Monday, August 31, 2009

Energy News Digest for August 31, 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)

• Alcoa’s Energy Deal with Bonneville Quashed by Court
• Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Still Striving For Power Deal
• DJ Ormet to Double Aluminum Cuts but Then Keep 09 Output Steady
• Tennessee - Life after Alcoa: Layoffs Lead To New Opportunity
• Okanogan PUD - Shanker’s Bend Dam Proposal Draws Opposition
• Clark Public Utilities Expansion Is In the Works
• Northern Wasco County PUD rates to rise
• PacifiCorp’s Customers Could See Lower Rate Increase
• Pennsylvania - Cooperative Plans to Buy Electricity as Rate Caps Expire
• Road Ruts Frustrates BPA, Costly To Customers
• North Dakota - Electric Coop Works to Meet Oil Patch Demand
• Will South Carolina Run Out of Energy?
• Utilities Seek Stimulus Money for Energy Projects
• Northwest Energy Test May Have National Impact
• NY Nuke Reactor Back Online After Shutdown
• Lawmakers Warn Of De Facto Nuclear Dumping
• Op/Ed - Energy reform must include nuclear
• Op/Ed - Region-Based Energy Solutions Make Sense
• Electricity Cooperatives' Record Weighed in Health-Care Debate
• Editorial - Dam McDermott
• Mess Left by Skokomish River Anglers Closes Shellfish Harvesting
• Pink Salmon Invasion Continues As Humpies Keep Biting
• Snake River Opens Sept. 1 for Fall Chinook Fishing
• DesChutes River Salmon Get A Traditional Hello
• The Sockeye Run in Kenai: 'For Us, It's Shopping'
• Canada - Hotter Water Linked To Poor Sockeye Returns
• Ask Eric: How Old Are Salmon When They Spawn?
• California - Fresno Fundraiser Offers Endangered Smelt on Menu
• Graceful Herons Plague Central Washington Backyards
• Pro-Wolf Group Urges Idaho Potato Boycott
• Clallam PUD Water Managers Ask For Conservation
• Bottled Water Price War Is Heating Up
• Company Plans Biomass Power Project in Longview
• Editorial - Biomass Plan Energizes Mint Farm, Region
• WoodPellets.com Stocks Coffers For Winter
• Public Meetings Set On Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project
• Wyoming - Duke Energy to Build Ninth U.S. Wind Farm
• California - Out-Of-State Power Projects Criticized
• California Condors, Wind Farms on Collision Course
• Winning Over the 'Nimby Blockade'
• Op/Ed - It's Time to Treat Wind Power Like A Grownup
• Cloud of Questions - Doubts Surround Proposed Cle Elum Solar Facility
• Brier Home's Roof Soaks Up Rays
• Flathead Electric Cooperative at Forefront of Renewable Energy
• From Poplar to Ethanol: Plant Could Help Save Northwest's Biofuels Industry
• Stimulus Package Aims To Aid Slumping Appliance Industry
• Some Buildings Not Living Up to Green Label
• Save the Light Bulb! Compact fluorescents don't produce quality light
• Editorial - Snake River Dams: Don’t Forget the Carbon
• Environmentalists Slow to Adjust in Climate Debate
• A High Cost to Deal with Climate Shift
• Carbon Cuts Won’t Work - It's Time We Considered Alternatives
• North Mason Chamber Leads the Way to Green Business
• Does Seattle Have Enough Spark For Electric Cars?
• Making Way for Electric Cars
• Obama’s Green Dream Team
• How Can I Tell When A Product Is Being Greenwashed?
• 2,200 Applied For Broadband Stimulus Funds
• Infinera Helps Bring Broadband to Grant County Residents
• As Net Turns 40, Barriers Threaten Open Growth
• Comcast Wins Appeal of FCC Ownership Cap
• Microsoft Office's Biggest Competitor is…Office
• Wash. Latest State to Be Sued For Full Support of School Dollars
• Yellow Jackets Get Aggressive During Fall Search for Food
• Ex-Shelton Prep Standout Signs Deal With S.F. Giants
• Washington State Governor Says 'No Thanks' To Mystery Laptop Order
• Fresh Air in the Muni Securities Market

WORD OF THE DAY

Empyreal • \em-pye-REE-ul\ • adjective - 1: of or relating to the firmament: celestial 2: sublime

With little or no light from towns and farms, the sparkling, empyral canopy of stars spanned the heavens from horizon to horizon. For the first time in his life, Dagwood was able to see why the “Milky Way” got its name.

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

Alcoa’s Energy Deal with Bonneville Quashed by Court “…amounted to a “gift” that demonstrated unsound business practice…” (Bloomberg)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aYU03D8RlWEY

Here is the 9th Circuit Ruling: Opinion For Pacific Northwest Generating C V. BPA
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/opinions/view_subpage.php?pk_id=0000009910

Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Still Striving For Power Deal (The Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
http://dailyinterlake.com/articles/2009/08/30/news/local_montana/news_8748391332_04.txt

DJ Ormet to Double Aluminum Cuts but Then Keep 09 Output Steady (Trading Markets)
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2488423/

Tennessee - Life after Alcoa: Layoffs Lead To New Opportunity For Owners of All American Clean Out (Blount Today, Marysville TN)
http://www.blounttoday.com/news/2009/aug/31/layoffs-lead-new-opportunity-owners-all-american-c/

Okanogan PUD - Shanker’s Bend Dam Proposal Draws Opposition (Omak Chronicle, WA)
http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n090828a.shtml

Clark Public Utilities Expansion Is In the Works - New space set to open this year, remodeled building in the spring (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090825/BIZ01/708259963/-1/BIZ

Northern Wasco County PUD rates to rise - Utility will not pass on BPA rate increase (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/08/news08-28-09-03.shtml

PacifiCorp’s Customers Could See Lower Rate Increase (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/697392.html

Pennsylvania - Cooperative Plans to Buy Electricity as Rate Caps Expire “…You might have 25 percent, 35 percent, 45 percent. It's all over the map…” (Reading Eagle, PA)
http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=154726

Road Ruts Frustrates BPA, Costly To Customers (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
http://www.katu.com/news/local/54882091.html

North Dakota - Electric Coop Works to Meet Oil Patch Demand (Associated Press)
http://www.kxmc.com/News/429163.asp

Will South Carolina Run Out of Energy? (WCIV-TV, Charleston, SC)
http://cfc.wciv.com/affinity/affarticle.cfm?id=331

Utilities Seek Stimulus Money for Energy Projects (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5723-utilities-seek-stimulus-money-energy-projects/

Northwest Energy Test May Have National Impact (Oregon Daily Journal of Commerce)
http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/08/28/northwest-energy-test-may-have-national-impact/

NY Nuke Reactor Back Online After Shutdown (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009775768_apusindianpoint.html?syndication=rss

Lawmakers Warn Of De Facto Nuclear Dumping - With facilities already in place, Hanford, others might get waste (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/862036.html

Oregonian Op/Ed - Energy reform must include nuclear
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/08/energy_reform.html

Oregonian Op/Ed - Region-Based Energy Solutions Make Sense
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/08/regionbased_energy_solutions_m.html

Electricity Cooperatives' Record Weighed in Health-Care Debate (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/26/AR2009082603485.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Columbia Basin Herald Editorial - Dam McDermott
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/08/27/editorials/doc4a96f5e0d738c409952318.txt

Mess Left by Skokomish River Anglers Closes Shellfish Harvesting (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/953898.html

Pink Salmon Invasion Continues As Humpies Keep Biting In Puget Sound, Rivers (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/story/860480.html

Snake River Opens Sept. 1 for Fall Chinook Fishing (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=859

DesChutes River Salmon Get A Traditional Hello - Fish and Wildlife officials expect 10,700 Chinook to make the swim this year (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/954644.html

The Sockeye Run in Kenai: 'For Us, It's Shopping' (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009772350_alaskafishing30.html?syndication=rss

Canada - Hotter Water Linked To Poor Sockeye Returns (Straight.com)
http://www.straight.com/article-249317/hotter-water-linked-poor-sockeye-returns

Ask Eric: How Old Are Salmon When They Spawn? (Detroit Free Press. MI)
http://www.freep.com/article/20090827/SPORTS10/908270466/1365/SPORTS/Ask-Eric--How-old-are-salmon-when-they-spawn

California - Fresno Fundraiser Offers Endangered Smelt on Menu (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2149481.html

Graceful Herons Plague Central Washington Backyards (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009777219_apwabackyardherons.html

Pro-Wolf Group Urges Idaho Potato Boycott (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009770503_apidpotatoboycott.html?syndication=rss

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Clallam PUD Water Managers Ask For Conservation; Fairview System at Stage 3 Alert (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090831/news/308319990

Bottled Water Price War Is Heating Up (Consumerist)
http://consumerist.com/5349415/bottled-water-price-war-is-heating-up

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Company Plans Biomass Power Project in Longview (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_biomass_plant.html?source=pimail

Daily News Editorial - Biomass Plan Energizes Mint Farm, Region
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/08/31/editorial/doc4a9ab6f0aa631020249167.txt

WoodPellets.com Stocks Coffers For Winter (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10319550-54.html?tag=nl.e703

Public Meetings Set On Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/08/29/local_news/090830fwind.txt

Wyoming - Duke Energy to Build Ninth U.S. Wind Farm (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS106717+31-Aug-2009+PRN20090831

California - Out-Of-State Power Projects Criticized: Utilities trying to meet mandate for renewables, outsourcing renewable power irks some activists (Modesto Bee, CA)
http://www.modbee.com/local/story/835079.html

California Condors, Wind Farms on Collision Course (Wind Watch)
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/08/31/california-condors-wind-farms-on-collision-course/

Winning Over the 'Nimby Blockade' (British Broadcasting Corporation)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8223048.stm

East Oregonian Op/Ed - It's Time to Treat Wind Power Like A Grownup
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=14&SubSectionID=50&ArticleID=97078&TM=49816.13

Cloud of Questions - Doubts Surround Proposed Cle Elum Solar Facility (Daily Record, Ellensburg, WA)
http://www.kvnews.com/articles/2009/08/29/news//doc4a98c8189cc91196487164.txt

Brier Home's Roof Soaks Up Rays - Solar panels will provide all its electricity — and maybe some to share (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090830/NEWS01/708309862/-1/RSS02

Flathead Electric Cooperative at Forefront of Renewable Energy (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/flathead_electric_cooperative_at_forefront_of_renewable_energy/12635/

From Poplar to Ethanol: Plant Could Help Save Northwest's Biofuels Industry (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009772319_ethanol30m.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Stimulus Package Aims To Aid Slumping Appliance Industry (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_083009BUB-appliance-program-KS.1313f96b8.html?rss?npc

Some Buildings Not Living Up to Green Label (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/science/earth/31leed.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Save the Light Bulb! Compact fluorescents don't produce good quality light (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203706604574377171050647330.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

News Tribune Editorial - Snake River Dams: Don’t Forget the Carbon
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/852123.html

Environmentalists Slow to Adjust in Climate Debate - Opponents Seize Initiative as Senate Bill Nears “…It seems that environmentalists are struggling in a fight they have spent years setting up…” (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/30/AR2009083002606.html?wprss=rss_business

A High Cost to Deal with Climate Shift (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/business/energy-environment/31iht-green31.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Carbon Cuts Won’t Work - It's Time We Considered Alternatives (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/214244

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

North Mason Chamber Leads the Way to Green Business (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/19/north-mason-chamber-leads-way-green-business/?partner=RSS

Does Seattle Have Enough Spark For Electric Cars? City is part of biggest electric vehicle experiment in history
http://www.seattlepi.com/transportation/409537_electriccars28.html?source=rss

Making Way for Electric Cars (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/realestate/30posting.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Obama’s Green Dream Team - The men and women who have the power and budgets to clean up the environment and, more important, have the ear of the president (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/213865?from=rss

How Can I Tell When A Product Is Being Greenwashed? (Consumerist)
http://consumerist.com/5346634/how-can-i-tell-when-a-product-is-being-greenwashed

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

2,200 Applied For Broadband Stimulus Funds - Anonymous reviewers now get to work digging through applications (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/2200-Applied-For-Broadband-Stimulus-Funds-104146

News Release - Infinera Helps Bring Broadband to Grant County Residents - Public Utility Offers Fiber to the Home for Rural Areas (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/infinera-helps-bring-broadband-to-grant-county-residents-2009-08-28

As Net Turns 40, Barriers Threaten Open Growth (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/30/BUBB19F7VQ.DTL&feed=rss.business

Comcast Wins Appeal of FCC Ownership Cap - Largest Provider Can Grow Even Bigger (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/28/AR2009082803271.html?wprss=rss_business

Microsoft Office's Biggest Competitor? Office (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/177688.asp?source=pimail

GENERAL NEWS

Wash. Latest State to Be Sued For Full Support of School Dollars (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009775747_apwawashingtonschoollawsuit1stldwritethru.html

Yellow Jackets Get Aggressive During Fall Search for Food (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/955332.html

Ex-Shelton Prep Standout Signs Deal With S.F. Giants (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/highschoolsports/story/952875.html

Washington Governor Hit - State Govs Saying 'No Thanks' To Mystery Laptops (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jQ_OIxkYqPGoqo9rCk3ENETanvhgD9AC52B03

Fresh Air in the Muni Market - The municipal bond market may finally be coming out of the Dark Ages (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/business/30gret.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS

Ikea Defends Its New Catalog Typeface – Says it never expected such a backlash after switching typeface in its latest catalog (News Digest is Verdana)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20632051/detail.html

Hoquiam Considers Chicken Crackdown (KIRO Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=206392

Cognitive Dissonance Theater - Pot May Protect Brain from Booze
http://www.kirotv.com/health/20597907/detail.html

Land Mine Found In Cincinnati Home
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20646651/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

You Win Again - Hank Williams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w2aRoJueUs

Friday, August 14, 2009

Energy News Digest on Vacation

From August 17 – 28 the energy news digest will be learning some new accents in Canada, and then trying to avoid the insidious migration of sand to every part of the vehicle during a visit to Seaside, OR.

The news digest will return tanned, rested and relaxed on August 31.

Best Regards,


Joel Myer

Energy News Digest for August 14, 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)

• Tacoma Power Submits $32 Million ARRA Funding Request
• Community College Seeks Money from Nuclear Industry
• Idaho's Governor Backs Deal to Help Uranium Enrichment Plant
• The Bumpy Road to Nuclear Energy
• Filthy SF Power Plant to Close
• Congressman Hastings Speaks Out On Dams, Health Care
• Environmentalists Sue to Protect California Delta Fish
• Heat Seeking Chopper Flies Over Salmon Rivers
• Luring Salmon Back to the City
• Mason/Kitsap Forestland Protected In Land Deal
• Federal Judge Halts Maury Island Gravel Mine Work
• Idaho Judge Denies Motion for Stay on Well Closures
• Vancouver Island - Residents Reject Plan for Saanich Sewage Plant
• Editorial - Be Open to Tradeoffs If You Favor Green Power
• California - Plotting the Path of Renewable Power Lines
• Minnesota - Wind Industry Protesting Plan to Pay for New Transmission Lines
• Urban Wind Turbines Go Up In Portland
• Light Bulb Exchange Program Moves to Port Orchard
• Energy Efficiency Advocates Press State for Speedy Action on New Programs
• Cap-&-Trade's Unlikely Critics: Its Creators
• Carbon-Market Curbs for Banks Proposed
• 7 Billion Carbon Sinks - Does breathing contribute to climate change?
• Defining Sustainability: What Exactly Does The Buzzword Mean?
• Intuit opens doors on big data center in Quincy
• Telecoms Wary of Government Help to Expand High-Speed Internet
• Will Wireless Be the Broadband Stimulus Winner?
• Comcast Fighting FCC Throttling Ruling
• Five Signs Our Broadband Plan May Already Be In Trouble
• Google's Varian: Search Scale Is 'Bogus'
• Brief Storm Lights up Puget Sound
• Flaws Halt Italian Work on Boeing 787
• Boeing Pays $25 Million to Settle US Probe
• Study Could Lead To McNeil Island Prison Closure
• Weyerhaeuser Agrees To $300 Million Sale of Oregon Timberland
• Belfair Hydroplane Driver Uses His Boat to Give Back

WORD OF THE DAY

Déjà Moo • \DAY-zha MOO \ • noun – The feeling that you have heard this bull before. (Urban Dictionary)

After the droning presentation on carbon cap and trade markets had descended into a dark, hopeless pit of impenetrable buzzwords and acronyms, Frankie’s consciousness was snapped back from the abyss by an intense feeling of “Déjà Moo.” The words, “natural derivatives of the energy market” sparked a rank, repugnant reaction that sprung from his subconscious like a demented “jack-in-the-box.”

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

Tacoma Power Submits $32 Million ARRA Funding Request (Tacoma Index, WA)
http://www.tacomadailyindex.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=88&cat=23&id=1604904&more=0

Community College Seeks Money from Nuclear Industry (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009657228_apwanuclearcollege.html?syndication=rss

Idaho's Governor Backs Deal to Help Uranium Enrichment Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2167202~Idaho_s_Risch_backs_deal_to_help_enrichment_plant.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines

The Bumpy Road to Nuclear Energy - Of the 182 construction permits granted by government commissions, 50 were abandoned in construction with billions in investment lost & 28 were closed before their 40-year licenses expired (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/08/13/the-bumpy-road-to-nuclear-energy/

Filthy SF Power Plant to Close (SF Chronicle - Wow! No editorial slant here…)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/13/BAG2198519.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea

FISH & WILDLIFE

Congressman Hastings Speaks Out On Dams, Health Care (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090813/NEWS04/708139895/1025/rss1025

Environmentalists Sue to Protect California Delta Fish (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2167808~Environmentalists_sue_to_protect_Calif__delta_fish.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines

Heat Seeking Chopper Flies Over Salmon Rivers (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=5941

Luring Salmon Back to the City (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5615-luring-salmon-back-city/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Mason/Kitsap Forestland Protected In Land Deal (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009657615_landdeal13.html?syndication=rss

Federal Judge Halts Maury Island Gravel Mine Work (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009659370_apwamauryislanddispute2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss

Idaho Judge Denies Motion for Stay on Well Closures (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/938924.html

Vancouver Island - Residents Reject Plan for Saanich Sewage Plant: Critics cite concerns about outfall, loss of trees, playing fields (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Residents+reject+plan+Saanich+sewage+plant/1888166/story.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Tigard Times Editorial - Be Open to Tradeoffs If You Favor Green Power
http://www.tigardtimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=125018485358084600

California - Plotting the Path of Renewable Power Lines (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/13/BULF1988MH.DTL&type=business

Minnesota - Wind Industry Protesting Plan to Pay for New Transmission Lines: Cost-sharing proposal decried as threat to renewable energy goals (Pioneer Press, St Paul, MN)
http://www.twincities.com/ci_13062100?nclick_check=1

Urban Wind Turbines Go Up In Portland (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/10/daily42.html?ana=from_rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Light Bulb Exchange Program Moves to Port Orchard (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/13/bulb-exchange-program-moves-to-port-orchard/?partner=RSS

Energy Efficiency Advocates Press State for Speedy Action on New Programs (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/08/energy_efficiency_advoctates_p.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Cap-&-Trade's Unlikely Critics: Its Creators - Economists behind Original Concept Question the System's Large-Scale Usefulness, & Recommend Emissions Taxes Instead (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125011380094927137.html#mod=rss_US_News

Carbon-Market Curbs for Banks Proposed (Bloomberg News)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009659026_carbon14.html?syndication=rss

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

7 Billion Carbon Sinks - How much does breathing contribute to climate change? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2225286/?from=rss

Defining Sustainability: What Exactly Does The Buzzword Mean Locally? (Herald & News, Klamath Falls, OR)
http://www.heraldandnews.com/articles/2009/08/14/top_story/doc4a850e7ca6122315031024.txt

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Intuit opens doors on big data center in Quincy - Third large data center operating near Quincy (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/13/intuit-opens-doors-big-data-center-quincy/

Telecoms Wary of Government Help to Expand High-Speed Internet (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/13/AR2009081302433.html?wprss=rss_technology

Will Wireless Be the Broadband Stimulus Winner? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/08/14/will-wireless-be-the-broadband-stimulus-winner/

Comcast Fighting FCC Throttling Ruling - Still claims agency lacked the authority to act (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Fighting-FCC-Throttling-Ruling-103951

Five Signs Our Broadband Plan May Already Be In Trouble - Meet the new heavily-lobbied boss. Same as the old heavily-lobbied boss? (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/5-Signs-Our-Broadband-Plan-May-Already-Be-In-Trouble-103936

Google's Varian: Search Scale Is 'Bogus' (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10309375-265.html?tag=nl.e703

GENERAL NEWS

Brief Storm Lights up Puget Sound (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_081309WXB-lightning-storm-TP.da0f2128.html?rss

Flaws Halt Italian Work on Boeing 787 (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE57D1ST20090814?feedType=nl&feedName=usbeforethebell

Boeing Pays $25 Million to Settle US Probe (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/13/national/w134717D10.DTL&feed=rss.business

Study Could Lead To McNeil Island Prison Closure (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/844488.html

Weyerhaeuser Agrees To $300 Million Sale of Oregon Timberland (Associated Press)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/844519.html

Belfair Hydroplane Driver Uses His Boat to Give Back (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/13/belfair-hydro-driver-uses-his-boat-to-give-back/?partner=RSS

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS

American Airlines Forgets Grandmother at Gate
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/localnews/news8/stories/wfaa090812_mo_seniortroubles.d52de340.html

Fame-Seeking Banff Squirrel Storms Internet
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/fame-seeking-banff-squirrel-storms-internet/article1250605/

Archie-Veronica Wedding Story Line Irks Collector
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/20395060/detail.html

2 Austrian Kids Rescued From Mailbox
http://www.kirotv.com/family/20395205/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

David Bowie-Fame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpOlaLTXP4E

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Energy News Digest for August 13, 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)

• NW Power Council Deadlocks over Proposal
• Pacific Northwest Heat Sparks Energy Debate
• Avista Sets 21-Cent Quarterly Dividend
• City of Centralia Looks to Future of City Light
• Editorial - Private Power Comes with a Huge Cost
• Nuclear Power’s New Debate: Cost
• New York - Indian Point Nuclear Reactors Pass U.S. Safety Test for License Renewals
• Coalition Wants To Lift Minnesota’s Nuclear Ban
• Report: California Likely Needs More Power Lines
• Want to Join Cooperative - Florida Residents Aim To Secede From Utility Provider
• Natural Gas Stocks Grow Less than Expected
• British Columbia - Millions of Missing Fish Signal Crisis on the Fraser River
• Lamprey on the Brink
• California - Stimulus Funds Bring Caspian Tern Project to Siskiyou County
• Coastal Fishing Remains Strong, But Fishing in Puget Sound Has Been Rough
• Birds vs. Environmentalists?
• Dams Go Down, Uncorking Rivers for Kayakers
• Cleanup Eradicates Invasive Grass from Willapa Bay
• Interior Dept: Calif. Water a National Priority
• Bottled Water Boom Appears Tapped Out
• California - Monterey Aquarium overwhelmed by jellyfish swarm
• Wind Power Reaches Milestone on BPA System
• BPA: Wind Farm System Sets Output Milestone
• NW Utilities Get Wind Of Integration Charge
• Editorial - Wyoming Wasn't Ready For Wind Energy Boom
• Revival or Dam-Nation? The push for green power could spawn a rush for small hydropower projects in the Pacific Northwest
• United Kingdom - 425 Jobs Lost As Wind Turbine Sites Close
• Florida - Utilities, Activists Clash on Conservation
• A Little Competition May Be Good To Encourage Energy Conservation
• Two Studies Challenge Notion of Rise in Atlantic Storms
• Australian Parliament Rejects Carbon Trade Plan
• The Green Movement Rethinks the Way We Cook
• Irony - Slow Servers Extend Deadline for Broadband Stimulus Bucks
• Qwest Says No Thanks To Stimulus Funds
• Missouri - Stimulus Could Fund Broadband Upgrades
• Do Consumers Really Want Their Media in a Bundle?
• Court Bars Sales of Microsoft Word in U.S.
• Getting Your Wireless Network Up to Speed
• Belfair Water District Candidate Lives outside Boundaries, County Says
• Congressman Baird Reverses Course on Town Hall Meetings
• Trust Purchases 530 Acres of Forest in Mason County

WORD OF THE DAY

Expatiate • \ek-SPAY-shee-ayt\ • verb - 1: to move about freely or at will: wander 2: to speak or write at length or in detail

“What time is it,” the eager intern asked the Chief Executive Officer at the interminable staff meeting. All the other attendees groaned as the leader expatiated on the history of timepieces and the construction thereof, as a prelude to telling the actual time…in each of the world’s time zones.

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

NW Power Council Deadlocks over Proposal (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_northwest_power.html?source=pimail

Pacific Northwest Heat Sparks Energy Debate - Coal and wind power not available to Portland General Electric when it needed them the most (Portland Tribune)
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125010615491765600

Avista Sets 21-Cent Quarterly Dividend (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009656154_apusavistadividend.html?syndication=rss

City of Centralia Looks to Future of City Light - Expensive Upgrades Ahead: Tough Choices and $15 Million in Projects Await for Power Utility’s Transmission Grid (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/08/13/news//doc4a8307dfcc8ec559610587.txt

Victoria Times-Colonist Editorial - Private Power Comes with a Huge Cost: The B.C. Utilities Commission deserves a slap upside the head for its ruling on B.C. Hydro's plans to sign deals with private power companies that will cost consumers billions of dollars.
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=86024ef5-481d-4796-8c18-ff71dac37692&k=67301

Nuclear Power’s New Debate: Cost - Issues of safety and waste make way for a focus on funding (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/08/13/nuclear-power%E2%80%99s-new-debate-cost/

New York - Indian Point Nuclear Reactors Pass U.S. Safety Test for License Renewals (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/nyregion/13indian.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Coalition Wants To Lift Minnesota’s Nuclear Ban (Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2009/08/10/daily25.html?ana=from_rss

Report: California Likely Needs More Power Lines (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/12/state/n184424D88.DTL&feed=rss.business

Want to Join Cooperative - Florida Residents Aim To Secede From Utility Provider (The Ledger, Lakeland, FL)
http://www.theledger.com/article/20090812/NEWS/908125073/1035/BUSINESS?Title=Fort-Meade-Residents-Aim-To-Secede-From-Utility-Provider

Natural Gas Stocks Grow Less than Expected (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/13/financial/f073710D28.DTL&feed=rss.business

FISH & WILDLIFE

British Columbia - Millions of Missing Fish Signal Crisis on the Fraser River (Globe and Mail – And look: No Dams…)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/millions-of-missing-fish-signal-crisis-onthefraserriver/article1249976/

Lamprey on the Brink - Larvae studied for clues to decline in numbers of 350 million-year-old, eel-like fish (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090813/NEWS02/708139947/

California - Stimulus Funds Bring Caspian Tern Project to Siskiyou County (Siskiyou Daily News, Yreka, CA)
http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/news/x1528791531/Stimulus-funds-bring-Caspian-tern-project-to-Siskiyou-County

Coastal Fishing Remains Strong, But Fishing In Puget Sound Has Been Rough (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009649692_fish13.html?syndication=rss

Birds vs. Environmentalists? The wind industry may be green, but it's proving deadly to wildlife (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/211734

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Dams Go Down, Uncorking Rivers for Kayakers (NY Times)
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/travel/09explorer.html

Cleanup Eradicates Invasive Grass from Willapa Bay (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009648232_apwawillapabayspartina.html?syndication=rss

Interior Dept: Calif. Water a National Priority (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/12/national/a112327D00.DTL&feed=rss.business

Bottled Water Boom Appears Tapped Out - Environmental Concerns, Recession Put Crimp in Sales (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/12/AR2009081203074.html?nav=rss_email/components

California - Monterey Aquarium overwhelmed by jellyfish swarm (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13045821

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Wind Power Reaches Milestone on BPA System (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/310243/

BPA: Wind Farm System Sets Output Milestone (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/08/bpa_wind_farm_system_sets_outp.html

NW Utilities Get Wind Of Integration Charge (Sustainable Industries)
http://www.sustainableindustries.com/energy/52554547.html

Caspar Star-Tribune Editorial - Wyoming Wasn't Ready For Wind Energy Boom
http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2009/08/13/editorial/editorial/4c99f01597562e1c872576100079ee4f.txt

Revival or Dam-Nation? The push for green power could spawn a rush for small hydropower projects in the Pacific Northwest (High Country News)
http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.13/revival-or-dam-nation

United Kingdom - 425 Jobs Lost As Wind Turbine Sites Close: Vestas Wind Systems, whose factory which sparked an 18-day occupation, has announced it is closing sites on the Isle of Wight and in Southampton with the loss of 425 jobs (The Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/6016313/425-jobs-lost-as-turbine-sites-close.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Florida - Utilities, Activists Clash on Conservation (Associated Press)
http://www.wftv.com/news/20346684/detail.html

A Little Competition May Be Good To Encourage Energy Conservation (Associated Press)
http://www.thekansan.com/opinions/x1373181808/A-little-competition-may-be-good-to-encourage-energy-conservation

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Two Studies Challenge Notion of Rise in Atlantic Storms (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/science/earth/13atlantic.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Australian Parliament Rejects Carbon Trade Plan (Reuters)
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/08/13/news/news-us-australia-carbon.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

The Green Movement Rethinks the Way We Cook - Climate-conscious cookbook stirs up tips to step gently on the Earth (Chicago Tribune, IL)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/food/chi-0812-green-bookaug12,0,6436488.story

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Irony - Slow Servers Extend Deadline for Broadband Stimulus Bucks (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/08/13/slow-servers-extend-deadline-for-broadband-stimulus-bucks/

Qwest Says No Thanks To Stimulus Funds - Only wants money for more developed areas (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-Says-No-Thanks-To-Stimulus-Funds-103923

Missouri - Stimulus Could Fund Broadband Upgrades: Partnership will bring access to 91.5 percent of residents (News Leader, Springfield, MO)
http://www.news-leader.com/article/2009908130370

Do Consumers Really Want Their Media in a Bundle? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/08/12/do-consumers-really-want-their-media-in-a-bundle/

Court Bars Sales of Microsoft Word in U.S. (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_081209BUB-microsoft-word-sales-barrred-LJ.d3423be1.html?rss

Getting Your Wireless Network Up to Speed (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/technology/personaltech/13basics.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

GENERAL NEWS

Belfair Water District Candidate Lives outside Boundaries, County Says (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/12/belfair-water-district-candidate-lives-outside/?partner=RSS

Congressman Baird Reverses Course on Town Hall Meetings (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/843419.html

Trust Purchases 530 Acres of Forest in Mason County (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/938312.html

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS

Employee Complaints: Smelly Colleagues, Lack of Cookies (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/08/10/daily32.html?ana=from_rss

FBI: Man Gave Teller ID Before Robbing Bank
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20379717/detail.html

Eagle Dive Bombers - Falling Fish Shatters Ohio Driver's Windshield
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20369278/detail.html

TV Judge to Hear 5-Legged Puppy Case - Animal Show Owner Sues Puppy's Original Owner
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20371706/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Chet Atkins & Les Paul - Birth of the Blues (R.I.P. Mr. Paul)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByGsHTlKmWk

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Energy News Digest for August 12, 2009

Editor’s note: From August 17-28 the energy news digest will be examining the raw sewage being expelled from Victoria, BC, then trying to avoid a certain class of chondrichthyes that are said to have been massing around Seaside, OR looking for fresh pronto pups, cotton candy and tourists. The news digest will return, rested and relaxed, August 31.

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)

• Chelan PUD May Increase Hedging To Reduce Financial Risk
• FERC Approves $7.5 Million Civil Penalty in Anti-Manipulation Case
• Columbia River Salmon Decision on Hold for Now
• Oregon and Its Allies Slam Obama's Handling Of Salmon Plan
• Editorial - Salmon Test
• Editorial - Giving Snake River Salmon a Lift
• California - $10,000 Penalty for Fishing in Marine Sanctuary
• Hanford: State, DOE Tentatively Agree To Settle Cleanup Lawsuit
• Maury Island Gravel Company to Defy State Lands Commissioner
• China’s Trash Incinerators Loom as a Global Hazard
• Simpson’s New Tacoma Biomass Plant Starts Churning Power
• State Of Idaho Seeks Comment on Wind Energy Sales
• A Record for Wind in Ireland
• Maine's Windkeepers: From Ship Masts to Windmills
• Chinese Solar Maker Renesola Posts 2Q Loss
• Automobiles - Hybrid and Electric Power Systems at a Glance
• Conservation Could Provide 85 Percent of Pacific Northwest Power
• Ohio Edison to Repower Coal Plant with Biomass
• Coal's Future Wagered on Carbon Capture
• Bremerton Port Votes to Kill Kitsap Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Project
• Report Says Washington State Doing Good Job to Wean Itself from Oil
• Stimulus Billions Fund Rural Broadband Internet
• IDT Plans Sale of Hillsboro Semiconductor Plant
• Microsoft Fixes 19 Windows Security Flaws
• Clearwire Reports Loss As It Expands
• Wash. PDC Rejects Request to Seal Initiative Donor Names
• Mason County Cuts Budget Again; another Cut Scheduled
• Committee to Save Shelton’s St. Edwards Church Wants to Preserve Building
• Boundary Confusion Nearly Left Some Belfair Voters High and Dry
• Gig Harbor Requires Employee Furloughs to Fill Budget Gap
• Local Appearance from Congressman Dicks Will Not Be "Town Hall"
• Op/Ed - Dust in the (Cosmic) Wind
• New Survey on Eve of Woodstock Anniversary

WORD OF THE DAY

Levigate • \LEV-uh-gayt\ • verb - 1: polish, smooth 2*a: to grind to a fine smooth powder while in moist condition b: to separate (fine powder) from coarser material by suspending in a liquid

Millions of years went into the moment that Abercrombie was enjoying. Rushing water and suspended, gritty sand had combined to levigate a channel through the Canyon Creek rocks to produce a rainbow spray of river torrents just to produce the perfect natural shower. The monumental effort on nature’s part to produce this luxuriant gift was totally lost on Abe as he lathered up his thinning scalp under the water’s sting.

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

Chelan PUD May Increase Hedging To Reduce Financial Risk (Wenatchee World, WA
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090811/NEWS04/708119974/-1/OP?PUD-may-increase-hedging-to-reduce-financial-risk

FERC approves $7.5 million civil penalty in Amaranth anti-manipulation Case (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
http://www.ferc.gov/news/news-releases/2009/2009-3/08-12-09.asp

FISH & WILDLIFE

Columbia River Salmon Decision on Hold for Now (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
http://www.kpq.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1278

Oregon and Its Allies Slam Obama's Handling Of Salmon Plan (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/08/oregon_and_its_allies_slam_oba.html

NY Times Editorial - Salmon Test
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/opinion/12wed2.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

LA Times Editorial - Giving Snake River Salmon a Lift: Trucking the threatened fish past dams isn't working, The Obama administration should call for talks on what will
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-salmon12-2009aug12,0,3449261.story

California - $10,000 Penalty for Fishing in Marine Sanctuary (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2162987~_10_000_penalty_for_fishing_in_marine_sanctuary.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Hanford: State, DOE Tentatively Agree To Settle Cleanup Lawsuit (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/677760.html

Maury Island Gravel Company to Defy State Lands Commissioner – Has the permits, will move ahead on dock project (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009642292_webmauryisland12m.html?syndication=rss

China’s Trash Incinerators Loom as a Global Hazard (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/business/energy-environment/12incinerate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Simpson’s New Tacoma Biomass Plant Starts Churning Power (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/08/10/daily21.html?ana=from_rss

State Of Idaho Seeks Comment on Wind Energy Sales (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/937530.html

A Record for Wind in Ireland (NY Times – Between noon and 1 PM on a Friday)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/a-record-for-wind-in-ireland/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Maine's Windkeepers: From Ship Masts to Windmills (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009643544_apusharnessingwind.html?syndication=rss

Chinese Solar Maker Renesola Posts 2Q Loss (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009647627_apusearnsrenesola.html?syndication=rss

Automobiles - Hybrid and Electric Power Systems At A Glance (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009641442_apusvoltexplainerbox.html?syndication=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Conservation Could Provide 85 Percent of Pacific Northwest Power “…possible removal of four hydro dams on the Snake River to benefit salmon would likely require new natural gas plants to make up the lost power…” (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_northwest_power.html?source=pimail

Ohio Edison to Repower Coal Plant with Biomass (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/08/ohio-edison-to-repower-coal-plant-with-biomass?cmpid=rss

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Coal's Future Wagered on Carbon Capture - Efforts to Tame Greenhouse Gas Enjoy Funding But Face Hurdles (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/10/AR2009081002709.html?wprss=rss_business

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Bremerton Port Commission Votes to Kill Kitsap Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Project (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/11/bremerton-port-commissison-votes-kill-kitsap-seed/?partner=RSS

Report Says Washington State Doing Good Job to Wean Itself from Oil (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/08/10/daily20.html?ana=from_rss

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Stimulus Billions Fund Rural Broadband Internet (CNN, via Baller/Herbst)
http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/11/smallbusiness/stimulus_billions_for_rural_broadband.smb/

IDT Plans Sale of Hillsboro Semiconductor Plant – Will Move All of Its Production to Asia (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/10/daily19.html?ana=from_rss

Microsoft Fixes 19 Windows Security Flaws (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/08/microsoft_fixes_19_windows_sec.html

Clearwire Reports Loss As It Expands (Bloomberg News)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009642650_clearwire12.html

GENERAL NEWS

Wash. Public Disclosure Commission Rejects Request To Seal Initiative Donor Names (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009640472_apwadomesticpartnerships4thldwritethru.html?syndication=rss

Mason County Cuts Budget Again; another Cut Scheduled (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/8007/reftab/1632/Default.aspx

Committee to Save Shelton’s St. Edwards Church Asks Mason County to Consider Their Offer to Preserve the Historic Building (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/8004/reftab/1632/Default.aspx

Boundary Confusion Nearly Left Some Belfair Voters High and Dry (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/11/boundary-confusion-nearly-left-some-belfair-high/?partner=RSS

Gig Harbor Requires Employee Furloughs to Fill Budget Gap (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/street/2009/08/11/gig_harbor_requires_employee_furloghs_to

Local Appearance from Congressman Dicks Will Not Be "Town Hall" (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/5002

NY Times Op/Ed - Dust in the (Cosmic) Wind
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/opinion/12cokinos.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

New Survey on Eve of Woodstock Anniversary Shows 'Generation Gap' Has Widened but Softened (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13040393?nclick_check=1

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS

Peacock Causing a Flap in South Seattle
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_081109WAB-peacock-on-the-loose-KS.ce610f5b.html?rss

Police: 'Witch Doctor' Claiming To Cleanse Money of Evil, Scammed Clients
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20362085/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_4pm&tmi=sea_4pm_1_06000108112009&ts=H

CRIME: Bee Hives Stolen From West Richland Farm
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/678241.html

Bride Spends First Night with Crate of Vodka
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE57A5C520090811?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest

SONG OF THE DAY

Willie Nelson - Whiskey River
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J_CmSi6CVI

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Energy News Digest for August 11, 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)

• Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Announces Rate Increase
• More Huge Dams May Be Answer for West
• Idaho Power: Open House About Proposed Langley Gulch Power Plant
• Trumpets BPA Deals - Aluminum Turns Table, Plugs Into Power Deals
• Energy Secretary Makes First Visit to Hanford
• Natural Gas Gets Attention Where Renewables Ruled
• Baltimore Banker Suing Constellation Energy for $65M
• NYISO Offering Courses on NY’s Electricity Markets
• Energy Secretary Chu Announces New Power Project in NW
• Obama Administration Wants Time To Make Pitch for Settlement on Salmon
• NOAA Gets More Time to Prepare Salmon Plan
• Op/Ed - Dam Decision Poses Test for Obama Team
• Editorial - Bust the Dams, Save the Salmon
• Economic Data Supports Efforts to Recover California’s Salmon Fisheries
• Idaho Ranchers Embrace Deal to Help Sage Grouse
• Clark Public Utilities - New Well Field to up Utility’s Pumping Capacity by a Third
• Interior Sect. Salazar to Highlight Water Challenges in West
• Editorial - An ill-advised veto; Governor retains generous wind power subsidies
• Idaho - Owners of Burley Ethanol Plant Post Bigger Loss
• Startup Plans $60M Biomass Plant In LaPine, Oregon
• Wind Power in Texas Begins to Reduce Electricity Costs
• Editorial - City Can't Ignore Savings of Tiered Electric Rates
• Conserving Electricity Saves Money Now and Later
• Washington Congressman Baird Defends Antarctica Trip
• Just Around The Corner - Where Are The Green Jobs?
• The Top Ten Worst Green Brand Names
• Broadband Stimulus Plan Has No Map for Success
• Vermont May Boot Fairpoint from State
• Qwest Wins $14M NASA Broadband Contract
• Google Provides Peek into New Search Engine
• Court Battle Looms over Identity of Donors to R-71
• Could the California fiscal death spiral happen here?
• Rock Bottom Timber Prices Hurt NW School Budgets
• Teen Wanted In Camano Island Burglaries May Be At It Again
• Tragic “I Told You So” - Autopsy Shows Bear Killed Woman Who Fed Animals

WORD OF THE DAY

Philoprogenitive • \fill-uh-proh-JEN-uh-tiv\ • adjective - *1: tending to produce offspring: prolific 2: of, relating to, or characterized by love of offspring

The Ambersons of Springfield were magnificent. Not just because of their upstanding character, but more so the philoprogenitive trait of the family. Preceding generations regularly had ten or more children. This was one reason that the most prestigious law firm in the community was known as Amberson, Amberson, Amberson, Amberson, Amberson, and Smith; the last partner coming from a shirt-tail relationship from the nearby town.

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

Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Announces Rate Increase (Baker City Herald, OR)
http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/OTEC-announces-rate-increase

More Huge Dams May Be Answer for West (Associated Press)
http://www.sunjournal.com/node/98722

Idaho Power Invites Public to an Open House to Learn About Proposed Langley Gulch Power Plant (PennEnergy)
http://www.pennenergy.com/index/articles/newsdisplay/s-133950880.html

Trumpets BPA Deals - Aluminum Turns Table, Plugs Into Power Deals (American Metal Market)
http://www.amm.com/login/denied_empty/2009-08-07__15-36-31.html/Aluminum+turns+table+plugs+into+power+deals

Energy Secretary Makes First Visit to Hanford (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10884153

Natural Gas Gets Attention Where Renewables Ruled - On eve of clean energy summit, Reid voices support for fuel some see as bridge to future (Las Vegas Sun, NV)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/aug/10/natural-gas-gets-attention-where-renewables-ruled/

Baltimore Banker Suing Constellation Energy for $65M - Developer says energy giant misled him over power plant (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/othercities/baltimore/stories/2009/08/10/story1.html?b=1249876800^1895321&s=industry&i=energy

NYISO Offering Courses on NY’s Electricity Markets (The Business Review)
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/08/10/daily1.html?ana=from_rss

Energy Secretary Chu Announces New Power Project in NW (KPLU Radio, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1541214/KPLU.Local.News/Energy.Secretary.Chu.Announces.New.Power.Project.in.NW

FISH & WILDLIFE

Obama Administration Wants Time To Make Pitch for Settlement on Salmon (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/235/story/861638.html

NOAA Gets More Time to Prepare Salmon Plan (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009636279_bluebox11m.html?syndication=rss

Oregonian Op/Ed - Dam Decision Poses Test for Obama Team
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/08/dam_decision_poses_test_for_ob.html

Buffalo News Editorial - Bust the Dams, Save the Salmon: Obama administration has a chance to end series of flawed recovery plans
http://www.buffalonews.com/149/story/759426.html

Economic Data Supports Efforts to Recover California’s Salmon Fisheries (Fly Rod and Reel)
http://www.flyrodreel.com/node/12715

Idaho Ranchers Embrace Deal to Help Sage Grouse (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/935664.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Clark Public Utilities - New Well Field to up Utility’s Pumping Capacity by a Third (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090811/NEWS02/708119957/

Interior Sect. Salazar to Highlight Water Challenges in West (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2162095~Salazar_to_highlight_water_challenges_in_West.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Oregon - Eugene Register Guard Editorial - An ill-advised veto; Governor retains generous wind power subsidies
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/opinion/18472366-47/story.csp

Idaho - Owners of Burley Ethanol Plant Post Bigger Loss (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2162701~Owner_of_Burley_ethanol_plant_post_bigger_loss.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines

Startup Plans $60M Biomass Plant In LaPine, Oregon (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/10/story4.html?b=1249876800^1898931

Wind Power in Texas Begins to Reduce Electricity Costs (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/digest.msp?id=1998

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Redding Record-Searchlight Editorial - City Can't Ignore Savings of Tiered Electric Rates
http://www.redding.com/news/2009/aug/11/city-cant-ignore-savings-of-tiered-electric/

Conserving Electricity Saves Money Now and Later (WTOP Radio, Washington, DC)
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1737285

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Washington Congressman Baird defends Antarctica trip – Cites firsthand investigation of climate change impacts (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009634789_apwacongressionaltripbaird1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Just Around The Corner - Where Are The Green Jobs? Alternative energy hiring has been slow, but upswing forecast (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090811/BIZ/708119954/-1/RSS03

The Top Ten Worst Green Brand Names (Fast Company)
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/alissa-walker/designerati/top-ten-worst-green-brand-names

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Broadband Stimulus Plan Has No Map for Success (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/08/10/broadband-stimulus-plan-has-no-map-for-success/

Vermont May Boot Fairpoint from State - Regulators want concrete evidence of improvement (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Vermont-May-Boot-Fairpoint-From-State-103886

Qwest Wins $14M NASA Broadband Contract (Denver Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/08/10/daily14.html?ana=from_rss

Google Provides Peek into New Search Engine (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009639365_apustecgooglesearchengine.html?syndication=rss

GENERAL NEWS

Court Battle Looms over Identity of Donors to R-71 (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10884091

Could the California fiscal death spiral happen here? Not so far, contends the State Treasurer (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/08/11/politics-government/19153/

Rock Bottom Timber Prices Hurt NW School Budgets (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5593-rock-bottom-timber-prices-hurt-nw-school-budgets/

Teen Wanted In Camano Island Burglaries May Be At It Again (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009636115_colton11m.html

Tragic “I Told You So” - Autopsy Shows Bear Killed Woman Who Fed Animals (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/10/national/a172214D20.DTL&feed=rss.news

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS

Police: Suspect Caught By His Own Seat Belt
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/20344903/detail.html

Drug Dealers Beware: Don't Peddle Pot near Police Station
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Drug-Dealers-Beware-Dont-Peddle-Pot-near=1&blockID=68494&feedID=410

Would-Be Thief Gets a Taste of Small Town Justice
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/52926842.html

Blind Oregon Man's Vision Returns, Surprising Doctors
http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_081009ORB-blind-man-sees-TP.ca96d736.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Robert Palmer - Bad Case of Loving You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNLfQkHQlE8

Monday, August 10, 2009

Energy News Digest for August 10, 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 Line Construction - Helicopter May Be A Distraction on 101 This Week
• Moses Lake Worker Electrocuted In Work Site Accident
• Energy Secretary Steven Chu to Visit Hanford Site and National Labs
• PacifiCorp Operating Income Rises
• North Carolina - Utilities Eye Alcoa Hydroelectric Plants?
• Natural Gas Falls Below $4 On Supply Glut
• Tennessee Valley Authority Plan for Alabama Nuclear Plant Drops to One Reactor
• Editorial - So Where's the Nuclear Power?
• Dynegy Sells Plants for $1 Billion; 2Q Loss Widens
• Coal Mining Firm in Australia Agrees to Chinese Bid
• Coal, Coal Everywhere In China Countryside
• More Than 140 Sockeye Arrive In Stanley Basin
• Hundreds of Fish to Be Checked For Hanford Pollution
• Puget Sound Orcas: Pollution, Noise and Loss of Salmon Leave Their Future Uncertain
• Idaho - Helicopter Mission to Find Endangered Salmon
• Rogue River - Sediment Tests Aid Removal of Gold Ray Dam
• Traffic Restrictions Due To Wenatchee River Salmon Recovery Project
• Op/Ed - Tough Choices in the Recovery of Puget Sound
• Capitol Lake Committee Aligns With Estuary
• Scientists Want Bainbridge's Reliance on Aquifers Noted
• Wind Tower Manufacturer Katana Lays off 14 In Ephrata
• Washington State Offers Its Stash of Slash for Wood-Waste Energy
• School's In for Vancouver Turbine Trainees
• Oregon Could Reap Rewards from Energy Program
• Wyoming Wind Future Relies On High-Wire Act
• Small Wind Projects Are Generating Interest
• Indiana - Impact of Wind Turbines: Financially, 'It's Enormous'
• Politicians, Energy Leaders Convene In Las Vegas
• Electric Car Future May Power a Charging Industry
• Editorial - A Dream of Hydrogen
• E-Waste Recycling Program Popular In Wash.
• The English Encourage Urban Beekeeping
• FCC Chair Touts Broadband as Top Priority
• Telco Companies to Provide Data for Broadband Map
• With Fiber Optic Cable, Laying a Basis for Growth in Africa
• Twitter Attack Aimed At Just One Blogger
• Dry Streak Over; More Rain Today
• Tim Sheldon Calls on Governor to Intervene in Sex Offender’s Unconditional Release
• Mayor Proposes Seattle City Workers Take Time Off Without Pay
• Seattle Times - Paper Is Resurgent as a Solo Act
• Out Of Balance - The Lamest Business Excuses Of 2009
• Yakima - Lucky Dog Rescued From Roza Dam

WORD OF THE DAY

Gallimaufry • \gal-uh-MAW-free\ • noun – Hodgepodge

Barney was scrabbling through the drawer looking for a working, sharpened pencil. The tiny, crystal bottles at the bottom of the kitchen “junk drawer” clinked against broken can openers, stripped phillips head screwdrivers, and other gallimaufry crammed into the horizontal version of a “Fibber McGee’s Closet.” Adding to the general shabbiness of the catchall drawer were the odd assortments of twine and string, broken rubber bands and lint from unidentifiable sources.

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 Line Construction - Helicopter May Be A Distraction on 101 This Week (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7986/reftab/1632/t/HELICOPTER-MAY-BE-A-DISTRACTION-ON-101-THIS-WEEK/Default.aspx

Moses Lake Worker Electrocuted In Work Site Accident (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/08/07/news/doc4a7cb2c2594a6340771472.txt

Energy Secretary Steven Chu to Visit Hanford Site and National Labs (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5585-energy-secretary-steven-chu-visit-hanford-site-and-national-labs/

PacifiCorp Operating Income Rises (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/03/daily61.html?ana=from_rss

North Carolina - Utilities Eye Alcoa Hydroelectric Plants? (Charlotte Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/08/10/story6.html?ana=from_rss

Natural Gas Falls Below $4 On Supply Glut - Bulging natural gas stockpiles at 77% capacity (Purchasing.Com)
http://www.purchasing.com/article/326781-Natural_gas_falls_below_4_on_supply_glut.php?rssid=20252

Tennessee Valley Authority Plan for Alabama Nuclear Plant Drops to One Reactor (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009619802_apustvanuclear.html?syndication=rss

Dallas Morning News Editorial - So Where's the Nuclear Power?
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-nuclear_0810edi.State.Edition1.2c96ba1.html

Dynegy Sells Plants for $1 Billion; 2Q Loss Widens (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/nationworld/story/935487.html

Coal Mining Firm in Australia Agrees to Chinese Bid (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/business/global/11mine.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Coal, Coal Everywhere In China Countryside (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sundaybuzz/2009625329_sundaybuzz09.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

More Than 140 Sockeye Arrive In Stanley Basin (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/933871.html

Hundreds of Fish to Be Checked For Hanford Pollution (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/52843372.html

Puget Sound Orcas: Pollution, Noise and Loss of Salmon Leave Their Future Uncertain (The Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090809/NEWS01/708099834/-1/RSS02

Idaho - Helicopter Mission to Find Endangered Salmon (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009629564_webfish10m.html?syndication=rss

Rogue River - Sediment Tests Aid Removal of Gold Ray Dam (Mail Tribune, Medford, OR)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090807/NEWS/908070328/-1/rss01

Traffic Restrictions Due To Wenatchee River Salmon Recovery Project (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090807/NEWS04/708079914/1025/rss1025

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Seattle Times Op/Ed - Tough Choices in the Recovery of Puget Sound
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009620463_guest10goldmark.html?syndication=rss

Capitol Lake Committee Aligns With Estuary - Group wants to restore tide flats (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/933100.html

Scientists Want Bainbridge's Reliance on Aquifers Noted (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/08/scientists-want-bainbridges-reliance-on-aquifers/?partner=RSS

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Wind Tower Manufacturer Katana Lays off 14 In Ephrata (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/08/07/news/doc4a7cb3ca1e051319875910.txt

Washington State Offers Its Stash of Slash for Entrepreneurs in Wood-Waste Energy (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090809/NEWS02/708099974/

School's In for Turbine Trainees - Vancouver institute begins training workers for wind energy industry (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090807/BIZ01/708079948/-1/BIZ

Oregon Could Reap Rewards from Energy Program (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/10/story8.html?ana=from_rss

Wyoming Wind Future Relies On High-Wire Act (Caspar Star-Tribune, WY)
http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2009/08/09/news/business/8dbb94300d2fe70d8725760c00211ba5.txt

Small Wind Projects Are Generating Interest - Incentive programs give a boost to the small wind industry (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090810/GREEN/908100335/1001

Indiana - Impact of Wind Turbines: Financially, 'It's Enormous' (Indianapolis Star, IN)
http://www.indystar.com/article/20090809/BUSINESS/908090369/

Politicians, Energy Leaders Convene In Las Vegas (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/10/financial/f053322D12.DTL&feed=rss.business

Electric Car Future May Power a Charging Industry (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE57823020090809

NY Times Editorial - A Dream of Hydrogen
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/opinion/09sun3.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

E-Waste Recycling Program Popular In Wash. (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_electronics_recycling.html?source=pimail

The English Encourage Urban Beekeeping (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/the-english-encourage-urban-beekeeping/?partner=rss&emc=rss

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

FCC Chair Touts Broadband as Top Priority (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009630447_btfcc10.html

Telco Companies to Provide Data for Broadband Map (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13019037

With Fiber Optic Cable, Laying a Basis for Growth in Africa (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/business/global/10cable.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Twitter Attack Aimed At Just One Blogger (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009621074_twitter08.html

GENERAL NEWS

Dry Streak Over; More Rain Today (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009633333_webseather10m.html?syndication=rss

Tim Sheldon Calls on Governor to Intervene in Sex Offender’s Unconditional Release (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7991/reftab/1632/t/TIM-SHELDON-CALLS-UPON-GOVERNOR-TO-INTERVENE-IN-GARY-CHERRY-RELEASE/Default.aspx

Mayor Proposes Seattle City Workers Take Time Off Without Pay (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_080709WAB-seattle-furlough-KC.bba459cb.html?rss

Seattle Times - Paper Is Resurgent as a Solo Act (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/business/media/10seattle.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Out Of Balance - The Lamest Business Excuses Of 2009 (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/211004?from=rss

Yakima - Lucky Dog Rescued From Roza Dam (KNDU-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10874511

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS

Survivors Say Radio Station Contest Left Them Twisted
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2095821.html

Spokane Bachelor Party Ends In Arrests - Groom-to-be, two friends jailed after parking lot brawl
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/10/bachelor-party-ends-in-arrests/

Mouse Builds Nest in ATM with $20 Bills
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20323763/detail.html

Perseids Meteors to Light up Skies Midweek
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/09/BA75195H52.DTL&feed=rss.news

SONG OF THE DAY

Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdLnhtOzMXc