Energy News Digest for January 21, 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)

•  Natural Gas Stocks Decline More Than Expected

•  FERC can’t overturn states’ transmission rejections

•  Much Higher Tritium Level Found at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant

•  Grant PUD - Moses Lake Utility Burying Continues

•  Canada - Fraser Sockeye to Be Labeled Sustainable Despite Falling Stocks

•  Canada - Sustainable Sockeye ‘Eco-Fraud’

•  Sockeye Eco-Certification Kicks up Storm

•  Fish Boom Makes Splash in Oregon

•  Marbled Murrelet Will Stay on Endangered Species List

•  Asian Carp Summit Could Be Held in Early February

•  Capitol Lake Snail Eradication May Take Years

•  Are Blue Whales Changing Their Tune to Find Love?

•  Holmquist Calls for Restrictions on Ecology Water Use Moratoriums

•  Pacific’s Rising Acid Levels Threatening Marine Life

•  Study Links Asia to Smog in Western US

•  Report: Biofuels could help jobs, Chesapeake Bay

•  Wyoming Governor Works to Revive Wind Tax Proposal

•  Interior Secretary Meets With Cape Wind, Tribal Leaders

•  Wisconsin Cautionary Tale - State’s Cost on Green-Energy Effort Higher than Expected

•  Garbage Power: Seattle Touts Renewable Energy Source

•  Will Germany Kill Its Energy Golden Goose?

•  Retail Giant Completes Major Solar Electric Installation

•  Europeans Want Partners for Orbital Solar-Power Project

•  State House Approves Bonds for School Upgrades

•  Fred Finn Approves - State House Approves Jobs Act to Help Schools

•  Washington State Treasurer Doesn’t Like School Energy Bill

•  How to Make a Play in the Smart Electrical Grid: Executives

•  UN Climate Report Riddled With Errors on Glaciers

•  Copenhagen’s Climate Deal Is at Risk, a UN Official Says

•  Why Climate Change Spurs Whining About Cold Snaps

•  Mt. Rainier’s Retreating Glaciers Are Making a Mess

•  Lincoln City Truly a ‘Green Power Community’ on the Oregon Coast As Car Charging Stations Open

•  FaceBook Data Center - It’s (Almost) Official: FaceBook ‘Friends’ Prineville, Big-Time

•  Cox Communications Plans $70M Data Center in North Phoenix

•  Microsoft, Intuit Team Up to Encourage Cloud Apps

•  Where Secrets Aren’t Safe - ‘Cloud computing’ isn’t so secure

•  Microsoft to Issue “Google Attack” Browser Patch

•  China Paints Google Issue as Not Political

•  Broadband’s Next 100 Million Will Come from Emerging Economies

•  How Fast Is Your Web Connection?

•  Stealing Copper Comes With a Heavy Cost

•  FCC Closes Loophole That Allowed Cable TV Operators to Withhold Programming from Rivals

•  Washington Technology Industry Association Should Find New Director in 60 Days

•  Wash. Unemployment Rate Jumps to 9.5 Percent

•  Unemployment Rate Up Again in Mason County

•  El Nino Effect - ‘Amazingly above Normal’: Could Be Seattle’s Warmest January Ever

•  El Nino Prime Culprit for Severe Weather in California

•  Washington House Committee Votes down Marijuana Bills

•  Aimed at Senator Sheldon - Dems Propose Change to Limit Maverick to One Elected Office

•  Critics Seek Changes to Washington Commerce Agency Reorganization

•  Northwest Newspapers Continue to Bleed Staff

•  Reactions Pour in to Times Announcement about Charging Online

•  State Lets Lake Chelan Ferry Service Stand

•  Kennewick Irrigation District Chief Makes New Rule to Fend Off Questions, Then Rescinds It

•  Habitat for Humanity Plans Store in Belfair

WORD OF THE DAY

Infinite • \IN-fuh-nut\ • noun – 1: extending indefinitely: endless 2: immeasurably or inconceivably great or extensive: inexhaustible 3: subject to no limitation or external determination 4a: extending beyond, lying beyond, or being greater than any preassigned finite value however large b: extending to infinity c: characterized by an infinite number of elements or terms

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.” -- Albert Einstein

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

Natural Gas Stocks Decline More Than Expected (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/01/21/financial/f074450S38.DTL

FERC can’t overturn states’ transmission rejections (Power Engineering)

http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=372537&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss

Much Higher Tritium Level Found at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010846197_apvtvermontyankee.html

Grant PUD - Moses Lake Utility Burying Continues (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2010/01/20/news/doc4b576923b4579841343671.txt

FISH & WILDLIFE

Canada - Fraser Sockeye to Be Labeled Sustainable Despite Falling Stocks (Globe & Mail, Canada)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/fraser-sockeye-to-be-labelled-sustainable-despite-falling-stocks/article1437794/

Canada - Sustainable Sockeye ‘Eco-Fraud’ (Globe & Mail, Canada)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/sustainable-sockeye-eco-fraud/article1437794/

Sockeye Eco-Certification Kicks up Storm - Why give BC’s collapsed runs a sustainable seal of approval, critics ask (Tyee Online)

http://thetyee.ca/News/2010/01/21/EcoCertification/

Fish Boom Makes Splash in Oregon - Population Surge Comes Despite Forecasts of Decline; Salmon at the Food Bank (Wall Street Journal)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748703657604575005562712284770.html

Marbled Murrelet Will Stay on Endangered Species List (Oregon Public Radio)

http://news.opb.org/article/6578-marbled-murrelet-will-stay-endangered-species-list/

Asian Carp Summit Could Be Held in Early February (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/01/21/financial/f074342S37.DTL

Capitol Lake Snail Eradication May Take Years - Lowered water during freezing weather killed 98 percent of infestation (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1109177.html

Are Blue Whales Changing Their Tune to Find Love? (McClatchy Newspapers)

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/82702.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Holmquist Calls for Restrictions on Ecology Water Use Moratoriums (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2010/01/21/news/doc4b576813b2e21454455527.txt

Pacific’s Rising Acid Levels Threatening Marine Life (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010846811_ocean21m.html

Study Links Asia to Smog in Western US (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010841068_apusasianozone.html

Report: Biofuels could help jobs, Chesapeake Bay - More farming, not less, could be the answer to cleaning the bay (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010841677_apuschesapeakebiofuelsmaryland.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Wyoming Governor Works to Revive Wind Tax Proposal (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010848336_apuswywindtax.html

Interior Secretary Meets With Cape Wind, Tribal Leaders (Nantucket Independent, MA)

http://www.nantucketindependent.com/news/2010-01-20/Other_News/Interior_Secretary_meets_with_Cape_Wind_tribal_lea.html

Wisconsin Cautionary Tale - State’s Cost on Green-Energy Effort Higher Than Expected (Wisconsin State Journal)

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/article_b55c2562-0f67-51c7-8e90-298db66aed1a.html

Garbage Power: Seattle Touts Renewable Energy Source (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/414464_energy21.html

Will Germany Kill Its Energy Golden Goose? (Ethiopian Review)

http://www.ethiopianreview.com/scitech/29935

Retail Giant Completes Major Solar Electric Installation (Renewable Energy Focus)

http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com/view/6616/retail-giant-completes-major-solar-electric-installation/

Europeans Want Partners for Orbital Solar-Power Project (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/archives/191703.asp?source=pimail

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

State House Approves Bonds for School Upgrades (Associated Press)

http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/82218312.html

Fred Finn Approves - State House Approves Jobs Act to Help Schools (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1146:state-house-approves-jobs-act-to-help-schools&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50

Washington State Treasurer Doesn’t Like School Energy Bill (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/191687.asp?source=pimail

How to Make a Play in the Smart Electrical Grid: Executives (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60K0M020100121

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

UN Climate Report Riddled With Errors on Glaciers (Associated Press)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/20/AR2010012004123.html

Copenhagen’s Climate Deal Is at Risk, a UN Official Says (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/science/earth/21climate.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Why Climate Change Spurs Whining About Cold Snaps (USA Today)

http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2010/01/column-why-climate-change-spurs-whining-about-cold-snaps-.html

Mt. Rainier’s Retreating Glaciers Are Making a Mess (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2010/0120/Mt.-Rainier-s-retreating-glaciers-are-making-a-mess

Lincoln City Truly a ‘Green Power Community’ on the Oregon Coast As Car Charging Stations Open (The Oregonian, Portland)

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

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

FaceBook Data Center - It’s (Almost) Official: FaceBook ‘Friends’ Prineville, Big-Time (KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)

http://www.ktvz.com/global/story.asp?s=11858502

Cox Communications Plans $70M Data Center in North Phoenix (Phoenix Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2010/01/18/daily39.html

Microsoft, Intuit Team Up to Encourage Cloud Apps (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/191649.asp?source=pimail

Where Secrets Aren’t Safe - ‘Cloud computing’ isn’t so secure (The Economist)

http://www.newsweek.com/id/231792

Microsoft to Issue “Google Attack” Browser Patch (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60J5AS20100120

China Paints Google Issue as Not Political (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/world/asia/21china.html

Broadband’s Next 100 Million Will Come from Emerging Economies (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2010/01/21/broadbands-next-100-million-will-come-from-emerging-economies/

How Fast Is Your Web Connection? (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/technology/personaltech/21basics.html

Stealing Copper Comes With a Heavy Cost (Fierce Telecom)

http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/stealing-copper-comes-heavy-cost/2010-01-20

FCC Closes Loophole That Allowed Cable TV Operators to Withhold Programming from Rivals (Associated Press)

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_14229921

Washington Technology Industry Association Should Find New Director in 60 Days (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2010846328_wtia_should_find_new_director.html

GENERAL NEWS

Wash. Unemployment Rate Jumps to 9.5 Percent (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/jobs/22283838/detail.html

Unemployment Rate Up Again in Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1149:unemployment-rate-up-again-in-mason-county&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50

El Nino Effect - ‘Amazingly above Normal’: Could Be Seattle’s Warmest January Ever (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010845595_webwarmweather20m.html

El Nino Prime Culprit for Severe Weather in California (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0120/El-Nino-prime-culprit-for-severe-weather-in-California

Washington House Committee Votes down Marijuana Bills (Associated Press)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/22286507/detail.html

Aimed at Senator Sheldon - Dems Propose Change to Limit Maverick to One Elected Office (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010835492_sheldon20m.html

Critics Seek Changes to Washington Commerce Agency Reorganization (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1109176.html

Northwest Newspapers Continue to Bleed Staff (NW Public Radio)

http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=6709

Reactions Pour in to Times Announcement about Charging Online (NY Times)

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/reactions-pour-in-to-times-announcement-about-charging-online/

State Lets Lake Chelan Ferry Service Stand (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/jan/20/state-lets-lake-chelan-ferry-service-stand/

Kennewick Irrigation District Chief Makes New Rule to Fend Off Questions, Then Rescinds It (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/business/story/869368.html

Habitat for Humanity Plans Store in Belfair (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/jan/20/habitat-humanity-plans-store-belfair/

DIVERSIONS

Wrong Roof Could Cost Couple $170K - Homeowners’ Association Prohibits Metal Roofs

http://www.kirotv.com/money/22282872/detail.html

Experts: Sitting Too Much Could Be Deadly

http://www.kirotv.com/health/22282331/detail.html

If Your Password Is 123456, Just Make It HackMe

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/technology/21password.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Rain on the Roof - Lovin’ Spoonful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwDh-xea40s

Energy News Digest for January 20, 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)

•  Energy NW Applies for Renewal of Columbia Generating Station License with NRC

•  Alcoa Planning $20 Million Upgrade to Chelan PUD Grid

•  Editorial - Change of Course for Portland General Electric

•  Cabinet Gorge & Noxon Rapids - Avista Wants Two Dams Certified As Low-Impact

•  Energy Affairs - Jackson Hole Requires an Increasing Amount of Power

•  Contract Talks Continue at NY’s Indian Point Nuclear Plant

•  Editorial - The Coal Ash Case

•  Ship Engine Maker Wartsila Lays Off 1,400 Globally

•  Hydropower & Innovation in Fish-Friendly Turbines

•  Oregon Coast Spotters Count Hundreds of Migrating Whales

•  Is Lawn Fertilizer Next for Phosphorus Ban?

•  EPA Fines Hoquiam Fish Waste Processor $22K

•  Colorado Pipeline Proposal Stirs Utah Water Fears

•  From Snohomish PUD - Feds Receive Puget Sound Tidal Power Application

•  US Says Wind Could Power 20 Percent of Eastern Grid

•  Expanding Use of Wind Power Feasible, but May Be Costly

•  Montana Land Board Approves Wind Project

•  Fuel Cell Maker Ballard Power, Partners Buy Stake in Dantherm

•  Canada - Ontario Edges British Columbia in Green-Energy Figh

•  Does Geothermal Drilling Cause Earthquakes?

•  New Mexico - Public Service Co. of New Mexico Asks Ariz. Firm to Build 5 Solar Plants

•  More People Installing Renewable Energy Systems in Michigan, Regulators Say

•  Energy Efficiency Can Mean Lower Taxes

•  Energy Efficiency - ‘Crossing the Energy Divide’

•  Intel, Too, Eyes Home Energy Management

•  Smart Grid Investing - A Play on the Coming Energy Shortage

•  2000s Warmest Decade on Record, Government Reports

•  US Cap-And-Trade Bill Looks Even Further Away

•  Editorial - First Climategate, now Glaciergate

•  Editorial - Avoiding a Trap on Climate Change

•  $6 Million to Support Green Jobs in Washington

•  Therapists Report Increase in Green Disputes

•  Average US Broadband Speed: 3.9 Mbps

•  Columnist - Public Comments Remind Us Why ‘Net Neutrality’ Matters

•  Skype Traffic Soars, Leaving Old-School Phone Companies in the Dust

•  6.1 Richter Aftershock Rattles Nerves in Haitian Capital

•  Shelton Rotary Sending Hospital Beds to Haiti

•  Social Networking - Linked-Up in Belfair

•  New York Times to Charge for Web Access in 2011

WORD OF THE DAY

Adagio • \ah-DAWZH-ee-oh\ • noun – At a slow tempo —used chiefly as a direction in music

“Dude!” exclaimed the rooster-crowned rocker to his slovenly goth friend. “No way you can ‘rock out’ in adagio. When you get to ‘presto,’ well, now you’re rockin’”

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

Energy NW Applies for Renewal of Columbia Generating Station License with NRC (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/869019.html

Alcoa Planning $20 Million Upgrade to Chelan PUD Grid (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/jan/19/alcoa-planning-20-million-upgrade-to-pud-grid/

Oregonian Editorial - Change of Course for Portland General Electric

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/01/change_of_course_for_pge.html

Cabinet Gorge & Noxon Rapids - Avista Wants Two Dams Certified As Low-Impact (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/jan/20/avista-wants-two-dams-certified-as-low-impact/

Cabinet Gorge Dam (Wikipedia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_Gorge_Dam

Noxon Rapids Dam (Wikipedia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noxon_Rapids_Dam

Energy Affairs - Jackson Hole requires an increasing amount of power to light & heat large homes & hotels (Jackson Hole Weekly, WY)

http://planetjh.com/news/A_105763.aspx

Contract Talks Continue at NY’s Indian Point Nuclear Plant (NY Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010831590_apnyindianpointcontracttalks.html

NY Times Editorial - The Coal Ash Case

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/opinion/20wed4.html

Ship Engine Maker Wartsila Lays Off 1,400 Globally (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010832114_apeufinlandwartsilalayoffs.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Hydropower & Innovation in Fish-Friendly Turbines - New turbine designs protect fish & could end fish busing (GreenTech Media)

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/hydropower-and-innovation-in-fish-friendly-turbines/

Oregon Coast Spotters Count Hundreds of Migrating Whales (The Oregonian, Portland)

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

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Is Lawn Fertilizer Next for Phosphorus Ban? (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/jan/19/lawn-fertilizer-next-phosphorus-ban/

EPA Fines Hoquiam Fish Waste Processor $22K (Puget Sound Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2010/01/18/daily16.html

Colorado Pipeline Proposal Stirs Water Fears - Entrepreneur would tap river flow before it reaches Utah (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14224726

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

From Snohomish PUD - Feds Receive Puget Sound Tidal Power Application (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/414369_tidalpower19.html

US Says Wind Could Power 20 Percent of Eastern Grid (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60J37V20100120

Expanding Use of Wind Power Feasible, but May Be Costly (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/business/energy-environment/21wind.html

Montana Land Board Approves Wind Project (Associated Press)

http://www.examiner.com/a-2429401~Montana_land_board_approves_wind_project.html

Fuel Cell Maker Ballard Power, Partners Buy Stake in Dantherm (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010832331_apusballardpowerdantherm.html

Canada - Ontario Edges British Columbia in Green-Energy Fight: Provinces locked in heated battle to provide best climate for investments in alternative power (Globe & Mail, Canada)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-edges-bc-in-green-energy-fight/article1437173/

Does Geothermal Drilling Cause Earthquakes? (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/01/does-geothermal-drilling-cause-earthquakes?cmpid=rss

New Mexico - The Public Service Co. of New Mexico Asks Ariz. Firm to Build 5 Solar Plants (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010840638_apuspnmsolarplantsnewmexico.html

More People Installing Renewable Energy Systems in Michigan, Regulators Say (The Bay City Times, MI)

http://www.mlive.com/mudpuppy/index.ssf/2010/01/net_metering_doubles_michigan_psc.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Energy Efficiency Can Mean Lower Taxes (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010832540_apusspetaxesenergyefficiency.html

Energy Efficiency - ‘Crossing the Energy Divide’ (NY Times)

http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/qa-crossing-the-energy-divide/

Intel, Too, Eyes Home Energy Management (C/NET News)

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10436851-54.html

Smart Grid Investing - A Play on the Coming Energy Shortage (CNBC)

http://www.cnbc.com/id/34938630/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

2000s Warmest Decade on Record, Government Reports (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010834354_apussciwarmweather.html

US Cap-And-Trade Bill Looks Even Further Away (Financial Times of London, UK)

http://blogs.ft.com/energy-source/2010/01/20/us-cap-and-trade-bill-lookseven-further-away/

Canada National Post Editorial - First Climategate, now Glaciergate

http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=2461494

Washington Post Editorial - Avoiding a Trap on Climate Change

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/19/AR2010011904430.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

$6 Million to Support Green Jobs in Washington (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010840534_apwagreenjobstraining.html

Therapists Report Increase in Green Disputes (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/18/science/earth/18family.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Average US Broadband Speed: 3.9 Mbps (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Average-US-Broadband-Speed-39-Mbps-106488

San Jose Mercury News Columnist - Public Comments Remind Us Why ‘Net Neutrality’ Matters

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_14224452

Skype Traffic Soars, Leaving Old-School Phone Companies in the Dust (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2010/0119/Skype-traffic-soars-leaving-old-school-phone-companies-in-the-dust

GENERAL NEWS

6.1 Richter Aftershock Rattles Nerves in Haitian Capital (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/world/americas/21haiti.html

Shelton Rotary Sending Hospital Beds to Haiti (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1138:shelton-rotary-sending-hospital-beds-to-haiti-&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50

Social Networking - Linked-Up in Belfair (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/jan/19/linked--belfair/

New York Times to Charge for Web Access in 2011 (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/01/20/financial/f062505S15.DTL

DIVERSIONS

Car Dealer Sues Woman to Cancel ‘Good Deal’

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/dealer-sues-woman-to-cancel-good-deal/

Blooming ‘Corpse Flower’ Stinks Up Museum

http://www.kirotv.com/education/22265041/detail.html

Wisconsin Man Cited for ‘Rocking Out’ to John Denver

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/01/18/national/a121015S57.DTL

Police: Drunken Man in Cowboy Gear Threatens Dog

http://www.kirotv.com/news/22258544/detail.html

Cowlitz County Says Moving 90-Year-Old Barn Makes It ‘New Construction’

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010840575_apwasavethebarn.html

SONG OF THE DAY

John Denver - Rhymes & Reasons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPpRyjTP0a0