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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Satsop Power Plant Expansion - Neighbors Say Noise Outweighs Added Jobs
• Why Is It So Dark In Aberdeen? City Turns Off Street Lights to Save Money
• Pacific Power - Don’t Flip the Switch Lightly: Power Rates Are Going Up
• California Utilities Agree to Moratorium on Shutoffs
• Benton PUD Encourages Helping Hands Gifts
• US Dept of Energy Says Natural Gas Supplies Plunged Last Week
• $50 Million - NY Electric Grid Operator Wants New Control Center
• National Hydropower Association Pleased With Feds Pumped Storage Hydro Comments
• Meter-Reader Maker Itron Splits Chairman, CEO Jobs
• South Sound Gets $4.7 Million in Salmon Grants
• California - Group Intends to Sue After Retardant Kills Endangered Fish
• Sturgeon - Feds Hope to Boost North America’s Largest Fish
• Wanted by Alaska Lawmakers: PR Firm to Fight Species Listings
• SF Chronicle Op/Ed - A Better Way to Catch Fish
• Western Snowy Plover Responding to Recovery Campaign on the Oregon Coast
• Judge Weighs Deal over California Use of Colorado River
• That Tap Water Is Legal but May Be Unhealthy
• Dams & Development Threaten the Mekong
• White House Proposes Tax Credits for Clean Energy
• Alaska - Tidal Energy Not in Kodiak’s Immediate Future
• Ohio - After Bulb Battle, Utility Offers Voluntary Plan
• Snohomish PUD Launches Online Self-Help Energy Suite from APOGEE Interactive
• Green Building Comes of Age
• U.N. Climate Talks Resume as U.S. Backs $100 Billion Fund
• Questions & Answers on the Heated Climate Debate
• Ironically, Climate Talks Enlarge Carbon Footprint
• Rising Interest in Energy-Efficient Technology Expected in 2010
• Government to Award Stimulus Funds for Broadband
• Questions Continue Over WA Data Center Project
• FCC Offers Early Peak at National Broadband Plan
• Philadelphia Buys Wi-Fi Network
• Unemployment Up in Mason County
• Last Week’s Cold Snap One of Washington’s Costliest
• Low Bids Allow 24 More WA State Highway Projects
• Chrysler to Begin Using Grays Harbor for Exports
• Goldmark Seeks $8.44 Million Owed To Timberland Owners
• Senator Murray Accused Of Being 'Off Her Meds' In Tanker Fight
• Newly Discovered Form of Earthquake May Mean Bad News for Puget Sound
• Washington Ranks Second Nationally in 2009 Teacher Certifications
WORD OF THE DAY
Indefeasible • \in-dih-FEE-zuh-bul\ • adjective - Not capable of being annulled or voided or undone
“Sorry sonny,” growled the wizened, small town attorney. “Yer contract is so indefeasible that even a gnat couldn’t squeeze through a loophole in it.” “Great,” thought the local entrepreneur as he recounted his furtive encounter with a ‘major video game dealer’. “And what am I gonna do with 10,000 Atari video games in 2009?”
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
Satsop Power Plant Expansion - Neighbors Say Noise Outweighs Added Jobs (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/12/16/local_news/doc4b292c33212f1037639361.txt
Why Is It So Dark In Aberdeen? City Turns Off Street Lights to Save Money (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/12/16/local_news/doc4b292cf061c48601246217.txt
Pacific Power - Don’t Flip the Switch Lightly: Power Rates Are Going Up (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/12/16/don-t-flip-the-switch-lightly-power-rates-are-going-up
California Utilities Agree to Moratorium on Shutoffs (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/17/BUIA1B5AJO.DTL&feed=rss.news
Benton PUD Encourages Helping Hands Gifts (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/997663.html
US Dept of Energy Says Natural Gas Supplies Plunged Last Week (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010531501_apusnaturalgasstorage.html?syndication=rss
$50 Million - NY Electric Grid Operator Wants New Control Center (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010531705_apnyelectricalgrid.html?syndication=rss
National Hydropower Association Pleased With Feds Pumped Storage Hydro Comments (Hydro World)
http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/article-display/1368779463/articles/hrhrw/hydroindustrynews/pumpedstoragehydro/2009/12/nha-pleased_with_pumped.html
Meter-Reader Maker Itron Splits Chairman, CEO Jobs (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010532088_apusitronpersonnel.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
South Sound Gets $4.7 Million in Salmon Grants (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/1073095.html
California - Group Intends to Sue After Retardant Kills Endangered Fish (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2376013~Group_intends_to_sue_after_retardant_kills_fish.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Sturgeon - Feds Hope to Boost North America’s Largest Fish (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11691661
Wanted by Alaska Lawmakers: PR Firm to Fight Species Listings (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/wildlife/bears/polar_bears/story/1059211.html
SF Chronicle Op/Ed - A Better Way to Catch Fish
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/16/EDK31B4JRH.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Western Snowy Plover Responding to Recovery Campaign on the Oregon Coast (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/western_snowy_plover_respondin.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Judge Weighs Deal over California Use of Colorado River (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2376990~Judge_weighs_deal_over_Calif_use_of_Colorado_River.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
That Tap Water Is Legal but May Be Unhealthy (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/us/17water.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Dams & Development Threaten the Mekong (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/world/asia/18mekong.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
White House Proposes Tax Credits for Clean Energy (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2009/1216/White-House-proposes-tax-credits-for-clean-energy
Alaska - Tidal Energy Not in Kodiak’s Immediate Future (Kodiak Daily Mirror, AK)
http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=8300
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Ohio - After Bulb Battle, Utility Offers Voluntary Plan (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jfKmMPHAU-zg9ArzDOKqF0nZ-YGwD9CKI62O1
Snohomish PUD Launches Online Self-Help Energy Suite from APOGEE Interactive (PR Newswire)
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/snohomish-pud-launches-online-self-help-energy-suite-from-apogee-interactive-79492737.html
Green Building Comes of Age (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2009/1216/Green-building-comes-of-age
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U.N. Climate Talks Resume as U.S. Backs $100 Billion Fund (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/12/17/news/news-us-climate-copenhagen.html
Questions & Answers on the Heated Climate Debate (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010527273_warmqanda17.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Ironically, Climate Talks Enlarge Carbon Footprint (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121549568&ft=1&f=3
Rising Interest in Energy-Efficient Technology Expected in 2010 (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_14010792
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Government to Award Stimulus Funds for Broadband (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010531288_apustecstimulusfundingbroadband.html?syndication=rss
Questions Continue Over WA Data Center Project (NW Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=6550
FCC Offers Early Peak at National Broadband Plan (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010525888_apustectechbitfccbroadbandplan.html?syndication=rss
Philadelphia Buys Wi-Fi Network (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Philadelphia-Buys-WiFi-Network-106040
GENERAL NEWS
Unemployment Up in Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=873:unemployment-up-in-mason-county&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Last Week’s Cold Snap One of Washington’s Costliest (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/12/14/daily29.html
Low Bids Allow 24 More WA State Highway Projects (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/1073136.html
Chrysler to Begin Using Grays Harbor for Exports (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010532053_apwachryslergraysharbor.html?syndication=rss
Goldmark Seeks $8.44 Million Owed To Timberland Owners (Associated Press)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/997209.html
Senator Murray Accused Of Being 'Off Her Meds' In Tanker Fight (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/79465447.html
Newly Discovered Form of Earthquake May Mean Bad News for Puget Sound (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/A-newly-discovered-form-of-earthquake-may-mean-bad-news-for-Puget-Sound-79447947.html
Washington Ranks Second Nationally in 2009 Teacher Certifications (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010522645_webteachers16m.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Mother Nature Reveals Stash of Stolen Gnomes
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/79463937.html
Dude, They’re Putting Pot in More Than Brownies
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010531796_apusganjagourmet.html?syndication=rss
Flight Attendant Caught Wayward Pilots Unaware (Associated Press)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21980031/detail.html
Money Robbed From Pennsylvania Bank Mailed Back
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21984111/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rox15lCFfi4
