Here's a link to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling today on the Bonneville Power Administration's deals with direct service industries (DSI's) in the Pacific Northwest. More likely in tomorrow's edition of the energy news digest.
Please note: this links to a 65 page PDF File
Opinion for: PACIFIC NORTHWEST V. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Energy News Digest for August 5, 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.
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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Portland General Electric Facing Lower Earnings & Pressure for More Renewable Power
• Avista Corp. Reports Second Quarter Results
• Yakama Nation Starts Producing Its Own Electricity
• US Senate Denies Obama Bid to Ax Rural Energy Grants
• Chelan PUD’s Debt Is Heading Toward The $1 Billion Barrier
• Northwest Natural Gas to Cut Up To 100 Jobs
• Planned Power Outage for Mason County PUD 1 Customers
• Two More to Be Charged In Great Lakes Energy Electric Coop Embezzlement
• Critics Take New Step to Block Kansas Coal Plant
• United Kingdom Told to Triple Nuclear Share of Power Generation
• Rep. Jim McDermott Wants to Study Snake River Dam Removal
• Hastings to Fight McDermott Snake River Dam Bill
• Ex-Governors Urge White House to Address Columbia Salmon Runs
• Editorial - Prepare For Dam Removal
• Everett & Mukilteo Volunteers Hope to Turn Tires into Salmon
• Vote On California Marine Preserves Roiled By Board Shake-Up
• After Decades in Seattle, NOAA Vessels to Ship Out
• The NOAA Exodus: What Went Wrong?
• Gregoire Says Start Conserving Water
• Three Running for Position with Little-Known Belfair Water District
• Radon Rises Into Thurston County
• Teddy Roosevelt: Seattle's Pioneer Environmentalist?
• Editorial - No ‘Winner’ Needed: When it comes to wind turbines & birds
• Solar Energy Firm Eyes Vancouver, WA
• Snohomish PUD Closer To Tidal Power
• Oregon - Biodiesel Blending Latest Effort by State
• BPA Sponsors Wind Forecast Competition
• Bills Would Boost Renewable Energy, Storage
• Op/Ed – Biomass: Clean, Renewable Answer to Energy Challenges
• Colorado - Xcel Drops Proposed Solar-Power Fee
• How Will Utilities Make Money as Photovoltaics Continue to Grow?
• Is Biogas the Way to San Jose's Energy Independence?
• Canada - Winds of Change Rock Wolfe Island
• United Kingdom - Wind Turbine Firm Vestas Wins Order to End Sit-In
• Spokane Habitat Affiliate Wins Funding For ‘Green’ Homes
• Energy Bill - Real Estate Industry Blocks Disclosure of Building Energy Use
• Utah's Four-Day Workweek Cuts Energy Use 13 Percent
• Nova Scotia Power Can't Tap Consumers for Conservation-Related Losses
• Dividing the Loot from Cap & Trade
• House Bill Will Spur 20% Electricity-Price Hike by 2030
• US Consumers Spared Big Costs in Climate Bill
• Climate Change Astroturf - Additional Forged Letters to Congress Uncovered
• PNNL: Lab to Get $5.7 Million for Climate Change Research, Smart Grid Wor
• Waterworld - Response to Climate Change: Seasteading
• Wiring Rural America: Which Technology Is Best?
• Microsoft to Hire At Least 400 Yahoo Workers
• Pacific Northwest - Four-State Cooperative Sets Sights on Rural Broadband
• European Union Reasserts Lead in Broadband Connections
• White House Struggles To Fill Cyber Czar Post
• Nobody's Complaining About Comcast's New Throttling
• Can Free Web Applications Lead To Revenue?
• Wash. Fire Crews Brace for New Storms
• State Patrol Says Troopers with Fake Diplomas Should Be Fired
• Small Construction Mistake at Port of Seattle May Cost $1 Million
• Federal Indian Official Meets With Tribes at Kamilche
• Free Speech Dilemma in Port Angeles Council Race
• Congressman Jim McDermott Is Hiring
WORD OF THE DAY
Idee Fixe • \ee-DAY - Feex\ • noun - An idea that dominates one's mind especially for a prolonged period: obsession
Like a fanboy with a fully-restored, digitally-mastered version of the 1978 “Star Wars Holiday Special”, Dilbert’s idée fixe was the upcoming release of the new “G-I Joe” movie. He had bundled his collection of posable dolls (still in their original, unopened packaging) to the theater to camp out for the first, prime seat to watch the movie…two weeks before the show was to start.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Portland General Electric Facing Lower Earnings & Pressure for More Renewable Power (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5544-pge-facing-lower-earnings-and-pressure-more-renewable-power/
Avista Corp. Reports Second Quarter Results (PR Newswire)
http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-05-2009/0005072085&EDATE
Yakama Nation Starts Producing Its Own Electricity (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/08/03/tribe-starts-producing-its-own-power
High Energy Cost Grant Program - US Senate Denies Obama Bid to Ax Rural Energy Grants (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gBPaHA8wyvhZsKWPW8Uxp30QpfqgD99RMQR00
Chelan PUD’s Debt Is Heading Toward The $1 Billion Barrier (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090804/NEWS04/708049929?PUD%E2%80%99-s-debt-is-heading-toward-the-$1-billion-barrier
Northwest Natural Gas to Cut Up To 100 Jobs (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/03/daily20.html?ana=from_rss
Planned Power Outage for Mason County PUD 1 Customers (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7946/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Two More to Be Charged In Great Lakes Energy Electric Cooperative Embezzlement (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
http://www.gaylordheraldtimes.com/articles/2009/08/04/news/local_news/doc4a785845b6a31735669877.txt
Critics Take New Step to Block Kansas Coal Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/08/04/ap6736359.html
United Kingdom Told to Triple Nuclear Share of Power Generation (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=a_Zqy214Vb58
FISH & WILDLIFE
Rep. Jim McDermott Wants to Study Snake River Dam Removal (Seattle Times Politics)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2009597282_rep_jim_mcdermott_wants_study.html
Hastings to Fight McDermott Snake River Dam Bill (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009597369_apwasnakeriverdams.html?syndication=rss
Ex-Governors Urge White House to Address Columbia Salmon Runs (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/08/exgovernors_urge_white_house_t.html
Eugene Register-Guard Editorial - Prepare For Dam Removal - Bill would require agencies to analyze impacts
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/18127861-35/story.csp
Everett & Mukilteo Volunteers Hope to Turn Tires into Salmon (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_080409WAB-everett-tires-KS.aa89ff60.html?rss
Vote On California Marine Preserves Roiled By Board Shake-Up (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2083556.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
After Decades in Seattle, NOAA Vessels to Ship Out (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009599893_ships05m.html
The NOAA Exodus: What Went Wrong? (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/08/05/bellingham/19152/
Gregoire Says Start Conserving Water (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=196576
Three Running for Position with Little-Known Belfair Water District (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/03/three-running-for-position-with-little-known/
Radon Rises Into Thurston County - Home testing kit finds unsafe level of the radioactive gas (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/929720.html
Teddy Roosevelt: Seattle's Pioneer Environmentalist? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/408988_joel05.html?source=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Columbian Editorial - No ‘Winner’ Needed: When it comes to wind turbines and birds, the interests of both can be protected
http://columbian.com/article/20090805/OPINION02/708059971/-1/OPINION
Solar Energy Firm Eyes Vancouver, WA - Port could be home to panel plant with as many as 100 workers (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090804/BIZ01/708049969/-1/BIZ
Snohomish PUD Closer To Tidal Power (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_080409WAB-snoco-tidal-power-SW.aa79bbab.html?rss
Oregon - Biodiesel Blending Latest Effort by State (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=96147&SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48
BPA Sponsors Wind Forecast Competition - First-of-its-kind prediction model will boost Pacific Northwest renewable energy (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/298373/
Bills Would Boost Renewable Energy, Storage (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnGreenInvesting/idUS391422471520090804
Boston Globe Op/Ed – Biomass: Clean, Renewable Answer to Energy Challenges
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2009/08/04/clean_renewable_answer_to_energy_challenges/
Colorado - Xcel Drops Proposed Solar-Power Fee (Denver Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/08/03/daily31.html?ana=from_rss
How Will Utilities Make Money as Photovoltaics Continue to Grow? (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/08/how-will-utilities-make-money-as-pv-continues-to-grow?cmpid=rss
Is Biogas the Way to San Jose's Energy Independence? (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/2009-08-03-biogas-san-jose_N.htm
Canada - Winds of Change Rock Wolfe Island (Toronto Star, Ontario)
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/676248
United Kingdom - Wind Turbine Firm Vestas Wins Order to End Sit-In (The Independent, UK)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/second-turbine-plant-occupied-as-row-escalates-1767029.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Spokane Habitat Affiliate Wins Funding For ‘Green’ Homes (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/04/spokane-habitat-affiliate-wins-funding-green-homes/
Energy Bill - The Real Estate Industry Quietly Removes a Label Showing Energy Use of Older Buildings (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/08/04/04climatewire-the-real-estate-industry-quietly-removes-a-la-8072.html
Utah's Four-Day Workweek Cuts Energy Use 13 Percent (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/08/05/ap6743475.html
Canada - Nova Scotia Power Can't Tap Consumers for Conservation-Related Losses (Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, NS)
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/9012809.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Dividing the Loot from Cap & Trade (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/hearing/2009/08/dividing_the_loot_from_cap_and.html?hpid=news-col-blog
Energy Information Administration - House Bill Will Spur 20% Electricity-Price Hike by 2030 (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/08/04/04greenwire-house-bill-will-spur-20-electricity-price-hike-28686.html
US Consumers Spared Big Costs in Climate Bill (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE5736PY20090804
Climate Change Astroturf - Additional Forged Letters to Congress Uncovered (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/04/AR2009080402223.html?nav=rss_email/components
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
PNNL: Lab to Get $5.7 Million for Climate Change Research, Smart Grid Work (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/670653.html
Waterworld - Response to Climate Change: Seasteading (Mother Jones Magazine)
http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2009/08/response-climate-change-seasteading
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Wiring Rural America: Which Technology Is Best? (BusinessWeek)
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2009/tc2009083_226117.htm
Microsoft to Hire At Least 400 Yahoo Workers (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/04/financial/f150922D03.DTL&feed=rss.business
Pacific Northwest - Four-State Broadband Cooperative Sets Sights on Rural Broadband Network (The Journal – who are these guys?)
http://thejournal.com/articles/2009/08/04/4-state-broadband-cooperative-sets-sights-on-rural-broadband-network.aspx
European Union Reasserts Lead in Broadband Connections (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/technology/internet/05broadband.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
White House Struggles To Fill Cyber Czar Post (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009598474_apuscyberstruggles.html?syndication=rss
Nobody's Complaining About Comcast's New Throttling - And that's a good thing, because there's more where that came from (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Nobodys-Complaining-About-Comcasts-New-Throttling-103755
Can Free Web Applications Lead To Revenue? (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111527079&ft=1&f=3
GENERAL NEWS
Wash. Fire Crews Brace for New Storms (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/930353.html
State Patrol Says Troopers with Fake Diplomas Should Be Fired (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/52398642.html
Small Construction Mistake at Port of Seattle May Cost $1 Million (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009599889_portmistake05m.html
Federal Indian Official Meets With Tribes at Kamilche (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090805/NEWS01/708059792
Free Speech Dilemma - KONP keeps Petersen mum after opponent Mania threatens action (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090805/NEWS/308059992
Congressman Jim McDermott Is Hiring “…under no circumstances refer to scheduler Elizabeth Becton as ‘Liz’…” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/175356.asp?source=pimail
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Stolen $20,000 Bottle of Wine Found
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20276451/detail.html
Family Video of Child Driving Prompts Probe
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5734IE20090804?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Zoo Pelican Swallows Cell Phone
http://www.examiner.com/a-2152774~Zoo_pelican_swallows_cell_phone.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Welsh Whiskey Has Healing Properties?
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sidelinechatter/2009599440_chat05.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Emmylou Harris - Two More Bottles of Wine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU97vLkxxtY
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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Portland General Electric Facing Lower Earnings & Pressure for More Renewable Power
• Avista Corp. Reports Second Quarter Results
• Yakama Nation Starts Producing Its Own Electricity
• US Senate Denies Obama Bid to Ax Rural Energy Grants
• Chelan PUD’s Debt Is Heading Toward The $1 Billion Barrier
• Northwest Natural Gas to Cut Up To 100 Jobs
• Planned Power Outage for Mason County PUD 1 Customers
• Two More to Be Charged In Great Lakes Energy Electric Coop Embezzlement
• Critics Take New Step to Block Kansas Coal Plant
• United Kingdom Told to Triple Nuclear Share of Power Generation
• Rep. Jim McDermott Wants to Study Snake River Dam Removal
• Hastings to Fight McDermott Snake River Dam Bill
• Ex-Governors Urge White House to Address Columbia Salmon Runs
• Editorial - Prepare For Dam Removal
• Everett & Mukilteo Volunteers Hope to Turn Tires into Salmon
• Vote On California Marine Preserves Roiled By Board Shake-Up
• After Decades in Seattle, NOAA Vessels to Ship Out
• The NOAA Exodus: What Went Wrong?
• Gregoire Says Start Conserving Water
• Three Running for Position with Little-Known Belfair Water District
• Radon Rises Into Thurston County
• Teddy Roosevelt: Seattle's Pioneer Environmentalist?
• Editorial - No ‘Winner’ Needed: When it comes to wind turbines & birds
• Solar Energy Firm Eyes Vancouver, WA
• Snohomish PUD Closer To Tidal Power
• Oregon - Biodiesel Blending Latest Effort by State
• BPA Sponsors Wind Forecast Competition
• Bills Would Boost Renewable Energy, Storage
• Op/Ed – Biomass: Clean, Renewable Answer to Energy Challenges
• Colorado - Xcel Drops Proposed Solar-Power Fee
• How Will Utilities Make Money as Photovoltaics Continue to Grow?
• Is Biogas the Way to San Jose's Energy Independence?
• Canada - Winds of Change Rock Wolfe Island
• United Kingdom - Wind Turbine Firm Vestas Wins Order to End Sit-In
• Spokane Habitat Affiliate Wins Funding For ‘Green’ Homes
• Energy Bill - Real Estate Industry Blocks Disclosure of Building Energy Use
• Utah's Four-Day Workweek Cuts Energy Use 13 Percent
• Nova Scotia Power Can't Tap Consumers for Conservation-Related Losses
• Dividing the Loot from Cap & Trade
• House Bill Will Spur 20% Electricity-Price Hike by 2030
• US Consumers Spared Big Costs in Climate Bill
• Climate Change Astroturf - Additional Forged Letters to Congress Uncovered
• PNNL: Lab to Get $5.7 Million for Climate Change Research, Smart Grid Wor
• Waterworld - Response to Climate Change: Seasteading
• Wiring Rural America: Which Technology Is Best?
• Microsoft to Hire At Least 400 Yahoo Workers
• Pacific Northwest - Four-State Cooperative Sets Sights on Rural Broadband
• European Union Reasserts Lead in Broadband Connections
• White House Struggles To Fill Cyber Czar Post
• Nobody's Complaining About Comcast's New Throttling
• Can Free Web Applications Lead To Revenue?
• Wash. Fire Crews Brace for New Storms
• State Patrol Says Troopers with Fake Diplomas Should Be Fired
• Small Construction Mistake at Port of Seattle May Cost $1 Million
• Federal Indian Official Meets With Tribes at Kamilche
• Free Speech Dilemma in Port Angeles Council Race
• Congressman Jim McDermott Is Hiring
WORD OF THE DAY
Idee Fixe • \ee-DAY - Feex\ • noun - An idea that dominates one's mind especially for a prolonged period: obsession
Like a fanboy with a fully-restored, digitally-mastered version of the 1978 “Star Wars Holiday Special”, Dilbert’s idée fixe was the upcoming release of the new “G-I Joe” movie. He had bundled his collection of posable dolls (still in their original, unopened packaging) to the theater to camp out for the first, prime seat to watch the movie…two weeks before the show was to start.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Portland General Electric Facing Lower Earnings & Pressure for More Renewable Power (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5544-pge-facing-lower-earnings-and-pressure-more-renewable-power/
Avista Corp. Reports Second Quarter Results (PR Newswire)
http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-05-2009/0005072085&EDATE
Yakama Nation Starts Producing Its Own Electricity (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/08/03/tribe-starts-producing-its-own-power
High Energy Cost Grant Program - US Senate Denies Obama Bid to Ax Rural Energy Grants (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gBPaHA8wyvhZsKWPW8Uxp30QpfqgD99RMQR00
Chelan PUD’s Debt Is Heading Toward The $1 Billion Barrier (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090804/NEWS04/708049929?PUD%E2%80%99-s-debt-is-heading-toward-the-$1-billion-barrier
Northwest Natural Gas to Cut Up To 100 Jobs (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/03/daily20.html?ana=from_rss
Planned Power Outage for Mason County PUD 1 Customers (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7946/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Two More to Be Charged In Great Lakes Energy Electric Cooperative Embezzlement (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
http://www.gaylordheraldtimes.com/articles/2009/08/04/news/local_news/doc4a785845b6a31735669877.txt
Critics Take New Step to Block Kansas Coal Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/08/04/ap6736359.html
United Kingdom Told to Triple Nuclear Share of Power Generation (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=a_Zqy214Vb58
FISH & WILDLIFE
Rep. Jim McDermott Wants to Study Snake River Dam Removal (Seattle Times Politics)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2009597282_rep_jim_mcdermott_wants_study.html
Hastings to Fight McDermott Snake River Dam Bill (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009597369_apwasnakeriverdams.html?syndication=rss
Ex-Governors Urge White House to Address Columbia Salmon Runs (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/08/exgovernors_urge_white_house_t.html
Eugene Register-Guard Editorial - Prepare For Dam Removal - Bill would require agencies to analyze impacts
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/18127861-35/story.csp
Everett & Mukilteo Volunteers Hope to Turn Tires into Salmon (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_080409WAB-everett-tires-KS.aa89ff60.html?rss
Vote On California Marine Preserves Roiled By Board Shake-Up (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2083556.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
After Decades in Seattle, NOAA Vessels to Ship Out (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009599893_ships05m.html
The NOAA Exodus: What Went Wrong? (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/08/05/bellingham/19152/
Gregoire Says Start Conserving Water (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=196576
Three Running for Position with Little-Known Belfair Water District (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/03/three-running-for-position-with-little-known/
Radon Rises Into Thurston County - Home testing kit finds unsafe level of the radioactive gas (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/929720.html
Teddy Roosevelt: Seattle's Pioneer Environmentalist? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/408988_joel05.html?source=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Columbian Editorial - No ‘Winner’ Needed: When it comes to wind turbines and birds, the interests of both can be protected
http://columbian.com/article/20090805/OPINION02/708059971/-1/OPINION
Solar Energy Firm Eyes Vancouver, WA - Port could be home to panel plant with as many as 100 workers (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090804/BIZ01/708049969/-1/BIZ
Snohomish PUD Closer To Tidal Power (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_080409WAB-snoco-tidal-power-SW.aa79bbab.html?rss
Oregon - Biodiesel Blending Latest Effort by State (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=96147&SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48
BPA Sponsors Wind Forecast Competition - First-of-its-kind prediction model will boost Pacific Northwest renewable energy (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/298373/
Bills Would Boost Renewable Energy, Storage (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnGreenInvesting/idUS391422471520090804
Boston Globe Op/Ed – Biomass: Clean, Renewable Answer to Energy Challenges
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2009/08/04/clean_renewable_answer_to_energy_challenges/
Colorado - Xcel Drops Proposed Solar-Power Fee (Denver Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/08/03/daily31.html?ana=from_rss
How Will Utilities Make Money as Photovoltaics Continue to Grow? (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/08/how-will-utilities-make-money-as-pv-continues-to-grow?cmpid=rss
Is Biogas the Way to San Jose's Energy Independence? (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/2009-08-03-biogas-san-jose_N.htm
Canada - Winds of Change Rock Wolfe Island (Toronto Star, Ontario)
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/676248
United Kingdom - Wind Turbine Firm Vestas Wins Order to End Sit-In (The Independent, UK)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/second-turbine-plant-occupied-as-row-escalates-1767029.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Spokane Habitat Affiliate Wins Funding For ‘Green’ Homes (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/04/spokane-habitat-affiliate-wins-funding-green-homes/
Energy Bill - The Real Estate Industry Quietly Removes a Label Showing Energy Use of Older Buildings (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/08/04/04climatewire-the-real-estate-industry-quietly-removes-a-la-8072.html
Utah's Four-Day Workweek Cuts Energy Use 13 Percent (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/08/05/ap6743475.html
Canada - Nova Scotia Power Can't Tap Consumers for Conservation-Related Losses (Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, NS)
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/9012809.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Dividing the Loot from Cap & Trade (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/hearing/2009/08/dividing_the_loot_from_cap_and.html?hpid=news-col-blog
Energy Information Administration - House Bill Will Spur 20% Electricity-Price Hike by 2030 (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/08/04/04greenwire-house-bill-will-spur-20-electricity-price-hike-28686.html
US Consumers Spared Big Costs in Climate Bill (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE5736PY20090804
Climate Change Astroturf - Additional Forged Letters to Congress Uncovered (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/04/AR2009080402223.html?nav=rss_email/components
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
PNNL: Lab to Get $5.7 Million for Climate Change Research, Smart Grid Work (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/670653.html
Waterworld - Response to Climate Change: Seasteading (Mother Jones Magazine)
http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2009/08/response-climate-change-seasteading
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Wiring Rural America: Which Technology Is Best? (BusinessWeek)
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2009/tc2009083_226117.htm
Microsoft to Hire At Least 400 Yahoo Workers (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/04/financial/f150922D03.DTL&feed=rss.business
Pacific Northwest - Four-State Broadband Cooperative Sets Sights on Rural Broadband Network (The Journal – who are these guys?)
http://thejournal.com/articles/2009/08/04/4-state-broadband-cooperative-sets-sights-on-rural-broadband-network.aspx
European Union Reasserts Lead in Broadband Connections (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/technology/internet/05broadband.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
White House Struggles To Fill Cyber Czar Post (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009598474_apuscyberstruggles.html?syndication=rss
Nobody's Complaining About Comcast's New Throttling - And that's a good thing, because there's more where that came from (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Nobodys-Complaining-About-Comcasts-New-Throttling-103755
Can Free Web Applications Lead To Revenue? (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111527079&ft=1&f=3
GENERAL NEWS
Wash. Fire Crews Brace for New Storms (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/930353.html
State Patrol Says Troopers with Fake Diplomas Should Be Fired (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/52398642.html
Small Construction Mistake at Port of Seattle May Cost $1 Million (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009599889_portmistake05m.html
Federal Indian Official Meets With Tribes at Kamilche (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090805/NEWS01/708059792
Free Speech Dilemma - KONP keeps Petersen mum after opponent Mania threatens action (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090805/NEWS/308059992
Congressman Jim McDermott Is Hiring “…under no circumstances refer to scheduler Elizabeth Becton as ‘Liz’…” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/175356.asp?source=pimail
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Stolen $20,000 Bottle of Wine Found
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20276451/detail.html
Family Video of Child Driving Prompts Probe
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5734IE20090804?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Zoo Pelican Swallows Cell Phone
http://www.examiner.com/a-2152774~Zoo_pelican_swallows_cell_phone.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Welsh Whiskey Has Healing Properties?
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sidelinechatter/2009599440_chat05.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Emmylou Harris - Two More Bottles of Wine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU97vLkxxtY
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Energy News Digest for August 4, 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)
• Lawsuits Filed Over 2007 Egg Drop Accident - Avista worker died
• BPA Proposes Reduced Rate to Port Townsend Paper Mill
• Power Costs Could Go Up (23 Percent) In Eastern Oregon
• Chelan PUD Strikes 3-Year Deal with Union
• Clallam PUD Approves Bid for Carlsborg Warehouse
• Portland General Electric’s Second Quarter Revenue, Profits Decline
• BPA Invites Feedback on Proposed Transmission Line Replacement Project at Grand Coulee Dam
• Environment, Economy - TVA Posts $167M Loss in Third Quarter
• Without Nuclear Power & "Clean Coal," Cost to Meet Emissions Goal Could Double
• Kansas - Lawsuit Seeks Coal Plant Review
• Salmon Bill Would Put Removal of Snake River Dams Back on Table
• US Senator Mike Crapo - Salmon Tour to Showcase Efforts for Endangered Fish & Local Economy
• Record Rainbow Yanked From Snake River
• Orting Hatchery Coming Back To Life
• Hatchery Staff Battled To Save Salmon Fry
• Kootenai Tribe Restoring Sturgeon Habitat
• The War on Seagulls Continues At State Ferry Terminals
• California - Sea Lions Swarm Long-Abandoned Seal Rocks
• Oysters Are on the Rebound in the Chesapeake Bay
• Giant Vortex Of Floating Trash Swirling In Pacific
• Sun Will Help Power Nine Portland Schools
• LEDs: As Energy Efficient as Compact Fluorescents
• The Smart Grid: Is It Worth It?
• Scenarios: Fate of Climate Change Bill in Congress
• Greenhouse Gas Legislation - Congressional Research Reports
• Nobel Halo Fades Fast for Climate Change Panel
• Water Waste Shame of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Company
• Washington State Gov’t Data Center Plan Moves Ahead
• FCC Chair Touts Broadband as Top Priority
• The Struggle to Stay Wired, in a Hotel Room or a Crisis
• Microsoft's Bing Gains Another 1 Percent of U.S. Search
• Help Arrives To Help Battle Olympic National Park Fires
• Brush Fire in Shelton Quickly Controlled
• Hoquiam mill reopens after 8 months
• More Time to Comment on Shelton/Mason County U-G-A Agreement
• Typo Turns Woman's Life Upside Down
WORD OF THE DAY
Cimmerian • \sih-MEER-ee-un\ • adjective – Very dark or gloomy
It was late…too late. Francis was tip-toeing through the living room of his house, trying to grope his way through the Cimmerian darkness towards the bedroom. His hopes to slide into bed without waking his wife failed miserably as his tender, bare foot came down hard on one of his childrens’ wayward Lego blocks. The resulting screams woke not only his wife, but the neighbors on either side of the home.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Lawsuits Filed Over 2007 Egg Drop Accident - Avista worker died during school lesson in Othello (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/08/03/news/doc4a77769f37850297095314.txt
Bonneville Power Administration Proposes Reduced Rate to Port Townsend Paper Mill (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090804/news/308049989
Power Costs Could Go Up (23 Percent) In Eastern Oregon (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/27/daily64.html?ana=from_rss
Chelan PUD Strikes 3-Year Deal with Union (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090803/NEWS04/708039904/1001/NEWS04
Clallam PUD Approves Bid for Carlsborg Warehouse (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090804/news/308049995
Portland General Electric’s Second Quarter Revenue, Profits Decline (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/03/daily4.html?ana=from_rss
BPA Invites Public to Provide Feedback on Proposed Transmission Line Replacement Project at Grand Coulee Dam (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/297879/
Environment, Economy - TVA Posts $167M Loss in Third Quarter (Memphis Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2009/08/03/daily3.html?ana=from_rss
Without Nuclear Power & "Clean Coal," Cost To Meet Emissions Goal Could Double (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/03/BULF193ADP.DTL&feed=rss.business
Kansas - Lawsuit Seeks Coal Plant Review (Topeka Capital Journal)
http://www.cjonline.com/news/state_government/2009-08-03/lawsuit_seeks_coal_plant_review
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon Bill Would Put Removal of Snake River Dams Back on Table (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/08/salmon_bill_would_put_removal.html
US Senator Mike Crapo - Salmon Tour to Showcase Efforts For Endangered Fish & Local Economy: Watershed project shows funding, partnerships working (US Senator Mike Crapo, Idaho)
http://crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=233106
Record Rainbow Yanked From Snake River (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/929890.html
Orting Hatchery Coming Back To Life (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/832881.html
Hatchery Staff Battled To Save Salmon Fry (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/832883.html
Kootenai Tribe Restoring Sturgeon Habitat (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/929195.html
The War on Seagulls Continues At State Ferry Terminals (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009593739_seagulls04m.html
California - Sea Lions Swarm Long-Abandoned Seal Rocks (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/03/MN111910I2.DTL&feed=rss.news
Oysters Are on the Rebound in the Chesapeake Bay (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/science/04oyster.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Giant Vortex Of Floating Trash Swirling In Pacific (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009593728_garbage04.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Sun Will Help Power Nine Portland Schools (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/08/sun_will_help_power_nine_portl.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
LEDs: As Energy Efficient as Compact Fluorescents (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/leds-as-energy-efficient-as-compact-fluorescents/?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Smart Grid: Is It Worth It? (Energy Pulse Commentary)
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=2117
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Scenarios: Fate of Climate Change Bill in Congress (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed7/idUSTRE5724HX20090803
Greenhouse Gas Legislation: Summary & Analysis of H.R. 2454 as Passed by the House of Representatives (Congressional Research Reports)
http://opencrs.com/document/R40643/
Nobel Halo Fades Fast for Climate Change Panel (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/science/earth/04clima.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Water Waste Shame of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Company (Wandsworth Guardian, UK)
http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/4521700.Water_waste_shame_of_eco_friendly_ice_cream_company/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington State Gov’t Data Center Plan Moves Ahead - $180 million piece of project ignores state’s technology problem, says legislator (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/929723.html
FCC Chair Touts Broadband as Top Priority (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12985485
The Struggle to Stay Wired, in a Hotel Room or a Crisis (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/business/04road.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Microsoft's Bing Gains Another 1 Percent of U.S. Search (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE57222G20090803?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
GENERAL NEWS
Help Arrives To Help Battle Olympic National Park Fires (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090804/NEWS/308049997
Brush Fire in Shelton Quickly Controlled (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7951/reftab/1896/t/BRUSH-FIRE-IN-SHELTON-QUICKLY-CONTROLED/Default.aspx
Hoquiam mill reopens after 8 months (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_080309WAB-hoquiam-plywood-mill-TP.a4d1bbc1.html?rss
More Time to Comment on Shelton/Mason County U-G-A Agreement (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7950/reftab/1896/t/MORE-TIME-TO-COMMENT-ON-SHELTON-U-G-A-AGREEMENT/Default.aspx
Typo Turns Woman's Life Upside Down (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20267306/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_1_09000108042009&ts=H
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Jobless NYC Woman Sues College for $70K in Tuition
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090803/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_jobless_grad_sues;_ylt=Aq2PS6qkBb7i4FTYqENObpTtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJ0aGt0aWMyBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwODAzL3VzX29kZF9qb2JsZXNzX2dyYWRfc3VlcwRjcG9zAzUEcG9zAzIEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA2pvYmxlc3NueWN3bw--
Mother Finds Own Child for Sale Online
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20263403/detail.html
Vermont Says Man Must Give Up Pet Moose
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20236771/detail.html
Oregon Park Dropping Torture Reference From Name - Switching the name from Lloyd Knox Water Board Park to simply Lloyd Knox Park
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/52433467.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Chicago - Saturday in the Park
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWxA3e9f6rY
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Lawsuits Filed Over 2007 Egg Drop Accident - Avista worker died
• BPA Proposes Reduced Rate to Port Townsend Paper Mill
• Power Costs Could Go Up (23 Percent) In Eastern Oregon
• Chelan PUD Strikes 3-Year Deal with Union
• Clallam PUD Approves Bid for Carlsborg Warehouse
• Portland General Electric’s Second Quarter Revenue, Profits Decline
• BPA Invites Feedback on Proposed Transmission Line Replacement Project at Grand Coulee Dam
• Environment, Economy - TVA Posts $167M Loss in Third Quarter
• Without Nuclear Power & "Clean Coal," Cost to Meet Emissions Goal Could Double
• Kansas - Lawsuit Seeks Coal Plant Review
• Salmon Bill Would Put Removal of Snake River Dams Back on Table
• US Senator Mike Crapo - Salmon Tour to Showcase Efforts for Endangered Fish & Local Economy
• Record Rainbow Yanked From Snake River
• Orting Hatchery Coming Back To Life
• Hatchery Staff Battled To Save Salmon Fry
• Kootenai Tribe Restoring Sturgeon Habitat
• The War on Seagulls Continues At State Ferry Terminals
• California - Sea Lions Swarm Long-Abandoned Seal Rocks
• Oysters Are on the Rebound in the Chesapeake Bay
• Giant Vortex Of Floating Trash Swirling In Pacific
• Sun Will Help Power Nine Portland Schools
• LEDs: As Energy Efficient as Compact Fluorescents
• The Smart Grid: Is It Worth It?
• Scenarios: Fate of Climate Change Bill in Congress
• Greenhouse Gas Legislation - Congressional Research Reports
• Nobel Halo Fades Fast for Climate Change Panel
• Water Waste Shame of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Company
• Washington State Gov’t Data Center Plan Moves Ahead
• FCC Chair Touts Broadband as Top Priority
• The Struggle to Stay Wired, in a Hotel Room or a Crisis
• Microsoft's Bing Gains Another 1 Percent of U.S. Search
• Help Arrives To Help Battle Olympic National Park Fires
• Brush Fire in Shelton Quickly Controlled
• Hoquiam mill reopens after 8 months
• More Time to Comment on Shelton/Mason County U-G-A Agreement
• Typo Turns Woman's Life Upside Down
WORD OF THE DAY
Cimmerian • \sih-MEER-ee-un\ • adjective – Very dark or gloomy
It was late…too late. Francis was tip-toeing through the living room of his house, trying to grope his way through the Cimmerian darkness towards the bedroom. His hopes to slide into bed without waking his wife failed miserably as his tender, bare foot came down hard on one of his childrens’ wayward Lego blocks. The resulting screams woke not only his wife, but the neighbors on either side of the home.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Lawsuits Filed Over 2007 Egg Drop Accident - Avista worker died during school lesson in Othello (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/08/03/news/doc4a77769f37850297095314.txt
Bonneville Power Administration Proposes Reduced Rate to Port Townsend Paper Mill (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090804/news/308049989
Power Costs Could Go Up (23 Percent) In Eastern Oregon (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/27/daily64.html?ana=from_rss
Chelan PUD Strikes 3-Year Deal with Union (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090803/NEWS04/708039904/1001/NEWS04
Clallam PUD Approves Bid for Carlsborg Warehouse (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090804/news/308049995
Portland General Electric’s Second Quarter Revenue, Profits Decline (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/03/daily4.html?ana=from_rss
BPA Invites Public to Provide Feedback on Proposed Transmission Line Replacement Project at Grand Coulee Dam (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/297879/
Environment, Economy - TVA Posts $167M Loss in Third Quarter (Memphis Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2009/08/03/daily3.html?ana=from_rss
Without Nuclear Power & "Clean Coal," Cost To Meet Emissions Goal Could Double (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/03/BULF193ADP.DTL&feed=rss.business
Kansas - Lawsuit Seeks Coal Plant Review (Topeka Capital Journal)
http://www.cjonline.com/news/state_government/2009-08-03/lawsuit_seeks_coal_plant_review
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon Bill Would Put Removal of Snake River Dams Back on Table (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/08/salmon_bill_would_put_removal.html
US Senator Mike Crapo - Salmon Tour to Showcase Efforts For Endangered Fish & Local Economy: Watershed project shows funding, partnerships working (US Senator Mike Crapo, Idaho)
http://crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=233106
Record Rainbow Yanked From Snake River (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/929890.html
Orting Hatchery Coming Back To Life (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/832881.html
Hatchery Staff Battled To Save Salmon Fry (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/832883.html
Kootenai Tribe Restoring Sturgeon Habitat (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/929195.html
The War on Seagulls Continues At State Ferry Terminals (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009593739_seagulls04m.html
California - Sea Lions Swarm Long-Abandoned Seal Rocks (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/03/MN111910I2.DTL&feed=rss.news
Oysters Are on the Rebound in the Chesapeake Bay (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/science/04oyster.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Giant Vortex Of Floating Trash Swirling In Pacific (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009593728_garbage04.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Sun Will Help Power Nine Portland Schools (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/08/sun_will_help_power_nine_portl.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
LEDs: As Energy Efficient as Compact Fluorescents (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/leds-as-energy-efficient-as-compact-fluorescents/?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Smart Grid: Is It Worth It? (Energy Pulse Commentary)
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=2117
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Scenarios: Fate of Climate Change Bill in Congress (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed7/idUSTRE5724HX20090803
Greenhouse Gas Legislation: Summary & Analysis of H.R. 2454 as Passed by the House of Representatives (Congressional Research Reports)
http://opencrs.com/document/R40643/
Nobel Halo Fades Fast for Climate Change Panel (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/science/earth/04clima.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Water Waste Shame of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Company (Wandsworth Guardian, UK)
http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/4521700.Water_waste_shame_of_eco_friendly_ice_cream_company/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington State Gov’t Data Center Plan Moves Ahead - $180 million piece of project ignores state’s technology problem, says legislator (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/929723.html
FCC Chair Touts Broadband as Top Priority (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12985485
The Struggle to Stay Wired, in a Hotel Room or a Crisis (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/business/04road.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Microsoft's Bing Gains Another 1 Percent of U.S. Search (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE57222G20090803?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
GENERAL NEWS
Help Arrives To Help Battle Olympic National Park Fires (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090804/NEWS/308049997
Brush Fire in Shelton Quickly Controlled (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7951/reftab/1896/t/BRUSH-FIRE-IN-SHELTON-QUICKLY-CONTROLED/Default.aspx
Hoquiam mill reopens after 8 months (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_080309WAB-hoquiam-plywood-mill-TP.a4d1bbc1.html?rss
More Time to Comment on Shelton/Mason County U-G-A Agreement (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7950/reftab/1896/t/MORE-TIME-TO-COMMENT-ON-SHELTON-U-G-A-AGREEMENT/Default.aspx
Typo Turns Woman's Life Upside Down (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20267306/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_1_09000108042009&ts=H
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Jobless NYC Woman Sues College for $70K in Tuition
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090803/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_jobless_grad_sues;_ylt=Aq2PS6qkBb7i4FTYqENObpTtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJ0aGt0aWMyBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwODAzL3VzX29kZF9qb2JsZXNzX2dyYWRfc3VlcwRjcG9zAzUEcG9zAzIEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA2pvYmxlc3NueWN3bw--
Mother Finds Own Child for Sale Online
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20263403/detail.html
Vermont Says Man Must Give Up Pet Moose
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20236771/detail.html
Oregon Park Dropping Torture Reference From Name - Switching the name from Lloyd Knox Water Board Park to simply Lloyd Knox Park
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/52433467.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Chicago - Saturday in the Park
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWxA3e9f6rY
Monday, August 3, 2009
Energy News Digest for August 3, 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)
• BPA: Plan To Sell Energy to Aluminum Smelters Draws Ire of Franklin PUD
• Snohomish PUD and AIG Duking It Out In New York Courtroom
• Grays Harbor County PUD Power Rates Won’t Go Up This Year
• BPA Sets Rules to Deal with "Explosive" Power Growth
• Columnist - Hydro Projects Hold Much Promise
• News Release - Puget Sound Energy Files Updated Energy Strategy
• BPA Power Line Installation; WSDOT Pavement Repairs Will Impact Traffic This Week
• Natural Gas Pipeline Proposal Topic Of Fed Meetings
• Op/Ed - California should revive nuclear energy option
• If Nuclear Power Has a More Promising Future…
• Pacific Gas & Electric Workers Get $17.25 Million in OT Case
• Texas - Electricity customers may pay for Oncor Smart meters
• Electric Distribution Co-Ops Report Strong Performance during Downturn
• Northern Wasco County PUD Building Expansion Project Nears End
• Bill Opens Possibility of Lower Snake River Dam Removal
• Redfish Lake Sockeye Making A Comeback After Near Extinction
• Fall Salmon Season Opens Today In Columbia River Basin
• Alaska - Declining King Salmon Run Devastating to River Villages
• Town on Columbia, Tribes Clash Over 1855 Treaty
• Quotas on the Way to Oregon Fisheries, Bolstering Stocks
• BPA Plans Public Meeting On Hatchery Changes
• Kittitas County - Lawmakers Address Exempt Well Moratorium
• Idaho Water Officials Enforce Curtailment Order
• Tribes Combine Science, Canoes for Water Quality
• Utility Raises Cleanup Cost in Tennessee
• Wildlife Hinders (Radar Ridge) Wind Farm Strategy
• Sage Grouse Unlikely Focus Of Wyoming Wind Wars
• Montana Wind Farm Taking Toll on Bats, Birds
• Oregon Governor Signals Intent to Veto Rollback of Wind Energy Tax Breaks
• $100 Million - Kittitas Solar Plant Could Be Super Expensive
• Rep Inslee - House Will Get another Shot at Feed-In Tariffs
• Offshore Windmills Hold Clean-Energy Promise
• Oregon – Port Of Morrow's Bio-Gen Power Plant Finds Buyer
• Editorial – Renewable Energy: Power Co-Ops Should Quit Whining
• Renewable Energy - The Transmission Question
• Alaska – Home Wind Turbine Looks Good As Energy Costs Rise
• Weak Economy Makes Solar Panels More Affordable to Homeowners
• EPA Ranks Top 20 On-Site Green Power Producers
• $23 Million for Weatherization Work Spreads Across Washington State
• Taking Energy Credit Where It's Due
• Feds Warn About Misleading Claims of Benefits from Energy-Saving Devices
• Duke Energy Elbows Co-ops for Carbon Permits in Climate Measure
• Clean-Tech Is On the Rebound from a Steep Plunge in Investments
• Op/Ed - Falling Behind On Green Tech
• Clearwire to Launch WiMAX in 10 U.S. Cities
• Kitsap County Backs Out of Agreement for High-Tech Development
• Cable Industry: Our Awesomeness Cannot Be Denied
• Wildfire Contained In Mason County
• Fires in Olympics Prompts More Trail Closures
• Judge To Consider WaMu Exec's 'Golden Parachutes'
• Weyerhaeuser's Quarterly Loss Widens
• Bank Teller Tackles Suspected Robber, Gets Canned
• AP newsman Rory Marshall dead at 54
WORD OF THE DAY – THE HAIKU VERSION
Ideate • \EYE-dee-ate\ • verb – To form an idea or conception of - to form an idea
Ideate a Plan
Put it into Motion Now
Seemed Right at the Time
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
BPA: Plan To Sell Energy to Aluminum Smelters Draws Ire of Franklin PUD (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1406/story/667771.html
Snohomish PUD and AIG Duking It Out In New York Courtroom (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090801/NEWS01/708019920
Grays Harbor County PUD Power Rates Won’t Go Up This Year (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/07/31/local_news/doc4a732e2e65b2c975321488.txt
BPA Sets Rules to Deal with "Explosive" Power Growth (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ARTCL&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=367212&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Spokesman Review Columnist - Hydro Projects Hold Much Promise
http://www.pennenergy.com/index/articles/newsdisplay/s-133672955.html
News Release - Puget Sound Energy Files Updated Energy Strategy with State Regulators (BusinessWire)
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/worldenergysource/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090730005203&newsLang=en
BPA Power Line Installation; WSDOT Pavement Repairs Will Impact Traffic This Week (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7938/reftab/1632/t/POWER-LINE-INSTALLATION-AND-PAVEMENT-REPAIRS-WILL-IMPACT-TRAFFIC-THIS-WEEK/Default.aspx
Natural Gas Pipeline Proposal Topic Of Fed Meetings - It would run along Washington side of Columbia River Gorge (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090803/NEWS02/708039982
Sacramento Bee Op/Ed - California should revive nuclear energy option
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/story/2078569.html
If Nuclear Power Has a More Promising Future ... Seth Grae Wants to Be the One Leading the Charge (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/24/AR2009072401847.html?nav=rss_email/components
Pacific Gas & Electric Workers Get $17.25 Million in OT Case (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12969243?nclick_check=1
Texas - Electricity customers may pay for Oncor Smart meters: Whether it was Oncor's $93 million mistake or the Public Utility Commission's, electricity customers will probably end up paying for it (Dallas Morning News, TX)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-oncor_03bus.ART.State.Edition1.3cf2fb0.html
Electric Distribution Co-Ops Report Strong Performance during Downturn (Penn Energy)
http://www.pennenergy.com/index/articles/display/367251/s-articles/s-utility-automation-engineering-td/s-industry-news/s-electric-distribution-co-ops-report-strong-performance-during-downturn.html
Northern Wasco County PUD Building Expansion Project Nears End (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/07/news07-31-09-02.shtml
FISH & WILDLIFE
Bill Opens Possibility of Lower Snake River Dam Removal (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/830620.html
Redfish Lake Sockeye Making A Comeback After Near Extinction (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009583916_outn02.html?syndication=rss
Fall Salmon Season Opens Today In Columbia River Basin (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/830573.html
Alaska - Declining King Salmon Run Devastating to River Villages: Three years of weak returns raise questions on bycatch (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://www.adn.com/money/industries/fishing/story/885663.html
Town on Columbia, Tribes Clash Over 1855 Treaty (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_or_fishing_rights.html
Quotas on the Way to Oregon Fisheries, Bolstering Stocks (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/08/quotas_on_the_way_to_oregon_fi.html
BPA Plans Public Meeting On Hatchery Changes - Events provide for community input on upgrades and improvements (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/297389/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Kittitas County - Lawmakers Address Exempt Well Moratorium (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/07/31/news/doc4a737a3aa8672358898415.txt
Idaho Water Officials Enforce Curtailment Order (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/927857.html
Tribes Combine Science, Canoes for Water Quality (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_paddling_for_science.html?source=pimail
Utility Raises Cleanup Cost in Tennessee (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/us/02tennessee.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wildlife Hinders Wind Farm Strategy - Turbines not the obvious "winner" state initially thought (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090802/NEWS02/708029968/Wildlife+hinders+wind+farm+strategy
Sage Grouse Unlikely Focus Of Wyoming Wind Wars (Reuters)
http://in.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idINTRE5720AF20090803
Montana Wind Farm Taking Toll on Bats, Birds (Associated Press)
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_ef85f7f5-8bf2-5263-9915-5cd16c3cab6c.html
Oregon Governor Signals Intent to Veto Rollback of Wind Energy Tax Breaks “...They don't employ very many people and they send most of their power to California…” (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/07/kulongoski_signals_intent_to_v.html
$100 Million - Kittitas Solar Plant Could Be Super Expensive (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/408805_solarplant3.html?source=rss
Rep Inslee - House Will Get another Shot at Feed-In Tariffs (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/08/03/03greenwire-house-will-get-another-shot-at-feed-in-tariffs-70749.html
Offshore Windmills Hold Clean-Energy Promise (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/02/BA0Q18ABIT.DTL&feed=rss.news
Oregon – Port Of Morrow's Bio-Gen Power Plant Finds Buyer (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=96068&SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48
Fargo Forum Editorial – Renewable Energy: The Power Co-Ops Should Quit Whining
http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/248547/
The Transmission Question - There will be no magic involved in adding new renewable energy to the electricity mix (EnergyBiz Insider)
http://www.scoop.com/remote/article/include/104988765/53616c7465645f5ff99a2eb05b194f8087766c98003ea9a176e1be2836949b2d
Alaska – Home Wind Turbine Looks Good As Energy Costs Rise (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://www.adn.com/3221/story/884945.html
Weak Economy Makes Solar Panels More Affordable to Homeowners (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cover-solar2-2009aug02,0,7808025.story
EPA Ranks Top 20 On-Site Green Power Producers (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnEnergy/idUS176651644220090731
Here’s the Top-20 List; two are in Oregon
http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/toplists/top20onsite.htm
Top 20 Local Government
http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/toplists/top20localgov.htm
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
$23 Million for Weatherization Work Spreads Across Washington State (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009584131_weatherize02m.html
Taking Energy Credit Where It's Due (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/business/story/668315.html
Feds Warn About Misleading Claims of Benefits from Energy-Saving Devices (Federal Trade Commission)
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/04/energysurf2002.shtm
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Duke Energy Elbows Co-ops for Carbon Permits in Climate Measure (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aQQH_8kliSTU
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Clean-Tech Is On the Rebound from a Steep Plunge in Investments (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12969563
Washington Post Op/Ed - Falling Behind On Green Tech
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/02/AR2009080201563.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Clearwire to Launch WiMAX in 10 U.S. Cities - The markets include Boise, Idaho; Bellingham, Wash. (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/08/03/clearwire-to-launch-wimax-in-10-u-s-cities-in-september/
Kitsap County Backs Out of Agreement for High-Tech Development near Kitsap Lake (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/30/county-backs-out-of-agreement-for-planned-near/
Cable Industry: Our Awesomeness Cannot Be Denied - NCTA says cable efforts have saved consumers $35 billion EVERY YEAR (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Cable-Industry-Our-Awesomeness-Cannot-Be-Denied-103702
GENERAL NEWS
Wildfire Contained In Mason County (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20259941/detail.html
Fires in Olympics Prompts More Trail Closures
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/02/fires-in-olympics-prompts-more-trail-closures/?partner=RSS
Judge To Consider WaMu Exec's 'Golden Parachutes' (NW Cable News)
http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_080309WAB-wamu-golden-parachutes-SW.a3bdcbe8.html
Weyerhaeuser's Quarterly Loss Widens (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/07/31/business/AP-US-Earns-Weyerhaeuser.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Bank Teller Tackles Suspected Robber, Gets Canned (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/52271217.html
AP newsman Rory Marshall dead at 54 (Sorry to see this today in the SF Chronicle. I always liked sending feeds to Rory. He seemed like such a good guy.)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/02/national/a162757D47.DTL&feed=rss.business
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Raccoons Infest Storage Unit, and Company Won't Pay For Damage
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-thu-problem-public-storage-jul30,0,2048166.column
Phone Lost 4 Days At Sea Found, Recharged, Returned
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE56U4A920090731?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Ukuleles Have Gone Viral
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ukuleles25-2009jul25,0,5302658.story
New York Post Sends In the Clown – The Newspaper made the phrase “media circus” literal when it hired a clown to roam the corridors of the New York State Capitol
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/03/business/media/03clown.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Judy Collins - Send in the Clowns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5yG1Dy5b4A
Roger Whittaker - Send in the Clowns (I like Roger Whittaker, but this version will haunt your dreams for weeks!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7TriKN-8i8
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• BPA: Plan To Sell Energy to Aluminum Smelters Draws Ire of Franklin PUD
• Snohomish PUD and AIG Duking It Out In New York Courtroom
• Grays Harbor County PUD Power Rates Won’t Go Up This Year
• BPA Sets Rules to Deal with "Explosive" Power Growth
• Columnist - Hydro Projects Hold Much Promise
• News Release - Puget Sound Energy Files Updated Energy Strategy
• BPA Power Line Installation; WSDOT Pavement Repairs Will Impact Traffic This Week
• Natural Gas Pipeline Proposal Topic Of Fed Meetings
• Op/Ed - California should revive nuclear energy option
• If Nuclear Power Has a More Promising Future…
• Pacific Gas & Electric Workers Get $17.25 Million in OT Case
• Texas - Electricity customers may pay for Oncor Smart meters
• Electric Distribution Co-Ops Report Strong Performance during Downturn
• Northern Wasco County PUD Building Expansion Project Nears End
• Bill Opens Possibility of Lower Snake River Dam Removal
• Redfish Lake Sockeye Making A Comeback After Near Extinction
• Fall Salmon Season Opens Today In Columbia River Basin
• Alaska - Declining King Salmon Run Devastating to River Villages
• Town on Columbia, Tribes Clash Over 1855 Treaty
• Quotas on the Way to Oregon Fisheries, Bolstering Stocks
• BPA Plans Public Meeting On Hatchery Changes
• Kittitas County - Lawmakers Address Exempt Well Moratorium
• Idaho Water Officials Enforce Curtailment Order
• Tribes Combine Science, Canoes for Water Quality
• Utility Raises Cleanup Cost in Tennessee
• Wildlife Hinders (Radar Ridge) Wind Farm Strategy
• Sage Grouse Unlikely Focus Of Wyoming Wind Wars
• Montana Wind Farm Taking Toll on Bats, Birds
• Oregon Governor Signals Intent to Veto Rollback of Wind Energy Tax Breaks
• $100 Million - Kittitas Solar Plant Could Be Super Expensive
• Rep Inslee - House Will Get another Shot at Feed-In Tariffs
• Offshore Windmills Hold Clean-Energy Promise
• Oregon – Port Of Morrow's Bio-Gen Power Plant Finds Buyer
• Editorial – Renewable Energy: Power Co-Ops Should Quit Whining
• Renewable Energy - The Transmission Question
• Alaska – Home Wind Turbine Looks Good As Energy Costs Rise
• Weak Economy Makes Solar Panels More Affordable to Homeowners
• EPA Ranks Top 20 On-Site Green Power Producers
• $23 Million for Weatherization Work Spreads Across Washington State
• Taking Energy Credit Where It's Due
• Feds Warn About Misleading Claims of Benefits from Energy-Saving Devices
• Duke Energy Elbows Co-ops for Carbon Permits in Climate Measure
• Clean-Tech Is On the Rebound from a Steep Plunge in Investments
• Op/Ed - Falling Behind On Green Tech
• Clearwire to Launch WiMAX in 10 U.S. Cities
• Kitsap County Backs Out of Agreement for High-Tech Development
• Cable Industry: Our Awesomeness Cannot Be Denied
• Wildfire Contained In Mason County
• Fires in Olympics Prompts More Trail Closures
• Judge To Consider WaMu Exec's 'Golden Parachutes'
• Weyerhaeuser's Quarterly Loss Widens
• Bank Teller Tackles Suspected Robber, Gets Canned
• AP newsman Rory Marshall dead at 54
WORD OF THE DAY – THE HAIKU VERSION
Ideate • \EYE-dee-ate\ • verb – To form an idea or conception of - to form an idea
Ideate a Plan
Put it into Motion Now
Seemed Right at the Time
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
BPA: Plan To Sell Energy to Aluminum Smelters Draws Ire of Franklin PUD (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1406/story/667771.html
Snohomish PUD and AIG Duking It Out In New York Courtroom (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090801/NEWS01/708019920
Grays Harbor County PUD Power Rates Won’t Go Up This Year (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/07/31/local_news/doc4a732e2e65b2c975321488.txt
BPA Sets Rules to Deal with "Explosive" Power Growth (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ARTCL&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=367212&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Spokesman Review Columnist - Hydro Projects Hold Much Promise
http://www.pennenergy.com/index/articles/newsdisplay/s-133672955.html
News Release - Puget Sound Energy Files Updated Energy Strategy with State Regulators (BusinessWire)
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/worldenergysource/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090730005203&newsLang=en
BPA Power Line Installation; WSDOT Pavement Repairs Will Impact Traffic This Week (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7938/reftab/1632/t/POWER-LINE-INSTALLATION-AND-PAVEMENT-REPAIRS-WILL-IMPACT-TRAFFIC-THIS-WEEK/Default.aspx
Natural Gas Pipeline Proposal Topic Of Fed Meetings - It would run along Washington side of Columbia River Gorge (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090803/NEWS02/708039982
Sacramento Bee Op/Ed - California should revive nuclear energy option
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/story/2078569.html
If Nuclear Power Has a More Promising Future ... Seth Grae Wants to Be the One Leading the Charge (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/24/AR2009072401847.html?nav=rss_email/components
Pacific Gas & Electric Workers Get $17.25 Million in OT Case (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12969243?nclick_check=1
Texas - Electricity customers may pay for Oncor Smart meters: Whether it was Oncor's $93 million mistake or the Public Utility Commission's, electricity customers will probably end up paying for it (Dallas Morning News, TX)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-oncor_03bus.ART.State.Edition1.3cf2fb0.html
Electric Distribution Co-Ops Report Strong Performance during Downturn (Penn Energy)
http://www.pennenergy.com/index/articles/display/367251/s-articles/s-utility-automation-engineering-td/s-industry-news/s-electric-distribution-co-ops-report-strong-performance-during-downturn.html
Northern Wasco County PUD Building Expansion Project Nears End (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/07/news07-31-09-02.shtml
FISH & WILDLIFE
Bill Opens Possibility of Lower Snake River Dam Removal (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/830620.html
Redfish Lake Sockeye Making A Comeback After Near Extinction (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009583916_outn02.html?syndication=rss
Fall Salmon Season Opens Today In Columbia River Basin (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/830573.html
Alaska - Declining King Salmon Run Devastating to River Villages: Three years of weak returns raise questions on bycatch (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://www.adn.com/money/industries/fishing/story/885663.html
Town on Columbia, Tribes Clash Over 1855 Treaty (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_or_fishing_rights.html
Quotas on the Way to Oregon Fisheries, Bolstering Stocks (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/08/quotas_on_the_way_to_oregon_fi.html
BPA Plans Public Meeting On Hatchery Changes - Events provide for community input on upgrades and improvements (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/297389/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Kittitas County - Lawmakers Address Exempt Well Moratorium (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/07/31/news/doc4a737a3aa8672358898415.txt
Idaho Water Officials Enforce Curtailment Order (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/927857.html
Tribes Combine Science, Canoes for Water Quality (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_paddling_for_science.html?source=pimail
Utility Raises Cleanup Cost in Tennessee (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/us/02tennessee.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wildlife Hinders Wind Farm Strategy - Turbines not the obvious "winner" state initially thought (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090802/NEWS02/708029968/Wildlife+hinders+wind+farm+strategy
Sage Grouse Unlikely Focus Of Wyoming Wind Wars (Reuters)
http://in.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idINTRE5720AF20090803
Montana Wind Farm Taking Toll on Bats, Birds (Associated Press)
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_ef85f7f5-8bf2-5263-9915-5cd16c3cab6c.html
Oregon Governor Signals Intent to Veto Rollback of Wind Energy Tax Breaks “...They don't employ very many people and they send most of their power to California…” (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/07/kulongoski_signals_intent_to_v.html
$100 Million - Kittitas Solar Plant Could Be Super Expensive (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/408805_solarplant3.html?source=rss
Rep Inslee - House Will Get another Shot at Feed-In Tariffs (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/08/03/03greenwire-house-will-get-another-shot-at-feed-in-tariffs-70749.html
Offshore Windmills Hold Clean-Energy Promise (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/02/BA0Q18ABIT.DTL&feed=rss.news
Oregon – Port Of Morrow's Bio-Gen Power Plant Finds Buyer (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=96068&SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48
Fargo Forum Editorial – Renewable Energy: The Power Co-Ops Should Quit Whining
http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/248547/
The Transmission Question - There will be no magic involved in adding new renewable energy to the electricity mix (EnergyBiz Insider)
http://www.scoop.com/remote/article/include/104988765/53616c7465645f5ff99a2eb05b194f8087766c98003ea9a176e1be2836949b2d
Alaska – Home Wind Turbine Looks Good As Energy Costs Rise (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://www.adn.com/3221/story/884945.html
Weak Economy Makes Solar Panels More Affordable to Homeowners (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cover-solar2-2009aug02,0,7808025.story
EPA Ranks Top 20 On-Site Green Power Producers (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnEnergy/idUS176651644220090731
Here’s the Top-20 List; two are in Oregon
http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/toplists/top20onsite.htm
Top 20 Local Government
http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/toplists/top20localgov.htm
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
$23 Million for Weatherization Work Spreads Across Washington State (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009584131_weatherize02m.html
Taking Energy Credit Where It's Due (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/business/story/668315.html
Feds Warn About Misleading Claims of Benefits from Energy-Saving Devices (Federal Trade Commission)
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/04/energysurf2002.shtm
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Duke Energy Elbows Co-ops for Carbon Permits in Climate Measure (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aQQH_8kliSTU
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Clean-Tech Is On the Rebound from a Steep Plunge in Investments (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12969563
Washington Post Op/Ed - Falling Behind On Green Tech
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/02/AR2009080201563.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Clearwire to Launch WiMAX in 10 U.S. Cities - The markets include Boise, Idaho; Bellingham, Wash. (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/08/03/clearwire-to-launch-wimax-in-10-u-s-cities-in-september/
Kitsap County Backs Out of Agreement for High-Tech Development near Kitsap Lake (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/30/county-backs-out-of-agreement-for-planned-near/
Cable Industry: Our Awesomeness Cannot Be Denied - NCTA says cable efforts have saved consumers $35 billion EVERY YEAR (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Cable-Industry-Our-Awesomeness-Cannot-Be-Denied-103702
GENERAL NEWS
Wildfire Contained In Mason County (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20259941/detail.html
Fires in Olympics Prompts More Trail Closures
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/02/fires-in-olympics-prompts-more-trail-closures/?partner=RSS
Judge To Consider WaMu Exec's 'Golden Parachutes' (NW Cable News)
http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_080309WAB-wamu-golden-parachutes-SW.a3bdcbe8.html
Weyerhaeuser's Quarterly Loss Widens (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/07/31/business/AP-US-Earns-Weyerhaeuser.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Bank Teller Tackles Suspected Robber, Gets Canned (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/52271217.html
AP newsman Rory Marshall dead at 54 (Sorry to see this today in the SF Chronicle. I always liked sending feeds to Rory. He seemed like such a good guy.)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/02/national/a162757D47.DTL&feed=rss.business
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Raccoons Infest Storage Unit, and Company Won't Pay For Damage
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-thu-problem-public-storage-jul30,0,2048166.column
Phone Lost 4 Days At Sea Found, Recharged, Returned
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE56U4A920090731?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Ukuleles Have Gone Viral
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ukuleles25-2009jul25,0,5302658.story
New York Post Sends In the Clown – The Newspaper made the phrase “media circus” literal when it hired a clown to roam the corridors of the New York State Capitol
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/03/business/media/03clown.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Judy Collins - Send in the Clowns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5yG1Dy5b4A
Roger Whittaker - Send in the Clowns (I like Roger Whittaker, but this version will haunt your dreams for weeks!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7TriKN-8i8
Friday, July 31, 2009
Energy News Digest for July 31, 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)
• Grays Harbor PUD Financial Analysis Determines Utility to Face Significantly Increased Costs
• Inland Power to Delay Rate Increase until Next Spring
• Grant PUD to Invest In Nuclear Power Study
• Northern Wasco County PUD Sets Power Record
• Montana - Judge Reaffirms That City Must Turn Over Southern Montana Electric Generation-Related Papers
• Ohio - Ormet Aluminum Files Layoff Notice for All Workers
• Op/Ed - Help Avoid Job Losses at Ormet
• Sector Snap: Utilities Rated "Neutral" On Outlook
• In Canadian Hydro Move TransAlta Puts Its Credit Rating First
• Constellation Energy Earnings Plummet to $28.3 Million in 2nd Quarter
• Energy Regulator Pushes Back Review of Constellation Energy-EDF Deal
• One in Ten Americans Say They Are Knowledgeable Where Electricity Comes From
• Fish for Dinner: Overfishing Easing In Some Areas
• Scientists Who Debated On Fisheries Team Up For Comprehensive Study
• Imperiled Fisheries Make a Comeback, Study Shows
• Op/Ed - It’s Harvest! It’s Harvest! It’s Harvest!
• Idaho Sockeye Start To Trickle In - At least 30 ‘red fish’ have arrived
• Montana – Yellowtail Dam Problem Gets Fish Stranded
• Fall Fishing Ramps up Saturday
• Oregon - Record Kokanee at Wallowa Lake Comes With a Down Side
• End May Be Near In Kittitas Wells Dispute
• Idaho Orders Shut Down Of Groundwater Wells
• Oregon Views Aired On Biomass Power Plant
• Heat Wave Demonstrates Limitations to Wind Power
• Becalmed - After a record year, America’s wind industry is suffering growing pains
• North Carolina - Utilities Chase Distant Winds: Critics cry foul
• New York Wind Energy Corruption Probe Reaches Vermont
• Developers Set To Equip Wind-Powered Home
• British Columbia Green Power Gets Red Light
• Solar Integration - PV Powered, Portland General Electric Receive Up To $3M
• Big Price Rise for Western Australia Users of Renewable Energy
• Efficiency Drive Could Cut Energy Use 23% by 2020, Study Finds
• Free Light Bulb Promotion Comes to Kitsap This Week
• Summer Conservation Program Helps Youths Make a Different Kind of Green
• Chicago - South Side Solar Plant Closer to Reality
• Op/Ed: The Folly Of 'Magical Solutions' For Targeting Carbon Emissions
• Google Voice Ban Is Clear Network Neutrality Violation
• Gunman in Wal-Mart Robbery Pleads Guilty
• Time running out for Shelton’s Historic St. Edwards Church
• Teenager Drowns In Kitsap County
• Dosewallips Area - Peninsula Cools Off, While Constance Fire Spreads
• Threshold Met - Anti-Gay Initiative: 137,689 Signatures, Sec of State Says
• Pot Operation Busted In Lincoln County Cornfield
• Increasing Postal Deficits Intensify Talks on Solution
• Editorial - Lost Money Is Teachable Moment for Evergreen
WORD OF THE DAY
Mohair • \MOH-hair\ • noun - A fabric or yarn made wholly or in part of the long silky hair of the Angora goat; also: this hair
Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet
But they’re so spaced out,
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jetssssssss
Oh but they’re weird and they’re wonderful
Oh Bennie she’s really keen
She’s got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jetssssssss
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
Grays Harbor PUD Financial Analysis Determines Utility to Face Significantly Increased Costs (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=721
Inland Power to Delay Rate Increase until Next Spring (Spokane Journal of Business)
http://www.spokanejournal.com/article.php?id=4978
Grant PUD to Invest In Nuclear Power Study (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090730/NEWS04/707309881
Northern Wasco County PUD Sets Power Record (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/07/news07-30-09-02.shtml
Montana - Judge Reaffirms That City Must Turn Over Southern Montana Electric Generation-Related Papers (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090731/NEWS01/907310316/1002/news01
Ohio - Ormet Aluminum Files Layoff Notice for All Workers “…Ormet has been embroiled in a battle with alumina supplier…accused of failing to deliver raw materials…The company (has also been) granted an electricity rate reduction from American Electric Power…” (Marietta Times, OH)
http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/514611.html?nav=5002
Wheeling News Register Op/Ed - Help Avoid Job Losses at Ormet
http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/526579.html?nav=511
Sector Snap: Utilities Rated "Neutral" On Outlook (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009570695_apusutilitiessectorsnap.html?syndication=rss
In Canadian Hydro Move TransAlta Puts Its Credit Rating First (The Financial Post, Canada)
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1847282
Constellation Energy Earnings Plummet to $28.3 Million in 2nd Quarter (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/07/27/daily59.html?ana=from_rss
Maryland Energy Regulator Pushes Back Review of Constellation Energy-EDF Deal (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/07/27/daily56.html?ana=from_rss
One in Ten Americans Say They Are Knowledgeable Where Electricity Comes From (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=367084&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fish for Dinner: Overfishing Easing In Some Areas (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009570347_apusscisavingseafood.html?syndication=rss
Scientists Who Debated On Fisheries Team Up For Comprehensive Study (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009572947_fisheries31m.html?syndication=rss
Imperiled Fisheries Make a Comeback, Study Shows – Harvest Control Works (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111376512&ft=1&f=2
Othello Outlook Op/Ed - It’s Harvest! It’s Harvest! It’s Harvest!
http://othellooutlook.com/?p=3613
Idaho Sockeye Start To Trickle In - At least 30 ‘red fish’ have arrived in the Sawtooth Valley so far (Idaho Mountain Express & Guide, Sun Valley)
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005127213
Montana – Yellowtail Dam Problem Gets Fish Stranded, Loss of Trout Blamed On Malfunctioning Gate (Billings Gazette, MT)
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_5dc82da8-7d92-11de-b517-001cc4c002e0.html
Fall Fishing Ramps up Saturday (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090730/SPORTS04/907309988
Oregon - Record Kokanee at Wallowa Lake Comes With a Down Side (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2009/07/record_kokanee_at_wallowa_lake.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
End May Be Near In Kittitas Wells Dispute (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/925596.html
Idaho Orders Shut Down Of Groundwater Wells (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/926021.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon Views Aired On Biomass Power Plant - A proposed wood-fired boiler at a local sawmill is either a great new source of sustainable electricity…or a burdensome polluter that will sicken neighbors and foul the air (Eugene Register Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/updates/17958982-55/story.csp
Heat Wave Demonstrates Limitations to Wind Power (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnEnergy/idUS86005469820090731
Becalmed - After a record year, America’s wind industry is suffering growing pains (The Economist)
http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14140349
North Carolina - Utilities Chase Distant Winds: Critics cry foul over buying of renewable energy credits (News & Observer, Raleigh, NC)
http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/1628333.html
New York Wind Energy Corruption Probe Reaches Vermont (Rutland Herald, VT)http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20090731/NEWS03/907310367/0/NEWS02
Developers Set To Equip Wind-Powered Home (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090731/BIZ01/707319976/-1/BIZ
British Columbia Green Power Gets Red Light (Surrey Leader, BC)
http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/business/Green_power_gets_red_light.html
Solar Integration - PV Powered, Portland General Electric Receive Up To $3M (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/27/daily47.html?ana=from_rss
Big Price Rise for Western Australia Users of Renewable Energy (Perth Sunday Times, Australia)
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,25864647-2761,00.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Efficiency Drive Could Cut Energy Use 23% by 2020, Study Finds (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/business/energy-environment/30energy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Free Light Bulb Promotion Comes to Kitsap This Week (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/30/free-light-bulb-promotion-comes-to-kitsap-this/?partner=RSS
Summer Conservation Program Helps Youths Make a Different Kind of Green (Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, CA)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_12938558?source=rss&nclick_check=1
Chicago - South Side Solar Plant Closer to Reality (Chicago Public Radio)
http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Content.aspx?audioID=35853
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
United Kingdom – Guardian Op/Ed: The Folly Of 'Magical Solutions' For Targeting Carbon Emissions
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/31/network-climate-change
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Voice Ban Is Clear Network Neutrality Violation - And both AT&T and Apple should share the blame (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Google-Voice-Ban-Is-Clear-Network-Neutrality-Violation-103692
GENERAL NEWS
Gunman in Wal-Mart Robbery Pleads Guilty (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=195017
Time running out for Shelton’s Historic St. Edwards Church (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7920/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Teenager Drowns In Kitsap County (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20232799/detail.html
Dosewallips Area - Peninsula Cools Off, While Constance Fire Spreads (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090731/news/307319991
Threshold Met - Anti-Gay Initiative: 137,689 Signatures, Sec of State Says (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/175049.asp?source=pimail
Pot Operation Busted In Lincoln County Cornfield (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/30/pot-operation-busted-lincoln-county-cornfield/
Increasing Postal Deficits Intensify Talks on Solution (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/business/30postal.html?_r=1&ref=business
Olympian Editorial - Lost Money Is Teachable Moment for Evergreen
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/926289.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Texting Is 23-Times Riskier Than Using Cell Phone While Driving
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2009/07/texting-vs-cell-phone-risk-dangers-while-driving.html?EXTKEY=I91ECON&CMP=OTC-ConsumeristLinks
34 Hospitalized After Co-Worker Sprays Perfume
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20226511/detail.html
Stolen Sand? Mexico Shuts Cancun Beach
http://www.kirotv.com/travelgetaways/20232586/detail.html
Tiger Flees Magic Act Into Vegas Streets - Residents Reported Seeing Tiger Wandering Streets
http://www.kirotv.com/travelgetaways/20233293/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Jefferson Starship - Ride the Tiger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIufUOm_cWY
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Grays Harbor PUD Financial Analysis Determines Utility to Face Significantly Increased Costs
• Inland Power to Delay Rate Increase until Next Spring
• Grant PUD to Invest In Nuclear Power Study
• Northern Wasco County PUD Sets Power Record
• Montana - Judge Reaffirms That City Must Turn Over Southern Montana Electric Generation-Related Papers
• Ohio - Ormet Aluminum Files Layoff Notice for All Workers
• Op/Ed - Help Avoid Job Losses at Ormet
• Sector Snap: Utilities Rated "Neutral" On Outlook
• In Canadian Hydro Move TransAlta Puts Its Credit Rating First
• Constellation Energy Earnings Plummet to $28.3 Million in 2nd Quarter
• Energy Regulator Pushes Back Review of Constellation Energy-EDF Deal
• One in Ten Americans Say They Are Knowledgeable Where Electricity Comes From
• Fish for Dinner: Overfishing Easing In Some Areas
• Scientists Who Debated On Fisheries Team Up For Comprehensive Study
• Imperiled Fisheries Make a Comeback, Study Shows
• Op/Ed - It’s Harvest! It’s Harvest! It’s Harvest!
• Idaho Sockeye Start To Trickle In - At least 30 ‘red fish’ have arrived
• Montana – Yellowtail Dam Problem Gets Fish Stranded
• Fall Fishing Ramps up Saturday
• Oregon - Record Kokanee at Wallowa Lake Comes With a Down Side
• End May Be Near In Kittitas Wells Dispute
• Idaho Orders Shut Down Of Groundwater Wells
• Oregon Views Aired On Biomass Power Plant
• Heat Wave Demonstrates Limitations to Wind Power
• Becalmed - After a record year, America’s wind industry is suffering growing pains
• North Carolina - Utilities Chase Distant Winds: Critics cry foul
• New York Wind Energy Corruption Probe Reaches Vermont
• Developers Set To Equip Wind-Powered Home
• British Columbia Green Power Gets Red Light
• Solar Integration - PV Powered, Portland General Electric Receive Up To $3M
• Big Price Rise for Western Australia Users of Renewable Energy
• Efficiency Drive Could Cut Energy Use 23% by 2020, Study Finds
• Free Light Bulb Promotion Comes to Kitsap This Week
• Summer Conservation Program Helps Youths Make a Different Kind of Green
• Chicago - South Side Solar Plant Closer to Reality
• Op/Ed: The Folly Of 'Magical Solutions' For Targeting Carbon Emissions
• Google Voice Ban Is Clear Network Neutrality Violation
• Gunman in Wal-Mart Robbery Pleads Guilty
• Time running out for Shelton’s Historic St. Edwards Church
• Teenager Drowns In Kitsap County
• Dosewallips Area - Peninsula Cools Off, While Constance Fire Spreads
• Threshold Met - Anti-Gay Initiative: 137,689 Signatures, Sec of State Says
• Pot Operation Busted In Lincoln County Cornfield
• Increasing Postal Deficits Intensify Talks on Solution
• Editorial - Lost Money Is Teachable Moment for Evergreen
WORD OF THE DAY
Mohair • \MOH-hair\ • noun - A fabric or yarn made wholly or in part of the long silky hair of the Angora goat; also: this hair
Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet
But they’re so spaced out,
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jetssssssss
Oh but they’re weird and they’re wonderful
Oh Bennie she’s really keen
She’s got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jetssssssss
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
Grays Harbor PUD Financial Analysis Determines Utility to Face Significantly Increased Costs (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=721
Inland Power to Delay Rate Increase until Next Spring (Spokane Journal of Business)
http://www.spokanejournal.com/article.php?id=4978
Grant PUD to Invest In Nuclear Power Study (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090730/NEWS04/707309881
Northern Wasco County PUD Sets Power Record (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/07/news07-30-09-02.shtml
Montana - Judge Reaffirms That City Must Turn Over Southern Montana Electric Generation-Related Papers (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090731/NEWS01/907310316/1002/news01
Ohio - Ormet Aluminum Files Layoff Notice for All Workers “…Ormet has been embroiled in a battle with alumina supplier…accused of failing to deliver raw materials…The company (has also been) granted an electricity rate reduction from American Electric Power…” (Marietta Times, OH)
http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/514611.html?nav=5002
Wheeling News Register Op/Ed - Help Avoid Job Losses at Ormet
http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/526579.html?nav=511
Sector Snap: Utilities Rated "Neutral" On Outlook (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009570695_apusutilitiessectorsnap.html?syndication=rss
In Canadian Hydro Move TransAlta Puts Its Credit Rating First (The Financial Post, Canada)
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1847282
Constellation Energy Earnings Plummet to $28.3 Million in 2nd Quarter (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/07/27/daily59.html?ana=from_rss
Maryland Energy Regulator Pushes Back Review of Constellation Energy-EDF Deal (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/07/27/daily56.html?ana=from_rss
One in Ten Americans Say They Are Knowledgeable Where Electricity Comes From (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=367084&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fish for Dinner: Overfishing Easing In Some Areas (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009570347_apusscisavingseafood.html?syndication=rss
Scientists Who Debated On Fisheries Team Up For Comprehensive Study (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009572947_fisheries31m.html?syndication=rss
Imperiled Fisheries Make a Comeback, Study Shows – Harvest Control Works (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111376512&ft=1&f=2
Othello Outlook Op/Ed - It’s Harvest! It’s Harvest! It’s Harvest!
http://othellooutlook.com/?p=3613
Idaho Sockeye Start To Trickle In - At least 30 ‘red fish’ have arrived in the Sawtooth Valley so far (Idaho Mountain Express & Guide, Sun Valley)
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005127213
Montana – Yellowtail Dam Problem Gets Fish Stranded, Loss of Trout Blamed On Malfunctioning Gate (Billings Gazette, MT)
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_5dc82da8-7d92-11de-b517-001cc4c002e0.html
Fall Fishing Ramps up Saturday (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090730/SPORTS04/907309988
Oregon - Record Kokanee at Wallowa Lake Comes With a Down Side (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2009/07/record_kokanee_at_wallowa_lake.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
End May Be Near In Kittitas Wells Dispute (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/925596.html
Idaho Orders Shut Down Of Groundwater Wells (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/926021.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon Views Aired On Biomass Power Plant - A proposed wood-fired boiler at a local sawmill is either a great new source of sustainable electricity…or a burdensome polluter that will sicken neighbors and foul the air (Eugene Register Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/updates/17958982-55/story.csp
Heat Wave Demonstrates Limitations to Wind Power (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnEnergy/idUS86005469820090731
Becalmed - After a record year, America’s wind industry is suffering growing pains (The Economist)
http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14140349
North Carolina - Utilities Chase Distant Winds: Critics cry foul over buying of renewable energy credits (News & Observer, Raleigh, NC)
http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/1628333.html
New York Wind Energy Corruption Probe Reaches Vermont (Rutland Herald, VT)http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20090731/NEWS03/907310367/0/NEWS02
Developers Set To Equip Wind-Powered Home (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090731/BIZ01/707319976/-1/BIZ
British Columbia Green Power Gets Red Light (Surrey Leader, BC)
http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/business/Green_power_gets_red_light.html
Solar Integration - PV Powered, Portland General Electric Receive Up To $3M (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/27/daily47.html?ana=from_rss
Big Price Rise for Western Australia Users of Renewable Energy (Perth Sunday Times, Australia)
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,25864647-2761,00.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Efficiency Drive Could Cut Energy Use 23% by 2020, Study Finds (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/business/energy-environment/30energy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Free Light Bulb Promotion Comes to Kitsap This Week (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/30/free-light-bulb-promotion-comes-to-kitsap-this/?partner=RSS
Summer Conservation Program Helps Youths Make a Different Kind of Green (Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, CA)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_12938558?source=rss&nclick_check=1
Chicago - South Side Solar Plant Closer to Reality (Chicago Public Radio)
http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Content.aspx?audioID=35853
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
United Kingdom – Guardian Op/Ed: The Folly Of 'Magical Solutions' For Targeting Carbon Emissions
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/31/network-climate-change
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Voice Ban Is Clear Network Neutrality Violation - And both AT&T and Apple should share the blame (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Google-Voice-Ban-Is-Clear-Network-Neutrality-Violation-103692
GENERAL NEWS
Gunman in Wal-Mart Robbery Pleads Guilty (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=195017
Time running out for Shelton’s Historic St. Edwards Church (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7920/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Teenager Drowns In Kitsap County (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20232799/detail.html
Dosewallips Area - Peninsula Cools Off, While Constance Fire Spreads (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090731/news/307319991
Threshold Met - Anti-Gay Initiative: 137,689 Signatures, Sec of State Says (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/175049.asp?source=pimail
Pot Operation Busted In Lincoln County Cornfield (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/30/pot-operation-busted-lincoln-county-cornfield/
Increasing Postal Deficits Intensify Talks on Solution (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/business/30postal.html?_r=1&ref=business
Olympian Editorial - Lost Money Is Teachable Moment for Evergreen
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/926289.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Texting Is 23-Times Riskier Than Using Cell Phone While Driving
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2009/07/texting-vs-cell-phone-risk-dangers-while-driving.html?EXTKEY=I91ECON&CMP=OTC-ConsumeristLinks
34 Hospitalized After Co-Worker Sprays Perfume
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20226511/detail.html
Stolen Sand? Mexico Shuts Cancun Beach
http://www.kirotv.com/travelgetaways/20232586/detail.html
Tiger Flees Magic Act Into Vegas Streets - Residents Reported Seeing Tiger Wandering Streets
http://www.kirotv.com/travelgetaways/20233293/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Jefferson Starship - Ride the Tiger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIufUOm_cWY
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Energy News Digest for July 30, 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.
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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Heat Brings Puget Sound Power Outages
• Portland Area Consumes Electricity at Record Rate
• Bonneville Power Hikes Utility Rates - Lewis County PUD
• Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative Residential Customers to Bear Brunt of Rate Increase
• A Change in the Wind's Direction: BPA Issues Final Record of Decision
• Chelan PUD Loses Potential Earnings in Lehman Deal
• Tacoma Power Settlement - Skokomish Tribe Reclaims Its Land, Breath
• US Dam Threatens to Flood BC Valley
• FERC Official: Better Grid Needed - Presence of BPA gives Pacific Northwest advantage
• Seattle City Light Chief Donates His 40k Bonus
• Avista Rewards Work Well Done - $2.3 million in bonuses
• Canadian Company Acquiring Montana Coal-To-Liquids Company
• Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association Mulls Pre-Pay Electricity Option
• California Utility Pays Nearly $15 Million in 1999 Wildfire Case
• Smart Meters - New Fees Lurk In Texas Electricity Bills
• Senate Passes Energy And Water Bill – to close the Yucca Mountain
• Power Glut Forces United Kingdom Utilities to Idle Plants, Cut Spending
• Coho Run Projected To Be Largest since 2001
• Salmon Are Biting Like Crazy in Several Areas off The Coast
• King Salmon Are Mostly A No Show In Puget Sound
• Oregon Governor Threatens To Use Veto on Hatchery, Judicial Bills
• Trout Take a Leap off Dam For The Sake Of Science, Other Fish
• Pikeminnow Anglers Get Extra August Cash
• Warm Weather Prompts Oyster Health Warning
• Geoduck Season Carefully Monitored In WA
• Jellyfish May Help Keep Planet Cool by Mixing Seawater
• Mason County Water Use Restrictions
• Idaho Water Resources Must Reconsider Some Decisions
• Polluted Beach Closures on the Decline
• BPA Chart Shows Real Time Wind Generation
• BLM Seeks Public Input on Steens Mountain Wind Power Transmission Line
• U.S. Wind Industry Installs 1,200 MW in Second Quarter
• Wind Turbines 'Will Disrupt Sleep'
• Energy Giant's Adverts Showed Wind Turbines Half Size Of Those Planned
• Who Will Survive The Solar Energy Shakeout?
• Oregon Eases Ethanol Requirements
• The Dark Secret of Light-Emitting Diodes
• Shedding a New, Electricity-Saving Light on Retail Outlets
• Chelan PUD Nixes Weatherization Loans; To Give Cash Incentives
• GE's Smart (and Subsidized) Appliances
• White Roofs Catch on as Energy Cost Cutters
• U.S. Senate Climate Bill to Have Tough Market Controls
• Some Little States with Big Emissions Could See Allowance Windfall
• Natural-Gas Companies Challenge Coal Industry on Climate Change Bill
• Farm Lobby Divided Over Climate Bill
• Consumer Alert: Is That Business Really Green?
• Chehalis to Sell Wi-Fi Equipment for $5,000
• Microsoft and Yahoo Are Linked Up. Now What?
• Does the Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Matter?
• An Internet Landmark Heads to the Recycle Bin
• 104 - Need We Say More? High temperature ties record from 1981
• Relief from Heat Still A Few Days Away
• Lit Cigarette Blamed for Brush Fire along I-5 near Federal Way
• Wash. Gov Opposing Revenue-Cap I-1033
• Ben Settle Update - Judge Halts Release of Wash. Referendum Signatures
WORD OF THE DAY
Con amore • \kahn-uh-MOR-ee\ • adverb - 1: with love, devotion, or zest 2: in a tender manner -- used as a direction in music
As the throbbing strings from his well-worn Percy Faith album swelled in the background, Aloise sidled up “con amore” to his date. “My Dear,” he began, “your beauty is beyond compare. Excepting, of course, a mint-condition Superman #1 comic book.” The last sound of the night was the skipping needle of his record player, dislodged by the thunderous slamming of the door has his date fled the apartment.
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
Heat Brings Puget Sound Power Outages (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=194890
Portland Area Consumes Electricity at Record Rate (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/07/portland_area_consumes_electri.html
Bonneville Power Hikes Utility Rates - Lewis County PUD Will See $2 Million Increase in Annual Cost, Manager Says (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/07/28/news/doc4a6f36e868647512825669.txt
Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative Residential Customers To Bear Brunt Of Rate Increase (Curry Coastal Pilot, Brookings, OR)
http://www.currypilot.com/20090729113597/News/Local-News/Residential-customers-to-bear-brunt-of-rate-increase
A Change in the Wind's Direction: BPA Issues Final Record of Decision in 2010 Rate Case (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/stoel-rives-6442/news/article/2009/07/a-change-in-the-winds-direction-bpa-issues-final-record-of-decision-in-2010-rate-case?cmpid=rss
Chelan PUD Loses Potential Earnings in Lehman Deal (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090728/NEWS04/707289966/1001/NEWS04
Tacoma Power Settlement - Skokomish Tribe Reclaims Its Land, Breath (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009565074_rename30m.html?syndication=rss
US Dam Threatens to Flood BC Valley (Epoch Times)
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/20315/
FERC Official: Better Grid Needed - Presence of BPA gives Pacific Northwest advantage (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/29/official-better-grid-needed/
Seattle City Light Chief Donates His 40k Bonus (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/edcetera/2009553166_seattle_city_light_chief_gives.html
Avista Rewards Work Well Done - $2.3 million in bonuses paid to 1,400 workers last year (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/29/avista-rewards-work-well-done/
Canadian Company Acquiring Montana Coal-To-Liquids Company (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2141332~Canadian_company_acquiring_coal_to_liquids_company.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association Mulls Pre-Pay Electricity Option (Fairbands News Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jul/28/gvea-mulls-pre-pay-electricity-option/
California Utility Pays Nearly $15 Million in 1999 Wildfire Case (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/28/state/n161101D44.DTL&feed=rss.business
Smart Meters - New Fees Lurk In Texas Electricity Bills (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6553861.html
Senate Passes Energy And Water Bill – to close the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste facility in Nevada (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009560285_apuscongressspending.html?syndication=rss
Power Glut Forces United Kingdom Utilities to Idle Plants, Cut Spending (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=adss.SrUxw90
FISH & WILDLIFE
Coho Run Projected To Be Largest since 2001 (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Coho-Run-Projected-To-Be-Largest-since-2=1&blockID=66100&feedID=410
Salmon Are Biting Like Crazy in Several Areas off The Coast (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/924900.html
King Salmon Are Mostly A No Show In Puget Sound - hope is the good fishing at Sekiu will eventually head this way (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009560126_king_salmon_are_mostly_a_no_sh.html
Oregon Governor Threatens To Use Veto on Hatchery, Judicial Bills (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/07/kulongoski_threatens_to_use_ve.html
Trout Take a Leap off Dam For The Sake Of Science, Other Fish - Data will be used to help steelhead, Chinook (Statesman-Journal, Salem, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090730/GREEN/907300337/1001
Pikeminnow Anglers Get Extra August Cash - Weekly drawings will award $1,000 prizes to 60 lucky anglers (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/296815/
Warm Weather Prompts Oyster Health Warning (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_072809HEB-oyster-bacteria-warning-TP.864dd614.html?rss
Geoduck Season Carefully Monitored In WA (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_072809WAB-geoduck-KS.860f6fbe.html?rss
Jellyfish May Help Keep Planet Cool by Mixing Seawater (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111346982&ps=cprs
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Mason County Water Use Restrictions for Beards Cove, Rustlewood & Hartstene Pointe (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7906/reftab/1632/t/WATER-USE-RESTRICTIONS-FOR-BEARDS-COVE-RUSTLEWOOD--HARTSTENE-POINTE/Default.aspx
Idaho Water Resources Must Reconsider Some Decisions (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/924633.html
Polluted Beach Closures on the Decline (Associated Press)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090729/NEWS02/707299821/1025/rss1025
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
BPA Chart Shows Real Time Wind Generation - Recent heat wave has led to record demands…power coming from wind turbines has been next to zero at times (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/bpa_chart_shows_real_time_wind.html
BLM Seeks Public Input on Steens Mountain Wind Power Transmission Line (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/blm_seeks_public_input_on_stee.html
U.S. Wind Industry Installs 1,200 MW in Second Quarter (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=366971&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Wind Turbines 'Will Disrupt Sleep' - A doctor has called for a wind farm plan to be rejected because he believes it will give people living nearby sleepless nights (Leicester Mercury, UK)
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Turbines-disrupt-sleep/article-1209870-detail/article.html
United Kingdom - Energy Giant's Adverts Showed Wind Turbines Half Size Of Those Planned (The Scotsman, UK)
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Energy-giant39s-adverts-showed-wind.5501784.jp
Who Will Survive The Solar Energy Shakeout? The recession is squeezing solar energy firms. These four could thrive (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/07/29/who-will-survive-the-solar-energy-shakeout/
Oregon Eases Ethanol Requirements (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/oregon-eases-ethanol-requirements/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
The Dark Secret of Light-Emitting Diodes (Azooptics)
http://azooptics.com/Details.asp?newsID=4627
Shedding a New, Electricity-Saving Light on Retail Outlets (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/07/29/29climatewire-shedding-a-new-electricity-saving-light-on-r-39713.html
Chelan PUD Nixes Weatherization Loans; To Give Cash Incentives (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090728/NEWS04/707289985/-1/NEWS90?PUD-nixes-weatherization-loans--to-give-cash-incentives
GE's Smart (and Subsidized) Appliances (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmCarbonEmissions/idUS202789734420090727
White Roofs Catch on as Energy Cost Cutters (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/science/earth/30degrees.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U.S. Senate Climate Bill to Have Tough Market Controls (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE56S6OG20090729
Some Little States with Big Emissions Could See Allowance Windfall (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/07/30/30climatewire-some-little-states-with-big-emissions-could-45222.html
Natural-Gas Companies Challenge Coal Industry On Climate Change Bill (The Hill)
http://thehill.com/business--lobby/natural-gas-companies-challenge-coal-industry-on-climate-change-bill-2009-07-29.html
Farm Lobby Divided Over Climate Bill (Politico)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25525.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Consumer Alert: Is That Business Really Green? (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/business/story/848841.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CHEHALIS TO SELL WI-FI EQUIPMENT FOR $5,000 - The Chehalis City Council unanimously voted Monday to sell the city’s surplus wireless fidelity equipment to Lewis County IT Services. The city will recoup almost $5,000 in the sale of the equipment that was purchased for nearly $26,000. Councilors decided to scrap the project, which aimed to provide Wi-Fi connectivity to the downtown area after the company the equipment was purchased from, GoNetworks, filed for bankruptcy. City officials said Chehalis would have to spend almost $19,000 to have the equipment installed and $14,500 a year to maintain the network. (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Microsoft and Yahoo Are Linked Up. Now What? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/technology/companies/30soft.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Does the Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Matter? Now that the deal is complete, the real fight to watch will be between Microsoft and Google (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/209294?from=rss
An Internet Landmark Heads to the Recycle Bin - Adieu, Yahoo (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/29/AR2009072903349.html?wprss=rss_technology
GENERAL NEWS
104 - Need We Say More? High temperature ties record from 1981; not quite so hot today (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/925064.html
Relief from Heat Still A Few Days Away - Temperature could reach 100 degrees (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/922993.html
Lit Cigarette Blamed for Brush Fire along I-5 near Federal Way (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/828184.html
Wash. Gov Opposing Revenue-Cap I-1033 (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10807345
Ben Settle Update - Judge Halts Release Of Wash. Referendum Signatures (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009564704_apwadomesticpartnerships3rdldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Utah Boy, 7, Steals Car to Avoid Church
http://www.kirotv.com/family/20207757/detail.html
Flea Bombs Ignite, Blow up Ventura Apartment
http://www.examiner.com/a-2142345~Flea_bombs_ignite__blow_up_Ventura_apartment.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Dog Found After 9-Year, 1,200-Mile Journey
http://www.kirotv.com/family/20221906/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Grease - Summer Nights Lego Stop Motion Animation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_whyjdt5Qso
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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Heat Brings Puget Sound Power Outages
• Portland Area Consumes Electricity at Record Rate
• Bonneville Power Hikes Utility Rates - Lewis County PUD
• Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative Residential Customers to Bear Brunt of Rate Increase
• A Change in the Wind's Direction: BPA Issues Final Record of Decision
• Chelan PUD Loses Potential Earnings in Lehman Deal
• Tacoma Power Settlement - Skokomish Tribe Reclaims Its Land, Breath
• US Dam Threatens to Flood BC Valley
• FERC Official: Better Grid Needed - Presence of BPA gives Pacific Northwest advantage
• Seattle City Light Chief Donates His 40k Bonus
• Avista Rewards Work Well Done - $2.3 million in bonuses
• Canadian Company Acquiring Montana Coal-To-Liquids Company
• Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association Mulls Pre-Pay Electricity Option
• California Utility Pays Nearly $15 Million in 1999 Wildfire Case
• Smart Meters - New Fees Lurk In Texas Electricity Bills
• Senate Passes Energy And Water Bill – to close the Yucca Mountain
• Power Glut Forces United Kingdom Utilities to Idle Plants, Cut Spending
• Coho Run Projected To Be Largest since 2001
• Salmon Are Biting Like Crazy in Several Areas off The Coast
• King Salmon Are Mostly A No Show In Puget Sound
• Oregon Governor Threatens To Use Veto on Hatchery, Judicial Bills
• Trout Take a Leap off Dam For The Sake Of Science, Other Fish
• Pikeminnow Anglers Get Extra August Cash
• Warm Weather Prompts Oyster Health Warning
• Geoduck Season Carefully Monitored In WA
• Jellyfish May Help Keep Planet Cool by Mixing Seawater
• Mason County Water Use Restrictions
• Idaho Water Resources Must Reconsider Some Decisions
• Polluted Beach Closures on the Decline
• BPA Chart Shows Real Time Wind Generation
• BLM Seeks Public Input on Steens Mountain Wind Power Transmission Line
• U.S. Wind Industry Installs 1,200 MW in Second Quarter
• Wind Turbines 'Will Disrupt Sleep'
• Energy Giant's Adverts Showed Wind Turbines Half Size Of Those Planned
• Who Will Survive The Solar Energy Shakeout?
• Oregon Eases Ethanol Requirements
• The Dark Secret of Light-Emitting Diodes
• Shedding a New, Electricity-Saving Light on Retail Outlets
• Chelan PUD Nixes Weatherization Loans; To Give Cash Incentives
• GE's Smart (and Subsidized) Appliances
• White Roofs Catch on as Energy Cost Cutters
• U.S. Senate Climate Bill to Have Tough Market Controls
• Some Little States with Big Emissions Could See Allowance Windfall
• Natural-Gas Companies Challenge Coal Industry on Climate Change Bill
• Farm Lobby Divided Over Climate Bill
• Consumer Alert: Is That Business Really Green?
• Chehalis to Sell Wi-Fi Equipment for $5,000
• Microsoft and Yahoo Are Linked Up. Now What?
• Does the Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Matter?
• An Internet Landmark Heads to the Recycle Bin
• 104 - Need We Say More? High temperature ties record from 1981
• Relief from Heat Still A Few Days Away
• Lit Cigarette Blamed for Brush Fire along I-5 near Federal Way
• Wash. Gov Opposing Revenue-Cap I-1033
• Ben Settle Update - Judge Halts Release of Wash. Referendum Signatures
WORD OF THE DAY
Con amore • \kahn-uh-MOR-ee\ • adverb - 1: with love, devotion, or zest 2: in a tender manner -- used as a direction in music
As the throbbing strings from his well-worn Percy Faith album swelled in the background, Aloise sidled up “con amore” to his date. “My Dear,” he began, “your beauty is beyond compare. Excepting, of course, a mint-condition Superman #1 comic book.” The last sound of the night was the skipping needle of his record player, dislodged by the thunderous slamming of the door has his date fled the apartment.
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
Heat Brings Puget Sound Power Outages (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=194890
Portland Area Consumes Electricity at Record Rate (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/07/portland_area_consumes_electri.html
Bonneville Power Hikes Utility Rates - Lewis County PUD Will See $2 Million Increase in Annual Cost, Manager Says (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/07/28/news/doc4a6f36e868647512825669.txt
Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative Residential Customers To Bear Brunt Of Rate Increase (Curry Coastal Pilot, Brookings, OR)
http://www.currypilot.com/20090729113597/News/Local-News/Residential-customers-to-bear-brunt-of-rate-increase
A Change in the Wind's Direction: BPA Issues Final Record of Decision in 2010 Rate Case (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/stoel-rives-6442/news/article/2009/07/a-change-in-the-winds-direction-bpa-issues-final-record-of-decision-in-2010-rate-case?cmpid=rss
Chelan PUD Loses Potential Earnings in Lehman Deal (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090728/NEWS04/707289966/1001/NEWS04
Tacoma Power Settlement - Skokomish Tribe Reclaims Its Land, Breath (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009565074_rename30m.html?syndication=rss
US Dam Threatens to Flood BC Valley (Epoch Times)
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/20315/
FERC Official: Better Grid Needed - Presence of BPA gives Pacific Northwest advantage (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/29/official-better-grid-needed/
Seattle City Light Chief Donates His 40k Bonus (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/edcetera/2009553166_seattle_city_light_chief_gives.html
Avista Rewards Work Well Done - $2.3 million in bonuses paid to 1,400 workers last year (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/29/avista-rewards-work-well-done/
Canadian Company Acquiring Montana Coal-To-Liquids Company (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2141332~Canadian_company_acquiring_coal_to_liquids_company.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association Mulls Pre-Pay Electricity Option (Fairbands News Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jul/28/gvea-mulls-pre-pay-electricity-option/
California Utility Pays Nearly $15 Million in 1999 Wildfire Case (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/28/state/n161101D44.DTL&feed=rss.business
Smart Meters - New Fees Lurk In Texas Electricity Bills (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6553861.html
Senate Passes Energy And Water Bill – to close the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste facility in Nevada (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009560285_apuscongressspending.html?syndication=rss
Power Glut Forces United Kingdom Utilities to Idle Plants, Cut Spending (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=adss.SrUxw90
FISH & WILDLIFE
Coho Run Projected To Be Largest since 2001 (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Coho-Run-Projected-To-Be-Largest-since-2=1&blockID=66100&feedID=410
Salmon Are Biting Like Crazy in Several Areas off The Coast (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/924900.html
King Salmon Are Mostly A No Show In Puget Sound - hope is the good fishing at Sekiu will eventually head this way (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009560126_king_salmon_are_mostly_a_no_sh.html
Oregon Governor Threatens To Use Veto on Hatchery, Judicial Bills (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/07/kulongoski_threatens_to_use_ve.html
Trout Take a Leap off Dam For The Sake Of Science, Other Fish - Data will be used to help steelhead, Chinook (Statesman-Journal, Salem, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090730/GREEN/907300337/1001
Pikeminnow Anglers Get Extra August Cash - Weekly drawings will award $1,000 prizes to 60 lucky anglers (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/296815/
Warm Weather Prompts Oyster Health Warning (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_072809HEB-oyster-bacteria-warning-TP.864dd614.html?rss
Geoduck Season Carefully Monitored In WA (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_072809WAB-geoduck-KS.860f6fbe.html?rss
Jellyfish May Help Keep Planet Cool by Mixing Seawater (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111346982&ps=cprs
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Mason County Water Use Restrictions for Beards Cove, Rustlewood & Hartstene Pointe (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7906/reftab/1632/t/WATER-USE-RESTRICTIONS-FOR-BEARDS-COVE-RUSTLEWOOD--HARTSTENE-POINTE/Default.aspx
Idaho Water Resources Must Reconsider Some Decisions (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/924633.html
Polluted Beach Closures on the Decline (Associated Press)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090729/NEWS02/707299821/1025/rss1025
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
BPA Chart Shows Real Time Wind Generation - Recent heat wave has led to record demands…power coming from wind turbines has been next to zero at times (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/bpa_chart_shows_real_time_wind.html
BLM Seeks Public Input on Steens Mountain Wind Power Transmission Line (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/blm_seeks_public_input_on_stee.html
U.S. Wind Industry Installs 1,200 MW in Second Quarter (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=366971&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Wind Turbines 'Will Disrupt Sleep' - A doctor has called for a wind farm plan to be rejected because he believes it will give people living nearby sleepless nights (Leicester Mercury, UK)
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Turbines-disrupt-sleep/article-1209870-detail/article.html
United Kingdom - Energy Giant's Adverts Showed Wind Turbines Half Size Of Those Planned (The Scotsman, UK)
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Energy-giant39s-adverts-showed-wind.5501784.jp
Who Will Survive The Solar Energy Shakeout? The recession is squeezing solar energy firms. These four could thrive (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/07/29/who-will-survive-the-solar-energy-shakeout/
Oregon Eases Ethanol Requirements (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/oregon-eases-ethanol-requirements/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
The Dark Secret of Light-Emitting Diodes (Azooptics)
http://azooptics.com/Details.asp?newsID=4627
Shedding a New, Electricity-Saving Light on Retail Outlets (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/07/29/29climatewire-shedding-a-new-electricity-saving-light-on-r-39713.html
Chelan PUD Nixes Weatherization Loans; To Give Cash Incentives (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090728/NEWS04/707289985/-1/NEWS90?PUD-nixes-weatherization-loans--to-give-cash-incentives
GE's Smart (and Subsidized) Appliances (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmCarbonEmissions/idUS202789734420090727
White Roofs Catch on as Energy Cost Cutters (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/science/earth/30degrees.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U.S. Senate Climate Bill to Have Tough Market Controls (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE56S6OG20090729
Some Little States with Big Emissions Could See Allowance Windfall (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/07/30/30climatewire-some-little-states-with-big-emissions-could-45222.html
Natural-Gas Companies Challenge Coal Industry On Climate Change Bill (The Hill)
http://thehill.com/business--lobby/natural-gas-companies-challenge-coal-industry-on-climate-change-bill-2009-07-29.html
Farm Lobby Divided Over Climate Bill (Politico)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25525.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Consumer Alert: Is That Business Really Green? (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/business/story/848841.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CHEHALIS TO SELL WI-FI EQUIPMENT FOR $5,000 - The Chehalis City Council unanimously voted Monday to sell the city’s surplus wireless fidelity equipment to Lewis County IT Services. The city will recoup almost $5,000 in the sale of the equipment that was purchased for nearly $26,000. Councilors decided to scrap the project, which aimed to provide Wi-Fi connectivity to the downtown area after the company the equipment was purchased from, GoNetworks, filed for bankruptcy. City officials said Chehalis would have to spend almost $19,000 to have the equipment installed and $14,500 a year to maintain the network. (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Microsoft and Yahoo Are Linked Up. Now What? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/technology/companies/30soft.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Does the Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Matter? Now that the deal is complete, the real fight to watch will be between Microsoft and Google (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/209294?from=rss
An Internet Landmark Heads to the Recycle Bin - Adieu, Yahoo (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/29/AR2009072903349.html?wprss=rss_technology
GENERAL NEWS
104 - Need We Say More? High temperature ties record from 1981; not quite so hot today (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/925064.html
Relief from Heat Still A Few Days Away - Temperature could reach 100 degrees (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/922993.html
Lit Cigarette Blamed for Brush Fire along I-5 near Federal Way (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/828184.html
Wash. Gov Opposing Revenue-Cap I-1033 (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10807345
Ben Settle Update - Judge Halts Release Of Wash. Referendum Signatures (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009564704_apwadomesticpartnerships3rdldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Utah Boy, 7, Steals Car to Avoid Church
http://www.kirotv.com/family/20207757/detail.html
Flea Bombs Ignite, Blow up Ventura Apartment
http://www.examiner.com/a-2142345~Flea_bombs_ignite__blow_up_Ventura_apartment.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Dog Found After 9-Year, 1,200-Mile Journey
http://www.kirotv.com/family/20221906/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Grease - Summer Nights Lego Stop Motion Animation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_whyjdt5Qso
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