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.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Whidbey Island PUD boundary hearing set
- Donations few and far between for Whidbey PUD campaign
- Skagit considers seizing power
- Whidbey Examiner Op/Ed - State agencies: Just say no to PSE sale
- Chelan and Douglas PUDs dispute Browns Canyon Fire was caused by power line
- Public Utility Districts need funds to meet security standards
- Evergreen nears deal on Washington mill
- First Public Tours of McNary Dam Since 9/11
- TEXAS – Beaumont to Houston – Getting power to where it's needed
- NEW YORK – Nuclear Operator Seeks to End Revenue Deal With State
- Electricity Loses Power and Gains Steam
- Oregon salmon restoration supported Idaho Statesman Editorial – Sockeye deserve our best fight
- West Hayden Island: An island of colliding visions
- Gregoire announces Mid-Columbia water project funds
- New life for a thirsty gorge – The Chelan River Gorge
- Battleground planning sewage plant
- Northwest's wind power could quadruple
- Umatilla Indian Tribe earns return on wind investment
- San Francisco Mayor signs wind power executive order
- The Answer's in the Wind -- and Sun
- Too much too soon? Patience Key To Success With Renewable Energy
- CANADA – British Columbia sets goal for solar panels: 100,000 roofs by 2020
- Let the Sunshine In – Sick of high energy bills, our columnist investigates solar options
- You have the power to reduce energy costs at home
- NEW YORK – Rewarding Those Who Wait to Flip the Switch
- CANADA – Film dared to deny climate change: 'misleading' rubbish, watchdog says
- Scientists Predict Global Warming Will Reduce Number of Hurricanes
- Amazon powers Atlantic Ocean's carbon sink: study
- Amazon’s S3 Outage Highlights Fragility of Web Services
- Cities Gone Wireless: Safety Or Surveillance?
- Yahoo and Icahn settle, Microsoft deal seen adrift
- The Battle Over Your TV
- Costs and Content Driving Educators Online for Classroom Resources
- Theft of old-growth cedars near Lake Wenatchee gets man 1 year in prison
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Whidbey Island PUD boundary hearing set (The Whidbey Examiner, Coupeville, WA)
http://www.whidbeyexaminer.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=1569&TM=57694.17
Donations few and far between for Whidbey PUD campaign (PNW Local News)
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/news/25635199.html
Skagit considers seizing power (Washington CEO)
http://www.washingtonceo.com/home/story-display/article/312/skagit-consi.html
Whidbey Examiner Op/Ed - State agencies: Just say no to PSE sale (Coupeville, WA)
http://www.whidbeyexaminer.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=1567&TM=56892.98
Chelan and Douglas PUDs dispute Browns Canyon Fire was caused by power line (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080719/NEWS04/559772612/1001
Public Utility Districts need funds to meet security standards (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2008/07/18/news/news02.txt
Evergreen nears deal on Washington mill – Evergreen Pulp's bid to acquire a second North American pulp mill in Aberdeen, Wash. appears to be a matter of buttoning up details (The Times-Standard, Eureka, CA)
http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_9931931
First Public Tours of McNary Dam Since 9/11 (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=8703307
TEXAS – Beaumont to Houston – Getting power to where it's needed: Company wants to build 95-mile line to feed city's electricity market (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/5896244.html
NEW YORK – Nuclear Operator Seeks to End Revenue Deal With State (The NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/nyregion/21indian.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
Electricity Loses Power and Gains Steam – Issues on Electricity and Oil Crisis Covered at Electricity Forum (Market Watch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/electricity-loses-power-gains-steam/story.aspx?guid=%7B46035D57-377F-4FC2-ACD5-D34291013770%7D&dist=hppr
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon salmon restoration supported – The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission has approved restoration of Chinook salmon to the area now blocked by dams on the Klamath River
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008060712_salmon19m.html?syndication=rss
Idaho Statesman Editorial – Sockeye deserve our best fight: This summer, Idaho's most endangered species of salmon is also its most mysterious species. And its most inspiring specie (Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/106/story/446876.html
West Hayden Island: An island of colliding visions – Blue herons, bald eagles and ospreys nest above impenetrable blackberry thickets, punctuated by rusting beer cans, plastic bottles, cast-off grocery carts (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/07/07212008_An-island-of-colliding-visions.cfm
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Gregoire announces Mid-Columbia water project funds (The Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/244550.html
New life for a thirsty gorge – The Chelan River Gorge hasn't had a good, long, cool drink of water in more than 80 years. At least not the way nature intended (The Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080718/NEWS04/992028410/1002
Battleground planning sewage plant (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/07/07192008_BG-planning-sewage-plant.cfm/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Northwest's wind power could quadruple – A BPA assessment shows developers are ready to build wind farms, but power lines can't handle much more (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1216529717321800.xml&coll=7
Umatilla Indian Tribe earns return on wind investment (Sustainable Industries Magazine)
http://www.sustainableindustries.com/breakingnews/25598799.html
San Francisco Mayor signs wind power executive order (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/07/14/daily94.html?ana=from_rss
The Answer's in the Wind -- and Sun (The Washington Post – And another quarter for Bob Zimmerman)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/18/AR2008071802614.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
Too much too soon? Patience Key To Success With Renewable Energy In The West (New West, Bend, OR)
http://www.newwest.net/city/article/patience_is_the_key_to_success_with_renewable_energy_in_the_west/C509/L509/
CANADA – British Columbia sets goal for solar panels: 100,000 roofs by 2020 (The Vancouver Sun. BC)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=4a85dc0f-327f-4eaa-87e1-d5825711eebe
Let the Sunshine In – Sick of high energy bills, our columnist investigates solar options (The Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121642755234266961.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
CONSERVATION
You have the power to reduce energy costs at home (The Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, TX)
http://www.star-telegram.com/home/story/765807.html
NEW YORK – Rewarding Those Who Wait to Flip the Switch – For people who can keep their air-conditioners off until 10 p.m., Con Ed has an incentive plan (The NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/nyregion/21peak.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
CANADA – Film dared to deny climate change: 'misleading' rubbish, watchdog says (The National Post)
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2008/07/21/film-dared-to-deny-climate-change-misleading-rubbish-watchdog-says.aspx
Scientists Predict Global Warming Will Reduce Number of Hurricanes (The Heartland Institute – Loved by telecom competition apologists everywhere)
http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=23558
Amazon powers Atlantic Ocean's carbon sink: study (AFP)
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i6iouPXXHhRNPU1U3gL8SaUCYs-w
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Amazon’s S3 Outage Highlights Fragility of Web Services – Amazon’s S3 cloud storage service went offline Sunday for an extended period of time — the second big outage at the service this year. (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/07/20/amazon-s3-outage-july-2008/
Cities Gone Wireless: Safety Or Surveillance? (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92613801&ft=1&f=1001
Yahoo and Icahn settle, Microsoft deal seen adrift (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080721/bs_nm/yahoo_icahn_dc_4
The Battle Over Your TV – If you were thinking of starting a set-top box company that delivers video content to the TV, let me stop you right there (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/07/21/the-battle-over-your-tv/
Costs and Content Driving Educators Online for Classroom Resources (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/July-08/Costs-and-Content-are-Driving-Educators-Online-for-Classroom-Resources.html
GENERAL NEWS
Theft of old-growth cedars near Lake Wenatchee gets man 1 year in prison, plus fine (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/371373_cedars19.html?source=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Loud Music May Encourage Drinking – Men Drink Faster With Louder Tunes
http://www.kirotv.com/health/16942530/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Curious Cat Gets Stuck In Mason Jar
http://www.kirotv.com/family/16941665/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Scaly feet? Fish slough rough stuff in pedicures – Ready for the latest in spa pampering? Prepare to dunk your tootsies in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away. Fish pedicures are creating
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008063610_webfishpedicure22.html?syndication=rss
Monday, July 21, 2008
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