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)
- Olympian Editorial – Prepare for severe weather
- Washington PUD Association: “Sell to public utilities, group before selling the company to foreign investors”
- Throwing the switch on PCBs – Bonneville Power, EPA celebrate
- Group Formally Calls Off TransAlta Purchase, For Now
- More natural gas prospecting on horizon in the Columbia Basin
- Con Ed Worker Killed in Brooklyn Manhole Explosion
- News Release – Fitch Rates Snohomish PUD No. 1
- Former EPA chief Whitman discusses nuclear energy
- Two Endorsements of Nuclear Power, but Sharp Differences on Details
- Memo recounts boat rescue on Grant County PUD reservoir
- Eaton Electrical wins $1.8M contract for power plants near Yakima
- Puget Sound Shellfish Growers Still Face Uncertainty over Tribal Settlement
- Seattle trawlers may face new limits on Pollock fishery
- Ferry County PUD's New Power Source Ends Company’s Diesel Fumes
- Indian Tribes See Profit in Harnessing the Wind for Power
- Solar tax incentives run into credit freeze
- Wood chipping away at coal as source for generating electricity
- Pint-Size Eco-Police, Making Parents Proud and Sometimes Crazy
- Green news harvest: Ill winds for carbon trading
- Minnesota Town Fights For Right To Fiber
- Belfair Residents Killed, Injured – Pipe Bomb Found in Truck That Caused Fatal Highway 3 Crash
- Signals Coming to Tahuya River Bridge
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Fifth column • \FIFTH-KAH-lum\ • noun – a group of secret sympathizers or supporters of an enemy that engage in espionage or sabotage within defense lines or national borders
The erratic personality of the new employee at the Hershey chocolate plant began to worry his supervisors. “If I didn’t know better,” the boss mused, “I’d think those late night phone calls and secret text messages were a part of a ‘fifth column’ tactic by the Mars company to steal our new formula for chocolate.”
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
Olympian Editorial – Prepare for severe weather (Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/613930.html
Washington PUD Association: “Sell to public utilities, group before selling the company to foreign investors” (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/504399.html
Throwing the switch on PCBs – Bonneville Power, EPA celebrate toxic compound’s removal from capacitors (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20081010/NEWS02/710109959
Group Formally Calls Off TransAlta Purchase, For Now (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews/?Group-Formally-Calls-Oss-TransAlta-Purch=1&blockID=15359&feedID=410
More natural gas prospecting on horizon in the Columbia Basin (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/10/09/more-natural-gas-prospecting-on-horizon
Con Ed Worker Killed in Brooklyn Manhole Explosion (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/nyregion/10manhole.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
News Release – Fitch Rates Snohomish PUD No. 1 (Washington) System Revs 'F1+'; Upgrades L-T to 'AA-' (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/fitch-rates-snohomish-pud-no/story.aspx?guid=%7BFB371E78-0423-4C1B-82C1-B8B9CD99CE50%7D&dist=hppr
Former EPA chief Whitman discusses nuclear energy – says public will have to be sold on nuclear power (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/daef491fea5952ce5a62b774df02d280.htm
Two Endorsements of Nuclear Power, but Sharp Differences on Details (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/us/politics/10nuclear.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Memo recounts boat rescue on Grant County PUD reservoir – Group receives awards (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2008/10/09/news/5news10.09.08.txt
Eaton Electrical wins $1.8M USBR contract for work at Chandler and Roza power plants near Yakima (Water Power Magazine)
http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?sectioncode=130&storyCode=2051152
FISH & WILDLIFE
Puget Sound Shellfish Growers Still Face Uncertainty over Tribal Settlement (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/oct/09/shellfish-growers-still-face-uncertainty/?partner=RSS
Seattle trawlers may face new limits on Pollock fishery – The biggest fishery for Seattle-based trawler fleets is likely to face cuts next year as the Pollock population declines (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008246672_pollock100.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Ferry County PUD's New Power Source Ends Columbia River Carbonates Quarry Diesel Fumes (Environmental Protection Online)
http://www.eponline.com/articles/68332/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Indian Tribes See Profit in Harnessing the Wind for Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/us/10wind.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Solar tax incentives run into credit freeze (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/10/BUM013EB9I.DTL&feed=rss.business
Wood chipping away at coal as source for generating electricity (The Associated Press)
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_10682450?source=rss
CONSERVATION
Pint-Size Eco-Police, Making Parents Proud and Sometimes Crazy (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/nyregion/10green.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Green news harvest: Ill winds for carbon trading (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10063166-54.html?tag=nl.e703
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Minnesota Town Fights For Right To Fiber – TDS Telecom loses battle over bond funding (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Minnesota-Town-Fights-For-Right-To-Fiber-98320
GENERAL NEWS
Belfair Residents Killed, Injured – Pipe Bomb Found in Truck That Caused Fatal Highway 3 Crash (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/oct/09/one-dead-in-highway-3-crash-that-uncovered-pipe/?partner=RSS
Signals Coming to Tahuya River Bridge (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/oct/09/signals-coming-to-tahuya-river-bridge/?partner=RSS
DIVERSIONS
Online sweethearts turn out to be neighbors
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081008/od_afp/lifestylebritaininternetromanceoffbeat_081008155044;_ylt=Alrd0jgW0EZGpErSGbNRjISgOrgF
Man to hold 'I was stupid' sign outside Wis. Plant
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_fe_st/odd_stupid_sign;_ylt=Aq.pahyTWN9wZ9ez.KpsHOHtiBIF
'Drugs underwear' theory fails to wash with Indian court
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081010/od_afp/indiacrimedrugscourtoffbeat_081010052751
Norwegian politician quits over hotline to fortune-tellers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081009/od_afp/norwaypoliticsoffbeat_081009185809;_ylt=AqwJz5lqjOmExOxfWeCnAH.gOrgF
Strong-arm robber in Mich. ends up $30 in the hole
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_fe_st/odd_robber_strong_armed;_ylt=AsRc4Gg6knD1W91M91EYddztiBIF
Friday, October 10, 2008
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