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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Natural Gas Prices Jump 12 Percent
• Natural Gas Has Spiked 60% Since Labor Day. Why?
• Avista Cutting Natural Gas Rates
• TransAlta Earns Statewide Award
• Tennessee Valley Authority to Pay $43 Million on Projects in Spill Area
• New York Independent System Operator Seeks Changes to Energy Bidding
• Beware Of Utility Bill Phishing
• Colorado - Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association to Return $1.6 Million to Members
• Indiana - Alcoa Offers Incentives for Workers Who Leave
• Florida - Downtown Power Lines Battle Could Grow Into Lawsuit
• The Obama Administration Reveals Its Salmon Plan
• Obama Administration Backs Columbia Salmon and Dam Plan
• Salmon Plan Boosts Protection, Administration Says
• News Release - NOAA Strengthens 2008 Columbia River Salmon Protection Strategy
• Administration Presents Plan to Adapt to Change, Provide Insurance Policy for Fish
• Op/Ed - Energizing the Future to Save Our Salmon
• Inmates Join Battle against Weed to Protect North Mason Salmon Run
• Male Bass in Many US Rivers Feminized, Study Finds
• About 100 Dead or Sick Sea Ducks Found At Kalaloch, LaPush
• Bat Experts Watch Health of Northwest Colonies
• Headline Hilarity - PNW Study Suggests Less Total Precip in Dry Years
• People for Puget Sound Gets New Leader
• Schwarzenegger Plans Executive Order on Renewable Energy
• Editorial - A Clean-Energy Plan in Doubt
• California Renewables Push Could Drive Up Prices in Oregon
• Montana - Deal on Wind Power Sealed, Schweitzer Says
• Montana - Second Huge Wind Farm Planned For Toole, Glacier Counties
• Denmark – World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm to Go Online
• Europe Wind Power Body Sees Big Offshore Potential
• It’s Time to Regulate Wind Farms
• PSE's Green Power Program Wins National Award
• Editorial - Tax Dollars should not Be Used to Hype Alternatives to Fossil Fuels
• Can Solar Energy Pay Off Without Subsidies?
• German Thieves' New Take on Solar Panel Recycling
• Can Energy Efficiency Goals Be Met Without More Laws?
• Oregon Proposes New Rules for Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Clark County Calculates Which ‘Green’ Purchasing Efforts Pay Off
• Amazon Halts Work On Oregon Data Center Complex
• Comcast to Encrypt Signals
• $350 Million for Broadband Mapping: Too Much?
• Broadband over Powerline's Pulse Still Beats
• Google Hopes Readers Will 'Flip' Over New Format
• Deputies Arrest 'Polite' North Mason Robber
• City Of Shelton to Seek Stimulus Funds to Improve 101/Wallace Kneeland Interchange
• WA Gov Releases Natural Resource Reform Ideas
• People Empowered - Shelton-Area Family Pedals across Country
WORD OF THE DAY
Intestate • \in-TESS-tayt\ • adjective - 1: having made no valid will 2: not disposed of by will
The silence in the dark-paneled lawyer’s office was deafening. Brutus’ extended family had dutifully trooped into the hushed chamber, punctuated by silent coughs and the scraping of moving chairs. All 50 attendees had expected at least a share in the “Joanie Loves Chachi” memorabilia collection…breathless in anticipation over what the treasured items would bring in a planned Sotheby’s auction. The stunned silence was palpable as the attorney announced that Brutus died intestate. “But I thought he died in Omaha,” barked his clearly agitated uncle.
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
Natural Gas Prices Jump 12 Percent (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/14/financial/f022422D65.DTL&feed=rss.business
Natural Gas Has Spiked 60% Since Labor Day. Why? (Seeking Alpha)
http://seekingalpha.com/article/161308-natural-gas-has-spiked-60-since-labor-day-why?source=feed
Avista Cutting Natural Gas Rates - Utility hopes to have new prices in effect by November (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/14/avista-cutting-gas-rates-third-time-year/
TransAlta Earns Statewide Award (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?TransAlta-Earns-Statewide-Award=1&blockID=75139&feedID=410
Tennessee Valley Authority to Pay $43 Million on Projects in Spill Area (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/us/15ash.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
New York Independent System Operator Seeks Changes to Energy Bidding (The Business Review)
http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/othercities/albany/stories/2009/09/14/daily5.html
Beware Of Utility Bill Phishing (KTHV-TV, Little Rock, AR)
http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=90870&catid=2
Colorado - Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association to Return $1.6 Million to Members (The Coloradan, Fort Collins)
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20090914/UPDATES03/90914013/PVREA+to+return++1.6+million+to+members+
Indiana - Alcoa Offers Incentives for Workers Who Leave (Journal Courier, Lafayette, IN)
http://www.jconline.com/article/20090915/BUSINESS/909150323
Florida - Downtown Power Lines Battle Could Grow Into Lawsuit (Cape Coral Daily Breeze, FL)
http://www.cape-coral-daily-breeze.com/page/content.detail/id/510210.html?nav=5011
FISH & WILDLIFE
The Obama Administration Reveals Its Salmon Plan (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/09/the_obama_administration_revea.html
Obama Administration Backs Columbia Salmon and Dam Plan (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/environment/story/900609.html
Salmon Plan Boosts Protection, Administration Says (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/15/obama-administration-release-salmon-plan/
News Release - NOAA Strengthens 2008 Columbia River Salmon Protection Strategy - Plan based on sound science; strengthened contingency plan added as insurance for salmon (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090915_salmon.html
Administration Presents Plan to Adapt to Change, Provide Insurance Policy for Fish (salmonrecovery.gov)
http://www.salmonrecovery.gov/Biological_Opinions/FCRPS/2008_biop/index.cfm
Oregonian Op/Ed - Energizing the Future to Save Our Salmon
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/09/energizing_the_future_to_save.html
Inmates Join Battle against Weed to Protect North Mason Salmon Run (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/59290287.html
Male Bass in Many US Rivers Feminized, Study Finds (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009864392_apussciintersexfish.html?syndication=rss
About 100 Dead or Sick Sea Ducks Found At Kalaloch, LaPush Beaches (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2009860574_seabirds14m.html
Bat Experts Watch Health of Northwest Colonies - After Northeast bat colonies suffer a deadly infection, a local bat study takes on new urgency
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2009860734_bats14m.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Headline Hilarity - PNW Study Suggests Less Total Precip in Dry Years (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11131103
People for Puget Sound Gets New Leader (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/971202.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Schwarzenegger Plans Executive Order on Renewable Energy (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2183025.html
SF Chronicle Editorial - A Clean-Energy Plan in Doubt
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/14/EDS919N0PE.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
California Renewables Push Could Drive Up Prices in Oregon (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/09/california_renewables_push_cou.html
Montana - Deal on Wind Power Sealed, Schweitzer Says (The Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_b24f828e-a1b6-11de-929d-001cc4c03286.html
Montana - Second Huge Wind Farm Planned For Toole, Glacier Counties (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090913/NEWS01/909130303
Denmark – World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm to Go Online (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/largest-offshore-wind-farm-to-go-online/
Europe Wind Power Body Sees Big Offshore Potential (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE58D30J20090914
It’s Time to Regulate Wind Farms - For the past decade, Northwest policymakers have treated wind energy like a newborn, lavishing it with political love and bathing it in tax credits and other incentives (AgWeek)
http://www.agweek.com/articles/?id=6100&article_id=15000&property_id=41
PSE's Green Power Program Wins National Award (iStock Analyst)
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3480984
Washington Post Editorial - Self-Serve, Please: Tax Dollars should not Be Used to Hype Alternatives to Fossil Fuels
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/13/AR2009091302448.html?nav=rss_opinions
Can Solar Energy Pay Off Without Subsidies? (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112839270&ft=1&f=3
German Thieves' New Take on Solar Panel Recycling (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112839276&ft=1&f=3
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Can Energy Efficiency Goals Be Met Without More Laws? (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ARTCL&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=369025&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregon Proposes New Rules for Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/09/oregon_proposes_new_rules_for.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Clark County Calculates Which ‘Green’ Purchasing Efforts Pay Off (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090915/NEWS02/709159953/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Amazon Halts Work On Oregon Data Center Complex (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/09/14/daily8.html?ana=from_rss
Comcast to Encrypt Signals (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009860393_brier14.html
$350 Million for Broadband Mapping: Too Much? One company says they could do it for $3.5 million (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/350-Million-For-Broadband-Mapping-Too-Much-104442
Broadband over Powerline's Pulse Still Beats (Fierce Telecom)
http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/broadband-over-powerlines-pulse-still-beats/2009-09-14
Google Hopes Readers Will 'Flip' Over New Format (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/14/financial/f160151D97.DTL&feed=rss.business
GENERAL NEWS
Deputies Arrest 'Polite' North Mason Robber (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/sep/14/deputies-arrest-polite-north-mason-robber/?partner=RSS
City Of Shelton to Seek Stimulus Funds to Improve 101/Wallace Kneeland Interchange (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=169:city-applying-for-stimulus-funds-to-improve-101wallace-kneeland-interchange-&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
WA Gov Releases Natural Resource Reform Ideas (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5807-wa-gov-releases-natural-resource-reform-ideas/
People Empowered - Shelton-Area Family Pedals across Country (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/971191.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
California Disability Applicant Arrested After Video Shows Her Bowling
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2183027.html
Cruzin' Cooler Is A Drink Cooler That You Can Ride
http://consumerist.com/5359742/cruzin-cooler-is-a-drink-cooler-that-you-can-ride
Pharmacy Tech Sues Employer over Mock Holdup
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20900565/detail.html
Worker Honored For 50 Years at McDonald's
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20910531/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Billy Joel - Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UBpt1dya60
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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