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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Stimulus Money Puts Clean Coal Projects on a Faster Track
- Scheduled Mason PUD 3 Power Outage in Oak Park Area This Morning
- State Legislators Miss the Mark with Argument against LNG Terminal
- Grant PUD Questions Heritage Center Price
- BPA Honors Outstanding Efforts And Accomplishments
- Electricity Thefts Surge In Bad Times
- NYPA: Forget White Plains, set up shop in Niagara
- Alcoa Cuts Dividend by 82% as It Tries to Cut Costs
- Cattle React To Magnetic Fields from Power Lines; Study Says
- Appeals Court Upholds Feds' Salmon Hatchery Policy
- California - Nature Conservancy Land Buy to Help Revive Coho
- Dam Sinkhole Raises Flooding Fears along Green River
- Oregon Ranchers Concerned With Water Rights Legislation
- Southern Idaho Groundwater Plan Dries Up Some Farmland
- Canadian Company Must Pay Costs in Lawsuit over Columbia Pollution
- Land Conservation Efforts Flourish across South Sound
- EPA Re-Evaluates 'Green Club' For Companies
- Water Tower Leak Puts On a Show in Oak Harbor
- Interior-FERC Feud over Offshore Renewables Winding Down
- Inside Washington: Rivalry Stymies Wind-Power Goal
- Regulators to Rethink Idaho Power Green Tags
- Green Wind Blowing At Walla Walla School
- Massachusetts Energy Siting Board Approves Cape Wind Certificates
- Cap-And-Trade Emissions Bill Dies in the House
- Myth Buster - Northwest Expert Illuminates on Climate Change
- Coen Brothers Join Debate: Can Coal Be Clean Energy?
- Big Telcos Drag Their Heels on Broadband Stimulus
- 8,000 Comcast User Passwords Exposed
- Comcast Phases In Areas for Converter Boxes
- Cisco Offers Its First Server Computer
- Tacoma, Olympia Newspapers Announce Layoffs
- Seattle Paper Shifts Entirely To the Web
- In Seattle, the World Still Turns, a Beacon in Memory of a Lost Newspaper
- Historic Front Pages from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Bill Virgin, P-I Columnist - Class final: How to kill an American newspaper
- Weyerhaeuser Shuts Lumber Mills in Oregon, Oklahoma
- Clock Ticking on States to Spend Billions but Washington Still Writing the Rules
- Congress: Washington Ranks 14th in Congressional Clout
WORD OF THE DAY
Fendersmith • \FEND-err-smith \ • noun - a person employed to clean and repair the metal fenders before fireplaces in mansions, fine estates, or castles. In this archaic profession, the same person is usually also responsible for lighting and keeping the fire contained within the fireplace.
Prince Albert’s fingers shook dramatically as he moved the flame at the end of a long, wooden match towards the newspaper and kindling under the Yule log in the ceremonial fireplace. Only one thought ran through the amateur fendersmith’s mind: “If I blow this performance, I’ll truly be canned.”
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
Stimulus Money Puts Clean Coal Projects on a Faster Track (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/business/energy-environment/17coal.html?_r=1
Scheduled Mason County PUD No. 3 Power Outage in Oak Park Area This Morning (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6708/reftab/1632/t/SCHEDULED-POWER-OUTAGE-IN-OAK-PARK-AREA-THIS-MORNING/Default.aspx
Daily News Editorial - State Legislators Miss the Mark with Argument against LNG Terminal
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/03/17/editorial/doc49bee4a0232ca335164584.txt
Grant PUD Questions Heritage Center Price - Construction Costs Unknown (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/03/16/news/doc49be9cb499da5319198255.txt
BPA Honors Outstanding Efforts And Accomplishments - Winners of Administrator's Excellence Awards announced (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/260748/
Electricity Thefts Surge In Bad Times (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2009-03-16-electricity-thefts_N.htm
NYPA: Forget White Plains, set up shop in Niagara – Cheap Power is HERE! (Niagara Gazette, NY)
http://www.scoop.com/remote/article/include/79139682/53616c7465645f5fd5e2fb1fe21eb39879770302e6b6ffa0635d0c8697802b68
Alcoa Cuts Dividend by 82% as It Tries to Cut Costs (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/business/17alcoa.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Cattle React To Magnetic Fields from Power Lines; Study Says (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008870964_cows17.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Appeals Court Upholds Feds' Salmon Hatchery Policy (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/789580.html
You Can Read the Ruling Here (PDF File):
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/opinions/view_subpage.php?pk_id=0000009417
California - Nature Conservancy Land Buy to Help Revive Coho (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/17/MNKA16F5S6.DTL&feed=rss.news
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Dam Sinkhole Raises Flooding Fears along Green River (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/41343402.html
Oregon Ranchers Concerned With Water Rights Legislation (Baker City Herald, OR)
http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Ranchers-concerned-with-water-rights-legislation
Southern Idaho Groundwater Plan Dries Up Some Farmland (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/789185.html
Teck Cominco Must Pay Colvilles' Costs in Lawsuit over Columbia River Pollution (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1908723~Teck_Cominco_must_pay_Colvilles__costs.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Land Conservation Efforts Flourish across South Sound (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/789686.html
EPA Re-Evaluates 'Green Club' For Companies (Seattle Times, I’m not just a customer…)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008870262_apepaprogram.html?syndication=rss
Water Tower Leak Puts On a Show in Oak Harbor (Whidbey News Times)
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/whidbey/wnt/news/41341879.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Interior-FERC Feud over Offshore Renewables Winding Down, Salazar Says (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/03/16/16greenwire-interiorferc-feud-over-offshore-renewables-win-10147.html
Inside Washington: Rivalry Stymies Wind-Power Goal (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008868934_apoffshorewinddispute.html?syndication=rss
Regulators to Rethink Idaho Power Green Tags (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/789331.html
Green Wind Blowing At Rogers - Students chipped in on the labor to help the school make way for a 53-foot wind turbine (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/03/16/local_news/090316local02rogersturbine.txt
Massachusetts Energy Siting Board Approves Cape Wind Certificates (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/03/massachusetts-energy-siting-board-approves-cape-wind-certificates?src=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Cap-And-Trade Emissions Bill Dies in the House - Remains Alive In the Senate (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/03/16/news/doc49be9cd81cf5e106055886.txt
Playing the Role of Myth Buster - Northwest Expert Illuminates on Climate Change (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/789688.html
Coen Brothers Join Debate: Can Coal Be Clean Energy? (Star-Tribune, Minneapolis, MN)
http://www.startribune.com/local/41349222.html?elr=KArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Big Telcos Drag Their Heels on Broadband Stimulus - Telecom giants are concerned that Washington's $8 billion plan to promote broadband access will force them to open their networks to other providers (BusinessWeek)
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2009/tc20090316_000261.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
8,000 Comcast User Passwords Exposed - Comcast tells us only about 700 users impacted (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/8000-Comcast-User-Passwords-Exposed-101398
Comcast Phases In Areas for Converter Boxes (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_031609TTB-comcast-digitalES.40e720e9.html?rss
Cisco Offers Its First Server Computer (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/17/BUKD16GCT4.DTL&feed=rss.business
GENERAL NEWS
Tacoma, Olympia Newspapers Announce Layoffs (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/789426.html
Seattle Paper Shifts Entirely To the Web (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/business/media/17paper.html
In Seattle, the World Still Turns, a Beacon in Memory of a Lost Newspaper (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/us/17globe.html
Historic Front Pages from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008870662_picovers.html?syndication=rss
Bill Virgin, P-I Columnist - Class final: How to kill an American newspaper
http://www.seattlepi.com/virgin/403824_virgin17.html
Weyerhaeuser Shuts Lumber Mills in Oregon, Oklahoma; Lumber Capacity Down 18 Percent (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008873561_weyerhaeuserplantclosure.html?syndication=rss
Clock Ticking on States to Spend Billions but Washington Still Writing Stimulus Rules (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008872195_whatnow.html?syndication=rss
Congress: Washington Ranks 14th in Congressional Clout (Tri-City Herald, Wa)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/511261.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
DIVERSIONS
Robber's Heart-Attack Ploy Works Only Once
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/16/BADD16GCRI.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Anti-Logger School Book Replaced In Grants Pass, OR
http://www.examiner.com/a-1908890~Anti_logger_school_book_replaced_in_Grants_Pass.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
After Dora Uproar, Nick and Mattel Soothe Moms
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090316/ap_on_en_tv/dora_for_tweens
Driving Lesson on Runway, Philippine Pilot Averts Crash
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090317/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_philippines_plane;_ylt=AveWS4MYUcneet99v1Gm.OPtiBIF
SONG OF THE DAY
Chase – Get it On
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmX3uBsyEY8&feature=related
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
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