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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Pacific Northwest Power Panel Backs Energy-Saving Ideas
• Pacific Northwest power plan would boost region's electricity conservation
• Billings Natural-Gas-Fired Power Plant Gains Tentative Air Permit Nod
• Oregon Senator Meets with Leaders to Talk About Minidoka Dam Repairs
• Kootenai Electric Cooperative Considers Rate Hike
• North Carolina - Rate-Hike Opponents Want Duke Energy’s Cliffside Plant Halted
• State Reopens Hood Canal Beach to Shellfishing
• Lewiston, Idaho Remains against Breaching Dams
• Chinook Salmon Are Moving Into Improved Nooksack River Channel
• Rainy Forks Running Low On Water
• Chehalis Developer Charged With Filling Wetlands
• Fate of Capital Lake in Hands of State
• Feds: California Water Crisis Isn't Washington's Fault
• Proposed Wind Power Project Deemed Safe for Wildlife
• PUD 3 a Participant - Proposed Pacific County Wind Power Project Deemed Safe for Wildlife
• Oregon Tribes Explore Wind Power
• California Renewable-Power Fight at Crossroads
• Illinois - Indifference, Uncertainty Meeting Wind Farms
• Massachusetts - Power Struggle Looms in Plans to Regulate Wind Turbines at Sea
• Renewable Energy, Meet the New Nimbys
• Chinese Solar Company Comes To Richland
• Nevada - Solar Isn’t Powering Local Budgets
• Arctic Reverses Trend, Is Warmest In Two Millennia
• Global Warming Could Forestall Ice Age
• Droplets of Seawater: A Global Warming Solution?
• Talk of China's Green Revolution Belies Its Voracious Energy Grab
• Nebraska - City Hires ‘Green' Official
• Happy 40th Birthday, Internet
• U.S. Broadband Growth Continues to Slow
• Will Google or Cisco Determine Our Future Broadband Networks?
• Cool, Wet Weekend Forecast For Western Washington
• Vandals Topple Everett Radio Towers
• Olympia’s KGY Braces for Possible Move
WORD OF THE DAY
Comminute • \KAH-muh-noot\ • verb - To reduce to minute particles: pulverize
Doing a modified version of “The Twist” Abercrombie comminuted the seemingly losing lotto ticket to dust. I think you know…..the rest --- of --- the --- story.
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
Pacific Northwest Power Panel Backs Energy-Saving Ideas (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009803466_northwestpower04.html?syndication=rss
Pacific Northwest power plan would boost region's electricity conservation (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/09/northwest_power_plan_would_boo.html
Billings Natural-Gas-Fired Power Plant Gains Tentative Air Permit Nod (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090904/NEWS01/909040315/Natural-gas-fired+power+plant+gains+tentative+air+permit+nod
Oregon Senator Meets with Leaders to Talk About Minidoka Dam Repairs (KMVT-TV, Twin Falls, ID)
http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/57118767.html
Kootenai Electric Cooperative considers rate hike (Coeur d’Alene Press, ID)
http://www.cdapress.com/articles/2009/09/04/business/bus01.txt
North Carolina - Rate-Hike Opponents Want Duke Energy’s Cliffside Plant Halted (Triangle Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/08/31/daily51.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
State Reopens Hood Canal Beach to Shellfishing (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/sep/03/state-reopens-beach-shellfishing/
Lewiston, Idaho Remains against Breaching Dams (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=18328
Chinook Salmon Are Moving Into Improved Nooksack River Channel (Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/1054725.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Rainy Forks Running Low On Water; Officials Urge Conservation (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090904/news/309049991
Chehalis Developer Charged With Filling Wetlands (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/959471.html
Fate of Capital Lake in Hands of State - Lake or Estuary? Funding issues might stall progress, sway choice, but it is years in the making (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/959912.html
Feds: California Water Crisis Isn't Washington's Fault (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2200843~Feds__Calif__water_crisis_isn_t_Washington_s_fault.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Proposed Wind Power Project Deemed Safe for Wildlife (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=872
PUD 3 a Participant - Proposed Pacific County Wind Power Project Deemed Safe for Wildlife (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=590
Oregon Tribes Explore Wind Power (Oregon Business)
http://www.oregonbusiness.com/articles/69-september-2009/2176-tribes-explore-wind-power
California Renewable-Power Fight at Crossroads (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/04/BU5K19HH3E.DTL
Illinois - Indifference, Uncertainty Meeting Wind Farms (Morris Daily Herald, IL)
http://www.morrisdailyherald.com/articles/2009/09/03/38689994/index.xml
Massachusetts - Power Struggle Looms in Plans to Regulate Wind Turbines at Sea (Martha’s Vineyard Gazette, MA)
http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?22845
Renewable Energy, Meet the New Nimbys - Solar and Wind-Power Proposals Draw Opposition from Residents Fearing Visual Blight; a Dilemma for Some Environmentalists (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125201834987684787.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us
Chinese Solar Company Comes To Richland (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11044666
Nevada - Solar Isn’t Powering Local Budgets: But that could change with legislation that would force some lease revenue to be diverted to states, counties (Las Vegas Sun, NV)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/sep/04/solar-isnt-powering-local-budgets/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Arctic Reverses Trend, Is Warmest In Two Millennia (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009800788_apussciarcticwarming.html?syndication=rss
Global Warming Could Forestall Ice Age (NY Times – I think the editors were in a hurry when they wrote this headline)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/science/earth/04arctic.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Droplets of Seawater: A Global Warming Solution? (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2009/09/03/droplets-of-seawater-a-global-warming-solution/
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Talk of China's Green Revolution Belies Its Voracious Energy Grab (The Telegram, UK)
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/rowenamason/100000797/talk-of-chinas-green-revolution-belies-its-voracious-energy-grab/
Nebraska - City Hires ‘Green' Official (Omaha World-Herald, NE)
http://www.omaha.com/article/20090903/NEWS01/709039828
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Happy 40th Birthday, Internet - Today marks the Internet's 40th birthday (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/178164.asp?source=pimail
U.S. Broadband Growth Continues to Slow (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/09/03/u-s-broadband-growth-continues-to-slow/
Will Google or Cisco Determine Our Future Broadband Networks? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/09/03/will-google-or-cisco-determine-our-future-broadband-networks/
GENERAL NEWS
Cool, Wet Weekend Forecast For Western Washington (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009807190_apwalabordayweather.html?syndication=rss
Vandals Topple Everett Radio Towers (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_090409WAB_radio-towers-toppled-JM.14867d96a.html?rss?npc
Olympia’s KGY Braces for Possible Move - Station is busy boosting revenue in case port's plan forces it from waterfront home (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/959931.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Ex-Con Injured Sneaking Back Into Jail
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20690419/detail.html
Frivolous Lawsuit Critic Sues Sacramento Over Towing Of Vehicle
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2159806.html
Montana Officer Resigns Over Facebook Comments
http://www.examiner.com/a-2201432~Montana_officer_resigns_over_Facebook_comments.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Salmon Creek Alligator Caught
http://columbian.com/article/20090903/NEWS02/709049962/
This Is Just Sad - Want Facebook Friends? This Company Will Sell You Some
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13262859
SONG OF THE DAY
Jimmy Buffett - Come Monday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nqQUpH3cDk&feature=related
Friday, September 4, 2009
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