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)
- Electricity crisis lurks over the hill in rural U.S., co-op group warned
- Grays Harbor County PUD rebuffs Bassett on Cosmopolis pulp mill
- BPA reviews old transmission line plan between Umatilla to John Day, Oregon
- Rating improves on Chelan County PUD debt
- Oregon – FERC is a no-show at Coos Bay area LNG hearing
- Snohomish PUD opponents differ on size of board
- South Carolina – Electricity – key to disaster recovery
- PG&E Mulling Fee for Customers Who Switch Service to Proposed Public Utility
- Tags unlock young salmon secrets
- Dams Appear to Have No Impact on Salmon
- Salmon are heading up the Satsop and Wynoochee
- Mexico Pays Fishermen to Help Save a Species
- Colorado – Water trial sails into third day
- Amid economic crisis, wind power spins more slowly
- Grays Harbor County PUD looks into wind power
- Statesmen Journal Op/Ed – Let free market decide when Oregon is ready for more wind power
- A Clean Energy Uprising in California
- It Pays to Go Green in a Down Economy
- Kansas - Conservation program cutting thousands off energy bills
- Winston-Salem Journal Editorial – Saving Energy
- New York – Stony Kill Farm offers home energy guidance
- Can smoke and mirrors ease global warming?
- Live from Antarctica! A lesson in global warming
- Microsoft loses share of Internet searches, while Yahoo sees gain
- Telemedicine Could Save $197 Billion, But Only With ‘Smart Networks’
- Are taxpayer-funded networks a good idea?
- WiFi showing up in more places
- Microsoft Introduces Windows 7, Ending Vista Brand
- On this Day: ‘Black Tuesday’ Stock Market Crash Ushers in Great Depression
- What Went Into the $500 million Pepsi Logo
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Eldritch • \EL-dritch\ • adjective – Weird, eerie
Hiding under the covers, lest the closet monster see any part of its body, the quaking child began having second thoughts about reading “Tales from the Crypt” with a flashlight under the covers at bedtime. Every eldritch creak of the house, branch against the window, or drip of the bathroom faucet conjured up images of a monster with slathering jaws waiting to pounce.
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
Electricity crisis lurks over the hill in rural U.S., co-op group warned (NW Arkansas News)
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Business/241932/
Grays Harbor County PUD rebuffs Bassett on Cosmopolis pulp mill (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/10/28/local_news/09news.txt
BPA reviews old transmission line plan between Umatilla to John Day, Oregon (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/365572.html
Rating improves on Chelan County PUD debt (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081028/NEWS04/710289970
Oregon – FERC is a no-show at Coos Bay area LNG hearing (The World, Coos Bay, OR)
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/10/28/news/doc49074c94dda45199451496.txt
Snohomish PUD opponents differ on size of board (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081029/NEWS01/710299820
South Carolina – Electricity – key to disaster recovery (North Myrtle Beach Local News, SC)
http://www.northmyrtlebeachonline.com/modules/AMS/article.php?storyid=1397
PG&E Mulling Fee For Customers Who Switch Service to Proposed Public Utility (KPIX-TV, San Francisco, CA)
http://cbs5.com/consumer/marin.energy.switch.2.850935.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Tags unlock young salmon secrets (British Broadcasting Corporation, UK)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7694180.stm
Dams Appear to Have No Impact on Salmon (Discovery Channel)
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/29/salmon-dam.html
Salmon are heading up the Satsop and Wynoochee – Some of the best reports for salmon are coming from the Satsop-Wynoochee region. (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/521825.html
Mexico Pays Fishermen to Help Save a Species (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/world/americas/29mexico.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Colorado – Water trial sails into third day – The trial over the San Luis Valley’s first groundwater management sub-district plan enters its third day today (Valley Courier, Alamosa, CO)
http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=10044&page=72
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Amid economic crisis, wind power spins more slowly – Many of the big players who were drawn to alternative energy by tax credits are now sidelined or kaput (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/10/28/amid-economic-crisis-wind-power-spins-more-slowly/
Grays Harbor County PUD looks into wind power (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/10/29/local_news/05news.txt
Statesmen Journal Op/Ed – Let free market decide when Oregon is ready for more wind power (Salem, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081029/OPINION/81025011/1049/OPINION
A Clean Energy Uprising in California (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/a-clean-energy-uprising-in-california/
CONSERVATION
It Pays to Go Green in a Down Economy – Learn why even in this economy you can't afford not to implement green practices in your business (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27438289/
Kansas - Conservation program cutting thousands off energy bills (The Morning Sun, Pittsburg, KS)
http://www.morningsun.net/news/x1588594087/Conservation-program-cutting-thousands-off-energy-bills
Winston-Salem Journal Editorial – Saving Energy (NC)
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/oct/29/saving-energy/opinion/
New York – Stony Kill Farm offers home energy guidance (Poughkeepsie Journal, NY)
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20081029/NEWS01/81028035/1006
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Can smoke and mirrors ease global warming? (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE49Q02B20081027
Live from Antarctica! A lesson in global warming (The Courier-Post Online, New Jersey)
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20081029/NEWS01/81029045/1006/news01
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft loses share of Internet searches, while Yahoo sees gain (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/521833.html
Expert: Telemedicine Could Save $197 Billion, But Only With ‘Smart Networks’ (Broadband Census)
http://broadbandcensus.com/blog/?p=957
Are taxpayer-funded networks a good idea? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/external/idg/2008/10/27/27idg-Are-taxpayer-fu.html
WiFi showing up in more places (Business First of Buffalo)
http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2008/10/27/focus2.html?ana=from_rss
Microsoft Introduces Windows 7, Ending Vista Brand (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/technology/business-computing/29soft.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
GENERAL NEWS
On this Day: ‘Black Tuesday’ Stock Market Crash Ushers in Great Depression (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/September-October-08/On-this-Day---Black-Tuesday--Stock-Market-Crash-Ushers-in-Great-Depression.html
What Went Into the Updated Pepsi Logo – Experts Estimate Cost to Roll Out New Look in the Hundreds of Millions (Advertising Age)
http://adage.com/article?article_id=132016
DIVERSIONS
Red Makes Women More Attractive To Men
http://www.kirotv.com/health/17829157/detail.html
Man Charged With Driving Stolen SUV To Court
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/17829042/detail.html
TV Remotes, Doorknobs Among Germ Hotbeds
http://www.kirotv.com/health/17828695/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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