Energy News Digest for June 30, 2011

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.

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Chelan PUD’s Rocky Reach Dam Has its 50th Anniversary (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

http://www.kpq.com/6-29-11---Rocky-Reach-50th-Anniversary--more-/10236160

Arizona - Electric Cooperatives Seek Hoover Dam Allocation (Eastern Arizona Courier, Safford, AZ)

http://www.eacourier.com/articles/2011/06/29/news/doc4e0ad4a6812c1106466401.txt

Columbia Basin Groundwater Supplies Are Reportedly Dwindling (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/business/agriculture/article_c85630fc-9c30-11e0-8e12-001cc4c002e0.html

Klamath Salmon Migration in Jeopardy (Northwest Public Radio)

http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=9048

Inmate Pair Worked Together to Attempt Escape from Clallam Bay, Prison Officials Say (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20110630/NEWS/306309991/inmate-pair-worked-together-to-attempt-escape-from-clallam-bay

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Chelan PUD’s Rocky Reach Dam Has its 50th Anniversary
• Columbia River PUD Considers Rate Increase
• Wyoming - Lower Valley Energy Considers Rate Hike Due to Bonneville Power Administration Actions
• Arizona - Electric Cooperatives Seek Hoover Dam Allocation
• Arizona - Hoover Dam Power Being Denied to Arizona Electric Cooperatives
• Mason County PUD 3 Conducting System Survey
• Colorado - Please Don’t Go Public: Xcel Offers to Build Wind Farm for Boulder
• Kansas Commission Approves Prairie Wind Transmission Line Route
• United Kingdom - Electricity Rates to Rise at Three Times Rate of French Bills
• Déjà vu - Renewables Boom Could Strain Germany’s Grid
• Klamath Salmon Migration in Jeopardy
• Plan To Improve Entiat River Fish Habitat Churns Residents
• Coho Salmon Season Opens Saturday Off Central Oregon Coast
• ‘Raging’ River Waters Will Make for Rocky Chinook Opener
• Bonneville Power Administration to Discuss Hatchery Plan
• Polar Bears’ Threatened Status Upheld In Court
• Feds Release New Northern Spotted Owl Plan
• Columbia Basin Groundwater Supplies Are Reportedly Dwindling
• Lower Elwha Tribe Wants Rayonier Property Returned to Natural State
• Alcoa to finish cleanup plan for former Reynolds site on Columbia River
• Utility-Scale Renewable Projects in Oregon Hit Hard By Business Energy Tax Credit Overhaul
• Oregon - Umatilla Commissioners Vote to Restrict Wind Projects
• Avista Chooses First Wind’s Palouse Wind Project for Power Purchase Agreement
• Editorial, Maine - Forest Fires & Wind Turbines: The Danger No One Is Talking About
• SoloPower Raises $15 Million More
• Virginia - Dominion Wants to Raise Rates for Biomass Conversion
• Biomass Is the New Coal
• Microsoft Kills Energy Tool Hohm, Too
• California Proposes Delaying Carbon Market a Year
• Three Years In, British Columbia Still On Its Own With Carbon Tax to Fight Climate Change
• Hybrid Drivers Lose Special Privileges in California
• San Francisco Tops List of ‘Green’ Cities in Survey
• More Northern California Hotels Earning LEED Certification
• Amazon to Cut Off California-Based Web Affiliates
• NOAA Continues Cloud Computing Pilots
• Thurston County Auditor Running for Washington Secretary of State
• Oregon - Gresham Utility Fee Raises Questions
• Inmate Pair Worked Together to Attempt Escape from Clallam Bay, Prison Officials Say
• Clallam Bay Residents Glad No Prison Employee Was Seriously Injured
• Mason County Burn Ban Starts Friday
• UW Regents Approve 20 Percent Tuition Hike
• Dozens Of Cities Line Up to Contest 2010 Census
• Oregon Man Stung By Scorpion on Commercial Flight

WORD OF THE DAY

Temporize • \TEMP-puh-rise\ • Verb - 1: to act to suit the time or occasion: yield to current or dominant opinion 2: to draw out discussions or negotiations so as to gain time.

“Y’all excuse me while I take a short pause in my speech to collect my thoughts,” drawled the gentleman lawyer to the expectant jury. In reality, the wily old fellow was temporizing during his closing arguments in hopes that the “Pony Express” rider would arrive with the surprise evidence….evidence that could save the defendant from a prison sentence. Unbeknownst to the lawyer, the rider at that moment had taken a side trip “up the lazy river” to linger in the shade of an old oak tree.

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

Chelan PUD’s Rocky Reach Dam Has its 50th Anniversary (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

http://www.kpq.com/6-29-11---Rocky-Reach-50th-Anniversary--more-/10236160

Columbia River PUD Considers Rate Increase (South County Spotlight, OR)

http://www.spotlightnews.net/news/story.php?story_id=130937280742326400

Wyoming - Lower Valley Energy Considers Rate Hike Due to Bonneville Power Administration Actions (Jackson Hole Guide & News, Jackson, WY)

http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=7459

Arizona - Electric Cooperatives Seek Hoover Dam Allocation (Eastern Arizona Courier, Safford, AZ)

http://www.eacourier.com/articles/2011/06/29/news/doc4e0ad4a6812c1106466401.txt

Arizona - Hoover Dam Power Being Denied to Arizona Electric Cooperatives (Wilcox Range News, AZ)

http://www.willcoxrangenews.com/articles/2011/06/29/news/news07.txt

Mason County PUD 3 Conducting System Survey (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/9692-pud-3-conducting-system-survey-

Colorado - Please Don’t Go Public: Xcel Offers to Build Wind Farm for Boulder (Denver Post, CO)

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_18373068

Kansas Commission Approves Prairie Wind Transmission Line Route (Transmission & Distribution World)

http://tdworld.com/overhead_transmission/kccc-prairie-wind-route-approved-0611/

United Kingdom - Electricity Rates to Rise at Three Times Rate of French Bills (The Daily Telegraph, UK)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/8607208/Electricity-at-three-times-rate-of-French-bills-says-Chris-Huhne.html

Déjà vu - Renewables Boom Could Strain Germany’s Grid (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/29/us-germany-power-dena-idUSTRE75S5HT20110629

FISH & WILDLIFE

Klamath Salmon Migration in Jeopardy (Northwest Public Radio)

http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=9048

Plan To Improve Entiat River Fish Habitat Churns Residents (Lake Chelan Mirror, WA)

http://lakechelanmirror.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=5&ArticleID=4336

Coho Salmon Season Opens Saturday Off Central Oregon Coast (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2011/06/coho_salmon_season_opens_satur.html

‘Raging’ River Waters Will Make for Rocky Chinook Opener (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2011/jun/30/raging-river-waters-will-make-for-rocky-chinook/

Bonneville Power Administration to Discuss Hatchery Plan (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2011/jun/29/ncw/

Polar Bears’ Threatened Status Upheld In Court (Reuters)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-rt-us-climate-polarbeatre75t6ck-20110630,0,719806.story

Feds Release New Northern Spotted Owl Plan (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/feds-release-new-northern-spotted-owl-plan/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Columbia Basin Groundwater Supplies Are Reportedly Dwindling (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/business/agriculture/article_c85630fc-9c30-11e0-8e12-001cc4c002e0.html

Lower Elwha Tribe Wants Rayonier Property Returned to Natural State (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/7009

Alcoa to finish cleanup plan for former Reynolds site on Columbia River (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_1103f9aa-a2c2-11e0-83ed-001cc4c002e0.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Utility-Scale Renewable Projects in Oregon Hit Hard By Business Energy Tax Credit Overhaul (North American Wind Power)

http://nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8153

Oregon - Umatilla Commissioners Vote to Restrict Wind Projects (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/umatilla-commissioners-vote-restrict-wind-projects/

Avista Chooses First Wind’s Palouse Wind Project for Power Purchase Agreement (Electric Light & Power)

http://www.elp.com/index/display/article-display.articles.electric-light-power.renewable-energy.wind.2011.06.Avista_chooses_First_Wind_s_Palouse_wind_project_for_power_purchase_agreement.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html

Editorial, Maine - Forest Fires & Wind Turbines: The Danger No One Is Talking About (Bangor Daily News, ME)

http://bangordailynews.com/2011/06/29/opinion/forest-fires-and-wind-turbines-the-danger-no-one-is-talking-about/

SoloPower Raises $15 Million More (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2011/06/solopower-raises-15-million-more.html

Virginia - Dominion Wants to Raise Rates for Biomass Conversion (The Virginian Pilot, Hampton Roads, VA)

http://hamptonroads.com/2011/06/dominion-wants-raise-rates-biomass-conversion

Biomass Is the New Coal (Grist Online)

http://www.grist.org/biofuel/2011-06-30-biomass-is-the-new-coal

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Microsoft Kills Energy Tool Hohm, Too (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/cleantech/microsoft-kills-energy-tool-hohm-too/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

California Proposes Delaying Carbon Market a Year (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/30/us-california-carbon-idUSTRE75S8C720110630

Three Years In, British Columbia Still On Its Own With Carbon Tax to Fight Climate Change (Winnipeg Free Press, Manitoba)

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/greenpage/124806394.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Hybrid Drivers Lose Special Privileges in California (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2015460107_apushybridscarpoolperks.html

San Francisco Tops List of ‘Green’ Cities in Survey (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2011-06-29-green-cities-environment-recycling-San-Francisco_n.htm

More Northern California Hotels Earning LEED Certification (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/30/3736452/more-northern-california-hotels.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Amazon to Cut Off California-Based Web Affiliates (Associated Press)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2011/jun/29/amazon-to-cut-off-california-based-web-affiliates/

NOAA Continues Cloud Computing Pilots (Federal News Radio)

http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=15&sid=2440102

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Thurston County Auditor Running for Washington Secretary of State (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/124751039.html

Oregon - Gresham Utility Fee Raises Questions: PGE, NW Natural & Rockwood Water look for clarification of new ‘privilege’ tax (Gresham Outlook, OR)

http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=130931168401052400

GENERAL NEWS

Inmate Pair Worked Together to Attempt Escape from Clallam Bay, Prison Officials Say (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20110630/NEWS/306309991/inmate-pair-worked-together-to-attempt-escape-from-clallam-bay

Clallam Bay Residents Glad No Prison Employee Was Seriously Injured (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20110630/news/306309990/clallam-bay-residents-glad-no-prison-employee-was-seriously-injured

Mason County Burn Ban Starts Friday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/9689-burn-ban-starts-friday

UW Regents Approve 20 Percent Tuition Hike (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/124797409.html

Dozens Of Cities Line Up to Contest 2010 Census (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/06/29/1705851/dozens-of-us-cities-line-up-to.html

Oregon Man Stung By Scorpion on Commercial Flight (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015470463_apusscorpiononaplane4thldwritethru.html

DIVERSIONS

10,000 Rainbow Family Followers to Gather in Pinochot [sic] Forest

http://news.opb.org/article/feds-release-new-northern-spotted-owl-plan/

Russian Scientists Expect to Meet Aliens by 2031

http://news.yahoo.com/russian-scientists-expect-meet-aliens-2031-145615642.html

Dead Massachusetts Man Sought for Jury Duty for Five Years

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110627/D9O4A2UO0.html

Swiss Police Serve As Impromptu Wedding Witnesses

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110622/D9O0TTI00.html

SONG OF THE DAY

The Byrds- “Mr. Spaceman”

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

From the ridiculous to the sublime:

The Byrds - Eight Miles High

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH6UnvSlahc

Energy News Digest for June 29, 2011

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.

The news digest is also available at the following web site:

http://www.energynewsdigest.blogspot.com/

HOT SHOTS – TOP FIVE STORIES

Bonneville Power Administration Says Wind Power Cutbacks at Seven Percent (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/06/28/1704655/bpa-says-wind-power-cutbacks-at.html

Nebraska - A Long Road Ahead for a Flooded Reactor (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/a-long-road-ahead-for-a-flooded-reactor/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Scientists: Remove Dams - Free-Flowing’ River Crucial to Fish, Society Says (Idaho Mountain Express, Sun Valley, ID)

http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005137320

Washington State Official Says Water a Serious Concern (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015451912_apwawashingtonwater.html

Future of Federal Solar Programs in Doubt (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2011-06-28-solar-energy-congress_n.htm?csp=34money

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Bonneville Power Administration Says Wind Power Cutbacks at Seven Percent
• Most Pacific Northwest Wind Energy Continues Uninterrupted
• Tillamook PUD Rates to Rise by Five Percent
• Mason County PUD 3 Personnel Conducting System Survey Through September
• Montana - Southern Montana Electric Generation & Transmission Approves $300 Million Limit for Power Plant on Split Vote
• Nebraska - A Long Road Ahead for a Flooded Reactor
• New York - Cuomo Takes Tough Stance on Nuclear Reactors
• US Senator Calls for Probe of Nuke Evacuation Plans
• Lawmakers Seek Inquiry of Natural Gas Industry
• Xcel Found Not Guilty in Power Plant Deaths
• Vermont Utility to Discuss Competing Acquisition Offer
• Feds Running a High-Voltage Gravy Train for Power Transmission
• Scientists: Remove Dams - Free-Flowing’ River Crucial to Fish, Society Says
• New Interior Assistant Secretary Nomination Has History of Supporting Dam Removal
• Lower Columbia Picking Up Steam for Summer Chinook and Sockeye
• Northern Pikeminnow Reward Catch Levels Improved This Past Week
• Feds: Fungus May be Threatening Two Bats' Survival
• Washington State Official Says Water a Serious Concern
• Oregon - Urine-Tainted Mount Tabor Reservoir Emptied; Cleaning to Follow
• Talk Focuses on South Sound Septic-To-Sewer Change
• Georgia: Ruling on Water Favors Atlanta
• Future of Federal Solar Programs in Doubt
• Vestas Study: Intel, Whole Foods Among Clean Energy Leaders
• Texas - Aspen Power Official Says Company Looking to Flip the Biomass Power Plant Switch by Late July
• Simplot Receives Energy Star Award
• Global Warming Continues as Greenhouse Gas Grows
• Court Rules California’s Cap-And-Trade Program Can Advance
• What Is Carbon Capture?
• United Nations Names Endangered Sites
• Olympic Peninsula is a United Nations Heritage Site
• Phone Book Company Loses Court Fight Against Seattle
• Greening of the Prairie -- Not Your Father's Kansas Anymore
• Sabey to Build New Data Center in Virginia
• Microsoft Office 365 debuts, gets slammed by Google
• Google Unveils Latest Social Networking Feat
• FCC Report Dodges Answers on Wireless Industry Competition
• Satellite Broadband Still Promising to Someday Suck Less –
• News Corp. to Sell Struggling Social Network Site MySpace
• Inslee Pulls in $110,000 in First Days of Washington State Gubernatorial Campaign
• Washington State Governor Gregoire's Chief of Staff Leaving
• Washington Secretary of State Reed to Retire at the End of ’12, Urges Civility in Politics
• Mercer Island to Pay $90,000 for Withholding Records
• Metal thefts back on the rise again in Washington
• Fed Sits On a Billion Unwanted Dollar Coins
• Special Report: A Little House of Secrets on the Great Plains

WORD OF THE DAY

Amanuensis • \uh-man-yuh-WENTS-sis\ • Noun - One employed to write from dictation or to copy manuscript

“I’ve been suffering from an irritating amanuensis every day,” moaned the new judge to his grizzled, yet distracted mentor. “Maybe you should put some ointment on it and it will eventually go away.” A week later, the court reporter issued her resignation to HR.

WEATHER

Shelton Forecast and 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

Bonneville Power Administration Says Wind Power Cutbacks at Seven Percent (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/06/28/1704655/bpa-says-wind-power-cutbacks-at.html

Most Pacific Northwest Wind Energy Continues Uninterrupted (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/1125971/

Tillamook PUD Rates to Rise by Five Percent (Tillamook Headlight Herald, OR)

http://www.tillamookheadlightherald.com/news/article_75166bd8-a1d4-11e0-ae7f-001cc4c002e0.html

Mason County PUD 3 Personnel Conducting System Survey Through September (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=881

Montana - Southern Montana Electric Generation & Transmission Approves $300 Million Limit for Power Plant on Split Vote (Billings Gazette, MT)

http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/article_774d07ce-a1b9-11e0-9bbc-001cc4c002e0.html

Nebraska - A Long Road Ahead for a Flooded Reactor (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/a-long-road-ahead-for-a-flooded-reactor/?partner=rss&emc=rss

New York - Cuomo Takes Tough Stance on Nuclear Reactors (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/nyregion/cuomo-emphasizes-aim-to-close-indian-point-plant.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

US Senator Calls for Probe of Nuke Evacuation Plans (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2015450021_apusagingnukesreaction.html

Lawmakers Seek Inquiry of Natural Gas Industry (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/us/politics/29naturalgas.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Xcel Found Not Guilty in Power Plant Deaths (Denver Business Journal, CO)

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2011/06/28/xcel-found-not-guilty-in-power-plant.html

Vermont Utility to Discuss Competing Acquisition Offer (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Vt-Utility-to-discuss-competing-acquisition-offer-1442811.php

Feds Running a High-Voltage Gravy Train for Power Transmission (Grist Online)

http://www.grist.org/energy-policy/2011-06-27-feds-running-a-high-voltage-gravy-train-for-power-transmission

FISH & WILDLIFE

Scientists: Remove Dams - Free-Flowing’ River Crucial to Fish, Society Says (Idaho Mountain Express, Sun Valley, ID)

http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005137320

New Interior Assistant Secretary Nomination Has History of Supporting Dam Removal (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.kndu.com/story/14993900/new

Lower Columbia Picking Up Steam for Summer Chinook and Sockeye (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2015452799_lower_columbia_picking_up_stea.html

Northern Pikeminnow Reward Catch Levels Improved This Past Week (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2015452126_northern_pikeminnow_reward_cat_1.html

Feds: Fungus May be Threatening Two Bats' Survival (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2015449406_apusbatfungusendangeredspecies.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Washington State Official Says Water a Serious Concern (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015451912_apwawashingtonwater.html

Oregon - Urine-Tainted Mount Tabor Reservoir Emptied; Cleaning to Follow (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/06/mount_tabor_reservoir_finally.html

Talk Focuses on South Sound Septic-To-Sewer Change (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/06/28/1704840/talk-focuses-on-south-sound-septic.html

Georgia: Ruling on Water Favors Atlanta (Associated Press)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/us/29brfs-RULINGONWATE_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Future of Federal Solar Programs in Doubt (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2011-06-28-solar-energy-congress_n.htm?csp=34money

Vestas study: Intel, Whole Foods among clean energy leaders (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2011/06/vestas-study-intel-whole-foods-among.html

Texas - Aspen Power Official Says Company Looking to Flip the Biomass Power Plant Switch by Late July (Lufkin Daily News, TX)

http://lufkindailynews.com/business/article_426a4b0a-a18e-11e0-a079-001cc4c002e0.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Simplot Receives Energy Star Award (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/business/article_827289e0-9ea7-11e0-8f26-001cc4c03286.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Global Warming Continues as Greenhouse Gas Grows (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Global-warming-continues-as-greenhouse-gas-grows-1444029.php

Court Rules California’s Cap-And-Trade Program Can Advance (Grist Online)

http://www.grist.org/climate-policy/2011-06-27-court-rules-californias-cap-and-trade-program-can-advance

What Is Carbon Capture? (Mother Nature Network)

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/energy/stories/what-is-carbon-capture

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

United Nations Names Endangered Sites (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2015448812_apeufranceunesco.html

Olympic Peninsula is a United Nations Heritage Site (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/151

Phone Book Company Loses Court Fight Against Seattle (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/124686019.html

Greening of the Prairie -- Not Your Father's Kansas Anymore (Huffington Post)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rocky-kistner/greening-of-the-prairie-n_b_886447.html

TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY

Sabey to Build New Data Center in Virginia (Columbia Basin Bulletin, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/business/article_ebdee932-9dbc-11e0-a3fd-001cc4c002e0.html

Microsoft Office 365 debuts, gets slammed by Google (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/faster-forward/post/microsoft-office-365-debuts-gets-slammed-by-google/2011/06/28/AGQdt5oH_blog.html

Google Unveils Latest Social Networking Feat (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/06/28/national/a122121D92.DTL

FCC Report Dodges Answers on Wireless Industry Competition (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-tech/post/fcc-report-dodges-answers-on-wireless-industry-competition/2011/06/27/AGZoSAoH_blog.html

Satellite Broadband Still Promising to Someday Suck Less - Companies Hope New Satellite Can Let Them Compete with DSL (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Satellite-Broadband-Still-Promising-to-Someday-Suck-Less-114932

News Corp. to Sell Struggling Social Network Site MySpace (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/06/news_corp_to_sell_struggling_s.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Inslee Pulls in $110,000 in First Days of Washington State Gubernatorial Campaign (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/06/28/inslee-pulls-in-110000-in-first-days-of-campaign/

Washington State Governor Gregoire's Chief of Staff Leaving (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2015452152_gregoires_chief_of_staff_leavi.html

Washington Secretary of State Reed to Retire at the End of ’12, Urges Civility in Politics (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/06/28/reed-to-retire-at-the-end-of-12-urges-civility-in-politics/

GENERAL NEWS

Mercer Island to Pay $90,000 for Withholding Records (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/06/28/1704674/mercer-island-to-pay-90k-for-withholding.html

Metal thefts back on the rise again in Washington (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Rising-metal-prices-cause-rise-in-thefts-124673849.html

Fed Sits On a Billion Unwanted Dollar Coins (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/2011/06/28/137480126/fed-sits-on-billions-of-unwanted-dollar-coins?ft=1&f=2

Special Report: A Little House of Secrets on the Great Plains (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/28/us-usa-shell-companies-idUSTRE75R20Z20110628

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS

Study: Women Dig Dudes Driving Hot Cars

http://news.yahoo.com/study-women-dig-dudes-driving-hot-cars-155010062.html

Boeing Rights a Wrong: The Flight Attendant Button

http://news.yahoo.com/boeing-rights-wrong-flight-attendant-button-154809661.html

Chef Catches Flak for Treated Tap Water

http://news.yahoo.com/chef-catches-flak-treated-tap-water-164036184.html

Iran Plans To Send Monkey Into Space

http://news.yahoo.com/iran-plans-send-monkey-space-161233486.html

SONG OF THE DAY

ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn2-b_opVTo