Energy News Digest for September 1, 2010

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

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Jefferson County PUD Gets the Power It Needs; Bonneville Inks Agreement (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100901/news/309019991/jefferson-county-pud-get-the-power-it-needs-bonneville-inks-agreement

Washington State’s Lt. Governor Supports Mason County ADAGE Biomass Plant (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3146-lt-governor-supports-adage-biomass-plant

California - Modesto Irrigation District Rejects Wood-Fired Power Plant - Many ratepayers at meeting call biomass expensive, polluting (Modesto Bee, CA)

http://www.modbee.com/2010/08/31/1318725/modesto-irrigation-district-rejects.html

Report to Mason County PUD 3 Customers: Utility Fuel Mix Report (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=767

E Source Announces Top Utilities in Large Business Customer Satisfaction - Tacoma Power &

Portland General Electric ranked high (Electric Energy Online)

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=139372

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Jefferson County PUD Gets the Power It Needs; Bonneville Inks Agreement

·         Oregon DEQ Seeks Comment on Closing Portland General Electric Coal Plant

·         Shelton Woman Killed in Crash near Timberlakes – Causes Power Outage for 1,200

·         Grant PUD Shelves Fee Idea

·         Report to Mason County PUD 3 Customers: Utility Fuel Mix Report

·         Gas Pipeline Developers Sue Oregon Land Officials

·         E Source Announces Top Utilities in Large Business Customer Satisfaction - Tacoma Power &

·         Portland General Electric ranked high

·         Sierra Club Challenges RUS Lien Accommodation Regulation for Coal Plants

·         New Warnings About Costs of Nuclear Power

·         Op/Ed - Nuclear Micro-Reactors Could Supply Jobs, Energy to South Dakota

·         Chain Billing - Texas’ Public Utility Commission Considers Preventing Some Nonpaying Customers from Switching Electricity Providers

·         Op/Ed – Canada: It’s Time for an Energy Council

·         Op/Ed - Reducing Salmon to a Mere Commodity

·         Three Die When Fish Survey Helicopter Crashes in Middle of Small Idaho Town

·         Celebration of Salmon Ceremony in Belfair

·         Washington State Shellfish Harvester Appeals License Revocation

·         Research Buoys Planned Off Westport, Newport

·         Columbia River - Regulators Reevaluating Dredge Spoil Dumping on West Hayden Island

·         Judge Cancels Hawaii to Washington Garbage Shipments until Lawsuit Ends

·         Washington State’s Lt. Governor Supports Mason County ADAGE Biomass Plant

·         California - Modesto Irrigation District Rejects Wood-Fired Power Plant

·         Florida Supreme Court May Hear Biomass Power Plant Case

·         Canada’s Pristine Power Keen to Tackle Bioenergy

·         Massachusetts Court Rejects Challenge to Cape Wind Permit

·         Massachusetts - Cape Wind Dissent Rocks Environmentalists

·         Arizona - State Moves to Curb Hazards Alternative Energy Sites Pose for Wildlife

·         Wind Turbines Can Bring Financial Windfall for Landowners

·         Brookings Report Calls for Clean-Energy Centers in Colorado, West

·         Mason County PUD 3 Takes on Cutting-Edge Smart-Grid Project

·         Doing More While Using Less Power

·         Pennsylvania - Energy Makeovers Expected to Save Allegheny County $2 Million

·         Santa Cruz Mountains Lures Cash for Trapping Carbon

·         California Lawmakers Reject Plastic Shopping Bag Ban

·         Going Green: An Electric Vehicle Made from Hemp

·         Hood Canal Communications to Expand Broadband to Rural Mason County Areas

·         More Closed Door Neutrality Deals Struck

·         Clallam County’s Embezzled $600,000 Still Not Replaced by Insurance

·         California Passes Bills Responding to City Pay Scandal

·         Mason County Says Belfair Water District’s Hydrant Locks Violate the Fire Code

·         City of Shelton to Ask Fire District Five to Continue Contract

·         Test Results Mixed for Washington Students

·         Convicted Morton Teacher Calls in Sick for Third Straight Day

WORD OF THE DAY

Carceral • \KAHR-suh-rul\ • adjective - Of, relating to, or suggesting a jail or prison

My heart is captive

A pleasant carceral life

Love to you bonded

Yeesh, how mushy!

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

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

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Jefferson County PUD Gets the Power It Needs; Bonneville Inks Agreement (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100901/news/309019991/jefferson-county-pud-get-the-power-it-needs-bonneville-inks-agreement

Oregon DEQ Seeks Comment on Closing Portland General Electric Coal Plant (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/08/30/daily18.html

Shelton Woman Killed in Crash near Timberlakes – Causes Power Outage for 1,200 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3148-shelton-woman-killed-in-crash-near-timberlakes

Grant PUD Shelves Fee Idea (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_4a683912-b552-11df-9316-001cc4c002e0.html

Report to Mason County PUD 3 Customers: Utility Fuel Mix Report (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=767

Gas Pipeline Developers Sue Oregon Land Officials (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/08/30/daily17.html

E Source Announces Top Utilities in Large Business Customer Satisfaction - Tacoma Power &

Portland General Electric ranked high (Electric Energy Online)

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=139372

Sierra Club Challenges RUS Lien Accommodation Regulation for Coal Plants (Lexology)

http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=21505e4d-df93-47cb-ab52-b2e05781f4a6

New Warnings About Costs of Nuclear Power (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/new-warnings-about-costs-of-nuclear-power/

Op/Ed - Nuclear Micro-Reactors Could Supply Jobs, Energy to South Dakota (Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, SD)

http://www.argusleader.com/article/20100901/VOICES05/9010317/1052/OPINION01

Chain Billing - Texas’ Public Utility Commission Considers Preventing Some Nonpaying Customers from Switching Electricity Providers (Dallas Morning News, TX)

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-switchhold_01bus.ART0.State.Edition1.26c8dc0.html

Op/Ed – Canada: It’s Time for an Energy Council. The focus of this new initiative would be on energy security, foreign policy, and expanded energy trade (Vancouver Sun, BC)

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/smart-shift/fp/time+energy+council/3462694/story.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Op/Ed - Reducing Salmon to a Mere Commodity (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/08/when_salmon_are_a_mere_commodi.html

Three Die When Fish Survey Helicopter Crashes in Middle of Small Idaho Town (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2010/08/two_killed_when_helicopter_crashes_in_middle_of_small_idaho_town.html

Celebration of Salmon Ceremony in Belfair (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/sep/01/celebration-salmon-ceremony-belfair/

Washington State Shellfish Harvester Appeals License Revocation (Northwest Public Radio)

http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=7739

Research Buoys Planned Off Westport, Newport (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=13079146

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Columbia River - Regulators Reevaluating Dredge Spoil Dumping on West Hayden Island (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/08/regulators_reevaluating_dredge.html

Judge Cancels Hawaii to Washington Garbage Shipments until Lawsuit Ends (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/08/judge_cancels_hawaii_to_washin.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Washington State’s Lt. Governor Supports Mason County ADAGE Biomass Plant (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3146-lt-governor-supports-adage-biomass-plant

California - Modesto Irrigation District Rejects Wood-Fired Power Plant - Many ratepayers at meeting call biomass expensive, polluting (Modesto Bee, CA)

http://www.modbee.com/2010/08/31/1318725/modesto-irrigation-district-rejects.html

Florida Supreme Court May Hear Biomass Power Plant Case (Independent Florida Alligator)

http://www.alligator.org/news/local/article_514175dc-b584-11df-ab51-001cc4c03286.html

Canada’s Pristine Power Keen to Tackle Bioenergy (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67U4UR20100831

Massachusetts Court Rejects Challenge to Cape Wind Permit (Bloomberg News)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/08/31/financial/f082449D03.DTL

Massachusetts - Cape Wind Dissent Rocks Environmentalists (Boston Herald, MA)

http://bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1278321

Arizona - State Moves to Curb Hazards Alternative Energy Sites Pose for Wildlife (MSNBC)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38943818/ns/local_news-phoenix_az/

Wind Turbines Can Bring Financial Windfall for Landowners (Indiana Economic Digest)

http://www.indianabusinessnews.com/main.asp?SectionID=31&SubSectionID=232&ArticleID=55548

Brookings Report Calls for Clean-Energy Centers in Colorado, West (Denver Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/08/30/daily29.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Mason County PUD 3 Takes on Cutting-Edge Smart-Grid Project (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/sep/01/pud-3-takes-cutting-edge-smart-grid-project/

Doing More While Using Less Power (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/business/global/02iht-rensave.html

Pennsylvania - Energy Makeovers Expected to Save Allegheny County $2 Million (Pittsburgh Gazette, PA)

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_697384.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Santa Cruz Mountains Lures Cash for Trapping Carbon (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_15951273

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

California Lawmakers Reject Plastic Shopping Bag Ban (Associated Press)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129570458

Going Green: An Electric Vehicle Made from Hemp - Maybe this is the car that should have been called the Leaf (Seattle Post Intelligencer

http://blog.seattlepi.com/transportation/archives/219840.asp

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Hood Canal Communications to Expand Broadband to Rural Mason County Areas “…We’re bringing broadband to areas that don’t have any services now…” Huh? (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/sep/01/hood-canal-communications-expand-broadband-rural-m/

More Closed Door Neutrality Deals Struck - Without pesky public input into the process (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/More-Closed-Door-Neutrality-Deals-Struck-110158

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Clallam County’s Embezzled $600,000 Still Not Replaced by Insurance (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/101945108.html

California Passes Bills Responding to City Pay Scandal - Bills to rein in excessive salaries & pensions of public employees (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012772994_apuscaliforniamunicipalsalaries.html

GENERAL NEWS

Mason County Says Belfair Water District’s Hydrant Locks Violate the Fire Code (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3145-mason-county-says-belfair-water-districts-hydrant-locks-violate-the-fire-code

City of Shelton to Ask Fire District Five to Continue Contract (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3140-shelton-to-ask-fire-district-5-to-continue-contract

Test Results Mixed for Washington Students (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012768744_statetests01m.html

Convicted Morton Teacher Calls in Sick for Third Straight Day (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/101976953.html

DIVERSIONS

A Turnaround in Ansel Adams Photo Dispute

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/arts/design/31adams.html

Golfer’s Swing Snags Rock, Sparks Southern California Fire

http://www.kirotv.com/sports/24826906/detail.html

NYC Man Plunges 40 Stories, Lands on Car, Survives

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012773573_apus40storyplunge.html

The Washington Times Could be Sold for $1

http://www.kirotv.com/money/24832005/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Jim Croce - Photographs & Memories

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48o5rCFFxh8

Energy News Digest for August 31, 2010

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

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

BPA Won’t Reconsider Pearl Route as Alternative for SW Washington Power Line (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_8e0b33e8-b4be-11df-bbe7-001cc4c03286.html

Once-In-A-Century Salmon Run Hits Canada’s West Coast (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67T57C20100830

John Deere Sells Wind Energy Business, to Exelon Subsidiary for $900 Million (Minneapolis Star, MN)

http://www.startribune.com/business/101866398.html

Port Angeles - Nippon Manager Describes Plans for Biomass Generator (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100831/news/308319993/nippon-manager-describes-plans-for-biomass-generator

US Finding Expected On Chinese Aluminum Exports (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012765687_apususchinatrade.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• BPA Won’t Reconsider Pearl Route as Alternative for SW Washington Power Line
• Energy Rate Increase Could Impact Clallam PUD Customers
• Pacific Power Rate Hike - Washington State Panel Solicits Comments
• Mason County PUD 3 Holding Hearing on Integrated Resource Plan Tuesday
• Spokane - SNAP Smooths Process for Helping With Heating Bills
• Pacific Gas & Electric PG&E Pushes ‘Pumped Hydro’ for Energy Storage
• Department of Agriculture to Issue $1.2 Billion in Loans to Rural Electric Coops
• Colorado Regulators Hold Hearings On Xcel Smart Grid
• Energy Use Is Way Down - But Wind Surges
• Nuclear Industry Takes New Path for New Plants
• EPA to decide whether coal ash is hazardous waste
• New York - Yahoo! seeks low-cost hydropower
• Deregulation - Changes Jolt Small Utilities
• How Nigeria’s Plan to Privatize Its Electricity Company Could Light Up Africa
• Once-In-A-Century Salmon Run Hits Canada’s West Coast
• Canada - Surprising Salmon Run Masks an Industry in Crisis
• Non-Profits, Agencies Pooling Resources to Save Salmon in Northwest
• Salmon & Mining - A Mind-Boggling Alaska Mine
• Con Edison Goes ‘Lights Out’ for NYC Audubon Campaign to Save Birds
• Special Adhesive Helps Oysters Stick Together
• Guide to Tell Water Health of Puget Sound
• Op/Ed -Puget Sound Partnership Should Prioritize Environmental Benefit, Not Politics
• Clallam PUD Approves Sewer System Plan for Carlsborg
• Study Says Unhealthy Air in Fairbanks Linked to Rise in Hospital Visits
• John Deere Sells Wind Energy Business, to Exelon Subsidiary for $900 Million
• Port Angeles - Nippon Manager Describes Plans for Biomass Generator
• Wisconsin - Biomass Assessment Vague On Emissions, Jobs, Traffic
• Coal to Wood Pellets - FirstEnergy Cleared for $200 Million Ohio Biomass Project
• Biomass Heat is Not Coal
• North Carolina - Backers of Waste for Energy Challenge Renewables Provision
• $147,000 Grant to Promote Biomass Energy Conservation
• Green Energy: Why We’re Still Not Using It
• Oregon Couple Plan Home Wind Turbines, Need City OK
• Renewable Energy Kiosk; The Newest Creation at Franklin PUD
• Hybrid Turbine: For When the Wind Doesn’t Blow
• The Federal Policy Landscape Is Now More Favorable to Wind Energy than at Any Other Time in the Past Decade
• Cash Grant That Propped Up Alternative Power Due to Expire
• Wind Energy Gets Huge Subsidies - So Where Are the Carbon Dioxide Reductions?
• Editorial - Just How Dirty Is Wind Power?
• Renewable Portfolio Standards Work, But at What Cost?
• Small/Low Impact Hydropower Program
• Conn. One of Top Green Power Purchasers
• Kansas City - Utility Programs Succeed in Cooling Off Summertime Demand for Electricity
• Report: Climate Science Panel Needs Change at Top
• Virginia Case Against Climate Researcher Is Rejected
• Op/Ed - Climate Change: At Least Science Admits Its Errors
• As India Looks at Cutting Carbon, A Wind Farm Scandal
• Friends of the Earth Urges End to ‘Land Grab’ for Biofuels
• Hygroelectricity: Possible New Energy Source
• Nissan Starts Selling All-Electric Leaf Sedan Today
• Pedal Power Takes Off as Exercise Produces Electricity
• Whole Lotta Love for Zeppelins - A new-generation airship is visiting Puget Sound
• How the FCC Can Best Regulate the Internet
• Newsflash: Cable/Telcos Write Telecom Law
• New Cables Tie West Africa Closer to Internet
• Google Offers Respite from Inbox Overload
• This Week Is a Coming-Out Party for Android Tablets
• Where States Get Their Money
• Senator Patty Murray Visits Whatcom County Today
• Moving Benton County Seat Could Cost $3.5 Million
• US Finding Expected On Chinese Aluminum Exports
• Washington Schools Superintendent to Name Failing Schools
• Morton Parents Protest Return of Teacher, Pull Kids from His Classes

WORD OF THE DAY

Regale • \ruh-GAIL\ • verb - 1: to entertain sumptuously: to feast with delicacies 2: to give pleasure or amusement to

The clueless participants in the high-pressure, no money down real estate seminar were regaled with numerous stories from the slick, well-oiled presenter about how he had scammed hundreds of unsuspecting homeowners from their hard earned money. Regaled, that is, until one sharp participant realized he had just plunked down $2,000 of his hard-earned money to participate in a worthless real estate seminar scam.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

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

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

BPA Won’t Reconsider Pearl Route as Alternative for SW Washington Power Line (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_8e0b33e8-b4be-11df-bbe7-001cc4c03286.html

Energy Rate Increase Could Impact Clallam PUD Customers (Sequim Gazette, WA)

http://www.sequimgazette.com/news/article.exm/2010-08-30_energy_rate_increase_could_impact_customers

Pacific Power Rate Hike - Washington State Panel Solicits Comments (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/08/30/panel-solicits-comments-on-21-percent-power-rate-hike

Mason County PUD 3 Holding Hearing on Integrated Resource Plan Tuesday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3120-pud-3-holding-hearing-on-integrated-resource-plan-tuesday

Spokane - SNAP Smooths Process for Helping With Heating Bills (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/aug/30/snap-smooths-process-helping-heating-bills/

Pacific Gas & Electric PG&E Pushes ‘Pumped Hydro’ for Energy Storage (CNET News)

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20014426-54.html

Department of Agriculture to Issue $1.2 Billion in Loans to Rural Electric Coops - Montana: Big Flat Electric Co-Op to get $2,177,000 guaranteed loan (Electric Marketing Livewire)

http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com/2010/08/30/department-of-agriculture-to-issue-1-2-billion-in-loans-to-rural-electric-coops/

Colorado Regulators Hold Hearings On Xcel Smart Grid - Since project in Boulder was announced in 2008, its costs have nearly tripled from initial estimates (Associated Press)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gGT80l6kbkxl0ogfoqZFugLQ7A3gD9HU3DLG2

Energy Use Is Way Down - But Wind Surges (CNN Money)

http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/26/news/economy/energy_use/index.htm

Nuclear Industry Takes New Path for New Plants (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012765709_apusnuclearpowerdesign.html

EPA to decide whether coal ash is hazardous waste (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2010-08-27-coalash27_ST_N.htm

New York - Yahoo! seeks low-cost hydropower (Business First of Buffalo, NY)

http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2010/08/23/daily47.html

Deregulation - Changes Jolt Small Utilities (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, IA)

http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/article_93565012-98e5-5817-b0e6-c44c13429975.html

How Nigeria’s Plan to Privatize Its Electricity Company Could Light Up Africa (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/Africa-Monitor/2010/0830/How-Nigeria-s-plan-to-privatize-its-electricity-company-could-light-up-Africa

FISH & WILDLIFE

Once-In-A-Century Salmon Run Hits Canada’s West Coast (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67T57C20100830

Canada - Surprising Salmon Run Masks an Industry in Crisis (Globe & Mail)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/surprising-salmon-run-masks-an-industry-in-crisis/article1686603/

Non-Profits, Agencies Pooling Resources to Save Salmon in Northwest (Oregon Public Radio)

http://news.opb.org/article/12005-non-profits-agencies-pooling-resources-save-salmon-northwest/

Salmon & Mining - A Mind-Boggling Alaska Mine (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/425770_JOEL30.html

Con Edison Goes ‘Lights Out’ for NYC Audubon Campaign to Save Birds (Electric Energy Online)

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=139275

Special Adhesive Helps Oysters Stick Together (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/science/31oboyster.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Guide to Tell Water Health of Puget Sound (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/08/31/1321606/guide-to-tell-water-health.html

Op/Ed -Puget Sound Partnership Should Prioritize Environmental Benefit, Not Politics (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2012764293_guest31myers.html

Clallam PUD Approves Sewer System Plan for Carlsborg (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100831/news/308319989/clallam-pud-approves-sewer-system-plan-for-carlsborg

Study Says Unhealthy Air in Fairbanks Linked to Rise in Hospital Visits (Anchorage News Miner, AK)

http://newsminer.com/bookmark/9328753

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

John Deere Sells Wind Energy Business, to Exelon Subsidiary for $900 Million (Minneapolis Star, MN)

http://www.startribune.com/business/101866398.html

Port Angeles - Nippon Manager Describes Plans for Biomass Generator (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100831/news/308319993/nippon-manager-describes-plans-for-biomass-generator

Wisconsin - Biomass Assessment Vague On Emissions, Jobs, Traffic (Wausau Daily Herald, WI)

http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20100831/WDH0101/8310609/Biomass-assessment-vague-on-emissions-jobs-traffic

Coal to Wood Pellets - FirstEnergy Cleared for $200 Million Ohio Biomass Project (Brighter Energy)

http://www.brighterenergy.org/14973/news/bioenergy/firstenergy-cleared-for-200m-biomass-co-firing-project-in-ohio/

Biomass Heat is Not Coal (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/08/biomass-heat-is-not-coal

North Carolina - Backers of Waste for Energy Challenge Renewables Provision (Triangle Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2010/08/30/story10.html

$147,000 Grant to Promote Biomass Energy Conservation (The Telegram, Worchester, MA)

http://www.telegram.com/article/20100827/NEWS/8270465/1003/NEWS03

Green Energy: Why We’re Still Not Using It “…Hydro power & nuclear power cost about the same amount. Both are more expensive than traditional electric plants…” WTF? (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/08/25/investopedia46566.DTL

Oregon Couple Plan Home Wind Turbines, Need City OK (KVAL-TV, Eugene, OR)

http://www.kval.com/news/tech/101836058.html

Renewable Energy Kiosk; The Newest Creation at Franklin PUD (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=12979200

Hybrid Turbine: For When the Wind Doesn’t Blow (Smart Planet)

http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog/intelligent-energy/hybrid-turbine-for-when-the-wind-doesnt-blow/2496/

The Federal Policy Landscape Is Now More Favorable to Wind Energy than at Any Other Time in the Past Decade (REVE)

http://www.evwind.es/noticias.php?id_not=6931

Cash Grant That Propped Up Alternative Power Due to Expire (Associated Press)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hySskggOuVRTeyIvJvMiHQg7n2xgD9HSJJD82

Wind Energy Gets Huge Subsidies - So Where Are the Carbon Dioxide Reductions? “...Because the wind is not dependable, electric utilities must either keep their conventional power plants running all the time…or they must continually ramp up & down the output from conventional coal- or gas-fired generators…” (Energy Tribune)

http://www.energytribune.com/articles.cfm/5103/Wind-Energy-Gets-Huge-Subsidies-So-Where-Are-The-CO2-Reductions

Editorial - Just How Dirty Is Wind Power? (Las Vega Review-Journal, NV)

http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/mitchell/Just_how_dirty_is_wind_power.html?ref=149

Renewable Portfolio Standards Work, But at What Cost? (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/08/renewable-portfolio-standards-work-but-at-what-cost

Small/Low Impact Hydropower Program (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

http://www.ferc.gov/industries/hydropower/gen-info/licensing/small-low-impact.asp

Conn. One of Top Green Power Purchasers (WSFB-TV, Hartford, CT)

http://www.wfsb.com/news/24814598/detail.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Kansas City - Utility Programs Succeed in Cooling Off Summertime Demand for Electricity (Kansas City Star, MO)

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/08/30/2188883/utility-programs-succeed-in-cooling.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Report: Climate Science Panel Needs Change at Top (Associated Press)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i_YFEJdtVUVXs1Z-liZHKntQpO3AD9HTUQ1G4

Virginia Case Against Climate Researcher Is Rejected (Associated Press)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/science/earth/31climate.html

Op/Ed - Climate Change: At Least Science Admits Its Errors (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2010/08/30/climate-change-at-least-science-admits-its-errors/

As India Looks at Cutting Carbon, A Wind Farm Scandal (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0831/As-India-looks-at-cutting-carbon-a-wind-farm-scandal

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Friends of the Earth Urges End to ‘Land Grab’ for Biofuels (The Guardian, UK)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/aug/30/biofuels-land-grab-friends-of-the-earth

Hygroelectricity: Possible New Energy Source (Epoch Times)

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/41694/

Nissan Starts Selling All-Electric Leaf Sedan Today (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/08/nissan-starts-selling-all-electric-leaf-sedan-today/1?csp=34money

Pedal Power Takes Off as Exercise Produces Electricity (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/08/pedal-power-green-gyms/1

Whole Lotta Love for Zeppelins - A new-generation airship is visiting Puget Sound (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/2010/08/31/mossback/20103/Whole-lotta-love-for-zeppelins/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

How the FCC Can Best Regulate the Internet (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/25/AR2010082506053.html

Newsflash: Cable/Telcos Write Telecom Law - But it’s a rare politician that’s proud of that fact (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Newsflash-CableTelcos-Write-Telecom-Law-110100

New Cables Tie West Africa Closer to Internet (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_15941224

Google Offers Respite from Inbox Overload (NY Times)

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/google-offers-respite-from-inbox-overload/

This Week Is a Coming-Out Party for Android Tablets (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2010/08/31/this-week-is-a-coming-out-party-for-android-tablets/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Where States Get Their Money (NY Times)

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/where-states-get-their-money/

Senator Patty Murray Visits Whatcom County Today “…worked with the Department of Energy to secure a contract between the Bonneville Power Administration & Intalco…” (KGMI Radio, Bellingham, WA)

http://kgmi.com/Senator-Patty-Murray-Visits-Whatcom-County-Today/8041048

Moving Benton County Seat Could Cost $3.5 Million (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/08/31/1353182/moving-benton-county-seat-could.html

GENERAL NEWS

US Finding Expected On Chinese Aluminum Exports (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012765687_apususchinatrade.html

Washington Schools Superintendent to Name Failing Schools (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012766171_apwaschoolimprovement.html

Morton Parents Protest Return of Teacher, Pull Kids from His Classes (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/08/31/1321596/morton-parents-protest-return.html

DIVERSIONS

Freddie Mercury: Rock ‘N’ Roll’s Humble Showman

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129476462&ft=1&f=3

An Emmy for Rebuilding a Galaxy - “Star Wars Uncut,” a remake in 15-second increments of “Star Wars: A New Hope”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/28/arts/television/28uncut.html

Facebook Post Gets Detroit-Area Juror in Hot Water

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_15940530

What Are Germiest Places at School? Pencil Sharpener among Dirtiest Items in School

http://www.kirotv.com/backtoschool/19826029/detail.html

Don’t Try This at Home - Teen Who Zapped (Body Parts) During Shop Class Sues (Note: PG-13 rating)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012768008_apusstudentshocked.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Queen - Don’t Stop Me Now

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