The Energy News Digest will be visiting some I-5 electric car stations to recharge its batteries August 16-27. It should return rested and relaxed August 30.
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Russian Fires Raise Fears of Radioactivity in Smoke (NY Times – Now THAT’S what I call a biomass hazard!)
Think This Summer Is Hot? Get Used to It (USA
Mason PUD 3 Commissioners Break Ground for Johns Prairie Operations Center
Investigators Say Elma 6-Year-Old Was Shot by 8-Year-Old Brother (KING-TV, Seattle)
Gregoire Tells White House She Doesn’t Want Federal Job (Olympian, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Russian Fires Raise Fears of Radioactivity in Smoke
- Mason PUD 3 Commissioners Break Ground for
- City of
- Editorial - Wrong Answer at Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant
- Protests Spew over Montana-Gulf Pipeline Plan
- Natural Gas - 8,000 People? EPA Defers Hearing on Fracking
- The
- NOAA Approves Reform of West Coast Fish Harvest
- Dry
- Editorial - Hatchery versus Wild: Limiting One to Help the Other
- Study Finds Chemicals in
- Biomass Power -
- Editorial –
- A Green Idea for Brown Farm Fields in
- Largest Source of Independent Power in
- Time Is Running Out for Idahoans to Get Federal Rebates for Buying Energy-Efficient Appliances
- Think This Summer Is Hot? Get Used to It
- Does One Bad-Ass Summer Prove Climate Change?
- Cleantech Industry Coming Out Against
- Scientists See Links from Asian Floods to Russian Heat
- Net Neutrality & the Google-Verizon Compromise
- Google’s Deal on Equal Internet Access Opens Door to New Clout
- Editorial - Net Neutrality Lost in Google-Verizon Deal
- Verizoogle Pretends Pact Isn’t About Protecting Android
- McAfee Says Malware Threat at a New High
- Broadband Additions Hit a New Low in the
- Murray, Cantwell Remember Stevens: A ‘
- Gregoire Tells White House She Doesn’t Want Federal Job
- District 35 State House Race Focus Is Taxes
- Gay Rights Foes Head Back to Court to Keep R-71 Names Secret
- Investigators Say Elma 6-Year-Old Was Shot by 8-Year-Old Brother
- Woman Found Slain in Tenino Truck Remembered as ‘One of Those Bright Lights’
- Another Slow Tremor Beneath Olympic
- WA Man Sentenced for Helping Steal Olympic
- Thurston County Seeks to
- Speeding Motorcyclists ‘Taunt’ Trooper Trapped in Wrecked Cruiser
- How ‘Star Wars’ Changed Everything
- Website Lets College Students Place Bets on Their Own Grades
WORD OF THE DAY
Stolid • \STAH-lid\ • adjective - Having or expressing little or no sensibility: unemotional
Jennifer was of stolid, Midwestern stock. Even as her potluck tuna casserole flopped at the church social, she returned the next week to silence her critics with her prize-winning “Spam” casserole. It was a hit…especially since the slices were cut into fish-shaped bits; a passive-aggressive nose-thumbing to her previous week’s critics.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Russian Fires Raise Fears of Radioactivity in Smoke (NY Times – Now THAT’S what I call a biomass hazard!)
Mason PUD 3 Commissioners Break Ground for Johns Prairie Operations Center
City of Shelton pulls plug on 114 streetlights (KOMO-TV, Seattle
Editorial - Wrong Answer at Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant (NY Times)
Protests Spew over Montana-Gulf Pipeline Plan (USA
Natural Gas - 8,000 People? EPA Defers Hearing on Fracking (NY Times)
The US
FISH & WILDLIFE
NOAA Approves Reform of West Coast Fish Harvest (Associated Press)
Dry British Columbia Summer Puts Fish Stocks in Jeopardy, Government Warns (Globe & Mail , Canada
Editorial - Hatchery versus Wild: Limiting One to Help the Other (Oregonian, Portland
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Study Finds Chemicals in Washington
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Biomass Power - Port of Shelton Discusses ADAGE Leases; Spells Out Hearing Procedures (KMAS Radio, Shelton , WA
Editorial – Ohio
A Green Idea for Brown Farm Fields in California
Largest Source of Independent Power in British Columbia Goes on the Grid - $663-million Toba run-of-river project outperforms many BC Hydro facilities (Vancouver
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Time Is Running Out for Idahoans to Get Federal Rebates for Buying Energy-Efficient Appliances (Idaho Statesman, Boise , ID
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Think This Summer Is Hot? Get Used to It (USA
Does One Bad-Ass Summer Prove Climate Change? (Grist Online)
Cleantech Industry Coming Out Against California
Scientists See Links from Asian Floods to Russian Heat (NY Times)
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/scientists-see-links-from-asian-floods-to-russian-heat/
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Net Neutrality & the Google-Verizon Compromise (Christian Science Monitor)
Google’s Deal on Equal Internet Access Opens Door to New Clout (Washington Post)
Editorial - Net Neutrality Lost in Google-Verizon Deal (SF Chronicle)
Verizoogle Pretends Pact Isn’t About Protecting Android - Justifications for no wireless neutrality still don’t add up... (Broadband Reports)
McAfee Says Malware Threat at a New High (Reuters)
Broadband Additions Hit a New Low in the US
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Murray, Cantwell Remember Stevens: A ‘Pacific Northwest Icon’ (Seattle
Gregoire Tells White House She Doesn’t Want Federal Job (Olympian, WA)
District 35 State House Race Focus Is Taxes (Olympian, WA)
Gay Rights Foes Head Back to Court to Keep R-71 Names Secret (KOMO-TV, Seattle
GENERAL NEWS
Investigators Say Elma 6-Year-Old Was Shot by 8-Year-Old Brother (KING-TV, Seattle)
Woman Found Slain in Tenino Truck Remembered as ‘One of Those Bright Lights’ (Olympian, WA – Note: some may find a few details of this case disturbing. Beware)
Another Slow Tremor Beneath Olympic Peninsula (Associated Press)
WA Man Sentenced for Helping Steal Olympic Peninsula Maple Trees (Associated Press)
Thurston County Seeks to Rescind Giant Water Park
Speeding Motorcyclists ‘Taunt’ Trooper Trapped in Wrecked Cruiser (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
How ‘Star Wars’ Changed Everything
DIVERSIONS
Bizarre McDonalds Drive-Thru Rampage Ends With Arrest & YouTube Fame
Blind Cat Found 3,000 Miles from Shelter
SONG OF THE DAY
The Animals - We’ve Gotta Get Out of This Place
