Energy News Diget for March 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)

 

-  Report: Smart-Grid Hackers Could Cause Blackouts

-  Energy Northwest Representative to Speak at Mason County PUD No. 3

-  Energy Secretary Serves under a Microscope

-  Texas Commission to Weigh Merits of Coal, Petcoke-Fired Plant

-  Blackmouth Season Wide Open in Puget Sound

-  Water System Scammers Hit South Oregon

-  City Victoria’s $2-Billion Sewage Treatment Question

-  Potential Changes to Initiative Alarm Supporters of Clean Energy

-  Klickitat County Gets Its Wind Back

-  State Of New York Has Mixed Success with Renewable Program

-  Decoupling: Stimulus Bill Encourages Changes in Energy Production

-  Consumers Can Sabotage Their Energy Conservation Efforts

-  With Economy In A Rut, Is Now The Right Time For State's Global-Warming Law?

-  Metered Bandwidth Trend Spreads to India

-  Mason County Looks At Cuts In Face of $1 Million Deficit

-  More Than 8,000 Jobs May Be Lost In State Budget Cuts

-  Alaska's Mount Redoubt Erupting

-  It Was A Typical Northwest Winter

-  Ore. Christmas Tree Business Makes A Lot Of Green

 

WORD OF THE DAY

 

Truncated • \TRUNK-ayt-ed\ • transitive verb – 1a: cut short: curtailed b: lacking an expected or normal element at the beginning or end

 

Today’s truncated news digest is the direct result of the failed, ineffective attempt by the editor to send an attachment from their home computer to their work account. I am sad.

 

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

 

Report: Smart-Grid Hackers Could Cause Blackouts (C/NET News)

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10201651-83.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0

 

Energy Northwest Representative to Speak at Mason County PUD No. 3 Meeting (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6764/reftab/1632/Default.aspx

 

Energy Secretary Serves under a Microscope (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/23/us/politics/23chu.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

 

Texas Commission to Weigh Merits of Coal, Petcoke-Fired Plant (SNL Financial)

http://www.snl.com/interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-9230411-11885

 

FISH & WILDLIFE

 

Blackmouth Season Wide Open in Puget Sound (The Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2009/03/blackmouth_season_wide_open_in.html

 

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

 

Water System Scammers Hit South Oregon (Examiner.com)

http://www.examiner.com/a-1919182~Water_system_scammers_hit_S__Oregon.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines

 

City Victoria’s $2-Billion Sewage Treatment Question (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/Technology/billion+sewage+question/1415940/story.html

 

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

 

Potential Changes to Initiative Alarm Supporters of Clean Energy (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/795083.html

 

Klickitat County Gets Its Wind Back (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/795476.html

 

State Of New York Has Mixed Success with Renewable Program (NY Newsday)

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--renewableenergy0322mar22,0,6849284.story

 

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

 

Decoupling: Stimulus Bill Encourages Changes in Energy Production (Cape Cod Times, MA)

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090322/NEWS/90322003

 

Consumers Can Sabotage Their Energy Conservation Efforts (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2009-03-22-energysavings_N.htm

 

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

 

California - With Economy In A Rut, Is Now The Right Time For State's Global-Warming Law? (San Jose Mercury News)

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11962352?nclick_check=1

 

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

 

Metered Bandwidth Trend Spreads to India (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2009/03/22/metered-bandwidth-trend-spreads-to-india/

 

GENERAL NEWS

 

Mason County Looks At Cuts In Face of $1 Million Deficit (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/mar/20/mason-county-looks-at-cuts-in-face-of-1-million/?partner=RSS

 

More Than 8,000 Jobs May Be Lost In State Budget Cuts (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/795080.html

 

Alaska's Mount Redoubt Erupting (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/18990119/detail.html?treets=sea&tml=sea_break&ts=T&tmi=sea_break_1_04160103232009

 

It Was A Typical Northwest Winter – Gray And Wet (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/683385.html

 

Ore. Christmas Tree Business Makes A Lot Of Green (Examiner.com)

http://www.examiner.com/a-1919737~Ore__Christmas_tree_business_makes_a_lot_of_green.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines

 

DIVERSIONS

 

On This Day: Patrick Henry Delivers Liberty or Death Speech

http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/March/On-This-Day--Patrick-Henry-Delivers-Liberty-or-Death-Speech.html

 

More Americans Go Fishing As Recession Deepens

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090319/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_usa_fishing_feature;_ylt=AozAkgTrjHQ6ZjmCkvRU4CHtiBIF

 

Man Loses Tooth as Bowlers Brawl over Etiquette

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090320/ap_on_fe_st/odd_bowling_ball_brawl;_ylt=AtnISX6nl9ZEemmERr4oaNztiBIF

 

AIG Sparks "Lifestyles of the Rich & Infamous" Tour

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE52M4RC20090323

 

SONG OF THE DAY

 

Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man (Original – 1968)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hthiLHVAMho

 

Tina Turner - Son of a Preacher Man (1974)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfVM3p_6tQM