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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Wind Advisory in Effect - No Reported PUD 3 Outages from Overnight Storm
- Storm Brings Outages to Western Washington
- Grant PUD Sees Declining Revenues
- Chelan PUD Annual Report to Be Printed By Request
- Kansas Governor Approves Coal Compromise
- New York Hydro Project Nixed
- Portland General Electric Short of Wall Street Expectations
- Duke Energy’s Earnings Down 26%
- Constellation Energy Swings To Loss On $271M Charges
- Congressional Research Service - Electric Power Transmission
- Salmon Salvation - Will a New Political Order Be Enough to Finally Bring the Dams Down?
- California – Study Shows Most Key Fishing Spots in State Polluted
- Can Clean Energy Revive Manufacturing?
- Vestas Makes Colorado a Clean-Energy Hub
- News Digest Flashback: Oregon - Plans for New Vestas Headquarters on Hold: Company to lay off 1,900 workers
- Chicago Tribune Columnist - Don't Need a Law to Know Which Way the Wind Blows
- GE Energy to Help Forecast Wind
- Cashing In On Wind: Locals Discuss Money Saved by Installing New Turbines
- Idaho - Assessor lowers tax value on closed ethanol plant
- United Kingdom - Surge in Renewable Power Fuels Fears of Energy Crisis
- White House, House GOP Convene Meetings on Climate
- Atlanta Journal Constitution Op/Ed - Is Cap And Trade Necessary to Ease Climate Change?
- US Chamber Of Commerce under Fire on Warming Stance
- How Green Are Our Ports? Very, if you’re shipping from Asia to Midwest
- More Pink Slips Go Out At Microsoft
- California Seeks $1 Billion in Stimulus Funds
- Bumping into Qwest's Invisible Cap
- Hackers Break into Virginia Health Professions Database, Demand Ransom
- U.S. Should Cede Control of Internet, European Union Honcho Says
- Obama's Tax Plans Raises High-Tech Hackles
- Wind, rain expected to ease up by midday today
- Storm Delays Hood Canal Bridge Work, Shuttle Ferry
- Flood Advisory for Mason, Pierce, Kitsap Counties
- Weyerhaeuser’s Loss Deepens amid Housing Downturn
- Man charged with draining mother's savings, racking up her credit card
- Mexican Dominance on May 5 Irks Other Latinos
WORD OF THE DAY
Cinco de Mayo • \SINK-oh – deh - MY-oh \ • noun - Spanish, fifth of May: Mexican and Mexican-American celebration held on May 5 in commemoration of the Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862. NOT Mexican Independence Day, which is celebrated on September 15.
Hank was having a wonderful time on his Mexican vacation. The swirling dancers, loosely harmonic Mariachi bands and surging crowds were all in a ecstatic mood for the Cinco De Mayo celebration. When told that the Mexican Independence Day parties were even more extravagant, he immediately put in a reservation for the week of September 15.
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
Wind Advisory in Effect - No Reported PUD 3 Outages from Overnight Storm (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=548
Storm Brings Outages to Western Washington (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_050509WXB-washington-spring-storm-LJ.1fd65ff2.html?rss
Grant PUD Sees Declining Revenues - Rate Increases, Capital Project Deferrals Discussed (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/05/04/news/doc49ff286f43809729484856.txt
Chelan PUD Annual Report to Be Printed By Request (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090505/NEWS04/705059986/-1/WEATHER?Chelan-PUD-Annual-Report-to-be-printed-by-request
Kansas Governor Approves Coal Compromise (Wichita Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2009/05/04/daily13.html?ana=from_rss
New York Hydro Project Nixed - Delaware County Electric Cooperative cites insurmountable obstacles presented by New York City (The Daily Star, Oneonta, NY)
http://www.thedailystar.com/local/local_story_125041544.html
Portland General Electric Short of Wall Street Expectations despite Increased Profit (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/05/04/daily3.html?ana=from_rss
Duke Energy’s Earnings Down 26% (Charlotte Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/05/04/daily11.html?ana=from_rss
Constellation Energy Swings To Loss On $271M Charges (Wall Street Journal – Here’s your bonus…)
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090505-711697.html
Congressional Research Service - Electric Power Transmission: Background and Policy Issues
http://opencrs.com/document/R40511/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon Salvation - Will a New Political Order Be Enough to Finally Bring the Dams Down? (High Country News, CO)
http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.8/salmon-salvation
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
California – Study Shows Most Key Fishing Spots in State Polluted (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/05/MN5I17EG6E.DTL&feed=rss.news
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Can Clean Energy Revive Manufacturing? “…the availability of land zoned for industrial use was also important…” (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/can-clean-energy-revive-manufacturing/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Vestas Makes Colorado a Clean-Energy Hub (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/vestas-makes-colorado-a-clean-energy-hub/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Chicago Tribune Columnist - Don't Need a Law to Know Which Way the Wind Blows
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/chi-tue-greising-wind-may05,0,1462917.column
News Digest Flashback: Oregon - Plans for New Vestas Headquarters on Hold: Company to lay off 1,900 workers in Denmark and England (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/04/27/daily15.html?ana=from_rss
GE Energy to Help Forecast Wind (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/05/04/daily28.html?ana=from_rss
Cashing In On Wind: Locals Discuss Money Saved by Installing New Turbines (Foster’s Daily Democrat, Dover, NH)
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090504/GJNEWS_01/705049913
Idaho - Assessor lowers tax value on closed ethanol plant (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/840241.html
United Kingdom - Surge in Renewable Power Fuels Fears of Energy Crisis (The Scotsman, UK)
http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Surge-in--renewable-power.5233307.jp
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
White House, House GOP Convene Meetings on Climate (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009174459_apusclimatetalks.html?syndication=rss
Atlanta Journal Constitution Op/Ed - Is Cap And Trade Necessary to Ease Climate Change?
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/05/05/proconed.html
US Chamber Of Commerce under Fire on Warming Stance (Politico)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22101.html
How Green Are Our Ports? Very, if you’re shipping from Asia to Midwest (Seattle Times)
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/soundeconomyblog/2009/05/04/how_green_are_our_ports_very_i.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
More Pink Slips Go Out At Microsoft (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/44364487.html
California Seeks $1 Billion in Stimulus Funds to Bring Broadband Link to Every Household (Sacramento Bee)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1833842.html
Bumping into Qwest's Invisible Cap - The same kind of cap that resulted in a Comcast fine (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Bumping-Into-Qwests-Invisible-Cap-102275
Hackers Break into Virginia Health Professions Database, Demand Ransom (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/05/hackers_break_into_virginia_he.html
U.S. Should Cede Control of Internet, European Union Honcho Says (Bloomberg News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12294802
Obama's Tax Plans Raises High-Tech Hackles (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1997435~Obama_s_tax_plans_raises_high_tech_hackles.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
GENERAL NEWS
Wind, rain expected to ease up by midday today; drier weather by the weekend (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/storm/2009175772_webstorm05m.html?syndication=rss
Storm Delays Hood Canal Bridge Work, Shuttle Ferry (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009176128_apwaspringstormhoodcanal.html?syndication=rss
Flood Advisory for Mason, Pierce, Kitsap Counties (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/841128.html
Weyerhaeuser’s Loss Deepens amid Housing Downturn (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/05/05/business/AP-US-Earns-Weyerhaeuser.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Man charged with draining mother's savings, racking up her credit card (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009170892_webtheft04m.html?syndication=rss
Mexican Dominance on May 5 Irks Other Latinos - Cinco de Mayo to Be Celebrated This Week
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19370924/detail.html
DIVERSIONS
Woman Finds $120,000 at ATM - Rightful Owners Has 30 Days To Claim Cash
http://www.kirotv.com/money/19359009/detail.html
French Excel at Eating, Sleeping, Study Says - Norwegians Spend One-Quarter Of Day On Leisure
http://www.kirotv.com/health/19362828/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_12pm&tmi=sea_12pm_1_02000105042009&ts=H
Brawl Breaks Out During Karaoke at Oregon Restaurant
http://www.examiner.com/a-1996842~Brawl_breaks_out_during_karaoke_at_Ore__restaurant.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Are You Killing the Apostrophe?
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/Features/Columns/?article=ApostropheCatastrophe>1=27004
SONG OF THE DAY
James Taylor – Mexico (Live & Acoustic)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FVAUP_Yigw
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
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