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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Grays Harbor County PUD Board Seeks Cutback Options
- British Columbia Seeking Intervener Status on Okanogan Dam Proposal
- Oregon Legislative Bills Oppose Idaho Power Line
- PUD 3 Tree Trimming On Shelton-Matlock Road Begins Monday
- Fifteen Percent - Pacific Power seeks new rate hike
- Nation's Oldest Nuclear Power Plant Gets New License
- Cantwell Optimistic For Green Energy Jobs
- Report: Cyber-Spies Hack U.S. Electricity Grid
- Sleeping guards cost Florida Power & Light $130,000
- Calif. Chinook Fishing Season Halted Again
- Oregon Coast Commercial Salmon Season Curtailed Again
- Salmon Anglers Will See a Big Expansion of Select Fisheries in Puget Sound
- Federal regulators deny protection to Calif. Smelt
- California Cows Create Healthy Habitat for Endangered Shrimp
- Pierce County Weighs Action on Rising River Sediment
- National Post Editorial - Wind Power Is a Complete Disaster
- Corndoggle - How did Oregon’s largest producer of “green” fuel fail so fast?
- Standard-Times Op/Ed - Realities of renewables
- Why Are Home Renewable Energy Systems Still So Expensive?
- Green Energy Subsidies Could Cost Jobs
- Windmill Blades to Come Through Port Of Olympia This Week
- Free Press Op/Ed - Give A Dam about Canadian Run-Of-River
- Canada - B.C. Hydro Not Interested in Nanaimo Turbine Energy
- The “Smart Grid:” How Smart?
- Energy Adviser: Shrink your carbon footprint
- White House May Postpone Auctioning Emissions
- Science Chief Discusses Climate Strategy
- World Can Halt Global Warming, Activist Says
- Carbon Market Is Closely Watching the U.S.
- Climate Legislation Sends Chill through Areas Fueled by Coal
- Boston Globe Editorial - A carbon cap with teeth
- Maryland to Rebate Cap and Trade Money to Consumers
- Winnipeg Sun Editorial - Hot Air over Greenhouse Gases
- Geoengineering Explored To Fight Global Warming
- T-Mobile Launches Douglas County’s First Data Center
- Stat Shot: Fiber to the Home
- Cisco to Buy Tidal as Part of Its Data Center Rush
- There's No Data to Prove Metered Billing Is Necessary
- Google releases upgrade to its App Engine
- Australia Vs. U.S. In Broadband Stimulus Plans
- Effort Underway to Save Belfair Bypass from State Scrap Heap
- Insurance to Pay Fines over Record Requests for Mason County
- Olympia area could get some of Sea-Tac's traffic
- Motorcycle Fatalities Prompt Warning
WORD OF THE DAY
Tontine • \TAWN-teen\ • noun – 1: an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor
It was the end of the march. The final World War I veteran who had made a pact with his friends many years ago in the muddy fields of France held the dusty bottle of cognac in his wrinkled hands. It seemed ironic to him, that of all those who made the tontine pact that the bottle’s amber contents would be his alone to savor in the twilight years of his life. Ironic in that he had lived his entire existence as a teetotaler.
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
Grays Harbor County PUD Board Seeks Cutback Options (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/04/08/local_news/doc49dcec5580a36561743207.txt
British Columbia Seeking Intervener Status on Okanogan Dam Proposal (Keremeos Review, BC)
http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/keremeosreview/news/42638892.html
Oregon Legislative Bills Oppose Idaho Power Line (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/814413.html
PUD 3 Tree Trimming On Shelton-Matlock Road Begins Monday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6935/reftab/1632/t/TREE-TRIMMING-ON-SHELTON-MATLOCK-ROAD-BEGINS-MONDAY/Default.aspx
Fifteen Percent - Pacific Power seeks new rate hike (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2009/04/08/pacific-power-seeks-new-rate-hike
Nation's Oldest Nuclear Power Plant - Feds OK New 20 Year License For NJ Facility (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008954850_apoystercreekrelicensing.html?syndication=rss
Cantwell Optimistic For Green Energy Jobs (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/814214.html
Report: Cyber-Spies Hack U.S. Electricity Grid (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102887291&ft=1&f=2
Sleeping guards cost Florida Power & Light $130,000 (Associated Press)
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/miami/sfl-florida-power-and-light-fine-bn040809,0,3688460.story?track=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Calif. Chinook Fishing Season Halted Again (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1951303~Calif__chinook_fishing_season_halted_again.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Oregon Coast Commercial Salmon Season Curtailed Again (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/oregon_coast_commercial_salmon.html
Salmon Anglers Will See a Big Expansion of Select Fisheries in Puget Sound (Seattle Times)
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/reeltimenorthwest/2009/04/08/salmon_anglers_will_see_a_big.html
Federal regulators deny protection to Calif. Smelt (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1950805~Federal_regulators_deny_protection_to_Calif__fish.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
California Cows Create Healthy Habitat for Endangered Shrimp (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1950542~Cows_create_healthy_habitat_for_endangered_shrimp.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Pierce County Weighs Action on Rising River Sediment (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/702728.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
National Post Editorial - Wind Power Is a Complete Disaster “…the world’s most wind-intensive nation, with more than 6,000 turbines generating 19% of its electricity, has yet to close a single fossil-fuel plant…” (Canada)
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/04/08/wind-power-is-a-complete-disaster.aspx
Corndoggle - How did Oregon’s largest producer of “green” fuel fail so fast? (Willamette Weekly, OR)
http://wweek.com/editorial/3522/12412/
Standard-Times Op/Ed - Realities of renewables: Wind, solar lag far behind in economics of oil (San Angelo, TX)
http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2009/apr/09/realities-of-renewables/
Welcome to the “Bleeding Edge:” Why Are Renewable Energy Systems for Homeowners Still So Expensive? (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/04/why-are-renewable-energy-systems-for-homeowners-still-so-expensive?src=rss
Green Energy Subsidies Could Cost Jobs (KXRM-TV, Colorado Springs, CO)
http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=284575
Windmill Blades to Come Through Port Of Olympia This Week (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/business/story/813694.html
Free Press Op/Ed - Give A Dam about Canadian Run-Of-River (100 Mile House Free Press, BC)
http://www.bclocalnews.com/opinion/42634812.html
Canada - B.C. Hydro Not Interested in Nanaimo Turbine Energy - Technology doesn't meet policies for buying electricity (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Hydro+interested+Nanaimo+turbine+energy/1247674/story.html
The “Smart Grid:” How Smart? Technology will run it and clean electricity will power it (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/04/how-smart?src=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Adviser: Shrink your carbon footprint (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090409/LIVING/704099998
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
White House May Postpone Auctioning Emissions (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/08/AR2009040802467.html?hpid=topnews
Science Chief Discusses Climate Strategy - Obama Adviser Hints at Compromise on Cap-and-Trade Emission Allowances (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/08/AR2009040802467.html?wprss=rss_politics
World Can Halt Global Warming, Activist Says (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/world_can_halt_global_warming.html
Carbon Market Is Closely Watching the U.S. (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10215704-38.html
Climate Legislation Sends Chill through Areas Fueled by Coal (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/us/09coal.html?_r=1&hpw
Boston Globe Editorial - A carbon cap with teeth
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2009/04/09/a_carbon_cap_with_teeth/
Maryland to Rebate Cap and Trade Money to Consumers (The Business Insider)
http://www.businessinsider.com/maryland-to-rebate-cap-and-trade-money-to-consumers-2009-4
Winnipeg Sun Editorial - Hot Air over Greenhouse Gases (Canada)
http://www.winnipegsun.com/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2009/04/09/9060341-sun.html
Geoengineering Explored To Fight Global Warming (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/814218.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
T-Mobile Launches Douglas County’s First Data Center – Douglas PUD Power Makes It Go! (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090408/NEWS04/704089958/-1/WEATHER?T-Mobile-launches-Douglas-County-s-first-data-center
Stat Shot: Fiber to the Home (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/04/08/stat-shot-fiber-to-the-home/
Cisco to Buy Tidal as Part of Its Data Center Rush (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/04/09/cisco-to-buy-tidal-as-part-of-its-data-center-rush/
There's No Data to Prove Metered Billing Is Necessary - Journalists start crunching numbers, call Time Warner plan 'obscene' (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Theres-No-Data-To-Prove-Metered-Billing-Is-Necessary-101824
Google releases upgrade to its App Engine (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12101209?nclick_check=1
Australia Vs. U.S. In Broadband Stimulus Plans (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10215603-38.html
GENERAL NEWS
Effort Underway to Save Belfair Bypass From State Scrap Heap (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/apr/08/effort-underway-to-save-belfair-bypass-from-heap/?partner=RSS
Insurance to Pay Fines over Record Requests for Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6940/reftab/1632/t/INSURANCE-TO-PAY-RECORDS-FINES-FOR-MASON-COUNTY/Default.aspx
Olympia area could get some of Sea-Tac's traffic - Neighbors worry about more noise, bigger planes (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/814215.html
Motorcycle Fatalities Prompt Warning (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_040809WAB-motorcycle-safety-warning-TP.b5cb6388.html?rss
DIVERSIONS
Clowning around Pays off For Circus Hopefuls
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE53784T20090408?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Not Such A G'Day - How Yellow Tail Crushed The Australian Wine Industry
http://www.slate.com/id/2215153/?from=rss
Relish This: Semitrailer Spills Hot Dogs
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/19129977/detail.html
Castaway Canine Home after Months at Sea
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19122495/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Eric Burdon and War - Spill the Wine (1970)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7_U-zj2gfE
Thursday, April 9, 2009
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