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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Another Storm Heading for Washington
• Port Townsend Paper, BPA Agree to 14-Month Power Supply
• Clark Public Utilities Strives to Hold Rates Steady
• Puget Sound Energy May Get Smaller Rate Hike than Sought
• Oregon Governor Orders Review of State’s Energy Tax Credits
• Long-Awaited Pipeline Funnels Natural Gas across Eight States
• DOE’s Non-Performance on Nuclear Fuel Storage Costs Billions
• Sacramento Utility Accuses Banks of Rigging Sales of Municipal Derivatives
• Judge Raises Concerns over Columbia Salmon Plan
• Columbia River Spring Chinook Decision Process Explained
• Canada - Where have all the salmon gone?
• Idaho, Avista Trade Land - Swap will help restore bull trout, utility says
• Asotin County Public Hearings Address PUD Sewer Transfer, Transportation Plan
• Tacoma Water Will Cost More
• City of Portland Still Fighting EPA Over Bull Run Water
• Water Use Is Lower Than It Was 30 Years Ago
• State panels favors new wind farm near Ellensburg
• Comin’ to Boardman - Colorado Company Starts Work on Biofuel Facility
• Green Wave Energy Trying to Turn Wind Power Market on Its Axis
• Wind Farms 20 Pct of Australia New Power Projects
• Blown Away: Wind Power Keeps Growing in Texas
• Gore: US Has Lost Its Lead in Solar, Wind Technology
• US Energy Dept. Walks the Walk With Smart Building
• Earning a Profit by Ending Energy Waste
• Senate to Put off Climate Bill until Spring
• Al Gore Answers Questions about Climate Change
• Associated Press Poll Shows That Sometimes It Isn’t Easy Being Green
• Paying More for Flights Eases Guilt, Not Emissions
• Microsoft’s Cloud Computing System Is Growing Up
• Microsoft’s Bing Gets Close to 10% Market Share
• Utah - Own Your Own Fiber: Utopia Tinkers With A Slightly Different Model
• Frontier Fires Up Verizon Acquisition PR Campaign
• The End of the Broadband Buffet Is Nigh
• Verizon Again Hints At Metered Billing
• Highway 101 Now Open Near Lilliwaup
• Oregon Coast Recovering From Strong Storm
• North Cascades Highway Closes for Winter
• Wash. Unemployment Rate Up Slightly to 9.3 Percent
• Study redefines inland impacts of coastal megaquake
• Costco Nixes Coke Products over Pricing Dispute
• Study Says Washington Is Nation’s 11th-Healthiest State
WORD OF THE DAY
Boondoggle • \BOON-dog-gull\ • noun – 1: a braided cord worn by Boy Scouts as a neckerchief slide, hatband, or ornament 2: a wasteful or impractical project or activity often involving graft
The business auditor was intrigued by the seeming endless staple removal project being carried on by a sharp looking accountant near the Finance Officer’s suite. “We assigned the new guy to the boondoggle task of removing staples from documents bound for recycling,” explained the executive. “That was after we found that his accounting degree was from the ‘Maynard G. Krebs’ online university. He can do much less damage in his present position.”
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
Another Storm Heading for Washington (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010295183_apwastorm.html?syndication=rss
Port Townsend Paper, BPA Agree to 14-Month Power Supply - By December 2010, county’s largest industry must make new plan (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=55&ArticleID=25658
Clark Public Utilities Strives to Hold Rates Steady - Board weighs $388 million electric budget (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091118/NEWS02/711189952/
Puget Sound Energy May Get Smaller Rate Hike than Sought (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/959096.html
Oregon Governor Orders Review of State’s Energy Tax Credits (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/11/governor_orders_review_of_ener.html
Long-Awaited Pipeline Funnels Natural Gas across Eight States (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010295167_apusrockiesexpress.html?syndication=rss
DOE’s Non-Performance on Nuclear Fuel Storage Costs Billions (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnEnergy/idUS248398660520091117
Sacramento Utility Accuses Banks of Rigging Sales of Municipal Derivatives (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/business/18muni.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Judge Raises Concerns over Columbia Salmon Plan (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h5jFe2gWPiUHtkpljSSfJsFbe5KwD9C1CFS00
Columbia River Spring Chinook Decision Process Explained (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2009/11/columbia_river_salmon_predicti.html
Canada - Where have all the salmon gone? The Humber River was teeming with this year’s run. But salmon populations are declining elsewhere in Canada, leading many to question whether that will always be the case (Global Post, Canada)
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/canada/091117/where-have-all-the-salmon-gone
Idaho, Avista Trade Land - Swap will help restore bull trout, utility says (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/18/idaho-avista-trade-land/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Asotin County Public Hearings Address PUD Sewer Transfer, Transportation Plan (KLEW-TV, Lewiston, ID)
http://www.klewtv.com/news/local/70241862.html
Tacoma Water Will Cost More (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/959129.html
City of Portland Still Fighting EPA Over Bull Run Water (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6235-city-still-fighting-epa-over-bull-run-water/
Water Use Is Lower Than It Was 30 Years Ago (Nat’l Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120527440&ft=1&f=3
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
State panels favors new wind farm near Ellensburg (Yakima Herald Tribune, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/11/17/state-panels-favors-new-wind-farm
Comin’ to Boardman - Colorado Company Starts Work on Biofuel Facility (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010295283_apuscellulosicethanol.html?syndication=rss
Green Wave Energy Trying to Turn Wind Power Market on Its Axis (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-smallbiz-greenwave17-2009nov17,0,7969097.story
Wind Farms 20 Pct of Australia New Power Projects (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5AH2QN20091118
Blown Away: Wind Power Keeps Growing in Texas (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/11/17/blown-away-wind-power-keeps-growing-in-texas/
Gore: US Has Lost Its Lead in Solar, Wind Technology (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/412396_JOELNOV18.html?source=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
US Energy Dept. Walks the Walk With Smart Building – Now, about those other DOE facilities (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010286906_apusonesmartbuilding.html?syndication=rss
Earning a Profit by Ending Energy Waste (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/realestate/commercial/18retrofit.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Senate to Put off Climate Bill until Spring (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125850693443052993.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us
Al Gore Answers Questions about Climate Change (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010291286_webgore17m.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Associated Press Poll Shows That Sometimes It Isn’t Easy Being Green (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010287491_apusappollenvironment.html?syndication=rss
Paying More for Flights Eases Guilt, Not Emissions (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/science/earth/18offset.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft’s Cloud Computing System Is Growing Up (Associated Press)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=242681
Microsoft’s Bing Gets Close to 10% Market Share (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/11/16/daily17.html
Utah - Own Your Own Fiber: Utopia Tinkers With A Slightly Different Model (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Own-Your-Own-Fiber-105545
Frontier Fires Up Verizon Acquisition PR Campaign - Promising rural users ‘next generation’ upgrades (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Frontier-Fires-Up-Verizon-Acquisition-PR-Campaign-105538
The End of the Broadband Buffet Is Nigh (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/17/the-end-of-the-broadband-buffet-is-nigh/
Verizon Again Hints At Metered Billing - And again tries to suggest that ‘it’s only fair’ (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Again-Hints-At-Metered-Billing-105548
GENERAL NEWS
Highway 101 Now Open Near Lilliwaup (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=25656
Oregon Coast Recovering From Strong Storm (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11525917
North Cascades Highway Closes for Winter (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010291150_apwanorthcascadescloses.html?syndication=rss
Wash. Unemployment Rate Up Slightly to 9.3 Percent (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010287746_apwawashjobless2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Study redefines inland impacts of coastal megaquake (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/70335122.html
Costco Nixes Coke Products over Pricing Dispute (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010290439_apuscostcocoke3rdldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Study Says Washington Is Nation’s 11th-Healthiest State (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/11/16/daily16.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Woman Sues RR for Injuries While Taking Pictures
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010286817_apusrailroadlawsuit.html?syndication=rss
Zoo’s ‘Female’ Tortoise Turns Out to Be Male
http://www.kirotv.com/family/21649722/detail.html
‘Captain America’ Wins Rock-Paper-Scissors Title
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_fe_st/odd_rock_paper_scissors_champion;_ylt=AmOwMKnINd8CAhs9nfLhB2ntiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTMxNXB1NHJwBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMTE4L29kZF9yb2NrX3BhcGVyX3NjaXNzb3JzX2NoYW1waW9uBGNwb3MDMgRwb3MDNARzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNjYXB0YWluYW1lcmk-
SONG OF THE DAY
Lena Horne - Stormy Weather
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCG3kJtQBKo
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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