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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Cowlitz PUD Officials Outline Rate Increase at Public Hearing
• Portland General Electric to Test Peak-Pricing for Electricity
• Lewis County - BPA Equipment Problem Sets Off Power Outage
• Southern Montana Electric Air Permit Hearing Less Contentious This Round
• Beartooth Electric Cooperative Sees Changes
• Natural Gas Stocks Grow As Expected
• U.S. Panel Shifts Focus to Reusing Nuclear Fuel
• Twenty Die in Chimney Collapse at Power Plant in India
• Deadline Set For Comments New NW Salmon Plan
• Editorial - Obama Hooked Into Salmon Plight
• Op/Ed - Obama Science Goes Schizophrenic on Salmon Restoration
• Nez Perce Tribe Opens Gill-Netting Season On Snake & Clearwater Rivers
• Local Rivers Produce Good Salmon Catch
• Hanford Reach Area of Columbia River Picks Up For Kings
• $2.1 Million Morse Creek Fish Crib Under Way to Preserve Young Elwha River Salmon
• Klamath Dam Removal Costs, Liabilities Studied
• State OKs Olympia Brewery Water Plan
• Idaho anglers, boaters, skiers, growers, power companies all affected by climate change
• U.S. Senate's Failed Water Amendment Roils California Alliances
• State Of Idaho Awards Loan to Blackfoot for Big Water Reservoir Project
• Howard Hanson Dam - 'We Are Trying To Fix a Hill & Not a Dam'
• Winslow-Area Sewer Customers Could See Big Rate Increase
• Canada – Report Today Says Victoria Area Municipalities Can Opt Out Of Sewage Plan
• Army Corps of Engineers' Regional Leader Departing
• Montana, Wyoming Wind Power Sought For $3B Transmission Lines
• Green Power Line to Los Angeles Hits Roadblock
• Challenges That Independent System Operators Face When Dealing With Wind Power
• Mukilteo Woodstove, Fireplace Maker Hopes Tax Credit Ignites Sales
• Oregon - Waste Management Garbage to Power Homes
• Houston a Hub for Renewable Energy?
• LED Bulbs - Is This the Light Bulb of the Future?
• Dayton, WA - Energy Use in Agriculture to be Discussed At Liberty Theater
• Stable Temps Could Chill Work On Climate Treaty
• Top Washington Businesses Silent on Their Climate Impacts
• Are Hybrid Cars Dangerously Quiet?
• Duke Energy, FPL to Switch to Hybrid, Electric Vehicles
• Swallowing Eco-Hype - Being a 'locavore' is supposed to be healthier for you
• Oregon’s Bend Broadband Unveils 25 Mbps, 60 Mbps Tiers
• Rural, Urban Areas of Ohio Seek Broadband Cash
• Oregon Smoke Clouds Inland NW Skies
• Seattle Rotary Bookkeeper Charged With 123 Counts of Theft
• Arrest Made in Burglaries at Lakes on Mason-Kitsap Line
• Oregon Environmentalists Target New Legislation
WORD OF THE DAY
Cogent • \COE-junt\ • adjective - 1: having power to compel or constrain 2*a: appealing forcibly to the mind or reason: convincing b: pertinent, relevant
Unfortunately, for the scientists in the room, their inherent, cogent abilities to persuade the government panel were overwhelmed by the politics of fear. Their opponents stalked smugly from the room, unaware of the future consequences of their actions that day. In the not too distant future, candle and oil lantern manufacturers were to make a killing….
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Cowlitz PUD Officials Outline Rate Increase at Public Hearing (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/09/23/area_news/doc4ab9ce6faae9c671540437.txt
Portland General Electric to Test Peak-Pricing for Electricity (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/09/pge_to_test_peak-pricing_for_e.html
Lewis County - BPA Equipment Problem Sets Off Power Outage (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?BPA-Equipment-Problem-Sets-Off-Power-Out=1&blockID=76788&feedID=410
Southern Montana Electric Air Permit Hearing Less Contentious This Round – Coal plans changed to natural gas (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090924/NEWS01/909240303
Beartooth Electric Cooperative Sees Changes (Billings Gazette, MT)
http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/article_12902718-a8c7-11de-bbaf-001cc4c03286.html
Natural Gas Stocks Grow As Expected (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/24/financial/f073332D53.DTL&feed=rss.business
U.S. Panel Shifts Focus to Reusing Nuclear Fuel (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/business/energy-environment/24yucca.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Twenty Die in Chimney Collapse at Power Plant in India (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/23/international/i090552D46.DTL&feed=rss.business
FISH & WILDLIFE
Deadline Set For Comments New NW Salmon Plan (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009930416_websalmondams24.html?syndication=rss
SF Chronicle Editorial - Obama Hooked Into Salmon Plight “…this fall's salmon counts are way up, making drastic steps a hard sell…”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/24/EDO719RE9P.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Crosscut Seattle Op/Ed - Obama Science Goes Schizophrenic on Salmon Restoration
http://crosscut.com/2009/09/23/animals-wildlife/19247/
Nez Perce Tribe Opens Gill-Netting Season On Snake & Clearwater Rivers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009935515_apidgillnettingseason.html?syndication=rss
Local Rivers Produce Good Salmon Catch - Puyallup, Carbon & Nisqually are good places to fish (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/889647.html
Hanford Reach Area of Columbia River Picks Up For Kings (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009928965_hanford_reach_area_of_columbia.html?syndication=rss
$2.1 Million Morse Creek Fish Crib Under Way to Preserve Young Elwha River Salmon (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090923/NEWS/309239995
Klamath Dam Removal Costs, Liabilities Studied (Mount Shasta News, CA)
http://www.mtshastanews.com/news/x1699595587/Klamath-dam-removal-costs-liabilities-studied
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
State OKs Olympia Brewery Water Plan - Slightly less than Conservancy Board determined will be transferred to municipal control (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/979589.html
Idaho anglers, boaters, skiers, growers, power companies all affected by climate change “…Extra water now runs through Idaho Power Co.'s dams in the spring - when the company already has more than it needs & when state reservoir operators can't capture it all for storage...” (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/environment/story/909277.html
U.S. Senate's Failed Water Amendment Roils California Alliances (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2205188.html
State Of Idaho Awards Loan to Blackfoot for Big Water Reservoir Project (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/979840.html
Howard Hanson Dam - 'We Are Trying To Fix a Hill & Not a Dam' (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/60881882.html
Winslow-Area Sewer Customers Could See Big Rate Increase (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/sep/23/winslow-area-sewer-customers-could-see-big-rate/?partner=RSS
Canada – Report Today Says Victoria Area Municipalities Can Opt Out Of Sewage Plan (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Report+today+says+Victoria+area+municipalities+sewage+plan/2023444/story.html
Army Corps of Engineers' Regional Leader Departing (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/09/army_corps_of_engineers_region.html
RENEWABLE & ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Montana, Wyoming Wind Power Sought For $3B Transmission Lines (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2232978~Montana__Wyoming_wind_power_sought_for__3B_lines.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Green Power Line to Los Angeles Hits Roadblock (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE58M03M20090923
Billings Gazette Op/Ed - Senators Should Support Clean Energy for Montana’s Future
http://billingsgazette.com/news/opinion/guest/article_f4b404ce-a8b9-11de-bded-001cc4c03286.html
Challenges That Independent System Operators Face When Dealing With Wind Power (North American Windpower)
http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.4646
Bits o’ Biomass - Mukilteo Woodstove, Fireplace Maker Hopes Tax Credit Ignites Sales (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009930193_stoves24.html?syndication=rss
Oregon - Waste Management Garbage to Power Homes (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/09/21/daily41.html?ana=from_rss
Houston a Hub for Renewable Energy? (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/houston-a-hub-for-renewable-energy/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
LED Bulbs - Is This the Light Bulb of the Future? (NY Times)
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/is-this-the-lightbulb-of-the-future/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Dayton, WA - Energy Use in Agriculture to be Discussed At Liberty Theater (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/09/23/local_news/090923local06xenergylecture.txt
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Stable Temps Could Chill Work On Climate Treaty (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009922827_cooling23.html
Top Washington Businesses Silent on Their Climate Impacts (KUOW Radio, Seattle)
http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=18466
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Are Hybrid Cars Dangerously Quiet? (Bloomberg News)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009922506_quietcars23.html
Duke Energy, FPL to Switch to Hybrid, Electric Vehicles (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/24/financial/f055224D35.DTL&feed=rss.business
Swallowing Eco-Hype - Being a 'locavore' is supposed to be healthier for you & better for the planet, right? Maybe not (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/216034?from=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Oregon’s Bend Broadband Unveils 25 Mbps, 60 Mbps Tiers (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Bend-Broadband-Unveils-25-Mbps-60-Mbps-Tiers-104604
Rural, Urban Areas of Ohio Seek Broadband Cash (SF Chronicle, CA)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/23/financial/f134841D51.DTL&feed=rss.business
GENERAL NEWS
Oregon Smoke Clouds Inland NW Skies (Associated Press – but is it carbon neutral?)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/24/oregon-smoke-clouds-inland-nw-skies/
Seattle Rotary Bookkeeper Charged With 123 Counts of Theft (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/410454_rotary23.html?source=rss
Arrest Made in Burglaries at Lakes on Mason-Kitsap Line (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/sep/23/arrest-made-in-burglaries-at-lakes-on-mason-line/?partner=RSS
Oregon Environmentalists Target New Legislation (Associated Press)
http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090923/NEWS02/909239996
DIVERSIONS
Potato Farmer Holy Grail: McDonald's French Fries
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21078746/detail.html
Angry College Students Hold 'Naked Rally'
http://www.kirotv.com/education/21075078/detail.html
Chocolate Tied To Health after a Heart Attack
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13403659
Huge Hoard of Anglo-Saxon Treasure Found
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21099185/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Hot Chocolate - Every 1's A Winner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-GkwIRbLw8
Thursday, September 24, 2009
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