Energy News Digest for May 1, 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)

- Minnesota House Says No To New Nuclear Power Plants
- Pipe Leak at New York Nuclear Plant Raises Concerns
- U.S. Senators Aim To Protect Electric Grid from Hackers
- Young Workers Find Opportunity in Power Industry
- Oregon - Bend’s Growth Could Be Hindered by Insufficient Infrastructure
- Cedar Trees Must Come Down, PSE Says
- Pacific Northwest Tribes May Head To Court Over Salmon
- Commerce Secretary Locke Announces $53M for Salmon Disaster
- Yakima River Fish Advisory Lifted
- Tribes Hail Stimulus Money for Fishing Sites
- Lumley New Leader of Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
- Oregon Legislature Wants Closer Look At Salmon Issues
- Columbia River Anglers to See Big License Fee Increase
- Leavenworth Hatchery Gets Stimulus Funds for Pipe and Screens
- Bungled Vancouver Sewer Connection Traced To 1974
- Seattle Times Editorial - Environmental Gains in a Tough Session
- California - Survey Finds Sierra Snow Is 66 Percent of Normal
- California - Low Snow, Reservoir Levels Force Rationing
- S. Idaho Water Fight Heard In District Court
- Columbia Basin Herald Op/Ed - Hydropower Is a Renewable Resource
- New Jersey - There's Untapped Power in That Water
- PNNL Named Energy Research Frontier Center
- Nevada - NV Energy Hits Renewable Target for First Time
- Chu Promises Speedier Funding for Renewable Energy Projects
- Test drive: All-electric Mini and Ford Fusion Hybrid
- NY Times Op/Ed - An Affordable Salvation
- United Kingdom – 2/3 of firms unaware of upcoming carbon regulation
- What the Smart Grid Can Learn From the Internet
- Broadband Caps Can Cost You
- Many Twitters Are Quick Quitters: Study
- Wash State Lists Ten Probable Swine Flu Cases
- Hood Canal Bridge Closed For Six Weeks
- Hood Canal Survival Guide!
- Judgment Could Cause Eastern Wash Town's Bankruptcy
- It's spring, And Region Is Aflutter with Hummingbirds

WORD OF THE DAY

In vino veritas • \in-ween-oh WEAR-ee-tahs\ • foreign term – In wine [there is the] truth. The phrase suggests that one tends to reveal their true feelings under the influence of alcohol.

“I think I’m drunk,” slurred Foster Brooks to his friends at the Dew Drop Inn. “In vino veritas,” boomed the impatient bartender, looking surreptitiously at the clock, which was dangerously close to closing time. “You said a mouthful,” Foster hiccupped in response, lifting his half-empty glass of rotgut.

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

Minnesota House Says No To New Nuclear Power Plants (Minneapolis Star-Tribune, MN)
http://www.startribune.com/local/44082052.html?elr=KArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

Pipe Leak at New York Nuclear Plant Raises Concerns “…a one-and-a-half-inch hole caused by corrosion…” (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/02/nyregion/02nuke.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

U.S. Senators Aim To Protect Electric Grid From Hackers (CBS News)
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/04/30/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4981641.shtml

Young Workers Find Opportunity in Power Industry (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103629929

Oregon - Bend’s Future Growth Could Be Hindered by Insufficient Infrastructure (Bend Bulletin, OR)
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090501/BIZ0102/905010375/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01

Cedar Trees Must Come Down, PSE Says (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/837404.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Pacific Northwest Tribes May Head To Court Over Salmon (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2009/04/tribes_may_head_to_court_over.html

Commerce Secretary Locke announces $53M for salmon disaster (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/44104667.html

Yakima River Fish Advisory Lifted (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10281065

Tribes Hail Stimulus Money for Fishing Sites (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4900-tribes-hail-stimulus-money-fishing-sites/

Lumley New Leader of Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1991696~Lumley_new_leader_of_fish_commission.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines

Oregon Legislature Wants Closer Look At Salmon Issues (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2009/04/legislature_wants_closer_look.html

Columbia River Anglers to See Big License Fee Increase (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090501/SPORTS04/705019916/-1/SPORTS

Leavenworth Hatchery Gets Stimulus Funds for Pipe and Screens (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090501/NEWS04/705019958/1025/rss1025

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Bungled Vancouver Sewer Connection Traced To 1974 - Raw sewage likely began to enter creek in 1997 from fisheries and environmental offices (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090501/NEWS02/705019936/

Seattle Times Editorial - Environmental Gains in a Tough Session
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2009153923_edita01lege.html

California - Survey Finds Sierra Snow Is 66 Percent of Normal (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1990901~Survey_finds_Sierra_snow_is_66_percent_of_normal.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines

California - Low snow, reservoir levels force rationing (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/01/MNDM17CBMV.DTL&feed=rss.news

S. Idaho Water Fight Heard In District Court (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/836870.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Columbia Basin Herald Op/Ed - Hydropower Is a Renewable Resource
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/04/30/editorials/doc49fa1f60611f2607814658.txt

New Jersey - There's untapped power in that water: Agency considers how to harness hydroelectricity (The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-13/1241150843301360.xml&coll=1

PNNL Named Energy Research Frontier Center (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/561819.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News

Nevada - NV Energy hits renewable target for first time (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/30/financial/f174106D54.DTL&feed=rss.business

Chu Promises Speedier Funding for Renewable Energy Projects (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/30/chu-pomises-speedier-funding-for-renewable-energy-projects/

Test drive: All-electric Mini and Ford Fusion Hybrid (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10231123-54.html?tag=nl.e703

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

NY Times Op/Ed - An Affordable Salvation “…the chances of meaningful action on climate change, probably through a cap-and-trade system on emissions, have risen sharply…”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/opinion/01krugman.html?ref=opinion

United Kingdom - Two thirds of firms unaware of upcoming carbon regulation (BusinessGreen)
http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2241518/two-three-businesses-unaware

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

What the Smart Grid Can Learn From the Internet (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/04/30/what-the-smart-grid-can-learn-from-the-internet/

Broadband Caps Can Cost You (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/01/AR2009050101065.html?wprss=rss_technology

Many Twitters are quick quitters: study (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE53S1A720090429?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology

GENERAL NEWS

Wash State Lists Ten Probable Swine Flu Cases (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_swine_flu.html?source=pimail

Hood Canal Bridge Closed For Six Weeks (KIRO-Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=162926

Hood Canal Survival Guide! (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/traffic/19251941/detail.html

Judgment Could Cause Eastern Wash Town's Bankruptcy (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/44077682.html

It's spring, And Region Is Aflutter with Hummingbirds (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009149195_hummingbirds30m.html?syndication=rss

DIVERSIONS

Very Delicately Written - Under Armour Recalls Athletic Cups
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009153020_apusapfnunderarmourrecall.html?syndication=rss

In Blind Taste-Test, Dog Food Fools Most
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12266692

Farmers Fear Pigs May Get "Swine" Flu from People
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5401DJ20090501?feedType=nl&feedName=ustopnewsearly

SONG OF THE DAY – SWINE FLU EDITION

Feelin’ Alright - Traffic/Dave Mason Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJcIjG9N1Qs&feature=related

Feelin’ Alright - Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Ron Wood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJcIjG9N1Qs&feature=related