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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- French Energy Workers To Strike On April 9
- Another Salmon-Eating Sea Lion Dies near Bonneville Dam
- More New Homes for Salmon-Eating Terns
- Canada - Herring Spawning Again In Once-Toxic False Creek
- Judge Orders Protection Review For Idaho Fish In Big Lost River
- Mountain Snowpack Mixed Blessing For Seattle
- Inconsistent Snow Pack Could Help, Hurt Local Utilities
- Revisiting The Columbia River Treaty
- The Water-War Myth - Spike those stories about water disputes
- LA Water Agency May Be Ordered To Pay Nearly $30M In overcharges
- Moses Lake - REC Stops Production at New Polysilicon Plant
- California Rejects B.C.'S Green Power Claims
- Calif. Desert Becomes Home For Renewable Energy
- Eugene Register-Guard Op/Ed - Wood Isn’t A Wise Choice For Energy
- Wind Turbines Could More Than Meet U.S. Electricity Needs
- TVA Agrees To Pursue Renewable Energy Purchases
- Dominion Virginia Power Seeking Rate Increase
- Xcel Seeks To Raise Colo. Rates For Conservation
- Oregon Woodland Owners Consider Selling Carbon Credits
- Warring Over Warming – The Political War Over Global Warming
- Can’t Bear Global Warming? Sue the bastards!
- Massachusetts - Carbon Copying? Regional success of cap and trade
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - G-20: The Environmental Price Is Not Right
- Consumers Can Be Fickle When Choosing What’s ‘Green’
- Save The Planet: Get Rid of Your Cat
- Google in talks to buy Twitter for more than $250M
- IBM To Teleworkers: Pay For Your Own Broadband
- Is Fairpoint Headed For Disaster?
- Cloud Storage May Mean Fat Pipes For All
- Breaking the Cable Company's Bundles
- Washington State's Execution Team Resigns
- Mason County Must Pay $145,000 In Records Dispute
- There Will Be No Mason County Renaissance for This Faire
- Criticism Of Olympia Art Project Bubbling Over
WORD OF THE DAY
Feign • \FAYN\ • verb - 1: to give a false appearance of: induce as a false impression 2: to assert as if true: pretend
While you feign working in your cubicle today, make up your own sentence of the day. It’s easy and fun!
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
French Energy Workers To Strike On April 9 (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssUtilitiesElectric/idUSL325681520090403
FISH & WILDLIFE
Another Salmon-Eating Sea Lion Dies near Bonneville Dam (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/another_salmoneating_sea_lion.html
More New Homes for Salmon-Eating Terns (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/scientists_will_use_decoys_and.html
Canada - Herring Spawning Again In Once-Toxic False Creek (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/Herring+spawning+again+False+Creek/1452656/story.html
Judge Orders Protection Review For Idaho Fish In Big Lost River (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1940782~Judge_orders_protection_review_for_Idaho_fish.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Mountain Snowpack Mixed Blessing For Seattle (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/404547_watershed02.html?source=rss
Inconsistent Snow Pack Could Help, Hurt Local Utilities (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_040209WAB-cascades-snowpack-utilities-TP.979b8d47.html?rss
Revisiting The Columbia River Treaty (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4676-revisiting-columbia-river-treaty/
The Water-War Myth - Spike those stories about water disputes leading to armed combat. (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2215263/?from=rss
LA Water Agency May Be Ordered To Pay Nearly $30M In overcharges (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1941026~LA_water_agency_may_be_ordered_to_pay_nearly__30M.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Moses Lake - REC Stops Production at New Polysilicon Plant (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/04/rec-stops-production-at-new-polysilicon-plant?src=rss
California Rejects B.C.'S Green Power Claims - State senate says run-of-river hydro projects here are too big to qualify under its renewable energy bill (The Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=fea563b3-0589-4d4a-8c75-f1488eb8d2e2&k=47024
Calif. Desert Becomes Home For Renewable Energy (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102679730&ft=1&f=3
Eugene Register-Guard Op/Ed - Wood Isn’t A Wise Choice For Energy
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/opinion/10924254-47/story.csp
Wind Turbines Could More Than Meet U.S. Electricity Needs, Report Says (Los Angeles Times – Even when they’re not spinning?)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-energy3-2009apr03,0,7532220.story
TVA Agrees To Pursue Renewable Energy Purchases (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iyRJogISPixC0I8hrO46cxlkjnCQD97AG9IG0
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Dominion Virginia Power Seeking Rate Increase for Electric Infrastructure, Energy Conservation Programs (Fox Business News)
http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/energy/dominion-virginia-power-seeking-rate-increase-electric-infrastructure-energy/
Xcel Seeks To Raise Colo. Rates For Conservation (Associated Press)
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_12055705
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregon Woodland Owners Consider Selling Carbon Credits (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/oregon_woodland_owners_conside.html
Warring Over Warming – The Political War Over Global Warming Is Getting Louder On Capitol Hill (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/04/warring_over_wa.html
Can’t Bear Global Warming? Sue the bastards! (Eugene Weekly, OR)
http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2009/04/02/coverstory.html
Massachusetts - Carbon Copying? Regional success of cap and trade system may model national effort (Boston Business Journal)
http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/04/06/story1.html?b=1238990400^1805239
Seattle Times Op/Ed - G-20: The Environmental Price Is Not Right
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008967150_opinc02friedman.html?syndication=rss
Consumers Can Be Fickle When Choosing What’s ‘Green’ (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/697512.html
Save The Planet: Get Rid of Your Cat - Evidence is mounting that having a cat isn't very green (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/04/02/mossback/18925/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google in talks to buy Twitter for more than $250M (Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/03/30/daily81.html?ana=from_rss
IBM To Teleworkers: Pay For Your Own Broadband - Company cost cutting measure could save it millions (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/IBM-To-Teleworkers-Pay-For-Your-Own-Broadband-101702
Is Fairpoint Headed For Disaster? Frustrations mount, while Verizon walks away smiling (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Is-Fairpoint-Headed-For-Disaster-101703
Cloud Storage May Mean Fat Pipes For All (Gigaom)
http://gigaom.com/2009/04/02/why-we-need-fat-pipes-cloud-storage/
Breaking the Cable Company's Bundles (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040300817.html?wprss=rss_business
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State's Execution Team Resigns (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/807377.html
Mason County Must Pay $145,000 In Records Dispute (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/807645.html
There Will Be No Mason County Renaissance for This Faire (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/apr/02/there-will-be-no-mason-county-renaissance-for/?partner=RSS
Criticism Of Olympia Art Project Bubbling Over (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_040209WAB-olympia-bubble-art-TP.98281b23.html?rss
DIVERSIONS
Angry French Workers Take Their Bosses Hostage
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/business/global/03iht-labor.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Cat on NY TV News Truck's Roof Becomes the Story
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19071736/detail.html
Woman Follows GPS Onto Snowmobile Trail
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/19070770/detail.html
Could Music Be the Next Great Cure?
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/health/2009/april/Could-Music-Be-the-Next-Great-Cure.html
SONG OF THE DAY
The Cure - Just Like Heaven (Sponsored by the “Hair Club for Goths”)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-nkSGg0lk4
Friday, April 3, 2009
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