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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Chelan PUD - Hydropower Boom May Not Be a Bust for Salmon
• Yakima River Fishery Goes On
• Canada - Fraser River Salmon Run Is Low for Summer
• Despite Warnings of Wild Salmon's Extinction B.C. Stocks Appear Abundant
• Sockeye Salmon Numbers Crash As Bust Replaces Anticipated Bounty on B.C. Coast
• California - Steelhead Trout's Comeback Will Be Upstream Battle
• New Rules Proposed for Vessel Traffic near Orcas
• Jefferson County PUD Could 'End the Water Wars' With Desalinization
• Pend Oreille - Federal Funds Paying For Metaline Water Plant
• If A Bear Poops In The Woods, Does Portland Have To Filter Its Water?
• Including Portland - Averting 22 Water-Electricity Crises in the United States
• Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico Is Smaller Than Forecast
• Proposed Wind Project Could Imperil Murrelet
• Offshore Wind Could Be Next Wave for U.S.
• Australia - Turbine proposal sunk over skydiver safety fears
• Australia - Microwaves May Nuke Turbines
• Oregon Wave Energy Trusts Awards Contract
• United Kingdom - Threatened Wind Turbine Firm Offered Research Grant
• Op/Ed - Will America Lose The Clean-Energy Race?
• Plugging Into the Future - Electric smart-grid technology may transform how the country powers up
• Innovation Taps Low Geothermal Heat
• Australian Aluminum Council Urges Smelters to Lobby Renewable Energy Targets
• A Quest for Batteries to Alter the Energy Equation
• BPA & Ferry County PUD Use Lights Out for “Light Bulb Moment”
• Powerful Sides face off over Florida's Power-Saving Plan
• Florida Power & Light ‘Smart Meters’ Target of Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Does The House Energy Bill Subject Owners Of Existing Homes To An Energy Efficiency Audit Before They Can Sell?
• Op/Ed - Global Warming Worriers Need To Go Nuclear
• Greenpeace: China Power Companies Hurting Climate
• Is Verizon FiOS Putting the Hurt on Cable?
• Verizon to cut 8,000 jobs nationwide
• Wi-Fi Like, Totally Messes With My Chakras
• Will Wednesday Be Seattle's Hottest Day Ever?
• Hot Weather Could Cause Fires across Northwest
• Heat & Air Stagnation Advisories in Effect
• Though Conflict Continues Over Old-Growth Forests, Cutting Rarely Occurs
• Quadrant Homes Ramps up New-Home Production
WORD OF THE DAY
Illustrative • \ill-LUST-ruh-tiv\ • Adjective – serving, tending, or designed to illustrate
Sam’s twirling dance was illustrative of the reason not to stuff wild ferrets into your knickers.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Heat Puts Stress on Power System (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=193415
Stay Cool, but Try To Use less Power (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5496-stay-cool-try-use-less-power/
Seattle City Light Radio Mess Costs Taxpayers Millions (KIRO-TV, Seatte)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20195610/detail.html
'Smart Grid' Raises Security Concerns “…Electric utilities vying for…federal "smart grid" grants will need to prove that they are taking steps to prevent cyberattacks…” (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/27/AR2009072702988.html?wprss=rss_technology
California - Fog-Shrouded Power Lines Caused Copter Crash (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/27/BADA18VM1P.DTL&feed=rss.news
FISH & WILDLIFE
Chelan PUD - Hydropower Boom May Not Be a Bust for Salmon (LA Times)
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2009/07/hydropower-boom-may-not-be-a-bust-for-salmon.html
Yakima River Fishery Goes On (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1358/story/658767.html
Canada - Fraser River Salmon Run Is Low for Summer (United Press International)
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/07/27/Fraser-River-salmon-run-is-low-for-summer/UPI-11491248748522/
Despite Warnings of Wild Salmon's Extinction B.C. Stocks Appear Abundant (Canadian Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j_MGAFlg9yX08UsvXu-7tDU1LplQ
Sockeye Salmon Numbers Crash As Bust Replaces Anticipated Bounty on B.C. Coast (Vancouver Sun, UK)
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Sockeye+salmon+numbers+crash+bust+replaces+anticipated+bounty+coast/1832698/story.html
California - Steelhead Trout's Comeback Will Be Upstream Battle: Recovery could take decades, cost millions (Ed Note: Um, try billions…trust me. Ventura County Star)
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jul/27/steelhead-recovery-could-take-decades-cost/
New Rules Proposed for Vessel Traffic near Orcas (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009552831_apwaorcasvesselrules.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Jefferson County PUD Could 'End the Water Wars' With Desalinization (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090727/news/307279994
Pend Oreille - Federal Funds Paying For Metaline Water Plant (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009552522_apwametalinewaterplant.html?syndication=rss
If A Bear Poops In The Woods, Does Portland Have To Filter Its Water? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5488-if-bear-poops-woods-does-portland-have-filter-its-water/
Including Portland - Averting 22 Water-Electricity Crises in the United States (Scitizen)
http://scitizen.com/screens/blogPage/viewBlog/sw_viewBlog.php?idTheme=14&idContribution=2887
Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico Is Smaller Than Forecast but More Concentrated in Parts (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/science/earth/28zone.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Proposed Wind Project Could Imperil Murrelet (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA – The BANANA Republic: Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything)
http://columbian.com/article/20090728/NEWS02/707289966/
Offshore Wind Could Be Next Wave for U.S. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BusinessofGreen/idUSTRE56Q5VO20090727
Australia - Turbine proposal sunk over skydiver safety fears
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25847068-29277,00.html
Australia - Microwaves May Nuke Turbines - Wind turbines could interfere with the communications system that runs Tasmania's power supply (The Mercury, Tasmania)
http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2009/07/27/86981_tasmania-news.html
Oregon Wave Energy Trusts Awards Contract (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/07/oregon-wave-energy-trusts-awards-contract?cmpid=rss
United Kingdom - Threatened Wind Turbine Firm Offered Research Grant (Birmingham Post, UK)
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/other-uk-business/2009/07/28/threatened-wind-turbine-firm-offered-research-grant-65233-24252641/
SF Chronicle Op/Ed - Will America Lose The Clean-Energy Race?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/26/EDKH18UBUP.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Plugging Into the Future - Electric smart-grid technology may transform how the country powers up. First, it has to overcome costs & competing interests (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/208701?from=rss
Innovation Taps Low Geothermal Heat (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnEnergy/idUS404302714320090727
Australian Aluminum Council Urges Smelters to Lobby Renewable Energy Targets (Steel Guru)
http://steelguru.com/news/index/2009/07/27/MTA0MDE2/Australian_Aluminium_Council_urges_smelters_to_lobby_renewable_energy_targets.html
A Quest for Batteries to Alter the Energy Equation (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/science/28batt.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
BPA & Ferry County PUD Use Lights Out For “Light Bulb Moment” - Residents invited to learn about electric power (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/294929/
Powerful Sides face off over Florida's Power-Saving Plan - Activists to push for more conservation by JEA & other utility companies (Florida Times Union, Jacksonville, FL)
http://www.jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-07-27/story/powerful_sides_face_off_over_floridas_power_saving_plan
Florida Power & Light ‘Smart Meters’ Target of Patent Infringement Lawsuit (South Florida Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2009/07/27/daily15.html?ana=from_rss
Does The House Energy Bill Subject Owners Of Existing Homes To An Energy Efficiency Audit Before They Can Sell? (Fact Check.org)
http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/does_the_house_energy_bill_subject_owners.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Denver Post Op/Ed - Global Warming Worriers Need To Go Nuclear
http://www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_12919321?source=commented-
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Greenpeace: China Power Companies Hurting Climate (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/28/international/i044403D62.DTL&feed=rss.business
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Is Verizon FiOS Putting the Hurt on Cable? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/27/is-verizon-fios-putting-the-hurt-on-cable/
Verizon to cut 8,000 jobs nationwide - In the Northwest region, company officials expect minimal employee layoffs (Everett herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090728/BIZ/707289955/-1/RSS03
Wi-Fi Like, Totally Messes With My Chakras - Wireless health hysteria continues, UK leads the weird way (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/WiFi-Like-Totally-Messes-With-My-Chakras-103628
GENERAL NEWS
Will Wednesday Be Seattle's Hottest Day Ever? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/174724.asp?source=pimail
Hot Weather Could Cause Fires across Northwest (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5495-hot-weather-could-cause-fires-across-northwest/
Heat & Air Stagnation Advisories in Effect (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7884/reftab/1632/t/HEAT-AND-AIR-STAGNATION-ADVISORIES-IN-EFFECT/Default.aspx
Though Conflict Continues Over Old-Growth Forests, Cutting Rarely Occurs (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/though_conflict_continues_over.html
Quadrant Homes Ramps Up New-Home Production (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009548598_quadrant28.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Ewww - Rendering Truck Scatters Load On I-5 Near Tacoma
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009548614_apwarenderingtruck.html?syndication=rss
Wedding May Have Stranded Doves in Park - Homing Pigeons Should Be Used, Expert Says
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20200785/detail.html
Consultants Help Inmates Get Good Digs - White-Collar Cons Turn To Brokers
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20199374/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Creedence Clearwater Revival- Midnight Special
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DksGi7B5BdM
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
Energy News Digest for July 27, 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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Bonneville power to up rates by 7 percent – Clallam PUD
• Bonneville Power to boost rates in October – N Wasco PUD
• Rate increase may be ahead – Grays Harbor County PUD
• Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Operations Extended
• Centralia Looks to Collect Old, Unpaid Utility Bills
• Frank Chopp: Nuclear Power Will Rise Again
• Oregon LNG Sues Port of Astoria over Lease
• Alaska - Homer Electric Association Coal Plant Part Ways
• U.S. Electric Grid Needs Major Overhaul
• California - Energy Firms Help Pay for State Regulators' Far-Flung Trips
• China: Four Die as Landslide Destroys Dam Project
• New Technology Improves Salmon Passage at Hydropower Dams
• Think Pink Salmon
• Colville Tribes to Get New Salmon Hatchery
• PNNL Biologist Tells All He Knows About Fish
• Op/Ed - A New Twist in Dam Removal on the Snake River
• A Hydroelectric Future Faces A Fish Predicament
• Op/Ed - Déjà Vu on the Columbia: In Defense of the Wild
• Crusader Targets Drivers Who Clobber Birds On the Beach
• Capitol Lake - Only Bats Solid on Lake vs. Estuary Question
• Governor Gregoire Won't Lift Kittitas County Well Ban
• Algae Restricts Water Flow In Whatcom County
• Nine Mile Falls Dam Safety Restrictions Lifted
• Marbled Murrelet May Keep Pacific County Wind Farm from Getting Off the Ground
• Ebbs and Flows of Wind Power Stress the Northwest Grid
• Wild Horse Wind Farm Expansion, Adding Turbines and Revenue
• European Wind Lobby Distances Itself from UK Turbine Factory Occupation
• Hydropower Conference Set For Spokane Next Week
• Kentucky - Electric-generating barges sought for Ohio River
• Colorado - Solar Customers Fuming Over Proposed Fee
• Food Waste Helps Power Wastewater Plant
• Audit Finds Wasted Energy, Money at DOE's Buildings
• Government's Green Home Push Can Save You Money
• Three Out Of Five Would Change Electrical Consumption If Given Smart Grid Technology
• Tips for Reducing Your Home Energy Bill
• Tennessee Valley Authority Helps Pay To Make Homes Energy Efficient
• Why People Are Cool To Global Warming
• Pacific Gas And Electric Pushes To Extend Unpopular ClimateSmart
• Qwest: Remember How We Said Speed Didn't Matter? Forget That
• Qwest Plans to Double Broadband Speeds in Spokane
• Fiber-To-The-Home Installs To Grow 30 Percent A Year
• The FCC Finally Takes Off Their Rose-Colored Broadband Glasses
• The Evergreen State College Seeks Missing Money
• Boeing Drone Maker Creates Technology Jobs near Columbia River
WORD OF THE DAY
Quaff • \KWAHF\ • verb - To drink deeply
Dilbert rushed up to the bar in a frenzy and quaffed down the first frosty, cold drink he could lay hands on. His efforts were only slightly unwelcome when he discovered that the drink was a pitcher of clamato juice.
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
Bonneville power to up rates by 7 percent – Clallam PUD (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090724/NEWS/307249986
Bonneville Power to boost rates in October – Wasco County PUD (The Dalles Chronicle OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/07/news07-23-09-03.shtml
Rate increase may be ahead – Grays Harbor County PUD (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/07/23/local_news/doc4a68b83d1d19e346140188.txt
Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Operations Extended (Associated Press)
http://www.kxmb.com/News/411467.asp
Centralia Looks to Collect Old, Unpaid Utility Bills - Cleaning up: City Light Department Owed Almost $55,000 in ‘Sleeper Bills’ (Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/07/25/news//doc4a69ff0839fd7792936675.txt
Frank Chopp: Nuclear Power Will Rise Again (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/174610.asp
Oregon LNG Sues Port of Astoria over Lease (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10790324
Alaska - Homer Electric Association Coal Plant Part Ways (Kenai Peninsula Clarion, AK)
http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/072309/new_468615020.shtml
U.S. Electric Grid Needs Major Overhaul (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE56N0HQ20090724
California - Energy Firms Help Pay for State Regulators' Far-Flung Trips (Sacramento Bee)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2056375.html
China: Four Die as Landslide Destroys Dam Project (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/world/asia/24briefs-chinadam.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
New Technology Improves Salmon Passage at Hydropower Dams (RedOrbit)
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1726317/new_technology_improves_salmon_passage_at_hydropower_dams/
Think Pink Salmon - One of the largest pink salmon runs in recent times is about to swim through area waters, fueling 2009 “Humpy Madness’ (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090726/SPORTS/707269841/1004
Colville Tribes to Get New Salmon Hatchery (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_colville_hatchery.html?source=pimail
PNNL Biologist Tells All He Knows About Fish (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1358/story/658771.html
Seattle Times Op/Ed - A New Twist in Dam Removal on the Snake River
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009527114_lance24.html
A Hydroelectric Future Faces A Fish Predicament - As a nation looks to dams for their renewable energy possibilities, protection of salmon and other fish is an increasing concern, particularly in the Pacific Northwest (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-hydro-power27-2009jul27,0,2321552.story
Oregonian Op/Ed - Déjà Vu on the Columbia: In Defense of the Wild
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/deja_vu_on_the_columbia.html
Crusader Targets Drivers Who Clobber Birds On the Beach (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/crusader_targets_drivers_who_c.html
Capitol Lake - Only Bats Solid on Lake vs. Estuary Question (Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/921309.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Governor Gregoire Won't Lift Kittitas County Well Ban (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=192326
Algae Restricts Water Flow In Whatcom County (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51654137.html
Nine Mile Falls Dam Safety Restrictions Lifted (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/24/nine-mile-falls-dam-safety-restriction-lifted/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Marbled Murrelet May Keep Pacific County Wind Farm from Getting Off the Ground (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/27/top_story/doc4a6bf58e28c40373155301.txt
Ebbs and Flows of Wind Power Stress the Northwest Grid (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/27/breaking_news/doc4a6c7df6bf5f6433661873.txt
Wild Horse Wind Farm Expansion, Adding Turbines and Revenue (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10781715
European Wind Lobby Distances Itself from UK Turbine Factory Occupation (EU Observer)
http://euobserver.com/9/28493
Hydropower Conference Set For Spokane Next Week - About 1,500 workers will meet (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/25/hydropower-conference-set/
Kentucky - Electric-generating barges sought for Ohio River - They're part of potential $22 million ‘green' initiative (Louisville Courier Journal, KY)
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090723/NEWS01/907230332/1008
Colorado - Solar Customers Fuming Over Proposed Fee: Monthly Xcel Charge Would Apply To Solar Users Even If They Use No Electricity (KMGH-TV, Denver, CO)
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/20174458/detail.html
Food Waste Helps Power Wastewater Plant (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/23/BAS618T9N9.DTL&feed=rss.news
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Audit Finds Wasted Energy, Money at DOE's Buildings (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/24/24greenwire-audit-finds-wasted-energy-money-at-does-buildi-10606.html
Government's Green Home Push Can Save You Money (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/realestate/2009534041_harney26.html
Three Out Of Five Would Change Electrical Consumption If Given Smart Grid Technology (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d24-Three-out-of-five-would-change-electrical-consumption-if-given-smart-grid-technology
Tips for Reducing Your Home Energy Bill (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12902923
Tennessee Valley Authority Helps Pay To Make Homes Energy Efficient (Tennessean)
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090726/NEWS01/907260360/1006/TVA+helps+pay+to+make+homes+energy+efficient
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Why People Are Cool To Global Warming (Calgary Herald, Alberta)
http://www.calgaryherald.com/people+cool+global+warming/1828561/story.html
Pacific Gas And Electric Pushes To Extend Unpopular ClimateSmart - Program that asks customers to fight global warming by paying a little extra on their electricity bills has enrolled just 31,000 people and takes far more money to run than it generates (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/26/BAKQ18SLO5.DTL
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Qwest: Remember How We Said Speed Didn't Matter? Forget That - Those speeds we said you didn't want? Well, you want 'em. (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-Remember-How-We-Said-Speed-Didnt-Matter-Forget-That-103596
Qwest Plans to Double Broadband Speeds in Spokane (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/24/qwest-plans-double-broadband-speeds-spokane/
Fiber-To-The-Home Installs To Grow 30 Percent A Year (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10293916-76.html
The FCC Finally Takes Off Their Rose-Colored Broadband Glasses - After a decade of bad policy based on even worse data (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-FCC-Finally-Takes-Off-Their-RoseColored-Broadband-Glasses-103592
GENERAL NEWS
The Evergreen State College Seeks Missing Money - Evergreen: College looks at options to recover $50,000 in student cash (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/919587.html
Boeing Drone Maker Creates Technology Jobs near Columbia River Gorge (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009538790_insitu26.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Shelton CONNECTICUT - Police Arrest 19 in Finch-Fighting Ring
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20190268/detail.html
Police: Fake Officer Pulls Over Real Officer
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20177757/detail.html
Principal Fired For Jumping On Students
http://www.kirotv.com/education/20157707/detail.html
Toupee Wearer 1, South Carolina Roller Coaster 0 - Man Says Coaster Isn't As Hair-Raising As Commercials Claim
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20156233/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhUkGIsKvn0
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Bonneville power to up rates by 7 percent – Clallam PUD
• Bonneville Power to boost rates in October – N Wasco PUD
• Rate increase may be ahead – Grays Harbor County PUD
• Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Operations Extended
• Centralia Looks to Collect Old, Unpaid Utility Bills
• Frank Chopp: Nuclear Power Will Rise Again
• Oregon LNG Sues Port of Astoria over Lease
• Alaska - Homer Electric Association Coal Plant Part Ways
• U.S. Electric Grid Needs Major Overhaul
• California - Energy Firms Help Pay for State Regulators' Far-Flung Trips
• China: Four Die as Landslide Destroys Dam Project
• New Technology Improves Salmon Passage at Hydropower Dams
• Think Pink Salmon
• Colville Tribes to Get New Salmon Hatchery
• PNNL Biologist Tells All He Knows About Fish
• Op/Ed - A New Twist in Dam Removal on the Snake River
• A Hydroelectric Future Faces A Fish Predicament
• Op/Ed - Déjà Vu on the Columbia: In Defense of the Wild
• Crusader Targets Drivers Who Clobber Birds On the Beach
• Capitol Lake - Only Bats Solid on Lake vs. Estuary Question
• Governor Gregoire Won't Lift Kittitas County Well Ban
• Algae Restricts Water Flow In Whatcom County
• Nine Mile Falls Dam Safety Restrictions Lifted
• Marbled Murrelet May Keep Pacific County Wind Farm from Getting Off the Ground
• Ebbs and Flows of Wind Power Stress the Northwest Grid
• Wild Horse Wind Farm Expansion, Adding Turbines and Revenue
• European Wind Lobby Distances Itself from UK Turbine Factory Occupation
• Hydropower Conference Set For Spokane Next Week
• Kentucky - Electric-generating barges sought for Ohio River
• Colorado - Solar Customers Fuming Over Proposed Fee
• Food Waste Helps Power Wastewater Plant
• Audit Finds Wasted Energy, Money at DOE's Buildings
• Government's Green Home Push Can Save You Money
• Three Out Of Five Would Change Electrical Consumption If Given Smart Grid Technology
• Tips for Reducing Your Home Energy Bill
• Tennessee Valley Authority Helps Pay To Make Homes Energy Efficient
• Why People Are Cool To Global Warming
• Pacific Gas And Electric Pushes To Extend Unpopular ClimateSmart
• Qwest: Remember How We Said Speed Didn't Matter? Forget That
• Qwest Plans to Double Broadband Speeds in Spokane
• Fiber-To-The-Home Installs To Grow 30 Percent A Year
• The FCC Finally Takes Off Their Rose-Colored Broadband Glasses
• The Evergreen State College Seeks Missing Money
• Boeing Drone Maker Creates Technology Jobs near Columbia River
WORD OF THE DAY
Quaff • \KWAHF\ • verb - To drink deeply
Dilbert rushed up to the bar in a frenzy and quaffed down the first frosty, cold drink he could lay hands on. His efforts were only slightly unwelcome when he discovered that the drink was a pitcher of clamato juice.
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
Bonneville power to up rates by 7 percent – Clallam PUD (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090724/NEWS/307249986
Bonneville Power to boost rates in October – Wasco County PUD (The Dalles Chronicle OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/07/news07-23-09-03.shtml
Rate increase may be ahead – Grays Harbor County PUD (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/07/23/local_news/doc4a68b83d1d19e346140188.txt
Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Operations Extended (Associated Press)
http://www.kxmb.com/News/411467.asp
Centralia Looks to Collect Old, Unpaid Utility Bills - Cleaning up: City Light Department Owed Almost $55,000 in ‘Sleeper Bills’ (Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/07/25/news//doc4a69ff0839fd7792936675.txt
Frank Chopp: Nuclear Power Will Rise Again (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/174610.asp
Oregon LNG Sues Port of Astoria over Lease (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10790324
Alaska - Homer Electric Association Coal Plant Part Ways (Kenai Peninsula Clarion, AK)
http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/072309/new_468615020.shtml
U.S. Electric Grid Needs Major Overhaul (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE56N0HQ20090724
California - Energy Firms Help Pay for State Regulators' Far-Flung Trips (Sacramento Bee)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2056375.html
China: Four Die as Landslide Destroys Dam Project (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/world/asia/24briefs-chinadam.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
New Technology Improves Salmon Passage at Hydropower Dams (RedOrbit)
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1726317/new_technology_improves_salmon_passage_at_hydropower_dams/
Think Pink Salmon - One of the largest pink salmon runs in recent times is about to swim through area waters, fueling 2009 “Humpy Madness’ (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090726/SPORTS/707269841/1004
Colville Tribes to Get New Salmon Hatchery (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_colville_hatchery.html?source=pimail
PNNL Biologist Tells All He Knows About Fish (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1358/story/658771.html
Seattle Times Op/Ed - A New Twist in Dam Removal on the Snake River
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009527114_lance24.html
A Hydroelectric Future Faces A Fish Predicament - As a nation looks to dams for their renewable energy possibilities, protection of salmon and other fish is an increasing concern, particularly in the Pacific Northwest (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-hydro-power27-2009jul27,0,2321552.story
Oregonian Op/Ed - Déjà Vu on the Columbia: In Defense of the Wild
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/deja_vu_on_the_columbia.html
Crusader Targets Drivers Who Clobber Birds On the Beach (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/crusader_targets_drivers_who_c.html
Capitol Lake - Only Bats Solid on Lake vs. Estuary Question (Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/921309.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Governor Gregoire Won't Lift Kittitas County Well Ban (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=192326
Algae Restricts Water Flow In Whatcom County (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51654137.html
Nine Mile Falls Dam Safety Restrictions Lifted (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/24/nine-mile-falls-dam-safety-restriction-lifted/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Marbled Murrelet May Keep Pacific County Wind Farm from Getting Off the Ground (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/27/top_story/doc4a6bf58e28c40373155301.txt
Ebbs and Flows of Wind Power Stress the Northwest Grid (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/27/breaking_news/doc4a6c7df6bf5f6433661873.txt
Wild Horse Wind Farm Expansion, Adding Turbines and Revenue (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10781715
European Wind Lobby Distances Itself from UK Turbine Factory Occupation (EU Observer)
http://euobserver.com/9/28493
Hydropower Conference Set For Spokane Next Week - About 1,500 workers will meet (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/25/hydropower-conference-set/
Kentucky - Electric-generating barges sought for Ohio River - They're part of potential $22 million ‘green' initiative (Louisville Courier Journal, KY)
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090723/NEWS01/907230332/1008
Colorado - Solar Customers Fuming Over Proposed Fee: Monthly Xcel Charge Would Apply To Solar Users Even If They Use No Electricity (KMGH-TV, Denver, CO)
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/20174458/detail.html
Food Waste Helps Power Wastewater Plant (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/23/BAS618T9N9.DTL&feed=rss.news
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Audit Finds Wasted Energy, Money at DOE's Buildings (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/24/24greenwire-audit-finds-wasted-energy-money-at-does-buildi-10606.html
Government's Green Home Push Can Save You Money (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/realestate/2009534041_harney26.html
Three Out Of Five Would Change Electrical Consumption If Given Smart Grid Technology (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d24-Three-out-of-five-would-change-electrical-consumption-if-given-smart-grid-technology
Tips for Reducing Your Home Energy Bill (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12902923
Tennessee Valley Authority Helps Pay To Make Homes Energy Efficient (Tennessean)
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090726/NEWS01/907260360/1006/TVA+helps+pay+to+make+homes+energy+efficient
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Why People Are Cool To Global Warming (Calgary Herald, Alberta)
http://www.calgaryherald.com/people+cool+global+warming/1828561/story.html
Pacific Gas And Electric Pushes To Extend Unpopular ClimateSmart - Program that asks customers to fight global warming by paying a little extra on their electricity bills has enrolled just 31,000 people and takes far more money to run than it generates (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/26/BAKQ18SLO5.DTL
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Qwest: Remember How We Said Speed Didn't Matter? Forget That - Those speeds we said you didn't want? Well, you want 'em. (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-Remember-How-We-Said-Speed-Didnt-Matter-Forget-That-103596
Qwest Plans to Double Broadband Speeds in Spokane (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/24/qwest-plans-double-broadband-speeds-spokane/
Fiber-To-The-Home Installs To Grow 30 Percent A Year (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10293916-76.html
The FCC Finally Takes Off Their Rose-Colored Broadband Glasses - After a decade of bad policy based on even worse data (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-FCC-Finally-Takes-Off-Their-RoseColored-Broadband-Glasses-103592
GENERAL NEWS
The Evergreen State College Seeks Missing Money - Evergreen: College looks at options to recover $50,000 in student cash (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/919587.html
Boeing Drone Maker Creates Technology Jobs near Columbia River Gorge (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009538790_insitu26.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Shelton CONNECTICUT - Police Arrest 19 in Finch-Fighting Ring
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20190268/detail.html
Police: Fake Officer Pulls Over Real Officer
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20177757/detail.html
Principal Fired For Jumping On Students
http://www.kirotv.com/education/20157707/detail.html
Toupee Wearer 1, South Carolina Roller Coaster 0 - Man Says Coaster Isn't As Hair-Raising As Commercials Claim
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20156233/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhUkGIsKvn0
Friday, July 24, 2009
July 24, 2009 - Energy News Digest takes a County Fair Hiatus
The original energy news digest will be at the Mason County Fair this weekend, sweltering in the heat, but still enjoying fair treats like pronto pups, shaved ice and curly fries! With an extra helping of Lipitor tonight.
The news digest will return Monday morning with fresh and saucy stories for your dining and dancing pleasure.
In the meantime, here’s a little treat for those of use hunkering down for the upcoming heat wave!
Buster Poindexter - Hot Hot Hot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaZMOW7ggXw
The news digest will return Monday morning with fresh and saucy stories for your dining and dancing pleasure.
In the meantime, here’s a little treat for those of use hunkering down for the upcoming heat wave!
Buster Poindexter - Hot Hot Hot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaZMOW7ggXw
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Energy News Digest for July 23, 2009
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• BPA to Raise Rates; Tri-City Suppliers May Follow
• BPA Announces Power Rate Hikes - Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative
• Lewis PUD & Centralia - Energy Northwest Gets 2 New Members
• Oroville Dam test malfunction injures 5, shuts down power, water flow
• Massachusetts - Plan for prepaid electricity rejected
• Editorial - Aid for Electricity: Rural Residents Spared a Painful Change
• Natural Gas Producers Hedge Investments
• Norwegian Aluminum Supplier Norsk Hydro Posts 73 Pct Q2 Profit Tumble
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Press Ahead With Yucca Mtn Review
• Upper Columbia River Sockeye Fishery A Blast
• Chinook Season Starts To Slow In Puget Sound
• Pacific Northwest Sea Otters Rebound From Extermination
• Work Starts Monday on Shelton Park Sewer Pump Station
• Hidden Cost of Seattle's Bottled Water Ban
• Ex-California Water Company Employee Accused of Trying To Embezzle $9 Million Arrested In U.K.
• Manure Means Money to Handlers Gathered In Iowa
• Montana - Lightning takes down 127-Foot Wind Blade at Judith Gap
• Washington State Wind Power Blowing South
• Slow, Costly and Often Dangerous Road to Wind Power
• Harvesting Clean Energy along the Road
• Texas - Landowners Advised To ‘Be Careful’ With Wind Turbine Pacts
• Inside A Small Wind-Turbine Beta Test
• United Kingdom - Sit-In Turbine Workers on Isle of Wight Fenced In
• PNNL 'Smart' Technology Helps Homeowners Reduce Grid Stress
• Light-Bulb Drive a 'Win-Win' Project for Lumberjacks, Monarchs
• Oregon Climate Bills Signed In Green Setting
• Energy-Cost Safeguards Sought For Climate Bill
• Climate Change Tax Unpopular Among Americans, Survey Shows
• U.N. Expert: Use of Carbon Tariffs Will Backfire
• Op/Ed - Don't Pass Bills You Don't Read
• Group Gives $300,000 More to Fight Seattle Bag Fee
• Washington State's New Data Center: Wait Just A Minute!
• Microsoft Milestone: Windows 7 Completed
• Lake Chelan - Stehekin to Get Phone Service
• Fire Danger in Hot, Dry Parts of Washington
• Elma - One Killed When Small Plane Hits Power Lines
• Wal-Mart Will Pay Millions to Washington State Workers Forced To Skip Breaks
WORD OF THE DAY
Pachydermatous • \pack-ih-DER-muh-tuss\ • adjective - 1: of or relating to the pachyderms 2a: thick, thickened b: callous, insensitive
The shady, backroom doctor promised that the injection of stem cells from a baby elephant would provide Ambrose with the famed pachydermatous memory traits. “You will never forget again,” crowed the doctor as he drove home the first hypodermic needle. Days later Ambrose found strong memories fixed in his mind…but they were all about tender leaves from the savannahs and frolicking mud-baths in retreating water holes of the furthest reaches of Africa. While he could remember locations of the best rough-barked trees for scratching his behind, he couldn’t remember where he left his keys the day before.
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
BPA to Raise Rates; Tri-City Suppliers May Follow (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/655929.html
BPA Announces Power Rate Hikes - not certain how the hike will affect power bills for Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative customers (Baker City Herald, OR)
http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/OTEC-expects-to-announce-soon-how-much-local-customers-rates-will-rise
Lewis PUD & Centralia - Energy Northwest Gets 2 New Members (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/918309.html
Oroville Dam test malfunction injures 5, shuts down power, water flow (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/1089/story/2046988.html
Massachusetts - Plan for prepaid electricity rejected: State says utility proposal is unfair to low-income clients (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/07/23/mass_rejects_utilitys_prepayment_plan_for_low_income_customers/
Anchorage Daily News Editorial - Aid for Electricity: Rural Residents Spared a Painful Change
http://www.adn.com/opinion/view/story/873400.html
Natural Gas Producers Hedge Investments (New Brunswick Business Journal)
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/transcript/article/734091
Norwegian Aluminum Supplier Norsk Hydro Posts 73 Pct Q2 Profit Tumble “…production in 2009 will be 26 percent of what it was in 2008…” (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009518505_apeunorwayearnsnorskhydro.html?syndication=rss
Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Press Ahead With Yucca Mtn Review (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009511900_apusnrcchairmaninterview.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Upper Columbia River Sockeye Fishery A Blast (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009519350_upper_columbia_river_sockeye_f.html
Chinook Season Starts To Slow In Puget Sound (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009519935_fish23.html?syndication=rss
Pacific Northwest Sea Otters Rebound From Extermination (KPLU-Radio, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain/article/0/1/1533643/KPLU.Local.News/Sea.Otters.Rebound.From.Extermination
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Work Starts Monday on Shelton Park Sewer Pump Station (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/918534.html
Hidden Cost of Seattle's Bottled Water Ban - Mayor Nickel’s Pledge Plagued by Delays, Plumbing Improvements (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20132778/detail.html
Ex-California Water Company Employee Accused of Trying To Embezzle $9 Million Arrested In U.K. (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12890778
Manure Means Money to Handlers Gathered In Iowa (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009521407_apusfarmscenemidwestmanure.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Montana - Lightning takes down 127-Foot Wind Blade at Judith Gap (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090723/NEWS01/907230301
Washington State Wind Power Blowing South (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2009/07/washington_wind_power_blowing_south.html?surround=lfn
Slow, Costly and Often Dangerous Road to Wind Power - On America’s highways, wind turbines may be the ultimate oversize load (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/business/energy-environment/23turbine.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Harvesting Clean Energy along the Road (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/harvesting-clean-energy-along-the-road/
Texas - Landowners Advised To ‘Be Careful’ With Wind Turbine Pacts (Fredericksburg Standard, TX)
http://fredericksburgstandard.com/articles/2009/07/22/news/03news.txt
Inside A Small Wind-Turbine Beta Test (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10291704-54.html?tag=nl.e703
United Kingdom - Sit-In Turbine Workers on Isle of Wight Fenced In (Wind Watch)
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/22/sit-in-turbine-workers-fenced-in/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
PNNL 'Smart' Technology Helps Homeowners Reduce Grid Stress (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=366672&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Light-Bulb Drive a 'Win-Win' Project for Lumberjacks, Monarchs (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/23//area_news/doc4a67be37c17e9826240307.txt
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregon Climate Bills Signed In Green Setting (Register-Guard, Eugene, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/17529673-41/story.csp
Energy-Cost Safeguards Sought For Climate Bill (Pioneer Press, St Paul, MN)
http://www.twincities.com/business/ci_12894917
Climate Change Tax Unpopular Among Americans, Survey Shows (Epoch Times)
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/19996/
U.N. Expert: Use of Carbon Tariffs Will Backfire (Associated Press)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090722/NEWS02/707229917/1025/rss1025
CNN Op/Ed - Don't Pass Bills You Don't Read
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/23/chaffetz.cap.bill/
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Group Gives $300,000 More to Fight Seattle Bag Fee (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51434802.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington State's New Data Center: Wait Just A Minute! (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/19024/
Microsoft Milestone: Windows 7 Completed (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/brierdudley/2009520588_brier23.html?syndication=rss
Lake Chelan - Stehekin to Get Phone Service (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/918378.html
GENERAL NEWS
Fire Danger in Hot, Dry Parts of Washington (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009525006_apwahotweather.html?syndication=rss
Elma - One Killed When Small Plane Hits Power Lines (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51429262.html
Wal-Mart Will Pay Millions to Washington State Workers Forced To Skip Breaks (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51409262.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Taco Bell Ad Star Gidget the Chihuahua Dies At 15
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009519174_apusobittacobelldog.html?syndication=rss
Goat's Crowning As King of Ireland in Doubt
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE56L56220090722?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
World's first camel-milk chocolates going global
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090721/od_nm/us_chocolate_camel_odd
New Service Lets Jews Tweet A Prayer to God
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009521795_apmlisraelprayertweets.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Linda Ronstadt - Someone to Lay Down Beside Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41IAef2Jwf0&NR=1
Karla Bonoff - Someone to Lay Down Beside Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C96oDES_Tpw&feature=related
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• BPA to Raise Rates; Tri-City Suppliers May Follow
• BPA Announces Power Rate Hikes - Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative
• Lewis PUD & Centralia - Energy Northwest Gets 2 New Members
• Oroville Dam test malfunction injures 5, shuts down power, water flow
• Massachusetts - Plan for prepaid electricity rejected
• Editorial - Aid for Electricity: Rural Residents Spared a Painful Change
• Natural Gas Producers Hedge Investments
• Norwegian Aluminum Supplier Norsk Hydro Posts 73 Pct Q2 Profit Tumble
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Press Ahead With Yucca Mtn Review
• Upper Columbia River Sockeye Fishery A Blast
• Chinook Season Starts To Slow In Puget Sound
• Pacific Northwest Sea Otters Rebound From Extermination
• Work Starts Monday on Shelton Park Sewer Pump Station
• Hidden Cost of Seattle's Bottled Water Ban
• Ex-California Water Company Employee Accused of Trying To Embezzle $9 Million Arrested In U.K.
• Manure Means Money to Handlers Gathered In Iowa
• Montana - Lightning takes down 127-Foot Wind Blade at Judith Gap
• Washington State Wind Power Blowing South
• Slow, Costly and Often Dangerous Road to Wind Power
• Harvesting Clean Energy along the Road
• Texas - Landowners Advised To ‘Be Careful’ With Wind Turbine Pacts
• Inside A Small Wind-Turbine Beta Test
• United Kingdom - Sit-In Turbine Workers on Isle of Wight Fenced In
• PNNL 'Smart' Technology Helps Homeowners Reduce Grid Stress
• Light-Bulb Drive a 'Win-Win' Project for Lumberjacks, Monarchs
• Oregon Climate Bills Signed In Green Setting
• Energy-Cost Safeguards Sought For Climate Bill
• Climate Change Tax Unpopular Among Americans, Survey Shows
• U.N. Expert: Use of Carbon Tariffs Will Backfire
• Op/Ed - Don't Pass Bills You Don't Read
• Group Gives $300,000 More to Fight Seattle Bag Fee
• Washington State's New Data Center: Wait Just A Minute!
• Microsoft Milestone: Windows 7 Completed
• Lake Chelan - Stehekin to Get Phone Service
• Fire Danger in Hot, Dry Parts of Washington
• Elma - One Killed When Small Plane Hits Power Lines
• Wal-Mart Will Pay Millions to Washington State Workers Forced To Skip Breaks
WORD OF THE DAY
Pachydermatous • \pack-ih-DER-muh-tuss\ • adjective - 1: of or relating to the pachyderms 2a: thick, thickened b: callous, insensitive
The shady, backroom doctor promised that the injection of stem cells from a baby elephant would provide Ambrose with the famed pachydermatous memory traits. “You will never forget again,” crowed the doctor as he drove home the first hypodermic needle. Days later Ambrose found strong memories fixed in his mind…but they were all about tender leaves from the savannahs and frolicking mud-baths in retreating water holes of the furthest reaches of Africa. While he could remember locations of the best rough-barked trees for scratching his behind, he couldn’t remember where he left his keys the day before.
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
BPA to Raise Rates; Tri-City Suppliers May Follow (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/655929.html
BPA Announces Power Rate Hikes - not certain how the hike will affect power bills for Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative customers (Baker City Herald, OR)
http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/OTEC-expects-to-announce-soon-how-much-local-customers-rates-will-rise
Lewis PUD & Centralia - Energy Northwest Gets 2 New Members (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/918309.html
Oroville Dam test malfunction injures 5, shuts down power, water flow (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/1089/story/2046988.html
Massachusetts - Plan for prepaid electricity rejected: State says utility proposal is unfair to low-income clients (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/07/23/mass_rejects_utilitys_prepayment_plan_for_low_income_customers/
Anchorage Daily News Editorial - Aid for Electricity: Rural Residents Spared a Painful Change
http://www.adn.com/opinion/view/story/873400.html
Natural Gas Producers Hedge Investments (New Brunswick Business Journal)
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/transcript/article/734091
Norwegian Aluminum Supplier Norsk Hydro Posts 73 Pct Q2 Profit Tumble “…production in 2009 will be 26 percent of what it was in 2008…” (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009518505_apeunorwayearnsnorskhydro.html?syndication=rss
Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Press Ahead With Yucca Mtn Review (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009511900_apusnrcchairmaninterview.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Upper Columbia River Sockeye Fishery A Blast (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009519350_upper_columbia_river_sockeye_f.html
Chinook Season Starts To Slow In Puget Sound (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009519935_fish23.html?syndication=rss
Pacific Northwest Sea Otters Rebound From Extermination (KPLU-Radio, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain/article/0/1/1533643/KPLU.Local.News/Sea.Otters.Rebound.From.Extermination
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Work Starts Monday on Shelton Park Sewer Pump Station (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/918534.html
Hidden Cost of Seattle's Bottled Water Ban - Mayor Nickel’s Pledge Plagued by Delays, Plumbing Improvements (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20132778/detail.html
Ex-California Water Company Employee Accused of Trying To Embezzle $9 Million Arrested In U.K. (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12890778
Manure Means Money to Handlers Gathered In Iowa (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009521407_apusfarmscenemidwestmanure.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Montana - Lightning takes down 127-Foot Wind Blade at Judith Gap (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090723/NEWS01/907230301
Washington State Wind Power Blowing South (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2009/07/washington_wind_power_blowing_south.html?surround=lfn
Slow, Costly and Often Dangerous Road to Wind Power - On America’s highways, wind turbines may be the ultimate oversize load (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/business/energy-environment/23turbine.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Harvesting Clean Energy along the Road (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/harvesting-clean-energy-along-the-road/
Texas - Landowners Advised To ‘Be Careful’ With Wind Turbine Pacts (Fredericksburg Standard, TX)
http://fredericksburgstandard.com/articles/2009/07/22/news/03news.txt
Inside A Small Wind-Turbine Beta Test (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10291704-54.html?tag=nl.e703
United Kingdom - Sit-In Turbine Workers on Isle of Wight Fenced In (Wind Watch)
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/22/sit-in-turbine-workers-fenced-in/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
PNNL 'Smart' Technology Helps Homeowners Reduce Grid Stress (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=366672&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Light-Bulb Drive a 'Win-Win' Project for Lumberjacks, Monarchs (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/23//area_news/doc4a67be37c17e9826240307.txt
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregon Climate Bills Signed In Green Setting (Register-Guard, Eugene, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/17529673-41/story.csp
Energy-Cost Safeguards Sought For Climate Bill (Pioneer Press, St Paul, MN)
http://www.twincities.com/business/ci_12894917
Climate Change Tax Unpopular Among Americans, Survey Shows (Epoch Times)
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/19996/
U.N. Expert: Use of Carbon Tariffs Will Backfire (Associated Press)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090722/NEWS02/707229917/1025/rss1025
CNN Op/Ed - Don't Pass Bills You Don't Read
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/23/chaffetz.cap.bill/
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Group Gives $300,000 More to Fight Seattle Bag Fee (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51434802.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington State's New Data Center: Wait Just A Minute! (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/19024/
Microsoft Milestone: Windows 7 Completed (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/brierdudley/2009520588_brier23.html?syndication=rss
Lake Chelan - Stehekin to Get Phone Service (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/918378.html
GENERAL NEWS
Fire Danger in Hot, Dry Parts of Washington (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009525006_apwahotweather.html?syndication=rss
Elma - One Killed When Small Plane Hits Power Lines (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51429262.html
Wal-Mart Will Pay Millions to Washington State Workers Forced To Skip Breaks (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51409262.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Taco Bell Ad Star Gidget the Chihuahua Dies At 15
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009519174_apusobittacobelldog.html?syndication=rss
Goat's Crowning As King of Ireland in Doubt
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE56L56220090722?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
World's first camel-milk chocolates going global
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090721/od_nm/us_chocolate_camel_odd
New Service Lets Jews Tweet A Prayer to God
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009521795_apmlisraelprayertweets.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Linda Ronstadt - Someone to Lay Down Beside Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41IAef2Jwf0&NR=1
Karla Bonoff - Someone to Lay Down Beside Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C96oDES_Tpw&feature=related
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Energy News Digest for July 22, 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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• News Release - BPA Announces Rate Changes
• BizJournal - BPA Announces Increased Rates
• BPA Rate Impacts - Seattle City Light
• Rate Increases Coming From BPA - Tacoma Power
• BPA To Raise Rates To Utilities - Clark Public Utilities
• Washington State Pushed To Limit TransAlta Emissions
• Class Action Suit Filed Against Jefferson PUD Over Port Townsend Taxes
• Portland General Electric Lowers Earnings Outlook for 2009
• San Diego Power Will Be Cut During Wildfire Threat
• Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association to Work on Coal Plant
• A Nuclear Power Plant with a View
• Iowa Approves Controversial Electrical Service Limiters
• New Mexico – Utility Spokesman: Birds Caused Outage
• California - 'dual status' is an issue at Lassen Municipal Utility District
• Idaho Poised For another Big Sockeye Run
• Meetings Focus On Lamprey Recovery
• Editorial - Swift Resolution Needed In Shellfish Flap
• Eco-Trendy Sienna Ray & Co. Creates Salmon Skin Handbags
• Demand for Costly Easement Appraisal Angers Jefferson PUD
• Haven Lake - Differences Set Aside, Weeds Pulled at North Mason Lake
• Kittitas County Seeks Repeal of Water Rule
• In Sumas River, Asbestos Flows Freely
• Wind Power Throws a Curve at the BPA
• Bonneville Power Administration Institutes Lower Wind Integration Rate
• Gregoire: Clean Energy Key to 'Living Wage Jobs'
• Texas Wind Power - In the Line of Ire
• Solar Air Conditioners to Chill California Utility
• Vehicle-To-Grid Technology Gains Some Traction
• NOVEC Adds Apogee Interactive HomeEnergySuite to Website
• NY Times Editorial - Climate Loopholes
• Talking Renewable Energy: a Cognitive Dissonance
• U.S. Green Jobs Seen Taking Years of Planning
• The State of Wireless Broadband: 225M Subscribers & Growing
• FCC: Your Broadband Comments Weren't Helpful
• Yahoo Sees Boost in Q2 Profit to $143M
• Yahoo Eyeing Sale of Hotjobs, Yahoo Small Business
• Chinese Worker Commits Suicide over Missing iPhone Prototype
• $6,000 Reward for Info on Missing McCleary Girl
• Standout Summer to Bring More Heat
• Heat Killed Dogs Left in Olympia Car for 5 Hours
• Asia Darkens Under Longest Solar Eclipse of Century
WORD OF THE DAY
Whirling Dervish • \WHIR-ling DERR-vish\ • noun – A member of a Turkish order of dervishes, or Sufis, whose ritual consists in part of a highly stylized whirling dance.
A fraternity of Sufis (Muslim mystics) founded in Konya (Qonya), Anatolia, by the Persian Sufi poet Rumi (d. 1273), whose popular title mawlana (Arabic: "our master") gave the order its name. The order, propagated throughout Anatolia, controlled Konya and environs by the 15th century and in the 17th century appeared in Constantinople (Istanbul). European travelers identified the Mawlawiyah as dancing (or whirling) dervishes, based on their observations of the order's ritual prayer (dhikr), performed spinning on the right foot to the accompaniment of musical instruments.
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
BPA Announces Rate Changes - Keeping Rates Low And Facilitating Wind Development Remain Top Priorities (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/292435/
BPA Announces Increased Rates “…first power rate increase since 2002 - Ed Note: leaving out Cost Recovery Adjustment Clauses, of course…” (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/20/daily25.html
BPA Rate Impacts - Seattle City Light Bills to Rise 2.3 Percent (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009512906_bpa22m.html
Rate Increases Coming From BPA - None will immediately affect customers of Tacoma Power, but might affect customers of Puget Sound Energy (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/818170.html
BPA To Raise Rates To Utilities - Clark Public Utilities uncertain if customers will see bills increase (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090722/BIZ01/707229956/-1/BIZ
Washington State Pushed To Limit TransAlta Emissions - Clean air agency says it doesn't have legal authority to act (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090722/NEWS02/707229944/
Class Action Suit Filed Against Jefferson PUD Over Port Townsend Taxes (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=55&ArticleID=24741&TM=42825.95
Portland General Electric Lowers Earnings Outlook for 2009 (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/20/daily32.html?ana=from_rss
San Diego Power Will Be Cut During Wildfire Threat (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2130746~San_Diego_power_will_be_cut_during_wildfire_threat.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association to Work on Coal Plant (Fairbanks Daily News Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jul/21/gvea-aidea-work-coal-plant/
A Nuclear Power Plant with a View - How do energy companies decide where to build new reactors? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2223291/?from=rss
Iowa Approves Controversial Electrical Service Limiters (Cedar Rapids Gazette, IA)
http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090721/BUSINESS/707219926/1007
New Mexico – Utility Spokesman: Birds Caused Outage (Quay County Sun, Tucumcari, NM)
http://www.qcsunonline.com/news/birds-7406-utility-blame.html
California - Commission seeks an answer to 'dual status' issue at Lassen Municipal Utility District: Living in one district, but purchasing electricity from another supplier (Lassen County News, CA)
http://www.lassennews.com/News_Story.edi?sid=5668
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho Poised For another Big Sockeye Run (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/916798.html
Meetings Focus On Lamprey Recovery (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009517945_apwapacificlamprey.html?syndication=rss
Olympian Editorial - Swift Resolution Needed In Shellfish Flap
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/917429.html
Eco-Trendy Sienna Ray & Co. Creates Salmon Skin Handbags (NewsWire)
http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/54377/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Demand for Costly Easement Appraisal Angers Jefferson PUD (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090722/NEWS/307229992
Haven Lake - Differences Set Aside, Weeds Pulled at North Mason Lake (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/21/differences-set-aside-weeds-pulled-at-north-lake/?partner=RSS
Kittitas County Seeks Repeal of Water Rule (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10765822
In Sumas River, Asbestos Flows Freely (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51362132.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind Power Throws a Curve at the BPA (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/07/wind_power_throws_a_curve_at_t.html
Bonneville Power Administration Institutes Lower Wind Integration Rate (North American Wind Power)
http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content_lt.php?content.4332
Gregoire: Clean Energy Key to 'Living Wage Jobs' (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/174190.asp?source=pimail
Texas - In the Line of Ire: Wind Power Wanted, But Getting Here from There Proves Touchy (Wind Watch)
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/22/in-the-line-of-ire-wind-power-wanted-but-getting-here-from-there-proves-touchy/
Solar Air Conditioners to Chill California Utility (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10292069-54.html
Vehicle-To-Grid Technology Gains Some Traction (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/07/22/22climatewire-vehicle-to-grid-technology-gains-some-tracti-50378.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
NOVEC Adds Apogee Interactive HomeEnergySuite to Website (Earth Times)
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/novec-adds-apogee-interactive-homeenergysuite-to-website,900056.shtml
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
NY Times Editorial - Climate Loopholes
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/opinion/22wed11.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Talking Renewable Energy: a Cognitive Dissonance (New West)
http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/talking_renewable_energy_a_cognitive_dissonance/C37/L37/
U.S. Green Jobs Seen Taking Years of Planning (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE56K5YY20090721
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The State of Wireless Broadband: 225M Subscribers & Growing (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/21/for-now-hspa-rules-the-wireless-broadband/
FCC: Your Broadband Comments Weren't Helpful - Broadband plan leader complains of sloppy, vague suggestions... (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Levin-Your-Broadband-Comments-Werent-Helpful-103555
Yahoo Sees Boost in Q2 Profit to $143M (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/07/20/daily38.html?ana=from_rss
Yahoo Eyeing Sale of Hotjobs, Yahoo Small Business (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE56L0ZC20090722?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Chinese Worker Commits Suicide over Missing iPhone Prototype (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/07/22/technology/AP-AS-China-iPhone-Suicide.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
GENERAL NEWS
$6,000 Reward for Info on Missing McCleary Girl (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=191455
Standout Summer to Bring More Heat (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009512798_weather22m.html?syndication=rss
Heat Killed Dogs Left in Olympia Car for 5 Hours – owner was using store’s free internet service (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20136284/detail.html
Asia Darkens Under Longest Solar Eclipse of Century (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE56L08420090722?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Study: Barking Dogs Aren't Saying Much
http://www.kirotv.com/family/20126530/detail.html
New York – State Workers Accused of Creating Secret ‘Party Lounge’
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/nyregion/22lounge.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Brawl Breaks Out in South Korean Parliament
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/07/22/world/AP-AS-SKorea-Brawling-Lawmakers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Workers Lock up Execs in New French 'Bossnappings'
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/22/financial/f064727D71.DTL&feed=rss.business#ixzz0M0KuMIEb
SONG OF THE DAY
Three Dog Night - Out in the Country
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq8gjqKIzuI
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• News Release - BPA Announces Rate Changes
• BizJournal - BPA Announces Increased Rates
• BPA Rate Impacts - Seattle City Light
• Rate Increases Coming From BPA - Tacoma Power
• BPA To Raise Rates To Utilities - Clark Public Utilities
• Washington State Pushed To Limit TransAlta Emissions
• Class Action Suit Filed Against Jefferson PUD Over Port Townsend Taxes
• Portland General Electric Lowers Earnings Outlook for 2009
• San Diego Power Will Be Cut During Wildfire Threat
• Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association to Work on Coal Plant
• A Nuclear Power Plant with a View
• Iowa Approves Controversial Electrical Service Limiters
• New Mexico – Utility Spokesman: Birds Caused Outage
• California - 'dual status' is an issue at Lassen Municipal Utility District
• Idaho Poised For another Big Sockeye Run
• Meetings Focus On Lamprey Recovery
• Editorial - Swift Resolution Needed In Shellfish Flap
• Eco-Trendy Sienna Ray & Co. Creates Salmon Skin Handbags
• Demand for Costly Easement Appraisal Angers Jefferson PUD
• Haven Lake - Differences Set Aside, Weeds Pulled at North Mason Lake
• Kittitas County Seeks Repeal of Water Rule
• In Sumas River, Asbestos Flows Freely
• Wind Power Throws a Curve at the BPA
• Bonneville Power Administration Institutes Lower Wind Integration Rate
• Gregoire: Clean Energy Key to 'Living Wage Jobs'
• Texas Wind Power - In the Line of Ire
• Solar Air Conditioners to Chill California Utility
• Vehicle-To-Grid Technology Gains Some Traction
• NOVEC Adds Apogee Interactive HomeEnergySuite to Website
• NY Times Editorial - Climate Loopholes
• Talking Renewable Energy: a Cognitive Dissonance
• U.S. Green Jobs Seen Taking Years of Planning
• The State of Wireless Broadband: 225M Subscribers & Growing
• FCC: Your Broadband Comments Weren't Helpful
• Yahoo Sees Boost in Q2 Profit to $143M
• Yahoo Eyeing Sale of Hotjobs, Yahoo Small Business
• Chinese Worker Commits Suicide over Missing iPhone Prototype
• $6,000 Reward for Info on Missing McCleary Girl
• Standout Summer to Bring More Heat
• Heat Killed Dogs Left in Olympia Car for 5 Hours
• Asia Darkens Under Longest Solar Eclipse of Century
WORD OF THE DAY
Whirling Dervish • \WHIR-ling DERR-vish\ • noun – A member of a Turkish order of dervishes, or Sufis, whose ritual consists in part of a highly stylized whirling dance.
A fraternity of Sufis (Muslim mystics) founded in Konya (Qonya), Anatolia, by the Persian Sufi poet Rumi (d. 1273), whose popular title mawlana (Arabic: "our master") gave the order its name. The order, propagated throughout Anatolia, controlled Konya and environs by the 15th century and in the 17th century appeared in Constantinople (Istanbul). European travelers identified the Mawlawiyah as dancing (or whirling) dervishes, based on their observations of the order's ritual prayer (dhikr), performed spinning on the right foot to the accompaniment of musical instruments.
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
BPA Announces Rate Changes - Keeping Rates Low And Facilitating Wind Development Remain Top Priorities (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/292435/
BPA Announces Increased Rates “…first power rate increase since 2002 - Ed Note: leaving out Cost Recovery Adjustment Clauses, of course…” (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/20/daily25.html
BPA Rate Impacts - Seattle City Light Bills to Rise 2.3 Percent (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009512906_bpa22m.html
Rate Increases Coming From BPA - None will immediately affect customers of Tacoma Power, but might affect customers of Puget Sound Energy (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/818170.html
BPA To Raise Rates To Utilities - Clark Public Utilities uncertain if customers will see bills increase (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090722/BIZ01/707229956/-1/BIZ
Washington State Pushed To Limit TransAlta Emissions - Clean air agency says it doesn't have legal authority to act (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090722/NEWS02/707229944/
Class Action Suit Filed Against Jefferson PUD Over Port Townsend Taxes (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=55&ArticleID=24741&TM=42825.95
Portland General Electric Lowers Earnings Outlook for 2009 (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/20/daily32.html?ana=from_rss
San Diego Power Will Be Cut During Wildfire Threat (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2130746~San_Diego_power_will_be_cut_during_wildfire_threat.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association to Work on Coal Plant (Fairbanks Daily News Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jul/21/gvea-aidea-work-coal-plant/
A Nuclear Power Plant with a View - How do energy companies decide where to build new reactors? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2223291/?from=rss
Iowa Approves Controversial Electrical Service Limiters (Cedar Rapids Gazette, IA)
http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090721/BUSINESS/707219926/1007
New Mexico – Utility Spokesman: Birds Caused Outage (Quay County Sun, Tucumcari, NM)
http://www.qcsunonline.com/news/birds-7406-utility-blame.html
California - Commission seeks an answer to 'dual status' issue at Lassen Municipal Utility District: Living in one district, but purchasing electricity from another supplier (Lassen County News, CA)
http://www.lassennews.com/News_Story.edi?sid=5668
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho Poised For another Big Sockeye Run (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/916798.html
Meetings Focus On Lamprey Recovery (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009517945_apwapacificlamprey.html?syndication=rss
Olympian Editorial - Swift Resolution Needed In Shellfish Flap
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/917429.html
Eco-Trendy Sienna Ray & Co. Creates Salmon Skin Handbags (NewsWire)
http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/54377/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Demand for Costly Easement Appraisal Angers Jefferson PUD (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090722/NEWS/307229992
Haven Lake - Differences Set Aside, Weeds Pulled at North Mason Lake (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/21/differences-set-aside-weeds-pulled-at-north-lake/?partner=RSS
Kittitas County Seeks Repeal of Water Rule (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10765822
In Sumas River, Asbestos Flows Freely (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51362132.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind Power Throws a Curve at the BPA (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/07/wind_power_throws_a_curve_at_t.html
Bonneville Power Administration Institutes Lower Wind Integration Rate (North American Wind Power)
http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content_lt.php?content.4332
Gregoire: Clean Energy Key to 'Living Wage Jobs' (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/174190.asp?source=pimail
Texas - In the Line of Ire: Wind Power Wanted, But Getting Here from There Proves Touchy (Wind Watch)
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/22/in-the-line-of-ire-wind-power-wanted-but-getting-here-from-there-proves-touchy/
Solar Air Conditioners to Chill California Utility (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10292069-54.html
Vehicle-To-Grid Technology Gains Some Traction (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/07/22/22climatewire-vehicle-to-grid-technology-gains-some-tracti-50378.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
NOVEC Adds Apogee Interactive HomeEnergySuite to Website (Earth Times)
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/novec-adds-apogee-interactive-homeenergysuite-to-website,900056.shtml
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
NY Times Editorial - Climate Loopholes
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/opinion/22wed11.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Talking Renewable Energy: a Cognitive Dissonance (New West)
http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/talking_renewable_energy_a_cognitive_dissonance/C37/L37/
U.S. Green Jobs Seen Taking Years of Planning (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE56K5YY20090721
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The State of Wireless Broadband: 225M Subscribers & Growing (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/21/for-now-hspa-rules-the-wireless-broadband/
FCC: Your Broadband Comments Weren't Helpful - Broadband plan leader complains of sloppy, vague suggestions... (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Levin-Your-Broadband-Comments-Werent-Helpful-103555
Yahoo Sees Boost in Q2 Profit to $143M (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/07/20/daily38.html?ana=from_rss
Yahoo Eyeing Sale of Hotjobs, Yahoo Small Business (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE56L0ZC20090722?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Chinese Worker Commits Suicide over Missing iPhone Prototype (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/07/22/technology/AP-AS-China-iPhone-Suicide.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
GENERAL NEWS
$6,000 Reward for Info on Missing McCleary Girl (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=191455
Standout Summer to Bring More Heat (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009512798_weather22m.html?syndication=rss
Heat Killed Dogs Left in Olympia Car for 5 Hours – owner was using store’s free internet service (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20136284/detail.html
Asia Darkens Under Longest Solar Eclipse of Century (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE56L08420090722?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Study: Barking Dogs Aren't Saying Much
http://www.kirotv.com/family/20126530/detail.html
New York – State Workers Accused of Creating Secret ‘Party Lounge’
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/nyregion/22lounge.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Brawl Breaks Out in South Korean Parliament
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/07/22/world/AP-AS-SKorea-Brawling-Lawmakers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Workers Lock up Execs in New French 'Bossnappings'
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/22/financial/f064727D71.DTL&feed=rss.business#ixzz0M0KuMIEb
SONG OF THE DAY
Three Dog Night - Out in the Country
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq8gjqKIzuI
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Energy News Digest for July 21, 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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Local Power Providers Brace for BPA Rate Hike
• Mysterious Electrical Sparks Stump Vancouver Firefighters
• California Dreaming? - Stimulus Helps Bring Calif. Petcoke Plant Closer to Reality
• California - Pacific Gas and Electric, Citing Infrastructure, Seeks Rate Hikes
• Op/Ed - Power Line Project Doomed By Poor Planning, Communication
• North Carolina - Businesses fight ruling on utility charge
• Is Submetering Fair? One Building’s Case
• Smart Meter Market in Limbo after 2009's First Quarter
• Costs and Benefits of Smart Meters and the Smart Grid
• July 24-26 - PUD 3 to Promote Electrical Safety at Mason County Fair
• Idaho Plans Chinook Salmon Release
• Troopers Accused Of Killing Baby Seagulls
• Olympia-Area Cities Step Closer to Ex-Brewery’s Water
• BC Mining Plan Threatens Sumas, WA Water
• From Energy to Recreation - NOAA Chief Says New Ocean Uses Creating Conflicts
• Trend Worsening For Pollutant in 16 National Parks
• US Wind Market is Weaker than in 2008
• Oregon No. 12 in Wind Power Added in 2008
• Town of Dayton Pushes Blue Sky Renewable Energy Program
• Report: Wind Power Faces Turbulence
• New York Wind Power: Developers Should Pay Full Taxes
• Governors Call for Carbon-Neutral Buildings by 2030
• Is the Sun Missing Its Spots?
• Global Warming Creates Power Struggle in Arctic
• Carbon Offset Smackdown
• U.S. Says China Must "Pay" To Cut Greenhouse Gases
• Medical Records at Kitsap Hospitals, Clinics Going From Reams to Bytes
• Forrester Reports Spike in Internet Users
• Kansas Spreads Rural Broadband Internet Access
• Editorial - Is It Better To Bing That Google?
• Yahoo Jazzes up Home Page with Major Makeover
• Yahoo Board Member Icahn Wants Microsoft Deal
• AOL Tries To Recapture That Start-Up Feeling
• Netgear Routers to Measure Internet Consumption
• The Kiln-Dried Nature of Washington's Fire Season
• U.S. Withheld Data on Risks of Distracted Driving
• Gregoire Ignores Her Own Travel Ban
• WA among Last States to Allow Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Immigrants
• Fighting-For-Life Fair: King County Passes off Fair Baton
WORD OF THE DAY
Nyctalopia • \nick-tuh-LOE-pee-yah\ • noun - reduced visual capacity in faint light (as at night): night blindness
The creeping twilight was anathema to Derwood. His nyctalopia greatly diminished his quality of life and intake of adult beverages at parties. Because of the dimly lit backyard barbeques so favored by his friends, he was unable to determine what was placed in his outstretched hand until he took that first, fateful sip. More often than not, it was a disappointing exercise.
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
Local Power Providers Brace for BPA Rate Hike (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Local-Power-Provider-Braces-for-BPA-Rate=1&blockID=64963&feedID=410
Mysterious Electrical Sparks Stump Vancouver Firefighters - Stray voltage flows into 5 homes through outlets (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090721/NEWS02/707219988/
California Dreaming? - Stimulus Helps Bring Calif. Petcoke Plant Closer to Reality “…National Resources Defense Council says the plant's design, known as "integrated gasification combined cycle," is one of the most promising technologies available for burning fossil fuels…” (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/20/20greenwire-stimulus-helps-bring-calif-petcoke-plant-close-79134.html
California - Pacific Gas and Electric, Citing Infrastructure, Seeks Rate Hikes (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/20/BU6P18S69D.DTL&feed=rss.business#ixzz0LuRb0FEC
San Jose Mercury News Op/Ed - Power Line Project Doomed By Poor Planning, Communication
http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_12878271
North Carolina - Businesses fight ruling on utility charge: Some major customers say they're exempt from charges for a utility-grid upgrade (News and Observer, Raleigh, NC)
http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/1615105.html
Is Submetering Fair? One Building’s Case (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/is-submetering-fair-one-buildings-case/
Smart Meter Market in Limbo after 2009's First Quarter (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ARTCL&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=366531&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Costs and Benefits of Smart Meters and the Smart Grid (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ARTCL&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=366538&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
July 24-26 - PUD 3 to Promote Electrical Safety at Mason County Fair (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=579
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho Plans Chinook Salmon Release (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/916664.html
Troopers Accused Of Killing Baby Seagulls – um, seagull chicks (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_072009WAB-troopers-seagulls-KC.5ecab71c.html?rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Olympia-Area Cities Step Closer to Ex-Brewery’s Water (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/916355.html
BC Mining Plan Threatens Sumas, WA Water (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_072009WAB-sumas-water-supply-TP.5d2882a9.html?rss
From Energy to Recreation - NOAA Chief Says New Ocean Uses Creating Conflicts
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009505813_apusoceanplanning.html?syndication=rss
Trend Worsening For Pollutant in 16 National Parks (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10755581
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
US Wind Market is Weaker than in 2008 (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/07/us-wind-market-is-weaker-than-in-2008?cmpid=rss
Oregon No. 12 in Wind Power Added in 2008 (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/jamie_francis_the_oregonianwin.html
Town of Dayton Pushes Blue Sky Renewable Energy Program (Union-Bulletin, Walla Walla, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/07/20/local_news/090720local05bluesky.txt
Report: Wind Power Faces Turbulence (Business First of Columbus)
http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2009/07/20/daily5.html
New York Wind Power: Developers Should Pay Full Taxes (Watertown Daily Times, NY)
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20090721/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Governors Call for Carbon-Neutral Buildings by 2030 (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/20/20greenwire-governors-call-for-carbon-neutral-buildings-by-63515.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Is the Sun Missing Its Spots? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/science/space/21sunspot.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Global Warming Creates Power Struggle in Arctic (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/international/2009/july/Global-Warming-Creates-Power-Struggle-in-Arctic.html
Carbon Offset Smackdown - Maybe carbon offsetting isn't as fool-proofed as many businesses would like people to believe (Mother Nature Network)
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/energy/stories/carbon-offset-smackdown
U.S. Says China Must "Pay" To Cut Greenhouse Gases (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE56K0IZ20090721
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Medical Records at Kitsap Hospitals, Clinics Going From Reams to Bytes (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/20/medical-records-at-kitsap-hospitals-clinics-from/?partner=RSS
Forrester Reports Spike in Internet Users (Boston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/07/20/daily15.html?ana=from_rss
Kansas Spreads Rural Broadband Internet Access (Kansas City Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2009/07/20/daily13.html?ana=from_rss
SF Chronicle Editorial - Is It Better To Bing That Google?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/21/EDH118QU2J.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Yahoo Jazzes up Home Page with Major Makeover (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/20/financial/f180126D24.DTL&feed=rss.business#ixzz0LuRSy58R
Yahoo Board Member Icahn Wants Microsoft Deal (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE56H0C420090718?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
AOL Tries To Recapture That Start-Up Feeling (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12878130
Netgear Routers to Measure Internet Consumption (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/20/financial/f131403D65.DTL&feed=rss.business
GENERAL NEWS
The Kiln-Dried Nature of Washington's Fire Season (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_072009WAB-fire-season-SW.5cda9e15.html?rss
U.S. Withheld Data on Risks of Distracted Driving (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/technology/21distracted.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Gregoire Ignores Her Own Travel Ban (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5446-gregoire-ignores-her-own-travel-ban/
Washington among Last States to Allow Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Immigrants (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/07/20/news//doc4a64a6bbe1e8f085313534.txt
Fighting-For-Life Fair: King County Passes off Fair Baton (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5445-fighting-life-fair
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Threatened With Layoffs, French Factory Workers Threaten Explosion (Web In France Magazine)
http://www.webinfrance.com/threatened-with-layoffs-french-factory-workers-threaten-explosion-720.html
Slytherin Influences? Pot-Growing 'Harry Potter' Actor Gets Community Service
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12882637
Apple Downplays Fiery iPod Incidents
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20089894/detail.html
German Police Catch Underwear Thief
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE56J53920090720?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
SONG OF THE DAY
Ohio Players- Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY1bZs8XJNQ
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Local Power Providers Brace for BPA Rate Hike
• Mysterious Electrical Sparks Stump Vancouver Firefighters
• California Dreaming? - Stimulus Helps Bring Calif. Petcoke Plant Closer to Reality
• California - Pacific Gas and Electric, Citing Infrastructure, Seeks Rate Hikes
• Op/Ed - Power Line Project Doomed By Poor Planning, Communication
• North Carolina - Businesses fight ruling on utility charge
• Is Submetering Fair? One Building’s Case
• Smart Meter Market in Limbo after 2009's First Quarter
• Costs and Benefits of Smart Meters and the Smart Grid
• July 24-26 - PUD 3 to Promote Electrical Safety at Mason County Fair
• Idaho Plans Chinook Salmon Release
• Troopers Accused Of Killing Baby Seagulls
• Olympia-Area Cities Step Closer to Ex-Brewery’s Water
• BC Mining Plan Threatens Sumas, WA Water
• From Energy to Recreation - NOAA Chief Says New Ocean Uses Creating Conflicts
• Trend Worsening For Pollutant in 16 National Parks
• US Wind Market is Weaker than in 2008
• Oregon No. 12 in Wind Power Added in 2008
• Town of Dayton Pushes Blue Sky Renewable Energy Program
• Report: Wind Power Faces Turbulence
• New York Wind Power: Developers Should Pay Full Taxes
• Governors Call for Carbon-Neutral Buildings by 2030
• Is the Sun Missing Its Spots?
• Global Warming Creates Power Struggle in Arctic
• Carbon Offset Smackdown
• U.S. Says China Must "Pay" To Cut Greenhouse Gases
• Medical Records at Kitsap Hospitals, Clinics Going From Reams to Bytes
• Forrester Reports Spike in Internet Users
• Kansas Spreads Rural Broadband Internet Access
• Editorial - Is It Better To Bing That Google?
• Yahoo Jazzes up Home Page with Major Makeover
• Yahoo Board Member Icahn Wants Microsoft Deal
• AOL Tries To Recapture That Start-Up Feeling
• Netgear Routers to Measure Internet Consumption
• The Kiln-Dried Nature of Washington's Fire Season
• U.S. Withheld Data on Risks of Distracted Driving
• Gregoire Ignores Her Own Travel Ban
• WA among Last States to Allow Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Immigrants
• Fighting-For-Life Fair: King County Passes off Fair Baton
WORD OF THE DAY
Nyctalopia • \nick-tuh-LOE-pee-yah\ • noun - reduced visual capacity in faint light (as at night): night blindness
The creeping twilight was anathema to Derwood. His nyctalopia greatly diminished his quality of life and intake of adult beverages at parties. Because of the dimly lit backyard barbeques so favored by his friends, he was unable to determine what was placed in his outstretched hand until he took that first, fateful sip. More often than not, it was a disappointing exercise.
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
Local Power Providers Brace for BPA Rate Hike (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Local-Power-Provider-Braces-for-BPA-Rate=1&blockID=64963&feedID=410
Mysterious Electrical Sparks Stump Vancouver Firefighters - Stray voltage flows into 5 homes through outlets (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090721/NEWS02/707219988/
California Dreaming? - Stimulus Helps Bring Calif. Petcoke Plant Closer to Reality “…National Resources Defense Council says the plant's design, known as "integrated gasification combined cycle," is one of the most promising technologies available for burning fossil fuels…” (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/20/20greenwire-stimulus-helps-bring-calif-petcoke-plant-close-79134.html
California - Pacific Gas and Electric, Citing Infrastructure, Seeks Rate Hikes (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/20/BU6P18S69D.DTL&feed=rss.business#ixzz0LuRb0FEC
San Jose Mercury News Op/Ed - Power Line Project Doomed By Poor Planning, Communication
http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_12878271
North Carolina - Businesses fight ruling on utility charge: Some major customers say they're exempt from charges for a utility-grid upgrade (News and Observer, Raleigh, NC)
http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/1615105.html
Is Submetering Fair? One Building’s Case (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/is-submetering-fair-one-buildings-case/
Smart Meter Market in Limbo after 2009's First Quarter (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ARTCL&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=366531&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Costs and Benefits of Smart Meters and the Smart Grid (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ARTCL&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=366538&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
July 24-26 - PUD 3 to Promote Electrical Safety at Mason County Fair (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=579
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho Plans Chinook Salmon Release (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/916664.html
Troopers Accused Of Killing Baby Seagulls – um, seagull chicks (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_072009WAB-troopers-seagulls-KC.5ecab71c.html?rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Olympia-Area Cities Step Closer to Ex-Brewery’s Water (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/916355.html
BC Mining Plan Threatens Sumas, WA Water (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_072009WAB-sumas-water-supply-TP.5d2882a9.html?rss
From Energy to Recreation - NOAA Chief Says New Ocean Uses Creating Conflicts
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009505813_apusoceanplanning.html?syndication=rss
Trend Worsening For Pollutant in 16 National Parks (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10755581
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
US Wind Market is Weaker than in 2008 (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/07/us-wind-market-is-weaker-than-in-2008?cmpid=rss
Oregon No. 12 in Wind Power Added in 2008 (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/jamie_francis_the_oregonianwin.html
Town of Dayton Pushes Blue Sky Renewable Energy Program (Union-Bulletin, Walla Walla, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/07/20/local_news/090720local05bluesky.txt
Report: Wind Power Faces Turbulence (Business First of Columbus)
http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2009/07/20/daily5.html
New York Wind Power: Developers Should Pay Full Taxes (Watertown Daily Times, NY)
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20090721/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Governors Call for Carbon-Neutral Buildings by 2030 (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/20/20greenwire-governors-call-for-carbon-neutral-buildings-by-63515.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Is the Sun Missing Its Spots? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/science/space/21sunspot.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Global Warming Creates Power Struggle in Arctic (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/international/2009/july/Global-Warming-Creates-Power-Struggle-in-Arctic.html
Carbon Offset Smackdown - Maybe carbon offsetting isn't as fool-proofed as many businesses would like people to believe (Mother Nature Network)
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/energy/stories/carbon-offset-smackdown
U.S. Says China Must "Pay" To Cut Greenhouse Gases (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE56K0IZ20090721
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Medical Records at Kitsap Hospitals, Clinics Going From Reams to Bytes (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/20/medical-records-at-kitsap-hospitals-clinics-from/?partner=RSS
Forrester Reports Spike in Internet Users (Boston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/07/20/daily15.html?ana=from_rss
Kansas Spreads Rural Broadband Internet Access (Kansas City Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2009/07/20/daily13.html?ana=from_rss
SF Chronicle Editorial - Is It Better To Bing That Google?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/21/EDH118QU2J.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Yahoo Jazzes up Home Page with Major Makeover (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/20/financial/f180126D24.DTL&feed=rss.business#ixzz0LuRSy58R
Yahoo Board Member Icahn Wants Microsoft Deal (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE56H0C420090718?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
AOL Tries To Recapture That Start-Up Feeling (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12878130
Netgear Routers to Measure Internet Consumption (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/20/financial/f131403D65.DTL&feed=rss.business
GENERAL NEWS
The Kiln-Dried Nature of Washington's Fire Season (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_072009WAB-fire-season-SW.5cda9e15.html?rss
U.S. Withheld Data on Risks of Distracted Driving (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/technology/21distracted.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Gregoire Ignores Her Own Travel Ban (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5446-gregoire-ignores-her-own-travel-ban/
Washington among Last States to Allow Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Immigrants (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/07/20/news//doc4a64a6bbe1e8f085313534.txt
Fighting-For-Life Fair: King County Passes off Fair Baton (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5445-fighting-life-fair
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Threatened With Layoffs, French Factory Workers Threaten Explosion (Web In France Magazine)
http://www.webinfrance.com/threatened-with-layoffs-french-factory-workers-threaten-explosion-720.html
Slytherin Influences? Pot-Growing 'Harry Potter' Actor Gets Community Service
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12882637
Apple Downplays Fiery iPod Incidents
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20089894/detail.html
German Police Catch Underwear Thief
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE56J53920090720?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
SONG OF THE DAY
Ohio Players- Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY1bZs8XJNQ
Monday, July 20, 2009
Energy News Digest for July 20, 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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• BPA Proposal Looks Like It Will Keep Ferndale-Area Intalco Smelter Going
• Intalco: New BPA Deal Will Allow Us to Stay Open
• West Virginia - Retraining of former Century Aluminum workers an uphill climb
• Astoria, Ore.: County Commissioners Again OK Gas Terminal
• Orcas Power & Light Cooperative Fuel Mix: 95% Greenhouse Gas Free
• Adjustments to raise Avista rates in Idaho slightly
• Portland General Electric Names New Vice Presidents
• Senator Says TVA's Future Should Include More Nuclear, Conservation
• Nuclear - The Renewable With Power
• Nuclear Power - What the Rest of the World Can Teach America
• Tennessee Valley Authority Increases Hazard Ratings on Coal Ash Sites
• Maryland - Baltimore could build own power plants
• IGCC Plant Fracas - Mississippi Power Corrects Erroneous Information
• TransAlta to Launch Offer for Canadian Hydro Developers
• Michigan Electric Cooperative Embezzlement Case Update
• Smart Grid is the Scam of the Century
• Texas Lineman's Rodeo Showcases Skills, Teamwork
• Op/Ed –BPA Speaks: The Northwest Salmon Debate
• Analysis: Fish & Energy Needs Clash in Midwest
• Montana Trout Rebounding
• Op/Ed - Restoring a Northwest Jewel: Hemlock Dam's Removal
• Columbia Tribal Fish Commission Names Nez Perce Chairwoman
• California - No Way to Guard New Ocean Sanctuaries
• Annual Milfoil Removal Begins At Chelan PUD Parks
• Columbia River Channel Money Gets House OK
• Op/Ed - Be Green about Water by Going Slow With the Flow
• As The Wind Blows - BPA Tries To Grapple With Wind Supply
• Radar Ridge wind farm by 2010?
• News Photos: More Wind Components at Port Of Longview
• Wind Farm Foes Describe the Noise - No Peace & Quiet
• Seattle City Light RFP Seeks 50 MW of Green Power
• Idaho – Federal Money to Expand Boise's Geothermal System
• Inventive Colville Man Gives Life to Wood-To-Energy Technology
• Congress Shows Overwhelming Support for Hydro
• Kansas - Bowersock Leaders Planning To Build a New Hydro Plant
• Hydropower in Europe: Current Status, Future Opportunities
• United Kingdom - Green Dream Runs Low on Power
• Free Light Bulbs for PSE Customers
• Conservation to Be Chelan PUD’s Focus for Stimulus Funding
• A New Enforcer in Buildings, the Energy Inspector
• North Carolina - Wal-Mart Wants Out Of Energy Conservation Surcharge
• House Climate Bill Was Flooded With Last-Minute Changes
• Lobbyists Lining Up For Shot At Climate Bill
• Pollution Credits Are Hot Issue in Climate Bill
• Op/Ed - Global Warming Believers Aren't About Science
• Ozone Hole Fallout - Chemicals That Eased One Woe Worsen Another
• Obama's Parks Pick Would Face Challenges
• Poll: Seattle Disposable Bag Tax Is Going Down
• Data Center Cooling – Quincy’s Reclaimed Water Flowing at Microsoft
• The Hidden Cost of the Cloud - Bandwidth Charges
• 4 1/2 Ways to Deal with Data during Cloudbursts
• Qwest Doubles Top Broadband Speed in Some Cities
• Yahoo & Microsoft Said to Be Closer to Search Deal
• Microsoft's New Mantra: Save People Money
• Are The Stars Aligning For Telemedicine's Success?
• As Media Grow, FCC Looks Ahead
• Shelton Woman Dies In Crash On McCreavy Road
• Thurston County: Two Die In SUV Wreck on State Route 8
• Shelton City Commission: Building Moratorium & Transportation Plan
• Afghanistan - Captured U.S. Soldier Is 23-Year-Old NW Man
• California Sprouts Marijuana 'Green Rush'
• Oregon to Allow Farmers to Grow Hemp
• 40 Years Later, Moon Still Giant Leap for Mankind
WORD OF THE DAY
Déjà vu • \DAY-zhu -voo\ • noun – 1a: the illusion of remembering scenes and events when experienced for the first time b: a feeling that one has seen or heard something before 2: something overly or unpleasantly familiar
The Army Corps of Engineers biologist had fled the fish wars of the Pacific Northwest for the Idyllic climate of the White River Basin. Until, that is, the fateful day came when his project became the target of an environmental organization accusing his employer of damaging fish runs.
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
BPA proposal looks like it will keep Ferndale-area Intalco smelter going (The Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/255/story/992947.html
Intalco: New BPA Deal Will Allow Us to Stay Open (The Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/latestheadlines/story/992911.html
West Virginia - Retraining of former Century Aluminum workers an uphill climb: Since the Century Aluminum plant near Ravenswood closed five months ago and threw 650 people out of work…promised placement programs have had few tangible successes (Charleston Daily Mail, WV)
http://www.dailymail.com/Business/200907190324
Astoria, Ore.: County Commissioners Again OK Gas Terminal (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/815238.html
Orcas Power & Light Cooperative Fuel Mix: 95% Greenhouse Gas Free (Islands Weekly, Lopez Island, WA)
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/sanjuans/isw/news/51059437.html
Adjustments to raise Avista rates in Idaho slightly (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA - There goes the residential exchange…)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/17/adjustments-raise-avista-rates-idaho-slightly/
Portland General Electric Names New Vice Presidents (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/20/daily3.html?ana=from_rss
Tenn. Senator Says TVA's Future Should Include More Nuclear, Conservation (WHNT-TV, Huntsville, AL)
http://www.whnt.com/news/sns-ap-tn--tva-alexander,0,1721226.story
Nuclear - The Renewable With Power (Tampa Bay Tribune, FL)
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jul/19/co-nuclear---the-renewable-with-power/news-opinion-commentary/
Energy Dependence - What the Rest of the World Can Teach America in Its Return to Nuclear Power (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/207235?from=rss
Tennessee Valley Authority Increases Hazard Ratings on Coal Ash Sites (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/science/earth/18ash.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Maryland - Baltimore could build own power plants: Details are scant; aim is to lower residents’ energy bills (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/07/20/story2.html?ana=from_rss
IGCC Plant Fracas - Mississippi Power Corrects Erroneous Information by the Sierra Club (WebWire)
http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=99545
TransAlta to Launch Offer for Canadian Hydro Developers (Proactive Investors)
http://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1906/transalta-to-launch-c455-all-cash-offer-for-canadian-hydro-developers-1906.html
Michigan Electric Cooperative Embezzlement Case Update (Petosky News-Review, MI)
http://www.petoskeynews.com/articles/2009/07/17/news/doc4a607aea1ddad043030800.txt
Smart Grid is the Scam of the Century (Gerson Lehman Group)
http://www.glgroup.com/News/Smart-Grid-is-the-Scam-of-the-Century-41531.html
Texas Lineman's Rodeo Showcases Skills, Teamwork (San Antonio Express News, TX)
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/51102377.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregonian Op/Ed –BPA Speaks: The Northwest Salmon Debate
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/the_northwest_salmon_debate.html
Analysis: Fish And Energy Needs Clash in Midwest (Associated Press – As Dean Boyer of WPUDA points out “Déjà vu”)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/business/6536696.html
Montana Trout Rebounding - Famed River’s Rainbows Had Been Decimated by Whirling Disease (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/20/montana-trout-rebounding/
Columbian Op/Ed - Restoring a Northwest Jewel: Hemlock Dam's removal victory for steelhead, those who love nature
http://columbian.com/article/20090719/OPINION03/707199994/-1/OPINION
Columbia Tribal Fish Commission Names Nez Perce Chairwoman (Associated Press)
http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=10745707
California - No Way to Guard New Ocean Sanctuaries, State Game Wardens Say - It seems a contradiction: State game wardens oppose creating 30 new ocean sanctuaries on California's coast to protect sensitive fisheries (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2036097.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Annual Milfoil Removal Begins At Chelan PUD Parks (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090718/NEWS04/707189944/1001/NEWS04
Columbia River Channel Money Gets House OK (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090718/NEWS02/707189964/
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Be Green about Water by Going Slow With the Flow
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2009492253_ecoconsumer18m.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
As The Wind Blows - BPA Tries To Grapple With Wind Supply (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95469
Radar Ridge wind farm by 2010? (National Wind Watch)
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/11/11/radar-ridge-wind-farm-by-2010/
News Photos: More Wind Components at Port Of Longview (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/17//area_news/doc4a60c898eb334150132063.txt
Wind Farm Foes Describe the Noise - No Peace And Quiet: Effect of 50 Turbines 'Almost Unbearable' (Watertown Daily Times, NY)
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20090717/NEWS03/307179968/0/FRONTPAGE
Seattle City Light RFP Seeks 50 MW of Green Power (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/archives/173968.asp?source=rss
Idaho - Money to Expand Boise's Geothermal System Included In Department Of Energy Bill (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/boise/story/837403.html
Inventive Colville Man Gives Life to Wood-To-Energy Technology (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/19/inventive-colville-man-gives-life-to-wood-to/
Congress Shows Overwhelming Support for Hydro (Renewable Energy News)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/national-hydropower-association/news/article/2009/07/congress-shows-overwhelming-support-for-hydro?cmpid=rss
Kansas - Bowersock Leaders Planning To Build a New Hydro-Electric Power Plant (Lawrence Journal-World, KS)
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/jul/17/bowersock-leaders-planning-build-news-hydro-electr/?city_local
Hydropower in Europe: Current Status, Future Opportunities (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/07/hydropower-in-europe-current-status-future-opportunities?cmpid=rss
United Kingdom - Green Dream Runs Low on Power: The closure of a turbine plant on the Isle of Wight is symbolic of a dangerously becalmed renewables sector
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jul/19/wind-power-isle-wight
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Free Light Bulbs for PSE Customers (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/bellevueblog/2009491159_freebulbsforpsecustomers.html?syndication=rss
Conservation to Be Chelan PUD’s Focus for Stimulus Funding (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090717/NEWS04/707179969?Conservation-to-be-PUD%E2%80%99-s-focus-for-stimulus-funding
A New Enforcer in Buildings, the Energy Inspector (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/business/energy-environment/18codes.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
North Carolina - Wal-Mart Wants Out Of Energy Conservation Surcharge (Triangle Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/07/20/story3.html?ana=from_rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
House Climate Bill Was Flooded With Last-Minute Changes - Many provisions were narrowly focused to help certain industries. Expect more of the same in the Senate (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-climate-fineprint20-2009jul20,0,5210778.story
Lobbyists Lining Up For Shot At Climate Bill (The Hill)
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/lobbyists-lining-up-for-shot-at-climate-bill-2009-07-19.html
Pollution Credits Are Hot Issue in Climate Bill (Des Moines Register, IA)
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090720/BUSINESS/907200320/-1/LIFE04
Salem Statesman Journal Op/Ed - Global Warming Believers Aren't About Science
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090718/OPINION/907180309/1049
Ozone Hole Fallout - Chemicals That Eased One Woe Worsen Another (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071901817.html?nav=rss_email/components
Obama's Parks Pick Would Face Challenges (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/915351.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Poll: Seattle Disposable Bag Tax Is Going Down (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/173976.asp?source=pimail
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Data Center Cooling – Quincy’s Reclaimed Water Flowing at Microsoft (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090717/NEWS04/707189984/1025/rss1025
The Hidden Cost of the Cloud - Bandwidth Charges: Microsoft is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build out its next generation of data centers to host its cloud computing offering (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/17/the-hidden-cost-of-the-cloud-bandwidth-charges/
4 1/2 Ways to Deal with Data during Cloudbursts (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/19/4-12-ways-to-deal-with-data-during-cloudbursts/
Qwest Doubles Top Broadband Speed in Some Cities (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009503722_apustectechbitqwestinternet.html?syndication=rss
Yahoo and Microsoft Said to Be Closer to Search Deal (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/yahoo-and-microsoft-closer-to-a-partnership/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Microsoft's New Mantra: Save People Money (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2009500612_microsoftsales20.html?syndication=rss
Are The Stars Aligning For Telemedicine's Succcess? (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10290067-92.html?tag=nl.e703
As Media Grow, FCC Looks Ahead - Agency's New Chief Is a Product of the Information Age (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071901826.html?wprss=rss_business
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Woman Dies In Crash On McCreavy Road (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7824/reftab/1632/t/WOMAN-DIES-IN-CRASH-ON-MCREAVY-ROAD/Default.aspx
Thurston County: Two Die In SUV Wreck On State Route 8 (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/915348.html
Shelton City Commission Holding Hearings On Building Moratorium And Transportation Plan Tonight (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7823/reftab/1632/t/CITY-COMMISSION-HOLDING-HEARINGS-ON-BUILDING-MORATORIUM-AND-TRANSPORTATION-PLAN-TONIGHT/Default.aspx
Afghanistan - Captured U.S. Soldier Is 23-Year-Old NW Man (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51137282.html
California Sprouts Marijuana 'Green Rush' (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2125347~California_sprouts_marijuana__green_rush_.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Oregon to Allow Farmers to Grow Hemp (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071909ORB-AP-oregon-hemp-SW.58b8ac37.html?rss?npc
40 Years Later, Moon Still Giant Leap for Mankind (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009500005_apusscimoonanniversary.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Neil Armstrong's $10.50 Check Sells For $27K
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20075293/detail.html
North Carolina Man Calls 911 to Report He's Robbing Bank
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20077952/detail.html
Boys Will Be Boys - Idaho Wrestlers Told To Abandon Bikini Tops
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071909IDN-bikini-boys-SW.57eac57b.html?rss
Waller Of '60s Pop Duo Peter and Gordon Dies At 64
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12875727
SONG OF THE DAY
A World without Love - Peter & Gordon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_lJPUKTchI
Lady Godiva - Peter & Gordon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_lJPUKTchI
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• BPA Proposal Looks Like It Will Keep Ferndale-Area Intalco Smelter Going
• Intalco: New BPA Deal Will Allow Us to Stay Open
• West Virginia - Retraining of former Century Aluminum workers an uphill climb
• Astoria, Ore.: County Commissioners Again OK Gas Terminal
• Orcas Power & Light Cooperative Fuel Mix: 95% Greenhouse Gas Free
• Adjustments to raise Avista rates in Idaho slightly
• Portland General Electric Names New Vice Presidents
• Senator Says TVA's Future Should Include More Nuclear, Conservation
• Nuclear - The Renewable With Power
• Nuclear Power - What the Rest of the World Can Teach America
• Tennessee Valley Authority Increases Hazard Ratings on Coal Ash Sites
• Maryland - Baltimore could build own power plants
• IGCC Plant Fracas - Mississippi Power Corrects Erroneous Information
• TransAlta to Launch Offer for Canadian Hydro Developers
• Michigan Electric Cooperative Embezzlement Case Update
• Smart Grid is the Scam of the Century
• Texas Lineman's Rodeo Showcases Skills, Teamwork
• Op/Ed –BPA Speaks: The Northwest Salmon Debate
• Analysis: Fish & Energy Needs Clash in Midwest
• Montana Trout Rebounding
• Op/Ed - Restoring a Northwest Jewel: Hemlock Dam's Removal
• Columbia Tribal Fish Commission Names Nez Perce Chairwoman
• California - No Way to Guard New Ocean Sanctuaries
• Annual Milfoil Removal Begins At Chelan PUD Parks
• Columbia River Channel Money Gets House OK
• Op/Ed - Be Green about Water by Going Slow With the Flow
• As The Wind Blows - BPA Tries To Grapple With Wind Supply
• Radar Ridge wind farm by 2010?
• News Photos: More Wind Components at Port Of Longview
• Wind Farm Foes Describe the Noise - No Peace & Quiet
• Seattle City Light RFP Seeks 50 MW of Green Power
• Idaho – Federal Money to Expand Boise's Geothermal System
• Inventive Colville Man Gives Life to Wood-To-Energy Technology
• Congress Shows Overwhelming Support for Hydro
• Kansas - Bowersock Leaders Planning To Build a New Hydro Plant
• Hydropower in Europe: Current Status, Future Opportunities
• United Kingdom - Green Dream Runs Low on Power
• Free Light Bulbs for PSE Customers
• Conservation to Be Chelan PUD’s Focus for Stimulus Funding
• A New Enforcer in Buildings, the Energy Inspector
• North Carolina - Wal-Mart Wants Out Of Energy Conservation Surcharge
• House Climate Bill Was Flooded With Last-Minute Changes
• Lobbyists Lining Up For Shot At Climate Bill
• Pollution Credits Are Hot Issue in Climate Bill
• Op/Ed - Global Warming Believers Aren't About Science
• Ozone Hole Fallout - Chemicals That Eased One Woe Worsen Another
• Obama's Parks Pick Would Face Challenges
• Poll: Seattle Disposable Bag Tax Is Going Down
• Data Center Cooling – Quincy’s Reclaimed Water Flowing at Microsoft
• The Hidden Cost of the Cloud - Bandwidth Charges
• 4 1/2 Ways to Deal with Data during Cloudbursts
• Qwest Doubles Top Broadband Speed in Some Cities
• Yahoo & Microsoft Said to Be Closer to Search Deal
• Microsoft's New Mantra: Save People Money
• Are The Stars Aligning For Telemedicine's Success?
• As Media Grow, FCC Looks Ahead
• Shelton Woman Dies In Crash On McCreavy Road
• Thurston County: Two Die In SUV Wreck on State Route 8
• Shelton City Commission: Building Moratorium & Transportation Plan
• Afghanistan - Captured U.S. Soldier Is 23-Year-Old NW Man
• California Sprouts Marijuana 'Green Rush'
• Oregon to Allow Farmers to Grow Hemp
• 40 Years Later, Moon Still Giant Leap for Mankind
WORD OF THE DAY
Déjà vu • \DAY-zhu -voo\ • noun – 1a: the illusion of remembering scenes and events when experienced for the first time b: a feeling that one has seen or heard something before 2: something overly or unpleasantly familiar
The Army Corps of Engineers biologist had fled the fish wars of the Pacific Northwest for the Idyllic climate of the White River Basin. Until, that is, the fateful day came when his project became the target of an environmental organization accusing his employer of damaging fish runs.
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
BPA proposal looks like it will keep Ferndale-area Intalco smelter going (The Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/255/story/992947.html
Intalco: New BPA Deal Will Allow Us to Stay Open (The Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/latestheadlines/story/992911.html
West Virginia - Retraining of former Century Aluminum workers an uphill climb: Since the Century Aluminum plant near Ravenswood closed five months ago and threw 650 people out of work…promised placement programs have had few tangible successes (Charleston Daily Mail, WV)
http://www.dailymail.com/Business/200907190324
Astoria, Ore.: County Commissioners Again OK Gas Terminal (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/815238.html
Orcas Power & Light Cooperative Fuel Mix: 95% Greenhouse Gas Free (Islands Weekly, Lopez Island, WA)
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/sanjuans/isw/news/51059437.html
Adjustments to raise Avista rates in Idaho slightly (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA - There goes the residential exchange…)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/17/adjustments-raise-avista-rates-idaho-slightly/
Portland General Electric Names New Vice Presidents (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/20/daily3.html?ana=from_rss
Tenn. Senator Says TVA's Future Should Include More Nuclear, Conservation (WHNT-TV, Huntsville, AL)
http://www.whnt.com/news/sns-ap-tn--tva-alexander,0,1721226.story
Nuclear - The Renewable With Power (Tampa Bay Tribune, FL)
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jul/19/co-nuclear---the-renewable-with-power/news-opinion-commentary/
Energy Dependence - What the Rest of the World Can Teach America in Its Return to Nuclear Power (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/207235?from=rss
Tennessee Valley Authority Increases Hazard Ratings on Coal Ash Sites (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/science/earth/18ash.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Maryland - Baltimore could build own power plants: Details are scant; aim is to lower residents’ energy bills (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/07/20/story2.html?ana=from_rss
IGCC Plant Fracas - Mississippi Power Corrects Erroneous Information by the Sierra Club (WebWire)
http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=99545
TransAlta to Launch Offer for Canadian Hydro Developers (Proactive Investors)
http://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1906/transalta-to-launch-c455-all-cash-offer-for-canadian-hydro-developers-1906.html
Michigan Electric Cooperative Embezzlement Case Update (Petosky News-Review, MI)
http://www.petoskeynews.com/articles/2009/07/17/news/doc4a607aea1ddad043030800.txt
Smart Grid is the Scam of the Century (Gerson Lehman Group)
http://www.glgroup.com/News/Smart-Grid-is-the-Scam-of-the-Century-41531.html
Texas Lineman's Rodeo Showcases Skills, Teamwork (San Antonio Express News, TX)
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/51102377.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregonian Op/Ed –BPA Speaks: The Northwest Salmon Debate
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/the_northwest_salmon_debate.html
Analysis: Fish And Energy Needs Clash in Midwest (Associated Press – As Dean Boyer of WPUDA points out “Déjà vu”)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/business/6536696.html
Montana Trout Rebounding - Famed River’s Rainbows Had Been Decimated by Whirling Disease (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/20/montana-trout-rebounding/
Columbian Op/Ed - Restoring a Northwest Jewel: Hemlock Dam's removal victory for steelhead, those who love nature
http://columbian.com/article/20090719/OPINION03/707199994/-1/OPINION
Columbia Tribal Fish Commission Names Nez Perce Chairwoman (Associated Press)
http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=10745707
California - No Way to Guard New Ocean Sanctuaries, State Game Wardens Say - It seems a contradiction: State game wardens oppose creating 30 new ocean sanctuaries on California's coast to protect sensitive fisheries (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2036097.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Annual Milfoil Removal Begins At Chelan PUD Parks (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090718/NEWS04/707189944/1001/NEWS04
Columbia River Channel Money Gets House OK (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090718/NEWS02/707189964/
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Be Green about Water by Going Slow With the Flow
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2009492253_ecoconsumer18m.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
As The Wind Blows - BPA Tries To Grapple With Wind Supply (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95469
Radar Ridge wind farm by 2010? (National Wind Watch)
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/11/11/radar-ridge-wind-farm-by-2010/
News Photos: More Wind Components at Port Of Longview (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/17//area_news/doc4a60c898eb334150132063.txt
Wind Farm Foes Describe the Noise - No Peace And Quiet: Effect of 50 Turbines 'Almost Unbearable' (Watertown Daily Times, NY)
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20090717/NEWS03/307179968/0/FRONTPAGE
Seattle City Light RFP Seeks 50 MW of Green Power (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/archives/173968.asp?source=rss
Idaho - Money to Expand Boise's Geothermal System Included In Department Of Energy Bill (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/boise/story/837403.html
Inventive Colville Man Gives Life to Wood-To-Energy Technology (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/19/inventive-colville-man-gives-life-to-wood-to/
Congress Shows Overwhelming Support for Hydro (Renewable Energy News)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/national-hydropower-association/news/article/2009/07/congress-shows-overwhelming-support-for-hydro?cmpid=rss
Kansas - Bowersock Leaders Planning To Build a New Hydro-Electric Power Plant (Lawrence Journal-World, KS)
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/jul/17/bowersock-leaders-planning-build-news-hydro-electr/?city_local
Hydropower in Europe: Current Status, Future Opportunities (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/07/hydropower-in-europe-current-status-future-opportunities?cmpid=rss
United Kingdom - Green Dream Runs Low on Power: The closure of a turbine plant on the Isle of Wight is symbolic of a dangerously becalmed renewables sector
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jul/19/wind-power-isle-wight
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Free Light Bulbs for PSE Customers (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/bellevueblog/2009491159_freebulbsforpsecustomers.html?syndication=rss
Conservation to Be Chelan PUD’s Focus for Stimulus Funding (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090717/NEWS04/707179969?Conservation-to-be-PUD%E2%80%99-s-focus-for-stimulus-funding
A New Enforcer in Buildings, the Energy Inspector (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/business/energy-environment/18codes.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
North Carolina - Wal-Mart Wants Out Of Energy Conservation Surcharge (Triangle Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/07/20/story3.html?ana=from_rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
House Climate Bill Was Flooded With Last-Minute Changes - Many provisions were narrowly focused to help certain industries. Expect more of the same in the Senate (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-climate-fineprint20-2009jul20,0,5210778.story
Lobbyists Lining Up For Shot At Climate Bill (The Hill)
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/lobbyists-lining-up-for-shot-at-climate-bill-2009-07-19.html
Pollution Credits Are Hot Issue in Climate Bill (Des Moines Register, IA)
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090720/BUSINESS/907200320/-1/LIFE04
Salem Statesman Journal Op/Ed - Global Warming Believers Aren't About Science
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090718/OPINION/907180309/1049
Ozone Hole Fallout - Chemicals That Eased One Woe Worsen Another (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071901817.html?nav=rss_email/components
Obama's Parks Pick Would Face Challenges (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/915351.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Poll: Seattle Disposable Bag Tax Is Going Down (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/173976.asp?source=pimail
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Data Center Cooling – Quincy’s Reclaimed Water Flowing at Microsoft (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090717/NEWS04/707189984/1025/rss1025
The Hidden Cost of the Cloud - Bandwidth Charges: Microsoft is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build out its next generation of data centers to host its cloud computing offering (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/17/the-hidden-cost-of-the-cloud-bandwidth-charges/
4 1/2 Ways to Deal with Data during Cloudbursts (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/19/4-12-ways-to-deal-with-data-during-cloudbursts/
Qwest Doubles Top Broadband Speed in Some Cities (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009503722_apustectechbitqwestinternet.html?syndication=rss
Yahoo and Microsoft Said to Be Closer to Search Deal (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/yahoo-and-microsoft-closer-to-a-partnership/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Microsoft's New Mantra: Save People Money (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2009500612_microsoftsales20.html?syndication=rss
Are The Stars Aligning For Telemedicine's Succcess? (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10290067-92.html?tag=nl.e703
As Media Grow, FCC Looks Ahead - Agency's New Chief Is a Product of the Information Age (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071901826.html?wprss=rss_business
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Woman Dies In Crash On McCreavy Road (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7824/reftab/1632/t/WOMAN-DIES-IN-CRASH-ON-MCREAVY-ROAD/Default.aspx
Thurston County: Two Die In SUV Wreck On State Route 8 (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/915348.html
Shelton City Commission Holding Hearings On Building Moratorium And Transportation Plan Tonight (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7823/reftab/1632/t/CITY-COMMISSION-HOLDING-HEARINGS-ON-BUILDING-MORATORIUM-AND-TRANSPORTATION-PLAN-TONIGHT/Default.aspx
Afghanistan - Captured U.S. Soldier Is 23-Year-Old NW Man (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51137282.html
California Sprouts Marijuana 'Green Rush' (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2125347~California_sprouts_marijuana__green_rush_.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Oregon to Allow Farmers to Grow Hemp (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071909ORB-AP-oregon-hemp-SW.58b8ac37.html?rss?npc
40 Years Later, Moon Still Giant Leap for Mankind (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009500005_apusscimoonanniversary.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Neil Armstrong's $10.50 Check Sells For $27K
http://www.kirotv.com/money/20075293/detail.html
North Carolina Man Calls 911 to Report He's Robbing Bank
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20077952/detail.html
Boys Will Be Boys - Idaho Wrestlers Told To Abandon Bikini Tops
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071909IDN-bikini-boys-SW.57eac57b.html?rss
Waller Of '60s Pop Duo Peter and Gordon Dies At 64
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12875727
SONG OF THE DAY
A World without Love - Peter & Gordon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_lJPUKTchI
Lady Godiva - Peter & Gordon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_lJPUKTchI
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