Energy News Digest for April 22, 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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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Seattle-Area Garbage Workers Go on Strike (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011667148_apwagarbageworkers3rdldwritethru.html?syndication=rss

CenturyTel to Buy Qwest in $10.6 Billion Stock Swap (Associated Press)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100422/BIZ/704229829/-1/rss03

Chinook Fishing to Remain Open above Bonneville, Despite Torrid Catches (The Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2010/04/chinook_fishing_to_remain_open.html

Big Cost Savings Predicted if Bainbridge Transfers Water & Sewer Utilities to Kitsap PUD (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/apr/21/big-cost-savings-predicted-if-bainbridge-to-pud/

Earth Day: No More Burning Rivers, But New Threats (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011668807_apussciearthdayissues.html?syndication=rss

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         7,000-Pound Steel Block Removed from Columbia River near Nuclear Plant

·         Olympian Editorial - Task Force Needs to Get TransAlta on Cleaner Course

·         British Columbia - Farmer Vows to Fight Peace River’s Site C Dam

·         Pacific Gas & Electric to Run SmartMeter vs. Analog Tes

·         Environmental Group Sues the Feds Over Wyoming Coal Leasing

·         After Missouri Hydro Plant Collapse - AmerenUE’s Taum Sauk Plant Operating Again

·         Call First, Dig It?

·         To Protect Fish, Skunks, Badgers Enlisted to Control Idaho Pelicans

·         Salmon Like Their New Chelan Falls Digs

·         Chinook Fishing to Remain Open above Bonneville, Despite Torrid Catches

·         Word on Columbia River, & Tributaries & Lakes Sport Fisheries

·         Juneau Empire Op/Ed - Alaska: What Do We Do When Salmon Fisheries Disappear?

·         Want to Strike a Blow on Behalf of Salmon for Earth Day?

·         Big Cost Savings Predicted if Bainbridge Transfers Water & Sewer Utilities to Kitsap PUD

·         April Sun Raises Inland Pacific Northwest Stream Flows

·         Outlook Good for Seattle’s Water Reservoirs

·         New Energy Powers Up Lobbying - $5 Million for Wind Alone

·         Solar Power to the People, With a Lot of Public Help

·         Missouri - Wood-to-Electricity Power Generation - Plant Under Review in Perry County

·         Converting Biomass into Alternative Energy Sources

·         Boston Proposes Wind Turbine That Could Power 800 Homes

·         How to Determine if Wind Power is for You

·         Houses of 2020 Will be All About Energy

·         California Offers Millions in Funds for New Appliances

·         Green Bay Schools’ Energy Efficiency Efforts save $5.6 Million

·         Study Warns of Climate Health Threats

·         State Officials Warn US Senate Not to Block Their Efforts to Lower Greenhouse Gases

·         Climate Scientist Sues Canada’s National Post Newspaper

·         Perpetuating the Myth That Climate Policy Is All Cost

·         News Tribune Editorial - Earth Day: Each of Us Doing a Little Can Add Up to a Lot

·         Earth Day: No More Burning Rivers, But New Threats

·         Earth Day at 40: Time to ‘Think Big’

·         Washington Times Editorial - A Gasoline-Fueled Earth Day

·         Warming In America - Mass Migrations, Water Wars, & Insect Plagues

·         NY Times Op/Ed - How to Green Your Parents

·         CenturyTel to Buy Qwest in $10.6 Billion Stock Swap

·         Questions & Answers on Qwest-CenturyTel Deal

·         Yahoo Gets $78 Million from Microsoft as Search Deal Spins Up

·         Tri-Cities Business Learning to Get Google Savvy

·         Seven Washington State GOP Candidates Eye US Senate

·         WA State Lawmakers Decide to Keep Levy Equalizations Money

·         Seattle-Area Garbage Workers Go on Strike

·         Mason County Recycling Efforts Reduce Household Waste

·         Mason Fire District 5 Moving Ahead with Proposed Shelton Annexation

·         Man Accused of Threatening Patty Murray Appears In Seattle Court

·         Fired Clallam County Treasurer Clerk to Appear on Theft Charge

·         Onalaska Fatal Shooting Circumstances Disputed

·         Harry Wappler Was ‘Pioneer’ of TV Weather

·         NCAA to expand March Madness from 65 to 68 teams

WORD OF THE DAY

Recalcitrant • \ree-CAL-sit-trunt\ • adjective - 1: obstinately defiant of authority or restraint 2a: difficult to manage or operate b: not responsive to treatment c: resistant

Despite the valiant effort of the mechanic, the recalcitrant lug nut on Daphne’s front left wheel would not budge from the bold on which it rested.

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

7,000-Pound Steel Block Removed from Columbia River near Nuclear Plant (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/04/22/1158469/big-block-removed-from-columbia.html

Olympian Editorial - Task Force Needs to Get TransAlta on Cleaner Course

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/04/22/1214733/task-force-needs-to-get-transalta.html

British Columbia - Farmer Vows to Fight Peace River’s Site C Dam (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/04/21/bc-peace-river-farms-site-c.html

Pacific Gas & Electric to Run SmartMeter vs. Analog Test (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/22/BU5G1D2BKH.DTL&feed=rss.news

Environmental Group Sues the Feds Over Wyoming Coal Leasing (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011667956_apuscoalminesclimate.html?syndication=rss

After Missouri Hydro Plant Collapse - AmerenUE’s Taum Sauk Plant Operating Again (St. Louis Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2010/04/19/daily49.html

Call First, Dig It? (Sequim Gazette, WA)

http://www.sequimgazette.com/news/article.exm/2010-04-21_call_first,_dig_it

FISH & WILDLIFE

To Protect Fish, Skunks, Badgers Enlisted to Control Idaho Pelicans (Northwest Cable News)

http://www.nwcn.com/news/91713764.html

Salmon Like Their New Chelan Falls Digs (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/apr/22/salmon-like-their-new-chelan-falls-digs/

Chinook Fishing to Remain Open above Bonneville, Despite Torrid Catches (The Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2010/04/chinook_fishing_to_remain_open.html

Word on Columbia River, & Tributaries & Lakes Sport Fisheries (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2011667144_word_on_columbia_river_and_tri_1.html?syndication=rss

Juneau Empire Op/Ed - Alaska: What Do We Do When Salmon Fisheries Disappear?

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/042210/opi_616546979.shtml

Want to Strike a Blow on Behalf of Salmon for Earth Day? Get cracking on Corps’ of Engineers rule change (Investigate West)

http://www.invw.org/node/1013

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Big Cost Savings Predicted if Bainbridge Transfers Water & Sewer Utilities to Kitsap PUD (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/apr/21/big-cost-savings-predicted-if-bainbridge-to-pud/

April Sun Raises Inland Pacific Northwest Stream Flows (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/apr/21/april-sun-raises-inland-nw-stream-flows/

Outlook Good for Seattle’s Water Reservoirs (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011668450_water22m.html?syndication=rss

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

New Energy Powers Up Lobbying - $5 Million for Wind Alone (Politico)

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36172.html

Solar Power to the People, With a Lot of Public Help (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/business/energy-environment/22SOLAR.html

Missouri - Wood-to-Electricity Power Generation - Plant Under Review in Perry County (St Genevieve Herald, MO)

http://www.stegenherald.com/news/2%20news.html

Converting Biomass into Alternative Energy Sources (DesignWorld Online)

http://www.designworldonline.com/articles/5774/313/Converting-Biomass-into-Alternative-Energy-Sources.aspx

Boston Proposes Wind Turbine That Could Power 800 Homes (Boston Globe, MA)

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/04/22/boston_proposes_wind_turbine_that_could_power_800_homes/

How to Determine if Wind Power is for You (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Eco-renovation/2010/0421/How-to-determine-if-wind-power-is-for-you

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Houses of 2020 Will be All About Energy (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2010-04-22-EARTHgreenfuture22_ST_N.htm

California Offers Millions in Funds for New Appliances (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/04/21/state/n122629D41.DTL&feed=rss.news

Green Bay Schools’ Energy Efficiency Efforts save $5.6 Million (Green Bay Gazette, WI)

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100422/GPG0108/4220643/1207&located=rss

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Study Warns of Climate Health Threats (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/21/AR2010042104153.html

State Officials Warn US Senate Not to Block Their Efforts to Lower Greenhouse Gases (The Hill)

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/93555-state-officials-warn-senate-not-to-block-their-efforts-to-lower-greenhouse-gases

Climate Scientist Sues Canada’s National Post Newspaper (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/04/22/26627.htm

Perpetuating the Myth That Climate Policy Is All Cost (Grist)

http://www.grist.org/article/2010-04-20-perpetuating-the-myth-that-climate-policy-is-all-cost/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

News Tribune Editorial - Earth Day: Each of Us Doing a Little Can Add Up to a Lot

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/04/22/1158388/earth-day-each-of-us-doing-a-little.html

Earth Day: No More Burning Rivers, But New Threats (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011668807_apussciearthdayissues.html?syndication=rss

Earth Day at 40: Time to ‘Think Big’ (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011668664_earthday22m.html

Washington Times Editorial - A Gasoline-Fueled Earth Day: Government subsidies spawn widespread environmental fraud

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/22/a-gasoline-fueled-earth-day/

Warming in America - Mass migrations, water wars, & insect plagues. How will climate change reshape the electoral map? (Slate Magazine)

http://www.slate.com/id/2251547/?from=rss

NY Times Op/Ed - How to Green Your Parents (Jedi Mind Tricks?)

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/how-to-green-your-parents/?partner=rss&emc=rss

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

CenturyTel to Buy Qwest in $10.6 Billion Stock Swap (Associated Press)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100422/BIZ/704229829/-1/rss03

Questions & Answers on Qwest-CenturyTel Deal (Denver Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/04/19/daily53.html

Yahoo Gets $78 Million from Microsoft as Search Deal Spins Up (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/202750.asp?source=pimail

Tri-Cities Business Learning to Get Google Savvy (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=12350291

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Seven Washington State GOP Candidates Eye US Senate (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/04/22/1158323/gop-candidates-eye-us-senate.html

WA State Lawmakers Decide to Keep Levy Equalizations Money (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA))

http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=12351211

GENERAL NEWS

Seattle-Area Garbage Workers Go on Strike (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011667148_apwagarbageworkers3rdldwritethru.html?syndication=rss

Mason County Recycling Efforts Reduce Household Waste (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/apr/21/mason-county-recycling-efforts-reduce-household-wa/?partner=RSS

Mason Fire District 5 Moving Ahead with Proposed Shelton Annexation (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/1935-fire-district-5-moving-ahead-with-annexation

Man accused of threatening Patty Murray appears in Seattle court (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/theblotter/2011667561_man_accused_of_threatening_sen.html?syndication=rss

Fired Clallam County Treasurer Clerk to Appear on Theft Charge (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/5708

Onalaska Fatal Shooting Circumstances Disputed (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=12355355

Harry Wappler Was ‘Pioneer’ of TV Weather (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/04/22/1158331/harry-wappler-was-pioneer-of-tv.html

NCAA to Expand March Madness from 65 to 68 Teams (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/04/22/sports/s091435D78.DTL&feed=rss.business

DIVERSIONS

Carrier Saves Mail from Burning Truck

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011669277_apwamailtruckfire.html?syndication=rss

Coin Collection in Donated Desk Is Returned

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011668109_coins22m.html?syndication=rss

Bowl of Chili Saves Woman as Car Crashes into Kent Home

http://www.kirotv.com/news/23230080/detail.html

Eight-Year-Old Message in Bottle from Taiwan Found in Ocean Shores

http://www.kirotv.com/news/23231831/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Let it Rain - Eric Clapton & Phil Collins (Harry Wappler, RIP)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_xvup4oKdM