Energy News Digest for September 10, 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

Settlement Near in BPA Power Dispute (Portland Business Journal)

http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/09/06/daily18.html

Washington State Executes Man Convicted of Woman's Murder (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012857032_apuswashingtonexecution1stldwritethru.html

More Orcas in Oakland Bay (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3206-more-orcas-in-oakland-bay

Biomass Decision in Port Townsend Likely by End of Month (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100910/news/309109983/biomass-decision-in-port-townsend-likely-by-end-of-month

Snohomish PUD Gets $10M for Tidal Power Project (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012860465_apwatidalpower.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Settlement Near in BPA Power Dispute

·         For Greens, Boardman Is Just a Warm-Up

·         Texas - Electrician Dies, Another Injured Trying to Fix Power Outage in Caldwell County

·         The Tangled History of Maryland Electricity Deregulation

·         Big Users, Small Consumers Join Forces Against Transition Charge by Pennsylvania Energy Utilities

·         EPA to Study Chemicals Used to Tap Natural Gas

·         More Orcas in Oakland Bay

·         Boaters Reminded to Stay Clear of Orca Whales

·         Group to Review Actions to Remove, Kill Sea Lions

·         Rash of Bloody Seal Deaths Has Experts Worried

·         Big Fraser River Salmon Run a Boon to Swinomish

·         Lower Columbia River Fall Chinook Fishery Heating Up

·         Chelan County PUD Project Should Help Firm Up Fish

·         Tacoma Water Proposes Budget, Estimates $1.75 per Month Rate Hikes

·         Silverdale Water Tops in State, Industry Group Says

·         FEMA: Hundreds of Levees Nationwide No Longer Reliable

·         Lumbering Along, Barely - Linking Beetle-Killed Trees to Viable Markets Proves Difficult

·         Biomass Decision in Port Townsend Likely by End of Month

·         Snohomish PUD Gets $10M for Tidal Power Project

·         Jefferson County, Port Townsend are Washington’s Solar Energy Leaders

·         Lesser Prairie Chicken May Cripple Oklahoma’s Wind Energy Industry

·         Study Discounts Common Fears about Lake Michigan Offshore Wind

·         Tennessee Valley Authority Sifting Through 90 Applications for Energy Projects

·         27 School Districts Get Energy Grants – Includes Shelton & North Mason Schools

·         Deadline Nearing to Get Energy Tax Credits

·         12 States Ask Supreme Court to Review Greenhouse Gas ‘Nuisance’ Case

·         Climate-Change Study: Today’s Power Plants Aren’t the Problem

·         Denver-Area Real Estate Listings to Add ‘Green’ Category

·         Frontier Clarifies Fiber Comments

·         Washington State Executes Man Convicted of Woman's Murder

·         Gas Blast Engulfs Homes in San Francisco Suburb; Six Killed

·         Brace Yourself, La Nina Threatens Wetter, Colder Pacific Northwest Winter

WORD OF THE DAY

Maudlin • \MOD-linn\ • adjective - 1: drunk enough to be emotionally silly 2: weakly and effusively sentimental

“Oh Henry, you are such a lovey-dovey,” sighed Alice to her long suffering husband. Her cloying sweetness was like a balm of maudlin serenity…one that at once nettled and calmed her jittery husband.

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

Settlement Near in BPA Power Dispute (Portland Business Journal)

http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/09/06/daily18.html

For Greens, Boardman Is Just a Warm-Up (Enzyme PDX)

http://www.enzymepdx.com/2010/boardman-sierra-club/

Texas - Electrician Dies, Another Injured Trying to Fix Power Outage in Caldwell County (Austin Statesman, TX)

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/blotter/entries/2010/09/09/electrician_dies_another_injur.html

The Tangled History of Maryland Electricity Deregulation (Baltimore Sun, MD)

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/business/hancock/blog/2010/09/the_tangled_history_of_md_elec.html

Big Users, Small Consumers Join Forces Against Transition Charge by Pennsylvania Energy Utilities (Philadelphia Inquirer, PA)

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/business/20100910_Big_users__small_consumers_join_forces_against_charge_by_Pa__energy_utilities.html

EPA to Study Chemicals Used to Tap Natural Gas (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/business/energy-environment/10hydraulic.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

More Orcas in Oakland Bay (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3206-more-orcas-in-oakland-bay

Boaters Reminded to Stay Clear of Orca Whales (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3216-boaters-reminded-to-stay-clear-of-orca-whales

Group to Review Actions to Remove, Kill Sea Lions (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012854833_apwasealionssalmon.html

Rash of Bloody Seal Deaths Has Experts Worried (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/102586859.html

Big Fraser River Salmon Run a Boon to Swinomish (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012861644_apwafraserriversalmon1stldwritethru.html

Lower Columbia River Fall Chinook Fishery Heating Up (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2012854762_news_flash_from_the_columbia.html

Chelan County PUD Project Should Help Firm Up Fish (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/sep/09/pud-project-should-help-firm-up-fish/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Tacoma Water Proposes Budget, Estimates $1.75 per Month Rate Hikes (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2010/09/09/tacoma-water-proposes-budget-estimates-1-75-per-month-rate-hikes/

Silverdale Water Tops in State, Industry Group Says (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/sep/09/silverdale-water-tops-in-state-industry-group/

FEMA: Hundreds of Levees Nationwide No Longer Reliable (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-09-09-levees_N.htm?csp=34news

Lumbering Along, Barely - Linking Beetle-Killed Trees to Viable Markets Proves Difficult (High Country News)

http://www.hcn.org/hcn/issues/42.16/lumbering-along-barely

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Biomass Decision in Port Townsend Likely by End of Month (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100910/news/309109983/biomass-decision-in-port-townsend-likely-by-end-of-month

Snohomish PUD Gets $10M for Tidal Power Project (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012860465_apwatidalpower.html

Jefferson County, Port Townsend are Washington’s Solar Energy Leaders (Washington State Department of Revenue)

http://www.dor.wa.gov/Content/AboutUs/newsroom/html/090910.aspx

Lesser Prairie Chicken May Cripple Oklahoma’s Wind Energy Industry (The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK)

http://www.newsok.com/lesser-prairie-chicken-may-cripple-oklahomas-wind-energy-industry/article/3493456

Study Discounts Common Fears about Lake Michigan Offshore Wind (Grand Rapids Press, MI)

http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/09/gvsu_study_discounts_common_co.html

Tennessee Valley Authority Sifting Through 90 Applications for Energy Projects (Knoxville News Sentinel, TN)

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/sep/10/tva-sifting-90-applications-energy-projects/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

27 School Districts Get Energy Grants – Includes Shelton & North Mason Schools (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=13128254

Link to PDF of the List (Shelton & N Mason on the list)

http://www.k12.wa.us/Communications/PressReleases2010/OSPIRound2Energy.pdf

Deadline Nearing to Get Energy Tax Credits (Detroit News, MI)

http://detnews.com/article/20100910/OPINION03/9100304/1038/LIFESTYLE01/Deadline-nearing-to-get-energy-tax-credits

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

12 States Ask Supreme Court to Review Greenhouse Gas ‘Nuisance’ Case (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/09/09/09greenwire-12-states-ask-supreme-court-to-review-greenhou-79298.html

Climate-Change Study: Today’s Power Plants Aren’t the Problem (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0909/Climate-change-study-Today-s-power-plants-aren-t-the-problem

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Denver-Area Real Estate Listings to Add ‘Green’ Category (Denver Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/09/06/daily47.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Frontier Clarifies Fiber Comments - By ‘all across the country’ we meant ‘a few rare occasions’ (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Frontier-Clarifies-Fiber-Comments-110282

GENERAL NEWS

Washington State Executes Man Convicted of Woman's Murder (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012857032_apuswashingtonexecution1stldwritethru.html

Gas Blast Engulfs Homes in San Francisco Suburb; Six Killed (Bloomberg News)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-10/san-francisco-neighborhood-engulfed-by-fire-after-gas-pipeline-explosion.html

Brace Yourself, La Nina Threatens Wetter, Colder Pacific Northwest Winter (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Brace-yourself-La-Nina-promises-wetter-colder-winter-for-northwest-102559199.html

DIVERSIONS

Couple Siphoning Gas in Tacoma Catch Fire

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/102568624.html

Police: Men Wrestled Python Outside McDonald’s

http://www.kirotv.com/news/24952721/detail.html

Abracadabra! Romanian Witches Win Tax Fight - Law Stated Witches Could be Liable for Wrong Predictions

http://www.kirotv.com/money/24937656/detail.html

Lawn’s Wedding Proposal Works for Mich. Man

http://www.kirotv.com/family/24934814/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

John Lennon – Instant Karma

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEjUQ15lyzk

700th Blog Post - Energy News Digest for September 9, 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

Lowering Lake Mills Begins Today; Preparation Central to Clearing Elwha River of Dams (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100909/NEWS/309099988/lowering-lake-mills-begins-today-preparation-central-to-clearing

Residents Fume over Proposed Bonneville Power Administration Lines (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.katu.com/news/local/102513694.html

Mining Companies Aim to Export Coal to China Through Northwest Ports (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/09/global_mining_companies_are_fo.html

Governor Gregoire Denies Clemency for Death Row Inmate (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/24931066/detail.html

Portland General Electric: Biglow Canyon Wind Farm Complete (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/09/06/daily16.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Residents Fume over Proposed Bonneville Power Administration Lines

·         Centralia City Light Bond on Path for OK

·         Clallam PUD Warns of Telemarketing Scam

·         Natural Gas Stocks Expand Again

·         Oregon Pipeline Deals with Environmental Groups Have Ranchers Angry

·         Mining Companies Aim to Export Coal to China Through Northwest Ports

·         No Utility Increases Now In Ashland

·         Federal Energy Assistance Program Is Low on Funds

·         Chelan County PUD Plans Public Meetings to Talk About Future

·         Mason PUD 3 to Conduct Tree Trimming in Deckerville Road Area

·         American Electric Power to Meet New Ohio Standards to Lessen Outages

·         Do Higher Electricity Prices Drive Away Manufacturing Jobs?

·         Canada - Easy to be Complacent about Energy until its Too Late

·         Energysolutions Helps on Reactors in China

·         Lowering Lake Mills Begins Today; Preparation Central to Clearing Elwha River of Dams

·         Idaho Hatchery Officials Kill Thousands of Steelhead

·         Steelhead fishing opens up in North Central Washington

·         Coho Fishing Slows down in Strait of Juan de Fuca

·         Salmon Ending Epic Journey in Local Waterways

·         US Names Asian Carp Czar

·         Biologist Says Asian Carp Testing May be Misleading

·         Irrigators Push to Recover Conserved Water

·         Pacific Northwest Forests Could Face Beetle Damage: Report

·         Portland General Electric: Biglow Canyon Wind Farm Complete

·         New Transmission Essential for Oregon’s Renewable Energy Standard

·         Biofuel Project in Spokane County Wins $90,000 Grant - Converting straw to electricity

·         New York - Wood into Wattage: Biomass Energy System at VA Medical Center

·         Wisconsin - Biomass Hearing Date Set

·         Vermont - Citizen Group Forms to Fight Biomass Plan

·         Wind Power’s Growth Is Blowing Europe Toward Green Goals

·         Government Aid Puts China Ahead in Clean Energy

·         Ikea Wants a Green Future, Investing in Wind Farms

·         To Produce Power Inverters - California Energy Company Announces Phoenix Plant

·         Critics Say LEED Program Doesn’t Fulfill Promises

·         Federal Agency Sues LED Bulb Maker over Product Claims

·         Carbon Sequestration - Bellevue Company Gets $30 Million Energy Grant

·         Is ‘Carbon Capture’ Commercially Viable?

·         $3.1 Million Grant for Biofuel Research at PNNL

·         Iowa – Coal Fired Ethanol Plant Gets Grant to Convert to Biomass

·         Ten Eco-Business Subsidies You Should Know About

·         Steelworkers Launch War With Chinese Green Energy

·         Southern California Edison Unveils Online ‘Plug-in Car Rate Assistant’ to Estimate Cost of Fueling Electric Vehicles

·         New York - Fill ‘Er Up - With Wood

·         Power from the Atmosphere: Is it Real?

·         Taking over from Verizon - Frontier Communications Dials in Its Focus

·         Minnesotans Surprised to Learn They Have Fast Broadband

·         Worker Used State E-Mail to Promote Murray Campaign Event

·         Board Size, Term Lengths - Port of Shelton Opposes Citizen Initiatives

·         Governor Gregoire Denies Clemency for Death Row Inmate

·         Schools to Remain Closed as Ferndale Teachers Strike

·         Highway deaths fall to lowest level since 1950

·         Time to Put Together An Emergency Kit for You & Your Family

WORD OF THE DAY

Laconic • \luh-CONN-ick \ • adjective - Using or involving the use of a minimum of words: concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious

“Laconic? Yup, nice word for it,” quipped the tight-lipped farmer.

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

Residents Fume over Proposed Bonneville Power Administration Lines (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.katu.com/news/local/102513694.html

Centralia City Light Bond on Path for OK (iStock Analyst)

http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4481288

Clallam PUD Warns of Telemarketing Scam (Sequim Gazette, WA)

http://www.sequimgazette.com/news/article.exm/2010-09-08_pud_warns_of_telemarketing

Natural Gas Stocks Expand Again (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/09/09/financial/f075212D05.DTL

Oregon Pipeline Deals with Environmental Groups Have Ranchers Angry (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/12761-pipeline-deals-enviromental-groups-have-ranchers-angry/

Mining Companies Aim to Export Coal to China Through Northwest Ports (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/09/global_mining_companies_are_fo.html

No Utility Increases Now in Ashland (Medford Mail Tribune, OR)

http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100908/NEWS07/9080339/-1/NEWSMAP

Federal Energy Assistance Program Is Low on Funds (Nat’l Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129742920&ft=1&f=3

Chelan County PUD Plans Public Meetings to Talk About Future (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/sep/09/chelan-county-pud-plans-public-meetings-to-talk/

Mason PUD 3 to Conduct Tree Trimming in Deckerville Road Area (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=772

American Electric Power to Meet New Ohio Standards to Lessen Outages “…more aggressive tree-trimming program & more sophisticated meters that alert the company…” (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012850284_apohaepoutagestandards.html

Do Higher Electricity Prices Drive Away Manufacturing Jobs? California’s “Global Warming Solutions Act,” AB32, mandates reductions in carbon dioxide & other greenhouse gas emissions. Will this cost jobs? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Green-Economics/2010/0908/Do-higher-electricity-prices-drive-away-manufacturing-jobs

Canada - Easy to be Complacent about Energy until its Too Late: When you have a lot of hydro energy, complacency can obscure the need for much more dramatic steps toward sustainable energy (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/2010/09/09/vancouver/20086/Easy-to-be-complacent-about-energy-until-it-s-too-late/

Energysolutions Helps on Reactors in China (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/09/08/1160110/energysolutions-helps-on-reactors.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Lowering Lake Mills Begins Today; Preparation Central to Clearing Elwha River of Dams (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100909/NEWS/309099988/lowering-lake-mills-begins-today-preparation-central-to-clearing

Idaho Hatchery Officials Kill Thousands of Steelhead (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/sep/08/idaho-hatchery-officials-kill-thousands-steelhead/

Steelhead fishing opens up in North Central Washington (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/sep/08/steelhead-fishing-opens-up-in-ncw/

Coho Fishing Slows down in Strait of Juan de Fuca (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2012843860_fish09.html

Salmon Ending Epic Journey in Local Waterways (Blue Mountain Eagle, Grant County, OR)

http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=13&ArticleID=25017

US Names Asian Carp Czar (WGN-TV, Chicago)

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/09/us-names-asian-carp-czar.html

Biologist Says Asian Carp Testing May be Misleading (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/09/08/national/a103947D48.DTL

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Irrigators Push to Recover Conserved Water (Columbia Basin Herald, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_698a6376-bb95-11df-b0f1-001cc4c002e0.html

Pacific Northwest Forests Could Face Beetle Damage: Report (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/09/06/daily20.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Portland General Electric: Biglow Canyon Wind Farm Complete (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/09/06/daily16.html

New Transmission Essential for Oregon’s Renewable Energy Standard (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/columns/2010/09/new_transmission_essential_for_oregons_renewable_energy_standard.html

Biofuel Project in Spokane County Wins $90,000 Grant - Farm Power converting straw to electricity (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/sep/09/biofuel-project-wins-90000-grant/

New York - Wood into Wattage: Biomass Energy System at VA Medical Center (WBNG-TV, Binghamton, NY)

http://www.wbng.com/news/local/Wood-Into-Wattage-102485039.html

Wisconsin - Biomass Hearing Date Set (Wausau Daily Herald, WI)

http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20100909/WDH0101/9090681/Biomass-hearing-date-set

Vermont - Citizen Group Forms to Fight Biomass Plan (Bennington Banner, VT)

http://www.benningtonbanner.com/local/ci_16026738

Wind Power’s Growth Is Blowing Europe Toward Green Goals (The Guardian, UK – Check out the photo. These must be some of those hybrid turbines I’ve heard about…)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/09/wind-power-growth-europe-green-coals

Government Aid Puts China Ahead in Clean Energy (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/business/global/09trade.html

Ikea Wants a Green Future, Investing in Wind Farms (Families in Business)

http://www.familiesinbusiness.net/default.asp?title=Ikeawantsagreenfuture%2Cinvestinginwindfarms&page=article.display&article.id=22962

To Produce Power Inverters - California Energy Company Announces Phoenix Plant (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/09/09/state/n100359D03.DTL

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Critics Say LEED Program Doesn’t Fulfill Promises (Nat’l Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129727547&ft=1&f=2

Federal Agency Sues LED Bulb Maker over Product Claims (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/federal-agency-sues-led-bulb-maker/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Carbon Sequestration - Bellevue Company Gets $30 Million Energy Grant (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012844194_apwaenergygrant.html

Is ‘Carbon Capture’ Commercially Viable? (iStock Analyst)

http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/4483979

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

$3.1 Million Grant for Biofuel Research at PNNL (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/09/1363453/31-million-grant-for-biofuel-research.html

Iowa – Coal Fired Ethanol Plant Gets Grant to Convert to Biomass (Des Moines Register, IA)

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100909/BUSINESS01/9090347/1029/

Ten Eco-Business Subsidies You Should Know About (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/2010/09/08/green-business-subsidies-entrepreneurs-finance-sustainable-tech-10.html

Steelworkers Launch War With Chinese Green Energy (Newsweek Magazine)

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/09/09/steelworkers-launch-war-with-chinese-green-energy.html

Southern California Edison Unveils Online ‘Plug-in Car Rate Assistant’ to Estimate Cost of Fueling Electric Vehicles (Electric Energy Online)

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=139706

New York - Fill ‘Er Up - With Wood (North Country Public Radio, Canton, NY)

http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16270/fill-er-up-with-wood

Power from the Atmosphere: Is it Real? (Green Tech Media)

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/power-from-the-atmosphere-is-it-real/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Taking over from Verizon - Frontier Communications Dials in Its Focus (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100909/BIZ/709099965/-1/rss03

Minnesotans Surprised to Learn They Have Fast Broadband - Questions Ookla stats, which show different picture from Connected Nation (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Minnesotans-Surprised-To-Learn-They-Have-Fast-Broadband-110266

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Worker Used State E-Mail to Promote Murray Campaign Event - Employment Security official says employee will be disciplined (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/sep/08/worker-used-state-e-mail-to-promote-murray-campaig/

Board Size, Term Lengths - Port of Shelton Opposes Citizen Initiatives (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3205-port-of-shelton-opposes-citizen-initiatives

GENERAL NEWS

Governor Gregoire Denies Clemency for Death Row Inmate (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/24931066/detail.html

Schools to Remain Closed as Ferndale Teachers Strike (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/24930742/detail.html

Highway deaths fall to lowest level since 1950 (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012845392_apushighwaydeaths.html

Time to Put Together An Emergency Kit for You & Your Family (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=13123087

DIVERSIONS

Should Have Checked Expedia - Gamer suspended over name of W.Va. town: Fort Gay

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h5X6hL7iERUljRvfymMhMMsPhkigD9I3PA0G0

Unique Haircut Helps Capture Robbery Suspect

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/102459914.html

Kentucky Farmer Claims Some Corn Popped on the Stalk

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/09/07/national/a130906D07.DTL

New Hospital Gowns Cover All Options – No London, France, or Underpants!

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/sep/08/new-hospital-gowns-cover-all-options/

SONG OF THE DAY

Dr John - Right Place, Wrong Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8OacVjGr8o