Monday, June 25, 2012

Energy News Digest for June 25, 2012


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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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

All Indications Point to Possible Banner Sockeye Salmon Returns (Seattle Times, WA)

Oregon Reins in Tax Credits for Clean Energy (Associated Press)

Chehalis River Dam Remains Most Contentious Proposal (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

Sixty Years of Pacific Northwest Aluminum (Associated Press)

Clark Public Utilities to Offer a Way to Track Energy Use - Pilot program will launch this fall with 20,000 customers (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Sixty Years of Pacific Northwest Aluminum
  • Hundreds Celebrate Alcoa’s 60th in Wenatchee
  • Snohomish PUD honored for Youngs Creek Hydro Project
  • With a Clatskanie PUD Connection - Fitch Affirms Boise Kuna Irrigation District, ID
  • Montana - Open the Gates: Projections for Kerr Dam Are Made
  • BPA’s Oliver Discusses Energy Storage at MIT Enterprise Forum
  • Texas Prepares for Soaring Power Demand, Urges Conservation
  • er on High Voltage Transmission Lines
  • Coal Export Terminals Would Bring Jobs, Execs Say
  • Coal Clash Hits Close to Home
  • Pacific Northwest Rail Lines Provide Routes for Coal Shipments to Asia
  • All Indications Point to Possible Banner Sockeye Salmon Returns
  • Many Happy Returns: Lots of Sockeye Counted at Ballard Locks
  • Salmon Returning to Puget Sound Energy’s Baker/Marblemount Facilities
  • Decline in Alaska’s King Salmon is Rooted in the Sea, Alaska State Biologists Say
  • State Officials Try to Contain Western Alaska Salmon Revolt
  • Acidic Step: Outsourcing Our Oysters
  • Chehalis River Dam Remains Most Contentious Proposal
  • Stakeholder Workshops Scheduled on Future Implementation of U-S/Canada Columbia River Treaty
  • U-S Supreme Court: Can EPA Regulate Mud from Logging Roads?
  • Oregon Reins in Tax Credits for Clean Energy
  • Michigan Renewable Energy Ballot Debate Heats Up
  • First Major U-S Solar Project Approved on Tribal Land
  • Vestas Shuts Chinese Turbine Plant as Demand Cools
  • Florida – City of Gainesville Looks for Ways to Limit Rate Impact of Biomass Plant
  • Clark Public Utilities to Offer a Way to Track Energy Use
  • Projects at Washington Prisons Save Energy, Create Jobs
  • Vancouver Library Outshines Itself with LEED Gold
  • Richland Goes Green to Save Green
  • Global Warming Predicted to Raise Sea Level on West Coast Up to Four Feet in Places
  • Editorial - Our Hydro-Powered State Awaits the Electric Model T
  • Some Energy Investments Pay Off Faster than Others
  • Does Kansas City Own the Business of Broadband?
  • Top Ten Broadband Countries
  • Why You Will Need a 300 Mbps Broadband Connection
  • New Wi-Fi Standard Will Speed Up Video Streaming
  • 30 Minutes or More: Why Web Content Keeps Getting Longer
  • Ireland - Frustrated Customer Imprisoned Broadband Salesman
  • Grays Harbor - Washington Gubernatorial Candidate Inslee Hits the Port, Energy Forum at Satsop
  • Dem Front-Runner in Washington State’s 6th District; Five Republicans Vying for a Shot
  • Belfair Goes Boom - Person Shooting at Fireworks Container Sets Off Huge Explosion
  • Last Ecoterrorist Sentenced for University of Washington Horticulture Arson
  • Federal Money Coming to Mason County
WORD OF THE DAY

Borborygmus • \bore-buh-RIGG-muss\ • Noun - Intestinal rumbling caused by moving gas

The campfire meal had been a rousing success. Hot dogs, potato salad, deviled eggs, and spicy baked beans. Alfred had a deep fear, however, that his summer cook-out success was bound for a legendary end. The frequency and volume of the various and sundry borborygmus reverberating from his guests brought visions of the campfire scene from “Blazing Saddles.” “The horror,” he muttered. “The horror.”

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Sixty Years of Pacific Northwest Aluminum (Associated Press)

Hundreds Celebrate Alcoa’s 60th in Wenatchee (Wenatchee World, WA)

Snohomish PUD honored for Youngs Creek Hydro Project (Mukilteo Beacon, WA)

With a Clatskanie PUD Connection - Fitch Affirms Boise Kuna Irrigation District, ID (Arrowrock Hydroelectric Project) Revs at 'A-' (MarketWatch)

Montana - Open the Gates: Projections for Kerr Dam Are Made (Polson Leader-Advertiser, MT)

BPA’s Oliver Discusses Energy Storage at MIT Enterprise Forum (Bonneville Power Administration)

Texas Prepares for Soaring Power Demand, Urges Conservation (Reuters)

Austria – After Smoking High Test Weed, Woman Tries to Cross River on High Voltage Transmission Lines (Austrian Times, AT)

THE COLUMBIAN NEWSPAPER FOCUSES ON PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAL PORTS

Coal Export Terminals Would Bring Jobs, Execs Say - High unemployment fuels interest in plans; permanence doubted (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Coal Clash Hits Close to Home - Activists say promise of jobs doesn't balance impacts on health, environment (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Pacific Northwest Rail Lines Provide Routes for Coal Shipments to Asia (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

FISH & WILDLIFE

All Indications Point to Possible Banner Sockeye Salmon Returns (Seattle Times, WA)

Many Happy Returns: Lots of Sockeye Counted at Ballard Locks (Seattle Times, WA)

Salmon Returning to Puget Sound Energy’s Baker/Marblemount Facilities (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

Decline in Alaska’s King Salmon is Rooted in the Sea, Alaska State Biologists Say (Sacramento Bee, CA)

State Officials Try to Contain Western Alaska Salmon Revolt (Alaska Dispatch, AK)
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/state-officials-try-contain-western-alaska-salmon-revolt

Acidic Step: Outsourcing Our Oysters (Seattle Times, WA)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Chehalis River Dam Remains Most Contentious Proposal (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

Stakeholder Workshops Scheduled on Future Implementation of U-S/Canada Columbia River Treaty (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

U-S Supreme Court: Can EPA Regulate Mud from Logging Roads? (Associated Press)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Oregon Reins in Tax Credits for Clean Energy (Associated Press)

Michigan Renewable Energy Ballot Debate Heats Up (Associated Press)

First Major U-S Solar Project Approved on Tribal Land (Renewable Energy World)

Vestas Shuts Chinese Turbine Plant as Demand Cools (Reuters)

Florida – City of Gainesville Looks for Ways to Limit Rate Impact of Biomass Plant (Gainesville Sun, FL)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Clark Public Utilities to Offer a Way to Track Energy Use - Pilot program will launch this fall with 20,000 customers (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Projects at Washington Prisons Save Energy, Create Jobs (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

Vancouver Library Outshines Itself with LEED Gold (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Richland Goes Green to Save Green (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Global Warming Predicted to Raise Sea Level on West Coast Up to Four Feet in Places (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Editorial - Our Hydro-Powered State Awaits the Electric Model T (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

Some Energy Investments Pay Off Faster than Others (Vancouver Sun, BC)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Does Kansas City Own the Business of Broadband? (GigaOM)

Top Ten Broadband Countries (My Broadband)

Why You Will Need a 300 Mbps Broadband Connection (Gigaom)

New Wi-Fi Standard Will Speed Up Video Streaming (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

30 Minutes or More: Why Web Content Keeps Getting Longer (GigaOM)

Ireland - Frustrated Customer Imprisoned Broadband Salesman (The Independent, Ireland)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Grays Harbor - Washington Gubernatorial Candidate Inslee Hits the Port, Energy Forum at Satsop (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

Dem Front-Runner in Washington State’s 6th District; Five Republicans Vying for a Shot (Seattle Times, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Belfair Goes Boom - Person Shooting at Fireworks Container Sets Off Huge Explosion (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

Last Ecoterrorist Sentenced for University of Washington Horticulture Arson (Associated Press)

Federal Money Coming to Mason County (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

DIVERSIONS

Bright Red Cars Hit Most Often with Bird Droppings

Oregon Probation Officer Answers Facebook Taunt, "Catch Me If You Can."

Nobody Writes Anything Anymore, Says Study

TV Remotes among Dirtiest Items in Hotels: Study

SONG OF THE DAY

The Wiggles - Big Red Car