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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
· On This Day: Enron Files the Largest Corporate Bankruptcy in US History
· Clark County - Enron Penalty Aids Local Utility
· Avista Will Distribute Enron Settlement Funds
· Daily News Editorial - Property Owners’ Anger Is Understandable, but New Transmission Line Will Soon Be Needed
· Chelan PUD Budget Has New Holes
· Idaho Clean-Coal Permit Sets National Standard in the Fight against Climate
· North Carolina - Progress Energy to Close down 11 Coal
· California - Feds Probe Switch Problem at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant
· Roughly 70,000 Sockeye Salmon Return To South Okanogan
· Pacific Salmon Named One of “America’s Hottest Species”
· Poison Planned To Keep Asian Carp from Great
· Water Rule Raises Fears for Farms in Chimacum Valley
· Group Says It Will Sue City of Spokane over River PCBs
· Wenatchee World Op/Ed - Columbia Basin Project Goes Badly Astray
· California Projects Historic Low for Water
· New Mexico - Report Says Transmission Key to Renewable Power
· New York Eyes Offshore Wind Farms on Great
· Cape Wind inks power deal with National Grid
· Idaho - Rupert Awarded $100,000 for Energy Improvements
· Associated Press Perspective: Ohio Light Bulb Fight Offers Lessons
· UK Climate Scientist To Temporarily Step Down
· Australia’s Carbon-Trading Legislation Fails
· Five Eco-Crimes We Commit Every Day
· Gates Foundation Grants $3.4 Million for Library Internet Connections
· FCC Chairman Pushes Changes to Expand Broadband Access
· FCC Aims to Expand
· Microsoft Says Black Screens Not Caused By Security Updates
· Reality Check: Global Bing, Yahoo Market Shares Stink
· Deputies Seek Missing Shelton
· E-Mails Show Washington State Battled To Keep Clemmons in
· Prosecutor Gives Details on How Clemmons Was Helped To
· Gregoire Backs Off Move of State Parks into Department of Natural
· Online Readers, Aggregators Need To Pay For News: Murdoch
WORD OF THE DAY
Pundit • \PUN-dit\ • noun - 1: a learned person: teacher *2: authority, critic
Strictly speaking, some talking heads passing themselves off as “pundits” are anything but.
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
On This Day: Enron Files the Largest Corporate Bankruptcy in US History (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/December/Enron-Files-the-Largest-Corporate-Bankruptcy-in-U-S--History.html
Clark County - Enron Penalty Aids Local Utility: Settlement will help reduce low-income people’s heating bills (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091202/BIZ01/712029968/-1/biz
Avista Will Distribute Enron Settlement Funds (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/02/avista-will-distribute-enron-settlement-funds/
Daily News Editorial - Property Owners’ Anger Is Understandable, but New Transmission Line Will Soon Be Needed
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/12/02/editorial/doc4b15a9859f9d5621757301.txt
Chelan PUD Budget Has New Holes (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/dec/01/chelan-pud-budget-has-new-holes/
Idaho Clean-Coal Permit Sets National Standard in the Fight against Climate Change (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/992165.html
North Carolina - Progress Energy to Close down 11 Coal Plants - Representing 30% of total coal-fired output (Triangle Business Journal)
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/11/30/daily31.html?ana=from_rss
California - Feds Probe Switch Problem at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.ktvu.com/news/21771822/detail.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Roughly 70,000 Sockeye Salmon Return To South Okanogan (Osoyoos Times, BC)
http://www.osoyoostimes.com/news/2009/12/01/roughly-70000-sockeye-salmon-return-to-south-okanagan/
Pacific Salmon Named One of “America’s Hottest Species” (SF Bay Independent Media)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/12/01/18631036.php
Poison Planned To Keep Asian Carp from Great Lakes (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010403991_apusgreatlakesasiancarp.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Water Rule Raises Fears for Farms in Chimacum Valley (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091202/news/312029993
Group Says It Will Sue City of Spokane over River PCBs (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/02/group-says-it-will-sue-city-over-river-pcbs/
Wenatchee World Op/Ed - Columbia Basin Project Goes Badly Astray
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/dec/01/basin-project-goes-badly-astray/
California Projects Historic Low for Water Deliveries (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010396482_apcacaliforniawater.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
New Mexico - Report Says Transmission Key to Renewable Power (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010404109_apusenergytransmissionnewmexico.html?syndication=rss
New York Eyes Offshore Wind Farms on Great Lakes (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5B04J320091201
Cape Wind inks power deal with National Grid (Boston Business Journal)
http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/11/30/daily33.html?ana=from_rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Idaho - Rupert Awarded $100,000 for Energy Improvements (Magic Valley Times-News, ID)
http://www.magicvalley.com/news/local/article_b282877f-3ee9-5dc1-b75f-dba9b8ca7348.html
Associated Press Perspective: Ohio Light Bulb Fight Offers Lessons
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hF4WOkdKCzzMAjJaP99313_e_SAAD9CAKLQO0
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
UK Climate Scientist To Temporarily Step Down - Pending an investigation into allegations that he overstated the case for man-made climate change (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010396116_apeubritainclimatehackedemails.html?syndication=rss
Australia’s Carbon-Trading Legislation Fails (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010403866_apclimateaustralia.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Five Eco-Crimes We Commit Every Day (New Scientist)
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427361.900-five-ecocrimes-we-commit-every-day.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Gates Foundation Grants $3.4 Million for Library Internet Connections (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thebusinessofgiving/2010396684_gates_foundation_grants_34_mil.html?syndication=rss
FCC Chairman Pushes Changes to Expand Broadband Access (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125968577577971313.html?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_hs
FCC Aims to Expand USF - But again, they probably should bother to fix it first (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Aims-To-Expand-USF-105752
Microsoft Says Black Screens Not Caused By Security Updates (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/186837.asp?source=pimail
Reality Check: Global Bing, Yahoo Market Shares Stink (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/186810.asp?source=pimail
GENERAL NEWS
Deputies Seek Missing Shelton Woman (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/1055974.html
E-Mails Show Washington State Battled To Keep Clemmons in Custody (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010400203_shootingdoc02m.html
Prosecutor Gives Details on How Clemmons Was Helped To Escape (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/1055556.html
Gregoire Backs Off Move of State Parks into Department of Natural Resources (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091202/BLOG13/912029999/0/NEWS01
Online Readers, Aggregators Need To Pay For News: Murdoch (Yahoo! Tech)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20091201/tc_afp/usmediaindustrynewspapersnewscorpmurdochftc
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Breast-Feeding Mom Says Target Kicked Her Out, Called Police
http://www.freep.com/article/20091201/NEWS02/91201031/1322/Breast-feeding-mom-says-Target-kicked-her-out
Woman Says She Was Pressured Into Buying Car
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/21764175/detail.html
Cost of School Formals Soaring As Teenagers Glam-Up
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5B03Y020091201?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FoddlyEnoughNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Oddly+Enough%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo
Owl swoops down to attack dog on leash
http://www.nwcn.com/news/Owl-swoops-down-to-attack-dog-on-leash-78288942.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Little River Band - The Night Owl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFLdHx2ZXUA
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
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