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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Jefferson PUD, Puget Sound Energy to Begin Formal Discussions on Electricity Transfer
- Grays Harbor PUD - Distribution of Refunds from BPA Overpayment Depended On Timing
- Ephrata Delays Grant PUD Transmission Line Opinion
- Planned Power Outage for North Shore Road to Accommodate County Road Repairs
- Linemen Compete In Fifth-Annual Rodeo
- Lab Testing Itron Meters’ Security
- Op/Ed - Efficiency, Renewable Energy Better Bets Than Gambling Anew On Nuclear Power
- Editorial - Pedernales Electric Cooperative: Many enablers led to indictments in scandal
- Michigan Customers, Utilities Feel Heat As Unpaid Bills Mount
- Op/Ed - Electricity Choices Benefit Consumers
- Editorial - Public Power Too Risky For Larkspur (Novato, CA)
- Editorial - A New TVA Energy Strategy
- Under House Energy Bill, Coal Won't Be Going Away
- Has the salmon debate changed?
- Summer Salmon Fishing Should Be Great
- Hood Canal Summer Chum Recovering, but Still Face Some Challenges
- Gulf of Alaska's Salmon Become Scarce As Ocean Currents Shift
- NOAA Issues Recovery Plan for Lake Ozette Fish
- Obama Climate Change Report Discusses Pacific Salmon
- Omak Creek - Tribes Welcome Back First Salmon
- Future Up In Air for Olympia Bat Colony
- Many Green-Friendly Bills Don't Make the Cut in Oregon
- Op/Ed - Protecting Oregon's Water (I’m lookin’ at you Nestle!)
- Hanford Workers Clean Up Chemical-Filled Pipeline near Columbia River
- County, Chelan/Grant PUDs Studying Slime in Lake Wenatchee
- Sustainable Is Now the Word in Klamath County
- Colorado’s Yampa River Runs with Possibility and Protest
- Rekindling Wood Energy in America
- Oregon’s Loggers See Potential in Waste Wood
- The Switch: Could Oregon’s Trees Make Us Energy Exporter?
- Editorial - Slow Down the Rush of Siting Wind Turbines in Our Blue Mountains
- Many Roadblocks to Getting Wind Energy Going On Great Lakes
- Wind Power Blocked By 'Glass Ceiling'
- Small Wind Turbines See Gust in Sales, Thanks In Part to Tax Credits
- Hawaii Paying Nearly Twice Market Rate For Solar Power
- Washington State Has Steady Growth in Clean Energy Jobs
- Port Orchard Sewage Plant's Gas Helps It Move Away From the Grid
- Op/Ed - Washington State Must Not Delay Biodiesel Goals
- Drawn by the Glow of Greener Streets
- GE Water Heater Cuts Energy Use in Half
- Fight over Greenhouse Gases Comes to Montana
- Critics Fault Climate-Change Legislation
- Climate Change Bill's Effect on Midwest Debated
- “Burpless” Cows Attribute Success to Omega 3 Rich Diet
- 'Synthetic Tree' Claims To Catch Carbon in the Air
- Boxlight: A Poulsbo Parable of Boom, Bust ... and Bounceback?
- Editorial - A Broadband Vision for the Federal Communications Commission
- The Metered Billing Fight Is About To Get Ugly
- Better Connections: Phone Co-Op Brings Tech to Homes
- Port Angeles - Human Remains Found At Elwha Dam Removal Site
- Tribe Settles Lawsuits over Port Angeles Burial Site
- Navy Holding Hearings on New Hood Canal Bangor Wharf
- Columnist - Don't Try To Intimidate People Who Sign Initiative Petitions
- Washington State Lawmakers' Expenses Tallied
- Mammoth Report Faults Seattle Street-Division Managers
WORD OF THE DAY
Oologist • \oh-ALL-uh-just\ • noun – 1: a person specializing in the study of birds' eggs 2: a collector of birds' eggs
On the farm, we were all amateur oologists, sneaking from nest to nest to gather the still-warm eggs from gently clucking hens.
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
Jefferson PUD, Puget Sound Energy to Begin Formal Discussions on Electricity Transfer (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090621/news/306219990
Grays Harbor PUD - Distribution of Refunds from BPA Overpayment Depended On Timing (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/06/21/local_news/doc4a3dcd1ca0c3e628124286.txt
Ephrata Delays Grant PUD Transmission Line Opinion (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/19/news/doc4a3c0493667c8074394881.txt
Planned Power Outage for North Shore Road to Accommodate County Road Repairs (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7579/reftab/1632/t/PLANNED-POWER-OUTAGE-FOR-NORTH-SHORE-ROAD-TO-ACCOMMODATE-COUNTY-ROAD-REPAIRS/Default.aspx
Linemen Compete In Fifth-Annual Rodeo (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090622/NEWS04/706229966/-1/PRINTINDEX?Linemen-compete-in-fifth-annual-rodeo
Lab Testing Itron Meters’ Security - Goal is to protect U.S. power grid from attack (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/20/lab-testing-itron-meters-security/
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Efficiency, Renewable Energy Better Bets Than Gambling Anew On Nuclear Power
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009360789_guest20patton.html
Austin American-Statesman Editorial - Pedernales Electric Cooperative: Many enablers led to indictments in scandal (Texas)
http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/2009/06/20/0620pec_edit.html
Michigan Customers, Utilities Feel Heat As Unpaid Bills Mount (Detroit Free Press, MI)
http://www.freep.com/article/20090622/NEWS06/906220353/Customers++utilities+feel+heat+as+unpaid+bills+mount
Baltimore Sun Op/Ed - Electricity Choices Benefit Consumers
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.energy22jun22,0,5970948.story
Marin Independent Journal - Public Power Too Risky For Larkspur (Novato, CA)
http://www.marinij.com/opinion/ci_12662492
Chattanooga Times Free Press Editorial - A New TVA Energy Strategy
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/jun/21/6-21-t1-a-new-tva-energy-strategy/?opiniontimes
Under House Energy Bill, Coal Won't Be Going Away (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-coal22-2009jun22,0,6722721.story
FISH & WILDLIFE
Has the salmon debate changed? Breaching dams seems no more likely under a new administration. But the fervor for keeping them has died down, too, and that opens the door for discussion (The Idaho Statesman, Boise – Um, Rocky, your headline is belied by your editorial content: “…two-thirds of voters oppose breaching the dams…”)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/809447.html
Summer Salmon Fishing Should Be Great (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009363985_outn21.html
Hood Canal Summer Chum Recovering, but Still Face Some Challenges (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/20/hood-canal-summer-chum-recovering-but-still-face/
Gulf of Alaska's Salmon Become Scarce As Ocean Currents Shift (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://www.adn.com/outdoors/fishing/story/838015.html
NOAA Issues Recovery Plan for Lake Ozette Fish (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090622/news/306229987
Obama Climate Change Report Discusses Pacific Salmon (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/obama_climate_change_report_di.html
Omak Creek - Tribes Welcome Back First Salmon (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090620/NEWS04/706209954
Future Up In Air For Olympia Bat Colony - Restoration plan might jeopardize roost of thousands (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/888267.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Many Green-Friendly Bills Don't Make the Cut in Oregon (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/many_greenfriendly_bills_dont.html
Oregonian Op/Ed - Protecting Oregon's Water (I’m lookin’ at you Nestle!)
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/06/protecting_oregons_water.html
Hanford Workers Clean Up Chemical-Filled Pipeline near Columbia River (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/786243.html
County, Chelan/Grant PUDs Studying Slime in Lake Wenatchee (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090619/NEWS04/706199950/1001/NEWS04
Sustainable Is Now the Word in Klamath County (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/06/klamath_falls_theres_no.html
Colorado’s Yampa River Runs with Possibility and Protest (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105334111&ft=1&f=3
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Rekindling Wood Energy in America - If not properly crafted, new renewable electricity policies will waste biomass energy (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/rekindling-wood-energy-in-america?cmpid=rss
Oregon’s Loggers See Potential in Waste Wood - Jobs, energy may be created from slash piles (Associated Press)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/785507.html
The Switch: Could Oregon’s Trees Make Us Energy Exporter? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5268-switch-could-oregons-trees-make-us-energy-exporter/
East Oregonian Editorial - Slow Down the Rush of Siting Wind Turbines in Our Blue Mountains
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=14&SubSectionID=50&ArticleID=94268
Many Roadblocks to Getting Wind Energy Going On Great Lakes (The Muskegon Chronicle, MI)
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2009/06/many_roadblocks_to_getting_win.html
Wind Power Blocked By 'Glass Ceiling' - Aging transmission system mutes vast potential in S.D. (Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, SD)
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20090622/NEWS/906220329/1001
Small Wind Turbines See Gust in Sales, Thanks In Part to Tax Credits (Finance & Commerce)
http://www.finance-commerce.com/article.cfm/2009/06/20/Small-wind-turbines-see-gust-in-sales-thanks-in-part-to-tax-credits
Hawaii Paying Nearly Twice Market Rate For Solar Power - Officials locked in price that's twice as much as current consumer rate (Honolulu Advertiser, HI)
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090621/NEWS01/906210372/Hawaii+paying+nearly+twice+market+rate+for+solar+power+
Washington State Has Steady Growth in Clean Energy Jobs (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10565902
Port Orchard Sewage Plant's Gas Helps It Move Away From the Grid (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/19/sewage-plants-gas-helps-it-move-away-from-the/?partner=RSS
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Washington State Must Not Delay Biodiesel Goals
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009367152_guest22plaza.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Drawn by the Glow of Greener Streets - Despite Costs, Md. Town Seeks LED Street Lamps (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/21/AR2009062101945.html
GE Water Heater Cuts Energy Use in Half (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnGreenGadgets/idUS343668364920090622
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Fight over Greenhouse Gases Comes to Montana (Billings Gazette, MT – A hot air balloon, how ironic)
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/06/20/news/local/18-greenhouse.txt
Critics Fault Climate-Change Legislation (Hearst Newspapers)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/21/MNCE18AEOP.DTL&feed=rss.news
Climate Change Bill's Effect on Midwest Debated - Some see states suffering; others see economic benefit (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, WI)
http://www.jsonline.com/business/48736377.html
“Burpless” Cows Attribute Success to Omega 3 Rich Diet (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-11634-Hartford-Vegetarian-Examiner~y2009m6d22-Burpless-cows-attribute-success-to-Omega-3-rich-diet
'Synthetic Tree' Claims To Catch Carbon in the Air “…Half of your emissions come from small, distributed sources where collection at the site is either impossible or impractical…” (CNN Technology)
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/06/22/synthetic.tree.climate.change.ccs/index.html#cnnSTCText
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Boxlight: A Poulsbo Parable of Boom, Bust ... and Bounceback? (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/20/new-boxlight-comes-from-the-unwinding-of-the-old/?partner=RSS
Seattle Times Editorial - A Broadband Vision for the Federal Communications Commission
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorials/2009367150_edit22feds.html?syndication=rss
The Metered Billing Fight Is About To Get Ugly - Think tanks, astroturfers and policy flaks fire up unreality engines (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-Metered-Billing-Fight-Is-About-To-Get-Ugly-103043
Better Connections: Phone Co-Op Brings Tech to Homes (San Antonio Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2009/06/22/focus3.html?ana=from_rss
GENERAL NEWS
Port Angeles - Human Remains Found At Elwha Dam Removal Site (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/4860
Tribe Settles Lawsuits over Port Angeles Burial Site (Indian Country Today)
http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1665&Itemid=72
Navy Holding Hearings on New Hood Canal Bangor Wharf (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10571964
Seattle Times Columnist - Don't Try To Intimidate People Who Sign Initiative Petitions
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009360799_ryan21.html
Washington State Lawmakers' Expenses Tallied (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/887643.html
Mammoth Report Faults Seattle Street-Division Managers (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009362606_cityreport20m.html
DIVERSIONS
Ah, a Relaxing Cruise: Women Assault Cops in Melee On Cruise Ship
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/48732602.html
Indiana Lawyer Found Asleep In Neighbor’s Trash Can
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19801669/detail.html
Dutch Muggers Caught On Google Street View Camera
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE55I38C20090619?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
SONG OF THE DAY
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrBDivsSe3k
Monday, June 22, 2009
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