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)
- BPA Says Power Grid ‘Performing Well’ During Storm
- Cold Weather Can Put a Cramp On The Power Grid
- Snow On Your Heat Pump Can Cause Damage
- Oregonian Op/Ed - Bonneville Borrowing: More Bang For Our Infrastructure Bucks
- Avista fights BPA ruling in federal appellate court
- Portland General Electric requests changes to Boardman plant cleanup plan
- EPA Eases Emissions Regulations for New Power Plants
- Fortuitous Doubling Of Low-Income Heating Assistance
- Oregon Congressman Asks Feds To Rescind Mt Hood Pipeline Approval
- FERC Takes Major Step toward Resolution of California-Western Power Crisis
- Sockeye run offers a new twist on the Columbia
- Feds say no to Black Rock Reservoir
- Puget Sound Mud Reveals History Of Toxins
- Water Issues Put Grant County Commission, Health District At Odds
- Tax Breaks For Wind Power Irk Some
- State Of California Grants Bonuses To Electric Utilities For Improving Energy Efficiency
- Texas - Extra charge likely soon as 'smart' meters get OK
- Power Meters Help Homeowners Track And Cut Their Energy Use
- Chip Companies Helping To Solve Energy Problems
- Clean-Tech Startup 3Tier raises $10 million
- New Ban Imposed On Regulating Global Warming Gases
- India suffers massive internet disruption after undersea cables break
- Telecommuters need more than just broadband access
- Qwest Drops Rates For Highest Internet Speed
- Qwest Denies Using FTTN Glitch to Kill Competitive Local Exchanges
- Fiber optics may connect to some Glenwood Springs homes before network expansion
- Gates Foundation Supports Broadband In Libraries
- Storm buries area; more snow may fall Saturday night
- The Weather? It's Just A Practice Run
- “Death Map” Shows Impact of Natural Disasters
- Automakers to get $17.4 billion in government aid
- Legislature Starts With A Lot Fewer Journalists
- Watergate "Deep Throat" Mark Felt dies at 95
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Simulacrum • \sim-yuh-LAK-rum\ • noun - 1: image, representation *2: an insubstantial form or semblance of something: trace
After days of spending his moral capital to defend his “tiddlywinks shaving scandal”, the champion’s standing was a simulacrum of its former self. Small children laughed and pointed as he walked by, the doctored chips rattling in his pockets.
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
BPA Says Power Grid ‘Performing Well’ During Storm (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/12/15/daily25.html?ana=from_rss
Cold Weather Can Put a Cramp On The Power Grid (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9551463
Snow On Your Heat Pump Can Cause Damage (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9551626
Oregonian Op/Ed - Bonneville Borrowing: More Bang For Our Infrastructure Bucks
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2008/12/more_bang_for_our_infrastructu.html
Avista fights BPA ruling in federal appellate court (Partial Story from Spokane Journal of Commerce)
http://www.spokanejournal.com/article.php?id=3892
Portland General Electric requests changes to Boardman plant cleanup plan (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/122966071561840.xml&coll=7
EPA Eases Emissions Regulations for New Power Plants (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/18/AR2008121803687.html
Fortuitous Doubling Of Low-Income Heating Assistance (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/3835-fortuitous-doubling-low-income-heating-assistance/
Oregon Congressman Asks Feds To Rescind Mt Hood Pipeline Approval (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/3836-wyden-asks-feds-rescind-mt-hood-pipeline-approval/
FERC Takes Major Step toward Resolution of California-Western Power Crisis (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
http://www.ferc.gov/news/news-releases/2008/2008-4/12-18-08-E-1.asp
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sockeye run offers a new twist on the Columbia (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2008/12/sockeye_run_offers_a_new_twist.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Feds say no to Black Rock - The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has decided the federal government should not build a massive reservoir called Black Rock in the Yakima Valley (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008539679_apwablackrockreservoir.html?syndication=rss
Puget Sound Mud Reveals History Of Toxins (The Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/703297.html
Water Issues Put Grant County Commission, Health District At Odds (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20081218/NEWS04/712189913/1001/rss1001
RENEWABLE ENERGY & CONSERVATION
Tax Breaks For Wind Power Irk Some - Wind business thrives without subsidies, argues former teacher (Portland Tribune, OR)
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=122955487327869100
State Of California Grants Bonuses To Electric Utilities For Improving Energy Efficiency - state isn't sure the companies saved as much power as they claim (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/19/BUUG14QRVA.DTL
Texas - Extra charge likely soon as 'smart' meters get OK (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/biz/6172629.html
Power Meters Help Homeowners Track And Cut Their Energy Use (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/12/18/power-meters-help-homeowners-track-and-cut-their-energy-use/
Chip Companies Helping To Solve Energy Problems (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11239206?source=rss
Clean-Tech Startup 3Tier raises $10 million (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008537282_webcleantech19.html?syndication=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
New Ban Imposed On Regulating Global Warming Gases (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008536774_apbushglobalwarming.html?syndication=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
India suffers massive internet disruption after undersea cables break (Times of London)
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article5372294.ece
Telecommuters need more than just broadband access (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2008/12/telecommuters_need_more_than_j.html
Qwest Drops Rates For Highest Internet Speed (Phoenix Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/12/15/daily53.html?ana=from_rss
Qwest Denies Using FTTN Glitch to Kill Competitive Local Exchanges (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-Denies-Using-FTTN-Glitch-To-Kill-CLECs-99752
Colorado - Fiber optics may connect to some Glenwood Springs homes before network expansion: Plan could go to another vote in November 2009 (Glenwood Springs Post-Independent, CO)http://www.postindependent.com/article/20081219/VALLEYNEWS/812189956/1074&title=Fiber%20optics%20may%20connect%20to%20some%20Glenwood%20Springs%20homes%20before%20network%20expansion
Gates Foundation Supports Broadband In Libraries (The Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/703519.html
GENERAL NEWS
Storm buries area; more snow may fall Saturday night (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/392821_storm19.html
The Weather? It's Just A Practice Run (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/392873_forecast19.html?source=rss
“Death Map” Shows Impact of Natural Disasters - A study shows that, of all natural hazards, Americans are most likely to die from extreme heat. But would more data tell a different story? (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/2008/December/Death-Map-Shows-Impact-of-Natural-Disasters-.html
Automakers to get $17.4 billion in government aid (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4BI34F20081219?feedType=nl&feedName=ustopnewsearly
Legislature Starts With A Lot Fewer Journalists - Fewer reporters will cover the Legislature in Olympia this year because of newspaper and TV staff cuts (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008537903_presscorps19m0.html?syndication=rss
Watergate "Deep Throat" Mark Felt dies at 95 (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4BI12Q20081219?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
DIVERSIONS
Colorado Doctor Finds Foot In Newborn's Brain - Infant Recovering After Surgery
http://www.kirotv.com/health/18300617/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_nots&tmi=sea_nots_-1_01000212182008&ts=H
More? What the Dickens are you talking about?
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE4BH60N20081218?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Snow Footprints Lead Richland Cops To Suspects
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/392860_snowprints19.html?source=rss
Friday, December 19, 2008
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