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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Negotiates For Lower Electricity Rates with Hopes of Reopening
- Columbian Op/Ed, Don Brunell - Obama's Energy Plan Will Cost Taxpayers Dearly
- Northwest Governors Back BPA Call for Pumped Storage Study
- City Of Snohomish Settles With UW Professor Arrested For Photographing Power Lines
- Eastern Oregon Co-Op Considers New Facility
- Michigan Utility Wants New Coal Plant
- Michigan - Police Say Trio Stole $2 Million from Great Lakes Energy
- Building the Smart Grid
- Tri-City Herald Op/Ed - Dam Breaching Should Be Off the Table
- Word on Columbia River and Tributary Sport Fisheries
- Return of the Once-Rare Beaver? Not in My Yard.
- Urbanization Not All Gloom and Doom for Bird Life
- Grant County PUD’s Quincy Shoreline Meeting Attracts Hundreds
- Auditors Question Tennessee Valley Authority Shoreline Deals With Wealthy
- The Switch: Is Solar Power Only A Rich Man's Renewable Source?
- Kiss the Utility Company Goodbye - The renewable-energy buzz is on
- Seattle preparing for electric vehicles
- Arkansas Windmill Blade Plant Laying Off 80 Workers
- Wood Pellet Producer Opens Mississippi Plant to Produce Feedstock for Alternative Energy
- Puget Sound Energy Distributed 10M Fluorescent Bulbs since 2002
- Feds Sends $15 Million in Stimulus for Oregon Energy Efficiency Program
- How Will Boise Spend Its Energy Stimulus Grants?
- Climate Activists Target Rio Australia Aluminum Smelter
- Governors Warn Energy Plan Could Stifle Growth
- Emissions Caps Seen Costing Airlines $7 Billion A Year
- Intuit Helps Small Business Capture a 'Green Snapshot'
- Rural Americans Long To Be Linked To Broadband
- Levin To Help Run Government Broadband Plan
- Forecasters Say El Nino May Be Developing
- Cadaver Dogs Find Bones at Port Orchard Construction Site
- Mason County Commission Has Partial Plan to Cover Latest Budget Shortfall
- City of Lacey Hires Finance Director
- Shades of Olympia - Soldier Sanctuary Resolution Divides Bellingham
- Seattle Parking Policy Peeves Tourists and Residents Alike
- Singer-Songwriter Kenny Rankin Dead of Lung Cancer
WORD OF THE DAY
Altruism • \AL-troo-iz-um\ • noun - Unselfish interest in the welfare of others
Alfred P. Newkirk was considered the saint of the second floor cubicle cadets. He never used the speaker phone, did not eat his usual garlic and onion humus snacks at his desk, and always seemed to have a clean, orderly desk at the end of the day. What some attributed to altruism was one day revealed to be a sham. Alfred really didn’t work there; he just liked living in the cubicle. His duplicity was revealed when a fellow employee asked HR when he had been hired so that a party could be thrown in his honor.
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
Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Negotiates For Lower Electricity Rates with Hopes of Reopening (The Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/06/08/bnews/br10.txt
Columbian Op/Ed, Don Brunell - Obama's Energy Plan Will Cost Taxpayers Dearly
http://columbian.com/article/20090609/BIZ01/706099986/-1/BIZ
Northwest Governors Back BPA Call for Pumped Storage Study (HydroWorld)
http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/article-display/6690582890/s-articles/s-hrhrw/s-News/s-northwest-governors.html
City Of Snohomish Settles With UW Professor Arrested For Photographing Power Lines (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/406968_aclu08.html
Eastern Oregon Co-Op Considers New Facility - Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative is weighing whether to construct new building (Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland, OR)
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/06/08/Eastern-Oregon-coop-considers-new-facility-Oregon-Trail-Electric-Cooperative-is-weighing-whether-to-
Michigan Utility Wants New Coal Plant (WWJ Radio, Detroit)
http://www.wwj.com/Michigan-Utility-Wants-New-Coal-Plant/4546314
Michigan - Police Say Trio Stole $2 Million from Great Lakes Energy (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
http://www.gaylordheraldtimes.com/articles/2009/06/08/breaking_news/doc4a2d3b2e98c2f338032467.txt
Building The Smart Grid - By promoting the adoption of renewable-energy technology, a smart grid would be good for the environment—and for innovation (The Economist)
http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13725843
FISH & WILDLIFE
Tri-City Herald Op/Ed - Dam Breaching Should Be Off the Table
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/964/story/597991.html
Word on Columbia River and Tributary Sport Fisheries and How Fish Returns are Shaping Up (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009316304_word_on_columbia_river_and_tri.html
Return of the Once-Rare Beaver? Not in My Yard. (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/science/earth/09beaver.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Urbanization Not All Gloom and Doom for Bird Life (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5161-urbanization-not-all-gloom-and-doom-bird-life/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Grant County PUD’s Quincy Shoreline Meeting Attracts Hundreds (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/09/news/doc4a2d7c17454b1277845772.txt
Auditors Question Tennessee Valley Authority Shoreline Deals With Wealthy (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/09/national/a000843D71.DTL&feed=rss.business
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
The Switch: Is Solar Power Only A Rich Man's Renewable Source? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5150-switch-solar-power-only-rich-mans-renewable-source/
Kiss the Utility Company Goodbye - The renewable-energy buzz is on (Minneapolis Star-Tribune, MN)
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/47171822.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUncacyi8cyaiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
Seattle preparing for electric vehicles (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_060809ENB_seattle-electric-vehicles-JM.5fcbf419.html?rss
Arkansas Windmill Blade Plant Laying Off 80 Workers - Windmill blade maker LM Glasfiber said it will lay off about 80 workers because it does not have enough orders (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009313824_apuslmglasfiberlayoffs.html?syndication=rss
Wood Pellet Producer Opens Mississippi Plant To Produce Feedstock For Alternative Energy (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009315512_apusmississippiwoodpelletplant.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Puget Sound Energy Distributed 10M Fluorescent Bulbs since 2002 (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009317895_apwafluorescentbulbs.html?syndication=rss
Feds Sends $15 Million in Stimulus for Oregon Energy Efficiency Program (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/us_sends_15_million_in_stimulu.html
How Will Boise Spend Its Energy Stimulus Grants? The City Council will discuss 10 potential energy projects, including LED streetlights. (Idaho Statesman)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/796461.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate Activists Target Rio Australia Aluminum Smelter (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE5576FX20090608
Governors Warn Energy Plan Could Stifle Growth (Associated Press)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/08/AR2009060802188.html
Emissions Caps Seen Costing Airlines $7 Billion A Year (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55718G20090609
Intuit Helps Small Business Capture a 'Green Snapshot' (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmSmallBusiness/idUS277971092420090608
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Rural Americans Long To Be Linked To Broadband (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-06-07-rural-broadband-digital_N.htm
Levin To Help Run Government Broadband Plan - Primary architect of 1996 Telecom Reform Act returns (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Levin-To-Help-Run-Government-Broadband-Plan-102815
GENERAL NEWS
Forecasters Say El Nino May Be Developing - can lead to wetter than normal conditions in the intermountain regions of the United States (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/forecasters_say_el_nino_may_be.html
Cadaver Dogs Find Bones at Port Orchard Construction Site (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_060909WAB-human-foot-bones-JM.6350688c.html?rss?npc
Mason County Commission Has Partial Plan to Cover Latest Budget Shortfall (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7484/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-COMMISSION-HAS-PARTIAL-PLAN-TO-COVER-LATEST-BUDGET-SHORTFALL/Default.aspx
City of Lacey Hires Finance Director (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/875720.html
Shades of Olympia - Soldier Sanctuary Resolution Divides Bellingham (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/47273937.html
Seattle Parking Policy Peeves Tourists and Residents Alike (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_060809WAB-seattle-parking-policy-SW.6020b2c4.html?rss
Singer-Songwriter Kenny Rankin Dead Of Lung Cancer
http://www.examiner.com/a-2058185~Singer_songwriter_Kenny_Rankin_dead_of_lung_cancer.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
DIVERSIONS
Florida Fisherman Hooks Live Missile in Gulf Waters
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12551746
Dog Plays Fetch With Live Grenade in Germany
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19691635/detail.html
Bike-Riding Rooster Ordered Out Of Miami Beach - Owner Ordered To Get Rid Of Fowl Because Of Early Morning Crowing
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19681325/detail.html
Coach Put Little League Boys Up To Burglary, Police Say
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090609/NEWS01/706099933/-1/RSS02
SONG OF THE DAY
Blackbird - Kenny Rankin (RIP)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIKl3QhdtlY
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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