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)
- Portland General Electric Reports Lower Earnings
- Senate Leader Outlines 3 Steps to Meeting Obama's Energy Goals
- Sources: Obama Cuts Funds for Nev. Nuclear Dump
- Obama's Energy Boost
- West Coast Salmon Numbers Up, Fishing Prospects Dim
- Forecast Predicts another Dire Year for Ocean Salmon Fishing
- South Sound Anglers Will See Big Pink Run
- Groups Welcome Rule to Protect Threatened Orcas
- Suit Threatened Over Levee Trees
- Mr. Whipple Left It Out: Soft Is Rough on Forests
- Mason County Requesting Funds for Solar Street Lights
- Company Moves Forward With Grays Harbor Offshore Energy Project
- 23 Governors Push Renewable Electricity Standard
- Wind Energy Still Slow In California
- Energy Pulse Commentary - Stimulating Wind May Take Some Time
- Solar-Car Evangelist's Journey Detours through Palo Alto
- Preparing for a Flood of Energy Efficiency Spending
- Bogus Trend Story of the Week - "Climate Fears Are Driving 'Ecomigration' Across Globe."
- How the Carbon Casino Pits Ecologist against Ecologist
- Broadband Expansion Is Popular in Stimulus Plans
- DirecTV, DISH Ask U.S. Lawmakers for Rural Incentives
- Yahoo Not Opposed To Deal with Microsoft
- FCC Fines Small Telecom Firms on Customer Information Safety Rules
- The Dark Lord of Broadband Tries to Fix Comcast's Image
- Obama Chooses Locke to Run Commerce Department
- In His Third Attempt, Obama Nominates Gary Locke for Commerce Secretary
- Obama Cabinet Strengthened By Northwest Talent
- Washington Legislature Nears Halfway Mark
- Unemployment Over 13 Pct in Three WA Counties:
- Tracking those highway stimulus dollars online
WORD OF THE DAY
Ablution • \uh-BLOO-shun\ • noun - 1a: the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) b: the act or action of bathing 2: (plural) British: a building housing bathing and toilet facilities on a military base.
As he aged, Ambrose’ daily ablutions became increasingly complex. Washcloth for his neck, brush for his back, pressure washing for his feet, special soap for his back, a different soap for his front, another for his hands, and another for his face and hair. Every morning his puzzled coworkers would sniff the odd assortment of soap fragrances and stand in wild wonder; trying to figure out if he had experienced an unfortunate accident in the local “Bodyworks” store.
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
Portland General Electric Reports Lower Earnings (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/02/23/daily27.html?ana=from_rss
Senate Leader Outlines 3 Steps to Meeting Obama's Energy Goals (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/02/25/25greenwire-reid-outlines-3-steps-to-meeting-obamas-energy--9864.html
Sources: Obama Cuts Funds for Nev. Nuclear Dump (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008786982_apobamayuccamountain.html?syndication=rss
Obama's Energy Boost (MSNBC)
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/02/25/1808536.aspx
FISH & WILDLIFE
West Coast Salmon Numbers Up, Fishing Prospects Dim (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/40326027.html
Forecast Predicts another Dire Year for Ocean Salmon Fishing (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/forecast_is_for_another_dire_y.html
South Sound Anglers Will See Big Pink Run (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/638868.html
Groups Welcome Rule to Protect Threatened Orcas (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008786665_apcanadakillerwhaleprotection.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Suit Threatened Over Levee Trees (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008787794_weblevees26.html?syndication=rss
Mr. Whipple Left It Out: Soft Is Rough on Forests (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/science/earth/26charmin.html?_r=1
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Mason County Requesting Funds for Solar Street Lights (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6486/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-REQUESTING-FUNDS-FOR-SOLAR-STREET-LIGHTS/Default.aspx
Company Moves Forward With Grays Harbor Offshore Energy Project (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/02/25/local_news/02news.txt
23 Governors Push Renewable Electricity Standard (Red Green and Blue)
http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/02/24/23-governors-push-renewable-electricity-standard/
Wind Energy Still Slow In California (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11784557?nclick_check=1
Energy Pulse Commentary - Stimulating Wind May Take Some Time
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1959
Solar-Car Evangelist's Journey Detours through Palo Alto (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11784673
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Preparing for a Flood of Energy Efficiency Spending (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/business/energy-environment/26efficiency.html?_r=1
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Bogus Trend Story of the Week - "Climate Fears Are Driving 'Ecomigration' Across Globe." (Slate magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2212229/?from=rss
How the Carbon Casino Pits Ecologist against Ecologist (The Tyee Online)
http://thetyee.ca/News/2009/02/25/Eco-V-Eco/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Broadband Expansion Is Popular in Stimulus Plans (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/business/worldbusiness/26broadband.html
DirecTV, DISH Ask U.S. Lawmakers for Rural Incentives (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE51N5YE20090224?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
Yahoo Not Opposed To Deal with Microsoft (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11785752
FCC Fines Small Telecom Firms on Customer Information Safety Rules (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11782076
The Dark Lord of Broadband Tries to Fix Comcast's Image (Wired Magazine)
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-02/mf_brianroberts?currentPage=all
GENERAL NEWS
Obama Chooses Locke to Run Commerce Department (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008784642_apobamacommerce5thldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
In His Third Attempt, Obama Nominates Gary Locke for Commerce Secretary (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/politics/2009/feb/Obama-Goes-for-Three-With-Locke-at-Commerce.html
Seattle Times Staff Columnist - Obama Cabinet Strengthened By Northwest Talent
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008786620_opina26joni.html?syndication=rss
Washington Legislature Nears Halfway Mark (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008784237_apwaxgroutlook.html?syndication=rss
Unemployment Over 13 Pct in Three WA Counties: Cowlitz, Grays Harbor and Lewis (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_022509WAB-lewis-county-unemployment-TP.309ba90.html?npc
Tracking those highway stimulus dollars online (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090225/BLOG13/902259977/0/NEWS03
DIVERSIONS
Man Blames Seattle Construction for Sewage Geyser
http://www.examiner.com/a-1870554~Man_blames_Seattle_construction_for_sewage_geyser.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Police Say Drunk Man Let 10-Year-Old Drive
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18792216/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Eric Clapton & Friends - White Room
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvnWuOjJDh4
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Energy News Digest for February 25, 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)
- With Mason PUD 3 Assistance - City Of Shelton to Switch Traffic Lights to L-E-D
- Ferry County PUD Won’t Give Bonneville Power Administration Rebates
- Columbian Op/Ed - Washington View: Clean Coal Can Be Mined For Energy Solutions
- US Interior Secretary Says Department Will Play Large Role in Transmission
- California Governor Proposes One-Stop Permitting for Electricity Transmission
- Stimulus Doesn’t Require Utility 'Decoupling,' Key Democrat Says
- Chicago Tribune Op/Ed - Solving Our Nation's Energy Predicament
- Oregon and Washington Plan to Resume Trapping Sea Lions
- Salmon Restoration Focus of Meetings
- Smelt Dipping Best Its Been in Years
- Port Of Portland, Audubon Society at Odds over Island
- Washington Fish and Wildlife May Cut More Than 100 Employees
- Southern Oregon Dam Awaits Removal; Questions Raised
- Canada - Aging Dam Threatens Major B.C. Fishery
- Los Angeles Times Editorial - California's Dry Future
- Olympia’s Artesian Well Will Stay Open
- Towers in Manhattan Gather Heat for Power
- Pacific Gas and Electric Announces Solar Power Initiative
- WA Governor's Plan to Cap Emissions Faces Challenges
- Economic Crisis Complicates California’s Goals on Climate
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - Create Incentive to Cut Emissions with Carbon Price
- Exaggeration a Common Pitfall of Climate Change Dialogue
- Obama Prefers Congress to EPA in Tackling Climate
- Study: Antarctic Glaciers Slipping Swiftly Seaward
- Qwest: $1 Billion Would Provide 95% DSL Coverage
- Google Pays for E-Mail Outage with 15-Day Credit
- Security of Adobe PDF Readers Compromised
- Jurassic Web
- Obama to Name Locke on Wednesday
- Washington Lawmakers Face Wednesday Bill Deadline
- Deputies Looking for Belfair Pizzeria Robber
- Washington Legislature Unveils $340M Highway Stimulus Plan
- Seattle Shut Out Of State’s Stimulus Money
- Stimulus leaves out Pierce projects
WORD OF THE DAY
Nosh • \nosh\ • verb - to eat a snack: munch
“A little nosh won’t hurt,” pondered Charles as the biology professor droned on about the natural progression of species. Just as the tasty cookie reached the student’s lips the professor thundered, “I home you brought enough for everyone MISTER Darwin!”
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
With Mason PUD 3 Assistance - City Of Shelton to Switch Traffic Lights to L-E-D (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6475/reftab/1632/t/CITY-TO-SWITCH-TRAFFIC-LIGHTS-TO-L-E-D/Default.aspx
Ferry County PUD Won’t Give Bonneville Power Administration Rebates (Omak Chronicle, WA)
http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n090224a.shtml
Columbian Op/Ed - Washington View: Clean Coal Can Be Mined For Energy Solutions
http://columbian.com/article/20090225/BIZ01/702259962/-1/BIZ
US Interior Secretary Says Department Will Play Large Role in Transmission (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/02/us-interior-secretary-says-department-will-play-large-role-in-transmission?src=rss
California Governor Proposes One-Stop Permitting for Electricity Transmission (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/02/24/24greenwire-schwarzenegger-proposes-onestop-permitting-for--9837.html
Stimulus Doesn’t Require Utility 'Decoupling,' Key Democrat Says (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/02/24/24greenwire-stimulus-does-not-require-decoupling--markey-9846.html
Chicago Tribune Op/Ed - Solving Our Nation's Energy Predicament (T. Boone Pickens)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-oped0224energyfeb24,0,1215284.story
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon and Washington Plan to Resume Trapping Sea Lions (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008780086_aporsealions.html
Salmon Restoration Focus of Meetings - Plan targets habitat in East Fork of the Lewis River (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090224/NEWS02/702249960/
Smelt Dipping Best Its Been in Years (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/637553.html
Port Of Portland, Audubon Society at Odds over Island (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/02/port_of_portland_audubon_socie.html
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife May Cut More Than 100 Employees (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18785436/detail.html
Southern Oregon Dam Awaits Removal; Questions Raised (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/southern_oregon_dam_awaits_rem.html
Canada - Aging Dam Threatens Major B.C. Fishery (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Aging+threatens+major+fishery/1325085/story.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Los Angeles Times Editorial - California's Dry Future: The state may experience a water shortage this year. Residents have no choice but to use less and pay more for it
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-brick24-2009feb24,0,3291692.story?track=rss
Olympia’s Artesian Well Will Stay Open - Thurston County PUD Agrees to Test Water Regularly (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/768968.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Towers in Manhattan Gather Heat for Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/realestate/commercial/25cogen.html?_r=1
Pacific Gas and Electric Announces Solar Power Initiative (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/24/financial/f174247S89.DTL&feed=rss.business
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
WA Governor's Plan to Cap Emissions Faces Challenges (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008782259_apwacapandtrade.html?syndication=rss
Economic Crisis Complicates California’s Goals on Climate (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/science/earth/25carbon.html?partner=rss
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Create Incentive to Cut Emissions with Carbon Price - Gov. Gregoire's proposed cap-and-trade approach to helping the state meet reduced carbon-emission targets would actually kill jobs and not make a difference for years
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008777644_opinb24myers.html?syndication=rss
Exaggeration a Common Pitfall of Climate Change Dialogue (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/science/earth/25hype.html?_r=1&partner=rss
Obama Prefers Congress to EPA in Tackling Climate (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/02/23/23climatewire-obama-prefers-congress-to-epa-when-it-comes-t-9800.html
Study: Antarctic Glaciers Slipping Swiftly Seaward (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008783734_apununwarmingantarctic.html?syndication=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Qwest: $1 Billion Would Provide 95% DSL Coverage - Carrier continues to complain about $7 billion plan “…Qwest's sudden concern…is a little disingenuous, given they have a history of spending millions of dollars to crush town and city efforts to wire themselves…” (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-1-Billion-Would-Provide-95-DSL-Coverage-101048
Google Pays for E-Mail Outage with 15-Day Credit (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11775351
Security of Adobe PDF Readers Compromised (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9899899
Jurassic Web - The Internet of 1996 is almost unrecognizable compared with what we have today (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2212108/?from=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Obama to Name Locke on Wednesday (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/40250452.html
Washington Lawmakers Face Wednesday Bill Deadline (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1868104~Washington_lawmakers_face_Wednesday_bill_deadline.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Deputies Looking for Belfair Pizzeria Robber (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/24/deputies-looking-for-belfair-pizzeria-robber/?partner=RSS
Washington Legislature Unveils $340M Highway Stimulus Plan (The Olympian, Olympia)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/768454.html
Seattle Shut Out Of State’s Stimulus Money (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008783007_stimulus25m.html?syndication=rss
Stimulus leaves out Pierce projects (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/637493.html?source=rss
DIVERSIONS
Stay Married and Save the Planet
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE51N4ST20090224?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Too Much Playstation Can Cause Painful Lumps?
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE51N4TE20090224?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Notorious Greek Prisoner Escapes by Helicopter-Again
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090223/od_nm/us_greece_escape_odd;_ylt=AlyPJjOUkqt0I_LxeXC7iA_tiBIF
SONG OF THE DAY
Smash Mouth - I’m a Believer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUyu5prWjTE&NR=1
The Monkees - I'm a Believer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfuBREMXxts
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- With Mason PUD 3 Assistance - City Of Shelton to Switch Traffic Lights to L-E-D
- Ferry County PUD Won’t Give Bonneville Power Administration Rebates
- Columbian Op/Ed - Washington View: Clean Coal Can Be Mined For Energy Solutions
- US Interior Secretary Says Department Will Play Large Role in Transmission
- California Governor Proposes One-Stop Permitting for Electricity Transmission
- Stimulus Doesn’t Require Utility 'Decoupling,' Key Democrat Says
- Chicago Tribune Op/Ed - Solving Our Nation's Energy Predicament
- Oregon and Washington Plan to Resume Trapping Sea Lions
- Salmon Restoration Focus of Meetings
- Smelt Dipping Best Its Been in Years
- Port Of Portland, Audubon Society at Odds over Island
- Washington Fish and Wildlife May Cut More Than 100 Employees
- Southern Oregon Dam Awaits Removal; Questions Raised
- Canada - Aging Dam Threatens Major B.C. Fishery
- Los Angeles Times Editorial - California's Dry Future
- Olympia’s Artesian Well Will Stay Open
- Towers in Manhattan Gather Heat for Power
- Pacific Gas and Electric Announces Solar Power Initiative
- WA Governor's Plan to Cap Emissions Faces Challenges
- Economic Crisis Complicates California’s Goals on Climate
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - Create Incentive to Cut Emissions with Carbon Price
- Exaggeration a Common Pitfall of Climate Change Dialogue
- Obama Prefers Congress to EPA in Tackling Climate
- Study: Antarctic Glaciers Slipping Swiftly Seaward
- Qwest: $1 Billion Would Provide 95% DSL Coverage
- Google Pays for E-Mail Outage with 15-Day Credit
- Security of Adobe PDF Readers Compromised
- Jurassic Web
- Obama to Name Locke on Wednesday
- Washington Lawmakers Face Wednesday Bill Deadline
- Deputies Looking for Belfair Pizzeria Robber
- Washington Legislature Unveils $340M Highway Stimulus Plan
- Seattle Shut Out Of State’s Stimulus Money
- Stimulus leaves out Pierce projects
WORD OF THE DAY
Nosh • \nosh\ • verb - to eat a snack: munch
“A little nosh won’t hurt,” pondered Charles as the biology professor droned on about the natural progression of species. Just as the tasty cookie reached the student’s lips the professor thundered, “I home you brought enough for everyone MISTER Darwin!”
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
With Mason PUD 3 Assistance - City Of Shelton to Switch Traffic Lights to L-E-D (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6475/reftab/1632/t/CITY-TO-SWITCH-TRAFFIC-LIGHTS-TO-L-E-D/Default.aspx
Ferry County PUD Won’t Give Bonneville Power Administration Rebates (Omak Chronicle, WA)
http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n090224a.shtml
Columbian Op/Ed - Washington View: Clean Coal Can Be Mined For Energy Solutions
http://columbian.com/article/20090225/BIZ01/702259962/-1/BIZ
US Interior Secretary Says Department Will Play Large Role in Transmission (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/02/us-interior-secretary-says-department-will-play-large-role-in-transmission?src=rss
California Governor Proposes One-Stop Permitting for Electricity Transmission (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/02/24/24greenwire-schwarzenegger-proposes-onestop-permitting-for--9837.html
Stimulus Doesn’t Require Utility 'Decoupling,' Key Democrat Says (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/02/24/24greenwire-stimulus-does-not-require-decoupling--markey-9846.html
Chicago Tribune Op/Ed - Solving Our Nation's Energy Predicament (T. Boone Pickens)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-oped0224energyfeb24,0,1215284.story
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon and Washington Plan to Resume Trapping Sea Lions (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008780086_aporsealions.html
Salmon Restoration Focus of Meetings - Plan targets habitat in East Fork of the Lewis River (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090224/NEWS02/702249960/
Smelt Dipping Best Its Been in Years (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/637553.html
Port Of Portland, Audubon Society at Odds over Island (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/02/port_of_portland_audubon_socie.html
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife May Cut More Than 100 Employees (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18785436/detail.html
Southern Oregon Dam Awaits Removal; Questions Raised (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/southern_oregon_dam_awaits_rem.html
Canada - Aging Dam Threatens Major B.C. Fishery (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Aging+threatens+major+fishery/1325085/story.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Los Angeles Times Editorial - California's Dry Future: The state may experience a water shortage this year. Residents have no choice but to use less and pay more for it
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-brick24-2009feb24,0,3291692.story?track=rss
Olympia’s Artesian Well Will Stay Open - Thurston County PUD Agrees to Test Water Regularly (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/768968.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Towers in Manhattan Gather Heat for Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/realestate/commercial/25cogen.html?_r=1
Pacific Gas and Electric Announces Solar Power Initiative (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/24/financial/f174247S89.DTL&feed=rss.business
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
WA Governor's Plan to Cap Emissions Faces Challenges (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008782259_apwacapandtrade.html?syndication=rss
Economic Crisis Complicates California’s Goals on Climate (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/science/earth/25carbon.html?partner=rss
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Create Incentive to Cut Emissions with Carbon Price - Gov. Gregoire's proposed cap-and-trade approach to helping the state meet reduced carbon-emission targets would actually kill jobs and not make a difference for years
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008777644_opinb24myers.html?syndication=rss
Exaggeration a Common Pitfall of Climate Change Dialogue (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/science/earth/25hype.html?_r=1&partner=rss
Obama Prefers Congress to EPA in Tackling Climate (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/02/23/23climatewire-obama-prefers-congress-to-epa-when-it-comes-t-9800.html
Study: Antarctic Glaciers Slipping Swiftly Seaward (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008783734_apununwarmingantarctic.html?syndication=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Qwest: $1 Billion Would Provide 95% DSL Coverage - Carrier continues to complain about $7 billion plan “…Qwest's sudden concern…is a little disingenuous, given they have a history of spending millions of dollars to crush town and city efforts to wire themselves…” (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-1-Billion-Would-Provide-95-DSL-Coverage-101048
Google Pays for E-Mail Outage with 15-Day Credit (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11775351
Security of Adobe PDF Readers Compromised (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9899899
Jurassic Web - The Internet of 1996 is almost unrecognizable compared with what we have today (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2212108/?from=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Obama to Name Locke on Wednesday (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/40250452.html
Washington Lawmakers Face Wednesday Bill Deadline (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1868104~Washington_lawmakers_face_Wednesday_bill_deadline.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Deputies Looking for Belfair Pizzeria Robber (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/24/deputies-looking-for-belfair-pizzeria-robber/?partner=RSS
Washington Legislature Unveils $340M Highway Stimulus Plan (The Olympian, Olympia)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/768454.html
Seattle Shut Out Of State’s Stimulus Money (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008783007_stimulus25m.html?syndication=rss
Stimulus leaves out Pierce projects (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/637493.html?source=rss
DIVERSIONS
Stay Married and Save the Planet
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE51N4ST20090224?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Too Much Playstation Can Cause Painful Lumps?
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE51N4TE20090224?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Notorious Greek Prisoner Escapes by Helicopter-Again
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090223/od_nm/us_greece_escape_odd;_ylt=AlyPJjOUkqt0I_LxeXC7iA_tiBIF
SONG OF THE DAY
Smash Mouth - I’m a Believer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUyu5prWjTE&NR=1
The Monkees - I'm a Believer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfuBREMXxts
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Energy News Digest for February 24, 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)
- Puget Sound Energy Parent Company Sale Completed
- Bonneville Inherits the Wind…And the Stimulus
- Low Snowpack Could Mean Water, Power Shortages
- Future Energy Park Could Be the Leading Industry in the Tri-Cities
- Itronix Official: 300 Jobs Cut In Spokane Area
- Maryland Customers Howl As Utility Bills Skyrocket
- U.S. Supreme Court Turns Down Utilities over Mercury Emissions
- Nuclear Deal: Senate Chose Savings, Jobs, Future
- Harry Reid: Federal Action Trumps States’ Rights on Energy
- Taylor Shellfish Company sues state in shellfish lease controversy
- EPA aims to buoy fish numbers: Rules halted in 2007 would affect power plants near water
- Project Looks to Return Tributary in Rogue River Basin to Its Original Channel
- Oregon snowpack below average, at 82 percent
- Fixing Yakima County dams
- Army Corps Cracks Down On Flunking Levees
- Oregon - Future of Incinerator Debated
- Tax Break Bill Could Lure Solar Company to Clark County
- Montana - Catching the Wind
- Converting Power Plant to Biomass Will Cost Xcel $58.1 Million
- Midwest Govs Seek To Bolster Alternative Energy
- Paved with Renewable Mandates
- Europe Considers A Tariff On Biofuels
- Connecticut - Price Shock for Wallingford Power Consumers?
- Expert: Climate Change Could Mean 'Extended World War'
- Gore Pulls Slide of Disaster Trends
- Politics in the Guise of Pure Science
- We're #1 In Broadband (Sort Of)
- Broadband: Damned Lies Edition
- Overpaid Laid-Off Microsoft Workers Get To Keep Extra Money
- Major Yahoo Reorganization Looms
- Micron To Cut Another 2,000 Jobs In Idaho
- Former Washington Gov. Gary Locke may be next commerce secretary
- GOP's Rossi, Others Say Locke Would Be Good Pick
- Bailout Frenzy Triggers Backlash
- Software Problems Delay Mason County Tax Statements
- Executive Sessions Bill in Trouble
- WSU Extension and 4-H Bracing for Budget Cuts, Possible Closure
- Washington State House Approves Ban on Campaign Lies
- State sends $1 food stamp checks to 250,000
These and links to more stories in today’s energy news digest.
WORD OF THE DAY
Onerous • \AH-nuh-rus\ • adjective - *1: involving, imposing, or constituting a burden: troublesome 2: having legal obligations that outweigh the advantages
Straining at their harnesses, the muscular draft horses tried in vain to pull the onerous weight of the beer wagon up the steep, winding road. Each of the magnificent animals cursed the day that they rejected a northeast Montana farmer’s offer of employment for that of a brewer near Glacier National Park. “Ah for a nice stroll with a grain wagon across the lightly rolling cropland near Saco,” mused old Dobbin to his harness-mate.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast And Weather Alerts
Http://Www.Wrh.Noaa.Gov/Forecast/Mapclick.Php?Textfield1=47.213805&Textfield2=-123.113412&Site=All&Smap=1&Searchresult=Shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Puget Sound Energy Parent Company Sale Completed (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/401133_pse24.html?source=rss
Bonneville Inherits the Wind…And the Stimulus (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/bonneville-inherits-the-wind-and-the-stimulus/
Low Snowpack Could Mean Water, Power Shortages (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18780258/detail.html
Future Energy Park on Hanford Site Could Be the Leading Industry in the Tri-Cities (KNDU-TV Tri Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9892966
Itronix Official: 300 Jobs Cut In Spokane Area (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1867523~Itronix_official__300_jobs_cut_in_Spokane_area.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Maryland Customers Howl As Utility Bills Skyrocket - Companies blame new rates, calendar, cold weather (The Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-te.bz.utility24feb24,0,339311.story
U.S. Supreme Court Turns Down Utilities over Mercury Emissions (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008775321_apscotusmercurypollution.html?syndication=rss
Atlanta Journal Constitution Op/Ed - Nuclear Deal: Senate Chose Savings, Jobs, Future
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2009/02/24/mooreed_0224.html
Harry Reid: Federal Action Trumps States’ Rights on Energy (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/02/23/harry-reid-federal-action-trumps-states-rights-on-energy/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Taylor Shellfish Company sues state in shellfish lease controversy (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008777566_webtaylorshellfish23.html?syndication=rss
EPA aims to buoy fish numbers: Rules halted in 2007 would affect power plants near water (The Blade, Toledo, OH)
http://dev.scoop.com/remote/article/include/75134037/53616c7465645f5fa0d48b5e5d5f3df9e5388c1e6bf1b7a09d8a90b43c7009df
Project Looks to Return Tributary in Rogue River Basin to Its Original Channel (Mail Tribune, Medford, OR)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090223/NEWS/902230305/-1/rss01
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon snowpack below average, at 82 percent (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1866441~Oregon_snowpack_below_average__at_82_percent.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Fixing Yakima County Dams - Fruit companies working to make 'high-hazard unpermitted dams' safer before reservoirs fill (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2009/02/21/fixing-the-dams
Army Corps Cracks Down On Flunking Levees (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-02-23-levees_N.htm?csp=34
Oregon - Future of Incinerator Debated: Forums will address county's contract expiration in 2014 (The Statesman Journal, Salem, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090223/GREEN/902230334/1001
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Tax Break Bill Could Lure Solar Company to Clark County (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090223/NEWS02/702239971/
Montana - Catching the Wind: Lincoln Turbine Tool Company Leads Way in Cutting-Edge Industry (The Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/02/23/news/local/znews01.txt
Converting Power Plant to Biomass Will Cost Xcel $58.1 Million (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI)
http://dev.scoop.com/remote/article/include/75240223/53616c7465645f5f8ec6d7b817e15a19e4c98ac266b25af0803b4d5f20b94a27
Midwest Govs Seek To Bolster Alternative Energy (Associated Press)
http://www.boston.com/business/healthcare/articles/2009/02/23/midwest_govs_seek_to_bolster_alternative_energy/
Paved with Renewable Mandates “…Senate majority leader Harry Reid will be pushing for the Senate to adopt a national renewable energy portfolio within the next two weeks…” (American Spectator)
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/02/24/paved-with-renewable-mandates
Europe Considers A Tariff On Biofuels (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/business/global/24biofuel.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Connecticut - Price Shock for Wallingford Power Consumers? "…we never said conservation programs would lower (customers') rates…We said it would lower their consumption." (Record-Journal, Meriden, CT)
http://www.myrecordjournal.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=20267903&BRD=2755&PAG=461&dept_id=592709&rfi=6
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Expert: Climate Change Could Mean 'Extended World War' (Fox News)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,498133,00.html
Gore Pulls Slide of Disaster Trends (NY Times)
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/gore-pulls-slide-of-disaster-trends/?ref=science
Politics in the Guise of Pure Science (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/science/24tier.html?_r=1&8dpc
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
We're #1 In Broadband (Sort Of) - Assuming you look at completely irrelevant data like SMS use (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Were-1-In-Broadband-Sort-Of-101021
Broadband: Damned Lies Edition (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/23/broadband-damned-lies-edition/
Overpaid Laid-Off Microsoft Workers Get To Keep Extra Money (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2008778512_microsoftpay24.html?syndication=rss
Major Yahoo Reorganization Looms (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11772433?nclick_check=1
Micron To Cut Another 2,000 Jobs In Idaho (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008777766_apidmicronlayoffs1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Former Washington Gov. Gary Locke may be next commerce secretary (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/401137_locke24.html?source=rss
GOP's Rossi, Others Say Locke Would Be Good Pick (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/401204_lockewash24.html?source=rss
Bailout Frenzy Triggers Backlash (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008778075_housefair24.html?syndication=rss
Software Problems Delay Mason County Tax Statements (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/23/software-problems-delay-mason-county-tax/?partner=RSS
Executive Sessions Bill in Trouble (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/02/23/local_news/04news.txt
WSU Extension and 4-H Bracing for Budget Cuts, Possible Closure (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008778252_budgetfears24m.html?syndication=rss
Washington State House Approves Ban on Campaign Lies (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1867417~Wash__House_approves_ban_on_campaign_lies.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
State sends $1 food stamp checks to 250,000 (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/02/23/breaking_news/doc49a2d6eb85f94538408144.txt
DIVERSIONS
Beauty and the Brain, Women Use More Than Men
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008776581_apscibeautyandthebrain.html?syndication=rss
Skydiver OK after Crashing Into Power Lines
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18770069/detail.html
Magpies Build Urban Nest Using Scrap Metal Twigs
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18776826/detail.html
Bill Extends Restraining Order Protection to Pets
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/40206817.html
SONG OF THE DAY
The Archies - Sugar Sugar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANtMdzOFIVQ
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Puget Sound Energy Parent Company Sale Completed
- Bonneville Inherits the Wind…And the Stimulus
- Low Snowpack Could Mean Water, Power Shortages
- Future Energy Park Could Be the Leading Industry in the Tri-Cities
- Itronix Official: 300 Jobs Cut In Spokane Area
- Maryland Customers Howl As Utility Bills Skyrocket
- U.S. Supreme Court Turns Down Utilities over Mercury Emissions
- Nuclear Deal: Senate Chose Savings, Jobs, Future
- Harry Reid: Federal Action Trumps States’ Rights on Energy
- Taylor Shellfish Company sues state in shellfish lease controversy
- EPA aims to buoy fish numbers: Rules halted in 2007 would affect power plants near water
- Project Looks to Return Tributary in Rogue River Basin to Its Original Channel
- Oregon snowpack below average, at 82 percent
- Fixing Yakima County dams
- Army Corps Cracks Down On Flunking Levees
- Oregon - Future of Incinerator Debated
- Tax Break Bill Could Lure Solar Company to Clark County
- Montana - Catching the Wind
- Converting Power Plant to Biomass Will Cost Xcel $58.1 Million
- Midwest Govs Seek To Bolster Alternative Energy
- Paved with Renewable Mandates
- Europe Considers A Tariff On Biofuels
- Connecticut - Price Shock for Wallingford Power Consumers?
- Expert: Climate Change Could Mean 'Extended World War'
- Gore Pulls Slide of Disaster Trends
- Politics in the Guise of Pure Science
- We're #1 In Broadband (Sort Of)
- Broadband: Damned Lies Edition
- Overpaid Laid-Off Microsoft Workers Get To Keep Extra Money
- Major Yahoo Reorganization Looms
- Micron To Cut Another 2,000 Jobs In Idaho
- Former Washington Gov. Gary Locke may be next commerce secretary
- GOP's Rossi, Others Say Locke Would Be Good Pick
- Bailout Frenzy Triggers Backlash
- Software Problems Delay Mason County Tax Statements
- Executive Sessions Bill in Trouble
- WSU Extension and 4-H Bracing for Budget Cuts, Possible Closure
- Washington State House Approves Ban on Campaign Lies
- State sends $1 food stamp checks to 250,000
These and links to more stories in today’s energy news digest.
WORD OF THE DAY
Onerous • \AH-nuh-rus\ • adjective - *1: involving, imposing, or constituting a burden: troublesome 2: having legal obligations that outweigh the advantages
Straining at their harnesses, the muscular draft horses tried in vain to pull the onerous weight of the beer wagon up the steep, winding road. Each of the magnificent animals cursed the day that they rejected a northeast Montana farmer’s offer of employment for that of a brewer near Glacier National Park. “Ah for a nice stroll with a grain wagon across the lightly rolling cropland near Saco,” mused old Dobbin to his harness-mate.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast And Weather Alerts
Http://Www.Wrh.Noaa.Gov/Forecast/Mapclick.Php?Textfield1=47.213805&Textfield2=-123.113412&Site=All&Smap=1&Searchresult=Shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Puget Sound Energy Parent Company Sale Completed (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/401133_pse24.html?source=rss
Bonneville Inherits the Wind…And the Stimulus (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/bonneville-inherits-the-wind-and-the-stimulus/
Low Snowpack Could Mean Water, Power Shortages (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18780258/detail.html
Future Energy Park on Hanford Site Could Be the Leading Industry in the Tri-Cities (KNDU-TV Tri Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9892966
Itronix Official: 300 Jobs Cut In Spokane Area (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1867523~Itronix_official__300_jobs_cut_in_Spokane_area.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Maryland Customers Howl As Utility Bills Skyrocket - Companies blame new rates, calendar, cold weather (The Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-te.bz.utility24feb24,0,339311.story
U.S. Supreme Court Turns Down Utilities over Mercury Emissions (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008775321_apscotusmercurypollution.html?syndication=rss
Atlanta Journal Constitution Op/Ed - Nuclear Deal: Senate Chose Savings, Jobs, Future
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2009/02/24/mooreed_0224.html
Harry Reid: Federal Action Trumps States’ Rights on Energy (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/02/23/harry-reid-federal-action-trumps-states-rights-on-energy/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Taylor Shellfish Company sues state in shellfish lease controversy (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008777566_webtaylorshellfish23.html?syndication=rss
EPA aims to buoy fish numbers: Rules halted in 2007 would affect power plants near water (The Blade, Toledo, OH)
http://dev.scoop.com/remote/article/include/75134037/53616c7465645f5fa0d48b5e5d5f3df9e5388c1e6bf1b7a09d8a90b43c7009df
Project Looks to Return Tributary in Rogue River Basin to Its Original Channel (Mail Tribune, Medford, OR)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090223/NEWS/902230305/-1/rss01
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon snowpack below average, at 82 percent (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1866441~Oregon_snowpack_below_average__at_82_percent.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Fixing Yakima County Dams - Fruit companies working to make 'high-hazard unpermitted dams' safer before reservoirs fill (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2009/02/21/fixing-the-dams
Army Corps Cracks Down On Flunking Levees (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-02-23-levees_N.htm?csp=34
Oregon - Future of Incinerator Debated: Forums will address county's contract expiration in 2014 (The Statesman Journal, Salem, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090223/GREEN/902230334/1001
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Tax Break Bill Could Lure Solar Company to Clark County (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090223/NEWS02/702239971/
Montana - Catching the Wind: Lincoln Turbine Tool Company Leads Way in Cutting-Edge Industry (The Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/02/23/news/local/znews01.txt
Converting Power Plant to Biomass Will Cost Xcel $58.1 Million (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI)
http://dev.scoop.com/remote/article/include/75240223/53616c7465645f5f8ec6d7b817e15a19e4c98ac266b25af0803b4d5f20b94a27
Midwest Govs Seek To Bolster Alternative Energy (Associated Press)
http://www.boston.com/business/healthcare/articles/2009/02/23/midwest_govs_seek_to_bolster_alternative_energy/
Paved with Renewable Mandates “…Senate majority leader Harry Reid will be pushing for the Senate to adopt a national renewable energy portfolio within the next two weeks…” (American Spectator)
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/02/24/paved-with-renewable-mandates
Europe Considers A Tariff On Biofuels (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/business/global/24biofuel.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Connecticut - Price Shock for Wallingford Power Consumers? "…we never said conservation programs would lower (customers') rates…We said it would lower their consumption." (Record-Journal, Meriden, CT)
http://www.myrecordjournal.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=20267903&BRD=2755&PAG=461&dept_id=592709&rfi=6
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Expert: Climate Change Could Mean 'Extended World War' (Fox News)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,498133,00.html
Gore Pulls Slide of Disaster Trends (NY Times)
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/gore-pulls-slide-of-disaster-trends/?ref=science
Politics in the Guise of Pure Science (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/science/24tier.html?_r=1&8dpc
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
We're #1 In Broadband (Sort Of) - Assuming you look at completely irrelevant data like SMS use (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Were-1-In-Broadband-Sort-Of-101021
Broadband: Damned Lies Edition (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/23/broadband-damned-lies-edition/
Overpaid Laid-Off Microsoft Workers Get To Keep Extra Money (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2008778512_microsoftpay24.html?syndication=rss
Major Yahoo Reorganization Looms (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11772433?nclick_check=1
Micron To Cut Another 2,000 Jobs In Idaho (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008777766_apidmicronlayoffs1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Former Washington Gov. Gary Locke may be next commerce secretary (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/401137_locke24.html?source=rss
GOP's Rossi, Others Say Locke Would Be Good Pick (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/401204_lockewash24.html?source=rss
Bailout Frenzy Triggers Backlash (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008778075_housefair24.html?syndication=rss
Software Problems Delay Mason County Tax Statements (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/23/software-problems-delay-mason-county-tax/?partner=RSS
Executive Sessions Bill in Trouble (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/02/23/local_news/04news.txt
WSU Extension and 4-H Bracing for Budget Cuts, Possible Closure (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008778252_budgetfears24m.html?syndication=rss
Washington State House Approves Ban on Campaign Lies (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1867417~Wash__House_approves_ban_on_campaign_lies.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
State sends $1 food stamp checks to 250,000 (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/02/23/breaking_news/doc49a2d6eb85f94538408144.txt
DIVERSIONS
Beauty and the Brain, Women Use More Than Men
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008776581_apscibeautyandthebrain.html?syndication=rss
Skydiver OK after Crashing Into Power Lines
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18770069/detail.html
Magpies Build Urban Nest Using Scrap Metal Twigs
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18776826/detail.html
Bill Extends Restraining Order Protection to Pets
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/40206817.html
SONG OF THE DAY
The Archies - Sugar Sugar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANtMdzOFIVQ
Monday, February 23, 2009
Energy News Digest for February 23, 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 Senator Pridemore Targets Centralia Coal Plant’s Tax Credits
- Puget Wind Power May Go South
- Oregonian Op/Ed - Bonneville: Powering Up the Northwest Economy
- We should be thankful that Bobby Jindal does not run the BPA
- Cuts at power companies raise red flags about reliability
- Peggy Fowler calls it quits after 35 years at Portland General Electric
- Oregon Appeals Court Allows Taller Power Poles
- Oregon State University Professor: Nuclear Power Has Bright Future
- California Power Company Denied On Clean Power Study
- Colorado Governor, Others Ask Obama to Support 'Clean Coal' Technologies
- Getting Data on Your Electricity Consumption
- Virginia - Electric Sticker Shock
- Seattle P-I Editorial - Washington Century: Salmon – Snake Dam Removal
- Idaho Statesman Columnist - Barker: Salmon Judge Sets Stage for Settlement
- Rare Sea Otter Sighted On Oregon Coast
- Resident Orcas on Verge Of Collapse
- Jefferson PUD Eyes Port Townsend City Water
- Seattle Times Editorial - Seattle Water Customers Pay Their Own Rebate
- Drought to Cut off Federal Water to California Farms
- Next Up: A National Renewable Portfolio Standard?
- Energy Stimulus May Power Port of Vancouver
- Home Solar Firms See Wave of Mergers
- Texas Home Power Producers Not Assured Of Payment for Generating Excess Electricity
- Seattle Times Columnist - Reality Check on Plug-In Cars
- Electric Cars Still Years Away From Paying Off
- Snohomish County PUD Offers 10 Easy Energy Savers for Businesses
- Cap-And-Invest Approach Good for Environment and Economy
- Greenhouse Gas Plan Could Raise Kentucky Electric Bills
- British Fight Climate Change with Fish And Chips
- Internet Domain Names Grow To 177M
- New Bill Would Require Wi-Fi Hotspot Owners Retain Data
- Minnesota - North St. Paul Caught In Middle of Fiber Optic Fight
- Internet Taking Piece of Cable TV Business
- Web Fails To Access a Screen in Our Lives: TVs
- Allyn Standoff, Fire Leaves Man Dead, Woman Critical
- Mileage Tax Idea Gains Steam
- Mason County Still Building, Despite Economy
- Ex-FAA Worker Accused of Stealing Plane, Yacht
- Daughter Fills Father's 16th District Seat
These And Links To More Stories In Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Pleonasm • \PLEE-uh-naz-um\ • noun - 1: the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense: redundancy 2: an instance or example of pleonasm
Join the competition for the most exemplary, fantastic, and mind-blowing pleonasm you can come up with. Anymore, “it was a dark and stormy night” seems tame when compared to some of the entries in the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest.
http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/
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 Senator Pridemore Targets Centralia Coal Plant’s Tax Credits (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
Http://Columbian.Com/Apps/Pbcs.Dll/Article?AID=/20090222/NEWS02/702229714/
Puget Wind Power May Go South - PSE Has Agreed To Sell Virtually All The Green Power Produced By Its Wind Farms For The Next Two Years To Southern California Edison (Seattle Times)
Http://Seattletimes.Nwsource.Com/Html/Businesstechnology/2008771283_Sundaybuzz22.Html?Syndication=Rss
Oregonian Op/Ed - Bonneville: Powering Up the Northwest Economy
Http://Www.Oregonlive.Com/Opinion/Index.Ssf/2009/02/Bonneville_Powering_Up_The_Nor.Html
Columbian Columnist - Leery in Louisiana; timid in Texas - All Northwesterners should be thankful that Bobby Jindal does not run the Bonneville Power Administration…
http://www.columbian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090222/OPINION03/702229724
Cuts at power companies raise red flags about reliability (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2009-02-22-utility-cuts_N.htm
Peggy Fowler calls it quits after 35 years at Portland General Electric (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/02/23/story5.html?ana=from_rss
Oregon Appeals Court Allows Taller Power Poles (Examiner.Com)
Http://Www.Examiner.Com/A-1863921~Oregon_Appeals_Court_Allows_Taller_Power_Poles.Html?Cid=Rss-Oregon_Headlines
Oregon State University Professor: Nuclear Power Has Bright Future (Examiner.Com)
Http://Www.Examiner.Com/A-1865341~OSU_Professor__Nuclear_Power_Has_Bright_Future.Html?Cid=Rss-Oregon_Headlines
California Power Company Denied On Clean Power Study (Reuters – Similar To Kalama Power Project)
Http://Uk.Reuters.Com/Article/Behindthescenes/Iduktre51k0mt20090221
Colorado Governor, Others Ask Obama to Support 'Clean Coal' Technologies (Denver Business Journal)
Http://Www.Bizjournals.Com/Denver/Stories/2009/02/16/Daily69.Html
Getting Data on Your Electricity Consumption (SF Chronicle)
Http://Www.Sfgate.Com/Cgi-Bin/Article.Cgi?F=/C/A/2009/02/22/BU2B161PBG.DTL&Feed=Rss.Business
Virginia - Electric Sticker Shock (Tricities.Com)
Http://Www.Tricities.Com/Tri/News/Local/Article/Electric_Sticker_Shock/20721/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Seattle Post Intelligencer Editorial - Washington Century: Salmon – Snake Dam Removal
Http://Seattlepi.Nwsource.Com/Opinion/400916_Salmoned.Html
Idaho Statesman Columnist - Barker: Salmon Judge Sets Stage for Settlement
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/676678.html
Rare Sea Otter Sighted On Oregon Coast (KING-TV, Seattle)
Http://Www.Nwcn.Com/Topstories/Stories/NW_022009ORB-Sea-Otter-Ks.36108de7.Html
Resident Orcas On Verge Of Collapse “…Treating Them Like A Financial Resource — With Tourist-Filled Boats Chasing After Them — We Run The Risk Of Consuming Them Down To The Last One…” (Seattle Times)
Http://Seattletimes.Nwsource.Com/Html/Opinion/2008767685_Opinc22anderson.Html?Syndication=Rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Jefferson PUD Eyes Port Townsend City Water (Peninsula Daily News)
Http://Www.Peninsuladailynews.Com/Article/20090221/News/302219996
Seattle Times Editorial - Seattle Water Customers Pay Their Own Rebate
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008768034_edita21water.html
Drought to Cut off Federal Water to California Farms (Examiner.Com)
Http://Www.Examiner.Com/A-1863317~Drought_To_Cut_Off_Federal_Water_To_Calif__Farms.Html?Cid=Rss-California_Headlines
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Next Up: A National Renewable Portfolio Standard? (NY Times)
Http://Greeninc.Blogs.Nytimes.Com/2009/02/20/Next-Up-A-Renewable-Portfolio-Standard/
Energy Stimulus May Power Port Of Vancouver - Cantwell Visit Highlights Bill’s Wind Energy Provisions, Which Could Boost Business, Jobs The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
Http://Www.Columbian.Com/Apps/Pbcs.Dll/Article?AID=/20090221/NEWS02/702219968
Home Solar Firms See Wave of Mergers (Contra Costa Times, CA)
Http://Www.Contracostatimes.Com/Business/Ci_11742236?Source=Rss
Texas Home Power Producers Not Assured Of Payment For Generating Excess Electricity (Fort Worth Star Telegram)
Http://Www.Star-Telegram.Com/804/Story/1216652.Html
Seattle Times Columnist - Reality Check on Plug-In Cars
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2008771363_danny22.html
Electric Cars Still Years Away From Paying Off (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101024296&ft=1&f=3
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Snohomish County PUD Offers 10 Easy Energy Savers For Businesses (Edmonds Beacon, WA)
Http://Www.Edmondsbeacon.Com/Index.Php?Option=Com_Content&View=Article&Id=724:Pud-Offers-10-Easy-Energy-Savers-For-Businesses&Catid=79&Itemid=185
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Cap-And-Invest Approach Good for Environment and Economy
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008773754_opinb23butler.html
Greenhouse Gas Plan Could Raise Kentucky Electric Bills “…restrictions on carbon emissions could mean an end to electric rates that are among the lowest in the nation…” (Lexington Herald-Leader, KY)
http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/703885.html
British Fight Climate Change With Fish And Chips (NY Times)
Http://Www.Nytimes.Com/2009/02/22/Science/Earth/22cook.Html?_R=1
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Internet Domain Names Grow To 177M (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Http://Www.Bizjournals.Com/Seattle/Stories/2009/02/16/Daily42.Html?Ana=From_Rss
New Bill Would Require Wi-Fi Hotspot Owners Retain Data (Broadband Reports)
Http://Www.Dslreports.Com/Shownews/New-Bill-Would-Require-Wifi-Hotspot-Owners-Retain-Data-101002
Minnesota - North St. Paul Caught In Middle Of Fiber Optic Fight (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Http://Www.Startribune.Com/Local/East/40009047.Html?Elr=Karksd:Adyaep:Kd:Aut:Adyaep:Kd:Auid3apc:_Yyc:Auu
Internet Taking Piece of Cable TV Business (SF Chronicle)
Http://Www.Sfgate.Com/Cgi-Bin/Article.Cgi?F=/C/A/2009/02/22/BUAQ161OOT.DTL&Feed=Rss.Business
Web Fails To Access a Screen in Our Lives: TVs (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008773810_nettv23.html
GENERAL NEWS
Allyn Standoff, Fire Leaves Man Dead, Woman Critical (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/22/standoff-leaves-man-dead-woman-critical/?partner=RSS
Mileage Tax Idea Gains Steam (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
Http://Www.Mynorthwest.Com/?Nid=11&Sid=136762
Mason County Still Building, Despite Economy (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Http://Www.Kitsapsun.Com/News/2009/Feb/22/Mason-County-Still-Building-Despite-Economy/?Partner=RSS
Ex-FAA Worker Accused of Stealing Plane, Yacht (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008774009_fraud23.html?syndication=rss
Daughter Fills Father's 16th District Seat (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008774021_staterep23m.html?syndication=rss
DIVERSIONS
Mice Fall from Ceiling Of Florida Courthouse
Http://Www.Kirotv.Com/News/18758936/Detail.Html
Woman's Hair Weave Stops Bullet
Http://Www.Kirotv.Com/News/18757381/Detail.Html
Arkansas Cemetery Double-Booked Burial Plots
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18750575/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Heat Wave - Marilyn Monroe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0-0ygVvv4c
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- State Senator Pridemore Targets Centralia Coal Plant’s Tax Credits
- Puget Wind Power May Go South
- Oregonian Op/Ed - Bonneville: Powering Up the Northwest Economy
- We should be thankful that Bobby Jindal does not run the BPA
- Cuts at power companies raise red flags about reliability
- Peggy Fowler calls it quits after 35 years at Portland General Electric
- Oregon Appeals Court Allows Taller Power Poles
- Oregon State University Professor: Nuclear Power Has Bright Future
- California Power Company Denied On Clean Power Study
- Colorado Governor, Others Ask Obama to Support 'Clean Coal' Technologies
- Getting Data on Your Electricity Consumption
- Virginia - Electric Sticker Shock
- Seattle P-I Editorial - Washington Century: Salmon – Snake Dam Removal
- Idaho Statesman Columnist - Barker: Salmon Judge Sets Stage for Settlement
- Rare Sea Otter Sighted On Oregon Coast
- Resident Orcas on Verge Of Collapse
- Jefferson PUD Eyes Port Townsend City Water
- Seattle Times Editorial - Seattle Water Customers Pay Their Own Rebate
- Drought to Cut off Federal Water to California Farms
- Next Up: A National Renewable Portfolio Standard?
- Energy Stimulus May Power Port of Vancouver
- Home Solar Firms See Wave of Mergers
- Texas Home Power Producers Not Assured Of Payment for Generating Excess Electricity
- Seattle Times Columnist - Reality Check on Plug-In Cars
- Electric Cars Still Years Away From Paying Off
- Snohomish County PUD Offers 10 Easy Energy Savers for Businesses
- Cap-And-Invest Approach Good for Environment and Economy
- Greenhouse Gas Plan Could Raise Kentucky Electric Bills
- British Fight Climate Change with Fish And Chips
- Internet Domain Names Grow To 177M
- New Bill Would Require Wi-Fi Hotspot Owners Retain Data
- Minnesota - North St. Paul Caught In Middle of Fiber Optic Fight
- Internet Taking Piece of Cable TV Business
- Web Fails To Access a Screen in Our Lives: TVs
- Allyn Standoff, Fire Leaves Man Dead, Woman Critical
- Mileage Tax Idea Gains Steam
- Mason County Still Building, Despite Economy
- Ex-FAA Worker Accused of Stealing Plane, Yacht
- Daughter Fills Father's 16th District Seat
These And Links To More Stories In Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Pleonasm • \PLEE-uh-naz-um\ • noun - 1: the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense: redundancy 2: an instance or example of pleonasm
Join the competition for the most exemplary, fantastic, and mind-blowing pleonasm you can come up with. Anymore, “it was a dark and stormy night” seems tame when compared to some of the entries in the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest.
http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/
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 Senator Pridemore Targets Centralia Coal Plant’s Tax Credits (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
Http://Columbian.Com/Apps/Pbcs.Dll/Article?AID=/20090222/NEWS02/702229714/
Puget Wind Power May Go South - PSE Has Agreed To Sell Virtually All The Green Power Produced By Its Wind Farms For The Next Two Years To Southern California Edison (Seattle Times)
Http://Seattletimes.Nwsource.Com/Html/Businesstechnology/2008771283_Sundaybuzz22.Html?Syndication=Rss
Oregonian Op/Ed - Bonneville: Powering Up the Northwest Economy
Http://Www.Oregonlive.Com/Opinion/Index.Ssf/2009/02/Bonneville_Powering_Up_The_Nor.Html
Columbian Columnist - Leery in Louisiana; timid in Texas - All Northwesterners should be thankful that Bobby Jindal does not run the Bonneville Power Administration…
http://www.columbian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090222/OPINION03/702229724
Cuts at power companies raise red flags about reliability (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2009-02-22-utility-cuts_N.htm
Peggy Fowler calls it quits after 35 years at Portland General Electric (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/02/23/story5.html?ana=from_rss
Oregon Appeals Court Allows Taller Power Poles (Examiner.Com)
Http://Www.Examiner.Com/A-1863921~Oregon_Appeals_Court_Allows_Taller_Power_Poles.Html?Cid=Rss-Oregon_Headlines
Oregon State University Professor: Nuclear Power Has Bright Future (Examiner.Com)
Http://Www.Examiner.Com/A-1865341~OSU_Professor__Nuclear_Power_Has_Bright_Future.Html?Cid=Rss-Oregon_Headlines
California Power Company Denied On Clean Power Study (Reuters – Similar To Kalama Power Project)
Http://Uk.Reuters.Com/Article/Behindthescenes/Iduktre51k0mt20090221
Colorado Governor, Others Ask Obama to Support 'Clean Coal' Technologies (Denver Business Journal)
Http://Www.Bizjournals.Com/Denver/Stories/2009/02/16/Daily69.Html
Getting Data on Your Electricity Consumption (SF Chronicle)
Http://Www.Sfgate.Com/Cgi-Bin/Article.Cgi?F=/C/A/2009/02/22/BU2B161PBG.DTL&Feed=Rss.Business
Virginia - Electric Sticker Shock (Tricities.Com)
Http://Www.Tricities.Com/Tri/News/Local/Article/Electric_Sticker_Shock/20721/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Seattle Post Intelligencer Editorial - Washington Century: Salmon – Snake Dam Removal
Http://Seattlepi.Nwsource.Com/Opinion/400916_Salmoned.Html
Idaho Statesman Columnist - Barker: Salmon Judge Sets Stage for Settlement
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/676678.html
Rare Sea Otter Sighted On Oregon Coast (KING-TV, Seattle)
Http://Www.Nwcn.Com/Topstories/Stories/NW_022009ORB-Sea-Otter-Ks.36108de7.Html
Resident Orcas On Verge Of Collapse “…Treating Them Like A Financial Resource — With Tourist-Filled Boats Chasing After Them — We Run The Risk Of Consuming Them Down To The Last One…” (Seattle Times)
Http://Seattletimes.Nwsource.Com/Html/Opinion/2008767685_Opinc22anderson.Html?Syndication=Rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Jefferson PUD Eyes Port Townsend City Water (Peninsula Daily News)
Http://Www.Peninsuladailynews.Com/Article/20090221/News/302219996
Seattle Times Editorial - Seattle Water Customers Pay Their Own Rebate
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008768034_edita21water.html
Drought to Cut off Federal Water to California Farms (Examiner.Com)
Http://Www.Examiner.Com/A-1863317~Drought_To_Cut_Off_Federal_Water_To_Calif__Farms.Html?Cid=Rss-California_Headlines
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Next Up: A National Renewable Portfolio Standard? (NY Times)
Http://Greeninc.Blogs.Nytimes.Com/2009/02/20/Next-Up-A-Renewable-Portfolio-Standard/
Energy Stimulus May Power Port Of Vancouver - Cantwell Visit Highlights Bill’s Wind Energy Provisions, Which Could Boost Business, Jobs The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
Http://Www.Columbian.Com/Apps/Pbcs.Dll/Article?AID=/20090221/NEWS02/702219968
Home Solar Firms See Wave of Mergers (Contra Costa Times, CA)
Http://Www.Contracostatimes.Com/Business/Ci_11742236?Source=Rss
Texas Home Power Producers Not Assured Of Payment For Generating Excess Electricity (Fort Worth Star Telegram)
Http://Www.Star-Telegram.Com/804/Story/1216652.Html
Seattle Times Columnist - Reality Check on Plug-In Cars
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2008771363_danny22.html
Electric Cars Still Years Away From Paying Off (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101024296&ft=1&f=3
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Snohomish County PUD Offers 10 Easy Energy Savers For Businesses (Edmonds Beacon, WA)
Http://Www.Edmondsbeacon.Com/Index.Php?Option=Com_Content&View=Article&Id=724:Pud-Offers-10-Easy-Energy-Savers-For-Businesses&Catid=79&Itemid=185
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Cap-And-Invest Approach Good for Environment and Economy
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008773754_opinb23butler.html
Greenhouse Gas Plan Could Raise Kentucky Electric Bills “…restrictions on carbon emissions could mean an end to electric rates that are among the lowest in the nation…” (Lexington Herald-Leader, KY)
http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/703885.html
British Fight Climate Change With Fish And Chips (NY Times)
Http://Www.Nytimes.Com/2009/02/22/Science/Earth/22cook.Html?_R=1
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Internet Domain Names Grow To 177M (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Http://Www.Bizjournals.Com/Seattle/Stories/2009/02/16/Daily42.Html?Ana=From_Rss
New Bill Would Require Wi-Fi Hotspot Owners Retain Data (Broadband Reports)
Http://Www.Dslreports.Com/Shownews/New-Bill-Would-Require-Wifi-Hotspot-Owners-Retain-Data-101002
Minnesota - North St. Paul Caught In Middle Of Fiber Optic Fight (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Http://Www.Startribune.Com/Local/East/40009047.Html?Elr=Karksd:Adyaep:Kd:Aut:Adyaep:Kd:Auid3apc:_Yyc:Auu
Internet Taking Piece of Cable TV Business (SF Chronicle)
Http://Www.Sfgate.Com/Cgi-Bin/Article.Cgi?F=/C/A/2009/02/22/BUAQ161OOT.DTL&Feed=Rss.Business
Web Fails To Access a Screen in Our Lives: TVs (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008773810_nettv23.html
GENERAL NEWS
Allyn Standoff, Fire Leaves Man Dead, Woman Critical (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/22/standoff-leaves-man-dead-woman-critical/?partner=RSS
Mileage Tax Idea Gains Steam (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
Http://Www.Mynorthwest.Com/?Nid=11&Sid=136762
Mason County Still Building, Despite Economy (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Http://Www.Kitsapsun.Com/News/2009/Feb/22/Mason-County-Still-Building-Despite-Economy/?Partner=RSS
Ex-FAA Worker Accused of Stealing Plane, Yacht (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008774009_fraud23.html?syndication=rss
Daughter Fills Father's 16th District Seat (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008774021_staterep23m.html?syndication=rss
DIVERSIONS
Mice Fall from Ceiling Of Florida Courthouse
Http://Www.Kirotv.Com/News/18758936/Detail.Html
Woman's Hair Weave Stops Bullet
Http://Www.Kirotv.Com/News/18757381/Detail.Html
Arkansas Cemetery Double-Booked Burial Plots
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18750575/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Heat Wave - Marilyn Monroe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0-0ygVvv4c
Friday, February 20, 2009
Energy News Digest for February 20, 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)
- Chelan County PUD Gets License for Rocky Reach Dam
- BPA: Ready for a new (power) Act?
- Transmission Line among First Regional Stimulus Projects
- Oregonian Op/Ed - BPA's $246 million project - first in a series
- Cantwell is a New Leader on the Senate Energy Committee
- New Reactors Must Handle Plane Strike
- Maryland - Lawmakers, Consumer Advocates Urge Energy Re-Regulation
- Re-Regulating Maryland's Electricity Will Cost Maryland Customers More Money
- Texas - Experts, Companies Weigh In On Electricity Prices
- Chelan PUD Crew Braves Frigid Waters to Check on Salmon Spawning Results
- Ocean Fishing Shutdown Possible As Few Chinook Return To Sacramento
- Oregon - Steelhead Arrive At Wallowa Fish Hatchery
- Lead in Water Harmed Sons, D.C. Man Claims
- Energy Northwest Deal Aims To Power Up With Biomass
- Western Washington to Get Biomass Plant
- Biomass Burnout - Regional Ban on Wood Stove Burning In Effect
- Utah - Schools Could Reap Millions in Renewable-Energy Push
- Cost of Solar Installation Has Fallen In Decade
- Meltdown 101: Will The Sun Soon Power Our Homes?
- New Zealand - Conservation Minister Criticizes DOC over Wind Farm Deal
- Solar-Power Parking Meters to Be Tested In San Diego
- Oregon lawmakers want to help you be more energy efficient
- Taking Liberties with LEED
- Full State House To Consider Cap on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Olympian Editorial - State Should Be At Forefront of Green Economy
- Coalition Wants Forests Included In Federal Climate Change Policy
- NY Times Editorial Page - Who Should Regulate Greenhouse Gases?
- Skepticism Arises Over Rural Broadband Stimulus
- Quincy Trying To Reach Cable Representatives
- The Rise of the Mega Data Center
- $8 Billion Shortfall Forecast For Washington State Budget
- Boeing Lays off 1,100 Workers
- Ellensburg Paper Lays off Six, Outsources Printing
- Mason County Man Pleads Guilty To Robbery of Gig Harbor Bank
- Clark County Gives A Lot More Than It Receives On Transportation
- GOP Governors Flip-Flop on Accepting Stimulus Funds
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Grandiloquent – • \grand-ILL-oh-kwence\ • noun - A lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
Standing astride the speaker’s platform, Abernathy’s florid, grandiloquent speech was designed to stir the latent, languid passions of the audience to take up the zither as an instrument of peace, love and understanding in the world. His impassioned plea was only slightly undermined by the fact that the audience was made up of ukulele players who had wandered into the hall by mistake, expecting a class on making felt picks. Another shortcoming was pointed out by Abernathy’s assistant, who whispered “XYZ” halfway through the thundering oration.
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
Chelan County PUD Gets License for Rocky Reach Dam (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_rocky_reach_dam.html
BPA: Ready for a new Act? Internecine squabbles over hydroelectric power in the Northwest might lead to a new Power Act, possibly opening up the Columbia River system so that other states benefit, such as California (Crosscut, Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/02/20/energy-utilities/18655/
Transmission Line among First Regional Stimulus Projects (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4316-transmission-line-among-first-regional-stimulus-projects-green-lighted/
Oregonian Op/Ed - BPA's $246 Million Project - First In a Series
http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2009/02/bpas_246_million_project_first.html
Cantwell is a New Leader on the Senate Energy Committee (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9875686
New Reactors Must Handle Plane Strike (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/us/18nuke.html
Maryland - Lawmakers, Consumer Advocates Urge Energy Re-Regulation: Soaring bills drive bid for re-regulation (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-md.reregulate20feb20,0,1182240.story
News Whiz - Re-Regulating Maryland's Electricity Will Cost Maryland Customers More Money - Not Lower their Energy Bills (Elecgric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&id=105670
Texas - Experts, Companies Weigh In On Electricity Prices (Dallas Morning News)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-elecprices_20bus.ART0.State.Edition1.3c60d87.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Chelan County PUD Fisheries Crew Braves Frigid Waters to Check on Salmon Spawning Results (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090219/NEWS04/702199925/1003/rss1003
Ocean Fishing Shutdown Possible As Few Chinook Return To Sacramento (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/ocean_fishing_shutdown_possibl.html
Oregon - Steelhead Arrive At Wallowa Fish Hatchery (Wallowa County Chieftan, OR)
http://www.wallowacountychieftain.info/main.asp?SectionID=9&SubSectionID=61&ArticleID=18172
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Lead in Water Harmed Sons, D.C. Man Claims (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/17/AR2009021701193.html?nav=rss_email/components
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Energy Northwest Deal Aims To Power Up With Biomass (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/39881747.html
Western Washington To Get Biomass Plant - legislator hopes to see it built on Olympic Peninsula (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090220/news/302209994
Biomass Burnout - Regional Ban on Wood Stove Burning In Effect: Effort to reduce unhealthy smoke levels ends Saturday (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090220/NEWS02/702209979/
Utah - Schools Could Reap Millions In Renewable-Energy Push (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11743559
Cost of Solar Installation Has Fallen In Decade (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/20/BU0T1619FG.DTL&feed=rss.business
Meltdown 101: Will The Sun Soon Power Our Homes? (Associated Press – written by Elmer Gantry…)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jTYsQQTKqbOMGfVp94k72Q6GccbQD96ET04G0
New Zealand - Conservation Minister Criticizes DOC over Wind Farm Deal (Stuff, NZ)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4854118a11.html
Solar-Power Parking Meters to Be Tested In San Diego (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1861916~Solar_power_parking_meters_to_be_tested_in_SD.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Oregon Lawmakers Want To Help You Be More Energy Efficient (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1235021109209010.xml&coll=7
Taking Liberties with LEED (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/taking-liberties-with-leed/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Full State House To Consider Cap On Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Bill would allow businesses to auction permits (Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Great, more energy derivative investments…)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400845_capandtrade20.html?source=rss
Olympian Editorial - State Should Be At Forefront Of Green Economy (Sure, but can it afford to pay the price?)
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/762747.html
Coalition Wants Forests Included In Federal Climate Change Policy (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/coalition_wants_forests_includ.html
NY Times Editorial Page - Who Should Regulate Greenhouse Gases?
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/the-epa-puts-on-the-heat/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Skepticism Arises Over Rural Broadband Stimulus (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/19/AR2009021902473.html?wprss=rss_technology
Quincy Trying To Reach Cable Representatives - Hoping fiber will provide another option (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/02/19/news/doc499daaac54c7a089592979.txt
The Rise of the Mega Data Center (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/19/the-rise-of-the-mega-data-center/
GENERAL NEWS
$8 Billion Shortfall Forecast For Washington State Budget (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008765126_revenue20m.html
Boeing Lays off 1,100 Workers (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_022009WAB-boeing-layoffs-LJ.34668a43.html?npc
Ellensburg Paper Lays off Six, Outsources Printing (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1860907~Ellensburg_paper_lays_off_6__outsources_printing.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Mason County Man Pleads Guilty To Robbery Of Gig Harbor Bank (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/632643.html
Clark County Gives A Lot More Than It Receives On Transportation - It gains 79 cents in road projects for every tax dollar it contributes (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA – Includes link to the report…check out your county, it’s easy and fun!)
http://columbian.com/article/20090219/NEWS02/702199992/-1/news
GOP Governors Flip-Flop on Accepting Stimulus Funds (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/politics/2009/feb/GOP-Governors-Flip-Flop-On-Accepting-Stimulus-Funds.html
DIVERSIONS
Defendant’s E-Mails Lead to Higher Bail
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/630221.html
Girl Scout Cookies Revive Diabetic Woman
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18749843/detail.html
Tennessee Woman Charged In Five-Year Cancer 'Charade'
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11743367
Geronimo’s Heirs Sue Secret Yale Society over His Skull
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/us/20geronimo.html
Man Forgets Thousands of Dollars in Toilet
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE51I54620090219?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
SONG OF THE DAY
Rhapsody in Blue – Andre Previn (Interpretation)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lkBfb7qKCI
Rhapsody in Blue – George Gershwin (Original – If you haven’t heard the original, this will be quite a shock…)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QxWxsK8_3s
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Chelan County PUD Gets License for Rocky Reach Dam
- BPA: Ready for a new (power) Act?
- Transmission Line among First Regional Stimulus Projects
- Oregonian Op/Ed - BPA's $246 million project - first in a series
- Cantwell is a New Leader on the Senate Energy Committee
- New Reactors Must Handle Plane Strike
- Maryland - Lawmakers, Consumer Advocates Urge Energy Re-Regulation
- Re-Regulating Maryland's Electricity Will Cost Maryland Customers More Money
- Texas - Experts, Companies Weigh In On Electricity Prices
- Chelan PUD Crew Braves Frigid Waters to Check on Salmon Spawning Results
- Ocean Fishing Shutdown Possible As Few Chinook Return To Sacramento
- Oregon - Steelhead Arrive At Wallowa Fish Hatchery
- Lead in Water Harmed Sons, D.C. Man Claims
- Energy Northwest Deal Aims To Power Up With Biomass
- Western Washington to Get Biomass Plant
- Biomass Burnout - Regional Ban on Wood Stove Burning In Effect
- Utah - Schools Could Reap Millions in Renewable-Energy Push
- Cost of Solar Installation Has Fallen In Decade
- Meltdown 101: Will The Sun Soon Power Our Homes?
- New Zealand - Conservation Minister Criticizes DOC over Wind Farm Deal
- Solar-Power Parking Meters to Be Tested In San Diego
- Oregon lawmakers want to help you be more energy efficient
- Taking Liberties with LEED
- Full State House To Consider Cap on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Olympian Editorial - State Should Be At Forefront of Green Economy
- Coalition Wants Forests Included In Federal Climate Change Policy
- NY Times Editorial Page - Who Should Regulate Greenhouse Gases?
- Skepticism Arises Over Rural Broadband Stimulus
- Quincy Trying To Reach Cable Representatives
- The Rise of the Mega Data Center
- $8 Billion Shortfall Forecast For Washington State Budget
- Boeing Lays off 1,100 Workers
- Ellensburg Paper Lays off Six, Outsources Printing
- Mason County Man Pleads Guilty To Robbery of Gig Harbor Bank
- Clark County Gives A Lot More Than It Receives On Transportation
- GOP Governors Flip-Flop on Accepting Stimulus Funds
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Grandiloquent – • \grand-ILL-oh-kwence\ • noun - A lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
Standing astride the speaker’s platform, Abernathy’s florid, grandiloquent speech was designed to stir the latent, languid passions of the audience to take up the zither as an instrument of peace, love and understanding in the world. His impassioned plea was only slightly undermined by the fact that the audience was made up of ukulele players who had wandered into the hall by mistake, expecting a class on making felt picks. Another shortcoming was pointed out by Abernathy’s assistant, who whispered “XYZ” halfway through the thundering oration.
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
Chelan County PUD Gets License for Rocky Reach Dam (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_rocky_reach_dam.html
BPA: Ready for a new Act? Internecine squabbles over hydroelectric power in the Northwest might lead to a new Power Act, possibly opening up the Columbia River system so that other states benefit, such as California (Crosscut, Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/02/20/energy-utilities/18655/
Transmission Line among First Regional Stimulus Projects (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4316-transmission-line-among-first-regional-stimulus-projects-green-lighted/
Oregonian Op/Ed - BPA's $246 Million Project - First In a Series
http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2009/02/bpas_246_million_project_first.html
Cantwell is a New Leader on the Senate Energy Committee (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9875686
New Reactors Must Handle Plane Strike (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/us/18nuke.html
Maryland - Lawmakers, Consumer Advocates Urge Energy Re-Regulation: Soaring bills drive bid for re-regulation (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-md.reregulate20feb20,0,1182240.story
News Whiz - Re-Regulating Maryland's Electricity Will Cost Maryland Customers More Money - Not Lower their Energy Bills (Elecgric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&id=105670
Texas - Experts, Companies Weigh In On Electricity Prices (Dallas Morning News)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-elecprices_20bus.ART0.State.Edition1.3c60d87.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Chelan County PUD Fisheries Crew Braves Frigid Waters to Check on Salmon Spawning Results (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090219/NEWS04/702199925/1003/rss1003
Ocean Fishing Shutdown Possible As Few Chinook Return To Sacramento (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/ocean_fishing_shutdown_possibl.html
Oregon - Steelhead Arrive At Wallowa Fish Hatchery (Wallowa County Chieftan, OR)
http://www.wallowacountychieftain.info/main.asp?SectionID=9&SubSectionID=61&ArticleID=18172
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Lead in Water Harmed Sons, D.C. Man Claims (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/17/AR2009021701193.html?nav=rss_email/components
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Energy Northwest Deal Aims To Power Up With Biomass (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/39881747.html
Western Washington To Get Biomass Plant - legislator hopes to see it built on Olympic Peninsula (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090220/news/302209994
Biomass Burnout - Regional Ban on Wood Stove Burning In Effect: Effort to reduce unhealthy smoke levels ends Saturday (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090220/NEWS02/702209979/
Utah - Schools Could Reap Millions In Renewable-Energy Push (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11743559
Cost of Solar Installation Has Fallen In Decade (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/20/BU0T1619FG.DTL&feed=rss.business
Meltdown 101: Will The Sun Soon Power Our Homes? (Associated Press – written by Elmer Gantry…)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jTYsQQTKqbOMGfVp94k72Q6GccbQD96ET04G0
New Zealand - Conservation Minister Criticizes DOC over Wind Farm Deal (Stuff, NZ)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4854118a11.html
Solar-Power Parking Meters to Be Tested In San Diego (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1861916~Solar_power_parking_meters_to_be_tested_in_SD.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Oregon Lawmakers Want To Help You Be More Energy Efficient (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1235021109209010.xml&coll=7
Taking Liberties with LEED (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/taking-liberties-with-leed/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Full State House To Consider Cap On Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Bill would allow businesses to auction permits (Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Great, more energy derivative investments…)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400845_capandtrade20.html?source=rss
Olympian Editorial - State Should Be At Forefront Of Green Economy (Sure, but can it afford to pay the price?)
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/762747.html
Coalition Wants Forests Included In Federal Climate Change Policy (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/coalition_wants_forests_includ.html
NY Times Editorial Page - Who Should Regulate Greenhouse Gases?
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/the-epa-puts-on-the-heat/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Skepticism Arises Over Rural Broadband Stimulus (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/19/AR2009021902473.html?wprss=rss_technology
Quincy Trying To Reach Cable Representatives - Hoping fiber will provide another option (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/02/19/news/doc499daaac54c7a089592979.txt
The Rise of the Mega Data Center (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/19/the-rise-of-the-mega-data-center/
GENERAL NEWS
$8 Billion Shortfall Forecast For Washington State Budget (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008765126_revenue20m.html
Boeing Lays off 1,100 Workers (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_022009WAB-boeing-layoffs-LJ.34668a43.html?npc
Ellensburg Paper Lays off Six, Outsources Printing (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1860907~Ellensburg_paper_lays_off_6__outsources_printing.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Mason County Man Pleads Guilty To Robbery Of Gig Harbor Bank (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/632643.html
Clark County Gives A Lot More Than It Receives On Transportation - It gains 79 cents in road projects for every tax dollar it contributes (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA – Includes link to the report…check out your county, it’s easy and fun!)
http://columbian.com/article/20090219/NEWS02/702199992/-1/news
GOP Governors Flip-Flop on Accepting Stimulus Funds (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/politics/2009/feb/GOP-Governors-Flip-Flop-On-Accepting-Stimulus-Funds.html
DIVERSIONS
Defendant’s E-Mails Lead to Higher Bail
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/630221.html
Girl Scout Cookies Revive Diabetic Woman
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18749843/detail.html
Tennessee Woman Charged In Five-Year Cancer 'Charade'
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11743367
Geronimo’s Heirs Sue Secret Yale Society over His Skull
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/us/20geronimo.html
Man Forgets Thousands of Dollars in Toilet
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE51I54620090219?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
SONG OF THE DAY
Rhapsody in Blue – Andre Previn (Interpretation)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lkBfb7qKCI
Rhapsody in Blue – George Gershwin (Original – If you haven’t heard the original, this will be quite a shock…)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QxWxsK8_3s
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Energy News Digest for February 19, 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)
- The Secretaries, the Stimulus and the Smart Grid
- BPA outlines major transmission expansion for Pacific Northwest
- America’s Future Wind Web?
- Okanogan PUD Transmission Proposal
- Snohomish PUD Rate Hike: About $40.92 A Year Per Household
- Seattle City Light - 'Round up' your utility payment to help needy
- Chattanooga Free Press - Will TVA Change Its Ways?
- California - Smallest Fall Run of Chinook Salmon Reported
- Sportfishing-Led Group Suggests Restrictions on Columbia Gill-Netters
- Oregon Senate Oks Surcharge for Klamath Dam Removal
- Fish Get Assist At Little Goose Dam On Snake River
- Two new orca calves spotted in Puget Sound
- E-Book on History of Columbia Basin Salmon Recovery Litigation Available
- $603,000 Lewis River Project Washed Away
- California Taps Sea For Water Needs
- Energy Northwest to Develop Biomass Plants
- Grays Harbor PUD May Be Interested In Small Hydro Lake Sylvia Park
- Montana - Talk Of Bio-Gen Plant At Columbia Falls Aluminum Company
- California's Renewable Energy Goals Feasible
- Yakima Solar Street Light Goes Green
- 'Cap And Trade' Emissions Bill Passes Out Of House Committee
- Effort To Work Climate Change Into Growth Management Falls Short
- Greenhouse Gases Likely To Face EPA Regulation
- Poking Holes In Connected Nation
- Evergreen Travel Funds Missing
- Newspaper Publishers Seek Tax Cut
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Whipsaw • \WIP-saw\ • verb – 1: to saw with a whipsaw *2: to beset or victimize in two opposite ways at once, by a two-phase operation, or by the collusive action of two opponents
The country is being whipsawed by a lively discussion about climate change, carbon credits, cap and trade, cap and reduce, holding your breath, taking “Beano” with every meal, killing all cows and wearing hair shirts.
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
The Secretaries, the Stimulus and the Smart Grid (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/the-secretaries-the-stimulus-and-the-smart-grid/
BPA outlines major transmission expansion for Pacific Northwest (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/254785/
America’s Future Wind Web? Wind power could feed 20 percent of the US energy diet. But first, the country needs a new energy network (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/02/18/americas-future-wind-web/
Okanogan PUD Transmission Proposal: Property Owners Reject Need For Condemnation In PUD Lawsuit (Methow Valley News)
http://www.methowvalleynews.com/story.php?id=918
Snohomish PUD Rate Hike: About $40.92 A Year Per Household (The Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090218/NEWS01/702189797
Seattle City Light - 'Round up' your utility payment to help needy (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_021909WAB-utility-bill-help-SW.30096a00.html
Chattanooga Free Press - Will TVA Change Its Ways?
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/feb/18/will-tva-change-its-ways/?opiniontimes
FISH & WILDLIFE
California - Smallest Fall Run of Chinook Salmon Reported (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/18/MN9I160HP4.DTL
Sportfishing-Led Group Suggests Restrictions on Columbia Gill-Netters (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/legislature_may_move_columbia.html
Oregon Senate Oks Surcharge for Klamath Dam Removal (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/02/senate_oks_surcharge_for_klama.html
Fish Get Assist At Little Goose Dam On Snake River - Advanced American Construction of Portland set to install 150-ton spillway weir (Daily Journal of Commerce)
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/02/17/Fish-get-assist-at-Little-Goose-Dam-on-Snake-River-Advanced-American-Construction-of-Portland-set-to
Two new orca calves spotted in Puget Sound (KIRO Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=135565
News Release - E-Book on History of Columbia Basin Salmon Recovery Litigation Now Available (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://world-wire.com/news/0902190001.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
$603,000 Lewis River Project Washed Away - Officials had misgiving about how well it would work (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090219/NEWS02/702199954
California Taps Sea For Water Needs - Drought, demand renew debate over desalination (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/400469_deslination18.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Energy Northwest to Develop Biomass Plants - Leaders of Energy Northwest are coming up with plans to make energy from waste in forests (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/482630.html
Residents Gather To Discuss Proposed Lake Sylvia Park Closure – Grays Harbor PUD may be interested in small hydro (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/02/18/local_news/03news.txt
Montana - Talk Of Bio-Gen Plant At Columbia Falls Aluminum Company (Hungry Horse News, MT)
http://www.hungryhorsenews.com/articles/2009/02/19/news/doc499c3753149ee733418150.txt
California's Renewable Energy Goals Feasible (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/19/BUH2160HP3.DTL
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Yakima Solar Street Light Goes Green (KNDU-TV, Yakima)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9868397
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
'Cap And Trade' Emissions Bill Passes Out Of House Committee (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400641_capandtrade19.html
Effort To Work Climate Change Into Growth Management Falls Short - Bills before Legislature include no consequences if state’s goals are ignored (The Columbian)
http://columbian.com/article/20090219/NEWS02/702199948/
Greenhouse Gases Likely To Face EPA Regulation (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008759077_gas19.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Poking Holes In Connected Nation - Broadband mapping group could actually harm rural broadband (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Poking-Holes-In-Connected-Nation-100958
GENERAL NEWS
Evergreen Travel Funds Missing - College says professor has not accounted for $50,000 collected from students in past 4 years (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/761799.html
Newspaper Publishers Seek Tax Cut (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/39811877.html
DIVERSIONS
Utility Worker Kills Attacking 2-Pound Chihuahua
http://www.examiner.com/a-1859951~Utility_worker_kills_attacking_2_pound_Chihuahua.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Police: Doughnut Shop Worker Slashes Man's Tires
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_fe_st/odd_coffee_tires_slashed;_ylt=AvVLDooYffMI.g9BOJq6z3PtiBIF
Suspect Trips Over His Pants While Fleeing Police
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_fe_st/odd_pants_trip;_ylt=AvO6EyuCgZIvKLHBzfp4i97tiBIF
Cleaner Waters Attract Sharks
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090213/od_nm/us_sharks_odd;_ylt=Arfjc0NB3DTEw.L2jAmq6TvtiBIF
SONG OF THE DAY
While my Guitar Gently Weeps - Jake Shimabukuro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- The Secretaries, the Stimulus and the Smart Grid
- BPA outlines major transmission expansion for Pacific Northwest
- America’s Future Wind Web?
- Okanogan PUD Transmission Proposal
- Snohomish PUD Rate Hike: About $40.92 A Year Per Household
- Seattle City Light - 'Round up' your utility payment to help needy
- Chattanooga Free Press - Will TVA Change Its Ways?
- California - Smallest Fall Run of Chinook Salmon Reported
- Sportfishing-Led Group Suggests Restrictions on Columbia Gill-Netters
- Oregon Senate Oks Surcharge for Klamath Dam Removal
- Fish Get Assist At Little Goose Dam On Snake River
- Two new orca calves spotted in Puget Sound
- E-Book on History of Columbia Basin Salmon Recovery Litigation Available
- $603,000 Lewis River Project Washed Away
- California Taps Sea For Water Needs
- Energy Northwest to Develop Biomass Plants
- Grays Harbor PUD May Be Interested In Small Hydro Lake Sylvia Park
- Montana - Talk Of Bio-Gen Plant At Columbia Falls Aluminum Company
- California's Renewable Energy Goals Feasible
- Yakima Solar Street Light Goes Green
- 'Cap And Trade' Emissions Bill Passes Out Of House Committee
- Effort To Work Climate Change Into Growth Management Falls Short
- Greenhouse Gases Likely To Face EPA Regulation
- Poking Holes In Connected Nation
- Evergreen Travel Funds Missing
- Newspaper Publishers Seek Tax Cut
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Whipsaw • \WIP-saw\ • verb – 1: to saw with a whipsaw *2: to beset or victimize in two opposite ways at once, by a two-phase operation, or by the collusive action of two opponents
The country is being whipsawed by a lively discussion about climate change, carbon credits, cap and trade, cap and reduce, holding your breath, taking “Beano” with every meal, killing all cows and wearing hair shirts.
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
The Secretaries, the Stimulus and the Smart Grid (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/the-secretaries-the-stimulus-and-the-smart-grid/
BPA outlines major transmission expansion for Pacific Northwest (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/254785/
America’s Future Wind Web? Wind power could feed 20 percent of the US energy diet. But first, the country needs a new energy network (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/02/18/americas-future-wind-web/
Okanogan PUD Transmission Proposal: Property Owners Reject Need For Condemnation In PUD Lawsuit (Methow Valley News)
http://www.methowvalleynews.com/story.php?id=918
Snohomish PUD Rate Hike: About $40.92 A Year Per Household (The Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090218/NEWS01/702189797
Seattle City Light - 'Round up' your utility payment to help needy (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_021909WAB-utility-bill-help-SW.30096a00.html
Chattanooga Free Press - Will TVA Change Its Ways?
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/feb/18/will-tva-change-its-ways/?opiniontimes
FISH & WILDLIFE
California - Smallest Fall Run of Chinook Salmon Reported (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/18/MN9I160HP4.DTL
Sportfishing-Led Group Suggests Restrictions on Columbia Gill-Netters (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/legislature_may_move_columbia.html
Oregon Senate Oks Surcharge for Klamath Dam Removal (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/02/senate_oks_surcharge_for_klama.html
Fish Get Assist At Little Goose Dam On Snake River - Advanced American Construction of Portland set to install 150-ton spillway weir (Daily Journal of Commerce)
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/02/17/Fish-get-assist-at-Little-Goose-Dam-on-Snake-River-Advanced-American-Construction-of-Portland-set-to
Two new orca calves spotted in Puget Sound (KIRO Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=135565
News Release - E-Book on History of Columbia Basin Salmon Recovery Litigation Now Available (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://world-wire.com/news/0902190001.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
$603,000 Lewis River Project Washed Away - Officials had misgiving about how well it would work (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090219/NEWS02/702199954
California Taps Sea For Water Needs - Drought, demand renew debate over desalination (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/400469_deslination18.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Energy Northwest to Develop Biomass Plants - Leaders of Energy Northwest are coming up with plans to make energy from waste in forests (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/482630.html
Residents Gather To Discuss Proposed Lake Sylvia Park Closure – Grays Harbor PUD may be interested in small hydro (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/02/18/local_news/03news.txt
Montana - Talk Of Bio-Gen Plant At Columbia Falls Aluminum Company (Hungry Horse News, MT)
http://www.hungryhorsenews.com/articles/2009/02/19/news/doc499c3753149ee733418150.txt
California's Renewable Energy Goals Feasible (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/19/BUH2160HP3.DTL
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Yakima Solar Street Light Goes Green (KNDU-TV, Yakima)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9868397
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
'Cap And Trade' Emissions Bill Passes Out Of House Committee (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400641_capandtrade19.html
Effort To Work Climate Change Into Growth Management Falls Short - Bills before Legislature include no consequences if state’s goals are ignored (The Columbian)
http://columbian.com/article/20090219/NEWS02/702199948/
Greenhouse Gases Likely To Face EPA Regulation (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008759077_gas19.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Poking Holes In Connected Nation - Broadband mapping group could actually harm rural broadband (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Poking-Holes-In-Connected-Nation-100958
GENERAL NEWS
Evergreen Travel Funds Missing - College says professor has not accounted for $50,000 collected from students in past 4 years (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/761799.html
Newspaper Publishers Seek Tax Cut (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/39811877.html
DIVERSIONS
Utility Worker Kills Attacking 2-Pound Chihuahua
http://www.examiner.com/a-1859951~Utility_worker_kills_attacking_2_pound_Chihuahua.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Police: Doughnut Shop Worker Slashes Man's Tires
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_fe_st/odd_coffee_tires_slashed;_ylt=AvVLDooYffMI.g9BOJq6z3PtiBIF
Suspect Trips Over His Pants While Fleeing Police
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_fe_st/odd_pants_trip;_ylt=AvO6EyuCgZIvKLHBzfp4i97tiBIF
Cleaner Waters Attract Sharks
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090213/od_nm/us_sharks_odd;_ylt=Arfjc0NB3DTEw.L2jAmq6TvtiBIF
SONG OF THE DAY
While my Guitar Gently Weeps - Jake Shimabukuro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Energy News Digest for February 17, 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)
- Power Deal with BPA Averts Plant Closure in Columbia Falls
- BPA Rate Increase Will Have Impact in Ashland, Oregon
- US Senator Murray on Stimulus: Hiring Jolt Doubtful
- Judge Will Decide Soon On Cowlitz County PUD Recall
- Pend Oreille County - Home Of Seattle Dam Seeks Aid
- Grant County Irrigators' Power Group Organizes
- Demand for Heat Assistance Nearly Doubles
- Vantage Bridge Jumper Saved By Grant PUD
- Montana-Dakota Utilities to Consolidate Call Centers and Cut Jobs
- Texas' Image May Hurt Its Place At National Energy Regulation Table
- Is America Ready to Quit Coal?
- Congressional Research - U.S. Energy: Overview and Selected Facts and Numbers
- Report Says Federal Salmon Recovery Strategy Needs 'Immediate Change'
- Expectations Are High For Ocean Fishery
- Oregon Governor Ends Service of Fisheries Adviser
- Fishermen Upset By Planned Change in Fishery Council
- State Eyes Reduction of Fish and Wildlife Staff in Mid-Columbia
- Killer Whales Threatened By California's Thirst
- A People Bound to the Skokomish River
- Skokomish Valley Farmers Struggle with Ongoing Floods
- Forest Roads Contribute Gravel to Clogged Skokomish River
- City Of Seattle To OK Water-Bill Surcharge
- Alternative Energy Still Facing Headwinds
- Turbines Top New Clark College Building
- Novelties - Bringing Wind Turbines to Ordinary Rooftops
- Solar Energy Could Be Texas’ Next Boom
- Clatskanie-Area Ethanol Plant Files for Bankruptcy
- Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid
- Smart Money Is On Energy - Stimulus funds to recharge electric infrastructure
- LEED Loopholes Close As Certification Goes Regional
- Church Groups Hoping Congregants Will Conserve Energy during Lent
- Getting Your Hands on Some Green ... Stimulus
- Washington Post Editorial - Climate Change Solutions
- George Will - Dark Green Doomsayers
- Energy Pulse Commentary - The Plain Truth about Glorious Carbon Dioxide
- Seattle City light named Climate Action Leader
- Do We Need a New Internet?
- Mobile Broadband: It’s Still Gonna Cost You
- Slow but Steady: Dial-Up Saves For Those on a Budget
- Google Plans Data Center at Old Finnish Paper Mill
- How Google Decides to Pull the Plug on its Applications
- Across Nation, Some TV Stations Go Digital Tonight
- Facebook's Users Ask Who Owns Information
- Obama to Sign Stimulus Bill Today In Denver
- A 'Horrific' Washington State Budget Forecast
- 7,900 Federal Credit Unions May Take $5 Billion Hit
- Stock Up On Cough Syrup: Flu Season Has Arrived, Doctors Say
- Dairy Cows Head for Slaughter As Milk Prices Sour
- Zombie Banks Feed Off Bailout Money
- Driving Up the Cost For Public Works
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Myriad • \MEER-ee-ud\ • noun - 1: ten thousand *2: a great number
Just before the natural gas technician lit his cigarette, Abercrombie’s life flashed before his eyes. A myriad of images crowded his fevered brain…supplanted by one thought, “I wonder if I told this guy about the pilot light…”
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 Deal with Bonneville Power Administration Averts Plant Closure in Columbia Falls (Associated Press)
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/02/15/news/state/48-power.txt
BPA Rate Increase Will Have Impact in Ashland, Oregon (The Mail Tribune)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090214/NEWS/902140308
Cantwell Gets Word Out On Energy - Subcommittee chair tours state to promote agenda (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090217/NEWS02/702179968
US Senator Murray on Stimulus: Hiring Jolt Doubtful - Even without stimulus package, BPA was expected to start construction on new transmission lines this year, and construction of additional job-creating projects might not start for years (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008743322_bpa14m.html
Judge Will Decide Soon On Cowlitz County PUD Recall (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/02/15/area_news/doc499670b245a06173057232.txt
Pend Oreille County - Home Of Seattle Dam Seeks Aid (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400098_power14.html
Grant County Irrigators' Power Group Organizes - Seeking members to work with PUD (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/02/16/news/doc4999a59a33d4c812151832.txt
Demand for Heat Assistance Nearly Doubles (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18727627/detail.html
Vantage Bridge Jumper Saved By Grant PUD (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/02/13/news/doc4995c9fb1c899094153712.txt
Montana-Dakota Utilities and Three Others, Including Cascade Natural Gas, To Consolidate Five Call Centers and Cut 130 Jobs (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008752392_apndutilitygroupcuts.html?syndication=rss
Texas' Image May Hurt Its Place At National Energy Regulation Table (The Dallas Morning News)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/industries/energy/stories/DN-ceratexas_14bus.ART.State.Edition1.4c081fd.html
Is America Ready to Quit Coal? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/business/15coal.html
Congressional Research Service - U.S. Energy: Overview and Selected Facts and Numbers
http://opencrs.com/document/R40187
FISH & WILDLIFE
Report Says Federal Salmon Recovery Strategy Needs 'Immediate Change' (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/report_says_federal_salmon_rec.html
Expectations Are High For Ocean Fishery - Salmon anglers planning on hitting the ocean this summer could be in for a stellar fishing season (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2008745247_outn15.html
Oregon Governor Ends Service of Fisheries Adviser (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1855433~Kulongoski_ends_service_of_fisheries_adviser.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Fishermen Upset By Planned Change in Fishery Council (The Register Guard, Eugene, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/updates/7816572-55/story.csp
State Eyes Reduction of Fish and Wildlife Staff in Mid-Columbia (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1358/story/479055.html
Killer Whales Threatened By California's Thirst (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11702151?source=most_emailed
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
A People Bound to the Skokomish River (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/14/a-people-bound-to-the-skokomish-river/?partner=RSS
Skokomish Valley Farmers Struggle with Ongoing Floods (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/15/skokomish-valley-farmers-struggle-with-ongoing/?partner=RSS
Forest Roads Contribute Gravel to Clogged Skokomish River (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/16/forest-roads-contribute-gravel-to-clogged-river/?partner=RSS
City Of Seattle To OK Water-Bill Surcharge - Fee will pay for court-ordered rebate checks (Seattle Post-Intelligencer – water customers charged to pay for rebate to water customers…Huh?)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400207_surcharge16.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Alternative Energy Still Facing Headwinds - Despite Obama's Support, Projects Tripped Up by Financing, Logistics (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/16/AR2009021601199.html?hpid=moreheadlines
Turbines Top New Clark College Building - Environmental touches at East Vancouver site valued for their teaching capabilities (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090217/NEWS02/702179952/
Novelties - Bringing Wind Turbines to Ordinary Rooftops (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/business/15novel.html
Solar Energy Could Be Texas’ Next Boom (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6265294.html
Clatskanie-Area Ethanol Plant Files for Bankruptcy (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/02/15//area_news/doc4997b03711ece760715033.txt
Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/electric-cars-and-a-smarter-grid/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Smart Money Is On Energy - Stimulus funds to recharge electric infrastructure (Boston Herald, MA)
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/2009_02_15_Smart_money_is_on_energy:_Stimulus_funds_to_recharge_electric_infrastructure/
LEED Loopholes Close As Certification Goes Regional -Changes may make building program more adaptable (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/02/16/focus3.html?ana=from_rss
Church Groups Hoping Congregants Will Conserve Energy During Lent (Park Rapids Sentinel, MN)
http://www.parkrapidsenterprise.com/articles/index.cfm?id=15523
Getting Your Hands on Some Green ... Stimulus (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/17/news/economy/green_home_stimulus/?postversion=2009021709
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington Post Editorial - Climate Change Solutions: Sen. Boxer is open to everything…except what might work best
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/15/AR2009021501425.html?nav=rss_opinions
George Will - Dark Green Doomsayers (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/13/AR2009021302514.html?nav=rss_opinion%2Fcolumns
Energy Pulse Commentary - The Plain Truth about Glorious Carbon Dioxide
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1945
Seattle City light named Climate Action Leader (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&id=105326
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Do We Need a New Internet? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/weekinreview/15markoff.html
Mobile Broadband: It’s Still Gonna Cost You (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/17/mobile-broadband-its-still-gonna-cost-you/
Slow but Steady: Dial-Up Saves For Those on a Budget (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/400315_dialup17.html?source=rss
Google Plans Data Center at Old Finnish Paper Mill (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE51B5PW20090213?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
How Google Decides to Pull the Plug on its Applications (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/business/15ping.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Across Nation, Some TV Stations Go Digital Tonight (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/16/AR2009021601067.html?wprss=rss_technology
Facebook's Users Ask Who Owns Information (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11719108
GENERAL NEWS
Obama To Sign Stimulus Bill Today In Denver (Associated Press)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_stimulus_6
A 'Horrific' Washington State Budget Forecast - Cuts are likely to deepen as state struggles with shortfalls (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400245_deficit16.html?source=rss
7,900 Federal Credit Unions May Take $5 Billion Hit (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/627049.html
Stock Up On Cough Syrup: Flu Season Has Arrived, Doctors Say (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090214/NEWS01/702149906/-1/RSS02
Dairy Cows Head for Slaughter As Milk Prices Sour (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008748929_apfarmscenecowslaughter.html?syndication=rss
Zombie Banks Feed Off Bailout Money (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100762999&ft=1&f=3
Driving Up the Cost For Public Works - Party Tabs, Car Leases, Golf Shirts Piled On To Bills for Highway Projects, Audit Shows (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/13/AR2009021303280.html?wprss=rss_technology
DIVERSIONS
Burglary Victim Drives Off In Thieves' Van
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18715931/detail.html
Answer to Budget Cuts: Stop Answering Phones
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_fe_st/phones_not_answered;_ylt=AiBenTo3gY7v1SEjghjaL7jtiBIF
Koala Love Story Wins Hearts after Deadly Fires
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090211/od_nm/us_fires_koala;_ylt=AlD3Z4cvQNQ4bLttIwDQcWPtiBIF
Hong Kong Woman's Airport Hysterics an Online Hit
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090216/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_youtube_hongkong_flight;_ylt=AqNVI8jwLIigdf83mlUkWpHtiBIF
SONG OF THE DAY
New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZh8YjbDiVk&feature=related
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Power Deal with BPA Averts Plant Closure in Columbia Falls
- BPA Rate Increase Will Have Impact in Ashland, Oregon
- US Senator Murray on Stimulus: Hiring Jolt Doubtful
- Judge Will Decide Soon On Cowlitz County PUD Recall
- Pend Oreille County - Home Of Seattle Dam Seeks Aid
- Grant County Irrigators' Power Group Organizes
- Demand for Heat Assistance Nearly Doubles
- Vantage Bridge Jumper Saved By Grant PUD
- Montana-Dakota Utilities to Consolidate Call Centers and Cut Jobs
- Texas' Image May Hurt Its Place At National Energy Regulation Table
- Is America Ready to Quit Coal?
- Congressional Research - U.S. Energy: Overview and Selected Facts and Numbers
- Report Says Federal Salmon Recovery Strategy Needs 'Immediate Change'
- Expectations Are High For Ocean Fishery
- Oregon Governor Ends Service of Fisheries Adviser
- Fishermen Upset By Planned Change in Fishery Council
- State Eyes Reduction of Fish and Wildlife Staff in Mid-Columbia
- Killer Whales Threatened By California's Thirst
- A People Bound to the Skokomish River
- Skokomish Valley Farmers Struggle with Ongoing Floods
- Forest Roads Contribute Gravel to Clogged Skokomish River
- City Of Seattle To OK Water-Bill Surcharge
- Alternative Energy Still Facing Headwinds
- Turbines Top New Clark College Building
- Novelties - Bringing Wind Turbines to Ordinary Rooftops
- Solar Energy Could Be Texas’ Next Boom
- Clatskanie-Area Ethanol Plant Files for Bankruptcy
- Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid
- Smart Money Is On Energy - Stimulus funds to recharge electric infrastructure
- LEED Loopholes Close As Certification Goes Regional
- Church Groups Hoping Congregants Will Conserve Energy during Lent
- Getting Your Hands on Some Green ... Stimulus
- Washington Post Editorial - Climate Change Solutions
- George Will - Dark Green Doomsayers
- Energy Pulse Commentary - The Plain Truth about Glorious Carbon Dioxide
- Seattle City light named Climate Action Leader
- Do We Need a New Internet?
- Mobile Broadband: It’s Still Gonna Cost You
- Slow but Steady: Dial-Up Saves For Those on a Budget
- Google Plans Data Center at Old Finnish Paper Mill
- How Google Decides to Pull the Plug on its Applications
- Across Nation, Some TV Stations Go Digital Tonight
- Facebook's Users Ask Who Owns Information
- Obama to Sign Stimulus Bill Today In Denver
- A 'Horrific' Washington State Budget Forecast
- 7,900 Federal Credit Unions May Take $5 Billion Hit
- Stock Up On Cough Syrup: Flu Season Has Arrived, Doctors Say
- Dairy Cows Head for Slaughter As Milk Prices Sour
- Zombie Banks Feed Off Bailout Money
- Driving Up the Cost For Public Works
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Myriad • \MEER-ee-ud\ • noun - 1: ten thousand *2: a great number
Just before the natural gas technician lit his cigarette, Abercrombie’s life flashed before his eyes. A myriad of images crowded his fevered brain…supplanted by one thought, “I wonder if I told this guy about the pilot light…”
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 Deal with Bonneville Power Administration Averts Plant Closure in Columbia Falls (Associated Press)
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/02/15/news/state/48-power.txt
BPA Rate Increase Will Have Impact in Ashland, Oregon (The Mail Tribune)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090214/NEWS/902140308
Cantwell Gets Word Out On Energy - Subcommittee chair tours state to promote agenda (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090217/NEWS02/702179968
US Senator Murray on Stimulus: Hiring Jolt Doubtful - Even without stimulus package, BPA was expected to start construction on new transmission lines this year, and construction of additional job-creating projects might not start for years (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008743322_bpa14m.html
Judge Will Decide Soon On Cowlitz County PUD Recall (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/02/15/area_news/doc499670b245a06173057232.txt
Pend Oreille County - Home Of Seattle Dam Seeks Aid (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400098_power14.html
Grant County Irrigators' Power Group Organizes - Seeking members to work with PUD (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/02/16/news/doc4999a59a33d4c812151832.txt
Demand for Heat Assistance Nearly Doubles (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18727627/detail.html
Vantage Bridge Jumper Saved By Grant PUD (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/02/13/news/doc4995c9fb1c899094153712.txt
Montana-Dakota Utilities and Three Others, Including Cascade Natural Gas, To Consolidate Five Call Centers and Cut 130 Jobs (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008752392_apndutilitygroupcuts.html?syndication=rss
Texas' Image May Hurt Its Place At National Energy Regulation Table (The Dallas Morning News)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/industries/energy/stories/DN-ceratexas_14bus.ART.State.Edition1.4c081fd.html
Is America Ready to Quit Coal? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/business/15coal.html
Congressional Research Service - U.S. Energy: Overview and Selected Facts and Numbers
http://opencrs.com/document/R40187
FISH & WILDLIFE
Report Says Federal Salmon Recovery Strategy Needs 'Immediate Change' (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/report_says_federal_salmon_rec.html
Expectations Are High For Ocean Fishery - Salmon anglers planning on hitting the ocean this summer could be in for a stellar fishing season (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2008745247_outn15.html
Oregon Governor Ends Service of Fisheries Adviser (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1855433~Kulongoski_ends_service_of_fisheries_adviser.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Fishermen Upset By Planned Change in Fishery Council (The Register Guard, Eugene, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/updates/7816572-55/story.csp
State Eyes Reduction of Fish and Wildlife Staff in Mid-Columbia (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1358/story/479055.html
Killer Whales Threatened By California's Thirst (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11702151?source=most_emailed
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
A People Bound to the Skokomish River (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/14/a-people-bound-to-the-skokomish-river/?partner=RSS
Skokomish Valley Farmers Struggle with Ongoing Floods (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/15/skokomish-valley-farmers-struggle-with-ongoing/?partner=RSS
Forest Roads Contribute Gravel to Clogged Skokomish River (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/16/forest-roads-contribute-gravel-to-clogged-river/?partner=RSS
City Of Seattle To OK Water-Bill Surcharge - Fee will pay for court-ordered rebate checks (Seattle Post-Intelligencer – water customers charged to pay for rebate to water customers…Huh?)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400207_surcharge16.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Alternative Energy Still Facing Headwinds - Despite Obama's Support, Projects Tripped Up by Financing, Logistics (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/16/AR2009021601199.html?hpid=moreheadlines
Turbines Top New Clark College Building - Environmental touches at East Vancouver site valued for their teaching capabilities (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090217/NEWS02/702179952/
Novelties - Bringing Wind Turbines to Ordinary Rooftops (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/business/15novel.html
Solar Energy Could Be Texas’ Next Boom (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6265294.html
Clatskanie-Area Ethanol Plant Files for Bankruptcy (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/02/15//area_news/doc4997b03711ece760715033.txt
Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/electric-cars-and-a-smarter-grid/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Smart Money Is On Energy - Stimulus funds to recharge electric infrastructure (Boston Herald, MA)
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/2009_02_15_Smart_money_is_on_energy:_Stimulus_funds_to_recharge_electric_infrastructure/
LEED Loopholes Close As Certification Goes Regional -Changes may make building program more adaptable (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/02/16/focus3.html?ana=from_rss
Church Groups Hoping Congregants Will Conserve Energy During Lent (Park Rapids Sentinel, MN)
http://www.parkrapidsenterprise.com/articles/index.cfm?id=15523
Getting Your Hands on Some Green ... Stimulus (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/17/news/economy/green_home_stimulus/?postversion=2009021709
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington Post Editorial - Climate Change Solutions: Sen. Boxer is open to everything…except what might work best
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/15/AR2009021501425.html?nav=rss_opinions
George Will - Dark Green Doomsayers (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/13/AR2009021302514.html?nav=rss_opinion%2Fcolumns
Energy Pulse Commentary - The Plain Truth about Glorious Carbon Dioxide
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1945
Seattle City light named Climate Action Leader (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&id=105326
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Do We Need a New Internet? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/weekinreview/15markoff.html
Mobile Broadband: It’s Still Gonna Cost You (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/17/mobile-broadband-its-still-gonna-cost-you/
Slow but Steady: Dial-Up Saves For Those on a Budget (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/400315_dialup17.html?source=rss
Google Plans Data Center at Old Finnish Paper Mill (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE51B5PW20090213?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
How Google Decides to Pull the Plug on its Applications (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/business/15ping.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Across Nation, Some TV Stations Go Digital Tonight (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/16/AR2009021601067.html?wprss=rss_technology
Facebook's Users Ask Who Owns Information (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11719108
GENERAL NEWS
Obama To Sign Stimulus Bill Today In Denver (Associated Press)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_stimulus_6
A 'Horrific' Washington State Budget Forecast - Cuts are likely to deepen as state struggles with shortfalls (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400245_deficit16.html?source=rss
7,900 Federal Credit Unions May Take $5 Billion Hit (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/627049.html
Stock Up On Cough Syrup: Flu Season Has Arrived, Doctors Say (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090214/NEWS01/702149906/-1/RSS02
Dairy Cows Head for Slaughter As Milk Prices Sour (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008748929_apfarmscenecowslaughter.html?syndication=rss
Zombie Banks Feed Off Bailout Money (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100762999&ft=1&f=3
Driving Up the Cost For Public Works - Party Tabs, Car Leases, Golf Shirts Piled On To Bills for Highway Projects, Audit Shows (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/13/AR2009021303280.html?wprss=rss_technology
DIVERSIONS
Burglary Victim Drives Off In Thieves' Van
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18715931/detail.html
Answer to Budget Cuts: Stop Answering Phones
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_fe_st/phones_not_answered;_ylt=AiBenTo3gY7v1SEjghjaL7jtiBIF
Koala Love Story Wins Hearts after Deadly Fires
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090211/od_nm/us_fires_koala;_ylt=AlD3Z4cvQNQ4bLttIwDQcWPtiBIF
Hong Kong Woman's Airport Hysterics an Online Hit
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090216/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_youtube_hongkong_flight;_ylt=AqNVI8jwLIigdf83mlUkWpHtiBIF
SONG OF THE DAY
New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZh8YjbDiVk&feature=related
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