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)
- Montana - Baucus, Tester Press BPA to Renegotiate Aluminum Energy Prices
- Murray: Where have the bailout dollars gone?
- Georgia Coal Plant Project Threatened By Partnership Breakup
- Approval of Puget Sound Energy takeover by foreign interests the wrong decision
- Congdon Named President of Chelan PUD Board
- Utility cutoffs fuel carbon monoxide poisonings
- Michigan - Utility Companies Told To Pay Up For Outage Costs
- China’s Power Surge Ends, for Now
- GridWise report: 280,000 new jobs tied to smart grid deployment
- Belfair Salmon Center Finishes Land Acquisition for Its New Digs
- Bush to Protect Three Areas in Pacific
- Montana’s Got Wind, Needs Power Lines
- The Beauty Of The Backyard Turbine
- Arizona Star Editorial - Solar Panels Are a Good Idea If Affordable
- Obama's Plan Would Double Renewable Energy Production in the U.S.
- California Study Shows Shade Trees Reduce Summertime Electricity Use
- Tossing iron powder into ocean to fight global warming
- Climate Change versus Global Warming
- Seeking Alpha - Broadband: Why Government Investment Is Justified Now
- Comcast Can Now Slow Bandwidth Hogs Across Its Network
- SkyWi President Says Qwest Cost His Firm Customers
- Feds start waiting list for DTV converter box coupons
- Heavy rain forecast for Western Washington
- Mason County Flood Watch In Effect Through Friday Afternoon
- Lewis County Declares Storm Emergency
- Bear Captured In the Island Lake/Shelton Springs Road Area
- Leader of Manke Lumber Embezzlement Scheme Pleads Guilty
- Washington State Employee Hiring Freeze Lifted
- Do Continuing Earthquakes in Yellowstone Signal Monumental Destruction?
- Poll: Seattle Residents Not Thrilled With Mayor
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Frieze • \FREEZ\ • noun - 1: the part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice 2: a sculptured or richly ornamented band (as on a building or piece of furniture) *3: a band, line, or series suggesting a frieze
Lady Emma strolled expectantly towards the house of her next door neighbor, an infamous collector of H.R. Pufnstuff memorabilia. What she did not expect was the frieze that encircled the entire front door, depicting the “Many Moods of Wilhelmina W. Witchiepoo”. Lady Emma thought the exotic carvings were a bit excessive, especially since “Witchiepoo” had only one mood: evil.
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
Montana - Baucus, Tester Press BPA to Renegotiate Energy Prices with Columbia Falls Aluminum Company: Energy Prices a Key Part of Shutdown Decision (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/baucus_tester_press_bpa_to_renegotiate_energy_pries_with_cfac/7526/
Murray: Where have the bailout dollars gone? “…she wants $5 billion from the package to rebuild the Bonneville Power Administration…” (KEPR-TV, Pasco, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/37127849.html
Georgia Coal Plant Project Threatened By Partnership Breakup (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/01/05/daily22.html?ana=from_rss
Seattle Times Editorial - Approval of Puget Sound Energy takeover by foreign interests the wrong decision
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008592860_edit06wutc.html
Congdon Named President of Chelan PUD Board (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090105/NEWS04/701069996/1001/rss1001
Utility cutoffs fuel carbon monoxide poisonings - Desperate families are turning to dangerous heat sources, experts say (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28508809/
Michigan - Utility Companies Told To Pay Up For Outage Costs: Municipalities' fees for fire, police help unfair; they say (Detroit Free Press, MI)
http://www.freep.com/article/20090102/NEWS05/901020370/-1/Ferndale
China’s Power Surge Ends, for Now (NY Times)
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/chinas-power-surge-ends-for-now/
GridWise report: 280,000 new jobs tied to smart grid deployment (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=349411&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Belfair Salmon Center Finishes Land Acquisition for Its New Digs (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jan/05/belfair-salmon-center-finishes-property/?partner=RSS
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Bush to Protect Three Areas in Pacific (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/05/AR2009010501181.html?nav=rss_email%2Fcomponents
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Montana’s Got Wind, Needs Power Lines - But environmentalists worry that an expanded grid will help carry more dirty power (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/12/29/montana%e2%80%99s-got-wind-needs-power-lines/
The Beauty Of The Backyard Turbine - Industrial-scale installations aren't the only source of wind energy for Canadian homes and businesses (The Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090106.wwindside06/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20090106.wwindside06
Arizona Star Editorial - Solar Panels Are a Good Idea If Affordable: Push for renewable energy shouldn't jeopardize other programs
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/274554
Obama's Plan Would Double Renewable Energy Production in the U.S. (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=54428&src=rss
California Study Shows Shade Trees Reduce Summertime Electricity Use (Science Daily)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105150831.htm
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Tossing iron powder into ocean to fight global warming (Times of India)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Tossing_iron_powder_into_ocean_to_fight_global_warming/articleshow/3943779.cms
Climate Change versus Global Warming (Muncie Star Press, IN)
http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20090106/GREEN03/90106013
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Seeking Alpha - Broadband: Why Government Investment Is Justified Now
http://seekingalpha.com/article/112991-broadband-why-government-investment-is-justified-now
Comcast Can Now Slow Bandwidth Hogs Across Its Network (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/01/05/comcast-can-now-slow-bandwidth-hogs-across-its-network/
SkyWi President Says Qwest Cost His Firm Customers (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/05/financial/f151629S97.DTL&feed=rss.business
Feds start waiting list for DTV converter box coupons (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11373316
GENERAL NEWS
Heavy rain forecast for Western Washington (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9623070
Mason County Flood Watch In Effect Through Friday Afternoon (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6011/reftab/1632/t/FLOOD-WATCH-IN-EFFECT-THROUGH-FRIDAY-AFTERNOON/Default.aspx
Lewis County Declares Storm Emergency (The Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/717733.html
Bear Captured In the Island Lake/Shelton Springs Road Area (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6009/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Leader of Manke Lumber Embezzlement Scheme Pleads Guilty (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/585821.html
Washington State Employee Hiring Freeze Lifted (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008595313_webhiringfreeze06m.html?syndication=rss
Alert the Discovery Channel! Do Continuing Earthquakes in Yellowstone Signal Monumental Destruction? (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/science/2009/jan/Do-Continuing-Earthquakes-in-Yellowstone-Signal-Monumental-Destruction.html
Poll: Seattle Residents Not Thrilled With Mayor (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_010509WAB_seattle_mayor_city_survey_TP.4086bf02.html
DIVERSIONS
Another Hearing Sought In $54 million Missing Pants Case
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008595208_ap54millionpants.html?syndication=rss
Police Foil German Children's Dash to Africa
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE50444120090105?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Fabulous Fib Is Named Wisconsin Club's Top Lie Of 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_fe_st/odd_top_liars;_ylt=AgOZoR_oLSax4SQOIqAtG_3tiBIF
6-Year-Old Misses Bus, Takes Family Car, Crashes
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_re_us/odd_boy_driver;_ylt=Aqm1zpIC2bjvAisKATiP3xTtiBIF
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
Energy News Digest for January 5, 2009
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- BPA Decision on Smelter Contracts Expected This Month
- New Mason County PUD No. 3 Commissioner to be sworn In Tuesday
- Clallam PUD-Puget Sound Energy Agreement Keeps Lights On In Port Townsend
- Oregonian Op/Ed - Our Energy Future: What is noble enough?
- Why “Cheap” Energy Is Really Costly In the Long Run
- Squirrel Causes Afternoon Outage in Boise
- There May Be Better Days Ahead For Salmon Runs
- Army Corps of Engineers Will Kill More Cormorants in Salmon Study
- California - Coho Salmon Are Bred For Diversity, Strength
- California Fishermen's Struggles Worsen
- Alaska Fisheries Had Their Challenges
- Group Uses Lawsuits To Help Clean Up Puget Sound
- Washington Post Editorial - Failure on the Chesapeake Bay
- Our Ocean Backyard: Ocean Energy from Warm Water and Wind?
- Ecology Department Uses Online Campaign to Help Water Quality
- Congressional Research Service - Water Infrastructure Needs and Investment
- Researchers Focus On Bringing Missing Bees Back
- Tacoma Pulp Plant to Generate Power, Too
- Oregon Is Exceptionally Generous with Green-Energy Subsidies
- Solar-Power Industry Remains Hot In California
- Missourians Wanting To Power Their Own Homes Are Finding It Difficult
- Winters Farm Makes Green Fuel By Burning Walnut Shells
- In Blue Economy, Green Jobs Are In Play
- Flat-screen TVs to face energy-efficiency rules in California
- What to Do with All That Carbon
- Carbon Offsets in the Air in San Francisco
- Why Obama's Green Jobs Plan Might Work
- Congressional Research Service - Global Climate Change: Three Policy Perspectives
- East Jefferson, Forks-Area Cable TV Provider Files For Bankruptcy Protection
- Superfast Wimax Comes To Portland
- Teen's Startup Promises Fast Internet Speeds
- Microsoft's Browser Sees Notable Decline in Usage
- Comcast Mum on New Bandwidth Tracker
- Bring in the COWS - Inauguration Spotlights Cell Phone Opportunities
- New Age UK town says Wi-Fi is making them sick
- Olympia Mayor Asks That Council Limit E-Mail Discussions during Meetings
- Rep. Bill Grant Succumbs to Cancer
- Despite Law, Drivers Still Talking And Talking And Talking
- Oregon Looks At Taxing Mileage Instead Of Gasoline
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Elysian • \ih-LIZH-un\ • adjective - Blissful, delightful
In the midst of the contentious meeting over jackstraw game quotas, Ambrose took an unexpected mental trip to his “happy place.” The Elysian retreat was made only slightly less enjoyable by the fact that the incessant chatter of his staff kept intruding in the form of large, swooping crows. “At least they haven’t been gorging themselves on blackberries,” Ambrose thought, dreamily. “That would create quite a mess on my white linen suit…”
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
Monday Update: BPA Decision on Smelter Contracts Expected This Month (Will they, or won’t they…let’s start a pool! The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/01/05/area_news/doc4961bcb835a3a443426880.txt
New Mason County PUD No. 3 Commissioner to be Sworn In Tuesday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6000/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Clallam PUD-Puget Sound Energy Agreement Keeps Lights On In Port Townsend (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090105/news/301059996
Oregonian Op/Ed - Our Energy Future: What is noble enough?
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/01/our_energy_future_what_is_nobl.html
Why “Cheap” Energy Is Really Costly In the Long Run (ZDNet)
http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/?p=1619
Squirrel Causes Afternoon Outage in Boise (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/714871.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
There May Be Better Days Ahead For Salmon Runs - With forces aligning in favor of salmon returns, now would be a good time for commercial and sport anglers to compromise Idaho Statesman)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/110/story/621067.html
Army Corps of Engineers Will Kill More Cormorants In Salmon Study (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/715613.html
California - Coho Salmon Are Bred For Diversity, Strength (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/02/MNKJ14QS3D.DTL&feed=rss.news
California Fishermen's Struggles Worsen (Associated Press)
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/business/1360967,4_3_JO04_FISH_S1.article
Alaska Fisheries Had Their Challenges (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://www.adn.com/money/industries/fishing/story/641996.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Group Uses Lawsuits To Help Clean Up Puget Sound - Citizens take aggressive stand against pollution (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/394707_soundsuits05.html?source=rss
Washington Post Editorial - Failure on the Chesapeake Bay: The cleanup effort will need political courage if it's ever to succeed
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/02/AR2009010202087.html?nav=rss_opinions
Our Ocean Backyard: Ocean Energy from Warm Water and Wind? (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/centralcoast/ci_11365370?nclick_check=1
Ecology Department Uses Online Campaign to Help Water Quality (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008590180_pollutionwebsite05m.html?syndication=rss
Congressional Research Service - Water Infrastructure Needs and Investment: Review and Analysis of Key Issues
http://opencrs.com/document/RL31116
Researchers Focus On Bringing Missing Bees Back - Scientists in the field and the lab are trying to solve a mystery critical to the future of American agriculture: Why are honeybee hives failing at a disturbingly high rate? (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008590495_apfarmscenebringingbeesback.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Tacoma Pulp Plant to Generate Power, Too - $90M biomass project to squeeze energy out of Simpson Tacoma wood waste (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/01/05/story5.html?ana=from_rss
Oregon Is Exceptionally Generous with Green-Energy Subsidies “…money is going to risky ventures with questionable environmental benefits and to prosperous companies that need no incentives but are cashing in anyway…” (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/01/oregon_is_exceptionally_genero.html
Solar-Power Industry Remains Hot In California (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11358068?nclick_check=1
Missourians Wanting To Power Their Own Homes Are Finding It Difficult (Kansas City Star, MO)
http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/962821.html
Winters Farm Makes Green Fuel By Burning Walnut Shells - Dixon Ridge Farms wants to produce all of its energy on-site by 2012 (Sacramento Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2009/01/05/story7.html?ana=from_rss
In Blue Economy, Green Jobs Are In Play (Dallas Morning News, TX)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/010409dnnatgreenjobs.2124064.html
Flat-screen TVs to face energy-efficiency rules in California (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fi-tv3-2009jan03,0,1059107.story
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
What to Do with All That Carbon - We need a global technology center to find ways of capturing and burying greenhouse gases (Newsweek)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/177445?from=rss
Carbon Offsets in the Air in San Francisco (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/offsets-in-the-air-in-san-francisco/
Why Obama's Green Jobs Plan Might Work (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fi-greenjobs4-2009jan04,0,6373295.story
Congressional Research Service - Global Climate Change: Three Policy Perspectives
http://opencrs.com/document/98-738
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
East Jefferson, Forks-Area Cable TV Provider Files For Bankruptcy Protection (Peninsula Daily News)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090104/NEWS/301049997
Superfast Wimax Comes To Portland (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/01/superfast_wimax_comes_to_portl.html
Teen's Startup Promises Fast Internet Speeds (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/584444.html
Microsoft's Browser Sees Notable Decline in Usage (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11359122
Comcast Mum on New Bandwidth Tracker (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Mum-On-New-Bandwidth-Tracker-99980
Bring in the COWS - Inauguration Spotlights Cell Phone Opportunities (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/04/AR2009010401330.html?wprss=rss_business
Wi-Fi, Like, Totally Messes with My Chakras - New Age UK town says Wi-Fi is making them sick (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/WiFi-Like-Totally-Messes-With-My-Chakras-99990
GENERAL NEWS
Olympia Mayor Asks That Council Limit E-Mail Discussions - Review shows members writing about issues during meetings (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/716442.html
Rep. Bill Grant Succumbs to Cancer (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/01/04/local_news/090104arepbillgrantdeath.txt
Drivers Still Talking And Talking And Talking - Is new state law restricting cell phone use behind the wheel having any effect? (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/584909.html
Oregon Looks At Taxing Mileage Instead Of Gasoline (The Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008583644_apmileagetax.html
DIVERSIONS
Swedish Town Using Cremation Heat to Warm Houses
http://gizmodo.com/5121450/swedish-town-using-cremation-heat-to-warm-houses
Portland Loo Freezes Up During Snowstorm (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_010409ORN_portland_restroom_freezes_SW.3ad6d646.html
Economic Trends: Boo the Bankers and Lose the Spouse
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090101/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_financial_times;_ylt=Al5rcouoDf61ldwqAgmHMd_tiBIF
Sarah Palin Most Desirable Celebrity Neighbor
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081230/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_neighbors;_ylt=AnVgFbA5nKukwBS_YeTqOtztiBIF
Friday, January 2, 2009
Energy News Digest for January 2, 2009
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)
- State Approves Puget Energy Purchase by Foreign Group
- Approval of PSE Sale Not Seen As Affecting Jefferson PUD Power Study
- Montana - Result of BPA Suit: $17 Million Loss to Columbia Falls Aluminum
- Mason County PUD No. 3 Spends New Year's Day Restoring Power
- Mason County PUD 1 Approves 2009 Budgets
- Feds approve gas drilling plan for Montana
- Montana - Energy development, conservation hot topics for 2009 Legislature
- Areva seeks license to build Idaho uranium plant
- Boston Globe Editorial - The power of municipal power
- Boston Globe Op/Ed - Storm's aftermath underscores value of municipal utilities
- Tennessee - Improving Oversight Of Coal Ash Retention Ponds
- Utah - Battle over coal-fired plant rages on
- Utilities Offer ‘Green’ Nuclear Plans to Customers
- California - Pacific Gas and Electric Hands over Rulebook on Handling Reported Gas leaks
- Portland General Electric Workers Scramble To Save Hatchery Salmon From Suffocation
- S.F. Chronicle Op/Ed - Agreement to take down Klamath dams?
- Panel to Review Chinook Plans at Olympia Meetings
- Loaded Headline Theater - Power Plant Has No Plans to Stop Killing Fish
- California - Sea Lions along Sacramento River Blamed For Salmon Decline
- California - Sea Lion Barrier Broken, Coast Guard Closes Pier
- Researcher Says Jell-O May Eliminate Yellowstone Lake Trout
- Oregonians Foresee Future Water Shortages
- Idaho Power Asks to Keep Renewable Energy Credits
- Green Projects Hit Snags in Idaho
- 'A Social Service, Green Energy Financed By Tax Credits'
- Renewable Energy Flood-Control Dams Eyed For Energy Potential
- How Underground ‘Hot Rocks’ Could Power America’s Future
- Lending woes push alternative energy to back burner
- Maryland Utilities To Add Conservation Fees
- Wind Association's wind power trends to watch for in 2009
- Coke’s Wind-Powered Billboard Reveals Push for Eco-Friendly Advertising
- Clallam County Set To Get Final "Green" Plan
- Canada’s carbon tax conundrum
- Climate Change - We’re In for Stormy Weather
- How Carbon Neutral Is Dell, Really?
- CRIME: Vandals to Blame for Internet Outage
- Shots Damage BPA Fiber Optic Line and Disrupt Service
- 'Clear' Launches in Portland Next Week
- Qwest Ordered to Restore New Mexico Services to SkyWi
- Researchers Hack Internet Security Infrastructure
- Time Warner Still Pretending Core, Last Mile Fiber The Same
- On The Shelf: "Mommy, Why is There a Server in the House?"
- State Buys Store, Land Near Belfair State Park
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Frigorific • \frig-uh-RIFF-ik\ • adjective - Causing cold: chilling
“This frigorific weather is unbearable,” grunted the all-electric home customer during a short outage. “Let’s turn up the heat to full blast so the house warms up quickly when the lights come back on,” the bright-bulbed visitor from warmer climates exclaimed.
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
State Approves Puget Energy Purchase by Foreign Group - 'Creates Too Much Risk,' Dissenter Says (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/394208_puget31.html
Regulatory Approval of PSE Sale Not Seen As Affecting Jefferson PUD Power Study (Peninsula Daily News)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081231/news/312319994
Montana - Result of BPA Suit: $17 Million Loss to Columbia Falls Aluminum: A multi-tiered federal lawsuit had a poison pill; effectively ceased a $17 million annual payment from the Bonneville Power Administration (Hungry Horse News, MT)
http://www.flatheadnewsgroup.com/articles/2007/10/31/hungryhorsenews/news/doc495a917271612274787880.txt
Mason County PUD No. 3 Spends New Year's Day Restoring Power (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/5976/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Mason County PUD 1 Approves 2009 Budgets (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/5964/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Feds approve gas drilling plan for Montana (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1769983~Feds_approve_gas_drilling_plan_for_Montana.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Montana - Energy development, conservation hot topics for 2009 Legislature
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2008/12/30/state/hjjbihhahgjhei.txt
Areva seeks license to build Idaho uranium plant (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/713281.html
Boston Globe Editorial - The power of municipal power
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2008/12/29/the_power_of_municipal_power/
Boston Globe Op/Ed - Storm's aftermath underscores value of municipal utilities
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2009/01/02/storms_aftermath_underscores_value_of_municipal_utilities/
Tennessee - Improving Oversight Of Coal Ash Retention Ponds (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/01/us/01brfs-004.html
Utah - Battle over coal-fired plant rages on (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11347400
Utilities Offer ‘Green’ Nuclear Plans to Customers (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/01/utilities-offer-green-nuclear-plans-to-customers/
California - Pacific Gas and Electric Hands over Rulebook on Handling Reported Gas leaks - The utility refuses to make it public (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1510405.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Portland General Electric Workers Scramble To Save Hatchery Salmon From Suffocation - Last week's snow threatened a pump keeping 900,000 spring Chinook alive (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1230776725287610.xml&coll=7
S.F. Chronicle Op/Ed - Agreement to take down Klamath dams? Not likely
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/31/EDRV150MGT.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Panel to Review Chinook Plans at Olympia Meetings (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/01/02/this_day/doc495d6576f2f1d999218104.txt
Loaded Headline Theater - Power Plant Has No Plans to Stop Killing Fish (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/01/BAAS151F1U.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
California - Sea Lions along Sacramento River Blamed For Salmon Decline (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1511636.html
California - Sea Lion Barrier Broken, Coast Guard Closes Pier (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11347519
Researcher Says Jell-O May Eliminate Yellowstone Lake Trout (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1766982~Researcher_says_Jell_O_may_eliminate_lake_trout.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregonians Foresee Future Water Shortages (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/12/oregonians_foresee_future_wate.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Idaho Power Asks to Keep Renewable Energy Credits – Fears loss from potential renewable portfolio standards mandate (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4795
Green Projects Hit Snags in Idaho - Concerns about wildlife habitat, aesthetics and competing interests have hindered a number of alternative energy proposals (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/102/story/620216.html
'A Social Service, Green Energy Financed By Tax Credits' - Washington leads the way and wind offers some fresh hope as utilities move to renewable (Daily Astorian, OR)
http://www.dailyastorian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=184&ArticleID=57102
Renewable Energy Flood-Control Dams Eyed For Energy Potential - Dozens of Government Sites Studied For Hydro-Electric Retrofits (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28421520/
How Underground ‘Hot Rocks’ Could Power America’s Future (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/12/31/how-underground-hot-rocks-could-power-america’s-future/
Lending woes push alternative energy to back burner (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6190611.html
Maryland Utilities To Add Conservation Fees - Regulators OK plan to subsidize initiative aimed at reducing energy use (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.energy01jan01,0,5547582.story
American Wind Energy Association's wind power trends to watch for in 2009 (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=349003&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Coke’s Wind-Powered Billboard Reveals Push for Eco-Friendly Advertising (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/2008/December/Coke-s-Wind-Powered-Billboard-Reveals-Push-for-Eco-Friendly-Advertising-.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Clallam County Set To Get Final "Green" Plan (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/4277
Canada’s carbon tax conundrum - A key question in the coming provincial election will be whether the downturn will overshadow - or reignite - anger over the Liberal government's controversial measure (Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090102.BCYEARENDERCARBON02/TPStory/TPNational/BritishColumbia
We’re In for Stormy Weather - Overshadowed by the economic headlines, serious climate trouble looms ahead (Newsweek)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/177224?from=rss
How Carbon Neutral Is Dell, Really? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/12/30/how-carbon-neutral-is-dell-really/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CRIME: Vandals To Blame For Internet Outage (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/431367.html
News Release – Shots Damage BPA Fiber Optic Line and Disrupt Service (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/246639/
'Clear' Launches in Portland Next Week - Customers getting an early look at speed, pricing (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Clear-Launches-In-Portland-Next-Week-99956
Qwest Ordered to Restore Services to SkyWi - New Mexico regulators step in to tackle $1.7 million dispute (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-Ordered-To-Restore-Services-To-SkyWi-99970
Researchers Hack Internet Security Infrastructure - International Team Discovers Way to Mimic Digital Identity (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/30/AR2008123001056.html?wprss=rss_technology
Time Warner Still Pretending Core, Last Mile Fiber The Same (Broadband Reports)
http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/Time-Warner-Still-Pretending-Core-Last-Mile-Fiber-The-Same-99948
On The Shelf: "Mommy, Why is There a Server in the House?" (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/157973.asp
GENERAL NEWS
State Buys Store, Land Near Belfair State Park (The Kitsap Sun)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/dec/30/state-buys-store-near-belfair-park/?partner=RSS
DIVERSIONS
Annual 'Banished Words' List Unveiled - Language Critics Cast Out 'Bailout,' 'Maverick' From Lexicon
http://www.kirotv.com/education/18387382/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_nots&tmi=sea_nots_-1_01000112312008&ts=H
Man Says He Shot Car with Paintballs to Deter DUI
http://www.examiner.com/a-1771792~Man_says_he_shot_car_with_paintballs_to_deter_DUI.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Popular Photo Frames Carry Risk of Computer Virus Infection
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/02/BUV9150IH8.DTL&feed=rss.business
Discarded Lottery Ticket Resurfaces a $650K Winner
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18389912/detail.html
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- State Approves Puget Energy Purchase by Foreign Group
- Approval of PSE Sale Not Seen As Affecting Jefferson PUD Power Study
- Montana - Result of BPA Suit: $17 Million Loss to Columbia Falls Aluminum
- Mason County PUD No. 3 Spends New Year's Day Restoring Power
- Mason County PUD 1 Approves 2009 Budgets
- Feds approve gas drilling plan for Montana
- Montana - Energy development, conservation hot topics for 2009 Legislature
- Areva seeks license to build Idaho uranium plant
- Boston Globe Editorial - The power of municipal power
- Boston Globe Op/Ed - Storm's aftermath underscores value of municipal utilities
- Tennessee - Improving Oversight Of Coal Ash Retention Ponds
- Utah - Battle over coal-fired plant rages on
- Utilities Offer ‘Green’ Nuclear Plans to Customers
- California - Pacific Gas and Electric Hands over Rulebook on Handling Reported Gas leaks
- Portland General Electric Workers Scramble To Save Hatchery Salmon From Suffocation
- S.F. Chronicle Op/Ed - Agreement to take down Klamath dams?
- Panel to Review Chinook Plans at Olympia Meetings
- Loaded Headline Theater - Power Plant Has No Plans to Stop Killing Fish
- California - Sea Lions along Sacramento River Blamed For Salmon Decline
- California - Sea Lion Barrier Broken, Coast Guard Closes Pier
- Researcher Says Jell-O May Eliminate Yellowstone Lake Trout
- Oregonians Foresee Future Water Shortages
- Idaho Power Asks to Keep Renewable Energy Credits
- Green Projects Hit Snags in Idaho
- 'A Social Service, Green Energy Financed By Tax Credits'
- Renewable Energy Flood-Control Dams Eyed For Energy Potential
- How Underground ‘Hot Rocks’ Could Power America’s Future
- Lending woes push alternative energy to back burner
- Maryland Utilities To Add Conservation Fees
- Wind Association's wind power trends to watch for in 2009
- Coke’s Wind-Powered Billboard Reveals Push for Eco-Friendly Advertising
- Clallam County Set To Get Final "Green" Plan
- Canada’s carbon tax conundrum
- Climate Change - We’re In for Stormy Weather
- How Carbon Neutral Is Dell, Really?
- CRIME: Vandals to Blame for Internet Outage
- Shots Damage BPA Fiber Optic Line and Disrupt Service
- 'Clear' Launches in Portland Next Week
- Qwest Ordered to Restore New Mexico Services to SkyWi
- Researchers Hack Internet Security Infrastructure
- Time Warner Still Pretending Core, Last Mile Fiber The Same
- On The Shelf: "Mommy, Why is There a Server in the House?"
- State Buys Store, Land Near Belfair State Park
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Frigorific • \frig-uh-RIFF-ik\ • adjective - Causing cold: chilling
“This frigorific weather is unbearable,” grunted the all-electric home customer during a short outage. “Let’s turn up the heat to full blast so the house warms up quickly when the lights come back on,” the bright-bulbed visitor from warmer climates exclaimed.
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
State Approves Puget Energy Purchase by Foreign Group - 'Creates Too Much Risk,' Dissenter Says (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/394208_puget31.html
Regulatory Approval of PSE Sale Not Seen As Affecting Jefferson PUD Power Study (Peninsula Daily News)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081231/news/312319994
Montana - Result of BPA Suit: $17 Million Loss to Columbia Falls Aluminum: A multi-tiered federal lawsuit had a poison pill; effectively ceased a $17 million annual payment from the Bonneville Power Administration (Hungry Horse News, MT)
http://www.flatheadnewsgroup.com/articles/2007/10/31/hungryhorsenews/news/doc495a917271612274787880.txt
Mason County PUD No. 3 Spends New Year's Day Restoring Power (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/5976/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Mason County PUD 1 Approves 2009 Budgets (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/5964/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Feds approve gas drilling plan for Montana (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1769983~Feds_approve_gas_drilling_plan_for_Montana.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Montana - Energy development, conservation hot topics for 2009 Legislature
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2008/12/30/state/hjjbihhahgjhei.txt
Areva seeks license to build Idaho uranium plant (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/713281.html
Boston Globe Editorial - The power of municipal power
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2008/12/29/the_power_of_municipal_power/
Boston Globe Op/Ed - Storm's aftermath underscores value of municipal utilities
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2009/01/02/storms_aftermath_underscores_value_of_municipal_utilities/
Tennessee - Improving Oversight Of Coal Ash Retention Ponds (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/01/us/01brfs-004.html
Utah - Battle over coal-fired plant rages on (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11347400
Utilities Offer ‘Green’ Nuclear Plans to Customers (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/01/utilities-offer-green-nuclear-plans-to-customers/
California - Pacific Gas and Electric Hands over Rulebook on Handling Reported Gas leaks - The utility refuses to make it public (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1510405.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Portland General Electric Workers Scramble To Save Hatchery Salmon From Suffocation - Last week's snow threatened a pump keeping 900,000 spring Chinook alive (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1230776725287610.xml&coll=7
S.F. Chronicle Op/Ed - Agreement to take down Klamath dams? Not likely
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/31/EDRV150MGT.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Panel to Review Chinook Plans at Olympia Meetings (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/01/02/this_day/doc495d6576f2f1d999218104.txt
Loaded Headline Theater - Power Plant Has No Plans to Stop Killing Fish (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/01/BAAS151F1U.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
California - Sea Lions along Sacramento River Blamed For Salmon Decline (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1511636.html
California - Sea Lion Barrier Broken, Coast Guard Closes Pier (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11347519
Researcher Says Jell-O May Eliminate Yellowstone Lake Trout (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1766982~Researcher_says_Jell_O_may_eliminate_lake_trout.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregonians Foresee Future Water Shortages (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/12/oregonians_foresee_future_wate.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Idaho Power Asks to Keep Renewable Energy Credits – Fears loss from potential renewable portfolio standards mandate (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4795
Green Projects Hit Snags in Idaho - Concerns about wildlife habitat, aesthetics and competing interests have hindered a number of alternative energy proposals (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/102/story/620216.html
'A Social Service, Green Energy Financed By Tax Credits' - Washington leads the way and wind offers some fresh hope as utilities move to renewable (Daily Astorian, OR)
http://www.dailyastorian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=184&ArticleID=57102
Renewable Energy Flood-Control Dams Eyed For Energy Potential - Dozens of Government Sites Studied For Hydro-Electric Retrofits (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28421520/
How Underground ‘Hot Rocks’ Could Power America’s Future (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/12/31/how-underground-hot-rocks-could-power-america’s-future/
Lending woes push alternative energy to back burner (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6190611.html
Maryland Utilities To Add Conservation Fees - Regulators OK plan to subsidize initiative aimed at reducing energy use (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.energy01jan01,0,5547582.story
American Wind Energy Association's wind power trends to watch for in 2009 (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=349003&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Coke’s Wind-Powered Billboard Reveals Push for Eco-Friendly Advertising (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/2008/December/Coke-s-Wind-Powered-Billboard-Reveals-Push-for-Eco-Friendly-Advertising-.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Clallam County Set To Get Final "Green" Plan (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/4277
Canada’s carbon tax conundrum - A key question in the coming provincial election will be whether the downturn will overshadow - or reignite - anger over the Liberal government's controversial measure (Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090102.BCYEARENDERCARBON02/TPStory/TPNational/BritishColumbia
We’re In for Stormy Weather - Overshadowed by the economic headlines, serious climate trouble looms ahead (Newsweek)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/177224?from=rss
How Carbon Neutral Is Dell, Really? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/12/30/how-carbon-neutral-is-dell-really/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CRIME: Vandals To Blame For Internet Outage (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/431367.html
News Release – Shots Damage BPA Fiber Optic Line and Disrupt Service (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/246639/
'Clear' Launches in Portland Next Week - Customers getting an early look at speed, pricing (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Clear-Launches-In-Portland-Next-Week-99956
Qwest Ordered to Restore Services to SkyWi - New Mexico regulators step in to tackle $1.7 million dispute (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-Ordered-To-Restore-Services-To-SkyWi-99970
Researchers Hack Internet Security Infrastructure - International Team Discovers Way to Mimic Digital Identity (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/30/AR2008123001056.html?wprss=rss_technology
Time Warner Still Pretending Core, Last Mile Fiber The Same (Broadband Reports)
http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/Time-Warner-Still-Pretending-Core-Last-Mile-Fiber-The-Same-99948
On The Shelf: "Mommy, Why is There a Server in the House?" (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/157973.asp
GENERAL NEWS
State Buys Store, Land Near Belfair State Park (The Kitsap Sun)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/dec/30/state-buys-store-near-belfair-park/?partner=RSS
DIVERSIONS
Annual 'Banished Words' List Unveiled - Language Critics Cast Out 'Bailout,' 'Maverick' From Lexicon
http://www.kirotv.com/education/18387382/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_nots&tmi=sea_nots_-1_01000112312008&ts=H
Man Says He Shot Car with Paintballs to Deter DUI
http://www.examiner.com/a-1771792~Man_says_he_shot_car_with_paintballs_to_deter_DUI.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Popular Photo Frames Carry Risk of Computer Virus Infection
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/02/BUV9150IH8.DTL&feed=rss.business
Discarded Lottery Ticket Resurfaces a $650K Winner
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18389912/detail.html
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Energy News Digest for December 30, 2008
The news digest will be sneaking around the grocery store tomorrow shaking up as many bottles of “sparkling” wine as possible. To avoid repercussions, it will be taking the day off. Prepare for a new onslaught beginning January 2. A safe and happy New Year to all!
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)
- Mason County PUD No. 3 Receives Fourth Consecutive National Financial Reporting Award
- Top TVA executive gets $2 million in salary
- High Arsenic Levels Found in Water Near TVA’s Tennessee Ash Spill
- Portland General Electric Rates Going Up
- Portland General Electric Announces New Chief Financial Officer
- California - Trapped By 300,000 Volts; Couple Lucky To Be Alive
- Illinois - Watching the Pot Boil: Buying Electricity Hourly Can Cut Costs
- Sacramento fall-run Chinook Salmon meet egg collection quotas
- New Hampshire - Atlantic salmon returns increase in 2008
- Liberating A River - A project is under way in Maine, U.S., to revive the salmon run on the Penobscot River
- Californians Shape Up as Force on Environmental Policy
- Washington State's e-cycling law takes effect Thursday
- Indonesia - Wind Turbines Fail to Generate Power
- Colorado - Dark Clouds over Solar Energy Economy
- Focus on Weatherization Is Shift on Energy Costs
- Will Energy Savings Jump-Start The Economy?
- Irish Wind Energy Company Looking At Montana
- Examiner.com Op/Ed - Electrical Grid Upgrades and the Implementation of Renewable Energy Sources
- Green Goal of 'Carbon Neutrality' Hits Limit
- Montana - Helena sees significant drop in energy usage, emissions
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Op/Ed - Obama Should Increase Federal Gas Tax Or Impose Carbon Tax
- Dark Fiber - Grant PUD Responds To Moses Lake Chamber
- Moses Lake - Titan Building Uses Other Dark Fiber Carriers
- Give Us More Bandwidth - Internet Use Grows at Meetings, as Do Challenges
- Martin Pulls Smut Filters from Free Wireless Internet Plan
- Universal Broadband: The Begging Begins
- When Bandwidth Is Free - Internet Bandwidth Is Essential Infrastructure
- Pole Attachment Shenanigans - Push Paperwork, Not Pipes, for Universal Broadband
- One Storm Down, Two to Go
- Congressman Hastings' New Assignment Will Benefit Mid-Columbia
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Trepid • \TREP-id\ • adjective - Timorous, fearful
As we approach the end of a tumultuous 2008, the gray and aged father time looks back on the year with a deep sigh, wondering about “what might have been”. For the New Year’s baby of 2009 there is no such trepid thought as he looks forward: his only thought, “what might be.”
Merriam-Webster Word Origins: Don't be afraid to use "trepid." After all, it has been in the English language for more than 350 years -- longer, by 30 years, than its antonym "intrepid." "Trepid" (from Latin "trepidus," meaning "alarmed" or "agitated") isn't used as much as "intrepid," but it can be a good word at times. Bill Kaufman, for example, found a use for it in a May 7, 2000 Newsday article, in which an aquarium volunteer is "asked if she is perhaps a little trepid about swimming with sharks in a 12-foot deep, 120,000 gallon tank." (Her fearless reply: "Not really.") The more intrepid among you might even consider using "trepidate" for "to tremble with fear" and "trepidant," meaning "timid" or "trembling."
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
Mason County PUD No. 3 Receives Fourth Consecutive National Financial Reporting Award (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/News/display.asp?NewsID=491
Top TVA executive gets $2 million in salary - Consultants say package is below industry average (The Tennessean, Nashville, TN)
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20081218/BUSINESS01/812180323
High Arsenic Levels Found in Water Near TVA’s Tennessee Ash Spill (Associated Press)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/29/AR2008122902511.html?wprss=rss_nation
Portland General Electric Rates Going Up (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1767975~Portland_General_Electric_rates_going_up.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Portland General Electric Announces New Chief Financial Officer (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=349002&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
California - Trapped By 300,000 Volts; Couple Lucky To Be Alive (KTVU-TV, Oakland, CA)
http://www.ktvu.com/news/18353615/detail.html
Illinois - Watching the Pot Boil: Buying Electricity Hourly Can Cut Costs (Register-Mail, Galesburg, IL)http://www.galesburg.com/news/x946494075/Buying-electricity-hourly-can-cut-costs
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sacramento fall-run Chinook Salmon meet egg collection quotas (Fish & Fly Magazine)
http://www.fishandfly.com/articles/20081230
New Hampshire - Atlantic salmon returns increase in 2008 (Hampton Union, NH)
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20081224-SPORTS-812240306
Liberating A River - A project is under way in Maine, U.S., to revive the salmon run on the Penobscot River by decommissioning two dams built across it (Frontline, India)
http://www.frontline.in/stories/20090116260109200.htm
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Californians Shape Up as Force on Environmental Policy (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/28/AR2008122801704.html?wprss=rss_business
Washington State's e-cycling law takes effect Thursday - Some fear it will discourage refurbishing (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/394077_ewaste30.html?source=rss
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Indonesia - Wind Turbines Fail to Generate Power (Jakarta Post – The utility spokesman should win an award for the effort to put a shine on this ****)
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/12/20/wind-turbines-fail-generate-power.html
Colorado - Dark Clouds over Solar Energy Economy (Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO)
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/dec/30/clouds-over-new-energy-economy/
Focus on Weatherization Is Shift on Energy Costs (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/us/30weatherize.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Will Energy Savings Jump-Start The Economy? (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/29/eco.economy/index.html?section=cnn_latest
Irish Wind Energy Company Looking At Montana (Associated Press)
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2008/12/30/state/80st_081230_irishwind.txt
Examiner.com Op/Ed - Electrical Grid Upgrades and the Implementation of Renewable Energy Sources
http://www.examiner.com/x-243-Progressive-Politics-Examiner~y2008m12d29-electrical-grid
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Green Goal of 'Carbon Neutrality' Hits Limit (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123059880241541259.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Montana - Helena sees significant drop in energy usage, emissions (The Missoulian, MT)http://missoulian.com/articles/2008/12/30/news/mtregional/znews09.txt
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Op/Ed - Obama Should Increase Federal Gas Tax Or Impose Carbon Tax
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/394007_friedmanonline30.html?source=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Dark Fiber - Grant PUD Responds To Moses Lake Chamber (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2008/12/29/news/doc4959084e5ae6f619270617.txt
Moses Lake - Titan Building Uses Other Dark Fiber Carriers (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2008/12/29/news/doc4959079ecc317900085197.txt
Give Us More Bandwidth - Internet Use Grows at Meetings, as Do Challenges (Blue Ridge Times-News, Hendersonville, NC)
http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20081230/znyt05/812303014&tc=yahoo
Martin Pulls Smut Filters from Free Wireless Internet Plan - May have FCC vote again in January (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Martin-Pulls-Smut-Filters-From-Wireless-Plan-99917
Universal Broadband: The Begging Begins (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/12/30/universal-broadband-the-begging-begins/
When Bandwidth Is Free - Internet Bandwidth Is Essential Infrastructure (ZDnet.com, via Baller/Herbst)
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=3226
Push Paperwork, Not Pipes, for Universal Broadband - Lowering the cost and making prices uniform for attaching equipment and stringing cables from utility poles would increase broadband deployments (GigaOM, via Baller/Herbst)http://gigaom.com/2008/12/26/push-paperwork-not-pipes-for-universal-broadband/
GENERAL NEWS
One Storm Down, Two to Go (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/36878519.html
Tri-City Herald Editorial - Hastings' New Assignment Will Benefit Mid-Columbia
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/962/story/429558.html
DIVERSIONS
Oops! Pay Stub Used As Bank Robbery Note
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28427847/?gt1=43001
Happy Ascension Day - Federal Way Officials Approve Copter Pad For Mega-Church
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/394145_churchhelicopter31.html?source=rss
Portland Car Wash Attendant Hoses Down Would-Be Robber
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/36878034.html
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)
- Mason County PUD No. 3 Receives Fourth Consecutive National Financial Reporting Award
- Top TVA executive gets $2 million in salary
- High Arsenic Levels Found in Water Near TVA’s Tennessee Ash Spill
- Portland General Electric Rates Going Up
- Portland General Electric Announces New Chief Financial Officer
- California - Trapped By 300,000 Volts; Couple Lucky To Be Alive
- Illinois - Watching the Pot Boil: Buying Electricity Hourly Can Cut Costs
- Sacramento fall-run Chinook Salmon meet egg collection quotas
- New Hampshire - Atlantic salmon returns increase in 2008
- Liberating A River - A project is under way in Maine, U.S., to revive the salmon run on the Penobscot River
- Californians Shape Up as Force on Environmental Policy
- Washington State's e-cycling law takes effect Thursday
- Indonesia - Wind Turbines Fail to Generate Power
- Colorado - Dark Clouds over Solar Energy Economy
- Focus on Weatherization Is Shift on Energy Costs
- Will Energy Savings Jump-Start The Economy?
- Irish Wind Energy Company Looking At Montana
- Examiner.com Op/Ed - Electrical Grid Upgrades and the Implementation of Renewable Energy Sources
- Green Goal of 'Carbon Neutrality' Hits Limit
- Montana - Helena sees significant drop in energy usage, emissions
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Op/Ed - Obama Should Increase Federal Gas Tax Or Impose Carbon Tax
- Dark Fiber - Grant PUD Responds To Moses Lake Chamber
- Moses Lake - Titan Building Uses Other Dark Fiber Carriers
- Give Us More Bandwidth - Internet Use Grows at Meetings, as Do Challenges
- Martin Pulls Smut Filters from Free Wireless Internet Plan
- Universal Broadband: The Begging Begins
- When Bandwidth Is Free - Internet Bandwidth Is Essential Infrastructure
- Pole Attachment Shenanigans - Push Paperwork, Not Pipes, for Universal Broadband
- One Storm Down, Two to Go
- Congressman Hastings' New Assignment Will Benefit Mid-Columbia
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Trepid • \TREP-id\ • adjective - Timorous, fearful
As we approach the end of a tumultuous 2008, the gray and aged father time looks back on the year with a deep sigh, wondering about “what might have been”. For the New Year’s baby of 2009 there is no such trepid thought as he looks forward: his only thought, “what might be.”
Merriam-Webster Word Origins: Don't be afraid to use "trepid." After all, it has been in the English language for more than 350 years -- longer, by 30 years, than its antonym "intrepid." "Trepid" (from Latin "trepidus," meaning "alarmed" or "agitated") isn't used as much as "intrepid," but it can be a good word at times. Bill Kaufman, for example, found a use for it in a May 7, 2000 Newsday article, in which an aquarium volunteer is "asked if she is perhaps a little trepid about swimming with sharks in a 12-foot deep, 120,000 gallon tank." (Her fearless reply: "Not really.") The more intrepid among you might even consider using "trepidate" for "to tremble with fear" and "trepidant," meaning "timid" or "trembling."
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
Mason County PUD No. 3 Receives Fourth Consecutive National Financial Reporting Award (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/News/display.asp?NewsID=491
Top TVA executive gets $2 million in salary - Consultants say package is below industry average (The Tennessean, Nashville, TN)
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20081218/BUSINESS01/812180323
High Arsenic Levels Found in Water Near TVA’s Tennessee Ash Spill (Associated Press)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/29/AR2008122902511.html?wprss=rss_nation
Portland General Electric Rates Going Up (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1767975~Portland_General_Electric_rates_going_up.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Portland General Electric Announces New Chief Financial Officer (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=349002&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
California - Trapped By 300,000 Volts; Couple Lucky To Be Alive (KTVU-TV, Oakland, CA)
http://www.ktvu.com/news/18353615/detail.html
Illinois - Watching the Pot Boil: Buying Electricity Hourly Can Cut Costs (Register-Mail, Galesburg, IL)http://www.galesburg.com/news/x946494075/Buying-electricity-hourly-can-cut-costs
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sacramento fall-run Chinook Salmon meet egg collection quotas (Fish & Fly Magazine)
http://www.fishandfly.com/articles/20081230
New Hampshire - Atlantic salmon returns increase in 2008 (Hampton Union, NH)
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20081224-SPORTS-812240306
Liberating A River - A project is under way in Maine, U.S., to revive the salmon run on the Penobscot River by decommissioning two dams built across it (Frontline, India)
http://www.frontline.in/stories/20090116260109200.htm
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Californians Shape Up as Force on Environmental Policy (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/28/AR2008122801704.html?wprss=rss_business
Washington State's e-cycling law takes effect Thursday - Some fear it will discourage refurbishing (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/394077_ewaste30.html?source=rss
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Indonesia - Wind Turbines Fail to Generate Power (Jakarta Post – The utility spokesman should win an award for the effort to put a shine on this ****)
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/12/20/wind-turbines-fail-generate-power.html
Colorado - Dark Clouds over Solar Energy Economy (Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO)
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/dec/30/clouds-over-new-energy-economy/
Focus on Weatherization Is Shift on Energy Costs (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/us/30weatherize.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Will Energy Savings Jump-Start The Economy? (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/29/eco.economy/index.html?section=cnn_latest
Irish Wind Energy Company Looking At Montana (Associated Press)
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2008/12/30/state/80st_081230_irishwind.txt
Examiner.com Op/Ed - Electrical Grid Upgrades and the Implementation of Renewable Energy Sources
http://www.examiner.com/x-243-Progressive-Politics-Examiner~y2008m12d29-electrical-grid
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Green Goal of 'Carbon Neutrality' Hits Limit (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123059880241541259.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Montana - Helena sees significant drop in energy usage, emissions (The Missoulian, MT)http://missoulian.com/articles/2008/12/30/news/mtregional/znews09.txt
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Op/Ed - Obama Should Increase Federal Gas Tax Or Impose Carbon Tax
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/394007_friedmanonline30.html?source=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Dark Fiber - Grant PUD Responds To Moses Lake Chamber (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2008/12/29/news/doc4959084e5ae6f619270617.txt
Moses Lake - Titan Building Uses Other Dark Fiber Carriers (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2008/12/29/news/doc4959079ecc317900085197.txt
Give Us More Bandwidth - Internet Use Grows at Meetings, as Do Challenges (Blue Ridge Times-News, Hendersonville, NC)
http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20081230/znyt05/812303014&tc=yahoo
Martin Pulls Smut Filters from Free Wireless Internet Plan - May have FCC vote again in January (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Martin-Pulls-Smut-Filters-From-Wireless-Plan-99917
Universal Broadband: The Begging Begins (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/12/30/universal-broadband-the-begging-begins/
When Bandwidth Is Free - Internet Bandwidth Is Essential Infrastructure (ZDnet.com, via Baller/Herbst)
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=3226
Push Paperwork, Not Pipes, for Universal Broadband - Lowering the cost and making prices uniform for attaching equipment and stringing cables from utility poles would increase broadband deployments (GigaOM, via Baller/Herbst)http://gigaom.com/2008/12/26/push-paperwork-not-pipes-for-universal-broadband/
GENERAL NEWS
One Storm Down, Two to Go (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/36878519.html
Tri-City Herald Editorial - Hastings' New Assignment Will Benefit Mid-Columbia
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/962/story/429558.html
DIVERSIONS
Oops! Pay Stub Used As Bank Robbery Note
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28427847/?gt1=43001
Happy Ascension Day - Federal Way Officials Approve Copter Pad For Mega-Church
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/394145_churchhelicopter31.html?source=rss
Portland Car Wash Attendant Hoses Down Would-Be Robber
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/36878034.html
Monday, December 29, 2008
Energy News Digest for December 29, 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)
- Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Plant Shuts Down Lays Off 200
- Grant County PUD Adopts 2009 Budget
- Olympian Editorial - Upgrade to Power Grid Wise Investment
- Idaho Statesman Op/Ed - Dam critics press transition team to replace BPA's administrator
- Washington Post Editorial – Virginia’s Electrical Gridlock
- Texas - Smaller Power Retailers Uneasy: companies fear being driven out of the market by new financial requirements
- Burning Coal at Home Is Making a Comeback (!)
- Alaska Energy Rebate Program Going Strong
- Olympian Editorial - Settlement for battle over Cushman dams expected soon
- Tennessee Valley Authority’s Coal Ash Flood Larger than Initial Estimate
- Portland General Electric confronts dirty dilemma at Boardman Generating Station
- End of Hanford Plutonium Shipments in Sight
- Bad Harvest, Low Demand Threaten Pacific Fishermen
- Pacific Fishing Group Seeks Part of Stimulus Aid
- Mason County Gets Salmon Grants
- Cowlitz Smelt Season Opens, but Smelt Don’t Cooperate
- White House Reconsiders Decision On Bull Trout
- Owls On Peninsula Under Pressure
- Governor Wants To Boost Spending On Puget Sound
- Washington Post Op/Ed - Broken Promises on the Chesapeake Bay
- Washington State finds 30 dangerous illegal dams
- From Columbia River To Aquifer To Umatilla Basin's Fields
- Seattle Times Editorial - Water-storage help for the Yakima River Basin
- Tri-City Herald Editorial - Time to Consider Updating Antiquated Irrigation Laws
- S.F. Chronicle Editorial - Is There A Right To Water?
- Well, Duh - Solar Meets Polar as Winter Curbs Clean Energy
- Hydrogen Proponent Touts Montana's Alternative Energy Bounty
- Idaho energy office disbands wind think-tank
- Wind Farms Could Bring Wyoming Ranchers Windfall
- Port Of Bremerton Still Trying To Make Sustainable Energy And Economic Development Project ‘Pencil' Out
- Getting Renewable Power to the People
- Biomass Push Can Help Georgia
- Bye, Bye Biomass - Firewood Sales Drop Dramatically As Spare the Air Law Takes Hold
- Greeley Tribune Op/Ed, Colorado - Environmentalists Not To Blame for Energy Woes
- Alaska - Borough Rejects Pitches for Waste-Fed Power
- Obscure New York Fee Pays for State’s Efficient-Energy Projects
- Lower Fuel and Home Prices Stall Green Building
- No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in ‘Passive Houses’
- Faster Climate Change Feared
- Uproar in Australia over Plan to Block Web Sites
- Australian Net Filtering Plan Delayed - Government misses their own deadline
- SW Idaho proposed site for high-tech corridor
- Hewlett Packard Pushes Forward in Data Warehousing Project
- Broadband Stimulus Plan Creates Lobbyist Feeding Frenzy
- Minneapolis Wi-Fi Network Stuck At 82% Complete
- What Carriers Aren’t Eager to Tell You about Texting
- More and More Baby Boomers Embrace Technology
- State Representative Steve Hailey Dies
- Like A Lead Balloon - Recyclers Cope With Falling Scrap Metal Prices
- Seattle Time Editorial - Northwestern Influence With Obama Comes From Congress
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Scapegrace • \SKAYP-grayss\ • noun - An incorrigible rascal
It seemed that whenever something went wrong at the factory, Freddy Brace could always be found at the bottom of it all. It wasn’t that he was the company scapegrace, purposely causing problems. It was more like he was a perpetual screw up, whose very presence on the factory floor acted as the Midas touch in reverse. His one bit of luck was the opportune photos he took at a long-ago Christmas party, which prominently featured the CEO in a “compromising” position.
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
Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Plant Shuts Down Lays Off 200 (Billings Gazette, MT)
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/12/25/news/state/50-planlayoffs.txt
Grant County PUD Adopts 2009 Budget (Columbia Basin Herald)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2008/12/25/news/doc495262cb59102159353538.txt
Olympian Editorial - Upgrade to Power Grid Wise Investment
http://www.theolympian.com/207/story/706807.html
Idaho Statesman Op/Ed - Dam critics press transition team to replace BPA's administrator
http://www.idahostatesman.com/102/story/616455.html
Washington Post Editorial – Virginia’s Electrical Gridlock: Steps to Avert the Looming Power Crisis
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/25/AR2008122500662.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
Texas - Smaller Power Retailers Uneasy: companies fear being driven out of the market by new financial requirements under consideration by the Public Utility Commission (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6183138.html
Burning Coal at Home Is Making a Comeback (Non-Point Coal Emissions, Just Like Natural Gas Conversion? NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/27/business/27coal.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Alaska Energy Rebate Program Going Strong - State provided dollars at the right moment (Anchorage News Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/dec/27/energy-rebate-program-going-strong/?opinion
Olympian Editorial - Settlement for battle over dams expected soon: A bitter and protracted battle over two hydroelectric dams on the North Fork of the Skokomish River could be drawing to a close
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/708783.html
Tennessee Valley Authority’s Coal Ash Flood Larger Than Initial Estimate (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/27/us/27sludge.html?bl&ex=1230613200&en=dca39d677a5bac74&ei=5087%0A
Portland General Electric confronts dirty dilemma at Boardman Generating Station (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/pge_confronts_dirty_dilemma_at.html
End of Hanford Plutonium Shipments in Sight (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/428591.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Bad Harvest, Low Demand Threaten Pacific Fishermen (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1765495~Bad_harvest__low_demand_threaten_Pacific_fishermen.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Pacific Fishing Group Seeks Part of Stimulus Aid (KIRO Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=119255
Mason County Gets Salmon Grants (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/5937/reftab/1632/t/MASON-COUNTY-GETS-SALMON-GRANTS/Default.aspx
Cowlitz Smelt Season Opens, but Smelt Don’t Cooperate (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1230379327&archive=
White House Reconsiders Decision On Bull Trout - Administration is reconsidering its defense of endangered species decisions, following a report that showed political (The Missoulian)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/12/26/news/local/znews04.txt
Owls On Peninsula Under Pressure - The northern spotted owl is being driven off its territory by a larger, more aggressive cousin, say wildlife biologists (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081229/news/312299995
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Governor Wants To Boost Spending On Puget Sound - Despite the dour economy and state government's budget woes, Gov. Christine Gregoire wants to boost spending on Puget Sound, her signature environmental issue (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008560777_pugetsoundbudget26m.html?syndication=rss
Washington Post Op/Ed - Broken Promises on the Bay: Chesapeake Progress Reports Painted 'Too Rosy a Picture' As Pollution Reduction Deadlines Passed Unmet (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/26/AR2008122601712.html?nav=igoogle
Washington State finds 30 dangerous illegal dams (KIRO Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=118838
From Columbia River To Aquifer To Umatilla Basin's Fields (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/12/_water_allowed_the_umatilla.html
Seattle Times Editorial - Water-storage help for the Yakima River Basin
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008561231_edit26rock.html?syndication=rss
Tri-City Herald Editorial - Time to Consider Updating Antiquated Irrigation Laws
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/962/story/427891.html
S.F. Chronicle Editorial - Is There A Right To Water?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/26/ED9O14Q5EC.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Well, Duh - Solar Meets Polar as Winter Curbs Clean Energy “…wind turbine blades ice up, biodiesel congeals in tanks and solar panels produce less power because there is not as much sun…” (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/26/business/26winter.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Hydrogen Proponent Touts Montana's Alternative Energy Bounty (The Missoulian)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/12/26/news/mtregional/news09.txt
Idaho energy office disbands wind think-tank (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1761040~Idaho_energy_office_disbands_wind_think_tank.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Wind Farms Could Bring Wyoming Ranchers Windfall (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98741271&ft=1&f=2
Port Of Bremerton Still Trying To Make Sustainable Energy And Economic Development Project ‘Pencil' Out (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/dec/27/port-still-trying-to-make-seed-145pencil/?partner=RSS
Getting Renewable Power to the People (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/27/MN5C14VFGS.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Biomass Push Can Help Georgia (Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA)
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2008/12/26/amesed.html
Bye, Bye Biomass - Firewood Sales Drop Dramatically As Spare the Air Law Takes Hold (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11310489?source=rss
Greeley Tribune Op/Ed, Colorado - Environmentalists Not To Blame For Energy Woes
http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20081228/READERS/812279971/-1/rss04
Alaska - Borough Rejects Pitches for Waste-Fed Power (Anchorage News Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/dec/26/borough-rejects-pitches-waste-fed-power/
Obscure New York Fee Pays for State’s Efficient-Energy Projects (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/29/nyregion/29sbc.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Lower Fuel and Home Prices Stall Green Building (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/12/26/financial/f140713S65.DTL&feed=rss.business
No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in ‘Passive Houses’ (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/27/world/europe/27house.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Faster Climate Change Feared - New Report Points to Accelerated Melting, Longer Drought (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/24/AR2008122402174.html?wprss=rss_nation
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Uproar in Australia over Plan to Block Web Sites (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2008/12/26/technology/AP-TEC-Australia-Internet-Filter.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Australian Net Filtering Plan Delayed - Government misses their own deadline on project (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Australian-Net-Filtering-Plan-Delayed-99884
SW Idaho proposed site for high-tech corridor (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008567285_apidtechnologycorridor1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Hewlett Packard Pushes Forward in Data Warehousing Project (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/29/technology/29hewlett.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Broadband Stimulus Plan Creates Lobbyist Feeding Frenzy - As debate continues on how exactly the money should be spent (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Broadband-Stimulus-Plan-Creates-Lobbyist-Feeding-Frenzy-99863
Minneapolis Wi-Fi Network Stuck At 82% Complete - Run in with Minny Parks & Recreation board stalls project (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Minneapolis-WiFi-Network-Stuck-At-82-Complete-99864
What Carriers Aren’t Eager to Tell You about Texting (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/business/28digi.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
More and More Baby Boomers Embrace Technology (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/technology/2008/December/More-and-More-Baby-Boomers-Embrace-Technology.html
GENERAL NEWS
State Representative Steve Hailey Dies (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/428591.html
Like A Lead Balloon - Recyclers Cope With Falling Scrap Metal Prices (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/578855.html
Seattle Time Editorial - Northwestern Influence With Obama Comes From Congress
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008562580_edit27cabinet.html
DIVERSIONS
Calif. family finds $10,000 in box of crackers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081227/ap_on_fe_st/odd_cracker_box_money;_ylt=Ahbisdy1kF.nNgwkervnM8_tiBIF
Jumbo snow globes + sunlight = FIRE!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081223/od_nm/us_recall_odd;_ylt=Auqk6fLR0xEJ3kYied1.29btiBIF
Stephen Colbert's Eagle 'Son' Spotted In Oregon
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_122808ANB_colbert_eagle_SW.16d203a2.html
Thieves size up holiday trash for high-end loot
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/36812199.html
Man spends days unnoticed in Pa. family's attic
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081228/ap_on_fe_st/odd_attic_intruder;_ylt=AvFLnPkvkEBUN8WjKc5i0rDtiBIF
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Plant Shuts Down Lays Off 200
- Grant County PUD Adopts 2009 Budget
- Olympian Editorial - Upgrade to Power Grid Wise Investment
- Idaho Statesman Op/Ed - Dam critics press transition team to replace BPA's administrator
- Washington Post Editorial – Virginia’s Electrical Gridlock
- Texas - Smaller Power Retailers Uneasy: companies fear being driven out of the market by new financial requirements
- Burning Coal at Home Is Making a Comeback (!)
- Alaska Energy Rebate Program Going Strong
- Olympian Editorial - Settlement for battle over Cushman dams expected soon
- Tennessee Valley Authority’s Coal Ash Flood Larger than Initial Estimate
- Portland General Electric confronts dirty dilemma at Boardman Generating Station
- End of Hanford Plutonium Shipments in Sight
- Bad Harvest, Low Demand Threaten Pacific Fishermen
- Pacific Fishing Group Seeks Part of Stimulus Aid
- Mason County Gets Salmon Grants
- Cowlitz Smelt Season Opens, but Smelt Don’t Cooperate
- White House Reconsiders Decision On Bull Trout
- Owls On Peninsula Under Pressure
- Governor Wants To Boost Spending On Puget Sound
- Washington Post Op/Ed - Broken Promises on the Chesapeake Bay
- Washington State finds 30 dangerous illegal dams
- From Columbia River To Aquifer To Umatilla Basin's Fields
- Seattle Times Editorial - Water-storage help for the Yakima River Basin
- Tri-City Herald Editorial - Time to Consider Updating Antiquated Irrigation Laws
- S.F. Chronicle Editorial - Is There A Right To Water?
- Well, Duh - Solar Meets Polar as Winter Curbs Clean Energy
- Hydrogen Proponent Touts Montana's Alternative Energy Bounty
- Idaho energy office disbands wind think-tank
- Wind Farms Could Bring Wyoming Ranchers Windfall
- Port Of Bremerton Still Trying To Make Sustainable Energy And Economic Development Project ‘Pencil' Out
- Getting Renewable Power to the People
- Biomass Push Can Help Georgia
- Bye, Bye Biomass - Firewood Sales Drop Dramatically As Spare the Air Law Takes Hold
- Greeley Tribune Op/Ed, Colorado - Environmentalists Not To Blame for Energy Woes
- Alaska - Borough Rejects Pitches for Waste-Fed Power
- Obscure New York Fee Pays for State’s Efficient-Energy Projects
- Lower Fuel and Home Prices Stall Green Building
- No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in ‘Passive Houses’
- Faster Climate Change Feared
- Uproar in Australia over Plan to Block Web Sites
- Australian Net Filtering Plan Delayed - Government misses their own deadline
- SW Idaho proposed site for high-tech corridor
- Hewlett Packard Pushes Forward in Data Warehousing Project
- Broadband Stimulus Plan Creates Lobbyist Feeding Frenzy
- Minneapolis Wi-Fi Network Stuck At 82% Complete
- What Carriers Aren’t Eager to Tell You about Texting
- More and More Baby Boomers Embrace Technology
- State Representative Steve Hailey Dies
- Like A Lead Balloon - Recyclers Cope With Falling Scrap Metal Prices
- Seattle Time Editorial - Northwestern Influence With Obama Comes From Congress
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Scapegrace • \SKAYP-grayss\ • noun - An incorrigible rascal
It seemed that whenever something went wrong at the factory, Freddy Brace could always be found at the bottom of it all. It wasn’t that he was the company scapegrace, purposely causing problems. It was more like he was a perpetual screw up, whose very presence on the factory floor acted as the Midas touch in reverse. His one bit of luck was the opportune photos he took at a long-ago Christmas party, which prominently featured the CEO in a “compromising” position.
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
Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Plant Shuts Down Lays Off 200 (Billings Gazette, MT)
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/12/25/news/state/50-planlayoffs.txt
Grant County PUD Adopts 2009 Budget (Columbia Basin Herald)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2008/12/25/news/doc495262cb59102159353538.txt
Olympian Editorial - Upgrade to Power Grid Wise Investment
http://www.theolympian.com/207/story/706807.html
Idaho Statesman Op/Ed - Dam critics press transition team to replace BPA's administrator
http://www.idahostatesman.com/102/story/616455.html
Washington Post Editorial – Virginia’s Electrical Gridlock: Steps to Avert the Looming Power Crisis
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/25/AR2008122500662.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
Texas - Smaller Power Retailers Uneasy: companies fear being driven out of the market by new financial requirements under consideration by the Public Utility Commission (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6183138.html
Burning Coal at Home Is Making a Comeback (Non-Point Coal Emissions, Just Like Natural Gas Conversion? NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/27/business/27coal.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Alaska Energy Rebate Program Going Strong - State provided dollars at the right moment (Anchorage News Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/dec/27/energy-rebate-program-going-strong/?opinion
Olympian Editorial - Settlement for battle over dams expected soon: A bitter and protracted battle over two hydroelectric dams on the North Fork of the Skokomish River could be drawing to a close
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/708783.html
Tennessee Valley Authority’s Coal Ash Flood Larger Than Initial Estimate (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/27/us/27sludge.html?bl&ex=1230613200&en=dca39d677a5bac74&ei=5087%0A
Portland General Electric confronts dirty dilemma at Boardman Generating Station (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/pge_confronts_dirty_dilemma_at.html
End of Hanford Plutonium Shipments in Sight (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/428591.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Bad Harvest, Low Demand Threaten Pacific Fishermen (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1765495~Bad_harvest__low_demand_threaten_Pacific_fishermen.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Pacific Fishing Group Seeks Part of Stimulus Aid (KIRO Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=119255
Mason County Gets Salmon Grants (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/5937/reftab/1632/t/MASON-COUNTY-GETS-SALMON-GRANTS/Default.aspx
Cowlitz Smelt Season Opens, but Smelt Don’t Cooperate (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1230379327&archive=
White House Reconsiders Decision On Bull Trout - Administration is reconsidering its defense of endangered species decisions, following a report that showed political (The Missoulian)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/12/26/news/local/znews04.txt
Owls On Peninsula Under Pressure - The northern spotted owl is being driven off its territory by a larger, more aggressive cousin, say wildlife biologists (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081229/news/312299995
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Governor Wants To Boost Spending On Puget Sound - Despite the dour economy and state government's budget woes, Gov. Christine Gregoire wants to boost spending on Puget Sound, her signature environmental issue (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008560777_pugetsoundbudget26m.html?syndication=rss
Washington Post Op/Ed - Broken Promises on the Bay: Chesapeake Progress Reports Painted 'Too Rosy a Picture' As Pollution Reduction Deadlines Passed Unmet (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/26/AR2008122601712.html?nav=igoogle
Washington State finds 30 dangerous illegal dams (KIRO Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=118838
From Columbia River To Aquifer To Umatilla Basin's Fields (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/12/_water_allowed_the_umatilla.html
Seattle Times Editorial - Water-storage help for the Yakima River Basin
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008561231_edit26rock.html?syndication=rss
Tri-City Herald Editorial - Time to Consider Updating Antiquated Irrigation Laws
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/962/story/427891.html
S.F. Chronicle Editorial - Is There A Right To Water?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/26/ED9O14Q5EC.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Well, Duh - Solar Meets Polar as Winter Curbs Clean Energy “…wind turbine blades ice up, biodiesel congeals in tanks and solar panels produce less power because there is not as much sun…” (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/26/business/26winter.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Hydrogen Proponent Touts Montana's Alternative Energy Bounty (The Missoulian)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/12/26/news/mtregional/news09.txt
Idaho energy office disbands wind think-tank (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1761040~Idaho_energy_office_disbands_wind_think_tank.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Wind Farms Could Bring Wyoming Ranchers Windfall (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98741271&ft=1&f=2
Port Of Bremerton Still Trying To Make Sustainable Energy And Economic Development Project ‘Pencil' Out (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/dec/27/port-still-trying-to-make-seed-145pencil/?partner=RSS
Getting Renewable Power to the People (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/27/MN5C14VFGS.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Biomass Push Can Help Georgia (Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA)
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2008/12/26/amesed.html
Bye, Bye Biomass - Firewood Sales Drop Dramatically As Spare the Air Law Takes Hold (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11310489?source=rss
Greeley Tribune Op/Ed, Colorado - Environmentalists Not To Blame For Energy Woes
http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20081228/READERS/812279971/-1/rss04
Alaska - Borough Rejects Pitches for Waste-Fed Power (Anchorage News Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/dec/26/borough-rejects-pitches-waste-fed-power/
Obscure New York Fee Pays for State’s Efficient-Energy Projects (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/29/nyregion/29sbc.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Lower Fuel and Home Prices Stall Green Building (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/12/26/financial/f140713S65.DTL&feed=rss.business
No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in ‘Passive Houses’ (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/27/world/europe/27house.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Faster Climate Change Feared - New Report Points to Accelerated Melting, Longer Drought (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/24/AR2008122402174.html?wprss=rss_nation
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Uproar in Australia over Plan to Block Web Sites (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2008/12/26/technology/AP-TEC-Australia-Internet-Filter.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Australian Net Filtering Plan Delayed - Government misses their own deadline on project (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Australian-Net-Filtering-Plan-Delayed-99884
SW Idaho proposed site for high-tech corridor (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008567285_apidtechnologycorridor1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Hewlett Packard Pushes Forward in Data Warehousing Project (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/29/technology/29hewlett.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Broadband Stimulus Plan Creates Lobbyist Feeding Frenzy - As debate continues on how exactly the money should be spent (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Broadband-Stimulus-Plan-Creates-Lobbyist-Feeding-Frenzy-99863
Minneapolis Wi-Fi Network Stuck At 82% Complete - Run in with Minny Parks & Recreation board stalls project (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Minneapolis-WiFi-Network-Stuck-At-82-Complete-99864
What Carriers Aren’t Eager to Tell You about Texting (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/business/28digi.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
More and More Baby Boomers Embrace Technology (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/technology/2008/December/More-and-More-Baby-Boomers-Embrace-Technology.html
GENERAL NEWS
State Representative Steve Hailey Dies (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/428591.html
Like A Lead Balloon - Recyclers Cope With Falling Scrap Metal Prices (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/578855.html
Seattle Time Editorial - Northwestern Influence With Obama Comes From Congress
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008562580_edit27cabinet.html
DIVERSIONS
Calif. family finds $10,000 in box of crackers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081227/ap_on_fe_st/odd_cracker_box_money;_ylt=Ahbisdy1kF.nNgwkervnM8_tiBIF
Jumbo snow globes + sunlight = FIRE!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081223/od_nm/us_recall_odd;_ylt=Auqk6fLR0xEJ3kYied1.29btiBIF
Stephen Colbert's Eagle 'Son' Spotted In Oregon
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_122808ANB_colbert_eagle_SW.16d203a2.html
Thieves size up holiday trash for high-end loot
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/36812199.html
Man spends days unnoticed in Pa. family's attic
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081228/ap_on_fe_st/odd_attic_intruder;_ylt=AvFLnPkvkEBUN8WjKc5i0rDtiBIF
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