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)
- Grays Harbor County PUD Board Seeks Cutback Options
- British Columbia Seeking Intervener Status on Okanogan Dam Proposal
- Oregon Legislative Bills Oppose Idaho Power Line
- PUD 3 Tree Trimming On Shelton-Matlock Road Begins Monday
- Fifteen Percent - Pacific Power seeks new rate hike
- Nation's Oldest Nuclear Power Plant Gets New License
- Cantwell Optimistic For Green Energy Jobs
- Report: Cyber-Spies Hack U.S. Electricity Grid
- Sleeping guards cost Florida Power & Light $130,000
- Calif. Chinook Fishing Season Halted Again
- Oregon Coast Commercial Salmon Season Curtailed Again
- Salmon Anglers Will See a Big Expansion of Select Fisheries in Puget Sound
- Federal regulators deny protection to Calif. Smelt
- California Cows Create Healthy Habitat for Endangered Shrimp
- Pierce County Weighs Action on Rising River Sediment
- National Post Editorial - Wind Power Is a Complete Disaster
- Corndoggle - How did Oregon’s largest producer of “green” fuel fail so fast?
- Standard-Times Op/Ed - Realities of renewables
- Why Are Home Renewable Energy Systems Still So Expensive?
- Green Energy Subsidies Could Cost Jobs
- Windmill Blades to Come Through Port Of Olympia This Week
- Free Press Op/Ed - Give A Dam about Canadian Run-Of-River
- Canada - B.C. Hydro Not Interested in Nanaimo Turbine Energy
- The “Smart Grid:” How Smart?
- Energy Adviser: Shrink your carbon footprint
- White House May Postpone Auctioning Emissions
- Science Chief Discusses Climate Strategy
- World Can Halt Global Warming, Activist Says
- Carbon Market Is Closely Watching the U.S.
- Climate Legislation Sends Chill through Areas Fueled by Coal
- Boston Globe Editorial - A carbon cap with teeth
- Maryland to Rebate Cap and Trade Money to Consumers
- Winnipeg Sun Editorial - Hot Air over Greenhouse Gases
- Geoengineering Explored To Fight Global Warming
- T-Mobile Launches Douglas County’s First Data Center
- Stat Shot: Fiber to the Home
- Cisco to Buy Tidal as Part of Its Data Center Rush
- There's No Data to Prove Metered Billing Is Necessary
- Google releases upgrade to its App Engine
- Australia Vs. U.S. In Broadband Stimulus Plans
- Effort Underway to Save Belfair Bypass from State Scrap Heap
- Insurance to Pay Fines over Record Requests for Mason County
- Olympia area could get some of Sea-Tac's traffic
- Motorcycle Fatalities Prompt Warning
WORD OF THE DAY
Tontine • \TAWN-teen\ • noun – 1: an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor
It was the end of the march. The final World War I veteran who had made a pact with his friends many years ago in the muddy fields of France held the dusty bottle of cognac in his wrinkled hands. It seemed ironic to him, that of all those who made the tontine pact that the bottle’s amber contents would be his alone to savor in the twilight years of his life. Ironic in that he had lived his entire existence as a teetotaler.
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
Grays Harbor County PUD Board Seeks Cutback Options (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/04/08/local_news/doc49dcec5580a36561743207.txt
British Columbia Seeking Intervener Status on Okanogan Dam Proposal (Keremeos Review, BC)
http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/keremeosreview/news/42638892.html
Oregon Legislative Bills Oppose Idaho Power Line (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/814413.html
PUD 3 Tree Trimming On Shelton-Matlock Road Begins Monday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6935/reftab/1632/t/TREE-TRIMMING-ON-SHELTON-MATLOCK-ROAD-BEGINS-MONDAY/Default.aspx
Fifteen Percent - Pacific Power seeks new rate hike (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2009/04/08/pacific-power-seeks-new-rate-hike
Nation's Oldest Nuclear Power Plant - Feds OK New 20 Year License For NJ Facility (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008954850_apoystercreekrelicensing.html?syndication=rss
Cantwell Optimistic For Green Energy Jobs (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/814214.html
Report: Cyber-Spies Hack U.S. Electricity Grid (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102887291&ft=1&f=2
Sleeping guards cost Florida Power & Light $130,000 (Associated Press)
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/miami/sfl-florida-power-and-light-fine-bn040809,0,3688460.story?track=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Calif. Chinook Fishing Season Halted Again (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1951303~Calif__chinook_fishing_season_halted_again.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Oregon Coast Commercial Salmon Season Curtailed Again (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/oregon_coast_commercial_salmon.html
Salmon Anglers Will See a Big Expansion of Select Fisheries in Puget Sound (Seattle Times)
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/reeltimenorthwest/2009/04/08/salmon_anglers_will_see_a_big.html
Federal regulators deny protection to Calif. Smelt (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1950805~Federal_regulators_deny_protection_to_Calif__fish.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
California Cows Create Healthy Habitat for Endangered Shrimp (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1950542~Cows_create_healthy_habitat_for_endangered_shrimp.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Pierce County Weighs Action on Rising River Sediment (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/702728.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
National Post Editorial - Wind Power Is a Complete Disaster “…the world’s most wind-intensive nation, with more than 6,000 turbines generating 19% of its electricity, has yet to close a single fossil-fuel plant…” (Canada)
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/04/08/wind-power-is-a-complete-disaster.aspx
Corndoggle - How did Oregon’s largest producer of “green” fuel fail so fast? (Willamette Weekly, OR)
http://wweek.com/editorial/3522/12412/
Standard-Times Op/Ed - Realities of renewables: Wind, solar lag far behind in economics of oil (San Angelo, TX)
http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2009/apr/09/realities-of-renewables/
Welcome to the “Bleeding Edge:” Why Are Renewable Energy Systems for Homeowners Still So Expensive? (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/04/why-are-renewable-energy-systems-for-homeowners-still-so-expensive?src=rss
Green Energy Subsidies Could Cost Jobs (KXRM-TV, Colorado Springs, CO)
http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=284575
Windmill Blades to Come Through Port Of Olympia This Week (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/business/story/813694.html
Free Press Op/Ed - Give A Dam about Canadian Run-Of-River (100 Mile House Free Press, BC)
http://www.bclocalnews.com/opinion/42634812.html
Canada - B.C. Hydro Not Interested in Nanaimo Turbine Energy - Technology doesn't meet policies for buying electricity (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Hydro+interested+Nanaimo+turbine+energy/1247674/story.html
The “Smart Grid:” How Smart? Technology will run it and clean electricity will power it (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/04/how-smart?src=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Adviser: Shrink your carbon footprint (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090409/LIVING/704099998
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
White House May Postpone Auctioning Emissions (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/08/AR2009040802467.html?hpid=topnews
Science Chief Discusses Climate Strategy - Obama Adviser Hints at Compromise on Cap-and-Trade Emission Allowances (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/08/AR2009040802467.html?wprss=rss_politics
World Can Halt Global Warming, Activist Says (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/world_can_halt_global_warming.html
Carbon Market Is Closely Watching the U.S. (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10215704-38.html
Climate Legislation Sends Chill through Areas Fueled by Coal (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/us/09coal.html?_r=1&hpw
Boston Globe Editorial - A carbon cap with teeth
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2009/04/09/a_carbon_cap_with_teeth/
Maryland to Rebate Cap and Trade Money to Consumers (The Business Insider)
http://www.businessinsider.com/maryland-to-rebate-cap-and-trade-money-to-consumers-2009-4
Winnipeg Sun Editorial - Hot Air over Greenhouse Gases (Canada)
http://www.winnipegsun.com/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2009/04/09/9060341-sun.html
Geoengineering Explored To Fight Global Warming (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/814218.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
T-Mobile Launches Douglas County’s First Data Center – Douglas PUD Power Makes It Go! (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090408/NEWS04/704089958/-1/WEATHER?T-Mobile-launches-Douglas-County-s-first-data-center
Stat Shot: Fiber to the Home (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/04/08/stat-shot-fiber-to-the-home/
Cisco to Buy Tidal as Part of Its Data Center Rush (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/04/09/cisco-to-buy-tidal-as-part-of-its-data-center-rush/
There's No Data to Prove Metered Billing Is Necessary - Journalists start crunching numbers, call Time Warner plan 'obscene' (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Theres-No-Data-To-Prove-Metered-Billing-Is-Necessary-101824
Google releases upgrade to its App Engine (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12101209?nclick_check=1
Australia Vs. U.S. In Broadband Stimulus Plans (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10215603-38.html
GENERAL NEWS
Effort Underway to Save Belfair Bypass From State Scrap Heap (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/apr/08/effort-underway-to-save-belfair-bypass-from-heap/?partner=RSS
Insurance to Pay Fines over Record Requests for Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6940/reftab/1632/t/INSURANCE-TO-PAY-RECORDS-FINES-FOR-MASON-COUNTY/Default.aspx
Olympia area could get some of Sea-Tac's traffic - Neighbors worry about more noise, bigger planes (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/814215.html
Motorcycle Fatalities Prompt Warning (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_040809WAB-motorcycle-safety-warning-TP.b5cb6388.html?rss
DIVERSIONS
Clowning around Pays off For Circus Hopefuls
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE53784T20090408?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Not Such A G'Day - How Yellow Tail Crushed The Australian Wine Industry
http://www.slate.com/id/2215153/?from=rss
Relish This: Semitrailer Spills Hot Dogs
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/19129977/detail.html
Castaway Canine Home after Months at Sea
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19122495/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Eric Burdon and War - Spill the Wine (1970)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7_U-zj2gfE
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Energy News Digest for April 8, 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)
- Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated by Spies
- Energy Outlook 2050: Lower Carbon, But Not So Renewable
- Power Restored to Area near Yakima, Wash.
- Dangling Power Lines Trap Seattle Crash Victim
- Oregon- Hearing could affect Idaho Power Co. line
- Planning Starts for ‘Smart Grid’ Projects
- Rural Colorado Co-Ops Duke It out over Tiered Electricity Rates
- Safety Team Warns Of 'Catastrophic' Wiring in Iraq
- Fishery Managers Set Columbia River Gillnet Season
- Oregon- Removal of Rogue River Dam Spells End of Bitter Battle
- Walla Walla Salmon Projects In Line for Funds
- Cowlitz Still Producing Steelhead Salmon
- Environmental Group Claims Lower Snake 3rd Most Endangered River
- Chelan PUD Water Project under Budget
- Dozens of theories for creation of Mima Mounds
- Bill in Legislature Could Increase Some Water, Sewer Bills
- Texas- Debate Continues Over Wind Energy Tax Deals
- Daily Mail Editorial- Americans Need Reliable Electricity
- Applied Materials' $1.9 Billion Solar Panel Deal Trimmed Back
- Myths and Realities of Renewable Energy
- Energy Secretary Backs Clean-Coal Investments
- Regional U.S. Carbon Markets May Merge
- Energy Secretary Chu on climate threat: Earth is like the Titanic
- NY Times Op/Ed- Show Us the Ball
- Climate Legislation With a Sweetener for Taxpayers
- New Data Show Rapid Arctic Ice Decline
- FCC Broadband Proposal May Miss Out on Stimulus
- 2009: The FCC Finally Makes a Broadband Plan
- Metered Broadband Kills Jobs & May Violate 1st Amendment
- Due To Budget Shortfall, Mason County Commission Denies Contracts
- Grays Harbor County Looks To Cut More Jobs
- Port of Shelton Commission ousts Miles from Chairmanship
- Vancouver Columbian Newspaper May Face Foreclosure
- Alcoa Lost $497 Million in First Quarter
- Pollen delivers allergy season on time
WORD OF THE DAY
Nescience • \NESH-unts\ • noun - Lack of knowledge or awareness; ignorance
Barnabas was the envy of the second floor steno pool. As he blithely glided through his day, he was unaware of the economic turmoil or politics that constantly flailed at his troubled colleagues. Many of his co-workers marveled at his equanimity in the face of life altering, ulcer-inducing pressures in the plastic ukulele factory. His calmness wasn’t zen-like nor an inner peace…it was pure nescience. He had no idea what was going on around him at any time, whatsoever.
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
Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated by Spies (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123914805204099085.html
Energy Outlook 2050: Lower Carbon, But Not So Renewable (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/energy-outlook-2050-lower-carbon-but-not-so-renewable/
Power Restored to Area near Yakima, Wash. (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009002435_apwafireoutage1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Dangling Power Lines Trap Seattle Crash Victim (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009006032_apwapowerlinecrash.html?syndication=rss
Oregon - Hearing could affect Idaho Power Co. line (Baker City Herald, OR)
http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Hearing-could-affect-Idaho-Power-Co-line
Planning Starts for ‘Smart Grid’ Projects (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4706-planning-starts-smart-grid-projects/
Rural Colorado Co-Ops Duke It out over Bill to Allow Tiered Electricity Rates (Colorado Independent – Hey EWEB, check out the meter face in the story photo!)
http://coloradoindependent.com/25897/rural-co-ops-duke-it-out-over-bill-to-allow-tiered-electricity-rates
Safety Team Warns Of 'Catastrophic' Wiring in Iraq (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009004316_apelectrocutionsiraq.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fishery Managers Set Columbia River Gillnet Season (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/04/07//area_news/doc49dad42a72a80108009255.txt
Oregon - Removal of Rogue River Dam Spells End of Bitter Battle (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/812684.html
Walla Walla Salmon Projects In Line for Funds (Walla Walla Union Bulletin)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/04/07/local_news/090407local01snakeriverstimulus.txt
Cowlitz Still Producing Steelhead Salmon (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/702800.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Environmental Group Claims Lower Snake 3rd Most Endangered River (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009000859_webdams07.html?syndication=rss
Chelan PUD Water Project under Budget (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090407/NEWS04/704079893/1001/NEWS04
Dozens of theories for creation of Mima Mounds (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090407/NEWS03/704079970/1025/rss1025
Bill in Legislature Could Increase Some Water, Sewer Bills (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/apr/07/bill-in-legislature-could-increase-some-water/?partner=RSS
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Texas - Debate Continues Over Wind Energy Tax Deals (KWES-TV, Midland, TX)
http://www.newswest9.com/Global/story.asp?S=10148064&nav=menu505_2
Daily Mail Editorial - Americans Need Reliable Electricity (Charleston, WV)
http://www.dailymail.com/Opinion/Editorials/2009040788765
Applied Materials' $1.9 Billion Solar Panel Deal Trimmed Back To $250 Million (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12090539
Myths and Realities of Renewable Energy (Smart Grid Newsletters)
http://www.smartgridnews.com/artman/publish/commentary/Myths_and_Realities_of_Renewable_Energy-556.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Energy Secretary Backs Clean-Coal Investments (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123913664020498157.html
Regional U.S. Carbon Markets May Merge (Reuters)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUKTRE5366TN20090407
Energy Secretary Chu on climate threat: Earth is like the Titanic (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/greenenergy/ci_12092138?nclick_check=1
NY Times Op/Ed - Show Us the Ball “…Since the opponents of cap-and-trade are going to pillory it as a tax anyway, why not go for the real thing — a simple, transparent, economy-wide carbon tax?...”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/opinion/08friedman.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Climate Legislation With a Sweetener for Taxpayers - Entrepreneur's Vision Inspires Proposal for a Pollution Dividend (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/07/AR2009040703998.html?hpid=topnews
New Data Show Rapid Arctic Ice Decline - Proportion of Thicker, More Persistent Winter Cover Is the Lowest on Record (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/06/AR2009040601634.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Broadband Proposal May Miss Out on Stimulus - Networks May Be Built Ahead of Policies (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/07/AR2009040703996.html?wprss=rss_technology
2009: The FCC Finally Makes a Broadband Plan - Now the real test: shaking off lobbyist influence (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/2009-The-FCC-Finally-Makes-A-Broadband-Plan-101787
Congressman: Metered Broadband Kills Jobs & May Violate 1st Amendment (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/04/08/congressman-metered-broadband-kills-jobs-may-violate-1st-amendment/
GENERAL NEWS
Due To Budget Shortfall, Mason County Commission Denies Contracts (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6927/reftab/1632/t/DUE-TO-BUDGET-SHORTFALL-COUNTY-DENIES-CONTRACTS/Default.aspx
Grays Harbor County Looks To Cut More Jobs (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/813433.html
Stroke of State: Port of Shelton Commission outs Miles from Chairmanship (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6926/reftab/1632/t/NEW-PORT-OF-SHELTON-COMMISSION-CHAIR---MILES-OUSTED/Default.aspx
Vancouver Columbian Newspaper May Face Foreclosure (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009000311_apwanewspaperforeclosure1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Alcoa Lost $497 Million in First Quarter “…excess supplies of aluminum worldwide…further production cuts are needed to match falling orders…the actual market decline will be twice as much as Alcoa projected…” (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/07/financial/f132142D84.DTL&feed=rss.business
Pollen delivers allergy season on time (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2009003730_allergy08m0.html?syndication=rss
DIVERSIONS
Motorist Survives Three Accidents in an Hour
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE53653820090407?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Woman Calls 911 over Lack of Shrimp in Fried Rice
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090408/ap_on_fe_st/odd_skimp_on_shrimp;_ylt=AoyWBU3vM2i.bFU50SpzC97tiBIF
Fox To Make Reality TV Show Out Of Company Layoffs
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090408/ap_on_en_tv/tv_fox_layoff_show;_ylt=Asn58YcIByaw8Ji5gzppqv7tiBIF
Almost Half of French Approve of Locking Up Bosses
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090407/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_france_bosses;_ylt=AsIS2yFmdCk9bEhNiO1C9lftiBIF
SONG OF THE DAY
Night on Bald Mountain - Fantasia 1940 (Nightmare Food for Kids)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gd2YKyEImY
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated by Spies
- Energy Outlook 2050: Lower Carbon, But Not So Renewable
- Power Restored to Area near Yakima, Wash.
- Dangling Power Lines Trap Seattle Crash Victim
- Oregon- Hearing could affect Idaho Power Co. line
- Planning Starts for ‘Smart Grid’ Projects
- Rural Colorado Co-Ops Duke It out over Tiered Electricity Rates
- Safety Team Warns Of 'Catastrophic' Wiring in Iraq
- Fishery Managers Set Columbia River Gillnet Season
- Oregon- Removal of Rogue River Dam Spells End of Bitter Battle
- Walla Walla Salmon Projects In Line for Funds
- Cowlitz Still Producing Steelhead Salmon
- Environmental Group Claims Lower Snake 3rd Most Endangered River
- Chelan PUD Water Project under Budget
- Dozens of theories for creation of Mima Mounds
- Bill in Legislature Could Increase Some Water, Sewer Bills
- Texas- Debate Continues Over Wind Energy Tax Deals
- Daily Mail Editorial- Americans Need Reliable Electricity
- Applied Materials' $1.9 Billion Solar Panel Deal Trimmed Back
- Myths and Realities of Renewable Energy
- Energy Secretary Backs Clean-Coal Investments
- Regional U.S. Carbon Markets May Merge
- Energy Secretary Chu on climate threat: Earth is like the Titanic
- NY Times Op/Ed- Show Us the Ball
- Climate Legislation With a Sweetener for Taxpayers
- New Data Show Rapid Arctic Ice Decline
- FCC Broadband Proposal May Miss Out on Stimulus
- 2009: The FCC Finally Makes a Broadband Plan
- Metered Broadband Kills Jobs & May Violate 1st Amendment
- Due To Budget Shortfall, Mason County Commission Denies Contracts
- Grays Harbor County Looks To Cut More Jobs
- Port of Shelton Commission ousts Miles from Chairmanship
- Vancouver Columbian Newspaper May Face Foreclosure
- Alcoa Lost $497 Million in First Quarter
- Pollen delivers allergy season on time
WORD OF THE DAY
Nescience • \NESH-unts\ • noun - Lack of knowledge or awareness; ignorance
Barnabas was the envy of the second floor steno pool. As he blithely glided through his day, he was unaware of the economic turmoil or politics that constantly flailed at his troubled colleagues. Many of his co-workers marveled at his equanimity in the face of life altering, ulcer-inducing pressures in the plastic ukulele factory. His calmness wasn’t zen-like nor an inner peace…it was pure nescience. He had no idea what was going on around him at any time, whatsoever.
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
Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated by Spies (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123914805204099085.html
Energy Outlook 2050: Lower Carbon, But Not So Renewable (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/energy-outlook-2050-lower-carbon-but-not-so-renewable/
Power Restored to Area near Yakima, Wash. (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009002435_apwafireoutage1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Dangling Power Lines Trap Seattle Crash Victim (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009006032_apwapowerlinecrash.html?syndication=rss
Oregon - Hearing could affect Idaho Power Co. line (Baker City Herald, OR)
http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Hearing-could-affect-Idaho-Power-Co-line
Planning Starts for ‘Smart Grid’ Projects (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4706-planning-starts-smart-grid-projects/
Rural Colorado Co-Ops Duke It out over Bill to Allow Tiered Electricity Rates (Colorado Independent – Hey EWEB, check out the meter face in the story photo!)
http://coloradoindependent.com/25897/rural-co-ops-duke-it-out-over-bill-to-allow-tiered-electricity-rates
Safety Team Warns Of 'Catastrophic' Wiring in Iraq (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009004316_apelectrocutionsiraq.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fishery Managers Set Columbia River Gillnet Season (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/04/07//area_news/doc49dad42a72a80108009255.txt
Oregon - Removal of Rogue River Dam Spells End of Bitter Battle (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/812684.html
Walla Walla Salmon Projects In Line for Funds (Walla Walla Union Bulletin)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/04/07/local_news/090407local01snakeriverstimulus.txt
Cowlitz Still Producing Steelhead Salmon (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/702800.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Environmental Group Claims Lower Snake 3rd Most Endangered River (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009000859_webdams07.html?syndication=rss
Chelan PUD Water Project under Budget (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090407/NEWS04/704079893/1001/NEWS04
Dozens of theories for creation of Mima Mounds (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090407/NEWS03/704079970/1025/rss1025
Bill in Legislature Could Increase Some Water, Sewer Bills (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/apr/07/bill-in-legislature-could-increase-some-water/?partner=RSS
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Texas - Debate Continues Over Wind Energy Tax Deals (KWES-TV, Midland, TX)
http://www.newswest9.com/Global/story.asp?S=10148064&nav=menu505_2
Daily Mail Editorial - Americans Need Reliable Electricity (Charleston, WV)
http://www.dailymail.com/Opinion/Editorials/2009040788765
Applied Materials' $1.9 Billion Solar Panel Deal Trimmed Back To $250 Million (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12090539
Myths and Realities of Renewable Energy (Smart Grid Newsletters)
http://www.smartgridnews.com/artman/publish/commentary/Myths_and_Realities_of_Renewable_Energy-556.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Energy Secretary Backs Clean-Coal Investments (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123913664020498157.html
Regional U.S. Carbon Markets May Merge (Reuters)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUKTRE5366TN20090407
Energy Secretary Chu on climate threat: Earth is like the Titanic (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/greenenergy/ci_12092138?nclick_check=1
NY Times Op/Ed - Show Us the Ball “…Since the opponents of cap-and-trade are going to pillory it as a tax anyway, why not go for the real thing — a simple, transparent, economy-wide carbon tax?...”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/opinion/08friedman.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Climate Legislation With a Sweetener for Taxpayers - Entrepreneur's Vision Inspires Proposal for a Pollution Dividend (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/07/AR2009040703998.html?hpid=topnews
New Data Show Rapid Arctic Ice Decline - Proportion of Thicker, More Persistent Winter Cover Is the Lowest on Record (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/06/AR2009040601634.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Broadband Proposal May Miss Out on Stimulus - Networks May Be Built Ahead of Policies (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/07/AR2009040703996.html?wprss=rss_technology
2009: The FCC Finally Makes a Broadband Plan - Now the real test: shaking off lobbyist influence (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/2009-The-FCC-Finally-Makes-A-Broadband-Plan-101787
Congressman: Metered Broadband Kills Jobs & May Violate 1st Amendment (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/04/08/congressman-metered-broadband-kills-jobs-may-violate-1st-amendment/
GENERAL NEWS
Due To Budget Shortfall, Mason County Commission Denies Contracts (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6927/reftab/1632/t/DUE-TO-BUDGET-SHORTFALL-COUNTY-DENIES-CONTRACTS/Default.aspx
Grays Harbor County Looks To Cut More Jobs (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/813433.html
Stroke of State: Port of Shelton Commission outs Miles from Chairmanship (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6926/reftab/1632/t/NEW-PORT-OF-SHELTON-COMMISSION-CHAIR---MILES-OUSTED/Default.aspx
Vancouver Columbian Newspaper May Face Foreclosure (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009000311_apwanewspaperforeclosure1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Alcoa Lost $497 Million in First Quarter “…excess supplies of aluminum worldwide…further production cuts are needed to match falling orders…the actual market decline will be twice as much as Alcoa projected…” (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/07/financial/f132142D84.DTL&feed=rss.business
Pollen delivers allergy season on time (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2009003730_allergy08m0.html?syndication=rss
DIVERSIONS
Motorist Survives Three Accidents in an Hour
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE53653820090407?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Woman Calls 911 over Lack of Shrimp in Fried Rice
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090408/ap_on_fe_st/odd_skimp_on_shrimp;_ylt=AoyWBU3vM2i.bFU50SpzC97tiBIF
Fox To Make Reality TV Show Out Of Company Layoffs
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090408/ap_on_en_tv/tv_fox_layoff_show;_ylt=Asn58YcIByaw8Ji5gzppqv7tiBIF
Almost Half of French Approve of Locking Up Bosses
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090407/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_france_bosses;_ylt=AsIS2yFmdCk9bEhNiO1C9lftiBIF
SONG OF THE DAY
Night on Bald Mountain - Fantasia 1940 (Nightmare Food for Kids)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gd2YKyEImY
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Energy News Digest for April 7, 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)
- State's “Secret Deal” With Centralia Coal Plant Sparks Outcry
- Utilities Tie 'Clean' Costs To Rates
- Idaho Power Backs Off Parma Transmission Line Plan
- AARP Protests Ameren Bill for Nuke Plant Construction
- United Kingdom - A Nuclear White Elephant
- Land Trust Buys Prime Columbia River Salmon Habitat
- State Seeks Millions in Salmon and Habitat Grants
- Chinook Limits Proposed On Bering Sea Pollock Fleets
- Asian Oysters Banned From Chesapeake
- Congressman Hastings is Strong Supporter of Black Rock Reservoir Project
- California’s Two Longest Rivers Called Most Endangered
- Energy from landfill to power homes
- Salazar: Eastern Wind Could Replace Coal for Power
- Daily News Op/Ed - Wound Up Over Windmills
- Residential Wind Power Reaps Investors and Political Support
- Burning Desire - An Update on the Wood Pellet Market
- Drawing power from the Mississippi River Currents
- Australia - Green Status of Snowy Power Station in Doubt
- Decoupling Utilities: Separating Profits from Energy Use
- NY Times Op-Ed Contributor - This Old Wasteful House
- Empire State Building to Go "Green", Save Millions
- Washington to Become a Leader in Solving Challenge of Climate Change?
- Support in Oregon, rest of West, cools for climate caps
- Montana Governor Supports GOP Carbon Storage Bill
- Gallup Poll: Economy Takes Precedence over Environment
- U.S. power plant carbon emissions fell in 2008: study
- CO2 Down Nationally, But Not In WA – Washington Ranks 39th in CO2 Emissions
- Carbon Slump Threatens Emission-Cut Goals
- Emissions bill fuels fight in Congress
- Satellite data shows Arctic on thinner ice
- Canada - Green dies hard: "Green revolution stalls on cheap oil"
- FCC to begin broadband policy overhaul
- NY Times Op/Ed - How the Internet Got Its Rules
- Australia Moves to Build High-Speed Network
- Swedish Internet Traffic Plummets After File-Sharing Law Is Implemented
- British ISPs Required to Store E-Mail Data for a Year
- $3 Billion Construction Bond Proposal Could Hurt State Credit Rating
- Lewis County Fuel Theft Leads To Homicide
- Norm Dicks Earmark Requests Include Projects in Mason County
- Deal Would Keep KGY at Port Site At Least Five Years
WORD OF THE DAY
Gratuitous • \grat-TOO-it-uss\ • adjective - 1a: given unearned or without recompense b: not involving a return benefit, compensation, or consideration c: costing nothing: free 2: not called for by the circumstances: unwarranted.
In the end, it was the flippant, gratuitous comment at the end of the Kingsford peace negotiations that doomed the Diamond Empire to oblivion. After years of careful crafting, tense sessions over “just the right wording,” the Diamond diplomat couldn’t resist a parting shot, “I still think you’re all jerks,” he muttered to the departing delegation. The Diamond star system is now the prime source of charcoal briquettes for the Kingsford Confederacy.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
State's “Secret Deal” With Centralia Coal Plant Sparks Outcry (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008997025_coal07m.html?syndication=rss
Utilities Tie 'Clean' Costs To Rates - PacifiCorp and Portland General Electric seek increases for 2010, citing renewable energy projects (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1239076517314060.xml&coll=7
Idaho Power Backs Off Parma Transmission Line Plan (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1946381~Idaho_Power_backs_off_Parma_transmission_line_plan.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
AARP Protests Ameren Bill for Nuke Plant Construction (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2009/04/06/daily6.html?ana=from_rss
United Kingdom - A Nuclear White Elephant: Call for public inquiry as Sellafield recycling plant is costing taxpayer millions every year (The Independent, UK)
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/a-1631bn-nuclear-white-elephant-1664427.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Land Trust Buys Prime Columbia River Salmon Habitat - $362K from BPA (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/land_trust_buys_prime_columbia.html
State Seeks Millions in Salmon and Habitat Grants, Including Money for Skokomish River (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/811693.html
Chinook Limits Proposed On Bering Sea Pollock Fleets (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008997399_webfish06m.html?syndication=rss
Asian Oysters Banned From Chesapeake - Threat to Ecosystem Outweighs Possible Benefits, Officials Decide; Efforts Will Focus on Native Species (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/06/AR2009040602010.html?nav=rss_email/components
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Congressman Hastings is Strong Supporter of Black Rock Reservoir Project (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10140274
California’s Two Longest Rivers Called Most Endangered (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1947719~Calif_s_2_longest_rivers_called_most_endangered.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Energy from landfill to power homes (Associated Press)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=153432
Salazar: Eastern Wind Could Replace Coal for Power (Associated Press – and what about spinning reserves?)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008993062_apoffshorewindmills.html?syndication=rss
Daily News Op/Ed - Wound Up Over Windmills (Andover, MA)
http://www.newburyportnews.com/puopinion/local_story_096233309.html?keyword=secondarystory
Residential Wind Power Reaps Investors and Political Support (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/digest.msp?id=1819
Burning Desire - An Update on the Wood Pellet Market (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/04/burning-issues-an-update-on-the-wood-pellet-market?src=rss
Drawing power from the Mississippi River Currents (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6362021.html
Australia - Green Status of Snowy Power Station in Doubt “…flows were only a third of those promised and water was being diverted to the Murray River to boost crop irrigation…” (Augusta-Margaret River Mail)
http://margaretriver.yourguide.com.au/news/national/national/general/green-status-of-snowy-power-station-in-doubt/1445609.aspx
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Decoupling Utilities: Separating Profits from Energy Use (Sightline Institute)
http://www.sightline.org/research/sust_toolkit/solutions/decoupling-utilities-seperating-profits-from-energy-use
NY Times Op-Ed Contributor - This Old Wasteful House
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/opinion/06moe.html?em
Empire State Building to Go "Green", Save Millions (Reuters)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUKN0641844120090406
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Gov. Gregoire: Crisis Offers Washington a Chance to Become a Leader in Solving Challenge of Climate Change
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008995804_opina07gregoire.html?syndication=rss
Support in Oregon, rest of West, cools for climate caps (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/support_in_oregon_rest_of_west.html
Montana Governor Supports GOP Carbon Storage Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/04/07/ap6264715.html
Gallup Poll: Economy Takes Precedence over Environment - First time majority has supported economy in 25 years of asking question (Gallup)http://www.gallup.com/poll/116962/Americans-Economy-Takes-Precedence-Environment.aspx
U.S. power plant carbon emissions fell in 2008: study (Reuters)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/behindTheScenes/idUKTRE5355T220090406
CO2 Down Nationally, But Not In WA – Washington Ranks 39th in CO2 Emissions (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/archives/165836.asp?source=rss
To see the report: Environment Integrity Project Report lists the following plants as CO2 emitters: Centralia Steam Plant, Chehalis Natural Gas, Grays Harbor Energy Center, Goldendale Generating Center, Mint Farm - Longview, River Road, Fredrickson, (Links to PDF File)
http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/generatePub.cfm?pubID=617
Carbon Slump Threatens Emission-Cut Goals (Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20090407mr.html
Emissions bill fuels fight in Congress (Politico.Com_
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20959.html
Satellite data shows Arctic on thinner ice (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE5356SA20090406
Canada - Green dies hard: "Green revolution stalls on cheap oil" (The Financial Post)
http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=1419566
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC to begin broadband policy overhaul (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10213179-94.html?tag=nl.e433
NY Times Op/Ed - How the Internet Got Its Rules
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/opinion/07crocker.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Australia Moves to Build High-Speed Network (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/technology/internet/08broadband.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Swedish Internet Traffic Plummets After File-Sharing Law Is Implemented (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/technology/2009/april/Swedish-Internet-Traffic-Plummets-After-File-Sharing-Law-Is-Implemented.html
British ISPs Required to Store E-Mail Data for a Year (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Europe/2009/april/British-ISPs-Required-to-Store-E-Mail-Data-for-a-Year.html
GENERAL NEWS
State Treasurer: $3 Billion Construction Bond Proposal Could Hurt Credit Rating (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_040609POB-bond-measure-SW.ac925ad5.html?rss
Lewis County Fuel Theft Leads To Homicide (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_040609WAB-mossyrock-fuel-theft-KC.ae3653fc.html?rss
Norm Dicks Earmark Requests Include Projects in Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6917/reftab/1632/t/NORM-DICKS-EARMARK-REQUESTS-INCLUDE-PROJECTS-IN-MASON-COUNTY/Default.aspx
Deal Would Keep KGY at Port Site At Least Five Years (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/811699.html
DIVERSIONS
Is Toledo Weather Vane World's Largest?
http://www.outdoorslc.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1239037300&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5&
Drug-Sniffing Dog Finds Pot in Art Frames
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/19099963/detail.html
Feathers Ruffled At Detroit Pillow Fight - Police Say Cleanup At Issue
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19096764/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Gilligan’s Island - Stairway to Heaven (Too Weird)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTCYLbFxTpI&feature=related
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- State's “Secret Deal” With Centralia Coal Plant Sparks Outcry
- Utilities Tie 'Clean' Costs To Rates
- Idaho Power Backs Off Parma Transmission Line Plan
- AARP Protests Ameren Bill for Nuke Plant Construction
- United Kingdom - A Nuclear White Elephant
- Land Trust Buys Prime Columbia River Salmon Habitat
- State Seeks Millions in Salmon and Habitat Grants
- Chinook Limits Proposed On Bering Sea Pollock Fleets
- Asian Oysters Banned From Chesapeake
- Congressman Hastings is Strong Supporter of Black Rock Reservoir Project
- California’s Two Longest Rivers Called Most Endangered
- Energy from landfill to power homes
- Salazar: Eastern Wind Could Replace Coal for Power
- Daily News Op/Ed - Wound Up Over Windmills
- Residential Wind Power Reaps Investors and Political Support
- Burning Desire - An Update on the Wood Pellet Market
- Drawing power from the Mississippi River Currents
- Australia - Green Status of Snowy Power Station in Doubt
- Decoupling Utilities: Separating Profits from Energy Use
- NY Times Op-Ed Contributor - This Old Wasteful House
- Empire State Building to Go "Green", Save Millions
- Washington to Become a Leader in Solving Challenge of Climate Change?
- Support in Oregon, rest of West, cools for climate caps
- Montana Governor Supports GOP Carbon Storage Bill
- Gallup Poll: Economy Takes Precedence over Environment
- U.S. power plant carbon emissions fell in 2008: study
- CO2 Down Nationally, But Not In WA – Washington Ranks 39th in CO2 Emissions
- Carbon Slump Threatens Emission-Cut Goals
- Emissions bill fuels fight in Congress
- Satellite data shows Arctic on thinner ice
- Canada - Green dies hard: "Green revolution stalls on cheap oil"
- FCC to begin broadband policy overhaul
- NY Times Op/Ed - How the Internet Got Its Rules
- Australia Moves to Build High-Speed Network
- Swedish Internet Traffic Plummets After File-Sharing Law Is Implemented
- British ISPs Required to Store E-Mail Data for a Year
- $3 Billion Construction Bond Proposal Could Hurt State Credit Rating
- Lewis County Fuel Theft Leads To Homicide
- Norm Dicks Earmark Requests Include Projects in Mason County
- Deal Would Keep KGY at Port Site At Least Five Years
WORD OF THE DAY
Gratuitous • \grat-TOO-it-uss\ • adjective - 1a: given unearned or without recompense b: not involving a return benefit, compensation, or consideration c: costing nothing: free 2: not called for by the circumstances: unwarranted.
In the end, it was the flippant, gratuitous comment at the end of the Kingsford peace negotiations that doomed the Diamond Empire to oblivion. After years of careful crafting, tense sessions over “just the right wording,” the Diamond diplomat couldn’t resist a parting shot, “I still think you’re all jerks,” he muttered to the departing delegation. The Diamond star system is now the prime source of charcoal briquettes for the Kingsford Confederacy.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
State's “Secret Deal” With Centralia Coal Plant Sparks Outcry (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008997025_coal07m.html?syndication=rss
Utilities Tie 'Clean' Costs To Rates - PacifiCorp and Portland General Electric seek increases for 2010, citing renewable energy projects (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1239076517314060.xml&coll=7
Idaho Power Backs Off Parma Transmission Line Plan (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1946381~Idaho_Power_backs_off_Parma_transmission_line_plan.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
AARP Protests Ameren Bill for Nuke Plant Construction (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2009/04/06/daily6.html?ana=from_rss
United Kingdom - A Nuclear White Elephant: Call for public inquiry as Sellafield recycling plant is costing taxpayer millions every year (The Independent, UK)
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/a-1631bn-nuclear-white-elephant-1664427.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Land Trust Buys Prime Columbia River Salmon Habitat - $362K from BPA (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/land_trust_buys_prime_columbia.html
State Seeks Millions in Salmon and Habitat Grants, Including Money for Skokomish River (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/811693.html
Chinook Limits Proposed On Bering Sea Pollock Fleets (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008997399_webfish06m.html?syndication=rss
Asian Oysters Banned From Chesapeake - Threat to Ecosystem Outweighs Possible Benefits, Officials Decide; Efforts Will Focus on Native Species (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/06/AR2009040602010.html?nav=rss_email/components
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Congressman Hastings is Strong Supporter of Black Rock Reservoir Project (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10140274
California’s Two Longest Rivers Called Most Endangered (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1947719~Calif_s_2_longest_rivers_called_most_endangered.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Energy from landfill to power homes (Associated Press)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=153432
Salazar: Eastern Wind Could Replace Coal for Power (Associated Press – and what about spinning reserves?)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008993062_apoffshorewindmills.html?syndication=rss
Daily News Op/Ed - Wound Up Over Windmills (Andover, MA)
http://www.newburyportnews.com/puopinion/local_story_096233309.html?keyword=secondarystory
Residential Wind Power Reaps Investors and Political Support (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/digest.msp?id=1819
Burning Desire - An Update on the Wood Pellet Market (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/04/burning-issues-an-update-on-the-wood-pellet-market?src=rss
Drawing power from the Mississippi River Currents (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6362021.html
Australia - Green Status of Snowy Power Station in Doubt “…flows were only a third of those promised and water was being diverted to the Murray River to boost crop irrigation…” (Augusta-Margaret River Mail)
http://margaretriver.yourguide.com.au/news/national/national/general/green-status-of-snowy-power-station-in-doubt/1445609.aspx
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Decoupling Utilities: Separating Profits from Energy Use (Sightline Institute)
http://www.sightline.org/research/sust_toolkit/solutions/decoupling-utilities-seperating-profits-from-energy-use
NY Times Op-Ed Contributor - This Old Wasteful House
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/opinion/06moe.html?em
Empire State Building to Go "Green", Save Millions (Reuters)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUKN0641844120090406
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Gov. Gregoire: Crisis Offers Washington a Chance to Become a Leader in Solving Challenge of Climate Change
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008995804_opina07gregoire.html?syndication=rss
Support in Oregon, rest of West, cools for climate caps (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/support_in_oregon_rest_of_west.html
Montana Governor Supports GOP Carbon Storage Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/04/07/ap6264715.html
Gallup Poll: Economy Takes Precedence over Environment - First time majority has supported economy in 25 years of asking question (Gallup)http://www.gallup.com/poll/116962/Americans-Economy-Takes-Precedence-Environment.aspx
U.S. power plant carbon emissions fell in 2008: study (Reuters)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/behindTheScenes/idUKTRE5355T220090406
CO2 Down Nationally, But Not In WA – Washington Ranks 39th in CO2 Emissions (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/archives/165836.asp?source=rss
To see the report: Environment Integrity Project Report lists the following plants as CO2 emitters: Centralia Steam Plant, Chehalis Natural Gas, Grays Harbor Energy Center, Goldendale Generating Center, Mint Farm - Longview, River Road, Fredrickson, (Links to PDF File)
http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/generatePub.cfm?pubID=617
Carbon Slump Threatens Emission-Cut Goals (Japan Times)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20090407mr.html
Emissions bill fuels fight in Congress (Politico.Com_
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20959.html
Satellite data shows Arctic on thinner ice (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE5356SA20090406
Canada - Green dies hard: "Green revolution stalls on cheap oil" (The Financial Post)
http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=1419566
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC to begin broadband policy overhaul (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10213179-94.html?tag=nl.e433
NY Times Op/Ed - How the Internet Got Its Rules
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/opinion/07crocker.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Australia Moves to Build High-Speed Network (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/technology/internet/08broadband.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Swedish Internet Traffic Plummets After File-Sharing Law Is Implemented (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/technology/2009/april/Swedish-Internet-Traffic-Plummets-After-File-Sharing-Law-Is-Implemented.html
British ISPs Required to Store E-Mail Data for a Year (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Europe/2009/april/British-ISPs-Required-to-Store-E-Mail-Data-for-a-Year.html
GENERAL NEWS
State Treasurer: $3 Billion Construction Bond Proposal Could Hurt Credit Rating (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_040609POB-bond-measure-SW.ac925ad5.html?rss
Lewis County Fuel Theft Leads To Homicide (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_040609WAB-mossyrock-fuel-theft-KC.ae3653fc.html?rss
Norm Dicks Earmark Requests Include Projects in Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6917/reftab/1632/t/NORM-DICKS-EARMARK-REQUESTS-INCLUDE-PROJECTS-IN-MASON-COUNTY/Default.aspx
Deal Would Keep KGY at Port Site At Least Five Years (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/811699.html
DIVERSIONS
Is Toledo Weather Vane World's Largest?
http://www.outdoorslc.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1239037300&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5&
Drug-Sniffing Dog Finds Pot in Art Frames
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/19099963/detail.html
Feathers Ruffled At Detroit Pillow Fight - Police Say Cleanup At Issue
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19096764/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Gilligan’s Island - Stairway to Heaven (Too Weird)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTCYLbFxTpI&feature=related
Monday, April 6, 2009
Energy News Digest for April 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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Regional Comments on BPA Rate Hike Are Few, So Far
- The Observer Editorial: BPA Rate Hike Too Much For This Economy
- East Coast Ruling May Help LNG Project on Columbia
- Future Energy Is Topic of First Tuesday Event
- California Electricity Supply Faces Strain in Drier Future
- Tennessee Valley Authority Sees Growing 'Pressure' For Higher Rates
- Utilities Challenged To Justify Nuke Work
- New York Consortium Drops Its Plan to Build New Power Lines
- Ohio Power Company Says More People Stealing Electricity amid Recession
- Earnings Preview: Alcoa expected to post 1Q loss
- North Carolina - Alcoa Fires Back In Feud over Control of Yadkin River
- Washington Post - Will Obama's Revolution Deliver Energy Independence?
- Interactive Energy Bill: Just Around the Corner?
- Tech Firms Eager to Gobble Energy Stimulus Funds
- Feds Partner with Washington to Accelerate Habitat Projects in Columbia
- Tribes, State Will Return to Court over Salmon
- Other Regions’ Low Salmon Supplies Could Benefit Alaska Fisheries
- Cecil Andrus: A Workable Salmon Policy for the Northwest
- All-Male Run of Fish in Woodland Creek Won’t Find Mates
- Legislation Could Soften Blow of Closing Hatcheries
- Join the Club - Orting Hatchery in Danger of Closure
- Study of Water Storage Options in Yakima Basin Gets $2 Million
- Snow Surveys Important For Determining Summer Water Supplies
- Reservoir Project to Create 1,500 Jobs in Portland
- 8 homes struck, none injured in Beaver Dam mudslides on Whidbey Island
- U.S. Navy and the Snohomish PUD to Test Tidal Power off Whidbey
- E. Idaho Ordinance Could Bolster Wind Turbines
- Canadian Protesters Lash Out At River Hydro Project Plans in Nanaimo
- Wood: The Hot New Renewable Energy Source
- More States Want Solar Power to Be Option on New Homes
- Senator Shelby Speaks on Renewable Standard: One Size Does Not Fit All
- Free At Last - How to Achieve Genuine Energy Independence
- Government Should Mandate More Wind Power
- Environmentalists delay S.F. biodiesel plans
- Father-son Team Repair Wind Turbines
- Canadian Energy Rebate Not So Bright, Critics Argue
- Texas - Mandate for Energy Audits Creates Buzz
- B.C.'S Carbon-Offset Plan Doesn’t Sit Well with Environmentalists
- New Site Calculates Carbon Footprints
- Study: Cool Spells Normal in Warming World
- China’s Grand Plans for Eco-Cities Now Lie Abandoned
- Web Sites Disrupted By Attack on Register.com
- Data centers brace for Obama's 'cap and trade' energy pricing plan
- Twitter Unveils Redesign - Move over Google
- Graham, WA - Dad Murdered Kids Because Wife Was Leaving Him
- Mason County Sheriff's Department Facing Budget Cuts
- Nobody Bidding At State Timber Auctions
- Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton to Trim Staff
- $265K 'Bubble' art prompts Olympia meeting
WORD OF THE DAY
Epistemic • \ep-uh-STEE-mik\ • adjective - Of or relating to knowledge or knowing:
The razor sharp mind of Abercrombie cut in only one direction. His epistemic skills in “Trivial Pursuit” were just that, trivial. Ask him about the main food of the Tibetan Pika, and he would have a ready answer (‘Little tiny haypiles of grass!’). But ask him directions to the grocery store and you could wind up many miles away from where you wanted to go.
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
Regional Comments on BPA Rate Hike Are Few, So Far (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/04/03/local_news/04news.txt
The Observer Editorial: BPA Rate Hike Too Much For This Economy (La Grande, OR)
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3176473
East Coast Ruling May Help LNG Project on Columbia (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/04/05/area_news/doc49d81aae27499815156565.txt
Future Energy Is Topic of First Tuesday Event (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090404/NEWS02/704049977/
California Electricity Supply Faces Strain in Drier Future (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/02/MNH216R7O5.DTL&feed=rss.news
Tennessee Valley Authority Sees Growing 'Pressure' For Higher Rates (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jgkVTROMGlTT1PK6ZhQjLR-X0V_QD97B9C480
Utilities Challenged To Justify Nuke Work (Arizona Republic)
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2009/04/04/20090404biz-nukereport0404.html
New York Consortium Drops Its Plan to Build New Power Lines (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/business/energy-environment/04power.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Ohio Power Company Says More People Stealing Electricity amid Recession (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008984560_apstealingelectricity.html?syndication=rss
Earnings Preview: Alcoa expected to post 1Q loss “…analysts noted soaring aluminum inventories worldwide, and said the industry needed to cut production further…” (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/03/financial/f090647D84.DTL&feed=rss.business
North Carolina - Alcoa Fires Back In Feud over Control of Yadkin River (Charlotte Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/04/06/newscolumn1.html?ana=from_rss
Washington Post Opinion - Will Obama's Revolution Deliver Energy Independence?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040302794.html
Interactive Energy Bill: Just Around the Corner? (BusinessWeek)
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2009/tc2009045_701898.htm
Tech Firms Eager to Gobble Energy Stimulus Funds (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-04-05-stimulus-infrastructure-technology_N.htm
FISH & WILDLIFE
Feds Partner with Washington to Accelerate Habitat Projects in Columbia Estuary (The Astorian, OR)
http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=59803&TM=80764.54
Tribes, State Will Return to Court over Salmon - The two sides were unable to agree on how quickly the state must repair culverts that impede salmon runs (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090406/NEWS01/704069910/-1/RSS02
Other Regions’ Low Salmon Supplies Could Benefit Alaska Fisheries (Alaska Journal of Commerce)
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/040309/fis_fisheries001.shtml
Oregonian Op/Ed – Cecil Andrus: A Workable Salmon Policy for the Northwest
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/04/a_workable_salmon_policy_for_t.html
A Fishy Mystery Solved - All-Male Run of Fish in Woodland Creek Won’t Find Mates (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/808880.html
Legislation Could Soften Blow of Closing Hatcheries (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.outdoorslc.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1238777978&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5&
Join the Club - Orting Hatchery in Danger Of Closure (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2008987201_outn05.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Study of Water Storage Options in Yakima Basin Gets $2 Million (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2009/04/02/04-03-09-water-storage-money
Snow Surveys Important For Determining Summer Water Supplies (Oregon Publci Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4693-snow-surveys-important-determining-summer-water-supplies/
Reservoir Project to Create 1,500 Jobs in Portland (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008991456_webportland06m.html?syndication=rss
8 homes struck, none injured in Beaver Dam mudslides on Whidbey Island (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008983204_mudslide04m.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
U.S. Navy and the Snohomish PUD to Test Tidal Power off Whidbey (Whidbey News-Times)
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/whidbey/wnt/news/42450332.html
E. Idaho Ordinance Could Bolster Wind Turbines (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/809437.html
Canadian Protesters Lash Out At River Hydro Project Plans in Nanaimo (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/Technology/Protesters+lash+river+hydro+project+plans+Nanaimo/1466973/story.html
Wood: The Hot New Renewable Energy Source (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4675-wood-hot-new-renewable-energy-source/
More States Want Solar Power to Be Option on New Homes (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2009-04-06-solar-ready_N.htm?csp=34
WAAY-TV Op/Ed - Senator Shelby Speaks Out on Proposed Renewable Energy Standard: One Size Does Not Fit All
http://www.waaytv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10127777
Free At Last - How to Achieve Genuine Energy Independence (Newsweek)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/192479?from=rss
Government Should Mandate More Wind Power (Kansas City Star, MO)
http://www.kansascity.com/340/story/1124583.html
Environmentalists delay S.F. biodiesel plans - Argue that the city failed to consider hazards associated with converting fat into fuel (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/03/BAQ516RSCV.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Father-son Team Repair Wind Turbines (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/04/father-son-team-repair-wind-turbines?src=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Canadian Energy Rebate Not So Bright, Critics Argue (Calgary Herald, Alberta)
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Energy+rebate+bright+critics+argue/1468163/story.html
Texas - Mandate for Energy Audits Creates Buzz (Austin Business Journal, TX)
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/04/06/story4.html?ana=from_rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
B.C.'S Carbon-Offset Plan Doesn’t Sit Well with Environmentalists (CBC News)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/04/05/bc-carbon-offsets.html?ref=rss
New Site Calculates Carbon Footprints (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/03/30/daily51.html?ana=from_rss
Study: Cool Spells Normal in Warming World (NY Times)
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/cool-spells-in-a-warming-world/?partner=rss&emc=rss
China’s Grand Plans for Eco-Cities Now Lie Abandoned (Yale Environment 360) http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2138
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Web Sites Disrupted By Attack on Register.com (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/04/web_sites_disrupted_by_attack.html
Data centers brace for Obama's 'cap and trade' energy pricing plan (ComputerWorld)
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=336620&intsrc=news_ts_head
Twitter Unveils Redesign - Move over Google. Twitter wants some search mojo (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12057285?nclick_check=1
GENERAL NEWS
Graham, WA - Dad Murdered Kids Because Wife Was Leaving Him (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42499832.html
Mason County Sheriff's Department Facing Budget Cuts (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6906/reftab/1632/t/SHERIFF-S-OFFICE-FACING-BUDGET-CUTS/Default.aspx
Nobody Bidding At State Timber Auctions (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_040509WAB-AP-timber-auctions-SW.a731d98f.html?rss
Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton to Trim Staff (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/808868.html
$265K 'Bubble' art prompts Olympia meeting - Arts Commission to hold special session open to the public (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/808923.html
DIVERSIONS
Spokane Man Finds Message in a Bottle From 1913
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/809334.html
Volunteers Help Salamanders Avoid Roadway Massacre
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008988738_apsalamanderescorts.html?syndication=rss
Woman Divorces Husband For Cleaning Too Much
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090402/od_nm/us_divorce_odd;_ylt=Av7jV6uCzxQolSt12c_aehjtiBIF
California Woman Gets 6 Years for Fatal Texting Crash
http://www.examiner.com/a-1943563~Calif_woman_gets_6_years_for_fatal_texting_crash.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
SONG OF THE DAY
I Just Want to Celebrate - Rare Earth (1971)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZsppOw2Mxk
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Regional Comments on BPA Rate Hike Are Few, So Far
- The Observer Editorial: BPA Rate Hike Too Much For This Economy
- East Coast Ruling May Help LNG Project on Columbia
- Future Energy Is Topic of First Tuesday Event
- California Electricity Supply Faces Strain in Drier Future
- Tennessee Valley Authority Sees Growing 'Pressure' For Higher Rates
- Utilities Challenged To Justify Nuke Work
- New York Consortium Drops Its Plan to Build New Power Lines
- Ohio Power Company Says More People Stealing Electricity amid Recession
- Earnings Preview: Alcoa expected to post 1Q loss
- North Carolina - Alcoa Fires Back In Feud over Control of Yadkin River
- Washington Post - Will Obama's Revolution Deliver Energy Independence?
- Interactive Energy Bill: Just Around the Corner?
- Tech Firms Eager to Gobble Energy Stimulus Funds
- Feds Partner with Washington to Accelerate Habitat Projects in Columbia
- Tribes, State Will Return to Court over Salmon
- Other Regions’ Low Salmon Supplies Could Benefit Alaska Fisheries
- Cecil Andrus: A Workable Salmon Policy for the Northwest
- All-Male Run of Fish in Woodland Creek Won’t Find Mates
- Legislation Could Soften Blow of Closing Hatcheries
- Join the Club - Orting Hatchery in Danger of Closure
- Study of Water Storage Options in Yakima Basin Gets $2 Million
- Snow Surveys Important For Determining Summer Water Supplies
- Reservoir Project to Create 1,500 Jobs in Portland
- 8 homes struck, none injured in Beaver Dam mudslides on Whidbey Island
- U.S. Navy and the Snohomish PUD to Test Tidal Power off Whidbey
- E. Idaho Ordinance Could Bolster Wind Turbines
- Canadian Protesters Lash Out At River Hydro Project Plans in Nanaimo
- Wood: The Hot New Renewable Energy Source
- More States Want Solar Power to Be Option on New Homes
- Senator Shelby Speaks on Renewable Standard: One Size Does Not Fit All
- Free At Last - How to Achieve Genuine Energy Independence
- Government Should Mandate More Wind Power
- Environmentalists delay S.F. biodiesel plans
- Father-son Team Repair Wind Turbines
- Canadian Energy Rebate Not So Bright, Critics Argue
- Texas - Mandate for Energy Audits Creates Buzz
- B.C.'S Carbon-Offset Plan Doesn’t Sit Well with Environmentalists
- New Site Calculates Carbon Footprints
- Study: Cool Spells Normal in Warming World
- China’s Grand Plans for Eco-Cities Now Lie Abandoned
- Web Sites Disrupted By Attack on Register.com
- Data centers brace for Obama's 'cap and trade' energy pricing plan
- Twitter Unveils Redesign - Move over Google
- Graham, WA - Dad Murdered Kids Because Wife Was Leaving Him
- Mason County Sheriff's Department Facing Budget Cuts
- Nobody Bidding At State Timber Auctions
- Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton to Trim Staff
- $265K 'Bubble' art prompts Olympia meeting
WORD OF THE DAY
Epistemic • \ep-uh-STEE-mik\ • adjective - Of or relating to knowledge or knowing:
The razor sharp mind of Abercrombie cut in only one direction. His epistemic skills in “Trivial Pursuit” were just that, trivial. Ask him about the main food of the Tibetan Pika, and he would have a ready answer (‘Little tiny haypiles of grass!’). But ask him directions to the grocery store and you could wind up many miles away from where you wanted to go.
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
Regional Comments on BPA Rate Hike Are Few, So Far (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/04/03/local_news/04news.txt
The Observer Editorial: BPA Rate Hike Too Much For This Economy (La Grande, OR)
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3176473
East Coast Ruling May Help LNG Project on Columbia (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/04/05/area_news/doc49d81aae27499815156565.txt
Future Energy Is Topic of First Tuesday Event (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090404/NEWS02/704049977/
California Electricity Supply Faces Strain in Drier Future (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/02/MNH216R7O5.DTL&feed=rss.news
Tennessee Valley Authority Sees Growing 'Pressure' For Higher Rates (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jgkVTROMGlTT1PK6ZhQjLR-X0V_QD97B9C480
Utilities Challenged To Justify Nuke Work (Arizona Republic)
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2009/04/04/20090404biz-nukereport0404.html
New York Consortium Drops Its Plan to Build New Power Lines (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/business/energy-environment/04power.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Ohio Power Company Says More People Stealing Electricity amid Recession (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008984560_apstealingelectricity.html?syndication=rss
Earnings Preview: Alcoa expected to post 1Q loss “…analysts noted soaring aluminum inventories worldwide, and said the industry needed to cut production further…” (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/03/financial/f090647D84.DTL&feed=rss.business
North Carolina - Alcoa Fires Back In Feud over Control of Yadkin River (Charlotte Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/04/06/newscolumn1.html?ana=from_rss
Washington Post Opinion - Will Obama's Revolution Deliver Energy Independence?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040302794.html
Interactive Energy Bill: Just Around the Corner? (BusinessWeek)
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2009/tc2009045_701898.htm
Tech Firms Eager to Gobble Energy Stimulus Funds (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-04-05-stimulus-infrastructure-technology_N.htm
FISH & WILDLIFE
Feds Partner with Washington to Accelerate Habitat Projects in Columbia Estuary (The Astorian, OR)
http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=59803&TM=80764.54
Tribes, State Will Return to Court over Salmon - The two sides were unable to agree on how quickly the state must repair culverts that impede salmon runs (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090406/NEWS01/704069910/-1/RSS02
Other Regions’ Low Salmon Supplies Could Benefit Alaska Fisheries (Alaska Journal of Commerce)
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/040309/fis_fisheries001.shtml
Oregonian Op/Ed – Cecil Andrus: A Workable Salmon Policy for the Northwest
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/04/a_workable_salmon_policy_for_t.html
A Fishy Mystery Solved - All-Male Run of Fish in Woodland Creek Won’t Find Mates (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/808880.html
Legislation Could Soften Blow of Closing Hatcheries (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.outdoorslc.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1238777978&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5&
Join the Club - Orting Hatchery in Danger Of Closure (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2008987201_outn05.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Study of Water Storage Options in Yakima Basin Gets $2 Million (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2009/04/02/04-03-09-water-storage-money
Snow Surveys Important For Determining Summer Water Supplies (Oregon Publci Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4693-snow-surveys-important-determining-summer-water-supplies/
Reservoir Project to Create 1,500 Jobs in Portland (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008991456_webportland06m.html?syndication=rss
8 homes struck, none injured in Beaver Dam mudslides on Whidbey Island (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008983204_mudslide04m.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
U.S. Navy and the Snohomish PUD to Test Tidal Power off Whidbey (Whidbey News-Times)
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/whidbey/wnt/news/42450332.html
E. Idaho Ordinance Could Bolster Wind Turbines (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/809437.html
Canadian Protesters Lash Out At River Hydro Project Plans in Nanaimo (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/Technology/Protesters+lash+river+hydro+project+plans+Nanaimo/1466973/story.html
Wood: The Hot New Renewable Energy Source (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4675-wood-hot-new-renewable-energy-source/
More States Want Solar Power to Be Option on New Homes (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2009-04-06-solar-ready_N.htm?csp=34
WAAY-TV Op/Ed - Senator Shelby Speaks Out on Proposed Renewable Energy Standard: One Size Does Not Fit All
http://www.waaytv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10127777
Free At Last - How to Achieve Genuine Energy Independence (Newsweek)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/192479?from=rss
Government Should Mandate More Wind Power (Kansas City Star, MO)
http://www.kansascity.com/340/story/1124583.html
Environmentalists delay S.F. biodiesel plans - Argue that the city failed to consider hazards associated with converting fat into fuel (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/03/BAQ516RSCV.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Father-son Team Repair Wind Turbines (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/04/father-son-team-repair-wind-turbines?src=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Canadian Energy Rebate Not So Bright, Critics Argue (Calgary Herald, Alberta)
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Energy+rebate+bright+critics+argue/1468163/story.html
Texas - Mandate for Energy Audits Creates Buzz (Austin Business Journal, TX)
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/04/06/story4.html?ana=from_rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
B.C.'S Carbon-Offset Plan Doesn’t Sit Well with Environmentalists (CBC News)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/04/05/bc-carbon-offsets.html?ref=rss
New Site Calculates Carbon Footprints (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/03/30/daily51.html?ana=from_rss
Study: Cool Spells Normal in Warming World (NY Times)
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/cool-spells-in-a-warming-world/?partner=rss&emc=rss
China’s Grand Plans for Eco-Cities Now Lie Abandoned (Yale Environment 360) http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2138
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Web Sites Disrupted By Attack on Register.com (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/04/web_sites_disrupted_by_attack.html
Data centers brace for Obama's 'cap and trade' energy pricing plan (ComputerWorld)
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=336620&intsrc=news_ts_head
Twitter Unveils Redesign - Move over Google. Twitter wants some search mojo (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12057285?nclick_check=1
GENERAL NEWS
Graham, WA - Dad Murdered Kids Because Wife Was Leaving Him (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42499832.html
Mason County Sheriff's Department Facing Budget Cuts (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6906/reftab/1632/t/SHERIFF-S-OFFICE-FACING-BUDGET-CUTS/Default.aspx
Nobody Bidding At State Timber Auctions (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_040509WAB-AP-timber-auctions-SW.a731d98f.html?rss
Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton to Trim Staff (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/808868.html
$265K 'Bubble' art prompts Olympia meeting - Arts Commission to hold special session open to the public (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/808923.html
DIVERSIONS
Spokane Man Finds Message in a Bottle From 1913
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/809334.html
Volunteers Help Salamanders Avoid Roadway Massacre
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008988738_apsalamanderescorts.html?syndication=rss
Woman Divorces Husband For Cleaning Too Much
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090402/od_nm/us_divorce_odd;_ylt=Av7jV6uCzxQolSt12c_aehjtiBIF
California Woman Gets 6 Years for Fatal Texting Crash
http://www.examiner.com/a-1943563~Calif_woman_gets_6_years_for_fatal_texting_crash.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
SONG OF THE DAY
I Just Want to Celebrate - Rare Earth (1971)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZsppOw2Mxk
Friday, April 3, 2009
Energy News Digest for April 3, 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)
- French Energy Workers To Strike On April 9
- Another Salmon-Eating Sea Lion Dies near Bonneville Dam
- More New Homes for Salmon-Eating Terns
- Canada - Herring Spawning Again In Once-Toxic False Creek
- Judge Orders Protection Review For Idaho Fish In Big Lost River
- Mountain Snowpack Mixed Blessing For Seattle
- Inconsistent Snow Pack Could Help, Hurt Local Utilities
- Revisiting The Columbia River Treaty
- The Water-War Myth - Spike those stories about water disputes
- LA Water Agency May Be Ordered To Pay Nearly $30M In overcharges
- Moses Lake - REC Stops Production at New Polysilicon Plant
- California Rejects B.C.'S Green Power Claims
- Calif. Desert Becomes Home For Renewable Energy
- Eugene Register-Guard Op/Ed - Wood Isn’t A Wise Choice For Energy
- Wind Turbines Could More Than Meet U.S. Electricity Needs
- TVA Agrees To Pursue Renewable Energy Purchases
- Dominion Virginia Power Seeking Rate Increase
- Xcel Seeks To Raise Colo. Rates For Conservation
- Oregon Woodland Owners Consider Selling Carbon Credits
- Warring Over Warming – The Political War Over Global Warming
- Can’t Bear Global Warming? Sue the bastards!
- Massachusetts - Carbon Copying? Regional success of cap and trade
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - G-20: The Environmental Price Is Not Right
- Consumers Can Be Fickle When Choosing What’s ‘Green’
- Save The Planet: Get Rid of Your Cat
- Google in talks to buy Twitter for more than $250M
- IBM To Teleworkers: Pay For Your Own Broadband
- Is Fairpoint Headed For Disaster?
- Cloud Storage May Mean Fat Pipes For All
- Breaking the Cable Company's Bundles
- Washington State's Execution Team Resigns
- Mason County Must Pay $145,000 In Records Dispute
- There Will Be No Mason County Renaissance for This Faire
- Criticism Of Olympia Art Project Bubbling Over
WORD OF THE DAY
Feign • \FAYN\ • verb - 1: to give a false appearance of: induce as a false impression 2: to assert as if true: pretend
While you feign working in your cubicle today, make up your own sentence of the day. It’s easy and fun!
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
French Energy Workers To Strike On April 9 (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssUtilitiesElectric/idUSL325681520090403
FISH & WILDLIFE
Another Salmon-Eating Sea Lion Dies near Bonneville Dam (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/another_salmoneating_sea_lion.html
More New Homes for Salmon-Eating Terns (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/scientists_will_use_decoys_and.html
Canada - Herring Spawning Again In Once-Toxic False Creek (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/Herring+spawning+again+False+Creek/1452656/story.html
Judge Orders Protection Review For Idaho Fish In Big Lost River (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1940782~Judge_orders_protection_review_for_Idaho_fish.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Mountain Snowpack Mixed Blessing For Seattle (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/404547_watershed02.html?source=rss
Inconsistent Snow Pack Could Help, Hurt Local Utilities (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_040209WAB-cascades-snowpack-utilities-TP.979b8d47.html?rss
Revisiting The Columbia River Treaty (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4676-revisiting-columbia-river-treaty/
The Water-War Myth - Spike those stories about water disputes leading to armed combat. (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2215263/?from=rss
LA Water Agency May Be Ordered To Pay Nearly $30M In overcharges (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1941026~LA_water_agency_may_be_ordered_to_pay_nearly__30M.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Moses Lake - REC Stops Production at New Polysilicon Plant (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/04/rec-stops-production-at-new-polysilicon-plant?src=rss
California Rejects B.C.'S Green Power Claims - State senate says run-of-river hydro projects here are too big to qualify under its renewable energy bill (The Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=fea563b3-0589-4d4a-8c75-f1488eb8d2e2&k=47024
Calif. Desert Becomes Home For Renewable Energy (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102679730&ft=1&f=3
Eugene Register-Guard Op/Ed - Wood Isn’t A Wise Choice For Energy
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/opinion/10924254-47/story.csp
Wind Turbines Could More Than Meet U.S. Electricity Needs, Report Says (Los Angeles Times – Even when they’re not spinning?)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-energy3-2009apr03,0,7532220.story
TVA Agrees To Pursue Renewable Energy Purchases (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iyRJogISPixC0I8hrO46cxlkjnCQD97AG9IG0
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Dominion Virginia Power Seeking Rate Increase for Electric Infrastructure, Energy Conservation Programs (Fox Business News)
http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/energy/dominion-virginia-power-seeking-rate-increase-electric-infrastructure-energy/
Xcel Seeks To Raise Colo. Rates For Conservation (Associated Press)
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_12055705
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregon Woodland Owners Consider Selling Carbon Credits (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/oregon_woodland_owners_conside.html
Warring Over Warming – The Political War Over Global Warming Is Getting Louder On Capitol Hill (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/04/warring_over_wa.html
Can’t Bear Global Warming? Sue the bastards! (Eugene Weekly, OR)
http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2009/04/02/coverstory.html
Massachusetts - Carbon Copying? Regional success of cap and trade system may model national effort (Boston Business Journal)
http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/04/06/story1.html?b=1238990400^1805239
Seattle Times Op/Ed - G-20: The Environmental Price Is Not Right
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008967150_opinc02friedman.html?syndication=rss
Consumers Can Be Fickle When Choosing What’s ‘Green’ (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/697512.html
Save The Planet: Get Rid of Your Cat - Evidence is mounting that having a cat isn't very green (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/04/02/mossback/18925/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google in talks to buy Twitter for more than $250M (Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/03/30/daily81.html?ana=from_rss
IBM To Teleworkers: Pay For Your Own Broadband - Company cost cutting measure could save it millions (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/IBM-To-Teleworkers-Pay-For-Your-Own-Broadband-101702
Is Fairpoint Headed For Disaster? Frustrations mount, while Verizon walks away smiling (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Is-Fairpoint-Headed-For-Disaster-101703
Cloud Storage May Mean Fat Pipes For All (Gigaom)
http://gigaom.com/2009/04/02/why-we-need-fat-pipes-cloud-storage/
Breaking the Cable Company's Bundles (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040300817.html?wprss=rss_business
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State's Execution Team Resigns (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/807377.html
Mason County Must Pay $145,000 In Records Dispute (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/807645.html
There Will Be No Mason County Renaissance for This Faire (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/apr/02/there-will-be-no-mason-county-renaissance-for/?partner=RSS
Criticism Of Olympia Art Project Bubbling Over (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_040209WAB-olympia-bubble-art-TP.98281b23.html?rss
DIVERSIONS
Angry French Workers Take Their Bosses Hostage
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/business/global/03iht-labor.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Cat on NY TV News Truck's Roof Becomes the Story
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19071736/detail.html
Woman Follows GPS Onto Snowmobile Trail
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/19070770/detail.html
Could Music Be the Next Great Cure?
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/health/2009/april/Could-Music-Be-the-Next-Great-Cure.html
SONG OF THE DAY
The Cure - Just Like Heaven (Sponsored by the “Hair Club for Goths”)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-nkSGg0lk4
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- French Energy Workers To Strike On April 9
- Another Salmon-Eating Sea Lion Dies near Bonneville Dam
- More New Homes for Salmon-Eating Terns
- Canada - Herring Spawning Again In Once-Toxic False Creek
- Judge Orders Protection Review For Idaho Fish In Big Lost River
- Mountain Snowpack Mixed Blessing For Seattle
- Inconsistent Snow Pack Could Help, Hurt Local Utilities
- Revisiting The Columbia River Treaty
- The Water-War Myth - Spike those stories about water disputes
- LA Water Agency May Be Ordered To Pay Nearly $30M In overcharges
- Moses Lake - REC Stops Production at New Polysilicon Plant
- California Rejects B.C.'S Green Power Claims
- Calif. Desert Becomes Home For Renewable Energy
- Eugene Register-Guard Op/Ed - Wood Isn’t A Wise Choice For Energy
- Wind Turbines Could More Than Meet U.S. Electricity Needs
- TVA Agrees To Pursue Renewable Energy Purchases
- Dominion Virginia Power Seeking Rate Increase
- Xcel Seeks To Raise Colo. Rates For Conservation
- Oregon Woodland Owners Consider Selling Carbon Credits
- Warring Over Warming – The Political War Over Global Warming
- Can’t Bear Global Warming? Sue the bastards!
- Massachusetts - Carbon Copying? Regional success of cap and trade
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - G-20: The Environmental Price Is Not Right
- Consumers Can Be Fickle When Choosing What’s ‘Green’
- Save The Planet: Get Rid of Your Cat
- Google in talks to buy Twitter for more than $250M
- IBM To Teleworkers: Pay For Your Own Broadband
- Is Fairpoint Headed For Disaster?
- Cloud Storage May Mean Fat Pipes For All
- Breaking the Cable Company's Bundles
- Washington State's Execution Team Resigns
- Mason County Must Pay $145,000 In Records Dispute
- There Will Be No Mason County Renaissance for This Faire
- Criticism Of Olympia Art Project Bubbling Over
WORD OF THE DAY
Feign • \FAYN\ • verb - 1: to give a false appearance of: induce as a false impression 2: to assert as if true: pretend
While you feign working in your cubicle today, make up your own sentence of the day. It’s easy and fun!
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
French Energy Workers To Strike On April 9 (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssUtilitiesElectric/idUSL325681520090403
FISH & WILDLIFE
Another Salmon-Eating Sea Lion Dies near Bonneville Dam (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/another_salmoneating_sea_lion.html
More New Homes for Salmon-Eating Terns (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/scientists_will_use_decoys_and.html
Canada - Herring Spawning Again In Once-Toxic False Creek (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/Herring+spawning+again+False+Creek/1452656/story.html
Judge Orders Protection Review For Idaho Fish In Big Lost River (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1940782~Judge_orders_protection_review_for_Idaho_fish.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Mountain Snowpack Mixed Blessing For Seattle (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/404547_watershed02.html?source=rss
Inconsistent Snow Pack Could Help, Hurt Local Utilities (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_040209WAB-cascades-snowpack-utilities-TP.979b8d47.html?rss
Revisiting The Columbia River Treaty (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4676-revisiting-columbia-river-treaty/
The Water-War Myth - Spike those stories about water disputes leading to armed combat. (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2215263/?from=rss
LA Water Agency May Be Ordered To Pay Nearly $30M In overcharges (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1941026~LA_water_agency_may_be_ordered_to_pay_nearly__30M.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Moses Lake - REC Stops Production at New Polysilicon Plant (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/04/rec-stops-production-at-new-polysilicon-plant?src=rss
California Rejects B.C.'S Green Power Claims - State senate says run-of-river hydro projects here are too big to qualify under its renewable energy bill (The Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=fea563b3-0589-4d4a-8c75-f1488eb8d2e2&k=47024
Calif. Desert Becomes Home For Renewable Energy (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102679730&ft=1&f=3
Eugene Register-Guard Op/Ed - Wood Isn’t A Wise Choice For Energy
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/opinion/10924254-47/story.csp
Wind Turbines Could More Than Meet U.S. Electricity Needs, Report Says (Los Angeles Times – Even when they’re not spinning?)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-energy3-2009apr03,0,7532220.story
TVA Agrees To Pursue Renewable Energy Purchases (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iyRJogISPixC0I8hrO46cxlkjnCQD97AG9IG0
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Dominion Virginia Power Seeking Rate Increase for Electric Infrastructure, Energy Conservation Programs (Fox Business News)
http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/energy/dominion-virginia-power-seeking-rate-increase-electric-infrastructure-energy/
Xcel Seeks To Raise Colo. Rates For Conservation (Associated Press)
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_12055705
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregon Woodland Owners Consider Selling Carbon Credits (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/oregon_woodland_owners_conside.html
Warring Over Warming – The Political War Over Global Warming Is Getting Louder On Capitol Hill (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/04/warring_over_wa.html
Can’t Bear Global Warming? Sue the bastards! (Eugene Weekly, OR)
http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2009/04/02/coverstory.html
Massachusetts - Carbon Copying? Regional success of cap and trade system may model national effort (Boston Business Journal)
http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/04/06/story1.html?b=1238990400^1805239
Seattle Times Op/Ed - G-20: The Environmental Price Is Not Right
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008967150_opinc02friedman.html?syndication=rss
Consumers Can Be Fickle When Choosing What’s ‘Green’ (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/697512.html
Save The Planet: Get Rid of Your Cat - Evidence is mounting that having a cat isn't very green (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/04/02/mossback/18925/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google in talks to buy Twitter for more than $250M (Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/03/30/daily81.html?ana=from_rss
IBM To Teleworkers: Pay For Your Own Broadband - Company cost cutting measure could save it millions (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/IBM-To-Teleworkers-Pay-For-Your-Own-Broadband-101702
Is Fairpoint Headed For Disaster? Frustrations mount, while Verizon walks away smiling (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Is-Fairpoint-Headed-For-Disaster-101703
Cloud Storage May Mean Fat Pipes For All (Gigaom)
http://gigaom.com/2009/04/02/why-we-need-fat-pipes-cloud-storage/
Breaking the Cable Company's Bundles (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040300817.html?wprss=rss_business
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State's Execution Team Resigns (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/807377.html
Mason County Must Pay $145,000 In Records Dispute (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/807645.html
There Will Be No Mason County Renaissance for This Faire (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/apr/02/there-will-be-no-mason-county-renaissance-for/?partner=RSS
Criticism Of Olympia Art Project Bubbling Over (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_040209WAB-olympia-bubble-art-TP.98281b23.html?rss
DIVERSIONS
Angry French Workers Take Their Bosses Hostage
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/business/global/03iht-labor.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Cat on NY TV News Truck's Roof Becomes the Story
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19071736/detail.html
Woman Follows GPS Onto Snowmobile Trail
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/19070770/detail.html
Could Music Be the Next Great Cure?
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/health/2009/april/Could-Music-Be-the-Next-Great-Cure.html
SONG OF THE DAY
The Cure - Just Like Heaven (Sponsored by the “Hair Club for Goths”)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-nkSGg0lk4
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Energy News Digest for April 2, 2009
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- PNW Coal Power Plant Cuts Deal to Cut Mercury & Regional Haze
- As Winter Drags Into Spring, Many Need Help Keeping Heat on
- Sacramento Utility (SMUD) Could Boost Rates 13 Percent
- Itron Says U.S. Smart Meter Projects On Track
- Pacific Gas & Electric CEO Receives $8.7M in 2008 Compensation
- Nuclear Reactor’s Life Is Prolonged in New Jersey
- Ohio - Business Rebate Lawsuit against Duke Energy Dismissed
- Can you imagine 3 TONS of FOOD?? Cowlitz PUD employees can
- Obama Administration Wants New Spotted-Owl Plan
- Puget Sound Energy Investing $50 Million on New Hatchery
- Steelhead Fishing Heats Up In Western Washington Rivers
- Ecology Agency Finds Dioxin in Shelton’s Oakland Bay
- Idaho Senate Clears Dispute over Snake River Water Rights
- At Solar Silicon Plant - Two REC Employees Sent To Hospital
- Oregon - Biodiesel Stuck in Storage Instead Of the Tank
- Ohio - FirstEnergy to Convert Plant Units to Burn Biomass
- Large Turbine Blade Factory Slated for Wisconsin Rapids
- Environmentalist Group Report Praises Renewables over Nuclear
- Google Shows Alternative Energy Firms the Way
- 2009 Oregon and Washington ENERGY STAR Award Winners
- E.U. Carbon Trading System “Shows Signs” of Working
- Washington Post Op/Ed - Climate Change's Dim Bulbs
- Report: Qwest's Long-Haul Network for Sale
- Mason County PUD No. 3 Connects Southside School to Fiber Network
- The Ugly Truth about Broadband: Upload Speeds
- Snohomish County PUD Finds the Power of Virtual Backups
- Snow Forecast for Lake Cushman - Especially Tonight
- WA Senate Democrats Introduce Income Tax Bill
- Mason County to Present Plan for Belfair Roads
- Allyn-Area Fire District Asks for Levy Increase
- King Co. Asks Supreme Court to Undo Public Records Act Ruling
- New Accounting Rules for Mortgage-Backed Securities
WORD OF THE DAY
Diaphanous • \dye-AF-uh-nus\ • adjective - *1: of so fine a texture as to be transparent 2: characterized by extreme delicacy of form: ethereal 3: insubstantial, vague
Derwood turned away from his computer, blushing at the sight. He was intimately aware of the inner workings of the wondrous machine, but had never seen it in such a revealing way. The cold, tan metal cover had been stripped away, replaced with a fine, diaphanous metal mesh. The whirring fans, blinking lights and clattering sounds were too much for Derwood to bear, as he quietly slunk from the room, vowing to avert his eyes whenever he needed to use the computer to check email or cruise the internet.
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
PNW Coal Power Plant Cuts Deal to Cut Mercury & Regional Haze (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4664-coal-power-plant-cuts-deal-cut-mercury-regional-haze/
As Winter Drags Into Spring, Many Need Help Keeping Heat on (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/apr/01/as-winter-drags-into-spring-many-need-help-heat/?partner=RSS
Sacramento Utility (SMUD) Could Boost Rates 13 Percent (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1937492~Sacramento_utility_could_boost_rates_13_percent.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Itron Says U.S. Smart Meter Projects On Track (Reuters)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/behindTheScenes/idUKTRE53103B20090402
Pacific Gas & Electric CEO Receives $8.7M in 2008 Compensation (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1937967~PG_E_CEO_receives__8_7M_in_2008_compensation.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Nuclear Reactor’s Life Is Prolonged in New Jersey (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/science/earth/02nuclear.html
Ohio - Business Rebate Lawsuit against Duke Energy Dismissed (Business Courier of Cincinnati)
http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2009/03/30/daily55.html?ana=from_rss
3 Tons of Food! - Can you imagine 3 TONS of FOOD?? Cowlitz PUD employees can (Valley Bugler, Longview, WA)
http://www.valleybugler.com/2009/04/3-tons-of-food/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Obama Administration Wants New Spotted-Owl Plan (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008966135_webowl01m.html?syndication=rss
Puget Sound Energy Investing $50 Million on New Hatchery, Fish Trap to Further Aid Baker River Salmon (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&id=108583
Steelhead Fishing Heats Up In Western Washington Rivers (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/806655.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Ecology Agency Finds Dioxin in Oakland Bay - Shellfish Harvested There Still Safe To Eat, Health Officials Say (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/806674.html
In Dispute over Water Rights on the Snake River, Idaho Senate Committee Passes Swan Falls Dam Bills (Associated Press Writer)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/806394.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
At Solar Silicon Plant - Two REC Employees Sent To Hospital; Chemical Release Reported (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/04/01/news/doc49d3cbe954957441355960.txt
Oregon - Biodiesel Stuck in Storage Instead Of the Tank: Lawmakers consider kick starting mandate for petroleum blends (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090401/GREEN/304010006
Ohio - FirstEnergy to Convert Plant Units to Burn Biomass (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ii2n7vvRFIy81WbsRNHWFeLXXrowD979UBM01
Large Turbine Blade Factory Slated for Wisconsin Rapids (The Business Journal Of Milwaukee)
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2009/03/30/daily51.html?ana=from_rss
Environmentalist Group Report Praises Renewable Energy over Nuclear (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/31/AR2009033104619.html
Google Shows Alternative Energy Firms the Way (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/01/MNH216R1OL.DTL
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
2009 Oregon and Washington ENERGY STAR Award Winners (Environmental Protection Agency)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/03bb68b6db72241b8525758b005979f3?OpenDocument
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
E.U. Carbon Trading System “Shows Signs” of Working “…Most of the decline was from falling industrial and electricity production…” (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/business/global/02climate.html?_r=1
Washington Post Op/Ed - Climate Change's Dim Bulbs
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/01/AR2009040103042.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Report: Qwest's Long-Haul Network for Sale (Denver Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/03/30/daily52.html?ana=from_rss
Mason County PUD No. 3 Connects Southside School to Fiber Network (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=535
The Ugly Truth about Broadband: Upload Speeds (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/04/02/the-ugly-truth-about-broadband-upload-speeds/
News Release – Snohomish County PUD Finds the Power of Virtual Backups (Eweek)
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/Public-Utility-Finds-the-Power-of-Virtual-Backups-210212/
GENERAL NEWS
Snow Forecast for Lake Cushman - Especially Tonight, Rain Elsewhere (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6867/reftab/1632/t/SNOW-FORECAST-FOR-LAKE-CUSHMAN---ESPECIALLY-TONIGHT-RAIN-ELSEWHERE/Default.aspx
WA Senate Democrats Introduce Income Tax Bill - 1 Percent Income Tax On People Making More Than $500,000 A Year (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008971850_webincometax02m.html?syndication=rss
Mason County to Present Plan for Belfair Roads (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/apr/01/mason-county-to-present-plan-for-belfair-roads/?partner=RSS
Allyn-Area Fire District Asks for Levy Increase (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/apr/01/allyn-area-fire-district-asks-for-levy-increase/?partner=RSS
King Co. Asks Supreme Court to Undo Public Records Act Ruling (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10114685
New Accounting Rules for Mortgage-Backed Securities (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN0235590020090402
DIVERSIONS
Twin Twitchers: Connecticut Pet Shop Has 2-Nosed Bunny
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090402/ap_on_fe_st/odd_two_nosed_bunny;_ylt=ArN0KvOLVO7OWj69hqTPTE3tiBIF
Man Crashes into House, Says He Was Just Trying To 'Blow Off Some Steam'
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42304752.html
Computer Addiction A Growing Problem
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42296677.html
Man Cries after Attempt to Rob Liquor Store Fails
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090402/ap_on_fe_st/odd_crying_robbery_suspect;_ylt=AkoPH0coKPPMdlIvrTxDnXbtiBIF
SONG OF THE DAY
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (Cover, 1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14qTXRkAKr8
Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower (Original, 1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkok1Z4WJuY&feature=related
All Along the Watchtower - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Along_the_Watchtower
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- PNW Coal Power Plant Cuts Deal to Cut Mercury & Regional Haze
- As Winter Drags Into Spring, Many Need Help Keeping Heat on
- Sacramento Utility (SMUD) Could Boost Rates 13 Percent
- Itron Says U.S. Smart Meter Projects On Track
- Pacific Gas & Electric CEO Receives $8.7M in 2008 Compensation
- Nuclear Reactor’s Life Is Prolonged in New Jersey
- Ohio - Business Rebate Lawsuit against Duke Energy Dismissed
- Can you imagine 3 TONS of FOOD?? Cowlitz PUD employees can
- Obama Administration Wants New Spotted-Owl Plan
- Puget Sound Energy Investing $50 Million on New Hatchery
- Steelhead Fishing Heats Up In Western Washington Rivers
- Ecology Agency Finds Dioxin in Shelton’s Oakland Bay
- Idaho Senate Clears Dispute over Snake River Water Rights
- At Solar Silicon Plant - Two REC Employees Sent To Hospital
- Oregon - Biodiesel Stuck in Storage Instead Of the Tank
- Ohio - FirstEnergy to Convert Plant Units to Burn Biomass
- Large Turbine Blade Factory Slated for Wisconsin Rapids
- Environmentalist Group Report Praises Renewables over Nuclear
- Google Shows Alternative Energy Firms the Way
- 2009 Oregon and Washington ENERGY STAR Award Winners
- E.U. Carbon Trading System “Shows Signs” of Working
- Washington Post Op/Ed - Climate Change's Dim Bulbs
- Report: Qwest's Long-Haul Network for Sale
- Mason County PUD No. 3 Connects Southside School to Fiber Network
- The Ugly Truth about Broadband: Upload Speeds
- Snohomish County PUD Finds the Power of Virtual Backups
- Snow Forecast for Lake Cushman - Especially Tonight
- WA Senate Democrats Introduce Income Tax Bill
- Mason County to Present Plan for Belfair Roads
- Allyn-Area Fire District Asks for Levy Increase
- King Co. Asks Supreme Court to Undo Public Records Act Ruling
- New Accounting Rules for Mortgage-Backed Securities
WORD OF THE DAY
Diaphanous • \dye-AF-uh-nus\ • adjective - *1: of so fine a texture as to be transparent 2: characterized by extreme delicacy of form: ethereal 3: insubstantial, vague
Derwood turned away from his computer, blushing at the sight. He was intimately aware of the inner workings of the wondrous machine, but had never seen it in such a revealing way. The cold, tan metal cover had been stripped away, replaced with a fine, diaphanous metal mesh. The whirring fans, blinking lights and clattering sounds were too much for Derwood to bear, as he quietly slunk from the room, vowing to avert his eyes whenever he needed to use the computer to check email or cruise the internet.
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
PNW Coal Power Plant Cuts Deal to Cut Mercury & Regional Haze (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4664-coal-power-plant-cuts-deal-cut-mercury-regional-haze/
As Winter Drags Into Spring, Many Need Help Keeping Heat on (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/apr/01/as-winter-drags-into-spring-many-need-help-heat/?partner=RSS
Sacramento Utility (SMUD) Could Boost Rates 13 Percent (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1937492~Sacramento_utility_could_boost_rates_13_percent.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Itron Says U.S. Smart Meter Projects On Track (Reuters)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/behindTheScenes/idUKTRE53103B20090402
Pacific Gas & Electric CEO Receives $8.7M in 2008 Compensation (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1937967~PG_E_CEO_receives__8_7M_in_2008_compensation.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Nuclear Reactor’s Life Is Prolonged in New Jersey (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/science/earth/02nuclear.html
Ohio - Business Rebate Lawsuit against Duke Energy Dismissed (Business Courier of Cincinnati)
http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2009/03/30/daily55.html?ana=from_rss
3 Tons of Food! - Can you imagine 3 TONS of FOOD?? Cowlitz PUD employees can (Valley Bugler, Longview, WA)
http://www.valleybugler.com/2009/04/3-tons-of-food/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Obama Administration Wants New Spotted-Owl Plan (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008966135_webowl01m.html?syndication=rss
Puget Sound Energy Investing $50 Million on New Hatchery, Fish Trap to Further Aid Baker River Salmon (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&id=108583
Steelhead Fishing Heats Up In Western Washington Rivers (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/806655.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Ecology Agency Finds Dioxin in Oakland Bay - Shellfish Harvested There Still Safe To Eat, Health Officials Say (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/806674.html
In Dispute over Water Rights on the Snake River, Idaho Senate Committee Passes Swan Falls Dam Bills (Associated Press Writer)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/806394.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
At Solar Silicon Plant - Two REC Employees Sent To Hospital; Chemical Release Reported (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/04/01/news/doc49d3cbe954957441355960.txt
Oregon - Biodiesel Stuck in Storage Instead Of the Tank: Lawmakers consider kick starting mandate for petroleum blends (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090401/GREEN/304010006
Ohio - FirstEnergy to Convert Plant Units to Burn Biomass (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ii2n7vvRFIy81WbsRNHWFeLXXrowD979UBM01
Large Turbine Blade Factory Slated for Wisconsin Rapids (The Business Journal Of Milwaukee)
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2009/03/30/daily51.html?ana=from_rss
Environmentalist Group Report Praises Renewable Energy over Nuclear (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/31/AR2009033104619.html
Google Shows Alternative Energy Firms the Way (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/01/MNH216R1OL.DTL
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
2009 Oregon and Washington ENERGY STAR Award Winners (Environmental Protection Agency)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/03bb68b6db72241b8525758b005979f3?OpenDocument
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
E.U. Carbon Trading System “Shows Signs” of Working “…Most of the decline was from falling industrial and electricity production…” (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/business/global/02climate.html?_r=1
Washington Post Op/Ed - Climate Change's Dim Bulbs
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/01/AR2009040103042.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Report: Qwest's Long-Haul Network for Sale (Denver Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/03/30/daily52.html?ana=from_rss
Mason County PUD No. 3 Connects Southside School to Fiber Network (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=535
The Ugly Truth about Broadband: Upload Speeds (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/04/02/the-ugly-truth-about-broadband-upload-speeds/
News Release – Snohomish County PUD Finds the Power of Virtual Backups (Eweek)
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/Public-Utility-Finds-the-Power-of-Virtual-Backups-210212/
GENERAL NEWS
Snow Forecast for Lake Cushman - Especially Tonight, Rain Elsewhere (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6867/reftab/1632/t/SNOW-FORECAST-FOR-LAKE-CUSHMAN---ESPECIALLY-TONIGHT-RAIN-ELSEWHERE/Default.aspx
WA Senate Democrats Introduce Income Tax Bill - 1 Percent Income Tax On People Making More Than $500,000 A Year (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008971850_webincometax02m.html?syndication=rss
Mason County to Present Plan for Belfair Roads (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/apr/01/mason-county-to-present-plan-for-belfair-roads/?partner=RSS
Allyn-Area Fire District Asks for Levy Increase (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/apr/01/allyn-area-fire-district-asks-for-levy-increase/?partner=RSS
King Co. Asks Supreme Court to Undo Public Records Act Ruling (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10114685
New Accounting Rules for Mortgage-Backed Securities (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN0235590020090402
DIVERSIONS
Twin Twitchers: Connecticut Pet Shop Has 2-Nosed Bunny
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090402/ap_on_fe_st/odd_two_nosed_bunny;_ylt=ArN0KvOLVO7OWj69hqTPTE3tiBIF
Man Crashes into House, Says He Was Just Trying To 'Blow Off Some Steam'
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42304752.html
Computer Addiction A Growing Problem
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42296677.html
Man Cries after Attempt to Rob Liquor Store Fails
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090402/ap_on_fe_st/odd_crying_robbery_suspect;_ylt=AkoPH0coKPPMdlIvrTxDnXbtiBIF
SONG OF THE DAY
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (Cover, 1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14qTXRkAKr8
Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower (Original, 1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkok1Z4WJuY&feature=related
All Along the Watchtower - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Along_the_Watchtower
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