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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Western States Stress Energy Cooperation
• Op/Ed - Finding the Right Path to Our Energy Future
• Could BPA’s High Voltage Line Project Boot People Out Of Their Homes?
• More People Seeking Help Paying Utility Bills
• Montana - Energy & Mining: Holding Steady
• Editorial - Energy Police Crackdown Is Possible
• Nuclear Energy Becomes Pivotal In Climate Debate
• A New Demand for Uranium Power Brings Concerns for Navajo Groups
• Japanese Firms to Develop Small Nuclear Reactors
• Hydro Plants on Ohio to Power Economy, Jobs
• Ohio - FirstEnergy Bulb Plan First Part of ‘Decoupling’
• Shutting Mexico City’s Power Company Is No Cure for Bad Service
• Tribes, States to Cooperate on Columbia River Salmon Recovery Plan
• Coho Returning To Columbia in Big Numbers
• Fixing Culverts - Judge Told Salmon Need Site-Specific Planning
• ‘Stimulus’ Narrows Corps’ Columbia River Funding Gap; $600,000 Added For Breaching Study Plan
• Columbia Riverkeeper Presses For Colder Columbia
• Op/Ed - Lessons for Snake River Dams in the Klamath Basin Agreement
• Fewer Smelt, More Sea Lions Blamed For Sturgeon Decline
• Salmon + Dogs = Salmon Hazard
• Editorial - Keep Fingers Crossed for Infant Orca
• Puget Sound Used As Classroom
• British Columbia Approves “Salish Sea” Proposal
• Flushable Products Causing Expensive Problems Downstream
• Silicon Energy of Arlington Crafts a Sleeker Kind of Solar Panel
• Costs for Wind Power Rise As Other Energy Drops
• Obama Presses Case for Renewable Energy
• Appalachian Conference Studies Energy Help
• South Dakota - Men Accused of Wind Power Conspiracy
• Op/Ed - Environmentalists Steering Federal Energy Policy End up Favoring the Giant Corporations
• AES Taps Into China’s Rush to Wind Power
• Are Biofuels Ready for Prime Time?
• Electronics Industry Fights California Proposal to Regulate TV Energy Use
• Power from Nothing: Northwest’s 20-year energy plan stresses conservation
• Editorial - We All Win When We Conserve Our Energy
• Green Building Council Faces Critical Forest Decision
• Right Lights for the Holidays
• Study: Warmed NW Forests May Yield Less Timber
• Senate Global Warming Bill Is Seeking to Cushion the Impact on Industry
• Iowa - Local Electric Providers: We’re For Cap, But Not Trade
• Seattle Expected To Be Key Market for Electric Cars
• Greenest Place in the U.S.? It’s Not Where You Think
• North Mason at the Head of the Class in Online Communications
• Internet Set for Change with Non-English Addresses
• Electronic Records, Boosted By Stimulus, Rush Hospitals into Unchartered Territory
• Blog Predecessor GeoCities Closes Down
• Data Center Efficiency - Firm Cuts High-Tech Energy Demands
• First Significant Snow in Washington Mountains
• Kitsap County “Amnesia Girl” Drained Bank Account before Vanishing
• Washington DOT Releases Powerful Simulation of Potential Quake
• Obama Declares Swine Flu a National Emergency
• Pilot Who Overshot Airport Denies Crew Was Napping
• Magma Pool under Cascades May Link Mt. Rainier, St. Helens
• Shelton Girls’ Soccer to Play in Narrows League Tournament
• U.S. Newspaper Circulation Falls 10%
• Washington State Wineries Getting Bigger As Production Grows
• Metal Thieves Strip Marysville Businesses
WORD OF THE DAY
Natant • \NAY-tunt\ • adjective - Swimming or floating in water
Happy birthday to the latest natent addition to the Orca L pod in Puget Sound.
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
Western States Stress Energy Cooperation (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010136136_apwyenergysymposium.html?syndication=rss
Oregonian Op/Ed - Finding the Right Path to Our Energy Future
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/10/finding_the_right_path_to_our.html
Could BPA’s High Voltage Line Project Boot People Out Of Their Homes? (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
http://www.katu.com/news/local/65878772.html
More People Seeking Help Paying Utility Bills (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/411521_utilities26.html?source=rss
Montana - Energy & Mining: Holding Steady “…At Columbia Falls Aluminum…the situation could hardly be worse…” (Helena Independent, MT)
http://www.helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/article_2caa09a6-c0d8-11de-a928-001cc4c002e0.html
SF Chronicle Editorial - Energy Police Crackdown Is Possible
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/24/INO11A8BTS.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Nuclear Energy Becomes Pivotal In Climate Debate (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jsukLqyQ2R1X4f60DpGHPBX545lgD9BI64TG0
A New Demand for Uranium Power Brings Concerns for Navajo Groups (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/24/AR2009102402023.html?wprss=rss_business
Japanese Firms to Develop Small Nuclear Reactors (Breitbart)
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.314f8f63df41800c448cd89e0a88dd31.331&show_article=1
Hydro Plants on Ohio to Power Economy, Jobs (Cincinnati Enquirer, OH)
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091026/BIZ01/910260303/Hydro+plants+on+Ohio+to+power+economy++jobs
Ohio - FirstEnergy Bulb Plan First Part of ‘Decoupling’: Seeking to comply with energy reform, utility eyes usage cut (Crain’s Business, Cleveland, OH)
http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20091026/SUB1/310269986/1003&Profile=1003
Shutting Mexico City’s Power Company Is No Cure for Bad Service (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/world/americas/26mexico.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Tribes, States to Cooperate on Columbia River Salmon Recovery Plan (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/927856.html
Coho Returning To Columbia in Big Numbers (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_or_columbia_coho.html
Fixing Culverts - Judge Told Salmon Need Site-Specific Planning (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_salmon_culverts.html?source=pimail
‘Stimulus’ Narrows Corps’ Columbia River Funding Gap; $600,000 Added For Breaching Study Plan (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/362259.aspx
Columbia Riverkeeper Presses For Colder Columbia (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20091024/NEWS02/710249962/Group+presses+for+colder+Columbia
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Lessons for Snake River Dams in the Klamath Basin Agreement
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2010126339_guest26wodder.html
Fewer Smelt, More Sea Lions Blamed For Sturgeon Decline (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/24/this_day/doc4ae0f18a2f571615125011.txt
Salmon + Dogs = Salmon Hazard (Bend Bulletin, OR)
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091026/NEWS0107/910260310/-1/RSSNEWSMAP
Olympian Editorial - Keep Fingers Crossed for Infant Orca
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/1014626.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Puget Sound Used As Classroom - Nonprofit takes students for a ride they won’t forget (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1014579.html
British Columbia Approves “Salish Sea” Proposal (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/19142/
Flushable Products Causing Expensive Problems Downstream (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21406636/detail.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Silicon Energy of Arlington Crafts a Sleeker Kind of Solar Panel (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091025/BIZ/710219982/0/NEWS01
Costs for Wind Power Rise As Other Energy Drops (San Francisco Business Times)
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/10/26/story7.html?ana=from_rss
Obama Presses Case for Renewable Energy (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/us/politics/24obama.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Appalachian Conference Studies Energy Help - Appalachian leaders are seeking ways to use alternative energy initiatives to spark the 13-state region’s long-sluggish economy (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/25/financial/f101224D33.DTL&feed=rss.business
South Dakota - Men Accused of Wind Power Conspiracy: Lawsuit says group developed new venture while working for plaintiff (Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, SD)
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20091026/NEWS/910260328/1001/rss01
Star-Telegram Op/Ed - Environmentalists Steering Federal Energy Policy End up Favoring the Giant Corporations (Fort Worth, TX)
http://www.star-telegram.com/242/story/1708466.html
AES Taps Into China’s Rush to Wind Power (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/25/AR2009102502132.html
Are Biofuels Ready for Prime Time? (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/2009/oct/Are-Biofuels-Ready-for-Prime-Time.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Electronics Industry Fights California Proposal to Regulate TV Energy Use (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13623123
Power from Nothing: Northwest’s 20-year energy plan stresses conservation (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/25/top_story/doc4ae3a64bb9449039452097.txt
Daily News Editorial - We All Win When We Conserve Our Energy
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/25/editorial/doc4ae39f647bdbd029011886.txt
Green Building Council Faces Critical Forest Decision (Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce)
http://www.djc.com/news/ae/12011268.html
Right Lights for the Holidays (National Post, Canada)
http://www.nationalpost.com/homes/story.html?id=2139564
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Study: Warmed NW Forests May Yield Less Timber (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010135057_aporclimateforests.html?syndication=rss
Senate Global Warming Bill Is Seeking to Cushion the Impact on Industry (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/us/politics/25climate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Iowa - Local Electric Providers: We’re For Cap, But Not Trade (LeMars Sentinel, IA)
http://www.lemarssentinel.com/story/1581347.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Seattle Expected To Be Key Market for Electric Cars (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010131927_electriccars25m.html
Greenest Place in the U.S.? It’s Not Where You Think (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2203
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
North Mason at the Head of the Class in Online Communications (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/26/north-mason-at-front-of-class-when-it-comes-to/?partner=RSS
Internet Set for Change with Non-English Addresses (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010137022_apastecinternetnames.html?syndication=rss
Electronic Records, Boosted By Stimulus, Rush Hospitals into Unchartered Territory (Boston Business Journal)
http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/10/26/story11.html?ana=from_rss
Blog Predecessor GeoCities Closes Down - Yahoo Bought Service For $3.5B In 1999 (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/technology/21426614/detail.html
Data Center Efficiency - Firm Cuts High-Tech Energy Demands (Arizona Republic, Phoenix)
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2009/10/25/20091025biz-savingenergy1025.html
GENERAL NEWS
First Significant Snow in Washington Mountains (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010138746_apwawinterstorm.html?syndication=rss
Kitsap County “Amnesia Girl” Drained Bank Account before Vanishing (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_102609WAB_amnesia-girl-bank-account-JM.254328e56.html?rss?npc
Washington DOT Releases Powerful Simulation of Potential Quake (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/65982637.html
Obama Declares Swine Flu a National Emergency (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13636328
Pilot Who Overshot Airport Denies Crew Was Napping (Associated Press)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=229777
Magma Pool under Cascades May Link Mt. Rainier, St. Helens (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010135468_volcano26m.html?syndication=rss
Shelton Girls’ Soccer to Play in Narrows League Tournament (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=475:shelton-girls-soccer-to-play-in-narrows-league-tournament&catid=38:sports&Itemid=56
U.S. Newspaper Circulation Falls 10% (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/business/media/27audit.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Washington State Wineries Getting Bigger As Production Grows (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010137197_apusfarmscenebigwineries.html?syndication=rss
Metal Thieves Strip Marysville Businesses (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/65951097.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Web Site Ranks Cities with Ugliest Men - Two Texas Cities Show Up On Unflattering List
http://www.kirotv.com/health/21402267/detail.html
Oops! Woman Flashes $27,000 at Bar, Gets Robbed - Woman Bragged About Insurance Claim Payment
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21397402/detail.html
Pot Money Paid For College Tuitions
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21395967/detail.html
Man Wakes up To Find Dog Went on XBOX Spending Spree (Note: Comment section may contain PG-13 language)
http://consumerist.com/5389939/man-wakes-up-to-find-dog-went-on-xbox-spending-spree
Man Stuffs Mouth with 16 Cockroaches in Record Bid
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/25/national/a055439D93.DTL&feed=rss.business
SONG OF THE DAY
Simon & Garfunkel - Hazy Shade of Winter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSd4QJBEMvk
The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFRx4PkXeVM&feature=related
Monday, October 26, 2009
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