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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Hanford Nuclear Plant Back On Line
- PUD 3 Customers - June 26 Planned Power Outage for Twanoh Falls and Creekside Drive
- PUD 3 Customers – June 27 Planned Power Outage for Lake Cushman area
- Avista Seeks Oregon Rate Increase
- Meter Reader's Pepper Spray Raises Objection from Dog Owner
- Judge Says Names of Gay Seattle Public Utilities Workers Don’t Have to Be Released
- BPA Invites Public to Provide Feedback on Proposed Transmission Line
- Chu: U.S. To Spend Nearly $4 Billion on Smart Grid
- Two Utilities Are Leaving Clean Coal Initiative
- Washington Post Editorial - A Greener Look for Coal
- Tennessee: Report Cites Several Factors in Ash Spill
- Enviros Sue FEMA Over Lack of Oregon Salmon Protection
- Non-Tribal Commercial Trollers:Coho Numbers off The Charts
- Trout Group Seeks Study of Spokane Park
- Surprise: Fish in Acidic Waters Grow Bigger Ears
- Shelton: Sewer Project's Final Phase to Begin Today
- Concerns over Economy Affect Environmental Agenda
- Ship of Plastic Bottles to Send Eco-Message
- Power Lurks In Oregon Forests
- Northwest Communities Push Back Against Wind Power
- Astorian Editorial - Wind and Wave Energy Need a Push
- Northern Wasco PUD - A Recipe for Clean, Green Hydrogen Power
- Report: Efficiency and Renewables Can Save US $200B Annually
- The Renewable-Energy Scam
- Imperium Sells Seattle Biodiesel Plant
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - Washington Should Scrap Biofuels Mandate
- Burns Paiute Tribe First to Go To All Green Light Bulbs
- Microsoft’s Hohm Hopes to Overpower Google’s PowerMeter
- Tokyo Is Burning - Japan saves energy by keeping office buildings at 82 degrees
- Wide-Ranging Energy Measure Ready for Floor Vote
- Rep. Jim Mcdermott Says He Supports Cap-And-Trade Legislation
- FACTBOX: Climate Change Bill Pending In House
- Major Provisions of House Climate and Energy Bill
- For the Farm Lobby, Too Much Is Never Enough
- NY Times Editorial - The House and Global Warming
- Washington Post Editorial - Waxman-Markey
- Hello to Carbon Trading - but With Smog?
- Wal-Mart's Big Problem: Climate Change
- Tree Owners Could Reap Climate Bill Windfall
- Moses Lake - Titan Building Continues Data Center Construction
- Senate Confirms 2 for FCC Commission
- Yahoo CEO: Stop Comparing Us to Google
- FCC Approves Centurytel-Embarq Deal
- Who Moved My 'Delete' Key? Lenovo Did. Here's Why
- Social Media Will Not Get Me to Eat Your Gross Pizza
- Shock and Grief Over Jackson’s Death
- Allyn Area Group Wants To Withdraw From Mason Hospital District 1
- More Than 20,000 Pot Plants Found Near South Bend
- A Cautionary Tale for Bellingham – San Francisco: Sanctuary Has Its Limits
WORD OF THE DAY
Beamish • \BEEM-ish\ • Adjective – Beaming and bright with optimism, promise, or achievement
Roberto’s speech droned on. He desperately tried to engage individual members of his entranced audience to respond to his treatise on the affects of granular sand in underwear. Unfortunately, his presentation didn’t register with anyone in the assembly, except for the beamish countenance of his lovely wife Sally, who would have been enthralled with any presentation uttered by Roberto, including his recitation of debit slip totals while balancing the checkbook.
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
Hanford nuclear plant back on line - The only nuclear power plant in the Northwest is generating electricity again (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009384230_apwanuclearplant.html
PUD 3 Customers - June 26 Planned Power Outage for Twanoh Falls and Creekside Drive (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=564
PUD 3 Customers – June 27 Planned Power Outage for Lake Cushman area to Accommodate BPA Substation Repairs (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=563
Avista Seeks Oregon Rate Increase (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/06/22/daily62.html?ana=from_rss
Meter Reader's Pepper Spray Raises Objection from Dog Owner (The Daily News, Longview, WA - “MY dog would NEVER bite someone…”)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/05/29/top_story/doc4a1f3fcf3b5d9836636934.txt
Judge Says Names of Gay Seattle Public Utilities Workers Don’t Have to Be Released, For Now - Requester now claims 'secret gay organization' harassing him (Seattle Times)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/407611_pdr25.html?source=rss
News Release - BPA Invites Public to Provide Feedback on Proposed Goldendale/Dalles Transmission Line: 500-kilovolt line would help integrate wind and reinforce BPA high-voltage network (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/284767/
Chu: U.S. To Spend Nearly $4 Billion on Smart Grid (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=365240&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Two Utilities Are Leaving Clean Coal Initiative (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/business/energy-environment/26coal.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Washington Post Editorial - A Greener Look for Coal: The Waxman-Markey energy bill reflects a commitment to lower costs for cleaner coal, but will it work?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/24/AR2009062403266.html
Tennessee: Report Cites Several Factors in Ash Spill (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/us/26brfs-REPORTCITESS_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Enviros Sue FEMA Over Lack of Oregon Salmon Protection (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/49151692.html
Non-Tribal Commercial Trollers Report Coho Numbers off The Charts in the Ocean (Seattle Times)
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/reeltimenorthwest/2009/06/25/non-tribal_commercial_trollers.html
Trout Group Seeks Study of Spokane Park - The Spokane chapter of Trout Unlimited wants more studies of a proposal to build a whitewater park on the Spokane River. (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009384429_apwawhitewaterpark.html?syndication=rss
Surprise: Fish in Acidic Waters Grow Bigger Ears (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009383693_apusscisizematters.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Shelton: Sewer Project's Final Phase to Begin Today (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/892775.html
Concerns over Economy Affect Environmental Agenda (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5306-concerns-over-economy-affect-environmental-agenda/
Ship of Plastic Bottles to Send Eco-Message (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009383928_apusbottleship.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Power Lurks In Oregon Forests (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/power_lurks_in_oregon_forests.html
Northwest Communities Push Back Against Wind Power (Oregon Public Broadcast)
http://news.opb.org/article/5305-northwest-communities-push-back-against-wind-power/
Astorian Editorial - Wind and Wave Energy Need a Push - It’s hard to compete with cheap, government subsidized hydropower (Hydropower is NOT subsidized…it is an AT COST resource. Conversely, sanctioned renewables are HEAVILY subsidized)
http://www.dailyastorian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=23&ArticleID=62030
Northern Wasco PUD - A Recipe for Clean, Green Hydrogen Power: New ideas, old technology may offer the key to storing renewable energy (The Dalles Chronicle)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/06/news06-25-09-01.shtml
Report: Efficiency and Renewables Can Save US $200B Annually (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnEnergy/idUS61806988520090623
The Renewable-Energy Scam - New legislation would force Americans to buy costlier electricity (National Review Online)
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZmE1YWE2MmYzNDBjMjMzYjQ3MWQ2YTdiNjQ0OTdlN2Q=
Imperium Sells Seattle Biodiesel Plant (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/06/22/daily59.html?ana=from_rss
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Washington Should Scrap Biofuels Mandate
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009385013_guest26badgley.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Burns Paiute Tribe First to Go To All Green Light Bulbs (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5307-burns-paiute-tribe-first-go-all-green-lightbulbs/
Microsoft’s Hohm Hopes to Overpower Google’s PowerMeter (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/idgGreenComputing/idUS352592697020090625
Tokyo Is Burning - Japan saves energy by keeping office buildings at 82 degrees. Is this foresighted or perverse?
http://www.slate.com/id/2221405/?from=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Wide-Ranging Energy Measure Ready for Floor Vote (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h5iS14YOIUrpdmPuNylwKcVpSnmAD992C7000
Rep. Jim McDermott Says He Supports Cap-And-Trade Legislation (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2009384092_rep_jim_mcdermott_says_he_supp.html
FACTBOX: Climate Change Bill Pending In House (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55P16S20090626
Major Provisions of House Climate and Energy Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iN9H53G7uL7botwummDxHZg78xnAD991R4MG0
For the Farm Lobby, Too Much Is Never Enough (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062504133.html
NY Times Editorial - The House and Global Warming
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/opinion/26fri1.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Washington Post Editorial - Waxman-Markey: Action on climate change is overdue. But is this the best we can hope for?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062503469.html?nav=rss_opinions
Hello to Carbon Trading - but With Smog? (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124597170994956985.html
Wal-Mart's Big Problem: Climate Change (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmEnergy/idUS105378824820090624
Tree Owners Could Reap Climate Bill Windfall - For years, landowners have gotten paid for not farming. Now they may get paid for not cutting down trees. (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009384526_apusclimatebillbreaks.html?syndication=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Moses Lake - Titan Building Continues Data Center Construction (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/25/news/doc4a440d492c74c136246532.txt
Senate Confirms 2 for FCC Commission (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/25/financial/f174109D02.DTL&feed=rss.business
Yahoo CEO: Stop Comparing Us to Google (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12688924
FCC Approves Centurytel-Embarq Deal (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/25/financial/f121407D50.DTL&feed=rss.business
Who Moved My 'Delete' Key? Lenovo Did. Here's Why (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12689064
Social Media Will Not Get Me to Eat Your Gross Pizza (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10273118-36.html?tag=nl.e703
GENERAL NEWS
Shock and Grief over Jackson’s Death (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/world/27jacksonreax.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Allyn Area Group Wants To Withdraw From Mason Hospital District 1 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7633/reftab/1632/t/ALLYN-AREA-GROUP-WANTS-TO-WITHDRAW-FROM-MGH/Default.aspx
More Than 20,000 Pot Plants Found Near South Bend (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10601159
A Cautionary Tale for Bellingham - Sanctuary Has Its Limits: The well-intentioned notion of offering sanctuary for undocumented immigrants has its limits, the city has learned the hard way.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/26/ED8U18DRFM.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
DIVERSIONS
Man Who Shot Another in Civil War Re-enactment Pleads Guilty
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/nyregion/26reenact.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Fines Paid For Ohioans Ticketed In Own Driveways
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19858317/detail.html
'High' Wallabies Blamed For Crop Circles - Marsupials Eating Opium Poppies
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19853754/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
This is how I want to remember his face….
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvc9XBTfu6g&feature=related
This is how I want to remember his music…
Michael Jackson - Thriller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xs9OQHpwDE
Friday, June 26, 2009
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