued_on_freeway.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Sorry, Paul Simon, Kodak's Taking Kodachrome Away
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12663537
Mind Your BlackBerry or Mind Your Manners
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/us/22smartphones.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Woman Puts Man in Sleeper Hold, Stops Bank Heist
http://www.examiner.com/a-2081948~Woman_puts_man_in_sleeper_hold__stops_bank_heist.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
SONG OF THE DAY Expected AND Unexpected
Paul Simon - Kodachrome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hSXKjHDKkY
Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46bkXgxb66E
Monday, June 22, 2009
Energy News Digest for June 22, 2009
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
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Jefferson PUD, Puget Sound Energy to Begin Formal Discussions on Electricity Transfer
- Grays Harbor PUD - Distribution of Refunds from BPA Overpayment Depended On Timing
- Ephrata Delays Grant PUD Transmission Line Opinion
- Planned Power Outage for North Shore Road to Accommodate County Road Repairs
- Linemen Compete In Fifth-Annual Rodeo
- Lab Testing Itron Meters’ Security
- Op/Ed - Efficiency, Renewable Energy Better Bets Than Gambling Anew On Nuclear Power
- Editorial - Pedernales Electric Cooperative: Many enablers led to indictments in scandal
- Michigan Customers, Utilities Feel Heat As Unpaid Bills Mount
- Op/Ed - Electricity Choices Benefit Consumers
- Editorial - Public Power Too Risky For Larkspur (Novato, CA)
- Editorial - A New TVA Energy Strategy
- Under House Energy Bill, Coal Won't Be Going Away
- Has the salmon debate changed?
- Summer Salmon Fishing Should Be Great
- Hood Canal Summer Chum Recovering, but Still Face Some Challenges
- Gulf of Alaska's Salmon Become Scarce As Ocean Currents Shift
- NOAA Issues Recovery Plan for Lake Ozette Fish
- Obama Climate Change Report Discusses Pacific Salmon
- Omak Creek - Tribes Welcome Back First Salmon
- Future Up In Air for Olympia Bat Colony
- Many Green-Friendly Bills Don't Make the Cut in Oregon
- Op/Ed - Protecting Oregon's Water (I’m lookin’ at you Nestle!)
- Hanford Workers Clean Up Chemical-Filled Pipeline near Columbia River
- County, Chelan/Grant PUDs Studying Slime in Lake Wenatchee
- Sustainable Is Now the Word in Klamath County
- Colorado’s Yampa River Runs with Possibility and Protest
- Rekindling Wood Energy in America
- Oregon’s Loggers See Potential in Waste Wood
- The Switch: Could Oregon’s Trees Make Us Energy Exporter?
- Editorial - Slow Down the Rush of Siting Wind Turbines in Our Blue Mountains
- Many Roadblocks to Getting Wind Energy Going On Great Lakes
- Wind Power Blocked By 'Glass Ceiling'
- Small Wind Turbines See Gust in Sales, Thanks In Part to Tax Credits
- Hawaii Paying Nearly Twice Market Rate For Solar Power
- Washington State Has Steady Growth in Clean Energy Jobs
- Port Orchard Sewage Plant's Gas Helps It Move Away From the Grid
- Op/Ed - Washington State Must Not Delay Biodiesel Goals
- Drawn by the Glow of Greener Streets
- GE Water Heater Cuts Energy Use in Half
- Fight over Greenhouse Gases Comes to Montana
- Critics Fault Climate-Change Legislation
- Climate Change Bill's Effect on Midwest Debated
- “Burpless” Cows Attribute Success to Omega 3 Rich Diet
- 'Synthetic Tree' Claims To Catch Carbon in the Air
- Boxlight: A Poulsbo Parable of Boom, Bust ... and Bounceback?
- Editorial - A Broadband Vision for the Federal Communications Commission
- The Metered Billing Fight Is About To Get Ugly
- Better Connections: Phone Co-Op Brings Tech to Homes
- Port Angeles - Human Remains Found At Elwha Dam Removal Site
- Tribe Settles Lawsuits over Port Angeles Burial Site
- Navy Holding Hearings on New Hood Canal Bangor Wharf
- Columnist - Don't Try To Intimidate People Who Sign Initiative Petitions
- Washington State Lawmakers' Expenses Tallied
- Mammoth Report Faults Seattle Street-Division Managers
WORD OF THE DAY
Oologist • \oh-ALL-uh-just\ • noun – 1: a person specializing in the study of birds' eggs 2: a collector of birds' eggs
On the farm, we were all amateur oologists, sneaking from nest to nest to gather the still-warm eggs from gently clucking hens.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Jefferson PUD, Puget Sound Energy to Begin Formal Discussions on Electricity Transfer (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090621/news/306219990
Grays Harbor PUD - Distribution of Refunds from BPA Overpayment Depended On Timing (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/06/21/local_news/doc4a3dcd1ca0c3e628124286.txt
Ephrata Delays Grant PUD Transmission Line Opinion (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/19/news/doc4a3c0493667c8074394881.txt
Planned Power Outage for North Shore Road to Accommodate County Road Repairs (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7579/reftab/1632/t/PLANNED-POWER-OUTAGE-FOR-NORTH-SHORE-ROAD-TO-ACCOMMODATE-COUNTY-ROAD-REPAIRS/Default.aspx
Linemen Compete In Fifth-Annual Rodeo (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090622/NEWS04/706229966/-1/PRINTINDEX?Linemen-compete-in-fifth-annual-rodeo
Lab Testing Itron Meters’ Security - Goal is to protect U.S. power grid from attack (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/20/lab-testing-itron-meters-security/
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Efficiency, Renewable Energy Better Bets Than Gambling Anew On Nuclear Power
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009360789_guest20patton.html
Austin American-Statesman Editorial - Pedernales Electric Cooperative: Many enablers led to indictments in scandal (Texas)
http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/2009/06/20/0620pec_edit.html
Michigan Customers, Utilities Feel Heat As Unpaid Bills Mount (Detroit Free Press, MI)
http://www.freep.com/article/20090622/NEWS06/906220353/Customers++utilities+feel+heat+as+unpaid+bills+mount
Baltimore Sun Op/Ed - Electricity Choices Benefit Consumers
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.energy22jun22,0,5970948.story
Marin Independent Journal - Public Power Too Risky For Larkspur (Novato, CA)
http://www.marinij.com/opinion/ci_12662492
Chattanooga Times Free Press Editorial - A New TVA Energy Strategy
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/jun/21/6-21-t1-a-new-tva-energy-strategy/?opiniontimes
Under House Energy Bill, Coal Won't Be Going Away (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-coal22-2009jun22,0,6722721.story
FISH & WILDLIFE
Has the salmon debate changed? Breaching dams seems no more likely under a new administration. But the fervor for keeping them has died down, too, and that opens the door for discussion (The Idaho Statesman, Boise – Um, Rocky, your headline is belied by your editorial content: “…two-thirds of voters oppose breaching the dams…”)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/809447.html
Summer Salmon Fishing Should Be Great (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009363985_outn21.html
Hood Canal Summer Chum Recovering, but Still Face Some Challenges (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/20/hood-canal-summer-chum-recovering-but-still-face/
Gulf of Alaska's Salmon Become Scarce As Ocean Currents Shift (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://www.adn.com/outdoors/fishing/story/838015.html
NOAA Issues Recovery Plan for Lake Ozette Fish (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090622/news/306229987
Obama Climate Change Report Discusses Pacific Salmon (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/obama_climate_change_report_di.html
Omak Creek - Tribes Welcome Back First Salmon (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090620/NEWS04/706209954
Future Up In Air For Olympia Bat Colony - Restoration plan might jeopardize roost of thousands (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/888267.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Many Green-Friendly Bills Don't Make the Cut in Oregon (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/many_greenfriendly_bills_dont.html
Oregonian Op/Ed - Protecting Oregon's Water (I’m lookin’ at you Nestle!)
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/06/protecting_oregons_water.html
Hanford Workers Clean Up Chemical-Filled Pipeline near Columbia River (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/786243.html
County, Chelan/Grant PUDs Studying Slime in Lake Wenatchee (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090619/NEWS04/706199950/1001/NEWS04
Sustainable Is Now the Word in Klamath County (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/06/klamath_falls_theres_no.html
Colorado’s Yampa River Runs with Possibility and Protest (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105334111&ft=1&f=3
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Rekindling Wood Energy in America - If not properly crafted, new renewable electricity policies will waste biomass energy (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/rekindling-wood-energy-in-america?cmpid=rss
Oregon’s Loggers See Potential in Waste Wood - Jobs, energy may be created from slash piles (Associated Press)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/785507.html
The Switch: Could Oregon’s Trees Make Us Energy Exporter? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5268-switch-could-oregons-trees-make-us-energy-exporter/
East Oregonian Editorial - Slow Down the Rush of Siting Wind Turbines in Our Blue Mountains
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=14&SubSectionID=50&ArticleID=94268
Many Roadblocks to Getting Wind Energy Going On Great Lakes (The Muskegon Chronicle, MI)
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2009/06/many_roadblocks_to_getting_win.html
Wind Power Blocked By 'Glass Ceiling' - Aging transmission system mutes vast potential in S.D. (Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, SD)
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20090622/NEWS/906220329/1001
Small Wind Turbines See Gust in Sales, Thanks In Part to Tax Credits (Finance & Commerce)
http://www.finance-commerce.com/article.cfm/2009/06/20/Small-wind-turbines-see-gust-in-sales-thanks-in-part-to-tax-credits
Hawaii Paying Nearly Twice Market Rate For Solar Power - Officials locked in price that's twice as much as current consumer rate (Honolulu Advertiser, HI)
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090621/NEWS01/906210372/Hawaii+paying+nearly+twice+market+rate+for+solar+power+
Washington State Has Steady Growth in Clean Energy Jobs (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10565902
Port Orchard Sewage Plant's Gas Helps It Move Away From the Grid (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/19/sewage-plants-gas-helps-it-move-away-from-the/?partner=RSS
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Washington State Must Not Delay Biodiesel Goals
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009367152_guest22plaza.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Drawn by the Glow of Greener Streets - Despite Costs, Md. Town Seeks LED Street Lamps (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/21/AR2009062101945.html
GE Water Heater Cuts Energy Use in Half (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnGreenGadgets/idUS343668364920090622
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Fight over Greenhouse Gases Comes to Montana (Billings Gazette, MT – A hot air balloon, how ironic)
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/06/20/news/local/18-greenhouse.txt
Critics Fault Climate-Change Legislation (Hearst Newspapers)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/21/MNCE18AEOP.DTL&feed=rss.news
Climate Change Bill's Effect on Midwest Debated - Some see states suffering; others see economic benefit (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, WI)
http://www.jsonline.com/business/48736377.html
“Burpless” Cows Attribute Success to Omega 3 Rich Diet (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-11634-Hartford-Vegetarian-Examiner~y2009m6d22-Burpless-cows-attribute-success-to-Omega-3-rich-diet
'Synthetic Tree' Claims To Catch Carbon in the Air “…Half of your emissions come from small, distributed sources where collection at the site is either impossible or impractical…” (CNN Technology)
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/06/22/synthetic.tree.climate.change.ccs/index.html#cnnSTCText
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Boxlight: A Poulsbo Parable of Boom, Bust ... and Bounceback? (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/20/new-boxlight-comes-from-the-unwinding-of-the-old/?partner=RSS
Seattle Times Editorial - A Broadband Vision for the Federal Communications Commission
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorials/2009367150_edit22feds.html?syndication=rss
The Metered Billing Fight Is About To Get Ugly - Think tanks, astroturfers and policy flaks fire up unreality engines (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-Metered-Billing-Fight-Is-About-To-Get-Ugly-103043
Better Connections: Phone Co-Op Brings Tech to Homes (San Antonio Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2009/06/22/focus3.html?ana=from_rss
GENERAL NEWS
Port Angeles - Human Remains Found At Elwha Dam Removal Site (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/4860
Tribe Settles Lawsuits over Port Angeles Burial Site (Indian Country Today)
http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1665&Itemid=72
Navy Holding Hearings on New Hood Canal Bangor Wharf (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10571964
Seattle Times Columnist - Don't Try To Intimidate People Who Sign Initiative Petitions
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009360799_ryan21.html
Washington State Lawmakers' Expenses Tallied (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/887643.html
Mammoth Report Faults Seattle Street-Division Managers (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009362606_cityreport20m.html
DIVERSIONS
Ah, a Relaxing Cruise: Women Assault Cops in Melee On Cruise Ship
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/48732602.html
Indiana Lawyer Found Asleep In Neighbor’s Trash Can
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19801669/detail.html
Dutch Muggers Caught On Google Street View Camera
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE55I38C20090619?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
SONG OF THE DAY
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrBDivsSe3k
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Jefferson PUD, Puget Sound Energy to Begin Formal Discussions on Electricity Transfer
- Grays Harbor PUD - Distribution of Refunds from BPA Overpayment Depended On Timing
- Ephrata Delays Grant PUD Transmission Line Opinion
- Planned Power Outage for North Shore Road to Accommodate County Road Repairs
- Linemen Compete In Fifth-Annual Rodeo
- Lab Testing Itron Meters’ Security
- Op/Ed - Efficiency, Renewable Energy Better Bets Than Gambling Anew On Nuclear Power
- Editorial - Pedernales Electric Cooperative: Many enablers led to indictments in scandal
- Michigan Customers, Utilities Feel Heat As Unpaid Bills Mount
- Op/Ed - Electricity Choices Benefit Consumers
- Editorial - Public Power Too Risky For Larkspur (Novato, CA)
- Editorial - A New TVA Energy Strategy
- Under House Energy Bill, Coal Won't Be Going Away
- Has the salmon debate changed?
- Summer Salmon Fishing Should Be Great
- Hood Canal Summer Chum Recovering, but Still Face Some Challenges
- Gulf of Alaska's Salmon Become Scarce As Ocean Currents Shift
- NOAA Issues Recovery Plan for Lake Ozette Fish
- Obama Climate Change Report Discusses Pacific Salmon
- Omak Creek - Tribes Welcome Back First Salmon
- Future Up In Air for Olympia Bat Colony
- Many Green-Friendly Bills Don't Make the Cut in Oregon
- Op/Ed - Protecting Oregon's Water (I’m lookin’ at you Nestle!)
- Hanford Workers Clean Up Chemical-Filled Pipeline near Columbia River
- County, Chelan/Grant PUDs Studying Slime in Lake Wenatchee
- Sustainable Is Now the Word in Klamath County
- Colorado’s Yampa River Runs with Possibility and Protest
- Rekindling Wood Energy in America
- Oregon’s Loggers See Potential in Waste Wood
- The Switch: Could Oregon’s Trees Make Us Energy Exporter?
- Editorial - Slow Down the Rush of Siting Wind Turbines in Our Blue Mountains
- Many Roadblocks to Getting Wind Energy Going On Great Lakes
- Wind Power Blocked By 'Glass Ceiling'
- Small Wind Turbines See Gust in Sales, Thanks In Part to Tax Credits
- Hawaii Paying Nearly Twice Market Rate For Solar Power
- Washington State Has Steady Growth in Clean Energy Jobs
- Port Orchard Sewage Plant's Gas Helps It Move Away From the Grid
- Op/Ed - Washington State Must Not Delay Biodiesel Goals
- Drawn by the Glow of Greener Streets
- GE Water Heater Cuts Energy Use in Half
- Fight over Greenhouse Gases Comes to Montana
- Critics Fault Climate-Change Legislation
- Climate Change Bill's Effect on Midwest Debated
- “Burpless” Cows Attribute Success to Omega 3 Rich Diet
- 'Synthetic Tree' Claims To Catch Carbon in the Air
- Boxlight: A Poulsbo Parable of Boom, Bust ... and Bounceback?
- Editorial - A Broadband Vision for the Federal Communications Commission
- The Metered Billing Fight Is About To Get Ugly
- Better Connections: Phone Co-Op Brings Tech to Homes
- Port Angeles - Human Remains Found At Elwha Dam Removal Site
- Tribe Settles Lawsuits over Port Angeles Burial Site
- Navy Holding Hearings on New Hood Canal Bangor Wharf
- Columnist - Don't Try To Intimidate People Who Sign Initiative Petitions
- Washington State Lawmakers' Expenses Tallied
- Mammoth Report Faults Seattle Street-Division Managers
WORD OF THE DAY
Oologist • \oh-ALL-uh-just\ • noun – 1: a person specializing in the study of birds' eggs 2: a collector of birds' eggs
On the farm, we were all amateur oologists, sneaking from nest to nest to gather the still-warm eggs from gently clucking hens.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Jefferson PUD, Puget Sound Energy to Begin Formal Discussions on Electricity Transfer (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090621/news/306219990
Grays Harbor PUD - Distribution of Refunds from BPA Overpayment Depended On Timing (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/06/21/local_news/doc4a3dcd1ca0c3e628124286.txt
Ephrata Delays Grant PUD Transmission Line Opinion (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/19/news/doc4a3c0493667c8074394881.txt
Planned Power Outage for North Shore Road to Accommodate County Road Repairs (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7579/reftab/1632/t/PLANNED-POWER-OUTAGE-FOR-NORTH-SHORE-ROAD-TO-ACCOMMODATE-COUNTY-ROAD-REPAIRS/Default.aspx
Linemen Compete In Fifth-Annual Rodeo (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090622/NEWS04/706229966/-1/PRINTINDEX?Linemen-compete-in-fifth-annual-rodeo
Lab Testing Itron Meters’ Security - Goal is to protect U.S. power grid from attack (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/20/lab-testing-itron-meters-security/
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Efficiency, Renewable Energy Better Bets Than Gambling Anew On Nuclear Power
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009360789_guest20patton.html
Austin American-Statesman Editorial - Pedernales Electric Cooperative: Many enablers led to indictments in scandal (Texas)
http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/2009/06/20/0620pec_edit.html
Michigan Customers, Utilities Feel Heat As Unpaid Bills Mount (Detroit Free Press, MI)
http://www.freep.com/article/20090622/NEWS06/906220353/Customers++utilities+feel+heat+as+unpaid+bills+mount
Baltimore Sun Op/Ed - Electricity Choices Benefit Consumers
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.energy22jun22,0,5970948.story
Marin Independent Journal - Public Power Too Risky For Larkspur (Novato, CA)
http://www.marinij.com/opinion/ci_12662492
Chattanooga Times Free Press Editorial - A New TVA Energy Strategy
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/jun/21/6-21-t1-a-new-tva-energy-strategy/?opiniontimes
Under House Energy Bill, Coal Won't Be Going Away (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-coal22-2009jun22,0,6722721.story
FISH & WILDLIFE
Has the salmon debate changed? Breaching dams seems no more likely under a new administration. But the fervor for keeping them has died down, too, and that opens the door for discussion (The Idaho Statesman, Boise – Um, Rocky, your headline is belied by your editorial content: “…two-thirds of voters oppose breaching the dams…”)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/809447.html
Summer Salmon Fishing Should Be Great (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009363985_outn21.html
Hood Canal Summer Chum Recovering, but Still Face Some Challenges (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/20/hood-canal-summer-chum-recovering-but-still-face/
Gulf of Alaska's Salmon Become Scarce As Ocean Currents Shift (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://www.adn.com/outdoors/fishing/story/838015.html
NOAA Issues Recovery Plan for Lake Ozette Fish (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090622/news/306229987
Obama Climate Change Report Discusses Pacific Salmon (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/obama_climate_change_report_di.html
Omak Creek - Tribes Welcome Back First Salmon (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090620/NEWS04/706209954
Future Up In Air For Olympia Bat Colony - Restoration plan might jeopardize roost of thousands (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/888267.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Many Green-Friendly Bills Don't Make the Cut in Oregon (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/many_greenfriendly_bills_dont.html
Oregonian Op/Ed - Protecting Oregon's Water (I’m lookin’ at you Nestle!)
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/06/protecting_oregons_water.html
Hanford Workers Clean Up Chemical-Filled Pipeline near Columbia River (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/786243.html
County, Chelan/Grant PUDs Studying Slime in Lake Wenatchee (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090619/NEWS04/706199950/1001/NEWS04
Sustainable Is Now the Word in Klamath County (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/06/klamath_falls_theres_no.html
Colorado’s Yampa River Runs with Possibility and Protest (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105334111&ft=1&f=3
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Rekindling Wood Energy in America - If not properly crafted, new renewable electricity policies will waste biomass energy (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/rekindling-wood-energy-in-america?cmpid=rss
Oregon’s Loggers See Potential in Waste Wood - Jobs, energy may be created from slash piles (Associated Press)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/785507.html
The Switch: Could Oregon’s Trees Make Us Energy Exporter? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5268-switch-could-oregons-trees-make-us-energy-exporter/
East Oregonian Editorial - Slow Down the Rush of Siting Wind Turbines in Our Blue Mountains
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=14&SubSectionID=50&ArticleID=94268
Many Roadblocks to Getting Wind Energy Going On Great Lakes (The Muskegon Chronicle, MI)
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2009/06/many_roadblocks_to_getting_win.html
Wind Power Blocked By 'Glass Ceiling' - Aging transmission system mutes vast potential in S.D. (Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, SD)
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20090622/NEWS/906220329/1001
Small Wind Turbines See Gust in Sales, Thanks In Part to Tax Credits (Finance & Commerce)
http://www.finance-commerce.com/article.cfm/2009/06/20/Small-wind-turbines-see-gust-in-sales-thanks-in-part-to-tax-credits
Hawaii Paying Nearly Twice Market Rate For Solar Power - Officials locked in price that's twice as much as current consumer rate (Honolulu Advertiser, HI)
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090621/NEWS01/906210372/Hawaii+paying+nearly+twice+market+rate+for+solar+power+
Washington State Has Steady Growth in Clean Energy Jobs (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10565902
Port Orchard Sewage Plant's Gas Helps It Move Away From the Grid (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/19/sewage-plants-gas-helps-it-move-away-from-the/?partner=RSS
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Washington State Must Not Delay Biodiesel Goals
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009367152_guest22plaza.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Drawn by the Glow of Greener Streets - Despite Costs, Md. Town Seeks LED Street Lamps (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/21/AR2009062101945.html
GE Water Heater Cuts Energy Use in Half (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnGreenGadgets/idUS343668364920090622
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Fight over Greenhouse Gases Comes to Montana (Billings Gazette, MT – A hot air balloon, how ironic)
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/06/20/news/local/18-greenhouse.txt
Critics Fault Climate-Change Legislation (Hearst Newspapers)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/21/MNCE18AEOP.DTL&feed=rss.news
Climate Change Bill's Effect on Midwest Debated - Some see states suffering; others see economic benefit (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, WI)
http://www.jsonline.com/business/48736377.html
“Burpless” Cows Attribute Success to Omega 3 Rich Diet (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-11634-Hartford-Vegetarian-Examiner~y2009m6d22-Burpless-cows-attribute-success-to-Omega-3-rich-diet
'Synthetic Tree' Claims To Catch Carbon in the Air “…Half of your emissions come from small, distributed sources where collection at the site is either impossible or impractical…” (CNN Technology)
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/06/22/synthetic.tree.climate.change.ccs/index.html#cnnSTCText
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Boxlight: A Poulsbo Parable of Boom, Bust ... and Bounceback? (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/20/new-boxlight-comes-from-the-unwinding-of-the-old/?partner=RSS
Seattle Times Editorial - A Broadband Vision for the Federal Communications Commission
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorials/2009367150_edit22feds.html?syndication=rss
The Metered Billing Fight Is About To Get Ugly - Think tanks, astroturfers and policy flaks fire up unreality engines (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-Metered-Billing-Fight-Is-About-To-Get-Ugly-103043
Better Connections: Phone Co-Op Brings Tech to Homes (San Antonio Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2009/06/22/focus3.html?ana=from_rss
GENERAL NEWS
Port Angeles - Human Remains Found At Elwha Dam Removal Site (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/4860
Tribe Settles Lawsuits over Port Angeles Burial Site (Indian Country Today)
http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1665&Itemid=72
Navy Holding Hearings on New Hood Canal Bangor Wharf (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10571964
Seattle Times Columnist - Don't Try To Intimidate People Who Sign Initiative Petitions
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009360799_ryan21.html
Washington State Lawmakers' Expenses Tallied (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/887643.html
Mammoth Report Faults Seattle Street-Division Managers (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009362606_cityreport20m.html
DIVERSIONS
Ah, a Relaxing Cruise: Women Assault Cops in Melee On Cruise Ship
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/48732602.html
Indiana Lawyer Found Asleep In Neighbor’s Trash Can
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19801669/detail.html
Dutch Muggers Caught On Google Street View Camera
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE55I38C20090619?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
SONG OF THE DAY
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrBDivsSe3k
Friday, June 19, 2009
Energy News Digest for June 19, 2009
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
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Avista Dams Relicensed - Avista plan reflects new emphasis on recreation, environment
- Hastings Leads Efforts for Yucca Mountain Money
- Portland General Electric Expands Board
- California State Senator Asks for Probe of Blackouts in San Francisco
- Janitor Gets Six Years in Tennessee Nuclear Parts Theft
- Sick California Sea Lions Present a Mystery
- Crapo Warns He'll Filibuster Clean Water Bill
- Plankton Bloom Colors Hood Canal
- Olympian Editorial - Sound Cleanup Will Go Better With Victoria On Board
- Water Quality Institute Invites Students
- Cowlitz PUD Shares National Wind Power Award for White Creek Development
- California State Regulators Approve Rooftop Solar Panel Plan
- A Move to Put the Union Label on Solar Power Plants
- California - Pacific Gas & Electric Opposes Two Solar-Power Bills
- Feds: Wind Farms Trick Radar
- City of Seattle Halts Biodiesel Purchases, Looks For Greener Fuel
- Oil Giants Filling Up On Troubled Ethanol Plants
- New Windows Can Lower Your Energy Bill, but Might Not Boost Your Bottom Line
- Reps. Waxman, Peterson Inch Closer to Consensus on Climate Bill
- House Republicans Courted On Climate Change Bill
- Rural Electric Co-ops Threaten Climate Deal
- Eastern U.S. States Raise $104.2 Million in Carbon Auction
- Global Warming: Want To See Northwest Impacts? Just Look Around
- Central Idaho Town to Keep Free Wireless Internet
- New York - Yahoo Data Center Deal Tied To Verizon Line
- China Disables Some Google Functions
- Microsoft Readies Free PC Security Software
- Microsoft CEO Says Bing Off To Good Start
- First Sign of Return Fire from Google
- Search-Engine Rankings Released for May
- Overnight Western Washington Rain Ends Record-Tying 29-Day Streak
- On The Watch for El Niño - Drier-than-normal days lead up to summer in South Sound
- Gregoire Orders Deeper Cutting - State revenue forecast shrinks by $500 million
- Shelton-Mason County Chamber Selects Next Executive Director
- State Senator Parlette headed to Canada
- Oklahoma Senator Cries Pork Over Washington State's Stimulus Funds
- North Carolina Safety Violation - Inquiry into Fatal Slim-Jim Factory Blast
- Montana - City Of Bozeman Asks Applicants for Personal Internet Passwords
- Supreme Court Decision Endangers Ruling on L&I Public Records Request and Penalty
WORD OF THE DAY
Trine • \TRĪNE\ • noun – 1: a group of three: triad 2: the trine astrological aspect of two celestial bodies
Alex was at a loss. He was wrapping up his soon to be book about a trio of French musketeers and their adventures. Mrs. Dumas was stuck on making it simple, “Just call it the ‘Three Musketeers’,” she shrieked from the kitchen, “It’s the simplest solution.” But Alex still wasn’t sure. He’d been toying with something different. “Her suggestion makes it sound like some futuristic candy-bar,” he grumped. “The Trine Musketeers just sounds so much more magical.”
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
Power Play: Avista Dams Relicensed - Avista plan reflects new emphasis on recreation, environment (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/19/power-play/
Hastings Leads Efforts for Yucca Mountain Money (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/618413.html
Portland General Electric Expands Board (Portland Business Journal “…it goes to eleven…”)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/06/15/daily48.html?ana=from_rss
California State Senator Asks for Probe of Blackouts in San Francisco (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/19/BA38189U3D.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Janitor Gets Six Years in Tennessee Nuclear Parts Theft (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/18/national/a122956D07.DTL&feed=rss.business
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sick California Sea Lions Present a Mystery (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/19/MNV81886FR.DTL&feed=rss.news
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Crapo Warns He'll Filibuster Clean Water Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/885768.html
Plankton Bloom Colors Hood Canal (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/17/plankton-bloom-colors-hood-canal/
Olympian Editorial - Sound Cleanup Will Go Better With Victoria On Board
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/886059.html
Water Quality Institute Invites Students (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/18/news/doc4a3ac2b5326f3811916183.txt
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Cowlitz PUD Shares National Wind Power Award for White Creek Development (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/19/area_news/doc4a3b216295581147166672.txt
California State Regulators Approve Rooftop Solar Panel Plan (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2076525~State_regulators_approve_rooftop_solar_panel_plan.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
A Move to Put the Union Label on Solar Power Plants (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/business/energy-environment/19unions.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
California - Pacific Gas & Electric Opposes Two Solar-Power Bills (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12620166
Feds: Wind Farms Trick Radar (The Sun Journal, Lewistown, ME)
http://www.sunjournal.com/story/322630-3/RiverValley/Feds_Wind_farms_trick_radar/
City Of Seattle Halts Biodiesel Purchases, Looks For Greener Fuel - 'Not all biodiesels are the same' (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/407384_fuel19.html?source=rss
Oil Giants Filling Up On Troubled Ethanol Plants (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009357460_ethanolplants190.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
New Windows Can Lower Your Energy Bill, but Might Not Boost Your Bottom Line (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/19/AR2009061901424.html?wprss=rss_business
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Reps. Waxman, Peterson Inch Closer to Consensus on Climate Bill (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/19/19climatewire-reps-waxman-peterson-inch-closer-to-consensu-32658.html
House Republicans Courted On Climate Change Bill (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55H6EV20090618
Rural Electric Co-ops Threaten Climate Deal (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/19/19climatewire-rural-electric-co-ops-threaten-climate-deal-98492.html
Eastern U.S. States Raise $104.2 Million in Carbon Auction (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BusinessofGreen/idUSTRE55I3EN20090619
Seattle P-I Columnist - Global Warming: Want To See Northwest Impacts? Just Look Around
http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/407375_joel19.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Central Idaho Town to Keep Free Wireless Internet (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/885535.html
New York - Yahoo Data Center Deal Tied To Verizon Line (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/06/15/daily56.html?ana=yfcpc
China Disables Some Google Functions (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/world/asia/20beijing.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Microsoft Readies Free PC Security Software (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/18/financial/f132244D72.DTL&feed=rss.business
Microsoft CEO Says Bing Off To Good Start (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/171540.asp?source=pimail
First Sign of Return Fire from Google (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/171553.asp?source=pimail
Search-Engine Rankings Released for May (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/171541.asp?source=pimail
GENERAL NEWS
Overnight Western Washington Rain Ends Record-Tying 29-Day Streak (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009358728_webdryspell19m.html?syndication=rss
On The Watch for El Niño - Drier-than-normal days lead up to summer in South Sound (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/886017.html
Gregoire Orders Deeper Cutting - State revenue forecast shrinks by $500 million (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/19/gregoire-orders-deeper-cutting/
Shelton-Mason County Chamber Selects Next Executive Director (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7562/reftab/1632/t/CHAMBER-SELECTS-NEXT-EXECUTIVE-DIRECTOR-/Default.aspx
State Senator Parlette headed to Canada (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090618/NEWS04/706189946/1001/NEWS04
Oklahoma Senator Cries Pork Over Washington State's Stimulus Funds (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/48571947.html
North Carolina Safety Violation - Inquiry Into Fatal Slim-Jim Factory Blast (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/us/19brfs-INQUIRYINTOF_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Montana - City Of Bozeman Asks Applicants for Personal Internet Passwords (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2077097~City_asks_applicants_for_Internet_passwords.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Supreme Court Decision Endangers Ruling on L&I Public Records Request and Penalty (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/783721.html
DIVERSIONS
Unveiling the Blinking Phone Dress
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE55H47I20090618?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Man Dressing as Dead Mother Is Latest Twist on Collecting Deceased Relatives’ Benefits
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2009/June/Man-Dresses-as-Dead-Mother-in-Six-Year-Fraud-Scheme.html
Man Surprised By Python on Toilet
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19776863/detail.html
GPS Makers to Use Homer Simpson's Voice
http://www.kirotv.com/technology/19777078/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
John Fred and His Playboy Band – Judy in Disguise (Trippy Fantasia Mash-Up)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JCmKIXF7Fg
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Avista Dams Relicensed - Avista plan reflects new emphasis on recreation, environment
- Hastings Leads Efforts for Yucca Mountain Money
- Portland General Electric Expands Board
- California State Senator Asks for Probe of Blackouts in San Francisco
- Janitor Gets Six Years in Tennessee Nuclear Parts Theft
- Sick California Sea Lions Present a Mystery
- Crapo Warns He'll Filibuster Clean Water Bill
- Plankton Bloom Colors Hood Canal
- Olympian Editorial - Sound Cleanup Will Go Better With Victoria On Board
- Water Quality Institute Invites Students
- Cowlitz PUD Shares National Wind Power Award for White Creek Development
- California State Regulators Approve Rooftop Solar Panel Plan
- A Move to Put the Union Label on Solar Power Plants
- California - Pacific Gas & Electric Opposes Two Solar-Power Bills
- Feds: Wind Farms Trick Radar
- City of Seattle Halts Biodiesel Purchases, Looks For Greener Fuel
- Oil Giants Filling Up On Troubled Ethanol Plants
- New Windows Can Lower Your Energy Bill, but Might Not Boost Your Bottom Line
- Reps. Waxman, Peterson Inch Closer to Consensus on Climate Bill
- House Republicans Courted On Climate Change Bill
- Rural Electric Co-ops Threaten Climate Deal
- Eastern U.S. States Raise $104.2 Million in Carbon Auction
- Global Warming: Want To See Northwest Impacts? Just Look Around
- Central Idaho Town to Keep Free Wireless Internet
- New York - Yahoo Data Center Deal Tied To Verizon Line
- China Disables Some Google Functions
- Microsoft Readies Free PC Security Software
- Microsoft CEO Says Bing Off To Good Start
- First Sign of Return Fire from Google
- Search-Engine Rankings Released for May
- Overnight Western Washington Rain Ends Record-Tying 29-Day Streak
- On The Watch for El Niño - Drier-than-normal days lead up to summer in South Sound
- Gregoire Orders Deeper Cutting - State revenue forecast shrinks by $500 million
- Shelton-Mason County Chamber Selects Next Executive Director
- State Senator Parlette headed to Canada
- Oklahoma Senator Cries Pork Over Washington State's Stimulus Funds
- North Carolina Safety Violation - Inquiry into Fatal Slim-Jim Factory Blast
- Montana - City Of Bozeman Asks Applicants for Personal Internet Passwords
- Supreme Court Decision Endangers Ruling on L&I Public Records Request and Penalty
WORD OF THE DAY
Trine • \TRĪNE\ • noun – 1: a group of three: triad 2: the trine astrological aspect of two celestial bodies
Alex was at a loss. He was wrapping up his soon to be book about a trio of French musketeers and their adventures. Mrs. Dumas was stuck on making it simple, “Just call it the ‘Three Musketeers’,” she shrieked from the kitchen, “It’s the simplest solution.” But Alex still wasn’t sure. He’d been toying with something different. “Her suggestion makes it sound like some futuristic candy-bar,” he grumped. “The Trine Musketeers just sounds so much more magical.”
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
Power Play: Avista Dams Relicensed - Avista plan reflects new emphasis on recreation, environment (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/19/power-play/
Hastings Leads Efforts for Yucca Mountain Money (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/618413.html
Portland General Electric Expands Board (Portland Business Journal “…it goes to eleven…”)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/06/15/daily48.html?ana=from_rss
California State Senator Asks for Probe of Blackouts in San Francisco (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/19/BA38189U3D.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Janitor Gets Six Years in Tennessee Nuclear Parts Theft (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/18/national/a122956D07.DTL&feed=rss.business
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sick California Sea Lions Present a Mystery (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/19/MNV81886FR.DTL&feed=rss.news
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Crapo Warns He'll Filibuster Clean Water Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/885768.html
Plankton Bloom Colors Hood Canal (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/17/plankton-bloom-colors-hood-canal/
Olympian Editorial - Sound Cleanup Will Go Better With Victoria On Board
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/886059.html
Water Quality Institute Invites Students (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/18/news/doc4a3ac2b5326f3811916183.txt
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Cowlitz PUD Shares National Wind Power Award for White Creek Development (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/19/area_news/doc4a3b216295581147166672.txt
California State Regulators Approve Rooftop Solar Panel Plan (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2076525~State_regulators_approve_rooftop_solar_panel_plan.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
A Move to Put the Union Label on Solar Power Plants (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/business/energy-environment/19unions.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
California - Pacific Gas & Electric Opposes Two Solar-Power Bills (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12620166
Feds: Wind Farms Trick Radar (The Sun Journal, Lewistown, ME)
http://www.sunjournal.com/story/322630-3/RiverValley/Feds_Wind_farms_trick_radar/
City Of Seattle Halts Biodiesel Purchases, Looks For Greener Fuel - 'Not all biodiesels are the same' (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/407384_fuel19.html?source=rss
Oil Giants Filling Up On Troubled Ethanol Plants (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009357460_ethanolplants190.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
New Windows Can Lower Your Energy Bill, but Might Not Boost Your Bottom Line (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/19/AR2009061901424.html?wprss=rss_business
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Reps. Waxman, Peterson Inch Closer to Consensus on Climate Bill (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/19/19climatewire-reps-waxman-peterson-inch-closer-to-consensu-32658.html
House Republicans Courted On Climate Change Bill (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55H6EV20090618
Rural Electric Co-ops Threaten Climate Deal (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/19/19climatewire-rural-electric-co-ops-threaten-climate-deal-98492.html
Eastern U.S. States Raise $104.2 Million in Carbon Auction (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BusinessofGreen/idUSTRE55I3EN20090619
Seattle P-I Columnist - Global Warming: Want To See Northwest Impacts? Just Look Around
http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/407375_joel19.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Central Idaho Town to Keep Free Wireless Internet (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/885535.html
New York - Yahoo Data Center Deal Tied To Verizon Line (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/06/15/daily56.html?ana=yfcpc
China Disables Some Google Functions (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/world/asia/20beijing.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Microsoft Readies Free PC Security Software (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/18/financial/f132244D72.DTL&feed=rss.business
Microsoft CEO Says Bing Off To Good Start (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/171540.asp?source=pimail
First Sign of Return Fire from Google (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/171553.asp?source=pimail
Search-Engine Rankings Released for May (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/171541.asp?source=pimail
GENERAL NEWS
Overnight Western Washington Rain Ends Record-Tying 29-Day Streak (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009358728_webdryspell19m.html?syndication=rss
On The Watch for El Niño - Drier-than-normal days lead up to summer in South Sound (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/886017.html
Gregoire Orders Deeper Cutting - State revenue forecast shrinks by $500 million (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/19/gregoire-orders-deeper-cutting/
Shelton-Mason County Chamber Selects Next Executive Director (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7562/reftab/1632/t/CHAMBER-SELECTS-NEXT-EXECUTIVE-DIRECTOR-/Default.aspx
State Senator Parlette headed to Canada (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090618/NEWS04/706189946/1001/NEWS04
Oklahoma Senator Cries Pork Over Washington State's Stimulus Funds (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/48571947.html
North Carolina Safety Violation - Inquiry Into Fatal Slim-Jim Factory Blast (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/us/19brfs-INQUIRYINTOF_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Montana - City Of Bozeman Asks Applicants for Personal Internet Passwords (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2077097~City_asks_applicants_for_Internet_passwords.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Supreme Court Decision Endangers Ruling on L&I Public Records Request and Penalty (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/783721.html
DIVERSIONS
Unveiling the Blinking Phone Dress
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE55H47I20090618?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Man Dressing as Dead Mother Is Latest Twist on Collecting Deceased Relatives’ Benefits
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2009/June/Man-Dresses-as-Dead-Mother-in-Six-Year-Fraud-Scheme.html
Man Surprised By Python on Toilet
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19776863/detail.html
GPS Makers to Use Homer Simpson's Voice
http://www.kirotv.com/technology/19777078/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
John Fred and His Playboy Band – Judy in Disguise (Trippy Fantasia Mash-Up)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JCmKIXF7Fg
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