Federal Judge Rejects Another Columbia River Salmon Plan

Judge James Redden Rejects Plan for Columbia Basin Dams & Salmon for Third Time (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/08/judge_james_redden_rejects_pla.html

Energy News Digest for August 2, 2011

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Found in Substation - Enumclaw Woman Badly Burned While Allegedly Trying to Steal Copper (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/08/02/1767967/enumclaw-woman-badly-burned-while.html

Bonneville Power Administration Offers Power Deal for Columbia Falls Aluminum Company (Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT – Public power is still waiting for that than you note…)

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/breaking_news/article_bc78a6b0-bca7-11e0-819a-001cc4c002e0.html

Washington State, Feds Celebrate New Columbia River Project to Deliver Water to Farmers (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015797349_apwacolumbiariverwater.html

Summer Chinook Season - First in 20 Years - Opens with Little Fanfare (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2011/aug/02/summer-chinook-season-first-in-20-years-opens/

New Findings on Hydro Power Could Shake up Renewable Policy “…hydroelectric power reservoirs are responsible for only about a sixth of the carbon dioxide & methane previously attributed to them…” (Clean Technica – Bonus points…see if you can find the hilarious misspelling in this article….)

http://cleantechnica.com/2011/08/01/new-findings-on-hydro-power-could-shake-up-renewable-policy/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Found in Substation - Enumclaw Woman Badly Burned While Allegedly Trying to Steal Copper
• Vandalism Triggers Call for Help, Warning of Danger from Clallam County PUD
• Copper Thieves Getting Dangerously Desperate
• Bonneville Power Administration Offers Power Deal for Columbia Falls Aluminum Company
• Puget Sound Energy Seeking Offers for Power Supply in 2012 through 2015
• Company Builds Roads for Bellingham Coal Terminal without Proper Permit
• Northwest Could Keep Nuclear Waste for 100 Years Under Recommendation
• Washington State L&I Investigating Leavenworth Electrocution Death
• Mason Area Fair – PUD 3 Shows Children How to be Safe around Electricity, Nearly 400 Participate in Demonstration
• Alaska Hydropower Project Moving Ahead
• Texas Heat Pushes State Power Grid to the Max
• Colorado - Boulder Phone Survey: 71% of Respondents Support City Electric Utility
• NY State Senator Faults New York City over Deaths in Foreclosed Home
• Coming Together to Pray, and Also to Find Reduced-Rate Energy Deals
• Summer Chinook Season - First in 20 Years - Opens with Little Fanfare
• Dave Shorett on Fishing: All of the Salmon News is Not Bad News
• Pacific Northwest Tribes Drive Effort to Save Primitive Fish
• Disgusting Sea Creature Threatened with Extinction
• Can Washington State Fit Shipping Coal to China with Protecting Fish?
• California - Officials to Electro-Shock Fish to Measure Upper Truckee River Restoration Project
• Will Asian Carp Turn Up in Fishing Expedition Near Lake Michigan?
• Vegas Company Gambles on Desert Shrimp Farm
• Washington State, Feds Celebrate New Columbia River Project to Deliver Water to Farmers
• California - Surplus Water Flowing to State’s Farms, Reservoirs
• New Findings on Hydro Power Could Shake up Renewable Policy
• Second Clark County Neighborhood Opposes Biomass Plant
• North Carolina - Landfill of the Future: Turning Trash into Treasure
• Curbing Supercomputers’ Growing Drain on Energy
• Canadian Firm to Take Control of Jeld-Wen Inc.
• Study: Climate Change Imperils Himalayan Glaciers
• Arctic Scientist Suspension is About Project’s Management
• Related - Second-Guessing Polar Bear Research
• Loud, Smelly Chickens: The Downside of Seattle Farming?
• Chevrolet Dealers Install Solar-Powered Volt Chargers
• Latest Out of Tailpipes: Electricity with Exhaust
• FCC Broadband Study Shows Which Companies Actually Come Close to Meeting Advertised Download Speeds
• Frontier Communications to Add 50 More Jobs
• Why Shutting Down 800 Federal Data Centers Won’t be Easy
• Is Another Dot-Com Bubble in Danger of Bursting?
• Washington State Lt. Governor Brad Owen Also Opts To Cut Own Pay
• Gary Locke Sworn in as Ambassador to China
• California - Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Bar Per-Signature Pay on Ballot-Measure Petitions
• Washington State Governor Supports Debt Deal, But Unsure How It Will Effect State
• Questions & Answers About the Federal Debt-Deficit Deal
• Firms Rating US Debt Spent $1.75 Million Lobbying Washington on Regulations
• Study: Intensive Thinning Needed to Cut Wildfire Risk
• Falcons Protect Washington State Blueberry Fields from Starlings

WORD OF THE DAY

Conundrum • \kuh-NUN-drum\ • Noun - 1: a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun 2a: a question or problems having only a conjectural answer b: an intricate and difficult problem

Cut, borrow, or tax

Congressional conundrum

The best we can do?

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

Found in Substation - Enumclaw Woman Badly Burned While Allegedly Trying to Steal Copper (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/08/02/1767967/enumclaw-woman-badly-burned-while.html

Vandalism Triggers Call for Help, Warning of Danger from Clallam County PUD (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20110801/news/308019998/vandalism-triggers-call-for-help-warning-of-danger-from-clallam

Copper Thieves Getting Dangerously Desperate (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/126554673.html

Bonneville Power Administration Offers Power Deal for Columbia Falls Aluminum Company (Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT – Public power is still waiting for that than you note…)

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/breaking_news/article_bc78a6b0-bca7-11e0-819a-001cc4c002e0.html

Puget Sound Energy Seeking Offers for Power Supply in 2012 through 2015 (Electric Light & Power)

http://www.elp.com/index/display/article-display.articles.electric-light-power.generation.2011.08.Puget_Sound_Energy_seeking_offers_for_power_supply_in_2012_through_2015.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html

Company Builds Roads for Bellingham Coal Terminal without Proper Permit (Bellingham Herald, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Company-builds-roads-for-coal-terminal-without-proper-permit-126553458.html

Northwest Could Keep Nuclear Waste for 100 Years Under Recommendation (Northwest Public Radio)

http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=9205

Washington State L&I Investigating Leavenworth Electrocution Death (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2011/aug/01/li-investigating-electrocution-death/

Mason Area Fair – PUD 3 Shows Children How to be Safe around Electricity, Nearly 400 Participate in Demonstration (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=892

Alaska Hydropower Project Moving Ahead (Electric Light & Power)

http://www.elp.com/index/display/article-display.articles.electric-light-power.renewable-energy.hydro.2011.06.Alaska_hydropower_project_moving_ahead.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html

Texas Heat Pushes State Power Grid to the Max (Houston Business Journal, TX)

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2011/08/texas-heat-pushes-state-power-grid-to.html

Colorado - Boulder Phone Survey: 71% of Respondents Support City Electric Utility (Boulder Daily Camera, CO)

http://www.dailycamera.com/energy/ci_18598309

NY State Senator Faults New York City over Deaths in Foreclosed Home - Utility had shut off the electricity because it had no record of tenants at that address

http://online.wsj.com/article/APc112af1cfdbb4b72b0ac15486ce63075.html

Coming Together to Pray, and Also to Find Reduced-Rate Energy Deals (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/science/earth/31churches.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Summer Chinook Season - First in 20 Years - Opens with Little Fanfare (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2011/aug/02/summer-chinook-season-first-in-20-years-opens/

Dave Shorett on Fishing: All of the Salmon News is Not Bad News (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/aug/01/dave-shorett-on-fishing-all-of-the-salmon-news/

Pacific Northwest Tribes Drive Effort to Save Primitive Fish (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/story/15191264/nw-tribes-drive-effort-to-save-primitive-fish

Disgusting Sea Creature Threatened with Extinction (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/0729/Disgusting-sea-creature-threatened-with-extinction

Can Washington State Fit Shipping Coal to China with Protecting Fish? (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/20440/Can-Washington-state-fit-shipping-coal-to-China-with-protecting-fish-/

California - Officials to Electro-Shock Fish to Measure Upper Truckee River Restoration Project (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/08/01/3807710/officials-to-electro-shock-fish.html

Will Asian Carp Turn Up in Fishing Expedition Near Lake Michigan? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2011/0801/Will-Asian-carp-turn-up-in-fishing-expedition-near-Lake-Michigan

Vegas Company Gambles on Desert Shrimp Farm (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2015750183_apusdesertshrimp.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Washington State, Feds Celebrate New Columbia River Project to Deliver Water to Farmers (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015797349_apwacolumbiariverwater.html

California - Surplus Water Flowing to State’s Farms, Reservoirs (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/31/3806034/surplus-water-flowing-to-states.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

New Findings on Hydro Power Could Shake up Renewable Policy “…hydroelectric power reservoirs are responsible for only about a sixth of the carbon dioxide & methane previously attributed to them…” (Clean Technica – Bonus points…see if you can find the hilarious misspelling in this article….)

http://cleantechnica.com/2011/08/01/new-findings-on-hydro-power-could-shake-up-renewable-policy/

Second Clark County Neighborhood Opposes Biomass Plant (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/aug/01/2nd-neighborhood-opposes-biomass-plant/

North Carolina - Landfill of the Future: Turning Trash into Treasure (Greensboro News Record, NC)

http://www.news-record.com/content/2011/07/30/article/landfill_of_the_future_turning_trash_into_treasure

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Curbing Supercomputers’ Growing Drain on Energy (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/2011/08/02/138916003/curbing-supercomputers-growing-drain-on-resources?ft=1&f=3

Canadian Firm to Take Control of Jeld-Wen Inc. (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/aug/02/canadian-firm-to-take-control-of-jeld-wen-inc/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Study: Climate Change Imperils Himalayan Glaciers (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2011/08/climate-change-himalayan-glaciers-/1

Arctic Scientist Suspension is About Project’s Management (Associated Press)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_18598553

Related - Second-Guessing Polar Bear Research (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/second-guessing-polar-bear-research/?partner=rss&emc=rss

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Loud, Smelly Chickens: The Downside of Seattle Farming? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2011/08/01/loud-smelly-chickens-the-downside-of-seattle-farming/

Chevrolet Dealers Install Solar-Powered Volt Chargers (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/07/chevrolet-dealers-install-solar-powered-volt-rechargers/1

Latest Out of Tailpipes: Electricity with Exhaust (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/automobiles/latest-out-of-tailpipes-electricity-with-exhaust.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

FCC Broadband Study Shows Which Companies Actually Come Close to Meeting Advertised Download Speeds (Consumerist)

http://consumerist.com/2011/08/fcc-broadband-study-shows-which-companies-actually-come-close-to-meeting-advertised-download-speeds.html

Frontier Communications to Add 50 More Jobs (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110802/biz/708029958/-1/rss03

Why Shutting Down 800 Federal Data Centers Won’t be Easy (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/cloud/why-shutting-down-800-federal-data-centers-wont-be-easy/

Is Another Dot-Com Bubble in Danger of Bursting? (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2011-07-26-dotcom-bubble_n.htm?csp=34tech

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State Lt. Governor Brad Owen Also Opts To Cut Own Pay (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/08/01/1746057/lt-gov-owen-also-opts-to-cut-own.html

Gary Locke Sworn in as Ambassador to China (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Gary-Locke-sworn-in-as-ambassador-to-China-126533283.html

California - Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Bar Per-Signature Pay on Ballot-Measure Petitions (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_18596760

GENERAL NEWS

Washington State Governor Supports Debt Deal, But Unsure How It Will Effect [sic] State (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/08/02/1746565/missing-headline-for-02ostatereaxs.html

Questions & Answers About the Federal Debt-Deficit Deal (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2015791439_apusdebtshowdownqa.html

Firms Rating US Debt Spent $1.75 Million Lobbying Washington on Regulations (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/08/firms_rating_us_debt_also_spen.html

Study: Intensive Thinning Needed to Cut Wildfire Risk (Northwest Public Radio)

http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=9206

Falcons Protect Washington State Blueberry Fields from Starlings (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/story/15187206/falcons-protect-wa-blueberry-fields-from-starlings

DIVERSIONS

Giant-Snail Farming: The Next Big Thing?

http://www.kirotv.com/money/28678608/detail.html

Send in the Clown (Students) - Youngsters Have Chance to Connect with ‘Clownselves’

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/08/01/1744885/send-in-the-clown-students.html

Swede Tries to Make Nuke Reactor in Kitchen

http://www.kirotv.com/health/28739278/detail.html

Girl in Hawaii Finds Message in Bottle from Silverton, OR Boy

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/08/girl_in_hawaii_finds_message_in_bottle_from_silverton_or_boy.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Cream - Strange Brew

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