Energy News Digest for July 2, 2009

The energy news digest will be taking Friday, July 3 off as part of its celebration of Independence Day. “Light and get away….with loud report!”

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)

• Kalispel Tribe, Pend Oreille PUD Agree On New Dam License
• California - Sacramento Municipal Utility District Pulls Plug on Huge Power Line Plan
• NY Man Killed Trying To Saw Through Downed Power Line
• U.S. Gives Up To $408 Million to "Clean Coal" Projects
• Exelon Raises Hostile Bid For NRG Energy to $7.5 Billion
• Chelan PUD Commissioner Ann Congdon captures 4th pole-climbing title
• Talk to Your Kids about Electrical Safety
• Colville Nation to Fund NE Washington Hatchery for Year
• Summer Chinook Numbers Crossing Bonneville Dam Are Relatively Low
• Avian Sea Lions - Idaho Fish & Game Plan to Kill Pelicans Hits Obstacles
• Winter Snowpack Melts Into Waterfalls
• Army Corps of Engineers: Howard Hanson Dam Weak
• California - Hetch Hetchy Dam Rebuild Bill Pulled From Agenda
• Mason County Seeking Bids for Belfair Sewer Project
• Putting Wind To Work - Arkansas has a ways to go
• Massachusetts - State Draws Zones for Coast Wind Farms
• Transalta's Vision for Wind Power
• Energy Efficient: Simple, Accessible and Possible
• Oregon - An Energy Windfall
• California - Cupertino Looks At Stimulus Money to Help Reduce City's Utility Bills
• California - Palo Alto Tries LED Streetlights to Cut Energy Use
• Lewis County - Power Providers Debate Impact of Climate Measure
• 42% Say Climate Change Bill Will Hurt the Economy
• G.O.P. Aims at Lawmakers over Energy Votes
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution Op/Ed - Cap and Trade Will Be Tax and Fail
• Biden Unveils Broadband Stimulus
• Government Enforces the Status Quo with Broadband Stimulus Bucks
• Space Data Maps Broadband Signals From Altitude
• FaceBook Grows Into New Home in Palo Alto's Power Neighborhood
• Microsoft, RealNetworks, Yahoo Sued By Music Labels
• CompuServe Classic Says Goodnight
• Structure Fire in Potlatch Sends Six to the Hospital; Shuts Down 101
• Expert: Missing McCleary Girl Likely Went With Someone She Knew
• Hot, Dry Washington Could Make For Fiery Fourth
• Mason County Cuts Budget Director to Shore up Deficit
• Northwest Drivers Using Less Gas
• Newspapers Get Tax Break during Bad Times
• Seattle Police Investigating City Worker for Suspected Computer Theft
• Warehouse Glitch Delays State’s Booze Delivery
• With Budgets Tight, Less Flash for the Fourth
• Seattle Times Op/Ed - Washington's Timid Cell Phone Ban
• Economic Free Fall Shakes Caribbean – Aluminum woes part of problem
• Awkward! – King County Exec. Rivals Show Up At Hutchison News Conference

WORD OF THE DAY

Avian • \Ā-vee-un\ • adjective – Of, relating to, or derived from birds.

“Skyrockets in flight, avian delight!” The exhausted songwriter threw his pen onto the music sheet with disgust. “No one’s gonna buy a song with lyrics like this,” he opined. Fortunately, the wadded up sheet music wound up in the hands of Bill Danoff…and the rest is my conjecture of history.

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

Kalispel Tribe, Pend Oreille PUD Agree On New Dam License (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=10163459&Call=Email&Format=HTML

California - Sacramento Municipal Utility District Pulls Plug on Huge Power Line Plan (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/1089/story/1994514.html

NY Man Killed Trying To Saw Through Downed Power Line – Officials chased the man away from the line several times before he fetched the saw from his house (NY Newsday)
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--angrymanelectrocu0627jun27,0,7186194.story

U.S. Gives Up To $408 Million to "Clean Coal" Projects
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5604S520090701

Exelon Raises Hostile Bid For NRG Energy to $7.5 Billion (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE56127M20090702?feedType=nl&feedName=usbusinessearly

Chelan PUD Commissioner Ann Congdon captures 4th pole-climbing title (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090701/NEWS04/707019962?Congdon-captures-4th-pole-climbing-title

Talk to Your Kids about Electrical Safety - Keep Your Kids Safe This Summer with Oncor’s Electrical Safety Tips (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=114882

FISH & WILDLIFE

Colville Nation to Fund NE Washington Hatchery for Year (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/02/colvilles-to-fund-hatchery-for-year/

Summer Chinook Numbers Crossing Bonneville Dam Are Relatively Low (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2009/07/the_guides_forecast_summer_chi.html

Avian Sea Lions - Idaho Fish & Game Plan to Kill Pelicans Hits Obstacles (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/898633.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Winter Snowpack Melts Into Waterfalls - A record hot June and a winter snowpack more than 2,000 percent of normal in places have combined to detonate an explosion of waterfalls this summer in the Central Cascades (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2009409904_waterfall02m.html

Army Corps of Engineers: Howard Hanson Dam Weak (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19921562/detail.html

California - Hetch Hetchy Dam Rebuild Bill Pulled From Agenda (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/02/BAEE18HJAO.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea

Mason County Seeking Bids for Belfair Sewer Project (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7683/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-SEEKING-BIDS-FOR-BELFAIR-SEWER-PROJECT/Default.aspx

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Putting Wind To Work - Arkansas has a ways to go (Arkansas Times, Littlerock)
http://www.arktimes.com/Articles/ArticleViewer.aspx?ArticleID=a83208ce-1d62-4c83-8663-6d6cb6aec1b7

Massachusetts - State Draws Zones for Coast Wind Farms - Aims to protect sensitive areas of sea (Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/07/01/state_plan_could_bring_wind_farms_near_coast/

Transalta's Vision for Wind Power (New Brunswick Business Journal)
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/716424

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Energy Efficient: Simple, Accessible and Possible (The Astorian, OR)
http://www.dailyastorian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=176&ArticleID=62184

Oregon - An Energy Windfall: Medford single mom of four wins a home makeover from the Energy Trust that may cut her power bills in half (The Mail Tribune, Medford, OR)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090702/NEWS/907020325/-1/rss01

California - Cupertino Looks At Stimulus Money to Help Reduce City's Utility Bills (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12734387?nclick_check=1

California - Palo Alto Tries LED Streetlights to Cut Energy Use (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12738512?nclick_check=1

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Lewis County - Power Providers Debate Impact of Climate Measure (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/07/01/news/doc4a4bac0740a89062406477.txt

42% Say Climate Change Bill Will Hurt the Economy (Rasmussen Reports)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/environment/42_say_climate_change_bill_will_hurt_the_economy

G.O.P. Aims at Lawmakers over Energy Votes (NY Times)
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/gop-aims-at-lawmakers-over-energy-votes/

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Op/Ed - Cap and Trade Will Be Tax and Fail
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/07/02/wingfielded0702.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Biden Unveils Broadband Stimulus - Loan applications start July 14 for underserved ambitions (Broadband Reports – 768 kbps download? 200 kbps upload? What is this?)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Biden-Unveils-Broadband-Stimulus-103224

Government Enforces the Status Quo with Broadband Stimulus Bucks (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/01/government-enforces-the-status-quo-with-broadband-stimulus-bucks/

Space Data Maps Broadband Signals From Altitude (Phoenix Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/06/29/daily58.html?ana=from_rss

FaceBook Grows Into New Home in Palo Alto's Power Neighborhood (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12729574

Microsoft, RealNetworks, Yahoo Sued By Music Labels (Bloomberg News)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2009409349_webmusicsuit01.html?syndication=rss

CompuServe Classic Says Goodnight - Original version of online service quietly passes on (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Compuserve-Classic-Says-Goodnight-103225

GENERAL NEWS

Structure Fire in Potlatch Sends Six to the Hospital; Shuts Down 101 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7687/reftab/1632/t/STRUCTURE-FIRE-IN-POTLATCH-SENDS-SIX-TO-THE-HOSPITAL-AND-SHUTS-DOWN-101/Default.aspx

Expert: Missing McCleary Girl Likely Went With Someone She Knew (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_070109WAB-mccleary-KS.260ea8b9.html

Hot, Dry Washington Could Make For Fiery Fourth (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009411221_apwafourthfires.html?syndication=rss

Mason County Cuts Budget Director to Shore up Deficit (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/01/mason-county-cuts-budget-director-to-shore-up/?partner=RSS

Northwest Drivers Using Less Gas (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10633512

Newspapers Get Tax Break during Bad Times (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/49699922.html

Seattle Police Investigating City Worker for Suspected Computer Theft (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/407789_computers02.html?source=rss

Warehouse Glitch Delays State’s Booze Delivery (Associated Press)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/633043.html

With Budgets Tight, Less Flash for the Fourth – Vancouver, WA won’t have any fireworks display, Washougal Steps In (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/us/02fourth.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Seattle Times Op/Ed - Washington's Timid Cell Phone Ban: Lackluster Results Suggest A Tougher Law
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009408641_joni02.html?syndication=rss

Economic Free Fall Shakes Caribbean - In Jamaica, plunging demand for aluminum products has triggered layoffs and cuts in production at bauxite plants (Miami Herald, FL)
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1123866.html

Awkward! – King County Exec. Rivals Show Up At Hutchison News Conference (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009409619_execrace02m0.html?syndication=rss

DIVERSIONS

British Man Begins Aussie Island Dream Job
http://www.kirotv.com/travelgetaways/19911213/detail.html

Police: Robbers Hit NY Gas Station, Run Out Of Gas
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19916889/detail.html

So The Honeymoon Is Over? Married & Divorced on the Same Day!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090625/od_nm/us_wedding_odd;_ylt=AvVPquGVr9d_T5PO1xQ8bXUSH9EA;_ylu=X3oDMTJsbXBjMjZ2BGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwNjI1L3VzX3dlZGRpbmdfb2RkBHBvcwMxMgRzZWMDeW5fcGFnaW5hdGVfc3VtbWFyeV9saXN0BHNsawNzb3RoZWhvbmV5bW8-

Ukrainians Want Village Named After Michael Jackson
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/od_afp/entertainmentusmusicjacksonukraineoffbeat_20090701114614;_ylt=AoIt1SGxBdFuCNdjb4nFPx6gOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTNnNG1ucm1hBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MDcwMS9lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50dXNtdXNpY2phY2tzb251a3JhaW5lb2ZmYmVhdARwb3MDOQRzZWMDeW5fcGFnaW5hdGVfc3VtbWFyeV9saXN0BHNsawN1a3JhaW5pYW5zd2E-

Over $980 Meal - Rome Restaurant Pays Price after Tourist Rip-Off
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/od_afp/italyjapantourismrestaurantoffbeat_20090702150544;_ylt=ApoygfFKdZPCNnCl9i7SHoigOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTM5cW9tN2FxBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MDcwMi9pdGFseWphcGFudG91cmlzbXJlc3RhdXJhbnRvZmZiZWF0BHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9wYWdpbmF0ZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA3JvbWVyZXN0YXVyYQ--

SONG OF THE DAY

Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture (Finale - with REAL cannons! And Bells!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2W1Wi2U9sQ

1812 Overture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_Overture

Energy News Digest for July 1, 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)

• Ohio Representative Gets $3.5 Billion Sweetener in Climate Bill; a New Power Marketing Administration
• BPA Payout - Some Avista Customers May See Rate Decrease
• Wenatchee - Alcoa Approves Spending $20 Million to Improve Electric Supply
• Residents Oppose Grant PUD’s Priest Rapids Park
• Bonneville Power Administration - Getting tough on foliage
• Chelan PUD Commissioners Agree on Governance Policy
• Oregon - Utilities Hold Open House to Explain Pipeline Routes
• Seattle Times Op/Ed - Nuclear Power Should Not Be Blindly Dismissed As Part of Total Energy Solution
• California Nuclear Reactor Shut Down For Blown Fuse
• Maryland Regulators OK 1,600 MW Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant
• Exelon Delays Plan for Texas Nuclear Plant
• Nuclear Power Giant Areva to Sell Transmission Division to Raise Cash
• Columbia River Sockeye Returns Still Strong
• Priority Kitsap County Salmon Restoration Projects Remain on Waiting List
• Washington State Receives $16.4 Million for Coastal Restoration
• $2 Million to Aid Elwha River Restoration
• Administration Supports Klamath Settlement Delay
• California Otters Continue To Decline
• Lawsuit Filed Over Water For Franklin County Feedlot
• Less Talk and More Action for Yakima Basin Water Supply
• FEMA Letter Prompts Eviction of Snohomish River Flood Victims
• Strains in the Green-Growth Coalition
• Astorian Editorial - Rush to Wind Is like Haste for LNG
• Bremerton Port's Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Incubator Building May Never Sprout
• Navy Seeks Comments on Kinetic Power Project
• Report Issued On Success of California's Solar Program
• House Energy Bill No Boon for Green Investors
• AstroTurf - Ask Your State Representatives to Support Renewable Energy by 2020
• NHA Praises Secretary Chu's Vision for Hydropower
• Future for Plug-In Cars Linked To Electric Utilities
• Washington Times Op/Ed - Are Plug-In Electric Cars the New Ethanol?
• Nevada Energy Executives See Ecofriendly Future
• Passage of Climate-Change Bill Emerges From Heavy Weather in Wheeling, Dealing
• NY Times Op/Ed – Carbon Tax: Just Do It
• Boston Globe Op/Ed - No Climate Debate? Yes, There Is
• City of Richland - Broadening the Broadband Backbone to Get and Keep Business
• Obama Team Members to Fan Out On Summer Rural Tour
• Can the Free Market Provide Broadband for Everyone?
• Amazon Cutting State Ties To Avoid Sales Taxes
• Yahoo to Shutter Video Service It Bought for $160M
• China Backs Away From Internet Filter
• Going Green in the Data Center
• New Guide Gives Twitterific Advice
• McCleary is still Searching for Missing Girl
• 3.7 Quake under Whidbey Island Rattles Windows
• Fire Danger Growing In Dry Washington State
• Officials Say Fire Season in West Mild So Far
• State Fire Marshal’s Office Warns of Fireworks Dangers
• Grays Harbor County Loses Grant Money over Conflict of Interest
• Allyn-Area Voters Hear About Plan to Secede From Hospital District
• Nearly 1,700 Drivers Ticketed In First Year of State's Hands-Free Law
• Gannett Newspapers Laying Off 1,000 As Ad Sales Slide
• Olympia Press-Corps Loses another Voice

WORD OF THE DAY

Senary • \SENN-uh-ree \ • adjective – Of, based on, or characterized by six : compounded of six things or six part

“Seymore you insidious dolt!” thundered the Asian Studies professor to the cowering student. “Any idiot knows that a haiku doesn’t have a senary bone in its body. The first line is always five syllables, the second seven and the third, five.”

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

Ohio Representative Gets $3.5 Billion Sweetener in Climate Bill – “…what she wanted - a new federal power authority, similar to Washington state's Bonneville Power Administration, stocked with up to $3.5 billion in taxpayer money available for lending to renewable energy and economic development projects…” (Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/01/sweetener-helped-sway-vote-on-house-climate-bill/?feat=home_top5_shared

BPA Payout - Some Avista Customers May See Rate Decrease (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/898018.html

Wenatchee - Alcoa Approves Spending $20 Million to Improve Electric Supply (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090630/NEWS04/706309969

Residents Oppose Grant PUD’s Priest Rapids Park (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/30/news/doc4a4a75c570ddd273646753.txt

Bonneville Power Administration - Getting tough on foliage (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090630/COMMUNITY03/707019986

Chelan PUD Commissioners Agree on Governance Policy (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090630/NEWS04/706309979/1001/NEWS04

Oregon - Utilities Hold Open House to Explain Pipeline Routes (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5337-utilities-holds-open-house-explain-pipeline-routes/

Seattle Times Op/Ed - Nuclear Power Should Not Be Blindly Dismissed As Part of Total Energy Solution
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009403858_guest01morrison.html

California Nuclear Reactor Shut Down For Blown Fuse (Associated Press)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Calif-nuclear-reactor-shut-apf-3407128329.html?x=0&.v=1

Maryland Regulators OK 1,600 MW Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/display_article/365428/6/ARTCL/none/PRODJ/1/Maryland-regulators-OK-1,600-MW-nuclear-power-plant/

Exelon Delays Plan for Texas Nuclear Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/30/financial/f160326D89.DTL&feed=rss.business

Nuclear Power Giant Areva to Sell Transmission Division to Raise Cash (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009403237_apusarevacapitalplan.html?syndication=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Columbia River Sockeye Returns Still Strong - Lake Washington sockeye figures show no surprises (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009401812__the_columbia_river_sockeye.html

Priority Kitsap County Salmon Restoration Projects Remain on Waiting List (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/30/priority-salmon-restoration-projects-remain-on/?partner=RSS

Washington State Receives $16.4 Million for Coastal Restoration (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009402584_webrestoration30.html?syndication=rss

$2 Million to Aid Elwha River Restoration (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090701/news/307019985

Administration Supports Klamath Settlement Delay (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5335-administration-supports-klamath-settlement-delay/

California Otters Continue To Decline - Count finds lowest total since 2003 (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12730501

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Lawsuit Filed Over Water For Franklin County Feedlot - Drawing water for 30,000 cattle exempt from state permit requirement (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2009/06/30/07-01-09-water-suit

Less Talk and More Action for Yakima Basin Water Supply (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10622238

FEMA Letter Prompts Eviction of Snohomish River Flood Victims (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/49557167.html

Strains in the Green-Growth Coalition - The battle for candidate endorsements reveals some ideological divides between local environmentalists, developers, and independent thinkers who wonder if all urban growth is good (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/07/01/mossback/19090/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Astorian Editorial - Rush to Wind Is like Haste for LNG: The Columbia River is an example of our ability to alter nature, for good and ill
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=62145&TM=71910.62

Bremerton Port's Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Incubator Building May Never Sprout (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/30/seed-incubator-building-may-never-sprout/?partner=RSS

Navy Seeks Comments on Kinetic Power Project (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/30/navy-seeks-comments-on-kinetic-power-project/?partner=RSS

Report Issued On Success of California's Solar Program (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12726846

House Energy Bill No Boon for Green Investors - The impact on demand for renewable electric generation would be minimal (Forbes Magazine)
http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/29/waxman-markey-electricity-business-energy-green-investments.html

AstroTurf - Ask Your State Representatives to Support Renewable Energy by 2020 “…A definition of ‘renewable energy’ that doesn't include technologies that can inflict environmental damage, such as large hydroelectric dams…” (Change.org)
http://globalwarming.change.org/actions/view/ask_your_state_representatives_to_support_renewable_energy_by_2020

NHA Praises Secretary Chu's Vision for Hydropower - DOE Investment will spur development in key water power technologies (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/national-hydropower-association/news/article/2009/06/nha-praises-secretary-chus-vision-for-hydropower?cmpid=rss

Future for Plug-In Cars Linked To Electric Utilities (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE56009V20090701

Washington Times Op/Ed - Are Plug-In Electric Cars the New Ethanol?
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Are-plug-in-electric-cars-the-new-ethanol-49553372.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Nevada Energy Executives See Ecofriendly Future - Company files three-year plan with Nevada Public Utilities Commission (Las Vegas Review-Journal, NV)
http://www.lvrj.com/business/49591717.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Passage of Climate-Change Bill Emerges From Heavy Weather in Wheeling, Dealing (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009405259_climate01.html

NY Times Op/Ed – Carbon Tax: Just Do It
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/opinion/01friedman.html?ref=opinion

Boston Globe Op/Ed - No Climate Debate? Yes, There Is
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/07/01/no_climate_debate_yes_there_is/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

City of Richland - Broadening the Broadband Backbone to Get and Keep Business (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/49557212.html

Obama Team Members to Fan Out On Summer Rural Tour (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009403744_apusobamaruraltour.html?syndication=rss

Can the Free Market Provide Broadband for Everyone? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/01/can-the-free-market-provide-broadband-for-everyone/

Amazon Cutting State Ties To Avoid Sales Taxes - As revenue-hungry states eye Internet retailers as possible sources of new taxes, Amazon.com is firing back. (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12725988

Yahoo to Shutter Video Service It Bought for $160M (San Francisco Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/06/29/daily49.html?ana=from_rss

China Backs Away From Internet Filter (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE55O0EO20090630?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology

Going Green in the Data Center (Network World)
http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/cisco/063009-ch1-going-green-in-the-data-center.html

New Guide Gives Twitterific Advice (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/01/financial/f082406D44.DTL&feed=rss.business

GENERAL NEWS

McCleary’s still Searching for Missing Girl (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/06/30/local_news/doc4a4a53f8addf4694664243.txt

3.7 Quake under Whidbey Island Rattles Windows (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009406273_apwawhidbeyquake2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss

Fire Danger Growing In Dry Washington State (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_070109WAB-fire-danger-LJ.2511ff1b.html?rss

Officials Say Fire Season in West Mild So Far (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/30/state/n172658D06.DTL&feed=rss.business

State Fire Marshal’s Office Warns of Fireworks Dangers (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/796459.html

Grays Harbor County Loses Grant Money over Conflict of Interest (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/06/30/local_news/doc4a4a546588de5607766745.txt

Allyn-Area Voters Hear About Plan to Secede From Hospital District (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/30/allyn-area-voters-hear-about-plan-to-secede-from/?partner=RSS

Nearly 1,700 Drivers Ticketed In First Year of State's Hands-Free Law (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/crime/2009/07/01/1_659_drivers_ticketed_in_first_year_of_

Gannett Newspapers Laying Off 1,000 As Ad Sales Slide (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE56000920090701?feedType=nl&feedName=usbeforethebell

Olympia Press-Corps Loses another Voice (writer, actually): Adam Wilson (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/politicsblog/story/897436.html

DIVERSIONS

$16 Million in Canadian Gold Goes Missing In Mint Security Meltdown
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/01/2613075.htm

Man Had Boss Killed To Save Job?
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE55T4VO20090630?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews

Mosquito Repellent Firm in Dock for Mosquito Breeding
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE55T4UV20090630?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews

Man Allegedly Drenches Wife with Hose for Smoking
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_smoking_attack;_ylt=AriL9u1LIhCqTLn.lpV.x9_tiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJtcG5tZGU2BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzAxL3VzX29kZF9zbW9raW5nX2F0dGFjawRjcG9zAzIEcG9zAzMEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yeQRzbGsDbWFuYWxsZWdlZGx5

SONG OF THE DAY

Shirley Bassey – Goldfinger (sung a LITTLE broadly here….)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Wg6k9cWhM

Energy News Digest for June 30, 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)

• BPA Lowers Proposed Fall Rate Increase to 6.4 Percent
• Energy: Small Fire Forces Richland Nuclear Plant Offline
• Clark County - Electricity Sales to Industry Down 18.3%, Utility Reports
• PUD 3 Employees & Family Join the Fight against Cancer
• Should Renewable Energy Include Nuclear?
• Wyoming Looks to Keep Coal in Energy Mix
• New Jersey Transformer Blast Causes Fire, Power Failure
• Summer Safety Tips from PECO
• Driver Mows Down Dozens of Protected Seabirds
• To Protect Public - Safety Rules Sought for Creation of Salmon Habitat
• Spokane White-Water Park Could Affect Fish
• Congress May Overhaul Fishing Industry Safety Regulations
• The Influence Game: A Catfish by Any Other Name
• BPA/Digital Angel in $745,000 Contract for Fish Monitoring
• Increasing Dust Speeds Melting Of Mountain Snow
• State and Federal Officials to Discuss Yakima Water
• Clallam County Water Reuse Site Draws Ideas from Three Groups
• Aberdeen Wastewater Plant Wins State Honor
• Study: Coastal Seagrass Increasingly Being Lost
• Oregon to End Field Burning - House OKs measure banning practice
• Interior Secretary Unveils Fast-Track Solar Plan
• Oregon Wind Bill Awaits Signing - Cuts incentives
• Fourteen New Wind Farms Planned For Southern Idaho
• PacificCorp IRP Calls For More Renewable Generation
• The Switch - Waste into Energy Projects Look Promising
• Wind Turbine Prices Move Down
• National Hydropower Association Applauds Support for Hydro
• White House Announces New Lighting Conservation Standards
• Analysis: Climate Bill May Spur Energy Revolution
• Can Farm Groups Kill the Climate Bill?
• EPA Approves California Greenhouse Gas Pollution Rule
• Portland/Vancouver - Wireless Broadband to Go Live Today
• Fiber Broadband Sells Homes
• Yahoo to Build Data Center near Buffalo
• Cautionary Stories of the State of Broadband Mapping
• Wash. State Population Grows, but Rate Slows
• Small earthquake in Kitsap County
• Process for Withdrawing From Mason Hospital District
• Thurston County - Counterfeit Money Circulating In Area
• Northwest Companies Make the Cut in Clean Tech Competition
• Oregon Had 51,402 ‘Green Jobs’ In 2008
• Startup Expects 10% of Web Readers to Pay for News
• Murray, Larsen Seeking Federal Funds for Ferries
• Seattle Man Suing To Stop Fireworks at Gas Works
• Natural 'Air Force' Guards Central Washington Blueberry Crop

WORD OF THE DAY

Shambling • \SHAM-bling\ • adjective – Characterized by slow awkward movement

After a quick start, breathtaking special effects, and sparking dialog what appeared to be the movie of the summer stumbled into a shambling shadow if itself as it ground through the last fifteen minutes to a merciful conclusion. Unknown to the movie-goers, the film’s screenwriter had been fired before the script was complete. The “key grip” was unceremoniously called upon to write the final act…with disastrous effect.

WEATHER

Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

BPA Lowers Proposed Fall Rate Increase to 6.4 Percent (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/30/area_news/doc4a495fa4baea0233597683.txt

Energy: Small Fire Forces Richland Nuclear Plant Offline (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/631045.html

Clark County - Electricity Sales to Industry Down 18.3%, Utility Reports (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090630/BIZ01/706309977/-1/BIZ

PUD 3 Employees & Family Join the Fight against Cancer (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=565

Should Renewable Energy Include Nuclear? (Christian Science Monitor – How about anything that firms renewables?)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0629/p06s10-woeu.html

Wyoming Looks to Keep Coal in Energy Mix (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/29/ap6597345.html

New Jersey Transformer Blast Causes Fire, Power Failure (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/30/national/a092346D73.DTL&feed=rss.business

Summer Safety Tips from PECO (Yahoo! Finance)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Summer-Safety-Tips-From-bw-3273404425.html/print?x=0

FISH & WILDLIFE

Driver Runs Over Dozens of Protected Seabirds at Long Beach, WA (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/reward_offered_in_slaughter_of.html

To Protect Public - Safety Rules Sought for Creation of Salmon Habitat (Seattle Times – I guess large woody debris aren’t good for people…)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009400482_safetyrules30.html?syndication=rss

Spokane White-Water Park Could Affect Fish (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/29/white-water-park-could-affect-fish/

Congress May Overhaul Fishing Industry Safety Regulations (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/896968.html

The Influence Game: A Catfish by Any Other Name: It looks like catfish, it tastes like catfish, and it acts like catfish (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009401759_apuscatfishwars.html?syndication=rss

News Release – BPA/Digital Angel in $745,000 Contracts and Orders for Fish Monitoring Systems (Yahoo! Finance)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Digital-Angels-Destron-bw-220066637.html?x=0&.v=1

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Increasing Dust Speeds Melting Of Mountain Snow (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009398582_apusscidustinthewind.html?syndication=rss

State and Federal Officials to Discuss Yakima Water (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10616772

Clallam County Water Reuse Site Draws Ideas from Three Groups (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090630/news/306309989

Aberdeen Wastewater Plant Wins State Honor (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/06/29/local_news/doc4a4924e33ebd2709834479.txt

Study: Coastal Seagrass Increasingly Being Lost (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009398734_apussciseagrassloss.html?syndication=rss

Oregon to End Field Burning - House OKs measure banning practice (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/30/oregon-to-end-field-burning/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Interior Secretary Unveils Fast-Track Solar Plan (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/29/state/n113204D09.DTL&feed=rss.business

Oregon Wind Bill Awaits Signing - could significantly shrink the size of economic incentives for wind energy developers (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/06/29/daily6.html?ana=from_rss

Fourteen New Wind Farms Planned For Southern Idaho (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/896909.html

PacificCorp IRP Calls For More Renewable Generation (North American Wind Power)
http://www.nawindpower.com/naw/e107_plugins/content/content_lt.php?content.4204

The Switch - Waste into Energy Projects Look Promising (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5317-switch-waste-energy-projects-look-promising/

Wind Turbine Prices Move Down, Shows New Price Index from NEF (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/wind-turbine-prices-move-down-says-new-price-index?cmpid=rss

National Hydropower Association Applauds Support for Hydro and Other Renewables in House Bill (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/national-hydropower-association/news/article/2009/06/nha-applauds-support-for-hydro-and-other-renewables-in-house-bill?cmpid=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

White House Announces New Lighting Conservation Standards (Associated Press)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/29/AR2009062901857.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Analysis: Climate Bill May Spur Energy Revolution (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/2009-06-29-climate-bill_N.htm

Can Farm Groups Kill the Climate Bill? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/30/30climatewire-can-farm-groups-kill-the-climate-bill-71264.html

EPA Approves California Greenhouse Gas Pollution Rule (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/30/national/w081619D61.DTL&feed=rss.news

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Portland/Vancouver - Wireless Broadband to Go Live Today: Comcast/Clearwire alliance pioneers its service in Portland area
http://columbian.com/article/20090630/BIZ01/706309984/-1/BIZ

Fiber Broadband Sells Homes - According to group eager to sell FTTH (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Fiber-Broadband-Sells-Homes-103189

Yahoo To Build Data Center Near Buffalo (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/30/financial/f084944D49.DTL&feed=rss.business

Cautionary Stories of the State of Broadband Mapping – Texas and Tennessee (Public Knowledge, via Baller/Herbst)
http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/2507

GENERAL NEWS

Wash. State Population Grows, but Rate Slows (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/896487.html

State OFM News Release on Population (Washington State Office of Financial Management)
http://www.ofm.wa.gov/news/release/2009/090629.asp

Here is a Link to the Population Estimates by Cities and Towns (Washington State Office of Financial Management – Yikes! Shelton actually lost population – Mason County gained some)
http://www.ofm.wa.gov/pop/april1/default.asp

Small earthquake in Kitsap County (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_063009WAB-kitsap-quake-SW.20421da2.html?rss

Process for Withdrawing From Mason General Hospital District Spelled Out (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7665/reftab/1632/t/PROCESS-FOR-WITHDRAWING-FROM-MASON-GENERAL-HOSPITAL-DISTRICT-SPELLED-OUT/Default.aspx

Thurston County - Counterfeit Money Circulating In Area (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/795294.html

Northwest Companies Make the Cut in Clean Tech Competition (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062909TTB-clean-tech-finalistsES.1d1968b0.html?rss

Oregon Had 51,402 ‘Green Jobs’ In 2008 (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/06/29/daily4.html?ana=from_rss

Startup Expects 10% of Web Readers to Pay for News (Associated Pres
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/630420.html

Murray, Larsen Seeking Federal Funds for Ferries (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009401550_apwaferrysupport.html?syndication=rss

Seattle Man Suing To Stop Fireworks at Gas Works (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19893865/detail.html

Natural 'Air Force' Guards Central Washington Blueberry Crop (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/49440532.html

DIVERSIONS

Grammar Groan - Really Bad Writing Finds a New Champion in Federal Way (Should read: Poor Writing Skills Find New Champion In Federal Way)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=184054

'Dog Ate My Checks' – Woman Accused Of Dipping Into Her Ex-Husband's Bank Account without Permission
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/896787.html

Dog-Eaten Passport Cancels Wisconsin Boy's Trip to Peru
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/29/national/a194032D95.DTL&feed=rss.news

Prize Locusts - Crowd Grabs Goodies and Foils Airline Publicity Stunt
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090626/od_nm/us_balloons

SONG OF THE DAY

Pep Band Flashback: Rhythm Heritage - Theme from S.W.A.T.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AH7g9sYH54

Energy News Digest for June 29, 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)

- Editorial - Intalco Plant Continues to Be worth Supporting
- Hearing Set on BPA Transmission Lines
- Grant PUD Explains Power Line Options in Quincy
- Op/Ed - The Dirty War against Clean Coal
- Top 10 Green US Cities – Portland No. 1, Eugene No. 5, Seattle No. 8
- Op/Ed – Columbia River Basin Tribes Take Issue with Hatchery Fish Study
- Lower Elwha Hatchery Construction to Begin in the Fall
- Salmon-Recovery Fund Isn’t Quite Extinct Yet
- Murray Trying To Save Salmon Funds
- Waters Buzz with Salmon
- Oregon - Plans Afoot To Truck Salmon to Upper McKenzie River
- Army Corp of Engineers Trying to Save Salmon
- Feds Decline to Delist Klamath Sucker Fish, Again
- California – US Senator Sides with Oyster Farmer Over Park Service
- Sage Grouse Endangered Decision Delayed ‘Til 2010
- Concerns Voiced Over Proposed Chehalis River Basin Dams
- Seepage Found At Dam Upstream From Walla Walla
- Dams Are Thwarting Louisiana Marsh Restoration, Study Says
- It’s Now Legal to Catch a Raindrop in Colorado
- Hope Wanes For Olympia Brewery
- Beetles Add New Dynamic to Forest Fire Control Efforts
- Oregon State Legislature Votes to Roll Back Tax Subsidy for Wind Projects
- Oregon’s Renewable-Energy Standard in Flux?
- How Utilities Integrate Wind Energy – Build MORE Wind!
- Idaho Statesman Op/Ed - Don’t Go Off Course in Developing Wind Energy
- Montana – Flathead County Garbage to Power Up To 900 Homes
- Oregon - Fireplace Logs from Biomass Proposed
- A Funding Roadblock Ahead for Clean Energy
- California Solar Industry Fears Hitting State Credit Cap
- Editorial - Solar Incentives: Spinning the meter backward
- What Does Big Solar Want? What Doesn’t It Want?
- Kentucky - A Renewed Source of Renewable Energ
- Maine - Wind Project May Knock Island Electric Rates Down
- Algae Farm Aims to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Fuel
- Connecticut Man Modifies Pickup to Run On Wood, Waste
- Montana Aims For More Energy-Efficient Houses
- California Homeowners Could Save More on Energy-Saving Upgrades
- The Green Building Guide to Waxman-Markey
- Project Porch Light to Distribute One Million Energy-Saving Bulbs
- Inslee’s Cap-and-Trade Bill Cruises through House
- Inslee, Reichert Play Key Roles in Energy Bill
- Wood-Waste Provision Drew Baird’s Climate Change Vote
- Winners And Losers Emerge In Climate Bill
- Climate Change Activists Dismayed by Some of Bill’s Provisions
- Climate Change Bill May Be Election Issue
- Obama Urges Senators to Back Cap and Trade Bill
- Internet Service Providers Not Keeping Up With Upload Trends
- Size Limits Increased for YouTube, Gmail
- Study: Bing Has Better Design, But People Sticking To Google
- Google Makes a Case That It Isn’t So Big
- China’s Required PC Filter Green Dam a Big Risk for Companies
- Microsoft Kills MSN Web Messenger
- Telcos Target Rural Phone Fee
- The Broadband Stimulus Gets, Uh, Less Patriotic?
- Editorial - New FCC Chairman Genachowski Will Put Citizens before Big Media
- Internet Naming Agency Selects New Leader
- Search Intensifies For Missing McCleary Girl
- US Supreme Court Won’t Get Involved In Washington State Bible Club
- Weather to Blame for Statewide Mosquito Boom
- Wash. Visitor Info Center Closes To Save Money
- Lt. Gov. Owen Travels to China
- Centennial Agreement - 1989 pact keeps state and tribes talking
- The Bite of Bank Fees
- Slowdown in Once-Booming Organics Troubles Farmers
- Wenatchee still clings to title as Apple capital
- Billy Mays, Enthusiastic TV Pitchman, Dies at 50

WORD OF THE DAY

Bruit • \BROOT\ • noun – 1: noise, din 2: report, rumor

The bruit surrounding the departure of the CEO of “Hai Karate” bubbled down the cubicle rows like a surging tide, its progression marked by the increasing noise of whispering, guttural gossip as it moved towards the end of the business floor. Seems the “fearless leader” had shunned the distinctive fragrance at a recent board meeting…replacing its mandated use (mysteriously for men AND women) with the “great smell of Brut.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAnU9zT87j4

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

Bellingham Herald Editorial - Intalco Plant Continues to Be worth Supporting (If consummated, public power customers will be expecting a HUGE thank you note from Bellingham and Columbia Falls residents…)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/615/story/964899.html

Hearing Set on BPA Transmission Lines - The Dalles, Goldendale are sites (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/06/news06-26-09-02.shtml

Grant PUD Explains Power Line Options in Quincy - Collecting responses to options (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/26/news/doc4a4545375dbec035489372.txt

NY Times Op/Ed - The Dirty War against Clean Coal
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/opinion/29easterbrook.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Top 10 Green US Cities – Portland No. 1, Eugene No. 5, Seattle No. 8 (Miami Herald, FL)
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/1118999.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Columbian Op/Ed – Columbia River Basin Tribes Take Issue with Hatchery Fish Study
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090628/OPINION03/706289992/-1/OPINION

Lower Elwha Hatchery Construction to Begin in the Fall (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090629/news/306299992

Salmon-Recovery Fund Isn’t Quite Extinct Yet - Senate version may fall in reconciliation (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090628/NEWS02/706289965/

Murray Trying To Save Salmon Funds - Millions of dollars deleted this week from the Pacific Salmon Recovery Fund for 2010 may be restored in the U.S. Senate (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090626/NEWS04/706269881/1025/rss1025

Waters Buzz with Salmon (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/28/waters-buzz-with-salmon/

Oregon - Plans Afoot To Truck Salmon to Upper McKenzie River (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/plans_afoot_to_truck_salmon_to.html

Army Corp of Engineers Trying to Save Salmon (KBND Radio, Bend, OR)
http://www.yournews.com/copyroom/postmynews.asp?empid=0&zipcode=67207&STORY_id=89143&sections_id=381&sections_CHILD_id=439&FULLNAME

Feds Decline to Delist Klamath Sucker Fish, Again (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/893382.html

California – US Senator Sides with Oyster Farmer Over Park Service (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/26/financial/f111308D75.DTL&feed=rss.business

Sage Grouse Endangered Decision Delayed ‘Til 2010 – Listing could impact increasing number of wind power turbines (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009390103_apmtsagegrouse2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Concerns Voiced Over Proposed Chehalis River Basin Dams (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/06/27/news//doc4a450833bb69e957321144.txt

Seepage Found At Dam Upstream From Walla Walla (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009388943_apwaleakingdam.html?syndication=rss

Dams Are Thwarting Louisiana Marsh Restoration, Study Says (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/science/earth/29mississippi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

It’s Now Legal to Catch a Raindrop in Colorado (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/us/29rain.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Hope Wanes For Olympia Brewery - Olympia, Lacey, and Tumwater want brewery’s water rights for new homes (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/894721.html

Beetles Add New Dynamic to Forest Fire Control Efforts (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/us/28wildfires.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Oregon State Legislature Votes to Roll Back Tax Subsidy for Wind Projects (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/legislature_votes_to_roll_back.html

Oregon’s Renewable-Energy Standard in Flux? (The Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/06/oregons_renewableenergy_standa.html

How Utilities Integrate Wind Energy – Build MORE Wind! (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/how-utilities-integrate-wind-energy?cmpid=rss

Idaho Statesman Op/Ed - Don’t Go Off Course in Developing Wind Energy “…The fact that there are no incentives to build these new gas plants (or spinning reserves of any kind) is a big hole in the current thinking…”
http://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/story/816711.html

Montana – Flathead County Garbage to Power Up To 900 Homes (The Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/06/27/news/local/news04.txt

Oregon - Fireplace Logs from Biomass Proposed (Associated Press)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090629/BIZ/906290304/-1/rss05

A Funding Roadblock Ahead for Clean Energy (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/business/energy-environment/29iht-green29.html?ref=global

California Solar Industry Fears Hitting State Credit Cap - Push to raise cap to avoid shut down (San Francisco Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/06/29/story10.html?ana=from_rss

SF Chronicle Editorial - Solar Incentives: Spinning the meter backward
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/28/EDNL18E55A.DTL&feed=rss.opinion

What Does Big Solar Want? What Doesn’t It Want? (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmCarbonEmissions/idUS409857413520090626

Kentucky - A Renewed Source of Renewable Energy (Lexington Herald-Leader, KY - Hydropower as renewable? Imagine that…)
http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/845634.html

Maine - Wind Project May Knock Island Electric Rates Down: Advocates hope Maine's first island wind turbines on Vinalhaven also blow public opinion their way (Portland Press-Herald, ME)
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=264944

Algae Farm Aims to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Fuel (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/business/energy-environment/29biofuel.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Connecticut Man Modifies Pickup to Run On Wood, Waste (Associated Press)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/792675.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Montana Aims For More Energy-Efficient Houses (Montana News Stations)
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=10604054

California Homeowners Could Save More on Energy-Saving Upgrades (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/1983291.html?mi_rss=Our%2520Region

The Green Building Guide to Waxman-Markey (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmBuildings/idUS216473327920090626

New Jersey - Project Porch Light to Distribute One Million Energy-Saving Bulbs (Alternative Press)
http://www.thealternativepress.com/article.asp?news=4493

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Inslee’s Cap-and-Trade Bill Cruises through House (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/26/inslees-cap-and-trade-bill-cruises-through-house/?partner=RSS

Inslee, Reichert Play Key Roles in Energy Bill (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/172435.asp?source=pimail

Wood-Waste Provision Drew Baird’s Climate Change Vote - But Vancouver Legislator Had Urged Delay to Study Bill (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090627/NEWS02/706279962/

Winners And Losers Emerge In Climate Bill - In addition to raising energy prices, the climate legislation that’s winding through Congress would create a parallel financial system with a carbon-based currency (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009391795_apusclimatebillwinnerslosers.html?syndication=rss

Climate Change Activists Dismayed by Some of Bill’s Provisions (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062603076.html?wprss=rss_politics

Climate Change Bill May Be Election Issue (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/us/politics/28cong.html?hp

Obama Urges Senators to Back Cap and Trade Bill (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/06/27/obama_urges_senators_to_back_c.html?hpid=sec-politics

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Internet Service Providers Not Keeping Up With Upload Trends (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12689652

Size Limits Increased for YouTube, Gmail (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/06/29/daily2.html?ana=from_rss

Study: Bing Has Better Design, But People Sticking To Google (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/172431.asp?source=pimail

Google Makes a Case That It Isn’t So Big (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/technology/companies/29google.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

China’s Required PC Filter Green Dam a Big Risk for Companies (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009390570_chinasoftware27.html

Microsoft Kills MSN Web Messenger (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/172438.asp?source=pimail

Telcos Target Rural Phone Fee - AT&T says Universal Service Fund fee needs revamp to bring it into Internet age (Dallas Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2009/06/29/story7.html?ana=from_rss

The Broadband Stimulus Gets, Uh, Less Patriotic? NTIA realizes ‘buy American’ wasn’t realistic goal (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-Broadband-Stimulus-Gets-Uh-Less-Patriotic-103163

Seattle Times Editorial - New FCC Chairman Genachowski Will Put Citizens before Big Media
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009389484_ryan28.html

Internet Naming Agency Selects New Leader (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090628/BIZ/706289942/-1/RSS03

GENERAL NEWS

Search Intensifies For Missing McCleary Girl (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062909WAB-Mccleary-girl-missing-LJ.1a971644.html?rss?npc

US Supreme Court Won’t Get Involved In Washington State Bible Club Question (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/29/national/w072210D28.DTL&feed=rss.business

Weather to Blame for Statewide Mosquito Boom (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_062609WAB-mosquitoes-boom-KS.d774cac.html?rss

Wash. Visitor Info Center Closes To Save Money (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/49386862.html

Lt. Gov. Owen Travels To China - Privately paid trip takes state official overseas to promote business, strengthen relationships (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/895556.html

Centennial Agreement - 1989 pact keeps state and tribes talking (Everett Herald, WA – Denny Hurtado from Skokomish Tribe is featured)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090628/NEWS01/706289848/-1/RSS02

The Bite of Bank Fees - Banks To "Earn" $38.5 Billion from Overdrafts This Year (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062604974.html?wprss=rss_business

Slowdown in Once-Booming Organics Troubles Farmers “…many consumers are no longer willing to pay the price in a recession…” (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/06/slowdown_in_oncebooming_organi.html

Wenatchee still clings to title as Apple capital (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_apple_capital.html?source=pimail

Billy Mays, Enthusiastic TV Pitchman, Dies at 50 (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/business/media/29mays.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

DIVERSIONS

Billy Mays: A Look Back at a Television Legend (Consumerist, Comments may include PG-13 Language)
http://consumerist.com/5303625/billy-mays-a-look-back-at-a-television-legend

Not an Energy Drink - Opossum Rescued from NY Gym’s Soda Machine
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19861180/detail.html

Mother Charged with Changing Daughter’s Grades - Wanted to Improve Daughter’s Class Standing
http://www.kirotv.com/education/19860204/detail.html

Under-Bite Helps Pabst Become World’s Ugliest Dog
http://www.sacbee.com/latest/story/1983976.html

The Bottoms of New York City’s Harbors Still House 1,600 Bars of Silver - If you can find them amid the junk and the 4-foot-long wood worms…
http://news.yahoo.com/s/uc/20090628/od_notw/nwx090628xml;_ylt=AnbSIIveczNWkIlRdso5LkrtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJoOG5tNmlqBGFzc2V0A3VjLzIwMDkwNjI4L253eDA5MDYyOHhtbARwb3MDMwRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA25ld3NvZnRoZXdlaQ--

SONG OF THE DAY

Susan Tedeschi - Rock Me Right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xigwtXcrXBA&feature=related

Energy News Digest for June 26, 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)

- Hanford Nuclear Plant Back On Line
- PUD 3 Customers - June 26 Planned Power Outage for Twanoh Falls and Creekside Drive
- PUD 3 Customers – June 27 Planned Power Outage for Lake Cushman area
- Avista Seeks Oregon Rate Increase
- Meter Reader's Pepper Spray Raises Objection from Dog Owner
- Judge Says Names of Gay Seattle Public Utilities Workers Don’t Have to Be Released
- BPA Invites Public to Provide Feedback on Proposed Transmission Line
- Chu: U.S. To Spend Nearly $4 Billion on Smart Grid
- Two Utilities Are Leaving Clean Coal Initiative
- Washington Post Editorial - A Greener Look for Coal
- Tennessee: Report Cites Several Factors in Ash Spill
- Enviros Sue FEMA Over Lack of Oregon Salmon Protection
- Non-Tribal Commercial Trollers:Coho Numbers off The Charts
- Trout Group Seeks Study of Spokane Park
- Surprise: Fish in Acidic Waters Grow Bigger Ears
- Shelton: Sewer Project's Final Phase to Begin Today
- Concerns over Economy Affect Environmental Agenda
- Ship of Plastic Bottles to Send Eco-Message
- Power Lurks In Oregon Forests
- Northwest Communities Push Back Against Wind Power
- Astorian Editorial - Wind and Wave Energy Need a Push
- Northern Wasco PUD - A Recipe for Clean, Green Hydrogen Power
- Report: Efficiency and Renewables Can Save US $200B Annually
- The Renewable-Energy Scam
- Imperium Sells Seattle Biodiesel Plant
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - Washington Should Scrap Biofuels Mandate
- Burns Paiute Tribe First to Go To All Green Light Bulbs
- Microsoft’s Hohm Hopes to Overpower Google’s PowerMeter
- Tokyo Is Burning - Japan saves energy by keeping office buildings at 82 degrees
- Wide-Ranging Energy Measure Ready for Floor Vote
- Rep. Jim Mcdermott Says He Supports Cap-And-Trade Legislation
- FACTBOX: Climate Change Bill Pending In House
- Major Provisions of House Climate and Energy Bill
- For the Farm Lobby, Too Much Is Never Enough
- NY Times Editorial - The House and Global Warming
- Washington Post Editorial - Waxman-Markey
- Hello to Carbon Trading - but With Smog?
- Wal-Mart's Big Problem: Climate Change
- Tree Owners Could Reap Climate Bill Windfall
- Moses Lake - Titan Building Continues Data Center Construction
- Senate Confirms 2 for FCC Commission
- Yahoo CEO: Stop Comparing Us to Google
- FCC Approves Centurytel-Embarq Deal
- Who Moved My 'Delete' Key? Lenovo Did. Here's Why
- Social Media Will Not Get Me to Eat Your Gross Pizza
- Shock and Grief Over Jackson’s Death
- Allyn Area Group Wants To Withdraw From Mason Hospital District 1
- More Than 20,000 Pot Plants Found Near South Bend
- A Cautionary Tale for Bellingham – San Francisco: Sanctuary Has Its Limits

WORD OF THE DAY

Beamish • \BEEM-ish\ • Adjective – Beaming and bright with optimism, promise, or achievement

Roberto’s speech droned on. He desperately tried to engage individual members of his entranced audience to respond to his treatise on the affects of granular sand in underwear. Unfortunately, his presentation didn’t register with anyone in the assembly, except for the beamish countenance of his lovely wife Sally, who would have been enthralled with any presentation uttered by Roberto, including his recitation of debit slip totals while balancing the checkbook.

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

Hanford nuclear plant back on line - The only nuclear power plant in the Northwest is generating electricity again (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009384230_apwanuclearplant.html

PUD 3 Customers - June 26 Planned Power Outage for Twanoh Falls and Creekside Drive (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=564

PUD 3 Customers – June 27 Planned Power Outage for Lake Cushman area to Accommodate BPA Substation Repairs (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=563

Avista Seeks Oregon Rate Increase (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/06/22/daily62.html?ana=from_rss

Meter Reader's Pepper Spray Raises Objection from Dog Owner (The Daily News, Longview, WA - “MY dog would NEVER bite someone…”)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/05/29/top_story/doc4a1f3fcf3b5d9836636934.txt

Judge Says Names of Gay Seattle Public Utilities Workers Don’t Have to Be Released, For Now - Requester now claims 'secret gay organization' harassing him (Seattle Times)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/407611_pdr25.html?source=rss

News Release - BPA Invites Public to Provide Feedback on Proposed Goldendale/Dalles Transmission Line: 500-kilovolt line would help integrate wind and reinforce BPA high-voltage network (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/284767/

Chu: U.S. To Spend Nearly $4 Billion on Smart Grid (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=365240&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss

Two Utilities Are Leaving Clean Coal Initiative (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/business/energy-environment/26coal.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Washington Post Editorial - A Greener Look for Coal: The Waxman-Markey energy bill reflects a commitment to lower costs for cleaner coal, but will it work?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/24/AR2009062403266.html

Tennessee: Report Cites Several Factors in Ash Spill (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/us/26brfs-REPORTCITESS_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Enviros Sue FEMA Over Lack of Oregon Salmon Protection (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/49151692.html

Non-Tribal Commercial Trollers Report Coho Numbers off The Charts in the Ocean (Seattle Times)
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/reeltimenorthwest/2009/06/25/non-tribal_commercial_trollers.html

Trout Group Seeks Study of Spokane Park - The Spokane chapter of Trout Unlimited wants more studies of a proposal to build a whitewater park on the Spokane River. (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009384429_apwawhitewaterpark.html?syndication=rss

Surprise: Fish in Acidic Waters Grow Bigger Ears (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009383693_apusscisizematters.html?syndication=rss

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Shelton: Sewer Project's Final Phase to Begin Today (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/892775.html

Concerns over Economy Affect Environmental Agenda (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5306-concerns-over-economy-affect-environmental-agenda/

Ship of Plastic Bottles to Send Eco-Message (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009383928_apusbottleship.html?syndication=rss

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Power Lurks In Oregon Forests (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/power_lurks_in_oregon_forests.html

Northwest Communities Push Back Against Wind Power (Oregon Public Broadcast)
http://news.opb.org/article/5305-northwest-communities-push-back-against-wind-power/

Astorian Editorial - Wind and Wave Energy Need a Push - It’s hard to compete with cheap, government subsidized hydropower (Hydropower is NOT subsidized…it is an AT COST resource. Conversely, sanctioned renewables are HEAVILY subsidized)
http://www.dailyastorian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=23&ArticleID=62030

Northern Wasco PUD - A Recipe for Clean, Green Hydrogen Power: New ideas, old technology may offer the key to storing renewable energy (The Dalles Chronicle)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/06/news06-25-09-01.shtml

Report: Efficiency and Renewables Can Save US $200B Annually (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnEnergy/idUS61806988520090623

The Renewable-Energy Scam - New legislation would force Americans to buy costlier electricity (National Review Online)
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZmE1YWE2MmYzNDBjMjMzYjQ3MWQ2YTdiNjQ0OTdlN2Q=

Imperium Sells Seattle Biodiesel Plant (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/06/22/daily59.html?ana=from_rss

Seattle Times Op/Ed - Washington Should Scrap Biofuels Mandate
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009385013_guest26badgley.html?syndication=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Burns Paiute Tribe First to Go To All Green Light Bulbs (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/5307-burns-paiute-tribe-first-go-all-green-lightbulbs/

Microsoft’s Hohm Hopes to Overpower Google’s PowerMeter (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/idgGreenComputing/idUS352592697020090625

Tokyo Is Burning - Japan saves energy by keeping office buildings at 82 degrees. Is this foresighted or perverse?
http://www.slate.com/id/2221405/?from=rss

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Wide-Ranging Energy Measure Ready for Floor Vote (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h5iS14YOIUrpdmPuNylwKcVpSnmAD992C7000

Rep. Jim McDermott Says He Supports Cap-And-Trade Legislation (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2009384092_rep_jim_mcdermott_says_he_supp.html

FACTBOX: Climate Change Bill Pending In House (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55P16S20090626

Major Provisions of House Climate and Energy Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iN9H53G7uL7botwummDxHZg78xnAD991R4MG0

For the Farm Lobby, Too Much Is Never Enough (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062504133.html

NY Times Editorial - The House and Global Warming
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/opinion/26fri1.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Washington Post Editorial - Waxman-Markey: Action on climate change is overdue. But is this the best we can hope for?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062503469.html?nav=rss_opinions

Hello to Carbon Trading - but With Smog? (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124597170994956985.html

Wal-Mart's Big Problem: Climate Change (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmEnergy/idUS105378824820090624

Tree Owners Could Reap Climate Bill Windfall - For years, landowners have gotten paid for not farming. Now they may get paid for not cutting down trees. (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009384526_apusclimatebillbreaks.html?syndication=rss

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Moses Lake - Titan Building Continues Data Center Construction (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/25/news/doc4a440d492c74c136246532.txt

Senate Confirms 2 for FCC Commission (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/25/financial/f174109D02.DTL&feed=rss.business

Yahoo CEO: Stop Comparing Us to Google (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12688924

FCC Approves Centurytel-Embarq Deal (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/25/financial/f121407D50.DTL&feed=rss.business

Who Moved My 'Delete' Key? Lenovo Did. Here's Why (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12689064

Social Media Will Not Get Me to Eat Your Gross Pizza (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10273118-36.html?tag=nl.e703

GENERAL NEWS

Shock and Grief over Jackson’s Death (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/world/27jacksonreax.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Allyn Area Group Wants To Withdraw From Mason Hospital District 1 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7633/reftab/1632/t/ALLYN-AREA-GROUP-WANTS-TO-WITHDRAW-FROM-MGH/Default.aspx

More Than 20,000 Pot Plants Found Near South Bend (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10601159

A Cautionary Tale for Bellingham - Sanctuary Has Its Limits: The well-intentioned notion of offering sanctuary for undocumented immigrants has its limits, the city has learned the hard way.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/26/ED8U18DRFM.DTL&feed=rss.opinion

DIVERSIONS

Man Who Shot Another in Civil War Re-enactment Pleads Guilty
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/nyregion/26reenact.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Fines Paid For Ohioans Ticketed In Own Driveways
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19858317/detail.html

'High' Wallabies Blamed For Crop Circles - Marsupials Eating Opium Poppies
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19853754/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

This is how I want to remember his face….
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvc9XBTfu6g&feature=related

This is how I want to remember his music…
Michael Jackson - Thriller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xs9OQHpwDE