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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Hearings Set On NW Power Plan
• Yakima - Accident Leaves 1,450 without Power
• FERC-NERC-WECC - Chelan PUD to Pay $42,000 for Rule Violations
• State Pollution Board Upholds Energy Northwest Fine
• Fitch Affirms Arrowrock Hydroelectric Project Revenue Bonds at 'BBB+'
• A ‘Nuclear Renaissance’ Stumbles Forward
• Chesapeake CEO Convinced Compressed Natural Gas Popularity Will Grow
• Developing World's Energy Needs Set Stage for Fight
• Flores Hopes Fish Plan Sticks
• Idaho - Biologists to Release Sockeye into Redfish Lake
• Columbia River and Tributary Fish Checks
• British Columbia Bears Dying From Salmon Shortage
• Huge Squid Appear En Masse Around Clallam Bay/Sekiu
• Half of Fish Consumption Attributed to Aquaculture
• Montana - Restoration River: Unlocking Upper Clark Fork's Potential
• Entiat Sewage to Get Chelan PUD Boost
• Suntech Snubs Oregon
• Suntech Says Solar Demand Has Turned Up
• Bechtel to build solar plants for BrightSource
• States Sharing the Sea for Wind Industry
• How Do You Grow A Wind-Power Startup To Utility-Grade?
• Earth Talk - Compare Costs of Alternative Energy
• Pellet Stoves Have Positives and Negatives
• Naval Base Kitsap Facilities Recognized for Conservation
• ‘Smart Grid’ To Get Test
• San Francisco Green Buildings Standard Seen As Flawed
• Workshop Uses Power Of Faith To Save Energy
• At Last, an LED Bulb worth Talking About
• Energy Bill's Proponents Prepare Counterattack
• Coalition Launches Campaign to Pass Climate Bill
• Electric rates will increase
• Stimulus Money to Train Scientists to Store Carbon to Fight Global Warming
• Storing Carbon Dioxide Could Be Britain’s New Oil Industry
• Bid to Make ‘Green’ Palm Oil Advances
• Eugene Named A ‘Smarter City’
• Are Blackboards More Environmentally Friendly Than Whiteboards?
• Comcast Launches 100Mbps Business Service to Take on Telcos
• Connected Nation Bails on Kentucky
• Ex-Yahoo Executive to Lead AOL's E-Mail Effort
• For Green Data Centers, Tech Firms Pick Up Where LEED Left Off
• 28 Have Sought Life-Ending Prescriptions under Washington State Law
• Soaring Forest Service leases to drive families out of cabins they've had for generations
• Large Marijuana Grows Dangerous To Environment & Humans
• North Mason Chamber's Proposed Name Change Raises Eyebrows
• Challenges Facing Gorge Cities Mount
• Olympia Looks to Ease Traffic Congestion at Busiest Intersection
• State Department Contractor electrocuted in Iraqi shower
• Olympic National Park Will Be On New U.S. Quarter
• Bellingham Offers Key to "Daily Show" Host
WORD OF THE DAY
Solipsism • \SO-lup-siz-um \ • noun – A theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing; also: extreme egocentrism
Norbert’s pudgy fingers reached for another chocolate bon bon. “It’s good to the King,” he mused through his hazy, and all to frequent, bouts of solipsism. After the life-altering “bee in the motorcycle helmet” incident, Norbert sensed that he was the reincarnation of Louis the 14th of France…the “Sun King”, as ordained by God. His wife merely rolled her eyes and handed him another powdered wig.
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
Hearings Set On NW Power Plan (Idaho Business Review)
http://www.idahobusiness.net/archive.htm/2009/09/08/Hearings-set-on-NW-power-plan
Yakima - Accident Leaves 1,450 without Power; Truck Driver Cited (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/09/08/truck-snaps-utility-power-leaving-1-000-without-power
FERC-NERC-WECC - Chelan PUD to Pay $42,000 for Rule Violations “…Manager puts it succinctly, ‘“Not only have we seen a plethora of new regulations and standards coming out…these are being interpreted and developed ... right up to the day of the audit, in many cases.’” (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/sep/09/chelan-pud-to-pay-42000-for-rule-violations/
State Pollution Board Upholds Energy Northwest Fine (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009826558_webwaste08.html?syndication=rss
Fitch Affirms Arrowrock Hydroelectric Project Revenue Bonds at 'BBB+' (Yahoo! Finance)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Fitch-Affirms-Boise-Kuna-bw-2662308920.html?x=0&.v=1
A ‘Nuclear Renaissance’ Stumbles Forward (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/a-nuclear-renaissance-stumbles-forward/
Chesapeake CEO Convinced Compressed Natural Gas Popularity Will Grow (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/08/financial/f145445D95.DTL&feed=rss.business
Developing World's Energy Needs Set Stage for Fight (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/08/AR2009090804019.html?nav=rss_email/components
FISH & WILDLIFE
Flores Hopes Fish Plan Sticks - Terry Flores is hoping the third time will be the charm for the Northwest Salmon Plan (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/09/news09-0809-01.shtml
Idaho - Biologists to Release Sockeye into Redfish Lake (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/964770.html
Columbia River and Tributary Fish Checks (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009827361_columbia_river_and_tributary_f.html
British Columbia Bears Dying From Salmon Shortage, Globe Says (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=a4Wi3OaH9XC0
Huge Squid Appear En Masse Around Clallam Bay/Sekiu -- Why? (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090909/news/309099988
Half of Fish Consumption Attributed to Aquaculture, Study Finds (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/digest.msp?id=2044
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Montana - Restoration River: Unlocking Upper Clark Fork's Potential for Recreation, Wildlife (Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_edba697c-9c36-11de-8792-001cc4c03286.html
Entiat Sewage to Get Chelan PUD Boost (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/sep/09/entiat-sewage-to-get-pud-boost/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Suntech Snubs Oregon (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/09/07/daily8.html?ana=from_rss
Suntech Says Solar Demand Has Turned Up (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5874TB20090908
Bechtel to build solar plants for BrightSource (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/09/BUPE19K87F.DTL&feed=rss.business
States Sharing the Sea for Wind Industry (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/09/09/09climatewire-states-sharing-the-sea-for-wind-industry-58551.html
How Do You Grow A Wind-Power Startup To Utility-Grade? (Massachusetts High Tech)
http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/09/07/weekly9-How-do-you-grow-a-wind-power-startup-to-utility-grade.html
Earth Talk - Compare Costs of Alternative Energy: Is it better to go with your utility's renewable power option or install your own solar or wind power? (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/09/08/earth-talk-compare-costs-of-alternative-energy/
Pellet Stoves Have Positives and Negatives (KYTV-TV, Springfield, MO)
http://www.ky3.com/news/contactky3reports/57716177.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Naval Base Kitsap Facilities Recognized for Conservation (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/sep/09/naval-base-kitsap-facilities-recognized-for/
‘Smart Grid’ To Get Test - Led by Battelle, utilities will incorporate tools to better manage electricity use (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/09/smart-grid-to-get-test/
San Francisco Green Buildings Standard Seen As Flawed (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/09/BU1A19K7LM.DTL&feed=rss.business
Workshop Uses Power Of Faith To Save Energy - Cool Congregations shows how people can cut their carbon footprint (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/19842902-46/story.csp#ID:19842902
At Last, an LED Bulb worth Talking About - Other LEDs disappoint, but the new bulb from Philips has the power to drag low-carbon spotlights out of the shadows (The Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2009/sep/09/led-light-bulb
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Energy Bill's Proponents Prepare Counterattack - While Washington focuses on health care, another battle looms in the Senate for carbon cap-and-trade legislation (BusinessWeek)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32757053/ns/business-businessweekcom/
Coalition Launches Campaign to Pass Climate Bill (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/08/AR2009090802295.html?wprss=rss_business
Electric rates will increase (Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD)
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20090909/VOICES09/909090319/1057/COLUMNISTS
Stimulus Money to Train Scientists to Store Carbon to Fight Global Warming (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/09/stimulus_money_to_train_scient.html
Storing Carbon Dioxide Could Be Britain’s New Oil Industry (Times of London, UK)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/earth-environment/article6826737.ece
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Bid to Make ‘Green’ Palm Oil Advances (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/business/energy-environment/10palm.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Eugene Named A ‘Smarter City’ - A group ranks the leaders high in the “environmental vanguard’’ (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/19846539-46/story.csp#ID:19846539
Are Blackboards More Environmentally Friendly Than Whiteboards? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2227692/?from=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast Launches 100Mbps Business Service to Take on Telcos (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/09/08/comcast-launches-100mbps-business-service-to-take-on-telcos/
Connected Nation Bails on Kentucky - After state demands too much of the organization (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Connected-Nation-Bails-On-Kentucky-104356
Ex-Yahoo Executive to Lead AOL's E-Mail Effort (Associated Press)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/08/AR2009090803219.html?wprss=rss_technology
For Green Data Centers, Tech Firms Pick Up Where LEED Left Off (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/09/08/for-green-data-centers-tech-firms-pick-up-where-leed-left-off/
GENERAL NEWS
28 Have Sought Life-Ending Prescriptions Under Washington State Law (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009827702_death09m.html
Soaring Forest Service leases to drive families out of cabins they've had for generations (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/traveloutdoors/2009827693_cabin09m.html?syndication=rss
Large Marijuana Grows Dangerous To Environment & Humans (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11096117
North Mason Chamber's Proposed Name Change Raises Eyebrows (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/sep/08/north-mason-chambers-proposed-name-change-raises/?partner=RSS
Challenges Facing Gorge Cities Mount - Mixed messages abound at first-ever bi-state gathering (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090909/NEWS02/709099958/
Olympia Looks to Ease Traffic Congestion at Busiest Intersection (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/871211.html
State Department Contractor electrocuted in Iraqi shower (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/08/national/w150306D79.DTL&feed=rss.business
Olympic National Park Will Be On New U.S. Quarter (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/09/07/daily15.html?ana=from_rss
Bellingham Offers Key to "Daily Show" Host (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_090909WAB-AP-bellingham-key-jon-stewart-LJ.16274cc85.html?rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Owners Say Horses Indicate Early Winter
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20794400/detail.html
Fanboys Rejoice - Tolkien Settlement Clears Way for 'Hobbit' Movies
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13291548
Police: Robber Returned To Ask Victim Out
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20798748/detail.html
Vermont Group Tries To Take Chili's Pepper Sign
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20793784/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Otis Redding – Respect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JGJXmpKGXY
Aretha Franklin – Respect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0XAI-PFQcA
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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