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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- US Senate Panel Approves Energy Bill
- Senate Panel Backs Renewable Power Rules, Drilling
- Estimate Places Natural Gas Reserves 35% Higher
- Duke Energy to Build Nuclear Plant in Ohio
- Peninsula Gateway Op/Ed - Our Energy, Our Future
- Deal Keeps Lights On In Northwest Alaska Village
- Seattle 911 - How Can I Get A Streetlight Fixed To Deter Crime?
- Tennessee Senate Urges TVA to Finalize Alcoa Contract
- Texas - Two Indicted After Pedernales Electric Cooperative Investigation
- Here’s Why Electricity Deregulation Is Bad for Virginia’s Economy
- Supreme Court Rejects Ruling on Retrial of Enron Executive
- Columbia River Sockeye Counts Rising
- June Hogs Arrive - Over-The-Bank Sales of Summer Chinook Salmon Started This Week
- Salmon Fishing Closing on Three Idaho Rivers
- Changing Commercial Fishing
- Irony is thy Name - Klamath River Tribes Will Kick off SalmonAid with Traditional Salmon Bake
- Feds Says Protection for Marbled Murrelet Should Stay
- Low Tides Mean It's Time To Go After Shellfish
- Idaho - Flows at Shoshone Falls to Rise Again
- Good Data on Water Runs Dry in Oregon
- Grant PUD Shoreline Plan Meeting Draws Crescent Bar Residents
- BPA Brings More Wind Power into Northwest Grid
- BPA Upgrades System to Ship Wind Power to Clark
- 3TIER encourages a cautionary response to a recent study claiming U.S. wind speeds have slowed
- Green-Backed Ventures Mean More Greenbacks
- Clean-Energy Bond Program Faces Lackluster Record
- Tide Is Going out for Marine Energy around Britain’s Coasts
- European Solar Power from African Deserts?
- Canada Offers Renewable Subsidy to Pulp and Paper Industry
- New FERC Study Assesses State-By-State Potential for Demand Response
- PECO Tips Can Help You Stay Cool, Save Money and Be Green This Summer
- Examiner.Com Columnist - Can 'Cap And Trade' Solve Global Warming?
- Elderly and Poor Starting To Narrow Broadband Service Gap
- Regulators Seem Eager to Repeat Fairpoint Mistakes with Frontier
- Telecom’s Titanic Shift: How the Mighty Have Fallen
- Congressman Files Bill to Stop Tiered Broadband Pricing
- State Treasury to Take $482m Hit Through 2011
- Kitsap County Stands to Get Some Green for Green Projects
- Slump Dashes Oregon Dreams of Californians
- Eddie Bauer Files for Bankruptcy Protection
- Seattle Spring Dry Spell Ties Record
- Ryan Leaf Arrested On Texas Charges at US-Canada Border
- Sustainable Prison System Grows
- Plant Thieves Targeting Japanese Maple Trees
WORD OF THE DAY
Otiose • \OH-shee-ose \ • adjective – 1: producing no useful result: futile 2: being at leisure: idle 3: lacking use or effect: functionless
Bert was becoming extremely frustrated with his purchase. It became exceeding obvious to him after 30 seconds of bailing, that a papier mache bucket was the most otiose object in his rowboat. Perhaps less useful than the sunscreen he insisted on bringing into the gales of winter on Puget Sound.
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
US Senate Panel Approves Energy Bill (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/us/politics/18energy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Senate Panel Backs Renewable Power Rules, Drilling (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a3RNMWPhmUKM
Estimate Places Natural Gas Reserves 35% Higher (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/business/energy-environment/18gas.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Duke Energy to Build Nuclear Plant in Ohio (Triangle Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/06/15/daily48.html?ana=from_rss
Peninsula Gateway Op/Ed - Our Energy, Our Future (Gig Harbor, WA)
http://www.gateline.com/opinion/story/4428.html
Deal Keeps Lights On In Northwest Alaska Village (Fairbanks News Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jun/17/deal-keeps-lights-northwest-alaska-village/
Seattle 911 - How Can I Get A Streetlight Fixed To Deter Crime? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911/archives/171380.asp?source=pimail
Tennessee Senate Urges TVA to Finalize Alcoa Contract (Blount Today, TN)
http://www.blounttoday.com/news/2009/jun/17/tennessee-senate-urges-tva-finalize-alcoa-contract/
Texas - Two Indicted After Pedernales Electric Cooperative Investigation (KEYE-TV, Austin, TX)
http://www.keyetv.com/content/news/topnews/story/Two-indicted-after-Pedernales-Cooperative/Gjv9XP36OU250g1qfDSXiQ.cspx
Here’s Why Electricity Deregulation Is Bad for Virginia’s Economy (Culpepper Star Exponent, VA)
http://www.starexponent.com/cse/news/opinion/columnists/article/heres_why_electricity_deregulation_is_bad_for_virginias_economy/37695/
Supreme Court Rejects Ruling on Retrial of Enron Executive (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/business/19bizcourt.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River Sockeye Counts Rising (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009352345_columbia_river_sockeye_counts.html
June Hogs Arrive - Over-The-Bank Sales of Summer Chinook Salmon Started This Week (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090617/NEWS02/706179940/June+Hogs+Arrive
Salmon Fishing Closing on Three Idaho Rivers “…anglers have harvested about 95 percent of the state's harvest share…” (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/885226.html
Changing Commercial Fishing (The Columbian, Vancouver, OR)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090617/SPORTS04/706189978/Changing+commercial+fishing
Irony is thy Name - Klamath River Tribes Will Kick off SalmonAid with Traditional Salmon Bake “…takes place as California fish populations are in their greatest crisis ever…” (IndyBay, SF)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/17/18602157.php
Feds Says Protection for Marbled Murrelet Should Stay (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10551772
Low Tides Mean It's Time To Go After Shellfish - The lowest tides of the season are this week in Puget Sound, and clams, oysters and crab are available in most areas (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009351738_fish18.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Idaho - Flows at Shoshone Falls to Rise Again (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/885202.html
Good Data on Water Runs Dry in Oregon (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/archive_oregons_water_issues.html
Grant PUD Shoreline Plan Meeting Draws Crescent Bar Residents (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/18/news/doc4a381762ea844605179934.txt
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
BPA Brings More Wind Power into Northwest Grid - New $3.7-million line and upgrade supports new wind project and jobs (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/281827/
BPA Upgrades System to Ship Wind Power to Clark (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090618/NEWS02/906179970/
3TIER encourages a cautionary response to a recent study claiming U.S. wind speeds have slowed (3Tier)
http://www.3tier.com/en/news-events/publications
Green-Backed Ventures Mean More Greenbacks (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/business/2009/june/Chin-Up-in-the-Downswing-Green-Backed-Ventures-Mean-More-Greenbacks.html
Clean-Energy Bond Program Faces Lackluster Record (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200906171454DOWJONESDJONLINE000791_FORTUNE5.htm
Tide Is Going out for Marine Energy around Britain’s Coasts - It is exciting the most interest in the country's tidal systems since King Canute told the waves off the south coast to desist. (London Evening Standard, UK)
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23709134-details/Tide+is+going+out+for+marine+energy+around+Britain+s+coasts/article.do
European Solar Power from African Deserts? (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/european-solar-power-from-african-deserts/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Canada Offers Renewable Subsidy to Pulp and Paper Industry (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/business/global/18paper.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
New FERC Study Assesses State-By-State Potential for Demand Response (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
http://www.ferc.gov/news/news-releases/2009/2009-2/06-18-09.asp
PECO Tips Can Help You Stay Cool, Save Money and Be Green This Summer (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=114116
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Examiner.Com Columnist - Can 'Cap And Trade' Solve Global Warming?
http://www.examiner.com/x-10660-Eau-Claire-County-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m6d17-Can-cap-and-trade-solve-global-warming
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Elderly and Poor Starting To Narrow Broadband Service Gap (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/17/financial/f133514D56.DTL&feed=rss.business
Regulators Seem Eager to Repeat Fairpoint Mistakes with Frontier - Ohio state consumer advocate raises questions that will be summarily ignored (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Regulators-Seem-Eager-To-Repeat-Fairpoint-Mistakes-With-Frontier-103006
Telecom’s Titanic Shift: How the Mighty Have Fallen (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/06/18/telecoms-titanic-shift-how-the-mighty-have-fallen/
Congressman Files Bill to Stop Tiered Broadband Pricing (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/06/17/ny-congressman-massa-files-bill-to-stop-tiered-broadband-pricing/
GENERAL NEWS
State Treasury to Take $482m Hit Through 2011 (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19791060/detail.html?treets=sea&tml=sea_break&ts=T&tmi=sea_break_1_12540106182009
Kitsap County Stands to Get Some Green for Green Projects (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/17/kitsap-stands-to-get-some-green-for-green/?partner=RSS
Slump Dashes Oregon Dreams of Californians (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/us/18oregon.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Eddie Bauer Files For Bankruptcy Protection (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009350032_apuseddiebauerbankruptcy.html?syndication=rss
Seattle Spring Dry Spell Ties Record (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_061809WAB-dry-spell-LJ.b29396.html?rss
Ryan Leaf Arrested On Texas Charges at US-Canada Border (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10551132
Sustainable Prison System Grows - Environment: Tons of produce used (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/884925.html
Plant Thieves Targeting Japanese Maple Trees (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/18//area_news/doc4a39d2b603e33344637016.txt
DIVERSIONS
Dungeons & Dragons Maker Sues over Handbooks
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10551468
Clerk's Phone in Shirt Stops Knife to Chest - Clerk Then Shoots Robbery Suspect With Gun
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19783202/detail.html
Florida City to Workers: Wear Underwear, Deodorant
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19790956/detail.html
PETA Wishes Obama Hadn't Swatted That Fly - PETA Sends Obama Bug Humane Bug Catcher
http://www.kirotv.com/politics/19784490/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Frank Sinatra - Fly Me to the Moon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3pv_GKDEec&feature=PlayList&p=ABCCC051FF42CA20&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=45
Thursday, June 18, 2009
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