Energy News Digest for May 7, 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)

- Energy Northwest Pulls Plug on Coal/Petcoke Gasification Plant
- Idaho Power Reorganizes, 40 Jobs Affected
- Oregon Supplier to Provide Cable for BPA Line
- Washington Energy Summit: How to Get Stimulus Funds
- Texas - Utility Worker Dies in Trench Accident
- In These Halls of Power, Earplugs Are Required
- Gregoire Urging People to 'Call Before You Dig'
- Columbian Op/Ed - Legal Wrangling Doesn't Help Fish, Or Utility Ratepayers
- Indian Tribes Work To Restore Salmon Habitat
- State Won't Close Wind River, Drano Lake to Chinook Salmon Fishing
- Southern Oregon Fishers Hope To Revive Salmon Recovery Technique
- Lands Chief Settles Dispute with Taylor Shellfish
- The Pika - Tiny Mammal May Need Protection
- State Supreme Court to Take Up Port Angeles Fluoride Petitions
- April Rain and Snow Bolsters Idaho's Water Supply
- California - Sewer Rate Overcharges in Los Altos Could Happen Again Next Year
- California Wind Turbine Firm Announces 1st Sales
- Massachusetts Firm Gains Foothold In Small Wind Power
- Illinois - Should Renewable Energy Be Written Into Law?
- Some Americans Clamor to Try Wind Power At Home
- Anaconda Wave-Power Generator Snakes into Next Stage of Production
- Clark County Receives $354K for Energy Efficiency Efforts
- Racing to Build a Better Light Bulb
- Waxman under Fire on Climate Change
- U.S. House Farm Chief Opposes Climate Change Bill
- Cap and Trade Explained
- Putting a Price on Carbon: An Emissions Cap or a Tax?
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - A Morally Acceptable Solution to Climate Change
- Canada - Ecoflation: Coming to a Market near You
- Apple Rumored to Want to Buy Twitter
- All You Need to Know to Twitter
- The Net's Hunger for Power: Google Responds
- Qwest Launches Rebranding Effort: Wants to Be Seen As Broadband Company
- State Looks to Update Broadband Map of Massachusetts
- Former North Mason School Superintendent Dies
- Not This Month - OT for Wash. Lawmakers Still Up In the Air
- Special Session: Green Energy Yes, Key Arena No
- New Law Requires Wash. to Buy Recycled Paper
- Obama Budget Includes Money for Wash. Doppler
- No Fine for Airline That Dumped Fuel over Puget Sound
- Debating the Wisdom of ‘Swine Flu Parties’
- Senate Approves Ron Sims for HUD Job
- U.S. Postal Service Loses $1.9 Billion (San Francisco Business Times)

WORD OF THE DAY

Oneiric • \oh-NYE-rik \ • adjective – Of or relating to dreams: dreamy

Walter Mitty sat perfectly still at his desk, the light from the open transom slanting across his delicate features and projecting a perfect silhouette on the opposite wall. His oneiric expression hid the adventuresome images that made up his afternoon daydreams. Of course, with Virginia Mayo as his damsel in distress, you could pretty much say that he visited his dreamlike state whenever he could.

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

Energy Northwest Pulls Plug on Coal/Petcoke Gasification Plant (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/05/07//area_news/doc4a02285f6f344415975451.txt

Idaho Power Reorganizes, 40 Jobs Affected (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/842913.html

Oregon Supplier to Provide Cable for BPA Line (Associated Press)
http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=10317440

Washington Energy Summit: How to Get Stimulus Funds (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/archives/168105.asp?source=rss

Texas - Utility Worker Dies in Trench Accident (Dallas Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2009/05/04/daily34.html?ana=from_rss

In These Halls of Power, Earplugs Are Required (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/nyregion/07rooms.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Gregoire Urging People to 'Call Before You Dig' (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10314763

FISH & WILDLIFE

Columbian Op/Ed - Washington View: Legal Wrangling Doesn't Help Fish, Or Utility Ratepayers
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090505/BIZ01/705059937

Indian Tribes Work To Restore Salmon Habitat - Federal government being forced to deal with dams that are eradicating fish (Mother Nature Network)
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/indian-tribes-work-to-restore-salmon-habitat

State Won't Close Wind River, Drano Lake to Chinook Salmon Fishing (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090505/SPORTS04/705059920

Southern Oregon Fishers Hope To Revive Salmon Recovery Technique (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4936-southern-oregon-fishers-hope-revive-salmon-recovery-technique/

Lands Chief Settles Dispute with Taylor Shellfish (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/may/06/lands-chief-settles-dispute-with-taylor/?partner=RSS

The Pika - Tiny Mammal May Need Protection (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/science/earth/07brfs-TINYMAMMALMA_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

State Supreme Court to Take Up Port Angeles Fluoride Petitions (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/4711

April Rain and Snow Bolsters Idaho's Water Supply (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/843770.html

California - Sewer Rate Overcharges In Los Altos Could Happen Again Next Year (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12313745

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

California Wind Turbine Firm Announces 1st Sales (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/07/BUM117G3HF.DTL&feed=rss.business

Massachusetts Firm Gains Foothold In Small Wind Power - Aeronautica partners with Danish company (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2009/05/07/firm_gains_foothold_in_wind_power/

Illinois - Should Renewable Energy Be Written Into Law? (WLS-TV, Chicago)
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6799760

Some Americans Clamor to Try Wind Power At Home (Reuters)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/burningIssues/idUKTRE5457XA20090506

United Kingdom - Anaconda Wave-Power Generator Snakes into Next Stage of Production (The Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/06/anaconda-wave-power

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Clark County Receives $354K for Energy Efficiency Efforts (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090507/NEWS02/705079939

Racing to Build a Better Light Bulb (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/06/racing-to-build-a-better-light-bulb/?partner=rss&emc=rss

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Waxman Under Fire On Climate Change - facing fire from all sides over his landmark measure to curb carbon emissions (Politico)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22207.html

U.S. House Farm Chief Opposes Climate Change Bill (Reuters)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUKN0621007620090507

Cap And Trade Explained - The cool basics of the hottest topic in climate change (Boston Phoenix)
http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Life/82547-Cap-and-trade-explained/

Putting a Price on Carbon: An Emissions Cap or a Tax? (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2148

Seattle Times Op/Ed - A Morally Acceptable Solution to Climate Change: Earth Ministry in Seattle argues that a cap-and-trade approach is a morally acceptable solution
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009185053_opinc07dye.html

Canada - Ecoflation: Coming to a Market near You (National Post)
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/francis/archive/2009/05/07/ecoflation-coming-to-a-market-near-you.aspx

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Apple Rumored to Want to Buy Twitter (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12310541

All You Need to Know to Twitter (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/technology/personaltech/07basics.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The Net's Hunger for Power: Google Responds (The Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/may/07/google-energy

Qwest Launches Rebranding Effort: Wants to Be Seen As Broadband Company - at 896kbps upstream (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-Launches-Rebranding-Effort-102318

State looks to update broadband map of Massachusetts (The Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/05/state_looks_to.html

GENERAL NEWS

Former North Mason School Superintendent Dies (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7179/reftab/1632/t/FORMER-NORTH-MASON-SUPER-DIES/Default.aspx

Not This Month - OT for Wash. Lawmakers Still Up In The Air (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009185705_apwaspecialsession.html?syndication=rss

What Were They Thinking - Special Session: Green Energy Yes, Key Arena No - Senate Majority Leader discusses agenda likely to be decided Thursday (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/405957_session07.html?source=rss

New Law Requires Wash. to Buy Recycled Paper (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_050709POB-AP-paper-recycling-SW.18f3c1e.html?rss

Obama Budget Includes Money for Wash. Doppler (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009191035_apwadopplerradar.html?syndication=rss

No Fine for Airline That Dumped Fuel over Puget Sound (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_050609WAB-AP-airline-fine-KS.262387cd.html?rss

Debating the Wisdom of ‘Swine Flu Parties’ - Deliberately get swine flu? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/world/americas/07party.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Senate Approves Ron Sims for HUD Job (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/44529382.html

U.S. Postal Service Loses $1.9 Billion (San Francisco Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/05/04/daily43.html?ana=from_rss

DIVERSIONS

Hawaiian Shirts, Big Business Even In Academia
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009176701_apusfeafashionhawaiianshirts.html?syndication=rss

Dos and Don'ts for Wearing Hawaiian Shirts
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009176706_apusfeafashionhawaiianshirtstips.html?syndication=rss

Sticky Situation: Men Charged With Honey Fraud
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/44495587.html

Woman Sues Wal-Mart Over "Norman the Nutria"
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/07/national/a090147D75.DTL&feed=rss.business

SONG OF THE DAY

Celtic Thunder - Steal Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZzxqSjjt38