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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• BPA Proposal Looks Like It Will Keep Ferndale-Area Intalco Smelter Going
• Intalco: New BPA Deal Will Allow Us to Stay Open
• West Virginia - Retraining of former Century Aluminum workers an uphill climb
• Astoria, Ore.: County Commissioners Again OK Gas Terminal
• Orcas Power & Light Cooperative Fuel Mix: 95% Greenhouse Gas Free
• Adjustments to raise Avista rates in Idaho slightly
• Portland General Electric Names New Vice Presidents
• Senator Says TVA's Future Should Include More Nuclear, Conservation
• Nuclear - The Renewable With Power
• Nuclear Power - What the Rest of the World Can Teach America
• Tennessee Valley Authority Increases Hazard Ratings on Coal Ash Sites
• Maryland - Baltimore could build own power plants
• IGCC Plant Fracas - Mississippi Power Corrects Erroneous Information
• TransAlta to Launch Offer for Canadian Hydro Developers
• Michigan Electric Cooperative Embezzlement Case Update
• Smart Grid is the Scam of the Century
• Texas Lineman's Rodeo Showcases Skills, Teamwork
• Op/Ed –BPA Speaks: The Northwest Salmon Debate
• Analysis: Fish & Energy Needs Clash in Midwest
• Montana Trout Rebounding
• Op/Ed - Restoring a Northwest Jewel: Hemlock Dam's Removal
• Columbia Tribal Fish Commission Names Nez Perce Chairwoman
• California - No Way to Guard New Ocean Sanctuaries
• Annual Milfoil Removal Begins At Chelan PUD Parks
• Columbia River Channel Money Gets House OK
• Op/Ed - Be Green about Water by Going Slow With the Flow
• As The Wind Blows - BPA Tries To Grapple With Wind Supply
• Radar Ridge wind farm by 2010?
• News Photos: More Wind Components at Port Of Longview
• Wind Farm Foes Describe the Noise - No Peace & Quiet
• Seattle City Light RFP Seeks 50 MW of Green Power
• Idaho – Federal Money to Expand Boise's Geothermal System
• Inventive Colville Man Gives Life to Wood-To-Energy Technology
• Congress Shows Overwhelming Support for Hydro
• Kansas - Bowersock Leaders Planning To Build a New Hydro Plant
• Hydropower in Europe: Current Status, Future Opportunities
• United Kingdom - Green Dream Runs Low on Power
• Free Light Bulbs for PSE Customers
• Conservation to Be Chelan PUD’s Focus for Stimulus Funding
• A New Enforcer in Buildings, the Energy Inspector
• North Carolina - Wal-Mart Wants Out Of Energy Conservation Surcharge
• House Climate Bill Was Flooded With Last-Minute Changes
• Lobbyists Lining Up For Shot At Climate Bill
• Pollution Credits Are Hot Issue in Climate Bill
• Op/Ed - Global Warming Believers Aren't About Science
• Ozone Hole Fallout - Chemicals That Eased One Woe Worsen Another
• Obama's Parks Pick Would Face Challenges
• Poll: Seattle Disposable Bag Tax Is Going Down
• Data Center Cooling – Quincy’s Reclaimed Water Flowing at Microsoft
• The Hidden Cost of the Cloud - Bandwidth Charges
• 4 1/2 Ways to Deal with Data during Cloudbursts
• Qwest Doubles Top Broadband Speed in Some Cities
• Yahoo & Microsoft Said to Be Closer to Search Deal
• Microsoft's New Mantra: Save People Money
• Are The Stars Aligning For Telemedicine's Success?
• As Media Grow, FCC Looks Ahead
• Shelton Woman Dies In Crash On McCreavy Road
• Thurston County: Two Die In SUV Wreck on State Route 8
• Shelton City Commission: Building Moratorium & Transportation Plan
• Afghanistan - Captured U.S. Soldier Is 23-Year-Old NW Man
• California Sprouts Marijuana 'Green Rush'
• Oregon to Allow Farmers to Grow Hemp
• 40 Years Later, Moon Still Giant Leap for Mankind
WORD OF THE DAY
Déjà vu • \DAY-zhu -voo\ • noun – 1a: the illusion of remembering scenes and events when experienced for the first time b: a feeling that one has seen or heard something before 2: something overly or unpleasantly familiar
The Army Corps of Engineers biologist had fled the fish wars of the Pacific Northwest for the Idyllic climate of the White River Basin. Until, that is, the fateful day came when his project became the target of an environmental organization accusing his employer of damaging fish runs.
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
BPA proposal looks like it will keep Ferndale-area Intalco smelter going (The Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/255/story/992947.html
Intalco: New BPA Deal Will Allow Us to Stay Open (The Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/latestheadlines/story/992911.html
West Virginia - Retraining of former Century Aluminum workers an uphill climb: Since the Century Aluminum plant near Ravenswood closed five months ago and threw 650 people out of work…promised placement programs have had few tangible successes (Charleston Daily Mail, WV)
http://www.dailymail.com/Business/200907190324
Astoria, Ore.: County Commissioners Again OK Gas Terminal (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/815238.html
Orcas Power & Light Cooperative Fuel Mix: 95% Greenhouse Gas Free (Islands Weekly, Lopez Island, WA)
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/sanjuans/isw/news/51059437.html
Adjustments to raise Avista rates in Idaho slightly (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA - There goes the residential exchange…)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/17/adjustments-raise-avista-rates-idaho-slightly/
Portland General Electric Names New Vice Presidents (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/20/daily3.html?ana=from_rss
Tenn. Senator Says TVA's Future Should Include More Nuclear, Conservation (WHNT-TV, Huntsville, AL)
http://www.whnt.com/news/sns-ap-tn--tva-alexander,0,1721226.story
Nuclear - The Renewable With Power (Tampa Bay Tribune, FL)
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jul/19/co-nuclear---the-renewable-with-power/news-opinion-commentary/
Energy Dependence - What the Rest of the World Can Teach America in Its Return to Nuclear Power (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/207235?from=rss
Tennessee Valley Authority Increases Hazard Ratings on Coal Ash Sites (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/science/earth/18ash.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Maryland - Baltimore could build own power plants: Details are scant; aim is to lower residents’ energy bills (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/07/20/story2.html?ana=from_rss
IGCC Plant Fracas - Mississippi Power Corrects Erroneous Information by the Sierra Club (WebWire)
http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=99545
TransAlta to Launch Offer for Canadian Hydro Developers (Proactive Investors)
http://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1906/transalta-to-launch-c455-all-cash-offer-for-canadian-hydro-developers-1906.html
Michigan Electric Cooperative Embezzlement Case Update (Petosky News-Review, MI)
http://www.petoskeynews.com/articles/2009/07/17/news/doc4a607aea1ddad043030800.txt
Smart Grid is the Scam of the Century (Gerson Lehman Group)
http://www.glgroup.com/News/Smart-Grid-is-the-Scam-of-the-Century-41531.html
Texas Lineman's Rodeo Showcases Skills, Teamwork (San Antonio Express News, TX)
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/51102377.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregonian Op/Ed –BPA Speaks: The Northwest Salmon Debate
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/the_northwest_salmon_debate.html
Analysis: Fish And Energy Needs Clash in Midwest (Associated Press – As Dean Boyer of WPUDA points out “Déjà vu”)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/business/6536696.html
Montana Trout Rebounding - Famed River’s Rainbows Had Been Decimated by Whirling Disease (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/20/montana-trout-rebounding/
Columbian Op/Ed - Restoring a Northwest Jewel: Hemlock Dam's removal victory for steelhead, those who love nature
http://columbian.com/article/20090719/OPINION03/707199994/-1/OPINION
Columbia Tribal Fish Commission Names Nez Perce Chairwoman (Associated Press)
http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=10745707
California - No Way to Guard New Ocean Sanctuaries, State Game Wardens Say - It seems a contradiction: State game wardens oppose creating 30 new ocean sanctuaries on California's coast to protect sensitive fisheries (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2036097.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Annual Milfoil Removal Begins At Chelan PUD Parks (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090718/NEWS04/707189944/1001/NEWS04
Columbia River Channel Money Gets House OK (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090718/NEWS02/707189964/
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Be Green about Water by Going Slow With the Flow
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2009492253_ecoconsumer18m.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
As The Wind Blows - BPA Tries To Grapple With Wind Supply (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95469
Radar Ridge wind farm by 2010? (National Wind Watch)
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/11/11/radar-ridge-wind-farm-by-2010/
News Photos: More Wind Components at Port Of Longview (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/17//area_news/doc4a60c898eb334150132063.txt
Wind Farm Foes Describe the Noise - No Peace And Quiet: Effect of 50 Turbines 'Almost Unbearable' (Watertown Daily Times, NY)
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20090717/NEWS03/307179968/0/FRONTPAGE
Seattle City Light RFP Seeks 50 MW of Green Power (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/archives/173968.asp?source=rss
Idaho - Money to Expand Boise's Geothermal System Included In Department Of Energy Bill (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/boise/story/837403.html
Inventive Colville Man Gives Life to Wood-To-Energy Technology (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/19/inventive-colville-man-gives-life-to-wood-to/
Congress Shows Overwhelming Support for Hydro (Renewable Energy News)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/national-hydropower-association/news/article/2009/07/congress-shows-overwhelming-support-for-hydro?cmpid=rss
Kansas - Bowersock Leaders Planning To Build a New Hydro-Electric Power Plant (Lawrence Journal-World, KS)
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/jul/17/bowersock-leaders-planning-build-news-hydro-electr/?city_local
Hydropower in Europe: Current Status, Future Opportunities (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/07/hydropower-in-europe-current-status-future-opportunities?cmpid=rss
United Kingdom - Green Dream Runs Low on Power: The closure of a turbine plant on the Isle of Wight is symbolic of a dangerously becalmed renewables sector
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jul/19/wind-power-isle-wight
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Free Light Bulbs for PSE Customers (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/bellevueblog/2009491159_freebulbsforpsecustomers.html?syndication=rss
Conservation to Be Chelan PUD’s Focus for Stimulus Funding (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090717/NEWS04/707179969?Conservation-to-be-PUD%E2%80%99-s-focus-for-stimulus-funding
A New Enforcer in Buildings, the Energy Inspector (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/business/energy-environment/18codes.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
North Carolina - Wal-Mart Wants Out Of Energy Conservation Surcharge (Triangle Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/07/20/story3.html?ana=from_rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
House Climate Bill Was Flooded With Last-Minute Changes - Many provisions were narrowly focused to help certain industries. Expect more of the same in the Senate (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-climate-fineprint20-2009jul20,0,5210778.story
Lobbyists Lining Up For Shot At Climate Bill (The Hill)
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/lobbyists-lining-up-for-shot-at-climate-bill-2009-07-19.html
Pollution Credits Are Hot Issue in Climate Bill (Des Moines Register, IA)
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090720/BUSINESS/907200320/-1/LIFE04
Salem Statesman Journal Op/Ed - Global Warming Believers Aren't About Science
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090718/OPINION/907180309/1049
Ozone Hole Fallout - Chemicals That Eased One Woe Worsen Another (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071901817.html?nav=rss_email/components
Obama's Parks Pick Would Face Challenges (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/915351.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Poll: Seattle Disposable Bag Tax Is Going Down (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/173976.asp?source=pimail
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Data Center Cooling – Quincy’s Reclaimed Water Flowing at Microsoft (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090717/NEWS04/707189984/1025/rss1025
The Hidden Cost of the Cloud - Bandwidth Charges: Microsoft is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build out its next generation of data centers to host its cloud computing offering (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/17/the-hidden-cost-of-the-cloud-bandwidth-charges/
4 1/2 Ways to Deal with Data during Cloudbursts (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/19/4-12-ways-to-deal-with-data-during-cloudbursts/
Qwest Doubles Top Broadband Speed in Some Cities (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009503722_apustectechbitqwestinternet.html?syndication=rss
Yahoo and Microsoft Said to Be Closer to Search Deal (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/yahoo-and-microsoft-closer-to-a-partnership/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Microsoft's New Mantra: Save People Money (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2009500612_microsoftsales20.html?syndication=rss
Are The Stars Aligning For Telemedicine's Succcess? (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10290067-92.html?tag=nl.e703
As Media Grow, FCC Looks Ahead - Agency's New Chief Is a Product of the Information Age (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071901826.html?wprss=rss_business
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Woman Dies In Crash On McCreavy Road (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7824/reftab/1632/t/WOMAN-DIES-IN-CRASH-ON-MCREAVY-ROAD/Default.aspx
Thurston County: Two Die In SUV Wreck On State Route 8 (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/915348.html
Shelton City Commission Holding Hearings On Building Moratorium And Transportation Plan Tonight (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7823/reftab/1632/t/CITY-COMMISSION-HOLDING-HEARINGS-ON-BUILDING-MORATORIUM-AND-TRANSPORTATION-PLAN-TONIGHT/Default.aspx
Afghanistan - Captured U.S. Soldier Is 23-Year-Old NW Man (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51137282.html
California Sprouts Marijuana 'Green Rush' (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2125347~California_sprouts_marijuana__green_rush_.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Oregon to Allow Farmers to Grow Hemp (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071909ORB-AP-oregon-hemp-SW.58b8ac37.html?rss?npc
40 Years Later, Moon Still Giant Leap for Mankind (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009500005_apusscimoonanniversary.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Neil Armstrong's $10.50 Check Sells For $27K
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20075293/detail.html
North Carolina Man Calls 911 to Report He's Robbing Bank
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20077952/detail.html
Boys Will Be Boys - Idaho Wrestlers Told To Abandon Bikini Tops
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071909IDN-bikini-boys-SW.57eac57b.html?rss
Waller Of '60s Pop Duo Peter and Gordon Dies At 64
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12875727
SONG OF THE DAY
A World without Love - Peter & Gordon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_lJPUKTchI
Lady Godiva - Peter & Gordon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_lJPUKTchI
Monday, July 20, 2009
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