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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Grays Harbor PUD Financial Analysis Determines Utility to Face Significantly Increased Costs
• Inland Power to Delay Rate Increase until Next Spring
• Grant PUD to Invest In Nuclear Power Study
• Northern Wasco County PUD Sets Power Record
• Montana - Judge Reaffirms That City Must Turn Over Southern Montana Electric Generation-Related Papers
• Ohio - Ormet Aluminum Files Layoff Notice for All Workers
• Op/Ed - Help Avoid Job Losses at Ormet
• Sector Snap: Utilities Rated "Neutral" On Outlook
• In Canadian Hydro Move TransAlta Puts Its Credit Rating First
• Constellation Energy Earnings Plummet to $28.3 Million in 2nd Quarter
• Energy Regulator Pushes Back Review of Constellation Energy-EDF Deal
• One in Ten Americans Say They Are Knowledgeable Where Electricity Comes From
• Fish for Dinner: Overfishing Easing In Some Areas
• Scientists Who Debated On Fisheries Team Up For Comprehensive Study
• Imperiled Fisheries Make a Comeback, Study Shows
• Op/Ed - It’s Harvest! It’s Harvest! It’s Harvest!
• Idaho Sockeye Start To Trickle In - At least 30 ‘red fish’ have arrived
• Montana – Yellowtail Dam Problem Gets Fish Stranded
• Fall Fishing Ramps up Saturday
• Oregon - Record Kokanee at Wallowa Lake Comes With a Down Side
• End May Be Near In Kittitas Wells Dispute
• Idaho Orders Shut Down Of Groundwater Wells
• Oregon Views Aired On Biomass Power Plant
• Heat Wave Demonstrates Limitations to Wind Power
• Becalmed - After a record year, America’s wind industry is suffering growing pains
• North Carolina - Utilities Chase Distant Winds: Critics cry foul
• New York Wind Energy Corruption Probe Reaches Vermont
• Developers Set To Equip Wind-Powered Home
• British Columbia Green Power Gets Red Light
• Solar Integration - PV Powered, Portland General Electric Receive Up To $3M
• Big Price Rise for Western Australia Users of Renewable Energy
• Efficiency Drive Could Cut Energy Use 23% by 2020, Study Finds
• Free Light Bulb Promotion Comes to Kitsap This Week
• Summer Conservation Program Helps Youths Make a Different Kind of Green
• Chicago - South Side Solar Plant Closer to Reality
• Op/Ed: The Folly Of 'Magical Solutions' For Targeting Carbon Emissions
• Google Voice Ban Is Clear Network Neutrality Violation
• Gunman in Wal-Mart Robbery Pleads Guilty
• Time running out for Shelton’s Historic St. Edwards Church
• Teenager Drowns In Kitsap County
• Dosewallips Area - Peninsula Cools Off, While Constance Fire Spreads
• Threshold Met - Anti-Gay Initiative: 137,689 Signatures, Sec of State Says
• Pot Operation Busted In Lincoln County Cornfield
• Increasing Postal Deficits Intensify Talks on Solution
• Editorial - Lost Money Is Teachable Moment for Evergreen
WORD OF THE DAY
Mohair • \MOH-hair\ • noun - A fabric or yarn made wholly or in part of the long silky hair of the Angora goat; also: this hair
Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet
But they’re so spaced out,
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jetssssssss
Oh but they’re weird and they’re wonderful
Oh Bennie she’s really keen
She’s got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jetssssssss
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
Grays Harbor PUD Financial Analysis Determines Utility to Face Significantly Increased Costs (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=721
Inland Power to Delay Rate Increase until Next Spring (Spokane Journal of Business)
http://www.spokanejournal.com/article.php?id=4978
Grant PUD to Invest In Nuclear Power Study (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090730/NEWS04/707309881
Northern Wasco County PUD Sets Power Record (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/07/news07-30-09-02.shtml
Montana - Judge Reaffirms That City Must Turn Over Southern Montana Electric Generation-Related Papers (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090731/NEWS01/907310316/1002/news01
Ohio - Ormet Aluminum Files Layoff Notice for All Workers “…Ormet has been embroiled in a battle with alumina supplier…accused of failing to deliver raw materials…The company (has also been) granted an electricity rate reduction from American Electric Power…” (Marietta Times, OH)
http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/514611.html?nav=5002
Wheeling News Register Op/Ed - Help Avoid Job Losses at Ormet
http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/526579.html?nav=511
Sector Snap: Utilities Rated "Neutral" On Outlook (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009570695_apusutilitiessectorsnap.html?syndication=rss
In Canadian Hydro Move TransAlta Puts Its Credit Rating First (The Financial Post, Canada)
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1847282
Constellation Energy Earnings Plummet to $28.3 Million in 2nd Quarter (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/07/27/daily59.html?ana=from_rss
Maryland Energy Regulator Pushes Back Review of Constellation Energy-EDF Deal (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/07/27/daily56.html?ana=from_rss
One in Ten Americans Say They Are Knowledgeable Where Electricity Comes From (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=367084&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fish for Dinner: Overfishing Easing In Some Areas (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009570347_apusscisavingseafood.html?syndication=rss
Scientists Who Debated On Fisheries Team Up For Comprehensive Study (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009572947_fisheries31m.html?syndication=rss
Imperiled Fisheries Make a Comeback, Study Shows – Harvest Control Works (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111376512&ft=1&f=2
Othello Outlook Op/Ed - It’s Harvest! It’s Harvest! It’s Harvest!
http://othellooutlook.com/?p=3613
Idaho Sockeye Start To Trickle In - At least 30 ‘red fish’ have arrived in the Sawtooth Valley so far (Idaho Mountain Express & Guide, Sun Valley)
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005127213
Montana – Yellowtail Dam Problem Gets Fish Stranded, Loss of Trout Blamed On Malfunctioning Gate (Billings Gazette, MT)
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_5dc82da8-7d92-11de-b517-001cc4c002e0.html
Fall Fishing Ramps up Saturday (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090730/SPORTS04/907309988
Oregon - Record Kokanee at Wallowa Lake Comes With a Down Side (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2009/07/record_kokanee_at_wallowa_lake.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
End May Be Near In Kittitas Wells Dispute (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/925596.html
Idaho Orders Shut Down Of Groundwater Wells (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/926021.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon Views Aired On Biomass Power Plant - A proposed wood-fired boiler at a local sawmill is either a great new source of sustainable electricity…or a burdensome polluter that will sicken neighbors and foul the air (Eugene Register Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/updates/17958982-55/story.csp
Heat Wave Demonstrates Limitations to Wind Power (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnEnergy/idUS86005469820090731
Becalmed - After a record year, America’s wind industry is suffering growing pains (The Economist)
http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14140349
North Carolina - Utilities Chase Distant Winds: Critics cry foul over buying of renewable energy credits (News & Observer, Raleigh, NC)
http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/1628333.html
New York Wind Energy Corruption Probe Reaches Vermont (Rutland Herald, VT)http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20090731/NEWS03/907310367/0/NEWS02
Developers Set To Equip Wind-Powered Home (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090731/BIZ01/707319976/-1/BIZ
British Columbia Green Power Gets Red Light (Surrey Leader, BC)
http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/business/Green_power_gets_red_light.html
Solar Integration - PV Powered, Portland General Electric Receive Up To $3M (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/27/daily47.html?ana=from_rss
Big Price Rise for Western Australia Users of Renewable Energy (Perth Sunday Times, Australia)
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,25864647-2761,00.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Efficiency Drive Could Cut Energy Use 23% by 2020, Study Finds (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/business/energy-environment/30energy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Free Light Bulb Promotion Comes to Kitsap This Week (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/30/free-light-bulb-promotion-comes-to-kitsap-this/?partner=RSS
Summer Conservation Program Helps Youths Make a Different Kind of Green (Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, CA)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_12938558?source=rss&nclick_check=1
Chicago - South Side Solar Plant Closer to Reality (Chicago Public Radio)
http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Content.aspx?audioID=35853
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
United Kingdom – Guardian Op/Ed: The Folly Of 'Magical Solutions' For Targeting Carbon Emissions
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/31/network-climate-change
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Voice Ban Is Clear Network Neutrality Violation - And both AT&T and Apple should share the blame (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Google-Voice-Ban-Is-Clear-Network-Neutrality-Violation-103692
GENERAL NEWS
Gunman in Wal-Mart Robbery Pleads Guilty (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=195017
Time running out for Shelton’s Historic St. Edwards Church (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7920/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Teenager Drowns In Kitsap County (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20232799/detail.html
Dosewallips Area - Peninsula Cools Off, While Constance Fire Spreads (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090731/news/307319991
Threshold Met - Anti-Gay Initiative: 137,689 Signatures, Sec of State Says (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/175049.asp?source=pimail
Pot Operation Busted In Lincoln County Cornfield (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/30/pot-operation-busted-lincoln-county-cornfield/
Increasing Postal Deficits Intensify Talks on Solution (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/business/30postal.html?_r=1&ref=business
Olympian Editorial - Lost Money Is Teachable Moment for Evergreen
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/926289.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Texting Is 23-Times Riskier Than Using Cell Phone While Driving
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2009/07/texting-vs-cell-phone-risk-dangers-while-driving.html?EXTKEY=I91ECON&CMP=OTC-ConsumeristLinks
34 Hospitalized After Co-Worker Sprays Perfume
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20226511/detail.html
Stolen Sand? Mexico Shuts Cancun Beach
http://www.kirotv.com/travelgetaways/20232586/detail.html
Tiger Flees Magic Act Into Vegas Streets - Residents Reported Seeing Tiger Wandering Streets
http://www.kirotv.com/travelgetaways/20233293/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Jefferson Starship - Ride the Tiger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIufUOm_cWY
Friday, July 31, 2009
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