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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Nov 19 - After Overnight Storm PUD 3 Restores Electricity to Nearly 1,800 Customers
• Region Smacked Again; Stormy Streak to Continue Thursday
• Concern over Bonneville Power Line Amps Up
• Washington State Opposes Puget Sound Energy Rate Hike
• PUD Eyes Electrical Rates Increase for Lewis County
• Voices of the Past: Power for the People
• Oregon Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal Proposal: Two Decisions Favorable
• A wreath for a cause - Northern Wasco PUD gets creative for the winter heating season
• Natural Gas Stocks Grow To New Record High
• Colorado Lawmakers Ask Congress to Limit Energy Bill
• Nuclear Options: Build More Nukes, or Work Existing Ones Harder?
• US Coal Industry Stakes Survival on Carbon Capture
• Transformer Maker to Open First US Site in Colorado
• To Build a Smart Grid, Start With Smart Meters
• World Bank Says Africa Needs More Hydropower
• A Surplus of Energy That Might Even Last
• Wahkiakum County Commissioners Take Issue with Wildlife Official’s Gillnet Comments
• Clog in Sewer Plan - Costs Rising As Brightwater Repair Hits New Snag
• After Outcry over Foreign Investors, Two Companies Shift Their Texas Wind Turbine Plans
• How Much Green is Too Much? Never underestimate the potential of NIMBYism
• Colorado - Going Green without Offending the Neighbors
• Chelan PUD Approves Rebates for Windows, Insulation
• California Now Requires TVs to be More Energy-Efficient
• Weatherization - ‘Cash for Caulkers’: The Details
• Seas Grow Less Effective at Absorbing Emissions
• Carbon Market Clouded By Uncertainty
• Feds Award $3.1 M to Northwest for Green Jobs
• Companies Call Government Incentives the Key to Green
• Microsoft’s Windows Azure Cloud-Computing Platform Goes Live Jan. 1
• Why Every ISP Needs a Fiber-to-the-Home Network
• AOL To Cut a Third of Staff
• FCC Imposes Shot Clock On Permitting Wireless Tower Builds
• New York Says Verizon Lagging On DSL/Landline Repairs
• Unemployment Rate Up in Mason County
• Hood Canal - Dolphins, Sea Lions Will Provide Security at Naval Base Kitsap
• $867K for Montana Tribe on Hold after State Audit
• SF Chronicle Op/Ed - Are Cell Phones, Grid the Next Cigarettes?
• Where to Call or Click in Case of Kitchen Disaster
WORD OF THE DAY
Littoral • \LIT-uh-rul\ • adjective - Of, relating to, or situated or growing on or near a shore especially of the sea
“Sneaker waves are just that,” shouted Abigail to her ill-fated friend as they were buffeted by littoral winds sending their hair flying like streamers as they watched the pounding surf hit the shore.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Nov 19 - After Overnight Storm PUD 3 Restores Electricity to Nearly 1,800 Customers (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=628
Region Smacked Again; Stormy Streak to Continue Thursday (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/70446862.html
Concern over Bonneville Power Line Amps Up - BPA extends comment period after complaints (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091119/NEWS02/711199958/-1/news
Washington State Opposes Puget Sound Energy Rate Hike (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/11/16/daily25.html
PUD Eyes Electrical Rates Increase for Lewis County - Costs Rising: Green Power Provision Pushing Electrical Rates Higher (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/11/18/news//doc4b043afb3d2b3590136755.txt
Voices of the Past: Power for the People (Vancouver Voice)
http://www.vanvoice.com/article/20335-voices+past+power+people
Oregon Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal Proposal: Two Decisions Favorable (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010303819_aporlngterminal1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
A wreath for a cause - Northern Wasco PUD gets creative for the winter heating season (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/11/news11-18-09-01.shtml
Natural Gas Stocks Grow To New Record High (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010307109_apusnaturalgasstorage.html?syndication=rss
Colorado Lawmakers Ask Congress to Limit Energy Bill (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010298336_apuscoloradoenergybill.html?syndication=rss
Nuclear Options: Build More Nukes, or Work Existing Ones Harder? (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/11/18/nuclear-options-build-more-nukes-or-work-existing-ones-harder/
US Coal Industry Stakes Survival on Carbon Capture (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN1041984720091118
Transformer Maker to Open First US Site in Colorado (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010303032_apustransformercompanycolorado.html?syndication=rss
To Build a Smart Grid, Start With Smart Meters (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/business/energy-environment/19METER.html
World Bank Says Africa Needs More Hydropower (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/11/world-bank-africa-needs-more-hydropower?cmpid=rss
A Surplus of Energy That Might Even Last (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/business/energy-environment/19SURPLUS.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Wahkiakum County Commissioners Take Issue with Wildlife Official’s Gillnet Comments (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/19//area_news/doc4b04a8da52081429688438.txt
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Clog in Sewer Plan - Costs Rising As Brightwater Repair Hits New Snag (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010291437_brightwater18m.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
After Outcry over Foreign Investors, Two Companies Shift Their Texas Wind Turbine Plans (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/business/energy-environment/18wind.html?_r=2
How Much Green is Too Much? Never underestimate the potential of NIMBYism to throw a wrench in new energy projects (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/11/18/nimby-how-much-green-is-too-much/
Colorado - Going Green without Offending the Neighbors (Estes Park Trail Gazette, CO)
http://www.eptrail.com/ci_13808443
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Chelan PUD Approves Rebates for Windows, Insulation (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/18/chelan-pud-approves-rebates-for-windows-insulation/
California Now Requires TVs to be More Energy-Efficient (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010298552_apuscaliforniatvenergy.html?syndication=rss
Weatherization - ‘Cash for Caulkers’: The Details (NY Times)
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/cash-for-caulkers-the-details/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Seas Grow Less Effective at Absorbing Emissions (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/science/earth/19oceans.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Carbon Market Clouded By Uncertainty - The offices of London’s carbon trading companies are a little quieter than usual (BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8364397.stm
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Feds Award $3.1 M to Northwest for Green Jobs (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/70416062.html
Companies Call Government Incentives the Key to Green (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/business/energy-environment/19CLEAN.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft’s Windows Azure Cloud-Computing Platform Goes Live Jan. 1 (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2010291493_microsoft18.html
Why Every ISP Needs a Fiber-to-the-Home Network (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/18/why-every-isp-needs-a-fiber-to-the-home-network/
AOL To Cut a Third of Staff (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091119/BIZ/711199790/-1/RSS03
FCC Imposes Shot Clock On Wireless Tower Builds - 90 day limit to states &municipalities to approve or deny tower sharing requests, and 150 day limit to act on new tower placement requests. (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Imposes-Shot-Clock-On-Wireless-Tower-Builds-105562
New York Says Verizon Lagging On DSL/Landline Repairs - Timely repair rate at seven year low (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/NY-PSC-Verizon-Lagging-On-DSLLandline-Repairs-105553
GENERAL NEWS
Unemployment Rate Up in Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=658:unemployment-rate-up-in-mason-county&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Hood Canal - Dolphins, Sea Lions Will Provide Security at Naval Base Kitsap (Associated Press)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21653885/detail.html
$867K for Montana Tribe on Hold after State Audit (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010305417_apuslittleshellaudit.html?syndication=rss
SF Chronicle Op/Ed - Are Cell Phones, Grid the Next Cigarettes?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/18/EDG91AM0PF.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Where to Call or Click in Case of Kitchen Disaster (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/18/where-to-call-or-click-in-case-of-kitchen-disaster/
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
On This Day: President Lincoln Delivers Gettysburg Address
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/November/President-Lincoln-Delivers-Gettysburg-Address.html
Leggo my Eggo! Kellogg fights waffle shortage
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010299357_apuseggoshortage.html?syndication=rss
Lost man drives nine hours to get newspaper
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5AH48D20091118
What’s in a name? More than you might think
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5AG4BJ20091117
SONG OF THE DAY
BJ Thomas - Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYEvz0oniCM
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Energy News Digest for November 18, 2009
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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Another Storm Heading for Washington
• Port Townsend Paper, BPA Agree to 14-Month Power Supply
• Clark Public Utilities Strives to Hold Rates Steady
• Puget Sound Energy May Get Smaller Rate Hike than Sought
• Oregon Governor Orders Review of State’s Energy Tax Credits
• Long-Awaited Pipeline Funnels Natural Gas across Eight States
• DOE’s Non-Performance on Nuclear Fuel Storage Costs Billions
• Sacramento Utility Accuses Banks of Rigging Sales of Municipal Derivatives
• Judge Raises Concerns over Columbia Salmon Plan
• Columbia River Spring Chinook Decision Process Explained
• Canada - Where have all the salmon gone?
• Idaho, Avista Trade Land - Swap will help restore bull trout, utility says
• Asotin County Public Hearings Address PUD Sewer Transfer, Transportation Plan
• Tacoma Water Will Cost More
• City of Portland Still Fighting EPA Over Bull Run Water
• Water Use Is Lower Than It Was 30 Years Ago
• State panels favors new wind farm near Ellensburg
• Comin’ to Boardman - Colorado Company Starts Work on Biofuel Facility
• Green Wave Energy Trying to Turn Wind Power Market on Its Axis
• Wind Farms 20 Pct of Australia New Power Projects
• Blown Away: Wind Power Keeps Growing in Texas
• Gore: US Has Lost Its Lead in Solar, Wind Technology
• US Energy Dept. Walks the Walk With Smart Building
• Earning a Profit by Ending Energy Waste
• Senate to Put off Climate Bill until Spring
• Al Gore Answers Questions about Climate Change
• Associated Press Poll Shows That Sometimes It Isn’t Easy Being Green
• Paying More for Flights Eases Guilt, Not Emissions
• Microsoft’s Cloud Computing System Is Growing Up
• Microsoft’s Bing Gets Close to 10% Market Share
• Utah - Own Your Own Fiber: Utopia Tinkers With A Slightly Different Model
• Frontier Fires Up Verizon Acquisition PR Campaign
• The End of the Broadband Buffet Is Nigh
• Verizon Again Hints At Metered Billing
• Highway 101 Now Open Near Lilliwaup
• Oregon Coast Recovering From Strong Storm
• North Cascades Highway Closes for Winter
• Wash. Unemployment Rate Up Slightly to 9.3 Percent
• Study redefines inland impacts of coastal megaquake
• Costco Nixes Coke Products over Pricing Dispute
• Study Says Washington Is Nation’s 11th-Healthiest State
WORD OF THE DAY
Boondoggle • \BOON-dog-gull\ • noun – 1: a braided cord worn by Boy Scouts as a neckerchief slide, hatband, or ornament 2: a wasteful or impractical project or activity often involving graft
The business auditor was intrigued by the seeming endless staple removal project being carried on by a sharp looking accountant near the Finance Officer’s suite. “We assigned the new guy to the boondoggle task of removing staples from documents bound for recycling,” explained the executive. “That was after we found that his accounting degree was from the ‘Maynard G. Krebs’ online university. He can do much less damage in his present position.”
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Another Storm Heading for Washington (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010295183_apwastorm.html?syndication=rss
Port Townsend Paper, BPA Agree to 14-Month Power Supply - By December 2010, county’s largest industry must make new plan (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=55&ArticleID=25658
Clark Public Utilities Strives to Hold Rates Steady - Board weighs $388 million electric budget (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091118/NEWS02/711189952/
Puget Sound Energy May Get Smaller Rate Hike than Sought (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/959096.html
Oregon Governor Orders Review of State’s Energy Tax Credits (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/11/governor_orders_review_of_ener.html
Long-Awaited Pipeline Funnels Natural Gas across Eight States (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010295167_apusrockiesexpress.html?syndication=rss
DOE’s Non-Performance on Nuclear Fuel Storage Costs Billions (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnEnergy/idUS248398660520091117
Sacramento Utility Accuses Banks of Rigging Sales of Municipal Derivatives (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/business/18muni.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Judge Raises Concerns over Columbia Salmon Plan (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h5jFe2gWPiUHtkpljSSfJsFbe5KwD9C1CFS00
Columbia River Spring Chinook Decision Process Explained (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2009/11/columbia_river_salmon_predicti.html
Canada - Where have all the salmon gone? The Humber River was teeming with this year’s run. But salmon populations are declining elsewhere in Canada, leading many to question whether that will always be the case (Global Post, Canada)
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/canada/091117/where-have-all-the-salmon-gone
Idaho, Avista Trade Land - Swap will help restore bull trout, utility says (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/18/idaho-avista-trade-land/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Asotin County Public Hearings Address PUD Sewer Transfer, Transportation Plan (KLEW-TV, Lewiston, ID)
http://www.klewtv.com/news/local/70241862.html
Tacoma Water Will Cost More (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/959129.html
City of Portland Still Fighting EPA Over Bull Run Water (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6235-city-still-fighting-epa-over-bull-run-water/
Water Use Is Lower Than It Was 30 Years Ago (Nat’l Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120527440&ft=1&f=3
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
State panels favors new wind farm near Ellensburg (Yakima Herald Tribune, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/11/17/state-panels-favors-new-wind-farm
Comin’ to Boardman - Colorado Company Starts Work on Biofuel Facility (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010295283_apuscellulosicethanol.html?syndication=rss
Green Wave Energy Trying to Turn Wind Power Market on Its Axis (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-smallbiz-greenwave17-2009nov17,0,7969097.story
Wind Farms 20 Pct of Australia New Power Projects (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5AH2QN20091118
Blown Away: Wind Power Keeps Growing in Texas (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/11/17/blown-away-wind-power-keeps-growing-in-texas/
Gore: US Has Lost Its Lead in Solar, Wind Technology (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/412396_JOELNOV18.html?source=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
US Energy Dept. Walks the Walk With Smart Building – Now, about those other DOE facilities (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010286906_apusonesmartbuilding.html?syndication=rss
Earning a Profit by Ending Energy Waste (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/realestate/commercial/18retrofit.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Senate to Put off Climate Bill until Spring (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125850693443052993.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us
Al Gore Answers Questions about Climate Change (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010291286_webgore17m.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Associated Press Poll Shows That Sometimes It Isn’t Easy Being Green (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010287491_apusappollenvironment.html?syndication=rss
Paying More for Flights Eases Guilt, Not Emissions (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/science/earth/18offset.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft’s Cloud Computing System Is Growing Up (Associated Press)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=242681
Microsoft’s Bing Gets Close to 10% Market Share (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/11/16/daily17.html
Utah - Own Your Own Fiber: Utopia Tinkers With A Slightly Different Model (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Own-Your-Own-Fiber-105545
Frontier Fires Up Verizon Acquisition PR Campaign - Promising rural users ‘next generation’ upgrades (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Frontier-Fires-Up-Verizon-Acquisition-PR-Campaign-105538
The End of the Broadband Buffet Is Nigh (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/17/the-end-of-the-broadband-buffet-is-nigh/
Verizon Again Hints At Metered Billing - And again tries to suggest that ‘it’s only fair’ (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Again-Hints-At-Metered-Billing-105548
GENERAL NEWS
Highway 101 Now Open Near Lilliwaup (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=25656
Oregon Coast Recovering From Strong Storm (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11525917
North Cascades Highway Closes for Winter (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010291150_apwanorthcascadescloses.html?syndication=rss
Wash. Unemployment Rate Up Slightly to 9.3 Percent (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010287746_apwawashjobless2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Study redefines inland impacts of coastal megaquake (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/70335122.html
Costco Nixes Coke Products over Pricing Dispute (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010290439_apuscostcocoke3rdldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Study Says Washington Is Nation’s 11th-Healthiest State (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/11/16/daily16.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Woman Sues RR for Injuries While Taking Pictures
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010286817_apusrailroadlawsuit.html?syndication=rss
Zoo’s ‘Female’ Tortoise Turns Out to Be Male
http://www.kirotv.com/family/21649722/detail.html
‘Captain America’ Wins Rock-Paper-Scissors Title
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_fe_st/odd_rock_paper_scissors_champion;_ylt=AmOwMKnINd8CAhs9nfLhB2ntiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTMxNXB1NHJwBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMTE4L29kZF9yb2NrX3BhcGVyX3NjaXNzb3JzX2NoYW1waW9uBGNwb3MDMgRwb3MDNARzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNjYXB0YWluYW1lcmk-
SONG OF THE DAY
Lena Horne - Stormy Weather
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCG3kJtQBKo
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Another Storm Heading for Washington
• Port Townsend Paper, BPA Agree to 14-Month Power Supply
• Clark Public Utilities Strives to Hold Rates Steady
• Puget Sound Energy May Get Smaller Rate Hike than Sought
• Oregon Governor Orders Review of State’s Energy Tax Credits
• Long-Awaited Pipeline Funnels Natural Gas across Eight States
• DOE’s Non-Performance on Nuclear Fuel Storage Costs Billions
• Sacramento Utility Accuses Banks of Rigging Sales of Municipal Derivatives
• Judge Raises Concerns over Columbia Salmon Plan
• Columbia River Spring Chinook Decision Process Explained
• Canada - Where have all the salmon gone?
• Idaho, Avista Trade Land - Swap will help restore bull trout, utility says
• Asotin County Public Hearings Address PUD Sewer Transfer, Transportation Plan
• Tacoma Water Will Cost More
• City of Portland Still Fighting EPA Over Bull Run Water
• Water Use Is Lower Than It Was 30 Years Ago
• State panels favors new wind farm near Ellensburg
• Comin’ to Boardman - Colorado Company Starts Work on Biofuel Facility
• Green Wave Energy Trying to Turn Wind Power Market on Its Axis
• Wind Farms 20 Pct of Australia New Power Projects
• Blown Away: Wind Power Keeps Growing in Texas
• Gore: US Has Lost Its Lead in Solar, Wind Technology
• US Energy Dept. Walks the Walk With Smart Building
• Earning a Profit by Ending Energy Waste
• Senate to Put off Climate Bill until Spring
• Al Gore Answers Questions about Climate Change
• Associated Press Poll Shows That Sometimes It Isn’t Easy Being Green
• Paying More for Flights Eases Guilt, Not Emissions
• Microsoft’s Cloud Computing System Is Growing Up
• Microsoft’s Bing Gets Close to 10% Market Share
• Utah - Own Your Own Fiber: Utopia Tinkers With A Slightly Different Model
• Frontier Fires Up Verizon Acquisition PR Campaign
• The End of the Broadband Buffet Is Nigh
• Verizon Again Hints At Metered Billing
• Highway 101 Now Open Near Lilliwaup
• Oregon Coast Recovering From Strong Storm
• North Cascades Highway Closes for Winter
• Wash. Unemployment Rate Up Slightly to 9.3 Percent
• Study redefines inland impacts of coastal megaquake
• Costco Nixes Coke Products over Pricing Dispute
• Study Says Washington Is Nation’s 11th-Healthiest State
WORD OF THE DAY
Boondoggle • \BOON-dog-gull\ • noun – 1: a braided cord worn by Boy Scouts as a neckerchief slide, hatband, or ornament 2: a wasteful or impractical project or activity often involving graft
The business auditor was intrigued by the seeming endless staple removal project being carried on by a sharp looking accountant near the Finance Officer’s suite. “We assigned the new guy to the boondoggle task of removing staples from documents bound for recycling,” explained the executive. “That was after we found that his accounting degree was from the ‘Maynard G. Krebs’ online university. He can do much less damage in his present position.”
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Another Storm Heading for Washington (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010295183_apwastorm.html?syndication=rss
Port Townsend Paper, BPA Agree to 14-Month Power Supply - By December 2010, county’s largest industry must make new plan (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=55&ArticleID=25658
Clark Public Utilities Strives to Hold Rates Steady - Board weighs $388 million electric budget (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091118/NEWS02/711189952/
Puget Sound Energy May Get Smaller Rate Hike than Sought (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/959096.html
Oregon Governor Orders Review of State’s Energy Tax Credits (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/11/governor_orders_review_of_ener.html
Long-Awaited Pipeline Funnels Natural Gas across Eight States (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010295167_apusrockiesexpress.html?syndication=rss
DOE’s Non-Performance on Nuclear Fuel Storage Costs Billions (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnEnergy/idUS248398660520091117
Sacramento Utility Accuses Banks of Rigging Sales of Municipal Derivatives (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/business/18muni.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Judge Raises Concerns over Columbia Salmon Plan (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h5jFe2gWPiUHtkpljSSfJsFbe5KwD9C1CFS00
Columbia River Spring Chinook Decision Process Explained (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2009/11/columbia_river_salmon_predicti.html
Canada - Where have all the salmon gone? The Humber River was teeming with this year’s run. But salmon populations are declining elsewhere in Canada, leading many to question whether that will always be the case (Global Post, Canada)
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/canada/091117/where-have-all-the-salmon-gone
Idaho, Avista Trade Land - Swap will help restore bull trout, utility says (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/18/idaho-avista-trade-land/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Asotin County Public Hearings Address PUD Sewer Transfer, Transportation Plan (KLEW-TV, Lewiston, ID)
http://www.klewtv.com/news/local/70241862.html
Tacoma Water Will Cost More (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/959129.html
City of Portland Still Fighting EPA Over Bull Run Water (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6235-city-still-fighting-epa-over-bull-run-water/
Water Use Is Lower Than It Was 30 Years Ago (Nat’l Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120527440&ft=1&f=3
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
State panels favors new wind farm near Ellensburg (Yakima Herald Tribune, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/11/17/state-panels-favors-new-wind-farm
Comin’ to Boardman - Colorado Company Starts Work on Biofuel Facility (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010295283_apuscellulosicethanol.html?syndication=rss
Green Wave Energy Trying to Turn Wind Power Market on Its Axis (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-smallbiz-greenwave17-2009nov17,0,7969097.story
Wind Farms 20 Pct of Australia New Power Projects (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5AH2QN20091118
Blown Away: Wind Power Keeps Growing in Texas (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/11/17/blown-away-wind-power-keeps-growing-in-texas/
Gore: US Has Lost Its Lead in Solar, Wind Technology (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/412396_JOELNOV18.html?source=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
US Energy Dept. Walks the Walk With Smart Building – Now, about those other DOE facilities (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010286906_apusonesmartbuilding.html?syndication=rss
Earning a Profit by Ending Energy Waste (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/realestate/commercial/18retrofit.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Senate to Put off Climate Bill until Spring (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125850693443052993.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us
Al Gore Answers Questions about Climate Change (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010291286_webgore17m.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Associated Press Poll Shows That Sometimes It Isn’t Easy Being Green (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010287491_apusappollenvironment.html?syndication=rss
Paying More for Flights Eases Guilt, Not Emissions (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/science/earth/18offset.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft’s Cloud Computing System Is Growing Up (Associated Press)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=242681
Microsoft’s Bing Gets Close to 10% Market Share (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/11/16/daily17.html
Utah - Own Your Own Fiber: Utopia Tinkers With A Slightly Different Model (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Own-Your-Own-Fiber-105545
Frontier Fires Up Verizon Acquisition PR Campaign - Promising rural users ‘next generation’ upgrades (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Frontier-Fires-Up-Verizon-Acquisition-PR-Campaign-105538
The End of the Broadband Buffet Is Nigh (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/17/the-end-of-the-broadband-buffet-is-nigh/
Verizon Again Hints At Metered Billing - And again tries to suggest that ‘it’s only fair’ (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Again-Hints-At-Metered-Billing-105548
GENERAL NEWS
Highway 101 Now Open Near Lilliwaup (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=25656
Oregon Coast Recovering From Strong Storm (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11525917
North Cascades Highway Closes for Winter (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010291150_apwanorthcascadescloses.html?syndication=rss
Wash. Unemployment Rate Up Slightly to 9.3 Percent (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010287746_apwawashjobless2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Study redefines inland impacts of coastal megaquake (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/70335122.html
Costco Nixes Coke Products over Pricing Dispute (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010290439_apuscostcocoke3rdldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Study Says Washington Is Nation’s 11th-Healthiest State (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/11/16/daily16.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Woman Sues RR for Injuries While Taking Pictures
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010286817_apusrailroadlawsuit.html?syndication=rss
Zoo’s ‘Female’ Tortoise Turns Out to Be Male
http://www.kirotv.com/family/21649722/detail.html
‘Captain America’ Wins Rock-Paper-Scissors Title
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_fe_st/odd_rock_paper_scissors_champion;_ylt=AmOwMKnINd8CAhs9nfLhB2ntiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTMxNXB1NHJwBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMTE4L29kZF9yb2NrX3BhcGVyX3NjaXNzb3JzX2NoYW1waW9uBGNwb3MDMgRwb3MDNARzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNjYXB0YWluYW1lcmk-
SONG OF THE DAY
Lena Horne - Stormy Weather
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCG3kJtQBKo
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Energy News Digest for November 17, 2009
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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Crews Restoring Power after Storm Blows Through
• PUD 3 restores Electricity to Harstine & Clears Up Scattered, Isolated Outages
• Radar Ridge Project Meetings in Pacific County
• Lewis County PUD Leaning Toward Nine Percent Rate Hike
• Complaints Grow About Pacific Gas & Electric SmartMeters
• NBC Begins ‘Green Week’ With Energy Double Standard
• Groups File Suit to Stop Grand Canyon Uranium Mine
• In London, a New Play Sheds Fresh Light on Enron
• Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative - Give the Gift of Power
• Judge Raises Concerns over Columbia Salmon Plan
• California - Judge: Says Feds Must Consider Impacts of Delta Smelt Plan
• Fight on Between Fish Protectors, Alaska Mine Backers
• Study Says Razor Clam Closure Could Cost Coast $22 Million
• Paying Extra for Green Power, and Getting Ads Instead
• Boise Company’s Solar Charger May Save Car Battery, Gas Consumption
• Solar Panel Maker SunTech Plans Phoenix-Area Plant
• Demand for Solar Energy Subsidies Puts Stress on New York State Program
• Making a Big Deal of Small Wind
• Wind Backs Up Honolulu Airport Power
• Lake Erie Dissolved Oxygen Problem - New Renewable Energy Resource
• Pilot Project on Bainbridge Would Let Utility Turn Down Volunteers’ Heat
• When Is ‘Cash for Clunker Appliances’ Coming to Seattle?
• Virginia Regulators Say 10 Percent Power Reduction Possible
• Judge Rejects Global Warming as Defense in Auction Case Trial
• Changes in the Climate & a Windier Great Lake
• Dem Senators Demand Climate Bill Changes Favoring Coal-Dependent Utilities
• Regulators File Lawsuit against Alleged ‘Green’ Investment Ponzi Scheme
• Where Can I Juice Up My Ride?
• EPA Has New ‘Green Homes’ Web Site
• Law Review: Green Tech Likely to Keep Growing As Profits Beckon
• Vonage to Settle Investigation Involving 32 States
• Study Shows Airport Wi-Fi Users an Affluent Lot
• Debris Slide Closes US 101 Near Lilliwaup
• 6.6 Quake off British Columbia
• Former Shelton Man a Plaintiff - Mormons, Boy Scouts Sued for Sex Abuse
• Gregoire Won’t Call Special Legislative Session
• Microsoft Co-Founder Allen Diagnosed With Cancer
• Big Bang Machine near Restart after Repairs
WORD OF THE DAY
Flyting • \FLY-ting\ • noun - A dispute or exchange of personal abuse in verse form
While flyting may give you a thrill
It’s fun to make fun until
You get a pink slip
For a slip of the lip
When condemning the boss’s skill
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Crews Restoring Power after Storm Blows Through (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/70271777.html
PUD 3 restores Electricity to Harstine & Clears Up Scattered, Isolated Outages (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=624
Radar Ridge Project Meetings in Pacific County (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/11/16/local_news/doc4b01a3aab6349056257560.txt
Lewis County PUD Leaning Toward Nine Percent Rate Hike (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Lewis-County-PUD-Leaning-Toward-9-Percen=1&blockID=91922&feedID=410
Complaints Grow About Pacific Gas & Electric SmartMeters (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13801866
NBC Begins ‘Green Week’ With Energy Double Standard - Anne Thompson advocates bringing rivers back to ‘natural state,’ ironically favors coal power in dam tear-down story (Business & Media Institute)
http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2009/20091116123716.aspx
Groups File Suit to Stop Grand Canyon Uranium Mine (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010283105_apusgrandcanyonmining.html?syndication=rss
In London, a New Play Sheds Fresh Light on Enron (Nat’l Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120470672
Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative - Give the Gift of Power (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=122735
FISH & WILDLIFE
Judge Raises Concerns over Columbia Salmon Plan (KTVZ –TV, Bend OR)
http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=11517168
California - Judge: Says Feds Must Consider Impacts of Delta Smelt Plan (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/16/state/n110548S31.DTL&feed=rss.business
Fight on Between Fish Protectors, Alaska Mine Backers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010284020_apuswildalaskasalmon.html?syndication=rss
Study Says Razor Clam Closure Could Cost Coast $22 Million (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/70212307.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Paying Extra for Green Power, and Getting Ads Instead (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/business/energy-environment/17power.html
Boise Company’s Solar Charger May Save Car Battery, Gas Consumption (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/business/story/976013.html
Solar Panel Maker SunTech Plans Phoenix-Area Plant (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010281973_apusphoenixsolarplant.html?syndication=rss
Demand for Solar Energy Subsidies Puts Stress on New York State Program (Syracuse Post-Standard, NY)
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/demand_for_solar_energy_subsid.html
Making a Big Deal of Small Wind (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmSmallBusiness/idUS224687887720091116
Wind Backs Up Honolulu Airport Power (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-11-17-honolulu-airport-wind-power_N.htm
Lake Erie Dissolved Oxygen Problem - New Renewable Energy Resource (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/baker-energy/news/article/2009/11/lake-erie-dissolved-oxygen-problem-new-renewable-energy-resource?cmpid=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Pilot Project on Bainbridge Would Let Utility Turn Down Volunteers’ Heat (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/16/pilot-project-on-bainbridge-would-let-utility/
When Is ‘Cash for Clunker Appliances’ Coming to Seattle?
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/412338_clunker16.html
Virginia Regulators Say 10 Percent Power Reduction Possible (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010286377_apuselectricityconsumptionvirginia.html?syndication=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Judge Rejects Global Warming as Defense in Auction Case Trial (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010283737_apusnationalparksdrilling.html?syndication=rss
Changes in the Climate & a Windier Great Lake (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/science/17obwind.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Dem Senators Demand Climate Bill Changes Favoring Coal-Dependent Utilities (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-23959-Seattle-Energy-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Dem-senators-demand-climate-bill-changes-favoring-coaldependent-utilities
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Regulators File Lawsuit against Alleged ‘Green’ Investment Ponzi Scheme (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/regulators-file-lawsuit-against-alleged-green-investment-ponzi-scheme/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Where Can I Juice Up My Ride? Makers of electric cars address the shortage of recharging stations (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/16/AR2009111603706.html?nav=rss_email/components
EPA Has New ‘Green Homes’ Web Site (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/epa_has_new_green_homes_web_si.html
Law Review: Green Tech Likely to Keep Growing As Profits Beckon (Philadelphia Inquirer, PA)
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20091117_Law_Review__Green_tech_likely_to_keep_growing_as_profits_beckon.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Vonage to Settle Investigation Involving 32 States (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010283204_apusvonagesettlement.html?syndication=rss
Study Shows Airport Wi-Fi Users an Affluent Lot (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/17/airport-wi-fi-users-an-affluent-lot-study/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OmMalik+%28GigaOM%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
GENERAL NEWS
Debris Slide Closes US 101 Near Lilliwaup (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Debris-slide-closes-US-101-near-Lilliwaup-70276302.html
6.6 Quake off British Columbia (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=242385
Former Shelton Man a Plaintiff - Mormons, Boy Scouts Sued for Sex Abuse (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010283327_apwamormonsexabusewash.html?syndication=rss
Gregoire Won’t Call Special Legislative Session - Despite worsening revenue, governor wants to tackle crisis in 2010 session (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1039128.html
Microsoft Co-Founder Allen Diagnosed With Cancer (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE5AG06I20091117?feedType=nl&feedName=usbusinessearly
Big Bang Machine near Restart after Repairs (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010286313_apeuscibigbangmachine.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Washington Redskins Can Keep Team Name; Supreme Court Refuses Native Americans’ Suit
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1116/p02s07-usju.html
Unfriend Is US Dictionary’s 2009 Word of the Year
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010286253_apusoddwordoftheyear.html?syndication=rss
A Growing TV Cover-Up: Obnoxious Pop-Up Promos
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2010286158_apustvpopupinvaders.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Johnny Cash - How High is the Water Momma?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyZD7eoHZT8
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Crews Restoring Power after Storm Blows Through
• PUD 3 restores Electricity to Harstine & Clears Up Scattered, Isolated Outages
• Radar Ridge Project Meetings in Pacific County
• Lewis County PUD Leaning Toward Nine Percent Rate Hike
• Complaints Grow About Pacific Gas & Electric SmartMeters
• NBC Begins ‘Green Week’ With Energy Double Standard
• Groups File Suit to Stop Grand Canyon Uranium Mine
• In London, a New Play Sheds Fresh Light on Enron
• Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative - Give the Gift of Power
• Judge Raises Concerns over Columbia Salmon Plan
• California - Judge: Says Feds Must Consider Impacts of Delta Smelt Plan
• Fight on Between Fish Protectors, Alaska Mine Backers
• Study Says Razor Clam Closure Could Cost Coast $22 Million
• Paying Extra for Green Power, and Getting Ads Instead
• Boise Company’s Solar Charger May Save Car Battery, Gas Consumption
• Solar Panel Maker SunTech Plans Phoenix-Area Plant
• Demand for Solar Energy Subsidies Puts Stress on New York State Program
• Making a Big Deal of Small Wind
• Wind Backs Up Honolulu Airport Power
• Lake Erie Dissolved Oxygen Problem - New Renewable Energy Resource
• Pilot Project on Bainbridge Would Let Utility Turn Down Volunteers’ Heat
• When Is ‘Cash for Clunker Appliances’ Coming to Seattle?
• Virginia Regulators Say 10 Percent Power Reduction Possible
• Judge Rejects Global Warming as Defense in Auction Case Trial
• Changes in the Climate & a Windier Great Lake
• Dem Senators Demand Climate Bill Changes Favoring Coal-Dependent Utilities
• Regulators File Lawsuit against Alleged ‘Green’ Investment Ponzi Scheme
• Where Can I Juice Up My Ride?
• EPA Has New ‘Green Homes’ Web Site
• Law Review: Green Tech Likely to Keep Growing As Profits Beckon
• Vonage to Settle Investigation Involving 32 States
• Study Shows Airport Wi-Fi Users an Affluent Lot
• Debris Slide Closes US 101 Near Lilliwaup
• 6.6 Quake off British Columbia
• Former Shelton Man a Plaintiff - Mormons, Boy Scouts Sued for Sex Abuse
• Gregoire Won’t Call Special Legislative Session
• Microsoft Co-Founder Allen Diagnosed With Cancer
• Big Bang Machine near Restart after Repairs
WORD OF THE DAY
Flyting • \FLY-ting\ • noun - A dispute or exchange of personal abuse in verse form
While flyting may give you a thrill
It’s fun to make fun until
You get a pink slip
For a slip of the lip
When condemning the boss’s skill
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Crews Restoring Power after Storm Blows Through (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/70271777.html
PUD 3 restores Electricity to Harstine & Clears Up Scattered, Isolated Outages (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=624
Radar Ridge Project Meetings in Pacific County (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/11/16/local_news/doc4b01a3aab6349056257560.txt
Lewis County PUD Leaning Toward Nine Percent Rate Hike (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Lewis-County-PUD-Leaning-Toward-9-Percen=1&blockID=91922&feedID=410
Complaints Grow About Pacific Gas & Electric SmartMeters (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13801866
NBC Begins ‘Green Week’ With Energy Double Standard - Anne Thompson advocates bringing rivers back to ‘natural state,’ ironically favors coal power in dam tear-down story (Business & Media Institute)
http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2009/20091116123716.aspx
Groups File Suit to Stop Grand Canyon Uranium Mine (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010283105_apusgrandcanyonmining.html?syndication=rss
In London, a New Play Sheds Fresh Light on Enron (Nat’l Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120470672
Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative - Give the Gift of Power (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=122735
FISH & WILDLIFE
Judge Raises Concerns over Columbia Salmon Plan (KTVZ –TV, Bend OR)
http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=11517168
California - Judge: Says Feds Must Consider Impacts of Delta Smelt Plan (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/16/state/n110548S31.DTL&feed=rss.business
Fight on Between Fish Protectors, Alaska Mine Backers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010284020_apuswildalaskasalmon.html?syndication=rss
Study Says Razor Clam Closure Could Cost Coast $22 Million (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/70212307.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Paying Extra for Green Power, and Getting Ads Instead (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/business/energy-environment/17power.html
Boise Company’s Solar Charger May Save Car Battery, Gas Consumption (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/business/story/976013.html
Solar Panel Maker SunTech Plans Phoenix-Area Plant (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010281973_apusphoenixsolarplant.html?syndication=rss
Demand for Solar Energy Subsidies Puts Stress on New York State Program (Syracuse Post-Standard, NY)
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/demand_for_solar_energy_subsid.html
Making a Big Deal of Small Wind (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmSmallBusiness/idUS224687887720091116
Wind Backs Up Honolulu Airport Power (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-11-17-honolulu-airport-wind-power_N.htm
Lake Erie Dissolved Oxygen Problem - New Renewable Energy Resource (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/baker-energy/news/article/2009/11/lake-erie-dissolved-oxygen-problem-new-renewable-energy-resource?cmpid=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Pilot Project on Bainbridge Would Let Utility Turn Down Volunteers’ Heat (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/16/pilot-project-on-bainbridge-would-let-utility/
When Is ‘Cash for Clunker Appliances’ Coming to Seattle?
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/412338_clunker16.html
Virginia Regulators Say 10 Percent Power Reduction Possible (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010286377_apuselectricityconsumptionvirginia.html?syndication=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Judge Rejects Global Warming as Defense in Auction Case Trial (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010283737_apusnationalparksdrilling.html?syndication=rss
Changes in the Climate & a Windier Great Lake (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/science/17obwind.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Dem Senators Demand Climate Bill Changes Favoring Coal-Dependent Utilities (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-23959-Seattle-Energy-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Dem-senators-demand-climate-bill-changes-favoring-coaldependent-utilities
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Regulators File Lawsuit against Alleged ‘Green’ Investment Ponzi Scheme (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/regulators-file-lawsuit-against-alleged-green-investment-ponzi-scheme/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Where Can I Juice Up My Ride? Makers of electric cars address the shortage of recharging stations (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/16/AR2009111603706.html?nav=rss_email/components
EPA Has New ‘Green Homes’ Web Site (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/epa_has_new_green_homes_web_si.html
Law Review: Green Tech Likely to Keep Growing As Profits Beckon (Philadelphia Inquirer, PA)
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20091117_Law_Review__Green_tech_likely_to_keep_growing_as_profits_beckon.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Vonage to Settle Investigation Involving 32 States (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010283204_apusvonagesettlement.html?syndication=rss
Study Shows Airport Wi-Fi Users an Affluent Lot (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/17/airport-wi-fi-users-an-affluent-lot-study/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OmMalik+%28GigaOM%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
GENERAL NEWS
Debris Slide Closes US 101 Near Lilliwaup (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Debris-slide-closes-US-101-near-Lilliwaup-70276302.html
6.6 Quake off British Columbia (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=242385
Former Shelton Man a Plaintiff - Mormons, Boy Scouts Sued for Sex Abuse (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010283327_apwamormonsexabusewash.html?syndication=rss
Gregoire Won’t Call Special Legislative Session - Despite worsening revenue, governor wants to tackle crisis in 2010 session (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1039128.html
Microsoft Co-Founder Allen Diagnosed With Cancer (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE5AG06I20091117?feedType=nl&feedName=usbusinessearly
Big Bang Machine near Restart after Repairs (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010286313_apeuscibigbangmachine.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Washington Redskins Can Keep Team Name; Supreme Court Refuses Native Americans’ Suit
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1116/p02s07-usju.html
Unfriend Is US Dictionary’s 2009 Word of the Year
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010286253_apusoddwordoftheyear.html?syndication=rss
A Growing TV Cover-Up: Obnoxious Pop-Up Promos
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2010286158_apustvpopupinvaders.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Johnny Cash - How High is the Water Momma?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyZD7eoHZT8
Monday, November 16, 2009
Energy News Digest for November 16, 2009
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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Jefferson PUD Commissioner Dana Roberts Dies
• Benton PUD, City of Richland May Raise Utility Rates
• Portland General Electric’s Coal Dilemma
• Snohomish PUD Works on a Plan for People & Fish
• Tuesday’s ‘Dirty Jobs’ Show to Feature Rocky Reach Dam
• PNGC Power Takes First Resource Action under New Business Model
• Idaho - Power Plant Could Be City-Owned
• Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association Coal Plant Deal Nearly Done
• Progress Energy Shutters North Carolina Nuke Plant for Work
• Nuclear Energy High On US Senate’s Climate Agenda
• Natural Gas Producers Say Permit Process Makes Meeting Demand Difficult
• Ninth Circuit Hears Arguments on Killing of California Sea Lions
• Cutthroat Running in the Cowlitz River
• Idaho Welcomes Surge of Sockeyes
• Steelhead Dream Comes True At Last
• Chefs Serve Salmon with Warning on Alaska Fishes’ Future
• California - Judge Says Seals May Stay At San Diego Cove
• Group to Consider Lifting Louisiana Oyster Moratorium
• Alaska Fights to Reverse Polar Bear Listing
• Oregon Pot Raids Find another Problem: Fertilizer Dumped in Streams
• Smelt Becomes Ammo in California Water Wars
• Peninsula Light Company to Enter Power-generating Business
• Talk of Wyoming Wind Tax Whips up Debate
• Montana - For Some, Answer to High Energy Costs is Blowin’ in the Wind
• Is Solar Power Expensive or Competitive?
• Can Solar Or Wind Cut Your Power Bill?
• Research Shows Solar Panel Supply Glut Past Peak
• Maine - Vinalhaven Residents Hope for Lower Electric Rates from Wind Turbines
• Could This Lump Power the Planet?
• Energy Company Hits Biodiesel Jackpot in Seattle Alley
• Choose the Right Light for the Job
• Puget Sound Energy to Present Renewable Energy Options in Port Townsend
• Energy Audits Pay Dividends in Pilot
• ‘Listen Up, Bonehead:’ Smart Grid Prepares to Talk Back
• San Diego Gas & Electric Offering Twinkly Trade-Ins
• Leaders Will Delay Deal on Climate Change
• Atlanta Journal Constitution Op/Ed - Is Cap-&-Trade Fair?
• Apocalypse Fatigue: Losing the Public on Climate Change
• Farmers vs. Greens: A Fossil Fuel Debate
• Jellyfish Swarm Northward in Warming World
• Pend Oreille Valley Network - Internet Service Provider Wins Fed Grant
• Layoffs be Darned - Oregon Call Center That Got State Aid Will Stay Open
• Utah - Brigham City Approves UTOPIA Proposal
• Re-Opens
• Google’s Secret Chrome Plan for Browser Domination
• Major Players Using Wi-Fi for Marketing
• First of Two Potent Storms Strikes Northwest
• High Winds & Rain Expected Again Tonight
• Early Morning Fatal Shooting in Olympia
• Shelton Hunters’ Detainment by Tribal Police under ‘Careful’ Review
• In Mason County, More Eligible for H1N1 Vaccine
• Mistakes in Typography Grate the Purists
• 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower to Peak Tuesday
WORD OF THE DAY
Perspicuous • \per-SPIK-yuh-wus\ • adjective - Plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation
Jimmy Durante was justifiably proud of his show-biz success. “The reason for my perspicuous good fortune is as plain as the nose on my face,” he exclaimed.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Jefferson PUD Commissioner Dana Roberts Dies (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091115/news/311159989
Benton PUD, City of Richland May Raise Utility Rates (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/955541.html
Portland General Electric’s Coal Dilemma - Utility weighs the cost of closing a controversial plant by 2020 (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/11/16/story10.html?ana=from_rss
Snohomish PUD Works on a Plan for People & Fish - The PUD is renewing a hydropower permit & hopes to improve the Sultan River’s environment & recreation (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091116/NEWS01/711169890/-1/RSS02
Tuesday’s ‘Dirty Jobs’ Show to Feature Rocky Reach Dam (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/14/wenatchee-tuesdays-dirty-jobs-show-to-feature/
PNGC Power Takes First Resource Action under New Business Model (PNGC)
http://www.pngcpower.com/newsroom/news_releases.aspx?ID=59
Idaho - Power Plant Could Be City-Owned (Keizer Times, ID)http://www.keizertimes.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=12020
Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association Coal Plant Deal Nearly Done (Alaska Journal of Commerce)
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/111309/loc_1_001.shtml
Progress Energy Shutters North Carolina Nuke Plant for Work (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/utilitiesSector/idUSN1649216320091116
Nuclear Energy High On US Senate’s Climate Agenda (AFP)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gGEsohiTbcA_8e9bhBZr0Y2iS8JQ
Natural Gas Producers Say Permit Process Makes Meeting Demand Difficult (Denver Business Journal)
http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/11/16/focus1.html?ana=from_rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Ninth Circuit Panel Hears Oral Arguments on Lethal Removal of California Sea Lions (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/365077.aspx
Cutthroat Running in the Cowlitz River (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Cutthroat-Running-In-The-Cowlitz=1&blockID=90382&feedID=410
Idaho Welcomes Surge of Sockeyes (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/15/idaho-welcomes-surge-of-sockeyes/
Steelhead Dream Comes True At Last (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/14/steelhead-dream-comes-true-at-last/
Chefs Serve Salmon with Warning on Alaska Fishes’ Future (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=241014
California - Judge Says Seals May Stay At San Diego Cove (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2319603~Judge_says_seals_may_stay_at_San_Diego_cove.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Group to Consider Lifting Louisiana Oyster Moratorium (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010282023_apusoystermoratorium.html?syndication=rss
Alaska Fights to Reverse Polar Bear Listing (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010281675_apuspolarbearpolitics.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon Pot Raids Find another Problem: Fertilizer Dumped in Streams (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/oregon_pot_raids_find_another.html
Smelt Becomes Ammo in California Water Wars (Courthouse News)
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/11/16/Smelt_Becomes_Ammo_in_Water_Wars.htm
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Gig Harbor-based Peninsula Light Company to Enter Power-generating Business (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/13/gig-harbor-based-peninsula-light-company-enter-pow/
Talk of Wyoming Wind Tax Whips up Debate (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010281911_apustaxingwind.html?syndication=rss
Montana - For Some in Area, Answer to High Energy Costs is Blowin’ in the Wind (Great Falls Tribune, Montana – And, another 25 cent royalty payment to Bob Zimmerman)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20091114/LIFESTYLE/911140306/For-some-in-area-answer-to-high-energy-costs-is-blowin-in-the-wind
Is Solar Power Expensive or Competitive? (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/is-solar-power-expensive-or-competitive/
Can Solar Or Wind Cut Your Power Bill? (Timberjay, Ely MN)
http://www.timberjay.com/detail/6145.html
Research Shows Solar Panel Supply Glut Past Peak (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN1347412520091113
Maine - Island’s Energy is Up: Vinalhaven residents hope for lower electric rates from their new wind turbines, which some say are too noisy. (Portland Press Herald, ME)
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=296430&ac=PHnws
Could This Lump Power the Planet? Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Lab are betting $3.5 billion in taxpayer money on a tiny pellet that could produce an endless supply of safe, clean energy (Newswek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/222792
Energy Company Hits Biodiesel Jackpot in Seattle Alley (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Energy-company-hits-jackpot-in-Seattle-alley-70078382.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Choose The Right Light for The Job - Compact fluorescents use less energy & last longer than other bulbs, but aren’t always preferred (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/soundlife/home/story/954186.html
Puget Sound Energy to Present Renewable Energy Options in Port Townsend (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=25647
Energy Audits Pay Dividends in Pilot - E3 initiative helping manufacturers become more productive, efficient (Business First of Columbus)
http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2009/11/16/story5.html?ana=from_rss
‘Listen Up, Bonehead:’ Smart Grid Prepares to Talk Back (Burlington Free Press, VT)
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20091115/LIVING09/91113029/-Listen-up--bonehead---Smart-grid-prepares-to-talk-back
San Diego Gas & Electric Offering Twinkly Trade-Ins - Crowds lining up for LED Christmas lights (San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/nov/15/sdge-offering-twinkly-trade-ins/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Leaders Will Delay Deal on Climate Change (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/world/asia/15prexy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Atlanta Journal Constitution Op/Ed - Is Cap-&-Trade Fair?
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/is-cap-and-trade-199630.html
Apocalypse Fatigue: Losing the Public on Climate Change (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2210
Farmers vs. greens: A fossil fuel debate (Santa Rosa Press Democrat, CA)
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091115/OPINION/911139930/1042?&tc=autorefresh
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Jellyfish Swarm Northward in Warming World (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010281717_apclimate09jellyfishmenace.html?syndication=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Pend Oreille Valley Network - Internet Service Provider Wins Fed Grant (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1036345.html
Layoffs be Darned - Oregon Call Center That Got State Aid Will Stay Open (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/11/call_center_that_got_state_aid.html
Utah - Brigham City Approves UTOPIA Proposal (Cache Valley Daily, UT)
http://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/local/70035847.html
Community’s Wi-Fi Network Shuttered by MPAA Re-Opens - After week of bad press, Sony suddenly feels cooperative (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/WiFi-Network-Shuttered-By-MPAA-ReOpens-105492
Google’s Secret Chrome Plan for Browser Domination (Yahoo! Tech)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20091113/tc_pcworld/googlessecretchromeplanforbrowserdomination
Major Players Using Wi-Fi for Marketing (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091115/BIZ/711159931/-1/rss03
GENERAL NEWS
First of Two Potent Storms Strikes Northwest (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/70186277.html
High Winds & Rain Expected Again Tonight (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/storm/2010282151_webstorm16m.html?syndication=rss
Early Morning Fatal Shooting in Olympia (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Early-morning-fatal-shooting-in-Olympia-70192742.html
Shelton Hunters’ Detainment by Tribal Police under ‘Careful’ Review of Jefferson County Prosecutor (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091116/news/311169995
In Mason County, More Eligible for H1N1 Vaccine (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1037950.html
Mistakes in Typography Grate the Purists (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/arts/16iht-design16.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
2009 Leonid Meteor Shower to Peak Tuesday
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/science/2009/November/2009-Leonid-Meteor-Shower-to-Peak-Tuesday.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Metal Thieves Nab 1,500-Pound Historic Cannon from Vallejo Cemetery
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13781814?nclick_check=1
Plans to encase Detroit home in ice move forward
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010269894_apusicehousedetroit.html?syndication=rss
Suspect Returns to Crime Scene for Cell Phone
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21608692/detail.html
Drilling for Vintage Scotch Whiskey on Frozen Continent of Antarctica
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/956287.html
SONG OF THE DAY
A Mighty Wind is Blowin’ - New Main Street Singers, The Folksmen and Mitch & Mickey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVh0Iq_85aw
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Jefferson PUD Commissioner Dana Roberts Dies
• Benton PUD, City of Richland May Raise Utility Rates
• Portland General Electric’s Coal Dilemma
• Snohomish PUD Works on a Plan for People & Fish
• Tuesday’s ‘Dirty Jobs’ Show to Feature Rocky Reach Dam
• PNGC Power Takes First Resource Action under New Business Model
• Idaho - Power Plant Could Be City-Owned
• Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association Coal Plant Deal Nearly Done
• Progress Energy Shutters North Carolina Nuke Plant for Work
• Nuclear Energy High On US Senate’s Climate Agenda
• Natural Gas Producers Say Permit Process Makes Meeting Demand Difficult
• Ninth Circuit Hears Arguments on Killing of California Sea Lions
• Cutthroat Running in the Cowlitz River
• Idaho Welcomes Surge of Sockeyes
• Steelhead Dream Comes True At Last
• Chefs Serve Salmon with Warning on Alaska Fishes’ Future
• California - Judge Says Seals May Stay At San Diego Cove
• Group to Consider Lifting Louisiana Oyster Moratorium
• Alaska Fights to Reverse Polar Bear Listing
• Oregon Pot Raids Find another Problem: Fertilizer Dumped in Streams
• Smelt Becomes Ammo in California Water Wars
• Peninsula Light Company to Enter Power-generating Business
• Talk of Wyoming Wind Tax Whips up Debate
• Montana - For Some, Answer to High Energy Costs is Blowin’ in the Wind
• Is Solar Power Expensive or Competitive?
• Can Solar Or Wind Cut Your Power Bill?
• Research Shows Solar Panel Supply Glut Past Peak
• Maine - Vinalhaven Residents Hope for Lower Electric Rates from Wind Turbines
• Could This Lump Power the Planet?
• Energy Company Hits Biodiesel Jackpot in Seattle Alley
• Choose the Right Light for the Job
• Puget Sound Energy to Present Renewable Energy Options in Port Townsend
• Energy Audits Pay Dividends in Pilot
• ‘Listen Up, Bonehead:’ Smart Grid Prepares to Talk Back
• San Diego Gas & Electric Offering Twinkly Trade-Ins
• Leaders Will Delay Deal on Climate Change
• Atlanta Journal Constitution Op/Ed - Is Cap-&-Trade Fair?
• Apocalypse Fatigue: Losing the Public on Climate Change
• Farmers vs. Greens: A Fossil Fuel Debate
• Jellyfish Swarm Northward in Warming World
• Pend Oreille Valley Network - Internet Service Provider Wins Fed Grant
• Layoffs be Darned - Oregon Call Center That Got State Aid Will Stay Open
• Utah - Brigham City Approves UTOPIA Proposal
• Re-Opens
• Google’s Secret Chrome Plan for Browser Domination
• Major Players Using Wi-Fi for Marketing
• First of Two Potent Storms Strikes Northwest
• High Winds & Rain Expected Again Tonight
• Early Morning Fatal Shooting in Olympia
• Shelton Hunters’ Detainment by Tribal Police under ‘Careful’ Review
• In Mason County, More Eligible for H1N1 Vaccine
• Mistakes in Typography Grate the Purists
• 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower to Peak Tuesday
WORD OF THE DAY
Perspicuous • \per-SPIK-yuh-wus\ • adjective - Plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation
Jimmy Durante was justifiably proud of his show-biz success. “The reason for my perspicuous good fortune is as plain as the nose on my face,” he exclaimed.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Jefferson PUD Commissioner Dana Roberts Dies (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091115/news/311159989
Benton PUD, City of Richland May Raise Utility Rates (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/955541.html
Portland General Electric’s Coal Dilemma - Utility weighs the cost of closing a controversial plant by 2020 (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/11/16/story10.html?ana=from_rss
Snohomish PUD Works on a Plan for People & Fish - The PUD is renewing a hydropower permit & hopes to improve the Sultan River’s environment & recreation (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091116/NEWS01/711169890/-1/RSS02
Tuesday’s ‘Dirty Jobs’ Show to Feature Rocky Reach Dam (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/14/wenatchee-tuesdays-dirty-jobs-show-to-feature/
PNGC Power Takes First Resource Action under New Business Model (PNGC)
http://www.pngcpower.com/newsroom/news_releases.aspx?ID=59
Idaho - Power Plant Could Be City-Owned (Keizer Times, ID)http://www.keizertimes.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=12020
Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association Coal Plant Deal Nearly Done (Alaska Journal of Commerce)
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/111309/loc_1_001.shtml
Progress Energy Shutters North Carolina Nuke Plant for Work (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/utilitiesSector/idUSN1649216320091116
Nuclear Energy High On US Senate’s Climate Agenda (AFP)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gGEsohiTbcA_8e9bhBZr0Y2iS8JQ
Natural Gas Producers Say Permit Process Makes Meeting Demand Difficult (Denver Business Journal)
http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/11/16/focus1.html?ana=from_rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Ninth Circuit Panel Hears Oral Arguments on Lethal Removal of California Sea Lions (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/365077.aspx
Cutthroat Running in the Cowlitz River (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Cutthroat-Running-In-The-Cowlitz=1&blockID=90382&feedID=410
Idaho Welcomes Surge of Sockeyes (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/15/idaho-welcomes-surge-of-sockeyes/
Steelhead Dream Comes True At Last (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/14/steelhead-dream-comes-true-at-last/
Chefs Serve Salmon with Warning on Alaska Fishes’ Future (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=241014
California - Judge Says Seals May Stay At San Diego Cove (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2319603~Judge_says_seals_may_stay_at_San_Diego_cove.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Group to Consider Lifting Louisiana Oyster Moratorium (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010282023_apusoystermoratorium.html?syndication=rss
Alaska Fights to Reverse Polar Bear Listing (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010281675_apuspolarbearpolitics.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon Pot Raids Find another Problem: Fertilizer Dumped in Streams (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/oregon_pot_raids_find_another.html
Smelt Becomes Ammo in California Water Wars (Courthouse News)
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/11/16/Smelt_Becomes_Ammo_in_Water_Wars.htm
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Gig Harbor-based Peninsula Light Company to Enter Power-generating Business (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/13/gig-harbor-based-peninsula-light-company-enter-pow/
Talk of Wyoming Wind Tax Whips up Debate (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010281911_apustaxingwind.html?syndication=rss
Montana - For Some in Area, Answer to High Energy Costs is Blowin’ in the Wind (Great Falls Tribune, Montana – And, another 25 cent royalty payment to Bob Zimmerman)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20091114/LIFESTYLE/911140306/For-some-in-area-answer-to-high-energy-costs-is-blowin-in-the-wind
Is Solar Power Expensive or Competitive? (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/is-solar-power-expensive-or-competitive/
Can Solar Or Wind Cut Your Power Bill? (Timberjay, Ely MN)
http://www.timberjay.com/detail/6145.html
Research Shows Solar Panel Supply Glut Past Peak (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN1347412520091113
Maine - Island’s Energy is Up: Vinalhaven residents hope for lower electric rates from their new wind turbines, which some say are too noisy. (Portland Press Herald, ME)
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=296430&ac=PHnws
Could This Lump Power the Planet? Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Lab are betting $3.5 billion in taxpayer money on a tiny pellet that could produce an endless supply of safe, clean energy (Newswek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/222792
Energy Company Hits Biodiesel Jackpot in Seattle Alley (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Energy-company-hits-jackpot-in-Seattle-alley-70078382.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Choose The Right Light for The Job - Compact fluorescents use less energy & last longer than other bulbs, but aren’t always preferred (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/soundlife/home/story/954186.html
Puget Sound Energy to Present Renewable Energy Options in Port Townsend (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=25647
Energy Audits Pay Dividends in Pilot - E3 initiative helping manufacturers become more productive, efficient (Business First of Columbus)
http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2009/11/16/story5.html?ana=from_rss
‘Listen Up, Bonehead:’ Smart Grid Prepares to Talk Back (Burlington Free Press, VT)
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20091115/LIVING09/91113029/-Listen-up--bonehead---Smart-grid-prepares-to-talk-back
San Diego Gas & Electric Offering Twinkly Trade-Ins - Crowds lining up for LED Christmas lights (San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/nov/15/sdge-offering-twinkly-trade-ins/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Leaders Will Delay Deal on Climate Change (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/world/asia/15prexy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Atlanta Journal Constitution Op/Ed - Is Cap-&-Trade Fair?
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/is-cap-and-trade-199630.html
Apocalypse Fatigue: Losing the Public on Climate Change (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2210
Farmers vs. greens: A fossil fuel debate (Santa Rosa Press Democrat, CA)
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091115/OPINION/911139930/1042?&tc=autorefresh
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Jellyfish Swarm Northward in Warming World (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010281717_apclimate09jellyfishmenace.html?syndication=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Pend Oreille Valley Network - Internet Service Provider Wins Fed Grant (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1036345.html
Layoffs be Darned - Oregon Call Center That Got State Aid Will Stay Open (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/11/call_center_that_got_state_aid.html
Utah - Brigham City Approves UTOPIA Proposal (Cache Valley Daily, UT)
http://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/local/70035847.html
Community’s Wi-Fi Network Shuttered by MPAA Re-Opens - After week of bad press, Sony suddenly feels cooperative (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/WiFi-Network-Shuttered-By-MPAA-ReOpens-105492
Google’s Secret Chrome Plan for Browser Domination (Yahoo! Tech)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20091113/tc_pcworld/googlessecretchromeplanforbrowserdomination
Major Players Using Wi-Fi for Marketing (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091115/BIZ/711159931/-1/rss03
GENERAL NEWS
First of Two Potent Storms Strikes Northwest (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/70186277.html
High Winds & Rain Expected Again Tonight (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/storm/2010282151_webstorm16m.html?syndication=rss
Early Morning Fatal Shooting in Olympia (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Early-morning-fatal-shooting-in-Olympia-70192742.html
Shelton Hunters’ Detainment by Tribal Police under ‘Careful’ Review of Jefferson County Prosecutor (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091116/news/311169995
In Mason County, More Eligible for H1N1 Vaccine (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1037950.html
Mistakes in Typography Grate the Purists (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/arts/16iht-design16.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
2009 Leonid Meteor Shower to Peak Tuesday
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/science/2009/November/2009-Leonid-Meteor-Shower-to-Peak-Tuesday.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Metal Thieves Nab 1,500-Pound Historic Cannon from Vallejo Cemetery
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13781814?nclick_check=1
Plans to encase Detroit home in ice move forward
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010269894_apusicehousedetroit.html?syndication=rss
Suspect Returns to Crime Scene for Cell Phone
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21608692/detail.html
Drilling for Vintage Scotch Whiskey on Frozen Continent of Antarctica
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/956287.html
SONG OF THE DAY
A Mighty Wind is Blowin’ - New Main Street Singers, The Folksmen and Mitch & Mickey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVh0Iq_85aw
Friday, November 13, 2009
Energy News Digest for November 13, 2009
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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Mid Winter Rate Hike - City Light Gets OK for 13.8 Percent Increase
• Grant PUD Hydropower Auction Yields $64 million
• Comments on Wanapum Dam Water Raise Sought
• Sacramento Municipal Utility District Sues Wall St. Firms over Alleged Bid Rigging
• Avista Fights Labor Ruling - NLRB will hear dispute over dispatchers’ status
• Stricken Jefferson County PUD Commissioner Remains in Coma
• Oregon Public Utility Commission Chairman Leaving Post Early
• Ashland Electric Department Head Takes New Job with Bonneville Environmental Foundation
• Pacific Gas & Electric Smart Meter Rollout Off To Rough Start
• Massachusetts Law Pushes Utilities to Improve Services
• Ahead of the Bell: Rise in Gas Reserves Expected
• Natural Gas Surge, Is It A Pipe Dream?
• Tennessee Valley Authority Bills to Decrease in December
• Groups Challenge Tennessee Valley Authority’s River Discharge from Power Plant
• State of Minnesota Approves Nuke Waste Storage Increase
• Large Run of Spring Chinook Expected for 2010
• Fraser River - British Columbia to Continue Gravel Removal, Despite Salmon Deaths
• A Different Kind of Fish Toss: Planting Dead Salmon to Enrich a Watershed
• Chinook salmon may be the beneficiaries of the federal economic stimulus program
• Columbia Basin Herald Editorial - Water Lawsuit Again?
• Clallam County Could Start Water Exchange for Sequim Area
• Eastern Idaho Dam Security Is Under Scrutiny
• California Water Deal No Quick Fix for Struggling Farms
• Feds Endorse ‘Salish Sea’ - Huge Body of Water Now Has Common Name
• Fast-Tracked Solar Project Could Speed Mojave Desert’s Demise
• First Tidal Power Turbine Lowered into Bay of Fundy
• GE’s Hybrid Water Heater Earns Popular Science Accolades
• Montana Enviro Groups Want Carbon Costs in Regional Power Plan
• Fight over Carbon-Emission Permits Comes to Senate
• Climate-Warming Pollution Dips
• Scientist Claims Global Warming Caused By Volcanoes, Not Humans
• Could Electricity Be a Lifestyle Choice?
• US to Speed up Broadband Plan
• Eastern Oregon Call Center to Close Lay Off 336
• Lessons from the Land of Cheap Broadband
• Intel to Pay AMD $1.25 Billion
• AT&T ‘Sets the Record Straight’ On Verizon Ads
• Verizon Pays $2 Million for Poor Florida Service
• New State Deficit: $2 Billlion+
• Report Says Budget Disasters Loom In Ten States
• Seattle Police Arrest Suspect in String of Arson Fires
• Colorado Balloon Boy Parents Plead Guilty to Hoax
• Olympia May cut Thurston EDC Funding
• Scientists Say Water Found on Moon
• Not a Jolly Holiday for Oregon Christmas Tree Growers
WORD OF THE DAY
Sacerdotal • \sass-er-DOH-tul\ • adjective - *1: of or relating to priests or a priesthood: priestly 2: of, relating to, or suggesting religious belief emphasizing the powers of priests as essential mediators between God and mankind
The manager’s minions burrowed themselves into the framework of the organization, blocking or allowing access to their leader based on prejudice or bribery. The nearly sacerdotal nature of the fawning sycophants sickened even the most hardened brown-noser. “Hubris will win out,” mused one of the rejected acolytes.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Mid Winter Rate Hike - City Light Gets OK for 13.8 Percent Increase (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010259629_webcitylight12m.html?syndication=rss
Grant PUD Hydropower Auction Yields $64 million (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/11/hydropower-quction-yields-64-million
Comments on Wanapum Dam Water Raise Sought (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/11/12/news/doc4afc9f082d300992595916.txt
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Sues Wall St. Firms over Alleged Bid Rigging (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2322547.html
Avista Fights Labor Ruling - NLRB will hear dispute over dispatchers’ status (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/13/avista-fights-labor-ruling/
Stricken Jefferson County PUD Commissioner Remains in Coma (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091113/NEWS/311139993
Oregon Public Utility Commission Chairman Leaving Post Early (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/11/09/daily48.html
Ashland Electric Department Head Takes New Job with Bonneville Environmental Foundation (Ashland Daily Tidings, OR)
http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091112/NEWS02/911120316/-1/NEWSMAP
Pacific Gas & Electric Smart Meter Rollout Off To Rough Start (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13774449
Massachusetts Law Pushes Utilities to Improve Services (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/13/financial/f084448S49.DTL&feed=rss.business
Ahead of the Bell: Rise in Gas Reserves Expected (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/13/financial/f045847S70.DTL&feed=rss.business
Natural Gas Surge, Is It A Pipe Dream? (Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/13/natural-gas-bill-seen-as-pipe-dream/
Tennessee Valley Authority Bills to Decrease in December (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/13/financial/f072741S23.DTL&feed=rss.business
Groups Challenge Tennessee Valley Authority’s River Discharge from Power Plant (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010260962_apustvacoalwaste.html?syndication=rss
State of Minnesota Approves Nuke Waste Storage Increase (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/13/financial/f072539S21.DTL&feed=rss.business
FISH & WILDLIFE
Large Run of Spring Chinook Expected for 2010 (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/13/this_day/doc4afc7567cf751128025598.txt
Fraser River - British Columbia to Continue Gravel Removal, Despite Salmon Deaths (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/continue+gravel+removal+despite+salmon+deaths/2216453/story.html
A Different Kind of Fish Toss: Planting Dead Salmon to Enrich a Watershed (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/a_different_kind_of_fish_toss.html
Fisher Slough - Chinook salmon may be the beneficiaries of the federal economic stimulus program (KUOW Radio, Seattle)
http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=18780
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Columbia Basin Herald Editorial - Water Lawsuit Again? It was inevitable. Urban environmentalists from Spokane are going to sue to stop an irrigation project for farmers
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/11/12/editorials/doc4afc9e0ad5c0e002792176.txt
Clallam County Could Start Water Exchange for Sequim Area (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/5251
Eastern Idaho Dam Security Is Under Scrutiny (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1035273.html
California Water Deal No Quick Fix for Struggling Farms (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010265106_apusfarmscenecaliforniawater.html?syndication=rss
Feds Endorse ‘Salish Sea’ - Huge Body of Water Now Has Common Name: Puget Sound, Tulalip Bay are part of newly named sea extending into B.C. (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091113/NEWS01/711139836/-1/RSS02
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Fast-Tracked Solar Project Could Speed Mojave Desert’s Demise (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/11/12/12greenwire-fast-tracked-solar-project-could-speed-mojave-95100.html
First Tidal Power Turbine Lowered into Bay of Fundy (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - The Bay of Fundy has the most extreme tides in the world)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2009/11/12/ns-fundy-turbine.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
GE’s Hybrid Water Heater Earns Popular Science Accolades (Business First of Louisville)
http://louisville.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2009/11/09/daily41.html?ana=from_rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Montana Enviro Groups Want Carbon Costs in Regional Power Plan (Associated Press)
http://www.keci.com/Enviro-groups-want-carbon-costs-in-power-plan/5668718
Fight over Carbon-Emission Permits Comes to Senate (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/11/13/giveaways-fight-over-carbon-emission-permits-comes-to-senate/
Climate-Warming Pollution Dips (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/green/2009/11/climatewarming_pollution_dips.html
Scientist Claims Global Warming Caused By Volcanoes, Not Humans (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-16044-Christianity--Politics-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Scientist-claims-global-warming-caused-by-volcanoes-not-humans
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Could Electricity Be a Lifestyle Choice? (NY Times)
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/could-electricity-be-a-lifestyle-choice/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
US to Speed up Broadband Plan (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/11/09/daily30.html
Eastern Oregon Call Center to Close Lay Off 336 (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/11/09/daily49.html
Lessons from the Land of Cheap Broadband (CNN Money)
http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/11/13/lessons-from-the-land-of-cheap-broadband/?source=yahoo_quote
Intel to Pay AMD $1.25 Billion (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/business/story/1034833.html
AT&T ‘Sets the Record Straight’ On Verizon Ads - And continues to give Verizon additional free advertising (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Sets-The-Record-Straight-On-Verizon-Ads-105481
Verizon Pays $2 Million for Poor Florida Service - Years of complaints ‘resolved’ by $2 bill credits (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Pays-2-Million-For-Poor-Florida-Service-105430
GENERAL NEWS
New State Deficit: $2 Billlion+ (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69930442.html
Report Says Budget Disasters Loom In Ten States (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/12/BAOJ1AIVLD.DTL&feed=rss.news
Seattle Police Arrest Suspect in String of Arson Fires (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/1035204.html
Colorado Balloon Boy Parents Plead Guilty to Hoax (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/13/us/AP-US-Balloon-Boy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Olympia May cut Thurston EDC Funding - Budgets: County Economic Development Council could lose $10,000 as city looks to save $4 million (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1034806.html
Scientists Say Water Found on Moon (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/14/science/14moon.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Not a Jolly Holiday for Oregon Christmas Tree Growers (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/11/low_prices_bode_poorly_for_ore.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Bird Sends Million-Dollar Bugatti into Marsh - Low-Flying Pelican, Dropped Cell Phone To Blame, Man Says
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/21597727/detail.html
Food Fight: Burger King Franchisees Sue Chain Over $1 Burgers
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/12/financial/f122205S66.DTL&feed=rss.business
NC Principal Leaves after Cash-for-Grades Flap
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010269424_apusstudentsbuygrades.html?syndication=rss
12-Year-Old Girl Can’t Stop Sneezing - Va. Girl Sneezes Up To 16 Times per Minute
http://www.kirotv.com/health/21594540/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0CQ8iaK5s8
Johnny Rivers - Seventh Son
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBVt_lK0nbs
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Mid Winter Rate Hike - City Light Gets OK for 13.8 Percent Increase
• Grant PUD Hydropower Auction Yields $64 million
• Comments on Wanapum Dam Water Raise Sought
• Sacramento Municipal Utility District Sues Wall St. Firms over Alleged Bid Rigging
• Avista Fights Labor Ruling - NLRB will hear dispute over dispatchers’ status
• Stricken Jefferson County PUD Commissioner Remains in Coma
• Oregon Public Utility Commission Chairman Leaving Post Early
• Ashland Electric Department Head Takes New Job with Bonneville Environmental Foundation
• Pacific Gas & Electric Smart Meter Rollout Off To Rough Start
• Massachusetts Law Pushes Utilities to Improve Services
• Ahead of the Bell: Rise in Gas Reserves Expected
• Natural Gas Surge, Is It A Pipe Dream?
• Tennessee Valley Authority Bills to Decrease in December
• Groups Challenge Tennessee Valley Authority’s River Discharge from Power Plant
• State of Minnesota Approves Nuke Waste Storage Increase
• Large Run of Spring Chinook Expected for 2010
• Fraser River - British Columbia to Continue Gravel Removal, Despite Salmon Deaths
• A Different Kind of Fish Toss: Planting Dead Salmon to Enrich a Watershed
• Chinook salmon may be the beneficiaries of the federal economic stimulus program
• Columbia Basin Herald Editorial - Water Lawsuit Again?
• Clallam County Could Start Water Exchange for Sequim Area
• Eastern Idaho Dam Security Is Under Scrutiny
• California Water Deal No Quick Fix for Struggling Farms
• Feds Endorse ‘Salish Sea’ - Huge Body of Water Now Has Common Name
• Fast-Tracked Solar Project Could Speed Mojave Desert’s Demise
• First Tidal Power Turbine Lowered into Bay of Fundy
• GE’s Hybrid Water Heater Earns Popular Science Accolades
• Montana Enviro Groups Want Carbon Costs in Regional Power Plan
• Fight over Carbon-Emission Permits Comes to Senate
• Climate-Warming Pollution Dips
• Scientist Claims Global Warming Caused By Volcanoes, Not Humans
• Could Electricity Be a Lifestyle Choice?
• US to Speed up Broadband Plan
• Eastern Oregon Call Center to Close Lay Off 336
• Lessons from the Land of Cheap Broadband
• Intel to Pay AMD $1.25 Billion
• AT&T ‘Sets the Record Straight’ On Verizon Ads
• Verizon Pays $2 Million for Poor Florida Service
• New State Deficit: $2 Billlion+
• Report Says Budget Disasters Loom In Ten States
• Seattle Police Arrest Suspect in String of Arson Fires
• Colorado Balloon Boy Parents Plead Guilty to Hoax
• Olympia May cut Thurston EDC Funding
• Scientists Say Water Found on Moon
• Not a Jolly Holiday for Oregon Christmas Tree Growers
WORD OF THE DAY
Sacerdotal • \sass-er-DOH-tul\ • adjective - *1: of or relating to priests or a priesthood: priestly 2: of, relating to, or suggesting religious belief emphasizing the powers of priests as essential mediators between God and mankind
The manager’s minions burrowed themselves into the framework of the organization, blocking or allowing access to their leader based on prejudice or bribery. The nearly sacerdotal nature of the fawning sycophants sickened even the most hardened brown-noser. “Hubris will win out,” mused one of the rejected acolytes.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Mid Winter Rate Hike - City Light Gets OK for 13.8 Percent Increase (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010259629_webcitylight12m.html?syndication=rss
Grant PUD Hydropower Auction Yields $64 million (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/11/hydropower-quction-yields-64-million
Comments on Wanapum Dam Water Raise Sought (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/11/12/news/doc4afc9f082d300992595916.txt
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Sues Wall St. Firms over Alleged Bid Rigging (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2322547.html
Avista Fights Labor Ruling - NLRB will hear dispute over dispatchers’ status (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/13/avista-fights-labor-ruling/
Stricken Jefferson County PUD Commissioner Remains in Coma (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091113/NEWS/311139993
Oregon Public Utility Commission Chairman Leaving Post Early (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/11/09/daily48.html
Ashland Electric Department Head Takes New Job with Bonneville Environmental Foundation (Ashland Daily Tidings, OR)
http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091112/NEWS02/911120316/-1/NEWSMAP
Pacific Gas & Electric Smart Meter Rollout Off To Rough Start (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13774449
Massachusetts Law Pushes Utilities to Improve Services (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/13/financial/f084448S49.DTL&feed=rss.business
Ahead of the Bell: Rise in Gas Reserves Expected (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/13/financial/f045847S70.DTL&feed=rss.business
Natural Gas Surge, Is It A Pipe Dream? (Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/13/natural-gas-bill-seen-as-pipe-dream/
Tennessee Valley Authority Bills to Decrease in December (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/13/financial/f072741S23.DTL&feed=rss.business
Groups Challenge Tennessee Valley Authority’s River Discharge from Power Plant (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010260962_apustvacoalwaste.html?syndication=rss
State of Minnesota Approves Nuke Waste Storage Increase (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/13/financial/f072539S21.DTL&feed=rss.business
FISH & WILDLIFE
Large Run of Spring Chinook Expected for 2010 (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/13/this_day/doc4afc7567cf751128025598.txt
Fraser River - British Columbia to Continue Gravel Removal, Despite Salmon Deaths (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/continue+gravel+removal+despite+salmon+deaths/2216453/story.html
A Different Kind of Fish Toss: Planting Dead Salmon to Enrich a Watershed (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/a_different_kind_of_fish_toss.html
Fisher Slough - Chinook salmon may be the beneficiaries of the federal economic stimulus program (KUOW Radio, Seattle)
http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=18780
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Columbia Basin Herald Editorial - Water Lawsuit Again? It was inevitable. Urban environmentalists from Spokane are going to sue to stop an irrigation project for farmers
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/11/12/editorials/doc4afc9e0ad5c0e002792176.txt
Clallam County Could Start Water Exchange for Sequim Area (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/5251
Eastern Idaho Dam Security Is Under Scrutiny (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1035273.html
California Water Deal No Quick Fix for Struggling Farms (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010265106_apusfarmscenecaliforniawater.html?syndication=rss
Feds Endorse ‘Salish Sea’ - Huge Body of Water Now Has Common Name: Puget Sound, Tulalip Bay are part of newly named sea extending into B.C. (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091113/NEWS01/711139836/-1/RSS02
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Fast-Tracked Solar Project Could Speed Mojave Desert’s Demise (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/11/12/12greenwire-fast-tracked-solar-project-could-speed-mojave-95100.html
First Tidal Power Turbine Lowered into Bay of Fundy (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - The Bay of Fundy has the most extreme tides in the world)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2009/11/12/ns-fundy-turbine.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
GE’s Hybrid Water Heater Earns Popular Science Accolades (Business First of Louisville)
http://louisville.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2009/11/09/daily41.html?ana=from_rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Montana Enviro Groups Want Carbon Costs in Regional Power Plan (Associated Press)
http://www.keci.com/Enviro-groups-want-carbon-costs-in-power-plan/5668718
Fight over Carbon-Emission Permits Comes to Senate (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/11/13/giveaways-fight-over-carbon-emission-permits-comes-to-senate/
Climate-Warming Pollution Dips (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/green/2009/11/climatewarming_pollution_dips.html
Scientist Claims Global Warming Caused By Volcanoes, Not Humans (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-16044-Christianity--Politics-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Scientist-claims-global-warming-caused-by-volcanoes-not-humans
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Could Electricity Be a Lifestyle Choice? (NY Times)
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/could-electricity-be-a-lifestyle-choice/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
US to Speed up Broadband Plan (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/11/09/daily30.html
Eastern Oregon Call Center to Close Lay Off 336 (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/11/09/daily49.html
Lessons from the Land of Cheap Broadband (CNN Money)
http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/11/13/lessons-from-the-land-of-cheap-broadband/?source=yahoo_quote
Intel to Pay AMD $1.25 Billion (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/business/story/1034833.html
AT&T ‘Sets the Record Straight’ On Verizon Ads - And continues to give Verizon additional free advertising (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Sets-The-Record-Straight-On-Verizon-Ads-105481
Verizon Pays $2 Million for Poor Florida Service - Years of complaints ‘resolved’ by $2 bill credits (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Pays-2-Million-For-Poor-Florida-Service-105430
GENERAL NEWS
New State Deficit: $2 Billlion+ (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69930442.html
Report Says Budget Disasters Loom In Ten States (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/12/BAOJ1AIVLD.DTL&feed=rss.news
Seattle Police Arrest Suspect in String of Arson Fires (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/1035204.html
Colorado Balloon Boy Parents Plead Guilty to Hoax (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/13/us/AP-US-Balloon-Boy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Olympia May cut Thurston EDC Funding - Budgets: County Economic Development Council could lose $10,000 as city looks to save $4 million (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1034806.html
Scientists Say Water Found on Moon (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/14/science/14moon.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Not a Jolly Holiday for Oregon Christmas Tree Growers (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/11/low_prices_bode_poorly_for_ore.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Bird Sends Million-Dollar Bugatti into Marsh - Low-Flying Pelican, Dropped Cell Phone To Blame, Man Says
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/21597727/detail.html
Food Fight: Burger King Franchisees Sue Chain Over $1 Burgers
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/12/financial/f122205S66.DTL&feed=rss.business
NC Principal Leaves after Cash-for-Grades Flap
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010269424_apusstudentsbuygrades.html?syndication=rss
12-Year-Old Girl Can’t Stop Sneezing - Va. Girl Sneezes Up To 16 Times per Minute
http://www.kirotv.com/health/21594540/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0CQ8iaK5s8
Johnny Rivers - Seventh Son
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBVt_lK0nbs
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Energy News Digest for November 12, 2009
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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Record-Low River Flows Sock Chelan PUD Revenues, Douglas PUD Also
• Seattle City Light Rates to Go Up - Considering Hikes of Up to 14 Percent
• Grant County PUD Proposes 15 Percent Rate Increase
• Power Outage Plunges Space Needle into Darkness
• Longview Man Awarded $51,000 in Suit against Cowlitz PUD
• Energized Central Lincoln PUD Unveils ‘New’ Toledo Substation
• Pacific Gas & Electric Sued over New Smart Meters, Soaring Bills
• Wisconsin Agency Says Electricity Transmission Project Jeopardizes Lizard
• Feeding Frenzy: Why Giants Are Fighting for Areva’s Power Transmission Business
• The Threat of Nuclear Meltdown - Airplane Hit or Frontal Assault Would Be Big Trouble
• Property Owner near Tennessee Valley Authority Ash Spill `Living in Hell’
• Blackout Raises Fears About Brazil Infrastructure
• NOAA Chief Lubchenco to Attend Salmon Hearing
• Mason County Fishing Fast, Furious At Kennedy Creek & Hoodsport Hatchery
• Kittitas County - Historic Run of Coho Salmon Re-Enter Taneum Creek
• Kayak on Kitsap Peninsula’s Miller Bay to Get Friendly with the Chum (Salmon)
• New Baby Orca Reported In J Pod; 87 in Salish Sea
• Gov’t Says Brown Pelicans Are No Longer Endangered
• Warming Drives off Cape Cod’s Namesake, Other Fish
• Department of Ecology/Chelan PUD Agreement to Study Water Level Approved
• Shouts, Shoves at California Hearing on Protecting Ocean
• California - $350M in Subsidies for Carlsbad Desalination Plant
• Michigan Lt. Governor to Travel to Mideast to Plug His State’s Water
• Afloat in the Ocean, Expanding Islands of Trash
• Editorial – Oregon Wind Project Concerns Must Be Addressed
• As Alternative Energy Grows, NIMBY Turns Green
• Putting Wind Power’s Effect on Birds in Perspective
• Yakima – Wind Power May Cause Impacts: Residents Urge County to Upgrade Busy Roads
• Utah Wind Farm Fans Green Hopes
• Seattle Steam’s Advanced Turbines to Generate Jobs
• NorthWestern Energy Buying 13 MW of Hydropower
• Idaho Landfill Eyes Power Production
• Plants Burning Garbage May Help Cut U.K. Power Prices
• A Greener & More Efficient Plum Creek - Conservation check from Flathead Electric, BPA
• Weak Florida Power Conservation Goals Rejected
• PNW Retailers Anticipate Consumer Demand for Energy-Efficient Electronics
• Editorial - The Energy-Efficient TVs You Want, But May Not Be Able to Buy
• Fresh Demands from ‘Front-Line States’ in Climate Fight
• Over Climate Position - US Sen. Lindsey Graham censured by SC county GOP
• EPA Tells Workers to Tone down YouTube Clip about Climate Bill
• Time to Take a Hard Look at Cost of Tax Incentives for Green Jobs
• Oregon - Boardman Data Center Put on Hold
• Gartner Group Says Cloud Computing Revenue to Grow 18% This Year
• Op/Ed - Frontier’s Focus on Broadband Key
• Hundreds of Facebook Groups Hijacked
• Foot of Snow Forecast for Cascades/Olympics Friday
• Army: Fort Hood Suspect Charged With Murder
• Seattle - Aggravated Murder Charge Filed Against Man Accused of Killing Police Officer
• Man Who Shot Washington Lt. Gov’s Son Dies
• Rep. Finn to Run Again for Statehouse, Sheldon Senate Rematch?
• Wash. Supreme Court Overturns School Salary Ruling
• ‘Balloon Boy’ Parents To Plead Guilty
WORD OF THE DAY
Gazpacho • \gaz-PATCH-oh\ • noun - A spicy soup that is usually made from chopped raw vegetables (as tomato, onion, pepper, & cucumber) & that is served cold
Vichyssoise • \VISH-ee-swaz\ • noun - A soup typically made of pureed leeks or onions and potatoes, cream, and chicken stock and usually served cold
“Soups like gazpacho and vichyssoise just leave me cold,” sniffed the snobbish chef to his minions.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Record-Low River Flows Sock Chelan PUD Revenues, Douglas PUD Also (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/10/record-low-river-flows-sock-chelan-pud-revenues/
Seattle City Light Rates to Go Up - City Council considering hikes of up to 14 percent as utility faces deficit (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/412102_rates12.html?source=rss
Grant County PUD Proposes 15 Percent Rate Increase (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/11/10/news/doc4af9ef9ceb926327845847.txt
Power Outage Plunges Space Needle into Darkness (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21593345/detail.html
Longview Man Awarded $51,000 in Suit against Cowlitz PUD (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/10/area_news/doc4af9f8e714e47052223914.txt
Energized Central Lincoln PUD unveils ‘new’ Toledo substation (Newport News Times, OR)
http://www.newportnewstimes.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=21749&page=72
Pacific Gas & Electric Sued over New Smart Meters, Soaring Bills (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/10/BU851AHKGA.DTL&feed=rss.news
Wisconsin Agency Says Electricity Transmission Project Jeopardizes Lizard (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/11/financial/f081911S00.DTL&feed=rss.business
Feeding Frenzy: Why Giants Are Fighting for Areva’s Power Transmission Business (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/11/11/feeding-frenzy-why-giants-are-fighting-for-arevas-power-business/
The Threat Of Nuclear Meltdown - The government says nuclear power is safe, but others say an airplane hit or frontal assault would be big trouble (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/12/news/economy/nuclear_security/index.htm?section=money_latest
Property Owner near Tennessee Valley Authority Ash Spill `Living In Hell’ (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/11/financial/f051727S38.DTL&feed=rss.business
Blackout Raises Fears About Brazil Infrastructure (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010254695_apltbrazilblackouts.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
NOAA Chief Lubchenco to Attend Salmon Hearing (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010245144_aporlubchencosalmon1stldwritethru.html
Mason County Fishing Fast, Furious At Kennedy Creek & Hoodsport Hatchery (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/1033654.html
Kittitas County - Historic Run of Coho Salmon Re-Enter Taneum Creek: Dam removal gives migratory fish access to waterway for first time in 100 years (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/11/11/historic-run-coho-re-enter-taneum-creek
Kayak on Kitsap Peninsula’s Miller Bay to Get Friendly With the Chum (Salmon) (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2010252543_nwwsalmonkayak12.html
New Baby Orca Reported In J Pod; 87 in Salish Sea (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1034056.html
Gov’t Says Brown Pelicans Are No Longer Endangered (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010251065_apusbrownpelicansback.html?syndication=rss
Warming Drives off Cape Cod’s Namesake, Other Fish (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010254710_apusfishonthemove.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Department of Ecology/Chelan PUD Agreement to Study Water Level Approved (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/10/agreement-to-study-water-level-approved/
Shouts, Shoves at California Hearing on Protecting Ocean (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/11/BAV01AIDND.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
California - $350M in Subsidies for Carlsbad Desalination Plant (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2314437~_350M_in_subsidies_for_Carlsbad_desalination_plant.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Michigan Lt. Governor to Travel to Mideast to Plug His State’s Water (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/11/financial/f091116S24.DTL&feed=rss.business
Afloat in the Ocean, Expanding Islands of Trash (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/science/10patch.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Observer Editorial – Oregon Wind Project Concerns Must Be Addressed
http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/Opinion/Editorials/Wind-project-concerns-must-be-addressed
As Alternative Energy Grows, NIMBY Turns Green (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10392309-54.html
Putting Wind Power’s Effect on Birds in Perspective (American Wind Energy Association)
http://www.awea.org/faq/sagrillo/swbirds.html
Yakima – Wind Power May Cause Impacts: Residents Urge County to Upgrade Busy Roads (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/11/11/residents-urge-county-to-upgrade-busy-roads
Utah Wind Farm Fans Green Hopes - Project could expand to five or six more phases (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13758356
Seattle Steam’s Advanced Turbines to Generate Jobs (Seattle Tmes)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010245779_combinedpower11.html
NorthWestern Energy Buying 13 MW of Hydropower (Hydro World)
http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/article-display/9022537906/articles/hrhrw/News-2/2009/11/northwestern-energy.html
Idaho Landfill Eyes Power Production - Trash pile’s methane would fuel generators (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/11/idaho-landfill-eyes-power-production/
Plants Burning Garbage May Help Cut U.K. Power Prices (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a.RirXRltMDI&pos=15
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
A Greener & More Efficient Plum Creek - Timber company receives energy conservation rebate check from Flathead Electric, BPA (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/a_greener_and_more_efficient_plum_creek/14083/
Weak Florida Power Conservation Goals Rejected (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/10/financial/f150858S42.DTL&feed=rss.business
Pacific Northwest Retailers Anticipate Consumer Demand for Energy-Efficient Electronics (Yahoo! Finance)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Northwest-Retailers-bw-1726132418.html?x=0&.v=1
Los Angeles Times Editorial - The Energy-Efficient TVs You Want, But May Not Be Able to Buy
http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2009/11/big-screen-tv-california-ban.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Fresh Demands from ‘Front-Line States’ in Climate Fight (NY Times)
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/fresh-demands-from-front-line-states-in-climate-fight/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Over Climate Position - US Sen. Lindsey Graham censured by SC county GOP (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/11/national/a074813S38.DTL&feed=rss.news
EPA Tells Workers to Tone down YouTube Clip about Climate Bill (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/10/AR2009111011231.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Time to Take a Hard Look at Cost of Tax Incentives for Green Jobs (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/11/editorial/doc4af9e0888bcd3269333011.txt
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Oregon - Boardman Data Center Put on Hold (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/69720107.html
Gartner Group Says Cloud Computing Revenue to Grow 18% This Year (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/184727.asp?source=pimail
Everett Herald Op/Ed - Frontier’s Focus on Broadband Key
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091112/OPINION02/711129989/-1/RSS05
Hundreds of Facebook Groups Hijacked (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10394058-2.html?tag=nl.e703
GENERAL NEWS
Foot of Snow Forecast for Cascades/Olympics Friday (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010258494_apwastorm.html?syndication=rss
Army: Fort Hood Suspect Charged With Murder (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010258691_apusforthoodshootingcharges.html?syndication=rss
Seattle - Aggravated Murder Charge Filed Against Man Accused of Killing Police Officer (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010258892_webmonfort12m.html?syndication=rss
Man Who Shot Washington Lt. Gov’s Son Dies (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1033509.html
Rep. Finn to Run Again for Statehouse, Sheldon Senate Rematch? (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1033595.html
Wash. Supreme Court Overturns School Salary Ruling (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1034081.html
‘Balloon Boy’ Parents To Plead Guilty - Lawyer Says Threat of Deportation Resulted In Plea (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21593277/detail.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Gymnastic Coach’s Complaint Costs Team State Title
http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1014473
Ghost Hunters Say Voice Led Them to Bones behind Historic Mansion Wall
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21581001/detail.html
Man Freaks Out Over Lettuce on Burger
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21585440/detail.html
Bank Accidentally Sells Couple’s Home
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21582296/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Jimmy Buffett - Cheeseburger in Paradise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJpDMug1YMA
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Record-Low River Flows Sock Chelan PUD Revenues, Douglas PUD Also
• Seattle City Light Rates to Go Up - Considering Hikes of Up to 14 Percent
• Grant County PUD Proposes 15 Percent Rate Increase
• Power Outage Plunges Space Needle into Darkness
• Longview Man Awarded $51,000 in Suit against Cowlitz PUD
• Energized Central Lincoln PUD Unveils ‘New’ Toledo Substation
• Pacific Gas & Electric Sued over New Smart Meters, Soaring Bills
• Wisconsin Agency Says Electricity Transmission Project Jeopardizes Lizard
• Feeding Frenzy: Why Giants Are Fighting for Areva’s Power Transmission Business
• The Threat of Nuclear Meltdown - Airplane Hit or Frontal Assault Would Be Big Trouble
• Property Owner near Tennessee Valley Authority Ash Spill `Living in Hell’
• Blackout Raises Fears About Brazil Infrastructure
• NOAA Chief Lubchenco to Attend Salmon Hearing
• Mason County Fishing Fast, Furious At Kennedy Creek & Hoodsport Hatchery
• Kittitas County - Historic Run of Coho Salmon Re-Enter Taneum Creek
• Kayak on Kitsap Peninsula’s Miller Bay to Get Friendly with the Chum (Salmon)
• New Baby Orca Reported In J Pod; 87 in Salish Sea
• Gov’t Says Brown Pelicans Are No Longer Endangered
• Warming Drives off Cape Cod’s Namesake, Other Fish
• Department of Ecology/Chelan PUD Agreement to Study Water Level Approved
• Shouts, Shoves at California Hearing on Protecting Ocean
• California - $350M in Subsidies for Carlsbad Desalination Plant
• Michigan Lt. Governor to Travel to Mideast to Plug His State’s Water
• Afloat in the Ocean, Expanding Islands of Trash
• Editorial – Oregon Wind Project Concerns Must Be Addressed
• As Alternative Energy Grows, NIMBY Turns Green
• Putting Wind Power’s Effect on Birds in Perspective
• Yakima – Wind Power May Cause Impacts: Residents Urge County to Upgrade Busy Roads
• Utah Wind Farm Fans Green Hopes
• Seattle Steam’s Advanced Turbines to Generate Jobs
• NorthWestern Energy Buying 13 MW of Hydropower
• Idaho Landfill Eyes Power Production
• Plants Burning Garbage May Help Cut U.K. Power Prices
• A Greener & More Efficient Plum Creek - Conservation check from Flathead Electric, BPA
• Weak Florida Power Conservation Goals Rejected
• PNW Retailers Anticipate Consumer Demand for Energy-Efficient Electronics
• Editorial - The Energy-Efficient TVs You Want, But May Not Be Able to Buy
• Fresh Demands from ‘Front-Line States’ in Climate Fight
• Over Climate Position - US Sen. Lindsey Graham censured by SC county GOP
• EPA Tells Workers to Tone down YouTube Clip about Climate Bill
• Time to Take a Hard Look at Cost of Tax Incentives for Green Jobs
• Oregon - Boardman Data Center Put on Hold
• Gartner Group Says Cloud Computing Revenue to Grow 18% This Year
• Op/Ed - Frontier’s Focus on Broadband Key
• Hundreds of Facebook Groups Hijacked
• Foot of Snow Forecast for Cascades/Olympics Friday
• Army: Fort Hood Suspect Charged With Murder
• Seattle - Aggravated Murder Charge Filed Against Man Accused of Killing Police Officer
• Man Who Shot Washington Lt. Gov’s Son Dies
• Rep. Finn to Run Again for Statehouse, Sheldon Senate Rematch?
• Wash. Supreme Court Overturns School Salary Ruling
• ‘Balloon Boy’ Parents To Plead Guilty
WORD OF THE DAY
Gazpacho • \gaz-PATCH-oh\ • noun - A spicy soup that is usually made from chopped raw vegetables (as tomato, onion, pepper, & cucumber) & that is served cold
Vichyssoise • \VISH-ee-swaz\ • noun - A soup typically made of pureed leeks or onions and potatoes, cream, and chicken stock and usually served cold
“Soups like gazpacho and vichyssoise just leave me cold,” sniffed the snobbish chef to his minions.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Record-Low River Flows Sock Chelan PUD Revenues, Douglas PUD Also (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/10/record-low-river-flows-sock-chelan-pud-revenues/
Seattle City Light Rates to Go Up - City Council considering hikes of up to 14 percent as utility faces deficit (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/412102_rates12.html?source=rss
Grant County PUD Proposes 15 Percent Rate Increase (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/11/10/news/doc4af9ef9ceb926327845847.txt
Power Outage Plunges Space Needle into Darkness (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21593345/detail.html
Longview Man Awarded $51,000 in Suit against Cowlitz PUD (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/10/area_news/doc4af9f8e714e47052223914.txt
Energized Central Lincoln PUD unveils ‘new’ Toledo substation (Newport News Times, OR)
http://www.newportnewstimes.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=21749&page=72
Pacific Gas & Electric Sued over New Smart Meters, Soaring Bills (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/10/BU851AHKGA.DTL&feed=rss.news
Wisconsin Agency Says Electricity Transmission Project Jeopardizes Lizard (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/11/financial/f081911S00.DTL&feed=rss.business
Feeding Frenzy: Why Giants Are Fighting for Areva’s Power Transmission Business (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/11/11/feeding-frenzy-why-giants-are-fighting-for-arevas-power-business/
The Threat Of Nuclear Meltdown - The government says nuclear power is safe, but others say an airplane hit or frontal assault would be big trouble (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/12/news/economy/nuclear_security/index.htm?section=money_latest
Property Owner near Tennessee Valley Authority Ash Spill `Living In Hell’ (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/11/financial/f051727S38.DTL&feed=rss.business
Blackout Raises Fears About Brazil Infrastructure (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010254695_apltbrazilblackouts.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
NOAA Chief Lubchenco to Attend Salmon Hearing (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010245144_aporlubchencosalmon1stldwritethru.html
Mason County Fishing Fast, Furious At Kennedy Creek & Hoodsport Hatchery (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/1033654.html
Kittitas County - Historic Run of Coho Salmon Re-Enter Taneum Creek: Dam removal gives migratory fish access to waterway for first time in 100 years (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/11/11/historic-run-coho-re-enter-taneum-creek
Kayak on Kitsap Peninsula’s Miller Bay to Get Friendly With the Chum (Salmon) (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2010252543_nwwsalmonkayak12.html
New Baby Orca Reported In J Pod; 87 in Salish Sea (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1034056.html
Gov’t Says Brown Pelicans Are No Longer Endangered (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010251065_apusbrownpelicansback.html?syndication=rss
Warming Drives off Cape Cod’s Namesake, Other Fish (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010254710_apusfishonthemove.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Department of Ecology/Chelan PUD Agreement to Study Water Level Approved (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/10/agreement-to-study-water-level-approved/
Shouts, Shoves at California Hearing on Protecting Ocean (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/11/BAV01AIDND.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
California - $350M in Subsidies for Carlsbad Desalination Plant (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2314437~_350M_in_subsidies_for_Carlsbad_desalination_plant.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Michigan Lt. Governor to Travel to Mideast to Plug His State’s Water (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/11/financial/f091116S24.DTL&feed=rss.business
Afloat in the Ocean, Expanding Islands of Trash (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/science/10patch.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Observer Editorial – Oregon Wind Project Concerns Must Be Addressed
http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/Opinion/Editorials/Wind-project-concerns-must-be-addressed
As Alternative Energy Grows, NIMBY Turns Green (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10392309-54.html
Putting Wind Power’s Effect on Birds in Perspective (American Wind Energy Association)
http://www.awea.org/faq/sagrillo/swbirds.html
Yakima – Wind Power May Cause Impacts: Residents Urge County to Upgrade Busy Roads (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/11/11/residents-urge-county-to-upgrade-busy-roads
Utah Wind Farm Fans Green Hopes - Project could expand to five or six more phases (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13758356
Seattle Steam’s Advanced Turbines to Generate Jobs (Seattle Tmes)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010245779_combinedpower11.html
NorthWestern Energy Buying 13 MW of Hydropower (Hydro World)
http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/article-display/9022537906/articles/hrhrw/News-2/2009/11/northwestern-energy.html
Idaho Landfill Eyes Power Production - Trash pile’s methane would fuel generators (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/11/idaho-landfill-eyes-power-production/
Plants Burning Garbage May Help Cut U.K. Power Prices (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a.RirXRltMDI&pos=15
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
A Greener & More Efficient Plum Creek - Timber company receives energy conservation rebate check from Flathead Electric, BPA (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/a_greener_and_more_efficient_plum_creek/14083/
Weak Florida Power Conservation Goals Rejected (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/10/financial/f150858S42.DTL&feed=rss.business
Pacific Northwest Retailers Anticipate Consumer Demand for Energy-Efficient Electronics (Yahoo! Finance)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Northwest-Retailers-bw-1726132418.html?x=0&.v=1
Los Angeles Times Editorial - The Energy-Efficient TVs You Want, But May Not Be Able to Buy
http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2009/11/big-screen-tv-california-ban.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Fresh Demands from ‘Front-Line States’ in Climate Fight (NY Times)
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/fresh-demands-from-front-line-states-in-climate-fight/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Over Climate Position - US Sen. Lindsey Graham censured by SC county GOP (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/11/national/a074813S38.DTL&feed=rss.news
EPA Tells Workers to Tone down YouTube Clip about Climate Bill (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/10/AR2009111011231.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Time to Take a Hard Look at Cost of Tax Incentives for Green Jobs (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/11/editorial/doc4af9e0888bcd3269333011.txt
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Oregon - Boardman Data Center Put on Hold (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/69720107.html
Gartner Group Says Cloud Computing Revenue to Grow 18% This Year (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/184727.asp?source=pimail
Everett Herald Op/Ed - Frontier’s Focus on Broadband Key
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091112/OPINION02/711129989/-1/RSS05
Hundreds of Facebook Groups Hijacked (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10394058-2.html?tag=nl.e703
GENERAL NEWS
Foot of Snow Forecast for Cascades/Olympics Friday (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010258494_apwastorm.html?syndication=rss
Army: Fort Hood Suspect Charged With Murder (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010258691_apusforthoodshootingcharges.html?syndication=rss
Seattle - Aggravated Murder Charge Filed Against Man Accused of Killing Police Officer (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010258892_webmonfort12m.html?syndication=rss
Man Who Shot Washington Lt. Gov’s Son Dies (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1033509.html
Rep. Finn to Run Again for Statehouse, Sheldon Senate Rematch? (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1033595.html
Wash. Supreme Court Overturns School Salary Ruling (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1034081.html
‘Balloon Boy’ Parents To Plead Guilty - Lawyer Says Threat of Deportation Resulted In Plea (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21593277/detail.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Gymnastic Coach’s Complaint Costs Team State Title
http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1014473
Ghost Hunters Say Voice Led Them to Bones behind Historic Mansion Wall
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21581001/detail.html
Man Freaks Out Over Lettuce on Burger
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21585440/detail.html
Bank Accidentally Sells Couple’s Home
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21582296/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Jimmy Buffett - Cheeseburger in Paradise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJpDMug1YMA
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