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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
· Utility Shutoffs Climb by 5% despite Doubling of US Aid
· Going Without Furnace This Holiday Season
· California – Pacific Gas & Electric Fixes Lower & Upper-Tier Users' Imbalance
· Pennsylvania Electric Company to Repay $30M to Customers
· Pennsylvania - Another Day, another Electricity Choice
· South Idaho City Looks At Removing Traffic Lights
· Kentucky - Power Rate Increase Likely To Pay For Repairs to Wolf Creek and Center Hill Dams
· Southern Oregon Liquefied Natural Gas Gets Federal Approval
· California – Pacific Gas & Electric Explains Cause of Fatal 2006 Gas Explosion
· Editorial – Salmon Plan: Obama Was Right
· Managers Put Off Dire Smelt, Sturgeon Decisions
· Seattle - Duwamish Fish Freeway Gets Rest Stop
· Relocated Columbia River Sea Lions - Sweet Home Chicago
· Contract Awarded for Pinto Dam Project
· Efforts to Align Yakima Basin Water Interests at Standstill
· California OKs New Transmission for Renewable Energy
· Air Force Agrees to Solar Power Project near Base in Nevada
· What's Better: LED vs. Incandescent Christmas Lights?
· New Climate Draft Sets Emissions Targets for All
· New Climate Draft Would Forgo Treaty In 2010
· Behind The Story: Chinese Ensure Talks Chaos
· Acid Oceans: The 'Evil Twin' Of Climate Change
· AP Interview: South Carolina Senator Stumps for Climate Change
· On Environment, Obama and Scientists Take Hit in Poll
· Editorial - Plug-In Hybrid Subsidies Are a Bad Deal for Taxpayers
· US Counting On Cows to Reduce Emissions
· Advantages And Disadvantages Of A Cedar Shake Roof
· Technology Grants Slated For Spokane - $2.2 Million
· Utah - UTOPIA: Digital Nirvana or Lost Horizon?
· Obama Moves To Boost U.S. Broadband Access
· Why Is Microsoft Fighting So Hard Over Internet Explorer?
· Bing! Information Design Sues Microsoft
· Popularity of Texting Edging out Cell Phone Calls
· Twitter Hacked By "Iranian Cyber Army"?
· Funds Granted for Coastal Doppler Radar System
· Washington Highways Nation’s 35th Worst
· Port of Shelton Commissioners Approve Pay Raise
· Some Retailers Inflate Costs to Ship to APO Addresses
WORD OF THE DAY
Problematic • \prob-leh-MATT-tick\ • noun – 1a: posing a problem: difficult to solve or decide b: not definite or settled: uncertain c: open to question or debate: questionable 2: expressing or supporting a possibility
Because of time restrictions this morning, the chances of producing an example sentence is problematic at best.
WEATHER
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
Utility Shutoffs Climb by 5% despite Doubling of US Aid (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126110107527096499.html?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_hs
Going Without Furnace This Holiday Season (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Going-without-furnace-this-holiday-season-79585202.html
California – Pacific Gas & Electric Fixes Lower & Upper-Tier Users' Imbalance: will raise rates for customers who use the least amount of power while cutting rates for those who use the most (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/17/BUQ51B5T97.DTL&type=business
Pennsylvania Electric Company to Repay $30M to Customers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010540917_apuspplrepaymentpennsylvania.html?syndication=rss
Pennsylvania - Another Day, another Electricity Choice (Daily Call, Allentown, PA)
http://www.mcall.com/business/all-5electric.q.7120562dec18,0,3218131.story
South Idaho City Looks At Removing Traffic Lights (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1074583.html
Kentucky - Power Rate Increase Likely To Pay For Repairs To Wolf Creek And Center Hill Dams (Commonwealth Journal, Somerset, KY)
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3724437
Southern Oregon Liquefied Natural Gas Gets Federal Approval (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6410-southern-oregon-lng-gets-federal-approval/
California – Pacific Gas & Electric Explains Cause of Fatal 2006 Gas Explosion (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2405381.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Daily Astorian Editorial – Salmon Plan: Obama Was Right
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=66482
Managers Put Off Dire Smelt, Sturgeon Decisions (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/lifestyles/article_e561be40-eb93-11de-a907-001cc4c03286.html
Seattle - Duwamish Fish Freeway Gets Rest Stop (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/duwamish-fish-freeway-gets-rest-stop-79577282.html
Relocated Columbia River Sea Lions - Sweet Home Chicago (Mother Nature Network)
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/sweet-home-chicago
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Contract Awarded for Pinto Dam Project (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wa)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/12/17/news/doc4b2aaa0da05da630975688.txt
Efforts to Align Yakima Basin Water Interests at Standstill (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/12/17/efforts-to-align-water-interests-at-standstill
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
California OKs New Transmission for Renewable Energy (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BG4YI20091217
Air Force Agrees to Solar Power Project near Base in Nevada (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/17/AR2009121704342.html?wprss=rss_business
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
What's Better: LED vs. Incandescent Christmas Lights? (WMFZ-TV, Allentown, PA)
http://wfmz.com/view/?id=1316437&title=What%26%23039%3Bs%20Better%3A%20LED%20vs.%20Incandescent%20Christmas%20Lights%3F
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
New Climate Draft Sets Emissions Targets for All (Associated Press)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091218/ap_on_sc/climate
New Climate Draft Would Forgo Treaty In 2010 (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/18/AR2009121800637.html?nav=rss_email/components
Behind The Story: Chinese Ensure Talks Chaos (Times of London, UK)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/copenhagen/article6961594.ece
Acid Oceans: The 'Evil Twin' Of Climate Change (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010540602_apclimatebluecarbon.html?syndication=rss
AP Interview: South Carolina Senator Stumps for Climate Change (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010535964_apclimategrahamqa.html?syndication=rss
On Environment, Obama and Scientists Take Hit in Poll (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/18/AR2009121800002.html?nav=rss_email/components
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Washington Post Editorial - Plug-In Hybrid Subsidies Are a Bad Deal for Taxpayers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/17/AR2009121704152.html?nav=rss_opinions
US Counting On Cows to Reduce Emissions - Methane from Cow Manure to Be Converted to Electricity (Associated Press)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21973602/detail.html
Advantages And Disadvantages Of A Cedar Shake Roof - A look at the environmental advantages as well as disadvantages of using cedar shakes for roofing (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Bright-Green/2009/1217/Advantages-and-disadvantages-of-a-cedar-shake-roof
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Technology Grants Slated For Spokane - $2.2 Million Will Help More Access Faster Internet (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/18/technology-grants-slated-for-spokane/
Utah - UTOPIA: Digital Nirvana or Lost Horizon? (Davis County Clipper, UT)
http://www.clippertoday.com/pages/full_story/push?article-UTOPIA-++Digital+nirvana+or+lost+horizon-%20&id=5196782-UTOPIA-++Digital+nirvana+or+lost+horizon-&instance=secondary_stories_left_column
Obama Moves To Boost U.S. Broadband Access (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BG1JZ20091217?type=technologyNews?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
Why Is Microsoft Fighting So Hard Over Internet Explorer? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2238996/?from=rss
Bing! Information Design Sues Microsoft (St. Louis Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2009/12/14/daily62.html?ana=from_rss
Popularity of Texting Edging out Cell Phone Calls (Associated Press)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21973279/detail.html
Twitter Hacked By "Iranian Cyber Army"? (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BH2A620091218?feedType=nl&feedName=ustopnewsearly
GENERAL NEWS
Funds Granted for Coastal Doppler Radar System (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/weather/21996747/detail.html
Washington Highways Nation’s 35th Worst (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/12/14/daily32.html
Port of Shelton Commissioners Approve Pay Raise (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=882:port-of-shelton-commissioners-approve-pay-raise&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Some Retailers Inflate Costs to Ship to APO Addresses (Stars & Stripes)
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=66700
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Data Confirm Sharp Increase in Bacon on Burgers and More
http://www.burgerbusiness.com/?p=3227
45 of the Weirdest College Scholarships
http://www.zencollegelife.com/2009/12/16/45-of-the-weirdest-college-scholarships/
A Credit Card with a 79.9% Rate? It's For Real
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_14018917?nclick_check=1
Turns Out, Sunshine States Really Are Happiest
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010532656_apussciwhoshappyoutthere.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Katrina and the Waves - Walking On Sunshinehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BN-v-h_JBk
Friday, December 18, 2009
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