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)
- BPA deal will cut electric bills for most Whatcom County residents
- BPA move should lower electric bills for many in the region
- Jefferson County Democratic Party endorses PUD power
- Puget Energy's sale still opposed by consumer advocate
- PSE gas rate to rise 10.4 percent – Average monthly increase to customers will be $8.49
- City of Longview reaps $600,000 windfall from sale of energy plant to Puget Sound Energy
- Nuclear power gaining support Wisconsin Utility meeting discusses energy sources
- Pickens' natural gas nation
- Tri-City Herald Editorial – Addition of Idaho tribes benefits salmon accord
- Fall Chinook seasons set on Snake, Columbia Rivers
- Skokomish River – Fisheries' team transports salmon to spawning spots
- Seattle Times Guest Columnists – Salmon: Learning to love a Northwest icon
- OREGON – Sandy River system partnership spawns better salmon habitat
- Shooting of sea lion in Willamette River launches inquiry
- WA Ecology Plan to End Columbia River Water Standoff
- Wallula aquifer project receives state grant
- Enviros angry as Washington State allows more Columbia River water use
- E.coli found in some Kitsap County water
- Call for Sound protection focuses on land
- State conservation coalition releases rankings of Thurston, Mason grants
- State Official: Car Washing Is Not Banned
- Oregon Company Claims to Harvest Electricity from Newport area Ocean Waves
- Small Wind Energy on the Rise in US
- Local politico, businessman seeks new wind turbine
- To Save Energy, Cities Darken Street Lights
- Saving Some Green – Tips on Cutting Your Winter Heating Bill
- NY Man Takes Conservation to the Extreme
- Ten states put pollution credits up for sale
- Washington Post Editorial – A Carbon Market: The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative does what Washington couldn't or wouldn't
- Wenatchee World Editorial – Cutting carbon is never simple
- Cities get help with carbon tax: Province will reimburse municipalities in return for carbon-neutrality pledge
- Interior News Columnist – British Columbia energy security trumps climate
- Global warming pollution increases three percent
- Portland General Electric looks at coal plant carbon dioxide to grow algae
- Climate-Change Program Gets New Funds and Home
- Clallam County Internet service to be disrupted for some on Saturday
- NoaNet to Repair Fiber Cable between Shelton and Olympia – No Major Outage Expected
- EarthLink cuts staff
- WaMu becomes biggest bank to fail in US history
- JPMorgan Chase buys WaMu assets after FDIC seizure
- Smaller Banks Thrive Out of the Fray of Crisis
- Brinnon Group seeks reconsideration from state board on 'mega-resort'
- Ben Settle Ruling in the News – Federal court tosses Vancouver's casino suit
- Timberland Regional Library District will make cuts, ask voters for more in taxes
- Teacher allowed to divert union dues to charity
- On this Day: Nixon and JFK Appear in First Televised Presidential Debate
- King County Goes Too Far Trading Brains, Supreme Court Says
- Huckleberry shortage increases chances of bear encounters
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Today’s word of the day has a stand in this Friday; it’s a surprise visit from its cousin “phrase of the day”!
“STEAL MY THUNDER” – John Dennis, 1709
The Story behind It: John Dennis, English critic and playwright, invented a new way of simulating the sound of thunder on stage and used the method in one of his plays, Appius and Virginia. Dennis "made" thunder by using "troughs of wood with stops in them" instead of the large mustard bowls usually employed. The thunder was a great success, but Dennis's play was a dismal failure. The manager at Drury Lane, where the play was performed, canceled its run after only a few performances. A short time later, Dennis returned to Drury Lane to see Shakespeare's Macbeth. As he sat in the pit, he was horrified to discover that his method of making thunder was being used. Jumping to his feet, Dennis screamed at the audience, "That's my thunder, by God! The villains will not play my play but they steal my thunder." -- From Trivia-Library.com
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
BPA deal will cut electric bills for most Whatcom County residents (Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/569121.html
BPA move should lower electric bills for many in the region (Bend Bulletin, OR)
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080925/BIZ0102/809250375/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=
Jefferson County Democratic Party endorses PUD power (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080926/NEWS/809260305
Puget Energy's sale still opposed by consumer advocate (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008201631_pugetenergy25.html
PSE gas rate to rise 10.4 percent – Average monthly increase to customers will be $8.49 (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/597019.html
City of Longview reaps $600,000 windfall from sale of energy plant to Puget Sound Energy (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/09/26//area_news/doc48dc8935b6fab723182055.txt
Nuclear power gaining support Wisconsin Utility meeting discusses energy sources (Green Bay Gazette, WI)
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080926/GPG03/809260640/1247
Pickens' natural gas nation (Report on Business, Canada)
http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080925.wboone0925/BNStory/Business/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20080925.wboone0925
FISH & WILDLIFE
Tri-City Herald Editorial – Addition of Idaho tribes benefits salmon accord
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/962/story/328664.html
Fall Chinook seasons set on Snake, Columbia Rivers (The Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/380518_chinook26.html
Skokomish River – Fisheries' team transports salmon to spawning spots (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/595647.html
Seattle Times Guest Columnists – Salmon: Learning to love a Northwest icon
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008203350_opin26conserve.html?syndication=rss
OREGON – Sandy River system partnership spawns better salmon habitat (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/09/helicopter_logs_revive_salmon.html
Shooting of sea lion in Willamette River launches inquiry (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/shooting_of_sea_lion_in_willam.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
WA Ecology Plan to End Columbia River Water Standoff (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4363
Wallula aquifer project receives state grant (Tri –City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/328679.html
Enviros angry as Washington State allows more Columbia River water use (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/environment/archives/149671.asp?from=blog_last3
E.coli found in some Kitsap County water (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_092508WAB_kitsap_county_boil_order_TP.b0e6e166.html?npc
Call for Sound protection focuses on land (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/380648_sound26.html?source=rss
State conservation coalition releases rankings of Thurston, Mason grants – Nearly $4.3 Million for Mason (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/597004.html
State Official: Car Washing Is Not Banned (KIRO-TV, Seattle, WA)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17556589/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon Company Claims to Harvest Electricity from Newport area Ocean Waves (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4362
Small Wind Energy on the Rise in US (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=53666&src=rss
Local politico, businessman seeks new wind turbine (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/4047
CONSERVATION
To Save Energy, Cities Darken Street Lights (New York Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/to-save-energy-cities-darken-street-lights/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Saving Some Green – Tips on Cutting Your Winter Heating Bill (KVEW-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
http://www.kvewtv.com/news/?sect_rank=1§ion_id=1&story_id=9044
NY Man Takes Conservation to the Extreme (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/Sept-Octo/NY-Man-Takes-Conservation-to-the-Extreme.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Ten states put pollution credits up for sale (Associated Press)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_10561692?source=rss
Washington Post Editorial – A Carbon Market: The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative does what Washington couldn't or wouldn't
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/24/AR2008092402958.html?nav=rss_opinions
Wenatchee World Editorial – Cutting carbon is never simple
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080924/OP03/709247886/1025/rss1025
CANADA – Cities get help with carbon tax: Province will reimburse municipalities in return for carbon-neutrality pledge (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=f73274d8-1090-455c-bfaf-088144d3fc1c
Interior News Columnist – British Columbia energy security trumps climate (Smithers, BC)
http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_north/interior-news/opinion/29757009.html
Global warming pollution increases three percent (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008202067_apwarmingemissions.html?syndication=rss
Portland General Electric looks at coal plant carbon dioxide to grow algae (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/09/pge_looks_at_coal_plant_co2_to.html
Climate-Change Program Gets New Funds and Home (New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/science/earth/25climate.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Internet service to be disrupted for some on Saturday – BPA to move fiber optic lines (Peninsula Daily News)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080926/NEWS/809260308
NEWS RELEASE – NoaNet to Repair Fiber Cable between Shelton and Olympia – No Major Outage Expected (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/News/display.asp?NewsID=465
EarthLink cuts staff (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2008/09/22/daily74.html?ana=from_rss
GENERAL NEWS
WaMu becomes biggest bank to fail in US history (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008203237_apwashingtonmutualfuture.html?syndication=rss
JPMorgan Chase buys WaMu assets after FDIC seizure (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008204456_apwashingtonmutualfuture7thldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Smaller Banks Thrive Out of the Fray of Crisis – People Shift Money From Wall St. to Main St. (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/25/AR2008092504155.html?nav=rss_business
Brinnon Group seeks reconsideration from state board on 'mega-resort' (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=21933
Ben Settle Ruling in the News – Federal court tosses Vancouver's casino suit (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20080925/NEWS02/809249893
Timberland Regional Library District will make cuts, ask voters for more in taxes (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/597466.html
Teacher allowed to divert union dues to charity (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20080926/NEWS02/809259914/-1/news
On this Day: Nixon and JFK Appear in First Televised Presidential Debate (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/September-October-08/On-This-Day--Nixon-and-JFK-Appear-in-First-Televised-Presidential-Debate.html
King County Goes Too Far Trading Brains, Supreme Court Says – High Court Rules Unanimously Against Brain Harvesting Program (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17555983/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Huckleberry shortage increases chances of bear encounters (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080925/NEWS04/709259942/1001/rss1001
DIVERSIONS
Hot Dogs Outside Philly Ballpark Cause Bomb Scare
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17556167/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Accused Of Passing Gas, Man Charged With Battery
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17556180/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Man Hit By Car, Then Train 6 Hours Later
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17549884/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Swiss man flies over English Channel on jet wing
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/25/international/i082419D20.DTL&feed=rss.news
Friday, September 26, 2008
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