Energy News Digest for November 26, 2008

The News Digest will be giving thanks for all the information it can eat this Thanksgiving weekend. As such, Thursday and Friday will be down days. Please count your blessings also.

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 Contract Reduces “Slice”
- Snohomish County PUD More Prepared For Winter
- Clark Public Utilities considers water, electric rate hikes
- Mason County PUD No. 3 Gets a Bond Rating Increase
- Reliant Energy Backs Away From Financing
- California woman who couldn't afford power dies from generator fumes
- $70 Million More Going To Salmon Disaster Aid
- Canada - Salmon Prospects Slightly Brighter For 2009
- Washington State Sues Feds Over Hanford Cleanup
- East Jefferson County Water Planning Seeks a Balance
- Mount Baker Offers Little Snow to Be Grateful For
- Hydropower Generator Mimics Fish
- White House Prods Allies to Oppose Limits on Greenhouse Gases
- Climate Crisis Energizes Radical Environmentalists
- San Francisco Chronicle Op/Ed - We Need A Big Green Jobs Machine
- The Great White Way Tries to Turn Green
- Utah's Utopia Tries to Stay Afloat - Decides to focus on small businesses
- Georgia - CityNet Consultant Will ‘Dig Deeper’ on Municipal network
- Final Mason County Election Results
- Economy is a Main Concern of Washington Residents
- State Auditor Dings Mason County over Financial Accounting
- California - Three Poisoned By Carbon Monoxide in Paramount Home

These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest

WORD OF THE DAY

hypaethral • \hye-PEETH-rul\ • adjective - *1: having a roofless central space 2: open to the sky

Anastasia was captivated by her host’s Tulsa home. “I love the hypaethral feeling of your courtyard, even down to moving your furniture outside she enthused.” A major faux pas on her part. Seems the fellow lives in tornado alley, and the roof had been violently removed by a recent twister.

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 Contract Reduces “Slice” (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/11/25/local_news/06news.txt

Snohomish County PUD More Prepared For Winter (Everett Herald)
http://heraldnet.com/article/20081126/NEWS01/711269779

Clark Public Utilities considers water, electric rate hikes - Several options are proposed; effect on bills would be similar (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081126/BIZ01/711269984/-1/BIZ

Mason County PUD No. 3 Gets a Bond Rating Increase (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5671/reftab/1632/Default.aspx?title=P.U.D._3_GETS_A_BOND_RATING_INCREASE

Reliant Energy Backs Away From Financing - Sale of Business Segments Reduced Need for Capital (Associated Press)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081126/reliant_energy_financing.html?.v=1

California woman who couldn't afford power dies from generator fumes (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11073223?source=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

$70 Million More Going To Salmon Disaster Aid (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1711159~_70_million_more_going_to_salmon_disaster_aid.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines

Canada - Salmon Prospects Slightly Brighter For 2009: Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the salmon returns in 2009 will be no worse than this year (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=4fa69576-8497-4e50-9feb-259635135d12

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Washington State Sues Feds Over Hanford Cleanup
http://www.examiner.com/a-1711133~Wash__sues_feds_over_Hanford_cleanup.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines

East Jefferson County Water Planning Seeks a Balance (Peninsula Daily News)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081126/news/311269988

Mount Baker Offers Little Snow to Be Grateful For (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/snowsports/2008437414_mtbaker26.html?syndication=rss

RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION

Hydropower Generator Mimics Fish (EE Times)
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212200403

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

White House Prods Allies to Oppose Limits on Greenhouse Gases (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/25/AR2008112502743.html?nav=rss_nation

Climate Crisis Energizes Radical Environmentalists (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008437722_apclimateradicals.html?syndication=rss

San Francisco Chronicle Op/Ed - We Need A Big Green Jobs Machine
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/26/EDHN14BDV9.DTL&feed=rss.opinion

The Great White Way Tries to Turn Green (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/theater/26gree.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Utah's Utopia Tries to Stay Afloat - Decides to focus on small businesses (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Utahs-Utopia-Tries-To-Stay-Afloat-99301

Georgia - CityNet Consultant Will ‘Dig Deeper’ on Municipal network - A “flawed business plan” presented by the initial consultant as one reason that he needs more time (Tifton Gazette, GA)
http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_330215939.html

GENERAL NEWS

Final Mason County Election Results (Mason County Auditor)
http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/mason/Elections/ElectionResults/Pages/ElectionResults.aspx

Economy is a Main Concern of Washington Residents (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4629

State Auditor: Mason County Has Inadequate Control over Financial Accounting and Reporting (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5672/reftab/1896/Default.aspx?title=STATE_AUDITOR:_MASON_COUNTY_HAS_INADEQUATE_CONTROL_OVER_FINANCIAL_ACCOUNTING_AND_REPORTING

California - Three Poisoned By Carbon Monoxide in Paramount Home (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1711196~3_poisoned_by_carbon_monoxide_in_Paramount_home.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines

DIVERSIONS

Colorado Noise Polluters Sentenced to Annoying Music
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2008/November/Colorado-Noise-Polluters-Sentenced-to-Annoying-Music.html

On This Day: King Tut’s Tomb Discovered (Well, technically: rediscovered)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/entertainment/On-this-Day--King-Tut-s-Tomb-Discovered.html

Holiday Fun Can Mean Constipation for Kids - Travel, Treats, Playtime Can Break Bathroom Routine
http://www.kirotv.com/health/18151075/detail.html

Court says lukewarm food hot enough for prison
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/25/BA8914CBHP.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea