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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• 9:55 AM - Electricity Restored to Harstine Island Customers
• Fiery Accident Knocks Out Power to Everett Businesses
• Puget Sound Energy's New Substation Angers Some Kirkland Residents
• Activists at Power-Planning Hearings Push for Cleaner Energy
• Oregonian Op/Ed - Making a Transition to Our Energy Future
• Pacific Gas and Electric to Give Customers One-Time Refund
• The Fantasy of a US Super-Grid
• Will the Smart Grid Really Be Made of Dumb Pipes?
• Wisconsin - Landowners' Trees Fall amid New Approach on Power
• A Ray of Hope for Electric Choice in Illinois?
• Kentucky - State Rejects Electric Cooperative's Request for New Headquarters
• Oregonian Op/Ed - Columbia Basin: Salmon, Science and the Law
• Spotted Seals off Alaska Coast Denied Federal Protection
• New Orca Calf Born to L Pod
• Toxic "Red Tide" Closes Northern Puget Sound to Shellfish Harvesting
• Partnership Ponders How to Measure Progress in Restoring Puget Sound
• Murray Wins Funding for Columbia Basin Water Study, Lower Monumental Dam
• Elwha Dam Removal - ‘It’s going to Be Just like Tse-Whit-Zen’
• Water Uncertainty Frustrates Busy California Farmers
• Sacramento Bee Editorial: Time for Truce on Renewables
• Texas - Austin Energy’s Solar Program Going Dim
• Texas - Texas Might See Wind Power Slowdown
• West Virginia Approves $100 Million in Bonds for Wood-Fired Power Plant
• United Kingdom - Golden Eagles Scupper Wind Farm
• Now Is the Perfect Time to 'Winterize' Your Home
• A Forest and a 'Carbon Sink' Grow On Vashon
• Oregon Governor Betting Big On E-Cars in His State
• Florida May Ban Paper, Plastic Bags
• US Broadband Study Says "Open Access" Fosters Competition
• FCC Study: Open Access Lowers Prices, Improves Competition
• Microsoft Says It Can Restore Sidekick Data
• Google: Profit Up 27%, 'Recession behind Us'
• Leaked: Google Chrome Operating System Build
• Ohio - FBI Still Probing County's Fiber Optics System
• State Warned Naches Gravel Pit of Slope Instability 4 Years before Landslide
• 9th Circuit Lifts Ban on Release of R-71 (Domestic Partnership) Petitions
• Winter Forecast: Warmer West, North; Cooler South
• State Legislature - 16th District Candidates Have Similar Platforms
WORD OF THE DAY
Scupper • \SKUP-urr\ • noun/verb
Noun - 1: an opening cut through the bulwarks of a ship so that water falling on deck may flow overboard 2: an opening in the wall of a building through which water can drain from a floor or flat roof.
Verb - To defeat or put an end to: do in
The surging, blue green water cascaded in torrents across the deck of the frail, storm-tossed schooner, its white flecked streams gushing through the scuppers with each shuddering collision with the house-sized waves looming over the spars. The grizzled captain shouted his frustration at the howling storm, realizing that nature had scuppered his much-deserved carousing in Kingston by at least a week.
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
9:55 AM - Electricity Restored to Harstine Island Customers (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=606
Fiery Accident Knocks Out Power to Everett Businesses (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_101609WAB_accident-power-out-everett-JM.220bf3381.html?rss?npc
Puget Sound Energy's New Substation Angers Some Kirkland Residents (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/64459337.html
Activists at Power-Planning Hearings Push for Cleaner Energy (Daily Journal Of Commerce, OR)
http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/10/16/activists-at-power-planning-hearings-push-for-cleaner-energy/
Oregonian Op/Ed - Making a Transition to Our Energy Future
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/10/making_a_transition_to_our_ene.html
Pacific Gas and Electric to Give Customers One-Time Refund (San Francisco Business Times)
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/10/12/daily66.html?ana=from_rss
The Fantasy of a US Super-Grid (Reuters)
http://blogs.reuters.com/columns/2009/10/15/the-fantasy-of-a-us-super-grid/
Will the Smart Grid Really Be Made of Dumb Pipes? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/15/will-the-smart-grid-really-be-made-of-dumb-pipes/
Wisconsin - Landowners' trees fall amid new approach on power lines (Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, WI)
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/environment/article_567109d8-b9e4-11de-a488-001cc4c03286.html
A Ray of Hope for Electric Choice in Illinois? (St. Louis Dispatch, MO)
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/0/6D1D1A542F64C494862576510006FF14?OpenDocument
Kentucky - State Rejects Electric Cooperative's Request for New Headquarters (Lexington Herald-Leader, KY)
http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/979006.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregonian Op/Ed - Columbia Basin: Salmon, Science and the Law
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/10/columbia_basin_salmon_science.html
Spotted Seals off Alaska Coast Denied Federal Protection (Associated Press)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/oct/15/spotted-seals-alaska-coast-denied-federal-protecti/
New Orca Calf Born to L Pod (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/15/new-orca-calf-born-to-l-pod/?partner=RSS
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Toxic "Red Tide" Closes Northern Puget Sound to Shellfish Harvesting (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010073367_webredtide16.html?syndication=rss
Partnership Ponders How to Measure Progress in Restoring Puget Sound (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/14/partnership-ponders-how-to-measure-progress-in/
Murray Wins Funding for Columbia Basin Water Study, Lower Monumental Dam (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/755023.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Elwha Dam Removal - ‘It’s going to Be Just like Tse-Whit-Zen’ (Indian Country Today)
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/63860642.html
Water Uncertainty Frustrates Busy California Farmers (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/business/1310ap_us_farm_scene_california_drought.html?source=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Sacramento Bee Editorial: Time for Truce on Renewables
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/story/2254311.html?mi_rss=Opinion
Texas - Austin Energy’s Solar Program Going Dim - Solar panel rebates popular, but cuts now foreshadow what’s to come later (Austin Business Journal)
http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/10/19/story1.html
Texas - Texas Might See Wind Power Slowdown (San Antonio Express News, TX)
http://www.mysanantonio.com/livinggreensa/64464782.html
Company Says West Virginia Has Approved $100 Million in Bonds for Wood-Fired Power Plant “…will burn more than 400,000 tons of wood waste annually…” (Associated Press)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/economy/ap/64387357.html
United Kingdom - Golden Eagles Scupper Wind Farm (The Scotsman, UK)
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Golden-eagles-scupper-wind-farm.5739432.jp
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Now Is the Perfect Time to 'Winterize' Your Home (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS159699+15-Oct-2009+PRN20091015
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
A Forest and a 'Carbon Sink' Grow On Vashon (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/411059_carbon15.html?source=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon Governor Betting Big On E-Cars in His State (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
http://www.katu.com/news/tech/64209437.html
Florida May Ban Paper, Plastic Bags (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21313682/detail.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
US Broadband Study Says "Open Access" Fosters Competition (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE59E16J20091015?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
FCC Study: Open Access Lowers Prices, Improves Competition - Agency discovers real science, U.S. broadband mediocrity (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Study-Open-Access-Lowers-Prices-Improves-Competition-105014
Microsoft Says It Can Restore Sidekick Data (Associated Press)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=225405
Google: Profit Up 27%, 'Recession behind Us' (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/10/12/daily48.html?ana=from_rss
Leaked: Google Chrome Operating System Build (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/182169.asp?source=pimail
Ohio - FBI Still Probing County's Fiber Optics System (Middletown Journal, OH)
http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/fbi-still-probing-countys-fiber-optics-system-349897.html
GENERAL NEWS
State Warned Naches Gravel Pit of Slope Instability 4 Years before Landslide (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010074658_landslide16m.html
9th Circuit Lifts Ban on Release of R-71 (Domestic Partnership) Petitions (Associated Press)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21307484/detail.html
Winter Forecast: Warmer West, North; Cooler South (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/weather/21305149/detail.html
State Legislature - 16th District Candidates Have Similar Platforms: energy interest contributions pointed out (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/918280.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Police Probe Boy's 'For the Show' Comment - 'Balloon Boy' Gets Sick During TV Interviews
http://www.kirotv.com/family/21307080/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_1_09000210162009&ts=H
22-Inch Nepal Man Aims For Shortest Title
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21316743/detail.html
Sheboygan Inmates Scuffle over 'The Office' - Inmate Wanted To Watch Something Else
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/21309104/detail.html
Cops: Man Caught With Weed Stuck To Forehead
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21306963/detail.html
Church Plans to Burn Bibles, Christian Books - Pastor Says Burning Meant To Light a Fire Under True Believers
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21296553/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Gary "US" Bonds - This Little Girl Is Mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4T_Scnt3WQ
Bruce Springsteen - This Little Girl Is Mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMKmF7cxSg
Friday, October 16, 2009
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