Energy News Digest for October 6, 2010

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Oregon - Four Men Sentenced for Shooting down High Voltage BPA Power Lines near Lebanon (Lebanon Express, OR)

http://www.lebanon-express.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_29c301c0-0ac5-11df-8346-001cc4c03286.html

Reward Offered in Theft of Scrap Metal from Bonneville Power Substation in Pierce County (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2010/10/05/reward-offered-in-theft-of-scrap-metal-from-bonneville-power-substation-in-pierce-county/

Port Townsend Biomass Energy Project Elicits 200 Comments - more to come after second comment period ends Friday (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20101006/NEWS/310069986/port-townsend-biomass-project-elicits-200-comments-more-to-come

For Those Near, the Miserable Hum of Clean Energy (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/06/business/energy-environment/06noise.html

House Fire Shuts Down Highway 3 Near Belfair (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/House-fire-shuts-down-Highway-3-near-Belfair-104397474.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Oregon - Four Men Sentenced for Shooting down High Voltage BPA Power Lines near Lebanon

·         Reward Offered in Theft of Scrap Metal from Bonneville Power Substation in Pierce County

·         Cash-Strapped Chelan County PUD Considers Rate Increase

·         A World of Opportunity - Hydro is high on the global agenda

·         Colorado - Xcel's Clean Air Plan Hits Snag

·         What's the Best Way to Promote Safer, Cleaner Energy?

·         Iran Denies Malware Connection to Nuclear Power Plant Delay

·         Five Tribes, Including Cowlitz & Makah Get NOAA Money for Imperiled Species

·         Editorial - It's a Bad Idea to Cut Back on Salmon Hatchery Production

·         US Department of Interior Denies Protection for California Fish Species

·         Study to Focus on Skokomish River Flooding

·         Flood Concerns Rise as Water Storage is Lowered Behind Willamette Valley Dams

·         Drought Means No Vegetable Garden for Klamath Basin Food Bank

·         Smart Water Meters Catch On in Iowa

·         Port Townsend Biomass Energy Project Elicits 200 Comments

·         Editorial - Forest Debris as 'Gold' - Unless the US Says No

·         Central Oregon - Benefits Flow from Canal Hydro Project

·         Tacoma Students Captivated By Solar Power Display

·         For Those Near, the Miserable Hum of Clean Energy

·         US Military Champions Green Energy

·         Expert Says Texas Is Getting Hotter Due to Global Warming

·         California Initiative A Test For National Climate Law

·         Toyota Shows Smart-Grid Technology for Its Plug-In Hybrid

·         An Electric Car Charging Station in Every Everett Garage?

·         Chelan County PUD - Faster Fiber Speeds and Rates Approved

·         Yahoo's Data Center Chief Draws Lessons from Century-Old Tech

·         Facebook Outage Hits Many Users - Twitter Use Skyrockets Amid Outage

·         Apple Challenges $625.5 Million Patent-Infringement Award

·         Internet Explorer Dips Back Below 60% Market Share

·         Port of Shelton Discontinues Workshop Meetings

·         Credit Cards Authorized for Thurston County Property Taxes

·         House Fire Shuts Down Highway 3 Near Belfair

·         Olympic National Forest to Begin Prescribed Burns

·         Community Colleges Learn Lessons in Doing More with Less

·         Loud Workplaces May Increase Heart Problems (Associated Press)

WORD OF THE DAY

Amok • \uh-MUCK\ • adverb - 1: in a murderously frenzied state 2a: in a violently raging manner b: in an undisciplined, uncontrolled, or faulty manner

Copy paper flew every direction, as the newly-minted copier repair technician ran amok in the cramped, dark and musty workroom. Every electrical outlet had been claimed by a cheap power strip, pigtailed to at least two others, jury-rigged to run a copier, fax machine, phone base station, microwave, coffee maker and (inexplicably) a rechargeable electric toothbrush.

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

Oregon - Four Men Sentenced for Shooting down High Voltage BPA Power Lines near Lebanon (Lebanon Express, OR)

http://www.lebanon-express.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_29c301c0-0ac5-11df-8346-001cc4c03286.html

Reward Offered in Theft of Scrap Metal from Bonneville Power Substation in Pierce County (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2010/10/05/reward-offered-in-theft-of-scrap-metal-from-bonneville-power-substation-in-pierce-county/

Cash-Strapped Chelan County PUD Considers Rate Increase (Lake Chelan Mirror, WA)

http://www.lakechelanmirror.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=5&ArticleID=2981

A World of Opportunity - Hydro is high on the global agenda as nations look to energize their economies, bring power to remote regions, and move toward clean, renewable generation. HRW looks at hydropower on each continent (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/10/a-world-of-opportunity

Colorado - Xcel's Clean Air Plan Hits Snag (Denver Business Journal)

http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/othercities/denver/stories/2010/10/04/daily24.html

What's the Best Way to Promote Safer, Cleaner Energy? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Election-2010/One-Minute-Debate/2010/1005/What-s-the-best-way-to-promote-safer-cleaner-energy

Iran Denies Malware Connection to Nuclear Power Plant Delay (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/06/world/middleeast/06iran.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Five Tribes, Including Cowlitz & Makah Get NOAA Money for Imperiled Species (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/104375973.html

Editorial - It's a Bad Idea to Cut Back on Salmon Hatchery Production (Chinook Observer, Long Beach, WA)

http://www.chinookobserver.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=35900

US Department of Interior Denies Protection for California Fish Species (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2013080606_apuscaliforniafish.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Study to Focus on Skokomish River Flooding - Sediment has been building for decades (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/10/06/1393883/study-to-focus-on-skokomish-flooding.html

Flood Concerns Rise as Water Storage is Lowered Behind Willamette Valley Dams (Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20101005/NEWS/10050325/Flood-concerns-rise-as-water-storage-is-lowered-behind-valley-s-dams

Drought Means No Vegetable Garden for Klamath Basin Food Bank (Associated Press)

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

Smart Water Meters Catch On in Iowa (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/smart-water-meters-take-on-dubuque/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Port Townsend Biomass Energy Project Elicits 200 Comments - more to come after second comment period ends Friday (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20101006/NEWS/310069986/port-townsend-biomass-project-elicits-200-comments-more-to-come

Editorial - Forest Debris as 'Gold' - Unless the US Says No (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/10/forest_debris_as_gold_--_unles.html

Central Oregon - Benefits Flow from Canal Hydro Project: Engineering Feat Propels Water Conservation & Green Power Cause (Cascade Business News, OR)

http://www.cascadebusnews.com/index.php?m=2&s=3&id=1074

Tacoma Students Captivated By Solar Power Display (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Sun-Power-On-Display-104373973.html

For Those Near, the Miserable Hum of Clean Energy (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/06/business/energy-environment/06noise.html

US Military Champions Green Energy (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/the-military-green-energy-champion/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Expert Says Texas Is Getting Hotter Due to Global Warming (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/globalwarming/2010-10-05-texas-heat_N.htm

California Initiative A Test For National Climate Law (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/10/05/politics/p132330D99.DTL

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Toyota Shows Smart-Grid Technology for Its Plug-In Hybrid (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/environment/2010-10-05-toyota-smart-house_N.htm

An Electric Car Charging Station in Every Everett Garage? (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20101005/BLOG40/101009934/-1/news01

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Chelan County PUD - Faster Fiber Speeds and Rates Approved (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/oct/05/faster-fiber-speeds-and-rates-approved/

Yahoo's Data Center Chief Draws Lessons from Century-Old Tech (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/10/05/urnidgns852573C400693880002577B300411A07.DTL

Facebook Outage Hits Many Users - Twitter Use Skyrockets Amid Outage (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/money/25295738/detail.html

Apple Challenges $625.5 Million Patent-Infringement Award (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013077294_apustecapplepatents.html

Internet Explorer Dips Back Below 60% Market Share (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/223587.asp

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Port of Shelton Discontinues Workshop Meetings (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/3455-port-of-shelton-discontinues-workshops

Credit Cards Authorized for Thurston County Property Taxes (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/10/06/1393885/credit-cards-authorized-for-property.html

GENERAL NEWS

House Fire Shuts Down Highway 3 Near Belfair (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/House-fire-shuts-down-Highway-3-near-Belfair-104397474.html

Olympic National Forest to Begin Prescribed Burns (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20101006/news/310069985/olympic-national-forest-to-begin-prescribed-burns

Community Colleges Learn Lessons in Doing More with Less (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Community-Colleges-learn-lessons-in-doing-more-with-less-104370163.html

Loud Workplaces May Increase Heart Problems (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2013081423_apeumednoiseandheartproblems.html

DIVERSIONS

Perfume Protest: Teens Storm 'Toxic' Abercrombie & Fitch

http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/10/04/perfume-protest-teens-strom-%E2%80%98toxic%E2%80%99-abercrombie-fitch/

Florida Man Denies Cocaine Found In Buttocks Is His

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/10/04/national/a150052D95.DTL

Disoriented 'Superhero' Arrested in Centralia

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/10/05/1393176/disoriented-superhero-arrested.html

Getting Fired Is Bad; Setting Fire to Your Boss' Car Is, Well, Illegal For Starts

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

SONG OF THE DAY

The Silhouettes - Get a Job

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hkJL6wRBE8