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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• BPA’s Reservoir of Cash Pays Off
• Rehab Contract Awarded for Grand Coulee Project
• Small Firm Names another Site for Idaho Nuke Plant
• Electrical Accident May Have Caused Hot Tub Deaths
• Seattle Public Utilities Tax Rates, Costs High, Audit Finds
• Are You Ready for Winter? If Not, Here Are Some Tips to Get There
• Water Usage, Treatment Brings Increased Power Consumption
• Belgium Delays Nuclear Phase Out until 2025
• Nuclear Power Revival for GE Leaves Waste Unsolved
• Livermore Lab Works On Alaska Coal Power Project – Underground Coal Gasification
• Pennsylvania Businesses May Save Up to 10 Percent or More on Electricity Costs in Newly Competitive Market
• Don’t Miss the Return of Big Mining
• More Money Might Not Speed Salmon Culvert Fixes
• Op/Ed - Fish: The Issue of Chutes & Ladders Can’t Be Ignored
• Editorial - Puget Sound Recovery Going Well On the Nisqually
• Walla Walla Partnership Launches Project to Redraw Water-Use Rules
• Cle Elum Information Meeting on Solar Project Is Thursday
• Bellingham Mayor Proposes New Office, More Green Power in City Budget
• Environmental Concerns Delay Solar Projects in California Desert
• US Department Of Ecology Buys Geothermal Plant in Wyoming
• Giant Wind Turbine, Centerpiece of Research Venture, Switched On Near Boulder
• Michigan - Wind Turbine Concerns Lead to Road Closure, House Evacuations
• Vermont Willow Harvest Promises Cheap Biomass Fuel
• Cowlitz County Contest: How Much Electricity Can You Conserve?
• Vetting the Fridge: Is Your Appliance Lying to You?
• Largest ‘Smart Grid’ Test Hopes to Shock Consumers about Energy Use
• Hoax Pulled on U.S. Chamber over Its Position on Climate Change
• Punked: Chamber of Commerce Says It Was Victim of Climate-Policy Hoax
• Chamber Of Commerce in Climate Change Hoax
• Fake Reporters Part of Climate Pranksters’ ‘Theater’
• Global Warming Could Boost Northwest’s Forest Growth
• Fossil Fuels’ Hidden Cost Is in Billions, Study Says
• Oregon’s Fly-Fishing Governor Aims to Hook Green Jobs
• Another Global-Warming Tort Case Moves Forward
• Study Says Electric Cars Don’t Deserve Halo Yet
• Portland’s Street Grid: Bad for the Environment?
• How Green Is Tofu? You’d Be Surprised to Know
• Op/Ed - Last-Mile Demand Should Be First Concern for Broadband
• Top Tech Firms Back Net-Neutrality Rules
• The Robots Are Coming! Oh, They’re Here
• Hand Sanitizer Helps Spread Fire at Shelton-Area School
• Shelton City Commission Asked to Reconsider Cutting Police Officer
• Supreme Court Justice Kennedy Blocks Release of R-71 Names
• Landslide Repairs Will Delay Washington Highway Projects
• Income Levels Rise In Washington, 35 Other States
• Study Says Washington State Has Nation’s Third-Highest Tax Rate
• Shelton Clears State Audit
• Bremerton Mayor’s Salary May Drop 20 Percent
• Oh, Rats! Rodents on the Rise
• Online Commenting: What Works & What Doesn’t?
WORD OF THE DAY
Asgard • \AZ-gard \ • noun – The home of the Norse gods
Thor and Odin were enjoying their Wednesday night bowling league in Asgard. Enjoying, that is, until Loki came rushing in and laid waste to the scorekeepers.
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
BPA’s Reservoir of Cash Pays Off - Federal utility meets debt obligations despite poor economy, low water (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091020/BIZ01/710209974/-1/BIZ
Rehab Contract Awarded for Grand Coulee Project - Six Transformers to be Replaced Under $26 Million Contract (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/10/rehab-contract-awarded-for-grand-coulee-project?cmpid=rss
Small Firm Names another Site for Idaho Nuke Plant (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010100435_apusnukeplantnewsiteidaho.html?syndication=rss
Electrical Accident May Have Caused Hot Tub Deaths (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21348275/detail.html
Seattle Public Utilities Tax Rates, Costs High, Audit Finds (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010094633_audit17m.html?syndication=rss
Are You Ready for Winter? If Not, Here Are Some Tips to Get There (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/64849282.html
Water Usage, Treatment Brings Increased Power Consumption - Power mostly generated with fossil fuels, contributing to global warming (Las Vegas Sun, NV)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/oct/20/using-water-using-power/
Belgium Delays Nuclear Phase Out until 2025 “…a report…concluded that the energy gap resulting from a nuclear phase-out could not yet be filled with renewables…” (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=370199&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Nuclear Power Revival for GE Leaves Waste Unsolved (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=aQZtg3hJdMYA
Livermore Lab Works On Alaska Coal Power Project – Underground Coal Gasification (San Francisco Business Times)
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/10/19/daily6.html?ana=from_rss
Pennsylvania Businesses May Save Up to 10 Percent or More on Electricity Costs in Newly Competitive Market (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=120791
Don’t Miss the Return of Big Mining “…Rio’s aluminum group continues to struggle, with its production down 4% from a year ago. But that hasn’t stopped U.S. aluminum producers Alcoa and Kaiser Aluminum from watching their share prices more than double since March…” (Motley Fool)
http://www.fool.com/investing/international/2009/10/20/dont-miss-the-return-of-big-mining.aspx
FISH & WILDLIFE
More Money Might Not Speed Salmon Culvert Fixes (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1007897.html
Eugene Register-Guard Op/Ed - Fish: The Issue of Chutes & Ladders Can’t Be Ignored
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/20966841-41/story.csp
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Olympian Editorial - Puget Sound Recovery Going Well On the Nisqually
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/1008272.html
Walla Walla Partnership Launches Project to Redraw Water-Use Rules (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/10/19/local_news/091019local03h20.txt
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Cle Elum Information Meeting on Solar Project Is Thursday (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/10/20/cle-elum-information-meeting-on-solar-project-is-thursday
Bellingham Mayor Proposes New Office, More Green Power in City Budget (Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/1120915.html
Environmental Concerns Delay Solar Projects in California Desert (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-solar19-2009oct19,0,2124650.story
US Department Of Ecology Buys Geothermal Plant in Wyoming (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/19/financial/f140526D61.DTL&feed=rss.business
Giant Wind Turbine, Centerpiece of Research Venture, Switched On Near Boulder (Denver Business Journal)
http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/10/19/daily20.html?ana=from_rss
Michigan - Wind Turbine Concerns Lead to Road Closure, House Evacuations (Cadillac News, MI)
http://www.cadillacnews.com/story_news/?story_id=1175360&year=2009
Vermont Willow Harvest Promises Cheap Biomass Fuel (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010089561_apuswillowpower.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Cowlitz County Contest: How Much Electricity Can You Conserve? (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/20/area_news/doc4add50800416c242168848.txt
Vetting the Fridge: Is Your Appliance Lying to You? (Wall Street Journal)
http://www.smartmoney.com/Spending/Deals/Vetting-the-Fridge-Is-Your-Appliance-Lying-to-You/
Largest ‘Smart Grid’ Test Hopes to Shock Consumers about Energy Use (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/10/20/20climatewire-largest-smart-grid-test-hopes-to-shock-consu-92426.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Hoax Pulled on U.S. Chamber over Its Position on Climate Change (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a3IaPOkIataY
Punked: Chamber of Commerce Says It Was Victim of Climate-Policy Hoax (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/10/19/punked-chamber-of-commerce-says-it-was-victim-of-climate-policy-hoax/
Chamber Of Commerce in Climate Change Hoax (Nat’l Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113943699&ft=1&f=2
Fake Reporters Part of Climate Pranksters’ ‘Theater’ (NY Times – story says faux reporters diminished “real” reporters’ credibility. No, what diminishes “real” reporters credibility is that they fell for this act hook, line and sinker)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/10/20/20greenwire-fake-reporters-part-of-climate-pranksters-thea-39576.html
Global Warming Could Boost Northwest’s Forest Growth -- Except In Most-Logged Areas
(Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/global_warming_could_boost_nor.html
Fossil Fuels’ Hidden Cost Is in Billions, Study Says (NY Times - Ed. Note: I HATE headlines like this. It SHOULD read “Study Says Fossil Fuels’ Hidden Cost Is in Billions”)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/science/earth/20fossil.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon’s Fly-Fishing Governor Aims to Hook Green Jobs (Nat’l Public Radio - Fishes for steelhead, catches a Chinook Salmon)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113841255
Another Global-Warming Tort Case Moves Forward - Mississippi property owners can sue oil, coal & chemical companies whose pollution allegedly elevated sea levels & “added to the ferocity” of Hurricane Katrina (Courthouse News)
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/10/19/Another_Global-Warming_Tort_Case_Moves_Forward.htm
Study Says Electric Cars Don’t Deserve Halo Yet (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE59I5QH20091019
Portland’s Street Grid: Bad for the Environment? (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/portlands_street_grid_bad_for.html
How Green Is Tofu? You’d Be Surprised to Know “…(processing) steps require energy—and they dramatically increase tofu’s carbon footprint…” (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2232916/?from=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Kansas City Star Op/Ed - Last-Mile Demand Should Be First Concern for Broadband
http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/1517715.html
Top Tech Firms Back Net-Neutrality Rules - Letter comes as FCC prepares to vote (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/19/AR2009101903575.html?wprss=rss_technology
The Robots Are Coming! Oh, They’re Here (NY Times)
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/the-robots-are-coming-oh-theyre-here/
GENERAL NEWS
Hand Sanitizer Helps Spread Fire At Shelton-Area School (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_101909WAB-shelton-school-fire-SW.2313fed53.html?rss
Shelton City Commission Asked to Reconsider Cutting Police Officer (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=420:shelton-city-commission-asked-to-reconsider-cutting-officer&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Supreme Court Justice Kennedy Blocks Release of R-71 Names (Associated Press)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/10/19/justice-kennedy-blocks-release-of-r-71-names
Landslide Repairs Will Delay Washington Highway Projects (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/6050-landslide-repairs-will-delay-washington-highway-projects/
Income Levels Rise In Washington, 35 Other States (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/10/19/daily12.html?ana=from_rss
Study Says Washington State Has Nation’s Third-Highest Tax Rate (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/10/19/daily9.html?ana=from_rss
Shelton Clears State Audit (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=421:shelton-clears-audit&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Bremerton Mayor’s Salary May Drop 20 Percent (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010099967_apwabremertonmayor.html?syndication=rss
Oh, Rats! Rodents on the Rise - Thurston County sees more critters and in new areas (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1008232.html
Online Commenting: What Works and What Doesn’t? (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/technology/2009/oct/Online-Commenting--What-Works-and-What-Doesn-t--.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
A New Coke? Well, It’s Smaller
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/all-we-can-eat/?nav=rss_email/components
‘Big Brother’ Winnings Used To Buy Pills - Reality Show Winner Admits To Trying To Resell Oxycodone
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/21348594/detail.html
Robbery Victim Prays With, Hugs Suspect
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21347992/detail.html
Neighbors Object to Four-Story Tree House - Man Ordered To Destroy Structure
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21347579/detail.html
Wily Coyote Survives Wild Ride - Animal Struck By Car, Gets Trapped Behind Grill
http://www.kirotv.com/family/21345970/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Blue Oyster Cult – Godzilla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6rDWqjnW7w
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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