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.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- BPA proposes long-term deal for Intalco “…review and comment period is more than a formality…”
- BPA seeks public comment on proposed agreement with Alcoa
- Some in Jefferson County think PUD takeover of electricity service too costly
- Port Angeles – Cross-Strait power transmission cable almost ready to go
- Lawmakers (Rep. Doc Hastings and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers) say dams producing renewable
- Heating bills: Will yours get bigger?
- NW Natural will ask for 14 percent residential rate rise
- Texas – TXU Energy parent puts Hurricane Ike losses at about $25M
- United Kingdom – Coal demand revives Welsh mines
- Fisheries ruling to protect salmon, steelhead, Orcas also affects builders
- Salmon Spawning Above White Salmon’s Condit Dam First Time In 100 Years
- Agencies Seek Lake Pend Oreille Drawdown Scenarios To Aid Kokanee, Bull Trout
- Outlook, Washington – Hidden Wells, dirty water
- Some Dungeness River users to get more water than others in the future
- Olympic National Park seeking comment on third treatment plant; proposal linked to Elwha Dam removal plan
- Managing with wind and water – BPA
- Olympia’s regional wastewater utility to reuse gas for heating
- Sewage Is Flush With Hidden Energy Potential, Speaker Says
- Wind power purchase to help Benton Public Utilities (sic) District meet renewable energy mandate
- Oregon's green-collar work force prepares to switch on SolarWorld factory
- Garbage will soon stop going to waste at Eastside landfill
- Renewable energy added to WSU class list
- Biodiesel Producer Seeks More Investment – Imperium restructuring with new investment
- Gadgets use a lot of power, but here are tips to save on energy costs
- Whatcom County couple has lived green for 26 years
- Climate change may usher in different scene on Mount Rainier
- Calfiornia – City of Lompoc looks to cut costs on broadband
- FCC report negates free Internet interference claims
- City of London gets blanket Wi-Fi
- Municipal Bonds Hurt By Credit Crisis
- Unwanted subdivisions are our modern-day ghost towns
- The Olympian to print in Tacoma
- Residents turn to stashes of jewelry to raise quick cash
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Hypocorism • \high-POCK-kuh-rizz-zum\ • noun – 1: a pet name 2: the use of pet names
George Bush is well known for his tendency for hypocorism when dealing with friends and foes alike. Much to the displeasure (I would assume) of his close friend and confidant, Karl Rove. (You’re gonna have to look this one up on your own…)
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 proposes long-term deal for Intalco “…review and comment period is more than a formality: BPA administrator Steve Wright will have to weigh…comments seriously before making a final decision on the matter…” (The Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/latestheadlines/story/599970.html
News Release – BPA seeks public comment on proposed agreement with Alcoa (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/232076/
Static in the power line: Some in Jefferson County think PUD takeover of electricity service too costly (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081012/NEWS/810129995
Port Angeles – Cross-Strait power transmission cable almost ready to go (Peninsula Daily News)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081013/news/310139996
Lawmakers (Rep. Doc Hastings and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers) say dams producing renewable energy (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/346595.html
Heating bills: Will yours get bigger? Natural gas costs are expected to rise, while electricity bills will likely remain about the same (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081012/NEWS01/710129867&news01ad=1
Oregon – NW Natural will ask for 14 percent residential rate rise: Home heating costs in central Oregon could see a 5 percent jump while rates may drop in the south (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1223697313194100.xml&coll=7
Texas – TXU Energy parent puts Hurricane Ike losses at about $25M (Quick.com)
http://www.quickdfw.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/101008dnbusefh.f6e5fac6.html
United Kingdom – Coal demand revives Welsh mines: Deep under a pine-covered mountain, men clamber into red overalls and heavy boots, strap on lamps and attach sensors that check gas levels (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008259905_coal13.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fisheries ruling to protect salmon, steelhead, Orcas also affects builders (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/616737.html
Salmon Spawning Above White Salmon’s Condit Dam First Time In 100 Years (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/299084.aspx
Agencies Seek Lake Pend Oreille Drawdown Scenarios To Aid Kokanee, Bull Trout (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/299081.aspx
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Outlook, Washington – Hidden Wells, dirty water (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/10/11/hidden-wells-dirty-water
Some Dungeness River users to get more water than others in the future (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081012/NEWS/810129989
Olympic National Park seeking comment on third treatment plant; proposal linked to Elwha Dam removal plan (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081012/news/310129998
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Managing with wind and water – BPA - Elliot Mainzer takes the key role in developing energy agency policy on climate change, planning and renewables (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/122361992047050.xml&coll=7
Olympia’s regional wastewater utility to reuse gas for heating – Methane produced by plant will be converted to energy for new building (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/616604.html
Sewage Is Flush With Hidden Energy Potential, Speaker Says (Ha…Ha…Ha! Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/oct/11/speaker-sewage-holds-hidden-energy-potential/
Wind power purchase to help Benton Public Utilities (sic) District meet renewable energy mandate (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/345715.html
Oregon's green-collar work force prepares to switch on SolarWorld factory in Hillsboro –
The 480,000-square-foot plant stood idle for years until German company renovated it (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1223700909307470.xml&coll=7
Garbage will soon stop going to waste at Eastside landfill – Waste Management plans to turn methane gas from the East Wenatchee landfill into electricity starting in 2010 (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081011/NEWS04/710119858
Renewable energy added to WSU class list (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/348096.html
Biodiesel Producer Seeks More Investment – Imperium restructuring with new investment;
Key contract still waiting for official approval (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/382978_imperium13.html
CONSERVATION
Gadgets use a lot of power, but here are tips to save on energy costs (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10709400?source=rss
Whatcom County couple has lived green for 26 years (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/507000.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate change may usher in different scene on Mount Rainier (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/348098.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Calfiornia – City of Lompoc looks to cut costs on broadband (The Lompoc Record, CA)
http://www.lompocrecord.com/articles/2006/02/21/news/news01.txt
FCC report negates free Internet interference claims (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10063866-94.html?tag=nl.e703
City of London gets blanket Wi-Fi (ZD-Net)
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/City-of-London-gets-blanket-Wi-Fi/0,130061791,139239370,00.htm?omnRef=http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/72205
GENERAL NEWS
Municipal Bonds Hurt By Credit Crisis (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95664754
Unwanted subdivisions are our modern-day ghost towns – Skamania County builder David Bennett figured developing a subdivision along the Columbia Gorge was a can't-miss opportunity… (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2008254629_danny11m.html
The Olympian to print in Tacoma (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/business/story/615567.html
Residents turn to stashes of jewelry to raise quick cash – Average payout about $140 for precious metals at event (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/business/story/615554.html
DIVERSIONS
Santas coming early to Indiana town to sign oath
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081012/ap_on_fe_st/odd_santa_claus_oath;_ylt=AmuxY00SLUI6HOagyClA5v3tiBIF
Woman accused of serving pot-laced cake to guest
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081011/ap_on_fe_st/odd_marijuana_cake;_ylt=Akn2eiJO8KKYSRyfpfKyzo7tiBIF
Cambodian couple saw house in half in divorce
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_odd_cambodia_unique_divorce;_ylt=Aios6tXELJ5sYKDZMvrcYEjtiBIF
Thieves make off with Austrian church organ pipes – To be sold as scrap
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081013/od_afp/austriametaltheftoffbeat_081013161457;_ylt=AtKrpm2TfxGKGDxOQgMW5U2gOrgF
Monday, October 13, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
Energy News Digest for October 10, 2008
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.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Olympian Editorial – Prepare for severe weather
- Washington PUD Association: “Sell to public utilities, group before selling the company to foreign investors”
- Throwing the switch on PCBs – Bonneville Power, EPA celebrate
- Group Formally Calls Off TransAlta Purchase, For Now
- More natural gas prospecting on horizon in the Columbia Basin
- Con Ed Worker Killed in Brooklyn Manhole Explosion
- News Release – Fitch Rates Snohomish PUD No. 1
- Former EPA chief Whitman discusses nuclear energy
- Two Endorsements of Nuclear Power, but Sharp Differences on Details
- Memo recounts boat rescue on Grant County PUD reservoir
- Eaton Electrical wins $1.8M contract for power plants near Yakima
- Puget Sound Shellfish Growers Still Face Uncertainty over Tribal Settlement
- Seattle trawlers may face new limits on Pollock fishery
- Ferry County PUD's New Power Source Ends Company’s Diesel Fumes
- Indian Tribes See Profit in Harnessing the Wind for Power
- Solar tax incentives run into credit freeze
- Wood chipping away at coal as source for generating electricity
- Pint-Size Eco-Police, Making Parents Proud and Sometimes Crazy
- Green news harvest: Ill winds for carbon trading
- Minnesota Town Fights For Right To Fiber
- Belfair Residents Killed, Injured – Pipe Bomb Found in Truck That Caused Fatal Highway 3 Crash
- Signals Coming to Tahuya River Bridge
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Fifth column • \FIFTH-KAH-lum\ • noun – a group of secret sympathizers or supporters of an enemy that engage in espionage or sabotage within defense lines or national borders
The erratic personality of the new employee at the Hershey chocolate plant began to worry his supervisors. “If I didn’t know better,” the boss mused, “I’d think those late night phone calls and secret text messages were a part of a ‘fifth column’ tactic by the Mars company to steal our new formula for chocolate.”
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
Olympian Editorial – Prepare for severe weather (Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/613930.html
Washington PUD Association: “Sell to public utilities, group before selling the company to foreign investors” (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/504399.html
Throwing the switch on PCBs – Bonneville Power, EPA celebrate toxic compound’s removal from capacitors (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20081010/NEWS02/710109959
Group Formally Calls Off TransAlta Purchase, For Now (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews/?Group-Formally-Calls-Oss-TransAlta-Purch=1&blockID=15359&feedID=410
More natural gas prospecting on horizon in the Columbia Basin (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/10/09/more-natural-gas-prospecting-on-horizon
Con Ed Worker Killed in Brooklyn Manhole Explosion (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/nyregion/10manhole.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
News Release – Fitch Rates Snohomish PUD No. 1 (Washington) System Revs 'F1+'; Upgrades L-T to 'AA-' (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/fitch-rates-snohomish-pud-no/story.aspx?guid=%7BFB371E78-0423-4C1B-82C1-B8B9CD99CE50%7D&dist=hppr
Former EPA chief Whitman discusses nuclear energy – says public will have to be sold on nuclear power (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/daef491fea5952ce5a62b774df02d280.htm
Two Endorsements of Nuclear Power, but Sharp Differences on Details (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/us/politics/10nuclear.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Memo recounts boat rescue on Grant County PUD reservoir – Group receives awards (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2008/10/09/news/5news10.09.08.txt
Eaton Electrical wins $1.8M USBR contract for work at Chandler and Roza power plants near Yakima (Water Power Magazine)
http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?sectioncode=130&storyCode=2051152
FISH & WILDLIFE
Puget Sound Shellfish Growers Still Face Uncertainty over Tribal Settlement (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/oct/09/shellfish-growers-still-face-uncertainty/?partner=RSS
Seattle trawlers may face new limits on Pollock fishery – The biggest fishery for Seattle-based trawler fleets is likely to face cuts next year as the Pollock population declines (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008246672_pollock100.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Ferry County PUD's New Power Source Ends Columbia River Carbonates Quarry Diesel Fumes (Environmental Protection Online)
http://www.eponline.com/articles/68332/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Indian Tribes See Profit in Harnessing the Wind for Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/us/10wind.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Solar tax incentives run into credit freeze (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/10/BUM013EB9I.DTL&feed=rss.business
Wood chipping away at coal as source for generating electricity (The Associated Press)
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_10682450?source=rss
CONSERVATION
Pint-Size Eco-Police, Making Parents Proud and Sometimes Crazy (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/nyregion/10green.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Green news harvest: Ill winds for carbon trading (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10063166-54.html?tag=nl.e703
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Minnesota Town Fights For Right To Fiber – TDS Telecom loses battle over bond funding (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Minnesota-Town-Fights-For-Right-To-Fiber-98320
GENERAL NEWS
Belfair Residents Killed, Injured – Pipe Bomb Found in Truck That Caused Fatal Highway 3 Crash (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/oct/09/one-dead-in-highway-3-crash-that-uncovered-pipe/?partner=RSS
Signals Coming to Tahuya River Bridge (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/oct/09/signals-coming-to-tahuya-river-bridge/?partner=RSS
DIVERSIONS
Online sweethearts turn out to be neighbors
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081008/od_afp/lifestylebritaininternetromanceoffbeat_081008155044;_ylt=Alrd0jgW0EZGpErSGbNRjISgOrgF
Man to hold 'I was stupid' sign outside Wis. Plant
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_fe_st/odd_stupid_sign;_ylt=Aq.pahyTWN9wZ9ez.KpsHOHtiBIF
'Drugs underwear' theory fails to wash with Indian court
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081010/od_afp/indiacrimedrugscourtoffbeat_081010052751
Norwegian politician quits over hotline to fortune-tellers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081009/od_afp/norwaypoliticsoffbeat_081009185809;_ylt=AqwJz5lqjOmExOxfWeCnAH.gOrgF
Strong-arm robber in Mich. ends up $30 in the hole
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_fe_st/odd_robber_strong_armed;_ylt=AsRc4Gg6knD1W91M91EYddztiBIF
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Olympian Editorial – Prepare for severe weather
- Washington PUD Association: “Sell to public utilities, group before selling the company to foreign investors”
- Throwing the switch on PCBs – Bonneville Power, EPA celebrate
- Group Formally Calls Off TransAlta Purchase, For Now
- More natural gas prospecting on horizon in the Columbia Basin
- Con Ed Worker Killed in Brooklyn Manhole Explosion
- News Release – Fitch Rates Snohomish PUD No. 1
- Former EPA chief Whitman discusses nuclear energy
- Two Endorsements of Nuclear Power, but Sharp Differences on Details
- Memo recounts boat rescue on Grant County PUD reservoir
- Eaton Electrical wins $1.8M contract for power plants near Yakima
- Puget Sound Shellfish Growers Still Face Uncertainty over Tribal Settlement
- Seattle trawlers may face new limits on Pollock fishery
- Ferry County PUD's New Power Source Ends Company’s Diesel Fumes
- Indian Tribes See Profit in Harnessing the Wind for Power
- Solar tax incentives run into credit freeze
- Wood chipping away at coal as source for generating electricity
- Pint-Size Eco-Police, Making Parents Proud and Sometimes Crazy
- Green news harvest: Ill winds for carbon trading
- Minnesota Town Fights For Right To Fiber
- Belfair Residents Killed, Injured – Pipe Bomb Found in Truck That Caused Fatal Highway 3 Crash
- Signals Coming to Tahuya River Bridge
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Fifth column • \FIFTH-KAH-lum\ • noun – a group of secret sympathizers or supporters of an enemy that engage in espionage or sabotage within defense lines or national borders
The erratic personality of the new employee at the Hershey chocolate plant began to worry his supervisors. “If I didn’t know better,” the boss mused, “I’d think those late night phone calls and secret text messages were a part of a ‘fifth column’ tactic by the Mars company to steal our new formula for chocolate.”
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
Olympian Editorial – Prepare for severe weather (Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/613930.html
Washington PUD Association: “Sell to public utilities, group before selling the company to foreign investors” (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/504399.html
Throwing the switch on PCBs – Bonneville Power, EPA celebrate toxic compound’s removal from capacitors (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20081010/NEWS02/710109959
Group Formally Calls Off TransAlta Purchase, For Now (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews/?Group-Formally-Calls-Oss-TransAlta-Purch=1&blockID=15359&feedID=410
More natural gas prospecting on horizon in the Columbia Basin (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/10/09/more-natural-gas-prospecting-on-horizon
Con Ed Worker Killed in Brooklyn Manhole Explosion (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/nyregion/10manhole.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
News Release – Fitch Rates Snohomish PUD No. 1 (Washington) System Revs 'F1+'; Upgrades L-T to 'AA-' (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/fitch-rates-snohomish-pud-no/story.aspx?guid=%7BFB371E78-0423-4C1B-82C1-B8B9CD99CE50%7D&dist=hppr
Former EPA chief Whitman discusses nuclear energy – says public will have to be sold on nuclear power (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/daef491fea5952ce5a62b774df02d280.htm
Two Endorsements of Nuclear Power, but Sharp Differences on Details (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/us/politics/10nuclear.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Memo recounts boat rescue on Grant County PUD reservoir – Group receives awards (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2008/10/09/news/5news10.09.08.txt
Eaton Electrical wins $1.8M USBR contract for work at Chandler and Roza power plants near Yakima (Water Power Magazine)
http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?sectioncode=130&storyCode=2051152
FISH & WILDLIFE
Puget Sound Shellfish Growers Still Face Uncertainty over Tribal Settlement (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/oct/09/shellfish-growers-still-face-uncertainty/?partner=RSS
Seattle trawlers may face new limits on Pollock fishery – The biggest fishery for Seattle-based trawler fleets is likely to face cuts next year as the Pollock population declines (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008246672_pollock100.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Ferry County PUD's New Power Source Ends Columbia River Carbonates Quarry Diesel Fumes (Environmental Protection Online)
http://www.eponline.com/articles/68332/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Indian Tribes See Profit in Harnessing the Wind for Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/us/10wind.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Solar tax incentives run into credit freeze (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/10/BUM013EB9I.DTL&feed=rss.business
Wood chipping away at coal as source for generating electricity (The Associated Press)
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_10682450?source=rss
CONSERVATION
Pint-Size Eco-Police, Making Parents Proud and Sometimes Crazy (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/nyregion/10green.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Green news harvest: Ill winds for carbon trading (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10063166-54.html?tag=nl.e703
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Minnesota Town Fights For Right To Fiber – TDS Telecom loses battle over bond funding (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Minnesota-Town-Fights-For-Right-To-Fiber-98320
GENERAL NEWS
Belfair Residents Killed, Injured – Pipe Bomb Found in Truck That Caused Fatal Highway 3 Crash (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/oct/09/one-dead-in-highway-3-crash-that-uncovered-pipe/?partner=RSS
Signals Coming to Tahuya River Bridge (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/oct/09/signals-coming-to-tahuya-river-bridge/?partner=RSS
DIVERSIONS
Online sweethearts turn out to be neighbors
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081008/od_afp/lifestylebritaininternetromanceoffbeat_081008155044;_ylt=Alrd0jgW0EZGpErSGbNRjISgOrgF
Man to hold 'I was stupid' sign outside Wis. Plant
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_fe_st/odd_stupid_sign;_ylt=Aq.pahyTWN9wZ9ez.KpsHOHtiBIF
'Drugs underwear' theory fails to wash with Indian court
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081010/od_afp/indiacrimedrugscourtoffbeat_081010052751
Norwegian politician quits over hotline to fortune-tellers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081009/od_afp/norwaypoliticsoffbeat_081009185809;_ylt=AqwJz5lqjOmExOxfWeCnAH.gOrgF
Strong-arm robber in Mich. ends up $30 in the hole
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_fe_st/odd_robber_strong_armed;_ylt=AsRc4Gg6knD1W91M91EYddztiBIF
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Energy News Digest October 9, 2008
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.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Puget Sound Energy electric rates drop, gas rises
- Puget Sound Energy's chief executive addresses foreign ownership, bonus, other issues
- Jefferson County PUD and Electricity – Proposition 1 Q&A
- Port Townsend Leader Editorial – (Jefferson County) Public power idea worth exploring
- Pacific Power rate hike in Wash. reduced by credit
- Two arrested in attempted Grays Harbor County PUD wire theft
- Douglas County PUD adopts budget – No rate increase expected
- Idahoans struggle to pay utility bills
- Chelan County PUD’s offer for new financial executive: ‘Low $200,000s
- Illinois – New Illinois Cooperative Energy looks to become Ameren rival
- Be Prepared Before a Storm Hits
- Voith Siemens Hydro Receives $26.2 Million in New Contract Award
- How Electric Deregulation Could Change Our Energy Future
- Salmon case allowed to move forward
- Fishing Early chum salmon arriving in Puget Sound rivers
- Canadian government faces suit over killer whales
- Oregon’s marine reserve proposals get cold shoulder
- Squamish, BC – Eco-battle emerging over fish and multibillion-dollar resort
- NOAA, Supreme Court Focus On Marine Mammals
- No more free tours at Glen Canyon dam
- Cantwell hears wishes of green power firms
- How T. Boone Pickens' Energy Plan Just Got Killed
- Energy efficiency improves with new Mount Rainier visitor center
- Pacific Northwest Energy Efficiency Taskforce on track to help accelerate conservation
- Snohomish County PUD program helps businesses cut costs
- Lower energy demand amid economic slowdown could lead to savings
- Canada – City firm's street light dimmer saves energy:
- California – Carbon traders or corporate raiders?
- New Broadband Data Bill Forgets The Broadband Data
- Wyoming – Are data centers in our future?
- Fast, Citywide WiFi Launches In Baltimore
- Cold snap to grip Western Washington
- Columbian newspaper could file bankruptcy
- Olympian Editorial – Haigh, Finn best choices in 35th District
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
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
Puget Sound Energy electric rates drop, gas rises – State regulators have taken two actions that will result in lower electricity bills for Puget Sound Energy residential customers, while natural gas bills will rise (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008242047_apwapserates.html
Puget Sound Energy's chief executive addresses foreign ownership, bonus, other issues – PSE has been surprised by criticism (Oh, Really? Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=55&ArticleID=22019&TM=44365.43
Jefferson County PUD and Electricity – Proposition 1 Q&A (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=55&ArticleID=22018&TM=44365.43
Port Townsend Leader Editorial – (Jefferson County) Public power idea worth exploring
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=35&ArticleID=22052
Pacific Power rate hike in Wash. reduced by credit (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9148475
Two arrested in attempted Grays Harbor County PUD wire theft (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_100908WAB_hoquiam_wire_theft_attempt_SW.f735ca46.html
Douglas County PUD adopts budget – No rate increase expected (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee)
http://www.kpq.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=297
Idahoans struggle to pay utility bills – Idaho Power is seeing a big increase in uncollectible accounts, and the rising cost of energy could mean a long, cold winter for many. But help is available Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/526605.html
Chelan County PUD’s offer for new financial executive: ‘Low $200,000s (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081008/NEWS04/710089958
Illinois – New Illinois Cooperative Energy looks to become Ameren rival (Associated Press )
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-electricity-amere,0,3996780.story
Be Prepared Before a Storm Hits – Winter Weather: Officials Urge Planning For Power Outages Before They Hit (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1223487966&archive=
Voith Siemens Hydro Receives $26.2 Million in New Contract Awards – Lookout Point Dam in Lowell, OR and Folsom Dam in Folsom, CA (Market Watch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/voith-siemens-hydro-receives-262/story.aspx?guid=%7BFD53025C-811E-4ADA-86B7-FE0D137234CD%7D&dist=hppr
How Electric Deregulation Could Change Our Energy Future (BlogCritic Magazine)
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/10/07/063918.php
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon case allowed to move forward – Plaintiffs claim the government allows overfishing of protected salmon runs (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/382433_salmon09.html
Fishing Early chum salmon arriving in Puget Sound rivers (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2008242278_fish09.html
Canadian government faces suit over killer whales (Associated Press)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hPbnlwKQHoqQCTCd2ZFlciqfBZAQD93MLL2O0
Oregon’s marine reserve proposals get cold shoulder (Eugene Register Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/web/news/549537//story.csp
Squamish, BC – Eco-battle emerging over fish and multibillion-dollar resort – Steelhead stream threatened by ski hill, report says. Developer disagrees (Vancouver Sun)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=925fe169-d9fb-4302-b539-664648537296&k=9507
NOAA, Supreme Court Focus On Marine Mammals – Ship Speed Limited; Sonar Use Debated (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100801992.html?nav=rss_nation
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
No more free tours at Glen Canyon dam – Fee will be charged starting in January to tour the massive Glen Canyon dam near Arizona-Utah border (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2008241405_webglencanyon08.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Cantwell hears wishes of green power firms (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081009/NEWS02/710099947/-1/news
How T. Boone Pickens' Energy Plan Just Got Killed (AlterNet)
http://www.alternet.org/environment/100806/how_t._boone_pickens'_energy_plan_just_got_killed/
CONSERVATION
Energy efficiency improves with new Mount Rainier visitor center (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/612799.html
News Release – Pacific Northwest Energy Efficiency Taskforce on track to help accelerate conservation (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/231723/
Snohomish County PUD program helps businesses cut costs, earn rebates (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081009/BIZ/710099921/1005
Canada – Lower energy demand amid economic slowdown could lead to savings (Canadian Press)
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081008/national/ont_economy_energy_1
Canada – City firm's street light dimmer saves energy: Streetlight's wireless Internet device could cut B.C. city power bills by 40% (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/business/story.html?id=45329a7a-e58f-4975-8ddb-af7de62330c9
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California – Carbon traders or corporate raiders? Environmentalists debate the merits of the state’s greenhouse-gas reduction proposal (Sacramento News-Review)
http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=868436
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
New Broadband Data Bill Forgets The Broadband Data – And a significant amount of the originally included funding (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/New-Broadband-Data-Bill-Forgets-The-Broadband-Data-98300
Wyoming – Are data centers in our future? (Gillette News-Record, WY)
http://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/articles/2008/10/09/news/tuesday/news02.txt
Fast, Citywide WiFi Launches In Baltimore (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95545746&ft=1&f=3
GENERAL NEWS
Cold snap to grip Western Washington (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_100908WXB_cold_weather_coming_SW.f78804bd.html
Columbian newspaper could file bankruptcy (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/10/06/daily27.html?ana=from_rss
Olympian Editorial – Haigh, Finn best choices in 35th District (Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/612470.html
DIVERSIONS
100-ton crane aids in cat rescue
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_100808WAB_cat_rescue_KS.f3188e76.html?npc
Blonde Sues L'Oreal Over Brown Dye – Case Dismissed
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/17661245/detail.html
Bremerton's ‘Little Elvis' Wows King-Loving Crowds
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/oct/03/bremertons-145little-elvis-wows-kitsaps-king/?partner=RSS
Stolen Ore. truck recovered after 22 years
http://www.examiner.com/a-1629990~Stolen_Ore__truck_recovered_after_22_years.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Judge Sentences Rap Music Fan To Bach, Beethoven
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/17671702/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_nots&tmi=sea_nots_1_01000310092008&ts=H
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Puget Sound Energy electric rates drop, gas rises
- Puget Sound Energy's chief executive addresses foreign ownership, bonus, other issues
- Jefferson County PUD and Electricity – Proposition 1 Q&A
- Port Townsend Leader Editorial – (Jefferson County) Public power idea worth exploring
- Pacific Power rate hike in Wash. reduced by credit
- Two arrested in attempted Grays Harbor County PUD wire theft
- Douglas County PUD adopts budget – No rate increase expected
- Idahoans struggle to pay utility bills
- Chelan County PUD’s offer for new financial executive: ‘Low $200,000s
- Illinois – New Illinois Cooperative Energy looks to become Ameren rival
- Be Prepared Before a Storm Hits
- Voith Siemens Hydro Receives $26.2 Million in New Contract Award
- How Electric Deregulation Could Change Our Energy Future
- Salmon case allowed to move forward
- Fishing Early chum salmon arriving in Puget Sound rivers
- Canadian government faces suit over killer whales
- Oregon’s marine reserve proposals get cold shoulder
- Squamish, BC – Eco-battle emerging over fish and multibillion-dollar resort
- NOAA, Supreme Court Focus On Marine Mammals
- No more free tours at Glen Canyon dam
- Cantwell hears wishes of green power firms
- How T. Boone Pickens' Energy Plan Just Got Killed
- Energy efficiency improves with new Mount Rainier visitor center
- Pacific Northwest Energy Efficiency Taskforce on track to help accelerate conservation
- Snohomish County PUD program helps businesses cut costs
- Lower energy demand amid economic slowdown could lead to savings
- Canada – City firm's street light dimmer saves energy:
- California – Carbon traders or corporate raiders?
- New Broadband Data Bill Forgets The Broadband Data
- Wyoming – Are data centers in our future?
- Fast, Citywide WiFi Launches In Baltimore
- Cold snap to grip Western Washington
- Columbian newspaper could file bankruptcy
- Olympian Editorial – Haigh, Finn best choices in 35th District
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
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
Puget Sound Energy electric rates drop, gas rises – State regulators have taken two actions that will result in lower electricity bills for Puget Sound Energy residential customers, while natural gas bills will rise (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008242047_apwapserates.html
Puget Sound Energy's chief executive addresses foreign ownership, bonus, other issues – PSE has been surprised by criticism (Oh, Really? Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=55&ArticleID=22019&TM=44365.43
Jefferson County PUD and Electricity – Proposition 1 Q&A (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=55&ArticleID=22018&TM=44365.43
Port Townsend Leader Editorial – (Jefferson County) Public power idea worth exploring
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=35&ArticleID=22052
Pacific Power rate hike in Wash. reduced by credit (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9148475
Two arrested in attempted Grays Harbor County PUD wire theft (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_100908WAB_hoquiam_wire_theft_attempt_SW.f735ca46.html
Douglas County PUD adopts budget – No rate increase expected (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee)
http://www.kpq.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=297
Idahoans struggle to pay utility bills – Idaho Power is seeing a big increase in uncollectible accounts, and the rising cost of energy could mean a long, cold winter for many. But help is available Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/526605.html
Chelan County PUD’s offer for new financial executive: ‘Low $200,000s (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081008/NEWS04/710089958
Illinois – New Illinois Cooperative Energy looks to become Ameren rival (Associated Press )
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-electricity-amere,0,3996780.story
Be Prepared Before a Storm Hits – Winter Weather: Officials Urge Planning For Power Outages Before They Hit (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1223487966&archive=
Voith Siemens Hydro Receives $26.2 Million in New Contract Awards – Lookout Point Dam in Lowell, OR and Folsom Dam in Folsom, CA (Market Watch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/voith-siemens-hydro-receives-262/story.aspx?guid=%7BFD53025C-811E-4ADA-86B7-FE0D137234CD%7D&dist=hppr
How Electric Deregulation Could Change Our Energy Future (BlogCritic Magazine)
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/10/07/063918.php
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon case allowed to move forward – Plaintiffs claim the government allows overfishing of protected salmon runs (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/382433_salmon09.html
Fishing Early chum salmon arriving in Puget Sound rivers (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2008242278_fish09.html
Canadian government faces suit over killer whales (Associated Press)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hPbnlwKQHoqQCTCd2ZFlciqfBZAQD93MLL2O0
Oregon’s marine reserve proposals get cold shoulder (Eugene Register Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/web/news/549537//story.csp
Squamish, BC – Eco-battle emerging over fish and multibillion-dollar resort – Steelhead stream threatened by ski hill, report says. Developer disagrees (Vancouver Sun)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=925fe169-d9fb-4302-b539-664648537296&k=9507
NOAA, Supreme Court Focus On Marine Mammals – Ship Speed Limited; Sonar Use Debated (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100801992.html?nav=rss_nation
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
No more free tours at Glen Canyon dam – Fee will be charged starting in January to tour the massive Glen Canyon dam near Arizona-Utah border (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2008241405_webglencanyon08.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Cantwell hears wishes of green power firms (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081009/NEWS02/710099947/-1/news
How T. Boone Pickens' Energy Plan Just Got Killed (AlterNet)
http://www.alternet.org/environment/100806/how_t._boone_pickens'_energy_plan_just_got_killed/
CONSERVATION
Energy efficiency improves with new Mount Rainier visitor center (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/612799.html
News Release – Pacific Northwest Energy Efficiency Taskforce on track to help accelerate conservation (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/231723/
Snohomish County PUD program helps businesses cut costs, earn rebates (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081009/BIZ/710099921/1005
Canada – Lower energy demand amid economic slowdown could lead to savings (Canadian Press)
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081008/national/ont_economy_energy_1
Canada – City firm's street light dimmer saves energy: Streetlight's wireless Internet device could cut B.C. city power bills by 40% (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/business/story.html?id=45329a7a-e58f-4975-8ddb-af7de62330c9
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California – Carbon traders or corporate raiders? Environmentalists debate the merits of the state’s greenhouse-gas reduction proposal (Sacramento News-Review)
http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=868436
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
New Broadband Data Bill Forgets The Broadband Data – And a significant amount of the originally included funding (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/New-Broadband-Data-Bill-Forgets-The-Broadband-Data-98300
Wyoming – Are data centers in our future? (Gillette News-Record, WY)
http://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/articles/2008/10/09/news/tuesday/news02.txt
Fast, Citywide WiFi Launches In Baltimore (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95545746&ft=1&f=3
GENERAL NEWS
Cold snap to grip Western Washington (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_100908WXB_cold_weather_coming_SW.f78804bd.html
Columbian newspaper could file bankruptcy (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/10/06/daily27.html?ana=from_rss
Olympian Editorial – Haigh, Finn best choices in 35th District (Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/612470.html
DIVERSIONS
100-ton crane aids in cat rescue
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_100808WAB_cat_rescue_KS.f3188e76.html?npc
Blonde Sues L'Oreal Over Brown Dye – Case Dismissed
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/17661245/detail.html
Bremerton's ‘Little Elvis' Wows King-Loving Crowds
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/oct/03/bremertons-145little-elvis-wows-kitsaps-king/?partner=RSS
Stolen Ore. truck recovered after 22 years
http://www.examiner.com/a-1629990~Stolen_Ore__truck_recovered_after_22_years.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Judge Sentences Rap Music Fan To Bach, Beethoven
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/17671702/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_nots&tmi=sea_nots_1_01000310092008&ts=H
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Energy news Digest for October 8, 2008
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.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Tribe loses legal bid to oust power plant from Snoqualmie Falls
- Washington State threatens to sue FERC over Bradwood Landing decision
- Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative trims rates slightly
- TransAlta Upbeat About Company’s Future
- Canada – Labor Disputes Ongoing at TransAlta Alberta Power Plants
- Maryland State Agency Greenlights Power Line in Rural North Virginia
- Maine PUC fines utility for violating safety regulations
- Wall Street Could Jolt Utilities
- Killer whales threatened by salmon shortage
- Oregon State employees come to aid of salmon in Sandy River
- Douglas PUD wins award from Canada for fish computer program
- Birdwatchers flock to Oregon to see rare bird
- New York – Beavers: Dam good for songbirds
- Port Angeles gains title to water plant linked to Elwha River dam removal
- Cosmopolis pulp mill picture gets muddier
- Oregon – Klondike III and IIIa wind turbines spin up
- Whatcom County considers allowing wind turbine towers without notice
- Waste wood to heat downtown Seattle buildings
- South Carolina – New plant in Newberry to make electricity from wood
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Interconnects 25,000th Net Metered Solar Customer
- Army plans 500-megawatt solar thermal farm
- Winter heating: how to stay safe
- Homeowners can pocket more cash on energy-saving improvements
- Massachusetts – Peabody energy conservation event cancelled due to lack of interest
- Map reveals species most at risk from climate change
- Consumers 'must think about carbon'
- Microsoft: U.S. Broadband Policy 'Total Failure'
- No reports of problems, but American Airlines will filter Internet service
- Washington State worker jobs at risk with 1% cut
- Mason County Commission Asks Departments To Not Look To Reduce Staff (sic)
- Man jumps to death from Capitol Boulevard Bridge
- Alcoa Profit Falls 52%; Buyback Plan Ends
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Glom • \GLAHM\ • verb – *1: take, steal 2: seize, catch
Frances sighed and rolled her eyes as the large party of customers sauntered out of the “Keg Restaurant.” After double helpings each of “Keg Classic” dinners, along with large desserts, their glomming onto handfuls of chocolate mints from the jar near the exit nearly pushed her exasperation over the edge. “What, no toothpicks,” she shouted at their retreating figures.
WORD ORGIN FROM MIRRIAM-WEBSTER – It's a classic case of glomming: Americans seized on "glaum" (a term from Scots dialect that basically means "grab") and appropriated it as our own, changing it to "glom" in the process. "Glom" first meant "steal" (as in the purse-snatching, robber kind of stealing), but over time that meaning got stretched. Today, "glom" often figuratively extends that original "steal" sense. A busy professional might glom a weekend getaway, for example. "Glom" also appears frequently in the phrase "glom on to," which can mean "to appropriate for one's own use" ("glom on to another's idea"); "to grab hold of" ("glom on to the last cookie"); or "to latch on to" ("glom on to an opinion" or "glom on to an influential friend").
WEATHER
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
Tribe loses bid to oust power plant from Snoqualmie Falls (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/382206_snoqualmiefalls08.html?source=rss
Here’s a link to the tribe vs. FERC/PSE/Dept. of Ecology ruling (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/0EEDA5BD9FF3798E882574DB0058A488/$file/0572739.pdf?openelement
Washington State threatens to sue FERC over Bradwood Landing Liquefied Natural Gas decision (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/10/08//area_news/doc48ec1e306ebb4460640059.txt
Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative trims rates slightly – Customers will enjoy a small break starting with their October electric bill (Baker City Herald)
http://www.bakercityherald.com/2008100177757/News/Business/OTEC-trims-rates-slightly
TransAlta Upbeat About Company’s Future (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1223401022&archive=
Canada – Labor Disputes Ongoing at TransAlta Alberta Power Plants (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=98435
Maryland State Agency Greenlights Power Line in Rural North Virginia (Washington Post)
http://loudounextra.washingtonpost.com/news/2008/oct/07/regulators-approve-power-line-proposal/
Maine PUC fines utility – Northern Utilities must pay a $2 million fine for violating safety regulations (Portland Press-Herald, ME)
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=214460&ac=PHnws
Wall Street Could Jolt Utilities (Power Marketing Association Online)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8kowu%5D%5CmjmopwwZSki%23%3A%40%24bfen%5Fv
FISH & WILDLIFE
Killer whales threatened by salmon shortage – Lack food may be reason for changes in behaviour (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=82ffec21-a2ef-488a-b16b-385da014c34f&k=15724
Oregon State employees come to aid of salmon in Sandy River – Persistence pays off for Sandy River Chinook program (Gresham Outlook, OR)
http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=122343048632165500
Douglas PUD wins award from Canada – PUD funded a computer program that helps save fish by calculating the best time to release water from a dam (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081007/NEWS04/810070280
Birdwatchers flock to Oregon to see rare bird – Wood Sandpiper is rarely seen in U.S.; hundreds of birders rush to lake near Eugene to see it (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2008239841_webbirdwatch08.html?syndication=rss
New York – Beavers: Dam good for songbirds (EurekAlert)
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/wcs-bdg100808.php
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Port Angeles gains title to water plant linked to Elwha River dam removal (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081008/NEWS/810080311
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Cosmopolis pulp mill picture gets muddier – Grays Harbor PUD seeks output from cogeneration (The Daily World)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/10/07/local_news/02news.txt
Oregon – Klondike III and IIIa wind turbines spin up (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2008/10/news10-07-08-01.shtml
Whatcom County considers allowing wind turbine towers without notice (Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/591963.html
Waste wood to heat downtown Seattle buildings (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008238613_biomass08m.html
South Carolina – New plant in Newberry to make electricity from wood: “Burn, baby, burn” might be the new energy chant in Newberry County as plans were announced Tuesday for a biomass energy plant that generates electricity by burning wood waste (The State, Columbia, SC)
http://www.thestate.com/business/story/547952.html?RSS=business
News Release – Pacific Gas and Electric Company Interconnects 25,000th Net Metered Solar Customer in Northern and Central California (PR NewsWire)
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/081008/aqw084.html?.v=66
Army plans 500-megawatt solar thermal farm (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10060244-54.html?tag=nl.e703
CONSERVATION
Winter heating: how to stay safe – As the weather turns cooler, fireplaces, wood stoves and other home heaters should be cleaned and inspected before use (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081008/NEWS01/710089816/-1/RSS02
Homeowners can pocket more cash on energy-saving improvements (Lebanon Express, OR)
http://www.lebanon-express.com/articles/2008/10/08/news/regional/region01energy.txt
Massachusetts – Peabody energy conservation event cancelled due to lack of interest (The Daily Item, Lynn, MA)
http://www.thedailyitemoflynn.com/articles/2008/10/07/news/news11.txt
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Map reveals species most at risk from climate change (New Scientist)
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14899-map-reveals-species-most-at-risk-from-climate-change.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news2_head_dn14899
Consumers 'must think about carbon' (Low Carbon Economy)
http://www.lowcarboneconomy.com/community_content/_low_carbon_news/2452/consumers_'must_think_about_carbon'
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft: U.S. Broadband Policy 'Total Failure' – As country sinks in global penetration, price broadband rankings (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Microsoft-US-Broadband-Policy-Total-Failure-98275
No reports of problems, but American Airlines will filter Internet service (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/502483.html
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State worker jobs at risk with 1% cut – Gregoire orders across-the-board spending reduction from agencies (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/611448.html
Mason County Commission Asks Departments To Not Look To Reduce Staff (sic) (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5236/reftab/1896/Default.aspx
Man jumps to death from Capitol Boulevard Bridge – Death from span is fourth in 10 years; state has no plans to add safety measures (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/611429.html
Alcoa Profit Falls 52%; Buyback Plan Ends (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/business/08alcoa.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
DIVERSIONS
10-Year-Old Driving Van Crashes Going 90 MPH – 2 Other Children, 2 Adults In Van
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/17654951/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Woof and Worship: Church Welcomes Pious Pets
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17643108/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Crackdown on tight trousers cancelled
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE4978DS20081008?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Mom brings rabid bat to school, lets kids touch it
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_re_us/rabid_bat_school;_ylt=AoJwZii7h_Fwz3Xlcsm8jHbtiBIF
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Tribe loses legal bid to oust power plant from Snoqualmie Falls
- Washington State threatens to sue FERC over Bradwood Landing decision
- Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative trims rates slightly
- TransAlta Upbeat About Company’s Future
- Canada – Labor Disputes Ongoing at TransAlta Alberta Power Plants
- Maryland State Agency Greenlights Power Line in Rural North Virginia
- Maine PUC fines utility for violating safety regulations
- Wall Street Could Jolt Utilities
- Killer whales threatened by salmon shortage
- Oregon State employees come to aid of salmon in Sandy River
- Douglas PUD wins award from Canada for fish computer program
- Birdwatchers flock to Oregon to see rare bird
- New York – Beavers: Dam good for songbirds
- Port Angeles gains title to water plant linked to Elwha River dam removal
- Cosmopolis pulp mill picture gets muddier
- Oregon – Klondike III and IIIa wind turbines spin up
- Whatcom County considers allowing wind turbine towers without notice
- Waste wood to heat downtown Seattle buildings
- South Carolina – New plant in Newberry to make electricity from wood
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Interconnects 25,000th Net Metered Solar Customer
- Army plans 500-megawatt solar thermal farm
- Winter heating: how to stay safe
- Homeowners can pocket more cash on energy-saving improvements
- Massachusetts – Peabody energy conservation event cancelled due to lack of interest
- Map reveals species most at risk from climate change
- Consumers 'must think about carbon'
- Microsoft: U.S. Broadband Policy 'Total Failure'
- No reports of problems, but American Airlines will filter Internet service
- Washington State worker jobs at risk with 1% cut
- Mason County Commission Asks Departments To Not Look To Reduce Staff (sic)
- Man jumps to death from Capitol Boulevard Bridge
- Alcoa Profit Falls 52%; Buyback Plan Ends
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Glom • \GLAHM\ • verb – *1: take, steal 2: seize, catch
Frances sighed and rolled her eyes as the large party of customers sauntered out of the “Keg Restaurant.” After double helpings each of “Keg Classic” dinners, along with large desserts, their glomming onto handfuls of chocolate mints from the jar near the exit nearly pushed her exasperation over the edge. “What, no toothpicks,” she shouted at their retreating figures.
WORD ORGIN FROM MIRRIAM-WEBSTER – It's a classic case of glomming: Americans seized on "glaum" (a term from Scots dialect that basically means "grab") and appropriated it as our own, changing it to "glom" in the process. "Glom" first meant "steal" (as in the purse-snatching, robber kind of stealing), but over time that meaning got stretched. Today, "glom" often figuratively extends that original "steal" sense. A busy professional might glom a weekend getaway, for example. "Glom" also appears frequently in the phrase "glom on to," which can mean "to appropriate for one's own use" ("glom on to another's idea"); "to grab hold of" ("glom on to the last cookie"); or "to latch on to" ("glom on to an opinion" or "glom on to an influential friend").
WEATHER
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
Tribe loses bid to oust power plant from Snoqualmie Falls (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/382206_snoqualmiefalls08.html?source=rss
Here’s a link to the tribe vs. FERC/PSE/Dept. of Ecology ruling (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/0EEDA5BD9FF3798E882574DB0058A488/$file/0572739.pdf?openelement
Washington State threatens to sue FERC over Bradwood Landing Liquefied Natural Gas decision (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/10/08//area_news/doc48ec1e306ebb4460640059.txt
Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative trims rates slightly – Customers will enjoy a small break starting with their October electric bill (Baker City Herald)
http://www.bakercityherald.com/2008100177757/News/Business/OTEC-trims-rates-slightly
TransAlta Upbeat About Company’s Future (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1223401022&archive=
Canada – Labor Disputes Ongoing at TransAlta Alberta Power Plants (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=98435
Maryland State Agency Greenlights Power Line in Rural North Virginia (Washington Post)
http://loudounextra.washingtonpost.com/news/2008/oct/07/regulators-approve-power-line-proposal/
Maine PUC fines utility – Northern Utilities must pay a $2 million fine for violating safety regulations (Portland Press-Herald, ME)
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=214460&ac=PHnws
Wall Street Could Jolt Utilities (Power Marketing Association Online)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8kowu%5D%5CmjmopwwZSki%23%3A%40%24bfen%5Fv
FISH & WILDLIFE
Killer whales threatened by salmon shortage – Lack food may be reason for changes in behaviour (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=82ffec21-a2ef-488a-b16b-385da014c34f&k=15724
Oregon State employees come to aid of salmon in Sandy River – Persistence pays off for Sandy River Chinook program (Gresham Outlook, OR)
http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=122343048632165500
Douglas PUD wins award from Canada – PUD funded a computer program that helps save fish by calculating the best time to release water from a dam (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081007/NEWS04/810070280
Birdwatchers flock to Oregon to see rare bird – Wood Sandpiper is rarely seen in U.S.; hundreds of birders rush to lake near Eugene to see it (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2008239841_webbirdwatch08.html?syndication=rss
New York – Beavers: Dam good for songbirds (EurekAlert)
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/wcs-bdg100808.php
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Port Angeles gains title to water plant linked to Elwha River dam removal (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081008/NEWS/810080311
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Cosmopolis pulp mill picture gets muddier – Grays Harbor PUD seeks output from cogeneration (The Daily World)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/10/07/local_news/02news.txt
Oregon – Klondike III and IIIa wind turbines spin up (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2008/10/news10-07-08-01.shtml
Whatcom County considers allowing wind turbine towers without notice (Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/591963.html
Waste wood to heat downtown Seattle buildings (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008238613_biomass08m.html
South Carolina – New plant in Newberry to make electricity from wood: “Burn, baby, burn” might be the new energy chant in Newberry County as plans were announced Tuesday for a biomass energy plant that generates electricity by burning wood waste (The State, Columbia, SC)
http://www.thestate.com/business/story/547952.html?RSS=business
News Release – Pacific Gas and Electric Company Interconnects 25,000th Net Metered Solar Customer in Northern and Central California (PR NewsWire)
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/081008/aqw084.html?.v=66
Army plans 500-megawatt solar thermal farm (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10060244-54.html?tag=nl.e703
CONSERVATION
Winter heating: how to stay safe – As the weather turns cooler, fireplaces, wood stoves and other home heaters should be cleaned and inspected before use (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081008/NEWS01/710089816/-1/RSS02
Homeowners can pocket more cash on energy-saving improvements (Lebanon Express, OR)
http://www.lebanon-express.com/articles/2008/10/08/news/regional/region01energy.txt
Massachusetts – Peabody energy conservation event cancelled due to lack of interest (The Daily Item, Lynn, MA)
http://www.thedailyitemoflynn.com/articles/2008/10/07/news/news11.txt
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Map reveals species most at risk from climate change (New Scientist)
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14899-map-reveals-species-most-at-risk-from-climate-change.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news2_head_dn14899
Consumers 'must think about carbon' (Low Carbon Economy)
http://www.lowcarboneconomy.com/community_content/_low_carbon_news/2452/consumers_'must_think_about_carbon'
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft: U.S. Broadband Policy 'Total Failure' – As country sinks in global penetration, price broadband rankings (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Microsoft-US-Broadband-Policy-Total-Failure-98275
No reports of problems, but American Airlines will filter Internet service (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/502483.html
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State worker jobs at risk with 1% cut – Gregoire orders across-the-board spending reduction from agencies (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/611448.html
Mason County Commission Asks Departments To Not Look To Reduce Staff (sic) (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5236/reftab/1896/Default.aspx
Man jumps to death from Capitol Boulevard Bridge – Death from span is fourth in 10 years; state has no plans to add safety measures (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/611429.html
Alcoa Profit Falls 52%; Buyback Plan Ends (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/business/08alcoa.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
DIVERSIONS
10-Year-Old Driving Van Crashes Going 90 MPH – 2 Other Children, 2 Adults In Van
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/17654951/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Woof and Worship: Church Welcomes Pious Pets
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17643108/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Crackdown on tight trousers cancelled
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE4978DS20081008?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Mom brings rabid bat to school, lets kids touch it
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_re_us/rabid_bat_school;_ylt=AoJwZii7h_Fwz3Xlcsm8jHbtiBIF
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Energy News Digest for October 7, 2008
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.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Fall storm blows into Washington
- Blustery night leads to chilly day – Includes wind speeds
- Port Townsend council hints at city electric utility if voters disenfranchise PSE
- Clallam County PUD commissioner argues against 3% electricity rate increase
- AP Enterprise: In bad economy, power cutoffs soar
- Energy Department warns of higher heating costs
- Real estate roundup: BPA leases Vancouver space
- Edmonds neighbors pitch fit over new metal pole
- Texas – Reliant Energy says it may look for a buyer
- Michigan Governor signs energy package into law: more renewables
- United Kingdom – UK to run out of electricity this winter
- What the Heck Is "Clean Coal"? It depends whom you ask
- Nashville Electric Service‘s bill “round up” charitable program under fire
- Fall Is the Ideal Time for Planting: Plant the Right Tree in the Right Place
- Canada – Report blames Ottawa for British Columbia sockeye peril
- Ten Best and Worst Fish to Eat For the Environment
- 315 miles of Idaho rivers up for protection – Major hurdle is water rights
- Geothermal energy development gathers steam
- A New Flexibility with Thin Solar Cells
- Oregon Celebrates the State's Newest Wind Power Projects
- New Jersey – We'll become a world leader in wind power
- Olympia retiree builds solar bike
- UN calls for review on biofuel subsidies
- Washington State energy policies score well – State ranked No. 6 in national report
- A Gift from the ’70s: Energy Lessons
- ComEd: Fight Global Warming One Pledge, One Light Bulb at a Time
- 'Green-tech' industry could create local jobs, report says
- Wholesale Internet Bandwidth Prices Keep Falling
- The candidates click on broadband
- Philly network build out continues, Portland’s Wi-Fi access points face cold winter
- Illinois – Highland fiber-optic system viable
- Pennsylvania – High speed Internet service slow in coming to rural areas
- Washington State starts 4-day work weeks
- Skokomish Tribe Proposing a Marina in Potlatch
- City of Shelton considers transportation impact fees for new developments
- Digging (Six Feet Under) For Scrap Metal
- Experts Urge Homeowners to Protect Trees from Wind
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Puissant • \PWISS-unt\ • adjective – Of great force or vigor: strong, powerful
Alfred staggered away from the door, gasping for air. His neighbor, Gomer, had just come from the local garlic festival, where he had enjoyed the pungent herb in all its many permutations. Unfortunately, Gomer’s pores had begun emitting puissant waves of garlic odor, miasma-like throughout the neighborhood. Weeks later, Alfred still experienced faint, wafting odors that made him shudder in remembrance of that fateful day.
WEATHER
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
Fall storm blows into Washington (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_100708WXB_wind_washington_LJ.ec32f670.html?npc
Blustery night leads to chilly day – Includes wind speeds (KOMO-TV, Seatle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/30560249.html
Port Townsend council hints at city electric utility if voters disenfranchise PSE (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081007/NEWS/810070305
Clallam County PUD commissioner argues against 3% electricity rate increase (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081007/NEWS/810070307
AP Enterprise: In bad economy, power cutoffs soar (Associated Press)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gxa6CESVTg4kMwjUstZFvjd1VKzAD93L5MV00
Energy Department warns of higher heating costs (The Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008235093_apwinterheating.html?syndication=rss
Real estate roundup: BPA leases Vancouver space (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/10/06/daily2.html?ana=from_rss
Edmonds neighbors pitch fit over new metal pole – Displeased by pole's aesthetics, some residents say their opinions weren't considered (The Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081007/NEWS01/710079894/-1/rss02
Texas – Reliant Energy says it may look for a buyer (Dallas Morning News, TX)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-reliant_07bus.ART0.State.Edition1.39949d4.html
Michigan – Governor signs energy package into law: Includes greater use of renewable sources (The Associated Press)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081007/mi_energy_granholm.html?.v=1
United Kingdom – UK to run out of electricity this winter (The Inquirer, UK)
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/10/07/uk-run-electricity-winter
What the Heck Is "Clean Coal"? It depends whom you ask. (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2201661/?from=rss
Nashville Electric Service‘s bill “round up” charitable program under fire (The Consumerist)
http://consumerist.com/5059692/nashville-electric-service-donates-to-charity-with-customers-money-but-not-their-permission
News Release – Fall Is the Ideal Time for Planting: PECO Says Plant the Right Tree in the Right Place (BusinessWire)
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/081007/20081007005888.html?.v=1
FISH & WILDLIFE
Canada – Report blames Ottawa for British Columbia sockeye peril (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=4029d241-bb61-44f1-8812-c16d5a858cca
Ten Eco Worst Fish to Eat – Six: Atlantic Farmed Salmon
http://green.msn.com/Articles/article.aspx?aid=650>1=45002&page=6
Ten Eco Best Fish to Eat – Five: Oysters (Farmed)
http://green.msn.com/Articles/article.aspx?aid=649>1=45002&page=5
Ten Eco Best Fish to Eat – Seven: Salmon, Wild (Alaska)
http://green.msn.com/Articles/article.aspx?aid=649>1=45002&page=7
Ten Eco Best Fish to Eat – Nine: Trout, Rainbow (Farmed)
http://green.msn.com/Articles/article.aspx?aid=649>1=45002&page=9
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
315 miles of Idaho rivers are up for protection – The major hurdle to designating Wild and Scenic Rivers is water rights “…Senator Church began his river conservation efforts in the 1950s after he saw thousands of salmon die when Idaho Power erected its Hells Canyon dams...” (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/524588.html
Hells Canyon Dam (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hells_Canyon_Dam
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Geothermal energy development gathers steam (The Associated Press)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081007/wst_geothermal_conference.html?.v=1
A New Flexibility with Thin Solar Cells (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/science/07obsola.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
News Release –Oregon Elected Officials and Sherman County Community Celebrate the State's Newest Wind Power Projects (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/renewable-energy-leaders-oregon-elected/story.aspx?guid=%7B06B164A6-3628-495A-BE79-294795D27926%7D&dist=hppr
New Jersey – We'll become a world leader in wind power: New Jersey is powering up an ambitious plan to become a world leader in the use of wind-generated energy “Ed Note: NJ and every other state in the union…” (The Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008234842_apwindpower.html?syndication=rss
Olympia retiree builds solar bike (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008234411_solarbike07.html?syndication=rss
UN calls for review on biofuel subsidies (The Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/07/financial/f020729D21.DTL&feed=rss.business
CONSERVATION
Washington State energy policies score well – State ranked No. 6 in national report (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/environment/story/610086.html
Here’s a link to the conservation report (Links to PDF File at American Council for Energy Efficiency Economy)
http://www.aceee.org/pubs/e086_es.pdf
A Gift from the ’70s: Energy Lessons (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/science/07tier.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
News Release – ComEd Urges Customers to Fight Global Warming One Pledge, One Light Bulb at a Time (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=98359
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
'Green-tech' industry could create local jobs, report says (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/382038_energy07.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Wholesale Internet Bandwidth Prices Keep Falling (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/10/07/wholesale-internet-bandwidth-prices-keep-falling/
The candidates click on broadband – The US needs to boost fast Internet access. Fortunately, both presidential candidates agree (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1006/p08s01-comv.html
Updates: Philly network build out continues, Portland’s Wi-Fi access points face cold winter (MuniWIreless)
http://www.muniwireless.com/2008/10/05/philly-network-buildout-continues-portland-stalled/
Illinois – Highland fiber-optic system viable: Startup costs put at $15.7 million (Belleville News Democrat, IL)
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/492510.html
Pennsylvania – High speed Internet service slow in coming to rural areas (Clarion County News, PA)
http://www2.theclarionnews.com/General_News/74915.shtml
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State starts 4-day work weeks – Several agencies try out schedule in cost-saving effort (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/610085.html
Skokomish Tribe Proposing a Marina in Potlatch (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/oct/06/potlatch-marina-floated-as-idea/?partner=RSS
City of Shelton considers transportation impact fees for new developments (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5222/reftab/1896/Default.aspx
Digging (Six Feet Under) For Scrap Metal – The scrap metal crime wave that has been gripping much of the country is getting worse and a little weird (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95440401
Experts Urge Homeowners to Protect Trees from Wind (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/30497204.html
DIVERSIONS
Fla. Fairgoers Catch Toddler Dropped From Ride
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/17634510/detail.html
Skydivers make unprecedented jump over Everest
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081005/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_nepal_everest_skydive;_ylt=Alt_7bB1jPgjW65wstk5wJ7tiBIF
Farmer carves out Calif. record with huge pumpkin
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081005/ap_on_fe_st/odd_giant_pumpkin;_ylt=Ai_kZuV4QZTtnG8a.yQX70LtiBIF
English judges' wigs get the chop
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081003/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_britain_wigs;_ylt=Ahagup.y3kzOlZa8zsd2aNbtiBIF
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Fall storm blows into Washington
- Blustery night leads to chilly day – Includes wind speeds
- Port Townsend council hints at city electric utility if voters disenfranchise PSE
- Clallam County PUD commissioner argues against 3% electricity rate increase
- AP Enterprise: In bad economy, power cutoffs soar
- Energy Department warns of higher heating costs
- Real estate roundup: BPA leases Vancouver space
- Edmonds neighbors pitch fit over new metal pole
- Texas – Reliant Energy says it may look for a buyer
- Michigan Governor signs energy package into law: more renewables
- United Kingdom – UK to run out of electricity this winter
- What the Heck Is "Clean Coal"? It depends whom you ask
- Nashville Electric Service‘s bill “round up” charitable program under fire
- Fall Is the Ideal Time for Planting: Plant the Right Tree in the Right Place
- Canada – Report blames Ottawa for British Columbia sockeye peril
- Ten Best and Worst Fish to Eat For the Environment
- 315 miles of Idaho rivers up for protection – Major hurdle is water rights
- Geothermal energy development gathers steam
- A New Flexibility with Thin Solar Cells
- Oregon Celebrates the State's Newest Wind Power Projects
- New Jersey – We'll become a world leader in wind power
- Olympia retiree builds solar bike
- UN calls for review on biofuel subsidies
- Washington State energy policies score well – State ranked No. 6 in national report
- A Gift from the ’70s: Energy Lessons
- ComEd: Fight Global Warming One Pledge, One Light Bulb at a Time
- 'Green-tech' industry could create local jobs, report says
- Wholesale Internet Bandwidth Prices Keep Falling
- The candidates click on broadband
- Philly network build out continues, Portland’s Wi-Fi access points face cold winter
- Illinois – Highland fiber-optic system viable
- Pennsylvania – High speed Internet service slow in coming to rural areas
- Washington State starts 4-day work weeks
- Skokomish Tribe Proposing a Marina in Potlatch
- City of Shelton considers transportation impact fees for new developments
- Digging (Six Feet Under) For Scrap Metal
- Experts Urge Homeowners to Protect Trees from Wind
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Puissant • \PWISS-unt\ • adjective – Of great force or vigor: strong, powerful
Alfred staggered away from the door, gasping for air. His neighbor, Gomer, had just come from the local garlic festival, where he had enjoyed the pungent herb in all its many permutations. Unfortunately, Gomer’s pores had begun emitting puissant waves of garlic odor, miasma-like throughout the neighborhood. Weeks later, Alfred still experienced faint, wafting odors that made him shudder in remembrance of that fateful day.
WEATHER
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
Fall storm blows into Washington (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_100708WXB_wind_washington_LJ.ec32f670.html?npc
Blustery night leads to chilly day – Includes wind speeds (KOMO-TV, Seatle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/30560249.html
Port Townsend council hints at city electric utility if voters disenfranchise PSE (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081007/NEWS/810070305
Clallam County PUD commissioner argues against 3% electricity rate increase (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081007/NEWS/810070307
AP Enterprise: In bad economy, power cutoffs soar (Associated Press)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gxa6CESVTg4kMwjUstZFvjd1VKzAD93L5MV00
Energy Department warns of higher heating costs (The Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008235093_apwinterheating.html?syndication=rss
Real estate roundup: BPA leases Vancouver space (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/10/06/daily2.html?ana=from_rss
Edmonds neighbors pitch fit over new metal pole – Displeased by pole's aesthetics, some residents say their opinions weren't considered (The Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081007/NEWS01/710079894/-1/rss02
Texas – Reliant Energy says it may look for a buyer (Dallas Morning News, TX)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-reliant_07bus.ART0.State.Edition1.39949d4.html
Michigan – Governor signs energy package into law: Includes greater use of renewable sources (The Associated Press)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081007/mi_energy_granholm.html?.v=1
United Kingdom – UK to run out of electricity this winter (The Inquirer, UK)
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/10/07/uk-run-electricity-winter
What the Heck Is "Clean Coal"? It depends whom you ask. (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2201661/?from=rss
Nashville Electric Service‘s bill “round up” charitable program under fire (The Consumerist)
http://consumerist.com/5059692/nashville-electric-service-donates-to-charity-with-customers-money-but-not-their-permission
News Release – Fall Is the Ideal Time for Planting: PECO Says Plant the Right Tree in the Right Place (BusinessWire)
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/081007/20081007005888.html?.v=1
FISH & WILDLIFE
Canada – Report blames Ottawa for British Columbia sockeye peril (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=4029d241-bb61-44f1-8812-c16d5a858cca
Ten Eco Worst Fish to Eat – Six: Atlantic Farmed Salmon
http://green.msn.com/Articles/article.aspx?aid=650>1=45002&page=6
Ten Eco Best Fish to Eat – Five: Oysters (Farmed)
http://green.msn.com/Articles/article.aspx?aid=649>1=45002&page=5
Ten Eco Best Fish to Eat – Seven: Salmon, Wild (Alaska)
http://green.msn.com/Articles/article.aspx?aid=649>1=45002&page=7
Ten Eco Best Fish to Eat – Nine: Trout, Rainbow (Farmed)
http://green.msn.com/Articles/article.aspx?aid=649>1=45002&page=9
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
315 miles of Idaho rivers are up for protection – The major hurdle to designating Wild and Scenic Rivers is water rights “…Senator Church began his river conservation efforts in the 1950s after he saw thousands of salmon die when Idaho Power erected its Hells Canyon dams...” (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/524588.html
Hells Canyon Dam (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hells_Canyon_Dam
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Geothermal energy development gathers steam (The Associated Press)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081007/wst_geothermal_conference.html?.v=1
A New Flexibility with Thin Solar Cells (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/science/07obsola.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
News Release –Oregon Elected Officials and Sherman County Community Celebrate the State's Newest Wind Power Projects (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/renewable-energy-leaders-oregon-elected/story.aspx?guid=%7B06B164A6-3628-495A-BE79-294795D27926%7D&dist=hppr
New Jersey – We'll become a world leader in wind power: New Jersey is powering up an ambitious plan to become a world leader in the use of wind-generated energy “Ed Note: NJ and every other state in the union…” (The Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008234842_apwindpower.html?syndication=rss
Olympia retiree builds solar bike (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008234411_solarbike07.html?syndication=rss
UN calls for review on biofuel subsidies (The Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/07/financial/f020729D21.DTL&feed=rss.business
CONSERVATION
Washington State energy policies score well – State ranked No. 6 in national report (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/environment/story/610086.html
Here’s a link to the conservation report (Links to PDF File at American Council for Energy Efficiency Economy)
http://www.aceee.org/pubs/e086_es.pdf
A Gift from the ’70s: Energy Lessons (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/science/07tier.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
News Release – ComEd Urges Customers to Fight Global Warming One Pledge, One Light Bulb at a Time (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=98359
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
'Green-tech' industry could create local jobs, report says (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/382038_energy07.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Wholesale Internet Bandwidth Prices Keep Falling (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/10/07/wholesale-internet-bandwidth-prices-keep-falling/
The candidates click on broadband – The US needs to boost fast Internet access. Fortunately, both presidential candidates agree (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1006/p08s01-comv.html
Updates: Philly network build out continues, Portland’s Wi-Fi access points face cold winter (MuniWIreless)
http://www.muniwireless.com/2008/10/05/philly-network-buildout-continues-portland-stalled/
Illinois – Highland fiber-optic system viable: Startup costs put at $15.7 million (Belleville News Democrat, IL)
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/492510.html
Pennsylvania – High speed Internet service slow in coming to rural areas (Clarion County News, PA)
http://www2.theclarionnews.com/General_News/74915.shtml
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State starts 4-day work weeks – Several agencies try out schedule in cost-saving effort (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/610085.html
Skokomish Tribe Proposing a Marina in Potlatch (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/oct/06/potlatch-marina-floated-as-idea/?partner=RSS
City of Shelton considers transportation impact fees for new developments (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5222/reftab/1896/Default.aspx
Digging (Six Feet Under) For Scrap Metal – The scrap metal crime wave that has been gripping much of the country is getting worse and a little weird (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95440401
Experts Urge Homeowners to Protect Trees from Wind (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/30497204.html
DIVERSIONS
Fla. Fairgoers Catch Toddler Dropped From Ride
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/17634510/detail.html
Skydivers make unprecedented jump over Everest
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081005/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_nepal_everest_skydive;_ylt=Alt_7bB1jPgjW65wstk5wJ7tiBIF
Farmer carves out Calif. record with huge pumpkin
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081005/ap_on_fe_st/odd_giant_pumpkin;_ylt=Ai_kZuV4QZTtnG8a.yQX70LtiBIF
English judges' wigs get the chop
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081003/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_britain_wigs;_ylt=Ahagup.y3kzOlZa8zsd2aNbtiBIF
Monday, October 6, 2008
Energy News Digest for October 6, 2008
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.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Weekend High Winds Topple Trees, Cause Outages For Thousands
- Energy aid is going unclaimed despite need, Snohomish County PUD says
- Oregon – Liquefied Natural Gas companies at odds over site
- Tree Trimming On North Shore Begins Tuesday
- Energy Pulse Commentary – Identity Theft – Red Flags
- United Kingdom – Gas and electricity markets are working well for most customers
- Steelhead season opens on the upper Columbia, Methow and Okanogan rivers
- Grant PUD gauges state group's support on raising river
- AP Investigation: Hurricane Ike’s environmental toll apparent
- Two energy initiatives in California under fire
- Oregon – Cloudy skies don’t stop solar tour
- Seattle: Solar Power in the Rain City
- The race is on to turn waves, tides and currents into electrical energy
- Algae fueling the green revolution
- The True Costs of Renewable Energy
- Renewable Energy Price Stability Report Released
- CFL and LED lamps: White light in a 'green' world
- The Next Financial Derivative? There's a Gold Mine In Environmental Guilt
- Climate Change Refugees – Look out, Oregon, for a global warming land rush
- Philadelphia's Wi-Fi Story Begins a New Chapter
- Connecticut – Metal Boxes on Utility Poles Stir Safety Concerns
- United Kingdom – Wanted: a viable model for fiber Optics
- EBay to cut 1,600 jobs, 10 percent of work force
- Ask.com unveils new version to improve searches
- 7 Stupid Online Security Mistakes You're Probably Making
- Google Chrome: One Month Later
- Seattle couple hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Red herring • \RED-HERR-ing\ • noun – 1: a herring cured by salting and slow smoking to a dark brown color *2: something that distracts attention from the real issue
The wordsmith is having some problems this morning due to the fact that he injured his back trying to tie up some dangling participles over the weekend. Please enjoy the origin of the word “red herring,” via Merriam-Webster.
WORD ORIGINS, FROM MERRIAM-WEBSTER – Believe it or not, "red herring" has as much to do with hunting dogs as with brightly colored fish. Here's how: A herring is a soft-finned bony fish. People who like to eat herring have long preserved them by salting and slowly smoking them. That process makes a herring turn red or dark brown -- and gives them a very strong smell. Dogs love to sniff such smelly treats, a fact that makes the fish a perfect diversion for anyone trying to distract hunting dogs from the trail of their quarry. The practice of using preserved fish to confuse hunting dogs led to the use of the term "red herring" for anything that diverts attention from the issue at hand.
WEATHER
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
Weekend High Winds Topple Trees, Cause Outages For Thousands (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17625961/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Energy aid is going unclaimed despite need, Snohomish County PUD says (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081006/NEWS01/710069897/-1/rss02
Oregon – Liquefied Natural Gas companies at odds over site: NorthernStar says it has ownership interests in Oregon LNG's site and wants the competitor's application put on hold (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1223004323239640.xml&coll=7
Tree Trimming On North Shore Begins Tuesday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5212/reftab/1896/Default.aspx
Energy Pulse Commentary – Identity Theft: Utilities, Uncle Sam is Asking: Are Your Red Flags Ready to Fly by November 1?
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1841
United Kingdom – Gas and electricity markets are working well for most customers with no evidence of a cartel, according to a report from the energy watchdog (News Channel Four)
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/business_money/ofgem%20energy%20markets%20work%20well/2488682
FISH & WILDLIFE
Steelhead season opens on the upper Columbia, Methow and Okanogan rivers (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081004/OUT/710049954/1025/rss1025
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Grant PUD gauges state group's support on raising river (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2008/10/05/news/news03.txt
AP Investigation: Hurricane Ike’s environmental toll apparent (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008229848_aphurricaneenvironment.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Two energy initiatives in California under fire (San Diego Union Tribune)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20081006-9999-1n6energy.html
Oregon – Cloudy skies don’t stop solar tour (Eugene Register-Guard)
http://www.registerguard.com/web/news/429253//story.csp
Seattle: Solar Power in the Rain City (KUOW Radio, Seattle)
http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=15977
Everybody Into the Ocean – The race is on to turn waves, tides and currents into electrical energy (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122305758177602871.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Algae fueling the green revolution – Big bucks behind the search for new power (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/381932_superalgae06.html?source=rss
The True Costs of Renewable Energy (Live Science)
http://www.livescience.com/environment/081006-energy-costs.html
Renewable Energy Price Stability Report Released (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=53759&src=rss
CONSERVATION
CFL and LED lamps: White light in a 'green' world (EE Times)
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210604761
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
The Next Financial Derivative? There's a Gold Mine In Environmental Guilt – Carbon-Offset Sales Brisk Despite Financial Crisis (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100502518.html
Climate Change Refugees – Look out, Oregon, for a global warming land rush (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/10/look_out_oregon_for_a_global_w.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Philadelphia's Wi-Fi Story Begins a New Chapter (Wi-Fi Planet)
http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3775456
Connecticut – Metal Boxes on Utility Poles Stir Safety Concerns (Greenwich Citizen, CT)
http://www.greenwichcitizen.com/localnews/ci_10618550
United Kingdom – Wanted: a viable model for fiber Optics (Computing, UK)
http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/analysis/2227182/wanted-viable-model-fibre-4252585
EBay to cut 1,600 jobs, 10 percent of work force (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/06/financial/f054240D58.DTL&feed=rss.news
Ask.com unveils new version to improve searches (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10631765?source=rss
7 Stupid Online Security Mistakes You're Probably Making (Consumerist – Comments may have PG-13 Content)
http://consumerist.com/5058841/7-stupid-online-security-mistakes-youre-probably-making
Google Chrome: One Month Later (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/10/04/google-chrome-one-month-later/
GENERAL NEWS
Seattle couple hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/30491269.html
DIVERSIONS
Obesity Changes Seating Choices At Buffet – Heavier People Sit Closer, Watch Food
http://www.kirotv.com/health/17632273/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Billionaire Buffett's Hidden Talent: The Ukulele (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95394222&ft=1&f=7
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain – The Theme from Shaft
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfK-UzQ48JE
Noodle, the tumbling kitten, finds a new home
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/30496874.html
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Weekend High Winds Topple Trees, Cause Outages For Thousands
- Energy aid is going unclaimed despite need, Snohomish County PUD says
- Oregon – Liquefied Natural Gas companies at odds over site
- Tree Trimming On North Shore Begins Tuesday
- Energy Pulse Commentary – Identity Theft – Red Flags
- United Kingdom – Gas and electricity markets are working well for most customers
- Steelhead season opens on the upper Columbia, Methow and Okanogan rivers
- Grant PUD gauges state group's support on raising river
- AP Investigation: Hurricane Ike’s environmental toll apparent
- Two energy initiatives in California under fire
- Oregon – Cloudy skies don’t stop solar tour
- Seattle: Solar Power in the Rain City
- The race is on to turn waves, tides and currents into electrical energy
- Algae fueling the green revolution
- The True Costs of Renewable Energy
- Renewable Energy Price Stability Report Released
- CFL and LED lamps: White light in a 'green' world
- The Next Financial Derivative? There's a Gold Mine In Environmental Guilt
- Climate Change Refugees – Look out, Oregon, for a global warming land rush
- Philadelphia's Wi-Fi Story Begins a New Chapter
- Connecticut – Metal Boxes on Utility Poles Stir Safety Concerns
- United Kingdom – Wanted: a viable model for fiber Optics
- EBay to cut 1,600 jobs, 10 percent of work force
- Ask.com unveils new version to improve searches
- 7 Stupid Online Security Mistakes You're Probably Making
- Google Chrome: One Month Later
- Seattle couple hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Red herring • \RED-HERR-ing\ • noun – 1: a herring cured by salting and slow smoking to a dark brown color *2: something that distracts attention from the real issue
The wordsmith is having some problems this morning due to the fact that he injured his back trying to tie up some dangling participles over the weekend. Please enjoy the origin of the word “red herring,” via Merriam-Webster.
WORD ORIGINS, FROM MERRIAM-WEBSTER – Believe it or not, "red herring" has as much to do with hunting dogs as with brightly colored fish. Here's how: A herring is a soft-finned bony fish. People who like to eat herring have long preserved them by salting and slowly smoking them. That process makes a herring turn red or dark brown -- and gives them a very strong smell. Dogs love to sniff such smelly treats, a fact that makes the fish a perfect diversion for anyone trying to distract hunting dogs from the trail of their quarry. The practice of using preserved fish to confuse hunting dogs led to the use of the term "red herring" for anything that diverts attention from the issue at hand.
WEATHER
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
Weekend High Winds Topple Trees, Cause Outages For Thousands (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17625961/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Energy aid is going unclaimed despite need, Snohomish County PUD says (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081006/NEWS01/710069897/-1/rss02
Oregon – Liquefied Natural Gas companies at odds over site: NorthernStar says it has ownership interests in Oregon LNG's site and wants the competitor's application put on hold (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1223004323239640.xml&coll=7
Tree Trimming On North Shore Begins Tuesday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5212/reftab/1896/Default.aspx
Energy Pulse Commentary – Identity Theft: Utilities, Uncle Sam is Asking: Are Your Red Flags Ready to Fly by November 1?
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1841
United Kingdom – Gas and electricity markets are working well for most customers with no evidence of a cartel, according to a report from the energy watchdog (News Channel Four)
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/business_money/ofgem%20energy%20markets%20work%20well/2488682
FISH & WILDLIFE
Steelhead season opens on the upper Columbia, Methow and Okanogan rivers (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081004/OUT/710049954/1025/rss1025
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Grant PUD gauges state group's support on raising river (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2008/10/05/news/news03.txt
AP Investigation: Hurricane Ike’s environmental toll apparent (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008229848_aphurricaneenvironment.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Two energy initiatives in California under fire (San Diego Union Tribune)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20081006-9999-1n6energy.html
Oregon – Cloudy skies don’t stop solar tour (Eugene Register-Guard)
http://www.registerguard.com/web/news/429253//story.csp
Seattle: Solar Power in the Rain City (KUOW Radio, Seattle)
http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=15977
Everybody Into the Ocean – The race is on to turn waves, tides and currents into electrical energy (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122305758177602871.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Algae fueling the green revolution – Big bucks behind the search for new power (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/381932_superalgae06.html?source=rss
The True Costs of Renewable Energy (Live Science)
http://www.livescience.com/environment/081006-energy-costs.html
Renewable Energy Price Stability Report Released (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=53759&src=rss
CONSERVATION
CFL and LED lamps: White light in a 'green' world (EE Times)
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210604761
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
The Next Financial Derivative? There's a Gold Mine In Environmental Guilt – Carbon-Offset Sales Brisk Despite Financial Crisis (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100502518.html
Climate Change Refugees – Look out, Oregon, for a global warming land rush (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/10/look_out_oregon_for_a_global_w.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Philadelphia's Wi-Fi Story Begins a New Chapter (Wi-Fi Planet)
http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3775456
Connecticut – Metal Boxes on Utility Poles Stir Safety Concerns (Greenwich Citizen, CT)
http://www.greenwichcitizen.com/localnews/ci_10618550
United Kingdom – Wanted: a viable model for fiber Optics (Computing, UK)
http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/analysis/2227182/wanted-viable-model-fibre-4252585
EBay to cut 1,600 jobs, 10 percent of work force (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/06/financial/f054240D58.DTL&feed=rss.news
Ask.com unveils new version to improve searches (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10631765?source=rss
7 Stupid Online Security Mistakes You're Probably Making (Consumerist – Comments may have PG-13 Content)
http://consumerist.com/5058841/7-stupid-online-security-mistakes-youre-probably-making
Google Chrome: One Month Later (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/10/04/google-chrome-one-month-later/
GENERAL NEWS
Seattle couple hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/30491269.html
DIVERSIONS
Obesity Changes Seating Choices At Buffet – Heavier People Sit Closer, Watch Food
http://www.kirotv.com/health/17632273/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Billionaire Buffett's Hidden Talent: The Ukulele (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95394222&ft=1&f=7
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain – The Theme from Shaft
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfK-UzQ48JE
Noodle, the tumbling kitten, finds a new home
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/30496874.html
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