All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
* Columbia River runoff looks sufficient for power supply in 2008
* Montana official: PPL applied 'unethical' pressure to energy co.
* Maryland – Utility rethinks bulbs surcharge
* Cincinnati Enquirer Editorial – Keep lights on electricity deals
* Public comment on rate hike to be taken at Ferry County PUD meeting
* Alaska – Oil revenue reawakens old dream of hydroelectric dam
* Coal is no longer on front burner
* Coal Industry Plugs Into the Campaign
* United Kingdom – Power giants under fire
* Sea lions' death warrant?
* Treaty Tribes praise federal sea lion recommendation
* State seeks public input on a salmon-fishing plan for Willapa Bay
* DeBolt Pushes Amendment to Ease River Debris Removal
* Montana – Dam demo: Work to dismantle Milltown hydropower site gets under way
* Columbia River water proposal can be reviewed
* Jefferson County septic hearing turns hostile
* Energy bill may slow down plans for wind farms
* Golly, biomass on the hot seat! Fixing Tacoma’s air pollution from older wood stoves
* Safeway trucks to use biodiesel fuel
* Lawsuit Over Energy Standards
* Seeking an Energy-Efficient TV?
* UW forecasts 6-inch rise in sea-level by 2050
* Canada – Alberta premier says oilsands cleaning up its carbon record
* California task force urges broadband bonds
* YouTube’s Traffic Continues to Snowball
* Online video reaches new record
* Video Killed the Broadband Buffet
* Time Warner to test Internet billing based on usage
* Google feeling lucky in D.C.
* AT&T fined more than $300,000 for overcharging on prison calls
* Former Yakama Tribal curator, daughter indicted in artifact thefts
* Thurston County says turnover no trend
* A race to stop nuclear dump
* Oops! White House Study Found 473 Days of E-Mail Gone
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Crepuscular • \kruh-PUS-kyoo-ler\ • adjective – 1: of, relating to, or resembling twilight: dim 2: occurring or active during twilight
“In the dim, crepuscular light, your features soften, almost to a beautiful form,” Ambrose whispered to his date. His efforts to beautify her hideous visage failed miserably, as with one stroke of her magic wand, he was turned into a toad. “That will teach you to use such language,” she shouted, her long, green nose quivering with anger.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Columbia River runoff looks sufficient for power supply in 2008 (Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1164872~Columbia_River_runoff_looks_sufficient_for_power_supply_in_2008.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Montana official: PPL applied 'unethical' pressure to energy co. (Great Falls Tribune, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1163921~Montana_official__PPL_applied__unethical__pressure_to_energy_co_.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Maryland – Utility rethinks bulbs surcharge: Outrage prompts Allegheny Power to pledge refunds (Knight Ridder Tribune Business News, via Power Marketing Association Online)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp%5E%5Ciffmust%5BTli%7D38%7Dbfen%5Fv
Cincinnati Enquirer Editorial – Keep lights on electricity deals. The controversy over whether Duke Energy made improper deals with some of its largest customers to win their support for a rate hike might have been avoided if the company was as open about how much electricity costs those customers as it is about how much the rest of us pay to keep the lights on.
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080118/EDIT01/801180351
Public comment on rate hike to be taken at Ferry County PUD meeting Jan. 21 (Omak Chronicle)
http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n080117b.shtml
Alaska – Oil revenue reawakens old dream of hydroelectric dam on Susitna (Anchorage Daily News)
http://www.adn.com/news/environment/story/286401.html
Coal is no longer on front burner – The rush to build power plants slows as worries grow over global warming, building costs and transportation. (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/la-na-coal18jan18,1,2092714.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
Coal Industry Plugs Into the Campaign – A group backed by the coal industry and its utility allies is waging a $35 million campaign in primary and caucus states to rally public support for coal-fired electricity and to fuel opposition to legislation that Congress is crafting to slow climate change. (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/17/AR2008011702837.html?wpisrc=rss_politics
United Kingdom – Power giants under fire: Energy firms face a consumer revolt and a £9bn tax bill. For Britain's energy suppliers, this could yet prove to be their winter of discontent. (The Independent)
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/analysis_and_features/article3348009.ece
Minnesota – Electrical service dispute goes to trial – A trial date in the dispute between the city of Two Harbors and Cooperative Light & Power has been set for Jan. 30, according to city administrator Lee Klein. (Lake County News Chronicle)
http://www.twoharborsmn.com/articles/index.cfm?id=16371&freebie_check&CFID=84077924&CFTOKEN=97860686&jsessionid=8830d290c3cc1155560f
WATER, FISH & THE ENVIRONMENT
Sea lions' death warrant? The feds want to shoot about 30 of the salmon gobblers each year near Bonneville Dam (Ther Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1200632102166420.xml&coll=7
Treaty Tribes praise federal sea lion recommendation (KTVZ-TV, Bend)
http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=7741081
State seeks public input on a salmon-fishing plan for Willapa Bay (Daily World, Aberdeen)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/01/17/local_news/07news.txt
DeBolt Pushes Amendment to Ease River Debris Removal – A bill amendment set to be introduced would make it easier for landowners to clear debris from streams. (Daily Chronicle, Centralia)
http://www.chronline.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1200596966&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&
Montana – Dam demo: Work to dismantle Milltown hydropower site gets under way (The Missoulian)
http://missoulian.com/articles/2008/01/18/news/top/news01.txt
Loomis and CCA will help preservation (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/331187.html
Columbia River water proposal can be reviewed – A proposed agreement that would allow farmers to voluntarily conserve water in exchange for new rights to Columbia River water is available for public review. (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/v-rss/story/9578775p-9490532c.html
Jefferson County septic hearing turns hostile, then it's postponed after crowd fills room (Peninsula Daily News)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080118/NEWS/801180304
University of Washington weighs in – Researchers Challenge Water-Flow Model (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/science/18rivers.html?ex=1358398800&en=57212b8c96fd02c5&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Energy bill may slow down plans for wind farms – Congress' failure to include a renewable energy tax credit in the much-touted energy bill passed late last year could chill wind-farm development in the Columbia River Gorge and elsewhere (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1200542122227610.xml&coll=7
Golly, biomass on the hot seat! Fixing Tacoma’s air pollution from older wood stoves – $1.5 million needed to replace older wood stoves, says cleanup agency (News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/258256.html
Safeway trucks to use biodiesel fuel – Decision is part of the company's plans to recycle and use sustainable sources of fuel and energy (Contra Costa Times)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_8007943?source=rss
CONSERVATION
Lawsuit Over Energy Standards (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/nyregion/18mbrfs-energy.html?ex=1358398800&en=dc88a7ac5fffd4a2&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Seeking an Energy-Efficient TV? Yes, It's Confusing (U.S. News & World Report)
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/beyond-the-barrel/2008/1/17/seeking-an-energy-efficient-tv-yes-its-confusing.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
UW forecasts 6-inch rise in sea-level by 2050 (Associated Press, via the Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/330596.html
Climate Change Tests L.A.'s Conservation Success (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18195314
Canada – Alberta premier says oilsands cleaning up its carbon record (Canwest News Service)
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=3796d4c0-9334-4ec7-8b94-3b7117f6a498&k=76176
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
California task force urges broadband bonds (Reuters, via CNET News)
http://www.news.com/California-task-force-urges-broadband-bonds/2100-1034_3-6226709.html?tag=fd_nbs_ent&tag=nl.e703
YouTube’s Traffic Continues to Snowball (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/youtubes-traffic-continues-to-snowball/index.html?ex=1358398800&en=697bbdba7ec4b25d&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Online video reaches new record – More than 75 percent of U.S. Internet users watch at least some online videos, with the average user watching 195 minutes worth of it in November. (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2008/01/14/daily32.html?ana=from_rss
Video Killed the Broadband Buffet (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/01/17/video-killed-the-broadband-buffet/
Time Warner to test Internet billing based on usage (Reuters, via Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080117/media_nm/timewarner_internet_dc
Google feeling lucky in D.C. – After a slow start, the company is beginning to exert some lobbying influence in the nation's capital. (KCPQ-TV, Seattle)
http://q13.trb.com/news/la-fi-google17jan17,0,1803633.story?coll=kcpq-news-3
Tennessee Cable Group Maintains Opposition to Utility Plan (Broadcast Newsroom, via Baller/Herbst)
http://dtv.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=279378
Tenn. Governor Weighs in on Cable Fight – Tenn. Gov. Bredesen May Weigh in on Fight Over Cable Permitting (Associated Press, via Yahoo! Finance)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080118/tn_xgr_competitive_cable.html?.v=1
Indiana Pumps Up Broadband Economy With $16 Million From FCC (Midwest Business News)
http://www.midwestbusiness.com/news/viewnews.asp?newsletterID=18682
GENERAL NEWS
AT&T fined more than $300,000 for overcharging on prison calls (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komotv.com/news/local/13870477.html
Former Yakama Tribal curator, daughter indicted in artifact thefts (Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1164954~Former_Yakama_curator__daughter_indicted_in_artifact_thefts.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Thurston County says turnover no trend – Four top Thurston County managers left for new jobs in the past six months, but county leaders say it's a high turnover cycle that happens every so often and not an indication of any crisis or trend. (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/331247.html
A race to stop nuclear dump (Joel Connelly, Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/347858_joel18.html?source=rss
Oops! White House Study Found 473 Days of E-Mail Gone (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/17/AR2008011703575.html?wpisrc=rss_technology
Chess Champion Fischer Dies At 64 (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/15082016/detail.html
DIVERSIONS
Court Overturns Employee's Spanking Award – Woman Had Been Awarded $1.5 Million
http://www.kirotv.com/money/15074518/detail.html
Burglar finds corpse and calls police
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN1763378820080117?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Au contraire! Clowns say kids do NOT find them scary
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080118/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_britain_clowns;_ylt=AtJXwiU4xj0CiUexoMnEXn7tiBIF
You're a Packers fan, son ... got it? Upset that his 7-year-old son wouldn't wear a Green Bay Packers jersey during the team's playoff victory Saturday, a man restrained the boy for an hour with tape and taped the jersey onto him.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080117/ap_on_fe_st/odd_disorderly_fan;_ylt=Ai2roCRZvamEp7_OTWcFDZftiBIF
Friday, January 18, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Energy News Digest Addendum Jan. 17, 2008
NOAA recommends killing of some sea lions at Bonneville Dam (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/330422.html
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/330422.html
Energy News Digest for January 17, 2008
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- More Reaction on Vera Claussen – PUD leader remembered as role model and friend
- Idaho – Rupert tables action on BPA payment agreement
- Maryland – Allegheny Power to refund light bulb surcharge
- Lack of electric competition cost Marylanders $87.5 million
- Suit against Duke Energy alleges kickbacks
- Calpine plans to emerge from bankruptcy by February
- Thieves hit BPA substation in Flathead County. Montana
- Authorities: Would-be copper thief stopped by surprise visit from cop
- FERC conditionally approves Duquesne Light Company’s exit from PJM
- U.S. Releases Aid for Heating Costs
- Groups reach agreement to remove dams on Klamath River
- Washington Lawmakers Express Hope for Klamath
- Idaho anglers start gillnet protest
- Skagit River’s late steelhead season in limbo
- Pacific Salmon Invading Atlantic, Threatening Penguins
- Coal Producer Agrees to Pay $30M for pollution
- US Wind Energy Capacity Surged in 2007
- California – Plan for radio-controlled thermostats nixed
- News Release – BPA surpasses regional energy conservation goals
- Chelan PUD to launch online conservation newsletter
- Basking in the Glow of Energy-Saving Lights
- Texas is biggest carbon polluter
- Lawmakers told to prepare state for worst-case climate scenarios
- Montana – Climate Talk’s Cancellation Splits a Town
- Federal Trade Commission is quite right to scrutinize companies’ advertising of carbon offset programs
- Energy, Food Costs Balloon US Inflation
- Belfair Projects To Top Mason County Commission’s "5th Tuesday" Meeting
- Flood aid disparity among neighbors leaves residents bewildered
- Olympian Opinion – Flooding: DNR must look at logging practices
- Wild turkeys running afoul at Berkeley lab
- Candidates' Tunes Hit A Few Sour Notes
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Behemoth • \bi-HEE-muth\ • noun – 1: often capitalized: a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God 2: something of monstrous size, power, or appearance
Alfred was pleased with the results of his sand sculpture on the Washington Coast. It was a full sized reproduction of an orca whale, carved with delicate care near Ocean Shores. Unfortunately for his creation, decorated with black and white dyed sand, it was done too well. The sand whale was absolutely destroyed when whale watchers arrived on the scene and tried to push the behemoth back into the pounding surf.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
More Reaction on Vera Claussen – PUD leader remembered as role model and friend (Wenatchee World)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080116/NEWS04/420593320/1001/rss1001
Idaho – Rupert tables action on BPA payment agreement. Publicly-owned utilities across the Northwest are waiting for the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) to make the next move in a decades-old battle over the rights utility companies have to federally-funded power systems. (South Idaho Press)
http://www.southidahopress.com/articles/2008/01/16/news/local/9758bonneville.txt
Maryland – Allegheny Power to refund light bulb surcharge. Utility will stop charging fee for CFLs and aim to better inform customers (Baltimore Sun)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bulbs0116,0,6403893.story?coll=bal_tab01_layout
Maryland – PSC: Lack of electric competition cost Marylanders $87.5 million (Baltimore Sun)
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/business/hancock/blog/2008/01/psc_lack_of_electricity_compet.html
Ohio – Suit against Duke Energy alleges kickbacks (Business Courier of Cincinnati)
http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/01/14/daily42.html?ana=from_rss
Calpine plans to emerge from bankruptcy by February (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/display_article/317180/22/ARTCL/none/none/1/Calpine-plans-to-emerge-from-bankruptcy-by-February/
News Release – Thieves hit BPA substation in Flathead County. Montana; reward offered (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/188629/
Authorities: Would-be copper thief stopped by surprise visit from cop (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/16/MNRIUGC2O.DTL&feed=rss.news
News Release – FERC conditionally approves Duquesne Light Company’s exit from PJM regional group (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
http://www.ferc.gov/news/news-releases/2008/2008-1/01-17-08-E-3.asp
News Release – Diverse Coalition Urges FERC to Stay the Course on Markets: Request to Expand Scope of Rulemaking Should be Rejected (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=81404
U.S. Releases Aid for Heating Costs – The federal government released $450 million in emergency funds on Wednesday to help provide relief to low-income homeowners struggling with the rising cost of heating their homes. (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/nyregion/17heating.html?_r=1&ex=1358312400&en=922838fdf3e67f68&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
WATER, FISH & THE ENVIRONMENT
Groups reach agreement to remove dams on Klamath River (Eugene Register Guard)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=50131&sid=1&fid=1
Washington Lawmakers Express Hope for Klamath (NW Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=3495
Idaho anglers start gillnet protest – Sport anglers have started a protest campaign against the Nez Perce Tribe's gillnetting season on the Snake and Clearwater rivers. (Associated Press, via the Columbian)
http://news.columbian.com/news/state/APStories/AP01162008news263610.cfm
Skagit River’s late steelhead season in limbo (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080117/SPORTS/835080615/1004/SPORTS
Pacific Salmon Invading Atlantic, Threatening Penguins – Ocean-swapping Pacific salmon are moving into Atlantic waters, scientists say (National Geographic News)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/12/071228-alien-salmon.html
Millions Of Gallons Of Water Lost In Hydrant Vandalism (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/15063285/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Coal Producer Agrees to Pay $30M – The country's fourth-largest coal producer, Massey Energy Co., has agreed to a $30 million settlement with the government over allegations that over seven years it routinely polluted hundreds of streams and waterways in West Virginia and Kentucky (Associated Press, via Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004130357_apcoalpollution17.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
US Wind Energy Capacity Surged in 2007 (Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/01/17/ap4542941.html
CONSERVATION
California – Plan for radio-controlled thermostats nixed. 'Big Brother' fears, criticism lead energy panel to drop proposal (Contra Costa Times)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_7996518?source=rss
News Release – BPA surpasses regional energy conservation goals (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/188681/
Chelan PUD to launch online conservation newsletter – An Internet-based newsletter with expert advice on how to conserve energy and reduce power costs will become part of the Chelan County PUD Web site next month. (Wenatchee World)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080116/NEWS04/576896924/1025/rss1025
Basking in the Glow of Energy-Saving Lights (NY Times Letters)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/opinion/lweb17bulb.html?ex=1358312400&en=a4920bbb32d8d643&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Texas is biggest carbon polluter (Associated Press, via Yahoo! News. Ed. Note: Here’s my back of envelope estimate of 2003 per capita tons of CO2 emissions: Washington State, 12.17; Oregon, 10.78; Idaho, 9.47; Montana, 34.14; Texas, 28.04; Alaska, 65.52; United States, 19.23.)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080116/ap_on_re_us/global_warming_texas;_ylt=AjnNS4Lwd_s.uvpmWdK2y9Os0NUE
Lawmakers told to prepare state for worst-case climate scenarios – Washington is poised to take a regional and national leadership role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. (The Columbian)
http://columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/01/01162008_Lawmakers-told-to-prepare-state-for-worst-case-climate-scenarios.cfm
Montana – Climate Talk’s Cancellation Splits a Town. School authorities’ cancellation of a talk that a Nobel laureate climate researcher was to have given to high school students has deeply divided this small farming and ranching town at the base of the east side of the Rocky Mountains. (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/us/17climate.html?ex=1358312400&en=7f57e16fd9f9b1a1&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
NY Times Guest Commentary – The Federal Trade Commission is quite right to scrutinize companies’ advertising of carbon offset programs. But despite the high potential for greenwashing, the carbon offset market can also be a great environmental boon — provided it’s made accountable and transparent.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/opinion/lweb16carbon.html?ex=1358226000&en=2a432e16bebf51ab&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
On Radio: FCC takes aim at local radio – Proposal may change how area broadcasters operate “…guidelines to ensure that all broadcasters provide some locally oriented programming..." (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/347616_radiobeat17.html
GENERAL NEWS
Energy, Food Costs Balloon US Inflation – Higher costs for energy and food last year pushed inflation up by the largest amount in 17 years (Associated Press, via the San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/01/15/national/w053312S34.DTL&feed=rss.business
BELFAIR PROJECTS TO TOP MASON COUNTY COMMISSION’S "5TH TUESDAY" MEETING – The Mason County Commissioners have announced that the Belfair Wastewater and Water Reclamation Facilities and Belfair Area Highway 3 Widening and Safety Improvements will be the topic of their “Fifth Tuesday” meeting on January 29th. Staff from both projects will be available to address citizens' questions starting at a 5 p.m. open house, followed by overview presentations as part of the regular meeting agenda beginning at 6 p.m. This “Fifth Tuesday” Commissioners' Meeting will be held at Belfair Elementary School. Citizens are encouraged to attend this event to: Speak to project team designers and ask specific questions about design and coordination between these two projects; See the latest drawings of the Highway 3 project and the wastewater system conveyance line and treatment facility locations; Hear how the SR 3 project will help reduce congestion through Belfair; Learn about the membrane bioreactor (MBR) wastewater treatment technology being selected for the treatment plant, and how it functions; And find out plans to coordinate the infrastructure transfer from septic to a sewer system utility. (KMAS Radio, Shelton)
Aid disparity among neighbors leaves residents bewildered – Kevin Hessler received $6,000 less in federal aid than his neighbor even though he says his Centralia home sustained more flood damage. (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/329976.html
Olympian Opinion – Flooding: DNR must look at logging practices
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/329908.html
DIVERSIONS
Oh, My GOD! They’re Turkeys!!! Wild turkeys running afoul at Berkeley lab – They are breaking windows, defecating on public property and intimidating workers. Now scientists at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory are calling them a public safety problem.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_7985964?source=rss&nclick_check=1
National Portrait Gallery Adds Colbert
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/national-portrait-gallery-adds-colbert/index.html?ex=1358312400&en=8b08d76eb5e159e9&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
`Mona Lisa' Naming Leaves Mysteries Unsolved
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aNhDedXKaQyQ&refer=home
Candidates' Tunes Hit A Few Sour Notes – If we can tell anything about the candidates from their campaign theme music, it may be this: They (or perhaps their aides) aren't paying much attention to the lyrics. If they were, they might change their tune.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/16/AR2008011604152.html?wpisrc=rss_politics
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- More Reaction on Vera Claussen – PUD leader remembered as role model and friend
- Idaho – Rupert tables action on BPA payment agreement
- Maryland – Allegheny Power to refund light bulb surcharge
- Lack of electric competition cost Marylanders $87.5 million
- Suit against Duke Energy alleges kickbacks
- Calpine plans to emerge from bankruptcy by February
- Thieves hit BPA substation in Flathead County. Montana
- Authorities: Would-be copper thief stopped by surprise visit from cop
- FERC conditionally approves Duquesne Light Company’s exit from PJM
- U.S. Releases Aid for Heating Costs
- Groups reach agreement to remove dams on Klamath River
- Washington Lawmakers Express Hope for Klamath
- Idaho anglers start gillnet protest
- Skagit River’s late steelhead season in limbo
- Pacific Salmon Invading Atlantic, Threatening Penguins
- Coal Producer Agrees to Pay $30M for pollution
- US Wind Energy Capacity Surged in 2007
- California – Plan for radio-controlled thermostats nixed
- News Release – BPA surpasses regional energy conservation goals
- Chelan PUD to launch online conservation newsletter
- Basking in the Glow of Energy-Saving Lights
- Texas is biggest carbon polluter
- Lawmakers told to prepare state for worst-case climate scenarios
- Montana – Climate Talk’s Cancellation Splits a Town
- Federal Trade Commission is quite right to scrutinize companies’ advertising of carbon offset programs
- Energy, Food Costs Balloon US Inflation
- Belfair Projects To Top Mason County Commission’s "5th Tuesday" Meeting
- Flood aid disparity among neighbors leaves residents bewildered
- Olympian Opinion – Flooding: DNR must look at logging practices
- Wild turkeys running afoul at Berkeley lab
- Candidates' Tunes Hit A Few Sour Notes
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Behemoth • \bi-HEE-muth\ • noun – 1: often capitalized: a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God 2: something of monstrous size, power, or appearance
Alfred was pleased with the results of his sand sculpture on the Washington Coast. It was a full sized reproduction of an orca whale, carved with delicate care near Ocean Shores. Unfortunately for his creation, decorated with black and white dyed sand, it was done too well. The sand whale was absolutely destroyed when whale watchers arrived on the scene and tried to push the behemoth back into the pounding surf.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
More Reaction on Vera Claussen – PUD leader remembered as role model and friend (Wenatchee World)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080116/NEWS04/420593320/1001/rss1001
Idaho – Rupert tables action on BPA payment agreement. Publicly-owned utilities across the Northwest are waiting for the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) to make the next move in a decades-old battle over the rights utility companies have to federally-funded power systems. (South Idaho Press)
http://www.southidahopress.com/articles/2008/01/16/news/local/9758bonneville.txt
Maryland – Allegheny Power to refund light bulb surcharge. Utility will stop charging fee for CFLs and aim to better inform customers (Baltimore Sun)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bulbs0116,0,6403893.story?coll=bal_tab01_layout
Maryland – PSC: Lack of electric competition cost Marylanders $87.5 million (Baltimore Sun)
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/business/hancock/blog/2008/01/psc_lack_of_electricity_compet.html
Ohio – Suit against Duke Energy alleges kickbacks (Business Courier of Cincinnati)
http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/01/14/daily42.html?ana=from_rss
Calpine plans to emerge from bankruptcy by February (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/display_article/317180/22/ARTCL/none/none/1/Calpine-plans-to-emerge-from-bankruptcy-by-February/
News Release – Thieves hit BPA substation in Flathead County. Montana; reward offered (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/188629/
Authorities: Would-be copper thief stopped by surprise visit from cop (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/16/MNRIUGC2O.DTL&feed=rss.news
News Release – FERC conditionally approves Duquesne Light Company’s exit from PJM regional group (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
http://www.ferc.gov/news/news-releases/2008/2008-1/01-17-08-E-3.asp
News Release – Diverse Coalition Urges FERC to Stay the Course on Markets: Request to Expand Scope of Rulemaking Should be Rejected (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=81404
U.S. Releases Aid for Heating Costs – The federal government released $450 million in emergency funds on Wednesday to help provide relief to low-income homeowners struggling with the rising cost of heating their homes. (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/nyregion/17heating.html?_r=1&ex=1358312400&en=922838fdf3e67f68&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
WATER, FISH & THE ENVIRONMENT
Groups reach agreement to remove dams on Klamath River (Eugene Register Guard)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=50131&sid=1&fid=1
Washington Lawmakers Express Hope for Klamath (NW Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=3495
Idaho anglers start gillnet protest – Sport anglers have started a protest campaign against the Nez Perce Tribe's gillnetting season on the Snake and Clearwater rivers. (Associated Press, via the Columbian)
http://news.columbian.com/news/state/APStories/AP01162008news263610.cfm
Skagit River’s late steelhead season in limbo (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080117/SPORTS/835080615/1004/SPORTS
Pacific Salmon Invading Atlantic, Threatening Penguins – Ocean-swapping Pacific salmon are moving into Atlantic waters, scientists say (National Geographic News)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/12/071228-alien-salmon.html
Millions Of Gallons Of Water Lost In Hydrant Vandalism (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/15063285/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Coal Producer Agrees to Pay $30M – The country's fourth-largest coal producer, Massey Energy Co., has agreed to a $30 million settlement with the government over allegations that over seven years it routinely polluted hundreds of streams and waterways in West Virginia and Kentucky (Associated Press, via Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004130357_apcoalpollution17.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
US Wind Energy Capacity Surged in 2007 (Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/01/17/ap4542941.html
CONSERVATION
California – Plan for radio-controlled thermostats nixed. 'Big Brother' fears, criticism lead energy panel to drop proposal (Contra Costa Times)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_7996518?source=rss
News Release – BPA surpasses regional energy conservation goals (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/188681/
Chelan PUD to launch online conservation newsletter – An Internet-based newsletter with expert advice on how to conserve energy and reduce power costs will become part of the Chelan County PUD Web site next month. (Wenatchee World)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080116/NEWS04/576896924/1025/rss1025
Basking in the Glow of Energy-Saving Lights (NY Times Letters)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/opinion/lweb17bulb.html?ex=1358312400&en=a4920bbb32d8d643&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Texas is biggest carbon polluter (Associated Press, via Yahoo! News. Ed. Note: Here’s my back of envelope estimate of 2003 per capita tons of CO2 emissions: Washington State, 12.17; Oregon, 10.78; Idaho, 9.47; Montana, 34.14; Texas, 28.04; Alaska, 65.52; United States, 19.23.)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080116/ap_on_re_us/global_warming_texas;_ylt=AjnNS4Lwd_s.uvpmWdK2y9Os0NUE
Lawmakers told to prepare state for worst-case climate scenarios – Washington is poised to take a regional and national leadership role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. (The Columbian)
http://columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/01/01162008_Lawmakers-told-to-prepare-state-for-worst-case-climate-scenarios.cfm
Montana – Climate Talk’s Cancellation Splits a Town. School authorities’ cancellation of a talk that a Nobel laureate climate researcher was to have given to high school students has deeply divided this small farming and ranching town at the base of the east side of the Rocky Mountains. (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/us/17climate.html?ex=1358312400&en=7f57e16fd9f9b1a1&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
NY Times Guest Commentary – The Federal Trade Commission is quite right to scrutinize companies’ advertising of carbon offset programs. But despite the high potential for greenwashing, the carbon offset market can also be a great environmental boon — provided it’s made accountable and transparent.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/opinion/lweb16carbon.html?ex=1358226000&en=2a432e16bebf51ab&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
On Radio: FCC takes aim at local radio – Proposal may change how area broadcasters operate “…guidelines to ensure that all broadcasters provide some locally oriented programming..." (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/347616_radiobeat17.html
GENERAL NEWS
Energy, Food Costs Balloon US Inflation – Higher costs for energy and food last year pushed inflation up by the largest amount in 17 years (Associated Press, via the San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/01/15/national/w053312S34.DTL&feed=rss.business
BELFAIR PROJECTS TO TOP MASON COUNTY COMMISSION’S "5TH TUESDAY" MEETING – The Mason County Commissioners have announced that the Belfair Wastewater and Water Reclamation Facilities and Belfair Area Highway 3 Widening and Safety Improvements will be the topic of their “Fifth Tuesday” meeting on January 29th. Staff from both projects will be available to address citizens' questions starting at a 5 p.m. open house, followed by overview presentations as part of the regular meeting agenda beginning at 6 p.m. This “Fifth Tuesday” Commissioners' Meeting will be held at Belfair Elementary School. Citizens are encouraged to attend this event to: Speak to project team designers and ask specific questions about design and coordination between these two projects; See the latest drawings of the Highway 3 project and the wastewater system conveyance line and treatment facility locations; Hear how the SR 3 project will help reduce congestion through Belfair; Learn about the membrane bioreactor (MBR) wastewater treatment technology being selected for the treatment plant, and how it functions; And find out plans to coordinate the infrastructure transfer from septic to a sewer system utility. (KMAS Radio, Shelton)
Aid disparity among neighbors leaves residents bewildered – Kevin Hessler received $6,000 less in federal aid than his neighbor even though he says his Centralia home sustained more flood damage. (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/329976.html
Olympian Opinion – Flooding: DNR must look at logging practices
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/329908.html
DIVERSIONS
Oh, My GOD! They’re Turkeys!!! Wild turkeys running afoul at Berkeley lab – They are breaking windows, defecating on public property and intimidating workers. Now scientists at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory are calling them a public safety problem.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_7985964?source=rss&nclick_check=1
National Portrait Gallery Adds Colbert
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/national-portrait-gallery-adds-colbert/index.html?ex=1358312400&en=8b08d76eb5e159e9&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
`Mona Lisa' Naming Leaves Mysteries Unsolved
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aNhDedXKaQyQ&refer=home
Candidates' Tunes Hit A Few Sour Notes – If we can tell anything about the candidates from their campaign theme music, it may be this: They (or perhaps their aides) aren't paying much attention to the lyrics. If they were, they might change their tune.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/16/AR2008011604152.html?wpisrc=rss_politics
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Energy News Digest for January 16, 2008
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Vera Claussen, former public utility leader, dead in house fire
- Environmental groups to sue PGE over emissions at Boardman Power Plant
- Enron by proxy – Supreme Court Rules Against Investors in Securities Fraud Case
- United Kingdom – 'No collusion' over energy prices
- Head of Canadian Nuclear Regulator Fired
- Pennsylvania – Electricity bills could go up 60% in 2011 when Penelec fully deregulates
- Energy trader found guilty of natural gas price manipulation
- U.S. Energy Department's Budget Leader Stepping Away
- Oregon PUC scolded for laxity in applying '05 tax law
- Klamath groups offer plan for removing dams to help salmon
- New Twist on Sea Lions Versus Fish
- Chelan County PUD to study reducing hatchery water use
- Seattle seafood company sorry for sliming eagles in Kodiak
- California – Biologists: Salmon numbers declining in San Joaquin River
- On emptying seas, a vanishing way of life
- Don’t equivocate John – For McCain, Northwest echoes from eight years ago reverberate in his loss in Michigan (Snake River Dam comments not helpful)
- La Nina has Idaho water experts hopeful for 2008 water year
- Grant to help create 'road map' of Walla Walla aquifer
- Seattle Times Editorial – Milestone for wind
- Oregon wind project receives financial boost
- United Kingdom will have to build fifty times more wind turbines by 2020
- Wisconsin – Wind turbine bid challenges zoning
- Colorado – Vail Mountain goes green on ski slopes
- An energy saving bulb has gone - evacuate the room now!
- Tennessee – Audit finds problems with state energy program
- Expert: ‘We’re energy pigs’
- Wisconsin – Lieutenant Governor announces "Energy Star Tax Holiday"
- Group gets busy with carbon plan
- New test for developers in Maine: climate change
- Hole In Comcast Fiber Optic Line Leaves Thousands Without Cable
- 10 Things You Need to Know About the Future of Broadband
- WA gov touts 'real progress' in State of State Address
- Washington State jobless rate up slightly in December
- $200,000 of Marijuana Seized In Shelton Drug Bust
- Auditor: Lewis County Commissioners Violated Law
- Residents of Texas Town Abuzz Over Dozens of UFO Sightings
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
In place of an example sentence, I thought folks would find it interesting to learn the origin of the term “Hoist with his own petard”.
Petard • \puh-TARD\ • noun – 1: a case containing an explosive to break down a door or gate or breach a wall 2: a firework that explodes with a loud report
Etymology: Middle French, from peter to break wind, from pet expulsion of intestinal gas, from Latin peditum, from neuter of peditus, past participle of pedere to break wind; akin to Greek bdein to break wind
What's a Petard, and Why Does It Get Hoisted?
Q. What is the origin of the expression to hoist with his own petard? Is it hoist with or hoist by? When it's used in the past tense, is it you were hoist or hoisted with/by your own petard? And what the heck is a petard, anyway?
A petard was a case containing an explosive. It was used in warfare to blow open a door, a gate, or create a hole in a wall. The word comes from the Latin pedere, to break wind. When you are hoist (or hoisted) with (or by) your own petard, you are blown up by your own bomb (or flatus). The expression first appeared in Shakespeare's Hamlet as hoist with his own petar (the form without d is an archaic spelling). It is used figuratively today to mean that your own scheming against others backfires and hurts you instead.
From: What in the Word? by Charles Harrington Elster
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Environmental groups to sue PGE over emissions at Boardman Power Plant (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/01/14/daily8.html?ana=from_rss
Enron by proxy – Supreme Court Rules Against Investors in Securities Fraud Case – The Supreme Court today curbed the ability of investors who lost money through corporate fraud to sue businesses that may have helped facilitate the crime. (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/15/AR2008011501329.html?wpisrc=_rssnation
Energy trader found guilty of price manipulation – Former Shell Trading Gas and Power Co. employee Anthony Dizona was found guilty Jan. 15 in a Houston federal court of attempting to manipulate natural gas prices on eight occasions. (Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/01/14/daily28.html?ana=from_rss
Vera Claussen, former public utility leader, dead in house fire (Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1161226~Vera_Claussen__former_public_utility_leader__dead_in_house_fire.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
U.S. Energy Department's Budget Leader Stepping Away (KNDO/KNDU, Tri-Cities)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=7629352
Oregon PUC scolded for laxity in applying '05 tax law – A judge in Marion County says the state's largest utilities failed to adjust customer rates quickly enough (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1200457511148420.xml&coll=7
Pennsylvania – Electricity bills could go up 60% in 2011 when Penelec fully deregulates (Titusville Herald)
http://www.titusvilleherald.com/articles/2008/01/16/news/news01.txt
United Kingdom – 'No collusion' over energy prices. Energy regulator Ofgem has said that there was no evidence that any of the recent gas and electricity price hikes are down to collusion between suppliers. (Just coincidence, nothin’ to see here…The Press Association)
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hxeIeHEEl4JvJQMgcCDOamBmz3gQ
Head of Canadian Nuclear Regulator Fired (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/business/16cnd-nuke.html?_r=1&ex=1358226000&en=4f9fe81adc7a09c9&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
California – Sierra Sun Opinion: Debate over coal continues to burn. What the Truckee community — and probably many others — learned during the “Great Contract Debate” of late 2006 was that much of the electricity consumers use is generated by burning coal.
http://www.sierrasun.com/article/20080115/OPINION/817742246
Illinois Farmers Fight Off Pipeline – Alberta-to-Texas Crude Oil Conveyance Hits a Wall of Resistance (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/15/AR2008011503299.html?wpisrc=rss_nation
California – SMUD has money to give. Time running out for those on unclaimed list to speak up (Sacramento Bee, may require free registration)
http://www.sacbee.com/294/story/588953.html
Chelan hydro project to be multinational – Manufacturers who build or design new components for the Chelan County PUD’s Lake Chelan Hydro Project will speak Portuguese, French and English. Some of them could dance a mean samba. (Wenatchee World)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080115/NEWS04/876277152/1025/rss1025
Maine – Canadian linemen show skills to U.S. 'cable dogs' (Augusta Chronicle)
http://chronicle.augusta.com/ystories/011608/met_180576.shtml
WATER, FISH & THE ENVIRONMENT
Klamath groups offer plan for removing dams to help salmon (Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1159599~Klamath_groups_offer_plan_for_removing_dams_to_help_salmon.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
New Twist On Sea Lions Versus Fish – Wildlife officials try to scare away Steller sea lions feasting on Columbia River sturgeon (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/256043.html
Chelan County PUD to study reducing hatchery water use – The PUD will spend about $1 million over the next three years to study ways of reducing the Eastbank Fish Hatchery's use of fresh water. (Wenatchee World)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080115/NEWS04/519803834/1025/rss1025
Seattle seafood company sorry for sliming eagles in Kodiak (The Columbian)
http://news.columbian.com/news/state/APStories/AP01162008news263576.cfm
California – Biologists: Salmon numbers declining in San Joaquin River (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_7977999?nclick_check=1
On emptying seas, a vanishing way of life (Christian Science Monitor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080116/ts_csm/omedfish
Don’t equivocate John – For McCain, Northwest echoes from eight years ago reverberate in his loss in Michigan (Snake River Dam comments not helpful – The Oregonian)
http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2008/01/for_mccain_northwest_echoes_fr.html
La Nina has Idaho water experts hopeful for 2008 water year (Associated Press, via the Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/328457.html
Grant to help create 'road map' of local aquifer – The shallow aquifer system of the Little Walla Walla and Walla Walla rivers will be studied. (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
http://www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2008/01/15/local_news/local01.txt
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Seattle Times Editorial – Milestone for wind. Duck out of the wind for a minute and celebrate the Northwest attaining an important renewable-energy milestone.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2004126957_winded16.html
Oregon wind project receives financial boost (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/01/14/daily12.html?ana=from_rss
United Kingdom will have to build fifty times more wind turbines by 2020 – Britain will have to install six times more wind turbines on land and 50 times more wind turbines at sea by the end of the next decade under rules to be announced by Brussels next week. (The Telegraph)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/01/15/eawind115.xml
Wisconsin – Wind turbine bid challenges zoning: But tower's power gives town reason for thought (Knight Ridder Tribune Business News, via Power Marketing Association Online)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp%5E%5Chnuopoq%5BTjg%7D38%7Dbfen%5Fv
Colorado – Vail Mountain goes green on ski slopes – Midway through its 45th season, Colorado’s largest ski resort has become one of the nation’s leaders in using alternative energy to help reduce its carbon footprint. (The Daily Sentinel)
http://www.gjsentinel.com/hp/content/sports/stories/2008/01/16/011608_OUT_ski_Green_WWW.html
CONSERVATION
An energy saving bulb has gone - evacuate the room now! (The Daily Mail, United Kingdom)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=506347&in_page_id=1965
Tennessee – Audit finds problems with state energy program. An audit has questioned state government's energy efficiency and conservation efforts. (WMC-TV, Memphis)
http://www.wmctv.com/global/story.asp?s=7629124
Expert: ‘We’re energy pigs’ – As valley guzzles fuels, community members wonder about impact. (Jackson Hole News & Guide)
http://www.jacksonholenews.com/article.php?art_id=2636
Wisconsin – Lieutenant Governor announces "Energy Star Tax Holiday" (Dane101)
http://www.dane101.com/current/2008/01/15/lieutenant_governor_announces_energy_star_tax_holiday
News Release – Mr. Handyman Shares Insight on How to Make Your Home More Energy Efficient (Mr. Handyman, via Yahoo! Finance)
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080115/20080115006363.html?.v=1
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Group gets busy with carbon plan – Sustainable Life • Deal to ‘cap and trade’ regional emissions could get look by ’09 Legislature (Portland Tribune)
http://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=120035137305916100
New test for developers in Maine: climate change (Christian Science Monitor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080116/ts_csm/adevelop
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Hole In Comcast Fiber Optic Line Leaves Thousands Without Cable (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/15057669/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
10 Things You Need to Know About the Future of Broadband (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/01/16/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-future-of-broadband/
GENERAL NEWS
WA gov touts 'real progress' in State of State Address (Associated Press, via the Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/328429.html
Washington State jobless rate up slightly in December – But year-end figures show that the rate is at a historical low (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/347405_jobs16.html?source=rss
$200,000 OF MARIJUANA SEIZED IN SHELTON DRUG BUST – Deputies from the Mason County Sheriff's Office Special Operations Group arrested two Shelton residents Monday for Manufacturing and Possessing Marijuana after a search warrant was served on their residence at 860 East Jensen Road. Arrested and booked into the Mason County Jail were 48-year-old John Gordon Reed and 44-year-old Karen Leann Mower. Both were booked on charges of Possession of Marijuana with intent to deliver and Manufacturing Marijuana. The arrests were the result of a week long investigation stemming from a complaint about the couple's drug activity. The ensuing investigation provided enough information for officers to obtain a search warrant. During the search of the residence, deputies found thirty eight budding marijuana plants that deputies estimated would yield one pound of product per plant, thirty six juvenile marijuana plants, approximately 2.2 pounds of processed bagged marijuana, hashish. Deputies also seized potting soil, several high density discharge 1000 watt lamps, ballasts, watering systems, air purifiers and other items related to manufacturing and selling marijuana, and over $3,000 in cash. When officers contacted Reed and Mower, they told officers they both had medical authorizations to possess marijuana. Officers found an authorization for Reed only. That authorization was for a “60 day supply not to exceed three ounces.” The amount of product found by deputies clearly exceeded the amount the couple was authorized to possess. Deputies placed a value of the seized marijuana at $200,000 if sold on the street. At last report, both suspects remain in custody on $5,000 bail, each. (KMAS Radio, Shelton)
Auditor: Lewis County Commissioners Violated Law – Public Meetings: Auditors Remind Commissioners They Are Bound to Discuss Public Matters in Public (The Chronicle, Centralia)
http://www.chronline.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1200424201&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&
DIVERSIONS
Residents Of Texas Town Abuzz Over Dozens Of UFO Sightings
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/15053876/detail.html
Don't send in the clowns – Bad news for Coco and Blinko -- children don't like clowns and even older kids are scared of them.
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL1582409620080116?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Police ask suspect: aren't you dead?
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN0959265620080116?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Vera Claussen, former public utility leader, dead in house fire
- Environmental groups to sue PGE over emissions at Boardman Power Plant
- Enron by proxy – Supreme Court Rules Against Investors in Securities Fraud Case
- United Kingdom – 'No collusion' over energy prices
- Head of Canadian Nuclear Regulator Fired
- Pennsylvania – Electricity bills could go up 60% in 2011 when Penelec fully deregulates
- Energy trader found guilty of natural gas price manipulation
- U.S. Energy Department's Budget Leader Stepping Away
- Oregon PUC scolded for laxity in applying '05 tax law
- Klamath groups offer plan for removing dams to help salmon
- New Twist on Sea Lions Versus Fish
- Chelan County PUD to study reducing hatchery water use
- Seattle seafood company sorry for sliming eagles in Kodiak
- California – Biologists: Salmon numbers declining in San Joaquin River
- On emptying seas, a vanishing way of life
- Don’t equivocate John – For McCain, Northwest echoes from eight years ago reverberate in his loss in Michigan (Snake River Dam comments not helpful)
- La Nina has Idaho water experts hopeful for 2008 water year
- Grant to help create 'road map' of Walla Walla aquifer
- Seattle Times Editorial – Milestone for wind
- Oregon wind project receives financial boost
- United Kingdom will have to build fifty times more wind turbines by 2020
- Wisconsin – Wind turbine bid challenges zoning
- Colorado – Vail Mountain goes green on ski slopes
- An energy saving bulb has gone - evacuate the room now!
- Tennessee – Audit finds problems with state energy program
- Expert: ‘We’re energy pigs’
- Wisconsin – Lieutenant Governor announces "Energy Star Tax Holiday"
- Group gets busy with carbon plan
- New test for developers in Maine: climate change
- Hole In Comcast Fiber Optic Line Leaves Thousands Without Cable
- 10 Things You Need to Know About the Future of Broadband
- WA gov touts 'real progress' in State of State Address
- Washington State jobless rate up slightly in December
- $200,000 of Marijuana Seized In Shelton Drug Bust
- Auditor: Lewis County Commissioners Violated Law
- Residents of Texas Town Abuzz Over Dozens of UFO Sightings
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
In place of an example sentence, I thought folks would find it interesting to learn the origin of the term “Hoist with his own petard”.
Petard • \puh-TARD\ • noun – 1: a case containing an explosive to break down a door or gate or breach a wall 2: a firework that explodes with a loud report
Etymology: Middle French, from peter to break wind, from pet expulsion of intestinal gas, from Latin peditum, from neuter of peditus, past participle of pedere to break wind; akin to Greek bdein to break wind
What's a Petard, and Why Does It Get Hoisted?
Q. What is the origin of the expression to hoist with his own petard? Is it hoist with or hoist by? When it's used in the past tense, is it you were hoist or hoisted with/by your own petard? And what the heck is a petard, anyway?
A petard was a case containing an explosive. It was used in warfare to blow open a door, a gate, or create a hole in a wall. The word comes from the Latin pedere, to break wind. When you are hoist (or hoisted) with (or by) your own petard, you are blown up by your own bomb (or flatus). The expression first appeared in Shakespeare's Hamlet as hoist with his own petar (the form without d is an archaic spelling). It is used figuratively today to mean that your own scheming against others backfires and hurts you instead.
From: What in the Word? by Charles Harrington Elster
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Environmental groups to sue PGE over emissions at Boardman Power Plant (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/01/14/daily8.html?ana=from_rss
Enron by proxy – Supreme Court Rules Against Investors in Securities Fraud Case – The Supreme Court today curbed the ability of investors who lost money through corporate fraud to sue businesses that may have helped facilitate the crime. (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/15/AR2008011501329.html?wpisrc=_rssnation
Energy trader found guilty of price manipulation – Former Shell Trading Gas and Power Co. employee Anthony Dizona was found guilty Jan. 15 in a Houston federal court of attempting to manipulate natural gas prices on eight occasions. (Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/01/14/daily28.html?ana=from_rss
Vera Claussen, former public utility leader, dead in house fire (Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1161226~Vera_Claussen__former_public_utility_leader__dead_in_house_fire.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
U.S. Energy Department's Budget Leader Stepping Away (KNDO/KNDU, Tri-Cities)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=7629352
Oregon PUC scolded for laxity in applying '05 tax law – A judge in Marion County says the state's largest utilities failed to adjust customer rates quickly enough (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1200457511148420.xml&coll=7
Pennsylvania – Electricity bills could go up 60% in 2011 when Penelec fully deregulates (Titusville Herald)
http://www.titusvilleherald.com/articles/2008/01/16/news/news01.txt
United Kingdom – 'No collusion' over energy prices. Energy regulator Ofgem has said that there was no evidence that any of the recent gas and electricity price hikes are down to collusion between suppliers. (Just coincidence, nothin’ to see here…The Press Association)
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hxeIeHEEl4JvJQMgcCDOamBmz3gQ
Head of Canadian Nuclear Regulator Fired (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/business/16cnd-nuke.html?_r=1&ex=1358226000&en=4f9fe81adc7a09c9&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
California – Sierra Sun Opinion: Debate over coal continues to burn. What the Truckee community — and probably many others — learned during the “Great Contract Debate” of late 2006 was that much of the electricity consumers use is generated by burning coal.
http://www.sierrasun.com/article/20080115/OPINION/817742246
Illinois Farmers Fight Off Pipeline – Alberta-to-Texas Crude Oil Conveyance Hits a Wall of Resistance (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/15/AR2008011503299.html?wpisrc=rss_nation
California – SMUD has money to give. Time running out for those on unclaimed list to speak up (Sacramento Bee, may require free registration)
http://www.sacbee.com/294/story/588953.html
Chelan hydro project to be multinational – Manufacturers who build or design new components for the Chelan County PUD’s Lake Chelan Hydro Project will speak Portuguese, French and English. Some of them could dance a mean samba. (Wenatchee World)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080115/NEWS04/876277152/1025/rss1025
Maine – Canadian linemen show skills to U.S. 'cable dogs' (Augusta Chronicle)
http://chronicle.augusta.com/ystories/011608/met_180576.shtml
WATER, FISH & THE ENVIRONMENT
Klamath groups offer plan for removing dams to help salmon (Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1159599~Klamath_groups_offer_plan_for_removing_dams_to_help_salmon.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
New Twist On Sea Lions Versus Fish – Wildlife officials try to scare away Steller sea lions feasting on Columbia River sturgeon (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/256043.html
Chelan County PUD to study reducing hatchery water use – The PUD will spend about $1 million over the next three years to study ways of reducing the Eastbank Fish Hatchery's use of fresh water. (Wenatchee World)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080115/NEWS04/519803834/1025/rss1025
Seattle seafood company sorry for sliming eagles in Kodiak (The Columbian)
http://news.columbian.com/news/state/APStories/AP01162008news263576.cfm
California – Biologists: Salmon numbers declining in San Joaquin River (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_7977999?nclick_check=1
On emptying seas, a vanishing way of life (Christian Science Monitor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080116/ts_csm/omedfish
Don’t equivocate John – For McCain, Northwest echoes from eight years ago reverberate in his loss in Michigan (Snake River Dam comments not helpful – The Oregonian)
http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2008/01/for_mccain_northwest_echoes_fr.html
La Nina has Idaho water experts hopeful for 2008 water year (Associated Press, via the Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/328457.html
Grant to help create 'road map' of local aquifer – The shallow aquifer system of the Little Walla Walla and Walla Walla rivers will be studied. (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
http://www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2008/01/15/local_news/local01.txt
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Seattle Times Editorial – Milestone for wind. Duck out of the wind for a minute and celebrate the Northwest attaining an important renewable-energy milestone.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2004126957_winded16.html
Oregon wind project receives financial boost (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/01/14/daily12.html?ana=from_rss
United Kingdom will have to build fifty times more wind turbines by 2020 – Britain will have to install six times more wind turbines on land and 50 times more wind turbines at sea by the end of the next decade under rules to be announced by Brussels next week. (The Telegraph)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/01/15/eawind115.xml
Wisconsin – Wind turbine bid challenges zoning: But tower's power gives town reason for thought (Knight Ridder Tribune Business News, via Power Marketing Association Online)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp%5E%5Chnuopoq%5BTjg%7D38%7Dbfen%5Fv
Colorado – Vail Mountain goes green on ski slopes – Midway through its 45th season, Colorado’s largest ski resort has become one of the nation’s leaders in using alternative energy to help reduce its carbon footprint. (The Daily Sentinel)
http://www.gjsentinel.com/hp/content/sports/stories/2008/01/16/011608_OUT_ski_Green_WWW.html
CONSERVATION
An energy saving bulb has gone - evacuate the room now! (The Daily Mail, United Kingdom)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=506347&in_page_id=1965
Tennessee – Audit finds problems with state energy program. An audit has questioned state government's energy efficiency and conservation efforts. (WMC-TV, Memphis)
http://www.wmctv.com/global/story.asp?s=7629124
Expert: ‘We’re energy pigs’ – As valley guzzles fuels, community members wonder about impact. (Jackson Hole News & Guide)
http://www.jacksonholenews.com/article.php?art_id=2636
Wisconsin – Lieutenant Governor announces "Energy Star Tax Holiday" (Dane101)
http://www.dane101.com/current/2008/01/15/lieutenant_governor_announces_energy_star_tax_holiday
News Release – Mr. Handyman Shares Insight on How to Make Your Home More Energy Efficient (Mr. Handyman, via Yahoo! Finance)
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080115/20080115006363.html?.v=1
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Group gets busy with carbon plan – Sustainable Life • Deal to ‘cap and trade’ regional emissions could get look by ’09 Legislature (Portland Tribune)
http://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=120035137305916100
New test for developers in Maine: climate change (Christian Science Monitor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080116/ts_csm/adevelop
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Hole In Comcast Fiber Optic Line Leaves Thousands Without Cable (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/15057669/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
10 Things You Need to Know About the Future of Broadband (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/01/16/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-future-of-broadband/
GENERAL NEWS
WA gov touts 'real progress' in State of State Address (Associated Press, via the Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/328429.html
Washington State jobless rate up slightly in December – But year-end figures show that the rate is at a historical low (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/347405_jobs16.html?source=rss
$200,000 OF MARIJUANA SEIZED IN SHELTON DRUG BUST – Deputies from the Mason County Sheriff's Office Special Operations Group arrested two Shelton residents Monday for Manufacturing and Possessing Marijuana after a search warrant was served on their residence at 860 East Jensen Road. Arrested and booked into the Mason County Jail were 48-year-old John Gordon Reed and 44-year-old Karen Leann Mower. Both were booked on charges of Possession of Marijuana with intent to deliver and Manufacturing Marijuana. The arrests were the result of a week long investigation stemming from a complaint about the couple's drug activity. The ensuing investigation provided enough information for officers to obtain a search warrant. During the search of the residence, deputies found thirty eight budding marijuana plants that deputies estimated would yield one pound of product per plant, thirty six juvenile marijuana plants, approximately 2.2 pounds of processed bagged marijuana, hashish. Deputies also seized potting soil, several high density discharge 1000 watt lamps, ballasts, watering systems, air purifiers and other items related to manufacturing and selling marijuana, and over $3,000 in cash. When officers contacted Reed and Mower, they told officers they both had medical authorizations to possess marijuana. Officers found an authorization for Reed only. That authorization was for a “60 day supply not to exceed three ounces.” The amount of product found by deputies clearly exceeded the amount the couple was authorized to possess. Deputies placed a value of the seized marijuana at $200,000 if sold on the street. At last report, both suspects remain in custody on $5,000 bail, each. (KMAS Radio, Shelton)
Auditor: Lewis County Commissioners Violated Law – Public Meetings: Auditors Remind Commissioners They Are Bound to Discuss Public Matters in Public (The Chronicle, Centralia)
http://www.chronline.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1200424201&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&
DIVERSIONS
Residents Of Texas Town Abuzz Over Dozens Of UFO Sightings
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/15053876/detail.html
Don't send in the clowns – Bad news for Coco and Blinko -- children don't like clowns and even older kids are scared of them.
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL1582409620080116?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Police ask suspect: aren't you dead?
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN0959265620080116?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Energy News Digest for January 15, 2008
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
The news digest is also available at the following web site:
http://www.energynewsdigest.blogspot.com/
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Washington State joins Snohomish County PUD's fight on expensive power contract
- Maryland – Utilities commission orders Allegheny to hearings – Public outcry over cost of energy-efficient bulbs sparks action
- Montana – As coal-power plants boom, environmentalists launch legal assault
- Nuclear Safety Rule Ignites Strong Reactions
- Environmentalists Sue DOE over its creation of a corridor in the mid-Atlantic region
- FERC Eyeing New BPA Grid Interconnection Plan
- Transmission Developers Jolted
- Mason County PUD No. 3 receives national financial reporting award for third straight year
- Putting power to work for Western New York (cheap hydro supports industry)
- California – Pacific Gas and Electric PG&E launches work force development program
- Deep snowpack raises flood risk, forecasters warn
- Stakeholder group seeks to end rift between fishers
- Dallas Judge overturns TXU wind power supply award
- The Never-ending Story: Cape Wind Takes Step Forward
- California – Home builders group pledges to halve energy consumption by 2020
- Gregoire backs climate change legislation
- Satellite Will Search For Carbon “Sinks”
- Congressional Research – Pipelines for Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Control
- Pollution Regulation's Unintended Consequences
- FCC Asks Comcast About Internet Filter
- Louisiana – Officials to begin Lafayette Utility Service fiber project
- Report Critical Of Cell Phone Ban On U.S. Planes
- 2008 Legislature leans toward green
- Jefferson commissioners approve rezoning for big Brinnon development
- Oops! Remember (Ed Hansen) that emails to public agencies are public records
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Auctorial • \awk-TOR-ee-ul\ • adjective – Of or relating to an author
Of all his auctorial duties, Dagwood’s required appearances at signing parties were the most feared and loathed. It wasn’t until the fourth such appearance at a bookstore in Dirt, North Dakota that he decided to only sign books in his personal secret code. Therefore, the recipient of the book would never know that although the inscription said “best wishes” the real meaning was “get lost”. Dagwood’s quality life was thereby improved immeasurably, and he looked forward to his appointments with glee.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Washington State joins Snohomish County PUD's fight on expensive power contract - The support is key to the PUD's argument before the U.S. Supreme Court. (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080115/NEWS01/366808079/-1/RSS01
Maryland – Utilities commission orders Allegheny to hearings – Public outcry over cost of energy-efficient bulbs sparks action (Frederick News Post)
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=70008
Montana – As coal-power plants boom, environmentalists launch legal assault (Associated Press, via the Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1157113~As_coal_power_plants_boom__environmentalists_launch_legal_assault.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Nuclear Safety Rule Ignites Strong Reactions (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/14/AR2008011402576.html?wpisrc=_rssbusiness
Environmentalists Sue DOE over its creation of a corridor in the mid-Atlantic region that could smooth the way for construction of new power lines. (Associated Press)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jUAYKjXaNb0UbYadhIOt3nwte31gD8U5S1AO2
FERC Eyeing New BPA Grid Interconnection Plan “…BPA…is considering the open season concept for its new grid interconnection approach…” (Trading Markets.com)
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/988027/
Transmission Developers Jolted – A proposed project to supply power throughout the East has come under fierce opposition. (Power Marketers Industry Publications)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8kowu%5D%5ChntusklVTif%7D38%7Dbfen%5Fv
News Release – Mason County PUD No. 3 receives national financial reporting award for third straight year (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/News/display.asp?NewsID=406
Putting power to work for Western New York: For the first time in a half-century, state officials are preparing to rethink the use of a huge block of low-cost hydropower generated north of Niagara Falls that's intended to promote economic development in Western New York. (Knight Ridder Tribune Business News via Power Marketers Online)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp%5E%5ChnqpvtpVTif%7D38%7Dbfen%5Fv
California – Pacific Gas and Electric PG&E launches work force development program (East Bay Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/eastbay/stories/2008/01/14/daily16.html?ana=from_rss
WATER, FISH & THE ENVIRONMENT
Deep snowpack raises flood risk, forecasters warn (The Daily News, Longview)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/01/15//area_news/10059249.txt
Oregon – A winter haven. A five-year Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife study is showing how small streams like Hamilton Creek in Ashland may help wild salmon survive (Mail-Tribune, Medford)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080114/NEWS/801140319
Stakeholder group seeks to end rift between fishers – Sport and commercial representatives to discuss river fishing seasons (Daily Astorian)
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=48332&TM=25757.47
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Dallas Judge overturns TXU award – A Dallas judge has overturned a jury decision that awarded TXU Corp. $8.9 million last June related to a flap over wind energy. (Dallas Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2008/01/14/daily7.html?ana=from_rss
News Release – Electric Power Supply Association issues statement on renewable energy “…Organized electricity markets provide ease of access to grid; clear market signals to encourage investment; and large land area to compensate for variability…” (ThomasNet)
http://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/538468
The Never-ending Story: Cape Wind Takes Step Forward (Renewable Energy Access)
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=51128&src=rss
CONSERVATION
California – Home builders group pledges to halve energy consumption by 2020 (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/15/BUMTUF79S.DTL&feed=rss.business
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Gregoire backs climate change legislation (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/347291_climate15.html?source=rss
Satellite Will Search For Carbon “Sinks” (NW Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=3483
Congressional Research – Regulation of Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions: State and Federal Standards
http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RS22788
Congressional Research – Pipelines for Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Control: Network Needs and Cost Uncertainties
http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RL34316
Pollution Regulation's Unintended Consequences – Two recent energy stories were cheered by environmentalists and booed by the Wall Street Journal. Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for his tireless efforts to warn about climate change. American Electric Power was fined $4.6 billion for modifying old coal-fired power plants. (Energy Pulse Commentary)
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1645
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Asks Comcast About Internet Filter – Comcast Corp. Monday said it has received a letter of inquiry from the Federal Communications Commission regarding complaints that the company actively interferes with its subscribers' Internet traffic. (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004126113_apcomcastdatadiscrimination15.html?syndication=rss
Vermont – Search broadens in rural options for broadband (Burlington Free Press, via Baller/Herbst)
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080114/NEWS02/801140320/1007
Kansas – Municipal WiFi Provider Forces Local Monopoly to Offer Free Broadband Service (The Lawrencian, via Baller/Herbst)
http://buzz.lawrencian.com/lfnwifi.html
Louisiana – Officials to begin Lafayette Utility Service fiber project. Lafayette officials celebrated a milestone in the Lafayette Utilities System's fiber-to-the-home project Thursday. (The Daily Advertiser, via Baller/Herbst)
http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080111/BUSINESS/801110322/1046
Report Critical Of Cell Phone Ban On U.S. Planes (Boo-Hoo! Information Week)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080115/tc_cmp/205604708
GENERAL NEWS
2008 Legislature leans toward green – Poll gives governor a 13-percentage-point lead over Rossi, but it might not be enough (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/347379_poll15.html
Jefferson commissioners approve rezoning for big Brinnon development; permits next (Peninsula Daily News)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080115/NEWS/801150307
DIVERSIONS
Oops! Remember that emails to public agencies are public records – Go 2 Guy: Too bad boosters can't be fired (Seattle Post Intelligencer fingers Ed Hansen in UW booster correspondence)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/huskies/347353_moore15.html
Man Apologizes For Profane Remark On Check To Pay Parking Ticket
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/15044945/detail.html
Oscar Mayer Weiner Mobile Singing Contest Locations
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=7625136
Citroen apologizes for scowling Mao ad
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN1549505420080115?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Germans puff on as smoking ban fizzles
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL1421202620080115?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
The news digest is also available at the following web site:
http://www.energynewsdigest.blogspot.com/
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Washington State joins Snohomish County PUD's fight on expensive power contract
- Maryland – Utilities commission orders Allegheny to hearings – Public outcry over cost of energy-efficient bulbs sparks action
- Montana – As coal-power plants boom, environmentalists launch legal assault
- Nuclear Safety Rule Ignites Strong Reactions
- Environmentalists Sue DOE over its creation of a corridor in the mid-Atlantic region
- FERC Eyeing New BPA Grid Interconnection Plan
- Transmission Developers Jolted
- Mason County PUD No. 3 receives national financial reporting award for third straight year
- Putting power to work for Western New York (cheap hydro supports industry)
- California – Pacific Gas and Electric PG&E launches work force development program
- Deep snowpack raises flood risk, forecasters warn
- Stakeholder group seeks to end rift between fishers
- Dallas Judge overturns TXU wind power supply award
- The Never-ending Story: Cape Wind Takes Step Forward
- California – Home builders group pledges to halve energy consumption by 2020
- Gregoire backs climate change legislation
- Satellite Will Search For Carbon “Sinks”
- Congressional Research – Pipelines for Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Control
- Pollution Regulation's Unintended Consequences
- FCC Asks Comcast About Internet Filter
- Louisiana – Officials to begin Lafayette Utility Service fiber project
- Report Critical Of Cell Phone Ban On U.S. Planes
- 2008 Legislature leans toward green
- Jefferson commissioners approve rezoning for big Brinnon development
- Oops! Remember (Ed Hansen) that emails to public agencies are public records
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Auctorial • \awk-TOR-ee-ul\ • adjective – Of or relating to an author
Of all his auctorial duties, Dagwood’s required appearances at signing parties were the most feared and loathed. It wasn’t until the fourth such appearance at a bookstore in Dirt, North Dakota that he decided to only sign books in his personal secret code. Therefore, the recipient of the book would never know that although the inscription said “best wishes” the real meaning was “get lost”. Dagwood’s quality life was thereby improved immeasurably, and he looked forward to his appointments with glee.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Washington State joins Snohomish County PUD's fight on expensive power contract - The support is key to the PUD's argument before the U.S. Supreme Court. (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080115/NEWS01/366808079/-1/RSS01
Maryland – Utilities commission orders Allegheny to hearings – Public outcry over cost of energy-efficient bulbs sparks action (Frederick News Post)
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=70008
Montana – As coal-power plants boom, environmentalists launch legal assault (Associated Press, via the Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1157113~As_coal_power_plants_boom__environmentalists_launch_legal_assault.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Nuclear Safety Rule Ignites Strong Reactions (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/14/AR2008011402576.html?wpisrc=_rssbusiness
Environmentalists Sue DOE over its creation of a corridor in the mid-Atlantic region that could smooth the way for construction of new power lines. (Associated Press)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jUAYKjXaNb0UbYadhIOt3nwte31gD8U5S1AO2
FERC Eyeing New BPA Grid Interconnection Plan “…BPA…is considering the open season concept for its new grid interconnection approach…” (Trading Markets.com)
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/988027/
Transmission Developers Jolted – A proposed project to supply power throughout the East has come under fierce opposition. (Power Marketers Industry Publications)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8kowu%5D%5ChntusklVTif%7D38%7Dbfen%5Fv
News Release – Mason County PUD No. 3 receives national financial reporting award for third straight year (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/News/display.asp?NewsID=406
Putting power to work for Western New York: For the first time in a half-century, state officials are preparing to rethink the use of a huge block of low-cost hydropower generated north of Niagara Falls that's intended to promote economic development in Western New York. (Knight Ridder Tribune Business News via Power Marketers Online)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp%5E%5ChnqpvtpVTif%7D38%7Dbfen%5Fv
California – Pacific Gas and Electric PG&E launches work force development program (East Bay Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/eastbay/stories/2008/01/14/daily16.html?ana=from_rss
WATER, FISH & THE ENVIRONMENT
Deep snowpack raises flood risk, forecasters warn (The Daily News, Longview)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/01/15//area_news/10059249.txt
Oregon – A winter haven. A five-year Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife study is showing how small streams like Hamilton Creek in Ashland may help wild salmon survive (Mail-Tribune, Medford)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080114/NEWS/801140319
Stakeholder group seeks to end rift between fishers – Sport and commercial representatives to discuss river fishing seasons (Daily Astorian)
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=48332&TM=25757.47
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Dallas Judge overturns TXU award – A Dallas judge has overturned a jury decision that awarded TXU Corp. $8.9 million last June related to a flap over wind energy. (Dallas Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2008/01/14/daily7.html?ana=from_rss
News Release – Electric Power Supply Association issues statement on renewable energy “…Organized electricity markets provide ease of access to grid; clear market signals to encourage investment; and large land area to compensate for variability…” (ThomasNet)
http://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/538468
The Never-ending Story: Cape Wind Takes Step Forward (Renewable Energy Access)
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=51128&src=rss
CONSERVATION
California – Home builders group pledges to halve energy consumption by 2020 (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/15/BUMTUF79S.DTL&feed=rss.business
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Gregoire backs climate change legislation (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/347291_climate15.html?source=rss
Satellite Will Search For Carbon “Sinks” (NW Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=3483
Congressional Research – Regulation of Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions: State and Federal Standards
http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RS22788
Congressional Research – Pipelines for Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Control: Network Needs and Cost Uncertainties
http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RL34316
Pollution Regulation's Unintended Consequences – Two recent energy stories were cheered by environmentalists and booed by the Wall Street Journal. Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for his tireless efforts to warn about climate change. American Electric Power was fined $4.6 billion for modifying old coal-fired power plants. (Energy Pulse Commentary)
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1645
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Asks Comcast About Internet Filter – Comcast Corp. Monday said it has received a letter of inquiry from the Federal Communications Commission regarding complaints that the company actively interferes with its subscribers' Internet traffic. (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004126113_apcomcastdatadiscrimination15.html?syndication=rss
Vermont – Search broadens in rural options for broadband (Burlington Free Press, via Baller/Herbst)
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080114/NEWS02/801140320/1007
Kansas – Municipal WiFi Provider Forces Local Monopoly to Offer Free Broadband Service (The Lawrencian, via Baller/Herbst)
http://buzz.lawrencian.com/lfnwifi.html
Louisiana – Officials to begin Lafayette Utility Service fiber project. Lafayette officials celebrated a milestone in the Lafayette Utilities System's fiber-to-the-home project Thursday. (The Daily Advertiser, via Baller/Herbst)
http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080111/BUSINESS/801110322/1046
Report Critical Of Cell Phone Ban On U.S. Planes (Boo-Hoo! Information Week)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080115/tc_cmp/205604708
GENERAL NEWS
2008 Legislature leans toward green – Poll gives governor a 13-percentage-point lead over Rossi, but it might not be enough (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/347379_poll15.html
Jefferson commissioners approve rezoning for big Brinnon development; permits next (Peninsula Daily News)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080115/NEWS/801150307
DIVERSIONS
Oops! Remember that emails to public agencies are public records – Go 2 Guy: Too bad boosters can't be fired (Seattle Post Intelligencer fingers Ed Hansen in UW booster correspondence)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/huskies/347353_moore15.html
Man Apologizes For Profane Remark On Check To Pay Parking Ticket
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/15044945/detail.html
Oscar Mayer Weiner Mobile Singing Contest Locations
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=7625136
Citroen apologizes for scowling Mao ad
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN1549505420080115?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Germans puff on as smoking ban fizzles
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL1421202620080115?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Monday, January 14, 2008
Energy News Digest for January 14, 2008
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Utilities try to deter wire thieves
- Montana coal plans wait
- Oregon – Wyden: Reserve electricity needed
- Maryland – O'Malley to offer energy package
- Maryland – Area lawmakers demand Allegheny refund customers for light bulbs
- PSE asks for conservation proposals
- United Kingdom – Energy rip-off exposed
- With Nuke Rebirth Come New Worries
- Bucknell professor says utility choices, power alternatives to come at high cost
- Columbia River ports wary of LNG plans
- Clallam PUD considers water use goals
- Several thousand anchovies die in WA Hood Canal
- Salmon arrive late, but Klamath Basin returns beating goals
- Oregon ocean troll salmon fishing marks second-worst year in '07
- Sport, commercial fishing interests vie for allocations
- Debris another culprit harming marine life in Puget Sound
- Oregon Legislature's Feb. session to seek more water for rural Oregon
- Idaho – Hearings officer sides with state in south-central water dispute
- A Long-Dry California River Gets, and Gives, New Life
- Idaho, grass growers, environmentalists reach field-burning deal
- Yacolt, Oregon – Parrots get new roost
- Fuel Bills Steep? Burn Corn – Renewable Energy No Pipe Dream
- In warming Mediterranean, a model of energy-efficient building
- California – Critics cool to 'smart thermostat' proposal
- Aspen, CO Times Op/Ed – The hypocrisy of Aspen
- Seattle Times Editorial – Green choices
- Last Year Among Hottest On Record, Say Scientists
- Study Says Glaciers Formed During a Very Warm Period
- California – Race for '08: Voters split on global warming cost
- Clearwire cuts staff but says it wants to grow
- Official: Idaho must be ready if Micron leaves
- Yahoo’s Core Value Is Falling
- Telecommuting not so great for those left in office
- WA lawmakers open `safety & security' session Monday
- Liz Loomis Appointed To State Legislature
- Low Flying Aircraft Over Shelton Tuesday
- Grays Harbor – Weyco holds closed-bid auction for mill
- Western Washington construction industry needs more gravel pits
- Snohomish County – Pet waste is turning streams into sewers
- Weather Channel Ratings – Methow Valley listed top family winter getaway
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Invidious • \in-VID-ee-us\ • adjective – 1: tending to cause discontent, animosity, or envy 2: envious 3a: of an unpleasant or objectionable nature: obnoxious *b: of a kind to cause harm or resentment.
“You’re wearing a silly hat,” thundered Octavio during the morning session on energy conservation. Ignoring the remark, the hardy presenter droned on about heat pumps and cost savings. “You’re mother wears army boots,” marked the next salvo in Octavio’s barrage of invidious comments. His barking, irrelevant comments were the only points that kept the attendees awake. Unfortunately for the presenter, the only things the attendees remembered were something about boots and hats.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Utilities try to deter wire thieves – Color-coding might make it harder for the criminals to sell the costly material to metal recyclers (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1200014711154130.xml&coll=7
Montana coal plans wait – Laundry list of mining and power projects twisting in the wind. (Casper Star-Tribune)
http://www.trib.com/articles/2008/01/07/news/regional/d17f90ce1c84637d872573c700267703.txt
Oregon – Wyden: Reserve electricity needed. “…Wyden said he is working with his constituents in Washington, D.C., to ‘change their priorities’ to better address energy needs on the North Coast…” (Seaside Signal)
http://seasidesignal.com/articles/2008/01/11/news/local_news/doc47879ee3aa1cd367643936.txt
Maryland – O'Malley to offer energy package. Plan boosts conservation, could raise consumer costs (Baltimore Sun)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-te.md.power14jan14,0,4691318.story?track=rss
Maryland – Area lawmakers demand Allegheny refund customers for light bulbs (Herald-Mail, Hagerstown)
http://www.herald-mail.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=183053&format=html
Maryland – Federal officials say bulb mailings already might be illegal (Herald-Mail, Hagerstown)
http://www.herald-mail.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=183057&format=html
PSE asks for conservation proposals (I would suggest staying away from unsolicited CFL promotions – Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/347111_pse12.html?source=rss
United Kingdom – Energy rip-off exposed. Britain’s biggest energy companies have stifled competition to raise prices and make record profits of more than £4.5 billion, a Sunday Times investigation has found. (Times of London)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3177612.ece
With Nuke Rebirth Come New Worries – Global warming and rocketing oil prices are making nuclear power fashionable, drawing a once demonized industry out of the shadows of the Chernobyl disaster as a potential shining knight of clean energy. (Associated Press, via San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/01/12/international/i100252S42.DTL&feed=rss.business
Pennsylvania – Bucknell professor says utility choices, power alternatives to come at high cost (Knight Ridder Tribune Business News, via Power Marketing Association Online)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp%5E%5Chnogoqr%5BTfc%7D38%7Dbfen%5Fv
Australia – Costs 'lower' for privatized power. Victorian consumers are paying less for electricity now than in the days when the state government owned and ran the power industry; undermining claims by unions in NSW that privatization means higher prices. (The Australian)
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23053211-5005200,00.html
News Release – PJM Names Terry Boston as President & CEO (PR Newswire)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/01-11-2008/0004734975&EDATE=
Columbia River ports wary of LNG plans – The shipping vessels that travel the Columbia River can cost as much as $60,000 each day to operate, said Larry Paulson, the Port of Vancouver's executive director. The companies that own them, he said, are not fond of delays. (The Daily News, Longview)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/01/13//area_news/doc4789b4eca69e5282774481.txt
Man gets jail for gas theft: He illegally tapped utility line to heat his garage – A Menomonee Falls who said a fire that heavily damaged his garage was divine comeuppance for stealing natural gas to heat it got his earthly punishment on Thursday. (Knight Ridder Tribune Business News, via Power Marketing Association Online)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp%5E%5ChnmhlqvYTfc%7D38%7Dbfen%5Fv
WATER, FISH & THE ENVIRONMENT
Clallam PUD considers water use goals –PUD commissioners will accept public comment and consider adoption of new water use efficiency goals today. (KONP Radio, Port Angeles)
http://www.konp.com/local/3354
Several thousand anchovies die in WA Hood Canal (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/324884.html
Salmon arrive late, but Klamath Basin returns beating goals – After three straight lean years, 2007 returns of wild fall Chinook salmon to the Klamath Basin have exceeded the minimums set by federal fisheries managers. (Associated Press, via the Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004121399_klamathsalmon12m.html?syndication=rss
Oregon ocean troll salmon fishing marks second-worst year in '07 (KTVZ-TV, Bend)
http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=7617570
Sport, commercial fishing interests vie for allocations (The Columbian)
http://www.columbian.com/sports/localNews/2008/01/01132008_Sport-commercial-fishing-interests-vie-for-allocations.cfm
Debris another culprit harming marine life in Puget Sound – Lost fishing gear, creosote pilings add to dangers (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/347029_creosote12.html?source=rss
Oregon Legislature's Feb. session to seek more water for rural Oregon “Sen. Brad Avakian… and others said Oregon soon will have to face up to dwindling water supplies…” (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-22/1200165849268220.xml&storylist=orlocal
Idaho – Hearings officer sides with state in south-central water dispute. A former Idaho Supreme Court chief justice has upheld most of a 2005 order aimed at resolving disputes between groundwater users and two fish farms (Associated Press, via the Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/325454.html
Montana – ‘People will enjoy this open space for a long time’. Several major conservation easements were executed…last month, capping a busy year for easements in the Flathead Valley. “...Grant funding from the federal Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program and from BPA’s Hungry Horse Dam fisheries mitigation program…” (Daily Interlake)
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2008/01/13/news/news02.txt
A Long-Dry California River Gets, and Gives, New Life – One of the largest river-restoration projects in the country has sent a gentle current of water meandering through what just a year ago was largely a sandy, rocky bed best used as a horse trail and barely distinguishable from the surrounding high desert scrub. (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/12/us/12water.html?ex=1357880400&en=c1a2183800954fd2&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Idaho, grass growers, environmentalists reach field-burning deal (But is it still carbon neutral since it’s the burning of biomass? – Associated Press, via the Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/324791.html
Yacolt, Oregon – Parrots get new roost. Several Quaker Parrots who have made an unlikely home in this rural burg were a cheerful bunch on Saturday. (The Columbian)
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/01/01132008_Parrots-get-new-roost.cfm/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Fuel Bills Steep? Burn Corn – Renewable Energy No Pipe Dream (No, really: burn corn in your stove! – WRTV-TV, Indianapolis)
http://www.theindychannel.com/money/15008942/detail.html
In warming Mediterranean, a model of energy-efficient building – In Athens, Sol Energy Hellas is headquartered in a building powered entirely by renewable energy. (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0114/p13s01-woeu.html
Laidlaw Energy files $10 mill lawsuit against NY town; seeks judgment to operate cogeneration facility (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/display_article/316757/22/ARTCL/none/none/1/Laidlaw-Energy-files-$10-mill-lawsuit-against-NY-town;-seeks-judgment-to-operate-cogeneration-facility/
CONSERVATION
California – Critics cool to 'smart thermostat' proposal – New thermostats in homes and businesses would be fitted with technology that would allow utilities to change a building's temperature by remote control under a proposal being considered by state energy officials. (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/12/MNHDUDAQ3.DTL&feed=rss.news
Aspen, CO Times Op/Ed – The hypocrisy of Aspen. A guest opinion in last week’s Aspen Times (“A Recipe for Foreign Oil Dependence” Jan. 8) charged that Aspen is hypocritical in its environmental stance against regional energy development because local energy appetites are conspicuous and excessive.
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20080114/COLUMN/784294045
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Seattle Times Editorial – Green choices. Gov. Christine Gregoire's voice needs to be heard on the environmental proposals car-pooling to Olympia this legislative session.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2004118975_envied11.html
Last Year Among Hottest On Record, Say Scientists (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/11/AR2008011103483.html?wpisrc=rss_technology
Study Says Glaciers Formed During a Very Warm Period – Giant glaciers formed about 90 million years ago during a warm period when alligators thrived in the Arctic (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/world/europe/11glacier.html?ex=1357880400&en=ac256a44ec656b42&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
California – Race for '08: Voters split on global warming cost. Some fear businesses will be hobbled (Sacramento Bee, may require free registration)
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/631856.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Clearwire cuts staff but says it wants to grow (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/347089_clearwire12.html?source=rss
Official: Idaho must be ready if Micron leaves – Company’s losses have been mounting as prices for its products have collapsed. (Idaho Statesman)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/business/story/262286.html
Yahoo’s Core Value Is Falling – Still more rumors that Microsoft is trying to buy Yahoo. (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/yahoos-core-value-is-falling/index.html?ex=1357880400&en=13a0da1e51f16988&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Broadband access on the rise in West Virginia (Cumberland News-Times)
http://www.times-news.com/local/local_story_014093804.html
Telecommuting not so great for those left in office – Telecommuting may boost morale, and cut stress, but it can have the opposite effect on those left behind in the office, according to a new study. (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080111/wr_nm/ba_work_telecommuting_dc_1
GENERAL NEWS
WA lawmakers open `safety & security' session Monday (Associated Press, via The Columbian)
http://news.columbian.com/news/state/APStories/AP01142008news261933.cfm?newsletter=10
LOOMIS APPOINTED TO STATE LEGISLATURE – The Snohomish County Council has appointed Liz Loomis to fill the 44th District seat in the state Legislature vacated by John Lovick, who was recently elected county sheriff. Loomis, a former Snohomish City Council member who lost a re-election bid in 2005, owns Liz Loomis Public Affairs, a public relations and strategic communications agency that specializes in public power issues. Since 2001 she has also headed PeoplePower, which helps educate and encourages grassroots efforts on behalf of consumer-owned utilities in the Northwest, including 21 Washington PUD members.
LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT OVER SHELTON TUESDAY – A reminder: an aircraft will be flying low over the City of Shelton Tuesday. The plane will be conducting an aerial survey of the Hillcrest area for the Sewer Basin Five Inflow and Infiltration Reduction project. The aircraft will be taking pictures of structures, utility locations and the general area. This will provide a comprehensive picture of the area for design of the project. City officials are alerting residents of this low flying aircraft so people do NOT think the plane is in distress. (KMAS Radio, Shelton)
Grays Harbor – Weyco holds closed-bid auction for mill “…Those interested reportedly include…a joint offer made by the Grays Harbor PUD and California-based Evergreen Pulp…” (Daily World, Aberdeen)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/01/12/local_news/02news.txt
Western Washington construction industry needs more gravel pits (Seattle Times, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1156573~Western_Washington_construction_industry_needs_more_gravel_pits.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Snohomish County – Pet waste is turning streams into sewers. The county is finishing a $475,000 effort to protect creeks and encourage pet owners to scoop and bag. (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080114/NEWS01/456182906&news01ad=1
Weather Channel Ratings – Methow Valley listed top family winter getaway (Wenatchee World)
http://www.wenworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080112/NEWS04/557081408/1001
There are rules for leaving effective, useful voice mail – As we clean our desks and promise to start the new year fresh, perhaps it's time to rethink how we handle voice mail. (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/347082_voicemail14.html
DIVERSIONS
Home demolition begins with grandma, four others still inside – RCMP were forced to step in when the owner of a Fraser Valley home began a planned demolition while five former renters were still inside.
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=943c78b5-c869-487a-ac53-d345ead998e3&k=80842
Twins separated at birth met and married
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSEIC17037920080111?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Parents snort as school enforces pig rearing
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN1438977520080114?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Fishing License Stickers Don't Stick to Boats
http://www.myfoxdc.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=0399CE0E2C4E463E659B5D11C2314B7B?contentId=5476290&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1
NY Post Parks Simpson Twin Behind Cowboys’ Bench
http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/lynsey-nordstrom-photos-jessica-simpson-twin-hired-by-nypost-for-giants-game-15415
Man reels Hummer Limo out of Lake Texoma
http://www.kxii.com/home/headlines/13758402.html
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Utilities try to deter wire thieves
- Montana coal plans wait
- Oregon – Wyden: Reserve electricity needed
- Maryland – O'Malley to offer energy package
- Maryland – Area lawmakers demand Allegheny refund customers for light bulbs
- PSE asks for conservation proposals
- United Kingdom – Energy rip-off exposed
- With Nuke Rebirth Come New Worries
- Bucknell professor says utility choices, power alternatives to come at high cost
- Columbia River ports wary of LNG plans
- Clallam PUD considers water use goals
- Several thousand anchovies die in WA Hood Canal
- Salmon arrive late, but Klamath Basin returns beating goals
- Oregon ocean troll salmon fishing marks second-worst year in '07
- Sport, commercial fishing interests vie for allocations
- Debris another culprit harming marine life in Puget Sound
- Oregon Legislature's Feb. session to seek more water for rural Oregon
- Idaho – Hearings officer sides with state in south-central water dispute
- A Long-Dry California River Gets, and Gives, New Life
- Idaho, grass growers, environmentalists reach field-burning deal
- Yacolt, Oregon – Parrots get new roost
- Fuel Bills Steep? Burn Corn – Renewable Energy No Pipe Dream
- In warming Mediterranean, a model of energy-efficient building
- California – Critics cool to 'smart thermostat' proposal
- Aspen, CO Times Op/Ed – The hypocrisy of Aspen
- Seattle Times Editorial – Green choices
- Last Year Among Hottest On Record, Say Scientists
- Study Says Glaciers Formed During a Very Warm Period
- California – Race for '08: Voters split on global warming cost
- Clearwire cuts staff but says it wants to grow
- Official: Idaho must be ready if Micron leaves
- Yahoo’s Core Value Is Falling
- Telecommuting not so great for those left in office
- WA lawmakers open `safety & security' session Monday
- Liz Loomis Appointed To State Legislature
- Low Flying Aircraft Over Shelton Tuesday
- Grays Harbor – Weyco holds closed-bid auction for mill
- Western Washington construction industry needs more gravel pits
- Snohomish County – Pet waste is turning streams into sewers
- Weather Channel Ratings – Methow Valley listed top family winter getaway
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Invidious • \in-VID-ee-us\ • adjective – 1: tending to cause discontent, animosity, or envy 2: envious 3a: of an unpleasant or objectionable nature: obnoxious *b: of a kind to cause harm or resentment.
“You’re wearing a silly hat,” thundered Octavio during the morning session on energy conservation. Ignoring the remark, the hardy presenter droned on about heat pumps and cost savings. “You’re mother wears army boots,” marked the next salvo in Octavio’s barrage of invidious comments. His barking, irrelevant comments were the only points that kept the attendees awake. Unfortunately for the presenter, the only things the attendees remembered were something about boots and hats.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Utilities try to deter wire thieves – Color-coding might make it harder for the criminals to sell the costly material to metal recyclers (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1200014711154130.xml&coll=7
Montana coal plans wait – Laundry list of mining and power projects twisting in the wind. (Casper Star-Tribune)
http://www.trib.com/articles/2008/01/07/news/regional/d17f90ce1c84637d872573c700267703.txt
Oregon – Wyden: Reserve electricity needed. “…Wyden said he is working with his constituents in Washington, D.C., to ‘change their priorities’ to better address energy needs on the North Coast…” (Seaside Signal)
http://seasidesignal.com/articles/2008/01/11/news/local_news/doc47879ee3aa1cd367643936.txt
Maryland – O'Malley to offer energy package. Plan boosts conservation, could raise consumer costs (Baltimore Sun)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-te.md.power14jan14,0,4691318.story?track=rss
Maryland – Area lawmakers demand Allegheny refund customers for light bulbs (Herald-Mail, Hagerstown)
http://www.herald-mail.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=183053&format=html
Maryland – Federal officials say bulb mailings already might be illegal (Herald-Mail, Hagerstown)
http://www.herald-mail.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=183057&format=html
PSE asks for conservation proposals (I would suggest staying away from unsolicited CFL promotions – Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/347111_pse12.html?source=rss
United Kingdom – Energy rip-off exposed. Britain’s biggest energy companies have stifled competition to raise prices and make record profits of more than £4.5 billion, a Sunday Times investigation has found. (Times of London)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3177612.ece
With Nuke Rebirth Come New Worries – Global warming and rocketing oil prices are making nuclear power fashionable, drawing a once demonized industry out of the shadows of the Chernobyl disaster as a potential shining knight of clean energy. (Associated Press, via San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/01/12/international/i100252S42.DTL&feed=rss.business
Pennsylvania – Bucknell professor says utility choices, power alternatives to come at high cost (Knight Ridder Tribune Business News, via Power Marketing Association Online)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp%5E%5Chnogoqr%5BTfc%7D38%7Dbfen%5Fv
Australia – Costs 'lower' for privatized power. Victorian consumers are paying less for electricity now than in the days when the state government owned and ran the power industry; undermining claims by unions in NSW that privatization means higher prices. (The Australian)
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23053211-5005200,00.html
News Release – PJM Names Terry Boston as President & CEO (PR Newswire)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/01-11-2008/0004734975&EDATE=
Columbia River ports wary of LNG plans – The shipping vessels that travel the Columbia River can cost as much as $60,000 each day to operate, said Larry Paulson, the Port of Vancouver's executive director. The companies that own them, he said, are not fond of delays. (The Daily News, Longview)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/01/13//area_news/doc4789b4eca69e5282774481.txt
Man gets jail for gas theft: He illegally tapped utility line to heat his garage – A Menomonee Falls who said a fire that heavily damaged his garage was divine comeuppance for stealing natural gas to heat it got his earthly punishment on Thursday. (Knight Ridder Tribune Business News, via Power Marketing Association Online)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp%5E%5ChnmhlqvYTfc%7D38%7Dbfen%5Fv
WATER, FISH & THE ENVIRONMENT
Clallam PUD considers water use goals –PUD commissioners will accept public comment and consider adoption of new water use efficiency goals today. (KONP Radio, Port Angeles)
http://www.konp.com/local/3354
Several thousand anchovies die in WA Hood Canal (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/324884.html
Salmon arrive late, but Klamath Basin returns beating goals – After three straight lean years, 2007 returns of wild fall Chinook salmon to the Klamath Basin have exceeded the minimums set by federal fisheries managers. (Associated Press, via the Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004121399_klamathsalmon12m.html?syndication=rss
Oregon ocean troll salmon fishing marks second-worst year in '07 (KTVZ-TV, Bend)
http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=7617570
Sport, commercial fishing interests vie for allocations (The Columbian)
http://www.columbian.com/sports/localNews/2008/01/01132008_Sport-commercial-fishing-interests-vie-for-allocations.cfm
Debris another culprit harming marine life in Puget Sound – Lost fishing gear, creosote pilings add to dangers (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/347029_creosote12.html?source=rss
Oregon Legislature's Feb. session to seek more water for rural Oregon “Sen. Brad Avakian… and others said Oregon soon will have to face up to dwindling water supplies…” (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-22/1200165849268220.xml&storylist=orlocal
Idaho – Hearings officer sides with state in south-central water dispute. A former Idaho Supreme Court chief justice has upheld most of a 2005 order aimed at resolving disputes between groundwater users and two fish farms (Associated Press, via the Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/325454.html
Montana – ‘People will enjoy this open space for a long time’. Several major conservation easements were executed…last month, capping a busy year for easements in the Flathead Valley. “...Grant funding from the federal Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program and from BPA’s Hungry Horse Dam fisheries mitigation program…” (Daily Interlake)
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2008/01/13/news/news02.txt
A Long-Dry California River Gets, and Gives, New Life – One of the largest river-restoration projects in the country has sent a gentle current of water meandering through what just a year ago was largely a sandy, rocky bed best used as a horse trail and barely distinguishable from the surrounding high desert scrub. (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/12/us/12water.html?ex=1357880400&en=c1a2183800954fd2&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Idaho, grass growers, environmentalists reach field-burning deal (But is it still carbon neutral since it’s the burning of biomass? – Associated Press, via the Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/324791.html
Yacolt, Oregon – Parrots get new roost. Several Quaker Parrots who have made an unlikely home in this rural burg were a cheerful bunch on Saturday. (The Columbian)
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/01/01132008_Parrots-get-new-roost.cfm/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Fuel Bills Steep? Burn Corn – Renewable Energy No Pipe Dream (No, really: burn corn in your stove! – WRTV-TV, Indianapolis)
http://www.theindychannel.com/money/15008942/detail.html
In warming Mediterranean, a model of energy-efficient building – In Athens, Sol Energy Hellas is headquartered in a building powered entirely by renewable energy. (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0114/p13s01-woeu.html
Laidlaw Energy files $10 mill lawsuit against NY town; seeks judgment to operate cogeneration facility (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/display_article/316757/22/ARTCL/none/none/1/Laidlaw-Energy-files-$10-mill-lawsuit-against-NY-town;-seeks-judgment-to-operate-cogeneration-facility/
CONSERVATION
California – Critics cool to 'smart thermostat' proposal – New thermostats in homes and businesses would be fitted with technology that would allow utilities to change a building's temperature by remote control under a proposal being considered by state energy officials. (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/12/MNHDUDAQ3.DTL&feed=rss.news
Aspen, CO Times Op/Ed – The hypocrisy of Aspen. A guest opinion in last week’s Aspen Times (“A Recipe for Foreign Oil Dependence” Jan. 8) charged that Aspen is hypocritical in its environmental stance against regional energy development because local energy appetites are conspicuous and excessive.
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20080114/COLUMN/784294045
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Seattle Times Editorial – Green choices. Gov. Christine Gregoire's voice needs to be heard on the environmental proposals car-pooling to Olympia this legislative session.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2004118975_envied11.html
Last Year Among Hottest On Record, Say Scientists (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/11/AR2008011103483.html?wpisrc=rss_technology
Study Says Glaciers Formed During a Very Warm Period – Giant glaciers formed about 90 million years ago during a warm period when alligators thrived in the Arctic (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/world/europe/11glacier.html?ex=1357880400&en=ac256a44ec656b42&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
California – Race for '08: Voters split on global warming cost. Some fear businesses will be hobbled (Sacramento Bee, may require free registration)
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/631856.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Clearwire cuts staff but says it wants to grow (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/347089_clearwire12.html?source=rss
Official: Idaho must be ready if Micron leaves – Company’s losses have been mounting as prices for its products have collapsed. (Idaho Statesman)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/business/story/262286.html
Yahoo’s Core Value Is Falling – Still more rumors that Microsoft is trying to buy Yahoo. (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/yahoos-core-value-is-falling/index.html?ex=1357880400&en=13a0da1e51f16988&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Broadband access on the rise in West Virginia (Cumberland News-Times)
http://www.times-news.com/local/local_story_014093804.html
Telecommuting not so great for those left in office – Telecommuting may boost morale, and cut stress, but it can have the opposite effect on those left behind in the office, according to a new study. (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080111/wr_nm/ba_work_telecommuting_dc_1
GENERAL NEWS
WA lawmakers open `safety & security' session Monday (Associated Press, via The Columbian)
http://news.columbian.com/news/state/APStories/AP01142008news261933.cfm?newsletter=10
LOOMIS APPOINTED TO STATE LEGISLATURE – The Snohomish County Council has appointed Liz Loomis to fill the 44th District seat in the state Legislature vacated by John Lovick, who was recently elected county sheriff. Loomis, a former Snohomish City Council member who lost a re-election bid in 2005, owns Liz Loomis Public Affairs, a public relations and strategic communications agency that specializes in public power issues. Since 2001 she has also headed PeoplePower, which helps educate and encourages grassroots efforts on behalf of consumer-owned utilities in the Northwest, including 21 Washington PUD members.
LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT OVER SHELTON TUESDAY – A reminder: an aircraft will be flying low over the City of Shelton Tuesday. The plane will be conducting an aerial survey of the Hillcrest area for the Sewer Basin Five Inflow and Infiltration Reduction project. The aircraft will be taking pictures of structures, utility locations and the general area. This will provide a comprehensive picture of the area for design of the project. City officials are alerting residents of this low flying aircraft so people do NOT think the plane is in distress. (KMAS Radio, Shelton)
Grays Harbor – Weyco holds closed-bid auction for mill “…Those interested reportedly include…a joint offer made by the Grays Harbor PUD and California-based Evergreen Pulp…” (Daily World, Aberdeen)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/01/12/local_news/02news.txt
Western Washington construction industry needs more gravel pits (Seattle Times, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1156573~Western_Washington_construction_industry_needs_more_gravel_pits.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Snohomish County – Pet waste is turning streams into sewers. The county is finishing a $475,000 effort to protect creeks and encourage pet owners to scoop and bag. (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080114/NEWS01/456182906&news01ad=1
Weather Channel Ratings – Methow Valley listed top family winter getaway (Wenatchee World)
http://www.wenworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080112/NEWS04/557081408/1001
There are rules for leaving effective, useful voice mail – As we clean our desks and promise to start the new year fresh, perhaps it's time to rethink how we handle voice mail. (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/347082_voicemail14.html
DIVERSIONS
Home demolition begins with grandma, four others still inside – RCMP were forced to step in when the owner of a Fraser Valley home began a planned demolition while five former renters were still inside.
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=943c78b5-c869-487a-ac53-d345ead998e3&k=80842
Twins separated at birth met and married
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSEIC17037920080111?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Parents snort as school enforces pig rearing
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN1438977520080114?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Fishing License Stickers Don't Stick to Boats
http://www.myfoxdc.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=0399CE0E2C4E463E659B5D11C2314B7B?contentId=5476290&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1
NY Post Parks Simpson Twin Behind Cowboys’ Bench
http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/lynsey-nordstrom-photos-jessica-simpson-twin-hired-by-nypost-for-giants-game-15415
Man reels Hummer Limo out of Lake Texoma
http://www.kxii.com/home/headlines/13758402.html
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