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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Douglas PUD Budget Approved - Including Rate Increase
• Hearing Set on Pacific Power Rate Increase
• Op/Ed - Fall River Rural Electric Cooperative: Why Your Rates Are Changing
• Florida Utility Company to Pay $25 Million for Blackout
• United Kingdom - Energy Bills Could Surge 60%, Ofgem Warns
• Vermont Reaches Deal over Nuclear Power plant
• Ohio Light Bulb Program Has Some Customers Seeing Red
• Why Aren’t We Harnessing Waste Heat?
• Groups Say Nothing New In Columbia Salmon Plan
• Oregon and Its Allies Ask Judge to Toss Obama Salmon Plan
• Op/Ed – Kulongoski: Another flawed plan to protect salmon
• Critics Contest Dam Plan in Northwest
• Skagit River Salmon - 'This May Be a once in a Lifetime Experience'
• B.C. Study Says Climate Change Means Winners and Losers in Fisheries
• Gig Harbor ‘Chumfest’ Celebrates Salmon, Healthy Water
• Grizzly Bears in More Danger on Threatened List, Officials Say
• Skagit PUD Lays off Six in Bid to Harness Internal Costs
• Error Leads To 11,000 Gallon Sewage Spill in Lacey
• Tacoma among the Most Polluted In the US
• Pacific Ocean 'Dead Zone' In Northwest May Be Irreversible
• Montana - Space-Age Dam Gate Holds Water at Tin Cup Lake
• States Not Meeting Renewable Energy Goals
• Prospects Distant for Offshore Wind in West
• Smart Grid Good For Big Solar, Wind
• California Solar Company Expands In Oregon
• Centron Solar Changes Name to Grape Solar
• North Carolina - Fibrowatt’s Poultry Litter-Fired Power Plant Plans Progress
• A Smarter Use of Power - Flathead Electric Participating In ‘Smart Grid’
• North Carolina - LED-Maker Cree To Add 575 Jobs In Next 3 Years
• Defiant Chamber Chief Says ‘Bring ’Em On’
• Editorial - Embrace Cantwell on Climate Change
• Alaska's Murkowski Rips EPA Over Proposed Emissions Rules
• Going Green on the Blue Waters of Puget Sound
• Columnist - Clean Tech's Dirty Little Secret
• Speed Bumps That Also Generate Electricity
• FCC Approves New Trans-Pacific Fiber-Optic Cable
• Broadband Isn’t Just the Web - It’s Our Future
• YouTube: We’re Bigger than You Thought
• Cowlitz County Highway Project Forced To Refund Stimulus Money
• Professor May Sue Evergreen Over Chile Trip
• In Test of Water on Moon, Craft Hits Bull’s-Eye
• New Tech Not Always Best In a Disaster
WORD OF THE DAY
Romper • \RAWM-per\ • noun – 1: one that romps 2: jumpsuit 2; especially: a jumpsuit for infants - often used in plural
“Aren’t you a little old for rompers,” asked the bemused shop foreman to the new mechanic. “These aren’t ROMPERS,” shouted the new hire. “This is my superhero outfit. Now, outa my way so I can use my super powers to fix this reluctant Fiat!”
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
Douglas PUD Budget Approved - Including Rate Increase (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/oct/08/douglas-pud-budget-approved-including-rate-ncreas/
Hearing Set on Pacific Power Rate Increase (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/10/08/local_news/091008local03pacificpowerhearing.txt
Teton Valley News Op/Ed - Fall River Rural Electric Cooperative: Why Your Rates Are Changing
http://www.tetonvalleynews.net/articles/2009/10/08/opinion/editorials/doc4acd127f1165f449820107.txt
Florida Utility Company to Pay $25 Million for Blackout (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/us/09blackout.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
United Kingdom - Energy Bills Could Surge 60%, Ofgem Warns (The Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/oct/09/ofgem-warns-energy-prices-could-surge
Vermont Reaches Deal over Nuclear Power plant (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=369921&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Ohio Light Bulb Program Has Some Customers Seeing Red (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ihZf--KlAYYK_gaZJH2_Zj-9bD3AD9B763E80
Why Aren’t We Harnessing Waste Heat? (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/10/08/why-arent-we-harnessing-waste-heat/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Groups Say Nothing New In Columbia Salmon Plan (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010028174_aporsalmondams1stldwritethru.html
Oregon and Its Allies Ask Judge to Toss Obama Salmon Plan (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/oregon_and_its_allies_ask_judg.html
Oregonian Op/Ed – Kulongoski: Another flawed plan to protect salmon (Oh, and give us more Columbia water…)
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/10/another_flawed_plan_to_protect.html
Critics Contest Dam Plan in Northwest (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/critics-contest-dam-plan-in-northwest/
Skagit River Salmon - 'This May Be a once in a Lifetime Experience': the river is having its best salmon run in 3 decades (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/63813162.html
B.C. Study Says Climate Change Means Winners and Losers in Fisheries (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Climate+change+means+winners+losers+fisheries/2082691/story.html
Gig Harbor ‘Chumfest’ Celebrates Salmon, Healthy Water (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/997832.html
Grizzly Bears in More Danger on Threatened List, Officials Say (Associated Press)
http://www.helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/article_d74bfe3a-b496-11de-a5d1-001cc4c03286.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Skagit PUD Lays off Six in Bid to Harness Internal Costs (Skagit Valley Herald)
http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/pud_lays_off_six_in_bid_to_harness_internal_costs/
Error Leads To 11,000 Gallon Sewage Spill in Lacey (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/997762.html
Tacoma among the Most Polluted In the US (KIRO Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=222981
Pacific Ocean 'Dead Zone' In Northwest May Be Irreversible (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oregon-ocean9-2009oct09,0,4615320.story?track=rss
Montana - Space-Age Dam Gate Holds Water at Tin Cup Lake (Ravalli Republic, Hamilton, MT)
http://www.ravallirepublic.com/articles/2009/10/09/news/news53.txt
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
States Not Meeting Renewable Energy Goals (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2009-10-08-altenergy_N.htm
Prospects Distant for Offshore Wind in West (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/prospects-distant-for-offshore-wind-in-west/
Smart Grid Good For Big Solar, Wind (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BusinessofGreen/idUSTRE5973WM20091008
California Solar Company Expands In Oregon (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/10/05/daily46.html?ana=from_rss
Centron Solar Changes Name to Grape Solar (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/10/05/daily54.html?ana=from_rss
North Carolina - Fibrowatt’s Poultry Litter-Fired Power Plant Plans Progress (Biomass Magazine)
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=3137
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
A Smarter Use of Power - Flathead Electric Participating In ‘Smart Grid’ Demonstration Project (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/a_smarter_use_of_power/13420/
North Carolina - LED-Maker Cree To Add 575 Jobs In Next 3 Years (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/08/financial/f134953D33.DTL&feed=rss.business
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Defiant Chamber Chief Says ‘Bring ’Em On’ (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/defiant-chamber-chief-says-bring-em-on/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Daily Astorian Editorial - Embrace Cantwell on Climate Change: Waxman-Markey Bill is an elaborate and expensive shell game
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=64711
Alaska's Murkowski Rips EPA Over Proposed Emissions Rules (McClatchy News Service)
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/environment/story/76826.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Going Green on the Blue Waters of Puget Sound (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/63830272.html
Forbes Magazine Columnist - Clean Tech's Dirty Little Secret
http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/08/innovation-startups-legislation-technology-breakthroughs-cleantech.html
Speed Bumps That Also Generate Electricity (NY Times)
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/speed-bumps-that-also-generate-electricity/?hpw
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Approves New Trans-Pacific Fiber-Optic Cable (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13516303?nclick_check=1
Broadband Isn’t Just the Web - It’s Our Future (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/09/broadband-isnt-just-the-web-its-our-future/
YouTube: We’re Bigger than You Thought (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/youtube-were-bigger-than-you-thought/?partner=rss&emc=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Cowlitz County Highway Project Forced To Refund Stimulus Money (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11284393
Professor May Sue Evergreen Over Chile Trip - College settles with students for $23,500 (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/997758.html
In Test of Water on Moon, Craft Hits Bull’s-Eye (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/10/science/space/10moon.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
New Tech Not Always Best In a Disaster (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13447762
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Boredom Breeds Stupidity - Inmates' Flushing Habits Prove Costly
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/08/BA2C1A30DC.DTL&feed=rss.news
Shooting Away Unwanted Pumpkins
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11279383
SONG OF THE DAY
Norah Jones - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7PHHS3Wo08&feature=related
Friday, October 9, 2009
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