Energy News Digest for November 5, 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)

• Cushman Hydroelectric Plant Gets Federal Stimulus Boost
• Federal Grant Supports Power, Fish Project on Snohomish River
• Cushman/Packwood - Two Washington State Projects Chosen For Hydropower Upgrades
• Op/Ed - Invest In Seattle City Light to Keep the Lights On
• BC Hydro CEO Leaving His Post, No Replacement Named
• Nuclear Waste: Coming To a Town near You?
• Florida Energy Regulators To Do Ethics Self-Examination
• Dynegy Posts 3Q Loss on Sale of Plants
• Cowlitz Census Shows This Is Best Coho Season Since 1990
• Easements Will Preserve Mid-Valley Habitat - BPA contributes $965,000
• Thousands of NW Seabirds Killed By Algal Foam
• Clallam County, PUD Sign Carlsborg Sewage-Treatment Agreement
• Detractors Line Up Against State’s Spokane River Plan
• Tiny Oregon Town Takes Geothermal Lead
• Senator Wants No Fed Money for US-China Wind Project
• Green Ink: Gas Glut, Climate Fights, & Black Liquor
• Pacific Gas & Electric Loses Solar Agreement
• Okanagan Environmental Industry Alliance Slams Province’s Love Affair with Run of River
• Backyard Wind Turbine? There’s an App for That
• Using Bossie for Biomass - Row over Plan to Use Unsold Meat for Power
• California Delays Vote on Energy Efficiency Standards for TVs
• State May Require Companies to Track Greenhouse Gases
• Climate Legislation Is Running Into a Chilly Reception
• CEO: Utilities Must Join Climate-Change Debate
• Study: Clean Energy to Boost US Manufacturing Jobs
• Energy Watchdogs Say It’s Not Easy Going Green
• Landscapes Now Get ‘Green’ Ratings
• British Cops Unable to Use Blue Lights on New Electric Car
• Verizon Plan To Sell Washington State Landlines Hits Bump
• New York AG Says Intel Paid Billions in Kickbacks, Bullied Competitors
• If the Data Center Is the Computer, the Fight Is on to Control the Ecosystem
• CNN Explains the Cloud … Badly
• Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Could Go Global
• Microsoft to Do Major Revamp of MSN Site
• Comcast Hints At Layoffs - As it’s poised to acquire NBC Universal
• There Are Now 100,000 Apps for That
• T-Mobile Says Software Glitch Jammed Network Tuesday
• Hang On To Your Umbrella; It’s Going To Be a Blustery Day
• Flood Watch Continues for the Skokomish River
• Army Corps of Engineers Say Dam Work Lessens Seattle-Area Flood Chance
• Prolific Serial Burglar Lands City Job
• Feds Pledge Overhaul of Tribal Recognition System
• Olympic National Forest - Permits Available To Cut Christmas Trees

WORD OF THE DAY

Glissando • \gliss-sand-oh\ • noun - A rapid sliding up or down the musical scale

Where would flashbacks be without a harp glissando?

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

Cushman Hydroelectric Plant Gets Federal Stimulus Boost (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/942481.html

Federal Grant Supports Power, Fish Project on Snohomish River (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/04/federal-grant-supports-power-fish-project-on/?partner=RSS

Two Wash. projects chosen for hydropower upgrades (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1025554.html

Seattle Times Op/Ed - Invest In Seattle City Light to Keep the Lights On
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2010203583_guest05carrasco.html?syndication=rss

BC Hydro CEO Leaving His Post, No Replacement Named (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Hydro+leaving+post+replacement+named/2184006/story.html

Nuclear Waste: Coming To a Town near You? The nuclear industry could be on the verge of a major expansion just as the government cancels a plan to store the waste. Where’s it going to go? (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/04/news/economy/nuclear_waste/index.htm?section=money_news_economy

Florida Energy Regulators To Do Ethics Self-Examination - Amid complaints the agency has been too cozy with the utilities it regulates (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010209664_apusfloridapscethics.html?syndication=rss

Dynegy Posts 3Q Loss on Sale of Plants (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/05/financial/f042121S94.DTL&feed=rss.business

FISH & WILDLIFE

Cowlitz Census Shows This Is Best Coho Season Since 1990 (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/1025997.html

Easements Will Preserve Mid-Valley Habitat - BPA contributes $965,000 for protected areas (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091105/GREEN/911050352/1001/news

Thousands of NW Seabirds Killed By Algal Foam (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010205181_aporkillerfoam1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Clallam County, PUD Sign Carlsborg Sewage-Treatment Agreement (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091105/news/311059987

Detractors Line Up Against State’s Spokane River Plan - Draft seeks to reduce phosphorus levels by 90 percent in the next decade (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/05/detractors-line-up-against-states-spokane-river/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Tiny Oregon Town Takes Geothermal Lead (Daily Journal of Commerce, Oregon)
http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/11/04/tiny-town-takes-geothermal-lead/

Senator Wants No Fed Money for US-China Wind Project (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/05/AR2009110501245.html

Green Ink: Gas Glut, Climate Fights, & Black Liquor (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/11/05/green-ink-gas-glut-climate-fights-and-black-liquor/

Pacific Gas & Electric Loses Solar Agreement (San Francisco Business Times)
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/11/02/daily129.html?ana=from_rss

Okanagan Environmental Industry Alliance Slams Province’s Love Affair with Run of River Power (CKFR Radio, Kelowna, BC)
http://www.am1150.ca/news/565/1017338

Backyard Wind Turbine? There’s an App for That (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10390435-54.html?tag=nl.e703

Using Bossie for Biomass - Row over Plan to Use Unsold Meat for Power (The Metro, UK)
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Row_over_plan_to_use_unsold_meat_for_power&in_article_id=762817&in_page_id=34

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

California Delays Vote on Energy Efficiency Standards for TVs (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13713307

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

State May Require Companies to Track Greenhouse Gases (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/05/state-may-require-companies-to-track-greenhouse/

Climate Legislation Is Running Into a Chilly Reception (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/05/AR2009110502134.html?wprss=rss_politics

CEO: Utilities Must Join Climate-Change Debate (Associated Press)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-nd-powerfuture,0,6468657.story

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Study: Clean Energy to Boost US Manufacturing Jobs (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5A351U20091104

Energy watchdogs say it’s not easy going green (Salt Lake Tribune, UT – Here’s another 25-cent royalty payment for Jim Henson)
http://www.sltrib.com/midvalley/ci_13707823

Landscapes Now Get ‘Green’ Ratings (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2009-11-04-green-rating_N.htm

British Cops Unable to Use Blue Lights on New Electric Car (Gas 2.0)
http://gas2.org/2009/11/02/british-cops-unable-to-use-blue-lights-on-new-electric-car/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Verizon Plan To Sell Washington State Landlines Hits Bump - State utility commission fears deal with Frontier would hurt consumers (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091105/BIZ01/711059978/-1/biz

New York AG Says Intel Paid Billions in Kickbacks, Bullied Competitors (Courthouse News)
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/11/04/Intel_Paid_Billions_in_Kickbacks_Bullied_Competitors_NY_AG_Says.htm

If the Data Center Is the Computer, the Fight Is on to Control the Ecosystem (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/04/if-the-data-center-is-the-computer-the-fight-is-on-to-control-the-ecosystem/

CNN Explains the Cloud … Badly (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/04/cnn-explains-the-cloud-badly/

Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Could Go Global (Information Week)
http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/microsoft_news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221600447&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News

Microsoft to Do Major Revamp of MSN Site (Seattle Tmes)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2010195551_msn04.html

Comcast Hints At Layoffs - As cable giant is poised to acquire NBC Universal (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Hints-At-Layoffs-105347

There Are Now 100,000 Apps for That (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/there-are-now-100000-apps-for-that/?partner=rss&emc=rss

T-Mobile Says Software Glitch Jammed Network Tuesday (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2010204191_t-mobile_says_software_glitch.html?syndication=rss

GENERAL NEWS

Hang On To Your Umbrella; It’s Going To Be a Blustery Day (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1025936.html

By the looks of this weather model, mid-day may be the blustery part of the day
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~ovens/loops/wxloop.cgi?mm5d2_slp+///1

Flood Watch Continues for the Skokomish River (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=546:flood-watch-continues-for-the-skokomish-river&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50

Army Corps of Engineers Say Dam Work Lessens Seattle-Area Flood Chance (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010209423_apusvalleyinperil.html?syndication=rss

Prolific Serial Burglar Lands City Job - Failed Background Check Under Review (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21523230/detail.html

Feds Pledge Overhaul of Tribal Recognition System (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010208585_apusindianrecognition.html?syndication=rss

Olympic National Forest - Permits Available To Cut Christmas Trees (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010205157_bluebox05m.html?syndication=rss

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS

Police: Man Who Claimed Stabbing Didn’t Want To Go To Work
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/21509945/detail.html

Calf Frolics with Prosthetic Legs
http://www.kirotv.com/family/21516931/detail.html

Fla. Baby Missing For 5 Days Found Alive Under Bed
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21527933/detail.html

Woman Calls 911, Says Man Won’t Marry Her
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21529326/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Glenn Miller Band/Nicholas Brothers - I’ve got a Gal in Kalamazoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFv_PoZ2iP0&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh+div-HM