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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Mid Columbia PUD Planners Work against Rising Costs to Keep Rates Low
• Power Outage for Hillcrest Residents Sunday Night
• Montana PSC Commissioner Vows to Kill Power Line Project
• Colorado - San Miguel Sues over Energy Corridor
• Editorial - Look West For Power Grid Upgrade
• U.S., Canada Gathering In Boise to Talk About Combining Energy Resources
• Washington Looks To Hydro to Combat Climate Change
• New York - Alcoa to implement layoffs at East plant Monday
• NY State Power Authority Plans Rate Hike And Bonuses
• Gas and Diesel Engines Step Up As Variable Resources Grow
• Arizona - Salt River Project: Rate hike needed to afford cleaner energy
• Politico Op/Ed - Nuclear Energy Must Be Part of the Equation
• Texans Asked to Reduce Electricity Use
• Should We Force Marriage Between Broadband and Power Cos? (
• Op/Ed - The Salmon Stalemate Sheds Light on Global-Warming Conflicts to Come
• Snake River Dams - NY Times Targets Renewable Energy
• Op/Ed - Fish Counts Show Dam Removal Isn’t Needed
• EPA Questions Idaho Power's Snake River Plan
• Op/Ed - An Alarm Rings At Chilean Fish Farms
• Idaho Anglers Looking For Numerous Steelhead
• Illegal Gillnet Investigated On Humptulips River
• Untold Thousands of Crab Pots Litter Ocean Floor
• Obama Parks Pick Enmeshed In California Oyster Flap
• Topless PETA Activists Protest Veterinarians’ Fish Toss
• Disillusioned Environmentalists Turn on Obama as Compromiser
• Nisqually Delta Restoration: Back to Nature
• Kitsap Commissioners to Rule on Manchester Sewer District
• Clark County - Local Governments Reach Sewage Treatment Deal
• Will the Recession Kill Recycling?
• Cash rebate if you go solar in Snohomish County
• Grays Harbor Meetings Tuesday on Wave Energy
• Navy Invites Public Questions Wednesday about Tidal Kinetic Energy Project
• Oregon - Future unclear for Biomass One
• Wind Projects at a Standstill
• Oregon - Shepherds Flat Wind Power Farm Lifts Off
• Oregon - Morrow County projects promise cash, contention
• Caught In the Turbine
• Op/Ed - Turbines Are A Costly Blight
• Oregon - Chinese Group Plans Local Solar Panel Hub
• California Green Power Plan Will Cost Consumers Billions
• Michigan - Few Sell Power Back to Grid
• United Kingdom - Plan To Simplify Selling Energy Back To National Grid
• The Silence of Hybrids Causes Some Alarm
• Energy Star Adds System to Aid in Understanding Savings
• Say Watt? Little Device Could Save You Big Money
• Empowering the Elderly to Save On Electric Bills
• Call Center Impacts of Smart Metering
• Editorial - Climate-Change Challenge Shifts to the US Senate
• Survey Says Cap-And-Trade Support Hinges On Economy
• Could cap-and-trade create another economic bubble?
• The Coming Carbon Bubble
• Low-Carbon Strategy Will Raise Household Energy Bills By £200 ($324 US)
• WWU Researcher Turns To Ancient Bristlecone Pines for Clues on Climate Change
• Editorial - South Sound Can Help Lead the Way toward a Green Economy
• Washougal's Carbon Footprint Measures Up
• NW Schools Offer Training in Renewable Energy Tech
• Wanted: Companies to Help Develop Smart Grid Technologies
• Can You Be An Environmentalist And A NIMBY?
• Fisher Plaza Running Smoothly, But Permanent Fix Months Away
• Microsoft Data Center Receives Cooling Water
• Microsoft Cloud Computing Gets Down To Earth
• South Korea: Computer Cyber Attacks Traced to Sites in Five Nations
• Twitter Suspends Virus-Infected Accounts in New Attack
• Urban Areas Join Rural Regions in the Quest for Broadband Funds
• Telemedicine Becoming New Way To See Patients
• New Chief Defends US Base for Agency That Manages Internet
• Former FCC Commissioner Tate Turns Quickly to Shilling for Carriers
• AT&T Temp Arrested For Data Theft
• Mason County: Elma Man Found Dead After Fall from Boat
• Second Search Launched For Missing Shelton Man
• Civility Becomes a Casualty in Tahuya Fire-Services Fight
• Lobbying Scandal May Help Rep. Dicks
• Third Congressional District: Two from GOP take on Baird
• Teen Hunter Gets 30 Days in Shooting Death of Hiker
• Passengers Leaving Laptops at Sea-Tac
• Washington Finally Notices the Winter Olympics
• Property Owners Creating Fake 'No-Parking' Zones
WORD OF THE DAY
Autodidact • \otto-DIE-dact\ • adjective - A self-taught person
Perhaps the most famous autodidact in US history is Abraham Lincoln; he of the charcoal compositions on the coal shovel.
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
Mid Columbia PUD Planners Work against Rising Costs to Keep Rates Low (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090710/NEWS04/707119998?PUD-planners-work-against-rising-costs-to-keep-rates-low
Power Outage for Hillcrest Residents Sunday Night (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7767/reftab/1632/t/POWER-OUTAGE-FOR-HILLCREST-RESIDENTS-SUNDAY-NIGHT/Default.aspx
Montana PSC Commissioner Vows to Kill Power Line Project (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2115186~PSC_commish_vows_to_kill_power_line_project.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Colorado - San Miguel Sues over Energy Corridor (The Daily Press, Montrose, CO)
http://www.montrosepress.com/articles/2009/07/11/news/doc4a593e342a350562150128.txt
Wisconsin State Journal Editorial - Look West For Power Grid Upgrade
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/opinion/458146
U.S., Canada Gathering In Boise to Talk About Combining Energy Resources (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/832015.html
Washington Looks To Hydro to Combat Climate Change (Water Power Magazine)
http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?sectioncode=166&storyCode=2053557
New York - Alcoa to implement layoffs at East plant Monday – “…despite contract for low-cost hydropower with the New York Power Authority…” (Watertown Daily Times, NY)
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20090712/NEWS05/307129943
NY State Power Authority Plans Rate Hike And Bonuses - 12.1% jump eyed; lawmakers fume (Buffalo News, NY – Fascinating!)
http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/613429.html?imw=Y
Gas and Diesel Engines Step Up As Variable Resources Grow (Penn Energy)
http://www.pennenergy.com/index/articles/newsdisplay/s-132858203.html
Arizona - Salt River Project: Rate hike needed to afford cleaner energy (Arizona Republic, Phoenix)
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/07/11/20090711biz-srpratehike0711.html
Politico Op/Ed - Nuclear Energy Must Be Part of the Equation (Senator Jim Inhofe, OK)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24832.html#ixzz0L9l9NP4v&D
Texans Asked to Reduce Electricity Use (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/texans-asked-to-reduce-electricity-use/
Should We Force Marriage Between Broadband and Power Cos? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/10/should-we-force-marriage-between-broadband-and-power-cos/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregonian Op/Ed - The Salmon Stalemate Sheds Light on Global-Warming Conflicts to Come
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/the_salmon_stalemate_sheds_lig.html
Snake River Dams - NY Times Targets Renewable Energy “…utterly foolish demand that we tear out existing hydroelectric dams…that provide most of our renewable energy in the form of water-generated electricity…” (Canada Free Press)
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12855
News Tribune Op/Ed - Fish Counts Show Dam Removal Isn’t Needed
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/letters/story/808234.html
EPA Questions Idaho Power's River Plan - The agency's preference for cooling the Snake to help fish could raise customer rates (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/831427.html
Oregonian Op/Ed - An Alarm Rings At Chilean Fish Farms
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/an_alarm_rings_at_fish_farms.html
Idaho Anglers Looking For Numerous Steelhead (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1358/story/643686.html
Illegal Gillnet Investigated On Humptulips River (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10716339
Untold Thousands of Crab Pots Litter Ocean Floor (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2113311~Untold_thousands_of_crab_pots_litter_ocean_floor.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Obama Parks Pick Enmeshed In California Oyster Flap (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009450334_apparksdirector.html?syndication=rss
Topless PETA Activists Protest Veterinarians’ Fish Toss (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50546027.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Disillusioned Environmentalists Turn on Obama as Compromiser (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/11/us/politics/11protest.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nisqually Delta Restoration: Back to Nature - Despite a recession, millions of dollars pour in to restore fertile delta (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/808151.html
Kitsap Commissioners to Rule on Manchester Sewer District (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/13/kitsap-commissioners-to-rule-on-manchester-sewer/?partner=RSS
Clark County - Local Governments Reach Sewage Treatment Deal (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090713/NEWS02/707139976/
Will the Recession Kill Recycling? (The Daily Beast)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-11/will-the-recession-kill-recycling/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsR1
RENEWABLE & ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Cash rebate if you go solar in Snohomish County - The Snohomish County PUD is putting its money where its mouth is (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090713/BIZ/707139964/1005
Grays Harbor Meetings Tuesday on Wave Energy (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/07/12/local_news/doc4a5988540c55e390822671.txt
Navy Invites Public Questions Wednesday about Tidal Kinetic Energy Project for Admiralty Inlet (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=24677
Oregon - Future unclear for Biomass One: wood supplies and exclusion from renewable standards hurt… (Ashland Daily Tidings, OR)
http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090711/NEWS02/907110314/-1/NEWSMAP
Wind Projects at a Standstill - Despite Washington's Enthusiasm, Recession and New Regulations Slow Firms (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/11/AR2009071100148.html?wprss=rss_business
Oregon - Shepherds Flat Wind Power Farm Lifts Off (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95194
Oregon - Morrow County projects promise cash, contention: As interest in development goes up, so does resistance (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95195
Caught In the Turbine - Some are not so excited to see the region filled with new wind farms (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=95196&SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48
Boston Globe Op/Ed - Turbines Are A Costly Blight
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/07/13/turbines_are_a_costly_blight/
Oregon - Chinese Group Plans Local Solar Panel Hub (Eugene Register Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/16800609-46/story.csp#ID:16800609
California Green Power Plan Will Cost Consumers Billions: Reports says $115B energy switch likely to miss deadline, raise utility bills “…one family’s…electricity bill is likely to increase by $45 a month on average…” (The North County Times, Escondido, CA)
http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2009/07/11/news/sandiego/z4975c324665e00f2882575ee00605cf9.txt
Michigan - Few Sell Power Back to Grid: New state rules will make it easier (Detroit Free Press, MI)
http://www.freep.com/article/20090712/BUSINESS06/907120434/1019/BUSINESS06/Few-sell-power-back-to-grid
United Kingdom - Plan To Simplify Selling Energy Back To National Grid (The Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/5803960/Plan-to-simplify-selling-energy-back-to-National-Grid.html
The Silence of Hybrids Causes Some Alarm (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/business/energy-environment/13iht-green13.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Star Adds System to Aid in Understanding Savings (Las Vegas Review-Journal, NV)
http://www.lvrj.com/real_estate/50533132.html
Say Watt? Little Device Could Save You Big Money (TCM Net)
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/07/11/4268216.htm
Empowering the Elderly to Save On Electric Bills (TMC News)
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/07/12/4268364.htm
Call Center Impacts of Smart Metering (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=115390
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
SF Chronicle Editorial - Climate-Change Challenge Shifts to the US Senate
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/12/ED5618I1CC.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Survey Says Cap-And-Trade Support Hinges On Economy (Reuters)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2009/07/10/afx6641734.html
Could cap-and-trade create another economic bubble? “…New laws could…create a huge new market for trading carbon emission permits and offsets…” (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/07/10/could-cap-and-trade-create-another-economic-bubble/
The Coming Carbon Bubble “…fasten your seat belts and tuck all personal belongings inside the car because the carbon market is set to take off…” (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/bigMoney/idUS80432382720090710
United Kingdom - Low-Carbon Strategy Will Raise Household Energy Bills By £200 ($324 US) A Year (Financial Times of London, UK)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6684912.ece
WWU Researcher Turns To Ancient Bristlecone Pines for Clues on Climate Change (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/807179.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Olympian Editorial - South Sound Can Help Lead the Way toward a Green Economy
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/908341.html
Washougal's Carbon Footprint Measures Up - City is 'not sustainable' but it's getting closer (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090712/NEWS02/707129974/
NW Schools Offer Training in Renewable Energy Tech (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/13/focus5.html?ana=from_rss
Wanted: Clean Technology Companies to Help Develop Smart Grid Technologies (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-6461-DC-Government-Technology-Examiner~y2009m7d11-Wanted-clean-technology-companies-to-help-develop-smart-grid-technologies
Can You Be An Environmentalist And A NIMBY? (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/408026_nimby13.html?source=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Fisher Plaza Running Smoothly, But Permanent Fix Months Away (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/07/06/daily56.html?ana=from_rss
Microsoft Data Center Receives Cooling Water – Quincy Facility Received Its First Batch of Reclaimed Water This Week (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/07/10/news/doc4a57640a1755d163130647.txt
Microsoft Cloud Computing Gets Down To Earth (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2009458942_microsoftazure13.html?syndication=rss
South Korea: Computer Cyber Attacks Traced to Sites in Five Nations (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/11/world/asia/11briefs-Korea.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Twitter Suspends Virus-Infected Accounts in New Attack (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/06/daily62.html?ana=from_rss
Urban Areas Join Rural Regions in the Quest for Broadband Funds (Sacramento Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2009/07/13/story6.html?ana=from_rss
Telemedicine Becoming New Way To See Patients (The Business Journal of Milwaukee)
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2009/07/13/story12.html?ana=from_rss
New Chief Defends US Base for Agency That Manages Internet (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/technology/internet/13iht-icann13.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Former FCC Commissioner Tate Turns Quickly to Shilling for Carriers - Metered billing is all about being nice to your grandmother. (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Former-FCC-Commish-Tate-Turns-Quickly-To-Shilling-For-Carriers-103403
AT&T Temp Arrested For Data Theft - Stole co-workers' info, took out loans online (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Temp-Arrested-For-Data-Theft-103435
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County: Elma Man Found Dead After Fall from Boat (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/908956.html
Second Search Launched For Missing Shelton Man (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071309WAB-shelton-man-missing-SW.380a56ca.html?rss?npc
Civility Becomes a Casualty in Tahuya Fire-Services Fight (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/11/fight-over-life-saving-service-gets-residents/?partner=RSS
Lobbying Scandal May Help Rep. Dicks - Lawmaker could have options to take over if Murtha’s forced out (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/808899.html
Third Congressional District: Two from GOP take on Baird (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/808115.html
Teen Hunter Gets 30 Days in Shooting Death of Hiker (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50495582.html
Passengers Leaving Laptops at Sea-Tac (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071009WAB-seatac-lost-laptops-TP.2a374e8b.html?rss
Washington Finally Notices the Winter Olympics (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/19011/
Property Owners Creating Fake 'No-Parking' Zones (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50394287.html
DIVERSIONS
Prank Leads Florida Couple to Trash Hotel Room
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20016860/detail.html
Toy-Gun Robber Foiled By Bat-Wielding Store Worker
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090713/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_toy_gun_stickup;_ylt=AsUGp26MT6NuBpuxML3BRQbtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJudXFubXIwBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzEzL3VzX29kZF90b3lfZ3VuX3N0aWNrdXAEY3BvcwMxBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA3RveS1ndW5yb2JiZQ--
Police: Man Seeks Ride from Detective After Heist
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090711/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_robbery_ride;_ylt=AppcTShKTAlCwvwUCs5GVBftiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJrZDZybGVuBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzExL3VzX29kZF9yb2JiZXJ5X3JpZGUEY3BvcwMyBHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA3BvbGljZW1hbnNlZQ--
"Hitler Tree" May Face the Axe in Polish Town
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090707/od_nm/us_tree_hitler_odd;_ylt=AkByRPyAOVBQ4wSCz1dZyXntiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJub2ptNWk0BGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwNzA3L3VzX3RyZWVfaGl0bGVyX29kZARwb3MDNwRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA3F1b3RoaXRsZXJ0cg--
SONG OF THE DAY
The Beatles - Got To Get You into My Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LmG5lpkfb8
Earth, Wind & Fire - Got To Get You Into My Life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cByrcn4-iAw
Monday, July 13, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Energy News Digest for July 10, 2009
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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
· Seattle City Light, Pend Oreille County At Odds Over Boundary Dam Payments
· Columbia Generating Station - Nuclear Plant Operating At Reduced Capacity
· BPA Invites Public To Provide Feedback On Proposed Transmission Line
· Los Angeles' 'Coal Free' Vow Scuttles Utah Power-Plant Expansion
· Editorial - Unit 3, RIP: Good riddance to Intermountain Power Project
· Colorado Governor Hails Natural Gas As Critical Fuel
· Mason County PUD No. 3 Clears Another Audit
· Missouri - Tree Cutter Knocks Electric Transformer Into Other Trees
· After 16 Years, Skagit River Open For Salmon Fishing
· Prepare for the Pink Salmon in Puget Sound
· A Caterpillar Infestation Of “Biblical Proportions” Hits Kamloops Fir Trees
· US Senator Requests $2 Million for Chehalis Basin Flood Projects
· Tulalip Nation Gets $2 Million For Snohomish River Basin Work
· Editorial - Time For Decision On Future Of Olympia’s Capitol Lake
· Car Washers Seeing More Rules On Soapy Runoff
· World's Largest Solar Plant May Be Built In Cle Elum
· Oregon Governor May Veto Bills On Biomass Rule, Wind Credits
· North Olympic Peninsula - Funding In Works For Battelle Tidal Power Research
· Las Vegas Touts Plans To Use Solar Panels
· BP Closes Alternative Energy Division
· Guidelines For Renewable Energy Funding Released
· Solar Is Nearly Competitive With Traditional Energy in Some Markets
· Study: Utility Investment In Smart Grid Remains Strong
· Editorial - Oregon Legislature Misses Big Opportunity on Climate
· Greening The Internet: How Much CO2 Does This Article Produce?
· Buses May Aid Climate Battle in Poor Cities
· Are Green Jobs Really On The Way?
· Akamai: U.S. 33rd Fastest Broadband Country
· PCs Used in Korean Denial of Service Attacks May Self Destruct
· Google vs. Yahoo: Two Routes Toward Carbon Neutral
· Puget Sound Poised For Extremely Dry Summer
· El Nino May Hurt Vancouver Olympics
· Washington's White Pass Ski Area Being Expanded
· Barge Hauling 1 Million Gallons Of Gas Runs Aground In Columbia Gorge
· Washington Health Officials Prepare For More Flu
· GM Emerges From Bankruptcy After Government Bailout
· 7-Eleven Rallies Customers Against Credit Card Transaction Fees
· Washington Court: Partial Fence Not Enough For Burglary
· Hundreds Of Bodies Dug Up In Chicago Grave Reselling
WORD OF THE DAY
Bandy • \BAN-dee\ • noun – 1: to bat (as a tennis ball) to and fro 2a: to toss from side to side or pass about from one to another often in a careless or inappropriate manner b: exchange; especially: to exchange (words) argumentatively c: to discuss lightly or banteringly d: to use in a glib or offhand manner
Adjective - 1 of legs: bowed 2: bowlegged
The diminutive, bandy-legged auctioneer tried valiantly to inject himself into the conversation between his peers. Regardless of his efforts, he couldn’t get a word in edgewise as the tobacco auctioneer and his art-house companion bandied words about like so many bubbles of champagne on a party night at Bernie’s.
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
Seattle City Light, Pend Oreille County at odds over Boundary Dam payments (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009443192_pendoreille10m.html?syndication=rss
Columbia Generating Station - Nuclear Plant Operating At Reduced Capacity So Workers Can Fix Leak (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/641801.html
BPA Invites Public To Provide Feedback On Proposed Transmission Line - 500-kilovolt line would help integrate wind and reinforce reliability (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/287482/
Los Angeles' 'Coal Free' Vow Scuttles Utah Power-Plant Expansion (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/09/09greenwire-los-angeles-coal-free-vow-scuttles-utah-power-29532.html
Salt Lake Tribune Editorial - Unit 3, RIP: Good riddance to Intermountain Power Project
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_12805077
Colorado Governor Hails Natural Gas As Critical Fuel (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/07/09/ap6638772.html
Mason County PUD No. 3 Clears Another Audit (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7739/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Missouri - Tree Cutter Knocks Electric Transformer Into Other Trees (Pulaski County Daily News, MO)
http://www.pulaskicountydaily.com/news.php?viewStory=1058
FISH & WILDLIFE
After 16 Years, Skagit River Open For Salmon Fishing (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50412862.html
Prepare for the Pink Salmon in Puget Sound (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/906650.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
A Caterpillar Infestation Of “Biblical Proportions” Hits Kamloops Fir Trees (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Caterpillar+infestation+biblical+proportions+hits+Kamloops/1774887/story.html
US Senator Requests $2 Million for Chehalis Basin Flood Projects (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/07/10/news//doc4a562d6512118234656800.txt
Tulalip Nation Gets $2 Million For Snohomish River Basin Work (The Herald, Everett, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090710/NEWS01/707109958
Olympian Editorial - Time For Decision On Future Of Capitol Lake
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/906632.html
Car Washers Seeing More Rules On Soapy Runoff (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009443661_apuscarwashrunoff.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
World's Largest Solar Plant May Be Built In Cle Elum (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009441447_websolar09m.html?syndication=rss
Oregon Governor May Veto Bills On Biomass Rule, Wind Credits (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/ore_governor_may_veto_bills_on.html
North Olympic Peninsula - Funding In Works For Battelle Tidal Power Research (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090710/news/307109991
Las Vegas Touts Plans To Use Solar Panels (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/09/state/n142911D69.DTL&feed=rss.business
BP Closes Alternative Energy Division (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106437880&ft=1&f=2
Guidelines For Renewable Energy Funding Released (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/07/09/ap6638381.html
Solar Is Nearly Competitive With Traditional Energy in Some Markets (Renewable Energy World – Ed. Note…thanks for being man enough to admit that subsidies have a great deal to do with this)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/07/solar-is-nearly-competitive-with-traditional-energy?cmpid=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Study: Utility Investment In Smart Grid Remains Strong (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=365971&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Statesman Journal Editorial - Oregon Legislature Misses Big Opportunity on Climate
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090709/COLUMN0103/907090358/1001/NEWS/Legislature-Misses-Big-Opportunity-on-Climate
Greening The Internet: How Much CO2 Does This Article Produce? (CNN Tech)
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/07/10/green.internet.CO2/
Buses May Aid Climate Battle in Poor Cities (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/world/americas/10degrees.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
BARRELL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Are Green Jobs Really On The Way? (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/50412562.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Akamai: U.S. 33rd Fastest Broadband Country - Behind Slovakia, in terms of percentage of connections above 2Mbps (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Akamai-US-33rd-Fastest-Broadband-Country-103395
PCs Used in Korean Denial of Service Attacks May Self Destruct (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/07/pcs_used_in_korean_ddos_attack.html
Google vs. Yahoo: Two Routes Toward Carbon Neutral (Business Week)
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2009/tc2009079_137943.htm
GENERAL NEWS
Puget Sound Poised For Extremely Dry Summer (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=187443
El Nino May Hurt Vancouver Olympics (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_070909WXB-el-nino-snowfall-olympics-TP.24234630.html?rss
Washington's White Pass Ski Area Being Expanded (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10677545
Barge Hauling 1 Million Gallons Of Gas Runs Aground In Columbia Gorge (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/barge_hauling_1_million_gallon.html
Washington Health Officials Prepare For More Flu (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009441541_apwaswinefluwashington.html?syndication=rss
GM Emerges From Bankruptcy After Government Bailout (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/10/AR2009071001473.html?nav=rss_email/components
7-Eleven Rallies Customers Against Credit Card Transaction Fees (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009441525_apus7elevenfees.html?syndication=rss
Washington Court: Partial Fence Not Enough For Burglary (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10670472
Ghouls Are Us - Hundreds Of Bodies Dug Up In Chicago Grave Reselling Scheme (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009442929_cemetery10.html
DIVERSIONS
United Airlines Breaks Passenger’s Guitar- Revenge Video Persuades Them to Pay Up
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/scarce/united-breaks-guitars
SF Mayor Bans Doughnuts for City Employees
http://www.examiner.com/a-2110715~No_doughnuts_under_Newsom_s_SF_healthy_foods_plan.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Dictionary Adds News Words: Frenemy, Staycation
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106459410&ft=1&f=3
Paging Morticia Adams - Thief Snips 100 Rose Blooms From Maine Park
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19990668/detail.html
Michigan: 200 Tons Road Salt Is Stolen
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/us/10brfs-ROADSALTISST_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWGNQIecbcc
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
· Seattle City Light, Pend Oreille County At Odds Over Boundary Dam Payments
· Columbia Generating Station - Nuclear Plant Operating At Reduced Capacity
· BPA Invites Public To Provide Feedback On Proposed Transmission Line
· Los Angeles' 'Coal Free' Vow Scuttles Utah Power-Plant Expansion
· Editorial - Unit 3, RIP: Good riddance to Intermountain Power Project
· Colorado Governor Hails Natural Gas As Critical Fuel
· Mason County PUD No. 3 Clears Another Audit
· Missouri - Tree Cutter Knocks Electric Transformer Into Other Trees
· After 16 Years, Skagit River Open For Salmon Fishing
· Prepare for the Pink Salmon in Puget Sound
· A Caterpillar Infestation Of “Biblical Proportions” Hits Kamloops Fir Trees
· US Senator Requests $2 Million for Chehalis Basin Flood Projects
· Tulalip Nation Gets $2 Million For Snohomish River Basin Work
· Editorial - Time For Decision On Future Of Olympia’s Capitol Lake
· Car Washers Seeing More Rules On Soapy Runoff
· World's Largest Solar Plant May Be Built In Cle Elum
· Oregon Governor May Veto Bills On Biomass Rule, Wind Credits
· North Olympic Peninsula - Funding In Works For Battelle Tidal Power Research
· Las Vegas Touts Plans To Use Solar Panels
· BP Closes Alternative Energy Division
· Guidelines For Renewable Energy Funding Released
· Solar Is Nearly Competitive With Traditional Energy in Some Markets
· Study: Utility Investment In Smart Grid Remains Strong
· Editorial - Oregon Legislature Misses Big Opportunity on Climate
· Greening The Internet: How Much CO2 Does This Article Produce?
· Buses May Aid Climate Battle in Poor Cities
· Are Green Jobs Really On The Way?
· Akamai: U.S. 33rd Fastest Broadband Country
· PCs Used in Korean Denial of Service Attacks May Self Destruct
· Google vs. Yahoo: Two Routes Toward Carbon Neutral
· Puget Sound Poised For Extremely Dry Summer
· El Nino May Hurt Vancouver Olympics
· Washington's White Pass Ski Area Being Expanded
· Barge Hauling 1 Million Gallons Of Gas Runs Aground In Columbia Gorge
· Washington Health Officials Prepare For More Flu
· GM Emerges From Bankruptcy After Government Bailout
· 7-Eleven Rallies Customers Against Credit Card Transaction Fees
· Washington Court: Partial Fence Not Enough For Burglary
· Hundreds Of Bodies Dug Up In Chicago Grave Reselling
WORD OF THE DAY
Bandy • \BAN-dee\ • noun – 1: to bat (as a tennis ball) to and fro 2a: to toss from side to side or pass about from one to another often in a careless or inappropriate manner b: exchange; especially: to exchange (words) argumentatively c: to discuss lightly or banteringly d: to use in a glib or offhand manner
Adjective - 1 of legs: bowed 2: bowlegged
The diminutive, bandy-legged auctioneer tried valiantly to inject himself into the conversation between his peers. Regardless of his efforts, he couldn’t get a word in edgewise as the tobacco auctioneer and his art-house companion bandied words about like so many bubbles of champagne on a party night at Bernie’s.
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
Seattle City Light, Pend Oreille County at odds over Boundary Dam payments (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009443192_pendoreille10m.html?syndication=rss
Columbia Generating Station - Nuclear Plant Operating At Reduced Capacity So Workers Can Fix Leak (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/641801.html
BPA Invites Public To Provide Feedback On Proposed Transmission Line - 500-kilovolt line would help integrate wind and reinforce reliability (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/287482/
Los Angeles' 'Coal Free' Vow Scuttles Utah Power-Plant Expansion (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/09/09greenwire-los-angeles-coal-free-vow-scuttles-utah-power-29532.html
Salt Lake Tribune Editorial - Unit 3, RIP: Good riddance to Intermountain Power Project
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_12805077
Colorado Governor Hails Natural Gas As Critical Fuel (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/07/09/ap6638772.html
Mason County PUD No. 3 Clears Another Audit (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7739/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Missouri - Tree Cutter Knocks Electric Transformer Into Other Trees (Pulaski County Daily News, MO)
http://www.pulaskicountydaily.com/news.php?viewStory=1058
FISH & WILDLIFE
After 16 Years, Skagit River Open For Salmon Fishing (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50412862.html
Prepare for the Pink Salmon in Puget Sound (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/906650.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
A Caterpillar Infestation Of “Biblical Proportions” Hits Kamloops Fir Trees (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Caterpillar+infestation+biblical+proportions+hits+Kamloops/1774887/story.html
US Senator Requests $2 Million for Chehalis Basin Flood Projects (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/07/10/news//doc4a562d6512118234656800.txt
Tulalip Nation Gets $2 Million For Snohomish River Basin Work (The Herald, Everett, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090710/NEWS01/707109958
Olympian Editorial - Time For Decision On Future Of Capitol Lake
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/906632.html
Car Washers Seeing More Rules On Soapy Runoff (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009443661_apuscarwashrunoff.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
World's Largest Solar Plant May Be Built In Cle Elum (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009441447_websolar09m.html?syndication=rss
Oregon Governor May Veto Bills On Biomass Rule, Wind Credits (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/ore_governor_may_veto_bills_on.html
North Olympic Peninsula - Funding In Works For Battelle Tidal Power Research (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090710/news/307109991
Las Vegas Touts Plans To Use Solar Panels (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/09/state/n142911D69.DTL&feed=rss.business
BP Closes Alternative Energy Division (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106437880&ft=1&f=2
Guidelines For Renewable Energy Funding Released (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/07/09/ap6638381.html
Solar Is Nearly Competitive With Traditional Energy in Some Markets (Renewable Energy World – Ed. Note…thanks for being man enough to admit that subsidies have a great deal to do with this)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/07/solar-is-nearly-competitive-with-traditional-energy?cmpid=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Study: Utility Investment In Smart Grid Remains Strong (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=365971&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Statesman Journal Editorial - Oregon Legislature Misses Big Opportunity on Climate
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090709/COLUMN0103/907090358/1001/NEWS/Legislature-Misses-Big-Opportunity-on-Climate
Greening The Internet: How Much CO2 Does This Article Produce? (CNN Tech)
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/07/10/green.internet.CO2/
Buses May Aid Climate Battle in Poor Cities (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/world/americas/10degrees.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
BARRELL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Are Green Jobs Really On The Way? (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/50412562.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Akamai: U.S. 33rd Fastest Broadband Country - Behind Slovakia, in terms of percentage of connections above 2Mbps (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Akamai-US-33rd-Fastest-Broadband-Country-103395
PCs Used in Korean Denial of Service Attacks May Self Destruct (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/07/pcs_used_in_korean_ddos_attack.html
Google vs. Yahoo: Two Routes Toward Carbon Neutral (Business Week)
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2009/tc2009079_137943.htm
GENERAL NEWS
Puget Sound Poised For Extremely Dry Summer (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=187443
El Nino May Hurt Vancouver Olympics (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_070909WXB-el-nino-snowfall-olympics-TP.24234630.html?rss
Washington's White Pass Ski Area Being Expanded (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10677545
Barge Hauling 1 Million Gallons Of Gas Runs Aground In Columbia Gorge (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/barge_hauling_1_million_gallon.html
Washington Health Officials Prepare For More Flu (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009441541_apwaswinefluwashington.html?syndication=rss
GM Emerges From Bankruptcy After Government Bailout (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/10/AR2009071001473.html?nav=rss_email/components
7-Eleven Rallies Customers Against Credit Card Transaction Fees (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009441525_apus7elevenfees.html?syndication=rss
Washington Court: Partial Fence Not Enough For Burglary (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10670472
Ghouls Are Us - Hundreds Of Bodies Dug Up In Chicago Grave Reselling Scheme (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009442929_cemetery10.html
DIVERSIONS
United Airlines Breaks Passenger’s Guitar- Revenge Video Persuades Them to Pay Up
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/scarce/united-breaks-guitars
SF Mayor Bans Doughnuts for City Employees
http://www.examiner.com/a-2110715~No_doughnuts_under_Newsom_s_SF_healthy_foods_plan.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Dictionary Adds News Words: Frenemy, Staycation
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106459410&ft=1&f=3
Paging Morticia Adams - Thief Snips 100 Rose Blooms From Maine Park
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19990668/detail.html
Michigan: 200 Tons Road Salt Is Stolen
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/us/10brfs-ROADSALTISST_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWGNQIecbcc
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Energy News Digest for July 9, 2009
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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Puget Sound Energy Praises Action by Congress on Climate Change
• Groups Sue US over Energy-Transmission Corridors on Public Lands
• Utah Coal Plant Scuttled: 100th in U.S. Since 2002
• Nuclear Power Debate Reignites in Germany
• Standard-Times Opinion - Partisanship Fuels Battles over America’s Energy Policy
• Alcoa Posts Loss as Demand Falls
• Okanogan PUD Picks TWACS Power-Line System
• Port Blakely Strikes Habitat Deal for Tree Farm
• Marbled Murrelete - Court Dismisses Challenge to Seabird Protection
• Study Finds Major Flaws in Spotted Owl Recovery Plan
• Feds Agree To New Bull Trout Protections (
• Summer Salmon Fishing Season Off To a Good Start
• Sacramento Bee Editorial - We Might Need Salmon Czar, Too
• States Lure Consumers with Seafood Branding
• Yakima Valley Water Supply Looks Good
• Umatilla Basin Aquifer Project - Quenching desert's thirst
• Umatilla Basin Aquifer Project - The cost of bringing water back to the basin
• Oregon - Helping the Powder River and Its Users
• Idaho Water Monitoring Programs End amid Budget Cuts
• Totten, Eld Watersheds Gain New Allies
• Wood Burning Creates Top Cancer Risk in Oregon's Air
• Idaho Wind Turbine Maker Gets Fed Loan Guarantee
• Pickens Still Gung-Ho on Wind Farm despite Delay
• Canada - Wind Turbine Health Risks Debated
• Are Wind Turbines Feasible In Your Town?
• S.F. Solar Power Rebate Use Quadruples In 2008
• Couple Sues over Solar Panel Denial
• Gadgets Show How Much Power Your House Eats
• Carbon Storage or Energy Source? What's the Best Use for NW Forests
• Poorer Nations Reject a Target on Emission Cut
• Howell-Oregon Electric Co-op encourages members to contact Congress
• Major economies to agree 2 degrees climate goal
• Four Protesters Remain Blocking Oregon Timber Sale
• Battle of the Bag Heating Up
• What's so disturbing about a new green parenting guide?
• South Korea Bombarded With More Web Attacks
• Tech 101: How a Denial-Of-Service Attack Works
• Firms Using Virtual Offices
• Where Will $4.7B in Broadband Bucks Go? You Decide!
• In Chrome, Hints of a Real Rival to Windows
• When It Comes to Links, Color Matters
• Search for Missing McCleary Girl Scaled Back
• Ten Most Broke States: Includes Washington & Oregon
• Cities Lose Out on Road Funds from Federal Stimulus
• Seattle-Area Arts Director Defends $500,000 Stimulus Funding
• Comcast Employee Assaults, Robs Check Cashing Outfit
• Capitol Press Corps Loses Another
WORD OF THE DAY
Potpourri • \POE-purr-ee \ • noun – Etymology: French pot pourri, literally, rotten pot
1: a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent 2: a miscellaneous collection
Amber crouched over the small cauldron, carefully dropping bits of plumeria and vanilla into the boiling, heaving mass. The fragrance of her potpourri concoction wafted through the evening air, its vapor drifting across the dark blue evening sky…its night-time canopy spangled with brightly winking stars. The only noise, besides the soughing wind was the distant sound of a sharp sneeze from Amber’s next door neighbor…a man with a known allergy to the intense perfume of plumeria. Amber’s face reflected a tiny smile at the reaction.
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
Puget Sound Energy Praises Action by Congress on Climate Change (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/07/08/news//doc4a54d80def733431493389.txt
Groups Sue US over Energy-Transmission Corridors on Public Lands (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/08/08greenwire-groups-sue-us-over-energy-transmission-corrido-17235.html
Utah Coal Plant Scuttled: 100th in U.S. Since 2002 (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5684UN20090709
Nuclear Power Debate Reignites in Germany (Time Magazine)
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1909228,00.html
Standard-Times Opinion - Partisanship Fuels Battles over America’s Energy Policy “Ed. Note: more on Rep. March Kaptur and her climate bill considerations; see midwest Power Marketing Administration…” (San Angelo, TX)
http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2009/jul/08/no-headline---oilampgas/
Alcoa Posts Loss as Demand Falls (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/business/energy-environment/09alcoa.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Okanogan PUD Picks TWACS Power-Line System (Environmental Protection)
http://www.eponline.com/articles/72739/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Port Blakely Strikes Habitat Deal for Tree Farm (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_timber_deal.html?source=pimail
Marbled Murrelete - Court Dismisses Challenge to Seabird Protection (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/08/state/n171514D86.DTL&feed=rss.business
Study Finds Major Flaws in Spotted Owl Recovery Plan (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5372-study-finds-major-flaws-spotted-owl-recovery-plan/
Feds Agree To New Bull Trout Protections (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009434240_aporbulltrout1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Summer Salmon Fishing Season Off To a Good Start (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009434226_fish09.html?syndication=rss
Sacramento Bee Editorial - We Might Need Salmon Czar, Too
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/story/2008146.html?mi_rss=Opinion
States Lure Consumers with Seafood Branding (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/08/national/a113744D74.DTL&feed=rss.business
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Yakima Valley Water Supply Looks Good (Associated Press)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/640305.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Umatilla Basin Aquifer Project - Quenching desert's thirst: Columbia River water can restore declining aquifers (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=94999
Umatilla Basin Aquifer Project - The cost of bringing water back to the basin (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95030&TM=51519.14
Oregon - Helping the Powder River and Its Users (Baker City Herald, OR)
http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Helping-the-river-and-its-users
Idaho Water Monitoring Programs End amid Budget Cuts (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/905930.html
Totten, Eld Watersheds Gain New Allies - Groups join forces to protect natural areas (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/905553.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wood Burning Creates Top Cancer Risk in Oregon's Air, EPA Says (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/pollution_from_burning_wood_in.html
Idaho Wind Turbine Maker Gets Fed Loan Guarantee (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2109424~Idaho_wind_turbine_maker_gets_fed_loan_guarantee.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Pickens Still Gung-Ho on Wind Farm despite Delay (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106397688&ft=1&f=2
Canada - Wind Turbine Health Risks Debated (The Tilsonberg News, Ontario, Canada)
http://www.tillsonburgnews.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1646863
Are Wind Turbines Feasible In Your Town? (Michigan Business Review)
http://www.mlive.com/business/mid-michigan/index.ssf/2009/07/chris_schilling_are_wind_turbi.html
S.F. Solar Power Rebate Use Quadruples In 2008 (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/08/BAET18KC58.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Couple Sues over Solar Panel Denial (The Observer, Detroit, MI)
http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20090709/NEWS03/907090513
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Gadgets Show How Much Power Your House Eats (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052970204261704574276022585190910.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon Storage or Energy Source? What's the Best Use for NW Forests (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5386-carbon-storage-or-energy-source-whats-best-use-nw-forests/
Major Economies To Agree 2 Degrees Climate Goal (Reuters)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKBAT00306820090709
Poorer Nations Reject a Target on Emission Cut (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/world/europe/09prexy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Missouri - Howell-Oregon Electric Co-op encourages members to contact Congress (Howell County News, MO)
http://www.howellcountynews.com/Stories/news_20090708_114825_19552_.php
BUCKET O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Four Protesters Remain Blocking Oregon Timber Sale (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2109812~4_protesters_remain_blocking_Ore__timber_sale.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Battle of the Bag Heating Up (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2009/07/battle_of_the_bag_heating_up.html
Smart Mama, Scary Book - What's so disturbing about a new green parenting guide? (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/205701?from=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
South Korea Bombarded With More Web Attacks (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/09/AR2009070901106.html?wprss=rss_technology
Tech 101: How a Denial-Of-Service Attack Works (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/08/national/a113118D62.DTL&feed=rss.business
Firms Using Virtual Offices - Vancouver locations provide e-mail, space for home-based businesses (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090708/BIZ01/707089935/-1/BIZ
Where Will $4.7B in Broadband Bucks Go? You Decide! (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/09/where-will-4-7b-in-broadband-bucks-go-you-decide/
In Chrome, Hints of a Real Rival to Windows (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/technology/internet/09google.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
When It Comes to Links, Color Matters (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/09/when-it-comes-to-links-color-matters/
GENERAL NEWS
Search for Missing McCleary Girl Scaled Back (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50322687.html
Budget Nightmare- Ten Most Broke States: Includes Washington & Oregon (ABC News)
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/Story?id=8016634&page=1
Cities Lose Out on Road Funds from Federal Stimulus (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/us/09projects.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Seattle-Area Arts Director Defends $500,000 Stimulus Funding
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=187047
Comcast Employee Assaults, Robs Check Cashing Outfit - Cuts phone lines, pretends he's there to help (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/police_seeking_man_who_robbed.html
Spokesman Review Eye on Olympia - Capitol Press Corps Loses Another…Me
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/olympia/2009/jul/09/capitol-press-corps-loses-another/
DIVERSIONS
Arkansas Man Sentenced For Living in Pennsylvania Attic
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19992712/detail.html
Pastor Stops Baptism to Warn Of Robbery
http://www.news4jax.com/news/19990184/detail.html
Man Dies after Falling Into Vat of Chocolate
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/08/national/a112348D04.DTL&feed=rss.business
SONG OF THE DAY
In The Sun - Joseph Arthur
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNF2cbW37mo
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Puget Sound Energy Praises Action by Congress on Climate Change
• Groups Sue US over Energy-Transmission Corridors on Public Lands
• Utah Coal Plant Scuttled: 100th in U.S. Since 2002
• Nuclear Power Debate Reignites in Germany
• Standard-Times Opinion - Partisanship Fuels Battles over America’s Energy Policy
• Alcoa Posts Loss as Demand Falls
• Okanogan PUD Picks TWACS Power-Line System
• Port Blakely Strikes Habitat Deal for Tree Farm
• Marbled Murrelete - Court Dismisses Challenge to Seabird Protection
• Study Finds Major Flaws in Spotted Owl Recovery Plan
• Feds Agree To New Bull Trout Protections (
• Summer Salmon Fishing Season Off To a Good Start
• Sacramento Bee Editorial - We Might Need Salmon Czar, Too
• States Lure Consumers with Seafood Branding
• Yakima Valley Water Supply Looks Good
• Umatilla Basin Aquifer Project - Quenching desert's thirst
• Umatilla Basin Aquifer Project - The cost of bringing water back to the basin
• Oregon - Helping the Powder River and Its Users
• Idaho Water Monitoring Programs End amid Budget Cuts
• Totten, Eld Watersheds Gain New Allies
• Wood Burning Creates Top Cancer Risk in Oregon's Air
• Idaho Wind Turbine Maker Gets Fed Loan Guarantee
• Pickens Still Gung-Ho on Wind Farm despite Delay
• Canada - Wind Turbine Health Risks Debated
• Are Wind Turbines Feasible In Your Town?
• S.F. Solar Power Rebate Use Quadruples In 2008
• Couple Sues over Solar Panel Denial
• Gadgets Show How Much Power Your House Eats
• Carbon Storage or Energy Source? What's the Best Use for NW Forests
• Poorer Nations Reject a Target on Emission Cut
• Howell-Oregon Electric Co-op encourages members to contact Congress
• Major economies to agree 2 degrees climate goal
• Four Protesters Remain Blocking Oregon Timber Sale
• Battle of the Bag Heating Up
• What's so disturbing about a new green parenting guide?
• South Korea Bombarded With More Web Attacks
• Tech 101: How a Denial-Of-Service Attack Works
• Firms Using Virtual Offices
• Where Will $4.7B in Broadband Bucks Go? You Decide!
• In Chrome, Hints of a Real Rival to Windows
• When It Comes to Links, Color Matters
• Search for Missing McCleary Girl Scaled Back
• Ten Most Broke States: Includes Washington & Oregon
• Cities Lose Out on Road Funds from Federal Stimulus
• Seattle-Area Arts Director Defends $500,000 Stimulus Funding
• Comcast Employee Assaults, Robs Check Cashing Outfit
• Capitol Press Corps Loses Another
WORD OF THE DAY
Potpourri • \POE-purr-ee \ • noun – Etymology: French pot pourri, literally, rotten pot
1: a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent 2: a miscellaneous collection
Amber crouched over the small cauldron, carefully dropping bits of plumeria and vanilla into the boiling, heaving mass. The fragrance of her potpourri concoction wafted through the evening air, its vapor drifting across the dark blue evening sky…its night-time canopy spangled with brightly winking stars. The only noise, besides the soughing wind was the distant sound of a sharp sneeze from Amber’s next door neighbor…a man with a known allergy to the intense perfume of plumeria. Amber’s face reflected a tiny smile at the reaction.
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
Puget Sound Energy Praises Action by Congress on Climate Change (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/07/08/news//doc4a54d80def733431493389.txt
Groups Sue US over Energy-Transmission Corridors on Public Lands (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/08/08greenwire-groups-sue-us-over-energy-transmission-corrido-17235.html
Utah Coal Plant Scuttled: 100th in U.S. Since 2002 (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5684UN20090709
Nuclear Power Debate Reignites in Germany (Time Magazine)
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1909228,00.html
Standard-Times Opinion - Partisanship Fuels Battles over America’s Energy Policy “Ed. Note: more on Rep. March Kaptur and her climate bill considerations; see midwest Power Marketing Administration…” (San Angelo, TX)
http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2009/jul/08/no-headline---oilampgas/
Alcoa Posts Loss as Demand Falls (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/business/energy-environment/09alcoa.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Okanogan PUD Picks TWACS Power-Line System (Environmental Protection)
http://www.eponline.com/articles/72739/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Port Blakely Strikes Habitat Deal for Tree Farm (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_timber_deal.html?source=pimail
Marbled Murrelete - Court Dismisses Challenge to Seabird Protection (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/08/state/n171514D86.DTL&feed=rss.business
Study Finds Major Flaws in Spotted Owl Recovery Plan (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5372-study-finds-major-flaws-spotted-owl-recovery-plan/
Feds Agree To New Bull Trout Protections (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009434240_aporbulltrout1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Summer Salmon Fishing Season Off To a Good Start (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009434226_fish09.html?syndication=rss
Sacramento Bee Editorial - We Might Need Salmon Czar, Too
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/story/2008146.html?mi_rss=Opinion
States Lure Consumers with Seafood Branding (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/08/national/a113744D74.DTL&feed=rss.business
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Yakima Valley Water Supply Looks Good (Associated Press)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/640305.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Umatilla Basin Aquifer Project - Quenching desert's thirst: Columbia River water can restore declining aquifers (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=94999
Umatilla Basin Aquifer Project - The cost of bringing water back to the basin (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95030&TM=51519.14
Oregon - Helping the Powder River and Its Users (Baker City Herald, OR)
http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Helping-the-river-and-its-users
Idaho Water Monitoring Programs End amid Budget Cuts (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/905930.html
Totten, Eld Watersheds Gain New Allies - Groups join forces to protect natural areas (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/905553.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wood Burning Creates Top Cancer Risk in Oregon's Air, EPA Says (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/pollution_from_burning_wood_in.html
Idaho Wind Turbine Maker Gets Fed Loan Guarantee (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2109424~Idaho_wind_turbine_maker_gets_fed_loan_guarantee.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Pickens Still Gung-Ho on Wind Farm despite Delay (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106397688&ft=1&f=2
Canada - Wind Turbine Health Risks Debated (The Tilsonberg News, Ontario, Canada)
http://www.tillsonburgnews.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1646863
Are Wind Turbines Feasible In Your Town? (Michigan Business Review)
http://www.mlive.com/business/mid-michigan/index.ssf/2009/07/chris_schilling_are_wind_turbi.html
S.F. Solar Power Rebate Use Quadruples In 2008 (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/08/BAET18KC58.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Couple Sues over Solar Panel Denial (The Observer, Detroit, MI)
http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20090709/NEWS03/907090513
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Gadgets Show How Much Power Your House Eats (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052970204261704574276022585190910.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon Storage or Energy Source? What's the Best Use for NW Forests (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5386-carbon-storage-or-energy-source-whats-best-use-nw-forests/
Major Economies To Agree 2 Degrees Climate Goal (Reuters)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKBAT00306820090709
Poorer Nations Reject a Target on Emission Cut (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/world/europe/09prexy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Missouri - Howell-Oregon Electric Co-op encourages members to contact Congress (Howell County News, MO)
http://www.howellcountynews.com/Stories/news_20090708_114825_19552_.php
BUCKET O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Four Protesters Remain Blocking Oregon Timber Sale (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2109812~4_protesters_remain_blocking_Ore__timber_sale.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Battle of the Bag Heating Up (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2009/07/battle_of_the_bag_heating_up.html
Smart Mama, Scary Book - What's so disturbing about a new green parenting guide? (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/205701?from=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
South Korea Bombarded With More Web Attacks (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/09/AR2009070901106.html?wprss=rss_technology
Tech 101: How a Denial-Of-Service Attack Works (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/08/national/a113118D62.DTL&feed=rss.business
Firms Using Virtual Offices - Vancouver locations provide e-mail, space for home-based businesses (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090708/BIZ01/707089935/-1/BIZ
Where Will $4.7B in Broadband Bucks Go? You Decide! (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/09/where-will-4-7b-in-broadband-bucks-go-you-decide/
In Chrome, Hints of a Real Rival to Windows (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/technology/internet/09google.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
When It Comes to Links, Color Matters (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/09/when-it-comes-to-links-color-matters/
GENERAL NEWS
Search for Missing McCleary Girl Scaled Back (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50322687.html
Budget Nightmare- Ten Most Broke States: Includes Washington & Oregon (ABC News)
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/Story?id=8016634&page=1
Cities Lose Out on Road Funds from Federal Stimulus (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/us/09projects.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Seattle-Area Arts Director Defends $500,000 Stimulus Funding
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=187047
Comcast Employee Assaults, Robs Check Cashing Outfit - Cuts phone lines, pretends he's there to help (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/police_seeking_man_who_robbed.html
Spokesman Review Eye on Olympia - Capitol Press Corps Loses Another…Me
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/olympia/2009/jul/09/capitol-press-corps-loses-another/
DIVERSIONS
Arkansas Man Sentenced For Living in Pennsylvania Attic
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19992712/detail.html
Pastor Stops Baptism to Warn Of Robbery
http://www.news4jax.com/news/19990184/detail.html
Man Dies after Falling Into Vat of Chocolate
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/08/national/a112348D04.DTL&feed=rss.business
SONG OF THE DAY
In The Sun - Joseph Arthur
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNF2cbW37mo
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Energy News Digest for July 8, 2009
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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Timing of Seattle City Light Official's $40K Bonus Questioned
• State’s PUD Privilege Tax Error Costs Chelan County $300,000
• Eugene Water & Electric Board Sees Rate Increases In Future
• Natural Gas Bills Forecast To Drop Sharply
• California - Massive Renewable Power Project Is In Doubt
• Lawsuit Filed Over Federal Energy Corridors
• NRG Energy Rejects Latest Bid from Exelon
• Georgia - Appellate Court Ruling Leaves Power Plant Project On Hold
• Stocks Modestly Higher Ahead Of Alcoa Report
• What Does Alcoa's Expected Loss Mean For The Economy?
• Are You Ready For $20 Per Gallon Gas?
• Sections of the Columbia River Open For Sockeye or Chinook
• Stillaguamish Salmon Run's Future Rests on 45 Fish
• Fishing the Town Run for Summer Steelhead
• Salmon Begin Long Journey Back To Yakima Basin
• Yakama Tribe Celebrates Return of Sockeye Salmon
• Washington DNR Calls for Halt to Maury Island Gravel Mine
• Port of Tacoma Says Its Air Pollution Is Not So Bad
• Stricter Labeling Urged For Bottled Water
• Lack of Transmission - Pickens Drops Plan for Largest Wind Farm
• Company Pulls the Plug on Conn. Garbage-To-Energy Power Plant
• Maryhill Museum of Art Finds Extra Money in Leasing Land to Wind Farm
• The Many Uses Of Manure
• Leading by Example: Hawaii's Clean Energy Initiative
• New York - Plug Receives $1.4M to Operate Residential Power Units
• British Columbia - Vancouver Condos in Electric Car Charging Flap
• USDA Small Wind Turbine Grants Cover 25% of All Costs
• Combative Start to Senate Climate Hearings
• Coal Industry Sees Life or Death in Senate Climate Debate
• Studies Foresee Dilemma Over Forest Carbon Storage
• Green Jobs - Oregon Is 1 Of 5 States Chosen For Education Program
• Massive Cyberattacks Hit U.S. and South Korean Web Sites
• Seattle Data Center Fire Gets Redundant
• Google Plans a PC Operating System
• One Last Warning before America Screws up Broadband Mapping
• Broadband Stimulus to Boost Jobs, Not Just Access
• Editorial - Life without Fiber Optics: Disruption a Good Reminder
• Missouri to Create Statewide Broadband Network by 2014
• AT&T: Keep Your Landline or You’ll Die Alone of Peanut Allergy
• King of Pop Proves to be King of Traffic
• YouTube Wins Key Ruling In Class Action Case
• Online Radio Stations Reach Royalty Accord
• Facebook Gets Gray Hair and Wrinkles
• Including Mason – Five County Burn Ban Begins Wednesda
• Two Survive Helicopter Crash off Ocean Shores
• Boeing to Pay $580 Million for 787 Parts Plant in South Carolina
• Seattle - Controversial Manager's Promotion an Error
• In California, Even the IOU’s are Owed
WORD OF THE DAY
Cryptomnesia • \CRIP-tohm-neez-ee-yah\ • noun – "hidden memory" The ability of a person to remember things they have seen, heard, read, or experienced without consciously realizing it.
Future plagiarists rejoice. You aren’t copying someone’s copyrighted works intentionally; it’s all the fault of your cryptomnesia! Time to get that diagnosis from your psychiatrist, just in case.
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
Timing Of Seattle City Light Official's $40K Bonus Questioned (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_070709WAB-city-light-bonus-questioned-TP.1ad2c424.html
State’s PUD Privilege Tax Error Costs Chelan County $300,000 (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090707/NEWS04/707079963/-1/SPORTS?State%E2%80%99-s-errorcosts-county$300-000
Eugene Water & Electric Board sees rate increases in future - The utility expects some major expenses in coming years, in addition to facing an unpredictable market (The Register-Guard, Eugene, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/updates/16748237-55/story.csp
Natural Gas Bills Forecast To Drop Sharply (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5370-natural-gas-bills-forecast-drop-sharply/
California - Massive Renewable Power Project Is In Doubt (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12772184
Lawsuit Filed Over Federal Energy Corridors (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10659341
NRG Energy Rejects Latest Bid from Exelon (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/business/09exelon.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Georgia - Appellate Court Ruling Leaves Power Plant Project On Hold (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/07/06/daily30.html?ana=from_rss
Stocks Modestly Higher Ahead Of Alcoa Report - analysts expect a quarterly loss of 38 cents per share (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12775939?nclick_check=1
What Does Alcoa's Expected Loss Mean For The Economy? (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE5671RA20090708?feedType=nl&feedName=usbeforethebell
Are You Ready For $20 Per Gallon Gas? Pump prices are off from last year's highs, but don't expect that to last (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/205629?from=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sections of the Columbia River and Tributaries Open For Sockeye or Chinook Fishing (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009428193_sections_of_the_columbia_river.html
Stillaguamish Salmon Run's Future Rests on 45 Fish (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090708/NEWS01/707089761/-1/RSS02
Fishing the Town Run for Summer Steelhead (KVAL-TV, Eugene, OR)
http://www.kval.com/sports/local/50165947.html
Salmon Begin Long Journey Back To Yakima Basin (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/07/07/salmon-begin-long-journey-back-to-yakima-basin
Yakama Tribe Celebrates Return of Sockeye Salmon (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50174482.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington DNR Calls for Halt to Maury Island Gravel Mine (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=186742
Port of Tacoma Says Its Air Pollution Is Not So Bad (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/803962.html
Stricter Labeling Urged For Bottled Water (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/08/financial/f070733D31.DTL&feed=rss.business
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Lack of Transmission - Pickens Drops Plan for Largest Wind Farm (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/pickens-drops-plan-for-largest-wind-farm/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Company Pulls the Plug on Conn. Garbage-To-Energy Power Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/08/financial/f042614D39.DTL&feed=rss.business
Maryhill Museum of Art Finds Extra Money in Leasing Land to Wind Farm (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/maryhill_useum_of_art_finds_ex.html
The many uses of manure - Dairy farms are putting in digesters, creating methane to power electrical generators…hydropower in the Northwest is so cheap that farmers can't make money selling their kilowatts (Crosscut, Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/07/08/animals-wildlife/19100/
Leading by Example: Hawaii's Clean Energy Initiative (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/07/leading-by-example-hawaiis-clean-energy-initiative?cmpid=rss
New York - Plug Receives $1.4M to Operate Residential Power Units (The Business Review)
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/07/06/daily14.html?ana=from_rss
British Columbia - Vancouver Condos in Electric Car Charging Flap (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/07/06/bc-electric-car-condo-parking-spaces-vancouver.html?ref=rss
USDA Small Wind Turbine Grants Cover 25% of All Costs (PR NewsWire)
http://sev.prnewswire.com/agriculture/20090707/DE4178707072009-1.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Combative Start to Senate Climate Hearings (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/combative-start-to-senate-climate-hearings/
Coal Industry Sees Life or Death in Senate Climate Debate (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/06/06greenwire-coal-industry-sees-life-or-death-in-senate-cli-49519.html
Studies Foresee Dilemma Over Forest Carbon Storage (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009429685_aporforestscarbon1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
“GREEN” CATCH-ALL BIN
Green Jobs Get Boost - Oregon Is 1 Of 5 States Chosen For Education Program (Statesman Journal, Salem, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090707/NEWS/907070324/1001
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Massive Cyberattacks Hit U.S. and South Korean Web Sites (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/technology/09cyber.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Seattle Data Center Fire Gets Redundant - AllRecipes.com was just six weeks away from redundant systems (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Seattle-Data-Center-Fire-Again-Highlights-Redundancy-103321
Google Plans a PC Operating System (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/technology/companies/08operate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
One Last Warning before America Screws up Broadband Mapping - Connected Nation poised to nab $350 million in taxpayer dollars (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/One-Last-Warning-Before-America-Screws-Up-Broadband-Mapping-103305
Broadband Stimulus to Boost Jobs, Not Just Access (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/broadband-stimulus-to-boost-jobs-not-just-access/
Ventura County Star Editorial - Life without Fiber Optics: Disruption a Good Reminder (California)
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jul/08/life-without-fiber-optics/
Missouri to Create Statewide Broadband Network by 2014 (The Columbia Missourian, MO)
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/07/08/program-create-statewide-broadband-network-2014/
AT&T: Keep Your Landline or You’ll Die Alone of Peanut Allergy - AT&T's latest effort to keep the landline relevant (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Keep-Your-Landline-Or-Youll-Die-Alone-Of-Peanut-Allergy-103319
King of Pop Proves to be King of Traffic - MJ’s Online Memorial Pushes Internet’s Limits (GogaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/michael-jacksons-memorial-online-traffic-pushes-internets-limits/
YouTube Wins Key Ruling In Class Action Case (Bloomberg News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12771544
Online Radio Stations Reach Royalty Accord (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009430435_webradio08.html
Facebook Gets Gray Hair and Wrinkles (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/06/daily24.html?ana=from_rss
GENERAL NEWS
Including Mason – Five County Burn Ban Begins Wednesday (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=186597
Two Survive Helicopter Crash off Ocean Shores (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_070809WAB-AP-helicopter-crash-LJ.1dfbf59a.html?rss?npc
Boeing to Pay $580 Million for 787 Parts Plant in South Carolina (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090707/BIZ/707079858/0/NEWS01
Seattle - Controversial Manager's Promotion an Error, Transportation Chief Says (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009430454_cityaudit08m.html?syndication=rss
In California, Even the IOU’s are Owed (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/us/08california.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
DIVERSIONS
Fisherman Reels In Alligator at Las Vegas Lake
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12769294?nclick_check=1
Dimwitted Thieves Steal Fake Cell Phones in Mexico
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/07/international/i151651D02.DTL&feed=rss.business
Connecticut Cops: Man Went Naked To Dental Appointment
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12776477
Drunken tractor driver leads police on slow chase
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5665EH20090707?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
SONG OF THE DAY, THE CRYPTOMNESIA EDITION
Rosemary Clooney & Benny Goodman - Memories of you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26EVJzc0m8g
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Timing of Seattle City Light Official's $40K Bonus Questioned
• State’s PUD Privilege Tax Error Costs Chelan County $300,000
• Eugene Water & Electric Board Sees Rate Increases In Future
• Natural Gas Bills Forecast To Drop Sharply
• California - Massive Renewable Power Project Is In Doubt
• Lawsuit Filed Over Federal Energy Corridors
• NRG Energy Rejects Latest Bid from Exelon
• Georgia - Appellate Court Ruling Leaves Power Plant Project On Hold
• Stocks Modestly Higher Ahead Of Alcoa Report
• What Does Alcoa's Expected Loss Mean For The Economy?
• Are You Ready For $20 Per Gallon Gas?
• Sections of the Columbia River Open For Sockeye or Chinook
• Stillaguamish Salmon Run's Future Rests on 45 Fish
• Fishing the Town Run for Summer Steelhead
• Salmon Begin Long Journey Back To Yakima Basin
• Yakama Tribe Celebrates Return of Sockeye Salmon
• Washington DNR Calls for Halt to Maury Island Gravel Mine
• Port of Tacoma Says Its Air Pollution Is Not So Bad
• Stricter Labeling Urged For Bottled Water
• Lack of Transmission - Pickens Drops Plan for Largest Wind Farm
• Company Pulls the Plug on Conn. Garbage-To-Energy Power Plant
• Maryhill Museum of Art Finds Extra Money in Leasing Land to Wind Farm
• The Many Uses Of Manure
• Leading by Example: Hawaii's Clean Energy Initiative
• New York - Plug Receives $1.4M to Operate Residential Power Units
• British Columbia - Vancouver Condos in Electric Car Charging Flap
• USDA Small Wind Turbine Grants Cover 25% of All Costs
• Combative Start to Senate Climate Hearings
• Coal Industry Sees Life or Death in Senate Climate Debate
• Studies Foresee Dilemma Over Forest Carbon Storage
• Green Jobs - Oregon Is 1 Of 5 States Chosen For Education Program
• Massive Cyberattacks Hit U.S. and South Korean Web Sites
• Seattle Data Center Fire Gets Redundant
• Google Plans a PC Operating System
• One Last Warning before America Screws up Broadband Mapping
• Broadband Stimulus to Boost Jobs, Not Just Access
• Editorial - Life without Fiber Optics: Disruption a Good Reminder
• Missouri to Create Statewide Broadband Network by 2014
• AT&T: Keep Your Landline or You’ll Die Alone of Peanut Allergy
• King of Pop Proves to be King of Traffic
• YouTube Wins Key Ruling In Class Action Case
• Online Radio Stations Reach Royalty Accord
• Facebook Gets Gray Hair and Wrinkles
• Including Mason – Five County Burn Ban Begins Wednesda
• Two Survive Helicopter Crash off Ocean Shores
• Boeing to Pay $580 Million for 787 Parts Plant in South Carolina
• Seattle - Controversial Manager's Promotion an Error
• In California, Even the IOU’s are Owed
WORD OF THE DAY
Cryptomnesia • \CRIP-tohm-neez-ee-yah\ • noun – "hidden memory" The ability of a person to remember things they have seen, heard, read, or experienced without consciously realizing it.
Future plagiarists rejoice. You aren’t copying someone’s copyrighted works intentionally; it’s all the fault of your cryptomnesia! Time to get that diagnosis from your psychiatrist, just in case.
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
Timing Of Seattle City Light Official's $40K Bonus Questioned (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_070709WAB-city-light-bonus-questioned-TP.1ad2c424.html
State’s PUD Privilege Tax Error Costs Chelan County $300,000 (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090707/NEWS04/707079963/-1/SPORTS?State%E2%80%99-s-errorcosts-county$300-000
Eugene Water & Electric Board sees rate increases in future - The utility expects some major expenses in coming years, in addition to facing an unpredictable market (The Register-Guard, Eugene, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/updates/16748237-55/story.csp
Natural Gas Bills Forecast To Drop Sharply (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5370-natural-gas-bills-forecast-drop-sharply/
California - Massive Renewable Power Project Is In Doubt (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12772184
Lawsuit Filed Over Federal Energy Corridors (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10659341
NRG Energy Rejects Latest Bid from Exelon (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/business/09exelon.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Georgia - Appellate Court Ruling Leaves Power Plant Project On Hold (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/07/06/daily30.html?ana=from_rss
Stocks Modestly Higher Ahead Of Alcoa Report - analysts expect a quarterly loss of 38 cents per share (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12775939?nclick_check=1
What Does Alcoa's Expected Loss Mean For The Economy? (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE5671RA20090708?feedType=nl&feedName=usbeforethebell
Are You Ready For $20 Per Gallon Gas? Pump prices are off from last year's highs, but don't expect that to last (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/205629?from=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sections of the Columbia River and Tributaries Open For Sockeye or Chinook Fishing (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009428193_sections_of_the_columbia_river.html
Stillaguamish Salmon Run's Future Rests on 45 Fish (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090708/NEWS01/707089761/-1/RSS02
Fishing the Town Run for Summer Steelhead (KVAL-TV, Eugene, OR)
http://www.kval.com/sports/local/50165947.html
Salmon Begin Long Journey Back To Yakima Basin (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/07/07/salmon-begin-long-journey-back-to-yakima-basin
Yakama Tribe Celebrates Return of Sockeye Salmon (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50174482.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington DNR Calls for Halt to Maury Island Gravel Mine (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=186742
Port of Tacoma Says Its Air Pollution Is Not So Bad (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/803962.html
Stricter Labeling Urged For Bottled Water (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/08/financial/f070733D31.DTL&feed=rss.business
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Lack of Transmission - Pickens Drops Plan for Largest Wind Farm (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/pickens-drops-plan-for-largest-wind-farm/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Company Pulls the Plug on Conn. Garbage-To-Energy Power Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/08/financial/f042614D39.DTL&feed=rss.business
Maryhill Museum of Art Finds Extra Money in Leasing Land to Wind Farm (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/maryhill_useum_of_art_finds_ex.html
The many uses of manure - Dairy farms are putting in digesters, creating methane to power electrical generators…hydropower in the Northwest is so cheap that farmers can't make money selling their kilowatts (Crosscut, Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/07/08/animals-wildlife/19100/
Leading by Example: Hawaii's Clean Energy Initiative (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/07/leading-by-example-hawaiis-clean-energy-initiative?cmpid=rss
New York - Plug Receives $1.4M to Operate Residential Power Units (The Business Review)
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/07/06/daily14.html?ana=from_rss
British Columbia - Vancouver Condos in Electric Car Charging Flap (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/07/06/bc-electric-car-condo-parking-spaces-vancouver.html?ref=rss
USDA Small Wind Turbine Grants Cover 25% of All Costs (PR NewsWire)
http://sev.prnewswire.com/agriculture/20090707/DE4178707072009-1.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Combative Start to Senate Climate Hearings (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/combative-start-to-senate-climate-hearings/
Coal Industry Sees Life or Death in Senate Climate Debate (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/06/06greenwire-coal-industry-sees-life-or-death-in-senate-cli-49519.html
Studies Foresee Dilemma Over Forest Carbon Storage (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009429685_aporforestscarbon1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
“GREEN” CATCH-ALL BIN
Green Jobs Get Boost - Oregon Is 1 Of 5 States Chosen For Education Program (Statesman Journal, Salem, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090707/NEWS/907070324/1001
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Massive Cyberattacks Hit U.S. and South Korean Web Sites (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/technology/09cyber.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Seattle Data Center Fire Gets Redundant - AllRecipes.com was just six weeks away from redundant systems (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Seattle-Data-Center-Fire-Again-Highlights-Redundancy-103321
Google Plans a PC Operating System (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/technology/companies/08operate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
One Last Warning before America Screws up Broadband Mapping - Connected Nation poised to nab $350 million in taxpayer dollars (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/One-Last-Warning-Before-America-Screws-Up-Broadband-Mapping-103305
Broadband Stimulus to Boost Jobs, Not Just Access (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/broadband-stimulus-to-boost-jobs-not-just-access/
Ventura County Star Editorial - Life without Fiber Optics: Disruption a Good Reminder (California)
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jul/08/life-without-fiber-optics/
Missouri to Create Statewide Broadband Network by 2014 (The Columbia Missourian, MO)
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/07/08/program-create-statewide-broadband-network-2014/
AT&T: Keep Your Landline or You’ll Die Alone of Peanut Allergy - AT&T's latest effort to keep the landline relevant (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Keep-Your-Landline-Or-Youll-Die-Alone-Of-Peanut-Allergy-103319
King of Pop Proves to be King of Traffic - MJ’s Online Memorial Pushes Internet’s Limits (GogaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/michael-jacksons-memorial-online-traffic-pushes-internets-limits/
YouTube Wins Key Ruling In Class Action Case (Bloomberg News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12771544
Online Radio Stations Reach Royalty Accord (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009430435_webradio08.html
Facebook Gets Gray Hair and Wrinkles (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/06/daily24.html?ana=from_rss
GENERAL NEWS
Including Mason – Five County Burn Ban Begins Wednesday (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=186597
Two Survive Helicopter Crash off Ocean Shores (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_070809WAB-AP-helicopter-crash-LJ.1dfbf59a.html?rss?npc
Boeing to Pay $580 Million for 787 Parts Plant in South Carolina (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090707/BIZ/707079858/0/NEWS01
Seattle - Controversial Manager's Promotion an Error, Transportation Chief Says (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009430454_cityaudit08m.html?syndication=rss
In California, Even the IOU’s are Owed (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/us/08california.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
DIVERSIONS
Fisherman Reels In Alligator at Las Vegas Lake
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12769294?nclick_check=1
Dimwitted Thieves Steal Fake Cell Phones in Mexico
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/07/international/i151651D02.DTL&feed=rss.business
Connecticut Cops: Man Went Naked To Dental Appointment
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12776477
Drunken tractor driver leads police on slow chase
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5665EH20090707?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
SONG OF THE DAY, THE CRYPTOMNESIA EDITION
Rosemary Clooney & Benny Goodman - Memories of you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26EVJzc0m8g
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Energy News Digest for July 7, 2009
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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Ted Coates Named New Tacoma Power Superintendent
• Mason County PUD No. 3 Wins Clean Bill Of Health in Latest State Audit
• Fitch Rates Snohomish County PUD's Rev Notes 'F1+'
• Michigan Utility Companies Offer Electric Outage Service Credits
• Opponents Knock Study That Says Snake Dams Don't Stifle Fish Survival
• Tribes Restore Central Washington Fish Run
• New York Times Editorial – Ten Years, 430 Dams
• Seventeen Miles of Maine's Kennebec River Restored
• More Birds Mowed Down Along the Oregon Coast
• Chelan PUD Water Tank - Big Dig for a Lotta Water
• Over 20 Kayakers to Paddle Chelan Gorge This Weekend
• Chesapeake Bay Is a Threat to Humans, Too
• Oregon Governor Might Veto Two Energy-Related Bills
• Rural Electricity Cooperatives Add Wind, Cautiously
• Green Ink: Horse Trading, Wooden Pellets, and Big Hydro
• Alaska - Homesteaders to Build Hydroelectric Plant
• Editorial - Get America Running On Clean Energy from the Midwest
• The Biomass Thermal Energy Movement Is Picking Up Steam
• European Union Slaps Five-Year Import Duties on US Biofuel
• Six Points to Consider In Choosing a Clothes Dryer
• Save Money on Home Cooling
• Microsoft Opens Hohm to Energy Monitoring
• Is Energy Harvesting Moving Into the Smart Home?
• Push and Pull in Senate May Recast Climate Bill
• World's Rich Targeted In New Model for Carbon Cuts
• Duke Energy Files Plans for Carbon-Storage Study
• U.S. Government Launches New Broadband Website
• Bandwidth envy - home buyers consider high-speed Internet connections
• North Carolina Town Raises Offer for Apple Data Center Site
• Scotland Lures ‘Green’ Computer Centres
• Microsoft Warns Of Serious Computer Security Hole
• Gmail Drops 'Beta' Label to Woo Business Customers
• US Justice Department Eyeing Telecom Probe
• Bottle Rocket Caused Capital Hill Fire in Shelton That Destroyed Garage
• Weyerhaeuser Slashes Dividend 80%; Stock Plunges
• Washington to Get Federal Funds for Storm-Related Repairs
• Possible Non-Binding Vote To Gauge Support for Longview/Kelso Merger
• New Home for Tri-Cities’ Rattlesnake Mountain Observatory
• Oregon Teen Accused of Seizing Social Network Pages
WORD OF THE DAY
Cloying • \ \ • adjective – Disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess; also: excessively sweet or sentimental
“Oh, Archie,” purred Edith to her temperamental husband. Her cloying efforts to calm him only acted to fuel his outrage, leading to yet another politically incorrect episode of “All in the Family.”
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
Ted Coates Named New Tacoma Power Superintendent (Tacoma Public Utilities)
http://www.ci.tacoma.wa.us/newsline/
Mason County PUD No. 3 Wins Clean Bill Of Health in Latest State Audit - Over 30 years without a finding (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=568
Fitch Rates Snohomish County PUD's Rev Notes 'F1+' (Yahoo! Finance)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Fitch-Rates-Snohomish-County-bw-3216732971.html?x=0&.v=1
Michigan Utility Companies Offer Electric Outage Service Credits - For those who frequently lose power or go days in the dark (Flint Journal, MI)
http://www.mlive.com/business/mid-michigan/index.ssf/2009/07/utilities_offer_electric_outag.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Opponents Knock Study That Says Snake Dams Don't Stifle Fish Survival (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090707/NEWS02/707079964/
Tribes Restore Central Washington Fish Run (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009426958_apwasalmonrestoration.html
New York Times Editorial – Ten Years, 430 Dams “…NOAA…has raised hopes that it may now take aggressive — if politically risky — steps to protect salmon on the West Coast by ordering the removal of four big dams on the Lower Snake River…”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/04/opinion/04sat3.html
Seventeen Miles of Maine's Kennebec River Restored (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106131942&ft=1&f=1003
More Birds Mowed Down Along the Oregon Coast (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50117297.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Chelan PUD Water Tank - Big Dig for a Lotta Water (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090707/NEWS04/707079979/-1/SPORTS?Big-dig-for-a-lotta-water
Over 20 Kayakers to Paddle Chelan Gorge This Weekend (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090707/NEWS04/707079982/-1/OP?20-plus-kayakers-to-paddle-Chelan-Gorge-this-weekend
Chesapeake Bay Is a Threat to Humans, Too (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/06/AR2009070602931.html?nav=rss_email/components
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Biomass & Wind Subsidies - Oregon Governor Might Veto 2 Energy-Related Bills (Associated Press)
http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9999TG80.html
Rural Electricity Cooperatives Add Wind, Cautiously (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/rural-cooperatives-add-wind-cautiously/
Green Ink: Horse Trading, Wooden Pellets, and Big Hydro (NY Times)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/07/07/green-ink-horse-trading-wooden-pellets-and-big-hydro/
Alaska - Homesteaders to Build Hydroelectric Plant (Electricity Forum)
http://www.electricityforum.com/news/jul09/Homesteaderstobuildhydroelectricplant.html
St Louis Dispatch Editorial - Get America Running On Clean Energy from the Midwest
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/editorialcommentary/story/8D75DFC4F812C0F7862575EB007D841D?OpenDocument
The Biomass Thermal Energy Movement Is Picking Up Steam (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/national-hydrogen-association-1881/news/article/2009/07/the-biomass-thermal-energy-movement-is-picking-up-steam?cmpid=rss
European Union Slaps Five-Year Import Duties on US Biofuel (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/07/07/ap6625812.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Six Points to Consider In Choosing a Clothes Dryer (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/homegarden/2009424673_dryerbuyingtips06.html
Save Money on Home Cooling (WPVI-TV, Philadelphia, PA)
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/consumer/save_with_6abc&id=6878368
Microsoft Opens Hohm to Energy Monitoring (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10280237-54.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.1
Is Energy Harvesting Moving Into the Smart Home? (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/earth2Tech/idUS109659598620090707
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Push and Pull in Senate May Recast Climate Bill - Dealings Could Erode Ecological Aims (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/06/AR2009070603514.html?wprss=rss_business
World's Rich Targeted In New Model for Carbon Cuts (CNN Technology)
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/07/07/carbon.emissions.allocation/
Duke Energy Files Plans for Carbon-Storage Study (Charlotte Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/07/06/daily12.html?ana=from_rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
U.S. Government Launches New Broadband Website - 226 Days until we actually have a broadband plan (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/US-Government-Launches-New-Broadband-Website-103277
Bandwidth envy - It’s not surprising to hear that home buyers consider high-speed Internet connections via fiber to be an important amenity (Telephony Online)
http://telephonyonline.com/residential_services/commentary/bandwidth-envy-0706/?cid=hcom
North Carolina Town Raises Offer for Apple Data Center Site (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/06/financial/f173720D59.DTL&feed=rss.business
Scotland Lures ‘Green’ Computer Centres (Financial Times of London, UK)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8ee552e6-6a7b-11de-ad04-00144feabdc0.html
Microsoft Warns Of Serious Computer Security Hole (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/technology/19969752/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_4pm&tmi=sea_4pm_1_06000207062009&ts=H
Gmail Drops 'Beta' Label to Woo Business Customers (Yahoo! Technology)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090707/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_google_beta_no_more_2
Abuse of Market Share? US Justice Department Eyeing Telecom Probe (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5654LK20090706?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
GENERAL NEWS
Bottle Rocket Caused Capital Hill Fire in Shelton That Destroyed Garage (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7721/reftab/1632/t/BOTTLE-ROCKET-CAUSED-CAPITAL-HILL-FIRE-THAT-DESTROYED-GARAGE/Default.aspx
Weyerhaeuser Slashes Dividend 80%; Stock Plunges (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009427362_apusweyerhaeuserdividendcut1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Washington to Get Federal Funds for Storm-Related Repairs (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_070609WAB-storm-repair-funds-SW.1496a505.html?rss
Officials Planning Non-Binding Vote To Gauge Support for Longview/Kelso Merger (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/07//area_news/doc4a52eca2dccd7342317801.txt
New Home for Tri-Cities’ Rattlesnake Mountain Observatory (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_rattlesnake_mountain_observatory.html?source=pimail
Oregon Teen Accused of Seizing Social Network Pages (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/903200.html
DIVERSIONS
British Spy Chief's Cover Blown On Facebook
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE56403820090706?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
$17,300 Stolen From Tacoma Highland Games' Funds (Beware Of Angry Scotsmen!)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/802737.html
Law Students Study Jackson's Dance-Move Patent
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106333912&ft=1&f=3
Business Booming For Aussie Jackson Impersonator
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090706/od_afp/entertainmentusmusicjacksonaustraliaoffbeat_20090706063246;_ylt=AlTWWfoYlFxfyon.nfCGqYSgOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTNqc3JjbzE5BGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MDcwNi9lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50dXNtdXNpY2phY2tzb25hdXN0cmFsaWFvZmZiZWF0BHBvcwMxMwRzZWMDeW5fcGFnaW5hdGVfc3VtbWFyeV9saXN0BHNsawNidXNpbmVzc2Jvb20-
SONG OF THE DAY
He Went To Paris - Jimmy Buffett
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMozCfz0cZM
Cheeseburger in Paradise - Jimmy Buffett
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJpDMug1YMA
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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Ted Coates Named New Tacoma Power Superintendent
• Mason County PUD No. 3 Wins Clean Bill Of Health in Latest State Audit
• Fitch Rates Snohomish County PUD's Rev Notes 'F1+'
• Michigan Utility Companies Offer Electric Outage Service Credits
• Opponents Knock Study That Says Snake Dams Don't Stifle Fish Survival
• Tribes Restore Central Washington Fish Run
• New York Times Editorial – Ten Years, 430 Dams
• Seventeen Miles of Maine's Kennebec River Restored
• More Birds Mowed Down Along the Oregon Coast
• Chelan PUD Water Tank - Big Dig for a Lotta Water
• Over 20 Kayakers to Paddle Chelan Gorge This Weekend
• Chesapeake Bay Is a Threat to Humans, Too
• Oregon Governor Might Veto Two Energy-Related Bills
• Rural Electricity Cooperatives Add Wind, Cautiously
• Green Ink: Horse Trading, Wooden Pellets, and Big Hydro
• Alaska - Homesteaders to Build Hydroelectric Plant
• Editorial - Get America Running On Clean Energy from the Midwest
• The Biomass Thermal Energy Movement Is Picking Up Steam
• European Union Slaps Five-Year Import Duties on US Biofuel
• Six Points to Consider In Choosing a Clothes Dryer
• Save Money on Home Cooling
• Microsoft Opens Hohm to Energy Monitoring
• Is Energy Harvesting Moving Into the Smart Home?
• Push and Pull in Senate May Recast Climate Bill
• World's Rich Targeted In New Model for Carbon Cuts
• Duke Energy Files Plans for Carbon-Storage Study
• U.S. Government Launches New Broadband Website
• Bandwidth envy - home buyers consider high-speed Internet connections
• North Carolina Town Raises Offer for Apple Data Center Site
• Scotland Lures ‘Green’ Computer Centres
• Microsoft Warns Of Serious Computer Security Hole
• Gmail Drops 'Beta' Label to Woo Business Customers
• US Justice Department Eyeing Telecom Probe
• Bottle Rocket Caused Capital Hill Fire in Shelton That Destroyed Garage
• Weyerhaeuser Slashes Dividend 80%; Stock Plunges
• Washington to Get Federal Funds for Storm-Related Repairs
• Possible Non-Binding Vote To Gauge Support for Longview/Kelso Merger
• New Home for Tri-Cities’ Rattlesnake Mountain Observatory
• Oregon Teen Accused of Seizing Social Network Pages
WORD OF THE DAY
Cloying • \ \ • adjective – Disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess; also: excessively sweet or sentimental
“Oh, Archie,” purred Edith to her temperamental husband. Her cloying efforts to calm him only acted to fuel his outrage, leading to yet another politically incorrect episode of “All in the Family.”
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
Ted Coates Named New Tacoma Power Superintendent (Tacoma Public Utilities)
http://www.ci.tacoma.wa.us/newsline/
Mason County PUD No. 3 Wins Clean Bill Of Health in Latest State Audit - Over 30 years without a finding (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=568
Fitch Rates Snohomish County PUD's Rev Notes 'F1+' (Yahoo! Finance)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Fitch-Rates-Snohomish-County-bw-3216732971.html?x=0&.v=1
Michigan Utility Companies Offer Electric Outage Service Credits - For those who frequently lose power or go days in the dark (Flint Journal, MI)
http://www.mlive.com/business/mid-michigan/index.ssf/2009/07/utilities_offer_electric_outag.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Opponents Knock Study That Says Snake Dams Don't Stifle Fish Survival (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090707/NEWS02/707079964/
Tribes Restore Central Washington Fish Run (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009426958_apwasalmonrestoration.html
New York Times Editorial – Ten Years, 430 Dams “…NOAA…has raised hopes that it may now take aggressive — if politically risky — steps to protect salmon on the West Coast by ordering the removal of four big dams on the Lower Snake River…”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/04/opinion/04sat3.html
Seventeen Miles of Maine's Kennebec River Restored (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106131942&ft=1&f=1003
More Birds Mowed Down Along the Oregon Coast (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50117297.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Chelan PUD Water Tank - Big Dig for a Lotta Water (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090707/NEWS04/707079979/-1/SPORTS?Big-dig-for-a-lotta-water
Over 20 Kayakers to Paddle Chelan Gorge This Weekend (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090707/NEWS04/707079982/-1/OP?20-plus-kayakers-to-paddle-Chelan-Gorge-this-weekend
Chesapeake Bay Is a Threat to Humans, Too (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/06/AR2009070602931.html?nav=rss_email/components
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Biomass & Wind Subsidies - Oregon Governor Might Veto 2 Energy-Related Bills (Associated Press)
http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9999TG80.html
Rural Electricity Cooperatives Add Wind, Cautiously (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/rural-cooperatives-add-wind-cautiously/
Green Ink: Horse Trading, Wooden Pellets, and Big Hydro (NY Times)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/07/07/green-ink-horse-trading-wooden-pellets-and-big-hydro/
Alaska - Homesteaders to Build Hydroelectric Plant (Electricity Forum)
http://www.electricityforum.com/news/jul09/Homesteaderstobuildhydroelectricplant.html
St Louis Dispatch Editorial - Get America Running On Clean Energy from the Midwest
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/editorialcommentary/story/8D75DFC4F812C0F7862575EB007D841D?OpenDocument
The Biomass Thermal Energy Movement Is Picking Up Steam (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/national-hydrogen-association-1881/news/article/2009/07/the-biomass-thermal-energy-movement-is-picking-up-steam?cmpid=rss
European Union Slaps Five-Year Import Duties on US Biofuel (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/07/07/ap6625812.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Six Points to Consider In Choosing a Clothes Dryer (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/homegarden/2009424673_dryerbuyingtips06.html
Save Money on Home Cooling (WPVI-TV, Philadelphia, PA)
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/consumer/save_with_6abc&id=6878368
Microsoft Opens Hohm to Energy Monitoring (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10280237-54.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.1
Is Energy Harvesting Moving Into the Smart Home? (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/earth2Tech/idUS109659598620090707
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Push and Pull in Senate May Recast Climate Bill - Dealings Could Erode Ecological Aims (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/06/AR2009070603514.html?wprss=rss_business
World's Rich Targeted In New Model for Carbon Cuts (CNN Technology)
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/07/07/carbon.emissions.allocation/
Duke Energy Files Plans for Carbon-Storage Study (Charlotte Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/07/06/daily12.html?ana=from_rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
U.S. Government Launches New Broadband Website - 226 Days until we actually have a broadband plan (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/US-Government-Launches-New-Broadband-Website-103277
Bandwidth envy - It’s not surprising to hear that home buyers consider high-speed Internet connections via fiber to be an important amenity (Telephony Online)
http://telephonyonline.com/residential_services/commentary/bandwidth-envy-0706/?cid=hcom
North Carolina Town Raises Offer for Apple Data Center Site (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/06/financial/f173720D59.DTL&feed=rss.business
Scotland Lures ‘Green’ Computer Centres (Financial Times of London, UK)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8ee552e6-6a7b-11de-ad04-00144feabdc0.html
Microsoft Warns Of Serious Computer Security Hole (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/technology/19969752/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_4pm&tmi=sea_4pm_1_06000207062009&ts=H
Gmail Drops 'Beta' Label to Woo Business Customers (Yahoo! Technology)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090707/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_google_beta_no_more_2
Abuse of Market Share? US Justice Department Eyeing Telecom Probe (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5654LK20090706?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
GENERAL NEWS
Bottle Rocket Caused Capital Hill Fire in Shelton That Destroyed Garage (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7721/reftab/1632/t/BOTTLE-ROCKET-CAUSED-CAPITAL-HILL-FIRE-THAT-DESTROYED-GARAGE/Default.aspx
Weyerhaeuser Slashes Dividend 80%; Stock Plunges (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009427362_apusweyerhaeuserdividendcut1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Washington to Get Federal Funds for Storm-Related Repairs (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_070609WAB-storm-repair-funds-SW.1496a505.html?rss
Officials Planning Non-Binding Vote To Gauge Support for Longview/Kelso Merger (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/07//area_news/doc4a52eca2dccd7342317801.txt
New Home for Tri-Cities’ Rattlesnake Mountain Observatory (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_rattlesnake_mountain_observatory.html?source=pimail
Oregon Teen Accused of Seizing Social Network Pages (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/903200.html
DIVERSIONS
British Spy Chief's Cover Blown On Facebook
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE56403820090706?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
$17,300 Stolen From Tacoma Highland Games' Funds (Beware Of Angry Scotsmen!)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/802737.html
Law Students Study Jackson's Dance-Move Patent
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106333912&ft=1&f=3
Business Booming For Aussie Jackson Impersonator
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090706/od_afp/entertainmentusmusicjacksonaustraliaoffbeat_20090706063246;_ylt=AlTWWfoYlFxfyon.nfCGqYSgOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTNqc3JjbzE5BGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MDcwNi9lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50dXNtdXNpY2phY2tzb25hdXN0cmFsaWFvZmZiZWF0BHBvcwMxMwRzZWMDeW5fcGFnaW5hdGVfc3VtbWFyeV9saXN0BHNsawNidXNpbmVzc2Jvb20-
SONG OF THE DAY
He Went To Paris - Jimmy Buffett
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMozCfz0cZM
Cheeseburger in Paradise - Jimmy Buffett
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJpDMug1YMA
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