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)
- Pacific Power Holding Meeting To Discuss Proposed Transmission Line
- High Court Case Tests Power Plants' Water Rules
- Iowa - Supporters: Nuclear Power Plant Has Bright Future
- New Jersey Nuclear Plant Shut Down After Electric Problem
- Benton PUD Offering Development Loans
- On This Day: Enron Files the Largest Corporate Bankruptcy in US History
- Washington State Fish and Wildlife Chief Calls It Quits
- Canada - Controversial Power Project Ventures into Salmon Habitat
- Puget Sound 'Action Agenda' Unveiled
- New Tax District Proposed To Save Puget Sound
- Groups Sue to Block Lake Roosevelt Drawdowns
- Bellevue Utility to Spike Rates
- Wind Power Projects Struggling In Down Economy
- Massachusetts - US Backing Of Cape Wind Farm Could Come This Week
- The Energy Debates: Small Wind Power
- Massive Solar Installation Completed In Southern California
- Carbon Detectives Are Tracking Gases in Colorado
- Activists blast US at climate change talks
- Ex-Bad Boy China Praised At Climate Talks
- FCC to Mull Free Internet Plan
- Intel Joins $3.2B Clearwire Investment
- Regulators Hang Up On Cell Tower Eight Hour Power Backup Rules
- Texas - Tiered Broadband Trials Torment Beaumont
- Google Earth's Blind Spots
- Tough Times, Desperate Data Theft Measures
- Mason County Budget Deficit Now $600,000
- Counterfeiters Working In Mason County
- 3,400 WaMu jobs will be slashed in Seattle
- Online Greeting Card Scam Puts Damper on Holiday Cheer
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Prolix • \proh-LICKS\ • adjective – 1: unduly prolonged or drawn out: too long *2: marked by or using an excess of words
Like King Canute commanding the tides to stop surging to the shore, the moderator knew that his admonition to the speaker about brevity was a fruitless effort to stem an expected torrent of prolix prose. “What more can be said about the importance of mineral oil to the health of baby bottoms?” droned the loquacious after-dinner speaker. “What more indeed,” murmured his wife, who surreptitiously glanced at her watch after two hours of oratorical obfuscation…..
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
Pacific Power Holding Meeting To Discuss Proposed Transmission Line (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/9719
High Court Case Tests Power Plants' Water Rules (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97651580&ft=1&f=1001
Iowa - Supporters: Nuclear Power Plant Has Bright Future (Associated Press)
http://www.timesrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/512620.html?nav=5002
New Jersey Nuclear Plant Shut Down After Electric Problem (Newsday)
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--nuclearplantshutd1201dec01,0,5107372.story
Benton PUD Offering Development Loans (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=9443573&nav=menu484_2_9
On This Day: Enron Files the Largest Corporate Bankruptcy in US History (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/business/On-this-Day--Enron-Files-the-Largest-Corporate-Bankruptcy-in-U-S--History.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Washington State Fish and Wildlife Chief Calls It Quits “…Many anglers believe that Koenings was weak on salmon conservation…” (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/682574.html
Canada - Controversial Power Project Ventures into Salmon Habitat: Critics say province has abandoned its duty to protect environment (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=3b0e3880-2232-4a06-b9c4-1f6662e28ec7&k=11194
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Puget Sound 'Action Agenda' Unveiled - Backers hope cleanup can be part of federal economic stimulus package (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/390223_sound02.html?source=rss
New Tax District Proposed To Save Puget Sound (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008458047_pugetplan02m.html
Groups Sue to Block Lake Roosevelt Drawdowns (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081202/NEWS04/712029982
Bellevue Utility to Spike Rates (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/35344729.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Wind Power Projects Struggling In Down Economy (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/3678-wind-power-projects-struggling-down-economy/
Massachusetts - US Backing Of Cape Wind Farm Could Come This Week (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/2008/12/02/us_backing_of_wind_farm_could_come_this_week/
The Energy Debates: Small Wind Power (Live Science)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081202/sc_livescience/theenergydebatessmallwindpower
Massive Solar Installation Completed In Southern California (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11115402?source=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon Detectives Are Tracking Gases in Colorado (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/science/earth/02carb.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Activists blast US at climate change talks (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/12/02/international/i080932S60.DTL&feed=rss.business
Ex-Bad Boy China Praised At Climate Talks (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008458712_apeupolandclimatechina.html?syndication=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC to Mull Free Internet Plan (Reuters)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20081202/wr_nm/us_fcc_freeinternet_2
Intel Joins $3.2B Clearwire Investment (San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2008/12/01/daily23.html?ana=from_rss
Regulators Hang Up On Cell Tower Eight Hour Power Backup Rules (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11114393?source=rss
Texas - Tiered Broadband Trials Torment Beaumont (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/12/01/tiered-broadband-trials-torment-beaumont/
Google's Blind Spots - Can governments get Google Earth to obscure images of sensitive locations? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2205755/?from=rss
Tough Times, Desperate Measures - According to a new security survey, 58% of workers in the US have already downloaded sensitive company data in anticipation of being fired (Boston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2008/12/01/daily16.html?ana=from_rss
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Budget Deficit Now $600,000; Residents Urge No More Cuts From Sheriff (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5706/reftab/1896/Default.aspx?title=COUNTY_BUDGET_DEFICIT_NOW_$600,000;_RESIDENTS_URGE_NO_MORE_CUTS_FROM_SHERIFF_
Counterfeiters Working In Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5707/reftab/1896/title/COUNTERFEITERS_WORKING_IN_MASON_COUNTY/Default.aspx
3,400 WaMu jobs will be slashed in Seattle - No branches in state are being closed (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/390155_wamu02.html?source=rss
Online Greeting Card Scam Puts Damper on Holiday Cheer (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18181541/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
DIVERSIONS
Americans Hail a Postman's Junk-Mail Jihad
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20081202/ts_csm/adonotmail
Police car stolen when officer leaves it running
http://www.examiner.com/a-1721181~Police_car_stolen_when_officer_leaves_it_running.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
They Got Hurt How? Bizarre Athlete Injuries
http://www.kirotv.com/sports/18179096/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Casino says offer was mistake, tries to cover potential $29 million loss
http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2008-12-02-casino-error_N.htm?csp=34
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Energy News Digest for December 1, 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)
- Sobering storm – Grays Harbor December Storm Retrospective
- Ohio - Mandates driving surge to the river for hydropower
- Holidays Take Energy – Budget Billing can Help
- Utility Taxes Enacted In East Wenatchee
- NorthWestern Energy to Share Property Tax Refund with Customers
- Ben Settle to Receive PUD Association Lifetime Achievement Award
- Texas – Conflicting Power Reports Battle it Out
- S.F. Supervisors Kill Mayor's Plan to Retrofit Polluting Power Plant
- Oregon vineyards, others embroiled in natural gas debate
- Canada's oil-sands boom creates vast riches and a dirty footprint
- Volatile Heating Oil Prices Make Heads Spin
- Water over The Dam: Oregon wants to spill more for salmon
- Dalles Dam - A Big Wall for Small Fish
- Tracking network spills secrets of NW salmon
- Salt Lake Tribune Op/Ed - Klamath dam-removal pact bodes well for Snake
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - Rep. John Dingell's legacy for Northwest fish
- Oregon's Chinook dreams
- Oregon fishers focus on tuna, halibut
- Seattle Times Editorial - The End of the Beginning for Puget Sound Cleanup
- Stalled Chesapeake Cleanup: Back to the future on cleaning the bay
- Daily News Editorial - Deeper Columbia River, stronger economy
- Yakima Valley Reservoir Report Due on Black Rock
- Troubled waters: Kennewick Irrigation District facing difficult times
- Our Northwest Water Part Two: Farming and the Columbia Basin
- Longview City Employee Reports Water Theft
- Olympian Editorial - Support for Downtown Artesian Well Has Dried Up
- Feds, state must try harder to agree on Hanford cleanup
- Western Governors to Obama: Act Quickly On Energy
- Portland offers $12.5 million to woo Vestas Wind Systems
- Avista Corp. to put wind farm on hold
- Canada - Epcor Utilities Proposes B.C. Wind-Power Facility
- A Land Rush in Wyoming Spurred by Wind Power
- Wind Farms Fanning Health Hazard?
- New wave power development offers promise of cheap, green energy
- Billings Begins Test Wells to Squeeze Gas from Garbage
- Seattle City Light Exceeds Energy Savings Goal
- Biodiesel sold overseas still gets U.S. tax credit
- Girding up for plug-ins: Groups seek power system management
- Tesla Roadster - Only the Rich Can Afford It. Should Taxpayers Back It?
- Deck the Halls with Energy-Efficient Lights
- Climate Change Targets Will Push Up Energy Prices
- Bad Times Ahead for Broadband?
- Qwest Brings Back $15 DSL
- Clearwire to sell WiMax under "Clear" brand
- Time Warner Sues AT&T For Vandalism
- Data centers are good focus for energy conservation efforts
- Online schools make gains
- The Internet at Work: Distraction or Productivity Tool?
- Cuts Could Scale Back Deputies' Coverage of Mason County
- Recycling Fees May Rise As Demand; Prices Drop
- Copper’s Every Dip Is Felt in Arizona
- Federal Stimulus Package Will Aid State
- NY Times Cabinet Watch - The New Team: John A. Kitzhaber
- IRS Pares Down Mileage Rates
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Lodestar • \LOAD-star\ • noun - One that serves as an inspiration, model, or guide
The literal, albeit archaic, meaning of “lodestar” is “a star that leads or guides; especially: the North Star.” (The first half of the word derives from the Middle English word “lode,” meaning “course.”)
His realization that woefully outdated generational references and a hyper-nerdish wardrobe were not to his best advantage, Bertrand began to question using Steve Erkle has his cultural and professional lodestar.
Steve Erkle (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Urkel
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
Sobering storm – Grays Harbor December Storm Retrospective (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/11/30/local_news/01news.txt
Ohio - Mandates driving surge to the river for hydropower (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jnT5JvI1U424begO53ePHvAyC0KgD94PFB4O0
Holidays Take Energy – Budget Billing can Help (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9419541
Utility Taxes Enacted In East Wenatchee - taxes on electricity, natural gas, telephones and cell phones (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
http://www.kpq.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=476
NorthWestern Energy to Share Property Tax Refund with Customers (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/NorthWestern-Energy-Share-Property-Tax/story.aspx?guid=%7B2C6FDF3B-A137-481F-A98C-CC7188205C8B%7D
Ben Settle to Receive PUD Association Lifetime Achievement Award (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5697/reftab/1632/title/BEN_SETTLE_TO_RECEIVE_LIFETIME_ACHIEVEMENT_AWARD/Default.aspx
Texas – Conflicting Power Reports Battle it Out “…residential electricity rates in the state have risen faster since deregulation laws were passed than rates in all other states that allow competition…” (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6136140.html
S.F. Supervisors Kill Mayor's Plan to Retrofit Polluting Power Plant (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/26/BAPM14C7CE.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Oregon vineyards, others embroiled in natural gas debate (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/oregon_vineyards_others_embroi.html
Canada's oil-sands boom creates vast riches and a dirty footprint (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008451114_oilsands30.html?syndication=rss
Volatile Heating Oil Prices Make Heads Spin (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008446350_apheatingoilvolatilewintersummarybox.html?syndication=rss
Mason County PUD No. 3 Hires Line Superintendent (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5680/reftab/1632/Default.aspx?title=P.U.D._3_HIRES_LINE_SUPERINTENDENT
FISH & WILDLIFE
Water over The Dam: Oregon wants to spill more for salmon (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/11/water_over_the_dam_oregon_want.html
Dalles Dam - A Big Wall for Small Fish: Corps hopes spill wall will keep predators away from young salmon (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2008/11/news11-30-08-01.shtml
Tracking network spills secrets of NW salmon (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/553257.html
Salt Lake Tribune Op/Ed - Klamath dam-removal pact bodes well for Snake
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_11096119
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Rep. John Dingell's legacy for Northwest fish: Dingell's love of one of our fish, the steelhead trout, and his firm grip on energy policy nearly 30 years ago profoundly affected the way we conduct the electricity business in our region
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008447156_opin29royer.html
Oregon's Chinook dreams (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/O/index.ssf/2008/11/oregons_chinook_dreams.html
Oregon fishers focus on tuna, halibut (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081201/BIZ/712019949/-1/RSS03
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Seattle Times Editorial - The End of the Beginning for Puget Sound Cleanup
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008445408_opin28lance.html
Washington Post Editorial - Stalled Chesapeake Cleanup: Back to the future on cleaning the bay
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/24/AR2008112402189.html?nav=rss_opinions
Daily News Editorial - Deeper Columbia River, stronger economy
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/11/30/editorial/doc49307b7116e79658981757.txt
Yakima Valley Reservoir Report Due on Black Rock (Associated Press)
http://columbian.com/article/20081128/NEWS06/311289987/-1/NEWS
Troubled waters: Kennewick Irrigation District facing difficult times (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/401079.html
Our Northwest Water Part Two: Farming and the Columbia Basin (NW Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4646
Longview City Employee Reports Water Theft (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/11/28//area_news/doc492f988378d7c623323266.txt
Olympian Editorial - Support for Downtown Artesian Well Has Dried Up
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/676118.html
Seattle Times Editorial - Feds, state must try harder to agree on Hanford cleanup
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008445404_edit28hanford.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Western Governors to Obama: Act Quickly On Energy (Associated Press)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081128/ap_on_re_us/energy_western_governors_4
Portland offers $12.5 million to woo Vestas Wind Systems (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/portland_offers_125_million_to.html
Avista Corp. to put wind farm on hold (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1718706~Avista_Corp__to_put_wind_farm_on_hold.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Canada - Epcor Utilities Proposes B.C. Wind-Power Facility (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=0ecf5496-28af-4088-813a-2350413e60f9
A Land Rush in Wyoming Spurred by Wind Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/28/us/28wind.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Wind Farms Fanning Health Hazard? (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/34503059.html
New wave power development offers promise of cheap, green energy (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-243-Progressive-Politics-Examiner~y2008m11d30-wave-power
Montana - Billings Begins Test Wells to Squeeze Gas from Garbage (Associated Press)
http://missoulian.com/articles/2008/12/01/news/mtregional/news08.txt
Seattle City Light Exceeds Energy Savings Goal (Seattle City Light)
http://www.seattle.gov/light/news/newsreleases/detail.asp?ID=9079
Biodiesel sold overseas still gets U.S. tax credit - Exports helped keep some companies afloat during price fluctuations (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/390056_biodiesel01.html?source=rss
Girding up for plug-ins: Groups seek power system management (Idaho Business Review)
http://www.idahobusiness.net/archive.htm/2008/12/01/Girding-up-for-plugins-Groups-seek-power-system-management
Tesla Roadster - Only the Rich Can Afford It. Should Taxpayers Back It? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/business/30digi.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Deck the Halls with Energy-Efficient Lights (Chicago Tribune, IL)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/advice/chi-energy-home_chomes_1128nov28,0,3685167.story
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
United Kingdom - Climate Change Targets Will Push Up Energy Prices (The Daily Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3539418/Climate-change-targets-will-push-up-energy-prices.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Bad Times Ahead for Broadband? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/12/01/bad-times-ahead-for-broadband/
Qwest Brings Back $15 DSL - New promotions in face of sour economy, cable competition (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-Brings-Back-15-DSL-99333
Clearwire to sell WiMax under "Clear" brand (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9436866
Time Warner Sues AT&T For Vandalism - Things get touchy in Texas (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Time-Warner-Sues-ATT-For-Vandalism-99350
Data centers are good focus for energy conservation efforts (Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/12/01/focus7.html?ana=from_rss
Online schools make gains - Enrollment jumps as students enjoy benefits of telecommuting to school (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/681234.html
The Internet at Work: Distraction or Productivity Tool? (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/technology/2008/November/The-Internet-at-Work-Distraction-or-Productivity-Tool.html
GENERAL NEWS
Cuts Could Scale Back Deputies' Coverage of Mason County (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/nov/28/cuts-could-scale-back-deputies-coverage-of-mason/?partner=RSS
Recycling Fees May Rise As Demand; Prices Drop (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008454122_recycle29m.html
Copper’s Every Dip Is Felt in Arizona (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/28/business/28copper.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Federal Stimulus Package Will Aid State - Rescue program puts emphasis on creating jobs (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/389795_projects28.html
NY Times Cabinet Watch - The New Team: John A. Kitzhaber
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/us/politics/30web-kitzhaber.html?_r=1
IRS Pares Down Mileage Rates (Dayton Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2008/11/24/daily30.html?ana=from_rss
DIVERSIONS
Man Sues Ex-Fiancée over Engagement Ring
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2008/November/Man-Sues-Ex-Fiancee-Over-Engagement-Ring.html
Drunken-Driving Suspect Runs over Self - Suspect Leads Police on Chase
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18150905/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Eleanor Rigby document fetches $177,000
http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE4AQ80220081127?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Airport draws smiles with 'recombobulation area'
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/29452504.html
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Sobering storm – Grays Harbor December Storm Retrospective
- Ohio - Mandates driving surge to the river for hydropower
- Holidays Take Energy – Budget Billing can Help
- Utility Taxes Enacted In East Wenatchee
- NorthWestern Energy to Share Property Tax Refund with Customers
- Ben Settle to Receive PUD Association Lifetime Achievement Award
- Texas – Conflicting Power Reports Battle it Out
- S.F. Supervisors Kill Mayor's Plan to Retrofit Polluting Power Plant
- Oregon vineyards, others embroiled in natural gas debate
- Canada's oil-sands boom creates vast riches and a dirty footprint
- Volatile Heating Oil Prices Make Heads Spin
- Water over The Dam: Oregon wants to spill more for salmon
- Dalles Dam - A Big Wall for Small Fish
- Tracking network spills secrets of NW salmon
- Salt Lake Tribune Op/Ed - Klamath dam-removal pact bodes well for Snake
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - Rep. John Dingell's legacy for Northwest fish
- Oregon's Chinook dreams
- Oregon fishers focus on tuna, halibut
- Seattle Times Editorial - The End of the Beginning for Puget Sound Cleanup
- Stalled Chesapeake Cleanup: Back to the future on cleaning the bay
- Daily News Editorial - Deeper Columbia River, stronger economy
- Yakima Valley Reservoir Report Due on Black Rock
- Troubled waters: Kennewick Irrigation District facing difficult times
- Our Northwest Water Part Two: Farming and the Columbia Basin
- Longview City Employee Reports Water Theft
- Olympian Editorial - Support for Downtown Artesian Well Has Dried Up
- Feds, state must try harder to agree on Hanford cleanup
- Western Governors to Obama: Act Quickly On Energy
- Portland offers $12.5 million to woo Vestas Wind Systems
- Avista Corp. to put wind farm on hold
- Canada - Epcor Utilities Proposes B.C. Wind-Power Facility
- A Land Rush in Wyoming Spurred by Wind Power
- Wind Farms Fanning Health Hazard?
- New wave power development offers promise of cheap, green energy
- Billings Begins Test Wells to Squeeze Gas from Garbage
- Seattle City Light Exceeds Energy Savings Goal
- Biodiesel sold overseas still gets U.S. tax credit
- Girding up for plug-ins: Groups seek power system management
- Tesla Roadster - Only the Rich Can Afford It. Should Taxpayers Back It?
- Deck the Halls with Energy-Efficient Lights
- Climate Change Targets Will Push Up Energy Prices
- Bad Times Ahead for Broadband?
- Qwest Brings Back $15 DSL
- Clearwire to sell WiMax under "Clear" brand
- Time Warner Sues AT&T For Vandalism
- Data centers are good focus for energy conservation efforts
- Online schools make gains
- The Internet at Work: Distraction or Productivity Tool?
- Cuts Could Scale Back Deputies' Coverage of Mason County
- Recycling Fees May Rise As Demand; Prices Drop
- Copper’s Every Dip Is Felt in Arizona
- Federal Stimulus Package Will Aid State
- NY Times Cabinet Watch - The New Team: John A. Kitzhaber
- IRS Pares Down Mileage Rates
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Lodestar • \LOAD-star\ • noun - One that serves as an inspiration, model, or guide
The literal, albeit archaic, meaning of “lodestar” is “a star that leads or guides; especially: the North Star.” (The first half of the word derives from the Middle English word “lode,” meaning “course.”)
His realization that woefully outdated generational references and a hyper-nerdish wardrobe were not to his best advantage, Bertrand began to question using Steve Erkle has his cultural and professional lodestar.
Steve Erkle (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Urkel
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
Sobering storm – Grays Harbor December Storm Retrospective (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/11/30/local_news/01news.txt
Ohio - Mandates driving surge to the river for hydropower (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jnT5JvI1U424begO53ePHvAyC0KgD94PFB4O0
Holidays Take Energy – Budget Billing can Help (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9419541
Utility Taxes Enacted In East Wenatchee - taxes on electricity, natural gas, telephones and cell phones (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
http://www.kpq.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=476
NorthWestern Energy to Share Property Tax Refund with Customers (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/NorthWestern-Energy-Share-Property-Tax/story.aspx?guid=%7B2C6FDF3B-A137-481F-A98C-CC7188205C8B%7D
Ben Settle to Receive PUD Association Lifetime Achievement Award (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5697/reftab/1632/title/BEN_SETTLE_TO_RECEIVE_LIFETIME_ACHIEVEMENT_AWARD/Default.aspx
Texas – Conflicting Power Reports Battle it Out “…residential electricity rates in the state have risen faster since deregulation laws were passed than rates in all other states that allow competition…” (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6136140.html
S.F. Supervisors Kill Mayor's Plan to Retrofit Polluting Power Plant (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/26/BAPM14C7CE.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Oregon vineyards, others embroiled in natural gas debate (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/oregon_vineyards_others_embroi.html
Canada's oil-sands boom creates vast riches and a dirty footprint (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008451114_oilsands30.html?syndication=rss
Volatile Heating Oil Prices Make Heads Spin (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008446350_apheatingoilvolatilewintersummarybox.html?syndication=rss
Mason County PUD No. 3 Hires Line Superintendent (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5680/reftab/1632/Default.aspx?title=P.U.D._3_HIRES_LINE_SUPERINTENDENT
FISH & WILDLIFE
Water over The Dam: Oregon wants to spill more for salmon (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/11/water_over_the_dam_oregon_want.html
Dalles Dam - A Big Wall for Small Fish: Corps hopes spill wall will keep predators away from young salmon (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2008/11/news11-30-08-01.shtml
Tracking network spills secrets of NW salmon (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/553257.html
Salt Lake Tribune Op/Ed - Klamath dam-removal pact bodes well for Snake
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_11096119
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Rep. John Dingell's legacy for Northwest fish: Dingell's love of one of our fish, the steelhead trout, and his firm grip on energy policy nearly 30 years ago profoundly affected the way we conduct the electricity business in our region
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008447156_opin29royer.html
Oregon's Chinook dreams (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/O/index.ssf/2008/11/oregons_chinook_dreams.html
Oregon fishers focus on tuna, halibut (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081201/BIZ/712019949/-1/RSS03
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Seattle Times Editorial - The End of the Beginning for Puget Sound Cleanup
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008445408_opin28lance.html
Washington Post Editorial - Stalled Chesapeake Cleanup: Back to the future on cleaning the bay
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/24/AR2008112402189.html?nav=rss_opinions
Daily News Editorial - Deeper Columbia River, stronger economy
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/11/30/editorial/doc49307b7116e79658981757.txt
Yakima Valley Reservoir Report Due on Black Rock (Associated Press)
http://columbian.com/article/20081128/NEWS06/311289987/-1/NEWS
Troubled waters: Kennewick Irrigation District facing difficult times (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/401079.html
Our Northwest Water Part Two: Farming and the Columbia Basin (NW Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4646
Longview City Employee Reports Water Theft (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/11/28//area_news/doc492f988378d7c623323266.txt
Olympian Editorial - Support for Downtown Artesian Well Has Dried Up
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/676118.html
Seattle Times Editorial - Feds, state must try harder to agree on Hanford cleanup
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008445404_edit28hanford.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Western Governors to Obama: Act Quickly On Energy (Associated Press)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081128/ap_on_re_us/energy_western_governors_4
Portland offers $12.5 million to woo Vestas Wind Systems (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/portland_offers_125_million_to.html
Avista Corp. to put wind farm on hold (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1718706~Avista_Corp__to_put_wind_farm_on_hold.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Canada - Epcor Utilities Proposes B.C. Wind-Power Facility (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=0ecf5496-28af-4088-813a-2350413e60f9
A Land Rush in Wyoming Spurred by Wind Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/28/us/28wind.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Wind Farms Fanning Health Hazard? (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/34503059.html
New wave power development offers promise of cheap, green energy (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-243-Progressive-Politics-Examiner~y2008m11d30-wave-power
Montana - Billings Begins Test Wells to Squeeze Gas from Garbage (Associated Press)
http://missoulian.com/articles/2008/12/01/news/mtregional/news08.txt
Seattle City Light Exceeds Energy Savings Goal (Seattle City Light)
http://www.seattle.gov/light/news/newsreleases/detail.asp?ID=9079
Biodiesel sold overseas still gets U.S. tax credit - Exports helped keep some companies afloat during price fluctuations (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/390056_biodiesel01.html?source=rss
Girding up for plug-ins: Groups seek power system management (Idaho Business Review)
http://www.idahobusiness.net/archive.htm/2008/12/01/Girding-up-for-plugins-Groups-seek-power-system-management
Tesla Roadster - Only the Rich Can Afford It. Should Taxpayers Back It? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/business/30digi.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Deck the Halls with Energy-Efficient Lights (Chicago Tribune, IL)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/advice/chi-energy-home_chomes_1128nov28,0,3685167.story
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
United Kingdom - Climate Change Targets Will Push Up Energy Prices (The Daily Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3539418/Climate-change-targets-will-push-up-energy-prices.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Bad Times Ahead for Broadband? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/12/01/bad-times-ahead-for-broadband/
Qwest Brings Back $15 DSL - New promotions in face of sour economy, cable competition (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-Brings-Back-15-DSL-99333
Clearwire to sell WiMax under "Clear" brand (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9436866
Time Warner Sues AT&T For Vandalism - Things get touchy in Texas (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Time-Warner-Sues-ATT-For-Vandalism-99350
Data centers are good focus for energy conservation efforts (Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/12/01/focus7.html?ana=from_rss
Online schools make gains - Enrollment jumps as students enjoy benefits of telecommuting to school (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/681234.html
The Internet at Work: Distraction or Productivity Tool? (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/technology/2008/November/The-Internet-at-Work-Distraction-or-Productivity-Tool.html
GENERAL NEWS
Cuts Could Scale Back Deputies' Coverage of Mason County (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/nov/28/cuts-could-scale-back-deputies-coverage-of-mason/?partner=RSS
Recycling Fees May Rise As Demand; Prices Drop (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008454122_recycle29m.html
Copper’s Every Dip Is Felt in Arizona (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/28/business/28copper.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Federal Stimulus Package Will Aid State - Rescue program puts emphasis on creating jobs (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/389795_projects28.html
NY Times Cabinet Watch - The New Team: John A. Kitzhaber
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/us/politics/30web-kitzhaber.html?_r=1
IRS Pares Down Mileage Rates (Dayton Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2008/11/24/daily30.html?ana=from_rss
DIVERSIONS
Man Sues Ex-Fiancée over Engagement Ring
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2008/November/Man-Sues-Ex-Fiancee-Over-Engagement-Ring.html
Drunken-Driving Suspect Runs over Self - Suspect Leads Police on Chase
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18150905/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Eleanor Rigby document fetches $177,000
http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE4AQ80220081127?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Airport draws smiles with 'recombobulation area'
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/29452504.html
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Energy News Digest Addendum - 11/26/2008
Judge OKs plan to kill sea lions - A federal judge ruled the government can kill up to 85 sea lions a year at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, where they gather to eat Chinook salmon (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_112608ORB_sea_lion_ruling_LJ.55988c2.html
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_112608ORB_sea_lion_ruling_LJ.55988c2.html
Energy News Digest for November 26, 2008
The News Digest will be giving thanks for all the information it can eat this Thanksgiving weekend. As such, Thursday and Friday will be down days. Please count your blessings also.
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 County PUD Contract Reduces “Slice”
- Snohomish County PUD More Prepared For Winter
- Clark Public Utilities considers water, electric rate hikes
- Mason County PUD No. 3 Gets a Bond Rating Increase
- Reliant Energy Backs Away From Financing
- California woman who couldn't afford power dies from generator fumes
- $70 Million More Going To Salmon Disaster Aid
- Canada - Salmon Prospects Slightly Brighter For 2009
- Washington State Sues Feds Over Hanford Cleanup
- East Jefferson County Water Planning Seeks a Balance
- Mount Baker Offers Little Snow to Be Grateful For
- Hydropower Generator Mimics Fish
- White House Prods Allies to Oppose Limits on Greenhouse Gases
- Climate Crisis Energizes Radical Environmentalists
- San Francisco Chronicle Op/Ed - We Need A Big Green Jobs Machine
- The Great White Way Tries to Turn Green
- Utah's Utopia Tries to Stay Afloat - Decides to focus on small businesses
- Georgia - CityNet Consultant Will ‘Dig Deeper’ on Municipal network
- Final Mason County Election Results
- Economy is a Main Concern of Washington Residents
- State Auditor Dings Mason County over Financial Accounting
- California - Three Poisoned By Carbon Monoxide in Paramount Home
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
hypaethral • \hye-PEETH-rul\ • adjective - *1: having a roofless central space 2: open to the sky
Anastasia was captivated by her host’s Tulsa home. “I love the hypaethral feeling of your courtyard, even down to moving your furniture outside she enthused.” A major faux pas on her part. Seems the fellow lives in tornado alley, and the roof had been violently removed by a recent twister.
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 County PUD Contract Reduces “Slice” (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/11/25/local_news/06news.txt
Snohomish County PUD More Prepared For Winter (Everett Herald)
http://heraldnet.com/article/20081126/NEWS01/711269779
Clark Public Utilities considers water, electric rate hikes - Several options are proposed; effect on bills would be similar (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081126/BIZ01/711269984/-1/BIZ
Mason County PUD No. 3 Gets a Bond Rating Increase (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5671/reftab/1632/Default.aspx?title=P.U.D._3_GETS_A_BOND_RATING_INCREASE
Reliant Energy Backs Away From Financing - Sale of Business Segments Reduced Need for Capital (Associated Press)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081126/reliant_energy_financing.html?.v=1
California woman who couldn't afford power dies from generator fumes (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11073223?source=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
$70 Million More Going To Salmon Disaster Aid (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1711159~_70_million_more_going_to_salmon_disaster_aid.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Canada - Salmon Prospects Slightly Brighter For 2009: Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the salmon returns in 2009 will be no worse than this year (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=4fa69576-8497-4e50-9feb-259635135d12
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington State Sues Feds Over Hanford Cleanup
http://www.examiner.com/a-1711133~Wash__sues_feds_over_Hanford_cleanup.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
East Jefferson County Water Planning Seeks a Balance (Peninsula Daily News)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081126/news/311269988
Mount Baker Offers Little Snow to Be Grateful For (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/snowsports/2008437414_mtbaker26.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Hydropower Generator Mimics Fish (EE Times)
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212200403
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
White House Prods Allies to Oppose Limits on Greenhouse Gases (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/25/AR2008112502743.html?nav=rss_nation
Climate Crisis Energizes Radical Environmentalists (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008437722_apclimateradicals.html?syndication=rss
San Francisco Chronicle Op/Ed - We Need A Big Green Jobs Machine
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/26/EDHN14BDV9.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
The Great White Way Tries to Turn Green (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/theater/26gree.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Utah's Utopia Tries to Stay Afloat - Decides to focus on small businesses (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Utahs-Utopia-Tries-To-Stay-Afloat-99301
Georgia - CityNet Consultant Will ‘Dig Deeper’ on Municipal network - A “flawed business plan” presented by the initial consultant as one reason that he needs more time (Tifton Gazette, GA)
http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_330215939.html
GENERAL NEWS
Final Mason County Election Results (Mason County Auditor)
http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/mason/Elections/ElectionResults/Pages/ElectionResults.aspx
Economy is a Main Concern of Washington Residents (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4629
State Auditor: Mason County Has Inadequate Control over Financial Accounting and Reporting (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5672/reftab/1896/Default.aspx?title=STATE_AUDITOR:_MASON_COUNTY_HAS_INADEQUATE_CONTROL_OVER_FINANCIAL_ACCOUNTING_AND_REPORTING
California - Three Poisoned By Carbon Monoxide in Paramount Home (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1711196~3_poisoned_by_carbon_monoxide_in_Paramount_home.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
DIVERSIONS
Colorado Noise Polluters Sentenced to Annoying Music
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2008/November/Colorado-Noise-Polluters-Sentenced-to-Annoying-Music.html
On This Day: King Tut’s Tomb Discovered (Well, technically: rediscovered)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/entertainment/On-this-Day--King-Tut-s-Tomb-Discovered.html
Holiday Fun Can Mean Constipation for Kids - Travel, Treats, Playtime Can Break Bathroom Routine
http://www.kirotv.com/health/18151075/detail.html
Court says lukewarm food hot enough for prison
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/25/BA8914CBHP.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
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 County PUD Contract Reduces “Slice”
- Snohomish County PUD More Prepared For Winter
- Clark Public Utilities considers water, electric rate hikes
- Mason County PUD No. 3 Gets a Bond Rating Increase
- Reliant Energy Backs Away From Financing
- California woman who couldn't afford power dies from generator fumes
- $70 Million More Going To Salmon Disaster Aid
- Canada - Salmon Prospects Slightly Brighter For 2009
- Washington State Sues Feds Over Hanford Cleanup
- East Jefferson County Water Planning Seeks a Balance
- Mount Baker Offers Little Snow to Be Grateful For
- Hydropower Generator Mimics Fish
- White House Prods Allies to Oppose Limits on Greenhouse Gases
- Climate Crisis Energizes Radical Environmentalists
- San Francisco Chronicle Op/Ed - We Need A Big Green Jobs Machine
- The Great White Way Tries to Turn Green
- Utah's Utopia Tries to Stay Afloat - Decides to focus on small businesses
- Georgia - CityNet Consultant Will ‘Dig Deeper’ on Municipal network
- Final Mason County Election Results
- Economy is a Main Concern of Washington Residents
- State Auditor Dings Mason County over Financial Accounting
- California - Three Poisoned By Carbon Monoxide in Paramount Home
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
hypaethral • \hye-PEETH-rul\ • adjective - *1: having a roofless central space 2: open to the sky
Anastasia was captivated by her host’s Tulsa home. “I love the hypaethral feeling of your courtyard, even down to moving your furniture outside she enthused.” A major faux pas on her part. Seems the fellow lives in tornado alley, and the roof had been violently removed by a recent twister.
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 County PUD Contract Reduces “Slice” (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/11/25/local_news/06news.txt
Snohomish County PUD More Prepared For Winter (Everett Herald)
http://heraldnet.com/article/20081126/NEWS01/711269779
Clark Public Utilities considers water, electric rate hikes - Several options are proposed; effect on bills would be similar (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081126/BIZ01/711269984/-1/BIZ
Mason County PUD No. 3 Gets a Bond Rating Increase (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5671/reftab/1632/Default.aspx?title=P.U.D._3_GETS_A_BOND_RATING_INCREASE
Reliant Energy Backs Away From Financing - Sale of Business Segments Reduced Need for Capital (Associated Press)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081126/reliant_energy_financing.html?.v=1
California woman who couldn't afford power dies from generator fumes (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11073223?source=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
$70 Million More Going To Salmon Disaster Aid (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1711159~_70_million_more_going_to_salmon_disaster_aid.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Canada - Salmon Prospects Slightly Brighter For 2009: Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the salmon returns in 2009 will be no worse than this year (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=4fa69576-8497-4e50-9feb-259635135d12
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington State Sues Feds Over Hanford Cleanup
http://www.examiner.com/a-1711133~Wash__sues_feds_over_Hanford_cleanup.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
East Jefferson County Water Planning Seeks a Balance (Peninsula Daily News)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081126/news/311269988
Mount Baker Offers Little Snow to Be Grateful For (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/snowsports/2008437414_mtbaker26.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Hydropower Generator Mimics Fish (EE Times)
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212200403
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
White House Prods Allies to Oppose Limits on Greenhouse Gases (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/25/AR2008112502743.html?nav=rss_nation
Climate Crisis Energizes Radical Environmentalists (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008437722_apclimateradicals.html?syndication=rss
San Francisco Chronicle Op/Ed - We Need A Big Green Jobs Machine
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/26/EDHN14BDV9.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
The Great White Way Tries to Turn Green (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/theater/26gree.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Utah's Utopia Tries to Stay Afloat - Decides to focus on small businesses (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Utahs-Utopia-Tries-To-Stay-Afloat-99301
Georgia - CityNet Consultant Will ‘Dig Deeper’ on Municipal network - A “flawed business plan” presented by the initial consultant as one reason that he needs more time (Tifton Gazette, GA)
http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_330215939.html
GENERAL NEWS
Final Mason County Election Results (Mason County Auditor)
http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/mason/Elections/ElectionResults/Pages/ElectionResults.aspx
Economy is a Main Concern of Washington Residents (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4629
State Auditor: Mason County Has Inadequate Control over Financial Accounting and Reporting (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5672/reftab/1896/Default.aspx?title=STATE_AUDITOR:_MASON_COUNTY_HAS_INADEQUATE_CONTROL_OVER_FINANCIAL_ACCOUNTING_AND_REPORTING
California - Three Poisoned By Carbon Monoxide in Paramount Home (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1711196~3_poisoned_by_carbon_monoxide_in_Paramount_home.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
DIVERSIONS
Colorado Noise Polluters Sentenced to Annoying Music
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2008/November/Colorado-Noise-Polluters-Sentenced-to-Annoying-Music.html
On This Day: King Tut’s Tomb Discovered (Well, technically: rediscovered)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/entertainment/On-this-Day--King-Tut-s-Tomb-Discovered.html
Holiday Fun Can Mean Constipation for Kids - Travel, Treats, Playtime Can Break Bathroom Routine
http://www.kirotv.com/health/18151075/detail.html
Court says lukewarm food hot enough for prison
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/25/BA8914CBHP.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Energy News Digest for November 25, 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)
- Moody’s Investor Service Upgrades Mason County PUD No. 3 Bond Rating
- Tacoma Public Utility’s going to pay you for a change
- For WPUDA Building - Tacoma firms receive Design-Build award
- Texas - Many electric bills still a mess in the wake of Ike
- FERC issues four reliability orders to strengthen grid
- Conservation Groups Challenge Owl Recovery Plan
- Man's Plan Brings Salmon Back To Local Creeks
- Tougher State Law Means More Puget Sound Burn Bans
- Environmental Groups Target Former Alcoa Site’s Landfill
- Yesterday's Reynolds Metals pollution slows today's economy
- Allocating Water in North Idaho
- Tri-Cities in prime position to develop clean energy technologies
- Sun rising on California's power horizon
- Slump May Limit Moves on Clean Energy
- Six Electric cooperatives unite for Iowa wind farm
- Hot Home Wind Turbines You Can Actually Buy
- The Car of the Future - but at What Cost?
- Spain City Sets Up Solar Cemetery
- City Of Olympia Reduces Emissions
- Washington State Mussels Lose Out As Carbon Dioxide Changes Ocean
- Is it always greener to take public transportation?
- Internet access lags in rural areas in Montana
- Telcos Desperately Try To Keep Landlines Relevant
- 80% of Broadband Users Will Be Wireless By 2013
- Cause of Shelton Timber Bowl Fire Likely Electrical
- Operators of scorched Shelton bowling alley vow to rebuild
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Skullduggery • \skull-DUGG-ur-ree\ • noun - Underhanded or unscrupulous behavior; also: a devious device or trick
Unfortunately for the corporate leader, the skullduggery of his support staff had so undermined his credibility with the stockholders that everything he said at the annual meeting was met with loud peals of laughter. Initially he though that they were laughing along with him at some large, inside joke. That is, until his aide whispered in his ear, “Sir, they’re not laughing WITH you, they’re laughing BESIDE you. And that’s a BIG difference.”
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
Moody’s Investor Service Upgrades Mason County PUD No. 3 Bond Rating (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/News/display.asp?NewsID=482
Tacoma Public Utility’s going to pay you for a change - It will be Christmas in February for Tacoma Power customers (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/548416.html
For WPUDA Building - Tacoma firms receive National Design-Build award (Tacoma Daily Index)
http://www.tacomadailyindex.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=88&cat=23&id=1427663&more=0
Texas - Many electric bills still a mess in the wake of Ike (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6130962.html
FERC issues four reliability orders to strengthen grid (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=346294&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Conservation Groups Challenge Owl Recovery Plan (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/35062724.html
Man's Plan Brings Salmon Back To Local Creeks (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/35049784.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Tougher State Law Means More Puget Sound Burn Bans (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18051645/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Environmental Groups Target Former Alcoa Site’s Landfill (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081125/NEWS02/711259958/-1/NEWS
Daily News Editorial - Yesterday's Reynolds Metals pollution slows today's economy (Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/11/25/editorial/doc492b3f7518cca274029096.txt
Allocating Water in North Idaho (NW Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4619
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Sen. Cantwell says Tri-Cities in prime position to develop clean energy technologies (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/395856.html
Sun rising on California's power horizon (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/25/BUVI14B645.DTL&feed=rss.business
Slump May Limit Moves on Clean Energy (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/world/25climate.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Six Electric cooperatives unite in historic support for Iowa wind farm (Lancaster Eagle Gazette)
http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/article/20081124/UPDATES01/81124026
Hot Home Wind Turbines You Can Actually Buy - Plus One You Wish You Could (Treehugger.com)
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/five-home-wind-turbines-you-can-actually-buy.php
The Car of the Future - but at What Cost? Hybrid Vehicles Are Popular, but Making Them Profitable Is a Challenge (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/24/AR2008112403211.html?nav=rss_email/components
Spain City Sets Up Solar Cemetery - Solar panels are carefully angled to make them less obtrusive to families: A Spanish city has found an unusual place to generate renewable energy - the local cemetery (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7745673.stm
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
City Of Olympia Reduces Emissions (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/living/story/673761.html
Washington State Mussels Lose Out As Carbon Dioxide Changes Ocean (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97412198&ft=1&f=1001
Trains vs. Planes vs. Automobiles - Is it always greener to take public transportation? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2205330/?from=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Internet access lags in rural areas in Montana (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/11/25/financial/f072147S44.DTL&feed=rss.business
Telcos Desperately Try To Keep Landlines Relevant (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Telcos-Desperately-Try-To-Keep-Landlines-Relevant-99299
Ericsson: 80% Of Broadband Users Will Be Wireless By 2013 (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Ericsson-80-Of-Broadband-Users-Will-Be-Wireless-By-2013-99286
GENERAL NEWS
Cause of Shelton Timber Bowl Fire Likely Electrical (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5661/reftab/1632/title/CAUSE_OF_TIMBER_BOWL_FIRE_LIKELY_ELECTRICAL/Default.aspx
Operators of scorched Shelton bowling alley vow to rebuild (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/35030059.html
DIVERSIONS
NY Public Toilets Feature TVs, Tuxedoed Attendants
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18050724/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Caught Snapping - That Cell May Be a Steal, but Don't Shoot Yourself in the Face
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/21/AR2008112103612.html?nav=rss_technology
Seuss lawyers stop holiday Who-ville in Louisville
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008433395_webwhoville25.html?syndication=rss
Man Wins Two Cars In 10 Days - Luck Includes NFL Tickets From Drawing
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18143132/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Moody’s Investor Service Upgrades Mason County PUD No. 3 Bond Rating
- Tacoma Public Utility’s going to pay you for a change
- For WPUDA Building - Tacoma firms receive Design-Build award
- Texas - Many electric bills still a mess in the wake of Ike
- FERC issues four reliability orders to strengthen grid
- Conservation Groups Challenge Owl Recovery Plan
- Man's Plan Brings Salmon Back To Local Creeks
- Tougher State Law Means More Puget Sound Burn Bans
- Environmental Groups Target Former Alcoa Site’s Landfill
- Yesterday's Reynolds Metals pollution slows today's economy
- Allocating Water in North Idaho
- Tri-Cities in prime position to develop clean energy technologies
- Sun rising on California's power horizon
- Slump May Limit Moves on Clean Energy
- Six Electric cooperatives unite for Iowa wind farm
- Hot Home Wind Turbines You Can Actually Buy
- The Car of the Future - but at What Cost?
- Spain City Sets Up Solar Cemetery
- City Of Olympia Reduces Emissions
- Washington State Mussels Lose Out As Carbon Dioxide Changes Ocean
- Is it always greener to take public transportation?
- Internet access lags in rural areas in Montana
- Telcos Desperately Try To Keep Landlines Relevant
- 80% of Broadband Users Will Be Wireless By 2013
- Cause of Shelton Timber Bowl Fire Likely Electrical
- Operators of scorched Shelton bowling alley vow to rebuild
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Skullduggery • \skull-DUGG-ur-ree\ • noun - Underhanded or unscrupulous behavior; also: a devious device or trick
Unfortunately for the corporate leader, the skullduggery of his support staff had so undermined his credibility with the stockholders that everything he said at the annual meeting was met with loud peals of laughter. Initially he though that they were laughing along with him at some large, inside joke. That is, until his aide whispered in his ear, “Sir, they’re not laughing WITH you, they’re laughing BESIDE you. And that’s a BIG difference.”
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
Moody’s Investor Service Upgrades Mason County PUD No. 3 Bond Rating (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/News/display.asp?NewsID=482
Tacoma Public Utility’s going to pay you for a change - It will be Christmas in February for Tacoma Power customers (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/548416.html
For WPUDA Building - Tacoma firms receive National Design-Build award (Tacoma Daily Index)
http://www.tacomadailyindex.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=88&cat=23&id=1427663&more=0
Texas - Many electric bills still a mess in the wake of Ike (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6130962.html
FERC issues four reliability orders to strengthen grid (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=346294&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Conservation Groups Challenge Owl Recovery Plan (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/35062724.html
Man's Plan Brings Salmon Back To Local Creeks (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/35049784.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Tougher State Law Means More Puget Sound Burn Bans (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18051645/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Environmental Groups Target Former Alcoa Site’s Landfill (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081125/NEWS02/711259958/-1/NEWS
Daily News Editorial - Yesterday's Reynolds Metals pollution slows today's economy (Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/11/25/editorial/doc492b3f7518cca274029096.txt
Allocating Water in North Idaho (NW Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4619
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Sen. Cantwell says Tri-Cities in prime position to develop clean energy technologies (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/395856.html
Sun rising on California's power horizon (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/25/BUVI14B645.DTL&feed=rss.business
Slump May Limit Moves on Clean Energy (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/world/25climate.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Six Electric cooperatives unite in historic support for Iowa wind farm (Lancaster Eagle Gazette)
http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/article/20081124/UPDATES01/81124026
Hot Home Wind Turbines You Can Actually Buy - Plus One You Wish You Could (Treehugger.com)
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/five-home-wind-turbines-you-can-actually-buy.php
The Car of the Future - but at What Cost? Hybrid Vehicles Are Popular, but Making Them Profitable Is a Challenge (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/24/AR2008112403211.html?nav=rss_email/components
Spain City Sets Up Solar Cemetery - Solar panels are carefully angled to make them less obtrusive to families: A Spanish city has found an unusual place to generate renewable energy - the local cemetery (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7745673.stm
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
City Of Olympia Reduces Emissions (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/living/story/673761.html
Washington State Mussels Lose Out As Carbon Dioxide Changes Ocean (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97412198&ft=1&f=1001
Trains vs. Planes vs. Automobiles - Is it always greener to take public transportation? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2205330/?from=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Internet access lags in rural areas in Montana (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/11/25/financial/f072147S44.DTL&feed=rss.business
Telcos Desperately Try To Keep Landlines Relevant (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Telcos-Desperately-Try-To-Keep-Landlines-Relevant-99299
Ericsson: 80% Of Broadband Users Will Be Wireless By 2013 (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Ericsson-80-Of-Broadband-Users-Will-Be-Wireless-By-2013-99286
GENERAL NEWS
Cause of Shelton Timber Bowl Fire Likely Electrical (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5661/reftab/1632/title/CAUSE_OF_TIMBER_BOWL_FIRE_LIKELY_ELECTRICAL/Default.aspx
Operators of scorched Shelton bowling alley vow to rebuild (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/35030059.html
DIVERSIONS
NY Public Toilets Feature TVs, Tuxedoed Attendants
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18050724/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Caught Snapping - That Cell May Be a Steal, but Don't Shoot Yourself in the Face
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/21/AR2008112103612.html?nav=rss_technology
Seuss lawyers stop holiday Who-ville in Louisville
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008433395_webwhoville25.html?syndication=rss
Man Wins Two Cars In 10 Days - Luck Includes NFL Tickets From Drawing
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18143132/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Monday, November 24, 2008
Energy News Digest for November 24, 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)
- Latest foe in customer’s anti-tax crusade is the Grays Harbor PUD
- Worker Electrocuted by Power lines Identified
- Yakama Tribe in a power position
- Energy Pulse Commentary - Whipping up Support for Transmission
- Chelan County PUD - Local engineers society names first woman president
- Salmon proposal upsets gillnetters
- Camas man’s methods to restore salmon unconventional, effective
- Salmon, owls might have ally in White House
- Canada - Green groups blast increases in salmon farms
- Salmon farming in Maine mounting a strong comeback
- Oregonian Op/Ed - Farmed fish: Almost organic, and always polluting
- Puget Sound cleanup criticized - Scientists say plan headed for failure
- Lack Of Funding Slows Research, Cleanup Of Sound
- Judge says Yelm must prove it has water
- Workers warn of problems at Brightwater Sewer Plant
- California experts fear 3rd straight dry winter likely
- Cowlitz County Panel mulls wind turbine rules
- Despite obstacles, Pickens is not giving up on wind energy
- Hawaii Reporter Op/Ed - Wind Power: The 'Green' Myth
- Wyoming group points out where to build wind
- Cow power - Digester makes dairy man a believer
- Palm Desert loan program giving contractors seeds to grow business
- Sacramento City manager pushes waste-to-energy proposal
- Rhode Island - Boosting renewable energy
- Problems Plague U.S. Flex-Fuel Fleet
- News Release - Light Up the Holidays Safely and Efficiently
- Alcoa encourages energy conservation
- Cheap Green: Energy and Ovens
- No electricity? Connecticut island now energy independent
- Oregonian Op/Ed - Seizing our chance in the midst of crisis
- Obama urged to create 'Green New Deal'
- Port of Quincy Confirms it Has Significant Fiber Optics Capacity
- Remote Wyoming towns home to broadband jobs
- A Quick Peek at the Internet Growth Charts
- AT&T To Pay $17 Million For Universal Service Fund Over-Charges
- Layoffs leave Silicon Forest less populated
- Eight Alarm Fire - Shelton's Bowling Alley Burns Down
- 20% cuts may be ahead for state colleges
- How much does Obama know about the West?
- Senators prepare to tutor Obama on Hanford
- Who from here might serve in Obama administration?
- Washington's new area code delayed until 2012
- Washington cities can add $20 car tab fee
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Non sequitur • \NON SEK-witt-ter\ • noun - 1: an inference that does not follow from the premises *2: a statement (as a response) that does not follow logically from or is not clearly related to anything previously said
For about an hour the conversation about long-term power contracts, direct service industry subsidies, fish and wildlife costs, and residential exchange flowed along about as smoothly as could be expected. Suddenly nearly all persons in the board room suffered whiplash as a burly, oddly-dressed guest (whom no one remembered inviting) started riffing with non sequiturs about minutiae involving Dungeons and Dragons, World of Warcraft, and the latest “Star Trek” convention that was to be held downtown, featuring Malachi Throne, a minor character who played in three 1966 “Trek” episodes.
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
His crusade continues - The latest foe in Stan Trohimovich’s decades-long anti-tax crusade is the Grays Harbor PUD. ..He has withheld payment of taxes, fees and the 13 percent charge for the Bonneville Power Administration’s Residential Exchange (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/11/23/local_news/01news.txt
Worker Electrocuted By Power lines Identified (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18027219/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Yakama Tribe in a power position - Local irrigation system could benefit if Yakamas become a player in the Northwest energy game (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2008/11/23/tribe-in-a-power-position
Energy Pulse Commentary - Whipping up Support for Transmission
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1877
From Chelan County PUD - Local engineers society names first woman president (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081123/NEWS04/711249987
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon proposal upsets gillnetters - Low numbers would favor sport anglers (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/389150_salmon24.html?source=rss
Fighting for fish - Camas man’s methods to restore salmon unconventional, effective (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081123/NEWS02/711239994/-1/NEWS
Salmon, owls might have ally in White House (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/547417.html
Canada - Green groups blast increases in salmon farms (Victoria Times-Colonist)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=8d74a9a7-764f-4a6c-998f-ddb6789040a6
Salmon farming in Maine mounting a strong comeback (Associated Press)
http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2008/11/23/salmon_farming_in_maine_mounting_a_strong_comeback/
Oregonian Op/Ed - Farmed fish: Almost organic, and always polluting (Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2008/11/farmed_fish_almost_organic_and.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Puget Sound cleanup criticized - Scientists say plan headed for failure (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/388962_sound22.html
Lack Of Funding Slows Research, Cleanup Of Sound (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18034044/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_-1_09000111242008&ts=H
Judge says Yelm must prove it has water - Condition placed by city on subdivisions ruled illegal (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/672384.html
Workers warn of problems at Brightwater Sewer Plant (KOMO-TV., Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/34971969.html
California experts fear 3rd straight dry winter likely (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/22/MNV8149Q32.DTL&feed=rss.news
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Cowlitz County Panel mulls wind turbine rules (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/11/24//area_news/doc492ac2a7bd7b7397172848.txt
Star Telegram Op/Ed - Despite obstacles, Pickens is not giving up on wind energy (Fort Worth, TX)
http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/1053439.html
Hawaii Reporter Op/Ed - Wind Power: The 'Green' Myth
http://hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?3fe59302-a0ac-435f-874e-518f40d9b26d
Wyoming group points out where to build wind (Associated Press)
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/global/story.asp?s=9400896
Cow power - Digester makes dairy man a believer (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/11/22/cow-power-digester-makes-dairy-man-a-believer
Solar boom - Palm Desert's loan program giving contractors seeds to grow their businesses (The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA)
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20081122/NEWS07/811220318/1013
California - Sacramento City manager pushes waste-to-energy proposal; county cautious (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/1419145.html
Rhode Island - Boosting renewable energy (Providence Journal, RI)
http://www.projo.com/business/content/BZ_Greenstart_24_11-24-08_J7CBI89_v13.3fe6ddb.html
Problems Plague U.S. Flex-Fuel Fleet - Most Government-Bought Vehicles Still Use Standard Gas (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/22/AR2008112200886.html?nav=rss_business
News Release - Light Up the Holidays Safely and Efficiently - PSE Donates Energy-Efficient Holiday Light Strands for Customer and Community Displays (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Light-Up-Holidays-Safely-Efficiently/story.aspx?guid=%7B2A65BB1C-678F-48AF-8295-247FA06CFC7E%7D
Alcoa encourages energy conservation through Web site (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081123/NEWS04/711249990
Cheap Green: Energy and Ovens (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/cheap-green-energy-and-ovens/
No electricity? Connecticut island now energy independent. Three-acre property boasts wind turbine, solar panels and Segways (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27861109/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregonian Op/Ed - Seizing our chance in the midst of crisis
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2008/11/seizing_our_chance_in_the_mids.html
Obama urged to create 'Green New Deal' (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2008/11/24/obama_urged_to_create_green_new_deal/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
News Release - Port of Quincy Confirms That Quincy, WA Has Significant Fiber Optics Capacity and Availability (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Port-Quincy-Confirms-That-Quincy/story.aspx?guid=%7B896A78A3-A2A8-40E2-9732-22D88835E924%7D
Remote Wyoming towns home to broadband jobs (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008427624_btenglishteach24.html?syndication=rss
A Quick Peek at the Internet Growth Charts (GigaOM)http://gigaom.com/2008/11/24/a-quick-peek-at-the-internet-growth-charts/
AT&T To Pay $17 Million For Universal Service Fund Over-Charges (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-To-Pay-17-Million-For-USF-OverCharging-99263
Layoffs leave Silicon Forest less populated - High-tech companies in Oregon employ 2,000 fewer people than a year ago (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1227239720313090.xml&coll=7
GENERAL NEWS
Eight Alarm Fire - Shelton's Bowling Alley Burns Down (KMAS Radio, Shelton)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5655/reftab/1632/Default.aspx?title=SHELTON'S_BOWLING_ALLEY_BURNS_DOWN
20% cuts may be ahead for state colleges, universities as bottom falls out of budget (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008425188_highered23m0.html?syndication=rss
How much does Obama know about the West? (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/394065.html
Senators prepare to tutor Obama on Hanford (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/394063.html
Who from here might serve in Obama administration? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/389071_Joel24.html?source=rss
Washington State's new telephone area code delayed until 2012 (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1705693~State_s_new_telephone_area_code_delayed_until_2012.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Washington cities can add $20 car tab fee (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1708206~Washington_cities_can_add__20_car_tab_fee.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
DIVERSIONS
Panda bites student who just wanted a hug
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/670776.html
B.G. proposal riles animal lovers - Complaint about chickens’ smell prompts action, and angry response (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081121/NEWS02/711219955/-1/NEWS
Police Chase Ends With Man Up Tree For Hours
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18049737/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Latest foe in customer’s anti-tax crusade is the Grays Harbor PUD
- Worker Electrocuted by Power lines Identified
- Yakama Tribe in a power position
- Energy Pulse Commentary - Whipping up Support for Transmission
- Chelan County PUD - Local engineers society names first woman president
- Salmon proposal upsets gillnetters
- Camas man’s methods to restore salmon unconventional, effective
- Salmon, owls might have ally in White House
- Canada - Green groups blast increases in salmon farms
- Salmon farming in Maine mounting a strong comeback
- Oregonian Op/Ed - Farmed fish: Almost organic, and always polluting
- Puget Sound cleanup criticized - Scientists say plan headed for failure
- Lack Of Funding Slows Research, Cleanup Of Sound
- Judge says Yelm must prove it has water
- Workers warn of problems at Brightwater Sewer Plant
- California experts fear 3rd straight dry winter likely
- Cowlitz County Panel mulls wind turbine rules
- Despite obstacles, Pickens is not giving up on wind energy
- Hawaii Reporter Op/Ed - Wind Power: The 'Green' Myth
- Wyoming group points out where to build wind
- Cow power - Digester makes dairy man a believer
- Palm Desert loan program giving contractors seeds to grow business
- Sacramento City manager pushes waste-to-energy proposal
- Rhode Island - Boosting renewable energy
- Problems Plague U.S. Flex-Fuel Fleet
- News Release - Light Up the Holidays Safely and Efficiently
- Alcoa encourages energy conservation
- Cheap Green: Energy and Ovens
- No electricity? Connecticut island now energy independent
- Oregonian Op/Ed - Seizing our chance in the midst of crisis
- Obama urged to create 'Green New Deal'
- Port of Quincy Confirms it Has Significant Fiber Optics Capacity
- Remote Wyoming towns home to broadband jobs
- A Quick Peek at the Internet Growth Charts
- AT&T To Pay $17 Million For Universal Service Fund Over-Charges
- Layoffs leave Silicon Forest less populated
- Eight Alarm Fire - Shelton's Bowling Alley Burns Down
- 20% cuts may be ahead for state colleges
- How much does Obama know about the West?
- Senators prepare to tutor Obama on Hanford
- Who from here might serve in Obama administration?
- Washington's new area code delayed until 2012
- Washington cities can add $20 car tab fee
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Non sequitur • \NON SEK-witt-ter\ • noun - 1: an inference that does not follow from the premises *2: a statement (as a response) that does not follow logically from or is not clearly related to anything previously said
For about an hour the conversation about long-term power contracts, direct service industry subsidies, fish and wildlife costs, and residential exchange flowed along about as smoothly as could be expected. Suddenly nearly all persons in the board room suffered whiplash as a burly, oddly-dressed guest (whom no one remembered inviting) started riffing with non sequiturs about minutiae involving Dungeons and Dragons, World of Warcraft, and the latest “Star Trek” convention that was to be held downtown, featuring Malachi Throne, a minor character who played in three 1966 “Trek” episodes.
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
His crusade continues - The latest foe in Stan Trohimovich’s decades-long anti-tax crusade is the Grays Harbor PUD. ..He has withheld payment of taxes, fees and the 13 percent charge for the Bonneville Power Administration’s Residential Exchange (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/11/23/local_news/01news.txt
Worker Electrocuted By Power lines Identified (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18027219/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Yakama Tribe in a power position - Local irrigation system could benefit if Yakamas become a player in the Northwest energy game (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2008/11/23/tribe-in-a-power-position
Energy Pulse Commentary - Whipping up Support for Transmission
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1877
From Chelan County PUD - Local engineers society names first woman president (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081123/NEWS04/711249987
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon proposal upsets gillnetters - Low numbers would favor sport anglers (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/389150_salmon24.html?source=rss
Fighting for fish - Camas man’s methods to restore salmon unconventional, effective (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081123/NEWS02/711239994/-1/NEWS
Salmon, owls might have ally in White House (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/547417.html
Canada - Green groups blast increases in salmon farms (Victoria Times-Colonist)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=8d74a9a7-764f-4a6c-998f-ddb6789040a6
Salmon farming in Maine mounting a strong comeback (Associated Press)
http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2008/11/23/salmon_farming_in_maine_mounting_a_strong_comeback/
Oregonian Op/Ed - Farmed fish: Almost organic, and always polluting (Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2008/11/farmed_fish_almost_organic_and.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Puget Sound cleanup criticized - Scientists say plan headed for failure (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/388962_sound22.html
Lack Of Funding Slows Research, Cleanup Of Sound (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18034044/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_-1_09000111242008&ts=H
Judge says Yelm must prove it has water - Condition placed by city on subdivisions ruled illegal (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/672384.html
Workers warn of problems at Brightwater Sewer Plant (KOMO-TV., Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/34971969.html
California experts fear 3rd straight dry winter likely (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/22/MNV8149Q32.DTL&feed=rss.news
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Cowlitz County Panel mulls wind turbine rules (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/11/24//area_news/doc492ac2a7bd7b7397172848.txt
Star Telegram Op/Ed - Despite obstacles, Pickens is not giving up on wind energy (Fort Worth, TX)
http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/1053439.html
Hawaii Reporter Op/Ed - Wind Power: The 'Green' Myth
http://hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?3fe59302-a0ac-435f-874e-518f40d9b26d
Wyoming group points out where to build wind (Associated Press)
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/global/story.asp?s=9400896
Cow power - Digester makes dairy man a believer (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/11/22/cow-power-digester-makes-dairy-man-a-believer
Solar boom - Palm Desert's loan program giving contractors seeds to grow their businesses (The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA)
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20081122/NEWS07/811220318/1013
California - Sacramento City manager pushes waste-to-energy proposal; county cautious (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/1419145.html
Rhode Island - Boosting renewable energy (Providence Journal, RI)
http://www.projo.com/business/content/BZ_Greenstart_24_11-24-08_J7CBI89_v13.3fe6ddb.html
Problems Plague U.S. Flex-Fuel Fleet - Most Government-Bought Vehicles Still Use Standard Gas (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/22/AR2008112200886.html?nav=rss_business
News Release - Light Up the Holidays Safely and Efficiently - PSE Donates Energy-Efficient Holiday Light Strands for Customer and Community Displays (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Light-Up-Holidays-Safely-Efficiently/story.aspx?guid=%7B2A65BB1C-678F-48AF-8295-247FA06CFC7E%7D
Alcoa encourages energy conservation through Web site (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081123/NEWS04/711249990
Cheap Green: Energy and Ovens (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/cheap-green-energy-and-ovens/
No electricity? Connecticut island now energy independent. Three-acre property boasts wind turbine, solar panels and Segways (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27861109/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregonian Op/Ed - Seizing our chance in the midst of crisis
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2008/11/seizing_our_chance_in_the_mids.html
Obama urged to create 'Green New Deal' (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2008/11/24/obama_urged_to_create_green_new_deal/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
News Release - Port of Quincy Confirms That Quincy, WA Has Significant Fiber Optics Capacity and Availability (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Port-Quincy-Confirms-That-Quincy/story.aspx?guid=%7B896A78A3-A2A8-40E2-9732-22D88835E924%7D
Remote Wyoming towns home to broadband jobs (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008427624_btenglishteach24.html?syndication=rss
A Quick Peek at the Internet Growth Charts (GigaOM)http://gigaom.com/2008/11/24/a-quick-peek-at-the-internet-growth-charts/
AT&T To Pay $17 Million For Universal Service Fund Over-Charges (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-To-Pay-17-Million-For-USF-OverCharging-99263
Layoffs leave Silicon Forest less populated - High-tech companies in Oregon employ 2,000 fewer people than a year ago (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1227239720313090.xml&coll=7
GENERAL NEWS
Eight Alarm Fire - Shelton's Bowling Alley Burns Down (KMAS Radio, Shelton)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5655/reftab/1632/Default.aspx?title=SHELTON'S_BOWLING_ALLEY_BURNS_DOWN
20% cuts may be ahead for state colleges, universities as bottom falls out of budget (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008425188_highered23m0.html?syndication=rss
How much does Obama know about the West? (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/394065.html
Senators prepare to tutor Obama on Hanford (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/394063.html
Who from here might serve in Obama administration? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/389071_Joel24.html?source=rss
Washington State's new telephone area code delayed until 2012 (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1705693~State_s_new_telephone_area_code_delayed_until_2012.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Washington cities can add $20 car tab fee (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1708206~Washington_cities_can_add__20_car_tab_fee.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
DIVERSIONS
Panda bites student who just wanted a hug
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/670776.html
B.G. proposal riles animal lovers - Complaint about chickens’ smell prompts action, and angry response (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081121/NEWS02/711219955/-1/NEWS
Police Chase Ends With Man Up Tree For Hours
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18049737/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Friday, November 21, 2008
Energy News Digest for November 21, 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)
- Worker Electrocuted in Seattle by Power lines
- Route for energy transmission avoids Cascade-Siskiyou monument
- Congress: Waxman win elevates energy, climate change issues
- Surprise Drop in Power Use Delivers Jolt to Utilities
- Grant PUD to fund street improvements
- Russian power sector reform under threat
- Derelict Fishing Nets Kill Sea Life, Clog Sound
- Gold prospecting in Washington State: Salmon beware
- Downer: Steelhead creep into local rivers, memories
- Stepping in when streams dry up
- California Judge won't slash water contracts to help smelt
- Calif. agrees to limit trout stocking
- S.F. Chronicle Op/Ed - The downside of the fish stock market
- Restoring Puget Sound: It's the land use, stupid!
- New Images Show Celilo Falls Still Intact
- Underwater volcano off California Coast now protected
- State Supreme Court approves Kittitas County wind farm
- Kittitas power project gets second wind
- Green building starts up five-fold
- New local website can help you save energy
- General Electric recalls more than 200,000 wall ovens
- Hawaii Governor Signs Ocean Thermal Energy Deal
- Kansas - Energy conservation grants going begging
- Brighten the Holidays with Savings and Safety Advice
- New Rule Would Discount Warming as Risk Factor for Species
- Latest business challenge is climate change
- Death bloom of plankton a warning on warming
- Google, Others Call for New Broadband, Energy Policies
- Telcos Will See a More Activist Congress
- Owning Your Own Fiber - Homes with tails
- Boeing Warns Of Impending Layoffs
- Bad economy won't stop massive road projects
- Brush-Picker Killed by Hunter
- DeFazio Says Rumors of Obama Cabinet Position are Exaggerated
- Will Credit Rating Agencies Be Monitored?
- Fugitive Oregon State Employee Herding Sheep in Iran
- Feds: FAA worker took plane, yachts as perks
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Flummoxed • \FLUM-uxt\ • verb – Confused
Harry was flummoxed by the lime/coconut advice of his doctor, “so, do I put the coconut in the lime, or the other way around?”
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
Worker Electrocuted in Seattle By Power lines (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18027219/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Route for energy transmission avoids Cascade-Siskiyou monument (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1702671~Route_for_energy_transmission_avaoids_monument.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Congress: Waxman win elevates energy, climate change issues (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081120/pl_nm/us_usa_congress_energy_8
Surprise Drop in Power Use Delivers Jolt to Utilities (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122722654497346099.html
Grant PUD to fund street improvements (Columbia Basin Herald)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2008/11/20/news/nw4.11.20.08.txt
Russian power sector reform under threat (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5geGbSWkfCQyYtVams2kDspD2vgzwD94IT4I80
FISH & WILDLIFE
Derelict Fishing Nets Kill Sea Life, Clog Sound (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18025762/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_-1_09000111212008&ts=H
The Evergold State – Salmon beware: Are prospectors crazy to be dredging in Washington's rivers and streams? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2205110/?from=rss
Downer: Steelhead creep into local rivers, memories (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/11/21/this_day/doc492602daf00f1915866002.txt
Stepping in when streams dry up (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081120/NEWS02/711209932/-1/NEWS
California - Judge won't slash water contracts to help smelt (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/11/20/state/n151820S63.DTL&feed=rss.business
Calif. agrees to limit trout stocking (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/11/20/state/n165518S88.DTL&feed=rss.business
S.F. Chronicle Op/Ed - The downside of the fish stock market
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/20/EDP6147T95.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Restoring Puget Sound: It's the land use, stupid! (Crosscut)
http://crosscut.com/2008/11/21/puget-sound/18650/
New Images Show Celilo Falls Still Intact (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/3599-new-images-show-celilo-falls-still-intact/
Underwater volcano off California's Central Coast given national protection (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11035769?source=rss
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
State Supreme Court approves Kittitas County wind farm (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/388704_windfarm21.html?source=rss
Kittitas power project gets second wind (Yakima Herald Republic)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/11/20/supreme-court-backs-governor-kittitas-wind-power
Green building starts up five-fold (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/11/17/daily46.html?ana=from_rss
New local website can help you save energy (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=22446
General Electric recalls more than 200,000 wall ovens (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9376988
Hawaii Governor Signs Ocean Thermal Energy Deal (Environmental News Network)
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2008/2008-11-20-094.asp
Kansas - Energy conservation grants going begging (Clay Center Dispatch, KS)
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20203603&BRD=1160&PAG=461&dept_id=190958&rfi=6
News Release - Brighten the Holidays with Savings and Safety Advice From the Ameren Illinois Utilities (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=101223
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
New Rule Would Discount Warming as Risk Factor for Species (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/20/AR2008112003465.html?nav=rss_nation
Latest business challenge is climate change - Everyone from insurers to engineering firms are looking for answers (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=3579d351-9202-437d-89fc-243a513c765b&k=46757
Death bloom of plankton a warning on warming (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/20/MNV1147VJE.DTL&feed=rss.news
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google, Others Call for New Broadband, Energy Policies (IDG News Service)
http://www.pcworld.com/article/154262/google_others_call_for_new_broadband_energy_policies.html
Telcos Will See a More Activist Congress (GigOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/11/21/telcos-will-see-a-more-activist-congress/
Owning Your Own Fiber - Homes with tails (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Owning-Your-Own-Fiber-99230
GENERAL NEWS
Boeing Warns Of Impending Layoffs (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18031941/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Bad economy won't stop massive road projects (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008418429_transpochallenges21m.html?syndication=rss
Brush-Picker Killed by Hunter - Suspect apparently thought he was shooting at an elk (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081121/NEWS02/711219988/-1/NEWS
DeFazio Says Rumors of Obama Cabinet Position are Exaggerated (NW Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4608
Will Credit Rating Agencies Be Monitored? (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97295902&ft=1&f=3
Fugitive Oregon Corrections Administrator Now Herding Sheep in Iran (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/3605-wanted-corrections-administrator-now-herding-sheep-iran/
Feds: FAA worker took plane, yachts as perks (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1703049~Feds__FAA_worker_took_plane__yachts_as_perks.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
DIVERSIONS
Stray cats taking over Lewis County town
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_112008WAB_vader_stray_cats_SW.1d1006cef.html
'Sound Of Music' Star Rips Movie - Plummer Calls His Performance 'Most Mediocre'
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/18023148/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_4pm&tmi=sea_4pm_-1_06000111202008&ts=H
Cell Phone Over Man's Heart Stops Bullet
http://www.kirotv.com/family/18025267/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Obese have right to two airline seats
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE4AJ8G020081120?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Witness to three-death crash wins trauma damages - Man who suffered 'nervous shock' wins first case of its kind
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=bdcf28ae-90ce-4fd0-9e34-a54b62450a04
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Worker Electrocuted in Seattle by Power lines
- Route for energy transmission avoids Cascade-Siskiyou monument
- Congress: Waxman win elevates energy, climate change issues
- Surprise Drop in Power Use Delivers Jolt to Utilities
- Grant PUD to fund street improvements
- Russian power sector reform under threat
- Derelict Fishing Nets Kill Sea Life, Clog Sound
- Gold prospecting in Washington State: Salmon beware
- Downer: Steelhead creep into local rivers, memories
- Stepping in when streams dry up
- California Judge won't slash water contracts to help smelt
- Calif. agrees to limit trout stocking
- S.F. Chronicle Op/Ed - The downside of the fish stock market
- Restoring Puget Sound: It's the land use, stupid!
- New Images Show Celilo Falls Still Intact
- Underwater volcano off California Coast now protected
- State Supreme Court approves Kittitas County wind farm
- Kittitas power project gets second wind
- Green building starts up five-fold
- New local website can help you save energy
- General Electric recalls more than 200,000 wall ovens
- Hawaii Governor Signs Ocean Thermal Energy Deal
- Kansas - Energy conservation grants going begging
- Brighten the Holidays with Savings and Safety Advice
- New Rule Would Discount Warming as Risk Factor for Species
- Latest business challenge is climate change
- Death bloom of plankton a warning on warming
- Google, Others Call for New Broadband, Energy Policies
- Telcos Will See a More Activist Congress
- Owning Your Own Fiber - Homes with tails
- Boeing Warns Of Impending Layoffs
- Bad economy won't stop massive road projects
- Brush-Picker Killed by Hunter
- DeFazio Says Rumors of Obama Cabinet Position are Exaggerated
- Will Credit Rating Agencies Be Monitored?
- Fugitive Oregon State Employee Herding Sheep in Iran
- Feds: FAA worker took plane, yachts as perks
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Flummoxed • \FLUM-uxt\ • verb – Confused
Harry was flummoxed by the lime/coconut advice of his doctor, “so, do I put the coconut in the lime, or the other way around?”
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
Worker Electrocuted in Seattle By Power lines (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18027219/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Route for energy transmission avoids Cascade-Siskiyou monument (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1702671~Route_for_energy_transmission_avaoids_monument.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Congress: Waxman win elevates energy, climate change issues (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081120/pl_nm/us_usa_congress_energy_8
Surprise Drop in Power Use Delivers Jolt to Utilities (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122722654497346099.html
Grant PUD to fund street improvements (Columbia Basin Herald)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2008/11/20/news/nw4.11.20.08.txt
Russian power sector reform under threat (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5geGbSWkfCQyYtVams2kDspD2vgzwD94IT4I80
FISH & WILDLIFE
Derelict Fishing Nets Kill Sea Life, Clog Sound (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18025762/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_-1_09000111212008&ts=H
The Evergold State – Salmon beware: Are prospectors crazy to be dredging in Washington's rivers and streams? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2205110/?from=rss
Downer: Steelhead creep into local rivers, memories (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/11/21/this_day/doc492602daf00f1915866002.txt
Stepping in when streams dry up (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081120/NEWS02/711209932/-1/NEWS
California - Judge won't slash water contracts to help smelt (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/11/20/state/n151820S63.DTL&feed=rss.business
Calif. agrees to limit trout stocking (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/11/20/state/n165518S88.DTL&feed=rss.business
S.F. Chronicle Op/Ed - The downside of the fish stock market
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/20/EDP6147T95.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Restoring Puget Sound: It's the land use, stupid! (Crosscut)
http://crosscut.com/2008/11/21/puget-sound/18650/
New Images Show Celilo Falls Still Intact (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/3599-new-images-show-celilo-falls-still-intact/
Underwater volcano off California's Central Coast given national protection (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11035769?source=rss
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
State Supreme Court approves Kittitas County wind farm (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/388704_windfarm21.html?source=rss
Kittitas power project gets second wind (Yakima Herald Republic)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/11/20/supreme-court-backs-governor-kittitas-wind-power
Green building starts up five-fold (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/11/17/daily46.html?ana=from_rss
New local website can help you save energy (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=22446
General Electric recalls more than 200,000 wall ovens (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9376988
Hawaii Governor Signs Ocean Thermal Energy Deal (Environmental News Network)
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2008/2008-11-20-094.asp
Kansas - Energy conservation grants going begging (Clay Center Dispatch, KS)
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20203603&BRD=1160&PAG=461&dept_id=190958&rfi=6
News Release - Brighten the Holidays with Savings and Safety Advice From the Ameren Illinois Utilities (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=101223
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
New Rule Would Discount Warming as Risk Factor for Species (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/20/AR2008112003465.html?nav=rss_nation
Latest business challenge is climate change - Everyone from insurers to engineering firms are looking for answers (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=3579d351-9202-437d-89fc-243a513c765b&k=46757
Death bloom of plankton a warning on warming (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/20/MNV1147VJE.DTL&feed=rss.news
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google, Others Call for New Broadband, Energy Policies (IDG News Service)
http://www.pcworld.com/article/154262/google_others_call_for_new_broadband_energy_policies.html
Telcos Will See a More Activist Congress (GigOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/11/21/telcos-will-see-a-more-activist-congress/
Owning Your Own Fiber - Homes with tails (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Owning-Your-Own-Fiber-99230
GENERAL NEWS
Boeing Warns Of Impending Layoffs (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18031941/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Bad economy won't stop massive road projects (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008418429_transpochallenges21m.html?syndication=rss
Brush-Picker Killed by Hunter - Suspect apparently thought he was shooting at an elk (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081121/NEWS02/711219988/-1/NEWS
DeFazio Says Rumors of Obama Cabinet Position are Exaggerated (NW Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4608
Will Credit Rating Agencies Be Monitored? (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97295902&ft=1&f=3
Fugitive Oregon Corrections Administrator Now Herding Sheep in Iran (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/3605-wanted-corrections-administrator-now-herding-sheep-iran/
Feds: FAA worker took plane, yachts as perks (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1703049~Feds__FAA_worker_took_plane__yachts_as_perks.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
DIVERSIONS
Stray cats taking over Lewis County town
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_112008WAB_vader_stray_cats_SW.1d1006cef.html
'Sound Of Music' Star Rips Movie - Plummer Calls His Performance 'Most Mediocre'
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/18023148/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_4pm&tmi=sea_4pm_-1_06000111202008&ts=H
Cell Phone Over Man's Heart Stops Bullet
http://www.kirotv.com/family/18025267/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Obese have right to two airline seats
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE4AJ8G020081120?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Witness to three-death crash wins trauma damages - Man who suffered 'nervous shock' wins first case of its kind
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=bdcf28ae-90ce-4fd0-9e34-a54b62450a04
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