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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Chelan PUD - Hydropower Boom May Not Be a Bust for Salmon
• Yakima River Fishery Goes On
• Canada - Fraser River Salmon Run Is Low for Summer
• Despite Warnings of Wild Salmon's Extinction B.C. Stocks Appear Abundant
• Sockeye Salmon Numbers Crash As Bust Replaces Anticipated Bounty on B.C. Coast
• California - Steelhead Trout's Comeback Will Be Upstream Battle
• New Rules Proposed for Vessel Traffic near Orcas
• Jefferson County PUD Could 'End the Water Wars' With Desalinization
• Pend Oreille - Federal Funds Paying For Metaline Water Plant
• If A Bear Poops In The Woods, Does Portland Have To Filter Its Water?
• Including Portland - Averting 22 Water-Electricity Crises in the United States
• Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico Is Smaller Than Forecast
• Proposed Wind Project Could Imperil Murrelet
• Offshore Wind Could Be Next Wave for U.S.
• Australia - Turbine proposal sunk over skydiver safety fears
• Australia - Microwaves May Nuke Turbines
• Oregon Wave Energy Trusts Awards Contract
• United Kingdom - Threatened Wind Turbine Firm Offered Research Grant
• Op/Ed - Will America Lose The Clean-Energy Race?
• Plugging Into the Future - Electric smart-grid technology may transform how the country powers up
• Innovation Taps Low Geothermal Heat
• Australian Aluminum Council Urges Smelters to Lobby Renewable Energy Targets
• A Quest for Batteries to Alter the Energy Equation
• BPA & Ferry County PUD Use Lights Out for “Light Bulb Moment”
• Powerful Sides face off over Florida's Power-Saving Plan
• Florida Power & Light ‘Smart Meters’ Target of Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Does The House Energy Bill Subject Owners Of Existing Homes To An Energy Efficiency Audit Before They Can Sell?
• Op/Ed - Global Warming Worriers Need To Go Nuclear
• Greenpeace: China Power Companies Hurting Climate
• Is Verizon FiOS Putting the Hurt on Cable?
• Verizon to cut 8,000 jobs nationwide
• Wi-Fi Like, Totally Messes With My Chakras
• Will Wednesday Be Seattle's Hottest Day Ever?
• Hot Weather Could Cause Fires across Northwest
• Heat & Air Stagnation Advisories in Effect
• Though Conflict Continues Over Old-Growth Forests, Cutting Rarely Occurs
• Quadrant Homes Ramps up New-Home Production
WORD OF THE DAY
Illustrative • \ill-LUST-ruh-tiv\ • Adjective – serving, tending, or designed to illustrate
Sam’s twirling dance was illustrative of the reason not to stuff wild ferrets into your knickers.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Heat Puts Stress on Power System (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=193415
Stay Cool, but Try To Use less Power (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5496-stay-cool-try-use-less-power/
Seattle City Light Radio Mess Costs Taxpayers Millions (KIRO-TV, Seatte)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20195610/detail.html
'Smart Grid' Raises Security Concerns “…Electric utilities vying for…federal "smart grid" grants will need to prove that they are taking steps to prevent cyberattacks…” (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/27/AR2009072702988.html?wprss=rss_technology
California - Fog-Shrouded Power Lines Caused Copter Crash (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/27/BADA18VM1P.DTL&feed=rss.news
FISH & WILDLIFE
Chelan PUD - Hydropower Boom May Not Be a Bust for Salmon (LA Times)
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2009/07/hydropower-boom-may-not-be-a-bust-for-salmon.html
Yakima River Fishery Goes On (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1358/story/658767.html
Canada - Fraser River Salmon Run Is Low for Summer (United Press International)
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/07/27/Fraser-River-salmon-run-is-low-for-summer/UPI-11491248748522/
Despite Warnings of Wild Salmon's Extinction B.C. Stocks Appear Abundant (Canadian Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j_MGAFlg9yX08UsvXu-7tDU1LplQ
Sockeye Salmon Numbers Crash As Bust Replaces Anticipated Bounty on B.C. Coast (Vancouver Sun, UK)
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Sockeye+salmon+numbers+crash+bust+replaces+anticipated+bounty+coast/1832698/story.html
California - Steelhead Trout's Comeback Will Be Upstream Battle: Recovery could take decades, cost millions (Ed Note: Um, try billions…trust me. Ventura County Star)
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jul/27/steelhead-recovery-could-take-decades-cost/
New Rules Proposed for Vessel Traffic near Orcas (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009552831_apwaorcasvesselrules.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Jefferson County PUD Could 'End the Water Wars' With Desalinization (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090727/news/307279994
Pend Oreille - Federal Funds Paying For Metaline Water Plant (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009552522_apwametalinewaterplant.html?syndication=rss
If A Bear Poops In The Woods, Does Portland Have To Filter Its Water? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5488-if-bear-poops-woods-does-portland-have-filter-its-water/
Including Portland - Averting 22 Water-Electricity Crises in the United States (Scitizen)
http://scitizen.com/screens/blogPage/viewBlog/sw_viewBlog.php?idTheme=14&idContribution=2887
Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico Is Smaller Than Forecast but More Concentrated in Parts (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/science/earth/28zone.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Proposed Wind Project Could Imperil Murrelet (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA – The BANANA Republic: Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything)
http://columbian.com/article/20090728/NEWS02/707289966/
Offshore Wind Could Be Next Wave for U.S. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BusinessofGreen/idUSTRE56Q5VO20090727
Australia - Turbine proposal sunk over skydiver safety fears
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25847068-29277,00.html
Australia - Microwaves May Nuke Turbines - Wind turbines could interfere with the communications system that runs Tasmania's power supply (The Mercury, Tasmania)
http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2009/07/27/86981_tasmania-news.html
Oregon Wave Energy Trusts Awards Contract (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/07/oregon-wave-energy-trusts-awards-contract?cmpid=rss
United Kingdom - Threatened Wind Turbine Firm Offered Research Grant (Birmingham Post, UK)
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/other-uk-business/2009/07/28/threatened-wind-turbine-firm-offered-research-grant-65233-24252641/
SF Chronicle Op/Ed - Will America Lose The Clean-Energy Race?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/26/EDKH18UBUP.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Plugging Into the Future - Electric smart-grid technology may transform how the country powers up. First, it has to overcome costs & competing interests (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/208701?from=rss
Innovation Taps Low Geothermal Heat (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnEnergy/idUS404302714320090727
Australian Aluminum Council Urges Smelters to Lobby Renewable Energy Targets (Steel Guru)
http://steelguru.com/news/index/2009/07/27/MTA0MDE2/Australian_Aluminium_Council_urges_smelters_to_lobby_renewable_energy_targets.html
A Quest for Batteries to Alter the Energy Equation (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/science/28batt.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
BPA & Ferry County PUD Use Lights Out For “Light Bulb Moment” - Residents invited to learn about electric power (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/294929/
Powerful Sides face off over Florida's Power-Saving Plan - Activists to push for more conservation by JEA & other utility companies (Florida Times Union, Jacksonville, FL)
http://www.jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-07-27/story/powerful_sides_face_off_over_floridas_power_saving_plan
Florida Power & Light ‘Smart Meters’ Target of Patent Infringement Lawsuit (South Florida Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2009/07/27/daily15.html?ana=from_rss
Does The House Energy Bill Subject Owners Of Existing Homes To An Energy Efficiency Audit Before They Can Sell? (Fact Check.org)
http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/does_the_house_energy_bill_subject_owners.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Denver Post Op/Ed - Global Warming Worriers Need To Go Nuclear
http://www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_12919321?source=commented-
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Greenpeace: China Power Companies Hurting Climate (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/28/international/i044403D62.DTL&feed=rss.business
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Is Verizon FiOS Putting the Hurt on Cable? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/27/is-verizon-fios-putting-the-hurt-on-cable/
Verizon to cut 8,000 jobs nationwide - In the Northwest region, company officials expect minimal employee layoffs (Everett herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090728/BIZ/707289955/-1/RSS03
Wi-Fi Like, Totally Messes With My Chakras - Wireless health hysteria continues, UK leads the weird way (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/WiFi-Like-Totally-Messes-With-My-Chakras-103628
GENERAL NEWS
Will Wednesday Be Seattle's Hottest Day Ever? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/174724.asp?source=pimail
Hot Weather Could Cause Fires across Northwest (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5495-hot-weather-could-cause-fires-across-northwest/
Heat & Air Stagnation Advisories in Effect (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7884/reftab/1632/t/HEAT-AND-AIR-STAGNATION-ADVISORIES-IN-EFFECT/Default.aspx
Though Conflict Continues Over Old-Growth Forests, Cutting Rarely Occurs (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/though_conflict_continues_over.html
Quadrant Homes Ramps Up New-Home Production (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009548598_quadrant28.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Ewww - Rendering Truck Scatters Load On I-5 Near Tacoma
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009548614_apwarenderingtruck.html?syndication=rss
Wedding May Have Stranded Doves in Park - Homing Pigeons Should Be Used, Expert Says
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20200785/detail.html
Consultants Help Inmates Get Good Digs - White-Collar Cons Turn To Brokers
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20199374/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Creedence Clearwater Revival- Midnight Special
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DksGi7B5BdM
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
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