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)
- Thieves Hit BPA Potlatch Substation near Hoodsport. Reward Offered
- Snohomish PUD To Seek Rate Increases More Often
- Oregon Forces Pollution Cuts at Portland General Electric Coal Plant
- Utah - US Needs 100 More Nuclear Power Plants
- Study Says Wyoming Coal Essential to Energy Future
- Seattle Garbage Truck Brings Down Power Pole
- National Lightning Safety Awareness Week
- Rogue River - Oregon Dam Deconstruction Takes Break for Fish
- NY Times Editorial - Ocean Rescue from Overfishing
- Report Critical Of Point Reyes Seashore's Take on Farms
- Contract for Shelton’s Kneeland Park Pump Station Awarded
- Oregon - Klamath Dams Removal Bill Goes To Governor
- Could Cowlitz Surges Fix Silt Problems?
- Justices Say Waste Can Be Dumped in Alaska Lake
- Portland General Electric Begins Generation at Biglow Canyon Wind Farm
- Funds Scarce For Alternative Energy Projects
- Can Wind Power Get Up to Speed?
- Wind, (The Myth Of) Backup Power and Emissions
- Solar Project Meets Bigger Foe than Cloudy Skie
- San Jose Closer to Being First U.S. City with Biogas Plant
- Energy Conservation - Stimulus Makes Local Impact
- Columbia Credit Union Earns Green Design Honor
- California Startup's Prefab Homes Aim for Zero Energy Bills
- Eco-Consultants Help Navigate Green Minefield
- Oakland Green Job Corps Grads Get To Work
- House Climate Bill Remains in Holding Pattern
- Word Games Could Threaten Climate Bill
- U.S. Climate Fix To Cost Consumers $175 a Year
- Montana Crowd Protests Cap-And-Trade Proposal (
- United Kingdom - Deforestation Plan for Britain Splits Green Groups
- Ancient Drought and Rapid Cooling Drastically Altered Climate
- Microsoft Hires Yahoo Data Center Exec
- Yahoo to Write Down As Much As $34M for Layoffs
- MySpace to Cut Two-Thirds of Staff Outside U.S.
- A Weak Spot in Our Cyber Defenses
- Grandmas Tell AT&T: We Don't Want Metered Billing Either
- Web Browser Enters a Golden Age
- Shot Across the Bow over Cost Savings for Fire Service
- Washington Highway Funds Stretch
- Bids Lower Than Expected For Idaho Road Projects
- Four Kids Sicced Pit Bull on Women in SeaTac, Cops Say
- Washington State's Top Prisons Doctor Quit Over Execution Policy
- State Audit Rips Apart King County
- Montana City Ends Policy Seeking Internet Passwords
- Editorial - Oregon Follows Suit on Metal Theft Laws
- The Wonder of Mars in Its Seasonal Glory
WORD OF THE DAY
Gumption • \GUMP-shun\ • noun – 1: common sense, horse sense 2: enterprise, initiative
Expertly guiding his team of six horses, the wizened stagecoach driver suspiciously eyed the fresh-faced guard assigned to watch over the chest of gold nuggets stashed under the wildly swaying seat. He absently shifted his quid of chewing tobacco and spat at a hovering fly, all the time wondering of the guard, nicknamed “Buttercup,” would have the gumption to protect the treasure on board the coach, or flee at the first sign of robbers or restive natives.
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
Copper Thieves Hit Potlatch Substation, BPA Offers $25,000 Reward for Info (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062209WAB-bonnevile-copper-thieves-TP.17040c7d.html
Thieves Hit BPA Potlatch Substation near Hoodsport. Reward Offered (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=562
Snohomish PUD To Seek Rate Increases More Often - Officials say the move would help them maintain the power grid better (Everett Herald, WA)
http://heraldnet.com/article/20090623/NEWS01/706239910
Oregon Forces Pollution Cuts at Portland General Electric's Coal-Fired Power Plant (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/oregon_forces_pollution_cuts_a.html
Utah - US Needs 100 More Nuclear Power Plants: But with Yucca Mountain plan dead, what to do with the hot waste piling up across the country? (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12666571
Study Says Wyoming Coal Essential to Energy Future (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/22/ap6573521.html
Seattle Garbage Truck Brings Down Power Pole (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19821251/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_4pm&tmi=sea_4pm_1_06000206222009&ts=H
National Lightning Safety Awareness Week (KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10573262
FISH & WILDLIFE
Rogue River - Oregon Dam Deconstruction Takes Break for Fish (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2080924~Ore__dam_deconstruction_takes_break_for_fish.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
NY Times Editorial - Ocean Rescue: Most of the world’s important commercial fish species have been declining for years. The biggest cause of the deterioration in ocean health…is overfishing
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/opinion/22mon1.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Report Critical Of Point Reyes Seashore's Take on Farms – Including Aquaculture? (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12663374
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Contract for Shelton’s Kneeland Park Pump Station Awarded (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7604/reftab/1632/t/CONTRACT-FOR-KNEELAND-PARK-PUMP-STATION-AWARDED/Default.aspx
Oregon - Klamath Dams Removal Bill Goes To Governor (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2081587~Klamath_dams_removal_bill_goes_to_governor.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Could Cowlitz Surges Fix Silt Problems? Mossyrock Dam: Corps Exploring Several Options for Managing Tons of Sediment from Mount St. Helens (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/06/22/news//doc4a3fc0e52b8db967649388.txt
Justices Say Waste Can Be Dumped in Alaska Lake (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/us/23alaska.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Portland General Electric Begins Power Generation at Biglow Canyon Wind Farm (iStock Analyst)
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3277097
Funds Scarce For Alternative Energy Projects (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/06/22/local_news/doc4a3fd056ec579567846160.txt
Can Wind Power Get Up to Speed? (Time Magazine)
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1906507,00.html
Wind, (The Myth Of) Backup Power and Emissions (Energy Pulse)
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=2078
Solar Project Meets Bigger Foe than Cloudy Skies: The Air Force - Opposition to Plant Highlights Hurdles Facing Renewable Energy (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/19/AR2009061903404.html?wprss=rss_business
San Jose Closer to Being First U.S. City with Biogas Plant (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12650797
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Conservation - Stimulus Makes Local Impact (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/889253.html
Columbia Credit Union Earns Green Design Honor (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090623/BIZ01/706239988/-1/BIZ
California Startup's Prefab Homes Aim for Zero Energy Bills (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/22/BURR187SSG.DTL&feed=rss.news
Eco-Consultants Help Navigate Green Minefield (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/22/BUTR18A1KA.DTL&feed=rss.business
Oakland Green Job Corps Grads Get To Work (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/22/BUJP18BMCL.DTL&feed=rss.news
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
House Climate Bill Remains in Holding Pattern (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/22/22climatewire-house-climate-bill-remains-in-holding-patter-56278.html
Word Games Could Threaten Climate Bill (Politico.com)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/24059.html
U.S. Climate Fix To Cost Consumers $175 a Year: CBO (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55L57O20090622
Montana Crowd Protests Cap-And-Trade Proposal (Billings Gazette, MT)
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/06/23/news/local/26-protest.txt
United Kingdom - Deforestation Plan for Britain Which Has Split Green Groups: cutting down trees to enhance wildlife habitat? (The Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/5300490/Deforestation-plan-for-Britain-which-has-split-green-groups.html
Ancient Drought and Rapid Cooling Drastically Altered Climate (US News & World Report)
http://www.usnews.com/articles/science/2009/06/22/ancient-drought-and-rapid-cooling-drastically-altered-climate.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft Hires Yahoo Data Center Exec (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/06/22/daily11.html?ana=from_rss
Yahoo to Write Down As Much As $34M for Layoffs (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12648681
MySpace to Cut Two-Thirds of Staff Outside U.S. (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/technology/companies/24myspace.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A Weak Spot in Our Cyber Defenses (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/22/AR2009062202485.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
Grandmas Tell AT&T: We Don't Want Metered Billing Either - 'We grandmothers know a rip off when we seen one...' (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Grandmas-Tell-ATT-We-Dont-Want-Metered-Billing-Either-103080
Web Browser Enters a Golden Age (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12625109
GENERAL NEWS
Shot Across the Bow - City of Shelton Sending Letter to Dist. Five Inquiring About Cost Savings for Fire Service (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7607/reftab/1632/t/CITY-SENDING-LETTER-TO-FIRE-FIVE-INQUIRING-ABOUT-COST-SAVINGS-FOR-FIRE-SERVICE/Default.aspx
Washington Highway Funds Stretch - Lower-than-expected bids mean money left over for additional projects (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/787150.html
Bids Lower Than Expected For Idaho Road Projects (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/888802.html
Four Kids Sicced Pit Bull on Women In SeaTac, Cops Say (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009371116_pitbull23m.html
Washington State's Top Prisons Doctor Quit Over Execution Policy (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009370884_deathpenalty23m.html?syndication=rss
State Audit Rips Apart King County (KIRO Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=181400
Montana City Ends Policy Seeking Internet Passwords (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2082538~Mont__city_ends_policy_seeking_Internet_passwords.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Columbian Editorial - Oregon Follows Suit: New law that cracks down on metal thieves brings state in line with Washington (Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090623/OPINION02/706239994/-1/OPINION
The Wonder of Mars in Its Seasonal Glory (The Independent, UK)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-wonder-of-mars-in-its-seasonal-glory-1714144.html
DIVERSIONS
Which Way to Bay? Baby Sea Lion Rescued On Freeway
http://www.examiner.com/a-2081445~Which_way_to_Bay__Baby_sea_lion_rescued_on_freeway.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Sorry, Paul Simon, Kodak's Taking Kodachrome Away
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12663537
Mind Your BlackBerry or Mind Your Manners
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/us/22smartphones.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Woman Puts Man in Sleeper Hold, Stops Bank Heist
http://www.examiner.com/a-2081948~Woman_puts_man_in_sleeper_hold__stops_bank_heist.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
SONG OF THE DAY Expected AND Unexpected
Paul Simon - Kodachrome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hSXKjHDKkY
Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46bkXgxb66E
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Energy News Digest for June 22, 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)
- Jefferson PUD, Puget Sound Energy to Begin Formal Discussions on Electricity Transfer
- Grays Harbor PUD - Distribution of Refunds from BPA Overpayment Depended On Timing
- Ephrata Delays Grant PUD Transmission Line Opinion
- Planned Power Outage for North Shore Road to Accommodate County Road Repairs
- Linemen Compete In Fifth-Annual Rodeo
- Lab Testing Itron Meters’ Security
- Op/Ed - Efficiency, Renewable Energy Better Bets Than Gambling Anew On Nuclear Power
- Editorial - Pedernales Electric Cooperative: Many enablers led to indictments in scandal
- Michigan Customers, Utilities Feel Heat As Unpaid Bills Mount
- Op/Ed - Electricity Choices Benefit Consumers
- Editorial - Public Power Too Risky For Larkspur (Novato, CA)
- Editorial - A New TVA Energy Strategy
- Under House Energy Bill, Coal Won't Be Going Away
- Has the salmon debate changed?
- Summer Salmon Fishing Should Be Great
- Hood Canal Summer Chum Recovering, but Still Face Some Challenges
- Gulf of Alaska's Salmon Become Scarce As Ocean Currents Shift
- NOAA Issues Recovery Plan for Lake Ozette Fish
- Obama Climate Change Report Discusses Pacific Salmon
- Omak Creek - Tribes Welcome Back First Salmon
- Future Up In Air for Olympia Bat Colony
- Many Green-Friendly Bills Don't Make the Cut in Oregon
- Op/Ed - Protecting Oregon's Water (I’m lookin’ at you Nestle!)
- Hanford Workers Clean Up Chemical-Filled Pipeline near Columbia River
- County, Chelan/Grant PUDs Studying Slime in Lake Wenatchee
- Sustainable Is Now the Word in Klamath County
- Colorado’s Yampa River Runs with Possibility and Protest
- Rekindling Wood Energy in America
- Oregon’s Loggers See Potential in Waste Wood
- The Switch: Could Oregon’s Trees Make Us Energy Exporter?
- Editorial - Slow Down the Rush of Siting Wind Turbines in Our Blue Mountains
- Many Roadblocks to Getting Wind Energy Going On Great Lakes
- Wind Power Blocked By 'Glass Ceiling'
- Small Wind Turbines See Gust in Sales, Thanks In Part to Tax Credits
- Hawaii Paying Nearly Twice Market Rate For Solar Power
- Washington State Has Steady Growth in Clean Energy Jobs
- Port Orchard Sewage Plant's Gas Helps It Move Away From the Grid
- Op/Ed - Washington State Must Not Delay Biodiesel Goals
- Drawn by the Glow of Greener Streets
- GE Water Heater Cuts Energy Use in Half
- Fight over Greenhouse Gases Comes to Montana
- Critics Fault Climate-Change Legislation
- Climate Change Bill's Effect on Midwest Debated
- “Burpless” Cows Attribute Success to Omega 3 Rich Diet
- 'Synthetic Tree' Claims To Catch Carbon in the Air
- Boxlight: A Poulsbo Parable of Boom, Bust ... and Bounceback?
- Editorial - A Broadband Vision for the Federal Communications Commission
- The Metered Billing Fight Is About To Get Ugly
- Better Connections: Phone Co-Op Brings Tech to Homes
- Port Angeles - Human Remains Found At Elwha Dam Removal Site
- Tribe Settles Lawsuits over Port Angeles Burial Site
- Navy Holding Hearings on New Hood Canal Bangor Wharf
- Columnist - Don't Try To Intimidate People Who Sign Initiative Petitions
- Washington State Lawmakers' Expenses Tallied
- Mammoth Report Faults Seattle Street-Division Managers
WORD OF THE DAY
Oologist • \oh-ALL-uh-just\ • noun – 1: a person specializing in the study of birds' eggs 2: a collector of birds' eggs
On the farm, we were all amateur oologists, sneaking from nest to nest to gather the still-warm eggs from gently clucking hens.
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
Jefferson PUD, Puget Sound Energy to Begin Formal Discussions on Electricity Transfer (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090621/news/306219990
Grays Harbor PUD - Distribution of Refunds from BPA Overpayment Depended On Timing (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/06/21/local_news/doc4a3dcd1ca0c3e628124286.txt
Ephrata Delays Grant PUD Transmission Line Opinion (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/19/news/doc4a3c0493667c8074394881.txt
Planned Power Outage for North Shore Road to Accommodate County Road Repairs (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7579/reftab/1632/t/PLANNED-POWER-OUTAGE-FOR-NORTH-SHORE-ROAD-TO-ACCOMMODATE-COUNTY-ROAD-REPAIRS/Default.aspx
Linemen Compete In Fifth-Annual Rodeo (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090622/NEWS04/706229966/-1/PRINTINDEX?Linemen-compete-in-fifth-annual-rodeo
Lab Testing Itron Meters’ Security - Goal is to protect U.S. power grid from attack (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/20/lab-testing-itron-meters-security/
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Efficiency, Renewable Energy Better Bets Than Gambling Anew On Nuclear Power
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009360789_guest20patton.html
Austin American-Statesman Editorial - Pedernales Electric Cooperative: Many enablers led to indictments in scandal (Texas)
http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/2009/06/20/0620pec_edit.html
Michigan Customers, Utilities Feel Heat As Unpaid Bills Mount (Detroit Free Press, MI)
http://www.freep.com/article/20090622/NEWS06/906220353/Customers++utilities+feel+heat+as+unpaid+bills+mount
Baltimore Sun Op/Ed - Electricity Choices Benefit Consumers
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.energy22jun22,0,5970948.story
Marin Independent Journal - Public Power Too Risky For Larkspur (Novato, CA)
http://www.marinij.com/opinion/ci_12662492
Chattanooga Times Free Press Editorial - A New TVA Energy Strategy
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/jun/21/6-21-t1-a-new-tva-energy-strategy/?opiniontimes
Under House Energy Bill, Coal Won't Be Going Away (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-coal22-2009jun22,0,6722721.story
FISH & WILDLIFE
Has the salmon debate changed? Breaching dams seems no more likely under a new administration. But the fervor for keeping them has died down, too, and that opens the door for discussion (The Idaho Statesman, Boise – Um, Rocky, your headline is belied by your editorial content: “…two-thirds of voters oppose breaching the dams…”)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/809447.html
Summer Salmon Fishing Should Be Great (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009363985_outn21.html
Hood Canal Summer Chum Recovering, but Still Face Some Challenges (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/20/hood-canal-summer-chum-recovering-but-still-face/
Gulf of Alaska's Salmon Become Scarce As Ocean Currents Shift (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://www.adn.com/outdoors/fishing/story/838015.html
NOAA Issues Recovery Plan for Lake Ozette Fish (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090622/news/306229987
Obama Climate Change Report Discusses Pacific Salmon (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/obama_climate_change_report_di.html
Omak Creek - Tribes Welcome Back First Salmon (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090620/NEWS04/706209954
Future Up In Air For Olympia Bat Colony - Restoration plan might jeopardize roost of thousands (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/888267.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Many Green-Friendly Bills Don't Make the Cut in Oregon (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/many_greenfriendly_bills_dont.html
Oregonian Op/Ed - Protecting Oregon's Water (I’m lookin’ at you Nestle!)
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/06/protecting_oregons_water.html
Hanford Workers Clean Up Chemical-Filled Pipeline near Columbia River (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/786243.html
County, Chelan/Grant PUDs Studying Slime in Lake Wenatchee (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090619/NEWS04/706199950/1001/NEWS04
Sustainable Is Now the Word in Klamath County (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/06/klamath_falls_theres_no.html
Colorado’s Yampa River Runs with Possibility and Protest (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105334111&ft=1&f=3
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Rekindling Wood Energy in America - If not properly crafted, new renewable electricity policies will waste biomass energy (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/rekindling-wood-energy-in-america?cmpid=rss
Oregon’s Loggers See Potential in Waste Wood - Jobs, energy may be created from slash piles (Associated Press)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/785507.html
The Switch: Could Oregon’s Trees Make Us Energy Exporter? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5268-switch-could-oregons-trees-make-us-energy-exporter/
East Oregonian Editorial - Slow Down the Rush of Siting Wind Turbines in Our Blue Mountains
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=14&SubSectionID=50&ArticleID=94268
Many Roadblocks to Getting Wind Energy Going On Great Lakes (The Muskegon Chronicle, MI)
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2009/06/many_roadblocks_to_getting_win.html
Wind Power Blocked By 'Glass Ceiling' - Aging transmission system mutes vast potential in S.D. (Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, SD)
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20090622/NEWS/906220329/1001
Small Wind Turbines See Gust in Sales, Thanks In Part to Tax Credits (Finance & Commerce)
http://www.finance-commerce.com/article.cfm/2009/06/20/Small-wind-turbines-see-gust-in-sales-thanks-in-part-to-tax-credits
Hawaii Paying Nearly Twice Market Rate For Solar Power - Officials locked in price that's twice as much as current consumer rate (Honolulu Advertiser, HI)
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090621/NEWS01/906210372/Hawaii+paying+nearly+twice+market+rate+for+solar+power+
Washington State Has Steady Growth in Clean Energy Jobs (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10565902
Port Orchard Sewage Plant's Gas Helps It Move Away From the Grid (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/19/sewage-plants-gas-helps-it-move-away-from-the/?partner=RSS
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Washington State Must Not Delay Biodiesel Goals
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009367152_guest22plaza.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Drawn by the Glow of Greener Streets - Despite Costs, Md. Town Seeks LED Street Lamps (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/21/AR2009062101945.html
GE Water Heater Cuts Energy Use in Half (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnGreenGadgets/idUS343668364920090622
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Fight over Greenhouse Gases Comes to Montana (Billings Gazette, MT – A hot air balloon, how ironic)
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/06/20/news/local/18-greenhouse.txt
Critics Fault Climate-Change Legislation (Hearst Newspapers)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/21/MNCE18AEOP.DTL&feed=rss.news
Climate Change Bill's Effect on Midwest Debated - Some see states suffering; others see economic benefit (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, WI)
http://www.jsonline.com/business/48736377.html
“Burpless” Cows Attribute Success to Omega 3 Rich Diet (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-11634-Hartford-Vegetarian-Examiner~y2009m6d22-Burpless-cows-attribute-success-to-Omega-3-rich-diet
'Synthetic Tree' Claims To Catch Carbon in the Air “…Half of your emissions come from small, distributed sources where collection at the site is either impossible or impractical…” (CNN Technology)
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/06/22/synthetic.tree.climate.change.ccs/index.html#cnnSTCText
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Boxlight: A Poulsbo Parable of Boom, Bust ... and Bounceback? (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/20/new-boxlight-comes-from-the-unwinding-of-the-old/?partner=RSS
Seattle Times Editorial - A Broadband Vision for the Federal Communications Commission
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorials/2009367150_edit22feds.html?syndication=rss
The Metered Billing Fight Is About To Get Ugly - Think tanks, astroturfers and policy flaks fire up unreality engines (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-Metered-Billing-Fight-Is-About-To-Get-Ugly-103043
Better Connections: Phone Co-Op Brings Tech to Homes (San Antonio Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2009/06/22/focus3.html?ana=from_rss
GENERAL NEWS
Port Angeles - Human Remains Found At Elwha Dam Removal Site (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/4860
Tribe Settles Lawsuits over Port Angeles Burial Site (Indian Country Today)
http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1665&Itemid=72
Navy Holding Hearings on New Hood Canal Bangor Wharf (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10571964
Seattle Times Columnist - Don't Try To Intimidate People Who Sign Initiative Petitions
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009360799_ryan21.html
Washington State Lawmakers' Expenses Tallied (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/887643.html
Mammoth Report Faults Seattle Street-Division Managers (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009362606_cityreport20m.html
DIVERSIONS
Ah, a Relaxing Cruise: Women Assault Cops in Melee On Cruise Ship
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/48732602.html
Indiana Lawyer Found Asleep In Neighbor’s Trash Can
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19801669/detail.html
Dutch Muggers Caught On Google Street View Camera
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE55I38C20090619?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
SONG OF THE DAY
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrBDivsSe3k
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Jefferson PUD, Puget Sound Energy to Begin Formal Discussions on Electricity Transfer
- Grays Harbor PUD - Distribution of Refunds from BPA Overpayment Depended On Timing
- Ephrata Delays Grant PUD Transmission Line Opinion
- Planned Power Outage for North Shore Road to Accommodate County Road Repairs
- Linemen Compete In Fifth-Annual Rodeo
- Lab Testing Itron Meters’ Security
- Op/Ed - Efficiency, Renewable Energy Better Bets Than Gambling Anew On Nuclear Power
- Editorial - Pedernales Electric Cooperative: Many enablers led to indictments in scandal
- Michigan Customers, Utilities Feel Heat As Unpaid Bills Mount
- Op/Ed - Electricity Choices Benefit Consumers
- Editorial - Public Power Too Risky For Larkspur (Novato, CA)
- Editorial - A New TVA Energy Strategy
- Under House Energy Bill, Coal Won't Be Going Away
- Has the salmon debate changed?
- Summer Salmon Fishing Should Be Great
- Hood Canal Summer Chum Recovering, but Still Face Some Challenges
- Gulf of Alaska's Salmon Become Scarce As Ocean Currents Shift
- NOAA Issues Recovery Plan for Lake Ozette Fish
- Obama Climate Change Report Discusses Pacific Salmon
- Omak Creek - Tribes Welcome Back First Salmon
- Future Up In Air for Olympia Bat Colony
- Many Green-Friendly Bills Don't Make the Cut in Oregon
- Op/Ed - Protecting Oregon's Water (I’m lookin’ at you Nestle!)
- Hanford Workers Clean Up Chemical-Filled Pipeline near Columbia River
- County, Chelan/Grant PUDs Studying Slime in Lake Wenatchee
- Sustainable Is Now the Word in Klamath County
- Colorado’s Yampa River Runs with Possibility and Protest
- Rekindling Wood Energy in America
- Oregon’s Loggers See Potential in Waste Wood
- The Switch: Could Oregon’s Trees Make Us Energy Exporter?
- Editorial - Slow Down the Rush of Siting Wind Turbines in Our Blue Mountains
- Many Roadblocks to Getting Wind Energy Going On Great Lakes
- Wind Power Blocked By 'Glass Ceiling'
- Small Wind Turbines See Gust in Sales, Thanks In Part to Tax Credits
- Hawaii Paying Nearly Twice Market Rate For Solar Power
- Washington State Has Steady Growth in Clean Energy Jobs
- Port Orchard Sewage Plant's Gas Helps It Move Away From the Grid
- Op/Ed - Washington State Must Not Delay Biodiesel Goals
- Drawn by the Glow of Greener Streets
- GE Water Heater Cuts Energy Use in Half
- Fight over Greenhouse Gases Comes to Montana
- Critics Fault Climate-Change Legislation
- Climate Change Bill's Effect on Midwest Debated
- “Burpless” Cows Attribute Success to Omega 3 Rich Diet
- 'Synthetic Tree' Claims To Catch Carbon in the Air
- Boxlight: A Poulsbo Parable of Boom, Bust ... and Bounceback?
- Editorial - A Broadband Vision for the Federal Communications Commission
- The Metered Billing Fight Is About To Get Ugly
- Better Connections: Phone Co-Op Brings Tech to Homes
- Port Angeles - Human Remains Found At Elwha Dam Removal Site
- Tribe Settles Lawsuits over Port Angeles Burial Site
- Navy Holding Hearings on New Hood Canal Bangor Wharf
- Columnist - Don't Try To Intimidate People Who Sign Initiative Petitions
- Washington State Lawmakers' Expenses Tallied
- Mammoth Report Faults Seattle Street-Division Managers
WORD OF THE DAY
Oologist • \oh-ALL-uh-just\ • noun – 1: a person specializing in the study of birds' eggs 2: a collector of birds' eggs
On the farm, we were all amateur oologists, sneaking from nest to nest to gather the still-warm eggs from gently clucking hens.
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
Jefferson PUD, Puget Sound Energy to Begin Formal Discussions on Electricity Transfer (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090621/news/306219990
Grays Harbor PUD - Distribution of Refunds from BPA Overpayment Depended On Timing (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/06/21/local_news/doc4a3dcd1ca0c3e628124286.txt
Ephrata Delays Grant PUD Transmission Line Opinion (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/19/news/doc4a3c0493667c8074394881.txt
Planned Power Outage for North Shore Road to Accommodate County Road Repairs (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7579/reftab/1632/t/PLANNED-POWER-OUTAGE-FOR-NORTH-SHORE-ROAD-TO-ACCOMMODATE-COUNTY-ROAD-REPAIRS/Default.aspx
Linemen Compete In Fifth-Annual Rodeo (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090622/NEWS04/706229966/-1/PRINTINDEX?Linemen-compete-in-fifth-annual-rodeo
Lab Testing Itron Meters’ Security - Goal is to protect U.S. power grid from attack (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/20/lab-testing-itron-meters-security/
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Efficiency, Renewable Energy Better Bets Than Gambling Anew On Nuclear Power
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009360789_guest20patton.html
Austin American-Statesman Editorial - Pedernales Electric Cooperative: Many enablers led to indictments in scandal (Texas)
http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/2009/06/20/0620pec_edit.html
Michigan Customers, Utilities Feel Heat As Unpaid Bills Mount (Detroit Free Press, MI)
http://www.freep.com/article/20090622/NEWS06/906220353/Customers++utilities+feel+heat+as+unpaid+bills+mount
Baltimore Sun Op/Ed - Electricity Choices Benefit Consumers
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.energy22jun22,0,5970948.story
Marin Independent Journal - Public Power Too Risky For Larkspur (Novato, CA)
http://www.marinij.com/opinion/ci_12662492
Chattanooga Times Free Press Editorial - A New TVA Energy Strategy
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/jun/21/6-21-t1-a-new-tva-energy-strategy/?opiniontimes
Under House Energy Bill, Coal Won't Be Going Away (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-coal22-2009jun22,0,6722721.story
FISH & WILDLIFE
Has the salmon debate changed? Breaching dams seems no more likely under a new administration. But the fervor for keeping them has died down, too, and that opens the door for discussion (The Idaho Statesman, Boise – Um, Rocky, your headline is belied by your editorial content: “…two-thirds of voters oppose breaching the dams…”)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/809447.html
Summer Salmon Fishing Should Be Great (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009363985_outn21.html
Hood Canal Summer Chum Recovering, but Still Face Some Challenges (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/20/hood-canal-summer-chum-recovering-but-still-face/
Gulf of Alaska's Salmon Become Scarce As Ocean Currents Shift (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://www.adn.com/outdoors/fishing/story/838015.html
NOAA Issues Recovery Plan for Lake Ozette Fish (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090622/news/306229987
Obama Climate Change Report Discusses Pacific Salmon (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/obama_climate_change_report_di.html
Omak Creek - Tribes Welcome Back First Salmon (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090620/NEWS04/706209954
Future Up In Air For Olympia Bat Colony - Restoration plan might jeopardize roost of thousands (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/888267.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Many Green-Friendly Bills Don't Make the Cut in Oregon (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/many_greenfriendly_bills_dont.html
Oregonian Op/Ed - Protecting Oregon's Water (I’m lookin’ at you Nestle!)
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/06/protecting_oregons_water.html
Hanford Workers Clean Up Chemical-Filled Pipeline near Columbia River (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/786243.html
County, Chelan/Grant PUDs Studying Slime in Lake Wenatchee (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090619/NEWS04/706199950/1001/NEWS04
Sustainable Is Now the Word in Klamath County (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/06/klamath_falls_theres_no.html
Colorado’s Yampa River Runs with Possibility and Protest (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105334111&ft=1&f=3
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Rekindling Wood Energy in America - If not properly crafted, new renewable electricity policies will waste biomass energy (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/rekindling-wood-energy-in-america?cmpid=rss
Oregon’s Loggers See Potential in Waste Wood - Jobs, energy may be created from slash piles (Associated Press)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/785507.html
The Switch: Could Oregon’s Trees Make Us Energy Exporter? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5268-switch-could-oregons-trees-make-us-energy-exporter/
East Oregonian Editorial - Slow Down the Rush of Siting Wind Turbines in Our Blue Mountains
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=14&SubSectionID=50&ArticleID=94268
Many Roadblocks to Getting Wind Energy Going On Great Lakes (The Muskegon Chronicle, MI)
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2009/06/many_roadblocks_to_getting_win.html
Wind Power Blocked By 'Glass Ceiling' - Aging transmission system mutes vast potential in S.D. (Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, SD)
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20090622/NEWS/906220329/1001
Small Wind Turbines See Gust in Sales, Thanks In Part to Tax Credits (Finance & Commerce)
http://www.finance-commerce.com/article.cfm/2009/06/20/Small-wind-turbines-see-gust-in-sales-thanks-in-part-to-tax-credits
Hawaii Paying Nearly Twice Market Rate For Solar Power - Officials locked in price that's twice as much as current consumer rate (Honolulu Advertiser, HI)
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090621/NEWS01/906210372/Hawaii+paying+nearly+twice+market+rate+for+solar+power+
Washington State Has Steady Growth in Clean Energy Jobs (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10565902
Port Orchard Sewage Plant's Gas Helps It Move Away From the Grid (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/19/sewage-plants-gas-helps-it-move-away-from-the/?partner=RSS
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Washington State Must Not Delay Biodiesel Goals
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009367152_guest22plaza.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Drawn by the Glow of Greener Streets - Despite Costs, Md. Town Seeks LED Street Lamps (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/21/AR2009062101945.html
GE Water Heater Cuts Energy Use in Half (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnGreenGadgets/idUS343668364920090622
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Fight over Greenhouse Gases Comes to Montana (Billings Gazette, MT – A hot air balloon, how ironic)
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/06/20/news/local/18-greenhouse.txt
Critics Fault Climate-Change Legislation (Hearst Newspapers)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/21/MNCE18AEOP.DTL&feed=rss.news
Climate Change Bill's Effect on Midwest Debated - Some see states suffering; others see economic benefit (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, WI)
http://www.jsonline.com/business/48736377.html
“Burpless” Cows Attribute Success to Omega 3 Rich Diet (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-11634-Hartford-Vegetarian-Examiner~y2009m6d22-Burpless-cows-attribute-success-to-Omega-3-rich-diet
'Synthetic Tree' Claims To Catch Carbon in the Air “…Half of your emissions come from small, distributed sources where collection at the site is either impossible or impractical…” (CNN Technology)
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/06/22/synthetic.tree.climate.change.ccs/index.html#cnnSTCText
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Boxlight: A Poulsbo Parable of Boom, Bust ... and Bounceback? (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/20/new-boxlight-comes-from-the-unwinding-of-the-old/?partner=RSS
Seattle Times Editorial - A Broadband Vision for the Federal Communications Commission
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorials/2009367150_edit22feds.html?syndication=rss
The Metered Billing Fight Is About To Get Ugly - Think tanks, astroturfers and policy flaks fire up unreality engines (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-Metered-Billing-Fight-Is-About-To-Get-Ugly-103043
Better Connections: Phone Co-Op Brings Tech to Homes (San Antonio Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2009/06/22/focus3.html?ana=from_rss
GENERAL NEWS
Port Angeles - Human Remains Found At Elwha Dam Removal Site (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/4860
Tribe Settles Lawsuits over Port Angeles Burial Site (Indian Country Today)
http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1665&Itemid=72
Navy Holding Hearings on New Hood Canal Bangor Wharf (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10571964
Seattle Times Columnist - Don't Try To Intimidate People Who Sign Initiative Petitions
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009360799_ryan21.html
Washington State Lawmakers' Expenses Tallied (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/887643.html
Mammoth Report Faults Seattle Street-Division Managers (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009362606_cityreport20m.html
DIVERSIONS
Ah, a Relaxing Cruise: Women Assault Cops in Melee On Cruise Ship
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/48732602.html
Indiana Lawyer Found Asleep In Neighbor’s Trash Can
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19801669/detail.html
Dutch Muggers Caught On Google Street View Camera
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE55I38C20090619?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
SONG OF THE DAY
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrBDivsSe3k
Friday, June 19, 2009
Energy News Digest for June 19, 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)
- Avista Dams Relicensed - Avista plan reflects new emphasis on recreation, environment
- Hastings Leads Efforts for Yucca Mountain Money
- Portland General Electric Expands Board
- California State Senator Asks for Probe of Blackouts in San Francisco
- Janitor Gets Six Years in Tennessee Nuclear Parts Theft
- Sick California Sea Lions Present a Mystery
- Crapo Warns He'll Filibuster Clean Water Bill
- Plankton Bloom Colors Hood Canal
- Olympian Editorial - Sound Cleanup Will Go Better With Victoria On Board
- Water Quality Institute Invites Students
- Cowlitz PUD Shares National Wind Power Award for White Creek Development
- California State Regulators Approve Rooftop Solar Panel Plan
- A Move to Put the Union Label on Solar Power Plants
- California - Pacific Gas & Electric Opposes Two Solar-Power Bills
- Feds: Wind Farms Trick Radar
- City of Seattle Halts Biodiesel Purchases, Looks For Greener Fuel
- Oil Giants Filling Up On Troubled Ethanol Plants
- New Windows Can Lower Your Energy Bill, but Might Not Boost Your Bottom Line
- Reps. Waxman, Peterson Inch Closer to Consensus on Climate Bill
- House Republicans Courted On Climate Change Bill
- Rural Electric Co-ops Threaten Climate Deal
- Eastern U.S. States Raise $104.2 Million in Carbon Auction
- Global Warming: Want To See Northwest Impacts? Just Look Around
- Central Idaho Town to Keep Free Wireless Internet
- New York - Yahoo Data Center Deal Tied To Verizon Line
- China Disables Some Google Functions
- Microsoft Readies Free PC Security Software
- Microsoft CEO Says Bing Off To Good Start
- First Sign of Return Fire from Google
- Search-Engine Rankings Released for May
- Overnight Western Washington Rain Ends Record-Tying 29-Day Streak
- On The Watch for El Niño - Drier-than-normal days lead up to summer in South Sound
- Gregoire Orders Deeper Cutting - State revenue forecast shrinks by $500 million
- Shelton-Mason County Chamber Selects Next Executive Director
- State Senator Parlette headed to Canada
- Oklahoma Senator Cries Pork Over Washington State's Stimulus Funds
- North Carolina Safety Violation - Inquiry into Fatal Slim-Jim Factory Blast
- Montana - City Of Bozeman Asks Applicants for Personal Internet Passwords
- Supreme Court Decision Endangers Ruling on L&I Public Records Request and Penalty
WORD OF THE DAY
Trine • \TRĪNE\ • noun – 1: a group of three: triad 2: the trine astrological aspect of two celestial bodies
Alex was at a loss. He was wrapping up his soon to be book about a trio of French musketeers and their adventures. Mrs. Dumas was stuck on making it simple, “Just call it the ‘Three Musketeers’,” she shrieked from the kitchen, “It’s the simplest solution.” But Alex still wasn’t sure. He’d been toying with something different. “Her suggestion makes it sound like some futuristic candy-bar,” he grumped. “The Trine Musketeers just sounds so much more magical.”
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
Power Play: Avista Dams Relicensed - Avista plan reflects new emphasis on recreation, environment (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/19/power-play/
Hastings Leads Efforts for Yucca Mountain Money (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/618413.html
Portland General Electric Expands Board (Portland Business Journal “…it goes to eleven…”)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/06/15/daily48.html?ana=from_rss
California State Senator Asks for Probe of Blackouts in San Francisco (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/19/BA38189U3D.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Janitor Gets Six Years in Tennessee Nuclear Parts Theft (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/18/national/a122956D07.DTL&feed=rss.business
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sick California Sea Lions Present a Mystery (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/19/MNV81886FR.DTL&feed=rss.news
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Crapo Warns He'll Filibuster Clean Water Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/885768.html
Plankton Bloom Colors Hood Canal (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/17/plankton-bloom-colors-hood-canal/
Olympian Editorial - Sound Cleanup Will Go Better With Victoria On Board
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/886059.html
Water Quality Institute Invites Students (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/18/news/doc4a3ac2b5326f3811916183.txt
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Cowlitz PUD Shares National Wind Power Award for White Creek Development (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/19/area_news/doc4a3b216295581147166672.txt
California State Regulators Approve Rooftop Solar Panel Plan (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2076525~State_regulators_approve_rooftop_solar_panel_plan.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
A Move to Put the Union Label on Solar Power Plants (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/business/energy-environment/19unions.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
California - Pacific Gas & Electric Opposes Two Solar-Power Bills (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12620166
Feds: Wind Farms Trick Radar (The Sun Journal, Lewistown, ME)
http://www.sunjournal.com/story/322630-3/RiverValley/Feds_Wind_farms_trick_radar/
City Of Seattle Halts Biodiesel Purchases, Looks For Greener Fuel - 'Not all biodiesels are the same' (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/407384_fuel19.html?source=rss
Oil Giants Filling Up On Troubled Ethanol Plants (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009357460_ethanolplants190.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
New Windows Can Lower Your Energy Bill, but Might Not Boost Your Bottom Line (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/19/AR2009061901424.html?wprss=rss_business
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Reps. Waxman, Peterson Inch Closer to Consensus on Climate Bill (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/19/19climatewire-reps-waxman-peterson-inch-closer-to-consensu-32658.html
House Republicans Courted On Climate Change Bill (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55H6EV20090618
Rural Electric Co-ops Threaten Climate Deal (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/19/19climatewire-rural-electric-co-ops-threaten-climate-deal-98492.html
Eastern U.S. States Raise $104.2 Million in Carbon Auction (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BusinessofGreen/idUSTRE55I3EN20090619
Seattle P-I Columnist - Global Warming: Want To See Northwest Impacts? Just Look Around
http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/407375_joel19.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Central Idaho Town to Keep Free Wireless Internet (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/885535.html
New York - Yahoo Data Center Deal Tied To Verizon Line (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/06/15/daily56.html?ana=yfcpc
China Disables Some Google Functions (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/world/asia/20beijing.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Microsoft Readies Free PC Security Software (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/18/financial/f132244D72.DTL&feed=rss.business
Microsoft CEO Says Bing Off To Good Start (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/171540.asp?source=pimail
First Sign of Return Fire from Google (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/171553.asp?source=pimail
Search-Engine Rankings Released for May (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/171541.asp?source=pimail
GENERAL NEWS
Overnight Western Washington Rain Ends Record-Tying 29-Day Streak (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009358728_webdryspell19m.html?syndication=rss
On The Watch for El Niño - Drier-than-normal days lead up to summer in South Sound (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/886017.html
Gregoire Orders Deeper Cutting - State revenue forecast shrinks by $500 million (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/19/gregoire-orders-deeper-cutting/
Shelton-Mason County Chamber Selects Next Executive Director (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7562/reftab/1632/t/CHAMBER-SELECTS-NEXT-EXECUTIVE-DIRECTOR-/Default.aspx
State Senator Parlette headed to Canada (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090618/NEWS04/706189946/1001/NEWS04
Oklahoma Senator Cries Pork Over Washington State's Stimulus Funds (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/48571947.html
North Carolina Safety Violation - Inquiry Into Fatal Slim-Jim Factory Blast (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/us/19brfs-INQUIRYINTOF_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Montana - City Of Bozeman Asks Applicants for Personal Internet Passwords (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2077097~City_asks_applicants_for_Internet_passwords.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Supreme Court Decision Endangers Ruling on L&I Public Records Request and Penalty (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/783721.html
DIVERSIONS
Unveiling the Blinking Phone Dress
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE55H47I20090618?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Man Dressing as Dead Mother Is Latest Twist on Collecting Deceased Relatives’ Benefits
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2009/June/Man-Dresses-as-Dead-Mother-in-Six-Year-Fraud-Scheme.html
Man Surprised By Python on Toilet
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19776863/detail.html
GPS Makers to Use Homer Simpson's Voice
http://www.kirotv.com/technology/19777078/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
John Fred and His Playboy Band – Judy in Disguise (Trippy Fantasia Mash-Up)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JCmKIXF7Fg
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Avista Dams Relicensed - Avista plan reflects new emphasis on recreation, environment
- Hastings Leads Efforts for Yucca Mountain Money
- Portland General Electric Expands Board
- California State Senator Asks for Probe of Blackouts in San Francisco
- Janitor Gets Six Years in Tennessee Nuclear Parts Theft
- Sick California Sea Lions Present a Mystery
- Crapo Warns He'll Filibuster Clean Water Bill
- Plankton Bloom Colors Hood Canal
- Olympian Editorial - Sound Cleanup Will Go Better With Victoria On Board
- Water Quality Institute Invites Students
- Cowlitz PUD Shares National Wind Power Award for White Creek Development
- California State Regulators Approve Rooftop Solar Panel Plan
- A Move to Put the Union Label on Solar Power Plants
- California - Pacific Gas & Electric Opposes Two Solar-Power Bills
- Feds: Wind Farms Trick Radar
- City of Seattle Halts Biodiesel Purchases, Looks For Greener Fuel
- Oil Giants Filling Up On Troubled Ethanol Plants
- New Windows Can Lower Your Energy Bill, but Might Not Boost Your Bottom Line
- Reps. Waxman, Peterson Inch Closer to Consensus on Climate Bill
- House Republicans Courted On Climate Change Bill
- Rural Electric Co-ops Threaten Climate Deal
- Eastern U.S. States Raise $104.2 Million in Carbon Auction
- Global Warming: Want To See Northwest Impacts? Just Look Around
- Central Idaho Town to Keep Free Wireless Internet
- New York - Yahoo Data Center Deal Tied To Verizon Line
- China Disables Some Google Functions
- Microsoft Readies Free PC Security Software
- Microsoft CEO Says Bing Off To Good Start
- First Sign of Return Fire from Google
- Search-Engine Rankings Released for May
- Overnight Western Washington Rain Ends Record-Tying 29-Day Streak
- On The Watch for El Niño - Drier-than-normal days lead up to summer in South Sound
- Gregoire Orders Deeper Cutting - State revenue forecast shrinks by $500 million
- Shelton-Mason County Chamber Selects Next Executive Director
- State Senator Parlette headed to Canada
- Oklahoma Senator Cries Pork Over Washington State's Stimulus Funds
- North Carolina Safety Violation - Inquiry into Fatal Slim-Jim Factory Blast
- Montana - City Of Bozeman Asks Applicants for Personal Internet Passwords
- Supreme Court Decision Endangers Ruling on L&I Public Records Request and Penalty
WORD OF THE DAY
Trine • \TRĪNE\ • noun – 1: a group of three: triad 2: the trine astrological aspect of two celestial bodies
Alex was at a loss. He was wrapping up his soon to be book about a trio of French musketeers and their adventures. Mrs. Dumas was stuck on making it simple, “Just call it the ‘Three Musketeers’,” she shrieked from the kitchen, “It’s the simplest solution.” But Alex still wasn’t sure. He’d been toying with something different. “Her suggestion makes it sound like some futuristic candy-bar,” he grumped. “The Trine Musketeers just sounds so much more magical.”
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
Power Play: Avista Dams Relicensed - Avista plan reflects new emphasis on recreation, environment (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/19/power-play/
Hastings Leads Efforts for Yucca Mountain Money (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/618413.html
Portland General Electric Expands Board (Portland Business Journal “…it goes to eleven…”)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/06/15/daily48.html?ana=from_rss
California State Senator Asks for Probe of Blackouts in San Francisco (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/19/BA38189U3D.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Janitor Gets Six Years in Tennessee Nuclear Parts Theft (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/18/national/a122956D07.DTL&feed=rss.business
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sick California Sea Lions Present a Mystery (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/19/MNV81886FR.DTL&feed=rss.news
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Crapo Warns He'll Filibuster Clean Water Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/885768.html
Plankton Bloom Colors Hood Canal (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/17/plankton-bloom-colors-hood-canal/
Olympian Editorial - Sound Cleanup Will Go Better With Victoria On Board
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/886059.html
Water Quality Institute Invites Students (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/18/news/doc4a3ac2b5326f3811916183.txt
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Cowlitz PUD Shares National Wind Power Award for White Creek Development (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/19/area_news/doc4a3b216295581147166672.txt
California State Regulators Approve Rooftop Solar Panel Plan (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2076525~State_regulators_approve_rooftop_solar_panel_plan.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
A Move to Put the Union Label on Solar Power Plants (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/business/energy-environment/19unions.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
California - Pacific Gas & Electric Opposes Two Solar-Power Bills (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12620166
Feds: Wind Farms Trick Radar (The Sun Journal, Lewistown, ME)
http://www.sunjournal.com/story/322630-3/RiverValley/Feds_Wind_farms_trick_radar/
City Of Seattle Halts Biodiesel Purchases, Looks For Greener Fuel - 'Not all biodiesels are the same' (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/407384_fuel19.html?source=rss
Oil Giants Filling Up On Troubled Ethanol Plants (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009357460_ethanolplants190.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
New Windows Can Lower Your Energy Bill, but Might Not Boost Your Bottom Line (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/19/AR2009061901424.html?wprss=rss_business
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Reps. Waxman, Peterson Inch Closer to Consensus on Climate Bill (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/19/19climatewire-reps-waxman-peterson-inch-closer-to-consensu-32658.html
House Republicans Courted On Climate Change Bill (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55H6EV20090618
Rural Electric Co-ops Threaten Climate Deal (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/19/19climatewire-rural-electric-co-ops-threaten-climate-deal-98492.html
Eastern U.S. States Raise $104.2 Million in Carbon Auction (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BusinessofGreen/idUSTRE55I3EN20090619
Seattle P-I Columnist - Global Warming: Want To See Northwest Impacts? Just Look Around
http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/407375_joel19.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Central Idaho Town to Keep Free Wireless Internet (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/885535.html
New York - Yahoo Data Center Deal Tied To Verizon Line (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/06/15/daily56.html?ana=yfcpc
China Disables Some Google Functions (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/world/asia/20beijing.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Microsoft Readies Free PC Security Software (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/18/financial/f132244D72.DTL&feed=rss.business
Microsoft CEO Says Bing Off To Good Start (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/171540.asp?source=pimail
First Sign of Return Fire from Google (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/171553.asp?source=pimail
Search-Engine Rankings Released for May (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/171541.asp?source=pimail
GENERAL NEWS
Overnight Western Washington Rain Ends Record-Tying 29-Day Streak (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009358728_webdryspell19m.html?syndication=rss
On The Watch for El Niño - Drier-than-normal days lead up to summer in South Sound (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/886017.html
Gregoire Orders Deeper Cutting - State revenue forecast shrinks by $500 million (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/19/gregoire-orders-deeper-cutting/
Shelton-Mason County Chamber Selects Next Executive Director (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7562/reftab/1632/t/CHAMBER-SELECTS-NEXT-EXECUTIVE-DIRECTOR-/Default.aspx
State Senator Parlette headed to Canada (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090618/NEWS04/706189946/1001/NEWS04
Oklahoma Senator Cries Pork Over Washington State's Stimulus Funds (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/48571947.html
North Carolina Safety Violation - Inquiry Into Fatal Slim-Jim Factory Blast (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/us/19brfs-INQUIRYINTOF_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Montana - City Of Bozeman Asks Applicants for Personal Internet Passwords (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2077097~City_asks_applicants_for_Internet_passwords.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Supreme Court Decision Endangers Ruling on L&I Public Records Request and Penalty (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/783721.html
DIVERSIONS
Unveiling the Blinking Phone Dress
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE55H47I20090618?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Man Dressing as Dead Mother Is Latest Twist on Collecting Deceased Relatives’ Benefits
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2009/June/Man-Dresses-as-Dead-Mother-in-Six-Year-Fraud-Scheme.html
Man Surprised By Python on Toilet
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19776863/detail.html
GPS Makers to Use Homer Simpson's Voice
http://www.kirotv.com/technology/19777078/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
John Fred and His Playboy Band – Judy in Disguise (Trippy Fantasia Mash-Up)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JCmKIXF7Fg
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Energy News Digest for June 18, 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)
- US Senate Panel Approves Energy Bill
- Senate Panel Backs Renewable Power Rules, Drilling
- Estimate Places Natural Gas Reserves 35% Higher
- Duke Energy to Build Nuclear Plant in Ohio
- Peninsula Gateway Op/Ed - Our Energy, Our Future
- Deal Keeps Lights On In Northwest Alaska Village
- Seattle 911 - How Can I Get A Streetlight Fixed To Deter Crime?
- Tennessee Senate Urges TVA to Finalize Alcoa Contract
- Texas - Two Indicted After Pedernales Electric Cooperative Investigation
- Here’s Why Electricity Deregulation Is Bad for Virginia’s Economy
- Supreme Court Rejects Ruling on Retrial of Enron Executive
- Columbia River Sockeye Counts Rising
- June Hogs Arrive - Over-The-Bank Sales of Summer Chinook Salmon Started This Week
- Salmon Fishing Closing on Three Idaho Rivers
- Changing Commercial Fishing
- Irony is thy Name - Klamath River Tribes Will Kick off SalmonAid with Traditional Salmon Bake
- Feds Says Protection for Marbled Murrelet Should Stay
- Low Tides Mean It's Time To Go After Shellfish
- Idaho - Flows at Shoshone Falls to Rise Again
- Good Data on Water Runs Dry in Oregon
- Grant PUD Shoreline Plan Meeting Draws Crescent Bar Residents
- BPA Brings More Wind Power into Northwest Grid
- BPA Upgrades System to Ship Wind Power to Clark
- 3TIER encourages a cautionary response to a recent study claiming U.S. wind speeds have slowed
- Green-Backed Ventures Mean More Greenbacks
- Clean-Energy Bond Program Faces Lackluster Record
- Tide Is Going out for Marine Energy around Britain’s Coasts
- European Solar Power from African Deserts?
- Canada Offers Renewable Subsidy to Pulp and Paper Industry
- New FERC Study Assesses State-By-State Potential for Demand Response
- PECO Tips Can Help You Stay Cool, Save Money and Be Green This Summer
- Examiner.Com Columnist - Can 'Cap And Trade' Solve Global Warming?
- Elderly and Poor Starting To Narrow Broadband Service Gap
- Regulators Seem Eager to Repeat Fairpoint Mistakes with Frontier
- Telecom’s Titanic Shift: How the Mighty Have Fallen
- Congressman Files Bill to Stop Tiered Broadband Pricing
- State Treasury to Take $482m Hit Through 2011
- Kitsap County Stands to Get Some Green for Green Projects
- Slump Dashes Oregon Dreams of Californians
- Eddie Bauer Files for Bankruptcy Protection
- Seattle Spring Dry Spell Ties Record
- Ryan Leaf Arrested On Texas Charges at US-Canada Border
- Sustainable Prison System Grows
- Plant Thieves Targeting Japanese Maple Trees
WORD OF THE DAY
Otiose • \OH-shee-ose \ • adjective – 1: producing no useful result: futile 2: being at leisure: idle 3: lacking use or effect: functionless
Bert was becoming extremely frustrated with his purchase. It became exceeding obvious to him after 30 seconds of bailing, that a papier mache bucket was the most otiose object in his rowboat. Perhaps less useful than the sunscreen he insisted on bringing into the gales of winter on Puget Sound.
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
US Senate Panel Approves Energy Bill (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/us/politics/18energy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Senate Panel Backs Renewable Power Rules, Drilling (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a3RNMWPhmUKM
Estimate Places Natural Gas Reserves 35% Higher (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/business/energy-environment/18gas.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Duke Energy to Build Nuclear Plant in Ohio (Triangle Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/06/15/daily48.html?ana=from_rss
Peninsula Gateway Op/Ed - Our Energy, Our Future (Gig Harbor, WA)
http://www.gateline.com/opinion/story/4428.html
Deal Keeps Lights On In Northwest Alaska Village (Fairbanks News Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jun/17/deal-keeps-lights-northwest-alaska-village/
Seattle 911 - How Can I Get A Streetlight Fixed To Deter Crime? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911/archives/171380.asp?source=pimail
Tennessee Senate Urges TVA to Finalize Alcoa Contract (Blount Today, TN)
http://www.blounttoday.com/news/2009/jun/17/tennessee-senate-urges-tva-finalize-alcoa-contract/
Texas - Two Indicted After Pedernales Electric Cooperative Investigation (KEYE-TV, Austin, TX)
http://www.keyetv.com/content/news/topnews/story/Two-indicted-after-Pedernales-Cooperative/Gjv9XP36OU250g1qfDSXiQ.cspx
Here’s Why Electricity Deregulation Is Bad for Virginia’s Economy (Culpepper Star Exponent, VA)
http://www.starexponent.com/cse/news/opinion/columnists/article/heres_why_electricity_deregulation_is_bad_for_virginias_economy/37695/
Supreme Court Rejects Ruling on Retrial of Enron Executive (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/business/19bizcourt.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River Sockeye Counts Rising (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009352345_columbia_river_sockeye_counts.html
June Hogs Arrive - Over-The-Bank Sales of Summer Chinook Salmon Started This Week (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090617/NEWS02/706179940/June+Hogs+Arrive
Salmon Fishing Closing on Three Idaho Rivers “…anglers have harvested about 95 percent of the state's harvest share…” (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/885226.html
Changing Commercial Fishing (The Columbian, Vancouver, OR)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090617/SPORTS04/706189978/Changing+commercial+fishing
Irony is thy Name - Klamath River Tribes Will Kick off SalmonAid with Traditional Salmon Bake “…takes place as California fish populations are in their greatest crisis ever…” (IndyBay, SF)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/17/18602157.php
Feds Says Protection for Marbled Murrelet Should Stay (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10551772
Low Tides Mean It's Time To Go After Shellfish - The lowest tides of the season are this week in Puget Sound, and clams, oysters and crab are available in most areas (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009351738_fish18.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Idaho - Flows at Shoshone Falls to Rise Again (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/885202.html
Good Data on Water Runs Dry in Oregon (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/archive_oregons_water_issues.html
Grant PUD Shoreline Plan Meeting Draws Crescent Bar Residents (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/18/news/doc4a381762ea844605179934.txt
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
BPA Brings More Wind Power into Northwest Grid - New $3.7-million line and upgrade supports new wind project and jobs (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/281827/
BPA Upgrades System to Ship Wind Power to Clark (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090618/NEWS02/906179970/
3TIER encourages a cautionary response to a recent study claiming U.S. wind speeds have slowed (3Tier)
http://www.3tier.com/en/news-events/publications
Green-Backed Ventures Mean More Greenbacks (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/business/2009/june/Chin-Up-in-the-Downswing-Green-Backed-Ventures-Mean-More-Greenbacks.html
Clean-Energy Bond Program Faces Lackluster Record (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200906171454DOWJONESDJONLINE000791_FORTUNE5.htm
Tide Is Going out for Marine Energy around Britain’s Coasts - It is exciting the most interest in the country's tidal systems since King Canute told the waves off the south coast to desist. (London Evening Standard, UK)
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23709134-details/Tide+is+going+out+for+marine+energy+around+Britain+s+coasts/article.do
European Solar Power from African Deserts? (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/european-solar-power-from-african-deserts/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Canada Offers Renewable Subsidy to Pulp and Paper Industry (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/business/global/18paper.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
New FERC Study Assesses State-By-State Potential for Demand Response (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
http://www.ferc.gov/news/news-releases/2009/2009-2/06-18-09.asp
PECO Tips Can Help You Stay Cool, Save Money and Be Green This Summer (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=114116
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Examiner.Com Columnist - Can 'Cap And Trade' Solve Global Warming?
http://www.examiner.com/x-10660-Eau-Claire-County-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m6d17-Can-cap-and-trade-solve-global-warming
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Elderly and Poor Starting To Narrow Broadband Service Gap (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/17/financial/f133514D56.DTL&feed=rss.business
Regulators Seem Eager to Repeat Fairpoint Mistakes with Frontier - Ohio state consumer advocate raises questions that will be summarily ignored (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Regulators-Seem-Eager-To-Repeat-Fairpoint-Mistakes-With-Frontier-103006
Telecom’s Titanic Shift: How the Mighty Have Fallen (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/06/18/telecoms-titanic-shift-how-the-mighty-have-fallen/
Congressman Files Bill to Stop Tiered Broadband Pricing (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/06/17/ny-congressman-massa-files-bill-to-stop-tiered-broadband-pricing/
GENERAL NEWS
State Treasury to Take $482m Hit Through 2011 (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19791060/detail.html?treets=sea&tml=sea_break&ts=T&tmi=sea_break_1_12540106182009
Kitsap County Stands to Get Some Green for Green Projects (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/17/kitsap-stands-to-get-some-green-for-green/?partner=RSS
Slump Dashes Oregon Dreams of Californians (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/us/18oregon.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Eddie Bauer Files For Bankruptcy Protection (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009350032_apuseddiebauerbankruptcy.html?syndication=rss
Seattle Spring Dry Spell Ties Record (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_061809WAB-dry-spell-LJ.b29396.html?rss
Ryan Leaf Arrested On Texas Charges at US-Canada Border (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10551132
Sustainable Prison System Grows - Environment: Tons of produce used (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/884925.html
Plant Thieves Targeting Japanese Maple Trees (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/18//area_news/doc4a39d2b603e33344637016.txt
DIVERSIONS
Dungeons & Dragons Maker Sues over Handbooks
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10551468
Clerk's Phone in Shirt Stops Knife to Chest - Clerk Then Shoots Robbery Suspect With Gun
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19783202/detail.html
Florida City to Workers: Wear Underwear, Deodorant
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19790956/detail.html
PETA Wishes Obama Hadn't Swatted That Fly - PETA Sends Obama Bug Humane Bug Catcher
http://www.kirotv.com/politics/19784490/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Frank Sinatra - Fly Me to the Moon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3pv_GKDEec&feature=PlayList&p=ABCCC051FF42CA20&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=45
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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- US Senate Panel Approves Energy Bill
- Senate Panel Backs Renewable Power Rules, Drilling
- Estimate Places Natural Gas Reserves 35% Higher
- Duke Energy to Build Nuclear Plant in Ohio
- Peninsula Gateway Op/Ed - Our Energy, Our Future
- Deal Keeps Lights On In Northwest Alaska Village
- Seattle 911 - How Can I Get A Streetlight Fixed To Deter Crime?
- Tennessee Senate Urges TVA to Finalize Alcoa Contract
- Texas - Two Indicted After Pedernales Electric Cooperative Investigation
- Here’s Why Electricity Deregulation Is Bad for Virginia’s Economy
- Supreme Court Rejects Ruling on Retrial of Enron Executive
- Columbia River Sockeye Counts Rising
- June Hogs Arrive - Over-The-Bank Sales of Summer Chinook Salmon Started This Week
- Salmon Fishing Closing on Three Idaho Rivers
- Changing Commercial Fishing
- Irony is thy Name - Klamath River Tribes Will Kick off SalmonAid with Traditional Salmon Bake
- Feds Says Protection for Marbled Murrelet Should Stay
- Low Tides Mean It's Time To Go After Shellfish
- Idaho - Flows at Shoshone Falls to Rise Again
- Good Data on Water Runs Dry in Oregon
- Grant PUD Shoreline Plan Meeting Draws Crescent Bar Residents
- BPA Brings More Wind Power into Northwest Grid
- BPA Upgrades System to Ship Wind Power to Clark
- 3TIER encourages a cautionary response to a recent study claiming U.S. wind speeds have slowed
- Green-Backed Ventures Mean More Greenbacks
- Clean-Energy Bond Program Faces Lackluster Record
- Tide Is Going out for Marine Energy around Britain’s Coasts
- European Solar Power from African Deserts?
- Canada Offers Renewable Subsidy to Pulp and Paper Industry
- New FERC Study Assesses State-By-State Potential for Demand Response
- PECO Tips Can Help You Stay Cool, Save Money and Be Green This Summer
- Examiner.Com Columnist - Can 'Cap And Trade' Solve Global Warming?
- Elderly and Poor Starting To Narrow Broadband Service Gap
- Regulators Seem Eager to Repeat Fairpoint Mistakes with Frontier
- Telecom’s Titanic Shift: How the Mighty Have Fallen
- Congressman Files Bill to Stop Tiered Broadband Pricing
- State Treasury to Take $482m Hit Through 2011
- Kitsap County Stands to Get Some Green for Green Projects
- Slump Dashes Oregon Dreams of Californians
- Eddie Bauer Files for Bankruptcy Protection
- Seattle Spring Dry Spell Ties Record
- Ryan Leaf Arrested On Texas Charges at US-Canada Border
- Sustainable Prison System Grows
- Plant Thieves Targeting Japanese Maple Trees
WORD OF THE DAY
Otiose • \OH-shee-ose \ • adjective – 1: producing no useful result: futile 2: being at leisure: idle 3: lacking use or effect: functionless
Bert was becoming extremely frustrated with his purchase. It became exceeding obvious to him after 30 seconds of bailing, that a papier mache bucket was the most otiose object in his rowboat. Perhaps less useful than the sunscreen he insisted on bringing into the gales of winter on Puget Sound.
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
US Senate Panel Approves Energy Bill (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/us/politics/18energy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Senate Panel Backs Renewable Power Rules, Drilling (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a3RNMWPhmUKM
Estimate Places Natural Gas Reserves 35% Higher (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/business/energy-environment/18gas.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Duke Energy to Build Nuclear Plant in Ohio (Triangle Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/06/15/daily48.html?ana=from_rss
Peninsula Gateway Op/Ed - Our Energy, Our Future (Gig Harbor, WA)
http://www.gateline.com/opinion/story/4428.html
Deal Keeps Lights On In Northwest Alaska Village (Fairbanks News Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jun/17/deal-keeps-lights-northwest-alaska-village/
Seattle 911 - How Can I Get A Streetlight Fixed To Deter Crime? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911/archives/171380.asp?source=pimail
Tennessee Senate Urges TVA to Finalize Alcoa Contract (Blount Today, TN)
http://www.blounttoday.com/news/2009/jun/17/tennessee-senate-urges-tva-finalize-alcoa-contract/
Texas - Two Indicted After Pedernales Electric Cooperative Investigation (KEYE-TV, Austin, TX)
http://www.keyetv.com/content/news/topnews/story/Two-indicted-after-Pedernales-Cooperative/Gjv9XP36OU250g1qfDSXiQ.cspx
Here’s Why Electricity Deregulation Is Bad for Virginia’s Economy (Culpepper Star Exponent, VA)
http://www.starexponent.com/cse/news/opinion/columnists/article/heres_why_electricity_deregulation_is_bad_for_virginias_economy/37695/
Supreme Court Rejects Ruling on Retrial of Enron Executive (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/business/19bizcourt.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River Sockeye Counts Rising (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009352345_columbia_river_sockeye_counts.html
June Hogs Arrive - Over-The-Bank Sales of Summer Chinook Salmon Started This Week (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090617/NEWS02/706179940/June+Hogs+Arrive
Salmon Fishing Closing on Three Idaho Rivers “…anglers have harvested about 95 percent of the state's harvest share…” (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/885226.html
Changing Commercial Fishing (The Columbian, Vancouver, OR)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090617/SPORTS04/706189978/Changing+commercial+fishing
Irony is thy Name - Klamath River Tribes Will Kick off SalmonAid with Traditional Salmon Bake “…takes place as California fish populations are in their greatest crisis ever…” (IndyBay, SF)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/17/18602157.php
Feds Says Protection for Marbled Murrelet Should Stay (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10551772
Low Tides Mean It's Time To Go After Shellfish - The lowest tides of the season are this week in Puget Sound, and clams, oysters and crab are available in most areas (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009351738_fish18.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Idaho - Flows at Shoshone Falls to Rise Again (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/885202.html
Good Data on Water Runs Dry in Oregon (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/archive_oregons_water_issues.html
Grant PUD Shoreline Plan Meeting Draws Crescent Bar Residents (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/18/news/doc4a381762ea844605179934.txt
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
BPA Brings More Wind Power into Northwest Grid - New $3.7-million line and upgrade supports new wind project and jobs (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/281827/
BPA Upgrades System to Ship Wind Power to Clark (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090618/NEWS02/906179970/
3TIER encourages a cautionary response to a recent study claiming U.S. wind speeds have slowed (3Tier)
http://www.3tier.com/en/news-events/publications
Green-Backed Ventures Mean More Greenbacks (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/business/2009/june/Chin-Up-in-the-Downswing-Green-Backed-Ventures-Mean-More-Greenbacks.html
Clean-Energy Bond Program Faces Lackluster Record (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200906171454DOWJONESDJONLINE000791_FORTUNE5.htm
Tide Is Going out for Marine Energy around Britain’s Coasts - It is exciting the most interest in the country's tidal systems since King Canute told the waves off the south coast to desist. (London Evening Standard, UK)
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23709134-details/Tide+is+going+out+for+marine+energy+around+Britain+s+coasts/article.do
European Solar Power from African Deserts? (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/european-solar-power-from-african-deserts/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Canada Offers Renewable Subsidy to Pulp and Paper Industry (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/business/global/18paper.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
New FERC Study Assesses State-By-State Potential for Demand Response (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
http://www.ferc.gov/news/news-releases/2009/2009-2/06-18-09.asp
PECO Tips Can Help You Stay Cool, Save Money and Be Green This Summer (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=114116
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Examiner.Com Columnist - Can 'Cap And Trade' Solve Global Warming?
http://www.examiner.com/x-10660-Eau-Claire-County-Liberal-Examiner~y2009m6d17-Can-cap-and-trade-solve-global-warming
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Elderly and Poor Starting To Narrow Broadband Service Gap (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/17/financial/f133514D56.DTL&feed=rss.business
Regulators Seem Eager to Repeat Fairpoint Mistakes with Frontier - Ohio state consumer advocate raises questions that will be summarily ignored (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Regulators-Seem-Eager-To-Repeat-Fairpoint-Mistakes-With-Frontier-103006
Telecom’s Titanic Shift: How the Mighty Have Fallen (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/06/18/telecoms-titanic-shift-how-the-mighty-have-fallen/
Congressman Files Bill to Stop Tiered Broadband Pricing (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/06/17/ny-congressman-massa-files-bill-to-stop-tiered-broadband-pricing/
GENERAL NEWS
State Treasury to Take $482m Hit Through 2011 (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19791060/detail.html?treets=sea&tml=sea_break&ts=T&tmi=sea_break_1_12540106182009
Kitsap County Stands to Get Some Green for Green Projects (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/17/kitsap-stands-to-get-some-green-for-green/?partner=RSS
Slump Dashes Oregon Dreams of Californians (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/us/18oregon.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Eddie Bauer Files For Bankruptcy Protection (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009350032_apuseddiebauerbankruptcy.html?syndication=rss
Seattle Spring Dry Spell Ties Record (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_061809WAB-dry-spell-LJ.b29396.html?rss
Ryan Leaf Arrested On Texas Charges at US-Canada Border (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10551132
Sustainable Prison System Grows - Environment: Tons of produce used (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/884925.html
Plant Thieves Targeting Japanese Maple Trees (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/18//area_news/doc4a39d2b603e33344637016.txt
DIVERSIONS
Dungeons & Dragons Maker Sues over Handbooks
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10551468
Clerk's Phone in Shirt Stops Knife to Chest - Clerk Then Shoots Robbery Suspect With Gun
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19783202/detail.html
Florida City to Workers: Wear Underwear, Deodorant
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19790956/detail.html
PETA Wishes Obama Hadn't Swatted That Fly - PETA Sends Obama Bug Humane Bug Catcher
http://www.kirotv.com/politics/19784490/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Frank Sinatra - Fly Me to the Moon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3pv_GKDEec&feature=PlayList&p=ABCCC051FF42CA20&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=45
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Energy News Digest for June 17, 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.
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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Avista Reaches Settlement in Idaho Electric and Natural Gas Rate Requests
- Southern Idaho Commissioners Leave Nuke Project in Limbo
- Government to Guarantee Loans for Nuclear Power Plants
- Funds to Shut Nuclear Plants Fall Short
- Audit Faults TVA Response to Coal Ash Spill
- Iowa - Alliant, Co-Ops Consider Natural Gas to Replace Canceled Coal Plant
- Alaska - Matanuska Electric Association Board Fires General Manager
- Kansas - Error Causes Spikes in Electricity Bills
- Ohio - Utility upgrade costs need controls
- Qwest Seeks New ‘Smart Grid’ Markets
- Avoid Electrical Dangers with These Simple Steps
- Prison for Elma Man for Cutting down Eagle's Nest
- News Release - Puget Sound Energy’s Fish-Enhancement Efforts
- Clallam County PUD - Carlsborg Sewer System Completion In 2012
- Stimulus Money, Loan Pay for Olympia Area Water Project
- Olympian Editorial - Turning Capitol Lake into Estuary Will Harm Local Economy
- Water Supplies at Risk from Fires in Dead Forests
- Tractors Clog California Freeway in Water Cuts Protest
- Don't Feel Bad About Taking Long Showers And Driving Fast Cars
- Wood-To-Energy Projects Get Stimulus Dollars
- Oregon May Trim Tax Subsidies for Wind Farms
- Clean-Energy Windmills a 'Dirty Business' For Farmers in Mexico
- Wind Farm Protestors Fly Blimp to Show How High Turbines Would Be
- Feds Playing Catch-up As States Take Renewable Energy Lead
- PPL Executive: U.S. Renewable Power Goals Too Aggressive
- Waiting for that Spark - Metals demand in markets for wind, solar and other renewable energy sources
- Washington Post Editorial - Critical Biomass
- Idaho - Hoku Reaffirms Commitment to Polysilicon Plant
- Iowa Moves Ahead With Underground Energy Storage
- Earth Talk: The Most Energy-Efficient Way to Heat a Cup of Water
- House May Vote On Climate Change Bill Next Week
- Legislators Framing Climate Bills Hold Energy Stock
- Taxman May Go After Carbon Permits under Climate Bill
- Utilities Could Cash In On Climate Bill
- Portland Officials Release Climate Action Plan
- Detroit News Op/Ed - Cap-And-Trade Bill Creates Green Jobs
- Scientists: Global Warming Is Real, and It Is Only Getting Worse
- The FCC Finally Gets a New Boss
- Microsoft Files Lawsuit over "Click Fraud"
- Twitter Is a Player in Iran's Drama
- Opera Lets Browser Be Used As A Server
- Mason County Cuts Director of Operations
- Unemployment Rate Down In Mason County
- Portland Area Has Largest Unemployment Hike
- Police Investigating 'Bump and Go Posse' Crashes
- Group Shows Support For Dosewallips Road Plan
- Vandals Use Herbicide to Kill Lawns, Trees, Shrubs
- Green Thumbs with Sticky Fingers: Plant Thieves Strike Seattle Yards, Parks
- French Fries Behind Half-Dozen Home Fires In Tacoma Area
- FDA: Zicam Nasal Products Can Destroy Sense of Smell
WORD OF THE DAY
Henceforth • \HENSS-fourth \ • adverb – From this point on
“I am tired of my commonplace name,” sighed Bill to his drinking mates at pub. “Henceforth, you shall call me ‘Dirk Squarejaw’,” pronounced the diminutive circus performer.
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
News Release - Avista Reaches Settlement in Idaho Electric and Natural Gas Rate Requests (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=113993
Southern Idaho Commissioners Leave Nuke Project in Limbo (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/883031.html
Government to Guarantee Loans for Nuclear Power Plants - $18.5 billion in loan guarantees for the construction of new nuclear power plants to four utilities (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/17/AR2009061701699.html?wprss=rss_business
Funds to Shut Nuclear Plants Fall Short (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009345426_apusnuclearfundsshortfall.html?syndication=rss
Audit Faults TVA Response to Coal Ash Spill (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/16/national/a174926D77.DTL&feed=rss.business
Iowa - Alliant, Co-Ops Consider Natural Gas to Replace Canceled Coal Plant (The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA)
http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090617/BUSINESS/706179956/1007
Alaska - Matanuska Electric Association Board Fires General Manager (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/141826
Kansas - Error Causes Spikes in Electricity Bills: Kaw Valley Electric cooperative says customers must pay difference (Topeka Capital-Journal, KS)
http://www.cjonline.com/news/local/2009-06-16/error_causes_spikes_in_bills
Ohio - Utility upgrade costs need controls: Ohio's utility watchdog says she'll fight for more accountability from giant utility companies as they convert to green energy and extended cell phone, wireless and broadband coverage (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009345816_apohutilitywatchdog.html?syndication=rss
Qwest Seeks New ‘Smart Grid’ Markets (Denver Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/06/15/daily36.html?ana=from_rss
Avoid Electrical Dangers with These Simple Steps (The Daily Comet, Lafourche Parish, LA)
http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20090616/ARTICLES/906161001/1008?Title=Avoid-electrical-dangers-with-these-simple-steps
FISH & WILDLIFE
Prison for Elma Man for Cutting down Eagle's Nest (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/883252.html
News Release - Puget Sound Energy’s Fish-Enhancement Efforts Contribute to Record number of Salmon Heading to Sea (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=114019
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Clallam County PUD - Carlsborg Sewer System Envisioned for Completion In 2012 (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090617/news/306179985
Stimulus Money, Loan Pay for Olympia Area Water Project - LOTT: $2.6 million plan aims to deliver reclaimed water to golf course (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/883739.html
Olympian Editorial - Turning Capitol Lake into Estuary Will Harm Local Economy
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/883792.html
Water Supplies at Risk from Fires in Dead Forests (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009345481_apusbeetlesforests2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Tractors Clog California Freeway in Water Cuts Protest (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2071592~Tractors_clog_Calif_freeway_in_water_cuts_protest.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Lazy Environmentalist Says Don't Feel Bad About Taking Long Showers And Driving Fast Cars (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE55F5OI20090617?feedType=nl&feedName=ustopnewsearly
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wood-To-Energy Projects Get Stimulus Dollars (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5227-wood-energy-projects-get-stimulus-dollars/
Oregon May Trim Tax Subsidies for Wind Farms - Backers say the measure could save the state $20 million; others say it could discourage new business (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1245205520197300.xml&coll=7
Clean-Energy Windmills a 'Dirty Business' For Farmers in Mexico (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/environment/2009-06-16-mexico-wind-power_N.htm
United Kingdom - Wind Farm Protestors Fly Blimp to Show How High Turbines Would Be (Horncastle Target, UK)
http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/horncastle/news/Wind-farm-protestors-fly-blimp-high-turbines/article-1083710-detail/article.html
Feds Playing Catch-up As States Take Renewable Energy Lead (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/feds-playing-catch-up-as-states-take-renewable-energy-lead?cmpid=rss
PPL Executive: U.S. Renewable Power Goals Too Aggressive (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BusinessofGreen/idUSTRE55F74J20090616
Waiting for that Spark - Metals demand in markets for wind, solar and other renewable energy sources will be among the first to take off once the economy improves (Metal Center News)
http://www.metalcenternews.com/2009/5May/May2009Alternative%20Energy.html
Washington Post Editorial - Critical Biomass: Can Congress avoid a renewable-energy boondoggle?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/16/AR2009061602796.html
Idaho - Hoku Reaffirms Commitment to Polysilicon Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/883124.html
Iowa Moves Ahead With Underground Energy Storage (Chicago Tribune, IL)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia-undergroundenergy,0,3978460.story
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Earth Talk: The Most Energy-Efficient Way to Heat a Cup of Water - When choosing among the microwave or a gas or electric stove top, the answer may surprise you. (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/06/16/earth-talk-the-most-energy-efficient-way-to-heat-a-cup-of-water/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
House May Vote On Climate Change Bill Next Week (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE55F5UC20090616
Legislators Framing Climate Bills Hold Energy Stock (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124519704993421187.html
Taxman May Go After Carbon Permits under Climate Bill (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a3l04BwN.TIM
Utilities Could Cash In On Climate Bill - Legislation requiring heavy investment in clean technologies should actually boost utilities' profits (Forbes Magazine)
http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/16/aep-global-warming-business-energy-utilities.html
Portland Officials Release Climate Action Plan (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5223-portland-officials-release-climate-action-plan/
Detroit News Op/Ed - Cap-And-Trade Bill Creates Green Jobs: Legislation balances employment with warming fight
http://www.detnews.com/article/20090617/OPINION03/906170314/Cap-and-trade-bill-creates-green-jobs
Scientists: Global Warming Is Real, and It Is Only Getting Worse (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2009348033_warming17.html?syndication=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The FCC Finally Gets a New Boss - Julius Genachowski to be appointed today (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-FCC-Finally-Gets-A-New-Boss-102987
Microsoft Files Lawsuit over "Click Fraud" (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE55F1UM20090616?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
Twitter Is a Player in Iran's Drama - State Dept. Asked Site to Keep Running (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/16/AR2009061603391.html?nav=rss_email/components
Opera Lets Browser Be Used As A Server (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/17/BUDV18876M.DTL&feed=rss.business
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Cuts Operations Director Position (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7549/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-CUTS-OPERATIONS-DIRECTOR-POSITION/Default.aspx
Mason County Cuts Director of Operations (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/16/mason-county-cuts-director-of-operations/?partner=RSS
Unemployment Rate Down In Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7547/reftab/1632/t/UNEMPLOYMENT-RATE-DOWN-IN-MASON-COUNTY/Default.aspx
Portland Area Has Largest Unemployment Hike (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/06/15/daily27.html?ana=from_rss
Police Investigating 'Bump and Go Posse' Crashes - Police believe intoxicated man, 45, caused three hit-and-runs
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/883727.html
Group Shows Support For Dosewallips Road Plan; Expected Foes Are No-Shows (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090617/news/306179993
Vandals Use Herbicide to Kill Lawns, Trees, Shrubs (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19769013/detail.html
Green Thumbs with Sticky Fingers: Plant Thieves Strike Seattle Yards, Parks (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/homegarden/2009347306_planttheft17m.html?syndication=rss
French Fries Behind Half-Dozen Home Fires In Tacoma Area (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009349214_frenchfryfires18m.html?syndication=rss
FDA: Zicam Nasal Products Can Destroy Sense of Smell (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2009347314_zicam17.html?syndication=rss
DIVERSIONS
Calling PeeWee Herman - Collectors Scramble To Save Reptiles during House Fire
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19760072/detail.html
Student Denied Diploma after Blowing Kiss
http://www.kirotv.com/education/19766393/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_nots&tmi=sea_nots_1_01000106162009&ts=H
Ohioans Ticketed For Parking in Own Driveways - Law Bans Parking On Unpaved Surfaces
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19764866/detail.html
Man Who Fears Flying Spending Month on Plane - Mark Malkoff Spending June Living On Plane
http://www.kirotv.com/travelgetaways/19757722/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin' (Stormy Weather 1943)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWViLtPQMzo&feature=related
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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Avista Reaches Settlement in Idaho Electric and Natural Gas Rate Requests
- Southern Idaho Commissioners Leave Nuke Project in Limbo
- Government to Guarantee Loans for Nuclear Power Plants
- Funds to Shut Nuclear Plants Fall Short
- Audit Faults TVA Response to Coal Ash Spill
- Iowa - Alliant, Co-Ops Consider Natural Gas to Replace Canceled Coal Plant
- Alaska - Matanuska Electric Association Board Fires General Manager
- Kansas - Error Causes Spikes in Electricity Bills
- Ohio - Utility upgrade costs need controls
- Qwest Seeks New ‘Smart Grid’ Markets
- Avoid Electrical Dangers with These Simple Steps
- Prison for Elma Man for Cutting down Eagle's Nest
- News Release - Puget Sound Energy’s Fish-Enhancement Efforts
- Clallam County PUD - Carlsborg Sewer System Completion In 2012
- Stimulus Money, Loan Pay for Olympia Area Water Project
- Olympian Editorial - Turning Capitol Lake into Estuary Will Harm Local Economy
- Water Supplies at Risk from Fires in Dead Forests
- Tractors Clog California Freeway in Water Cuts Protest
- Don't Feel Bad About Taking Long Showers And Driving Fast Cars
- Wood-To-Energy Projects Get Stimulus Dollars
- Oregon May Trim Tax Subsidies for Wind Farms
- Clean-Energy Windmills a 'Dirty Business' For Farmers in Mexico
- Wind Farm Protestors Fly Blimp to Show How High Turbines Would Be
- Feds Playing Catch-up As States Take Renewable Energy Lead
- PPL Executive: U.S. Renewable Power Goals Too Aggressive
- Waiting for that Spark - Metals demand in markets for wind, solar and other renewable energy sources
- Washington Post Editorial - Critical Biomass
- Idaho - Hoku Reaffirms Commitment to Polysilicon Plant
- Iowa Moves Ahead With Underground Energy Storage
- Earth Talk: The Most Energy-Efficient Way to Heat a Cup of Water
- House May Vote On Climate Change Bill Next Week
- Legislators Framing Climate Bills Hold Energy Stock
- Taxman May Go After Carbon Permits under Climate Bill
- Utilities Could Cash In On Climate Bill
- Portland Officials Release Climate Action Plan
- Detroit News Op/Ed - Cap-And-Trade Bill Creates Green Jobs
- Scientists: Global Warming Is Real, and It Is Only Getting Worse
- The FCC Finally Gets a New Boss
- Microsoft Files Lawsuit over "Click Fraud"
- Twitter Is a Player in Iran's Drama
- Opera Lets Browser Be Used As A Server
- Mason County Cuts Director of Operations
- Unemployment Rate Down In Mason County
- Portland Area Has Largest Unemployment Hike
- Police Investigating 'Bump and Go Posse' Crashes
- Group Shows Support For Dosewallips Road Plan
- Vandals Use Herbicide to Kill Lawns, Trees, Shrubs
- Green Thumbs with Sticky Fingers: Plant Thieves Strike Seattle Yards, Parks
- French Fries Behind Half-Dozen Home Fires In Tacoma Area
- FDA: Zicam Nasal Products Can Destroy Sense of Smell
WORD OF THE DAY
Henceforth • \HENSS-fourth \ • adverb – From this point on
“I am tired of my commonplace name,” sighed Bill to his drinking mates at pub. “Henceforth, you shall call me ‘Dirk Squarejaw’,” pronounced the diminutive circus performer.
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
News Release - Avista Reaches Settlement in Idaho Electric and Natural Gas Rate Requests (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=113993
Southern Idaho Commissioners Leave Nuke Project in Limbo (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/883031.html
Government to Guarantee Loans for Nuclear Power Plants - $18.5 billion in loan guarantees for the construction of new nuclear power plants to four utilities (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/17/AR2009061701699.html?wprss=rss_business
Funds to Shut Nuclear Plants Fall Short (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009345426_apusnuclearfundsshortfall.html?syndication=rss
Audit Faults TVA Response to Coal Ash Spill (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/16/national/a174926D77.DTL&feed=rss.business
Iowa - Alliant, Co-Ops Consider Natural Gas to Replace Canceled Coal Plant (The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA)
http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090617/BUSINESS/706179956/1007
Alaska - Matanuska Electric Association Board Fires General Manager (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/141826
Kansas - Error Causes Spikes in Electricity Bills: Kaw Valley Electric cooperative says customers must pay difference (Topeka Capital-Journal, KS)
http://www.cjonline.com/news/local/2009-06-16/error_causes_spikes_in_bills
Ohio - Utility upgrade costs need controls: Ohio's utility watchdog says she'll fight for more accountability from giant utility companies as they convert to green energy and extended cell phone, wireless and broadband coverage (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009345816_apohutilitywatchdog.html?syndication=rss
Qwest Seeks New ‘Smart Grid’ Markets (Denver Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/06/15/daily36.html?ana=from_rss
Avoid Electrical Dangers with These Simple Steps (The Daily Comet, Lafourche Parish, LA)
http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20090616/ARTICLES/906161001/1008?Title=Avoid-electrical-dangers-with-these-simple-steps
FISH & WILDLIFE
Prison for Elma Man for Cutting down Eagle's Nest (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/883252.html
News Release - Puget Sound Energy’s Fish-Enhancement Efforts Contribute to Record number of Salmon Heading to Sea (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=114019
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Clallam County PUD - Carlsborg Sewer System Envisioned for Completion In 2012 (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090617/news/306179985
Stimulus Money, Loan Pay for Olympia Area Water Project - LOTT: $2.6 million plan aims to deliver reclaimed water to golf course (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/883739.html
Olympian Editorial - Turning Capitol Lake into Estuary Will Harm Local Economy
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/883792.html
Water Supplies at Risk from Fires in Dead Forests (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009345481_apusbeetlesforests2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Tractors Clog California Freeway in Water Cuts Protest (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2071592~Tractors_clog_Calif_freeway_in_water_cuts_protest.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Lazy Environmentalist Says Don't Feel Bad About Taking Long Showers And Driving Fast Cars (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE55F5OI20090617?feedType=nl&feedName=ustopnewsearly
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wood-To-Energy Projects Get Stimulus Dollars (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5227-wood-energy-projects-get-stimulus-dollars/
Oregon May Trim Tax Subsidies for Wind Farms - Backers say the measure could save the state $20 million; others say it could discourage new business (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1245205520197300.xml&coll=7
Clean-Energy Windmills a 'Dirty Business' For Farmers in Mexico (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/environment/2009-06-16-mexico-wind-power_N.htm
United Kingdom - Wind Farm Protestors Fly Blimp to Show How High Turbines Would Be (Horncastle Target, UK)
http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/horncastle/news/Wind-farm-protestors-fly-blimp-high-turbines/article-1083710-detail/article.html
Feds Playing Catch-up As States Take Renewable Energy Lead (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/feds-playing-catch-up-as-states-take-renewable-energy-lead?cmpid=rss
PPL Executive: U.S. Renewable Power Goals Too Aggressive (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BusinessofGreen/idUSTRE55F74J20090616
Waiting for that Spark - Metals demand in markets for wind, solar and other renewable energy sources will be among the first to take off once the economy improves (Metal Center News)
http://www.metalcenternews.com/2009/5May/May2009Alternative%20Energy.html
Washington Post Editorial - Critical Biomass: Can Congress avoid a renewable-energy boondoggle?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/16/AR2009061602796.html
Idaho - Hoku Reaffirms Commitment to Polysilicon Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/883124.html
Iowa Moves Ahead With Underground Energy Storage (Chicago Tribune, IL)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia-undergroundenergy,0,3978460.story
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Earth Talk: The Most Energy-Efficient Way to Heat a Cup of Water - When choosing among the microwave or a gas or electric stove top, the answer may surprise you. (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/06/16/earth-talk-the-most-energy-efficient-way-to-heat-a-cup-of-water/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
House May Vote On Climate Change Bill Next Week (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE55F5UC20090616
Legislators Framing Climate Bills Hold Energy Stock (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124519704993421187.html
Taxman May Go After Carbon Permits under Climate Bill (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a3l04BwN.TIM
Utilities Could Cash In On Climate Bill - Legislation requiring heavy investment in clean technologies should actually boost utilities' profits (Forbes Magazine)
http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/16/aep-global-warming-business-energy-utilities.html
Portland Officials Release Climate Action Plan (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5223-portland-officials-release-climate-action-plan/
Detroit News Op/Ed - Cap-And-Trade Bill Creates Green Jobs: Legislation balances employment with warming fight
http://www.detnews.com/article/20090617/OPINION03/906170314/Cap-and-trade-bill-creates-green-jobs
Scientists: Global Warming Is Real, and It Is Only Getting Worse (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2009348033_warming17.html?syndication=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The FCC Finally Gets a New Boss - Julius Genachowski to be appointed today (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-FCC-Finally-Gets-A-New-Boss-102987
Microsoft Files Lawsuit over "Click Fraud" (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE55F1UM20090616?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
Twitter Is a Player in Iran's Drama - State Dept. Asked Site to Keep Running (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/16/AR2009061603391.html?nav=rss_email/components
Opera Lets Browser Be Used As A Server (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/17/BUDV18876M.DTL&feed=rss.business
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Cuts Operations Director Position (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7549/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-CUTS-OPERATIONS-DIRECTOR-POSITION/Default.aspx
Mason County Cuts Director of Operations (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/16/mason-county-cuts-director-of-operations/?partner=RSS
Unemployment Rate Down In Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7547/reftab/1632/t/UNEMPLOYMENT-RATE-DOWN-IN-MASON-COUNTY/Default.aspx
Portland Area Has Largest Unemployment Hike (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/06/15/daily27.html?ana=from_rss
Police Investigating 'Bump and Go Posse' Crashes - Police believe intoxicated man, 45, caused three hit-and-runs
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/883727.html
Group Shows Support For Dosewallips Road Plan; Expected Foes Are No-Shows (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090617/news/306179993
Vandals Use Herbicide to Kill Lawns, Trees, Shrubs (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19769013/detail.html
Green Thumbs with Sticky Fingers: Plant Thieves Strike Seattle Yards, Parks (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/homegarden/2009347306_planttheft17m.html?syndication=rss
French Fries Behind Half-Dozen Home Fires In Tacoma Area (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009349214_frenchfryfires18m.html?syndication=rss
FDA: Zicam Nasal Products Can Destroy Sense of Smell (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2009347314_zicam17.html?syndication=rss
DIVERSIONS
Calling PeeWee Herman - Collectors Scramble To Save Reptiles during House Fire
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19760072/detail.html
Student Denied Diploma after Blowing Kiss
http://www.kirotv.com/education/19766393/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_nots&tmi=sea_nots_1_01000106162009&ts=H
Ohioans Ticketed For Parking in Own Driveways - Law Bans Parking On Unpaved Surfaces
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19764866/detail.html
Man Who Fears Flying Spending Month on Plane - Mark Malkoff Spending June Living On Plane
http://www.kirotv.com/travelgetaways/19757722/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin' (Stormy Weather 1943)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWViLtPQMzo&feature=related
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