All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• BPA Lowers Proposed Fall Rate Increase to 6.4 Percent
• Energy: Small Fire Forces Richland Nuclear Plant Offline
• Clark County - Electricity Sales to Industry Down 18.3%, Utility Reports
• PUD 3 Employees & Family Join the Fight against Cancer
• Should Renewable Energy Include Nuclear?
• Wyoming Looks to Keep Coal in Energy Mix
• New Jersey Transformer Blast Causes Fire, Power Failure
• Summer Safety Tips from PECO
• Driver Mows Down Dozens of Protected Seabirds
• To Protect Public - Safety Rules Sought for Creation of Salmon Habitat
• Spokane White-Water Park Could Affect Fish
• Congress May Overhaul Fishing Industry Safety Regulations
• The Influence Game: A Catfish by Any Other Name
• BPA/Digital Angel in $745,000 Contract for Fish Monitoring
• Increasing Dust Speeds Melting Of Mountain Snow
• State and Federal Officials to Discuss Yakima Water
• Clallam County Water Reuse Site Draws Ideas from Three Groups
• Aberdeen Wastewater Plant Wins State Honor
• Study: Coastal Seagrass Increasingly Being Lost
• Oregon to End Field Burning - House OKs measure banning practice
• Interior Secretary Unveils Fast-Track Solar Plan
• Oregon Wind Bill Awaits Signing - Cuts incentives
• Fourteen New Wind Farms Planned For Southern Idaho
• PacificCorp IRP Calls For More Renewable Generation
• The Switch - Waste into Energy Projects Look Promising
• Wind Turbine Prices Move Down
• National Hydropower Association Applauds Support for Hydro
• White House Announces New Lighting Conservation Standards
• Analysis: Climate Bill May Spur Energy Revolution
• Can Farm Groups Kill the Climate Bill?
• EPA Approves California Greenhouse Gas Pollution Rule
• Portland/Vancouver - Wireless Broadband to Go Live Today
• Fiber Broadband Sells Homes
• Yahoo to Build Data Center near Buffalo
• Cautionary Stories of the State of Broadband Mapping
• Wash. State Population Grows, but Rate Slows
• Small earthquake in Kitsap County
• Process for Withdrawing From Mason Hospital District
• Thurston County - Counterfeit Money Circulating In Area
• Northwest Companies Make the Cut in Clean Tech Competition
• Oregon Had 51,402 ‘Green Jobs’ In 2008
• Startup Expects 10% of Web Readers to Pay for News
• Murray, Larsen Seeking Federal Funds for Ferries
• Seattle Man Suing To Stop Fireworks at Gas Works
• Natural 'Air Force' Guards Central Washington Blueberry Crop
WORD OF THE DAY
Shambling • \SHAM-bling\ • adjective – Characterized by slow awkward movement
After a quick start, breathtaking special effects, and sparking dialog what appeared to be the movie of the summer stumbled into a shambling shadow if itself as it ground through the last fifteen minutes to a merciful conclusion. Unknown to the movie-goers, the film’s screenwriter had been fired before the script was complete. The “key grip” was unceremoniously called upon to write the final act…with disastrous effect.
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
BPA Lowers Proposed Fall Rate Increase to 6.4 Percent (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/30/area_news/doc4a495fa4baea0233597683.txt
Energy: Small Fire Forces Richland Nuclear Plant Offline (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/631045.html
Clark County - Electricity Sales to Industry Down 18.3%, Utility Reports (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090630/BIZ01/706309977/-1/BIZ
PUD 3 Employees & Family Join the Fight against Cancer (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=565
Should Renewable Energy Include Nuclear? (Christian Science Monitor – How about anything that firms renewables?)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0629/p06s10-woeu.html
Wyoming Looks to Keep Coal in Energy Mix (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/29/ap6597345.html
New Jersey Transformer Blast Causes Fire, Power Failure (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/30/national/a092346D73.DTL&feed=rss.business
Summer Safety Tips from PECO (Yahoo! Finance)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Summer-Safety-Tips-From-bw-3273404425.html/print?x=0
FISH & WILDLIFE
Driver Runs Over Dozens of Protected Seabirds at Long Beach, WA (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/reward_offered_in_slaughter_of.html
To Protect Public - Safety Rules Sought for Creation of Salmon Habitat (Seattle Times – I guess large woody debris aren’t good for people…)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009400482_safetyrules30.html?syndication=rss
Spokane White-Water Park Could Affect Fish (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/29/white-water-park-could-affect-fish/
Congress May Overhaul Fishing Industry Safety Regulations (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/896968.html
The Influence Game: A Catfish by Any Other Name: It looks like catfish, it tastes like catfish, and it acts like catfish (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009401759_apuscatfishwars.html?syndication=rss
News Release – BPA/Digital Angel in $745,000 Contracts and Orders for Fish Monitoring Systems (Yahoo! Finance)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Digital-Angels-Destron-bw-220066637.html?x=0&.v=1
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Increasing Dust Speeds Melting Of Mountain Snow (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009398582_apusscidustinthewind.html?syndication=rss
State and Federal Officials to Discuss Yakima Water (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10616772
Clallam County Water Reuse Site Draws Ideas from Three Groups (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090630/news/306309989
Aberdeen Wastewater Plant Wins State Honor (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/06/29/local_news/doc4a4924e33ebd2709834479.txt
Study: Coastal Seagrass Increasingly Being Lost (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009398734_apussciseagrassloss.html?syndication=rss
Oregon to End Field Burning - House OKs measure banning practice (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/30/oregon-to-end-field-burning/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Interior Secretary Unveils Fast-Track Solar Plan (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/29/state/n113204D09.DTL&feed=rss.business
Oregon Wind Bill Awaits Signing - could significantly shrink the size of economic incentives for wind energy developers (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/06/29/daily6.html?ana=from_rss
Fourteen New Wind Farms Planned For Southern Idaho (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/896909.html
PacificCorp IRP Calls For More Renewable Generation (North American Wind Power)
http://www.nawindpower.com/naw/e107_plugins/content/content_lt.php?content.4204
The Switch - Waste into Energy Projects Look Promising (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5317-switch-waste-energy-projects-look-promising/
Wind Turbine Prices Move Down, Shows New Price Index from NEF (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/wind-turbine-prices-move-down-says-new-price-index?cmpid=rss
National Hydropower Association Applauds Support for Hydro and Other Renewables in House Bill (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/national-hydropower-association/news/article/2009/06/nha-applauds-support-for-hydro-and-other-renewables-in-house-bill?cmpid=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
White House Announces New Lighting Conservation Standards (Associated Press)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/29/AR2009062901857.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Analysis: Climate Bill May Spur Energy Revolution (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/2009-06-29-climate-bill_N.htm
Can Farm Groups Kill the Climate Bill? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/30/30climatewire-can-farm-groups-kill-the-climate-bill-71264.html
EPA Approves California Greenhouse Gas Pollution Rule (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/30/national/w081619D61.DTL&feed=rss.news
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Portland/Vancouver - Wireless Broadband to Go Live Today: Comcast/Clearwire alliance pioneers its service in Portland area
http://columbian.com/article/20090630/BIZ01/706309984/-1/BIZ
Fiber Broadband Sells Homes - According to group eager to sell FTTH (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Fiber-Broadband-Sells-Homes-103189
Yahoo To Build Data Center Near Buffalo (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/30/financial/f084944D49.DTL&feed=rss.business
Cautionary Stories of the State of Broadband Mapping – Texas and Tennessee (Public Knowledge, via Baller/Herbst)
http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/2507
GENERAL NEWS
Wash. State Population Grows, but Rate Slows (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/896487.html
State OFM News Release on Population (Washington State Office of Financial Management)
http://www.ofm.wa.gov/news/release/2009/090629.asp
Here is a Link to the Population Estimates by Cities and Towns (Washington State Office of Financial Management – Yikes! Shelton actually lost population – Mason County gained some)
http://www.ofm.wa.gov/pop/april1/default.asp
Small earthquake in Kitsap County (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_063009WAB-kitsap-quake-SW.20421da2.html?rss
Process for Withdrawing From Mason General Hospital District Spelled Out (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7665/reftab/1632/t/PROCESS-FOR-WITHDRAWING-FROM-MASON-GENERAL-HOSPITAL-DISTRICT-SPELLED-OUT/Default.aspx
Thurston County - Counterfeit Money Circulating In Area (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/795294.html
Northwest Companies Make the Cut in Clean Tech Competition (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062909TTB-clean-tech-finalistsES.1d1968b0.html?rss
Oregon Had 51,402 ‘Green Jobs’ In 2008 (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/06/29/daily4.html?ana=from_rss
Startup Expects 10% of Web Readers to Pay for News (Associated Pres
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/630420.html
Murray, Larsen Seeking Federal Funds for Ferries (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009401550_apwaferrysupport.html?syndication=rss
Seattle Man Suing To Stop Fireworks at Gas Works (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19893865/detail.html
Natural 'Air Force' Guards Central Washington Blueberry Crop (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/49440532.html
DIVERSIONS
Grammar Groan - Really Bad Writing Finds a New Champion in Federal Way (Should read: Poor Writing Skills Find New Champion In Federal Way)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=184054
'Dog Ate My Checks' – Woman Accused Of Dipping Into Her Ex-Husband's Bank Account without Permission
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/896787.html
Dog-Eaten Passport Cancels Wisconsin Boy's Trip to Peru
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/29/national/a194032D95.DTL&feed=rss.news
Prize Locusts - Crowd Grabs Goodies and Foils Airline Publicity Stunt
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090626/od_nm/us_balloons
SONG OF THE DAY
Pep Band Flashback: Rhythm Heritage - Theme from S.W.A.T.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AH7g9sYH54
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Energy News Digest for June 29, 2009
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Editorial - Intalco Plant Continues to Be worth Supporting
- Hearing Set on BPA Transmission Lines
- Grant PUD Explains Power Line Options in Quincy
- Op/Ed - The Dirty War against Clean Coal
- Top 10 Green US Cities – Portland No. 1, Eugene No. 5, Seattle No. 8
- Op/Ed – Columbia River Basin Tribes Take Issue with Hatchery Fish Study
- Lower Elwha Hatchery Construction to Begin in the Fall
- Salmon-Recovery Fund Isn’t Quite Extinct Yet
- Murray Trying To Save Salmon Funds
- Waters Buzz with Salmon
- Oregon - Plans Afoot To Truck Salmon to Upper McKenzie River
- Army Corp of Engineers Trying to Save Salmon
- Feds Decline to Delist Klamath Sucker Fish, Again
- California – US Senator Sides with Oyster Farmer Over Park Service
- Sage Grouse Endangered Decision Delayed ‘Til 2010
- Concerns Voiced Over Proposed Chehalis River Basin Dams
- Seepage Found At Dam Upstream From Walla Walla
- Dams Are Thwarting Louisiana Marsh Restoration, Study Says
- It’s Now Legal to Catch a Raindrop in Colorado
- Hope Wanes For Olympia Brewery
- Beetles Add New Dynamic to Forest Fire Control Efforts
- Oregon State Legislature Votes to Roll Back Tax Subsidy for Wind Projects
- Oregon’s Renewable-Energy Standard in Flux?
- How Utilities Integrate Wind Energy – Build MORE Wind!
- Idaho Statesman Op/Ed - Don’t Go Off Course in Developing Wind Energy
- Montana – Flathead County Garbage to Power Up To 900 Homes
- Oregon - Fireplace Logs from Biomass Proposed
- A Funding Roadblock Ahead for Clean Energy
- California Solar Industry Fears Hitting State Credit Cap
- Editorial - Solar Incentives: Spinning the meter backward
- What Does Big Solar Want? What Doesn’t It Want?
- Kentucky - A Renewed Source of Renewable Energ
- Maine - Wind Project May Knock Island Electric Rates Down
- Algae Farm Aims to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Fuel
- Connecticut Man Modifies Pickup to Run On Wood, Waste
- Montana Aims For More Energy-Efficient Houses
- California Homeowners Could Save More on Energy-Saving Upgrades
- The Green Building Guide to Waxman-Markey
- Project Porch Light to Distribute One Million Energy-Saving Bulbs
- Inslee’s Cap-and-Trade Bill Cruises through House
- Inslee, Reichert Play Key Roles in Energy Bill
- Wood-Waste Provision Drew Baird’s Climate Change Vote
- Winners And Losers Emerge In Climate Bill
- Climate Change Activists Dismayed by Some of Bill’s Provisions
- Climate Change Bill May Be Election Issue
- Obama Urges Senators to Back Cap and Trade Bill
- Internet Service Providers Not Keeping Up With Upload Trends
- Size Limits Increased for YouTube, Gmail
- Study: Bing Has Better Design, But People Sticking To Google
- Google Makes a Case That It Isn’t So Big
- China’s Required PC Filter Green Dam a Big Risk for Companies
- Microsoft Kills MSN Web Messenger
- Telcos Target Rural Phone Fee
- The Broadband Stimulus Gets, Uh, Less Patriotic?
- Editorial - New FCC Chairman Genachowski Will Put Citizens before Big Media
- Internet Naming Agency Selects New Leader
- Search Intensifies For Missing McCleary Girl
- US Supreme Court Won’t Get Involved In Washington State Bible Club
- Weather to Blame for Statewide Mosquito Boom
- Wash. Visitor Info Center Closes To Save Money
- Lt. Gov. Owen Travels to China
- Centennial Agreement - 1989 pact keeps state and tribes talking
- The Bite of Bank Fees
- Slowdown in Once-Booming Organics Troubles Farmers
- Wenatchee still clings to title as Apple capital
- Billy Mays, Enthusiastic TV Pitchman, Dies at 50
WORD OF THE DAY
Bruit • \BROOT\ • noun – 1: noise, din 2: report, rumor
The bruit surrounding the departure of the CEO of “Hai Karate” bubbled down the cubicle rows like a surging tide, its progression marked by the increasing noise of whispering, guttural gossip as it moved towards the end of the business floor. Seems the “fearless leader” had shunned the distinctive fragrance at a recent board meeting…replacing its mandated use (mysteriously for men AND women) with the “great smell of Brut.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAnU9zT87j4
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
Bellingham Herald Editorial - Intalco Plant Continues to Be worth Supporting (If consummated, public power customers will be expecting a HUGE thank you note from Bellingham and Columbia Falls residents…)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/615/story/964899.html
Hearing Set on BPA Transmission Lines - The Dalles, Goldendale are sites (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/06/news06-26-09-02.shtml
Grant PUD Explains Power Line Options in Quincy - Collecting responses to options (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/26/news/doc4a4545375dbec035489372.txt
NY Times Op/Ed - The Dirty War against Clean Coal
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/opinion/29easterbrook.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Top 10 Green US Cities – Portland No. 1, Eugene No. 5, Seattle No. 8 (Miami Herald, FL)
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1118999.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbian Op/Ed – Columbia River Basin Tribes Take Issue with Hatchery Fish Study
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090628/OPINION03/706289992/-1/OPINION
Lower Elwha Hatchery Construction to Begin in the Fall (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090629/news/306299992
Salmon-Recovery Fund Isn’t Quite Extinct Yet - Senate version may fall in reconciliation (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090628/NEWS02/706289965/
Murray Trying To Save Salmon Funds - Millions of dollars deleted this week from the Pacific Salmon Recovery Fund for 2010 may be restored in the U.S. Senate (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090626/NEWS04/706269881/1025/rss1025
Waters Buzz with Salmon (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/28/waters-buzz-with-salmon/
Oregon - Plans Afoot To Truck Salmon to Upper McKenzie River (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/plans_afoot_to_truck_salmon_to.html
Army Corp of Engineers Trying to Save Salmon (KBND Radio, Bend, OR)
http://www.yournews.com/copyroom/postmynews.asp?empid=0&zipcode=67207&STORY_id=89143§ions_id=381§ions_CHILD_id=439&FULLNAME
Feds Decline to Delist Klamath Sucker Fish, Again (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/893382.html
California – US Senator Sides with Oyster Farmer Over Park Service (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/26/financial/f111308D75.DTL&feed=rss.business
Sage Grouse Endangered Decision Delayed ‘Til 2010 – Listing could impact increasing number of wind power turbines (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009390103_apmtsagegrouse2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Concerns Voiced Over Proposed Chehalis River Basin Dams (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/06/27/news//doc4a450833bb69e957321144.txt
Seepage Found At Dam Upstream From Walla Walla (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009388943_apwaleakingdam.html?syndication=rss
Dams Are Thwarting Louisiana Marsh Restoration, Study Says (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/science/earth/29mississippi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
It’s Now Legal to Catch a Raindrop in Colorado (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/us/29rain.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Hope Wanes For Olympia Brewery - Olympia, Lacey, and Tumwater want brewery’s water rights for new homes (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/894721.html
Beetles Add New Dynamic to Forest Fire Control Efforts (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/us/28wildfires.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon State Legislature Votes to Roll Back Tax Subsidy for Wind Projects (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/legislature_votes_to_roll_back.html
Oregon’s Renewable-Energy Standard in Flux? (The Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/06/oregons_renewableenergy_standa.html
How Utilities Integrate Wind Energy – Build MORE Wind! (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/how-utilities-integrate-wind-energy?cmpid=rss
Idaho Statesman Op/Ed - Don’t Go Off Course in Developing Wind Energy “…The fact that there are no incentives to build these new gas plants (or spinning reserves of any kind) is a big hole in the current thinking…”
http://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/story/816711.html
Montana – Flathead County Garbage to Power Up To 900 Homes (The Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/06/27/news/local/news04.txt
Oregon - Fireplace Logs from Biomass Proposed (Associated Press)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090629/BIZ/906290304/-1/rss05
A Funding Roadblock Ahead for Clean Energy (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/business/energy-environment/29iht-green29.html?ref=global
California Solar Industry Fears Hitting State Credit Cap - Push to raise cap to avoid shut down (San Francisco Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/06/29/story10.html?ana=from_rss
SF Chronicle Editorial - Solar Incentives: Spinning the meter backward
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/28/EDNL18E55A.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
What Does Big Solar Want? What Doesn’t It Want? (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmCarbonEmissions/idUS409857413520090626
Kentucky - A Renewed Source of Renewable Energy (Lexington Herald-Leader, KY - Hydropower as renewable? Imagine that…)
http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/845634.html
Maine - Wind Project May Knock Island Electric Rates Down: Advocates hope Maine's first island wind turbines on Vinalhaven also blow public opinion their way (Portland Press-Herald, ME)
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=264944
Algae Farm Aims to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Fuel (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/business/energy-environment/29biofuel.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Connecticut Man Modifies Pickup to Run On Wood, Waste (Associated Press)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/792675.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Montana Aims For More Energy-Efficient Houses (Montana News Stations)
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=10604054
California Homeowners Could Save More on Energy-Saving Upgrades (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/1983291.html?mi_rss=Our%2520Region
The Green Building Guide to Waxman-Markey (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmBuildings/idUS216473327920090626
New Jersey - Project Porch Light to Distribute One Million Energy-Saving Bulbs (Alternative Press)
http://www.thealternativepress.com/article.asp?news=4493
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Inslee’s Cap-and-Trade Bill Cruises through House (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/26/inslees-cap-and-trade-bill-cruises-through-house/?partner=RSS
Inslee, Reichert Play Key Roles in Energy Bill (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/172435.asp?source=pimail
Wood-Waste Provision Drew Baird’s Climate Change Vote - But Vancouver Legislator Had Urged Delay to Study Bill (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090627/NEWS02/706279962/
Winners And Losers Emerge In Climate Bill - In addition to raising energy prices, the climate legislation that’s winding through Congress would create a parallel financial system with a carbon-based currency (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009391795_apusclimatebillwinnerslosers.html?syndication=rss
Climate Change Activists Dismayed by Some of Bill’s Provisions (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062603076.html?wprss=rss_politics
Climate Change Bill May Be Election Issue (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/us/politics/28cong.html?hp
Obama Urges Senators to Back Cap and Trade Bill (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/06/27/obama_urges_senators_to_back_c.html?hpid=sec-politics
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Internet Service Providers Not Keeping Up With Upload Trends (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12689652
Size Limits Increased for YouTube, Gmail (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/06/29/daily2.html?ana=from_rss
Study: Bing Has Better Design, But People Sticking To Google (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/172431.asp?source=pimail
Google Makes a Case That It Isn’t So Big (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/technology/companies/29google.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
China’s Required PC Filter Green Dam a Big Risk for Companies (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009390570_chinasoftware27.html
Microsoft Kills MSN Web Messenger (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/172438.asp?source=pimail
Telcos Target Rural Phone Fee - AT&T says Universal Service Fund fee needs revamp to bring it into Internet age (Dallas Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2009/06/29/story7.html?ana=from_rss
The Broadband Stimulus Gets, Uh, Less Patriotic? NTIA realizes ‘buy American’ wasn’t realistic goal (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-Broadband-Stimulus-Gets-Uh-Less-Patriotic-103163
Seattle Times Editorial - New FCC Chairman Genachowski Will Put Citizens before Big Media
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009389484_ryan28.html
Internet Naming Agency Selects New Leader (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090628/BIZ/706289942/-1/RSS03
GENERAL NEWS
Search Intensifies For Missing McCleary Girl (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062909WAB-Mccleary-girl-missing-LJ.1a971644.html?rss?npc
US Supreme Court Won’t Get Involved In Washington State Bible Club Question (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/29/national/w072210D28.DTL&feed=rss.business
Weather to Blame for Statewide Mosquito Boom (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062609WAB-mosquitoes-boom-KS.d774cac.html?rss
Wash. Visitor Info Center Closes To Save Money (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/49386862.html
Lt. Gov. Owen Travels To China - Privately paid trip takes state official overseas to promote business, strengthen relationships (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/895556.html
Centennial Agreement - 1989 pact keeps state and tribes talking (Everett Herald, WA – Denny Hurtado from Skokomish Tribe is featured)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090628/NEWS01/706289848/-1/RSS02
The Bite of Bank Fees - Banks To "Earn" $38.5 Billion from Overdrafts This Year (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062604974.html?wprss=rss_business
Slowdown in Once-Booming Organics Troubles Farmers “…many consumers are no longer willing to pay the price in a recession…” (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/06/slowdown_in_oncebooming_organi.html
Wenatchee still clings to title as Apple capital (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_apple_capital.html?source=pimail
Billy Mays, Enthusiastic TV Pitchman, Dies at 50 (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/business/media/29mays.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
DIVERSIONS
Billy Mays: A Look Back at a Television Legend (Consumerist, Comments may include PG-13 Language)
http://consumerist.com/5303625/billy-mays-a-look-back-at-a-television-legend
Not an Energy Drink - Opossum Rescued from NY Gym’s Soda Machine
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19861180/detail.html
Mother Charged with Changing Daughter’s Grades - Wanted to Improve Daughter’s Class Standing
http://www.kirotv.com/education/19860204/detail.html
Under-Bite Helps Pabst Become World’s Ugliest Dog
http://www.sacbee.com/latest/story/1983976.html
The Bottoms of New York City’s Harbors Still House 1,600 Bars of Silver - If you can find them amid the junk and the 4-foot-long wood worms…
http://news.yahoo.com/s/uc/20090628/od_notw/nwx090628xml;_ylt=AnbSIIveczNWkIlRdso5LkrtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJoOG5tNmlqBGFzc2V0A3VjLzIwMDkwNjI4L253eDA5MDYyOHhtbARwb3MDMwRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA25ld3NvZnRoZXdlaQ--
SONG OF THE DAY
Susan Tedeschi - Rock Me Right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xigwtXcrXBA&feature=related
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Editorial - Intalco Plant Continues to Be worth Supporting
- Hearing Set on BPA Transmission Lines
- Grant PUD Explains Power Line Options in Quincy
- Op/Ed - The Dirty War against Clean Coal
- Top 10 Green US Cities – Portland No. 1, Eugene No. 5, Seattle No. 8
- Op/Ed – Columbia River Basin Tribes Take Issue with Hatchery Fish Study
- Lower Elwha Hatchery Construction to Begin in the Fall
- Salmon-Recovery Fund Isn’t Quite Extinct Yet
- Murray Trying To Save Salmon Funds
- Waters Buzz with Salmon
- Oregon - Plans Afoot To Truck Salmon to Upper McKenzie River
- Army Corp of Engineers Trying to Save Salmon
- Feds Decline to Delist Klamath Sucker Fish, Again
- California – US Senator Sides with Oyster Farmer Over Park Service
- Sage Grouse Endangered Decision Delayed ‘Til 2010
- Concerns Voiced Over Proposed Chehalis River Basin Dams
- Seepage Found At Dam Upstream From Walla Walla
- Dams Are Thwarting Louisiana Marsh Restoration, Study Says
- It’s Now Legal to Catch a Raindrop in Colorado
- Hope Wanes For Olympia Brewery
- Beetles Add New Dynamic to Forest Fire Control Efforts
- Oregon State Legislature Votes to Roll Back Tax Subsidy for Wind Projects
- Oregon’s Renewable-Energy Standard in Flux?
- How Utilities Integrate Wind Energy – Build MORE Wind!
- Idaho Statesman Op/Ed - Don’t Go Off Course in Developing Wind Energy
- Montana – Flathead County Garbage to Power Up To 900 Homes
- Oregon - Fireplace Logs from Biomass Proposed
- A Funding Roadblock Ahead for Clean Energy
- California Solar Industry Fears Hitting State Credit Cap
- Editorial - Solar Incentives: Spinning the meter backward
- What Does Big Solar Want? What Doesn’t It Want?
- Kentucky - A Renewed Source of Renewable Energ
- Maine - Wind Project May Knock Island Electric Rates Down
- Algae Farm Aims to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Fuel
- Connecticut Man Modifies Pickup to Run On Wood, Waste
- Montana Aims For More Energy-Efficient Houses
- California Homeowners Could Save More on Energy-Saving Upgrades
- The Green Building Guide to Waxman-Markey
- Project Porch Light to Distribute One Million Energy-Saving Bulbs
- Inslee’s Cap-and-Trade Bill Cruises through House
- Inslee, Reichert Play Key Roles in Energy Bill
- Wood-Waste Provision Drew Baird’s Climate Change Vote
- Winners And Losers Emerge In Climate Bill
- Climate Change Activists Dismayed by Some of Bill’s Provisions
- Climate Change Bill May Be Election Issue
- Obama Urges Senators to Back Cap and Trade Bill
- Internet Service Providers Not Keeping Up With Upload Trends
- Size Limits Increased for YouTube, Gmail
- Study: Bing Has Better Design, But People Sticking To Google
- Google Makes a Case That It Isn’t So Big
- China’s Required PC Filter Green Dam a Big Risk for Companies
- Microsoft Kills MSN Web Messenger
- Telcos Target Rural Phone Fee
- The Broadband Stimulus Gets, Uh, Less Patriotic?
- Editorial - New FCC Chairman Genachowski Will Put Citizens before Big Media
- Internet Naming Agency Selects New Leader
- Search Intensifies For Missing McCleary Girl
- US Supreme Court Won’t Get Involved In Washington State Bible Club
- Weather to Blame for Statewide Mosquito Boom
- Wash. Visitor Info Center Closes To Save Money
- Lt. Gov. Owen Travels to China
- Centennial Agreement - 1989 pact keeps state and tribes talking
- The Bite of Bank Fees
- Slowdown in Once-Booming Organics Troubles Farmers
- Wenatchee still clings to title as Apple capital
- Billy Mays, Enthusiastic TV Pitchman, Dies at 50
WORD OF THE DAY
Bruit • \BROOT\ • noun – 1: noise, din 2: report, rumor
The bruit surrounding the departure of the CEO of “Hai Karate” bubbled down the cubicle rows like a surging tide, its progression marked by the increasing noise of whispering, guttural gossip as it moved towards the end of the business floor. Seems the “fearless leader” had shunned the distinctive fragrance at a recent board meeting…replacing its mandated use (mysteriously for men AND women) with the “great smell of Brut.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAnU9zT87j4
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
Bellingham Herald Editorial - Intalco Plant Continues to Be worth Supporting (If consummated, public power customers will be expecting a HUGE thank you note from Bellingham and Columbia Falls residents…)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/615/story/964899.html
Hearing Set on BPA Transmission Lines - The Dalles, Goldendale are sites (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/06/news06-26-09-02.shtml
Grant PUD Explains Power Line Options in Quincy - Collecting responses to options (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/26/news/doc4a4545375dbec035489372.txt
NY Times Op/Ed - The Dirty War against Clean Coal
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/opinion/29easterbrook.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Top 10 Green US Cities – Portland No. 1, Eugene No. 5, Seattle No. 8 (Miami Herald, FL)
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1118999.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbian Op/Ed – Columbia River Basin Tribes Take Issue with Hatchery Fish Study
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090628/OPINION03/706289992/-1/OPINION
Lower Elwha Hatchery Construction to Begin in the Fall (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090629/news/306299992
Salmon-Recovery Fund Isn’t Quite Extinct Yet - Senate version may fall in reconciliation (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090628/NEWS02/706289965/
Murray Trying To Save Salmon Funds - Millions of dollars deleted this week from the Pacific Salmon Recovery Fund for 2010 may be restored in the U.S. Senate (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090626/NEWS04/706269881/1025/rss1025
Waters Buzz with Salmon (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/28/waters-buzz-with-salmon/
Oregon - Plans Afoot To Truck Salmon to Upper McKenzie River (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/plans_afoot_to_truck_salmon_to.html
Army Corp of Engineers Trying to Save Salmon (KBND Radio, Bend, OR)
http://www.yournews.com/copyroom/postmynews.asp?empid=0&zipcode=67207&STORY_id=89143§ions_id=381§ions_CHILD_id=439&FULLNAME
Feds Decline to Delist Klamath Sucker Fish, Again (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/893382.html
California – US Senator Sides with Oyster Farmer Over Park Service (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/26/financial/f111308D75.DTL&feed=rss.business
Sage Grouse Endangered Decision Delayed ‘Til 2010 – Listing could impact increasing number of wind power turbines (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009390103_apmtsagegrouse2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Concerns Voiced Over Proposed Chehalis River Basin Dams (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/06/27/news//doc4a450833bb69e957321144.txt
Seepage Found At Dam Upstream From Walla Walla (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009388943_apwaleakingdam.html?syndication=rss
Dams Are Thwarting Louisiana Marsh Restoration, Study Says (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/science/earth/29mississippi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
It’s Now Legal to Catch a Raindrop in Colorado (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/us/29rain.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Hope Wanes For Olympia Brewery - Olympia, Lacey, and Tumwater want brewery’s water rights for new homes (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/894721.html
Beetles Add New Dynamic to Forest Fire Control Efforts (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/us/28wildfires.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon State Legislature Votes to Roll Back Tax Subsidy for Wind Projects (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/legislature_votes_to_roll_back.html
Oregon’s Renewable-Energy Standard in Flux? (The Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/06/oregons_renewableenergy_standa.html
How Utilities Integrate Wind Energy – Build MORE Wind! (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/how-utilities-integrate-wind-energy?cmpid=rss
Idaho Statesman Op/Ed - Don’t Go Off Course in Developing Wind Energy “…The fact that there are no incentives to build these new gas plants (or spinning reserves of any kind) is a big hole in the current thinking…”
http://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/story/816711.html
Montana – Flathead County Garbage to Power Up To 900 Homes (The Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/06/27/news/local/news04.txt
Oregon - Fireplace Logs from Biomass Proposed (Associated Press)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090629/BIZ/906290304/-1/rss05
A Funding Roadblock Ahead for Clean Energy (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/business/energy-environment/29iht-green29.html?ref=global
California Solar Industry Fears Hitting State Credit Cap - Push to raise cap to avoid shut down (San Francisco Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/06/29/story10.html?ana=from_rss
SF Chronicle Editorial - Solar Incentives: Spinning the meter backward
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/28/EDNL18E55A.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
What Does Big Solar Want? What Doesn’t It Want? (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmCarbonEmissions/idUS409857413520090626
Kentucky - A Renewed Source of Renewable Energy (Lexington Herald-Leader, KY - Hydropower as renewable? Imagine that…)
http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/845634.html
Maine - Wind Project May Knock Island Electric Rates Down: Advocates hope Maine's first island wind turbines on Vinalhaven also blow public opinion their way (Portland Press-Herald, ME)
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=264944
Algae Farm Aims to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Fuel (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/business/energy-environment/29biofuel.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Connecticut Man Modifies Pickup to Run On Wood, Waste (Associated Press)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/792675.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Montana Aims For More Energy-Efficient Houses (Montana News Stations)
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=10604054
California Homeowners Could Save More on Energy-Saving Upgrades (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/1983291.html?mi_rss=Our%2520Region
The Green Building Guide to Waxman-Markey (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmBuildings/idUS216473327920090626
New Jersey - Project Porch Light to Distribute One Million Energy-Saving Bulbs (Alternative Press)
http://www.thealternativepress.com/article.asp?news=4493
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Inslee’s Cap-and-Trade Bill Cruises through House (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/26/inslees-cap-and-trade-bill-cruises-through-house/?partner=RSS
Inslee, Reichert Play Key Roles in Energy Bill (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/172435.asp?source=pimail
Wood-Waste Provision Drew Baird’s Climate Change Vote - But Vancouver Legislator Had Urged Delay to Study Bill (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090627/NEWS02/706279962/
Winners And Losers Emerge In Climate Bill - In addition to raising energy prices, the climate legislation that’s winding through Congress would create a parallel financial system with a carbon-based currency (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009391795_apusclimatebillwinnerslosers.html?syndication=rss
Climate Change Activists Dismayed by Some of Bill’s Provisions (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062603076.html?wprss=rss_politics
Climate Change Bill May Be Election Issue (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/us/politics/28cong.html?hp
Obama Urges Senators to Back Cap and Trade Bill (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/06/27/obama_urges_senators_to_back_c.html?hpid=sec-politics
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Internet Service Providers Not Keeping Up With Upload Trends (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12689652
Size Limits Increased for YouTube, Gmail (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/06/29/daily2.html?ana=from_rss
Study: Bing Has Better Design, But People Sticking To Google (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/172431.asp?source=pimail
Google Makes a Case That It Isn’t So Big (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/technology/companies/29google.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
China’s Required PC Filter Green Dam a Big Risk for Companies (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009390570_chinasoftware27.html
Microsoft Kills MSN Web Messenger (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/172438.asp?source=pimail
Telcos Target Rural Phone Fee - AT&T says Universal Service Fund fee needs revamp to bring it into Internet age (Dallas Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2009/06/29/story7.html?ana=from_rss
The Broadband Stimulus Gets, Uh, Less Patriotic? NTIA realizes ‘buy American’ wasn’t realistic goal (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-Broadband-Stimulus-Gets-Uh-Less-Patriotic-103163
Seattle Times Editorial - New FCC Chairman Genachowski Will Put Citizens before Big Media
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009389484_ryan28.html
Internet Naming Agency Selects New Leader (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090628/BIZ/706289942/-1/RSS03
GENERAL NEWS
Search Intensifies For Missing McCleary Girl (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062909WAB-Mccleary-girl-missing-LJ.1a971644.html?rss?npc
US Supreme Court Won’t Get Involved In Washington State Bible Club Question (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/29/national/w072210D28.DTL&feed=rss.business
Weather to Blame for Statewide Mosquito Boom (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062609WAB-mosquitoes-boom-KS.d774cac.html?rss
Wash. Visitor Info Center Closes To Save Money (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/49386862.html
Lt. Gov. Owen Travels To China - Privately paid trip takes state official overseas to promote business, strengthen relationships (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/895556.html
Centennial Agreement - 1989 pact keeps state and tribes talking (Everett Herald, WA – Denny Hurtado from Skokomish Tribe is featured)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090628/NEWS01/706289848/-1/RSS02
The Bite of Bank Fees - Banks To "Earn" $38.5 Billion from Overdrafts This Year (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062604974.html?wprss=rss_business
Slowdown in Once-Booming Organics Troubles Farmers “…many consumers are no longer willing to pay the price in a recession…” (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/06/slowdown_in_oncebooming_organi.html
Wenatchee still clings to title as Apple capital (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_apple_capital.html?source=pimail
Billy Mays, Enthusiastic TV Pitchman, Dies at 50 (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/business/media/29mays.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
DIVERSIONS
Billy Mays: A Look Back at a Television Legend (Consumerist, Comments may include PG-13 Language)
http://consumerist.com/5303625/billy-mays-a-look-back-at-a-television-legend
Not an Energy Drink - Opossum Rescued from NY Gym’s Soda Machine
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19861180/detail.html
Mother Charged with Changing Daughter’s Grades - Wanted to Improve Daughter’s Class Standing
http://www.kirotv.com/education/19860204/detail.html
Under-Bite Helps Pabst Become World’s Ugliest Dog
http://www.sacbee.com/latest/story/1983976.html
The Bottoms of New York City’s Harbors Still House 1,600 Bars of Silver - If you can find them amid the junk and the 4-foot-long wood worms…
http://news.yahoo.com/s/uc/20090628/od_notw/nwx090628xml;_ylt=AnbSIIveczNWkIlRdso5LkrtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJoOG5tNmlqBGFzc2V0A3VjLzIwMDkwNjI4L253eDA5MDYyOHhtbARwb3MDMwRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA25ld3NvZnRoZXdlaQ--
SONG OF THE DAY
Susan Tedeschi - Rock Me Right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xigwtXcrXBA&feature=related
Friday, June 26, 2009
Energy News Digest for June 26, 2009
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Hanford Nuclear Plant Back On Line
- PUD 3 Customers - June 26 Planned Power Outage for Twanoh Falls and Creekside Drive
- PUD 3 Customers – June 27 Planned Power Outage for Lake Cushman area
- Avista Seeks Oregon Rate Increase
- Meter Reader's Pepper Spray Raises Objection from Dog Owner
- Judge Says Names of Gay Seattle Public Utilities Workers Don’t Have to Be Released
- BPA Invites Public to Provide Feedback on Proposed Transmission Line
- Chu: U.S. To Spend Nearly $4 Billion on Smart Grid
- Two Utilities Are Leaving Clean Coal Initiative
- Washington Post Editorial - A Greener Look for Coal
- Tennessee: Report Cites Several Factors in Ash Spill
- Enviros Sue FEMA Over Lack of Oregon Salmon Protection
- Non-Tribal Commercial Trollers:Coho Numbers off The Charts
- Trout Group Seeks Study of Spokane Park
- Surprise: Fish in Acidic Waters Grow Bigger Ears
- Shelton: Sewer Project's Final Phase to Begin Today
- Concerns over Economy Affect Environmental Agenda
- Ship of Plastic Bottles to Send Eco-Message
- Power Lurks In Oregon Forests
- Northwest Communities Push Back Against Wind Power
- Astorian Editorial - Wind and Wave Energy Need a Push
- Northern Wasco PUD - A Recipe for Clean, Green Hydrogen Power
- Report: Efficiency and Renewables Can Save US $200B Annually
- The Renewable-Energy Scam
- Imperium Sells Seattle Biodiesel Plant
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - Washington Should Scrap Biofuels Mandate
- Burns Paiute Tribe First to Go To All Green Light Bulbs
- Microsoft’s Hohm Hopes to Overpower Google’s PowerMeter
- Tokyo Is Burning - Japan saves energy by keeping office buildings at 82 degrees
- Wide-Ranging Energy Measure Ready for Floor Vote
- Rep. Jim Mcdermott Says He Supports Cap-And-Trade Legislation
- FACTBOX: Climate Change Bill Pending In House
- Major Provisions of House Climate and Energy Bill
- For the Farm Lobby, Too Much Is Never Enough
- NY Times Editorial - The House and Global Warming
- Washington Post Editorial - Waxman-Markey
- Hello to Carbon Trading - but With Smog?
- Wal-Mart's Big Problem: Climate Change
- Tree Owners Could Reap Climate Bill Windfall
- Moses Lake - Titan Building Continues Data Center Construction
- Senate Confirms 2 for FCC Commission
- Yahoo CEO: Stop Comparing Us to Google
- FCC Approves Centurytel-Embarq Deal
- Who Moved My 'Delete' Key? Lenovo Did. Here's Why
- Social Media Will Not Get Me to Eat Your Gross Pizza
- Shock and Grief Over Jackson’s Death
- Allyn Area Group Wants To Withdraw From Mason Hospital District 1
- More Than 20,000 Pot Plants Found Near South Bend
- A Cautionary Tale for Bellingham – San Francisco: Sanctuary Has Its Limits
WORD OF THE DAY
Beamish • \BEEM-ish\ • Adjective – Beaming and bright with optimism, promise, or achievement
Roberto’s speech droned on. He desperately tried to engage individual members of his entranced audience to respond to his treatise on the affects of granular sand in underwear. Unfortunately, his presentation didn’t register with anyone in the assembly, except for the beamish countenance of his lovely wife Sally, who would have been enthralled with any presentation uttered by Roberto, including his recitation of debit slip totals while balancing the checkbook.
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
Hanford nuclear plant back on line - The only nuclear power plant in the Northwest is generating electricity again (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009384230_apwanuclearplant.html
PUD 3 Customers - June 26 Planned Power Outage for Twanoh Falls and Creekside Drive (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=564
PUD 3 Customers – June 27 Planned Power Outage for Lake Cushman area to Accommodate BPA Substation Repairs (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=563
Avista Seeks Oregon Rate Increase (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/06/22/daily62.html?ana=from_rss
Meter Reader's Pepper Spray Raises Objection from Dog Owner (The Daily News, Longview, WA - “MY dog would NEVER bite someone…”)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/05/29/top_story/doc4a1f3fcf3b5d9836636934.txt
Judge Says Names of Gay Seattle Public Utilities Workers Don’t Have to Be Released, For Now - Requester now claims 'secret gay organization' harassing him (Seattle Times)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/407611_pdr25.html?source=rss
News Release - BPA Invites Public to Provide Feedback on Proposed Goldendale/Dalles Transmission Line: 500-kilovolt line would help integrate wind and reinforce BPA high-voltage network (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/284767/
Chu: U.S. To Spend Nearly $4 Billion on Smart Grid (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=365240&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Two Utilities Are Leaving Clean Coal Initiative (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/business/energy-environment/26coal.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Washington Post Editorial - A Greener Look for Coal: The Waxman-Markey energy bill reflects a commitment to lower costs for cleaner coal, but will it work?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/24/AR2009062403266.html
Tennessee: Report Cites Several Factors in Ash Spill (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/us/26brfs-REPORTCITESS_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Enviros Sue FEMA Over Lack of Oregon Salmon Protection (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/49151692.html
Non-Tribal Commercial Trollers Report Coho Numbers off The Charts in the Ocean (Seattle Times)
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/reeltimenorthwest/2009/06/25/non-tribal_commercial_trollers.html
Trout Group Seeks Study of Spokane Park - The Spokane chapter of Trout Unlimited wants more studies of a proposal to build a whitewater park on the Spokane River. (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009384429_apwawhitewaterpark.html?syndication=rss
Surprise: Fish in Acidic Waters Grow Bigger Ears (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009383693_apusscisizematters.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Shelton: Sewer Project's Final Phase to Begin Today (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/892775.html
Concerns over Economy Affect Environmental Agenda (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5306-concerns-over-economy-affect-environmental-agenda/
Ship of Plastic Bottles to Send Eco-Message (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009383928_apusbottleship.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Power Lurks In Oregon Forests (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/power_lurks_in_oregon_forests.html
Northwest Communities Push Back Against Wind Power (Oregon Public Broadcast)
http://news.opb.org/article/5305-northwest-communities-push-back-against-wind-power/
Astorian Editorial - Wind and Wave Energy Need a Push - It’s hard to compete with cheap, government subsidized hydropower (Hydropower is NOT subsidized…it is an AT COST resource. Conversely, sanctioned renewables are HEAVILY subsidized)
http://www.dailyastorian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=23&ArticleID=62030
Northern Wasco PUD - A Recipe for Clean, Green Hydrogen Power: New ideas, old technology may offer the key to storing renewable energy (The Dalles Chronicle)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/06/news06-25-09-01.shtml
Report: Efficiency and Renewables Can Save US $200B Annually (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnEnergy/idUS61806988520090623
The Renewable-Energy Scam - New legislation would force Americans to buy costlier electricity (National Review Online)
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZmE1YWE2MmYzNDBjMjMzYjQ3MWQ2YTdiNjQ0OTdlN2Q=
Imperium Sells Seattle Biodiesel Plant (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/06/22/daily59.html?ana=from_rss
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Washington Should Scrap Biofuels Mandate
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009385013_guest26badgley.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Burns Paiute Tribe First to Go To All Green Light Bulbs (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5307-burns-paiute-tribe-first-go-all-green-lightbulbs/
Microsoft’s Hohm Hopes to Overpower Google’s PowerMeter (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/idgGreenComputing/idUS352592697020090625
Tokyo Is Burning - Japan saves energy by keeping office buildings at 82 degrees. Is this foresighted or perverse?
http://www.slate.com/id/2221405/?from=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Wide-Ranging Energy Measure Ready for Floor Vote (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h5iS14YOIUrpdmPuNylwKcVpSnmAD992C7000
Rep. Jim McDermott Says He Supports Cap-And-Trade Legislation (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2009384092_rep_jim_mcdermott_says_he_supp.html
FACTBOX: Climate Change Bill Pending In House (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55P16S20090626
Major Provisions of House Climate and Energy Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iN9H53G7uL7botwummDxHZg78xnAD991R4MG0
For the Farm Lobby, Too Much Is Never Enough (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062504133.html
NY Times Editorial - The House and Global Warming
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/opinion/26fri1.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Washington Post Editorial - Waxman-Markey: Action on climate change is overdue. But is this the best we can hope for?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062503469.html?nav=rss_opinions
Hello to Carbon Trading - but With Smog? (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124597170994956985.html
Wal-Mart's Big Problem: Climate Change (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmEnergy/idUS105378824820090624
Tree Owners Could Reap Climate Bill Windfall - For years, landowners have gotten paid for not farming. Now they may get paid for not cutting down trees. (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009384526_apusclimatebillbreaks.html?syndication=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Moses Lake - Titan Building Continues Data Center Construction (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/25/news/doc4a440d492c74c136246532.txt
Senate Confirms 2 for FCC Commission (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/25/financial/f174109D02.DTL&feed=rss.business
Yahoo CEO: Stop Comparing Us to Google (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12688924
FCC Approves Centurytel-Embarq Deal (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/25/financial/f121407D50.DTL&feed=rss.business
Who Moved My 'Delete' Key? Lenovo Did. Here's Why (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12689064
Social Media Will Not Get Me to Eat Your Gross Pizza (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10273118-36.html?tag=nl.e703
GENERAL NEWS
Shock and Grief over Jackson’s Death (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/world/27jacksonreax.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Allyn Area Group Wants To Withdraw From Mason Hospital District 1 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7633/reftab/1632/t/ALLYN-AREA-GROUP-WANTS-TO-WITHDRAW-FROM-MGH/Default.aspx
More Than 20,000 Pot Plants Found Near South Bend (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10601159
A Cautionary Tale for Bellingham - Sanctuary Has Its Limits: The well-intentioned notion of offering sanctuary for undocumented immigrants has its limits, the city has learned the hard way.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/26/ED8U18DRFM.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
DIVERSIONS
Man Who Shot Another in Civil War Re-enactment Pleads Guilty
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/nyregion/26reenact.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fines Paid For Ohioans Ticketed In Own Driveways
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19858317/detail.html
'High' Wallabies Blamed For Crop Circles - Marsupials Eating Opium Poppies
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19853754/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
This is how I want to remember his face….
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvc9XBTfu6g&feature=related
This is how I want to remember his music…
Michael Jackson - Thriller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xs9OQHpwDE
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Hanford Nuclear Plant Back On Line
- PUD 3 Customers - June 26 Planned Power Outage for Twanoh Falls and Creekside Drive
- PUD 3 Customers – June 27 Planned Power Outage for Lake Cushman area
- Avista Seeks Oregon Rate Increase
- Meter Reader's Pepper Spray Raises Objection from Dog Owner
- Judge Says Names of Gay Seattle Public Utilities Workers Don’t Have to Be Released
- BPA Invites Public to Provide Feedback on Proposed Transmission Line
- Chu: U.S. To Spend Nearly $4 Billion on Smart Grid
- Two Utilities Are Leaving Clean Coal Initiative
- Washington Post Editorial - A Greener Look for Coal
- Tennessee: Report Cites Several Factors in Ash Spill
- Enviros Sue FEMA Over Lack of Oregon Salmon Protection
- Non-Tribal Commercial Trollers:Coho Numbers off The Charts
- Trout Group Seeks Study of Spokane Park
- Surprise: Fish in Acidic Waters Grow Bigger Ears
- Shelton: Sewer Project's Final Phase to Begin Today
- Concerns over Economy Affect Environmental Agenda
- Ship of Plastic Bottles to Send Eco-Message
- Power Lurks In Oregon Forests
- Northwest Communities Push Back Against Wind Power
- Astorian Editorial - Wind and Wave Energy Need a Push
- Northern Wasco PUD - A Recipe for Clean, Green Hydrogen Power
- Report: Efficiency and Renewables Can Save US $200B Annually
- The Renewable-Energy Scam
- Imperium Sells Seattle Biodiesel Plant
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - Washington Should Scrap Biofuels Mandate
- Burns Paiute Tribe First to Go To All Green Light Bulbs
- Microsoft’s Hohm Hopes to Overpower Google’s PowerMeter
- Tokyo Is Burning - Japan saves energy by keeping office buildings at 82 degrees
- Wide-Ranging Energy Measure Ready for Floor Vote
- Rep. Jim Mcdermott Says He Supports Cap-And-Trade Legislation
- FACTBOX: Climate Change Bill Pending In House
- Major Provisions of House Climate and Energy Bill
- For the Farm Lobby, Too Much Is Never Enough
- NY Times Editorial - The House and Global Warming
- Washington Post Editorial - Waxman-Markey
- Hello to Carbon Trading - but With Smog?
- Wal-Mart's Big Problem: Climate Change
- Tree Owners Could Reap Climate Bill Windfall
- Moses Lake - Titan Building Continues Data Center Construction
- Senate Confirms 2 for FCC Commission
- Yahoo CEO: Stop Comparing Us to Google
- FCC Approves Centurytel-Embarq Deal
- Who Moved My 'Delete' Key? Lenovo Did. Here's Why
- Social Media Will Not Get Me to Eat Your Gross Pizza
- Shock and Grief Over Jackson’s Death
- Allyn Area Group Wants To Withdraw From Mason Hospital District 1
- More Than 20,000 Pot Plants Found Near South Bend
- A Cautionary Tale for Bellingham – San Francisco: Sanctuary Has Its Limits
WORD OF THE DAY
Beamish • \BEEM-ish\ • Adjective – Beaming and bright with optimism, promise, or achievement
Roberto’s speech droned on. He desperately tried to engage individual members of his entranced audience to respond to his treatise on the affects of granular sand in underwear. Unfortunately, his presentation didn’t register with anyone in the assembly, except for the beamish countenance of his lovely wife Sally, who would have been enthralled with any presentation uttered by Roberto, including his recitation of debit slip totals while balancing the checkbook.
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
Hanford nuclear plant back on line - The only nuclear power plant in the Northwest is generating electricity again (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009384230_apwanuclearplant.html
PUD 3 Customers - June 26 Planned Power Outage for Twanoh Falls and Creekside Drive (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=564
PUD 3 Customers – June 27 Planned Power Outage for Lake Cushman area to Accommodate BPA Substation Repairs (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=563
Avista Seeks Oregon Rate Increase (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/06/22/daily62.html?ana=from_rss
Meter Reader's Pepper Spray Raises Objection from Dog Owner (The Daily News, Longview, WA - “MY dog would NEVER bite someone…”)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/05/29/top_story/doc4a1f3fcf3b5d9836636934.txt
Judge Says Names of Gay Seattle Public Utilities Workers Don’t Have to Be Released, For Now - Requester now claims 'secret gay organization' harassing him (Seattle Times)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/407611_pdr25.html?source=rss
News Release - BPA Invites Public to Provide Feedback on Proposed Goldendale/Dalles Transmission Line: 500-kilovolt line would help integrate wind and reinforce BPA high-voltage network (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/284767/
Chu: U.S. To Spend Nearly $4 Billion on Smart Grid (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=365240&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Two Utilities Are Leaving Clean Coal Initiative (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/business/energy-environment/26coal.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Washington Post Editorial - A Greener Look for Coal: The Waxman-Markey energy bill reflects a commitment to lower costs for cleaner coal, but will it work?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/24/AR2009062403266.html
Tennessee: Report Cites Several Factors in Ash Spill (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/us/26brfs-REPORTCITESS_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Enviros Sue FEMA Over Lack of Oregon Salmon Protection (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/49151692.html
Non-Tribal Commercial Trollers Report Coho Numbers off The Charts in the Ocean (Seattle Times)
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/reeltimenorthwest/2009/06/25/non-tribal_commercial_trollers.html
Trout Group Seeks Study of Spokane Park - The Spokane chapter of Trout Unlimited wants more studies of a proposal to build a whitewater park on the Spokane River. (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009384429_apwawhitewaterpark.html?syndication=rss
Surprise: Fish in Acidic Waters Grow Bigger Ears (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009383693_apusscisizematters.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Shelton: Sewer Project's Final Phase to Begin Today (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/892775.html
Concerns over Economy Affect Environmental Agenda (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5306-concerns-over-economy-affect-environmental-agenda/
Ship of Plastic Bottles to Send Eco-Message (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009383928_apusbottleship.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Power Lurks In Oregon Forests (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/power_lurks_in_oregon_forests.html
Northwest Communities Push Back Against Wind Power (Oregon Public Broadcast)
http://news.opb.org/article/5305-northwest-communities-push-back-against-wind-power/
Astorian Editorial - Wind and Wave Energy Need a Push - It’s hard to compete with cheap, government subsidized hydropower (Hydropower is NOT subsidized…it is an AT COST resource. Conversely, sanctioned renewables are HEAVILY subsidized)
http://www.dailyastorian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=23&ArticleID=62030
Northern Wasco PUD - A Recipe for Clean, Green Hydrogen Power: New ideas, old technology may offer the key to storing renewable energy (The Dalles Chronicle)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/06/news06-25-09-01.shtml
Report: Efficiency and Renewables Can Save US $200B Annually (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnEnergy/idUS61806988520090623
The Renewable-Energy Scam - New legislation would force Americans to buy costlier electricity (National Review Online)
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZmE1YWE2MmYzNDBjMjMzYjQ3MWQ2YTdiNjQ0OTdlN2Q=
Imperium Sells Seattle Biodiesel Plant (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/06/22/daily59.html?ana=from_rss
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Washington Should Scrap Biofuels Mandate
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009385013_guest26badgley.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Burns Paiute Tribe First to Go To All Green Light Bulbs (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5307-burns-paiute-tribe-first-go-all-green-lightbulbs/
Microsoft’s Hohm Hopes to Overpower Google’s PowerMeter (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/idgGreenComputing/idUS352592697020090625
Tokyo Is Burning - Japan saves energy by keeping office buildings at 82 degrees. Is this foresighted or perverse?
http://www.slate.com/id/2221405/?from=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Wide-Ranging Energy Measure Ready for Floor Vote (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h5iS14YOIUrpdmPuNylwKcVpSnmAD992C7000
Rep. Jim McDermott Says He Supports Cap-And-Trade Legislation (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2009384092_rep_jim_mcdermott_says_he_supp.html
FACTBOX: Climate Change Bill Pending In House (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55P16S20090626
Major Provisions of House Climate and Energy Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iN9H53G7uL7botwummDxHZg78xnAD991R4MG0
For the Farm Lobby, Too Much Is Never Enough (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062504133.html
NY Times Editorial - The House and Global Warming
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/opinion/26fri1.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Washington Post Editorial - Waxman-Markey: Action on climate change is overdue. But is this the best we can hope for?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062503469.html?nav=rss_opinions
Hello to Carbon Trading - but With Smog? (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124597170994956985.html
Wal-Mart's Big Problem: Climate Change (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmEnergy/idUS105378824820090624
Tree Owners Could Reap Climate Bill Windfall - For years, landowners have gotten paid for not farming. Now they may get paid for not cutting down trees. (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009384526_apusclimatebillbreaks.html?syndication=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Moses Lake - Titan Building Continues Data Center Construction (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/25/news/doc4a440d492c74c136246532.txt
Senate Confirms 2 for FCC Commission (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/25/financial/f174109D02.DTL&feed=rss.business
Yahoo CEO: Stop Comparing Us to Google (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12688924
FCC Approves Centurytel-Embarq Deal (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/25/financial/f121407D50.DTL&feed=rss.business
Who Moved My 'Delete' Key? Lenovo Did. Here's Why (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12689064
Social Media Will Not Get Me to Eat Your Gross Pizza (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10273118-36.html?tag=nl.e703
GENERAL NEWS
Shock and Grief over Jackson’s Death (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/world/27jacksonreax.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Allyn Area Group Wants To Withdraw From Mason Hospital District 1 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7633/reftab/1632/t/ALLYN-AREA-GROUP-WANTS-TO-WITHDRAW-FROM-MGH/Default.aspx
More Than 20,000 Pot Plants Found Near South Bend (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10601159
A Cautionary Tale for Bellingham - Sanctuary Has Its Limits: The well-intentioned notion of offering sanctuary for undocumented immigrants has its limits, the city has learned the hard way.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/26/ED8U18DRFM.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
DIVERSIONS
Man Who Shot Another in Civil War Re-enactment Pleads Guilty
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/nyregion/26reenact.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fines Paid For Ohioans Ticketed In Own Driveways
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19858317/detail.html
'High' Wallabies Blamed For Crop Circles - Marsupials Eating Opium Poppies
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19853754/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
This is how I want to remember his face….
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvc9XBTfu6g&feature=related
This is how I want to remember his music…
Michael Jackson - Thriller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xs9OQHpwDE
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Energy News Digest for June 25, 2009
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Buried in Long-Term Contract - BPA Edges Closer To Deal That Would Keep Intalco Smelter Operating
- Centralia Coal Plant Target of Air Quality Petition
- Planned Mason County Planned Power Outages Scheduled for Friday and Saturday
- Grant PUD Manager to Get New Contract
- Arrowrock Dam - Power Poles Go Up For Transmission Lines from A New Hydro Plant near Boise
- Alaska – Power Creek Hydroelectric Project Honors Politicians’ Efforts
- Editorial - Without Alternative Plan, U.S. Can't Afford To Abandon Plans for Nevada Nuclear Wastes Dump
- NorthWestern Energy Responds To FERC Orders on Transmission Projects
- Arkansas - Court Tosses Out Permit for 600 MW Coal-Fired Power Plant
- Oops! After Obama Reinstates Salmon Recovery Money, House Dems Divert It
- British Columbia - Chemicals from Storm Drains May Have Killed Salmon
- Chinook, Sturgeon Fishing Picks Up In Lower Columbia
- Now the Puget Sound Orcas Have Been Accounted For
- Nominations Open For New Columbia River Fishery Advisory Board
- Puget Sound Area Ranks High In Cancer Risk from Toxic Air Pollution
- Aberdeen May Ship Water to Mideast
- Kalama lands $108,000 grant for water system repairs
- Retaining Capitol Lake Gets People's Vote
- Interior Secretary to Hold California Drought Meeting
- Walla Walla - New Water Management Program near Launch
- EPA Sees Limited Renewable Energy Growth under Waxman-Markey
- Sears Tower to Be Revamped to Produce Most of Its Own Power
- Moses Lake - REC VP Recounts Green Jobs Summit
- Everett Herald Op/Ed - Tilting At Green Windmills
- Owner of San Jose Company Arrested In Alleged Solar-Energy Scam
- Texas - Largest US Biodiesel Plant Is For Sale
- Canada - Garbage a Burning Issue in Metro Vancouver
- New Kinds of Hydropower Spark Buzz
- The lure of the line - Clothesline users are avid fans of the original dryer
- Home Audit Helps Cut Energy Use
- California Considers Global Warming Fee on Industry
- Democrats Push For Votes on Climate Bill
- Poll Says Opposition to "Cap-And-Trade" Grows In US
- Climate Bill Proponents Agree To Concessions
- Free Allowances to Utilities Are Not Dividends to Consumers
- Federal Climate Bill Gives Billions to Save Trees in Other Nations
- Reining in Global Warming? Not Without a New Approach to Transportation
- Rural Broadband Use Increases, But Still Room for Progress
- Google Shares Some Secrets
- Google Slammed As China, U.S. Quarrel over Internet
- Report: Yahoo Plans Major Rebranding
- Time Warner, Comcast to Start Online Video Trials
- Microsoft Says Vista Buyers to Get Free Windows 7
- Man Rushing To Vet Injures 2 Children In Yelm Crash
- Counterfeit Bills Showing Up On Kitsap Peninsula
- Public Disclosure Laws - Idaho, Without Disclosure, Ranks Last Again; Wash. First
- Some Wondering Why Navy Needs New Wharf at Bangor
- Drivers Sue 19 Cities over Traffic Cameras
- Judge Dismisses Lawsuit over Canadian Lumber Pact Payments
- Farrah Fawcett Dies of Cancer
- Portland Advertising Awards Taunt Other Cities
WORD OF THE DAY
Dilatory • \DILL-uh-toree \ • adjective – 1: tending or intended to cause delay 2: characterized by procrastination: tardy
The dilatory nature of today’s news digest was unavoidable. Happy evening reading everyone….
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
Buried in Long-Term Contract - BPA Edges Closer To Deal That Would Keep Intalco Smelter Operating (The Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/255/story/963088.html
Centralia Coal Plant Target of Air Quality Petition - Coalition asks government to step in regarding pollution from Centralia site (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/891516.html
Planned Mason County Planned Power Outages Scheduled for Friday and Saturday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7629/reftab/1632/t/PLANNED-POWER-OUTAGES-SCHEDULED-FOR-FRIDAY-AND-SATURDAY/Default.aspx
Grant PUD Manager to Get New Contract (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090625/NEWS04/706259942/-1/OP?Grant-PUD-exec-to-get-job-contract
Arrowrock Dam - Power Poles Go Up For Transmission Lines From A New Hydro Plant Near Boise (The Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/813403.html
Alaska – Power Creek Hydroelectric Project Honors Politicians’ Efforts (Cordova Times, AK)
http://www.thecordovatimes.com/news/show/6454
Daily News Editorial - Without Alternative Plan, U.S. Can't Afford To Abandon Plans for Nevada Nuclear Wastes Dump (Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/25/editorial/doc4a42bc551efaf207022143.txt
NorthWestern Energy Responds To FERC Orders on Transmission Projects (Power Online)
http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/NorthWestern-Energy-Responds-To-FERC-Orders-0001?VNETCOOKIE=NO
Arkansas - Court Tosses Out Permit for 600 MW Coal-Fired Power Plant (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=365138&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oops! After Obama Reinstates Salmon Recovery Money, House Dems Divert It (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090624/NEWS03/706249924
British Columbia - Chemicals from Storm Drains May Have Killed Salmon (CBC News, Canada)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/06/24/bc-hyde-creek-chemical-spill-salmon-kill.html
Chinook, Sturgeon Fishing Picks Up In Lower Columbia (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/891582.html
Now the Puget Sound Orcas Have Been Accounted For (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2009/06/24/now-the-puget-sound-orcas-have-been-accounted-for/
Nominations Open For New Columbia River Fishery Advisory Board (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090625/SPORTS04/706259947/-1/SPORTS
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Puget Sound Area Ranks High In Cancer Risk from Toxic Air Pollution, Reports Say “…Diesel is the thing that drives the bulk of this risk…more than 70 percent of the health risk from air pollution is due to diesel fumes…” (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2009381228_pollution25m0.html
Aberdeen May Ship Water to Mideast (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/891890.html
Kalama lands $108,000 grant for water system repairs (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/25//area_news/doc4a430aad263eb990777789.txt
Retaining Capitol Lake Gets People's Vote - Estuary draws few nods in informal survey (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/891503.html
Interior Secretary to Hold California Drought Meeting (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2085470~Interior_Secretary_to_hold_Calif_drought_meeting.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Walla Walla - New Water Management Program near Launch (The Union Bulletin, Walla Walla, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/06/24/local_news/090624local03watermeeting.txt
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
EPA Sees Limited Renewable Energy Growth under Waxman-Markey – Due to conservation and lack of increased price pressures on fossil fuels (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/06/24/epa-sees-limited-renewable-energy-growth-under-waxman-markey/
Sears Tower to Be Revamped to Produce Most of Its Own Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/us/25sears.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Moses Lake - REC VP Recounts Green Jobs Summit (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses, Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/25/news/doc4a42b37f30247807095579.txt
Everett Herald Op/Ed - Tilting At Green Windmills
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090625/OPINION04/706259980/-1/RSS05
Owner of San Jose Company Arrested In Alleged Solar-Energy Scam (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/topstories/ci_12679747
Texas - Largest US Biodiesel Plant Is For Sale (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200906241551DOWJONESDJONLINE000746_FORTUNE5.htm
Canada - Garbage a Burning Issue in Metro Vancouver (CBC News)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/06/23/bc-garbage-burning-gvrd.html?ref=rss
New Kinds of Hydropower Spark Buzz - wave, tidal stream, ocean current, ocean thermal and river hydrokinetic resources (Energy Pulse)
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=2079
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
The lure of the line - Clothesline users are avid fans of the original dryer (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090625/NEIGHBORS/706259968/1001/NEWS04
Home Audit Helps Cut Energy Use - Start small; budget for bigger changes (Detroit Free Press, MI)
http://www.freep.com/article/20090625/FEATURES01/906250419
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California Considers Global Warming Fee on Industry (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2086582~California_weighs_global_warming_fee_on_industry.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Democrats Push For Votes on Climate Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h5iS14YOIUrpdmPuNylwKcVpSnmAD991PS700
Poll Says Opposition to "Cap-And-Trade" Grows In US (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55O2BS20090625
Climate Bill Proponents Agree To Concessions (Associated Press)
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/congress/49009786.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUZ
Free Allowances to Utilities Are Not Dividends to Consumers (Huffington Post)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-sandler/free-allowances-to-utilit_b_219872.html
Federal Climate Bill Gives Billions to Save Trees in Other Nations (Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/25/climate-bill-gives-billions-to-foreign-foliage/
Reining in Global Warming? Not Without a New Approach to Transportation (Huffington Post)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-earl-blumenauer/reining-in-global-warming_b_220404.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Rural Broadband Use Increases, But Still Room for Progress (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5295-rural-broadband-use-increases-still-room-progress/
Google Shares Some Secrets (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12679900
Google Slammed As China, U.S. Quarrel over Internet (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE55O0EO20090625?feedType=nl&feedName=ustopnewsearly
Report: Yahoo Plans Major Rebranding (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/06/22/daily68.html?ana=from_rss
Time Warner, Comcast to Start Online Video Trials (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090624/BIZ/706249652/-1/RSS03
Microsoft Says Vista Buyers to Get Free Windows 7 (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090625/BIZ/706259820/-1/RSS03
GENERAL NEWS
Man Rushing To Vet Injures 2 Children In Yelm Crash (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19848671/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_1_09000106252009&ts=H
Counterfeit Bills Showing Up On Kitsap Peninsula (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19851044/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_1_09000106252009&ts=H
Public Disclosure Laws - Idaho, Without Disclosure, Ranks Last Again; Wash. First (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/25/idaho-still-without-disclosure-ranks-last-again-wa/
Some Wondering Why Navy Needs New Wharf at Bangor (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/24/some-wondering-why-navy-needs-new-wharf-at/?partner=RSS
Drivers Sue 19 Cities over Traffic Cameras (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/789486.html
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit over Canadian Lumber Pact Payments (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/891206.html
Farrah Fawcett Dies of Cancer (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/19857734/detail.html
Portland Advertising Awards Taunt Other Cities (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/06/portland_advertising_awards_ta.html
DIVERSIONS
Marmot Causes Restaurant Ruckus in Prosser
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/24/marmot-causes-restaurant-ruckus-prosser/
Saudi Arabian Dog Makes Its Way to California
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/23/AR2009062303619.html
Woman Chasing Raccoon with Fireworks Sets Off Brush Fire
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19850141/detail.html
851 George Formby ‘Sound-Alikes’ Smash Ukulele World Record – The Horror…The Horror!
http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED23%20Jun%202009%2015%3A09%3A30%3A030
SONG OF THE DAY
Rocky Raccoon – Beatles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nucSvl7VXVM
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Buried in Long-Term Contract - BPA Edges Closer To Deal That Would Keep Intalco Smelter Operating
- Centralia Coal Plant Target of Air Quality Petition
- Planned Mason County Planned Power Outages Scheduled for Friday and Saturday
- Grant PUD Manager to Get New Contract
- Arrowrock Dam - Power Poles Go Up For Transmission Lines from A New Hydro Plant near Boise
- Alaska – Power Creek Hydroelectric Project Honors Politicians’ Efforts
- Editorial - Without Alternative Plan, U.S. Can't Afford To Abandon Plans for Nevada Nuclear Wastes Dump
- NorthWestern Energy Responds To FERC Orders on Transmission Projects
- Arkansas - Court Tosses Out Permit for 600 MW Coal-Fired Power Plant
- Oops! After Obama Reinstates Salmon Recovery Money, House Dems Divert It
- British Columbia - Chemicals from Storm Drains May Have Killed Salmon
- Chinook, Sturgeon Fishing Picks Up In Lower Columbia
- Now the Puget Sound Orcas Have Been Accounted For
- Nominations Open For New Columbia River Fishery Advisory Board
- Puget Sound Area Ranks High In Cancer Risk from Toxic Air Pollution
- Aberdeen May Ship Water to Mideast
- Kalama lands $108,000 grant for water system repairs
- Retaining Capitol Lake Gets People's Vote
- Interior Secretary to Hold California Drought Meeting
- Walla Walla - New Water Management Program near Launch
- EPA Sees Limited Renewable Energy Growth under Waxman-Markey
- Sears Tower to Be Revamped to Produce Most of Its Own Power
- Moses Lake - REC VP Recounts Green Jobs Summit
- Everett Herald Op/Ed - Tilting At Green Windmills
- Owner of San Jose Company Arrested In Alleged Solar-Energy Scam
- Texas - Largest US Biodiesel Plant Is For Sale
- Canada - Garbage a Burning Issue in Metro Vancouver
- New Kinds of Hydropower Spark Buzz
- The lure of the line - Clothesline users are avid fans of the original dryer
- Home Audit Helps Cut Energy Use
- California Considers Global Warming Fee on Industry
- Democrats Push For Votes on Climate Bill
- Poll Says Opposition to "Cap-And-Trade" Grows In US
- Climate Bill Proponents Agree To Concessions
- Free Allowances to Utilities Are Not Dividends to Consumers
- Federal Climate Bill Gives Billions to Save Trees in Other Nations
- Reining in Global Warming? Not Without a New Approach to Transportation
- Rural Broadband Use Increases, But Still Room for Progress
- Google Shares Some Secrets
- Google Slammed As China, U.S. Quarrel over Internet
- Report: Yahoo Plans Major Rebranding
- Time Warner, Comcast to Start Online Video Trials
- Microsoft Says Vista Buyers to Get Free Windows 7
- Man Rushing To Vet Injures 2 Children In Yelm Crash
- Counterfeit Bills Showing Up On Kitsap Peninsula
- Public Disclosure Laws - Idaho, Without Disclosure, Ranks Last Again; Wash. First
- Some Wondering Why Navy Needs New Wharf at Bangor
- Drivers Sue 19 Cities over Traffic Cameras
- Judge Dismisses Lawsuit over Canadian Lumber Pact Payments
- Farrah Fawcett Dies of Cancer
- Portland Advertising Awards Taunt Other Cities
WORD OF THE DAY
Dilatory • \DILL-uh-toree \ • adjective – 1: tending or intended to cause delay 2: characterized by procrastination: tardy
The dilatory nature of today’s news digest was unavoidable. Happy evening reading everyone….
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
Buried in Long-Term Contract - BPA Edges Closer To Deal That Would Keep Intalco Smelter Operating (The Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/255/story/963088.html
Centralia Coal Plant Target of Air Quality Petition - Coalition asks government to step in regarding pollution from Centralia site (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/891516.html
Planned Mason County Planned Power Outages Scheduled for Friday and Saturday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7629/reftab/1632/t/PLANNED-POWER-OUTAGES-SCHEDULED-FOR-FRIDAY-AND-SATURDAY/Default.aspx
Grant PUD Manager to Get New Contract (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090625/NEWS04/706259942/-1/OP?Grant-PUD-exec-to-get-job-contract
Arrowrock Dam - Power Poles Go Up For Transmission Lines From A New Hydro Plant Near Boise (The Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/813403.html
Alaska – Power Creek Hydroelectric Project Honors Politicians’ Efforts (Cordova Times, AK)
http://www.thecordovatimes.com/news/show/6454
Daily News Editorial - Without Alternative Plan, U.S. Can't Afford To Abandon Plans for Nevada Nuclear Wastes Dump (Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/25/editorial/doc4a42bc551efaf207022143.txt
NorthWestern Energy Responds To FERC Orders on Transmission Projects (Power Online)
http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/NorthWestern-Energy-Responds-To-FERC-Orders-0001?VNETCOOKIE=NO
Arkansas - Court Tosses Out Permit for 600 MW Coal-Fired Power Plant (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=365138&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oops! After Obama Reinstates Salmon Recovery Money, House Dems Divert It (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090624/NEWS03/706249924
British Columbia - Chemicals from Storm Drains May Have Killed Salmon (CBC News, Canada)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/06/24/bc-hyde-creek-chemical-spill-salmon-kill.html
Chinook, Sturgeon Fishing Picks Up In Lower Columbia (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/891582.html
Now the Puget Sound Orcas Have Been Accounted For (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2009/06/24/now-the-puget-sound-orcas-have-been-accounted-for/
Nominations Open For New Columbia River Fishery Advisory Board (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090625/SPORTS04/706259947/-1/SPORTS
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Puget Sound Area Ranks High In Cancer Risk from Toxic Air Pollution, Reports Say “…Diesel is the thing that drives the bulk of this risk…more than 70 percent of the health risk from air pollution is due to diesel fumes…” (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2009381228_pollution25m0.html
Aberdeen May Ship Water to Mideast (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/891890.html
Kalama lands $108,000 grant for water system repairs (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/25//area_news/doc4a430aad263eb990777789.txt
Retaining Capitol Lake Gets People's Vote - Estuary draws few nods in informal survey (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/891503.html
Interior Secretary to Hold California Drought Meeting (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2085470~Interior_Secretary_to_hold_Calif_drought_meeting.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Walla Walla - New Water Management Program near Launch (The Union Bulletin, Walla Walla, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/06/24/local_news/090624local03watermeeting.txt
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
EPA Sees Limited Renewable Energy Growth under Waxman-Markey – Due to conservation and lack of increased price pressures on fossil fuels (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/06/24/epa-sees-limited-renewable-energy-growth-under-waxman-markey/
Sears Tower to Be Revamped to Produce Most of Its Own Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/us/25sears.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Moses Lake - REC VP Recounts Green Jobs Summit (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses, Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/25/news/doc4a42b37f30247807095579.txt
Everett Herald Op/Ed - Tilting At Green Windmills
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090625/OPINION04/706259980/-1/RSS05
Owner of San Jose Company Arrested In Alleged Solar-Energy Scam (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/topstories/ci_12679747
Texas - Largest US Biodiesel Plant Is For Sale (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200906241551DOWJONESDJONLINE000746_FORTUNE5.htm
Canada - Garbage a Burning Issue in Metro Vancouver (CBC News)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/06/23/bc-garbage-burning-gvrd.html?ref=rss
New Kinds of Hydropower Spark Buzz - wave, tidal stream, ocean current, ocean thermal and river hydrokinetic resources (Energy Pulse)
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=2079
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
The lure of the line - Clothesline users are avid fans of the original dryer (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090625/NEIGHBORS/706259968/1001/NEWS04
Home Audit Helps Cut Energy Use - Start small; budget for bigger changes (Detroit Free Press, MI)
http://www.freep.com/article/20090625/FEATURES01/906250419
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California Considers Global Warming Fee on Industry (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2086582~California_weighs_global_warming_fee_on_industry.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Democrats Push For Votes on Climate Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h5iS14YOIUrpdmPuNylwKcVpSnmAD991PS700
Poll Says Opposition to "Cap-And-Trade" Grows In US (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55O2BS20090625
Climate Bill Proponents Agree To Concessions (Associated Press)
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/congress/49009786.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUZ
Free Allowances to Utilities Are Not Dividends to Consumers (Huffington Post)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-sandler/free-allowances-to-utilit_b_219872.html
Federal Climate Bill Gives Billions to Save Trees in Other Nations (Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/25/climate-bill-gives-billions-to-foreign-foliage/
Reining in Global Warming? Not Without a New Approach to Transportation (Huffington Post)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-earl-blumenauer/reining-in-global-warming_b_220404.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Rural Broadband Use Increases, But Still Room for Progress (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5295-rural-broadband-use-increases-still-room-progress/
Google Shares Some Secrets (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12679900
Google Slammed As China, U.S. Quarrel over Internet (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE55O0EO20090625?feedType=nl&feedName=ustopnewsearly
Report: Yahoo Plans Major Rebranding (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/06/22/daily68.html?ana=from_rss
Time Warner, Comcast to Start Online Video Trials (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090624/BIZ/706249652/-1/RSS03
Microsoft Says Vista Buyers to Get Free Windows 7 (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090625/BIZ/706259820/-1/RSS03
GENERAL NEWS
Man Rushing To Vet Injures 2 Children In Yelm Crash (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19848671/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_1_09000106252009&ts=H
Counterfeit Bills Showing Up On Kitsap Peninsula (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19851044/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_1_09000106252009&ts=H
Public Disclosure Laws - Idaho, Without Disclosure, Ranks Last Again; Wash. First (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/25/idaho-still-without-disclosure-ranks-last-again-wa/
Some Wondering Why Navy Needs New Wharf at Bangor (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/24/some-wondering-why-navy-needs-new-wharf-at/?partner=RSS
Drivers Sue 19 Cities over Traffic Cameras (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/789486.html
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit over Canadian Lumber Pact Payments (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/891206.html
Farrah Fawcett Dies of Cancer (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/19857734/detail.html
Portland Advertising Awards Taunt Other Cities (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/06/portland_advertising_awards_ta.html
DIVERSIONS
Marmot Causes Restaurant Ruckus in Prosser
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/24/marmot-causes-restaurant-ruckus-prosser/
Saudi Arabian Dog Makes Its Way to California
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/23/AR2009062303619.html
Woman Chasing Raccoon with Fireworks Sets Off Brush Fire
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19850141/detail.html
851 George Formby ‘Sound-Alikes’ Smash Ukulele World Record – The Horror…The Horror!
http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED23%20Jun%202009%2015%3A09%3A30%3A030
SONG OF THE DAY
Rocky Raccoon – Beatles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nucSvl7VXVM
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Energy News Digest for June 24, 2009
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Chelan PUD to Replace Bonds with New
- Chelan PUD to Offer Billing Online By January
- Wall Street Journal Op/Ed - The New Nuclear Revolution
- Court Rules against NE States in Power Grid Suit
- Wildfire Protection – San Diego Votes against Utility's Power Shutoff Plan
- Oregon - Savage Rapids Lesson: Removing Dams No Easy Task
- Snohomish County Restoring Salmon Habitat
- Canadian Fisheries Report Find Colder Ocean Water Good for Salmon
- Alaska Biologists Eye Ocean Shifts' Effect on Salmon
- Backyard Beekeepers Could Help Save Periled Population
- NYC Beekeepers Swarm City Hall to Protest Ban
- State Officials Issue Final Report on Yakima River Basin Water Needs
- Water Seeping Through Howard Hanson Dam Is Picking Up Speed
- Carlsborg Sewer Costs Raise Residents' Concerns
- Proposal Would Raise Stormwater Utility Rates
- Get the Dulcolax - Second Boring Machine Stuck In Kingco Sewage Tunnel
- Proposed Skamania County Wind Farm Intrusion To Hikers?
- Oregon - Umatilla County to Weigh Barring Turbines from Blue Mountains
- Land Use Fuels Wind Debate
- U.S. Awards Exploratory Leases for Offshore Wind
- Experts Say Wind Energy Key to Oklahoma Economy
- Baird Becomes Maverick On Federal Energy Bill
- Solar Industry to See Faster Than Expected Growth
- Ocean Renewable Energy Has Huge Potential But Not Without Giant Hurdles
- Energy Dept Sees Renewable Energy Loan Rules Soon
- Meltdown 101: Where Are The Renewable Energy Jobs?
- Seattle's Biodiesel Producer Hoping For a Comeback
- Deep in Bedrock, Clean Energy and Quake Fears
- Vermont School District Shifts to Wood Pellets
- Editorial - Green Politicians Thrive When Economy Goes South
- Tropical Plant Shows Promise as Biomass Energy Source
- Recycling Refrigerators Saves Money and the Environment
- Microsoft Debuts Power Conservation Website
- Vote Set on House Climate Bill
- Lobbying Frenzy Begins as House Climate Bill Heads for Floor
- Farm Groups Prevail as House Climate Bill Puts USDA in Charge of Ag Offsets
- Putting A Financial Spin On Global Warming
- Pennsylvania Utilities, Industry Lining Up Behind Clean-Energy Act
- Op/Ed - Reduce Carbon Emissions Now: Focus On Vehicle Emissions
- Fighting Climate Change at Mount Rainier and Other National Parks
- Maryland - Lawmakers Get Lesson on Global Warming and the Bay
- Cable TV’s Big Worry: Taming the Web
- Japan Offers Faster Speeds, Lower Prices than US, Report Documents
- Cost-Cutting - Mason County Eliminates Director of Budget and Finance Position
- Mason County Reaps Benefits of Bidding Climate
- Tahuya Paramedic Service Hangs in Balance as Contract Runs Out
- State Supreme Court Hears Library Filter Arguments
- Seattle Restaurant Owner Paid Workers to Enter Into Sham Marriages
- Including Bauxite - China Hoarding Building Blocks to Recovery, U.S. Charges
WORD OF THE DAY
Cavalcade • \kav-ul-KAYD\ • noun – 1a: a procession of riders or carriages b: a procession of vehicles or ships 2: a dramatic sequence or procession: series
Alfred came stumbling into the room; his bumbling entrance reminded his friend Bert of a crazed kind of “Rube Golberg” machine. The arrival was nothing more than a cavalcade of tripping, pratfalls, apologies, breaking glass, and the distant sound of a screeching cat.
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
Chelan PUD to Replace Bonds with New (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090623/NEWS04/706239968
Chelan PUD to Offer Billing Online By January (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090623/NEWS04/706239950/0/SPORTS04?Chelan-PUD-to-offer-billing-online-by-January
Wall Street Journal Op/Ed - The New Nuclear Revolution. Safe fission power is our future; if regulators allow it.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124580572129645069.html
Court Rules against NE States in Power Grid Suit (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/23/ap6578437.html
Wildfire Protection – San Diego votes against utility's power shutoff plan (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2084121~SD_supes_vote_against_utility_s_power_shutoff_plan.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon - Savage Rapids Lesson: Removing Dams No Easy Task (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5281-savage-rapids-lesson-removing-dams-no-easy-task/
Snohomish County Restoring Salmon Habitat - Some farmers are opposed to the loss of farmland on Smith Island (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090624/NEWS01/706249791/-1/RSS02
Canadian Fisheries Report Find Colder Ocean Water Good for Salmon (Seattle Times)
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/reeltimenorthwest/2009/06/23/canadian_fisheries_report_foun.html
Alaska Biologists Eye Ocean Shifts' Effect on Salmon (Fairbanks News Miner)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jun/23/biologists-wonder-if-ocean-shifts-affect-salmon/
Backyard Beekeepers Could Help Save Periled Population (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/48963471.html
NYC Beekeepers Swarm City Hall to Protest Ban (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009374828_apusnycbeekeepersabuzz2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
State Officials Issue Final Report on Yakima River Basin Water Needs (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2009/06/23/ecology-officials-issue-final-report-on-yakima-river-basin-water-needs
Water Seeping Through Howard Hanson Dam Is Picking Up Speed (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009376179_leakingdam24m.html?syndication=rss
Carlsborg Sewer Costs Raise Residents' Concerns (Sequim Gazette)
http://www.sequimgazette.com/topstory/articleDetail.exm/Index/article/2009-06-24_Carlsborg_sewer_costs_raise_residents__concerns/
Proposal Would Raise Stormwater Utility Rates - Clean Water Act: Requires monitoring, pollution prevention (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/890438.html
Get the Dulcolax - Second Boring Machine Stuck In Kingco Sewage Tunnel (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009377511_apwasewagetunnel.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Proposed Skamania County Wind Farm Intrusion To Hikers? (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090624/NEWS02/706249957/Proposed+wind+farm+intrusion+to+hikers
Oregon - Umatilla County to Weigh Barring Turbines from Blue Mountains (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/umatilla_county_to_weigh_barri.html
Land Use Fuels Wind Debate (Boston Herald)
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/20090624land_use_fuels_wind_debate/srvc=business&position=recent_bullet
U.S. Awards Exploratory Leases for Offshore Wind (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55M6G920090623
Experts Say Wind Energy Key to Oklahoma Economy (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/23/ap6578750.html
Baird Becomes Maverick On Federal Energy Bill; Warns It Hurts Local Biomass Effort (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/politicsblog/story/890263.html
Solar Industry to See Faster Than Expected Growth (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009372808_apussolarutilities.html?syndication=rss
Ocean Renewable Energy Has Huge Potential But Not Without Giant Hurdles (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/ocean-renewable-energy-has-huge-potential-but-not-without-giant-hurdles?cmpid=rss
Energy Dept Sees Renewable Energy Loan Rules Soon (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN236811620090623
Meltdown 101: Where Are The Renewable Energy Jobs? (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009373936_apusmeltdown101greenjobs.html?syndication=rss
Seattle's Biodiesel Producer Hoping For a Comeback (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062309ENB_seattle-biodiesel-imperium-JM.1c3054b2.html?rss
Deep in Bedrock, Clean Energy and Quake Fears (NY Times – Honey, I broke the planet!)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/business/energy-environment/24geotherm.html?hp
Vermont School District Shifts to Wood Pellets (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/vermont-school-district-shifts-to-wood-pellets?cmpid=rss
Denver Post Editorial - Green Politicians Thrive When Economy Goes South
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_12673389
Tropical Plant Shows Promise as Biomass Energy Source (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5283-tropical-plants-shows-promise-biomass-energy-source/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Recycling Refrigerators Saves Money and the Environment (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062409WAB-refrigerator-recycling-LJ.1104f16.html
Microsoft Debuts Power Conservation Website (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/24/AR2009062401017.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Vote Set on House Climate Bill - Cap-and-Trade Legislation Advances Despite Some Resistance (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/06/23/ST2009062303474.html
Lobbying Frenzy Begins as House Climate Bill Heads for Floor (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/06/23/23greenwire-lobbying-frenzy-begins-as-house-climate-bill-he-7715.html
Farm Groups Prevail as House Climate Bill Puts USDA in Charge of Ag Offsets (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/24/24climatewire-farm-groups-prevail-as-house-climate-bill-pu-24287.html
Putting A Financial Spin On Global Warming - Climate change is a potential environmental disaster; but it's also potentially an economic opportunity. (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105834436&ft=1&f=3
Pennsylvania Utilities, Industry Lining Up Behind Clean-Energy Act (Philadelphia Business Today)
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20090624_PhillyDeals__Pa__utilities__industry_lining_up_behind_clean-energy_act.html
Salem Statesman-Journal Op/Ed - Reduce Carbon Emissions Now: Focus On Vehicle Emissions
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090624/OPINION/906240464/1049
Fighting Climate Change at Mount Rainier and Other National Parks (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2009375042_webnationalparks23.html?syndication=rss
Maryland - Lawmakers Get Lesson on Global Warming and the Bay: With House vote looming, Chesapeake serves as site for hearing (Baltimore Sun)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/bal-md.bay24jun24,0,2096064.story
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Cable TV’s Big Worry: Taming the Web (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/business/media/24pay.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Japan Offers Faster Speeds, Lower Prices than US, Report Documents (Broadband Census)
http://broadbandcensus.com/2009/06/japan-offers-faster-speeds-lower-prices-than-us-report-documents/
GENERAL NEWS
Cost-Cutting - Mason County Eliminates Director of Budget and Finance Position (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7620/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-ELIMINATES-DIRECTOR-OF-BUDGET-AND-FINANCE-POSITION/Default.aspx
Mason County Reaps Benefits of Bidding Climate (Kmas Radio, Shelton, Wa)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7618/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-REAPS-BENEFITS-OF-BIDDING-CLIMATE/Default.aspx
Tahuya Paramedic Service Hangs in Balance as Contract Runs Out (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/23/tahuya-paramedic-service-hangs-in-balance-as-out/?partner=RSS
State Supreme Court Hears Library Filter Arguments (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/24/court-hears-library-filter-arguments/
Seattle Restaurant Owner Paid Workers to Enter Into Sham Marriages (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19835937/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_4pm&tmi=sea_4pm_1_06000206232009&ts=H
Including Bauxite - China Hoarding Building Blocks to Recovery, U.S. Charges (Globe and Mail, Canada)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/china-hoarding-building-blocks-to-recovery-us-charges/article1194438/
DIVERSIONS
Woman Says Money Too Fake To Be Felony - worked with counterfeiters to pass off photocopied $100 bills in the store in exchange for gift cards
http://www.kirotv.com/politics/19822595/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_nots&tmi=sea_nots_1_01000106232009&ts=H
Fifteen Los Angeles Students Denied Diplomas after Protesting Planned Teacher Layoffs
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12673203
Kids' "Power Station" Sparks Radiation Alert
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE55M6ME20090623?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Turkey Lands in Manure Truck's Cab, Causing Crash
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_turkey_truck_crash;_ylt=AuBZCUAD4j5RP0Y1BXPAL3XtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTM0NDZsOWxuBGFzc2V0Ay9hcC8yMDA5MDYyNC9hcF9vbl9mZV9zdC91c19vZGRfdHVya2V5X3RydWNrX2NyYXNoBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9oZWFkbGluZV9saXN0BHNsawN0dXJrZXlsYW5kc2k-
SONG OF THE DAY
Steve Miller Band - Take the Money and Run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFGZufk4HFs
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Chelan PUD to Replace Bonds with New
- Chelan PUD to Offer Billing Online By January
- Wall Street Journal Op/Ed - The New Nuclear Revolution
- Court Rules against NE States in Power Grid Suit
- Wildfire Protection – San Diego Votes against Utility's Power Shutoff Plan
- Oregon - Savage Rapids Lesson: Removing Dams No Easy Task
- Snohomish County Restoring Salmon Habitat
- Canadian Fisheries Report Find Colder Ocean Water Good for Salmon
- Alaska Biologists Eye Ocean Shifts' Effect on Salmon
- Backyard Beekeepers Could Help Save Periled Population
- NYC Beekeepers Swarm City Hall to Protest Ban
- State Officials Issue Final Report on Yakima River Basin Water Needs
- Water Seeping Through Howard Hanson Dam Is Picking Up Speed
- Carlsborg Sewer Costs Raise Residents' Concerns
- Proposal Would Raise Stormwater Utility Rates
- Get the Dulcolax - Second Boring Machine Stuck In Kingco Sewage Tunnel
- Proposed Skamania County Wind Farm Intrusion To Hikers?
- Oregon - Umatilla County to Weigh Barring Turbines from Blue Mountains
- Land Use Fuels Wind Debate
- U.S. Awards Exploratory Leases for Offshore Wind
- Experts Say Wind Energy Key to Oklahoma Economy
- Baird Becomes Maverick On Federal Energy Bill
- Solar Industry to See Faster Than Expected Growth
- Ocean Renewable Energy Has Huge Potential But Not Without Giant Hurdles
- Energy Dept Sees Renewable Energy Loan Rules Soon
- Meltdown 101: Where Are The Renewable Energy Jobs?
- Seattle's Biodiesel Producer Hoping For a Comeback
- Deep in Bedrock, Clean Energy and Quake Fears
- Vermont School District Shifts to Wood Pellets
- Editorial - Green Politicians Thrive When Economy Goes South
- Tropical Plant Shows Promise as Biomass Energy Source
- Recycling Refrigerators Saves Money and the Environment
- Microsoft Debuts Power Conservation Website
- Vote Set on House Climate Bill
- Lobbying Frenzy Begins as House Climate Bill Heads for Floor
- Farm Groups Prevail as House Climate Bill Puts USDA in Charge of Ag Offsets
- Putting A Financial Spin On Global Warming
- Pennsylvania Utilities, Industry Lining Up Behind Clean-Energy Act
- Op/Ed - Reduce Carbon Emissions Now: Focus On Vehicle Emissions
- Fighting Climate Change at Mount Rainier and Other National Parks
- Maryland - Lawmakers Get Lesson on Global Warming and the Bay
- Cable TV’s Big Worry: Taming the Web
- Japan Offers Faster Speeds, Lower Prices than US, Report Documents
- Cost-Cutting - Mason County Eliminates Director of Budget and Finance Position
- Mason County Reaps Benefits of Bidding Climate
- Tahuya Paramedic Service Hangs in Balance as Contract Runs Out
- State Supreme Court Hears Library Filter Arguments
- Seattle Restaurant Owner Paid Workers to Enter Into Sham Marriages
- Including Bauxite - China Hoarding Building Blocks to Recovery, U.S. Charges
WORD OF THE DAY
Cavalcade • \kav-ul-KAYD\ • noun – 1a: a procession of riders or carriages b: a procession of vehicles or ships 2: a dramatic sequence or procession: series
Alfred came stumbling into the room; his bumbling entrance reminded his friend Bert of a crazed kind of “Rube Golberg” machine. The arrival was nothing more than a cavalcade of tripping, pratfalls, apologies, breaking glass, and the distant sound of a screeching cat.
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
Chelan PUD to Replace Bonds with New (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090623/NEWS04/706239968
Chelan PUD to Offer Billing Online By January (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090623/NEWS04/706239950/0/SPORTS04?Chelan-PUD-to-offer-billing-online-by-January
Wall Street Journal Op/Ed - The New Nuclear Revolution. Safe fission power is our future; if regulators allow it.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124580572129645069.html
Court Rules against NE States in Power Grid Suit (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/23/ap6578437.html
Wildfire Protection – San Diego votes against utility's power shutoff plan (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2084121~SD_supes_vote_against_utility_s_power_shutoff_plan.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon - Savage Rapids Lesson: Removing Dams No Easy Task (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5281-savage-rapids-lesson-removing-dams-no-easy-task/
Snohomish County Restoring Salmon Habitat - Some farmers are opposed to the loss of farmland on Smith Island (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090624/NEWS01/706249791/-1/RSS02
Canadian Fisheries Report Find Colder Ocean Water Good for Salmon (Seattle Times)
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/reeltimenorthwest/2009/06/23/canadian_fisheries_report_foun.html
Alaska Biologists Eye Ocean Shifts' Effect on Salmon (Fairbanks News Miner)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jun/23/biologists-wonder-if-ocean-shifts-affect-salmon/
Backyard Beekeepers Could Help Save Periled Population (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/48963471.html
NYC Beekeepers Swarm City Hall to Protest Ban (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009374828_apusnycbeekeepersabuzz2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
State Officials Issue Final Report on Yakima River Basin Water Needs (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2009/06/23/ecology-officials-issue-final-report-on-yakima-river-basin-water-needs
Water Seeping Through Howard Hanson Dam Is Picking Up Speed (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009376179_leakingdam24m.html?syndication=rss
Carlsborg Sewer Costs Raise Residents' Concerns (Sequim Gazette)
http://www.sequimgazette.com/topstory/articleDetail.exm/Index/article/2009-06-24_Carlsborg_sewer_costs_raise_residents__concerns/
Proposal Would Raise Stormwater Utility Rates - Clean Water Act: Requires monitoring, pollution prevention (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/890438.html
Get the Dulcolax - Second Boring Machine Stuck In Kingco Sewage Tunnel (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009377511_apwasewagetunnel.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Proposed Skamania County Wind Farm Intrusion To Hikers? (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090624/NEWS02/706249957/Proposed+wind+farm+intrusion+to+hikers
Oregon - Umatilla County to Weigh Barring Turbines from Blue Mountains (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/umatilla_county_to_weigh_barri.html
Land Use Fuels Wind Debate (Boston Herald)
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/20090624land_use_fuels_wind_debate/srvc=business&position=recent_bullet
U.S. Awards Exploratory Leases for Offshore Wind (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55M6G920090623
Experts Say Wind Energy Key to Oklahoma Economy (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/23/ap6578750.html
Baird Becomes Maverick On Federal Energy Bill; Warns It Hurts Local Biomass Effort (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/politicsblog/story/890263.html
Solar Industry to See Faster Than Expected Growth (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009372808_apussolarutilities.html?syndication=rss
Ocean Renewable Energy Has Huge Potential But Not Without Giant Hurdles (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/ocean-renewable-energy-has-huge-potential-but-not-without-giant-hurdles?cmpid=rss
Energy Dept Sees Renewable Energy Loan Rules Soon (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN236811620090623
Meltdown 101: Where Are The Renewable Energy Jobs? (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009373936_apusmeltdown101greenjobs.html?syndication=rss
Seattle's Biodiesel Producer Hoping For a Comeback (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062309ENB_seattle-biodiesel-imperium-JM.1c3054b2.html?rss
Deep in Bedrock, Clean Energy and Quake Fears (NY Times – Honey, I broke the planet!)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/business/energy-environment/24geotherm.html?hp
Vermont School District Shifts to Wood Pellets (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/vermont-school-district-shifts-to-wood-pellets?cmpid=rss
Denver Post Editorial - Green Politicians Thrive When Economy Goes South
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_12673389
Tropical Plant Shows Promise as Biomass Energy Source (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5283-tropical-plants-shows-promise-biomass-energy-source/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Recycling Refrigerators Saves Money and the Environment (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062409WAB-refrigerator-recycling-LJ.1104f16.html
Microsoft Debuts Power Conservation Website (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/24/AR2009062401017.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Vote Set on House Climate Bill - Cap-and-Trade Legislation Advances Despite Some Resistance (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/06/23/ST2009062303474.html
Lobbying Frenzy Begins as House Climate Bill Heads for Floor (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/06/23/23greenwire-lobbying-frenzy-begins-as-house-climate-bill-he-7715.html
Farm Groups Prevail as House Climate Bill Puts USDA in Charge of Ag Offsets (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/24/24climatewire-farm-groups-prevail-as-house-climate-bill-pu-24287.html
Putting A Financial Spin On Global Warming - Climate change is a potential environmental disaster; but it's also potentially an economic opportunity. (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105834436&ft=1&f=3
Pennsylvania Utilities, Industry Lining Up Behind Clean-Energy Act (Philadelphia Business Today)
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20090624_PhillyDeals__Pa__utilities__industry_lining_up_behind_clean-energy_act.html
Salem Statesman-Journal Op/Ed - Reduce Carbon Emissions Now: Focus On Vehicle Emissions
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090624/OPINION/906240464/1049
Fighting Climate Change at Mount Rainier and Other National Parks (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2009375042_webnationalparks23.html?syndication=rss
Maryland - Lawmakers Get Lesson on Global Warming and the Bay: With House vote looming, Chesapeake serves as site for hearing (Baltimore Sun)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/bal-md.bay24jun24,0,2096064.story
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Cable TV’s Big Worry: Taming the Web (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/business/media/24pay.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Japan Offers Faster Speeds, Lower Prices than US, Report Documents (Broadband Census)
http://broadbandcensus.com/2009/06/japan-offers-faster-speeds-lower-prices-than-us-report-documents/
GENERAL NEWS
Cost-Cutting - Mason County Eliminates Director of Budget and Finance Position (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7620/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-ELIMINATES-DIRECTOR-OF-BUDGET-AND-FINANCE-POSITION/Default.aspx
Mason County Reaps Benefits of Bidding Climate (Kmas Radio, Shelton, Wa)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7618/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-REAPS-BENEFITS-OF-BIDDING-CLIMATE/Default.aspx
Tahuya Paramedic Service Hangs in Balance as Contract Runs Out (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/23/tahuya-paramedic-service-hangs-in-balance-as-out/?partner=RSS
State Supreme Court Hears Library Filter Arguments (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/24/court-hears-library-filter-arguments/
Seattle Restaurant Owner Paid Workers to Enter Into Sham Marriages (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19835937/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_4pm&tmi=sea_4pm_1_06000206232009&ts=H
Including Bauxite - China Hoarding Building Blocks to Recovery, U.S. Charges (Globe and Mail, Canada)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/china-hoarding-building-blocks-to-recovery-us-charges/article1194438/
DIVERSIONS
Woman Says Money Too Fake To Be Felony - worked with counterfeiters to pass off photocopied $100 bills in the store in exchange for gift cards
http://www.kirotv.com/politics/19822595/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_nots&tmi=sea_nots_1_01000106232009&ts=H
Fifteen Los Angeles Students Denied Diplomas after Protesting Planned Teacher Layoffs
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12673203
Kids' "Power Station" Sparks Radiation Alert
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE55M6ME20090623?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Turkey Lands in Manure Truck's Cab, Causing Crash
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_turkey_truck_crash;_ylt=AuBZCUAD4j5RP0Y1BXPAL3XtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTM0NDZsOWxuBGFzc2V0Ay9hcC8yMDA5MDYyNC9hcF9vbl9mZV9zdC91c19vZGRfdHVya2V5X3RydWNrX2NyYXNoBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9oZWFkbGluZV9saXN0BHNsawN0dXJrZXlsYW5kc2k-
SONG OF THE DAY
Steve Miller Band - Take the Money and Run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFGZufk4HFs
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