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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Cold Spell Sets Puget Sound Energy Utility Records
- Portland General Electric Raises $175.9 Million
- Seattle Utilities Loosen Rule for Rate Assistance Eligibility
- Jumper's Daughter Thanks Grant PUD
- Bush May Have Set Back 'Clean Coal' Efforts by 10 Years, Report Says
- Maryland Regulators Ban Utility Shutoffs for Now
- Coho Forecast Bodes Well For Anglers, Businesses That Cater To Fishermen
- $7M Grant for Wildlife in Oregon, Idaho, Washington
- Centralia Votes to Join Salmon Partnership
- Gray Whales Return to Whidbey Waters
- Summer Water Might Be Below Normal
- Climate Change Accelerates Water Hunt in U.S. West
- Obama Signs U.S. Budget into Law; Oregon Gets $211 Million in Goodies
- Climate Change Course Reversed - Senate shelves efforts to limit CO2 emissions
- Green-Energy Changes a Difficult Balancing Act for Lawmakers
- Oregonians want green energy at any price, and that’s what we’re getting
- Renewable and Affordable - Green Answers, Blowing in the Wind
- Greenpeace Energy Report Projects Cheap, Clean Power - and more jobs
- Centralia OKs Energy Generation Ordinance
- Realtors Want Spending Paused on Port of Bremerton’s Energy Project
- Utah Will Spend Stimulus Cash on Clean-Energy Push
- U.S. Seeks to Spur Renewable Energy on Public Lands
- Too Many Old Stoves - Woodstoves Contribute to Air Quality Problems
- Energy Efficiency = New Era for Electric Utilities
- Electric Choice in Maryland Helps Smart-Grid Conservation
- WA Senate Wants to Study Any Cap-And-Trade Program
- Earth-Friendly Jobs Bill Passes State Senate
- Olympian Op/Ed - Climate Change Likely to Be Costly for Washington Residents
- Global Warming to Carry Big Costs for California
- The National Columnist - The Crumbling Case for Global Warming
- Planning For Future Must Consider Climate Change
- State of New York Eyes Global Warming in Project Reviews
- Comcast Is Now 3rd Largest U.S. Phone Company
- Google Turns Voicemail into Email
- Google's Openness Intensifies Focus on E-Mail Woes
- Faster Clearwire a Mixed Blessing
- West Texas Towns Get Fiber, Thank Verizon
- Wireless-Only Households State-By-State
- Wal-Mart to Enter Electronic Medical Records Arena
- Twitter As A Brand-Builder: Three Examples
- Mason County Sheriff Says Belfair Office ‘Absolutely Necessary'
- Pierce County Skipped Tens of Thousands of Property Inspections
- Another Delay in Mason County Property Tax Statements
- Washington State Patrol Investigating E-Mail
- Washington State Labor Council E-Mail
- Cutoff Day for Washington State Lawmakers
- White House Nominates Seattle Police Chief as Drug Czar
- Obama to States: Spend Stimulus Wisely - Or Else
- Simpson Closing Door Plant at Port Of Centralia
- State Agency Pays 10 Times More per Photocopy
- Webinar on Friday To Help Answer Hood Canal Bridge Closure Questions
WORD OF THE DAY
Acedia • \uh-SEE-dee-uh\ • noun - Apathy, boredom
Amelia stared out the window, the darkness of acedia overcoming her growing weariness with the ongoing chatter of her fellow workers who were in the ascending phase of a sugar high, fueled by toroidal-shaped, doughy pastries. Instead of focusing on the intricacies of filling out form 1524-B-ACE, she was flitting away from consciousness on a rainbow-colored unicorn.
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
Cold Spell Sets Puget Sound Energy Utility Records (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/403270_pse13.html?source=rss
Portland General Electric Raises $175.9 Million (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/03/09/daily30.html?ana=from_rss
Seattle Utilities Loosen Rule for Rate Assistance Eligibility (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/41135372.html
Jumper's Daughter Thanks Grant PUD (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/03/11/news/doc49b7f2316f398971573778.txt
Bush May Have Set Back 'Clean Coal' Efforts by 10 Years, Report Says (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/11/AR2009031102306.html?wprss=rss_politics
Maryland Regulators Ban Utility Shutoffs for Now (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/03/11/ap6156267.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Coho Forecast Bodes Well For Anglers, Businesses That Cater To Fishermen (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/story/661157.html
$7M Grant for Wildlife in Oregon, Idaho, Washington (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1898295~_7M_grant_for_wildlife_in_Ore___Idaho__Wash_.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Centralia Votes to Join Salmon Partnership – Opponent dismisses group as “Big Ball of Fluff” (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.outdoorslc.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1236790066&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5&
Gray Whales Return to Whidbey Waters (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_031109WAB-gray-whales-KS.25d4c46e.html?rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Summer Water Might Be Below Normal (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1898304~Summer_water_might_be_below_normal.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Climate Change Accelerates Water Hunt in U.S. West (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE52900820090310?sp=true
Obama Signs U.S. Budget into Law; Oregon Gets $211 Million in Goodies (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/obama_signs_us_budget_into_law.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Climate Change Course Reversed - State Senate shelves efforts to limit CO2 emissions (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090312/NEWS02/703129937/
Green-Energy Changes a Difficult Balancing Act for Lawmakers (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/03/12//area_news/doc49b8963b599fe653692973.txt
A Mighty Wind - Oregonians want green energy at any price, and that’s what we’re getting (Willamette Weekly)
http://wweek.com/columns/coverstory#35.18
Renewable and Affordable - Green Answers, Blowing in the Wind (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/11/AR2009031103831.html
Greenpeace Energy Report Projects Cheap, Clean Power -- and more jobs (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2009/03/cheap-clean-pow.html
Centralia OKs Energy Generation Ordinance - provides an opportunity for residents to produce their own small-scale energy generating projects (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.outdoorslc.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1236789857&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5&
Realtors Want Spending Paused on Port's Kitsap Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Project (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/mar/11/realtors-want-spending-paused-on-seed/?partner=RSS
Utah Will Spend Stimulus Cash On Clean-Energy Push - Solar, wind, geothermal and biomass top the development list (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_11891417?source=most_viewed
U.S. Seeks to Spur Renewable Energy on Public Lands (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE52A64Q20090311
Too Many Old Stoves - Woodstoves Contribute to Air Quality Problems (Wild over Wood Smoke: Herald and News, Klamath Falls, OR)
http://www.heraldandnews.com/articles/2009/03/12/top_story/doc49b8abb8b67fc796024261.txt
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Efficiency = New Era for Electric Utilities (Seeking Alpha)
http://seekingalpha.com/article/125173-energy-efficiency-new-era-for-electric-utilities
Baltimore Sun Columnist - Electric Choice in Maryland Helps Smart-Grid Conservation
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/business/hancock/blog/2009/03/electric_choice_helps_smartgri.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
WA Senate Wants to Study Any Cap-And-Trade Program (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/784152.html
Earth-Friendly Jobs Bill Passes State Senate (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/505298.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Olympian Op/Ed - Climate Change Likely to Be Costly for Washington Residents
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/784154.html
Global Warming to Carry Big Costs for California (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/11/financial/f154111D00.DTL&feed=rss.business
The National Columnist - The Crumbling Case for Global Warming: Voters should ask politicians one simple question: ‘Why do you want to raise my energy prices?’ (Canada)
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/03/10/peter-foster-the-crumbling-case-for-global-warming.aspx
Planning For Future Must Consider Climate Change (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008847232_apsciclimatechange.html?syndication=rss
State of New York Eyes Global Warming in Project Reviews (NY Newsday)
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--greenhousegas-pro0311mar11,0,1970837.story
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast Is Now 3rd Largest U.S. Phone Company (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/03/11/comcast-is-now-3rd-largest-us-phone-company/
Google Turns Voicemail into Email (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/12/AR2009031200367.html?wprss=rss_technology
Google's Openness Intensifies Focus on E-Mail Woes (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1898892~Google_s_openness_intensifies_focus_on_e_mail_woes.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Faster Clearwire a Mixed Blessing (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/brierdudley/2008844214_brier12.html?syndication=rss
West Texas Towns Get Fiber, Thank Verizon (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/03/11/west-texas-towns-get-fiber-thank-verizon/
Wireless-Only Households State-By-State (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008840547_apcellphoneonlystates.html?syndication=rss
Wal-Mart to Enter Electronic Medical Records Arena (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11887344
Twitter As A Brand-Builder: Three Examples (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10192490-2.html?tag=nl.e433
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Sheriff Says Belfair Office ‘Absolutely Necessary' (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/mar/11/mason-county-sheriff-says-belfair-office/?partner=RSS
Pierce County Skipped Tens of Thousands of Property Inspections, Assessor Says (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/03/11/pierce_county_skipped_tens_of_thousands_
Another Delay in Mason County Property Tax Statements (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6656/reftab/1632/t/ANOTHER-DELAY-IN-PROPERTY-TAX-STATEMENTS/Default.aspx
Washington State Patrol Investigating E-Mail (Seattle Time)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008844278_apwaxgremailinvestigation7thldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Washington State Labor Council e-mail (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008843314_webwslcemail11.html?syndication=rss
Cutoff Day for Washington State Lawmakers (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_031209WAB-AP-olympia-lawmakers-LJ.2a42723f.html?rss?npc
White House Nominates Seattle Police Chief as Drug Czar (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008840620_webdrugczar11m.html?syndication=rss
Obama to States: Spend Stimulus Wisely — Or Else (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11895902
Simpson Closing Door Plant at Port Of Centralia (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews/?SIMPSON-CLOSING-DOOR-ON-PORT-OF-CENTRALI=1&blockID=43992&feedID=410
State Agency Pays 10 Times More per Photocopy (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_031209BUB_agency-pays-more-photocopy-JM.29cef417.html?rss?npc
Webinar On Friday To Help Answer Hood Canal Bridge Closure Questions (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=23644
DIVERSIONS
Oklahoma May Ban Eyeball Tattoos
http://www.kirotv.com/health/18905831/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_12pm&tmi=sea_12pm_1_02000103112009&ts=H
Mix-Up Sends Corpse, Not Fish, To Pet Store
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18904636/detail.html
Eastern Oregon Professor, Wife Say Drawing Hides Leonardo's Self-Portrait
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/03/eastern_oregon_professor_wife.html
Man Survives Plunge over Niagara Falls
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/11/niagara.plunge/index.html?eref=ib_topstories
SONG OF THE DAY
Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ughqjbzx2Fk
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Energy News Digest for March 11, 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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Mason County PUD No. 3 Commission Adopts Average 3% Rate Increase
- Mason PUD (3) Approves Rate Increase
- Mason County PUD No. 3 Adopts 3% Rate Increase
- Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Power Rate Hike Could Grow
- Lewis County Power Use Tops 1 Billion Kilowatts
- Lewis County PUD Urges Business to Support Dams
- Jobs expected to flow with planned upgrade at Lookout Point Dam
- CREDIT: Richland Electric Customers Get a Break on Bills
- Oregonian Op/Ed - BPA's Wright Thanks Congress for "A Miracle"
- Oregon Lumber Mill Sues PacifiCorp Over Grid Connection
- Idaho Power to Consult Residents on Oregon Power Line Plan
- Maryland - Rushing Into Energy Legislation Could Produce Nasty Shock
- Energy Department Made $500 Million Math Error on Clean Coal Project
- Coal to Give Way to Natural Gas for U.S. Electricity?
- 32 Vermont Towns Demand Closing of Yankee Nuclear Power Plant
- Virginia Man Pays His $350 Electric Bill in Pennies
- California Must Step Up to Save Salmon, Experts Tell Legislators
- Pacific Fishery Council Cuts Whiting Harvest
- Orcas Swim from Puget Sound to Monterey in 11 Days
- Lake Chelan Basin Snow runoff may be near all-time low
- Oregon’s US Senators Tout Dredging Projects in Bill
- Clallam County PUD Sewer System for Carlsborg Could Start 2011
- Wash. Senate Approves Measure on Energy Targets
- Seattle Times - Protect Initiative 937's Incentives for Renewable Power
- Grays Harbor Company Would Turn Wood Waste to Biofuel
- Wind Power Helps Lift Port of Longview to New Heights
- Tower of Power - Lewis County Lands Its First Wind Turbine
- Local Firm Plans to Harness The Pacific For Electricity
- Recession Has Taken Toll on Alternative Energy
- Alternative Power Revenue Soars
- Cleaner Trash-To-Energy Tech Hits the Ground
- WA Senate Passes Energy Efficiency Bill
- NW Energy Efficiency Alliance Named as Award Winner
- No Lights Policy Saves Energy and Birds
- US Utilities Gear Up For Fight over Climate-Law Revenue
- EPA Proposes National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Registry
- No Skepticism on the Energy Gap
- Telecom Firms Eager to Help U.S. Spend $7.2 Billion
- Broadband Infrastructure Meeting Standing Room Only
- Broadband Policy Plans Kicked Off in D.C.
- Hood Canal Bridge Project on Time
- Governor Gregoire Touts Commerce, Names New CTED Director
- Senate Passes 'Everything but Marriage' Bill
- Newspapers Would Get Tax Cut under House Bill
- Obama Considering Aerial Tanker Deal Delay
WORD OF THE DAY
Proliferate • \pruh-LIFF-er-rayt\ • verb - To grow or increase in number rapidly
Spontaneous generation was the only solution the PUD energy analyst had for the sudden proliferation of alternative energy “experts” that appeared seemingly out of thin air one morning. “It’s always windy here,” blustered one after a rare summer windstorm. “I’ll just dam this fish-bearing creek,” babbled another. “I’ve got a two-year supply of baked beans,” mumbled one gasbag.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Mason County PUD No. 3 Commission Adopts Average 3% Rate Increase (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=515
Mason PUD (3) Approves Rate Increase (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/782901.html
Mason County PUD No. 3 Adopts 3% Rate Increase (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6646/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Power Rate Hike Could Grow - Bonneville Power Administration might boost electricity rates more than it recently projected (Baker City Herald, OR)
http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Power-rate-hike-could-grow
Lewis County Power Use Tops 1 Billion Kilowatts (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.outdoorslc.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1236703809&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5&
Lewis County PUD Urges Business to Support Dams (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.outdoorslc.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1236704321&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5&
Hydroelectric Boost - Jobs Expected To Flow with Planned Upgrade at Lookout Point Dam (Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/9309431-41/story.csp
CREDIT: Richland Electric Customers Get a Break on Bills (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/504581.html
Oregonian Op/Ed - BPA's Wright Thanks Congress for "A Miracle"
http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2009/03/bpas_wright_thanks_congress_fo.html
Oregon Lumber Mill Sues PacifiCorp Over Grid Connection (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1895835~Lumber_mill_sues_PacifiCorp_over_grid_connection.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Idaho Power to Consult Residents on Oregon Power Line Plan (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1896590~Idaho_Power_to_consult_residents_on_Ore__line_plan.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Maryland - Rushing Into Energy Legislation Could Produce Nasty Shock (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.hancock11mar11,0,4001160.column
Energy Department Made $500 Million Math Error on Clean Coal Project (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/science/earth/11coal.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Coal to Give Way to Natural Gas for U.S. Electricity? (Energy Current)
http://www.energycurrent.com/index.php?id=3&storyid=16587
Entergy Go Home! 32 Vermont Towns Demand Closing of Yankee Nuclear Power Plant (InfoShop News)
http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=2009entergy
Virginia Man Pays His $350 Electric Bill in Pennies (Hampton Roads, VA – Ha, Ha, Ha!)
http://hamptonroads.com.nyud.net/2009/03/virginia-man-pays-his-350-electric-bill-pennies
FISH & WILDLIFE
California Must Step Up to Save Salmon, Experts Tell Legislators (Sacramento Bee, CA – Wow! What was happening between 1995 and 2003?)
http://www.sacbee.com/378/story/1688882.html?mi_rss=Environment
Pacific Fishery Council Cuts Whiting Harvest (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1897635~Pacific_fishery_council_cuts_whiting_harvest.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Orcas Swim from Puget Sound to Monterey in 11 Days (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/782547.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Lake Chelan Basin Snow Runoff May Be Near All-Time Low (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090310/NEWS04/703109948/-1/NEWS90
Oregon’s US Senators Tout Dredging Projects in Bill (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1897068~Wyden__Merkley_tout_dredging_projects_in_bill.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Clallam County PUD Sewer System for Carlsborg Could Start Service in April 2011 (Sequim Gazette, WA)
http://www.sequimgazette.com/topstory/articleDetail.exm/Index/article/2009-03-11_PUD_sewer_system_for_Carlsborg__could_start_service_in_April_2011/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wash. Senate Approves Measure on Energy Targets - Washington's largest utilities may get some breathing room in meeting new green-energy targets under a bill that passed the Senate Tuesday night (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008838512_apwaxgralternativeenergy.html?syndication=rss
Seattle Times Guest Columnist - Protect Initiative 937's Incentives for Renewable Power
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008837346_opinb11inslee.html?syndication=rss
Grays Harbor Company Would Turn Wood Waste to Biofuel (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/03/10/local_news/03news.txt
Wind Power Helps Lift Port of Longview to New Heights (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/03/10//area_news/doc49b5b5769a4e9718040286.txt
Tower of Power - Lewis County Lands Its First Wind Turbine (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.outdoorslc.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1236705734&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5&
Columbian Columnist - Local Firm Plans to Harness The Pacific For Electricity
http://columbian.com/article/20090311/OPINION03/703119994/-1/OPINION
Recession Has Taken Toll on Alternative Energy (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/10/BUVS16CRCG.DTL&feed=rss.business
Alternative Power Revenue Soars (Austin Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/03/09/daily23.html?ana=from_rss
Cleaner Trash-To-Energy Tech Hits the Ground (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10192431-54.html?tag=nl.e433
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
WA Senate Passes Energy Efficiency Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9981570
News Release - NW Energy Efficiency Alliance Named as 2009 ENERGY STAR(R) Partner of the Year (PR Newswire)
http://ca.sys-con.com/node/870579
No Lights Policy Saves Energy and Birds (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/2009/march/No-Lights-Policy-Saves-Energy-and-Birds.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
US Utilities Gear Up For Fight over Climate-Law Revenue (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200903101524DOWJONESDJONLINE000699_FORTUNE5.htm
EPA Proposes National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Registry (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/10/AR2009031001445.html?nav=rss_email/components
No Skepticism on the Energy Gap (NY Times)
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/no-doubt-about-energy-gap/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Telecom Firms Eager to Help U.S. Spend $7.2 Billion (Reuters)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20090310/wr_nm/us_broadband_usa_1
Broadband Infrastructure Meeting Standing Room Only - Agencies in charge of $7.2 billion begin process (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Broadband-Infrastructure-Meeting-Standing-Room-Only-101296
Broadband Policy Plans Kicked Off in D.C. (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/03/10/broadband-policy-plans-kicked-off-in-dc/
GENERAL NEWS
Hood Canal Bridge Project on Time (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008838806_webbridge11.html?syndication=rss
Governor Gregoire Touts Commerce, Names New CTED Director (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008837849_apwagovernorcommerce.html?syndication=rss
Senate Passes 'Everything but Marriage' Bill (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/41073467.html
Newspapers Would Get Tax Cut under House Bill (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008838490_webnewspapertaxcut11.html?syndication=rss
Obama Considering Aerial Tanker Deal Delay - Move on List of Possible Budget Cuts (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/10/AR2009031003627.html?wprss=rss_business
DIVERSIONS
Woman Hit with 14-Year-Old Traffic Ticket
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18894241/detail.html
Is There Room For Colbert In Space?
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008838199_colbert11.html?syndication=rss
One-Eyed Filmmaker Conceals Camera in Prosthetic
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090311/ap_on_hi_te/eu_eye_camera_6
Xcel Energy's Million-Dollar Bill Misprint a Shock
http://www.9news.com/rss/article.aspx?storyid=111390
SONG OF THE DAY
Long Distance Dedication for Steve Wright: Barry Manilow - It's A Miracle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTKVm6HY25s
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Mason County PUD No. 3 Commission Adopts Average 3% Rate Increase
- Mason PUD (3) Approves Rate Increase
- Mason County PUD No. 3 Adopts 3% Rate Increase
- Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Power Rate Hike Could Grow
- Lewis County Power Use Tops 1 Billion Kilowatts
- Lewis County PUD Urges Business to Support Dams
- Jobs expected to flow with planned upgrade at Lookout Point Dam
- CREDIT: Richland Electric Customers Get a Break on Bills
- Oregonian Op/Ed - BPA's Wright Thanks Congress for "A Miracle"
- Oregon Lumber Mill Sues PacifiCorp Over Grid Connection
- Idaho Power to Consult Residents on Oregon Power Line Plan
- Maryland - Rushing Into Energy Legislation Could Produce Nasty Shock
- Energy Department Made $500 Million Math Error on Clean Coal Project
- Coal to Give Way to Natural Gas for U.S. Electricity?
- 32 Vermont Towns Demand Closing of Yankee Nuclear Power Plant
- Virginia Man Pays His $350 Electric Bill in Pennies
- California Must Step Up to Save Salmon, Experts Tell Legislators
- Pacific Fishery Council Cuts Whiting Harvest
- Orcas Swim from Puget Sound to Monterey in 11 Days
- Lake Chelan Basin Snow runoff may be near all-time low
- Oregon’s US Senators Tout Dredging Projects in Bill
- Clallam County PUD Sewer System for Carlsborg Could Start 2011
- Wash. Senate Approves Measure on Energy Targets
- Seattle Times - Protect Initiative 937's Incentives for Renewable Power
- Grays Harbor Company Would Turn Wood Waste to Biofuel
- Wind Power Helps Lift Port of Longview to New Heights
- Tower of Power - Lewis County Lands Its First Wind Turbine
- Local Firm Plans to Harness The Pacific For Electricity
- Recession Has Taken Toll on Alternative Energy
- Alternative Power Revenue Soars
- Cleaner Trash-To-Energy Tech Hits the Ground
- WA Senate Passes Energy Efficiency Bill
- NW Energy Efficiency Alliance Named as Award Winner
- No Lights Policy Saves Energy and Birds
- US Utilities Gear Up For Fight over Climate-Law Revenue
- EPA Proposes National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Registry
- No Skepticism on the Energy Gap
- Telecom Firms Eager to Help U.S. Spend $7.2 Billion
- Broadband Infrastructure Meeting Standing Room Only
- Broadband Policy Plans Kicked Off in D.C.
- Hood Canal Bridge Project on Time
- Governor Gregoire Touts Commerce, Names New CTED Director
- Senate Passes 'Everything but Marriage' Bill
- Newspapers Would Get Tax Cut under House Bill
- Obama Considering Aerial Tanker Deal Delay
WORD OF THE DAY
Proliferate • \pruh-LIFF-er-rayt\ • verb - To grow or increase in number rapidly
Spontaneous generation was the only solution the PUD energy analyst had for the sudden proliferation of alternative energy “experts” that appeared seemingly out of thin air one morning. “It’s always windy here,” blustered one after a rare summer windstorm. “I’ll just dam this fish-bearing creek,” babbled another. “I’ve got a two-year supply of baked beans,” mumbled one gasbag.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Mason County PUD No. 3 Commission Adopts Average 3% Rate Increase (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=515
Mason PUD (3) Approves Rate Increase (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/782901.html
Mason County PUD No. 3 Adopts 3% Rate Increase (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6646/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Power Rate Hike Could Grow - Bonneville Power Administration might boost electricity rates more than it recently projected (Baker City Herald, OR)
http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Power-rate-hike-could-grow
Lewis County Power Use Tops 1 Billion Kilowatts (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.outdoorslc.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1236703809&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5&
Lewis County PUD Urges Business to Support Dams (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.outdoorslc.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1236704321&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5&
Hydroelectric Boost - Jobs Expected To Flow with Planned Upgrade at Lookout Point Dam (Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/9309431-41/story.csp
CREDIT: Richland Electric Customers Get a Break on Bills (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/504581.html
Oregonian Op/Ed - BPA's Wright Thanks Congress for "A Miracle"
http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2009/03/bpas_wright_thanks_congress_fo.html
Oregon Lumber Mill Sues PacifiCorp Over Grid Connection (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1895835~Lumber_mill_sues_PacifiCorp_over_grid_connection.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Idaho Power to Consult Residents on Oregon Power Line Plan (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1896590~Idaho_Power_to_consult_residents_on_Ore__line_plan.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Maryland - Rushing Into Energy Legislation Could Produce Nasty Shock (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.hancock11mar11,0,4001160.column
Energy Department Made $500 Million Math Error on Clean Coal Project (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/science/earth/11coal.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Coal to Give Way to Natural Gas for U.S. Electricity? (Energy Current)
http://www.energycurrent.com/index.php?id=3&storyid=16587
Entergy Go Home! 32 Vermont Towns Demand Closing of Yankee Nuclear Power Plant (InfoShop News)
http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=2009entergy
Virginia Man Pays His $350 Electric Bill in Pennies (Hampton Roads, VA – Ha, Ha, Ha!)
http://hamptonroads.com.nyud.net/2009/03/virginia-man-pays-his-350-electric-bill-pennies
FISH & WILDLIFE
California Must Step Up to Save Salmon, Experts Tell Legislators (Sacramento Bee, CA – Wow! What was happening between 1995 and 2003?)
http://www.sacbee.com/378/story/1688882.html?mi_rss=Environment
Pacific Fishery Council Cuts Whiting Harvest (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1897635~Pacific_fishery_council_cuts_whiting_harvest.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Orcas Swim from Puget Sound to Monterey in 11 Days (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/782547.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Lake Chelan Basin Snow Runoff May Be Near All-Time Low (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090310/NEWS04/703109948/-1/NEWS90
Oregon’s US Senators Tout Dredging Projects in Bill (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1897068~Wyden__Merkley_tout_dredging_projects_in_bill.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Clallam County PUD Sewer System for Carlsborg Could Start Service in April 2011 (Sequim Gazette, WA)
http://www.sequimgazette.com/topstory/articleDetail.exm/Index/article/2009-03-11_PUD_sewer_system_for_Carlsborg__could_start_service_in_April_2011/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wash. Senate Approves Measure on Energy Targets - Washington's largest utilities may get some breathing room in meeting new green-energy targets under a bill that passed the Senate Tuesday night (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008838512_apwaxgralternativeenergy.html?syndication=rss
Seattle Times Guest Columnist - Protect Initiative 937's Incentives for Renewable Power
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008837346_opinb11inslee.html?syndication=rss
Grays Harbor Company Would Turn Wood Waste to Biofuel (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/03/10/local_news/03news.txt
Wind Power Helps Lift Port of Longview to New Heights (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/03/10//area_news/doc49b5b5769a4e9718040286.txt
Tower of Power - Lewis County Lands Its First Wind Turbine (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.outdoorslc.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1236705734&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5&
Columbian Columnist - Local Firm Plans to Harness The Pacific For Electricity
http://columbian.com/article/20090311/OPINION03/703119994/-1/OPINION
Recession Has Taken Toll on Alternative Energy (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/10/BUVS16CRCG.DTL&feed=rss.business
Alternative Power Revenue Soars (Austin Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/03/09/daily23.html?ana=from_rss
Cleaner Trash-To-Energy Tech Hits the Ground (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10192431-54.html?tag=nl.e433
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
WA Senate Passes Energy Efficiency Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9981570
News Release - NW Energy Efficiency Alliance Named as 2009 ENERGY STAR(R) Partner of the Year (PR Newswire)
http://ca.sys-con.com/node/870579
No Lights Policy Saves Energy and Birds (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/2009/march/No-Lights-Policy-Saves-Energy-and-Birds.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
US Utilities Gear Up For Fight over Climate-Law Revenue (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200903101524DOWJONESDJONLINE000699_FORTUNE5.htm
EPA Proposes National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Registry (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/10/AR2009031001445.html?nav=rss_email/components
No Skepticism on the Energy Gap (NY Times)
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/no-doubt-about-energy-gap/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Telecom Firms Eager to Help U.S. Spend $7.2 Billion (Reuters)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20090310/wr_nm/us_broadband_usa_1
Broadband Infrastructure Meeting Standing Room Only - Agencies in charge of $7.2 billion begin process (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Broadband-Infrastructure-Meeting-Standing-Room-Only-101296
Broadband Policy Plans Kicked Off in D.C. (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/03/10/broadband-policy-plans-kicked-off-in-dc/
GENERAL NEWS
Hood Canal Bridge Project on Time (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008838806_webbridge11.html?syndication=rss
Governor Gregoire Touts Commerce, Names New CTED Director (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008837849_apwagovernorcommerce.html?syndication=rss
Senate Passes 'Everything but Marriage' Bill (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/41073467.html
Newspapers Would Get Tax Cut under House Bill (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008838490_webnewspapertaxcut11.html?syndication=rss
Obama Considering Aerial Tanker Deal Delay - Move on List of Possible Budget Cuts (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/10/AR2009031003627.html?wprss=rss_business
DIVERSIONS
Woman Hit with 14-Year-Old Traffic Ticket
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18894241/detail.html
Is There Room For Colbert In Space?
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008838199_colbert11.html?syndication=rss
One-Eyed Filmmaker Conceals Camera in Prosthetic
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090311/ap_on_hi_te/eu_eye_camera_6
Xcel Energy's Million-Dollar Bill Misprint a Shock
http://www.9news.com/rss/article.aspx?storyid=111390
SONG OF THE DAY
Long Distance Dedication for Steve Wright: Barry Manilow - It's A Miracle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTKVm6HY25s
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Energy News Digest for March 10, 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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- BPA Could Raise Rates More Than Expected
- Idaho Power Plans Natural Gas Power Plant in SW Idaho
- China offers 15 aluminum smelters cheaper power
- Feds To Take Control Of Electric Superhighway
- NV Energy Asks Nevada to Let It Build Power Line
- Survey Shows Huge Challenges for 'Smart Grid,' Efficiency Efforts
- Stimulus Dollars Energize Efforts to Smarten Up the Electric Power Grid
- Invisible, Underground HVDC Power Costs No More than Ugly Towers
- EPA To Study, Regulate Coal Ash Waste after Spill
- Ban Proposed On Pacific Ocean Salmon Fishing
- Oregon’s Cougar Dam Improvements Will Aid Fish
- Thin Snowpack Means Late Klamath Irrigation
- Interior Secretary Calls For Solar, Wind Energy Zones
- Washington Post Columnist - The Beautiful Wind of T. Boone Pickens
- Integrating Wind and Hydro Power in Quebec
- Idaho Energy Honcho Wants To Equip Schools with Solar
- New York Farmers Consider Saving Energy by Harvesting the Wind
- Geothermal power: A steam-powered stimulus
- Benton PUD - Energy Efficient Meters for Help Keep Green in the Wallet
- At Home with the Energy Detective
- Scientists Warn Seas to Rise Faster Than Expected
- Palo Alto Mayor Calls for Municipal 'Carbon Tax'
- Author Van Jones Tapped As Green Jobs Adviser
- Iconic Good Housekeeping Seal Goes Green
- Making Wine Bottles Lighter … and Greener
- The Broadband Gap: Why Is Theirs Faster
- Report Questions Stimulus Bill Health IT Money
- City of Shelton to Apply for Stimulus Money for Pump Station
- State Patrol Weapons, Equipment Stolen From Patrol Car
- End Could Be Near For Seattle's Oldest Newspaper
- New Rules on Banks Could Impact County Earning Power
- The Claim: Daylight Saving Time Can Affect Your Health
WORD OF THE DAY
Insipid • \in-SIP-edd\ • adjective – 1: lacking taste or savor: tasteless 2: lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge: dull, flat
Something was bothering Alfredo, something on the edge of his consciousness. Like the mild irritation of a wool shirt, he was restless and impatient with his carpool. It wasn’t until he was almost at work that he figured it out: the driver of the car had been playing a self-hypnosis CD aimed at curbing her craving for “Spam” lunchmeat. The droning new age music masked insipid subliminal messages such as: “you dislike salty meat snacks” “its made of ‘lips and snouts’” “some say it has the same texture as human flesh”.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
BPA Could Raise Rates More Than Expected (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&id=106869
Idaho Power Plans Natural Gas Power Plant in SW Idaho (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/782419.html
China offers 15 aluminum smelters cheaper power “…part of the government's effort to shore up unprofitable smelters at a time of anemic demand…” (Reuters)
http://www.chinamining.org/News/2009-03-09/1236579654d22215.html
Feds To Take Control Of Electric Superhighway - Proposed bill could give U.S. government authority to grant permits for transmission lines when states delay approval (Forbes Magazine)
http://www.forbes.com/2009/03/09/energy-harry-reid-business-energy-superhighway.html
NV Energy Asks Nevada to Let It Build Power Line (Associated Press)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/NV-Energy-asks-Nevada-to-let-apf-14586762.html
Survey Shows Huge Challenges for 'Smart Grid,' Efficiency Efforts (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/03/09/09greenwire-survey-shows-huge-challenges-for-smart-grid-ef-10040.html
Stimulus Dollars Energize Efforts to Smarten Up the Electric Power Grid (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/09/AR2009030902712.html?nav=rss_email/components
Invisible, Underground HVDC Power Costs No More than Ugly Towers (Renewable Energy World – Let the Sniping Begin!)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/03/invisible-underground-hvdc-power-costs-no-more-than-ugly-towers?src=rss
EPA To Study, Regulate Coal Ash Waste after Spill (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008832413_apepacoalash.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Ban Proposed On Pacific Ocean Salmon Fishing (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/09/BADD16BUCU.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Oregon’s Cougar Dam Improvements Will Aid Fish (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/03/cougar_dam_improvements_will_a.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Thin Snowpack Means Late Klamath Irrigation (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1894558~Thin_snowpack_means_late_Klamath_irrigation.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Interior Secretary Calls For Solar, Wind Energy Zones (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008831474_apsalazarapinterview.html?syndication=rss
Washington Post Columnist - The Beautiful Wind of T. Boone Pickens
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/09/AR2009030902463.html?wprss=rss_politics
Integrating Wind and Hydro Power in Quebec (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/integrating-wind-and-hydro-power/
Idaho Energy Honcho Wants To Equip Schools with Solar (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/781506.html
New York Farmers Consider Saving Energy by Harvesting the Wind (Syracuse Post-Standard, NY)
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/farmers_consider_saving_energy.html
Geothermal power: A steam-powered stimulus (Nevada Appeal, Carson City, NV)
http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20090309/NEWS/903089923/1005/NONE&parentprofile=1058&title=Geothermal%20power%20%20A%20steam-powered%20stimulus
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Benton PUD - Energy Efficient Meters for Help Keep Green in the Wallet (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/40999207.html
At Home with the Energy Detective (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/at-home-with-the-energy-detective/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Scientists Warn Seas to Rise Faster Than Expected (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/10/international/i071600D34.DTL&feed=rss.news
Palo Alto Mayor Calls for Municipal 'Carbon Tax' (Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/03/09/daily25.html?ana=from_rss
Author Van Jones Tapped As Green Jobs Adviser (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008833424_apobamagreenjobs.html?syndication=rss
Van Jones “Green for All”
http://www.greenforall.org
Iconic Good Housekeeping Seal Goes Green (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008832223_aplifestyleshomesgoodhousekeepinggreen.html?syndication=rss
Making Wine Bottles Lighter … and Greener (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/making-wine-bottles-lighter-and-greener/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The Broadband Gap: Why Is Theirs Faster (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/the-broadband-gap-why-is-theirs-faster/
Report Questions Stimulus Bill Health IT Money (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008832749_apstimulushealthit.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
City of Shelton to Apply for Stimulus Money for Pump Station (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6630/reftab/1632/t/CITY-TO-APPLY-FOR-STIMULUS-MONEY-FOR-PUMP-STATION/Default.aspx
State Patrol Weapons, Equipment Stolen From Patrol Car at State Capitol (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/41009202.html
End Could Be Near For Seattle's Oldest Newspaper (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_030909BUB-post-intelligencer-KC.1de8219a.html?rss?npc
New Rules on Banks Could Impact County Earning Power “…banks that hold public money must collateralize their uninsured public deposits at 100 percent - up from the 10 percent they currently hold in funds…” (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=23597
The Claim: Daylight Saving Time Can Affect Your Health (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/health/10real.html
DIVERSIONS
Man Slips Climbing Power Pole, Saved By His Pants
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18888572/detail.html
Pennsylvania Using $173K to Make Liquor Clerks Jolly
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18885399/detail.html
Ga. Inmate Arrested Trying to Get Back In Jail - Man Apparently Left to Go Steal Cigarettes
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18878262/detail.html
Boy Wins Rights to Tropical Island In Lottery
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090305/od_nm/us_island_odd;_ylt=AuJA5Fa_nxb6DBLmVrnzF93tiBIF
SONG OF THE DAY
Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhaHLoK3CF4&NR=1
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- BPA Could Raise Rates More Than Expected
- Idaho Power Plans Natural Gas Power Plant in SW Idaho
- China offers 15 aluminum smelters cheaper power
- Feds To Take Control Of Electric Superhighway
- NV Energy Asks Nevada to Let It Build Power Line
- Survey Shows Huge Challenges for 'Smart Grid,' Efficiency Efforts
- Stimulus Dollars Energize Efforts to Smarten Up the Electric Power Grid
- Invisible, Underground HVDC Power Costs No More than Ugly Towers
- EPA To Study, Regulate Coal Ash Waste after Spill
- Ban Proposed On Pacific Ocean Salmon Fishing
- Oregon’s Cougar Dam Improvements Will Aid Fish
- Thin Snowpack Means Late Klamath Irrigation
- Interior Secretary Calls For Solar, Wind Energy Zones
- Washington Post Columnist - The Beautiful Wind of T. Boone Pickens
- Integrating Wind and Hydro Power in Quebec
- Idaho Energy Honcho Wants To Equip Schools with Solar
- New York Farmers Consider Saving Energy by Harvesting the Wind
- Geothermal power: A steam-powered stimulus
- Benton PUD - Energy Efficient Meters for Help Keep Green in the Wallet
- At Home with the Energy Detective
- Scientists Warn Seas to Rise Faster Than Expected
- Palo Alto Mayor Calls for Municipal 'Carbon Tax'
- Author Van Jones Tapped As Green Jobs Adviser
- Iconic Good Housekeeping Seal Goes Green
- Making Wine Bottles Lighter … and Greener
- The Broadband Gap: Why Is Theirs Faster
- Report Questions Stimulus Bill Health IT Money
- City of Shelton to Apply for Stimulus Money for Pump Station
- State Patrol Weapons, Equipment Stolen From Patrol Car
- End Could Be Near For Seattle's Oldest Newspaper
- New Rules on Banks Could Impact County Earning Power
- The Claim: Daylight Saving Time Can Affect Your Health
WORD OF THE DAY
Insipid • \in-SIP-edd\ • adjective – 1: lacking taste or savor: tasteless 2: lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge: dull, flat
Something was bothering Alfredo, something on the edge of his consciousness. Like the mild irritation of a wool shirt, he was restless and impatient with his carpool. It wasn’t until he was almost at work that he figured it out: the driver of the car had been playing a self-hypnosis CD aimed at curbing her craving for “Spam” lunchmeat. The droning new age music masked insipid subliminal messages such as: “you dislike salty meat snacks” “its made of ‘lips and snouts’” “some say it has the same texture as human flesh”.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
BPA Could Raise Rates More Than Expected (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&id=106869
Idaho Power Plans Natural Gas Power Plant in SW Idaho (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/782419.html
China offers 15 aluminum smelters cheaper power “…part of the government's effort to shore up unprofitable smelters at a time of anemic demand…” (Reuters)
http://www.chinamining.org/News/2009-03-09/1236579654d22215.html
Feds To Take Control Of Electric Superhighway - Proposed bill could give U.S. government authority to grant permits for transmission lines when states delay approval (Forbes Magazine)
http://www.forbes.com/2009/03/09/energy-harry-reid-business-energy-superhighway.html
NV Energy Asks Nevada to Let It Build Power Line (Associated Press)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/NV-Energy-asks-Nevada-to-let-apf-14586762.html
Survey Shows Huge Challenges for 'Smart Grid,' Efficiency Efforts (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/03/09/09greenwire-survey-shows-huge-challenges-for-smart-grid-ef-10040.html
Stimulus Dollars Energize Efforts to Smarten Up the Electric Power Grid (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/09/AR2009030902712.html?nav=rss_email/components
Invisible, Underground HVDC Power Costs No More than Ugly Towers (Renewable Energy World – Let the Sniping Begin!)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/03/invisible-underground-hvdc-power-costs-no-more-than-ugly-towers?src=rss
EPA To Study, Regulate Coal Ash Waste after Spill (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008832413_apepacoalash.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Ban Proposed On Pacific Ocean Salmon Fishing (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/09/BADD16BUCU.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Oregon’s Cougar Dam Improvements Will Aid Fish (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/03/cougar_dam_improvements_will_a.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Thin Snowpack Means Late Klamath Irrigation (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1894558~Thin_snowpack_means_late_Klamath_irrigation.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Interior Secretary Calls For Solar, Wind Energy Zones (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008831474_apsalazarapinterview.html?syndication=rss
Washington Post Columnist - The Beautiful Wind of T. Boone Pickens
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/09/AR2009030902463.html?wprss=rss_politics
Integrating Wind and Hydro Power in Quebec (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/integrating-wind-and-hydro-power/
Idaho Energy Honcho Wants To Equip Schools with Solar (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/781506.html
New York Farmers Consider Saving Energy by Harvesting the Wind (Syracuse Post-Standard, NY)
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/farmers_consider_saving_energy.html
Geothermal power: A steam-powered stimulus (Nevada Appeal, Carson City, NV)
http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20090309/NEWS/903089923/1005/NONE&parentprofile=1058&title=Geothermal%20power%20%20A%20steam-powered%20stimulus
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Benton PUD - Energy Efficient Meters for Help Keep Green in the Wallet (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/40999207.html
At Home with the Energy Detective (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/at-home-with-the-energy-detective/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Scientists Warn Seas to Rise Faster Than Expected (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/10/international/i071600D34.DTL&feed=rss.news
Palo Alto Mayor Calls for Municipal 'Carbon Tax' (Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/03/09/daily25.html?ana=from_rss
Author Van Jones Tapped As Green Jobs Adviser (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008833424_apobamagreenjobs.html?syndication=rss
Van Jones “Green for All”
http://www.greenforall.org
Iconic Good Housekeeping Seal Goes Green (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008832223_aplifestyleshomesgoodhousekeepinggreen.html?syndication=rss
Making Wine Bottles Lighter … and Greener (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/making-wine-bottles-lighter-and-greener/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The Broadband Gap: Why Is Theirs Faster (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/the-broadband-gap-why-is-theirs-faster/
Report Questions Stimulus Bill Health IT Money (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008832749_apstimulushealthit.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
City of Shelton to Apply for Stimulus Money for Pump Station (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6630/reftab/1632/t/CITY-TO-APPLY-FOR-STIMULUS-MONEY-FOR-PUMP-STATION/Default.aspx
State Patrol Weapons, Equipment Stolen From Patrol Car at State Capitol (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/41009202.html
End Could Be Near For Seattle's Oldest Newspaper (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_030909BUB-post-intelligencer-KC.1de8219a.html?rss?npc
New Rules on Banks Could Impact County Earning Power “…banks that hold public money must collateralize their uninsured public deposits at 100 percent - up from the 10 percent they currently hold in funds…” (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=23597
The Claim: Daylight Saving Time Can Affect Your Health (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/health/10real.html
DIVERSIONS
Man Slips Climbing Power Pole, Saved By His Pants
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18888572/detail.html
Pennsylvania Using $173K to Make Liquor Clerks Jolly
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18885399/detail.html
Ga. Inmate Arrested Trying to Get Back In Jail - Man Apparently Left to Go Steal Cigarettes
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18878262/detail.html
Boy Wins Rights to Tropical Island In Lottery
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090305/od_nm/us_island_odd;_ylt=AuJA5Fa_nxb6DBLmVrnzF93tiBIF
SONG OF THE DAY
Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhaHLoK3CF4&NR=1
Monday, March 9, 2009
Energy News Digest for March 9, 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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Mason County PUD No. 3 to Reduce Proposed Rate Increase
- Idaho Senate Votes to Kill Power Assistance Bill
- Idaho Couple Got Someone Else's Power Bill for Three Years
- Orcas Power & Light Improves Reliability with Olga Substation Upgrade
- Nuclear Power Industry Sees Opening for Revival
- Washington Post Editorial – Post Yucca: Mountain of Trouble
- Coal Plants Checked by Environmentalist Campaigns, Costs
- Will New Power Lines Run Through Your Back Yard?
- Texas Bills Aim To Cut Wholesale Electricity Prices
- Energy Execs Have Low Hopes for Stimulus Bill
- United Kingdom - Dialing Back Power Supplies
- Judge Says Columbia Salmon Recovery Plan Is 'Very Close'
- Tale of Two Headlines - Judge Faults Gov't Plan to Save Pacific NW Salmon
- Judge makes plea for environmental officials to compromise on salmon
- Liveblogging the legal fight over salmon's future
- Healthy Returns Projected For Columbia Gorge Rivers
- Skirmish Continues Over Shellfish Farming In Puget Sound
- Olympian Editorial - Shellfish dispute vs. ethics pledge
- Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Issues in the 111th Congress
- Lewis County PUD to make Presentation on Chehalis Dam Projects
- Brightwater Sewer Project Likely Caused Kenmore Sinkhole
- Canadian Old-Growth Forests Fall In Tough Economy
- Washington Can Be Green and Still Protect Electricity Ratepayers
- NY Times Op/Ed - Home-Grown Power
- Oregon Major Utilities Ahead Of Green Energy Goals
- Kittitas County Wind Power Backers Tout Project’s Benefits
- Boot Camp Helps Harness Wind Energy Jobs
- Solar Maker Criticizes Renewable Energy Tax Credits
- Governors Envision Eco-Friendly Fuels At I-5 Rest Stops
- Northern Wasco PUD, City of The Dalles Explore Renewable Energy
- Stimulus May Get Small Wind Turbines Spinning
- Idaho Company Weighs Ore. Hot Springs for Energy
- Biodiesel Demand Conflicts with Farm Restrictions
- Ethanol Producers Press for Higher Limits
- Green Movement, Tighter Budgets Spur Interest in Energy Audits
- 13 Ways to Cut Energy Costs Year-Round
- The Recession’s Green Lining - A global downturn is doing what activists couldn't
- House Bill for a Carbon Tax to Cut Emissions Faces a Steep Climb
- Global Warming May Stop For Years or Decades
- Skeptics Dispute Climate Worries and Each Other
- Vision Of Future Tinted In Green - Environmentalism is good for economy
- California Air Regulators Have Beef with Charbroilers
- Fight Over Internet Filtering Has a Test Run in Europe
- Verizon Plays Stimulus Keep Away In Pennsylvania
- U.S. Gears Up For Digital TV Switch Now On June 12
- Washington Lt. Gov. Brad Owen got more powerful in court ruling
- Tribes, Olympia Will Get Big Boost from Stimulus
- Lawyers’ Attack Ads Doom Bills
- Meeting Planned on Formation of Grange in Grapeview
- Newspaper Publisher McClatchy Cutting 1,600 Jobs
- Spokane school tests jamming cell phone signals
WORD OF THE DAY
Equanimity • \ee-kwuh-NIM-uh-tee\ • noun - 1: evenness of mind especially under stress 2: right disposition: balance
Instead of the normally sedate procedures, the atmosphere at the bank shareholders meeting resembled a bloody day on the trading floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Shareholders seated next to Clancy were astounded at his seeming equanimity. Charges of fraud, malfeasance, misfeasance and other unpleasant physical shortcomings seemed to run off his back with no effect. That is, until one of the attendees realized that Clancy had quietly, peacefully passed away without a sign sometime early in the meeting.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Mason County PUD No. 3 to Reduce Proposed Rate Increase (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6620/reftab/1896/Default.aspx
Idaho Senate Votes to Kill Power Assistance Bill (Associated Press)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090306/id_utilities_help.html?.v=1
Idaho Couple Got Someone Else's Power Bill for Three Years (Associated Press)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/03/06/breaking_news/doc49b1791506106509766097.txt
Orcas Power & Light Improves Reliability with Olga Substation Upgrade (Island Weekly, Lopez Island, WA)
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/sanjuans/isw/news/40455358.html
Nuclear Power Industry Sees Opening for Revival (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/08/MN3H16ANEN.DTL
Washington Post Editorial – Post Yucca: Mountain of Trouble - Mr. Obama defunds the nuclear repository at Yucca Mountain. Now what?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/07/AR2009030701666.html?nav=rss_opinions
Coal Plants Checked by Environmentalist Campaigns, Costs - Coal plants fall as global warming campaign makes gains; construction boom grinds on (ABC News)
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=7032209
Will New Power Lines Run Through Your Back Yard? (CQ Politics)
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003069319
Texas Bills Aim To Cut Wholesale Electricity Prices (Dallas Morning News)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/030909dnbuselectricitybills.3c34978.html
Energy Execs Have Low Hopes for Stimulus Bill (Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/03/09/story5.html?ana=from_rss
United Kingdom - Dialing Back Power Supplies: Economic slowdown stalls plan for electric plant (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
http://www.telegram.com/article/20090308/NEWS/903080339/1002
FISH & WILDLIFE
Judge Says Columbia Salmon Recovery Plan Is 'Very Close' (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/03/judge_says_columbia_salmon_rec.html
Tale of Two Headlines - Judge Faults Gov't Plan to Save Pacific NW Salmon (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ipjYpPd8lX55FO5Iz0UPfCSdVlpwD96P8U980
Plato’s Cave: Judge makes plea for environmental officials to compromise on salmon, dams in Northwest (Rocky Barker in the Miami Herald)
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/938427.html
Liveblogging the legal fight over salmon's future (The Oregonian, Portland - Carries through to the end of the hearing)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/03/liveblogging_the_legal_fight_o.html
Healthy Returns Projected For Columbia Gorge Rivers (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/778932.html
Skirmish Continues Over Shellfish Farming In Puget Sound (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008824523_geoduck07m.html
Olympian Editorial - Shellfish dispute vs. ethics pledge: Shelton-based Taylor case calls Goldmark into question “…a minor donor to his campaign is asking to lease the same land…”
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/781080.html
Congressional Research Reports - Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Issues in the 111th Congress
http://opencrs.com/document/R40172/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Lewis County PUD to make Presentation - Chehalis Council to Vote on Support of Dam Project (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.outdoorslc.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1236432820&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5&
Brightwater Sewer Project Likely Caused Kenmore Sinkhole (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008829998_sinkhole09m.html?syndication=rss
Canadian Old-Growth Forests Fall In Tough Economy - Firms face clashes in Island towns as they struggle to make profits (Victoria Times Colonist)
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/growth+forests+fall+tough+economy/1364932/story.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Seattle Times Editorial - Washington Can Be Green and Still Protect Electricity Ratepayers: Lisa Brown, D-Spokane argues the law can be made more flexible to account for its impact on ratepayers while remaining committed to environmental goals
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008829421_opinb09brown.html
NY Times Op/Ed - Home-Grown Power “…In the Northwest, the largest amount of green power comes from hydroelectricity…”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/07/opinion/07bowles.html?_r=1&em
Oregon Major Utilities Ahead Of Green Energy Goals - 25 percent of state's energy has to be renewable by 2025 “…Rates have gone up because of renewables, but they would have gone up anyway…” (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090308/NEWS/903080340/1001
Kittitas County Wind Power Backers Tout Project’s Benefits (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/03/02/daily64.html?ana=from_rss
Boot Camp Helps Harness Wind Energy Jobs - Hopes are high that wind technology will replace vanishing construction jobs (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090306/NEWS02/703069967/1025/rss1025
Solar Maker Criticizes Renewable Energy Tax Credits (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/03/09/newscolumn6.html?ana=from_rss
Governors Envision Eco-Friendly Fuels At I-5 Rest Stops (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008827158_greenfreeway08m.html
Green City - Northern Wasco PUD, City of The Dalles Explore Renewable Energy (The Dalles Chronicle)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/03/news03-06-09-01.shtml
Stimulus May Get Small Wind Turbines Spinning (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/09/small.wind.turbines/
Idaho Company Weighs Ore. Hot Springs for Energy (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/780824.html
Biodiesel Demand Conflicts with Farm Restrictions (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1892355~Biodiesel_demand_conflicts_with_farm_restrictions.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Ethanol Producers Press for Higher Limits (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/05/AR2009030503815.html?wprss=rss_business
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Green Movement, Tighter Budgets Spur Interest in Energy Audits (Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area)
http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2009/03/09/focus1.html?ana=from_rss
13 Ways to Cut Energy Costs Year-Round - The 'Frugal Family Challenge' Has Money-Saving Tips for Every Household (ABC News)
http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=7031633&page=1
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
The Recession’s Green Lining - A global downturn is doing what activists couldn't: closing dirty factories (Newsweek)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/188200?from=rss
House Bill for a Carbon Tax to Cut Emissions Faces a Steep Climb (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/07/us/politics/07carbon.html
Global Warming May Stop For Years or Decades (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-1586-Baltimore-Weather-Examiner~y2009m3d3-Global-Warming-may-stop-for-a-while
Skeptics Dispute Climate Worries and Each Other (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/science/earth/09climate.html
Vision Of Future Tinted In Green - Environmentalism is good for economy; Kennedy says "…Every nation that has decarbonized its economy has experienced immediate prosperity…" (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/402601_greenbuild07.html
California Air Regulators Have Beef with Charbroilers (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1892724~Valley_air_regulators_have_beef_with_charbroilers.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Fight Over Internet Filtering Has a Test Run in Europe (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/technology/internet/09neutral.html
Verizon Plays Stimulus Keep Away In Pennsylvania - Getting free marketeers to push new anti-muni bill (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Plays-Stimulus-Keep-Away-In-Pennsylvania-101274
U.S. Gears Up For Digital TV Switch Now On June 12 (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE52461E20090306?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
GENERAL NEWS
Seattle Times Editorial - Washington Lt. Gov. Brad Owen got more powerful in court ruling
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008829417_edita09kingowen.html
Tribes, Olympia Will Get Big Boost from Stimulus - HUD funds called 'brick-and-mortar money' for projects (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/779522.html
Lawyers’ Attack Ads Doom Bills - full-page newspaper ads to pressure three state senators apparently has backfired (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/650748.html
Meeting Planned on Formation of Grange in Grapeview (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/mar/06/meeting-planned-on-formation-of-grange-in/?partner=RSS
Newspaper Publisher McClatchy Cutting 1,600 Jobs (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008830771_apmcclatchyjobcuts.html?syndication=rss
Spokane school tests jamming cell phone signals (KHQ-TV, Spokane)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9971909
DIVERSIONS
Driver Sits through 6 Lights, Faces DUI Charge - Man Fell Asleep At Intersection
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18872188/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_4pm&tmi=sea_4pm_1_06000203062009&ts=H
Bogus Love Notes Pricey - A series of viral love notes has cost a Seattle-based marketing company a $500,000 fine
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/402642_luvcrush07.html
Seattle near Bottom of U.S. “Manliest” Cities
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/03/02/daily61.html?ana=from_rss
Man Who Tried To Kill Himself Successfully Sued the Hospital Which Saved His Life
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4944419/Man-who-tried-to-kill-himself-sues-hospital-that-saved-him-for-compensation.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Annie Lennox - Ghosts In My Machine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofvf3tUTGvw&feature=related
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Mason County PUD No. 3 to Reduce Proposed Rate Increase
- Idaho Senate Votes to Kill Power Assistance Bill
- Idaho Couple Got Someone Else's Power Bill for Three Years
- Orcas Power & Light Improves Reliability with Olga Substation Upgrade
- Nuclear Power Industry Sees Opening for Revival
- Washington Post Editorial – Post Yucca: Mountain of Trouble
- Coal Plants Checked by Environmentalist Campaigns, Costs
- Will New Power Lines Run Through Your Back Yard?
- Texas Bills Aim To Cut Wholesale Electricity Prices
- Energy Execs Have Low Hopes for Stimulus Bill
- United Kingdom - Dialing Back Power Supplies
- Judge Says Columbia Salmon Recovery Plan Is 'Very Close'
- Tale of Two Headlines - Judge Faults Gov't Plan to Save Pacific NW Salmon
- Judge makes plea for environmental officials to compromise on salmon
- Liveblogging the legal fight over salmon's future
- Healthy Returns Projected For Columbia Gorge Rivers
- Skirmish Continues Over Shellfish Farming In Puget Sound
- Olympian Editorial - Shellfish dispute vs. ethics pledge
- Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Issues in the 111th Congress
- Lewis County PUD to make Presentation on Chehalis Dam Projects
- Brightwater Sewer Project Likely Caused Kenmore Sinkhole
- Canadian Old-Growth Forests Fall In Tough Economy
- Washington Can Be Green and Still Protect Electricity Ratepayers
- NY Times Op/Ed - Home-Grown Power
- Oregon Major Utilities Ahead Of Green Energy Goals
- Kittitas County Wind Power Backers Tout Project’s Benefits
- Boot Camp Helps Harness Wind Energy Jobs
- Solar Maker Criticizes Renewable Energy Tax Credits
- Governors Envision Eco-Friendly Fuels At I-5 Rest Stops
- Northern Wasco PUD, City of The Dalles Explore Renewable Energy
- Stimulus May Get Small Wind Turbines Spinning
- Idaho Company Weighs Ore. Hot Springs for Energy
- Biodiesel Demand Conflicts with Farm Restrictions
- Ethanol Producers Press for Higher Limits
- Green Movement, Tighter Budgets Spur Interest in Energy Audits
- 13 Ways to Cut Energy Costs Year-Round
- The Recession’s Green Lining - A global downturn is doing what activists couldn't
- House Bill for a Carbon Tax to Cut Emissions Faces a Steep Climb
- Global Warming May Stop For Years or Decades
- Skeptics Dispute Climate Worries and Each Other
- Vision Of Future Tinted In Green - Environmentalism is good for economy
- California Air Regulators Have Beef with Charbroilers
- Fight Over Internet Filtering Has a Test Run in Europe
- Verizon Plays Stimulus Keep Away In Pennsylvania
- U.S. Gears Up For Digital TV Switch Now On June 12
- Washington Lt. Gov. Brad Owen got more powerful in court ruling
- Tribes, Olympia Will Get Big Boost from Stimulus
- Lawyers’ Attack Ads Doom Bills
- Meeting Planned on Formation of Grange in Grapeview
- Newspaper Publisher McClatchy Cutting 1,600 Jobs
- Spokane school tests jamming cell phone signals
WORD OF THE DAY
Equanimity • \ee-kwuh-NIM-uh-tee\ • noun - 1: evenness of mind especially under stress 2: right disposition: balance
Instead of the normally sedate procedures, the atmosphere at the bank shareholders meeting resembled a bloody day on the trading floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Shareholders seated next to Clancy were astounded at his seeming equanimity. Charges of fraud, malfeasance, misfeasance and other unpleasant physical shortcomings seemed to run off his back with no effect. That is, until one of the attendees realized that Clancy had quietly, peacefully passed away without a sign sometime early in the meeting.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Mason County PUD No. 3 to Reduce Proposed Rate Increase (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6620/reftab/1896/Default.aspx
Idaho Senate Votes to Kill Power Assistance Bill (Associated Press)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090306/id_utilities_help.html?.v=1
Idaho Couple Got Someone Else's Power Bill for Three Years (Associated Press)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/03/06/breaking_news/doc49b1791506106509766097.txt
Orcas Power & Light Improves Reliability with Olga Substation Upgrade (Island Weekly, Lopez Island, WA)
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/sanjuans/isw/news/40455358.html
Nuclear Power Industry Sees Opening for Revival (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/08/MN3H16ANEN.DTL
Washington Post Editorial – Post Yucca: Mountain of Trouble - Mr. Obama defunds the nuclear repository at Yucca Mountain. Now what?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/07/AR2009030701666.html?nav=rss_opinions
Coal Plants Checked by Environmentalist Campaigns, Costs - Coal plants fall as global warming campaign makes gains; construction boom grinds on (ABC News)
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=7032209
Will New Power Lines Run Through Your Back Yard? (CQ Politics)
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003069319
Texas Bills Aim To Cut Wholesale Electricity Prices (Dallas Morning News)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/030909dnbuselectricitybills.3c34978.html
Energy Execs Have Low Hopes for Stimulus Bill (Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/03/09/story5.html?ana=from_rss
United Kingdom - Dialing Back Power Supplies: Economic slowdown stalls plan for electric plant (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
http://www.telegram.com/article/20090308/NEWS/903080339/1002
FISH & WILDLIFE
Judge Says Columbia Salmon Recovery Plan Is 'Very Close' (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/03/judge_says_columbia_salmon_rec.html
Tale of Two Headlines - Judge Faults Gov't Plan to Save Pacific NW Salmon (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ipjYpPd8lX55FO5Iz0UPfCSdVlpwD96P8U980
Plato’s Cave: Judge makes plea for environmental officials to compromise on salmon, dams in Northwest (Rocky Barker in the Miami Herald)
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/938427.html
Liveblogging the legal fight over salmon's future (The Oregonian, Portland - Carries through to the end of the hearing)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/03/liveblogging_the_legal_fight_o.html
Healthy Returns Projected For Columbia Gorge Rivers (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/778932.html
Skirmish Continues Over Shellfish Farming In Puget Sound (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008824523_geoduck07m.html
Olympian Editorial - Shellfish dispute vs. ethics pledge: Shelton-based Taylor case calls Goldmark into question “…a minor donor to his campaign is asking to lease the same land…”
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/781080.html
Congressional Research Reports - Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Issues in the 111th Congress
http://opencrs.com/document/R40172/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Lewis County PUD to make Presentation - Chehalis Council to Vote on Support of Dam Project (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.outdoorslc.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1236432820&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5&
Brightwater Sewer Project Likely Caused Kenmore Sinkhole (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008829998_sinkhole09m.html?syndication=rss
Canadian Old-Growth Forests Fall In Tough Economy - Firms face clashes in Island towns as they struggle to make profits (Victoria Times Colonist)
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/growth+forests+fall+tough+economy/1364932/story.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Seattle Times Editorial - Washington Can Be Green and Still Protect Electricity Ratepayers: Lisa Brown, D-Spokane argues the law can be made more flexible to account for its impact on ratepayers while remaining committed to environmental goals
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008829421_opinb09brown.html
NY Times Op/Ed - Home-Grown Power “…In the Northwest, the largest amount of green power comes from hydroelectricity…”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/07/opinion/07bowles.html?_r=1&em
Oregon Major Utilities Ahead Of Green Energy Goals - 25 percent of state's energy has to be renewable by 2025 “…Rates have gone up because of renewables, but they would have gone up anyway…” (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090308/NEWS/903080340/1001
Kittitas County Wind Power Backers Tout Project’s Benefits (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/03/02/daily64.html?ana=from_rss
Boot Camp Helps Harness Wind Energy Jobs - Hopes are high that wind technology will replace vanishing construction jobs (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090306/NEWS02/703069967/1025/rss1025
Solar Maker Criticizes Renewable Energy Tax Credits (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/03/09/newscolumn6.html?ana=from_rss
Governors Envision Eco-Friendly Fuels At I-5 Rest Stops (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008827158_greenfreeway08m.html
Green City - Northern Wasco PUD, City of The Dalles Explore Renewable Energy (The Dalles Chronicle)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/03/news03-06-09-01.shtml
Stimulus May Get Small Wind Turbines Spinning (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/09/small.wind.turbines/
Idaho Company Weighs Ore. Hot Springs for Energy (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/780824.html
Biodiesel Demand Conflicts with Farm Restrictions (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1892355~Biodiesel_demand_conflicts_with_farm_restrictions.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Ethanol Producers Press for Higher Limits (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/05/AR2009030503815.html?wprss=rss_business
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Green Movement, Tighter Budgets Spur Interest in Energy Audits (Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area)
http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2009/03/09/focus1.html?ana=from_rss
13 Ways to Cut Energy Costs Year-Round - The 'Frugal Family Challenge' Has Money-Saving Tips for Every Household (ABC News)
http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=7031633&page=1
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
The Recession’s Green Lining - A global downturn is doing what activists couldn't: closing dirty factories (Newsweek)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/188200?from=rss
House Bill for a Carbon Tax to Cut Emissions Faces a Steep Climb (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/07/us/politics/07carbon.html
Global Warming May Stop For Years or Decades (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-1586-Baltimore-Weather-Examiner~y2009m3d3-Global-Warming-may-stop-for-a-while
Skeptics Dispute Climate Worries and Each Other (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/science/earth/09climate.html
Vision Of Future Tinted In Green - Environmentalism is good for economy; Kennedy says "…Every nation that has decarbonized its economy has experienced immediate prosperity…" (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/402601_greenbuild07.html
California Air Regulators Have Beef with Charbroilers (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1892724~Valley_air_regulators_have_beef_with_charbroilers.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Fight Over Internet Filtering Has a Test Run in Europe (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/technology/internet/09neutral.html
Verizon Plays Stimulus Keep Away In Pennsylvania - Getting free marketeers to push new anti-muni bill (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Plays-Stimulus-Keep-Away-In-Pennsylvania-101274
U.S. Gears Up For Digital TV Switch Now On June 12 (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE52461E20090306?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
GENERAL NEWS
Seattle Times Editorial - Washington Lt. Gov. Brad Owen got more powerful in court ruling
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008829417_edita09kingowen.html
Tribes, Olympia Will Get Big Boost from Stimulus - HUD funds called 'brick-and-mortar money' for projects (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/779522.html
Lawyers’ Attack Ads Doom Bills - full-page newspaper ads to pressure three state senators apparently has backfired (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/650748.html
Meeting Planned on Formation of Grange in Grapeview (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/mar/06/meeting-planned-on-formation-of-grange-in/?partner=RSS
Newspaper Publisher McClatchy Cutting 1,600 Jobs (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008830771_apmcclatchyjobcuts.html?syndication=rss
Spokane school tests jamming cell phone signals (KHQ-TV, Spokane)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9971909
DIVERSIONS
Driver Sits through 6 Lights, Faces DUI Charge - Man Fell Asleep At Intersection
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18872188/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_4pm&tmi=sea_4pm_1_06000203062009&ts=H
Bogus Love Notes Pricey - A series of viral love notes has cost a Seattle-based marketing company a $500,000 fine
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/402642_luvcrush07.html
Seattle near Bottom of U.S. “Manliest” Cities
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/03/02/daily61.html?ana=from_rss
Man Who Tried To Kill Himself Successfully Sued the Hospital Which Saved His Life
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4944419/Man-who-tried-to-kill-himself-sues-hospital-that-saved-him-for-compensation.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Annie Lennox - Ghosts In My Machine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofvf3tUTGvw&feature=related
Friday, March 6, 2009
Energy News Digest for March 6, 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)
- Residents Vent Frustrations over Avista Rates
- Hydropower Project Proposed For South Idaho
- Nuclear Waste Dogs US Energy Policy
- Senate Leader Says Energy, Climate Bills Will Be Combined
- Mason County PUD No. 3 Rolls Out New Website Design
- AARP Opposes Oklahoma Nuclear Plant Legislation
- Plans for 2 coal-fired power plants on hold in Nevada
- New Life for 'Clean Coal' Project
- NY Assembly: Re-Regulate State Electricity Market
- NW Salmon Dam Dispute Returns to Court
- Oregonian Op/Ed - A Strong New Current behind Columbia Salmon
- Report Says Invasive Species Are Greatest Threat to Northwest Salmon
- Dam removal offers opportunity for salmon, science
- Olympia’s Capitol Campus Water-Saving Project Begins
- Aluminum in Drinking Water Connected With Dementia Risk, Cognitive Decline
- Smart Grid Will Need More Federal Power: GE Exec
- Daylight Saving Time Is Supposed to Save Energy
- State of California’s Emissions Proposal Quickly Attacked
- Clearwire to Slow Network's Expansion
- Comcast Starting Digital Switch
- D.C. Tech Chief Tapped for Federal Chief Information Officer
- Federal Judge Allows Twitter Updates From Courtroom
- Wintry Weather Still Hanging Around The Sound
- Daylight Savings Start Sunday, Clocks Spring Forward
- Spring Ahead, Change Smoke Alarm Batteries
- Gregoire Signs $340 Million Highway Stimulus Plan
- Up To 40 State Parks Could Be Mothballed
- Port Of Shelton’s Tribute to Broadcaster Turns into Squabble
WORD OF THE DAY
Slush Fund • \SLUSH fund\ • noun - 1: A fund raised from the sale of refuse to obtain small luxuries or pleasures for a warship's crew 2: a fund for bribing public officials or carrying on corruptive propaganda 3: an unregulated fund often used for illicit purposes
The supervisor for the telephone “boiler room” operation was stumped. Although his crew was limited to one coffee per shift; no creamer or sugar; and doughnuts that were convenience store castoffs, his employees seemed to be living the life of Riley. Starbucks’ coffee brimming with the thickest cream, croissants from the high-faultin’ bakery down the street, and even party hats were common, especially on the graveyard shift. The secret was in the slush fund built up by the nefarious work of his unruly staff. For each phone sale, they called for a “processing fee” that was squirreled away for their personal comforts.
Life of Riley: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_Riley
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
Residents Vent Frustrations over Avista Rates (KXLY-TV, Spokane)
http://www.kxly.com/Global/story.asp?S=9956618
Hydropower Project Proposed For South Idaho - Salmon Falls Creek Reservoir near Rogerson (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/777810.html
Nuclear Waste Dogs US Energy Policy - Yucca Mountain was supposed to be where the highly toxic material was sent. But Obama's energy budget leaves it out (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0306/p02s01-usgn.html
Senate Leader Says Energy, Climate Bills Will Be Combined (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/03/05/05climatewire-senate-dems-to-put-energy-emissions-bills-in-10009.html
Mason County PUD No. 3 Rolls Out New Website Design (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=511
AARP Opposes Oklahoma Nuclear Plant Legislation (Associated Press)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29536462/
Plans for 2 coal-fired power plants on hold in Nevada – (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/05/financial/f164229S89.DTL&feed=rss.business
New Life for 'Clean Coal' Project - Illinois Plant Was Abandoned by Bush; Now Its Backers Are in Power (NY Times)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/05/AR2009030502138.html?wprss=rss_business
NY Assembly: Re-Regulate State Electricity Market “…deregulation…costs New Yorkers $2.2 billion a year in overcharges, resulting in the fourth highest rates in the nation…” (Associated Press)
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--electricbills-ny0305mar05,0,7611532.story
FISH & WILDLIFE
NW Salmon Dam Dispute Returns to Court (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008819139_aporsalmondams.html?syndication=rss
Oregonian Op/Ed - A Strong New Current behind Columbia Salmon: A historic collaboration of tribes, states and federal agencies gives renewed hope for the future of Northwest salmon
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/03/a_strong_new_current_behind_co.html
Report Says Invasive Species Are Greatest Threat to Northwest Salmon (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/03/invasive_species_are_greatest.html
Dam removal offers opportunity for salmon, science (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/778070.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Olympia’s Capitol Campus Water-Saving Project Begins (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/778413.html
Aluminum in Drinking Water Connected With Dementia Risk, Cognitive Decline (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/health/2009/march/Aluminum-in-Drinking-Water-Connected-With-Dementia-Risk-Cognitive-Decline.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Smart Grid Will Need More Federal Power: GE Exec (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5247VX20090305
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Daylight Saving Time Is Supposed to Save Energy--Does It? The Answer Is Mixed. (US News & World Report)
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/robert-schlesinger/2009/03/05/daylight-saving-time-is-supposed-to-save-energy--does-it-the-answer-is-mixed.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
State of California’s Emissions Proposal Quickly Attacked (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/06/BUE016A63B.DTL&feed=rss.business
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Clearwire to Slow Network's Expansion - Clearwire will slow the expansion of its high-speed wireless network over the next two years, giving larger competitors the chance to catch up (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008819515_clearwire06.html
Comcast Starting Digital Switch (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/brierdudley/2008814281_brier05.html?syndication=rss
D.C. Tech Chief Tapped for Federal Chief Information Officer (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/05/AR2009030501060.html
Federal Judge Allows Twitter Updates From Courtroom (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11851007
GENERAL NEWS
Wintry Weather Still Hanging Around The Sound - Just when you think it should be over and done with, winter weather rears its head again in the Puget Sound region (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008819677_weather06m.html?syndication=rss
Daylight Savings Start Sunday, Clocks Spring Forward (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11851472
Spring Ahead, Change Smoke Alarm Batteries (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090306/NEWS01/703069887/-1/RSS02
Gregoire Signs $340 Million Highway Stimulus Plan (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008812964_apwaxgrstimulushighways1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Up To 40 State Parks Could Be Mothballed – Includes Jarrell Cove & Potlatch in Mason (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/politics/18865240/detail.html
Port Of Shelton’s Tribute to Broadcaster Turns into Squabble
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_030509WAB-paul-harvey-squabble-SW.8072198.html
DIVERSIONS
Woman Uses Super Glue To Fix Teeth
http://www.kirotv.com/health/18861788/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_nots&tmi=sea_nots_1_01000103052009&ts=H
Seattle finds weed goo in zoo doo
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/seattle_finds_weed_goo_in_zoo.html
No Chicken? Testy Air Passenger Loses Argument, Then Federal Case
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/nyregion/06appeal.html?_r=1
CNBC Stays Mum after Takedown by Jon Stewart
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11846043
SONG OF THE DAY
Fire on the Mountain - The Marshall Tucker Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2AJvhrAlRM&feature=related
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Residents Vent Frustrations over Avista Rates
- Hydropower Project Proposed For South Idaho
- Nuclear Waste Dogs US Energy Policy
- Senate Leader Says Energy, Climate Bills Will Be Combined
- Mason County PUD No. 3 Rolls Out New Website Design
- AARP Opposes Oklahoma Nuclear Plant Legislation
- Plans for 2 coal-fired power plants on hold in Nevada
- New Life for 'Clean Coal' Project
- NY Assembly: Re-Regulate State Electricity Market
- NW Salmon Dam Dispute Returns to Court
- Oregonian Op/Ed - A Strong New Current behind Columbia Salmon
- Report Says Invasive Species Are Greatest Threat to Northwest Salmon
- Dam removal offers opportunity for salmon, science
- Olympia’s Capitol Campus Water-Saving Project Begins
- Aluminum in Drinking Water Connected With Dementia Risk, Cognitive Decline
- Smart Grid Will Need More Federal Power: GE Exec
- Daylight Saving Time Is Supposed to Save Energy
- State of California’s Emissions Proposal Quickly Attacked
- Clearwire to Slow Network's Expansion
- Comcast Starting Digital Switch
- D.C. Tech Chief Tapped for Federal Chief Information Officer
- Federal Judge Allows Twitter Updates From Courtroom
- Wintry Weather Still Hanging Around The Sound
- Daylight Savings Start Sunday, Clocks Spring Forward
- Spring Ahead, Change Smoke Alarm Batteries
- Gregoire Signs $340 Million Highway Stimulus Plan
- Up To 40 State Parks Could Be Mothballed
- Port Of Shelton’s Tribute to Broadcaster Turns into Squabble
WORD OF THE DAY
Slush Fund • \SLUSH fund\ • noun - 1: A fund raised from the sale of refuse to obtain small luxuries or pleasures for a warship's crew 2: a fund for bribing public officials or carrying on corruptive propaganda 3: an unregulated fund often used for illicit purposes
The supervisor for the telephone “boiler room” operation was stumped. Although his crew was limited to one coffee per shift; no creamer or sugar; and doughnuts that were convenience store castoffs, his employees seemed to be living the life of Riley. Starbucks’ coffee brimming with the thickest cream, croissants from the high-faultin’ bakery down the street, and even party hats were common, especially on the graveyard shift. The secret was in the slush fund built up by the nefarious work of his unruly staff. For each phone sale, they called for a “processing fee” that was squirreled away for their personal comforts.
Life of Riley: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_Riley
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
Residents Vent Frustrations over Avista Rates (KXLY-TV, Spokane)
http://www.kxly.com/Global/story.asp?S=9956618
Hydropower Project Proposed For South Idaho - Salmon Falls Creek Reservoir near Rogerson (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/777810.html
Nuclear Waste Dogs US Energy Policy - Yucca Mountain was supposed to be where the highly toxic material was sent. But Obama's energy budget leaves it out (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0306/p02s01-usgn.html
Senate Leader Says Energy, Climate Bills Will Be Combined (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/03/05/05climatewire-senate-dems-to-put-energy-emissions-bills-in-10009.html
Mason County PUD No. 3 Rolls Out New Website Design (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=511
AARP Opposes Oklahoma Nuclear Plant Legislation (Associated Press)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29536462/
Plans for 2 coal-fired power plants on hold in Nevada – (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/05/financial/f164229S89.DTL&feed=rss.business
New Life for 'Clean Coal' Project - Illinois Plant Was Abandoned by Bush; Now Its Backers Are in Power (NY Times)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/05/AR2009030502138.html?wprss=rss_business
NY Assembly: Re-Regulate State Electricity Market “…deregulation…costs New Yorkers $2.2 billion a year in overcharges, resulting in the fourth highest rates in the nation…” (Associated Press)
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--electricbills-ny0305mar05,0,7611532.story
FISH & WILDLIFE
NW Salmon Dam Dispute Returns to Court (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008819139_aporsalmondams.html?syndication=rss
Oregonian Op/Ed - A Strong New Current behind Columbia Salmon: A historic collaboration of tribes, states and federal agencies gives renewed hope for the future of Northwest salmon
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/03/a_strong_new_current_behind_co.html
Report Says Invasive Species Are Greatest Threat to Northwest Salmon (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/03/invasive_species_are_greatest.html
Dam removal offers opportunity for salmon, science (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/778070.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Olympia’s Capitol Campus Water-Saving Project Begins (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/778413.html
Aluminum in Drinking Water Connected With Dementia Risk, Cognitive Decline (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/health/2009/march/Aluminum-in-Drinking-Water-Connected-With-Dementia-Risk-Cognitive-Decline.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Smart Grid Will Need More Federal Power: GE Exec (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5247VX20090305
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Daylight Saving Time Is Supposed to Save Energy--Does It? The Answer Is Mixed. (US News & World Report)
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/robert-schlesinger/2009/03/05/daylight-saving-time-is-supposed-to-save-energy--does-it-the-answer-is-mixed.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
State of California’s Emissions Proposal Quickly Attacked (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/06/BUE016A63B.DTL&feed=rss.business
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Clearwire to Slow Network's Expansion - Clearwire will slow the expansion of its high-speed wireless network over the next two years, giving larger competitors the chance to catch up (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008819515_clearwire06.html
Comcast Starting Digital Switch (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/brierdudley/2008814281_brier05.html?syndication=rss
D.C. Tech Chief Tapped for Federal Chief Information Officer (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/05/AR2009030501060.html
Federal Judge Allows Twitter Updates From Courtroom (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11851007
GENERAL NEWS
Wintry Weather Still Hanging Around The Sound - Just when you think it should be over and done with, winter weather rears its head again in the Puget Sound region (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008819677_weather06m.html?syndication=rss
Daylight Savings Start Sunday, Clocks Spring Forward (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11851472
Spring Ahead, Change Smoke Alarm Batteries (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090306/NEWS01/703069887/-1/RSS02
Gregoire Signs $340 Million Highway Stimulus Plan (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008812964_apwaxgrstimulushighways1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Up To 40 State Parks Could Be Mothballed – Includes Jarrell Cove & Potlatch in Mason (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/politics/18865240/detail.html
Port Of Shelton’s Tribute to Broadcaster Turns into Squabble
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_030509WAB-paul-harvey-squabble-SW.8072198.html
DIVERSIONS
Woman Uses Super Glue To Fix Teeth
http://www.kirotv.com/health/18861788/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_nots&tmi=sea_nots_1_01000103052009&ts=H
Seattle finds weed goo in zoo doo
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/seattle_finds_weed_goo_in_zoo.html
No Chicken? Testy Air Passenger Loses Argument, Then Federal Case
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/nyregion/06appeal.html?_r=1
CNBC Stays Mum after Takedown by Jon Stewart
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11846043
SONG OF THE DAY
Fire on the Mountain - The Marshall Tucker Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2AJvhrAlRM&feature=related
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Energy News Digest for March 5, 2009
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Fitch Upgrades Energy Northwest Revenue Bonds to 'AA'; Outlook Positive
- Portland General Electric Plans Stock Sale
- "Smart Grid" Draft Standards Seen Available By Summer
- Canada - Fears Grow for Natural Gas in Obama Tax Squeeze
- New York Lawmaker Blasts NYISO Over Rates
- Texas - Energy Future Holdings, formerly TXU Corp., loses $9.8 billion in 2008
- Daily News Op/Ed: A Letter to President Obama about Our Dam
- Raid on Energy Company in Ukraine
- Columbia River Salmon Runs Forecast To Increase
- Fishery Managers Are Pumped About Columbia River Coho Returning
- Chinook Biting in Puget Sound
- Third Baby Orca Spotted Near San Juan Islands
- Taylor Shellfish makes it a Federal Case
- California Managers Declare Longfin Smelt Threatened
- Greenwashing the Columbia - Sam's Big Bridge Moves Forward
- Clash over Unpaid Water Bill Leads to North Dakota Standoff
- Let's Wipe Out Toilet Paper
- Many Green Efforts Beginning To Wither - Several bills have been watered down
- Ephrata Wind Tower Manufacturer Cuts 21 Jobs - Economy Blamed
- Portland General Electric Raising Cash for Wind Farm
- Activists Fight Small Power Plants: Chicken Waste as Fuel Draws Fire
- Vocational School Adding Wind Energy Program
- The Answer, My Friend, Is Blowing In The Wind--Or Is It?
- Energy-Gobbling City Home to Biggest Solar Roof
- Viewpoint: Conservation Not Enough To Spark Economic Development
- Why "green jobs" may not save the economy or the environment
- The Broadband Hot Potato
- Vermont Fiber Efforts Run Into Sour Economy
- Washington House Gets Highway Stimulus Flowing
- Dow Ends Wednesday Up 149 Points; Alcoa Up 12 Percent
WORD OF THE DAY
Purfle • \PUR-ful\ • verb - To ornament the border or edges of
The tiny ukulele shone like some religious icon. The abalone purfling around the edges of the diminutive instrument, and the inlays around the sound hole and the fingerboard made the Martin 5K what it is today…the holy grail of ukes. (Fanboy enthusiasm intended)
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
Fitch Upgrades Energy Northwest Revenue Bonds to 'AA'; Outlook Positive (Marketwatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/fitch-upgrades-energy-northwest-revs/story.aspx?guid={212BCE3A-1926-4151-87C5-E9E130221F77}&dist=msr_5
Portland General Electric Plans Stock Sale (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/03/02/daily47.html?ana=from_rss
"Smart Grid" Draft Standards Seen Available By Summer (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5225YE20090303?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
Canada - Fears Grow for Natural Gas in Obama Tax Squeeze - Independents fear loss of drilling cost deduction (Edmonton Journal)
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Fears+grow+natural+Obama+squeeze/1351694/story.html
New York Lawmaker Blasts NYISO Over Rates: New study critical of its method of setting electric prices (Albany Times Union, NY)
http://dev.scoop.com/remote/article/include/77288240/53616c7465645f5fa68dad3932b9960ae067d962a3f1fd8b51b161f4624966cf
Texas - Energy Future Holdings, formerly TXU Corp., loses $9.8 billion in 2008 (Fort Worth Star Telegraph)
http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/1236989.html
Daily News Op/Ed: A Letter to President Obama about Our Dam (Red Bluff, CA)
http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/ci_11833998
Raid on Energy Company in Ukraine (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/05/world/europe/05ukraine.html?_r=1
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River Salmon Runs Forecast To Increase (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/402236_salmon05.html
Fishery Managers Are Pumped About Columbia River Coho Returning (The Astorian, OR)
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=395&ArticleID=58816&TM=76535.87
Chinook Biting in Puget Sound (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2008815325_fish05.html?syndication=rss
Third Baby Orca Spotted Near San Juan Islands (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1886735~Third_baby_orca_spotted_near_San_Juan_Islands.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Taylor Shellfish makes it a Federal Case (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/mar/04/taylor-shellfish-makes-it-a-federal-case/?partner=RSS
California Managers Declare Longfin Smelt Threatened (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1884770~Calif__managers_declare_longfin_smelt_threatened.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Greenwashing the Columbia - Sam's Big Bridge Moves Forward... So Where Are the Environmental Activists? (Portland Mercury)
http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/greenwashing-the-columbia/Content?oid=1275487
Clash over Unpaid Water Bill Leads to North Dakota Standoff (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/04/national/a152020S96.DTL&feed=rss.business
Let's Wipe Out Toilet Paper (The Guardian, United Kingdom)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/04/stop-using-toilet-paper
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Many Green Efforts Beginning To Wither - Several bills have been watered down (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090305/NEWS02/703059939/
Ephrata Wind Tower Manufacturer Cuts 21 Jobs - Economy Blamed (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/03/04/news/doc49aeb2634098f742312591.txt
Portland General Electric Raising Cash for Wind Farm (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/03/pge_raising_cash_for_wind_farm.html
Activists Fight Small Power Plants: Chicken Waste As Fuel Draws Fire (The News & Observer, Raleigh, NC)
http://dev.scoop.com/remote/article/include/77276745/53616c7465645f5f526be52f2718cd82aa432d449218a67b33fd41bb4f2e3b44
Vocational School Adding Wind Energy Program - First students could enroll in July at Northwest Renewable Energy Institute (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090304/NEWS02/703059982/
The Answer, My Friend, Is Blowing In The Wind--Or Is It? Our Blue Earth - Global Warming (Appalachian Independent – and another quarter for Robert Zimmerman)
http://appindie.org/index.php/our-blue-earth/global-warming/464-the-answer-my-friend-is-blowing-in-the-wind-or-is-it
Energy-Gobbling City Home to Biggest Solar Roof (CNN)
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/05/solar.roof.atlantic.city/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Viewpoint: Conservation Not Enough To Spark Economic Development (Charleston Regional Business Journal, SC)
http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/news/26727-viewpoint-conservation-not-enough-to-spark-economic-development?rss=0
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Barking Up the Wrong Tree - Why "green jobs" may not save the economy or the environment (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2212903/?from=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The Broadband Hot Potato (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123612370867623587.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
Vermont Fiber Efforts Run Into Sour Economy (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Vermont-Fiber-Efforts-Run-Into-Sour-Economy-101212
GENERAL NEWS
Washington House Gets Highway Stimulus Flowing (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008812964_apwaxgrstimulushighways1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Dow Ends Wednesday Up 149 Points; Alcoa Up 12 Percent (Pittsburgh Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2009/03/02/daily41.html?ana=from_rss
DIVERSIONS
Oregon School Removes Book over Its Portrayal of Logging (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1884197~School_removes_book_over_its_portrayal_of_logging.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Cat Flown, Arrives To New Owner Frozen
http://www.wpri.com/dpp/mobile/local_wpri_call12_frozen_cat_flown_to_oregon_20090303
Underwater Critters Fart Greenhouse Gas: Study
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090303/od_afp/germanydenmarkclimatewarminganimalscienceoffbeat_20090303155915;_ylt=AkELeGDgcKOhgrgEeoTgPD2gOrgF
Top 50 Shortlisted For 'Best Job in World'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090303/lf_afp/lifestyleaustraliatourismoffbeat_20090303170827;_ylt=AnIxZtxwLyTEaLFWBqGbEqKgOrgF
SONG OF THE DAY
Molly Hatchet - Flirtin’ With Disaster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhhtRxqSrys
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Fitch Upgrades Energy Northwest Revenue Bonds to 'AA'; Outlook Positive
- Portland General Electric Plans Stock Sale
- "Smart Grid" Draft Standards Seen Available By Summer
- Canada - Fears Grow for Natural Gas in Obama Tax Squeeze
- New York Lawmaker Blasts NYISO Over Rates
- Texas - Energy Future Holdings, formerly TXU Corp., loses $9.8 billion in 2008
- Daily News Op/Ed: A Letter to President Obama about Our Dam
- Raid on Energy Company in Ukraine
- Columbia River Salmon Runs Forecast To Increase
- Fishery Managers Are Pumped About Columbia River Coho Returning
- Chinook Biting in Puget Sound
- Third Baby Orca Spotted Near San Juan Islands
- Taylor Shellfish makes it a Federal Case
- California Managers Declare Longfin Smelt Threatened
- Greenwashing the Columbia - Sam's Big Bridge Moves Forward
- Clash over Unpaid Water Bill Leads to North Dakota Standoff
- Let's Wipe Out Toilet Paper
- Many Green Efforts Beginning To Wither - Several bills have been watered down
- Ephrata Wind Tower Manufacturer Cuts 21 Jobs - Economy Blamed
- Portland General Electric Raising Cash for Wind Farm
- Activists Fight Small Power Plants: Chicken Waste as Fuel Draws Fire
- Vocational School Adding Wind Energy Program
- The Answer, My Friend, Is Blowing In The Wind--Or Is It?
- Energy-Gobbling City Home to Biggest Solar Roof
- Viewpoint: Conservation Not Enough To Spark Economic Development
- Why "green jobs" may not save the economy or the environment
- The Broadband Hot Potato
- Vermont Fiber Efforts Run Into Sour Economy
- Washington House Gets Highway Stimulus Flowing
- Dow Ends Wednesday Up 149 Points; Alcoa Up 12 Percent
WORD OF THE DAY
Purfle • \PUR-ful\ • verb - To ornament the border or edges of
The tiny ukulele shone like some religious icon. The abalone purfling around the edges of the diminutive instrument, and the inlays around the sound hole and the fingerboard made the Martin 5K what it is today…the holy grail of ukes. (Fanboy enthusiasm intended)
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
Fitch Upgrades Energy Northwest Revenue Bonds to 'AA'; Outlook Positive (Marketwatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/fitch-upgrades-energy-northwest-revs/story.aspx?guid={212BCE3A-1926-4151-87C5-E9E130221F77}&dist=msr_5
Portland General Electric Plans Stock Sale (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/03/02/daily47.html?ana=from_rss
"Smart Grid" Draft Standards Seen Available By Summer (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5225YE20090303?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
Canada - Fears Grow for Natural Gas in Obama Tax Squeeze - Independents fear loss of drilling cost deduction (Edmonton Journal)
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Fears+grow+natural+Obama+squeeze/1351694/story.html
New York Lawmaker Blasts NYISO Over Rates: New study critical of its method of setting electric prices (Albany Times Union, NY)
http://dev.scoop.com/remote/article/include/77288240/53616c7465645f5fa68dad3932b9960ae067d962a3f1fd8b51b161f4624966cf
Texas - Energy Future Holdings, formerly TXU Corp., loses $9.8 billion in 2008 (Fort Worth Star Telegraph)
http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/1236989.html
Daily News Op/Ed: A Letter to President Obama about Our Dam (Red Bluff, CA)
http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/ci_11833998
Raid on Energy Company in Ukraine (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/05/world/europe/05ukraine.html?_r=1
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River Salmon Runs Forecast To Increase (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/402236_salmon05.html
Fishery Managers Are Pumped About Columbia River Coho Returning (The Astorian, OR)
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=395&ArticleID=58816&TM=76535.87
Chinook Biting in Puget Sound (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2008815325_fish05.html?syndication=rss
Third Baby Orca Spotted Near San Juan Islands (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1886735~Third_baby_orca_spotted_near_San_Juan_Islands.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Taylor Shellfish makes it a Federal Case (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/mar/04/taylor-shellfish-makes-it-a-federal-case/?partner=RSS
California Managers Declare Longfin Smelt Threatened (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1884770~Calif__managers_declare_longfin_smelt_threatened.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Greenwashing the Columbia - Sam's Big Bridge Moves Forward... So Where Are the Environmental Activists? (Portland Mercury)
http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/greenwashing-the-columbia/Content?oid=1275487
Clash over Unpaid Water Bill Leads to North Dakota Standoff (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/04/national/a152020S96.DTL&feed=rss.business
Let's Wipe Out Toilet Paper (The Guardian, United Kingdom)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/04/stop-using-toilet-paper
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Many Green Efforts Beginning To Wither - Several bills have been watered down (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090305/NEWS02/703059939/
Ephrata Wind Tower Manufacturer Cuts 21 Jobs - Economy Blamed (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/03/04/news/doc49aeb2634098f742312591.txt
Portland General Electric Raising Cash for Wind Farm (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/03/pge_raising_cash_for_wind_farm.html
Activists Fight Small Power Plants: Chicken Waste As Fuel Draws Fire (The News & Observer, Raleigh, NC)
http://dev.scoop.com/remote/article/include/77276745/53616c7465645f5f526be52f2718cd82aa432d449218a67b33fd41bb4f2e3b44
Vocational School Adding Wind Energy Program - First students could enroll in July at Northwest Renewable Energy Institute (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090304/NEWS02/703059982/
The Answer, My Friend, Is Blowing In The Wind--Or Is It? Our Blue Earth - Global Warming (Appalachian Independent – and another quarter for Robert Zimmerman)
http://appindie.org/index.php/our-blue-earth/global-warming/464-the-answer-my-friend-is-blowing-in-the-wind-or-is-it
Energy-Gobbling City Home to Biggest Solar Roof (CNN)
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/05/solar.roof.atlantic.city/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Viewpoint: Conservation Not Enough To Spark Economic Development (Charleston Regional Business Journal, SC)
http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/news/26727-viewpoint-conservation-not-enough-to-spark-economic-development?rss=0
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Barking Up the Wrong Tree - Why "green jobs" may not save the economy or the environment (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2212903/?from=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The Broadband Hot Potato (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123612370867623587.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
Vermont Fiber Efforts Run Into Sour Economy (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Vermont-Fiber-Efforts-Run-Into-Sour-Economy-101212
GENERAL NEWS
Washington House Gets Highway Stimulus Flowing (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008812964_apwaxgrstimulushighways1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Dow Ends Wednesday Up 149 Points; Alcoa Up 12 Percent (Pittsburgh Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2009/03/02/daily41.html?ana=from_rss
DIVERSIONS
Oregon School Removes Book over Its Portrayal of Logging (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1884197~School_removes_book_over_its_portrayal_of_logging.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Cat Flown, Arrives To New Owner Frozen
http://www.wpri.com/dpp/mobile/local_wpri_call12_frozen_cat_flown_to_oregon_20090303
Underwater Critters Fart Greenhouse Gas: Study
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090303/od_afp/germanydenmarkclimatewarminganimalscienceoffbeat_20090303155915;_ylt=AkELeGDgcKOhgrgEeoTgPD2gOrgF
Top 50 Shortlisted For 'Best Job in World'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090303/lf_afp/lifestyleaustraliatourismoffbeat_20090303170827;_ylt=AnIxZtxwLyTEaLFWBqGbEqKgOrgF
SONG OF THE DAY
Molly Hatchet - Flirtin’ With Disaster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhhtRxqSrys
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Energy News Digest for March 4, 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)
- Dry Weather Means Low Water in S. Oregon
- Chelan County PUD Makes More Operational Cuts
- Northern Wasco PUD launches power partnership
- Seattle City Light Warns Of Scam
- Businesses Press Maryland Lawmakers to Reject Regulation of Energy Utilities
- California - Supervisor Seeks Hearing On S.F. Power Plant
- Natural Gas Burns Investors' Fingers
- Lighting up the Darkness in Rural Africa
- At 5.5 Million, Pacific Northwest Pink Salmon Return Could Exceed ’07 Record
- Salmon Count Up, But Fishing May Be Tough
- Negotiating Salmon Fishing Could Be Extra Tough This Year
- Fishermen Brace for New Ban on Ocean Salmon
- Ohio Power Plant Called A Fish 'Killing Machine'
- Herd of Elk Killed By Poachers in Grays Harbor County
- Environmentalists Oppose Stormwater Permits for Washington State Highways
- Breathing Problems Reported Near Tennessee Ash Spill
- T. Boone Pickens Progresses In Wind Energy, Natural Gas Campaigns
- Seattle 10th In US For Energy-Efficient Buildings
- L.A. Tops Rankings In Energy Efficiency
- Obama Tasks Interior Dept. with Conservation, Energy Security
- US Urged To Lead In Cutting Greenhouse Emissions
- Obama Picks Net Neutrality Backer As FCC Chief
- A Novel Idea: Actually Visiting America's Broadband Gaps
- Yahoo CEO Will Negotiate In Private With Microsoft
- John Chambers: Broadband Speeds Our Economy
- DUI Patrol Makes 10 Arrests in Mason County
- Seattle Times Editorial - WSU Tendrils Reach Every Corner of the State
- Law Passes Allowing Benton County Elected Officials to have Multiple Offices
- California Water Employee Arrested In Cat-Abuse Attempt
WORD OF THE DAY
Oligopsony • \ah-luh-GAHP-suh-nee\ • noun - A market situation in which each of a few buyers exerts a disproportionate influence on the market
The National Charcoal Briquettes Cartel had finally found its calling: establishing the first carbon-trading oligopsony under the new cap and trade program for controlling greenhouse gases. Unfortunately for them, barbequing was deemed outdoor burning by many air pollution agencies, which effectively collapsed the cartel in future years.
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
Dry Weather Means Low Water in S. Oregon (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1881948~Dry_weather_means_low_water_in_S__Oregon.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Chelan County PUD Makes More Operational Cuts (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee)
http://www.kpq.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=788
Northern Wasco PUD launches power partnership (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/03/news03-03-09-01.shtml
Seattle City Light Warns Of Scam (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/03/02/daily23.html?ana=from_rss
Businesses Press Maryland Lawmakers to Reject Regulation of Energy Utilities (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/03/02/daily27.html
California - Supervisor Seeks Hearing on S.F. Power Plant “…kills fish larvae and sits atop land that may be leaching toxic chemicals into bay mud…” (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/04/BA27168KSE.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Natural Gas Burns Investors' Fingers (MSN)
http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=759388
Lighting up the Darkness in Rural Africa (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/lighting-up-the-darkness/
FISH & WILDLIFE
At 5.5 Million, Pacific Northwest Pink Salmon Return Could Exceed ’07 Record (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/644869.html
Salmon Count Up, But Fishing May Be Tough (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/40696707.html
Negotiating the Who, When of Salmon Fishing Could Be Extra Tough This Year (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/mar/03/negotiating-the-who-when-of-salmon-fishing-could/?partner=RSS
Fishermen Brace for New Ban on Ocean Salmon (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/03/BAEN168F0I.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Ohio Power Plant Called A Fish 'Killing Machine' (Detroit News)
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090303/METRO/903030374/1448/LIFESTYLE14
Herd of Elk Killed By Poachers in Grays Harbor County (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_030309WAB-elk-poachers-KS.222422b6.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Environmentalists Oppose Stormwater Permits for Washington State Highways (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1882867~Enviros_opposes_stormwater_permit_for_highways.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Breathing Problems Reported Near Tennessee Ash Spill (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008793785_apcoalashspill.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
T. Boone Pickens Progresses In Wind Energy, Natural Gas Campaigns (Dallas Morning News, TX)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/columnists/jlanders/stories/DN-landers_04bus.ART.State.Edition1.4a7e51a.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Seattle 10th In US For Energy-Efficient Buildings (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9941736
L.A. Tops Rankings In Energy Efficiency - The Environmental Protection Agency says the city has the nation's most Energy Star buildings (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-green4-2009mar04,0,6700613.story
Obama Tasks Interior Dept. with Conservation, Energy Security (The Hot Spring)
http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2009/03/355/obama-tasks-interior-dept-with-conservation-energy-security-science-based-policy/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
US Urged To Lead In Cutting Greenhouse Emissions (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008808083_apclimatetreaty.html?syndication=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Obama Picks Net Neutrality Backer as FCC Chief (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10187067-38.html?tag=nl.e703
A Novel Idea: Actually Visiting America's Broadband Gaps - Free Press visits Americans without broadband (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/A-Novel-Idea-Actually-Visiting-Americas-Broadband-Gaps-101204
Yahoo CEO Will Negotiate In Private with Microsoft (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11828455
John Chambers: Broadband Speeds Our Economy (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/john-chambers-broadband-speeds-our-economy/
GENERAL NEWS
DUI Patrol Makes 10 Arrests in Mason County (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/775555.html
Seattle Times Editorial - WSU Tendrils Reach Every Corner of the State: Massive cuts to programs tied to the school's land-grant roots are a false economy
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008808126_editb04exten.html
Law Passes Allowing Benton County Elected Officials to have Multiple Offices (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9941907
California Water Employee Arrested In Cat-Abuse Attempt (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/04/BACJ1695GG.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
DIVERSIONS
Phew! Asteroid's Passing Was a Cosmic Near-Miss
http://www.examiner.com/a-1883774~Phew__Asteroid_s_passing_was_a_cosmic_near_miss.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
For Free Throws, 50 Years of Practice Is No Help
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/sports/basketball/04freethrow.html
Florida Woman Calls 911 Three Times over Mcnuggets
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090304/ap_on_fe_st/odd_mcnuggets911;_ylt=Amho_VhNuBTLRR9IttfmARftiBIF
Wal-Mart Customer in Massachusetts Finds Teeth in Wallet
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090304/ap_on_fe_st/odd_teeth_in_wallet;_ylt=AgrpFMPv3KM_eDrmSs31j6LtiBIF
SONG OF THE DAY
The Outlaws-Hurry Sundown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_Wp69BcP1U&feature=related
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Dry Weather Means Low Water in S. Oregon
- Chelan County PUD Makes More Operational Cuts
- Northern Wasco PUD launches power partnership
- Seattle City Light Warns Of Scam
- Businesses Press Maryland Lawmakers to Reject Regulation of Energy Utilities
- California - Supervisor Seeks Hearing On S.F. Power Plant
- Natural Gas Burns Investors' Fingers
- Lighting up the Darkness in Rural Africa
- At 5.5 Million, Pacific Northwest Pink Salmon Return Could Exceed ’07 Record
- Salmon Count Up, But Fishing May Be Tough
- Negotiating Salmon Fishing Could Be Extra Tough This Year
- Fishermen Brace for New Ban on Ocean Salmon
- Ohio Power Plant Called A Fish 'Killing Machine'
- Herd of Elk Killed By Poachers in Grays Harbor County
- Environmentalists Oppose Stormwater Permits for Washington State Highways
- Breathing Problems Reported Near Tennessee Ash Spill
- T. Boone Pickens Progresses In Wind Energy, Natural Gas Campaigns
- Seattle 10th In US For Energy-Efficient Buildings
- L.A. Tops Rankings In Energy Efficiency
- Obama Tasks Interior Dept. with Conservation, Energy Security
- US Urged To Lead In Cutting Greenhouse Emissions
- Obama Picks Net Neutrality Backer As FCC Chief
- A Novel Idea: Actually Visiting America's Broadband Gaps
- Yahoo CEO Will Negotiate In Private With Microsoft
- John Chambers: Broadband Speeds Our Economy
- DUI Patrol Makes 10 Arrests in Mason County
- Seattle Times Editorial - WSU Tendrils Reach Every Corner of the State
- Law Passes Allowing Benton County Elected Officials to have Multiple Offices
- California Water Employee Arrested In Cat-Abuse Attempt
WORD OF THE DAY
Oligopsony • \ah-luh-GAHP-suh-nee\ • noun - A market situation in which each of a few buyers exerts a disproportionate influence on the market
The National Charcoal Briquettes Cartel had finally found its calling: establishing the first carbon-trading oligopsony under the new cap and trade program for controlling greenhouse gases. Unfortunately for them, barbequing was deemed outdoor burning by many air pollution agencies, which effectively collapsed the cartel in future years.
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
Dry Weather Means Low Water in S. Oregon (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1881948~Dry_weather_means_low_water_in_S__Oregon.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Chelan County PUD Makes More Operational Cuts (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee)
http://www.kpq.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=788
Northern Wasco PUD launches power partnership (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/03/news03-03-09-01.shtml
Seattle City Light Warns Of Scam (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/03/02/daily23.html?ana=from_rss
Businesses Press Maryland Lawmakers to Reject Regulation of Energy Utilities (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/03/02/daily27.html
California - Supervisor Seeks Hearing on S.F. Power Plant “…kills fish larvae and sits atop land that may be leaching toxic chemicals into bay mud…” (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/04/BA27168KSE.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Natural Gas Burns Investors' Fingers (MSN)
http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=759388
Lighting up the Darkness in Rural Africa (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/lighting-up-the-darkness/
FISH & WILDLIFE
At 5.5 Million, Pacific Northwest Pink Salmon Return Could Exceed ’07 Record (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/644869.html
Salmon Count Up, But Fishing May Be Tough (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/40696707.html
Negotiating the Who, When of Salmon Fishing Could Be Extra Tough This Year (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/mar/03/negotiating-the-who-when-of-salmon-fishing-could/?partner=RSS
Fishermen Brace for New Ban on Ocean Salmon (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/03/BAEN168F0I.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Ohio Power Plant Called A Fish 'Killing Machine' (Detroit News)
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090303/METRO/903030374/1448/LIFESTYLE14
Herd of Elk Killed By Poachers in Grays Harbor County (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_030309WAB-elk-poachers-KS.222422b6.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Environmentalists Oppose Stormwater Permits for Washington State Highways (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1882867~Enviros_opposes_stormwater_permit_for_highways.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Breathing Problems Reported Near Tennessee Ash Spill (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008793785_apcoalashspill.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
T. Boone Pickens Progresses In Wind Energy, Natural Gas Campaigns (Dallas Morning News, TX)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/columnists/jlanders/stories/DN-landers_04bus.ART.State.Edition1.4a7e51a.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Seattle 10th In US For Energy-Efficient Buildings (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9941736
L.A. Tops Rankings In Energy Efficiency - The Environmental Protection Agency says the city has the nation's most Energy Star buildings (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-green4-2009mar04,0,6700613.story
Obama Tasks Interior Dept. with Conservation, Energy Security (The Hot Spring)
http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2009/03/355/obama-tasks-interior-dept-with-conservation-energy-security-science-based-policy/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
US Urged To Lead In Cutting Greenhouse Emissions (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008808083_apclimatetreaty.html?syndication=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Obama Picks Net Neutrality Backer as FCC Chief (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10187067-38.html?tag=nl.e703
A Novel Idea: Actually Visiting America's Broadband Gaps - Free Press visits Americans without broadband (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/A-Novel-Idea-Actually-Visiting-Americas-Broadband-Gaps-101204
Yahoo CEO Will Negotiate In Private with Microsoft (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11828455
John Chambers: Broadband Speeds Our Economy (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/john-chambers-broadband-speeds-our-economy/
GENERAL NEWS
DUI Patrol Makes 10 Arrests in Mason County (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/775555.html
Seattle Times Editorial - WSU Tendrils Reach Every Corner of the State: Massive cuts to programs tied to the school's land-grant roots are a false economy
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008808126_editb04exten.html
Law Passes Allowing Benton County Elected Officials to have Multiple Offices (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9941907
California Water Employee Arrested In Cat-Abuse Attempt (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/04/BACJ1695GG.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
DIVERSIONS
Phew! Asteroid's Passing Was a Cosmic Near-Miss
http://www.examiner.com/a-1883774~Phew__Asteroid_s_passing_was_a_cosmic_near_miss.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
For Free Throws, 50 Years of Practice Is No Help
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/sports/basketball/04freethrow.html
Florida Woman Calls 911 Three Times over Mcnuggets
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090304/ap_on_fe_st/odd_mcnuggets911;_ylt=Amho_VhNuBTLRR9IttfmARftiBIF
Wal-Mart Customer in Massachusetts Finds Teeth in Wallet
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090304/ap_on_fe_st/odd_teeth_in_wallet;_ylt=AgrpFMPv3KM_eDrmSs31j6LtiBIF
SONG OF THE DAY
The Outlaws-Hurry Sundown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_Wp69BcP1U&feature=related
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