Energy News Digest for Septembetr 18, 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)

· Cowlitz PUD Hearing To Address Rate
· Montana - Official Warns Electrical Rates Could Double If Intertie
· Political Headwinds Hit a Reactor Project on the
· Derivatives Bill May Raise Electric, Gas
· Skokomish Watershed Work Helps Fish
· Debate On New Sport Fishing Rules
· Lewis County - Flood Plans on Display at Open House
· Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls
· State Lands Commissioner Wants To Branch Out To Wind, Biomass
· BPA Hopes Meter Will Help Manage Wind Farm
· Demand Grows For 'Green' Homes Using Renewable
· Save Energy & Money this Fall with Snohomish PUD Programs
· Energy-Efficient Lampposts Unveiled in Central Park
· California May Pull Plug On Big TVs That Guzzle Energy
· Contraception Vital In Climate Change
· "Quiet" Sun can also hit Earth with wild winds
· A Green Label Alone Isn’t Going to Sell Eco-Friendly
· San Francisco Gets World's First In-Airport Carbon Offset Kiosks
· Verizon Boss Hangs Up on Landline Phone Business
· Customers Unhappy With Early Clearwire
· Is Twitter Worth $1 Billion
· Wash. Expected To Lose About $238M in Tax
· No Criminal Charges against Troopers for Clubbing Seagulls
· Tribal Cops Can Pursue Beyond Reservation
· Wisconsin Paper Faces Backlash for Outing Web
· DOT Building A Road Out Of...Styrofoam?

WORD OF THE DAY

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Please enjoy today’s truncated energy news digest.

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

Cowlitz PUD Hearing To Address Rate Increase (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/09/18/area_news/doc4ab3262c80131174002308.txt

Montana - Official Warns Electrical Rates Could Double If Intertie Built (Montana Standard)
http://m.mtstandard.com/mtstandard/db_19597/contentdetail.htm;jsessionid=DF0B26C49B9E205798D7A08448B2C90A?contentguid=fxiBas92&detailindex=3&pn=0&ps=4&full=true

Political Headwinds Hit a Reactor Project on the Chesapeake (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/09/18/18climatewire-political-headwinds-hit-a-reactor-project-on-84809.html

Derivatives Bill May Raise Electric, Gas Rates (Energy Tribune)
http://www.energytribune.com/articles.cfm?aid=2318

FISH & WILDLIFE

Skokomish Watershed Work Helps Fish - Three miles returned to breeding habitat (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/974622.html

Debate On New Sport Fishing Rules Begins (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/883800.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Lewis County - Flood Plans on Display at Open House: Retention dams could provide low impact hydropower (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/09/17/news//doc4ab2725362a40748647002.txt

Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/us/18dairy.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

State Lands Commissioner Wants To Branch Out To Wind, Biomass Energy (Disses Radar Ridge – The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090918/NEWS02/709189938/State+lands+commissioner+wants+to+branch+out+to+wind++biomass+energy

BPA Hopes Meter Will Help Manage Wind Farm Power (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009887243_apwawindfarmmeter.html

Demand Grows For 'Green' Homes Using Renewable Energy (Muskegon Chronicle. MI)
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2009/09/chroniclecory_morseadam_bearup.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Save Energy & Money this Fall with Snohomish PUD Programs (Lake Stevens Journal, WA)
http://www.lakestevensjournal.com/county-state/article.exm/2009-09-17_save_energy___money_this_fall_with_pud_programs

Energy-Efficient Lampposts Unveiled in Central Park (WNYC, New York, NY)
http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/140928

California May Pull Plug On Big TVs That Guzzle Energy (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-bigtvs18-2009sep18,0,1102526.story

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Contraception Vital In Climate Change Fight (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE58H10320090918?feedType=nl&feedName=ustopnewsearly

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

"Quiet" Sun can also hit Earth with wild winds (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE58H0L620090918?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest

A Green Label Alone Isn’t Going to Sell Eco-Friendly Phones (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/09/17/juniper-sees-big-opportunities-little-traction-in-green-handsets/

San Francisco Gets World's First In-Airport Carbon Offset Kiosks (Tree Hugger)
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/san-francisco-gets-worlds-first-in-airport-carbon-offset-kiosks.php?dcitc=th_rss

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Verizon Boss Hangs Up on Landline Phone Business (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/verizon-boss-hangs-up-on-landline-phone-business/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Customers Unhappy With Early Clearwire Launches - Poor customer support, low speeds, and high latency (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Customers-Unhappy-With-Early-Clearwire-Launches-104511

Is Twitter Worth $1 Billion? (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13358249?nclick_check=1

GENERAL NEWS

Wash. Expected To Lose About $238M in Tax Revenue (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009887723_apwarevenueforecast2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss

No Criminal Charges against Troopers for Clubbing Seagulls (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/theblotter/2009887877_no_criminal_charges_against_tr.html?syndication=rss

Tribal Cops Can Pursue Beyond Reservation (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11150172

Wisconsin Paper Faces Backlash for Outing Web Critic (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009887604_apusanonymousonline.html?syndication=rss

DOT Building A Road Out Of...Styrofoam? (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/59652362.html

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS

Foul Ball! Toddler Tosses Back Dad's Prized Catch - Dad simply wanted a souvenir. He got a ballpark full of cheers and a national television appearance instead.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2009885787_apbbnphilliestoddlerstoss.html?syndication=rss

Burning Man Fire Victim's Suit Goes Up In Smoke
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/17/BAHN19OMPU.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea

Man Litters National Park with 3,000 Golf Balls
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009887874_apusoddhurlingballs.html?syndication=rss

Chicken Frequents KFC Drive-Through
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20963808/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Kenny Loggins - I'm Alright (Theme from Caddyshack)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WQNMWBSGUQ