Energy News Digest for July 22, 2010

The energy news digest will be away from the copy desk Friday, July 23 in for the traditional, annual larding of the blood vessels with deep fried “items” at the fair. It will return, with extra Lipitor doses, on Monday, July 26.

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

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Mason PUD 3 Sells Bonds for Capital Projects & Refinancing of Debt - Will be used for new operations center & projects for electrical reliability (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=750

So Many Sockeye! Rocky Reach Dam Provides Window into Record Run of Salmon (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/jul/21/so-many-sockeye-dam-gives-window-on-record-run-of/

Vestas Lands Record Turbine Order (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/07/19/daily25.html

Washington State Group Sues Gregoire over Climate Order (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_climate_order_lawsuit.html

Kittitas County Changes Course on Water Rights (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/07/21/kittitas-county-changes-course-on-water-rights

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Mason PUD 3 Sells Bonds for Capital Projects & Refinancing of Debt

·         Oregon - Locals Say Idaho Power Transmission Line Would Ruin View

·         Montana - Beartooth Electric Co-Op Members Launch Petition for Mail Ballots, Easier Access to Information

·         Steam Leak Takes Southern Indiana Power Plant Offline

·         Could Shale Deposits Bring Mid-Atlantic States $2 Trillion?

·         Editorial - River Provides Power for Wausau Industries

·         Gap Plugged in Nuclear Fusion Project

·         So Many Sockeye! Rocky Reach Dam Provides Window into Record Run of Salmon

·         Salmon Fishing Expanded on Washington Coast

·         Hundreds of Dead Penguins Dot Brazil’s Beaches

·         Gulf Coast - For Oysters, a ‘Remedy’ Turned Catastrophe

·         Kittitas County Changes Course on Water Rights

·         Spokane County to Fight River Lawsuit

·         Small Clams Causing Big Problems for Kennewick Irrigation District

·         California - Anti-Dam Group Questions Cleanliness of Hetch Hetchy Water

·         Report Recommends New Logging Plan for Oregon Forests

·         British Columbia Communities Will Continue to be Devastated by Pine Beetle

·         Researchers Present Ideas to Save Chesapeake Bay

·         Vestas Lands Record Turbine Order

·         Duke Energy Sees Renewables as ‘Niche’ Power Source

·         Op/Ed - Demand Is Growing for Clean-Energy Jobs

·         Op/Ed - Bio Mess: Don’t Judge Clean Energy by Its Cover

·         FERC Transmission Proposal Could Bolster Renewables

·         Ohio - Wind Turbines on Lake Erie Face Many Challenges, Including Ice

·         The Rise & Fall of Solar Panel Thieves

·         Wisconsin - River Falls Sees Green in New Solar Power Program

·         Washington State Group Sues Gregoire over Climate Order

·         Fred Meyer Drops Plastic Bags at Portland Stores

·         Kitsap Transit Buying Solar-Powered Compactors

·         Op/Ed - Clean energy means Massachusetts Money

·         Flush it Real Good: HighDro Power Turns Waste Water into Electricity

·         Twitter Opening Data Center in Salt Lake City

·         Twitter to Build Data Center to Beach the Fail Whale

·         Google Queried on Data by Growing Number of States

·         Mason County Candidates Face Off at Lakeland Village

·         Mason County Candidates to Debate in Shelton

·         Murray, Rossi Battle over Who Supports Yucca Mountain More

·         31 Grays Harbor Voters Registered at One House

·         Wildfire Near Yakima Fully Contained

·         Boeing Racks Up $9.5 Billion in 737 Orders at Farnborough Airshow

·         Washington State Wants $364,000 plus Jail Time from Puyallup Man for L&I Fraud

·         Mason Fair Lives on in New Format

·         North Mason Chamber Chief Resigns, Plans Speaking Tour

·         Oakland Allows Industrial-Scale Marijuana Farms

WORD OF THE DAY

Inenarrable • \in-ih-NAIR-uh-bul\ • adjective - Incapable of being narrated: indescribable

The fresh-faced cub reporter trod disconsolately back to the city desk, certain of his inability to write his story for the next morning’s edition. The city’s plan to replace all its parks with miniature golf courses had come under a withering, excoriating attack; an attack that was so peppered with an apparent head-to-toe dipping in ‘Roget’s Thesaurus’ that any attempt to recreate the event was utterly inerrable.

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

Mason PUD 3 Sells Bonds for Capital Projects & Refinancing of Debt - Will be used for new operations center & projects for electrical reliability (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=750

Mason PUD 3 Sells Bonds for Capital Projects, Refinancing of Debt (South Sound Business Examiner)

http://www.businessexaminer.com/blog/mason-pud-3-sells-bonds/

Oregon - Locals Say Idaho Power Transmission Line Would Ruin Views (Baker City Herald, OR)

http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Locals-say-power-line-would-ruin-views

Montana - Beartooth Electric Co-Op Members Launch Petition for Mail Ballots, Easier Access to Information (Billings Gazette, MT)

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_9815fd28-951f-11df-ad55-001cc4c002e0.html

Steam Leak Takes Southern Indiana Power Plant Offline (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012411678_apinpowerplantleak.html

Could Shale Deposits Bring Mid-Atlantic States $2 Trillion? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2010/0721/Could-shale-deposits-bring-mid-Atlantic-states-2-trillion

Editorial - River Provides Power for Wausau Industries (Wausau Daily Herald, WI)

http://www.stevenspointjournal.com/article/20100721/CWS03/307210115/COLUMN-River-provides-power-for-Wausau-industries

Gap Plugged in Nuclear Fusion Project (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/21/europeans-plug-gap-in-nuclear-fusion-project/

FISH & WILDLIFE

So Many Sockeye! Rocky Reach Dam Provides Window into Record Run of Salmon (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/jul/21/so-many-sockeye-dam-gives-window-on-record-run-of/

Salmon Fishing Expanded on Washington Coast (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012419167_apwacoastalsalmonfishing.html

Hundreds of Dead Penguins Dot Brazil’s Beaches (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012417130_apltbrazildeadpenguins.html

Gulf Coast - For Oysters, a ‘Remedy’ Turned Catastrophe (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/21/for-oysters-a-remedy-turned-catastrophe/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Kittitas County Changes Course on Water Rights (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/07/21/kittitas-county-changes-course-on-water-rights

Spokane County to Fight River Lawsuit - Treatment plant depends on contested EPA regulations (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/jul/22/county-to-fight-river-lawsuit/

Small Clams Causing Big Problems for Kennewick Irrigation District (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=12849984

California - Anti-Dam Group Questions Cleanliness of Hetch Hetchy Water (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/22/MNQI1EEFBC.DTL

Report Recommends New Logging Plan for Oregon Forests (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/9446-report-recommends-new-logging-plan-oregon-forests/

British Columbia Communities Will Continue to be Devastated by Pine Beetle (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/business/Pine+beetle+will+cost+jobs+study/3305090/story.html

Researchers Present Ideas to Save Chesapeake Bay (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/07/22/financial/f072728D98.DTL

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Vestas Lands Record Turbine Order (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/07/19/daily25.html

Duke Energy Sees Renewables as ‘Niche’ Power Source “…”It doesn’t matter how clean it is if it’s not affordable or reliable…” (Triangle Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2010/07/19/daily33.html

Op/Ed - Demand Is Growing for Clean-Energy Jobs (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/jul/22/my-turn-demand-is-growing-for-clean-energy-jobs/

Op/Ed - Bio Mess: Don’t Judge Clean Energy by Its Cover (Eugene Weekly, OR)

http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2010/07/22/coverstory.html

FERC Transmission Proposal Could Bolster Renewables (Lexology)

http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=ec1af171-0d0b-47b2-a76a-3006f7045bd1

Ohio - Wind Turbines on Lake Erie Face Many Challenges, Including Ice (Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH)

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/07/wind_turbines_on_lake_erie_fac.html

The Rise & Fall of Solar Panel Thieves (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2010/07/the-rise-and-fall-of-solar-panel-thieves

Wisconsin - River Falls Sees Green in New Solar Power Program (Pioneer Press, St Paul, MN)

http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_15572583

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Washington State Group Sues Gregoire over Climate Order (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_climate_order_lawsuit.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Fred Meyer Drops Plastic Bags at Portland Stores (The Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/07/fred_meyer_sacks_plastic_bags.html

Kitsap Transit Buying Solar-Powered Compactors (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_solar_powered_compactors.html

Op/Ed - Clean energy means Massachusetts Money (Boston Globe, MA)

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/07/22/clean_energy_means_mass_money/

Flush it Real Good: HighDro Power Turns Waste Water into Electricity (Wired Magazine)

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/07/flush-it-real-good-highdro-power-turns-waste-water-into-electricity/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Twitter Opening Data Center in Salt Lake City (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012420892_apustwitterutahfacility.html

Twitter to Build Data Center to Beach the Fail Whale (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2010/07/21/twitter-to-build-data-center-to-beach-the-fail-whale/

Google Queried on Data by Growing Number of States (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012416556_googlequeries22.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Mason County Candidates Face Off at Lakeland Village (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/2773-candidates-face-off-at-lakeland-village

Mason County Candidates to Debate in Shelton (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/jul/21/mason-county-candidates-to-debate-in-shelton/

Murray, Rossi Battle over Who Supports Yucca Mountain More (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/07/22/1101222/murray-rossi-battle-over-who-supports.html

31 Grays Harbor Voters Registered at One House (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_suspicious_voters.html

GENERAL NEWS

Wildfire Near Yakima Fully Contained (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012416452_apwawashingtonwildfire.html

Boeing Racks Up $9.5 Billion in 737 Orders at Farnborough Airshow (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/sound/423759_sound98874834.html

Washington State Wants $364,000 plus Jail Time from Puyallup Man for L&I Fraud (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/07/22/1272516/state-wants-364000-from-man.html

Mason Fair Lives on in New Format (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/jul/21/mason-fair-lives-new-format/

North Mason Chamber Chief Resigns, Plans Speaking Tour (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/jul/21/north-mason-chamber-chief-resigns-plans-speaking/

Oakland Allows Industrial-Scale Marijuana Farms (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/21/BAU81EH9D3.DTL

DIVERSIONS

French Flight Attendant Arrested for Stealing Cash & Jewels from Sleeping Passengers’ Pockets & Carry-Ons

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/air-france-flight-attendant-arrested-stealing-cash-jewels/story?id=11205881&page=1

Let the Flame Wars Begin - Federal Judge: Cheerleading Not a Sport

http://www.kirotv.com/sports/24340896/detail.html

Archaeologists Find New Structure at Stonehenge

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66L17Z20100722

Smash & Grab Suspects Could be Drunk, Stinky & Scratching

http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Smash-and-Grab-Suspects-Could-be-Drunk-S=1&blockID=275052&feedID=410

SONG OF THE DAY

The Steve Miller Band - Threshold/Jet Airliner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2jGz4YZTbQ

Energy News Digest for July 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

The news digest is also available at the following web site:

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Russia - Hydroelectric Power Plant Attacked in Caucasus (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/world/europe/22moscow.html

Bonneville Dam Completes $140 Million Makeover (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Bonnevile-Dams-140-million-makeover-complete-98884034.html

Port of Shelton Commission Ends Biomass Advisory Ballot Possibility - Commissioner Miles Starts Letter Campaign (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/2759-port-commission-ends-biomass-advisory-ballot-possibility-so-commissioner-miles-starts-letter-campaign-

Logs Fly to Skokomish Fish Rescue - Logging Left River without Needed Trees (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/07/21/1310745/logs-fly-to-skokomishs-rescue.html

Editorial - Acidic Water No Surprise to Shellfish Growers (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/07/20/1309700/acidic-water-no-surprise-to-shellfish.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Russia - Hydroelectric Power Plant Attacked in Caucasus

·         Bonneville Dam Completes $140 Million Makeover

·         Montana - Governor at Turnbull Hydroelectric Project Ground Breaking

·         Over Okanogan PUD Case - Who Does McKenna Represent? Courts Will Consider

·         US Senator Murray Trying to License Nevada Waste Site

·         Snohomish PUD Seeks Public Input on Energy Resource Plan

·         Tennessee Valley Authority Will Raise Electricity Rates Again in August

·         Vermont Legislative Panel Releases Revised Nuke Report

·         New Mexico - Texas attorney plans to enter Socorro Electric Cooperative legal fray

·         Logs Fly to Skokomish Fish Rescue - Logging Left River without Needed Trees

·         Editorial - Good Columbia River Fish Runs This Year Deserve Better State Tourism Promotion

·         Canada - Promising Sockeye Run Looks Unlikely to Repeat 2009 Forecast Failure

·         Judge Halts Work on Removal of Rogue River Dam

·         Editorial - Acidic Water No Surprise to Shellfish Growers

·         Post Fall’s Lawsuit Blasts EPA Spokane River Cleanup Plan

·         $16 Million to Help Yakima River Basin Project

·         Rubberized Dam Breaks at Man-Made Arizona Lake

·         US to Consider Protection for Imperiled Whitebark Pine

·         Port of Shelton Commission Ends Biomass Advisory Ballot Possibility

·         Olympia Building & Trade Council Voices Support of ADAGE Biomass Power Plant Project

·         Washington Department of Natural Resources to Commission Forestry Biomass Supply Study

·         Biomass Conversion Topic of July 27 Richland Seminar

·         Editorial - Missing the Forest for the Trees: Biomass has a role to play in protecting forests & limiting carbon emissions

·         Op/Ed - Oregon Biomass Tax Credit: Change Is Upon Us

·         Op/eEd – Vermont: Clarifying Biomass vs. Coal Issue

·         North Carolina - ReVenture Biomass Plant Sparks Opposition

·         San Diego Gas & Electric Utility Wants to Invest in Montana Wind Farm

·         Wind Deal May Pose Problems for Consumers

·         Wind Farms Generating Energy & Jobs in Iowa

·         Washington State Takes on Shady Window Sellers

·         Companies, Green Groups Push for National Utility Efficiency Mandate

·         Home Star Teeters on the Edge

·         To Cut Greenhouse Gasses Fed Workers to be Urged to Commute, Travel Less

·         Carbon-Control Bill Faces Steep Hill in Senate

·         Squirrels Getting Fatter with Climate Change

·         Compost Dust-Up - Marysville Neighbors Fed Up With Rotten Stench

·         In Portland, Get a Permit before You Prune a Street Tree

·         Portland Set Jumpstart Electric-Car Future with New Policies

·         In a Climate Quest, the Roof as White Knight

·         With New Report, FCC Makes a Bid for Universal Broadband

·         Those Last Few Broadband Feet Can Cost You

·         Washington Budget-Cutting Ideas Pour into Website

·         King County Demands Millions from Merrill Lynch

·         Benton County Voters to Decide on County Seat

·         Audit Says Utah Overstating Four-Day Workweek Savings

·         Olympia Capitol Rotunda Closed After One-Pound Piece of Plaster Falls

WORD OF THE DAY

Cynical • \SIN-ick-cull\ • adjective - 1: captious, peevish 2: having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: as a: contemptuously distrustful of human nature & motives b: based on or reflecting a belief that human conduct is motivated primarily by self-interest

Buster was grousing about his five-hour, no bathroom-break, coffee and doughnut fueled power supply meeting. “I don’t know why I go to these things,” he cynically muttered to his fresh-faced and still entranced companion. “I always go back to the ‘farm’ knowing that decisions have been made in advance, and this is just an entertaining dog and pony show.”

Word Origin - Dictionary.com: The Greek word kunikos, from which cynic comes, was originally an adjective meaning “doglike,” from kuōn, “dog.” The word was probably applied to the Cynic philosophers. The first use of the word recorded in English is in the plural for members of this philosophical sect. In 1596 we find the first instance of cynic meaning “faultfinder,” a sense that was to develop into our modern sense. The meaning “faultfinder” came naturally from the behavior of countless Cynics who in their pursuit of virtue pointed out the flaws in others. Such faultfinding could lead quite naturally to the belief associated with cynics of today that selfishness determines human behavior.

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

Russia - Hydroelectric Power Plant Attacked in Caucasus (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/world/europe/22moscow.html

Bonneville Dam Completes $140 Million Makeover (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Bonnevile-Dams-140-million-makeover-complete-98884034.html

Montana - Governor at Turnbull Hydroelectric Project Ground Breaking (Choteau Acantha, MT)

http://www.choteauacantha.com/articles/2010/07/21/news/doc4c45ad77588cd524222465.txt

Over Okanogan PUD Case - Who Does McKenna Represent? Courts Will Consider (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/2010/07/21/law-justice/19989/Who-does-McKenna-represent--Courts-will-consider/

US Senator Murray Trying to License Nevada Waste Site (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/07/21/1311093/sen-murray-trying-to-license-nevada.html

Snohomish PUD Seeks Public Input on Energy Resource Plan (Snohomish County Business Journal, WA)

http://www.snohomishcountybusinessjournal.com/article/20100720/SCBJ02/100729994/-1/SCBJ

Tennessee Valley Authority Will Raise Electricity Rates Again in August (The Tennessean, Nashville)

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100721/NEWS01/7210368/2066/NEWS03

Vermont Legislative Panel Releases Revised Nuke Report (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012402263_apvtvermontyankee.html

New Mexico - Texas attorney plans to enter Socorro Electric Cooperative legal fray (El Defensor Chieftain, Socorro, NM)

http://www.choteauacantha.com/articles/2010/07/21/news/doc4c45ad77588cd524222465.txt

FISH & WILDLIFE

Logs Fly to Skokomish Fish Rescue - Logging Left River without Needed Trees (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/07/21/1310745/logs-fly-to-skokomishs-rescue.html

Editorial - Good Columbia River Fish Runs This Year Deserve Better State Tourism Promotion (Chinook Observer, Long Beach, WA)

http://www.chinookobserver.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=34982

Canada - Promising Sockeye Run Looks Unlikely to Repeat 2009 Forecast Failure (The Province, Vancouver, BC)

http://www.theprovince.com/technology/Promising+sockeye+looks+unlikely+repeat+2009+forecast+failure/3300546/story.html

Judge Halts Work on Removal of Rogue River Dam – Historical significance & permitting issues (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/9352-judge-halts-work-removal-rogue-river-dam/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Editorial - Acidic Water No Surprise to Shellfish Growers (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/07/20/1309700/acidic-water-no-surprise-to-shellfish.html

Post Fall’s Lawsuit Blasts EPA Spokane River Cleanup Plan (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/jul/21/citys-lawsuit-blasts-epa-river-cleanup-plan/

$16 Million to Help Yakima River Basin Project (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=12842248

Rubberized Dam Breaks at Man-Made Arizona Lake (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012406678_apusarizonadambreak.html

US to Consider Protection for Imperiled Whitebark Pine - Found in harsh, high elevations of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, California, Nevada & western Canada (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012406176_whitebarkpine21.html?syndication=rss

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Port of Shelton Commission Ends Biomass Advisory Ballot Possibility - Commissioner Miles Starts Letter Campaign (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/2759-port-commission-ends-biomass-advisory-ballot-possibility-so-commissioner-miles-starts-letter-campaign-

Olympia Building & Trade Council Voices Support of ADAGE Biomass Power Plant Project (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/2757-olympia-building-and-trade-council-voices-support-of-adage-project

Washington Department of Natural Resources to Commission Forestry Biomass Supply Study (Brighter Energy)

http://www.brighterenergy.org/13978/news/bioenergy/washington-to-commission-forestry-biomass-supply-study/

Biomass Conversion Topic of July 27 Richland Seminar (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/07/19/1098147/biomass-conversion-topic-of-july.html

Editorial - Missing the Forest for the Trees: Biomass has a role to play in protecting forests & limiting carbon emissions (Mail Tribune, Medford, OR)

http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100721/OPINION/7210324/-1/NEWSMAP

Op/Ed - Oregon Biomass Tax Credit: Change Is Upon Us (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/columns/2010/07/oregon_biomass_tax_credit_change_is_upon_us.html

Op/eEd – Vermont: Clarifying Biomass vs. Coal Issue (Burlington Free Press, VT)

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100721/OPINION02/7210323/My-Turn-Clarifying-biomass-vs.-coal-issue

North Carolina - ReVenture Biomass Plant Sparks Opposition (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)

http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/going_green/2010/07/reventure_biomass_plant_sparks_opposition.html

San Diego Gas & Electric Utility Wants to Invest in Montana Wind Farm (Associated Press)

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15559022

Wind Deal May Pose Problems for Consumers “…Power generated by the turbines in northern Montana won’t actually be delivered to California customers, but will instead go to Canada…” (San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jul/21/sdge-wind-deal-may-pose-problems-for-consumers/

Wind Farms Generating Energy & Jobs in Iowa (Politics Daily)

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/07/16/wind-farms-producing-energy-and-jobs-in-iowa/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Washington State Takes on Shady Window Sellers (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/423647_windows19.html

Companies, Green Groups Push for National Utility Efficiency Mandate (The Hill)

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/110095-companies-green-groups-push-for-utility-efficiency-mandate

Home Star Teeters on the Edge (Grist Magazine)

http://www.grist.org/article/2010-07-20-home-star-teeters-on-the-edge/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

To Cut Greenhouse Gasses Fed Workers to be Urged to Commute, Travel Less (Associated Press)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gh2cPbRUBVxde6RSSBThZUn4jylwD9H2NACO4

Carbon-Control Bill Faces Steep Hill in Senate (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2012402900_apussenateenergy.html

Squirrels Getting Fatter with Climate Change (Discovery - But will they still be able to climb utility poles!)

http://news.discovery.com/animals/squirrels-marmots-climate-change.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Compost Dust-Up - Marysville Neighbors Fed Up With Rotten Stench (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/24323179/detail.html

In Portland, Get a Permit before You Prune a Street Tree - Or suffer the consequences (The Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/07/in_portland_its_the_law_to_get.html

Portland Set Jumpstart Electric-Car Future with New Policies (The Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/07/portland_set_jumpstart_electri.html

In a Climate Quest, the Roof as White Knight (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/21/in-a-climate-quest-the-roof-as-white-knight/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

With New Report, FCC Makes a Bid for Universal Broadband (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2010/07/20/with-new-report-fcc-makes-a-bid-for-universal-broadband/

Those Last Few Broadband Feet Can Cost You - Rural Massachusetts man irked at having to pay $12,000 for cable broadband install (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Those-Last-Few-Broadband-Feet-Can-Cost-You-109484

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington Budget-Cutting Ideas Pour into Website (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012401899_apwabudgetwebsiteideas.html

King County Demands Millions from Merrill Lynch - Claims Merrill Lynch sold $100 million of “illiquid junk” & “toxic” assets backed by subprime mortgages as safe investments (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/07/21/28996.htm

Benton County Voters to Decide on County Seat (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/07/21/1311094/benton-county-voters-to-decide.html

Audit Says Utah Overstating Four-Day Workweek Savings (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012404553_aputfourdayworkweek.html

GENERAL NEWS

Olympia Capitol Rotunda Closed After One-Pound Piece of Plaster Falls (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/07/20/1310579/wash-capitol-rotunda-closed-after.html

DIVERSIONS

Dude, It’s Raining Weed - Family Finds Drugs on Roof, Authorities Investigating Plane Crash

http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12833919

Laptop Accidentally Sold for $5 at Thrift Store

http://www.kirotv.com/technology/24326694/detail.html

Suspect Bragged He’s in Images, Police Say – Now His ‘Image’ Is a Mug Shot

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/07/21/1310762/suspect-bragged-hes-in-images.html

Now THIS is the Absolute Definition of Irony - Heart-Attack Victim Saved By Pizza Man

http://www.kirotv.com/health/24327263/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

The Stampeders - Sweet City Woman (This song has perhaps my favorite line: “…she feeds me love and tenderness…and macaroons…”)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IRjl3SWC2U