Energy News Digest for October 21, 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)

• Columbia Falls Aluminum to Shut Down by End of the Month
• Study’s Conclusion: Hydro Boom Means Jobs for West
• A City of 'Experts' Ponders a New Energy-Saving System
• Pikeminnow: Salmon Predator Catch Down, But Officials See Success
• Coho Bag Limit Will Increase By One Fish in Columbia River
• Coho Run Remains Strong With Season Winding Down
• Chronicle Editorial - Baird Opens Door for Water Retention Proposal
• State Clarifies Muddy Rain Collecting Law
• Shades of Nisqually - State's Habitat Project near Stanwood Raises Farmers’ Ire
• We’re Number Two! Rural Oregon Ranks High In Wind Energy
• Wind Industry Uses Federal Grants To Add Capacity
• Raft River Resurgence
• Arlington Firm Leads Way in Solar Panels
• United Kingdom - Inquiry Re-Opens On Wind Turbines
• Washington Ranked 7th among States for Energy Efficiency Policies
• Olympian Editorial - Wise Energy Use Creates Unique Partnerships
• BP Chief Sees Decades of Fossil Fuel Use
• DSL Provider CenturyTel Gets New Name
• FCC Set To Take on Aggressive Role as Internet Traffic Cop
• Seattle Times Op/Ed - Net Neutrality
• Google goes global with Apps
• Yahoo’s Profit Triples Despite Sales Decline
• Internet Advertising Appears To Begin Its Comeback
• Boeing Posts $1.6B Loss in 3Q on Plane Charges
• Port of Shelton Beginning to Look at Running Fairgrounds
• For $15 Scrap Metal Value, Thieves Do $2,000 Damage
• Couple Sentenced for Dropping Rocks on Interstate

WORD OF THE DAY

Defunct • \DEE-funkt\ • noun – No longer living, existing, or functioning

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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

Columbia Falls Aluminum to Shut Down by End of the Month (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/cfac_to_shut_down_by_end_of_the_month/13705/

Study’s Conclusion: Hydro Boom Means Jobs for West (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/oct/20/studys-conclusion-hydro-boom-means-jobs-for-west/

A City of 'Experts' Ponders a New Energy-Saving System (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/10/21/21climatewire-a-city-of-experts-ponders-a-new-energy-savin-78056.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Pikeminnow: Salmon Predator Catch Down, But Officials See Success (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/760908.html

Coho Bag Limit Will Increase By One Fish in Columbia River (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2009/10/coho_bag_limit_will_increase_b.html

Coho Run Remains Strong With Season Winding Down (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/923607.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Chronicle Editorial - Baird Opens Door for Water Retention Proposal (Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/10/20/opinion/our_views/doc4addf442e10a3864836741.txt

State Clarifies Muddy Rain Collecting Law (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_102109WAB-rain-collecting-law-LJ.23ac3c091.html?rss

Shades of Nisqually - State's Habitat Project near Stanwood Raises Farmers’ Ire (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091021/NEWS01/710219689/-1/RSS02

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

We’re Number Two! Rural Oregon Ranks High In Wind Energy (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/6060-were-number-2-rural-oregon-ranks-high-wind-energy/

Wind Industry Uses Federal Grants To Add Capacity (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/20/financial/f131238D51.DTL&feed=rss.business

Raft River Resurgence - U.S. Geothermal builds Idaho's first commercial geothermal power plant (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/10/raft-river-resurgence

Arlington Firm Leads Way in Solar Panels (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091021/BIZ/710219982/1005

United Kingdom - Inquiry Re-Opens On Wind Turbines Four Years After They Were First Proposed (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/8317739.stm

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Washington Ranked 7th among States for Energy Efficiency Policies (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/archives/182702.asp?source=rss

Olympian Editorial - Wise Energy Use Creates Unique Partnerships
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/1009398.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

BP Chief Sees Decades of Fossil Fuel Use (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/bp-chief-sees-decades-of-fossil-fuel-use/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

DSL Provider CenturyTel Gets New Name (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/21/in-brief-dsl-provider-gets-new-name/

FCC Set To Take on Aggressive Role as Internet Traffic Cop (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13603357?nclick_check=1

Seattle Times Op/Ed - Net Neutrality: Don't Subject the Internet to Politicians and Bureaucracies
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2010102051_guest21gipson.html?syndication=rss

Google goes global with Apps (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE59I09A20091019?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest

Yahoo’s Profit Triples Despite Sales Decline (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/technology/companies/21yahoo.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Internet Advertising Appears To Begin Its Comeback (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/20/financial/f130354D90.DTL&feed=rss.business

GENERAL NEWS

Boeing Posts $1.6B Loss in 3Q on Plane Charges (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/923795.html

Port of Shelton Beginning to Look at Running Fairgrounds (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=426:port-beginning-to-look-at-running-fairgrounds&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50

For $15 Scrap Metal Value, Thieves Do $2,000 Damage - Concern grows over fire system thefts from Tulalip and Marysville buildings (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091021/NEWS01/710219729/-1/RSS02

Couple Sentenced for Dropping Rocks on Interstate (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010101691_apusinterstaterocks1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS

Do We Need A Doggy Tax Break?
http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/topstocks/archive/2009/10/19/do-we-need-a-doggy-tax-break.aspx

Wisconsin Bill Would Waive License for Home Canners (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/20/financial/f134801D70.DTL&feed=rss.business

Vic Mizzy, Songwriter of ‘Addams Family’ Fame, Dies at 93
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/arts/television/21mizzy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

SONG OF THE DAY

The Addams Family Theme Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVRX_5tGOlo&feature=related

Green Acres Theme Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbk81X6WHA4