The Energy News Digest: Energy News Digest for October 25, 2010

Monday, October 25, 2010

Energy News Digest for October 25, 2010

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

High Seas Close Northwest Coastal Entrances (Associated Press)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/High-seas-close-Northwest-coastal-entrances-105682368.html

Port Angeles Wants Clallam County Help on Nippon Biomass Power Plant Appeal (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20101025/news/310259998/port-angeles-wants-county-help-on-nippon-appeal

Task Force Will Reconvene to Assess Sea Lion Eradication at Bonneville Dam (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/oct/25/task-force-will-reconvene-to-assess-sea-lion-eradi/

Observers Report High King Salmon Bycatch in Gulf of Alaska - Pollock boats & other commercial fishermen in the Gulf of Alaska have accidentally caught an estimated 58,336 king salmon this year (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_ak_king_salmon_bycatch.html

With Land-Use Regulations - New Washington State Effort to Cut Greenhouse Gases (KPLU Radio, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1716503

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

· Rising Coal Costs Will be Felt in Electric Bills

· Idaho Power Seeks Permission from Property Owners to Survey Land for Power Line Route

· Wisconsin - Oak Creek Coal-Fired Power Plant Operating in Spurts

· Maryland - Obscure Electricity Charge Enriches Power Sellers

· Grant County PUD to Vote on Crescent Bar Island Monday

· Seattle City Light Launches Redesigned Home Page

· Alcoa Receives Green Power Award from Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future

· Observers Report High King Salmon Bycatch in Gulf of Alaska

· Task Force Will Reconvene to Assess Sea Lion Eradication at Bonneville Dam

· Report Analyzes Efforts to Move Nesting Terns from Columbia River to Interior Oregon

· Tail-End Fishing Continues; Bonneville Dam Fall Chinook Count Since Aug. 1 at 464,532

· Mason County - A Salmon Spawning Experience in Kennedy Creek

· Kitsap County - Chum Salmon on the Move in Chico Creek

· Is British Columbia’s Sockeye Boom a One-Off?

· Bend Charter Boat Captain Will Donate $1,250 to Endangered Wildlife Fund for Encouraging the Killing of a Sea Lion

· As Species Rebound, Skippers Bemoan ‘Underfishing’

· Hawaii Birds Confuse Friday Night Lights With Moon

· Port Angeles Wants Clallam County Help on Nippon Biomass Power Plant Appeal

· Biomass Barnburner - Tougher Massachusetts Rules Rile ‘Green’ Power Producers

· Power from Poop? It’s on Its Way - Human waste could become N.C.’s top green fuel for electricity plants

· Stinky Renewable Energy Source Creates Smog

· Windsor Plant to Help Vestas Fulfill Next Big Order

· Hawaii Rejects Proposed Ban on Solar Energy

· Michigan - Projects Shine Light on Solar Power

· Avista Construction Ramps Up for Construction of Smart Grid

· Coos County Catches on to Energy Conservation

· BC Hydro’s Challenge: How to Tame & Shame Consumers

· ‘Cash for Caulkers’ Seals Savings for Homeowners

· Now Is the Perfect Time to Winterize Your Home

· Is Energy Efficiency Blue, Red or Both?

· With Land-Use Regulations - New Washington State Effort to Cut Greenhouse Gases

· Greenpeace Critical of Papua New Guinea Graft, “Carbon Cowboys”

· For Sustainable Wood, a New & Unloved Standard

· Advocates of Electric Cars & Public Charging Stations Are Caught in a Conundrum

· Woodinville Church + Electric Car Parking = Holy Power

· Seattle’s Proposed Tree Rules Prompt Opposition

· Responsible Recycling: My E-Waste Odyssey

· San Francisco; Hypocrisy is Thy Name - Bottle Ban? What Ban?

· Study Says Space Tourism Could Exacerbate Climate Change

· Study on Utah Broadband - UTOPIA ‘On Right Track’

· Survey: Government Broadband Goals Timid

· Apple’s New North Carolina Data Center Ready to Roll

· Google Uses Loopholes to Cut $3.1 Billion in Taxes - technique moves most foreign profits through Ireland & the Netherlands to Bermuda

· Verizon Profits Held Back by Landline Sector

· Google Tightening Privacy Leash on Its Employees

· Will 3rd District Race Reflect US Political Tide?

· The Green File: Election Night, the Way It Used to Be

· The Ten Weirdest Political Ads of 2010

· High Seas Close Northwest Coastal Entrances

· Will this be Us in 2010? Record Low Temperatures & Heavy Snow Plague Washington State for Three Weeks Beginning on January 12, 1950

· Cowlitz County Clerk Purges People over 80 from Jury Pool

· Huge Melters Arriving at Hanford Vitrification Plant

· Pink Whistle-Blower - High School Football Commissioner Receives Hate Emails for Threatening Referees with Suspension

· Late Harvest, Hungry Bears Hit Oregon Vintners

· Dashboard Cam Video of Mason County Deputy Chase

· Shrinking Beef Market May Mean Poorer Meat at Stores

WORD OF THE DAY

Garrulous • \GERR-uh-luss \ • Adjective - 1: given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity: pointlessly or annoyingly talkative 2: wordy

Montgomery began to sag weakly at his table. The presenter at the Oak Lawn Philatelic Society’s annual dinner droned for 45 minutes about the rare “Inverted Jenny” airmail stamp. The presenter’s garrulous appearance began as a series of distinct words and phrases…and slowly declined into a soporific experience similar to listening to the appearance of the adults in a “Peanuts” special.

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

Rising Coal Costs Will be Felt in Electric Bills (Denver Post, CO)

http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_16412425

Idaho Power Seeks Permission from Property Owners to Survey Land for Power Line Route (Baker City Herald, OR)

http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Idaho-Power-seeks-permission-from-property-owners-to-survey-land

Wisconsin - Oak Creek Coal-Fired Power Plant Operating in Spurts (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, WI)

http://www.jsonline.com/business/105612343.html

Maryland - Obscure Electricity Charge Enriches Power Sellers (Baltimore Sun, MD)

http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-hancock-psc-grid-hearings-20101024,0,5744251.column

Grant County PUD to Vote on Crescent Bar Island Monday (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/community/article_b0eb8cc8-de30-11df-82d9-001cc4c002e0.html

Seattle City Light Launches Redesigned Home Page (Electric Energy Online)

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=142657

Alcoa Receives Green Power Award from Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (Your Industry News – I’m guessin’ hydro has a lot to do with this…)

http://www.yourindustrynews.com/alcoa+receives+green+power+award+from+citizens+for+pennsylvania%E2%80%99s+future_55621.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_ak_king_salmon_bycatch.html

Task Force Will Reconvene to Assess Sea Lion Eradication at Bonneville Dam (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/oct/25/task-force-will-reconvene-to-assess-sea-lion-eradi/

Report Analyzes Efforts to Move Nesting Terns from Columbia River to Interior Oregon (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/400651.aspx

Tail-End Fishing Continues; Bonneville Dam Fall Chinook Count Since Aug. 1 at 464,532 (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/400643.aspx

Mason County - A Salmon Spawning Experience in Kennedy Creek: Volunteers learn what they’ll teach the public, school groups about fish’s life cycle (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/10/24/1414347/a-salmon-spawning-experience.html

Kitsap County - Chum Salmon on the Move in Chico Creek (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/oct/23/chum-salmon-on-the-move-in-chico-creek/

Is British Columbia’s Sockeye Boom a One-Off? (Globe & Mail, Canada)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/alaskan-volcano-helped-bc-sockeye-bounce-back-scientists-suspect/article1771042/

Bend Charter Boat Captain Will Donate $1,250 to Endangered Wildlife Fund for Encouraging The Killing of a Sea Lion (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/10/bend_charter_boat_captain_will.html

As Species Rebound, Skippers Bemoan ‘Underfishing’ (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013250596_apuslostfish.html

Hawaii Birds Confuse Friday Night Lights With Moon (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2013227152_apusfridaynightlightsseabirds.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Port Angeles Wants Clallam County Help on Nippon Biomass Power Plant Appeal (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20101025/news/310259998/port-angeles-wants-county-help-on-nippon-appeal

Biomass Barnburner - Tougher Massachusetts Rules Rile ‘Green’ Power Producers: New rules would require greater biomass-power efficiency. New rules would require greater biomass-power efficiency

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2010/10/25/tougher_rules_rile_green_power_producers/

Power from Poop? It’s on Its Way - Human waste could become N.C.’s top green fuel for electricity plants (Charlotte Observer, NC)

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/10/24/1783092/power-from-poop-its-on-its-way.html

Stinky Renewable Energy Source Creates Smog (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130754782

Windsor Plant to Help Vestas Fulfill Next Big Order - for Sacramento Municipal Utility District wind farm (The Coloradan, Fort Collins, CO)

http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20101023/BUSINESS/10230329/Windsor-plant-to-help-Vestas-fulfill-next-big-order

Hawaii Rejects Proposed Ban on Solar Energy (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS14303092420101022

Michigan - Projects Shine Light on Solar Power (Travers City Eagle, MI)

http://record-eagle.com/local/x1181614981/Projects-shine-light-on-solar-power

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Avista Construction Ramps Up for Construction of Smart Grid (Istock Analyst)

http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4606383

Coos County Catches on to Energy Conservation (The World, Coos Bay, OR)

http://www.theworldlink.com/business/local/article_6bdf938e-de28-11df-b7e6-001cc4c03286.html

BC Hydro’s Challenge: How to Tame & Shame Consumers (Globe & Mail)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-hydros-challenge-how-to-tame-and-shame-consumers/article1770134/?cmpid=rss1

‘Cash for Caulkers’ Seals Savings for Homeowners (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130597086

Now Is the Perfect Time to Winterize Your Home (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/25/3129444/now-is-the-perfect-time-to-winterize.html

Is Energy Efficiency Blue, Red or Both? (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/25/is-energy-efficiency-blue-red-or-both/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

With Land-Use Regulations - New Washington State Effort to Cut Greenhouse Gases (KPLU Radio, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1716503

Greenpeace Critical of Papua New Guinea Graft, “Carbon Cowboys” (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69O0NC20101025

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

For Sustainable Wood, a New & Unloved Standard (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/for-sustainable-wood-a-new-and-unloved-standard/

Advocates of Electric Cars & Public Charging Stations Are Caught in a Conundrum, & It’s Not Just About Money (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/2010/10/25/transportation/20285/Electric-motoring:-What-s-down-NW-roads-/

Woodinville Church + Electric Car Parking = Holy Power (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2010/10/woodinville_church_electric_car_parking_holy_power.html

Seattle’s Proposed Tree Rules Prompt Opposition (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013246645_apusseattleurbanforest.html?syndication=rss

Responsible Recycling: My E-Waste Odyssey (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/responsible-recycling-my-e-waste-odyssey/

San Francisco; Hypocrisy is Thy Name - Bottle Ban? What Ban? Supervisors May Ask (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/us/24bcshort.html

Study Says Space Tourism Could Exacerbate Climate Change (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/10/space-tourism-climate-change/1

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Study on Utah Broadband - UTOPIA ‘On Right Track’ (Provo Daily Herald, UT)

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/article_533b57b2-2df5-58ca-aa65-73ca3b89019f.html

Survey: Government Broadband Goals Timid - 90% think rural goal of 4 Mbps undershoots the moon (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Survey-Government-Broadband-Goals-Timid-111059

Apple’s New North Carolina Data Center Ready to Roll (GigaOM)

http://theappleblog.com/2010/10/25/apples-new-north-carolina-data-center-ready-to-roll/

Google Uses Loopholes to Cut $3.1 Billion in Taxes - technique moves most foreign profits through Ireland & the Netherlands to Bermuda (Bloomberg News)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/10/23/1393408/google-this-24-tax-rate.html

Verizon Profits Held Back by Landline Sector (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/10/23/1393421/verizon-held-back-by-landline.html

Google Tightening Privacy Leash on Its Employees (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013231152_apustecgoogleprivacy.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Will 3rd District Race Reflect US Political Tide? (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2013249952_third25m.html

The Green File: Election Night, the Way It Used to Be (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/voices/the-green-file/3613-the-green-file-election-night-the-way-it-used-to-be

The Ten Weirdest Political Ads of 2010 (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Election-2010/2010/1022/The-10-weirdest-political-ads-of-2010/Chuck-Grassley-has-a-.-.-.-Twitter