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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Power Restored In Massive Outage
- Mason County: Kamilche-Area Outage Update: Electricity Restored
- Blame The Balloon For Longview Outage
- U.S. May Raise Cap on Grants for High-Tech Power Grid
- BPA Seeks Stimulus Partners
- New BPA Transmission Product Helps Customers Move Power
- Burns named BPA’s acting deputy
- Okanogan PUD, Tribe Ink Deal On Enloe Dam Project
- Another PUD Joins Energy Northwest
- Fitch Rates Snohomish County PUD Electric System Rev Notes
- Idaho - New Nuke Power Plant Alternately Praised, Panned
- Will the U.S. need to build another coal or nuke plant again?
- Call Before You Dig - Customers Can Avoid Danger, Expense and Frustration
- Seattle Times Op/ed - Scientists Light the Way on Columbia River Hatchery Reform
- To Save The Oyster Or The Salmon?
- Long-Planned Removal of Condit Dam to Wait another Year
- Sewage release prompts health warnings in Budd Inlet
- Group Threatens City Of Vancouver, WA with Stormwater Lawsuit
- Washington Post Editorial - Saving Chesapeake Bay
- Otter signs SE Idaho aquifer management bill
- Cement Plants - EPA Seeks Tighter Lid on Kiln Emissions in Oregon
- Washington Post Op/Ed - Getting Real on Wind and Solar
- Billings looks at power plant idea to burn wood chips and sewage sludge
- News Release - Green, Clean, Sustainable Benefits Flow from Hydropower
- John Deere to Develop 12-MW Wind Farm in Greensburg, Kansas
- San Jose Street Lights Get Smarter
- Holdouts for Humble Light Bulb Defy a Government Phase-Out
- Wall Street Journal Op/Ed - Global Warming Overreach
- Utilities Press House Panel for Free Emission Credits
- Green Ink: Cap-and-Haggle
- Arizona Republic Editorial - If Carbon Has A Price, Someone Has To Pay It
- Will Carbon Capture Work?
- Student Activists Accuse Newt Gingrich of Flip Flopping on Global Warming
- Rural Riddle: Do Jobs Follow Broadband Access?
- Hack Against ISP Hijacks Brazilian Bank, Google Adsense
- Hackers Paying $32K for Old Nokia Phones
- As Verizon Goes, So Goes Metered Billing
- Black-And-White Printing Goes Green with Soy Toner
- 25 Libraries to Cut Back Hours
WORD OF THE DAY
Argosy • \AHR-guh-see\ • noun - 1: a large ship; especially: a large merchant ship 2: a rich supply
“My ship has come in,” exclaimed the gleeful, dancing organic farmer. Unfortunately for his neighbors, his ship was a truck loaded with fresh, steaming chicken manure; a veritable argosy of hot nitrogen and fiber.
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
Power Restored In Massive Outage (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_042409WAB-power-outage-LJ.107460bd5.html?rss
Mason County: Kamilche-Area Outage Update: Electricity Restored (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=538
Blame The Balloon For Longview Outage (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10236683
U.S. May Raise Cap on Grants for High-Tech Power Grid (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/23/AR2009042302577.html?wprss=rss_technology
BPA Seeks Stimulus Partners (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/04/20/daily46.html?ana=from_rss
New BPA Transmission Product Helps Customers Move Power, Including Wind Energy - Conditional Firm fills in as customers wait for new infrastructure (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/269425/
Burns named BPA’s acting deputy (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/269558/
Okanogan PUD, Tribe Ink Deal On Enloe Dam Project (Omak Chronicle, WA) s
http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n090423a.shtml
Another PUD Joins Energy Northwest (Seattle Times)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_energy_northwest.html?source=mypi
Fitch Rates Snohomish County PUD $180M Electric System Rev Notes 'F1+' (Businesswire)
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090423006097&newsLang=en
Idaho - New Nuke Power Plant Alternately Praised, Panned (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4840-new-nuke-power-plant-alternately-praised-panned/
Will the U.S. need to build another coal or nuke plant again? (Electricity Forum)
http://www.electricityforum.com/news/apr09/Wellinghoffquestionsneedformorecoalornuclear.html
Call Before You Dig - Customers Can Avoid Danger, Expense and Frustration (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&id=110106
FISH & WILDLIFE
Seattle Times Op/ed - Scientists Light the Way on Columbia River Hatchery Reform
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009112483_opinb24waldo.html
To Save The Oyster Or The Salmon? (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/43605132.html
Long-Planned Removal of Condit Dam to Wait another Year (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090424/NEWS02/704249954
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Sewage release prompts health warnings in Budd Inlet (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/829913.html
Environmental Group Threatens City Of Vancouver, WA with Stormwater Lawsuit (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090424/NEWS02/704249950/
Washington Post Editorial - Saving Chesapeake Bay: Maryland's septic-tank law will help clean the great waterway
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/22/AR2009042203463.html?nav=rss_opinions
Otter signs SE Idaho aquifer management bill (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/829519.html
Cement Plants - EPA Seeks Tighter Lid on Kiln Emissions in Oregon, Elsewhere (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/rules_would_limit_mercury_from.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Washington Post Op/Ed - Getting Real on Wind and Solar “…At locations without…hydroelectric dams… solar and wind electricity systems must be backed up 100 percent by other forms of generation to ensure against blackouts. In today's world, that backup power can only come from fossil fuels…”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/04/23/ST2009042303815.html
Billings looks at power plant idea to burn wood chips and sewage sludge(Billings Gazette, MT)
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/04/23/news/local/35-megawatt.txt
News Release - Green, Clean, Sustainable Benefits Flow from Hydropower on Earth Day (National Hydropower Association)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/national-hydropower-association/news/article/2009/04/green-clean-sustainable-benefits-flow-from-hydropower-on-earth-day?src=rss
John Deere to Develop 12-MW Wind Farm in Greensburg, Kansas (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/04/john-deere-to-develop-12-mw-wind-farm-in-kansas?src=rss
CONSERVATION
San Jose Street Lights Get Smarter - With expectations of cutting energy costs up to 40 percent, the city unveils plan for a "smart light" system. (Fortune Magazine)
http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/24/technology/street_lights_echelon.fortune/?postversion=2009042410
Holdouts for Humble Light Bulb Defy a Government Phase-Out (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/world/europe/24bulbs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Wall Street Journal Op/Ed - Global Warming Overreach
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124052841876150301.html
Utilities Press House Panel for Free Emission Credits (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/04/23/23greenwire-utilities-press-house-panel-for-free-allowance-10646.html
Green Ink: Cap-and-Haggle (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/04/24/green-ink-cap-and-haggle/
Arizona Republic Editorial - If Carbon Has A Price, Someone Has To Pay It
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2009/04/23/20090423robb24.html
Will Carbon Capture Work? (THE BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8015676.stm
Student Activists Accuse Newt Gingrich of Flip Flopping on Global Warming (Washington Examiner)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/Examiner-Opinion-Zone/Student-Activists-Accuse-Newt-Gingrich-of-Flip-Flopping-on-Global-Warming--43616732.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Rural Riddle: Do Jobs Follow Broadband Access? Two Hamlets That Got High-Speed Lines Show Wildly Different Results (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/22/AR2009042203637.html?wprss=rss_business
Hack Against ISP Hijacks Brazilian Bank, Google Adsense (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/04/hack_against_isp_hijacks_bank.html
Hackers Paying $32K for Old Nokia Phones (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2009109840_hackers_paying_32k_for_old_nok.html?syndication=rss
As Verizon Goes, So Goes Metered Billing - Baby bell holds the key to your wallet in their hands (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/As-Verizon-Goes-So-Goes-Metered-Billing-102097
Black-And-White Printing Goes Green with Soy Toner (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12211889
GENERAL NEWS
25 Libraries to Cut Back Hours - Timberland Regional district looks to trim costs ahead of projected $2.5 million shortfall (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/830168.html
DIVERSIONS
Geocaching: Local Devotee Has Unearthed More Than 10,000 Little Treasures
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2009102905_nwwgeocache230.html?syndication=rss
Students Looking To Make Big Impact By Building, Launching Tiny Satellite
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12209951
'Spunky' Elderly-Man Groin Kicks Carjacker Away
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19265504/detail.html
Scientists Make Super-Strong Metallic Spider Silk
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE53M5OG20090423?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Friday, April 24, 2009
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