Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Energy News Digest for March 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.

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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Citizens’ Group to Discuss BPA Power Line Plan during Castle Rock Meeting
·         Peninsula Light Reacts to Bonneville Power Rate Increase
·         State Approves Grant PUD Substation Funding
·         The Energy Odd Couple - John Kerry & T. Boone Pickens
·         Number of Sea Lions Mysteriously Shot Up to 10
·         Salmon Returns Looking Good but Drought Concerns Linger
·         Water Main Projects Will Disrupt Gig Harbor
·         Oregon - Commissioners Hear from Angry Foe of Wind Farms
·         Montana – Wind Lobby Says Restricting Federal Grant Money Will Hurt Power Projects
·         Wind Industry Blitzes Hill on Schumer Bill, Renewable Mandate
·         Ohio - Wind Advocates Say Renewable Power Standards Will Mean Jobs
·         Rhode Island - Business Group Balks at Cost of Wind Power
·         California - Roseville Solar Start-Up Gets Federal Boost to Build New Plants
·         Geothermal Power Heats Up
·         Bottled Wind Could be as Constant as Coal
·         Global Warming Skepticism Rising in the GOP
·         Clean Coal? Obama Funds Research to Capture Carbon
·         Environmental Hypocrisy
·         Green Movement Proving Expensive for California
·         FCC Will Release Broadband Plan One Day Early
·         Is Cheap Wireless Broadband for Real This Time?
·         Texas - Residents Asked to Help Austin Vie for Google Fiber
·         Florida - Leesburg Hopes to Partner with Google
·         WA Man Dies When Tree He Was Cutting Falls on Him
·         Susan Hutchison to Challenge Patty Murray?
·         Kirkland Broker Charged With Mail Fraud

WORD OF THE DAY

Eke • \EEK\ • Verb – To get with great difficulty —usually used with out

“Eke; a mouse,” squealed the pig-tailed school girl to her courageous friend. “No Gwen,” said Holly. “What you meant to say was ‘Eek; a mouse.’ The other way implies you are squeezing a small rodent out of your body somewhere.”

WEATHER

Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Citizens’ Group to Discuss BPA Power Line Plan during Castle Rock Meeting (The Daily News, Longview, WA)

Peninsula Light Reacts to Bonneville Power Rate Increase (Peninsula Gateway, Gig Harbor, WA)

State Approves Grant PUD Substation Funding - Could serve BMW parts maker (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

The Energy Odd Couple - John Kerry & T. Boone Pickens, once fierce foes, have found a way to work together on energy legislation (Newsweek Magazine)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Number of Sea Lions Mysteriously Shot Up to 10 (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

Salmon Returns Looking Good but Drought Concerns Linger (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Water Main Projects Will Disrupt Gig Harbor (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Oregon - Commissioners Hear from Angry Foe of Wind Farms (The LaGrande Observer, OR)

Montana – Wind Lobby Says Restricting Federal Grant Money Will Hurt Power Projects The Missoulian, MT)

Wind Industry Blitzes Hill on Schumer Bill, Renewable Mandate (NY Times)

Ohio - Wind Advocates Say Renewable Power Standards Will Mean Jobs (Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH)

Rhode Island - Business Group Balks at Cost of Wind Power (Providence Journal, RI)

California - Roseville Solar Start-Up Gets Federal Boost to Build New Plants (Sacramento Bee, CA)

Geothermal Power Heats Up (Renewable Energy World)

Bottled Wind Could be as Constant as Coal (Wired Science)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Global Warming Skepticism Rising in the GOP (Los Angeles Times, CA)

Clean Coal? Obama Funds Research to Capture Carbon (USA Today)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Environmental Hypocrisy - A new study shows that people are more likely to cheat & steal after buying green products (Newsweek Magazine)

Green Movement Proving Expensive for California (Christian Science Monitor)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

FCC Will Release Broadband Plan One Day Early - Next Tuesday, March 16, at 7:30 AM Pacific (Broadband Reports)

Is Cheap Wireless Broadband for Real This Time? (GigaOM)

GOOGLE BANDWAGON

Texas - Residents Asked to Help Austin Vie for Google Fiber (Austin Business Journal)

Florida - Leesburg Hopes to Partner with Google on Ultra-High Speed Broadband Testing Orlando Sentinel, FL)

GENERAL NEWS

WA Man Dies When Tree He Was Cutting Falls on Him (Associated Press)

Susan Hutchison to Challenge Patty Murray? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Kirkland Broker Charged With Mail Fraud (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

DIVERSIONS

Oklahoma Electric Crews Say Bobcat Caused Outage

What the? Authorities Crack Down on Finch-Fighting Rings

Midnight Knitter Pulls the Wool over NJ Shore Town

Chocolate-powered racecar

SONG OF THE DAY

EekaMouse - Wild Like a Tiger