All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Man charged in Seattle with cutting power line to avenge orca
- Tri-City Electricity Rates Go Down While Americans Across the Country See Increases
- Montana – Public Service Commission approves NorthWestern Bonneville Power Administration rate rebate
- Alaska – Sudden energy crunch forces Juneau to conserve electricity
- Grandview residents asked to OK utility tax increase, including tax on electricity
- Baltimore Gas & Electric bills to jump 8% this summer
- Maryland – Constellation profit falls as energy worries hit home
- Florida Power & Light earnings up on wind, nuclear projects
- News Advisory – Tribes and federal agencies POSTPONE signing Columbia River Basin agreements
- Trapping protests rise after sea lion dies
- Salmon shortage raises prices
- Costly catch – Fishing restrictions, fuel prices make wild salmon a luxury to save up for, savor
- Native Canadians To Cut Consumption Of Sockeye Salmon Due To Expected Poor Harvest
- Feds say bull trout to remain a threatened species
- Approved fishing opportunities – Here is a rundown on Columbia River salmon and other fishing opportunities
- Tacoma’s Titlow Park lagoons could be used to restore salmon
- Congress Approves New Wild Sky Wilderness
- Oregon – Study will look at availability of Army Corps water
- Though awash in water, Vermont set to protect springs
- Idaho – Improving air quality won't be easy
- Grays Harbor County PUD funding for Cosmopolis pulp mill power plant comes into focus
- Ocean Shores residents hear Grays Harbor County wind turbine plan
- Alaska Wind Power – Wind power is no stranger in Alaska, but Anchorage hasn't been in on the harvest
- Is Desert Solar Power the Solution to Europe's Energy Crisis?
- Federal tax break stalemate slows green movement
- Energy Pulse Commentary – States Remain Renewables Policy Laboratory
- Siphoning Off Corn to Fuel Our Cars
- Canada – Second thoughts surface over biofuel
- Methane to power vehicles, not pollute air
- BPA, Pacific Power, and Northwest Power and Conservation Council team up for conservation
- To green the Capitol, lawmakers follow tech titans
- Grant County fears fiber 'rate shock'
- Montana – Qwest offers $16 million bill reduction
- Google's big stake in Yahoo drama
- Click! to add 16 new channels
- FCC Boss May Be In Hot Water
- As Broadband Growth Slows, Expect Speed Boosts
- Comcast increases Internet speeds for business customers
- Should Cable Companies Just Run Fiber?
- Toddler Critical After Being Found In A Pool
- Washington gas prices hit another record
- This is FASCINATING analysis – Why Are Gas Prices Soaring, and What Can U.S. Do?
- Weyerhaeuser vows appeal of alder case
- Vermont brewery buying Pyramid Breweries
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Propagate • \PROP-puh-gate\ • verb – 1: to reproduce or cause to reproduce biologically: multiply 2: to cause to spread: extend *3: to foster growing knowledge of, familiarity with, or acceptance of (as an idea or belief): publicize
Humming absently to himself, Seymour paid no attention to the little tag on his new plant that warned him that under no circumstances was he was to propagate the little fella. It wasn’t until he had coated the last of thirty cuttings with rooting hormone that his blood froze upon hearing the voice of the Four Tops’ Levi Stubbs crooning, “feed me Seymour.”
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Man charged in Seattle with cutting power line to avenge orca – was found March 15th inside an Orcas Power and Light substation with electrical burns on his arms and legs (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1367728~Man_charged_in_Seattle_with_cutting_power_line_to_avenge_orca.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Tri-City Electricity Rates Go Down While Americans Across the Country See Increases (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=8247660
Montana – Public Service Commission approves NorthWestern Bonneville Power Administration rate rebate (The Missoulian)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/04/29/bnews//br21.txt
Alaska – Sudden energy crunch forces Juneau to conserve electricity (The Associated Press)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gXRLVia5n3ktRrLRs3lKZ2PtopHgD90BMDC80
Grandview residents asked to OK utility tax increase, including tax on electricity (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/169727.html
Baltimore Gas & Electric bills to jump 8% this summer – Fuel prices boost electric rates, PSC reports (Baltimore Sun)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.power30apr30,0,3042300.story
Maryland – Constellation profit falls as energy worries hit home (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2008/04/28/daily24.html?ana=from_rss
Florida Power & Light earnings up on wind, nuclear projects (South Florida Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2008/04/28/daily27.html?ana=from_rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
News Advisory – Tribes and federal agencies POSTPONE signing Columbia River Basin agreements (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/200519/
Trapping protests rise after sea lion dies (The Associated Press, via Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004382161_sealion30m.html
Salmon shortage raises prices (Dallas Morning News)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/lifetravel/stories/DN-nf_inseason_0430liv.ART.State.Edition1.464d2d0.html
Costly catch – Fishing restrictions, fuel prices make wild salmon a luxury to save up for, savor (The Columbus Dispatch)
http://dispatch.com/live/content/food/stories/2008/04/30/5_SALMON_ART_04-30-08_E1_78A1HAM.html?sid=101
Native Canadians To Cut Consumption Of Sockeye Salmon Due To Expected Poor Harvest (AHN Media)
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7010806819
Feds say bull trout to remain a threatened species (The Associated Press, via the Columbian)
http://news.columbian.com/news/state/APStories/AP04292008news311070.cfm
Approved fishing opportunities – Here is a rundown on Columbia River salmon and other fishing opportunities approved recently by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission (Statesman Journal, Salem)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080430/OUTDOORS/804300448
Tacoma’s Titlow Park lagoons could be used to restore salmon (News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/347151.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Congress Approves New Wild Sky Wilderness. (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=3814
Oregon – Study will look at availability of Army Corps water – A $10,000 state grant could nudge the Eugene Water & Electric Board and several Lane County cities closer to a new, coveted water source: the melted snowpack stored in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoirs. (Eugene Register-Guard)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=97069&sid=4&fid=2
Though awash in water, Vermont set to protect springs – With Lake Champlain, snowy peaks, and 40 inches of rain a year, the Green Mountain State isn't exactly parched. But don't tell that to Annette Smith (Christian Science Monitor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080429/ts_csm/avtwater
Idaho – Improving air quality won't be easy – DEQ officials are calling on Valley residents to take steps to help reduce air pollution (Idaho Statesman)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/364951.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Grays Harbor County PUD funding for Cosmopolis pulp mill power plant comes into focus (The Daily World, Aberdeen)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/04/29/local_news/02news.txt
Ocean Shores residents hear Grays Harbor County wind turbine plan (The Daily World, Aberdeen)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/04/29/local_news/09news.txt
Alaska Wind Power – Wind power is no stranger in Alaska, but Anchorage hasn't been in on the harvest. That could change very soon if Gov. Sarah Palin backs a plan to catch the wind just off the city's shores (Anchorage Daily News)
http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/389827.html
Is Desert Solar Power the Solution to Europe's Energy Crisis? (Der Spiegel Online)
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,550544,00.html
Federal tax break stalemate slows green movement – Continued congressional delays over extending tax breaks to solar, wind and other renewable-energy companies could threaten the clean-technology industry's growth and the jobs it creates (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9092452?source=rss
Energy Pulse Commentary – States Remain Renewables Policy Laboratory
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1724
Siphoning Off Corn to Fuel Our Cars – As farmers feed ethanol plants, a costly link is forged between food and oil (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2008042903092.html?nav=rss_email/components
Canada – Second thoughts surface over biofuel – Is there enough agricultural capacity to grow food and fuel economically and environmentally? (The National Post)
http://www.nationalpost.com/newsletter/story.html?id=480495
Methane to power vehicles, not pollute air – Methane percolating out of the Altamont Landfill near Livermore could soon fuel the garbage trucks that dump trash at the site (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/30/BUTS10DSNP.DTL&feed=rss.business
CONSERVATION
News Release – BPA, Pacific Power, and Northwest Power and Conservation Council team up for conservation effort (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/200619/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
To green the Capitol, lawmakers follow tech titans (CNET News)
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9930779-54.html?tag=nl.e433
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Grant County fears fiber 'rate shock' – With proposed fiber rate increases, Grant County's monthly Internet bill could skyrocket from $770 per month to $12,200 per month (Columbia Basin Herald)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2008/04/29/news/news02.txt
Montana – Qwest offers $16 million bill reduction – Qwest Communications is offering a $16 million reduction in customers' bills to settle a complaint that it was overcharging Montana consumers (Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1366612~Qwest_offers__16_million_bill_reduction.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Google's big stake in Yahoo drama – One of the biggest players behind Microsoft's drive to buy Yahoo has never been at the bargaining table – Google (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9103943?source=rss
Click! to add 16 new channels – The municipal cable service is adding 16 new channels to its lineup Wednesday – including 13 high-definition channels (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2008/04/29/iron_chef_in_hd_click_to_add_16_new_chan
FCC Boss May Be In Hot Water – Leaked memo suggests looming hearing for Martin (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Boss-May-Be-In-Hot-Water-94017
As Broadband Growth Slows, Expect Speed Boosts (GigaOM)http://gigaom.com/2008/04/29/as-broadband-growth-slows-expect-speed-boosts/
Comcast increases Internet speeds for business customers (Philadelphia Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2008/04/28/daily15.html?ana=from_rss
Should Cable Companies Just Run Fiber? Cable engineers argue they've got enough bandwidth tricks up their sleeve to compete. Hardware vendors are trying to convince cable operators to run fiber deeper into their networks (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Should-Cable-Companies-Just-Run-Fiber-93988
GENERAL NEWS
TODDLER CRITICAL AFTER BEING FOUND IN A POOL – A 16-month-old boy is in critical condition at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle after being found floating face down in a pool at a home in the 800 block of South Sommers Drive. According to the Mason County Sheriff's Office, the toddler was reported missing about 4 PM Tuesday. He was outside with family members when he wandered off. When deputies arrived, family members had discovered the boy in the pool and were performing C-P-R. A board that blocked the staircase leading to the above-ground pool had been removed and was going to be replaced. (KMAS Radio, Shelton)
Washington gas prices hit another record (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komotv.com/news/local/18407584.html
This is FASCINATING analysis – Why Are Gas Prices Soaring, and What Can U.S. Do? (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90060901&ft=1&f=3
Weyerhaeuser vows appeal of alder case – A Portland jury on Monday ordered Weyerhaeuser to pay almost $28 million for unlawfully monopolizing the market for finished alder lumber (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004381925_weyco30.html
Vermont brewery buying Pyramid Breweries (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/04/28/daily12.html?ana=from_rss
DIVERSIONS
Pink Floyd Connections NO! Inflatable pig lost during Coachella music festival is found
http://www.examiner.com/a-1367644~Inflatable_pig_lost_during_Coachella_music_festival_is_found.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
VolcanoCam Gnome In Over His Head – St. Helens Gnome now asking for hot chocolate
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/04302008news311491.cfm?newsletter=2
Police Puzzled By Deafening Blasts Of Noise, Flashing Lights
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16059336/detail.html
Newlyweds Jailed After Brawl At Hotel (we got pictures!)
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080429/newlyweds_brawl_080429/20080429?hub=World
Opponents carry injured hitter around the bases to ensure her first-ever home run – Central Washington players help a Western Oregon rival, hurt rounding the bases, to touch 'em all
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1209525916199200.xml&coll=7
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Energy News Digest for April 29, 2008
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Puget Sound Energy's rate increase under scrutiny – Groups fault new request by utility
- Montana – Highwood power plant group ousts Billings electric co-op
- Nation's Attorneys General Gather in Idaho for Energy Summit
- Wire theft case yields federal charges
- Wire thieves leave hazardous waste at Idaho campsites
- Oregon – Liquefied Natural Gas foes fear 'bait and switch' changes
- New York – Broadwater Will Ask U.S. to Authorize Gas Terminal
- Baltimore Sun Blog – Why deregulation is an electric-company bonanza
- Coal price hikes boost electric rates, more increases coming
- What's true, false about coal
- News Release – California ISO Issues 2008 Summer Assessment
- Wintry weather boosts Wisconsin Energy profit
- Five more sea lions trapped at Bonneville Dam
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Op/Ed – Salmon decline is a wake-up call
- Condit Dam reservoir is fish hotspot
- Flying fish
- Drop that salmon! How to eat seafood ethically
- Shipper to pay for illegal ocean dumping
- Bainbridge Island Survey Shows Residents Concerned About Water
- Water raises concerns on Bainbridge, but is there a problem?
- Farmers fret over icy Oregon lakes
- In face of criticism, Oregon leaders stand by push for ethanol
- NW Biodiesel Producers Squeezed by Prices
- Biodiesel plants idled by rising soybean prices
- The Ethanol Cure's Side Effects
- Florida – Let solar power compete on cost
- Power struggle: Wind vs. sun hotly debated
- Paper Recycling—Is It Worth It? Landfills, recycling, and incineration
- Want a plug-in hybrid? Get in line for a battery
- Cold cash for an old fridge
- Creating a Methane-Free Cow
- FCC dealt setback in broadband-over-power-lines push
- Vietnam now has ‘Intel inside
- Metal thieves’ latest target has fire districts on high alert
- Port of Vancouver tries to force Alcoa to table
- Weyerhaeuser loses finished alder case; vows appeal
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Cognizable • \KAHG-nuh-zuh-bul\ • adjective – *1: capable of being judicially heard and determined 2: capable of being known
“Will our wholesale power rates go up,” asked the eager power supply manager at a public utility. “Difficult to say,” intoned the fortune teller at the local fair. “There’s no cognizable way to peer into the inner workings of THAT black box,” she droned…all the while demanding her $100 fee.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Puget Sound Energy's rate increase under scrutiny – Groups fault new request by utility (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/360963_pse29.html
Montana – Highwood power plant group ousts Billings electric co-op – The group trying to build Montana’s first major coal-burning power plant in more than a generation has removed a Billings-area electric cooperative from its ranks (Helena Independent Record)
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2008/04/29/top/65st_080429_coop.txt
Nation's Attorneys General Gather in Idaho for Energy Summit (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=3810
Wire theft case yields federal charges – Three local men have been indicted federally in connection with the theft of more than 3,500 pounds of telephone wire from several locations in Cowlitz County (The Daily News, Longview)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/04/29//area_news/doc481667bd3d372301526285.txt
Wire thieves leave hazardous waste at Idaho campsites – A sharp increase has been reported in illegal burning of wire insulation on public lands throughout the West. (The Associated Press, via the Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/433097.html
Oregon – Liquefied Natural Gas foes fear 'bait and switch' changes – As federal regulators work to complete their final environmental review of the Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas terminal, LNG opponents argue several changes to the project plans are not being addressed. (The Daily Astorian)
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=50879&TM=60029.62
New York – Broadwater Will Ask U.S. to Authorize Gas Terminal – An energy company will appeal to the Commerce Department in its bid to build the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/nyregion/29terminal.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Baltimore Sun Blog – Why deregulation is an electric-company bonanza
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/business/hancock/blog/2008/04/why_deregulation_is_an_electri.html
Coal price hikes boost electric rates, more increases coming (The Associated Press)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hfCNnB9UPK_bnuqHRDjTjqotOQ4gD90B2H680
What's true, false about coal – Whether to build new coal-fired power plants in western Kansas has turned into one of the hottest political power struggles in decades (McClatchy Tribune Business News, via Power Marketing Association Online)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp%5E%5CjprqmmqUUnjt9K%22bfen%5Fv
News Release – California ISO Issues 2008 Summer Assessment (California ISO, via Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=88594
Wintry weather boosts Wisconsin Energy profit (The Business Journal of Milwaukee)
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2008/04/28/daily16.html?ana=from_rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Five more sea lions trapped at Bonneville Dam (The Columbian)
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/04/04292008_Five-more-sea-lions-trapped-at-Bonneville-Dam.cfm/
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Op/Ed – Salmon decline is a wake-up call – It is hard to find the silver lining in a situation as dire as the collapse of wild salmon off the Oregon and California coasts
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/360943_salmon29.html
Condit Dam reservoir is fish hotspot (The Columbian)
http://www.columbian.com/sports/localNews/2008/04/04282008_Condit-Dam-reservoir-is-fish-hotspot.cfm?newsletter=1
Condit Dam is on the removal list. Here’s a link to the Wikipedia listing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condit_Hydroelectric_Project
Flying fish – Doug Malone of Battle Ground on Sunday visited Lucia Falls on the East Fork of the Lewis River and came away with photos of fish forging their way up the waterfall (The Columbian)
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/04292008news310753.cfm/
Drop that salmon! With the days of indiscriminate fish consumption long gone, food writer Taras Grescoe explains how to eat seafood ethically (Salon Online)
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/04/29/bottomfeeder/index.html?source=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Shipper to pay for illegal ocean dumping (The Oregonian, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1365159~Shipper_to_pay_for_illegal_ocean_dumping.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Bainbridge Island Survey Shows Residents Concerned About Water (Kitsap Sun)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/apr/25/bi-survey-shows-residents-concerned-about-water/
Water raises concerns on Bainbridge, but is there a problem? Ensuring that Bainbridge Island has an adequate water supply came out as the top concern among all the issues that worry island residents, according to a yet-to-be-released survey (Kitsap Sun)
http://blogs.kitsapsun.com/kitsap/waterways/archive/2008/04/water_raises_concerns_on_bainb.html
Farmers fret over icy Oregon lakes – Anglers also face trials from lack of snowmelt in higher elevations (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1209174909105040.xml&coll=7
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
In face of criticism, Oregon leaders stand by push for ethanol – As food prices rise, ethanol's consumption of corn comes in for scrutiny (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1209345914235720.xml&coll=7
NW Biodiesel Producers Squeezed by Prices – Alternative fuel prices rising nearly as fast as fossil fuels (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=3804
Biodiesel plants idled by rising soybean prices – The rising price of soybeans is putting the squeeze on biodiesel producers, leading some to close down operations. (CNET News)
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9930000-54.html?tag=nl.e433
The Ethanol Cure's Side Effects (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/28/AR2008042802401.html?nav=rss_business
Florida – Let solar power compete on cost – Some have advocated that developers of solar energy be allowed to jump to the head of the line and take 3 percent of the state's energy sales without regard to cost (Tallahassee Democrat)
http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080428/OPINION05/804280306/1006/OPINION
Power struggle: Wind vs. sun hotly debated (Arkansas Democrat Gazette)
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Business/224176/
Paper Recycling—Is It Worth It? Landfills, recycling, and incineration. (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2190164/?from=rss
Want a plug-in hybrid? Get in line for a battery (CNET News)
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9930421-54.html?tag=nl.e703
CONSERVATION
Cold cash for an old fridge (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080429/NEWS01/302614421/-1/news01
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Creating a Methane-Free Cow – By now we all know that cows produce methane when they digest grass, and that methane is a big contributor to global warming. (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90031367
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
FCC dealt setback in broadband-over-power-lines push (CNET News)
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9930223-7.html?tag=nl.e433
Vietnam now has ‘Intel inside – Intel’s billion-dollar Vietnam bet along the Hanoi Highway – its biggest semiconductor manufacturing plant ever – is rising up from the flatlands of former rice fields (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/347241.html
GENERAL NEWS
Metal thieves’ latest target has fire districts on high alert (The Columbian)
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/04/04292008_Metal-thieves-latest-target-has-fire-districts-on-high-alert.cfm/
Port of Vancouver tries to force Alcoa to table – The Port of Vancouver is asking a judge to force Alcoa Inc. to arbitration as the local agency tries to close on the purchase of Alcoa property in the Vancouver Lake lowlands near the Columbia River (The Columbian)
http://www.columbian.com/business/businessNews/2008/04/04292008_Port-tries-to-force-Alcoa-to-table.cfm/
Weyerhaeuser loses finished alder case; vows appeal (Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1365200~Weyerhaeuser_loses_finished_alder_case__vows_appeal.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
DIVERSIONS
Losing weight, 300-Pound Inmate Complains Jail Doesn't Feed Him Well
http://www.kirotv.com/health/16034180/detail.html
So, you don't like the color, right? Government official dismantles $268,000 sculpture over color
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN2931874320080429?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
People urged to chip in for hydroelectric project
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL2955933420080429?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Want Lower Gas Prices? Man Says Try Prayer
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/16032135/detail.html
Dude! Like, Those Ads Live Forever
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/arts/television/27itzk.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Puget Sound Energy's rate increase under scrutiny – Groups fault new request by utility
- Montana – Highwood power plant group ousts Billings electric co-op
- Nation's Attorneys General Gather in Idaho for Energy Summit
- Wire theft case yields federal charges
- Wire thieves leave hazardous waste at Idaho campsites
- Oregon – Liquefied Natural Gas foes fear 'bait and switch' changes
- New York – Broadwater Will Ask U.S. to Authorize Gas Terminal
- Baltimore Sun Blog – Why deregulation is an electric-company bonanza
- Coal price hikes boost electric rates, more increases coming
- What's true, false about coal
- News Release – California ISO Issues 2008 Summer Assessment
- Wintry weather boosts Wisconsin Energy profit
- Five more sea lions trapped at Bonneville Dam
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Op/Ed – Salmon decline is a wake-up call
- Condit Dam reservoir is fish hotspot
- Flying fish
- Drop that salmon! How to eat seafood ethically
- Shipper to pay for illegal ocean dumping
- Bainbridge Island Survey Shows Residents Concerned About Water
- Water raises concerns on Bainbridge, but is there a problem?
- Farmers fret over icy Oregon lakes
- In face of criticism, Oregon leaders stand by push for ethanol
- NW Biodiesel Producers Squeezed by Prices
- Biodiesel plants idled by rising soybean prices
- The Ethanol Cure's Side Effects
- Florida – Let solar power compete on cost
- Power struggle: Wind vs. sun hotly debated
- Paper Recycling—Is It Worth It? Landfills, recycling, and incineration
- Want a plug-in hybrid? Get in line for a battery
- Cold cash for an old fridge
- Creating a Methane-Free Cow
- FCC dealt setback in broadband-over-power-lines push
- Vietnam now has ‘Intel inside
- Metal thieves’ latest target has fire districts on high alert
- Port of Vancouver tries to force Alcoa to table
- Weyerhaeuser loses finished alder case; vows appeal
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Cognizable • \KAHG-nuh-zuh-bul\ • adjective – *1: capable of being judicially heard and determined 2: capable of being known
“Will our wholesale power rates go up,” asked the eager power supply manager at a public utility. “Difficult to say,” intoned the fortune teller at the local fair. “There’s no cognizable way to peer into the inner workings of THAT black box,” she droned…all the while demanding her $100 fee.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Puget Sound Energy's rate increase under scrutiny – Groups fault new request by utility (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/360963_pse29.html
Montana – Highwood power plant group ousts Billings electric co-op – The group trying to build Montana’s first major coal-burning power plant in more than a generation has removed a Billings-area electric cooperative from its ranks (Helena Independent Record)
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2008/04/29/top/65st_080429_coop.txt
Nation's Attorneys General Gather in Idaho for Energy Summit (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=3810
Wire theft case yields federal charges – Three local men have been indicted federally in connection with the theft of more than 3,500 pounds of telephone wire from several locations in Cowlitz County (The Daily News, Longview)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/04/29//area_news/doc481667bd3d372301526285.txt
Wire thieves leave hazardous waste at Idaho campsites – A sharp increase has been reported in illegal burning of wire insulation on public lands throughout the West. (The Associated Press, via the Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/433097.html
Oregon – Liquefied Natural Gas foes fear 'bait and switch' changes – As federal regulators work to complete their final environmental review of the Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas terminal, LNG opponents argue several changes to the project plans are not being addressed. (The Daily Astorian)
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=50879&TM=60029.62
New York – Broadwater Will Ask U.S. to Authorize Gas Terminal – An energy company will appeal to the Commerce Department in its bid to build the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/nyregion/29terminal.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Baltimore Sun Blog – Why deregulation is an electric-company bonanza
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/business/hancock/blog/2008/04/why_deregulation_is_an_electri.html
Coal price hikes boost electric rates, more increases coming (The Associated Press)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hfCNnB9UPK_bnuqHRDjTjqotOQ4gD90B2H680
What's true, false about coal – Whether to build new coal-fired power plants in western Kansas has turned into one of the hottest political power struggles in decades (McClatchy Tribune Business News, via Power Marketing Association Online)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp%5E%5CjprqmmqUUnjt9K%22bfen%5Fv
News Release – California ISO Issues 2008 Summer Assessment (California ISO, via Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=88594
Wintry weather boosts Wisconsin Energy profit (The Business Journal of Milwaukee)
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2008/04/28/daily16.html?ana=from_rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Five more sea lions trapped at Bonneville Dam (The Columbian)
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/04/04292008_Five-more-sea-lions-trapped-at-Bonneville-Dam.cfm/
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Op/Ed – Salmon decline is a wake-up call – It is hard to find the silver lining in a situation as dire as the collapse of wild salmon off the Oregon and California coasts
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/360943_salmon29.html
Condit Dam reservoir is fish hotspot (The Columbian)
http://www.columbian.com/sports/localNews/2008/04/04282008_Condit-Dam-reservoir-is-fish-hotspot.cfm?newsletter=1
Condit Dam is on the removal list. Here’s a link to the Wikipedia listing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condit_Hydroelectric_Project
Flying fish – Doug Malone of Battle Ground on Sunday visited Lucia Falls on the East Fork of the Lewis River and came away with photos of fish forging their way up the waterfall (The Columbian)
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/04292008news310753.cfm/
Drop that salmon! With the days of indiscriminate fish consumption long gone, food writer Taras Grescoe explains how to eat seafood ethically (Salon Online)
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/04/29/bottomfeeder/index.html?source=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Shipper to pay for illegal ocean dumping (The Oregonian, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1365159~Shipper_to_pay_for_illegal_ocean_dumping.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Bainbridge Island Survey Shows Residents Concerned About Water (Kitsap Sun)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/apr/25/bi-survey-shows-residents-concerned-about-water/
Water raises concerns on Bainbridge, but is there a problem? Ensuring that Bainbridge Island has an adequate water supply came out as the top concern among all the issues that worry island residents, according to a yet-to-be-released survey (Kitsap Sun)
http://blogs.kitsapsun.com/kitsap/waterways/archive/2008/04/water_raises_concerns_on_bainb.html
Farmers fret over icy Oregon lakes – Anglers also face trials from lack of snowmelt in higher elevations (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1209174909105040.xml&coll=7
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
In face of criticism, Oregon leaders stand by push for ethanol – As food prices rise, ethanol's consumption of corn comes in for scrutiny (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1209345914235720.xml&coll=7
NW Biodiesel Producers Squeezed by Prices – Alternative fuel prices rising nearly as fast as fossil fuels (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=3804
Biodiesel plants idled by rising soybean prices – The rising price of soybeans is putting the squeeze on biodiesel producers, leading some to close down operations. (CNET News)
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9930000-54.html?tag=nl.e433
The Ethanol Cure's Side Effects (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/28/AR2008042802401.html?nav=rss_business
Florida – Let solar power compete on cost – Some have advocated that developers of solar energy be allowed to jump to the head of the line and take 3 percent of the state's energy sales without regard to cost (Tallahassee Democrat)
http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080428/OPINION05/804280306/1006/OPINION
Power struggle: Wind vs. sun hotly debated (Arkansas Democrat Gazette)
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Business/224176/
Paper Recycling—Is It Worth It? Landfills, recycling, and incineration. (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2190164/?from=rss
Want a plug-in hybrid? Get in line for a battery (CNET News)
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9930421-54.html?tag=nl.e703
CONSERVATION
Cold cash for an old fridge (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080429/NEWS01/302614421/-1/news01
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Creating a Methane-Free Cow – By now we all know that cows produce methane when they digest grass, and that methane is a big contributor to global warming. (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90031367
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
FCC dealt setback in broadband-over-power-lines push (CNET News)
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9930223-7.html?tag=nl.e433
Vietnam now has ‘Intel inside – Intel’s billion-dollar Vietnam bet along the Hanoi Highway – its biggest semiconductor manufacturing plant ever – is rising up from the flatlands of former rice fields (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/347241.html
GENERAL NEWS
Metal thieves’ latest target has fire districts on high alert (The Columbian)
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/04/04292008_Metal-thieves-latest-target-has-fire-districts-on-high-alert.cfm/
Port of Vancouver tries to force Alcoa to table – The Port of Vancouver is asking a judge to force Alcoa Inc. to arbitration as the local agency tries to close on the purchase of Alcoa property in the Vancouver Lake lowlands near the Columbia River (The Columbian)
http://www.columbian.com/business/businessNews/2008/04/04292008_Port-tries-to-force-Alcoa-to-table.cfm/
Weyerhaeuser loses finished alder case; vows appeal (Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1365200~Weyerhaeuser_loses_finished_alder_case__vows_appeal.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
DIVERSIONS
Losing weight, 300-Pound Inmate Complains Jail Doesn't Feed Him Well
http://www.kirotv.com/health/16034180/detail.html
So, you don't like the color, right? Government official dismantles $268,000 sculpture over color
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN2931874320080429?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
People urged to chip in for hydroelectric project
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL2955933420080429?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Want Lower Gas Prices? Man Says Try Prayer
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/16032135/detail.html
Dude! Like, Those Ads Live Forever
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/arts/television/27itzk.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
Monday, April 28, 2008
Energy News Digest for April 28, 2008
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Oregon metal thieves hit six electrical substations
- Oregon – BPA looks into power line vandalism near St. Helens
- Talks on nuclear power revived in Washington as climate changes
- Maryland – The Path is Cleared and Paved for New Nuclear Reactor in Calvert
- Canadian uranium ban rankles industry groups
- Controversy Continues Over Washington Heat Stroke Rule
- Energy expert to assess Juneau crisis
- Aquila will pay Cass County $1.8M in power plant flap
- Incumbent, challenger vie for Eugene Water & Electric Board seat
- Arizona opposes plan for interstate power line
- Coal Replaces Gas in California Power Plant
- Candidates Perform the Coal Dance
- Application to Export Electric Energy; Minnesota Power
- Sea lion removal expected to resume today
- Sea lions removed in bid to save salmon
- No more salmon for pesky sea lions
- Jumbo squid invade coast off Northwest – Aggressive animals may threaten salmon, divers
- State restricts fall Chinook fishing – Regulations released for lower Columbia
- Sacramento Bee Op/Ed – A fisherman’s view of the salmon crisis
- Cities pay for water rights
- Scientists: Rescue plan for Sound falls short
- Humming Praises for the Wild Bee
- NBC – Today Show’s story about the Grand Coulee Dam
- Grays Harbor County PUD’s role with mill complex
- Mission: Transmission – Harvesting the breeze is trickier than it sounds
- Major Idaho Wind Farm Project Approved by Bingham County Planning and Zoning Commission
- Expert touts wind energy in Montana State University/Great Falls presentation
- Canada – Sewage could heat 30,000 Victoria homes, says expert
- Cut your gadgets' appetite for electricity
- PCs on sleep mode would save power and the climate, PDX Green says
- New Canadian light bulb standards may push up prices
- Lowering Your Energy Costs
- Action Line: Why should customers pay for Pacific Gas & Electric smart meters?
- Register-Pajaronian Op/Ed – School district should drop energy consultant
- A Vote for the 'Right to Tumble Dry' Movement
- Governors protest against federal emissions plan
- Wall Street Journal Opinion – The Real Cost of Tackling Climate Change
- REI explores the environmental cost of eco-tourism
- Geoengineered cooling of planet would have 'perilous effects'
- Time's up for Yahoo; what will Microsoft do next?
- Facebook’s Insatiable Hunger for Hardware
- IBM’s Plan to Slash Massive Power Needs
- Report clears adviser's role in wireless auction
- Starbucks rolls out AT&T Wi-Fi service
- Mills struggle as home construction slow, lumber prices fall
- Snoqualmie Indians feuding over control of tribe
- Want to Unseat Congressman Hastings? Good Luck
- Group Wants To Make Eastern Oregon Its Own State
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Timbre • \TAM-burr or TIM-burr\ • noun – The quality given to a sound by its overtones: as a: the resonance by which the ear recognizes and identifies a voiced speech sound b: the quality of tone distinctive of a particular singing voice or musical instrument.
Joel was so excited. His new, mahogany ukulele had arrived from Michigan….and on the first strum he found the timbre of the diminutive instrument quite pleasing. “Wow,” he enthused. “The resonance is outstanding! Well, as resonant as this dinky little wooden box can be.” The employees in the offices around quickly became tired of the incessant, tinny strains of “My Funny Valentine.”
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Oregon metal thieves hit six electrical substations – Criminals have turned to electrical substations in Linn County, risking their lives (Albany Democrat-Herald, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1359855~Oregon_metal_thieves_hit_electrical_substations.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Oregon – BPA looks into power line vandalism near St. Helens (The Oregonian)
http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2008/04/bpa_looks_into_power_line_vand.html
Talks on nuclear power revived in Washington as climate changes (Tri City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/167995.html
Maryland – The Path is Cleared and Paved for New Nuclear Reactor in Calvert (Bay Media Services)
http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/8332
Canadian uranium ban rankles industry groups – But it may come as no surprise: A British Columbia official says groups were told last year of the coming prohibition (The Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080426.BCURANIUM26/TPStory/National
Controversy Continues Over Washington Heat Stroke Rule (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/controversy-continues-over-washington-heat-stroke-rule/
Energy expert to assess Juneau crisis (The Associated Press, via KTVA-TV, Anchorage)
http://www.ktva.com/alaskanews/ci_9075799
Aquila will pay Cass County $1.8M in power plant flap – Plant built without county approval. (Kansas City Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2008/04/21/daily44.html?ana=from_rss
Incumbent, challenger vie for Eugene Water & Electric Board seat – When John Simpson first sought election to EWEB four years ago, he pledged to himself that he would serve for a total of 12 years – voters willing. (The Register-Guard)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=96435&sid=4&fid=1
Arizona opposes plan for interstate power line – A California utility may be first to apply to build under a 2005 law (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1209182114294350.xml&coll=7
Coal Replaces Gas in California Power Plant – Searles Valley Minerals Operations Inc. (SVM) is located in the California high desert near the town of Trona (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/display_article/326577/6/ARTCL/none/none/1/Coal-Replaces-Gas-in-California-Power-Plant/
Candidates Perform the Coal Dance – Four of the seven remaining presidential primaries are in big coal-producing states. This forces Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to walk a fine line, balancing concerns about global warming with concerns about energy (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89984931
Application to Export Electric Energy; Minnesota Power (transit route includes Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1443769/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sea lion removal expected to resume today (The Columbian)
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/04/04282008_Sea-lion-removal-expected-to-resume-today.cfm/
Sea lions removed in bid to save salmon – Alternative was to put them down since they're feeding on threatened fish (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24352029/
No more salmon for pesky sea lions – Salmon isn’t on the menu at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, but for the next couple of weeks Tacoma’s zoo will host a bunch of sea lions with expensive tastes (News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/345000.html
Jumbo squid invade coast off Northwest – Aggressive animals may threaten salmon, divers (Bellingham Herald)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/255/story/392822.html
State restricts fall Chinook fishing – Regulations released for lower Columbia (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/430780.html
Sacramento Bee Op/Ed – A fisherman’s view of the salmon crisis (The Sacramento Bee)
http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/894138.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Cities pay for water rights – Price insufficient, brewery owner says. The cities of Lacey, Olympia and Tumwater have taken formal possession of the water rights held by the former Olympia brewery. (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/430521.html
Scientists: Rescue plan for Sound falls short – The latest blueprint to rescue Puget Sound fails to deal with the biggest source of pollution, scientists charge (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/360706_stormwater26.html
Humming Praises for the Wild Bee (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/garden/24garden.html?ex=1367121600&en=f64a9a4937c790fe&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
NBC – Today Show’s story about the Grand Coulee Dam (NBC, accessible via WPUDA web site)
http://www.wpuda.org/
PUD’s role with mill complex – The Grays Harbor PUD must do some nimble legal footwork to make sure its plan to generate power at the Cosmopolis Pulp mill doesn’t run afoul of the law, state officials said (Daily World, Aberdeen)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/04/27/local_news/02news.txt
Mission: Transmission – Harvesting the breeze is trickier than it sounds. “BANANA” is the wind industry’s bitter motto for its farms—meaning Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone. Most people do not want to see or hear a wind farm, just as they want to stay clear of other power plants (The Economist Magazine)
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11114962
News Release – Major Idaho Wind Farm Project Approved by Bingham County Planning and Zoning Commission (Ridgeline Energy, via PR Newswire)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/04-24-2008/0004800051&EDATE=
Expert touts wind energy in Montana State University/Great Falls presentation (Great Falls Tribune)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080428/NEWS01/804280301
Canada – Sewage could heat 30,000 Victoria homes, says expert – Greater Victoria flushes enough energy down its sewage pipes each day to heat at least 30,000 homes, says a Seattle expert hired as a consultant by the Capital Regional District (Victoria Times Colonist)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=a2ec96f0-6886-4fac-8796-4a8e7342d508&k=21516
CONSERVATION
Cut your gadgets' appetite for electricity (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004377719_btsoho28.html?syndication=rss
PCs on sleep mode would save power and the climate, PDX Green says – Estimates say 90 percent of the machines don't make use of the technology they already have (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1208996730180240.xml&coll=7
New Canadian light bulb standards may push up prices (Victoria Times-Colonist)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=2db780e8-40c8-46ff-a7ce-bd959c46edb4&k=86644
Lowering Your Energy Costs – Summer is fast approaching, and for many Americans, with the heat comes a higher energy bill (CBS News)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/27/personalfinance/main4048845.shtml
Action Line: Why should customers pay for Pacific Gas & Electric smart meters? (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9081354?source=rss
Register-Pajaronian Op/Ed – School district should drop energy consultant (Watsonville, CA)
http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=4155&page=77
A Vote for the 'Right to Tumble Dry' Movement – Environmentalists want people to curb their use of tumble dryers. But some refuse to let go of their dryer sheets (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89979943&ft=1&f=10
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Governors protest against federal emissions plan – Gov. Schwarzenegger and 11 others (including Washington State) say in a letter to President Bush that a greenhouse gas proposal for autos is 'an end run around 40 years of precedent.' (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fiw-fuel25apr25,1,3802594.story
Wall Street Journal Opinion – The Real Cost of Tackling Climate Change
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120934459094348617.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
REI explores the environmental cost of eco-tourism (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004375890_sundaybuzz27.html
Geoengineered cooling of planet would have 'perilous effects' (CNET News)
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9928831-54.html?tag=nl.e433
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Time's up for Yahoo; what will Microsoft do next? (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2004374944_microsoftyhoo26.html
Facebook’s Insatiable Hunger for Hardware (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/04/25/facebooks-insatiable-hunger-for-hardware/
IBM’s Plan to Slash Massive Power Needs – IBM, the granddaddy of computing, uses 5 billion kilowatt hours to power its data center operations each year (Earth2Tech)
http://earth2tech.com/2008/04/25/ibms-plan-to-slash-massive-power-needs/
Report clears adviser's role in wireless auction – An investigation has cleared a for-profit adviser of any blame for tripping up U.S. government plans to create a wireless network that could be shared with emergency workers (Reuters, via Yahoo! Finance)
http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/080425/wireless_auction.html?.v=2
Starbucks rolls out AT&T Wi-Fi service (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/04/21/daily50.html?ana=from_rss
GENERAL NEWS
Mills struggle as home construction slow, lumber prices fall (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080428/BIZ/443353548/-1/RSS01
Snoqualmie Indians feuding over control of tribe (The Associated Press, via the Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/432454.html
Want to Unseat Congressman Hastings? Good Luck (NW Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=3796
Group Wants To Make Eastern Oregon Its Own State (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16010613/detail.html
DIVERSIONS
After Losing Job, Ex-Mayor In Dognap Scandal Loses The Dog
http://www.kirotv.com/news/15994942/detail.html
Buddy The 'Beautiful Bulldog' Excels At Sleeping, Snoring
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/15968904/detail.html
Louisiana Panel Blocks Anti-Droopy Pants Bill
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/15968923/detail.html
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Oregon metal thieves hit six electrical substations
- Oregon – BPA looks into power line vandalism near St. Helens
- Talks on nuclear power revived in Washington as climate changes
- Maryland – The Path is Cleared and Paved for New Nuclear Reactor in Calvert
- Canadian uranium ban rankles industry groups
- Controversy Continues Over Washington Heat Stroke Rule
- Energy expert to assess Juneau crisis
- Aquila will pay Cass County $1.8M in power plant flap
- Incumbent, challenger vie for Eugene Water & Electric Board seat
- Arizona opposes plan for interstate power line
- Coal Replaces Gas in California Power Plant
- Candidates Perform the Coal Dance
- Application to Export Electric Energy; Minnesota Power
- Sea lion removal expected to resume today
- Sea lions removed in bid to save salmon
- No more salmon for pesky sea lions
- Jumbo squid invade coast off Northwest – Aggressive animals may threaten salmon, divers
- State restricts fall Chinook fishing – Regulations released for lower Columbia
- Sacramento Bee Op/Ed – A fisherman’s view of the salmon crisis
- Cities pay for water rights
- Scientists: Rescue plan for Sound falls short
- Humming Praises for the Wild Bee
- NBC – Today Show’s story about the Grand Coulee Dam
- Grays Harbor County PUD’s role with mill complex
- Mission: Transmission – Harvesting the breeze is trickier than it sounds
- Major Idaho Wind Farm Project Approved by Bingham County Planning and Zoning Commission
- Expert touts wind energy in Montana State University/Great Falls presentation
- Canada – Sewage could heat 30,000 Victoria homes, says expert
- Cut your gadgets' appetite for electricity
- PCs on sleep mode would save power and the climate, PDX Green says
- New Canadian light bulb standards may push up prices
- Lowering Your Energy Costs
- Action Line: Why should customers pay for Pacific Gas & Electric smart meters?
- Register-Pajaronian Op/Ed – School district should drop energy consultant
- A Vote for the 'Right to Tumble Dry' Movement
- Governors protest against federal emissions plan
- Wall Street Journal Opinion – The Real Cost of Tackling Climate Change
- REI explores the environmental cost of eco-tourism
- Geoengineered cooling of planet would have 'perilous effects'
- Time's up for Yahoo; what will Microsoft do next?
- Facebook’s Insatiable Hunger for Hardware
- IBM’s Plan to Slash Massive Power Needs
- Report clears adviser's role in wireless auction
- Starbucks rolls out AT&T Wi-Fi service
- Mills struggle as home construction slow, lumber prices fall
- Snoqualmie Indians feuding over control of tribe
- Want to Unseat Congressman Hastings? Good Luck
- Group Wants To Make Eastern Oregon Its Own State
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Timbre • \TAM-burr or TIM-burr\ • noun – The quality given to a sound by its overtones: as a: the resonance by which the ear recognizes and identifies a voiced speech sound b: the quality of tone distinctive of a particular singing voice or musical instrument.
Joel was so excited. His new, mahogany ukulele had arrived from Michigan….and on the first strum he found the timbre of the diminutive instrument quite pleasing. “Wow,” he enthused. “The resonance is outstanding! Well, as resonant as this dinky little wooden box can be.” The employees in the offices around quickly became tired of the incessant, tinny strains of “My Funny Valentine.”
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Oregon metal thieves hit six electrical substations – Criminals have turned to electrical substations in Linn County, risking their lives (Albany Democrat-Herald, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1359855~Oregon_metal_thieves_hit_electrical_substations.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Oregon – BPA looks into power line vandalism near St. Helens (The Oregonian)
http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2008/04/bpa_looks_into_power_line_vand.html
Talks on nuclear power revived in Washington as climate changes (Tri City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/167995.html
Maryland – The Path is Cleared and Paved for New Nuclear Reactor in Calvert (Bay Media Services)
http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/8332
Canadian uranium ban rankles industry groups – But it may come as no surprise: A British Columbia official says groups were told last year of the coming prohibition (The Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080426.BCURANIUM26/TPStory/National
Controversy Continues Over Washington Heat Stroke Rule (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/controversy-continues-over-washington-heat-stroke-rule/
Energy expert to assess Juneau crisis (The Associated Press, via KTVA-TV, Anchorage)
http://www.ktva.com/alaskanews/ci_9075799
Aquila will pay Cass County $1.8M in power plant flap – Plant built without county approval. (Kansas City Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2008/04/21/daily44.html?ana=from_rss
Incumbent, challenger vie for Eugene Water & Electric Board seat – When John Simpson first sought election to EWEB four years ago, he pledged to himself that he would serve for a total of 12 years – voters willing. (The Register-Guard)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=96435&sid=4&fid=1
Arizona opposes plan for interstate power line – A California utility may be first to apply to build under a 2005 law (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1209182114294350.xml&coll=7
Coal Replaces Gas in California Power Plant – Searles Valley Minerals Operations Inc. (SVM) is located in the California high desert near the town of Trona (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/display_article/326577/6/ARTCL/none/none/1/Coal-Replaces-Gas-in-California-Power-Plant/
Candidates Perform the Coal Dance – Four of the seven remaining presidential primaries are in big coal-producing states. This forces Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to walk a fine line, balancing concerns about global warming with concerns about energy (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89984931
Application to Export Electric Energy; Minnesota Power (transit route includes Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1443769/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sea lion removal expected to resume today (The Columbian)
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/04/04282008_Sea-lion-removal-expected-to-resume-today.cfm/
Sea lions removed in bid to save salmon – Alternative was to put them down since they're feeding on threatened fish (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24352029/
No more salmon for pesky sea lions – Salmon isn’t on the menu at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, but for the next couple of weeks Tacoma’s zoo will host a bunch of sea lions with expensive tastes (News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/345000.html
Jumbo squid invade coast off Northwest – Aggressive animals may threaten salmon, divers (Bellingham Herald)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/255/story/392822.html
State restricts fall Chinook fishing – Regulations released for lower Columbia (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/430780.html
Sacramento Bee Op/Ed – A fisherman’s view of the salmon crisis (The Sacramento Bee)
http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/894138.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Cities pay for water rights – Price insufficient, brewery owner says. The cities of Lacey, Olympia and Tumwater have taken formal possession of the water rights held by the former Olympia brewery. (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/430521.html
Scientists: Rescue plan for Sound falls short – The latest blueprint to rescue Puget Sound fails to deal with the biggest source of pollution, scientists charge (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/360706_stormwater26.html
Humming Praises for the Wild Bee (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/garden/24garden.html?ex=1367121600&en=f64a9a4937c790fe&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
NBC – Today Show’s story about the Grand Coulee Dam (NBC, accessible via WPUDA web site)
http://www.wpuda.org/
PUD’s role with mill complex – The Grays Harbor PUD must do some nimble legal footwork to make sure its plan to generate power at the Cosmopolis Pulp mill doesn’t run afoul of the law, state officials said (Daily World, Aberdeen)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/04/27/local_news/02news.txt
Mission: Transmission – Harvesting the breeze is trickier than it sounds. “BANANA” is the wind industry’s bitter motto for its farms—meaning Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone. Most people do not want to see or hear a wind farm, just as they want to stay clear of other power plants (The Economist Magazine)
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11114962
News Release – Major Idaho Wind Farm Project Approved by Bingham County Planning and Zoning Commission (Ridgeline Energy, via PR Newswire)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/04-24-2008/0004800051&EDATE=
Expert touts wind energy in Montana State University/Great Falls presentation (Great Falls Tribune)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080428/NEWS01/804280301
Canada – Sewage could heat 30,000 Victoria homes, says expert – Greater Victoria flushes enough energy down its sewage pipes each day to heat at least 30,000 homes, says a Seattle expert hired as a consultant by the Capital Regional District (Victoria Times Colonist)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=a2ec96f0-6886-4fac-8796-4a8e7342d508&k=21516
CONSERVATION
Cut your gadgets' appetite for electricity (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004377719_btsoho28.html?syndication=rss
PCs on sleep mode would save power and the climate, PDX Green says – Estimates say 90 percent of the machines don't make use of the technology they already have (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1208996730180240.xml&coll=7
New Canadian light bulb standards may push up prices (Victoria Times-Colonist)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=2db780e8-40c8-46ff-a7ce-bd959c46edb4&k=86644
Lowering Your Energy Costs – Summer is fast approaching, and for many Americans, with the heat comes a higher energy bill (CBS News)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/27/personalfinance/main4048845.shtml
Action Line: Why should customers pay for Pacific Gas & Electric smart meters? (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9081354?source=rss
Register-Pajaronian Op/Ed – School district should drop energy consultant (Watsonville, CA)
http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=4155&page=77
A Vote for the 'Right to Tumble Dry' Movement – Environmentalists want people to curb their use of tumble dryers. But some refuse to let go of their dryer sheets (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89979943&ft=1&f=10
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Governors protest against federal emissions plan – Gov. Schwarzenegger and 11 others (including Washington State) say in a letter to President Bush that a greenhouse gas proposal for autos is 'an end run around 40 years of precedent.' (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fiw-fuel25apr25,1,3802594.story
Wall Street Journal Opinion – The Real Cost of Tackling Climate Change
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120934459094348617.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
REI explores the environmental cost of eco-tourism (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004375890_sundaybuzz27.html
Geoengineered cooling of planet would have 'perilous effects' (CNET News)
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9928831-54.html?tag=nl.e433
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Time's up for Yahoo; what will Microsoft do next? (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2004374944_microsoftyhoo26.html
Facebook’s Insatiable Hunger for Hardware (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/04/25/facebooks-insatiable-hunger-for-hardware/
IBM’s Plan to Slash Massive Power Needs – IBM, the granddaddy of computing, uses 5 billion kilowatt hours to power its data center operations each year (Earth2Tech)
http://earth2tech.com/2008/04/25/ibms-plan-to-slash-massive-power-needs/
Report clears adviser's role in wireless auction – An investigation has cleared a for-profit adviser of any blame for tripping up U.S. government plans to create a wireless network that could be shared with emergency workers (Reuters, via Yahoo! Finance)
http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/080425/wireless_auction.html?.v=2
Starbucks rolls out AT&T Wi-Fi service (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/04/21/daily50.html?ana=from_rss
GENERAL NEWS
Mills struggle as home construction slow, lumber prices fall (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080428/BIZ/443353548/-1/RSS01
Snoqualmie Indians feuding over control of tribe (The Associated Press, via the Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/432454.html
Want to Unseat Congressman Hastings? Good Luck (NW Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=3796
Group Wants To Make Eastern Oregon Its Own State (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16010613/detail.html
DIVERSIONS
After Losing Job, Ex-Mayor In Dognap Scandal Loses The Dog
http://www.kirotv.com/news/15994942/detail.html
Buddy The 'Beautiful Bulldog' Excels At Sleeping, Snoring
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/15968904/detail.html
Louisiana Panel Blocks Anti-Droopy Pants Bill
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/15968923/detail.html
Friday, April 25, 2008
Energy News Digest for April 25, 2008
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Area Counties Broach Question: Who Should Provide Electricity?
- Chelan County PUD lays second power cable across Lake Chelan
- State works to stop Juneau energy crisis
- Air emissions spike in Juneau with increased diesel use
- Is Nuclear Energy Our Best Hope?
- Cost of nuclear plant fuels battle in the Carolinas
- Greenpeace founder now backs nuclear power
- Oregon – Liquefied Natural Gas pipeline officials, opponents debate natural gas development plan
- Maryland – Braving a Switch In Utility Service
- Maryland – Balancing energy needs
- ISO New England: Summer heat won't sap area power supply
- Australia – There's a price to pay for power sell-off
- Why national parks, coal-fired power plants may be neighbors
- Cutoffs and Pleas for Aid Rise With Heat Costs
- Pacific Gas and Electric’s attack on CCA
- Court of Appeal Unanimously Denies South San Joaquin Irrigation District's Bid to Takeover Pacific Gas & Electric without Approval
- Agents trap salmon-eating sea lions in the Columbia River
- Downer: Don't bank on finding salmon in the streams
- Ready, set, fish! This weekend (April 26-27) is one of the biggest of the year for local fisherman
- Snake River fishery set for April 26 – Strong Chinook returns in the Snake River
- California – Fishing limits or ban advised for 24 zones
- That Dam Bill – Ratepayers and regulators want Portland General Electric to explain a land donation
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Snowpack poised to refresh parched West
- Washington Dairy Sued For Air Pollution
- Canada – Vancouver Island sewage work halted amid war of words with province
- Taking the blame for eco-woes
- Tacoma News Tribune Editorial – A once-dirty pulp mill soon to sell clean power
- Puget Sound Energy inks deal for manure power
- Birds Got to Fly – but look out for those windmills
- Japan's Wind-Power Problem
- Can renewable energy make a dent in fossil fuels?
- The Tri-Cities – Earth Month: Alternative energy fair, other events this week
- Standby power cut a big saver
- Greenhouse gases growing faster than ever, report says
- Utah – Herald Poll: Time to sell the fiber?
- Qwest unveils DSL with speedier downloads
- Charges dropped in 2005 vehicular homicide case against Shelton man
- High gas prices outgrow analog gas pumps
- Washington State tree fruit frost damage worst in years
- Global rice squeeze hitting U.S. consumers
- Cowlitz County – Sheriff's office seeks help catching metal thieves
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Avatar • \AV-uh-tar\ • noun – 1: the incarnation of a Hindu deity (as Vishnu) 2a: an incarnation in human form b: an embodiment (as of a concept or philosophy) often in a person *3: an electronic image that represents and is manipulated by a computer user (as in a computer game)
In the poorest-selling video game of all time: “The Unawakening: Hibernating Mammals”, Fredo’s avatar was the unfortunate rodent, jerboa from the continent of Africa. Needless to say, the activity level of the game was less than riveting.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Area Counties Broach Question: Who Should Provide Electricity? Jefferson County voters may get the opportunity in November to decide whether their local government should go into the electricity business (Kitsap Sun, may require free registration)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/apr/24/area-counties-broach-question-who-should-provide/
Chelan County PUD lays second power cable across Lake Chelan (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080424/NEWS04/920623623
State works to stop Juneau energy crisis – With avalanches having severed Juneau from its source of cheap hydro power, a high-level state disaster cabinet is looking for ways to help the town cope with a sudden spike in power costs. (The Associated Press, via the Daily News Miner, Fairbanks)
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/apr/24/state-works-stop-juneau-energy-crisis/
Air emissions spike in Juneau with increased diesel use (Juneau Empire)
http://juneauempire.com/stories/042408/loc_271769846.shtml
Is Nuclear Energy Our Best Hope? Despite its negative image, nuclear energy may be the most efficient and realistic means of meeting the rapidly-growing demand for power in the United States (Discover Magazine)
http://discovermagazine.com/2008/may/02-is-nuclear-energy-our-best-hope
Cost of nuclear plant fuels battle – Price of new plants in North and South Carolina would be ammunition for opponents -- if utilities didn't hold info close (News and Observer)
http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/1048035.html
Greenpeace founder now backs nuclear power – Patrick Moore tells the Boise chamber that the world must wean itself from fossil fuels to reduce greenhouse gases. (Idaho Statesman)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/360625.html
Oregon – Liquefied Natural Gas pipeline officials, opponents debate natural gas development plan (News Review, Roseburg)
http://www.newsreview.info/article/20080423/NEWS/449790758
Maryland – Braving a Switch In Utility Service – Energy Choice Offers Savings, Renewable Sources (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/24/AR2008042403567.html?nav=rss_business
Maryland – Balancing energy needs – Maryland regulators are considering exemptions for a proposed Calvert County power plant and other generators from a regional auction of carbon credits that is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (Baltimore Sun)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-md.environment25apr25,0,5951495.story
ISO New England: Summer heat won't sap area power supply (Boston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2008/04/21/daily49.html?ana=from_rss
Australia – There's a price to pay for power sell-off “…government is now considering whether to remove price caps on electricity and gas when they expire at the end of this year….customers could benefit further from cheaper prices and a wider range of energy products if the price caps were removed….” (Here comes the Easter Bunny! Sydney Morning Herald)
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/theres-a-price-to-pay-for-power-selloff/2008/04/25/1208743251912.html
Why national parks, coal-fired power plants may be neighbors – Air-quality experts worry that proposed changes to clean-air regulations may allow developers to build the plants near pristine areas (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0424/p13s02-sten.html
Cutoffs and Pleas for Aid Rise With Heat Costs – After struggling with soaring heating costs through the winter, millions of Americans are behind on electric and gas bills, and a record number of families could face energy shut-offs over the next two months, according to state energy officials and utilities around the country (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/us/25heating.html?_r=1&ex=1366862400&en=c5406b9b1c6725c3&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
Pacific Gas and Electric’s attack on CCA – It's a bit odd (if not terribly surprising) that the San Francisco Chronicle ran a front-page story April 16 on public power and alternatives to Pacific Gas and Electric Co. — and almost entirely ignored what's going on in the paper's hometown (San Francisco Bay Guardian)
http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=6204&catid=4&volume_id=317&issue_id=375&volume_num=42&issue_num=30
News Release – Court of Appeal Unanimously Denies South San Joaquin Irrigation District's Bid to Takeover Pacific Gas & Electric without Approval (Pacific Gas & Electric, via PR Newswire)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/04-23-2008/0004799015&EDATE=
FISH & WILDLIFE
Agents trap salmon-eating sea lions in the Columbia River (The Associated Press)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iXwhDeGupcvrmnzHSeibNnBgeTpwD908SVVO0
Downer: Don't bank on finding salmon in the streams (The Daily News, Longview)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/04/25/this_day/doc481165777c975877670368.txt
Ready, set, fish! This weekend (April 26-27) is one of the biggest of the year for local fisherman -- the opening of Trout Season (My Northwest.com)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=49015
Snake River fishery set for April 26 – Strong returns in the Snake River have allowed the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to open a spring Chinook fishery below Hells Canyon Dam (The Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1359220~Snake_River_fishery_set_for_April_26.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
California – Fishing limits or ban advised for 24 zones (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9050737?source=rss
That Dam Bill – Ratepayers and regulators want Portland General Electric to explain a land donation – Blowing up a dam is fun. Figuring out who should pay and how much? Not so much fun (Willamette Weekly)
http://wweek.com/editorial/3424/10832/
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (Links to PDF File) – Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon James A. Redden, District Judge, Presiding. Argued and Submitted June 1, 2006—San Francisco, California; Filed April 9, 2007; Amended April 24, 2008 – “…consolidated appeals bring us once more to the Pacific Northwest, for another round in the complex and long running battle over salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act…”
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/58B35E9D60BF9F5A8825743500007558/$file/0635011.pdf?openelement
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Snowpack poised to refresh parched West (Associated Press, via the Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080424/NEWS04/583653340/1025/rss1025
Washington Dairy Sued For Air Pollution (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/washington-dairy-sued-air-pollution/
Canada – Vancouver Island sewage work halted amid war of words with province – CRD accused of 'playing politics' after it demands treatment report (Victoria Times Colonist Ed Note: meanwhile, untreated sewage continues to flow into the Strait of Juan De Fuca)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=33e5f089-6875-4537-99fe-dd88ef65292e&k=25289
Taking the blame for eco-woes – During the 1980s, Canadians typically blamed corporations for many of the world's environmental ills. But today, they have another target as eco-villain: themselves (The Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080424.wpoll24/BNStory/National/home
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Tacoma News Tribune Editorial – A once-dirty pulp mill soon to sell clean power – There’s lots to like about Simpson’s decision to sink $100 million into a new “green” power plant at its Tideflats pulp mill
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/344164.html
Puget Sound Energy inks deal for manure power (The Associated Press, via the Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004371066_webpuget24.html?syndication=rss
Birds Got to Fly – the Fish and Wildlife Service's Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee will get public comments and assist green businesses with avoiding and minimizing the turbines' effects on nature (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/23/AR2008042303447.html
Japan's Wind-Power Problem – In the country that hosted the Kyoto Protocol and wrote the book on solar policy, the wind-power industry has ground almost to a halt. Among the culprits: policy, cost and technology challenges. (Green Tech Media)
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/japans-wind-power-problem-828.html
Can renewable energy make a dent in fossil fuels? (CNET News)
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9928068-54.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
The Tri-Cities – Earth Month: Alternative energy fair, other events this week (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/163860.html
CONSERVATION
Standby power cut a big saver – Reducing power consumed by switched-off electronics or appliances in Canadian households could save enough energy to meet the annual electricity needs of every home in New Brunswick. (The Vancouver Sun)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=5f87bed9-02f2-4804-9a2e-3c3d1806a987
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Greenhouse gases growing faster than ever, report says – Increases in methane and carbon dioxide of particular concern (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/24/MNOU10AJ4N.DTL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Utah – Herald Poll: Time to sell the fiber? The pressure is mounting on Provo city and the UTOPIA cities to think about putting a "for sale" sign on their broadband networks (The Daily Herald, Provo)
http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/263917/3/
Qwest unveils DSL with speedier downloads (The Associated Press, via the Columbian)
http://www.columbian.com/business/businessNews/2008/04/04252008_Qwest-unveils-DSL-with-speedier-downloads.cfm/
GENERAL NEWS
Charges dropped in 2005 vehicular homicide case against Shelton man (Daily World, Aberdeen)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/04/24/local_news/10news.txt
High gas prices outgrow analog gas pumps – Old style analog gas and fuel pumps are creating some new problems, thanks to the rapidly increasing prices for gas and diesel. If you are out of diesel in places like Dayton or Matlock, you are also out of luck. (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komotv.com/news/local/18157479.html
Frost damage worst in years – Frost damage to Washington tree fruit buds in the last week was the worst in years, but crops were going to be so large that it will just reduce them to last year’s volumes, industry officials say. (The Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080424/NEWS04/816595669/1001/rss1001
Global rice squeeze hitting U.S. consumers – The climbing global price of rice and other staples shows no sign of leveling off, given caps placed on exports and various supply-side squeezes (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/25/BUUR10AOLH.DTL&feed=rss.business
Cowlitz County – Sheriff's office seeks help catching metal thieves (The Daily News, Longview)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/04/25//area_news/doc48115e1c8c786385243073.txt
DIVERSIONS
NASA's top 10 views of Earth
http://www.news.com/2300-11397_3-6237965-1.html?tag=nl.e434
Argument Over 'Top Model' TV Show Ends In Stabbing
http://www.kirotv.com/news/15983995/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Hemlines doing their part for the economy – Tough times call for short skirts
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/360526_shortskirts25.html?source=rss
Pittsburgh Subway Station Tile Mural Worth $15 Million
http://www.kirotv.com/news/15979221/detail.html
Iowa Shelter Dog Nurses 9 Kittens – Shelter Workers Say Lilly Lou Immediately Took To 'Pittens'
http://www.kirotv.com/family/15972844/detail.html
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Area Counties Broach Question: Who Should Provide Electricity?
- Chelan County PUD lays second power cable across Lake Chelan
- State works to stop Juneau energy crisis
- Air emissions spike in Juneau with increased diesel use
- Is Nuclear Energy Our Best Hope?
- Cost of nuclear plant fuels battle in the Carolinas
- Greenpeace founder now backs nuclear power
- Oregon – Liquefied Natural Gas pipeline officials, opponents debate natural gas development plan
- Maryland – Braving a Switch In Utility Service
- Maryland – Balancing energy needs
- ISO New England: Summer heat won't sap area power supply
- Australia – There's a price to pay for power sell-off
- Why national parks, coal-fired power plants may be neighbors
- Cutoffs and Pleas for Aid Rise With Heat Costs
- Pacific Gas and Electric’s attack on CCA
- Court of Appeal Unanimously Denies South San Joaquin Irrigation District's Bid to Takeover Pacific Gas & Electric without Approval
- Agents trap salmon-eating sea lions in the Columbia River
- Downer: Don't bank on finding salmon in the streams
- Ready, set, fish! This weekend (April 26-27) is one of the biggest of the year for local fisherman
- Snake River fishery set for April 26 – Strong Chinook returns in the Snake River
- California – Fishing limits or ban advised for 24 zones
- That Dam Bill – Ratepayers and regulators want Portland General Electric to explain a land donation
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Snowpack poised to refresh parched West
- Washington Dairy Sued For Air Pollution
- Canada – Vancouver Island sewage work halted amid war of words with province
- Taking the blame for eco-woes
- Tacoma News Tribune Editorial – A once-dirty pulp mill soon to sell clean power
- Puget Sound Energy inks deal for manure power
- Birds Got to Fly – but look out for those windmills
- Japan's Wind-Power Problem
- Can renewable energy make a dent in fossil fuels?
- The Tri-Cities – Earth Month: Alternative energy fair, other events this week
- Standby power cut a big saver
- Greenhouse gases growing faster than ever, report says
- Utah – Herald Poll: Time to sell the fiber?
- Qwest unveils DSL with speedier downloads
- Charges dropped in 2005 vehicular homicide case against Shelton man
- High gas prices outgrow analog gas pumps
- Washington State tree fruit frost damage worst in years
- Global rice squeeze hitting U.S. consumers
- Cowlitz County – Sheriff's office seeks help catching metal thieves
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Avatar • \AV-uh-tar\ • noun – 1: the incarnation of a Hindu deity (as Vishnu) 2a: an incarnation in human form b: an embodiment (as of a concept or philosophy) often in a person *3: an electronic image that represents and is manipulated by a computer user (as in a computer game)
In the poorest-selling video game of all time: “The Unawakening: Hibernating Mammals”, Fredo’s avatar was the unfortunate rodent, jerboa from the continent of Africa. Needless to say, the activity level of the game was less than riveting.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Area Counties Broach Question: Who Should Provide Electricity? Jefferson County voters may get the opportunity in November to decide whether their local government should go into the electricity business (Kitsap Sun, may require free registration)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/apr/24/area-counties-broach-question-who-should-provide/
Chelan County PUD lays second power cable across Lake Chelan (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080424/NEWS04/920623623
State works to stop Juneau energy crisis – With avalanches having severed Juneau from its source of cheap hydro power, a high-level state disaster cabinet is looking for ways to help the town cope with a sudden spike in power costs. (The Associated Press, via the Daily News Miner, Fairbanks)
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/apr/24/state-works-stop-juneau-energy-crisis/
Air emissions spike in Juneau with increased diesel use (Juneau Empire)
http://juneauempire.com/stories/042408/loc_271769846.shtml
Is Nuclear Energy Our Best Hope? Despite its negative image, nuclear energy may be the most efficient and realistic means of meeting the rapidly-growing demand for power in the United States (Discover Magazine)
http://discovermagazine.com/2008/may/02-is-nuclear-energy-our-best-hope
Cost of nuclear plant fuels battle – Price of new plants in North and South Carolina would be ammunition for opponents -- if utilities didn't hold info close (News and Observer)
http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/1048035.html
Greenpeace founder now backs nuclear power – Patrick Moore tells the Boise chamber that the world must wean itself from fossil fuels to reduce greenhouse gases. (Idaho Statesman)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/360625.html
Oregon – Liquefied Natural Gas pipeline officials, opponents debate natural gas development plan (News Review, Roseburg)
http://www.newsreview.info/article/20080423/NEWS/449790758
Maryland – Braving a Switch In Utility Service – Energy Choice Offers Savings, Renewable Sources (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/24/AR2008042403567.html?nav=rss_business
Maryland – Balancing energy needs – Maryland regulators are considering exemptions for a proposed Calvert County power plant and other generators from a regional auction of carbon credits that is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (Baltimore Sun)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-md.environment25apr25,0,5951495.story
ISO New England: Summer heat won't sap area power supply (Boston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2008/04/21/daily49.html?ana=from_rss
Australia – There's a price to pay for power sell-off “…government is now considering whether to remove price caps on electricity and gas when they expire at the end of this year….customers could benefit further from cheaper prices and a wider range of energy products if the price caps were removed….” (Here comes the Easter Bunny! Sydney Morning Herald)
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/theres-a-price-to-pay-for-power-selloff/2008/04/25/1208743251912.html
Why national parks, coal-fired power plants may be neighbors – Air-quality experts worry that proposed changes to clean-air regulations may allow developers to build the plants near pristine areas (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0424/p13s02-sten.html
Cutoffs and Pleas for Aid Rise With Heat Costs – After struggling with soaring heating costs through the winter, millions of Americans are behind on electric and gas bills, and a record number of families could face energy shut-offs over the next two months, according to state energy officials and utilities around the country (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/us/25heating.html?_r=1&ex=1366862400&en=c5406b9b1c6725c3&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
Pacific Gas and Electric’s attack on CCA – It's a bit odd (if not terribly surprising) that the San Francisco Chronicle ran a front-page story April 16 on public power and alternatives to Pacific Gas and Electric Co. — and almost entirely ignored what's going on in the paper's hometown (San Francisco Bay Guardian)
http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=6204&catid=4&volume_id=317&issue_id=375&volume_num=42&issue_num=30
News Release – Court of Appeal Unanimously Denies South San Joaquin Irrigation District's Bid to Takeover Pacific Gas & Electric without Approval (Pacific Gas & Electric, via PR Newswire)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/04-23-2008/0004799015&EDATE=
FISH & WILDLIFE
Agents trap salmon-eating sea lions in the Columbia River (The Associated Press)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iXwhDeGupcvrmnzHSeibNnBgeTpwD908SVVO0
Downer: Don't bank on finding salmon in the streams (The Daily News, Longview)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/04/25/this_day/doc481165777c975877670368.txt
Ready, set, fish! This weekend (April 26-27) is one of the biggest of the year for local fisherman -- the opening of Trout Season (My Northwest.com)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=49015
Snake River fishery set for April 26 – Strong returns in the Snake River have allowed the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to open a spring Chinook fishery below Hells Canyon Dam (The Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1359220~Snake_River_fishery_set_for_April_26.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
California – Fishing limits or ban advised for 24 zones (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9050737?source=rss
That Dam Bill – Ratepayers and regulators want Portland General Electric to explain a land donation – Blowing up a dam is fun. Figuring out who should pay and how much? Not so much fun (Willamette Weekly)
http://wweek.com/editorial/3424/10832/
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (Links to PDF File) – Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon James A. Redden, District Judge, Presiding. Argued and Submitted June 1, 2006—San Francisco, California; Filed April 9, 2007; Amended April 24, 2008 – “…consolidated appeals bring us once more to the Pacific Northwest, for another round in the complex and long running battle over salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act…”
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/58B35E9D60BF9F5A8825743500007558/$file/0635011.pdf?openelement
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Snowpack poised to refresh parched West (Associated Press, via the Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080424/NEWS04/583653340/1025/rss1025
Washington Dairy Sued For Air Pollution (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/washington-dairy-sued-air-pollution/
Canada – Vancouver Island sewage work halted amid war of words with province – CRD accused of 'playing politics' after it demands treatment report (Victoria Times Colonist Ed Note: meanwhile, untreated sewage continues to flow into the Strait of Juan De Fuca)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=33e5f089-6875-4537-99fe-dd88ef65292e&k=25289
Taking the blame for eco-woes – During the 1980s, Canadians typically blamed corporations for many of the world's environmental ills. But today, they have another target as eco-villain: themselves (The Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080424.wpoll24/BNStory/National/home
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Tacoma News Tribune Editorial – A once-dirty pulp mill soon to sell clean power – There’s lots to like about Simpson’s decision to sink $100 million into a new “green” power plant at its Tideflats pulp mill
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/344164.html
Puget Sound Energy inks deal for manure power (The Associated Press, via the Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004371066_webpuget24.html?syndication=rss
Birds Got to Fly – the Fish and Wildlife Service's Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee will get public comments and assist green businesses with avoiding and minimizing the turbines' effects on nature (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/23/AR2008042303447.html
Japan's Wind-Power Problem – In the country that hosted the Kyoto Protocol and wrote the book on solar policy, the wind-power industry has ground almost to a halt. Among the culprits: policy, cost and technology challenges. (Green Tech Media)
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/japans-wind-power-problem-828.html
Can renewable energy make a dent in fossil fuels? (CNET News)
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9928068-54.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
The Tri-Cities – Earth Month: Alternative energy fair, other events this week (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/163860.html
CONSERVATION
Standby power cut a big saver – Reducing power consumed by switched-off electronics or appliances in Canadian households could save enough energy to meet the annual electricity needs of every home in New Brunswick. (The Vancouver Sun)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=5f87bed9-02f2-4804-9a2e-3c3d1806a987
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Greenhouse gases growing faster than ever, report says – Increases in methane and carbon dioxide of particular concern (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/24/MNOU10AJ4N.DTL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Utah – Herald Poll: Time to sell the fiber? The pressure is mounting on Provo city and the UTOPIA cities to think about putting a "for sale" sign on their broadband networks (The Daily Herald, Provo)
http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/263917/3/
Qwest unveils DSL with speedier downloads (The Associated Press, via the Columbian)
http://www.columbian.com/business/businessNews/2008/04/04252008_Qwest-unveils-DSL-with-speedier-downloads.cfm/
GENERAL NEWS
Charges dropped in 2005 vehicular homicide case against Shelton man (Daily World, Aberdeen)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/04/24/local_news/10news.txt
High gas prices outgrow analog gas pumps – Old style analog gas and fuel pumps are creating some new problems, thanks to the rapidly increasing prices for gas and diesel. If you are out of diesel in places like Dayton or Matlock, you are also out of luck. (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komotv.com/news/local/18157479.html
Frost damage worst in years – Frost damage to Washington tree fruit buds in the last week was the worst in years, but crops were going to be so large that it will just reduce them to last year’s volumes, industry officials say. (The Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080424/NEWS04/816595669/1001/rss1001
Global rice squeeze hitting U.S. consumers – The climbing global price of rice and other staples shows no sign of leveling off, given caps placed on exports and various supply-side squeezes (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/25/BUUR10AOLH.DTL&feed=rss.business
Cowlitz County – Sheriff's office seeks help catching metal thieves (The Daily News, Longview)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/04/25//area_news/doc48115e1c8c786385243073.txt
DIVERSIONS
NASA's top 10 views of Earth
http://www.news.com/2300-11397_3-6237965-1.html?tag=nl.e434
Argument Over 'Top Model' TV Show Ends In Stabbing
http://www.kirotv.com/news/15983995/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Hemlines doing their part for the economy – Tough times call for short skirts
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/360526_shortskirts25.html?source=rss
Pittsburgh Subway Station Tile Mural Worth $15 Million
http://www.kirotv.com/news/15979221/detail.html
Iowa Shelter Dog Nurses 9 Kittens – Shelter Workers Say Lilly Lou Immediately Took To 'Pittens'
http://www.kirotv.com/family/15972844/detail.html
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