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)
- Shelton Releases 2009 Preliminary Budget – May turn off half the city’s street lights
- Westinghouse big winner in nuclear power push (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
- Research hints dam improvements helping salmon
- Salmon study sparks row over dams
- Salmon study: Dammed or not
- Salmon study under fire for minimizing effect of dams
- Salmon smolt survival similar in Columbia and Fraser rivers
- Fraser full of risks for salmon, study finds
- Texas district wins round in Okla. water lawsuit
- Cyprus – Thirst for solution to water shortages
- State's alternative energy projects gain momentum
- Tilting at Windmills: Is Small-Scale Turbine Power Viable
- Whirlwind of investment – Betting on wind energy
- Calif. Rule Casts Shade on Solar Panels
- Google’s Green Agenda Could Pay Off
- FPL Cuts 400 MW of Wind Energy Plans
- 3TIER Named one of "100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies"
- Jay Inslee Calls Clean Energy "Our Generation's Legacy”
- 19 Ways to Slash Your Utility Bill
- Clallam climate group traces greenhouse gases
- Oregon governor reveals climate change agenda
- FCC to rule on white space channels
- Dolly Parton, Other Artists Hates White Space Broadband
- US cablecos spice wireless broadband fight
- Belfair House Fire Victims Died From Smoke Inhalation
- Wrong-way driver hits pickup on I-5 in Olympia, leaves one dead
- Boeing, Machinists reach settlement
- Records request for December 2007 storm insurance claims disputed
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Orb • \ORB\ • noun – 1: Any of the concentric spheres in old astronomy surrounding the earth and carrying the celestial bodies in their revolutions 2: archaic: something circular: circle, orbit 3: a spherical body; especially: a spherical celestial object 4: eye
5: a sphere surmounted by a cross symbolizing kingly power and justice
Woody Allen’s “Sleeper” caused orb sales (or any other spherical object) to skyrocket in the tiny burgh of Anytown USA. Unfortunately, without the futuristic technology foretold in the movie, no one got high…they just all got annoyed.
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
City Releases 2009 Preliminary Budget – Proposes turning off half the city’s street lights to save money (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5406/reftab/1632/title/CITY_RELEASES_2009_PRELIMINARY_BUDGET/Default.aspx
Westinghouse big winner in nuclear power push (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2008/10/27/story1.html?ana=from_rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
A “Gollum Moment” – “We loves the report….We hates the report”
Research hints dam improvements helping salmon (The Oregonian, Portland, WA)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/research_hints_dam_improvement.html
Salmon study sparks row over dams – Results dismissing link to fish mortality are called into question (Nature News)
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081027/full/4551160a.html?s=news_rss
Salmon study: Dammed or not – A river with zero dams or a river with eight may not be much different for the survival of young salmon (Science News)
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/38128/title/Salmon_study_Dammed_or_not
Salmon study under fire for minimizing effect of dams – A new study says river dams make no difference to salmon survival (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008319616_salmon28m.html
Salmon smolt survival similar in Columbia and Fraser rivers (EurekAlert)
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/osu-sss102708.php
Fraser full of risks for salmon, study finds (CanWest News Service)
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=3d661bfa-fb46-4841-9cdd-cc32682920f2
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Texas district wins round in Okla. water lawsuit – Lawsuit was over Oklahoma's ban on out of state water sales (Associated Press)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6081580.html
Cyprus – Thirst for solution to water shortages (Financial Times)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4ae2c9dc-a480-11dd-8104-000077b07658.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
State's alternative energy projects gain momentum “…hydroelectric power has been Washington state's green power of choice for decades…” (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/33429934.html
Tilting at Windmills: Is Small-Scale Turbine Power Viable--Or Just an Illusion? A new plastic turbine can capture energy from the wind gusting over your roof (Scientific American)
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=small-scale-wind-power
Whirlwind of investment – Zoltek, Emerson, Wind Capital betting on wind energy
(St. Louis Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/10/27/story2.html?ana=from_rss
Calif. Rule Casts Shade on Solar Panels (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96175833
Google’s Green Agenda Could Pay Off (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/technology/internet/28google.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/story?id=53954&src=rss
FPL Cuts 400 MW of Wind Energy Plans (Renewable Energy World Online)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=53951&src=rss
3TIER Named one of "100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies" in Washington (Renewable Energy World Online)
News Release – U.S. Representative Jay Inslee Calls Clean Energy "Our Generation's Legacy” (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/us-representative-jay-inslee-calls/story.aspx?guid=%7B2F99E3CC-841C-4EF7-A247-B6CC512B23D6%7D&dist=hppr
CONSERVATION
19 Ways to Slash Your Utility Bill (Popular Mechanics)
http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/how_to/4288639.html?page=1
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Clallam climate group traces greenhouse gases (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081028/news/310289992
Oregon governor reveals climate change agenda (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/10/27/daily4.html?ana=from_rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC to rule on white space channels (Associated Press)
http://www.fox44.net/Global/story.asp?S=9251567&nav=menu660_1
Dolly Parton, Other Artists Hates White Space Broadband (Broadband Reports)
http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/Dolly-Parton-Hates-White-Space-Broadband-98712
US cablecos spice wireless broadband fight – The quadruple play (The Register)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/27/cox_and_wireless/
GENERAL NEWS
Belfair House Fire Victims Died From Smoke Inhalation (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5408/reftab/1632/title/HOUSE_FIRE_VICTIMS_DIED_FROM_SMOKE_INHALATION/Default.aspx
Wrong-way driver hits pickup on I-5 in Olympia, leaves one dead (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/638296.html
Boeing, Machinists reach settlement; pact calls for 15 percent pay raise over 4 years (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/boeingaerospace/2008319765_machinists28.html?syndication=rss
Records request for December 2007 storm insurance claims disputed (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/10/27/local_news/02news.txt
DIVERSIONS
The Ultimate In Cold Feet – Reluctant groom sets hotel on fire
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE49Q3X220081027?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Man drives drunk to protest drunken driving charge
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE49Q62620081027?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Poodle Delays 8 Flights At Boston Airport – Dog Evades Airport Personnel For 17 Hours
http://www.kirotv.com/travelgetaways/17814900/detail.html?treets=sea&taf=sea
Colo. Couple Get Marijuana With Order Of Tacos
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17813418/detail.html
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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