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)
- Richland nuclear plant to go off-line
- Benton PUD passing on settlement to customers
- California Public Utilities Commission to investigate 2007 fires
- Tennessee Valley Authority decreasing fuel cost adjustment
- Idaho Statesman Columnist – Election could alter salmon debate
- S.F Chronicle Editorial – A plan to unleash the Klamath River
- NOAA investigating sockeye salmon run ‘disaster’
- State Supreme Court Approves Sanctions Limiting Tribal Fishing
- Fish Food Fight- Can Salmon Be Organic?
- Irrigation districts deserve kudos for conservation efforts
- Storm takes out Mill Creek Dam in Cosmopolis
- The Oregonian – Keeping the lights on when the wind doesn't blow
- Renewable energy may end up scarred, stronger
- Wave energy has to benefit more than the developers
- New Mexico – Regulators drop PNM’s wind energy premium
- Virginia group wants financial incentives for energy conservation
- U.N.: Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
- Climate change threatens more than half of California's real estate
- Keeping capital-intensive “green” programs going during tough times
- Lawmaker plans bill on Web neutrality
- AT&T Thinks Network Neutrality Fight Is Over
- Vista lawsuit spotlights ties between Microsoft, Intel
- Shelton Police Arrest Woman For Breaking Windows
- Kitzhaber mentioned as cabinet member
- Port Orchard man found guilty of multi-million dollar fraud
- KIRO-AM/710 to go all-sports
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Capriccio • \kuh-PREACH-ee-oh\ • noun – 1: fancy, whimsy 2: caper, prank 3: an instrumental piece in free form usually lively in tempo and brilliant in style
To those unfamiliar to the music of Malcolm John Rebennack Jr., they may categorize his regional music stylings nothing more than capriccio. However, things really picked up for him when he changed took on a stage name in the 1970’s.
Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. (Wickipedia)
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
Richland nuclear plant to go off-line (Tri City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/383242.html
Benton PUD passing on settlement to customers (Tri City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/383506.html
California Public Utilities Commission to investigate 2007 fires – Want so see if utility companies violated safety regulations (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=100831
Tennessee Valley Authority decreasing fuel cost adjustment (Memphis Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2008/11/10/daily29.html?ana=from_rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho Statesman Columnist – Election could alter salmon debate: New senators in Idaho and Oregon may help get all sides to the table to break the deadlock over recovery
http://www.idahostatesman.com/102/story/570437.html
S.F Chronicle Editorial – A plan to unleash the Klamath River
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/14/EDKK14409E.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
NOAA investigating sockeye salmon run ‘disaster’ (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/11/10/daily35.html?ana=from_rss
State Supreme Court Approves Sanctions Limiting Tribal Fishing (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews/?State-Supreme-Court-Approves-Sanctions-L=1&blockID=17863&feedID=410
Fish Food Fight- Can Salmon Be Organic? (Injury Board)
http://www.injuryboard.com/national-news/fish-food-fight--can-salmon-be-organic.aspx?googleid=251504
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Editorial: Yakima Herald Republic – Irrigation districts deserve kudos for conservation efforts
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/11/13/irrigation-districts-deserve-kudos-for-conservation-efforts
Storm takes out Mill Creek Dam in Cosmopolis (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/11/13/local_news/01news.txt
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Editorial: The Oregonian – Keeping the lights on when the wind doesn't blow
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2008/11/keeping_the_lights_on_when_the.html
Renewable energy may end up scarred, stronger (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/14/BUQG1442NU.DTL&feed=rss.business
Coos Bay World Editorial – Wave energy has to benefit more than the developers
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/11/13/opinion/editorial/doc491c9e56149f9189591846.txt
New Mexico – Regulators drop PNM’s wind energy premium (Associated Press)
http://kob.com/article/stories/S661895.shtml?cat=504
Virginia climate change group wants financial incentives for energy conservation (Richmond Times-Dispatch, VA)
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-11-13-0208.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U.N.: Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health (Associated Press)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_10979751?source=rss
Report: Climate change threatens more than half of California's real estate (Sacramento Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/stories/2008/11/10/daily37.html?ana=from_rss
Energy Pulse Commentary – Forestalling the Green Chill: keeping capital-intensive “green” programs going during tough times
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1876
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Lawmaker plans bill on Web neutrality (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE4AC7SU20081114?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
AT&T Thinks Network Neutrality Fight Is Over – Unfortunately for them, the neutrality circus was just napping (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Thinks-Network-Neutrality-Fight-Is-Over-99061
Vista lawsuit spotlights ties between Microsoft, Intel (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2008389236_microsoft14.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Police Arrest Woman For Breaking Windows On Railroad (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5574/reftab/1896/title/POLICE_ARREST_WOMAN_FOR_BREAKING_WINDOWS_ON_RAILROAD/Default.aspx
Kitzhaber mentioned as cabinet member (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/11/10/daily43.html?ana=from_rss
Ben Settle in the news – Port Orchard man found guilty of multi-million dollar fraud (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/othercities/seattle/stories/2008/11/10/daily31.html
KIRO-AM/710 to go all-sports (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/387779_kiro14.html
DIVERSIONS
Judge: riding in the buff in Portland is 'tradition,' man cleared
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/34445764.html
NY Pet Cemetery Ranked Among Taj Mahal, Pyramids
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17981665/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible
Hopes dim on Soap Lake's Lava Lamp
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/11/13/hopes-dim-on-soap-lake-s-lava-lamp
Friday, November 14, 2008
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