Energy News Digest for October 25, 2010

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

High Seas Close Northwest Coastal Entrances (Associated Press)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/High-seas-close-Northwest-coastal-entrances-105682368.html

Port Angeles Wants Clallam County Help on Nippon Biomass Power Plant Appeal (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20101025/news/310259998/port-angeles-wants-county-help-on-nippon-appeal

Task Force Will Reconvene to Assess Sea Lion Eradication at Bonneville Dam (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/oct/25/task-force-will-reconvene-to-assess-sea-lion-eradi/

Observers Report High King Salmon Bycatch in Gulf of Alaska - Pollock boats & other commercial fishermen in the Gulf of Alaska have accidentally caught an estimated 58,336 king salmon this year (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_ak_king_salmon_bycatch.html

With Land-Use Regulations - New Washington State Effort to Cut Greenhouse Gases (KPLU Radio, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1716503

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Rising Coal Costs Will be Felt in Electric Bills

·         Idaho Power Seeks Permission from Property Owners to Survey Land for Power Line Route

·         Wisconsin - Oak Creek Coal-Fired Power Plant Operating in Spurts

·         Maryland - Obscure Electricity Charge Enriches Power Sellers

·         Grant County PUD to Vote on Crescent Bar Island Monday

·         Seattle City Light Launches Redesigned Home Page

·         Alcoa Receives Green Power Award from Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future

·         Observers Report High King Salmon Bycatch in Gulf of Alaska

·         Task Force Will Reconvene to Assess Sea Lion Eradication at Bonneville Dam

·         Report Analyzes Efforts to Move Nesting Terns from Columbia River to Interior Oregon

·         Tail-End Fishing Continues; Bonneville Dam Fall Chinook Count Since Aug. 1 at 464,532

·         Mason County - A Salmon Spawning Experience in Kennedy Creek

·         Kitsap County - Chum Salmon on the Move in Chico Creek

·         Is British Columbia’s Sockeye Boom a One-Off?

·         Bend Charter Boat Captain Will Donate $1,250 to Endangered Wildlife Fund for Encouraging the Killing of a Sea Lion

·         As Species Rebound, Skippers Bemoan ‘Underfishing’

·         Hawaii Birds Confuse Friday Night Lights With Moon

·         Port Angeles Wants Clallam County Help on Nippon Biomass Power Plant Appeal

·         Biomass Barnburner - Tougher Massachusetts Rules Rile ‘Green’ Power Producers

·         Power from Poop? It’s on Its Way - Human waste could become N.C.’s top green fuel for electricity plants

·         Stinky Renewable Energy Source Creates Smog

·         Windsor Plant to Help Vestas Fulfill Next Big Order

·         Hawaii Rejects Proposed Ban on Solar Energy

·         Michigan - Projects Shine Light on Solar Power

·         Avista Construction Ramps Up for Construction of Smart Grid

·         Coos County Catches on to Energy Conservation

·         BC Hydro’s Challenge: How to Tame & Shame Consumers

·         ‘Cash for Caulkers’ Seals Savings for Homeowners

·         Now Is the Perfect Time to Winterize Your Home

·         Is Energy Efficiency Blue, Red or Both?

·         With Land-Use Regulations - New Washington State Effort to Cut Greenhouse Gases

·         Greenpeace Critical of Papua New Guinea Graft, “Carbon Cowboys”

·         For Sustainable Wood, a New & Unloved Standard

·         Advocates of Electric Cars & Public Charging Stations Are Caught in a Conundrum

·         Woodinville Church + Electric Car Parking = Holy Power

·         Seattle’s Proposed Tree Rules Prompt Opposition

·         Responsible Recycling: My E-Waste Odyssey

·         San Francisco; Hypocrisy is Thy Name - Bottle Ban? What Ban?

·         Study Says Space Tourism Could Exacerbate Climate Change

·         Study on Utah Broadband - UTOPIA ‘On Right Track’

·         Survey: Government Broadband Goals Timid

·         Apple’s New North Carolina Data Center Ready to Roll

·         Google Uses Loopholes to Cut $3.1 Billion in Taxes - technique moves most foreign profits through Ireland & the Netherlands to Bermuda

·         Verizon Profits Held Back by Landline Sector

·         Google Tightening Privacy Leash on Its Employees

·         Will 3rd District Race Reflect US Political Tide?

·         The Green File: Election Night, the Way It Used to Be

·         The Ten Weirdest Political Ads of 2010

·         High Seas Close Northwest Coastal Entrances

·         Will this be Us in 2010? Record Low Temperatures & Heavy Snow Plague Washington State for Three Weeks Beginning on January 12, 1950

·         Cowlitz County Clerk Purges People over 80 from Jury Pool

·         Huge Melters Arriving at Hanford Vitrification Plant

·         Pink Whistle-Blower - High School Football Commissioner Receives Hate Emails for Threatening Referees with Suspension

·         Late Harvest, Hungry Bears Hit Oregon Vintners

·         Dashboard Cam Video of Mason County Deputy Chase

·         Shrinking Beef Market May Mean Poorer Meat at Stores

WORD OF THE DAY

Garrulous • \GERR-uh-luss \ • Adjective - 1: given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity: pointlessly or annoyingly talkative 2: wordy

Montgomery began to sag weakly at his table. The presenter at the Oak Lawn Philatelic Society’s annual dinner droned for 45 minutes about the rare “Inverted Jenny” airmail stamp. The presenter’s garrulous appearance began as a series of distinct words and phrases…and slowly declined into a soporific experience similar to listening to the appearance of the adults in a “Peanuts” special.

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

Rising Coal Costs Will be Felt in Electric Bills (Denver Post, CO)

http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_16412425

Idaho Power Seeks Permission from Property Owners to Survey Land for Power Line Route (Baker City Herald, OR)

http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Idaho-Power-seeks-permission-from-property-owners-to-survey-land

Wisconsin - Oak Creek Coal-Fired Power Plant Operating in Spurts (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, WI)

http://www.jsonline.com/business/105612343.html

Maryland - Obscure Electricity Charge Enriches Power Sellers (Baltimore Sun, MD)

http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-hancock-psc-grid-hearings-20101024,0,5744251.column

Grant County PUD to Vote on Crescent Bar Island Monday (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/community/article_b0eb8cc8-de30-11df-82d9-001cc4c002e0.html

Seattle City Light Launches Redesigned Home Page (Electric Energy Online)

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=142657

Alcoa Receives Green Power Award from Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (Your Industry News – I’m guessin’ hydro has a lot to do with this…)

http://www.yourindustrynews.com/alcoa+receives+green+power+award+from+citizens+for+pennsylvania%E2%80%99s+future_55621.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Observers Report High King Salmon Bycatch in Gulf of Alaska - Pollock boats & other commercial fishermen in the Gulf of Alaska have accidentally caught an estimated 58,336 king salmon this year (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_ak_king_salmon_bycatch.html

Task Force Will Reconvene to Assess Sea Lion Eradication at Bonneville Dam (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/oct/25/task-force-will-reconvene-to-assess-sea-lion-eradi/

Report Analyzes Efforts to Move Nesting Terns from Columbia River to Interior Oregon (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/400651.aspx

Tail-End Fishing Continues; Bonneville Dam Fall Chinook Count Since Aug. 1 at 464,532 (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/400643.aspx

Mason County - A Salmon Spawning Experience in Kennedy Creek: Volunteers learn what they’ll teach the public, school groups about fish’s life cycle (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/10/24/1414347/a-salmon-spawning-experience.html

Kitsap County - Chum Salmon on the Move in Chico Creek (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/oct/23/chum-salmon-on-the-move-in-chico-creek/

Is British Columbia’s Sockeye Boom a One-Off? (Globe & Mail, Canada)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/alaskan-volcano-helped-bc-sockeye-bounce-back-scientists-suspect/article1771042/

Bend Charter Boat Captain Will Donate $1,250 to Endangered Wildlife Fund for Encouraging The Killing of a Sea Lion (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/10/bend_charter_boat_captain_will.html

As Species Rebound, Skippers Bemoan ‘Underfishing’ (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013250596_apuslostfish.html

Hawaii Birds Confuse Friday Night Lights With Moon (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2013227152_apusfridaynightlightsseabirds.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Port Angeles Wants Clallam County Help on Nippon Biomass Power Plant Appeal (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20101025/news/310259998/port-angeles-wants-county-help-on-nippon-appeal

Biomass Barnburner - Tougher Massachusetts Rules Rile ‘Green’ Power Producers: New rules would require greater biomass-power efficiency. New rules would require greater biomass-power efficiency

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2010/10/25/tougher_rules_rile_green_power_producers/

Power from Poop? It’s on Its Way - Human waste could become N.C.’s top green fuel for electricity plants (Charlotte Observer, NC)

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/10/24/1783092/power-from-poop-its-on-its-way.html

Stinky Renewable Energy Source Creates Smog (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130754782

Windsor Plant to Help Vestas Fulfill Next Big Order - for Sacramento Municipal Utility District wind farm (The Coloradan, Fort Collins, CO)

http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20101023/BUSINESS/10230329/Windsor-plant-to-help-Vestas-fulfill-next-big-order

Hawaii Rejects Proposed Ban on Solar Energy (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS14303092420101022

Michigan - Projects Shine Light on Solar Power (Travers City Eagle, MI)

http://record-eagle.com/local/x1181614981/Projects-shine-light-on-solar-power

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Avista Construction Ramps Up for Construction of Smart Grid (Istock Analyst)

http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4606383

Coos County Catches on to Energy Conservation (The World, Coos Bay, OR)

http://www.theworldlink.com/business/local/article_6bdf938e-de28-11df-b7e6-001cc4c03286.html

BC Hydro’s Challenge: How to Tame & Shame Consumers (Globe & Mail)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-hydros-challenge-how-to-tame-and-shame-consumers/article1770134/?cmpid=rss1

‘Cash for Caulkers’ Seals Savings for Homeowners (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130597086

Now Is the Perfect Time to Winterize Your Home (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/25/3129444/now-is-the-perfect-time-to-winterize.html

Is Energy Efficiency Blue, Red or Both? (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/25/is-energy-efficiency-blue-red-or-both/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

With Land-Use Regulations - New Washington State Effort to Cut Greenhouse Gases (KPLU Radio, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1716503

Greenpeace Critical of Papua New Guinea Graft, “Carbon Cowboys” (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69O0NC20101025

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

For Sustainable Wood, a New & Unloved Standard (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/for-sustainable-wood-a-new-and-unloved-standard/

Advocates of Electric Cars & Public Charging Stations Are Caught in a Conundrum, & It’s Not Just About Money (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/2010/10/25/transportation/20285/Electric-motoring:-What-s-down-NW-roads-/

Woodinville Church + Electric Car Parking = Holy Power (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2010/10/woodinville_church_electric_car_parking_holy_power.html

Seattle’s Proposed Tree Rules Prompt Opposition (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013246645_apusseattleurbanforest.html?syndication=rss

Responsible Recycling: My E-Waste Odyssey (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/responsible-recycling-my-e-waste-odyssey/

San Francisco; Hypocrisy is Thy Name - Bottle Ban? What Ban? Supervisors May Ask (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/us/24bcshort.html

Study Says Space Tourism Could Exacerbate Climate Change (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/10/space-tourism-climate-change/1

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Study on Utah Broadband - UTOPIA ‘On Right Track’ (Provo Daily Herald, UT)

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/article_533b57b2-2df5-58ca-aa65-73ca3b89019f.html

Survey: Government Broadband Goals Timid - 90% think rural goal of 4 Mbps undershoots the moon (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Survey-Government-Broadband-Goals-Timid-111059

Apple’s New North Carolina Data Center Ready to Roll (GigaOM)

http://theappleblog.com/2010/10/25/apples-new-north-carolina-data-center-ready-to-roll/

Google Uses Loopholes to Cut $3.1 Billion in Taxes - technique moves most foreign profits through Ireland & the Netherlands to Bermuda (Bloomberg News)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/10/23/1393408/google-this-24-tax-rate.html

Verizon Profits Held Back by Landline Sector (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/10/23/1393421/verizon-held-back-by-landline.html

Google Tightening Privacy Leash on Its Employees (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013231152_apustecgoogleprivacy.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Will 3rd District Race Reflect US Political Tide? (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2013249952_third25m.html

The Green File: Election Night, the Way It Used to Be (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/voices/the-green-file/3613-the-green-file-election-night-the-way-it-used-to-be

The Ten Weirdest Political Ads of 2010 (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Election-2010/2010/1022/The-10-weirdest-political-ads-of-2010/Chuck-Grassley-has-a-.-.-.-Twitter

GENERAL NEWS

High Seas Close Northwest Coastal Entrances (Associated Press)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/High-seas-close-Northwest-coastal-entrances-105682368.html

Will this be Us in 2010? Record Low Temperatures & Heavy Snow Plague Washington State for Three Weeks Beginning on January 12, 1950 (History Link)

http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8079

Cowlitz County Clerk Purges People over 80 from Jury Pool (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/10/25/1415331/cowlitz-county-clerk-purges-people.html

Huge Melters Arriving at Hanford Vitrification Plant (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=13372874

Pink Whistle-Blower - High School Football Commissioner Receives Hate Emails for Threatening Referees with Suspension (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=382346

Late Harvest, Hungry Bears Hit Oregon Vintners (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/oct/24/late-harvest-hungry-bears-hit-oregon-vintners/

Dashboard Cam Video of Mason County Deputy Chase (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/video/25484194/index.html

Shrinking Beef Market May Mean Poorer Meat at Stores (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2010-10-23-beef-market_N.htm

DIVERSIONS

Happy National Bologna Day! 8 Things You Didn’t Know About Bologna

http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/10/24/happy-national-bologna-day-8-things-you-didnt-know-about-bologna/

US military beats out Disney as happy place to work

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2010/1025/US-military-beats-out-Disney-as-happy-place-to-work

Tons of Salmon Spilled on Tasmanian Street

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013235219_apasaustraliasalmoninstreet.html

Florida Pastor Picks Up Car for Canceled Quran Burn

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013230485_apuspromisetopreacher.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIt3bbqMbHE

Energy News Digest for October 22, 2010

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Storm Will Reach Western Washington This Weekend (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3599-storm-will-reach-western-washington-this-weekend

Gig Harbor - Logging Truck Causes Peninsula Blackout: A logging truck is to blame for a widespread power outage on the Key Peninsula that plunged 31,000 homes & businesses into darkness Thursday night & caused massive backups during rush hour (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/10/22/1392098/truck-causes-peninsula-blackout.html

Neighboring Technologies – Mason County Residents Use Technology to Match Renewable Energy with demand (Time Magazine)

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1877020_1877030_2026943,00.html

Spokane-Area Alcoa Site Could Open for Silicon - 55 Megawatt Load Estimated (Istock Analyst)

http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4604454

New Deal with Pend Oreille PUD Provides Water for 23,000 Homes in Northeast Washington (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=13369887

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Gig Harbor - Logging Truck Causes Peninsula Blackout

·         Gig Harbor Darkened - Log Truck Knocks Down Power Lines; Highway 101 Blocked for Hours

·         Gig Harbor - Logging Truck Knocks Out Power to 31,000

·         Spokane-Area Alcoa Site Could Open for Silicon - 55 Megawatt Load Estimated

·         Expecting a Big Dip, Douglas PUD Approves Budgets

·         Intalco Aluminum Hires New Plant Manager, Rousseau Moves to South Carolina

·         Idaho - Oil Sands Effort Turns on a Fight over a Road

·         Attack of the Oil Company Mega-Loads? Big Shipments Scare NW Watchdogs

·         Connecticut Utility Wants Massachusetts Clean Energy Law Changed to Include Large Hydro

·         Parent Company for Contractor of PUD 3 Operations Center Receives Added Safety Recognition

·         Save Some Salmon for the Bears & Whales, Study Says

·         Mason County Getting State Grants to Restore Puget Sound for Salmon

·         Oregon’s Governor, BPA to Sign Willamette Habitat Agreement

·         Washington State Fines Darigold $10,000 for Fish Kill

·         In Pursuit of Geoducks: Some Worry High Prices Are Leading to Poaching

·         River & Lake Fish ‘Neglected But Essential’

·         Predators Gone, Small Fish Get Bolder

·         New Deal with Pend Oreille PUD Provides Water for 23,000 Homes in Northeast Washington

·         Elected Officials Celebrate Completion of Columbia River Dredging Project

·         Neighboring Technologies – Mason County Residents Use Technology to Match Renewable Energy with demand

·         Technology Companies Are Lining Up for Smart Grid Business

·         Oregon Public Health Office Decides It’s Time to Study Health Effects of Wind Turbines

·         New South Dakota Wind Farm to Benefit More than Power Company

·         Vermont Utilities Agree to Buy Wind Power from New Hampshire

·         Columbia Biogas Plans Portland Food Waste-to-Power Plant

·         Oregon - Pendleton Goes Solar

·         High Permit Fees & Delays Discourage Solar Power

·         GE Develops Efficient LED Bulb

·         Sea Ice Melting as Arctic Temperature Rises

·         Portland General Electric Receives Two National Green Power Awards

·         California Apollo Program Promotes Cleantech Jobs

·         Dancing Polar Bears Sue United States

·         Indoor Pot Makes Cash, But Isn’t Green

·         Netflix Suffers Big Outage as Stock Hits New Peak

·         Google Spends More Lobbying Congress

·         Texas Governor Uses I-1098 to Court Washington Business

·         Editorial - Washington Looks to Add a Congressional District

·         Oregon Governor Candidates Differ on Oregon’s Green Streak

·         In Social Networking Era, Do Newspaper Endorsements Still Matter?

·         Gresham City Councilor Wants to Ban Text Messaging & E-Mailing by Public Officials During Open Meetings

·         Storm Will Reach Western Washington This Weekend

·         Powerful Storm Expected This Weekend

·         Man Gets 55 Years for Killing Stepdaughter at Lake Cushman Cabin

·         Cold Weather Poses Threat to Vineyards

·         Oregon Wine Grape Growers’ Late Harvest Compounded by Infestation of Feasting Birds

·         New Cigarette Tax Driving More Smokers to Black Market

·         Water Scarcity a Municipal Bond Risk, Study Warns

·         Traffic Accidents Are Top Killer of US Travelers Abroad

·         High School Football Refs in Trouble for Using Pink Whistles

WORD OF THE DAY

Neophyte • \NEE-uh-fite\ • Noun - 1: a new convert: proselyte 2: novice 3: tyro, beginner

The newbie Public Utility District commissioner received his bright, shiny, ten pound “Big Book ‘O Acronyms” on his first day on the job. The resounding thud it made when he placed it on the kitchen table that night made the neophyte have second thoughts about the day he passed his filing fee, hands shaking, to the wooden faced clerk at the Auditor’s office.

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

Gig Harbor - Logging Truck Causes Peninsula Blackout: A logging truck is to blame for a widespread power outage on the Key Peninsula that plunged 31,000 homes & businesses into darkness Thursday night & caused massive backups during rush hour (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/10/22/1392098/truck-causes-peninsula-blackout.html

Gig Harbor Darkened - Log Truck Knocks Down Power Lines; Highway 101 Blocked for Hours (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3600-log-truck-knocks-down-power-lines-highway-101-blocked-for-hours

Gig Harbor - Logging Truck Knocks Out Power to 31,000 (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Power-out-to-31000-in-Gig-Harbor-105492678.html

Spokane-Area Alcoa Site Could Open for Silicon - 55 Megawatt Load Estimated (Istock Analyst)

http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4604454

Expecting a Big Dip, Douglas PUD Approves Budgets (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/oct/22/expecting-a-big-dip-douglas-pud-approves-budgets/

Intalco Aluminum Hires New Plant Manager, Rousseau Moves to South Carolina (Bellingham Herald, WA)

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/10/21/1680828/intalco-hires-new-plant-manager.html

Idaho - Oil Sands Effort Turns on a Fight over a Road: Concerns over heavy weight of large machinery (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/business/energy-environment/22road.html

Attack of the Oil Company Mega-Loads? Big Shipments Scare NW Watchdogs (Lake Stevens Journal, WA)

http://www.lakestevensjournal.com/county-state/article.exm/2010-10-20_attack_of_the_oil_company_mega_loads__big_shipments_scare_nw_watchdogs

Connecticut Utility Wants Massachusetts Clean Energy Law Changed to Include Large Hydro (Boston Business Journal, MA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2010/10/21/utility-wants-clean-energy-law-changed.html

Parent Company for Contractor of PUD 3 Operations Center Receives Added Safety Recognition (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=790

FISH & WILDLIFE

Save Some Salmon for the Bears & Whales, Study Says (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Save+some+salmon+bears+whales+study+says/3708445/story.html

Mason County Getting State Grants to Restore Puget Sound for Salmon (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3598-mason-county-getting-state-grants-to-restore-puget-sound-for-salmon

Oregon’s Governor, BPA to Sign Willamette Habitat Agreement (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/oct/22/governor-bpa-to-sign-willamette-habitat-agreement/

Washington State Fines Darigold $10,000 for Fish Kill (Puget Sound Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2010/10/20/state-fines-darigold-10k-for-fish-kill.html

In Pursuit of Geoducks: Some Worry High Prices Are Leading to Poaching (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/sound/428881_sound105311993.html

River & Lake Fish ‘Neglected But Essential’ (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11606125

Predators Gone, Small Fish Get Bolder (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/science/26obseaweed.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

New Deal with Pend Oreille PUD Provides Water for 23,000 Homes in Northeast Washington (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=13369887

Elected Officials Celebrate Completion of Columbia River Dredging Project (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/16314-elected-officials-celebrate-completion-columbia-river-dredging-project/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Neighboring Technologies – Mason County Residents Use Technology to Match Renewable Energy with demand (Time Magazine)

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1877020_1877030_2026943,00.html

Technology Companies Are Lining Up for Smart Grid Business (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/10/22/22climatewire-technology-companies-are-lining-up-for-smart-28118.html

Oregon Public Health Office Decides It’s Time to Study Health Effects of Wind Turbines (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/10/oregon_public_health_office_de.html

New South Dakota Wind Farm to Benefit More than Power Company (KDLT-TV, Sioux Falls, SD)

http://www.kdlt.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5712&Itemid=57

Vermont Utilities Agree to Buy Wind Power from New Hampshire (Associated Press)

http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsnh/Vt.s.2.2.1973658.html

Columbia Biogas Plans Portland Food Waste-to-Power Plant (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2010/10/columbia-biogas-plans-waste-to-power-pla.html

Oregon - Pendleton Goes Solar (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/105494508.html

High Permit Fees & Delays Discourage Solar Power (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2010/10/high-permit-fees-and-delays-discourage-solar-power

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

GE Develops Efficient LED Bulb (Bloomberg News)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/10/22/1392160/ge-develops-efficient-led-bulb.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Sea Ice Melting as Arctic Temperature Rises (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013220821_apussciarcticwarming.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Portland General Electric Receives Two National Green Power Awards (Electric Energy Online)

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=142566

California Apollo Program Promotes Cleantech Jobs (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_16399549

Dancing Polar Bears Sue United States (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/10/22/31285.htm

Indoor Pot Makes Cash, But Isn’t Green (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/22/BAPO1FU9MS.DTL

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Netflix Suffers Big Outage as Stock Hits New Peak (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2010-10-21-netflix_N.htm?csp=34tech

Google Spends More Lobbying Congress (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/10/google-reports-increased-spending-to-lobby-congress/1

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Texas Governor Uses I-1098 to Court Washington Business (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2013224923_texas_hopes_initiative_1098_wi.html

Editorial - Washington Looks to Add a Congressional District (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorials/2013225071_edit22appor.html

Oregon Governor Candidates Differ on Oregon’s Green Streak (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2010/10/governor-candidates-differ-on-oregons.html

In Social Networking Era, Do Newspaper Endorsements Still Matter? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/16394-social-networking-era-do-newspaper-endorsements-still-matter/

Gresham City Councilor Wants to Ban Text Messaging & E-Mailing by Public Officials During Open Meetings (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/index.ssf/2010/10/gresham_city_councilor_wants_t.html

GENERAL NEWS

Storm Will Reach Western Washington This Weekend (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3599-storm-will-reach-western-washington-this-weekend

Powerful Storm Expected This Weekend (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=381619

Man Gets 55 Years for Killing Stepdaughter at Lake Cushman Cabin (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/25478021/detail.html

Cold Weather Poses Threat to Vineyards (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=13368071

Oregon Wine Grape Growers’ Late Harvest Compounded by Infestation of Feasting Birds (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/10/oregon_vintners_late_harvest_c.html

New Cigarette Tax Driving More Smokers to Black Market (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/New-Cigarette-Tax-driving-more-smokers-to-black-market-105208359.html

Water Scarcity a Municipal Bond Risk, Study Warns (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/business/21water.html

Traffic Accidents Are Top Killer of US Travelers Abroad (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2010-10-21-1Adangerousroads21_ST_N.htm

High School Football Refs in Trouble for Using Pink Whistles (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=13369162

DIVERSIONS

1,810-Pound Pumpkin Is World’s Heaviest

http://www.kirotv.com/news/25466392/detail.html

Smashing Pumpkins, the Halloween Rage

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/nyregion/22pumpkin.html

Shoplifting Teen in Virginia Made to Dress Up as Sesame Street Character as Punishment

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/shoplifting-teen-in-virginia-made-to-dress-up-as-sesame-street-character-as-punishment-ncx-101510

Activist clown charged with making threats in Bell

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_16395876

SONG OF THE DAY

Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdQY7BusJNU