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.

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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