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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Intalco Tells BPA It Could Shut Down In Weeks Without Rate Cut
- Rio Tinto cuts jobs, expansion at its aluminum division headquarters
- Alcoa to lay off 275 at Quebec smelter
- Michigan - Disappointment abounds about Hydro Aluminum’s closure
- Pend Oreille PUD Dam Pact Aims to Alleviate Box Canyon Hydro Damage
- DOE Defends TransAlta Deal
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - Gov. must lead Washington beyond its reliance on coal
- BPA to build $1 million hangar in Spokane
- Washington Post Editorial - Down to the Wires
- Salmon Season Looks 'Fantastic' For Wash. Anglers
- Word from State and Tribes on Salmon Season Setting Process
- Oregon Delegation Appeals For Fishing Aid In Wake Of Closure
- Federal Hatchery to Truck Calif. Salmon to the Sea
- Point-Counterpoint: Oregon’s Bird Seed Tax
- Shellfish Harvesting Restricted in Allyn; More Local Beaches Could Follow
- Vancouver-Area Environmental Agency Offices Pollute Nearby Creek
- Comments Being Taken For Puget Sound Recovery Plan
- Washington snowpack back to normal
- Yakima Basin Storage Project Dies -- Or Does It?
- California - Judge Tentatively Rejects Argument against Desalinization Plant
- New Tidal Turbine for Vancouver Island
- Rhode Island - National Grid backs down on renewables
- Global Warming Reports: Poor Prospects for Corn Ethanol
- Energy blamed more than ethanol for food prices
- Developer shrugs off recession, plots all-solar Fla. City
- Electric grid changes loom
- Carbon Market in a Slump
- Congressmen Bachmann's Forum on Energy Emissions Draws Cheers, Jeers
- Dissenter on Warming Expands His Campaign
- Vandals in CA Cut Eight Fiber Optic Cables, $100K Reward Offered
- Report: Microsoft, Google Court Twitter
- Cuts to Mason Co. Sheriff's Office: Criminals 'Expect A Lead Enema'
- State Lawmaker: 'Open Season on Criminals'
- Prosecutors Seek 18 Months for Wash. Timber Theft
- Puyallup Man Gets 10 Years for Cheating Wood Mill
- Hood Canal Bridge Closure Looms; Businesses Prepare
WORD OF THE DAY
Effete • \ih-FEET\ • adjective - 1: no longer fertile 2a: having lost character, vitality, or strength b: marked by weakness or decadence *c: soft or delicate from or as if from a pampered existence 3: effeminate
The Carthaginians were justifiably angry. Arms akimbo, the survivors of the Roman scourge watched the invading fleet head out to the Mediterranean, the once fertile fields in the north African empire left effete by the salt which had been sown by the merciless invaders.
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
Intalco Tells BPA It Could Shut Down In Weeks Without Rate Cut - Smelter wants to tie its electricity bill to price of aluminum (Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/865536.html
Rio Tinto cuts jobs, expansion at its aluminum division headquarters (The Globe & Mail, Canada)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090408.RALCAN08ART1928/TPStory/Business
Alcoa to lay off 275 at Quebec smelter “…because of the recession, reduced demand and falling aluminum prices…” (CBC News)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/04/10/aloca-becancour-quebec-smelter-job-cuts.html
Michigan - Disappointment abounds about Hydro Aluminum’s closure (Daily Telegram, Adrian, MI)
http://www.lenconnect.com/news/x1931053646/Disappointment-abounds-about-Hydro-s-closure
Pend Oreille PUD Dam Pact Aims to Alleviate Damage - Utility to help fish, improve tribal land (Spokesman Review, Spokane)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/apr/10/dam-pact-aims-to-alleviate-damage/
DOE Defends TransAlta Deal - Pollution: Proposal Now Enters Into Public Hearings Phase (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.outdoorslc.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1239384325&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5&
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Gov. Gregoire must lead Washington beyond its reliance on coal
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009015513_opinc10sierra.html
BPA to build $1 million hangar in Spokane (Spokane Journal of Business)
http://www.spokanejournal.com/article.php?id=4452
Washington Post Editorial - Down to the Wires: Local resistance to transmission lines is keeping customers from getting the green power they need
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/09/AR2009040903914.html?nav=rss_opinions
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon Season Looks 'Fantastic' For Wash. Anglers (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42816852.html
Word from State and Tribes on Salmon Season Setting Process (Seattle Times)
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/reeltimenorthwest/2009/04/09/word_from_state_and_tribes_on.html
Oregon Delegation Appeals For Fishing Aid In Wake Of Closure
http://news.opb.org/article/4743-oregon-delegation-appeals-fishing-aid-wake-closure/
Federal Hatchery to Truck Calif. Salmon to the Sea (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/08/state/n104521D49.DTL&feed=rss.business
Point-Counterpoint: Oregon’s Bird Seed Tax (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/04/pointcounterpoint_the_birdseed.html
Shellfish Harvesting Restricted in Allyn; More Local Beaches Could Follow (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/apr/09/shellfish-harvesting-restricted-in-allyn-more/?partner=RSS
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Vancouver-Area Environmental Agency Offices Pollute Nearby Creek (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42808357.html
Comments Being Taken For Puget Sound Recovery Plan (KIRO-Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=154617
Washington snowpack back to normal (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_041009WAB-AP-snowpack-KS.bfe46c5a.html?rss
Yakima Basin Storage Project Dies -- Or Does It? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/04/09/09greenwire-yakima-basin-storage-project-dies--or-does-it-10496.html
California - Judge Tentatively Rejects Argument against Desalinization Plant (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1953830~Judge_tentatively_rejects_argument_against_plant.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
New Tidal Turbine for Vancouver Island (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/tidal+turbine+Vancouver+Island/1478950/story.html
Rhode Island - National Grid backs down on renewables - Drops appeal ruling that ordered the company to step up its efforts to find renewable energy sources (Providence Business News)
http://www.pbn.com/detail/41519.html
Global Warming Reports: Poor Prospects for Corn Ethanol (Los Angeles Times)
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2009/04/global-warming-reports-prospects-not-so-good-for-corn-and-ethanol.html
Energy blamed more than ethanol for food prices (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/09/BUHL1704UL.DTL
Developer shrugs off recession, plots all-solar Fla. City (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/04/09/09greenwire-developer-shrugs-off-recession-plots-allsolar-10492.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Electric grid changes loom - Futuristic smart grid offers bold energy saving solutions (Beaverton Valley Times, OR)
http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=123912620488398900
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon Market in a Slump - Even 'Green' Trade Not Immune To Economic Woes (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102927032&ft=1&f=3
Congressmen Bachmann's Forum on Energy Emissions Draws Cheers, Jeers (The Star-Tribune, Minneapolis, MN)
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/42779967.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUr
Dissenter on Warming Expands His Campaign
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/10/us/politics/10morano.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Vandals in CA Cut Eight Fiber Optic Cables, $100K Reward Offered (TG Daily)
http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/content-view-42002-103.html
Report: Microsoft, Google Court Twitter (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/04/06/daily44.html?ana=from_rss
GENERAL NEWS
Cuts to Mason Co. Sheriff's Office: Criminals 'Expect A Lead Enema'
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19142861/detail.html
State Lawmaker: 'Open Season on Criminals'
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42768172.html
Prosecutors Seek 18 Months for Wash. Timber Theft (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10162366
Puyallup Man Gets 10 Years for Cheating Wood Mill (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/816111.html
Hood Canal Bridge Closure Looms; Businesses Prepare (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/04/06/daily49.html?ana=from_rss
DIVERSIONS
In Legal Documents, Coldplay Says Satriani Song "Lacks Originality"
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/entertainment/2009/april/In-Legal-Documents-Coldplay-Say-Satriani-Long-Lacks-Originality.html
Court Fines Mother for Phoning Son Too Much
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKTRE5384R620090409
SONG OF THE DAY
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5TNK-TvIcI
Joe Satriani - If I Could Fly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMcjXo8ZuqE
Friday, April 10, 2009
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