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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• No Floor in Sight for Natural Gas; Prices Plunge
• Douglas PUD Proposes Electricity Rate Hikes
• Texas – Houston Area's Utility Bills Lead Highest-Priced List
• Leaving Snohomish PUD - Woman Is Trading One Washington for Another
• Coal Slated To Roll Along Montana Rail Line
• BPA Construction Will Cause Brief Slow-Down in Tumwater on Thursday
• Ontario Shutting Down Four Coal-Fired Units
• Clumsy Squirrel Sparks Fire near Rossmoor
• Lots of Pink Salmon in Puget Sound
• Canada - Pink Salmon Making Major Comeback in Nanaimo Harbour
• Record-Low Sockeye Return Expected For the Fraser River
• Skokomish River "Fish Camp” At Hunter Farms in Mason County Ordered to Close
• Dead Killer Whale Calf Spotted Near Orcas Island
• Arizona Lawsuit: Flood Insurance Neglects Species Threats
• Study: Bigeye Tuna Stocks in Pacific under Threat
• Shroud of Smoky Haze Hangs Over Much of the West
• PacifiCorp. Schedules Flood Management Meeting in Woodland
• California: Urging Water Rules Change
• Cow Powered: WWU Gets $500K for Methane Project
• Geothermal Energy Company Calls Halt to California Drilling Project
• N.J. Lining Up Against Proposed Delaware Bay Wind Farm
• Wood Energy: The New Renewable?
• PEMCO Clock Raising Awareness on Solar Energy
• Detroit Edison Program Will Pay Customers for Solar Systems
• Discarded Watermelons Could Be New Source of Biofuel
• Companies Doing More to Cut Energy Use in Office
• Climate Change Bill a Tough Sell in Montana
• North Mason Green Businesses Make Debut
• Connected Nation Takes Inside Track on Minnesota Mapping, Too
• Verizon, Comcast Ok with Low Bar When Defining Broadband
• Yahoo's Chief Accounting Officer Resigns
• Can I Sue Gmail For Going Off-Line?
• Momentum Continues for Mason County Hospital District Switch
• Feds Failed To Clear Brush in LA Wildfire Area
• Former Oregon Governor Will Seek A Third Term
• Inventor Sues 3 Northwest Universities over Mustard Seed Patent
WORD OF THE DAY
Shambolic • \sham-BALL-ick\ • adjective – obviously disorganized or confused
“Let’s see how our marketing staff has been doing with the new product campaign,” whispered the CEO as he quietly swung the conference room door open. To his horror, and that of the other board members, the room was a shambolic mess of paper stars, paper punch confetti and bubble packing material that had obviously been long deflated. The marketing staff was nowhere to be seen.
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
No Floor in Sight for Natural Gas; Prices Plunge (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009800315_apusoilprices.html?syndication=rss
Douglas PUD Proposes Electricity Rate Hikes (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090902/NEWS04/709029825?Douglas-PUD-proposes-electricity-rate-hikes
Texas – Houston Area's Utility Bills Lead Highest-Priced List (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6600037.html
Leaving Snohomish PUD - Woman Is Trading One Washington for Another (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.enterprisenewspapers.com/article/20090902/NEWS01/709029782/0/ETPZONELT
Coal Slated To Roll Along Montana Rail Line (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2198693~Coal_slated_to_roll_along_MT_rail_line.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
BPA Construction Will Cause Brief Slow-Down in Tumwater on Thursday (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/958076.html
Ontario Shutting Down Four Coal-Fired Units (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=368690&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Clumsy Squirrel Sparks Fire near Rossmoor (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/02/BALM19HG96.DTL&feed=rss.news
FISH & WILDLIFE
Lots of Pink Salmon in Puget Sound (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009795355_fish03.html?syndication=rss
Columbia River Record Broken For Salmon and Steelhead Trips and Fish Caught (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009794621_columbia_river_record_broken_f.html
Canada - Pink Salmon Making Major Comeback in Nanaimo Harbour (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/Pink+salmon+making+major+comeback+Nanaimo+harbour/1955445/story.html
Record-Low Sockeye Return Expected For the Fraser River (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Record+sockeye+return+expected+Fraser+River/1956497/story.html
Skokomish River "Fish Camp” At Hunter Farms in Mason County Ordered to Close (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/8140/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Dead Killer Whale Calf Spotted Near Orcas Island (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/957997.html
Arizona Lawsuit: Flood Insurance Neglects Species Threats (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009794762_apazfloodinsurancesuit1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Study: Bigeye Tuna Stocks in Pacific under Threat (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009799992_apasasiadisappearingtuna.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Shroud of Smoky Haze Hangs Over Much of the West (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/us/03smoke.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
PacifiCorp. Schedules Flood Management Meeting in Woodland (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/09/03/area_news/doc4a9f10770fe04584559252.txt
California: Urging Water Rules Change (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/us/03brfs-URGINGWATERR_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Cow Powered: WWU Gets $500K for Methane Project (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/08/31/daily36.html?ana=from_rss
Geothermal Energy Company Calls Halt to California Drilling Project (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/business/energy-environment/03alta.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
N.J. Lining Up Against Proposed Delaware Bay Wind Farm (New Jersey Newsroom, Montclair, NJ)
http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/science-updates/nj-lining-up-against-proposed-delaware-bay-wind-farm
Wood Energy: The New Renewable? (Seeking Alpha)
http://seekingalpha.com/article/159671-wood-energy-the-new-renewable?source=yahoo
PEMCO Clock Raising Awareness on Solar Energy (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/transportation/archives/178112.asp?source=pimail
Detroit Edison Program Will Pay Customers for Solar Systems (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/09/detroit-edison-program-will-pay-customers-for-solar-systems?cmpid=rss
Discarded Watermelons Could Be New Source of Biofuel (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/2009/sep/Discarded-Watermelons-Could-Be-New-Source-of-Biofuel.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Companies Doing More to Cut Energy Use in Office (Washington Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/08/31/daily42.html?ana=from_rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate Change Bill a Tough Sell in Montana (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/climate_change_bill_a_tough_sell_in_montana/12757/
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
North Mason Green Businesses Make Debut (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/sep/02/green-businesses-make-debut/?partner=RSS
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Connected Nation Takes Inside Track on Minnesota Mapping, Too - Who values consumer input? Apparently nobody. (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Connected-Nation-Takes-Inside-Track-On-Minnesota-Mapping-Too-104282
Verizon, Comcast Ok with Low Bar When Defining Broadband - Carriers think anything from 200kbps to 768kbps is ok (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Comcast-Ok-With-Low-Bar-When-Defining-Broadband-104272
Yahoo's Chief Accounting Officer Resigns (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009794793_apustecyahooresignation.html?syndication=rss
Can I Sue Gmail For Going Off-Line? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2227093/?from=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Momentum Continues for Mason County Hospital District Switch (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/sep/02/momentum-continues-hospital-district-switch/?partner=RSS
Feds Failed To Clear Brush in LA Wildfire Area (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2198729~Feds_failed_to_clear_brush_in_LA_wildfire_area.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Former Oregon Governor Will Seek A Third Term (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009793904_apusoregongovernorsrace.html?syndication=rss
Inventor Sues 3 Northwest Universities over Mustard Seed Patent (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/958304.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Knucklehead of the Week -- Clallam County Edition
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/theblotter/2009793564_knucklehead_of_the_week_--_cla.html?syndication=rss
Mount Vernon Not United On Mayor's 'Glenn Beck Day'
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009796296_beck03m.html?syndication=rss
Finger Bitten Off During California Health Protest
http://www.examiner.com/a-2199800~Finger_bitten_off_during_California_health_protest.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Does This Case Of Beer Make My Thighs Look Fat?
http://www.tampabay.com/news/bizarre/does-this-case-of-beer-make-my-thighs-look-fat/1007765
SONG OF THE DAY
Red Steagall - Lone Star Beer and Bob Wills Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EFEk44VAlk&feature=related
Thursday, September 3, 2009
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