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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

The Out-of-Towners - Seattle Foe Targets Cogeneration Plan in Port Angeles to Make Test Case Against Biomass Energy (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100926/news/309269980/seattle-foe-targets-cogeneration-plan-in-port-angeles-to-make-test

California Push for Renewables Could Blow Across West (Associated Press)

http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/09/25/2494567/calif-push-for-renewables-could.html

Portland General Electric Fires Up New Plan to Close Boardman Coal Plant (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/09/27/story7.html

Yakima Water Talks Begin With Cost - Rough Numbers Show $2 Billion Investment Needed to Upgrade Basin’s Storage System (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/09/23/water-talks-center-on-cost

Bellingham Processor Guilty of Mislabeling Salmon (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=13216503

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Portland General Electric Fires Up New Plan to Close Boardman Coal Plant

·         Washington State Seeks Public Input on New Energy Strategy

·         Op/Ed - Those Hidden Taxes Are Killing Us

·         Idaho Falls Power Holds Open House - Utility Shares Smart Grid Project With Public

·         Will Pacific Gas & Electric ratepayers or shareholders pay for San Bruno Pipeline Damages?

·         Self-Inflicted Wounds Make Pacific Gas & Electric’s Effort to Rebuild Trust a Tall Order

·         United Kingdom New Nuclear Plants Needed to Reach Green Goals

·         Computer Hack - Iran Says Bushehr Nuclear Plant Not Damaged by Stuxnet

·         What the World Needs Now: Coal, Sweet Coal

·         Delaware - Lazy Lake Residents in Shock about Substation Noise

·         New Mexico - Co-Op Overcharged Member-Owners Nearly $1.8 Million

·         Colorado – Aspen-Area Hydro Plant Goes Behind the Scenes

·         Colorado – Will Aspen Diversion Project Kill Castle Creek?

·         Bellingham Processor Guilty of Mislabeling Salmon

·         State Gets $27.5 Million to Aid Fish

·         NW Power/Conservation Council Recommends $21 Million to Boost Lemhi Basin Salmon

·         Washington State Inspectors Stop Boat with Invasive Mussels

·         King County Hires Horse Logger to Help Build Fish Habitat

·         Yakima Water Talks Begin With Cost - Rough Numbers Show $2 Billion Investment Needed

·         Portland Officials Warn Residents to Stay Out of Willamette River after Rain Causes Sewer Overflow

·         Editorial - How to Clean a River

·         Shelton City Commission to Talk Water Rates Tonight

·         Water Woes—and Not Just in New Mexico

·         The Out-of-Towners - Seattle Foe Targets Cogeneration Plan in Port Angeles

·         Snohomish PUD - Experimental Tidal Energy Project Moves Ahead in Admiralty Inlet

·         California Push for Renewables Could Blow Across West

·         Vemont - Biomass Project Meeting Draws a Skeptical Throng

·         For Renewable Energy Standard Passage, Time is Growing Short

·         Editorial – Renewable Energy Standard: Energy Roulette

·         Senators See Renewable Energy Bill as Christmas Tree for Pet Projects

·         Canada - The Cost of Wind: Power When We Don’t Need It

·         Iowa Wind Industry Awaits Stiffer Breezes

·         New York Power Authority Mum on Offshore Wind Farm Plans

·         GE’s Wind Turbines Cutting Diesel Generation, Energy Costs for Alaska’s Kodiak Island

·         How Wind Turbines Work

·         Asia Begins Embracing Solar Power

·         Business Pulse Survey: Many Readers Take a Shine to Solar, Wind Power

·         Renewable Power Not Supportable on Grid - Coherent US Energy Strategy Required

·         Can We Build in a Brighter Shade of Green?

·         House in Olympia Is All About Efficiency

·         Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs: A Bright Idea?

·         NOAA Awards Grant to Establish Pacific Northwest Climate Decision Support Consortium

·         Down With the Natural Wine Movement

·         Wood Cookstoves - The Silent Killer in the Kitchen

·         Has Touting Green Jobs Been a Mistake?

·         Belfair-Based Boxlight Product Wins Award

·         Hackers Who Disrupted Comcast.Net Site Sentenced – Tumwater resident involved in case

·         Google at 12: A Company Navigating the Conflicts That Come With Age

·         Google Says Microsoft is Biggest Competition

·         Comcast Spends Big in Pressing for Merger

·         Gain-Sharing Benefits - Ruling on Public Employee Pensions Leaves Questions

·         Washington State Settles Campaign Finance Lawsuit With BIAW

·         Big Oil Refinery Loads on Idaho Highways Spark Big Battle

·         States Expand Efforts to Combat ‘Funny Honey’ That Isn’t Pure

WORD OF THE DAY

Haute Cuisine • \OAT kwiz-ZEEN\ • noun – Gourmet food; the preparation of gourmet food.

Compared to the “Scotch-Buy” store brand of macaroni and cheese, Kraft brand mac ‘n cheese is as close to haute cuisine you can get in this prepared food category.

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 Fires Up New Plan to Close Boardman Coal Plant (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/09/27/story7.html

Washington State Seeks Public Input on New Energy Strategy (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/sep/27/state-seeks-public-input-new-energy-strategy/

Op/Ed - Those Hidden Taxes Are Killing Us “…Even though current law under Initiative 937 mandates utilities to buy & sell more renewable power, lawmakers in Olympia have refused to amend it. So we feel it in our pocketbooks…” (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)

http://kpbj.com/business_weekly/2010-09-27/those_hidden_taxes_are_killing_us

Idaho Falls Power Holds Open House - Utility Shares Smart Grid Project With Public (KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls, ID)

http://www.localnews8.com/news/25161619/detail.html

Will Pacific Gas & Electric ratepayers or shareholders pay for San Bruno Pipeline Damages? (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_16167547

Self-Inflicted Wounds Make Pacific Gas & Electric’s Effort to Rebuild Trust a Tall Order (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_16164635

United Kingdom New Nuclear Plants Needed to Reach Green Goals (Associated Press)

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/09/27/world/AP-US-Britain-Nuclear-Power.html

Computer Hack - Iran Says Bushehr Nuclear Plant Not Damaged by Stuxnet (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/09/26/world/international-uk-iran-cyber-bushehr.html

What the World Needs Now: Coal, Sweet Coal (CTV News, Canada)

http://www.ctv.ca/generic/generated/static/business/article1725575.html

Delaware - Lazy Lake Residents in Shock about Substation Noise (Cape Gazette, Lewes, DE)

http://www.capegazette.com/storiescurrent/201009-16-30/24003-lazy-lake.html

New Mexico - Co-op overcharged member-owners nearly $1.8 million over the past five years (El Defensor Chieftain, Socorro, NM)

http://www.dchieftain.com/dc/index.php/news/2155-co-op-overcharged-member-owners.html

Colorado – Aspen-Area Hydro Plant Goes Behind the Scenes (Aspen Daily News, CO)

http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/142677

Colorado – Will Aspen Diversion Project Kill Castle Creek? Project pits renewable power against healthy stream (Aspen Times, CO)

http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20100822/ASPENWEEKLY/100829972

Castle Creek Project Website (City of Aspen & Pitkin County, CO)

http://www.aspenpitkin.com/Living-in-the-Valley/Green-Initiatives/Renewable-Energy/Hydroelectric/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Bellingham Processor Guilty of Mislabeling Salmon (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=13216503

State Gets $27.5 Million to Aid Fish - Part of federal salmon funds will be used to check lower Columbia (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/sep/25/state-gets-27-million-to-aid-fish/

NW Power/Conservation Council Recommends $21 Million to Boost Lemhi Basin Salmon Habitat (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/399125.aspx

Washington State Inspectors Stop Boat with Invasive Mussels (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012997971_apwainvasivemussels1stldwritethru.html

King County Hires Horse Logger to Help Build Fish Habitat (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/sep/24/king-county-hires-horse-logger-to-help-build-fish/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Yakima Water Talks Begin With Cost - Rough Numbers Show $2 Billion Investment Needed to Upgrade Basin’s Storage System (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/09/23/water-talks-center-on-cost

Portland Officials Warn Residents to Stay Out of Willamette River after Rain Causes Sewer Overflow (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/09/portland_officials_warn_reside.html

Editorial - How to Clean a River: EPA working group provides a blueprint for reducing pollution in Columbia River (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/sep/27/how-to-clean-a-river/

Shelton City Commission to Talk Water Rates Tonight (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3358-shelton-city-commission-to-talk-water-rates-tonight

Water Woes—and Not Just in New Mexico (Newsweek Magazine)

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/09/26/waterworks-get-failing-grade-from-civil-engineers.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

The Out-of-Towners - Seattle Foe Targets Cogeneration Plan in Port Angeles to Make Test Case Against Biomass Energy (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100926/news/309269980/seattle-foe-targets-cogeneration-plan-in-port-angeles-to-make-test

Snohomish PUD - Experimental Tidal Energy Project Moves Ahead in Admiralty Inlet (Whidbey News-Times, WA)

http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/whidbey/wnt/news/103752099.html

California Push for Renewables Could Blow Across West (Associated Press)

http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/09/25/2494567/calif-push-for-renewables-could.html

Vemont - Biomass Project Meeting Draws a Skeptical Throng (Bennington Banner, VT)

http://www.benningtonbanner.com/ci_16181885

For Renewable Energy Standard Passage, Time is Growing Short (North America Wind Power Ass’n)

http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content_lt.php?content.6599

Editorial – Renewable Energy Standard: Energy Roulette (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/26/AR2010092603020.html

Senators See Renewable Energy Bill as Christmas Tree for Pet Projects (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/09/24/24greenwire-senators-see-renewable-energy-bill-as-christmas-2170.html

Canada - The Cost of Wind: Power When We Don’t Need It (Toronto Star, Ontario)

http://www.thestar.com/business/article/866129--the-cost-of-wind-power-when-we-don-t-need-it

Iowa Wind Industry Awaits Stiffer Breezes (Des Moines Register, IA)

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100926/BUSINESS01/9260342/1029/

New York Power Authority Mum on Offshore Wind Farm Plans (Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, NY)

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100927/NEWS01/9270318/1002/NEWS

GE’s Wind Turbines Cutting Diesel Generation, Energy Costs for Alaska’s Kodiak Island (Trading Markets)

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/news/press-release/ge_ge-s-wind-turbines-cutting-diesel-generation-energy-costs-for-alaska-s-kodiak-island-1187311.html

How Wind Turbines Work (Helium)

http://www.helium.com/items/1963723-how-wind-turbines-work

Asia Begins Embracing Solar Power (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/business/energy-environment/27green.html

Business Pulse Survey: Many Readers Take a Shine to Solar, Wind Power (Denver Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/09/20/daily70.html

Renewable Power Not Supportable on Grid - Coherent US Energy Strategy Required (Canada.Com)

http://www.canada.com/life/green-guide/Renewable+power+supportable+grid/3571572/story.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Can We Build in a Brighter Shade of Green? (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/business/energy-environment/26smart.html

House in Olympia Is All About Efficiency (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100926/BIZ/709269993/-1/rss03

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs: A Bright Idea? A look at whether compact fluorescent bulbs are really energy efficient (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/sep/27/cfls-a-bright-idea/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

NOAA Awards Grant to Establish Pacific Northwest Climate Decision Support Consortium (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/399122.aspx

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Down With the Natural Wine Movement (Slate Magazine)

http://www.slate.com/id/2268456/

Wood Cookstoves - The Silent Killer in the Kitchen (Huffington Post)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathy-bushkin-calvin/the-silent-killer-in-the-_b_738451.html

Has Touting Green Jobs Been a Mistake? (TreeHugger)

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/09/has-touting-green-jobs-been-mistake.php

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Belfair-Based Boxlight Product Wins Award (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/sep/24/boxlight-product-wins-award/

Hackers Who Disrupted Comcast.Net Site Sentenced – Tumwater resident involved in case (Philadelphia Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2010/09/20/daily44.html

Google at 12: A Company Navigating the Conflicts That Come With Age (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_16155958

Google Says Microsoft is Biggest Competition (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=370516

Comcast Spends Big in Pressing for Merger (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/business/media/27comcast.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Gain-Sharing Benefits - Ruling on Public Employee Pensions Leaves Questions (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/26/1356815/pension-ruling-leaves-questions.html

Washington State Settles Campaign Finance Lawsuit With BIAW (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/24/1380883/wash-settles-campaign-finance.html

GENERAL NEWS

Big Oil Refinery Loads on Idaho Highways Spark Big Battle (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013002221_apusmegaloads.html

States Expand Efforts to Combat ‘Funny Honey’ That Isn’t Pure (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2010-09-25-honey-producers_N.htm

DIVERSIONS

Hula Wish Will Come True for Iraq Veteran’s Ill 4-Year-Old Daughter (This girl is AGGRESSIVELY cute!)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/27/1357797/hula-wish-will-come-true-for-riley.html

Segway Company Owner Dies after Falling Off River Cliff…While Riding a Segway

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013006885_apeubritainsegwaydeath.html

Pass the Pie: Canned Pumpkin Shortage is Over

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013006582_apuspumpkinsreturn.html

Wyoming Man Douses Himself in Paint to Avoid Taser

http://www.kirotv.com/news/25159554/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Ukester Brown - Ukulele Lady

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzwWi4DsXy8

Energy News Digest for September 24, 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

Follow the news digest on Twitter for breaking news & notices: https://twitter.com/energydigest

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Four Killed, One Wounded in West Seattle Murder-Suicide (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/25134283/detail.html

California OKs Tougher Renewables Target (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68N0AX20100924

Citizens Hear about Simpson Biomass Co-Gen Project (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3343-citizens-hear-about-simpson-biomass-co-gen-project

Tribes Say Draft Study on Salmon Hatchery Operations May Cut Fish (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/09/23/1180446/tribes-say-draft-study-may-cut.html

Chelan PUD Power Auction Nets $84 Million (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

http://www.kpq.com/9-22-10---PUD-Auction-nets--84-million--more-/8202569

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Chelan PUD Power Auction Nets $84 Million
• Aid Sought for Nuclear Plants – Will it Help Calvert Cliffs Project?
• Natural Gas Up on Storm Threat to Production
• Doctors, Miners Weigh in on Xcel Natural Gas Plan
• Two More Charged With Posing as San Bruno Natural Gas Blast Victims
• Montana - Switch to Underground Cable Benefits Whooping Cranes
• Canada - Ontario Consumers to Face Higher Electricity Bills from Profit-Boosting
• Canada - Ontario Energy Regulator Blamed for Sharp Rise in Hydro Bills
• Tribes Say Draft Study on Salmon Hatchery Operations May Cut Fish
• Fish Runs Rebounding, But Still Threatened
• Idaho Steelhead Return in Historic, Mood-Inflating Numbers
• Chinook Salmon Sport & Commercial Catches Spike Around Portland
• Commerce Chief: Fishery Penalties to be Reviewed
• EPA Unveils Plan to Reduce Columbia River’s Toxic Pollution
• EPA Threatens States over Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
• Thurston County’s Black Lake Unsafe, State Algae Tests Show
• Contamination Found in Ephrata Water
• Fluoridation Fracas - High Court Sides with Port Angeles in Initiatives
• Oklahoma - Tribe Can’t Intervene in Poultry Water Pollution Case
• California - Are Dust, Smoke & Diesel Exhaust Really Killing 9,200 a Year?
• California OKs Tougher Renewables Target
• Citizens Hear about Simpson Biomass Co-Gen Project
• Op/Ed - The Power of Biomass: A Bold Third Way for Boardman’s Future
• Wind Company Raises $18 Million for Pacific Northwest Transmission Space
• Previously on END - Huge Wind Turbine Farm Opens Off Coast of Southeast England
• Wind Energy Capacity in United Kingdom Now Greater Than Rest of the World Combined
• Op/Ed - Windfall in New York
• Op/Ed - 15 Reasons Wind Power Is Vastly Overrated
• The Battle of the Bulbs
• Utility Pros Fret over Consumers in Smart Grid
• Federal Grant to Support Climate Research Center
• The Future of Carbon Reporting
• Who Gets to Set Earth’s Thermostat?
• Top Northwest Firms Silent on Their Climate Impacts
• US Cities Tout Conservation, but Many Don’t Take Action
• CEO: No Verizon iPhone in Works
• Idaho - Otter Ad Says Alternative Energy Is Top Priority, Allred Says Governor Is Greenwashing Record
• DeMint Scolds Republican Colleagues on Murkowski’s Energy Committee Assignment
• Two Indicted in Oregon Initiative Fraud Charges
• Four Killed, One Wounded in West Seattle Murder-Suicide
• Small Fire in Hopper at Skookum Creek Tobacco Company
• Pair Face at Least 214 Theft Charges - Man also part of another ID investigation
• Reports Say Hawaii Roads among the Nations Roughest
• Washington & Oregon Avoid the “Rough Roads” List
• Ichiro First to 200 Hits in Ten Straight Years

WORD OF THE DAY

Disport • \dih-SPORT\ • - To play or amuse

The sea otters were the clowns of the aquatic show; leaping & disporting themselves before the slack-jawed audience as they waited for their treats…the sea otters, that is.

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

Chelan PUD Power Auction Nets $84 Million (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

http://www.kpq.com/9-22-10---PUD-Auction-nets--84-million--more-/8202569

Aid Sought for Nuclear Plants – Will it Help Calvert Cliffs Project? (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/aid-sought-for-nuclear-plants/

Natural Gas Up on Storm Threat to Production (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012976737_apusoilprices.html

Doctors, Miners Weigh in on Xcel Natural Gas Plan (Associated Press)

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/09/24/business-financial-administration-financial-impact-us-co-xcel-energy-power-plants_7957207.html

Two More Charged With Posing as San Bruno Natural Gas Blast Victims (Associated Press)

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/09/24/us/AP-US-Pipeline-Explosion-Fake-Victims.html

Montana - Switch to Underground Cable Benefits Whooping Cranes (Grand Forks Herald, MT)

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/176659/group/homepage/

Canada - Ontario Consumers to Face Higher Electricity Bills from Profit-Boosting (Globe & Mail)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/ontario-consumers-to-face-higher-electricity-bills-from-profit-boosting/article1721343/

Canada - Ontario Energy Regulator Blamed for Sharp Rise in Hydro Bills - Regulator has quietly shifted responsibility for building costly new electricity systems from investors to consumers (Globe & Mail)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/ontario-energy-regulator-blamed-for-sharp-rise-in-hydro-bills/article1721343/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Tribes Say Draft Study on Salmon Hatchery Operations May Cut Fish (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/09/23/1180446/tribes-say-draft-study-may-cut.html

Fish Runs Rebounding, But Still Threatened (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/sep/24/fish-runs-rebounding-still-threatened/

Idaho Steelhead Return in Historic, Mood-Inflating Numbers - This fall’s run on the Main Salmon is the best it’s been in 10 years. So stop complaining (New West)

http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/idaho_steelhead_return_in_historic_mood_inflating_numbers/C41/L41/

Chinook Salmon Sport & Commercial Catches Spike Around Portland (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2010/09/chinook_catches_spike_around_p.html

Commerce Chief: Fishery Penalties to be Reviewed (Associated Press)

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/09/23/us/AP-US-Fishery-Enforcement.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

EPA Unveils Plan to Reduce Columbia River’s Toxic Pollution (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/09/epa_unveils_plan_to_reduce_col.html

EPA Threatens States over Chesapeake Bay Cleanup (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/24/AR2010092402864.html

Thurston County’s Black Lake Unsafe, State Algae Tests Show (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/24/1380140/thurston-county-black-lake-unsafe.html

Contamination Found in Ephrata Water (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_a7b51e54-c75f-11df-9f51-001cc4c03286.html

Fluoridation Fracas - High Court Sides with Port Angeles in Initiatives (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=13206720

Oklahoma - Tribe Can’t Intervene in Poultry Water Pollution Case (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/09/23/30548.htm

California - Are Dust, Smoke & Diesel Exhaust Really Killing 9,200 a Year? (California Watch)

http://californiawatch.org/watchblog/are-dust-smoke-and-diesel-exhaust-really-killing-9200-year-5020

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

California OKs Tougher Renewables Target (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68N0AX20100924

Citizens Hear about Simpson Biomass Co-Gen Project (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3343-citizens-hear-about-simpson-biomass-co-gen-project

Op/Ed - The Power of Biomass: A Bold Third Way for Boardman’s Future (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/09/the_power_of_biomass_a_bold_th.html

Wind Company Raises $18 Million for Pacific Northwest Transmission Space (KULR-TV, Billings, MT)

http://www.kulr8.com/news/state/103674044.html

Previously on END - Huge Wind Turbine Farm Opens Off Coast of Southeast England (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/business/energy-environment/24wind.html

Wind Energy Capacity in United Kingdom Now Greater Than Rest of the World Combined (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2010/0923/Wind-energy-capacity-in-UK-now-greater-than-rest-of-the-world-combined

Op/Ed - Windfall in New York (NY Times)

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/windfall-in-new-york/?hp

Windfall Movie - Official Trailer (YouTube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBYjZG8O6qE

Op/Ed - 15 Reasons Wind Power Is Vastly Overrated (Kiowa County Signal, KS)

http://www.kiowacountysignal.com/opinions/x1916545674/15-reasons-wind-power-is-vastly-overrated

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

The Battle of the Bulbs (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/the-battle-of-the-bulbs/

Utility Pros Fret over Consumers in Smart Grid (CNET News)

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20017348-54.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Federal Grant to Support Climate Research Center (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/23/1379602/federal-grant-to-support-climate.html

The Future of Carbon Reporting (Reuters)

http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2010/09/the-future-of-carbon-reporting/

Who Gets to Set Earth’s Thermostat? (NY Times)

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/who-gets-to-set-earths-thermostat/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Top Northwest Firms Silent on Their Climate Impacts (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)

http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=21460

US Cities Tout Conservation, but Many Don’t Take Action (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/09/survey-us-cities-conservation-/1

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

CEO: No Verizon iPhone in Works (San Francisco Business Times)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2010/09/20/daily58.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Idaho - Otter Ad Says Alternative Energy Is Top Priority, Allred Says Governor Is Greenwashing Record (LA Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-id-otter-alternative-energy,0,1698651.story

DeMint Scolds Republican Colleagues on Murkowski’s Energy Committee Assignment (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012980945_apusalaskasenate.html

Two Indicted in Oregon Initiative Fraud Charges (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/13954-two-indicted-oregon-initiative-fraud-charges/

GENERAL NEWS

Four Killed, One Wounded in West Seattle Murder-Suicide (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/25134283/detail.html

Small Fire in Hopper at Skookum Creek Tobacco Company (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3342-small-fire-in-hopper-at-skookum-creek-tobacco-company

Pair Face at Least 214 Theft Charges - Man also part of another ID investigation (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/24/1380133/pair-face-at-least-214-theft-charges.html

Reports Say Hawaii Roads among the Nations Roughest (KGMB-TV, HI)

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=13195830

Washington & Oregon Avoid the “Rough Roads” List (TRIP - Links to PDF File)

http://www.tripnet.org/national/Urban_Roads_PR_092210.pdf

Ichiro First to 200 Hits in Ten Straight Years (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68M4ZH20100924

DIVERSIONS

Oregon Woman Robbed Bank, Picked Up Kids (I can ONLY imagine what that day’s to-do list looked like)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/25117587/detail.html

Costumed Gorilla Stunts Drive Police Ape

http://www.kirotv.com/news/25114262/detail.html

Eddie Fisher Dies at 82

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68N0M220100924

Sad Irony - Vancouver, Washington Trucker Killed When Meat Truck Hits Cow

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/103686309.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Eddie Fisher - Count Your Blessings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Q5JRxNb8s