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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Editorial - Intalco Plant Continues to Be worth Supporting
- Hearing Set on BPA Transmission Lines
- Grant PUD Explains Power Line Options in Quincy
- Op/Ed - The Dirty War against Clean Coal
- Top 10 Green US Cities – Portland No. 1, Eugene No. 5, Seattle No. 8
- Op/Ed – Columbia River Basin Tribes Take Issue with Hatchery Fish Study
- Lower Elwha Hatchery Construction to Begin in the Fall
- Salmon-Recovery Fund Isn’t Quite Extinct Yet
- Murray Trying To Save Salmon Funds
- Waters Buzz with Salmon
- Oregon - Plans Afoot To Truck Salmon to Upper McKenzie River
- Army Corp of Engineers Trying to Save Salmon
- Feds Decline to Delist Klamath Sucker Fish, Again
- California – US Senator Sides with Oyster Farmer Over Park Service
- Sage Grouse Endangered Decision Delayed ‘Til 2010
- Concerns Voiced Over Proposed Chehalis River Basin Dams
- Seepage Found At Dam Upstream From Walla Walla
- Dams Are Thwarting Louisiana Marsh Restoration, Study Says
- It’s Now Legal to Catch a Raindrop in Colorado
- Hope Wanes For Olympia Brewery
- Beetles Add New Dynamic to Forest Fire Control Efforts
- Oregon State Legislature Votes to Roll Back Tax Subsidy for Wind Projects
- Oregon’s Renewable-Energy Standard in Flux?
- How Utilities Integrate Wind Energy – Build MORE Wind!
- Idaho Statesman Op/Ed - Don’t Go Off Course in Developing Wind Energy
- Montana – Flathead County Garbage to Power Up To 900 Homes
- Oregon - Fireplace Logs from Biomass Proposed
- A Funding Roadblock Ahead for Clean Energy
- California Solar Industry Fears Hitting State Credit Cap
- Editorial - Solar Incentives: Spinning the meter backward
- What Does Big Solar Want? What Doesn’t It Want?
- Kentucky - A Renewed Source of Renewable Energ
- Maine - Wind Project May Knock Island Electric Rates Down
- Algae Farm Aims to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Fuel
- Connecticut Man Modifies Pickup to Run On Wood, Waste
- Montana Aims For More Energy-Efficient Houses
- California Homeowners Could Save More on Energy-Saving Upgrades
- The Green Building Guide to Waxman-Markey
- Project Porch Light to Distribute One Million Energy-Saving Bulbs
- Inslee’s Cap-and-Trade Bill Cruises through House
- Inslee, Reichert Play Key Roles in Energy Bill
- Wood-Waste Provision Drew Baird’s Climate Change Vote
- Winners And Losers Emerge In Climate Bill
- Climate Change Activists Dismayed by Some of Bill’s Provisions
- Climate Change Bill May Be Election Issue
- Obama Urges Senators to Back Cap and Trade Bill
- Internet Service Providers Not Keeping Up With Upload Trends
- Size Limits Increased for YouTube, Gmail
- Study: Bing Has Better Design, But People Sticking To Google
- Google Makes a Case That It Isn’t So Big
- China’s Required PC Filter Green Dam a Big Risk for Companies
- Microsoft Kills MSN Web Messenger
- Telcos Target Rural Phone Fee
- The Broadband Stimulus Gets, Uh, Less Patriotic?
- Editorial - New FCC Chairman Genachowski Will Put Citizens before Big Media
- Internet Naming Agency Selects New Leader
- Search Intensifies For Missing McCleary Girl
- US Supreme Court Won’t Get Involved In Washington State Bible Club
- Weather to Blame for Statewide Mosquito Boom
- Wash. Visitor Info Center Closes To Save Money
- Lt. Gov. Owen Travels to China
- Centennial Agreement - 1989 pact keeps state and tribes talking
- The Bite of Bank Fees
- Slowdown in Once-Booming Organics Troubles Farmers
- Wenatchee still clings to title as Apple capital
- Billy Mays, Enthusiastic TV Pitchman, Dies at 50
WORD OF THE DAY
Bruit • \BROOT\ • noun – 1: noise, din 2: report, rumor
The bruit surrounding the departure of the CEO of “Hai Karate” bubbled down the cubicle rows like a surging tide, its progression marked by the increasing noise of whispering, guttural gossip as it moved towards the end of the business floor. Seems the “fearless leader” had shunned the distinctive fragrance at a recent board meeting…replacing its mandated use (mysteriously for men AND women) with the “great smell of Brut.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAnU9zT87j4
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
Bellingham Herald Editorial - Intalco Plant Continues to Be worth Supporting (If consummated, public power customers will be expecting a HUGE thank you note from Bellingham and Columbia Falls residents…)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/615/story/964899.html
Hearing Set on BPA Transmission Lines - The Dalles, Goldendale are sites (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/06/news06-26-09-02.shtml
Grant PUD Explains Power Line Options in Quincy - Collecting responses to options (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/26/news/doc4a4545375dbec035489372.txt
NY Times Op/Ed - The Dirty War against Clean Coal
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/opinion/29easterbrook.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Top 10 Green US Cities – Portland No. 1, Eugene No. 5, Seattle No. 8 (Miami Herald, FL)
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1118999.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbian Op/Ed – Columbia River Basin Tribes Take Issue with Hatchery Fish Study
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090628/OPINION03/706289992/-1/OPINION
Lower Elwha Hatchery Construction to Begin in the Fall (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090629/news/306299992
Salmon-Recovery Fund Isn’t Quite Extinct Yet - Senate version may fall in reconciliation (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090628/NEWS02/706289965/
Murray Trying To Save Salmon Funds - Millions of dollars deleted this week from the Pacific Salmon Recovery Fund for 2010 may be restored in the U.S. Senate (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090626/NEWS04/706269881/1025/rss1025
Waters Buzz with Salmon (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/28/waters-buzz-with-salmon/
Oregon - Plans Afoot To Truck Salmon to Upper McKenzie River (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/plans_afoot_to_truck_salmon_to.html
Army Corp of Engineers Trying to Save Salmon (KBND Radio, Bend, OR)
http://www.yournews.com/copyroom/postmynews.asp?empid=0&zipcode=67207&STORY_id=89143§ions_id=381§ions_CHILD_id=439&FULLNAME
Feds Decline to Delist Klamath Sucker Fish, Again (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/893382.html
California – US Senator Sides with Oyster Farmer Over Park Service (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/26/financial/f111308D75.DTL&feed=rss.business
Sage Grouse Endangered Decision Delayed ‘Til 2010 – Listing could impact increasing number of wind power turbines (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009390103_apmtsagegrouse2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Concerns Voiced Over Proposed Chehalis River Basin Dams (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/06/27/news//doc4a450833bb69e957321144.txt
Seepage Found At Dam Upstream From Walla Walla (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009388943_apwaleakingdam.html?syndication=rss
Dams Are Thwarting Louisiana Marsh Restoration, Study Says (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/science/earth/29mississippi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
It’s Now Legal to Catch a Raindrop in Colorado (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/us/29rain.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Hope Wanes For Olympia Brewery - Olympia, Lacey, and Tumwater want brewery’s water rights for new homes (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/894721.html
Beetles Add New Dynamic to Forest Fire Control Efforts (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/us/28wildfires.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon State Legislature Votes to Roll Back Tax Subsidy for Wind Projects (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/legislature_votes_to_roll_back.html
Oregon’s Renewable-Energy Standard in Flux? (The Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/06/oregons_renewableenergy_standa.html
How Utilities Integrate Wind Energy – Build MORE Wind! (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/how-utilities-integrate-wind-energy?cmpid=rss
Idaho Statesman Op/Ed - Don’t Go Off Course in Developing Wind Energy “…The fact that there are no incentives to build these new gas plants (or spinning reserves of any kind) is a big hole in the current thinking…”
http://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/story/816711.html
Montana – Flathead County Garbage to Power Up To 900 Homes (The Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/06/27/news/local/news04.txt
Oregon - Fireplace Logs from Biomass Proposed (Associated Press)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090629/BIZ/906290304/-1/rss05
A Funding Roadblock Ahead for Clean Energy (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/business/energy-environment/29iht-green29.html?ref=global
California Solar Industry Fears Hitting State Credit Cap - Push to raise cap to avoid shut down (San Francisco Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/06/29/story10.html?ana=from_rss
SF Chronicle Editorial - Solar Incentives: Spinning the meter backward
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/28/EDNL18E55A.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
What Does Big Solar Want? What Doesn’t It Want? (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmCarbonEmissions/idUS409857413520090626
Kentucky - A Renewed Source of Renewable Energy (Lexington Herald-Leader, KY - Hydropower as renewable? Imagine that…)
http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/845634.html
Maine - Wind Project May Knock Island Electric Rates Down: Advocates hope Maine's first island wind turbines on Vinalhaven also blow public opinion their way (Portland Press-Herald, ME)
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=264944
Algae Farm Aims to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Fuel (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/business/energy-environment/29biofuel.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Connecticut Man Modifies Pickup to Run On Wood, Waste (Associated Press)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/792675.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Montana Aims For More Energy-Efficient Houses (Montana News Stations)
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=10604054
California Homeowners Could Save More on Energy-Saving Upgrades (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/1983291.html?mi_rss=Our%2520Region
The Green Building Guide to Waxman-Markey (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmBuildings/idUS216473327920090626
New Jersey - Project Porch Light to Distribute One Million Energy-Saving Bulbs (Alternative Press)
http://www.thealternativepress.com/article.asp?news=4493
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Inslee’s Cap-and-Trade Bill Cruises through House (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/26/inslees-cap-and-trade-bill-cruises-through-house/?partner=RSS
Inslee, Reichert Play Key Roles in Energy Bill (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/172435.asp?source=pimail
Wood-Waste Provision Drew Baird’s Climate Change Vote - But Vancouver Legislator Had Urged Delay to Study Bill (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090627/NEWS02/706279962/
Winners And Losers Emerge In Climate Bill - In addition to raising energy prices, the climate legislation that’s winding through Congress would create a parallel financial system with a carbon-based currency (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009391795_apusclimatebillwinnerslosers.html?syndication=rss
Climate Change Activists Dismayed by Some of Bill’s Provisions (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062603076.html?wprss=rss_politics
Climate Change Bill May Be Election Issue (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/us/politics/28cong.html?hp
Obama Urges Senators to Back Cap and Trade Bill (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/06/27/obama_urges_senators_to_back_c.html?hpid=sec-politics
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Internet Service Providers Not Keeping Up With Upload Trends (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12689652
Size Limits Increased for YouTube, Gmail (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/06/29/daily2.html?ana=from_rss
Study: Bing Has Better Design, But People Sticking To Google (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/172431.asp?source=pimail
Google Makes a Case That It Isn’t So Big (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/technology/companies/29google.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
China’s Required PC Filter Green Dam a Big Risk for Companies (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009390570_chinasoftware27.html
Microsoft Kills MSN Web Messenger (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/172438.asp?source=pimail
Telcos Target Rural Phone Fee - AT&T says Universal Service Fund fee needs revamp to bring it into Internet age (Dallas Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2009/06/29/story7.html?ana=from_rss
The Broadband Stimulus Gets, Uh, Less Patriotic? NTIA realizes ‘buy American’ wasn’t realistic goal (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-Broadband-Stimulus-Gets-Uh-Less-Patriotic-103163
Seattle Times Editorial - New FCC Chairman Genachowski Will Put Citizens before Big Media
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009389484_ryan28.html
Internet Naming Agency Selects New Leader (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090628/BIZ/706289942/-1/RSS03
GENERAL NEWS
Search Intensifies For Missing McCleary Girl (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062909WAB-Mccleary-girl-missing-LJ.1a971644.html?rss?npc
US Supreme Court Won’t Get Involved In Washington State Bible Club Question (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/29/national/w072210D28.DTL&feed=rss.business
Weather to Blame for Statewide Mosquito Boom (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062609WAB-mosquitoes-boom-KS.d774cac.html?rss
Wash. Visitor Info Center Closes To Save Money (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/49386862.html
Lt. Gov. Owen Travels To China - Privately paid trip takes state official overseas to promote business, strengthen relationships (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/895556.html
Centennial Agreement - 1989 pact keeps state and tribes talking (Everett Herald, WA – Denny Hurtado from Skokomish Tribe is featured)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090628/NEWS01/706289848/-1/RSS02
The Bite of Bank Fees - Banks To "Earn" $38.5 Billion from Overdrafts This Year (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062604974.html?wprss=rss_business
Slowdown in Once-Booming Organics Troubles Farmers “…many consumers are no longer willing to pay the price in a recession…” (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/06/slowdown_in_oncebooming_organi.html
Wenatchee still clings to title as Apple capital (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_apple_capital.html?source=pimail
Billy Mays, Enthusiastic TV Pitchman, Dies at 50 (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/business/media/29mays.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
DIVERSIONS
Billy Mays: A Look Back at a Television Legend (Consumerist, Comments may include PG-13 Language)
http://consumerist.com/5303625/billy-mays-a-look-back-at-a-television-legend
Not an Energy Drink - Opossum Rescued from NY Gym’s Soda Machine
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19861180/detail.html
Mother Charged with Changing Daughter’s Grades - Wanted to Improve Daughter’s Class Standing
http://www.kirotv.com/education/19860204/detail.html
Under-Bite Helps Pabst Become World’s Ugliest Dog
http://www.sacbee.com/latest/story/1983976.html
The Bottoms of New York City’s Harbors Still House 1,600 Bars of Silver - If you can find them amid the junk and the 4-foot-long wood worms…
http://news.yahoo.com/s/uc/20090628/od_notw/nwx090628xml;_ylt=AnbSIIveczNWkIlRdso5LkrtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJoOG5tNmlqBGFzc2V0A3VjLzIwMDkwNjI4L253eDA5MDYyOHhtbARwb3MDMwRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA25ld3NvZnRoZXdlaQ--
SONG OF THE DAY
Susan Tedeschi - Rock Me Right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xigwtXcrXBA&feature=related
Monday, June 29, 2009
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