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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• BPA Line Construction - Helicopter May Be A Distraction on 101 This Week
• Moses Lake Worker Electrocuted In Work Site Accident
• Energy Secretary Steven Chu to Visit Hanford Site and National Labs
• PacifiCorp Operating Income Rises
• North Carolina - Utilities Eye Alcoa Hydroelectric Plants?
• Natural Gas Falls Below $4 On Supply Glut
• Tennessee Valley Authority Plan for Alabama Nuclear Plant Drops to One Reactor
• Editorial - So Where's the Nuclear Power?
• Dynegy Sells Plants for $1 Billion; 2Q Loss Widens
• Coal Mining Firm in Australia Agrees to Chinese Bid
• Coal, Coal Everywhere In China Countryside
• More Than 140 Sockeye Arrive In Stanley Basin
• Hundreds of Fish to Be Checked For Hanford Pollution
• Puget Sound Orcas: Pollution, Noise and Loss of Salmon Leave Their Future Uncertain
• Idaho - Helicopter Mission to Find Endangered Salmon
• Rogue River - Sediment Tests Aid Removal of Gold Ray Dam
• Traffic Restrictions Due To Wenatchee River Salmon Recovery Project
• Op/Ed - Tough Choices in the Recovery of Puget Sound
• Capitol Lake Committee Aligns With Estuary
• Scientists Want Bainbridge's Reliance on Aquifers Noted
• Wind Tower Manufacturer Katana Lays off 14 In Ephrata
• Washington State Offers Its Stash of Slash for Wood-Waste Energy
• School's In for Vancouver Turbine Trainees
• Oregon Could Reap Rewards from Energy Program
• Wyoming Wind Future Relies On High-Wire Act
• Small Wind Projects Are Generating Interest
• Indiana - Impact of Wind Turbines: Financially, 'It's Enormous'
• Politicians, Energy Leaders Convene In Las Vegas
• Electric Car Future May Power a Charging Industry
• Editorial - A Dream of Hydrogen
• E-Waste Recycling Program Popular In Wash.
• The English Encourage Urban Beekeeping
• FCC Chair Touts Broadband as Top Priority
• Telco Companies to Provide Data for Broadband Map
• With Fiber Optic Cable, Laying a Basis for Growth in Africa
• Twitter Attack Aimed At Just One Blogger
• Dry Streak Over; More Rain Today
• Tim Sheldon Calls on Governor to Intervene in Sex Offender’s Unconditional Release
• Mayor Proposes Seattle City Workers Take Time Off Without Pay
• Seattle Times - Paper Is Resurgent as a Solo Act
• Out Of Balance - The Lamest Business Excuses Of 2009
• Yakima - Lucky Dog Rescued From Roza Dam
WORD OF THE DAY
Gallimaufry • \gal-uh-MAW-free\ • noun – Hodgepodge
Barney was scrabbling through the drawer looking for a working, sharpened pencil. The tiny, crystal bottles at the bottom of the kitchen “junk drawer” clinked against broken can openers, stripped phillips head screwdrivers, and other gallimaufry crammed into the horizontal version of a “Fibber McGee’s Closet.” Adding to the general shabbiness of the catchall drawer were the odd assortments of twine and string, broken rubber bands and lint from unidentifiable sources.
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
BPA Line Construction - Helicopter May Be A Distraction on 101 This Week (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7986/reftab/1632/t/HELICOPTER-MAY-BE-A-DISTRACTION-ON-101-THIS-WEEK/Default.aspx
Moses Lake Worker Electrocuted In Work Site Accident (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/08/07/news/doc4a7cb2c2594a6340771472.txt
Energy Secretary Steven Chu to Visit Hanford Site and National Labs (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5585-energy-secretary-steven-chu-visit-hanford-site-and-national-labs/
PacifiCorp Operating Income Rises (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/03/daily61.html?ana=from_rss
North Carolina - Utilities Eye Alcoa Hydroelectric Plants? (Charlotte Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/08/10/story6.html?ana=from_rss
Natural Gas Falls Below $4 On Supply Glut - Bulging natural gas stockpiles at 77% capacity (Purchasing.Com)
http://www.purchasing.com/article/326781-Natural_gas_falls_below_4_on_supply_glut.php?rssid=20252
Tennessee Valley Authority Plan for Alabama Nuclear Plant Drops to One Reactor (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009619802_apustvanuclear.html?syndication=rss
Dallas Morning News Editorial - So Where's the Nuclear Power?
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-nuclear_0810edi.State.Edition1.2c96ba1.html
Dynegy Sells Plants for $1 Billion; 2Q Loss Widens (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/nationworld/story/935487.html
Coal Mining Firm in Australia Agrees to Chinese Bid (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/business/global/11mine.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Coal, Coal Everywhere In China Countryside (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sundaybuzz/2009625329_sundaybuzz09.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
More Than 140 Sockeye Arrive In Stanley Basin (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/933871.html
Hundreds of Fish to Be Checked For Hanford Pollution (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/52843372.html
Puget Sound Orcas: Pollution, Noise and Loss of Salmon Leave Their Future Uncertain (The Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090809/NEWS01/708099834/-1/RSS02
Idaho - Helicopter Mission to Find Endangered Salmon (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009629564_webfish10m.html?syndication=rss
Rogue River - Sediment Tests Aid Removal of Gold Ray Dam (Mail Tribune, Medford, OR)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090807/NEWS/908070328/-1/rss01
Traffic Restrictions Due To Wenatchee River Salmon Recovery Project (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090807/NEWS04/708079914/1025/rss1025
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Tough Choices in the Recovery of Puget Sound
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009620463_guest10goldmark.html?syndication=rss
Capitol Lake Committee Aligns With Estuary - Group wants to restore tide flats (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/933100.html
Scientists Want Bainbridge's Reliance on Aquifers Noted (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/08/scientists-want-bainbridges-reliance-on-aquifers/?partner=RSS
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind Tower Manufacturer Katana Lays off 14 In Ephrata (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/08/07/news/doc4a7cb3ca1e051319875910.txt
Washington State Offers Its Stash of Slash for Entrepreneurs in Wood-Waste Energy (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090809/NEWS02/708099974/
School's In for Turbine Trainees - Vancouver institute begins training workers for wind energy industry (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090807/BIZ01/708079948/-1/BIZ
Oregon Could Reap Rewards from Energy Program (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/10/story8.html?ana=from_rss
Wyoming Wind Future Relies On High-Wire Act (Caspar Star-Tribune, WY)
http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2009/08/09/news/business/8dbb94300d2fe70d8725760c00211ba5.txt
Small Wind Projects Are Generating Interest - Incentive programs give a boost to the small wind industry (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090810/GREEN/908100335/1001
Indiana - Impact of Wind Turbines: Financially, 'It's Enormous' (Indianapolis Star, IN)
http://www.indystar.com/article/20090809/BUSINESS/908090369/
Politicians, Energy Leaders Convene In Las Vegas (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/10/financial/f053322D12.DTL&feed=rss.business
Electric Car Future May Power a Charging Industry (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE57823020090809
NY Times Editorial - A Dream of Hydrogen
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/opinion/09sun3.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
E-Waste Recycling Program Popular In Wash. (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_electronics_recycling.html?source=pimail
The English Encourage Urban Beekeeping (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/the-english-encourage-urban-beekeeping/?partner=rss&emc=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Chair Touts Broadband as Top Priority (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009630447_btfcc10.html
Telco Companies to Provide Data for Broadband Map (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13019037
With Fiber Optic Cable, Laying a Basis for Growth in Africa (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/business/global/10cable.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Twitter Attack Aimed At Just One Blogger (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009621074_twitter08.html
GENERAL NEWS
Dry Streak Over; More Rain Today (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009633333_webseather10m.html?syndication=rss
Tim Sheldon Calls on Governor to Intervene in Sex Offender’s Unconditional Release (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7991/reftab/1632/t/TIM-SHELDON-CALLS-UPON-GOVERNOR-TO-INTERVENE-IN-GARY-CHERRY-RELEASE/Default.aspx
Mayor Proposes Seattle City Workers Take Time Off Without Pay (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_080709WAB-seattle-furlough-KC.bba459cb.html?rss
Seattle Times - Paper Is Resurgent as a Solo Act (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/business/media/10seattle.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Out Of Balance - The Lamest Business Excuses Of 2009 (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/211004?from=rss
Yakima - Lucky Dog Rescued From Roza Dam (KNDU-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10874511
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Survivors Say Radio Station Contest Left Them Twisted
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2095821.html
Spokane Bachelor Party Ends In Arrests - Groom-to-be, two friends jailed after parking lot brawl
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/10/bachelor-party-ends-in-arrests/
Mouse Builds Nest in ATM with $20 Bills
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20323763/detail.html
Perseids Meteors to Light up Skies Midweek
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/09/BA75195H52.DTL&feed=rss.news
SONG OF THE DAY
Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdLnhtOzMXc
Monday, August 10, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Energy News Digest for August 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)
• Eastern Washington Storms Spark Small Fires, Power Outages
• Worker Electrocuted At Benton City Farm - pipe hit power line
• Oregon - BPA Hikes Utility Rates
• Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative Board Approves 7.5% Average Rate Increase
• Utility Bill-Payment Assistance Reached a Record 25,000 PSE Customers
• Editorial - Efforts to Block Yucca Mountain Waste Dump Are Irresponsible
• Managing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
• Safety Concerns at Huge China Dam Project
• Heat Wave Devastating For Hatcheries
• Seattle Court Rules Suquamish Indian Tribe Has Fishing Rights
• Pot Grower Ordered To Pay For Okanogan/Wenatchee Forest Environmental Damage
• Suit to Halt California Desalination Plant Dismissed
• Puget Sound Energy Buys Out Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project Partne
• Canada - Wind-Generated Electricity Finally Feeds B.C.'S Power Grid
• Couple Turn PEMCO on to Solar Energy, Even in Cloudy Seattle
• Wind Promises Blackouts as Obama Strains Grid with Renewables
• U.S. Used Less Energy in 2008 But More Renewable Energy
• Op/Ed - Michigan: Look to Rivers for Energy
• South Cascade Glacier Has Shrunk By Half since 1958
• Fifty Year Record Shows Glacier Erasure in Pacific NW
• Op/Ed - Cap-And-Trade Schemes Could Hurt Families and Send Jobs Overseas
• Climate Bill Is Threatened by Senators
• US Carbon Market: Many Projects, Many Clouds
• Is the Climate Problem in Our Heads?
• Canada - Cap and Cut Beats Cap and Trade
• New Zealand Struggling to Meet its Climate Goals… because of Climate Change?
• Coast Project Combines Clean Up, Recycling and Energy Production
• Microsoft's Cloud Computing Service Moving Out Of Washington State
• Microsoft Keeping Data Center
• Cloud Computing: Washington State vs. Washington DC
• Twitter Tries to Regroup After Web Attack
• How a Denial-Of-Service Attack Works
• Battle Rages On Between Cafes & Wi-Fi Users
• World's Biggest Particle Collider Set for Restart
• Sprint, Samsung Launch Biodegradable Phone
• Lunch Break: The Oompa Loompa Jingle For Microsoft's Bing
• West Nile Virus Found In Mason County
• Chelan PUD Workers Find Body of Missing Boater in Columbia River
• Mason County Mushroom Company Expands
• Senate Keeps 'Clunkers' Running With Additional $2B
• G.E. to Add Two New U.S. Plants as Unions Agree on Cost Controls
• Forks Hopping With Vampire Followers
• British Columbia - Butchart Gardens: Survival at Risk
• State Patrol Urges Safety Following Deadliest Weekend of Year
WORD OF THE DAY
Daymare • \DAY-mair\ • noun - A nightmarish fantasy experienced while awake
Ian McClaggan’s daymare was coming true. His small-town haggis production line had been churning out the tightly packed sheep’s stomach “meat piñatas” for over 150 years…well-known as a true Scottish delicacy…until an English author upset the apple cart by claiming his home-grown specialty was an import from the southern part of the British Isles.
Keep Your Hands off Our Haggis (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/opinion/07mcallsmith.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Eastern Washington Storms Spark Small Fires, Power Outages (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/06/storms-spark-small-fires-power-outages/
Worker Electrocuted At Benton City Farm - pipe he was carrying hit an exposed power line (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/673035.html
Oregon - BPA Hikes Utility Rates (Bandon Western World, OR)
http://www.bandonwesternworld.com/articles/2009/08/06/news/doc4a79e1cd1e46b226962823.txt
Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative Board Approves 7.5% Average Rate Increase (Coos-Curry County Reporter, Gold Beach, OR)
http://www.currycountyreporter.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=5044
Utility Bill-Payment Assistance Reached a Record 25,000 PSE Customers (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=116127
Daily News Editorial - Obama Administration's Efforts to Block Yucca Mountain Waste Dump Are Irresponsible
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/08/06/editorial/doc4a79fdb7a3255866463623.txt
Managing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle (Congressional Research Reports)
http://opencrs.com/document/RL34234/
Safety Concerns at Huge China Dam Project (Yahoo! News, AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090721/wl_asia_afp/chinaenvironmentwaterelectricity
FISH & WILDLIFE
Heat Wave Devastating For Hatcheries (Daily World, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/08/07//area_news/doc4a7b7a1be59ef014514713.txt
Seattle Court Rules Suquamish Indian Tribe Has Fishing Rights (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009614770_suquamish07.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Pot Grower Ordered To Pay For Okanogan/Wenatchee Forest Environmental Damage (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/06/pot-grower-ordered-pay-enviromental-damage/
Suit to Halt California Desalination Plant Dismissed (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/06/national/a182320D31.DTL&feed=rss.business
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Puget Sound Energy Buys Out Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project Partner (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/08/03/daily44.html?ana=from_rss
Canada - Wind-Generated Electricity Finally Feeds B.C.'S Power Grid: $200-million Dawson Creek project will power 31,000 homes when it's completed this year (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Wind+generated+electricity+finally+feeds+power+grid/1865157/story.html
Couple Turn PEMCO On To Potential for Solar Energy, Even in Cloudy Seattle (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009614669_solarpie07m.html?syndication=rss
Wind Promises Blackouts as Obama Strains Grid with Renewables (Bloomberg)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=arbHcz0ryM_E
U.S. Used Less Energy in 2008 But More Renewable Energy (Renewable Energy World – You gotta see the graph that goes with this story…Rube Goldberg would be proud!)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/08/u-s-used-less-energy-in-2008-but-more-renewable-energy?cmpid=rss
Travers City Record Eagle Op/Ed - Michigan: Look to Rivers for Energy
http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_219071142.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
South Cascade Glacier Has Shrunk By Half since 1958 (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009614459_glaciers07.html?syndication=rss
Fifty Year Record Shows Glacier Erasure In Pacific NW (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5574-fifty-year-record-shows-glacier-erasure-pacific-nw/
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Cap-And-Trade Schemes Could Hurt Families and Send Jobs Overseas
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009613443_guest07short.html
Climate Bill Is Threatened by Senators (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/us/politics/07climate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
US Carbon Market: Many Projects, Many Clouds (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5756WI20090806
Is the Climate Problem in Our Heads? (NY Times)
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/is-the-climate-problem-in-our-heads/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Canada - Cap and Cut Beats Cap and Trade (Calgary Herald, Alberta)
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/beats+trade/1868200/story.html
New Zealand Struggling to Meet its Climate Goals… because of Climate Change? (EcoWorldly)
http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/24/new-zealand-struggling-to-meet-its-climate-goals-because-of-climate-change/
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Coast Project Combines Clean Up, Recycling And Energy Production (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5575-coast-project-combines-clean-recycling-and-energy-production/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft's Cloud Computing Service Moving Out Of Washington State – “…due to a change in local tax laws, we’ve decided to migrate Windows Azure applications out of our Northwest data center prior to our commercial launch this November…” (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoftpri0/2009613642_microsoftscloudcomputingserviceazureismovingoutofwashingtonstate.html?syndication=rss
Microsoft Keeping Data Center (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/07/microsoft-keeping-data-center/
Cloud Computing: Washington State vs. Washington DC (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/08/07/washington-vs-washington-the-cloud-computing-edition/
Twitter Tries to Regroup After Web Attack (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/technology/internet/07twitter.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
How a Denial-Of-Service Attack Works (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009612760_apustectwitterhowattackworks.html?syndication=rss
Battle Rages On Between Cafes & Wi-Fi Users - Manhattan cafes in particular seem increasingly unfriendly (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Battle-Rages-On-Between-Cafes-And-WiFi-Users-103825
World's Biggest Particle Collider Set for Restart (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111593841&ft=1&f=2
Sprint, Samsung Launch Biodegradable Phone - Casing Of Biodegradable Plastic Made Partly From Corn (Associated Press)
http://www.kirotv.com/technology/20302802/detail.html
Lunch Break: The Oompa Loompa Jingle For Microsoft's Bing (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoftpri0/2009612390_theoompaloompajingleformicrosoftsbing.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
West Nile Virus Found In Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7975/reftab/1632/t/WEST-NILE-VIRUS-FOUND-IN-MASON-COUNTY-/Default.aspx
Chelan PUD Workers Find Body of Missing Boater in Columbia River (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090806/NEWS04/708079998/1001/NEWS04
Mason County Mushroom Company Expands (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7974/reftab/1632/t/MUSHROOM-COMPANY-EXPANDS-/Default.aspx
Senate Keeps 'Clunkers' Running With Additional $2B (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009614457_clunker07.html?syndication=rss
G.E. to Add Two New U.S. Plants as Unions Agree on Cost Controls (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/business/07electric.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Forks Hopping With Vampire Followers (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/4987
British Columbia - Butchart Gardens: Survival at Risk - 12% tax could be 'catastrophic' for many businesses & some might not make it, says voice of tourism (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/travel/Butchart+Gardens+Survival+risk+with/1865027/story.html
State Patrol Urges Safety Following Deadliest Weekend of Year (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10860188
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Newlywed Arrested In Alleged Plot on Husband
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20294892/detail.html
Burger King Tells Barefoot Baby to Leave - Spokeswoman Says Manager Took Policy Too Far
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20304037/detail.html
"Cookie Mother" Accuses Wal-Mart of Treading on Girl Scouts' Turf
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2009/August/-Cookie-Mother--Accuses-Wal-Mart-of-Treading-on-Girl-Scouts--Turf.html
'Nurse of the Year' Charged With Not Being a Nurse
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gyDpuhXlj9sW7WBnBlpzNdCZmhngD99TL56G0
SONG OF THE DAY
Cookie song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjnPg4gJBF0&feature=related
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Eastern Washington Storms Spark Small Fires, Power Outages
• Worker Electrocuted At Benton City Farm - pipe hit power line
• Oregon - BPA Hikes Utility Rates
• Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative Board Approves 7.5% Average Rate Increase
• Utility Bill-Payment Assistance Reached a Record 25,000 PSE Customers
• Editorial - Efforts to Block Yucca Mountain Waste Dump Are Irresponsible
• Managing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
• Safety Concerns at Huge China Dam Project
• Heat Wave Devastating For Hatcheries
• Seattle Court Rules Suquamish Indian Tribe Has Fishing Rights
• Pot Grower Ordered To Pay For Okanogan/Wenatchee Forest Environmental Damage
• Suit to Halt California Desalination Plant Dismissed
• Puget Sound Energy Buys Out Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project Partne
• Canada - Wind-Generated Electricity Finally Feeds B.C.'S Power Grid
• Couple Turn PEMCO on to Solar Energy, Even in Cloudy Seattle
• Wind Promises Blackouts as Obama Strains Grid with Renewables
• U.S. Used Less Energy in 2008 But More Renewable Energy
• Op/Ed - Michigan: Look to Rivers for Energy
• South Cascade Glacier Has Shrunk By Half since 1958
• Fifty Year Record Shows Glacier Erasure in Pacific NW
• Op/Ed - Cap-And-Trade Schemes Could Hurt Families and Send Jobs Overseas
• Climate Bill Is Threatened by Senators
• US Carbon Market: Many Projects, Many Clouds
• Is the Climate Problem in Our Heads?
• Canada - Cap and Cut Beats Cap and Trade
• New Zealand Struggling to Meet its Climate Goals… because of Climate Change?
• Coast Project Combines Clean Up, Recycling and Energy Production
• Microsoft's Cloud Computing Service Moving Out Of Washington State
• Microsoft Keeping Data Center
• Cloud Computing: Washington State vs. Washington DC
• Twitter Tries to Regroup After Web Attack
• How a Denial-Of-Service Attack Works
• Battle Rages On Between Cafes & Wi-Fi Users
• World's Biggest Particle Collider Set for Restart
• Sprint, Samsung Launch Biodegradable Phone
• Lunch Break: The Oompa Loompa Jingle For Microsoft's Bing
• West Nile Virus Found In Mason County
• Chelan PUD Workers Find Body of Missing Boater in Columbia River
• Mason County Mushroom Company Expands
• Senate Keeps 'Clunkers' Running With Additional $2B
• G.E. to Add Two New U.S. Plants as Unions Agree on Cost Controls
• Forks Hopping With Vampire Followers
• British Columbia - Butchart Gardens: Survival at Risk
• State Patrol Urges Safety Following Deadliest Weekend of Year
WORD OF THE DAY
Daymare • \DAY-mair\ • noun - A nightmarish fantasy experienced while awake
Ian McClaggan’s daymare was coming true. His small-town haggis production line had been churning out the tightly packed sheep’s stomach “meat piñatas” for over 150 years…well-known as a true Scottish delicacy…until an English author upset the apple cart by claiming his home-grown specialty was an import from the southern part of the British Isles.
Keep Your Hands off Our Haggis (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/opinion/07mcallsmith.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Eastern Washington Storms Spark Small Fires, Power Outages (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/06/storms-spark-small-fires-power-outages/
Worker Electrocuted At Benton City Farm - pipe he was carrying hit an exposed power line (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/673035.html
Oregon - BPA Hikes Utility Rates (Bandon Western World, OR)
http://www.bandonwesternworld.com/articles/2009/08/06/news/doc4a79e1cd1e46b226962823.txt
Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative Board Approves 7.5% Average Rate Increase (Coos-Curry County Reporter, Gold Beach, OR)
http://www.currycountyreporter.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=5044
Utility Bill-Payment Assistance Reached a Record 25,000 PSE Customers (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=116127
Daily News Editorial - Obama Administration's Efforts to Block Yucca Mountain Waste Dump Are Irresponsible
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/08/06/editorial/doc4a79fdb7a3255866463623.txt
Managing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle (Congressional Research Reports)
http://opencrs.com/document/RL34234/
Safety Concerns at Huge China Dam Project (Yahoo! News, AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090721/wl_asia_afp/chinaenvironmentwaterelectricity
FISH & WILDLIFE
Heat Wave Devastating For Hatcheries (Daily World, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/08/07//area_news/doc4a7b7a1be59ef014514713.txt
Seattle Court Rules Suquamish Indian Tribe Has Fishing Rights (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009614770_suquamish07.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Pot Grower Ordered To Pay For Okanogan/Wenatchee Forest Environmental Damage (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/06/pot-grower-ordered-pay-enviromental-damage/
Suit to Halt California Desalination Plant Dismissed (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/06/national/a182320D31.DTL&feed=rss.business
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Puget Sound Energy Buys Out Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project Partner (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/08/03/daily44.html?ana=from_rss
Canada - Wind-Generated Electricity Finally Feeds B.C.'S Power Grid: $200-million Dawson Creek project will power 31,000 homes when it's completed this year (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Wind+generated+electricity+finally+feeds+power+grid/1865157/story.html
Couple Turn PEMCO On To Potential for Solar Energy, Even in Cloudy Seattle (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009614669_solarpie07m.html?syndication=rss
Wind Promises Blackouts as Obama Strains Grid with Renewables (Bloomberg)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=arbHcz0ryM_E
U.S. Used Less Energy in 2008 But More Renewable Energy (Renewable Energy World – You gotta see the graph that goes with this story…Rube Goldberg would be proud!)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/08/u-s-used-less-energy-in-2008-but-more-renewable-energy?cmpid=rss
Travers City Record Eagle Op/Ed - Michigan: Look to Rivers for Energy
http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_219071142.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
South Cascade Glacier Has Shrunk By Half since 1958 (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009614459_glaciers07.html?syndication=rss
Fifty Year Record Shows Glacier Erasure In Pacific NW (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5574-fifty-year-record-shows-glacier-erasure-pacific-nw/
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Cap-And-Trade Schemes Could Hurt Families and Send Jobs Overseas
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009613443_guest07short.html
Climate Bill Is Threatened by Senators (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/us/politics/07climate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
US Carbon Market: Many Projects, Many Clouds (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5756WI20090806
Is the Climate Problem in Our Heads? (NY Times)
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/is-the-climate-problem-in-our-heads/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Canada - Cap and Cut Beats Cap and Trade (Calgary Herald, Alberta)
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/beats+trade/1868200/story.html
New Zealand Struggling to Meet its Climate Goals… because of Climate Change? (EcoWorldly)
http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/24/new-zealand-struggling-to-meet-its-climate-goals-because-of-climate-change/
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Coast Project Combines Clean Up, Recycling And Energy Production (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5575-coast-project-combines-clean-recycling-and-energy-production/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft's Cloud Computing Service Moving Out Of Washington State – “…due to a change in local tax laws, we’ve decided to migrate Windows Azure applications out of our Northwest data center prior to our commercial launch this November…” (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoftpri0/2009613642_microsoftscloudcomputingserviceazureismovingoutofwashingtonstate.html?syndication=rss
Microsoft Keeping Data Center (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/07/microsoft-keeping-data-center/
Cloud Computing: Washington State vs. Washington DC (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/08/07/washington-vs-washington-the-cloud-computing-edition/
Twitter Tries to Regroup After Web Attack (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/technology/internet/07twitter.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
How a Denial-Of-Service Attack Works (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009612760_apustectwitterhowattackworks.html?syndication=rss
Battle Rages On Between Cafes & Wi-Fi Users - Manhattan cafes in particular seem increasingly unfriendly (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Battle-Rages-On-Between-Cafes-And-WiFi-Users-103825
World's Biggest Particle Collider Set for Restart (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111593841&ft=1&f=2
Sprint, Samsung Launch Biodegradable Phone - Casing Of Biodegradable Plastic Made Partly From Corn (Associated Press)
http://www.kirotv.com/technology/20302802/detail.html
Lunch Break: The Oompa Loompa Jingle For Microsoft's Bing (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoftpri0/2009612390_theoompaloompajingleformicrosoftsbing.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
West Nile Virus Found In Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7975/reftab/1632/t/WEST-NILE-VIRUS-FOUND-IN-MASON-COUNTY-/Default.aspx
Chelan PUD Workers Find Body of Missing Boater in Columbia River (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090806/NEWS04/708079998/1001/NEWS04
Mason County Mushroom Company Expands (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7974/reftab/1632/t/MUSHROOM-COMPANY-EXPANDS-/Default.aspx
Senate Keeps 'Clunkers' Running With Additional $2B (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009614457_clunker07.html?syndication=rss
G.E. to Add Two New U.S. Plants as Unions Agree on Cost Controls (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/business/07electric.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Forks Hopping With Vampire Followers (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/4987
British Columbia - Butchart Gardens: Survival at Risk - 12% tax could be 'catastrophic' for many businesses & some might not make it, says voice of tourism (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/travel/Butchart+Gardens+Survival+risk+with/1865027/story.html
State Patrol Urges Safety Following Deadliest Weekend of Year (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10860188
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Newlywed Arrested In Alleged Plot on Husband
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20294892/detail.html
Burger King Tells Barefoot Baby to Leave - Spokeswoman Says Manager Took Policy Too Far
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20304037/detail.html
"Cookie Mother" Accuses Wal-Mart of Treading on Girl Scouts' Turf
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2009/August/-Cookie-Mother--Accuses-Wal-Mart-of-Treading-on-Girl-Scouts--Turf.html
'Nurse of the Year' Charged With Not Being a Nurse
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gyDpuhXlj9sW7WBnBlpzNdCZmhngD99TL56G0
SONG OF THE DAY
Cookie song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjnPg4gJBF0&feature=related
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Energy News Digest for August 6, 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)
• Yesterday’s amendments to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling (Dec 17, 2008) on the Bonneville Power Administration's deals with direct service industries (DSI's).
• Columbia Generating Station Goes Off-Line After Fire
• Montana - Highwood Coal Power Option 'Off the Table'
• Northern Wasco County PUD Will Analyze Rate Impacts
• Minnesota Rate Increase to Keep Up With Renewable Energy Mandate
• New TVA Electric Plant May Unlock Tennessee’s Natural Gas Potential
• Texas - Transformer Move Damages Hwy 277
• Good returns expected for Columbia salmon season
• NY Times Editorial - Fisheries Back From the Brink
• Washington Post - Signs of Life
• State Of California Creates Network of Marine Reserves
• Olympia Oyster: An Oyster to Fight for
• Two Dead Rodents Lead To Firings - Protected Species
• Dozens Sickened In Kitsap County Lakes
• Bottled Water Waste Piling Up at Airport Security
• On the Fairway, New Lessons in Saving Water
• Op/Ed - Pacific County Wind Farm the Right Choice in the Right Spot
• Oregon, Washington to Be Electric Car Test Market
• Car Charging Stations Coming To Seattle
• Pickens Plan Still Kickin’
• Renewable Energy Can't be an Afterthought in the Quest to Meet Climate Goals
• Pasco Green Power Company Ordered To Shut Down
• Oregon Renewable Energy Company to Move Headquarters to Florida
• Company Criticized By Vegetarians for Using Waste Meat to Generate Electricity
• Energy Adviser: Conservation Makes Sense for Everyone
• Arizona - School Districts Work to Trim Energy Costs
• 'Fragile Compromise' of Power Plant CEOs in Doubt
• Editorial - Rural Democrats Flex Muscle In Congress
• Climate Change - How Bills Get So Bad
• A Repulsive Side Effect of Going Green
• Mason General Hospital Named 2009 Most Wired Hospital
• Hacker Attack Shuts Down Twitter
• Colorado - Public Vote on Fiber Still Up In Air
• Return of the Net Neutrality Sock Puppets
• Comcast Adds Just 65,000 New Broadband Customers in Q2
• Comcast Profit Up; Basic Video Subscribers Down
• Comcast Speeds Up Its Superfast Broadband Deployment
• Taxable Retails Sales Up In Shelton But Down in Mason County
• Firefighters Aim to Keep Constance Fire from Moving East to Brinnon
• Baird to Skip Town Hall, 'Lynch' Mentality
• Hastings to Speak At Aug. 12 Chamber Event
• Montesano Mill Gets Government Help after Its Threats to Move to Lewis County
• US Forecasters Lower Atlantic Hurricane Outlook
• Reuters Implores AP to 'Stop Whining'
WORD OF THE DAY
Philology • \fuh-LOLL-uh-gee\ • noun – 1: the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature 2a: linguistics; especially: historical and comparative linguistics b: the study of human speech especially as the vehicle of literature and as a field of study that sheds light on cultural history
Although I consider the attic which is my brain a pretty good storehouse for the game of Trivial Pursuit, this otherwise useless information has a broad gap. My affinity for philology is poorly developed. I am a voracious reader, but retaining the nuances and meanings of literature is a talent I have yet to develop…at least when it comes to the romantic foibles of characters such as Heathcliff and Catherine in Wuthering Heights.
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
Here's a link to yesterday’s amendments to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling (Dec 17, 2008) on the Bonneville Power Administration's deals with direct service industries (DSI's).
"...the panel has unanimously voted to deny the Bonneville Power Administration’s Petition for Panel Rehearing and Port Townsend Paper Corporation’s Petition for Panel Rehearing. The petitions for panel rehearing are DENIED. No further petitions for rehearing or rehearing en banc may be filed..."
Please note: this links to a 62 page PDF File (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/opinions/view_subpage.php?pk_id=0000009834
Columbia Generating Station Goes Off-Line After Fire (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/672277.html
Montana - Highwood Coal Power Option 'Off the Table' (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090806/NEWS01/908060305
Northern Wasco County PUD Will Analyze Rate Impacts (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/08/news08-05-09-04.shtml
To Keep Up With Renewable Energy Mandate - Minnesota Power Seeks another Rate Increase (WDIO-TV, Duluth, MN)
http://www.wdio.com/article/stories/S1069280.shtml?cat=10335
News Release - New TVA Electric Plant May Unlock Tennessee’s Natural Gas Potential (Tennessee Oil & Gas Association)
http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2009-08/14612033-new-tva-electric-plant-may-unlock-tennessee-s-natural-gas-potential-004.htm
Texas - Transformer Move Damages Hwy 277 (Abilene Reporter News, TX)
http://www.reporternews.com/news/2009/aug/05/transformer-damages-highway-277/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Good returns expected for Columbia salmon season (Associated Press)
http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D99SU0SO2.html
NY Times Editorial - Fisheries Back From the Brink
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/opinion/06thu3.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Washington Post - Signs of Life: An experiment allows oysters to make a comeback in part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/05/AR2009080503267.html?nav=rss_opinions
State Of California Creates Network of Marine Reserves (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/05/MNI619406P.DTL&feed=rss.news
An Oyster to Fight for - Bringing BC's native Olympia back from the brink and on to the table (The Tyee, British Columbia)
http://thetyee.ca/Life/2009/08/06/OysterToFightFor/
Two Dead Rodents Lead To Firings - Protected Species: Chipmunks found killed by nails at work site (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/932107.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Dozens Sickened In Kitsap County Lakes (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_080509WAB-kitsap-lakes-sickness-SW.af550d2c.html?rss
Bottled Water Waste Piling Up at Airport Security - Aviation Chief Wants To Reduce Waste-Hauling Costs (Chicago Sun-Times, IL)
http://www.suntimes.com/news/transportation/1702033,airport-plastic-bottle-liquid-ohare-midway-080509.article
On the Fairway, New Lessons in Saving Water (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/science/earth/06golf.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Op/Ed - Pacific County Wind Farm the Right Choice in the Right Spot
http://www.seattlepi.com/letters/index.asp?entryID=396
Oregon, Washington to Be Electric Car Test Market (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5567-oregon-washington-be-electric-car-test-market/
Car Charging Stations Coming To Seattle (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=197332
Pickens Plan Still Kickin’ - T. Boone Pickens says he's still got the wind at his back and is ready to lead America toward energy independence (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/210561?from=rss
Renewable Energy Can't be an Afterthought in the Quest to Meet Climate Goals (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnEnergy/idUS355955617020090805
Pasco Green Power Company Ordered To Shut Down (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5560-green-power-company-ordered-shut-down/
Oregon Renewable Energy Company to Move Headquarters to Florida (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/03/daily27.html?ana=from_rss
United Kingdom - Tesco Criticized By Vegetarians for Using Waste Meat to Generate Electricity (The Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/epic/tsco/5979939/Tesco-criticised-by-vegetarians-for-using-waste-meat-to-generate-electricity.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Adviser: Conservation Makes Sense for Everyone (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090806/LIVING/708069998/Energy+Adviser++Conservation+makes+sense+for+everyone
Arizona - School Districts Work to Trim Energy Costs (Arizona Republic)
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/08/06/20090806wvaguagreen0806.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
'Fragile Compromise' of Power Plant CEOs in Doubt as Senate Climate Debate Nears (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/08/05/05climatewire-fragile-compromise-of-power-plant-ceos-in-do-68966.html
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Editorial - Rural Democrats Flex Muscle In Congress
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/rural-democrats-flex-muscle-109339.html
Climate Change - How Bills Get So Bad (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2009/08/how_bills_get_so_bad.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
A Repulsive Side Effect of Going Green (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/52555077.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Mason General Hospital Named 2009 Most Wired Hospital (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7965/reftab/1632/t/MASON-GENERAL-HOSPITAL-NAMED-2009-MOST-WIRED-HOSPITAL-/Default.aspx
Hacker Attack Shuts Down Twitter (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13004278
Colorado - Public Vote on Fiber Still Up In Air (Fort Morgan Times, CO)
http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/ci_12997386
Return of the Net Neutrality Sock Puppets - The junk scientists at the Heartland Institute ride again (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Return-Of-The-Net-Neutrality-Sock-Puppets-103789
Comcast Adds Just 65,000 New Broadband Customers in Q2 - COO: Our marketing dollars went toward digital transition (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Adds-Just-65000-New-Broadband-Customers-In-Q2-103807
Comcast Profit Up; Basic Video Subscribers Down (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE57525M20090806?feedType=nl&feedName=usbeforethebell
Comcast Speeds Up Its Superfast Broadband Deployment (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/08/06/comcast-speeds-up-its-superfast-broadband-deployment/
GENERAL NEWS
Taxable Retails Sales Up In Shelton But Down in Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7968/reftab/1632/t/TAXABLE-RETAILS-SALES-UP-IN-SHELTON-BUT-DOWN-IN-MASON-COUNTY/Default.aspx
Firefighters Aim to Keep Constance Fire from Moving East to Brinnon (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090806/news/308069989
Baird to Skip Town Hall 'Lynch' Mentality - Olympia Tea Party organizer says ‘Democracy can be messy and raucous’ But does it have to be? (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/932112.html
Hastings to Speak At Aug. 12 Chamber Event (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/business/story/670244.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Montesano Mill Gets Government Help after Its Threats to Move to Lewis County (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/08/05/news//doc4a79d2ee30823485862089.txt
US Forecasters Lower Atlantic Hurricane Outlook (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/06/national/a075037D88.DTL&feed=rss.business
Reuters Implores AP to 'Stop Whining' (Gawker - Note: comments may contain some colorful language, like “blue” language…)
http://gawker.com/5331057/reuters-implores-ap-to-stop-whining
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Man Arrested After Barking At Police Dog
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20293672/detail.html
RadioShack to Become Just 'The Shack'
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20292506/detail.html
Sailor Solved Parking Frustrations by Towing Away Car, Police Say
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090805/NEWS01/708059730/-1/RSS02
Ten Promotional Stunts That Horribly Backfired
http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/107451/10-promotional-stunts-that-horribly-backfired.html?mod=career-leadership
SONG OF THE DAY
Appalachian Spring – NPR 100 Most Important American Musical Works Of The 20th Century
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/20001113.atc.06.rmm
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Yesterday’s amendments to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling (Dec 17, 2008) on the Bonneville Power Administration's deals with direct service industries (DSI's).
• Columbia Generating Station Goes Off-Line After Fire
• Montana - Highwood Coal Power Option 'Off the Table'
• Northern Wasco County PUD Will Analyze Rate Impacts
• Minnesota Rate Increase to Keep Up With Renewable Energy Mandate
• New TVA Electric Plant May Unlock Tennessee’s Natural Gas Potential
• Texas - Transformer Move Damages Hwy 277
• Good returns expected for Columbia salmon season
• NY Times Editorial - Fisheries Back From the Brink
• Washington Post - Signs of Life
• State Of California Creates Network of Marine Reserves
• Olympia Oyster: An Oyster to Fight for
• Two Dead Rodents Lead To Firings - Protected Species
• Dozens Sickened In Kitsap County Lakes
• Bottled Water Waste Piling Up at Airport Security
• On the Fairway, New Lessons in Saving Water
• Op/Ed - Pacific County Wind Farm the Right Choice in the Right Spot
• Oregon, Washington to Be Electric Car Test Market
• Car Charging Stations Coming To Seattle
• Pickens Plan Still Kickin’
• Renewable Energy Can't be an Afterthought in the Quest to Meet Climate Goals
• Pasco Green Power Company Ordered To Shut Down
• Oregon Renewable Energy Company to Move Headquarters to Florida
• Company Criticized By Vegetarians for Using Waste Meat to Generate Electricity
• Energy Adviser: Conservation Makes Sense for Everyone
• Arizona - School Districts Work to Trim Energy Costs
• 'Fragile Compromise' of Power Plant CEOs in Doubt
• Editorial - Rural Democrats Flex Muscle In Congress
• Climate Change - How Bills Get So Bad
• A Repulsive Side Effect of Going Green
• Mason General Hospital Named 2009 Most Wired Hospital
• Hacker Attack Shuts Down Twitter
• Colorado - Public Vote on Fiber Still Up In Air
• Return of the Net Neutrality Sock Puppets
• Comcast Adds Just 65,000 New Broadband Customers in Q2
• Comcast Profit Up; Basic Video Subscribers Down
• Comcast Speeds Up Its Superfast Broadband Deployment
• Taxable Retails Sales Up In Shelton But Down in Mason County
• Firefighters Aim to Keep Constance Fire from Moving East to Brinnon
• Baird to Skip Town Hall, 'Lynch' Mentality
• Hastings to Speak At Aug. 12 Chamber Event
• Montesano Mill Gets Government Help after Its Threats to Move to Lewis County
• US Forecasters Lower Atlantic Hurricane Outlook
• Reuters Implores AP to 'Stop Whining'
WORD OF THE DAY
Philology • \fuh-LOLL-uh-gee\ • noun – 1: the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature 2a: linguistics; especially: historical and comparative linguistics b: the study of human speech especially as the vehicle of literature and as a field of study that sheds light on cultural history
Although I consider the attic which is my brain a pretty good storehouse for the game of Trivial Pursuit, this otherwise useless information has a broad gap. My affinity for philology is poorly developed. I am a voracious reader, but retaining the nuances and meanings of literature is a talent I have yet to develop…at least when it comes to the romantic foibles of characters such as Heathcliff and Catherine in Wuthering Heights.
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
Here's a link to yesterday’s amendments to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling (Dec 17, 2008) on the Bonneville Power Administration's deals with direct service industries (DSI's).
"...the panel has unanimously voted to deny the Bonneville Power Administration’s Petition for Panel Rehearing and Port Townsend Paper Corporation’s Petition for Panel Rehearing. The petitions for panel rehearing are DENIED. No further petitions for rehearing or rehearing en banc may be filed..."
Please note: this links to a 62 page PDF File (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/opinions/view_subpage.php?pk_id=0000009834
Columbia Generating Station Goes Off-Line After Fire (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/672277.html
Montana - Highwood Coal Power Option 'Off the Table' (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090806/NEWS01/908060305
Northern Wasco County PUD Will Analyze Rate Impacts (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/08/news08-05-09-04.shtml
To Keep Up With Renewable Energy Mandate - Minnesota Power Seeks another Rate Increase (WDIO-TV, Duluth, MN)
http://www.wdio.com/article/stories/S1069280.shtml?cat=10335
News Release - New TVA Electric Plant May Unlock Tennessee’s Natural Gas Potential (Tennessee Oil & Gas Association)
http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2009-08/14612033-new-tva-electric-plant-may-unlock-tennessee-s-natural-gas-potential-004.htm
Texas - Transformer Move Damages Hwy 277 (Abilene Reporter News, TX)
http://www.reporternews.com/news/2009/aug/05/transformer-damages-highway-277/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Good returns expected for Columbia salmon season (Associated Press)
http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D99SU0SO2.html
NY Times Editorial - Fisheries Back From the Brink
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/opinion/06thu3.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Washington Post - Signs of Life: An experiment allows oysters to make a comeback in part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/05/AR2009080503267.html?nav=rss_opinions
State Of California Creates Network of Marine Reserves (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/05/MNI619406P.DTL&feed=rss.news
An Oyster to Fight for - Bringing BC's native Olympia back from the brink and on to the table (The Tyee, British Columbia)
http://thetyee.ca/Life/2009/08/06/OysterToFightFor/
Two Dead Rodents Lead To Firings - Protected Species: Chipmunks found killed by nails at work site (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/932107.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Dozens Sickened In Kitsap County Lakes (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_080509WAB-kitsap-lakes-sickness-SW.af550d2c.html?rss
Bottled Water Waste Piling Up at Airport Security - Aviation Chief Wants To Reduce Waste-Hauling Costs (Chicago Sun-Times, IL)
http://www.suntimes.com/news/transportation/1702033,airport-plastic-bottle-liquid-ohare-midway-080509.article
On the Fairway, New Lessons in Saving Water (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/science/earth/06golf.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Op/Ed - Pacific County Wind Farm the Right Choice in the Right Spot
http://www.seattlepi.com/letters/index.asp?entryID=396
Oregon, Washington to Be Electric Car Test Market (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5567-oregon-washington-be-electric-car-test-market/
Car Charging Stations Coming To Seattle (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=197332
Pickens Plan Still Kickin’ - T. Boone Pickens says he's still got the wind at his back and is ready to lead America toward energy independence (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/210561?from=rss
Renewable Energy Can't be an Afterthought in the Quest to Meet Climate Goals (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnEnergy/idUS355955617020090805
Pasco Green Power Company Ordered To Shut Down (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5560-green-power-company-ordered-shut-down/
Oregon Renewable Energy Company to Move Headquarters to Florida (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/03/daily27.html?ana=from_rss
United Kingdom - Tesco Criticized By Vegetarians for Using Waste Meat to Generate Electricity (The Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/epic/tsco/5979939/Tesco-criticised-by-vegetarians-for-using-waste-meat-to-generate-electricity.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Adviser: Conservation Makes Sense for Everyone (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090806/LIVING/708069998/Energy+Adviser++Conservation+makes+sense+for+everyone
Arizona - School Districts Work to Trim Energy Costs (Arizona Republic)
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/08/06/20090806wvaguagreen0806.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
'Fragile Compromise' of Power Plant CEOs in Doubt as Senate Climate Debate Nears (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/08/05/05climatewire-fragile-compromise-of-power-plant-ceos-in-do-68966.html
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Editorial - Rural Democrats Flex Muscle In Congress
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/rural-democrats-flex-muscle-109339.html
Climate Change - How Bills Get So Bad (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2009/08/how_bills_get_so_bad.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
A Repulsive Side Effect of Going Green (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/52555077.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Mason General Hospital Named 2009 Most Wired Hospital (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7965/reftab/1632/t/MASON-GENERAL-HOSPITAL-NAMED-2009-MOST-WIRED-HOSPITAL-/Default.aspx
Hacker Attack Shuts Down Twitter (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13004278
Colorado - Public Vote on Fiber Still Up In Air (Fort Morgan Times, CO)
http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/ci_12997386
Return of the Net Neutrality Sock Puppets - The junk scientists at the Heartland Institute ride again (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Return-Of-The-Net-Neutrality-Sock-Puppets-103789
Comcast Adds Just 65,000 New Broadband Customers in Q2 - COO: Our marketing dollars went toward digital transition (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Adds-Just-65000-New-Broadband-Customers-In-Q2-103807
Comcast Profit Up; Basic Video Subscribers Down (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE57525M20090806?feedType=nl&feedName=usbeforethebell
Comcast Speeds Up Its Superfast Broadband Deployment (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/08/06/comcast-speeds-up-its-superfast-broadband-deployment/
GENERAL NEWS
Taxable Retails Sales Up In Shelton But Down in Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7968/reftab/1632/t/TAXABLE-RETAILS-SALES-UP-IN-SHELTON-BUT-DOWN-IN-MASON-COUNTY/Default.aspx
Firefighters Aim to Keep Constance Fire from Moving East to Brinnon (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090806/news/308069989
Baird to Skip Town Hall 'Lynch' Mentality - Olympia Tea Party organizer says ‘Democracy can be messy and raucous’ But does it have to be? (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/932112.html
Hastings to Speak At Aug. 12 Chamber Event (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/business/story/670244.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Montesano Mill Gets Government Help after Its Threats to Move to Lewis County (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/08/05/news//doc4a79d2ee30823485862089.txt
US Forecasters Lower Atlantic Hurricane Outlook (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/06/national/a075037D88.DTL&feed=rss.business
Reuters Implores AP to 'Stop Whining' (Gawker - Note: comments may contain some colorful language, like “blue” language…)
http://gawker.com/5331057/reuters-implores-ap-to-stop-whining
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Man Arrested After Barking At Police Dog
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20293672/detail.html
RadioShack to Become Just 'The Shack'
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20292506/detail.html
Sailor Solved Parking Frustrations by Towing Away Car, Police Say
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090805/NEWS01/708059730/-1/RSS02
Ten Promotional Stunts That Horribly Backfired
http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/107451/10-promotional-stunts-that-horribly-backfired.html?mod=career-leadership
SONG OF THE DAY
Appalachian Spring – NPR 100 Most Important American Musical Works Of The 20th Century
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/20001113.atc.06.rmm
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Ninth Circuit Court Ruling on BPA/Direct Service Industry Deals
Here's a link to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling today on the Bonneville Power Administration's deals with direct service industries (DSI's) in the Pacific Northwest. More likely in tomorrow's edition of the energy news digest.
Please note: this links to a 65 page PDF File
Opinion for: PACIFIC NORTHWEST V. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Please note: this links to a 65 page PDF File
Opinion for: PACIFIC NORTHWEST V. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy News Digest for August 5, 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)
• Portland General Electric Facing Lower Earnings & Pressure for More Renewable Power
• Avista Corp. Reports Second Quarter Results
• Yakama Nation Starts Producing Its Own Electricity
• US Senate Denies Obama Bid to Ax Rural Energy Grants
• Chelan PUD’s Debt Is Heading Toward The $1 Billion Barrier
• Northwest Natural Gas to Cut Up To 100 Jobs
• Planned Power Outage for Mason County PUD 1 Customers
• Two More to Be Charged In Great Lakes Energy Electric Coop Embezzlement
• Critics Take New Step to Block Kansas Coal Plant
• United Kingdom Told to Triple Nuclear Share of Power Generation
• Rep. Jim McDermott Wants to Study Snake River Dam Removal
• Hastings to Fight McDermott Snake River Dam Bill
• Ex-Governors Urge White House to Address Columbia Salmon Runs
• Editorial - Prepare For Dam Removal
• Everett & Mukilteo Volunteers Hope to Turn Tires into Salmon
• Vote On California Marine Preserves Roiled By Board Shake-Up
• After Decades in Seattle, NOAA Vessels to Ship Out
• The NOAA Exodus: What Went Wrong?
• Gregoire Says Start Conserving Water
• Three Running for Position with Little-Known Belfair Water District
• Radon Rises Into Thurston County
• Teddy Roosevelt: Seattle's Pioneer Environmentalist?
• Editorial - No ‘Winner’ Needed: When it comes to wind turbines & birds
• Solar Energy Firm Eyes Vancouver, WA
• Snohomish PUD Closer To Tidal Power
• Oregon - Biodiesel Blending Latest Effort by State
• BPA Sponsors Wind Forecast Competition
• Bills Would Boost Renewable Energy, Storage
• Op/Ed – Biomass: Clean, Renewable Answer to Energy Challenges
• Colorado - Xcel Drops Proposed Solar-Power Fee
• How Will Utilities Make Money as Photovoltaics Continue to Grow?
• Is Biogas the Way to San Jose's Energy Independence?
• Canada - Winds of Change Rock Wolfe Island
• United Kingdom - Wind Turbine Firm Vestas Wins Order to End Sit-In
• Spokane Habitat Affiliate Wins Funding For ‘Green’ Homes
• Energy Bill - Real Estate Industry Blocks Disclosure of Building Energy Use
• Utah's Four-Day Workweek Cuts Energy Use 13 Percent
• Nova Scotia Power Can't Tap Consumers for Conservation-Related Losses
• Dividing the Loot from Cap & Trade
• House Bill Will Spur 20% Electricity-Price Hike by 2030
• US Consumers Spared Big Costs in Climate Bill
• Climate Change Astroturf - Additional Forged Letters to Congress Uncovered
• PNNL: Lab to Get $5.7 Million for Climate Change Research, Smart Grid Wor
• Waterworld - Response to Climate Change: Seasteading
• Wiring Rural America: Which Technology Is Best?
• Microsoft to Hire At Least 400 Yahoo Workers
• Pacific Northwest - Four-State Cooperative Sets Sights on Rural Broadband
• European Union Reasserts Lead in Broadband Connections
• White House Struggles To Fill Cyber Czar Post
• Nobody's Complaining About Comcast's New Throttling
• Can Free Web Applications Lead To Revenue?
• Wash. Fire Crews Brace for New Storms
• State Patrol Says Troopers with Fake Diplomas Should Be Fired
• Small Construction Mistake at Port of Seattle May Cost $1 Million
• Federal Indian Official Meets With Tribes at Kamilche
• Free Speech Dilemma in Port Angeles Council Race
• Congressman Jim McDermott Is Hiring
WORD OF THE DAY
Idee Fixe • \ee-DAY - Feex\ • noun - An idea that dominates one's mind especially for a prolonged period: obsession
Like a fanboy with a fully-restored, digitally-mastered version of the 1978 “Star Wars Holiday Special”, Dilbert’s idée fixe was the upcoming release of the new “G-I Joe” movie. He had bundled his collection of posable dolls (still in their original, unopened packaging) to the theater to camp out for the first, prime seat to watch the movie…two weeks before the show was to start.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Portland General Electric Facing Lower Earnings & Pressure for More Renewable Power (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5544-pge-facing-lower-earnings-and-pressure-more-renewable-power/
Avista Corp. Reports Second Quarter Results (PR Newswire)
http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-05-2009/0005072085&EDATE
Yakama Nation Starts Producing Its Own Electricity (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/08/03/tribe-starts-producing-its-own-power
High Energy Cost Grant Program - US Senate Denies Obama Bid to Ax Rural Energy Grants (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gBPaHA8wyvhZsKWPW8Uxp30QpfqgD99RMQR00
Chelan PUD’s Debt Is Heading Toward The $1 Billion Barrier (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090804/NEWS04/708049929?PUD%E2%80%99-s-debt-is-heading-toward-the-$1-billion-barrier
Northwest Natural Gas to Cut Up To 100 Jobs (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/03/daily20.html?ana=from_rss
Planned Power Outage for Mason County PUD 1 Customers (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7946/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Two More to Be Charged In Great Lakes Energy Electric Cooperative Embezzlement (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
http://www.gaylordheraldtimes.com/articles/2009/08/04/news/local_news/doc4a785845b6a31735669877.txt
Critics Take New Step to Block Kansas Coal Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/08/04/ap6736359.html
United Kingdom Told to Triple Nuclear Share of Power Generation (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=a_Zqy214Vb58
FISH & WILDLIFE
Rep. Jim McDermott Wants to Study Snake River Dam Removal (Seattle Times Politics)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2009597282_rep_jim_mcdermott_wants_study.html
Hastings to Fight McDermott Snake River Dam Bill (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009597369_apwasnakeriverdams.html?syndication=rss
Ex-Governors Urge White House to Address Columbia Salmon Runs (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/08/exgovernors_urge_white_house_t.html
Eugene Register-Guard Editorial - Prepare For Dam Removal - Bill would require agencies to analyze impacts
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/18127861-35/story.csp
Everett & Mukilteo Volunteers Hope to Turn Tires into Salmon (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_080409WAB-everett-tires-KS.aa89ff60.html?rss
Vote On California Marine Preserves Roiled By Board Shake-Up (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2083556.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
After Decades in Seattle, NOAA Vessels to Ship Out (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009599893_ships05m.html
The NOAA Exodus: What Went Wrong? (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/08/05/bellingham/19152/
Gregoire Says Start Conserving Water (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=196576
Three Running for Position with Little-Known Belfair Water District (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/03/three-running-for-position-with-little-known/
Radon Rises Into Thurston County - Home testing kit finds unsafe level of the radioactive gas (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/929720.html
Teddy Roosevelt: Seattle's Pioneer Environmentalist? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/408988_joel05.html?source=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Columbian Editorial - No ‘Winner’ Needed: When it comes to wind turbines and birds, the interests of both can be protected
http://columbian.com/article/20090805/OPINION02/708059971/-1/OPINION
Solar Energy Firm Eyes Vancouver, WA - Port could be home to panel plant with as many as 100 workers (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090804/BIZ01/708049969/-1/BIZ
Snohomish PUD Closer To Tidal Power (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_080409WAB-snoco-tidal-power-SW.aa79bbab.html?rss
Oregon - Biodiesel Blending Latest Effort by State (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=96147&SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48
BPA Sponsors Wind Forecast Competition - First-of-its-kind prediction model will boost Pacific Northwest renewable energy (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/298373/
Bills Would Boost Renewable Energy, Storage (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnGreenInvesting/idUS391422471520090804
Boston Globe Op/Ed – Biomass: Clean, Renewable Answer to Energy Challenges
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2009/08/04/clean_renewable_answer_to_energy_challenges/
Colorado - Xcel Drops Proposed Solar-Power Fee (Denver Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/08/03/daily31.html?ana=from_rss
How Will Utilities Make Money as Photovoltaics Continue to Grow? (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/08/how-will-utilities-make-money-as-pv-continues-to-grow?cmpid=rss
Is Biogas the Way to San Jose's Energy Independence? (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/2009-08-03-biogas-san-jose_N.htm
Canada - Winds of Change Rock Wolfe Island (Toronto Star, Ontario)
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/676248
United Kingdom - Wind Turbine Firm Vestas Wins Order to End Sit-In (The Independent, UK)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/second-turbine-plant-occupied-as-row-escalates-1767029.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Spokane Habitat Affiliate Wins Funding For ‘Green’ Homes (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/04/spokane-habitat-affiliate-wins-funding-green-homes/
Energy Bill - The Real Estate Industry Quietly Removes a Label Showing Energy Use of Older Buildings (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/08/04/04climatewire-the-real-estate-industry-quietly-removes-a-la-8072.html
Utah's Four-Day Workweek Cuts Energy Use 13 Percent (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/08/05/ap6743475.html
Canada - Nova Scotia Power Can't Tap Consumers for Conservation-Related Losses (Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, NS)
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/9012809.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Dividing the Loot from Cap & Trade (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/hearing/2009/08/dividing_the_loot_from_cap_and.html?hpid=news-col-blog
Energy Information Administration - House Bill Will Spur 20% Electricity-Price Hike by 2030 (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/08/04/04greenwire-house-bill-will-spur-20-electricity-price-hike-28686.html
US Consumers Spared Big Costs in Climate Bill (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE5736PY20090804
Climate Change Astroturf - Additional Forged Letters to Congress Uncovered (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/04/AR2009080402223.html?nav=rss_email/components
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
PNNL: Lab to Get $5.7 Million for Climate Change Research, Smart Grid Work (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/670653.html
Waterworld - Response to Climate Change: Seasteading (Mother Jones Magazine)
http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2009/08/response-climate-change-seasteading
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Wiring Rural America: Which Technology Is Best? (BusinessWeek)
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2009/tc2009083_226117.htm
Microsoft to Hire At Least 400 Yahoo Workers (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/04/financial/f150922D03.DTL&feed=rss.business
Pacific Northwest - Four-State Broadband Cooperative Sets Sights on Rural Broadband Network (The Journal – who are these guys?)
http://thejournal.com/articles/2009/08/04/4-state-broadband-cooperative-sets-sights-on-rural-broadband-network.aspx
European Union Reasserts Lead in Broadband Connections (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/technology/internet/05broadband.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
White House Struggles To Fill Cyber Czar Post (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009598474_apuscyberstruggles.html?syndication=rss
Nobody's Complaining About Comcast's New Throttling - And that's a good thing, because there's more where that came from (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Nobodys-Complaining-About-Comcasts-New-Throttling-103755
Can Free Web Applications Lead To Revenue? (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111527079&ft=1&f=3
GENERAL NEWS
Wash. Fire Crews Brace for New Storms (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/930353.html
State Patrol Says Troopers with Fake Diplomas Should Be Fired (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/52398642.html
Small Construction Mistake at Port of Seattle May Cost $1 Million (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009599889_portmistake05m.html
Federal Indian Official Meets With Tribes at Kamilche (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090805/NEWS01/708059792
Free Speech Dilemma - KONP keeps Petersen mum after opponent Mania threatens action (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090805/NEWS/308059992
Congressman Jim McDermott Is Hiring “…under no circumstances refer to scheduler Elizabeth Becton as ‘Liz’…” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/175356.asp?source=pimail
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Stolen $20,000 Bottle of Wine Found
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20276451/detail.html
Family Video of Child Driving Prompts Probe
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5734IE20090804?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Zoo Pelican Swallows Cell Phone
http://www.examiner.com/a-2152774~Zoo_pelican_swallows_cell_phone.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Welsh Whiskey Has Healing Properties?
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sidelinechatter/2009599440_chat05.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Emmylou Harris - Two More Bottles of Wine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU97vLkxxtY
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Portland General Electric Facing Lower Earnings & Pressure for More Renewable Power
• Avista Corp. Reports Second Quarter Results
• Yakama Nation Starts Producing Its Own Electricity
• US Senate Denies Obama Bid to Ax Rural Energy Grants
• Chelan PUD’s Debt Is Heading Toward The $1 Billion Barrier
• Northwest Natural Gas to Cut Up To 100 Jobs
• Planned Power Outage for Mason County PUD 1 Customers
• Two More to Be Charged In Great Lakes Energy Electric Coop Embezzlement
• Critics Take New Step to Block Kansas Coal Plant
• United Kingdom Told to Triple Nuclear Share of Power Generation
• Rep. Jim McDermott Wants to Study Snake River Dam Removal
• Hastings to Fight McDermott Snake River Dam Bill
• Ex-Governors Urge White House to Address Columbia Salmon Runs
• Editorial - Prepare For Dam Removal
• Everett & Mukilteo Volunteers Hope to Turn Tires into Salmon
• Vote On California Marine Preserves Roiled By Board Shake-Up
• After Decades in Seattle, NOAA Vessels to Ship Out
• The NOAA Exodus: What Went Wrong?
• Gregoire Says Start Conserving Water
• Three Running for Position with Little-Known Belfair Water District
• Radon Rises Into Thurston County
• Teddy Roosevelt: Seattle's Pioneer Environmentalist?
• Editorial - No ‘Winner’ Needed: When it comes to wind turbines & birds
• Solar Energy Firm Eyes Vancouver, WA
• Snohomish PUD Closer To Tidal Power
• Oregon - Biodiesel Blending Latest Effort by State
• BPA Sponsors Wind Forecast Competition
• Bills Would Boost Renewable Energy, Storage
• Op/Ed – Biomass: Clean, Renewable Answer to Energy Challenges
• Colorado - Xcel Drops Proposed Solar-Power Fee
• How Will Utilities Make Money as Photovoltaics Continue to Grow?
• Is Biogas the Way to San Jose's Energy Independence?
• Canada - Winds of Change Rock Wolfe Island
• United Kingdom - Wind Turbine Firm Vestas Wins Order to End Sit-In
• Spokane Habitat Affiliate Wins Funding For ‘Green’ Homes
• Energy Bill - Real Estate Industry Blocks Disclosure of Building Energy Use
• Utah's Four-Day Workweek Cuts Energy Use 13 Percent
• Nova Scotia Power Can't Tap Consumers for Conservation-Related Losses
• Dividing the Loot from Cap & Trade
• House Bill Will Spur 20% Electricity-Price Hike by 2030
• US Consumers Spared Big Costs in Climate Bill
• Climate Change Astroturf - Additional Forged Letters to Congress Uncovered
• PNNL: Lab to Get $5.7 Million for Climate Change Research, Smart Grid Wor
• Waterworld - Response to Climate Change: Seasteading
• Wiring Rural America: Which Technology Is Best?
• Microsoft to Hire At Least 400 Yahoo Workers
• Pacific Northwest - Four-State Cooperative Sets Sights on Rural Broadband
• European Union Reasserts Lead in Broadband Connections
• White House Struggles To Fill Cyber Czar Post
• Nobody's Complaining About Comcast's New Throttling
• Can Free Web Applications Lead To Revenue?
• Wash. Fire Crews Brace for New Storms
• State Patrol Says Troopers with Fake Diplomas Should Be Fired
• Small Construction Mistake at Port of Seattle May Cost $1 Million
• Federal Indian Official Meets With Tribes at Kamilche
• Free Speech Dilemma in Port Angeles Council Race
• Congressman Jim McDermott Is Hiring
WORD OF THE DAY
Idee Fixe • \ee-DAY - Feex\ • noun - An idea that dominates one's mind especially for a prolonged period: obsession
Like a fanboy with a fully-restored, digitally-mastered version of the 1978 “Star Wars Holiday Special”, Dilbert’s idée fixe was the upcoming release of the new “G-I Joe” movie. He had bundled his collection of posable dolls (still in their original, unopened packaging) to the theater to camp out for the first, prime seat to watch the movie…two weeks before the show was to start.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Portland General Electric Facing Lower Earnings & Pressure for More Renewable Power (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5544-pge-facing-lower-earnings-and-pressure-more-renewable-power/
Avista Corp. Reports Second Quarter Results (PR Newswire)
http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-05-2009/0005072085&EDATE
Yakama Nation Starts Producing Its Own Electricity (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/08/03/tribe-starts-producing-its-own-power
High Energy Cost Grant Program - US Senate Denies Obama Bid to Ax Rural Energy Grants (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gBPaHA8wyvhZsKWPW8Uxp30QpfqgD99RMQR00
Chelan PUD’s Debt Is Heading Toward The $1 Billion Barrier (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090804/NEWS04/708049929?PUD%E2%80%99-s-debt-is-heading-toward-the-$1-billion-barrier
Northwest Natural Gas to Cut Up To 100 Jobs (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/03/daily20.html?ana=from_rss
Planned Power Outage for Mason County PUD 1 Customers (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7946/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Two More to Be Charged In Great Lakes Energy Electric Cooperative Embezzlement (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
http://www.gaylordheraldtimes.com/articles/2009/08/04/news/local_news/doc4a785845b6a31735669877.txt
Critics Take New Step to Block Kansas Coal Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/08/04/ap6736359.html
United Kingdom Told to Triple Nuclear Share of Power Generation (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=a_Zqy214Vb58
FISH & WILDLIFE
Rep. Jim McDermott Wants to Study Snake River Dam Removal (Seattle Times Politics)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2009597282_rep_jim_mcdermott_wants_study.html
Hastings to Fight McDermott Snake River Dam Bill (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009597369_apwasnakeriverdams.html?syndication=rss
Ex-Governors Urge White House to Address Columbia Salmon Runs (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/08/exgovernors_urge_white_house_t.html
Eugene Register-Guard Editorial - Prepare For Dam Removal - Bill would require agencies to analyze impacts
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/18127861-35/story.csp
Everett & Mukilteo Volunteers Hope to Turn Tires into Salmon (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_080409WAB-everett-tires-KS.aa89ff60.html?rss
Vote On California Marine Preserves Roiled By Board Shake-Up (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2083556.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
After Decades in Seattle, NOAA Vessels to Ship Out (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009599893_ships05m.html
The NOAA Exodus: What Went Wrong? (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/08/05/bellingham/19152/
Gregoire Says Start Conserving Water (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=196576
Three Running for Position with Little-Known Belfair Water District (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/03/three-running-for-position-with-little-known/
Radon Rises Into Thurston County - Home testing kit finds unsafe level of the radioactive gas (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/929720.html
Teddy Roosevelt: Seattle's Pioneer Environmentalist? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/408988_joel05.html?source=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Columbian Editorial - No ‘Winner’ Needed: When it comes to wind turbines and birds, the interests of both can be protected
http://columbian.com/article/20090805/OPINION02/708059971/-1/OPINION
Solar Energy Firm Eyes Vancouver, WA - Port could be home to panel plant with as many as 100 workers (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090804/BIZ01/708049969/-1/BIZ
Snohomish PUD Closer To Tidal Power (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_080409WAB-snoco-tidal-power-SW.aa79bbab.html?rss
Oregon - Biodiesel Blending Latest Effort by State (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=96147&SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48
BPA Sponsors Wind Forecast Competition - First-of-its-kind prediction model will boost Pacific Northwest renewable energy (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/298373/
Bills Would Boost Renewable Energy, Storage (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnGreenInvesting/idUS391422471520090804
Boston Globe Op/Ed – Biomass: Clean, Renewable Answer to Energy Challenges
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2009/08/04/clean_renewable_answer_to_energy_challenges/
Colorado - Xcel Drops Proposed Solar-Power Fee (Denver Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/08/03/daily31.html?ana=from_rss
How Will Utilities Make Money as Photovoltaics Continue to Grow? (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/08/how-will-utilities-make-money-as-pv-continues-to-grow?cmpid=rss
Is Biogas the Way to San Jose's Energy Independence? (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/2009-08-03-biogas-san-jose_N.htm
Canada - Winds of Change Rock Wolfe Island (Toronto Star, Ontario)
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/676248
United Kingdom - Wind Turbine Firm Vestas Wins Order to End Sit-In (The Independent, UK)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/second-turbine-plant-occupied-as-row-escalates-1767029.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Spokane Habitat Affiliate Wins Funding For ‘Green’ Homes (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/04/spokane-habitat-affiliate-wins-funding-green-homes/
Energy Bill - The Real Estate Industry Quietly Removes a Label Showing Energy Use of Older Buildings (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/08/04/04climatewire-the-real-estate-industry-quietly-removes-a-la-8072.html
Utah's Four-Day Workweek Cuts Energy Use 13 Percent (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/08/05/ap6743475.html
Canada - Nova Scotia Power Can't Tap Consumers for Conservation-Related Losses (Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, NS)
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/9012809.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Dividing the Loot from Cap & Trade (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/hearing/2009/08/dividing_the_loot_from_cap_and.html?hpid=news-col-blog
Energy Information Administration - House Bill Will Spur 20% Electricity-Price Hike by 2030 (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/08/04/04greenwire-house-bill-will-spur-20-electricity-price-hike-28686.html
US Consumers Spared Big Costs in Climate Bill (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE5736PY20090804
Climate Change Astroturf - Additional Forged Letters to Congress Uncovered (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/04/AR2009080402223.html?nav=rss_email/components
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
PNNL: Lab to Get $5.7 Million for Climate Change Research, Smart Grid Work (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/670653.html
Waterworld - Response to Climate Change: Seasteading (Mother Jones Magazine)
http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2009/08/response-climate-change-seasteading
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Wiring Rural America: Which Technology Is Best? (BusinessWeek)
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2009/tc2009083_226117.htm
Microsoft to Hire At Least 400 Yahoo Workers (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/04/financial/f150922D03.DTL&feed=rss.business
Pacific Northwest - Four-State Broadband Cooperative Sets Sights on Rural Broadband Network (The Journal – who are these guys?)
http://thejournal.com/articles/2009/08/04/4-state-broadband-cooperative-sets-sights-on-rural-broadband-network.aspx
European Union Reasserts Lead in Broadband Connections (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/technology/internet/05broadband.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
White House Struggles To Fill Cyber Czar Post (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009598474_apuscyberstruggles.html?syndication=rss
Nobody's Complaining About Comcast's New Throttling - And that's a good thing, because there's more where that came from (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Nobodys-Complaining-About-Comcasts-New-Throttling-103755
Can Free Web Applications Lead To Revenue? (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111527079&ft=1&f=3
GENERAL NEWS
Wash. Fire Crews Brace for New Storms (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/930353.html
State Patrol Says Troopers with Fake Diplomas Should Be Fired (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/52398642.html
Small Construction Mistake at Port of Seattle May Cost $1 Million (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009599889_portmistake05m.html
Federal Indian Official Meets With Tribes at Kamilche (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090805/NEWS01/708059792
Free Speech Dilemma - KONP keeps Petersen mum after opponent Mania threatens action (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090805/NEWS/308059992
Congressman Jim McDermott Is Hiring “…under no circumstances refer to scheduler Elizabeth Becton as ‘Liz’…” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/175356.asp?source=pimail
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Stolen $20,000 Bottle of Wine Found
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20276451/detail.html
Family Video of Child Driving Prompts Probe
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5734IE20090804?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Zoo Pelican Swallows Cell Phone
http://www.examiner.com/a-2152774~Zoo_pelican_swallows_cell_phone.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Welsh Whiskey Has Healing Properties?
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sidelinechatter/2009599440_chat05.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Emmylou Harris - Two More Bottles of Wine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU97vLkxxtY
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Energy News Digest for August 4, 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)
• Lawsuits Filed Over 2007 Egg Drop Accident - Avista worker died
• BPA Proposes Reduced Rate to Port Townsend Paper Mill
• Power Costs Could Go Up (23 Percent) In Eastern Oregon
• Chelan PUD Strikes 3-Year Deal with Union
• Clallam PUD Approves Bid for Carlsborg Warehouse
• Portland General Electric’s Second Quarter Revenue, Profits Decline
• BPA Invites Feedback on Proposed Transmission Line Replacement Project at Grand Coulee Dam
• Environment, Economy - TVA Posts $167M Loss in Third Quarter
• Without Nuclear Power & "Clean Coal," Cost to Meet Emissions Goal Could Double
• Kansas - Lawsuit Seeks Coal Plant Review
• Salmon Bill Would Put Removal of Snake River Dams Back on Table
• US Senator Mike Crapo - Salmon Tour to Showcase Efforts for Endangered Fish & Local Economy
• Record Rainbow Yanked From Snake River
• Orting Hatchery Coming Back To Life
• Hatchery Staff Battled To Save Salmon Fry
• Kootenai Tribe Restoring Sturgeon Habitat
• The War on Seagulls Continues At State Ferry Terminals
• California - Sea Lions Swarm Long-Abandoned Seal Rocks
• Oysters Are on the Rebound in the Chesapeake Bay
• Giant Vortex Of Floating Trash Swirling In Pacific
• Sun Will Help Power Nine Portland Schools
• LEDs: As Energy Efficient as Compact Fluorescents
• The Smart Grid: Is It Worth It?
• Scenarios: Fate of Climate Change Bill in Congress
• Greenhouse Gas Legislation - Congressional Research Reports
• Nobel Halo Fades Fast for Climate Change Panel
• Water Waste Shame of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Company
• Washington State Gov’t Data Center Plan Moves Ahead
• FCC Chair Touts Broadband as Top Priority
• The Struggle to Stay Wired, in a Hotel Room or a Crisis
• Microsoft's Bing Gains Another 1 Percent of U.S. Search
• Help Arrives To Help Battle Olympic National Park Fires
• Brush Fire in Shelton Quickly Controlled
• Hoquiam mill reopens after 8 months
• More Time to Comment on Shelton/Mason County U-G-A Agreement
• Typo Turns Woman's Life Upside Down
WORD OF THE DAY
Cimmerian • \sih-MEER-ee-un\ • adjective – Very dark or gloomy
It was late…too late. Francis was tip-toeing through the living room of his house, trying to grope his way through the Cimmerian darkness towards the bedroom. His hopes to slide into bed without waking his wife failed miserably as his tender, bare foot came down hard on one of his childrens’ wayward Lego blocks. The resulting screams woke not only his wife, but the neighbors on either side of the home.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Lawsuits Filed Over 2007 Egg Drop Accident - Avista worker died during school lesson in Othello (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/08/03/news/doc4a77769f37850297095314.txt
Bonneville Power Administration Proposes Reduced Rate to Port Townsend Paper Mill (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090804/news/308049989
Power Costs Could Go Up (23 Percent) In Eastern Oregon (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/27/daily64.html?ana=from_rss
Chelan PUD Strikes 3-Year Deal with Union (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090803/NEWS04/708039904/1001/NEWS04
Clallam PUD Approves Bid for Carlsborg Warehouse (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090804/news/308049995
Portland General Electric’s Second Quarter Revenue, Profits Decline (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/03/daily4.html?ana=from_rss
BPA Invites Public to Provide Feedback on Proposed Transmission Line Replacement Project at Grand Coulee Dam (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/297879/
Environment, Economy - TVA Posts $167M Loss in Third Quarter (Memphis Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2009/08/03/daily3.html?ana=from_rss
Without Nuclear Power & "Clean Coal," Cost To Meet Emissions Goal Could Double (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/03/BULF193ADP.DTL&feed=rss.business
Kansas - Lawsuit Seeks Coal Plant Review (Topeka Capital Journal)
http://www.cjonline.com/news/state_government/2009-08-03/lawsuit_seeks_coal_plant_review
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon Bill Would Put Removal of Snake River Dams Back on Table (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/08/salmon_bill_would_put_removal.html
US Senator Mike Crapo - Salmon Tour to Showcase Efforts For Endangered Fish & Local Economy: Watershed project shows funding, partnerships working (US Senator Mike Crapo, Idaho)
http://crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=233106
Record Rainbow Yanked From Snake River (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/929890.html
Orting Hatchery Coming Back To Life (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/832881.html
Hatchery Staff Battled To Save Salmon Fry (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/832883.html
Kootenai Tribe Restoring Sturgeon Habitat (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/929195.html
The War on Seagulls Continues At State Ferry Terminals (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009593739_seagulls04m.html
California - Sea Lions Swarm Long-Abandoned Seal Rocks (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/03/MN111910I2.DTL&feed=rss.news
Oysters Are on the Rebound in the Chesapeake Bay (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/science/04oyster.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Giant Vortex Of Floating Trash Swirling In Pacific (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009593728_garbage04.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Sun Will Help Power Nine Portland Schools (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/08/sun_will_help_power_nine_portl.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
LEDs: As Energy Efficient as Compact Fluorescents (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/leds-as-energy-efficient-as-compact-fluorescents/?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Smart Grid: Is It Worth It? (Energy Pulse Commentary)
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=2117
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Scenarios: Fate of Climate Change Bill in Congress (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed7/idUSTRE5724HX20090803
Greenhouse Gas Legislation: Summary & Analysis of H.R. 2454 as Passed by the House of Representatives (Congressional Research Reports)
http://opencrs.com/document/R40643/
Nobel Halo Fades Fast for Climate Change Panel (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/science/earth/04clima.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Water Waste Shame of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Company (Wandsworth Guardian, UK)
http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/4521700.Water_waste_shame_of_eco_friendly_ice_cream_company/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington State Gov’t Data Center Plan Moves Ahead - $180 million piece of project ignores state’s technology problem, says legislator (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/929723.html
FCC Chair Touts Broadband as Top Priority (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12985485
The Struggle to Stay Wired, in a Hotel Room or a Crisis (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/business/04road.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Microsoft's Bing Gains Another 1 Percent of U.S. Search (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE57222G20090803?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
GENERAL NEWS
Help Arrives To Help Battle Olympic National Park Fires (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090804/NEWS/308049997
Brush Fire in Shelton Quickly Controlled (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7951/reftab/1896/t/BRUSH-FIRE-IN-SHELTON-QUICKLY-CONTROLED/Default.aspx
Hoquiam mill reopens after 8 months (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_080309WAB-hoquiam-plywood-mill-TP.a4d1bbc1.html?rss
More Time to Comment on Shelton/Mason County U-G-A Agreement (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7950/reftab/1896/t/MORE-TIME-TO-COMMENT-ON-SHELTON-U-G-A-AGREEMENT/Default.aspx
Typo Turns Woman's Life Upside Down (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20267306/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_1_09000108042009&ts=H
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Jobless NYC Woman Sues College for $70K in Tuition
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090803/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_jobless_grad_sues;_ylt=Aq2PS6qkBb7i4FTYqENObpTtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJ0aGt0aWMyBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwODAzL3VzX29kZF9qb2JsZXNzX2dyYWRfc3VlcwRjcG9zAzUEcG9zAzIEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA2pvYmxlc3NueWN3bw--
Mother Finds Own Child for Sale Online
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20263403/detail.html
Vermont Says Man Must Give Up Pet Moose
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20236771/detail.html
Oregon Park Dropping Torture Reference From Name - Switching the name from Lloyd Knox Water Board Park to simply Lloyd Knox Park
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/52433467.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Chicago - Saturday in the Park
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWxA3e9f6rY
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Lawsuits Filed Over 2007 Egg Drop Accident - Avista worker died
• BPA Proposes Reduced Rate to Port Townsend Paper Mill
• Power Costs Could Go Up (23 Percent) In Eastern Oregon
• Chelan PUD Strikes 3-Year Deal with Union
• Clallam PUD Approves Bid for Carlsborg Warehouse
• Portland General Electric’s Second Quarter Revenue, Profits Decline
• BPA Invites Feedback on Proposed Transmission Line Replacement Project at Grand Coulee Dam
• Environment, Economy - TVA Posts $167M Loss in Third Quarter
• Without Nuclear Power & "Clean Coal," Cost to Meet Emissions Goal Could Double
• Kansas - Lawsuit Seeks Coal Plant Review
• Salmon Bill Would Put Removal of Snake River Dams Back on Table
• US Senator Mike Crapo - Salmon Tour to Showcase Efforts for Endangered Fish & Local Economy
• Record Rainbow Yanked From Snake River
• Orting Hatchery Coming Back To Life
• Hatchery Staff Battled To Save Salmon Fry
• Kootenai Tribe Restoring Sturgeon Habitat
• The War on Seagulls Continues At State Ferry Terminals
• California - Sea Lions Swarm Long-Abandoned Seal Rocks
• Oysters Are on the Rebound in the Chesapeake Bay
• Giant Vortex Of Floating Trash Swirling In Pacific
• Sun Will Help Power Nine Portland Schools
• LEDs: As Energy Efficient as Compact Fluorescents
• The Smart Grid: Is It Worth It?
• Scenarios: Fate of Climate Change Bill in Congress
• Greenhouse Gas Legislation - Congressional Research Reports
• Nobel Halo Fades Fast for Climate Change Panel
• Water Waste Shame of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Company
• Washington State Gov’t Data Center Plan Moves Ahead
• FCC Chair Touts Broadband as Top Priority
• The Struggle to Stay Wired, in a Hotel Room or a Crisis
• Microsoft's Bing Gains Another 1 Percent of U.S. Search
• Help Arrives To Help Battle Olympic National Park Fires
• Brush Fire in Shelton Quickly Controlled
• Hoquiam mill reopens after 8 months
• More Time to Comment on Shelton/Mason County U-G-A Agreement
• Typo Turns Woman's Life Upside Down
WORD OF THE DAY
Cimmerian • \sih-MEER-ee-un\ • adjective – Very dark or gloomy
It was late…too late. Francis was tip-toeing through the living room of his house, trying to grope his way through the Cimmerian darkness towards the bedroom. His hopes to slide into bed without waking his wife failed miserably as his tender, bare foot came down hard on one of his childrens’ wayward Lego blocks. The resulting screams woke not only his wife, but the neighbors on either side of the home.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Lawsuits Filed Over 2007 Egg Drop Accident - Avista worker died during school lesson in Othello (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/08/03/news/doc4a77769f37850297095314.txt
Bonneville Power Administration Proposes Reduced Rate to Port Townsend Paper Mill (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090804/news/308049989
Power Costs Could Go Up (23 Percent) In Eastern Oregon (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/27/daily64.html?ana=from_rss
Chelan PUD Strikes 3-Year Deal with Union (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090803/NEWS04/708039904/1001/NEWS04
Clallam PUD Approves Bid for Carlsborg Warehouse (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090804/news/308049995
Portland General Electric’s Second Quarter Revenue, Profits Decline (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/03/daily4.html?ana=from_rss
BPA Invites Public to Provide Feedback on Proposed Transmission Line Replacement Project at Grand Coulee Dam (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/297879/
Environment, Economy - TVA Posts $167M Loss in Third Quarter (Memphis Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2009/08/03/daily3.html?ana=from_rss
Without Nuclear Power & "Clean Coal," Cost To Meet Emissions Goal Could Double (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/03/BULF193ADP.DTL&feed=rss.business
Kansas - Lawsuit Seeks Coal Plant Review (Topeka Capital Journal)
http://www.cjonline.com/news/state_government/2009-08-03/lawsuit_seeks_coal_plant_review
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon Bill Would Put Removal of Snake River Dams Back on Table (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/08/salmon_bill_would_put_removal.html
US Senator Mike Crapo - Salmon Tour to Showcase Efforts For Endangered Fish & Local Economy: Watershed project shows funding, partnerships working (US Senator Mike Crapo, Idaho)
http://crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=233106
Record Rainbow Yanked From Snake River (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/929890.html
Orting Hatchery Coming Back To Life (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/832881.html
Hatchery Staff Battled To Save Salmon Fry (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/832883.html
Kootenai Tribe Restoring Sturgeon Habitat (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/929195.html
The War on Seagulls Continues At State Ferry Terminals (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009593739_seagulls04m.html
California - Sea Lions Swarm Long-Abandoned Seal Rocks (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/03/MN111910I2.DTL&feed=rss.news
Oysters Are on the Rebound in the Chesapeake Bay (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/science/04oyster.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Giant Vortex Of Floating Trash Swirling In Pacific (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009593728_garbage04.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Sun Will Help Power Nine Portland Schools (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/08/sun_will_help_power_nine_portl.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
LEDs: As Energy Efficient as Compact Fluorescents (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/leds-as-energy-efficient-as-compact-fluorescents/?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Smart Grid: Is It Worth It? (Energy Pulse Commentary)
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=2117
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Scenarios: Fate of Climate Change Bill in Congress (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed7/idUSTRE5724HX20090803
Greenhouse Gas Legislation: Summary & Analysis of H.R. 2454 as Passed by the House of Representatives (Congressional Research Reports)
http://opencrs.com/document/R40643/
Nobel Halo Fades Fast for Climate Change Panel (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/science/earth/04clima.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Water Waste Shame of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Company (Wandsworth Guardian, UK)
http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/4521700.Water_waste_shame_of_eco_friendly_ice_cream_company/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington State Gov’t Data Center Plan Moves Ahead - $180 million piece of project ignores state’s technology problem, says legislator (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/929723.html
FCC Chair Touts Broadband as Top Priority (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12985485
The Struggle to Stay Wired, in a Hotel Room or a Crisis (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/business/04road.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Microsoft's Bing Gains Another 1 Percent of U.S. Search (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE57222G20090803?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
GENERAL NEWS
Help Arrives To Help Battle Olympic National Park Fires (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090804/NEWS/308049997
Brush Fire in Shelton Quickly Controlled (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7951/reftab/1896/t/BRUSH-FIRE-IN-SHELTON-QUICKLY-CONTROLED/Default.aspx
Hoquiam mill reopens after 8 months (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_080309WAB-hoquiam-plywood-mill-TP.a4d1bbc1.html?rss
More Time to Comment on Shelton/Mason County U-G-A Agreement (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7950/reftab/1896/t/MORE-TIME-TO-COMMENT-ON-SHELTON-U-G-A-AGREEMENT/Default.aspx
Typo Turns Woman's Life Upside Down (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20267306/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_1_09000108042009&ts=H
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Jobless NYC Woman Sues College for $70K in Tuition
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090803/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_jobless_grad_sues;_ylt=Aq2PS6qkBb7i4FTYqENObpTtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJ0aGt0aWMyBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwODAzL3VzX29kZF9qb2JsZXNzX2dyYWRfc3VlcwRjcG9zAzUEcG9zAzIEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA2pvYmxlc3NueWN3bw--
Mother Finds Own Child for Sale Online
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20263403/detail.html
Vermont Says Man Must Give Up Pet Moose
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20236771/detail.html
Oregon Park Dropping Torture Reference From Name - Switching the name from Lloyd Knox Water Board Park to simply Lloyd Knox Park
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/52433467.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Chicago - Saturday in the Park
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWxA3e9f6rY
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