700th Blog Post - Energy News Digest for September 9, 2010

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

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Lowering Lake Mills Begins Today; Preparation Central to Clearing Elwha River of Dams (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100909/NEWS/309099988/lowering-lake-mills-begins-today-preparation-central-to-clearing

Residents Fume over Proposed Bonneville Power Administration Lines (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.katu.com/news/local/102513694.html

Mining Companies Aim to Export Coal to China Through Northwest Ports (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/09/global_mining_companies_are_fo.html

Governor Gregoire Denies Clemency for Death Row Inmate (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/24931066/detail.html

Portland General Electric: Biglow Canyon Wind Farm Complete (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/09/06/daily16.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Residents Fume over Proposed Bonneville Power Administration Lines

·         Centralia City Light Bond on Path for OK

·         Clallam PUD Warns of Telemarketing Scam

·         Natural Gas Stocks Expand Again

·         Oregon Pipeline Deals with Environmental Groups Have Ranchers Angry

·         Mining Companies Aim to Export Coal to China Through Northwest Ports

·         No Utility Increases Now In Ashland

·         Federal Energy Assistance Program Is Low on Funds

·         Chelan County PUD Plans Public Meetings to Talk About Future

·         Mason PUD 3 to Conduct Tree Trimming in Deckerville Road Area

·         American Electric Power to Meet New Ohio Standards to Lessen Outages

·         Do Higher Electricity Prices Drive Away Manufacturing Jobs?

·         Canada - Easy to be Complacent about Energy until its Too Late

·         Energysolutions Helps on Reactors in China

·         Lowering Lake Mills Begins Today; Preparation Central to Clearing Elwha River of Dams

·         Idaho Hatchery Officials Kill Thousands of Steelhead

·         Steelhead fishing opens up in North Central Washington

·         Coho Fishing Slows down in Strait of Juan de Fuca

·         Salmon Ending Epic Journey in Local Waterways

·         US Names Asian Carp Czar

·         Biologist Says Asian Carp Testing May be Misleading

·         Irrigators Push to Recover Conserved Water

·         Pacific Northwest Forests Could Face Beetle Damage: Report

·         Portland General Electric: Biglow Canyon Wind Farm Complete

·         New Transmission Essential for Oregon’s Renewable Energy Standard

·         Biofuel Project in Spokane County Wins $90,000 Grant - Converting straw to electricity

·         New York - Wood into Wattage: Biomass Energy System at VA Medical Center

·         Wisconsin - Biomass Hearing Date Set

·         Vermont - Citizen Group Forms to Fight Biomass Plan

·         Wind Power’s Growth Is Blowing Europe Toward Green Goals

·         Government Aid Puts China Ahead in Clean Energy

·         Ikea Wants a Green Future, Investing in Wind Farms

·         To Produce Power Inverters - California Energy Company Announces Phoenix Plant

·         Critics Say LEED Program Doesn’t Fulfill Promises

·         Federal Agency Sues LED Bulb Maker over Product Claims

·         Carbon Sequestration - Bellevue Company Gets $30 Million Energy Grant

·         Is ‘Carbon Capture’ Commercially Viable?

·         $3.1 Million Grant for Biofuel Research at PNNL

·         Iowa – Coal Fired Ethanol Plant Gets Grant to Convert to Biomass

·         Ten Eco-Business Subsidies You Should Know About

·         Steelworkers Launch War With Chinese Green Energy

·         Southern California Edison Unveils Online ‘Plug-in Car Rate Assistant’ to Estimate Cost of Fueling Electric Vehicles

·         New York - Fill ‘Er Up - With Wood

·         Power from the Atmosphere: Is it Real?

·         Taking over from Verizon - Frontier Communications Dials in Its Focus

·         Minnesotans Surprised to Learn They Have Fast Broadband

·         Worker Used State E-Mail to Promote Murray Campaign Event

·         Board Size, Term Lengths - Port of Shelton Opposes Citizen Initiatives

·         Governor Gregoire Denies Clemency for Death Row Inmate

·         Schools to Remain Closed as Ferndale Teachers Strike

·         Highway deaths fall to lowest level since 1950

·         Time to Put Together An Emergency Kit for You & Your Family

WORD OF THE DAY

Laconic • \luh-CONN-ick \ • adjective - Using or involving the use of a minimum of words: concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious

“Laconic? Yup, nice word for it,” quipped the tight-lipped farmer.

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

Residents Fume over Proposed Bonneville Power Administration Lines (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.katu.com/news/local/102513694.html

Centralia City Light Bond on Path for OK (iStock Analyst)

http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4481288

Clallam PUD Warns of Telemarketing Scam (Sequim Gazette, WA)

http://www.sequimgazette.com/news/article.exm/2010-09-08_pud_warns_of_telemarketing

Natural Gas Stocks Expand Again (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/09/09/financial/f075212D05.DTL

Oregon Pipeline Deals with Environmental Groups Have Ranchers Angry (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/12761-pipeline-deals-enviromental-groups-have-ranchers-angry/

Mining Companies Aim to Export Coal to China Through Northwest Ports (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/09/global_mining_companies_are_fo.html

No Utility Increases Now in Ashland (Medford Mail Tribune, OR)

http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100908/NEWS07/9080339/-1/NEWSMAP

Federal Energy Assistance Program Is Low on Funds (Nat’l Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129742920&ft=1&f=3

Chelan County PUD Plans Public Meetings to Talk About Future (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/sep/09/chelan-county-pud-plans-public-meetings-to-talk/

Mason PUD 3 to Conduct Tree Trimming in Deckerville Road Area (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=772

American Electric Power to Meet New Ohio Standards to Lessen Outages “…more aggressive tree-trimming program & more sophisticated meters that alert the company…” (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012850284_apohaepoutagestandards.html

Do Higher Electricity Prices Drive Away Manufacturing Jobs? California’s “Global Warming Solutions Act,” AB32, mandates reductions in carbon dioxide & other greenhouse gas emissions. Will this cost jobs? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Green-Economics/2010/0908/Do-higher-electricity-prices-drive-away-manufacturing-jobs

Canada - Easy to be Complacent about Energy until its Too Late: When you have a lot of hydro energy, complacency can obscure the need for much more dramatic steps toward sustainable energy (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/2010/09/09/vancouver/20086/Easy-to-be-complacent-about-energy-until-it-s-too-late/

Energysolutions Helps on Reactors in China (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/09/08/1160110/energysolutions-helps-on-reactors.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Lowering Lake Mills Begins Today; Preparation Central to Clearing Elwha River of Dams (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100909/NEWS/309099988/lowering-lake-mills-begins-today-preparation-central-to-clearing

Idaho Hatchery Officials Kill Thousands of Steelhead (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/sep/08/idaho-hatchery-officials-kill-thousands-steelhead/

Steelhead fishing opens up in North Central Washington (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/sep/08/steelhead-fishing-opens-up-in-ncw/

Coho Fishing Slows down in Strait of Juan de Fuca (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2012843860_fish09.html

Salmon Ending Epic Journey in Local Waterways (Blue Mountain Eagle, Grant County, OR)

http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=13&ArticleID=25017

US Names Asian Carp Czar (WGN-TV, Chicago)

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/09/us-names-asian-carp-czar.html

Biologist Says Asian Carp Testing May be Misleading (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/09/08/national/a103947D48.DTL

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Irrigators Push to Recover Conserved Water (Columbia Basin Herald, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_698a6376-bb95-11df-b0f1-001cc4c002e0.html

Pacific Northwest Forests Could Face Beetle Damage: Report (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/09/06/daily20.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Portland General Electric: Biglow Canyon Wind Farm Complete (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/09/06/daily16.html

New Transmission Essential for Oregon’s Renewable Energy Standard (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/columns/2010/09/new_transmission_essential_for_oregons_renewable_energy_standard.html

Biofuel Project in Spokane County Wins $90,000 Grant - Farm Power converting straw to electricity (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/sep/09/biofuel-project-wins-90000-grant/

New York - Wood into Wattage: Biomass Energy System at VA Medical Center (WBNG-TV, Binghamton, NY)

http://www.wbng.com/news/local/Wood-Into-Wattage-102485039.html

Wisconsin - Biomass Hearing Date Set (Wausau Daily Herald, WI)

http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20100909/WDH0101/9090681/Biomass-hearing-date-set

Vermont - Citizen Group Forms to Fight Biomass Plan (Bennington Banner, VT)

http://www.benningtonbanner.com/local/ci_16026738

Wind Power’s Growth Is Blowing Europe Toward Green Goals (The Guardian, UK – Check out the photo. These must be some of those hybrid turbines I’ve heard about…)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/09/wind-power-growth-europe-green-coals

Government Aid Puts China Ahead in Clean Energy (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/business/global/09trade.html

Ikea Wants a Green Future, Investing in Wind Farms (Families in Business)

http://www.familiesinbusiness.net/default.asp?title=Ikeawantsagreenfuture%2Cinvestinginwindfarms&page=article.display&article.id=22962

To Produce Power Inverters - California Energy Company Announces Phoenix Plant (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/09/09/state/n100359D03.DTL

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Critics Say LEED Program Doesn’t Fulfill Promises (Nat’l Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129727547&ft=1&f=2

Federal Agency Sues LED Bulb Maker over Product Claims (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/federal-agency-sues-led-bulb-maker/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Carbon Sequestration - Bellevue Company Gets $30 Million Energy Grant (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012844194_apwaenergygrant.html

Is ‘Carbon Capture’ Commercially Viable? (iStock Analyst)

http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/4483979

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

$3.1 Million Grant for Biofuel Research at PNNL (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/09/1363453/31-million-grant-for-biofuel-research.html

Iowa – Coal Fired Ethanol Plant Gets Grant to Convert to Biomass (Des Moines Register, IA)

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100909/BUSINESS01/9090347/1029/

Ten Eco-Business Subsidies You Should Know About (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/2010/09/08/green-business-subsidies-entrepreneurs-finance-sustainable-tech-10.html

Steelworkers Launch War With Chinese Green Energy (Newsweek Magazine)

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/09/09/steelworkers-launch-war-with-chinese-green-energy.html

Southern California Edison Unveils Online ‘Plug-in Car Rate Assistant’ to Estimate Cost of Fueling Electric Vehicles (Electric Energy Online)

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=139706

New York - Fill ‘Er Up - With Wood (North Country Public Radio, Canton, NY)

http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16270/fill-er-up-with-wood

Power from the Atmosphere: Is it Real? (Green Tech Media)

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/power-from-the-atmosphere-is-it-real/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Taking over from Verizon - Frontier Communications Dials in Its Focus (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100909/BIZ/709099965/-1/rss03

Minnesotans Surprised to Learn They Have Fast Broadband - Questions Ookla stats, which show different picture from Connected Nation (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Minnesotans-Surprised-To-Learn-They-Have-Fast-Broadband-110266

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Worker Used State E-Mail to Promote Murray Campaign Event - Employment Security official says employee will be disciplined (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/sep/08/worker-used-state-e-mail-to-promote-murray-campaig/

Board Size, Term Lengths - Port of Shelton Opposes Citizen Initiatives (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3205-port-of-shelton-opposes-citizen-initiatives

GENERAL NEWS

Governor Gregoire Denies Clemency for Death Row Inmate (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/24931066/detail.html

Schools to Remain Closed as Ferndale Teachers Strike (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/24930742/detail.html

Highway deaths fall to lowest level since 1950 (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012845392_apushighwaydeaths.html

Time to Put Together An Emergency Kit for You & Your Family (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=13123087

DIVERSIONS

Should Have Checked Expedia - Gamer suspended over name of W.Va. town: Fort Gay

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h5X6hL7iERUljRvfymMhMMsPhkigD9I3PA0G0

Unique Haircut Helps Capture Robbery Suspect

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/102459914.html

Kentucky Farmer Claims Some Corn Popped on the Stalk

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/09/07/national/a130906D07.DTL

New Hospital Gowns Cover All Options – No London, France, or Underpants!

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/sep/08/new-hospital-gowns-cover-all-options/

SONG OF THE DAY

Dr John - Right Place, Wrong Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8OacVjGr8o

Energy News Digest for September 8, 2010

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

The news digest will be on the road September 19-22 at the Northwest Innovations Conference - Marketing & Communication. Check out this exciting event here: https://gateway.nwppa.org/euclidweb/cgi-bin/eventsdll.dll/EventInfo?sessionaltcd=100970

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

China Blacks Out Towns to Meet Energy Goal (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012835223_apaschinaenforcedblackouts.html

Record Low Oxygen Levels Observed in Southern Hood Canal (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/sep/07/record-low-oxygen-levels-observed-in-southern/

Tacoma’s Download Speeds Rank 48th of 50 State Cities - For a place that calls itself “The Wired City,” Tacoma’s Internet download speeds aren’t living up to the hype (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/08/1332122/tacomas-download-speeds-rank-48th.html#ixzz0yxd5xeFt

Light Bulb Factory Closes; End of Era for US Means More Jobs Overseas (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/07/AR2010090706933.html

Construction Is Complete at Vantage Wind Farm in Washington State (North American Wind Power)

http://www.nawindpower.com/naw/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6492

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         China Blacks Out Towns to Meet Energy Goal

·         Study Says Smart Meters Alone May Not Save Much Energy

·         Pacific Gas & Electric Smart Meters Offer Solid Technology & a Public Relations Nightmare

·         California - Bobcat Climbing Power Pole Starts Five-Acre Fire

·         Canada - Commercial Fishermen Docked While First Nations Reap Sockeye

·         Private Forest Landowners Can Get ‘Safe Harbor’ from Owl Restrictions

·         Whale Researchers Hitch a Ride on Zeppelin

·         Booming Big Bird Populations Pose Problems

·         Video - Northwest Oyster Farms Unable to Fill Demand

·         Record Low Oxygen Levels Observed in Southern Hood Canal

·         Oxygen-Starved ‘Dead Zones’ Growing in US Waters

·         Yakima Valley Wells Still Contaminated With Nitrates

·         Odessa Water Issues Tied to Columbia Basin Development Project

·         Columbia, Snake Locks Will Close for Repairs

·         Construction Is Complete at Vantage Wind Farm in Washington State

·         Columnist - Wind Power Proliferation: Let’s Not Spoil Columbia Gorge’s Gorgeous Views

·         Wyoming - Duke Energy Appeals Tax Bills on Wind Projects

·         With Washington Pressing for Wind Energy, Companies Fight over Infrastructure

·         Chinese Offshore Wind Power Development Blows Past US

·         Oregon - PV Powered Wins $2.4 Million Energy Grant

·         Snohomish School Gets Major Solar Upgrade

·         Editorial - More ‘Green’ Power Means Big Dividends Elsewhere

·         California - Greenest State Behind in the Trash-to-Energy Race

·         Renewable Energy Touted at Nevada Policy ‘Summit’

·         Residential Solar Energy Systems Put the Texas Sun to Work

·         Letters Support Carbon Neutrality of Biomass, National Renewable Energy Standard

·         US Keeping up with European Biomass Demand

·         With 70% of New Solar Systems in 2009, Europe Continues to Dominate

·         Loan Guarantee Issued for Nevada Geothermal Project

·         Light Bulb Factory Closes; End of Era for US Means More Jobs Overseas

·         Lights Out for the Incandescent Bulb

·         To Go Where Compact Fluorescents Cannot

·         Green Building: A Real Estate Revolution?

·         What’s a Watt?

·         US Department of Energy Giving $575 Million in Carbon Capture Grants

·         Jimmy Carter’s Solar Panels Headed Back to Washington, DC

·         Solar Cars & Homes & Panels. Oh, My! - If you own a solar home, should you charge your solar car there?

·         Green Gym Generates Electricity from Bikers

·         Tacoma’s Download Speeds Rank 48th of 50 State Cities

·         Google TV in Autumn, Chrome Tablets Coming, CEO Says

·         Tentative over Cell Towers - The iPhone’s NIMBY Problem Underscored

·         Google unveils ‘Google Instant’ to speed up Internet search

·         Judge Tosses Washington State Limit on Late Campaign Spending

·         Activists Hoping to Get Norm Dicks’ Attention at Bremerton Rally

·         Columnist - On Our Ballot: The Best Initiatives Big $ Can Buy

·         Forum for Clallam County Treasurer Candidates Focuses on Missing $617,467

·         How the Erie Canal & Hoover Dam Hold Lessons for Today’s Hard Times

·         Brown to be Washington State’s 78th Execution

·         New Group Formed: Citizens for a Prosperous Mason County

·         Calling Bruce Willis - Pair of Asteroids to Buzz Past the Earth

·         Self-Imposed Particulates? US Smoking Rate Still Stuck at 1 in 5 Adults

·         15 Colleges worth the Price – Including: The Evergreen State College

·         Growing Number of Kids Addicted to the Internet

·         Old Farmer’s Almanac: Global Cooling to Continue

·         Cheerleader Charged in Embezzlement Scheme

WORD OF THE DAY

Zenith • \ZEE-nith\ • - 1: the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer 2: the highest point reached in the heavens by a celestial body 3: culminating point: acme

Ah yes, those big and bulky color television sets that were considered the zenith of home technology in the 1960’s. I remember being bundled up and herded across the street to the grandparents to join the Mitch Miller sing-along while parked in front of a hulking, wood-encased TV set that emitted odors of hot circuits and lemon pledge.

1965 Zenith Television Ad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIefAOli1QY

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

China Blacks Out Towns to Meet Energy Goal (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012835223_apaschinaenforcedblackouts.html

Study Says Smart Meters Alone May Not Save Much Energy (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68700A20100908

Pacific Gas & Electric Smart Meters Offer Solid Technology & a Public Relations Nightmare (Get Solar)

http://www.getsolar.com/blog/pge-smart-meters-offer-solid-technology-and-a-public-relations-nightmare/11790/

California - Bobcat Climbing Power Pole Starts Five-Acre Fire (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012830717_apusoddbobcatfire.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Canada - Commercial Fishermen Docked While First Nations Reap Sockeye (Vancouver Sun, BC)

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/canada/Commercial+fishermen+docked+while+First+Nations+reap+sockeye+Tory/3491858/story.html

Private Forest Landowners Can Get ‘Safe Harbor’ from Owl Restrictions (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/12597-private-forest-landowners-can-get-safe-harbor-owl-restrictions/

Whale Researchers Hitch a Ride on Zeppelin (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/12602-whale-researchers-hitch-ride-zeppelin/

Booming Big Bird Populations Pose Problems (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2010-09-07-bigbirds07_ST_N.htm

Video - Northwest Oyster Farms Unable to Fill Demand (Wall Street Journal)

http://online.wsj.com/video/northwest-oyster-farms-unable-to-fill-demand/5D32A4B9-FC75-4E78-A290-565C66651817.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Record Low Oxygen Levels Observed in Southern Hood Canal (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/sep/07/record-low-oxygen-levels-observed-in-southern/

Oxygen-Starved ‘Dead Zones’ Growing in US Waters (Tucson Sentinel, AZ)

http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090710_ocean_deadzones

Yakima Valley Wells Still Contaminated With Nitrates (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/12625-yakima-valley-wells-still-contaminated-nitrates/

Odessa Water Issues Tied to Columbia Basin Development Project (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_ae901d6c-bacd-11df-af7e-001cc4c002e0.html

Columbia, Snake Locks Will Close for Repairs - Three-month outage will begin in December (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/sep/08/columbia-snake-locks-will-close-for-repairs/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Construction Is Complete at Vantage Wind Farm in Washington State (North American Wind Power)

http://www.nawindpower.com/naw/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6492

Columnist - Wind Power Proliferation: Let’s Not Spoil Columbia Gorge’s Gorgeous Views (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/sep/08/lets-not-spoil-gorges-gorgeous-views/

Wyoming - Duke Energy Appeals Tax Bills on Wind Projects (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/09/07/financial/f092838D77.DTL

With Washington Pressing for Wind Energy, Companies Fight over Infrastructure - Utilities Grapple With How to Pay for, Install Lines to Move Wind Energy from West to East (Washington Independent)

http://washingtonindependent.com/96856/with-washington-pressing-for-wind-energy-companies-fight-over-infrastructure-investments

Chinese Offshore Wind Power Development Blows Past US (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/09/07/07climatewire-chinese-offshore-development-blows-past-us-47150.html

Oregon - PV Powered Wins $2.4 Million Energy Grant (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/09/06/daily7.html

Snohomish School Gets Major Solar Upgrade (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Rural-Snohomish-County-School-Goes-Big-Time-Solar-102387254.html

Editorial - More ‘Green’ Power Means Big Dividends Elsewhere (Idaho Mountain Express & Guide, Sun Valley, ID)

http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005133134

California - Greenest State Behind in the Trash-to-Energy Race (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15999929

Renewable Energy Touted at Nevada Policy ‘Summit’ (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012830962_apnvenergysummitvegas.html

Residential Solar Energy Systems Put the Texas Sun to Work (Dallas Morning News, TX)

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/greenliving/stories/DN-nhm_green_0904gd.ART.State.Edition1.35c9ac8.html

Letters Support Carbon Neutrality of Biomass, National Renewable Energy Standard (Biomass Magazine)

http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=4070

US Keeping up with European Biomass Demand (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/09/keeping-up-with-european-biomass-demand

With 70% of New Solar Systems in 2009, Europe Continues to Dominate (Smart Planet)

http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog/smart-takes/with-70-of-new-pv-solar-systems-in-2009-europe-continues-to-dominate/10486/

Loan Guarantee Issued for Nevada Geothermal Project (Bloomberg News)

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9I381LG0.htm

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Light Bulb Factory Closes; End of Era for US Means More Jobs Overseas (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/07/AR2010090706933.html

Lights Out for the Incandescent Bulb (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/business/phasing-out-incandescent-light-bulb/

To Go Where Compact Fluorescents Cannot (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/to-go-where-compact-fluorescents-cannot/

Green Building: A Real Estate Revolution? (Nat’l Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129699450&ft=1&f=2

What’s a Watt? Anyone who wants to follow the renewable versus traditional energy debate needs to know what we mean when we say “watt” (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/09/whats-a-watt?cmpid=rss

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

US Department of Energy Giving $575 Million in Carbon Capture Grants (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012831093_apuscarboncapturegrants.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Jimmy Carter’s Solar Panels Headed Back to Washington, DC (Associated Press)

http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100907/NEWS/100909835/-1/NEWSMAP

Solar Cars & Homes & Panels. Oh, My! - If you own a solar home, should you charge your solar car there? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Green-Economics/2010/0907/Solar-cars-and-homes-and-panels.-Oh-my

Green Gym Generates Electricity from Bikers (MSNBC)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39040000/ns/technology_and_science-future_of_energy/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Tacoma’s Download Speeds Rank 48th of 50 State Cities - For a place that calls itself “The Wired City,” Tacoma’s Internet download speeds aren’t living up to the hype (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/08/1332122/tacomas-download-speeds-rank-48th.html#ixzz0yxd5xeFt

Here’s the Ookla Ratings for Washington State (Ookla)

http://www.netindex.com/download/3,91/Washington/

Google TV in Autumn, Chrome Tablets Coming, CEO Says (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2012830766_google_tv_in_autumn_chrome_tab.html

Tentative over Cell Towers - The iPhone’s NIMBY Problem Underscored (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2010/09/07/the-iphones-nimby-problem-underscored/

Google unveils ‘Google Instant’ to speed up Internet search (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_16021954

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Judge Tosses Washington State Limit on Late Campaign Spending (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/07/1361465/judge-tosses-wa-limit-on-late.html

Activists Hoping to Get Norm Dicks’ Attention at Bremerton Rally (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/sep/07/activists-hoping-to-get-norm-dicks-attention-at/

Columnist - On Our Ballot: The Best Initiatives Big $ Can Buy (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/426300_JOEL08.html

Forum for Clallam County Treasurer Candidates Focuses on Missing $617,467 (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100908/NEWS/309089990/forum-for-clallam-treasurer-candidates-focuses-on-missing-617467

How the Erie Canal & Hoover Dam Hold Lessons for Today’s Hard Times - We’re desperate for jobs, so why not put people to work fixing America’s decaying infrastructure? (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/2010/09/08/transportation/20106/How-the-Erie-Canal-and-Hoover-Dam-hold-lessons-for-today-s-hard-times/

GENERAL NEWS

Brown to be Washington State’s 78th Execution (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=363079

New Group Formed: Citizens for a Prosperous Mason County – Backs ADAGE Biomass Project (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3194-new-group-formed-citizens-for-a-prosperous-mason-county-

Calling Bruce Willis - Pair of Asteroids to Buzz Past the Earth: The asteroids will pass earth Wednesday at a distance closer than the moon (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0907/Pair-of-asteroids-to-buzz-past-the-earth

Self-Imposed Particulates? US Smoking Rate Still Stuck at 1 in 5 Adults (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2010/09/us_smoking_rate_still_stuck_at.html

15 Colleges worth the Price – Including: The Evergreen State College, Linfield, & Western Oregon (Washington Post)

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/political-bookworm/2010/09/15_colleges_worth_the_price.html

Growing Number of Kids Addicted to the Internet (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=363367

Old Farmer’s Almanac: Global Cooling to Continue - The West will see a mild winter with average precipitation (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/weather/index.ssf/2010/09/old_farmers_almanac_global_coo.html

Cheerleader Charged in Embezzlement Scheme (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/426306_cheer07.html

DIVERSIONS

Yellow Jackets Sting Massachusetts Woman 500-Plus Times

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_16011446

Hold Your Nose & Look It Up…If You Dare - Non-Word `Refudiate’ Gets Most Online Searches: Merriam-Webster’s “Word of the Summer” is not even a word

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012830206_apussummerstopwords.html

Merriam-Webster’s Words of the Summer Runners-Up

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012830389_apussummerstopwordsrunnersup.html

Woman Devours 181 Chicken Wings in Contest

http://www.kirotv.com/sports/24893921/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

The B-52’s - Private Idaho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5F3PHvnQAQ