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)
- PUDs, Puget Sound Energy and Debate Over PSE Merger Issue
- Whatcom County PUD race pits architect vs. fisherman
- Mason County PUD No. 3 makes low-income senior citizen discount more accessible for customers
- PSE's community donations climb with $5,000 gift to Port Townsend swimming pool
- Feds reject protest to nuclear waste storage plan
- Groups approve plan to open Oregon river for salmon
- Chum Salmon Returning To Kennedy Creek
- Nesting site built for Caspian terns
- Chinook salmon run 'better than expected' on Campbell, Quinsam Rivers
- Kevin Richert: “Scary Salmon Rhetoric”
- Endangered species: A 9-second rewrite
- Birds Fly More than 7,000 Miles Nonstop, Study Shows
- Long list of ideas to rescue the Sound
- Canadians in Friday Harbor to explain Vancouver Island sewage plan
- North Idaho counties dispute pollution plan for Lake Coeur d'Alene
- U.S. wind energy capacity up 1,400 megawatts
- Oregon – Elkhorn Valley Wind Farm Studies Possible Expansion
- Feds Open Public Lands To Geothermal Exploration
- Region's manufacturing centers can become focal points for green-collar jobs
- A clear choice and a murky one on two California energy initiatives
- Canada – Change blowing in the wind
- Spooked by high energy prices? Save money with these tips
- Puget Sound Energy Helps Customers Save Energy and Money
- Maine – Hancock sawmill earns award for leadership in reducing energy use
- Climate Campaigners Were on Terrorist List
- Comcast increases Internet speed
- Did You Know: 'Smashed To Bits' Modems May Not Work
- Hundreds of state jobs cut since July
- State gets $63 million for flood, other damage
- 35th District a contrast in style, substance
- Ballot snafu means reissue for 211 voters in Brinnon
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Stalactite • \stuh-LACK-tite\ • noun – A deposit of calcium carbonate (as calcite) resembling an icicle hanging from the roof or sides of a cave
Stalagmite • \stuh-LAG-mite\ • noun – A deposit of calcium carbonate like an inverted stalactite formed on the floor of a cave by the drip of calcareous water
A good way to remember the difference is that of course, the stalactite hangs down, but a stalagmite (because it has an M in it) comes from a mound on the ground.
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
PUDs, Puget Sound Energy and Debate Over PSE Merger Issue (The Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/623975.html
Whatcom County PUD race pits architect vs. fisherman (The Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/623770.html
Mason County PUD No. 3 makes low-income senior citizen discount more accessible for customers (Mason PUD 3 News Release)
http://www.masonpud3.org/News/display.asp?NewsID=475
PSE's community donations climb with $5,000 gift to Port Townsend swimming pool (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=22198
Feds reject protest to nuclear waste storage plan (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008301626_apnukeplantterrorism.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Groups approve plan to open Oregon river for salmon (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1652038~Groups_approve_plan_to_open_Ore__river_for_salmon.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Chum Salmon Returning To Kennedy Creek; Trail Opens November 1ST (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5361/reftab/1896/Default.aspx?title=CHUM_SALMON_RETURNING_TO_KENNEDY_CREEK;_TRAIL_OPENS_NOVEMBER_1ST_
Nesting site built for Caspian terns – Move is a bid to keep the birds away from young salmon in Columbia River (Associated Press)
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1260508
Canada – Chinook salmon run 'better than expected' on Campbell, Quinsam Rivers (Victoria Times Colonist)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/business/story.html?id=f5caabda-fcbc-4950-9f55-578123ebffec&k=27837
Kevin Richert: Otter's 'F' grade from think tank isn't fair – Scroll down to the heading “Scary Salmon Rhetoric” (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/106/story/546416.html
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial – Endangered species: A 9-second rewrite
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/384504_endangered.html?source=rss
Birds Fly More than 7,000 Miles Nonstop, Study Shows – In Its Annual Fall Migration, One Godwit Traveled From Alaska to New Zealand in Eight Days (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/21/AR2008102102685.html?nav=rss_nation
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Long list of ideas to rescue the Sound – Leaders of newly re-launched campaign gather in Olympia (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/384531_sound23.html?source=rss
Canadians in Friday Harbor to explain Vancouver Island sewage plan (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=d4f0413c-51ba-4f88-8100-bd4fbc186524
North Idaho counties dispute pollution plan for Lake Coeur d'Alene (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1650834~N__Idaho_counties_dispute_pollution_plan.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
U.S. wind energy capacity up 1,400 megawatts – said to be enough for ore than 400,000 homes (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/23/BU3I13MD07.DTL&feed=rss.business
Oregon – Elkhorn Valley Wind Farm Studies Possible Expansion (istockAnalyst)
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews+articleid_2731010.html
Feds Open Public Lands To Geothermal Exploration (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/3345-feds-open-public-lands-geothermal-exploration/
Seattle Times Op/Ed –Region's manufacturing centers can become focal points for green-collar jobs
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008298246_opin23kane.html?syndication=rss
Los Angeles Times Op/Ed – A clear choice and a murky one on two California energy initiatives
http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-me-cap23-2008oct23,0,5191147.column
Canada – Change blowing in the wind: Prime Minister Stephen Harper used the carbon tax as a cudgel to beat the political life out of Stéphane Dion in order to win reelection (Straight.com – and another quarter goes to Robert Zimmerman)
http://www.straight.com/article-167131/change-blowing-wind
CONSERVATION
Spooked by high energy prices? Save money with these tips. (Google)
http://www.google.com/hauntedhouse08/index.html
Puget Sound Energy Helps Customers Save Energy and Money – Homeowners Eligible for $2,200 in Energy-Efficiency Rebates (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/PSE-Helps-Customers-Save-Energy/story.aspx?guid=%7B8C6BB296-36CB-4965-8C65-7CF8E851FE2F%7D
Maine – Hancock sawmill earns award for leadership in reducing energy use (Bethel Citizen, ME)
http://www.bethelcitizen.com/story.php?storyid=5270
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate Campaigners Were on Terrorist List (NY Times)
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/climate-campaigners-on-terrorist-list/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Comcast increases Internet speed (Philadelphia Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2008/10/20/daily28.html?ana=from_rss
Did You Know: 'Smashed To Bits' Modems May Not Work – And other helpful tips from AT&T support (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Did-You-Know-Smashed-To-Bits-Modems-May-Not-Work-98606
GENERAL NEWS
Hundreds of state jobs cut since July – Personnel numbers show departments affected (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/631713.html
State gets $63 million for flood, other damage (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/632222.html
35th District a contrast in style, substance (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/10/22/local_news/07news.txt
Ballot snafu means reissue for 211 voters in Brinnon (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=22197
DIVERSIONS
Online divorcee jailed after killing virtual hubby
http://www.theolympian.com/nationworld/story/632097.html
Satellite TV mix-up costs Belfair woman 22 trees (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/32678739.html
In Search Of An 'Honest' Pint Of Beer
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95997199&ft=1&f=2
Firing of longtime Santa outrages Va. mall patrons, mall owners apologize
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008301591_webfiredsanta23.html?syndication=rss
Thursday, October 23, 2008
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