Energy News Digest for September 7, 2012

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

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Texas Heat Pushes Electricity Use to New Monthly Record (Reuters)

http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/06/energy-utilities-texas-idINL2E8K69QH20120906

FERC Takes Aim at Deutsche Bank over California Power Market Manipulation (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/06/us-deutschebank-ferc-manipulation-idUSBRE8851CB20120906

Pacific Northwest Tribes Oppose Oregon’s Measure 81 Gillnetting Ban (Willamette Week, OR)

http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-29130-tribes_oppose_measure_81_gillnetting_ban.html

El Nino May Warm Up Western Washington Winter (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=733554

LED Light Bulbs Do Least Environmental Harm, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Says (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/09/led_light_bulbs_do_least_envir.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Texas Heat Pushes Electricity Use to New Monthly Record
• FERC Takes Aim at Deutsche Bank over California Power Market Manipulation
• Broken Ground Wire Caused Idaho Irrigation Ditch Deaths
• Port Angeles City Council OKs Purchase of New Electrical Transformer for Substation
• Cowlitz PUD Launches Outage Hot Line
• Chelan PUD Projects Focus on Reliable Service for Customers
• Port Angeles’ Taylor Street Telephone Poles Coming Down Next Week
• Video - Protecting the Environment While Protecting a Transmission Tower From...The Environment
• British Columbia Regulator Says Fracking Causes Minor Earthquakes
• What is the Role of Hydroelectric Power in the United States?
• Suing Entergy over Hurricane Isaac Response
• Pacific Northwest Tribes Oppose Oregon’s Measure 81 Gillnetting Ban
• Parasite Blamed for Killing Fish in Snake River
• Fish Bypass Delay at Priest Rapids Dam Won’t Impact Deadline
• Union River Estuary Restoration Begins
• Washington State Awarded $22 Million for Salmon Recovery
• Fight over Wild Wolves Reignited by Plan to Kill as Many as Four
• Thurston County, Washington State Work to Conserve Prairie Species
• Lake Erie: Dead Fish Turning Up By the Thousands on Northern Shoreline
• Merrimack Village Dam: The Impact of Removing a Dam in New Hampshire
• New Report Details Water Quality in Puget Sound
• Toxic Algae Blooms Spotted around Wells Dam Reservoir on Columbia River
• Port Townsend Gets $3 Million Washington State Loan for Water Project
• Washington State, Irrigators Sign Dungeness Water Pact
• For Farms in the West, Oil Wells Are Thirsty Rivals
• Kittitas County Wind Farm Lets You Bike, Hike or Hunt among Towering Turbines
• Off the Coast of Oregon, A Test of Wave Energy Prototype
• A New Big Solar Panel Farm in the Works in California
• Port Townsend Council Learns It Can Have One Air Monitor
• Breathing New Life into Old Wind Turbines
• Wind Energy Popular in Poll, But Few Sign Up at Utilities
• California’s Solar Energy Passes a Milestone
• European Union Conducting Anti-Dumping Probe into China Solar Panels
• LED Light Bulbs Do Least Environmental Harm, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Says
• Company Profits Unaffected by Climate Change Laws: Poll
• Port Townsend City Council Approves Buying Ten Thousand Reusable Shopping Bags for Community
• Portland Loo, A Public Toilet That Skips to the Head of Its Class
• Utilities Angling to Use Public Safety’s 700 MHz Broadband Spectrum
• Chasing the Elusive Dream of Rural Wireless Broadband
• Cable Company Promises $6K Refund after News 5 Report
• Washington State Auditor Candidate Denies Previous Allegations of Fraud, Theft
• El Nino May Warm Up Western Washington Winter
• Mysterious West Seattle Hum Could Be Fish – Seriously
• Blimps Away! Airships Get High-Tech Makeover

WORD OF THE DAY

Stem Winder • \stem-WĪND-der \ • Noun - 1: a stem-winding watch 2: one that is first-rate of its kind; especially: a stirring speech

With the two major political parties’ conventions in the rear view mirror - stem winding speeches shelved for the duration – time to don the hazmat suits for the evening TV watching and the accompanying partisan advertising.

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

Texas Heat Pushes Electricity Use to New Monthly Record (Reuters)

http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/06/energy-utilities-texas-idINL2E8K69QH20120906

FERC Takes Aim at Deutsche Bank over California Power Market Manipulation (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/06/us-deutschebank-ferc-manipulation-idUSBRE8851CB20120906

Broken Ground Wire Caused Idaho Irrigation Ditch Deaths (Associated Press)

http://www.ktvb.com/news/Broken-wire-caused-irrigation-ditch-deaths-168780776.html

Port Angeles City Council OKs Purchase of New Electrical Transformer for Substation (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120906/news/309069990/pa-council-oks-purchase-of-new-electrical-transformer

Cowlitz PUD Launches Outage Hot Line (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/1c381ab8-f87a-11e1-8745-0019bb2963f4.html

Chelan PUD Projects Focus on Reliable Service for Customers (North Central Washington TV)

http://www.ncwtv.com/pud-projects-focus-on-reliable-service-for-customers-4269/

Port Angeles’ Taylor Street Telephone Poles Coming Down Next Week – Delayed over late phone cable order (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120907/NEWS/309079985/taylor-street-utility-poles-coming-down-next-week

Video - Protecting the Environment While Protecting a Transmission Tower From...The Environment (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/BPANews/ArticleTemplate.cfm?ArticleId=article-20120906-01

British Columbia Regulator Says Fracking Causes Minor Earthquakes (Victoria Times Colonist, B-C)

http://www.timescolonist.com/business/regulator+says+fracking+causes+minor+earthquakes/7205516/story.html

What is the Role of Hydroelectric Power in the United States? (Alaska Business Monthly)

http://www.akbizmag.com/Alaska-Business-Monthly/September-2012/What-is-the-role-of-hydroelectric-power-in-the-United-States/

Suing Entergy over Hurricane Isaac Response (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/09/06/49978.htm

FISH & WILDLIFE

Pacific Northwest Tribes Oppose Oregon’s Measure 81 Gillnetting Ban (Willamette Week, OR)

http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-29130-tribes_oppose_measure_81_gillnetting_ban.html

Parasite Blamed for Killing Fish in Snake River (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/sep/06/parasite-blamed-killing-fish-snake-river/

Fish Bypass Delay at Priest Rapids Dam Won’t Impact Deadline (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_dfc47986-f78f-11e1-ad02-0019bb2963f4.html

Union River Estuary Restoration Begins (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/sep/06/union-river-estuary-restoration-begins/

Washington State Awarded $22 Million for Salmon Recovery (South Sound Business Examiner)

http://www.businessexaminer.com/blog/September-2012/State-awarded-22M-for-salmon-recovery/index.php

Fight over Wild Wolves Reignited by Plan to Kill as Many as Four (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019088062_wolves07m.html

Thurston County, Washington State Work to Conserve Prairie Species (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/09/07/2240754/county-state-work-to-conserve.html

Lake Erie: Dead Fish Turning Up By the Thousands on Northern Shoreline (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0906/Lake-Erie-Dead-fish-turning-up-by-the-thousands-on-northern-shoreline

Merrimack Village Dam: The Impact of Removing a Dam in New Hampshire (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/09/merrimack-village-dam-results-of-removing-a-dam-in-new-hampshire?cmpid=rss

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

New Report Details Water Quality in Puget Sound (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/new-report-details-water-quality-puget-sound

Toxic Algae Blooms Spotted around Wells Dam Reservoir on Columbia River (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/sep/06/toxic-algae-blooms-spotted-around-wells-dam/

Port Townsend Gets $3 Million Washington State Loan for Water Project (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120907/news/309079986/port-townsend-gets-3-million-state-loan-for-water-project

Washington State, Irrigators Sign Dungeness Water Pact (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/8122

For Farms in the West, Oil Wells Are Thirsty Rivals (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/us/struggle-for-water-in-colorado-with-rise-in-fracking.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0moc.semityn.www

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Kittitas County Wind Farm Lets You Bike, Hike or Hunt among Towering Turbines (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.com/html/outdoors/2019076703_odwildhorse09.html

Off the Coast of Oregon, A Test of Wave Energy Prototype (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/09/off_the_coast_of_oregon_a_test.html

A New Big Solar Panel Farm in the Works in California (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/cleantech/a-new-big-solar-panel-farm-in-the-works-in-california/

Port Townsend Council Learns It Can Have One Air Monitor (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120906/news/309069988/port-townsend-council-learns-it-can-have-1-air-monitor

Breathing New Life into Old Wind Turbines (Wind Power Monthly)

http://www.windpowermonthly.com/news/rss/1148629/Breathing-new-life-old-wind-turbines/

Wind Energy Popular in Poll, But Few Sign Up at Utilities (Tulsa World, OK)

http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=49&articleid=20120907_49_E1_CUTLIN813427

California’s Solar Energy Passes a Milestone (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/07/4796127/californias-solar-energy-passes.html

European Union Conducting Anti-Dumping Probe into China Solar Panels (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2019078336_apeueuchinasolar.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

LED Light Bulbs Do Least Environmental Harm, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Says (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/09/led_light_bulbs_do_least_envir.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Company Profits Unaffected by Climate Change Laws: Poll (Bloomberg News)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-07/company-profits-unaffected-by-climate-change-laws-poll.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Port Townsend City Council Approves Buying Ten Thousand Reusable Shopping Bags for Community (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120906/NEWS/309069987/port-townsend-city-council-approves-buying-10000-reusable-shopping

Portland Loo, A Public Toilet That Skips to the Head of Its Class (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-08-29-portland-loo-20120829,0,104499.story

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Utilities Angling to Use Public Safety’s 700 MHz Broadband Spectrum (Fierce Broadband Wireless)

http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/utilities-angling-use-public-safetys-700-mhz-broadband-spectrum/2012-09-05

Chasing the Elusive Dream of Rural Wireless Broadband (Fierce Broadband Wireless)

http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/chasing-elusive-dream-rural-wireless-broadband/2012-09-06

Cable Company Promises $6K Refund after News 5 Report (WKRG-TV, Mobile, AL)

http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/sep/04/cable-company-promises-6k-refund-after-news-5-repo-ar-4478663/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State Auditor Candidate Denies Previous Allegations of Fraud, Theft (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/wash-state-auditor-candidate-denies-previous-allegations-fraud-theft

GENERAL NEWS

El Nino May Warm Up Western Washington Winter (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=733554

Mysterious West Seattle Hum Could Be Fish – Seriously (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.nwcn.com/news/washington/168858276.html

Blimps Away! Airships Get High-Tech Makeover (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/sep/06/airships-get-high-tech-makeover/

DIVERSIONS

What a Loophole - NY Court Weighs if Lap Dance is Tax-Exempt Art

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/sep/06/ny-court-weighs-if-lap-dance-is-tax-exempt-art/

Too Much? Mom Potty Trains Kids in Restaurant

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=733286

To Help Tell Quadruplets Apart, Mother Shaves Numbers on Their Heads

http://gawker.com/5941338/to-help-tell-quadruplets-apart-mother-shaves-numbers-on-their-heads

Plane Full of Passengers Probably Not Amused by Buddy Prank That Turned Their Flight Around

http://consumerist.com/2012/09/plane-full-of-passengers-probably-not-amused-by-prank-that-turned-their-flight-around.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg - Twins Theme/Intimidation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtnDRutx6Sg

Energy News Digest for September 6, 2012

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

Washington State Says Rocky Reach Dam Upgrades Count as Renewable Energy (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/sep/05/state-says-rocky-reach-dam-upgrades-count-as/

NRC Looking into Washington State Nuclear Plant's 11-Year-Old Mistake (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/nrc-looking-wash-nuclear-plants-11-year-old-mistake

REC Silicon’s Moses Lake Jobs Remain Secure (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/business/article_71762362-ee2f-11e1-9f04-001a4bcf887a.html

Three Gillnet Foes Reverse Tack, Urge No Vote on Oregon’s Anti-Gillnet Measure 81 (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/09/three_gillnet_foes_reverse_tac.html

Decision Made, Mason County Fairgrounds Must Move (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/38548-decision-made-fairgrounds-must-move

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• NRC Looking into Washington State Nuclear Plant's 11-Year-Old Mistake
• Look Up - Man Moving Pipe is Electrocuted North of Pasco
• Grays Harbor PUD Commissioners Give Manager Lovely High Marks
• Approve NERC Definition of Bulk Electric System, APPA Urges FERC
• U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week
• Leonard to Retire as Entergy Chair, CEO
• No End to Brazil's 'Pandora Dam' Drama
• Yakamas Developing Long-Term Plan for Wenatchee River Coho Salmon
• Three Gillnet Foes Reverse Tack, Urge No Vote on Oregon’s Anti-Gillnet Measure 81
• Editorial - Safe for Salmon, Good for Growers
• Washington State Upgrades Status of Shellfish Beds near Shelton
• Do You Hear What I Hear? Researchers Record Orcas Underwater
• Study: Gulf of Mexico Overfishing Has Cost Millions
• Solution to Declining Water Supply in Odessa Subarea
• Washington State Says Rocky Reach Dam Upgrades Count as Renewable Energy
• REC Silicon’s Moses Lake Jobs Remain Secure
• Utilities Beat Back Community Solar Bill in California
• Does Power Tower Solar Harm Birds And Bats?
• Solyndra Investment Funds Could See Big Tax Breaks
• Japan Utility: No Money to Develop Renewables
• A Free Online Service Launches to Manage Building Energy Data
• Video View of an Endangered Program Cutting Energy Waste
• Shell to Test Capturing of Carbon in Canada
• Electric Cars Are Becoming Everyday Vehicles
• As Arenas Go Green, Will Fans Follow?
• UTOPIA's Executive Director Disputes Reports of Funding Woes
• Why Time Warner Cable’s New York City Fiber Rollout is Nothing Like Google’s
• FCC to Measure Mobile Broadband Speeds
• From London, a Lesson in the Benefits of Free Wi-Fi
• Microsoft Bing Takes On Google in Search Challenge
• Mason County Auditor Disagrees with Commissioner Statements on Salaries
• Decision Made, Mason County Fairgrounds Must Move
• Prisoner Accidentally Released from Clallam County Jail
• 500 Acre Fire Burning Outside Ellensburg Threatens Homes, Approaching Wind Turbines
• Residents Flee Columbia River Gorge Wildfire
• Forest Service Selects Woman to Lead Olympic National Forest
• Ebbing Community College Enrollment a Promising Sign for Economy
• Former North Mason Volleyball Coach Dies
• Report Confirms Seattle; Tacoma Drivers Are Terrible

WORD OF THE DAY

Gainsay • \gain-SAY\ • Verb - 1: to declare to be untrue or invalid 2: contradict, oppose

There is no doubt that their work makes a useful contribution, but it does not provide enough evidence to gainsay the conclusions of earlier scholars.

This may be the “Year of the Fact Checkers” as battling political foes seek to gainsay the claims of their rivals…spewing vile through the “intertubes,” television, radio, print, and the various media that assaults our senses every minute of our waking days. (cynical much…no, I’m constantly amazed)

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

NRC Looking into Washington State Nuclear Plant's 11-Year-Old Mistake (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/nrc-looking-wash-nuclear-plants-11-year-old-mistake

Look Up - Man Moving Pipe is Electrocuted North of Pasco (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/09/06/2088640/man-moving-pipe-is-electrocuted.html

Grays Harbor PUD Commissioners Give Manager Lovely High Marks (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://thedailyworld.com/sections/news/local/pud-commissioners-give-lovely-high-marks.html

Approve NERC Definition of Bulk Electric System, APPA Urges FERC (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=189219&issueID=26840

U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2019082086_apusnaturalgasstorage.html

Leonard to Retire as Entergy Chair, CEO (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2019077072_apusentergychanges.html

No End to Brazil's 'Pandora Dam' Drama (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2012/09/05/no-end-to-brazils-pandora-dam-drama/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Yakamas Developing Long-Term Plan for Wenatchee River Coho Salmon (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/sep/06/yakamas-developing-long-term-plan-for-wenatchee/

Three Gillnet Foes Reverse Tack, Urge No Vote on Oregon’s Anti-Gillnet Measure 81 (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/09/three_gillnet_foes_reverse_tac.html

Editorial - Safe for Salmon, Good for Growers (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/sep/05/safe-for-salmon-good-for-growers/

Washington State Upgrades Status of Shellfish Beds near Shelton (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/sep/05/state-upgrades-shellfish-beds-near-shelton/

Do You Hear What I Hear? Researchers Record Orcas Underwater (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/do-you-hear-what-i-hear-researchers-record-orcas-underwater

Study: Gulf of Mexico Overfishing Has Cost Millions (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-09-05/study-overfishing/57603756/1?csp=34news

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Solution to Declining Water Supply in Odessa Subarea (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_bdf6ec4e-f6e0-11e1-bac7-001a4bcf887a.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Washington State Says Rocky Reach Dam Upgrades Count as Renewable Energy (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/sep/05/state-says-rocky-reach-dam-upgrades-count-as/

REC Silicon’s Moses Lake Jobs Remain Secure (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/business/article_71762362-ee2f-11e1-9f04-001a4bcf887a.html

Utilities Beat Back Community Solar Bill in California (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/climate-energy/utilities-beat-back-community-solar-bill-in-california/

Does Power Tower Solar Harm Birds And Bats? (AOL Energy)

http://energy.aol.com/2012/08/31/does-power-tower-solar-harm-birds-and-bats/

Solyndra Investment Funds Could See Big Tax Breaks (Associated Press)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_21475103

Japan Utility: No Money to Develop Renewables (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2019078335_apasjapannuclear.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

A Free Online Service Launches to Manage Building Energy Data (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/cleantech/a-free-online-service-launches-to-manage-building-energy-data/

Video View of an Endangered Program Cutting Energy Waste (NY Times)

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/video-view-of-an-endangered-program-cutting-energy-waste/?partner=rss&emc=rss

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Shell to Test Capturing of Carbon in Canada (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/05/for-oil-sands-a-1-36-billion-carbon-capture-effort/?partner=rss&emc=rss

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Electric Cars Are Becoming Everyday Vehicles (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/In-Gear/2012/0905/Electric-cars-are-becoming-everyday-vehicles

As Arenas Go Green, Will Fans Follow? (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/05/as-arenas-go-green-will-fans-follow/?partner=rss&emc=rss

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

UTOPIA's Executive Director Disputes Reports of Funding Woes (The Ogden Standard-Examiner, UT)

http://www.standard.net/stories/2012/09/04/utopias-executive-director-disputes-reports-funding-woes

Why Time Warner Cable’s New York City Fiber Rollout is Nothing Like Google’s (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2012/08/29/why-time-warner-cables-nyc-fiber-rollout-is-nothing-like-googles/

FCC to Measure Mobile Broadband Speeds (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-tech/post/fcc-to-measure-mobile-broadband-speeds/2012/09/05/8c208dc6-f76a-11e1-8253-3f495ae70650_blog.html?wprss=rss_technology

From London, a Lesson in the Benefits of Free Wi-Fi (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/03/technology/from-london-a-lesson-in-the-benefits-of-free-wi-fi.html?_r=2

Microsoft Bing Takes On Google in Search Challenge (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2012/09/microsoft-bing-takes-on-google-in-search-challenge/1?csp=34tech

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Mason County Auditor Disagrees with Commissioner Statements on Salaries (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/38549-auditor-disagrees-with-commissioner-statements

GENERAL NEWS

Decision Made, Mason County Fairgrounds Must Move (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/38548-decision-made-fairgrounds-must-move

Prisoner Accidentally Released from Clallam County Jail (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Prisoner-accidentally-released-from-Clallam-County-Jail-168653486.html

500 Acre Fire Burning Outside Ellensburg Threatens Homes, Approaching Wind Turbines (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2012/09/06/500-acre-fire-burning-outside-ellensburg

Residents Flee Columbia River Gorge Wildfire (Associated Press)

http://mynorthwest.com/174/528373/New-Wash-wildfires-burn-near-Columbia-River-Gorge

Forest Service Selects Woman to Lead Olympic National Forest (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/09/06/2239268/forest-service-selects-woman-to.html

Ebbing Community College Enrollment a Promising Sign for Economy (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/ebbing-community-college-enrollment-promising-sign-economy

Former North Mason Volleyball Coach Dies (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/7169

Report Confirms Seattle; Tacoma Drivers Are Terrible (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=728920

DIVERSIONS

Drought is Ruining People’s Ability to Throw Cow Dung at Things

http://grist.org/climate-energy/drought-ruining-peoples-ability-to-throw-cow-dung/

Farmer Who Wanted ‘a Few Nice Sunflowers’ Accidentally Plants Field Full of Cannabis

http://gawker.com/5940628/farmer-who-wanted-a-few-nice-sunflowers-accidentally-plants-field-full-of-cannabis

Chinese Toddler's Karaoke Tantrum Ends in Bloodbath

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9508353/Chinese-toddlers-karaoke-tantrum-ends-in-bloodbath.html

97-Year-Old Message in a Bottle Found Off British Coast Sets New World Record

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/31/97-year-old-message-in-a-bottle-found-off-british-coast-sets-new-world-record/

SONG OF THE DAY

Three Dog Night- Out in the Country

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ1tF6LgB40