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)
- Grays Harbor - Smelter subsidies more of the same?
- Avista to raise rates
- Puget Sound Energy Says It's Ready For Winter
- Winter Electric Reliability Outlook Generally Good
- Nuclear Recycling Could Be Emerging Technology
- FERC Gives Bradwood Landing Opponents More Time
- House Democrats battle over energy panel
- Anschutz looks for oil on Montana reservations
- Salmon, orca experts to discuss whale decline
- Columbian Editorial - Victory for Fish
- Lawsuit may force another look at impacts of fish harvests
- Spawning salmon return to SeaTac’s Miller Creek
- Klamath Lake dike breaching aids endangered sucker restoration
- Pacific Seafood buys Nespelem fish farm
- Idaho fish farm has nitrate spike, baffling officials
- United Kingdom - Game beware: it's the return of the poacher
- Numbers Tell Vastness, Impact of Puget Sound
- Bark Beetles Kill Millions of Acres of Trees in West
- Oregon - School biomass project hits snag
- U.S. Green Building Council upgrades LEED
- Arizona lawsuit over renewable energy rejected by court
- Xcel using bus-sized batteries to store wind energy
- Power for Fort Worth Christmas tree lights to be offset by wind energy
- NY Times Editorial - Honesty about Ethanol
- Is climate change to blame for string of Southland fires?
- Cap carbon to spur economy
- No Pole Price Hike, Says Cable
- Comcast promises to double download speeds
- Microsoft to host software for businesses of all sizes
- Yahoo CEO ends rocky ride
- Oregon data center administrator resigns
- Comcast Buys San Fran Muni-Network
- New operator takes over Wi-Fi service on Washington State Ferries
- City Of Shelton Explains Budget Woes
- Clallam County fears proposed tax-rollback initiative
- Sen. Ed Murray moves up to No. 2 in Senate Demo Caucus
- "MyLuvCrush" Internet scam crushed by state
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Blithesome • \BLYTHE-sum\ • adjective - Happy, carefree, merry
It was Monday morning after a four day weekend. The drudge like employees plodded into the workplace, slack-jawed and slump-shouldered. Leave it to the little, blithesome sprite from accounting to flit here and there in the sluggish throng trying to “cheer everyone up.”
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Grays Harbor - Smelter subsidies more of the same? (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/11/17/local_news/03news.txt
Avista to raise rates (Lewiston Tribune, ID)
http://www.lmtribune.com/preview/697/
Puget Sound Energy Says It's Ready For Winter (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18007381/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Winter Electric Reliability Outlook Generally Good (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=101012
Nuclear Recycling Could Be Emerging Technology in America (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9367504
FERC Gives Bradwood Landing Opponents More Time (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/3567-ferc-gives-bradwood-landing-opponents-more-time/
House Democrats battle over energy panel (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-11-17-congress_N.htm?csp=34
Anschutz looks for oil on Montana reservation lands (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1695382~Anschutz_looks_for_oil_on_Mont__reservation_lands.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon, orca experts to discuss whale decline (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008404116_apwaorcas.html
Columbian Editorial - Victory for Fish: Last week’s Klamath River agreement proves that opponents can compromise
http://columbian.com/article/20081117/OPINION02/711179984/-1/OPINION
Tri-City Herald Op/Ed - Lawsuit may force another look at impacts of fish harvests on salmon
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/964/story/387444.html
Spawning salmon return to SeaTac’s Miller Creek after decades (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/34625224.html
Klamath Lake dike breaching aids endangered sucker restoration (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1697089~Dike_breaching_aids_endangered_sucker_restoration.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Pacific Seafood buys Nespelem fish farm (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/11/17/daily10.html?ana=from_rss
Idaho fish farm has nitrate spike, baffling officials (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/665964.html
United Kingdom - Game beware: it's the return of the poacher. As times get harder in Britain's cities, armed gangs are heading for the countryside – and stealing deer, salmon and rabbits to feed a burgeoning black market in food (The Independent, UK)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/game-beware-its-the-return-of-the-poacher-1021722.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Numbers Tell Vastness, Impact Of Puget Sound (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18000500/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_-1_09000111182008&ts=H
Bark Beetles Kill Millions of Acres of Trees in West (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/science/18trees.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Oregon - School biomass project hits snag: McKinstry still working out bugs in feed system (Wallowa County Chieftain, Enterprise, OR)
http://www.wallowacountychieftain.info/main.asp?SectionID=9&SubSectionID=61&ArticleID=17384&TM=49807.36
U.S. Green Building Council upgrades LEED (The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area)
http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2008/11/17/daily20.html?ana=from_rss
Goldwater lawsuit over renewable energy charges rejected by Court of Appeals (Phoenix Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/11/17/daily24.html?ana=from_rss
Xcel using bus-sized batteries to store wind energy (Minnesota Public Radio)
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/11/17/xcel_batteries_wind_energy/
Power for Fort Worth Christmas tree lights to be offset by wind energy - Electricity for downtown tree to be offset by wind power (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, TX)
http://www.star-telegram.com/855/story/1044837.html
NY Times Editorial - Honesty about Ethanol
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/opinion/18tue2.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Is climate change to blame for string of Southland fires? (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-climatefire18-2008nov18,0,4968202.story
Cap carbon to spur economy - US business leaders (FXStreet)
http://www.fxstreet.com/news/forex-news/article.aspx?StoryId=271a57bb-2a75-428b-9a89-cd10b66b9ef0
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
No Pole Price Hike, Says Cable - Operators say uniform price to attach to utility poles would be a disincentive to broadband deployment (Broadcasting & Cable)
http://mobile.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA6614777&rssid=193
Comcast promises to double download speeds (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081117/BIZ01/811179976/-1/BIZ
Microsoft to host software for businesses of all sizes - Monthly fee per user delivers programs over Internet (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/388228_msftsoftware18.html
Yahoo CEO ends rocky ride - Yang to resign, stay with company (Seattle Times)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/388236_yahooyang18.html?source=rss
Oregon data center administrator resigns (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1697175~Oregon_data_center_administrator_resigns.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Comcast Buys San Fran Muni-Network - Alameda Power and Telecom (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Buys-San-Fran-MuniNetwork-99149
New operator takes over Wi-Fi service on Washington State Ferry system (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/11/17/daily1.html?ana=from_rss
GENERAL NEWS
City Of Shelton Explains Budget Woes; Holds Final Hearing (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5602/reftab/1896/Default.aspx?title=CITY_EXPLAINS_BUDGET_WOES;_HOLDS_FINAL_HEARING
Clallam County fears proposed tax-rollback initiative (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/4185
Sen. Ed Murray moves up to No. 2 in Senate Demo Caucus (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/politicsblog/story/664384.html
"MyLuvCrush" Internet scam crushed by state (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008404042_luvcrush18m.html?syndication=rss
DIVERSIONS
Times Square Getting Its First 'Green' Billboard
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/17999140/detail.html
The New Coop de Ville - The craze for urban poultry farming
http://www.newsweek.com/id/168740?from=rss
Man Earns Record for World's Tallest Mohawk - Omaha Musician Donates Hair, Proceeds to Charity Groups
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/18006522/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
Energy News Digest for November 17, 2008
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- BPA subsidies for aluminum industry under siege
- Opinions split on BPA-smelter contracts
- Benton PUD to pass along rate savings
- Grays Harbor County PUD December bills may be cheap
- Electricity industry in a power struggle
- Input sought on NW Natural gas rate hike proposal
- Lewis County Geology Makes It Perfect for storing Lots of Natural Gas
- Canada - Passerby rescuer climbs into wrecked truck amid live power lines
- Helicopter pilots perform mid-air acrobatics while stringing cable
- News Whiz - Group Finds Texas Competitive Power Markets Successful
- Wenatchee World Editorial - Obama is not a dam breacher
- Too-efficient fish wheels making their comeback on the Columbia
- How orcas find Chinook hidden in a school of sockeye
- Group to discuss Columbia River's controversial Chinook dispersal
- Glimmer of hope? Fish biologists seek accurate salmon projection
- Cut in Bering Sea Pollock harvest urged
- A Seafood Snob Ponders the Future of Fish
- Measuring The Mountain Snowpack From Space
- Tax hike sought to clean up Puget Sound
- State Demands Answers to Unreported Seattle City Light Mercury Spill
- Mason PUD 1 Holding Hearing on Twanoh Heights Water System
- Concerns emerge about environmental effects of wave-energy technology
- Australia - Renewable energy fund fizzles
- Oregon Company Fined For Dumping Fluorescent Bulbs
- Weighing the costs of oil heat against electric and gas heat
- Climate change already felt in South Sound
- Climate action starts here - Solar energy. Recycling. Green power
- Boardman - Big secret at Amazon.com
- Telecommuting Project Help during Hood Canal Bridge Closure
- AT&T Still Using WiMax As Rural DSL Replacement
- DSL's Not Dead Yet - Customers favor reliability over blistering speed
- City of Shelton Holding Hearings on Budget & Sewer Rate Increases
- Alderbrook's Operation Christmas Tree
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Effigy • \EFF-uh-jee\ • noun - An image or representation especially of a person; especially: a crude figure representing a hated person.
As a newly-minted citizen of the United Kingdom, Beauregard was a little unclear about the tradition of Guy Fawkes Night in England. He was especially embarrassed when instead of trotting out an effigy of Guy Fawkes; he presented his horrified neighbors an effigy of Guy Lombardo, complete with a cast-off clarinet. He was apparently unclear about what his new friends meant by, “Let’s burn the old guy tonight.”
Guy Fawkes Night
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
BPA subsidies for aluminum industry under siege (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2008/11/bpa_subsidies_for_aluminum_ind.html
Opinions split on BPA-smelter contracts (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/388157_alcoa18.html?source=rss
Benton PUD to pass along rate savings (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/11/14/benton-pud-customers-to-see-lower-rates
Grays Harbor County PUD December bills may be cheap (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/11/14/local_news/03news.txt
Electricity industry in a power struggle - Already pinched by building costs and climate issues, the industry also takes a hit on Wall Street (The Associated Press)
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_11000601
Input sought on gas rate hike proposal - NW Natural wants to collect $2.7 million more a year locally (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081113/BIZ01/711139983/-1/BIZ
Deep Storage - Lewis County’s Rare Geology Makes It a Perfect Spot for Lots of Natural Gas (The Chronicle, Centralia WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1226754414&archive=
Canada - Passerby rescuer climbs into wrecked truck amid live power lines
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=93e93ced-85d0-409a-9d40-3a797bdf31a5
Threading the needle: Helicopter pilots perform mid-air acrobatics while stringing cable (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/384819.html
News Whiz - Analysis Group Finds Texas Transition to Competitive Power Markets Successful (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Analysis-Group-Finds-Texas-Transition/story.aspx?guid=%7B1D186E04-5156-47B9-8080-4B38436ACCF1%7D
FISH & WILDLIFE
Wenatchee World Editorial - Obama is not a dam breacher
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081114/OP02/711149873/-1/OP
Too-efficient fish wheels making their comeback on the Columbia River (Statesman Herald, Salem, OR)
http://www.democratherald.com/articles/2008/11/16/news/local/1loc12_finn.txt
Canada - How orcas find Chinook hidden in a school of sockeye - Whales identify their favorite meal, Chinook salmon, through sonar echoes (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=260658c3-c6c3-4400-8b49-52ae4a48bbb9
Group to discuss Columbia River's controversial Chinook dispersal (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1358/story/384861.html
Glimmer of hope? Fish biologists for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will spread across small streams and rivers over the next few months to get what amounts to the most accurate salmon return projection (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://blog.oregonlive.com/billmonroe/2008/11/glimmer_of_hope.html
Cut in Bering Sea Pollock harvest urged (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081117/BIZ/711179958/-1/RSS03
A Seafood Snob Ponders the Future of Fish (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/weekinreview/16bittman.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Measuring The Mountain Snowpack From Space (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/3558-measuring-mountain-snowpack-space/
Tax hike sought to clean up Puget Sound (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081117/NEWS01/711179871/-1/RSS02
State Demands Answers To Unreported Seattle City Light Mercury Spill (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17975482/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_12pm&tmi=sea_12pm_-1_02000211142008&ts=H
Mason County PUD No. 1 Holding Hearing on Twanoh Heights Water System Tonight (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5589/reftab/1896/Default.aspx?title=P.U.D.1_HOLDING_HEARING_ON_TWANOH_HEIGHTS_WATER_SYSTEM_TONIGHT
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Concerns emerge about environmental effects of wave-energy technology (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008399727_oceanenergy17m.html?syndication=rss
Australia - Renewable energy fund fizzles: Investment in Australia's renewable energy sector has failed to take off (The Australian)
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,24660568-36418,00.html
Oregon Company Fined For Dumping Fluorescent Bulbs (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/3556-company-fined-dumping-fluorescent-bulbs/
Massachusetts - Weighing the costs of oil heat against electric and gas heat (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/business/personalfinance/articles/2008/11/16/weighing_the_costs_of_oil_heat_against_electric_and_gas_heat/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate change already felt in South Sound (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/663564.html
Climate action starts here - Solar energy. Recycling. Green power. Each is a small step, but all can help to reverse damage (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/663565.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Boardman - Big secret at Amazon.com - Port of Morrow signs a nondisclosure agreement with Amazon.com to build a huge data center port development area (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/962/story/383503.html
Telecommuting Project at Port Hadlock to Help Out During Hood Canal Floating Bridge Closure (Peninsula Daily News)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081117/news/311179991
AT&T Still Using WiMax As Rural DSL Replacement - May not expand its use outside of Alaska (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Still-Using-WiMax-As-Rural-DSL-Replacement-99118
DSL's Not Dead Yet - Many customers favor reliability over blistering speed (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/DSLs-Not-Dead-Yet-99116
GENERAL NEWS
City of Shelton Holding Hearings on Budget & Sewer Rate Increases Monday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5590/reftab/1896/title/CITY_HOLDING_HEARINGS_ON_BUDGET_/_SEWER_RATE_INCREASES_MONDAY/Default.aspx
Alderbrook's Operation Christmas Tree (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/nov/15/photo-alderbrooks-operation-christmas-tree/?partner=RSS
DIVERSIONS
Man's house gutted as thousands of rounds of ammunition explode
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/388122_ammofire17.html?source=rss
Police Discover $178,000 In Abandoned Safe - Detectives Investigating Mysterious Discovery
http://www.kirotv.com/money/17997242/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Mayor to town folk: You're too stupid to work with
http://www.examiner.com/a-1690899~Mayor_to_town_folk__You_re_too_stupid_to_work_with.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Ancient Greeks pre-empted Dead Parrot sketch
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE4AD72J20081114?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- BPA subsidies for aluminum industry under siege
- Opinions split on BPA-smelter contracts
- Benton PUD to pass along rate savings
- Grays Harbor County PUD December bills may be cheap
- Electricity industry in a power struggle
- Input sought on NW Natural gas rate hike proposal
- Lewis County Geology Makes It Perfect for storing Lots of Natural Gas
- Canada - Passerby rescuer climbs into wrecked truck amid live power lines
- Helicopter pilots perform mid-air acrobatics while stringing cable
- News Whiz - Group Finds Texas Competitive Power Markets Successful
- Wenatchee World Editorial - Obama is not a dam breacher
- Too-efficient fish wheels making their comeback on the Columbia
- How orcas find Chinook hidden in a school of sockeye
- Group to discuss Columbia River's controversial Chinook dispersal
- Glimmer of hope? Fish biologists seek accurate salmon projection
- Cut in Bering Sea Pollock harvest urged
- A Seafood Snob Ponders the Future of Fish
- Measuring The Mountain Snowpack From Space
- Tax hike sought to clean up Puget Sound
- State Demands Answers to Unreported Seattle City Light Mercury Spill
- Mason PUD 1 Holding Hearing on Twanoh Heights Water System
- Concerns emerge about environmental effects of wave-energy technology
- Australia - Renewable energy fund fizzles
- Oregon Company Fined For Dumping Fluorescent Bulbs
- Weighing the costs of oil heat against electric and gas heat
- Climate change already felt in South Sound
- Climate action starts here - Solar energy. Recycling. Green power
- Boardman - Big secret at Amazon.com
- Telecommuting Project Help during Hood Canal Bridge Closure
- AT&T Still Using WiMax As Rural DSL Replacement
- DSL's Not Dead Yet - Customers favor reliability over blistering speed
- City of Shelton Holding Hearings on Budget & Sewer Rate Increases
- Alderbrook's Operation Christmas Tree
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Effigy • \EFF-uh-jee\ • noun - An image or representation especially of a person; especially: a crude figure representing a hated person.
As a newly-minted citizen of the United Kingdom, Beauregard was a little unclear about the tradition of Guy Fawkes Night in England. He was especially embarrassed when instead of trotting out an effigy of Guy Fawkes; he presented his horrified neighbors an effigy of Guy Lombardo, complete with a cast-off clarinet. He was apparently unclear about what his new friends meant by, “Let’s burn the old guy tonight.”
Guy Fawkes Night
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
BPA subsidies for aluminum industry under siege (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2008/11/bpa_subsidies_for_aluminum_ind.html
Opinions split on BPA-smelter contracts (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/388157_alcoa18.html?source=rss
Benton PUD to pass along rate savings (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/11/14/benton-pud-customers-to-see-lower-rates
Grays Harbor County PUD December bills may be cheap (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/11/14/local_news/03news.txt
Electricity industry in a power struggle - Already pinched by building costs and climate issues, the industry also takes a hit on Wall Street (The Associated Press)
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_11000601
Input sought on gas rate hike proposal - NW Natural wants to collect $2.7 million more a year locally (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081113/BIZ01/711139983/-1/BIZ
Deep Storage - Lewis County’s Rare Geology Makes It a Perfect Spot for Lots of Natural Gas (The Chronicle, Centralia WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1226754414&archive=
Canada - Passerby rescuer climbs into wrecked truck amid live power lines
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=93e93ced-85d0-409a-9d40-3a797bdf31a5
Threading the needle: Helicopter pilots perform mid-air acrobatics while stringing cable (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/384819.html
News Whiz - Analysis Group Finds Texas Transition to Competitive Power Markets Successful (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Analysis-Group-Finds-Texas-Transition/story.aspx?guid=%7B1D186E04-5156-47B9-8080-4B38436ACCF1%7D
FISH & WILDLIFE
Wenatchee World Editorial - Obama is not a dam breacher
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081114/OP02/711149873/-1/OP
Too-efficient fish wheels making their comeback on the Columbia River (Statesman Herald, Salem, OR)
http://www.democratherald.com/articles/2008/11/16/news/local/1loc12_finn.txt
Canada - How orcas find Chinook hidden in a school of sockeye - Whales identify their favorite meal, Chinook salmon, through sonar echoes (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=260658c3-c6c3-4400-8b49-52ae4a48bbb9
Group to discuss Columbia River's controversial Chinook dispersal (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1358/story/384861.html
Glimmer of hope? Fish biologists for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will spread across small streams and rivers over the next few months to get what amounts to the most accurate salmon return projection (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://blog.oregonlive.com/billmonroe/2008/11/glimmer_of_hope.html
Cut in Bering Sea Pollock harvest urged (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081117/BIZ/711179958/-1/RSS03
A Seafood Snob Ponders the Future of Fish (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/weekinreview/16bittman.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Measuring The Mountain Snowpack From Space (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/3558-measuring-mountain-snowpack-space/
Tax hike sought to clean up Puget Sound (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081117/NEWS01/711179871/-1/RSS02
State Demands Answers To Unreported Seattle City Light Mercury Spill (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17975482/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_12pm&tmi=sea_12pm_-1_02000211142008&ts=H
Mason County PUD No. 1 Holding Hearing on Twanoh Heights Water System Tonight (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5589/reftab/1896/Default.aspx?title=P.U.D.1_HOLDING_HEARING_ON_TWANOH_HEIGHTS_WATER_SYSTEM_TONIGHT
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Concerns emerge about environmental effects of wave-energy technology (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008399727_oceanenergy17m.html?syndication=rss
Australia - Renewable energy fund fizzles: Investment in Australia's renewable energy sector has failed to take off (The Australian)
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,24660568-36418,00.html
Oregon Company Fined For Dumping Fluorescent Bulbs (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/3556-company-fined-dumping-fluorescent-bulbs/
Massachusetts - Weighing the costs of oil heat against electric and gas heat (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/business/personalfinance/articles/2008/11/16/weighing_the_costs_of_oil_heat_against_electric_and_gas_heat/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate change already felt in South Sound (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/663564.html
Climate action starts here - Solar energy. Recycling. Green power. Each is a small step, but all can help to reverse damage (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/663565.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Boardman - Big secret at Amazon.com - Port of Morrow signs a nondisclosure agreement with Amazon.com to build a huge data center port development area (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/962/story/383503.html
Telecommuting Project at Port Hadlock to Help Out During Hood Canal Floating Bridge Closure (Peninsula Daily News)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081117/news/311179991
AT&T Still Using WiMax As Rural DSL Replacement - May not expand its use outside of Alaska (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Still-Using-WiMax-As-Rural-DSL-Replacement-99118
DSL's Not Dead Yet - Many customers favor reliability over blistering speed (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/DSLs-Not-Dead-Yet-99116
GENERAL NEWS
City of Shelton Holding Hearings on Budget & Sewer Rate Increases Monday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5590/reftab/1896/title/CITY_HOLDING_HEARINGS_ON_BUDGET_/_SEWER_RATE_INCREASES_MONDAY/Default.aspx
Alderbrook's Operation Christmas Tree (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/nov/15/photo-alderbrooks-operation-christmas-tree/?partner=RSS
DIVERSIONS
Man's house gutted as thousands of rounds of ammunition explode
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/388122_ammofire17.html?source=rss
Police Discover $178,000 In Abandoned Safe - Detectives Investigating Mysterious Discovery
http://www.kirotv.com/money/17997242/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Mayor to town folk: You're too stupid to work with
http://www.examiner.com/a-1690899~Mayor_to_town_folk__You_re_too_stupid_to_work_with.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Ancient Greeks pre-empted Dead Parrot sketch
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE4AD72J20081114?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Friday, November 14, 2008
Energy News Digest for November 14, 2008
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Richland nuclear plant to go off-line
- Benton PUD passing on settlement to customers
- California Public Utilities Commission to investigate 2007 fires
- Tennessee Valley Authority decreasing fuel cost adjustment
- Idaho Statesman Columnist – Election could alter salmon debate
- S.F Chronicle Editorial – A plan to unleash the Klamath River
- NOAA investigating sockeye salmon run ‘disaster’
- State Supreme Court Approves Sanctions Limiting Tribal Fishing
- Fish Food Fight- Can Salmon Be Organic?
- Irrigation districts deserve kudos for conservation efforts
- Storm takes out Mill Creek Dam in Cosmopolis
- The Oregonian – Keeping the lights on when the wind doesn't blow
- Renewable energy may end up scarred, stronger
- Wave energy has to benefit more than the developers
- New Mexico – Regulators drop PNM’s wind energy premium
- Virginia group wants financial incentives for energy conservation
- U.N.: Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
- Climate change threatens more than half of California's real estate
- Keeping capital-intensive “green” programs going during tough times
- Lawmaker plans bill on Web neutrality
- AT&T Thinks Network Neutrality Fight Is Over
- Vista lawsuit spotlights ties between Microsoft, Intel
- Shelton Police Arrest Woman For Breaking Windows
- Kitzhaber mentioned as cabinet member
- Port Orchard man found guilty of multi-million dollar fraud
- KIRO-AM/710 to go all-sports
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Capriccio • \kuh-PREACH-ee-oh\ • noun – 1: fancy, whimsy 2: caper, prank 3: an instrumental piece in free form usually lively in tempo and brilliant in style
To those unfamiliar to the music of Malcolm John Rebennack Jr., they may categorize his regional music stylings nothing more than capriccio. However, things really picked up for him when he changed took on a stage name in the 1970’s.
Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. (Wickipedia)
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Richland nuclear plant to go off-line (Tri City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/383242.html
Benton PUD passing on settlement to customers (Tri City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/383506.html
California Public Utilities Commission to investigate 2007 fires – Want so see if utility companies violated safety regulations (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=100831
Tennessee Valley Authority decreasing fuel cost adjustment (Memphis Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2008/11/10/daily29.html?ana=from_rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho Statesman Columnist – Election could alter salmon debate: New senators in Idaho and Oregon may help get all sides to the table to break the deadlock over recovery
http://www.idahostatesman.com/102/story/570437.html
S.F Chronicle Editorial – A plan to unleash the Klamath River
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/14/EDKK14409E.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
NOAA investigating sockeye salmon run ‘disaster’ (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/11/10/daily35.html?ana=from_rss
State Supreme Court Approves Sanctions Limiting Tribal Fishing (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews/?State-Supreme-Court-Approves-Sanctions-L=1&blockID=17863&feedID=410
Fish Food Fight- Can Salmon Be Organic? (Injury Board)
http://www.injuryboard.com/national-news/fish-food-fight--can-salmon-be-organic.aspx?googleid=251504
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Editorial: Yakima Herald Republic – Irrigation districts deserve kudos for conservation efforts
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/11/13/irrigation-districts-deserve-kudos-for-conservation-efforts
Storm takes out Mill Creek Dam in Cosmopolis (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/11/13/local_news/01news.txt
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Editorial: The Oregonian – Keeping the lights on when the wind doesn't blow
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2008/11/keeping_the_lights_on_when_the.html
Renewable energy may end up scarred, stronger (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/14/BUQG1442NU.DTL&feed=rss.business
Coos Bay World Editorial – Wave energy has to benefit more than the developers
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/11/13/opinion/editorial/doc491c9e56149f9189591846.txt
New Mexico – Regulators drop PNM’s wind energy premium (Associated Press)
http://kob.com/article/stories/S661895.shtml?cat=504
Virginia climate change group wants financial incentives for energy conservation (Richmond Times-Dispatch, VA)
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-11-13-0208.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U.N.: Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health (Associated Press)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_10979751?source=rss
Report: Climate change threatens more than half of California's real estate (Sacramento Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/stories/2008/11/10/daily37.html?ana=from_rss
Energy Pulse Commentary – Forestalling the Green Chill: keeping capital-intensive “green” programs going during tough times
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1876
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Lawmaker plans bill on Web neutrality (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE4AC7SU20081114?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
AT&T Thinks Network Neutrality Fight Is Over – Unfortunately for them, the neutrality circus was just napping (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Thinks-Network-Neutrality-Fight-Is-Over-99061
Vista lawsuit spotlights ties between Microsoft, Intel (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2008389236_microsoft14.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Police Arrest Woman For Breaking Windows On Railroad (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5574/reftab/1896/title/POLICE_ARREST_WOMAN_FOR_BREAKING_WINDOWS_ON_RAILROAD/Default.aspx
Kitzhaber mentioned as cabinet member (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/11/10/daily43.html?ana=from_rss
Ben Settle in the news – Port Orchard man found guilty of multi-million dollar fraud (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/othercities/seattle/stories/2008/11/10/daily31.html
KIRO-AM/710 to go all-sports (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/387779_kiro14.html
DIVERSIONS
Judge: riding in the buff in Portland is 'tradition,' man cleared
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/34445764.html
NY Pet Cemetery Ranked Among Taj Mahal, Pyramids
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17981665/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Hopes dim on Soap Lake's Lava Lamp
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/11/13/hopes-dim-on-soap-lake-s-lava-lamp
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Richland nuclear plant to go off-line
- Benton PUD passing on settlement to customers
- California Public Utilities Commission to investigate 2007 fires
- Tennessee Valley Authority decreasing fuel cost adjustment
- Idaho Statesman Columnist – Election could alter salmon debate
- S.F Chronicle Editorial – A plan to unleash the Klamath River
- NOAA investigating sockeye salmon run ‘disaster’
- State Supreme Court Approves Sanctions Limiting Tribal Fishing
- Fish Food Fight- Can Salmon Be Organic?
- Irrigation districts deserve kudos for conservation efforts
- Storm takes out Mill Creek Dam in Cosmopolis
- The Oregonian – Keeping the lights on when the wind doesn't blow
- Renewable energy may end up scarred, stronger
- Wave energy has to benefit more than the developers
- New Mexico – Regulators drop PNM’s wind energy premium
- Virginia group wants financial incentives for energy conservation
- U.N.: Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
- Climate change threatens more than half of California's real estate
- Keeping capital-intensive “green” programs going during tough times
- Lawmaker plans bill on Web neutrality
- AT&T Thinks Network Neutrality Fight Is Over
- Vista lawsuit spotlights ties between Microsoft, Intel
- Shelton Police Arrest Woman For Breaking Windows
- Kitzhaber mentioned as cabinet member
- Port Orchard man found guilty of multi-million dollar fraud
- KIRO-AM/710 to go all-sports
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Capriccio • \kuh-PREACH-ee-oh\ • noun – 1: fancy, whimsy 2: caper, prank 3: an instrumental piece in free form usually lively in tempo and brilliant in style
To those unfamiliar to the music of Malcolm John Rebennack Jr., they may categorize his regional music stylings nothing more than capriccio. However, things really picked up for him when he changed took on a stage name in the 1970’s.
Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. (Wickipedia)
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Richland nuclear plant to go off-line (Tri City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/383242.html
Benton PUD passing on settlement to customers (Tri City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/383506.html
California Public Utilities Commission to investigate 2007 fires – Want so see if utility companies violated safety regulations (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=100831
Tennessee Valley Authority decreasing fuel cost adjustment (Memphis Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2008/11/10/daily29.html?ana=from_rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho Statesman Columnist – Election could alter salmon debate: New senators in Idaho and Oregon may help get all sides to the table to break the deadlock over recovery
http://www.idahostatesman.com/102/story/570437.html
S.F Chronicle Editorial – A plan to unleash the Klamath River
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/14/EDKK14409E.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
NOAA investigating sockeye salmon run ‘disaster’ (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/11/10/daily35.html?ana=from_rss
State Supreme Court Approves Sanctions Limiting Tribal Fishing (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews/?State-Supreme-Court-Approves-Sanctions-L=1&blockID=17863&feedID=410
Fish Food Fight- Can Salmon Be Organic? (Injury Board)
http://www.injuryboard.com/national-news/fish-food-fight--can-salmon-be-organic.aspx?googleid=251504
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Editorial: Yakima Herald Republic – Irrigation districts deserve kudos for conservation efforts
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/11/13/irrigation-districts-deserve-kudos-for-conservation-efforts
Storm takes out Mill Creek Dam in Cosmopolis (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/11/13/local_news/01news.txt
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Editorial: The Oregonian – Keeping the lights on when the wind doesn't blow
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2008/11/keeping_the_lights_on_when_the.html
Renewable energy may end up scarred, stronger (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/14/BUQG1442NU.DTL&feed=rss.business
Coos Bay World Editorial – Wave energy has to benefit more than the developers
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/11/13/opinion/editorial/doc491c9e56149f9189591846.txt
New Mexico – Regulators drop PNM’s wind energy premium (Associated Press)
http://kob.com/article/stories/S661895.shtml?cat=504
Virginia climate change group wants financial incentives for energy conservation (Richmond Times-Dispatch, VA)
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-11-13-0208.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U.N.: Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health (Associated Press)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_10979751?source=rss
Report: Climate change threatens more than half of California's real estate (Sacramento Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/stories/2008/11/10/daily37.html?ana=from_rss
Energy Pulse Commentary – Forestalling the Green Chill: keeping capital-intensive “green” programs going during tough times
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1876
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Lawmaker plans bill on Web neutrality (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE4AC7SU20081114?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
AT&T Thinks Network Neutrality Fight Is Over – Unfortunately for them, the neutrality circus was just napping (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Thinks-Network-Neutrality-Fight-Is-Over-99061
Vista lawsuit spotlights ties between Microsoft, Intel (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2008389236_microsoft14.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Police Arrest Woman For Breaking Windows On Railroad (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5574/reftab/1896/title/POLICE_ARREST_WOMAN_FOR_BREAKING_WINDOWS_ON_RAILROAD/Default.aspx
Kitzhaber mentioned as cabinet member (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/11/10/daily43.html?ana=from_rss
Ben Settle in the news – Port Orchard man found guilty of multi-million dollar fraud (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/othercities/seattle/stories/2008/11/10/daily31.html
KIRO-AM/710 to go all-sports (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/387779_kiro14.html
DIVERSIONS
Judge: riding in the buff in Portland is 'tradition,' man cleared
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/34445764.html
NY Pet Cemetery Ranked Among Taj Mahal, Pyramids
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17981665/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Hopes dim on Soap Lake's Lava Lamp
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/11/13/hopes-dim-on-soap-lake-s-lava-lamp
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Energy News Digest for November 13, 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)
- Cowlitz PUD receives $14.4 million settlement in Swift Power Canal case
- BPA to Expand Centralia Facilities
- Tree Trimming In Timberlakes to Begin Monday
- Electricity Rate Hike Likely For Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative
- “Dirty” coal to remain world's top power source
- Larry Summers' Enron Problem
- NERC: Current climate change initiatives may threaten reliability
- Icelandic singer Björk Wages Battle against big Aluminum
- Tentative deal will clear Klamath River for salmon
- Canada – Do Salmon Hatcheries Work?
- California official reportedly a candidate for top EPA post
- Bonney Lake's plan to buy more water falls apart
- City of Olympia utility bills may increase in 2009
- Small Dam Fails At Cosmopolis
- Burning wood waste riles neighbors
- Amid Economic Crisis, Wind Power Spins More Slowly
- Tri-Cities wind farm idles through storm
- Challenges Ahead For Obama's Energy Plan
- Smart-grid group gains Google
- Has the sun set on clean tech?
- Canada – Carbon 'farming' brings riches back to forests
- Sustaining Oregon's Place As A Sustainability Leader
- Will the Next Ice Age Be a Very Long One?
- Microsoft's new Windows Live aims to be hub for Web
- IBM to help build broadband network in power lines
- Could Broadband Investment Help The Economy?
- Three LCD screen makers plead guilty in price-fixing scheme
- Weather breaks, but rivers still raging
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Tendentious • \ten-DENT-chuss\ • adjective – Marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view: biased
The roundtable of political hacks spent over an hour discussing how their Democratic or Republican leanings were of no concern when discussing the facts of the last election. If readers, viewers or listeners thought that their comments and bleating support for their chosen candidates showed tendentious tendencies, then it was misinterpreted…because they were speaking the truth. (Note the little t…some pundits believe they speak the truth with a capital T)
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Cowlitz PUD receives $14.4 million settlement in Swift Power Canal case (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/11/12/area_news/doc491b3912834dd973301671.txt
BPA to Expand Centralia Facilities – Switching Station: Regional Power Provider Hopes New Acquisition on Fords Prairie Will Cut Down on Outages (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1226512949&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1
Tree Trimming In Timberlakes to Begin Monday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5553/reftab/1632/title/TREE_TRIMMING_IN_TIMBERLAKES_TO_BEGIN_MONDAY/Default.aspx
Oregon – Electricity Rate Hike Likely For Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative In 2009 (Curry Coastal Pilot, Brookings, OR)
http://www.currypilot.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=18574
“Dirty” coal to remain world's top power source (Reuters)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/usTopNews/idUKTRE4AB2QB20081112
Larry Summers' Enron Problem (The Daily Beast)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-11-12/larry-summers-and-enron/
NERC: Current climate change initiatives may threaten reliability (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=345140&C=ENVIR&dcmp=rss
Icelandic singer Björk Wages Battle against Icelandic Aluminum – She has a beef with aluminum and its impact on Iceland’s geothermal resource. (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/bjork-wages-battle-against-icelandic-aluminum/?partner=rss&emc=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Tentative deal will clear Klamath River for salmon (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/tentative_deal_will_clear_klam.html
Deal paves way for removal of Klamath dams (The Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/387639_dams13.html?source=rss
Canada – Do Salmon Hatcheries Work? Millions of eggs plus so much human good will. Does it add up to more fish? (The Tyee Online)
http://thetyee.ca/News/2008/11/13/Hatcheries/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
California official reportedly a candidate for top EPA post (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-nichols13-2008nov13,0,2795029.story
Bonney Lake's plan to buy more water falls apart – Tacoma Water balks at selling Bonney Lake about 8 percent of its spare water supply (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/536140.html
City of Olympia utility bills may increase in 2009 (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/660131.html
Small Dam Fails At Cosmopolis (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/weather/17964927/detail.html?treets=sea&tml=sea_break&ts=T&tmi=sea_break_-1_12340111122008
Here’s an aerial view of the park (Windows Live)
http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCC&cp=46.950405~-123.7737&style=h&lvl=17&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&ss=yp.mill%20creek%20park%20Cosmopolis~pg.1~sst.0&encType=1
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Burning wood waste riles neighbors – An open-air stockpile of shredded wood waste that Kimberly-Clark uses as fuel to generate steam and electricity is smoldering again (Everett Herald, WA)
http://heraldnet.com/article/20081113/NEWS01/711139894
Amid Economic Crisis, Wind Power Spins More Slowly – Many Big Players Drawn to Alternative Energy by Tax Credits Are Sidelined or Kaput (ABC News – Includes photo of Nine Canyon construction)
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6149478&page=1
Tri-Cities wind farm idles through storm (The Associated Press)
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=9338933&nav=menu227_7
Challenges Ahead For Obama's Energy Plan (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96917781
CONSERVATION
Smart-grid group gains Google (C/Net News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10096116-54.html?tag=nl.e703
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Has the sun set on clean tech? Once a booming industry, the feel-good trend, carbon reduction and subsidies, the financial crisis has pushed investors to give up on green energies, and like the dot-com bubble of 2000, some analysts say it's about to burst (The Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081113.wrcleantech13/BNStory/energy/home
Canada – Carbon 'farming' brings riches back to forests (The Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=8c01ddf1-3836-474d-9ed3-af946fedd8de
Sustaining Oregon's Place As A Sustainability Leader (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/3535-sustaining-oregons-place-sustainability-leader/
Will the Next Ice Age Be a Very Long One? (NY Times)
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/12/will-next-ice-age-be-very-very-long/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft's new Windows Live aims to be hub for Web (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE4AC10S20081113?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
IBM to help build broadband network in power lines (The Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/387634_broadband13.html?source=rss
Could Broadband Investment Help The Economy? It depends which partisan think tank hack you ask (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Could-Broadband-Investment-Help-The-Economy-99041
Three LCD screen makers plead guilty in price-fixing scheme (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10965284?source=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Weather breaks, but rivers still raging (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008386670_webweather13m.html?syndication=rss
DIVERSIONS
Sixth severed foot washes up on B.C. shore
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=3d3ff931-97ab-4dda-8d54-278d56f55b1b
Canadian Judge hears $2-billion lawsuit against Wal-Mart, Microsoft over brain control – Suit over alleged brain-wave control, satanic rituals and witchcraft
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=7aab0bd7-78c3-43a8-9f8d-e2c35cd2c780
Europe Relaxes Rules on Sale of Ugly Fruits and Vegetables
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/world/europe/13food.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&oref=slogin
County treasurer defeated by 'teenybopper' student
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081113/ap_on_el_ge/student_elected;_ylt=AtGcL5dzIv5ZWvWEcLl7Uv3tiBIF
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Cowlitz PUD receives $14.4 million settlement in Swift Power Canal case
- BPA to Expand Centralia Facilities
- Tree Trimming In Timberlakes to Begin Monday
- Electricity Rate Hike Likely For Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative
- “Dirty” coal to remain world's top power source
- Larry Summers' Enron Problem
- NERC: Current climate change initiatives may threaten reliability
- Icelandic singer Björk Wages Battle against big Aluminum
- Tentative deal will clear Klamath River for salmon
- Canada – Do Salmon Hatcheries Work?
- California official reportedly a candidate for top EPA post
- Bonney Lake's plan to buy more water falls apart
- City of Olympia utility bills may increase in 2009
- Small Dam Fails At Cosmopolis
- Burning wood waste riles neighbors
- Amid Economic Crisis, Wind Power Spins More Slowly
- Tri-Cities wind farm idles through storm
- Challenges Ahead For Obama's Energy Plan
- Smart-grid group gains Google
- Has the sun set on clean tech?
- Canada – Carbon 'farming' brings riches back to forests
- Sustaining Oregon's Place As A Sustainability Leader
- Will the Next Ice Age Be a Very Long One?
- Microsoft's new Windows Live aims to be hub for Web
- IBM to help build broadband network in power lines
- Could Broadband Investment Help The Economy?
- Three LCD screen makers plead guilty in price-fixing scheme
- Weather breaks, but rivers still raging
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Tendentious • \ten-DENT-chuss\ • adjective – Marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view: biased
The roundtable of political hacks spent over an hour discussing how their Democratic or Republican leanings were of no concern when discussing the facts of the last election. If readers, viewers or listeners thought that their comments and bleating support for their chosen candidates showed tendentious tendencies, then it was misinterpreted…because they were speaking the truth. (Note the little t…some pundits believe they speak the truth with a capital T)
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Cowlitz PUD receives $14.4 million settlement in Swift Power Canal case (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/11/12/area_news/doc491b3912834dd973301671.txt
BPA to Expand Centralia Facilities – Switching Station: Regional Power Provider Hopes New Acquisition on Fords Prairie Will Cut Down on Outages (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1226512949&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1
Tree Trimming In Timberlakes to Begin Monday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5553/reftab/1632/title/TREE_TRIMMING_IN_TIMBERLAKES_TO_BEGIN_MONDAY/Default.aspx
Oregon – Electricity Rate Hike Likely For Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative In 2009 (Curry Coastal Pilot, Brookings, OR)
http://www.currypilot.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=18574
“Dirty” coal to remain world's top power source (Reuters)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/usTopNews/idUKTRE4AB2QB20081112
Larry Summers' Enron Problem (The Daily Beast)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-11-12/larry-summers-and-enron/
NERC: Current climate change initiatives may threaten reliability (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=345140&C=ENVIR&dcmp=rss
Icelandic singer Björk Wages Battle against Icelandic Aluminum – She has a beef with aluminum and its impact on Iceland’s geothermal resource. (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/bjork-wages-battle-against-icelandic-aluminum/?partner=rss&emc=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Tentative deal will clear Klamath River for salmon (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/tentative_deal_will_clear_klam.html
Deal paves way for removal of Klamath dams (The Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/387639_dams13.html?source=rss
Canada – Do Salmon Hatcheries Work? Millions of eggs plus so much human good will. Does it add up to more fish? (The Tyee Online)
http://thetyee.ca/News/2008/11/13/Hatcheries/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
California official reportedly a candidate for top EPA post (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-nichols13-2008nov13,0,2795029.story
Bonney Lake's plan to buy more water falls apart – Tacoma Water balks at selling Bonney Lake about 8 percent of its spare water supply (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/536140.html
City of Olympia utility bills may increase in 2009 (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/660131.html
Small Dam Fails At Cosmopolis (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/weather/17964927/detail.html?treets=sea&tml=sea_break&ts=T&tmi=sea_break_-1_12340111122008
Here’s an aerial view of the park (Windows Live)
http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCC&cp=46.950405~-123.7737&style=h&lvl=17&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&ss=yp.mill%20creek%20park%20Cosmopolis~pg.1~sst.0&encType=1
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Burning wood waste riles neighbors – An open-air stockpile of shredded wood waste that Kimberly-Clark uses as fuel to generate steam and electricity is smoldering again (Everett Herald, WA)
http://heraldnet.com/article/20081113/NEWS01/711139894
Amid Economic Crisis, Wind Power Spins More Slowly – Many Big Players Drawn to Alternative Energy by Tax Credits Are Sidelined or Kaput (ABC News – Includes photo of Nine Canyon construction)
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6149478&page=1
Tri-Cities wind farm idles through storm (The Associated Press)
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=9338933&nav=menu227_7
Challenges Ahead For Obama's Energy Plan (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96917781
CONSERVATION
Smart-grid group gains Google (C/Net News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10096116-54.html?tag=nl.e703
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Has the sun set on clean tech? Once a booming industry, the feel-good trend, carbon reduction and subsidies, the financial crisis has pushed investors to give up on green energies, and like the dot-com bubble of 2000, some analysts say it's about to burst (The Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081113.wrcleantech13/BNStory/energy/home
Canada – Carbon 'farming' brings riches back to forests (The Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=8c01ddf1-3836-474d-9ed3-af946fedd8de
Sustaining Oregon's Place As A Sustainability Leader (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/3535-sustaining-oregons-place-sustainability-leader/
Will the Next Ice Age Be a Very Long One? (NY Times)
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/12/will-next-ice-age-be-very-very-long/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft's new Windows Live aims to be hub for Web (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE4AC10S20081113?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
IBM to help build broadband network in power lines (The Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/387634_broadband13.html?source=rss
Could Broadband Investment Help The Economy? It depends which partisan think tank hack you ask (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Could-Broadband-Investment-Help-The-Economy-99041
Three LCD screen makers plead guilty in price-fixing scheme (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10965284?source=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Weather breaks, but rivers still raging (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008386670_webweather13m.html?syndication=rss
DIVERSIONS
Sixth severed foot washes up on B.C. shore
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=3d3ff931-97ab-4dda-8d54-278d56f55b1b
Canadian Judge hears $2-billion lawsuit against Wal-Mart, Microsoft over brain control – Suit over alleged brain-wave control, satanic rituals and witchcraft
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=7aab0bd7-78c3-43a8-9f8d-e2c35cd2c780
Europe Relaxes Rules on Sale of Ugly Fruits and Vegetables
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/world/europe/13food.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&oref=slogin
County treasurer defeated by 'teenybopper' student
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081113/ap_on_el_ge/student_elected;_ylt=AtGcL5dzIv5ZWvWEcLl7Uv3tiBIF
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Energy News Digest for November 12, 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)
- The metals market has “characteristics of a vacuum” (um, it sucks?) Intalco faces new round of job cuts
- Grant PUD gets $66.6 million in power auction
- Clark Public Utilities faces $21 million shortfall
- Utilities hunker down for tough year ahead
- Utah – Options reconsidered for proposed coal plant
- Montana – Award given in Flathead copper theft cases
- Court rules for Navy in dispute over sonar, whales
- S.F. Chronicle Editorial – A promising share-the-catch plan for California fisheries
- Pro-commercial gillnetting presentation planned
- Fishing on the Cowlitz – Anglers Flock to Barrier Dam for Silver Salmon
- The Real Price of Farmed Salmon
- Kitsap PUD Educator Recognized at the State Level
- City of Shelton to Increase Sewer Rates
- Sewage problems hit Everett homes
- Twin City Utility Rates Flow Up
- Wood, I Wouldn't – It's better to heat your home with gas than with trees
- Wood stove violations could result in fines
- PSE orders 22 wind turbines for Wild Horse expansion
- Certain Green Industries Have Job Openings
- Solar Projects On Oregon's Horizon -- But What Role For Consumers?
- Maryland – City turns on methane energy at Back River plant
- For Africa, ‘Energy From Dirt’
- News Release – Reducing Emissions by Using Renewable Energy Sources Harms Transmission Grid
- Investing in Renewable Energy Funds
- Home Heating Costs Boosted By Leaky Ducts
- Energy efficiency moving into homes
- Connecticut – State To Charge $75 For Home Energy Audits
- Alaska – Group encourages local churches to focus on energy conservation
- Climate change effect on oceans causing sea change
- Al Gore details five-step plan to clean electricity
- Alaska permafrost study reveals larger global warming problem
- Colorado - Little financial risk in Glenwood Springs' fiber-optic expansion
- Is our Internet future in danger? Signs point to a bandwidth shortage
- Verizon DSL Customers Getting Free Upgrades
- Wisconsin Realizes Franchise 'Reform' Was a Con
- Vonage Still Struggling With Defecting Customers
- Like Roaches, Broadband over Powerline Doesn’t Go Away
- How Do Consumers Choose Wi-Fi Hotspots?
- Tanker spills buttermilk at Olympia
- Martian dust storm saps power from NASA rover
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Horripilation • \haw-rip-uh-LAY-shuhn\ • noun – The act or process of the hair bristling on the skin, as from cold or fear; goose flesh
Although he was unaware of its meaning, Fredo was the victim on an instant onset of horripilation at the Cuban New Year’s Eve party. It all started with an innocent kiss from his younger brother…followed by the chilling “I know it was you Fredo…” Everything after that, except for the little hairs on the back of his neck standing up was a blur.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
Dozens of flood warnings issued as rain pelts Northwest (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/34327399.html
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Intalco faces new round of job cuts “…The industry is in surplus and has experienced an unprecedented fall in aluminum prices over a very short period of time…” (Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/255/story/661665.html
Grant PUD gets $66.6 million in power auction (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081112/NEWS04/711121569
Clark Public Utilities faces $21 million shortfall – But customers may not have to bear entire burden (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20081110/BIZ01/711119977/-1/BIZ
Utilities hunker down for tough year ahead (Associated Press)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jhFVM7usYPr2ltDK3OAe19WanZZQD94C9V5G1
Utah – Options reconsidered for proposed coal plant: Company says it's going to think about switching to natural gas power (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10961057?source=rss
Montana – Award given in Flathead copper theft cases (KAJ Radio, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=9326205
FISH & WILDLIFE
Court rules for Navy in dispute over sonar, whales (Associated Press)
http://columbian.com/article/20081112/NEWS06/311129989/-1/NEWS
S.F. Chronicle Editorial – A promising share-the-catch plan for California fisheries
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/12/EDGL142D36.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Pro-commercial gillnetting presentation planned – Panel also will discuss Mid-Columbia Steelhead Recovery Plan on Friday (Statesman-Journal, Salem, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20081112/OUTDOORS/811120394/1034/SPORTS
Fishing on the Cowlitz – Anglers Flock to Barrier Dam for Silver Salmon (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1226340310&archive=
The Real Price of Farmed Salmon (Environmental News Network)
http://www.enn.com/wildlife/article/38619
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Kitsap PUD Educator Recognized at the State Level (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/nov/10/kitsap-pud-educator-recognized-at-the-state/
City of Shelton to Increase Sewer Rates (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5535/reftab/1896/title/CITY_TO_INCREASE_SEWER_RATES/Default.aspx
Sewage problems hit Everett homes (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081108/NEWS01/711089928/-1/RSS02
Twin City Utility Rates Flow Up – Centralia Plans To Implement Higher Rates Tuesday; Chehalis Might Delay Needed Spike (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1226426111&archive=
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wood, I Wouldn't – It's better to heat your home with gas than with trees (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2204252/?from=rss
Wood stove violations could result in fines (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081110/NEWS02/711119969/-1/NEWS
PSE orders 22 wind turbines for expansion of its Wild Horse Wind and Solar facility (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/11/10/daily9.html?ana=from_rss
Certain Green Industries Have Job Openings (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96890387&ft=1&f=3
Solar Projects On Oregon's Horizon -- But What Role For Consumers? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/3522-solar-projects-oregons-horizon-what-role-consumers/
Maryland – City turns on methane energy at Back River plant (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_city/bal-plant1110,0,2622892.story?track=rss
For Africa, ‘Energy From Dirt’ (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/11/giving/11AFRICA.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&oref=slogin
News Release – Reducing Emissions by Using Renewable Energy Sources Harms Transmission Grid (American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity – it MUST be true!)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=100690
Investing in Renewable Energy Funds (Renewable Energy World – Howzabout some renewable energy derivatives: carbon credits anyone?)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/ate/story?id=54049&src=rss
CONSERVATION
Home Heating Costs Boosted By Leaky Ducts (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/17958691/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Energy efficiency moving into homes – In a lousy market, some builders are banking on houses that save on power (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1226294798221180.xml&coll=7
Connecticut – State To Charge $75 For Home Energy Audits (Hartford Courant, CT
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-homeaudit1111.artnov11,0,594704.story
Alaska – Group encourages local churches to focus on energy conservation (Anchorage News Miner, AK)http://newsminer.com/news/2008/nov/12/group-encourages-local-churches-focus-energy-conse/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate change effect on oceans causing sea change (Contra Cost Times, Walnut Creek, CA)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_10956914?source=rss
Al Gore details five-step plan to clean electricity (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10092364-54.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Alaska permafrost study reveals larger global warming problem (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/nov/11/new-permafrost-study-reveals-larger-global-warming/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Colorado - Little financial risk in Glenwood Springs' fiber-optic expansion (Glenwood Springs Post-Independent, CO)
http://www.postindependent.com/article/20081110/VALLEYNEWS/811109998/1083&ParentProfile=1074&title=Consultant:%20Little%20financial%20risk%20in%20Glenwood%20Springs'%20fiber-optic%20expansion%20
Is our Internet future in danger? Signs point to a bandwidth shortage, and avoiding that may mean you'll pay more for broadband usage (InfoWorld)
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/11/11/46FE-broadband-limits_1.html
Verizon DSL Customers Getting Free Upgrades – Entry level tier speed jumping from 768kbps to 1.5Mbps (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-DSL-Customers-Getting-Free-Upgrades-99002
Wisconsin Realizes Franchise 'Reform' Was a Con (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Wisconsin-Realizes-Franchise-Reform-Was-a-Con-98982
Vonage Still Struggling With Defecting Customers – As cable VoIP continues to eat their lunch (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Vonage-Still-Struggling-With-Defecting-Customers-99007
Like Roaches, Broadband over Powerline Doesn’t Go Away (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/11/11/like-roaches-broadband-over-powerline-doesnt-go-away/
How Do Consumers Choose Wi-Fi Hotspots? (Seeking Alpha)
http://seekingalpha.com/article/105630-how-do-consumers-choose-wi-fi-hotspots?source=yahoo
GENERAL NEWS
Tanker spills buttermilk at Olympia (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1686185~Tanker_spills_buttermilk_at_Olympia.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Martian dust storm saps power from NASA rover – Sunshine blocked from reaching its solar panels (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/387460_space12.html
DIVERSIONS
Dog Droppings Clog Sewers In Portland, Maine
http://www.kirotv.com/money/17954703/detail.html
Man's body found in paper bale at Idaho plant
http://www.examiner.com/a-1684901~Man_s_body_found_in_paper_bale_at_Idaho_plant.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Missing cat back in California home after 13 years
http://www.examiner.com/a-1686090~Missing_cat_back_in_California_home_after_13_years.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Bowling Ball Spares Teen from Bullet – Police Searching For Five Suspects
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17948994/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- The metals market has “characteristics of a vacuum” (um, it sucks?) Intalco faces new round of job cuts
- Grant PUD gets $66.6 million in power auction
- Clark Public Utilities faces $21 million shortfall
- Utilities hunker down for tough year ahead
- Utah – Options reconsidered for proposed coal plant
- Montana – Award given in Flathead copper theft cases
- Court rules for Navy in dispute over sonar, whales
- S.F. Chronicle Editorial – A promising share-the-catch plan for California fisheries
- Pro-commercial gillnetting presentation planned
- Fishing on the Cowlitz – Anglers Flock to Barrier Dam for Silver Salmon
- The Real Price of Farmed Salmon
- Kitsap PUD Educator Recognized at the State Level
- City of Shelton to Increase Sewer Rates
- Sewage problems hit Everett homes
- Twin City Utility Rates Flow Up
- Wood, I Wouldn't – It's better to heat your home with gas than with trees
- Wood stove violations could result in fines
- PSE orders 22 wind turbines for Wild Horse expansion
- Certain Green Industries Have Job Openings
- Solar Projects On Oregon's Horizon -- But What Role For Consumers?
- Maryland – City turns on methane energy at Back River plant
- For Africa, ‘Energy From Dirt’
- News Release – Reducing Emissions by Using Renewable Energy Sources Harms Transmission Grid
- Investing in Renewable Energy Funds
- Home Heating Costs Boosted By Leaky Ducts
- Energy efficiency moving into homes
- Connecticut – State To Charge $75 For Home Energy Audits
- Alaska – Group encourages local churches to focus on energy conservation
- Climate change effect on oceans causing sea change
- Al Gore details five-step plan to clean electricity
- Alaska permafrost study reveals larger global warming problem
- Colorado - Little financial risk in Glenwood Springs' fiber-optic expansion
- Is our Internet future in danger? Signs point to a bandwidth shortage
- Verizon DSL Customers Getting Free Upgrades
- Wisconsin Realizes Franchise 'Reform' Was a Con
- Vonage Still Struggling With Defecting Customers
- Like Roaches, Broadband over Powerline Doesn’t Go Away
- How Do Consumers Choose Wi-Fi Hotspots?
- Tanker spills buttermilk at Olympia
- Martian dust storm saps power from NASA rover
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Horripilation • \haw-rip-uh-LAY-shuhn\ • noun – The act or process of the hair bristling on the skin, as from cold or fear; goose flesh
Although he was unaware of its meaning, Fredo was the victim on an instant onset of horripilation at the Cuban New Year’s Eve party. It all started with an innocent kiss from his younger brother…followed by the chilling “I know it was you Fredo…” Everything after that, except for the little hairs on the back of his neck standing up was a blur.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
Dozens of flood warnings issued as rain pelts Northwest (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/34327399.html
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Intalco faces new round of job cuts “…The industry is in surplus and has experienced an unprecedented fall in aluminum prices over a very short period of time…” (Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/255/story/661665.html
Grant PUD gets $66.6 million in power auction (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081112/NEWS04/711121569
Clark Public Utilities faces $21 million shortfall – But customers may not have to bear entire burden (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20081110/BIZ01/711119977/-1/BIZ
Utilities hunker down for tough year ahead (Associated Press)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jhFVM7usYPr2ltDK3OAe19WanZZQD94C9V5G1
Utah – Options reconsidered for proposed coal plant: Company says it's going to think about switching to natural gas power (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10961057?source=rss
Montana – Award given in Flathead copper theft cases (KAJ Radio, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=9326205
FISH & WILDLIFE
Court rules for Navy in dispute over sonar, whales (Associated Press)
http://columbian.com/article/20081112/NEWS06/311129989/-1/NEWS
S.F. Chronicle Editorial – A promising share-the-catch plan for California fisheries
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/12/EDGL142D36.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Pro-commercial gillnetting presentation planned – Panel also will discuss Mid-Columbia Steelhead Recovery Plan on Friday (Statesman-Journal, Salem, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20081112/OUTDOORS/811120394/1034/SPORTS
Fishing on the Cowlitz – Anglers Flock to Barrier Dam for Silver Salmon (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1226340310&archive=
The Real Price of Farmed Salmon (Environmental News Network)
http://www.enn.com/wildlife/article/38619
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Kitsap PUD Educator Recognized at the State Level (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/nov/10/kitsap-pud-educator-recognized-at-the-state/
City of Shelton to Increase Sewer Rates (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5535/reftab/1896/title/CITY_TO_INCREASE_SEWER_RATES/Default.aspx
Sewage problems hit Everett homes (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081108/NEWS01/711089928/-1/RSS02
Twin City Utility Rates Flow Up – Centralia Plans To Implement Higher Rates Tuesday; Chehalis Might Delay Needed Spike (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1226426111&archive=
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wood, I Wouldn't – It's better to heat your home with gas than with trees (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2204252/?from=rss
Wood stove violations could result in fines (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081110/NEWS02/711119969/-1/NEWS
PSE orders 22 wind turbines for expansion of its Wild Horse Wind and Solar facility (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/11/10/daily9.html?ana=from_rss
Certain Green Industries Have Job Openings (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96890387&ft=1&f=3
Solar Projects On Oregon's Horizon -- But What Role For Consumers? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/3522-solar-projects-oregons-horizon-what-role-consumers/
Maryland – City turns on methane energy at Back River plant (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_city/bal-plant1110,0,2622892.story?track=rss
For Africa, ‘Energy From Dirt’ (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/11/giving/11AFRICA.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&oref=slogin
News Release – Reducing Emissions by Using Renewable Energy Sources Harms Transmission Grid (American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity – it MUST be true!)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=100690
Investing in Renewable Energy Funds (Renewable Energy World – Howzabout some renewable energy derivatives: carbon credits anyone?)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/ate/story?id=54049&src=rss
CONSERVATION
Home Heating Costs Boosted By Leaky Ducts (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/17958691/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Energy efficiency moving into homes – In a lousy market, some builders are banking on houses that save on power (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1226294798221180.xml&coll=7
Connecticut – State To Charge $75 For Home Energy Audits (Hartford Courant, CT
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-homeaudit1111.artnov11,0,594704.story
Alaska – Group encourages local churches to focus on energy conservation (Anchorage News Miner, AK)http://newsminer.com/news/2008/nov/12/group-encourages-local-churches-focus-energy-conse/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate change effect on oceans causing sea change (Contra Cost Times, Walnut Creek, CA)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_10956914?source=rss
Al Gore details five-step plan to clean electricity (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10092364-54.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Alaska permafrost study reveals larger global warming problem (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/nov/11/new-permafrost-study-reveals-larger-global-warming/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Colorado - Little financial risk in Glenwood Springs' fiber-optic expansion (Glenwood Springs Post-Independent, CO)
http://www.postindependent.com/article/20081110/VALLEYNEWS/811109998/1083&ParentProfile=1074&title=Consultant:%20Little%20financial%20risk%20in%20Glenwood%20Springs'%20fiber-optic%20expansion%20
Is our Internet future in danger? Signs point to a bandwidth shortage, and avoiding that may mean you'll pay more for broadband usage (InfoWorld)
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/11/11/46FE-broadband-limits_1.html
Verizon DSL Customers Getting Free Upgrades – Entry level tier speed jumping from 768kbps to 1.5Mbps (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-DSL-Customers-Getting-Free-Upgrades-99002
Wisconsin Realizes Franchise 'Reform' Was a Con (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Wisconsin-Realizes-Franchise-Reform-Was-a-Con-98982
Vonage Still Struggling With Defecting Customers – As cable VoIP continues to eat their lunch (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Vonage-Still-Struggling-With-Defecting-Customers-99007
Like Roaches, Broadband over Powerline Doesn’t Go Away (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/11/11/like-roaches-broadband-over-powerline-doesnt-go-away/
How Do Consumers Choose Wi-Fi Hotspots? (Seeking Alpha)
http://seekingalpha.com/article/105630-how-do-consumers-choose-wi-fi-hotspots?source=yahoo
GENERAL NEWS
Tanker spills buttermilk at Olympia (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1686185~Tanker_spills_buttermilk_at_Olympia.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Martian dust storm saps power from NASA rover – Sunshine blocked from reaching its solar panels (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/387460_space12.html
DIVERSIONS
Dog Droppings Clog Sewers In Portland, Maine
http://www.kirotv.com/money/17954703/detail.html
Man's body found in paper bale at Idaho plant
http://www.examiner.com/a-1684901~Man_s_body_found_in_paper_bale_at_Idaho_plant.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Missing cat back in California home after 13 years
http://www.examiner.com/a-1686090~Missing_cat_back_in_California_home_after_13_years.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Bowling Ball Spares Teen from Bullet – Police Searching For Five Suspects
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17948994/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Monday, November 10, 2008
Veterans Day Storms - Look Out!
It will be a sloppy few days this week, as two Pacific storms roll over Western Washington. Below you will find a summary of the information gleaned from this afternoon’s briefing from the National Weather Service.
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Two wet and sloppy storms will be moving over Western Washington over the next several days. The first system will arrive on Tuesday morning. Here are the rain forecasts:
- Between 1 and 4 inches of rain in the Olympic Mountains
- Between .5 and 1.5 inches in the South Puget Sound lowlands
- A .25 and a .5 inch of rain in the Central Puget Sound region
- Winds are expected to be between 10 and 17 miles per hour.
The second storm, which is forecast to arrive Tuesday evening, will be stronger, and wetter than the first. The Weather Service forecast:
- Between 4 and 8 inches of rain in the Olympic Mountains
- Between 2 and 5 inches in the South Puget Sound lowlands
- 1 to 2 inches of rain in the Central Puget Sound region
- Coastal winds will be 30 MPH sustained, with gusts up to 45 MPH
- In Central Puget Sound, winds are forecast at 30 MPH sustained, with gusts up to 45 MPH
- In the Southwest Interior, the winds are forecast between 15 and 25 MPH, with gusts to 35
The heavy rain over this two day period will increase the threat of floods and landslides, especially along Highway 101 north of Shelton on the west side Hood Canal.
Although the National Weather Service is not predicting widespread power outages from this series of storms, the combination of saturated soils and occasionally gusty winds may result in trees that are knocked over or some limbs blown from trees. This creates the possibility of a few scattered outages, so customers are advised to have storm supplies on hand.
A flood watch has also been issued for Mason County from Tuesday afternoon through late Wednesday night. Rivers specifically under observation are the Skokomish and Satsop.
A flood watch means there is a potential for flooding based on the current forecasts. Residents in the watch area should be aware of the potential for significant rainfall that could lead to flooding and be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
Forecasters warn that with the amount of rainfall expected over the next several days there may also be some urban flooding.
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Two wet and sloppy storms will be moving over Western Washington over the next several days. The first system will arrive on Tuesday morning. Here are the rain forecasts:
- Between 1 and 4 inches of rain in the Olympic Mountains
- Between .5 and 1.5 inches in the South Puget Sound lowlands
- A .25 and a .5 inch of rain in the Central Puget Sound region
- Winds are expected to be between 10 and 17 miles per hour.
The second storm, which is forecast to arrive Tuesday evening, will be stronger, and wetter than the first. The Weather Service forecast:
- Between 4 and 8 inches of rain in the Olympic Mountains
- Between 2 and 5 inches in the South Puget Sound lowlands
- 1 to 2 inches of rain in the Central Puget Sound region
- Coastal winds will be 30 MPH sustained, with gusts up to 45 MPH
- In Central Puget Sound, winds are forecast at 30 MPH sustained, with gusts up to 45 MPH
- In the Southwest Interior, the winds are forecast between 15 and 25 MPH, with gusts to 35
The heavy rain over this two day period will increase the threat of floods and landslides, especially along Highway 101 north of Shelton on the west side Hood Canal.
Although the National Weather Service is not predicting widespread power outages from this series of storms, the combination of saturated soils and occasionally gusty winds may result in trees that are knocked over or some limbs blown from trees. This creates the possibility of a few scattered outages, so customers are advised to have storm supplies on hand.
A flood watch has also been issued for Mason County from Tuesday afternoon through late Wednesday night. Rivers specifically under observation are the Skokomish and Satsop.
A flood watch means there is a potential for flooding based on the current forecasts. Residents in the watch area should be aware of the potential for significant rainfall that could lead to flooding and be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
Forecasters warn that with the amount of rainfall expected over the next several days there may also be some urban flooding.
Energy News Digest for November 10, 2008
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- More than 53% favor electricity in local hands in East Jefferson County
- BPA agreement guarantees low power costs for Cheney
- Bracing for rise in Spokane utility bills
- New York - Along 240 Miles of Power Lines, Preparing Every Tower for winter’s Wrath
- Indiana - Gas, power companies report more disconnections
- U.S. Electricity Project Forges Ahead Despite Afghan Terrain and Taliban
- United Kingdom - Mini nuclear plants to power 20,000 homes
- Panel approves catch quota for W. Coast fishing
- Yakima - More water, happier fish
- Outdoors: 85-pound salmon is a real big fish story
- San Francisco Chronicle Op/Ed - Monster salmon could be harbinger of fish's recovery
- Snake River sediment buildup may be slowing
- Canada - Fund to save salmon shrinks with economy
- Coca-Cola may bottle Willamette River water
- Snohomish PUD customers may see water rates climb for 4 years
- Gorgeous! Columbia River waterfalls top a list of sights to savor
- Shasta Lake's low water level reveals a piece of California's past
- Chesapeake Bay Watch: Political courage, not lawsuits, will get the estuary clean
- Public Gets Its Turn to Comment on Controversial Kitsap Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Project
- Report: Sun, wind power strain power grid
- Agency Pushes for Less Wood Burning
- Idaho man plans to power home with wind
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial - Beyond oil: Wind at our backs
- Drivers get charged up about plugging in cars
- Energy island to supply green power when wind drops
- Daylight Savings Time Increases Energy Use in Indiana
- Boston Globe Op/Ed – A climate plan in peril?
- Gore sets Obama a JFK challenge on energy
- Will the Weak Economy Derail Our Going Green?
- Data center being built on Columbia River near Boardman, OR
- Internet Attacks Grow More Potent
- Broadband access drives decisions on where to live
- Couple Builds New Home Just For Broadband - Then reconsiders
- Is broadband a utility?
- FiOS Not Hurting Cablevision...Yet
- FCC will seek more comment on telecom reforms
- Google at 10: Searching Its Own Soul
- Flood watch Tuesday-Wednesday in W. Washington
- Here’s a link to the latest vote count from the Mason County Auditor’s office
- Dog shot after biting Shelton resident
- New Onramp from Highway 3 to Highway 101 Near Shelton to Open
- Asphalt shortage delays road repairs nationwide
- Yelm could be home to new radio station
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Sedentary • \SED-un-tair-ee\ • adjective – 1: not migratory: settled *2: doing or requiring much sitting 3: not physically active 4: permanently attached
Zonker Harris, poster-boy for the sedentary art of competitive tanning, gave it all up in 1981 after his historic “Jack Ford Medal for Best Tan at the 1980 Gerald R. Ford Pro-Am Summer Biathlon and the bronze medal at the Sonny Bono Indoor Tan Fest.” – Doonesbury@Slate
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
More than 53% favor electricity in local hands in East Jefferson County (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081109/news/311099993
BPA agreement guarantees low power costs for Cheney - Customers will enjoy the lowest power rates in the area: agreement secures low cost, tier one power for 20 years (Cheney Free Press, WA)
http://www.cheneyfreepress.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=3761&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=2058&hn=cheneyfreepress&he=.com
Bracing for rise in Spokane utility bills - Convergence of rate-boosting forces to impact businesses here (Spokane Journal of Commerce)
http://www.spokanejournal.com/spokane_id=article&sub=3784
New York - Along 240 Miles of Power Lines, Preparing Every Tower for Winter’s Wrath (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/nyregion/10tree.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Indiana - Gas, power companies report more disconnections, many due to delinquent bills - Utility shut-offs may indicate more can't pay the bills (Indianapolis Star, IN)
http://www.indystar.com/article/20081108/BUSINESS/811080404/1003/BUSINESS
U.S. Electricity Project Forges Ahead Despite Afghan Terrain and Taliban (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/world/asia/09kajaki.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
United Kingdom - Mini nuclear plants to power 20,000 homes (The Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/09/miniature-nuclear-reactors-los-alamos
FISH & WILDLIFE
Panel approves catch quota for W. Coast fishing (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/34134379.html
More water, happier fish - The Benton Irrigation District is embarking on a $16 million project that will boost the amount of water left in the lower Yakima River during summer (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/11/09/more-water-happier-fish
Outdoors: 85-pound salmon is a real big fish story (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/08/SP1B13VRCL.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle Op/Ed - Monster salmon could be harbinger of fish's recovery
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/09/SP1B13VRCL.DTL&feed=rss.sports
Snake River sediment buildup may be slowing (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008370932_apidriversediment.html?syndication=rss
Canada - Fund to save salmon shrinks with economy - $165-million endowment loses more than $35-million, could endanger projects in Canada and the U.S. (Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081108.BCFUND08/TPStory//?page=rss&id=GAM.20081108.BCFUND08
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Coca-Cola may bottle Willamette River water (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1682759~Coca_Cola_may_bottle_Willamette_River_water.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Snohomish PUD customers may see water rates climb for 4 years (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081110/NEWS01/711109860/-1/RSS02
Gorgeous! Columbia River waterfalls top a list of sights to savor (Winston-Salem Journal, NC)
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/nov/09/gorgeous-columbia-river-waterfalls-top-a-list-of-s/living/
Shasta Lake's low water level reveals a piece of California's past (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/33924709.html
Washington Post Editorial - Chesapeake Bay Watch: Political courage, not lawsuits, will get the estuary clean
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110703483.html?nav%3Drss_opinions&sub=AR
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Public Gets Its Turn to Comment on Controversial Kitsap Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Project (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/nov/09/public-gets-its-turn-to-comment-on-seed/?partner=RSS
Report: Sun, wind power strain power grid (Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2008/11/10/daily3.html?ana=from_rss
Agency Pushes for Less Wood Burning - Cozying up next to a crackling fireplace is a hallmark of the winter months for some (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1226150100&archive=
Idaho man plans to power home with wind (The Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/656354.html
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial - Beyond oil: Wind at our backs
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/387089_energyed.html?source=rss
Drivers get charged up about plugging in cars - Many install extra battery in hybrid vehicles (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/11/08/drivers_get_charged_up_about_plugging_in_cars/
Energy island to supply green power when wind drops (Times of London, UK)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article5119585.ece
CONSERVATION
Daylight Savings Time Increases Energy Use in Indiana (Slashdot)
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/09/1810228&from=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Boston Globe Op/Ed – A climate plan in peril?
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/2008/11/10/a_climate_plan_in_peril/
Gore sets Obama a JFK challenge on energy (Financial Times of London)
http://blogs.ft.com/techblog/2008/11/gore-sets-obama-a-jfk-challenge-on-energy/
Will the Weak Economy Derail Our Going Green? (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/2008/November/Will-the-Weak-Economy-Derail-Our-Going-Green-.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Data center being built on Columbia River near Boardman, OR – The gigantic server farm is thought to be connected to Amazon.com (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1226028328133040.xml&coll=7
Internet Attacks Grow More Potent (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/technology/internet/10attacks.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
Broadband access drives decisions on where to live (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081109/BIZ/711099934/-1/RSS03
Couple Builds New Home Just For Broadband - Then considers moving back to old home when DSL arrives (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Couple-Builds-New-Home-Just-For-Broadband-98959
Is broadband a utility? (ZD Net)
http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009696o-2000331761b,00.htm
FiOS Not Hurting Cablevision...Yet - FiOS services about 1.4 million homes in Cablevision's footprint (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FiOS-Not-Hurting-CablevisionYet-98974
FCC will seek more comment on telecom reforms, including changes to inter carrier compensation and universal service fund (InfoWorld)
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/11/06/FCC_seeks_more_comment_on_telecom_reforms_1.html
Google at 10: Searching Its Own Soul (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/08/technology/companies/08interview.html?_r=3&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1226206469-KgPy93cQ9SlmfZGCqvYLCw
GENERAL NEWS
Flood watch Tuesday-Wednesday in W. Washington (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008372867_webweather10m.html?syndication=rss
Here’s a link to the latest vote count from the Mason County Auditor’s office, as of Friday afternoon. The next count takes place on November 24
http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/mason/Elections/ElectionResults/Pages/ElectionResults.aspx
Dog shot after biting Shelton resident (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_110708WAB_dog_shot_KS.18e4efa48.html
New Onramp from Highway 3 to Highway 101 Near Shelton to Open Wednesday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5524/reftab/1632/title/NEW_ONRAMP_FROM_HIGHWAY_3_TO_HIGHWAY_101_TO_OPEN_WEDNESDAY/Default.aspx
Asphalt shortage delays road repairs nationwide (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_110908WAB_asphalt_shortage_SW.1978366a2.html
Yelm could be home to new radio station (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/656572.html
DIVERSIONS
Toy Hall of Fame Points to New Addition: The Stick
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/17931980/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_nots&tmi=sea_nots_-1_01000111072008&ts=H
Fanboys run amok! An Otherworldly Opera That Speaks Klingon
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/nyregion/long-island/09trekli.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Massachusetts Retiree Wins Lottery -- Twice
http://www.kirotv.com/money/17890121/detail.html
Cash found in Ohio house's walls becomes nightmare
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081109/ap_on_re_us/house_hidden_money;_ylt=ApHcDB7FhDQYid.xHILVIUntiBIF
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- More than 53% favor electricity in local hands in East Jefferson County
- BPA agreement guarantees low power costs for Cheney
- Bracing for rise in Spokane utility bills
- New York - Along 240 Miles of Power Lines, Preparing Every Tower for winter’s Wrath
- Indiana - Gas, power companies report more disconnections
- U.S. Electricity Project Forges Ahead Despite Afghan Terrain and Taliban
- United Kingdom - Mini nuclear plants to power 20,000 homes
- Panel approves catch quota for W. Coast fishing
- Yakima - More water, happier fish
- Outdoors: 85-pound salmon is a real big fish story
- San Francisco Chronicle Op/Ed - Monster salmon could be harbinger of fish's recovery
- Snake River sediment buildup may be slowing
- Canada - Fund to save salmon shrinks with economy
- Coca-Cola may bottle Willamette River water
- Snohomish PUD customers may see water rates climb for 4 years
- Gorgeous! Columbia River waterfalls top a list of sights to savor
- Shasta Lake's low water level reveals a piece of California's past
- Chesapeake Bay Watch: Political courage, not lawsuits, will get the estuary clean
- Public Gets Its Turn to Comment on Controversial Kitsap Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Project
- Report: Sun, wind power strain power grid
- Agency Pushes for Less Wood Burning
- Idaho man plans to power home with wind
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial - Beyond oil: Wind at our backs
- Drivers get charged up about plugging in cars
- Energy island to supply green power when wind drops
- Daylight Savings Time Increases Energy Use in Indiana
- Boston Globe Op/Ed – A climate plan in peril?
- Gore sets Obama a JFK challenge on energy
- Will the Weak Economy Derail Our Going Green?
- Data center being built on Columbia River near Boardman, OR
- Internet Attacks Grow More Potent
- Broadband access drives decisions on where to live
- Couple Builds New Home Just For Broadband - Then reconsiders
- Is broadband a utility?
- FiOS Not Hurting Cablevision...Yet
- FCC will seek more comment on telecom reforms
- Google at 10: Searching Its Own Soul
- Flood watch Tuesday-Wednesday in W. Washington
- Here’s a link to the latest vote count from the Mason County Auditor’s office
- Dog shot after biting Shelton resident
- New Onramp from Highway 3 to Highway 101 Near Shelton to Open
- Asphalt shortage delays road repairs nationwide
- Yelm could be home to new radio station
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Sedentary • \SED-un-tair-ee\ • adjective – 1: not migratory: settled *2: doing or requiring much sitting 3: not physically active 4: permanently attached
Zonker Harris, poster-boy for the sedentary art of competitive tanning, gave it all up in 1981 after his historic “Jack Ford Medal for Best Tan at the 1980 Gerald R. Ford Pro-Am Summer Biathlon and the bronze medal at the Sonny Bono Indoor Tan Fest.” – Doonesbury@Slate
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
More than 53% favor electricity in local hands in East Jefferson County (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081109/news/311099993
BPA agreement guarantees low power costs for Cheney - Customers will enjoy the lowest power rates in the area: agreement secures low cost, tier one power for 20 years (Cheney Free Press, WA)
http://www.cheneyfreepress.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=3761&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=2058&hn=cheneyfreepress&he=.com
Bracing for rise in Spokane utility bills - Convergence of rate-boosting forces to impact businesses here (Spokane Journal of Commerce)
http://www.spokanejournal.com/spokane_id=article&sub=3784
New York - Along 240 Miles of Power Lines, Preparing Every Tower for Winter’s Wrath (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/nyregion/10tree.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Indiana - Gas, power companies report more disconnections, many due to delinquent bills - Utility shut-offs may indicate more can't pay the bills (Indianapolis Star, IN)
http://www.indystar.com/article/20081108/BUSINESS/811080404/1003/BUSINESS
U.S. Electricity Project Forges Ahead Despite Afghan Terrain and Taliban (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/world/asia/09kajaki.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
United Kingdom - Mini nuclear plants to power 20,000 homes (The Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/09/miniature-nuclear-reactors-los-alamos
FISH & WILDLIFE
Panel approves catch quota for W. Coast fishing (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/34134379.html
More water, happier fish - The Benton Irrigation District is embarking on a $16 million project that will boost the amount of water left in the lower Yakima River during summer (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/11/09/more-water-happier-fish
Outdoors: 85-pound salmon is a real big fish story (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/08/SP1B13VRCL.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle Op/Ed - Monster salmon could be harbinger of fish's recovery
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/09/SP1B13VRCL.DTL&feed=rss.sports
Snake River sediment buildup may be slowing (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008370932_apidriversediment.html?syndication=rss
Canada - Fund to save salmon shrinks with economy - $165-million endowment loses more than $35-million, could endanger projects in Canada and the U.S. (Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081108.BCFUND08/TPStory//?page=rss&id=GAM.20081108.BCFUND08
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Coca-Cola may bottle Willamette River water (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1682759~Coca_Cola_may_bottle_Willamette_River_water.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Snohomish PUD customers may see water rates climb for 4 years (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081110/NEWS01/711109860/-1/RSS02
Gorgeous! Columbia River waterfalls top a list of sights to savor (Winston-Salem Journal, NC)
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/nov/09/gorgeous-columbia-river-waterfalls-top-a-list-of-s/living/
Shasta Lake's low water level reveals a piece of California's past (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/33924709.html
Washington Post Editorial - Chesapeake Bay Watch: Political courage, not lawsuits, will get the estuary clean
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110703483.html?nav%3Drss_opinions&sub=AR
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Public Gets Its Turn to Comment on Controversial Kitsap Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Project (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/nov/09/public-gets-its-turn-to-comment-on-seed/?partner=RSS
Report: Sun, wind power strain power grid (Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2008/11/10/daily3.html?ana=from_rss
Agency Pushes for Less Wood Burning - Cozying up next to a crackling fireplace is a hallmark of the winter months for some (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1226150100&archive=
Idaho man plans to power home with wind (The Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/656354.html
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial - Beyond oil: Wind at our backs
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/387089_energyed.html?source=rss
Drivers get charged up about plugging in cars - Many install extra battery in hybrid vehicles (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/11/08/drivers_get_charged_up_about_plugging_in_cars/
Energy island to supply green power when wind drops (Times of London, UK)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article5119585.ece
CONSERVATION
Daylight Savings Time Increases Energy Use in Indiana (Slashdot)
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/09/1810228&from=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Boston Globe Op/Ed – A climate plan in peril?
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/2008/11/10/a_climate_plan_in_peril/
Gore sets Obama a JFK challenge on energy (Financial Times of London)
http://blogs.ft.com/techblog/2008/11/gore-sets-obama-a-jfk-challenge-on-energy/
Will the Weak Economy Derail Our Going Green? (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/2008/November/Will-the-Weak-Economy-Derail-Our-Going-Green-.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Data center being built on Columbia River near Boardman, OR – The gigantic server farm is thought to be connected to Amazon.com (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1226028328133040.xml&coll=7
Internet Attacks Grow More Potent (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/technology/internet/10attacks.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
Broadband access drives decisions on where to live (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081109/BIZ/711099934/-1/RSS03
Couple Builds New Home Just For Broadband - Then considers moving back to old home when DSL arrives (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Couple-Builds-New-Home-Just-For-Broadband-98959
Is broadband a utility? (ZD Net)
http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009696o-2000331761b,00.htm
FiOS Not Hurting Cablevision...Yet - FiOS services about 1.4 million homes in Cablevision's footprint (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FiOS-Not-Hurting-CablevisionYet-98974
FCC will seek more comment on telecom reforms, including changes to inter carrier compensation and universal service fund (InfoWorld)
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/11/06/FCC_seeks_more_comment_on_telecom_reforms_1.html
Google at 10: Searching Its Own Soul (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/08/technology/companies/08interview.html?_r=3&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1226206469-KgPy93cQ9SlmfZGCqvYLCw
GENERAL NEWS
Flood watch Tuesday-Wednesday in W. Washington (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008372867_webweather10m.html?syndication=rss
Here’s a link to the latest vote count from the Mason County Auditor’s office, as of Friday afternoon. The next count takes place on November 24
http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/mason/Elections/ElectionResults/Pages/ElectionResults.aspx
Dog shot after biting Shelton resident (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_110708WAB_dog_shot_KS.18e4efa48.html
New Onramp from Highway 3 to Highway 101 Near Shelton to Open Wednesday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5524/reftab/1632/title/NEW_ONRAMP_FROM_HIGHWAY_3_TO_HIGHWAY_101_TO_OPEN_WEDNESDAY/Default.aspx
Asphalt shortage delays road repairs nationwide (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_110908WAB_asphalt_shortage_SW.1978366a2.html
Yelm could be home to new radio station (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/656572.html
DIVERSIONS
Toy Hall of Fame Points to New Addition: The Stick
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/17931980/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_nots&tmi=sea_nots_-1_01000111072008&ts=H
Fanboys run amok! An Otherworldly Opera That Speaks Klingon
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/nyregion/long-island/09trekli.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Massachusetts Retiree Wins Lottery -- Twice
http://www.kirotv.com/money/17890121/detail.html
Cash found in Ohio house's walls becomes nightmare
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081109/ap_on_re_us/house_hidden_money;_ylt=ApHcDB7FhDQYid.xHILVIUntiBIF
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