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)
- Dry Weather Means Low Water in S. Oregon
- Chelan County PUD Makes More Operational Cuts
- Northern Wasco PUD launches power partnership
- Seattle City Light Warns Of Scam
- Businesses Press Maryland Lawmakers to Reject Regulation of Energy Utilities
- California - Supervisor Seeks Hearing On S.F. Power Plant
- Natural Gas Burns Investors' Fingers
- Lighting up the Darkness in Rural Africa
- At 5.5 Million, Pacific Northwest Pink Salmon Return Could Exceed ’07 Record
- Salmon Count Up, But Fishing May Be Tough
- Negotiating Salmon Fishing Could Be Extra Tough This Year
- Fishermen Brace for New Ban on Ocean Salmon
- Ohio Power Plant Called A Fish 'Killing Machine'
- Herd of Elk Killed By Poachers in Grays Harbor County
- Environmentalists Oppose Stormwater Permits for Washington State Highways
- Breathing Problems Reported Near Tennessee Ash Spill
- T. Boone Pickens Progresses In Wind Energy, Natural Gas Campaigns
- Seattle 10th In US For Energy-Efficient Buildings
- L.A. Tops Rankings In Energy Efficiency
- Obama Tasks Interior Dept. with Conservation, Energy Security
- US Urged To Lead In Cutting Greenhouse Emissions
- Obama Picks Net Neutrality Backer As FCC Chief
- A Novel Idea: Actually Visiting America's Broadband Gaps
- Yahoo CEO Will Negotiate In Private With Microsoft
- John Chambers: Broadband Speeds Our Economy
- DUI Patrol Makes 10 Arrests in Mason County
- Seattle Times Editorial - WSU Tendrils Reach Every Corner of the State
- Law Passes Allowing Benton County Elected Officials to have Multiple Offices
- California Water Employee Arrested In Cat-Abuse Attempt
WORD OF THE DAY
Oligopsony • \ah-luh-GAHP-suh-nee\ • noun - A market situation in which each of a few buyers exerts a disproportionate influence on the market
The National Charcoal Briquettes Cartel had finally found its calling: establishing the first carbon-trading oligopsony under the new cap and trade program for controlling greenhouse gases. Unfortunately for them, barbequing was deemed outdoor burning by many air pollution agencies, which effectively collapsed the cartel in future years.
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
Dry Weather Means Low Water in S. Oregon (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1881948~Dry_weather_means_low_water_in_S__Oregon.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Chelan County PUD Makes More Operational Cuts (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee)
http://www.kpq.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=788
Northern Wasco PUD launches power partnership (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/03/news03-03-09-01.shtml
Seattle City Light Warns Of Scam (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/03/02/daily23.html?ana=from_rss
Businesses Press Maryland Lawmakers to Reject Regulation of Energy Utilities (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/03/02/daily27.html
California - Supervisor Seeks Hearing on S.F. Power Plant “…kills fish larvae and sits atop land that may be leaching toxic chemicals into bay mud…” (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/04/BA27168KSE.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Natural Gas Burns Investors' Fingers (MSN)
http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=759388
Lighting up the Darkness in Rural Africa (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/lighting-up-the-darkness/
FISH & WILDLIFE
At 5.5 Million, Pacific Northwest Pink Salmon Return Could Exceed ’07 Record (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/644869.html
Salmon Count Up, But Fishing May Be Tough (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/40696707.html
Negotiating the Who, When of Salmon Fishing Could Be Extra Tough This Year (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/mar/03/negotiating-the-who-when-of-salmon-fishing-could/?partner=RSS
Fishermen Brace for New Ban on Ocean Salmon (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/03/BAEN168F0I.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Ohio Power Plant Called A Fish 'Killing Machine' (Detroit News)
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090303/METRO/903030374/1448/LIFESTYLE14
Herd of Elk Killed By Poachers in Grays Harbor County (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_030309WAB-elk-poachers-KS.222422b6.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Environmentalists Oppose Stormwater Permits for Washington State Highways (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1882867~Enviros_opposes_stormwater_permit_for_highways.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Breathing Problems Reported Near Tennessee Ash Spill (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008793785_apcoalashspill.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
T. Boone Pickens Progresses In Wind Energy, Natural Gas Campaigns (Dallas Morning News, TX)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/columnists/jlanders/stories/DN-landers_04bus.ART.State.Edition1.4a7e51a.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Seattle 10th In US For Energy-Efficient Buildings (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9941736
L.A. Tops Rankings In Energy Efficiency - The Environmental Protection Agency says the city has the nation's most Energy Star buildings (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-green4-2009mar04,0,6700613.story
Obama Tasks Interior Dept. with Conservation, Energy Security (The Hot Spring)
http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2009/03/355/obama-tasks-interior-dept-with-conservation-energy-security-science-based-policy/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
US Urged To Lead In Cutting Greenhouse Emissions (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008808083_apclimatetreaty.html?syndication=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Obama Picks Net Neutrality Backer as FCC Chief (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10187067-38.html?tag=nl.e703
A Novel Idea: Actually Visiting America's Broadband Gaps - Free Press visits Americans without broadband (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/A-Novel-Idea-Actually-Visiting-Americas-Broadband-Gaps-101204
Yahoo CEO Will Negotiate In Private with Microsoft (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11828455
John Chambers: Broadband Speeds Our Economy (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/john-chambers-broadband-speeds-our-economy/
GENERAL NEWS
DUI Patrol Makes 10 Arrests in Mason County (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/775555.html
Seattle Times Editorial - WSU Tendrils Reach Every Corner of the State: Massive cuts to programs tied to the school's land-grant roots are a false economy
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008808126_editb04exten.html
Law Passes Allowing Benton County Elected Officials to have Multiple Offices (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9941907
California Water Employee Arrested In Cat-Abuse Attempt (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/04/BACJ1695GG.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
DIVERSIONS
Phew! Asteroid's Passing Was a Cosmic Near-Miss
http://www.examiner.com/a-1883774~Phew__Asteroid_s_passing_was_a_cosmic_near_miss.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
For Free Throws, 50 Years of Practice Is No Help
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/sports/basketball/04freethrow.html
Florida Woman Calls 911 Three Times over Mcnuggets
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090304/ap_on_fe_st/odd_mcnuggets911;_ylt=Amho_VhNuBTLRR9IttfmARftiBIF
Wal-Mart Customer in Massachusetts Finds Teeth in Wallet
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090304/ap_on_fe_st/odd_teeth_in_wallet;_ylt=AgrpFMPv3KM_eDrmSs31j6LtiBIF
SONG OF THE DAY
The Outlaws-Hurry Sundown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_Wp69BcP1U&feature=related
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Energy News Digest for March 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)
- Moses Lake Senator’s Energy Bill Gains Legislative Support
- Tacoma Power Customers to Get Refunds
- Lower than Normal Snowpack Will Hit Power Customers in Pocketbook
- Maryland – Governor Wants to Force Utilities to Build Plants
- (Warning: PG-13 Content) Enron's "Grandma Millie" In High School Classrooms
- Salmon Forecasts to Be Explained on Tuesday
- Oregonian Editorial - No More Free Lunch on the Columbia
- $7M fish ladder revamp to aid passage on Klickitat
- Campaign to restrict gillnetters inflames Witt
- Overfishing Imperils Ocean Life, Study Says
- Sources: Obama putting Bush species rule on hold
- Black Rock Reservoir costly but good idea
- Japan - Grass-Roots Uprising against River Dam Challenges Tokyo
- For Some in Kitsap County, Cloudy Economic Times Are a Great Time to ‘Go Solar'
- Burglars Of Biomass - Protected Trees Turned to Firewood
- How the green building industry is thriving in a down economy
- Thousands Rally For Legislation On Climate Change
- United Kingdom - Climate Change Protest Disrupts Flights at Aberdeen Airport
- News Release - Plan By Obama Would Bring Higher Rates
- USDA Releases Report: "Rural Broadband at a Glance, 2009 Edition"
- Chief of Key Internet Oversight Body Is Leaving
- Where's The New FCC Boss?
- Would You Ever Head Back To Dial-Up?
- Includes Mason: 33 Washington Counties Declared Disaster
- Shelton Port Director Robinson to Spend More Time With Family
- Oregon & Washington Lumber Exports Up In 2008
- Oregon Timber Prices At Record Lows
- Proposal: Move Forest Service from Agriculture to Interior
- Stimulus Flows into Patchwork of State Transport Projects
- Stimulus Money Coming To Western Wash.
WORD OF THE DAY
Incarnadine • \in-KAHR-nuh-dyne\ • adjective - 1: having the pinkish color of flesh *2: red; especially: blood red
The committee given the job of naming “Crayola” colors was hamstrung by the stubborn holdout on the “pinky flesh” color. Barnardo insisted that the color be named “incarnadine,” while the rest of the group blustered that it be called “peach”. “It sounds kinda like ‘internecine,’” shouted one of the committee members, pounding his ham-like fist on the table. “Since mostly kids are gonna be using these things, we can’t make sound like an internal war,” he thundered over the quaking holdout.
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
Moses Lake Senator’s Energy Bill Gains Legislative Support - Bill Recognizes Hydropower (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/03/02/news/doc49ac073171973113422567.txt
Tacoma Power Customers to Get Refunds (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/643671.html
Lower than Normal Snowpack Will Hit Power Customers in Pocketbook Unless They Conserve (Idaho Statesman, Boise – Hey Rocky, watch me pull electricity out of a hat, if the dams are gone…)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/685019.html
Maryland – Governor Wants to Force Utilities to Build Plants (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/02/AR2009030202467.html
(Warning: PG-13 Content) Enron's "Grandma Millie" In High School Classrooms, F-Bombs and All (Houston Press, with props to SnoPUD)
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/03/enron_grandma_millie.php
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon Forecasts to Be Explained on Tuesday (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/mar/02/salmon-forecasts-to-be-explained-on-tuesday/?partner=RSS
Oregonian Editorial - No More Free Lunch on the Columbia: It is sad that the states must turn to killing sea lions, but every other effort to protect endangered fish has failed
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/03/no_more_free_lunch_on_the_colu.html
$7M fish ladder revamp to aid passage on Klickitat (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/03/03/03-03-09-fish-ladder
Campaign to restrict gillnetters inflames Witt (Daily Astorian, OR)
http://www.dailyastorian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&ArticleID=58736
Overfishing Imperils Ocean Life, Study Says (SF Chronicle – Man I hate headlines written like this. It should read “Study Says Overfishing Imperils Ocean Life…”)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/03/BAGQ167VF6.DTL
Sources: Obama putting Bush species rule on hold (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008806437_apobamaendangeredspecies.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Black Rock Reservoir costly but good idea (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/643052.html
Japan - Grass-Roots Uprising against River Dam Challenges Tokyo (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/world/asia/03dam.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
For Some in Kitsap County, Cloudy Economic Times Are a Great Time to ‘Go Solar' (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/mar/01/for-some-in-kitsap-cloudy-economic-times-are-a/?partner=RSS
Burglars Of Biomass - Protected Trees Turned to Firewood: Poachers ply illegal trade in national forests (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/401919_firewood02.html?source=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Pulse Commentary - How the green building industry is thriving in a down economy
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1963
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Thousands Rally For Legislation On Climate Change (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gTJ799AtURArOnuR5jn5GDlyLWLQD96M6GM00
United Kingdom - Climate Change Protest Disrupts Flights At Aberdeen Airport: Nine members of campaign group Plane Stupid cut through perimeter fence (The Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/03/aberdeen-airport-climate-protest
News Release - Plan By Obama Would Bring Higher Rates: Climate change-related auction of credits will be “carbon tax” passed on to consumers (Trading Markets)
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2203507/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
USDA Releases Report: "Rural Broadband at a Glance, 2009 Edition" (Agrimarketing)
http://www.agrimarketing.com/show_story.php?id=53490
Chief of Key Internet Oversight Body Is Leaving (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11820649
Where's The New FCC Boss? Everybody's waiting on Genachowski announcement (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Wheres-The-New-FCC-Boss-101167
Would You Ever Head Back To Dial-Up? The Press certainly seems to think you're planning to (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Would-You-Ever-Head-Back-To-DialUp-101150
GENERAL NEWS
Includes Mason: 33 Washington Counties Declared Disaster (Associated Press)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/40582012.html
Shelton Port Director Robinson To Spend More Time With Family (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6549/reftab/1632/t/PORT-DIRECTOR-ROBINSON-TO-SPEND-MORE-TIME-WITH-FAMILY/Default.aspx
Oregon & Washington Lumber Exports Up In 2008, Report Says (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1881136~Ore___Wash__lumber_exports_up_in_2008__report_says.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Oregon Timber Prices At Record Lows (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4407-oregon-timber-prices-record-lows/
Proposal: Move Forest Service from Agriculture to Interior (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/642707.html
Stimulus Flows into Patchwork of State Transport Projects (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/us/04states.html
Stimulus Money Coming To Western Wash. (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18839089/detail.html
DIVERSIONS
'Ugly' Bald Cat Wins Fans at New Hampshire Vet Clinic
http://www.kirotv.com/family/18814224/detail.html
Nearby Asteroid Zooms By Earth
http://www.kirotv.com/technology/18830568/detail.html
Oh the Irony - Car Thief Nabbed After Calling 911 to Boast: Man Tells Dispatchers He's 'Smarter Than Police'
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18824368/detail.html
Pierce County: Man Caught On Camera Stealing Security Cameras
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/643674.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Can't You See-Marshall Tucker Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4-a8zh0m9c
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Moses Lake Senator’s Energy Bill Gains Legislative Support
- Tacoma Power Customers to Get Refunds
- Lower than Normal Snowpack Will Hit Power Customers in Pocketbook
- Maryland – Governor Wants to Force Utilities to Build Plants
- (Warning: PG-13 Content) Enron's "Grandma Millie" In High School Classrooms
- Salmon Forecasts to Be Explained on Tuesday
- Oregonian Editorial - No More Free Lunch on the Columbia
- $7M fish ladder revamp to aid passage on Klickitat
- Campaign to restrict gillnetters inflames Witt
- Overfishing Imperils Ocean Life, Study Says
- Sources: Obama putting Bush species rule on hold
- Black Rock Reservoir costly but good idea
- Japan - Grass-Roots Uprising against River Dam Challenges Tokyo
- For Some in Kitsap County, Cloudy Economic Times Are a Great Time to ‘Go Solar'
- Burglars Of Biomass - Protected Trees Turned to Firewood
- How the green building industry is thriving in a down economy
- Thousands Rally For Legislation On Climate Change
- United Kingdom - Climate Change Protest Disrupts Flights at Aberdeen Airport
- News Release - Plan By Obama Would Bring Higher Rates
- USDA Releases Report: "Rural Broadband at a Glance, 2009 Edition"
- Chief of Key Internet Oversight Body Is Leaving
- Where's The New FCC Boss?
- Would You Ever Head Back To Dial-Up?
- Includes Mason: 33 Washington Counties Declared Disaster
- Shelton Port Director Robinson to Spend More Time With Family
- Oregon & Washington Lumber Exports Up In 2008
- Oregon Timber Prices At Record Lows
- Proposal: Move Forest Service from Agriculture to Interior
- Stimulus Flows into Patchwork of State Transport Projects
- Stimulus Money Coming To Western Wash.
WORD OF THE DAY
Incarnadine • \in-KAHR-nuh-dyne\ • adjective - 1: having the pinkish color of flesh *2: red; especially: blood red
The committee given the job of naming “Crayola” colors was hamstrung by the stubborn holdout on the “pinky flesh” color. Barnardo insisted that the color be named “incarnadine,” while the rest of the group blustered that it be called “peach”. “It sounds kinda like ‘internecine,’” shouted one of the committee members, pounding his ham-like fist on the table. “Since mostly kids are gonna be using these things, we can’t make sound like an internal war,” he thundered over the quaking holdout.
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
Moses Lake Senator’s Energy Bill Gains Legislative Support - Bill Recognizes Hydropower (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/03/02/news/doc49ac073171973113422567.txt
Tacoma Power Customers to Get Refunds (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/643671.html
Lower than Normal Snowpack Will Hit Power Customers in Pocketbook Unless They Conserve (Idaho Statesman, Boise – Hey Rocky, watch me pull electricity out of a hat, if the dams are gone…)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/685019.html
Maryland – Governor Wants to Force Utilities to Build Plants (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/02/AR2009030202467.html
(Warning: PG-13 Content) Enron's "Grandma Millie" In High School Classrooms, F-Bombs and All (Houston Press, with props to SnoPUD)
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/03/enron_grandma_millie.php
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon Forecasts to Be Explained on Tuesday (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/mar/02/salmon-forecasts-to-be-explained-on-tuesday/?partner=RSS
Oregonian Editorial - No More Free Lunch on the Columbia: It is sad that the states must turn to killing sea lions, but every other effort to protect endangered fish has failed
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/03/no_more_free_lunch_on_the_colu.html
$7M fish ladder revamp to aid passage on Klickitat (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/03/03/03-03-09-fish-ladder
Campaign to restrict gillnetters inflames Witt (Daily Astorian, OR)
http://www.dailyastorian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&ArticleID=58736
Overfishing Imperils Ocean Life, Study Says (SF Chronicle – Man I hate headlines written like this. It should read “Study Says Overfishing Imperils Ocean Life…”)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/03/BAGQ167VF6.DTL
Sources: Obama putting Bush species rule on hold (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008806437_apobamaendangeredspecies.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Black Rock Reservoir costly but good idea (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/643052.html
Japan - Grass-Roots Uprising against River Dam Challenges Tokyo (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/world/asia/03dam.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
For Some in Kitsap County, Cloudy Economic Times Are a Great Time to ‘Go Solar' (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/mar/01/for-some-in-kitsap-cloudy-economic-times-are-a/?partner=RSS
Burglars Of Biomass - Protected Trees Turned to Firewood: Poachers ply illegal trade in national forests (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/401919_firewood02.html?source=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Pulse Commentary - How the green building industry is thriving in a down economy
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1963
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Thousands Rally For Legislation On Climate Change (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gTJ799AtURArOnuR5jn5GDlyLWLQD96M6GM00
United Kingdom - Climate Change Protest Disrupts Flights At Aberdeen Airport: Nine members of campaign group Plane Stupid cut through perimeter fence (The Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/03/aberdeen-airport-climate-protest
News Release - Plan By Obama Would Bring Higher Rates: Climate change-related auction of credits will be “carbon tax” passed on to consumers (Trading Markets)
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2203507/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
USDA Releases Report: "Rural Broadband at a Glance, 2009 Edition" (Agrimarketing)
http://www.agrimarketing.com/show_story.php?id=53490
Chief of Key Internet Oversight Body Is Leaving (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11820649
Where's The New FCC Boss? Everybody's waiting on Genachowski announcement (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Wheres-The-New-FCC-Boss-101167
Would You Ever Head Back To Dial-Up? The Press certainly seems to think you're planning to (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Would-You-Ever-Head-Back-To-DialUp-101150
GENERAL NEWS
Includes Mason: 33 Washington Counties Declared Disaster (Associated Press)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/40582012.html
Shelton Port Director Robinson To Spend More Time With Family (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6549/reftab/1632/t/PORT-DIRECTOR-ROBINSON-TO-SPEND-MORE-TIME-WITH-FAMILY/Default.aspx
Oregon & Washington Lumber Exports Up In 2008, Report Says (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1881136~Ore___Wash__lumber_exports_up_in_2008__report_says.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Oregon Timber Prices At Record Lows (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/4407-oregon-timber-prices-record-lows/
Proposal: Move Forest Service from Agriculture to Interior (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/642707.html
Stimulus Flows into Patchwork of State Transport Projects (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/us/04states.html
Stimulus Money Coming To Western Wash. (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18839089/detail.html
DIVERSIONS
'Ugly' Bald Cat Wins Fans at New Hampshire Vet Clinic
http://www.kirotv.com/family/18814224/detail.html
Nearby Asteroid Zooms By Earth
http://www.kirotv.com/technology/18830568/detail.html
Oh the Irony - Car Thief Nabbed After Calling 911 to Boast: Man Tells Dispatchers He's 'Smarter Than Police'
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18824368/detail.html
Pierce County: Man Caught On Camera Stealing Security Cameras
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/643674.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Can't You See-Marshall Tucker Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4-a8zh0m9c
Monday, March 2, 2009
Energy News Digest for March 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)
- Washington State Bill would ease utilities' energy targets House Is Abandoning Carbon Neutral Plan
- Kentucky – First, Power Failures. Now, Higher Bills
- Kansas House Can Override Governor’s Expected Veto Of 'Coal-Fired' Bill
- Bonneville Dam Sea Lions Face Cages Or Sharpshooters
- Locke Brings Unique Salmon Perspective
- Toward A Solution on the Columbia River Salmon Harvest Conflict
- Six Mason County Properties On Hazardous Sites List
- Olympian Editorial - Park For Artesian Well Should Be Goal: Thurston PUD To Help
- Some States Picking Economy Over Environment Regulations
- California Cities Face 20% Cuts In Water Use During Crisis
- Canada - Yes, It’s Been Dry, But We Have Water
- From Tons of Manure, a Growth Industry
- Pacific Ethanol Closing 2 Plants For Now
- Wind Farms Provide Energy - And Work
- T. Boone Pickens Pitches Energy Plan In Montana
- Everett Herald Op/Ed - National race for green jobs is on; let's win it
- Ski Resorts Toeing Green's Bottom Line
- Homeowners Stand to Gain From Energy-Efficiency Stimulus
- Can a 'smart grid' turn us on to energy efficiency
- Cap-And-Trade System Insufficient To Prompt Renewable Energy Roll Out
- Capping Carbon Emissions May Increase Energy Rates, Orszag
- Capitol Power Plant Dims Clean Energy Hopes
- Tennessee Offer to Offset Carbon Tax Credited In Deals to Attract
- Greenhouse Gas Rules Target Computer Chip
- The Methane Time Bomb - Rising Star Researcher Discovers Ominous Bubbles under the Ice
- WashPost Op/Ed: George Will - Climate Science in A Tornado
- Microsoft + Yahoo Still Doesn’t Make
- A Tour of Processors From WWII Through the
- U.S. Internet Firms Defend Tighter Web
- Port Of Shelton Director
- Thurston County Layoffs And Cuts Loom To Trim $5.7
- Gregoire Sets Up Site To Track Elusive "Stimulus"
- Oregon log prices hit rock bottom, mills cut
- Will Washington State’s Deficit Create a 'Zombie Governor'?
- Bank, Credit Union Replace Cards After Security
- Maple Syrup Trendy And In Short Supply
- We’ll Mow Our Own Lawns, Thank You Very Much
WORD OF THE DAY
Vinaceous • \vye-NAY-shus\ • adjective - Of the color of red wine
Norbert swore from here to Sunday that he was not the person who purloined the final bottle of wine from his housemate’s wine cellar. “That bottle did not leave the house,” he whimpered. “It certainly didn’t leave the house,” his friend intoned. But the incriminating, vinaceous stain on Norbert’s shirt showed that - at least technically - the merlot was still on (or in) his person.
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
Washington State Bill would ease utilities' energy targets (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008801080_greenenergy02m.html
House Is Abandoning Carbon Neutral Plan - Move Highlights Congress's Green Struggle “…leadership had dropped an essential part of the plan, the purchase of "carbon offsets" to cancel out emissions from its buildings…” (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/28/AR2009022801947.html?wprss=rss_business
Kentucky – First, Power Failures. Now, Higher Bills (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/us/01kentucky.html
Kansas State Representative Thinks House Can Override Governor’s Expected Veto Of 'Coal-Fired' Bill (Great Bend Tribune, KS)
http://www.gbtribune.com/localnews.php?sid=fd6e431
FISH & WILDLIFE
Bonneville Dam Sea Lions Face Cages Or Sharpshooters (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/sea_lions_at_bonneville_dam.html
Locke Brings Unique Salmon Perspective - As Commerce chief, he would be involved in their oversight (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090225/NEWS02/702269992
Toward A Solution on the Columbia River Salmon Harvest Conflict (Blue Oregon)
http://www.blueoregon.com/2009/03/toward-a-solution-on-the-columbia-river-salmon-harvest-conflict.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Six Mason County Properties On Hazardous Sites List (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6541/reftab/1632/t/SIX-MASON-COUNTY-PROPERTIES-ON-HAZARDOUS-SITES-LIST/Default.aspx
Olympian Editorial - Park For Artesian Well Should Be Goal: Thurston PUD To Help
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/772343.html
Some States Picking Economy Over Environment Regulations (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1879392~Some_states_picking_economy_over_environment_regs.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
California Cities Face 20% Cuts In Water Use During Crisis (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/27/MN8H166JE1.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Canada - Yes, It’s Been Dry, But We Have Water - Sooke Reservoir expansion will keep taps running (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/been+Sooke+Reservoir+water/1337963/story.html
From Tons of Manure, a Growth Industry (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/nyregion/connecticut/0301colct.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Pacific Ethanol Closing 2 Plants For Now - The company seeks new terms from its lenders, but its Boardman site is still running "full out" (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1235791507280380.xml&coll=7
Wind Farms Provide Energy - And Work (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1657563.html
T. Boone Pickens Pitches Energy Plan In Montana (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1876224~T__Boone_Pickens_pitches_energy_plan_in_Montana.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Everett Herald Op/Ed - National race for green jobs is on; let's win it
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090301/OPINION03/703019998/-1/RSS05
Ski Resorts Toeing Green's Bottom Line (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iQ3hOEfo33CE9XprpetdYeK75d4QD96KRC381
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Homeowners Stand to Gain From Energy-Efficiency Stimulus Funds (Sacramento Bee)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1659989.html
Can a 'smart grid' turn us on to energy efficiency? (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/01/eco.smartgrid/index.html#cnnSTCText
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Cap-And-Trade System Insufficient To Prompt Renewable Energy Roll Out, part 1 of 2 (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-1109-Dallas-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m2d26-Capandtrade-system-insufficient-to-prompt-renewable-energy-roll-out-part-1-of-2
Cap-And-Trade System Insufficient To Prompt Renewable Energy Roll Out, part 2 of 2 (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-1109-Dallas-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m2d27-Capandtrade-system-insufficient-to-prompt-renewable-energy-roll-out-part-2-of-2
Capping Carbon Emissions May Increase Energy Rates, Orszag Says (ABC News, Yah Think?)
http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/story?id=6983635&page=1
Capitol Power Plant Dims Clean Energy Hopes (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gTJ799AtURArOnuR5jn5GDlyLWLQD96L83280
Tennessee Offer to Offset Carbon Tax Credited In Deals to Attract Business (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008799678_apcarbontaxbreak.html?syndication=rss
Greenhouse Gas Rules Target Computer Chip Makers - and by inference, their brothers: PV chips? (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11795019?nclick_check=1
The Methane Time Bomb - Rising Star Researcher Discovers Ominous Bubbles under the Ice (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090228/EXPLORE/702289996/1025/rss1025
WashPost Op/Ed: George Will - Climate Science in A Tornado
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/26/AR2009022602906.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft + Yahoo Still Doesn’t Make Sense (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/28/microsoft-yahoo-still-doesnt-make-sense/
A Tour of Processors From WWII Through the ’70s (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/27/a-tour-of-processors-from-wwii-through-the-70s/
U.S. Internet Firms Defend Tighter Web Management (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE51P6ZU20090226?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
GENERAL NEWS
Port Of Shelton Director Resigns (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6542/reftab/1632/t/PORT-OF-SHELTON-DIRECTOR-RESIGNS/Default.aspx
Thurston County Layoffs And Cuts Loom To Trim $5.7 Million (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/772252.html
Gregoire Sets Up Site To Track Elusive "Stimulus" Cash (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/771958.html
Oregon log prices hit rock bottom, mills cut back (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1878664~Oregon_log_prices_hit_rock_bottom__mills_cut_back.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Seattle P-I Columnist: Joel Connelly - Will Washington State’s Deficit Create a 'Zombie Governor'?
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/401635_Joel27.html?source=rss
Bank, Credit Union Replace Cards After Security Breach (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090301/BIZ/702269944/1001/rss1001
Maple Syrup Trendy And In Short Supply (Associated Press)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/641155.html
We’ll Mow Our Own Lawns, Thank You Very Much - The economic downturn is forcing America’s households to learn a tough lesson: how to fend for themselves (Washington Post)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/640086.html
DIVERSIONS
BusinessWeek ranks Portland at top of "unhappiest cities" list (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/business_week_ranks_portland_a.html
Olympia Bride, 90, Marries Her 'Perfect Gentleman'
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/773213.html
"Parliament of Clowns" Laughs Off Financial Crisis
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090227/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_germany_clowns;_ylt=AnXOMDCDwlEbB8wMIQ5pkRztiBIF
New Yorker launches barking mad lawsuit
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090227/od_afp/usoffbeatanimaljustice_20090227151054;_ylt=AgHGX5ZkiQkaRvJlWRxFfs6gOrgF
SONG OF THE DAY
The Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EkJRy3gIS4&feature=PlayList&p=248DFD77C0BDC34D&playnext=1&index=38
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Washington State Bill would ease utilities' energy targets House Is Abandoning Carbon Neutral Plan
- Kentucky – First, Power Failures. Now, Higher Bills
- Kansas House Can Override Governor’s Expected Veto Of 'Coal-Fired' Bill
- Bonneville Dam Sea Lions Face Cages Or Sharpshooters
- Locke Brings Unique Salmon Perspective
- Toward A Solution on the Columbia River Salmon Harvest Conflict
- Six Mason County Properties On Hazardous Sites List
- Olympian Editorial - Park For Artesian Well Should Be Goal: Thurston PUD To Help
- Some States Picking Economy Over Environment Regulations
- California Cities Face 20% Cuts In Water Use During Crisis
- Canada - Yes, It’s Been Dry, But We Have Water
- From Tons of Manure, a Growth Industry
- Pacific Ethanol Closing 2 Plants For Now
- Wind Farms Provide Energy - And Work
- T. Boone Pickens Pitches Energy Plan In Montana
- Everett Herald Op/Ed - National race for green jobs is on; let's win it
- Ski Resorts Toeing Green's Bottom Line
- Homeowners Stand to Gain From Energy-Efficiency Stimulus
- Can a 'smart grid' turn us on to energy efficiency
- Cap-And-Trade System Insufficient To Prompt Renewable Energy Roll Out
- Capping Carbon Emissions May Increase Energy Rates, Orszag
- Capitol Power Plant Dims Clean Energy Hopes
- Tennessee Offer to Offset Carbon Tax Credited In Deals to Attract
- Greenhouse Gas Rules Target Computer Chip
- The Methane Time Bomb - Rising Star Researcher Discovers Ominous Bubbles under the Ice
- WashPost Op/Ed: George Will - Climate Science in A Tornado
- Microsoft + Yahoo Still Doesn’t Make
- A Tour of Processors From WWII Through the
- U.S. Internet Firms Defend Tighter Web
- Port Of Shelton Director
- Thurston County Layoffs And Cuts Loom To Trim $5.7
- Gregoire Sets Up Site To Track Elusive "Stimulus"
- Oregon log prices hit rock bottom, mills cut
- Will Washington State’s Deficit Create a 'Zombie Governor'?
- Bank, Credit Union Replace Cards After Security
- Maple Syrup Trendy And In Short Supply
- We’ll Mow Our Own Lawns, Thank You Very Much
WORD OF THE DAY
Vinaceous • \vye-NAY-shus\ • adjective - Of the color of red wine
Norbert swore from here to Sunday that he was not the person who purloined the final bottle of wine from his housemate’s wine cellar. “That bottle did not leave the house,” he whimpered. “It certainly didn’t leave the house,” his friend intoned. But the incriminating, vinaceous stain on Norbert’s shirt showed that - at least technically - the merlot was still on (or in) his person.
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
Washington State Bill would ease utilities' energy targets (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008801080_greenenergy02m.html
House Is Abandoning Carbon Neutral Plan - Move Highlights Congress's Green Struggle “…leadership had dropped an essential part of the plan, the purchase of "carbon offsets" to cancel out emissions from its buildings…” (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/28/AR2009022801947.html?wprss=rss_business
Kentucky – First, Power Failures. Now, Higher Bills (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/us/01kentucky.html
Kansas State Representative Thinks House Can Override Governor’s Expected Veto Of 'Coal-Fired' Bill (Great Bend Tribune, KS)
http://www.gbtribune.com/localnews.php?sid=fd6e431
FISH & WILDLIFE
Bonneville Dam Sea Lions Face Cages Or Sharpshooters (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/sea_lions_at_bonneville_dam.html
Locke Brings Unique Salmon Perspective - As Commerce chief, he would be involved in their oversight (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090225/NEWS02/702269992
Toward A Solution on the Columbia River Salmon Harvest Conflict (Blue Oregon)
http://www.blueoregon.com/2009/03/toward-a-solution-on-the-columbia-river-salmon-harvest-conflict.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Six Mason County Properties On Hazardous Sites List (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6541/reftab/1632/t/SIX-MASON-COUNTY-PROPERTIES-ON-HAZARDOUS-SITES-LIST/Default.aspx
Olympian Editorial - Park For Artesian Well Should Be Goal: Thurston PUD To Help
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/772343.html
Some States Picking Economy Over Environment Regulations (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1879392~Some_states_picking_economy_over_environment_regs.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
California Cities Face 20% Cuts In Water Use During Crisis (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/27/MN8H166JE1.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Canada - Yes, It’s Been Dry, But We Have Water - Sooke Reservoir expansion will keep taps running (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/been+Sooke+Reservoir+water/1337963/story.html
From Tons of Manure, a Growth Industry (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/nyregion/connecticut/0301colct.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Pacific Ethanol Closing 2 Plants For Now - The company seeks new terms from its lenders, but its Boardman site is still running "full out" (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1235791507280380.xml&coll=7
Wind Farms Provide Energy - And Work (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1657563.html
T. Boone Pickens Pitches Energy Plan In Montana (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1876224~T__Boone_Pickens_pitches_energy_plan_in_Montana.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Everett Herald Op/Ed - National race for green jobs is on; let's win it
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090301/OPINION03/703019998/-1/RSS05
Ski Resorts Toeing Green's Bottom Line (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iQ3hOEfo33CE9XprpetdYeK75d4QD96KRC381
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Homeowners Stand to Gain From Energy-Efficiency Stimulus Funds (Sacramento Bee)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1659989.html
Can a 'smart grid' turn us on to energy efficiency? (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/01/eco.smartgrid/index.html#cnnSTCText
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Cap-And-Trade System Insufficient To Prompt Renewable Energy Roll Out, part 1 of 2 (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-1109-Dallas-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m2d26-Capandtrade-system-insufficient-to-prompt-renewable-energy-roll-out-part-1-of-2
Cap-And-Trade System Insufficient To Prompt Renewable Energy Roll Out, part 2 of 2 (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-1109-Dallas-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m2d27-Capandtrade-system-insufficient-to-prompt-renewable-energy-roll-out-part-2-of-2
Capping Carbon Emissions May Increase Energy Rates, Orszag Says (ABC News, Yah Think?)
http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/story?id=6983635&page=1
Capitol Power Plant Dims Clean Energy Hopes (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gTJ799AtURArOnuR5jn5GDlyLWLQD96L83280
Tennessee Offer to Offset Carbon Tax Credited In Deals to Attract Business (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008799678_apcarbontaxbreak.html?syndication=rss
Greenhouse Gas Rules Target Computer Chip Makers - and by inference, their brothers: PV chips? (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11795019?nclick_check=1
The Methane Time Bomb - Rising Star Researcher Discovers Ominous Bubbles under the Ice (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090228/EXPLORE/702289996/1025/rss1025
WashPost Op/Ed: George Will - Climate Science in A Tornado
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/26/AR2009022602906.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft + Yahoo Still Doesn’t Make Sense (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/28/microsoft-yahoo-still-doesnt-make-sense/
A Tour of Processors From WWII Through the ’70s (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/27/a-tour-of-processors-from-wwii-through-the-70s/
U.S. Internet Firms Defend Tighter Web Management (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE51P6ZU20090226?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
GENERAL NEWS
Port Of Shelton Director Resigns (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6542/reftab/1632/t/PORT-OF-SHELTON-DIRECTOR-RESIGNS/Default.aspx
Thurston County Layoffs And Cuts Loom To Trim $5.7 Million (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/772252.html
Gregoire Sets Up Site To Track Elusive "Stimulus" Cash (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/771958.html
Oregon log prices hit rock bottom, mills cut back (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1878664~Oregon_log_prices_hit_rock_bottom__mills_cut_back.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Seattle P-I Columnist: Joel Connelly - Will Washington State’s Deficit Create a 'Zombie Governor'?
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/401635_Joel27.html?source=rss
Bank, Credit Union Replace Cards After Security Breach (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090301/BIZ/702269944/1001/rss1001
Maple Syrup Trendy And In Short Supply (Associated Press)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/641155.html
We’ll Mow Our Own Lawns, Thank You Very Much - The economic downturn is forcing America’s households to learn a tough lesson: how to fend for themselves (Washington Post)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/640086.html
DIVERSIONS
BusinessWeek ranks Portland at top of "unhappiest cities" list (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/business_week_ranks_portland_a.html
Olympia Bride, 90, Marries Her 'Perfect Gentleman'
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/773213.html
"Parliament of Clowns" Laughs Off Financial Crisis
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090227/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_germany_clowns;_ylt=AnXOMDCDwlEbB8wMIQ5pkRztiBIF
New Yorker launches barking mad lawsuit
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090227/od_afp/usoffbeatanimaljustice_20090227151054;_ylt=AgHGX5ZkiQkaRvJlWRxFfs6gOrgF
SONG OF THE DAY
The Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EkJRy3gIS4&feature=PlayList&p=248DFD77C0BDC34D&playnext=1&index=38
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Energy News Digest for February 27, 2008
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)
- Avista, BPA Reach Proposed Settlement Of Lengthy Fight
- Maryland - Energy firms fight reregulation
- Recovery in Action: Minnesota and Oregon
- DOE to Expedite Disbursement of Funds Received via Stimulus Act
- Dallas Morning News Editorial - Do Texans Pay Too Much For Electricity?
- U.S. Renewable Energy Faces Weak Economy and Old Grid
- Will Americans Learn To Love 'Smart Grid'?
- BPA, tribes and Washington advance first Fish Accord project
- Helping salmon downstream, emotional
- Court Won't Stop the Killing of Salmon-Eating Sea Lions
- South Kitsap District Waits for Federal Stimulus Ship to Come In
- Energy Company Looks for Biomass Location in Idaho
- $25 Billion to Promote Electric Cars Is Untouched
- GM Volt May Be Less-Effective Green Car than Prius
- Texas Green Energy to Grow Flush With Fed Cash
- N.C. Regulators Put Brakes on Save-A-Watt
- Rich-Nation 2020 Greenhouse Gas Cuts Seen At 15 Percent
- Australia Tackles Farm Animal Gas Emissions
- Time Warner Cable Getting Slammed By Denial Of Service Attack
- Senate bars FCC from revisiting Fairness Doctrine
- Man at Center of Belfair Attack, Fiery Standoff Identified
- Legislators Look to Reign in "Abuse" of Public Records Request
WORD OF THE DAY
Hackle • \HACK-ul\ • noun - 1: one of the long feathers on the neck or back of a bird 2: hairs (as on a dog's neck) that can be erected *3: temper, dander
Whistling past the graveyard, Abernathy’s little hairs started to stand up on the back of his neck. Clearly coming back in harmony from the Smith mausoleum in perfect harmony was another, unworldly whistle. His hackles raised, he switched from “Misty” into the “William Tell” Overture as he quickly ran from the scene.
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
Avista, BPA Reach Proposed Settlement Of Lengthy Fight (Spokane Business Journal)
http://www.spokanejournal.com/article.php?id=4279
Maryland - Energy firms fight reregulation - Constellation, Pepco lead State House battle (Gazette.com)
http://www.gazette.net/stories/02272009/businew172956_32470.shtml
Recovery in Action: Minnesota and Oregon (The White House)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/02/23/Recovery-in-Action-Minnesota-and-Oregon/
DOE to Expedite Disbursement of Funds Received via Stimulus Act (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/02/doe-to-expedite-disbursement-of-funds-received-via-stimulus-act
Dallas Morning News Editorial - Do Texans Pay Too Much For Electricity?
http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/02/do-texans-pay-t.html
U.S. Renewable Energy Faces Weak Economy and Old Grid (Reuters)
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090223/tpl-uk-usa-renewables-grid-analysis-02bfc7e.html
Will Americans Learn To Love 'Smart Grid'? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/02/27/27greenwire-will-americans-learn-to-love-smart-grid-9911.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
BPA, tribes and Washington advance first Fish Accord project - Klickitat fish ladder upgrade will boost key species, create jobs (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/257435/
Helping salmon downstream, emotional “…survival per mile traveled in the Fraser River, is lower than it is through the eight dam hydropower system in the Snake and Columbia…” (KMNT-TV, Twin Falls, ID)
http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/40391337.html
Court Won't Stop the Killing of Salmon-Eating Sea Lions (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1874120~Court_won_t_stop_killing_salmon_eating_sea_lions.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
South Kitsap District Waits for Federal Stimulus Ship to Come In (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/26/south-kitsap-schools-waits-for-federal-stimulus/?partner=RSS
RENEWABLE & ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Energy Company Looks for Biomass Location in Idaho (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/770910.html
$25 Billion to Promote Electric Cars Is Untouched (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/business/energy-environment/27green.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
GM Volt May Be Less-Effective Green Car than Prius “…A rechargeable auto with the Volt's target range of 40 miles on electricity is "not cost-effective in any scenario…” (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11794018
Texas Green Energy to Grow Flush With Fed Cash (Austin American Statesman, TX)
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2009/02/26/texas_green_energy_to_grow_flu.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
N.C. Regulators Put Brakes on Save-A-Watt (Charlotte Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/02/23/daily50.html?ana=from_rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Rich-Nation 2020 Greenhouse Gas Cuts Seen At 15 Percent (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE51P31K20090226?feedType=nl&feedName=ustopnewsearly
Australia Tackles Farm Animal Gas Emissions (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/international/2009/feb/Australia-Tackles-Farm-Animal-Gas-Emissions.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Time Warner Cable Getting Slammed By Denial Of Service Attack (Consumerist)
http://consumerist.com/5161168/time-warner-cable-getting-slammed-by-denial-of-service-attack
Senate bars FCC from revisiting Fairness Doctrine (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008789917_apfairnessdoctrine.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Man at Center of Belfair Attack, Fiery Standoff Identified (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/40388727.html
Legislators Look to Reign in "Abuse" of Public Records Requests (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/40398317.html
DIVERSIONS
Octo-Mess: Eight-Legged Resident Blamed for Flood at Santa Monica Aquarium
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11794140
Preschoolers Pitch In To Help Rescued Dogs
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_022609WAB-kids-help-puppy-mill-dogs-SW.853335a.html?npc
How Many Billion Dollars for That Tank of Gas?
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008790918_webbigbill27.html?syndication=rss
Woman Claims To find $5 Bill inside Coconut (There’s gotta be a Gilligan’s Island joke in here somewhere)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18803615/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Elvis Costello – Alison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI4Qel8qvW0&feature=related
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Avista, BPA Reach Proposed Settlement Of Lengthy Fight
- Maryland - Energy firms fight reregulation
- Recovery in Action: Minnesota and Oregon
- DOE to Expedite Disbursement of Funds Received via Stimulus Act
- Dallas Morning News Editorial - Do Texans Pay Too Much For Electricity?
- U.S. Renewable Energy Faces Weak Economy and Old Grid
- Will Americans Learn To Love 'Smart Grid'?
- BPA, tribes and Washington advance first Fish Accord project
- Helping salmon downstream, emotional
- Court Won't Stop the Killing of Salmon-Eating Sea Lions
- South Kitsap District Waits for Federal Stimulus Ship to Come In
- Energy Company Looks for Biomass Location in Idaho
- $25 Billion to Promote Electric Cars Is Untouched
- GM Volt May Be Less-Effective Green Car than Prius
- Texas Green Energy to Grow Flush With Fed Cash
- N.C. Regulators Put Brakes on Save-A-Watt
- Rich-Nation 2020 Greenhouse Gas Cuts Seen At 15 Percent
- Australia Tackles Farm Animal Gas Emissions
- Time Warner Cable Getting Slammed By Denial Of Service Attack
- Senate bars FCC from revisiting Fairness Doctrine
- Man at Center of Belfair Attack, Fiery Standoff Identified
- Legislators Look to Reign in "Abuse" of Public Records Request
WORD OF THE DAY
Hackle • \HACK-ul\ • noun - 1: one of the long feathers on the neck or back of a bird 2: hairs (as on a dog's neck) that can be erected *3: temper, dander
Whistling past the graveyard, Abernathy’s little hairs started to stand up on the back of his neck. Clearly coming back in harmony from the Smith mausoleum in perfect harmony was another, unworldly whistle. His hackles raised, he switched from “Misty” into the “William Tell” Overture as he quickly ran from the scene.
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
Avista, BPA Reach Proposed Settlement Of Lengthy Fight (Spokane Business Journal)
http://www.spokanejournal.com/article.php?id=4279
Maryland - Energy firms fight reregulation - Constellation, Pepco lead State House battle (Gazette.com)
http://www.gazette.net/stories/02272009/businew172956_32470.shtml
Recovery in Action: Minnesota and Oregon (The White House)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/02/23/Recovery-in-Action-Minnesota-and-Oregon/
DOE to Expedite Disbursement of Funds Received via Stimulus Act (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/02/doe-to-expedite-disbursement-of-funds-received-via-stimulus-act
Dallas Morning News Editorial - Do Texans Pay Too Much For Electricity?
http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/02/do-texans-pay-t.html
U.S. Renewable Energy Faces Weak Economy and Old Grid (Reuters)
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090223/tpl-uk-usa-renewables-grid-analysis-02bfc7e.html
Will Americans Learn To Love 'Smart Grid'? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/02/27/27greenwire-will-americans-learn-to-love-smart-grid-9911.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
BPA, tribes and Washington advance first Fish Accord project - Klickitat fish ladder upgrade will boost key species, create jobs (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/257435/
Helping salmon downstream, emotional “…survival per mile traveled in the Fraser River, is lower than it is through the eight dam hydropower system in the Snake and Columbia…” (KMNT-TV, Twin Falls, ID)
http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/40391337.html
Court Won't Stop the Killing of Salmon-Eating Sea Lions (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1874120~Court_won_t_stop_killing_salmon_eating_sea_lions.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
South Kitsap District Waits for Federal Stimulus Ship to Come In (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/26/south-kitsap-schools-waits-for-federal-stimulus/?partner=RSS
RENEWABLE & ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Energy Company Looks for Biomass Location in Idaho (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/770910.html
$25 Billion to Promote Electric Cars Is Untouched (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/business/energy-environment/27green.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
GM Volt May Be Less-Effective Green Car than Prius “…A rechargeable auto with the Volt's target range of 40 miles on electricity is "not cost-effective in any scenario…” (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11794018
Texas Green Energy to Grow Flush With Fed Cash (Austin American Statesman, TX)
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2009/02/26/texas_green_energy_to_grow_flu.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
N.C. Regulators Put Brakes on Save-A-Watt (Charlotte Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/02/23/daily50.html?ana=from_rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Rich-Nation 2020 Greenhouse Gas Cuts Seen At 15 Percent (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE51P31K20090226?feedType=nl&feedName=ustopnewsearly
Australia Tackles Farm Animal Gas Emissions (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/international/2009/feb/Australia-Tackles-Farm-Animal-Gas-Emissions.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Time Warner Cable Getting Slammed By Denial Of Service Attack (Consumerist)
http://consumerist.com/5161168/time-warner-cable-getting-slammed-by-denial-of-service-attack
Senate bars FCC from revisiting Fairness Doctrine (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008789917_apfairnessdoctrine.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Man at Center of Belfair Attack, Fiery Standoff Identified (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/40388727.html
Legislators Look to Reign in "Abuse" of Public Records Requests (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/40398317.html
DIVERSIONS
Octo-Mess: Eight-Legged Resident Blamed for Flood at Santa Monica Aquarium
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11794140
Preschoolers Pitch In To Help Rescued Dogs
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_022609WAB-kids-help-puppy-mill-dogs-SW.853335a.html?npc
How Many Billion Dollars for That Tank of Gas?
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008790918_webbigbill27.html?syndication=rss
Woman Claims To find $5 Bill inside Coconut (There’s gotta be a Gilligan’s Island joke in here somewhere)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18803615/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Elvis Costello – Alison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI4Qel8qvW0&feature=related
Energy News Digest for February 26, 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)
- Portland General Electric Reports Lower Earnings
- Senate Leader Outlines 3 Steps to Meeting Obama's Energy Goals
- Sources: Obama Cuts Funds for Nev. Nuclear Dump
- Obama's Energy Boost
- West Coast Salmon Numbers Up, Fishing Prospects Dim
- Forecast Predicts another Dire Year for Ocean Salmon Fishing
- South Sound Anglers Will See Big Pink Run
- Groups Welcome Rule to Protect Threatened Orcas
- Suit Threatened Over Levee Trees
- Mr. Whipple Left It Out: Soft Is Rough on Forests
- Mason County Requesting Funds for Solar Street Lights
- Company Moves Forward With Grays Harbor Offshore Energy Project
- 23 Governors Push Renewable Electricity Standard
- Wind Energy Still Slow In California
- Energy Pulse Commentary - Stimulating Wind May Take Some Time
- Solar-Car Evangelist's Journey Detours through Palo Alto
- Preparing for a Flood of Energy Efficiency Spending
- Bogus Trend Story of the Week - "Climate Fears Are Driving 'Ecomigration' Across Globe."
- How the Carbon Casino Pits Ecologist against Ecologist
- Broadband Expansion Is Popular in Stimulus Plans
- DirecTV, DISH Ask U.S. Lawmakers for Rural Incentives
- Yahoo Not Opposed To Deal with Microsoft
- FCC Fines Small Telecom Firms on Customer Information Safety Rules
- The Dark Lord of Broadband Tries to Fix Comcast's Image
- Obama Chooses Locke to Run Commerce Department
- In His Third Attempt, Obama Nominates Gary Locke for Commerce Secretary
- Obama Cabinet Strengthened By Northwest Talent
- Washington Legislature Nears Halfway Mark
- Unemployment Over 13 Pct in Three WA Counties:
- Tracking those highway stimulus dollars online
WORD OF THE DAY
Ablution • \uh-BLOO-shun\ • noun - 1a: the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) b: the act or action of bathing 2: (plural) British: a building housing bathing and toilet facilities on a military base.
As he aged, Ambrose’ daily ablutions became increasingly complex. Washcloth for his neck, brush for his back, pressure washing for his feet, special soap for his back, a different soap for his front, another for his hands, and another for his face and hair. Every morning his puzzled coworkers would sniff the odd assortment of soap fragrances and stand in wild wonder; trying to figure out if he had experienced an unfortunate accident in the local “Bodyworks” store.
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
Portland General Electric Reports Lower Earnings (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/02/23/daily27.html?ana=from_rss
Senate Leader Outlines 3 Steps to Meeting Obama's Energy Goals (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/02/25/25greenwire-reid-outlines-3-steps-to-meeting-obamas-energy--9864.html
Sources: Obama Cuts Funds for Nev. Nuclear Dump (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008786982_apobamayuccamountain.html?syndication=rss
Obama's Energy Boost (MSNBC)
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/02/25/1808536.aspx
FISH & WILDLIFE
West Coast Salmon Numbers Up, Fishing Prospects Dim (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/40326027.html
Forecast Predicts another Dire Year for Ocean Salmon Fishing (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/forecast_is_for_another_dire_y.html
South Sound Anglers Will See Big Pink Run (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/638868.html
Groups Welcome Rule to Protect Threatened Orcas (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008786665_apcanadakillerwhaleprotection.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Suit Threatened Over Levee Trees (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008787794_weblevees26.html?syndication=rss
Mr. Whipple Left It Out: Soft Is Rough on Forests (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/science/earth/26charmin.html?_r=1
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Mason County Requesting Funds for Solar Street Lights (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6486/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-REQUESTING-FUNDS-FOR-SOLAR-STREET-LIGHTS/Default.aspx
Company Moves Forward With Grays Harbor Offshore Energy Project (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/02/25/local_news/02news.txt
23 Governors Push Renewable Electricity Standard (Red Green and Blue)
http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/02/24/23-governors-push-renewable-electricity-standard/
Wind Energy Still Slow In California (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11784557?nclick_check=1
Energy Pulse Commentary - Stimulating Wind May Take Some Time
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1959
Solar-Car Evangelist's Journey Detours through Palo Alto (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11784673
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Preparing for a Flood of Energy Efficiency Spending (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/business/energy-environment/26efficiency.html?_r=1
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Bogus Trend Story of the Week - "Climate Fears Are Driving 'Ecomigration' Across Globe." (Slate magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2212229/?from=rss
How the Carbon Casino Pits Ecologist against Ecologist (The Tyee Online)
http://thetyee.ca/News/2009/02/25/Eco-V-Eco/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Broadband Expansion Is Popular in Stimulus Plans (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/business/worldbusiness/26broadband.html
DirecTV, DISH Ask U.S. Lawmakers for Rural Incentives (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE51N5YE20090224?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
Yahoo Not Opposed To Deal with Microsoft (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11785752
FCC Fines Small Telecom Firms on Customer Information Safety Rules (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11782076
The Dark Lord of Broadband Tries to Fix Comcast's Image (Wired Magazine)
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-02/mf_brianroberts?currentPage=all
GENERAL NEWS
Obama Chooses Locke to Run Commerce Department (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008784642_apobamacommerce5thldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
In His Third Attempt, Obama Nominates Gary Locke for Commerce Secretary (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/politics/2009/feb/Obama-Goes-for-Three-With-Locke-at-Commerce.html
Seattle Times Staff Columnist - Obama Cabinet Strengthened By Northwest Talent
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008786620_opina26joni.html?syndication=rss
Washington Legislature Nears Halfway Mark (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008784237_apwaxgroutlook.html?syndication=rss
Unemployment Over 13 Pct in Three WA Counties: Cowlitz, Grays Harbor and Lewis (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_022509WAB-lewis-county-unemployment-TP.309ba90.html?npc
Tracking those highway stimulus dollars online (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090225/BLOG13/902259977/0/NEWS03
DIVERSIONS
Man Blames Seattle Construction for Sewage Geyser
http://www.examiner.com/a-1870554~Man_blames_Seattle_construction_for_sewage_geyser.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Police Say Drunk Man Let 10-Year-Old Drive
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18792216/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Eric Clapton & Friends - White Room
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvnWuOjJDh4
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Portland General Electric Reports Lower Earnings
- Senate Leader Outlines 3 Steps to Meeting Obama's Energy Goals
- Sources: Obama Cuts Funds for Nev. Nuclear Dump
- Obama's Energy Boost
- West Coast Salmon Numbers Up, Fishing Prospects Dim
- Forecast Predicts another Dire Year for Ocean Salmon Fishing
- South Sound Anglers Will See Big Pink Run
- Groups Welcome Rule to Protect Threatened Orcas
- Suit Threatened Over Levee Trees
- Mr. Whipple Left It Out: Soft Is Rough on Forests
- Mason County Requesting Funds for Solar Street Lights
- Company Moves Forward With Grays Harbor Offshore Energy Project
- 23 Governors Push Renewable Electricity Standard
- Wind Energy Still Slow In California
- Energy Pulse Commentary - Stimulating Wind May Take Some Time
- Solar-Car Evangelist's Journey Detours through Palo Alto
- Preparing for a Flood of Energy Efficiency Spending
- Bogus Trend Story of the Week - "Climate Fears Are Driving 'Ecomigration' Across Globe."
- How the Carbon Casino Pits Ecologist against Ecologist
- Broadband Expansion Is Popular in Stimulus Plans
- DirecTV, DISH Ask U.S. Lawmakers for Rural Incentives
- Yahoo Not Opposed To Deal with Microsoft
- FCC Fines Small Telecom Firms on Customer Information Safety Rules
- The Dark Lord of Broadband Tries to Fix Comcast's Image
- Obama Chooses Locke to Run Commerce Department
- In His Third Attempt, Obama Nominates Gary Locke for Commerce Secretary
- Obama Cabinet Strengthened By Northwest Talent
- Washington Legislature Nears Halfway Mark
- Unemployment Over 13 Pct in Three WA Counties:
- Tracking those highway stimulus dollars online
WORD OF THE DAY
Ablution • \uh-BLOO-shun\ • noun - 1a: the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) b: the act or action of bathing 2: (plural) British: a building housing bathing and toilet facilities on a military base.
As he aged, Ambrose’ daily ablutions became increasingly complex. Washcloth for his neck, brush for his back, pressure washing for his feet, special soap for his back, a different soap for his front, another for his hands, and another for his face and hair. Every morning his puzzled coworkers would sniff the odd assortment of soap fragrances and stand in wild wonder; trying to figure out if he had experienced an unfortunate accident in the local “Bodyworks” store.
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
Portland General Electric Reports Lower Earnings (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/02/23/daily27.html?ana=from_rss
Senate Leader Outlines 3 Steps to Meeting Obama's Energy Goals (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/02/25/25greenwire-reid-outlines-3-steps-to-meeting-obamas-energy--9864.html
Sources: Obama Cuts Funds for Nev. Nuclear Dump (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008786982_apobamayuccamountain.html?syndication=rss
Obama's Energy Boost (MSNBC)
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/02/25/1808536.aspx
FISH & WILDLIFE
West Coast Salmon Numbers Up, Fishing Prospects Dim (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/40326027.html
Forecast Predicts another Dire Year for Ocean Salmon Fishing (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/forecast_is_for_another_dire_y.html
South Sound Anglers Will See Big Pink Run (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/638868.html
Groups Welcome Rule to Protect Threatened Orcas (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008786665_apcanadakillerwhaleprotection.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Suit Threatened Over Levee Trees (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008787794_weblevees26.html?syndication=rss
Mr. Whipple Left It Out: Soft Is Rough on Forests (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/science/earth/26charmin.html?_r=1
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Mason County Requesting Funds for Solar Street Lights (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6486/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-REQUESTING-FUNDS-FOR-SOLAR-STREET-LIGHTS/Default.aspx
Company Moves Forward With Grays Harbor Offshore Energy Project (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/02/25/local_news/02news.txt
23 Governors Push Renewable Electricity Standard (Red Green and Blue)
http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/02/24/23-governors-push-renewable-electricity-standard/
Wind Energy Still Slow In California (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11784557?nclick_check=1
Energy Pulse Commentary - Stimulating Wind May Take Some Time
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1959
Solar-Car Evangelist's Journey Detours through Palo Alto (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11784673
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Preparing for a Flood of Energy Efficiency Spending (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/business/energy-environment/26efficiency.html?_r=1
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Bogus Trend Story of the Week - "Climate Fears Are Driving 'Ecomigration' Across Globe." (Slate magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2212229/?from=rss
How the Carbon Casino Pits Ecologist against Ecologist (The Tyee Online)
http://thetyee.ca/News/2009/02/25/Eco-V-Eco/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Broadband Expansion Is Popular in Stimulus Plans (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/business/worldbusiness/26broadband.html
DirecTV, DISH Ask U.S. Lawmakers for Rural Incentives (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE51N5YE20090224?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
Yahoo Not Opposed To Deal with Microsoft (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11785752
FCC Fines Small Telecom Firms on Customer Information Safety Rules (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11782076
The Dark Lord of Broadband Tries to Fix Comcast's Image (Wired Magazine)
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-02/mf_brianroberts?currentPage=all
GENERAL NEWS
Obama Chooses Locke to Run Commerce Department (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008784642_apobamacommerce5thldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
In His Third Attempt, Obama Nominates Gary Locke for Commerce Secretary (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/politics/2009/feb/Obama-Goes-for-Three-With-Locke-at-Commerce.html
Seattle Times Staff Columnist - Obama Cabinet Strengthened By Northwest Talent
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008786620_opina26joni.html?syndication=rss
Washington Legislature Nears Halfway Mark (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008784237_apwaxgroutlook.html?syndication=rss
Unemployment Over 13 Pct in Three WA Counties: Cowlitz, Grays Harbor and Lewis (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_022509WAB-lewis-county-unemployment-TP.309ba90.html?npc
Tracking those highway stimulus dollars online (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090225/BLOG13/902259977/0/NEWS03
DIVERSIONS
Man Blames Seattle Construction for Sewage Geyser
http://www.examiner.com/a-1870554~Man_blames_Seattle_construction_for_sewage_geyser.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Police Say Drunk Man Let 10-Year-Old Drive
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/18792216/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Eric Clapton & Friends - White Room
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvnWuOjJDh4
Energy News Digest for February 25, 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)
- With Mason PUD 3 Assistance - City Of Shelton to Switch Traffic Lights to L-E-D
- Ferry County PUD Won’t Give Bonneville Power Administration Rebates
- Columbian Op/Ed - Washington View: Clean Coal Can Be Mined For Energy Solutions
- US Interior Secretary Says Department Will Play Large Role in Transmission
- California Governor Proposes One-Stop Permitting for Electricity Transmission
- Stimulus Doesn’t Require Utility 'Decoupling,' Key Democrat Says
- Chicago Tribune Op/Ed - Solving Our Nation's Energy Predicament
- Oregon and Washington Plan to Resume Trapping Sea Lions
- Salmon Restoration Focus of Meetings
- Smelt Dipping Best Its Been in Years
- Port Of Portland, Audubon Society at Odds over Island
- Washington Fish and Wildlife May Cut More Than 100 Employees
- Southern Oregon Dam Awaits Removal; Questions Raised
- Canada - Aging Dam Threatens Major B.C. Fishery
- Los Angeles Times Editorial - California's Dry Future
- Olympia’s Artesian Well Will Stay Open
- Towers in Manhattan Gather Heat for Power
- Pacific Gas and Electric Announces Solar Power Initiative
- WA Governor's Plan to Cap Emissions Faces Challenges
- Economic Crisis Complicates California’s Goals on Climate
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - Create Incentive to Cut Emissions with Carbon Price
- Exaggeration a Common Pitfall of Climate Change Dialogue
- Obama Prefers Congress to EPA in Tackling Climate
- Study: Antarctic Glaciers Slipping Swiftly Seaward
- Qwest: $1 Billion Would Provide 95% DSL Coverage
- Google Pays for E-Mail Outage with 15-Day Credit
- Security of Adobe PDF Readers Compromised
- Jurassic Web
- Obama to Name Locke on Wednesday
- Washington Lawmakers Face Wednesday Bill Deadline
- Deputies Looking for Belfair Pizzeria Robber
- Washington Legislature Unveils $340M Highway Stimulus Plan
- Seattle Shut Out Of State’s Stimulus Money
- Stimulus leaves out Pierce projects
WORD OF THE DAY
Nosh • \nosh\ • verb - to eat a snack: munch
“A little nosh won’t hurt,” pondered Charles as the biology professor droned on about the natural progression of species. Just as the tasty cookie reached the student’s lips the professor thundered, “I home you brought enough for everyone MISTER Darwin!”
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
With Mason PUD 3 Assistance - City Of Shelton to Switch Traffic Lights to L-E-D (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6475/reftab/1632/t/CITY-TO-SWITCH-TRAFFIC-LIGHTS-TO-L-E-D/Default.aspx
Ferry County PUD Won’t Give Bonneville Power Administration Rebates (Omak Chronicle, WA)
http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n090224a.shtml
Columbian Op/Ed - Washington View: Clean Coal Can Be Mined For Energy Solutions
http://columbian.com/article/20090225/BIZ01/702259962/-1/BIZ
US Interior Secretary Says Department Will Play Large Role in Transmission (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/02/us-interior-secretary-says-department-will-play-large-role-in-transmission?src=rss
California Governor Proposes One-Stop Permitting for Electricity Transmission (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/02/24/24greenwire-schwarzenegger-proposes-onestop-permitting-for--9837.html
Stimulus Doesn’t Require Utility 'Decoupling,' Key Democrat Says (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/02/24/24greenwire-stimulus-does-not-require-decoupling--markey-9846.html
Chicago Tribune Op/Ed - Solving Our Nation's Energy Predicament (T. Boone Pickens)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-oped0224energyfeb24,0,1215284.story
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon and Washington Plan to Resume Trapping Sea Lions (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008780086_aporsealions.html
Salmon Restoration Focus of Meetings - Plan targets habitat in East Fork of the Lewis River (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090224/NEWS02/702249960/
Smelt Dipping Best Its Been in Years (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/637553.html
Port Of Portland, Audubon Society at Odds over Island (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/02/port_of_portland_audubon_socie.html
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife May Cut More Than 100 Employees (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18785436/detail.html
Southern Oregon Dam Awaits Removal; Questions Raised (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/southern_oregon_dam_awaits_rem.html
Canada - Aging Dam Threatens Major B.C. Fishery (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Aging+threatens+major+fishery/1325085/story.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Los Angeles Times Editorial - California's Dry Future: The state may experience a water shortage this year. Residents have no choice but to use less and pay more for it
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-brick24-2009feb24,0,3291692.story?track=rss
Olympia’s Artesian Well Will Stay Open - Thurston County PUD Agrees to Test Water Regularly (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/768968.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Towers in Manhattan Gather Heat for Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/realestate/commercial/25cogen.html?_r=1
Pacific Gas and Electric Announces Solar Power Initiative (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/24/financial/f174247S89.DTL&feed=rss.business
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
WA Governor's Plan to Cap Emissions Faces Challenges (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008782259_apwacapandtrade.html?syndication=rss
Economic Crisis Complicates California’s Goals on Climate (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/science/earth/25carbon.html?partner=rss
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Create Incentive to Cut Emissions with Carbon Price - Gov. Gregoire's proposed cap-and-trade approach to helping the state meet reduced carbon-emission targets would actually kill jobs and not make a difference for years
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008777644_opinb24myers.html?syndication=rss
Exaggeration a Common Pitfall of Climate Change Dialogue (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/science/earth/25hype.html?_r=1&partner=rss
Obama Prefers Congress to EPA in Tackling Climate (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/02/23/23climatewire-obama-prefers-congress-to-epa-when-it-comes-t-9800.html
Study: Antarctic Glaciers Slipping Swiftly Seaward (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008783734_apununwarmingantarctic.html?syndication=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Qwest: $1 Billion Would Provide 95% DSL Coverage - Carrier continues to complain about $7 billion plan “…Qwest's sudden concern…is a little disingenuous, given they have a history of spending millions of dollars to crush town and city efforts to wire themselves…” (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-1-Billion-Would-Provide-95-DSL-Coverage-101048
Google Pays for E-Mail Outage with 15-Day Credit (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11775351
Security of Adobe PDF Readers Compromised (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9899899
Jurassic Web - The Internet of 1996 is almost unrecognizable compared with what we have today (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2212108/?from=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Obama to Name Locke on Wednesday (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/40250452.html
Washington Lawmakers Face Wednesday Bill Deadline (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1868104~Washington_lawmakers_face_Wednesday_bill_deadline.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Deputies Looking for Belfair Pizzeria Robber (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/24/deputies-looking-for-belfair-pizzeria-robber/?partner=RSS
Washington Legislature Unveils $340M Highway Stimulus Plan (The Olympian, Olympia)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/768454.html
Seattle Shut Out Of State’s Stimulus Money (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008783007_stimulus25m.html?syndication=rss
Stimulus leaves out Pierce projects (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/637493.html?source=rss
DIVERSIONS
Stay Married and Save the Planet
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE51N4ST20090224?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Too Much Playstation Can Cause Painful Lumps?
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE51N4TE20090224?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Notorious Greek Prisoner Escapes by Helicopter-Again
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090223/od_nm/us_greece_escape_odd;_ylt=AlyPJjOUkqt0I_LxeXC7iA_tiBIF
SONG OF THE DAY
Smash Mouth - I’m a Believer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUyu5prWjTE&NR=1
The Monkees - I'm a Believer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfuBREMXxts
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- With Mason PUD 3 Assistance - City Of Shelton to Switch Traffic Lights to L-E-D
- Ferry County PUD Won’t Give Bonneville Power Administration Rebates
- Columbian Op/Ed - Washington View: Clean Coal Can Be Mined For Energy Solutions
- US Interior Secretary Says Department Will Play Large Role in Transmission
- California Governor Proposes One-Stop Permitting for Electricity Transmission
- Stimulus Doesn’t Require Utility 'Decoupling,' Key Democrat Says
- Chicago Tribune Op/Ed - Solving Our Nation's Energy Predicament
- Oregon and Washington Plan to Resume Trapping Sea Lions
- Salmon Restoration Focus of Meetings
- Smelt Dipping Best Its Been in Years
- Port Of Portland, Audubon Society at Odds over Island
- Washington Fish and Wildlife May Cut More Than 100 Employees
- Southern Oregon Dam Awaits Removal; Questions Raised
- Canada - Aging Dam Threatens Major B.C. Fishery
- Los Angeles Times Editorial - California's Dry Future
- Olympia’s Artesian Well Will Stay Open
- Towers in Manhattan Gather Heat for Power
- Pacific Gas and Electric Announces Solar Power Initiative
- WA Governor's Plan to Cap Emissions Faces Challenges
- Economic Crisis Complicates California’s Goals on Climate
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - Create Incentive to Cut Emissions with Carbon Price
- Exaggeration a Common Pitfall of Climate Change Dialogue
- Obama Prefers Congress to EPA in Tackling Climate
- Study: Antarctic Glaciers Slipping Swiftly Seaward
- Qwest: $1 Billion Would Provide 95% DSL Coverage
- Google Pays for E-Mail Outage with 15-Day Credit
- Security of Adobe PDF Readers Compromised
- Jurassic Web
- Obama to Name Locke on Wednesday
- Washington Lawmakers Face Wednesday Bill Deadline
- Deputies Looking for Belfair Pizzeria Robber
- Washington Legislature Unveils $340M Highway Stimulus Plan
- Seattle Shut Out Of State’s Stimulus Money
- Stimulus leaves out Pierce projects
WORD OF THE DAY
Nosh • \nosh\ • verb - to eat a snack: munch
“A little nosh won’t hurt,” pondered Charles as the biology professor droned on about the natural progression of species. Just as the tasty cookie reached the student’s lips the professor thundered, “I home you brought enough for everyone MISTER Darwin!”
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
With Mason PUD 3 Assistance - City Of Shelton to Switch Traffic Lights to L-E-D (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6475/reftab/1632/t/CITY-TO-SWITCH-TRAFFIC-LIGHTS-TO-L-E-D/Default.aspx
Ferry County PUD Won’t Give Bonneville Power Administration Rebates (Omak Chronicle, WA)
http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n090224a.shtml
Columbian Op/Ed - Washington View: Clean Coal Can Be Mined For Energy Solutions
http://columbian.com/article/20090225/BIZ01/702259962/-1/BIZ
US Interior Secretary Says Department Will Play Large Role in Transmission (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/02/us-interior-secretary-says-department-will-play-large-role-in-transmission?src=rss
California Governor Proposes One-Stop Permitting for Electricity Transmission (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/02/24/24greenwire-schwarzenegger-proposes-onestop-permitting-for--9837.html
Stimulus Doesn’t Require Utility 'Decoupling,' Key Democrat Says (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/02/24/24greenwire-stimulus-does-not-require-decoupling--markey-9846.html
Chicago Tribune Op/Ed - Solving Our Nation's Energy Predicament (T. Boone Pickens)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-oped0224energyfeb24,0,1215284.story
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon and Washington Plan to Resume Trapping Sea Lions (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008780086_aporsealions.html
Salmon Restoration Focus of Meetings - Plan targets habitat in East Fork of the Lewis River (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090224/NEWS02/702249960/
Smelt Dipping Best Its Been in Years (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/637553.html
Port Of Portland, Audubon Society at Odds over Island (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/02/port_of_portland_audubon_socie.html
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife May Cut More Than 100 Employees (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18785436/detail.html
Southern Oregon Dam Awaits Removal; Questions Raised (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/southern_oregon_dam_awaits_rem.html
Canada - Aging Dam Threatens Major B.C. Fishery (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Aging+threatens+major+fishery/1325085/story.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Los Angeles Times Editorial - California's Dry Future: The state may experience a water shortage this year. Residents have no choice but to use less and pay more for it
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-brick24-2009feb24,0,3291692.story?track=rss
Olympia’s Artesian Well Will Stay Open - Thurston County PUD Agrees to Test Water Regularly (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/768968.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Towers in Manhattan Gather Heat for Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/realestate/commercial/25cogen.html?_r=1
Pacific Gas and Electric Announces Solar Power Initiative (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/24/financial/f174247S89.DTL&feed=rss.business
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
WA Governor's Plan to Cap Emissions Faces Challenges (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008782259_apwacapandtrade.html?syndication=rss
Economic Crisis Complicates California’s Goals on Climate (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/science/earth/25carbon.html?partner=rss
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Create Incentive to Cut Emissions with Carbon Price - Gov. Gregoire's proposed cap-and-trade approach to helping the state meet reduced carbon-emission targets would actually kill jobs and not make a difference for years
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008777644_opinb24myers.html?syndication=rss
Exaggeration a Common Pitfall of Climate Change Dialogue (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/science/earth/25hype.html?_r=1&partner=rss
Obama Prefers Congress to EPA in Tackling Climate (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/02/23/23climatewire-obama-prefers-congress-to-epa-when-it-comes-t-9800.html
Study: Antarctic Glaciers Slipping Swiftly Seaward (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008783734_apununwarmingantarctic.html?syndication=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Qwest: $1 Billion Would Provide 95% DSL Coverage - Carrier continues to complain about $7 billion plan “…Qwest's sudden concern…is a little disingenuous, given they have a history of spending millions of dollars to crush town and city efforts to wire themselves…” (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-1-Billion-Would-Provide-95-DSL-Coverage-101048
Google Pays for E-Mail Outage with 15-Day Credit (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11775351
Security of Adobe PDF Readers Compromised (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9899899
Jurassic Web - The Internet of 1996 is almost unrecognizable compared with what we have today (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2212108/?from=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Obama to Name Locke on Wednesday (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/40250452.html
Washington Lawmakers Face Wednesday Bill Deadline (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1868104~Washington_lawmakers_face_Wednesday_bill_deadline.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Deputies Looking for Belfair Pizzeria Robber (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/24/deputies-looking-for-belfair-pizzeria-robber/?partner=RSS
Washington Legislature Unveils $340M Highway Stimulus Plan (The Olympian, Olympia)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/768454.html
Seattle Shut Out Of State’s Stimulus Money (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008783007_stimulus25m.html?syndication=rss
Stimulus leaves out Pierce projects (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/637493.html?source=rss
DIVERSIONS
Stay Married and Save the Planet
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE51N4ST20090224?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Too Much Playstation Can Cause Painful Lumps?
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE51N4TE20090224?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Notorious Greek Prisoner Escapes by Helicopter-Again
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090223/od_nm/us_greece_escape_odd;_ylt=AlyPJjOUkqt0I_LxeXC7iA_tiBIF
SONG OF THE DAY
Smash Mouth - I’m a Believer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUyu5prWjTE&NR=1
The Monkees - I'm a Believer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfuBREMXxts
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Energy News Digest for February 24, 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)
- Puget Sound Energy Parent Company Sale Completed
- Bonneville Inherits the Wind…And the Stimulus
- Low Snowpack Could Mean Water, Power Shortages
- Future Energy Park Could Be the Leading Industry in the Tri-Cities
- Itronix Official: 300 Jobs Cut In Spokane Area
- Maryland Customers Howl As Utility Bills Skyrocket
- U.S. Supreme Court Turns Down Utilities over Mercury Emissions
- Nuclear Deal: Senate Chose Savings, Jobs, Future
- Harry Reid: Federal Action Trumps States’ Rights on Energy
- Taylor Shellfish Company sues state in shellfish lease controversy
- EPA aims to buoy fish numbers: Rules halted in 2007 would affect power plants near water
- Project Looks to Return Tributary in Rogue River Basin to Its Original Channel
- Oregon snowpack below average, at 82 percent
- Fixing Yakima County dams
- Army Corps Cracks Down On Flunking Levees
- Oregon - Future of Incinerator Debated
- Tax Break Bill Could Lure Solar Company to Clark County
- Montana - Catching the Wind
- Converting Power Plant to Biomass Will Cost Xcel $58.1 Million
- Midwest Govs Seek To Bolster Alternative Energy
- Paved with Renewable Mandates
- Europe Considers A Tariff On Biofuels
- Connecticut - Price Shock for Wallingford Power Consumers?
- Expert: Climate Change Could Mean 'Extended World War'
- Gore Pulls Slide of Disaster Trends
- Politics in the Guise of Pure Science
- We're #1 In Broadband (Sort Of)
- Broadband: Damned Lies Edition
- Overpaid Laid-Off Microsoft Workers Get To Keep Extra Money
- Major Yahoo Reorganization Looms
- Micron To Cut Another 2,000 Jobs In Idaho
- Former Washington Gov. Gary Locke may be next commerce secretary
- GOP's Rossi, Others Say Locke Would Be Good Pick
- Bailout Frenzy Triggers Backlash
- Software Problems Delay Mason County Tax Statements
- Executive Sessions Bill in Trouble
- WSU Extension and 4-H Bracing for Budget Cuts, Possible Closure
- Washington State House Approves Ban on Campaign Lies
- State sends $1 food stamp checks to 250,000
These and links to more stories in today’s energy news digest.
WORD OF THE DAY
Onerous • \AH-nuh-rus\ • adjective - *1: involving, imposing, or constituting a burden: troublesome 2: having legal obligations that outweigh the advantages
Straining at their harnesses, the muscular draft horses tried in vain to pull the onerous weight of the beer wagon up the steep, winding road. Each of the magnificent animals cursed the day that they rejected a northeast Montana farmer’s offer of employment for that of a brewer near Glacier National Park. “Ah for a nice stroll with a grain wagon across the lightly rolling cropland near Saco,” mused old Dobbin to his harness-mate.
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
Puget Sound Energy Parent Company Sale Completed (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/401133_pse24.html?source=rss
Bonneville Inherits the Wind…And the Stimulus (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/bonneville-inherits-the-wind-and-the-stimulus/
Low Snowpack Could Mean Water, Power Shortages (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18780258/detail.html
Future Energy Park on Hanford Site Could Be the Leading Industry in the Tri-Cities (KNDU-TV Tri Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9892966
Itronix Official: 300 Jobs Cut In Spokane Area (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1867523~Itronix_official__300_jobs_cut_in_Spokane_area.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Maryland Customers Howl As Utility Bills Skyrocket - Companies blame new rates, calendar, cold weather (The Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-te.bz.utility24feb24,0,339311.story
U.S. Supreme Court Turns Down Utilities over Mercury Emissions (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008775321_apscotusmercurypollution.html?syndication=rss
Atlanta Journal Constitution Op/Ed - Nuclear Deal: Senate Chose Savings, Jobs, Future
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2009/02/24/mooreed_0224.html
Harry Reid: Federal Action Trumps States’ Rights on Energy (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/02/23/harry-reid-federal-action-trumps-states-rights-on-energy/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Taylor Shellfish Company sues state in shellfish lease controversy (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008777566_webtaylorshellfish23.html?syndication=rss
EPA aims to buoy fish numbers: Rules halted in 2007 would affect power plants near water (The Blade, Toledo, OH)
http://dev.scoop.com/remote/article/include/75134037/53616c7465645f5fa0d48b5e5d5f3df9e5388c1e6bf1b7a09d8a90b43c7009df
Project Looks to Return Tributary in Rogue River Basin to Its Original Channel (Mail Tribune, Medford, OR)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090223/NEWS/902230305/-1/rss01
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon snowpack below average, at 82 percent (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1866441~Oregon_snowpack_below_average__at_82_percent.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Fixing Yakima County Dams - Fruit companies working to make 'high-hazard unpermitted dams' safer before reservoirs fill (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2009/02/21/fixing-the-dams
Army Corps Cracks Down On Flunking Levees (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-02-23-levees_N.htm?csp=34
Oregon - Future of Incinerator Debated: Forums will address county's contract expiration in 2014 (The Statesman Journal, Salem, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090223/GREEN/902230334/1001
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Tax Break Bill Could Lure Solar Company to Clark County (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090223/NEWS02/702239971/
Montana - Catching the Wind: Lincoln Turbine Tool Company Leads Way in Cutting-Edge Industry (The Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/02/23/news/local/znews01.txt
Converting Power Plant to Biomass Will Cost Xcel $58.1 Million (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI)
http://dev.scoop.com/remote/article/include/75240223/53616c7465645f5f8ec6d7b817e15a19e4c98ac266b25af0803b4d5f20b94a27
Midwest Govs Seek To Bolster Alternative Energy (Associated Press)
http://www.boston.com/business/healthcare/articles/2009/02/23/midwest_govs_seek_to_bolster_alternative_energy/
Paved with Renewable Mandates “…Senate majority leader Harry Reid will be pushing for the Senate to adopt a national renewable energy portfolio within the next two weeks…” (American Spectator)
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/02/24/paved-with-renewable-mandates
Europe Considers A Tariff On Biofuels (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/business/global/24biofuel.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Connecticut - Price Shock for Wallingford Power Consumers? "…we never said conservation programs would lower (customers') rates…We said it would lower their consumption." (Record-Journal, Meriden, CT)
http://www.myrecordjournal.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=20267903&BRD=2755&PAG=461&dept_id=592709&rfi=6
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Expert: Climate Change Could Mean 'Extended World War' (Fox News)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,498133,00.html
Gore Pulls Slide of Disaster Trends (NY Times)
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/gore-pulls-slide-of-disaster-trends/?ref=science
Politics in the Guise of Pure Science (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/science/24tier.html?_r=1&8dpc
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
We're #1 In Broadband (Sort Of) - Assuming you look at completely irrelevant data like SMS use (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Were-1-In-Broadband-Sort-Of-101021
Broadband: Damned Lies Edition (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/23/broadband-damned-lies-edition/
Overpaid Laid-Off Microsoft Workers Get To Keep Extra Money (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2008778512_microsoftpay24.html?syndication=rss
Major Yahoo Reorganization Looms (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11772433?nclick_check=1
Micron To Cut Another 2,000 Jobs In Idaho (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008777766_apidmicronlayoffs1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Former Washington Gov. Gary Locke may be next commerce secretary (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/401137_locke24.html?source=rss
GOP's Rossi, Others Say Locke Would Be Good Pick (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/401204_lockewash24.html?source=rss
Bailout Frenzy Triggers Backlash (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008778075_housefair24.html?syndication=rss
Software Problems Delay Mason County Tax Statements (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/23/software-problems-delay-mason-county-tax/?partner=RSS
Executive Sessions Bill in Trouble (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/02/23/local_news/04news.txt
WSU Extension and 4-H Bracing for Budget Cuts, Possible Closure (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008778252_budgetfears24m.html?syndication=rss
Washington State House Approves Ban on Campaign Lies (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1867417~Wash__House_approves_ban_on_campaign_lies.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
State sends $1 food stamp checks to 250,000 (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/02/23/breaking_news/doc49a2d6eb85f94538408144.txt
DIVERSIONS
Beauty and the Brain, Women Use More Than Men
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008776581_apscibeautyandthebrain.html?syndication=rss
Skydiver OK after Crashing Into Power Lines
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18770069/detail.html
Magpies Build Urban Nest Using Scrap Metal Twigs
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18776826/detail.html
Bill Extends Restraining Order Protection to Pets
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/40206817.html
SONG OF THE DAY
The Archies - Sugar Sugar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANtMdzOFIVQ
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Puget Sound Energy Parent Company Sale Completed
- Bonneville Inherits the Wind…And the Stimulus
- Low Snowpack Could Mean Water, Power Shortages
- Future Energy Park Could Be the Leading Industry in the Tri-Cities
- Itronix Official: 300 Jobs Cut In Spokane Area
- Maryland Customers Howl As Utility Bills Skyrocket
- U.S. Supreme Court Turns Down Utilities over Mercury Emissions
- Nuclear Deal: Senate Chose Savings, Jobs, Future
- Harry Reid: Federal Action Trumps States’ Rights on Energy
- Taylor Shellfish Company sues state in shellfish lease controversy
- EPA aims to buoy fish numbers: Rules halted in 2007 would affect power plants near water
- Project Looks to Return Tributary in Rogue River Basin to Its Original Channel
- Oregon snowpack below average, at 82 percent
- Fixing Yakima County dams
- Army Corps Cracks Down On Flunking Levees
- Oregon - Future of Incinerator Debated
- Tax Break Bill Could Lure Solar Company to Clark County
- Montana - Catching the Wind
- Converting Power Plant to Biomass Will Cost Xcel $58.1 Million
- Midwest Govs Seek To Bolster Alternative Energy
- Paved with Renewable Mandates
- Europe Considers A Tariff On Biofuels
- Connecticut - Price Shock for Wallingford Power Consumers?
- Expert: Climate Change Could Mean 'Extended World War'
- Gore Pulls Slide of Disaster Trends
- Politics in the Guise of Pure Science
- We're #1 In Broadband (Sort Of)
- Broadband: Damned Lies Edition
- Overpaid Laid-Off Microsoft Workers Get To Keep Extra Money
- Major Yahoo Reorganization Looms
- Micron To Cut Another 2,000 Jobs In Idaho
- Former Washington Gov. Gary Locke may be next commerce secretary
- GOP's Rossi, Others Say Locke Would Be Good Pick
- Bailout Frenzy Triggers Backlash
- Software Problems Delay Mason County Tax Statements
- Executive Sessions Bill in Trouble
- WSU Extension and 4-H Bracing for Budget Cuts, Possible Closure
- Washington State House Approves Ban on Campaign Lies
- State sends $1 food stamp checks to 250,000
These and links to more stories in today’s energy news digest.
WORD OF THE DAY
Onerous • \AH-nuh-rus\ • adjective - *1: involving, imposing, or constituting a burden: troublesome 2: having legal obligations that outweigh the advantages
Straining at their harnesses, the muscular draft horses tried in vain to pull the onerous weight of the beer wagon up the steep, winding road. Each of the magnificent animals cursed the day that they rejected a northeast Montana farmer’s offer of employment for that of a brewer near Glacier National Park. “Ah for a nice stroll with a grain wagon across the lightly rolling cropland near Saco,” mused old Dobbin to his harness-mate.
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
Puget Sound Energy Parent Company Sale Completed (Associated Press)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/401133_pse24.html?source=rss
Bonneville Inherits the Wind…And the Stimulus (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/bonneville-inherits-the-wind-and-the-stimulus/
Low Snowpack Could Mean Water, Power Shortages (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18780258/detail.html
Future Energy Park on Hanford Site Could Be the Leading Industry in the Tri-Cities (KNDU-TV Tri Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=9892966
Itronix Official: 300 Jobs Cut In Spokane Area (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1867523~Itronix_official__300_jobs_cut_in_Spokane_area.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Maryland Customers Howl As Utility Bills Skyrocket - Companies blame new rates, calendar, cold weather (The Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-te.bz.utility24feb24,0,339311.story
U.S. Supreme Court Turns Down Utilities over Mercury Emissions (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008775321_apscotusmercurypollution.html?syndication=rss
Atlanta Journal Constitution Op/Ed - Nuclear Deal: Senate Chose Savings, Jobs, Future
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2009/02/24/mooreed_0224.html
Harry Reid: Federal Action Trumps States’ Rights on Energy (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/02/23/harry-reid-federal-action-trumps-states-rights-on-energy/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Taylor Shellfish Company sues state in shellfish lease controversy (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008777566_webtaylorshellfish23.html?syndication=rss
EPA aims to buoy fish numbers: Rules halted in 2007 would affect power plants near water (The Blade, Toledo, OH)
http://dev.scoop.com/remote/article/include/75134037/53616c7465645f5fa0d48b5e5d5f3df9e5388c1e6bf1b7a09d8a90b43c7009df
Project Looks to Return Tributary in Rogue River Basin to Its Original Channel (Mail Tribune, Medford, OR)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090223/NEWS/902230305/-1/rss01
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon snowpack below average, at 82 percent (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1866441~Oregon_snowpack_below_average__at_82_percent.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Fixing Yakima County Dams - Fruit companies working to make 'high-hazard unpermitted dams' safer before reservoirs fill (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2009/02/21/fixing-the-dams
Army Corps Cracks Down On Flunking Levees (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-02-23-levees_N.htm?csp=34
Oregon - Future of Incinerator Debated: Forums will address county's contract expiration in 2014 (The Statesman Journal, Salem, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090223/GREEN/902230334/1001
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Tax Break Bill Could Lure Solar Company to Clark County (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090223/NEWS02/702239971/
Montana - Catching the Wind: Lincoln Turbine Tool Company Leads Way in Cutting-Edge Industry (The Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/02/23/news/local/znews01.txt
Converting Power Plant to Biomass Will Cost Xcel $58.1 Million (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI)
http://dev.scoop.com/remote/article/include/75240223/53616c7465645f5f8ec6d7b817e15a19e4c98ac266b25af0803b4d5f20b94a27
Midwest Govs Seek To Bolster Alternative Energy (Associated Press)
http://www.boston.com/business/healthcare/articles/2009/02/23/midwest_govs_seek_to_bolster_alternative_energy/
Paved with Renewable Mandates “…Senate majority leader Harry Reid will be pushing for the Senate to adopt a national renewable energy portfolio within the next two weeks…” (American Spectator)
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/02/24/paved-with-renewable-mandates
Europe Considers A Tariff On Biofuels (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/business/global/24biofuel.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Connecticut - Price Shock for Wallingford Power Consumers? "…we never said conservation programs would lower (customers') rates…We said it would lower their consumption." (Record-Journal, Meriden, CT)
http://www.myrecordjournal.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=20267903&BRD=2755&PAG=461&dept_id=592709&rfi=6
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Expert: Climate Change Could Mean 'Extended World War' (Fox News)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,498133,00.html
Gore Pulls Slide of Disaster Trends (NY Times)
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/gore-pulls-slide-of-disaster-trends/?ref=science
Politics in the Guise of Pure Science (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/science/24tier.html?_r=1&8dpc
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
We're #1 In Broadband (Sort Of) - Assuming you look at completely irrelevant data like SMS use (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Were-1-In-Broadband-Sort-Of-101021
Broadband: Damned Lies Edition (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/23/broadband-damned-lies-edition/
Overpaid Laid-Off Microsoft Workers Get To Keep Extra Money (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2008778512_microsoftpay24.html?syndication=rss
Major Yahoo Reorganization Looms (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11772433?nclick_check=1
Micron To Cut Another 2,000 Jobs In Idaho (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008777766_apidmicronlayoffs1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Former Washington Gov. Gary Locke may be next commerce secretary (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/401137_locke24.html?source=rss
GOP's Rossi, Others Say Locke Would Be Good Pick (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/401204_lockewash24.html?source=rss
Bailout Frenzy Triggers Backlash (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008778075_housefair24.html?syndication=rss
Software Problems Delay Mason County Tax Statements (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/23/software-problems-delay-mason-county-tax/?partner=RSS
Executive Sessions Bill in Trouble (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/02/23/local_news/04news.txt
WSU Extension and 4-H Bracing for Budget Cuts, Possible Closure (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008778252_budgetfears24m.html?syndication=rss
Washington State House Approves Ban on Campaign Lies (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1867417~Wash__House_approves_ban_on_campaign_lies.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
State sends $1 food stamp checks to 250,000 (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/02/23/breaking_news/doc49a2d6eb85f94538408144.txt
DIVERSIONS
Beauty and the Brain, Women Use More Than Men
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008776581_apscibeautyandthebrain.html?syndication=rss
Skydiver OK after Crashing Into Power Lines
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18770069/detail.html
Magpies Build Urban Nest Using Scrap Metal Twigs
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18776826/detail.html
Bill Extends Restraining Order Protection to Pets
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/40206817.html
SONG OF THE DAY
The Archies - Sugar Sugar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANtMdzOFIVQ
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