Energy News Digest for October 8, 2012

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

Wildfire near Shelton 85% Contained (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/7620

Columbia River Rolls On to 2014 Treaty Deadline - Canada, U-S can then give notice to renegotiate landmark flood, power deal (Vancouver Sun, B-C)

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Columbia+River+rolls+2014+treaty+deadline/7352635/story.html

Scientists Adopt Tiny Washington State Island as a Warming Bellwether (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/us/scientists-in-washington-state-adopt-tiny-island-as-climate-change-bellwether.html

Waterfront Project, City Wi-Fi to Start Today in Port Angeles (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20121008/NEWS/310089986/waterfront-project-city-wi-fi-to-start-today-in-port-angeles

Sockeye Salmon Return to Cle Elum River (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Sockeye-salmon-return-to-Cle-Elum-River-173032111.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Columbia River Rolls On to 2014 Treaty Deadline
• Troubled California Nuclear Power Plant Aims to Restart Reactor
• Idaho - Two Men Arrested Trying to Sell Stolen Copper Wire; Wire Stamped “Avista”
• Benton PUD General Manager Jim Sanders to Retire
• Lee Caldwell, Kitsap PUD Commissioner - At Age 90, Time to Say Goodbye to Public Life
• Adapting to the Smart Grid
• Sockeye Salmon Return to Cle Elum River
• First Sockeye Spawner in 45 Years Witnessed in Oregon’s Upper Deschutes River Basin
• Vancouver Island - Drought, Low Water Levels in River Force Cowichan Tribes to Halt Salmon Fishery
• Salmon, History Draw Crowd to Tumwater Falls
• Issaquah Creek’s Hatchery Homecoming
• Rafting the Free-flowing White Salmon River a Year after Condit Dam Fell
• Washington State Supreme Court Says Pollution Tax Is Constitutional
• Restore the California Delta! To What, Exactly?
• Wind Farm Stirs Breeze for Ailing Town
• Editorial - Keep Wind Power Funded
• A Solar Spot in Klamath Falls
• What’s Going Wrong with China’s Solar Industry?
• Scientists Adopt Tiny Washington State Island as a Warming Bellwether
• Holy Cow! Manure Could be New Cash Crop
• Portland Mayor Sam Adams Kills Oregon Sustainability Center Project
• Chanel Runway Show Uses Windmills as Fashion Accessories
• Waterfront Project, City Wi-Fi to Start Today in Port Angeles
• Rural Options for Speedy Internet Still Tough
• Pushy Comcast Workers Worry Capitol Hill Residents
• Lt. Governor - Competition Feisty for Largely Ceremonial Washington State Office
• Campaign to Replace Washington State Auditor Is a Hostile One
• Wildfire near Shelton 85% Contained
• Exploding Targets Preliminary Cause of Two New Central Washington Wildfires
• Emergency Burn Ban Extended to All Washington State Counties
• It Can’t Be! Rain Is On Its Way?
• Drought Presents Problems for Cranberry Bog Harvests
• Construction Worker Presumed Dead after Falling from Lewis & Clark Bridge
• ‘Silent Earthquakes’ Ripple Under Cascadia
• Columbus Day 1962: A Look Back at One of Region’s Most Destructive Storms

WORD OF THE DAY

Conjecture • \kun-JECK-cher\ • Verb - 1: to arrive at or deduce by surmise or guesswork: guess 2: to form a supposition or inference

Reverse engineering was Gilbert’s greatest talent. However, the “Rube Goldberg” mechanics inside the gum vending machine had him flummoxed. In the end, his conjecture is that the dispensing of the tasty mint treats were the result of engineering magic or luck…not a logical internal process.

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

Columbia River Rolls On to 2014 Treaty Deadline - Canada, U-S can then give notice to renegotiate landmark flood, power deal (Vancouver Sun, B-C)

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Columbia+River+rolls+2014+treaty+deadline/7352635/story.html

Troubled California Nuclear Power Plant Aims to Restart Reactor (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/04/troubled-calif-nuke-plant-aims-to-restart-reactor/1614255/

Idaho - Two Men Arrested Trying to Sell Stolen Copper Wire; Wire Stamped “Avista” (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/10/08/2278152/2-men-arrested-trying-to-sell.html

Benton PUD General Manager Jim Sanders to Retire (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/10/06/2126159/benton-pud-general-manager-jim.html

Lee Caldwell, Kitsap PUD Commissioner - At Age 90, Time to Say Goodbye to Public Life (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/oct/07/lee-caldwell-says-good-bye-to-public-life/

Adapting to the Smart Grid (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/power-supply/smart-grid/grid-week-2012-automated-metering/48983

FISH & WILDLIFE

Sockeye Salmon Return to Cle Elum River (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Sockeye-salmon-return-to-Cle-Elum-River-173032111.html

First Sockeye Spawner in 45 Years Witnessed in Oregon’s Upper Deschutes River Basin (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/423220.aspx

Vancouver Island - Drought, Low Water Levels in River Force Cowichan Tribes to Halt Salmon Fishery (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/Drought+water+levels+river+force+Cowichan+Tribes+halt+salmon/7356170/story.html

Salmon, History Draw Crowd to Tumwater Falls (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/10/08/2277723/salmon-history-draw-crowd-to-tumwater.html

Issaquah Creek’s Hatchery Homecoming (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.com/html/picturethis/2019346316_salmon090512.html?syndication=rss

Rafting the Free-flowing White Salmon River a Year after Condit Dam Fell (National Geographic Magazine)

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/10/04/rafting-the-free-flowing-white-salmon-river-a-year-after-condit-dam-fell/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Washington State Supreme Court Says Pollution Tax Is Constitutional (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/State-Supreme-Court-says-pollution-tax-is-constitutional-172711541.html

Restore the California Delta! To What, Exactly? (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/2012/10/07/162393931/restore-california-delta-to-what-exactly?ft=1&f=10

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Wind Farm Stirs Breeze for Ailing Town (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/oct/05/wind-farm-stirs-breeze-for-ailing-town/

Editorial - Keep Wind Power Funded (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/10/08/2277736/keep-wind-power-funded.html

A Solar Spot in Klamath Falls (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)

http://www.heraldandnews.com/article_cea32cc2-104b-11e2-92bd-001a4bcf887a.html

What’s Going Wrong with China’s Solar Industry? (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/2012/10/08/162490249/whats-going-wrong-with-chinas-solar-industry?ft=1&f=3

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Scientists Adopt Tiny Washington State Island as a Warming Bellwether (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/us/scientists-in-washington-state-adopt-tiny-island-as-climate-change-bellwether.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Holy Cow! Manure Could be New Cash Crop (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2012/10/06/holy-cow-manure-could-be-new-cash-crop

Portland Mayor Sam Adams Kills Oregon Sustainability Center Project (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2012/10/mayor_sam_adams_kills_oregon_s.html

Chanel Runway Show Uses Windmills as Fashion Accessories (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/article/chanel-runway-show-uses-windmills-as-fashion-accessories/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Waterfront Project, City Wi-Fi to Start Today in Port Angeles (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20121008/NEWS/310089986/waterfront-project-city-wi-fi-to-start-today-in-port-angeles

Rural Options for Speedy Internet Still Tough (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/personal/2012/10/07/rural-broadband-options/1613461/

Pushy Comcast Workers Worry Capitol Hill Residents (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Comcast--173002881.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Lt. Governor - Competition Feisty for Largely Ceremonial Washington State Office (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20121008/NEWS01/710089965

Campaign to Replace Washington State Auditor Is a Hostile One (Associated Press)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/oct/08/campaign-to-replace-wash-auditor-is-a-hostile-one/

GENERAL NEWS

Wildfire near Shelton 85% Contained (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/7620

Exploding Targets Preliminary Cause of Two New Central Washington Wildfires (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/oct/08/exploding-targets-preliminary-cause-of-two-new/

Emergency Burn Ban Extended to All Washington State Counties (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Emergency-burn-ban-in-all-Washington-counties-173041001.html

It Can’t Be! Rain Is On Its Way? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/It-can-t-be-Rain-is-on-its-way-3928283.php

Drought Presents Problems for Cranberry Bog Harvests (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/oct/07/drought-presents-problems-for-cranberry-bog/

Construction Worker Presumed Dead after Falling from Lewis & Clark Bridge (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/construction-worker-presumed-dead-after-falling-from-lewis-and-clark/article_9e56662e-10e1-11e2-a0d3-001a4bcf887a.html

‘Silent Earthquakes’ Ripple Under Cascadia (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/silent-earthquakes-ripple-under-cascadia

Columbus Day 1962: A Look Back at One of Region’s Most Destructive Storms (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/columbus-day-a-look-back-at-one-of-region-s/article_fc40e6f8-0f45-11e2-8eb3-0019bb2963f4.html

DIVERSIONS

Portland Dog at Center Of Custody Dispute Set for Reunion with Original Owner

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2012/10/portland_dog_at_center_of_cust.html

Hobbit-At for Humanity: Man Builds Unconventional Cottage

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/oct/08/hobbit-at-for-humanity-man-builds-unconventional/

Blue & Green Honey Makes French Beekeepers See Red

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/04/us-france-bees-idUSBRE8930MQ20121004

Skydiver Eyes Record-Breaking Jump Tuesday over New Mexico

http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2019375877_apussupersonicskydiver.html

SONG OF THE DAY

John Lennon: 40 Quotes on His Birthday

http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2012/1008/John-Lennon-40-quotes-on-his-birthday/Imagine

John Lennon - Stand By Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4_ghOG9JQM