300th Blog Posting!
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)
- Oregon Congressman Sees Change In BPA Leadership
- Wind At Back, BPA Chief Looks Ahead
- Oregon Public Utility Commission Delays Trojan Refund to PGE Customers
- State of California Explores Deregulation Of Electricity Market
- Mason County PUD No. 3 Commission Holding Budget Hearing Tuesday
- Congressional Research Reports - Power Plants: Characteristics and Costs
- Landowners fear leaks and losing their livelihood to gas pipeline
- E-Board Approves Oregon Energy Assistance
- Power Company Seeks To Use Missouri River for Electricity
- Tacoma Power, Tacoma Water Bond Ratings Upgraded
- $400,000 past Due: Electric Bill Mix Up By Ameren and MISO Costs Hannibal, MO
- Texas - Mr. Frugal: On Autopay, Tab for Electricity Went Wild
- United Kingdom Energy Firm 'Won't Pass On Savings'
- Is Salmon Survival Research Emotionally or Scientifically Motivated
- Bellingham Herald - New Science May Change Tactics to Save Salmon
- Spring Chinook Plan Will Be Presented At December 11 Forum
- Monitoring Gaps Endanger Salmon Runs
- Oregon Expert Tries To Solve Salmon Shark Deaths
- Awaiting Klamath Dam Removal
- Olympian Editorial - Puget Sound Partnership Must Live Up To Promises
- Water Issue Hits Home for Cattle, Dairy Farms
- Oregon - Aquifer Storage Could Ease Water Shortage
- Illegal Dams: Chelan Area Golf Course Pond Makes High-Risk List
- Safe Drinking Water Act: Regulatory and Legislative Issues
- Economists Raise Doubts About Alternative-Energy Spending
- Grays Harbor/Pacific Counties - Wind-Wind Project for Coastal Community Action Program
- Oregon - Coos Bay Pair Push Wind Turbine Project
- Wind Turbine Prototype Provides Birds Some Protection
- Michigan - Locally Made Wind Turbines to Create Jobs
- Geothermal Founder Files $50 Million Suit
- Energy-Efficient Lights Help Spread Holiday Cheer during Tough Times
- Does Daylight Saving Time Save Electricity?
- Green? You Ain't Seen Nothing, Yet
- Boeing Brews Up Algae, a Promising Fuel of the Future
- Plans Delayed For Biodiesel Crop
- U.S. Criticizes, U.N. Defends Global Carbon Trading System
- News Coverage of Climate Entering ‘Trance’?
- Presidential Transition Timing Hits Climate Talks
- No Fiber Shortage in Quincy - Port Dispels Rumor
- Broadband is Key to Obama’s Recovery Plan
- Wi-Fi Defends the Home Turf
- Seven Alarm Fire - Fatal Fire South of Kamilche
- Hoquiam Plywood Mill Suspends Operation
- Seattle Times Columnist - 2009 Outlook: It's Gloomy For Our Region
- British Columbia Coroner Matches Pair of Mysterious Feet
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Excrescence • \icks-KRESS-ents\ • noun - 1: a projection or outgrowth especially when abnormal 2: a disfiguring, extraneous, or unwanted mark or part: blot 3: by-product
Dagwood was looking forward to his job interview, but knew even before the first question that he was going to fail. His prospective new boss had a unique excrescence on his forehead…a growth reminiscent of a two foot long unicorn horn. All Dagwood could think about during the entire interview was whether or not he would be able to toss his hat onto the horn-like protuberance if he were hired.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Oregon Congressman Sees Change In BPA Leadership - The legislator says he's talked to Obama's transition team about a stronger focus on renewable energy (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1228530317257150.xml&coll=7
Wind At Back, BPA Chief Looks Ahead (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf?/base/business/122854471511170.xml&coll=7
Oregon Public Utility Commission Delays Trojan Refund to PGE Customers (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/3723-puc-delays-trojan-refund-pge-customers/
State of California Explores Deregulation Of Electricity Market - The move would allow retail users to shop around for best prices, but some link that policy to the 2000-01 energy crisis (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-dereg8-2008dec08,0,3100711.story?track=rss
Mason County PUD No. 3 Commission Holding Budget Hearing Tuesday Afternoon (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/5746/reftab/1632/Default.aspx?t=P.U.D.-3-COMMISSION-HOLDING-BUDGET-HEARING-TUESDAY-AFTERNOON
Congressional Research Reports - Power Plants: Characteristics and Costs
http://opencrs.com/document/RL34746
Energy independence: Not So Fast - Landowners fear leaks and losing their livelihood to gas pipeline (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf?/base/business/122853571865990.xml&coll=7
E-Board Approves Oregon Energy Assistance (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1729088~E_Board_approves_Ore__energy_assistance.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Power Company Seeks To Use Missouri River for Electricity (Kansas City Star, MO)
http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/926584.html
Tacoma Power, Tacoma Water Bond Ratings Upgraded (Tacoma Daily Index, WA)
http://www.tacomadailyindex.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=88&cat=23&id=1436235&more=0
Missouri - $400,000 past Due: Electric Bill Mix Up By Ameren and MISO Costs Hannibal (WGEM-TV, Quincy, IL)
http://www.wgem.com/global/story.asp?s=9467387
Texas - Mr. Frugal: On Autopay, Tab for Electricity Went Wild (Dallas Morning News, TX)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/120808dnmetmrfrugal.36329f1.html
United Kingdom Energy Firm 'Won't Pass On Savings' “…firm has said suppliers will not pass on all of the savings they make on cheaper wholesale gas and electricity to consumers…” (The Evening Standard, UK)
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23598110-details/Energy+firm+'won't+pass+on+savings'/article.do
FISH & WILDLIFE
Is Salmon Survival Research Emotionally or Scientifically Motivated (KMVT-TV, ID)
http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/35612969.html
Bellingham Herald Editorial - New Science May Change Tactics to Save Salmon
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/615/story/703392.html
Columbia River Spring Chinook Plan Will Be Presented At December 11 Forum (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/12/08/this_day/doc4938629e90ff2411331986.txt
Monitoring Gaps Endanger Salmon Runs - Lack of accurate stock information leads to overfishing, scientists say (Victoria Times Colonist)
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Monitoring+gaps+endanger+salmon+runs+study/1030232/story.html
Oregon Expert Tries To Solve Salmon Shark Deaths (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/12/oregon_expert_tries_to_solve_s.html
Awaiting Klamath Dam Removal (Indian Country Today)
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/35306394.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Olympian Editorial - Puget Sound Partnership Must Live Up To Promises
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/687675.html
Water Issue Hits Home for Cattle, Dairy Farms – Claim a misinterpretation of stock watering law from the state Department of Ecology (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2008/12/05/news/nw4.12.5.08.txt
Oregon - Aquifer Storage Could Ease Water Shortage (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1730993~Aquifer_storage_could_ease_water_shortage.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Illegal Dams: Chelan Area Golf Course Pond Makes High-Risk List (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081206/NEWS04/712069874/1001/rss1001
Congressional Research Reports - Safe Drinking Water Act: Selected Regulatory and Legislative Issues
http://opencrs.com/document/RL34201
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Economists Raise Doubts About Alternative-Energy Spending (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/environment/2008-12-04-greenjobs_N.htm
Grays Harbor/Pacific Counties - Wind-Wind Project for Coastal Community Action Program (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/12/07/local_news/01news.txt
Electricity Is Blowing In The Wind - Coos Bay pair push wind turbine project (Another quarter for Bob Zimmerman - The World, Bandon, OR)
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/12/07/news/doc493a439f7cc8f976728809.txt
Wind Turbine Prototype Provides Birds Some Protection (The World, Bandon, OR)
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/12/07/news/doc493a3efea1af6243731976.txt
Michigan - Locally Made Wind Turbines to Create Jobs (Muskegon Chronicle, MI)
http://www.mlive.com/chronicle/news/index.ssf/2008/12/locally_produced_wind_turbines.html
Geothermal Founder Files $50 Million Suit (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1729096~Geothermal_founder_files__50_million_suit.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Energy-Efficient Lights Help Spread Holiday Cheer during Tough Times (Detroit Free Press, MI)
http://www.freep.com/article/20081206/NEWS05/81206027/-1/rss07
Does Daylight Saving Time Save Electricity? (Resource Investor)
http://www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=48507
Green? You Ain't Seen Nothing, Yet – “…what if someone came up with a financial incentive to refit every house, every building, every green inch of Oregon…” (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf?/base/news/122853572865990.xml&coll=7
Boeing Brews Up Algae, a Promising Fuel of the Future (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/560281.html
Plans Delayed For Biodiesel Crop Camelina (Associated Press)
http://columbian.com/article/20081207/NEWS06/312079982/-1/NLstatenews
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U.S. Criticizes, U.N. Defends Global Carbon Trading System (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/us-criticizes-un-defends-global-carbon-trading-system/?partner=rss&emc=rss
News Coverage of Climate Entering ‘Trance’? (NY Times)
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/back-to-media-trance-on-climate/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Transition's Timing Hits Climate Talks - U.S. Delegates Report to Bush, Not Obama (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/07/AR2008120702426.html?wpisrc=newsletter
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
No Fiber Shortage in Quincy - Port Dispels Rumor (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081207/NEWS04/712089986
Broadband is Key to Obama’s Recovery Plan (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/12/06/broadband-is-key-to-obamas-recovery-plan/
Wi-Fi Defends the Home Turf (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/12/05/wi-fi-defends-the-home-turf/
GENERAL NEWS
Seven Alarm Fire - Fatal Fire South of Kamilche (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/5749/reftab/1632/t/FATAL-FIRE-SOUTH-OF-KAMILCHE/Default.aspx
Hoquiam Plywood Mill Suspends Operation (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18212522/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_12pm&tmi=sea_12pm_-1_02000112052008&ts=H
Seattle Times Columnist - 2009 Outlook: It's Gloomy For Our Region. Economists rarely agree on anything, but this time is different: 2009 will offer little, if any, relief from a recession that is already officially a year old
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/jontalton/2008478136_biztaltoncol07.html
British Columbia Coroner Matches Pair of Mysterious Feet (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_120608WAB_mystery_feet_KS.39c8bc2d.html?npc
DIVERSIONS
Was High School Girl Possessed In Class? Girl Spoke In Tongues, Made Predictions For Future
http://www.kirotv.com/education/18209396/detail.html
Woman Sues Sports Bar after Getting Stuck In Toilet
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18212497/detail.html
Christmas History: Fascinating Facts behind Festive Traditions
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/12/07/christmas-history-fascinating-facts-behind-festive-traditions-115875-20953664/
Frugal Farmer Leaves $2m to His Tiny Pennsylvania Church
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081208/ap_on_fe_st/odd_frugal_farmer_s_estate;_ylt=AuSq65Qx2MSz03vUQEjspTPtiBIF
Monday, December 8, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
Energy News Digest for December 5, 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)
- JPMorgan Nixes Role as Holder Of Public Funds In Washington
- ColumbiaGrid Transmission Expansion Plan Gives Boost to Upgrades
- PJM Planning $1.6B in Upgrades for Grid
- Idaho - PUC Sets Hearings in Idaho Power Rate Case
- Plutonic Power, GE Submit Bids for Large British Columbia Hydro Projects
- Kentucky - The Meter's running: Groups urge conservation
- News Release - Transporting Juvenile Salmon Hinders Adult Migration
- Fish Follow Food Smells in Puget Sound
- State Environmentalists Outline priorities
- Filling the Chehalis River Floodplain - Officials Respond to an Old Question
- Northwest Water: How Municipalities Lose and Conserve
- Renewable Energy Goals a Moving Target for States
- Sea Breeze Bids Wind and Hydro Projects into BC Clean Power Call
- Seattle Company Wants to Get Energy from East Coast Waves
- City of Portland Pays More for Biodiesel
- Portland Scales Back Green Building Plan
- Climate Change, Drought to Strain Colorado River
- Google Turns down Some of North Carolina's Data Center Tax Incentives
- FBI: Copper Thefts Threaten U.S. Infrastructure
- It is World Wide Internet, For Real This Time
- Cost of Building Fiber to the Home: $10,000
- And Here Come the Broadband Industry Job Cuts
- Young Workers' Use of Social Networking Sites Concerns IT Staffs
- Employers Cut 533K Jobs in November; Most In 34 Years
- Report: Ten Types of Fraud at Port Of Seattle
- Thousands around Puget Sound Will Get Car-Tab Tax
- State lawmakers: Give counties revenue options
- State Regulators Put Off Decision on Internet Lobbying
- Anti-Religion Sign at State Capitol Disappears
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Golem • \GOH-lum\ • noun - 1: an artificial being in Hebrew folklore endowed with life *2: someone or something resembling a golem
The employees trudged into their gray, windowless sarcophagus, a place they called “work”; their putty-gray faces frozen in a mask of hopeless resignation. Fortunately, one of these workers rose above the level of golem: a laughing, horn-honking red-haired clown known only to his co-workers as “Bozo”.
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
JPMorgan Nixes Role As Holder Of Public Funds In Washington - Public entities across Washington will have to pull a total of $170 million out of the bank because of the move (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/12/01/daily33.html?ana=from_rss
News Release - ColumbiaGrid Transmission Expansion Plan Gives Boost to Upgrades (ColumbiaGrid)
http://www.columbiagrid.org/pressrelease-detail.cfm?pressreleaseID=9
PJM Planning $1.6B in Upgrades for Grid (Philadelphia Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2008/12/01/daily34.html?ana=from_rss
Idaho - PUC Sets Hearings in Idaho Power Rate Case (Ag Weekly)
http://www.agweekly.com/articles/2008/12/03/news/ag_news/news32.txt
Plutonic Power, GE Submit Bids for Large British Columbia Hydro Projects (Modern Power Systems)
http://www.modernpowersystems.com/story.asp?sectionCode=131&storyCode=2051632
Kentucky - The Meter's Running: With costs rising, groups urge conservation (Lexington Herald Leader, KY)
http://www.kentucky.com/181/story/616361.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
News Release - Transporting Juvenile Salmon Hinders Adult Migration: Attempts to avoid dams decrease survival in adult fish (Ecological Society of America)
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-12/esoa-tjs120508.php
Fish Follow Food Smells in Puget Sound (KIRO Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=112305
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
State Environmentalists Outline priorities (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/390802_fill05.html?source=rss
Filling the Chehalis River Floodplain - County and City Officials Respond to an Old Question: Why Do We Continue to Develop in the Flood Zone? (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1228416998&archive=
Our Northwest Water: How Municipalities Lose and Conserve Water (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4677
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Renewable Energy Goals a Moving Target for States – “…the experience of states that have adopted…goals suggests that passing that requirement could be a lot easier than achieving it…” (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/business/05power.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Sea Breeze Bids Wind and Hydro Projects into BC Clean Power Call (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=54203&src=rss
Seattle Company Wants to Get Energy from East Coast Waves (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9464319
City of Portland Pays More For Biodiesel – At nearly $7 a gallon, contract to buy Eastern Oregon fuel now proving spendy (Portland Tribune, OR)
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=122834393262807600
Portland Scales Back Green Building Plan (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1726568~Portland_scales_back_green_building_plan.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate Change, Drought to Strain Colorado River (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jNegur-oYNojGLKHgOeM0KeAK8kwD94SFF6G0
Countries Looking To US Leadership on Climate (Associated Press)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/04/AR2008120403697.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
For New Data Center - Google turns down some of North Carolina's tax incentives (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/12/05/financial/f064308S43.DTL&feed=rss.business
FBI: Copper Thefts Threaten U.S. Infrastructure - Reason number 1,237 to deploy Fiber to the home? (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FBI-Copper-Thefts-Threaten-US-Infrastructure-99498
It is World Wide Internet, For Real This Time (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/12/04/it-is-world-wide-internet-for-real-this-time/
Cost of Building Fiber to the Home: $10,000 (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/12/04/fiber-to-the-home-for-10000/
And Here Come the Broadband Industry Job Cuts (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/And-Here-Come-The-Broadband-Industry-Job-Cuts-99479
Young Workers' Use of Social Networking Sites Concerns IT Staffs “…13 percent said they regard so-called Generation Y employees as ‘a major security concern’…” (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11138550?source=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Employers Cut 533K Jobs in November; Most In 34 Years (Associated Press)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/financial_meltdown_74
Report: Ten Types of Fraud at Port Of Seattle (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18203819/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Thousands Around Puget Sound Will Get Car-Tab Tax Refund - Sound Transit will refund incorrect car-tab payments totaling $3.2 (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008471685_taxrefund05m.html?syndication=rss
Seattle Times Op/Ed - State lawmakers: Give counties revenue options
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008470141_opin05council.html?syndication=rss
State Regulators Put Off Decision on Internet Lobbying Rule (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/558336.html
Anti-Religion Sign at State Capitol Disappears
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18212163/detail.html
DIVERSIONS
Embezzlement Blamed On TV Shopping Addiction - Tennessee Bank Teller Admits Using Stolen Money
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18194470/detail.html
Man allegedly attacks speed camera with pickax
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_fe_st/odd_speed_camera_attack;_ylt=AqjU4NB5Hu47yAwicSRslOztiBIF
Mexican sits in truck 14 hours; refuses to pay bribe to cop
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081204/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_mexico_police;_ylt=AoNeJV6KjvH0rDULrMjIdkPtiBIF
Do not disturb eggs: MP reveals Britain's oddest laws
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081205/od_afp/britainpoliticslawoffbeat_081205013244
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- JPMorgan Nixes Role as Holder Of Public Funds In Washington
- ColumbiaGrid Transmission Expansion Plan Gives Boost to Upgrades
- PJM Planning $1.6B in Upgrades for Grid
- Idaho - PUC Sets Hearings in Idaho Power Rate Case
- Plutonic Power, GE Submit Bids for Large British Columbia Hydro Projects
- Kentucky - The Meter's running: Groups urge conservation
- News Release - Transporting Juvenile Salmon Hinders Adult Migration
- Fish Follow Food Smells in Puget Sound
- State Environmentalists Outline priorities
- Filling the Chehalis River Floodplain - Officials Respond to an Old Question
- Northwest Water: How Municipalities Lose and Conserve
- Renewable Energy Goals a Moving Target for States
- Sea Breeze Bids Wind and Hydro Projects into BC Clean Power Call
- Seattle Company Wants to Get Energy from East Coast Waves
- City of Portland Pays More for Biodiesel
- Portland Scales Back Green Building Plan
- Climate Change, Drought to Strain Colorado River
- Google Turns down Some of North Carolina's Data Center Tax Incentives
- FBI: Copper Thefts Threaten U.S. Infrastructure
- It is World Wide Internet, For Real This Time
- Cost of Building Fiber to the Home: $10,000
- And Here Come the Broadband Industry Job Cuts
- Young Workers' Use of Social Networking Sites Concerns IT Staffs
- Employers Cut 533K Jobs in November; Most In 34 Years
- Report: Ten Types of Fraud at Port Of Seattle
- Thousands around Puget Sound Will Get Car-Tab Tax
- State lawmakers: Give counties revenue options
- State Regulators Put Off Decision on Internet Lobbying
- Anti-Religion Sign at State Capitol Disappears
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Golem • \GOH-lum\ • noun - 1: an artificial being in Hebrew folklore endowed with life *2: someone or something resembling a golem
The employees trudged into their gray, windowless sarcophagus, a place they called “work”; their putty-gray faces frozen in a mask of hopeless resignation. Fortunately, one of these workers rose above the level of golem: a laughing, horn-honking red-haired clown known only to his co-workers as “Bozo”.
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
JPMorgan Nixes Role As Holder Of Public Funds In Washington - Public entities across Washington will have to pull a total of $170 million out of the bank because of the move (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/12/01/daily33.html?ana=from_rss
News Release - ColumbiaGrid Transmission Expansion Plan Gives Boost to Upgrades (ColumbiaGrid)
http://www.columbiagrid.org/pressrelease-detail.cfm?pressreleaseID=9
PJM Planning $1.6B in Upgrades for Grid (Philadelphia Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2008/12/01/daily34.html?ana=from_rss
Idaho - PUC Sets Hearings in Idaho Power Rate Case (Ag Weekly)
http://www.agweekly.com/articles/2008/12/03/news/ag_news/news32.txt
Plutonic Power, GE Submit Bids for Large British Columbia Hydro Projects (Modern Power Systems)
http://www.modernpowersystems.com/story.asp?sectionCode=131&storyCode=2051632
Kentucky - The Meter's Running: With costs rising, groups urge conservation (Lexington Herald Leader, KY)
http://www.kentucky.com/181/story/616361.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
News Release - Transporting Juvenile Salmon Hinders Adult Migration: Attempts to avoid dams decrease survival in adult fish (Ecological Society of America)
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-12/esoa-tjs120508.php
Fish Follow Food Smells in Puget Sound (KIRO Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=112305
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
State Environmentalists Outline priorities (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/390802_fill05.html?source=rss
Filling the Chehalis River Floodplain - County and City Officials Respond to an Old Question: Why Do We Continue to Develop in the Flood Zone? (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1228416998&archive=
Our Northwest Water: How Municipalities Lose and Conserve Water (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4677
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Renewable Energy Goals a Moving Target for States – “…the experience of states that have adopted…goals suggests that passing that requirement could be a lot easier than achieving it…” (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/business/05power.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Sea Breeze Bids Wind and Hydro Projects into BC Clean Power Call (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=54203&src=rss
Seattle Company Wants to Get Energy from East Coast Waves (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9464319
City of Portland Pays More For Biodiesel – At nearly $7 a gallon, contract to buy Eastern Oregon fuel now proving spendy (Portland Tribune, OR)
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=122834393262807600
Portland Scales Back Green Building Plan (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1726568~Portland_scales_back_green_building_plan.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate Change, Drought to Strain Colorado River (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jNegur-oYNojGLKHgOeM0KeAK8kwD94SFF6G0
Countries Looking To US Leadership on Climate (Associated Press)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/04/AR2008120403697.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
For New Data Center - Google turns down some of North Carolina's tax incentives (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/12/05/financial/f064308S43.DTL&feed=rss.business
FBI: Copper Thefts Threaten U.S. Infrastructure - Reason number 1,237 to deploy Fiber to the home? (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FBI-Copper-Thefts-Threaten-US-Infrastructure-99498
It is World Wide Internet, For Real This Time (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/12/04/it-is-world-wide-internet-for-real-this-time/
Cost of Building Fiber to the Home: $10,000 (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/12/04/fiber-to-the-home-for-10000/
And Here Come the Broadband Industry Job Cuts (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/And-Here-Come-The-Broadband-Industry-Job-Cuts-99479
Young Workers' Use of Social Networking Sites Concerns IT Staffs “…13 percent said they regard so-called Generation Y employees as ‘a major security concern’…” (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11138550?source=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Employers Cut 533K Jobs in November; Most In 34 Years (Associated Press)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/financial_meltdown_74
Report: Ten Types of Fraud at Port Of Seattle (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18203819/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Thousands Around Puget Sound Will Get Car-Tab Tax Refund - Sound Transit will refund incorrect car-tab payments totaling $3.2 (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008471685_taxrefund05m.html?syndication=rss
Seattle Times Op/Ed - State lawmakers: Give counties revenue options
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008470141_opin05council.html?syndication=rss
State Regulators Put Off Decision on Internet Lobbying Rule (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/558336.html
Anti-Religion Sign at State Capitol Disappears
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18212163/detail.html
DIVERSIONS
Embezzlement Blamed On TV Shopping Addiction - Tennessee Bank Teller Admits Using Stolen Money
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18194470/detail.html
Man allegedly attacks speed camera with pickax
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_fe_st/odd_speed_camera_attack;_ylt=AqjU4NB5Hu47yAwicSRslOztiBIF
Mexican sits in truck 14 hours; refuses to pay bribe to cop
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081204/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_mexico_police;_ylt=AoNeJV6KjvH0rDULrMjIdkPtiBIF
Do not disturb eggs: MP reveals Britain's oddest laws
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081205/od_afp/britainpoliticslawoffbeat_081205013244
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Energy News Digest for December 4, 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)
- Energy Department, Change Is Coming
- Constellation Energy Group to Cut 8% of Global Work Force
- French Power Company in Hunt for Constellation
- More Could Get Grays Harbor PUD Discount
- What to Keep on Hand in Case of a Disaster
- US FERC Approves Incentives for Transmission Lines
- New Report Finds Benefits of Southwest Intertie Transmission Project
- Montana - Natural Gas Producer Wins Tax Case against State
- Oregon - Coastal Salmon at Center Of Forest Debate
- State Commissions To Hear Spring Chinook Allocation Recommendation
- A Fraser Full of Fish No More?
- Outdoors Report: Steelheaders Getting in Some Early Punches
- Idaho - Hecla to Pay $102,000 after 2006
- Oregon Projects Clearer Skies in Columbia Gorge
- Economic Stimulus Plan Tied to Energy Savings
- Summary Box: Energy Efficiency Industry Growth
- Our Northwest Energy: Hydrogen as an Alternative Fuel
- PNNL Awarded Grant to Help China with Energy Efficiency
- Austin Aims To Become U.S. 'Clean Energy Capital'
- As More Eat Meat, a Bid to Cut Emissions – Animals are “Methane Machines”
- Maine - Group To Appeal Lincoln Wind Farm Approval
- 3Tier Releases 5km Wind Map of the World
- Con Edison to Customers: Install Safe, Energy-Efficient Lights
- WA Task Force Releases Climate Change Report
- 2008 Washington State Climate Action Team
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Increase in US
- Why Government Should Meddle in Broadband
- FCC to Tackle Cable and More Wireless Broadband
- Washington State Asks For Federal Money
- Airbus, Boeing Face Specter Of 'White Tail' Jets
- Port of Seattle Probe Exposes Fraud, A "Get-It-Done Culture
- HANFORD: DOE to Hit Contractor with $385,000 Fine
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Dragoon • \druh-GOON\ • verb - 1: to subjugate or persecute by harsh use of troops *2: to force into submission or compliance especially by violent measures
“My job description said nothing about this,” grumbled the new mail room worker. He had been recruited by the CEO to dragoon the sleeping executives who had missed the big gift exchange on Christmas Eve. Perhaps the fact that the gift drawing was fixed with only the name of the CEO had something to do with the tardy workers.
From Merriam-Webster - A dragoon was a mounted European infantryman of the 17th and 18th centuries armed with a firearm called by the same name. No arm-twisting should be needed to get you to believe that the firearm's name, which came to English from French, is derived from its semblance to a fire-breathing dragon when fired. History has recorded the dragonish nature of the dragoons who persecuted the French Protestants in the 17th century, during the reign of Louis XIV. The persecution by means of the dragoons led to the use of the word "dragoon" as a verb.
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
Energy Department, Change Is Coming - DOE is expected to get shaken up under Obama's administration, playing a central role in its plans to move the economy to a greener future (CNN)
http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/03/news/obama_doe/?postversion=2008120405
Constellation Energy Group to Cut 8% of Global Work Force (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2008/12/01/daily41.html?ana=from_rss
French Power Company in Hunt for Constellation (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/12/03/financial/f062924S93.DTL&feed=rss.business
More Could Get Grays Harbor PUD Discount (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/12/03/local_news/08news.txt
What to Keep on Hand in Case of a Disaster (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1228329457&archive
US FERC Approves Incentives for Transmission Lines (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN0333048420081204
New Report Finds Benefits of Southwest Intertie Transmission Project (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=346991&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Montana - Natural Gas Producer Wins Tax Case against State (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1724428~Natural_gas_producer_wins_tax_case_against_state.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon - Coastal Salmon at Center Of Forest Debate (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/12/_tillamook_five_rivers.html
State Commissions To Hear Spring Chinook Allocation Recommendation (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20081203/SPORTS04/812039963/-1/SPORTS
A Fraser Full of Fish No More? Fraser sockeye: Timeless, diminishing. All of BC has a stake in better managing once massive salmon runs (The Tyee)
http://thetyee.ca/News/2008/12/03/Sockeye/
Outdoors Report: Steelheaders Getting in Some Early Punches - Fishing not hot, but catch reports spread area wide (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/othersports/390536_out04.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Idaho - Hecla to Pay $102,000 after 2006 (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1724613~Hecla_to_pay__102_000_after_2006_spill_in_N__Idaho.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Oregon Projects Clearer Skies in Columbia Gorge (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1725158~Oregon_projects_clearer_skies_in_gorge.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Economic Stimulus Plan Tied to Energy Savings (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/us/politics/04green.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1228374235-hVjuYb/M+rjbrMhZG/EKsA
Summary Box: Energy Efficiency Industry Growth (Associated Press)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081203/energy_efficiency_summary_box.html?.v=1
Our Northwest Energy: Hydrogen as an Alternative Fuel (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4674
PNNL Awarded Grant to Help China with Energy Efficiency (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9455089
Austin Aims To Become U.S. 'Clean Energy Capital' - Microsoft is part of consortium to help make city's power grid both green and 'smart' (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/390535_smartgrid04.html?source=rss
As More Eat Meat, a Bid to Cut Emissions – Animals are “Methane Machines” (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/science/earth/04meat.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Maine - Group To Appeal Lincoln Wind Farm Approval (Bangor Daily News)
http://www.bangornews.com/detail/94381.html
3Tier Releases 5km Wind Map of the World (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=54222&src=rss
Con Edison to Customers: Install Safe, Energy-Efficient Lights (Power Marketing Association)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp%5E%5CmqsrputUSgew11rbfen%5Fv
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
WA Task Force Releases Climate Change Report (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1724919~WA_task_force_releases_climate_change_report.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
2008 Washington State Climate Action Team (CAT) Implementing the Comprehensive Approach to Climate Change (Washington Department of Ecology)
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/climatechange/2008CAT_overview.htm
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Increase in US “…people used more coal, oil and natural gas because of a colder winter and more electricity during a warmer summer…” (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g2WeeFw37TQV5hcs7bEp7RPXS5vAD94RH1201
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Why Government Should Meddle in Broadband (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/12/03/why-government-should-meddle-in-broadband/
FCC to Tackle Cable and More Wireless Broadband (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/12/03/fcc-to-tackle-cable-and-more-wireless-broadband/
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State Asks For Federal Money - Gregoire, other governors meet with Obama (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/555926.html
Airbus, Boeing Face Specter Of 'White Tail' Jets (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008463971_apeufranceairbusboeingwhitetails.html?syndication=rss
Port of Seattle Probe Exposes Fraud, A "Get-It-Done Culture" (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008466932_port04m0.html?syndication=rss
HANFORD: DOE to Hit Contractor with $385,000 Fine (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/404475.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
DIVERSIONS
The One That Didn't Get Away Yields Long-Lost Ring
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081204/ap_on_fe_st/odd_ring_in_fish;_ylt=AqzTBO.2Qa6szIeEKolj8cbtiBIF
Man Uses Candy Cane to Subdue Attacker With Knife
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081204/ap_on_fe_st/odd_candy_cane_defense;_ylt=ArVW3zJatEyzbmgj3EqOUKLtiBIF
Fla. Man Accused of Making Boy Drive on Beer Run
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081204/ap_on_fe_st/odd_child_designated_driver;_ylt=AjxOUg7b45jc6KB8GGTH4wrtiBIF
Does Daily Use Of Digital Gadgets Rewire Brains? A person's social skills can decline, psychiatrist says
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/390540_brain04.html
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Energy Department, Change Is Coming
- Constellation Energy Group to Cut 8% of Global Work Force
- French Power Company in Hunt for Constellation
- More Could Get Grays Harbor PUD Discount
- What to Keep on Hand in Case of a Disaster
- US FERC Approves Incentives for Transmission Lines
- New Report Finds Benefits of Southwest Intertie Transmission Project
- Montana - Natural Gas Producer Wins Tax Case against State
- Oregon - Coastal Salmon at Center Of Forest Debate
- State Commissions To Hear Spring Chinook Allocation Recommendation
- A Fraser Full of Fish No More?
- Outdoors Report: Steelheaders Getting in Some Early Punches
- Idaho - Hecla to Pay $102,000 after 2006
- Oregon Projects Clearer Skies in Columbia Gorge
- Economic Stimulus Plan Tied to Energy Savings
- Summary Box: Energy Efficiency Industry Growth
- Our Northwest Energy: Hydrogen as an Alternative Fuel
- PNNL Awarded Grant to Help China with Energy Efficiency
- Austin Aims To Become U.S. 'Clean Energy Capital'
- As More Eat Meat, a Bid to Cut Emissions – Animals are “Methane Machines”
- Maine - Group To Appeal Lincoln Wind Farm Approval
- 3Tier Releases 5km Wind Map of the World
- Con Edison to Customers: Install Safe, Energy-Efficient Lights
- WA Task Force Releases Climate Change Report
- 2008 Washington State Climate Action Team
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Increase in US
- Why Government Should Meddle in Broadband
- FCC to Tackle Cable and More Wireless Broadband
- Washington State Asks For Federal Money
- Airbus, Boeing Face Specter Of 'White Tail' Jets
- Port of Seattle Probe Exposes Fraud, A "Get-It-Done Culture
- HANFORD: DOE to Hit Contractor with $385,000 Fine
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Dragoon • \druh-GOON\ • verb - 1: to subjugate or persecute by harsh use of troops *2: to force into submission or compliance especially by violent measures
“My job description said nothing about this,” grumbled the new mail room worker. He had been recruited by the CEO to dragoon the sleeping executives who had missed the big gift exchange on Christmas Eve. Perhaps the fact that the gift drawing was fixed with only the name of the CEO had something to do with the tardy workers.
From Merriam-Webster - A dragoon was a mounted European infantryman of the 17th and 18th centuries armed with a firearm called by the same name. No arm-twisting should be needed to get you to believe that the firearm's name, which came to English from French, is derived from its semblance to a fire-breathing dragon when fired. History has recorded the dragonish nature of the dragoons who persecuted the French Protestants in the 17th century, during the reign of Louis XIV. The persecution by means of the dragoons led to the use of the word "dragoon" as a verb.
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
Energy Department, Change Is Coming - DOE is expected to get shaken up under Obama's administration, playing a central role in its plans to move the economy to a greener future (CNN)
http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/03/news/obama_doe/?postversion=2008120405
Constellation Energy Group to Cut 8% of Global Work Force (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2008/12/01/daily41.html?ana=from_rss
French Power Company in Hunt for Constellation (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/12/03/financial/f062924S93.DTL&feed=rss.business
More Could Get Grays Harbor PUD Discount (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/12/03/local_news/08news.txt
What to Keep on Hand in Case of a Disaster (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1228329457&archive
US FERC Approves Incentives for Transmission Lines (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN0333048420081204
New Report Finds Benefits of Southwest Intertie Transmission Project (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=346991&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Montana - Natural Gas Producer Wins Tax Case against State (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1724428~Natural_gas_producer_wins_tax_case_against_state.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon - Coastal Salmon at Center Of Forest Debate (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/12/_tillamook_five_rivers.html
State Commissions To Hear Spring Chinook Allocation Recommendation (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20081203/SPORTS04/812039963/-1/SPORTS
A Fraser Full of Fish No More? Fraser sockeye: Timeless, diminishing. All of BC has a stake in better managing once massive salmon runs (The Tyee)
http://thetyee.ca/News/2008/12/03/Sockeye/
Outdoors Report: Steelheaders Getting in Some Early Punches - Fishing not hot, but catch reports spread area wide (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/othersports/390536_out04.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Idaho - Hecla to Pay $102,000 after 2006 (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1724613~Hecla_to_pay__102_000_after_2006_spill_in_N__Idaho.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Oregon Projects Clearer Skies in Columbia Gorge (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1725158~Oregon_projects_clearer_skies_in_gorge.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Economic Stimulus Plan Tied to Energy Savings (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/us/politics/04green.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1228374235-hVjuYb/M+rjbrMhZG/EKsA
Summary Box: Energy Efficiency Industry Growth (Associated Press)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081203/energy_efficiency_summary_box.html?.v=1
Our Northwest Energy: Hydrogen as an Alternative Fuel (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4674
PNNL Awarded Grant to Help China with Energy Efficiency (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9455089
Austin Aims To Become U.S. 'Clean Energy Capital' - Microsoft is part of consortium to help make city's power grid both green and 'smart' (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/390535_smartgrid04.html?source=rss
As More Eat Meat, a Bid to Cut Emissions – Animals are “Methane Machines” (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/science/earth/04meat.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Maine - Group To Appeal Lincoln Wind Farm Approval (Bangor Daily News)
http://www.bangornews.com/detail/94381.html
3Tier Releases 5km Wind Map of the World (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=54222&src=rss
Con Edison to Customers: Install Safe, Energy-Efficient Lights (Power Marketing Association)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp%5E%5CmqsrputUSgew11rbfen%5Fv
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
WA Task Force Releases Climate Change Report (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1724919~WA_task_force_releases_climate_change_report.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
2008 Washington State Climate Action Team (CAT) Implementing the Comprehensive Approach to Climate Change (Washington Department of Ecology)
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/climatechange/2008CAT_overview.htm
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Increase in US “…people used more coal, oil and natural gas because of a colder winter and more electricity during a warmer summer…” (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g2WeeFw37TQV5hcs7bEp7RPXS5vAD94RH1201
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Why Government Should Meddle in Broadband (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/12/03/why-government-should-meddle-in-broadband/
FCC to Tackle Cable and More Wireless Broadband (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/12/03/fcc-to-tackle-cable-and-more-wireless-broadband/
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State Asks For Federal Money - Gregoire, other governors meet with Obama (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/555926.html
Airbus, Boeing Face Specter Of 'White Tail' Jets (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008463971_apeufranceairbusboeingwhitetails.html?syndication=rss
Port of Seattle Probe Exposes Fraud, A "Get-It-Done Culture" (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008466932_port04m0.html?syndication=rss
HANFORD: DOE to Hit Contractor with $385,000 Fine (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/404475.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
DIVERSIONS
The One That Didn't Get Away Yields Long-Lost Ring
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081204/ap_on_fe_st/odd_ring_in_fish;_ylt=AqzTBO.2Qa6szIeEKolj8cbtiBIF
Man Uses Candy Cane to Subdue Attacker With Knife
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081204/ap_on_fe_st/odd_candy_cane_defense;_ylt=ArVW3zJatEyzbmgj3EqOUKLtiBIF
Fla. Man Accused of Making Boy Drive on Beer Run
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081204/ap_on_fe_st/odd_child_designated_driver;_ylt=AjxOUg7b45jc6KB8GGTH4wrtiBIF
Does Daily Use Of Digital Gadgets Rewire Brains? A person's social skills can decline, psychiatrist says
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/390540_brain04.html
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Energy News Digest for December 3, 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)
- Power Line Plan Doesn't Sit Well In Pomona
- High Court Hears Argument on Power Plants
- Grays Harbor - Looking ahead after storm
- Half Full Or Half Empty Is Fine, Just No Styrofoam
- Daily Astorian Editorial - Fish Share Proposal Spells a Slow Death
- The Supreme Court ponders a case of power plants vs. fish
- Canada - Overfishing Pushing Salmon Stocks near Collapse
- Fish - Try Your Luck at Chum This Week
- Virginia - Ask Where Your Fish Came From
- Seattle Times Editorial - Selling Puget Sound Cleanup to Lawmakers
- Utility Rates Going Up In Tacoma
- EPA Offers Public a Chance to Speak Out On Contaminated Yakima-Area Wells
- California Water Board Revokes Permits for Auburn Dam Near Sacramento
- Methane from Landfills to Power Homes
- Colorado - Xcel Seeks Max Rate Pass-Through for Renewable Energy
- UK Government’s Renewable Energy Targets Come under Severe Pressure
- Ohio - AEP Eyeing ‘Transmission Superhighway’ For Wind Energy
- Solar Thermal Projects Gather Steam - And Opposition
- North America's Largest Municipal Utility Proposes Solar Feed-in Tariff
- Hybrid Solar Plant To Reduce Need For Fossil Fuel
- The Energy Debates: Solar Energy at Home
- North Carolina - Progress Energy pushes Energy Star homes
- Truckee PUD Gives Away LED Holiday Lights
- The War on Carbon Heats Up Globally, but Strategies for Change Remain Local
- New Coalition Drawing Up Nationwide Broadband Access Strategy
- Will Obama's FCC Push For Internet Access For All?
- FCC Could Take Free Broadband Nationwide
- Yahoo’s Stock Jumps on Report of Buyout Interest
- Microsoft Puts Data Centers on Wheels
- Ex-Oregon Governor Doubts He'll Get Cabinet Job
- Religious Debate Roils US Capitol Visitor Center
- New Law Keeps Electronic Waste Out Of Landfill
- Weather Bewilders With Rare Fall Colors
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Nota Bene • \note-uh BEEN-ee\ • From the Latin, mark well. Used to call attention to something important (Used as a phrase or the initials: NB)
Alfredo was confused by his employer’s apparent misreading of the new, thick, complex contract with his client. Although he had peppered the document with nota bene references to an extensive appendix, the warnings never got through. Unbeknownst to Fred, his boss has misunderstood the references and had merely thought that the NB notes in the document margins were bizarre doodlings about “New Brunswick, Canada”.
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
Power Line Plan Doesn't Sit Well In Pomona (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2008/12/02/power-line-plan-doesn-t-sit-well-in-pomona
High Court Hears Argument on Power Plants (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97713926&ft=1&f=2
Grays Harbor - Looking ahead after storm (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/12/02/local_news/01news.txt
Half Full Or Half Empty Is Fine, Just No Styrofoam - The Styrofoam coffee cup has gone the way of the pterodactyl at Chelan County PUD board meetings — extinct (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081202/NEWS04/712029973/1005
FISH & WILDLIFE
Daily Astorian Editorial - Fish Share Proposal Spells a Slow Death: Astoria without gillnet boats would be a poorer place
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=56416&TM=63423.4
Washington Post Editorial - The Scales of Justice: The Supreme Court ponders a case of power plants vs. fish
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/02/AR2008120202721.html?nav=rss_opinions
Canada - Overfishing Pushing Salmon Stocks near Collapse, Study Warns (Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081203.wbcfishery03/BNStory/National/home
Fish - Try Your Luck at Chum This Week (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/555997.html
Virginia - Ask Where Your Fish Came From (Daily Press, Newport News, VA)
http://www.dailypress.com/features/dp-life_fishbar_1203dec03,0,3672372.story
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Seattle Times Editorial - Selling Puget Sound Cleanup to Lawmakers
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008461158_edit03sound.html
Utility Rates Going Up In Tacoma - But Supreme Court decision will save customers from paying even more (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/555956.html
EPA Offers Public a Chance to Speak Out On Contaminated Yakima-Area Wells (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/12/01/epa-offers-public-a-chance-to-speak-out-on-contaminated-welss
California Water Board Revokes Permits for Auburn Dam Near Sacramento (Associated Press)
http://columbian.com/article/20081202/NEWS06/312029986/-1/NEWS
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Methane from Landfills to Power Homes - Communities around the country are using their landfills as more than a place to store waste (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/science/2008/December/Methane-From-Landfills-to-Power-Homes-.html
Colorado - Xcel Seeks Max for Renewable Energy: Company wants to raise the amount it collects from customers to pay for renewable energy to the full 2 percent of the bill allowed by state law (Denver Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2008/12/01/daily22.html?ana=from_rss
UK Government’s Renewable Energy Targets Come under Severe Pressure (Financial Advice)
http://financialadvice.co.uk/news/3/householdbills/8763/UK-government%E2%80%99s-renewable-energy-targets-come-under-severe-pressure.html
Ohio - AEP Eyeing ‘Transmission Superhighway’ For Wind Energy (Business First of Columbus)
http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2008/12/01/daily16.html?ana=from_rss
Solar Thermal Projects Gather Steam - And Opposition (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-bigsolar3-2008dec03,1,4010333.story
North America's Largest Municipal Utility Proposes Solar Feed-in Tariff (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=54209&src=rss
Hybrid Solar Plant To Reduce Need For Fossil Fuel (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hejptN7NfA6lkBLLzsYQ32x1xlDQD94QPS680
The Energy Debates: Solar Energy at Home (Live Science)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081203/sc_livescience/theenergydebatessolarenergyathome
North Carolina - Progress Energy pushes Energy Star homes (The News Observer, Raleigh, NC)
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1318173.html
Truckee PUD Gives Away LED Holiday Lights (Sierra Sun, Truckee-Tahoe, CA)
http://www.sierrasun.com/article/20081202/NEWS/812029995/-1/rss03
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
The War on Carbon Heats Up Globally, but Strategies for Change Remain Local (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122817626182370653.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
New Coalition Drawing Up Nationwide Broadband Access Strategy (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/02/AR2008120203164.html?nav=rss_technology
Will Obama's FCC Push For Internet Access For All? (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97692002&ft=1&f=17
Want To Throw Away Your Internet Bill? The FCC Could Take Free Broadband Nationwide (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18187540/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Yahoo’s Stock Jumps on Report of Buyout Interest (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/technology/companies/03yahoo.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Microsoft Puts Data Centers on Wheels (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10111198-75.html?tag=nl.e703
GENERAL NEWS
Ex-Oregon Governor Doubts He'll Get Cabinet Job (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1722283~Ex_Oregon_governor_doubts_he_ll_get_Cabinet_job.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Religious Debate Roils US Capitol Visitor Center (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008462123_center03.html?syndication=rss
New Law Keeps Electronic Waste Out Of Landfill - Vancouver recycling firm expects its business to boom in January (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081202/NEWS02/712029945/-1/NEWS
Weather Bewilders With Rare Fall Colors (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/weather/2008457905_weather02m.html?syndication=rss
DIVERSIONS
Top 10 Stupid Gifts from Chickens to Toilet Golf
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081202/od_nm/us_stupid;_ylt=AlWbW_XHQV5BdBFXVZIf6XntiBIF
Man Accused of Assaulting His Dad With Christmas Tree
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081203/ap_on_fe_st/odd_christmas_tree_fight;_ylt=Au.eRttlsMRIpOj8oaL7fAftiBIF
Deer Gets Revenge after Hunter Shoots Him
http://www.kansas.com/520/story/616474.html
Cat Lost In Yellowstone Returned To Texas Family
http://www.examiner.com/a-1721934~Cat_lost_in_Yellowstone_returned_to_Texas_family.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Power Line Plan Doesn't Sit Well In Pomona
- High Court Hears Argument on Power Plants
- Grays Harbor - Looking ahead after storm
- Half Full Or Half Empty Is Fine, Just No Styrofoam
- Daily Astorian Editorial - Fish Share Proposal Spells a Slow Death
- The Supreme Court ponders a case of power plants vs. fish
- Canada - Overfishing Pushing Salmon Stocks near Collapse
- Fish - Try Your Luck at Chum This Week
- Virginia - Ask Where Your Fish Came From
- Seattle Times Editorial - Selling Puget Sound Cleanup to Lawmakers
- Utility Rates Going Up In Tacoma
- EPA Offers Public a Chance to Speak Out On Contaminated Yakima-Area Wells
- California Water Board Revokes Permits for Auburn Dam Near Sacramento
- Methane from Landfills to Power Homes
- Colorado - Xcel Seeks Max Rate Pass-Through for Renewable Energy
- UK Government’s Renewable Energy Targets Come under Severe Pressure
- Ohio - AEP Eyeing ‘Transmission Superhighway’ For Wind Energy
- Solar Thermal Projects Gather Steam - And Opposition
- North America's Largest Municipal Utility Proposes Solar Feed-in Tariff
- Hybrid Solar Plant To Reduce Need For Fossil Fuel
- The Energy Debates: Solar Energy at Home
- North Carolina - Progress Energy pushes Energy Star homes
- Truckee PUD Gives Away LED Holiday Lights
- The War on Carbon Heats Up Globally, but Strategies for Change Remain Local
- New Coalition Drawing Up Nationwide Broadband Access Strategy
- Will Obama's FCC Push For Internet Access For All?
- FCC Could Take Free Broadband Nationwide
- Yahoo’s Stock Jumps on Report of Buyout Interest
- Microsoft Puts Data Centers on Wheels
- Ex-Oregon Governor Doubts He'll Get Cabinet Job
- Religious Debate Roils US Capitol Visitor Center
- New Law Keeps Electronic Waste Out Of Landfill
- Weather Bewilders With Rare Fall Colors
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Nota Bene • \note-uh BEEN-ee\ • From the Latin, mark well. Used to call attention to something important (Used as a phrase or the initials: NB)
Alfredo was confused by his employer’s apparent misreading of the new, thick, complex contract with his client. Although he had peppered the document with nota bene references to an extensive appendix, the warnings never got through. Unbeknownst to Fred, his boss has misunderstood the references and had merely thought that the NB notes in the document margins were bizarre doodlings about “New Brunswick, Canada”.
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
Power Line Plan Doesn't Sit Well In Pomona (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2008/12/02/power-line-plan-doesn-t-sit-well-in-pomona
High Court Hears Argument on Power Plants (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97713926&ft=1&f=2
Grays Harbor - Looking ahead after storm (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/12/02/local_news/01news.txt
Half Full Or Half Empty Is Fine, Just No Styrofoam - The Styrofoam coffee cup has gone the way of the pterodactyl at Chelan County PUD board meetings — extinct (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081202/NEWS04/712029973/1005
FISH & WILDLIFE
Daily Astorian Editorial - Fish Share Proposal Spells a Slow Death: Astoria without gillnet boats would be a poorer place
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=56416&TM=63423.4
Washington Post Editorial - The Scales of Justice: The Supreme Court ponders a case of power plants vs. fish
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/02/AR2008120202721.html?nav=rss_opinions
Canada - Overfishing Pushing Salmon Stocks near Collapse, Study Warns (Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081203.wbcfishery03/BNStory/National/home
Fish - Try Your Luck at Chum This Week (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/555997.html
Virginia - Ask Where Your Fish Came From (Daily Press, Newport News, VA)
http://www.dailypress.com/features/dp-life_fishbar_1203dec03,0,3672372.story
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Seattle Times Editorial - Selling Puget Sound Cleanup to Lawmakers
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008461158_edit03sound.html
Utility Rates Going Up In Tacoma - But Supreme Court decision will save customers from paying even more (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/555956.html
EPA Offers Public a Chance to Speak Out On Contaminated Yakima-Area Wells (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/12/01/epa-offers-public-a-chance-to-speak-out-on-contaminated-welss
California Water Board Revokes Permits for Auburn Dam Near Sacramento (Associated Press)
http://columbian.com/article/20081202/NEWS06/312029986/-1/NEWS
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Methane from Landfills to Power Homes - Communities around the country are using their landfills as more than a place to store waste (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/science/2008/December/Methane-From-Landfills-to-Power-Homes-.html
Colorado - Xcel Seeks Max for Renewable Energy: Company wants to raise the amount it collects from customers to pay for renewable energy to the full 2 percent of the bill allowed by state law (Denver Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2008/12/01/daily22.html?ana=from_rss
UK Government’s Renewable Energy Targets Come under Severe Pressure (Financial Advice)
http://financialadvice.co.uk/news/3/householdbills/8763/UK-government%E2%80%99s-renewable-energy-targets-come-under-severe-pressure.html
Ohio - AEP Eyeing ‘Transmission Superhighway’ For Wind Energy (Business First of Columbus)
http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2008/12/01/daily16.html?ana=from_rss
Solar Thermal Projects Gather Steam - And Opposition (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-bigsolar3-2008dec03,1,4010333.story
North America's Largest Municipal Utility Proposes Solar Feed-in Tariff (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=54209&src=rss
Hybrid Solar Plant To Reduce Need For Fossil Fuel (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hejptN7NfA6lkBLLzsYQ32x1xlDQD94QPS680
The Energy Debates: Solar Energy at Home (Live Science)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081203/sc_livescience/theenergydebatessolarenergyathome
North Carolina - Progress Energy pushes Energy Star homes (The News Observer, Raleigh, NC)
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1318173.html
Truckee PUD Gives Away LED Holiday Lights (Sierra Sun, Truckee-Tahoe, CA)
http://www.sierrasun.com/article/20081202/NEWS/812029995/-1/rss03
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
The War on Carbon Heats Up Globally, but Strategies for Change Remain Local (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122817626182370653.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
New Coalition Drawing Up Nationwide Broadband Access Strategy (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/02/AR2008120203164.html?nav=rss_technology
Will Obama's FCC Push For Internet Access For All? (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97692002&ft=1&f=17
Want To Throw Away Your Internet Bill? The FCC Could Take Free Broadband Nationwide (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18187540/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Yahoo’s Stock Jumps on Report of Buyout Interest (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/technology/companies/03yahoo.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Microsoft Puts Data Centers on Wheels (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10111198-75.html?tag=nl.e703
GENERAL NEWS
Ex-Oregon Governor Doubts He'll Get Cabinet Job (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1722283~Ex_Oregon_governor_doubts_he_ll_get_Cabinet_job.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Religious Debate Roils US Capitol Visitor Center (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008462123_center03.html?syndication=rss
New Law Keeps Electronic Waste Out Of Landfill - Vancouver recycling firm expects its business to boom in January (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081202/NEWS02/712029945/-1/NEWS
Weather Bewilders With Rare Fall Colors (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/weather/2008457905_weather02m.html?syndication=rss
DIVERSIONS
Top 10 Stupid Gifts from Chickens to Toilet Golf
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081202/od_nm/us_stupid;_ylt=AlWbW_XHQV5BdBFXVZIf6XntiBIF
Man Accused of Assaulting His Dad With Christmas Tree
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081203/ap_on_fe_st/odd_christmas_tree_fight;_ylt=Au.eRttlsMRIpOj8oaL7fAftiBIF
Deer Gets Revenge after Hunter Shoots Him
http://www.kansas.com/520/story/616474.html
Cat Lost In Yellowstone Returned To Texas Family
http://www.examiner.com/a-1721934~Cat_lost_in_Yellowstone_returned_to_Texas_family.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Energy News Digest for December 2, 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)
- Pacific Power Holding Meeting To Discuss Proposed Transmission Line
- High Court Case Tests Power Plants' Water Rules
- Iowa - Supporters: Nuclear Power Plant Has Bright Future
- New Jersey Nuclear Plant Shut Down After Electric Problem
- Benton PUD Offering Development Loans
- On This Day: Enron Files the Largest Corporate Bankruptcy in US History
- Washington State Fish and Wildlife Chief Calls It Quits
- Canada - Controversial Power Project Ventures into Salmon Habitat
- Puget Sound 'Action Agenda' Unveiled
- New Tax District Proposed To Save Puget Sound
- Groups Sue to Block Lake Roosevelt Drawdowns
- Bellevue Utility to Spike Rates
- Wind Power Projects Struggling In Down Economy
- Massachusetts - US Backing Of Cape Wind Farm Could Come This Week
- The Energy Debates: Small Wind Power
- Massive Solar Installation Completed In Southern California
- Carbon Detectives Are Tracking Gases in Colorado
- Activists blast US at climate change talks
- Ex-Bad Boy China Praised At Climate Talks
- FCC to Mull Free Internet Plan
- Intel Joins $3.2B Clearwire Investment
- Regulators Hang Up On Cell Tower Eight Hour Power Backup Rules
- Texas - Tiered Broadband Trials Torment Beaumont
- Google Earth's Blind Spots
- Tough Times, Desperate Data Theft Measures
- Mason County Budget Deficit Now $600,000
- Counterfeiters Working In Mason County
- 3,400 WaMu jobs will be slashed in Seattle
- Online Greeting Card Scam Puts Damper on Holiday Cheer
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Prolix • \proh-LICKS\ • adjective – 1: unduly prolonged or drawn out: too long *2: marked by or using an excess of words
Like King Canute commanding the tides to stop surging to the shore, the moderator knew that his admonition to the speaker about brevity was a fruitless effort to stem an expected torrent of prolix prose. “What more can be said about the importance of mineral oil to the health of baby bottoms?” droned the loquacious after-dinner speaker. “What more indeed,” murmured his wife, who surreptitiously glanced at her watch after two hours of oratorical obfuscation…..
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
Pacific Power Holding Meeting To Discuss Proposed Transmission Line (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/9719
High Court Case Tests Power Plants' Water Rules (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97651580&ft=1&f=1001
Iowa - Supporters: Nuclear Power Plant Has Bright Future (Associated Press)
http://www.timesrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/512620.html?nav=5002
New Jersey Nuclear Plant Shut Down After Electric Problem (Newsday)
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--nuclearplantshutd1201dec01,0,5107372.story
Benton PUD Offering Development Loans (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=9443573&nav=menu484_2_9
On This Day: Enron Files the Largest Corporate Bankruptcy in US History (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/business/On-this-Day--Enron-Files-the-Largest-Corporate-Bankruptcy-in-U-S--History.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Washington State Fish and Wildlife Chief Calls It Quits “…Many anglers believe that Koenings was weak on salmon conservation…” (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/682574.html
Canada - Controversial Power Project Ventures into Salmon Habitat: Critics say province has abandoned its duty to protect environment (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=3b0e3880-2232-4a06-b9c4-1f6662e28ec7&k=11194
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Puget Sound 'Action Agenda' Unveiled - Backers hope cleanup can be part of federal economic stimulus package (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/390223_sound02.html?source=rss
New Tax District Proposed To Save Puget Sound (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008458047_pugetplan02m.html
Groups Sue to Block Lake Roosevelt Drawdowns (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081202/NEWS04/712029982
Bellevue Utility to Spike Rates (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/35344729.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Wind Power Projects Struggling In Down Economy (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/3678-wind-power-projects-struggling-down-economy/
Massachusetts - US Backing Of Cape Wind Farm Could Come This Week (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/2008/12/02/us_backing_of_wind_farm_could_come_this_week/
The Energy Debates: Small Wind Power (Live Science)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081202/sc_livescience/theenergydebatessmallwindpower
Massive Solar Installation Completed In Southern California (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11115402?source=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon Detectives Are Tracking Gases in Colorado (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/science/earth/02carb.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Activists blast US at climate change talks (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/12/02/international/i080932S60.DTL&feed=rss.business
Ex-Bad Boy China Praised At Climate Talks (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008458712_apeupolandclimatechina.html?syndication=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC to Mull Free Internet Plan (Reuters)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20081202/wr_nm/us_fcc_freeinternet_2
Intel Joins $3.2B Clearwire Investment (San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2008/12/01/daily23.html?ana=from_rss
Regulators Hang Up On Cell Tower Eight Hour Power Backup Rules (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11114393?source=rss
Texas - Tiered Broadband Trials Torment Beaumont (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/12/01/tiered-broadband-trials-torment-beaumont/
Google's Blind Spots - Can governments get Google Earth to obscure images of sensitive locations? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2205755/?from=rss
Tough Times, Desperate Measures - According to a new security survey, 58% of workers in the US have already downloaded sensitive company data in anticipation of being fired (Boston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2008/12/01/daily16.html?ana=from_rss
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Budget Deficit Now $600,000; Residents Urge No More Cuts From Sheriff (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5706/reftab/1896/Default.aspx?title=COUNTY_BUDGET_DEFICIT_NOW_$600,000;_RESIDENTS_URGE_NO_MORE_CUTS_FROM_SHERIFF_
Counterfeiters Working In Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5707/reftab/1896/title/COUNTERFEITERS_WORKING_IN_MASON_COUNTY/Default.aspx
3,400 WaMu jobs will be slashed in Seattle - No branches in state are being closed (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/390155_wamu02.html?source=rss
Online Greeting Card Scam Puts Damper on Holiday Cheer (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18181541/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
DIVERSIONS
Americans Hail a Postman's Junk-Mail Jihad
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20081202/ts_csm/adonotmail
Police car stolen when officer leaves it running
http://www.examiner.com/a-1721181~Police_car_stolen_when_officer_leaves_it_running.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
They Got Hurt How? Bizarre Athlete Injuries
http://www.kirotv.com/sports/18179096/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Casino says offer was mistake, tries to cover potential $29 million loss
http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2008-12-02-casino-error_N.htm?csp=34
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Pacific Power Holding Meeting To Discuss Proposed Transmission Line
- High Court Case Tests Power Plants' Water Rules
- Iowa - Supporters: Nuclear Power Plant Has Bright Future
- New Jersey Nuclear Plant Shut Down After Electric Problem
- Benton PUD Offering Development Loans
- On This Day: Enron Files the Largest Corporate Bankruptcy in US History
- Washington State Fish and Wildlife Chief Calls It Quits
- Canada - Controversial Power Project Ventures into Salmon Habitat
- Puget Sound 'Action Agenda' Unveiled
- New Tax District Proposed To Save Puget Sound
- Groups Sue to Block Lake Roosevelt Drawdowns
- Bellevue Utility to Spike Rates
- Wind Power Projects Struggling In Down Economy
- Massachusetts - US Backing Of Cape Wind Farm Could Come This Week
- The Energy Debates: Small Wind Power
- Massive Solar Installation Completed In Southern California
- Carbon Detectives Are Tracking Gases in Colorado
- Activists blast US at climate change talks
- Ex-Bad Boy China Praised At Climate Talks
- FCC to Mull Free Internet Plan
- Intel Joins $3.2B Clearwire Investment
- Regulators Hang Up On Cell Tower Eight Hour Power Backup Rules
- Texas - Tiered Broadband Trials Torment Beaumont
- Google Earth's Blind Spots
- Tough Times, Desperate Data Theft Measures
- Mason County Budget Deficit Now $600,000
- Counterfeiters Working In Mason County
- 3,400 WaMu jobs will be slashed in Seattle
- Online Greeting Card Scam Puts Damper on Holiday Cheer
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Prolix • \proh-LICKS\ • adjective – 1: unduly prolonged or drawn out: too long *2: marked by or using an excess of words
Like King Canute commanding the tides to stop surging to the shore, the moderator knew that his admonition to the speaker about brevity was a fruitless effort to stem an expected torrent of prolix prose. “What more can be said about the importance of mineral oil to the health of baby bottoms?” droned the loquacious after-dinner speaker. “What more indeed,” murmured his wife, who surreptitiously glanced at her watch after two hours of oratorical obfuscation…..
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
Pacific Power Holding Meeting To Discuss Proposed Transmission Line (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/9719
High Court Case Tests Power Plants' Water Rules (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97651580&ft=1&f=1001
Iowa - Supporters: Nuclear Power Plant Has Bright Future (Associated Press)
http://www.timesrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/512620.html?nav=5002
New Jersey Nuclear Plant Shut Down After Electric Problem (Newsday)
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--nuclearplantshutd1201dec01,0,5107372.story
Benton PUD Offering Development Loans (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=9443573&nav=menu484_2_9
On This Day: Enron Files the Largest Corporate Bankruptcy in US History (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/business/On-this-Day--Enron-Files-the-Largest-Corporate-Bankruptcy-in-U-S--History.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Washington State Fish and Wildlife Chief Calls It Quits “…Many anglers believe that Koenings was weak on salmon conservation…” (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/682574.html
Canada - Controversial Power Project Ventures into Salmon Habitat: Critics say province has abandoned its duty to protect environment (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=3b0e3880-2232-4a06-b9c4-1f6662e28ec7&k=11194
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Puget Sound 'Action Agenda' Unveiled - Backers hope cleanup can be part of federal economic stimulus package (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/390223_sound02.html?source=rss
New Tax District Proposed To Save Puget Sound (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008458047_pugetplan02m.html
Groups Sue to Block Lake Roosevelt Drawdowns (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081202/NEWS04/712029982
Bellevue Utility to Spike Rates (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/35344729.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Wind Power Projects Struggling In Down Economy (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/3678-wind-power-projects-struggling-down-economy/
Massachusetts - US Backing Of Cape Wind Farm Could Come This Week (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/2008/12/02/us_backing_of_wind_farm_could_come_this_week/
The Energy Debates: Small Wind Power (Live Science)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081202/sc_livescience/theenergydebatessmallwindpower
Massive Solar Installation Completed In Southern California (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11115402?source=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon Detectives Are Tracking Gases in Colorado (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/science/earth/02carb.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Activists blast US at climate change talks (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/12/02/international/i080932S60.DTL&feed=rss.business
Ex-Bad Boy China Praised At Climate Talks (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008458712_apeupolandclimatechina.html?syndication=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC to Mull Free Internet Plan (Reuters)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20081202/wr_nm/us_fcc_freeinternet_2
Intel Joins $3.2B Clearwire Investment (San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2008/12/01/daily23.html?ana=from_rss
Regulators Hang Up On Cell Tower Eight Hour Power Backup Rules (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11114393?source=rss
Texas - Tiered Broadband Trials Torment Beaumont (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/12/01/tiered-broadband-trials-torment-beaumont/
Google's Blind Spots - Can governments get Google Earth to obscure images of sensitive locations? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2205755/?from=rss
Tough Times, Desperate Measures - According to a new security survey, 58% of workers in the US have already downloaded sensitive company data in anticipation of being fired (Boston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2008/12/01/daily16.html?ana=from_rss
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Budget Deficit Now $600,000; Residents Urge No More Cuts From Sheriff (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5706/reftab/1896/Default.aspx?title=COUNTY_BUDGET_DEFICIT_NOW_$600,000;_RESIDENTS_URGE_NO_MORE_CUTS_FROM_SHERIFF_
Counterfeiters Working In Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5707/reftab/1896/title/COUNTERFEITERS_WORKING_IN_MASON_COUNTY/Default.aspx
3,400 WaMu jobs will be slashed in Seattle - No branches in state are being closed (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/390155_wamu02.html?source=rss
Online Greeting Card Scam Puts Damper on Holiday Cheer (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18181541/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
DIVERSIONS
Americans Hail a Postman's Junk-Mail Jihad
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20081202/ts_csm/adonotmail
Police car stolen when officer leaves it running
http://www.examiner.com/a-1721181~Police_car_stolen_when_officer_leaves_it_running.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
They Got Hurt How? Bizarre Athlete Injuries
http://www.kirotv.com/sports/18179096/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Casino says offer was mistake, tries to cover potential $29 million loss
http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2008-12-02-casino-error_N.htm?csp=34
Monday, December 1, 2008
Energy News Digest for December 1, 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)
- Sobering storm – Grays Harbor December Storm Retrospective
- Ohio - Mandates driving surge to the river for hydropower
- Holidays Take Energy – Budget Billing can Help
- Utility Taxes Enacted In East Wenatchee
- NorthWestern Energy to Share Property Tax Refund with Customers
- Ben Settle to Receive PUD Association Lifetime Achievement Award
- Texas – Conflicting Power Reports Battle it Out
- S.F. Supervisors Kill Mayor's Plan to Retrofit Polluting Power Plant
- Oregon vineyards, others embroiled in natural gas debate
- Canada's oil-sands boom creates vast riches and a dirty footprint
- Volatile Heating Oil Prices Make Heads Spin
- Water over The Dam: Oregon wants to spill more for salmon
- Dalles Dam - A Big Wall for Small Fish
- Tracking network spills secrets of NW salmon
- Salt Lake Tribune Op/Ed - Klamath dam-removal pact bodes well for Snake
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - Rep. John Dingell's legacy for Northwest fish
- Oregon's Chinook dreams
- Oregon fishers focus on tuna, halibut
- Seattle Times Editorial - The End of the Beginning for Puget Sound Cleanup
- Stalled Chesapeake Cleanup: Back to the future on cleaning the bay
- Daily News Editorial - Deeper Columbia River, stronger economy
- Yakima Valley Reservoir Report Due on Black Rock
- Troubled waters: Kennewick Irrigation District facing difficult times
- Our Northwest Water Part Two: Farming and the Columbia Basin
- Longview City Employee Reports Water Theft
- Olympian Editorial - Support for Downtown Artesian Well Has Dried Up
- Feds, state must try harder to agree on Hanford cleanup
- Western Governors to Obama: Act Quickly On Energy
- Portland offers $12.5 million to woo Vestas Wind Systems
- Avista Corp. to put wind farm on hold
- Canada - Epcor Utilities Proposes B.C. Wind-Power Facility
- A Land Rush in Wyoming Spurred by Wind Power
- Wind Farms Fanning Health Hazard?
- New wave power development offers promise of cheap, green energy
- Billings Begins Test Wells to Squeeze Gas from Garbage
- Seattle City Light Exceeds Energy Savings Goal
- Biodiesel sold overseas still gets U.S. tax credit
- Girding up for plug-ins: Groups seek power system management
- Tesla Roadster - Only the Rich Can Afford It. Should Taxpayers Back It?
- Deck the Halls with Energy-Efficient Lights
- Climate Change Targets Will Push Up Energy Prices
- Bad Times Ahead for Broadband?
- Qwest Brings Back $15 DSL
- Clearwire to sell WiMax under "Clear" brand
- Time Warner Sues AT&T For Vandalism
- Data centers are good focus for energy conservation efforts
- Online schools make gains
- The Internet at Work: Distraction or Productivity Tool?
- Cuts Could Scale Back Deputies' Coverage of Mason County
- Recycling Fees May Rise As Demand; Prices Drop
- Copper’s Every Dip Is Felt in Arizona
- Federal Stimulus Package Will Aid State
- NY Times Cabinet Watch - The New Team: John A. Kitzhaber
- IRS Pares Down Mileage Rates
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Lodestar • \LOAD-star\ • noun - One that serves as an inspiration, model, or guide
The literal, albeit archaic, meaning of “lodestar” is “a star that leads or guides; especially: the North Star.” (The first half of the word derives from the Middle English word “lode,” meaning “course.”)
His realization that woefully outdated generational references and a hyper-nerdish wardrobe were not to his best advantage, Bertrand began to question using Steve Erkle has his cultural and professional lodestar.
Steve Erkle (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Urkel
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
Sobering storm – Grays Harbor December Storm Retrospective (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/11/30/local_news/01news.txt
Ohio - Mandates driving surge to the river for hydropower (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jnT5JvI1U424begO53ePHvAyC0KgD94PFB4O0
Holidays Take Energy – Budget Billing can Help (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9419541
Utility Taxes Enacted In East Wenatchee - taxes on electricity, natural gas, telephones and cell phones (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
http://www.kpq.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=476
NorthWestern Energy to Share Property Tax Refund with Customers (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/NorthWestern-Energy-Share-Property-Tax/story.aspx?guid=%7B2C6FDF3B-A137-481F-A98C-CC7188205C8B%7D
Ben Settle to Receive PUD Association Lifetime Achievement Award (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5697/reftab/1632/title/BEN_SETTLE_TO_RECEIVE_LIFETIME_ACHIEVEMENT_AWARD/Default.aspx
Texas – Conflicting Power Reports Battle it Out “…residential electricity rates in the state have risen faster since deregulation laws were passed than rates in all other states that allow competition…” (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6136140.html
S.F. Supervisors Kill Mayor's Plan to Retrofit Polluting Power Plant (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/26/BAPM14C7CE.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Oregon vineyards, others embroiled in natural gas debate (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/oregon_vineyards_others_embroi.html
Canada's oil-sands boom creates vast riches and a dirty footprint (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008451114_oilsands30.html?syndication=rss
Volatile Heating Oil Prices Make Heads Spin (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008446350_apheatingoilvolatilewintersummarybox.html?syndication=rss
Mason County PUD No. 3 Hires Line Superintendent (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5680/reftab/1632/Default.aspx?title=P.U.D._3_HIRES_LINE_SUPERINTENDENT
FISH & WILDLIFE
Water over The Dam: Oregon wants to spill more for salmon (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/11/water_over_the_dam_oregon_want.html
Dalles Dam - A Big Wall for Small Fish: Corps hopes spill wall will keep predators away from young salmon (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2008/11/news11-30-08-01.shtml
Tracking network spills secrets of NW salmon (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/553257.html
Salt Lake Tribune Op/Ed - Klamath dam-removal pact bodes well for Snake
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_11096119
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Rep. John Dingell's legacy for Northwest fish: Dingell's love of one of our fish, the steelhead trout, and his firm grip on energy policy nearly 30 years ago profoundly affected the way we conduct the electricity business in our region
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008447156_opin29royer.html
Oregon's Chinook dreams (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/O/index.ssf/2008/11/oregons_chinook_dreams.html
Oregon fishers focus on tuna, halibut (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081201/BIZ/712019949/-1/RSS03
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Seattle Times Editorial - The End of the Beginning for Puget Sound Cleanup
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008445408_opin28lance.html
Washington Post Editorial - Stalled Chesapeake Cleanup: Back to the future on cleaning the bay
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/24/AR2008112402189.html?nav=rss_opinions
Daily News Editorial - Deeper Columbia River, stronger economy
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/11/30/editorial/doc49307b7116e79658981757.txt
Yakima Valley Reservoir Report Due on Black Rock (Associated Press)
http://columbian.com/article/20081128/NEWS06/311289987/-1/NEWS
Troubled waters: Kennewick Irrigation District facing difficult times (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/401079.html
Our Northwest Water Part Two: Farming and the Columbia Basin (NW Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4646
Longview City Employee Reports Water Theft (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/11/28//area_news/doc492f988378d7c623323266.txt
Olympian Editorial - Support for Downtown Artesian Well Has Dried Up
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/676118.html
Seattle Times Editorial - Feds, state must try harder to agree on Hanford cleanup
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008445404_edit28hanford.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Western Governors to Obama: Act Quickly On Energy (Associated Press)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081128/ap_on_re_us/energy_western_governors_4
Portland offers $12.5 million to woo Vestas Wind Systems (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/portland_offers_125_million_to.html
Avista Corp. to put wind farm on hold (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1718706~Avista_Corp__to_put_wind_farm_on_hold.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Canada - Epcor Utilities Proposes B.C. Wind-Power Facility (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=0ecf5496-28af-4088-813a-2350413e60f9
A Land Rush in Wyoming Spurred by Wind Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/28/us/28wind.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Wind Farms Fanning Health Hazard? (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/34503059.html
New wave power development offers promise of cheap, green energy (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-243-Progressive-Politics-Examiner~y2008m11d30-wave-power
Montana - Billings Begins Test Wells to Squeeze Gas from Garbage (Associated Press)
http://missoulian.com/articles/2008/12/01/news/mtregional/news08.txt
Seattle City Light Exceeds Energy Savings Goal (Seattle City Light)
http://www.seattle.gov/light/news/newsreleases/detail.asp?ID=9079
Biodiesel sold overseas still gets U.S. tax credit - Exports helped keep some companies afloat during price fluctuations (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/390056_biodiesel01.html?source=rss
Girding up for plug-ins: Groups seek power system management (Idaho Business Review)
http://www.idahobusiness.net/archive.htm/2008/12/01/Girding-up-for-plugins-Groups-seek-power-system-management
Tesla Roadster - Only the Rich Can Afford It. Should Taxpayers Back It? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/business/30digi.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Deck the Halls with Energy-Efficient Lights (Chicago Tribune, IL)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/advice/chi-energy-home_chomes_1128nov28,0,3685167.story
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
United Kingdom - Climate Change Targets Will Push Up Energy Prices (The Daily Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3539418/Climate-change-targets-will-push-up-energy-prices.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Bad Times Ahead for Broadband? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/12/01/bad-times-ahead-for-broadband/
Qwest Brings Back $15 DSL - New promotions in face of sour economy, cable competition (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-Brings-Back-15-DSL-99333
Clearwire to sell WiMax under "Clear" brand (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9436866
Time Warner Sues AT&T For Vandalism - Things get touchy in Texas (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Time-Warner-Sues-ATT-For-Vandalism-99350
Data centers are good focus for energy conservation efforts (Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/12/01/focus7.html?ana=from_rss
Online schools make gains - Enrollment jumps as students enjoy benefits of telecommuting to school (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/681234.html
The Internet at Work: Distraction or Productivity Tool? (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/technology/2008/November/The-Internet-at-Work-Distraction-or-Productivity-Tool.html
GENERAL NEWS
Cuts Could Scale Back Deputies' Coverage of Mason County (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/nov/28/cuts-could-scale-back-deputies-coverage-of-mason/?partner=RSS
Recycling Fees May Rise As Demand; Prices Drop (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008454122_recycle29m.html
Copper’s Every Dip Is Felt in Arizona (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/28/business/28copper.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Federal Stimulus Package Will Aid State - Rescue program puts emphasis on creating jobs (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/389795_projects28.html
NY Times Cabinet Watch - The New Team: John A. Kitzhaber
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/us/politics/30web-kitzhaber.html?_r=1
IRS Pares Down Mileage Rates (Dayton Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2008/11/24/daily30.html?ana=from_rss
DIVERSIONS
Man Sues Ex-Fiancée over Engagement Ring
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2008/November/Man-Sues-Ex-Fiancee-Over-Engagement-Ring.html
Drunken-Driving Suspect Runs over Self - Suspect Leads Police on Chase
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18150905/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Eleanor Rigby document fetches $177,000
http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE4AQ80220081127?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Airport draws smiles with 'recombobulation area'
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/29452504.html
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Sobering storm – Grays Harbor December Storm Retrospective
- Ohio - Mandates driving surge to the river for hydropower
- Holidays Take Energy – Budget Billing can Help
- Utility Taxes Enacted In East Wenatchee
- NorthWestern Energy to Share Property Tax Refund with Customers
- Ben Settle to Receive PUD Association Lifetime Achievement Award
- Texas – Conflicting Power Reports Battle it Out
- S.F. Supervisors Kill Mayor's Plan to Retrofit Polluting Power Plant
- Oregon vineyards, others embroiled in natural gas debate
- Canada's oil-sands boom creates vast riches and a dirty footprint
- Volatile Heating Oil Prices Make Heads Spin
- Water over The Dam: Oregon wants to spill more for salmon
- Dalles Dam - A Big Wall for Small Fish
- Tracking network spills secrets of NW salmon
- Salt Lake Tribune Op/Ed - Klamath dam-removal pact bodes well for Snake
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - Rep. John Dingell's legacy for Northwest fish
- Oregon's Chinook dreams
- Oregon fishers focus on tuna, halibut
- Seattle Times Editorial - The End of the Beginning for Puget Sound Cleanup
- Stalled Chesapeake Cleanup: Back to the future on cleaning the bay
- Daily News Editorial - Deeper Columbia River, stronger economy
- Yakima Valley Reservoir Report Due on Black Rock
- Troubled waters: Kennewick Irrigation District facing difficult times
- Our Northwest Water Part Two: Farming and the Columbia Basin
- Longview City Employee Reports Water Theft
- Olympian Editorial - Support for Downtown Artesian Well Has Dried Up
- Feds, state must try harder to agree on Hanford cleanup
- Western Governors to Obama: Act Quickly On Energy
- Portland offers $12.5 million to woo Vestas Wind Systems
- Avista Corp. to put wind farm on hold
- Canada - Epcor Utilities Proposes B.C. Wind-Power Facility
- A Land Rush in Wyoming Spurred by Wind Power
- Wind Farms Fanning Health Hazard?
- New wave power development offers promise of cheap, green energy
- Billings Begins Test Wells to Squeeze Gas from Garbage
- Seattle City Light Exceeds Energy Savings Goal
- Biodiesel sold overseas still gets U.S. tax credit
- Girding up for plug-ins: Groups seek power system management
- Tesla Roadster - Only the Rich Can Afford It. Should Taxpayers Back It?
- Deck the Halls with Energy-Efficient Lights
- Climate Change Targets Will Push Up Energy Prices
- Bad Times Ahead for Broadband?
- Qwest Brings Back $15 DSL
- Clearwire to sell WiMax under "Clear" brand
- Time Warner Sues AT&T For Vandalism
- Data centers are good focus for energy conservation efforts
- Online schools make gains
- The Internet at Work: Distraction or Productivity Tool?
- Cuts Could Scale Back Deputies' Coverage of Mason County
- Recycling Fees May Rise As Demand; Prices Drop
- Copper’s Every Dip Is Felt in Arizona
- Federal Stimulus Package Will Aid State
- NY Times Cabinet Watch - The New Team: John A. Kitzhaber
- IRS Pares Down Mileage Rates
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Lodestar • \LOAD-star\ • noun - One that serves as an inspiration, model, or guide
The literal, albeit archaic, meaning of “lodestar” is “a star that leads or guides; especially: the North Star.” (The first half of the word derives from the Middle English word “lode,” meaning “course.”)
His realization that woefully outdated generational references and a hyper-nerdish wardrobe were not to his best advantage, Bertrand began to question using Steve Erkle has his cultural and professional lodestar.
Steve Erkle (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Urkel
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
Sobering storm – Grays Harbor December Storm Retrospective (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/11/30/local_news/01news.txt
Ohio - Mandates driving surge to the river for hydropower (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jnT5JvI1U424begO53ePHvAyC0KgD94PFB4O0
Holidays Take Energy – Budget Billing can Help (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9419541
Utility Taxes Enacted In East Wenatchee - taxes on electricity, natural gas, telephones and cell phones (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
http://www.kpq.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=476
NorthWestern Energy to Share Property Tax Refund with Customers (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/NorthWestern-Energy-Share-Property-Tax/story.aspx?guid=%7B2C6FDF3B-A137-481F-A98C-CC7188205C8B%7D
Ben Settle to Receive PUD Association Lifetime Achievement Award (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5697/reftab/1632/title/BEN_SETTLE_TO_RECEIVE_LIFETIME_ACHIEVEMENT_AWARD/Default.aspx
Texas – Conflicting Power Reports Battle it Out “…residential electricity rates in the state have risen faster since deregulation laws were passed than rates in all other states that allow competition…” (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6136140.html
S.F. Supervisors Kill Mayor's Plan to Retrofit Polluting Power Plant (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/26/BAPM14C7CE.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Oregon vineyards, others embroiled in natural gas debate (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/oregon_vineyards_others_embroi.html
Canada's oil-sands boom creates vast riches and a dirty footprint (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008451114_oilsands30.html?syndication=rss
Volatile Heating Oil Prices Make Heads Spin (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008446350_apheatingoilvolatilewintersummarybox.html?syndication=rss
Mason County PUD No. 3 Hires Line Superintendent (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5680/reftab/1632/Default.aspx?title=P.U.D._3_HIRES_LINE_SUPERINTENDENT
FISH & WILDLIFE
Water over The Dam: Oregon wants to spill more for salmon (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/11/water_over_the_dam_oregon_want.html
Dalles Dam - A Big Wall for Small Fish: Corps hopes spill wall will keep predators away from young salmon (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2008/11/news11-30-08-01.shtml
Tracking network spills secrets of NW salmon (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/553257.html
Salt Lake Tribune Op/Ed - Klamath dam-removal pact bodes well for Snake
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_11096119
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Rep. John Dingell's legacy for Northwest fish: Dingell's love of one of our fish, the steelhead trout, and his firm grip on energy policy nearly 30 years ago profoundly affected the way we conduct the electricity business in our region
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008447156_opin29royer.html
Oregon's Chinook dreams (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/O/index.ssf/2008/11/oregons_chinook_dreams.html
Oregon fishers focus on tuna, halibut (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081201/BIZ/712019949/-1/RSS03
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Seattle Times Editorial - The End of the Beginning for Puget Sound Cleanup
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008445408_opin28lance.html
Washington Post Editorial - Stalled Chesapeake Cleanup: Back to the future on cleaning the bay
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/24/AR2008112402189.html?nav=rss_opinions
Daily News Editorial - Deeper Columbia River, stronger economy
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/11/30/editorial/doc49307b7116e79658981757.txt
Yakima Valley Reservoir Report Due on Black Rock (Associated Press)
http://columbian.com/article/20081128/NEWS06/311289987/-1/NEWS
Troubled waters: Kennewick Irrigation District facing difficult times (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/401079.html
Our Northwest Water Part Two: Farming and the Columbia Basin (NW Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4646
Longview City Employee Reports Water Theft (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/11/28//area_news/doc492f988378d7c623323266.txt
Olympian Editorial - Support for Downtown Artesian Well Has Dried Up
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/676118.html
Seattle Times Editorial - Feds, state must try harder to agree on Hanford cleanup
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008445404_edit28hanford.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Western Governors to Obama: Act Quickly On Energy (Associated Press)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081128/ap_on_re_us/energy_western_governors_4
Portland offers $12.5 million to woo Vestas Wind Systems (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/portland_offers_125_million_to.html
Avista Corp. to put wind farm on hold (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1718706~Avista_Corp__to_put_wind_farm_on_hold.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Canada - Epcor Utilities Proposes B.C. Wind-Power Facility (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=0ecf5496-28af-4088-813a-2350413e60f9
A Land Rush in Wyoming Spurred by Wind Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/28/us/28wind.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Wind Farms Fanning Health Hazard? (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/34503059.html
New wave power development offers promise of cheap, green energy (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-243-Progressive-Politics-Examiner~y2008m11d30-wave-power
Montana - Billings Begins Test Wells to Squeeze Gas from Garbage (Associated Press)
http://missoulian.com/articles/2008/12/01/news/mtregional/news08.txt
Seattle City Light Exceeds Energy Savings Goal (Seattle City Light)
http://www.seattle.gov/light/news/newsreleases/detail.asp?ID=9079
Biodiesel sold overseas still gets U.S. tax credit - Exports helped keep some companies afloat during price fluctuations (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/390056_biodiesel01.html?source=rss
Girding up for plug-ins: Groups seek power system management (Idaho Business Review)
http://www.idahobusiness.net/archive.htm/2008/12/01/Girding-up-for-plugins-Groups-seek-power-system-management
Tesla Roadster - Only the Rich Can Afford It. Should Taxpayers Back It? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/business/30digi.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Deck the Halls with Energy-Efficient Lights (Chicago Tribune, IL)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/advice/chi-energy-home_chomes_1128nov28,0,3685167.story
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
United Kingdom - Climate Change Targets Will Push Up Energy Prices (The Daily Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3539418/Climate-change-targets-will-push-up-energy-prices.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Bad Times Ahead for Broadband? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/12/01/bad-times-ahead-for-broadband/
Qwest Brings Back $15 DSL - New promotions in face of sour economy, cable competition (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-Brings-Back-15-DSL-99333
Clearwire to sell WiMax under "Clear" brand (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9436866
Time Warner Sues AT&T For Vandalism - Things get touchy in Texas (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Time-Warner-Sues-ATT-For-Vandalism-99350
Data centers are good focus for energy conservation efforts (Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/12/01/focus7.html?ana=from_rss
Online schools make gains - Enrollment jumps as students enjoy benefits of telecommuting to school (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/681234.html
The Internet at Work: Distraction or Productivity Tool? (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/technology/2008/November/The-Internet-at-Work-Distraction-or-Productivity-Tool.html
GENERAL NEWS
Cuts Could Scale Back Deputies' Coverage of Mason County (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/nov/28/cuts-could-scale-back-deputies-coverage-of-mason/?partner=RSS
Recycling Fees May Rise As Demand; Prices Drop (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008454122_recycle29m.html
Copper’s Every Dip Is Felt in Arizona (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/28/business/28copper.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Federal Stimulus Package Will Aid State - Rescue program puts emphasis on creating jobs (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/389795_projects28.html
NY Times Cabinet Watch - The New Team: John A. Kitzhaber
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/us/politics/30web-kitzhaber.html?_r=1
IRS Pares Down Mileage Rates (Dayton Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2008/11/24/daily30.html?ana=from_rss
DIVERSIONS
Man Sues Ex-Fiancée over Engagement Ring
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2008/November/Man-Sues-Ex-Fiancee-Over-Engagement-Ring.html
Drunken-Driving Suspect Runs over Self - Suspect Leads Police on Chase
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18150905/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Eleanor Rigby document fetches $177,000
http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE4AQ80220081127?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Airport draws smiles with 'recombobulation area'
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/29452504.html
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
