Energy News Digest for August 3, 2011

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Federal Judge Shoots Down Plan for Columbia River Basin Dams & Salmon for Third Time (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/08/judge_james_redden_shoots_down.html

Energy Northwest Nuclear Power Restart Delayed Again (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/08/03/1769374/energy-nw-nuclear-power-restart.html

US Senator David Vitter to Block Fish & Parks Nominee “…Republicans especially have said they are troubled with actions American Rivers made on dam removal while Rebecca Wodder served as president & CEO…” (Politico)

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/60591.html

Split Decision - Mason County Commissioners Approve Belfair Sewer Plan (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/aug/02/mason-commissioners-approve-belfair-sewer-plan/

Hansens Pull Out of Next Year’s Mason Area Fair “…because of a small group of people, the past few months have been a nightmare for his family…” (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/11774-hansens-pull-out-of-next-years-fair

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Energy Northwest Nuclear Power Restart Delayed Again
• Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Deal Months Away
• Rising Cost of Florida’s New Nuclear Power Getting Scrutiny
• Natural Gas Extraction Creates a Boom for Sand
• Federal Judge Shoots Down Plan for Columbia River Basin Dams & Salmon for Third Time
• Judge Rejects Columbia River Salmon-Protection Plan as Too Vague
• Judge Beaches Feds’ Columbia River Salmon Plan
• Federal Joint Statement on Salmon Plan Ruling
• Q&A: What’s Next for Columbia Salmon Plans?
• US Senator David Vitter to Block Fish & Parks Nominee (who headed group advocating Snake River Dam removal)
• Anglers Catch Almost 90,000 Pikeminnow
• Elwha River Salmon, Steelhead Better Off Without Hatcheries
• Editorial – “Frankenfish”: Science & Salmon
• Art Opens the Door on Belfair’s Salmon Center
• Split Decision - Mason County Commissioners Approve Belfair Sewer Plan
• Biomass & Seattle Steam - Could Steam be the New Green Energy?
• Columnist - Stupidity About Solar Power
• Debt Deal, Promising Energy Budget Cuts, Appears to Chill Hopes for a Carbon Tax
• Carbon Capture: Pipe Dream or Key to our Energy Challenges?
• Cooped Up: Chickens Come Home to Roost for Urbanites with a Yen for Hen
• Internet Explorer Market Share Declines
• Internet Explorer IQ Story Was Bogus
• CenturyLink Misses Earnings Expectations
• Massive Cyber Attack Hit Canadian Government, Companies
• Data Center Backups - Sabey DOE Meeting
• A Growing Market for Cleantech: Data Centers
• Twitter Getting Rid of Old Format
• What Will Debt-Ceiling Deal Do to the Fragile US Economy?
• Moody’s Backs US Triple-A Rating; Outlook Negative
• Privatize the Highways. And Every Other Road, Too
• Hansens Pull Out of Next Year’s Mason Area Fair
• Mason County Crash on Highway 3
• Woman Injured After Elevator Falls Four Floors in Downtown Seattle
• Budget Ax Falls On Officers Who Track Ex-Prisoners
• Mother Wants Better Security after Son Beaten at Great Wolf Lodge Family Resort
• Washington State Couple Plead Guilty to Withholding Passport
• Washington State No. 2 for Entrepreneurs: Study
• Oregon Ranks No. 5 for Entrepreneurship
• Woman Claims to be Niece of DB Cooper

WORD OF THE DAY

Ipso Facto • \IP-so - FACK-toe\ • Adverb - By that very fact or act: as an inevitable result.

The slack-jawed audience gazed wonderingly at the slick politician who headed the speakers’ roster at the small-town’s annual summer festival. “I will use large words you do not understand,” he bellowed in a voice that reached the upper tier of the sweltering meeting hall. “Ipso factor, you will know by my words that I am a very intelligent man; smarter than most of you.” One attendee was unconvinced, muttering to his neighbor, “Even so, he’s still not smart enough to examine his zipper before stepping onto the stage.”

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

Energy Northwest Nuclear Power Restart Delayed Again (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/08/03/1769374/energy-nw-nuclear-power-restart.html

Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Deal Months Away - Even with an Bonneville Power Administration electricity deal potentially in the works (Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_197c92c8-bd6a-11e0-88d4-001cc4c03286.html

Rising Cost of Florida’s New Nuclear Power Getting Scrutiny (Miami Herald, FL)

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/08/01/2340842/rising-cost-of-floridas-new-nuclear.html

US Senators Argue Over Fate of Nuclear Safety Proposals (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/08/02/02greenwire-senators-argue-over-fate-of-nuclear-safety-pro-79067.html?ref=energy-environment

Natural Gas Extraction Creates a Boom for Sand (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/2011/08/03/138710389/gas-extraction-creates-a-boom-for-sand?ft=1&f=3

FISH & WILDLIFE

Federal Judge Shoots Down Plan for Columbia River Basin Dams & Salmon for Third Time (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/08/judge_james_redden_shoots_down.html

Judge Rejects Columbia River Salmon-Protection Plan as Too Vague (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015801139_salmondams03m.html?syndication=rss

Judge Beaches Feds’ Columbia River Salmon Plan (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/08/02/judge-beaches-feds-columbia-river-salmon-plan/

Federal Joint Statement on Salmon Plan Ruling (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/1153451/

Q&A: What’s Next for Columbia Salmon Plans? (Oregon Public Radio)

http://news.opb.org/article/q-whats-next-columbia-salmon-plans/

US Senator David Vitter to Block Fish & Parks Nominee “…Republicans especially have said they are troubled with actions American Rivers made on dam removal while Rebecca Wodder served as president & CEO…” (Politico)

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/60591.html

Anglers Catch Almost 90,000 Pikeminnow - Helping salmon & steelhead while earning big money (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/1073963/

Elwha River Salmon, Steelhead Better Off Without Hatcheries (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/2011/08/02/environment/21168/Elwha-River-salmon%2C-steelhead-better-off-without-hatcheries/

Editorial – “Frankenfish”: Science & Salmon (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-ed-salmon-20110802,0,351902.story

Art Opens the Door on Belfair’s Salmon Center (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/aug/02/doors-on-belfair-salmon-center-are-examples-of/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Split Decision - Mason County Commissioners Approve Belfair Sewer Plan (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/aug/02/mason-commissioners-approve-belfair-sewer-plan/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Biomass & Seattle Steam - Could Steam be the New Green Energy? (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=524627

Columnist - Stupidity About Solar Power (Forbes Magazine)

http://blogs.forbes.com/timworstall/2011/08/02/stupidity-about-solar-power/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Debt Deal, Promising Energy Budget Cuts, Appears to Chill Hopes for a Carbon Tax (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2011/08/02/02climatewire-debt-deal-promising-energy-budget-cuts-appea-90674.html?partner=rss

Carbon Capture: Pipe Dream or Key to our Energy Challenges? (Clean Technica)

http://cleantechnica.com/2011/08/03/carbon-capture-pipe-dream-or-key-to-our-energy-challenges/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Cooped Up: Chickens Come Home to Roost for Urbanites with a Yen for Hen (Wall Street Journal – Ed. Note: the editor must have had a LOT of free time on their hands to come up with THAT headline. Yeesh!)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904292504576479960464282684.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_10_1

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Internet Explorer Market Share Declines (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoftpri0/2015801113__the_july_browser_market.html

Internet Explorer IQ Story Was Bogus - Story claimed that users of internet explorer had a lower IQ than those who opted for other browsers (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14389430

CenturyLink Misses Earnings Expectations (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2015807109_apusearnscenturylink.html

Massive Cyber Attack Hit Canadian Government, Companies (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Massive+cyber+attack+Canadian+targets/5198160/story.html

Data Center Backups - Sabey DOE Meeting (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

http://www.kpq.com/8-2-11---Sabey-DOE-Meeting--more-/10512767

A Growing Market for Cleantech: Data Centers (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/cleantech/a-growing-market-for-cleantech-data-centers/

Twitter Getting Rid of Old Format (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/faster-forward/post/twitter-getting-rid-of-old-format/2011/08/03/gIQAjsFqrI_blog.html?wprss=faster-forward

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

What Will Debt-Ceiling Deal Do to the Fragile US Economy? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2011/0802/What-will-debt-ceiling-deal-do-to-the-fragile-US-economy

Moody’s Backs US Triple-A Rating; Outlook Negative (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/08/02/national/w152225D19.DTL

Privatize the Highways. And Every Other Road, Too (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Mises-Economics-Blog

GENERAL NEWS

Hansens Pull Out of Next Year’s Mason Area Fair “…because of a small group of people, the past few months have been a nightmare for his family…” (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/11774-hansens-pull-out-of-next-years-fair

Mason County Crash on Highway 3 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/11773-crash-on-highway-3-update

Woman Injured After Elevator Falls Four Floors in Downtown Seattle (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Woman-injured-after-elevator-falls-4-floors-in-downtown-Seattle-126668388.html

Budget Ax Falls On Officers Who Track Ex-Prisoners (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/28746483/detail.html

Mother Wants Better Security after Son Beaten at Great Wolf Lodge Family Resort (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/28744701/detail.html

Washington State Couple Plead Guilty to Withholding Passport (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/126650018.html

Washington State No. 2 for Entrepreneurs: Study (Puget Sound Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2011/08/02/washington-state-no-2-for.html

Oregon Ranks No. 5 for Entrepreneurship (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2011/08/oregon-ranks-no-5-for-entrepreneurship.html

Woman Claims to be Niece of DB Cooper (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Woman-claims-to-be-neice-of-DB-Cooper-126703058.html

DIVERSIONS

Woman’s Facebook Breakup Lawsuit Against Kennewick Man Dismissed

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/126556493.html

From the “You Knew This Was Coming” Department - Port Townsend Video Store’s ‘Butter Beer’ Prompts Warner Bros. Lawyer’s Brew-Ha-Ha

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20110803/news/308039987/port-townsend-video-store-8217-s-8216-butter-beer-8217-prompts

Carlsbad, or Carlsbad? Tennis Player Flies to Wrong City for Tournament

http://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/blog/busted_racquet/post/Tennis-player-flies-to-wrong-city-for-tournament?urn=ten-wp2401

Lithuania - Mayor Crushes Car Parked In Bike Lane with Armored Vehicle

http://consumerist.com/2011/08/mayor-crushes-cars-that-park-in-bike-lane-with-tank.html

SONG OF THE DAY

The Temptations - Just My Imagination

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT6kjQhVJ9Y

Federal Judge Rejects Another Columbia River Salmon Plan

Judge James Redden Rejects Plan for Columbia Basin Dams & Salmon for Third Time (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/08/judge_james_redden_rejects_pla.html

Energy News Digest for August 2, 2011

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Found in Substation - Enumclaw Woman Badly Burned While Allegedly Trying to Steal Copper (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/08/02/1767967/enumclaw-woman-badly-burned-while.html

Bonneville Power Administration Offers Power Deal for Columbia Falls Aluminum Company (Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT – Public power is still waiting for that than you note…)

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/breaking_news/article_bc78a6b0-bca7-11e0-819a-001cc4c002e0.html

Washington State, Feds Celebrate New Columbia River Project to Deliver Water to Farmers (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015797349_apwacolumbiariverwater.html

Summer Chinook Season - First in 20 Years - Opens with Little Fanfare (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2011/aug/02/summer-chinook-season-first-in-20-years-opens/

New Findings on Hydro Power Could Shake up Renewable Policy “…hydroelectric power reservoirs are responsible for only about a sixth of the carbon dioxide & methane previously attributed to them…” (Clean Technica – Bonus points…see if you can find the hilarious misspelling in this article….)

http://cleantechnica.com/2011/08/01/new-findings-on-hydro-power-could-shake-up-renewable-policy/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Found in Substation - Enumclaw Woman Badly Burned While Allegedly Trying to Steal Copper
• Vandalism Triggers Call for Help, Warning of Danger from Clallam County PUD
• Copper Thieves Getting Dangerously Desperate
• Bonneville Power Administration Offers Power Deal for Columbia Falls Aluminum Company
• Puget Sound Energy Seeking Offers for Power Supply in 2012 through 2015
• Company Builds Roads for Bellingham Coal Terminal without Proper Permit
• Northwest Could Keep Nuclear Waste for 100 Years Under Recommendation
• Washington State L&I Investigating Leavenworth Electrocution Death
• Mason Area Fair – PUD 3 Shows Children How to be Safe around Electricity, Nearly 400 Participate in Demonstration
• Alaska Hydropower Project Moving Ahead
• Texas Heat Pushes State Power Grid to the Max
• Colorado - Boulder Phone Survey: 71% of Respondents Support City Electric Utility
• NY State Senator Faults New York City over Deaths in Foreclosed Home
• Coming Together to Pray, and Also to Find Reduced-Rate Energy Deals
• Summer Chinook Season - First in 20 Years - Opens with Little Fanfare
• Dave Shorett on Fishing: All of the Salmon News is Not Bad News
• Pacific Northwest Tribes Drive Effort to Save Primitive Fish
• Disgusting Sea Creature Threatened with Extinction
• Can Washington State Fit Shipping Coal to China with Protecting Fish?
• California - Officials to Electro-Shock Fish to Measure Upper Truckee River Restoration Project
• Will Asian Carp Turn Up in Fishing Expedition Near Lake Michigan?
• Vegas Company Gambles on Desert Shrimp Farm
• Washington State, Feds Celebrate New Columbia River Project to Deliver Water to Farmers
• California - Surplus Water Flowing to State’s Farms, Reservoirs
• New Findings on Hydro Power Could Shake up Renewable Policy
• Second Clark County Neighborhood Opposes Biomass Plant
• North Carolina - Landfill of the Future: Turning Trash into Treasure
• Curbing Supercomputers’ Growing Drain on Energy
• Canadian Firm to Take Control of Jeld-Wen Inc.
• Study: Climate Change Imperils Himalayan Glaciers
• Arctic Scientist Suspension is About Project’s Management
• Related - Second-Guessing Polar Bear Research
• Loud, Smelly Chickens: The Downside of Seattle Farming?
• Chevrolet Dealers Install Solar-Powered Volt Chargers
• Latest Out of Tailpipes: Electricity with Exhaust
• FCC Broadband Study Shows Which Companies Actually Come Close to Meeting Advertised Download Speeds
• Frontier Communications to Add 50 More Jobs
• Why Shutting Down 800 Federal Data Centers Won’t be Easy
• Is Another Dot-Com Bubble in Danger of Bursting?
• Washington State Lt. Governor Brad Owen Also Opts To Cut Own Pay
• Gary Locke Sworn in as Ambassador to China
• California - Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Bar Per-Signature Pay on Ballot-Measure Petitions
• Washington State Governor Supports Debt Deal, But Unsure How It Will Effect State
• Questions & Answers About the Federal Debt-Deficit Deal
• Firms Rating US Debt Spent $1.75 Million Lobbying Washington on Regulations
• Study: Intensive Thinning Needed to Cut Wildfire Risk
• Falcons Protect Washington State Blueberry Fields from Starlings

WORD OF THE DAY

Conundrum • \kuh-NUN-drum\ • Noun - 1: a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun 2a: a question or problems having only a conjectural answer b: an intricate and difficult problem

Cut, borrow, or tax

Congressional conundrum

The best we can do?

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

Found in Substation - Enumclaw Woman Badly Burned While Allegedly Trying to Steal Copper (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/08/02/1767967/enumclaw-woman-badly-burned-while.html

Vandalism Triggers Call for Help, Warning of Danger from Clallam County PUD (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20110801/news/308019998/vandalism-triggers-call-for-help-warning-of-danger-from-clallam

Copper Thieves Getting Dangerously Desperate (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/126554673.html

Bonneville Power Administration Offers Power Deal for Columbia Falls Aluminum Company (Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT – Public power is still waiting for that than you note…)

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/breaking_news/article_bc78a6b0-bca7-11e0-819a-001cc4c002e0.html

Puget Sound Energy Seeking Offers for Power Supply in 2012 through 2015 (Electric Light & Power)

http://www.elp.com/index/display/article-display.articles.electric-light-power.generation.2011.08.Puget_Sound_Energy_seeking_offers_for_power_supply_in_2012_through_2015.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html

Company Builds Roads for Bellingham Coal Terminal without Proper Permit (Bellingham Herald, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Company-builds-roads-for-coal-terminal-without-proper-permit-126553458.html

Northwest Could Keep Nuclear Waste for 100 Years Under Recommendation (Northwest Public Radio)

http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=9205

Washington State L&I Investigating Leavenworth Electrocution Death (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2011/aug/01/li-investigating-electrocution-death/

Mason Area Fair – PUD 3 Shows Children How to be Safe around Electricity, Nearly 400 Participate in Demonstration (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=892

Alaska Hydropower Project Moving Ahead (Electric Light & Power)

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

Texas Heat Pushes State Power Grid to the Max (Houston Business Journal, TX)

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2011/08/texas-heat-pushes-state-power-grid-to.html

Colorado - Boulder Phone Survey: 71% of Respondents Support City Electric Utility (Boulder Daily Camera, CO)

http://www.dailycamera.com/energy/ci_18598309

NY State Senator Faults New York City over Deaths in Foreclosed Home - Utility had shut off the electricity because it had no record of tenants at that address

http://online.wsj.com/article/APc112af1cfdbb4b72b0ac15486ce63075.html

Coming Together to Pray, and Also to Find Reduced-Rate Energy Deals (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/science/earth/31churches.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Summer Chinook Season - First in 20 Years - Opens with Little Fanfare (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2011/aug/02/summer-chinook-season-first-in-20-years-opens/

Dave Shorett on Fishing: All of the Salmon News is Not Bad News (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/aug/01/dave-shorett-on-fishing-all-of-the-salmon-news/

Pacific Northwest Tribes Drive Effort to Save Primitive Fish (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/story/15191264/nw-tribes-drive-effort-to-save-primitive-fish

Disgusting Sea Creature Threatened with Extinction (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/0729/Disgusting-sea-creature-threatened-with-extinction

Can Washington State Fit Shipping Coal to China with Protecting Fish? (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/20440/Can-Washington-state-fit-shipping-coal-to-China-with-protecting-fish-/

California - Officials to Electro-Shock Fish to Measure Upper Truckee River Restoration Project (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/08/01/3807710/officials-to-electro-shock-fish.html

Will Asian Carp Turn Up in Fishing Expedition Near Lake Michigan? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2011/0801/Will-Asian-carp-turn-up-in-fishing-expedition-near-Lake-Michigan

Vegas Company Gambles on Desert Shrimp Farm (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2015750183_apusdesertshrimp.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Washington State, Feds Celebrate New Columbia River Project to Deliver Water to Farmers (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015797349_apwacolumbiariverwater.html

California - Surplus Water Flowing to State’s Farms, Reservoirs (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/31/3806034/surplus-water-flowing-to-states.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

New Findings on Hydro Power Could Shake up Renewable Policy “…hydroelectric power reservoirs are responsible for only about a sixth of the carbon dioxide & methane previously attributed to them…” (Clean Technica – Bonus points…see if you can find the hilarious misspelling in this article….)

http://cleantechnica.com/2011/08/01/new-findings-on-hydro-power-could-shake-up-renewable-policy/

Second Clark County Neighborhood Opposes Biomass Plant (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/aug/01/2nd-neighborhood-opposes-biomass-plant/

North Carolina - Landfill of the Future: Turning Trash into Treasure (Greensboro News Record, NC)

http://www.news-record.com/content/2011/07/30/article/landfill_of_the_future_turning_trash_into_treasure

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Curbing Supercomputers’ Growing Drain on Energy (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/2011/08/02/138916003/curbing-supercomputers-growing-drain-on-resources?ft=1&f=3

Canadian Firm to Take Control of Jeld-Wen Inc. (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/aug/02/canadian-firm-to-take-control-of-jeld-wen-inc/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Study: Climate Change Imperils Himalayan Glaciers (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2011/08/climate-change-himalayan-glaciers-/1

Arctic Scientist Suspension is About Project’s Management (Associated Press)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_18598553

Related - Second-Guessing Polar Bear Research (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/second-guessing-polar-bear-research/?partner=rss&emc=rss

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Loud, Smelly Chickens: The Downside of Seattle Farming? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2011/08/01/loud-smelly-chickens-the-downside-of-seattle-farming/

Chevrolet Dealers Install Solar-Powered Volt Chargers (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/07/chevrolet-dealers-install-solar-powered-volt-rechargers/1

Latest Out of Tailpipes: Electricity with Exhaust (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/automobiles/latest-out-of-tailpipes-electricity-with-exhaust.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

FCC Broadband Study Shows Which Companies Actually Come Close to Meeting Advertised Download Speeds (Consumerist)

http://consumerist.com/2011/08/fcc-broadband-study-shows-which-companies-actually-come-close-to-meeting-advertised-download-speeds.html

Frontier Communications to Add 50 More Jobs (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110802/biz/708029958/-1/rss03

Why Shutting Down 800 Federal Data Centers Won’t be Easy (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/cloud/why-shutting-down-800-federal-data-centers-wont-be-easy/

Is Another Dot-Com Bubble in Danger of Bursting? (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2011-07-26-dotcom-bubble_n.htm?csp=34tech

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State Lt. Governor Brad Owen Also Opts To Cut Own Pay (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/08/01/1746057/lt-gov-owen-also-opts-to-cut-own.html

Gary Locke Sworn in as Ambassador to China (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Gary-Locke-sworn-in-as-ambassador-to-China-126533283.html

California - Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Bar Per-Signature Pay on Ballot-Measure Petitions (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_18596760

GENERAL NEWS

Washington State Governor Supports Debt Deal, But Unsure How It Will Effect [sic] State (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/08/02/1746565/missing-headline-for-02ostatereaxs.html

Questions & Answers About the Federal Debt-Deficit Deal (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2015791439_apusdebtshowdownqa.html

Firms Rating US Debt Spent $1.75 Million Lobbying Washington on Regulations (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/08/firms_rating_us_debt_also_spen.html

Study: Intensive Thinning Needed to Cut Wildfire Risk (Northwest Public Radio)

http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=9206

Falcons Protect Washington State Blueberry Fields from Starlings (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/story/15187206/falcons-protect-wa-blueberry-fields-from-starlings

DIVERSIONS

Giant-Snail Farming: The Next Big Thing?

http://www.kirotv.com/money/28678608/detail.html

Send in the Clown (Students) - Youngsters Have Chance to Connect with ‘Clownselves’

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/08/01/1744885/send-in-the-clown-students.html

Swede Tries to Make Nuke Reactor in Kitchen

http://www.kirotv.com/health/28739278/detail.html

Girl in Hawaii Finds Message in Bottle from Silverton, OR Boy

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/08/girl_in_hawaii_finds_message_in_bottle_from_silverton_or_boy.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Cream - Strange Brew

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