The Energy News Digest: 02/17/10

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Energy News Digest for February 17, 2010

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)

• NOAA Fisheries Drops Appeal of Bradwood Landing Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal

• Obama’s Latest Bipartisan Outreach: Nuclear Energy

• A Comeback for Nuclear Power?

• Idaho - Local Legislators Approve of Obama’s New Nuclear Power

• Missouri - Is Nuclear Energy Renewable? If Missouri House passes HB1851, it is

• California – Pacific Gas & Electric Funds Anti-Green Measure

• Utilities’ Transition to Smart Grid Has Promise, But Potholes, Too

• Georgia Power Still Increasing Rates

• Record-Breaking Steelhead Returns

• Record Low Number of Chinook Salmon in Calif. Spawns Controversy

• Bull Trout Protections Up for Public Review

• California - Two-Year Fishing Ban to Save Alameda Creek Trout

• Klamath Dam Removal Agreement Signing Set

• The Columbian Editorial - Another (Condit) Dam Delay

• SF Chronicle Editorial - Senator Dianne Feinstein’s Fishy Water Deal

• Interior Secretary Salazar Comes to Seattle

• Capitol Lake to Get Saline Rinse

• City of Port Angeles City May Disconnect Downspouts That Feed Sewer

• Electric Plant in Shelton to be Fueled with Wood Waste

• Chelan County PUD Customers Snap Up Free Bulbs

• Climate Change Will Lead to War, Vets Warn

• PNNL Scientists Say East Coast Storms Don’t Rule Out Global Warming

• Conoco, BP, Caterpillar Leave Climate Coalition

• Texas Challenging EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Finding

• Less Fog Puts Redwoods at Risk, Scientists Say

• Houston Aims to be Electric Car Capital

• Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car

• Slow Trip Across Sea Aids Profit & Environment

• Jefferson County Moves to Acquire Speedier Internet

• Mobile Data, the Next Generation: High Speeds but at What Cost?

• Verizon to Allow Skype Calls Over Wireless Network

• Privacy group files FTC complaint on Google Buzz (

• Body of Mount St. Helens Climber Recovered - Man had been up volcano 68 times

• Shelton Sewer & Solid Waste Rate Increases Deferred due to Billing Issues

• US Supreme Court Sets Date for R-71 Case

• Legislative Deadline Brings Busy Time

• Seattle Times Op/Ed - Protecting Washington’s High-Value Forest & Agriculture Lands

• Urban, Rural Areas Battle for Census Prison Populace

• Wash. Senate Votes to Register Initiative Petition Workers

• Norm Dicks: Boeing Not Guaranteed Tanker, but ‘We Had Better Win’

• Seattle Times Op/Ed - Nation Can’t Turn Away from Critical Infrastructure Needs

• How to Stream the 2010 Vancouver Olympics from Anywhere

WORD OF THE DAY

Wont • \WŎNT\ • noun – Habitual way of doing.

Something was wrong with Harry. He put his pants on his head, and his shirt on his legs; something he wasn’t usually wont to do.

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

NOAA Fisheries Drops Appeal of Bradwood Landing Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal (The Daily News, Longview, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_968b28fe-1b6a-11df-8a1f-001cc4c002e0.html

Obama’s Latest Bipartisan Outreach: Nuclear Energy (Associated Press)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100216/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama

A Comeback for Nuclear Power? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/archives/194791.asp?source=rss

Idaho - Local Legislators Approve of Obama’s New Nuclear Power (KIFI, Idaho Falls, ID)

http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=11996217

Missouri - Is Nuclear Energy Renewable? If Missouri House passes HB1851, it is (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO)

http://interact.stltoday.com/blogzone/political-fix/political-fix/2010/02/is-nuclear-energy-renewable-if-missouri-house-passes-hb1851-it-is/

California – Pacific Gas & Electric Funds Anti-Green Measure (East Bay Express, CA)

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/92510/archives/2010/02/16/pgande-funds-anti-green-measure

Utilities’ Transition to Smart Grid Has Promise, But Potholes, Too (

USA

Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2010-02-17-smartgrid17_CV_N.htm

Georgia Power Still Increasing Rates - To finance two new nuclear reactors (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011096765_apganuclearexpansionrates.html?syndication=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Record-Breaking Steelhead Returns (Othello Outlook, WA)

http://othellooutlook.com/?p=8481

Record Low Number of Chinook Salmon in Calif. Spawns Controversy (Scripps News Service)

http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/51505

Bull Trout Protections Up for Public Review (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11997443

California - Two-Year Fishing Ban to Save Alameda Creek Trout (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/16/BATT1B4JGI.DTL&feed=rss.news

Klamath Dam Removal Agreement Signing Set (Associated Press)

http://www.sacbee.com/latest/story/2541629.html

The Columbian Editorial - Another Dam Delay: Bureaucratic maneuvering extends life of Condit Dam at least one more year

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/feb/16/another-dam-delay/

SF Chronicle Editorial - Senator Dianne Feinstein’s Fishy Water Deal

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/15/EDT61C0P8K.DTL&feed=rss.opinion

Interior Secretary Salazar Comes to Seattle (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/194689.asp?from=blog_last3

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Capitol Lake to Get Saline Rinse - Officials to take on New Zealand mudsnail infestation using Budd Inlet saltwater (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/1140506.html

City of Port Angeles City May Disconnect Downspouts That Feed Sewer (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/5525

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Electric Plant in Shelton to be Fueled with Wood Waste (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/feb/15/electric-plant-in-shelton-to-be-fueled-with-wood/?partner=RSS

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Chelan County PUD Customers Snap Up Free Bulbs (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/feb/16/pud-customers-snap-up-free-bulbs/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Climate Change Will Lead to War, Vets Warn - Coalition argues for green energy (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/1137277.html

PNNL Scientists Say East Coast Storms Don’t Rule Out Global Warming (KNDO-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11989403

Conoco, BP, Caterpillar Leave Climate Coalition - coalition of more than two-dozen companies & environmental groups lobbying Congress to pass greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-trade legislation (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/02/16/16greenwire-conoco-bp-caterpillar-leave-climate-coalition-73582.html

Texas Challenging EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Finding (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011091287_apustexasvsepa.html?syndication=rss

Less Fog Puts Redwoods at Risk, Scientists Say (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/16/MN3G1C05BD.DTL&feed=rss.news

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Houston Aims to be Electric Car Capital (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE61F4JU20100216

Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/business/15electric.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Slow Trip Across Sea Aids Profit & Environment (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/business/energy-environment/17speed.html?th&emc=th