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)
- Puget Sound Energy Parent Company Sale Completed
- Bonneville Inherits the Wind…And the Stimulus
- Low Snowpack Could Mean Water, Power Shortages
- Future Energy Park Could Be the Leading Industry in the Tri-Cities
- Itronix Official: 300 Jobs Cut In Spokane Area
- Maryland Customers Howl As Utility Bills Skyrocket
- U.S. Supreme Court Turns Down Utilities over Mercury Emissions
- Nuclear Deal: Senate Chose Savings, Jobs, Future
- Harry Reid: Federal Action Trumps States’ Rights on Energy
- Taylor Shellfish Company sues state in shellfish lease controversy
- EPA aims to buoy fish numbers: Rules halted in 2007 would affect power plants near water
- Project Looks to Return Tributary in Rogue River Basin to Its Original Channel
- Oregon snowpack below average, at 82 percent
- Fixing Yakima County dams
- Army Corps Cracks Down On Flunking Levees
- Oregon - Future of Incinerator Debated
- Tax Break Bill Could Lure Solar Company to Clark County
- Montana - Catching the Wind
- Converting Power Plant to Biomass Will Cost Xcel $58.1 Million
- Midwest Govs Seek To Bolster Alternative Energy
- Paved with Renewable Mandates
- Europe Considers A Tariff On Biofuels
- Connecticut - Price Shock for Wallingford Power Consumers?
- Expert: Climate Change Could Mean 'Extended World War'
- Gore Pulls Slide of Disaster Trends
- Politics in the Guise of Pure Science
- We're #1 In Broadband (Sort Of)
- Broadband: Damned Lies Edition
- Overpaid Laid-Off Microsoft Workers Get To Keep Extra Money
- Major Yahoo Reorganization Looms
- Micron To Cut Another 2,000 Jobs In Idaho
- Former Washington Gov. Gary Locke may be next commerce secretary
- GOP's Rossi, Others Say Locke Would Be Good Pick
- Bailout Frenzy Triggers Backlash
- Software Problems Delay Mason County Tax Statements
- Executive Sessions Bill in Trouble
- WSU Extension and 4-H Bracing for Budget Cuts, Possible Closure
- Washington State House Approves Ban on Campaign Lies
- State sends $1 food stamp checks to 250,000
These and links to more stories in today’s energy news digest.
WORD OF THE DAY
Onerous • \AH-nuh-rus\ • adjective - *1: involving, imposing, or constituting a burden: troublesome 2: having legal obligations that outweigh the advantages
Straining at their harnesses, the muscular draft horses tried in vain to pull the onerous weight of the beer wagon up the steep, winding road. Each of the magnificent animals cursed the day that they rejected a northeast Montana farmer’s offer of employment for that of a brewer near Glacier National Park. “Ah for a nice stroll with a grain wagon across the lightly rolling cropland near Saco,” mused old Dobbin to his harness-mate.
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
Puget Sound Energy Parent Company Sale Completed (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/401133_pse24.html?source=rss
Bonneville Inherits the Wind…And the Stimulus (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/bonneville-inherits-the-wind-and-the-stimulus/
Low Snowpack Could Mean Water, Power Shortages (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18780258/detail.html
Future Energy Park on Hanford Site Could Be the Leading Industry in the Tri-Cities (KNDU-TV Tri Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9892966
Itronix Official: 300 Jobs Cut In Spokane Area (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1867523~Itronix_official__300_jobs_cut_in_Spokane_area.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Maryland Customers Howl As Utility Bills Skyrocket - Companies blame new rates, calendar, cold weather (The Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-te.bz.utility24feb24,0,339311.story
U.S. Supreme Court Turns Down Utilities over Mercury Emissions (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008775321_apscotusmercurypollution.html?syndication=rss
Atlanta Journal Constitution Op/Ed - Nuclear Deal: Senate Chose Savings, Jobs, Future
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2009/02/24/mooreed_0224.html
Harry Reid: Federal Action Trumps States’ Rights on Energy (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/02/23/harry-reid-federal-action-trumps-states-rights-on-energy/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Taylor Shellfish Company sues state in shellfish lease controversy (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008777566_webtaylorshellfish23.html?syndication=rss
EPA aims to buoy fish numbers: Rules halted in 2007 would affect power plants near water (The Blade, Toledo, OH)
http://dev.scoop.com/remote/article/include/75134037/53616c7465645f5fa0d48b5e5d5f3df9e5388c1e6bf1b7a09d8a90b43c7009df
Project Looks to Return Tributary in Rogue River Basin to Its Original Channel (Mail Tribune, Medford, OR)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090223/NEWS/902230305/-1/rss01
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon snowpack below average, at 82 percent (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1866441~Oregon_snowpack_below_average__at_82_percent.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Fixing Yakima County Dams - Fruit companies working to make 'high-hazard unpermitted dams' safer before reservoirs fill (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2009/02/21/fixing-the-dams
Army Corps Cracks Down On Flunking Levees (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-02-23-levees_N.htm?csp=34
Oregon - Future of Incinerator Debated: Forums will address county's contract expiration in 2014 (The Statesman Journal, Salem, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090223/GREEN/902230334/1001
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Tax Break Bill Could Lure Solar Company to Clark County (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090223/NEWS02/702239971/
Montana - Catching the Wind: Lincoln Turbine Tool Company Leads Way in Cutting-Edge Industry (The Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/02/23/news/local/znews01.txt
Converting Power Plant to Biomass Will Cost Xcel $58.1 Million (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI)
http://dev.scoop.com/remote/article/include/75240223/53616c7465645f5f8ec6d7b817e15a19e4c98ac266b25af0803b4d5f20b94a27
Midwest Govs Seek To Bolster Alternative Energy (Associated Press)
http://www.boston.com/business/healthcare/articles/2009/02/23/midwest_govs_seek_to_bolster_alternative_energy/
Paved with Renewable Mandates “…Senate majority leader Harry Reid will be pushing for the Senate to adopt a national renewable energy portfolio within the next two weeks…” (American Spectator)
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/02/24/paved-with-renewable-mandates
Europe Considers A Tariff On Biofuels (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/business/global/24biofuel.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Connecticut - Price Shock for Wallingford Power Consumers? "…we never said conservation programs would lower (customers') rates…We said it would lower their consumption." (Record-Journal, Meriden, CT)
http://www.myrecordjournal.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=20267903&BRD=2755&PAG=461&dept_id=592709&rfi=6
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Expert: Climate Change Could Mean 'Extended World War' (Fox News)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,498133,00.html
Gore Pulls Slide of Disaster Trends (NY Times)
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/gore-pulls-slide-of-disaster-trends/?ref=science
Politics in the Guise of Pure Science (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/science/24tier.html?_r=1&8dpc
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
We're #1 In Broadband (Sort Of) - Assuming you look at completely irrelevant data like SMS use (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Were-1-In-Broadband-Sort-Of-101021
Broadband: Damned Lies Edition (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/23/broadband-damned-lies-edition/
Overpaid Laid-Off Microsoft Workers Get To Keep Extra Money (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2008778512_microsoftpay24.html?syndication=rss
Major Yahoo Reorganization Looms (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11772433?nclick_check=1
Micron To Cut Another 2,000 Jobs In Idaho (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008777766_apidmicronlayoffs1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Former Washington Gov. Gary Locke may be next commerce secretary (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/401137_locke24.html?source=rss
GOP's Rossi, Others Say Locke Would Be Good Pick (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/401204_lockewash24.html?source=rss
Bailout Frenzy Triggers Backlash (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008778075_housefair24.html?syndication=rss
Software Problems Delay Mason County Tax Statements (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/23/software-problems-delay-mason-county-tax/?partner=RSS
Executive Sessions Bill in Trouble (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/02/23/local_news/04news.txt
WSU Extension and 4-H Bracing for Budget Cuts, Possible Closure (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008778252_budgetfears24m.html?syndication=rss
Washington State House Approves Ban on Campaign Lies (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1867417~Wash__House_approves_ban_on_campaign_lies.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
State sends $1 food stamp checks to 250,000 (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/02/23/breaking_news/doc49a2d6eb85f94538408144.txt
DIVERSIONS
Beauty and the Brain, Women Use More Than Men
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008776581_apscibeautyandthebrain.html?syndication=rss
Skydiver OK after Crashing Into Power Lines
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18770069/detail.html
Magpies Build Urban Nest Using Scrap Metal Twigs
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18776826/detail.html
Bill Extends Restraining Order Protection to Pets
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/40206817.html
SONG OF THE DAY
The Archies - Sugar Sugar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANtMdzOFIVQ
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Energy News Digest for February 23, 2009
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)
- State Senator Pridemore Targets Centralia Coal Plant’s Tax Credits
- Puget Wind Power May Go South
- Oregonian Op/Ed - Bonneville: Powering Up the Northwest Economy
- We should be thankful that Bobby Jindal does not run the BPA
- Cuts at power companies raise red flags about reliability
- Peggy Fowler calls it quits after 35 years at Portland General Electric
- Oregon Appeals Court Allows Taller Power Poles
- Oregon State University Professor: Nuclear Power Has Bright Future
- California Power Company Denied On Clean Power Study
- Colorado Governor, Others Ask Obama to Support 'Clean Coal' Technologies
- Getting Data on Your Electricity Consumption
- Virginia - Electric Sticker Shock
- Seattle P-I Editorial - Washington Century: Salmon – Snake Dam Removal
- Idaho Statesman Columnist - Barker: Salmon Judge Sets Stage for Settlement
- Rare Sea Otter Sighted On Oregon Coast
- Resident Orcas on Verge Of Collapse
- Jefferson PUD Eyes Port Townsend City Water
- Seattle Times Editorial - Seattle Water Customers Pay Their Own Rebate
- Drought to Cut off Federal Water to California Farms
- Next Up: A National Renewable Portfolio Standard?
- Energy Stimulus May Power Port of Vancouver
- Home Solar Firms See Wave of Mergers
- Texas Home Power Producers Not Assured Of Payment for Generating Excess Electricity
- Seattle Times Columnist - Reality Check on Plug-In Cars
- Electric Cars Still Years Away From Paying Off
- Snohomish County PUD Offers 10 Easy Energy Savers for Businesses
- Cap-And-Invest Approach Good for Environment and Economy
- Greenhouse Gas Plan Could Raise Kentucky Electric Bills
- British Fight Climate Change with Fish And Chips
- Internet Domain Names Grow To 177M
- New Bill Would Require Wi-Fi Hotspot Owners Retain Data
- Minnesota - North St. Paul Caught In Middle of Fiber Optic Fight
- Internet Taking Piece of Cable TV Business
- Web Fails To Access a Screen in Our Lives: TVs
- Allyn Standoff, Fire Leaves Man Dead, Woman Critical
- Mileage Tax Idea Gains Steam
- Mason County Still Building, Despite Economy
- Ex-FAA Worker Accused of Stealing Plane, Yacht
- Daughter Fills Father's 16th District Seat
These And Links To More Stories In Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Pleonasm • \PLEE-uh-naz-um\ • noun - 1: the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense: redundancy 2: an instance or example of pleonasm
Join the competition for the most exemplary, fantastic, and mind-blowing pleonasm you can come up with. Anymore, “it was a dark and stormy night” seems tame when compared to some of the entries in the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest.
http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/
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
State Senator Pridemore Targets Centralia Coal Plant’s Tax Credits (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
Http://Columbian.Com/Apps/Pbcs.Dll/Article?AID=/20090222/NEWS02/702229714/
Puget Wind Power May Go South - PSE Has Agreed To Sell Virtually All The Green Power Produced By Its Wind Farms For The Next Two Years To Southern California Edison (Seattle Times)
Http://Seattletimes.Nwsource.Com/Html/Businesstechnology/2008771283_Sundaybuzz22.Html?Syndication=Rss
Oregonian Op/Ed - Bonneville: Powering Up the Northwest Economy
Http://Www.Oregonlive.Com/Opinion/Index.Ssf/2009/02/Bonneville_Powering_Up_The_Nor.Html
Columbian Columnist - Leery in Louisiana; timid in Texas - All Northwesterners should be thankful that Bobby Jindal does not run the Bonneville Power Administration…
http://www.columbian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090222/OPINION03/702229724
Cuts at power companies raise red flags about reliability (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2009-02-22-utility-cuts_N.htm
Peggy Fowler calls it quits after 35 years at Portland General Electric (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/02/23/story5.html?ana=from_rss
Oregon Appeals Court Allows Taller Power Poles (Examiner.Com)
Http://Www.Examiner.Com/A-1863921~Oregon_Appeals_Court_Allows_Taller_Power_Poles.Html?Cid=Rss-Oregon_Headlines
Oregon State University Professor: Nuclear Power Has Bright Future (Examiner.Com)
Http://Www.Examiner.Com/A-1865341~OSU_Professor__Nuclear_Power_Has_Bright_Future.Html?Cid=Rss-Oregon_Headlines
California Power Company Denied On Clean Power Study (Reuters – Similar To Kalama Power Project)
Http://Uk.Reuters.Com/Article/Behindthescenes/Iduktre51k0mt20090221
Colorado Governor, Others Ask Obama to Support 'Clean Coal' Technologies (Denver Business Journal)
Http://Www.Bizjournals.Com/Denver/Stories/2009/02/16/Daily69.Html
Getting Data on Your Electricity Consumption (SF Chronicle)
Http://Www.Sfgate.Com/Cgi-Bin/Article.Cgi?F=/C/A/2009/02/22/BU2B161PBG.DTL&Feed=Rss.Business
Virginia - Electric Sticker Shock (Tricities.Com)
Http://Www.Tricities.Com/Tri/News/Local/Article/Electric_Sticker_Shock/20721/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Seattle Post Intelligencer Editorial - Washington Century: Salmon – Snake Dam Removal
Http://Seattlepi.Nwsource.Com/Opinion/400916_Salmoned.Html
Idaho Statesman Columnist - Barker: Salmon Judge Sets Stage for Settlement
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/676678.html
Rare Sea Otter Sighted On Oregon Coast (KING-TV, Seattle)
Http://Www.Nwcn.Com/Topstories/Stories/NW_022009ORB-Sea-Otter-Ks.36108de7.Html
Resident Orcas On Verge Of Collapse “…Treating Them Like A Financial Resource — With Tourist-Filled Boats Chasing After Them — We Run The Risk Of Consuming Them Down To The Last One…” (Seattle Times)
Http://Seattletimes.Nwsource.Com/Html/Opinion/2008767685_Opinc22anderson.Html?Syndication=Rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Jefferson PUD Eyes Port Townsend City Water (Peninsula Daily News)
Http://Www.Peninsuladailynews.Com/Article/20090221/News/302219996
Seattle Times Editorial - Seattle Water Customers Pay Their Own Rebate
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008768034_edita21water.html
Drought to Cut off Federal Water to California Farms (Examiner.Com)
Http://Www.Examiner.Com/A-1863317~Drought_To_Cut_Off_Federal_Water_To_Calif__Farms.Html?Cid=Rss-California_Headlines
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Next Up: A National Renewable Portfolio Standard? (NY Times)
Http://Greeninc.Blogs.Nytimes.Com/2009/02/20/Next-Up-A-Renewable-Portfolio-Standard/
Energy Stimulus May Power Port Of Vancouver - Cantwell Visit Highlights Bill’s Wind Energy Provisions, Which Could Boost Business, Jobs The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
Http://Www.Columbian.Com/Apps/Pbcs.Dll/Article?AID=/20090221/NEWS02/702219968
Home Solar Firms See Wave of Mergers (Contra Costa Times, CA)
Http://Www.Contracostatimes.Com/Business/Ci_11742236?Source=Rss
Texas Home Power Producers Not Assured Of Payment For Generating Excess Electricity (Fort Worth Star Telegram)
Http://Www.Star-Telegram.Com/804/Story/1216652.Html
Seattle Times Columnist - Reality Check on Plug-In Cars
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2008771363_danny22.html
Electric Cars Still Years Away From Paying Off (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101024296&ft=1&f=3
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Snohomish County PUD Offers 10 Easy Energy Savers For Businesses (Edmonds Beacon, WA)
Http://Www.Edmondsbeacon.Com/Index.Php?Option=Com_Content&View=Article&Id=724:Pud-Offers-10-Easy-Energy-Savers-For-Businesses&Catid=79&Itemid=185
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Cap-And-Invest Approach Good for Environment and Economy
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008773754_opinb23butler.html
Greenhouse Gas Plan Could Raise Kentucky Electric Bills “…restrictions on carbon emissions could mean an end to electric rates that are among the lowest in the nation…” (Lexington Herald-Leader, KY)
http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/703885.html
British Fight Climate Change With Fish And Chips (NY Times)
Http://Www.Nytimes.Com/2009/02/22/Science/Earth/22cook.Html?_R=1
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Internet Domain Names Grow To 177M (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Http://Www.Bizjournals.Com/Seattle/Stories/2009/02/16/Daily42.Html?Ana=From_Rss
New Bill Would Require Wi-Fi Hotspot Owners Retain Data (Broadband Reports)
Http://Www.Dslreports.Com/Shownews/New-Bill-Would-Require-Wifi-Hotspot-Owners-Retain-Data-101002
Minnesota - North St. Paul Caught In Middle Of Fiber Optic Fight (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Http://Www.Startribune.Com/Local/East/40009047.Html?Elr=Karksd:Adyaep:Kd:Aut:Adyaep:Kd:Auid3apc:_Yyc:Auu
Internet Taking Piece of Cable TV Business (SF Chronicle)
Http://Www.Sfgate.Com/Cgi-Bin/Article.Cgi?F=/C/A/2009/02/22/BUAQ161OOT.DTL&Feed=Rss.Business
Web Fails To Access a Screen in Our Lives: TVs (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008773810_nettv23.html
GENERAL NEWS
Allyn Standoff, Fire Leaves Man Dead, Woman Critical (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/22/standoff-leaves-man-dead-woman-critical/?partner=RSS
Mileage Tax Idea Gains Steam (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
Http://Www.Mynorthwest.Com/?Nid=11&Sid=136762
Mason County Still Building, Despite Economy (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Http://Www.Kitsapsun.Com/News/2009/Feb/22/Mason-County-Still-Building-Despite-Economy/?Partner=RSS
Ex-FAA Worker Accused of Stealing Plane, Yacht (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008774009_fraud23.html?syndication=rss
Daughter Fills Father's 16th District Seat (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008774021_staterep23m.html?syndication=rss
DIVERSIONS
Mice Fall from Ceiling Of Florida Courthouse
Http://Www.Kirotv.Com/News/18758936/Detail.Html
Woman's Hair Weave Stops Bullet
Http://Www.Kirotv.Com/News/18757381/Detail.Html
Arkansas Cemetery Double-Booked Burial Plots
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18750575/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Heat Wave - Marilyn Monroe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0-0ygVvv4c
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- State Senator Pridemore Targets Centralia Coal Plant’s Tax Credits
- Puget Wind Power May Go South
- Oregonian Op/Ed - Bonneville: Powering Up the Northwest Economy
- We should be thankful that Bobby Jindal does not run the BPA
- Cuts at power companies raise red flags about reliability
- Peggy Fowler calls it quits after 35 years at Portland General Electric
- Oregon Appeals Court Allows Taller Power Poles
- Oregon State University Professor: Nuclear Power Has Bright Future
- California Power Company Denied On Clean Power Study
- Colorado Governor, Others Ask Obama to Support 'Clean Coal' Technologies
- Getting Data on Your Electricity Consumption
- Virginia - Electric Sticker Shock
- Seattle P-I Editorial - Washington Century: Salmon – Snake Dam Removal
- Idaho Statesman Columnist - Barker: Salmon Judge Sets Stage for Settlement
- Rare Sea Otter Sighted On Oregon Coast
- Resident Orcas on Verge Of Collapse
- Jefferson PUD Eyes Port Townsend City Water
- Seattle Times Editorial - Seattle Water Customers Pay Their Own Rebate
- Drought to Cut off Federal Water to California Farms
- Next Up: A National Renewable Portfolio Standard?
- Energy Stimulus May Power Port of Vancouver
- Home Solar Firms See Wave of Mergers
- Texas Home Power Producers Not Assured Of Payment for Generating Excess Electricity
- Seattle Times Columnist - Reality Check on Plug-In Cars
- Electric Cars Still Years Away From Paying Off
- Snohomish County PUD Offers 10 Easy Energy Savers for Businesses
- Cap-And-Invest Approach Good for Environment and Economy
- Greenhouse Gas Plan Could Raise Kentucky Electric Bills
- British Fight Climate Change with Fish And Chips
- Internet Domain Names Grow To 177M
- New Bill Would Require Wi-Fi Hotspot Owners Retain Data
- Minnesota - North St. Paul Caught In Middle of Fiber Optic Fight
- Internet Taking Piece of Cable TV Business
- Web Fails To Access a Screen in Our Lives: TVs
- Allyn Standoff, Fire Leaves Man Dead, Woman Critical
- Mileage Tax Idea Gains Steam
- Mason County Still Building, Despite Economy
- Ex-FAA Worker Accused of Stealing Plane, Yacht
- Daughter Fills Father's 16th District Seat
These And Links To More Stories In Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Pleonasm • \PLEE-uh-naz-um\ • noun - 1: the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense: redundancy 2: an instance or example of pleonasm
Join the competition for the most exemplary, fantastic, and mind-blowing pleonasm you can come up with. Anymore, “it was a dark and stormy night” seems tame when compared to some of the entries in the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest.
http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/
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
State Senator Pridemore Targets Centralia Coal Plant’s Tax Credits (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
Http://Columbian.Com/Apps/Pbcs.Dll/Article?AID=/20090222/NEWS02/702229714/
Puget Wind Power May Go South - PSE Has Agreed To Sell Virtually All The Green Power Produced By Its Wind Farms For The Next Two Years To Southern California Edison (Seattle Times)
Http://Seattletimes.Nwsource.Com/Html/Businesstechnology/2008771283_Sundaybuzz22.Html?Syndication=Rss
Oregonian Op/Ed - Bonneville: Powering Up the Northwest Economy
Http://Www.Oregonlive.Com/Opinion/Index.Ssf/2009/02/Bonneville_Powering_Up_The_Nor.Html
Columbian Columnist - Leery in Louisiana; timid in Texas - All Northwesterners should be thankful that Bobby Jindal does not run the Bonneville Power Administration…
http://www.columbian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090222/OPINION03/702229724
Cuts at power companies raise red flags about reliability (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2009-02-22-utility-cuts_N.htm
Peggy Fowler calls it quits after 35 years at Portland General Electric (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/02/23/story5.html?ana=from_rss
Oregon Appeals Court Allows Taller Power Poles (Examiner.Com)
Http://Www.Examiner.Com/A-1863921~Oregon_Appeals_Court_Allows_Taller_Power_Poles.Html?Cid=Rss-Oregon_Headlines
Oregon State University Professor: Nuclear Power Has Bright Future (Examiner.Com)
Http://Www.Examiner.Com/A-1865341~OSU_Professor__Nuclear_Power_Has_Bright_Future.Html?Cid=Rss-Oregon_Headlines
California Power Company Denied On Clean Power Study (Reuters – Similar To Kalama Power Project)
Http://Uk.Reuters.Com/Article/Behindthescenes/Iduktre51k0mt20090221
Colorado Governor, Others Ask Obama to Support 'Clean Coal' Technologies (Denver Business Journal)
Http://Www.Bizjournals.Com/Denver/Stories/2009/02/16/Daily69.Html
Getting Data on Your Electricity Consumption (SF Chronicle)
Http://Www.Sfgate.Com/Cgi-Bin/Article.Cgi?F=/C/A/2009/02/22/BU2B161PBG.DTL&Feed=Rss.Business
Virginia - Electric Sticker Shock (Tricities.Com)
Http://Www.Tricities.Com/Tri/News/Local/Article/Electric_Sticker_Shock/20721/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Seattle Post Intelligencer Editorial - Washington Century: Salmon – Snake Dam Removal
Http://Seattlepi.Nwsource.Com/Opinion/400916_Salmoned.Html
Idaho Statesman Columnist - Barker: Salmon Judge Sets Stage for Settlement
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/676678.html
Rare Sea Otter Sighted On Oregon Coast (KING-TV, Seattle)
Http://Www.Nwcn.Com/Topstories/Stories/NW_022009ORB-Sea-Otter-Ks.36108de7.Html
Resident Orcas On Verge Of Collapse “…Treating Them Like A Financial Resource — With Tourist-Filled Boats Chasing After Them — We Run The Risk Of Consuming Them Down To The Last One…” (Seattle Times)
Http://Seattletimes.Nwsource.Com/Html/Opinion/2008767685_Opinc22anderson.Html?Syndication=Rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Jefferson PUD Eyes Port Townsend City Water (Peninsula Daily News)
Http://Www.Peninsuladailynews.Com/Article/20090221/News/302219996
Seattle Times Editorial - Seattle Water Customers Pay Their Own Rebate
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008768034_edita21water.html
Drought to Cut off Federal Water to California Farms (Examiner.Com)
Http://Www.Examiner.Com/A-1863317~Drought_To_Cut_Off_Federal_Water_To_Calif__Farms.Html?Cid=Rss-California_Headlines
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Next Up: A National Renewable Portfolio Standard? (NY Times)
Http://Greeninc.Blogs.Nytimes.Com/2009/02/20/Next-Up-A-Renewable-Portfolio-Standard/
Energy Stimulus May Power Port Of Vancouver - Cantwell Visit Highlights Bill’s Wind Energy Provisions, Which Could Boost Business, Jobs The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
Http://Www.Columbian.Com/Apps/Pbcs.Dll/Article?AID=/20090221/NEWS02/702219968
Home Solar Firms See Wave of Mergers (Contra Costa Times, CA)
Http://Www.Contracostatimes.Com/Business/Ci_11742236?Source=Rss
Texas Home Power Producers Not Assured Of Payment For Generating Excess Electricity (Fort Worth Star Telegram)
Http://Www.Star-Telegram.Com/804/Story/1216652.Html
Seattle Times Columnist - Reality Check on Plug-In Cars
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2008771363_danny22.html
Electric Cars Still Years Away From Paying Off (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101024296&ft=1&f=3
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Snohomish County PUD Offers 10 Easy Energy Savers For Businesses (Edmonds Beacon, WA)
Http://Www.Edmondsbeacon.Com/Index.Php?Option=Com_Content&View=Article&Id=724:Pud-Offers-10-Easy-Energy-Savers-For-Businesses&Catid=79&Itemid=185
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Cap-And-Invest Approach Good for Environment and Economy
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008773754_opinb23butler.html
Greenhouse Gas Plan Could Raise Kentucky Electric Bills “…restrictions on carbon emissions could mean an end to electric rates that are among the lowest in the nation…” (Lexington Herald-Leader, KY)
http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/703885.html
British Fight Climate Change With Fish And Chips (NY Times)
Http://Www.Nytimes.Com/2009/02/22/Science/Earth/22cook.Html?_R=1
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Internet Domain Names Grow To 177M (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Http://Www.Bizjournals.Com/Seattle/Stories/2009/02/16/Daily42.Html?Ana=From_Rss
New Bill Would Require Wi-Fi Hotspot Owners Retain Data (Broadband Reports)
Http://Www.Dslreports.Com/Shownews/New-Bill-Would-Require-Wifi-Hotspot-Owners-Retain-Data-101002
Minnesota - North St. Paul Caught In Middle Of Fiber Optic Fight (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Http://Www.Startribune.Com/Local/East/40009047.Html?Elr=Karksd:Adyaep:Kd:Aut:Adyaep:Kd:Auid3apc:_Yyc:Auu
Internet Taking Piece of Cable TV Business (SF Chronicle)
Http://Www.Sfgate.Com/Cgi-Bin/Article.Cgi?F=/C/A/2009/02/22/BUAQ161OOT.DTL&Feed=Rss.Business
Web Fails To Access a Screen in Our Lives: TVs (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008773810_nettv23.html
GENERAL NEWS
Allyn Standoff, Fire Leaves Man Dead, Woman Critical (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/22/standoff-leaves-man-dead-woman-critical/?partner=RSS
Mileage Tax Idea Gains Steam (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
Http://Www.Mynorthwest.Com/?Nid=11&Sid=136762
Mason County Still Building, Despite Economy (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Http://Www.Kitsapsun.Com/News/2009/Feb/22/Mason-County-Still-Building-Despite-Economy/?Partner=RSS
Ex-FAA Worker Accused of Stealing Plane, Yacht (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008774009_fraud23.html?syndication=rss
Daughter Fills Father's 16th District Seat (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008774021_staterep23m.html?syndication=rss
DIVERSIONS
Mice Fall from Ceiling Of Florida Courthouse
Http://Www.Kirotv.Com/News/18758936/Detail.Html
Woman's Hair Weave Stops Bullet
Http://Www.Kirotv.Com/News/18757381/Detail.Html
Arkansas Cemetery Double-Booked Burial Plots
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18750575/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Heat Wave - Marilyn Monroe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0-0ygVvv4c
Friday, February 20, 2009
Energy News Digest for February 20, 2009
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)
- Chelan County PUD Gets License for Rocky Reach Dam
- BPA: Ready for a new (power) Act?
- Transmission Line among First Regional Stimulus Projects
- Oregonian Op/Ed - BPA's $246 million project - first in a series
- Cantwell is a New Leader on the Senate Energy Committee
- New Reactors Must Handle Plane Strike
- Maryland - Lawmakers, Consumer Advocates Urge Energy Re-Regulation
- Re-Regulating Maryland's Electricity Will Cost Maryland Customers More Money
- Texas - Experts, Companies Weigh In On Electricity Prices
- Chelan PUD Crew Braves Frigid Waters to Check on Salmon Spawning Results
- Ocean Fishing Shutdown Possible As Few Chinook Return To Sacramento
- Oregon - Steelhead Arrive At Wallowa Fish Hatchery
- Lead in Water Harmed Sons, D.C. Man Claims
- Energy Northwest Deal Aims To Power Up With Biomass
- Western Washington to Get Biomass Plant
- Biomass Burnout - Regional Ban on Wood Stove Burning In Effect
- Utah - Schools Could Reap Millions in Renewable-Energy Push
- Cost of Solar Installation Has Fallen In Decade
- Meltdown 101: Will The Sun Soon Power Our Homes?
- New Zealand - Conservation Minister Criticizes DOC over Wind Farm Deal
- Solar-Power Parking Meters to Be Tested In San Diego
- Oregon lawmakers want to help you be more energy efficient
- Taking Liberties with LEED
- Full State House To Consider Cap on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Olympian Editorial - State Should Be At Forefront of Green Economy
- Coalition Wants Forests Included In Federal Climate Change Policy
- NY Times Editorial Page - Who Should Regulate Greenhouse Gases?
- Skepticism Arises Over Rural Broadband Stimulus
- Quincy Trying To Reach Cable Representatives
- The Rise of the Mega Data Center
- $8 Billion Shortfall Forecast For Washington State Budget
- Boeing Lays off 1,100 Workers
- Ellensburg Paper Lays off Six, Outsources Printing
- Mason County Man Pleads Guilty To Robbery of Gig Harbor Bank
- Clark County Gives A Lot More Than It Receives On Transportation
- GOP Governors Flip-Flop on Accepting Stimulus Funds
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Grandiloquent – • \grand-ILL-oh-kwence\ • noun - A lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
Standing astride the speaker’s platform, Abernathy’s florid, grandiloquent speech was designed to stir the latent, languid passions of the audience to take up the zither as an instrument of peace, love and understanding in the world. His impassioned plea was only slightly undermined by the fact that the audience was made up of ukulele players who had wandered into the hall by mistake, expecting a class on making felt picks. Another shortcoming was pointed out by Abernathy’s assistant, who whispered “XYZ” halfway through the thundering oration.
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
Chelan County PUD Gets License for Rocky Reach Dam (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_rocky_reach_dam.html
BPA: Ready for a new Act? Internecine squabbles over hydroelectric power in the Northwest might lead to a new Power Act, possibly opening up the Columbia River system so that other states benefit, such as California (Crosscut, Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/02/20/energy-utilities/18655/
Transmission Line among First Regional Stimulus Projects (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4316-transmission-line-among-first-regional-stimulus-projects-green-lighted/
Oregonian Op/Ed - BPA's $246 Million Project - First In a Series
http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2009/02/bpas_246_million_project_first.html
Cantwell is a New Leader on the Senate Energy Committee (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9875686
New Reactors Must Handle Plane Strike (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/us/18nuke.html
Maryland - Lawmakers, Consumer Advocates Urge Energy Re-Regulation: Soaring bills drive bid for re-regulation (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-md.reregulate20feb20,0,1182240.story
News Whiz - Re-Regulating Maryland's Electricity Will Cost Maryland Customers More Money - Not Lower their Energy Bills (Elecgric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&id=105670
Texas - Experts, Companies Weigh In On Electricity Prices (Dallas Morning News)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-elecprices_20bus.ART0.State.Edition1.3c60d87.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Chelan County PUD Fisheries Crew Braves Frigid Waters to Check on Salmon Spawning Results (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090219/NEWS04/702199925/1003/rss1003
Ocean Fishing Shutdown Possible As Few Chinook Return To Sacramento (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/ocean_fishing_shutdown_possibl.html
Oregon - Steelhead Arrive At Wallowa Fish Hatchery (Wallowa County Chieftan, OR)
http://www.wallowacountychieftain.info/main.asp?SectionID=9&SubSectionID=61&ArticleID=18172
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Lead in Water Harmed Sons, D.C. Man Claims (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/17/AR2009021701193.html?nav=rss_email/components
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Energy Northwest Deal Aims To Power Up With Biomass (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/39881747.html
Western Washington To Get Biomass Plant - legislator hopes to see it built on Olympic Peninsula (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090220/news/302209994
Biomass Burnout - Regional Ban on Wood Stove Burning In Effect: Effort to reduce unhealthy smoke levels ends Saturday (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090220/NEWS02/702209979/
Utah - Schools Could Reap Millions In Renewable-Energy Push (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11743559
Cost of Solar Installation Has Fallen In Decade (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/20/BU0T1619FG.DTL&feed=rss.business
Meltdown 101: Will The Sun Soon Power Our Homes? (Associated Press – written by Elmer Gantry…)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jTYsQQTKqbOMGfVp94k72Q6GccbQD96ET04G0
New Zealand - Conservation Minister Criticizes DOC over Wind Farm Deal (Stuff, NZ)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4854118a11.html
Solar-Power Parking Meters to Be Tested In San Diego (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1861916~Solar_power_parking_meters_to_be_tested_in_SD.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Oregon Lawmakers Want To Help You Be More Energy Efficient (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1235021109209010.xml&coll=7
Taking Liberties with LEED (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/taking-liberties-with-leed/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Full State House To Consider Cap On Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Bill would allow businesses to auction permits (Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Great, more energy derivative investments…)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400845_capandtrade20.html?source=rss
Olympian Editorial - State Should Be At Forefront Of Green Economy (Sure, but can it afford to pay the price?)
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/762747.html
Coalition Wants Forests Included In Federal Climate Change Policy (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/coalition_wants_forests_includ.html
NY Times Editorial Page - Who Should Regulate Greenhouse Gases?
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/the-epa-puts-on-the-heat/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Skepticism Arises Over Rural Broadband Stimulus (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/19/AR2009021902473.html?wprss=rss_technology
Quincy Trying To Reach Cable Representatives - Hoping fiber will provide another option (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/02/19/news/doc499daaac54c7a089592979.txt
The Rise of the Mega Data Center (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/19/the-rise-of-the-mega-data-center/
GENERAL NEWS
$8 Billion Shortfall Forecast For Washington State Budget (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008765126_revenue20m.html
Boeing Lays off 1,100 Workers (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_022009WAB-boeing-layoffs-LJ.34668a43.html?npc
Ellensburg Paper Lays off Six, Outsources Printing (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1860907~Ellensburg_paper_lays_off_6__outsources_printing.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Mason County Man Pleads Guilty To Robbery Of Gig Harbor Bank (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/632643.html
Clark County Gives A Lot More Than It Receives On Transportation - It gains 79 cents in road projects for every tax dollar it contributes (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA – Includes link to the report…check out your county, it’s easy and fun!)
http://columbian.com/article/20090219/NEWS02/702199992/-1/news
GOP Governors Flip-Flop on Accepting Stimulus Funds (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/politics/2009/feb/GOP-Governors-Flip-Flop-On-Accepting-Stimulus-Funds.html
DIVERSIONS
Defendant’s E-Mails Lead to Higher Bail
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/630221.html
Girl Scout Cookies Revive Diabetic Woman
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18749843/detail.html
Tennessee Woman Charged In Five-Year Cancer 'Charade'
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11743367
Geronimo’s Heirs Sue Secret Yale Society over His Skull
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/us/20geronimo.html
Man Forgets Thousands of Dollars in Toilet
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE51I54620090219?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
SONG OF THE DAY
Rhapsody in Blue – Andre Previn (Interpretation)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lkBfb7qKCI
Rhapsody in Blue – George Gershwin (Original – If you haven’t heard the original, this will be quite a shock…)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QxWxsK8_3s
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Chelan County PUD Gets License for Rocky Reach Dam
- BPA: Ready for a new (power) Act?
- Transmission Line among First Regional Stimulus Projects
- Oregonian Op/Ed - BPA's $246 million project - first in a series
- Cantwell is a New Leader on the Senate Energy Committee
- New Reactors Must Handle Plane Strike
- Maryland - Lawmakers, Consumer Advocates Urge Energy Re-Regulation
- Re-Regulating Maryland's Electricity Will Cost Maryland Customers More Money
- Texas - Experts, Companies Weigh In On Electricity Prices
- Chelan PUD Crew Braves Frigid Waters to Check on Salmon Spawning Results
- Ocean Fishing Shutdown Possible As Few Chinook Return To Sacramento
- Oregon - Steelhead Arrive At Wallowa Fish Hatchery
- Lead in Water Harmed Sons, D.C. Man Claims
- Energy Northwest Deal Aims To Power Up With Biomass
- Western Washington to Get Biomass Plant
- Biomass Burnout - Regional Ban on Wood Stove Burning In Effect
- Utah - Schools Could Reap Millions in Renewable-Energy Push
- Cost of Solar Installation Has Fallen In Decade
- Meltdown 101: Will The Sun Soon Power Our Homes?
- New Zealand - Conservation Minister Criticizes DOC over Wind Farm Deal
- Solar-Power Parking Meters to Be Tested In San Diego
- Oregon lawmakers want to help you be more energy efficient
- Taking Liberties with LEED
- Full State House To Consider Cap on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Olympian Editorial - State Should Be At Forefront of Green Economy
- Coalition Wants Forests Included In Federal Climate Change Policy
- NY Times Editorial Page - Who Should Regulate Greenhouse Gases?
- Skepticism Arises Over Rural Broadband Stimulus
- Quincy Trying To Reach Cable Representatives
- The Rise of the Mega Data Center
- $8 Billion Shortfall Forecast For Washington State Budget
- Boeing Lays off 1,100 Workers
- Ellensburg Paper Lays off Six, Outsources Printing
- Mason County Man Pleads Guilty To Robbery of Gig Harbor Bank
- Clark County Gives A Lot More Than It Receives On Transportation
- GOP Governors Flip-Flop on Accepting Stimulus Funds
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Grandiloquent – • \grand-ILL-oh-kwence\ • noun - A lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
Standing astride the speaker’s platform, Abernathy’s florid, grandiloquent speech was designed to stir the latent, languid passions of the audience to take up the zither as an instrument of peace, love and understanding in the world. His impassioned plea was only slightly undermined by the fact that the audience was made up of ukulele players who had wandered into the hall by mistake, expecting a class on making felt picks. Another shortcoming was pointed out by Abernathy’s assistant, who whispered “XYZ” halfway through the thundering oration.
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
Chelan County PUD Gets License for Rocky Reach Dam (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_rocky_reach_dam.html
BPA: Ready for a new Act? Internecine squabbles over hydroelectric power in the Northwest might lead to a new Power Act, possibly opening up the Columbia River system so that other states benefit, such as California (Crosscut, Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/02/20/energy-utilities/18655/
Transmission Line among First Regional Stimulus Projects (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4316-transmission-line-among-first-regional-stimulus-projects-green-lighted/
Oregonian Op/Ed - BPA's $246 Million Project - First In a Series
http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2009/02/bpas_246_million_project_first.html
Cantwell is a New Leader on the Senate Energy Committee (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9875686
New Reactors Must Handle Plane Strike (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/us/18nuke.html
Maryland - Lawmakers, Consumer Advocates Urge Energy Re-Regulation: Soaring bills drive bid for re-regulation (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-md.reregulate20feb20,0,1182240.story
News Whiz - Re-Regulating Maryland's Electricity Will Cost Maryland Customers More Money - Not Lower their Energy Bills (Elecgric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&id=105670
Texas - Experts, Companies Weigh In On Electricity Prices (Dallas Morning News)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-elecprices_20bus.ART0.State.Edition1.3c60d87.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Chelan County PUD Fisheries Crew Braves Frigid Waters to Check on Salmon Spawning Results (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090219/NEWS04/702199925/1003/rss1003
Ocean Fishing Shutdown Possible As Few Chinook Return To Sacramento (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/ocean_fishing_shutdown_possibl.html
Oregon - Steelhead Arrive At Wallowa Fish Hatchery (Wallowa County Chieftan, OR)
http://www.wallowacountychieftain.info/main.asp?SectionID=9&SubSectionID=61&ArticleID=18172
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Lead in Water Harmed Sons, D.C. Man Claims (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/17/AR2009021701193.html?nav=rss_email/components
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Energy Northwest Deal Aims To Power Up With Biomass (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/39881747.html
Western Washington To Get Biomass Plant - legislator hopes to see it built on Olympic Peninsula (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090220/news/302209994
Biomass Burnout - Regional Ban on Wood Stove Burning In Effect: Effort to reduce unhealthy smoke levels ends Saturday (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090220/NEWS02/702209979/
Utah - Schools Could Reap Millions In Renewable-Energy Push (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11743559
Cost of Solar Installation Has Fallen In Decade (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/20/BU0T1619FG.DTL&feed=rss.business
Meltdown 101: Will The Sun Soon Power Our Homes? (Associated Press – written by Elmer Gantry…)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jTYsQQTKqbOMGfVp94k72Q6GccbQD96ET04G0
New Zealand - Conservation Minister Criticizes DOC over Wind Farm Deal (Stuff, NZ)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4854118a11.html
Solar-Power Parking Meters to Be Tested In San Diego (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1861916~Solar_power_parking_meters_to_be_tested_in_SD.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Oregon Lawmakers Want To Help You Be More Energy Efficient (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1235021109209010.xml&coll=7
Taking Liberties with LEED (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/taking-liberties-with-leed/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Full State House To Consider Cap On Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Bill would allow businesses to auction permits (Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Great, more energy derivative investments…)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400845_capandtrade20.html?source=rss
Olympian Editorial - State Should Be At Forefront Of Green Economy (Sure, but can it afford to pay the price?)
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/762747.html
Coalition Wants Forests Included In Federal Climate Change Policy (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/coalition_wants_forests_includ.html
NY Times Editorial Page - Who Should Regulate Greenhouse Gases?
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/the-epa-puts-on-the-heat/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Skepticism Arises Over Rural Broadband Stimulus (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/19/AR2009021902473.html?wprss=rss_technology
Quincy Trying To Reach Cable Representatives - Hoping fiber will provide another option (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/02/19/news/doc499daaac54c7a089592979.txt
The Rise of the Mega Data Center (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/19/the-rise-of-the-mega-data-center/
GENERAL NEWS
$8 Billion Shortfall Forecast For Washington State Budget (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008765126_revenue20m.html
Boeing Lays off 1,100 Workers (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_022009WAB-boeing-layoffs-LJ.34668a43.html?npc
Ellensburg Paper Lays off Six, Outsources Printing (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1860907~Ellensburg_paper_lays_off_6__outsources_printing.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Mason County Man Pleads Guilty To Robbery Of Gig Harbor Bank (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/632643.html
Clark County Gives A Lot More Than It Receives On Transportation - It gains 79 cents in road projects for every tax dollar it contributes (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA – Includes link to the report…check out your county, it’s easy and fun!)
http://columbian.com/article/20090219/NEWS02/702199992/-1/news
GOP Governors Flip-Flop on Accepting Stimulus Funds (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/politics/2009/feb/GOP-Governors-Flip-Flop-On-Accepting-Stimulus-Funds.html
DIVERSIONS
Defendant’s E-Mails Lead to Higher Bail
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/630221.html
Girl Scout Cookies Revive Diabetic Woman
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18749843/detail.html
Tennessee Woman Charged In Five-Year Cancer 'Charade'
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11743367
Geronimo’s Heirs Sue Secret Yale Society over His Skull
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/us/20geronimo.html
Man Forgets Thousands of Dollars in Toilet
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE51I54620090219?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
SONG OF THE DAY
Rhapsody in Blue – Andre Previn (Interpretation)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lkBfb7qKCI
Rhapsody in Blue – George Gershwin (Original – If you haven’t heard the original, this will be quite a shock…)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QxWxsK8_3s
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Energy News Digest for February 19, 2009
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)
- The Secretaries, the Stimulus and the Smart Grid
- BPA outlines major transmission expansion for Pacific Northwest
- America’s Future Wind Web?
- Okanogan PUD Transmission Proposal
- Snohomish PUD Rate Hike: About $40.92 A Year Per Household
- Seattle City Light - 'Round up' your utility payment to help needy
- Chattanooga Free Press - Will TVA Change Its Ways?
- California - Smallest Fall Run of Chinook Salmon Reported
- Sportfishing-Led Group Suggests Restrictions on Columbia Gill-Netters
- Oregon Senate Oks Surcharge for Klamath Dam Removal
- Fish Get Assist At Little Goose Dam On Snake River
- Two new orca calves spotted in Puget Sound
- E-Book on History of Columbia Basin Salmon Recovery Litigation Available
- $603,000 Lewis River Project Washed Away
- California Taps Sea For Water Needs
- Energy Northwest to Develop Biomass Plants
- Grays Harbor PUD May Be Interested In Small Hydro Lake Sylvia Park
- Montana - Talk Of Bio-Gen Plant At Columbia Falls Aluminum Company
- California's Renewable Energy Goals Feasible
- Yakima Solar Street Light Goes Green
- 'Cap And Trade' Emissions Bill Passes Out Of House Committee
- Effort To Work Climate Change Into Growth Management Falls Short
- Greenhouse Gases Likely To Face EPA Regulation
- Poking Holes In Connected Nation
- Evergreen Travel Funds Missing
- Newspaper Publishers Seek Tax Cut
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Whipsaw • \WIP-saw\ • verb – 1: to saw with a whipsaw *2: to beset or victimize in two opposite ways at once, by a two-phase operation, or by the collusive action of two opponents
The country is being whipsawed by a lively discussion about climate change, carbon credits, cap and trade, cap and reduce, holding your breath, taking “Beano” with every meal, killing all cows and wearing hair shirts.
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
The Secretaries, the Stimulus and the Smart Grid (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/the-secretaries-the-stimulus-and-the-smart-grid/
BPA outlines major transmission expansion for Pacific Northwest (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/254785/
America’s Future Wind Web? Wind power could feed 20 percent of the US energy diet. But first, the country needs a new energy network (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/02/18/americas-future-wind-web/
Okanogan PUD Transmission Proposal: Property Owners Reject Need For Condemnation In PUD Lawsuit (Methow Valley News)
http://www.methowvalleynews.com/story.php?id=918
Snohomish PUD Rate Hike: About $40.92 A Year Per Household (The Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090218/NEWS01/702189797
Seattle City Light - 'Round up' your utility payment to help needy (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_021909WAB-utility-bill-help-SW.30096a00.html
Chattanooga Free Press - Will TVA Change Its Ways?
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/feb/18/will-tva-change-its-ways/?opiniontimes
FISH & WILDLIFE
California - Smallest Fall Run of Chinook Salmon Reported (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/18/MN9I160HP4.DTL
Sportfishing-Led Group Suggests Restrictions on Columbia Gill-Netters (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/legislature_may_move_columbia.html
Oregon Senate Oks Surcharge for Klamath Dam Removal (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/02/senate_oks_surcharge_for_klama.html
Fish Get Assist At Little Goose Dam On Snake River - Advanced American Construction of Portland set to install 150-ton spillway weir (Daily Journal of Commerce)
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/02/17/Fish-get-assist-at-Little-Goose-Dam-on-Snake-River-Advanced-American-Construction-of-Portland-set-to
Two new orca calves spotted in Puget Sound (KIRO Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=135565
News Release - E-Book on History of Columbia Basin Salmon Recovery Litigation Now Available (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://world-wire.com/news/0902190001.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
$603,000 Lewis River Project Washed Away - Officials had misgiving about how well it would work (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090219/NEWS02/702199954
California Taps Sea For Water Needs - Drought, demand renew debate over desalination (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/400469_deslination18.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Energy Northwest to Develop Biomass Plants - Leaders of Energy Northwest are coming up with plans to make energy from waste in forests (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/482630.html
Residents Gather To Discuss Proposed Lake Sylvia Park Closure – Grays Harbor PUD may be interested in small hydro (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/02/18/local_news/03news.txt
Montana - Talk Of Bio-Gen Plant At Columbia Falls Aluminum Company (Hungry Horse News, MT)
http://www.hungryhorsenews.com/articles/2009/02/19/news/doc499c3753149ee733418150.txt
California's Renewable Energy Goals Feasible (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/19/BUH2160HP3.DTL
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Yakima Solar Street Light Goes Green (KNDU-TV, Yakima)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9868397
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
'Cap And Trade' Emissions Bill Passes Out Of House Committee (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400641_capandtrade19.html
Effort To Work Climate Change Into Growth Management Falls Short - Bills before Legislature include no consequences if state’s goals are ignored (The Columbian)
http://columbian.com/article/20090219/NEWS02/702199948/
Greenhouse Gases Likely To Face EPA Regulation (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008759077_gas19.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Poking Holes In Connected Nation - Broadband mapping group could actually harm rural broadband (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Poking-Holes-In-Connected-Nation-100958
GENERAL NEWS
Evergreen Travel Funds Missing - College says professor has not accounted for $50,000 collected from students in past 4 years (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/761799.html
Newspaper Publishers Seek Tax Cut (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/39811877.html
DIVERSIONS
Utility Worker Kills Attacking 2-Pound Chihuahua
http://www.examiner.com/a-1859951~Utility_worker_kills_attacking_2_pound_Chihuahua.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Police: Doughnut Shop Worker Slashes Man's Tires
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_fe_st/odd_coffee_tires_slashed;_ylt=AvVLDooYffMI.g9BOJq6z3PtiBIF
Suspect Trips Over His Pants While Fleeing Police
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_fe_st/odd_pants_trip;_ylt=AvO6EyuCgZIvKLHBzfp4i97tiBIF
Cleaner Waters Attract Sharks
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090213/od_nm/us_sharks_odd;_ylt=Arfjc0NB3DTEw.L2jAmq6TvtiBIF
SONG OF THE DAY
While my Guitar Gently Weeps - Jake Shimabukuro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- The Secretaries, the Stimulus and the Smart Grid
- BPA outlines major transmission expansion for Pacific Northwest
- America’s Future Wind Web?
- Okanogan PUD Transmission Proposal
- Snohomish PUD Rate Hike: About $40.92 A Year Per Household
- Seattle City Light - 'Round up' your utility payment to help needy
- Chattanooga Free Press - Will TVA Change Its Ways?
- California - Smallest Fall Run of Chinook Salmon Reported
- Sportfishing-Led Group Suggests Restrictions on Columbia Gill-Netters
- Oregon Senate Oks Surcharge for Klamath Dam Removal
- Fish Get Assist At Little Goose Dam On Snake River
- Two new orca calves spotted in Puget Sound
- E-Book on History of Columbia Basin Salmon Recovery Litigation Available
- $603,000 Lewis River Project Washed Away
- California Taps Sea For Water Needs
- Energy Northwest to Develop Biomass Plants
- Grays Harbor PUD May Be Interested In Small Hydro Lake Sylvia Park
- Montana - Talk Of Bio-Gen Plant At Columbia Falls Aluminum Company
- California's Renewable Energy Goals Feasible
- Yakima Solar Street Light Goes Green
- 'Cap And Trade' Emissions Bill Passes Out Of House Committee
- Effort To Work Climate Change Into Growth Management Falls Short
- Greenhouse Gases Likely To Face EPA Regulation
- Poking Holes In Connected Nation
- Evergreen Travel Funds Missing
- Newspaper Publishers Seek Tax Cut
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Whipsaw • \WIP-saw\ • verb – 1: to saw with a whipsaw *2: to beset or victimize in two opposite ways at once, by a two-phase operation, or by the collusive action of two opponents
The country is being whipsawed by a lively discussion about climate change, carbon credits, cap and trade, cap and reduce, holding your breath, taking “Beano” with every meal, killing all cows and wearing hair shirts.
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
The Secretaries, the Stimulus and the Smart Grid (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/the-secretaries-the-stimulus-and-the-smart-grid/
BPA outlines major transmission expansion for Pacific Northwest (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/254785/
America’s Future Wind Web? Wind power could feed 20 percent of the US energy diet. But first, the country needs a new energy network (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/02/18/americas-future-wind-web/
Okanogan PUD Transmission Proposal: Property Owners Reject Need For Condemnation In PUD Lawsuit (Methow Valley News)
http://www.methowvalleynews.com/story.php?id=918
Snohomish PUD Rate Hike: About $40.92 A Year Per Household (The Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090218/NEWS01/702189797
Seattle City Light - 'Round up' your utility payment to help needy (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_021909WAB-utility-bill-help-SW.30096a00.html
Chattanooga Free Press - Will TVA Change Its Ways?
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/feb/18/will-tva-change-its-ways/?opiniontimes
FISH & WILDLIFE
California - Smallest Fall Run of Chinook Salmon Reported (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/18/MN9I160HP4.DTL
Sportfishing-Led Group Suggests Restrictions on Columbia Gill-Netters (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/legislature_may_move_columbia.html
Oregon Senate Oks Surcharge for Klamath Dam Removal (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/02/senate_oks_surcharge_for_klama.html
Fish Get Assist At Little Goose Dam On Snake River - Advanced American Construction of Portland set to install 150-ton spillway weir (Daily Journal of Commerce)
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/02/17/Fish-get-assist-at-Little-Goose-Dam-on-Snake-River-Advanced-American-Construction-of-Portland-set-to
Two new orca calves spotted in Puget Sound (KIRO Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=135565
News Release - E-Book on History of Columbia Basin Salmon Recovery Litigation Now Available (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://world-wire.com/news/0902190001.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
$603,000 Lewis River Project Washed Away - Officials had misgiving about how well it would work (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090219/NEWS02/702199954
California Taps Sea For Water Needs - Drought, demand renew debate over desalination (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/400469_deslination18.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Energy Northwest to Develop Biomass Plants - Leaders of Energy Northwest are coming up with plans to make energy from waste in forests (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/482630.html
Residents Gather To Discuss Proposed Lake Sylvia Park Closure – Grays Harbor PUD may be interested in small hydro (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/02/18/local_news/03news.txt
Montana - Talk Of Bio-Gen Plant At Columbia Falls Aluminum Company (Hungry Horse News, MT)
http://www.hungryhorsenews.com/articles/2009/02/19/news/doc499c3753149ee733418150.txt
California's Renewable Energy Goals Feasible (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/19/BUH2160HP3.DTL
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Yakima Solar Street Light Goes Green (KNDU-TV, Yakima)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9868397
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
'Cap And Trade' Emissions Bill Passes Out Of House Committee (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400641_capandtrade19.html
Effort To Work Climate Change Into Growth Management Falls Short - Bills before Legislature include no consequences if state’s goals are ignored (The Columbian)
http://columbian.com/article/20090219/NEWS02/702199948/
Greenhouse Gases Likely To Face EPA Regulation (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008759077_gas19.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Poking Holes In Connected Nation - Broadband mapping group could actually harm rural broadband (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Poking-Holes-In-Connected-Nation-100958
GENERAL NEWS
Evergreen Travel Funds Missing - College says professor has not accounted for $50,000 collected from students in past 4 years (The Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/761799.html
Newspaper Publishers Seek Tax Cut (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/39811877.html
DIVERSIONS
Utility Worker Kills Attacking 2-Pound Chihuahua
http://www.examiner.com/a-1859951~Utility_worker_kills_attacking_2_pound_Chihuahua.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Police: Doughnut Shop Worker Slashes Man's Tires
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_fe_st/odd_coffee_tires_slashed;_ylt=AvVLDooYffMI.g9BOJq6z3PtiBIF
Suspect Trips Over His Pants While Fleeing Police
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_fe_st/odd_pants_trip;_ylt=AvO6EyuCgZIvKLHBzfp4i97tiBIF
Cleaner Waters Attract Sharks
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090213/od_nm/us_sharks_odd;_ylt=Arfjc0NB3DTEw.L2jAmq6TvtiBIF
SONG OF THE DAY
While my Guitar Gently Weeps - Jake Shimabukuro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Energy News Digest for February 17, 2009
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)
- Power Deal with BPA Averts Plant Closure in Columbia Falls
- BPA Rate Increase Will Have Impact in Ashland, Oregon
- US Senator Murray on Stimulus: Hiring Jolt Doubtful
- Judge Will Decide Soon On Cowlitz County PUD Recall
- Pend Oreille County - Home Of Seattle Dam Seeks Aid
- Grant County Irrigators' Power Group Organizes
- Demand for Heat Assistance Nearly Doubles
- Vantage Bridge Jumper Saved By Grant PUD
- Montana-Dakota Utilities to Consolidate Call Centers and Cut Jobs
- Texas' Image May Hurt Its Place At National Energy Regulation Table
- Is America Ready to Quit Coal?
- Congressional Research - U.S. Energy: Overview and Selected Facts and Numbers
- Report Says Federal Salmon Recovery Strategy Needs 'Immediate Change'
- Expectations Are High For Ocean Fishery
- Oregon Governor Ends Service of Fisheries Adviser
- Fishermen Upset By Planned Change in Fishery Council
- State Eyes Reduction of Fish and Wildlife Staff in Mid-Columbia
- Killer Whales Threatened By California's Thirst
- A People Bound to the Skokomish River
- Skokomish Valley Farmers Struggle with Ongoing Floods
- Forest Roads Contribute Gravel to Clogged Skokomish River
- City Of Seattle To OK Water-Bill Surcharge
- Alternative Energy Still Facing Headwinds
- Turbines Top New Clark College Building
- Novelties - Bringing Wind Turbines to Ordinary Rooftops
- Solar Energy Could Be Texas’ Next Boom
- Clatskanie-Area Ethanol Plant Files for Bankruptcy
- Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid
- Smart Money Is On Energy - Stimulus funds to recharge electric infrastructure
- LEED Loopholes Close As Certification Goes Regional
- Church Groups Hoping Congregants Will Conserve Energy during Lent
- Getting Your Hands on Some Green ... Stimulus
- Washington Post Editorial - Climate Change Solutions
- George Will - Dark Green Doomsayers
- Energy Pulse Commentary - The Plain Truth about Glorious Carbon Dioxide
- Seattle City light named Climate Action Leader
- Do We Need a New Internet?
- Mobile Broadband: It’s Still Gonna Cost You
- Slow but Steady: Dial-Up Saves For Those on a Budget
- Google Plans Data Center at Old Finnish Paper Mill
- How Google Decides to Pull the Plug on its Applications
- Across Nation, Some TV Stations Go Digital Tonight
- Facebook's Users Ask Who Owns Information
- Obama to Sign Stimulus Bill Today In Denver
- A 'Horrific' Washington State Budget Forecast
- 7,900 Federal Credit Unions May Take $5 Billion Hit
- Stock Up On Cough Syrup: Flu Season Has Arrived, Doctors Say
- Dairy Cows Head for Slaughter As Milk Prices Sour
- Zombie Banks Feed Off Bailout Money
- Driving Up the Cost For Public Works
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Myriad • \MEER-ee-ud\ • noun - 1: ten thousand *2: a great number
Just before the natural gas technician lit his cigarette, Abercrombie’s life flashed before his eyes. A myriad of images crowded his fevered brain…supplanted by one thought, “I wonder if I told this guy about the pilot light…”
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
Power Deal with Bonneville Power Administration Averts Plant Closure in Columbia Falls (Associated Press)
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/02/15/news/state/48-power.txt
BPA Rate Increase Will Have Impact in Ashland, Oregon (The Mail Tribune)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090214/NEWS/902140308
Cantwell Gets Word Out On Energy - Subcommittee chair tours state to promote agenda (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090217/NEWS02/702179968
US Senator Murray on Stimulus: Hiring Jolt Doubtful - Even without stimulus package, BPA was expected to start construction on new transmission lines this year, and construction of additional job-creating projects might not start for years (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008743322_bpa14m.html
Judge Will Decide Soon On Cowlitz County PUD Recall (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/02/15/area_news/doc499670b245a06173057232.txt
Pend Oreille County - Home Of Seattle Dam Seeks Aid (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400098_power14.html
Grant County Irrigators' Power Group Organizes - Seeking members to work with PUD (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/02/16/news/doc4999a59a33d4c812151832.txt
Demand for Heat Assistance Nearly Doubles (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18727627/detail.html
Vantage Bridge Jumper Saved By Grant PUD (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/02/13/news/doc4995c9fb1c899094153712.txt
Montana-Dakota Utilities and Three Others, Including Cascade Natural Gas, To Consolidate Five Call Centers and Cut 130 Jobs (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008752392_apndutilitygroupcuts.html?syndication=rss
Texas' Image May Hurt Its Place At National Energy Regulation Table (The Dallas Morning News)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/industries/energy/stories/DN-ceratexas_14bus.ART.State.Edition1.4c081fd.html
Is America Ready to Quit Coal? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/business/15coal.html
Congressional Research Service - U.S. Energy: Overview and Selected Facts and Numbers
http://opencrs.com/document/R40187
FISH & WILDLIFE
Report Says Federal Salmon Recovery Strategy Needs 'Immediate Change' (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/report_says_federal_salmon_rec.html
Expectations Are High For Ocean Fishery - Salmon anglers planning on hitting the ocean this summer could be in for a stellar fishing season (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2008745247_outn15.html
Oregon Governor Ends Service of Fisheries Adviser (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1855433~Kulongoski_ends_service_of_fisheries_adviser.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Fishermen Upset By Planned Change in Fishery Council (The Register Guard, Eugene, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/updates/7816572-55/story.csp
State Eyes Reduction of Fish and Wildlife Staff in Mid-Columbia (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1358/story/479055.html
Killer Whales Threatened By California's Thirst (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11702151?source=most_emailed
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
A People Bound to the Skokomish River (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/14/a-people-bound-to-the-skokomish-river/?partner=RSS
Skokomish Valley Farmers Struggle with Ongoing Floods (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/15/skokomish-valley-farmers-struggle-with-ongoing/?partner=RSS
Forest Roads Contribute Gravel to Clogged Skokomish River (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/16/forest-roads-contribute-gravel-to-clogged-river/?partner=RSS
City Of Seattle To OK Water-Bill Surcharge - Fee will pay for court-ordered rebate checks (Seattle Post-Intelligencer – water customers charged to pay for rebate to water customers…Huh?)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400207_surcharge16.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Alternative Energy Still Facing Headwinds - Despite Obama's Support, Projects Tripped Up by Financing, Logistics (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/16/AR2009021601199.html?hpid=moreheadlines
Turbines Top New Clark College Building - Environmental touches at East Vancouver site valued for their teaching capabilities (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090217/NEWS02/702179952/
Novelties - Bringing Wind Turbines to Ordinary Rooftops (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/business/15novel.html
Solar Energy Could Be Texas’ Next Boom (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6265294.html
Clatskanie-Area Ethanol Plant Files for Bankruptcy (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/02/15//area_news/doc4997b03711ece760715033.txt
Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/electric-cars-and-a-smarter-grid/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Smart Money Is On Energy - Stimulus funds to recharge electric infrastructure (Boston Herald, MA)
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/2009_02_15_Smart_money_is_on_energy:_Stimulus_funds_to_recharge_electric_infrastructure/
LEED Loopholes Close As Certification Goes Regional -Changes may make building program more adaptable (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/02/16/focus3.html?ana=from_rss
Church Groups Hoping Congregants Will Conserve Energy During Lent (Park Rapids Sentinel, MN)
http://www.parkrapidsenterprise.com/articles/index.cfm?id=15523
Getting Your Hands on Some Green ... Stimulus (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/17/news/economy/green_home_stimulus/?postversion=2009021709
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington Post Editorial - Climate Change Solutions: Sen. Boxer is open to everything…except what might work best
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/15/AR2009021501425.html?nav=rss_opinions
George Will - Dark Green Doomsayers (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/13/AR2009021302514.html?nav=rss_opinion%2Fcolumns
Energy Pulse Commentary - The Plain Truth about Glorious Carbon Dioxide
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1945
Seattle City light named Climate Action Leader (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&id=105326
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Do We Need a New Internet? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/weekinreview/15markoff.html
Mobile Broadband: It’s Still Gonna Cost You (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/17/mobile-broadband-its-still-gonna-cost-you/
Slow but Steady: Dial-Up Saves For Those on a Budget (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/400315_dialup17.html?source=rss
Google Plans Data Center at Old Finnish Paper Mill (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE51B5PW20090213?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
How Google Decides to Pull the Plug on its Applications (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/business/15ping.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Across Nation, Some TV Stations Go Digital Tonight (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/16/AR2009021601067.html?wprss=rss_technology
Facebook's Users Ask Who Owns Information (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11719108
GENERAL NEWS
Obama To Sign Stimulus Bill Today In Denver (Associated Press)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_stimulus_6
A 'Horrific' Washington State Budget Forecast - Cuts are likely to deepen as state struggles with shortfalls (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400245_deficit16.html?source=rss
7,900 Federal Credit Unions May Take $5 Billion Hit (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/627049.html
Stock Up On Cough Syrup: Flu Season Has Arrived, Doctors Say (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090214/NEWS01/702149906/-1/RSS02
Dairy Cows Head for Slaughter As Milk Prices Sour (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008748929_apfarmscenecowslaughter.html?syndication=rss
Zombie Banks Feed Off Bailout Money (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100762999&ft=1&f=3
Driving Up the Cost For Public Works - Party Tabs, Car Leases, Golf Shirts Piled On To Bills for Highway Projects, Audit Shows (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/13/AR2009021303280.html?wprss=rss_technology
DIVERSIONS
Burglary Victim Drives Off In Thieves' Van
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18715931/detail.html
Answer to Budget Cuts: Stop Answering Phones
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_fe_st/phones_not_answered;_ylt=AiBenTo3gY7v1SEjghjaL7jtiBIF
Koala Love Story Wins Hearts after Deadly Fires
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090211/od_nm/us_fires_koala;_ylt=AlD3Z4cvQNQ4bLttIwDQcWPtiBIF
Hong Kong Woman's Airport Hysterics an Online Hit
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090216/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_youtube_hongkong_flight;_ylt=AqNVI8jwLIigdf83mlUkWpHtiBIF
SONG OF THE DAY
New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZh8YjbDiVk&feature=related
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Power Deal with BPA Averts Plant Closure in Columbia Falls
- BPA Rate Increase Will Have Impact in Ashland, Oregon
- US Senator Murray on Stimulus: Hiring Jolt Doubtful
- Judge Will Decide Soon On Cowlitz County PUD Recall
- Pend Oreille County - Home Of Seattle Dam Seeks Aid
- Grant County Irrigators' Power Group Organizes
- Demand for Heat Assistance Nearly Doubles
- Vantage Bridge Jumper Saved By Grant PUD
- Montana-Dakota Utilities to Consolidate Call Centers and Cut Jobs
- Texas' Image May Hurt Its Place At National Energy Regulation Table
- Is America Ready to Quit Coal?
- Congressional Research - U.S. Energy: Overview and Selected Facts and Numbers
- Report Says Federal Salmon Recovery Strategy Needs 'Immediate Change'
- Expectations Are High For Ocean Fishery
- Oregon Governor Ends Service of Fisheries Adviser
- Fishermen Upset By Planned Change in Fishery Council
- State Eyes Reduction of Fish and Wildlife Staff in Mid-Columbia
- Killer Whales Threatened By California's Thirst
- A People Bound to the Skokomish River
- Skokomish Valley Farmers Struggle with Ongoing Floods
- Forest Roads Contribute Gravel to Clogged Skokomish River
- City Of Seattle To OK Water-Bill Surcharge
- Alternative Energy Still Facing Headwinds
- Turbines Top New Clark College Building
- Novelties - Bringing Wind Turbines to Ordinary Rooftops
- Solar Energy Could Be Texas’ Next Boom
- Clatskanie-Area Ethanol Plant Files for Bankruptcy
- Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid
- Smart Money Is On Energy - Stimulus funds to recharge electric infrastructure
- LEED Loopholes Close As Certification Goes Regional
- Church Groups Hoping Congregants Will Conserve Energy during Lent
- Getting Your Hands on Some Green ... Stimulus
- Washington Post Editorial - Climate Change Solutions
- George Will - Dark Green Doomsayers
- Energy Pulse Commentary - The Plain Truth about Glorious Carbon Dioxide
- Seattle City light named Climate Action Leader
- Do We Need a New Internet?
- Mobile Broadband: It’s Still Gonna Cost You
- Slow but Steady: Dial-Up Saves For Those on a Budget
- Google Plans Data Center at Old Finnish Paper Mill
- How Google Decides to Pull the Plug on its Applications
- Across Nation, Some TV Stations Go Digital Tonight
- Facebook's Users Ask Who Owns Information
- Obama to Sign Stimulus Bill Today In Denver
- A 'Horrific' Washington State Budget Forecast
- 7,900 Federal Credit Unions May Take $5 Billion Hit
- Stock Up On Cough Syrup: Flu Season Has Arrived, Doctors Say
- Dairy Cows Head for Slaughter As Milk Prices Sour
- Zombie Banks Feed Off Bailout Money
- Driving Up the Cost For Public Works
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Myriad • \MEER-ee-ud\ • noun - 1: ten thousand *2: a great number
Just before the natural gas technician lit his cigarette, Abercrombie’s life flashed before his eyes. A myriad of images crowded his fevered brain…supplanted by one thought, “I wonder if I told this guy about the pilot light…”
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
Power Deal with Bonneville Power Administration Averts Plant Closure in Columbia Falls (Associated Press)
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/02/15/news/state/48-power.txt
BPA Rate Increase Will Have Impact in Ashland, Oregon (The Mail Tribune)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090214/NEWS/902140308
Cantwell Gets Word Out On Energy - Subcommittee chair tours state to promote agenda (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090217/NEWS02/702179968
US Senator Murray on Stimulus: Hiring Jolt Doubtful - Even without stimulus package, BPA was expected to start construction on new transmission lines this year, and construction of additional job-creating projects might not start for years (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008743322_bpa14m.html
Judge Will Decide Soon On Cowlitz County PUD Recall (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/02/15/area_news/doc499670b245a06173057232.txt
Pend Oreille County - Home Of Seattle Dam Seeks Aid (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400098_power14.html
Grant County Irrigators' Power Group Organizes - Seeking members to work with PUD (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/02/16/news/doc4999a59a33d4c812151832.txt
Demand for Heat Assistance Nearly Doubles (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18727627/detail.html
Vantage Bridge Jumper Saved By Grant PUD (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/02/13/news/doc4995c9fb1c899094153712.txt
Montana-Dakota Utilities and Three Others, Including Cascade Natural Gas, To Consolidate Five Call Centers and Cut 130 Jobs (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008752392_apndutilitygroupcuts.html?syndication=rss
Texas' Image May Hurt Its Place At National Energy Regulation Table (The Dallas Morning News)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/industries/energy/stories/DN-ceratexas_14bus.ART.State.Edition1.4c081fd.html
Is America Ready to Quit Coal? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/business/15coal.html
Congressional Research Service - U.S. Energy: Overview and Selected Facts and Numbers
http://opencrs.com/document/R40187
FISH & WILDLIFE
Report Says Federal Salmon Recovery Strategy Needs 'Immediate Change' (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/report_says_federal_salmon_rec.html
Expectations Are High For Ocean Fishery - Salmon anglers planning on hitting the ocean this summer could be in for a stellar fishing season (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2008745247_outn15.html
Oregon Governor Ends Service of Fisheries Adviser (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1855433~Kulongoski_ends_service_of_fisheries_adviser.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Fishermen Upset By Planned Change in Fishery Council (The Register Guard, Eugene, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/updates/7816572-55/story.csp
State Eyes Reduction of Fish and Wildlife Staff in Mid-Columbia (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1358/story/479055.html
Killer Whales Threatened By California's Thirst (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11702151?source=most_emailed
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
A People Bound to the Skokomish River (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/14/a-people-bound-to-the-skokomish-river/?partner=RSS
Skokomish Valley Farmers Struggle with Ongoing Floods (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/15/skokomish-valley-farmers-struggle-with-ongoing/?partner=RSS
Forest Roads Contribute Gravel to Clogged Skokomish River (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/16/forest-roads-contribute-gravel-to-clogged-river/?partner=RSS
City Of Seattle To OK Water-Bill Surcharge - Fee will pay for court-ordered rebate checks (Seattle Post-Intelligencer – water customers charged to pay for rebate to water customers…Huh?)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400207_surcharge16.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Alternative Energy Still Facing Headwinds - Despite Obama's Support, Projects Tripped Up by Financing, Logistics (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/16/AR2009021601199.html?hpid=moreheadlines
Turbines Top New Clark College Building - Environmental touches at East Vancouver site valued for their teaching capabilities (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090217/NEWS02/702179952/
Novelties - Bringing Wind Turbines to Ordinary Rooftops (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/business/15novel.html
Solar Energy Could Be Texas’ Next Boom (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6265294.html
Clatskanie-Area Ethanol Plant Files for Bankruptcy (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/02/15//area_news/doc4997b03711ece760715033.txt
Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/electric-cars-and-a-smarter-grid/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Smart Money Is On Energy - Stimulus funds to recharge electric infrastructure (Boston Herald, MA)
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/2009_02_15_Smart_money_is_on_energy:_Stimulus_funds_to_recharge_electric_infrastructure/
LEED Loopholes Close As Certification Goes Regional -Changes may make building program more adaptable (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/02/16/focus3.html?ana=from_rss
Church Groups Hoping Congregants Will Conserve Energy During Lent (Park Rapids Sentinel, MN)
http://www.parkrapidsenterprise.com/articles/index.cfm?id=15523
Getting Your Hands on Some Green ... Stimulus (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/17/news/economy/green_home_stimulus/?postversion=2009021709
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington Post Editorial - Climate Change Solutions: Sen. Boxer is open to everything…except what might work best
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/15/AR2009021501425.html?nav=rss_opinions
George Will - Dark Green Doomsayers (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/13/AR2009021302514.html?nav=rss_opinion%2Fcolumns
Energy Pulse Commentary - The Plain Truth about Glorious Carbon Dioxide
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1945
Seattle City light named Climate Action Leader (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&id=105326
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Do We Need a New Internet? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/weekinreview/15markoff.html
Mobile Broadband: It’s Still Gonna Cost You (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/17/mobile-broadband-its-still-gonna-cost-you/
Slow but Steady: Dial-Up Saves For Those on a Budget (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/400315_dialup17.html?source=rss
Google Plans Data Center at Old Finnish Paper Mill (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE51B5PW20090213?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
How Google Decides to Pull the Plug on its Applications (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/business/15ping.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Across Nation, Some TV Stations Go Digital Tonight (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/16/AR2009021601067.html?wprss=rss_technology
Facebook's Users Ask Who Owns Information (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11719108
GENERAL NEWS
Obama To Sign Stimulus Bill Today In Denver (Associated Press)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_stimulus_6
A 'Horrific' Washington State Budget Forecast - Cuts are likely to deepen as state struggles with shortfalls (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400245_deficit16.html?source=rss
7,900 Federal Credit Unions May Take $5 Billion Hit (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/627049.html
Stock Up On Cough Syrup: Flu Season Has Arrived, Doctors Say (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090214/NEWS01/702149906/-1/RSS02
Dairy Cows Head for Slaughter As Milk Prices Sour (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008748929_apfarmscenecowslaughter.html?syndication=rss
Zombie Banks Feed Off Bailout Money (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100762999&ft=1&f=3
Driving Up the Cost For Public Works - Party Tabs, Car Leases, Golf Shirts Piled On To Bills for Highway Projects, Audit Shows (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/13/AR2009021303280.html?wprss=rss_technology
DIVERSIONS
Burglary Victim Drives Off In Thieves' Van
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18715931/detail.html
Answer to Budget Cuts: Stop Answering Phones
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_fe_st/phones_not_answered;_ylt=AiBenTo3gY7v1SEjghjaL7jtiBIF
Koala Love Story Wins Hearts after Deadly Fires
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090211/od_nm/us_fires_koala;_ylt=AlD3Z4cvQNQ4bLttIwDQcWPtiBIF
Hong Kong Woman's Airport Hysterics an Online Hit
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090216/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_youtube_hongkong_flight;_ylt=AqNVI8jwLIigdf83mlUkWpHtiBIF
SONG OF THE DAY
New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZh8YjbDiVk&feature=related
Friday, February 13, 2009
Energy News Digest for February 13, 2009
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)
- Bonneville Wants Power Rate Hike - Grays Harbor PUD to Be Affected
- BPA Looking For 2010 Rate Increase – Tri-City Utilities Watchful
- Puget Sound Energy Buys Whatcom County Power Plant
- Washington State Agency, Riverkeeper Sue to Halt LNG Project
- Nevada - Environmentalists Hail Utility's Decision To Halt Coal-Fired Power Plant
- Nuclear power vs. clean coal's dirty mess
- TVA: Cleaning Tennessee Spill Could Cost $825 Million
- Pro-Nuclear Loan Program Dropped From Stimulus
- Washington, DC - A Winter of Discontent over Utility Bills
- Tribes Influence Columbia River Management Plan
- Salmon return to Wallowa Fish Hatchery
- Fish May Ride Out Winter Floods
- Scientists Use Human Medicine to Detect Brain Injuries in Salmon
- Canada - The state of the wild salmon? Not so great
- Bald Eagles Turn Heads at a Gathering of Fans
- 1,600 People Apply For One Tacoma Public Utilities Water Meter Reader Job
- Dam Problem Raises Flood Risk in Auburn, Kent
- ID Snowpack Dropping; Waters Supply Should Be OK
- Skokomish Valley Residents Still Frustrated
- Idaho Lawmakers Skeptical After Whiff of Poop Power Bill
- British Columbia - War over River Power Escalates
- Billions for Weatherization in Stimulus Questioned
- Google Power Meter Analyzes Home Energy Consumption
- Do Energy-Saving LED Lamps Save Energy?
- State Not Ready For 'Climate Refugees'
- Climate Change May Squeeze Hydropower, But Boost Winter Wheat
- $7.2 Billion Broadband Stimulus Almost Finalized
- Charter Communications to File for Bankruptcy
- Comcast Accused of Overcharging For Cable Box Rental
- $4 Billion Of Stimulus Package For State
- Gregoire: Combine Small School Districts
- Woman Dies after Being Struck By Cars on U.S. 101 North of Shelton
- Motorcycles for Children Pulled From Sale
- When the Hood Canal Bridge sank 30 years ago
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Keelhaul • \KEEL-hawl\ • verb - 1: to haul under the keel of a ship as punishment or torture *2: to rebuke severely
The bold thief stood in the middle of the dry dock, laughing maniacally at the stevedores that surrounded him. “You can’t keelhaul me, not on dry land you idiots,” he gasped between bouts of pealing laughter. Unfortunately, his laughter turned to screams of pain, as the burly dockworkers took turns pulling him back and forth under the hull of a barnacle encrusted ship sat idly nearby in it’s heavy cradle.
Did you know? Merriam-Webster Dictionary - In the mid-1600s, British monarchs were intent on using their powerful navy to expand their empire. Insubordination was not tolerated, and mutinous sailors were disciplined severely to discourage others from similar rebellion. "Keelhauling" was one of the worst penalties that could befall a renegade mariner. Although they definitely practiced the gruesome punishment, the British did not invent it -- the Dutch did. "Keelhaul" is a translation of the Dutch word "kielhalen," which means "to haul under the keel of a ship." Even after the practice was banned on European naval vessels in the mid-1800s, the word "keelhaul" remained in English as a term for a severe scolding.
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
Bonneville Wants Power Rate Hike - Grays Harbor PUD to Be Affected (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/02/12/local_news/12news.txt
BPA Looking For 2010 Rate Increase – Tri-City Utilities Watchful (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/476535.html
Puget Sound Energy Buys Whatcom County Power Plant (Lynden Tribune, WA)
http://www.lyndentribune.com/node/4053
Washington State Agency, Riverkeeper Sue to Halt LNG Project (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/02/13//area_news/doc49959fffcdbe6217719590.txt
Nevada - Environmentalists Hail Utility's Decision To Halt Coal-Fired Power Plant - Critic warns that higher rates will come (Las Vegas Review)
http://www.lvrj.com/business/39483597.html
Nuclear power vs. clean coal's dirty mess: A tale of two power plants (McClatchy Newspapers)
http://dev.scoop.com/remote/article/include/73578579/53616c7465645f5fa7b1cddb24a8a97c0c559d13003f001fb7b4f54f9c1b5fc2
TVA: Cleaning Tennessee Spill Could Cost $825 Million (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008737209_apcoalashspill.html?syndication=rss
Pro-Nuclear Loan Program Dropped From Stimulus (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008737978_apstimulusnuclear.html?syndication=rss
Washington, DC - A Winter of Discontent over Utility Bills: Customers Are Upset That Rates Are Still High Despite Lower Fuel Costs (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/12/AR2009021203661.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Tribes Influence Columbia River Management Plan (Reznet)
http://www.reznetnews.org/article/tribes-influence-columbia-river-management-plan-29900
Salmon return to Wallowa Fish Hatchery (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://www.eastoregonian.info/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=88842&TM=71083.52
Fish May Ride Out Winter Floods - Cowlitz seemed to fare better than Chehalis and Puyallup rivers (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/757343.html
Scientists Use Human Medicine to Detect Brain Injuries in Salmon (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4268-scientists-use-human-medicine-detect-brain-injuries-salmon/
Canada - The state of the wild salmon? Not so great (Tri-City News, Maple Ridge, BC)
http://www.bclocalnews.com/tri_city_maple_ridge/tricitynews/lifestyles/39528469.html
Bald Eagles Turn Heads at a Gathering of Fans (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/nyregion/westchester/15eagleswe.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
1,600 People Apply For One Tacoma Public Utilities Water Meter Reader Job (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/39498372.html
Dam Problem Raises Flood Risk in Auburn, Kent (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1850204~Dam_problem_raises_flood_risk_in_Auburn__Kent.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
ID Snowpack Dropping; Waters Supply Should Be OK (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1849352~ID_snowpack_dropping__waters_supply_should_be_OK.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Skokomish Valley Residents Still Frustrated (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/12/skokomish-valley-residents-still-frustrated/
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Idaho Lawmakers Skeptical After Whiff of Poop Power Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/756950.html
British Columbia - War over River Power Escalates: Industry, foes clash over massive private Bute Inlet project (The Tyee, BC)
http://thetyee.ca/News/2009/02/13/RiverPower/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Billions for Weatherization in Stimulus Questioned (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008741042_apstimulusweatherizations.html?syndication=rss
Google Power Meter Analyzes Home Energy Consumption (PC World)
http://www.pcworld.com/article/159430/google_power_meter_analyzes_home_energy_consumption.html
Do Energy-Saving LED Lamps Save Energy? (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/do-energy-saving-led-lamps-save-energy/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
State Not Ready For 'Climate Refugees' - Scientists Warn Of Migration, Sickness (Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Lakes of FIRE! Flesh from BONE! Dogs and cats living together: mass hysteria! Yikes!)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/399958_climate13.html?source=rss
Ghostbusters (1984) "Cats and Dogs" speech in Mayors Office (PG-13 YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w91-GMc3j7I
Climate Change May Squeeze Hydropower, But Boost Winter Wheat (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4265-climate-change-may-squeeze-hydropower-boost-winter-wheat/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
$7.2 Billion Broadband Stimulus Almost Finalized - $350 million to mapping, network neutrality language preserved (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/72-Billion-Broadband-Stimulus-Almost-Finalized-100871
Charter Communications to File for Bankruptcy (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/technology/companies/13charter.html
Comcast Accused of Overcharging For Cable Box Rental (Daily Herald, Chicago, IL)
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=270923
GENERAL NEWS
$4 Billion Of Stimulus Package For State - Plan would help fund Medicaid, transportation projects and Hanford cleanup (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/757345.html
Gregoire: Combine Small School Districts (Associated Press)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090212/NEWS04/702129876/1001/rss1001
Woman Dies after Being Struck By Cars on U.S. 101 North of Shelton (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/757834.html
Motorcycles for Children Pulled From Sale (NY Times)
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/dirt-bikes/?partner=rss&emc=rss
When the Hood Canal Bridge sank 30 years ago (The Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090213/news/302139997
DIVERSIONS
ATM Thieves Drain $60,000 from Machine, Camera Helps Catch Them
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008740833_webatm13m.html?syndication=rss
Woman's Record-Length Fingernails Broken In Crash
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18708196/detail.html
Woman Accused of Selling Neighbors' 2 Terriers
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18708238/detail.html
Florida Dad Let Son, 8, Drive Van - Boy Hit 2 Trees, Nearly Hit 2 People
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18695693/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BuzG4VoXMY&feature=related
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Wants Power Rate Hike - Grays Harbor PUD to Be Affected
- BPA Looking For 2010 Rate Increase – Tri-City Utilities Watchful
- Puget Sound Energy Buys Whatcom County Power Plant
- Washington State Agency, Riverkeeper Sue to Halt LNG Project
- Nevada - Environmentalists Hail Utility's Decision To Halt Coal-Fired Power Plant
- Nuclear power vs. clean coal's dirty mess
- TVA: Cleaning Tennessee Spill Could Cost $825 Million
- Pro-Nuclear Loan Program Dropped From Stimulus
- Washington, DC - A Winter of Discontent over Utility Bills
- Tribes Influence Columbia River Management Plan
- Salmon return to Wallowa Fish Hatchery
- Fish May Ride Out Winter Floods
- Scientists Use Human Medicine to Detect Brain Injuries in Salmon
- Canada - The state of the wild salmon? Not so great
- Bald Eagles Turn Heads at a Gathering of Fans
- 1,600 People Apply For One Tacoma Public Utilities Water Meter Reader Job
- Dam Problem Raises Flood Risk in Auburn, Kent
- ID Snowpack Dropping; Waters Supply Should Be OK
- Skokomish Valley Residents Still Frustrated
- Idaho Lawmakers Skeptical After Whiff of Poop Power Bill
- British Columbia - War over River Power Escalates
- Billions for Weatherization in Stimulus Questioned
- Google Power Meter Analyzes Home Energy Consumption
- Do Energy-Saving LED Lamps Save Energy?
- State Not Ready For 'Climate Refugees'
- Climate Change May Squeeze Hydropower, But Boost Winter Wheat
- $7.2 Billion Broadband Stimulus Almost Finalized
- Charter Communications to File for Bankruptcy
- Comcast Accused of Overcharging For Cable Box Rental
- $4 Billion Of Stimulus Package For State
- Gregoire: Combine Small School Districts
- Woman Dies after Being Struck By Cars on U.S. 101 North of Shelton
- Motorcycles for Children Pulled From Sale
- When the Hood Canal Bridge sank 30 years ago
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Keelhaul • \KEEL-hawl\ • verb - 1: to haul under the keel of a ship as punishment or torture *2: to rebuke severely
The bold thief stood in the middle of the dry dock, laughing maniacally at the stevedores that surrounded him. “You can’t keelhaul me, not on dry land you idiots,” he gasped between bouts of pealing laughter. Unfortunately, his laughter turned to screams of pain, as the burly dockworkers took turns pulling him back and forth under the hull of a barnacle encrusted ship sat idly nearby in it’s heavy cradle.
Did you know? Merriam-Webster Dictionary - In the mid-1600s, British monarchs were intent on using their powerful navy to expand their empire. Insubordination was not tolerated, and mutinous sailors were disciplined severely to discourage others from similar rebellion. "Keelhauling" was one of the worst penalties that could befall a renegade mariner. Although they definitely practiced the gruesome punishment, the British did not invent it -- the Dutch did. "Keelhaul" is a translation of the Dutch word "kielhalen," which means "to haul under the keel of a ship." Even after the practice was banned on European naval vessels in the mid-1800s, the word "keelhaul" remained in English as a term for a severe scolding.
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
Bonneville Wants Power Rate Hike - Grays Harbor PUD to Be Affected (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/02/12/local_news/12news.txt
BPA Looking For 2010 Rate Increase – Tri-City Utilities Watchful (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/476535.html
Puget Sound Energy Buys Whatcom County Power Plant (Lynden Tribune, WA)
http://www.lyndentribune.com/node/4053
Washington State Agency, Riverkeeper Sue to Halt LNG Project (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/02/13//area_news/doc49959fffcdbe6217719590.txt
Nevada - Environmentalists Hail Utility's Decision To Halt Coal-Fired Power Plant - Critic warns that higher rates will come (Las Vegas Review)
http://www.lvrj.com/business/39483597.html
Nuclear power vs. clean coal's dirty mess: A tale of two power plants (McClatchy Newspapers)
http://dev.scoop.com/remote/article/include/73578579/53616c7465645f5fa7b1cddb24a8a97c0c559d13003f001fb7b4f54f9c1b5fc2
TVA: Cleaning Tennessee Spill Could Cost $825 Million (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008737209_apcoalashspill.html?syndication=rss
Pro-Nuclear Loan Program Dropped From Stimulus (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008737978_apstimulusnuclear.html?syndication=rss
Washington, DC - A Winter of Discontent over Utility Bills: Customers Are Upset That Rates Are Still High Despite Lower Fuel Costs (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/12/AR2009021203661.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Tribes Influence Columbia River Management Plan (Reznet)
http://www.reznetnews.org/article/tribes-influence-columbia-river-management-plan-29900
Salmon return to Wallowa Fish Hatchery (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://www.eastoregonian.info/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=88842&TM=71083.52
Fish May Ride Out Winter Floods - Cowlitz seemed to fare better than Chehalis and Puyallup rivers (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/757343.html
Scientists Use Human Medicine to Detect Brain Injuries in Salmon (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4268-scientists-use-human-medicine-detect-brain-injuries-salmon/
Canada - The state of the wild salmon? Not so great (Tri-City News, Maple Ridge, BC)
http://www.bclocalnews.com/tri_city_maple_ridge/tricitynews/lifestyles/39528469.html
Bald Eagles Turn Heads at a Gathering of Fans (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/nyregion/westchester/15eagleswe.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
1,600 People Apply For One Tacoma Public Utilities Water Meter Reader Job (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/39498372.html
Dam Problem Raises Flood Risk in Auburn, Kent (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1850204~Dam_problem_raises_flood_risk_in_Auburn__Kent.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
ID Snowpack Dropping; Waters Supply Should Be OK (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1849352~ID_snowpack_dropping__waters_supply_should_be_OK.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Skokomish Valley Residents Still Frustrated (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/12/skokomish-valley-residents-still-frustrated/
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Idaho Lawmakers Skeptical After Whiff of Poop Power Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/756950.html
British Columbia - War over River Power Escalates: Industry, foes clash over massive private Bute Inlet project (The Tyee, BC)
http://thetyee.ca/News/2009/02/13/RiverPower/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Billions for Weatherization in Stimulus Questioned (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008741042_apstimulusweatherizations.html?syndication=rss
Google Power Meter Analyzes Home Energy Consumption (PC World)
http://www.pcworld.com/article/159430/google_power_meter_analyzes_home_energy_consumption.html
Do Energy-Saving LED Lamps Save Energy? (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/do-energy-saving-led-lamps-save-energy/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
State Not Ready For 'Climate Refugees' - Scientists Warn Of Migration, Sickness (Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Lakes of FIRE! Flesh from BONE! Dogs and cats living together: mass hysteria! Yikes!)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/399958_climate13.html?source=rss
Ghostbusters (1984) "Cats and Dogs" speech in Mayors Office (PG-13 YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w91-GMc3j7I
Climate Change May Squeeze Hydropower, But Boost Winter Wheat (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4265-climate-change-may-squeeze-hydropower-boost-winter-wheat/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
$7.2 Billion Broadband Stimulus Almost Finalized - $350 million to mapping, network neutrality language preserved (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/72-Billion-Broadband-Stimulus-Almost-Finalized-100871
Charter Communications to File for Bankruptcy (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/technology/companies/13charter.html
Comcast Accused of Overcharging For Cable Box Rental (Daily Herald, Chicago, IL)
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=270923
GENERAL NEWS
$4 Billion Of Stimulus Package For State - Plan would help fund Medicaid, transportation projects and Hanford cleanup (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/757345.html
Gregoire: Combine Small School Districts (Associated Press)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090212/NEWS04/702129876/1001/rss1001
Woman Dies after Being Struck By Cars on U.S. 101 North of Shelton (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/757834.html
Motorcycles for Children Pulled From Sale (NY Times)
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/dirt-bikes/?partner=rss&emc=rss
When the Hood Canal Bridge sank 30 years ago (The Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090213/news/302139997
DIVERSIONS
ATM Thieves Drain $60,000 from Machine, Camera Helps Catch Them
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008740833_webatm13m.html?syndication=rss
Woman's Record-Length Fingernails Broken In Crash
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18708196/detail.html
Woman Accused of Selling Neighbors' 2 Terriers
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18708238/detail.html
Florida Dad Let Son, 8, Drive Van - Boy Hit 2 Trees, Nearly Hit 2 People
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18695693/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BuzG4VoXMY&feature=related
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Energy News Digest for February 12, 2009
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.
The News Digest Is Also Available At The Following Web Site:
http://www.energynewsdigest.blogspot.com/
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- BPA asks for rate hike; review in March
- Mason PUD 3 Would Be Hit by Bonneville Rate Hike
- Power rate hike could affect Clark County
- Lewis County Power Bills Go Up as BPA Plans First Rate Hike in Six Years
- Senator Cantwell to Lead Senate Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee
- Florida - Electrocuted Lineman Reportedly Violated "Hot Glove" Safety Rule
- Maryland - State Orders Utilities to Account For Spike In Energy Bill Rates
- Bumper Crop of Idaho Salmon This Year?
- States agree on Columbia salmon season
- Bill Would Make It Easier To Trap Moles
- Agency Considers New Comments on Threatened Marbled Murrelet
- Texas Ranchers and Farmers Struggle in Drought
- Daily News Editorial - Time to tweak state's renewable energy law
- Vestas may cut jobs, despite increased earnings
- Oakland's BrightSource Energy Signs 'World's Largest' Solar
- Lane County farms install PV solar systems
- Ethanol, Just Recently a Savior, Is
- Orlando Sentinel Op/Ed - Science Of Global Warming Doesn't Support The Hype
- Antarctic Ice Causing Some to
- Oregon Governor Creates Team to Guide Green Spending
- Big Science Role Is Seen in Global Warming Cure
- Oil Industry Ready to Work on Global Warming
- Broadband Program Oversight Questioned
- Farm Census Data Gives Insight Into Rural
- Twitter? It’s What You Make It
- Congressman's Twittering Raises Security Concerns
- Still Waiting For Expected Charter
- Congress, White House Agree On $790B Stimulus Bill
- Details of a Trimmer Stimulus Emerge
- Tip Leads To Overpayments & Conflict Of Interest at Port Of
- Tree Falls On Excavator Operator
- NM Chamber Recognizes Outstanding Citizens
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Slumgullion • \SLUM-gull-yun\ • noun - A meat stew
“Plop!” went the lump of mystery meat slumgullion into Barty’s wooden bowl. “What wentg into this? He asked the slovenly server. “You don’t want to know,” she snarled, a drop of spittle flying onto the mucky mess.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
BPA asks for rate hike; review in March (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/02/bpa_asks_for_rate_hike_review.html
Mason PUD 3 Would Be Hit by Bonneville Rate Hike (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/11/mason-pud-would-be-hit-by-bonneville-rate-hike/
Power rate hike could affect Clark County (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090211/BLOGS02/902119983
Lewis County Power Bills Go Up as BPA Plans First Rate Hike in Six Years (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Senator Cantwell to Lead Senate Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/755868.html
Florida - Electrocuted Lineman Reportedly Violated "Hot Glove" Safety Rule (Ocala Star Banner, FL)
Maryland - State Orders Utilities to Account For Spike In Energy Bill Rates (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-psc0211,0,3347727.story
FISH & WILDLIFE
Bumper Crop of Idaho Salmon This Year? Up to 127,000 Chinook may be bound for the Salmon and Clearwater rivers (The Mountain Express, Sun Valley, ID)
http://www.mtexpress.com/vu_breaking_story.php?bid=6720
States agree on Columbia salmon season (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/756220.html
Bill Would Make It Easier To Trap Moles (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090211/NEWS02/702129981/
Agency Considers New Comments on Threatened Marbled Murrelet (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/755680.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Texas Ranchers and Farmers Struggle in Drought (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/us/12drought.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Daily News Editorial - Time to tweak state's renewable energy law
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/02/12/editorial/doc499348abd3e86766764848.txt
Vestas may cut jobs, despite increased earnings (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/02/09/daily39.html?ana=from_rss
Oakland's BrightSource Energy Signs 'World's Largest' Solar Deal with Southern California Utility (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11679524
Lane County farms install PV solar systems (KVAL-TV, Eugene, OR)
http://www.kval.com/news/local/39468852.html
Ethanol, Just Recently a Savior, Is Struggling (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/business/12ethanol.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Orlando Sentinel Op/Ed - Science Of Global Warming Doesn't Support The Hype
Antarctic Ice Causing Some to Wonder - Controversial opinions continue about the antarctic ice sheet as the climate is warming (MSNBC)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9834307
Oregon Governor Creates Team to Guide Green Spending (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4251-gov-kulongoski-creates-team-guide-green-spending/
Big Science Role Is Seen in Global Warming Cure (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/us/politics/12chu.html
Oil Industry Ready to Work on Global Warming (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/science/earth/12oil.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Broadband Program Oversight Questioned - USDA Would Manage Rural Internet Funds (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/11/AR2009021103832.html
Farm Census Data Gives Insight Into Rural Broadband - 33% of Farms Have Broadband Connections (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Farm-Census-Data-Gives-Insight-Into-Rural-Broadband-100822
Twitter? It’s What You Make It (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/technology/personaltech/12pogue.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Congressman's Twittering Raises Security Concerns (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11680013
Still Waiting For Expected Charter Bankruptcy - Moody's again downgrades stock on missed interest payment (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Still-Waiting-For-Expected-Charter-Bankruptcy-100833
GENERAL NEWS
Congress, White House Agree On $790B Stimulus Bill (Associated Press)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_on_go_co/congress_stimulus_390
Details of a Trimmer Stimulus Emerge (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/us/politics/13stimulus-web.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Tip Leads To Overpayments & Conflict Of Interest at Port Of Hoodsport (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Tree Falls On Excavator Operator (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_021109WAB-tree-falls-on-bulldozer-TP.8014f17.html
NM Chamber Recognizes Outstanding Citizens, Business (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
United Sets Woman's Luggage on Fire
http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-tue-problem-0210-feb10-2,0,7331900.column
Seattle Fans Make Trip to Boo Thunder
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=134037
4-Year-Old behind Wheel as Car Hits Storefront
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18700484/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
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