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)
- Person who shot down Mason County power line sought
- Award (sic) Offered for Power Line Shooting near Hoodsport
- Shooter severs BPA power line near Shelton causing fire and major damage
- Grays Harbor County PUD could face power shortage in five years
- Puget Sound Energy Investing Heavily in Electric and Natural Gas Infrastructure
- No to open record on Puget Energy sale testimony
- Clallam PUD candidates tout experience and leadership
- After Transformer Fire – Nuclear reactor restarted at Diablo Canyon
- Yucca Mountain license application accepted for review
- UNITED KINGDOM – Call for windfall tax on 'profiteering' energy industry
- Cold water rejuvenates Oregon ocean, salmon
- Canada’s Fraser River sockeye returns lowest in 50 years
- Any River Will Do for One Spawning Fish – The sea lamprey can’t go home again
- Oregon counties seek groundwater storage
- Massive pipe for Brightwater Sewer plant towed down Snohomish River
- Staying in a Tree, Delaying the Final Cuts
- Solar-power manufacturers outpacing buyers
- Report: ‘Green’ investment could add jobs in Oregon
- Wind: The other untapped offshore energy source
- CANADA – Sewage gas powers up Prince George treatment plant
- Michigan Energy plan, renewable source requirement decisions near
- Missouri renewable energy initiative to appear on ballot
- Wisconsin School Debuts Geothermal Energy
- "Fishing for Energy" Comes to Rhode Island
- Okanogan PUD conservation department seeks more funding
- Old Farmer’s Almanac: Global Cooling May Be Under Wa
- DSL Is The New Dial-Up – At least according to one analysis firm
- FCC Kills Telco Reporting Requirements
- Coming Soon: 1 GB Fiber Broadband. Just Not in the U.S.
- Broadband coverage won't help Southern Berkshire Technology Committee area
- Computer Makers See Profits in Retooling Clients' Data Centers
- Switch flipped: N.C. town first to have digital-only TV
- Prisons Concerned About Digital TV Switchover
- Mason County settles records lawsuit for $175,000
- California Man Dies After Being Hospitalized Following A Crash Last Month
- Olympian to cut newsroom staff, workers' hours
- The News Tribune of Tacoma offers buyouts to 189 of 350 staffers
- Oregon Sheriffs Office Warns Of Potentially Hazardous Hot Spring
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Superfetation • \soop-er-fee-TAY-shun\ • noun – A progressive accumulation or accretion reaching an extreme or excessive degree
Joel’s wife sighed deeply as she watched him furtively leave the music store and stalk towards her waiting car. Despite his best efforts, she saw that he was hiding behind his back yet another addition to his ukulele collection. It all started innocently enough with a purchase at Yenney’s Music. But according to his wife, the obsessive superfetation with the diminutive instrument has reached almost “crack-cocaine” like proportions.
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
Person who shot down Mason County power line sought – BPA is asking the public to help identify someone who shot down a major power line, causing a fire near Hoodsport, Mason County (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008167146_webpowerlines08m.html?syndication=rss
Award (sic) Offered For Power Line Shooting Near Hoodsport (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/4981/reftab/1896/Default.aspx
News Release – Shooter severs BPA power line near Shelton causing fire and major damage (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/224302/
Grays Harbor County PUD could face power shortage in five years (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/09/08/local_news/02news.txt
News Release – Puget Sound Energy Investing Heavily in Electric and Natural Gas System Infrastructure to Meet Customer Needs – Improvements underway throughout Western Washington (Puget Sound Energy)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=96570
No to open record on Puget Energy – State staff says a petition to unveil confidential testimony related to the sale of Puget Energy should be denied (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008167470_bizbriefs09.html?syndication=rss
Clallam PUD candidates tout experience and leadership (The Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080909/NEWS/809090306
After Transformer Fire – Nuclear reactor restarted at Diablo Canyon (Associated Press, CA)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1577732~Nuclear_reactor_restarted_at_Diablo_Canyon.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Yucca Mountain license application accepted for review – Radioactive waste dump takes next step (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008165987_apyuccamountain.html?syndication=rss
UNITED KINGDOM – Call for windfall tax on 'profiteering' energy industry (Financial Times of London, UK)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d6c1c8a2-7e08-11dd-bdbd-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1
FISH & WILDLIFE
Cold water rejuvenates Oregon ocean, salmon (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/cold_water_rejuvenates_oregon.html
Canada’s Fraser River sockeye returns lowest in 50 years – Summer run falls 60 per cent below the average, fisheries department says (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=6c316aad-d6ee-4441-a185-989adc7ce077
Any River Will Do for One Spawning Fish – The sea lamprey can’t go home again, and researchers think they know why (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/science/09oblamp.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon counties seek groundwater storage (Associated Press, OR)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1576634~Oregon_counties_seek_groundwater_storage.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Massive pipe for Brightwater Sewer plant towed down Snohomish River (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080909/NEWS01/709099862/-1/RSS02
Staying in a Tree, Delaying the Final Cuts (NY Times, check out the lone redwood…which someone topped)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/us/09tree.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Solar-power manufacturers outpacing buyers (The Associated Press, OR)
http://www.dailytidings.com/2008/0908/stories/0908_solar.php
Report: ‘Green’ investment could add jobs in Oregon (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/09/08/daily7.html?ana=from_rss
Wind: The other untapped offshore energy source (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/09/08/ap5400562.html
CANADA – Sewage gas powers up Prince George treatment plant – Residents of Prince George will have one more reason to feel good every time they flush their toilets (CBC News)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/09/08/bc-080908-prince-george-sewage-power.html
Michigan Energy plan, renewable source requirement decisions near (Associated Press, MI)
http://www.mlive.com/business/index.ssf/2008/09/energy_plan_renewable_source_r.html
Missouri renewable energy initiative to appear on ballot (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/09/08/daily31.html?ana=from_rss
Wisconsin School Debuts Geothermal Energy – District Saves Big On Utility Costs (WISC-TV, Madison, WI)
http://www.channel3000.com/news/17424713/detail.html?rss=c3k&psp=news
"Fishing for Energy" Comes to Rhode Island – Innovative partnership to recycle fishing equipment into energy (Centre Daily Times, State College, PA)
http://www.centredaily.com/business/story/825732.html
CONSERVATION
Okanogan PUD conservation department seeks more funding (The Omak Chronicle, WA)
http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n080908a.shtml
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Old Farmer’s Almanac: Global Cooling May Be Under Way – Almanac Draws Results From Solar Activity, Weather Records (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/weather/17426207/detail.html
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
DSL Is The New Dial-Up – At least according to one analysis firm (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/DSL-Is-The-New-DialUp-97562
FCC Kills Telco Reporting Requirements – Nation's five largest telcos get huge gift from Kevin Martin (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Kills-Telco-Reporting-Requirements-97566
Coming Soon: 1 GB Fiber Broadband. Just Not in the U.S. (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/09/08/coming-soon-1-gb-fiber-broadband-just-not-in-the-us/
MASSACHUSETTS – Broadband coverage won't help Southern Berkshire Technology Committee area (Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA)
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_10410915?source=most_emailed
Cutting Tech's Energy Bill – Computer Makers See Profits in Retooling Clients' Data Centers (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122090819257011743.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Switch flipped: N.C. town first to have digital-only TV (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008166252_webdigitaltv08.html?syndication=rss
Prisons Concerned About Digital TV Switchover – Prison officials are hustling to ensure that their inmates don’t lose access to broadcast television (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/September-08/Prisons-Concerned-About-Digital-TV-Switchover.html
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County settles records lawsuit for $175,000 “…related to unsubstantiated complaint against him over disturbing salmon habitat…” (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/578454.html
California Man Dies After Being Hospitalized Following A Crash Last Month (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/4983/reftab/1896/Default.aspx
Olympian to cut newsroom staff, workers' hours – Includes buyout offers to 38 of the newsroom's 45 full- and part-time print and online employees (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/business/story/578357.html
The News Tribune of Tacoma offers buyouts to 189 of 350 staffers (The Associated Press, WA)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/28038299.html
Oregon Sheriffs Office Warns Of Potentially Hazardous Hot Spring (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/2997-sheriffs-office-warns-potentially-hazardous-hot-spring/
DIVERSIONS
South Park – Russia in a bid to ban "extremist" U.S. cartoon
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL869731820080908?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Fish Flies Out Of Lake, Breaks Arkansas Teen's Jaw
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/17420483/detail.html
Man Steals Town of Bucoda's Only Ambulance, Crashes it
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17424584/detail.html
Oregon couple solves mystery deposit
http://www.examiner.com/a-1577257~Ore__couple_solves_mystery_deposit.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
KFC shoring up security for secret recipe
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008167896_apkfcsecret.html?syndication=rss
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
Energy News Digest for September 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)
- Two Arrests Made in Connection With TransAlta Bomb
- PSE-financed Jefferson PUD power opposition surfaces
- PUD Study: PUD rates will be cheaper
- Utility study says PUD will be costly, risky
- The Whidbey Examiner Op/Ed – Public Power in Washington
- No rate hikes budgeted for Douglas PUD customers
- Minnesota Power to phase out electricity contract to buy coal-generated electricity
- Wild Salmon Center wants to direct money to healthy rivers
- Northwest sea lions teach humans the folly of fighting Mother Nature
- Salmon homecoming: Our urban nature
- Yakima selling surplus land to state: BPA Grant to help in purchase
- EPA erred in Spokane River pollution limits
- Lacey to submit its water plan to pump more drinking water
- Allocation of Wastewater Treatment Assistance: Formula and Other Changes
- Water Infrastructure Financing: History of EPA Appropriations
- Study: California farmers can profit by saving water
- Gregoire plans more active role in stalled Cosmopolis pulp mill talks
- Congress faces energy, funding in dash to finish
- MONTANA – Hot Springs man sees energy in all that water
- Energy Innovators: 4 creative solutions to energy problems
- Duke Energy wants solar to go through the roof
- Manure "Smells Like Money" As Energy Costs Rise
- Confusion led to homes mislabeled as 'green'
- Slow climate change not by eating less meat, but by feeding livestock on grass
- Australian Op/Ed – Climate case built on thin foundation
- Latest Enron Broadband Trials Rescheduled
- Google reigns as the world's most powerful 10-year-old
- Congress Still Needs to Deal With I.S.P. Snooping
- $40 Billion To Wire the UK With FTTH
- Wireless Technology and Spectrum Demand: Advanced Wireless Services
- Brush Fire under BPA Lines Closes Lake Cushman Road
- Boeing Machinists On Strike
- Copper Thieves Leave Landlord's House All Wet
- In Rescue to Stabilize Lending, U.S. Takes Over Mortgage Finance Titans
- Meanwhile…Washington Mutual ousts CEO Kerry Killinger
- Race for 35th district tops list of most costly for 2008
- Yakima Valley mosquitoes worst in decade
- Scooter Popularity Raises Questions About Pollution
- Cool Spring And Fall Could Jeopardize ’08 Wine Vintage
- UC Berkeley grove cleared of most trees
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Bumptious • \BUMP-shus\ • adjective – Presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive: obtrusive
“Will you just SHUT UP,” screamed Alice at the bumptious insect that had somehow snuck into her studio apartment. Every five minutes the cricket interrupted her slumber with its insistent song. Unknown to Alice, the insect was channeling the ghost of J.P. Morgan and sending secret investment advice. Alas, Alice, not understanding “cricket” ended the sure-fire wealth session by locating and squashing the bug before she headed for work cleaning up offal at the Eastside Rendering Plant.
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
Anticlimactic – Two Arrests Made in Connection With TransAlta Bomb (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1220685182&archive=
PSE-financed Jefferson PUD power opposition surfaces (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080906/NEWS/809060303
PUD Study: PUD rates will be cheaper (The Whidbey Examiner, Coupeville, WA)
http://www.stpns.net/view_article.html?articleId=109510854521354310525
Utility study says PUD will be costly, risky (The Whidbey Examiner, Coupeville, WA)
http://www.whidbeyexaminer.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=1691&TM=57079.14
The Whidbey Examiner Op/Ed – Public Power in Washington (Coupeville, WA)
http://www.whidbeyexaminer.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=1692&TM=57079.14
No rate hikes budgeted for Douglas PUD customers (The Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080906/NEWS04/709069870
Minnesota Power to phase out electricity contract to buy coal-generated electricity as it develops wind energy to meet state requirements for renewable energy (Associated Press)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080908/minnesota_power_wind_energy.html?.v=1
FISH & WILDLIFE
Wild Salmon Center wants to direct money to healthy rivers (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/wild_salmon_center_wants_to_di.html
Northwest sea lions teach humans the folly of fighting Mother Nature (Seattle Times – Check out the pictures!)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2008162539_pacificplions07.html?syndication=rss
Post-Intelligencer Editorial – Salmon homecoming: Our urban nature (Seattle, WA)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/378138_salmoned.html?source=rss
Yakima selling out-of-town surplus land to state Department of Fish and Wildlife – Price is $1.3 million, including grant funds from the Bonneville Power Administration (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/7353
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
EPA erred in Spokane River pollution limits (The Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1572289~EPA_erred_in_Spokane_River_pollution_limits.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Lacey to submit its water plan – Crucial to its effort to receive state approval to pump more drinking water (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/577294.html
Congressional Research Service – Allocation of Wastewater Treatment Assistance: Formula and Other Changes
http://opencrs.com/document/RS20993
Congressional Research Service – Water Infrastructure Financing: History of EPA Appropriations
http://opencrs.com/document/96-647
Study: California farmers can profit by saving water (The Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1575767~Study__Calif__farmers_can_profit_by_saving_water.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Gregoire plans more active role in stalled Cosmopolis pulp mill talks – Grays Harbor PUD would benefit in co-generation plant (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/09/07/local_news/03news.txt
Congress faces energy, funding in dash to finish (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/475394.html
MONTANA – Hot Springs man sees energy in all that water (The Missoulian, MT)
http://missoulian.com/articles/2008/09/08/news/local/news03.txt
Energy Innovators: 4 creative solutions to energy problems (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/environment/2008-09-08-energy-innovations-environment_N.htm
Duke Energy wants solar to go through the roof: It's taking bids to build a network based on power from roof top solar panels (McClatchy Tribune Business News, via Power Marketing Association Online)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp%5E%5ClmjjrupUSig%27%40%3E%20bfen%5Fv
Manure "Smells Like Money" As Energy Costs Rise (Cattle Network)
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=250619
CONSERVATION
Confusion led to homes mislabeled as 'green' (The Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080908/BIZ/709089976/-1/rss03
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Steaks are high – We can slow climate change not by eating less meat, but by feeding our livestock on grass, not grain (The Guardian, United Kingdom)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/08/food.unitednations?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews
Australian Op/Ed – Climate case built on thin foundation
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24315169-7583,00.html
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Latest Enron Broadband Trials Rescheduled – Appeals continue for three Enron execs (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Latest-Enron-Broadband-Trials-Rescheduled-97522
Google reigns as the world's most powerful 10-year-old (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/378032_google06.html?source=rss
Congress Still Needs to Deal With I.S.P. Snooping (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/congress-still-needs-to-deal-with-isp-snooping/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
$40 Billion To Wire the UK With FTTH (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/40-Billion-To-Wire-the-UK-With-FTTH-97556
Congressional Research Service – Wireless Technology and Spectrum Demand: Advanced Wireless Services
http://opencrs.com/document/RS20993
GENERAL NEWS
Brush Fire under BPA Lines Closes Lake Cushman Road (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/4973/reftab/1896/Default.aspx
Boeing Machinists On Strike (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17403231/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_1_09000209082008&ts=H
Copper Thieves Leave Landlord's House All Wet (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/sep/07/copper-thieves-leave-landlords-house-all-wet/?partner=RSS
In Rescue to Stabilize Lending, U.S. Takes Over Mortgage Finance Titans (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/business/08fannie.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Meanwhile…Washington Mutual ousts CEO Kerry Killinger (The Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/577527.html
Race for 35th district tops list of most costly for 2008 (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/576147.html
Yakima Valley mosquitoes worst in decade (The Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1575395~Yakima_Valley_mosquitoes_worst_in_decade.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
What’s an environmentalist to do? Scooter Popularity Raises Questions About Pollution (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/2991-scooter-popularity-raises-questions-about-pollution/
Cool Spring And Fall Could Jeopardize ’08 Wine Vintage (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/2990-cool-spring-and-fall-could-jeopardize-08-wine-vintage/
UC Berkeley grove cleared of most trees – Arborists nearly finished clearing an embattled UC Berkeley grove Saturday, leaving a stripped, lone redwood occupied by four protesters (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/06/BAJH12PDUE.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
DIVERSIONS-ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER
With homeowner in doghouse, bobcats move in
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bobcats5-2008sep05,0,2286826.story
Smelly, destructive elk move in on Longview
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/27974899.html
Vet Removes 13 Golf Balls from Dog’s Stomach
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/health/September-October-08/Vet-Removes-13-Golf-Balls-from-Dog-s-Stomach.html
6-foot lizard captured in Oregon
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/378217_lizard09.html?source=rss
Ramtha versus “WhiteWind Weaver” lawsuit beginning in Olympia
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/378218_ramtha09.html?source=rss
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Two Arrests Made in Connection With TransAlta Bomb
- PSE-financed Jefferson PUD power opposition surfaces
- PUD Study: PUD rates will be cheaper
- Utility study says PUD will be costly, risky
- The Whidbey Examiner Op/Ed – Public Power in Washington
- No rate hikes budgeted for Douglas PUD customers
- Minnesota Power to phase out electricity contract to buy coal-generated electricity
- Wild Salmon Center wants to direct money to healthy rivers
- Northwest sea lions teach humans the folly of fighting Mother Nature
- Salmon homecoming: Our urban nature
- Yakima selling surplus land to state: BPA Grant to help in purchase
- EPA erred in Spokane River pollution limits
- Lacey to submit its water plan to pump more drinking water
- Allocation of Wastewater Treatment Assistance: Formula and Other Changes
- Water Infrastructure Financing: History of EPA Appropriations
- Study: California farmers can profit by saving water
- Gregoire plans more active role in stalled Cosmopolis pulp mill talks
- Congress faces energy, funding in dash to finish
- MONTANA – Hot Springs man sees energy in all that water
- Energy Innovators: 4 creative solutions to energy problems
- Duke Energy wants solar to go through the roof
- Manure "Smells Like Money" As Energy Costs Rise
- Confusion led to homes mislabeled as 'green'
- Slow climate change not by eating less meat, but by feeding livestock on grass
- Australian Op/Ed – Climate case built on thin foundation
- Latest Enron Broadband Trials Rescheduled
- Google reigns as the world's most powerful 10-year-old
- Congress Still Needs to Deal With I.S.P. Snooping
- $40 Billion To Wire the UK With FTTH
- Wireless Technology and Spectrum Demand: Advanced Wireless Services
- Brush Fire under BPA Lines Closes Lake Cushman Road
- Boeing Machinists On Strike
- Copper Thieves Leave Landlord's House All Wet
- In Rescue to Stabilize Lending, U.S. Takes Over Mortgage Finance Titans
- Meanwhile…Washington Mutual ousts CEO Kerry Killinger
- Race for 35th district tops list of most costly for 2008
- Yakima Valley mosquitoes worst in decade
- Scooter Popularity Raises Questions About Pollution
- Cool Spring And Fall Could Jeopardize ’08 Wine Vintage
- UC Berkeley grove cleared of most trees
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Bumptious • \BUMP-shus\ • adjective – Presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive: obtrusive
“Will you just SHUT UP,” screamed Alice at the bumptious insect that had somehow snuck into her studio apartment. Every five minutes the cricket interrupted her slumber with its insistent song. Unknown to Alice, the insect was channeling the ghost of J.P. Morgan and sending secret investment advice. Alas, Alice, not understanding “cricket” ended the sure-fire wealth session by locating and squashing the bug before she headed for work cleaning up offal at the Eastside Rendering Plant.
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
Anticlimactic – Two Arrests Made in Connection With TransAlta Bomb (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1220685182&archive=
PSE-financed Jefferson PUD power opposition surfaces (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080906/NEWS/809060303
PUD Study: PUD rates will be cheaper (The Whidbey Examiner, Coupeville, WA)
http://www.stpns.net/view_article.html?articleId=109510854521354310525
Utility study says PUD will be costly, risky (The Whidbey Examiner, Coupeville, WA)
http://www.whidbeyexaminer.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=1691&TM=57079.14
The Whidbey Examiner Op/Ed – Public Power in Washington (Coupeville, WA)
http://www.whidbeyexaminer.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=1692&TM=57079.14
No rate hikes budgeted for Douglas PUD customers (The Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080906/NEWS04/709069870
Minnesota Power to phase out electricity contract to buy coal-generated electricity as it develops wind energy to meet state requirements for renewable energy (Associated Press)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080908/minnesota_power_wind_energy.html?.v=1
FISH & WILDLIFE
Wild Salmon Center wants to direct money to healthy rivers (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/wild_salmon_center_wants_to_di.html
Northwest sea lions teach humans the folly of fighting Mother Nature (Seattle Times – Check out the pictures!)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2008162539_pacificplions07.html?syndication=rss
Post-Intelligencer Editorial – Salmon homecoming: Our urban nature (Seattle, WA)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/378138_salmoned.html?source=rss
Yakima selling out-of-town surplus land to state Department of Fish and Wildlife – Price is $1.3 million, including grant funds from the Bonneville Power Administration (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/7353
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
EPA erred in Spokane River pollution limits (The Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1572289~EPA_erred_in_Spokane_River_pollution_limits.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Lacey to submit its water plan – Crucial to its effort to receive state approval to pump more drinking water (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/577294.html
Congressional Research Service – Allocation of Wastewater Treatment Assistance: Formula and Other Changes
http://opencrs.com/document/RS20993
Congressional Research Service – Water Infrastructure Financing: History of EPA Appropriations
http://opencrs.com/document/96-647
Study: California farmers can profit by saving water (The Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1575767~Study__Calif__farmers_can_profit_by_saving_water.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Gregoire plans more active role in stalled Cosmopolis pulp mill talks – Grays Harbor PUD would benefit in co-generation plant (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/09/07/local_news/03news.txt
Congress faces energy, funding in dash to finish (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/475394.html
MONTANA – Hot Springs man sees energy in all that water (The Missoulian, MT)
http://missoulian.com/articles/2008/09/08/news/local/news03.txt
Energy Innovators: 4 creative solutions to energy problems (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/environment/2008-09-08-energy-innovations-environment_N.htm
Duke Energy wants solar to go through the roof: It's taking bids to build a network based on power from roof top solar panels (McClatchy Tribune Business News, via Power Marketing Association Online)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp%5E%5ClmjjrupUSig%27%40%3E%20bfen%5Fv
Manure "Smells Like Money" As Energy Costs Rise (Cattle Network)
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=250619
CONSERVATION
Confusion led to homes mislabeled as 'green' (The Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080908/BIZ/709089976/-1/rss03
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Steaks are high – We can slow climate change not by eating less meat, but by feeding our livestock on grass, not grain (The Guardian, United Kingdom)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/08/food.unitednations?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews
Australian Op/Ed – Climate case built on thin foundation
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24315169-7583,00.html
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Latest Enron Broadband Trials Rescheduled – Appeals continue for three Enron execs (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Latest-Enron-Broadband-Trials-Rescheduled-97522
Google reigns as the world's most powerful 10-year-old (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/378032_google06.html?source=rss
Congress Still Needs to Deal With I.S.P. Snooping (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/congress-still-needs-to-deal-with-isp-snooping/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
$40 Billion To Wire the UK With FTTH (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/40-Billion-To-Wire-the-UK-With-FTTH-97556
Congressional Research Service – Wireless Technology and Spectrum Demand: Advanced Wireless Services
http://opencrs.com/document/RS20993
GENERAL NEWS
Brush Fire under BPA Lines Closes Lake Cushman Road (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/4973/reftab/1896/Default.aspx
Boeing Machinists On Strike (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17403231/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_1_09000209082008&ts=H
Copper Thieves Leave Landlord's House All Wet (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/sep/07/copper-thieves-leave-landlords-house-all-wet/?partner=RSS
In Rescue to Stabilize Lending, U.S. Takes Over Mortgage Finance Titans (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/business/08fannie.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Meanwhile…Washington Mutual ousts CEO Kerry Killinger (The Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/577527.html
Race for 35th district tops list of most costly for 2008 (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/576147.html
Yakima Valley mosquitoes worst in decade (The Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1575395~Yakima_Valley_mosquitoes_worst_in_decade.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
What’s an environmentalist to do? Scooter Popularity Raises Questions About Pollution (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/2991-scooter-popularity-raises-questions-about-pollution/
Cool Spring And Fall Could Jeopardize ’08 Wine Vintage (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/2990-cool-spring-and-fall-could-jeopardize-08-wine-vintage/
UC Berkeley grove cleared of most trees – Arborists nearly finished clearing an embattled UC Berkeley grove Saturday, leaving a stripped, lone redwood occupied by four protesters (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/06/BAJH12PDUE.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
DIVERSIONS-ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER
With homeowner in doghouse, bobcats move in
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bobcats5-2008sep05,0,2286826.story
Smelly, destructive elk move in on Longview
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/27974899.html
Vet Removes 13 Golf Balls from Dog’s Stomach
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/health/September-October-08/Vet-Removes-13-Golf-Balls-from-Dog-s-Stomach.html
6-foot lizard captured in Oregon
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/378217_lizard09.html?source=rss
Ramtha versus “WhiteWind Weaver” lawsuit beginning in Olympia
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/378218_ramtha09.html?source=rss
Friday, September 5, 2008
Energy News Digest for September 5, 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)
- LaGrande Observer Editorial – Keep a lid on natural gas hikes
- Chief Joseph Dam workers deployed to Atlanta for Ike, Hanna relief
- Environmental Compatibility Clean Coal Technology
- Wild-Oyster Reefs In Trouble
- Sockeye Salmon Returns – Photo-Op Journalism
- Waning Eastern Washington water source subject of meetings
- Dredging Capitol Lake more expensive than estuary
- Bonney Lake Water fees could be refunded
- CALIFORNIA – State gets serious about deepening drought
- EPA limits lawnmower emissions to stem pollution
- Renewable energy's biggest wish – tax breaks
- Al Gore's impossible plan for 100% renewable energy
- ALASKA – Wind turbines are popping up in Valley
- Weather puts German offshore wind farm on hold
- Ethanol: energy's golden child dodges more darts
- PENNSYLVANIA – Churches feel the heat over energy costs
- CANADA – Price a key factor in energy conservation
- Asian soot, smog may boost global warming in US
- Carbon cap and trade could backfire on the environment
- Ashland, Oregon Fiber Network chief resigns
- Comcast appeals FCC traffic-blocking ruling
- Qwest Stops Offering Support Via E-mail
- Was EarthLink's failed citywide Wi-Fi a blessing in disguise?
- Boeing's 'chances of dodging a strike look bleak'
- $4.8 million Hanford verdict award upheld
- Cosmopolis Police get a raise — when local pulp mill sells
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Haptic • \HAP-tick\ • adjective – 1: relating to or based on the sense of touch 2: characterized by a predilection for the sense of touch
Joe returned from his date determined to wear barbed wire clothing the next time, if there was another outing. His close-talking, haptic date had to be warned several times to sit on her own side of the table at dinner. Even after an “accidental” jab with his salad fork, the clueless dinner partner was unable or unwilling to get the message.
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
LaGrande Observer Editorial – Keep a lid on natural gas hikes (Oregon)
http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/Opinion/Editorials/Keep-a-lid-on-natural-gas-hikes
Chief Joseph Dam workers deployed to Atlanta for Ike, Hanna relief (The Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080904/NEWS04/709059992
Energy Pulse Commentary – Environmental Compatibility Clean Coal Technology
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1818
FISH & WILDLIFE
Wild-Oyster Reefs In Trouble (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94290434&ft=1&f=2
Mountain Express Editorial – Sockeye Salmon Returns – Photo-Op Journalism (Sun Valley, ID)
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005122525
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Waning Eastern Washington water source subject of meetings (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2008/09/04/news/news05.txt
Dredging Capitol Lake more expensive than estuary (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/572981.html
Bonney Lake Water fees could be refunded – The city improperly charged developer for hookups, court says (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/472324.html
CALIFORNIA – State gets serious about deepening drought (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/05/BAJT12OAMA.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
EPA limits lawnmower emissions to stem pollution (The Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008158370_apmowerssmog.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Renewable energy's biggest wish – Despite promises of massive investment projects and fancy prizes, lawmakers are skimping on the one thing the renewable energy industry says it needs most - tax breaks (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/05/news/economy/renewable_tax_credit/index.htm?section=money_latest
Statesman Journal Op/Ed – Al Gore's impossible plan for 100% renewable energy (Salem, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080905/OPINION/80831010/1049/OPINION
ALASKA – Wind turbines are popping up in Valley – Residents try to cope with high costs even though a 2005 study panned wind power (Anchorage Daily News)
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/516710.html
Weather puts German offshore wind farm on hold (International Herald Tribune)
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/04/europe/EU-Germany-Windfarm-Delayed.php
Ethanol: energy's golden child dodges more darts (The Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008158610_apethanolsluster.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION
PENNSYLVANIA – Churches feel the heat over energy costs (The Observer-Reporter, Washington, PA)
http://www.observer-reporter.com/OR/Story/09-05-church-energy-workshop
CANADA – Price a key factor in energy conservation (Edmonton Journal, AB)
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=9072c178-efdd-4f23-aabc-9e9e357426c9
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Asian soot, smog may boost global warming in US (The Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008158926_apscioverlookedwarming.html?syndication=rss
Register Guard Op/Ed – Carbon cap and trade could backfire on the environment (Eugene, OR)
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005122525
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Ashland, Oregon Fiber Network chief resigns (The Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1571893~Ashland__Ore___Fiber_Network_chief_resigns.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Comcast appeals FCC traffic-blocking ruling (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10033376-38.html?tag=nl.e703
Qwest Stops Offering Support Via E-mail (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-Stops-Offering-Support-Via-Email-97495
Was EarthLink's failed citywide Wi-Fi a blessing in disguise? (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10033386-94.html?tag=nl.e703
GENERAL NEWS
Boeing's 'chances of dodging a strike look bleak' (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/item.aspx?type=blog&ak=55178724.blog
$4.8 million Hanford verdict award upheld – High court backs pipefitters fired for raising safety issue (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/377853_hanford05.html?source=rss
Cosmopolis Police get a raise — when local pulp mill sells (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/09/04/local_news/07news.txt
DIVERSIONS-ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER
Spokane man's suit claims popcorn led to lung disease – 'I would eat four to six bags a day'
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/377905_diacetyl05.html?source=rss
Family Racks Up $19,370 Cell Phone Bill
http://www.kirotv.com/money/17390103/detail.html
Texas UPS driver goes 1 million miles, no crashes
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_on_fe_st/odd_million_miler_driver;_ylt=Ah9WuX_RMpI96UWym8rifDbtiBIF
Musical taste "defines personality"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080905/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_britain_music;_ylt=AgFyx2dtZfxofnt_FlFtZUbtiBIF
Boy doles out hundreds of fake $20 bills at school
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_on_fe_st/odd_fake_money_school;_ylt=Agy8AIRCeiU1iW761NjjbEztiBIF
Black bear busts secret Utah pot farm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_bear_pot_farm;_ylt=AomrPjZ8jGB_K5CtVUTFUsvtiBIF
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- LaGrande Observer Editorial – Keep a lid on natural gas hikes
- Chief Joseph Dam workers deployed to Atlanta for Ike, Hanna relief
- Environmental Compatibility Clean Coal Technology
- Wild-Oyster Reefs In Trouble
- Sockeye Salmon Returns – Photo-Op Journalism
- Waning Eastern Washington water source subject of meetings
- Dredging Capitol Lake more expensive than estuary
- Bonney Lake Water fees could be refunded
- CALIFORNIA – State gets serious about deepening drought
- EPA limits lawnmower emissions to stem pollution
- Renewable energy's biggest wish – tax breaks
- Al Gore's impossible plan for 100% renewable energy
- ALASKA – Wind turbines are popping up in Valley
- Weather puts German offshore wind farm on hold
- Ethanol: energy's golden child dodges more darts
- PENNSYLVANIA – Churches feel the heat over energy costs
- CANADA – Price a key factor in energy conservation
- Asian soot, smog may boost global warming in US
- Carbon cap and trade could backfire on the environment
- Ashland, Oregon Fiber Network chief resigns
- Comcast appeals FCC traffic-blocking ruling
- Qwest Stops Offering Support Via E-mail
- Was EarthLink's failed citywide Wi-Fi a blessing in disguise?
- Boeing's 'chances of dodging a strike look bleak'
- $4.8 million Hanford verdict award upheld
- Cosmopolis Police get a raise — when local pulp mill sells
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Haptic • \HAP-tick\ • adjective – 1: relating to or based on the sense of touch 2: characterized by a predilection for the sense of touch
Joe returned from his date determined to wear barbed wire clothing the next time, if there was another outing. His close-talking, haptic date had to be warned several times to sit on her own side of the table at dinner. Even after an “accidental” jab with his salad fork, the clueless dinner partner was unable or unwilling to get the message.
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
LaGrande Observer Editorial – Keep a lid on natural gas hikes (Oregon)
http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/Opinion/Editorials/Keep-a-lid-on-natural-gas-hikes
Chief Joseph Dam workers deployed to Atlanta for Ike, Hanna relief (The Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080904/NEWS04/709059992
Energy Pulse Commentary – Environmental Compatibility Clean Coal Technology
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1818
FISH & WILDLIFE
Wild-Oyster Reefs In Trouble (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94290434&ft=1&f=2
Mountain Express Editorial – Sockeye Salmon Returns – Photo-Op Journalism (Sun Valley, ID)
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005122525
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Waning Eastern Washington water source subject of meetings (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2008/09/04/news/news05.txt
Dredging Capitol Lake more expensive than estuary (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/572981.html
Bonney Lake Water fees could be refunded – The city improperly charged developer for hookups, court says (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/472324.html
CALIFORNIA – State gets serious about deepening drought (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/05/BAJT12OAMA.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
EPA limits lawnmower emissions to stem pollution (The Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008158370_apmowerssmog.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Renewable energy's biggest wish – Despite promises of massive investment projects and fancy prizes, lawmakers are skimping on the one thing the renewable energy industry says it needs most - tax breaks (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/05/news/economy/renewable_tax_credit/index.htm?section=money_latest
Statesman Journal Op/Ed – Al Gore's impossible plan for 100% renewable energy (Salem, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080905/OPINION/80831010/1049/OPINION
ALASKA – Wind turbines are popping up in Valley – Residents try to cope with high costs even though a 2005 study panned wind power (Anchorage Daily News)
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/516710.html
Weather puts German offshore wind farm on hold (International Herald Tribune)
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/04/europe/EU-Germany-Windfarm-Delayed.php
Ethanol: energy's golden child dodges more darts (The Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008158610_apethanolsluster.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION
PENNSYLVANIA – Churches feel the heat over energy costs (The Observer-Reporter, Washington, PA)
http://www.observer-reporter.com/OR/Story/09-05-church-energy-workshop
CANADA – Price a key factor in energy conservation (Edmonton Journal, AB)
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=9072c178-efdd-4f23-aabc-9e9e357426c9
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Asian soot, smog may boost global warming in US (The Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008158926_apscioverlookedwarming.html?syndication=rss
Register Guard Op/Ed – Carbon cap and trade could backfire on the environment (Eugene, OR)
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005122525
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Ashland, Oregon Fiber Network chief resigns (The Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1571893~Ashland__Ore___Fiber_Network_chief_resigns.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Comcast appeals FCC traffic-blocking ruling (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10033376-38.html?tag=nl.e703
Qwest Stops Offering Support Via E-mail (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-Stops-Offering-Support-Via-Email-97495
Was EarthLink's failed citywide Wi-Fi a blessing in disguise? (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10033386-94.html?tag=nl.e703
GENERAL NEWS
Boeing's 'chances of dodging a strike look bleak' (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/item.aspx?type=blog&ak=55178724.blog
$4.8 million Hanford verdict award upheld – High court backs pipefitters fired for raising safety issue (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/377853_hanford05.html?source=rss
Cosmopolis Police get a raise — when local pulp mill sells (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/09/04/local_news/07news.txt
DIVERSIONS-ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER
Spokane man's suit claims popcorn led to lung disease – 'I would eat four to six bags a day'
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/377905_diacetyl05.html?source=rss
Family Racks Up $19,370 Cell Phone Bill
http://www.kirotv.com/money/17390103/detail.html
Texas UPS driver goes 1 million miles, no crashes
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_on_fe_st/odd_million_miler_driver;_ylt=Ah9WuX_RMpI96UWym8rifDbtiBIF
Musical taste "defines personality"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080905/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_britain_music;_ylt=AgFyx2dtZfxofnt_FlFtZUbtiBIF
Boy doles out hundreds of fake $20 bills at school
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_on_fe_st/odd_fake_money_school;_ylt=Agy8AIRCeiU1iW761NjjbEztiBIF
Black bear busts secret Utah pot farm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_bear_pot_farm;_ylt=AomrPjZ8jGB_K5CtVUTFUsvtiBIF
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Energy News Digest for September 4, 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)
- Whidbey Island – Road crews remove illegal anti-PUD signs
- Chelan County PUD to reorganize after two top executives resign
- OREGON – Sisters To Go Dark For Six Hours To Convert to 115,000 Volt Transmission
- UTAH – Rocky Mountain Power warns of service cuts if rates aren't boosted
- Jury says San Diego Gas & Electric negligent in helicopter crash
- US Department of Energy says natural gas supplies rose last week
- NEW YORK – Spain’s Iberdrola will be allowed to acquire Energy East
- No heating funds available yet
- It takes a big rake to keep Rock Island Dam clean
- The faster side of Grays Harbor PUD Commissioner Tom Casey
- Plans to shoot sea lions get judge's approval
- CANADA – Fraser River in decline – We're killing too many salmon, and it's time to take the blame
- The end of Snoqualmie steelhead?
- Fishing -- Stocking feat – Keeping fish in high lakes requires plenty of leg work
- Facing Deadly Fish Virus, Chile Introduces Salmon Farm Reforms
- Area rivers show solid numbers of Coho, Chinook catches
- MONTANA – Bulkhead to plug 2 broken head gates at Hebgen Dam
- NEW HAMPSHIRE – Merrimack Village Dam’s removal opens up waters
- WISCONSIN – Lake Delton Disaster Victims Target Village For Possible Legal Action
- Assessing the Value of Small Wind Turbines
- CONNECTICUT – Added State Aid Reinstates 600 Energy-Efficiency Projects
- San Francisco Chronicle Editorial – Legislature needs to ease CFL disposal
- 19-Square-Mile Ice Sheet Breaks Loose in Canada
- Seattle Post Intelligencer Columnist – Hot air over global warming
- CANADA – Power producers out to show they are part of the solution to greenhouse gas emissions
- Play-Based Education Used to Teach Conservation
- Are mechanical pencils better for the environment than the regular wooden kind?
- Verizon will finally start offering its fiber-optic "FiOS" TV service next week in the Puget Sound
- MONTANA – Fiber optics project covers 20-mile stretch between Libby, Troy
- More Carriers Upgrading Long-Haul Networks
- Will Qwest Come Clean About Usage Cap Like Comcast?
- FCC To Stop Collecting Phone Reliability Data
- Contract rejected, but no strike at Boeing for now
- Investigation Continues Into Human Remains Found Near Collins Lake
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Consonant • \ CONN-suh-nunt\ • adjective – 1: being in agreement or harmony: free from elements making for discord 2: marked by musical consonances 3: having similar sounds 4: relating to or exhibiting consonance: resonant.
Bertrand was known as the reluctant lemming. As his fellow, furry rodents rushed along towards a long drop off a nearby cliff into the sea, Bert decided he would not act in consonant with his brethren. Instead he lazed in the sun, snacking on bulbs and sedges as the high-pitched cries of the other lemmings faded in the distance.
WICKIPEDIA: On occasion, and particularly in the case of the Norway lemmings in Scandinavia, large migrating groups will reach a cliff overlooking the ocean. They will stop until the urge to press on causes them to jump off the cliff and start swimming, sometimes to exhaustion and death. Lemmings are also often pushed into the sea as more and more lemmings arrive at the shore.
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
Whidbey Island – Road crews remove illegal anti-PUD signs (The Whidbey Examiner, Coupeville)
http://www.stpns.net/view_article.html?articleId=109510843665075710467
Chelan County PUD to reorganize after two top executives resign (The Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080903/NEWS04/709039866
OREGON – Sisters To Go Dark For Six Hours To Convert to 115,000 Volt Transmission - Switch Requires Outage (KOHD-TV, Bend)
http://kohd.com/news/local/41570
UTAH – Rocky Mountain Power warns of service cuts if rates aren't boosted – The ultimatum: Give us the money we want or we won't give you the electricity you need (The Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_10366780?source=rss
Jury says San Diego Gas & Electric negligent in helicopter crash (Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1568835~Jury_says_SDG_E_negligent_in_helicopter_crash.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
US Department of Energy says natural gas supplies rose last week (The Associated Press)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080904/natural_gas_storage.html?.v=2
NEW YORK – Spain’s Iberdrola will be allowed to acquire Energy East – Deal to Double Wind Power in the State (The NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/nyregion/04power.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
No heating funds available yet (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/7300
It takes a big rake to keep Rock Island Dam clean (The Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080903/NEWS04/709039896
The faster side of Grays Harbor PUD Commissioner Tom Casey (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/08/23/profile/profile.txt
FISH & WILDLIFE
Plans to shoot sea lions get judge's approval (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/27854199.html
CANADA – Fraser River in decline – We're killing too many salmon, and it's time to take the blame (Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080903.BCHUME03/TPStory/Sports
The end of Snoqualmie steelhead? (The Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080904/SPORTS/709049948/1008/SPORTS02
Fishing -- Stocking feat – Keeping fish in high lakes requires plenty of leg work (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/7305
Facing Deadly Fish Virus, Chile Introduces Salmon Farm Reforms (The NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/americas/04chile.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Area rivers show solid numbers of Coho, Chinook catches (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/572445.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
MONTANA – Bulkhead to plug 2 broken head gates at Hebgen Dam (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/538849ba3d8369caadaf11ad04876a4e.htm
NEW HAMPSHIRE – Merrimack Village Dam’s removal opens up waters (Merrimack Journal, NH)
http://www.cabinet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080904/MERRIMACK01/809049995/-1/merrimack01
WISCONSIN – Lake Delton Disaster Victims Target Village For Possible Legal Action – Property Owners Had Homes, Land Damage When Lake Emptied (WISC-TV, Madison, WI)
http://www.channel3000.com/news/17391253/detail.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Assessing the Value of Small Wind Turbines (The NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/business/04wind.html?adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1220547965-gyIeMrDyEBlLMfeMV4dlFQ
CONSERVATION
CONNECTICUT – Added State Aid Reinstates 600 Energy-Efficiency Projects (The Hartford Courant, CT)
http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-energyfund0904.artsep04,0,3152849.story?track=rss
San Francisco Chronicle Editorial – Legislature needs to ease CFL disposal
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/04/EDAR12MQGP.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
19-Square-Mile Ice Sheet Breaks Loose in Canada (The NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Arctic-Ice-Shelf.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Seattle Post Intelligencer Columnist – Hot air over global warming
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/377622_hotair04.html?source=rss
CANADA – Power producers out to show they are part of the solution to greenhouse gas emissions (The Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=8eb98a17-e5fb-43f5-9199-d7df599407d2&k=89884
Play-Based Education Used to Teach Conservation (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/international/Sept-08/Play-Based-Education-Used-to-Teach-Conservation.html
Are mechanical pencils better for the environment than the regular wooden kind? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2199138/?from=rss
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Verizon will finally start offering its fiber-optic "FiOS" TV service next week in the Puget Sound region (The Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008157366_brier04.html
MONTANA – Fiber optics project covers 20-mile stretch between Libby, Troy (The Western News, Libby MT)
http://www.thewesternnews.com/articles/2008/09/03/news/news03.txt
More Carriers Upgrading Long-Haul Networks “…and Alaska Communications Systems is beefing up the potential bandwidth between Alaska and Oregon…” (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/09/04/more-carriers-upgrading-long-haul-networks/
Will Qwest Come Clean About Usage Cap Like Comcast?
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Will-Qwest-Come-Clean-About-Usage-Cap-Like-Comcast-97450
FCC To Stop Collecting Phone Reliability Data (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-To-Stop-Collecting-Phone-Reliability-Data-97466
GENERAL NEWS
Contract rejected, but no strike at Boeing for now – Machinists union agrees to continue talks for 48 hours (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/377581_boeinglabor04.html
Investigation Continues Into Human Remains Found Near Collins Lake (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/4947/reftab/1896/Default.aspx
DIVERSIONS-ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER
Woman eyes skydive record over Everest
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080902/od_nm/everest_dc;_ylt=AtZ5nClWtroOclaw9SELc7jtiBIF
"Cremated" father reunited with family
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080904/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_britain_cremation;_ylt=AqKE8iyJ0eiVrb3Iq0JQWbztiBIF
Americans pick pet over partner for desert island
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080904/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_usa_pets;_ylt=At2lEvgYlqRmCaV_28jYQTHtiBIF
Angry Argentine commuters torch train in rush hour
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080904/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_argentina_train;_ylt=AkYqMfVxVCDdaP6aRT2hO1btiBIF
Elephant beats heroin habit with detox
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080904/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_elephant;_ylt=AnDKjcvD8LZ9.iqzj667ChLtiBIF
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Whidbey Island – Road crews remove illegal anti-PUD signs
- Chelan County PUD to reorganize after two top executives resign
- OREGON – Sisters To Go Dark For Six Hours To Convert to 115,000 Volt Transmission
- UTAH – Rocky Mountain Power warns of service cuts if rates aren't boosted
- Jury says San Diego Gas & Electric negligent in helicopter crash
- US Department of Energy says natural gas supplies rose last week
- NEW YORK – Spain’s Iberdrola will be allowed to acquire Energy East
- No heating funds available yet
- It takes a big rake to keep Rock Island Dam clean
- The faster side of Grays Harbor PUD Commissioner Tom Casey
- Plans to shoot sea lions get judge's approval
- CANADA – Fraser River in decline – We're killing too many salmon, and it's time to take the blame
- The end of Snoqualmie steelhead?
- Fishing -- Stocking feat – Keeping fish in high lakes requires plenty of leg work
- Facing Deadly Fish Virus, Chile Introduces Salmon Farm Reforms
- Area rivers show solid numbers of Coho, Chinook catches
- MONTANA – Bulkhead to plug 2 broken head gates at Hebgen Dam
- NEW HAMPSHIRE – Merrimack Village Dam’s removal opens up waters
- WISCONSIN – Lake Delton Disaster Victims Target Village For Possible Legal Action
- Assessing the Value of Small Wind Turbines
- CONNECTICUT – Added State Aid Reinstates 600 Energy-Efficiency Projects
- San Francisco Chronicle Editorial – Legislature needs to ease CFL disposal
- 19-Square-Mile Ice Sheet Breaks Loose in Canada
- Seattle Post Intelligencer Columnist – Hot air over global warming
- CANADA – Power producers out to show they are part of the solution to greenhouse gas emissions
- Play-Based Education Used to Teach Conservation
- Are mechanical pencils better for the environment than the regular wooden kind?
- Verizon will finally start offering its fiber-optic "FiOS" TV service next week in the Puget Sound
- MONTANA – Fiber optics project covers 20-mile stretch between Libby, Troy
- More Carriers Upgrading Long-Haul Networks
- Will Qwest Come Clean About Usage Cap Like Comcast?
- FCC To Stop Collecting Phone Reliability Data
- Contract rejected, but no strike at Boeing for now
- Investigation Continues Into Human Remains Found Near Collins Lake
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Consonant • \ CONN-suh-nunt\ • adjective – 1: being in agreement or harmony: free from elements making for discord 2: marked by musical consonances 3: having similar sounds 4: relating to or exhibiting consonance: resonant.
Bertrand was known as the reluctant lemming. As his fellow, furry rodents rushed along towards a long drop off a nearby cliff into the sea, Bert decided he would not act in consonant with his brethren. Instead he lazed in the sun, snacking on bulbs and sedges as the high-pitched cries of the other lemmings faded in the distance.
WICKIPEDIA: On occasion, and particularly in the case of the Norway lemmings in Scandinavia, large migrating groups will reach a cliff overlooking the ocean. They will stop until the urge to press on causes them to jump off the cliff and start swimming, sometimes to exhaustion and death. Lemmings are also often pushed into the sea as more and more lemmings arrive at the shore.
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
Whidbey Island – Road crews remove illegal anti-PUD signs (The Whidbey Examiner, Coupeville)
http://www.stpns.net/view_article.html?articleId=109510843665075710467
Chelan County PUD to reorganize after two top executives resign (The Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080903/NEWS04/709039866
OREGON – Sisters To Go Dark For Six Hours To Convert to 115,000 Volt Transmission - Switch Requires Outage (KOHD-TV, Bend)
http://kohd.com/news/local/41570
UTAH – Rocky Mountain Power warns of service cuts if rates aren't boosted – The ultimatum: Give us the money we want or we won't give you the electricity you need (The Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_10366780?source=rss
Jury says San Diego Gas & Electric negligent in helicopter crash (Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1568835~Jury_says_SDG_E_negligent_in_helicopter_crash.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
US Department of Energy says natural gas supplies rose last week (The Associated Press)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080904/natural_gas_storage.html?.v=2
NEW YORK – Spain’s Iberdrola will be allowed to acquire Energy East – Deal to Double Wind Power in the State (The NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/nyregion/04power.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
No heating funds available yet (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/7300
It takes a big rake to keep Rock Island Dam clean (The Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080903/NEWS04/709039896
The faster side of Grays Harbor PUD Commissioner Tom Casey (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/08/23/profile/profile.txt
FISH & WILDLIFE
Plans to shoot sea lions get judge's approval (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/27854199.html
CANADA – Fraser River in decline – We're killing too many salmon, and it's time to take the blame (Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080903.BCHUME03/TPStory/Sports
The end of Snoqualmie steelhead? (The Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080904/SPORTS/709049948/1008/SPORTS02
Fishing -- Stocking feat – Keeping fish in high lakes requires plenty of leg work (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/7305
Facing Deadly Fish Virus, Chile Introduces Salmon Farm Reforms (The NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/americas/04chile.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Area rivers show solid numbers of Coho, Chinook catches (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/572445.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
MONTANA – Bulkhead to plug 2 broken head gates at Hebgen Dam (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/538849ba3d8369caadaf11ad04876a4e.htm
NEW HAMPSHIRE – Merrimack Village Dam’s removal opens up waters (Merrimack Journal, NH)
http://www.cabinet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080904/MERRIMACK01/809049995/-1/merrimack01
WISCONSIN – Lake Delton Disaster Victims Target Village For Possible Legal Action – Property Owners Had Homes, Land Damage When Lake Emptied (WISC-TV, Madison, WI)
http://www.channel3000.com/news/17391253/detail.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Assessing the Value of Small Wind Turbines (The NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/business/04wind.html?adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1220547965-gyIeMrDyEBlLMfeMV4dlFQ
CONSERVATION
CONNECTICUT – Added State Aid Reinstates 600 Energy-Efficiency Projects (The Hartford Courant, CT)
http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-energyfund0904.artsep04,0,3152849.story?track=rss
San Francisco Chronicle Editorial – Legislature needs to ease CFL disposal
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/04/EDAR12MQGP.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
19-Square-Mile Ice Sheet Breaks Loose in Canada (The NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Arctic-Ice-Shelf.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Seattle Post Intelligencer Columnist – Hot air over global warming
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/377622_hotair04.html?source=rss
CANADA – Power producers out to show they are part of the solution to greenhouse gas emissions (The Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=8eb98a17-e5fb-43f5-9199-d7df599407d2&k=89884
Play-Based Education Used to Teach Conservation (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/international/Sept-08/Play-Based-Education-Used-to-Teach-Conservation.html
Are mechanical pencils better for the environment than the regular wooden kind? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2199138/?from=rss
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Verizon will finally start offering its fiber-optic "FiOS" TV service next week in the Puget Sound region (The Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008157366_brier04.html
MONTANA – Fiber optics project covers 20-mile stretch between Libby, Troy (The Western News, Libby MT)
http://www.thewesternnews.com/articles/2008/09/03/news/news03.txt
More Carriers Upgrading Long-Haul Networks “…and Alaska Communications Systems is beefing up the potential bandwidth between Alaska and Oregon…” (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/09/04/more-carriers-upgrading-long-haul-networks/
Will Qwest Come Clean About Usage Cap Like Comcast?
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Will-Qwest-Come-Clean-About-Usage-Cap-Like-Comcast-97450
FCC To Stop Collecting Phone Reliability Data (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-To-Stop-Collecting-Phone-Reliability-Data-97466
GENERAL NEWS
Contract rejected, but no strike at Boeing for now – Machinists union agrees to continue talks for 48 hours (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/377581_boeinglabor04.html
Investigation Continues Into Human Remains Found Near Collins Lake (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/4947/reftab/1896/Default.aspx
DIVERSIONS-ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER
Woman eyes skydive record over Everest
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080902/od_nm/everest_dc;_ylt=AtZ5nClWtroOclaw9SELc7jtiBIF
"Cremated" father reunited with family
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080904/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_britain_cremation;_ylt=AqKE8iyJ0eiVrb3Iq0JQWbztiBIF
Americans pick pet over partner for desert island
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080904/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_usa_pets;_ylt=At2lEvgYlqRmCaV_28jYQTHtiBIF
Angry Argentine commuters torch train in rush hour
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080904/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_argentina_train;_ylt=AkYqMfVxVCDdaP6aRT2hO1btiBIF
Elephant beats heroin habit with detox
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080904/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_elephant;_ylt=AnDKjcvD8LZ9.iqzj667ChLtiBIF
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Energy News Digest for September 3, 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)
- Anti-PUD group pops up on Whidbey
- Seattle Times Columnist – It's not the first time light's flickering on a public takeover of private power
- Port Townsend Leader Editorial: PUD power forums set
- Socialism: Yes or No?
- CALIFORNIA – San Francisco girds for its biggest public power fight yet
- 4 utilities study study upgrading 500-kV Montana system for wind power transmission
- Tennessee Valley Authority plans to ax private security guards at nuclear plants
- CALIFORNIA – Utility violations led to deadly October fires
- September is National Preparedness Month
- High Salmon Returns Prompt Celebration
- Larger crop of sockeye return to Redfish Lake this year
- Volunteers Keep Watch Over North Mason Salmon Runs
- Deal reached in effort to aid Kootenai sturgeon
- South Fork Snake flows highest in decades
- Herald-Republic Editorial – Examine all water storage options before choosing
- $220 Million – EPA vetoes Mississippi Delta flood control project
- Wind Power May Gain Footing off Coast of U.S.
- UNITED KINGDOM – Wind power: Economic insanity of the Government's renewable energy strategy
- Weyerhaeuser lets AltaRock explore geothermal potential of its land
- Florida Power and Light's Green Mountain fiasco
- ARIZONA – Quest for renewables pits green vs. green
- CANADA – Two-tier Hydro billing zaps the power-thirsty
- MASSACHUSETTS – Lights out, conservation on for city's tall towers
- Seattle P-I Columnist – Global warming: Western U.S. feels the heat
- Surging B.C. glacier threatens to block river
- Evergreen draws acclaim for green practices
- IOWA – Data center means local tech improvements
- FCC eyes empty TV channels for broadband
- Woman Arrested For Threatening To Hold Internet Technician Hostage
- Police: Six dead; at least two wounded in NW Washington
- Escaped Wash. prison inmate arrested in Nevada
- Felled Tree Injures Man At Eastside Construction Project
- Boeing workers to vote today on new contract
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Roman à clef • \ roe-MAWN-a-clay\ • noun – A novel in which real persons or actual events figure under disguise
Norberto’s second novel was a thinly disguised narrative of the seamy office politics in the place where he worked. So thinly disguised were the characters in the quickly-penned roman à clef that their names were all just one letter off from those of his co-workers. Don became Ron; Sarah became Barah, and so on. Regardless, Norberto was clueless as to the sudden cold shoulder he received from his colleagues at the book-signing party.
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
Anti-PUD group pops up on Whidbey (South Whidbey Record, Langley, WA)
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/news/27768509.html
Seattle Times Columnist – It's not the first time light's flickering on a public takeover of private power
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008154524_rams03.html
Port Townsend Leader Editorial: PUD power forums set
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=35&ArticleID=21690
Socialism: Yes or No? (Seattle Weekly)
http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2008/09/socialism_yes_or_no.php
CALIFORNIA – San Francisco girds for its biggest public power fight yet – Eleven times since the 1920s, San Francisco voters have had their say on public power. And 11 times, they've voted it down (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/03/BA5P12AHE0.DTL
4 utilities study study upgrading 500-kV Montana system for wind power transmission “…NorthWestern Energy… Puget Sound Energy, PacifiCorp and Portland General Electric…” (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/ea0e0cbf5293a268e5bb7fa5c8f57dab.htm
Tennessee Valley Authority plans to ax private security guards at nuclear plants (The Tennessean, Nashville, TN)
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080902/NEWS/80902033/1001/NEWS
CALIFORNIA – Utility violations led to deadly October fires (The Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1567953~Calif__Utility_violations_led_to_deadly_Oct__fires.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
September is National Preparedness Month (KNDO-TV, Tri Cities)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=8933949
FISH & WILDLIFE
High Salmon Returns Prompt Celebration “…Idaho Governor Butch Otter will lead a sockeye celebration on Tuesday…” (NW Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4255
Larger crop of sockeye return to Redfish Lake this year – Officials released 56 sockeye into Redfish Lake, and more could soon follow (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/102/story/491513.html
Volunteers Keep Watch Over North Mason Salmon Runs (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/sep/02/volunteers-keep-watch-over-salmon-runs/?partner=RSS
Deal reached in effort to aid Kootenai sturgeon – Huge fish hasn't spawned since the mid-1970s (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/377533_sturgeon03.html?source=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
South Fork Snake flows highest in decades (The Associated Press, the Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/570497.html
Herald-Republic Editorial – Examine all water storage options before choosing (Yakima, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/7269
$220 Million – EPA vetoes Mississippi Delta flood control project (The Associated Press, via the Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/02/AR2008090202680.html?nav=rss_nation
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind Power May Gain Footing off Coast of U.S. – Federal Government Prepares to Lease Tracts for Turbines (The Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122040089460493157.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
UNITED KINGDOM – Wind power: Economic insanity of the Government's renewable energy strategy (The Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/09/03/eawind103.xml
Weyerhaeuser lets AltaRock explore geothermal potential of its land (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008153329_webaltarock02.html?syndication=rss
Florida Power and Light's Green Mountain fiasco (Saint Petersburg Times, FL)
http://blogs.tampabay.com/energy/2008/09/fpls-green-moun.html
ARIZONA – Quest for renewables pits green vs. green (The Arizona Star)
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/biz-technology/255237
CONSERVATION
CANADA – Two-tier Hydro billing zaps the power-thirsty – You'll pay higher rate if you go over 1,350 kilowatt hours on your two-month bill (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/story.html?id=018402e1-3bbb-4387-a44a-08150cfd3f50
MASSACHUSETTS – Lights out, conservation on for city's tall towers (The Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/2008/09/03/lights_out_conservation_on_for_citys_tall_towers/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Seattle P-I Columnist – Global warming: Western U.S. feels the heat
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/377472_Joel03.html
Surging B.C. glacier threatens to block river (The Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=43fb3910-d5cf-434c-94fe-abd4790915f4
Evergreen draws acclaim for green practices – Publications extol college's efforts to push sustainability (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/569503.html
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
IOWA – Data center means local tech improvements (The Times-Republican, Marshalltown, IA)
http://www.timesrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/509829.html?nav=5005
FCC eyes empty TV channels for broadband (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/03/BU4912K381.DTL&feed=rss.business
Woman Arrested For Threatening To Hold Internet Technician Hostage (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Woman-Arrested-For-Threatening-To-Hold-Tech-Hostage-97434
GENERAL NEWS
Police: Six dead; at least two wounded in NW Washington (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008154842_apwaskagitshooting.html?syndication=rss
Escaped Wash. prison inmate arrested in Nevada (The Associated Press, via the Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://news.columbian.com/news/state/APStories/AP09032008news360195.cfm?newsletter=10
Felled Tree Injures Man At Eastside Construction Project (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17372790/detail.html
Boeing workers to vote today on new contract (The Associated Press)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080903/ap_on_bi_ge/boeing_machinists
DIVERSIONS-ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER
Fewer Firefly Sightings Indicate Drop in Population
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/science/July-August/Fewer-Firefly-Sightings-Indicate-Drop-in-Population.html
Don LaFontaine, Movie Trailer Voiceover King, Dies
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/entertainment/September-October-08/Don-LaFontaine--Movie-Trailer-Voiceover-King--Dies.html
Cat Hitchhikes 75 Miles In Owner's Spare Tire
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/17374556/detail.html
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Anti-PUD group pops up on Whidbey
- Seattle Times Columnist – It's not the first time light's flickering on a public takeover of private power
- Port Townsend Leader Editorial: PUD power forums set
- Socialism: Yes or No?
- CALIFORNIA – San Francisco girds for its biggest public power fight yet
- 4 utilities study study upgrading 500-kV Montana system for wind power transmission
- Tennessee Valley Authority plans to ax private security guards at nuclear plants
- CALIFORNIA – Utility violations led to deadly October fires
- September is National Preparedness Month
- High Salmon Returns Prompt Celebration
- Larger crop of sockeye return to Redfish Lake this year
- Volunteers Keep Watch Over North Mason Salmon Runs
- Deal reached in effort to aid Kootenai sturgeon
- South Fork Snake flows highest in decades
- Herald-Republic Editorial – Examine all water storage options before choosing
- $220 Million – EPA vetoes Mississippi Delta flood control project
- Wind Power May Gain Footing off Coast of U.S.
- UNITED KINGDOM – Wind power: Economic insanity of the Government's renewable energy strategy
- Weyerhaeuser lets AltaRock explore geothermal potential of its land
- Florida Power and Light's Green Mountain fiasco
- ARIZONA – Quest for renewables pits green vs. green
- CANADA – Two-tier Hydro billing zaps the power-thirsty
- MASSACHUSETTS – Lights out, conservation on for city's tall towers
- Seattle P-I Columnist – Global warming: Western U.S. feels the heat
- Surging B.C. glacier threatens to block river
- Evergreen draws acclaim for green practices
- IOWA – Data center means local tech improvements
- FCC eyes empty TV channels for broadband
- Woman Arrested For Threatening To Hold Internet Technician Hostage
- Police: Six dead; at least two wounded in NW Washington
- Escaped Wash. prison inmate arrested in Nevada
- Felled Tree Injures Man At Eastside Construction Project
- Boeing workers to vote today on new contract
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Roman à clef • \ roe-MAWN-a-clay\ • noun – A novel in which real persons or actual events figure under disguise
Norberto’s second novel was a thinly disguised narrative of the seamy office politics in the place where he worked. So thinly disguised were the characters in the quickly-penned roman à clef that their names were all just one letter off from those of his co-workers. Don became Ron; Sarah became Barah, and so on. Regardless, Norberto was clueless as to the sudden cold shoulder he received from his colleagues at the book-signing party.
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
Anti-PUD group pops up on Whidbey (South Whidbey Record, Langley, WA)
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/news/27768509.html
Seattle Times Columnist – It's not the first time light's flickering on a public takeover of private power
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008154524_rams03.html
Port Townsend Leader Editorial: PUD power forums set
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=35&ArticleID=21690
Socialism: Yes or No? (Seattle Weekly)
http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2008/09/socialism_yes_or_no.php
CALIFORNIA – San Francisco girds for its biggest public power fight yet – Eleven times since the 1920s, San Francisco voters have had their say on public power. And 11 times, they've voted it down (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/03/BA5P12AHE0.DTL
4 utilities study study upgrading 500-kV Montana system for wind power transmission “…NorthWestern Energy… Puget Sound Energy, PacifiCorp and Portland General Electric…” (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/ea0e0cbf5293a268e5bb7fa5c8f57dab.htm
Tennessee Valley Authority plans to ax private security guards at nuclear plants (The Tennessean, Nashville, TN)
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080902/NEWS/80902033/1001/NEWS
CALIFORNIA – Utility violations led to deadly October fires (The Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1567953~Calif__Utility_violations_led_to_deadly_Oct__fires.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
September is National Preparedness Month (KNDO-TV, Tri Cities)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=8933949
FISH & WILDLIFE
High Salmon Returns Prompt Celebration “…Idaho Governor Butch Otter will lead a sockeye celebration on Tuesday…” (NW Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4255
Larger crop of sockeye return to Redfish Lake this year – Officials released 56 sockeye into Redfish Lake, and more could soon follow (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/102/story/491513.html
Volunteers Keep Watch Over North Mason Salmon Runs (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/sep/02/volunteers-keep-watch-over-salmon-runs/?partner=RSS
Deal reached in effort to aid Kootenai sturgeon – Huge fish hasn't spawned since the mid-1970s (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/377533_sturgeon03.html?source=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
South Fork Snake flows highest in decades (The Associated Press, the Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/570497.html
Herald-Republic Editorial – Examine all water storage options before choosing (Yakima, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/7269
$220 Million – EPA vetoes Mississippi Delta flood control project (The Associated Press, via the Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/02/AR2008090202680.html?nav=rss_nation
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind Power May Gain Footing off Coast of U.S. – Federal Government Prepares to Lease Tracts for Turbines (The Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122040089460493157.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
UNITED KINGDOM – Wind power: Economic insanity of the Government's renewable energy strategy (The Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/09/03/eawind103.xml
Weyerhaeuser lets AltaRock explore geothermal potential of its land (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008153329_webaltarock02.html?syndication=rss
Florida Power and Light's Green Mountain fiasco (Saint Petersburg Times, FL)
http://blogs.tampabay.com/energy/2008/09/fpls-green-moun.html
ARIZONA – Quest for renewables pits green vs. green (The Arizona Star)
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/biz-technology/255237
CONSERVATION
CANADA – Two-tier Hydro billing zaps the power-thirsty – You'll pay higher rate if you go over 1,350 kilowatt hours on your two-month bill (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/story.html?id=018402e1-3bbb-4387-a44a-08150cfd3f50
MASSACHUSETTS – Lights out, conservation on for city's tall towers (The Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/2008/09/03/lights_out_conservation_on_for_citys_tall_towers/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Seattle P-I Columnist – Global warming: Western U.S. feels the heat
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/377472_Joel03.html
Surging B.C. glacier threatens to block river (The Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=43fb3910-d5cf-434c-94fe-abd4790915f4
Evergreen draws acclaim for green practices – Publications extol college's efforts to push sustainability (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/569503.html
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
IOWA – Data center means local tech improvements (The Times-Republican, Marshalltown, IA)
http://www.timesrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/509829.html?nav=5005
FCC eyes empty TV channels for broadband (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/03/BU4912K381.DTL&feed=rss.business
Woman Arrested For Threatening To Hold Internet Technician Hostage (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Woman-Arrested-For-Threatening-To-Hold-Tech-Hostage-97434
GENERAL NEWS
Police: Six dead; at least two wounded in NW Washington (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008154842_apwaskagitshooting.html?syndication=rss
Escaped Wash. prison inmate arrested in Nevada (The Associated Press, via the Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://news.columbian.com/news/state/APStories/AP09032008news360195.cfm?newsletter=10
Felled Tree Injures Man At Eastside Construction Project (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17372790/detail.html
Boeing workers to vote today on new contract (The Associated Press)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080903/ap_on_bi_ge/boeing_machinists
DIVERSIONS-ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER
Fewer Firefly Sightings Indicate Drop in Population
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/science/July-August/Fewer-Firefly-Sightings-Indicate-Drop-in-Population.html
Don LaFontaine, Movie Trailer Voiceover King, Dies
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/entertainment/September-October-08/Don-LaFontaine--Movie-Trailer-Voiceover-King--Dies.html
Cat Hitchhikes 75 Miles In Owner's Spare Tire
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/17374556/detail.html
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