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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Alcoa’s Energy Deal with Bonneville Quashed by Court
• Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Still Striving For Power Deal
• DJ Ormet to Double Aluminum Cuts but Then Keep 09 Output Steady
• Tennessee - Life after Alcoa: Layoffs Lead To New Opportunity
• Okanogan PUD - Shanker’s Bend Dam Proposal Draws Opposition
• Clark Public Utilities Expansion Is In the Works
• Northern Wasco County PUD rates to rise
• PacifiCorp’s Customers Could See Lower Rate Increase
• Pennsylvania - Cooperative Plans to Buy Electricity as Rate Caps Expire
• Road Ruts Frustrates BPA, Costly To Customers
• North Dakota - Electric Coop Works to Meet Oil Patch Demand
• Will South Carolina Run Out of Energy?
• Utilities Seek Stimulus Money for Energy Projects
• Northwest Energy Test May Have National Impact
• NY Nuke Reactor Back Online After Shutdown
• Lawmakers Warn Of De Facto Nuclear Dumping
• Op/Ed - Energy reform must include nuclear
• Op/Ed - Region-Based Energy Solutions Make Sense
• Electricity Cooperatives' Record Weighed in Health-Care Debate
• Editorial - Dam McDermott
• Mess Left by Skokomish River Anglers Closes Shellfish Harvesting
• Pink Salmon Invasion Continues As Humpies Keep Biting
• Snake River Opens Sept. 1 for Fall Chinook Fishing
• DesChutes River Salmon Get A Traditional Hello
• The Sockeye Run in Kenai: 'For Us, It's Shopping'
• Canada - Hotter Water Linked To Poor Sockeye Returns
• Ask Eric: How Old Are Salmon When They Spawn?
• California - Fresno Fundraiser Offers Endangered Smelt on Menu
• Graceful Herons Plague Central Washington Backyards
• Pro-Wolf Group Urges Idaho Potato Boycott
• Clallam PUD Water Managers Ask For Conservation
• Bottled Water Price War Is Heating Up
• Company Plans Biomass Power Project in Longview
• Editorial - Biomass Plan Energizes Mint Farm, Region
• WoodPellets.com Stocks Coffers For Winter
• Public Meetings Set On Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project
• Wyoming - Duke Energy to Build Ninth U.S. Wind Farm
• California - Out-Of-State Power Projects Criticized
• California Condors, Wind Farms on Collision Course
• Winning Over the 'Nimby Blockade'
• Op/Ed - It's Time to Treat Wind Power Like A Grownup
• Cloud of Questions - Doubts Surround Proposed Cle Elum Solar Facility
• Brier Home's Roof Soaks Up Rays
• Flathead Electric Cooperative at Forefront of Renewable Energy
• From Poplar to Ethanol: Plant Could Help Save Northwest's Biofuels Industry
• Stimulus Package Aims To Aid Slumping Appliance Industry
• Some Buildings Not Living Up to Green Label
• Save the Light Bulb! Compact fluorescents don't produce quality light
• Editorial - Snake River Dams: Don’t Forget the Carbon
• Environmentalists Slow to Adjust in Climate Debate
• A High Cost to Deal with Climate Shift
• Carbon Cuts Won’t Work - It's Time We Considered Alternatives
• North Mason Chamber Leads the Way to Green Business
• Does Seattle Have Enough Spark For Electric Cars?
• Making Way for Electric Cars
• Obama’s Green Dream Team
• How Can I Tell When A Product Is Being Greenwashed?
• 2,200 Applied For Broadband Stimulus Funds
• Infinera Helps Bring Broadband to Grant County Residents
• As Net Turns 40, Barriers Threaten Open Growth
• Comcast Wins Appeal of FCC Ownership Cap
• Microsoft Office's Biggest Competitor is…Office
• Wash. Latest State to Be Sued For Full Support of School Dollars
• Yellow Jackets Get Aggressive During Fall Search for Food
• Ex-Shelton Prep Standout Signs Deal With S.F. Giants
• Washington State Governor Says 'No Thanks' To Mystery Laptop Order
• Fresh Air in the Muni Securities Market
WORD OF THE DAY
Empyreal • \em-pye-REE-ul\ • adjective - 1: of or relating to the firmament: celestial 2: sublime
With little or no light from towns and farms, the sparkling, empyral canopy of stars spanned the heavens from horizon to horizon. For the first time in his life, Dagwood was able to see why the “Milky Way” got its name.
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
Alcoa’s Energy Deal with Bonneville Quashed by Court “…amounted to a “gift” that demonstrated unsound business practice…” (Bloomberg)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aYU03D8RlWEY
Here is the 9th Circuit Ruling: Opinion For Pacific Northwest Generating C V. BPA
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/opinions/view_subpage.php?pk_id=0000009910
Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Still Striving For Power Deal (The Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
http://dailyinterlake.com/articles/2009/08/30/news/local_montana/news_8748391332_04.txt
DJ Ormet to Double Aluminum Cuts but Then Keep 09 Output Steady (Trading Markets)
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2488423/
Tennessee - Life after Alcoa: Layoffs Lead To New Opportunity For Owners of All American Clean Out (Blount Today, Marysville TN)
http://www.blounttoday.com/news/2009/aug/31/layoffs-lead-new-opportunity-owners-all-american-c/
Okanogan PUD - Shanker’s Bend Dam Proposal Draws Opposition (Omak Chronicle, WA)
http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n090828a.shtml
Clark Public Utilities Expansion Is In the Works - New space set to open this year, remodeled building in the spring (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090825/BIZ01/708259963/-1/BIZ
Northern Wasco County PUD rates to rise - Utility will not pass on BPA rate increase (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/08/news08-28-09-03.shtml
PacifiCorp’s Customers Could See Lower Rate Increase (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/697392.html
Pennsylvania - Cooperative Plans to Buy Electricity as Rate Caps Expire “…You might have 25 percent, 35 percent, 45 percent. It's all over the map…” (Reading Eagle, PA)
http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=154726
Road Ruts Frustrates BPA, Costly To Customers (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
http://www.katu.com/news/local/54882091.html
North Dakota - Electric Coop Works to Meet Oil Patch Demand (Associated Press)
http://www.kxmc.com/News/429163.asp
Will South Carolina Run Out of Energy? (WCIV-TV, Charleston, SC)
http://cfc.wciv.com/affinity/affarticle.cfm?id=331
Utilities Seek Stimulus Money for Energy Projects (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5723-utilities-seek-stimulus-money-energy-projects/
Northwest Energy Test May Have National Impact (Oregon Daily Journal of Commerce)
http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/08/28/northwest-energy-test-may-have-national-impact/
NY Nuke Reactor Back Online After Shutdown (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009775768_apusindianpoint.html?syndication=rss
Lawmakers Warn Of De Facto Nuclear Dumping - With facilities already in place, Hanford, others might get waste (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/862036.html
Oregonian Op/Ed - Energy reform must include nuclear
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/08/energy_reform.html
Oregonian Op/Ed - Region-Based Energy Solutions Make Sense
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/08/regionbased_energy_solutions_m.html
Electricity Cooperatives' Record Weighed in Health-Care Debate (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/26/AR2009082603485.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia Basin Herald Editorial - Dam McDermott
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/08/27/editorials/doc4a96f5e0d738c409952318.txt
Mess Left by Skokomish River Anglers Closes Shellfish Harvesting (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/953898.html
Pink Salmon Invasion Continues As Humpies Keep Biting In Puget Sound, Rivers (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/story/860480.html
Snake River Opens Sept. 1 for Fall Chinook Fishing (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=859
DesChutes River Salmon Get A Traditional Hello - Fish and Wildlife officials expect 10,700 Chinook to make the swim this year (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/954644.html
The Sockeye Run in Kenai: 'For Us, It's Shopping' (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009772350_alaskafishing30.html?syndication=rss
Canada - Hotter Water Linked To Poor Sockeye Returns (Straight.com)
http://www.straight.com/article-249317/hotter-water-linked-poor-sockeye-returns
Ask Eric: How Old Are Salmon When They Spawn? (Detroit Free Press. MI)
http://www.freep.com/article/20090827/SPORTS10/908270466/1365/SPORTS/Ask-Eric--How-old-are-salmon-when-they-spawn
California - Fresno Fundraiser Offers Endangered Smelt on Menu (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2149481.html
Graceful Herons Plague Central Washington Backyards (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009777219_apwabackyardherons.html
Pro-Wolf Group Urges Idaho Potato Boycott (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009770503_apidpotatoboycott.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Clallam PUD Water Managers Ask For Conservation; Fairview System at Stage 3 Alert (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090831/news/308319990
Bottled Water Price War Is Heating Up (Consumerist)
http://consumerist.com/5349415/bottled-water-price-war-is-heating-up
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Company Plans Biomass Power Project in Longview (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_biomass_plant.html?source=pimail
Daily News Editorial - Biomass Plan Energizes Mint Farm, Region
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/08/31/editorial/doc4a9ab6f0aa631020249167.txt
WoodPellets.com Stocks Coffers For Winter (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10319550-54.html?tag=nl.e703
Public Meetings Set On Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/08/29/local_news/090830fwind.txt
Wyoming - Duke Energy to Build Ninth U.S. Wind Farm (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS106717+31-Aug-2009+PRN20090831
California - Out-Of-State Power Projects Criticized: Utilities trying to meet mandate for renewables, outsourcing renewable power irks some activists (Modesto Bee, CA)
http://www.modbee.com/local/story/835079.html
California Condors, Wind Farms on Collision Course (Wind Watch)
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/08/31/california-condors-wind-farms-on-collision-course/
Winning Over the 'Nimby Blockade' (British Broadcasting Corporation)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8223048.stm
East Oregonian Op/Ed - It's Time to Treat Wind Power Like A Grownup
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=14&SubSectionID=50&ArticleID=97078&TM=49816.13
Cloud of Questions - Doubts Surround Proposed Cle Elum Solar Facility (Daily Record, Ellensburg, WA)
http://www.kvnews.com/articles/2009/08/29/news//doc4a98c8189cc91196487164.txt
Brier Home's Roof Soaks Up Rays - Solar panels will provide all its electricity — and maybe some to share (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090830/NEWS01/708309862/-1/RSS02
Flathead Electric Cooperative at Forefront of Renewable Energy (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/flathead_electric_cooperative_at_forefront_of_renewable_energy/12635/
From Poplar to Ethanol: Plant Could Help Save Northwest's Biofuels Industry (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009772319_ethanol30m.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Stimulus Package Aims To Aid Slumping Appliance Industry (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_083009BUB-appliance-program-KS.1313f96b8.html?rss?npc
Some Buildings Not Living Up to Green Label (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/science/earth/31leed.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Save the Light Bulb! Compact fluorescents don't produce good quality light (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203706604574377171050647330.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
News Tribune Editorial - Snake River Dams: Don’t Forget the Carbon
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/852123.html
Environmentalists Slow to Adjust in Climate Debate - Opponents Seize Initiative as Senate Bill Nears “…It seems that environmentalists are struggling in a fight they have spent years setting up…” (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/30/AR2009083002606.html?wprss=rss_business
A High Cost to Deal with Climate Shift (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/business/energy-environment/31iht-green31.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Carbon Cuts Won’t Work - It's Time We Considered Alternatives (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/214244
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
North Mason Chamber Leads the Way to Green Business (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/19/north-mason-chamber-leads-way-green-business/?partner=RSS
Does Seattle Have Enough Spark For Electric Cars? City is part of biggest electric vehicle experiment in history
http://www.seattlepi.com/transportation/409537_electriccars28.html?source=rss
Making Way for Electric Cars (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/realestate/30posting.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Obama’s Green Dream Team - The men and women who have the power and budgets to clean up the environment and, more important, have the ear of the president (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/213865?from=rss
How Can I Tell When A Product Is Being Greenwashed? (Consumerist)
http://consumerist.com/5346634/how-can-i-tell-when-a-product-is-being-greenwashed
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
2,200 Applied For Broadband Stimulus Funds - Anonymous reviewers now get to work digging through applications (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/2200-Applied-For-Broadband-Stimulus-Funds-104146
News Release - Infinera Helps Bring Broadband to Grant County Residents - Public Utility Offers Fiber to the Home for Rural Areas (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/infinera-helps-bring-broadband-to-grant-county-residents-2009-08-28
As Net Turns 40, Barriers Threaten Open Growth (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/30/BUBB19F7VQ.DTL&feed=rss.business
Comcast Wins Appeal of FCC Ownership Cap - Largest Provider Can Grow Even Bigger (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/28/AR2009082803271.html?wprss=rss_business
Microsoft Office's Biggest Competitor? Office (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/177688.asp?source=pimail
GENERAL NEWS
Wash. Latest State to Be Sued For Full Support of School Dollars (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009775747_apwawashingtonschoollawsuit1stldwritethru.html
Yellow Jackets Get Aggressive During Fall Search for Food (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/955332.html
Ex-Shelton Prep Standout Signs Deal With S.F. Giants (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/highschoolsports/story/952875.html
Washington Governor Hit - State Govs Saying 'No Thanks' To Mystery Laptops (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jQ_OIxkYqPGoqo9rCk3ENETanvhgD9AC52B03
Fresh Air in the Muni Market - The municipal bond market may finally be coming out of the Dark Ages (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/business/30gret.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Ikea Defends Its New Catalog Typeface – Says it never expected such a backlash after switching typeface in its latest catalog (News Digest is Verdana)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20632051/detail.html
Hoquiam Considers Chicken Crackdown (KIRO Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=206392
Cognitive Dissonance Theater - Pot May Protect Brain from Booze
http://www.kirotv.com/health/20597907/detail.html
Land Mine Found In Cincinnati Home
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20646651/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
You Win Again - Hank Williams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w2aRoJueUs
Monday, August 31, 2009
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