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.

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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