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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Idaho Power Seeks 11 Percent Rate Increase
- Northwest Natural Gas Plans $32M Refund
- Power Lines Fall On School Bus in Granite Falls
- Fatal Accident in Wapato Leaves Hundreds without Power for Hours
- Rocky Reach Dam to be featured on 'Dirty Jobs'
- Work Begins To Seal Hanford's N Reactor
- Missouri Nuclear Plant Bill Prompts Rival Rallies
- U.S. Power Plants to Burn Less Coal in 2009
- Feds Say Natural Gas Supplies Rose Last Week
- FERC’s State of the Markets – 2008
- PGE Expands Smart-Reader Program
- Shelton-Area Salmon Conference Kicks Off
- Hood Canal Shrimp Season Opens May 2
- Aquatic Reserve Proposed Off North Whidbey Island
- Water War Brews in Idaho’s Eagle Foothills
- Interior Chief Says California Water System Outdated
- Detective Work Cuts Off Flow of Chicken Goo into Columbia River
- Beware the Photo of Poo! - ‘Biosolids’ and Human Health
- In Green Energy, an Environmental Paradox
- The Real "Green" Innovation - Financial Wizardry
- Olympian Editorial - State Well-Positioned For Green Economy
- Register Guard Op/Ed - Denmark Proves That Green Power Can Pay
- Want A Career In The Green Economy? Go To School
- Texas Trash to Become Sacramento Power
- Ethanol Causing Damage in Small Engines
- Alabama – City Of Hoover Will Power Cars with Wood Waste
- Stimulus Money May Help Bring 'Smart Grid' To Northwest
- Capture Is Expensive Part of Carbon Sequestration Projects
- NE U.S - Organizers Call Regional Emissions Plan A Success
- Third-World Stove Soot Is Target in Climate Fight
- BBC Op/Ed - Time To Act On Carbon Markets
- Phone Company Shelves Unpopular Internet Cap Plan
- Here Comes the Connected Nation Sales Pitch
- Internet Used By More than Half in U.S. Election
- Qwest Closing Call Centers in Littleton, Omaha
- Manassas Preserves Broadband Over Powerline Program
- U.S. Telecoms Eager to Get Cuba on the Line
- Unemployment in Mason County up Another Percentage Point
- State Bill Would Ban New Urban Growth in Floodplains
- Seattle ‘Most Miserable Sports City’ In U.S.
WORD OF THE DAY
Parvum Opus • \PARR-vum OPE-uss\ • noun – Translated literally from Latin as “little work” (as opposed to magnum opus, which is “great work”)
Alfred’s once-tiny daughter always resented his referring to her as his “parvum opus”. As a child she did not reach her growth spurt until her late teens, when she shot up from a diminutive four-foot-two, to a six-foot-seven giantess by the age of 21. Her retort one day was that her “magnum opus” was to crack him over the head with a broom…which effectively ended his “little joke”.
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
Idaho Power Seeks 11 Percent Rate Increase (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/821187.html
Northwest Natural Gas Plans $32M Refund (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/04/13/daily32.html?ana=from_rss
Power Lines Fall On School Bus in Granite Falls (KIRTO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19192087/detail.html
Fatal Accident in Wapato Leaves Hundreds without Power for Hours (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10194300
Rocky Reach Dam to be featured on 'Dirty Jobs' (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090415/NEWS04/704169956/1001/NEWS04
Work Begins To Seal Hanford's N Reactor (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009069477_webnreactor16m.html?syndication=rss
Missouri Nuclear Plant Bill Prompts Rival Rallies (Fort Mills Times)
http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/529964.html
U.S. Power Plants to Burn Less Coal in 2009 (The Electricity Forum)
http://www.electricityforum.com/news/apr09/USwillburnlesscoalthisyear.html
Feds say natural gas supplies rose last week (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/16/financial/f073921D47.DTL&feed=rss.business
FERC’s State of the Markets – 2008 (Links to PDF File)
http://www.ferc.gov/market-oversight/st-mkt-ovr/som-rpt-2008.pdf
PGE expands smart-reader program (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/04/13/daily35.html?ana=from_rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Shelton-Area Salmon Conference Kicks Off - Funding has improved habitat, but challenges remain (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/821431.html
Hood Canal shrimp season opens May 2 (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=23928
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Aquatic Reserve Proposed Off North Whidbey Island (Whidbey News-Times)
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/whidbey/wnt/news/43069737.html
Water War Brews in Idaho’s Eagle Foothills - Developers claim there's plenty of water to support their plans, but neighbors fear their wells will dry up (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/733473.html
Interior Chief Says California Water System Outdated (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1963022~Interior_chief_says_Calif__water_system_outdated.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Detective Work Cuts Off Flow of Chicken Goo into Columbia River (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/food_processor_fined_for_dumpi.html
Beware the Photo of Poo! - ‘Biosolids’ and Human Health (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/biosolids-and-human-health/?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE & ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
In Green Energy, an Environmental Paradox - Wind and Solar Projects May Carry Costs for Wildlife (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/15/AR2009041503622.html?nav=rss_email/components
The Real "Green" Innovation - Why alternative energy depends more on financial wizardry than mechanical wizardry (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2216129/?from=rss
Olympian Editorial - State Well-Positioned For Green Economy
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/821162.html
Register Guard Op/Ed - Denmark Proves That Green Power Can Pay (pay no attention to that fossil fuel backup generation…)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/opinion/11562119-46/story.csp
Jobs, Blowing in the Wind - Want a career in the green economy? Go to school. (Newsweek)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/194106?from=rss
Texas Trash to Become Sacramento Power (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2009/04/13/daily41.html?ana=from_rss
Ethanol Causing Damage in Small Engines (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10191957
Alabama – City Of Hoover Will Power Cars with Wood Waste (Birmingham Business Journal – No, not Stanley Steamers)
http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2009/04/13/daily28.html?ana=from_rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Stimulus Money May Help Bring 'Smart Grid' To Northwest (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/4786-stimulus-money-may-help-bring-smart-grid-northwest/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Capture Is Expensive Part of Carbon Sequestration Projects (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4775-can-carbon-sequestration-ease-pace-climate-change/
NE U.S - Organizers Call Regional Emissions Plan A Success (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009058931_apnjnjgreenhousegases.html?syndication=rss
Third-World Stove Soot Is Target in Climate Fight (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/science/earth/16degrees.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
BBC Op/Ed - Time to act on carbon markets (United Kingdom)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8000156.stm
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Phone Company Shelves Unpopular Internet Cap Plan (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/15/financial/f125227D22.DTL&feed=rss.business
Here Comes the Connected Nation Sales Pitch - Two senators insist broadband mapping firm play central role (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Here-Comes-The-Connected-Nation-Sales-Pitch-101925
Internet Used By More than Half in U.S. Election (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE53E6UL20090415?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Qwest Closing Call Centers in Littleton, Omaha (Denver Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/04/13/daily43.html?ana=from_rss
Manassas Preserves Broadband Over Powerline Program - Funds to Continue While Service Is Studied (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/14/AR2009041403723.html?wprss=rss_technology
U.S. Telecoms Eager to Get Cuba on the Line (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/14/AR2009041403144.html?wprss=rss_business
GENERAL NEWS
Unemployment in Mason County up Another Percentage Point (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6998/reftab/1632/t/UNEMPLOYMENT-IN-MASON-COUNTY-UP-ANOTHER-PERCENT/Default.aspx
State Bill Would Ban New Urban Growth in Floodplains (Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/869870.html
Seattle ‘Most Miserable Sports City’ In U.S.: Forbes (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/04/13/daily29.html?ana=from_rss
DIVERSIONS
Whoops! Promotional Brass Knuckles Are Bad Idea
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/technology/2009/april/Whoops--Promotional-Brass-Knuckles-Are-Bad-Idea.html
Library Book Returned 145 Years after Soldier Stole It during Civil War
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12147378
'Caveman' Uses Ladder to Clobber Robber
http://www.kirotv.com/money/19189479/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_4pm&tmi=sea_4pm_1_06000104152009&ts=H
Move over, Guitar Hero, it's Oh-No Banjo
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10220352-1.html?tag=nl.e703
SONG OF THE DAY
Foggy Mountain Breakdown--Flatt and Scruggs & Foggy Mt Boys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APl9fRFmdC0
Thursday, April 16, 2009
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