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)
- Grant PUD to get nearly $12 million in power sale lawsuit settlement
- Chehalis Area Natural Gas Plant Changes Hands – PacifiCorp to Take Over
- Climate bill could raise natural gas, power costs
- Department of Energy report says Oregon doesn't need liquefied natural gas
- As electricity rates go up, natural gas' high prices, deregulation blamed
- Activists plan end run around Puget Sound Energy sale, seek public utility district formation
- Raccoon causes power outage for nearly 3,000 in Wenatchee
- News Release – BPA announces more flexible banking arrangement with U.S. Treasury
- Tri City Herald Opinion – Governor, look inward for answers on Areva
- Tri City Herald Opinion – Slow resurrection of nuclear power
- Chilean Drought, Power Shortages Drive up World Metal Prices
- Thefts Rise With Copper Prices – States Boost Efforts To Catch Crooks
- New York – Consolidated Edison seeks rate hike of $654 million in NY
- North Carolina – Duke CEO grilled by shareholders
- New York – Astoria Residents Protest Power Plant
- Missouri – Kansas City Power & Light Company’s Weston power plant to cost 15 percent more
- Congress divided on energy plan
- Chinook run faltering on upriver Columbia
- Salmon fishing to close on parts of Snake, Columbia Rivers
- Oregon – Salmon closure hits Winchester Bay hard
- Steelhead head to new home on wheels
- Montana – Catch & release: Biologists radio-tag trout in effort to study effect of Milltown Dam removal
- Perch crowd trout from Eastern Oregon reservoir
- Montana fish kill plan on display
- First Copper River salmon arrives Friday in Seattle
- Whaling would have little effect on environment, U.S. says
- Maine – Salmon stocking boosts Pleasant River
- Delayed melting in Cascade Mountains leaves reservoirs low
- Wastewater Treatment – Lower bills could raise Brightwater costs by $1 billion
- Olympia looks for water source – City, Nisqually tribe seek agreement on well field
- Longview council delays water-supply decision
- How we're still failing our Sound – The painful cost of booming growth
- Daily News Editorial – Nation can't afford to neglect shipping channels
- City of Seattle wants going green to be easier on taxpayers
- Wallula paper mill powered by 'refuse derived fuel'
- Et Tu Grays Harbor PUD – Developers buy Berlin, N.H. paper mill for biomass power plant
- Solar industry needs workers
- Seattle Times Columnist – The Holy Grail of ethanol – This is a lesson for the civics books
- Washington PUD Association Building Receives Top Green Label
- L-E-Ds could light up our future – Bulbs cost more but use less energy
- News Release – Progress Energy Releases Climate Change Report to Shareholders
- Heartland Powers the Net – Server Farms Produce A New Cash Crop In Nation's Midsection
- UK Town Embraces Sewer Line Broadband
- 35th District Democrats Back Finn For Ike’s State Representative Position
- Gas Prices Set New Record
- Olympia resident – Surf fisherman dies near Ocean Shores
- News Tribune Editorial – Why is faulty wiring still killing U.S. soldiers?
- Ecology headquarters built in 1993 slated for $11 million repair
- Shelton-Area Ceremony Today For New Ramp From Sr3 To 101
- Hidden Hybrid Automobile Dangers
- Cell Phone Stores Preparing for Hands Free Cell Phone Law
- Seattle, Olympia, Bend, Coeur d’Alene Tabbed as 'Recession-Proof' Cities
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Treacle • \TREE-cull\ • noun – 1: a medicinal compound formerly in wide use as a remedy against poison 2a: chiefly British: molasses b: a blend of molasses, invert sugar, and corn syrup used as syrup *3: something (as a tone of voice) heavily sweet and cloying
“Oh dear, what a lovely smock,” oozed the honeyed tones of Abernathy Rockjaw to the beautiful Violet Fenwick-Jones. What the oily shyster did not realize that Ms Fenwick-Jones saw right through his treacle-loaded advances. The taser in her extended hand instantly cooled his amorous advances.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Grant PUD to get nearly $12 million in power sale lawsuit settlement – Grant County PUD will receive $11.8 million as part of a settlement agreed upon this week with three California utilities over unpaid power sales made during the 2000-2001 energy crisis (Columbia Basin Herald)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2008/05/09/news/news03.txt
Chehalis Area Natural Gas Plant Changes Hands – PacifiCorp to Take Over, Pending Regulatory Approval (The Daily Chronicle, Centralia)
http://www.chronline.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1210408961&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&
Climate bill could raise natural gas, power costs (Dallas Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2008/05/12/story6.html?ana=from_rss
Department of Energy report says Oregon doesn't need liquefied natural gas – NorthernStar says it still wants to build a liquefied natural gas terminal near Astoria, and Gov. Kulongoski asks federal regulators to redo their study (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1210391709160710.xml&coll=7
As electricity rates go up, natural gas' high prices, deregulation blamed – If you haven't locked in your electricity rate, expect to pay more for power this summer (The Dallas Morning News)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/industries/energy/stories/DN-electricity_12bus.ART0.State.Edition1.4608dec.html
Activists plan end run around Puget Sound Energy sale, seek public utility district formation –People for Yes on Whidbey PUD plans to gather signatures on an initiative petition to replace Puget Sound Energy with a local public utility district (The Whidbey Examiner)
http://www.whidbeyexaminer.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=1354&TM=41414.18
Raccoon causes power outage for nearly 3,000 in Wenatchee (The Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080510/NEWS04/499710582/1001/rss1001
News Release – BPA announces more flexible banking arrangement with U.S. Treasury (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/201767/
Tri City Herald Opinion – Governor, look inward for answers on Areva – The governor blew it. There is no other way to interpret Areva's decision to build its new uranium enrichment plant in Idaho Falls instead of Richland.
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/962/story/180892.html
Tri City Herald Opinion – Slow resurrection of nuclear power
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/962/story/181412.html
Chilean Drought, Power Shortages Drive up World Metal Prices (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/10/AR2008051000151.html?nav=rss_business
Thefts Rise With Copper Prices – States Boost Efforts To Catch Crooks (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/10/AR2008051002239.html?nav=rss_business
New York – Consolidated Edison seeks rate hike of $654 million in NY (Associated Press)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080509/ny_con_ed_rate_hike.html?.v=2
North Carolina – Duke CEO grilled by shareholders: Questions, comments come for 90 minutes over plans to build 800-megawatt coal plant near Blue Ridge Mountains (McClatchy Tribune Business News, via Power Marketing Association Online)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp%5E%5CkhekqrpUSmk%216C%29bfen%5Fv
New York – Astoria Residents Protest Power Plant (The Queens Chronicle)
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19672789&BRD=2731&PAG=461&dept_id=574903&rfi=6
Missouri – Kansas City Power & Light Company’s Weston power plant to cost 15 percent more (The Southeast Missourian)
http://www.semissourian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080508/NEWS03/888623291/-1/RSS
Congress divided on energy plan (Associated Press, via the Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004407855_apcongressenergyfactcheck.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Chinook run faltering on upriver Columbia – The ballyhooed strong return of upriver Columbia River spring Chinook — that produced off-the-chart sport fishing in the lower river last month — isn't quite living up to expectations at this point. (The Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2004406124_outnweb12.html
Salmon fishing to close on parts of Snake, Columbia Rivers (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wst_salmon_closures.html
Oregon – Salmon closure hits Winchester Bay hard – The whole Oregon coast will feel the pinch of the broadest shutdown ever, but the sport fishing town is particularly dependent on salmon (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/121055733661450.xml&coll=7
Steelhead head to new home on wheels – under the care of the Department of Fish and Wildlife, which manages the Eastbank Hatchery on a contract with the Chelan County PUD (The Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080509/NEWS04/62909470/1025/rss1025
Montana – Catch & release: Biologists radio-tag trout in effort to study effect of Milltown Dam removal on the Clark Fork River (The Missoulian)
http://missoulian.com/articles/2008/05/09/news/mtregional/news06.txt
Perch crowd trout from Eastern Oregon reservoir (Baker City Herald, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1386390~Perch_crowd_trout_from_Eastern_Ore__reservoir.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Montana fish kill plan on display – Biologists are putting on public display the initial results of a complex and controversial program that will kill thousands of fish in wilderness lakes over the coming decade. (The Missoulian)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/05/12/news/local/news02.txt
First Copper River salmon arrives Friday in Seattle (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_051208FOB_copper_river_salmon_LJ.f2b7c246.html
Whaling would have little effect on environment, U.S. says – The Makah tribe's proposed return to legal whale hunting would have little effect on the environment — including on the targeted gray whales — according to a federal study. (Peninsula Daily News)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080511/NEWS/805110302
Maine – Salmon stocking boosts Pleasant River – There are about 50,000 more salmon in the Pleasant River this week thanks to the annual stocking effort of the Downeast Salmon Federation (Bangor Daily News)
http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=164222&zoneid=500
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Delayed melting in Cascade Mountains leaves reservoirs low (The News Tribune, Tacoma)http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/358046.html
Wastewater Treatment – Lower bills could raise Brightwater costs by $1 billion (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004407604_brightwater12m.html?syndication=rss
Olympia looks for water source – City, Nisqually tribe seek agreement on well field (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/444680.html
Longview council delays water-supply decision – The Cowlitz PUD, which owns 14 percent of Longview’s Regional Water Treatment Plant on Fisher’s Lane, told the council it strongly favors drilling six deep wells into a deep aquifer at the Mint Farm Industrial Park… (The Daily News, Longview)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/05/09/area_news/doc482487d68e1fc685326618.txt
How we're still failing our Sound – The painful cost of booming growth – If you want to see where Puget Sound's fate is being decided, turn your back to the water (The Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004406070_growth_prologue15m.html
Daily News Editorial – Nation can't afford to neglect shipping channels – The Columbia River channel deepening project could be finished at the end of fiscal 2009, a year ahead of schedule
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/05/12/editorial/doc4824cda22da06146424275.txt
City of Seattle wants going green to be easier on taxpayers (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/362711_waste12.html?source=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wallula paper mill powered by 'refuse derived fuel' (You mean, garbage? Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/180897.html
Et Tu Grays Harbor PUD – Developers buy Berlin, N.H. paper mill for biomass power plant (Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology - Mass High Tech)
http://www.bizjournals.com/masshightech/stories/2008/05/12/daily1.html?ana=from_rss
Solar industry needs workers (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/10/BUGD10JVGP.DTL&feed=rss.business
Seattle Times Columnist – The Holy Grail of ethanol – This is a lesson for the civics books. Five months ago, ethanol derived from corn was the new miracle green fuel. If we learned anything from the 1970s, we apparently forgot it. Then it was synfuels. Now it's biofuels, equally expensive and impractical.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/362459_ethanolonline11.html?source=rss
CONSERVATION
WASHINGTON PUD ASSOCIATION BUILDING RECEIVES TOP GREEN LABEL – The Washington Public Utility Districts Association headquarters building in Olympia has received platinum certification under the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Program. The two-story office building on Union Avenue features 160 solar panels. The solar-power system generates more than enough electricity to meet the building's daytime energy needs, even on overcast days, utility association officials say. The 11,000-square-foot building was built with an emphasis on water conservation, nontoxic building materials and Forest Stewardship Council-certified wood products. Platinum certification is the highest rating possible under the LEED program. (The Olympian, Environmental Briefs)
L-E-Ds could light up our future – Bulbs cost more but use less energy (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/362653_led12.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
News Release – Progress Energy Releases Climate Change Report to Shareholders – Company outlines efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and position on carbon regulation (Yahoo! Finance)
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080512/clm102.html?.v=60
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Heartland Powers the Net – Server Farms Produce A New Cash Crop In Nation's Midsection (Kansas City Star, via the San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9231303?source=rss
UK Town Embraces Sewer Line Broadband – 88,000 homes to get more fiber (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/UK-Town-Embraces-Sewer-Line-Broadband-94324
GENERAL NEWS
35TH DISTRICT DEMOCRATS BACK FINN FOR IKE’S STATE REPRESENTATIVE POSITION – 35th District Democrats nominated Fred Finn for Bill Eikmeyer’s State Representative seat. At a convention Saturday, Finn earned the backing from the Democrats for the August 19th Primary Election over Daryl Daugs. Out of a total 332 precinct votes, Finn received 224 for the seat being vacated by the retiring Eikmeyer. Two Republicans, Herb Baze and Randy Neatherlin are also seeking the seat. A two term Port of Olympia Commissioner and resident of the Steamboat Island area, Paul Telford, has also express interest in the seat. At this time, Telford does not have a political party affiliation and says he could run as either “a Tim Sheldon Democrat, an independent, or a Republican.” The official filing period for this fall’s election is the first week in June. (KMAS Radio, Shelton)
Gas Prices Set New Record (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/16238809/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Olympia resident – Surf fisherman dies near Ocean Shores (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=8310011
News Tribune Editorial – Why is faulty wiring still killing U.S. soldiers?
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/357464.html
Ecology headquarters built in 1993 slated for $11 million repair – At 450 feet long and 45 feet tall, it's a big wall. And it's going to be expensive to replace, at $11 million of the public's money. (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/444708.html
SHELTON-AREA CEREMONY TODAY FOR NEW RAMP FROM SR3 TO 101 – A ground breaking ceremony is set for 1:30 this afternoon to mark the beginning of the construction of an on-ramp south of Shelton from Highway 3 to northbound U.S. Highway 101. The new on-ramp is expected to significantly improve safety by eliminating the need to cross high-speed oncoming traffic when connecting to 101. Those scheduled to participate in the ground breaking are State Representative Kathy Haigh, State Senator and Mason County Commissioner Tim Sheldon, as well as Mason County Commissioners Lynda Ring Erickson and Ross Gallagher. The ceremony will take place at the approximate location of the ramp. (KMAS Radio, Shelton)
Hidden Hybrid Automobile Dangers – According to the New York Times, strong electromagnetic fields (EMFs) emanating from high voltage power cables located near the driver can be hazardous to your health (The Consumerist)
http://consumerist.com/5008376/hidden-hybrid-automobile-dangers-what-you-should-know-about-emfs
Cell Phone Stores Preparing for Hands Free Cell Phone Law (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=8292647
Seattle, Olympia, Bend, Coeur d’Alene Tabbed as 'Recession-Proof' Cities (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/2043/seattle-bend-coeur-dalene-tabbed-recession-proof-cities/
DIVERSIONS
Tacoma court deciding whether pet pig is a hog
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/446404.html
Men charged after skull dug up, used as bong (this brings a whole new meaning to the term “Head” Shop, Dude)
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN0842573120080509?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
"Self-important and irritating" – England is an irritating and insular country full of overweight, binge-drinking, reality TV addicts, a new guide warns tourists
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL0941780120080509?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Mosquito-Eating Fish Help Clean Up Foreclosure Mess – Government officials are using hungry fish to stop an epidemic of mosquitoes breeding in swimming pools abandoned by their owners after mortgage foreclosures
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/business/May-June-08/Mosquito-Eating-Fish-Help-Clean-Up-Foreclosure-Mess.html
One Day: Driver Has Crash, Sees Home Catch Fire, Gets Ticket
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16233028/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Oops! Civil War Collector Killed by Antique Shell
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90344025&ft=1&f=7
Monday, May 12, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
Energy News Digest for May 9, 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)
- Western states rebuff plan for Italian nuclear waste in Utah
- Alaska – Borough declares an energy emergency
- Michigan – Energy bills could jump $200 next year
- North Carolina – Alcoa withdraws, then resubmits, water-quality application for hydroelectric operations
- North Carolina – FERC again says no to Dillsboro dam bid
- News Release – Pilot Project Offers Insight into Impact of Electricity Deregulation
- Columbia River sea lion death probe not pointing at poison
- Sea lion carcass found under I-5 Bridge yields few clues
- Search suspended for 3 tribal fishermen in Columbia River
- Salmon Gone, Fishermen Try to Adapt on a Changing Coast
- Unlike last year, Lake Tapps is already full again
- California – Bill reviving the San Joaquin River gets an OK
- California – Auburn dam may be dealt death blow
- Kittitas County Wind Project Approved
- King County to study biodiesel – Want to see if it's doing more harm than good to the environment.
- WA Invests $25 Million in Biofuels WSU Lab
- Construction set to begin on 'giant cow's stomach' near Monroe
- Vestas to build towers for wind turbines in Colorado
- Boise, Inc. Testing Garbage Recycling in Plant's Boiler
- Truckee PUD tries to go greener
- Reducing electricity bills – Electricity costs have risen to shocking heights
- Utility efficiency programs could cut energy consumption up to 11 percent
- The Clean Energy Scam
- Petrify, liquefy: new ways to bury greenhouse gas
- Canada – Liberals say carbon tax will be revenue-neutral
- Democrats revive another Net neutrality proposal
- Seattle Times Columnist – Don't let them pinch the Internet
- Clearwire Merger May Change the World of Wireless
- Google talks with Yahoo about alliance
- FCC Seeks to Calm Nerves over Digital TV
- Woman Who Died In Hood Canal Boating Accident Identified
- Speed cut on I-5 corridor South of Olympia
- Stamp price going up Monday
- Copper thieves leave Little League teams in the dark
- Coeur d’Alene’s Last Mill Saws Final Log
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Grandiloquent • \grand-DILL-oh-kwint\ • adjective – Lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
Barty had been selected to emcee the “vegetable pageant” at the local pre-school. As the children started trooping onto the stage, he blared out their names in a bombastic style, reminiscent of a bad sideshow barker. It wasn’t until the fifth child (a cauliflower, but the way) that he noticed that all the children were crying and shrinking away from him…afraid of his next herbivorous outburst.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Western states rebuff plan for Italian nuclear waste in Utah (Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1382228~Western_states_rebuff_plan_for_Italian_nuclear_waste_in_Utah.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Alaska – Borough declares an energy emergency – The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly on Thursday declared skyrocketing energy costs a public emergency and prepared to put state aid, aimed at boosting energy efficiency in homes, on the fast track. (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/may/09/borough-declares-energy-emergency/
Michigan – Energy bills could jump $200 next year – The bills would require power companies to sell more green energy, while at the same time limiting the competition they face. Residential customers also would have to pay the actual cost of the electricity they use. (Jackson Citizen Patriot)
http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/05/energy_bills_could_jump_200_ne.html
North Carolina – Alcoa withdraws, then resubmits, water-quality application for its hydroelectric operations on the Yadkin River (Charlotte Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2008/05/05/daily43.html?ana=from_rss
North Carolina – FERC again says no to Dillsboro dam bid – Jackson County lost another round last month in the fight to save the Dillsboro dam (Smoky Mountain News)
http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/05_08/05_07_08/fr_ferc_no.html
News Release – Pilot Project Offers Insight into Impact of Electricity Deregulation – People’s Electricity Program Finds Flaws in Texas Market (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=89589
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River sea lion death probe not pointing at poison (The Associated Press, via the Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004401685_websealions08m.html
Sea lion carcass found under I-5 Bridge yields few clues (The Columbian)
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/05/05092008_Sea-lion-carcass-found-under-I5-Bridge-yields-few-clues.cfm/
Search suspended for 3 tribal fishermen in Columbia River (The Associated Press, via the Columbian)
http://news.columbian.com/news/state/APStories/AP05092008news315031.cfm?newsletter=10
Salmon Gone, Fishermen Try to Adapt on a Changing Coast (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/09/us/09salmon.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1210352673-zHwsU4E1n+okITcr/DzatQ
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Unlike last year, Lake Tapps is already full again – Puget Sound Energy, which has owned the lake since 1911, started filling it the first week in January (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/356046.html
California – Bill reviving the San Joaquin River gets an OK – Long-stalled legislation to bring life back to the dried-up San Joaquin River and restore its historic salmon run cleared a significant hurdle Wednesday when a U.S. Senate committee gave its approval (Sacramento Bee)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/08/BA5D10IFPU.DTL
California – Auburn dam may be dealt death blow – A long-stalled Auburn dam on the American River has suffered many defeats. But the next could be truly fatal (Sacramento Bee)
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/925168.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
KITTITAS COUNTY WIND PROJECT – Kittitas County commissioners have approved a 69 turbine wind farm. Commissioners gave the go-ahead for the 250 million dollar project this week. It's the first project approved in the county's 500 square mile wind energy overlay zone, an area on the county's east side that has been identified as being compatible for wind farms. (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee)
King County to study biodiesel – King County Council member Reagan Dunn is calling for a biofuel analysis to see if it's doing more harm than good to the environment. Metro reconsidering biodiesel (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_050908WAB_biodiesel_analysis_LJ.e300b92b.html
WA Invests $25 Million in Biofuels WSU Lab (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=3846
Construction set to begin on 'giant cow's stomach' near Monroe – Partnership plans to burn methane gas that seeps from decomposing cow manure and turn it into electricity (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080509/NEWS01/268088672&news01ad=1
Vestas to build towers for wind turbines in Colorado (Denver Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2008/05/05/daily61.html?ana=from_rss
Boise, Inc. Testing Garbage Recycling in Plant's Boiler (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=8293191
Truckee PUD tries to go more green – Wind, geothermal may be added to power portfolio (Nevada Appeal)
http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/SS/20080509/NEWS/89199018/-1/REGION
CONSERVATION
Reducing electricity bills – Electricity costs have risen to shocking heights. Here's how to keep your bills under control. (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/08/pf/saving/toptips/index.htm?section=money_latest
Utility efficiency programs could cut energy consumption up to 11 percent (Utility Automation and Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=327361&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
The Clean Energy Scam (Time Magazine)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1725975,00.html
Petrify, liquefy: new ways to bury greenhouse gas (Environmental News Network)
http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/35968
Canada – Liberals say carbon tax will be revenue-neutral (Canwest News Service)
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=cd78b8b6-40a7-4cb1-a6ab-18a7c72a31ea
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Democrats revive another Net neutrality proposal (CNET News)
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9939443-7.html?tag=nl.e703
Seattle Times Columnist – Don't let them pinch the Internet
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2004401419_ryan09.html
Clearwire Merger May Change the World of Wireless (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/business/May-June-08/Clearwire-Merger-May-Change-the-World-of-Wireless.html#1
Google talks with Yahoo about alliance (The Associated Press, via the News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/356142.html
FCC Seeks to Calm Nerves over Digital TV (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90289456&ft=1&f=2
GENERAL NEWS
WOMAN WHO DIED IN HOOD CANAL BOATING ACCIDENT IDENTIFIED – The woman who died Wednesday in a boating accident on Hood Canal has been identified as 75-year-old Lois Trueblood of Hoodsport. Her husband, 79-year-old James Trueblood, remains in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The couple was shrimping with two other people Wednesday when their 20-foot boat flipped about 12:30 PM. The Trueblood's were trapped under the boat while the others were thrown clear and reached shore safely. Lois Trueblood drowned before rescuers could get to her and efforts to resuscitate her failed. The accident occurred near the 24,000 block of U.S. Highway 101 which is between Potlatch and Hoodsport. (KMAS Radio, Shelton)
Speed cut on I-5 corridor – The 25-mile drive from Tumwater to Chehalis will take longer starting Monday. (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/443672.html
Stamp price going up Monday (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/443665.html
Copper thieves leave Little League teams in the dark (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1382955~Copper_thieves_leave_Little_League_teams_in_the_dark.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Coeur d’Alene’s Last Mill Saws Final Log (NW Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=3847
DIVERSIONS
Police: Victims' Own Photo Helped Cops Nail Robber
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/16201096/detail.html
Gas Price Protest Singer Arrested At Convenience Store – A man with a guitar and a megaphone climbed atop a convenience store roof to serenade commuters with his musical protest of high gasoline prices
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/16201135/detail.html
Mom whose son dialed 911 pleads guilty – he was scared by her driving
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/05/05092008_Mom-whose-son-dialed-911-pleads-guilty.cfm/
Woman Pregnant With 18th Child – Family Lives In 7,000-Square-Foot Home
http://www.kirotv.com/family/16212851/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Western states rebuff plan for Italian nuclear waste in Utah
- Alaska – Borough declares an energy emergency
- Michigan – Energy bills could jump $200 next year
- North Carolina – Alcoa withdraws, then resubmits, water-quality application for hydroelectric operations
- North Carolina – FERC again says no to Dillsboro dam bid
- News Release – Pilot Project Offers Insight into Impact of Electricity Deregulation
- Columbia River sea lion death probe not pointing at poison
- Sea lion carcass found under I-5 Bridge yields few clues
- Search suspended for 3 tribal fishermen in Columbia River
- Salmon Gone, Fishermen Try to Adapt on a Changing Coast
- Unlike last year, Lake Tapps is already full again
- California – Bill reviving the San Joaquin River gets an OK
- California – Auburn dam may be dealt death blow
- Kittitas County Wind Project Approved
- King County to study biodiesel – Want to see if it's doing more harm than good to the environment.
- WA Invests $25 Million in Biofuels WSU Lab
- Construction set to begin on 'giant cow's stomach' near Monroe
- Vestas to build towers for wind turbines in Colorado
- Boise, Inc. Testing Garbage Recycling in Plant's Boiler
- Truckee PUD tries to go greener
- Reducing electricity bills – Electricity costs have risen to shocking heights
- Utility efficiency programs could cut energy consumption up to 11 percent
- The Clean Energy Scam
- Petrify, liquefy: new ways to bury greenhouse gas
- Canada – Liberals say carbon tax will be revenue-neutral
- Democrats revive another Net neutrality proposal
- Seattle Times Columnist – Don't let them pinch the Internet
- Clearwire Merger May Change the World of Wireless
- Google talks with Yahoo about alliance
- FCC Seeks to Calm Nerves over Digital TV
- Woman Who Died In Hood Canal Boating Accident Identified
- Speed cut on I-5 corridor South of Olympia
- Stamp price going up Monday
- Copper thieves leave Little League teams in the dark
- Coeur d’Alene’s Last Mill Saws Final Log
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Grandiloquent • \grand-DILL-oh-kwint\ • adjective – Lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
Barty had been selected to emcee the “vegetable pageant” at the local pre-school. As the children started trooping onto the stage, he blared out their names in a bombastic style, reminiscent of a bad sideshow barker. It wasn’t until the fifth child (a cauliflower, but the way) that he noticed that all the children were crying and shrinking away from him…afraid of his next herbivorous outburst.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Western states rebuff plan for Italian nuclear waste in Utah (Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1382228~Western_states_rebuff_plan_for_Italian_nuclear_waste_in_Utah.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Alaska – Borough declares an energy emergency – The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly on Thursday declared skyrocketing energy costs a public emergency and prepared to put state aid, aimed at boosting energy efficiency in homes, on the fast track. (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/may/09/borough-declares-energy-emergency/
Michigan – Energy bills could jump $200 next year – The bills would require power companies to sell more green energy, while at the same time limiting the competition they face. Residential customers also would have to pay the actual cost of the electricity they use. (Jackson Citizen Patriot)
http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/05/energy_bills_could_jump_200_ne.html
North Carolina – Alcoa withdraws, then resubmits, water-quality application for its hydroelectric operations on the Yadkin River (Charlotte Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2008/05/05/daily43.html?ana=from_rss
North Carolina – FERC again says no to Dillsboro dam bid – Jackson County lost another round last month in the fight to save the Dillsboro dam (Smoky Mountain News)
http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/05_08/05_07_08/fr_ferc_no.html
News Release – Pilot Project Offers Insight into Impact of Electricity Deregulation – People’s Electricity Program Finds Flaws in Texas Market (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=89589
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River sea lion death probe not pointing at poison (The Associated Press, via the Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004401685_websealions08m.html
Sea lion carcass found under I-5 Bridge yields few clues (The Columbian)
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/05/05092008_Sea-lion-carcass-found-under-I5-Bridge-yields-few-clues.cfm/
Search suspended for 3 tribal fishermen in Columbia River (The Associated Press, via the Columbian)
http://news.columbian.com/news/state/APStories/AP05092008news315031.cfm?newsletter=10
Salmon Gone, Fishermen Try to Adapt on a Changing Coast (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/09/us/09salmon.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1210352673-zHwsU4E1n+okITcr/DzatQ
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Unlike last year, Lake Tapps is already full again – Puget Sound Energy, which has owned the lake since 1911, started filling it the first week in January (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/356046.html
California – Bill reviving the San Joaquin River gets an OK – Long-stalled legislation to bring life back to the dried-up San Joaquin River and restore its historic salmon run cleared a significant hurdle Wednesday when a U.S. Senate committee gave its approval (Sacramento Bee)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/08/BA5D10IFPU.DTL
California – Auburn dam may be dealt death blow – A long-stalled Auburn dam on the American River has suffered many defeats. But the next could be truly fatal (Sacramento Bee)
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/925168.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
KITTITAS COUNTY WIND PROJECT – Kittitas County commissioners have approved a 69 turbine wind farm. Commissioners gave the go-ahead for the 250 million dollar project this week. It's the first project approved in the county's 500 square mile wind energy overlay zone, an area on the county's east side that has been identified as being compatible for wind farms. (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee)
King County to study biodiesel – King County Council member Reagan Dunn is calling for a biofuel analysis to see if it's doing more harm than good to the environment. Metro reconsidering biodiesel (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_050908WAB_biodiesel_analysis_LJ.e300b92b.html
WA Invests $25 Million in Biofuels WSU Lab (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=3846
Construction set to begin on 'giant cow's stomach' near Monroe – Partnership plans to burn methane gas that seeps from decomposing cow manure and turn it into electricity (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080509/NEWS01/268088672&news01ad=1
Vestas to build towers for wind turbines in Colorado (Denver Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2008/05/05/daily61.html?ana=from_rss
Boise, Inc. Testing Garbage Recycling in Plant's Boiler (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=8293191
Truckee PUD tries to go more green – Wind, geothermal may be added to power portfolio (Nevada Appeal)
http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/SS/20080509/NEWS/89199018/-1/REGION
CONSERVATION
Reducing electricity bills – Electricity costs have risen to shocking heights. Here's how to keep your bills under control. (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/08/pf/saving/toptips/index.htm?section=money_latest
Utility efficiency programs could cut energy consumption up to 11 percent (Utility Automation and Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=327361&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
The Clean Energy Scam (Time Magazine)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1725975,00.html
Petrify, liquefy: new ways to bury greenhouse gas (Environmental News Network)
http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/35968
Canada – Liberals say carbon tax will be revenue-neutral (Canwest News Service)
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=cd78b8b6-40a7-4cb1-a6ab-18a7c72a31ea
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Democrats revive another Net neutrality proposal (CNET News)
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9939443-7.html?tag=nl.e703
Seattle Times Columnist – Don't let them pinch the Internet
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2004401419_ryan09.html
Clearwire Merger May Change the World of Wireless (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/business/May-June-08/Clearwire-Merger-May-Change-the-World-of-Wireless.html#1
Google talks with Yahoo about alliance (The Associated Press, via the News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/356142.html
FCC Seeks to Calm Nerves over Digital TV (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90289456&ft=1&f=2
GENERAL NEWS
WOMAN WHO DIED IN HOOD CANAL BOATING ACCIDENT IDENTIFIED – The woman who died Wednesday in a boating accident on Hood Canal has been identified as 75-year-old Lois Trueblood of Hoodsport. Her husband, 79-year-old James Trueblood, remains in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The couple was shrimping with two other people Wednesday when their 20-foot boat flipped about 12:30 PM. The Trueblood's were trapped under the boat while the others were thrown clear and reached shore safely. Lois Trueblood drowned before rescuers could get to her and efforts to resuscitate her failed. The accident occurred near the 24,000 block of U.S. Highway 101 which is between Potlatch and Hoodsport. (KMAS Radio, Shelton)
Speed cut on I-5 corridor – The 25-mile drive from Tumwater to Chehalis will take longer starting Monday. (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/443672.html
Stamp price going up Monday (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/443665.html
Copper thieves leave Little League teams in the dark (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1382955~Copper_thieves_leave_Little_League_teams_in_the_dark.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Coeur d’Alene’s Last Mill Saws Final Log (NW Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=3847
DIVERSIONS
Police: Victims' Own Photo Helped Cops Nail Robber
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/16201096/detail.html
Gas Price Protest Singer Arrested At Convenience Store – A man with a guitar and a megaphone climbed atop a convenience store roof to serenade commuters with his musical protest of high gasoline prices
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/16201135/detail.html
Mom whose son dialed 911 pleads guilty – he was scared by her driving
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/05/05092008_Mom-whose-son-dialed-911-pleads-guilty.cfm/
Woman Pregnant With 18th Child – Family Lives In 7,000-Square-Foot Home
http://www.kirotv.com/family/16212851/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Energy News Digest for May 8, 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)
- Supreme Court of the United States/Residential Exchange Filings
- Montana PSC Approves Reductions for NorthWest Energy Customers
- Loss of coal project may help Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative
- Bill Headed To Senate Includes $64M for Winter Flood Damage
- Oregon Department of Transportation, Utilities Step Up Recruiting at Trades Fair
- Pennsylvania – Conservation or 'total meltdown'
- Dynegy Swings to Loss as Energy Prices Surge
- New York – Cuomo Accuses Power Authority Officials of Erasing E-Mail of Investigation Target
- U.S. Department of Energy seeking input on FutureGen project
- Unsolved Sea Lion Death Spotlights Fight over Salmon
- Sea lions not shot, cause of death unknown
- Six Protected Sea Lions Found Dead Along River
- New dam plan helps Montana
- Central Oregon salmon population still strong
- Search resumes in Columbia River for 3 missing Yakama Indian fishermen
- Divers fish for deepwater dangers
- President Signs Wild Sky Wilderness Bill
- Low Lake Roosevelt affecting travel
- Drink tap water, not bottled, City of Seattle urges
- Oil Giants to Settle MTBE Water Suit
- Judge orders EPA to hurry on carbon monoxide
- Two utilities reached different conclusions on participating on cogeneration projects
- Wind Energy Hits Big Time in Indiana
- Alaska Hydropower project stirs dissent
- Australia – Bright solar power plan has dark side
- Wall Street Journal Op/Ed – The Biofuels Backlash
- Juneau school district's conservation efforts paying off after rate hike
- Proving a Building 'Green' Can Be Daunting
- DOE goes cave hunting to pump carbon underground
- U.S. Renewable Energy Leaders: Don't Count on Carbon Price Alone
- German solar expert sees gaps in Oregon's green ethos
- iProvo Sold To Broadweave For $40 Million
- Behind the scenes on Clearwire deal
- Comcast mulling Internet usage cap to discourage 'excessive' use
- EarthLink Dropping Philadelphia's Wireless Network
- Is it time for ubiquitous Wi-Fi?
- Broadband Over Power Lines – Only 4,776 Subscribers and falling after the sale of Dallas-area network
- One Dead After Boat Capsizes On Hood Canal
- Two people rescued from waters near Olympia
- Construction of Ramp from SR3 to U.S. 101 near Shelton Begins Monday
- Cantwell Calls for New Storm Radar
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Alliumphile • \ALLEY-yum-file\ • noun – A lover of garlic
Alfredo was a walking, talking, breathing, fume emitting, advertisement for garlic. As the town’s resident alliumphile, he was often requested to walk on the other side of the street…especially after his morning breakfast of twenty (count-‘em, twenty) cloves of pickled elephant garlic. His olfactory-challenged wife had no idea what the fuss was about.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
SCOTUS/RESIDENTIAL EXCHANGE FILINGS –The US Solicitor General has filed a brief in opposition to a request from NW private utilities to the US Supreme Court. The plaintiffs are seeking high court review of a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in May of 2007 as to whether the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) acted within its statutory authority in creating “settlements” to potential disputes regarding “a statutory program (read that the small farm and residential exchange program)”, and whether BPA properly allocated the costs of the settlement agreements. The filing pretty much says that BPA can’t bypass requirements of law: it must be grounded in terms of the program enacted by Congress. (More details as they become readily available online)
Thanks BPA! PSC Approves Reductions for NWE Customers – The Montana Public Service Commission (PSC) today trimmed the amount some Northwestern Energy (NWE) customers pay for electricity (Liberty County Times)
http://highline.townnews.com/articles/2008/05/07/news/news7.txt
Loss of coal project may help Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative (Billings Outpost News)
http://newbillingsoutpost.com/news//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20552&Itemid=27
Bill Headed To Senate Includes $64M for Winter Flood Damage (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16192176/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Oregon Department of Transportation, Utilities Step Up Recruiting at Trades Fair – The region's electric utilities made a much bigger showing at the fair this year than they have in the past (RedOrbit)
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1372784/oregon_department_of_transportation_utilities_step_up_recruiting_at_trades/
Pennsylvania – Conservation or 'total meltdown' – Gov. Ed Rendell is calling for nearly $1 billion in clean energy grants and conservation programs and he warned the state was on the “brink of disaster” from utility bills that could soon skyrocket. (Bucks County Courier Times)
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/113-05082008-1530777.html
Dynegy Swings to Loss as Energy Prices Surge – The Houston-based power provider said it lost $152 million in the first quarter as market prices for power surged, causing accounting losses on some forward sales (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Dynegy.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
New York – Cuomo Accuses Power Authority Officials of Erasing E-Mail of Investigation Target (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/nyregion/08cuomo.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
U.S. Department of Energy seeking input on FutureGen project (St. Louis Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/05/05/daily48.html?ana=from_rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Unsolved Sea Lion Death Spotlights Fight over Salmon (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/May-June-08/Six-Sea-Lions-Killed--Spotlighting-Fight-Over-Salmon.html#1
Sea lions not shot, cause of death unknown (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Dateline Earth Blog)
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/environment/archives/138364.asp?source=mypi
Six Protected Sea Lions Found Dead Along River (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90259919&ft=1&f=2
New dam plan helps Montana – The federal government this week released a combination of “biological opinions” to govern the recovery of 13 threatened or endangered salmon and steelhead species in the Columbia Basin. (The Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell)
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2008/05/08/news/news03.txt
Central Oregon salmon population still strong (KTVZ-TV, Bend)
http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=8287136
Search resumes in Columbia River for 3 missing Yakama Indian fishermen after their boat overturned near Stevenson (Associated Press, via the Columbian)
http://news.columbian.com/news/state/APStories/AP05082008news314837.cfm
Divers fish for deepwater dangers – A cleanup effort is under way to get rid of forgotten dangers lurking deep in the mud of the Puget Sound (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komotv.com/news/local/18751314.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
President Signs Wild Sky Wilderness Bill (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16200191/detail.html
Low Lake Roosevelt affecting travel – Balancing the needs for power, fish, irrigation and flood control can get tricky after a long winter and you now you can add transportation to that list (The Star of Grand Coulee)
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19669054&BRD=1013&PAG=461&dept_id=387707&rfi=6
Drink tap water, not bottled, City of Seattle urges – Officials, activists join forces to convince public (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/362153_seattlewater08.html?source=rss
Oil Giants to Settle Water Suit – A dozen oil companies agreed to pay $423 million in cash plus clean-up costs to settle litigation over groundwater contamination from the gasoline additive, MTBE (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/business/08oil.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Judge orders EPA to hurry on carbon monoxide – The Bush administration has violated legal deadlines for updating the nation's clean-air standards on carbon monoxide, a federal judge in San Francisco has ruled. (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/08/MNJR10I1HQ.DTL&feed=rss.news
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Two utilities reached different conclusions on participating on cogeneration projects – one in Tacoma, the other in Cosmopolis (The Daily World, Aberdeen)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/05/07/local_news/02news.txt
Wind Energy Hits Big Time in Indiana (Indiana Prairie Farmer)
http://indianaprairiefarmer.com/index.aspx?ascxid=fpStory&fpsid=33672&fpstid=2
Alaska Hydropower project stirs dissent – A $4 million hydroelectric project proposed for Hatcher Pass is getting re-energized but is facing questions about its impact on a premier salmon stream (Anchorage Daily News)
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/398411.html
Australia – Bright solar power plan has dark side “…would pay home owners only for the electricity exported to the grid after what is consumed in the home. This raises serious concerns about equity issues and the ability of these schemes to produce the desired levels of renewable energy take-up…” (The Age)
http://business.theage.com.au/bright-solar-power-plan-has-dark-side/20080508-2cd0.html
Wall Street Journal Op/Ed – The Biofuels Backlash
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121011613215972205.html?mod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks
CONSERVATION
Juneau school district's conservation efforts paying off after rate hike (Juneau Empire)
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/050708/loc_276387520.shtml
Proving a Building 'Green' Can Be Daunting – Critics knock LEED's one-size-fits all point system and the cumbersome certification process (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90259935&ft=1&f=2
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
DOE goes cave hunting to pump carbon underground (CNET News)
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9937986-54.html?tag=nl.e433
U.S. Renewable Energy Leaders: Don't Count on Carbon Price Alone (Renewable Energy World Online)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=52417&src=rss
German solar expert sees gaps in Oregon's green ethos – Here to start a plant, Gunter Erfurt wonders why we aren't more like Europeans (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/121021711715500.xml&coll=7
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
iProvo Sold To Broadweave For $40 Million – One of Utah's two struggling municipal fiber networks, iProvo, is going to be sold (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/iProvo-Sold-To-Broadweave-For-40-Million-94208
Behind the scenes on Clearwire deal – Clearwire and Sprint Nextel have resurrected their plan to offer high-speed mobile Internet service with the help of some deep-pocketed supporters. (The Associated Press, via the News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/355146.html
Comcast mulling Internet usage cap to discourage 'excessive' use – Comcast, the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, is considering setting an official limit on the amount of data that subscribers can download per month and charging a fee for those who go over.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/362185_internetcaps08.html?source=rss
EarthLink Dropping Philadelphia's Wireless Network (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90268427&ft=1&f=3
Is it time for ubiquitous Wi-Fi? (CNET News)
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9938371-7.html?tag=nl.e703
Broadband Over Power Lines – Only 4,776 Subscribers and falling after the sale of Dallas-area network (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/BPL-Only-4776-Subscribers-94226
GENERAL NEWS
ONE DEAD AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES ON HOOD CANAL – One woman is dead and a man is in critical condition after a boating accident on Hood Canal. The State Patrol says the two were trapped under the 20-foot vessel when it flipped in high winds about 12:30 Wednesday afternoon. The woman had drowned by the time rescuers reached them, while the man was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Their names have not been released. The accident occurred near the Sunset Motel in Hoodsport. According to the Mason County Sheriff's Office, there were nine people on the boat when it capsized. Other responding agencies were Mason County Fire Districts One, Six, Nine and 18. (KMAS Radio, Shelton)
Two people rescued from waters near Olympia (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/442539.html
CONSTRUCTION OF RAMP FROM SR3 TO U.S. 101 NEAR SHELTON BEGINS MONDAY – Crews break ground next week on a safety project that builds an on-ramp from Highway 3 to northbound U.S. Highway 101 just south of Shelton. Currently, motorist on SR3 who want to go north on 101 toward Hoodsport must turn left and cross oncoming traffic. A new ramp provides a safer and more direct connection to 101 and eliminates the left turn. The contractor, Tri State Construction, Inc. of Bellevue, begins construction Monday and the project is scheduled to wrap up the end of October. During the project, drivers should expect intermittent lane and ramp closures. The project has been allocated nearly $3.9 Million ($3, 886,412) from the 2005 Gas Tax. For more information visit the project website: www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/US101/SR3_OnRamp/.(KMAS Radio, Shelton)
Cantwell Calls for New Storm Radar – Most of the Washington Shoreline Is Without Doppler System to Look Inside Clouds (Daily Chronicle, Centralia)
http://www.chronline.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1210182485&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&
Shelton Highclimber upset is surprise of WCC tennis tournament (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/143/story/442694.html
DIVERSIONS
Massachusetts Mayor Cuts Every Program, Gives Self 28% Raise – One day after he "warned that his city might close library branches, reduce the police force, and cut services to seniors if voters reject a property tax increase," has released a budget proposal that gives him a 28% salary increase
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2008/05/07/newtons_mayor_asks_for_28_raise/
Fla. Teacher Accused Of Wizardry – Man Made Toothpick Vanish In Class
http://www.local6.com/news/16169506/detail.html
Can a cardboard boat float down the Columbia?
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/178582.html
Platypus Looks Strange on the Inside, Too
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/science/08platypus.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Woman fired for giving 16-cent treat to toddler
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN0836799020080508?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Supreme Court of the United States/Residential Exchange Filings
- Montana PSC Approves Reductions for NorthWest Energy Customers
- Loss of coal project may help Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative
- Bill Headed To Senate Includes $64M for Winter Flood Damage
- Oregon Department of Transportation, Utilities Step Up Recruiting at Trades Fair
- Pennsylvania – Conservation or 'total meltdown'
- Dynegy Swings to Loss as Energy Prices Surge
- New York – Cuomo Accuses Power Authority Officials of Erasing E-Mail of Investigation Target
- U.S. Department of Energy seeking input on FutureGen project
- Unsolved Sea Lion Death Spotlights Fight over Salmon
- Sea lions not shot, cause of death unknown
- Six Protected Sea Lions Found Dead Along River
- New dam plan helps Montana
- Central Oregon salmon population still strong
- Search resumes in Columbia River for 3 missing Yakama Indian fishermen
- Divers fish for deepwater dangers
- President Signs Wild Sky Wilderness Bill
- Low Lake Roosevelt affecting travel
- Drink tap water, not bottled, City of Seattle urges
- Oil Giants to Settle MTBE Water Suit
- Judge orders EPA to hurry on carbon monoxide
- Two utilities reached different conclusions on participating on cogeneration projects
- Wind Energy Hits Big Time in Indiana
- Alaska Hydropower project stirs dissent
- Australia – Bright solar power plan has dark side
- Wall Street Journal Op/Ed – The Biofuels Backlash
- Juneau school district's conservation efforts paying off after rate hike
- Proving a Building 'Green' Can Be Daunting
- DOE goes cave hunting to pump carbon underground
- U.S. Renewable Energy Leaders: Don't Count on Carbon Price Alone
- German solar expert sees gaps in Oregon's green ethos
- iProvo Sold To Broadweave For $40 Million
- Behind the scenes on Clearwire deal
- Comcast mulling Internet usage cap to discourage 'excessive' use
- EarthLink Dropping Philadelphia's Wireless Network
- Is it time for ubiquitous Wi-Fi?
- Broadband Over Power Lines – Only 4,776 Subscribers and falling after the sale of Dallas-area network
- One Dead After Boat Capsizes On Hood Canal
- Two people rescued from waters near Olympia
- Construction of Ramp from SR3 to U.S. 101 near Shelton Begins Monday
- Cantwell Calls for New Storm Radar
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Alliumphile • \ALLEY-yum-file\ • noun – A lover of garlic
Alfredo was a walking, talking, breathing, fume emitting, advertisement for garlic. As the town’s resident alliumphile, he was often requested to walk on the other side of the street…especially after his morning breakfast of twenty (count-‘em, twenty) cloves of pickled elephant garlic. His olfactory-challenged wife had no idea what the fuss was about.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
SCOTUS/RESIDENTIAL EXCHANGE FILINGS –The US Solicitor General has filed a brief in opposition to a request from NW private utilities to the US Supreme Court. The plaintiffs are seeking high court review of a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in May of 2007 as to whether the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) acted within its statutory authority in creating “settlements” to potential disputes regarding “a statutory program (read that the small farm and residential exchange program)”, and whether BPA properly allocated the costs of the settlement agreements. The filing pretty much says that BPA can’t bypass requirements of law: it must be grounded in terms of the program enacted by Congress. (More details as they become readily available online)
Thanks BPA! PSC Approves Reductions for NWE Customers – The Montana Public Service Commission (PSC) today trimmed the amount some Northwestern Energy (NWE) customers pay for electricity (Liberty County Times)
http://highline.townnews.com/articles/2008/05/07/news/news7.txt
Loss of coal project may help Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative (Billings Outpost News)
http://newbillingsoutpost.com/news//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20552&Itemid=27
Bill Headed To Senate Includes $64M for Winter Flood Damage (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16192176/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Oregon Department of Transportation, Utilities Step Up Recruiting at Trades Fair – The region's electric utilities made a much bigger showing at the fair this year than they have in the past (RedOrbit)
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1372784/oregon_department_of_transportation_utilities_step_up_recruiting_at_trades/
Pennsylvania – Conservation or 'total meltdown' – Gov. Ed Rendell is calling for nearly $1 billion in clean energy grants and conservation programs and he warned the state was on the “brink of disaster” from utility bills that could soon skyrocket. (Bucks County Courier Times)
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/113-05082008-1530777.html
Dynegy Swings to Loss as Energy Prices Surge – The Houston-based power provider said it lost $152 million in the first quarter as market prices for power surged, causing accounting losses on some forward sales (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Dynegy.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
New York – Cuomo Accuses Power Authority Officials of Erasing E-Mail of Investigation Target (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/nyregion/08cuomo.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
U.S. Department of Energy seeking input on FutureGen project (St. Louis Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/05/05/daily48.html?ana=from_rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Unsolved Sea Lion Death Spotlights Fight over Salmon (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/May-June-08/Six-Sea-Lions-Killed--Spotlighting-Fight-Over-Salmon.html#1
Sea lions not shot, cause of death unknown (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Dateline Earth Blog)
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/environment/archives/138364.asp?source=mypi
Six Protected Sea Lions Found Dead Along River (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90259919&ft=1&f=2
New dam plan helps Montana – The federal government this week released a combination of “biological opinions” to govern the recovery of 13 threatened or endangered salmon and steelhead species in the Columbia Basin. (The Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell)
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2008/05/08/news/news03.txt
Central Oregon salmon population still strong (KTVZ-TV, Bend)
http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=8287136
Search resumes in Columbia River for 3 missing Yakama Indian fishermen after their boat overturned near Stevenson (Associated Press, via the Columbian)
http://news.columbian.com/news/state/APStories/AP05082008news314837.cfm
Divers fish for deepwater dangers – A cleanup effort is under way to get rid of forgotten dangers lurking deep in the mud of the Puget Sound (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komotv.com/news/local/18751314.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
President Signs Wild Sky Wilderness Bill (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16200191/detail.html
Low Lake Roosevelt affecting travel – Balancing the needs for power, fish, irrigation and flood control can get tricky after a long winter and you now you can add transportation to that list (The Star of Grand Coulee)
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19669054&BRD=1013&PAG=461&dept_id=387707&rfi=6
Drink tap water, not bottled, City of Seattle urges – Officials, activists join forces to convince public (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/362153_seattlewater08.html?source=rss
Oil Giants to Settle Water Suit – A dozen oil companies agreed to pay $423 million in cash plus clean-up costs to settle litigation over groundwater contamination from the gasoline additive, MTBE (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/business/08oil.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Judge orders EPA to hurry on carbon monoxide – The Bush administration has violated legal deadlines for updating the nation's clean-air standards on carbon monoxide, a federal judge in San Francisco has ruled. (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/08/MNJR10I1HQ.DTL&feed=rss.news
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Two utilities reached different conclusions on participating on cogeneration projects – one in Tacoma, the other in Cosmopolis (The Daily World, Aberdeen)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/05/07/local_news/02news.txt
Wind Energy Hits Big Time in Indiana (Indiana Prairie Farmer)
http://indianaprairiefarmer.com/index.aspx?ascxid=fpStory&fpsid=33672&fpstid=2
Alaska Hydropower project stirs dissent – A $4 million hydroelectric project proposed for Hatcher Pass is getting re-energized but is facing questions about its impact on a premier salmon stream (Anchorage Daily News)
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/398411.html
Australia – Bright solar power plan has dark side “…would pay home owners only for the electricity exported to the grid after what is consumed in the home. This raises serious concerns about equity issues and the ability of these schemes to produce the desired levels of renewable energy take-up…” (The Age)
http://business.theage.com.au/bright-solar-power-plan-has-dark-side/20080508-2cd0.html
Wall Street Journal Op/Ed – The Biofuels Backlash
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121011613215972205.html?mod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks
CONSERVATION
Juneau school district's conservation efforts paying off after rate hike (Juneau Empire)
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/050708/loc_276387520.shtml
Proving a Building 'Green' Can Be Daunting – Critics knock LEED's one-size-fits all point system and the cumbersome certification process (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90259935&ft=1&f=2
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
DOE goes cave hunting to pump carbon underground (CNET News)
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9937986-54.html?tag=nl.e433
U.S. Renewable Energy Leaders: Don't Count on Carbon Price Alone (Renewable Energy World Online)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=52417&src=rss
German solar expert sees gaps in Oregon's green ethos – Here to start a plant, Gunter Erfurt wonders why we aren't more like Europeans (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/121021711715500.xml&coll=7
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
iProvo Sold To Broadweave For $40 Million – One of Utah's two struggling municipal fiber networks, iProvo, is going to be sold (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/iProvo-Sold-To-Broadweave-For-40-Million-94208
Behind the scenes on Clearwire deal – Clearwire and Sprint Nextel have resurrected their plan to offer high-speed mobile Internet service with the help of some deep-pocketed supporters. (The Associated Press, via the News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/355146.html
Comcast mulling Internet usage cap to discourage 'excessive' use – Comcast, the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, is considering setting an official limit on the amount of data that subscribers can download per month and charging a fee for those who go over.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/362185_internetcaps08.html?source=rss
EarthLink Dropping Philadelphia's Wireless Network (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90268427&ft=1&f=3
Is it time for ubiquitous Wi-Fi? (CNET News)
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9938371-7.html?tag=nl.e703
Broadband Over Power Lines – Only 4,776 Subscribers and falling after the sale of Dallas-area network (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/BPL-Only-4776-Subscribers-94226
GENERAL NEWS
ONE DEAD AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES ON HOOD CANAL – One woman is dead and a man is in critical condition after a boating accident on Hood Canal. The State Patrol says the two were trapped under the 20-foot vessel when it flipped in high winds about 12:30 Wednesday afternoon. The woman had drowned by the time rescuers reached them, while the man was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Their names have not been released. The accident occurred near the Sunset Motel in Hoodsport. According to the Mason County Sheriff's Office, there were nine people on the boat when it capsized. Other responding agencies were Mason County Fire Districts One, Six, Nine and 18. (KMAS Radio, Shelton)
Two people rescued from waters near Olympia (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/442539.html
CONSTRUCTION OF RAMP FROM SR3 TO U.S. 101 NEAR SHELTON BEGINS MONDAY – Crews break ground next week on a safety project that builds an on-ramp from Highway 3 to northbound U.S. Highway 101 just south of Shelton. Currently, motorist on SR3 who want to go north on 101 toward Hoodsport must turn left and cross oncoming traffic. A new ramp provides a safer and more direct connection to 101 and eliminates the left turn. The contractor, Tri State Construction, Inc. of Bellevue, begins construction Monday and the project is scheduled to wrap up the end of October. During the project, drivers should expect intermittent lane and ramp closures. The project has been allocated nearly $3.9 Million ($3, 886,412) from the 2005 Gas Tax. For more information visit the project website: www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/US101/SR3_OnRamp/.(KMAS Radio, Shelton)
Cantwell Calls for New Storm Radar – Most of the Washington Shoreline Is Without Doppler System to Look Inside Clouds (Daily Chronicle, Centralia)
http://www.chronline.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1210182485&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&
Shelton Highclimber upset is surprise of WCC tennis tournament (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/143/story/442694.html
DIVERSIONS
Massachusetts Mayor Cuts Every Program, Gives Self 28% Raise – One day after he "warned that his city might close library branches, reduce the police force, and cut services to seniors if voters reject a property tax increase," has released a budget proposal that gives him a 28% salary increase
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2008/05/07/newtons_mayor_asks_for_28_raise/
Fla. Teacher Accused Of Wizardry – Man Made Toothpick Vanish In Class
http://www.local6.com/news/16169506/detail.html
Can a cardboard boat float down the Columbia?
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/178582.html
Platypus Looks Strange on the Inside, Too
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/science/08platypus.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Woman fired for giving 16-cent treat to toddler
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN0836799020080508?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Energy News Digest for May 7, 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)
- Centralia Steam Plant – TransAlta Seeks $21 Million in Damages from 2001 Crane Accident
- Court of appeals upholds ruling on Okanogan PUD impact statement for new transmission lines
- Power potpourri helps Puget Energy profit
- Portland General Electric receives OK for smart meters
- Washington State Deadline For Public Comment Extended On Heat Rules
- Sierra Club, GreenLaw and Friends of the Chattahoochee sue over Georgia power plant
- Australia – Energy privatization fears 'misplaced'
- Fishermen suspected after 6 sea lions are killed in Oregon
- Sea lion body found near Interstate 5 Bridge
- Sea lion deaths prompt security review at Bonneville Dam
- Agreement Reached In Suit Over Killing, Relocating Sea Lions
- City of Port Angeles settles with NOAA on illegal 2005 take of juvenile salmon
- Canada – Pro-salmon coalition takes British Columbia to court over fish farms
- News Release – Pikeminnow sport reward fishing begins
- Tri-City children send salmon swimming
- Olympian Op/Ed – Privatization of water supply not the solution to crisis
- Vandals put debris in Portland reservoir
- Eugene Water & Electric Board pursues cleanup of contaminated site near the Willamette River
- WA oyster dredge sinks in Grays Harbor; leaks fuel
- Cosmopolis Pulp mill in good condition
- Sequim, Battelle find way to expand utilities
- Attorneys general discuss energy issues at Coeur D’Alene Resort
- Wind glitch causes Missouri city to miss first green goal
- Amid uncertainty, U.S. wind industry installs 1,400 MW in 1st quarter
- Arizona in the running for up to 34 German solar projects
- Chinese to Rescue Russian Electricity Plans
- Coming to a mall near you: Power-generating windows
- California – Vegetable oil fuels cars and tax bills
- Is Ethanol To Blame for All Our Global Woes?
- News Tribune Opinion, Tacoma – A chance at last to undo the ethanol boondoggle
- Wal-Mart selects 20 state capitals for energy audits
- Eugene Register Guard Op/Ed – Offsets have a place in carbon control efforts
- Canadian politicians face test of courage on climate change
- Shareholders may mutiny against Yahoo
- Web peril where you least expect it
- 'Slow Internet,' the next green trend?
- 'Sanctuary city' motion dies in Olympia City Council meeting
- Mason County Citizens Will Have Input On Renaissance Faire
- Congress looking at steel pennies and nickels
- Irvine Robbins, 1917-2008: He created a flavor a day for ice cream lovers
- Flying Foul: Passengers Behaving Badly
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Beau geste • \bow-ZHEST\ • noun – *1: a graceful or magnanimous gesture 2: an ingratiating conciliatory gesture
The Geste boys were in trouble. Mike, John and Digby had not only wound up at the most miserable fort in the French Foreign Legion, Fort Zinderneuf, but they had a commanding officer that made Captain Bligh look like Sergeant Bilko. In the end, it was the “beau geste” of Mike that made everything wonderful again. (I think the original “Beau Geste” and the Original “Four Feathers” are among some of my favorite movies)
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Centralia Steam Plant – TransAlta Seeks $21 Million in Damages from 2001 Crane Accident – No Electricity Could Be Produced for Nearly Five Days at Centralia Plant (The Daily Chronicle, Centralia)
http://www.chronline.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1210095887&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&
Court of appeals upholds ruling on Okanogan PUD impact statement for a new electrical transmission line and substation between Pateros and Twisp (Omak Chronicle)
http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n080506a.shtml
Power potpourri helps Puget Energy profit – Puget Energy's push to increase its wind, coal and natural-gas generation paid off last quarter with a slightly higher profit even as a shortfall in regional hydropower crimped earnings at most utilities. (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004396956_pugetenergy07.html?syndication=rss
Portland General Electric receives OK for smart meters (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/05/05/daily24.html?ana=from_rss
Washington State Deadline For Public Comment Extended On Heat Rules (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=8281902
Sierra Club, GreenLaw and Friends of the Chattahoochee sue over Georgia power plant (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2008/05/05/daily30.html?ana=from_rss
Australia – Energy privatization fears 'misplaced' (Sydney Morning Herald)
http://news.smh.com.au/energy-privatisation-fears-misplaced/20080507-2br0.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fishermen suspected after 6 sea lions are killed in Oregon (The Associated Press)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hcSH4Kef7EHVeRa_HnuHHgR2vRMgD90GDNKG0
Sea lion body found near Interstate 5 Bridge – Another dead sea lion turned up in the Columbia River on Tuesday, this one floating past the Interstate 5 Bridge (The Columbian)
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/05/05072008_Sea-lion-body-found-near-Interstate-5-Bridge.cfm
Sea lion deaths prompt security review at Bonneville Dam – No more animals will be trapped as wildlife officials investigate the shootings that occurred in a restricted area (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/121004610769470.xml&coll=7
Agreement Reached In Suit Over Killing, Relocating Sea Lions (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16180280/detail.html?treets=sea&tml=sea_break&ts=T&tmi=sea_break_1_06110205062008
City of Port Angeles settles with NOAA on illegal 2005 take of juvenile threatened Puget Sound Chinook Salmon (KONP Radio, Port Angeles)
http://www.konp.com/local/3606
Canada – Pro-salmon coalition takes British Columbia to court over fish farms – Debate over the future of fish farming on British Columbia's coast moved from skirmishing in scientific journals to a full-blown court battle Tuesday. (Vancouver Sun)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=fe0446e8-1531-458c-bb6b-66c31a112fd3
News Release – Pikeminnow sport reward fishing begins; angling tips and close encounters with the salmon eater Wednesday, May 7 (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/201467/
Tri-City children send salmon swimming (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/177258.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Olympian Op/Ed – Privatization of water supply not the solution to crisis
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/441268.html
Vandals put debris in Portland reservoir (Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1378390~Vandals_put_debris_in_Portland_reservoir.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Eugene Water & Electric Board pursues cleanup of contaminated site near the Willamette River east of downtown (Eugene Register Guard)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=98719&sid=4&fid=2
WA oyster dredge sinks in Grays Harbor; leaks fuel (Associated Press, via the Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/441202.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Cosmopolis Pulp mill in good condition – The mill is in good condition for a 52-year-old facility, according to inspections performed for the Grays Harbor PUD (The Daily World, Aberdeen)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/05/06/local_news/02news.txt
Sequim, Battelle find way to expand utilities – Faced with a proposal that promises to bring upward of 200 clean, green jobs to town, the City Council all but flung its urban-growth gate open this week (Peninsula Daily News)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080507/NEWS/805070305
Attorneys general discuss energy issues at Coeur D’Alene Resort (Coeur D’Alene Press)
http://www.cdapress.com/articles/2008/05/06/news/news04.txt
Wind glitch causes Missouri city to miss first green goal – Cracked windmill blades shut down nearly half of the turbines at wind farm (McClatchy Tribune Business News, via Power Marketing Association Online)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp%5E%5CjpvunprTSjh%216C%29bfen%5Fv
Amid uncertainty, U.S. wind industry installs 1,400 MW in 1st quarter (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=328006&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Arizona in the running for up to 34 German solar projects (Phoenix Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/05/05/daily23.html?ana=from_rss
Chinese to Rescue Russian Electricity Plans – Chinese engineers are coming to the rescue of the electricity sector, as outgoing President Vladimir Putin backs a five-year expansion plan that will rival Lenin's drives to electrify the nation (The Moscow Times, thanks to Kevin O’Meara for the tip...)
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/1009/42/362537.htm
Coming to a mall near you: Power-generating windows (CNET News)
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9937182-54.html?tag=nl.e433
California – Vegetable oil fuels cars and tax bills – Diesel owners who switch to cooking grease can run afoul of the law. Just ask the governor (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-vegoil6-2008may06,0,5791535.story
Is Ethanol To Blame for All Our Global Woes? (Renewable Energy World Online)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/ate/story?id=52358&src=rss
News Tribune Opinion, Tacoma – A chance at last to undo the ethanol boondoggle
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/354114.html
CONSERVATION
Wal-Mart selects 20 state capitals for energy audits (Nashua Telegraph)
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080507/NEWS02/379310879
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Eugene Register Guard Op/Ed – Offsets have a place in carbon control efforts http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=98214&sid=5&fid=2
Canadian politicians face test of courage on climate change (Victoria Times Colonist)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=c11977b8-408f-422d-ad8e-e316635e95d4
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Shareholders may mutiny against Yahoo – Angry over takeover strategy (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/362044_yahooboard07.html
Web peril where you least expect it – With no reliable way to tell, even popular sites being attacked (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/362070_webinsecurity07.html?source=rss
'Slow Internet,' the next green trend? (CNET News)
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9937769-54.html?tag=nl.e703
GENERAL NEWS
'Sanctuary city' motion dies in Olympia City Council meeting (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/441423.html
MASON COUNTY CITIZENS WILL HAVE INPUT ON RENAISSANCE FAIRE – North Mason residents will get to comment on whether the Washington Renaissance Fantasy Faire should be held on Bear Creek-Dewatto Road this summer. Two Mission Lake residents came to the Mason County Commission meeting Tuesday to voice their concerns over the faire as they believed it was already approved without public input. Jim Powers and Anthony McCorsh told the commissioners that building on the property has begun and the organizers are already selling tickets. Commissioner Tim Sheldon told the pair that was not true and there is only a proposal to hold the Faire there. Also, the Faire still needs to go through the usual public process. The founder of the Faire, Ron Cleveland, hopes to move the event to 206 acres in North Mason County but residents have voiced several concerns including the impact to traffic, the conditions of local roads, and availability of emergency services. Last month at the North Mason Community Voice meeting, Sheldon suggested the Renaissance Faire be held at the Mason County Fairgrounds instead. (KMAS Radio, Shelton)
Congress looking at steel pennies and nickels – Copper and zinc are too expensive
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gQ_5aPTZvEsDV495atf27Iory8uwD90GCD2G1
Irvine Robbins, 1917-2008: He created a flavor a day for ice cream lovers (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/361972_obitrobbins07.html?source=rss
Flying Foul: Passengers Behaving Badly – Rude Neighbors, Messes Left In Seat Pockets Proliferate; Exploring the Revenge Motive – You'll never look at, or reach into, an airline seat-back pocket the same after reading this
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121002938540469015.html
DIVERSIONS
Driver chased by bat-wielding mob after Kelso park rampage (you don’t want to tick these people off…they have BASEBALL BATS you idiot!)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_050608WAB_kelso_park_rampage_LJ.d8e1f135.html
The Claim: Running Outdoors Burns More Calories
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/health/06real.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Pit Bull Gets Stuck In Engine Of Truck – Man Had Just Paid $1,000 To Fix Truck (Larry Lujack at WLS would be proud!)
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/16182653/detail.html
Louisiana Prison Warden Says Black Bear Living On Prison Grounds Offers Extra Security
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16176221/detail.html
Chocolate Breath Helps Bremerton Police Nab Shoplifter
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16176531/detail.html
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Centralia Steam Plant – TransAlta Seeks $21 Million in Damages from 2001 Crane Accident
- Court of appeals upholds ruling on Okanogan PUD impact statement for new transmission lines
- Power potpourri helps Puget Energy profit
- Portland General Electric receives OK for smart meters
- Washington State Deadline For Public Comment Extended On Heat Rules
- Sierra Club, GreenLaw and Friends of the Chattahoochee sue over Georgia power plant
- Australia – Energy privatization fears 'misplaced'
- Fishermen suspected after 6 sea lions are killed in Oregon
- Sea lion body found near Interstate 5 Bridge
- Sea lion deaths prompt security review at Bonneville Dam
- Agreement Reached In Suit Over Killing, Relocating Sea Lions
- City of Port Angeles settles with NOAA on illegal 2005 take of juvenile salmon
- Canada – Pro-salmon coalition takes British Columbia to court over fish farms
- News Release – Pikeminnow sport reward fishing begins
- Tri-City children send salmon swimming
- Olympian Op/Ed – Privatization of water supply not the solution to crisis
- Vandals put debris in Portland reservoir
- Eugene Water & Electric Board pursues cleanup of contaminated site near the Willamette River
- WA oyster dredge sinks in Grays Harbor; leaks fuel
- Cosmopolis Pulp mill in good condition
- Sequim, Battelle find way to expand utilities
- Attorneys general discuss energy issues at Coeur D’Alene Resort
- Wind glitch causes Missouri city to miss first green goal
- Amid uncertainty, U.S. wind industry installs 1,400 MW in 1st quarter
- Arizona in the running for up to 34 German solar projects
- Chinese to Rescue Russian Electricity Plans
- Coming to a mall near you: Power-generating windows
- California – Vegetable oil fuels cars and tax bills
- Is Ethanol To Blame for All Our Global Woes?
- News Tribune Opinion, Tacoma – A chance at last to undo the ethanol boondoggle
- Wal-Mart selects 20 state capitals for energy audits
- Eugene Register Guard Op/Ed – Offsets have a place in carbon control efforts
- Canadian politicians face test of courage on climate change
- Shareholders may mutiny against Yahoo
- Web peril where you least expect it
- 'Slow Internet,' the next green trend?
- 'Sanctuary city' motion dies in Olympia City Council meeting
- Mason County Citizens Will Have Input On Renaissance Faire
- Congress looking at steel pennies and nickels
- Irvine Robbins, 1917-2008: He created a flavor a day for ice cream lovers
- Flying Foul: Passengers Behaving Badly
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Beau geste • \bow-ZHEST\ • noun – *1: a graceful or magnanimous gesture 2: an ingratiating conciliatory gesture
The Geste boys were in trouble. Mike, John and Digby had not only wound up at the most miserable fort in the French Foreign Legion, Fort Zinderneuf, but they had a commanding officer that made Captain Bligh look like Sergeant Bilko. In the end, it was the “beau geste” of Mike that made everything wonderful again. (I think the original “Beau Geste” and the Original “Four Feathers” are among some of my favorite movies)
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Centralia Steam Plant – TransAlta Seeks $21 Million in Damages from 2001 Crane Accident – No Electricity Could Be Produced for Nearly Five Days at Centralia Plant (The Daily Chronicle, Centralia)
http://www.chronline.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1210095887&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&
Court of appeals upholds ruling on Okanogan PUD impact statement for a new electrical transmission line and substation between Pateros and Twisp (Omak Chronicle)
http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n080506a.shtml
Power potpourri helps Puget Energy profit – Puget Energy's push to increase its wind, coal and natural-gas generation paid off last quarter with a slightly higher profit even as a shortfall in regional hydropower crimped earnings at most utilities. (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004396956_pugetenergy07.html?syndication=rss
Portland General Electric receives OK for smart meters (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/05/05/daily24.html?ana=from_rss
Washington State Deadline For Public Comment Extended On Heat Rules (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=8281902
Sierra Club, GreenLaw and Friends of the Chattahoochee sue over Georgia power plant (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2008/05/05/daily30.html?ana=from_rss
Australia – Energy privatization fears 'misplaced' (Sydney Morning Herald)
http://news.smh.com.au/energy-privatisation-fears-misplaced/20080507-2br0.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fishermen suspected after 6 sea lions are killed in Oregon (The Associated Press)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hcSH4Kef7EHVeRa_HnuHHgR2vRMgD90GDNKG0
Sea lion body found near Interstate 5 Bridge – Another dead sea lion turned up in the Columbia River on Tuesday, this one floating past the Interstate 5 Bridge (The Columbian)
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/05/05072008_Sea-lion-body-found-near-Interstate-5-Bridge.cfm
Sea lion deaths prompt security review at Bonneville Dam – No more animals will be trapped as wildlife officials investigate the shootings that occurred in a restricted area (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/121004610769470.xml&coll=7
Agreement Reached In Suit Over Killing, Relocating Sea Lions (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16180280/detail.html?treets=sea&tml=sea_break&ts=T&tmi=sea_break_1_06110205062008
City of Port Angeles settles with NOAA on illegal 2005 take of juvenile threatened Puget Sound Chinook Salmon (KONP Radio, Port Angeles)
http://www.konp.com/local/3606
Canada – Pro-salmon coalition takes British Columbia to court over fish farms – Debate over the future of fish farming on British Columbia's coast moved from skirmishing in scientific journals to a full-blown court battle Tuesday. (Vancouver Sun)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=fe0446e8-1531-458c-bb6b-66c31a112fd3
News Release – Pikeminnow sport reward fishing begins; angling tips and close encounters with the salmon eater Wednesday, May 7 (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/201467/
Tri-City children send salmon swimming (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/177258.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Olympian Op/Ed – Privatization of water supply not the solution to crisis
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/441268.html
Vandals put debris in Portland reservoir (Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1378390~Vandals_put_debris_in_Portland_reservoir.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Eugene Water & Electric Board pursues cleanup of contaminated site near the Willamette River east of downtown (Eugene Register Guard)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=98719&sid=4&fid=2
WA oyster dredge sinks in Grays Harbor; leaks fuel (Associated Press, via the Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/441202.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Cosmopolis Pulp mill in good condition – The mill is in good condition for a 52-year-old facility, according to inspections performed for the Grays Harbor PUD (The Daily World, Aberdeen)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/05/06/local_news/02news.txt
Sequim, Battelle find way to expand utilities – Faced with a proposal that promises to bring upward of 200 clean, green jobs to town, the City Council all but flung its urban-growth gate open this week (Peninsula Daily News)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080507/NEWS/805070305
Attorneys general discuss energy issues at Coeur D’Alene Resort (Coeur D’Alene Press)
http://www.cdapress.com/articles/2008/05/06/news/news04.txt
Wind glitch causes Missouri city to miss first green goal – Cracked windmill blades shut down nearly half of the turbines at wind farm (McClatchy Tribune Business News, via Power Marketing Association Online)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp%5E%5CjpvunprTSjh%216C%29bfen%5Fv
Amid uncertainty, U.S. wind industry installs 1,400 MW in 1st quarter (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=328006&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Arizona in the running for up to 34 German solar projects (Phoenix Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/05/05/daily23.html?ana=from_rss
Chinese to Rescue Russian Electricity Plans – Chinese engineers are coming to the rescue of the electricity sector, as outgoing President Vladimir Putin backs a five-year expansion plan that will rival Lenin's drives to electrify the nation (The Moscow Times, thanks to Kevin O’Meara for the tip...)
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/1009/42/362537.htm
Coming to a mall near you: Power-generating windows (CNET News)
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9937182-54.html?tag=nl.e433
California – Vegetable oil fuels cars and tax bills – Diesel owners who switch to cooking grease can run afoul of the law. Just ask the governor (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-vegoil6-2008may06,0,5791535.story
Is Ethanol To Blame for All Our Global Woes? (Renewable Energy World Online)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/ate/story?id=52358&src=rss
News Tribune Opinion, Tacoma – A chance at last to undo the ethanol boondoggle
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/354114.html
CONSERVATION
Wal-Mart selects 20 state capitals for energy audits (Nashua Telegraph)
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080507/NEWS02/379310879
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Eugene Register Guard Op/Ed – Offsets have a place in carbon control efforts http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=98214&sid=5&fid=2
Canadian politicians face test of courage on climate change (Victoria Times Colonist)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=c11977b8-408f-422d-ad8e-e316635e95d4
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Shareholders may mutiny against Yahoo – Angry over takeover strategy (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/362044_yahooboard07.html
Web peril where you least expect it – With no reliable way to tell, even popular sites being attacked (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/362070_webinsecurity07.html?source=rss
'Slow Internet,' the next green trend? (CNET News)
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9937769-54.html?tag=nl.e703
GENERAL NEWS
'Sanctuary city' motion dies in Olympia City Council meeting (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/441423.html
MASON COUNTY CITIZENS WILL HAVE INPUT ON RENAISSANCE FAIRE – North Mason residents will get to comment on whether the Washington Renaissance Fantasy Faire should be held on Bear Creek-Dewatto Road this summer. Two Mission Lake residents came to the Mason County Commission meeting Tuesday to voice their concerns over the faire as they believed it was already approved without public input. Jim Powers and Anthony McCorsh told the commissioners that building on the property has begun and the organizers are already selling tickets. Commissioner Tim Sheldon told the pair that was not true and there is only a proposal to hold the Faire there. Also, the Faire still needs to go through the usual public process. The founder of the Faire, Ron Cleveland, hopes to move the event to 206 acres in North Mason County but residents have voiced several concerns including the impact to traffic, the conditions of local roads, and availability of emergency services. Last month at the North Mason Community Voice meeting, Sheldon suggested the Renaissance Faire be held at the Mason County Fairgrounds instead. (KMAS Radio, Shelton)
Congress looking at steel pennies and nickels – Copper and zinc are too expensive
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gQ_5aPTZvEsDV495atf27Iory8uwD90GCD2G1
Irvine Robbins, 1917-2008: He created a flavor a day for ice cream lovers (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/361972_obitrobbins07.html?source=rss
Flying Foul: Passengers Behaving Badly – Rude Neighbors, Messes Left In Seat Pockets Proliferate; Exploring the Revenge Motive – You'll never look at, or reach into, an airline seat-back pocket the same after reading this
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121002938540469015.html
DIVERSIONS
Driver chased by bat-wielding mob after Kelso park rampage (you don’t want to tick these people off…they have BASEBALL BATS you idiot!)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_050608WAB_kelso_park_rampage_LJ.d8e1f135.html
The Claim: Running Outdoors Burns More Calories
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/health/06real.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Pit Bull Gets Stuck In Engine Of Truck – Man Had Just Paid $1,000 To Fix Truck (Larry Lujack at WLS would be proud!)
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/16182653/detail.html
Louisiana Prison Warden Says Black Bear Living On Prison Grounds Offers Extra Security
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16176221/detail.html
Chocolate Breath Helps Bremerton Police Nab Shoplifter
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16176531/detail.html
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