Energy News Digest for October 29, 2010

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

News Release – Bonneville Power Administration Extends Service to Alcoa: Decision Could Keep 500 Jobs in Region (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/939807/

Washington Supreme Court Upholds Change to Water Law - Characterizes some developments as municipalities - and allowing them to keep the rights to as much water as their system can handle, even if they haven't historically used that water (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/106278848.html

After Dam Removals, Oregon's Rogue River Shows Promising Signs for Salmon (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/10/early_signs_good_for_dam_remov.html

Bonneville Power Chief Steve Wright Will Meet With Community about Power Line (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/clark-county/index.ssf/2010/10/bonneville_power_chief_steve_wright_will_meet_with_community_over_power_line.html

Oregon County Tells Wind Farm to Quiet Down (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130899361&ft=3&f=130899361

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         News Release - Bonneville Power Administration Extends Service to Alcoa: Decision Could Keep 500 Jobs in Region

·         Puget Sound Energy Customers to Pay More for Gas, Less for Electricity

·         Avista Rates on the Rise in Washington, Company Announces Earnings

·         Washington Natural Gas Rates Going Up For Some, Down For Others

·         Benton PUD Customers Still Raise Concerns Over 32% Increase Over Four Years

·         Portland General Electric Earnings Rise; Customers Still May Be On Hook For Additional Surcharge

·         Portland General Electric Profit Gets Federal Tax Boost

·         Bonneville Power Chief Steve Wright Will Meet With Community about Power Line

·         Flooded farmers suing Tacoma Power over Lake Cushman Dam (Video)

·         Cities Propose Splitting Douglas County PUD Privilege Taxes with Okanogan County

·         Final Grant PUD Vote for Crescent Bar Island Saves Golf

·         Idaho - HJR7 Would Allow Cities to Enter Into Power Contracts

·         Delaware Electric Co-Op Returns $2 Million to Members

·         Longview City Council Raises Utility Rates, Extends Utility Tax

·         Electric Vehicles Prompt Renewed Look At Power Rates

·         After Dam Removals, Oregon's Rogue River Shows Promising Signs for Salmon

·         Washington Supreme Court Upholds Change to Water Law

·         New Life Begins For Hylebos Creek

·         Oregon County Tells Wind Farm to Quiet Down

·         Wind Power Growth Slows to 2007 Levels

·         China Takes the Wind Out of the US – One In Three Wind Turbines Installed Will Go Online in China

·         Canada - Wind Power Opponents Hope to Persuade Ontario to Change Its Green Energy Plans

·         Idaho - Stimulus Funds Pay for Hailey Solar Power

·         Solar Power Projects Face Potential Hurdles

·         Second Lynden-Area Digester to Begin Producing Electricity from Cow Manure

·         Port Townsend Paper Upgrades Boiler to Biomass

·         United Kingdom - Factory Workers Protest over Biomass 'Subsidy Threat'

·         Congress Awakening to Renewables on Native Lands, Advocates Say

·         3TIER Releases Q3, 2010 Wind Performance Maps for Europe and North America

·         Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Says Restaurants Can Cut Energy Use By 50%

·         Kitsap County Appoints Panel to Help Spend Energy Conservation Grant

·         Washington State, Issaquah Encourage Residents To Weatherize Homes For Winter

·         Energy Adviser: Lighting Not Limited to One Type of Bulb

·         California Air Board to Unveil Cap-And-Trade Program for Carbon Dioxide

·         Report: All States but Texas on Track to Issue Greenhouse Gas Permits

·         United Kingdom - Not Putting Clocks Back 'Would Reduce Emissions'

·         Is the Move to Hybrids Hyped?

·         Scientists Spar With Defender of Palm Oil and Pulp Firms

·         The Post-Alcohol World - Biofuels Are Back. This Time They Might Even Work

·         Wisconsin - Turning Cheese into Gas – For Fuel, That Is

·         Black And Orange And Green - Can Fun-Size Candy Bars Be Good For The Environment?

·         Billion-Dollar Data Center Park Proposed For Colorado Springs' South Side

·         Verizon Wireless Settles With FCC Over False Data Charges

·         Critics Call for Congressional Hearings on Google's Wi-Fi Data Harvesting

·         After Midterms, Net Neutrality Could Take a Hit

·         Microsoft Dazzles Wall Street With 51% Jump in Net Income

·         Cablevision Sued For Blocked Fox Channels - Class action lawyers get their shots in as Fox feud continues

·         Washington State Initiative Campaign Spending Breaks Record

·         Large Bust in McCleary Was "Well Over the Limit" for Medicinal Marijuana

·         Weyerhaeuser Posts $1.12 Billion Third Quarter Profit

·         Teen Pregnancy Rates in Washington State at 30-Year Low

·         Shelton Dedicates Kneeland Park Sewer Pump Station

WORD OF THE DAY

Vanguard • \VAN-gard\ • Noun - 1: the troops moving at the head of an army 2: the forefront of an action or movement

“Mr. Spicoli,” grunted the dog-faced sergeant, “I want you in the vanguard as we attack the hill.” “But I left my van back in the states,” slurred the bleary-eyed private.

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

News Release - Bonneville Power Administration Extends Service to Alcoa: Decision Could Keep 500 Jobs in Region (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/939807/

Puget Sound Energy Customers to Pay More for Gas, Less for Electricity (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/oct/28/pse-customers-to-pay-more-for-gas-less-for/

Avista Rates on the Rise in Washington, Company Announces Earnings - Average Customers Will See Monthly Bill Go Up $4.50 (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/oct/29/avista-rates-on-the-rise/

Washington Natural Gas Rates Going Up For Some, Down For Others (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/25552417/detail.html

Benton PUD Customers Still Raise Concerns Over 32% Increase Over Four Years (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/106175438.html

Portland General Electric Earnings Rise; Customers Still May Be On Hook For Additional Surcharge (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/10/pge_earnings_rise_customers_st.html

Portland General Electric Profit Gets Federal Tax Boost (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2010/10/28/pge-profit-gets-federal-tax-boost.html

Bonneville Power Chief Steve Wright Will Meet With Community about Power Line (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/clark-county/index.ssf/2010/10/bonneville_power_chief_steve_wright_will_meet_with_community_over_power_line.html

Flooded farmers suing Tacoma Power over Lake Cushman Dam (Video) (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/lake-cushman-dam-lawsuit-106193203.html

Cities Propose Splitting Douglas County PUD Privilege Taxes with Okanogan County (Omak Chronicle, WA)

http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n101028b.shtml

Final Grant PUD Vote for Crescent Bar Island Saves Golf (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/oct/29/final-plan-for-crescent-bar-island-approved/

Idaho - HJR7 Would Allow Cities to Enter Into Power Contracts (Bonners Ferry Herald, ID)

http://www.bonnersferryherald.com/articles/2010/10/28/local/doc4cc9c31e4d63f419809997.txt

Delaware Electric Co-Op Returns $2 Million to Members (Cape Gazette, Lewes, DE)

http://www.capegazette.com/storiescurrent/201010-16-31/29057-electric-co-op.html

Longview City Council Raises Utility Rates, Extends Utility Tax (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_9b394418-e328-11df-a9bd-001cc4c03286.html

Electric Vehicles Prompt Renewed Look At Power Rates (Oregon Public Radio)

http://news.opb.org/article/16996-electric-vehicles-prompt-renewed-look-power-rates/

FISH & WILDLIFE

After Dam Removals, Oregon's Rogue River Shows Promising Signs for Salmon (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/10/early_signs_good_for_dam_remov.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Washington Supreme Court Upholds Change to Water Law - Characterizes some developments as municipalities - and allowing them to keep the rights to as much water as their system can handle, even if they haven't historically used that water (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/106278848.html

New Life Begins For Hylebos Creek (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/10/29/1400607/new-life-for-hylebos-creek-environs.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Oregon County Tells Wind Farm to Quiet Down (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130899361&ft=3&f=130899361

Wind Power Growth Slows to 2007 Levels (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/wind-power-growth-slows-to-2007-levels/

China Takes the Wind Out of the US – One In Three Wind Turbines Installed Will Go Online in China (Grist Online)

http://www.grist.org/article/2010-10-28-china-takes-the-wind-out-of-the-u.s

Canada - Wind Power Opponents Hope to Persuade Ontario to Change Its Green Energy Plans (Winnipeg Free Press, Canada)

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/wind-power-opponents-hope-to-persuade-ontario-to-change-its-green-energy-plans-106285643.html

Idaho - Stimulus Funds Pay for Hailey Solar Power - Wastewater facility will consume 100 percent of energy from 24-kilowatt system (Idaho Mountain Express & Guide, Sun Valley)

http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005133926

Solar Power Projects Face Potential Hurdles (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/business/energy-environment/29solar.html

Second Lynden-Area Digester to Begin Producing Electricity from Cow Manure – To Be Sold to Puget Sound Energy (Bellingham Herald, WA)

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/10/28/1689977/second-lynden-area-digester-to.html

Port Townsend Paper Upgrades Boiler to Biomass (Biomass Magazine)

http://biomassmagazine.com/articles/5094/port-townsend-paper-upgrades-boiler-to-biomass

United Kingdom - Factory Workers Protest over Biomass 'Subsidy Threat' - Claim biomass subsidies encourage electricity generators to burn virgin wood rather old timber (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11649996

Congress Awakening to Renewables on Native Lands, Advocates Say (Solve Climate)

http://solveclimatenews.com/news/20101026/congress-awakening-renewables-native-lands-advocates-say

3TIER Releases Q3, 2010 Wind Performance Maps for Europe and North America - Winds generally up in North America and down in Europe (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/3tier/news/article/2010/10/3tier-releases-q3-2010-wind-performance-maps-for-europe-and-north-america

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Says Restaurants Can Cut Energy Use By 50% (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=13399983

Kitsap County Appoints Panel to Help Spend Energy Conservation Grant (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/oct/28/kitsap-county-appoints-panel-to-help-spend-grant/

Washington State, Issaquah Encourage Residents To Weatherize Homes For Winter (Issaquah Press, WA)

http://www.issaquahpress.com/2010/10/28/state-city-encourage-residents-to-weatherize-homes-for-winter/

Energy Adviser: Lighting Not Limited to One Type of Bulb (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/oct/28/lighting-not-limited-to-one-type-of-bulb/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

California Air Board to Unveil Cap-And-Trade Program for Carbon Dioxide (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/29/3142005/california-air-board-to-unveil.html

Report: All States but Texas on Track to Issue Greenhouse Gas Permits (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/10/28/28greenwire-report-all-states-but-texas-on-track-to-issue-94346.html

United Kingdom - Not Putting Clocks Back 'Would Reduce Emissions' (The Independent, London, UK)

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/not-putting-clocks-back-would-reduce-emissions-2119189.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Is the Move to Hybrids Hyped? (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/is-the-move-to-hybrids-hyped/

Scientists Spar With Defender of Palm Oil and Pulp Firms (NY Times)

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/scientists-spar-with-defender-of-palm-oil-and-pulp-firms/

The Post-Alcohol World - Biofuels Are Back. This Time They Might Even Work (Economist Magazine)

http://www.economist.com/node/17358802?story_id=17358802

Wisconsin - Turning Cheese into Gas – For Fuel, That Is (WAOW-TV, Wausau, WI)

http://www.waow.com/Global/story.asp?S=13406916

Black And Orange And Green - Can Fun-Size Candy Bars Be Good For The Environment? (Slate Magazine)

http://www.slate.com/id/2203154/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Billion-Dollar Data Center Park Proposed For Colorado Springs' South Side (Colorado Springs Gazette, CO)

http://www.gazette.com/articles/south-107096-data-springs.html

Verizon Wireless Settles With FCC Over False Data Charges (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/28/AR2010102806478.html

Critics Call for Congressional Hearings on Google's Wi-Fi Data Harvesting (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/10/critics-call-for-congressional-hearings-on-googles-wi-fi-data-harvesting/1?csp=34tech

After Midterms, Net Neutrality Could Take a Hit (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/28/AR2010102804259.html

Microsoft Dazzles Wall Street With 51% Jump in Net Income (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/business/106139673.html

Cablevision Sued For Blocked Fox Channels - Class action lawyers get their shots in as Fox feud continues (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Cablevision-Sued-For-Blocked-Fox-Channels-111144

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State Initiative Campaign Spending Breaks Record (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/106128518.html

GENERAL NEWS

Large Bust in McCleary Was "Well Over the Limit" for Medicinal Marijuana (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2089

Weyerhaeuser Posts $1.12 Billion Third Quarter Profit (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=13411172

Teen Pregnancy Rates in Washington State at 30-Year Low (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/106129678.html

Shelton Dedicates Kneeland Park Sewer Pump Station – PUD 3 Fiber Optic Network Helps with Telemetry & Controls (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/news/3668-shelton-dedicates-kneeland-park-pump-station

DIVERSIONS

Unmanned Spokane Fire Engine Rolls into Home

http://www.kirotv.com/news/25552108/detail.html

McDonald's Must Pay Obese Worker $17,500 - Former Manager Gained 65 Pounds While Working At Chain

http://www.kirotv.com/health/25552675/detail.html

Police Say Man Who Woke Up To 'Bang' Likely Shot Himself While Sleepwalking

http://www.kirotv.com/news/25552154/detail.html

Tourists Mocked, Taunted During Wedding Vows - Officiator Verbally Abused Unsuspecting Couple in Local Language (NOTE: contains PG-13 Language)

http://www.kirotv.com/family/25563917/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

The Fifth Dimension - Wedding Bell Blues (Live)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aryGG1XnyxY

Energy News Digest for October 28, 2010

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Benton PUD Rates to Increase 32% Over Four Years; Local Rep. Trying to Stop It by Changing Renewable Energy Laws (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=13400270

Canada - Record Sockeye Run to Shrink Due to Overestimate (British Columbia Local News)

http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/Record_sockeye_run_to_shrink_due_to_overestimate.html

Olympic Peninsula Biomass Tours Set November 10^th (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/6303

NIMBY Neuroses - Vote In Northeast Oregon Gauges Love-Hate For Wind Energy Expansion (Oregon Public Radio)

http://news.opb.org/article/16803-vote-northeast-oregon-gauges-love-hate-wind-energy-expansion/

Companies Fight to Keep Global Warming Data Secret (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013277751_apusgreenhousegasestransparency.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Benton PUD Rates to Increase 32% Over Four Years; Local Rep. Trying to Stop It by Changing Renewable Energy Laws

·         Wind Power Groups Urge US to Open Electricity Markets

·         Oregon Public Utility Commission Approves Rate Decreases For Natural Gas

·         Natural Gas Stocks Continue to Grow

·         Puget Sound First: Shore Power Instead of Generators For Docked Cargo Ship

·         Northern Wasco PUD Seeks Falls Land Lease to Restore White River Falls Hydroelectric Project

·         Liberty Lake’s Itron Sees Record Revenue

·         Three Gorges Dam In China Sees Maximum Water Level

·         Texas - Urban Affairs: Austin’s Poorest Spend 45% of Income on Electricity

·         Canada - Record Sockeye Run to Shrink Due to Overestimate

·         On Our Radar: Record Salmon Run in British Columbia

·         Entiat National Fish Hatchery Plans Switch In Fish

·         Oregon - Cutting Down Desert Junipers to Save Precious Water

·         Nine Named for Hood Canal Awards

·         Olympic Peninsula Biomass Tours Set November 10^th

·         NIMBY Neuroses - Vote In Northeast Oregon Gauges Love-Hate For Wind Energy Expansion

·         Editorial - Remember Renewable Energy? Subsidies, Permitting & Transmission

·         Giant Solar Projects Shape U.S. Clean Energy Frontier

·         Solar Power Could Overwhelm Germany’s Grid

·         Electronics’ Standby Mode Costs US Families $3 Billion A Year

·         Companies Fight to Keep Global Warming Data Secret

·         China smog, clog might bring one-car-a-home policy

·         GM’s 2011 Volt Buyers Won’t Get $3,000 Rebate From California

·         Shortage of ‘Green’ Job Skill Looms In British Columbia, Study Warns

·         Comcast Sued Over Response to Florida Emergency Calls

·         Developers Starting to Ride on Microsoft’s Cloud

·         National Price Tag of Midterm Campaign Likely to Hit $4 Billion

·         Study Reveals How Much Snow Fell In Past La Nina Winters

·         Seattle No. 6, Portland No. 11 on Smartest Cities List

WORD OF THE DAY

Tonton Macoutes • \tawn-tawn MAH-coot\ • Noun - Haitian Creole: bogeymen. Personal police force of dictator Francois Duvalier

The supply room clerk stood triumphant, his legs shoulder width, his arms crossed; a smirk playing across his thin, chapped lips. His Tonton Macoutes had succeeded in rooting out the employees who had been abusing the two-highlighters-a-month limit. “They will now pay,” he mused….”They will pay.”

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

Benton PUD Rates to Increase 32% Over Four Years; Local Rep. Trying to Stop It by Changing Renewable Energy Laws (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=13400270

Wind Power Groups Urge US to Open Electricity Markets (Reuters – And we ALL know how well that worked the first time around…)

http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN2725733620101027

Oregon Public Utility Commission Approves Rate Decreases For Natural Gas (Oregon Public Radio)

http://news.opb.org/article/16843-puc-approves-rate-decreases-natural-gas/

Natural Gas Stocks Continue to Grow (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013281396_apusnaturalgasstorage.html

Puget Sound First: Shore Power Instead of Generators For Docked Cargo Ship (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/10/28/1399238/ship-powers-up-from-shore.html

Northern Wasco PUD Seeks Falls Land Lease to Restore White River Falls Hydroelectric Project (Dalles Chronicle, OR)

http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2010/10/10-27-10-01.shtml

Liberty Lake’s Itron Sees Record Revenue (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/oct/27/liberty-lakes-itron-sees-record-profits-and-future/

Three Gorges Dam In China Sees Maximum Water Level (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2010/1027/Three-Gorges-Dam-in-China-sees-maximum-water-level

Texas - Urban Affairs: Austin’s Poorest Spend 45% of Income on Electricity (Austin American-Statesman, TX)

http://www.statesman.com/news/local/urban-affairs-austins-poorest-spend-45urban-affairs-austins-poorest-spend-45-of-income-1001142.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Canada - Record Sockeye Run to Shrink Due to Overestimate (British Columbia Local News)

http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/Record_sockeye_run_to_shrink_due_to_overestimate.html

On Our Radar: Record Salmon Run in British Columbia (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/on-our-radar-record-salmon-run-in-british-columbia/

Entiat National Fish Hatchery Plans Switch In Fish (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013276779_hatchery.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Oregon - Cutting Down Desert Junipers to Save Precious Water (Oregon Public Radio)

http://news.opb.org/article/16821-cutting-down-desert-junipers-save-precious-water/

Nine Named for Hood Canal Awards (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/oct/27/nine-named-for-hood-canal-awards/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Olympic Peninsula Biomass Tours Set November 10^th (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/6303

NIMBY Neuroses - Vote In Northeast Oregon Gauges Love-Hate For Wind Energy Expansion (Oregon Public Radio)

http://news.opb.org/article/16803-vote-northeast-oregon-gauges-love-hate-wind-energy-expansion/

Editorial - Remember Renewable Energy? Subsidies, Permitting & Transmission (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/opinion/28thurs1.html

Giant Solar Projects Shape U.S. Clean Energy Frontier (Environmental News Service)

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2010/2010-10-27-091.html

Solar Power Could Overwhelm Germany’s Grid (Wired Science)

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-10/27/solar-power-germany

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Electronics’ Standby Mode Costs US Families $3 Billion A Year (Bloomberg News)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/27/BUAC1G2STJ.DTL

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Companies Fight to Keep Global Warming Data Secret (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013277751_apusgreenhousegasestransparency.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

China smog, clog might bring one-car-a-home policy (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/10/china-smog-cars-ownership-limit-/1?csp=34money

GM’s 2011 Volt Buyers Won’t Get $3,000 Rebate From California (Bloomberg News)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_16453168

Shortage of ‘Green’ Job Skill Looms In British Columbia, Study Warns (Vancouver Sun, BC)

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/green+industries+need+workers+Report/3734227/story.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Comcast Sued Over Response to Florida Emergency Calls (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013276154_apusemergencycallslawsuit.html

Developers Starting to Ride on Microsoft’s Cloud (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013276320_microsoftcloud28.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

National Price Tag Of Midterm Campaign Likely to Hit $4 Billion (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/27/AR2010102708306.html

GENERAL NEWS

Study Reveals How Much Snow Fell In Past La Nina Winters (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/weather/25543420/detail.html

Seattle No. 6, Portland No. 11 on Smartest Cities List (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2010/10/27/portland-no-11-on-smart-city-list.html

DIVERSIONS

‘Deadliest Catch’ Capt. Phil Harris Memorialized In Thurston County Corn Maze

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Deadliest-Catch-Capt-Phil-Harris-memorialized-in-corn-maze-105906053.html

‘Balloon Boy’ Dad Turns TV Pitchman

http://www.kirotv.com/news/25540526/detail.html

Holy Card! Nuns Auction Rare Honus Wagner Baseball Card

http://www.kirotv.com/sports/25533312/detail.html

Man Lives In Glass Cage For Charity

http://www.kirotv.com/news/25549606/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Brenton Wood - The Oogum Boogum Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhMIF0fi9pU