Energy News Digest for April 3, 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.

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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

- French Energy Workers To Strike On April 9
- Another Salmon-Eating Sea Lion Dies near Bonneville Dam
- More New Homes for Salmon-Eating Terns
- Canada - Herring Spawning Again In Once-Toxic False Creek
- Judge Orders Protection Review For Idaho Fish In Big Lost River
- Mountain Snowpack Mixed Blessing For Seattle
- Inconsistent Snow Pack Could Help, Hurt Local Utilities
- Revisiting The Columbia River Treaty
- The Water-War Myth - Spike those stories about water disputes
- LA Water Agency May Be Ordered To Pay Nearly $30M In overcharges
- Moses Lake - REC Stops Production at New Polysilicon Plant
- California Rejects B.C.'S Green Power Claims
- Calif. Desert Becomes Home For Renewable Energy
- Eugene Register-Guard Op/Ed - Wood Isn’t A Wise Choice For Energy
- Wind Turbines Could More Than Meet U.S. Electricity Needs
- TVA Agrees To Pursue Renewable Energy Purchases
- Dominion Virginia Power Seeking Rate Increase
- Xcel Seeks To Raise Colo. Rates For Conservation
- Oregon Woodland Owners Consider Selling Carbon Credits
- Warring Over Warming – The Political War Over Global Warming
- Can’t Bear Global Warming? Sue the bastards!
- Massachusetts - Carbon Copying? Regional success of cap and trade
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - G-20: The Environmental Price Is Not Right
- Consumers Can Be Fickle When Choosing What’s ‘Green’
- Save The Planet: Get Rid of Your Cat
- Google in talks to buy Twitter for more than $250M
- IBM To Teleworkers: Pay For Your Own Broadband
- Is Fairpoint Headed For Disaster?
- Cloud Storage May Mean Fat Pipes For All
- Breaking the Cable Company's Bundles
- Washington State's Execution Team Resigns
- Mason County Must Pay $145,000 In Records Dispute
- There Will Be No Mason County Renaissance for This Faire
- Criticism Of Olympia Art Project Bubbling Over

WORD OF THE DAY

Feign • \FAYN\ • verb - 1: to give a false appearance of: induce as a false impression 2: to assert as if true: pretend

While you feign working in your cubicle today, make up your own sentence of the day. It’s easy and fun!

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

French Energy Workers To Strike On April 9 (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssUtilitiesElectric/idUSL325681520090403

FISH & WILDLIFE

Another Salmon-Eating Sea Lion Dies near Bonneville Dam (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/another_salmoneating_sea_lion.html

More New Homes for Salmon-Eating Terns (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/scientists_will_use_decoys_and.html

Canada - Herring Spawning Again In Once-Toxic False Creek (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/Herring+spawning+again+False+Creek/1452656/story.html

Judge Orders Protection Review For Idaho Fish In Big Lost River (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1940782~Judge_orders_protection_review_for_Idaho_fish.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Mountain Snowpack Mixed Blessing For Seattle (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/404547_watershed02.html?source=rss

Inconsistent Snow Pack Could Help, Hurt Local Utilities (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_040209WAB-cascades-snowpack-utilities-TP.979b8d47.html?rss

Revisiting The Columbia River Treaty (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4676-revisiting-columbia-river-treaty/

The Water-War Myth - Spike those stories about water disputes leading to armed combat. (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2215263/?from=rss

LA Water Agency May Be Ordered To Pay Nearly $30M In overcharges (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1941026~LA_water_agency_may_be_ordered_to_pay_nearly__30M.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Moses Lake - REC Stops Production at New Polysilicon Plant (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/04/rec-stops-production-at-new-polysilicon-plant?src=rss

California Rejects B.C.'S Green Power Claims - State senate says run-of-river hydro projects here are too big to qualify under its renewable energy bill (The Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=fea563b3-0589-4d4a-8c75-f1488eb8d2e2&k=47024

Calif. Desert Becomes Home For Renewable Energy (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102679730&ft=1&f=3

Eugene Register-Guard Op/Ed - Wood Isn’t A Wise Choice For Energy
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/opinion/10924254-47/story.csp

Wind Turbines Could More Than Meet U.S. Electricity Needs, Report Says (Los Angeles Times – Even when they’re not spinning?)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-energy3-2009apr03,0,7532220.story

TVA Agrees To Pursue Renewable Energy Purchases (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iyRJogISPixC0I8hrO46cxlkjnCQD97AG9IG0

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Dominion Virginia Power Seeking Rate Increase for Electric Infrastructure, Energy Conservation Programs (Fox Business News)
http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/energy/dominion-virginia-power-seeking-rate-increase-electric-infrastructure-energy/

Xcel Seeks To Raise Colo. Rates For Conservation (Associated Press)
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_12055705

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Oregon Woodland Owners Consider Selling Carbon Credits (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/oregon_woodland_owners_conside.html

Warring Over Warming – The Political War Over Global Warming Is Getting Louder On Capitol Hill (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/04/warring_over_wa.html

Can’t Bear Global Warming? Sue the bastards! (Eugene Weekly, OR)
http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2009/04/02/coverstory.html

Massachusetts - Carbon Copying? Regional success of cap and trade system may model national effort (Boston Business Journal)
http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/04/06/story1.html?b=1238990400^1805239

Seattle Times Op/Ed - G-20: The Environmental Price Is Not Right
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008967150_opinc02friedman.html?syndication=rss

Consumers Can Be Fickle When Choosing What’s ‘Green’ (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/697512.html

Save The Planet: Get Rid of Your Cat - Evidence is mounting that having a cat isn't very green (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/04/02/mossback/18925/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Google in talks to buy Twitter for more than $250M (Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/03/30/daily81.html?ana=from_rss

IBM To Teleworkers: Pay For Your Own Broadband - Company cost cutting measure could save it millions (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/IBM-To-Teleworkers-Pay-For-Your-Own-Broadband-101702

Is Fairpoint Headed For Disaster? Frustrations mount, while Verizon walks away smiling (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Is-Fairpoint-Headed-For-Disaster-101703

Cloud Storage May Mean Fat Pipes For All (Gigaom)
http://gigaom.com/2009/04/02/why-we-need-fat-pipes-cloud-storage/

Breaking the Cable Company's Bundles (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040300817.html?wprss=rss_business

GENERAL NEWS

Washington State's Execution Team Resigns (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/807377.html

Mason County Must Pay $145,000 In Records Dispute (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/807645.html

There Will Be No Mason County Renaissance for This Faire (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/apr/02/there-will-be-no-mason-county-renaissance-for/?partner=RSS

Criticism Of Olympia Art Project Bubbling Over (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_040209WAB-olympia-bubble-art-TP.98281b23.html?rss

DIVERSIONS

Angry French Workers Take Their Bosses Hostage
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/business/global/03iht-labor.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

Cat on NY TV News Truck's Roof Becomes the Story
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19071736/detail.html

Woman Follows GPS Onto Snowmobile Trail
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/19070770/detail.html

Could Music Be the Next Great Cure?
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/health/2009/april/Could-Music-Be-the-Next-Great-Cure.html

SONG OF THE DAY

The Cure - Just Like Heaven (Sponsored by the “Hair Club for Goths”)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-nkSGg0lk4