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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Mason PUD 3 SEPA Appeal Hearing Wrapped Up Thursday
• Avista to Seek Increase - Rate Hikes Would Take Effect by Early ‘11
• BPA Will Hold Port
• Tri-City Leaders Threaten Yucca Mountain
• Energy Northwest, WA, Revenue Refunding Bonds Rated ‘AA’
• Montana
• Montana - Consultants Say City of Great Falls
• Outage Caused by Plane Crash Reveals Weak Link in Palo Alto
• Ohio Utility Hopes to Recoup Bulb Battle
• Staff at Southern Cal Nuclear Plant Fear Retaliation
• Spokesman Review Op/Ed - Nuclear Revival Bound to Fail
• Careful, Kids - High Voltage
• Oregon , California
• Pacts Signed to Help River
• Klamath Dam Agreement Signed
• Oregon
• Spring Chinook Fishing Seasons in Columbia River Finalized
• Downer: Spring Chinook Arrive
• Olympic Peninsula Streamflows May be “Average” This Summer; Unlike Rest of State
• Seattle Times Editorial - Science & Policy Changes Are Needed to Rescue Puget Sound
• Sewer Tunnel Hits a Snag - King County Exec Declares Emergency in Brightwater Tunneling
• 11 West Coast Lawmakers Oppose Feinstein on California Valley
• California
• Simpson Lumber Considering Cogenerating Biomass Facility on Shelton
• Oregon
• Study Says Tall Wind Turbines Could Make More Power
• California
• Obama’s Federal Government Can Weatherize Your Home for Only $57,362 Each
• Philippines
• Stimulus Funds for Clean Energy Largely Unspent
• Many Believe in Going Green; Fewer Actually Do It
• College Students Impose Fee on Themselves to Go Green
• Permeable Paving: Good for the Environment & Your Landscape
• Microsoft, Yahoo Deal Gets Regulators’ OK
• Grand Rapids
• Stimulus Grant to Expand Broadband Access in Wisconsin
• 2,400 Agencies, Companies Are Cyberattack Victims
• Judge Allows Class Action Against Internet Provider – Service called “slow & spotty”
• Google Pops Past Coke as World’s No. 2 Most Respected Brand
• You Want Broadband at Home? Fine, British Telecom Wants $70,000
• Our National Broadband Plan Is a Bland, Boring Mess
• Former FCC Boss Michael Powell Still Hallucinating Competition
• Herbal Hubris - Olympia
• Texas
• El Nino Expected to Influence Pacific NW Weather through April
• Copper Rises as Investors Confident in Demand
• Billy Frank Jr. Featured on State Library Reading Poster
WORD OF THE DAY
Flexuous • \FLEK-shuh-wus\ • adjective - *1: having curves, turns, or windings 2: lithe or fluid in action or movement
The background music was intoxicating; a throaty, wild tenor saxophone wailed its song to the night, wrapped in velvet tendrils of flexuous cigarette smoke that wound their way to the ceiling of the small jazz bar, mixing with the scattered eighth notes that swam their way into the night from the small, but energetic music combo.
WEATHER
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Mason PUD 3 SEPA Appeal Hearing Wrapped Up Thursday (KMAS Radio, Shelton , WA
Avista to Seek Increase - Rate Hikes Would Take Effect by Early ‘11 (Spokesman-Review, Spokane , WA
Tri-City Leaders Threaten Yucca Mountain
Energy Northwest, WA, Revenue Refunding Bonds Rated ‘AA’ (Business Wire)
Outage Caused by Plane Crash Reveals Weak Link in Palo Alto
Ohio Utility Hopes to Recoup Bulb Battle Costs - $772,000 to be passed along to customers (Associated Press)
Staff at Southern Cal Nuclear Plant Fear Retaliation (Associated Press)
Spokesman Review Op/Ed - Nuclear Revival Bound to Fail
Careful, Kids - High Voltage (Bend
FISH & WILDLIFE
Pacts Signed to Help River
Klamath Dam Agreement Signed (Oregon
Spring Chinook Fishing Seasons in Columbia River Finalized - Amid potential record return of 559,900 spring Chinook (Seattle Times)
Downer: Spring Chinook Arrive (The Daily News, Longview , WA
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Olympic Peninsula Streamflows May be “Average” This Summer; Unlike Rest of State (KONP Radio, Port Angeles , WA
Sewer Tunnel Hits a Snag - King County Exec Declares Emergency in Brightwater Tunneling (KING-TV, Seattle
11 West Coast Lawmakers Oppose Feinstein on California Valley Water (Sacramento
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Simpson Lumber Considering Cogenerating Biomass Facility on Shelton Waterfront (KMAS Radio, Shelton , WA
Study Says Tall Wind Turbines Could Make More Power (Denver
California Governor gets bill to expand solar energy sales (Associated Press)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Obama’s Federal Government Can Weatherize Your Home for Only $57,362 Each (Los Angeles Times, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Stimulus Funds for Clean Energy Largely Unspent (Christian Science Monitor)
Many Believe in Going Green; Fewer Actually Do It (AOL News)
College Students Impose Fee on Themselves to Go Green (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Permeable Paving: Good for the Environment & Your Landscape (Christian Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft, Yahoo Deal Gets Regulators’ OK (SF Chronicle)
Stimulus Grant to Expand Broadband Access in Wisconsin (The Business Journal of Milwaukee
2,400 Agencies, Companies Are Cyberattack Victims (Associated Press)
Judge Allows Class Action Against Internet Provider – Service called “slow & spotty” (Courthouse News Service)
Google Pops Past Coke as World’s No. 2 Most Respected Brand (Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal)
You Want Broadband at Home? Fine, British Telecom Wants $70,000 (Consumerist)
Our National Broadband Plan Is a Bland, Boring Mess - Can it be saved by last minute changes? (Broadband Reports)
Former FCC Boss Michael Powell Still Hallucinating Competition (Broadband Reports)
GENERAL NEWS
Olympia Mayor Pro Tem Joe Hyer Arrested - Accused of twice selling marijuana to confidential informant (Olympian, WA)
El Nino Expected to Influence Pacific NW Weather through April (KOIN-TV, Portland , OR
Copper Rises as Investors Confident in Demand (Associated Press)
Billy Frank Jr. Featured on State Library Reading Poster (Indian Country Today)
DIVERSIONS
Burqas? No, Bacon Burgers Are France
Boy Rescued from Church Drainage Pipe
Neighbors Mistakenly Loot Woman’s Home - Neighbors Feared Worst After Woman Hospitalized
SONG OF THE DAY
Sonny Rollins - My One & Only Love
