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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Buried in Long-Term Contract - BPA Edges Closer To Deal That Would Keep Intalco Smelter Operating
- Centralia Coal Plant Target of Air Quality Petition
- Planned Mason County Planned Power Outages Scheduled for Friday and Saturday
- Grant PUD Manager to Get New Contract
- Arrowrock Dam - Power Poles Go Up For Transmission Lines from A New Hydro Plant near Boise
- Alaska – Power Creek Hydroelectric Project Honors Politicians’ Efforts
- Editorial - Without Alternative Plan, U.S. Can't Afford To Abandon Plans for Nevada Nuclear Wastes Dump
- NorthWestern Energy Responds To FERC Orders on Transmission Projects
- Arkansas - Court Tosses Out Permit for 600 MW Coal-Fired Power Plant
- Oops! After Obama Reinstates Salmon Recovery Money, House Dems Divert It
- British Columbia - Chemicals from Storm Drains May Have Killed Salmon
- Chinook, Sturgeon Fishing Picks Up In Lower Columbia
- Now the Puget Sound Orcas Have Been Accounted For
- Nominations Open For New Columbia River Fishery Advisory Board
- Puget Sound Area Ranks High In Cancer Risk from Toxic Air Pollution
- Aberdeen May Ship Water to Mideast
- Kalama lands $108,000 grant for water system repairs
- Retaining Capitol Lake Gets People's Vote
- Interior Secretary to Hold California Drought Meeting
- Walla Walla - New Water Management Program near Launch
- EPA Sees Limited Renewable Energy Growth under Waxman-Markey
- Sears Tower to Be Revamped to Produce Most of Its Own Power
- Moses Lake - REC VP Recounts Green Jobs Summit
- Everett Herald Op/Ed - Tilting At Green Windmills
- Owner of San Jose Company Arrested In Alleged Solar-Energy Scam
- Texas - Largest US Biodiesel Plant Is For Sale
- Canada - Garbage a Burning Issue in Metro Vancouver
- New Kinds of Hydropower Spark Buzz
- The lure of the line - Clothesline users are avid fans of the original dryer
- Home Audit Helps Cut Energy Use
- California Considers Global Warming Fee on Industry
- Democrats Push For Votes on Climate Bill
- Poll Says Opposition to "Cap-And-Trade" Grows In US
- Climate Bill Proponents Agree To Concessions
- Free Allowances to Utilities Are Not Dividends to Consumers
- Federal Climate Bill Gives Billions to Save Trees in Other Nations
- Reining in Global Warming? Not Without a New Approach to Transportation
- Rural Broadband Use Increases, But Still Room for Progress
- Google Shares Some Secrets
- Google Slammed As China, U.S. Quarrel over Internet
- Report: Yahoo Plans Major Rebranding
- Time Warner, Comcast to Start Online Video Trials
- Microsoft Says Vista Buyers to Get Free Windows 7
- Man Rushing To Vet Injures 2 Children In Yelm Crash
- Counterfeit Bills Showing Up On Kitsap Peninsula
- Public Disclosure Laws - Idaho, Without Disclosure, Ranks Last Again; Wash. First
- Some Wondering Why Navy Needs New Wharf at Bangor
- Drivers Sue 19 Cities over Traffic Cameras
- Judge Dismisses Lawsuit over Canadian Lumber Pact Payments
- Farrah Fawcett Dies of Cancer
- Portland Advertising Awards Taunt Other Cities
WORD OF THE DAY
Dilatory • \DILL-uh-toree \ • adjective – 1: tending or intended to cause delay 2: characterized by procrastination: tardy
The dilatory nature of today’s news digest was unavoidable. Happy evening reading everyone….
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
Buried in Long-Term Contract - BPA Edges Closer To Deal That Would Keep Intalco Smelter Operating (The Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/255/story/963088.html
Centralia Coal Plant Target of Air Quality Petition - Coalition asks government to step in regarding pollution from Centralia site (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/891516.html
Planned Mason County Planned Power Outages Scheduled for Friday and Saturday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7629/reftab/1632/t/PLANNED-POWER-OUTAGES-SCHEDULED-FOR-FRIDAY-AND-SATURDAY/Default.aspx
Grant PUD Manager to Get New Contract (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090625/NEWS04/706259942/-1/OP?Grant-PUD-exec-to-get-job-contract
Arrowrock Dam - Power Poles Go Up For Transmission Lines From A New Hydro Plant Near Boise (The Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/813403.html
Alaska – Power Creek Hydroelectric Project Honors Politicians’ Efforts (Cordova Times, AK)
http://www.thecordovatimes.com/news/show/6454
Daily News Editorial - Without Alternative Plan, U.S. Can't Afford To Abandon Plans for Nevada Nuclear Wastes Dump (Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/25/editorial/doc4a42bc551efaf207022143.txt
NorthWestern Energy Responds To FERC Orders on Transmission Projects (Power Online)
http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/NorthWestern-Energy-Responds-To-FERC-Orders-0001?VNETCOOKIE=NO
Arkansas - Court Tosses Out Permit for 600 MW Coal-Fired Power Plant (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=365138&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oops! After Obama Reinstates Salmon Recovery Money, House Dems Divert It (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090624/NEWS03/706249924
British Columbia - Chemicals from Storm Drains May Have Killed Salmon (CBC News, Canada)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/06/24/bc-hyde-creek-chemical-spill-salmon-kill.html
Chinook, Sturgeon Fishing Picks Up In Lower Columbia (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/891582.html
Now the Puget Sound Orcas Have Been Accounted For (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2009/06/24/now-the-puget-sound-orcas-have-been-accounted-for/
Nominations Open For New Columbia River Fishery Advisory Board (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090625/SPORTS04/706259947/-1/SPORTS
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Puget Sound Area Ranks High In Cancer Risk from Toxic Air Pollution, Reports Say “…Diesel is the thing that drives the bulk of this risk…more than 70 percent of the health risk from air pollution is due to diesel fumes…” (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2009381228_pollution25m0.html
Aberdeen May Ship Water to Mideast (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/891890.html
Kalama lands $108,000 grant for water system repairs (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/25//area_news/doc4a430aad263eb990777789.txt
Retaining Capitol Lake Gets People's Vote - Estuary draws few nods in informal survey (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/891503.html
Interior Secretary to Hold California Drought Meeting (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2085470~Interior_Secretary_to_hold_Calif_drought_meeting.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Walla Walla - New Water Management Program near Launch (The Union Bulletin, Walla Walla, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/06/24/local_news/090624local03watermeeting.txt
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
EPA Sees Limited Renewable Energy Growth under Waxman-Markey – Due to conservation and lack of increased price pressures on fossil fuels (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/06/24/epa-sees-limited-renewable-energy-growth-under-waxman-markey/
Sears Tower to Be Revamped to Produce Most of Its Own Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/us/25sears.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Moses Lake - REC VP Recounts Green Jobs Summit (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses, Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/25/news/doc4a42b37f30247807095579.txt
Everett Herald Op/Ed - Tilting At Green Windmills
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090625/OPINION04/706259980/-1/RSS05
Owner of San Jose Company Arrested In Alleged Solar-Energy Scam (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/topstories/ci_12679747
Texas - Largest US Biodiesel Plant Is For Sale (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200906241551DOWJONESDJONLINE000746_FORTUNE5.htm
Canada - Garbage a Burning Issue in Metro Vancouver (CBC News)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/06/23/bc-garbage-burning-gvrd.html?ref=rss
New Kinds of Hydropower Spark Buzz - wave, tidal stream, ocean current, ocean thermal and river hydrokinetic resources (Energy Pulse)
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=2079
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
The lure of the line - Clothesline users are avid fans of the original dryer (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090625/NEIGHBORS/706259968/1001/NEWS04
Home Audit Helps Cut Energy Use - Start small; budget for bigger changes (Detroit Free Press, MI)
http://www.freep.com/article/20090625/FEATURES01/906250419
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California Considers Global Warming Fee on Industry (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2086582~California_weighs_global_warming_fee_on_industry.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Democrats Push For Votes on Climate Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h5iS14YOIUrpdmPuNylwKcVpSnmAD991PS700
Poll Says Opposition to "Cap-And-Trade" Grows In US (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55O2BS20090625
Climate Bill Proponents Agree To Concessions (Associated Press)
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/congress/49009786.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUZ
Free Allowances to Utilities Are Not Dividends to Consumers (Huffington Post)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-sandler/free-allowances-to-utilit_b_219872.html
Federal Climate Bill Gives Billions to Save Trees in Other Nations (Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/25/climate-bill-gives-billions-to-foreign-foliage/
Reining in Global Warming? Not Without a New Approach to Transportation (Huffington Post)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-earl-blumenauer/reining-in-global-warming_b_220404.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Rural Broadband Use Increases, But Still Room for Progress (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5295-rural-broadband-use-increases-still-room-progress/
Google Shares Some Secrets (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12679900
Google Slammed As China, U.S. Quarrel over Internet (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE55O0EO20090625?feedType=nl&feedName=ustopnewsearly
Report: Yahoo Plans Major Rebranding (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/06/22/daily68.html?ana=from_rss
Time Warner, Comcast to Start Online Video Trials (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090624/BIZ/706249652/-1/RSS03
Microsoft Says Vista Buyers to Get Free Windows 7 (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090625/BIZ/706259820/-1/RSS03
GENERAL NEWS
Man Rushing To Vet Injures 2 Children In Yelm Crash (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19848671/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_1_09000106252009&ts=H
Counterfeit Bills Showing Up On Kitsap Peninsula (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19851044/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_1_09000106252009&ts=H
Public Disclosure Laws - Idaho, Without Disclosure, Ranks Last Again; Wash. First (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/25/idaho-still-without-disclosure-ranks-last-again-wa/
Some Wondering Why Navy Needs New Wharf at Bangor (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/24/some-wondering-why-navy-needs-new-wharf-at/?partner=RSS
Drivers Sue 19 Cities over Traffic Cameras (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/789486.html
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit over Canadian Lumber Pact Payments (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/891206.html
Farrah Fawcett Dies of Cancer (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/19857734/detail.html
Portland Advertising Awards Taunt Other Cities (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/06/portland_advertising_awards_ta.html
DIVERSIONS
Marmot Causes Restaurant Ruckus in Prosser
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/24/marmot-causes-restaurant-ruckus-prosser/
Saudi Arabian Dog Makes Its Way to California
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/23/AR2009062303619.html
Woman Chasing Raccoon with Fireworks Sets Off Brush Fire
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19850141/detail.html
851 George Formby ‘Sound-Alikes’ Smash Ukulele World Record – The Horror…The Horror!
http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED23%20Jun%202009%2015%3A09%3A30%3A030
SONG OF THE DAY
Rocky Raccoon – Beatles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nucSvl7VXVM
Thursday, June 25, 2009
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