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)
• Cushman Hydroelectric Plant Gets Federal Stimulus Boost
• Federal Grant Supports Power, Fish Project on Snohomish River
• Cushman/Packwood - Two Washington State Projects Chosen For Hydropower Upgrades
• Op/Ed - Invest In Seattle City Light to Keep the Lights On
• BC Hydro CEO Leaving His Post, No Replacement Named
• Nuclear Waste: Coming To a Town near You?
• Florida Energy Regulators To Do Ethics Self-Examination
• Dynegy Posts 3Q Loss on Sale of Plants
• Cowlitz Census Shows This Is Best Coho Season Since 1990
• Easements Will Preserve Mid-Valley Habitat - BPA contributes $965,000
• Thousands of NW Seabirds Killed By Algal Foam
• Clallam County, PUD Sign Carlsborg Sewage-Treatment Agreement
• Detractors Line Up Against State’s Spokane River Plan
• Tiny Oregon Town Takes Geothermal Lead
• Senator Wants No Fed Money for US-China Wind Project
• Green Ink: Gas Glut, Climate Fights, & Black Liquor
• Pacific Gas & Electric Loses Solar Agreement
• Okanagan Environmental Industry Alliance Slams Province’s Love Affair with Run of River
• Backyard Wind Turbine? There’s an App for That
• Using Bossie for Biomass - Row over Plan to Use Unsold Meat for Power
• California Delays Vote on Energy Efficiency Standards for TVs
• State May Require Companies to Track Greenhouse Gases
• Climate Legislation Is Running Into a Chilly Reception
• CEO: Utilities Must Join Climate-Change Debate
• Study: Clean Energy to Boost US Manufacturing Jobs
• Energy Watchdogs Say It’s Not Easy Going Green
• Landscapes Now Get ‘Green’ Ratings
• British Cops Unable to Use Blue Lights on New Electric Car
• Verizon Plan To Sell Washington State Landlines Hits Bump
• New York AG Says Intel Paid Billions in Kickbacks, Bullied Competitors
• If the Data Center Is the Computer, the Fight Is on to Control the Ecosystem
• CNN Explains the Cloud … Badly
• Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Could Go Global
• Microsoft to Do Major Revamp of MSN Site
• Comcast Hints At Layoffs - As it’s poised to acquire NBC Universal
• There Are Now 100,000 Apps for That
• T-Mobile Says Software Glitch Jammed Network Tuesday
• Hang On To Your Umbrella; It’s Going To Be a Blustery Day
• Flood Watch Continues for the Skokomish River
• Army Corps of Engineers Say Dam Work Lessens Seattle-Area Flood Chance
• Prolific Serial Burglar Lands City Job
• Feds Pledge Overhaul of Tribal Recognition System
• Olympic National Forest - Permits Available To Cut Christmas Trees
WORD OF THE DAY
Glissando • \gliss-sand-oh\ • noun - A rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
Where would flashbacks be without a harp glissando?
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Cushman Hydroelectric Plant Gets Federal Stimulus Boost (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/942481.html
Federal Grant Supports Power, Fish Project on Snohomish River (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/04/federal-grant-supports-power-fish-project-on/?partner=RSS
Two Wash. projects chosen for hydropower upgrades (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1025554.html
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Invest In Seattle City Light to Keep the Lights On
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2010203583_guest05carrasco.html?syndication=rss
BC Hydro CEO Leaving His Post, No Replacement Named (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Hydro+leaving+post+replacement+named/2184006/story.html
Nuclear Waste: Coming To a Town near You? The nuclear industry could be on the verge of a major expansion just as the government cancels a plan to store the waste. Where’s it going to go? (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/04/news/economy/nuclear_waste/index.htm?section=money_news_economy
Florida Energy Regulators To Do Ethics Self-Examination - Amid complaints the agency has been too cozy with the utilities it regulates (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010209664_apusfloridapscethics.html?syndication=rss
Dynegy Posts 3Q Loss on Sale of Plants (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/05/financial/f042121S94.DTL&feed=rss.business
FISH & WILDLIFE
Cowlitz Census Shows This Is Best Coho Season Since 1990 (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/1025997.html
Easements Will Preserve Mid-Valley Habitat - BPA contributes $965,000 for protected areas (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091105/GREEN/911050352/1001/news
Thousands of NW Seabirds Killed By Algal Foam (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010205181_aporkillerfoam1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Clallam County, PUD Sign Carlsborg Sewage-Treatment Agreement (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091105/news/311059987
Detractors Line Up Against State’s Spokane River Plan - Draft seeks to reduce phosphorus levels by 90 percent in the next decade (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/05/detractors-line-up-against-states-spokane-river/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Tiny Oregon Town Takes Geothermal Lead (Daily Journal of Commerce, Oregon)
http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/11/04/tiny-town-takes-geothermal-lead/
Senator Wants No Fed Money for US-China Wind Project (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/05/AR2009110501245.html
Green Ink: Gas Glut, Climate Fights, & Black Liquor (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/11/05/green-ink-gas-glut-climate-fights-and-black-liquor/
Pacific Gas & Electric Loses Solar Agreement (San Francisco Business Times)
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/11/02/daily129.html?ana=from_rss
Okanagan Environmental Industry Alliance Slams Province’s Love Affair with Run of River Power (CKFR Radio, Kelowna, BC)
http://www.am1150.ca/news/565/1017338
Backyard Wind Turbine? There’s an App for That (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10390435-54.html?tag=nl.e703
Using Bossie for Biomass - Row over Plan to Use Unsold Meat for Power (The Metro, UK)
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Row_over_plan_to_use_unsold_meat_for_power&in_article_id=762817&in_page_id=34
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
California Delays Vote on Energy Efficiency Standards for TVs (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13713307
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
State May Require Companies to Track Greenhouse Gases (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/05/state-may-require-companies-to-track-greenhouse/
Climate Legislation Is Running Into a Chilly Reception (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/05/AR2009110502134.html?wprss=rss_politics
CEO: Utilities Must Join Climate-Change Debate (Associated Press)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-nd-powerfuture,0,6468657.story
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Study: Clean Energy to Boost US Manufacturing Jobs (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5A351U20091104
Energy watchdogs say it’s not easy going green (Salt Lake Tribune, UT – Here’s another 25-cent royalty payment for Jim Henson)
http://www.sltrib.com/midvalley/ci_13707823
Landscapes Now Get ‘Green’ Ratings (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2009-11-04-green-rating_N.htm
British Cops Unable to Use Blue Lights on New Electric Car (Gas 2.0)
http://gas2.org/2009/11/02/british-cops-unable-to-use-blue-lights-on-new-electric-car/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Verizon Plan To Sell Washington State Landlines Hits Bump - State utility commission fears deal with Frontier would hurt consumers (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091105/BIZ01/711059978/-1/biz
New York AG Says Intel Paid Billions in Kickbacks, Bullied Competitors (Courthouse News)
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/11/04/Intel_Paid_Billions_in_Kickbacks_Bullied_Competitors_NY_AG_Says.htm
If the Data Center Is the Computer, the Fight Is on to Control the Ecosystem (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/04/if-the-data-center-is-the-computer-the-fight-is-on-to-control-the-ecosystem/
CNN Explains the Cloud … Badly (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/04/cnn-explains-the-cloud-badly/
Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Could Go Global (Information Week)
http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/microsoft_news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221600447&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News
Microsoft to Do Major Revamp of MSN Site (Seattle Tmes)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2010195551_msn04.html
Comcast Hints At Layoffs - As cable giant is poised to acquire NBC Universal (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Hints-At-Layoffs-105347
There Are Now 100,000 Apps for That (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/there-are-now-100000-apps-for-that/?partner=rss&emc=rss
T-Mobile Says Software Glitch Jammed Network Tuesday (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2010204191_t-mobile_says_software_glitch.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Hang On To Your Umbrella; It’s Going To Be a Blustery Day (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1025936.html
By the looks of this weather model, mid-day may be the blustery part of the day
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~ovens/loops/wxloop.cgi?mm5d2_slp+///1
Flood Watch Continues for the Skokomish River (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=546:flood-watch-continues-for-the-skokomish-river&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Army Corps of Engineers Say Dam Work Lessens Seattle-Area Flood Chance (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010209423_apusvalleyinperil.html?syndication=rss
Prolific Serial Burglar Lands City Job - Failed Background Check Under Review (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21523230/detail.html
Feds Pledge Overhaul of Tribal Recognition System (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010208585_apusindianrecognition.html?syndication=rss
Olympic National Forest - Permits Available To Cut Christmas Trees (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010205157_bluebox05m.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Police: Man Who Claimed Stabbing Didn’t Want To Go To Work
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/21509945/detail.html
Calf Frolics with Prosthetic Legs
http://www.kirotv.com/family/21516931/detail.html
Fla. Baby Missing For 5 Days Found Alive Under Bed
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21527933/detail.html
Woman Calls 911, Says Man Won’t Marry Her
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21529326/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Glenn Miller Band/Nicholas Brothers - I’ve got a Gal in Kalamazoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFv_PoZ2iP0&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh+div-HM
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Energy News Digest for November 4, 2009
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Chelan PUD Floats Idea of Raising Lake Entiat Levels
• Central Lincoln PUD Awarded Nearly $10 Million in Smart Grid Funds
• How Stuff Works: How the Smart Grid Works
• Oregon Reduces Avista Utility Rate Hike Request
• Nuclear Power - Uncertainty Grows on Vermont Yankee Future
• Constellation to Use Funds from EDF Deal to Buy Power Plants
• Constellation Deal Makes Maryland Quest for Affordable Energy Tougher
• Florida - Lower Fuel Costs Lead FPL Customers to Receive Break
• Record Returns for Sockeye Salmon - 833 red fish make trip back to Sawtooth Valley
• Canada - BC Natives Claim Victory in Landmark Court Ruling on Commercial Fisheries
• Oregon - Removing Barrier Allows Big Creek to Run along Its Natural Path
• Report Says Barbed Wire Fences Deadly to Sage Grouse
• Energy Companies Offer Reward in Poaching Incident
• An $11 Billion Price-Tag - California Legislature Passes State Water Conservation Bill
• High-Tech Forecasting for Howard Hanson Dam
• Experts Say Total Impact of Hydro Projects on BC'S Rivers Unknown
• Biomass Brouhaha - Forest Service Accused of Polluting Yakima Air
• Oregon Curbs Controversial Tax Breaks for Wind and Solar Firms
• Oregon - Emergency Measures Needed To Stop Energy Tax Credit Abuse
• Oregonian Editorial - Oregonians Ask, 'Where's My Subsidy?'
• The Federal Energy Subsidy Scorecard: How Renewables Stack Up
• Officials See Challenges for Kansas Wind Energy
• Financial Post Op/Ed - Wind Power Is a Complete Disaster
• Oregon - Solar Plant's Opening May Light Salem Future
• Fire Extinguished at REC Silicon in Moses Lake
• Wisconsin - Wood-Fueled Power Makes Gain in State
• TransAlta Acquires Over 93 Per Cent of Canadian Hydro Developers
• Puget Sound Energy Selects Comverge for Smart Grid-Enabled Demand Response Pilot Program
• California State Energy Commission to Vote on TV Power Standards
• From Smart Meters to Smart Thermostats
• UN Climate Talks Focus On How to Cut Emissions
• Survey: Economists See Threat in Climate Change
• The Vagaries of Estimating Cap-and-Trade’s Impact on Consumers
• Oregon - ‘Treebates’ Might Help City Stormwater Programs Branch Out
• Rejoice! Billions More Reasons To Panic
• Microsoft Lays Off 800 More Workers Worldwide
• Cisco, EMC Form Acadia Joint Venture for Data Centers
• Microsoft to Set Up Cloud Research Center in Taiwan
• Why Run Fiber When You Can Run Ads That Pretend You Do?
• Better Business Bureau Refers Comcast 'Fiber-Optic' Claim To FTC
• AT&T to Verizon: We Have a Lawsuit for That
• Winds, Rains Heading for Washington
• Unofficial Election Results: Tight Race for Port of Shelton; 3 New Commissioners for Port of Hoodsport; and Levy Lid Lifts & School Board Redistricting Passing
• Mason County Auditor’s Election Results Site
• State Changes Mind on New License Plates
• Kellogg Pulls Immunity Claims from Rice Krispies
WORD OF THE DAY
Vagary • \VAY-gu-ree\ • noun - An erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion.
Beatrice was the most graceful of dancers; her lithe form was pure poetry whether it floated on the strains of soft classical music or bounced along on the latest beat of hip-hop. Her friends were always amused at the vagary of her condition off the dance floor, which showed her to be one of the clumsiest persons imaginable when conducting normal human locomotion.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Chelan PUD Floats Idea of Raising Lake Entiat Levels (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/03/pud-floats-idea-of-raising-lake-entiat-levels/
Central Lincoln PUD Awarded Nearly $10 Million in Smart Grid Funds (Umpqua Post, Reedsport, OR)
http://www.theumpquapost.com/articles/2009/11/04/business/doc4af0c0a43cada833804070.txt
How Stuff Works: How the Smart Grid Works (HowStuffWorks.com)
http://www.scoop.com/remote/article/include/122967224/53616c7465645f5f4e36fe4ff45cce03383286141d2a4db45a57a72ed74b8623
Oregon Reduces Avista Utility Rate Hike Request (Yahoo! Finance)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Ore-reduces-Avista-utility-apf-2107493167.html?x=0&.v=2
Nuclear Power - Uncertainty Grows on Vermont Yankee Future (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010201835_apusvermontyankee.html?syndication=rss
Constellation to Use Funds from EDF Deal to Buy Power Plants (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200911031104DOWJONESDJONLINE000463_FORTUNE5.htm
Constellation Deal Makes Maryland Quest for Affordable Energy Tougher (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bal-constellationletter1104,0,221160.story
Florida - Lower Fuel Costs Lead FPL Customers to Receive Break, State Agency Rules (News Press, Fort Meyers FL)
http://www.news-press.com/article/20091104/NEWS01/911040414/1002/FPL-customers-to-receive-break--state-agency-rules
FISH & WILDLIFE
Record Returns for Sockeye Salmon - 833 red fish make trip back to Sawtooth Valley (Idaho Mountain Express & Guide, Sun Valley)
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005128642
Canada - BC Natives Claim Victory in Landmark Court Ruling on Commercial Fisheries (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/natives+claim+victory+court+ruling+commercial+fisheries/2179770/story.html
Oregon - Removing Barrier Allows Big Creek to Run along Its Natural Path: Project could enhance the return of historic fishing runs (Daily Astorian, OR)
http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=65372
Report Says Barbed Wire Fences Deadly to Sage Grouse (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010194034_apwysagegrousefences1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Energy Companies Offer Reward in Poaching Incident (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010201262_apusbighornpoachedcolorado.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
An $11 Billion Price-Tag - California Legislature Passes State Water Conservation Bill (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-water4-2009nov04,0,3695225.story
High-Tech Forecasting for Howard Hanson Dam (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/High-Tech-Forecasting-for-Howard-Hanson-Dam--68994887.html
Experts Say Total Impact of Hydro Projects on BC'S Rivers Unknown (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Total+impact+hydro+projects+rivers+unknown+experts/2181082/story.html
Biomass Brouhaha - Forest Service Accused of Polluting Yakima Air (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1023840.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon Curbs Controversial Tax Breaks for Wind and Solar Firms (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/oregon_curbs_controversial_tax.html
Oregon - Emergency Measures Needed To Stop Energy Tax Credit Abuse (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6146-emergency-measures-needed-stop-energy-tax-credit-abuse/
Oregonian Editorial - Oregonians Ask, 'Where's My Subsidy?'
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf/2009/11/oregonians_ask_wheres_my_subsi.html
The Federal Energy Subsidy Scorecard: How Renewables Stack Up (Renewable Energy World - Note: But is it truly a subsidy if it has to be paid back, I.E. Columbia-Snake hydro?)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/11/the-federal-energy-subsidy-scorecard-how-renewables-stack-up?cmpid=rss
Officials See Challenges for Kansas Wind Energy (Wichita Eagle, KS)
http://www.kansas.com/news/breaking/story/1040395.html
Financial Post Op/Ed - Wind power is a complete disaster (Canada)
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/04/08/wind-power-is-a-complete-disaster.aspx
Oregon - Solar Plant's Opening May Light Salem Future (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091103/GREEN/311030001/1001
Fire Extinguished at REC Silicon in Moses Lake (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/11/03/news/doc4af0b6bfb5137020227061.txt
Wisconsin - Wood-Fueled Power Makes Gain in State: We Energies plans to spend $500 million on two facilities (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. WI)
http://www.scoop.com/remote/article/include/122897554/53616c7465645f5ffbb3c39960e4614ef353578eb89f9970dece43ca28f4c5b5
TransAlta Acquires Over 93 Per Cent of Canadian Hydro Developers (Trading Markets)
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2623084/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Puget Sound Energy Selects Comverge for Smart Grid-Enabled Demand Response Pilot Program (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS155085+03-Nov-2009+PRN20091103
California State Energy Commission to Vote on TV Power Standards (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2303689.html
From Smart Meters to Smart Thermostats (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/from-smart-meters-to-smart-thermostats/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
UN Climate Talks Focus On How to Cut Emissions (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i9u9GMQj8IuTIkIKDmsiGSXq4KuAD9BOON7G0
Survey: Economists See Threat in Climate Change (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/2009-11-03-economist-climate_N.htm
The Vagaries of Estimating Cap-and-Trade’s Impact on Consumers (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/the-vagaries-of-estimating-cap-and-trades-impact-on-consumers/
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon - ‘Treebates’ Might Help City Stormwater Programs Branch Out (Portland Tribune, OR)
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125731371395092500
Rejoice! Billions More Reasons To Panic - CO2 from yeast; wood stoves and fire; cow flatulence… (Cape Cod Times, MA)
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091104/OPINION/911040330/-1/NEWSMAP
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft Lays Off 800 More Workers Worldwide (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=235768
Cisco, EMC Form Acadia Joint Venture for Data Centers (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13707848
Microsoft to Set Up Cloud Research Center in Taiwan (Yahoo! Tech)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20091104/tc_nm/us_microsoft_taiwan_3
Why Run Fiber When You Can Run Ads That Pretend You Do? And why not run those ads when nobody stops you from lying? (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Why-Run-Fiber-When-You-Can-Run-Ads-That-Pretend-You-Do-105329
Better Business Bureau Refers Comcast 'Fiber-Optic' Claim To FTC - Verizon Had Challenged the Operator's Ad Claim It Provides Services Over A ‘Fiber-Optic Network' (MultiChannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/367682-Better_Business_Bureau_Refers_Comcast_Fiber_Optic_Claim_To_FTC.php
AT&T to Verizon: We Have a Lawsuit for That (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/03/att-to-verizon-we-have-a-lawsuit-for-that/
GENERAL NEWS
Winds, Rains Heading for Washington (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010201254_apwastorm.html?syndication=rss
Unofficial Election Results: Tight Race for Port of Shelton; 3 New Commissioners for Port of Hoodsport; and Levy Lid Lifts & School Board Redistricting Passing (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=539:unofficial-election-results-tight-race-for-port-of-shelton-3-new-commissioners-on-port-of-hoodsport-and-all-measures-passing&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Mason County Auditor’s Election Results Site (Mason County, WA)
http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/mason/Elections/ElectionResults/Pages/ElectionResults.aspx
State Changes Mind on New License Plates (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/68867962.html
Kellogg Pulls Immunity Claims from Rice Krispies (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010201944_apuskelloggricekrispies.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Rebels Ban Musical Ringtones on Phones
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5A24CE20091103?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Sportscaster Must Pay Ex-Wife $916,000 A Year
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091103/SPORTS/711039787/0/NEWS
Co-Worker Recognizes Voice of Woman Phoning In Bomb Threat
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21521580/detail.html
Robbery Victim IDs Suspect From Old Yearbook
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21521505/detail.html
Man Appears Alive At Own Funeral in Brazil
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21520673/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller Orchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XQybKMXL-k&feature=related
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Chelan PUD Floats Idea of Raising Lake Entiat Levels
• Central Lincoln PUD Awarded Nearly $10 Million in Smart Grid Funds
• How Stuff Works: How the Smart Grid Works
• Oregon Reduces Avista Utility Rate Hike Request
• Nuclear Power - Uncertainty Grows on Vermont Yankee Future
• Constellation to Use Funds from EDF Deal to Buy Power Plants
• Constellation Deal Makes Maryland Quest for Affordable Energy Tougher
• Florida - Lower Fuel Costs Lead FPL Customers to Receive Break
• Record Returns for Sockeye Salmon - 833 red fish make trip back to Sawtooth Valley
• Canada - BC Natives Claim Victory in Landmark Court Ruling on Commercial Fisheries
• Oregon - Removing Barrier Allows Big Creek to Run along Its Natural Path
• Report Says Barbed Wire Fences Deadly to Sage Grouse
• Energy Companies Offer Reward in Poaching Incident
• An $11 Billion Price-Tag - California Legislature Passes State Water Conservation Bill
• High-Tech Forecasting for Howard Hanson Dam
• Experts Say Total Impact of Hydro Projects on BC'S Rivers Unknown
• Biomass Brouhaha - Forest Service Accused of Polluting Yakima Air
• Oregon Curbs Controversial Tax Breaks for Wind and Solar Firms
• Oregon - Emergency Measures Needed To Stop Energy Tax Credit Abuse
• Oregonian Editorial - Oregonians Ask, 'Where's My Subsidy?'
• The Federal Energy Subsidy Scorecard: How Renewables Stack Up
• Officials See Challenges for Kansas Wind Energy
• Financial Post Op/Ed - Wind Power Is a Complete Disaster
• Oregon - Solar Plant's Opening May Light Salem Future
• Fire Extinguished at REC Silicon in Moses Lake
• Wisconsin - Wood-Fueled Power Makes Gain in State
• TransAlta Acquires Over 93 Per Cent of Canadian Hydro Developers
• Puget Sound Energy Selects Comverge for Smart Grid-Enabled Demand Response Pilot Program
• California State Energy Commission to Vote on TV Power Standards
• From Smart Meters to Smart Thermostats
• UN Climate Talks Focus On How to Cut Emissions
• Survey: Economists See Threat in Climate Change
• The Vagaries of Estimating Cap-and-Trade’s Impact on Consumers
• Oregon - ‘Treebates’ Might Help City Stormwater Programs Branch Out
• Rejoice! Billions More Reasons To Panic
• Microsoft Lays Off 800 More Workers Worldwide
• Cisco, EMC Form Acadia Joint Venture for Data Centers
• Microsoft to Set Up Cloud Research Center in Taiwan
• Why Run Fiber When You Can Run Ads That Pretend You Do?
• Better Business Bureau Refers Comcast 'Fiber-Optic' Claim To FTC
• AT&T to Verizon: We Have a Lawsuit for That
• Winds, Rains Heading for Washington
• Unofficial Election Results: Tight Race for Port of Shelton; 3 New Commissioners for Port of Hoodsport; and Levy Lid Lifts & School Board Redistricting Passing
• Mason County Auditor’s Election Results Site
• State Changes Mind on New License Plates
• Kellogg Pulls Immunity Claims from Rice Krispies
WORD OF THE DAY
Vagary • \VAY-gu-ree\ • noun - An erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion.
Beatrice was the most graceful of dancers; her lithe form was pure poetry whether it floated on the strains of soft classical music or bounced along on the latest beat of hip-hop. Her friends were always amused at the vagary of her condition off the dance floor, which showed her to be one of the clumsiest persons imaginable when conducting normal human locomotion.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Chelan PUD Floats Idea of Raising Lake Entiat Levels (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/03/pud-floats-idea-of-raising-lake-entiat-levels/
Central Lincoln PUD Awarded Nearly $10 Million in Smart Grid Funds (Umpqua Post, Reedsport, OR)
http://www.theumpquapost.com/articles/2009/11/04/business/doc4af0c0a43cada833804070.txt
How Stuff Works: How the Smart Grid Works (HowStuffWorks.com)
http://www.scoop.com/remote/article/include/122967224/53616c7465645f5f4e36fe4ff45cce03383286141d2a4db45a57a72ed74b8623
Oregon Reduces Avista Utility Rate Hike Request (Yahoo! Finance)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Ore-reduces-Avista-utility-apf-2107493167.html?x=0&.v=2
Nuclear Power - Uncertainty Grows on Vermont Yankee Future (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010201835_apusvermontyankee.html?syndication=rss
Constellation to Use Funds from EDF Deal to Buy Power Plants (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200911031104DOWJONESDJONLINE000463_FORTUNE5.htm
Constellation Deal Makes Maryland Quest for Affordable Energy Tougher (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bal-constellationletter1104,0,221160.story
Florida - Lower Fuel Costs Lead FPL Customers to Receive Break, State Agency Rules (News Press, Fort Meyers FL)
http://www.news-press.com/article/20091104/NEWS01/911040414/1002/FPL-customers-to-receive-break--state-agency-rules
FISH & WILDLIFE
Record Returns for Sockeye Salmon - 833 red fish make trip back to Sawtooth Valley (Idaho Mountain Express & Guide, Sun Valley)
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005128642
Canada - BC Natives Claim Victory in Landmark Court Ruling on Commercial Fisheries (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/natives+claim+victory+court+ruling+commercial+fisheries/2179770/story.html
Oregon - Removing Barrier Allows Big Creek to Run along Its Natural Path: Project could enhance the return of historic fishing runs (Daily Astorian, OR)
http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=65372
Report Says Barbed Wire Fences Deadly to Sage Grouse (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010194034_apwysagegrousefences1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Energy Companies Offer Reward in Poaching Incident (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010201262_apusbighornpoachedcolorado.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
An $11 Billion Price-Tag - California Legislature Passes State Water Conservation Bill (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-water4-2009nov04,0,3695225.story
High-Tech Forecasting for Howard Hanson Dam (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/High-Tech-Forecasting-for-Howard-Hanson-Dam--68994887.html
Experts Say Total Impact of Hydro Projects on BC'S Rivers Unknown (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Total+impact+hydro+projects+rivers+unknown+experts/2181082/story.html
Biomass Brouhaha - Forest Service Accused of Polluting Yakima Air (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1023840.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon Curbs Controversial Tax Breaks for Wind and Solar Firms (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/oregon_curbs_controversial_tax.html
Oregon - Emergency Measures Needed To Stop Energy Tax Credit Abuse (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6146-emergency-measures-needed-stop-energy-tax-credit-abuse/
Oregonian Editorial - Oregonians Ask, 'Where's My Subsidy?'
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf/2009/11/oregonians_ask_wheres_my_subsi.html
The Federal Energy Subsidy Scorecard: How Renewables Stack Up (Renewable Energy World - Note: But is it truly a subsidy if it has to be paid back, I.E. Columbia-Snake hydro?)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/11/the-federal-energy-subsidy-scorecard-how-renewables-stack-up?cmpid=rss
Officials See Challenges for Kansas Wind Energy (Wichita Eagle, KS)
http://www.kansas.com/news/breaking/story/1040395.html
Financial Post Op/Ed - Wind power is a complete disaster (Canada)
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/04/08/wind-power-is-a-complete-disaster.aspx
Oregon - Solar Plant's Opening May Light Salem Future (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091103/GREEN/311030001/1001
Fire Extinguished at REC Silicon in Moses Lake (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/11/03/news/doc4af0b6bfb5137020227061.txt
Wisconsin - Wood-Fueled Power Makes Gain in State: We Energies plans to spend $500 million on two facilities (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. WI)
http://www.scoop.com/remote/article/include/122897554/53616c7465645f5ffbb3c39960e4614ef353578eb89f9970dece43ca28f4c5b5
TransAlta Acquires Over 93 Per Cent of Canadian Hydro Developers (Trading Markets)
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2623084/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Puget Sound Energy Selects Comverge for Smart Grid-Enabled Demand Response Pilot Program (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS155085+03-Nov-2009+PRN20091103
California State Energy Commission to Vote on TV Power Standards (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2303689.html
From Smart Meters to Smart Thermostats (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/from-smart-meters-to-smart-thermostats/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
UN Climate Talks Focus On How to Cut Emissions (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i9u9GMQj8IuTIkIKDmsiGSXq4KuAD9BOON7G0
Survey: Economists See Threat in Climate Change (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/2009-11-03-economist-climate_N.htm
The Vagaries of Estimating Cap-and-Trade’s Impact on Consumers (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/the-vagaries-of-estimating-cap-and-trades-impact-on-consumers/
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon - ‘Treebates’ Might Help City Stormwater Programs Branch Out (Portland Tribune, OR)
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125731371395092500
Rejoice! Billions More Reasons To Panic - CO2 from yeast; wood stoves and fire; cow flatulence… (Cape Cod Times, MA)
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091104/OPINION/911040330/-1/NEWSMAP
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft Lays Off 800 More Workers Worldwide (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=235768
Cisco, EMC Form Acadia Joint Venture for Data Centers (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13707848
Microsoft to Set Up Cloud Research Center in Taiwan (Yahoo! Tech)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20091104/tc_nm/us_microsoft_taiwan_3
Why Run Fiber When You Can Run Ads That Pretend You Do? And why not run those ads when nobody stops you from lying? (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Why-Run-Fiber-When-You-Can-Run-Ads-That-Pretend-You-Do-105329
Better Business Bureau Refers Comcast 'Fiber-Optic' Claim To FTC - Verizon Had Challenged the Operator's Ad Claim It Provides Services Over A ‘Fiber-Optic Network' (MultiChannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/367682-Better_Business_Bureau_Refers_Comcast_Fiber_Optic_Claim_To_FTC.php
AT&T to Verizon: We Have a Lawsuit for That (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/03/att-to-verizon-we-have-a-lawsuit-for-that/
GENERAL NEWS
Winds, Rains Heading for Washington (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010201254_apwastorm.html?syndication=rss
Unofficial Election Results: Tight Race for Port of Shelton; 3 New Commissioners for Port of Hoodsport; and Levy Lid Lifts & School Board Redistricting Passing (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=539:unofficial-election-results-tight-race-for-port-of-shelton-3-new-commissioners-on-port-of-hoodsport-and-all-measures-passing&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Mason County Auditor’s Election Results Site (Mason County, WA)
http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/mason/Elections/ElectionResults/Pages/ElectionResults.aspx
State Changes Mind on New License Plates (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/68867962.html
Kellogg Pulls Immunity Claims from Rice Krispies (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010201944_apuskelloggricekrispies.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Rebels Ban Musical Ringtones on Phones
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5A24CE20091103?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Sportscaster Must Pay Ex-Wife $916,000 A Year
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091103/SPORTS/711039787/0/NEWS
Co-Worker Recognizes Voice of Woman Phoning In Bomb Threat
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21521580/detail.html
Robbery Victim IDs Suspect From Old Yearbook
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21521505/detail.html
Man Appears Alive At Own Funeral in Brazil
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21520673/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller Orchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XQybKMXL-k&feature=related
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Energy News Digest for November 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)
• Clallam PUD’s Share Of Two Wind Energy Projects to be Paid With $55.6 Million
• How Taking out Dams Splits Environmental Groups
• Fitch Affirms Cowlitz County PUD Bonds at ‘A-’
• Seattle Utilities Provide Tips on How to Avoid Electrical Injuries
• Kootenai Electric to Turn Off Power for Maintenance Work
• Consumers Energy Ordered To Partially Refund Rate Increase Money
• Developers abandon plan for SD power plant
• Arizona - Tribe’s Environmental Fight: Coal Mines & Power Plant Give Navajos Income, Controversy
• West Virginia - Recession Slows Big Power Projects, Including Coal-To-Gas Plant
• Enron Exec Gets Home Confinement after Guilty Plea
• Idaho Sturgeon Hatchery Worker – Ready for His Close-Up
• Daily News Columnist - Should We Continue To Drink From The Cowlitz?
• Nisqually Refuge - A Restoration Celebration
• Odessa Water Level Solutions Addressed
• $50 Million Allotted For Chesapeake by US Senate
• Big Blue Helps Ireland Stay Green
• Columbian Op/Ed - State on Cutting Edge of Clean Energy Sector
• Chinese Involvement in Proposed Texas Wind Farm Stirs Passions
• Minnesota Power: Going Green Means a Rate Hike
• NY Times Editorial – Cape Wind: Reject Tribal Claims for Viewscape
• Sweden - Two Wind Turbines Self-Destruct in One Week
• Scottish Jobs at Turbine Firm in Danger in Fight with Europe Rules
• California - Altamont Landfill’s Gas Fuels Garbage Trucks
• Snohomish PUD Plans Energy-Saving Project
• SF Chronicle Op/Ed - TV Energy Regulations Will Harm Innovation
• Electric Utilities Are Invited to Shed Light on Energy Efficiency
• GOP Senators Absent At Start of Climate Debate
• Climate Bill Faces Hurdles in Senate
• Winners & Losers of Cap-and-Trade
• Something Funny Happened On the Way to a Carbon Price Floor
• Snow Cap Disappearing From Mount Kilimanjaro
• Where the Jobs Are: Clean Tech
• Data Center Demand Growing As Concerns for Industry Loom
• Inside Microsoft’s Huge New Chicago Data Center
• Three States Approve Frontier/Verizon Deal
• Dissension Festering in the Net Neutrality Ranks
• California - Vallejo Seeks To Expand Utility Tax to Cell Phones
• Feds: San Diego Man Sold Cable Modem Hacking Equipment
• Ballot Measures Top Ticket in Election
• City of Shelton’s 2010 Preliminary Budget: Over $50 Million, Four Positions Cut
• City Of Olympia Notifies 14 of Layoffs
• Shelton City Commission Holds Hearing on Sewer Rate Increase
• Weather Service Beefing Up Flood Forecasting
• Vancouver May Add Fort for Name Recognition
• Philadelphians Reap Rewards from New York’s Trash
• Critics Blast Kellogg’s Claim That Cereals Can Boost Immunity
• Tribune Co. Newspapers Won’t Use AP Next Week
WORD OF THE DAY
Herald • \HARE-uld\ • noun - 1a: an official at a tournament of arms with duties including the making of announcements and the marshaling of combatants b: an officer with the status of ambassador acting as official messenger between leaders especially in war c(1): officer of arms (2): an officer of arms ranking above a pursuivant and below a king of arms 2: an official crier or messenger 3a: one that precedes or foreshadows b: one that conveys news or proclaims: announcer c: one who actively promotes or advocate
The white smoke billowed from the county courthouse’s imposing brick chimney, swirling around the ramparts before descending on the breathless, coughing crowd. “I wish the commission would use a different method for heralding the completion of their budget process,” wheezed the local newspaper’s gadfly. “Maybe releasing a flock of crows would be more appropriate.”
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Clallam PUD’s Share Of Two Wind Energy Projects to be Paid With $55.6 Million (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091103/news/311039989
How Taking out Dams Splits Environmental Groups - The bedeviled Klamath River basin, where a seeming agreement is dividing the greens (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/11/03/science-environment/19322/
Fitch Affirms Cowlitz County PUD Bonds at ‘A-’ (BusinessWire)
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091102006245&newsLang=en
Seattle Utilities Provide Tips on How to Avoid Electrical Injuries (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010189393_winds03m.html?syndication=rss
Kootenai Electric to Turn Off Power for Maintenance Work (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/03/in-brief-kootenai-electric-to-turn-off-power/
Consumers Energy Ordered To Partially Refund Rate Increase Money (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010187578_apuspowerbillsconsumersenergymichigan.html?syndication=rss
Developers abandon plan for SD power plant (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/02/financial/f172112S08.DTL&feed=rss.business
Arizona - Tribe’s Environmental Fight: Coal Mines & Power Plant Give Navajos Income, Controversy (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ)
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/11/02/20091102navajo1102.html
West Virginia - Recession Slows Big Power Projects: AEP President Says Company Still Committed To Building Coal-To-Gas Plant (Charleston Daily Mail, WV)
http://www.scoop.com/remote/article/include/122705559/53616c7465645f5f3c485219e65d2decd719c00221123a7b3eec12a968282613
Enron Exec Gets Home Confinement after Guilty Plea (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010187060_apusenronbroadband.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho Sturgeon Hatchery Worker – Ready for His Close-Up (Rapid City Journal, SD)
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/article_8d8c71e2-8063-53d5-8d9f-3de4a28b6db8.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Daily News Columnist - Should We Continue To Drink From The Cowlitz?
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/01/focus/doc4aebd38de1592704096451.txt
Nisqually Refuge - A Restoration Celebration: New trail to open at public ceremony marking tide’s return to estuary (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1023377.html
Odessa Water Level Solutions Addressed - Recharging Aquifer Topic of Conference (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/11/02/news/doc4aef5f2398bcc504144660.txt
$50 Million Allotted For Chesapeake by US Senate (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.trails02nov02,0,5378720.story
Big Blue Helps Ireland Stay Green - IBM has partnered with environmental authorities in the country to establish a real-time water management portal (Information Week)
http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/info-management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221600079&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Columbian Op/Ed - State on Cutting Edge of Clean Energy Sector
http://columbian.com/article/20091103/BIZ01/711039999/-1/BIZ
Chinese Involvement in Proposed Texas Wind Farm Stirs Passions (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/business/energy-environment/02iht-green02.html?_r=2
Minnesota Power: Going Green Means a Rate Hike - About $13 a month (Duluth News Tribune, MN)
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/150865/
NY Times Editorial – Cape Wind: Reject Tribal Claims for Viewscape
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/opinion/02mon3.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Sweden - Two Wind Turbines Self-Destruct in One Week (Copenhagen Post, Denmark)
http://www.cphpost.dk/business/119-business/47384-two-wind-turbines-self-destruct-in-one-week.html
Scottish Jobs at Turbine Firm in Danger in Fight with Europe Rules (The Times of London, UK)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6898827.ece
California - Altamont Landfill’s Gas Fuels Garbage Trucks (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/02/BUM81AE52U.DTL&feed=rss.business
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Snohomish PUD Plans Energy-Saving Project (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091103/NEWS01/711039916
SF Chronicle Op/Ed - TV Energy Regulations Will Harm Innovation
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/02/ED7H1AE46C.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Electric Utilities Are Invited to Shed Light on Energy Efficiency (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS162527+02-Nov-2009+PRN20091102
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
GOP Senators Absent At Start of Climate Debate (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010190162_apusclimatebill.html?syndication=rss
Climate Bill Faces Hurdles in Senate - Democrats Split: Deal on Nuclear Plants Offered to Court Republicans (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/01/AR2009110102593.html?wprss=rss_politics
Winners & Losers of Cap-and-Trade (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/winners-and-losers-of-cap-and-trade/
Something Funny Happened On the Way to a Carbon Price Floor (Financial Times of London, UK)
http://blogs.ft.com/energy-source/2009/11/02/something-funny-happened-on-the-way-to-a-carbon-price-floor/
Snow Cap Disappearing From Mount Kilimanjaro (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010187055_apusscisnowsofkilimanjaro.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Where the Jobs Are: Clean Tech (Forbes Magazine)
http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/02/clean-tech-jobs-leadership-careers-employment.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Data Center Demand Growing As Concerns for Industry Loom (Austin Business Journal)
http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/11/02/story8.html?ana=from_rss
Inside Microsoft’s Huge New Chicago Data Center (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2010186768_inside_microsofts_huge_new_chi.html?syndication=rss
Three States Approve Frontier/Verizon Deal - California, Nevada & South Carolina ok huge sale (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Three-States-Approve-Frontier-Verizon-Deal-105282
Dissension Festering in the Net Neutrality Ranks (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/02/dissension-festering-in-the-net-neutrality-ranks/
California - Vallejo Seeks To Expand Utility Tax to Cell Phones (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/02/MNTI1AD5O1.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Feds: San Diego Man Sold Cable Modem Hacking Equipment (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13696460
GENERAL NEWS
Ballot Measures Top Ticket in Election (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/politics/21501383/detail.html
City of Shelton’s 2010 Preliminary Budget: Over $50 Million, Four Positions Cut (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=532:city-of-shelton-releases-2010-preliminary-budget-over-50-million-four-positions-cut&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
City Of Olympia Notifies 14 of Layoffs - Budget trims may ax some programs, up to 27 positions (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1023367.html
Shelton City Commission Holds Hearing on Sewer Rate Increase (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=534:shelton-city-commission-holds-hearing-on-sewer-rate-increase&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Weather Service Beefing Up Flood Forecasting (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=234726
Vancouver May Add Fort for Name Recognition (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010186269_apwavancouvername.html?syndication=rss
Philadelphians Reap Rewards from New York’s Trash (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/nyregion/02garbage.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Critics Blast Kellogg’s Claim That Cereals Can Boost Immunity (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2009-11-02-cereal-immunity-claim_N.htm?se=yahoorefer
Tribune Co. Newspapers Won’t Use AP Next Week (Reported By…..Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010190183_apustribuneap.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Fists Fly after Post Editor Tells Writer, “It’s the Second Worst Story I Have Seen in Style in 43 Years”
http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/people/capitalcomment/14004.html
Australia - Vegemite Contest Draws Protests
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/business/global/03vegemite.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Colbert Goes for Gold, Sponsors US Speedskating - Of the many countries participating at the Vancouver Olympics, add Colbert Nation to the list.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2010188856_apustvcolbertolympics.html?syndication=rss
Police: Man Robs Taco Bell, Then Gets Job Application
http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=80049&catid=35
SONG OF THE DAY
Tito Puente - Ran Kan Kan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMY9zMITHkU&feature=related
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Clallam PUD’s Share Of Two Wind Energy Projects to be Paid With $55.6 Million
• How Taking out Dams Splits Environmental Groups
• Fitch Affirms Cowlitz County PUD Bonds at ‘A-’
• Seattle Utilities Provide Tips on How to Avoid Electrical Injuries
• Kootenai Electric to Turn Off Power for Maintenance Work
• Consumers Energy Ordered To Partially Refund Rate Increase Money
• Developers abandon plan for SD power plant
• Arizona - Tribe’s Environmental Fight: Coal Mines & Power Plant Give Navajos Income, Controversy
• West Virginia - Recession Slows Big Power Projects, Including Coal-To-Gas Plant
• Enron Exec Gets Home Confinement after Guilty Plea
• Idaho Sturgeon Hatchery Worker – Ready for His Close-Up
• Daily News Columnist - Should We Continue To Drink From The Cowlitz?
• Nisqually Refuge - A Restoration Celebration
• Odessa Water Level Solutions Addressed
• $50 Million Allotted For Chesapeake by US Senate
• Big Blue Helps Ireland Stay Green
• Columbian Op/Ed - State on Cutting Edge of Clean Energy Sector
• Chinese Involvement in Proposed Texas Wind Farm Stirs Passions
• Minnesota Power: Going Green Means a Rate Hike
• NY Times Editorial – Cape Wind: Reject Tribal Claims for Viewscape
• Sweden - Two Wind Turbines Self-Destruct in One Week
• Scottish Jobs at Turbine Firm in Danger in Fight with Europe Rules
• California - Altamont Landfill’s Gas Fuels Garbage Trucks
• Snohomish PUD Plans Energy-Saving Project
• SF Chronicle Op/Ed - TV Energy Regulations Will Harm Innovation
• Electric Utilities Are Invited to Shed Light on Energy Efficiency
• GOP Senators Absent At Start of Climate Debate
• Climate Bill Faces Hurdles in Senate
• Winners & Losers of Cap-and-Trade
• Something Funny Happened On the Way to a Carbon Price Floor
• Snow Cap Disappearing From Mount Kilimanjaro
• Where the Jobs Are: Clean Tech
• Data Center Demand Growing As Concerns for Industry Loom
• Inside Microsoft’s Huge New Chicago Data Center
• Three States Approve Frontier/Verizon Deal
• Dissension Festering in the Net Neutrality Ranks
• California - Vallejo Seeks To Expand Utility Tax to Cell Phones
• Feds: San Diego Man Sold Cable Modem Hacking Equipment
• Ballot Measures Top Ticket in Election
• City of Shelton’s 2010 Preliminary Budget: Over $50 Million, Four Positions Cut
• City Of Olympia Notifies 14 of Layoffs
• Shelton City Commission Holds Hearing on Sewer Rate Increase
• Weather Service Beefing Up Flood Forecasting
• Vancouver May Add Fort for Name Recognition
• Philadelphians Reap Rewards from New York’s Trash
• Critics Blast Kellogg’s Claim That Cereals Can Boost Immunity
• Tribune Co. Newspapers Won’t Use AP Next Week
WORD OF THE DAY
Herald • \HARE-uld\ • noun - 1a: an official at a tournament of arms with duties including the making of announcements and the marshaling of combatants b: an officer with the status of ambassador acting as official messenger between leaders especially in war c(1): officer of arms (2): an officer of arms ranking above a pursuivant and below a king of arms 2: an official crier or messenger 3a: one that precedes or foreshadows b: one that conveys news or proclaims: announcer c: one who actively promotes or advocate
The white smoke billowed from the county courthouse’s imposing brick chimney, swirling around the ramparts before descending on the breathless, coughing crowd. “I wish the commission would use a different method for heralding the completion of their budget process,” wheezed the local newspaper’s gadfly. “Maybe releasing a flock of crows would be more appropriate.”
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Clallam PUD’s Share Of Two Wind Energy Projects to be Paid With $55.6 Million (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091103/news/311039989
How Taking out Dams Splits Environmental Groups - The bedeviled Klamath River basin, where a seeming agreement is dividing the greens (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/11/03/science-environment/19322/
Fitch Affirms Cowlitz County PUD Bonds at ‘A-’ (BusinessWire)
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091102006245&newsLang=en
Seattle Utilities Provide Tips on How to Avoid Electrical Injuries (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010189393_winds03m.html?syndication=rss
Kootenai Electric to Turn Off Power for Maintenance Work (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/03/in-brief-kootenai-electric-to-turn-off-power/
Consumers Energy Ordered To Partially Refund Rate Increase Money (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010187578_apuspowerbillsconsumersenergymichigan.html?syndication=rss
Developers abandon plan for SD power plant (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/02/financial/f172112S08.DTL&feed=rss.business
Arizona - Tribe’s Environmental Fight: Coal Mines & Power Plant Give Navajos Income, Controversy (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ)
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/11/02/20091102navajo1102.html
West Virginia - Recession Slows Big Power Projects: AEP President Says Company Still Committed To Building Coal-To-Gas Plant (Charleston Daily Mail, WV)
http://www.scoop.com/remote/article/include/122705559/53616c7465645f5f3c485219e65d2decd719c00221123a7b3eec12a968282613
Enron Exec Gets Home Confinement after Guilty Plea (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010187060_apusenronbroadband.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho Sturgeon Hatchery Worker – Ready for His Close-Up (Rapid City Journal, SD)
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/article_8d8c71e2-8063-53d5-8d9f-3de4a28b6db8.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Daily News Columnist - Should We Continue To Drink From The Cowlitz?
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/01/focus/doc4aebd38de1592704096451.txt
Nisqually Refuge - A Restoration Celebration: New trail to open at public ceremony marking tide’s return to estuary (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1023377.html
Odessa Water Level Solutions Addressed - Recharging Aquifer Topic of Conference (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/11/02/news/doc4aef5f2398bcc504144660.txt
$50 Million Allotted For Chesapeake by US Senate (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.trails02nov02,0,5378720.story
Big Blue Helps Ireland Stay Green - IBM has partnered with environmental authorities in the country to establish a real-time water management portal (Information Week)
http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/info-management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221600079&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Columbian Op/Ed - State on Cutting Edge of Clean Energy Sector
http://columbian.com/article/20091103/BIZ01/711039999/-1/BIZ
Chinese Involvement in Proposed Texas Wind Farm Stirs Passions (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/business/energy-environment/02iht-green02.html?_r=2
Minnesota Power: Going Green Means a Rate Hike - About $13 a month (Duluth News Tribune, MN)
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/150865/
NY Times Editorial – Cape Wind: Reject Tribal Claims for Viewscape
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/opinion/02mon3.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Sweden - Two Wind Turbines Self-Destruct in One Week (Copenhagen Post, Denmark)
http://www.cphpost.dk/business/119-business/47384-two-wind-turbines-self-destruct-in-one-week.html
Scottish Jobs at Turbine Firm in Danger in Fight with Europe Rules (The Times of London, UK)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6898827.ece
California - Altamont Landfill’s Gas Fuels Garbage Trucks (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/02/BUM81AE52U.DTL&feed=rss.business
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Snohomish PUD Plans Energy-Saving Project (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091103/NEWS01/711039916
SF Chronicle Op/Ed - TV Energy Regulations Will Harm Innovation
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/02/ED7H1AE46C.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Electric Utilities Are Invited to Shed Light on Energy Efficiency (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS162527+02-Nov-2009+PRN20091102
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
GOP Senators Absent At Start of Climate Debate (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010190162_apusclimatebill.html?syndication=rss
Climate Bill Faces Hurdles in Senate - Democrats Split: Deal on Nuclear Plants Offered to Court Republicans (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/01/AR2009110102593.html?wprss=rss_politics
Winners & Losers of Cap-and-Trade (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/winners-and-losers-of-cap-and-trade/
Something Funny Happened On the Way to a Carbon Price Floor (Financial Times of London, UK)
http://blogs.ft.com/energy-source/2009/11/02/something-funny-happened-on-the-way-to-a-carbon-price-floor/
Snow Cap Disappearing From Mount Kilimanjaro (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010187055_apusscisnowsofkilimanjaro.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Where the Jobs Are: Clean Tech (Forbes Magazine)
http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/02/clean-tech-jobs-leadership-careers-employment.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Data Center Demand Growing As Concerns for Industry Loom (Austin Business Journal)
http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/11/02/story8.html?ana=from_rss
Inside Microsoft’s Huge New Chicago Data Center (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2010186768_inside_microsofts_huge_new_chi.html?syndication=rss
Three States Approve Frontier/Verizon Deal - California, Nevada & South Carolina ok huge sale (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Three-States-Approve-Frontier-Verizon-Deal-105282
Dissension Festering in the Net Neutrality Ranks (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/02/dissension-festering-in-the-net-neutrality-ranks/
California - Vallejo Seeks To Expand Utility Tax to Cell Phones (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/02/MNTI1AD5O1.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Feds: San Diego Man Sold Cable Modem Hacking Equipment (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13696460
GENERAL NEWS
Ballot Measures Top Ticket in Election (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/politics/21501383/detail.html
City of Shelton’s 2010 Preliminary Budget: Over $50 Million, Four Positions Cut (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=532:city-of-shelton-releases-2010-preliminary-budget-over-50-million-four-positions-cut&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
City Of Olympia Notifies 14 of Layoffs - Budget trims may ax some programs, up to 27 positions (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1023367.html
Shelton City Commission Holds Hearing on Sewer Rate Increase (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=534:shelton-city-commission-holds-hearing-on-sewer-rate-increase&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Weather Service Beefing Up Flood Forecasting (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=234726
Vancouver May Add Fort for Name Recognition (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010186269_apwavancouvername.html?syndication=rss
Philadelphians Reap Rewards from New York’s Trash (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/nyregion/02garbage.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Critics Blast Kellogg’s Claim That Cereals Can Boost Immunity (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2009-11-02-cereal-immunity-claim_N.htm?se=yahoorefer
Tribune Co. Newspapers Won’t Use AP Next Week (Reported By…..Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010190183_apustribuneap.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Fists Fly after Post Editor Tells Writer, “It’s the Second Worst Story I Have Seen in Style in 43 Years”
http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/people/capitalcomment/14004.html
Australia - Vegemite Contest Draws Protests
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/business/global/03vegemite.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Colbert Goes for Gold, Sponsors US Speedskating - Of the many countries participating at the Vancouver Olympics, add Colbert Nation to the list.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2010188856_apustvcolbertolympics.html?syndication=rss
Police: Man Robs Taco Bell, Then Gets Job Application
http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=80049&catid=35
SONG OF THE DAY
Tito Puente - Ran Kan Kan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMY9zMITHkU&feature=related
Monday, November 2, 2009
Energy News Digest for November 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)
• Friday News Dump - Tentative Power Deal with BPA Looks Good for Intalco Smelter
• Montana – Columbia Falls Aluminum Goes Dark
• Jobs at Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Relied on Ratepayers’ Subsidies
• NE Washington Transmission Line Re-Established
• Columbian Editorial - Power Worries: Thousands of property owners duly concerned about BPA’s plans for new 70-mile power line
• Seattle City Light Wants to Raise Rates
• Cowlitz County – 2,100 Lose Electricity Due To Traffic Accident
• News in Brief: How You Can Stay Safe During High Winds, Power Outages
• Salem Statesman Journal Op/Ed - Salem Electric Has People Power
• Crowded With Coho - Experts Predict Second Largest Coho Salmon Run Ever
• Big Snake River Numbers: Over 300,000 Steelhead Cross Lower Granite, Jacks & Coho Set Records
• Kootenai Tribe’s Efforts at Rebuilding Kokanee in Idaho Panhandle Showing Success
• Plan to Evaluate whether Salmon Passage Survival at Lower Columbia Dams Meets BiOp Targets
• Federal Inspectors Say Snohomish County Dams Sound
• Chronicle Editorial - Our State Reps Push for Water Retention Inclusion
• Expense Of Walla Walla Infrastructure Plan Worries Some
• Walla Walla - Economy Can Benefit from Improved Infrastructure
• Washington Post Editorial – Getting serious about the Chesapeake Bay
• State Board OKs ‘Salish Sea’ as Name for the Sound & Two Straits
• Oregon - State Lowballed Cost of Green Tax Breaks
• Potent Income Tax Credit for Solar Power May Need Tweaking
• Grays Harbor PUD awarded $63 Million in Renewable Energy Bonds for Radar Ridge
• Wind Power Means More Transmission Lines Coming to Oregon
• Montana - Details Cloudy in Wind Project Report
• Wyoming Lawmakers Recommend New Wind Regulations
• Canada - TransAlta Kills Lake Erie Wind Farm Idea
• Massachusetts - Cape Towns Seek Assurance They Can Cash In On Wind
• Massachusetts Tribes Claim Wind Farm Would Destroy Sacred Ritual
• Experts: Wind Plays Key Role in Reducing Carbon Footprint
• Study Says You Do Have to Know Which Way the Wind Blows on the Grid
• One of the World’s Largest Solar Projects Is Planned Near Cle Elum
• Bellingham Solar Company Unveils Two New Products
• Sacramento Municipal Utility District Lands Grant to Link Solar Homes
• Solar Power From Sahara a Step Closer
• Pacific NW Energy Efficiency Better in 2008, Council Says
• Portland Energy Conservation Program a Fed Recovery Act Success
• US Dept. of Energy to Revisit Washing Machine Efficiency Rules
• Eliminating Energy Phantoms Can Reduce Utility Bills
• Energy-Efficient Upgrades Could Save Businesses Thousands
• Green Prison: Coyote Ridge Receives Green Building Award
• Prosser Bulb Eater Hungry for Fluorescent Tubes
• As Tropical Storms Ebb, Climate Debate Kicks In
• Tree Farmers May Profit From Climate Regulation
• University Of Oregon - Climate Change Ethics to be Explored
• Company Strikes Gold with ‘Green’ Paper
• Going For The Green - Who Says There’s No Profit In Saving The Planet?
• Farmers Growing Electricity Along With Their Crops
• Simple Actions Help Homeowners Go Green
• Study Says Dog’s Eco-Footprint a Hummer
• Is Ask.Com Trying To Court Microsoft As A Buyer?
• Why Google Doesn’t Like Its Phone Bill
• Get Congress Out of the Net Neutrality Debate, Please
• FCC Lusts after TV Industry Spectrum
• Few Clues in ‘Cold-Blooded’ Shooting of Seattle Officer
• City of Shelton to Release Preliminary Budget/Hold Hearing on Sewer Rate Increase
• After Charleston Move, Sen. Patty Murray “Won’t Be As Inclined” To Help Boeing
• Rep. Norm Dicks Says Ethics Panel’s Questions Are No Cause for Concern
• Mason County Sheriff’s Offices Begin Move To New Location
• Forbes Report Says Seattle is America’s Fourth-Safest City
• New Rule Bars Religious Displays in Washington State Capitol
WORD OF THE DAY
Disavow • \dis-uh-VOW\ • verb - 1: to deny responsibility for: repudiate *2: to refuse to acknowledge or accept: disclaim
Derwood’s disavowal of knowledge relating to thefts from the “honors” snack station at the radio station were undermined by the telltale “Cheetoh” residue on his fingers and crumbs in the wispy moustache he had been cultivating for the last three months.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Friday News Dump - Tentative Power Deal with BPA Looks Good for Intalco Smelter - Reported Deal Announced October 30 (Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/latestheadlines/story/1137656.html
Montana – Columbia Falls Aluminum Goes Dark (Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_a83d5e08-c5d6-11de-9c36-001cc4c03286.html
Jobs at Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Relied on Ratepayers’ Subsidies “…Beaudry insists that the subsidy - most recently $8.5 million for 88 workers - is insignificant when spread across all of BPA’s customers. ‘Pennies per person’ -- Drummond counters that eliminating it reduces electric rates by a full 3 percent or 4 percent, ‘and every little bit counts when you’re an industrial ratepayer trying to scratch out a living’…” (The Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_80e88722-c6a0-11de-a2bf-001cc4c002e0.html
Comments on Proposed Aluminum Contracts May Be Posted/Viewed Here (You must scroll down to the section ‘Draft DSI contracts’. The view/make comment function is at the bottom of this section)
http://www.bpa.gov/applications/publiccomments/OpenCommentListing.aspx
Comments listing may be found at the following location:
http://www.bpa.gov/applications/publiccomments/CommentList.aspx?ID=86
NE Washington Transmission Line Re-Established (Daily Journal of Commerce)
http://www.djc.com/news/co/12011680.html
Columbian Editorial - Power Worries: Thousands of property owners duly concerned about BPA’s plans for new 70-mile power line
http://www.columbian.com/article/20091101/OPINION02/711019976
Seattle City Light Wants to Raise Rates (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Seattle-City-Light-wants-to-raise-rates-67576202.html
Cowlitz County – 2,100 Lose Electricity Due To Traffic Accident (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/02//area_news/doc4aee88cc8c99f405720386.txt
News in Brief: How You Can Stay Safe During High Winds, Power Outages (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/10/31/news//doc4aeb22aa38c6e158642606.txt
Salem Statesman Journal Op/Ed - Salem Electric Has People Power
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091101/BUSINESS01/911010314/1040
FISH & WILDLIFE
Crowded With Coho - Experts Predict Second Largest Coho Salmon Run Ever (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=99696&SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48
Big Snake River Numbers: Over 300,000 Steelhead Cross Lower Granite, Jacks & Coho Set Records (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/363218.aspx
Kootenai Tribe’s Efforts at Rebuilding Kokanee in Idaho Panhandle Showing Success (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/363216.aspx
Plan to Evaluate whether Salmon Passage Survival at Lower Columbia Dams Meets BiOp Targets (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/363221.aspx
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Federal Inspectors Say Snohomish County Dams Sound (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091102/NEWS01/711029919/-1/RSS02
Chronicle Editorial - Our State Reps Push for Water Retention Inclusion
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/10/31/opinion/our_views/doc4aebc669d5a54002954026.txt
Expense Of Walla Walla Infrastructure Plan Worries Some - One suggestion would be to increase the hotel tax as a possible funding source (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/10/31/local_news/091101aexpense.txt
Walla Walla - Economy Can Benefit from Improved Infrastructure: The Infrastructure Sustainability Plan will improve road conditions throughout the city (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/10/31/local_news/091101beconomy.txt
Washington Post Editorial – Getting serious about the Chesapeake Bay: A Senate bill would give the latest Chesapeake cleanup effort some teeth
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/31/AR2009103101767.html?nav=rss_opinions
State Board OKs ‘Salish Sea’ as Name for the Sound & Two Straits (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/30/state-board-oks-salish-sea-name-sound-and-two-stra/?partner=RSS
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon - State Lowballed Cost of Green Tax Breaks (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/state_lowballed_cost_of_green.html
Potent Income Tax Credit for Solar Power May Need Tweaking (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/21865345-57/story.csp
Grays Harbor PUD awarded $63 Million in Renewable Energy Bonds for Radar Ridge (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA - Note: this site does not play well with FireFox)
http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1091
Wind Power Means More Transmission Lines Coming to Oregon (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/30/breaking_news/doc4aeb4f37ea0c9003388283.txt
Montana - Details Cloudy in Wind Project Report (Big Sky Business Journal, MT)
http://www.bigskybusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=768:details-cloudy-in-wind-project-report&catid=19:montanagovernment&Itemid=17
Wyoming Lawmakers Recommend New Wind Regulations (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010171527_apuswindlawswyoming.html?syndication=rss
Canada - TransAlta Kills Lake Erie Wind Farm Idea (Edmonton Sun, Alberta)
http://www.edmontonsun.com/money/2009/10/31/11589201-sun.html
Massachusetts - Cape Towns Seek Assurance They Can Cash In On Wind (Cape Cod Times, MA)
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091101/NEWS/911010332/-1/NEWSMAP
Massachusetts Tribes Claim Wind Farm Would Destroy Sacred Ritual (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010183995_apustribevswindfarm.html?syndication=rss
Experts: Wind Plays Key Role in Reducing Carbon Footprint (New York Newsday)
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/experts-wind-plays-key-role-in-reducing-carbon-footprint-1.1558545
Study Says You Do Have to Know Which Way the Wind Blows on the Grid (NY Times – A subtle reference to “Subterranean Homesick Blues” sends another quarter to Bob Zimmerman)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/10/30/30climatewire-you-do-have-to-know-which-way-the-wind-blows-84451.html
One of the World’s Largest Solar Projects Is Planned Near Cle Elum (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/10/31/a-bright-idea
Bellingham Solar Company Unveils Two New Products (Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/602/story/1137954.html
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Lands Grant to Link Solar Homes (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/content/business/story/2295672.html
Solar Power From Sahara a Step Closer - The German-led Desertec initiative believes it can deliver power to Europe as early as 2015 (Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/nov/01/solar-power-sahara-europe-desertec
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Pacific NW Energy Efficiency Better in 2008, Council Says (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1021421.html
Portland Energy Conservation Program a Fed Recovery Act Success (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/portland_energy_conservation_p.html
US Dept. of Energy to Revisit Washing Machine Efficiency Rules (Courthouse News Service)
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/10/30/DOE_to_Revisit_Washing_Machine_Efficiency_Rules.htm
Eliminating Energy Phantoms Can Reduce Utility Bills (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS224139+30-Oct-2009+PRN20091030
Energy-Efficient Upgrades Could Save Businesses Thousands (Daily Astorian, OR)
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=395&ArticleID=65301
Green Prison: Coyote Ridge Receives Green Building Award (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/774653.html
Prosser Bulb Eater Hungry for Fluorescent Tubes (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/938573.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
As Tropical Storms Ebb, Climate Debate Kicks In - Slow hurricane season for US was the same across the globe, scientists say (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6697013.html
Tree Farmers May Profit From Climate Regulation (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/6131-tree-farmers-may-profit-climate-regulation/
University Of Oregon - Climate Change Ethics to be Explored (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/22340398-46/story.csp#ID:22340398
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Company Strikes Gold with ‘Green’ Paper - Quality paper helps firm add jobs (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1022640.html
Going For The Green - Who Says There’s No Profit In Saving The Planet? (Gazette-Times, Corvallis, OR)
http://gazettetimes.com/business/local/article_58b32474-c6aa-11de-8e4e-001cc4c03286.html
Farmers Growing Electricity Along With Their Crops (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010183474_apusfarmsceneoffthegrid.html?syndication=rss
Simple Actions Help Homeowners Go Green (The Tennessean)
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091101/GREEN02/911010370/Simple+actions+help+homeowners+go+green
Study Says Dog’s Eco-Footprint a Hummer (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010183212_dogcarbon02m.html?syndication=rss
TECHNOLOGY &TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Is Ask.Com Trying To Court Microsoft As A Buyer? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/183601.asp?source=pimail
Why Google Doesn’t Like Its Phone Bill (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/business/01digi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Get Congress Out of the Net Neutrality Debate, Please (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/30/get-congress-out-of-the-net-neutrality-debate-please/
FCC Lusts after TV Industry Spectrum - Hopes to beef up wireless broadband capacity (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Lusts-After-TV-Industry-Spectrum-105271
GENERAL NEWS
Few Clues in ‘Cold-Blooded’ Shooting of Seattle Officer (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21496591/detail.html
City of Shelton to Release Preliminary Budget/Hold Hearing on Sewer Rate Increase Tonight (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=525:city-of-shelton-releasing-preliminary-budget-and-holding-hearing-on-sewer-rate-increase-tonight&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
After Charleston Move, Sen. Patty Murray “Won’t Be As Inclined” To Help Boeing (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/boeingaerospace/2010177963_boeingmurray01.html
Rep. Norm Dicks Says Ethics Panel’s Questions Are No Cause for Concern (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010172810_ethics31.html?syndication=rss
Mason County Sheriff’s Offices Begin Move To New Location (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1022343.html
Forbes Report Says Seattle is America’s Fourth-Safest City (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/10/26/daily48.html?ana=from_rss
New Rule Bars Religious Displays in Washington State Capitol (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/New-rule-bars-religious-displays-in-Wash-Capitol-68042642.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Man in Halloween Breathalyzer Outfit Suspected Of DUI
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21497696/detail.html
Man Creates Huge, 9,000 Pound Rubber Band Ball
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/21493743/detail.html
Man Rescues Phone from Dump by Listening For Ring
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21486251/detail.html
Mechanic Disables Parked Cars to Drum Up Business
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21477441/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Benny Goodman- Sing, Sing, Sing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apc50yPFXPI&feature=related
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Friday News Dump - Tentative Power Deal with BPA Looks Good for Intalco Smelter
• Montana – Columbia Falls Aluminum Goes Dark
• Jobs at Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Relied on Ratepayers’ Subsidies
• NE Washington Transmission Line Re-Established
• Columbian Editorial - Power Worries: Thousands of property owners duly concerned about BPA’s plans for new 70-mile power line
• Seattle City Light Wants to Raise Rates
• Cowlitz County – 2,100 Lose Electricity Due To Traffic Accident
• News in Brief: How You Can Stay Safe During High Winds, Power Outages
• Salem Statesman Journal Op/Ed - Salem Electric Has People Power
• Crowded With Coho - Experts Predict Second Largest Coho Salmon Run Ever
• Big Snake River Numbers: Over 300,000 Steelhead Cross Lower Granite, Jacks & Coho Set Records
• Kootenai Tribe’s Efforts at Rebuilding Kokanee in Idaho Panhandle Showing Success
• Plan to Evaluate whether Salmon Passage Survival at Lower Columbia Dams Meets BiOp Targets
• Federal Inspectors Say Snohomish County Dams Sound
• Chronicle Editorial - Our State Reps Push for Water Retention Inclusion
• Expense Of Walla Walla Infrastructure Plan Worries Some
• Walla Walla - Economy Can Benefit from Improved Infrastructure
• Washington Post Editorial – Getting serious about the Chesapeake Bay
• State Board OKs ‘Salish Sea’ as Name for the Sound & Two Straits
• Oregon - State Lowballed Cost of Green Tax Breaks
• Potent Income Tax Credit for Solar Power May Need Tweaking
• Grays Harbor PUD awarded $63 Million in Renewable Energy Bonds for Radar Ridge
• Wind Power Means More Transmission Lines Coming to Oregon
• Montana - Details Cloudy in Wind Project Report
• Wyoming Lawmakers Recommend New Wind Regulations
• Canada - TransAlta Kills Lake Erie Wind Farm Idea
• Massachusetts - Cape Towns Seek Assurance They Can Cash In On Wind
• Massachusetts Tribes Claim Wind Farm Would Destroy Sacred Ritual
• Experts: Wind Plays Key Role in Reducing Carbon Footprint
• Study Says You Do Have to Know Which Way the Wind Blows on the Grid
• One of the World’s Largest Solar Projects Is Planned Near Cle Elum
• Bellingham Solar Company Unveils Two New Products
• Sacramento Municipal Utility District Lands Grant to Link Solar Homes
• Solar Power From Sahara a Step Closer
• Pacific NW Energy Efficiency Better in 2008, Council Says
• Portland Energy Conservation Program a Fed Recovery Act Success
• US Dept. of Energy to Revisit Washing Machine Efficiency Rules
• Eliminating Energy Phantoms Can Reduce Utility Bills
• Energy-Efficient Upgrades Could Save Businesses Thousands
• Green Prison: Coyote Ridge Receives Green Building Award
• Prosser Bulb Eater Hungry for Fluorescent Tubes
• As Tropical Storms Ebb, Climate Debate Kicks In
• Tree Farmers May Profit From Climate Regulation
• University Of Oregon - Climate Change Ethics to be Explored
• Company Strikes Gold with ‘Green’ Paper
• Going For The Green - Who Says There’s No Profit In Saving The Planet?
• Farmers Growing Electricity Along With Their Crops
• Simple Actions Help Homeowners Go Green
• Study Says Dog’s Eco-Footprint a Hummer
• Is Ask.Com Trying To Court Microsoft As A Buyer?
• Why Google Doesn’t Like Its Phone Bill
• Get Congress Out of the Net Neutrality Debate, Please
• FCC Lusts after TV Industry Spectrum
• Few Clues in ‘Cold-Blooded’ Shooting of Seattle Officer
• City of Shelton to Release Preliminary Budget/Hold Hearing on Sewer Rate Increase
• After Charleston Move, Sen. Patty Murray “Won’t Be As Inclined” To Help Boeing
• Rep. Norm Dicks Says Ethics Panel’s Questions Are No Cause for Concern
• Mason County Sheriff’s Offices Begin Move To New Location
• Forbes Report Says Seattle is America’s Fourth-Safest City
• New Rule Bars Religious Displays in Washington State Capitol
WORD OF THE DAY
Disavow • \dis-uh-VOW\ • verb - 1: to deny responsibility for: repudiate *2: to refuse to acknowledge or accept: disclaim
Derwood’s disavowal of knowledge relating to thefts from the “honors” snack station at the radio station were undermined by the telltale “Cheetoh” residue on his fingers and crumbs in the wispy moustache he had been cultivating for the last three months.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Friday News Dump - Tentative Power Deal with BPA Looks Good for Intalco Smelter - Reported Deal Announced October 30 (Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/latestheadlines/story/1137656.html
Montana – Columbia Falls Aluminum Goes Dark (Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_a83d5e08-c5d6-11de-9c36-001cc4c03286.html
Jobs at Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Relied on Ratepayers’ Subsidies “…Beaudry insists that the subsidy - most recently $8.5 million for 88 workers - is insignificant when spread across all of BPA’s customers. ‘Pennies per person’ -- Drummond counters that eliminating it reduces electric rates by a full 3 percent or 4 percent, ‘and every little bit counts when you’re an industrial ratepayer trying to scratch out a living’…” (The Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_80e88722-c6a0-11de-a2bf-001cc4c002e0.html
Comments on Proposed Aluminum Contracts May Be Posted/Viewed Here (You must scroll down to the section ‘Draft DSI contracts’. The view/make comment function is at the bottom of this section)
http://www.bpa.gov/applications/publiccomments/OpenCommentListing.aspx
Comments listing may be found at the following location:
http://www.bpa.gov/applications/publiccomments/CommentList.aspx?ID=86
NE Washington Transmission Line Re-Established (Daily Journal of Commerce)
http://www.djc.com/news/co/12011680.html
Columbian Editorial - Power Worries: Thousands of property owners duly concerned about BPA’s plans for new 70-mile power line
http://www.columbian.com/article/20091101/OPINION02/711019976
Seattle City Light Wants to Raise Rates (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Seattle-City-Light-wants-to-raise-rates-67576202.html
Cowlitz County – 2,100 Lose Electricity Due To Traffic Accident (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/02//area_news/doc4aee88cc8c99f405720386.txt
News in Brief: How You Can Stay Safe During High Winds, Power Outages (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/10/31/news//doc4aeb22aa38c6e158642606.txt
Salem Statesman Journal Op/Ed - Salem Electric Has People Power
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091101/BUSINESS01/911010314/1040
FISH & WILDLIFE
Crowded With Coho - Experts Predict Second Largest Coho Salmon Run Ever (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=99696&SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48
Big Snake River Numbers: Over 300,000 Steelhead Cross Lower Granite, Jacks & Coho Set Records (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/363218.aspx
Kootenai Tribe’s Efforts at Rebuilding Kokanee in Idaho Panhandle Showing Success (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/363216.aspx
Plan to Evaluate whether Salmon Passage Survival at Lower Columbia Dams Meets BiOp Targets (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/363221.aspx
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Federal Inspectors Say Snohomish County Dams Sound (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091102/NEWS01/711029919/-1/RSS02
Chronicle Editorial - Our State Reps Push for Water Retention Inclusion
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/10/31/opinion/our_views/doc4aebc669d5a54002954026.txt
Expense Of Walla Walla Infrastructure Plan Worries Some - One suggestion would be to increase the hotel tax as a possible funding source (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/10/31/local_news/091101aexpense.txt
Walla Walla - Economy Can Benefit from Improved Infrastructure: The Infrastructure Sustainability Plan will improve road conditions throughout the city (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/10/31/local_news/091101beconomy.txt
Washington Post Editorial – Getting serious about the Chesapeake Bay: A Senate bill would give the latest Chesapeake cleanup effort some teeth
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/31/AR2009103101767.html?nav=rss_opinions
State Board OKs ‘Salish Sea’ as Name for the Sound & Two Straits (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/30/state-board-oks-salish-sea-name-sound-and-two-stra/?partner=RSS
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon - State Lowballed Cost of Green Tax Breaks (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/state_lowballed_cost_of_green.html
Potent Income Tax Credit for Solar Power May Need Tweaking (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/21865345-57/story.csp
Grays Harbor PUD awarded $63 Million in Renewable Energy Bonds for Radar Ridge (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA - Note: this site does not play well with FireFox)
http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1091
Wind Power Means More Transmission Lines Coming to Oregon (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/30/breaking_news/doc4aeb4f37ea0c9003388283.txt
Montana - Details Cloudy in Wind Project Report (Big Sky Business Journal, MT)
http://www.bigskybusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=768:details-cloudy-in-wind-project-report&catid=19:montanagovernment&Itemid=17
Wyoming Lawmakers Recommend New Wind Regulations (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010171527_apuswindlawswyoming.html?syndication=rss
Canada - TransAlta Kills Lake Erie Wind Farm Idea (Edmonton Sun, Alberta)
http://www.edmontonsun.com/money/2009/10/31/11589201-sun.html
Massachusetts - Cape Towns Seek Assurance They Can Cash In On Wind (Cape Cod Times, MA)
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091101/NEWS/911010332/-1/NEWSMAP
Massachusetts Tribes Claim Wind Farm Would Destroy Sacred Ritual (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010183995_apustribevswindfarm.html?syndication=rss
Experts: Wind Plays Key Role in Reducing Carbon Footprint (New York Newsday)
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/experts-wind-plays-key-role-in-reducing-carbon-footprint-1.1558545
Study Says You Do Have to Know Which Way the Wind Blows on the Grid (NY Times – A subtle reference to “Subterranean Homesick Blues” sends another quarter to Bob Zimmerman)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/10/30/30climatewire-you-do-have-to-know-which-way-the-wind-blows-84451.html
One of the World’s Largest Solar Projects Is Planned Near Cle Elum (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/10/31/a-bright-idea
Bellingham Solar Company Unveils Two New Products (Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/602/story/1137954.html
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Lands Grant to Link Solar Homes (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/content/business/story/2295672.html
Solar Power From Sahara a Step Closer - The German-led Desertec initiative believes it can deliver power to Europe as early as 2015 (Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/nov/01/solar-power-sahara-europe-desertec
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Pacific NW Energy Efficiency Better in 2008, Council Says (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1021421.html
Portland Energy Conservation Program a Fed Recovery Act Success (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/portland_energy_conservation_p.html
US Dept. of Energy to Revisit Washing Machine Efficiency Rules (Courthouse News Service)
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/10/30/DOE_to_Revisit_Washing_Machine_Efficiency_Rules.htm
Eliminating Energy Phantoms Can Reduce Utility Bills (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS224139+30-Oct-2009+PRN20091030
Energy-Efficient Upgrades Could Save Businesses Thousands (Daily Astorian, OR)
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=395&ArticleID=65301
Green Prison: Coyote Ridge Receives Green Building Award (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/774653.html
Prosser Bulb Eater Hungry for Fluorescent Tubes (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/938573.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
As Tropical Storms Ebb, Climate Debate Kicks In - Slow hurricane season for US was the same across the globe, scientists say (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6697013.html
Tree Farmers May Profit From Climate Regulation (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/6131-tree-farmers-may-profit-climate-regulation/
University Of Oregon - Climate Change Ethics to be Explored (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/22340398-46/story.csp#ID:22340398
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Company Strikes Gold with ‘Green’ Paper - Quality paper helps firm add jobs (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1022640.html
Going For The Green - Who Says There’s No Profit In Saving The Planet? (Gazette-Times, Corvallis, OR)
http://gazettetimes.com/business/local/article_58b32474-c6aa-11de-8e4e-001cc4c03286.html
Farmers Growing Electricity Along With Their Crops (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010183474_apusfarmsceneoffthegrid.html?syndication=rss
Simple Actions Help Homeowners Go Green (The Tennessean)
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091101/GREEN02/911010370/Simple+actions+help+homeowners+go+green
Study Says Dog’s Eco-Footprint a Hummer (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010183212_dogcarbon02m.html?syndication=rss
TECHNOLOGY &TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Is Ask.Com Trying To Court Microsoft As A Buyer? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/183601.asp?source=pimail
Why Google Doesn’t Like Its Phone Bill (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/business/01digi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Get Congress Out of the Net Neutrality Debate, Please (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/30/get-congress-out-of-the-net-neutrality-debate-please/
FCC Lusts after TV Industry Spectrum - Hopes to beef up wireless broadband capacity (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Lusts-After-TV-Industry-Spectrum-105271
GENERAL NEWS
Few Clues in ‘Cold-Blooded’ Shooting of Seattle Officer (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21496591/detail.html
City of Shelton to Release Preliminary Budget/Hold Hearing on Sewer Rate Increase Tonight (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=525:city-of-shelton-releasing-preliminary-budget-and-holding-hearing-on-sewer-rate-increase-tonight&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
After Charleston Move, Sen. Patty Murray “Won’t Be As Inclined” To Help Boeing (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/boeingaerospace/2010177963_boeingmurray01.html
Rep. Norm Dicks Says Ethics Panel’s Questions Are No Cause for Concern (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010172810_ethics31.html?syndication=rss
Mason County Sheriff’s Offices Begin Move To New Location (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1022343.html
Forbes Report Says Seattle is America’s Fourth-Safest City (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/10/26/daily48.html?ana=from_rss
New Rule Bars Religious Displays in Washington State Capitol (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/New-rule-bars-religious-displays-in-Wash-Capitol-68042642.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Man in Halloween Breathalyzer Outfit Suspected Of DUI
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21497696/detail.html
Man Creates Huge, 9,000 Pound Rubber Band Ball
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/21493743/detail.html
Man Rescues Phone from Dump by Listening For Ring
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21486251/detail.html
Mechanic Disables Parked Cars to Drum Up Business
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21477441/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Benny Goodman- Sing, Sing, Sing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apc50yPFXPI&feature=related
Friday, October 30, 2009
Energy News Digest for October 30, 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)
• Spokesman Review Editorial - Smart Grid Will Put Our Energy Use in Fast Lane
• Texas - Claims Energy Price Manipulation: Alcoa Is Seeking $500M in Lawsuit
• Washington State Regulators Approve Cut in Avista Gas Rates
• Portland General Electric Earnings Beat Analyst Estimates
• Oregon’s Filthy Secret - Despite Green Dreams, Oregon Is Fueled by 40 Percent Dirty Coal
• Fitch Rates Klickitat County PUD $42.5MM Bonds ‘A-’; Outlook Stable
• Natural Gas Shortage Topic of Grant County Summit
• Transmission, Renewables Integration Top List of Issues in Ten-Year Electric Reliability Outlook
• Maryland - Constellation’s Nuclear Stake Sale Gets State Approval
• Nuclear Regulators Seek Fine for Missouri Facility
• Green Groups Appeal Ga. Nuclear Plant Expansion
• PPL Montana Begins Upgrade of Rainbow Plant
• In Canada, Utility Buys Rival to Gain U.S. Access
• British Columbia Government Clears Way for Greener Power Expansion
• Alaska Energy-Savings Project Leaves Army in the Cold
• New Wrinkles Coming To Columbia Spring Chinook Management
• Upper Snake River Water Levels in Good Shape
• Columbia River Channel Project Nears Blasting Phase
• Congress Approves $50 Million for Puget Sound
• Salish Sea designation up for vote by State Board on Geographic Names
• White House Panel on Oceans Visits Great Lakes
• Cowlitz PUD/Beacon Hill Sewer District to get $400,000 in federal funding
• Oregon - Water Scuffle between St. Helens, McNulty Escalates
• Victoria, BC Sewage Fix Could Cost You $450 More a Year
• Report Says US Getting Better At Conserving Water
• Work, Tests Winding Up At Hanson Dam
• Second Chance for Willamette Falls Locks, an Oregon Treasure
• Hood Canal Council to Honor 10 Individuals & Groups
• Public Comment Periods Wind Down on Lower Snake River Wind Farm
• Chinese Banks to Fund $1.5 Billion Texas Wind Farm
• Michigan - Grand Rapids Plan for Wind Turbines at Water Plant Faces Federal, Grand Haven Township Scrutiny
• Wind Energy’s Success Creates a Power Grid Challenge
• New Energy = New Transmission Lines
• Arizona - Costs of Clean-Energy Plans Worry Rural Areas
• To Fight Wind Farms - Fund Will Compete With Wind for Leases
• US Wind Energy Stimulus Dollars Spent Overseas
• Western Area Power Administration Buys More Wind Power
• Oregon Geothermal Work Gets $40M in Stimulus Money
• Wind Power Pipeline - Hawaii Moves Ahead With Undersea Power Cable Plans
• Utah Biomass Energy Project Gets $2.5M Grant
• Two Washington State Wind Farm Proposals with Connection to PUD 3 Get Clean Energy Bond Allocations
• Puget Sound Energy to Give Away Last of 500,000 Light Bulbs
• Naval Base Kitsap Receives Top Federal Award for Energy Management
• Idaho Power ‘Smart Meters’ Will Blanket Treasure Valley
• Scientist Sees Future Smart Homes Controlling Power Use
• Yet More Readers Air Their (Clean) Laundry
• Chamber Faces Dissent from Big U.S. Firms on Climate
• Officials Celebrate West Virginia Carbon Capture Project
• Algae Production Proposed For Umatilla
• Pacific Gas & Electric’s PG&E’s ClimateSmart Program Draws Little Interest
• The Methane Makers - Which Farm Animals Expel the Most Methane?
• Will the Digital Divide Close by Itself?
• VoIP Ringing Up Billions in Sales
• Comcast Bandwidth Meter Still a No Show
• Yeah, I’d like Metered Broadband, Too - If It Were Actually Metered
• Web Marketer Ordered To Pay Facebook $711M Damages
• Arizona: Show ‘Metadata,’ Court Says
• Ohio Fiber-Optics Scandal Has Snared Six People
• New Google Maps GPS for Smartphones Spooks Competitors
• Ouch! Boeing Handing Out Layoff Notices to 500 Workers Today
• Columnist - Learning the Right Lessons From the Boeing Calamity
• Weyerhaeuser Breaks Even In 3Q on Timberland Sale
• Government Says Stimulus Saved or Created 650,000 Jobs
• Washington Stimulus Update Show More Than $1.4B Spent
• California Jury Awards $16M in Radio Contestant Death
• Ethics Panel Starts Probes of 2 Democrats, Gets Hacked
• Daylight Saving Time: Why Do We “Fall Back” & “Spring Ahead”?
WORD OF THE DAY
Pescatarian • \pess-kuh-TAIR-ee-un\ • noun - One whose diet includes fish but no meat
“Aaargh!” screamed Leticia through a full bite of her delicious salmon-burger. She was faced with a philosophical dilemma. As a die-hard opponent to beef production on climate change grounds, she thought she’d found the perfect solution by eschewing all things terran and becoming a pescatarian. She was not prepared for the wholesale harassment she received from her vegan friends as she gobbled her wild-caught salmon sandwich while crowded among her humus munching, hemp clothed, dam-breaching friends.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Spokesman Review Editorial - Smart Grid Will Put Our Energy Use in Fast Lane
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/30/smart-grid-will-put-our-energy-use-in-fast-lane/
Texas - Claims Energy Price Manipulation: Alcoa Is Seeking $500M in Lawsuit against Energy Future Holdings (The Eagle, Bryan/College Station, TX)
http://www.theeagle.com/local/Alcoa-is-seeking--500M-in-lawsuit
Washington State Regulators Approve Cut in Avista Gas Rates (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/29/regulators-approve-cut-avista-gas-rates/
Portland General Electric Earnings Beat Analyst Estimates (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/10/26/daily46.html?ana=from_rss
Oregon’s Filthy Secret - Despite Green Dreams, Oregon Is Fueled by 40 Percent Dirty Coal (Portland Mercury, OR)
http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/oregons-filthy-secret/Content?oid=1782904
Fitch Rates Klickitat County PUD $42.5MM Bonds ‘A-’; Outlook Stable (BusinessWire)
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091029006528&newsLang=en
Natural gas topic of Grant County summit - Stakeholders gathered to discuss a natural gas shortage in the Columbia Basin (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/773271.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Transmission, Renewables Integration Top List of Issues in Ten-Year Electric Reliability Outlook (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=121623
Maryland - Constellation’s Nuclear Stake Sale Gets State Approval (Washington Business Journal)
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/10/26/daily126.html?ana=from_rss
Nuclear Regulators Seek Fine for Missouri Facility (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010163534_apusnuclearfacilityfine.html?syndication=rss
Green Groups Appeal Ga. Nuclear Plant Expansion (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169823_apusnuclearexpansiongeorgia.html?syndication=rss
PPL Montana Begins Upgrade of Rainbow Plant (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/10/ppl-montana-begins-upgrade-of-rainbow-plant?cmpid=rss
Rainbow Dam - Generating Capacity: 37 Megawatts (PPL Montana)
http://www.pplmontana.com/producing+power/power+plants/Rainbow+Dam.htm
In Canada, Utility Buys Rival to Gain U.S. Access (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/business/energy-environment/30energy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
British Columbia Government Clears Way for Greener Power Expansion (Canwest Publishing, Canada)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=932f52ff-ec16-4106-a40a-db4a829dcff3&k=18008
Alaska Energy-Savings Project Leaves Army in the Cold (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-energy-fraud30-2009oct30,0,4080643.story
FISH & WILDLIFE
New Wrinkles Coming To Columbia Spring Chinook Management (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20091029/SPORTS04/710299953/-1/SPORTS
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Upper Snake River Water Levels in Good Shape (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1018924.html
Columbia River Channel Project Nears Blasting Phase (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/30/area_news/doc4aea44b8c37e4892102305.txt
Congress Approves $50 Million for Puget Sound (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/29/congress-approves-money-for-puget-sound-national/?partner=RSS
Salish Sea designation up for vote by State Board on Geographic Names (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=25537
White House Panel on Oceans Visits Great Lakes (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010161607_apusgreatlakesplanning.html?syndication=rss
Cowlitz PUD/Beacon Hill Sewer District to get $400,000 in federal funding (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/30/area_news/doc4aea43701abea101177728.txt
Oregon - Water Scuffle between St. Helens, McNulty Escalates – Fight is over who gets to serve customers within the city’s urban growth boundary (South County Spotlight)
http://www.spotlightnews.net/news/story.php?story_id=125683569723812600
Victoria, BC Sewage Fix Could Cost You $450 More a Year (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Sewage+could+cost+more+year/2157557/story.html
Report Says US Getting Better At Conserving Water (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169083_apuswaningwateruse.html?syndication=rss
Work, Tests Winding Up At Hanson Dam (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010163186_apwagreenriver1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Second Chance for Willamette Falls Locks, an Oregon Treasure (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2009/10/second_chance_for_an_oregon_tr.html
Hood Canal Council to Honor 10 Individuals & Groups – DNR Head On The List (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/29/hood-canal-council-to-honor-10-individuals-and/?partner=RSS
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Public Comment Periods Wind Down on Lower Snake River Wind Farm (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
http://www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/10/29/local_news/091029local05wind%20power.txt
PUD 3 Connection - Two Washington State Wind Farm Proposals get Clean Energy Bond Allocations (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=613
Two Washington State Wind Farm Proposals with Connection to PUD 3 Get Clean Energy Bond Allocations (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=505:two-washington-state-wind-farm-proposals-with-connection-to-pud-3-get-clean-energy-bond-allocations&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Western Area Power Administration Buys More Wind Power – Power marketing agency may someday become an even bigger potential buyer for wind developers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169952_apuswindpowernorthdakota.html?syndication=rss
Wind Energy’s Success Creates a Power Grid Challenge (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/wind_powers_success_spurs_new.html
New Energy = New Transmission Lines (Summit Daily News, Frisco, CO)
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20091030/NEWS/910299962/1078&ParentProfile=1055
Wind Power Pipeline - Hawaii Moves Ahead With Undersea Power Cable Plans (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169825_apuscleanenergyhawaii.html?syndication=rss
US Wind Energy Stimulus Dollars Spent Overseas - More than eight out of 10 stimulus dollars spent on wind energy farms have gone to foreign companies (Financial Times of London, UK)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d4201676-c4f2-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1
Chinese Banks to Fund $1.5 Billion Texas Wind Farm (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13668688
Michigan - Grand Rapids Plan for Wind Turbines at Water Plant Faces Federal, Grand Haven Township Scrutiny (Grand Rapids Press, MI)
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/grand_rapids_wind-power_plan_a.html
To Fight Wind Farms - Fund Will Compete With Wind for Leases (Billings Gazette, MT)
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_ffaedf0a-c50d-11de-9511-001cc4c002e0.html
Arizona - Costs of Clean-Energy Plans Worry Rural Areas (Arizona Star, Phoenix, AZ)
http://www.azstarnet.com/business/315428
Oregon Geothermal Work Gets $40M in Stimulus Money (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169813_apusstimulusgeothermalprojectsoregon.html?syndication=rss
Utah Biomass Energy Project Gets $2.5M Grant (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010162381_apuscoalgasification.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Puget Sound Energy to Give Away Last of 500,000 Light Bulbs - Should reduce utility bills by more than $20 million (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1019652.html
Naval Base Kitsap Receives Top Federal Award for Energy Management (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/29/naval-base-kitsap-receives-top-federal-award-for/?partner=RSS
Idaho Power ‘Smart Meters’ Will Blanket Treasure Valley (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/business/story/953347.html
Scientist Sees Future Smart Homes Controlling Power Use (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/10/post_16.html
Yet More Readers Air Their (Clean) Laundry (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/yet-more-readers-air-their-clean-laundry/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Chamber Faces Dissent from Big U.S. Firms on Climate (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE59S4O320091029
Officials Celebrate West Virginia Carbon Capture Project (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010170042_apusaepcarboncapturewestvirginia.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Algae Production Proposed For Umatilla (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/773271.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Pacific Gas & Electric’s PG&E’s ClimateSmart Program Draws Little Interest (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13670571?nclick_check=1
The Methane Makers - Which Farm Animals Expel the Most Methane? (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8329612.stm
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Will the Digital Divide Close by Itself? (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/will-the-digital-divide-close-by-itself/?partner=rss&emc=rss
VoIP Ringing Up Billions in Sales (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/29/voip-ringing-up-billions-in-sales/
Comcast Bandwidth Meter Still a No Show - Company ‘making some refinements’ before launch (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Bandwidth-Meter-Still-A-No-Show-105234
Yeah, I’d like Metered Broadband, Too - If It Were Actually Metered (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/29/yeah-id-like-metered-broadband-too-if-it-were-actually-metered/
Web Marketer Ordered To Pay Facebook $711M Damages (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2295222~Web_marketer_ordered_to_pay_Facebook__711M_damages.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Arizona: Show ‘Metadata,’ Court Says (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/us/30brfs-SHOWMETADATA_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Ohio Fiber-Optics Scandal Has Snared Six People (Cincinnati Enquirer, OH)
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091029/NEWS0108/910300323
New Google Maps GPS for Smartphones Spooks Competitors
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/30/AR2009103000753.html?wprss=rss_technology
GENERAL NEWS
Ouch! Boeing Handing Out Layoff Notices to 500 Workers Today (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/boeingaerospace/2010164472_webboeing30.html?syndication=rss
Seattle Times Columnist - Learning the Right Lessons From the Boeing Calamity
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/soundeconomywithjontalton/2010162070_learning_the_right_lessons_fro.html?syndication=rss
Weyerhaeuser Breaks Even In 3Q on Timberland Sale (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010169504_apusearnsweyerhaeuser2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Government Says Stimulus Saved or Created 650,000 Jobs (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169208_apusstimulusjobs.html?syndication=rss
Washington Stimulus Update Show More Than $1.4B Spent (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/30/wash-stimulus-update-show-more-14b-spent/
California Jury Awards $16M in Radio Contestant Death (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169222_apuswaterintoxication.html?syndication=rss
Ethics Panel Starts Probes of 2 Democrats, Gets Hacked (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010163888_apuswatersethics.html?syndication=rss
Daylight Saving Time: Why Do We “Fall Back” & “Spring Ahead”? (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2009/October/Daylight-Saving-Time--Why-Do-We--Fall-Back--and--Spring-Ahead--.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
PETA Wants End to Oregon Elephant Car Wash
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1018898.html
United Airlines Loses “United Breaks Guitars” Singer’s Luggage (Consumerist - NOTE: Comment section may contain PG-13 language)
http://consumerist.com/5392842/united-airlines-loses-united-breaks-guitars-singers-luggage
Floridians Try Nutty Way to Save Post Office
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169214_apuspostalcoconuts.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett (Cinéma Vérité Gone Wild)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfuHgzu1Cjg
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Spokesman Review Editorial - Smart Grid Will Put Our Energy Use in Fast Lane
• Texas - Claims Energy Price Manipulation: Alcoa Is Seeking $500M in Lawsuit
• Washington State Regulators Approve Cut in Avista Gas Rates
• Portland General Electric Earnings Beat Analyst Estimates
• Oregon’s Filthy Secret - Despite Green Dreams, Oregon Is Fueled by 40 Percent Dirty Coal
• Fitch Rates Klickitat County PUD $42.5MM Bonds ‘A-’; Outlook Stable
• Natural Gas Shortage Topic of Grant County Summit
• Transmission, Renewables Integration Top List of Issues in Ten-Year Electric Reliability Outlook
• Maryland - Constellation’s Nuclear Stake Sale Gets State Approval
• Nuclear Regulators Seek Fine for Missouri Facility
• Green Groups Appeal Ga. Nuclear Plant Expansion
• PPL Montana Begins Upgrade of Rainbow Plant
• In Canada, Utility Buys Rival to Gain U.S. Access
• British Columbia Government Clears Way for Greener Power Expansion
• Alaska Energy-Savings Project Leaves Army in the Cold
• New Wrinkles Coming To Columbia Spring Chinook Management
• Upper Snake River Water Levels in Good Shape
• Columbia River Channel Project Nears Blasting Phase
• Congress Approves $50 Million for Puget Sound
• Salish Sea designation up for vote by State Board on Geographic Names
• White House Panel on Oceans Visits Great Lakes
• Cowlitz PUD/Beacon Hill Sewer District to get $400,000 in federal funding
• Oregon - Water Scuffle between St. Helens, McNulty Escalates
• Victoria, BC Sewage Fix Could Cost You $450 More a Year
• Report Says US Getting Better At Conserving Water
• Work, Tests Winding Up At Hanson Dam
• Second Chance for Willamette Falls Locks, an Oregon Treasure
• Hood Canal Council to Honor 10 Individuals & Groups
• Public Comment Periods Wind Down on Lower Snake River Wind Farm
• Chinese Banks to Fund $1.5 Billion Texas Wind Farm
• Michigan - Grand Rapids Plan for Wind Turbines at Water Plant Faces Federal, Grand Haven Township Scrutiny
• Wind Energy’s Success Creates a Power Grid Challenge
• New Energy = New Transmission Lines
• Arizona - Costs of Clean-Energy Plans Worry Rural Areas
• To Fight Wind Farms - Fund Will Compete With Wind for Leases
• US Wind Energy Stimulus Dollars Spent Overseas
• Western Area Power Administration Buys More Wind Power
• Oregon Geothermal Work Gets $40M in Stimulus Money
• Wind Power Pipeline - Hawaii Moves Ahead With Undersea Power Cable Plans
• Utah Biomass Energy Project Gets $2.5M Grant
• Two Washington State Wind Farm Proposals with Connection to PUD 3 Get Clean Energy Bond Allocations
• Puget Sound Energy to Give Away Last of 500,000 Light Bulbs
• Naval Base Kitsap Receives Top Federal Award for Energy Management
• Idaho Power ‘Smart Meters’ Will Blanket Treasure Valley
• Scientist Sees Future Smart Homes Controlling Power Use
• Yet More Readers Air Their (Clean) Laundry
• Chamber Faces Dissent from Big U.S. Firms on Climate
• Officials Celebrate West Virginia Carbon Capture Project
• Algae Production Proposed For Umatilla
• Pacific Gas & Electric’s PG&E’s ClimateSmart Program Draws Little Interest
• The Methane Makers - Which Farm Animals Expel the Most Methane?
• Will the Digital Divide Close by Itself?
• VoIP Ringing Up Billions in Sales
• Comcast Bandwidth Meter Still a No Show
• Yeah, I’d like Metered Broadband, Too - If It Were Actually Metered
• Web Marketer Ordered To Pay Facebook $711M Damages
• Arizona: Show ‘Metadata,’ Court Says
• Ohio Fiber-Optics Scandal Has Snared Six People
• New Google Maps GPS for Smartphones Spooks Competitors
• Ouch! Boeing Handing Out Layoff Notices to 500 Workers Today
• Columnist - Learning the Right Lessons From the Boeing Calamity
• Weyerhaeuser Breaks Even In 3Q on Timberland Sale
• Government Says Stimulus Saved or Created 650,000 Jobs
• Washington Stimulus Update Show More Than $1.4B Spent
• California Jury Awards $16M in Radio Contestant Death
• Ethics Panel Starts Probes of 2 Democrats, Gets Hacked
• Daylight Saving Time: Why Do We “Fall Back” & “Spring Ahead”?
WORD OF THE DAY
Pescatarian • \pess-kuh-TAIR-ee-un\ • noun - One whose diet includes fish but no meat
“Aaargh!” screamed Leticia through a full bite of her delicious salmon-burger. She was faced with a philosophical dilemma. As a die-hard opponent to beef production on climate change grounds, she thought she’d found the perfect solution by eschewing all things terran and becoming a pescatarian. She was not prepared for the wholesale harassment she received from her vegan friends as she gobbled her wild-caught salmon sandwich while crowded among her humus munching, hemp clothed, dam-breaching friends.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Spokesman Review Editorial - Smart Grid Will Put Our Energy Use in Fast Lane
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/30/smart-grid-will-put-our-energy-use-in-fast-lane/
Texas - Claims Energy Price Manipulation: Alcoa Is Seeking $500M in Lawsuit against Energy Future Holdings (The Eagle, Bryan/College Station, TX)
http://www.theeagle.com/local/Alcoa-is-seeking--500M-in-lawsuit
Washington State Regulators Approve Cut in Avista Gas Rates (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/29/regulators-approve-cut-avista-gas-rates/
Portland General Electric Earnings Beat Analyst Estimates (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/10/26/daily46.html?ana=from_rss
Oregon’s Filthy Secret - Despite Green Dreams, Oregon Is Fueled by 40 Percent Dirty Coal (Portland Mercury, OR)
http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/oregons-filthy-secret/Content?oid=1782904
Fitch Rates Klickitat County PUD $42.5MM Bonds ‘A-’; Outlook Stable (BusinessWire)
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091029006528&newsLang=en
Natural gas topic of Grant County summit - Stakeholders gathered to discuss a natural gas shortage in the Columbia Basin (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/773271.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Transmission, Renewables Integration Top List of Issues in Ten-Year Electric Reliability Outlook (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=121623
Maryland - Constellation’s Nuclear Stake Sale Gets State Approval (Washington Business Journal)
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/10/26/daily126.html?ana=from_rss
Nuclear Regulators Seek Fine for Missouri Facility (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010163534_apusnuclearfacilityfine.html?syndication=rss
Green Groups Appeal Ga. Nuclear Plant Expansion (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169823_apusnuclearexpansiongeorgia.html?syndication=rss
PPL Montana Begins Upgrade of Rainbow Plant (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/10/ppl-montana-begins-upgrade-of-rainbow-plant?cmpid=rss
Rainbow Dam - Generating Capacity: 37 Megawatts (PPL Montana)
http://www.pplmontana.com/producing+power/power+plants/Rainbow+Dam.htm
In Canada, Utility Buys Rival to Gain U.S. Access (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/business/energy-environment/30energy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
British Columbia Government Clears Way for Greener Power Expansion (Canwest Publishing, Canada)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=932f52ff-ec16-4106-a40a-db4a829dcff3&k=18008
Alaska Energy-Savings Project Leaves Army in the Cold (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-energy-fraud30-2009oct30,0,4080643.story
FISH & WILDLIFE
New Wrinkles Coming To Columbia Spring Chinook Management (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20091029/SPORTS04/710299953/-1/SPORTS
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Upper Snake River Water Levels in Good Shape (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1018924.html
Columbia River Channel Project Nears Blasting Phase (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/30/area_news/doc4aea44b8c37e4892102305.txt
Congress Approves $50 Million for Puget Sound (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/29/congress-approves-money-for-puget-sound-national/?partner=RSS
Salish Sea designation up for vote by State Board on Geographic Names (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=25537
White House Panel on Oceans Visits Great Lakes (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010161607_apusgreatlakesplanning.html?syndication=rss
Cowlitz PUD/Beacon Hill Sewer District to get $400,000 in federal funding (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/30/area_news/doc4aea43701abea101177728.txt
Oregon - Water Scuffle between St. Helens, McNulty Escalates – Fight is over who gets to serve customers within the city’s urban growth boundary (South County Spotlight)
http://www.spotlightnews.net/news/story.php?story_id=125683569723812600
Victoria, BC Sewage Fix Could Cost You $450 More a Year (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Sewage+could+cost+more+year/2157557/story.html
Report Says US Getting Better At Conserving Water (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169083_apuswaningwateruse.html?syndication=rss
Work, Tests Winding Up At Hanson Dam (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010163186_apwagreenriver1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Second Chance for Willamette Falls Locks, an Oregon Treasure (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2009/10/second_chance_for_an_oregon_tr.html
Hood Canal Council to Honor 10 Individuals & Groups – DNR Head On The List (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/29/hood-canal-council-to-honor-10-individuals-and/?partner=RSS
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Public Comment Periods Wind Down on Lower Snake River Wind Farm (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
http://www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/10/29/local_news/091029local05wind%20power.txt
PUD 3 Connection - Two Washington State Wind Farm Proposals get Clean Energy Bond Allocations (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=613
Two Washington State Wind Farm Proposals with Connection to PUD 3 Get Clean Energy Bond Allocations (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=505:two-washington-state-wind-farm-proposals-with-connection-to-pud-3-get-clean-energy-bond-allocations&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Western Area Power Administration Buys More Wind Power – Power marketing agency may someday become an even bigger potential buyer for wind developers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169952_apuswindpowernorthdakota.html?syndication=rss
Wind Energy’s Success Creates a Power Grid Challenge (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/wind_powers_success_spurs_new.html
New Energy = New Transmission Lines (Summit Daily News, Frisco, CO)
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20091030/NEWS/910299962/1078&ParentProfile=1055
Wind Power Pipeline - Hawaii Moves Ahead With Undersea Power Cable Plans (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169825_apuscleanenergyhawaii.html?syndication=rss
US Wind Energy Stimulus Dollars Spent Overseas - More than eight out of 10 stimulus dollars spent on wind energy farms have gone to foreign companies (Financial Times of London, UK)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d4201676-c4f2-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1
Chinese Banks to Fund $1.5 Billion Texas Wind Farm (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13668688
Michigan - Grand Rapids Plan for Wind Turbines at Water Plant Faces Federal, Grand Haven Township Scrutiny (Grand Rapids Press, MI)
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/grand_rapids_wind-power_plan_a.html
To Fight Wind Farms - Fund Will Compete With Wind for Leases (Billings Gazette, MT)
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_ffaedf0a-c50d-11de-9511-001cc4c002e0.html
Arizona - Costs of Clean-Energy Plans Worry Rural Areas (Arizona Star, Phoenix, AZ)
http://www.azstarnet.com/business/315428
Oregon Geothermal Work Gets $40M in Stimulus Money (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169813_apusstimulusgeothermalprojectsoregon.html?syndication=rss
Utah Biomass Energy Project Gets $2.5M Grant (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010162381_apuscoalgasification.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Puget Sound Energy to Give Away Last of 500,000 Light Bulbs - Should reduce utility bills by more than $20 million (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1019652.html
Naval Base Kitsap Receives Top Federal Award for Energy Management (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/29/naval-base-kitsap-receives-top-federal-award-for/?partner=RSS
Idaho Power ‘Smart Meters’ Will Blanket Treasure Valley (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/business/story/953347.html
Scientist Sees Future Smart Homes Controlling Power Use (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/10/post_16.html
Yet More Readers Air Their (Clean) Laundry (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/yet-more-readers-air-their-clean-laundry/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Chamber Faces Dissent from Big U.S. Firms on Climate (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE59S4O320091029
Officials Celebrate West Virginia Carbon Capture Project (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010170042_apusaepcarboncapturewestvirginia.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Algae Production Proposed For Umatilla (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/773271.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Pacific Gas & Electric’s PG&E’s ClimateSmart Program Draws Little Interest (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13670571?nclick_check=1
The Methane Makers - Which Farm Animals Expel the Most Methane? (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8329612.stm
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Will the Digital Divide Close by Itself? (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/will-the-digital-divide-close-by-itself/?partner=rss&emc=rss
VoIP Ringing Up Billions in Sales (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/29/voip-ringing-up-billions-in-sales/
Comcast Bandwidth Meter Still a No Show - Company ‘making some refinements’ before launch (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Bandwidth-Meter-Still-A-No-Show-105234
Yeah, I’d like Metered Broadband, Too - If It Were Actually Metered (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/29/yeah-id-like-metered-broadband-too-if-it-were-actually-metered/
Web Marketer Ordered To Pay Facebook $711M Damages (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2295222~Web_marketer_ordered_to_pay_Facebook__711M_damages.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Arizona: Show ‘Metadata,’ Court Says (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/us/30brfs-SHOWMETADATA_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Ohio Fiber-Optics Scandal Has Snared Six People (Cincinnati Enquirer, OH)
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091029/NEWS0108/910300323
New Google Maps GPS for Smartphones Spooks Competitors
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/30/AR2009103000753.html?wprss=rss_technology
GENERAL NEWS
Ouch! Boeing Handing Out Layoff Notices to 500 Workers Today (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/boeingaerospace/2010164472_webboeing30.html?syndication=rss
Seattle Times Columnist - Learning the Right Lessons From the Boeing Calamity
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/soundeconomywithjontalton/2010162070_learning_the_right_lessons_fro.html?syndication=rss
Weyerhaeuser Breaks Even In 3Q on Timberland Sale (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010169504_apusearnsweyerhaeuser2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Government Says Stimulus Saved or Created 650,000 Jobs (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169208_apusstimulusjobs.html?syndication=rss
Washington Stimulus Update Show More Than $1.4B Spent (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/30/wash-stimulus-update-show-more-14b-spent/
California Jury Awards $16M in Radio Contestant Death (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169222_apuswaterintoxication.html?syndication=rss
Ethics Panel Starts Probes of 2 Democrats, Gets Hacked (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010163888_apuswatersethics.html?syndication=rss
Daylight Saving Time: Why Do We “Fall Back” & “Spring Ahead”? (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2009/October/Daylight-Saving-Time--Why-Do-We--Fall-Back--and--Spring-Ahead--.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
PETA Wants End to Oregon Elephant Car Wash
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1018898.html
United Airlines Loses “United Breaks Guitars” Singer’s Luggage (Consumerist - NOTE: Comment section may contain PG-13 language)
http://consumerist.com/5392842/united-airlines-loses-united-breaks-guitars-singers-luggage
Floridians Try Nutty Way to Save Post Office
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169214_apuspostalcoconuts.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett (Cinéma Vérité Gone Wild)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfuHgzu1Cjg
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