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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Montana - TransCanada Drops $3 Billion Transmission Project (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
Biomass Cogeneration Opponents To Gather In Port Angeles On Eve Of City Meeting (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Airborne Particulates=Pollution - Farmers Fear Dust Rules Won't Reflect Rural Life (Associated Press)
Trees Felled In Preparation For Elwha Dam Removal (Associated Press)
Wet Weather Hits Early, Likely To Stay (Seattle Times)
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Montana - TransCanada Drops $3 Billion Transmission Project
- San Bruno Resident Sues Pacific Gas & Electric Over Gas Line Blast
- Rupert City Council Supports Changes To BPA Electricity Contract
- National Hydropower Association Applauds Chu Comments on Hydro and Pumped Storage
- Duke Energy Spending $15 Million On Its Hydro Plant Upgrades
- Illinois - Powering Naperville: Despite Environmental Concerns, Project Overruns, City Stands By Investment In Coal-Fired Plant
- Kudos to Emerald PUD - APOGEE Interactive Presents 2010 ACE Awards to Energy Utilities for Best Practices on the Web
- Peru Cops Take Power Plant Back From Coca Growers
- Fish Passage Center's Draft Annual 'Comparative Survival Study' Of Pit-Tagged Fish Out For Review
- Four New Studies Detail Economic Contribution Of Fisheries
- Seattle Clings To Its Struggling Summer Sockeye Run
- Huge Fraser River Sockeye Run Raises Spirits, Questions
- Mason Conservation District - Help Students Learn About Salmon Migration
- Geoduck Harvesting Approved for Five Areas in Kitsap County
- Dead Seals In Whatcom County Were Shot In The Head
- Trees Felled In Preparation For Elwha Dam Removal
- Visions Of Sustainability To Be Shared At Carlsborg Sewer, Wastewater Treatment Workshop
- Vancouver Island - Saanich, Esquimalt Could Get Millions To Host Sewage Sites
- Worker Falls Into Sewage Pipe
- Biomass Cogeneration Opponents To Gather In Port Angeles On Eve Of City
- For Solar Power, A Time To Shine
- Hoku Corp. Borrows Another $10M For Idaho Polysilicon Plant
- Builders Install Solar Systems So Owners Can Lease Them
- Going Greener: Wal-Mart Plan New Solar Power Initiative
- Ontario: Replacing Coal With Biomass
- Op/Ed – Vermont: A Renewable Industrial Complex
- Renewable Energy Industry Right On Target…When The Wind Blows
- A Threat to California’s Climate Change Progress
- Psychology Provides Insight Into Why People Doubt Climate Change
- Carbon Capturing Technology Doomed In Europe: Study
- Global Warming Good News: Fewer Big Ocean Storms Possible
- Could The Garbage Heap Help Save Us From Global Warming?
- EPA Emissions Rules Could Hinder Ethanol
- Buzz Kill? Running Electric Vehicles Not As Simple As Plug And Go
- Even In Down Economy, Data Centers Are Still Big Business Across Southeast
- Now Online: Yahoo’s Chicken Coop-Inspired Green Data Center
- Cloud Computing Hits Snag in Europe
- House Lawmakers Close To Net Neutrality Bill
- Data Breaches Remain High
- Snohomish County Wants Public Records Relief
- Wet Weather Hits Early, Likely To Stay
- Mystery Debris Falls On, Flusters Tacoma's Stadium District
- Airborne Particulates=Pollution - Farmers Fear Dust Rules Won't Reflect Rural
- New NASA Image Of Expanding La Nina (
- Saddle-Like Airline Seats Would Pack Cabins Even More
WORD OF THE DAY
Carbuncle • \KAR-bunk-kull \ • noun – 1a obsolete: any of several red precious stones b: the garnet cut cabochon 2: a painful local purulent inflammation of the skin and deeper tissues with multiple openings for the discharge of pus and usually necrosis and sloughing of dead tissue
“Well, here’s the cause of your carbuncle,” exclaimed the prairie doctor to his suffering patient. “Seems that in your prospecting days in Montana you somehow got a carbuncle lodged in your tuckus.”
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
San Bruno Resident Sues Pacific Gas & Electric Over Gas Line Blast (Associated Press)
Rupert City Council Supports Changes To BPA Electricity Contract (Magic Valley Times-News, Twin Falls, ID)
National Hydropower Association Applauds Chu Comments on Hydro and Pumped Storage - Energy Secretary shows vision and leadership as a hydro advocate (Renewable Energy World)
Duke Energy Spending $15 Million On Its Hydro Plant Upgrades (Charlotte Business Journal)
Illinois - Powering Naperville: Despite Environmental Concerns, Project Overruns, City Stands By Investment In Coal-Fired Plant (Naperville Sun, IL)
Kudos to Emerald PUD - APOGEE Interactive Presents 2010 ACE Awards to Energy Utilities for Best Practices on the Web (PR NewsWire)
Peru Cops Take Power Plant Back From Coca Growers (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fish Passage Center's Draft Annual 'Comparative Survival Study' Of Pit-Tagged Fish Out For Review (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Four New Studies Detail Economic Contribution Of Fisheries (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Seattle Clings To Its Struggling Summer Sockeye Run (Associated Press)
Huge Fraser River Sockeye Run Raises Spirits, Questions (Crosscut Seattle)
Mason Conservation District - Help Students Learn About Salmon Migration (Olympian, WA)
Geoduck Harvesting Approved for Five Areas in Kitsap County (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Dead Seals In Whatcom County Were Shot In The Head (KING-TV, Seattle)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Visions Of Sustainability To Be Shared At Carlsborg Sewer, Wastewater Treatment Workshop (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Vancouver Island - Saanich, Esquimalt Could Get Millions To Host Sewage Sites (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)\
Worker Falls Into Sewage Pipe (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
For Solar Power, A Time To Shine - Take a look at South Sound residents' solar-powered systems (Olympian, WA)
Hoku Corp. Borrows Another $10M For Idaho Polysilicon Plant (Pacific Business News)
Builders Install Solar Systems So Owners Can Lease Them (USA Today)
Going Greener: Wal-Mart Plan New Solar Power Initiative (USA Today)
Ontario: Replacing Coal With Biomass (Renewable Energy World)
Op/Ed – Vermont: A Renewable Industrial Complex (Bennington Banner, VT)
Renewable Energy Industry Right On Target…When The Wind Blows - Despite reaching its 10% goal one gusty Monday, wind power is still facing opposition (The Guardian, UK)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
A Threat to California’s Climate Change Progress (NY Times)
Psychology Provides Insight Into Why People Doubt Climate Change (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia)
Carbon Capturing Technology Doomed In Europe: Study (Planet Ark)
Global Warming Good News: Fewer Big Ocean Storms Possible (USA Today)
Could The Garbage Heap Help Save Us From Global Warming? (Washington Post)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
EPA Emissions Rules Could Hinder Ethanol (Des Moines Register, IA)
Buzz Kill? Running Electric Vehicles Not As Simple As Plug And Go (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Even In Down Economy, Data Centers Are Still Big Business Across Southeast (Nashville Business Journal)
Now Online: Yahoo’s Chicken Coop-Inspired Green Data Center (GigaOM)
Cloud Computing Hits Snag in Europe (NY Times)
House Lawmakers Close To Net Neutrality Bill (Washington Post)
Data Breaches Remain High (Philadelphia Business Journal)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Snohomish County Wants Public Records Relief (Everett Herald, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Mystery Debris Falls On, Flusters Tacoma's Stadium District (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
New NASA Image Of Expanding La Nina (San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
Saddle-Like Airline Seats Would Pack Cabins Even More (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Jupiter At Its Closest In 50 Years - Planet To Pass 368 Million Miles From Earth Late Monday
Tiny Kitten Travels At 70 Mph In Truck's Undercarriage On Long Trip
Montana - Former Shed May Be America’s Smallest Church
SONG OF THE DAY
Train - Drops Of Jupiter
