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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Formal Talks for Washington State , TransAlta - Emissions at issue for Centralia
US Energy Department Responds to Washington
Climate Bill Appears Stalled In Senate (Nat’l Public Radio)
Pend Oreille PUD Gets $27 Million for Broadband Projects (Spokesman Review, Spokane , WA
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
· Formal Talks for Washington State , TransAlta - Emissions at issue for Centralia
· Centralia
· Will Washington State
· Bonneville Power Administration Power Line Opponents Plan Vancouver
· US Energy Department Responds to Washington
· SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers Endorses Hydro Power As Attractive to Business
· Mason PUD 3 to Conduct Tree Trimming on Old Belfair Highway
· California
· North Dakota Utilities Want Customers To Absorb Big Stone Power Plant Costs
· Upgrades a Reason for Wyoming
· New England - Utilities Start Massive Upgrade of Region’s Grid
· University of Iowa Research Aids Pacific Northwest Salmon
· Squaxin Island
· Chelan County PUD
· $935,000 ‘Fish Freeway’ Part Of California
· Rabbit Woes Continue To Multiply At University Of Victoria
· Mason County
· Montana - Poor Snowpack to Slow Filling of Flathead Lake
· Shelton
· Wisconsin Paper Group Backs Proposed Biomass Plant in Rothschild
· North Carolina
· New Wave Of Solar Plants Could Worsen Air Quality
· Cape Cod Project Is Crucial Step for US Wind Industry
· Who Will Build the First Offshore Wind Farm in North America ?
· Des Moines Register Op/Ed - Offshore Wind Decision Crucial for Iowa
· Flaw Hits Hundreds of European Offshore Wind Turbines
· Infigen Slumps after Ending Sale
· Do Motion-Activated Light Switches Save Money?
· Climate Bill Appears Stalled In Senate
· Australia
· LA Times Op/Ed - Why the Senate Climate Bill Is On Life Support
· Carbon Trading No Cure-All: Detractors Cite Lack of Enforcement, Fraud Potential
· Researchers Find Rare Giant Worm Doesn’t Live Up to Its Billing
· Pend Oreille County PUD
· Investors Voice Doubts about CenturyLink, Qwest
· Washington
· Guilty Plea Nets Sentence for Former Olympia Councilman in Pot Case
· Mason County Ballots
WORD OF THE DAY
Repartee • \rep-er-TEE\ • noun - 1a: a quick and witty reply *b: a succession or interchange of clever retorts: amusing and usually light sparring with words 2: adroitness and cleverness in reply
I will leave today’s discussion to Merriam-Webster: Did you know? - One person often noted for her repartee was Dorothy Parker, writer and legendary member of the Algonquin Round Table. Upon hearing that Calvin Coolidge had died, she replied, “How can they tell?” The taciturn Coolidge obviously did not have a reputation for being the life of the party, but he himself came out with a particularly famous repartee on one occasion. When a dinner guest approached him and told him she had bet someone she could get him to say more than two words, he replied, “You lose.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Formal Talks for Washington State , TransAlta - Emissions at issue for Centralia
Will Washington State Seattle
Bonneville Power Administration Power Line Opponents Plan Vancouver
US Energy Department Responds to Washington
SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers Endorses Hydro Power As Attractive to Business (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake
Mason PUD 3 to Conduct Tree Trimming on Old Belfair Highway
Upgrades a Reason for Wyoming
FISH & WILDLIFE
Chelan County PUD Fisheries Program Honored (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee , WA
$935,000 ‘Fish Freeway’ Part Of California
Rabbit Woes Continue To Multiply At University Of Victoria (Vancouver
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wisconsin Paper Group Backs Proposed Biomass Plant in Rothschild (Wausau
New Wave Of Solar Plants Could Worsen Air Quality (Las Vegas
Who Will Build the First Offshore Wind Farm in North America ? (NY Times)
Des Moines Register Op/Ed - Offshore Wind Decision Crucial for Iowa
http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2010/04/27/offshore-wind-decision-crucial-for-iowa/
Flaw Hits Hundreds of European Offshore Wind Turbines (Renewable Energy World)
Infigen Slumps after Ending Sale
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Do Motion-Activated Light Switches Save Money? (Christian Science Monitor)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate Bill Appears Stalled In Senate (Nat’l Public Radio)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011710926_apclimateaustralia.html?syndication=rss
LA Times Op/Ed - Why the Senate Climate Bill Is On Life Support
Carbon Trading No Cure-All: Detractors Cite Lack of Enforcement, Fraud Potential (Probe International)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Researchers Find Rare Giant Worm Doesn’t Live Up to Its Billing (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Pend Oreille PUD Gets $27 Million for Broadband Projects (Spokesman Review, Spokane , WA
Pend Oreille County PUD Gets $27M in Fed Broadband Funds (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Investors Voice Doubts about CenturyLink, Qwest - Is growing for growing's sake going to be worth it? (Broadband Reports)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
GENERAL NEWS
Guilty Plea Nets Sentence for Former Olympia Councilman in Pot Case (Associated Press)
Mason County Ballots for Special Election Due Tuesday (KMAS Radio, Shelton , WA
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Leonard Nimoy Visits Real Vulcan - Actor Given Keys to Canadian Town
We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint
Fungus on Corn Makes It Better for You
Boy Beaned By Broken Bat, Cheered By Fans
SONG OF THE DAY
The Temptations - Ball of Confusion
