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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Mid Columbia PUD Planners Work against Rising Costs to Keep Rates Low
• Power Outage for Hillcrest Residents Sunday Night
• Montana PSC Commissioner Vows to Kill Power Line Project
• Colorado - San Miguel Sues over Energy Corridor
• Editorial - Look West For Power Grid Upgrade
• U.S., Canada Gathering In Boise to Talk About Combining Energy Resources
• Washington Looks To Hydro to Combat Climate Change
• New York - Alcoa to implement layoffs at East plant Monday
• NY State Power Authority Plans Rate Hike And Bonuses
• Gas and Diesel Engines Step Up As Variable Resources Grow
• Arizona - Salt River Project: Rate hike needed to afford cleaner energy
• Politico Op/Ed - Nuclear Energy Must Be Part of the Equation
• Texans Asked to Reduce Electricity Use
• Should We Force Marriage Between Broadband and Power Cos? (
• Op/Ed - The Salmon Stalemate Sheds Light on Global-Warming Conflicts to Come
• Snake River Dams - NY Times Targets Renewable Energy
• Op/Ed - Fish Counts Show Dam Removal Isn’t Needed
• EPA Questions Idaho Power's Snake River Plan
• Op/Ed - An Alarm Rings At Chilean Fish Farms
• Idaho Anglers Looking For Numerous Steelhead
• Illegal Gillnet Investigated On Humptulips River
• Untold Thousands of Crab Pots Litter Ocean Floor
• Obama Parks Pick Enmeshed In California Oyster Flap
• Topless PETA Activists Protest Veterinarians’ Fish Toss
• Disillusioned Environmentalists Turn on Obama as Compromiser
• Nisqually Delta Restoration: Back to Nature
• Kitsap Commissioners to Rule on Manchester Sewer District
• Clark County - Local Governments Reach Sewage Treatment Deal
• Will the Recession Kill Recycling?
• Cash rebate if you go solar in Snohomish County
• Grays Harbor Meetings Tuesday on Wave Energy
• Navy Invites Public Questions Wednesday about Tidal Kinetic Energy Project
• Oregon - Future unclear for Biomass One
• Wind Projects at a Standstill
• Oregon - Shepherds Flat Wind Power Farm Lifts Off
• Oregon - Morrow County projects promise cash, contention
• Caught In the Turbine
• Op/Ed - Turbines Are A Costly Blight
• Oregon - Chinese Group Plans Local Solar Panel Hub
• California Green Power Plan Will Cost Consumers Billions
• Michigan - Few Sell Power Back to Grid
• United Kingdom - Plan To Simplify Selling Energy Back To National Grid
• The Silence of Hybrids Causes Some Alarm
• Energy Star Adds System to Aid in Understanding Savings
• Say Watt? Little Device Could Save You Big Money
• Empowering the Elderly to Save On Electric Bills
• Call Center Impacts of Smart Metering
• Editorial - Climate-Change Challenge Shifts to the US Senate
• Survey Says Cap-And-Trade Support Hinges On Economy
• Could cap-and-trade create another economic bubble?
• The Coming Carbon Bubble
• Low-Carbon Strategy Will Raise Household Energy Bills By £200 ($324 US)
• WWU Researcher Turns To Ancient Bristlecone Pines for Clues on Climate Change
• Editorial - South Sound Can Help Lead the Way toward a Green Economy
• Washougal's Carbon Footprint Measures Up
• NW Schools Offer Training in Renewable Energy Tech
• Wanted: Companies to Help Develop Smart Grid Technologies
• Can You Be An Environmentalist And A NIMBY?
• Fisher Plaza Running Smoothly, But Permanent Fix Months Away
• Microsoft Data Center Receives Cooling Water
• Microsoft Cloud Computing Gets Down To Earth
• South Korea: Computer Cyber Attacks Traced to Sites in Five Nations
• Twitter Suspends Virus-Infected Accounts in New Attack
• Urban Areas Join Rural Regions in the Quest for Broadband Funds
• Telemedicine Becoming New Way To See Patients
• New Chief Defends US Base for Agency That Manages Internet
• Former FCC Commissioner Tate Turns Quickly to Shilling for Carriers
• AT&T Temp Arrested For Data Theft
• Mason County: Elma Man Found Dead After Fall from Boat
• Second Search Launched For Missing Shelton Man
• Civility Becomes a Casualty in Tahuya Fire-Services Fight
• Lobbying Scandal May Help Rep. Dicks
• Third Congressional District: Two from GOP take on Baird
• Teen Hunter Gets 30 Days in Shooting Death of Hiker
• Passengers Leaving Laptops at Sea-Tac
• Washington Finally Notices the Winter Olympics
• Property Owners Creating Fake 'No-Parking' Zones
WORD OF THE DAY
Autodidact • \otto-DIE-dact\ • adjective - A self-taught person
Perhaps the most famous autodidact in US history is Abraham Lincoln; he of the charcoal compositions on the coal shovel.
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
Mid Columbia PUD Planners Work against Rising Costs to Keep Rates Low (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090710/NEWS04/707119998?PUD-planners-work-against-rising-costs-to-keep-rates-low
Power Outage for Hillcrest Residents Sunday Night (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7767/reftab/1632/t/POWER-OUTAGE-FOR-HILLCREST-RESIDENTS-SUNDAY-NIGHT/Default.aspx
Montana PSC Commissioner Vows to Kill Power Line Project (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2115186~PSC_commish_vows_to_kill_power_line_project.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Colorado - San Miguel Sues over Energy Corridor (The Daily Press, Montrose, CO)
http://www.montrosepress.com/articles/2009/07/11/news/doc4a593e342a350562150128.txt
Wisconsin State Journal Editorial - Look West For Power Grid Upgrade
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/opinion/458146
U.S., Canada Gathering In Boise to Talk About Combining Energy Resources (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/832015.html
Washington Looks To Hydro to Combat Climate Change (Water Power Magazine)
http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?sectioncode=166&storyCode=2053557
New York - Alcoa to implement layoffs at East plant Monday – “…despite contract for low-cost hydropower with the New York Power Authority…” (Watertown Daily Times, NY)
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20090712/NEWS05/307129943
NY State Power Authority Plans Rate Hike And Bonuses - 12.1% jump eyed; lawmakers fume (Buffalo News, NY – Fascinating!)
http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/613429.html?imw=Y
Gas and Diesel Engines Step Up As Variable Resources Grow (Penn Energy)
http://www.pennenergy.com/index/articles/newsdisplay/s-132858203.html
Arizona - Salt River Project: Rate hike needed to afford cleaner energy (Arizona Republic, Phoenix)
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/07/11/20090711biz-srpratehike0711.html
Politico Op/Ed - Nuclear Energy Must Be Part of the Equation (Senator Jim Inhofe, OK)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24832.html#ixzz0L9l9NP4v&D
Texans Asked to Reduce Electricity Use (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/texans-asked-to-reduce-electricity-use/
Should We Force Marriage Between Broadband and Power Cos? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/10/should-we-force-marriage-between-broadband-and-power-cos/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregonian Op/Ed - The Salmon Stalemate Sheds Light on Global-Warming Conflicts to Come
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/the_salmon_stalemate_sheds_lig.html
Snake River Dams - NY Times Targets Renewable Energy “…utterly foolish demand that we tear out existing hydroelectric dams…that provide most of our renewable energy in the form of water-generated electricity…” (Canada Free Press)
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12855
News Tribune Op/Ed - Fish Counts Show Dam Removal Isn’t Needed
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/letters/story/808234.html
EPA Questions Idaho Power's River Plan - The agency's preference for cooling the Snake to help fish could raise customer rates (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/831427.html
Oregonian Op/Ed - An Alarm Rings At Chilean Fish Farms
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/an_alarm_rings_at_fish_farms.html
Idaho Anglers Looking For Numerous Steelhead (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1358/story/643686.html
Illegal Gillnet Investigated On Humptulips River (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10716339
Untold Thousands of Crab Pots Litter Ocean Floor (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2113311~Untold_thousands_of_crab_pots_litter_ocean_floor.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Obama Parks Pick Enmeshed In California Oyster Flap (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009450334_apparksdirector.html?syndication=rss
Topless PETA Activists Protest Veterinarians’ Fish Toss (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50546027.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Disillusioned Environmentalists Turn on Obama as Compromiser (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/11/us/politics/11protest.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nisqually Delta Restoration: Back to Nature - Despite a recession, millions of dollars pour in to restore fertile delta (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/808151.html
Kitsap Commissioners to Rule on Manchester Sewer District (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/13/kitsap-commissioners-to-rule-on-manchester-sewer/?partner=RSS
Clark County - Local Governments Reach Sewage Treatment Deal (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090713/NEWS02/707139976/
Will the Recession Kill Recycling? (The Daily Beast)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-11/will-the-recession-kill-recycling/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsR1
RENEWABLE & ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Cash rebate if you go solar in Snohomish County - The Snohomish County PUD is putting its money where its mouth is (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090713/BIZ/707139964/1005
Grays Harbor Meetings Tuesday on Wave Energy (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/07/12/local_news/doc4a5988540c55e390822671.txt
Navy Invites Public Questions Wednesday about Tidal Kinetic Energy Project for Admiralty Inlet (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=24677
Oregon - Future unclear for Biomass One: wood supplies and exclusion from renewable standards hurt… (Ashland Daily Tidings, OR)
http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090711/NEWS02/907110314/-1/NEWSMAP
Wind Projects at a Standstill - Despite Washington's Enthusiasm, Recession and New Regulations Slow Firms (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/11/AR2009071100148.html?wprss=rss_business
Oregon - Shepherds Flat Wind Power Farm Lifts Off (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95194
Oregon - Morrow County projects promise cash, contention: As interest in development goes up, so does resistance (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95195
Caught In the Turbine - Some are not so excited to see the region filled with new wind farms (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=95196&SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48
Boston Globe Op/Ed - Turbines Are A Costly Blight
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/07/13/turbines_are_a_costly_blight/
Oregon - Chinese Group Plans Local Solar Panel Hub (Eugene Register Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/16800609-46/story.csp#ID:16800609
California Green Power Plan Will Cost Consumers Billions: Reports says $115B energy switch likely to miss deadline, raise utility bills “…one family’s…electricity bill is likely to increase by $45 a month on average…” (The North County Times, Escondido, CA)
http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2009/07/11/news/sandiego/z4975c324665e00f2882575ee00605cf9.txt
Michigan - Few Sell Power Back to Grid: New state rules will make it easier (Detroit Free Press, MI)
http://www.freep.com/article/20090712/BUSINESS06/907120434/1019/BUSINESS06/Few-sell-power-back-to-grid
United Kingdom - Plan To Simplify Selling Energy Back To National Grid (The Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/5803960/Plan-to-simplify-selling-energy-back-to-National-Grid.html
The Silence of Hybrids Causes Some Alarm (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/business/energy-environment/13iht-green13.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Star Adds System to Aid in Understanding Savings (Las Vegas Review-Journal, NV)
http://www.lvrj.com/real_estate/50533132.html
Say Watt? Little Device Could Save You Big Money (TCM Net)
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/07/11/4268216.htm
Empowering the Elderly to Save On Electric Bills (TMC News)
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/07/12/4268364.htm
Call Center Impacts of Smart Metering (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=115390
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
SF Chronicle Editorial - Climate-Change Challenge Shifts to the US Senate
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/12/ED5618I1CC.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Survey Says Cap-And-Trade Support Hinges On Economy (Reuters)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2009/07/10/afx6641734.html
Could cap-and-trade create another economic bubble? “…New laws could…create a huge new market for trading carbon emission permits and offsets…” (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/07/10/could-cap-and-trade-create-another-economic-bubble/
The Coming Carbon Bubble “…fasten your seat belts and tuck all personal belongings inside the car because the carbon market is set to take off…” (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/bigMoney/idUS80432382720090710
United Kingdom - Low-Carbon Strategy Will Raise Household Energy Bills By £200 ($324 US) A Year (Financial Times of London, UK)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6684912.ece
WWU Researcher Turns To Ancient Bristlecone Pines for Clues on Climate Change (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/807179.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Olympian Editorial - South Sound Can Help Lead the Way toward a Green Economy
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/908341.html
Washougal's Carbon Footprint Measures Up - City is 'not sustainable' but it's getting closer (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090712/NEWS02/707129974/
NW Schools Offer Training in Renewable Energy Tech (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/13/focus5.html?ana=from_rss
Wanted: Clean Technology Companies to Help Develop Smart Grid Technologies (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-6461-DC-Government-Technology-Examiner~y2009m7d11-Wanted-clean-technology-companies-to-help-develop-smart-grid-technologies
Can You Be An Environmentalist And A NIMBY? (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/408026_nimby13.html?source=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Fisher Plaza Running Smoothly, But Permanent Fix Months Away (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/07/06/daily56.html?ana=from_rss
Microsoft Data Center Receives Cooling Water – Quincy Facility Received Its First Batch of Reclaimed Water This Week (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/07/10/news/doc4a57640a1755d163130647.txt
Microsoft Cloud Computing Gets Down To Earth (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2009458942_microsoftazure13.html?syndication=rss
South Korea: Computer Cyber Attacks Traced to Sites in Five Nations (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/11/world/asia/11briefs-Korea.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Twitter Suspends Virus-Infected Accounts in New Attack (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/06/daily62.html?ana=from_rss
Urban Areas Join Rural Regions in the Quest for Broadband Funds (Sacramento Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2009/07/13/story6.html?ana=from_rss
Telemedicine Becoming New Way To See Patients (The Business Journal of Milwaukee)
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2009/07/13/story12.html?ana=from_rss
New Chief Defends US Base for Agency That Manages Internet (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/technology/internet/13iht-icann13.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Former FCC Commissioner Tate Turns Quickly to Shilling for Carriers - Metered billing is all about being nice to your grandmother. (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Former-FCC-Commish-Tate-Turns-Quickly-To-Shilling-For-Carriers-103403
AT&T Temp Arrested For Data Theft - Stole co-workers' info, took out loans online (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Temp-Arrested-For-Data-Theft-103435
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County: Elma Man Found Dead After Fall from Boat (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/908956.html
Second Search Launched For Missing Shelton Man (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071309WAB-shelton-man-missing-SW.380a56ca.html?rss?npc
Civility Becomes a Casualty in Tahuya Fire-Services Fight (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/11/fight-over-life-saving-service-gets-residents/?partner=RSS
Lobbying Scandal May Help Rep. Dicks - Lawmaker could have options to take over if Murtha’s forced out (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/808899.html
Third Congressional District: Two from GOP take on Baird (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/808115.html
Teen Hunter Gets 30 Days in Shooting Death of Hiker (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50495582.html
Passengers Leaving Laptops at Sea-Tac (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071009WAB-seatac-lost-laptops-TP.2a374e8b.html?rss
Washington Finally Notices the Winter Olympics (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/19011/
Property Owners Creating Fake 'No-Parking' Zones (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50394287.html
DIVERSIONS
Prank Leads Florida Couple to Trash Hotel Room
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20016860/detail.html
Toy-Gun Robber Foiled By Bat-Wielding Store Worker
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090713/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_toy_gun_stickup;_ylt=AsUGp26MT6NuBpuxML3BRQbtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJudXFubXIwBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzEzL3VzX29kZF90b3lfZ3VuX3N0aWNrdXAEY3BvcwMxBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA3RveS1ndW5yb2JiZQ--
Police: Man Seeks Ride from Detective After Heist
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090711/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_robbery_ride;_ylt=AppcTShKTAlCwvwUCs5GVBftiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJrZDZybGVuBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzExL3VzX29kZF9yb2JiZXJ5X3JpZGUEY3BvcwMyBHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA3BvbGljZW1hbnNlZQ--
"Hitler Tree" May Face the Axe in Polish Town
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090707/od_nm/us_tree_hitler_odd;_ylt=AkByRPyAOVBQ4wSCz1dZyXntiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJub2ptNWk0BGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwNzA3L3VzX3RyZWVfaGl0bGVyX29kZARwb3MDNwRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA3F1b3RoaXRsZXJ0cg--
SONG OF THE DAY
The Beatles - Got To Get You into My Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LmG5lpkfb8
Earth, Wind & Fire - Got To Get You Into My Life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cByrcn4-iAw
Monday, July 13, 2009
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