Friday, August 10, 2012

Energy News Digest for August 10, 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

Oregon Governor Offers Gillnet Plan for Lower Columbia (Associated Press)

Politifact - Would Proposed Ban Target Only Oregon Commercial Gillnetters, Leave Washington Fishermen Free to Use Gillnets on the Columbia? (Oregonian, Portland)

Facebook Touts Water Efficiency at Prineville Data Center in Oregon (Sustainable Business Oregon)

Bainbridge Council Asks Kitsap PUD for Proposal on Running Water Utility (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

Solar Plant Opponents Want 9th Circuit Injunction for Mojave Project (Courthouse News Service)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Centralia City Light Repairs to Yelm Hydro Project Remain in Progress
  • Two Port Angeles Substation Transformers Up for Replacement
  • California - New High-Efficiency Gas Power Plant in Lodi Ready for Final Testing
  • California Starts Review of New AES Huntington Beach Power Plant
  • 8/11 a Reminder to Call 811 Before You Dig
  • Hydropower Supply in Midwest, Plains Ample Despite Drought
  • Scorching Summer Eases Natural Gas Glut, Record Stocks Still Seen: Poll
  • In Alaska Village, 'Young Punks' Threaten Workers, Jeopardize Fuel Shipment
  • News Release - Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania Have Worst Toxic Air Pollution from Power Plants
  • The Indian Blackout: What Happened?
  • Op/Ed - Outsourcing Our Aluminum?
  • Oregon Governor Offers Gillnet Plan for Lower Columbia
  • Politifact - Would Proposed Ban Target Only Oregon Commercial Gillnetters?
  • The Northwest’s Salmon People Face a Future without Fish
  • Invasive Species Could Be Transmitted by School Teachers Releasing Critters into Wild
  • Catfish Controversy Roils Congress, Costs Taxpayers Millions
  • Bainbridge Council Asks Kitsap PUD for Proposal on Running Water Utility
  • Solar Plant Opponents Want 9th Circuit Injunction for Mojave Project
  • The Secret to Solar Power
  • Mitt Romney Says Barack Obama Has an 'Unhealthy' Obsession with Green Jobs
  • The Power of Images: California Maps Greenhouse Gases
  • Astoria Gets Charged for Electric Vehicles
  • As Drought Withers U-S Corn Crop, Ethanol Industry Feels the Squeeze
  • Facebook Touts Water Efficiency at Prineville Data Center in Oregon
  • Bring On the Broadband with Private/Public Partnerships
  • The state with the fastest Internet is...
  • Clark County Man Arrested over Political Junk Business Direct Mail Threat
  • Man Left Dangling After Mishap on Washington State Legislative Building
  • Man Who Biked from Baltimore Has Wheels Stolen in Parkland
WORD OF THE DAY

Nascent • \NAH-sunt\ • Adjective - Coming or having recently come into existence

Nascent solar panels
Make Johns Prairie green power
Three month output great

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Centralia City Light Repairs to Yelm Hydro Project Remain in Progress (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

Two Port Angeles Substation Transformers Up for Replacement (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

California - New High-Efficiency Gas Power Plant in Lodi Ready for Final Testing (Sacramento Bee, CA)

California Starts Review of New AES Huntington Beach Power Plant (Reuters)

8/11 a Reminder to Call 811 Before You Dig (American Public Power Association)

Hydropower Supply in Midwest, Plains Ample Despite Drought (USA Today)

Scorching Summer Eases Natural Gas Glut, Record Stocks Still Seen: Poll (Reuters)

In Alaska Village, 'Young Punks' Threaten Workers, Jeopardize Fuel Shipment (Alaska Dispatch)

News Release - Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania Have Worst Toxic Air Pollution from Power Plants (Natural Resources Defense Council)

The Indian Blackout: What Happened? (Renew Grid)

Op/Ed - Outsourcing Our Aluminum? (Wheeling News Register, WV)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Oregon Governor Offers Gillnet Plan for Lower Columbia (Associated Press)

Politifact - Would Proposed Ban Target Only Oregon Commercial Gillnetters, Leave Washington Fishermen Free to Use Gillnets on the Columbia? (Oregonian, Portland)

The Northwest’s Salmon People Face a Future without Fish (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

Invasive Species Could Be Transmitted by School Teachers Releasing Critters into Wild (Oregonian, Portland)

Catfish Controversy Roils Congress, Costs Taxpayers Millions (U-S News & World Report)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Bainbridge Council Asks Kitsap PUD for Proposal on Running Water Utility (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Solar Plant Opponents Want 9th Circuit Injunction for Mojave Project (Courthouse News Service)

The Secret to Solar Power (NY Times)

Mitt Romney Says Barack Obama Has an 'Unhealthy' Obsession with Green Jobs (Associated Press)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

The Power of Images: California Maps Greenhouse Gases (NY Times)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Astoria Gets Charged for Electric Vehicles (Coast River Business Journal, Astoria, OR)

As Drought Withers U-S Corn Crop, Ethanol Industry Feels the Squeeze (Christian Science Monitor)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Facebook Touts Water Efficiency at Prineville Data Center in Oregon (Sustainable Business Oregon)

Bring On the Broadband with Private/Public Partnerships (Forbes Magazine)

The state with the fastest Internet is... (CNN Money)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Clark County Man Arrested over Political Junk Business Direct Mail Threat (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

GENERAL NEWS

Man Left Dangling After Mishap on Washington State Legislative Building (Olympian, WA)

Man Who Biked from Baltimore Has Wheels Stolen in Parkland (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

DIVERSIONS

Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Saturday Night

NASA Curiosity Rover Sends First 360-Degree View of Mars

Scranton Man Accidentally Dials 911 During Drug Deal

Bears in Beer-Fuelled Norway Cabin Break In – Beasts polished off over a hundred cans of beer

SONG OF THE DAY

Boy Meets Girl - Waiting for a Star to Fall