All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- OREGON – Feds approve controversial liquefied natural gas terminal
- Columbian Editorial – In Our View: LNG battle rages
- Warren Buffet’s MidAmerican Energy to buy Constellation for $4.7B
- MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, piece by piece
- Baltimore Sun Columnist – What could have gone wrong at Constellation?
- Chelan PUD seeks public comment on rate changes
- CANADA – TransAlta takeover looks unlikely
- In Montana, coal's future enters governor's race
- Dayton Daily News Editorial – Comparing how power companies respond to crisis
- MICHIGAN – Governor will sign bills to raise power rates, increase alternative energy
- Boston Globe Columnist – Smart electricity: New England states have laid out an ambitious agenda to slow the growth in electricity use
- FERC Decision Reaffirms PJM's Reliability Pricing Model, Supports Competition
- Salmon industry aid $70 million short – $100 million in disaster relief released to West Coast salmon
- Privately Owned Fisheries May Help Shore Up Stocks
- Seattle Post Intelligencer Editorial – Overfishing: It's quota time
- Shoshone-Bannock Tribes join other tribes, federal agencies and states on fish agreements
- Groups aim to spend money on fish, not court
- OREGON – Klamath Dam protesters rally in Portland
- Chinook transported above Condit Dam on the White Salmon River
- Chinook fishing reopens Saturday in lower Columbia River
- CANADA – Declining salmon runs blamed for wilderness tourism slump
- Bread Stays on Menu for Carp at Pennsylvania Lake
- Hundreds flock to Monroe to watch migrating birds
- Court ruling – EPA must limit builders' water pollution
- MONTANA – Water usage discussed in Flathead
- Planet is running out of clean water, new film warns
- Oregon State gets wave energy grant
- Georgia utility to build biomass-fueled power plants
- CALIFORNIA – Big push for energy-efficient construction
- How to Make Your Home Energy Efficient
- Google's 'Smart Grid' idea? Get the government to pay for it
- Enviros: Western climate plan lets polluters slide
- Chicago Unveils Multifaceted Plan to Curb Emissions of Heat-Trapping Gases
- Permafrost May Not Thaw Even During Global Warming
- CALIFORNIA – Study says greening will raise state's economy
- Old Farmer's Almanac predicts global cooling
- Google's U.S. share of Web search reaches 63 percent
- Study Ranks Washington 6th In Nation For State Government Technology Service
- Snip! Nearly One-Fifth of Homes Have No Landline
- WaMu launches effort to reassure anxious customers
- State facing a projected $3.2 billion deficit in next budget
- Lumber production hits decade low
- Cell tower worker who fell and later died was not using safety harness
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Euphony • \YOO-fuh-nee\ • noun – *1: pleasing or sweet sound; especially: the acoustic effect produced by words so formed or combined as to please the ear 2: a harmonious succession of words having a pleasing sound
Good grief, two JRR Tolkien references in one week! But I have to admit, this is a good example of today’s word of the day: euphony. “…Cellar door is a combination of words in the English language once characterized by JRR Tolkien to have an especially beautiful sound. In his 1955 essay ‘English and Welsh’: Most English-speaking people...will admit that cellar door is 'beautiful', especially if dissociated from its sense (and from its spelling). More beautiful than, say, sky, and far more beautiful than beautiful…” – Wikipedia.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
OREGON – Feds approve controversial liquefied natural gas terminal (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/09/15/daily30.html?ana=from_rss
Columbian Editorial – In Our View: LNG battle rages
http://columbian.com/article/20080919/OPINION02/809189952/-1/opinion
Warren Buffet’s MidAmerican Energy to buy Constellation for $4.7B (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/18/financial/f063037D63.DTL&feed=rss.business
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, piece by piece (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-midamerican0919-side,0,1650032.story
Baltimore Sun Columnist – What could have gone wrong at Constellation? (Maryland)
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/business/hancock/blog/2008/09/what_could_have_gone_wrong_at.html
Chelan PUD seeks public comment on rate changes (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080918/NEWS04/709185216
CANADA – TransAlta takeover looks unlikely (National Post)
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/tradingdesk/archive/2008/09/18/transalta-takeover-looks-unlikely.aspx
In Montana, coal's future enters governor's race (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1595569~In_Montana__coal_s_future_enters_governor_s_race.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Dayton Daily News Editorial – Comparing how power companies respond to crisis (Ohio)
http://www.daytondailynews.com/o/content/oh/story/opinions/editorial/2008/09/18/ddn091808powerxxmg.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=22
MICHIGAN – Governor will sign bills to raise power rates, increase alternative energy (The Detroit News)
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080918/METRO/809180450
Boston Globe Columnist – Smart electricity: New England states have laid out an ambitious agenda to slow the growth in electricity use (Gordon van Welie is president and CEO of ISO New England Inc)
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/09/18/smart_electricity/
NEWS RELEASE – FERC Decision Reaffirms PJM's Reliability Pricing Model, Supports Competition (Yahoo! Business)
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080918/20080918006364.html?.v=1
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon industry aid $70 million short – $100 million in disaster relief released to West Coast salmon fishermen: $70 million less than the amount Congress approved to help (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/18/MN7513001E.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Privately Owned Fisheries May Help Shore Up Stocks (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/science/19fish.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Seattle Post Intelligencer Editorial – Overfishing: It's quota time
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/379726_fished.html?source=rss
News Release – Shoshone-Bannock Tribes join other tribes, federal agencies and states on fish agreements (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/227968/
Groups aim to spend money on fish, not court – Struggle…has stepped away from the courthouse and is shifting to the gravel riverbeds of the Columbia River basin (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/321810.html
OREGON – Klamath Dam protesters rally in Portland (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1594937~Klamath_Dam_protesters_rally_in_Portland.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Chinook transported above Condit Dam on the White Salmon River (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20080919/NEWS02/809189914/-1/news
Chinook fishing reopens Saturday in lower Columbia River (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080919/OUTDOORS/80919001/1034/SPORTS
CANADA – Declining salmon runs blamed for wilderness tourism slump (Globe and Mail, Canada)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080919.wbcsalmon19/BNStory/National/home
Bread Stays on Menu for Carp at Pennsylvania Lake (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/us/19carp.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Hundreds flock to Monroe to watch migrating birds (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008189290_swifts19m0.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
EPA must limit builders' water pollution – U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a California suit by the Natural Resources Defense Council (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cleanwater19-2008sep19,0,4915271.story
MONTANA – Water usage discussed in Flathead – “…state gave utility company Avista water rights on the Clark Fork River, putting extreme limits on water rights for Flathead County residents…” (KAJ, Kalispell)
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=9039151
Planet is running out of clean water, new film warns (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/17/water.crisis/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon State gets wave energy grant (The Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1595765~Oregon_State_gets_wave_energy_grant.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Georgia utility to build biomass-fueled power plants (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2008/09/15/daily78.html?ana=from_rss
CONSERVATION
CALIFORNIA – Big push for energy-efficient construction (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/19/BU3D130NBR.DTL
How to Make Your Home Energy Efficient – Here’s expert advice to help you slash your utility bills (Mother Earth News)
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Green-Homes/2008-10-01/How-To-Lower-Utility-Bills.aspx
Google's 'Smart Grid' idea? Get the government to pay for it (The Register)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/19/google_ge_smart_grid_ploy/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Enviros: Western climate plan lets polluters slide (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/enviros_western_climate_plan_l.html
Chicago Unveils Multifaceted Plan to Curb Emissions of Heat-Trapping Gases (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/us/19chicago.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1221840390-t7GuUl5Itx8QfKmGl2Be8A
Permafrost May Not Thaw Even During Global Warming (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/science/23obsperm.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
CALIFORNIA – Study says greening will raise state's economy (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/17/MNVQ13000N.DTL&feed=rss.news
Old Farmer's Almanac predicts global cooling (Associated Press)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080918/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_almanac_weather;_ylt=AiGiS1xUgDlvshXgxoXHrH_tiBIF
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Google's U.S. share of Web search reaches 63 percent (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN1841833120080918?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Study Ranks Washington 6th In Nation For State Government Technology Service (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9037611
Snip! Nearly One-Fifth of Homes Have No Landline (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/snip-nearly-one-fifth-of-homes-have-no-landline/
GENERAL NEWS
WaMu launches effort to reassure anxious customers (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/09/15/daily36.html?ana=from_rss
State facing a projected $3.2 billion deficit in next budget (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/379644_forecast19.html
Lumber production hits decade low (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/09/15/daily29.html?ana=from_rss
Port Angeles – Cell tower worker who fell and later died was not using safety harness (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080919/NEWS/809190303
DIVERSIONS
Trapped In Vent, Museum Burglar Calls Police – Man Tells Police 'He's A Special Agent'
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17503721/detail.html
Accused Drug Dealer Adds Gas Tax to Price of Dope, Police Say
http://www.kirotv.com/money/17503324/detail.html
Tiny Toads Take Over Neighborhood – Puddles Left By Tropical Storm Fay Become Breeding Ground
http://www.kirotv.com/family/17510078/detail.html
Friday, September 19, 2008
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