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.
The News Digest Is Also Available At The Following Web Site:
http://www.energynewsdigest.blogspot.com/
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- 16 bills seek to amend alternative-energy initiative approved by voters
- No appeal of PSE sale; new Whidbey PUD effort
- Pend Oreille County Wants Bigger Piece Of Wealth From Seattle's
- River Flows Affect Chelan PUD Revenues
- The Daily News Editorial - Anger Can Be Justified, but Cowlitz PUD Recall Isn't the Answer
- No easy power fix for Anderson Island resident
- POWER: Benton PUD installing new meters
- Utilities and Transportation Commission Gets New Chairman
- Oregon Report: Energy Tax Credits Created Jobs
- $375 Million Coal Plant Proposed For SE Montana
- Dallas Morning News Editorial - Electric Dereg A Bust/Ripoff in Texas?
- Retail electricity competition pumps billions in economy
- Energy Secretary's Dire California Prediction
- Michigan Man Who Froze Over $1K In Unpaid Power Bills Had $
- Iowa Board May Revamp Electric Shut-Off Rules
- JD Power and Associates 2009 Electricity Customer Satisfaction Survey
- Idaho Statesman Editorial - Salmon Need Help From New Administration
- Sacramento: Hatchery Salmon Shortage Means Fewer Fish In Fall
- Lewis County PUD Believes Chehalis Dams Would Control Flooding
- Ice Dam Creates Potential Threat In Twisp
- Oregon - How Much Klamath River Water?
- Stormwater Ruling A Win For Small Cities
- State of Montana May Get $2 Million Riverfront Property
- Dark Days for Green
- Florida - Solar powered popcorn in Palm Beach
- Energy lawyer advocates for Great Lakes wind
- WHO GETS WHAT: Tax breaks for energy
- Obama ordering energy-efficient
- Hearing Airs Views On Proposed 'Cap and Trade' Emissions Bill
- Mid-Columbia Lawmakers Fight Emissions
- Congress Delays Troubled Switch To Digital
- Washington State Lawmakers Consider Bagging Plastic
- North Mason Storm Repair Work Could Begin Soon
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Girandole • \JEER-un-dohl\ • noun - 1: a radiating and showy composition (as a cluster of skyrockets fired together) *2: an ornamental branched candlestick 3: a pendant earring usually with three ornaments hanging from a central piece
The crowd exhaled with “Oohs” and “Aahs” which pleased the bearded pyrotechnican standing near the firing site for the Alaska State Fair. He figured that the girandole finale would bring the crowd to its feet….and he was not disappointed.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
16 bills seek to amend alternative-energy initiative approved by voters (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090205/NEWS02/702059937
No appeal of PSE sale; new Whidbey PUD effort (The Whidbey Examiner, Coupeville, WA)
http://www.whidbeyexaminer.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=2185&TM=63271.02
Pend Oreille County Wants Bigger Piece Of Wealth From Seattle's Dam (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008704810_pendoreille04m.html?syndication=rss
River Flows Affect Chelan PUD Revenues (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090203/NEWS04/702039919/1001
The Daily News Editorial - Anger Can Be Justified, but Cowlitz PUD Recall Isn't the Answer
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/02/05/editorial/doc498a0b39ec5fd067705987.txt
No easy power fix for Anderson Island resident (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_020409WAB-anderson-island-power-KC.1df25d36.html
POWER: Benton PUD installing new meters (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/468670.html
Utilities and Transportation Commission Gets New Chairman (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008704732_webgoltz04.html?syndication=rss
Oregon Report: Energy Tax Credits Created Jobs (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/02/02/daily23.html?ana=from_rss
$375 Million Coal Plant Proposed For SE Montana (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1831723~_375_million_coal_plant_proposed_for_SE_Mont_.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Dallas Morning News Editorial - Electric Dereg A Bust/Ripoff in Texas?
http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/02/electric-dereg.html
Retail electricity competition pumps billions in economy (San Antonio Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2009/02/02/daily12.html
Energy Secretary's Dire California Prediction (MSNBC)
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Energy-Secretarys-Dire-California-Prediction.html
Michigan Man Who Froze Over $1K In Unpaid Power Bills Had $600K (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/nationworld/story/748361.html
Iowa Board May Revamp Electric Shut-Off Rules (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/02/04/ap6008353.html
JD Power and Associates 2009 Electricity Customer Satisfaction Survey (Links to PDF File)
http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/releases/pdf/2009018.pdf
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho Statesman Editorial - Salmon Need Help From New Administration
http://www.idahostatesman.com/126/story/656237.html
Sacramento: Hatchery Salmon Shortage Means Fewer Fish In Fall Run (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/1600663.html?mi_rss=Our+Region
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Lewis County PUD Believes Chehalis Dams Would Control Flooding (KELA-Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews/?Lewis-County-PUD-Believes-Chehalis-Dams-=1&blockID=38420&feedID=410
Ice Dam Creates Potential Threat In Twisp (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/38931314.html
Oregon - How Much Klamath River Water? Though winter isn’t over, irrigators are concerned (Herald and News, Klamath Falls, OR)
http://www.heraldandnews.com/articles/2009/02/05/top_story/doc498a92878880c077721990.txt
Stormwater Ruling A Win For Small Cities (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008704765_webruling04.html?syndication=rss
State of Montana May Get $2 Million Riverfront Property – Some assistance from Bonneville Power Administration (The Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2009/02/04/news/local_montana/news_8766237295_01.txt
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Dark Days for Green Energy (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/business/04windsolar.html?_r=1
Florida - Solar powered popcorn in Palm Beach County (WPTV-TV, West Palm Beach, FL)
http://www.wptv.com/news/local/story/Solar-powered-popcorn-in-Palm-Beach-County/RYwznnl_5UmOkh7LE51Ovg.cspx
Energy lawyer advocates for Great Lakes wind power (West Michigan Business)
http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2009/02/energy_lawyer_advocates_for_gr.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
WHO GETS WHAT: Tax breaks for energy conservation - Congress may soon give you a break that could save you hundreds of dollars (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008711203_apstimulusenergy.html?syndication=rss
Obama ordering energy-efficient standards – Potentially higher efficiency standards for everyday household appliances such as dishwashers, lamps and microwave ovens (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008710191_apobamaenergy.html?syndication=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Hearing Airs Views On Proposed 'Cap and Trade' Emissions Bill (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/398642_cap04.html
Mid-Columbia Lawmakers Fight Emissions Cap (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/467714.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Congress Delays Troubled Switch To Digital TV (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/04/AR2009020402584.html?wprss=rss_technology
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State Lawmakers Consider Bagging Plastic Bags (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/39119792.html
North Mason Storm Repair Work Could Begin Soon (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/04/north-mason-storm-repair-work-could-begin-soon/?partner=RSS
DIVERSIONS
Man Found Stuck In Chimney - Man Says He Doesn't Know How He Got There
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18629084/detail.html
Karma Visits Identity Thief While He Awaits Trial
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/02/05/local_news/06news.txt
Washington High Court Dismisses Cow Bone Lawsuit
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/398893_dental06.html?source=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Angel from Montgomery - Bonnie Raitt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhe3vb0z7mY&feature=related
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Energy News Digest for February 3, 2009
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.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Montana utility drops 250-megawatt coal plant in favor of natural gas, some wind
- Idaho bill: New electricity customers should pay more to recover cost of growth
- Oregon Legislature to Consider Rate Hike for Klamath Dam Removal
- Cowlitz PUD recall petition back on track - judge to decide measure’s fate
- Aging New Jersey nuke plant has fire as license vote nears
- Energy Provision for Nukes and Coal May Test Priorities
- Connecticut - NRG Energy Asserts 'Great Strides' Under Deregulation
- Class-Action Suit to Be Filed Over Salmon Farming Off Vancouver Island
- Benton County Commission Views Black Rock as Ideal for Columbia River Water Storage
- New Olympia-Area Wastewater Facility to Usher in East Bay Overhaul
- SolarWorld Moves Vancouver-Area Jobs to Oregon
- Wind Power Becomes Europe's Fastest Growing Energy Source
- Will the Children of Today Be Living in a World Powered by Renewable Energy by 2050?
- Energy audit points out ways you lose heat - and money
- Study Finds Firms Moving Slowly On Greening
- A Carbon Keeper: Crop Waste Sunk to the Ocean Deep
- Broadband Gets A Boost In Recovery Package
- Stimulus funds for Internet: wise or wasteful?
- Data Breaches Are More Costly Than Ever
- Comcast Denies Unfair VoIP Discrimination
- Regulatory Issues Stall In-Flight Internet Access
- Congressman Larsen Says Focused Stimulus Package Will Bring Money Quickly
- U.S. Sailor Electrocuted In Iraq
- Washington State Troopers with Bogus Degrees Won't Be Charged
- Lobbyists Could Spend Less per Legislator
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Engender • \in-JEN-der\ • verb - 1: beget, procreate *2: to cause to exist or to develop: produce 3: to assume form: originate
Horrified by his mad creation, Bartholomew slowly backed away, ready to run at a moment’s notice. Little did he realize that in combining “Sweathog DNA” from the “Welcome Back Kotter” television series that he would engender such a horrifying monster. He’d expected the Horschak gene would be regressive. Instead it was horrifically dominant…its booming, honking laughter shattering high-strength glass and reducing the reinforced concrete to rubble.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
Montana utility drops 250-megawatt coal plant in favor of natural gas, some wind (Associated Press)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Mont-utility-drops-apf-14226451.html
Idaho bill: New electricity customers should pay more to recover cost of growth (Associated Press)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Idaho-bill-New-utility-apf-14229575.html
Oregon Legislature to Consider Rate Hike for Klamath Dam Removal (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1830147~Committee_to_consider_rate_boost.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Cowlitz PUD recall petition back on track - Superior Court judge will decide the fate of a recall petition (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/02/03/area_news/doc4987e92bddec9731303864.txt
Aging New Jersey nuke plant has fire as license vote nears (Associated Press)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Aging-NJ-nuke-plant-has-fire-apf-14226259.html
Energy Provision for Nukes and Coal May Test Priorities (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/02/AR2009020203162.html
Connecticut - NRG Energy Asserts 'Great Strides' Under Deregulation “…"Rates have increased 100 percent since restructuring started…rates could have been even higher than they are now if it weren't for deregulation….” (The Hartford Courant, CT)
http://www.courant.com/business/hc-nrg0202.artfeb02,0,5800409.story
FISH & WILDLIFE
Class-Action Suit to Be Filed Over Salmon Farming Off Vancouver Island (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/story.html?id=1245415
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Benton County Commission Views Black Rock as Ideal for Columbia River Water Storage (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/466559.html
New Olympia-Area Wastewater Facility to Usher In East Bay Overhaul (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/746586.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY
SolarWorld Moves Vancouver-Area Jobs to Oregon (The Columbia, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090203/BIZ01/702039988/-1/BIZ
Wind Power Becomes Europe's Fastest Growing Energy Source (The Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/03/wind-power-eu
Will the Children of Today Be Living in a World Powered by Renewable Energy by 2050? (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=54649&src=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy audit points out ways you lose heat - and money (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/business/personalfinance/articles/2009/02/03/energy_audit_points_out_ways_you_lose_heat___and_money/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Study Finds Firms Moving Slowly On Greening (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/02/BUGN15KG1R.DTL&feed=rss.business
A Carbon Keeper: Crop Waste Sunk to the Ocean Deep (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/science/earth/03obcrops.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Broadband Gets A Boost In Recovery Package (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11613035
Stimulus funds for Internet: wise or wasteful? (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008700743_stimulus03.html
Data Breaches Are More Costly Than Ever (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/02/AR2009020203064.html?wprss=rss_technology
Comcast Denies Unfair VoIP Discrimination - Argues its ok that their own VoIP service gets priority treatment (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Denies-Unfair-VoIP-Discrimination-100626
Regulatory Issues Stall In-Flight Internet Access (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/614846.html
GENERAL NEWS
Congressman Larsen Says Focused Stimulus Package Will Bring Money Quickly (Oblique reference to aluminum jobs - Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/780202.html
U.S. Sailor Electrocuted In Iraq – Third service member electrocuted in a shower in Iraq (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008699163_apiraqcontractorselectrocutions.html?syndication=rss
Washington State Troopers with Bogus Degrees Won't Be Charged (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9775560
Lobbyists Could Spend Less per Legislator (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/747029.html
DIVERSIONS
Buddy Holly: 50 Years after the Music Died (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100161470&ft=1&f=3
Melee Between Player, Ref, Dad Ends Basketball Game
http://www.kirotv.com/sports/18625696/detail.html
Where Snow Has Fallen, Plow Thefts Have Risen
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/us/03plows.html
SONG OF THE DAY
American Pie – Don McLean (1971)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN1baXrq5PU
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Montana utility drops 250-megawatt coal plant in favor of natural gas, some wind
- Idaho bill: New electricity customers should pay more to recover cost of growth
- Oregon Legislature to Consider Rate Hike for Klamath Dam Removal
- Cowlitz PUD recall petition back on track - judge to decide measure’s fate
- Aging New Jersey nuke plant has fire as license vote nears
- Energy Provision for Nukes and Coal May Test Priorities
- Connecticut - NRG Energy Asserts 'Great Strides' Under Deregulation
- Class-Action Suit to Be Filed Over Salmon Farming Off Vancouver Island
- Benton County Commission Views Black Rock as Ideal for Columbia River Water Storage
- New Olympia-Area Wastewater Facility to Usher in East Bay Overhaul
- SolarWorld Moves Vancouver-Area Jobs to Oregon
- Wind Power Becomes Europe's Fastest Growing Energy Source
- Will the Children of Today Be Living in a World Powered by Renewable Energy by 2050?
- Energy audit points out ways you lose heat - and money
- Study Finds Firms Moving Slowly On Greening
- A Carbon Keeper: Crop Waste Sunk to the Ocean Deep
- Broadband Gets A Boost In Recovery Package
- Stimulus funds for Internet: wise or wasteful?
- Data Breaches Are More Costly Than Ever
- Comcast Denies Unfair VoIP Discrimination
- Regulatory Issues Stall In-Flight Internet Access
- Congressman Larsen Says Focused Stimulus Package Will Bring Money Quickly
- U.S. Sailor Electrocuted In Iraq
- Washington State Troopers with Bogus Degrees Won't Be Charged
- Lobbyists Could Spend Less per Legislator
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Engender • \in-JEN-der\ • verb - 1: beget, procreate *2: to cause to exist or to develop: produce 3: to assume form: originate
Horrified by his mad creation, Bartholomew slowly backed away, ready to run at a moment’s notice. Little did he realize that in combining “Sweathog DNA” from the “Welcome Back Kotter” television series that he would engender such a horrifying monster. He’d expected the Horschak gene would be regressive. Instead it was horrifically dominant…its booming, honking laughter shattering high-strength glass and reducing the reinforced concrete to rubble.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
Montana utility drops 250-megawatt coal plant in favor of natural gas, some wind (Associated Press)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Mont-utility-drops-apf-14226451.html
Idaho bill: New electricity customers should pay more to recover cost of growth (Associated Press)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Idaho-bill-New-utility-apf-14229575.html
Oregon Legislature to Consider Rate Hike for Klamath Dam Removal (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1830147~Committee_to_consider_rate_boost.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Cowlitz PUD recall petition back on track - Superior Court judge will decide the fate of a recall petition (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/02/03/area_news/doc4987e92bddec9731303864.txt
Aging New Jersey nuke plant has fire as license vote nears (Associated Press)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Aging-NJ-nuke-plant-has-fire-apf-14226259.html
Energy Provision for Nukes and Coal May Test Priorities (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/02/AR2009020203162.html
Connecticut - NRG Energy Asserts 'Great Strides' Under Deregulation “…"Rates have increased 100 percent since restructuring started…rates could have been even higher than they are now if it weren't for deregulation….” (The Hartford Courant, CT)
http://www.courant.com/business/hc-nrg0202.artfeb02,0,5800409.story
FISH & WILDLIFE
Class-Action Suit to Be Filed Over Salmon Farming Off Vancouver Island (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/story.html?id=1245415
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Benton County Commission Views Black Rock as Ideal for Columbia River Water Storage (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/466559.html
New Olympia-Area Wastewater Facility to Usher In East Bay Overhaul (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/746586.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY
SolarWorld Moves Vancouver-Area Jobs to Oregon (The Columbia, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090203/BIZ01/702039988/-1/BIZ
Wind Power Becomes Europe's Fastest Growing Energy Source (The Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/03/wind-power-eu
Will the Children of Today Be Living in a World Powered by Renewable Energy by 2050? (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=54649&src=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy audit points out ways you lose heat - and money (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/business/personalfinance/articles/2009/02/03/energy_audit_points_out_ways_you_lose_heat___and_money/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Study Finds Firms Moving Slowly On Greening (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/02/BUGN15KG1R.DTL&feed=rss.business
A Carbon Keeper: Crop Waste Sunk to the Ocean Deep (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/science/earth/03obcrops.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Broadband Gets A Boost In Recovery Package (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11613035
Stimulus funds for Internet: wise or wasteful? (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008700743_stimulus03.html
Data Breaches Are More Costly Than Ever (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/02/AR2009020203064.html?wprss=rss_technology
Comcast Denies Unfair VoIP Discrimination - Argues its ok that their own VoIP service gets priority treatment (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Denies-Unfair-VoIP-Discrimination-100626
Regulatory Issues Stall In-Flight Internet Access (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/614846.html
GENERAL NEWS
Congressman Larsen Says Focused Stimulus Package Will Bring Money Quickly (Oblique reference to aluminum jobs - Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/780202.html
U.S. Sailor Electrocuted In Iraq – Third service member electrocuted in a shower in Iraq (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008699163_apiraqcontractorselectrocutions.html?syndication=rss
Washington State Troopers with Bogus Degrees Won't Be Charged (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9775560
Lobbyists Could Spend Less per Legislator (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/747029.html
DIVERSIONS
Buddy Holly: 50 Years after the Music Died (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100161470&ft=1&f=3
Melee Between Player, Ref, Dad Ends Basketball Game
http://www.kirotv.com/sports/18625696/detail.html
Where Snow Has Fallen, Plow Thefts Have Risen
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/us/03plows.html
SONG OF THE DAY
American Pie – Don McLean (1971)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN1baXrq5PU
Monday, February 2, 2009
Energy News Digest for February 2, 2009
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.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Planned Power Outage for Lakeland Village Tuesday
- Stimulus Bill Would Boost NW Grid, Wind Energy
- Anderson Island Loses Power
- Maryland - Energy Inflation and the Cold Driving Utility Bills Up
- Missouri Electric Rates Going Up Regardless Of AmerenUE Nuclear Plant Bill's Fate
- Debating Next-Generation Nuclear Waste
- Michigan - Ban All Winter Power Shutoffs, Then Sell City Utility
- Working Group for Investment in Reliable and Economic Electric Systems
- Navy Dolphins, Sea Lions Could Come To Hood Canal in Expansion of Security System
- California - Political Pull Helped Fix Scouts' Dam Problem
- Canada - Turning To the Past Can Help Salmon Stocks of the Future
- Columbia Basin Aquifer Water Levels Failing To Recharge
- California - Septic Shock in State's Outback
- Does Wind Power Really Provide More Jobs Than Coal?
- Maryhill Museum Partners With Windy Point to Build Wind Turbines
- Washington State Introduces Feed-in Tariff
- Iowa's Green Energy Policy Struggle
- Dim Days for Solar Industry
- To Solar Boosters: Shade Happens
- Alaska - Search for Low-Impact Hydro Power Finds Opposition
- Biomass Brouhaha - Darrington Cleans Up Its Air, One Wood Stove at a Time
- Corvallis Leads Nation in Green Power Use
- Utilities Turn Their Customers Green, With Envy
- News Release - Ameren Want Customers' Old, Secondary Refrigerators
- Economy Swamping Issue of Climate Change
- Energy Pulse Commentary - Emissions Trading: A Brief Negative Resume
- Local Cable TV Providers Debate Outcome of Charter’s Troubles
- Click! Network Will Credit Customers in Outage
- Human Error Blamed For Google Glitch
- Broadband Link to U.S. Jobs Exaggerated: Experts
- Broadband Stimulus A Big Verizon Pay Day
- Verizon Could Get $1.6 Billion in Senate Stimulus Plan
- Talking Points Memo - Broadband Stimulus
- Bringing the Internet to Remote African Villages
- White House Expects Digital TV Delay until June
- Obama Declares Storm Disaster for Wash. State
- King County Exec Ron Sims to Take D.C. Job with HUD
- Gregoire Wants To Cut 'Sacred Cow' Boards and Commissions
- State May Turn To Raffles to Raise a Buck
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Preternatural • \pree-ter-NATCH-uh-rul\ • adjective - 1: existing outside of nature *2: exceeding what is natural or regular: extraordinary 3: inexplicable by ordinary means; especially: psychic
Darlene was initially elated at the chance to see the new show home being built in her community by the designers at Home and Garden TV. It was only after stumbling from garishly painted room to room that she succumbed to the preternatural colors that decorated the oddly angled home. The unfortunate result was an urgent “call to Ralph on the big white phone”.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
Planned Power Outage for Lakeland Village Tuesday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6250/reftab/1632/t/PLANNED-POWER-OUTAGE-FOR-LAKELAND-VILLAGE-TUESDAY/Default.aspx
Stimulus Bill Would Boost NW Grid, Wind Energy - Includes $3.25 billion in additional borrowing authority for the Bonneville Power Administration (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_stimulus_bpa.html
Anderson Island Loses Power (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_020109WAB-no-power-anderson-island-SW.d8afa1f.html
Maryland - Energy Inflation and the Cold Driving Utility Bills Up (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.hancock31jan31,0,3411333.column
Missouri Electric Rates Going Up Regardless Of AmerenUE Nuclear Plant Bill's Fate (St Louis Post-Dispatch)
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/politics/story/26FA7DD5F2145209862575510001859B?OpenDocument
Debating Next-Generation Nuclear Waste (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/debating-next-generation-nuclear-waste/
Michigan - Ban All Winter Power Shutoffs, Then Sell City Utility (Bay City Times, MI)
http://www.mlive.com/opinion/bay-city/index.ssf/2009/02/ban_all_winter_power_shutoffs.html
Working Group for Investment in Reliable and Economic Electric Systems: Transmission portions of stimulus package good but more must be done (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=351938&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Navy Dolphins, Sea Lions Could Come To Hood Canal in Expansion of Security System at Bangor (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=23150
California - Political Pull Helped Fix Scouts' Dam Problem - It had allegedly killed federally protected steelhead trout downstream (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/01/MNMT15EMFF.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Canada - Turning To the Past Can Help Salmon Stocks of the Future (The Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090202.BCHUME02/TPStory//BritishColumbia/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Columbia Basin Aquifer Water Levels Failing To Recharge (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/01/30/news/doc498346a8527d6462471377.txt
California - Septic Shock in State's Outback: An uprising in rural counties has obliged the state to postpone a crackdown on that backcountry essential, the septic tank (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/02/EDIP15KCME.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Does Wind Power Really Provide More Jobs Than Coal? (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/01/31/does-wind-power-really-provide-more-jobs-than-coal/
Maryhill Museum Partners With Windy Point to Build Wind Turbines to Make Money (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9764575
Washington State Introduces Feed-in Tariff (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=54645&src=rss
Iowa's Green Energy Policy Struggle (British Broadcasting Corporation)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7861686.stm
Dim Days for Solar Industry (Denver Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/02/02/story5.html?ana=from_rss
To Solar Boosters: Shade Happens (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/reinsider/story?id=54551&src=rss
Alaksa - Search for Low-Impact Hydro Power Finds Opposition: Fishing advocates fear disruption of area's spawning salmon (Anchorage Daily News)
http://www.adn.com/3221/story/675881.html
Biomass Brouhaha - Darrington Cleans Up Its Air, One Wood Stove at a Time (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090202/NEWS01/702029898/-1/RSS02
Corvallis Leads Nation in Green Power Use (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1827504~Corvallis_leads_nation_in_green_power_use.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Utilities Turn Their Customers Green, With Envy (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/31/science/earth/31compete.html?ref=earth
News Release - Ameren Illinois Utilities Want Customers' Old, Secondary Refrigerators (Yahoo! Finance)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Ameren-Illinois-Utilities-prnews-14222126.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Economy Swamping Issue of Climate Change (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/398229_davos31.html
Energy Pulse Commentary - Emissions Trading: A Brief Negative Resume - The clock of stupidity is attached to a bell, and it tolls for your descendants - Donald E. Carr (1976)
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1935
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Local Cable TV Providers Debate Outcome of Charter’s Troubles - Will financially troubled Charter Communications pull out of the North Central Washington cable TV market?
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090201/NEWS04/702029988/1001/rss1001
Click! Network Will Credit Customers in Outage (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/612206.html
Human Error Blamed For Google Glitch - Computer users doing Google searches during a nearly one-hour period Saturday morning were greeted with disturbing but erroneous messages (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008694327_google01.html
Broadband Link to U.S. Jobs Exaggerated: Experts (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE50T6IP20090130?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
Broadband Stimulus A Big Verizon Pay Day - Could reap billions for doing nothing differently (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Broadband-Stimulus-A-Big-Verizon-Pay-Day-100579
Verizon Could Get $1.6 Billion in Senate Stimulus Plan (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/senate-looks-to-stimulate-verizon/
Talking Points Memo - Broadband Stimulus
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/01/30/broadband_stimulus/
Bringing the Internet to Remote African Villages (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/technology/internet/02kenya.html?_r=1
White House Expects Digital TV Delay until June (Reuters)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20090202/tc_nm/us_usa_obama_digitaltv_1
GENERAL NEWS
Obama Declares Storm Disaster for Wash. State - Includes King, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston, and Wahkiakum (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1825225~Obama_declares_storm_disaster_for_Wash__state.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
King County Exec Ron Sims to Take D.C. Job with HUD (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18621443/detail.html?treets=sea&tml=sea_break&ts=T&tmi=sea_break_1_11190102022009
Gregoire Wants To Cut 'Sacred Cow' Boards and Commissions (The Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9771114
State May Turn To Raffles To Raise A Buck - Small towns, cities and counties soon may have a more creative way to raise a buck (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008696825_raffles02m.html?syndication=rss
DIVERSIONS
Punxsutawney Phil Sees Shadow, Winter to Continue
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/6242032.html
Google Earth Reveals Hidden Marijuana Fields to Swiss Authorities
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/technology/2009/jan/Google-Earth-Reveals-Hidden-Marijuana-Fields-to-Swiss-Authorities.html
Gatorade Name Change Upsets Inventor's Family (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100118062&ft=1&f=10
Fiat Nets $27K Parking Ticket in Austria - Car Abandoned In Parking Spot for 2 Years
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18602894/detail.html
Response to "Thank You" Changing
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008696955_thanks02.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Jethro Tull - Bourée (1969)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2RNe2jwHE0
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Planned Power Outage for Lakeland Village Tuesday
- Stimulus Bill Would Boost NW Grid, Wind Energy
- Anderson Island Loses Power
- Maryland - Energy Inflation and the Cold Driving Utility Bills Up
- Missouri Electric Rates Going Up Regardless Of AmerenUE Nuclear Plant Bill's Fate
- Debating Next-Generation Nuclear Waste
- Michigan - Ban All Winter Power Shutoffs, Then Sell City Utility
- Working Group for Investment in Reliable and Economic Electric Systems
- Navy Dolphins, Sea Lions Could Come To Hood Canal in Expansion of Security System
- California - Political Pull Helped Fix Scouts' Dam Problem
- Canada - Turning To the Past Can Help Salmon Stocks of the Future
- Columbia Basin Aquifer Water Levels Failing To Recharge
- California - Septic Shock in State's Outback
- Does Wind Power Really Provide More Jobs Than Coal?
- Maryhill Museum Partners With Windy Point to Build Wind Turbines
- Washington State Introduces Feed-in Tariff
- Iowa's Green Energy Policy Struggle
- Dim Days for Solar Industry
- To Solar Boosters: Shade Happens
- Alaska - Search for Low-Impact Hydro Power Finds Opposition
- Biomass Brouhaha - Darrington Cleans Up Its Air, One Wood Stove at a Time
- Corvallis Leads Nation in Green Power Use
- Utilities Turn Their Customers Green, With Envy
- News Release - Ameren Want Customers' Old, Secondary Refrigerators
- Economy Swamping Issue of Climate Change
- Energy Pulse Commentary - Emissions Trading: A Brief Negative Resume
- Local Cable TV Providers Debate Outcome of Charter’s Troubles
- Click! Network Will Credit Customers in Outage
- Human Error Blamed For Google Glitch
- Broadband Link to U.S. Jobs Exaggerated: Experts
- Broadband Stimulus A Big Verizon Pay Day
- Verizon Could Get $1.6 Billion in Senate Stimulus Plan
- Talking Points Memo - Broadband Stimulus
- Bringing the Internet to Remote African Villages
- White House Expects Digital TV Delay until June
- Obama Declares Storm Disaster for Wash. State
- King County Exec Ron Sims to Take D.C. Job with HUD
- Gregoire Wants To Cut 'Sacred Cow' Boards and Commissions
- State May Turn To Raffles to Raise a Buck
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Preternatural • \pree-ter-NATCH-uh-rul\ • adjective - 1: existing outside of nature *2: exceeding what is natural or regular: extraordinary 3: inexplicable by ordinary means; especially: psychic
Darlene was initially elated at the chance to see the new show home being built in her community by the designers at Home and Garden TV. It was only after stumbling from garishly painted room to room that she succumbed to the preternatural colors that decorated the oddly angled home. The unfortunate result was an urgent “call to Ralph on the big white phone”.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
Planned Power Outage for Lakeland Village Tuesday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6250/reftab/1632/t/PLANNED-POWER-OUTAGE-FOR-LAKELAND-VILLAGE-TUESDAY/Default.aspx
Stimulus Bill Would Boost NW Grid, Wind Energy - Includes $3.25 billion in additional borrowing authority for the Bonneville Power Administration (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_stimulus_bpa.html
Anderson Island Loses Power (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_020109WAB-no-power-anderson-island-SW.d8afa1f.html
Maryland - Energy Inflation and the Cold Driving Utility Bills Up (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.hancock31jan31,0,3411333.column
Missouri Electric Rates Going Up Regardless Of AmerenUE Nuclear Plant Bill's Fate (St Louis Post-Dispatch)
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/politics/story/26FA7DD5F2145209862575510001859B?OpenDocument
Debating Next-Generation Nuclear Waste (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/debating-next-generation-nuclear-waste/
Michigan - Ban All Winter Power Shutoffs, Then Sell City Utility (Bay City Times, MI)
http://www.mlive.com/opinion/bay-city/index.ssf/2009/02/ban_all_winter_power_shutoffs.html
Working Group for Investment in Reliable and Economic Electric Systems: Transmission portions of stimulus package good but more must be done (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=351938&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Navy Dolphins, Sea Lions Could Come To Hood Canal in Expansion of Security System at Bangor (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=23150
California - Political Pull Helped Fix Scouts' Dam Problem - It had allegedly killed federally protected steelhead trout downstream (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/01/MNMT15EMFF.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Canada - Turning To the Past Can Help Salmon Stocks of the Future (The Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090202.BCHUME02/TPStory//BritishColumbia/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Columbia Basin Aquifer Water Levels Failing To Recharge (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/01/30/news/doc498346a8527d6462471377.txt
California - Septic Shock in State's Outback: An uprising in rural counties has obliged the state to postpone a crackdown on that backcountry essential, the septic tank (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/02/EDIP15KCME.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Does Wind Power Really Provide More Jobs Than Coal? (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/01/31/does-wind-power-really-provide-more-jobs-than-coal/
Maryhill Museum Partners With Windy Point to Build Wind Turbines to Make Money (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9764575
Washington State Introduces Feed-in Tariff (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=54645&src=rss
Iowa's Green Energy Policy Struggle (British Broadcasting Corporation)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7861686.stm
Dim Days for Solar Industry (Denver Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/02/02/story5.html?ana=from_rss
To Solar Boosters: Shade Happens (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/reinsider/story?id=54551&src=rss
Alaksa - Search for Low-Impact Hydro Power Finds Opposition: Fishing advocates fear disruption of area's spawning salmon (Anchorage Daily News)
http://www.adn.com/3221/story/675881.html
Biomass Brouhaha - Darrington Cleans Up Its Air, One Wood Stove at a Time (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090202/NEWS01/702029898/-1/RSS02
Corvallis Leads Nation in Green Power Use (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1827504~Corvallis_leads_nation_in_green_power_use.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Utilities Turn Their Customers Green, With Envy (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/31/science/earth/31compete.html?ref=earth
News Release - Ameren Illinois Utilities Want Customers' Old, Secondary Refrigerators (Yahoo! Finance)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Ameren-Illinois-Utilities-prnews-14222126.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Economy Swamping Issue of Climate Change (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/398229_davos31.html
Energy Pulse Commentary - Emissions Trading: A Brief Negative Resume - The clock of stupidity is attached to a bell, and it tolls for your descendants - Donald E. Carr (1976)
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1935
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Local Cable TV Providers Debate Outcome of Charter’s Troubles - Will financially troubled Charter Communications pull out of the North Central Washington cable TV market?
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090201/NEWS04/702029988/1001/rss1001
Click! Network Will Credit Customers in Outage (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/612206.html
Human Error Blamed For Google Glitch - Computer users doing Google searches during a nearly one-hour period Saturday morning were greeted with disturbing but erroneous messages (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008694327_google01.html
Broadband Link to U.S. Jobs Exaggerated: Experts (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE50T6IP20090130?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
Broadband Stimulus A Big Verizon Pay Day - Could reap billions for doing nothing differently (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Broadband-Stimulus-A-Big-Verizon-Pay-Day-100579
Verizon Could Get $1.6 Billion in Senate Stimulus Plan (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/senate-looks-to-stimulate-verizon/
Talking Points Memo - Broadband Stimulus
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/01/30/broadband_stimulus/
Bringing the Internet to Remote African Villages (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/technology/internet/02kenya.html?_r=1
White House Expects Digital TV Delay until June (Reuters)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20090202/tc_nm/us_usa_obama_digitaltv_1
GENERAL NEWS
Obama Declares Storm Disaster for Wash. State - Includes King, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston, and Wahkiakum (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1825225~Obama_declares_storm_disaster_for_Wash__state.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
King County Exec Ron Sims to Take D.C. Job with HUD (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18621443/detail.html?treets=sea&tml=sea_break&ts=T&tmi=sea_break_1_11190102022009
Gregoire Wants To Cut 'Sacred Cow' Boards and Commissions (The Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9771114
State May Turn To Raffles To Raise A Buck - Small towns, cities and counties soon may have a more creative way to raise a buck (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008696825_raffles02m.html?syndication=rss
DIVERSIONS
Punxsutawney Phil Sees Shadow, Winter to Continue
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/6242032.html
Google Earth Reveals Hidden Marijuana Fields to Swiss Authorities
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/technology/2009/jan/Google-Earth-Reveals-Hidden-Marijuana-Fields-to-Swiss-Authorities.html
Gatorade Name Change Upsets Inventor's Family (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100118062&ft=1&f=10
Fiat Nets $27K Parking Ticket in Austria - Car Abandoned In Parking Spot for 2 Years
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18602894/detail.html
Response to "Thank You" Changing
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008696955_thanks02.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Jethro Tull - Bourée (1969)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2RNe2jwHE0
Friday, January 30, 2009
Energy News Digest for January 30, 2009
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.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Path Cleared For Puget Energy to Be Bought By Consortium
- Southwest Idaho Residents Want to Stop Power Line
- Buzz grows for modernizing energy grid
- Smart Grid, Stupid Policy?
- Cowlitz County PUD pay hike spurs recall attempt
- TransAlta 4Q Earnings Off
- California - Electrician accused of stealing $13,500 in power
- Gas Glut: Natural Gas Drillers Still Trying to Throttle Back
- Australia – Rising electricity prices 'to benefit renewable sector'
- Judge Won't Grant Stay Sparing Sea Lions
- Columbia River Treaty Tribes Tell States to Limit Columbia Spring Chinook Catch
- Idaho Officials Predict Large Return of Salmon
- Coeur d’Alene’s rewarded in Avista settlement over use of tribal lands for storing water to produce hydropower
- Snowpack above Average on Mt Hood, Below-Average in Northeast Oregon
- Low Snowpack May Mean a Third Dry Year for California
- State water allocation proposal in Jefferson County fuels growing fears
- Idaho board approves Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer plan
- Nevada A Natural Disaster Area Due To Drought
- Proposed Washington State Law Would Clarify Definition of Biomass
- FERC Chief: Energy Conservation and High-Performance Vehicles Can Coexist
- Oregon - Campus Turbine Gives Hood River Teens the (Wind) Power
- Plans to Build Tesla Electric Car Plant in San Jose Cancelled
- Frugal Family Tips To Save Money on Energy Bills
- Can Energy Efficiency Brighten A Dark Economy?
- Gregoire Says Emissions Plan Would Also Create Jobs
- Software Glitch Suspected In Click! Cable Outage
- Obama's Broadband Stimulus: Throwing Money at Wrong Target?
- Britain Looks to Expand Broadband and Limit Piracy
- Montana - Frontier Celebrates Fiber Optic Line in Libby
- More People Ditching Land Lines, Going Wireless
- 4.5 Quake Rattles Puget Sound Area
- Latest Quake Same Source as 2001 Nisqually Quake
- Exxon Mobil Shatters U.S. Record for Annual Profit
- Bill Would Require Retailers to Grant Restroom Access
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Indubitable • \in-DOO-buh-tuh-bul\ • adjective - Too evident to be doubted: unquestionable
“Watch this, whispered the office worker on the fourth floor to his visiting client.” The company CEO was headed to lunch, loudly announcing to all who would hear that he always ate a vegetarian sub sandwich to retain his “girlish figure”. What he did not realize, is that his indubitable habit of visiting the “Taco Trailer” across the street from his headquarters was observed daily by all his employees. The lard-enhanced refried beans did little to restrain the proliferation of fat cells around his mid-section.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
Path Cleared For Puget Energy to Be Bought By Consortium - Deal Could Close Next Week (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/398040_puget30.html?source=rss
Southwest Idaho Residents Want to Stop Power Line (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/742246.html
Buzz grows for modernizing energy grid “…hybrids could become mini-generating plants…plugged into office garage outlets…feeding power to the grid when prices surge says BPA…” (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2009-01-29-smart-grid-energy_N.htm
Smart Grid, Stupid Policy? When it comes to upgrading the U.S. power system, spending runs far ahead of understanding (Forbes Magazine)
http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/29/electricity-infrastructure-obama-business-energy-0129_smart_grid.html
Cowlitz County PUD pay hike spurs recall attempt (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/01/30//area_news/doc4982ae41ed16d782009978.txt
TransAlta 4Q Earnings Off (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews/?TransAlta-4Q-Earnings-Off=1&blockID=37955&feedID=410
California - Electrician accused of stealing $13,500 in power (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/29/national/a132810S15.DTL&feed=rss.business
Gas Glut: Natural Gas Drillers Still Trying to Throttle Back (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/01/29/gas-glut-natural-gas-drillers-still-trying-to-throttle-back/
Australia – Rising electricity prices 'to benefit renewable sector' “…a recommended a 78 per cent increase to the charges for household electricity over the next two years will bring prices into line with supply costs…” (ABC)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/30/2478915.htm
FISH & WILDLIFE
Judge Won't Grant Stay Sparing Sea Lions (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008687396_websealions29.html
Columbia River Treaty Tribes Tell States to Limit Columbia Spring Chinook Catch (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090129/SPORTS04/901299983/-1/SPORTS
Idaho Officials Predict Large Return of Salmon (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/743336.html
Coeur d’Alene’s rewarded in Avista settlement over use of tribal lands for storing water to produce hydropower (Indian Country Today)
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/37677989.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Snowpack above Average on Mt Hood, Below-Average In Northeast Oregon (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4156-snowpack-above-average-mt-hood-below-average-northeast-oregon/
Low Snowpack May Mean a Third Dry Year for California (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-snowpack30-2009jan30,0,260986.story
State water allocation proposal in Jefferson County fuels growing fears (Peninsula Daily News)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090130/news/301309994
Idaho board approves Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer plan (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/743262.html
Nevada A Natural Disaster Area Due To Drought (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/29/financial/f154459S73.DTL&feed=rss.business
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Proposed Washington State Law Would Clarify Definition of Biomass (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/01/29/local_news/09news.txt
FERC Chief: Energy Conservation and High-Performance Vehicles Can Coexist (Las Vegas Review Journal)
http://www.lvrj.com/business/38688739.html
Oregon - Campus Turbine Gives Hood River Teens the (Wind) Power (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/01/hood_river_teens_get_the_wind.html
Plans to Build Tesla Electric Car Plant in San Jose Cancelled (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1823970~Plans_to_build_Tesla_plant_in_San_Jose_cancelled.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Frugal Family Tips To Save Money on Energy Bills (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/basics/2009-01-29-frugal-families-energy-saving-tips_N.htm
Can Energy Efficiency Brighten A Dark Economy? (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/01/29/can-energy-efficiency-brighten-a-dark-economy/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Gregoire Says Emissions Plan Would Also Create Jobs (The Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008687632_carbon30m.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Software Glitch Suspected In Click! Cable Outage (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/611084.html
Obama's Broadband Stimulus: Throwing Money at Wrong Target? Current draft may not result in many more broadband Internet users (Network World)
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/012709-bradner.html?fsrc=rss-columns
Britain Looks to Expand Broadband and Limit Piracy (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/technology/30digital.html
Montana - Frontier Celebrates Fiber Optic Line in Libby (The Western News, Libby, MT)
http://www.thewesternnews.com/articles/2009/01/29/news/doc4982095c26d47005330590.txt
More People Ditching Land Lines, Going Wireless (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_012909WAB-people-dumping-landline-SW.166440e5.html
GENERAL NEWS
4.5 Quake Rattles Puget Sound Area (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/38694822.html
Latest Quake Same Source as 2001 Nisqually Quake (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18603945/detail.html
Exxon Mobil Shatters U.S. Record for Annual Profit (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11589748
Bill Would Require Retailers to Grant Restroom Access (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4151-bill-would-require-retailers-grant-restroom-access/
DIVERSIONS
1981 primitive Internet report on KRON (This is GREAT – via Baller/Herbst)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WCTn4FljUQ&feature=PlayList&p=66B42EC02895A8A6&playnext=1&index=39
Passenger Calls In Fake Robbery Report During Chase - presumably to get pursuing officers to go to the robbery call
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18596262/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_12pm&tmi=sea_12pm_1_02000101292009&ts=H
Texas Road Signs Warn Of Zombie Attack - Hackers Change Electronic Signs In Apparent Prank
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18595115/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_nots&tmi=sea_nots_1_01000101292009&ts=H
60-Ton House Towed Across Frozen Lake
http://www.kirotv.com/weather/18594778/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_nots&tmi=sea_nots_1_01000101292009&ts=H
SONG OF THE DAY
Cherry Cherry – Neil Diamond (1967, from 2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxIcSTGkO4I&feature=related
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Path Cleared For Puget Energy to Be Bought By Consortium
- Southwest Idaho Residents Want to Stop Power Line
- Buzz grows for modernizing energy grid
- Smart Grid, Stupid Policy?
- Cowlitz County PUD pay hike spurs recall attempt
- TransAlta 4Q Earnings Off
- California - Electrician accused of stealing $13,500 in power
- Gas Glut: Natural Gas Drillers Still Trying to Throttle Back
- Australia – Rising electricity prices 'to benefit renewable sector'
- Judge Won't Grant Stay Sparing Sea Lions
- Columbia River Treaty Tribes Tell States to Limit Columbia Spring Chinook Catch
- Idaho Officials Predict Large Return of Salmon
- Coeur d’Alene’s rewarded in Avista settlement over use of tribal lands for storing water to produce hydropower
- Snowpack above Average on Mt Hood, Below-Average in Northeast Oregon
- Low Snowpack May Mean a Third Dry Year for California
- State water allocation proposal in Jefferson County fuels growing fears
- Idaho board approves Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer plan
- Nevada A Natural Disaster Area Due To Drought
- Proposed Washington State Law Would Clarify Definition of Biomass
- FERC Chief: Energy Conservation and High-Performance Vehicles Can Coexist
- Oregon - Campus Turbine Gives Hood River Teens the (Wind) Power
- Plans to Build Tesla Electric Car Plant in San Jose Cancelled
- Frugal Family Tips To Save Money on Energy Bills
- Can Energy Efficiency Brighten A Dark Economy?
- Gregoire Says Emissions Plan Would Also Create Jobs
- Software Glitch Suspected In Click! Cable Outage
- Obama's Broadband Stimulus: Throwing Money at Wrong Target?
- Britain Looks to Expand Broadband and Limit Piracy
- Montana - Frontier Celebrates Fiber Optic Line in Libby
- More People Ditching Land Lines, Going Wireless
- 4.5 Quake Rattles Puget Sound Area
- Latest Quake Same Source as 2001 Nisqually Quake
- Exxon Mobil Shatters U.S. Record for Annual Profit
- Bill Would Require Retailers to Grant Restroom Access
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Indubitable • \in-DOO-buh-tuh-bul\ • adjective - Too evident to be doubted: unquestionable
“Watch this, whispered the office worker on the fourth floor to his visiting client.” The company CEO was headed to lunch, loudly announcing to all who would hear that he always ate a vegetarian sub sandwich to retain his “girlish figure”. What he did not realize, is that his indubitable habit of visiting the “Taco Trailer” across the street from his headquarters was observed daily by all his employees. The lard-enhanced refried beans did little to restrain the proliferation of fat cells around his mid-section.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
Path Cleared For Puget Energy to Be Bought By Consortium - Deal Could Close Next Week (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/398040_puget30.html?source=rss
Southwest Idaho Residents Want to Stop Power Line (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/742246.html
Buzz grows for modernizing energy grid “…hybrids could become mini-generating plants…plugged into office garage outlets…feeding power to the grid when prices surge says BPA…” (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2009-01-29-smart-grid-energy_N.htm
Smart Grid, Stupid Policy? When it comes to upgrading the U.S. power system, spending runs far ahead of understanding (Forbes Magazine)
http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/29/electricity-infrastructure-obama-business-energy-0129_smart_grid.html
Cowlitz County PUD pay hike spurs recall attempt (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/01/30//area_news/doc4982ae41ed16d782009978.txt
TransAlta 4Q Earnings Off (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews/?TransAlta-4Q-Earnings-Off=1&blockID=37955&feedID=410
California - Electrician accused of stealing $13,500 in power (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/29/national/a132810S15.DTL&feed=rss.business
Gas Glut: Natural Gas Drillers Still Trying to Throttle Back (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/01/29/gas-glut-natural-gas-drillers-still-trying-to-throttle-back/
Australia – Rising electricity prices 'to benefit renewable sector' “…a recommended a 78 per cent increase to the charges for household electricity over the next two years will bring prices into line with supply costs…” (ABC)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/30/2478915.htm
FISH & WILDLIFE
Judge Won't Grant Stay Sparing Sea Lions (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008687396_websealions29.html
Columbia River Treaty Tribes Tell States to Limit Columbia Spring Chinook Catch (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090129/SPORTS04/901299983/-1/SPORTS
Idaho Officials Predict Large Return of Salmon (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/743336.html
Coeur d’Alene’s rewarded in Avista settlement over use of tribal lands for storing water to produce hydropower (Indian Country Today)
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/37677989.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Snowpack above Average on Mt Hood, Below-Average In Northeast Oregon (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4156-snowpack-above-average-mt-hood-below-average-northeast-oregon/
Low Snowpack May Mean a Third Dry Year for California (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-snowpack30-2009jan30,0,260986.story
State water allocation proposal in Jefferson County fuels growing fears (Peninsula Daily News)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090130/news/301309994
Idaho board approves Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer plan (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/743262.html
Nevada A Natural Disaster Area Due To Drought (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/29/financial/f154459S73.DTL&feed=rss.business
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Proposed Washington State Law Would Clarify Definition of Biomass (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/01/29/local_news/09news.txt
FERC Chief: Energy Conservation and High-Performance Vehicles Can Coexist (Las Vegas Review Journal)
http://www.lvrj.com/business/38688739.html
Oregon - Campus Turbine Gives Hood River Teens the (Wind) Power (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/01/hood_river_teens_get_the_wind.html
Plans to Build Tesla Electric Car Plant in San Jose Cancelled (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1823970~Plans_to_build_Tesla_plant_in_San_Jose_cancelled.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Frugal Family Tips To Save Money on Energy Bills (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/basics/2009-01-29-frugal-families-energy-saving-tips_N.htm
Can Energy Efficiency Brighten A Dark Economy? (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/01/29/can-energy-efficiency-brighten-a-dark-economy/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Gregoire Says Emissions Plan Would Also Create Jobs (The Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008687632_carbon30m.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Software Glitch Suspected In Click! Cable Outage (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/611084.html
Obama's Broadband Stimulus: Throwing Money at Wrong Target? Current draft may not result in many more broadband Internet users (Network World)
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/012709-bradner.html?fsrc=rss-columns
Britain Looks to Expand Broadband and Limit Piracy (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/technology/30digital.html
Montana - Frontier Celebrates Fiber Optic Line in Libby (The Western News, Libby, MT)
http://www.thewesternnews.com/articles/2009/01/29/news/doc4982095c26d47005330590.txt
More People Ditching Land Lines, Going Wireless (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_012909WAB-people-dumping-landline-SW.166440e5.html
GENERAL NEWS
4.5 Quake Rattles Puget Sound Area (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/38694822.html
Latest Quake Same Source as 2001 Nisqually Quake (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18603945/detail.html
Exxon Mobil Shatters U.S. Record for Annual Profit (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11589748
Bill Would Require Retailers to Grant Restroom Access (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4151-bill-would-require-retailers-grant-restroom-access/
DIVERSIONS
1981 primitive Internet report on KRON (This is GREAT – via Baller/Herbst)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WCTn4FljUQ&feature=PlayList&p=66B42EC02895A8A6&playnext=1&index=39
Passenger Calls In Fake Robbery Report During Chase - presumably to get pursuing officers to go to the robbery call
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18596262/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_12pm&tmi=sea_12pm_1_02000101292009&ts=H
Texas Road Signs Warn Of Zombie Attack - Hackers Change Electronic Signs In Apparent Prank
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18595115/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_nots&tmi=sea_nots_1_01000101292009&ts=H
60-Ton House Towed Across Frozen Lake
http://www.kirotv.com/weather/18594778/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_nots&tmi=sea_nots_1_01000101292009&ts=H
SONG OF THE DAY
Cherry Cherry – Neil Diamond (1967, from 2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxIcSTGkO4I&feature=related
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Energy News Digest for January 29, 2009
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.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Attorney Recommends Getting Advice on Condemnation for Jefferson County PUD
- Portland General Electric Considering Fate of Boardman Coal-Fired Plant
- Phone Scam Targets Local Residents, Including Cowlitz PUD Customers
- Pot Raid, Power Loss And CO Poisoning - Oh, My!
- For A Spiffier Electric Grid: $11 Billion
- Skepticism about Plan to Shutter New York City Power Plant
- Overweight Comcast Tech Breaks Utility Pole
- Washington to Delay Columbia Spring Chinook Season Setting
- New Reports Show Dam Removal Will Benefit Klamath River Salmon
- Fish Farming in Federal Waters
- Up to 20,000 Gallons of Waste Water Flows into Ludlow Bay
- Rivers, Sewage-Treatment Plants Carry Nitrogen to Puget Sound
- Idaho and Washington to Study Post Falls Dam
- Washington Senate Democrats Unveil Green Jobs Proposal
- Recession Threatens Wind Power, Industry Group Says
- Wind Power Hits Economic Storm
- Massachusetts - Will The Economy Take the Wind out Of the Governor’s Green Plans?
- Puget Sound Energy & Renewable Energy Systems Move Forward with Washington Wind Energy Development
- Alaska wind farms key to reduced energy costs
- Wave, Tidal, and In-Stream Energy Projects: Which Federal Agency Has the Lead?
- Seattle inventor hopes Google contest will help rooftop wind turbine fly
- North Carolina - Duke’s Opponents Step up Challenge to Save-A-Watt
- California Takes Aim at Big, Energy-Hungry TVs
- Oregon and Washington Move Forward With Cap-And-Trade
- Oregon Governor, Industry at Odds over Climate Report
- Majority Of American Voters: Global Warming Can't Be Blamed On Humans
- Here’s the Poll: 44% Say Global Warming Due To Planetary Trends, Not People
- New Study Calling Global Warming Irreversible Further Complicates Debate
- United Kingdom - Skepticism Grows Over the Viability of Green Projects
- Digital TV Beckons, but Many Miss the Call
- Internet Service Provider Lobbyists Shape Broadband Stimulus Plan
- Google Battles ISPs with Technology
- New Mexico - Qwest Shuts Down Part of Skywi Network Again
- So Far, Wireless Data Looks Recession-Proof
- Weyco Back in Talks with Prospective Buyer of Cosmopolis Pulp Mill
- Starbucks Closing 300 Stores; May Cut 6,700 Jobs
- Postmaster General: Mail Days May Need To Be Cut
- Recycling Bins Becoming Harder to Find in North Mason
- Idaho's Poor Get Donated Fish, But No Mercury Warning
- Number of Uninsured Drivers on the Rise
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Cynosure • \SYE-nuh-shur\ • noun - 1: the northern constellation Ursa Minor; also: North Star 2: one that serves to direct or guide *3: a center of attraction or attention
Abernathy returned from his weekend makeover, dressed as well as any Parisian male model could be. “You’re an absolute peacock,” crowed his impressed fellow employees. From that day forward, the newly-remodeled Abernathy strived to become the “Style Cynosure” of the local “Arby’s” fry-cooks.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
Attorney Recommends Getting Advice on Condemnation for Jefferson County PUD (Peninsula Daily News)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090129/news/301299995
Portland General Electric Considering Fate of Boardman Coal-Fired Plant (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4147-pge-considering-fate-boardman-coal-fired-plant/
Phone Scam Targets Local Residents, Including Cowlitz PUD Customers (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/01/28/area_news/doc49810cb4f2398479857853.txt
Pot Raid, Power Loss And CO Poisoning - Oh, My! (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/38572307.html
For A Spiffier Electric Grid: $11 Billion - Most of that money would go to upgrading transmission lines. An expanded ‘smart meter’ program would get $1 billion (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/01/27/for-a-spiffier-electric-grid-11-billion/
Skepticism about Plan to Shutter New York City Power Plant (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/nyregion/29nypa.html?ref=nyregion
Overweight Comcast Tech Breaks Utility Pole - 67-year old widow almost winds up without power (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Overweight-Comcast-Tech-Breaks-Utility-Pole-100479
FISH & WILDLIFE
Washington to Delay Columbia Spring Chinook Season Setting (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090128/SPORTS04/901289988/-1/SPORTS
New Reports Show Dam Removal Will Benefit Klamath River Salmon (San Francisco Bay Area Independent)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/01/28/18566553.php
Fish Farming in Federal Waters (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/science/earth/29brfs-FISHFARMINGI_BRF.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Up to 20,000 Gallons of Waste Water Flows into Ludlow Bay (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090129/news/301299997
Rivers, Sewage-Treatment Plants Carry Nitrogen to Puget Sound (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008682957_pugetsound29m.html
Idaho and Washington to Study Post Falls Dam (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1820407~Idaho__Wash__to_study_Post_Falls_Dam.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Washington Senate Democrats Unveil Green Jobs Proposal (Associated Press)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=128854
Recession Threatens Wind Power, Industry Group Says (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, WI)
http://www.jsonline.com/business/38493439.html
Wind Power Hits Economic Storm (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iKNv0oJcYG8kMRXlXJNj17LtHlIgD95VPGI86
Massachusetts - Will The Economy Take the Wind out Of the Governor’s Green Plans? (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/2009/01/29/will_the_economy_take_the_wind_out_of_patricks_plan/
Puget Sound Energy & Renewable Energy Systems Move Forward with Washington Wind Energy Development (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=54616&src=rss
Alaska wind farms key to reduced energy costs – well sure; compared to diesel generators (Anchorage News Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jan/27/alaska-wind-farms-key-reduced-energy-costs/
Congressional Research Service - Wave, Tidal, and In-Stream Energy Projects: Which Federal Agency Has the Lead?
http://opencrs.com/document/RS22721
Seattle inventor hopes Google contest will help rooftop wind turbine fly - A West Seattle man hopes his wind turbine will receive worldwide support from Google users (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008670567_googlewind26m.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
North Carolina - Duke’s Opponents Step up Challenge to Save-A-Watt: Environmental groups seek tougher requirements for energy-efficiency proposal (Charlotte Business Journal)
http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/01/26/story11.html?b=1232946000%5E1765726
California Takes Aim at Big, Energy-Hungry TVs (Reuters)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUKN2852769920090128
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregon and Washington Move Forward With Cap-And-Trade (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4134-oregon-and-washington-move-forward-cap-and-trade/
Oregon Governor, Industry at Odds over Climate Report (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/01/governor_industry_at_odds_over.html
Majority Of American Voters: Global Warming Can't Be Blamed On Humans (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-1109-Dallas-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m1d19-Majority-of-American-voters-global-warming-cant-be-blamed-on-humans
Here’s the Poll: 44% Say Global Warming Due To Planetary Trends, Not People (Rasmussen Reports)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/issues2/articles/44_say_global_warming_due_to_planetary_trends_not_people
New Study Calling Global Warming Irreversible Further Complicates Debate (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/2009/jan/New-Study-Calling-Global-Warming-Irreversible-Further-Complicates-Debate.html
United Kingdom - Skepticism Grows Over the Viability of Green Projects (The Times of London)
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/wef/article5607996.ece
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Digital TV Beckons, but Many Miss the Call (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/arts/television/29ears.html
Internet Service Provider Lobbyists Shape Broadband Stimulus Plan - Senate adds tax credits, eliminates network neutrality language (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ISP-Lobbyists-Shape-Broadband-Stimulus-Plan-100480
Google Battles ISPs with Technology (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/01/28/google-battles-isps-with-technology/
New Mexico - Qwest Shuts Down Part of Skywi Network Again (New Mexico Business Weekly)
http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2009/01/26/daily33.html?ana=from_rss
So Far, Wireless Data Looks Recession-Proof (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/01/28/so-far-wireless-data-looks-recession-proof/
GENERAL NEWS
Weyco Back in Talks with Prospective Buyer of Cosmopolis Pulp Mill (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/01/27/local_news/02news.txt
Starbucks Closing 300 Stores; May Cut 6,700 Jobs (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18583835/detail.html
Postmaster General: Mail Days May Need To Be Cut (Associated Press)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090128/NEWS02/701299974/1001/rss1001
Recycling Bins Becoming Harder to Find in North Mason (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jan/28/recycling-bins-becoming-harder-to-find-in-north/?partner=RSS
Idaho's Poor Get Donated Fish, But No Mercury Warning (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1819192~Idaho_s_poor_get_donated_fish__but_not_warning.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Number of Uninsured Drivers on the Rise (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_012809WAB-uninsured-drivers-KC.1363ee55.html
DIVERSIONS
Miles Davis between Takes: The 'Kind Of Blue' Sessions - Given yesterday’s “Song of the Day”; How Prescient (NPR Audio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99805408
Zounds! Knave Snags Shakespeare Festival Costumes
http://www.examiner.com/a-1820328~Zounds__Knave_snags_Shakespeare_Festival_costumes.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Man Finds Worst Place To Make A Drug Deal
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/38546232.html
Bush War on Roquefort Raises a Stink in France
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/28/AR2009012804071.html?nav=rss_email%2Fcomponents
SONG OF THE DAY
The Galaxy Song – Clint Black version of Monty Python production (1999)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT7bAuOz8ao&feature=related
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Attorney Recommends Getting Advice on Condemnation for Jefferson County PUD
- Portland General Electric Considering Fate of Boardman Coal-Fired Plant
- Phone Scam Targets Local Residents, Including Cowlitz PUD Customers
- Pot Raid, Power Loss And CO Poisoning - Oh, My!
- For A Spiffier Electric Grid: $11 Billion
- Skepticism about Plan to Shutter New York City Power Plant
- Overweight Comcast Tech Breaks Utility Pole
- Washington to Delay Columbia Spring Chinook Season Setting
- New Reports Show Dam Removal Will Benefit Klamath River Salmon
- Fish Farming in Federal Waters
- Up to 20,000 Gallons of Waste Water Flows into Ludlow Bay
- Rivers, Sewage-Treatment Plants Carry Nitrogen to Puget Sound
- Idaho and Washington to Study Post Falls Dam
- Washington Senate Democrats Unveil Green Jobs Proposal
- Recession Threatens Wind Power, Industry Group Says
- Wind Power Hits Economic Storm
- Massachusetts - Will The Economy Take the Wind out Of the Governor’s Green Plans?
- Puget Sound Energy & Renewable Energy Systems Move Forward with Washington Wind Energy Development
- Alaska wind farms key to reduced energy costs
- Wave, Tidal, and In-Stream Energy Projects: Which Federal Agency Has the Lead?
- Seattle inventor hopes Google contest will help rooftop wind turbine fly
- North Carolina - Duke’s Opponents Step up Challenge to Save-A-Watt
- California Takes Aim at Big, Energy-Hungry TVs
- Oregon and Washington Move Forward With Cap-And-Trade
- Oregon Governor, Industry at Odds over Climate Report
- Majority Of American Voters: Global Warming Can't Be Blamed On Humans
- Here’s the Poll: 44% Say Global Warming Due To Planetary Trends, Not People
- New Study Calling Global Warming Irreversible Further Complicates Debate
- United Kingdom - Skepticism Grows Over the Viability of Green Projects
- Digital TV Beckons, but Many Miss the Call
- Internet Service Provider Lobbyists Shape Broadband Stimulus Plan
- Google Battles ISPs with Technology
- New Mexico - Qwest Shuts Down Part of Skywi Network Again
- So Far, Wireless Data Looks Recession-Proof
- Weyco Back in Talks with Prospective Buyer of Cosmopolis Pulp Mill
- Starbucks Closing 300 Stores; May Cut 6,700 Jobs
- Postmaster General: Mail Days May Need To Be Cut
- Recycling Bins Becoming Harder to Find in North Mason
- Idaho's Poor Get Donated Fish, But No Mercury Warning
- Number of Uninsured Drivers on the Rise
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Cynosure • \SYE-nuh-shur\ • noun - 1: the northern constellation Ursa Minor; also: North Star 2: one that serves to direct or guide *3: a center of attraction or attention
Abernathy returned from his weekend makeover, dressed as well as any Parisian male model could be. “You’re an absolute peacock,” crowed his impressed fellow employees. From that day forward, the newly-remodeled Abernathy strived to become the “Style Cynosure” of the local “Arby’s” fry-cooks.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
Attorney Recommends Getting Advice on Condemnation for Jefferson County PUD (Peninsula Daily News)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090129/news/301299995
Portland General Electric Considering Fate of Boardman Coal-Fired Plant (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4147-pge-considering-fate-boardman-coal-fired-plant/
Phone Scam Targets Local Residents, Including Cowlitz PUD Customers (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/01/28/area_news/doc49810cb4f2398479857853.txt
Pot Raid, Power Loss And CO Poisoning - Oh, My! (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/38572307.html
For A Spiffier Electric Grid: $11 Billion - Most of that money would go to upgrading transmission lines. An expanded ‘smart meter’ program would get $1 billion (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/01/27/for-a-spiffier-electric-grid-11-billion/
Skepticism about Plan to Shutter New York City Power Plant (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/nyregion/29nypa.html?ref=nyregion
Overweight Comcast Tech Breaks Utility Pole - 67-year old widow almost winds up without power (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Overweight-Comcast-Tech-Breaks-Utility-Pole-100479
FISH & WILDLIFE
Washington to Delay Columbia Spring Chinook Season Setting (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090128/SPORTS04/901289988/-1/SPORTS
New Reports Show Dam Removal Will Benefit Klamath River Salmon (San Francisco Bay Area Independent)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/01/28/18566553.php
Fish Farming in Federal Waters (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/science/earth/29brfs-FISHFARMINGI_BRF.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Up to 20,000 Gallons of Waste Water Flows into Ludlow Bay (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090129/news/301299997
Rivers, Sewage-Treatment Plants Carry Nitrogen to Puget Sound (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008682957_pugetsound29m.html
Idaho and Washington to Study Post Falls Dam (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1820407~Idaho__Wash__to_study_Post_Falls_Dam.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Washington Senate Democrats Unveil Green Jobs Proposal (Associated Press)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=128854
Recession Threatens Wind Power, Industry Group Says (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, WI)
http://www.jsonline.com/business/38493439.html
Wind Power Hits Economic Storm (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iKNv0oJcYG8kMRXlXJNj17LtHlIgD95VPGI86
Massachusetts - Will The Economy Take the Wind out Of the Governor’s Green Plans? (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/2009/01/29/will_the_economy_take_the_wind_out_of_patricks_plan/
Puget Sound Energy & Renewable Energy Systems Move Forward with Washington Wind Energy Development (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=54616&src=rss
Alaska wind farms key to reduced energy costs – well sure; compared to diesel generators (Anchorage News Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jan/27/alaska-wind-farms-key-reduced-energy-costs/
Congressional Research Service - Wave, Tidal, and In-Stream Energy Projects: Which Federal Agency Has the Lead?
http://opencrs.com/document/RS22721
Seattle inventor hopes Google contest will help rooftop wind turbine fly - A West Seattle man hopes his wind turbine will receive worldwide support from Google users (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008670567_googlewind26m.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
North Carolina - Duke’s Opponents Step up Challenge to Save-A-Watt: Environmental groups seek tougher requirements for energy-efficiency proposal (Charlotte Business Journal)
http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/01/26/story11.html?b=1232946000%5E1765726
California Takes Aim at Big, Energy-Hungry TVs (Reuters)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUKN2852769920090128
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregon and Washington Move Forward With Cap-And-Trade (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4134-oregon-and-washington-move-forward-cap-and-trade/
Oregon Governor, Industry at Odds over Climate Report (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/01/governor_industry_at_odds_over.html
Majority Of American Voters: Global Warming Can't Be Blamed On Humans (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-1109-Dallas-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m1d19-Majority-of-American-voters-global-warming-cant-be-blamed-on-humans
Here’s the Poll: 44% Say Global Warming Due To Planetary Trends, Not People (Rasmussen Reports)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/issues2/articles/44_say_global_warming_due_to_planetary_trends_not_people
New Study Calling Global Warming Irreversible Further Complicates Debate (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/2009/jan/New-Study-Calling-Global-Warming-Irreversible-Further-Complicates-Debate.html
United Kingdom - Skepticism Grows Over the Viability of Green Projects (The Times of London)
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/wef/article5607996.ece
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Digital TV Beckons, but Many Miss the Call (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/arts/television/29ears.html
Internet Service Provider Lobbyists Shape Broadband Stimulus Plan - Senate adds tax credits, eliminates network neutrality language (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ISP-Lobbyists-Shape-Broadband-Stimulus-Plan-100480
Google Battles ISPs with Technology (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/01/28/google-battles-isps-with-technology/
New Mexico - Qwest Shuts Down Part of Skywi Network Again (New Mexico Business Weekly)
http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2009/01/26/daily33.html?ana=from_rss
So Far, Wireless Data Looks Recession-Proof (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/01/28/so-far-wireless-data-looks-recession-proof/
GENERAL NEWS
Weyco Back in Talks with Prospective Buyer of Cosmopolis Pulp Mill (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/01/27/local_news/02news.txt
Starbucks Closing 300 Stores; May Cut 6,700 Jobs (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18583835/detail.html
Postmaster General: Mail Days May Need To Be Cut (Associated Press)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090128/NEWS02/701299974/1001/rss1001
Recycling Bins Becoming Harder to Find in North Mason (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jan/28/recycling-bins-becoming-harder-to-find-in-north/?partner=RSS
Idaho's Poor Get Donated Fish, But No Mercury Warning (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1819192~Idaho_s_poor_get_donated_fish__but_not_warning.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Number of Uninsured Drivers on the Rise (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_012809WAB-uninsured-drivers-KC.1363ee55.html
DIVERSIONS
Miles Davis between Takes: The 'Kind Of Blue' Sessions - Given yesterday’s “Song of the Day”; How Prescient (NPR Audio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99805408
Zounds! Knave Snags Shakespeare Festival Costumes
http://www.examiner.com/a-1820328~Zounds__Knave_snags_Shakespeare_Festival_costumes.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Man Finds Worst Place To Make A Drug Deal
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/38546232.html
Bush War on Roquefort Raises a Stink in France
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/28/AR2009012804071.html?nav=rss_email%2Fcomponents
SONG OF THE DAY
The Galaxy Song – Clint Black version of Monty Python production (1999)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT7bAuOz8ao&feature=related
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Energy News Digest for January 28, 2009
The energy news digest was back in school Monday and Tuesday learning how to manipulate images in PhotoShop. It returns today as the “Puppet Master” – Marionettes, bow down before me! Thunderbirds are GO!
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.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Sen. Murray Adds BPA Borrowing Capacity to Stimulus Bill
- Committee to recommend against municipal utility district
- Chelan PUD Chief: Surcharge Will Be Last Resort
- News Release - Avista Requests Recovery for Costs in Washington and Idaho
- Colville Tribes Starting Electric Company
- Critics Want To Pull Plug on 'Big Extension Cord' Through Eastern Oregon
- Obama Asks To Fix Electric Grid
- Western Governors Sense Chance for Electric Grid Work
- South Dakota: E.P.A. Objects to Coal-Powered Plant
- TVA Spill Unleashes Flood of Questions
- Energy Prices Should Flatten In 2009
- Energetic Decoupling - Waxman Puts Utility Decoupling in the Stimulus
- Trouble with Power Bill? There Is Help
- Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals Overturns LNG Terminal Approval
- New Policies for Salmon Fishing on the Columbia River
- System Tracks Pacific Salmon's Progress
- Killer Whales: The Allure of the Search
- Mason County Working to Rein in Cost of Belfair Sewer Project
- Group Forms to Save Olympia’s Artesian Well
- No Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project Wind Farm This Year
- Oregon - First Wind Drops Wasco County Project
- Navy, Snohomish County PUD both hunt for power from tides
- Washington Times Op/Ed - Wind beneath our wings?
- Indiana Renewable Energy Supporters Try Again
- Top Arizona Regulator: Hike Renewable Energy Mandate To 25 Percen
- Energy Costs Generating Light-Bulb Solutions
- Recycle Compact Fluorescent Lights — Carefully
- Handling a Broken Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb
- How To Reduce Your Energy Bills/Energy Conservation Begins At Home
- Chattanoogan Op/Ed - TVA Should Not Compromise On Energy Efficiency
- Europe Wants U.S. To Join Carbon Trading Market
- China Dams Reveal Flaws In Climate-Change Weapon
- Warming Trends Alter Conservation
- A Better Shade of Green: Cap & Trade and energy options
- Businesses Question Grant PUD Dark Fiber Decision
- Idaho Governor Helps Launch Technology Corridor
- House Votes No on DTV Bill
- Internet Audience Tops 1 Billion
- Maybe Yahoo Was Destined to Flounder
- Boeing to Cut 10,000 Jobs This Year
- State expects federal aid up to $4 billion ($850 million…no wait, $2 billion…no, I’ve got it - $4 billion!)
- Mudslides Trigger Call For Clear-Cut Answers
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Espiègle • \es-PYEGL\ • adjective - Frolicsome, roguish
“Just what I needed this morning,” sighed the portly bank examiner. “A teller with a sense of humor!” The teller’s espiegle attitude to the annual audit of procedures would soon end in tragedy, as the origami gallery of $100 bills across her workspace was revealed to have been, in reality, funds skimmed from the “Bedford Falls Savings and Loan” account.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
SEN. MURRAY ADDS BPA BORROWING CAPACITY TO STIMULUS BILL - U.S. Senator Patty Murray, D-Wash., a member of the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, said today that she has included $3.25 billion in additional borrowing authority for the Bonneville Power Administration in the Senate American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The increased borrowing authority will assist BPA in funding critical infrastructure projects to allow new renewable resources to come online, including 4,700 megawatts of wind energy and to directly create an estimated 20,000 green jobs, including construction jobs. (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
Committee to recommend against municipal utility district (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090125/news/301259993
Chelan PUD Chief: Surcharge Will Be Last Resort (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090127/NEWS04/701279919
News Release - Avista Requests Recovery for Costs in Washington and Idaho (PR Newswire)
http://sev.prnewswire.com/utilities/20090123/SF6216723012009-1.html
Colville Tribes Starting Electric Company (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090124/NEWS04/701249924/1001/rss1001
Critics Want To Pull Plug on 'Big Extension Cord' Through Eastern Oregon (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/01/critics_blast_proposed_eastern.html
Obama Asks To Fix Electric Grid (Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/24/obama-gives-more-details-stimulus/
Western Governors Sense Chance for Electric Grid Work (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wy_western_transmission.html
South Dakota: E.P.A. Objects to Coal-Powered Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/24/us/24brfs-EPAOBJECTSTO_BRF.html
TVA Spill Unleashes Flood of Questions - Dike Rupture Climaxed Tough Year For Agency (The Tennessean, TN)
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090125/GREEN02/901250402
Energy Prices Should Flatten In 2009 - Continued focus on efficiency could keep costs in check, create economic activity and jobs (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090122/BIZ/701229905/-1/BIZ
Energetic Decoupling - Waxman Puts Utility Decoupling in the Stimulus: The single most important policy change needed to promote broad-based, California-style energy efficiency is to "decouple" utility profits from sales (Grist Online)
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2009/1/23/145247/093
Trouble with Power Bill? There Is Help (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090126/NEWS01/701269926&news01ad=1
Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals Overturns LNG Terminal Approval (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/01/board_overturns_lng_terminal_a.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
New Policies for Salmon Fishing on the Columbia River (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28812950/
System Tracks Pacific Salmon's Progress (KGO-TV, San Francisco)
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/assignment_7&id=6591928
Killer Whales: The Allure of the Search (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99834201&ft=1&f=10
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Mason County Working to Rein in Cost of Belfair Sewer Project (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jan/25/county-working-to-rein-in-cost-of-belfair-sewer/?partner=RSS
Group Forms to Save Olympia’s Artesian Well – Thurston PUD May Help (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/736939.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY
No Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project Wind Farm This Year - extra time is needed interconnection agreement with the Bonneville Power Administration. (The Daily Record, Ellensburg, WA)
http://www.kvnews.com/articles/2009/01/24/news/doc497a64257246c260169237.txt
Oregon - First Wind Drops Wasco County Project (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/01/19/daily64.html?ana=from_rss
Navy, Snohomish County PUD both hunt for power from tides (Everett Herald)
http://heraldnet.com/article/20090125/NEWS01/701259902
Washington Times Op/Ed - Wind beneath our wings?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/25/wind-beneath-our-wings/
Indiana Renewable Energy Supporters Try Again (Chicago Tribune)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-in-xgr-renewableener,0,7282789.story
Top Arizona Regulator: Hike Renewable Energy Mandate To 25 Percent - 15 percent by 2025 is too low (Arizona Daily Sun)
http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2009/01/25/news/20090125_front_189645.txt
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Costs Generating Light-Bulb Solutions (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/24/AR2009012401598.html?nav=rss_email/components
Recycle Compact Fluorescent Lights — Carefully (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090124/NEWS04/701249984
Handling a Broken Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090124/NEWS04/701249982/1025/rss1025
How To Reduce Your Energy Bills/Energy Conservation Begins At Home (Low Carbon Economy)
http://www.lowcarboneconomy.com/community_content/_tips_did_you_know/4099
Chattanoogan Op/Ed - TVA Should Not Compromise On Energy Efficiency
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_143297.asp
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Europe Wants U.S. To Join Carbon Trading Market (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/24/business/worldbusiness/24greenhouse.html
China Dams Reveal Flaws In Climate-Change Weapon (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11550757?nclick_check=1
Warming Trends Alter Conservation - Experts Think Old Paradigm of Fixed Boundaries Will Not Work as Sea Levels Rise (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/24/AR2009012401728.html?wprss=rss_business
NY Times Op/Ed - A Better Shade of Green: Cap & Trade and energy options
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/24/opinion/24leonard.html?_r=1&em
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Businesses Question Grant PUD Dark Fiber Decision - Staff Working On Rate Schedule (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses, Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/01/27/news/doc497f4bbbe7d42916633354.txt
Idaho Governor Helps Launch Technology Corridor (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/738198.html
House Votes No on DTV Bill - Shutdown Would Have Been Delayed Until June (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/digital-tv/18583035/detail.html?treets=sea&tml=sea_natlbreak&ts=T&tmi=sea_natlbreak_1_12090101282009
Internet Audience Tops 1 Billion (Wichita Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2009/01/19/daily47.html?ana=from_rss
Maybe Yahoo Was Destined to Flounder (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/01/24/maybe-yahoo-was-destined-to-flounder/
GENERAL NEWS
Boeing to Cut 10,000 Jobs This Year (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18584690/detail.html?treets=sea&tml=sea_break&ts=T&tmi=sea_break_1_10260101282009
State expects federal aid up to $4 billion - Stimulus package under consideration could ease Olympia’s budget problems and pump billions into state and local construction projects (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/608677.html
Mudslides Trigger Call For Clear-Cut Answers (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008674714_glenomaslides27m.html
DIVERSIONS
Officials: Flaming Squirrel Sparked Wildfire
http://www.kirotv.com/weather/18541790/detail.html
NJ Residents: 'It Was Raining' Dead Birds - Mysterious Bird Deaths Caused By State Culling Efforts
http://www.kirotv.com/health/18571754/detail.html
Goat Detained Over Armed Robbery
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE50M4XT20090123?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Winning Coach Canned After 100-0 Blowout
http://www.kirotv.com/sports/18561824/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Will O' the Wisp - Miles Davis, from “Sketches of Spain” (1960)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz7-617UaYc
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.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Sen. Murray Adds BPA Borrowing Capacity to Stimulus Bill
- Committee to recommend against municipal utility district
- Chelan PUD Chief: Surcharge Will Be Last Resort
- News Release - Avista Requests Recovery for Costs in Washington and Idaho
- Colville Tribes Starting Electric Company
- Critics Want To Pull Plug on 'Big Extension Cord' Through Eastern Oregon
- Obama Asks To Fix Electric Grid
- Western Governors Sense Chance for Electric Grid Work
- South Dakota: E.P.A. Objects to Coal-Powered Plant
- TVA Spill Unleashes Flood of Questions
- Energy Prices Should Flatten In 2009
- Energetic Decoupling - Waxman Puts Utility Decoupling in the Stimulus
- Trouble with Power Bill? There Is Help
- Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals Overturns LNG Terminal Approval
- New Policies for Salmon Fishing on the Columbia River
- System Tracks Pacific Salmon's Progress
- Killer Whales: The Allure of the Search
- Mason County Working to Rein in Cost of Belfair Sewer Project
- Group Forms to Save Olympia’s Artesian Well
- No Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project Wind Farm This Year
- Oregon - First Wind Drops Wasco County Project
- Navy, Snohomish County PUD both hunt for power from tides
- Washington Times Op/Ed - Wind beneath our wings?
- Indiana Renewable Energy Supporters Try Again
- Top Arizona Regulator: Hike Renewable Energy Mandate To 25 Percen
- Energy Costs Generating Light-Bulb Solutions
- Recycle Compact Fluorescent Lights — Carefully
- Handling a Broken Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb
- How To Reduce Your Energy Bills/Energy Conservation Begins At Home
- Chattanoogan Op/Ed - TVA Should Not Compromise On Energy Efficiency
- Europe Wants U.S. To Join Carbon Trading Market
- China Dams Reveal Flaws In Climate-Change Weapon
- Warming Trends Alter Conservation
- A Better Shade of Green: Cap & Trade and energy options
- Businesses Question Grant PUD Dark Fiber Decision
- Idaho Governor Helps Launch Technology Corridor
- House Votes No on DTV Bill
- Internet Audience Tops 1 Billion
- Maybe Yahoo Was Destined to Flounder
- Boeing to Cut 10,000 Jobs This Year
- State expects federal aid up to $4 billion ($850 million…no wait, $2 billion…no, I’ve got it - $4 billion!)
- Mudslides Trigger Call For Clear-Cut Answers
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Espiègle • \es-PYEGL\ • adjective - Frolicsome, roguish
“Just what I needed this morning,” sighed the portly bank examiner. “A teller with a sense of humor!” The teller’s espiegle attitude to the annual audit of procedures would soon end in tragedy, as the origami gallery of $100 bills across her workspace was revealed to have been, in reality, funds skimmed from the “Bedford Falls Savings and Loan” account.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
SEN. MURRAY ADDS BPA BORROWING CAPACITY TO STIMULUS BILL - U.S. Senator Patty Murray, D-Wash., a member of the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, said today that she has included $3.25 billion in additional borrowing authority for the Bonneville Power Administration in the Senate American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The increased borrowing authority will assist BPA in funding critical infrastructure projects to allow new renewable resources to come online, including 4,700 megawatts of wind energy and to directly create an estimated 20,000 green jobs, including construction jobs. (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
Committee to recommend against municipal utility district (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090125/news/301259993
Chelan PUD Chief: Surcharge Will Be Last Resort (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090127/NEWS04/701279919
News Release - Avista Requests Recovery for Costs in Washington and Idaho (PR Newswire)
http://sev.prnewswire.com/utilities/20090123/SF6216723012009-1.html
Colville Tribes Starting Electric Company (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090124/NEWS04/701249924/1001/rss1001
Critics Want To Pull Plug on 'Big Extension Cord' Through Eastern Oregon (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/01/critics_blast_proposed_eastern.html
Obama Asks To Fix Electric Grid (Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/24/obama-gives-more-details-stimulus/
Western Governors Sense Chance for Electric Grid Work (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wy_western_transmission.html
South Dakota: E.P.A. Objects to Coal-Powered Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/24/us/24brfs-EPAOBJECTSTO_BRF.html
TVA Spill Unleashes Flood of Questions - Dike Rupture Climaxed Tough Year For Agency (The Tennessean, TN)
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090125/GREEN02/901250402
Energy Prices Should Flatten In 2009 - Continued focus on efficiency could keep costs in check, create economic activity and jobs (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090122/BIZ/701229905/-1/BIZ
Energetic Decoupling - Waxman Puts Utility Decoupling in the Stimulus: The single most important policy change needed to promote broad-based, California-style energy efficiency is to "decouple" utility profits from sales (Grist Online)
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2009/1/23/145247/093
Trouble with Power Bill? There Is Help (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090126/NEWS01/701269926&news01ad=1
Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals Overturns LNG Terminal Approval (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/01/board_overturns_lng_terminal_a.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
New Policies for Salmon Fishing on the Columbia River (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28812950/
System Tracks Pacific Salmon's Progress (KGO-TV, San Francisco)
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/assignment_7&id=6591928
Killer Whales: The Allure of the Search (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99834201&ft=1&f=10
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Mason County Working to Rein in Cost of Belfair Sewer Project (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jan/25/county-working-to-rein-in-cost-of-belfair-sewer/?partner=RSS
Group Forms to Save Olympia’s Artesian Well – Thurston PUD May Help (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/736939.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY
No Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project Wind Farm This Year - extra time is needed interconnection agreement with the Bonneville Power Administration. (The Daily Record, Ellensburg, WA)
http://www.kvnews.com/articles/2009/01/24/news/doc497a64257246c260169237.txt
Oregon - First Wind Drops Wasco County Project (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/01/19/daily64.html?ana=from_rss
Navy, Snohomish County PUD both hunt for power from tides (Everett Herald)
http://heraldnet.com/article/20090125/NEWS01/701259902
Washington Times Op/Ed - Wind beneath our wings?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/25/wind-beneath-our-wings/
Indiana Renewable Energy Supporters Try Again (Chicago Tribune)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-in-xgr-renewableener,0,7282789.story
Top Arizona Regulator: Hike Renewable Energy Mandate To 25 Percent - 15 percent by 2025 is too low (Arizona Daily Sun)
http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2009/01/25/news/20090125_front_189645.txt
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Costs Generating Light-Bulb Solutions (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/24/AR2009012401598.html?nav=rss_email/components
Recycle Compact Fluorescent Lights — Carefully (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090124/NEWS04/701249984
Handling a Broken Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090124/NEWS04/701249982/1025/rss1025
How To Reduce Your Energy Bills/Energy Conservation Begins At Home (Low Carbon Economy)
http://www.lowcarboneconomy.com/community_content/_tips_did_you_know/4099
Chattanoogan Op/Ed - TVA Should Not Compromise On Energy Efficiency
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_143297.asp
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Europe Wants U.S. To Join Carbon Trading Market (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/24/business/worldbusiness/24greenhouse.html
China Dams Reveal Flaws In Climate-Change Weapon (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11550757?nclick_check=1
Warming Trends Alter Conservation - Experts Think Old Paradigm of Fixed Boundaries Will Not Work as Sea Levels Rise (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/24/AR2009012401728.html?wprss=rss_business
NY Times Op/Ed - A Better Shade of Green: Cap & Trade and energy options
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/24/opinion/24leonard.html?_r=1&em
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Businesses Question Grant PUD Dark Fiber Decision - Staff Working On Rate Schedule (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses, Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/01/27/news/doc497f4bbbe7d42916633354.txt
Idaho Governor Helps Launch Technology Corridor (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/738198.html
House Votes No on DTV Bill - Shutdown Would Have Been Delayed Until June (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/digital-tv/18583035/detail.html?treets=sea&tml=sea_natlbreak&ts=T&tmi=sea_natlbreak_1_12090101282009
Internet Audience Tops 1 Billion (Wichita Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2009/01/19/daily47.html?ana=from_rss
Maybe Yahoo Was Destined to Flounder (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/01/24/maybe-yahoo-was-destined-to-flounder/
GENERAL NEWS
Boeing to Cut 10,000 Jobs This Year (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18584690/detail.html?treets=sea&tml=sea_break&ts=T&tmi=sea_break_1_10260101282009
State expects federal aid up to $4 billion - Stimulus package under consideration could ease Olympia’s budget problems and pump billions into state and local construction projects (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/608677.html
Mudslides Trigger Call For Clear-Cut Answers (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008674714_glenomaslides27m.html
DIVERSIONS
Officials: Flaming Squirrel Sparked Wildfire
http://www.kirotv.com/weather/18541790/detail.html
NJ Residents: 'It Was Raining' Dead Birds - Mysterious Bird Deaths Caused By State Culling Efforts
http://www.kirotv.com/health/18571754/detail.html
Goat Detained Over Armed Robbery
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE50M4XT20090123?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Winning Coach Canned After 100-0 Blowout
http://www.kirotv.com/sports/18561824/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Will O' the Wisp - Miles Davis, from “Sketches of Spain” (1960)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz7-617UaYc
Friday, January 23, 2009
Energy News Digest for January 23, 2009
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.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Intalco Power Talks Stall with BPA
- Puget Sound Energy Talks 'Productive,' Jefferson PUD Leader Says
- Memo details (very creative) TVA editing of response to ash spill
- NY Times Editorial - Collapse of the Clean Coal Myth
- Massachusetts - Canal energy plant in hot water
- Baird Named Chairman of Energy and Environment Subcommittee
- Oregon Lawmakers Target Metal Theft
- Maryland - Environmental Integrity Project to Sue Mirant Over Power Plant Emissions
- Spring Salmon Allocation Battle: Oregon's Turn
- Flooded Hatchery Owners Hope for Federal Aid
- Study: Orcas Raising Their Voices to Talk Above Racket of Vessel Traffic
- Brothers to Pay $150,000 in Salmon and Sturgeon Fishing Fines
- Canada - Culverts, Bridges Disastrous For B.C. Fish: Study
- Study: Western Forests Dying At Increasing Rate
- Boise Region Grapples With Smog
- Arlington Sewage Plant a 'Showcase' Project
- California - Mandatory Water Rationing In Bay Area Forecast
- Lawmakers Okay Energy Tax Breaks In Obama Plan
- T. Boone Pickens: The U.S. Needs a 'Wind Bank'
- Economy Won't Halt B.C.'S Run-Of-River Hydroelectric Projects
- Biodiesel Congeals, School Buses Stall
- Report: Carbon Cap and Trade Policies Could Delay Investments by a Decade
- Washington Examiner Op/Ed - Energy Reality Soon to Intrude on Obama’s Enviros
- Environmental Issues Slide in Poll of Public’s Concerns
- Alberta Scientists to Track Greenhouse Gases from Space
- Canada - The Carbon-Credit Value Of Old-Growth Forests
- Worm Infects Millions of Computers Worldwide
- Seattle Tops Forbes List of 'Most Wired' Cities
- Hey NY Times: Broadband Coverage Gaps Are Not 'Hooey'
- Stimulus Bill Has $2.8B for Washington Projects
- $850M Headed Toward State in Stimulus Package
- Foggy Weather Moving Out Of Washington
- Gregoire Asks Obama to Declare Storm Disaster
- Belfair Fire That Killed Two Children in October 2008 Is Ruled Arson
- Soldier’s Electrocution in Iraq Was Negligent Homicide, Army Concludes
- Hard Times Are Good Times to Build, North Mason Schools Superintendent Says
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Prescient •\PRESH-ee-unt\ • noun - Foreknowledge of events: a: divine omniscience b: human anticipation of the course of events: foresight
“I told you that was going to happen,” Ambrose barked at his unfortunate wife. A tray of deep-fried chicken gizzards had cascaded on her head upon opening the refrigerator to retrieve a soft drink. His seemingly prescient statement was deemed less than mysterious when it was revealed that for the lack of space, the tray had been precariously balanced on the top of condiment and styrofoam containers. So instead of being prescient, it was merely inevitable.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
Intalco Power Talks Stall with BPA (Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/765702.html
Puget Sound Energy Talks 'Productive,' Jefferson PUD Leader Says (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090123/news/301239990
Memo details TVA editing of response to ash spill - The massive coal ash spill…wasn't so much "catastrophic" as it was a "sudden, accidental release." (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008663191_apfloodedneighborhoodpr.html?syndication=rss
NY Times Editorial - Collapse of the Clean Coal Myth
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/opinion/23fri3.html
Massachusetts - Canal energy plant in hot water - It could be considered superfluous as soon as June due to ongoing improvements to southeastern Massachusetts’ transmission system (Cape Cod Times)
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090121/NEWS11/90121024
Baird Named Chairman of Energy and Environment Subcommittee (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/01/23//area_news/doc497916f26127a276914120.txt
Oregon Lawmakers Target Metal Theft (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1809469~Oregon_lawmakers_target_metal_theft.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Maryland - Environmental Integrity Project to Sue Mirant Over Power Plant Emissions (Washington Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/01/19/daily70.html?ana=from_rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Spring Salmon Allocation Battle: Oregon's Turn (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2009/01/spring_salmon_allocation_battl.html
Flooded Hatchery Owners Hope for Federal Aid (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18543589/detail.html
Study: Orcas Raising Their Voices to Talk Above Racket of Vessel Traffic (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008661197_orcas23m.html?syndication=rss
Brothers to Pay $150,000 in Salmon and Sturgeon Fishing Fines (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_or_fish_fines.html
Canada - Culverts, Bridges Disastrous For B.C. Fish: Study (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/story.html?id=1202850
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Study: Western Forests Dying At Increasing Rate (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1811032~Study__Western_forests_dying_at_increasing_rate.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Boise Region Grapples With Smog (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/us/23boise.html
Arlington Sewage Plant a 'Showcase' Project - Wastewater plant gets attention of national trade journal (The Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090123/NEWS01/701239831/-1/RSS02
California - Mandatory Water Rationing In Bay Area Forecast (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/23/MNRA15FELA.DTL&feed=rss.news
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Lawmakers Okay Energy Tax Breaks In Obama Plan (Reuters)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUKTRE50L7BC20090122
T. Boone Pickens: The U.S. Needs a 'Wind Bank' (C/Net News)
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/22/pickens.wind.bank/
Economy Won't Halt B.C.'S Run-Of-River Hydroelectric Projects (Straight.Com)
http://www.straight.com/article-197479/economy-wont-halt-runofriver-projects
Biodiesel Congeals, School Buses Stall (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/biodiesel-congeals-school-buses-stall/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Report: Carbon Cap and Trade Policies Could Delay Investments by a Decade (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=351235&C=BUSIN&dcmp=rss
Washington Examiner Op/Ed - Energy Reality Soon to Intrude on Obama’s Enviros
http://www.dcexaminer.com/opinion/columns/IrwinStelzer/Energy_reality_soon_to_intrude_on_Obamas_enviros_012309.html
Environmental Issues Slide in Poll of Public’s Concerns (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/science/earth/23warm.html?ref=us
Alberta Scientists to Track Greenhouse Gases from Space (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/story.html?id=1203112
Canada - The Carbon-Credit Value Of Old-Growth Forests - Climate initiative opens new source of long-term revenue for B.C. (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=457073aa-3f8e-49bc-8a71-3e0ecc5b8c6d&k=6617
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Worm Infects Millions of Computers Worldwide (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/technology/internet/23worm.html
Seattle Tops Forbes List of 'Most Wired' Cities - Pushes Atlanta back to number two (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Seattle-Tops-Forbes-List-Of-Most-Wired-Cities-100403
Hey NY Times: Broadband Coverage Gaps Are Not 'Hooey' – See yesterday’s news digest for the NY Times story (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Hey-NY-Times-Broadband-Coverage-Gaps-Are-Not-Hooey-100382
GENERAL NEWS
Stimulus Bill Has $2.8B for Washington Projects (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/455168.html
$850M Headed Toward State in Stimulus Package (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/735403.html
Foggy Weather Moving Out Of Washington (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1810933~Foggy_weather_moving_out_of_Washington.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Gregoire Asks Obama to Declare Storm Disaster (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18541711/detail.html
Belfair Fire That Killed Two Children in October 2008 Is Ruled Arson (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jan/22/belfair-fire-that-killed-two-children-in-2008/?partner=RSS
Soldier’s Electrocution in Iraq Was Negligent Homicide, Army Concludes (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/washington/23electrocute.html
Hard Times Are Good Times to Build, North Mason Schools Superintendent Says (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jan/22/hard-times-a-good-time-to-build-north-mason-says/?partner=RSS
DIVERSIONS
'Flying Car' Goes to Market
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/01/22/flying-car.html
Death by Politeness: How Brits on the Titanic Met Their Doom
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/international/2009/jan/Death-by-Politeness-How-Brits-on-the-Titanic-Met-Their-Doom.html
Pa. Man Considered $175K Bank Error 'A Gift from God'
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18540475/detail.html
Actor Accidentally Uses Loaded Gun in Play - Bullet Grazes Actor's Ear, Understudy Fills Role
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/18527595/detail.html
Labrador Deemed Most Popular Pooch Again
http://www.kirotv.com/family/18532001/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
I Fall To Pieces – Patsy Cline
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuZTk1hdpMs
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Intalco Power Talks Stall with BPA
- Puget Sound Energy Talks 'Productive,' Jefferson PUD Leader Says
- Memo details (very creative) TVA editing of response to ash spill
- NY Times Editorial - Collapse of the Clean Coal Myth
- Massachusetts - Canal energy plant in hot water
- Baird Named Chairman of Energy and Environment Subcommittee
- Oregon Lawmakers Target Metal Theft
- Maryland - Environmental Integrity Project to Sue Mirant Over Power Plant Emissions
- Spring Salmon Allocation Battle: Oregon's Turn
- Flooded Hatchery Owners Hope for Federal Aid
- Study: Orcas Raising Their Voices to Talk Above Racket of Vessel Traffic
- Brothers to Pay $150,000 in Salmon and Sturgeon Fishing Fines
- Canada - Culverts, Bridges Disastrous For B.C. Fish: Study
- Study: Western Forests Dying At Increasing Rate
- Boise Region Grapples With Smog
- Arlington Sewage Plant a 'Showcase' Project
- California - Mandatory Water Rationing In Bay Area Forecast
- Lawmakers Okay Energy Tax Breaks In Obama Plan
- T. Boone Pickens: The U.S. Needs a 'Wind Bank'
- Economy Won't Halt B.C.'S Run-Of-River Hydroelectric Projects
- Biodiesel Congeals, School Buses Stall
- Report: Carbon Cap and Trade Policies Could Delay Investments by a Decade
- Washington Examiner Op/Ed - Energy Reality Soon to Intrude on Obama’s Enviros
- Environmental Issues Slide in Poll of Public’s Concerns
- Alberta Scientists to Track Greenhouse Gases from Space
- Canada - The Carbon-Credit Value Of Old-Growth Forests
- Worm Infects Millions of Computers Worldwide
- Seattle Tops Forbes List of 'Most Wired' Cities
- Hey NY Times: Broadband Coverage Gaps Are Not 'Hooey'
- Stimulus Bill Has $2.8B for Washington Projects
- $850M Headed Toward State in Stimulus Package
- Foggy Weather Moving Out Of Washington
- Gregoire Asks Obama to Declare Storm Disaster
- Belfair Fire That Killed Two Children in October 2008 Is Ruled Arson
- Soldier’s Electrocution in Iraq Was Negligent Homicide, Army Concludes
- Hard Times Are Good Times to Build, North Mason Schools Superintendent Says
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Prescient •\PRESH-ee-unt\ • noun - Foreknowledge of events: a: divine omniscience b: human anticipation of the course of events: foresight
“I told you that was going to happen,” Ambrose barked at his unfortunate wife. A tray of deep-fried chicken gizzards had cascaded on her head upon opening the refrigerator to retrieve a soft drink. His seemingly prescient statement was deemed less than mysterious when it was revealed that for the lack of space, the tray had been precariously balanced on the top of condiment and styrofoam containers. So instead of being prescient, it was merely inevitable.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
Intalco Power Talks Stall with BPA (Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/765702.html
Puget Sound Energy Talks 'Productive,' Jefferson PUD Leader Says (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090123/news/301239990
Memo details TVA editing of response to ash spill - The massive coal ash spill…wasn't so much "catastrophic" as it was a "sudden, accidental release." (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008663191_apfloodedneighborhoodpr.html?syndication=rss
NY Times Editorial - Collapse of the Clean Coal Myth
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/opinion/23fri3.html
Massachusetts - Canal energy plant in hot water - It could be considered superfluous as soon as June due to ongoing improvements to southeastern Massachusetts’ transmission system (Cape Cod Times)
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090121/NEWS11/90121024
Baird Named Chairman of Energy and Environment Subcommittee (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/01/23//area_news/doc497916f26127a276914120.txt
Oregon Lawmakers Target Metal Theft (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1809469~Oregon_lawmakers_target_metal_theft.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Maryland - Environmental Integrity Project to Sue Mirant Over Power Plant Emissions (Washington Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/01/19/daily70.html?ana=from_rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Spring Salmon Allocation Battle: Oregon's Turn (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2009/01/spring_salmon_allocation_battl.html
Flooded Hatchery Owners Hope for Federal Aid (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18543589/detail.html
Study: Orcas Raising Their Voices to Talk Above Racket of Vessel Traffic (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008661197_orcas23m.html?syndication=rss
Brothers to Pay $150,000 in Salmon and Sturgeon Fishing Fines (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_or_fish_fines.html
Canada - Culverts, Bridges Disastrous For B.C. Fish: Study (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/story.html?id=1202850
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Study: Western Forests Dying At Increasing Rate (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1811032~Study__Western_forests_dying_at_increasing_rate.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Boise Region Grapples With Smog (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/us/23boise.html
Arlington Sewage Plant a 'Showcase' Project - Wastewater plant gets attention of national trade journal (The Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090123/NEWS01/701239831/-1/RSS02
California - Mandatory Water Rationing In Bay Area Forecast (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/23/MNRA15FELA.DTL&feed=rss.news
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Lawmakers Okay Energy Tax Breaks In Obama Plan (Reuters)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUKTRE50L7BC20090122
T. Boone Pickens: The U.S. Needs a 'Wind Bank' (C/Net News)
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/22/pickens.wind.bank/
Economy Won't Halt B.C.'S Run-Of-River Hydroelectric Projects (Straight.Com)
http://www.straight.com/article-197479/economy-wont-halt-runofriver-projects
Biodiesel Congeals, School Buses Stall (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/biodiesel-congeals-school-buses-stall/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Report: Carbon Cap and Trade Policies Could Delay Investments by a Decade (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=351235&C=BUSIN&dcmp=rss
Washington Examiner Op/Ed - Energy Reality Soon to Intrude on Obama’s Enviros
http://www.dcexaminer.com/opinion/columns/IrwinStelzer/Energy_reality_soon_to_intrude_on_Obamas_enviros_012309.html
Environmental Issues Slide in Poll of Public’s Concerns (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/science/earth/23warm.html?ref=us
Alberta Scientists to Track Greenhouse Gases from Space (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/story.html?id=1203112
Canada - The Carbon-Credit Value Of Old-Growth Forests - Climate initiative opens new source of long-term revenue for B.C. (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=457073aa-3f8e-49bc-8a71-3e0ecc5b8c6d&k=6617
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Worm Infects Millions of Computers Worldwide (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/technology/internet/23worm.html
Seattle Tops Forbes List of 'Most Wired' Cities - Pushes Atlanta back to number two (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Seattle-Tops-Forbes-List-Of-Most-Wired-Cities-100403
Hey NY Times: Broadband Coverage Gaps Are Not 'Hooey' – See yesterday’s news digest for the NY Times story (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Hey-NY-Times-Broadband-Coverage-Gaps-Are-Not-Hooey-100382
GENERAL NEWS
Stimulus Bill Has $2.8B for Washington Projects (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/455168.html
$850M Headed Toward State in Stimulus Package (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/735403.html
Foggy Weather Moving Out Of Washington (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1810933~Foggy_weather_moving_out_of_Washington.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Gregoire Asks Obama to Declare Storm Disaster (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18541711/detail.html
Belfair Fire That Killed Two Children in October 2008 Is Ruled Arson (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jan/22/belfair-fire-that-killed-two-children-in-2008/?partner=RSS
Soldier’s Electrocution in Iraq Was Negligent Homicide, Army Concludes (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/washington/23electrocute.html
Hard Times Are Good Times to Build, North Mason Schools Superintendent Says (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jan/22/hard-times-a-good-time-to-build-north-mason-says/?partner=RSS
DIVERSIONS
'Flying Car' Goes to Market
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/01/22/flying-car.html
Death by Politeness: How Brits on the Titanic Met Their Doom
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/international/2009/jan/Death-by-Politeness-How-Brits-on-the-Titanic-Met-Their-Doom.html
Pa. Man Considered $175K Bank Error 'A Gift from God'
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18540475/detail.html
Actor Accidentally Uses Loaded Gun in Play - Bullet Grazes Actor's Ear, Understudy Fills Role
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/18527595/detail.html
Labrador Deemed Most Popular Pooch Again
http://www.kirotv.com/family/18532001/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
I Fall To Pieces – Patsy Cline
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuZTk1hdpMs
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