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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Mason County PUD No. 3 P.U.D. 3 Holds Open House on John's Prairie Facility
- Oregon - Man Falls Onto Corvallis Electrical Transformer
- Coal-Fired Power Plants - The Writing on the Wall
- Coal Debate Highlights Duke Meeting
- Joe Kelliher Has A New Job! FPL Group Hires Him for New VP Position
- Commission to Look At Salmon on the Columbia
- Yakima River Opens Soon For Hatchery Spring Chinook
- Tribes, Feds Mark Anniversary of Basin Fish Accords
- Sea Lions Seem To Be Steering Clear Of Traps
- Gig Harbor Kayakers Paddling For The Plight Of Salmon
- Gov't Sticks With Bush-Era Polar Bear Rule
- Silverdale Man Catches Gigantic Halibut
- Tough Legislative Session for Environmentalists
- State Announces Willapa Bay Spartina Plan
- British Columbia - Independent Power Projects 'Ignoring Rules'
- Biodiesel Makers Lash Out at E.P.A. Rule
- Study: Electric Cars May Be More Efficient Than Ethanol
- What Is The Best Way to Turn Plants into Energy?
- Schwarzenegger Touts Solar Technology in San Jose
- REC’s Pre-Tax Profits More Than Doubled In 2008
- Weyerhaeuser VP Touts Woody Biomass during Longview Visit
- Saskatchewan, Montana Sign Carbon Capture Agreement
- U.S. Greens Worry for B.C.'S Carbon Tax
- Cutting Carbon May Be Costly - Obama to End Oil Tax Breaks
- Cap-and-Trade Won't Cause Mass Manufacturing Migration
- Google: Carbon Credit Shopping Ain’t Easy
- Wall Street Journal Editorial - Cap-And-Trade Back Flip
- EU Carbon Prices Seen On Track to Recover
- Cosmic Cooling? Have you noticed how much calmer the solar furnace seems these days?
- Qwest High-Speed Customers Get Free WiFi Access
- Google’s Strength May Be Part of Microsoft Defense Strategy
- Twitter Co-Founder Says Company Not For Sale
- H1N1 Virus Confirmed In Pierce County; State Total Hits 33
- Weyerhaeuser's Credit Rating Cut to Junk by Moody's
- Seattle Times Editorial - Save Sonntag's Audits
- Republican Censured over Bill Expanding Domestic Partnership Rights
- Seattle Streets Honcho under Fire Long Before Snow Fiasco
- Idaho’s Echohawk Vows to Be Effective Voice for Tribes
- Snohomish County Employee Says Trying To Save Money Cost Him Job
- Statue of Liberty's Crown to Re-Open July 4
WORD OF THE DAY
Obstreperous • \ob-STREPP-err-us\ • adjective – 1: marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness: clamorous 2: stubbornly resistant to control
Olaf was spending a peaceful day baking lefske; the cool breeze wafting over the fjord brought the pungent smell of his neighbor’s efforts at replicating the family lutefisk recipe. Efforts that over the last ten years had fallen woefully short. “Too little lye,” mused Olaf to himself. The obstreperous chattering of his impatiently waiting children for the day’s baked treats was the only distraction to the wonderful day.
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
Mason County PUD No. 3 P.U.D. 3 Holds Open House on John's Prairie Facility (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7192/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Oregon - Man Falls Onto Corvallis Electrical Transformer (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2004963~Man_falls_onto_electrical_transformer.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Coal-Fired Power Plants - The Writing on the Wall (The Economist Magazine)
http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13611471&fsrc=rss
Coal Debate Highlights Duke Meeting (Charlotte Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/05/04/daily54.html?ana=from_rss
Joe Kelliher Has A New Job! FPL Group Hires Former Regulator for New VP Position (Miami Herald, FL)
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1037279.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Commission To Look At Salmon On The Columbia - Good runs seen for Coho, summer and fall Chinook (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090508/OUTDOORS/905080333/1034/SPORTS/Commission+to+look+at+salmon+on+the+Columbia
Yakima River Opens Soon For Hatchery Spring Chinook (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009191621_yakima_river_opens_soon_for_ha.html
Tribes, Feds Mark Anniversary of Basin Fish Accords (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/571037.html
Sea Lions Seem To Be Steering Clear Of Traps - None captured in last three weeks; 11 taken since March (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090508/NEWS02/705089950/
Gig Harbor Kayakers Paddling For The Plight Of Salmon - Pair heads to Alaska to study salmon (Peninsula Gateway, Gig Harbor, WA)
http://www.gateline.com/104/story/4136.html
Gov't Sticks With Bush-Era Polar Bear Rule (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009196235_apuspolarbearclimate4thldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Silverdale Man Catches Gigantic Halibut (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_050709WAB-fish-story-KC.45a3a17.html?rss?npc
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Tough Legislative Session for Environmentalists (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/44573002.html
State Announces Willapa Bay Spartina Plan (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/05/08//area_news/doc4a03834e27570127130879.txt
British Columbia - Independent Power Projects 'Ignoring Rules' - Environment ministry faces 'substantial pressure' from power producers, documents say (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=216d745b-e1b1-49c3-b09d-2b5e07fd093e&k=1593
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Biodiesel Makers Lash Out at E.P.A. Rule (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/biodiesel-group-lashes-out-at-epa-rule/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Study: Electric Cars May Be More Efficient Than Ethanol (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12319686
What Is The Best Way to Turn Plants into Energy? A new study compares biofuels with bioelectricity (Scientific American)
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=bioelectricity-versus-biofuel
Schwarzenegger Touts Solar Technology in San Jose (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12320401
REC’s Pre-Tax Profits More Than Doubled In 2008 (Renewable Energy Focus)
http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com/view/1735/recs-pretax-profits-more-than-doubled-in-2008/
Weyerhaeuser VP Touts Woody Biomass during Longview Visit (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/05/07//area_news/doc4a034ffe38718639729726.txt
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Saskatchewan, Montana Sign Carbon Capture Agreement (CTV, Canada)
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090507/sask_montana_090507/20090507?hub=Canada
U.S. Greens Worry for B.C.'S Carbon Tax (Surrey Leader, BC)
http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/US_greens_worry_for_BCs_carbon_tax.html
Cutting Carbon May Be Costly - Obama to End Oil Tax Breaks (Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/08/cutting-carbon-will-aid-savings/
Cap-and-Trade Won't Cause Mass Manufacturing Migration (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmEnergy/idUS280116372820090508
Google: Carbon Credit Shopping Ain’t Easy (Green Tech)
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/google-carbon-credit-shopping-aint-easy-4545/
Wall Street Journal Editorial - Cap-And-Trade Back Flip: Kevin Rudd realizes how much an emissions-trading scheme will cost Australia
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124171882652996961.html
EU Carbon Prices Seen On Track to Recover (Reuters)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/behindTheScenes/idUKTRE5472DX20090508
Cosmic Cooling? Have you noticed how much calmer the solar furnace seems these days? (Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH)
http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2009/05/cosmic_cooling_have_you_notice.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Qwest High-Speed Customers Get Free WiFi Access at Barnes & Noble, McDonald’s, Starbucks (Denver Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/05/04/daily65.html?ana=from_rss
Google’s Strength May Be Part of Microsoft Defense Strategy (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/technology/companies/08soft.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Twitter Co-Founder Says Company Not For Sale (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE54605920090507?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
GENERAL NEWS
H1N1 Virus Confirmed In Pierce County; State Total Hits 33 (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/844126.html
Weyerhaeuser's Credit Rating Cut to Junk by Moody's (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009187114_webweyco07.html?syndication=rss
Seattle Times Editorial - Save Sonntag's Audits
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2009192757_editb08auditor.html
Republican Censured For Co-Sponsoring Bill To Expand Washington's Domestic Partnership Rights (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
http://www.kpq.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=995
Seattle Streets Honcho under Fire Long Before Snow Fiasco (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009194374_sdot08m0.html?syndication=rss
Idaho’s Echohawk Vows to Be Effective Voice for Tribes If Named Head of BIA (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2005088~EchoHawk_vows_to_be_effective_voice_for_tribes.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Investigators: Snohomish County Employee Says Trying To Save Money Cost Him Job (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_050709INV-snohomish-co-director-KS.2b589ef.html?rss
Statue of Liberty's Crown to Re-Open July 4 (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5472AD20090508?feedType=nl&feedName=ustopnewsearly
DIVERSIONS
Tarantula Invasion Overblown, but More, Bigger Spiders May Be in Store
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/science/2009/may/Tarantula-Invasion-Overblown--but-More--Bigger-Spiders-May-Be-in-Store.html
Emma Overtakes Emily as Top Baby Name for Girls; Jacob for Boys
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/08/national/w063850D91.DTL&feed=rss.news
Battle of the Bust Is Over: British Retailer Eliminates Surcharge on Big Bras
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12325690
Stranger Lives In Pa. Family's Attic for a Week
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19385233/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_nots&tmi=sea_nots_1_01000205062009&ts=H
SONG OF THE DAY
Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIdIqbv7SPo&feature=related
Lenny Kravitz - Ain't No Sunshine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ov5CNfkrtU&feature=related
Friday, May 8, 2009
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