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)
- Rate weight: Clark Public Utilities faces upward pressure on electricity costs
- Seattle Times Editorial – Public Power, Yes: keep local control
- Whidbey Examiner – General election endorsements
- Jefferson PUD power drive generates $250,000 in both sides' campaign spending
- Thurston County PUD candidates educate while on campaign trail
- Mason County PUD No. 3 to Discuss Identity Theft Prevention
- Idaho – Salmon River Electric decides not to sign PNGC power supply contract
- Weyco, Evergreen still talking about fate of Cosmopolis pulp mill
- Oregon – Troutdale metal thefts continue despite arrests
- Texas – Falling natural gas prices pull electric rates with them
- Commerce Energy Sells Texas Retail Electric Business for $14.8 Million
- Alcoa to slash production at Texas plant
- Damaged Sequim banner structure may cost $30,000 to fix
- Are the Orcas starving?
- Canada – Fishy business at B.C. fish farms
- Groups appeal draw down of Lake Roosevelt
- Oregon – Public buildings could use wood heat
- One man's garbage becomes another's power plant
- Missouri – Utilities offer stances on clean-energy initiative
- Houston Chronicle Op/Ed – After oil: The future of energy
- Editorial – No miracles coming in Pennsylvania conservation bill
- Canada – Cap-trade or carbon tax alone not adequate: Study
- Scientists worried over rise in two more greenhouse gases
- Bandwidth brouhaha-- You get what you pay for, or do you?
- Should Cable Operators Just Run Fiber To The Home?
- CenturyTel to Buy Rival for $5.8 Billion in Stock
- Comcast Revs Broadband Engine
- DSL Still Dominates The Globe
- Broadband Caps Affecting One Million Brits
- Microsoft’s Vista Problem, by the Numbers
- Details about Microsoft's cloud computing expected at conference
- Teenager, 4-year-old identified in fatal Belfair house fire
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Wherewithal • \WAIR-with-awl\ • noun – Means, resources; specifically: money
Amber let the canoe drift lazily along the river, oblivious to the distant sound of crashing water plummeting over 800 feet to the base of Reichenbach Falls. Even if her companion, Frederic had the interest in guiding the craft to shore, he lacked the wherewithal to do so. The gaily painted canoe paddles had been left on the dock, almost two miles upstream from the impending site of the two boaters’ doom. “At least we’ll depart in good company, my dear Holmes,” joked Freddy.
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
Rate weight: Clark Public Utilities faces upward pressure on electricity costs (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081026/BIZ01/710269998/-1/biz
Seattle Times Editorial – Public Power, Yes: keep local control: Voters in Skagit County, eastern Jefferson County and Whidbey Island have a historic choice Nov. 4: Whether to buy out Puget Sound Energy
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008308444_edit27puds.html
Whidbey Examiner – General election endorsements: Scroll down to see this paper’s endorsement of the Whidbey PUD proposal
http://www.whidbeyexaminer.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=5&ArticleID=1856&TM=74561.48
Jefferson PUD power drive generates $250,000 in both sides' campaign spending (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081026/news/310269990
Thurston County PUD candidates educate while on campaign trail (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/635863.html
Mason County PUD No. 3 to Discuss Identity Theft Prevention (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5393/reftab/1896/Default.aspx?title=P.U.D._3_TO_DISCUSS_IDENTITY_THEFT_PREVENTION
Idaho – Salmon River Electric decides not to sign PNGC power supply contract (Challis Messenger, ID)
http://www.challismessenger.com/index.php?accnum=story-9-20081023
Weyco, Evergreen still talking about fate of Cosmopolis pulp mill (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/10/25/local_news/03news.txt
Oregon – Troutdale metal thefts continue despite arrests: Construction company suffered numerous losses (Gresham Outlook, OR)
http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=122489185365992900
Texas – Falling natural gas prices pull electric rates with them (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, TX)
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/996872.html
Commerce Energy Sells Texas Retail Electric Business for $14.8 Million (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/commerce-energy-sells-texas-retail/story.aspx?guid=%7B60D54AFF-0EFD-4862-B24E-385BAAE06423%7D&dist=hppr
Alcoa to slash production at Texas plant – Cuts at another plant blamed on citing uncompetitive power supply and general market conditions (Pittsburgh Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2008/10/20/daily52.html?ana=from_rss
Damaged Sequim banner structure may cost $30,000 to fix – publicity sites now down to one (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081024/news/310249992
FISH & WILDLIFE
Are the Orcas starving? As salmon runs decline (except in the Columbia), killer whale numbers take hardest hit since 1990s (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/384854_orcas25.html
Canada – Fishy business at B.C. fish farms – Widespread environmental degradation accompanies growing industry (McGill Daily)
http://www.mcgilldaily.com/article/5378-fishy-business-at-b-c-fish
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Groups appeal draw down of Lake Roosevelt (The Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/384984_columbia25.html?source=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon – Public buildings could use wood heat (Eugene Register-Guard)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/1535909-35/story.csp
One man's garbage becomes another's power plant (Associated Press)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/26/AR2008102600871.html?nav=rss_technology
Missouri – Utilities offer stances on clean-energy initiative (The Missourian, Columbia, MO)
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2008/10/26/utilities-offer-stances-clean-energy-initiative/
Houston Chronicle Op/Ed – After oil: The future of energy: Is there a 'silver bullet' that will take the place of petroleum as America's primary fuel source?
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6078864.html
CONSERVATION
Reading, PA Eagle Editorial – No miracles coming in Pennsylvania conservation bill
http://www.readingeagle.com/blog.aspx?bid=4&id=18238&t=No-miracles-coming-in-conservation-bill
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Canada – Cap-trade or carbon tax alone not adequate: Study (The Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=8f0f1d67-2007-45d0-bdf3-64d1399fbd50
Scientists worried over rise in two more greenhouse gases (Associated Press)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081025/NEWS02/710259839/1025/rss1025
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Bandwidth brouhaha-- You get what you pay for, or do you? (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/10/26/bandwidth-brouhaha-you-get-what-you-pay-for-or-do-you
Should Cable Operators Just Run Fiber To The Home? (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Should-Cable-Operators-Just-Run-Fiber-To-The-Home-98676
CenturyTel to Buy Rival for $5.8 Billion in Stock (NY Times)
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/centurytel-is-said-to-be-near-deal-to-buy-rival/index.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Comcast Revs Broadband Engine (TechNewsWorld)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Comcast-Revs-Broadband-Engine-64922.html
DSL Still Dominates The Globe – Though fiber is on the march, particularly in Japan, South Korea (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/DSL-Still-Dominates-The-Globe-98673
Broadband Caps Affecting One Million Brits (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/10/23/broadband-caps-affecting-one-million-brits/
Microsoft’s Vista Problem, by the Numbers (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/microsofts-vista-problem-by-the-numbers/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Details about Microsoft's cloud computing expected at conference (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008314759_windows27.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Teenager, 4-year-old identified in fatal Belfair house fire (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/oct/26/one-child-died-trying-to-save-the-other/?partner=RSS
DIVERSIONS
From a Strip of Scotch Tape, X-Rays
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/science/28xray.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
A Record in Making Guinness Annoyed at You
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/business/media/27guinness.html?adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1225079575-eFm9yOaUEjSq5e9q0Xmo+A
Sand snatchers shrink Caribbean beaches
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/26/international/i081813D33.DTL&feed=rss.news
Nike Customers Angry After Woman with Fastest Time Doesn't "Win" Marathon
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/22/MNCI13MDH0.DTL
Monday, October 27, 2008
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