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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Alcoa’s Energy Deal with Bonneville Quashed by Court
• Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Still Striving For Power Deal
• DJ Ormet to Double Aluminum Cuts but Then Keep 09 Output Steady
• Tennessee - Life after Alcoa: Layoffs Lead To New Opportunity
• Okanogan PUD - Shanker’s Bend Dam Proposal Draws Opposition
• Clark Public Utilities Expansion Is In the Works
• Northern Wasco County PUD rates to rise
• PacifiCorp’s Customers Could See Lower Rate Increase
• Pennsylvania - Cooperative Plans to Buy Electricity as Rate Caps Expire
• Road Ruts Frustrates BPA, Costly To Customers
• North Dakota - Electric Coop Works to Meet Oil Patch Demand
• Will South Carolina Run Out of Energy?
• Utilities Seek Stimulus Money for Energy Projects
• Northwest Energy Test May Have National Impact
• NY Nuke Reactor Back Online After Shutdown
• Lawmakers Warn Of De Facto Nuclear Dumping
• Op/Ed - Energy reform must include nuclear
• Op/Ed - Region-Based Energy Solutions Make Sense
• Electricity Cooperatives' Record Weighed in Health-Care Debate
• Editorial - Dam McDermott
• Mess Left by Skokomish River Anglers Closes Shellfish Harvesting
• Pink Salmon Invasion Continues As Humpies Keep Biting
• Snake River Opens Sept. 1 for Fall Chinook Fishing
• DesChutes River Salmon Get A Traditional Hello
• The Sockeye Run in Kenai: 'For Us, It's Shopping'
• Canada - Hotter Water Linked To Poor Sockeye Returns
• Ask Eric: How Old Are Salmon When They Spawn?
• California - Fresno Fundraiser Offers Endangered Smelt on Menu
• Graceful Herons Plague Central Washington Backyards
• Pro-Wolf Group Urges Idaho Potato Boycott
• Clallam PUD Water Managers Ask For Conservation
• Bottled Water Price War Is Heating Up
• Company Plans Biomass Power Project in Longview
• Editorial - Biomass Plan Energizes Mint Farm, Region
• WoodPellets.com Stocks Coffers For Winter
• Public Meetings Set On Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project
• Wyoming - Duke Energy to Build Ninth U.S. Wind Farm
• California - Out-Of-State Power Projects Criticized
• California Condors, Wind Farms on Collision Course
• Winning Over the 'Nimby Blockade'
• Op/Ed - It's Time to Treat Wind Power Like A Grownup
• Cloud of Questions - Doubts Surround Proposed Cle Elum Solar Facility
• Brier Home's Roof Soaks Up Rays
• Flathead Electric Cooperative at Forefront of Renewable Energy
• From Poplar to Ethanol: Plant Could Help Save Northwest's Biofuels Industry
• Stimulus Package Aims To Aid Slumping Appliance Industry
• Some Buildings Not Living Up to Green Label
• Save the Light Bulb! Compact fluorescents don't produce quality light
• Editorial - Snake River Dams: Don’t Forget the Carbon
• Environmentalists Slow to Adjust in Climate Debate
• A High Cost to Deal with Climate Shift
• Carbon Cuts Won’t Work - It's Time We Considered Alternatives
• North Mason Chamber Leads the Way to Green Business
• Does Seattle Have Enough Spark For Electric Cars?
• Making Way for Electric Cars
• Obama’s Green Dream Team
• How Can I Tell When A Product Is Being Greenwashed?
• 2,200 Applied For Broadband Stimulus Funds
• Infinera Helps Bring Broadband to Grant County Residents
• As Net Turns 40, Barriers Threaten Open Growth
• Comcast Wins Appeal of FCC Ownership Cap
• Microsoft Office's Biggest Competitor is…Office
• Wash. Latest State to Be Sued For Full Support of School Dollars
• Yellow Jackets Get Aggressive During Fall Search for Food
• Ex-Shelton Prep Standout Signs Deal With S.F. Giants
• Washington State Governor Says 'No Thanks' To Mystery Laptop Order
• Fresh Air in the Muni Securities Market
WORD OF THE DAY
Empyreal • \em-pye-REE-ul\ • adjective - 1: of or relating to the firmament: celestial 2: sublime
With little or no light from towns and farms, the sparkling, empyral canopy of stars spanned the heavens from horizon to horizon. For the first time in his life, Dagwood was able to see why the “Milky Way” got its name.
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
Alcoa’s Energy Deal with Bonneville Quashed by Court “…amounted to a “gift” that demonstrated unsound business practice…” (Bloomberg)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aYU03D8RlWEY
Here is the 9th Circuit Ruling: Opinion For Pacific Northwest Generating C V. BPA
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/opinions/view_subpage.php?pk_id=0000009910
Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Still Striving For Power Deal (The Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
http://dailyinterlake.com/articles/2009/08/30/news/local_montana/news_8748391332_04.txt
DJ Ormet to Double Aluminum Cuts but Then Keep 09 Output Steady (Trading Markets)
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2488423/
Tennessee - Life after Alcoa: Layoffs Lead To New Opportunity For Owners of All American Clean Out (Blount Today, Marysville TN)
http://www.blounttoday.com/news/2009/aug/31/layoffs-lead-new-opportunity-owners-all-american-c/
Okanogan PUD - Shanker’s Bend Dam Proposal Draws Opposition (Omak Chronicle, WA)
http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n090828a.shtml
Clark Public Utilities Expansion Is In the Works - New space set to open this year, remodeled building in the spring (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090825/BIZ01/708259963/-1/BIZ
Northern Wasco County PUD rates to rise - Utility will not pass on BPA rate increase (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/08/news08-28-09-03.shtml
PacifiCorp’s Customers Could See Lower Rate Increase (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/697392.html
Pennsylvania - Cooperative Plans to Buy Electricity as Rate Caps Expire “…You might have 25 percent, 35 percent, 45 percent. It's all over the map…” (Reading Eagle, PA)
http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=154726
Road Ruts Frustrates BPA, Costly To Customers (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
http://www.katu.com/news/local/54882091.html
North Dakota - Electric Coop Works to Meet Oil Patch Demand (Associated Press)
http://www.kxmc.com/News/429163.asp
Will South Carolina Run Out of Energy? (WCIV-TV, Charleston, SC)
http://cfc.wciv.com/affinity/affarticle.cfm?id=331
Utilities Seek Stimulus Money for Energy Projects (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5723-utilities-seek-stimulus-money-energy-projects/
Northwest Energy Test May Have National Impact (Oregon Daily Journal of Commerce)
http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/08/28/northwest-energy-test-may-have-national-impact/
NY Nuke Reactor Back Online After Shutdown (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009775768_apusindianpoint.html?syndication=rss
Lawmakers Warn Of De Facto Nuclear Dumping - With facilities already in place, Hanford, others might get waste (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/862036.html
Oregonian Op/Ed - Energy reform must include nuclear
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/08/energy_reform.html
Oregonian Op/Ed - Region-Based Energy Solutions Make Sense
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/08/regionbased_energy_solutions_m.html
Electricity Cooperatives' Record Weighed in Health-Care Debate (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/26/AR2009082603485.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia Basin Herald Editorial - Dam McDermott
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/08/27/editorials/doc4a96f5e0d738c409952318.txt
Mess Left by Skokomish River Anglers Closes Shellfish Harvesting (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/953898.html
Pink Salmon Invasion Continues As Humpies Keep Biting In Puget Sound, Rivers (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/story/860480.html
Snake River Opens Sept. 1 for Fall Chinook Fishing (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=859
DesChutes River Salmon Get A Traditional Hello - Fish and Wildlife officials expect 10,700 Chinook to make the swim this year (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/954644.html
The Sockeye Run in Kenai: 'For Us, It's Shopping' (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009772350_alaskafishing30.html?syndication=rss
Canada - Hotter Water Linked To Poor Sockeye Returns (Straight.com)
http://www.straight.com/article-249317/hotter-water-linked-poor-sockeye-returns
Ask Eric: How Old Are Salmon When They Spawn? (Detroit Free Press. MI)
http://www.freep.com/article/20090827/SPORTS10/908270466/1365/SPORTS/Ask-Eric--How-old-are-salmon-when-they-spawn
California - Fresno Fundraiser Offers Endangered Smelt on Menu (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2149481.html
Graceful Herons Plague Central Washington Backyards (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009777219_apwabackyardherons.html
Pro-Wolf Group Urges Idaho Potato Boycott (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009770503_apidpotatoboycott.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Clallam PUD Water Managers Ask For Conservation; Fairview System at Stage 3 Alert (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090831/news/308319990
Bottled Water Price War Is Heating Up (Consumerist)
http://consumerist.com/5349415/bottled-water-price-war-is-heating-up
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Company Plans Biomass Power Project in Longview (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_biomass_plant.html?source=pimail
Daily News Editorial - Biomass Plan Energizes Mint Farm, Region
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/08/31/editorial/doc4a9ab6f0aa631020249167.txt
WoodPellets.com Stocks Coffers For Winter (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10319550-54.html?tag=nl.e703
Public Meetings Set On Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/08/29/local_news/090830fwind.txt
Wyoming - Duke Energy to Build Ninth U.S. Wind Farm (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS106717+31-Aug-2009+PRN20090831
California - Out-Of-State Power Projects Criticized: Utilities trying to meet mandate for renewables, outsourcing renewable power irks some activists (Modesto Bee, CA)
http://www.modbee.com/local/story/835079.html
California Condors, Wind Farms on Collision Course (Wind Watch)
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/08/31/california-condors-wind-farms-on-collision-course/
Winning Over the 'Nimby Blockade' (British Broadcasting Corporation)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8223048.stm
East Oregonian Op/Ed - It's Time to Treat Wind Power Like A Grownup
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=14&SubSectionID=50&ArticleID=97078&TM=49816.13
Cloud of Questions - Doubts Surround Proposed Cle Elum Solar Facility (Daily Record, Ellensburg, WA)
http://www.kvnews.com/articles/2009/08/29/news//doc4a98c8189cc91196487164.txt
Brier Home's Roof Soaks Up Rays - Solar panels will provide all its electricity — and maybe some to share (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090830/NEWS01/708309862/-1/RSS02
Flathead Electric Cooperative at Forefront of Renewable Energy (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/flathead_electric_cooperative_at_forefront_of_renewable_energy/12635/
From Poplar to Ethanol: Plant Could Help Save Northwest's Biofuels Industry (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009772319_ethanol30m.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Stimulus Package Aims To Aid Slumping Appliance Industry (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_083009BUB-appliance-program-KS.1313f96b8.html?rss?npc
Some Buildings Not Living Up to Green Label (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/science/earth/31leed.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Save the Light Bulb! Compact fluorescents don't produce good quality light (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203706604574377171050647330.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
News Tribune Editorial - Snake River Dams: Don’t Forget the Carbon
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/852123.html
Environmentalists Slow to Adjust in Climate Debate - Opponents Seize Initiative as Senate Bill Nears “…It seems that environmentalists are struggling in a fight they have spent years setting up…” (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/30/AR2009083002606.html?wprss=rss_business
A High Cost to Deal with Climate Shift (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/business/energy-environment/31iht-green31.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Carbon Cuts Won’t Work - It's Time We Considered Alternatives (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/214244
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
North Mason Chamber Leads the Way to Green Business (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/19/north-mason-chamber-leads-way-green-business/?partner=RSS
Does Seattle Have Enough Spark For Electric Cars? City is part of biggest electric vehicle experiment in history
http://www.seattlepi.com/transportation/409537_electriccars28.html?source=rss
Making Way for Electric Cars (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/realestate/30posting.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Obama’s Green Dream Team - The men and women who have the power and budgets to clean up the environment and, more important, have the ear of the president (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/213865?from=rss
How Can I Tell When A Product Is Being Greenwashed? (Consumerist)
http://consumerist.com/5346634/how-can-i-tell-when-a-product-is-being-greenwashed
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
2,200 Applied For Broadband Stimulus Funds - Anonymous reviewers now get to work digging through applications (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/2200-Applied-For-Broadband-Stimulus-Funds-104146
News Release - Infinera Helps Bring Broadband to Grant County Residents - Public Utility Offers Fiber to the Home for Rural Areas (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/infinera-helps-bring-broadband-to-grant-county-residents-2009-08-28
As Net Turns 40, Barriers Threaten Open Growth (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/30/BUBB19F7VQ.DTL&feed=rss.business
Comcast Wins Appeal of FCC Ownership Cap - Largest Provider Can Grow Even Bigger (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/28/AR2009082803271.html?wprss=rss_business
Microsoft Office's Biggest Competitor? Office (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/177688.asp?source=pimail
GENERAL NEWS
Wash. Latest State to Be Sued For Full Support of School Dollars (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009775747_apwawashingtonschoollawsuit1stldwritethru.html
Yellow Jackets Get Aggressive During Fall Search for Food (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/955332.html
Ex-Shelton Prep Standout Signs Deal With S.F. Giants (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/highschoolsports/story/952875.html
Washington Governor Hit - State Govs Saying 'No Thanks' To Mystery Laptops (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jQ_OIxkYqPGoqo9rCk3ENETanvhgD9AC52B03
Fresh Air in the Muni Market - The municipal bond market may finally be coming out of the Dark Ages (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/business/30gret.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Ikea Defends Its New Catalog Typeface – Says it never expected such a backlash after switching typeface in its latest catalog (News Digest is Verdana)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20632051/detail.html
Hoquiam Considers Chicken Crackdown (KIRO Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=206392
Cognitive Dissonance Theater - Pot May Protect Brain from Booze
http://www.kirotv.com/health/20597907/detail.html
Land Mine Found In Cincinnati Home
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20646651/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
You Win Again - Hank Williams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w2aRoJueUs
Monday, August 31, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Energy News Digest on Vacation
From August 17 – 28 the energy news digest will be learning some new accents in Canada, and then trying to avoid the insidious migration of sand to every part of the vehicle during a visit to Seaside, OR.
The news digest will return tanned, rested and relaxed on August 31.
Best Regards,
Joel Myer
The news digest will return tanned, rested and relaxed on August 31.
Best Regards,
Joel Myer
Energy News Digest for August 14, 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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Tacoma Power Submits $32 Million ARRA Funding Request
• Community College Seeks Money from Nuclear Industry
• Idaho's Governor Backs Deal to Help Uranium Enrichment Plant
• The Bumpy Road to Nuclear Energy
• Filthy SF Power Plant to Close
• Congressman Hastings Speaks Out On Dams, Health Care
• Environmentalists Sue to Protect California Delta Fish
• Heat Seeking Chopper Flies Over Salmon Rivers
• Luring Salmon Back to the City
• Mason/Kitsap Forestland Protected In Land Deal
• Federal Judge Halts Maury Island Gravel Mine Work
• Idaho Judge Denies Motion for Stay on Well Closures
• Vancouver Island - Residents Reject Plan for Saanich Sewage Plant
• Editorial - Be Open to Tradeoffs If You Favor Green Power
• California - Plotting the Path of Renewable Power Lines
• Minnesota - Wind Industry Protesting Plan to Pay for New Transmission Lines
• Urban Wind Turbines Go Up In Portland
• Light Bulb Exchange Program Moves to Port Orchard
• Energy Efficiency Advocates Press State for Speedy Action on New Programs
• Cap-&-Trade's Unlikely Critics: Its Creators
• Carbon-Market Curbs for Banks Proposed
• 7 Billion Carbon Sinks - Does breathing contribute to climate change?
• Defining Sustainability: What Exactly Does The Buzzword Mean?
• Intuit opens doors on big data center in Quincy
• Telecoms Wary of Government Help to Expand High-Speed Internet
• Will Wireless Be the Broadband Stimulus Winner?
• Comcast Fighting FCC Throttling Ruling
• Five Signs Our Broadband Plan May Already Be In Trouble
• Google's Varian: Search Scale Is 'Bogus'
• Brief Storm Lights up Puget Sound
• Flaws Halt Italian Work on Boeing 787
• Boeing Pays $25 Million to Settle US Probe
• Study Could Lead To McNeil Island Prison Closure
• Weyerhaeuser Agrees To $300 Million Sale of Oregon Timberland
• Belfair Hydroplane Driver Uses His Boat to Give Back
WORD OF THE DAY
Déjà Moo • \DAY-zha MOO \ • noun – The feeling that you have heard this bull before. (Urban Dictionary)
After the droning presentation on carbon cap and trade markets had descended into a dark, hopeless pit of impenetrable buzzwords and acronyms, Frankie’s consciousness was snapped back from the abyss by an intense feeling of “Déjà Moo.” The words, “natural derivatives of the energy market” sparked a rank, repugnant reaction that sprung from his subconscious like a demented “jack-in-the-box.”
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Tacoma Power Submits $32 Million ARRA Funding Request (Tacoma Index, WA)
http://www.tacomadailyindex.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=88&cat=23&id=1604904&more=0
Community College Seeks Money from Nuclear Industry (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009657228_apwanuclearcollege.html?syndication=rss
Idaho's Governor Backs Deal to Help Uranium Enrichment Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2167202~Idaho_s_Risch_backs_deal_to_help_enrichment_plant.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
The Bumpy Road to Nuclear Energy - Of the 182 construction permits granted by government commissions, 50 were abandoned in construction with billions in investment lost & 28 were closed before their 40-year licenses expired (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/08/13/the-bumpy-road-to-nuclear-energy/
Filthy SF Power Plant to Close (SF Chronicle - Wow! No editorial slant here…)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/13/BAG2198519.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
FISH & WILDLIFE
Congressman Hastings Speaks Out On Dams, Health Care (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090813/NEWS04/708139895/1025/rss1025
Environmentalists Sue to Protect California Delta Fish (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2167808~Environmentalists_sue_to_protect_Calif__delta_fish.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Heat Seeking Chopper Flies Over Salmon Rivers (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=5941
Luring Salmon Back to the City (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5615-luring-salmon-back-city/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Mason/Kitsap Forestland Protected In Land Deal (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009657615_landdeal13.html?syndication=rss
Federal Judge Halts Maury Island Gravel Mine Work (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009659370_apwamauryislanddispute2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Idaho Judge Denies Motion for Stay on Well Closures (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/938924.html
Vancouver Island - Residents Reject Plan for Saanich Sewage Plant: Critics cite concerns about outfall, loss of trees, playing fields (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Residents+reject+plan+Saanich+sewage+plant/1888166/story.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Tigard Times Editorial - Be Open to Tradeoffs If You Favor Green Power
http://www.tigardtimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=125018485358084600
California - Plotting the Path of Renewable Power Lines (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/13/BULF1988MH.DTL&type=business
Minnesota - Wind Industry Protesting Plan to Pay for New Transmission Lines: Cost-sharing proposal decried as threat to renewable energy goals (Pioneer Press, St Paul, MN)
http://www.twincities.com/ci_13062100?nclick_check=1
Urban Wind Turbines Go Up In Portland (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/10/daily42.html?ana=from_rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Light Bulb Exchange Program Moves to Port Orchard (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/13/bulb-exchange-program-moves-to-port-orchard/?partner=RSS
Energy Efficiency Advocates Press State for Speedy Action on New Programs (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/08/energy_efficiency_advoctates_p.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Cap-&-Trade's Unlikely Critics: Its Creators - Economists behind Original Concept Question the System's Large-Scale Usefulness, & Recommend Emissions Taxes Instead (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125011380094927137.html#mod=rss_US_News
Carbon-Market Curbs for Banks Proposed (Bloomberg News)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009659026_carbon14.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
7 Billion Carbon Sinks - How much does breathing contribute to climate change? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2225286/?from=rss
Defining Sustainability: What Exactly Does The Buzzword Mean Locally? (Herald & News, Klamath Falls, OR)
http://www.heraldandnews.com/articles/2009/08/14/top_story/doc4a850e7ca6122315031024.txt
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Intuit opens doors on big data center in Quincy - Third large data center operating near Quincy (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/13/intuit-opens-doors-big-data-center-quincy/
Telecoms Wary of Government Help to Expand High-Speed Internet (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/13/AR2009081302433.html?wprss=rss_technology
Will Wireless Be the Broadband Stimulus Winner? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/08/14/will-wireless-be-the-broadband-stimulus-winner/
Comcast Fighting FCC Throttling Ruling - Still claims agency lacked the authority to act (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Fighting-FCC-Throttling-Ruling-103951
Five Signs Our Broadband Plan May Already Be In Trouble - Meet the new heavily-lobbied boss. Same as the old heavily-lobbied boss? (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/5-Signs-Our-Broadband-Plan-May-Already-Be-In-Trouble-103936
Google's Varian: Search Scale Is 'Bogus' (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10309375-265.html?tag=nl.e703
GENERAL NEWS
Brief Storm Lights up Puget Sound (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_081309WXB-lightning-storm-TP.da0f2128.html?rss
Flaws Halt Italian Work on Boeing 787 (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE57D1ST20090814?feedType=nl&feedName=usbeforethebell
Boeing Pays $25 Million to Settle US Probe (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/13/national/w134717D10.DTL&feed=rss.business
Study Could Lead To McNeil Island Prison Closure (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/844488.html
Weyerhaeuser Agrees To $300 Million Sale of Oregon Timberland (Associated Press)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/844519.html
Belfair Hydroplane Driver Uses His Boat to Give Back (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/13/belfair-hydro-driver-uses-his-boat-to-give-back/?partner=RSS
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
American Airlines Forgets Grandmother at Gate
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/localnews/news8/stories/wfaa090812_mo_seniortroubles.d52de340.html
Fame-Seeking Banff Squirrel Storms Internet
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/fame-seeking-banff-squirrel-storms-internet/article1250605/
Archie-Veronica Wedding Story Line Irks Collector
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/20395060/detail.html
2 Austrian Kids Rescued From Mailbox
http://www.kirotv.com/family/20395205/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
David Bowie-Fame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpOlaLTXP4E
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Tacoma Power Submits $32 Million ARRA Funding Request
• Community College Seeks Money from Nuclear Industry
• Idaho's Governor Backs Deal to Help Uranium Enrichment Plant
• The Bumpy Road to Nuclear Energy
• Filthy SF Power Plant to Close
• Congressman Hastings Speaks Out On Dams, Health Care
• Environmentalists Sue to Protect California Delta Fish
• Heat Seeking Chopper Flies Over Salmon Rivers
• Luring Salmon Back to the City
• Mason/Kitsap Forestland Protected In Land Deal
• Federal Judge Halts Maury Island Gravel Mine Work
• Idaho Judge Denies Motion for Stay on Well Closures
• Vancouver Island - Residents Reject Plan for Saanich Sewage Plant
• Editorial - Be Open to Tradeoffs If You Favor Green Power
• California - Plotting the Path of Renewable Power Lines
• Minnesota - Wind Industry Protesting Plan to Pay for New Transmission Lines
• Urban Wind Turbines Go Up In Portland
• Light Bulb Exchange Program Moves to Port Orchard
• Energy Efficiency Advocates Press State for Speedy Action on New Programs
• Cap-&-Trade's Unlikely Critics: Its Creators
• Carbon-Market Curbs for Banks Proposed
• 7 Billion Carbon Sinks - Does breathing contribute to climate change?
• Defining Sustainability: What Exactly Does The Buzzword Mean?
• Intuit opens doors on big data center in Quincy
• Telecoms Wary of Government Help to Expand High-Speed Internet
• Will Wireless Be the Broadband Stimulus Winner?
• Comcast Fighting FCC Throttling Ruling
• Five Signs Our Broadband Plan May Already Be In Trouble
• Google's Varian: Search Scale Is 'Bogus'
• Brief Storm Lights up Puget Sound
• Flaws Halt Italian Work on Boeing 787
• Boeing Pays $25 Million to Settle US Probe
• Study Could Lead To McNeil Island Prison Closure
• Weyerhaeuser Agrees To $300 Million Sale of Oregon Timberland
• Belfair Hydroplane Driver Uses His Boat to Give Back
WORD OF THE DAY
Déjà Moo • \DAY-zha MOO \ • noun – The feeling that you have heard this bull before. (Urban Dictionary)
After the droning presentation on carbon cap and trade markets had descended into a dark, hopeless pit of impenetrable buzzwords and acronyms, Frankie’s consciousness was snapped back from the abyss by an intense feeling of “Déjà Moo.” The words, “natural derivatives of the energy market” sparked a rank, repugnant reaction that sprung from his subconscious like a demented “jack-in-the-box.”
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Tacoma Power Submits $32 Million ARRA Funding Request (Tacoma Index, WA)
http://www.tacomadailyindex.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=88&cat=23&id=1604904&more=0
Community College Seeks Money from Nuclear Industry (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009657228_apwanuclearcollege.html?syndication=rss
Idaho's Governor Backs Deal to Help Uranium Enrichment Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2167202~Idaho_s_Risch_backs_deal_to_help_enrichment_plant.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
The Bumpy Road to Nuclear Energy - Of the 182 construction permits granted by government commissions, 50 were abandoned in construction with billions in investment lost & 28 were closed before their 40-year licenses expired (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/08/13/the-bumpy-road-to-nuclear-energy/
Filthy SF Power Plant to Close (SF Chronicle - Wow! No editorial slant here…)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/13/BAG2198519.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
FISH & WILDLIFE
Congressman Hastings Speaks Out On Dams, Health Care (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090813/NEWS04/708139895/1025/rss1025
Environmentalists Sue to Protect California Delta Fish (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2167808~Environmentalists_sue_to_protect_Calif__delta_fish.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Heat Seeking Chopper Flies Over Salmon Rivers (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=5941
Luring Salmon Back to the City (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5615-luring-salmon-back-city/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Mason/Kitsap Forestland Protected In Land Deal (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009657615_landdeal13.html?syndication=rss
Federal Judge Halts Maury Island Gravel Mine Work (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009659370_apwamauryislanddispute2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Idaho Judge Denies Motion for Stay on Well Closures (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/938924.html
Vancouver Island - Residents Reject Plan for Saanich Sewage Plant: Critics cite concerns about outfall, loss of trees, playing fields (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Residents+reject+plan+Saanich+sewage+plant/1888166/story.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Tigard Times Editorial - Be Open to Tradeoffs If You Favor Green Power
http://www.tigardtimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=125018485358084600
California - Plotting the Path of Renewable Power Lines (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/13/BULF1988MH.DTL&type=business
Minnesota - Wind Industry Protesting Plan to Pay for New Transmission Lines: Cost-sharing proposal decried as threat to renewable energy goals (Pioneer Press, St Paul, MN)
http://www.twincities.com/ci_13062100?nclick_check=1
Urban Wind Turbines Go Up In Portland (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/10/daily42.html?ana=from_rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Light Bulb Exchange Program Moves to Port Orchard (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/13/bulb-exchange-program-moves-to-port-orchard/?partner=RSS
Energy Efficiency Advocates Press State for Speedy Action on New Programs (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/08/energy_efficiency_advoctates_p.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Cap-&-Trade's Unlikely Critics: Its Creators - Economists behind Original Concept Question the System's Large-Scale Usefulness, & Recommend Emissions Taxes Instead (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125011380094927137.html#mod=rss_US_News
Carbon-Market Curbs for Banks Proposed (Bloomberg News)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009659026_carbon14.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
7 Billion Carbon Sinks - How much does breathing contribute to climate change? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2225286/?from=rss
Defining Sustainability: What Exactly Does The Buzzword Mean Locally? (Herald & News, Klamath Falls, OR)
http://www.heraldandnews.com/articles/2009/08/14/top_story/doc4a850e7ca6122315031024.txt
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Intuit opens doors on big data center in Quincy - Third large data center operating near Quincy (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/13/intuit-opens-doors-big-data-center-quincy/
Telecoms Wary of Government Help to Expand High-Speed Internet (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/13/AR2009081302433.html?wprss=rss_technology
Will Wireless Be the Broadband Stimulus Winner? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/08/14/will-wireless-be-the-broadband-stimulus-winner/
Comcast Fighting FCC Throttling Ruling - Still claims agency lacked the authority to act (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Fighting-FCC-Throttling-Ruling-103951
Five Signs Our Broadband Plan May Already Be In Trouble - Meet the new heavily-lobbied boss. Same as the old heavily-lobbied boss? (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/5-Signs-Our-Broadband-Plan-May-Already-Be-In-Trouble-103936
Google's Varian: Search Scale Is 'Bogus' (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10309375-265.html?tag=nl.e703
GENERAL NEWS
Brief Storm Lights up Puget Sound (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_081309WXB-lightning-storm-TP.da0f2128.html?rss
Flaws Halt Italian Work on Boeing 787 (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE57D1ST20090814?feedType=nl&feedName=usbeforethebell
Boeing Pays $25 Million to Settle US Probe (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/13/national/w134717D10.DTL&feed=rss.business
Study Could Lead To McNeil Island Prison Closure (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/844488.html
Weyerhaeuser Agrees To $300 Million Sale of Oregon Timberland (Associated Press)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/844519.html
Belfair Hydroplane Driver Uses His Boat to Give Back (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/13/belfair-hydro-driver-uses-his-boat-to-give-back/?partner=RSS
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
American Airlines Forgets Grandmother at Gate
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/localnews/news8/stories/wfaa090812_mo_seniortroubles.d52de340.html
Fame-Seeking Banff Squirrel Storms Internet
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/fame-seeking-banff-squirrel-storms-internet/article1250605/
Archie-Veronica Wedding Story Line Irks Collector
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/20395060/detail.html
2 Austrian Kids Rescued From Mailbox
http://www.kirotv.com/family/20395205/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
David Bowie-Fame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpOlaLTXP4E
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Energy News Digest for August 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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• NW Power Council Deadlocks over Proposal
• Pacific Northwest Heat Sparks Energy Debate
• Avista Sets 21-Cent Quarterly Dividend
• City of Centralia Looks to Future of City Light
• Editorial - Private Power Comes with a Huge Cost
• Nuclear Power’s New Debate: Cost
• New York - Indian Point Nuclear Reactors Pass U.S. Safety Test for License Renewals
• Coalition Wants To Lift Minnesota’s Nuclear Ban
• Report: California Likely Needs More Power Lines
• Want to Join Cooperative - Florida Residents Aim To Secede From Utility Provider
• Natural Gas Stocks Grow Less than Expected
• British Columbia - Millions of Missing Fish Signal Crisis on the Fraser River
• Lamprey on the Brink
• California - Stimulus Funds Bring Caspian Tern Project to Siskiyou County
• Coastal Fishing Remains Strong, But Fishing in Puget Sound Has Been Rough
• Birds vs. Environmentalists?
• Dams Go Down, Uncorking Rivers for Kayakers
• Cleanup Eradicates Invasive Grass from Willapa Bay
• Interior Dept: Calif. Water a National Priority
• Bottled Water Boom Appears Tapped Out
• California - Monterey Aquarium overwhelmed by jellyfish swarm
• Wind Power Reaches Milestone on BPA System
• BPA: Wind Farm System Sets Output Milestone
• NW Utilities Get Wind Of Integration Charge
• Editorial - Wyoming Wasn't Ready For Wind Energy Boom
• Revival or Dam-Nation? The push for green power could spawn a rush for small hydropower projects in the Pacific Northwest
• United Kingdom - 425 Jobs Lost As Wind Turbine Sites Close
• Florida - Utilities, Activists Clash on Conservation
• A Little Competition May Be Good To Encourage Energy Conservation
• Two Studies Challenge Notion of Rise in Atlantic Storms
• Australian Parliament Rejects Carbon Trade Plan
• The Green Movement Rethinks the Way We Cook
• Irony - Slow Servers Extend Deadline for Broadband Stimulus Bucks
• Qwest Says No Thanks To Stimulus Funds
• Missouri - Stimulus Could Fund Broadband Upgrades
• Do Consumers Really Want Their Media in a Bundle?
• Court Bars Sales of Microsoft Word in U.S.
• Getting Your Wireless Network Up to Speed
• Belfair Water District Candidate Lives outside Boundaries, County Says
• Congressman Baird Reverses Course on Town Hall Meetings
• Trust Purchases 530 Acres of Forest in Mason County
WORD OF THE DAY
Expatiate • \ek-SPAY-shee-ayt\ • verb - 1: to move about freely or at will: wander 2: to speak or write at length or in detail
“What time is it,” the eager intern asked the Chief Executive Officer at the interminable staff meeting. All the other attendees groaned as the leader expatiated on the history of timepieces and the construction thereof, as a prelude to telling the actual time…in each of the world’s time zones.
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
NW Power Council Deadlocks over Proposal (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_northwest_power.html?source=pimail
Pacific Northwest Heat Sparks Energy Debate - Coal and wind power not available to Portland General Electric when it needed them the most (Portland Tribune)
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125010615491765600
Avista Sets 21-Cent Quarterly Dividend (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009656154_apusavistadividend.html?syndication=rss
City of Centralia Looks to Future of City Light - Expensive Upgrades Ahead: Tough Choices and $15 Million in Projects Await for Power Utility’s Transmission Grid (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/08/13/news//doc4a8307dfcc8ec559610587.txt
Victoria Times-Colonist Editorial - Private Power Comes with a Huge Cost: The B.C. Utilities Commission deserves a slap upside the head for its ruling on B.C. Hydro's plans to sign deals with private power companies that will cost consumers billions of dollars.
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=86024ef5-481d-4796-8c18-ff71dac37692&k=67301
Nuclear Power’s New Debate: Cost - Issues of safety and waste make way for a focus on funding (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/08/13/nuclear-power%E2%80%99s-new-debate-cost/
New York - Indian Point Nuclear Reactors Pass U.S. Safety Test for License Renewals (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/nyregion/13indian.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Coalition Wants To Lift Minnesota’s Nuclear Ban (Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2009/08/10/daily25.html?ana=from_rss
Report: California Likely Needs More Power Lines (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/12/state/n184424D88.DTL&feed=rss.business
Want to Join Cooperative - Florida Residents Aim To Secede From Utility Provider (The Ledger, Lakeland, FL)
http://www.theledger.com/article/20090812/NEWS/908125073/1035/BUSINESS?Title=Fort-Meade-Residents-Aim-To-Secede-From-Utility-Provider
Natural Gas Stocks Grow Less than Expected (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/13/financial/f073710D28.DTL&feed=rss.business
FISH & WILDLIFE
British Columbia - Millions of Missing Fish Signal Crisis on the Fraser River (Globe and Mail – And look: No Dams…)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/millions-of-missing-fish-signal-crisis-onthefraserriver/article1249976/
Lamprey on the Brink - Larvae studied for clues to decline in numbers of 350 million-year-old, eel-like fish (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090813/NEWS02/708139947/
California - Stimulus Funds Bring Caspian Tern Project to Siskiyou County (Siskiyou Daily News, Yreka, CA)
http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/news/x1528791531/Stimulus-funds-bring-Caspian-tern-project-to-Siskiyou-County
Coastal Fishing Remains Strong, But Fishing In Puget Sound Has Been Rough (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009649692_fish13.html?syndication=rss
Birds vs. Environmentalists? The wind industry may be green, but it's proving deadly to wildlife (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/211734
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Dams Go Down, Uncorking Rivers for Kayakers (NY Times)
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/travel/09explorer.html
Cleanup Eradicates Invasive Grass from Willapa Bay (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009648232_apwawillapabayspartina.html?syndication=rss
Interior Dept: Calif. Water a National Priority (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/12/national/a112327D00.DTL&feed=rss.business
Bottled Water Boom Appears Tapped Out - Environmental Concerns, Recession Put Crimp in Sales (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/12/AR2009081203074.html?nav=rss_email/components
California - Monterey Aquarium overwhelmed by jellyfish swarm (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13045821
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind Power Reaches Milestone on BPA System (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/310243/
BPA: Wind Farm System Sets Output Milestone (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/08/bpa_wind_farm_system_sets_outp.html
NW Utilities Get Wind Of Integration Charge (Sustainable Industries)
http://www.sustainableindustries.com/energy/52554547.html
Caspar Star-Tribune Editorial - Wyoming Wasn't Ready For Wind Energy Boom
http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2009/08/13/editorial/editorial/4c99f01597562e1c872576100079ee4f.txt
Revival or Dam-Nation? The push for green power could spawn a rush for small hydropower projects in the Pacific Northwest (High Country News)
http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.13/revival-or-dam-nation
United Kingdom - 425 Jobs Lost As Wind Turbine Sites Close: Vestas Wind Systems, whose factory which sparked an 18-day occupation, has announced it is closing sites on the Isle of Wight and in Southampton with the loss of 425 jobs (The Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/6016313/425-jobs-lost-as-turbine-sites-close.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Florida - Utilities, Activists Clash on Conservation (Associated Press)
http://www.wftv.com/news/20346684/detail.html
A Little Competition May Be Good To Encourage Energy Conservation (Associated Press)
http://www.thekansan.com/opinions/x1373181808/A-little-competition-may-be-good-to-encourage-energy-conservation
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Two Studies Challenge Notion of Rise in Atlantic Storms (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/science/earth/13atlantic.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Australian Parliament Rejects Carbon Trade Plan (Reuters)
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/08/13/news/news-us-australia-carbon.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The Green Movement Rethinks the Way We Cook - Climate-conscious cookbook stirs up tips to step gently on the Earth (Chicago Tribune, IL)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/food/chi-0812-green-bookaug12,0,6436488.story
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Irony - Slow Servers Extend Deadline for Broadband Stimulus Bucks (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/08/13/slow-servers-extend-deadline-for-broadband-stimulus-bucks/
Qwest Says No Thanks To Stimulus Funds - Only wants money for more developed areas (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-Says-No-Thanks-To-Stimulus-Funds-103923
Missouri - Stimulus Could Fund Broadband Upgrades: Partnership will bring access to 91.5 percent of residents (News Leader, Springfield, MO)
http://www.news-leader.com/article/2009908130370
Do Consumers Really Want Their Media in a Bundle? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/08/12/do-consumers-really-want-their-media-in-a-bundle/
Court Bars Sales of Microsoft Word in U.S. (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_081209BUB-microsoft-word-sales-barrred-LJ.d3423be1.html?rss
Getting Your Wireless Network Up to Speed (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/technology/personaltech/13basics.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Belfair Water District Candidate Lives outside Boundaries, County Says (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/12/belfair-water-district-candidate-lives-outside/?partner=RSS
Congressman Baird Reverses Course on Town Hall Meetings (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/843419.html
Trust Purchases 530 Acres of Forest in Mason County (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/938312.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Employee Complaints: Smelly Colleagues, Lack of Cookies (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/08/10/daily32.html?ana=from_rss
FBI: Man Gave Teller ID Before Robbing Bank
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20379717/detail.html
Eagle Dive Bombers - Falling Fish Shatters Ohio Driver's Windshield
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20369278/detail.html
TV Judge to Hear 5-Legged Puppy Case - Animal Show Owner Sues Puppy's Original Owner
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20371706/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Chet Atkins & Les Paul - Birth of the Blues (R.I.P. Mr. Paul)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByGsHTlKmWk
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• NW Power Council Deadlocks over Proposal
• Pacific Northwest Heat Sparks Energy Debate
• Avista Sets 21-Cent Quarterly Dividend
• City of Centralia Looks to Future of City Light
• Editorial - Private Power Comes with a Huge Cost
• Nuclear Power’s New Debate: Cost
• New York - Indian Point Nuclear Reactors Pass U.S. Safety Test for License Renewals
• Coalition Wants To Lift Minnesota’s Nuclear Ban
• Report: California Likely Needs More Power Lines
• Want to Join Cooperative - Florida Residents Aim To Secede From Utility Provider
• Natural Gas Stocks Grow Less than Expected
• British Columbia - Millions of Missing Fish Signal Crisis on the Fraser River
• Lamprey on the Brink
• California - Stimulus Funds Bring Caspian Tern Project to Siskiyou County
• Coastal Fishing Remains Strong, But Fishing in Puget Sound Has Been Rough
• Birds vs. Environmentalists?
• Dams Go Down, Uncorking Rivers for Kayakers
• Cleanup Eradicates Invasive Grass from Willapa Bay
• Interior Dept: Calif. Water a National Priority
• Bottled Water Boom Appears Tapped Out
• California - Monterey Aquarium overwhelmed by jellyfish swarm
• Wind Power Reaches Milestone on BPA System
• BPA: Wind Farm System Sets Output Milestone
• NW Utilities Get Wind Of Integration Charge
• Editorial - Wyoming Wasn't Ready For Wind Energy Boom
• Revival or Dam-Nation? The push for green power could spawn a rush for small hydropower projects in the Pacific Northwest
• United Kingdom - 425 Jobs Lost As Wind Turbine Sites Close
• Florida - Utilities, Activists Clash on Conservation
• A Little Competition May Be Good To Encourage Energy Conservation
• Two Studies Challenge Notion of Rise in Atlantic Storms
• Australian Parliament Rejects Carbon Trade Plan
• The Green Movement Rethinks the Way We Cook
• Irony - Slow Servers Extend Deadline for Broadband Stimulus Bucks
• Qwest Says No Thanks To Stimulus Funds
• Missouri - Stimulus Could Fund Broadband Upgrades
• Do Consumers Really Want Their Media in a Bundle?
• Court Bars Sales of Microsoft Word in U.S.
• Getting Your Wireless Network Up to Speed
• Belfair Water District Candidate Lives outside Boundaries, County Says
• Congressman Baird Reverses Course on Town Hall Meetings
• Trust Purchases 530 Acres of Forest in Mason County
WORD OF THE DAY
Expatiate • \ek-SPAY-shee-ayt\ • verb - 1: to move about freely or at will: wander 2: to speak or write at length or in detail
“What time is it,” the eager intern asked the Chief Executive Officer at the interminable staff meeting. All the other attendees groaned as the leader expatiated on the history of timepieces and the construction thereof, as a prelude to telling the actual time…in each of the world’s time zones.
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
NW Power Council Deadlocks over Proposal (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_northwest_power.html?source=pimail
Pacific Northwest Heat Sparks Energy Debate - Coal and wind power not available to Portland General Electric when it needed them the most (Portland Tribune)
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125010615491765600
Avista Sets 21-Cent Quarterly Dividend (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009656154_apusavistadividend.html?syndication=rss
City of Centralia Looks to Future of City Light - Expensive Upgrades Ahead: Tough Choices and $15 Million in Projects Await for Power Utility’s Transmission Grid (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/08/13/news//doc4a8307dfcc8ec559610587.txt
Victoria Times-Colonist Editorial - Private Power Comes with a Huge Cost: The B.C. Utilities Commission deserves a slap upside the head for its ruling on B.C. Hydro's plans to sign deals with private power companies that will cost consumers billions of dollars.
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=86024ef5-481d-4796-8c18-ff71dac37692&k=67301
Nuclear Power’s New Debate: Cost - Issues of safety and waste make way for a focus on funding (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/08/13/nuclear-power%E2%80%99s-new-debate-cost/
New York - Indian Point Nuclear Reactors Pass U.S. Safety Test for License Renewals (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/nyregion/13indian.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Coalition Wants To Lift Minnesota’s Nuclear Ban (Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2009/08/10/daily25.html?ana=from_rss
Report: California Likely Needs More Power Lines (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/12/state/n184424D88.DTL&feed=rss.business
Want to Join Cooperative - Florida Residents Aim To Secede From Utility Provider (The Ledger, Lakeland, FL)
http://www.theledger.com/article/20090812/NEWS/908125073/1035/BUSINESS?Title=Fort-Meade-Residents-Aim-To-Secede-From-Utility-Provider
Natural Gas Stocks Grow Less than Expected (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/13/financial/f073710D28.DTL&feed=rss.business
FISH & WILDLIFE
British Columbia - Millions of Missing Fish Signal Crisis on the Fraser River (Globe and Mail – And look: No Dams…)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/millions-of-missing-fish-signal-crisis-onthefraserriver/article1249976/
Lamprey on the Brink - Larvae studied for clues to decline in numbers of 350 million-year-old, eel-like fish (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090813/NEWS02/708139947/
California - Stimulus Funds Bring Caspian Tern Project to Siskiyou County (Siskiyou Daily News, Yreka, CA)
http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/news/x1528791531/Stimulus-funds-bring-Caspian-tern-project-to-Siskiyou-County
Coastal Fishing Remains Strong, But Fishing In Puget Sound Has Been Rough (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009649692_fish13.html?syndication=rss
Birds vs. Environmentalists? The wind industry may be green, but it's proving deadly to wildlife (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/211734
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Dams Go Down, Uncorking Rivers for Kayakers (NY Times)
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/travel/09explorer.html
Cleanup Eradicates Invasive Grass from Willapa Bay (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009648232_apwawillapabayspartina.html?syndication=rss
Interior Dept: Calif. Water a National Priority (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/12/national/a112327D00.DTL&feed=rss.business
Bottled Water Boom Appears Tapped Out - Environmental Concerns, Recession Put Crimp in Sales (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/12/AR2009081203074.html?nav=rss_email/components
California - Monterey Aquarium overwhelmed by jellyfish swarm (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13045821
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind Power Reaches Milestone on BPA System (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/310243/
BPA: Wind Farm System Sets Output Milestone (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/08/bpa_wind_farm_system_sets_outp.html
NW Utilities Get Wind Of Integration Charge (Sustainable Industries)
http://www.sustainableindustries.com/energy/52554547.html
Caspar Star-Tribune Editorial - Wyoming Wasn't Ready For Wind Energy Boom
http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2009/08/13/editorial/editorial/4c99f01597562e1c872576100079ee4f.txt
Revival or Dam-Nation? The push for green power could spawn a rush for small hydropower projects in the Pacific Northwest (High Country News)
http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.13/revival-or-dam-nation
United Kingdom - 425 Jobs Lost As Wind Turbine Sites Close: Vestas Wind Systems, whose factory which sparked an 18-day occupation, has announced it is closing sites on the Isle of Wight and in Southampton with the loss of 425 jobs (The Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/6016313/425-jobs-lost-as-turbine-sites-close.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Florida - Utilities, Activists Clash on Conservation (Associated Press)
http://www.wftv.com/news/20346684/detail.html
A Little Competition May Be Good To Encourage Energy Conservation (Associated Press)
http://www.thekansan.com/opinions/x1373181808/A-little-competition-may-be-good-to-encourage-energy-conservation
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Two Studies Challenge Notion of Rise in Atlantic Storms (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/science/earth/13atlantic.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Australian Parliament Rejects Carbon Trade Plan (Reuters)
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/08/13/news/news-us-australia-carbon.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The Green Movement Rethinks the Way We Cook - Climate-conscious cookbook stirs up tips to step gently on the Earth (Chicago Tribune, IL)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/food/chi-0812-green-bookaug12,0,6436488.story
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Irony - Slow Servers Extend Deadline for Broadband Stimulus Bucks (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/08/13/slow-servers-extend-deadline-for-broadband-stimulus-bucks/
Qwest Says No Thanks To Stimulus Funds - Only wants money for more developed areas (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-Says-No-Thanks-To-Stimulus-Funds-103923
Missouri - Stimulus Could Fund Broadband Upgrades: Partnership will bring access to 91.5 percent of residents (News Leader, Springfield, MO)
http://www.news-leader.com/article/2009908130370
Do Consumers Really Want Their Media in a Bundle? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/08/12/do-consumers-really-want-their-media-in-a-bundle/
Court Bars Sales of Microsoft Word in U.S. (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_081209BUB-microsoft-word-sales-barrred-LJ.d3423be1.html?rss
Getting Your Wireless Network Up to Speed (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/technology/personaltech/13basics.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Belfair Water District Candidate Lives outside Boundaries, County Says (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/12/belfair-water-district-candidate-lives-outside/?partner=RSS
Congressman Baird Reverses Course on Town Hall Meetings (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/843419.html
Trust Purchases 530 Acres of Forest in Mason County (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/938312.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Employee Complaints: Smelly Colleagues, Lack of Cookies (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/08/10/daily32.html?ana=from_rss
FBI: Man Gave Teller ID Before Robbing Bank
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20379717/detail.html
Eagle Dive Bombers - Falling Fish Shatters Ohio Driver's Windshield
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20369278/detail.html
TV Judge to Hear 5-Legged Puppy Case - Animal Show Owner Sues Puppy's Original Owner
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20371706/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Chet Atkins & Les Paul - Birth of the Blues (R.I.P. Mr. Paul)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByGsHTlKmWk
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Energy News Digest for August 12, 2009
Editor’s note: From August 17-28 the energy news digest will be examining the raw sewage being expelled from Victoria, BC, then trying to avoid a certain class of chondrichthyes that are said to have been massing around Seaside, OR looking for fresh pronto pups, cotton candy and tourists. The news digest will return, rested and relaxed, August 31.
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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Chelan PUD May Increase Hedging To Reduce Financial Risk
• FERC Approves $7.5 Million Civil Penalty in Anti-Manipulation Case
• Columbia River Salmon Decision on Hold for Now
• Oregon and Its Allies Slam Obama's Handling Of Salmon Plan
• Editorial - Salmon Test
• Editorial - Giving Snake River Salmon a Lift
• California - $10,000 Penalty for Fishing in Marine Sanctuary
• Hanford: State, DOE Tentatively Agree To Settle Cleanup Lawsuit
• Maury Island Gravel Company to Defy State Lands Commissioner
• China’s Trash Incinerators Loom as a Global Hazard
• Simpson’s New Tacoma Biomass Plant Starts Churning Power
• State Of Idaho Seeks Comment on Wind Energy Sales
• A Record for Wind in Ireland
• Maine's Windkeepers: From Ship Masts to Windmills
• Chinese Solar Maker Renesola Posts 2Q Loss
• Automobiles - Hybrid and Electric Power Systems at a Glance
• Conservation Could Provide 85 Percent of Pacific Northwest Power
• Ohio Edison to Repower Coal Plant with Biomass
• Coal's Future Wagered on Carbon Capture
• Bremerton Port Votes to Kill Kitsap Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Project
• Report Says Washington State Doing Good Job to Wean Itself from Oil
• Stimulus Billions Fund Rural Broadband Internet
• IDT Plans Sale of Hillsboro Semiconductor Plant
• Microsoft Fixes 19 Windows Security Flaws
• Clearwire Reports Loss As It Expands
• Wash. PDC Rejects Request to Seal Initiative Donor Names
• Mason County Cuts Budget Again; another Cut Scheduled
• Committee to Save Shelton’s St. Edwards Church Wants to Preserve Building
• Boundary Confusion Nearly Left Some Belfair Voters High and Dry
• Gig Harbor Requires Employee Furloughs to Fill Budget Gap
• Local Appearance from Congressman Dicks Will Not Be "Town Hall"
• Op/Ed - Dust in the (Cosmic) Wind
• New Survey on Eve of Woodstock Anniversary
WORD OF THE DAY
Levigate • \LEV-uh-gayt\ • verb - 1: polish, smooth 2*a: to grind to a fine smooth powder while in moist condition b: to separate (fine powder) from coarser material by suspending in a liquid
Millions of years went into the moment that Abercrombie was enjoying. Rushing water and suspended, gritty sand had combined to levigate a channel through the Canyon Creek rocks to produce a rainbow spray of river torrents just to produce the perfect natural shower. The monumental effort on nature’s part to produce this luxuriant gift was totally lost on Abe as he lathered up his thinning scalp under the water’s sting.
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 PUD May Increase Hedging To Reduce Financial Risk (Wenatchee World, WA
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090811/NEWS04/708119974/-1/OP?PUD-may-increase-hedging-to-reduce-financial-risk
FERC approves $7.5 million civil penalty in Amaranth anti-manipulation Case (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
http://www.ferc.gov/news/news-releases/2009/2009-3/08-12-09.asp
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River Salmon Decision on Hold for Now (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
http://www.kpq.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1278
Oregon and Its Allies Slam Obama's Handling Of Salmon Plan (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/08/oregon_and_its_allies_slam_oba.html
NY Times Editorial - Salmon Test
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/opinion/12wed2.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
LA Times Editorial - Giving Snake River Salmon a Lift: Trucking the threatened fish past dams isn't working, The Obama administration should call for talks on what will
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-salmon12-2009aug12,0,3449261.story
California - $10,000 Penalty for Fishing in Marine Sanctuary (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2162987~_10_000_penalty_for_fishing_in_marine_sanctuary.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Hanford: State, DOE Tentatively Agree To Settle Cleanup Lawsuit (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/677760.html
Maury Island Gravel Company to Defy State Lands Commissioner – Has the permits, will move ahead on dock project (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009642292_webmauryisland12m.html?syndication=rss
China’s Trash Incinerators Loom as a Global Hazard (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/business/energy-environment/12incinerate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Simpson’s New Tacoma Biomass Plant Starts Churning Power (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/08/10/daily21.html?ana=from_rss
State Of Idaho Seeks Comment on Wind Energy Sales (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/937530.html
A Record for Wind in Ireland (NY Times – Between noon and 1 PM on a Friday)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/a-record-for-wind-in-ireland/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Maine's Windkeepers: From Ship Masts to Windmills (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009643544_apusharnessingwind.html?syndication=rss
Chinese Solar Maker Renesola Posts 2Q Loss (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009647627_apusearnsrenesola.html?syndication=rss
Automobiles - Hybrid and Electric Power Systems At A Glance (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009641442_apusvoltexplainerbox.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Conservation Could Provide 85 Percent of Pacific Northwest Power “…possible removal of four hydro dams on the Snake River to benefit salmon would likely require new natural gas plants to make up the lost power…” (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_northwest_power.html?source=pimail
Ohio Edison to Repower Coal Plant with Biomass (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/08/ohio-edison-to-repower-coal-plant-with-biomass?cmpid=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Coal's Future Wagered on Carbon Capture - Efforts to Tame Greenhouse Gas Enjoy Funding But Face Hurdles (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/10/AR2009081002709.html?wprss=rss_business
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Bremerton Port Commission Votes to Kill Kitsap Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Project (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/11/bremerton-port-commissison-votes-kill-kitsap-seed/?partner=RSS
Report Says Washington State Doing Good Job to Wean Itself from Oil (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/08/10/daily20.html?ana=from_rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Stimulus Billions Fund Rural Broadband Internet (CNN, via Baller/Herbst)
http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/11/smallbusiness/stimulus_billions_for_rural_broadband.smb/
IDT Plans Sale of Hillsboro Semiconductor Plant – Will Move All of Its Production to Asia (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/10/daily19.html?ana=from_rss
Microsoft Fixes 19 Windows Security Flaws (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/08/microsoft_fixes_19_windows_sec.html
Clearwire Reports Loss As It Expands (Bloomberg News)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009642650_clearwire12.html
GENERAL NEWS
Wash. Public Disclosure Commission Rejects Request To Seal Initiative Donor Names (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009640472_apwadomesticpartnerships4thldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Mason County Cuts Budget Again; another Cut Scheduled (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/8007/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Committee to Save Shelton’s St. Edwards Church Asks Mason County to Consider Their Offer to Preserve the Historic Building (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/8004/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Boundary Confusion Nearly Left Some Belfair Voters High and Dry (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/11/boundary-confusion-nearly-left-some-belfair-high/?partner=RSS
Gig Harbor Requires Employee Furloughs to Fill Budget Gap (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/street/2009/08/11/gig_harbor_requires_employee_furloghs_to
Local Appearance from Congressman Dicks Will Not Be "Town Hall" (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/5002
NY Times Op/Ed - Dust in the (Cosmic) Wind
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/opinion/12cokinos.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
New Survey on Eve of Woodstock Anniversary Shows 'Generation Gap' Has Widened but Softened (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13040393?nclick_check=1
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Peacock Causing a Flap in South Seattle
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_081109WAB-peacock-on-the-loose-KS.ce610f5b.html?rss
Police: 'Witch Doctor' Claiming To Cleanse Money of Evil, Scammed Clients
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20362085/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_4pm&tmi=sea_4pm_1_06000108112009&ts=H
CRIME: Bee Hives Stolen From West Richland Farm
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/678241.html
Bride Spends First Night with Crate of Vodka
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE57A5C520090811?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
SONG OF THE DAY
Willie Nelson - Whiskey River
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J_CmSi6CVI
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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Chelan PUD May Increase Hedging To Reduce Financial Risk
• FERC Approves $7.5 Million Civil Penalty in Anti-Manipulation Case
• Columbia River Salmon Decision on Hold for Now
• Oregon and Its Allies Slam Obama's Handling Of Salmon Plan
• Editorial - Salmon Test
• Editorial - Giving Snake River Salmon a Lift
• California - $10,000 Penalty for Fishing in Marine Sanctuary
• Hanford: State, DOE Tentatively Agree To Settle Cleanup Lawsuit
• Maury Island Gravel Company to Defy State Lands Commissioner
• China’s Trash Incinerators Loom as a Global Hazard
• Simpson’s New Tacoma Biomass Plant Starts Churning Power
• State Of Idaho Seeks Comment on Wind Energy Sales
• A Record for Wind in Ireland
• Maine's Windkeepers: From Ship Masts to Windmills
• Chinese Solar Maker Renesola Posts 2Q Loss
• Automobiles - Hybrid and Electric Power Systems at a Glance
• Conservation Could Provide 85 Percent of Pacific Northwest Power
• Ohio Edison to Repower Coal Plant with Biomass
• Coal's Future Wagered on Carbon Capture
• Bremerton Port Votes to Kill Kitsap Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Project
• Report Says Washington State Doing Good Job to Wean Itself from Oil
• Stimulus Billions Fund Rural Broadband Internet
• IDT Plans Sale of Hillsboro Semiconductor Plant
• Microsoft Fixes 19 Windows Security Flaws
• Clearwire Reports Loss As It Expands
• Wash. PDC Rejects Request to Seal Initiative Donor Names
• Mason County Cuts Budget Again; another Cut Scheduled
• Committee to Save Shelton’s St. Edwards Church Wants to Preserve Building
• Boundary Confusion Nearly Left Some Belfair Voters High and Dry
• Gig Harbor Requires Employee Furloughs to Fill Budget Gap
• Local Appearance from Congressman Dicks Will Not Be "Town Hall"
• Op/Ed - Dust in the (Cosmic) Wind
• New Survey on Eve of Woodstock Anniversary
WORD OF THE DAY
Levigate • \LEV-uh-gayt\ • verb - 1: polish, smooth 2*a: to grind to a fine smooth powder while in moist condition b: to separate (fine powder) from coarser material by suspending in a liquid
Millions of years went into the moment that Abercrombie was enjoying. Rushing water and suspended, gritty sand had combined to levigate a channel through the Canyon Creek rocks to produce a rainbow spray of river torrents just to produce the perfect natural shower. The monumental effort on nature’s part to produce this luxuriant gift was totally lost on Abe as he lathered up his thinning scalp under the water’s sting.
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 PUD May Increase Hedging To Reduce Financial Risk (Wenatchee World, WA
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090811/NEWS04/708119974/-1/OP?PUD-may-increase-hedging-to-reduce-financial-risk
FERC approves $7.5 million civil penalty in Amaranth anti-manipulation Case (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
http://www.ferc.gov/news/news-releases/2009/2009-3/08-12-09.asp
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River Salmon Decision on Hold for Now (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
http://www.kpq.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1278
Oregon and Its Allies Slam Obama's Handling Of Salmon Plan (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/08/oregon_and_its_allies_slam_oba.html
NY Times Editorial - Salmon Test
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/opinion/12wed2.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
LA Times Editorial - Giving Snake River Salmon a Lift: Trucking the threatened fish past dams isn't working, The Obama administration should call for talks on what will
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-salmon12-2009aug12,0,3449261.story
California - $10,000 Penalty for Fishing in Marine Sanctuary (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2162987~_10_000_penalty_for_fishing_in_marine_sanctuary.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Hanford: State, DOE Tentatively Agree To Settle Cleanup Lawsuit (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/677760.html
Maury Island Gravel Company to Defy State Lands Commissioner – Has the permits, will move ahead on dock project (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009642292_webmauryisland12m.html?syndication=rss
China’s Trash Incinerators Loom as a Global Hazard (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/business/energy-environment/12incinerate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Simpson’s New Tacoma Biomass Plant Starts Churning Power (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/08/10/daily21.html?ana=from_rss
State Of Idaho Seeks Comment on Wind Energy Sales (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/937530.html
A Record for Wind in Ireland (NY Times – Between noon and 1 PM on a Friday)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/a-record-for-wind-in-ireland/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Maine's Windkeepers: From Ship Masts to Windmills (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009643544_apusharnessingwind.html?syndication=rss
Chinese Solar Maker Renesola Posts 2Q Loss (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009647627_apusearnsrenesola.html?syndication=rss
Automobiles - Hybrid and Electric Power Systems At A Glance (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009641442_apusvoltexplainerbox.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Conservation Could Provide 85 Percent of Pacific Northwest Power “…possible removal of four hydro dams on the Snake River to benefit salmon would likely require new natural gas plants to make up the lost power…” (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_northwest_power.html?source=pimail
Ohio Edison to Repower Coal Plant with Biomass (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/08/ohio-edison-to-repower-coal-plant-with-biomass?cmpid=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Coal's Future Wagered on Carbon Capture - Efforts to Tame Greenhouse Gas Enjoy Funding But Face Hurdles (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/10/AR2009081002709.html?wprss=rss_business
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Bremerton Port Commission Votes to Kill Kitsap Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Project (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/11/bremerton-port-commissison-votes-kill-kitsap-seed/?partner=RSS
Report Says Washington State Doing Good Job to Wean Itself from Oil (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/08/10/daily20.html?ana=from_rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Stimulus Billions Fund Rural Broadband Internet (CNN, via Baller/Herbst)
http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/11/smallbusiness/stimulus_billions_for_rural_broadband.smb/
IDT Plans Sale of Hillsboro Semiconductor Plant – Will Move All of Its Production to Asia (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/10/daily19.html?ana=from_rss
Microsoft Fixes 19 Windows Security Flaws (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/08/microsoft_fixes_19_windows_sec.html
Clearwire Reports Loss As It Expands (Bloomberg News)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009642650_clearwire12.html
GENERAL NEWS
Wash. Public Disclosure Commission Rejects Request To Seal Initiative Donor Names (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009640472_apwadomesticpartnerships4thldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Mason County Cuts Budget Again; another Cut Scheduled (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/8007/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Committee to Save Shelton’s St. Edwards Church Asks Mason County to Consider Their Offer to Preserve the Historic Building (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/8004/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Boundary Confusion Nearly Left Some Belfair Voters High and Dry (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/11/boundary-confusion-nearly-left-some-belfair-high/?partner=RSS
Gig Harbor Requires Employee Furloughs to Fill Budget Gap (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/street/2009/08/11/gig_harbor_requires_employee_furloghs_to
Local Appearance from Congressman Dicks Will Not Be "Town Hall" (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/5002
NY Times Op/Ed - Dust in the (Cosmic) Wind
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/opinion/12cokinos.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
New Survey on Eve of Woodstock Anniversary Shows 'Generation Gap' Has Widened but Softened (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13040393?nclick_check=1
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Peacock Causing a Flap in South Seattle
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_081109WAB-peacock-on-the-loose-KS.ce610f5b.html?rss
Police: 'Witch Doctor' Claiming To Cleanse Money of Evil, Scammed Clients
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20362085/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_4pm&tmi=sea_4pm_1_06000108112009&ts=H
CRIME: Bee Hives Stolen From West Richland Farm
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/678241.html
Bride Spends First Night with Crate of Vodka
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE57A5C520090811?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
SONG OF THE DAY
Willie Nelson - Whiskey River
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J_CmSi6CVI
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Energy News Digest for August 11, 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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Announces Rate Increase
• More Huge Dams May Be Answer for West
• Idaho Power: Open House About Proposed Langley Gulch Power Plant
• Trumpets BPA Deals - Aluminum Turns Table, Plugs Into Power Deals
• Energy Secretary Makes First Visit to Hanford
• Natural Gas Gets Attention Where Renewables Ruled
• Baltimore Banker Suing Constellation Energy for $65M
• NYISO Offering Courses on NY’s Electricity Markets
• Energy Secretary Chu Announces New Power Project in NW
• Obama Administration Wants Time To Make Pitch for Settlement on Salmon
• NOAA Gets More Time to Prepare Salmon Plan
• Op/Ed - Dam Decision Poses Test for Obama Team
• Editorial - Bust the Dams, Save the Salmon
• Economic Data Supports Efforts to Recover California’s Salmon Fisheries
• Idaho Ranchers Embrace Deal to Help Sage Grouse
• Clark Public Utilities - New Well Field to up Utility’s Pumping Capacity by a Third
• Interior Sect. Salazar to Highlight Water Challenges in West
• Editorial - An ill-advised veto; Governor retains generous wind power subsidies
• Idaho - Owners of Burley Ethanol Plant Post Bigger Loss
• Startup Plans $60M Biomass Plant In LaPine, Oregon
• Wind Power in Texas Begins to Reduce Electricity Costs
• Editorial - City Can't Ignore Savings of Tiered Electric Rates
• Conserving Electricity Saves Money Now and Later
• Washington Congressman Baird Defends Antarctica Trip
• Just Around The Corner - Where Are The Green Jobs?
• The Top Ten Worst Green Brand Names
• Broadband Stimulus Plan Has No Map for Success
• Vermont May Boot Fairpoint from State
• Qwest Wins $14M NASA Broadband Contract
• Google Provides Peek into New Search Engine
• Court Battle Looms over Identity of Donors to R-71
• Could the California fiscal death spiral happen here?
• Rock Bottom Timber Prices Hurt NW School Budgets
• Teen Wanted In Camano Island Burglaries May Be At It Again
• Tragic “I Told You So” - Autopsy Shows Bear Killed Woman Who Fed Animals
WORD OF THE DAY
Philoprogenitive • \fill-uh-proh-JEN-uh-tiv\ • adjective - *1: tending to produce offspring: prolific 2: of, relating to, or characterized by love of offspring
The Ambersons of Springfield were magnificent. Not just because of their upstanding character, but more so the philoprogenitive trait of the family. Preceding generations regularly had ten or more children. This was one reason that the most prestigious law firm in the community was known as Amberson, Amberson, Amberson, Amberson, Amberson, and Smith; the last partner coming from a shirt-tail relationship from the nearby town.
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
Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Announces Rate Increase (Baker City Herald, OR)
http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/OTEC-announces-rate-increase
More Huge Dams May Be Answer for West (Associated Press)
http://www.sunjournal.com/node/98722
Idaho Power Invites Public to an Open House to Learn About Proposed Langley Gulch Power Plant (PennEnergy)
http://www.pennenergy.com/index/articles/newsdisplay/s-133950880.html
Trumpets BPA Deals - Aluminum Turns Table, Plugs Into Power Deals (American Metal Market)
http://www.amm.com/login/denied_empty/2009-08-07__15-36-31.html/Aluminum+turns+table+plugs+into+power+deals
Energy Secretary Makes First Visit to Hanford (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10884153
Natural Gas Gets Attention Where Renewables Ruled - On eve of clean energy summit, Reid voices support for fuel some see as bridge to future (Las Vegas Sun, NV)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/aug/10/natural-gas-gets-attention-where-renewables-ruled/
Baltimore Banker Suing Constellation Energy for $65M - Developer says energy giant misled him over power plant (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/othercities/baltimore/stories/2009/08/10/story1.html?b=1249876800^1895321&s=industry&i=energy
NYISO Offering Courses on NY’s Electricity Markets (The Business Review)
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/08/10/daily1.html?ana=from_rss
Energy Secretary Chu Announces New Power Project in NW (KPLU Radio, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1541214/KPLU.Local.News/Energy.Secretary.Chu.Announces.New.Power.Project.in.NW
FISH & WILDLIFE
Obama Administration Wants Time To Make Pitch for Settlement on Salmon (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/235/story/861638.html
NOAA Gets More Time to Prepare Salmon Plan (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009636279_bluebox11m.html?syndication=rss
Oregonian Op/Ed - Dam Decision Poses Test for Obama Team
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/08/dam_decision_poses_test_for_ob.html
Buffalo News Editorial - Bust the Dams, Save the Salmon: Obama administration has a chance to end series of flawed recovery plans
http://www.buffalonews.com/149/story/759426.html
Economic Data Supports Efforts to Recover California’s Salmon Fisheries (Fly Rod and Reel)
http://www.flyrodreel.com/node/12715
Idaho Ranchers Embrace Deal to Help Sage Grouse (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/935664.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Clark Public Utilities - New Well Field to up Utility’s Pumping Capacity by a Third (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090811/NEWS02/708119957/
Interior Sect. Salazar to Highlight Water Challenges in West (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2162095~Salazar_to_highlight_water_challenges_in_West.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon - Eugene Register Guard Editorial - An ill-advised veto; Governor retains generous wind power subsidies
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/opinion/18472366-47/story.csp
Idaho - Owners of Burley Ethanol Plant Post Bigger Loss (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2162701~Owner_of_Burley_ethanol_plant_post_bigger_loss.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Startup Plans $60M Biomass Plant In LaPine, Oregon (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/10/story4.html?b=1249876800^1898931
Wind Power in Texas Begins to Reduce Electricity Costs (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/digest.msp?id=1998
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Redding Record-Searchlight Editorial - City Can't Ignore Savings of Tiered Electric Rates
http://www.redding.com/news/2009/aug/11/city-cant-ignore-savings-of-tiered-electric/
Conserving Electricity Saves Money Now and Later (WTOP Radio, Washington, DC)
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1737285
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington Congressman Baird defends Antarctica trip – Cites firsthand investigation of climate change impacts (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009634789_apwacongressionaltripbaird1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Just Around The Corner - Where Are The Green Jobs? Alternative energy hiring has been slow, but upswing forecast (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090811/BIZ/708119954/-1/RSS03
The Top Ten Worst Green Brand Names (Fast Company)
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/alissa-walker/designerati/top-ten-worst-green-brand-names
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Broadband Stimulus Plan Has No Map for Success (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/08/10/broadband-stimulus-plan-has-no-map-for-success/
Vermont May Boot Fairpoint from State - Regulators want concrete evidence of improvement (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Vermont-May-Boot-Fairpoint-From-State-103886
Qwest Wins $14M NASA Broadband Contract (Denver Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/08/10/daily14.html?ana=from_rss
Google Provides Peek into New Search Engine (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009639365_apustecgooglesearchengine.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Court Battle Looms over Identity of Donors to R-71 (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10884091
Could the California fiscal death spiral happen here? Not so far, contends the State Treasurer (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/08/11/politics-government/19153/
Rock Bottom Timber Prices Hurt NW School Budgets (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5593-rock-bottom-timber-prices-hurt-nw-school-budgets/
Teen Wanted In Camano Island Burglaries May Be At It Again (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009636115_colton11m.html
Tragic “I Told You So” - Autopsy Shows Bear Killed Woman Who Fed Animals (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/10/national/a172214D20.DTL&feed=rss.news
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Police: Suspect Caught By His Own Seat Belt
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/20344903/detail.html
Drug Dealers Beware: Don't Peddle Pot near Police Station
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Drug-Dealers-Beware-Dont-Peddle-Pot-near=1&blockID=68494&feedID=410
Would-Be Thief Gets a Taste of Small Town Justice
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/52926842.html
Blind Oregon Man's Vision Returns, Surprising Doctors
http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_081009ORB-blind-man-sees-TP.ca96d736.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Robert Palmer - Bad Case of Loving You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNLfQkHQlE8
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Announces Rate Increase
• More Huge Dams May Be Answer for West
• Idaho Power: Open House About Proposed Langley Gulch Power Plant
• Trumpets BPA Deals - Aluminum Turns Table, Plugs Into Power Deals
• Energy Secretary Makes First Visit to Hanford
• Natural Gas Gets Attention Where Renewables Ruled
• Baltimore Banker Suing Constellation Energy for $65M
• NYISO Offering Courses on NY’s Electricity Markets
• Energy Secretary Chu Announces New Power Project in NW
• Obama Administration Wants Time To Make Pitch for Settlement on Salmon
• NOAA Gets More Time to Prepare Salmon Plan
• Op/Ed - Dam Decision Poses Test for Obama Team
• Editorial - Bust the Dams, Save the Salmon
• Economic Data Supports Efforts to Recover California’s Salmon Fisheries
• Idaho Ranchers Embrace Deal to Help Sage Grouse
• Clark Public Utilities - New Well Field to up Utility’s Pumping Capacity by a Third
• Interior Sect. Salazar to Highlight Water Challenges in West
• Editorial - An ill-advised veto; Governor retains generous wind power subsidies
• Idaho - Owners of Burley Ethanol Plant Post Bigger Loss
• Startup Plans $60M Biomass Plant In LaPine, Oregon
• Wind Power in Texas Begins to Reduce Electricity Costs
• Editorial - City Can't Ignore Savings of Tiered Electric Rates
• Conserving Electricity Saves Money Now and Later
• Washington Congressman Baird Defends Antarctica Trip
• Just Around The Corner - Where Are The Green Jobs?
• The Top Ten Worst Green Brand Names
• Broadband Stimulus Plan Has No Map for Success
• Vermont May Boot Fairpoint from State
• Qwest Wins $14M NASA Broadband Contract
• Google Provides Peek into New Search Engine
• Court Battle Looms over Identity of Donors to R-71
• Could the California fiscal death spiral happen here?
• Rock Bottom Timber Prices Hurt NW School Budgets
• Teen Wanted In Camano Island Burglaries May Be At It Again
• Tragic “I Told You So” - Autopsy Shows Bear Killed Woman Who Fed Animals
WORD OF THE DAY
Philoprogenitive • \fill-uh-proh-JEN-uh-tiv\ • adjective - *1: tending to produce offspring: prolific 2: of, relating to, or characterized by love of offspring
The Ambersons of Springfield were magnificent. Not just because of their upstanding character, but more so the philoprogenitive trait of the family. Preceding generations regularly had ten or more children. This was one reason that the most prestigious law firm in the community was known as Amberson, Amberson, Amberson, Amberson, Amberson, and Smith; the last partner coming from a shirt-tail relationship from the nearby town.
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
Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Announces Rate Increase (Baker City Herald, OR)
http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/OTEC-announces-rate-increase
More Huge Dams May Be Answer for West (Associated Press)
http://www.sunjournal.com/node/98722
Idaho Power Invites Public to an Open House to Learn About Proposed Langley Gulch Power Plant (PennEnergy)
http://www.pennenergy.com/index/articles/newsdisplay/s-133950880.html
Trumpets BPA Deals - Aluminum Turns Table, Plugs Into Power Deals (American Metal Market)
http://www.amm.com/login/denied_empty/2009-08-07__15-36-31.html/Aluminum+turns+table+plugs+into+power+deals
Energy Secretary Makes First Visit to Hanford (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10884153
Natural Gas Gets Attention Where Renewables Ruled - On eve of clean energy summit, Reid voices support for fuel some see as bridge to future (Las Vegas Sun, NV)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/aug/10/natural-gas-gets-attention-where-renewables-ruled/
Baltimore Banker Suing Constellation Energy for $65M - Developer says energy giant misled him over power plant (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/othercities/baltimore/stories/2009/08/10/story1.html?b=1249876800^1895321&s=industry&i=energy
NYISO Offering Courses on NY’s Electricity Markets (The Business Review)
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/08/10/daily1.html?ana=from_rss
Energy Secretary Chu Announces New Power Project in NW (KPLU Radio, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1541214/KPLU.Local.News/Energy.Secretary.Chu.Announces.New.Power.Project.in.NW
FISH & WILDLIFE
Obama Administration Wants Time To Make Pitch for Settlement on Salmon (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/235/story/861638.html
NOAA Gets More Time to Prepare Salmon Plan (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009636279_bluebox11m.html?syndication=rss
Oregonian Op/Ed - Dam Decision Poses Test for Obama Team
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/08/dam_decision_poses_test_for_ob.html
Buffalo News Editorial - Bust the Dams, Save the Salmon: Obama administration has a chance to end series of flawed recovery plans
http://www.buffalonews.com/149/story/759426.html
Economic Data Supports Efforts to Recover California’s Salmon Fisheries (Fly Rod and Reel)
http://www.flyrodreel.com/node/12715
Idaho Ranchers Embrace Deal to Help Sage Grouse (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/935664.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Clark Public Utilities - New Well Field to up Utility’s Pumping Capacity by a Third (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090811/NEWS02/708119957/
Interior Sect. Salazar to Highlight Water Challenges in West (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2162095~Salazar_to_highlight_water_challenges_in_West.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon - Eugene Register Guard Editorial - An ill-advised veto; Governor retains generous wind power subsidies
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/opinion/18472366-47/story.csp
Idaho - Owners of Burley Ethanol Plant Post Bigger Loss (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2162701~Owner_of_Burley_ethanol_plant_post_bigger_loss.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Startup Plans $60M Biomass Plant In LaPine, Oregon (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/10/story4.html?b=1249876800^1898931
Wind Power in Texas Begins to Reduce Electricity Costs (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/digest.msp?id=1998
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Redding Record-Searchlight Editorial - City Can't Ignore Savings of Tiered Electric Rates
http://www.redding.com/news/2009/aug/11/city-cant-ignore-savings-of-tiered-electric/
Conserving Electricity Saves Money Now and Later (WTOP Radio, Washington, DC)
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1737285
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington Congressman Baird defends Antarctica trip – Cites firsthand investigation of climate change impacts (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009634789_apwacongressionaltripbaird1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Just Around The Corner - Where Are The Green Jobs? Alternative energy hiring has been slow, but upswing forecast (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090811/BIZ/708119954/-1/RSS03
The Top Ten Worst Green Brand Names (Fast Company)
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/alissa-walker/designerati/top-ten-worst-green-brand-names
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Broadband Stimulus Plan Has No Map for Success (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/08/10/broadband-stimulus-plan-has-no-map-for-success/
Vermont May Boot Fairpoint from State - Regulators want concrete evidence of improvement (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Vermont-May-Boot-Fairpoint-From-State-103886
Qwest Wins $14M NASA Broadband Contract (Denver Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/08/10/daily14.html?ana=from_rss
Google Provides Peek into New Search Engine (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009639365_apustecgooglesearchengine.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Court Battle Looms over Identity of Donors to R-71 (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10884091
Could the California fiscal death spiral happen here? Not so far, contends the State Treasurer (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/08/11/politics-government/19153/
Rock Bottom Timber Prices Hurt NW School Budgets (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5593-rock-bottom-timber-prices-hurt-nw-school-budgets/
Teen Wanted In Camano Island Burglaries May Be At It Again (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009636115_colton11m.html
Tragic “I Told You So” - Autopsy Shows Bear Killed Woman Who Fed Animals (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/10/national/a172214D20.DTL&feed=rss.news
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Police: Suspect Caught By His Own Seat Belt
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/20344903/detail.html
Drug Dealers Beware: Don't Peddle Pot near Police Station
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Drug-Dealers-Beware-Dont-Peddle-Pot-near=1&blockID=68494&feedID=410
Would-Be Thief Gets a Taste of Small Town Justice
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/52926842.html
Blind Oregon Man's Vision Returns, Surprising Doctors
http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_081009ORB-blind-man-sees-TP.ca96d736.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Robert Palmer - Bad Case of Loving You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNLfQkHQlE8
Monday, August 10, 2009
Energy News Digest for August 10, 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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• BPA Line Construction - Helicopter May Be A Distraction on 101 This Week
• Moses Lake Worker Electrocuted In Work Site Accident
• Energy Secretary Steven Chu to Visit Hanford Site and National Labs
• PacifiCorp Operating Income Rises
• North Carolina - Utilities Eye Alcoa Hydroelectric Plants?
• Natural Gas Falls Below $4 On Supply Glut
• Tennessee Valley Authority Plan for Alabama Nuclear Plant Drops to One Reactor
• Editorial - So Where's the Nuclear Power?
• Dynegy Sells Plants for $1 Billion; 2Q Loss Widens
• Coal Mining Firm in Australia Agrees to Chinese Bid
• Coal, Coal Everywhere In China Countryside
• More Than 140 Sockeye Arrive In Stanley Basin
• Hundreds of Fish to Be Checked For Hanford Pollution
• Puget Sound Orcas: Pollution, Noise and Loss of Salmon Leave Their Future Uncertain
• Idaho - Helicopter Mission to Find Endangered Salmon
• Rogue River - Sediment Tests Aid Removal of Gold Ray Dam
• Traffic Restrictions Due To Wenatchee River Salmon Recovery Project
• Op/Ed - Tough Choices in the Recovery of Puget Sound
• Capitol Lake Committee Aligns With Estuary
• Scientists Want Bainbridge's Reliance on Aquifers Noted
• Wind Tower Manufacturer Katana Lays off 14 In Ephrata
• Washington State Offers Its Stash of Slash for Wood-Waste Energy
• School's In for Vancouver Turbine Trainees
• Oregon Could Reap Rewards from Energy Program
• Wyoming Wind Future Relies On High-Wire Act
• Small Wind Projects Are Generating Interest
• Indiana - Impact of Wind Turbines: Financially, 'It's Enormous'
• Politicians, Energy Leaders Convene In Las Vegas
• Electric Car Future May Power a Charging Industry
• Editorial - A Dream of Hydrogen
• E-Waste Recycling Program Popular In Wash.
• The English Encourage Urban Beekeeping
• FCC Chair Touts Broadband as Top Priority
• Telco Companies to Provide Data for Broadband Map
• With Fiber Optic Cable, Laying a Basis for Growth in Africa
• Twitter Attack Aimed At Just One Blogger
• Dry Streak Over; More Rain Today
• Tim Sheldon Calls on Governor to Intervene in Sex Offender’s Unconditional Release
• Mayor Proposes Seattle City Workers Take Time Off Without Pay
• Seattle Times - Paper Is Resurgent as a Solo Act
• Out Of Balance - The Lamest Business Excuses Of 2009
• Yakima - Lucky Dog Rescued From Roza Dam
WORD OF THE DAY
Gallimaufry • \gal-uh-MAW-free\ • noun – Hodgepodge
Barney was scrabbling through the drawer looking for a working, sharpened pencil. The tiny, crystal bottles at the bottom of the kitchen “junk drawer” clinked against broken can openers, stripped phillips head screwdrivers, and other gallimaufry crammed into the horizontal version of a “Fibber McGee’s Closet.” Adding to the general shabbiness of the catchall drawer were the odd assortments of twine and string, broken rubber bands and lint from unidentifiable sources.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
BPA Line Construction - Helicopter May Be A Distraction on 101 This Week (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7986/reftab/1632/t/HELICOPTER-MAY-BE-A-DISTRACTION-ON-101-THIS-WEEK/Default.aspx
Moses Lake Worker Electrocuted In Work Site Accident (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/08/07/news/doc4a7cb2c2594a6340771472.txt
Energy Secretary Steven Chu to Visit Hanford Site and National Labs (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5585-energy-secretary-steven-chu-visit-hanford-site-and-national-labs/
PacifiCorp Operating Income Rises (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/03/daily61.html?ana=from_rss
North Carolina - Utilities Eye Alcoa Hydroelectric Plants? (Charlotte Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/08/10/story6.html?ana=from_rss
Natural Gas Falls Below $4 On Supply Glut - Bulging natural gas stockpiles at 77% capacity (Purchasing.Com)
http://www.purchasing.com/article/326781-Natural_gas_falls_below_4_on_supply_glut.php?rssid=20252
Tennessee Valley Authority Plan for Alabama Nuclear Plant Drops to One Reactor (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009619802_apustvanuclear.html?syndication=rss
Dallas Morning News Editorial - So Where's the Nuclear Power?
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-nuclear_0810edi.State.Edition1.2c96ba1.html
Dynegy Sells Plants for $1 Billion; 2Q Loss Widens (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/nationworld/story/935487.html
Coal Mining Firm in Australia Agrees to Chinese Bid (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/business/global/11mine.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Coal, Coal Everywhere In China Countryside (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sundaybuzz/2009625329_sundaybuzz09.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
More Than 140 Sockeye Arrive In Stanley Basin (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/933871.html
Hundreds of Fish to Be Checked For Hanford Pollution (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/52843372.html
Puget Sound Orcas: Pollution, Noise and Loss of Salmon Leave Their Future Uncertain (The Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090809/NEWS01/708099834/-1/RSS02
Idaho - Helicopter Mission to Find Endangered Salmon (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009629564_webfish10m.html?syndication=rss
Rogue River - Sediment Tests Aid Removal of Gold Ray Dam (Mail Tribune, Medford, OR)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090807/NEWS/908070328/-1/rss01
Traffic Restrictions Due To Wenatchee River Salmon Recovery Project (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090807/NEWS04/708079914/1025/rss1025
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Tough Choices in the Recovery of Puget Sound
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009620463_guest10goldmark.html?syndication=rss
Capitol Lake Committee Aligns With Estuary - Group wants to restore tide flats (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/933100.html
Scientists Want Bainbridge's Reliance on Aquifers Noted (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/08/scientists-want-bainbridges-reliance-on-aquifers/?partner=RSS
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind Tower Manufacturer Katana Lays off 14 In Ephrata (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/08/07/news/doc4a7cb3ca1e051319875910.txt
Washington State Offers Its Stash of Slash for Entrepreneurs in Wood-Waste Energy (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090809/NEWS02/708099974/
School's In for Turbine Trainees - Vancouver institute begins training workers for wind energy industry (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090807/BIZ01/708079948/-1/BIZ
Oregon Could Reap Rewards from Energy Program (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/10/story8.html?ana=from_rss
Wyoming Wind Future Relies On High-Wire Act (Caspar Star-Tribune, WY)
http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2009/08/09/news/business/8dbb94300d2fe70d8725760c00211ba5.txt
Small Wind Projects Are Generating Interest - Incentive programs give a boost to the small wind industry (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090810/GREEN/908100335/1001
Indiana - Impact of Wind Turbines: Financially, 'It's Enormous' (Indianapolis Star, IN)
http://www.indystar.com/article/20090809/BUSINESS/908090369/
Politicians, Energy Leaders Convene In Las Vegas (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/10/financial/f053322D12.DTL&feed=rss.business
Electric Car Future May Power a Charging Industry (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE57823020090809
NY Times Editorial - A Dream of Hydrogen
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/opinion/09sun3.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
E-Waste Recycling Program Popular In Wash. (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_electronics_recycling.html?source=pimail
The English Encourage Urban Beekeeping (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/the-english-encourage-urban-beekeeping/?partner=rss&emc=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Chair Touts Broadband as Top Priority (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009630447_btfcc10.html
Telco Companies to Provide Data for Broadband Map (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13019037
With Fiber Optic Cable, Laying a Basis for Growth in Africa (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/business/global/10cable.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Twitter Attack Aimed At Just One Blogger (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009621074_twitter08.html
GENERAL NEWS
Dry Streak Over; More Rain Today (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009633333_webseather10m.html?syndication=rss
Tim Sheldon Calls on Governor to Intervene in Sex Offender’s Unconditional Release (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7991/reftab/1632/t/TIM-SHELDON-CALLS-UPON-GOVERNOR-TO-INTERVENE-IN-GARY-CHERRY-RELEASE/Default.aspx
Mayor Proposes Seattle City Workers Take Time Off Without Pay (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_080709WAB-seattle-furlough-KC.bba459cb.html?rss
Seattle Times - Paper Is Resurgent as a Solo Act (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/business/media/10seattle.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Out Of Balance - The Lamest Business Excuses Of 2009 (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/211004?from=rss
Yakima - Lucky Dog Rescued From Roza Dam (KNDU-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10874511
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Survivors Say Radio Station Contest Left Them Twisted
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2095821.html
Spokane Bachelor Party Ends In Arrests - Groom-to-be, two friends jailed after parking lot brawl
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/10/bachelor-party-ends-in-arrests/
Mouse Builds Nest in ATM with $20 Bills
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20323763/detail.html
Perseids Meteors to Light up Skies Midweek
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/09/BA75195H52.DTL&feed=rss.news
SONG OF THE DAY
Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdLnhtOzMXc
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• BPA Line Construction - Helicopter May Be A Distraction on 101 This Week
• Moses Lake Worker Electrocuted In Work Site Accident
• Energy Secretary Steven Chu to Visit Hanford Site and National Labs
• PacifiCorp Operating Income Rises
• North Carolina - Utilities Eye Alcoa Hydroelectric Plants?
• Natural Gas Falls Below $4 On Supply Glut
• Tennessee Valley Authority Plan for Alabama Nuclear Plant Drops to One Reactor
• Editorial - So Where's the Nuclear Power?
• Dynegy Sells Plants for $1 Billion; 2Q Loss Widens
• Coal Mining Firm in Australia Agrees to Chinese Bid
• Coal, Coal Everywhere In China Countryside
• More Than 140 Sockeye Arrive In Stanley Basin
• Hundreds of Fish to Be Checked For Hanford Pollution
• Puget Sound Orcas: Pollution, Noise and Loss of Salmon Leave Their Future Uncertain
• Idaho - Helicopter Mission to Find Endangered Salmon
• Rogue River - Sediment Tests Aid Removal of Gold Ray Dam
• Traffic Restrictions Due To Wenatchee River Salmon Recovery Project
• Op/Ed - Tough Choices in the Recovery of Puget Sound
• Capitol Lake Committee Aligns With Estuary
• Scientists Want Bainbridge's Reliance on Aquifers Noted
• Wind Tower Manufacturer Katana Lays off 14 In Ephrata
• Washington State Offers Its Stash of Slash for Wood-Waste Energy
• School's In for Vancouver Turbine Trainees
• Oregon Could Reap Rewards from Energy Program
• Wyoming Wind Future Relies On High-Wire Act
• Small Wind Projects Are Generating Interest
• Indiana - Impact of Wind Turbines: Financially, 'It's Enormous'
• Politicians, Energy Leaders Convene In Las Vegas
• Electric Car Future May Power a Charging Industry
• Editorial - A Dream of Hydrogen
• E-Waste Recycling Program Popular In Wash.
• The English Encourage Urban Beekeeping
• FCC Chair Touts Broadband as Top Priority
• Telco Companies to Provide Data for Broadband Map
• With Fiber Optic Cable, Laying a Basis for Growth in Africa
• Twitter Attack Aimed At Just One Blogger
• Dry Streak Over; More Rain Today
• Tim Sheldon Calls on Governor to Intervene in Sex Offender’s Unconditional Release
• Mayor Proposes Seattle City Workers Take Time Off Without Pay
• Seattle Times - Paper Is Resurgent as a Solo Act
• Out Of Balance - The Lamest Business Excuses Of 2009
• Yakima - Lucky Dog Rescued From Roza Dam
WORD OF THE DAY
Gallimaufry • \gal-uh-MAW-free\ • noun – Hodgepodge
Barney was scrabbling through the drawer looking for a working, sharpened pencil. The tiny, crystal bottles at the bottom of the kitchen “junk drawer” clinked against broken can openers, stripped phillips head screwdrivers, and other gallimaufry crammed into the horizontal version of a “Fibber McGee’s Closet.” Adding to the general shabbiness of the catchall drawer were the odd assortments of twine and string, broken rubber bands and lint from unidentifiable sources.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
BPA Line Construction - Helicopter May Be A Distraction on 101 This Week (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7986/reftab/1632/t/HELICOPTER-MAY-BE-A-DISTRACTION-ON-101-THIS-WEEK/Default.aspx
Moses Lake Worker Electrocuted In Work Site Accident (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/08/07/news/doc4a7cb2c2594a6340771472.txt
Energy Secretary Steven Chu to Visit Hanford Site and National Labs (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5585-energy-secretary-steven-chu-visit-hanford-site-and-national-labs/
PacifiCorp Operating Income Rises (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/03/daily61.html?ana=from_rss
North Carolina - Utilities Eye Alcoa Hydroelectric Plants? (Charlotte Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/08/10/story6.html?ana=from_rss
Natural Gas Falls Below $4 On Supply Glut - Bulging natural gas stockpiles at 77% capacity (Purchasing.Com)
http://www.purchasing.com/article/326781-Natural_gas_falls_below_4_on_supply_glut.php?rssid=20252
Tennessee Valley Authority Plan for Alabama Nuclear Plant Drops to One Reactor (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009619802_apustvanuclear.html?syndication=rss
Dallas Morning News Editorial - So Where's the Nuclear Power?
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-nuclear_0810edi.State.Edition1.2c96ba1.html
Dynegy Sells Plants for $1 Billion; 2Q Loss Widens (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/nationworld/story/935487.html
Coal Mining Firm in Australia Agrees to Chinese Bid (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/business/global/11mine.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Coal, Coal Everywhere In China Countryside (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sundaybuzz/2009625329_sundaybuzz09.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
More Than 140 Sockeye Arrive In Stanley Basin (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/933871.html
Hundreds of Fish to Be Checked For Hanford Pollution (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/52843372.html
Puget Sound Orcas: Pollution, Noise and Loss of Salmon Leave Their Future Uncertain (The Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090809/NEWS01/708099834/-1/RSS02
Idaho - Helicopter Mission to Find Endangered Salmon (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009629564_webfish10m.html?syndication=rss
Rogue River - Sediment Tests Aid Removal of Gold Ray Dam (Mail Tribune, Medford, OR)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090807/NEWS/908070328/-1/rss01
Traffic Restrictions Due To Wenatchee River Salmon Recovery Project (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090807/NEWS04/708079914/1025/rss1025
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Tough Choices in the Recovery of Puget Sound
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009620463_guest10goldmark.html?syndication=rss
Capitol Lake Committee Aligns With Estuary - Group wants to restore tide flats (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/933100.html
Scientists Want Bainbridge's Reliance on Aquifers Noted (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/08/scientists-want-bainbridges-reliance-on-aquifers/?partner=RSS
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind Tower Manufacturer Katana Lays off 14 In Ephrata (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/08/07/news/doc4a7cb3ca1e051319875910.txt
Washington State Offers Its Stash of Slash for Entrepreneurs in Wood-Waste Energy (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090809/NEWS02/708099974/
School's In for Turbine Trainees - Vancouver institute begins training workers for wind energy industry (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090807/BIZ01/708079948/-1/BIZ
Oregon Could Reap Rewards from Energy Program (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/08/10/story8.html?ana=from_rss
Wyoming Wind Future Relies On High-Wire Act (Caspar Star-Tribune, WY)
http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2009/08/09/news/business/8dbb94300d2fe70d8725760c00211ba5.txt
Small Wind Projects Are Generating Interest - Incentive programs give a boost to the small wind industry (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090810/GREEN/908100335/1001
Indiana - Impact of Wind Turbines: Financially, 'It's Enormous' (Indianapolis Star, IN)
http://www.indystar.com/article/20090809/BUSINESS/908090369/
Politicians, Energy Leaders Convene In Las Vegas (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/10/financial/f053322D12.DTL&feed=rss.business
Electric Car Future May Power a Charging Industry (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE57823020090809
NY Times Editorial - A Dream of Hydrogen
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/opinion/09sun3.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
E-Waste Recycling Program Popular In Wash. (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_electronics_recycling.html?source=pimail
The English Encourage Urban Beekeeping (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/the-english-encourage-urban-beekeeping/?partner=rss&emc=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Chair Touts Broadband as Top Priority (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009630447_btfcc10.html
Telco Companies to Provide Data for Broadband Map (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13019037
With Fiber Optic Cable, Laying a Basis for Growth in Africa (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/business/global/10cable.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Twitter Attack Aimed At Just One Blogger (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009621074_twitter08.html
GENERAL NEWS
Dry Streak Over; More Rain Today (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009633333_webseather10m.html?syndication=rss
Tim Sheldon Calls on Governor to Intervene in Sex Offender’s Unconditional Release (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7991/reftab/1632/t/TIM-SHELDON-CALLS-UPON-GOVERNOR-TO-INTERVENE-IN-GARY-CHERRY-RELEASE/Default.aspx
Mayor Proposes Seattle City Workers Take Time Off Without Pay (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_080709WAB-seattle-furlough-KC.bba459cb.html?rss
Seattle Times - Paper Is Resurgent as a Solo Act (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/business/media/10seattle.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Out Of Balance - The Lamest Business Excuses Of 2009 (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/211004?from=rss
Yakima - Lucky Dog Rescued From Roza Dam (KNDU-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10874511
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Survivors Say Radio Station Contest Left Them Twisted
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2095821.html
Spokane Bachelor Party Ends In Arrests - Groom-to-be, two friends jailed after parking lot brawl
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/10/bachelor-party-ends-in-arrests/
Mouse Builds Nest in ATM with $20 Bills
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20323763/detail.html
Perseids Meteors to Light up Skies Midweek
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/09/BA75195H52.DTL&feed=rss.news
SONG OF THE DAY
Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdLnhtOzMXc
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