Energy News Digest for September 23, 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)

• Money Approved For More Seismic Studies at Dams
• Utah OKs Continued Disposal Of Depleted Uranium
• Oregon - Ashland May Raise Power Rates
• California - Diablo Canyon Reactor Restarted After Repairs
• Who's Looking At Natural Gas Now? Big Oil
• BC Hydro Defends $600,000 Olympic Ticket Contest
• Chelan PUD Won't Pay For Wenatchee's Riverfront Improvements
• Columbia River's Hanford Reach area opens for steelhead fishing
• State AG Sides with Ecology in Kittitas Co. Wells Dispute
• California - Opponents Sue to Stop Marin Desalination Plant
• Canada's wind industry aims high
• Are Smart Grids Too Smart?
• Analysis: Miles to Go On Long Road to Climate Deal
• California Utility Quits Alliance over Climate Change
• After a Tornado, a Kansas Town Rebuilds Green
• Debate Begins About Fuel Ratings on Electric Cars
• Washington Governor Appoints Panel to Review Broadband Requests
• Twitter's Stone Says No Ads In 2009
• Yahoo to Spend $100M in Bid for More Brand Buzz
• Obama to World: Don't Expect America to Fix It All
• Study Says Washington Ninth-Best State for Business
• Sequim Rejects Former Lacey City Manager
• Victoria Protest Group Vows to Disrupt Start of 2010 Olympic Torch Relay
• Pages of Inappropriate E-Mails Put Hanford Employee under Scrutiny

WORD OF THE DAY

Popinjay • \PAH-pin-jay\ • noun - A strutting supercilious person

The Defense Secretary of Ruritania, attending NATO exercises in Belgium, cut an impressive figure in his flamboyant dress uniform. His proclamations about troop movements and grand strategy would have been more impressive had not this bristling little popinjay commanded an army of more than three soldiers.

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

Money Approved For More Seismic Studies at Dams (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/sep/22/money-approved-for-more-seismic-studies-at-dams/

Utah OKs Continued Disposal Of Depleted Uranium (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009921856_apusdepleteduranium.html?syndication=rss

Oregon - Ashland May Raise Power Rates (Mail Tribune, Medford, OR)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090922/NEWS07/909229998/-1/NEWSMAP

California - Diablo Canyon Reactor Restarted After Repairs (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2229962~Diablo_Canyon_reactor_restarted_after_repairs.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines

Who's Looking At Natural Gas Now? Big Oil (Nat’l Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113080237&ft=1&f=3

BC Hydro Defends $600,000 Olympic Ticket Contest (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/09/22/bc-hydro-olympic-tickets-lotto-icbc.html

Chelan PUD Won't Pay For Wenatchee's Riverfront Improvements (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/sep/22/pud-wonat-pay-for-cityas-riverfront-improvements/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Columbia River's Hanford Reach area opens for steelhead fishing, including a portion not open since 1996 (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009920375_columbia_rivers_hanford_reach.html?syndication=rss

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

State AG Sides with Ecology in Kittitas Co. Wells Dispute (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/09/22/state-ag-sides-with-ecology-in-kittitas-co-wells-dispute

California - Opponents Sue to Stop Marin Desalination Plant (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2230638~Opponents_sue_to_stop_Marin_desalination_plant.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines

RENEWABLE & ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Canada's wind industry aims high (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE58L42F20090922

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Are Smart Grids Too Smart? (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/green/detail?entry_id=48115

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Analysis: Miles to Go On Long Road to Climate Deal (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iyr7eKs68bpTnBETOuMfypAQue3gD9ASIL7O0

California Utility Quits Alliance over Climate Change (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/business/energy-environment/23utility.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

After a Tornado, a Kansas Town Rebuilds Green (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/realestate/commercial/23kansas.html

Debate Begins About Fuel Ratings on Electric Cars (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/environment/2009-09-22-electric-car-fuel-ratings_N.htm

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Washington Governor Appoints Panel to Review Broadband Requests (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/09/21/daily17.html?ana=from_rss

Twitter's Stone Says No Ads In 2009 (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE58L4C520090922?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology

Yahoo to Spend $100M in Bid for More Brand Buzz (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009921060_apustecyahooadcampaign1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss

GENERAL NEWS

Obama to World: Don't Expect America to Fix It All (Associated Press)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090923/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama;_ylt=AmE9vxozU0YOW3nAYj51GEd34T0D;_ylu=X3oDMTI5OGY5c2duBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwOTIzL3VzX29iYW1hBGNwb3MDMQRwb3MDMgRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNvYmFtYXRvd29ybGQ-

Study Says Washington Ninth-Best State for Business (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/09/21/daily21.html?ana=from_rss

Sequim Rejects Former Lacey City Manager (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/979591.html

Victoria Protest Group Vows to Disrupt Start of 2010 Olympic Torch Relay (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Victoria+protest+group+vows+disrupt+start+2010+Olympic+torch+relay/2020212/story.html

Cautionary Tale - Pages of Inappropriate E-Mails Put Hanford Employee under Scrutiny (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11180000

DIVERSIONS

Iran - No Curvy Mannequins in Shop Windows
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE58L3PI20090922?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews

Hog Lawsuits Raising Stink In Missouri
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/23/financial/f000042D39.DTL&feed=rss.business

One in seven Germans wants Berlin Wall back?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090917/od_nm/us_wall_odd;_ylt=AnIq.Xl3Y_4cRZZVRaq2lQXtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJncXV1OHV2BGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwOTE3L3VzX3dhbGxfb2RkBHBvcwM3BHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDb25laW5zZXZlbmdl

SONG OF THE DAY

Marx Brothers - Lydia the Tattooed Lady
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4zRe_wvJw8&feature=related