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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Avista Dams Relicensed - Avista plan reflects new emphasis on recreation, environment
- Hastings Leads Efforts for Yucca Mountain Money
- Portland General Electric Expands Board
- California State Senator Asks for Probe of Blackouts in San Francisco
- Janitor Gets Six Years in Tennessee Nuclear Parts Theft
- Sick California Sea Lions Present a Mystery
- Crapo Warns He'll Filibuster Clean Water Bill
- Plankton Bloom Colors Hood Canal
- Olympian Editorial - Sound Cleanup Will Go Better With Victoria On Board
- Water Quality Institute Invites Students
- Cowlitz PUD Shares National Wind Power Award for White Creek Development
- California State Regulators Approve Rooftop Solar Panel Plan
- A Move to Put the Union Label on Solar Power Plants
- California - Pacific Gas & Electric Opposes Two Solar-Power Bills
- Feds: Wind Farms Trick Radar
- City of Seattle Halts Biodiesel Purchases, Looks For Greener Fuel
- Oil Giants Filling Up On Troubled Ethanol Plants
- New Windows Can Lower Your Energy Bill, but Might Not Boost Your Bottom Line
- Reps. Waxman, Peterson Inch Closer to Consensus on Climate Bill
- House Republicans Courted On Climate Change Bill
- Rural Electric Co-ops Threaten Climate Deal
- Eastern U.S. States Raise $104.2 Million in Carbon Auction
- Global Warming: Want To See Northwest Impacts? Just Look Around
- Central Idaho Town to Keep Free Wireless Internet
- New York - Yahoo Data Center Deal Tied To Verizon Line
- China Disables Some Google Functions
- Microsoft Readies Free PC Security Software
- Microsoft CEO Says Bing Off To Good Start
- First Sign of Return Fire from Google
- Search-Engine Rankings Released for May
- Overnight Western Washington Rain Ends Record-Tying 29-Day Streak
- On The Watch for El Niño - Drier-than-normal days lead up to summer in South Sound
- Gregoire Orders Deeper Cutting - State revenue forecast shrinks by $500 million
- Shelton-Mason County Chamber Selects Next Executive Director
- State Senator Parlette headed to Canada
- Oklahoma Senator Cries Pork Over Washington State's Stimulus Funds
- North Carolina Safety Violation - Inquiry into Fatal Slim-Jim Factory Blast
- Montana - City Of Bozeman Asks Applicants for Personal Internet Passwords
- Supreme Court Decision Endangers Ruling on L&I Public Records Request and Penalty
WORD OF THE DAY
Trine • \TRĪNE\ • noun – 1: a group of three: triad 2: the trine astrological aspect of two celestial bodies
Alex was at a loss. He was wrapping up his soon to be book about a trio of French musketeers and their adventures. Mrs. Dumas was stuck on making it simple, “Just call it the ‘Three Musketeers’,” she shrieked from the kitchen, “It’s the simplest solution.” But Alex still wasn’t sure. He’d been toying with something different. “Her suggestion makes it sound like some futuristic candy-bar,” he grumped. “The Trine Musketeers just sounds so much more magical.”
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 Play: Avista Dams Relicensed - Avista plan reflects new emphasis on recreation, environment (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/19/power-play/
Hastings Leads Efforts for Yucca Mountain Money (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/618413.html
Portland General Electric Expands Board (Portland Business Journal “…it goes to eleven…”)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/06/15/daily48.html?ana=from_rss
California State Senator Asks for Probe of Blackouts in San Francisco (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/19/BA38189U3D.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Janitor Gets Six Years in Tennessee Nuclear Parts Theft (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/18/national/a122956D07.DTL&feed=rss.business
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sick California Sea Lions Present a Mystery (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/19/MNV81886FR.DTL&feed=rss.news
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Crapo Warns He'll Filibuster Clean Water Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/885768.html
Plankton Bloom Colors Hood Canal (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/17/plankton-bloom-colors-hood-canal/
Olympian Editorial - Sound Cleanup Will Go Better With Victoria On Board
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/886059.html
Water Quality Institute Invites Students (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/18/news/doc4a3ac2b5326f3811916183.txt
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Cowlitz PUD Shares National Wind Power Award for White Creek Development (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/19/area_news/doc4a3b216295581147166672.txt
California State Regulators Approve Rooftop Solar Panel Plan (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2076525~State_regulators_approve_rooftop_solar_panel_plan.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
A Move to Put the Union Label on Solar Power Plants (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/business/energy-environment/19unions.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
California - Pacific Gas & Electric Opposes Two Solar-Power Bills (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12620166
Feds: Wind Farms Trick Radar (The Sun Journal, Lewistown, ME)
http://www.sunjournal.com/story/322630-3/RiverValley/Feds_Wind_farms_trick_radar/
City Of Seattle Halts Biodiesel Purchases, Looks For Greener Fuel - 'Not all biodiesels are the same' (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/407384_fuel19.html?source=rss
Oil Giants Filling Up On Troubled Ethanol Plants (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009357460_ethanolplants190.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
New Windows Can Lower Your Energy Bill, but Might Not Boost Your Bottom Line (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/19/AR2009061901424.html?wprss=rss_business
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Reps. Waxman, Peterson Inch Closer to Consensus on Climate Bill (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/19/19climatewire-reps-waxman-peterson-inch-closer-to-consensu-32658.html
House Republicans Courted On Climate Change Bill (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55H6EV20090618
Rural Electric Co-ops Threaten Climate Deal (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/19/19climatewire-rural-electric-co-ops-threaten-climate-deal-98492.html
Eastern U.S. States Raise $104.2 Million in Carbon Auction (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BusinessofGreen/idUSTRE55I3EN20090619
Seattle P-I Columnist - Global Warming: Want To See Northwest Impacts? Just Look Around
http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/407375_joel19.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Central Idaho Town to Keep Free Wireless Internet (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/885535.html
New York - Yahoo Data Center Deal Tied To Verizon Line (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/06/15/daily56.html?ana=yfcpc
China Disables Some Google Functions (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/world/asia/20beijing.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Microsoft Readies Free PC Security Software (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/18/financial/f132244D72.DTL&feed=rss.business
Microsoft CEO Says Bing Off To Good Start (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/171540.asp?source=pimail
First Sign of Return Fire from Google (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/171553.asp?source=pimail
Search-Engine Rankings Released for May (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/171541.asp?source=pimail
GENERAL NEWS
Overnight Western Washington Rain Ends Record-Tying 29-Day Streak (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009358728_webdryspell19m.html?syndication=rss
On The Watch for El Niño - Drier-than-normal days lead up to summer in South Sound (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/886017.html
Gregoire Orders Deeper Cutting - State revenue forecast shrinks by $500 million (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/19/gregoire-orders-deeper-cutting/
Shelton-Mason County Chamber Selects Next Executive Director (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7562/reftab/1632/t/CHAMBER-SELECTS-NEXT-EXECUTIVE-DIRECTOR-/Default.aspx
State Senator Parlette headed to Canada (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090618/NEWS04/706189946/1001/NEWS04
Oklahoma Senator Cries Pork Over Washington State's Stimulus Funds (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/48571947.html
North Carolina Safety Violation - Inquiry Into Fatal Slim-Jim Factory Blast (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/us/19brfs-INQUIRYINTOF_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Montana - City Of Bozeman Asks Applicants for Personal Internet Passwords (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2077097~City_asks_applicants_for_Internet_passwords.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Supreme Court Decision Endangers Ruling on L&I Public Records Request and Penalty (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/783721.html
DIVERSIONS
Unveiling the Blinking Phone Dress
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE55H47I20090618?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Man Dressing as Dead Mother Is Latest Twist on Collecting Deceased Relatives’ Benefits
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2009/June/Man-Dresses-as-Dead-Mother-in-Six-Year-Fraud-Scheme.html
Man Surprised By Python on Toilet
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19776863/detail.html
GPS Makers to Use Homer Simpson's Voice
http://www.kirotv.com/technology/19777078/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
John Fred and His Playboy Band – Judy in Disguise (Trippy Fantasia Mash-Up)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JCmKIXF7Fg
Friday, June 19, 2009
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