Energy News Digest for October 5, 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.

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Renewables Account for 11.14% of US Electricity Use - Largest single renewable energy source was biomass (including biofuels) which accounted for 50.66% of renewable energy production, followed by hydropower at 32.56% (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/10/renewables-account-for-11-14-of-u-s-electricity-use

First Phase of Street Lights Turned Off in Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3441-first-phase-of-street-lights-turned-off-in-shelton

North Pacific ‘Overcrowded’ With Salmon as Population Soars (Globe & Mail)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/north-pacific-overcrowded-with-salmon-as-population-soars/article1740524/

Wind Farms to Bloom Across Eastern Oregon - Pentagon Drops Hold over Radar Issues (KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)

http://www.ktvz.com/news/25267157/detail.html

‘Take Winter by Storm’ Urges Preparations for Cold Weather (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013066838_winterbystorm04m.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Renewables Account for 11.14% of US Electricity Use - hydropower at 32.56%

·         First Phase of Street Lights Turned Off in Shelton

·         Clallam PUD to hold hearings on budget, rate increase

·         New Mexico - PNM Ponders a (Small) Nuclear Future

·         Worldwide Pumped Storage Activity for Electricity Generation

·         Award for Tacoma Power Arborist

·         News Whiz - 79% Michigan Residents Want Electric Competition

·         North Pacific ‘Overcrowded’ With Salmon as Population Soars

·         Canada - The Short-Lived Invasion of the Salmon Snatchers

·         Editorial - More Time Needed to Consider Risks of ‘Super Salmon’

·         Study Will Examine Kitsap’s Water Supplies

·         How Much Pollution Falls Onto Puget Sound?

·         Washington State Urges Monitoring of Vancouver Waterfront Pollution by Alcoa

·         Hungary Sludge Flood from Alumina Plant Called ‘Ecological Disaster’

·         Wind Farms to Bloom Across Eastern Oregon

·         How Wind Turbines Affect Your (Very) Local Weather

·         Oregon Farmers Growing Biomass Crops for Energy

·         Would Tidal Turbines’ Electromagnetic Fields Affect Sea Life?

·         Everybody Loves Clean Energy, But No One Wants to Pay for It

·         Renewable Energies Push Up Electricity Prices in Germany

·         Bonneville Power Administration Tests Heat Pump Water Heaters in NW

·         Communication is the Key to Smart Homes

·         Are New LED Lightbulbs Worth Their Cost?

·         Puget Sound Water Levels - Next Step in Keeping Sea Out

·         University of Virginia Fight over Climate Documents Will Continue

·         Neanderthals’ Big Loss in Battle of the Elements

·         Here Comes the Sun: White House to Go Solar

·         General Electric Buys Company That Turns Waste Heat into Power

·         As Medical Waste Mounts, Hospitals Look for Ways to Go Green

·         Google Lines Up Internet TV Programming Partners

·         Marketers & Social Media: Cutting Through the Noise

·         $600,000 Shortfall in City of Shelton’s 2011 Budget

·         ‘Take Winter by Storm’ Urges Preparations for Cold Weather

·         Don’t Get Complacent About This Winter, Government Warns

·         New, $45 Million Tumwater Jail Sitting Empty

WORD OF THE DAY

Sigmoid • \SIG-moyd\ • adjective - 1a: curved like the letter C b: curved in two directions like the letter S 2: of, relating to, or being the sigmoid colon

The Skokomish River snaked across the flat, narrow valley over centuries, leaving barely visible evidence of its sigmoid bends and twists as it flowed into the wide, marshy delta on the lower bend of Hood Canal.

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

Renewables Account for 11.14% of US Electricity Use - Largest single renewable energy source was biomass (including biofuels) which accounted for 50.66% of renewable energy production, followed by hydropower at 32.56% (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/10/renewables-account-for-11-14-of-u-s-electricity-use

First Phase of Street Lights Turned Off in Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3441-first-phase-of-street-lights-turned-off-in-shelton

Clallam PUD to hold hearings on budget, rate increase (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/6209

New Mexico - PNM Ponders a (Small) Nuclear Future (New Mexico Business Weekly)

http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2010/10/04/story1.html

Worldwide Pumped Storage Activity for Electricity Generation - The worldwide development & rehabilitation of pumped-storage projects reflects the health of clean, renewable power generation (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/10/worldwide-pumped-storage-activity

Award for Tacoma Power Arborist (Tacoma Index, WA)

http://www.tacomadailyindex.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=88&cat=23&id=1849401&more=0

News Whiz - 79% Michigan Residents Want Electric Competition (Electric Energy Online)

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=141437

FISH & WILDLIFE

North Pacific ‘Overcrowded’ With Salmon as Population Soars (Globe & Mail)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/north-pacific-overcrowded-with-salmon-as-population-soars/article1740524/

Canada - The Short-Lived Invasion of the Salmon Snatchers (Globe & Mail)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/the-short-lived-invasion-of-the-salmon-snatchers/article1742544/

Editorial - More Time Needed to Consider Risks of ‘Super Salmon’ (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/opinion/article_2b832854-d000-11df-bbff-001cc4c03286.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Study Will Examine Kitsap’s Water Supplies (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/oct/04/study-will-examine-kitsaps-water-supplies/

How Much Pollution Falls Onto Puget Sound? (KPLU Radio, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1708152

Washington State Urges Monitoring of Vancouver Waterfront Pollution by Alcoa (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/oct/05/state-urges-monitoring-of-pollution-by-alcoa/

Hungary Sludge Flood from Alumina Plant Called ‘Ecological Disaster’ (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-10-05-hungary-sludge_N.htm

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Wind Farms to Bloom Across Eastern Oregon - Pentagon Drops Hold over Radar Issues (KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)

http://www.ktvz.com/news/25267157/detail.html

How Wind Turbines Affect Your (Very) Local Weather (Scientific American)

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-wind-turbines-affect-temperature

Oregon Farmers Growing Biomass Crops for Energy (Associated Press)

http://www.khq.com/Global/story.asp?S=13263039

Would Tidal Turbines’ Electromagnetic Fields Affect Sea Life? Sequim Lab Wants to Know (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20101005/NEWS/310059995/would-tidal-turbines-electromagnetic-fields-affect-sea-life-sequim

Everybody Loves Clean Energy, But No One Wants to Pay for It (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/external/gigaom/2010/10/04/04gigaom-everybody-loves-clean-energy-but-no-one-wants-to-60351.html

Renewable Energies Push Up Electricity Prices in Germany - Electricity prices in Germany have gone up by over two percent in the first half of this year. Levies for renewable energies are increasingly contributing to the rise (DW World)

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6079262,00.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Bonneville Power Administration Tests Heat Pump Water Heaters in NW - Can Old Technology be Energy-Efficient (KYVZ-TV, Bend, OR)

http://www.ktvz.com/greenlife/25274429/detail.html

Communication is the Key to Smart Homes (TCM Net)

http://smart-grid.tmcnet.com/topics/smart-grid-fa/articles/106564-communication-the-key-smart-homes.htm

Are New LED Lightbulbs Worth Their Cost? (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/money/25276545/detail.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Puget Sound Water Levels - Next Step in Keeping Sea Out: Olympia may decide on whether to study walls, barriers now or put it off (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/10/05/1392758/next-step-in-keeping-sea-out.html

University of Virginia Fight over Climate Documents Will Continue (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/04/AR2010100406825.html

Neanderthals’ Big Loss in Battle of the Elements (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/science/05obneanderthal.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Here Comes the Sun: White House to Go Solar (Associated Press)

http://www.kirotv.com/money/25282830/detail.html

General Electric Buys Company That Turns Waste Heat into Power (CNET News)

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20018419-54.html

As Medical Waste Mounts, Hospitals Look for Ways to Go Green; Legacy in Portland Finds One (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/10/as_medical_waste_mounts_hospit.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Google Lines Up Internet TV Programming Partners - First Sets Due Out Later This Month (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/technology/25275412/detail.html

Marketers & Social Media: Cutting Through the Noise (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2010/10/05/marketers-and-social-media-cutting-through-the-noise/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

$600,000 Shortfall in City of Shelton’s 2011 Budget (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3442-600000-shortfall-in-city-of-sheltons-2011-budget

GENERAL NEWS

‘Take Winter by Storm’ Urges Preparations for Cold Weather (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013066838_winterbystorm04m.html

Don’t Get Complacent About This Winter, Government Warns (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Dont-get-complacent-about-this-winter-government-warns-104315624.html

New, $45 Million Tumwater Jail Sitting Empty (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/427833_newjail04.html

DIVERSIONS

1801 Navy Journal: Tobacco Smoke Saves Lives - Smoke, Brandy Credited With Saving Sailor

http://www.kirotv.com/health/25216679/detail.html

Whether You Press or Pour, Here’s How to Brew Good Coffee

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100929/LIVING/709299957/0/news0102

Unhappy Meals - Fast-Food Freebie Ban Gets OK in San Francisco

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013073446_apusfastfoodfreebies.html

Frito-Lay Sends Noisy, ‘Green’ SunChips Bag to the Dump

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2010-10-05-sunchips05_ST_N.htm

SONG OF THE DAY

Ali McGregor’s Jazz Cigarette – Oops, I Did It Again (Very Cool Jazz Cover)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPhbjGWya2I

Energy News Digest for October 4, 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

Puget Sound Energy Files Request to Increase Energy Rates (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/10/02/1365376/south-sound-pse-files-request.html

Bonneville Power Administration to Explain Rejection of Transmission Line Route West of I-5 (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_74036484-cddc-11df-8226-001cc4c002e0.html

Report Looks at Impacts to Hydro/Fish Operations if Columbia River Treaty With Canada Changes (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/399493.aspx

Faster Chelan County PUD Fiber Screaming This Way (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/oct/01/faster-fiber-screaming-this-way/

State to Decide Bonds for School Energy Projects on November Ballot (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013064921_apwareferendum523rdldwritethru.html

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Bonneville Power Administration to Explain Rejection of Transmission Line Route West of I-5
• Oregon Environmental Quality Commission Hears Comments on Boardman Coal Plant
• Implications for Bonneville Power Administration Contracts
• Puget Sound Energy Files Request to Increase Energy Rates
• Port of Vancouver Port Will be Key Link in Controversial Canadian Oil Project
• Not Just Gas Lines - California’s Pacific Gas & Electric Grid Has Problems, Too
• Feds: No Undue Risk In Proposed Idaho Uranium Plant
• Vermont Nuke Plant Still Lobbying For New License
• Inside A Nuclear Power Plant – Photos
• Illinois - ‘Rodeo’ Tests Utility Workers’ Rescue Skills
• Aging Work Force Inspires Utility Worker Training
• Canada - New Meters Not to Blame for Rising Hydro Bills
• In New Jersey, Smart Meter Program Stymied by Cost Concerns
• US Power Plants at Risk of Attack by Computer Worm Like Stuxnet
• Iraqis Still Reliant on Power Generators as US Prepares to Leave
• Report Looks at Impacts to Hydro/Fish Operations if Columbia River Treaty With Canada Changes
• Judge Gives Columbia River Salmon BiOp Challengers More Time
• Researchers Pondering Possible Solutions to Hood Canal's Low-Oxygen Problem
• Steelhead Fishing Finally Opens on a Stretch of Okanogan River
• Why Do Salmon Counts Vary from Year to Year?
• Washington State Wins Grant to Study Smelt, Green Sturgeon
• Oregon - Gresham Taps into Water Security
• Fairbanks Businessman Eyes Recyclable Paper as a Power Source
• Some Warm Up to Small Wind Turbines
• Montana - Missoula City Council Considers Urban Windmills
• Missouri - Wind Farm Generates Controversy in US Senate Race
• Vermont - Developer, Group Dispute Biomass Plan Details
• Pennsylvania - Scientists Voice Concerns About Crawford County Tires-To-Energy
• State to Decide Bonds for School Energy Projects on November Ballot
• More Testing Their Home’s Energy Efficiency
• Oregon - Emerald PUD Soliciting Light Opinions
• How to Keep Replacement Windows Cost in Sight
• Getting Past the Politics of Climate Change
• Obama Promotes Clean-Energy Technology
• Green-Tech Investment Plummets
• Irony File - EPA, South Dakota Ethanol Plants Reach Deals over Emissions
• Kill the Kids - Environmental Campaigners Axe Gory Film
• Faster Chelan County PUD Fiber Screaming This Way
• What's Better Than Wi-Fi? Super Wi-Fi!
• Verizon Wireless to Pay Up to $90 Million in Refund
• It's Put-Up or Shut-Up Time for the FCC's Net-Neutrality Advocates
• Email Etiquette: The Five Important Things We Often Forget
• Online, Mail Voter Registration Deadline for General Election is Monday
• US Supreme Court Weighs Whether Funeral Protests Cross Line
• Ugly Battle Brewing for Washington Senate in 31st District
• Suspect in Mason County Chase Had Been Wanted in South Kitsap Armed Robbery
• Hunter Arrested in Death of Mason County Brush Picker
• Charges Increased in Lewis County Triple Killing
• Washington State Prison Employees Reject Contract Proposal
• Road to be Closed in Skokomish Valley
• Tires Become Dear as Prices Rise, Supply Shrinks
• State Community Colleges Report Record Enrollment
• Thieves Stealing Brass from Fire Department Connections in Kent

WORD OF THE DAY

Defalcate • \dih-FALL-cayt\ • verb – Embezzle

“Two dollars for the treasury, fifty-cent administrative fee for me. Two dollars for…” was the sing-song chant that the bewhiskered money changer used to rationalize his nefarious plan to defalcate the “Widows and Orphans Fund” at the local church. Unfortunately for him, he forgot his Sunday school classes where he supposedly learned that “God is Watching.” “Hot coals all around,” shouted the devil when the money-changer met his ethereal “reward.”

WEATHER

Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Bonneville Power Administration to Explain Rejection of Transmission Line Route West of I-5 (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_74036484-cddc-11df-8226-001cc4c002e0.html

Oregon Environmental Quality Commission Hears Comments on Boardman Coal Plant (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)

http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2010/10/10-01-10-03.shtml

Implications for Bonneville Power Administration Contracts - Idaho Activist on Personal Crusade to Kill State Constitutional Amendments: would let local governments enter longterm debt agreements without holding an election, provided that taxpayers aren't on the hook to pay off the debt (Associated Press)

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700070424/Idaho-activist-on-personal-crusade-to-kill-amendments.html

Puget Sound Energy Files Request to Increase Energy Rates (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/10/02/1365376/south-sound-pse-files-request.html

Port of Vancouver Port Will be Key Link in Controversial Canadian Oil Project (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/oct/01/port-will-be-key-link-controversial-canadian-oil-p/

Not Just Gas Lines - California’s Pacific Gas & Electric Grid Has Problems, Too (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/01/MNGL1FL2KT.DTL

Feds: No Undue Risk In Proposed Idaho Uranium Plant (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013059254_apusarevaenrichmentplant.html

Vermont Nuke Plant Still Lobbying For New License (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/10/03/financial/f085933D47.DTL

Inside A Nuclear Power Plant – Photos (CNET News)

http://news.cnet.com/2300-11128_3-10005036.html

Illinois - ‘Rodeo’ Tests Utility Workers’ Rescue Skills (State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL)

http://www.sj-r.com/top-stories/x55988571/-Rodeo-tests-utility-workers-rescue-skills

Aging Work Force Inspires Utility Worker Training (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013056067_apusutilitytrainingworkers.html

Canada - New Meters Not to Blame for Rising Hydro Bills (Toronto Star, Ontario)

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/869622--new-meters-not-to-blame-for-rising-hydro-bills

In New Jersey, Smart Meter Program Stymied by Cost Concerns (Newark Star Ledger, NJ)

http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2010/10/in_nj_smart_meter_program_stym.html

US Power Plants at Risk of Attack by Computer Worm Like Stuxnet (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/01/AR2010100104245.html

Iraqis Still Reliant on Power Generators as US Prepares to Leave (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/02/AR2010100201709.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Report Looks at Impacts to Hydro/Fish Operations if Columbia River Treaty With Canada Changes (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/399493.aspx

Judge Gives Columbia River Salmon BiOp Challengers More Time To Review Thousands of Submitted Documents (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/399490.aspx

Researchers Pondering Possible Solutions to Hood Canal's Low-Oxygen Problem (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/oct/02/researchers-pondering-possible-solutions-to-hood/

Steelhead Fishing Finally Opens on a Stretch of Okanogan River (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/oct/01/steelhead-fishing-finally-opens-on-a-stretch-of/

Why Do Salmon Counts Vary from Year to Year? (Issaquah Press, WA)

http://www.issaquahpress.com/2010/10/02/why-do-salmon-counts-vary-from-year-to-year/

Washington State Wins Grant to Study Smelt, Green Sturgeon (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_e679da16-cddc-11df-818d-001cc4c002e0.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Oregon - Gresham Taps into Water Security: Ensures steady supply during peak demand (Gresham Outlook, OR)

http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=128597960575430700

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Fairbanks Businessman Eyes Recyclable Paper as a Power Source (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, AK)

http://newsminer.com/view/full_story/9749728/article-Fairbanks-businessman-eyes-recyclable-paper-as-a-power-source

Some Warm Up to Small Wind Turbines (Oregon Daily Journal Of Commerce)

http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/10/01/some-warm-up-to-small-wind-turbines/

Montana - Missoula City Council Considers Urban Windmills (The Missoulian, MT

http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_6d6a031a-ce8d-11df-8f82-001cc4c002e0.html

Missouri - Wind Farm Generates Controversy in US Senate Race: Fertilized with federal stimulus money, 100 new wind turbines have cropped up among the soybean fields of northwest Missouri (Associated Press)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gf03kFflyImyyMYDBMzY__E-eOFQD9IJ2SO80?docId=D9IJ2SO80

Vermont - Developer, Group Dispute Biomass Plan Details (Bennington Vanner, VT)

http://www.benningtonbanner.com/ci_16231380

Pennsylvania - Scientists Voice Concerns About Crawford County Tires-To-Energy (Erie Times-News, PA)

http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101003/NEWS02/310019883/-1/news

CONSERVATION

State to Decide Bonds for School Energy Projects on November Ballot (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013064921_apwareferendum523rdldwritethru.html

More Testing Their Home’s Energy Efficiency - Phone calls are picking up at Thurston Energy, the countywide program that helps homeowners find ways to save money on their energy bills (Olympian, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/10/03/1366612/more-testing-home-efficiency.html

Oregon - Emerald PUD Soliciting Light Opinions: Utility has installed LED lights in its lobby and is inviting the public to check it out (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)

http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/updates/25357487-55/lights-energy-utility-epud-led.csp

How to Keep Replacement Windows Cost in Sight (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/03/BUV91FKVEO.DTL

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Getting Past the Politics of Climate Change (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/business/energy-environment/04green.html

BARREL ‘O GREEN POTPOURRI

Obama Promotes Clean-Energy Technology (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013053353_apusobamaenergy.html

Green-Tech Investment Plummets (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/green-tech-investment-plummets/

Irony File - EPA, South Dakota Ethanol Plants Reach Deals over Emissions (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013051815_apsdethanolplantsfined.html

Kill the Kids - Environmental Campaigners Axe Gory Film (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11458726

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Faster Chelan County PUD Fiber Screaming This Way (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/oct/01/faster-fiber-screaming-this-way/

What's Better Than Wi-Fi? Super Wi-Fi! - How the FCC paved the way for the next generation of wireless innovations (Slate Magazine)

http://www.slate.com/id/2269268/

Verizon Wireless to Pay Up to $90 Million in Refund - customers were wrongly charged for data sessions or Internet use (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/technology/04webphone.html

It's Put-Up or Shut-Up Time for the FCC's Net-Neutrality Advocates

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/03/BUV91FKVEO.DTL

Email Etiquette: The Five Important Things We Often Forget (Speak Softly & Carry a Red Pen)

http://speaksoftlyandcarryaredpen.wordpress.com/2010/09/25/email-etiquette-the-5-important-things-we-often-forget/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Online, Mail Voter Registration Deadline for General Election is Monday (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013056266_voterregistration03m.html

US Supreme Court Weighs Whether Funeral Protests Cross Line (Associated Press)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_16232232

Ugly Battle Brewing for Washington Senate in 31st District (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Ugly-battle-brewing-for-Washington-Senate-in-31st-District-104184604.html

GENERAL NEWS

Suspect in Mason County Chase Had Been Wanted in South Kitsap Armed Robbery (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/oct/01/highway-3-mason-county-closed-investigation-gunsho/

Hunter Arrested in Death of Mason County Brush Picker (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/oct/01/hunter-arrested-in-death-of-mason-county-brush/

Charges Increased in Lewis County Triple Killing (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/104184369.html

Washington State Prison Employees Reject Contract Proposal (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=13253542

Road to be Closed in Skokomish Valley (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/10/03/1390473/road-to-be-closed-in-skokomish.html

Tires Become Dear as Prices Rise, Supply Shrinks (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_16230716

State Community Colleges Report Record Enrollment (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/104179639.html

Thieves Stealing Brass from Fire Department Connections in Kent (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2010/10/01/thieves-stealing-brass-from-fire-department-connections-in-kent/

DIVERSIONS

That Light in The Sky is Jupiter, Not UFO, Clallam County Sheriff's Office Tells Callers (Alert News Digest Readers would know this)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013052357_jupiter01.html

Printing Snafu Delays New $100 Bills (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013047621_apuscnotedelay.html

Jericho Pins Tourism Hopes On 'Jesus Tree' - Ancient Tree Touted As One Tax Collector Climbed To See Jesus

http://www.kirotv.com/travelgetaways/25244554/detail.html

Druids Recognized as Religion for First Time in United Kingdom

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013053470_apeubritaindruidsrecognized.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Journey - Wheel in the Sky

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