NOTE: The news digest will be taking a break on Monday, November 3. It will return with its “I Think I Voted” sticker on November 4.
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)
- Voters in 3 counties to decide on municipal authority over Puget Sound Energy
- Voters might pull the plug on Puget Sound Energy
- Drive against Jefferson PUD power approaches a cool quarter-million
- Wenatchee Alcoa layoffs coming amid soft metal prices and demand
- Intalco trims jobs as metal price falls
- Portland General Electric reports net income of zero for third quarter
- Fowler retiring from Portland General Electric
- Tri-City Herald Editorial – Nuclear fuel recycling shouldn't be shelved again
- California nuke plant back online after jellyfish block cooling water intake pipes
- T. Boone Pickens not bullish on energy smarts of Obama, McCain
- Budget Cuts Could Threaten Salmon Recovery
- Salmon egg nests destroyed on Elwha River
- Many Grays River residents say fish habitat plan could do more harm than good
- Biodiversity: Unraveling the Mysteries of Salmon Migration
- Group suggests gillnetting changes on Columbia
- South Dakota – Spawning next wave of salmon
- Canada – Pink salmon in sharp decline near Broughton fish farms
- Project aims to keep bats under Oregon bridges
- Thurston Country recycling options shrink
- Recycled Goods On Ferry Thrown In Trash
- California cuts water deliveries to cities, farms
- Wind Companies Compelled to Play Nice in New York
- Tumwater district joins energy-saving program
- Do You Know You Have Phantoms in Your House?
- New York – United Way to host free energy workshops
- Tennessean Op/Ed – Energy progress needs broad plan
- Canada – Adjust carbon tax to lift burden on poor, think-tank says
- The Unintended Consequences of Climate Change Solutions
- Qwest FTTN: Available to 5 Million By 2010
- JD Power Ranks Broadband ISP Satisfaction
- Chip makers tighten belt
- DOT warns of death after daylight savings
- Earnings: Exxon profit a record: $14.83 billion in quarter
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Parley • \PARR-lee \ • verb – To speak with another: confer; specifically: to discuss terms with an enemy.
“ARRRRRRRR,” growled the lady pirate to her opponents. “I won’t let ye onto me ship for a parley unless ye all wear dresses before ye come aboard.” Her quaking opponents, facing the grinning guns of the pirate ship were only too happy to don hoop skirts for their trip to discuss terms of surrender.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Voters in 3 counties to decide on municipal authority over Puget Sound Energy – Utility spends more than $900,000 to fight the measures (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/385776_pse31.html
Voters might pull the plug on Puget Sound Energy (Crosscut)
http://crosscut.com/2008/10/30/energy-utilities/18604/
Drive against Jefferson PUD power approaches a cool quarter-million (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081031/news/310319991
Wenatchee Alcoa layoffs coming amid soft metal prices and demand (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081030/NEWS04/710319992
Intalco trims jobs as metal price falls (The Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/255/story/640477.html
Portland General Electric reports net income of zero for third quarter – The company faults a customer refund from the closure of the Trojan plant (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1225423519154860.xml&coll=7
Fowler retiring from Portland General Electric (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/10/27/daily33.html?ana=from_rss
Tri-City Herald Editorial – Nuclear fuel recycling shouldn't be shelved again
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/962/story/368514.html
Suicidal Jellyfish – PG&E Calif. Diablo Canyon reactors start back after jellyfish block cooling water intake pipes (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2450595320081024
T. Boone Pickens not bullish on energy smarts of Obama, McCain (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/10/27/daily39.html?ana=from_rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Budget Cuts Could Threaten Salmon Recovery – between 20-30 percent of BPA customer bills go towards fish & wildlife (Audio from KPLU-Radio, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1403151
Salmon egg nests destroyed on Elwha River (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081031/NEWS/310319993
Many Grays River residents say fish habitat plan could do more harm than good (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/10/31/area_news/doc4909470fa33b8928710444.txt
Biodiversity: Unraveling the Mysteries of Salmon Migration (IPS, Italy)
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44532
Group suggests gillnetting changes on Columbia – Proposal would move commercial users to side channels on lower river (The Statesman-Journal, Salem, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081031/OUTDOORS/810310356/1034/SPORTS
South Dakota – Spawning next wave of salmon: 1.5M fertilized fish eggs to boost S.D. economy (The Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, SD)
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20081031/NEWS/810310319/1001/rss01
Canada – Pink salmon in sharp decline near Broughton fish farms – Numbers spawning in five key indicator streams down 90 per cent (The Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=6d3af277-d143-4115-adf9-25a2825e342a
Project aims to keep bats under Oregon bridges (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/33368179.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Thurston Country recycling options shrink – Five blue box locations in county to close Jan. 1 (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/643361.html
Recycled Goods On Ferry Thrown In Trash (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17815454/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
California cuts water deliveries to cities, farms to second lowest level ever (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10861484?source=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind Companies Compelled to Play Nice in New York (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/wind-companies-compelled-to-play-nice-in-new-york/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
CONSERVATION
Tumwater district joins energy-saving program (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/643348.html
Do You Know You Have Phantoms in Your House? How to Combat Phantom Power Pilferage (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Do-You-Know-You-Have/story.aspx?guid=%7B2EAACF7E-D27F-4255-BE0F-DFF15C60B5FC%7D
New York – United Way to host free energy workshops (The Chronicle, Goshen, NY)
http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2008/10/30/the_chronicle/news/30.txt
Tennessean Op/Ed – Energy progress needs broad plan
http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081029/OPINION01/810290418/1007/OPINION
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Canada – Adjust carbon tax to lift burden on poor, think-tank says (Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081031.BCCARBON31/TPStory/TPNational/BritishColumbia/
The Unintended Consequences of Climate Change Solutions (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/the-unintended-consequences-of-climate-change-solutions/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Qwest FTTN: Available to 5 Million By 2010 – Should be available to 1.8 million users by year's end (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-FTTN-Available-To-5-Million-By-2010-98787
JD Power Ranks Broadband ISP Satisfaction – Cablevision, Cox, WOW and Roadrunner take top honors (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/JD-Power-Ranks-Broadband-ISP-Satisfaction-98786
Chip makers tighten belt – Local companies cut costs as global sales sag (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081031/BIZ01/710319984/-1/biz
GENERAL NEWS
DOT warns of death after daylight savings – I am Darkness, the bringer of death… (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/33640039.html
Earnings: Exxon profit a record: $14.83 billion in quarter – Insert Cynical Comment Here (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/385805_earnsoil31.html?source=rss
DIVERSIONS
Would-be florist robbers get only rose as loot
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008334669_webroserobbery31.html?syndication=rss
Hover chair hopes to rise above economic woes
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE49T64U20081030?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Theft averted – Boy shocked after man powers up campaign sign
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081031/ap_on_fe_st/odd_shocking_sign;_ylt=AsoEEApopkcGPx1gdsPkWivtiBIF
Man allegedly helps renovate with 'hot' property
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081031/ap_on_fe_st/odd_stolen_renovation;_ylt=Avq7VxvFErX1UZv46LwHpv3tiBIF
Teen Volunteer Finds Ancient Hebrew Writing – Archaeologist Says Find Holds Oldest Hebrew Writing
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/17853985/detail.html
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Energy News Digest for October 30, 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)
- Supplier Poll: Texas voters favor electricity competition
- Massachusetts – Utility offers a 3-year lock on electricity rate
- Massachusetts Electricity offer slammed
- Benton PUD offering low-income discounts
- South Africa – 'No electricity, No vote’
- Union-Bulletin Editorial – New study finds fish do as well on dammed rivers
- Coho flooding to Cowlitz salmon hatchery at record pace
- 'We're getting down to the last fish in the barrel'
- Oregon – Commercial fishermen question salmon plan
- Taylor Shellfish May Face Fines from Washington State
- Dusky tree vole may be in need of federal protection
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial – Puget Sound: Troubled waters
- Camas, state tout ‘win-win’ water rights
- Pateros businesses lament Douglas County PUD’s plan to lower river
- West Montana tribal water compact negotiations rolling along
- Feds to check for contaminants in Columbia River
- Wastewater concerns slowing N. Idaho developers
- Renewable energy debuts on ballots
- Pickens delays world's biggest wind farm project
- California rejects Pacific Gas & Electric contract for wave energy
- Michigan – Stranded oil spurs an electric America with more renewables
- California City to Turn Waste into Energy
- Turning Waste Olive Stones Into Bioethanol
- Energy-efficient fridge actually costs less
- North Carolina – Energy Star goods have tax holiday
- Pointers to help you avoid ‘greenwashing’
- Comcast: The New Broadband King
- Cable Subscribers Increase Before Digital Transition
- State Releases Audit of City of Shelton
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Internecine • \inter-NESS-seen\ • \adjective – 1: marked by slaughter: deadly; especially: mutually destructive 2: of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group
The manufacturing employees and design staff continued their internecine battles over color choices for the new product line throughout the year. The designers demanded that the assembly line use dark brown and hot pink in new throw-pillow designs. The workers rebelled, when after one week, the color combination had sent hundreds of them home with headaches and nausea.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Poll: Texas voters favor electricity competition – Industry to use findings in battle against efforts to regulate prices “…poll commissioned by a power industry trade group…” (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6084989.html
Massachusetts – Utility offers a 3-year lock on electricity rate: Dominion's deal would cut average bill by a few dollars (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6084989.html
Massachusetts Electricity offer slammed (Boston Herald)
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1128762&srvc=rss
Benton PUD offering low-income discounts (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/367432.html
South Africa – 'No electricity, No vote’ (Independent Online)
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_South%20Africa&set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=nw20081030152202533C743404
FISH & WILDLIFE
Union-Bulletin Editorial – New study finds fish do as well on dammed rivers: Yet, environmental groups quickly dismissed the merits of the study. Any study that doesn't denigrate dams is automatically unscientific, horrible or both (Walla Walla, WA)
http://www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2008/10/29/opinion/daily_editorial/081029%20editorial%20dams.txt
Coho flooding to Cowlitz salmon hatchery at record pace (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/704/story/641985.html
'We're getting down to the last fish in the barrel' (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/33560749.html
Oregon – Commercial fishermen question salmon plan (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2008/10/andy_parker_commercial_fisherm.html
Taylor Shellfish May Face Fines from Washington State (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5427/reftab/1632/title/TAYLOR_SHELLFISH_MAY_FACE_FINES_FROM_THE_STATE/Default.aspx
Dusky tree vole may be in need of federal protection (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008328905_treevole30.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial – Puget Sound: Troubled waters
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/385542_pugeted.html?source=rss
Camas, state tout ‘win-win’ water rights (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081030/NEWS02/710309968/-1/NEWS
Pateros businesses lament Douglas County PUD’s plan to lower river (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081030/NEWS04/710301306
West Montana tribal water compact negotiations rolling along (Char-Koosta, Pablo, MT)
http://www.charkoosta.com/2008/2008_10_30/CSKT_water_compacts_roll_along.html
Feds to check for contaminants in Columbia River (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/366999.html
Wastewater concerns slowing N. Idaho developers (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1658956~Wastewater_concerns_slowing_N__Idaho_developers.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Renewable energy debuts on ballots (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-10-29-ballot-proposals_N.htm?csp=34
Pickens delays world's biggest wind farm project – Texas oilman's wind farm project hit by financial crisis and drop in price of natural gas (The Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/oct/30/windpower-energy
California rejects Pacific Gas & Electric contract for wave energy (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10830160?source=rss
Michigan – Stranded oil spurs an electric America with more renewables (Tri-Cities Business Review, MI)
http://www.mlive.com/businessreview/tricities/index.ssf/2008/10/stranded_oil_spurs_an_electric.html
California City to Turn Waste into Energy (Facility Blog)
http://todaysfacilitymanager.com/facilityblog/2008/10/california-city-to-turn-waste-into-energy.html
Turning Waste Olive Stones Into Bioethanol ([Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=53974&src=rss
CONSERVATION
Energy-efficient fridge actually costs less (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1224712526166670.xml&coll=7
North Carolina – Energy Star goods have tax holiday (The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area)
http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2008/10/27/daily28.html?ana=from_rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Pointers to help you avoid ‘greenwashing’ (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081030/HOM/710301323/1025/rss1025
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast: The New Broadband King – Poised to surpass AT&T as nation's largest provider (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-The-New-Broadband-King-98748
Cable Subscribers Increase Before Digital Transition (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96311177&ft=1&f=3
GENERAL NEWS
State Releases Audit of City of Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5425/reftab/1632/title/STATE_RELEASES_AUDIT_OF_CITY/Default.aspx
DIVERSIONS
Police kill wild turkeys in Philomath
http://www.examiner.com/a-1663998~Police_kill_wild_turkeys_in_Philomath.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
On this Day: ‘The War of the Worlds’ Broadcast Causes Panic
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/September-October-08/On-this-Day---The-War-of-the-Worlds--Broadcast-Causes-Panic.html
Leave Your Ear Wax Alone, Experts Say
http://www.kirotv.com/health/17846271/detail.html
Sticky-Fingered Campus Cop Charged In Pastry Theft
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/17848981/detail.html
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Supplier Poll: Texas voters favor electricity competition
- Massachusetts – Utility offers a 3-year lock on electricity rate
- Massachusetts Electricity offer slammed
- Benton PUD offering low-income discounts
- South Africa – 'No electricity, No vote’
- Union-Bulletin Editorial – New study finds fish do as well on dammed rivers
- Coho flooding to Cowlitz salmon hatchery at record pace
- 'We're getting down to the last fish in the barrel'
- Oregon – Commercial fishermen question salmon plan
- Taylor Shellfish May Face Fines from Washington State
- Dusky tree vole may be in need of federal protection
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial – Puget Sound: Troubled waters
- Camas, state tout ‘win-win’ water rights
- Pateros businesses lament Douglas County PUD’s plan to lower river
- West Montana tribal water compact negotiations rolling along
- Feds to check for contaminants in Columbia River
- Wastewater concerns slowing N. Idaho developers
- Renewable energy debuts on ballots
- Pickens delays world's biggest wind farm project
- California rejects Pacific Gas & Electric contract for wave energy
- Michigan – Stranded oil spurs an electric America with more renewables
- California City to Turn Waste into Energy
- Turning Waste Olive Stones Into Bioethanol
- Energy-efficient fridge actually costs less
- North Carolina – Energy Star goods have tax holiday
- Pointers to help you avoid ‘greenwashing’
- Comcast: The New Broadband King
- Cable Subscribers Increase Before Digital Transition
- State Releases Audit of City of Shelton
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Internecine • \inter-NESS-seen\ • \adjective – 1: marked by slaughter: deadly; especially: mutually destructive 2: of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group
The manufacturing employees and design staff continued their internecine battles over color choices for the new product line throughout the year. The designers demanded that the assembly line use dark brown and hot pink in new throw-pillow designs. The workers rebelled, when after one week, the color combination had sent hundreds of them home with headaches and nausea.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Poll: Texas voters favor electricity competition – Industry to use findings in battle against efforts to regulate prices “…poll commissioned by a power industry trade group…” (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6084989.html
Massachusetts – Utility offers a 3-year lock on electricity rate: Dominion's deal would cut average bill by a few dollars (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6084989.html
Massachusetts Electricity offer slammed (Boston Herald)
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1128762&srvc=rss
Benton PUD offering low-income discounts (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/367432.html
South Africa – 'No electricity, No vote’ (Independent Online)
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_South%20Africa&set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=nw20081030152202533C743404
FISH & WILDLIFE
Union-Bulletin Editorial – New study finds fish do as well on dammed rivers: Yet, environmental groups quickly dismissed the merits of the study. Any study that doesn't denigrate dams is automatically unscientific, horrible or both (Walla Walla, WA)
http://www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2008/10/29/opinion/daily_editorial/081029%20editorial%20dams.txt
Coho flooding to Cowlitz salmon hatchery at record pace (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/704/story/641985.html
'We're getting down to the last fish in the barrel' (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/33560749.html
Oregon – Commercial fishermen question salmon plan (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2008/10/andy_parker_commercial_fisherm.html
Taylor Shellfish May Face Fines from Washington State (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5427/reftab/1632/title/TAYLOR_SHELLFISH_MAY_FACE_FINES_FROM_THE_STATE/Default.aspx
Dusky tree vole may be in need of federal protection (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008328905_treevole30.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial – Puget Sound: Troubled waters
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/385542_pugeted.html?source=rss
Camas, state tout ‘win-win’ water rights (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081030/NEWS02/710309968/-1/NEWS
Pateros businesses lament Douglas County PUD’s plan to lower river (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081030/NEWS04/710301306
West Montana tribal water compact negotiations rolling along (Char-Koosta, Pablo, MT)
http://www.charkoosta.com/2008/2008_10_30/CSKT_water_compacts_roll_along.html
Feds to check for contaminants in Columbia River (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/366999.html
Wastewater concerns slowing N. Idaho developers (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1658956~Wastewater_concerns_slowing_N__Idaho_developers.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Renewable energy debuts on ballots (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-10-29-ballot-proposals_N.htm?csp=34
Pickens delays world's biggest wind farm project – Texas oilman's wind farm project hit by financial crisis and drop in price of natural gas (The Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/oct/30/windpower-energy
California rejects Pacific Gas & Electric contract for wave energy (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10830160?source=rss
Michigan – Stranded oil spurs an electric America with more renewables (Tri-Cities Business Review, MI)
http://www.mlive.com/businessreview/tricities/index.ssf/2008/10/stranded_oil_spurs_an_electric.html
California City to Turn Waste into Energy (Facility Blog)
http://todaysfacilitymanager.com/facilityblog/2008/10/california-city-to-turn-waste-into-energy.html
Turning Waste Olive Stones Into Bioethanol ([Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=53974&src=rss
CONSERVATION
Energy-efficient fridge actually costs less (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1224712526166670.xml&coll=7
North Carolina – Energy Star goods have tax holiday (The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area)
http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2008/10/27/daily28.html?ana=from_rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Pointers to help you avoid ‘greenwashing’ (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081030/HOM/710301323/1025/rss1025
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast: The New Broadband King – Poised to surpass AT&T as nation's largest provider (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-The-New-Broadband-King-98748
Cable Subscribers Increase Before Digital Transition (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96311177&ft=1&f=3
GENERAL NEWS
State Releases Audit of City of Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5425/reftab/1632/title/STATE_RELEASES_AUDIT_OF_CITY/Default.aspx
DIVERSIONS
Police kill wild turkeys in Philomath
http://www.examiner.com/a-1663998~Police_kill_wild_turkeys_in_Philomath.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
On this Day: ‘The War of the Worlds’ Broadcast Causes Panic
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/September-October-08/On-this-Day---The-War-of-the-Worlds--Broadcast-Causes-Panic.html
Leave Your Ear Wax Alone, Experts Say
http://www.kirotv.com/health/17846271/detail.html
Sticky-Fingered Campus Cop Charged In Pastry Theft
http://www.kirotv.com/irresistible/17848981/detail.html
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Energy News Digest for October 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)
- Electricity crisis lurks over the hill in rural U.S., co-op group warned
- Grays Harbor County PUD rebuffs Bassett on Cosmopolis pulp mill
- BPA reviews old transmission line plan between Umatilla to John Day, Oregon
- Rating improves on Chelan County PUD debt
- Oregon – FERC is a no-show at Coos Bay area LNG hearing
- Snohomish PUD opponents differ on size of board
- South Carolina – Electricity – key to disaster recovery
- PG&E Mulling Fee for Customers Who Switch Service to Proposed Public Utility
- Tags unlock young salmon secrets
- Dams Appear to Have No Impact on Salmon
- Salmon are heading up the Satsop and Wynoochee
- Mexico Pays Fishermen to Help Save a Species
- Colorado – Water trial sails into third day
- Amid economic crisis, wind power spins more slowly
- Grays Harbor County PUD looks into wind power
- Statesmen Journal Op/Ed – Let free market decide when Oregon is ready for more wind power
- A Clean Energy Uprising in California
- It Pays to Go Green in a Down Economy
- Kansas - Conservation program cutting thousands off energy bills
- Winston-Salem Journal Editorial – Saving Energy
- New York – Stony Kill Farm offers home energy guidance
- Can smoke and mirrors ease global warming?
- Live from Antarctica! A lesson in global warming
- Microsoft loses share of Internet searches, while Yahoo sees gain
- Telemedicine Could Save $197 Billion, But Only With ‘Smart Networks’
- Are taxpayer-funded networks a good idea?
- WiFi showing up in more places
- Microsoft Introduces Windows 7, Ending Vista Brand
- On this Day: ‘Black Tuesday’ Stock Market Crash Ushers in Great Depression
- What Went Into the $500 million Pepsi Logo
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Eldritch • \EL-dritch\ • adjective – Weird, eerie
Hiding under the covers, lest the closet monster see any part of its body, the quaking child began having second thoughts about reading “Tales from the Crypt” with a flashlight under the covers at bedtime. Every eldritch creak of the house, branch against the window, or drip of the bathroom faucet conjured up images of a monster with slathering jaws waiting to pounce.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Electricity crisis lurks over the hill in rural U.S., co-op group warned (NW Arkansas News)
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Business/241932/
Grays Harbor County PUD rebuffs Bassett on Cosmopolis pulp mill (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/10/28/local_news/09news.txt
BPA reviews old transmission line plan between Umatilla to John Day, Oregon (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/365572.html
Rating improves on Chelan County PUD debt (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081028/NEWS04/710289970
Oregon – FERC is a no-show at Coos Bay area LNG hearing (The World, Coos Bay, OR)
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/10/28/news/doc49074c94dda45199451496.txt
Snohomish PUD opponents differ on size of board (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081029/NEWS01/710299820
South Carolina – Electricity – key to disaster recovery (North Myrtle Beach Local News, SC)
http://www.northmyrtlebeachonline.com/modules/AMS/article.php?storyid=1397
PG&E Mulling Fee For Customers Who Switch Service to Proposed Public Utility (KPIX-TV, San Francisco, CA)
http://cbs5.com/consumer/marin.energy.switch.2.850935.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Tags unlock young salmon secrets (British Broadcasting Corporation, UK)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7694180.stm
Dams Appear to Have No Impact on Salmon (Discovery Channel)
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/29/salmon-dam.html
Salmon are heading up the Satsop and Wynoochee – Some of the best reports for salmon are coming from the Satsop-Wynoochee region. (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/521825.html
Mexico Pays Fishermen to Help Save a Species (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/world/americas/29mexico.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Colorado – Water trial sails into third day – The trial over the San Luis Valley’s first groundwater management sub-district plan enters its third day today (Valley Courier, Alamosa, CO)
http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=10044&page=72
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Amid economic crisis, wind power spins more slowly – Many of the big players who were drawn to alternative energy by tax credits are now sidelined or kaput (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/10/28/amid-economic-crisis-wind-power-spins-more-slowly/
Grays Harbor County PUD looks into wind power (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/10/29/local_news/05news.txt
Statesmen Journal Op/Ed – Let free market decide when Oregon is ready for more wind power (Salem, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081029/OPINION/81025011/1049/OPINION
A Clean Energy Uprising in California (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/a-clean-energy-uprising-in-california/
CONSERVATION
It Pays to Go Green in a Down Economy – Learn why even in this economy you can't afford not to implement green practices in your business (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27438289/
Kansas - Conservation program cutting thousands off energy bills (The Morning Sun, Pittsburg, KS)
http://www.morningsun.net/news/x1588594087/Conservation-program-cutting-thousands-off-energy-bills
Winston-Salem Journal Editorial – Saving Energy (NC)
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/oct/29/saving-energy/opinion/
New York – Stony Kill Farm offers home energy guidance (Poughkeepsie Journal, NY)
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20081029/NEWS01/81028035/1006
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Can smoke and mirrors ease global warming? (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE49Q02B20081027
Live from Antarctica! A lesson in global warming (The Courier-Post Online, New Jersey)
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20081029/NEWS01/81029045/1006/news01
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft loses share of Internet searches, while Yahoo sees gain (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/521833.html
Expert: Telemedicine Could Save $197 Billion, But Only With ‘Smart Networks’ (Broadband Census)
http://broadbandcensus.com/blog/?p=957
Are taxpayer-funded networks a good idea? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/external/idg/2008/10/27/27idg-Are-taxpayer-fu.html
WiFi showing up in more places (Business First of Buffalo)
http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2008/10/27/focus2.html?ana=from_rss
Microsoft Introduces Windows 7, Ending Vista Brand (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/technology/business-computing/29soft.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
GENERAL NEWS
On this Day: ‘Black Tuesday’ Stock Market Crash Ushers in Great Depression (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/September-October-08/On-this-Day---Black-Tuesday--Stock-Market-Crash-Ushers-in-Great-Depression.html
What Went Into the Updated Pepsi Logo – Experts Estimate Cost to Roll Out New Look in the Hundreds of Millions (Advertising Age)
http://adage.com/article?article_id=132016
DIVERSIONS
Red Makes Women More Attractive To Men
http://www.kirotv.com/health/17829157/detail.html
Man Charged With Driving Stolen SUV To Court
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/17829042/detail.html
TV Remotes, Doorknobs Among Germ Hotbeds
http://www.kirotv.com/health/17828695/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Electricity crisis lurks over the hill in rural U.S., co-op group warned
- Grays Harbor County PUD rebuffs Bassett on Cosmopolis pulp mill
- BPA reviews old transmission line plan between Umatilla to John Day, Oregon
- Rating improves on Chelan County PUD debt
- Oregon – FERC is a no-show at Coos Bay area LNG hearing
- Snohomish PUD opponents differ on size of board
- South Carolina – Electricity – key to disaster recovery
- PG&E Mulling Fee for Customers Who Switch Service to Proposed Public Utility
- Tags unlock young salmon secrets
- Dams Appear to Have No Impact on Salmon
- Salmon are heading up the Satsop and Wynoochee
- Mexico Pays Fishermen to Help Save a Species
- Colorado – Water trial sails into third day
- Amid economic crisis, wind power spins more slowly
- Grays Harbor County PUD looks into wind power
- Statesmen Journal Op/Ed – Let free market decide when Oregon is ready for more wind power
- A Clean Energy Uprising in California
- It Pays to Go Green in a Down Economy
- Kansas - Conservation program cutting thousands off energy bills
- Winston-Salem Journal Editorial – Saving Energy
- New York – Stony Kill Farm offers home energy guidance
- Can smoke and mirrors ease global warming?
- Live from Antarctica! A lesson in global warming
- Microsoft loses share of Internet searches, while Yahoo sees gain
- Telemedicine Could Save $197 Billion, But Only With ‘Smart Networks’
- Are taxpayer-funded networks a good idea?
- WiFi showing up in more places
- Microsoft Introduces Windows 7, Ending Vista Brand
- On this Day: ‘Black Tuesday’ Stock Market Crash Ushers in Great Depression
- What Went Into the $500 million Pepsi Logo
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Eldritch • \EL-dritch\ • adjective – Weird, eerie
Hiding under the covers, lest the closet monster see any part of its body, the quaking child began having second thoughts about reading “Tales from the Crypt” with a flashlight under the covers at bedtime. Every eldritch creak of the house, branch against the window, or drip of the bathroom faucet conjured up images of a monster with slathering jaws waiting to pounce.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Electricity crisis lurks over the hill in rural U.S., co-op group warned (NW Arkansas News)
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Business/241932/
Grays Harbor County PUD rebuffs Bassett on Cosmopolis pulp mill (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/10/28/local_news/09news.txt
BPA reviews old transmission line plan between Umatilla to John Day, Oregon (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/365572.html
Rating improves on Chelan County PUD debt (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081028/NEWS04/710289970
Oregon – FERC is a no-show at Coos Bay area LNG hearing (The World, Coos Bay, OR)
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/10/28/news/doc49074c94dda45199451496.txt
Snohomish PUD opponents differ on size of board (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081029/NEWS01/710299820
South Carolina – Electricity – key to disaster recovery (North Myrtle Beach Local News, SC)
http://www.northmyrtlebeachonline.com/modules/AMS/article.php?storyid=1397
PG&E Mulling Fee For Customers Who Switch Service to Proposed Public Utility (KPIX-TV, San Francisco, CA)
http://cbs5.com/consumer/marin.energy.switch.2.850935.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Tags unlock young salmon secrets (British Broadcasting Corporation, UK)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7694180.stm
Dams Appear to Have No Impact on Salmon (Discovery Channel)
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/29/salmon-dam.html
Salmon are heading up the Satsop and Wynoochee – Some of the best reports for salmon are coming from the Satsop-Wynoochee region. (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/521825.html
Mexico Pays Fishermen to Help Save a Species (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/world/americas/29mexico.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Colorado – Water trial sails into third day – The trial over the San Luis Valley’s first groundwater management sub-district plan enters its third day today (Valley Courier, Alamosa, CO)
http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=10044&page=72
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Amid economic crisis, wind power spins more slowly – Many of the big players who were drawn to alternative energy by tax credits are now sidelined or kaput (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/10/28/amid-economic-crisis-wind-power-spins-more-slowly/
Grays Harbor County PUD looks into wind power (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/10/29/local_news/05news.txt
Statesmen Journal Op/Ed – Let free market decide when Oregon is ready for more wind power (Salem, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081029/OPINION/81025011/1049/OPINION
A Clean Energy Uprising in California (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/a-clean-energy-uprising-in-california/
CONSERVATION
It Pays to Go Green in a Down Economy – Learn why even in this economy you can't afford not to implement green practices in your business (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27438289/
Kansas - Conservation program cutting thousands off energy bills (The Morning Sun, Pittsburg, KS)
http://www.morningsun.net/news/x1588594087/Conservation-program-cutting-thousands-off-energy-bills
Winston-Salem Journal Editorial – Saving Energy (NC)
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/oct/29/saving-energy/opinion/
New York – Stony Kill Farm offers home energy guidance (Poughkeepsie Journal, NY)
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20081029/NEWS01/81028035/1006
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Can smoke and mirrors ease global warming? (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE49Q02B20081027
Live from Antarctica! A lesson in global warming (The Courier-Post Online, New Jersey)
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20081029/NEWS01/81029045/1006/news01
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft loses share of Internet searches, while Yahoo sees gain (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/521833.html
Expert: Telemedicine Could Save $197 Billion, But Only With ‘Smart Networks’ (Broadband Census)
http://broadbandcensus.com/blog/?p=957
Are taxpayer-funded networks a good idea? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/external/idg/2008/10/27/27idg-Are-taxpayer-fu.html
WiFi showing up in more places (Business First of Buffalo)
http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2008/10/27/focus2.html?ana=from_rss
Microsoft Introduces Windows 7, Ending Vista Brand (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/technology/business-computing/29soft.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
GENERAL NEWS
On this Day: ‘Black Tuesday’ Stock Market Crash Ushers in Great Depression (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/September-October-08/On-this-Day---Black-Tuesday--Stock-Market-Crash-Ushers-in-Great-Depression.html
What Went Into the Updated Pepsi Logo – Experts Estimate Cost to Roll Out New Look in the Hundreds of Millions (Advertising Age)
http://adage.com/article?article_id=132016
DIVERSIONS
Red Makes Women More Attractive To Men
http://www.kirotv.com/health/17829157/detail.html
Man Charged With Driving Stolen SUV To Court
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/17829042/detail.html
TV Remotes, Doorknobs Among Germ Hotbeds
http://www.kirotv.com/health/17828695/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Energy News Digest for October 28, 2008 - The Gollum Fish Story Edition
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)
- Shelton Releases 2009 Preliminary Budget – May turn off half the city’s street lights
- Westinghouse big winner in nuclear power push (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
- Research hints dam improvements helping salmon
- Salmon study sparks row over dams
- Salmon study: Dammed or not
- Salmon study under fire for minimizing effect of dams
- Salmon smolt survival similar in Columbia and Fraser rivers
- Fraser full of risks for salmon, study finds
- Texas district wins round in Okla. water lawsuit
- Cyprus – Thirst for solution to water shortages
- State's alternative energy projects gain momentum
- Tilting at Windmills: Is Small-Scale Turbine Power Viable
- Whirlwind of investment – Betting on wind energy
- Calif. Rule Casts Shade on Solar Panels
- Google’s Green Agenda Could Pay Off
- FPL Cuts 400 MW of Wind Energy Plans
- 3TIER Named one of "100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies"
- Jay Inslee Calls Clean Energy "Our Generation's Legacy”
- 19 Ways to Slash Your Utility Bill
- Clallam climate group traces greenhouse gases
- Oregon governor reveals climate change agenda
- FCC to rule on white space channels
- Dolly Parton, Other Artists Hates White Space Broadband
- US cablecos spice wireless broadband fight
- Belfair House Fire Victims Died From Smoke Inhalation
- Wrong-way driver hits pickup on I-5 in Olympia, leaves one dead
- Boeing, Machinists reach settlement
- Records request for December 2007 storm insurance claims disputed
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Orb • \ORB\ • noun – 1: Any of the concentric spheres in old astronomy surrounding the earth and carrying the celestial bodies in their revolutions 2: archaic: something circular: circle, orbit 3: a spherical body; especially: a spherical celestial object 4: eye
5: a sphere surmounted by a cross symbolizing kingly power and justice
Woody Allen’s “Sleeper” caused orb sales (or any other spherical object) to skyrocket in the tiny burgh of Anytown USA. Unfortunately, without the futuristic technology foretold in the movie, no one got high…they just all got annoyed.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
City Releases 2009 Preliminary Budget – Proposes turning off half the city’s street lights to save money (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5406/reftab/1632/title/CITY_RELEASES_2009_PRELIMINARY_BUDGET/Default.aspx
Westinghouse big winner in nuclear power push (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2008/10/27/story1.html?ana=from_rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
A “Gollum Moment” – “We loves the report….We hates the report”
Research hints dam improvements helping salmon (The Oregonian, Portland, WA)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/research_hints_dam_improvement.html
Salmon study sparks row over dams – Results dismissing link to fish mortality are called into question (Nature News)
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081027/full/4551160a.html?s=news_rss
Salmon study: Dammed or not – A river with zero dams or a river with eight may not be much different for the survival of young salmon (Science News)
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/38128/title/Salmon_study_Dammed_or_not
Salmon study under fire for minimizing effect of dams – A new study says river dams make no difference to salmon survival (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008319616_salmon28m.html
Salmon smolt survival similar in Columbia and Fraser rivers (EurekAlert)
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/osu-sss102708.php
Fraser full of risks for salmon, study finds (CanWest News Service)
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=3d661bfa-fb46-4841-9cdd-cc32682920f2
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Texas district wins round in Okla. water lawsuit – Lawsuit was over Oklahoma's ban on out of state water sales (Associated Press)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6081580.html
Cyprus – Thirst for solution to water shortages (Financial Times)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4ae2c9dc-a480-11dd-8104-000077b07658.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
State's alternative energy projects gain momentum “…hydroelectric power has been Washington state's green power of choice for decades…” (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/33429934.html
Tilting at Windmills: Is Small-Scale Turbine Power Viable--Or Just an Illusion? A new plastic turbine can capture energy from the wind gusting over your roof (Scientific American)
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=small-scale-wind-power
Whirlwind of investment – Zoltek, Emerson, Wind Capital betting on wind energy
(St. Louis Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/10/27/story2.html?ana=from_rss
Calif. Rule Casts Shade on Solar Panels (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96175833
Google’s Green Agenda Could Pay Off (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/technology/internet/28google.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/story?id=53954&src=rss
FPL Cuts 400 MW of Wind Energy Plans (Renewable Energy World Online)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=53951&src=rss
3TIER Named one of "100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies" in Washington (Renewable Energy World Online)
News Release – U.S. Representative Jay Inslee Calls Clean Energy "Our Generation's Legacy” (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/us-representative-jay-inslee-calls/story.aspx?guid=%7B2F99E3CC-841C-4EF7-A247-B6CC512B23D6%7D&dist=hppr
CONSERVATION
19 Ways to Slash Your Utility Bill (Popular Mechanics)
http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/how_to/4288639.html?page=1
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Clallam climate group traces greenhouse gases (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081028/news/310289992
Oregon governor reveals climate change agenda (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/10/27/daily4.html?ana=from_rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC to rule on white space channels (Associated Press)
http://www.fox44.net/Global/story.asp?S=9251567&nav=menu660_1
Dolly Parton, Other Artists Hates White Space Broadband (Broadband Reports)
http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/Dolly-Parton-Hates-White-Space-Broadband-98712
US cablecos spice wireless broadband fight – The quadruple play (The Register)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/27/cox_and_wireless/
GENERAL NEWS
Belfair House Fire Victims Died From Smoke Inhalation (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5408/reftab/1632/title/HOUSE_FIRE_VICTIMS_DIED_FROM_SMOKE_INHALATION/Default.aspx
Wrong-way driver hits pickup on I-5 in Olympia, leaves one dead (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/638296.html
Boeing, Machinists reach settlement; pact calls for 15 percent pay raise over 4 years (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/boeingaerospace/2008319765_machinists28.html?syndication=rss
Records request for December 2007 storm insurance claims disputed (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/10/27/local_news/02news.txt
DIVERSIONS
The Ultimate In Cold Feet – Reluctant groom sets hotel on fire
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE49Q3X220081027?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Man drives drunk to protest drunken driving charge
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE49Q62620081027?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Poodle Delays 8 Flights At Boston Airport – Dog Evades Airport Personnel For 17 Hours
http://www.kirotv.com/travelgetaways/17814900/detail.html?treets=sea&taf=sea
Colo. Couple Get Marijuana With Order Of Tacos
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17813418/detail.html
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Shelton Releases 2009 Preliminary Budget – May turn off half the city’s street lights
- Westinghouse big winner in nuclear power push (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
- Research hints dam improvements helping salmon
- Salmon study sparks row over dams
- Salmon study: Dammed or not
- Salmon study under fire for minimizing effect of dams
- Salmon smolt survival similar in Columbia and Fraser rivers
- Fraser full of risks for salmon, study finds
- Texas district wins round in Okla. water lawsuit
- Cyprus – Thirst for solution to water shortages
- State's alternative energy projects gain momentum
- Tilting at Windmills: Is Small-Scale Turbine Power Viable
- Whirlwind of investment – Betting on wind energy
- Calif. Rule Casts Shade on Solar Panels
- Google’s Green Agenda Could Pay Off
- FPL Cuts 400 MW of Wind Energy Plans
- 3TIER Named one of "100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies"
- Jay Inslee Calls Clean Energy "Our Generation's Legacy”
- 19 Ways to Slash Your Utility Bill
- Clallam climate group traces greenhouse gases
- Oregon governor reveals climate change agenda
- FCC to rule on white space channels
- Dolly Parton, Other Artists Hates White Space Broadband
- US cablecos spice wireless broadband fight
- Belfair House Fire Victims Died From Smoke Inhalation
- Wrong-way driver hits pickup on I-5 in Olympia, leaves one dead
- Boeing, Machinists reach settlement
- Records request for December 2007 storm insurance claims disputed
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Orb • \ORB\ • noun – 1: Any of the concentric spheres in old astronomy surrounding the earth and carrying the celestial bodies in their revolutions 2: archaic: something circular: circle, orbit 3: a spherical body; especially: a spherical celestial object 4: eye
5: a sphere surmounted by a cross symbolizing kingly power and justice
Woody Allen’s “Sleeper” caused orb sales (or any other spherical object) to skyrocket in the tiny burgh of Anytown USA. Unfortunately, without the futuristic technology foretold in the movie, no one got high…they just all got annoyed.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
City Releases 2009 Preliminary Budget – Proposes turning off half the city’s street lights to save money (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5406/reftab/1632/title/CITY_RELEASES_2009_PRELIMINARY_BUDGET/Default.aspx
Westinghouse big winner in nuclear power push (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2008/10/27/story1.html?ana=from_rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
A “Gollum Moment” – “We loves the report….We hates the report”
Research hints dam improvements helping salmon (The Oregonian, Portland, WA)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/research_hints_dam_improvement.html
Salmon study sparks row over dams – Results dismissing link to fish mortality are called into question (Nature News)
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081027/full/4551160a.html?s=news_rss
Salmon study: Dammed or not – A river with zero dams or a river with eight may not be much different for the survival of young salmon (Science News)
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/38128/title/Salmon_study_Dammed_or_not
Salmon study under fire for minimizing effect of dams – A new study says river dams make no difference to salmon survival (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008319616_salmon28m.html
Salmon smolt survival similar in Columbia and Fraser rivers (EurekAlert)
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/osu-sss102708.php
Fraser full of risks for salmon, study finds (CanWest News Service)
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=3d661bfa-fb46-4841-9cdd-cc32682920f2
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Texas district wins round in Okla. water lawsuit – Lawsuit was over Oklahoma's ban on out of state water sales (Associated Press)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6081580.html
Cyprus – Thirst for solution to water shortages (Financial Times)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4ae2c9dc-a480-11dd-8104-000077b07658.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
State's alternative energy projects gain momentum “…hydroelectric power has been Washington state's green power of choice for decades…” (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/33429934.html
Tilting at Windmills: Is Small-Scale Turbine Power Viable--Or Just an Illusion? A new plastic turbine can capture energy from the wind gusting over your roof (Scientific American)
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=small-scale-wind-power
Whirlwind of investment – Zoltek, Emerson, Wind Capital betting on wind energy
(St. Louis Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/10/27/story2.html?ana=from_rss
Calif. Rule Casts Shade on Solar Panels (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96175833
Google’s Green Agenda Could Pay Off (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/technology/internet/28google.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/story?id=53954&src=rss
FPL Cuts 400 MW of Wind Energy Plans (Renewable Energy World Online)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=53951&src=rss
3TIER Named one of "100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies" in Washington (Renewable Energy World Online)
News Release – U.S. Representative Jay Inslee Calls Clean Energy "Our Generation's Legacy” (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/us-representative-jay-inslee-calls/story.aspx?guid=%7B2F99E3CC-841C-4EF7-A247-B6CC512B23D6%7D&dist=hppr
CONSERVATION
19 Ways to Slash Your Utility Bill (Popular Mechanics)
http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/how_to/4288639.html?page=1
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Clallam climate group traces greenhouse gases (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081028/news/310289992
Oregon governor reveals climate change agenda (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/10/27/daily4.html?ana=from_rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC to rule on white space channels (Associated Press)
http://www.fox44.net/Global/story.asp?S=9251567&nav=menu660_1
Dolly Parton, Other Artists Hates White Space Broadband (Broadband Reports)
http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/Dolly-Parton-Hates-White-Space-Broadband-98712
US cablecos spice wireless broadband fight – The quadruple play (The Register)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/27/cox_and_wireless/
GENERAL NEWS
Belfair House Fire Victims Died From Smoke Inhalation (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5408/reftab/1632/title/HOUSE_FIRE_VICTIMS_DIED_FROM_SMOKE_INHALATION/Default.aspx
Wrong-way driver hits pickup on I-5 in Olympia, leaves one dead (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/638296.html
Boeing, Machinists reach settlement; pact calls for 15 percent pay raise over 4 years (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/boeingaerospace/2008319765_machinists28.html?syndication=rss
Records request for December 2007 storm insurance claims disputed (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/10/27/local_news/02news.txt
DIVERSIONS
The Ultimate In Cold Feet – Reluctant groom sets hotel on fire
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE49Q3X220081027?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Man drives drunk to protest drunken driving charge
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE49Q62620081027?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Poodle Delays 8 Flights At Boston Airport – Dog Evades Airport Personnel For 17 Hours
http://www.kirotv.com/travelgetaways/17814900/detail.html?treets=sea&taf=sea
Colo. Couple Get Marijuana With Order Of Tacos
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17813418/detail.html
Monday, October 27, 2008
Energy News Digest for October 27, 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)
- Rate weight: Clark Public Utilities faces upward pressure on electricity costs
- Seattle Times Editorial – Public Power, Yes: keep local control
- Whidbey Examiner – General election endorsements
- Jefferson PUD power drive generates $250,000 in both sides' campaign spending
- Thurston County PUD candidates educate while on campaign trail
- Mason County PUD No. 3 to Discuss Identity Theft Prevention
- Idaho – Salmon River Electric decides not to sign PNGC power supply contract
- Weyco, Evergreen still talking about fate of Cosmopolis pulp mill
- Oregon – Troutdale metal thefts continue despite arrests
- Texas – Falling natural gas prices pull electric rates with them
- Commerce Energy Sells Texas Retail Electric Business for $14.8 Million
- Alcoa to slash production at Texas plant
- Damaged Sequim banner structure may cost $30,000 to fix
- Are the Orcas starving?
- Canada – Fishy business at B.C. fish farms
- Groups appeal draw down of Lake Roosevelt
- Oregon – Public buildings could use wood heat
- One man's garbage becomes another's power plant
- Missouri – Utilities offer stances on clean-energy initiative
- Houston Chronicle Op/Ed – After oil: The future of energy
- Editorial – No miracles coming in Pennsylvania conservation bill
- Canada – Cap-trade or carbon tax alone not adequate: Study
- Scientists worried over rise in two more greenhouse gases
- Bandwidth brouhaha-- You get what you pay for, or do you?
- Should Cable Operators Just Run Fiber To The Home?
- CenturyTel to Buy Rival for $5.8 Billion in Stock
- Comcast Revs Broadband Engine
- DSL Still Dominates The Globe
- Broadband Caps Affecting One Million Brits
- Microsoft’s Vista Problem, by the Numbers
- Details about Microsoft's cloud computing expected at conference
- Teenager, 4-year-old identified in fatal Belfair house fire
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Wherewithal • \WAIR-with-awl\ • noun – Means, resources; specifically: money
Amber let the canoe drift lazily along the river, oblivious to the distant sound of crashing water plummeting over 800 feet to the base of Reichenbach Falls. Even if her companion, Frederic had the interest in guiding the craft to shore, he lacked the wherewithal to do so. The gaily painted canoe paddles had been left on the dock, almost two miles upstream from the impending site of the two boaters’ doom. “At least we’ll depart in good company, my dear Holmes,” joked Freddy.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Rate weight: Clark Public Utilities faces upward pressure on electricity costs (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081026/BIZ01/710269998/-1/biz
Seattle Times Editorial – Public Power, Yes: keep local control: Voters in Skagit County, eastern Jefferson County and Whidbey Island have a historic choice Nov. 4: Whether to buy out Puget Sound Energy
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008308444_edit27puds.html
Whidbey Examiner – General election endorsements: Scroll down to see this paper’s endorsement of the Whidbey PUD proposal
http://www.whidbeyexaminer.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=5&ArticleID=1856&TM=74561.48
Jefferson PUD power drive generates $250,000 in both sides' campaign spending (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081026/news/310269990
Thurston County PUD candidates educate while on campaign trail (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/635863.html
Mason County PUD No. 3 to Discuss Identity Theft Prevention (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5393/reftab/1896/Default.aspx?title=P.U.D._3_TO_DISCUSS_IDENTITY_THEFT_PREVENTION
Idaho – Salmon River Electric decides not to sign PNGC power supply contract (Challis Messenger, ID)
http://www.challismessenger.com/index.php?accnum=story-9-20081023
Weyco, Evergreen still talking about fate of Cosmopolis pulp mill (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/10/25/local_news/03news.txt
Oregon – Troutdale metal thefts continue despite arrests: Construction company suffered numerous losses (Gresham Outlook, OR)
http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=122489185365992900
Texas – Falling natural gas prices pull electric rates with them (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, TX)
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/996872.html
Commerce Energy Sells Texas Retail Electric Business for $14.8 Million (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/commerce-energy-sells-texas-retail/story.aspx?guid=%7B60D54AFF-0EFD-4862-B24E-385BAAE06423%7D&dist=hppr
Alcoa to slash production at Texas plant – Cuts at another plant blamed on citing uncompetitive power supply and general market conditions (Pittsburgh Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2008/10/20/daily52.html?ana=from_rss
Damaged Sequim banner structure may cost $30,000 to fix – publicity sites now down to one (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081024/news/310249992
FISH & WILDLIFE
Are the Orcas starving? As salmon runs decline (except in the Columbia), killer whale numbers take hardest hit since 1990s (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/384854_orcas25.html
Canada – Fishy business at B.C. fish farms – Widespread environmental degradation accompanies growing industry (McGill Daily)
http://www.mcgilldaily.com/article/5378-fishy-business-at-b-c-fish
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Groups appeal draw down of Lake Roosevelt (The Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/384984_columbia25.html?source=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon – Public buildings could use wood heat (Eugene Register-Guard)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/1535909-35/story.csp
One man's garbage becomes another's power plant (Associated Press)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/26/AR2008102600871.html?nav=rss_technology
Missouri – Utilities offer stances on clean-energy initiative (The Missourian, Columbia, MO)
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2008/10/26/utilities-offer-stances-clean-energy-initiative/
Houston Chronicle Op/Ed – After oil: The future of energy: Is there a 'silver bullet' that will take the place of petroleum as America's primary fuel source?
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6078864.html
CONSERVATION
Reading, PA Eagle Editorial – No miracles coming in Pennsylvania conservation bill
http://www.readingeagle.com/blog.aspx?bid=4&id=18238&t=No-miracles-coming-in-conservation-bill
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Canada – Cap-trade or carbon tax alone not adequate: Study (The Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=8f0f1d67-2007-45d0-bdf3-64d1399fbd50
Scientists worried over rise in two more greenhouse gases (Associated Press)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081025/NEWS02/710259839/1025/rss1025
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Bandwidth brouhaha-- You get what you pay for, or do you? (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/10/26/bandwidth-brouhaha-you-get-what-you-pay-for-or-do-you
Should Cable Operators Just Run Fiber To The Home? (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Should-Cable-Operators-Just-Run-Fiber-To-The-Home-98676
CenturyTel to Buy Rival for $5.8 Billion in Stock (NY Times)
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/centurytel-is-said-to-be-near-deal-to-buy-rival/index.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Comcast Revs Broadband Engine (TechNewsWorld)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Comcast-Revs-Broadband-Engine-64922.html
DSL Still Dominates The Globe – Though fiber is on the march, particularly in Japan, South Korea (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/DSL-Still-Dominates-The-Globe-98673
Broadband Caps Affecting One Million Brits (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/10/23/broadband-caps-affecting-one-million-brits/
Microsoft’s Vista Problem, by the Numbers (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/microsofts-vista-problem-by-the-numbers/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Details about Microsoft's cloud computing expected at conference (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008314759_windows27.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Teenager, 4-year-old identified in fatal Belfair house fire (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/oct/26/one-child-died-trying-to-save-the-other/?partner=RSS
DIVERSIONS
From a Strip of Scotch Tape, X-Rays
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/science/28xray.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
A Record in Making Guinness Annoyed at You
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/business/media/27guinness.html?adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1225079575-eFm9yOaUEjSq5e9q0Xmo+A
Sand snatchers shrink Caribbean beaches
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/26/international/i081813D33.DTL&feed=rss.news
Nike Customers Angry After Woman with Fastest Time Doesn't "Win" Marathon
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/22/MNCI13MDH0.DTL
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Rate weight: Clark Public Utilities faces upward pressure on electricity costs
- Seattle Times Editorial – Public Power, Yes: keep local control
- Whidbey Examiner – General election endorsements
- Jefferson PUD power drive generates $250,000 in both sides' campaign spending
- Thurston County PUD candidates educate while on campaign trail
- Mason County PUD No. 3 to Discuss Identity Theft Prevention
- Idaho – Salmon River Electric decides not to sign PNGC power supply contract
- Weyco, Evergreen still talking about fate of Cosmopolis pulp mill
- Oregon – Troutdale metal thefts continue despite arrests
- Texas – Falling natural gas prices pull electric rates with them
- Commerce Energy Sells Texas Retail Electric Business for $14.8 Million
- Alcoa to slash production at Texas plant
- Damaged Sequim banner structure may cost $30,000 to fix
- Are the Orcas starving?
- Canada – Fishy business at B.C. fish farms
- Groups appeal draw down of Lake Roosevelt
- Oregon – Public buildings could use wood heat
- One man's garbage becomes another's power plant
- Missouri – Utilities offer stances on clean-energy initiative
- Houston Chronicle Op/Ed – After oil: The future of energy
- Editorial – No miracles coming in Pennsylvania conservation bill
- Canada – Cap-trade or carbon tax alone not adequate: Study
- Scientists worried over rise in two more greenhouse gases
- Bandwidth brouhaha-- You get what you pay for, or do you?
- Should Cable Operators Just Run Fiber To The Home?
- CenturyTel to Buy Rival for $5.8 Billion in Stock
- Comcast Revs Broadband Engine
- DSL Still Dominates The Globe
- Broadband Caps Affecting One Million Brits
- Microsoft’s Vista Problem, by the Numbers
- Details about Microsoft's cloud computing expected at conference
- Teenager, 4-year-old identified in fatal Belfair house fire
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Wherewithal • \WAIR-with-awl\ • noun – Means, resources; specifically: money
Amber let the canoe drift lazily along the river, oblivious to the distant sound of crashing water plummeting over 800 feet to the base of Reichenbach Falls. Even if her companion, Frederic had the interest in guiding the craft to shore, he lacked the wherewithal to do so. The gaily painted canoe paddles had been left on the dock, almost two miles upstream from the impending site of the two boaters’ doom. “At least we’ll depart in good company, my dear Holmes,” joked Freddy.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Rate weight: Clark Public Utilities faces upward pressure on electricity costs (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081026/BIZ01/710269998/-1/biz
Seattle Times Editorial – Public Power, Yes: keep local control: Voters in Skagit County, eastern Jefferson County and Whidbey Island have a historic choice Nov. 4: Whether to buy out Puget Sound Energy
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008308444_edit27puds.html
Whidbey Examiner – General election endorsements: Scroll down to see this paper’s endorsement of the Whidbey PUD proposal
http://www.whidbeyexaminer.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=5&ArticleID=1856&TM=74561.48
Jefferson PUD power drive generates $250,000 in both sides' campaign spending (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081026/news/310269990
Thurston County PUD candidates educate while on campaign trail (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/635863.html
Mason County PUD No. 3 to Discuss Identity Theft Prevention (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5393/reftab/1896/Default.aspx?title=P.U.D._3_TO_DISCUSS_IDENTITY_THEFT_PREVENTION
Idaho – Salmon River Electric decides not to sign PNGC power supply contract (Challis Messenger, ID)
http://www.challismessenger.com/index.php?accnum=story-9-20081023
Weyco, Evergreen still talking about fate of Cosmopolis pulp mill (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/10/25/local_news/03news.txt
Oregon – Troutdale metal thefts continue despite arrests: Construction company suffered numerous losses (Gresham Outlook, OR)
http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=122489185365992900
Texas – Falling natural gas prices pull electric rates with them (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, TX)
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/996872.html
Commerce Energy Sells Texas Retail Electric Business for $14.8 Million (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/commerce-energy-sells-texas-retail/story.aspx?guid=%7B60D54AFF-0EFD-4862-B24E-385BAAE06423%7D&dist=hppr
Alcoa to slash production at Texas plant – Cuts at another plant blamed on citing uncompetitive power supply and general market conditions (Pittsburgh Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2008/10/20/daily52.html?ana=from_rss
Damaged Sequim banner structure may cost $30,000 to fix – publicity sites now down to one (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081024/news/310249992
FISH & WILDLIFE
Are the Orcas starving? As salmon runs decline (except in the Columbia), killer whale numbers take hardest hit since 1990s (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/384854_orcas25.html
Canada – Fishy business at B.C. fish farms – Widespread environmental degradation accompanies growing industry (McGill Daily)
http://www.mcgilldaily.com/article/5378-fishy-business-at-b-c-fish
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Groups appeal draw down of Lake Roosevelt (The Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/384984_columbia25.html?source=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon – Public buildings could use wood heat (Eugene Register-Guard)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/1535909-35/story.csp
One man's garbage becomes another's power plant (Associated Press)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/26/AR2008102600871.html?nav=rss_technology
Missouri – Utilities offer stances on clean-energy initiative (The Missourian, Columbia, MO)
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2008/10/26/utilities-offer-stances-clean-energy-initiative/
Houston Chronicle Op/Ed – After oil: The future of energy: Is there a 'silver bullet' that will take the place of petroleum as America's primary fuel source?
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6078864.html
CONSERVATION
Reading, PA Eagle Editorial – No miracles coming in Pennsylvania conservation bill
http://www.readingeagle.com/blog.aspx?bid=4&id=18238&t=No-miracles-coming-in-conservation-bill
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Canada – Cap-trade or carbon tax alone not adequate: Study (The Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=8f0f1d67-2007-45d0-bdf3-64d1399fbd50
Scientists worried over rise in two more greenhouse gases (Associated Press)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081025/NEWS02/710259839/1025/rss1025
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Bandwidth brouhaha-- You get what you pay for, or do you? (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/10/26/bandwidth-brouhaha-you-get-what-you-pay-for-or-do-you
Should Cable Operators Just Run Fiber To The Home? (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Should-Cable-Operators-Just-Run-Fiber-To-The-Home-98676
CenturyTel to Buy Rival for $5.8 Billion in Stock (NY Times)
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/centurytel-is-said-to-be-near-deal-to-buy-rival/index.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Comcast Revs Broadband Engine (TechNewsWorld)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Comcast-Revs-Broadband-Engine-64922.html
DSL Still Dominates The Globe – Though fiber is on the march, particularly in Japan, South Korea (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/DSL-Still-Dominates-The-Globe-98673
Broadband Caps Affecting One Million Brits (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/10/23/broadband-caps-affecting-one-million-brits/
Microsoft’s Vista Problem, by the Numbers (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/microsofts-vista-problem-by-the-numbers/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Details about Microsoft's cloud computing expected at conference (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008314759_windows27.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Teenager, 4-year-old identified in fatal Belfair house fire (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/oct/26/one-child-died-trying-to-save-the-other/?partner=RSS
DIVERSIONS
From a Strip of Scotch Tape, X-Rays
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/science/28xray.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
A Record in Making Guinness Annoyed at You
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/business/media/27guinness.html?adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1225079575-eFm9yOaUEjSq5e9q0Xmo+A
Sand snatchers shrink Caribbean beaches
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/26/international/i081813D33.DTL&feed=rss.news
Nike Customers Angry After Woman with Fastest Time Doesn't "Win" Marathon
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/22/MNCI13MDH0.DTL
Friday, October 24, 2008
Enegy News Digest Update
ENERGY: 2 more utilities join Energy Northwest (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/360746.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/360746.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Energy News Digest for October 24, 2008
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Grays Harbor County PUD pulls out of Cosmopolis mill cogeneration deal
- Port Townsend suspends lobbyist; Strategies 360 was representing PSE in Jefferson County public power fight
- San Francisco votes on electrical system takeover
- Clallam County PUD race causing rift on commission
- Oregon – Appeals court sides with liquefied natural gas developer in Coos Bay
- Nuclear Power May Be in Early Stages of a Revival
- Dynegy to Warn Investors on Risks of Coal Burning
- Missouri – Over rebuild of breached hydro reservoir project – Court denies Taum Sauk reservoir review
- FERC approves $14.2 million California settlement related to energy crisis
- BPA – Landmark agreement on hatchery changes expected to be good for fish
- Klamath salmon looking good for 2009
- Seven Puget Sound Orca Deaths Attributed to Lack of Food
- California – Only 12K salmon return: Hatchery official still expects enough fish to meet egg quota
- Consumer groups call on FDA to test Chilean salmon
- Vader Water System Could Become Property of Thurston PUD
- Oregon – Rogue River’s Gold Ray Dam: the next to go?
- California to pull Auburn Dam water rights on American River
- Wenatchee fixes leaky underground water reservoir
- Environmental groups fight for greener ways to deal with storm runoff
- Wenatchee area sewer service may expand, but some don’t want it
- Duke cuts proposed $100M solar program
- Wal-Mart Says Duke Energy’s Solar Roof Plan Unfair
- Agency seeks to clear air on Vancouver area woodstove decision
- British Columbia needs alternatives for energy
- Missouri – Electric utilities face renewable energy initiative
- Wind development biggest challenge for power grid
- Algae fans gather in Seattle to boost alternative energy industry
- Conservation is a sham; Smart Consumption isn't
- Solving the financial crisis by averting the climate crisis
- State of Oregon sets new greenhouse gas emission rules
- Date Local – The environmental case against long-distance relationships
- Yahoo plans new data center in Nebraska
- Broadband Over Power Lines Gets An Autopsy
- Japan, Korea lead in fiber-optic broadband
- FCC Pushes Digital TV on Tribal Reservations
- Lumber industry threatened by unsold homes
- At Rail Crossing – Highway 108 Closes Overnight Friday
- Man charged in 2007 theft of aluminum bridge
- Fall Back November 2 – Use clock change as reminder to change smoke alarm batteries
- Survey: U.S. Doctors Regularly Prescribe Placebos
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Exoteric • \ek-suh-TAIR-ik\ • adjective – *1: suitable to be imparted to the public 2: belonging to the outer or less initiate circle 3: external
The smoke-filled room rumbled with the low-voiced whispers of the Presidential king-makers. “No...No…No,” uttered the head of the group. “If we’re going to position our candidate as a Washington outsider, we can’t call them an ‘exoteric candidate.’ It makes it sound as if they have some sort of weird lifestyle.”
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Grays Harbor County PUD pulls out of Cosmopolis mill cogeneration deal – The Evergreen Pulp Mill deal is dead (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/10/23/local_news/02news.txt
Port Townsend suspends lobbyist; Strategies 360 was representing PSE in Jefferson County public power fight (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=22205
San Francisco votes on electrical system takeover (Associated Press)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i_x60e4vvz1waOw3a5onxM442jtQD940TNT00
Clallam County PUD race causing rift on commission (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/4139
Oregon – Appeals court sides with liquefied natural gas developer in Coos Bay (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1652441~Appeals_court_sides_with_LNG_developer_in_Coos_Bay.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Nuclear Power May Be in Early Stages of a Revival (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/business/24nuke.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
Dynegy to Warn Investors on Risks of Coal Burning (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/business/24dynegy.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Missouri – Over rebuild of breached hydro reservoir project – Court denies Taum Sauk reservoir review (St. Louis Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/10/20/daily83.html?ana=from_rss
FERC approves $14.2 million California settlement related to 2001 West Coast energy crisis (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=343448&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Landmark agreement on hatchery changes expected to be good for fish ─ and good for fishing (News Release, Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/235560/
Klamath salmon looking good for 2009 (The Times-Standard, Eureka, CA)
http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_10803408?source=rss
Seven Puget Sound Orca Deaths Attributed to Lack of Food (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/oct/23/seven-puget-sound-orca-deaths-attributed-to-lack/
California – Only 12K salmon return: Hatchery official still expects enough fish to meet egg quota (Redding Record Searchlight, CA)
http://www.redding.com/news/2008/oct/23/only-12k-salmon-return/?partner=yahoo_headlines
Consumer groups call on FDA to test Chilean salmon – authorities in Germany detected banned chemicals in the fish (The Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008302966_apimportedsalmonchemicals.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Vader-Area Water System Could Become Property of Thurston PUD (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1224787559&archive=
Oregon – Rogue River’s Gold Ray Dam: the next to go? Environmental studies will determine when and how Gold Ray Dam will come down (The Mail-Tribune, Medford, OR)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081024/NEWS/810240327/-1/rss01
State of California to pull Auburn Dam water rights on American River (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/latest/story/1338499.html
Leaky reservoir no more – Wenatchee’s tomb-like facility had been losing 140 gallons of water a minute (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081023/NEWS04/710239889
Environmental groups fight for greener ways to deal with storm runoff (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/33083339.html
Wenatchee area sewer service may expand, but some don’t want it (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081023/NEWS04/710239915/1001/rss1001
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Duke cuts proposed $100M solar program (Charlotte Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2008/10/20/daily34.html?ana=from_rss
Wal-Mart Says Duke Energy’s Solar Roof Plan Unfair (Environmental Leader)
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/10/20/wal-mart-says-dukes-solar-roof-plan-unfair/
Agency seeks to clear air on Vancouver area woodstove decision – Choice to award grants in specific area angers some residents (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081024/NEWS02/710249951/-1/news
British Columbia needs alternatives for energy – Demand may create Island opportunities (Nanaimo Daily News, BC)
http://www.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/news/story.html?id=27574c40-1d14-4780-bd44-6742268a8b00
Missouri – Electric utilities face renewable energy initiative from Prop. C (Bolivar Herald Free Press, MO)
http://www.bolivarmonews.com/articles/2008/10/24/news/doc4900df6d590e9508808447.txt
Wind development biggest challenge for power grid (Scientific American)
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=wind-development-biggest
Algae fans gather in Seattle to boost alternative energy industry (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008304498_algae240.html
CONSERVATION
Conservation is a sham; Smart Consumption isn't (Design News)
http://www.designnews.com/blog/Green_Engineering/1871-Conservation_is_a_sham_Smart_Consumption_isn_t.php
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Seattle Times Op/Ed – Solving the financial crisis by averting the climate crisis
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008303013_opin24gillerweb.html?syndication=rss
State of Oregon sets new greenhouse gas emission rules (Portland Tribune, OR)
http://www.portlandtribune.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=122479756902002900
Date Local – The environmental case against long-distance relationships (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2202431/?from=rss
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Yahoo plans new data center in Nebraska (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10805311?source=rss
Broadband Over Power Lines Gets An Autopsy – Say goodnight to the FCC's 'great broadband hope (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Broadband-Over-Power-Lines-Gets-An-Autopsy-98627
Japan, Korea lead in fiber-optic broadband (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE49M4Q320081023?sp=true
FCC Pushes Digital TV on Tribal Reservations (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4481
GENERAL NEWS
Lumber industry threatened by unsold homes (KIRO Radio, Seattle, WA)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=98562
At Rail Crossing – Highway 108 Closes Overnight Friday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5371/reftab/1896/title/HIGHWAY_108_CLOSES_OVERNIGHT_FRIDAY/Default.aspx
Man charged in 2007 theft of aluminum bridge (The Daily News, Longview, WA)http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/10/24/area_news/doc490122472aeee897895737.txt
Fall Back November 2 – Use clock change as reminder to change smoke alarm batteries (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081024/NEWS02/710249943/-1/news
Survey: U.S. Doctors Regularly Prescribe Placebos (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96063076&ft=1&f=3
DIVERSIONS
Man May Be Reimbursed For Money Mutilated By Mice
http://www.kirotv.com/money/17788099/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Follow-Up File – Deal Brings Longtime Santa Back To Mall
http://www.kirotv.com/money/17788664/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Drummer Breaks Into Church To Rock Out – Police Catch Man In Spirited, Illegal Solo
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/17785069/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Unwanted Chihuahuas crowd Santa Barbara shelters
http://www.examiner.com/a-1654009~Unwanted_Chihuahuas_crowd_Santa_Barbara_shelters.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Energy News Digest for October 23, 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)
- PUDs, Puget Sound Energy and Debate Over PSE Merger Issue
- Whatcom County PUD race pits architect vs. fisherman
- Mason County PUD No. 3 makes low-income senior citizen discount more accessible for customers
- PSE's community donations climb with $5,000 gift to Port Townsend swimming pool
- Feds reject protest to nuclear waste storage plan
- Groups approve plan to open Oregon river for salmon
- Chum Salmon Returning To Kennedy Creek
- Nesting site built for Caspian terns
- Chinook salmon run 'better than expected' on Campbell, Quinsam Rivers
- Kevin Richert: “Scary Salmon Rhetoric”
- Endangered species: A 9-second rewrite
- Birds Fly More than 7,000 Miles Nonstop, Study Shows
- Long list of ideas to rescue the Sound
- Canadians in Friday Harbor to explain Vancouver Island sewage plan
- North Idaho counties dispute pollution plan for Lake Coeur d'Alene
- U.S. wind energy capacity up 1,400 megawatts
- Oregon – Elkhorn Valley Wind Farm Studies Possible Expansion
- Feds Open Public Lands To Geothermal Exploration
- Region's manufacturing centers can become focal points for green-collar jobs
- A clear choice and a murky one on two California energy initiatives
- Canada – Change blowing in the wind
- Spooked by high energy prices? Save money with these tips
- Puget Sound Energy Helps Customers Save Energy and Money
- Maine – Hancock sawmill earns award for leadership in reducing energy use
- Climate Campaigners Were on Terrorist List
- Comcast increases Internet speed
- Did You Know: 'Smashed To Bits' Modems May Not Work
- Hundreds of state jobs cut since July
- State gets $63 million for flood, other damage
- 35th District a contrast in style, substance
- Ballot snafu means reissue for 211 voters in Brinnon
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Stalactite • \stuh-LACK-tite\ • noun – A deposit of calcium carbonate (as calcite) resembling an icicle hanging from the roof or sides of a cave
Stalagmite • \stuh-LAG-mite\ • noun – A deposit of calcium carbonate like an inverted stalactite formed on the floor of a cave by the drip of calcareous water
A good way to remember the difference is that of course, the stalactite hangs down, but a stalagmite (because it has an M in it) comes from a mound on the ground.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
PUDs, Puget Sound Energy and Debate Over PSE Merger Issue (The Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/623975.html
Whatcom County PUD race pits architect vs. fisherman (The Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/623770.html
Mason County PUD No. 3 makes low-income senior citizen discount more accessible for customers (Mason PUD 3 News Release)
http://www.masonpud3.org/News/display.asp?NewsID=475
PSE's community donations climb with $5,000 gift to Port Townsend swimming pool (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=22198
Feds reject protest to nuclear waste storage plan (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008301626_apnukeplantterrorism.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Groups approve plan to open Oregon river for salmon (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1652038~Groups_approve_plan_to_open_Ore__river_for_salmon.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Chum Salmon Returning To Kennedy Creek; Trail Opens November 1ST (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5361/reftab/1896/Default.aspx?title=CHUM_SALMON_RETURNING_TO_KENNEDY_CREEK;_TRAIL_OPENS_NOVEMBER_1ST_
Nesting site built for Caspian terns – Move is a bid to keep the birds away from young salmon in Columbia River (Associated Press)
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1260508
Canada – Chinook salmon run 'better than expected' on Campbell, Quinsam Rivers (Victoria Times Colonist)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/business/story.html?id=f5caabda-fcbc-4950-9f55-578123ebffec&k=27837
Kevin Richert: Otter's 'F' grade from think tank isn't fair – Scroll down to the heading “Scary Salmon Rhetoric” (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/106/story/546416.html
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial – Endangered species: A 9-second rewrite
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/384504_endangered.html?source=rss
Birds Fly More than 7,000 Miles Nonstop, Study Shows – In Its Annual Fall Migration, One Godwit Traveled From Alaska to New Zealand in Eight Days (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/21/AR2008102102685.html?nav=rss_nation
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Long list of ideas to rescue the Sound – Leaders of newly re-launched campaign gather in Olympia (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/384531_sound23.html?source=rss
Canadians in Friday Harbor to explain Vancouver Island sewage plan (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=d4f0413c-51ba-4f88-8100-bd4fbc186524
North Idaho counties dispute pollution plan for Lake Coeur d'Alene (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1650834~N__Idaho_counties_dispute_pollution_plan.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
U.S. wind energy capacity up 1,400 megawatts – said to be enough for ore than 400,000 homes (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/23/BU3I13MD07.DTL&feed=rss.business
Oregon – Elkhorn Valley Wind Farm Studies Possible Expansion (istockAnalyst)
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews+articleid_2731010.html
Feds Open Public Lands To Geothermal Exploration (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/3345-feds-open-public-lands-geothermal-exploration/
Seattle Times Op/Ed –Region's manufacturing centers can become focal points for green-collar jobs
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008298246_opin23kane.html?syndication=rss
Los Angeles Times Op/Ed – A clear choice and a murky one on two California energy initiatives
http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-me-cap23-2008oct23,0,5191147.column
Canada РChange blowing in the wind: Prime Minister Stephen Harper used the carbon tax as a cudgel to beat the political life out of St̩phane Dion in order to win reelection (Straight.com Рand another quarter goes to Robert Zimmerman)
http://www.straight.com/article-167131/change-blowing-wind
CONSERVATION
Spooked by high energy prices? Save money with these tips. (Google)
http://www.google.com/hauntedhouse08/index.html
Puget Sound Energy Helps Customers Save Energy and Money – Homeowners Eligible for $2,200 in Energy-Efficiency Rebates (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/PSE-Helps-Customers-Save-Energy/story.aspx?guid=%7B8C6BB296-36CB-4965-8C65-7CF8E851FE2F%7D
Maine – Hancock sawmill earns award for leadership in reducing energy use (Bethel Citizen, ME)
http://www.bethelcitizen.com/story.php?storyid=5270
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate Campaigners Were on Terrorist List (NY Times)
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/climate-campaigners-on-terrorist-list/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Comcast increases Internet speed (Philadelphia Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2008/10/20/daily28.html?ana=from_rss
Did You Know: 'Smashed To Bits' Modems May Not Work – And other helpful tips from AT&T support (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Did-You-Know-Smashed-To-Bits-Modems-May-Not-Work-98606
GENERAL NEWS
Hundreds of state jobs cut since July – Personnel numbers show departments affected (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/631713.html
State gets $63 million for flood, other damage (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/632222.html
35th District a contrast in style, substance (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/10/22/local_news/07news.txt
Ballot snafu means reissue for 211 voters in Brinnon (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=22197
DIVERSIONS
Online divorcee jailed after killing virtual hubby
http://www.theolympian.com/nationworld/story/632097.html
Satellite TV mix-up costs Belfair woman 22 trees (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/32678739.html
In Search Of An 'Honest' Pint Of Beer
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95997199&ft=1&f=2
Firing of longtime Santa outrages Va. mall patrons, mall owners apologize
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008301591_webfiredsanta23.html?syndication=rss
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- PUDs, Puget Sound Energy and Debate Over PSE Merger Issue
- Whatcom County PUD race pits architect vs. fisherman
- Mason County PUD No. 3 makes low-income senior citizen discount more accessible for customers
- PSE's community donations climb with $5,000 gift to Port Townsend swimming pool
- Feds reject protest to nuclear waste storage plan
- Groups approve plan to open Oregon river for salmon
- Chum Salmon Returning To Kennedy Creek
- Nesting site built for Caspian terns
- Chinook salmon run 'better than expected' on Campbell, Quinsam Rivers
- Kevin Richert: “Scary Salmon Rhetoric”
- Endangered species: A 9-second rewrite
- Birds Fly More than 7,000 Miles Nonstop, Study Shows
- Long list of ideas to rescue the Sound
- Canadians in Friday Harbor to explain Vancouver Island sewage plan
- North Idaho counties dispute pollution plan for Lake Coeur d'Alene
- U.S. wind energy capacity up 1,400 megawatts
- Oregon – Elkhorn Valley Wind Farm Studies Possible Expansion
- Feds Open Public Lands To Geothermal Exploration
- Region's manufacturing centers can become focal points for green-collar jobs
- A clear choice and a murky one on two California energy initiatives
- Canada – Change blowing in the wind
- Spooked by high energy prices? Save money with these tips
- Puget Sound Energy Helps Customers Save Energy and Money
- Maine – Hancock sawmill earns award for leadership in reducing energy use
- Climate Campaigners Were on Terrorist List
- Comcast increases Internet speed
- Did You Know: 'Smashed To Bits' Modems May Not Work
- Hundreds of state jobs cut since July
- State gets $63 million for flood, other damage
- 35th District a contrast in style, substance
- Ballot snafu means reissue for 211 voters in Brinnon
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Stalactite • \stuh-LACK-tite\ • noun – A deposit of calcium carbonate (as calcite) resembling an icicle hanging from the roof or sides of a cave
Stalagmite • \stuh-LAG-mite\ • noun – A deposit of calcium carbonate like an inverted stalactite formed on the floor of a cave by the drip of calcareous water
A good way to remember the difference is that of course, the stalactite hangs down, but a stalagmite (because it has an M in it) comes from a mound on the ground.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?textField1=47.213805&textField2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Shelton%2C%20WA%2C%20USA
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
PUDs, Puget Sound Energy and Debate Over PSE Merger Issue (The Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/623975.html
Whatcom County PUD race pits architect vs. fisherman (The Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/623770.html
Mason County PUD No. 3 makes low-income senior citizen discount more accessible for customers (Mason PUD 3 News Release)
http://www.masonpud3.org/News/display.asp?NewsID=475
PSE's community donations climb with $5,000 gift to Port Townsend swimming pool (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=22198
Feds reject protest to nuclear waste storage plan (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008301626_apnukeplantterrorism.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Groups approve plan to open Oregon river for salmon (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1652038~Groups_approve_plan_to_open_Ore__river_for_salmon.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Chum Salmon Returning To Kennedy Creek; Trail Opens November 1ST (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5361/reftab/1896/Default.aspx?title=CHUM_SALMON_RETURNING_TO_KENNEDY_CREEK;_TRAIL_OPENS_NOVEMBER_1ST_
Nesting site built for Caspian terns – Move is a bid to keep the birds away from young salmon in Columbia River (Associated Press)
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1260508
Canada – Chinook salmon run 'better than expected' on Campbell, Quinsam Rivers (Victoria Times Colonist)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/business/story.html?id=f5caabda-fcbc-4950-9f55-578123ebffec&k=27837
Kevin Richert: Otter's 'F' grade from think tank isn't fair – Scroll down to the heading “Scary Salmon Rhetoric” (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/106/story/546416.html
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial – Endangered species: A 9-second rewrite
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/384504_endangered.html?source=rss
Birds Fly More than 7,000 Miles Nonstop, Study Shows – In Its Annual Fall Migration, One Godwit Traveled From Alaska to New Zealand in Eight Days (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/21/AR2008102102685.html?nav=rss_nation
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Long list of ideas to rescue the Sound – Leaders of newly re-launched campaign gather in Olympia (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/384531_sound23.html?source=rss
Canadians in Friday Harbor to explain Vancouver Island sewage plan (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=d4f0413c-51ba-4f88-8100-bd4fbc186524
North Idaho counties dispute pollution plan for Lake Coeur d'Alene (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1650834~N__Idaho_counties_dispute_pollution_plan.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
U.S. wind energy capacity up 1,400 megawatts – said to be enough for ore than 400,000 homes (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/23/BU3I13MD07.DTL&feed=rss.business
Oregon – Elkhorn Valley Wind Farm Studies Possible Expansion (istockAnalyst)
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews+articleid_2731010.html
Feds Open Public Lands To Geothermal Exploration (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/3345-feds-open-public-lands-geothermal-exploration/
Seattle Times Op/Ed –Region's manufacturing centers can become focal points for green-collar jobs
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008298246_opin23kane.html?syndication=rss
Los Angeles Times Op/Ed – A clear choice and a murky one on two California energy initiatives
http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-me-cap23-2008oct23,0,5191147.column
Canada РChange blowing in the wind: Prime Minister Stephen Harper used the carbon tax as a cudgel to beat the political life out of St̩phane Dion in order to win reelection (Straight.com Рand another quarter goes to Robert Zimmerman)
http://www.straight.com/article-167131/change-blowing-wind
CONSERVATION
Spooked by high energy prices? Save money with these tips. (Google)
http://www.google.com/hauntedhouse08/index.html
Puget Sound Energy Helps Customers Save Energy and Money – Homeowners Eligible for $2,200 in Energy-Efficiency Rebates (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/PSE-Helps-Customers-Save-Energy/story.aspx?guid=%7B8C6BB296-36CB-4965-8C65-7CF8E851FE2F%7D
Maine – Hancock sawmill earns award for leadership in reducing energy use (Bethel Citizen, ME)
http://www.bethelcitizen.com/story.php?storyid=5270
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate Campaigners Were on Terrorist List (NY Times)
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/climate-campaigners-on-terrorist-list/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Comcast increases Internet speed (Philadelphia Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2008/10/20/daily28.html?ana=from_rss
Did You Know: 'Smashed To Bits' Modems May Not Work – And other helpful tips from AT&T support (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Did-You-Know-Smashed-To-Bits-Modems-May-Not-Work-98606
GENERAL NEWS
Hundreds of state jobs cut since July – Personnel numbers show departments affected (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/631713.html
State gets $63 million for flood, other damage (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/632222.html
35th District a contrast in style, substance (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/10/22/local_news/07news.txt
Ballot snafu means reissue for 211 voters in Brinnon (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=22197
DIVERSIONS
Online divorcee jailed after killing virtual hubby
http://www.theolympian.com/nationworld/story/632097.html
Satellite TV mix-up costs Belfair woman 22 trees (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/32678739.html
In Search Of An 'Honest' Pint Of Beer
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95997199&ft=1&f=2
Firing of longtime Santa outrages Va. mall patrons, mall owners apologize
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008301591_webfiredsanta23.html?syndication=rss
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