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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Group & Planned ID Coal Gasification Plant Reach CO2 Emissions Pact
• Jury Says Sempra Didn’t Breach California Power Contract
• Coal Protesters Tie Selves to Generator Bound for South Carolina
• Hoover Dam power plant modernization continuing
• California - Power Line Knocked down After Owl Causes Misfire
• Oil Still Fuels the Green State of Denmark
• Massachusetts Decoupling - State Rulings Set Back National Grid, NStar
• Oregon Seafood Choices on ‘Super Green’ List
• Montana - Changes on Upper Missouri Could Boost Fish, Trees
• Montana Regulators Fine Great Falls Utility over Lack of Renewables
• Hood River Hydroelectric Projects Win Low Impact Certification
• Company Plans 500 Megawatt Wind Farm in Montana
• Editorial - Put Wind to Work
• Ontario Will Pay Farmers 14.5 Cents per kWh for Their Wind Generation
• Forget the Birds - Scottish Wind Farm ‘Could Cause Fighter Jet Crashes’
• Op/Ed - Rhode Island’s Renewable-Energy Suicide
• Energy Secretary Says US Falling Behind in Clean-Energy Race
• Massachusetts - $68m in Solar Rebates Goes Fast
• Federal Aid Helps Save Energy
• Editorial - Watt-Guzzling TVs Latest Target But Not Last
• South Dakota Panel Considers Energy Efficiency in Natural Gas
• NorthWestern Energy & NEEA Offer Energy Efficient Suggestions for Shoppers
• Op/Ed - Climate Change in the Business Sector Vital to Economy
• E-Mail Fracas Shows Peril of Trying to Spin Science
• Penn State Will Investigate ‘Climategate’
• Google Hosts Energy Experts amid Climate Talks
• Verizon Landline Sale Advances
• Analyst Predicts Massive Google Growth
• Charter Communications Emerges From Bankruptcy
• Clearwire 4G Finally Comes to Seattle
• Comcast Releasing Promised Usage Meter
• Baltimore to Ban Lazy Cable Installs
• Online Shopping Off to a Strong Start
• Cop Killer Suspect Shot & Killed by Seattle Police
• Three Persons Accused of Helping Lakewood Police Killer
• Chehalis Bondsman Wouldn’t Have Bonded Suspected Cop Killer
• Pierce County Sheriff’s Office Fires Back at Huckabee
• Lumber Prices Tick Up Slightly, But How Real Is Rebound?
• City of Shelton Has another Draft U-G-A Agreement Ready to Go to Mason County
• Washington State Adopts 7.6 Percent Workers’ Comp Rate Hike
• Fees Soar for Those Who Own Cabins on Federal Land
• Lady Washington Wintering At Columbia River Ports
• “Stealing Lightbulbs” - Ban on State Fund Raids May Be Put to New Jersey Voters
WORD OF THE DAY
Espouse • \is-SPOWS (sounds like house)\ • verb - 1: marry 2: to take up & support as a cause: become attached to
The town crier’s days were numbered. His demise began early one morning as he made his pronouncements beneath the swinging wooden sign of the local butcher…espousing vegetarianism as the cure to all human ills. Unfortunately for him, the butcher was not only his brother-in-law, but the Mayor of the small town. The pink slip arrived the very next day.
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
Group & Planned ID Coal Gasification Plant Reach CO2 Emissions Pact (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1054499.html
Jury Says Sempra Didn’t Breach California Power Contract (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aYma15YVI7gk
North Carolina - Coal Protesters Tie Selves to Generator Bound for South Carolina (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/30/financial/f090545S43.DTL&feed=rss.business
Hoover Dam power plant modernization continuing (Enquirer Herald, Rock Hill, SC)
http://www.enquirerherald.com/365/story/988373.html
California - Power Line Knocked down After Owl Causes Misfire (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2347292~Power_line_knocked_down_after_owl_causes_misfire.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Oil Still Fuels the Green State of Denmark - Something is rotten: Despite wind power, fossil fuels still dominate electricity production (Globe & Mail, Canada)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/oil-still-fuels-the-green-state-of-denmark/article1382028/
Massachusetts Decoupling - State Rulings Set Back National Grid, NStar (Boston Business Journal)
http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/11/30/daily20.html?ana=from_rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon Seafood Choices on ‘Super Green’ List “…Wild-caught Salmon…abound in the ocean waters off Oregon, Washington & Alaska…” (Oregon Magazine)
http://oregonmag.com/Seared1209.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Montana - Changes on Upper Missouri Could Boost Fish, Trees (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/30/financial/f143458S76.DTL&feed=rss.business
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Montana Regulators Fine Great Falls Utility over Lack of Renewables (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20091201/NEWS01/912010302/PSC-fines-city-utility-over-lack-of-renewables
Hood River Hydroelectric Projects Win Low Impact Certification (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/11/hydroelectric-projects-win-lihi-certification?cmpid=rss
Company Plans 500 Megawatt Wind Farm in Montana (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010391181_apusmontanawind.html?syndication=rss
Anchorage Daily News - Put Wind to Work: In Projects Big & Small, Alaska Turns to Renewable Energy
http://www.adn.com/opinion/view/story/1034827.html
Ontario Will Pay Farmers 14.5 Cents per kWh for Their Wind Generation (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/12/ontario-will-pay-farmers-14-5-cents-per-kwh-for-their-wind-generation?cmpid=rss
Forget the Birds - Scottish Wind Farm ‘Could Cause Fighter Jet Crashes’ (STV)
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/141137-wind-farm-could-cause-fighter-jet-crashes/
Providence Journal Op/Ed - Rhode Island’s Renewable-Energy Suicide
http://www.projo.com/opinion/contributors/content/CT_gebhard28_11-28-09_92GAOBJ_v13.3f8cf39.html
Energy Secretary Says US Falling Behind in Clean-Energy Race (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internal_ReutersNewsRoom_BehindTheScenes_MOLT/idUSTRE5B006E20091201
Massachusetts - $68m in Solar Rebates Goes Fast: State readying new plan for January (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/12/01/68m_in_solar_rebates_goes_fast/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Federal Aid Helps Save Energy - Seven cities will share nearly $500,000 in federal stimulus money for lighting, heating & other conservation projects (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091201/NEWS01/712019939
News Tribune Editorial - Watt-Guzzling TVs Latest Target But Not Last
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/975711.html
South Dakota Panel Considers Energy Efficiency in Natural Gas (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hUj-8FNAt4ypAPfNLcZVFYC-mh0QD9CA3V6G0
NorthWestern Energy & NEEA Offer Energy Efficient Suggestions for Electronics Shoppers This Holiday Season (Charkoosta News, MT)
http://www.charkoosta.com/2009/2009_11_26/think_green_this_holiday_season.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Columbian Op/Ed - Climate Change in the Business Sector Vital to Economy
http://columbian.com/article/20091201/BIZ01/712019999/-1/biz
E-Mail Fracas Shows Peril of Trying to Spin Science (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/science/01tier.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Penn State Will Investigate ‘Climategate’ (US News & World Report)
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2009/11/30/penn-state-will-investigate-climategate.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Google Hosts Energy Experts amid Climate Talks (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10406568-265.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Verizon Landline Sale Advances - The Everett City Council & other local governmental bodies approve the transfer to Frontier Communications, but the deal still needs the OK from state & federal regulators (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091201/BIZ/712019959/-1/rss03
Analyst Predicts Massive Google Growth (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/186716.asp?source=pimail
Charter Communications Emerges From Bankruptcy (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/30/financial/f113104S80.DTL&feed=rss.business
Clearwire 4G Finally Comes to Seattle (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/personaltechnology/2010392451_clearwire01.html
Comcast Releasing Promised Usage Meter - Trial launched in Portland, accuracy measured by independent firm (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Releasing-Promised-Usage-Meter-105731
Baltimore to Ban Lazy Cable Installs - New bill would require coax be buried within fifteen days (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Baltimore-To-Ban-Lazy-Cable-Installs-105706
Online Shopping Off to a Strong Start (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13896314?nclick_check=1
GENERAL NEWS
Cop Killer Suspect Shot & Killed by Seattle Police (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/975864.html
Three Persons Accused of Helping Lakewood Police Killer (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11598330
Chehalis Bondsman Wouldn’t Have Bonded Suspected Cop Killer (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Station-Chehalis-Bondsman-Wouldnt-Have-B=1&blockID=97448&feedID=410
Pierce County Sheriff’s Office Fires Back at Huckabee (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=249095
Lumber Prices Tick Up Slightly, But How Real Is Rebound? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6295-lumber-prices-tick-slightly-how-real-rebound/
City of Shelton Has another Draft U-G-A Agreement Ready to Go to Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=742:city-of-shelton-has-another-draft-u-g-a-agreement-ready-to-go-to-mason-county-&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Washington State Adopts 7.6 Percent Workers’ Comp Rate Hike (Associated Press)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=249191
Fees Soar for Those Who Own Cabins on Federal Land (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-11-30-cabins_N.htm
Lady Washington Wintering At Columbia River Ports – Diesel engine too dirty for California marinas (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/78157017.html
“Stealing Lightbulbs” - Ban on State Fund Raids May Be Put to New Jersey Voters (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/30/financial/f125853S09.DTL&feed=rss.business
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Movement Under Way in California to Ban Divorce - Effort Meant to Be Satirical Statement
http://www.kirotv.com/family/21762785/detail.html
Barry White Box Set Reveals a Master at Work (Nat’l Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120504764&ft=1&f=3
Arizona Board Sued Over Fish Pedicure Squabble
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/30/national/a150131S23.DTL&feed=rss.news
Are You a Twitter ‘Meformer’ or an ‘Informer’?
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/business/story/811377.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
SONG OF THE DAY
Barry White w/Luciano Pavarotti - You’re the First, the Last, My Everything
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-McQLoBX_IA
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
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