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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Editorial - Portland General Electric’s Boardman Plant: Bad Air, Worse Energy Policy
• Snake River Dam Crossings Return to Normal
• Lock at the Dalles Dam to Remain Closed
• Energy Secretary Says State in Line for $42.7 Million
• Grant PUD to Talk Rate Increases, Initiatives
• Lewis County - Alleged Drunk Driver Hits Pole, Survives Live Wires
• Residents (Including Chelan PUD Employees) to Be Honored for Heroism
• Heating Aid Could Fall Short of Needs
• Push For Liquefied Natural Gas Pipeline from Oregon’s Coos Bay
• California - Meters or Rate Hike?
• NorthWestern Energy Wants to Delay Montana Rate Case
• Op/Ed – Pacific Gas & Electric Partnering On ‘Smart Grid’
• Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Chief Resigns
• Two Connecticut Natural Gas Companies Forbidden to Lay off Employees
• Navajos, Hopis Shun Environmentalists over Coal Plant Plans
• Texas - $20,000 Error on Electric Bill Gives McKinney Woman a Jolt
• Judge Extends Deadline for Columbia River Salmon Plan Responses
• Editorial - End to the Klamath War
• Sockeye Salmon Spawning In Upper Cle Elum River Basin First Time In 100 Years
• Game On! Cooler Weather Rallies Near-Record Steelhead Run
• 2009 Steelhead Survival Rates Lower Granite-To- Below Bonneville ‘Significantly Higher’
• Scarcity of King Salmon Hurt Alaskan Fishermen
• Big Pink Salmon Run Helped Some but Not All Whatcom County Fishers
• Corps Sets Lake Pend Oreille Level for Spawning Season
• Solar-Powered Pump Keeps Cattle Out of Salmon Streams
• Kitsap’s Aquifers End ‘Water Year’ On Historically Low Note
• Water Flow from Dams to Increase in Elwha River
• Downstream From Green River Dam, Valley Residents & Businesses Prepare for Worst
• Water Canal Sparks Skepticism, Lawsuits in California
• Carolinas Water Fight Gets Supreme Court Spotlight
• Cowlitz PUD Looks at Green Future
• Snohomish-Based Business Converts Landfill Waste into Electricity
• Unexpected Tariff on Solar Panels May Further Strain U.S.-China Trade Relations
• Oregon - SolarWorld to Add Production Step in Hillsboro
• As Wind Farm Plans Spread, Wyoming Considers Nature of Wind Rights
• Clean-Energy Investments Off 22 Percent
• New Hampshire - Area Hydroelectric Plants Contribute Toward Record Output
• United Kingdom - Bad Tidings for Scottish Wave Power
• Biofuels Producers Warn They Are Going to Fall Far Short of Federal Mandates
• Energy-Efficient LED Bulbs to Light U.S. Homes
• $39.95 for an Energy-Efficient Light Bulb?
• Energy-Saving Options for Home Appliances
• Burying CO2: Fix or folly?
• Walruses Suffer Substantial Losses as Sea Ice Erodes
• Puget Sound Energy Joins the Electric Vehicle Project
• Oregon to Get 2,000 Electric Car Charging Stations
• In Green Portland, High Schools Lag On Environmental Education
• Get Everyone in US Online, High-Level Panel Says
• Editorial - Google & the Problem with ‘Net Neutrality’
• Spam Growth Surpasses ‘Storm’ Virus
• Mason County Forest Products Sued For Sex Discrimination & Retaliation
• Sunday Winds Bring Eastern Washington Dust, Blackouts
• Washington Lawmakers Warned Of Pension Shortfall
• Oregon Prison Springs Eco-Saboteur ‘Free’ By Mistake, Then Takes Him Back
• Mail on Saturday Could Get Sacked
• ‘Olympian’ Newspaper Name Trademark Challenged
• Trick-Or-Treat Bags May Be Lighter This Year
• Smell Has Some Cities Ripping Out Ginkgo Trees
WORD OF THE DAY
Fox Fire • \FOX-fire\ • noun – An eerie phosphorescent light (as of decaying wood); also: a luminous fungus (as Armillaria mellea) that causes decaying wood to glow
As Beauregard forged his way into the Appalachian wilderness in search of the mysterious witch of the Peaks of Otter, he thanked his lucky stars that on this moonless night that his way was being lit by the wan glow of fox fire.
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
Oregonian Editorial - Portland General Electric’s Boardman Plant: Bad Air, Worse Energy Policy
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf/2009/10/pges_boardman_plant_bad_air_wo.html
Snake River Dam Crossings Return to Normal (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/10/02/local_news/091002local06riverdam.txt
Lock at the Dalles Dam to Remain Closed (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/740100.html
Energy Secretary Says State in Line for $42.7 Million (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009991710_chu03m.html?syndication=rss
Grant PUD to Talk Rate Increases, Initiatives (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/10/02/news/doc4ac64023dde32078012489.txt
Lewis County - Alleged Drunk Driver Hits Pole, Survives Live Wires (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/10/02/news/doc4ac643a294e27114474590.txt
Area Residents to Be Honored by Governor for Heroism - Includes Chelan County PUD employees (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/oct/03/area-residents-to-be-honored-by-governor-for/
Heating Aid Could Fall Short of Needs (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2009-10-04-heating-aid_N.htm?csp=34
Push for Liquefied Natural Gas Pipeline from Oregon’s Coos Bay (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/04/MNGM19SPCT.DTL&feed=rss.business
California - Meters or Rate Hike? PG&E Explains Soaring Energy Bills (Bakersfield Californian, CA)
http://www.bakersfield.com/news/business/economy/x2067559241/Meters-or-rate-hike-PG-E-explains-soaring-energy-bills
NorthWestern Energy Wants to Delay Montana Rate Case (Associated Press)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/NorthWestern-Energy-wants-to-apf-306363442.html?x=0&.v=1
SF Chronicle Op/Ed – Pacific Gas & Electric Partnering On ‘Smart Grid’
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/05/EDVH1A0BCU.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Chief Resigns (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2248908~LA_Department_of_Water_and_Power_chief_resigns.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Two Connecticut Natural Gas Companies Forbidden to Lay off Employees - DPUC’s Unprecedented Move Questioned By Some (Hartford Courant, CT)
http://www.courant.com/business/hc-dpuc-layoffban.artoct05,0,2076775.story
Navajos, Hopis Shun Environmentalists over Coal Plant Plans (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/09/28/daily92.html?ana=from_rss
Texas - $20,000 Error on Electric Bill Gives McKinney Woman a Jolt (Dallas Morning News, TX)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/industries/energy/stories/DN-bigbill_04bus.ART0.State.Edition1.3cf560c.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Judge Extends Deadline for Columbia River Salmon Plan Responses (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009991057_aporsalmondams.html
NY Times Editorial - End to the Klamath War
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/opinion/04sun3.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Sockeye Salmon Spawning In Upper Cle Elum River Basin First Time In 100 Years (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/358400.aspx
Game On! Cooler Weather Rallies Near-Record Steelhead Run (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/04/game-on/
2009 Steelhead Survival Rates Lower Granite-To- Below Bonneville ‘Significantly Higher’ (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/358402.aspx
Scarcity of King Salmon Hurt Alaskan Fishermen “…managers…suspect changes in ocean conditions are mostly to blame…” (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/business/03salmon.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Big Pink Salmon Run Helped Some but Not All Whatcom County Fishers (Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/1097489.html
Corps Sets Lake Pend Oreille Level for Spawning Season (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/04/corps-sets-lakes-level-for-spawning-season/
Solar-Powered Pump Keeps Cattle Out of Salmon Streams (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091005/NEWS01/710059873/-1/RSS02
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Kitsap’s Aquifers End ‘Water Year’ On Historically Low Note (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/03/kitsaps-aquifers-end-water-year-on-low-note/
Water Flow from Dams to Increase in Elwha River (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091004/news/310049981
Downstream From Green River Dam, Valley Residents & Businesses Prepare for Worst (Seattle Tmes)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009996264_valley04m.html
Water Canal Sparks Skepticism, Lawsuits in California (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2249771~Water_canal_sparks_skepticism__lawsuits_in_Calif_.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Carolinas Water Fight Gets Supreme Court Spotlight - Justices will consider Charlotte & Duke’s interests in legal battle (Charlotte Business Journal)
http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/10/05/story15.html?ana=from_rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Cowlitz PUD Looks at Green Future (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/04/area_news/doc4ac827fc3ee0d293121493.txt
Powered By Trash - Snohomish-based business converts landfill waste into electricity (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091005/BIZ/710059959
Unexpected Tariff on Solar Panels May Further Strain U.S.-China Trade Relations (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13472974
Oregon - SolarWorld to Add Production Step in Hillsboro (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/10/solarworld_to_add_production_s.html
As Wind Farm Plans Spread, Wyoming Considers Nature of Wind Rights (Billings Gazette)
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_ec2dcedc-b0f4-11de-9aa2-001cc4c03286.html
Clean-Energy Investments Off 22 Percent (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/03/clean-energy-investments-off-22-percent/
New Hampshire - Area Hydroelectric Plants Contribute Toward Record Output for Public Service (Laconia Citizen, NH)
http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091005/GJNEWS02/710059917/-1/CITNEWS
United Kingdom - Bad Tidings for Scottish Wave Power (The Herald, UK)
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/bad-tidings-for-scottish-wave-power-1.923861
Biofuels Producers Warn They Are Going to Fall Far Short of Federal Mandates (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/10/05/05climatewire-biofuels-producers-warn-they-are-going-to-fa-82387.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy-efficient LED bulbs to light U.S. homes (LA Times, CA)
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/10/led-green-technology.html
$39.95 for an Energy-Efficient Light Bulb? It’s a Deal, Says Maker Lemnis Lighting (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lightbulb3-2009oct03,0,3065254.story
Energy-Saving Options for Home Appliances (Belleville News-Democrat, IL)
http://www.bnd.com/business/story/953036.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Burying CO2: Fix or folly? (Edmonton Journal, Alberta)
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Burying+folly/2064972/story.html
Walruses Suffer Substantial Losses as Sea Ice Erodes (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/science/earth/03walrus.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
News Release - Puget Sound Energy Joins the Electric Vehicle Project (BusinessWire)
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091002005507&newsLang=en
Oregon to Get 2,000 Electric Car Charging Stations (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/09/28/daily57.html?ana=from_rss
In Green Portland, High Schools Lag On Environmental Education (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/10/in_green_portland_high_schools.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Get Everyone in US Online, High-Level Panel Says (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009995660_apusinformingcitizens.html?syndication=rss
Wall Street Journal Editorial - Google & the Problem with ‘Net Neutrality’
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703628304574452951795911162.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Spam Growth Surpasses ‘Storm’ Virus (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13473506
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Forest Products Sued For Sex Discrimination & Retaliation (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=307:mason-county-forest-products-sued-for-sex-discrimination-and-retaliation&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Sunday Winds Bring Eastern Washington Dust, Blackouts - Eight people injured in pileup on I-90; Avista, Kootenai Electric report outages (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/05/winds-bring-dust-blackouts/
Washington Lawmakers Warned Of Pension Shortfall (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11246979
Oregon Prison Springs Eco-Saboteur ‘Free’ By Mistake, Then Takes Him Back (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/freedoms_just_another_word_for.html
Mail on Saturday Could Get Sacked (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/02/AR2009100205630.html?wprss=rss_business
‘Olympian’ Newspaper Name Trademark Challenged - Athletics Entity Files Protest (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/993266.html
Trick-Or-Treat Bags May Be Lighter This Year (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091005/BIZ/710059963/-1/RSS03
Smell Has Some Cities Ripping Out Ginkgo Trees (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010002137_apusstinkytrees.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
No Tiptoeing Through the Tulips – Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/arts/music/30ukulele.html
Man Gets 2 Yrs for Swiping Car on First Date
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/21184876/detail.html
US Woman’s Message in Bottle Turns Up In France
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21184855/detail.html
University of Florida Officials Remove Zombie Plan From Site
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091002/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_zombie_emergency_plan;_ylt=AgF2eJv3y2gpOwnGWAHSeDXtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTMxZG0yYXAzBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMDAyL3VzX29kZF96b21iaWVfZW1lcmdlbmN5X3BsYW4EcG9zAzgEc2VjA3luX2FydGljbGVfc3VtbWFyeV9saXN0BHNsawNub2pva2V1Zm9mZmk-
SONG OF THE DAY
The Police - Message in a Bottle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeQ2yXE1mpU
Monday, October 5, 2009
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