Energy News Digest for January 13, 2010

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

•  Grays Harbor PUD Rates Go Up Feb. 1

•  Port of Bremerton Studies Ways to Spend Grant it First Got for SEED Energy Program

•  Maryland Governor to Skip Energy Re-Regulation This Session

•  Contentious San Francisco Power Plant Closure Gets Final Approval

•  Venezuela Imposes Electricity Blackouts

•  Aluminum Isn’t Such a Strong Market After All

•  Babcock & Wilcox Faces Penalty for Virginia Nuke Incident

•  Feds Propose Expanding Bush’s Bull Trout Habitat

•  California - A Bad Year for Salmon, But There’s Hope

•  Asian Carp - Illinois Tries United Front Against Fish & Lawsuit

•  Activists Oppose Coyote ‘Derby’ in Southeast Oregon

•  Lack of Washington State Snowpack Could Be a Concern

•  Dirty Air: Utah Officials Urge Limit on Kids’ Play

•  Possible Tweaks in Store for Oregon “Green Energy” Policies

•  Florida Company Pursues 100 MW Wind Farm in Montana

•  Wyoming Governor: ‘No Free Ride for Wind’

•  San Diego - Wind Farm: A Damaging Blow, Inspections, Repairs after Last Month’s Storm

•  Texas - Pickens Reduces Order for Wind Turbines, Puts Panhandle Wind Farm on Hold

•  Cape Wind Project May Be Test Case of Obama Administration’s Promises

•  West Virginia Wind Farm Builder Must Study Bird, Bat Deaths

•  General Electric Cutting Wind Deals at Home, China

•  Colorado Democrats Want to Raise Renewable Energy Standard

•  Maryland Governor to Press for Legislation on Renewable Energy

•  New Mexico Indian Tribe Hopes to Profit from Solar Energy

•  Renewable Resource - Central Virginia Electric Cooperative Buys Hydroelectric Plant

•  State of California Adopts Greenest Building Codes in US

•  Minnesota - Social Pressure to Save Energy?

•  Energy-Only Option Tests Senate’s Climate Bill Backers

•  California Panel Considers Money from Climate Rules

•  Insurance Group Says Stolen E-Mails Show Risk in Accepting Climate Science

•  Airnergy Charger Generates Electricity from WiFi Signals

•  Google to End China Censorship After E-Mail Breach

•  Google Threat a Rare Show of Defiance in China

•  Comcast Gives Spokane Web Users a Usage Meter

•  Broadband Boosts Economic Development to a Point

•  Google Adds Storage to Sweeten Online Office Suite

•  Yahoo Finds Web Ad Generation Gap

•  Hoodsport Bank Robber Arrested

•  Tahuya River Bridge Nearing Completion

•  Clallam County Treasurer Missing More Than $500K

•  Poll Says Gregoire’s Job Approval Lowest Ever

•  Report Says Cell Phone Distraction Causes One in Four US Car Crashes

•  Oregon - Vandalism Does More than $50,000 Damage to Historic Cape Meares Lighthouse

•  Groups Seek Regulation of Bumblebee Importation

•  Wedding Subsidy - Alcoa Can Help Spokane Couple’s Wedding Plan

WORD OF THE DAY

Semiotics • \see-mee-AW-tix\ • noun – A general philosophical theory of signs and symbols that deals especially with their function in both artificially constructed and natural languages and comprises syntactics, semantics, and pragmatics

Barty was stumped by the angry, intricate designs that had been spray-painted on the broad, gray face of his new concrete arch dam across the local salmon stream. “I’m no expert at semiotics,” he mused. “But my guess is that the local chapter of ‘Trout Unlimited’ is not pleased with my work.”

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

Grays Harbor PUD Rates Go Up Feb. 1 (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)

http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2010/01/12/local_news/doc4b4cc64119422712922070.txt

Port of Bremerton Studies Ways to Spend Grant it First Got for SEED Energy Program (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/jan/12/bremerton-port-studies-ways-to-spend-grant-if/

Maryland Governor to Skip Energy Re-Regulation This Session (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010775018_apusmarylandgovernorlegislature.html

Contentious San Francisco Power Plant Closure Gets Final Approval (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2010%2F01%2F12%2FMN1L1BH8VK.DTL

Venezuela Imposes Electricity Blackouts – The country has imposed an electricity rationing program which will lead to four-hour blackouts every week across the country (The Daily Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/venezuela/6980473/Venezuela-imposes-electricity-blackouts.html

Aluminum Isn’t Such a Strong Market After All - Alcoa’s weak results show aluminum demand is off (Purchasing.com)

http://www.purchasing.com/article/444071-Aluminum_isn_t_such_a_strong_market_after_all.php

Babcock & Wilcox Faces Penalty for Virginia Nuke Incident (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/01/13/financial/f084534S37.DTL

FISH & WILDLIFE

Feds Propose Expanding Bush’s Bull Trout Habitat (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010781395_aporbulltrouthabitat.html

California - A Bad Year for Salmon, But There’s Hope: Russian River count low again, but biologists predict its start of upswing (Santa Rosa Press Democrat, CA)

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100112/NEWS/1121002/1350?Title=A-bad-year-for-salmon-but-there-s-hope&tc=ar

Asian Carp - Illinois Tries United Front Against Fish & Lawsuit (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/science/earth/13asiancarp.html

Activists Oppose Coyote ‘Derby’ in Southeast Oregon (The Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/01/activists_oppose_coyote_derby.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Lack of Washington State Snowpack Could Be a Concern (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/01/12/lack-of-snowpack-could-be-a-concern

Dirty Air: Utah Officials Urge Limit on Kids’ Play (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010773225_apusairqualityutah.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Possible Tweaks in Store for Oregon “Green Energy” Policies (NW Public Radio)

http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=6667

Florida Company Pursues 100 MW Wind Farm in Montana (Associated Press)

http://www.examiner.com/a-2417436~Fla__company_pursues_100_MW_wind_farm_in_Mont_.html

Wyoming Governor: ‘No Free Ride for Wind’ (Wyoming Business Report)

http://www.wyomingbusinessreport.com/article.asp?id=103722

San Diego - Wind Farm: A Damaging Blow, Inspections, Repairs after Last Month’s Storm (San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/13/damaging-blow/

Texas - Pickens Reduces Order for Wind Turbines, Puts Panhandle Wind Farm on Hold (Dallas Morning News, TX)

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-wind_13bus.ART.State.Edition1.3d00505.html

Cape Wind Project May Be Test Case of Obama Administration’s Promises (Indian Country Today)

http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/81138432.html

West Virginia Wind Farm Builder Must Study Bird, Bat Deaths (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010772617_apuswindfarmwestvirginia.html

General Electric Cutting Wind Deals at Home, China (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/01/12/financial/f123710S49.DTL

Colorado Democrats Want to Raise Renewable Energy Standard (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010781188_apusrenewableenergycolorado.html

Maryland Governor to Press for Legislation on Renewable Energy (Baltimore Sun, MD)

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/legislature/bal-md.assembly13jan13,0,4179730.story

New Mexico Indian Tribe Hopes to Profit from Solar Energy (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010775213_apustribalsolarenergy.html

Renewable Resource - Central Virginia Electric Cooperative Buys Hydroelectric Plant (Nelson Valley Times, VA)

http://www2.nelsoncountytimes.com/nco/news/local/article/central_virginia_electric_cooperative_buys_hydroelectric_plant/23118/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

State of California Adopts Greenest Building Codes in US (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/13/MNDR1BH9SA.DTL

Minnesota - Social Pressure to Save Energy? (Minneapolis Star-Tribune, MN)

http://www.startribune.com/business/81287582.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DUoaK7D_V_eDc87DUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Energy-Only Option Tests Senate’s Climate Bill Backers - Would abandon cap & trade for a stand-alone energy bill (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/01/12/12greenwire-energy-only-option-tests-senates-climate-bill-b-4157.html

California Panel Considers Money from Climate Rules (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/science/earth/13emissions.html

Insurance Group Says Stolen E-Mails Show Risk in Accepting Climate Science (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/01/13/13climatewire-insurance-group-says-stolen-e-mails-show-ris-91554.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Airnergy Charger Generates Electricity from WiFi Signals (Consumerist)

http://consumerist.com/2010/01/airnergy-charger-generates-electricity-from-wifi-signals.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Google to End China Censorship After E-Mail Breach (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010777735_apustecgooglechina.html

Google Threat a Rare Show of Defiance in China (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010777612_apaschinagoogle.html

Comcast Gives Spokane Web Users a Usage Meter (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/jan/12/comcast-gives-web-users-usage-meter/

Broadband Boosts Economic Development to a Point (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2010/01/12/broadband-boosts-economic-development-to-a-point/

Google Adds Storage to Sweeten Online Office Suite (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/01/12/financial/f090705S29.DTL

Yahoo Finds Web Ad Generation Gap (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2010/01/11/daily41.html

GENERAL NEWS

Hoodsport Bank Robber Arrested (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1068:hoodsport-bank-robber-arrested&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50

Tahuya River Bridge Nearing Completion (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/jan/12/tahuya-bridge-nearing-completion/

Clallam County Treasurer Missing More Than $500K (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010776294_apwaclallammissingmoney.html

Poll Says Gregoire’s Job Approval Lowest Ever (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2010768515_poll_gregoire_job_approval_low.html

Report Says Cell Phone Distraction Causes One in Four US Car Crashes (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0112/Report-Cell-phone-distraction-causes-one-in-four-US-car-crashes

Oregon - Vandalism Does More than $50,000 Damage to Historic Cape Meares Lighthouse (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/vandalism_does_more_than_50000.html

Groups Seek Regulation of Bumblebee Importation (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010772614_apusplightofbumblebee.html

Wedding Subsidy - Alcoa Can Help Spokane Couple’s Wedding Plan (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/jan/13/alcoa-helps-wedding-can-couple/

DIVERSIONS

Mystery Object to Whizz by Earth Wednesday

http://www.kirotv.com/technology/22217885/detail.html

Festering Fish a Side Benefit - Lawsuit accuses bank of seizing wrong house

http://www.galvnews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=4e1cfb1bebbf31e1

Driver Growing Locks for Charity Told to Cut Hair

http://www.kirotv.com/sports/22219057/detail.html

Woman Keeps Pet Snowball for 33 Years

http://www.kirotv.com/news/22218733/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

The Doors - Break on Through

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dLAv0NklTg

Energy News Digest for January 12, 2010

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

•  Grays Harbor PUD Rate Increases Approved by Commissioners

•  Grant PUD Faces Tough Decisions Concerning Rates

•  Avista Offers to Drop Seven Percent Surcharge

•  Mason PUD 3 Commissioners Deny Pre-hearing Motions on Environmental Appeal

•  Officials Say Financing Set for New Nevada Power Line

•  Wyoming Utility Workers Vote on 3rd Contract Proposal

•  Florida Regulators Reject Progress Energy Rate Hike

•  Tennessee Valley Authority Sets Records for Energy Demand During Weekend

•  Smaller Loss for Alcoa as Revenue Fell

•  Experts Hack New Power Meters: Utilities Installing Networked Devices on Homes

•  BPA Administrator to Participate in National Workshop

•  Dryden Man Sues State Agencies Over Wenatchee River Fish Project

•  California - Deal Reached to Demolish Dam on Carmel River

•  Bainbridge Island, Ratepayers Reach Tentative Agreement on Treatment Plant, Charges

•  Treatment Plant Will Keep Port Angeles Water Safe after Elwha Dams Removed

•  Capitol Lake Fans Form Group

•  Will Drilling More Wells for Water in California Help Or Hurt?

•  Nevada - Technology, Mussels Could Halt Lake Powell Wastewater Project

•  Stronger Controls Urged on Chemicals in Water

•  Neighbors Object to Massive Solar Project near Cle Elum

•  Edmonds-based utility Seattle Steam looks to reduce carbon footprint

•  Vestas Gets Canadian Order for 18 Wind Turbines

•  Indiana Not Promoting Wind Energy Like Its Neighbors

•  Minnesota Waives 5-Percent Biodiesel Requirement

•  Port Angeles School District Gets Energy Grant Money

•  Portland Habitat for Humanity Group Gets Green Building Award

•  Pennsylvania Rising electric bills may make LED bulbs seem necessary

•  Editorial - Canceling School in Florida Takes Energy Conservation Too Far

•  Lobbyists Helped Murkowski Write Bill to Limit EPA

•  After Climate Talks, Lingering Disputes between Danish Police & Greenpeace

•  Valley Firms Reap Millions in Clean-Tech Tax Credit

•  Op/Ed - Green Jobs Or Pink Slips?

•  Glasses vs. Contact Lenses: An Ophthalmic Guide to Saving the Planet

•  Communications Networks Could Be 10,000 Times More Energy Efficient

•  First Phase of Verizon FiOS Build Coming to An End

•  Comcast Launching Broadband Meter: Watch Your Limit!

•  Privacy No Longer a Social Norm, Says Facebook Founder

•  Deputies Investigate Hoodsport Bank Robbery

•  Pedestrian Killed by Semi-Truck on I-5 Early Tuesday

•  Money May Force DNR to Close Trails, Camps

•  Activists file initiative to legalize pot in Washington State

•  Washington State Lawmaker Wants to Banish Negative Language

•  Showdown Looms between Ink Cartridge Makers & Regulators

WORD OF THE DAY

Pied-à-terre • \pee-ay-duh-TAIR\ • noun - A temporary or second lodging

The in-laws were coming; dread filled Angela’s mind as she imagined the state of the garage, which she planned to use as a pied-à-terre for her finicky mother in law and slovenly father in law. “Well, at least my dad won’t have to go far for a cold beer,” quipped her sharp-witted husband.

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

Grays Harbor PUD Rate Increases Approved by Commissioners (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA - Site does not play well with Firefox or Chrome browsers)

http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1329

Grant PUD Faces Tough Decisions Concerning Rates (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2010/01/11/news/doc4b4b686ede7d8310796147.txt

Avista Offers to Drop Seven Percent Surcharge (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/jan/11/avista-offers-drop-surcharge/

Mason PUD 3 Commissioners Deny Pre-hearing Motions on Environmental Appeal (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1064:pud-3-commissioners-deny-pre-hearing-motions&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50

Officials Say Financing Set for New Nevada Power Line (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/01/11/financial/f105513S80.DTL

Wyoming Utility Workers Vote on 3rd Contract Proposal (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010765393_apuselectricalunionwyoming.html

Florida Regulators Reject Progress Energy Rate Hike (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/01/12/financial/f074858S88.DTL

Tennessee Valley Authority Sets Records for Energy Demand During Weekend (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/01/11/financial/f140317S61.DTL

Smaller Loss for Alcoa as Revenue Fell (Associated Press)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/business/12alcoa.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Experts Hack New Power Meters: Utilities Installing Networked Devices on Homes (Istock Analyst)

http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3771490

BPA Administrator to Participate in Workshop - Ohio Governor Hails Energy Rebirth in America’s Industrial Heartland (MarketWire)

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Energybiz-Magazine-1100320.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Dryden Man Sues State Agencies Over Wenatchee River Fish Project (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/jan/12/dryden-man-sues-state-agencies-over-fish-project/

California - Deal Reached to Demolish Dam on Carmel River (Associated Press)

http://www.examiner.com/a-2416298~Deal_reached_to_demolish_dam_on_Carmel_River.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

City of Bainbridge Island, Ratepayers Reach Tentative Agreement on Treatment Plant, Charges (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/jan/11/tentative-agreement-could-allow-completion-of/?partner=RSS

Officials Say Treatment Plant Will Keep Port Angeles Water Safe after Elwha Dams Removed (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100112/NEWS/301129987

Capitol Lake Fans Form Group - Members plan independent review of report that favored its reverting to estuary (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1098250.html

Will Drilling More Wells for Water in California Help Or Hurt? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2010/0111/Will-drilling-more-wells-in-California-help-or-hurt

Nevada - Technology, Mussels Could Halt Lake Powell Wastewater Project (Associated Press)

http://www.mercedsunstar.com/state/story/1265210.html

Stronger Controls Urged on Chemicals in Water (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/12/BA9C1BGPEK.DTL

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Neighbors Object to Massive Solar Project near Cle Elum (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/01/11/neighbors-object-to-massive-solar-project-near-cle-elum

Edmonds-based utility Seattle Steam looks to reduce carbon footprint (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100112/NEWS01/701129917/-1/RSS02

Vestas Gets Canadian Order for 18 Wind Turbines (Denver Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/01/11/daily10.html

Indiana Not Promoting Wind Energy Like Its Neighbors (Indianapolis Star, IN)

http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20100111/NEWS01/1110310/1002/NEWS01/Indiana-not-promoting-wind-energy-like-its-neighbors

Minnesota Waives 5-Percent Biodiesel Requirement (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010771956_apusbiodieselmandatesuspendedminnesota.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Port Angeles School District Gets Energy Grant Money (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/5398

Portland Habitat for Humanity Group Gets Green Building Award (The Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/01/portland_habitat_for_humanity.html

Pennsylvania Rising electric bills may make LED bulbs seem necessary (Pocono Record, PA)

http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100112/FEATURES/1120310/-1/NEWSMAP

Sarasota Herald Tribune Editorial - High Cost of a Discount: Canceling School in Florida Takes Energy Conservation Too Far

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100112/OPINION/1121033/-1/NEWSSITEMAP

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Lobbyists Helped Murkowski Write Bill to Limit EPA (Anchorage Daily News, AK)

http://www.adn.com/news/politics/fbi/murkowski/story/1088929.html

After Climate Talks, Lingering Disputes between Danish Police & Greenpeace (NY Times)

http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/after-climate-talks-lingering-disputes-between-danish-police-and-greenpeace/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Valley Firms Reap Millions in Clean-Tech Tax Credit (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_14168083

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Op/Ed - Green Jobs Or Pink Slips?

http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/81180762.html

Glasses vs. Contact Lenses: An Ophthalmic Guide to Saving the Planet (Slate Magazine)

http://www.slate.com/id/2240634/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Communications Networks Could Be 10,000 Times More Energy Efficient (Earth2Tech)

http://earth2tech.com/2010/01/11/networks-could-be-10000-times-more-energy-efficient-report/

First Phase of Verizon FiOS Build Coming to An End - Company will now focus on improving uptake in existing markets (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/First-Phase-Of-Verizon-FiOS-Build-Coming-To-An-End-106349

Comcast Launching Broadband Meter: Watch Your Limit! (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2010767726_comcast_launching_broadband_me.html

Privacy No Longer a Social Norm, Says Facebook Founder (The Guardian, UK)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/11/facebook-privacy

GENERAL NEWS

Deputies Investigate Hoodsport Bank Robbery (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1056:deputies-investigate-hoodsport-bank-robbery&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50

Pedestrian Killed by Semi-Truck on I-5 Early Tuesday (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/1098698.html

Money May Force DNR to Close Trails, Camps (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010768005_apwatrailthreat3rdldwritethru.html

Activists file initiative to legalize pot in Washington State (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/81187912.html

Washington State Lawmaker Wants to Banish Negative Language (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/jan/12/wash-lawmaker-wants-banish-negative-language/

Showdown Looms between Ink Cartridge Makers & Regulators (Kansas City Star, MO)

http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/1672723.html

DIVERSIONS

China to Be Short 24M Wives, Study Says - Shortage May Lead to Increased Crime

http://www.kirotv.com/family/22214967/detail.html

NY Cab Driver Returns $21,000 to Visitor

http://www.kirotv.com/money/22214669/detail.html

“Sounder” Train Passenger Wakes Up Locked in Rail Yard

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Sounder-passenger-falls-asleep-and-wakes-up-locked-in-train-yard-81203107.html

Rogue peacocks a pain for Sultan neighbors

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100112/NEWS01/701129873/-1/rss02

SONG OF THE DAY

Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6LO3LEk_bw