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