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)
• Columbia Falls Aluminum to Shut Down by End of the Month
• Study’s Conclusion: Hydro Boom Means Jobs for West
• A City of 'Experts' Ponders a New Energy-Saving System
• Pikeminnow: Salmon Predator Catch Down, But Officials See Success
• Coho Bag Limit Will Increase By One Fish in Columbia River
• Coho Run Remains Strong With Season Winding Down
• Chronicle Editorial - Baird Opens Door for Water Retention Proposal
• State Clarifies Muddy Rain Collecting Law
• Shades of Nisqually - State's Habitat Project near Stanwood Raises Farmers’ Ire
• We’re Number Two! Rural Oregon Ranks High In Wind Energy
• Wind Industry Uses Federal Grants To Add Capacity
• Raft River Resurgence
• Arlington Firm Leads Way in Solar Panels
• United Kingdom - Inquiry Re-Opens On Wind Turbines
• Washington Ranked 7th among States for Energy Efficiency Policies
• Olympian Editorial - Wise Energy Use Creates Unique Partnerships
• BP Chief Sees Decades of Fossil Fuel Use
• DSL Provider CenturyTel Gets New Name
• FCC Set To Take on Aggressive Role as Internet Traffic Cop
• Seattle Times Op/Ed - Net Neutrality
• Google goes global with Apps
• Yahoo’s Profit Triples Despite Sales Decline
• Internet Advertising Appears To Begin Its Comeback
• Boeing Posts $1.6B Loss in 3Q on Plane Charges
• Port of Shelton Beginning to Look at Running Fairgrounds
• For $15 Scrap Metal Value, Thieves Do $2,000 Damage
• Couple Sentenced for Dropping Rocks on Interstate
WORD OF THE DAY
Defunct • \DEE-funkt\ • noun – No longer living, existing, or functioning
Here’s a do it yourself word of the day example sentence. Make up your own, maybe even use it in a haiku. It’s easy and fun!
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
Columbia Falls Aluminum to Shut Down by End of the Month (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/cfac_to_shut_down_by_end_of_the_month/13705/
Study’s Conclusion: Hydro Boom Means Jobs for West (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/oct/20/studys-conclusion-hydro-boom-means-jobs-for-west/
A City of 'Experts' Ponders a New Energy-Saving System (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/10/21/21climatewire-a-city-of-experts-ponders-a-new-energy-savin-78056.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Pikeminnow: Salmon Predator Catch Down, But Officials See Success (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/760908.html
Coho Bag Limit Will Increase By One Fish in Columbia River (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2009/10/coho_bag_limit_will_increase_b.html
Coho Run Remains Strong With Season Winding Down (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/923607.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Chronicle Editorial - Baird Opens Door for Water Retention Proposal (Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/10/20/opinion/our_views/doc4addf442e10a3864836741.txt
State Clarifies Muddy Rain Collecting Law (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_102109WAB-rain-collecting-law-LJ.23ac3c091.html?rss
Shades of Nisqually - State's Habitat Project near Stanwood Raises Farmers’ Ire (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091021/NEWS01/710219689/-1/RSS02
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
We’re Number Two! Rural Oregon Ranks High In Wind Energy (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/6060-were-number-2-rural-oregon-ranks-high-wind-energy/
Wind Industry Uses Federal Grants To Add Capacity (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/20/financial/f131238D51.DTL&feed=rss.business
Raft River Resurgence - U.S. Geothermal builds Idaho's first commercial geothermal power plant (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/10/raft-river-resurgence
Arlington Firm Leads Way in Solar Panels (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091021/BIZ/710219982/1005
United Kingdom - Inquiry Re-Opens On Wind Turbines Four Years After They Were First Proposed (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/8317739.stm
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Washington Ranked 7th among States for Energy Efficiency Policies (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/archives/182702.asp?source=rss
Olympian Editorial - Wise Energy Use Creates Unique Partnerships
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/1009398.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
BP Chief Sees Decades of Fossil Fuel Use (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/bp-chief-sees-decades-of-fossil-fuel-use/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
DSL Provider CenturyTel Gets New Name (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/21/in-brief-dsl-provider-gets-new-name/
FCC Set To Take on Aggressive Role as Internet Traffic Cop (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13603357?nclick_check=1
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Net Neutrality: Don't Subject the Internet to Politicians and Bureaucracies
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2010102051_guest21gipson.html?syndication=rss
Google goes global with Apps (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE59I09A20091019?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Yahoo’s Profit Triples Despite Sales Decline (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/technology/companies/21yahoo.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Internet Advertising Appears To Begin Its Comeback (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/20/financial/f130354D90.DTL&feed=rss.business
GENERAL NEWS
Boeing Posts $1.6B Loss in 3Q on Plane Charges (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/923795.html
Port of Shelton Beginning to Look at Running Fairgrounds (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=426:port-beginning-to-look-at-running-fairgrounds&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
For $15 Scrap Metal Value, Thieves Do $2,000 Damage - Concern grows over fire system thefts from Tulalip and Marysville buildings (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091021/NEWS01/710219729/-1/RSS02
Couple Sentenced for Dropping Rocks on Interstate (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010101691_apusinterstaterocks1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Do We Need A Doggy Tax Break?
http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/topstocks/archive/2009/10/19/do-we-need-a-doggy-tax-break.aspx
Wisconsin Bill Would Waive License for Home Canners (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/20/financial/f134801D70.DTL&feed=rss.business
Vic Mizzy, Songwriter of ‘Addams Family’ Fame, Dies at 93
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/arts/television/21mizzy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
The Addams Family Theme Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVRX_5tGOlo&feature=related
Green Acres Theme Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbk81X6WHA4
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Energy News Digest for October 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’s Reservoir of Cash Pays Off
• Rehab Contract Awarded for Grand Coulee Project
• Small Firm Names another Site for Idaho Nuke Plant
• Electrical Accident May Have Caused Hot Tub Deaths
• Seattle Public Utilities Tax Rates, Costs High, Audit Finds
• Are You Ready for Winter? If Not, Here Are Some Tips to Get There
• Water Usage, Treatment Brings Increased Power Consumption
• Belgium Delays Nuclear Phase Out until 2025
• Nuclear Power Revival for GE Leaves Waste Unsolved
• Livermore Lab Works On Alaska Coal Power Project – Underground Coal Gasification
• Pennsylvania Businesses May Save Up to 10 Percent or More on Electricity Costs in Newly Competitive Market
• Don’t Miss the Return of Big Mining
• More Money Might Not Speed Salmon Culvert Fixes
• Op/Ed - Fish: The Issue of Chutes & Ladders Can’t Be Ignored
• Editorial - Puget Sound Recovery Going Well On the Nisqually
• Walla Walla Partnership Launches Project to Redraw Water-Use Rules
• Cle Elum Information Meeting on Solar Project Is Thursday
• Bellingham Mayor Proposes New Office, More Green Power in City Budget
• Environmental Concerns Delay Solar Projects in California Desert
• US Department Of Ecology Buys Geothermal Plant in Wyoming
• Giant Wind Turbine, Centerpiece of Research Venture, Switched On Near Boulder
• Michigan - Wind Turbine Concerns Lead to Road Closure, House Evacuations
• Vermont Willow Harvest Promises Cheap Biomass Fuel
• Cowlitz County Contest: How Much Electricity Can You Conserve?
• Vetting the Fridge: Is Your Appliance Lying to You?
• Largest ‘Smart Grid’ Test Hopes to Shock Consumers about Energy Use
• Hoax Pulled on U.S. Chamber over Its Position on Climate Change
• Punked: Chamber of Commerce Says It Was Victim of Climate-Policy Hoax
• Chamber Of Commerce in Climate Change Hoax
• Fake Reporters Part of Climate Pranksters’ ‘Theater’
• Global Warming Could Boost Northwest’s Forest Growth
• Fossil Fuels’ Hidden Cost Is in Billions, Study Says
• Oregon’s Fly-Fishing Governor Aims to Hook Green Jobs
• Another Global-Warming Tort Case Moves Forward
• Study Says Electric Cars Don’t Deserve Halo Yet
• Portland’s Street Grid: Bad for the Environment?
• How Green Is Tofu? You’d Be Surprised to Know
• Op/Ed - Last-Mile Demand Should Be First Concern for Broadband
• Top Tech Firms Back Net-Neutrality Rules
• The Robots Are Coming! Oh, They’re Here
• Hand Sanitizer Helps Spread Fire at Shelton-Area School
• Shelton City Commission Asked to Reconsider Cutting Police Officer
• Supreme Court Justice Kennedy Blocks Release of R-71 Names
• Landslide Repairs Will Delay Washington Highway Projects
• Income Levels Rise In Washington, 35 Other States
• Study Says Washington State Has Nation’s Third-Highest Tax Rate
• Shelton Clears State Audit
• Bremerton Mayor’s Salary May Drop 20 Percent
• Oh, Rats! Rodents on the Rise
• Online Commenting: What Works & What Doesn’t?
WORD OF THE DAY
Asgard • \AZ-gard \ • noun – The home of the Norse gods
Thor and Odin were enjoying their Wednesday night bowling league in Asgard. Enjoying, that is, until Loki came rushing in and laid waste to the scorekeepers.
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
BPA’s Reservoir of Cash Pays Off - Federal utility meets debt obligations despite poor economy, low water (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091020/BIZ01/710209974/-1/BIZ
Rehab Contract Awarded for Grand Coulee Project - Six Transformers to be Replaced Under $26 Million Contract (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/10/rehab-contract-awarded-for-grand-coulee-project?cmpid=rss
Small Firm Names another Site for Idaho Nuke Plant (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010100435_apusnukeplantnewsiteidaho.html?syndication=rss
Electrical Accident May Have Caused Hot Tub Deaths (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21348275/detail.html
Seattle Public Utilities Tax Rates, Costs High, Audit Finds (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010094633_audit17m.html?syndication=rss
Are You Ready for Winter? If Not, Here Are Some Tips to Get There (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/64849282.html
Water Usage, Treatment Brings Increased Power Consumption - Power mostly generated with fossil fuels, contributing to global warming (Las Vegas Sun, NV)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/oct/20/using-water-using-power/
Belgium Delays Nuclear Phase Out until 2025 “…a report…concluded that the energy gap resulting from a nuclear phase-out could not yet be filled with renewables…” (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=370199&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Nuclear Power Revival for GE Leaves Waste Unsolved (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=aQZtg3hJdMYA
Livermore Lab Works On Alaska Coal Power Project – Underground Coal Gasification (San Francisco Business Times)
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/10/19/daily6.html?ana=from_rss
Pennsylvania Businesses May Save Up to 10 Percent or More on Electricity Costs in Newly Competitive Market (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=120791
Don’t Miss the Return of Big Mining “…Rio’s aluminum group continues to struggle, with its production down 4% from a year ago. But that hasn’t stopped U.S. aluminum producers Alcoa and Kaiser Aluminum from watching their share prices more than double since March…” (Motley Fool)
http://www.fool.com/investing/international/2009/10/20/dont-miss-the-return-of-big-mining.aspx
FISH & WILDLIFE
More Money Might Not Speed Salmon Culvert Fixes (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1007897.html
Eugene Register-Guard Op/Ed - Fish: The Issue of Chutes & Ladders Can’t Be Ignored
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/20966841-41/story.csp
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Olympian Editorial - Puget Sound Recovery Going Well On the Nisqually
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/1008272.html
Walla Walla Partnership Launches Project to Redraw Water-Use Rules (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/10/19/local_news/091019local03h20.txt
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Cle Elum Information Meeting on Solar Project Is Thursday (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/10/20/cle-elum-information-meeting-on-solar-project-is-thursday
Bellingham Mayor Proposes New Office, More Green Power in City Budget (Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/1120915.html
Environmental Concerns Delay Solar Projects in California Desert (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-solar19-2009oct19,0,2124650.story
US Department Of Ecology Buys Geothermal Plant in Wyoming (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/19/financial/f140526D61.DTL&feed=rss.business
Giant Wind Turbine, Centerpiece of Research Venture, Switched On Near Boulder (Denver Business Journal)
http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/10/19/daily20.html?ana=from_rss
Michigan - Wind Turbine Concerns Lead to Road Closure, House Evacuations (Cadillac News, MI)
http://www.cadillacnews.com/story_news/?story_id=1175360&year=2009
Vermont Willow Harvest Promises Cheap Biomass Fuel (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010089561_apuswillowpower.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Cowlitz County Contest: How Much Electricity Can You Conserve? (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/20/area_news/doc4add50800416c242168848.txt
Vetting the Fridge: Is Your Appliance Lying to You? (Wall Street Journal)
http://www.smartmoney.com/Spending/Deals/Vetting-the-Fridge-Is-Your-Appliance-Lying-to-You/
Largest ‘Smart Grid’ Test Hopes to Shock Consumers about Energy Use (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/10/20/20climatewire-largest-smart-grid-test-hopes-to-shock-consu-92426.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Hoax Pulled on U.S. Chamber over Its Position on Climate Change (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a3IaPOkIataY
Punked: Chamber of Commerce Says It Was Victim of Climate-Policy Hoax (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/10/19/punked-chamber-of-commerce-says-it-was-victim-of-climate-policy-hoax/
Chamber Of Commerce in Climate Change Hoax (Nat’l Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113943699&ft=1&f=2
Fake Reporters Part of Climate Pranksters’ ‘Theater’ (NY Times – story says faux reporters diminished “real” reporters’ credibility. No, what diminishes “real” reporters credibility is that they fell for this act hook, line and sinker)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/10/20/20greenwire-fake-reporters-part-of-climate-pranksters-thea-39576.html
Global Warming Could Boost Northwest’s Forest Growth -- Except In Most-Logged Areas
(Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/global_warming_could_boost_nor.html
Fossil Fuels’ Hidden Cost Is in Billions, Study Says (NY Times - Ed. Note: I HATE headlines like this. It SHOULD read “Study Says Fossil Fuels’ Hidden Cost Is in Billions”)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/science/earth/20fossil.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon’s Fly-Fishing Governor Aims to Hook Green Jobs (Nat’l Public Radio - Fishes for steelhead, catches a Chinook Salmon)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113841255
Another Global-Warming Tort Case Moves Forward - Mississippi property owners can sue oil, coal & chemical companies whose pollution allegedly elevated sea levels & “added to the ferocity” of Hurricane Katrina (Courthouse News)
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/10/19/Another_Global-Warming_Tort_Case_Moves_Forward.htm
Study Says Electric Cars Don’t Deserve Halo Yet (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE59I5QH20091019
Portland’s Street Grid: Bad for the Environment? (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/portlands_street_grid_bad_for.html
How Green Is Tofu? You’d Be Surprised to Know “…(processing) steps require energy—and they dramatically increase tofu’s carbon footprint…” (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2232916/?from=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Kansas City Star Op/Ed - Last-Mile Demand Should Be First Concern for Broadband
http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/1517715.html
Top Tech Firms Back Net-Neutrality Rules - Letter comes as FCC prepares to vote (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/19/AR2009101903575.html?wprss=rss_technology
The Robots Are Coming! Oh, They’re Here (NY Times)
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/the-robots-are-coming-oh-theyre-here/
GENERAL NEWS
Hand Sanitizer Helps Spread Fire At Shelton-Area School (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_101909WAB-shelton-school-fire-SW.2313fed53.html?rss
Shelton City Commission Asked to Reconsider Cutting Police Officer (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=420:shelton-city-commission-asked-to-reconsider-cutting-officer&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Supreme Court Justice Kennedy Blocks Release of R-71 Names (Associated Press)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/10/19/justice-kennedy-blocks-release-of-r-71-names
Landslide Repairs Will Delay Washington Highway Projects (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/6050-landslide-repairs-will-delay-washington-highway-projects/
Income Levels Rise In Washington, 35 Other States (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/10/19/daily12.html?ana=from_rss
Study Says Washington State Has Nation’s Third-Highest Tax Rate (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/10/19/daily9.html?ana=from_rss
Shelton Clears State Audit (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=421:shelton-clears-audit&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Bremerton Mayor’s Salary May Drop 20 Percent (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010099967_apwabremertonmayor.html?syndication=rss
Oh, Rats! Rodents on the Rise - Thurston County sees more critters and in new areas (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1008232.html
Online Commenting: What Works and What Doesn’t? (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/technology/2009/oct/Online-Commenting--What-Works-and-What-Doesn-t--.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
A New Coke? Well, It’s Smaller
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/all-we-can-eat/?nav=rss_email/components
‘Big Brother’ Winnings Used To Buy Pills - Reality Show Winner Admits To Trying To Resell Oxycodone
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/21348594/detail.html
Robbery Victim Prays With, Hugs Suspect
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21347992/detail.html
Neighbors Object to Four-Story Tree House - Man Ordered To Destroy Structure
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21347579/detail.html
Wily Coyote Survives Wild Ride - Animal Struck By Car, Gets Trapped Behind Grill
http://www.kirotv.com/family/21345970/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Blue Oyster Cult – Godzilla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6rDWqjnW7w
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• BPA’s Reservoir of Cash Pays Off
• Rehab Contract Awarded for Grand Coulee Project
• Small Firm Names another Site for Idaho Nuke Plant
• Electrical Accident May Have Caused Hot Tub Deaths
• Seattle Public Utilities Tax Rates, Costs High, Audit Finds
• Are You Ready for Winter? If Not, Here Are Some Tips to Get There
• Water Usage, Treatment Brings Increased Power Consumption
• Belgium Delays Nuclear Phase Out until 2025
• Nuclear Power Revival for GE Leaves Waste Unsolved
• Livermore Lab Works On Alaska Coal Power Project – Underground Coal Gasification
• Pennsylvania Businesses May Save Up to 10 Percent or More on Electricity Costs in Newly Competitive Market
• Don’t Miss the Return of Big Mining
• More Money Might Not Speed Salmon Culvert Fixes
• Op/Ed - Fish: The Issue of Chutes & Ladders Can’t Be Ignored
• Editorial - Puget Sound Recovery Going Well On the Nisqually
• Walla Walla Partnership Launches Project to Redraw Water-Use Rules
• Cle Elum Information Meeting on Solar Project Is Thursday
• Bellingham Mayor Proposes New Office, More Green Power in City Budget
• Environmental Concerns Delay Solar Projects in California Desert
• US Department Of Ecology Buys Geothermal Plant in Wyoming
• Giant Wind Turbine, Centerpiece of Research Venture, Switched On Near Boulder
• Michigan - Wind Turbine Concerns Lead to Road Closure, House Evacuations
• Vermont Willow Harvest Promises Cheap Biomass Fuel
• Cowlitz County Contest: How Much Electricity Can You Conserve?
• Vetting the Fridge: Is Your Appliance Lying to You?
• Largest ‘Smart Grid’ Test Hopes to Shock Consumers about Energy Use
• Hoax Pulled on U.S. Chamber over Its Position on Climate Change
• Punked: Chamber of Commerce Says It Was Victim of Climate-Policy Hoax
• Chamber Of Commerce in Climate Change Hoax
• Fake Reporters Part of Climate Pranksters’ ‘Theater’
• Global Warming Could Boost Northwest’s Forest Growth
• Fossil Fuels’ Hidden Cost Is in Billions, Study Says
• Oregon’s Fly-Fishing Governor Aims to Hook Green Jobs
• Another Global-Warming Tort Case Moves Forward
• Study Says Electric Cars Don’t Deserve Halo Yet
• Portland’s Street Grid: Bad for the Environment?
• How Green Is Tofu? You’d Be Surprised to Know
• Op/Ed - Last-Mile Demand Should Be First Concern for Broadband
• Top Tech Firms Back Net-Neutrality Rules
• The Robots Are Coming! Oh, They’re Here
• Hand Sanitizer Helps Spread Fire at Shelton-Area School
• Shelton City Commission Asked to Reconsider Cutting Police Officer
• Supreme Court Justice Kennedy Blocks Release of R-71 Names
• Landslide Repairs Will Delay Washington Highway Projects
• Income Levels Rise In Washington, 35 Other States
• Study Says Washington State Has Nation’s Third-Highest Tax Rate
• Shelton Clears State Audit
• Bremerton Mayor’s Salary May Drop 20 Percent
• Oh, Rats! Rodents on the Rise
• Online Commenting: What Works & What Doesn’t?
WORD OF THE DAY
Asgard • \AZ-gard \ • noun – The home of the Norse gods
Thor and Odin were enjoying their Wednesday night bowling league in Asgard. Enjoying, that is, until Loki came rushing in and laid waste to the scorekeepers.
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
BPA’s Reservoir of Cash Pays Off - Federal utility meets debt obligations despite poor economy, low water (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091020/BIZ01/710209974/-1/BIZ
Rehab Contract Awarded for Grand Coulee Project - Six Transformers to be Replaced Under $26 Million Contract (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/10/rehab-contract-awarded-for-grand-coulee-project?cmpid=rss
Small Firm Names another Site for Idaho Nuke Plant (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010100435_apusnukeplantnewsiteidaho.html?syndication=rss
Electrical Accident May Have Caused Hot Tub Deaths (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21348275/detail.html
Seattle Public Utilities Tax Rates, Costs High, Audit Finds (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010094633_audit17m.html?syndication=rss
Are You Ready for Winter? If Not, Here Are Some Tips to Get There (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/64849282.html
Water Usage, Treatment Brings Increased Power Consumption - Power mostly generated with fossil fuels, contributing to global warming (Las Vegas Sun, NV)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/oct/20/using-water-using-power/
Belgium Delays Nuclear Phase Out until 2025 “…a report…concluded that the energy gap resulting from a nuclear phase-out could not yet be filled with renewables…” (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=370199&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Nuclear Power Revival for GE Leaves Waste Unsolved (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=aQZtg3hJdMYA
Livermore Lab Works On Alaska Coal Power Project – Underground Coal Gasification (San Francisco Business Times)
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/10/19/daily6.html?ana=from_rss
Pennsylvania Businesses May Save Up to 10 Percent or More on Electricity Costs in Newly Competitive Market (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=120791
Don’t Miss the Return of Big Mining “…Rio’s aluminum group continues to struggle, with its production down 4% from a year ago. But that hasn’t stopped U.S. aluminum producers Alcoa and Kaiser Aluminum from watching their share prices more than double since March…” (Motley Fool)
http://www.fool.com/investing/international/2009/10/20/dont-miss-the-return-of-big-mining.aspx
FISH & WILDLIFE
More Money Might Not Speed Salmon Culvert Fixes (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1007897.html
Eugene Register-Guard Op/Ed - Fish: The Issue of Chutes & Ladders Can’t Be Ignored
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/20966841-41/story.csp
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Olympian Editorial - Puget Sound Recovery Going Well On the Nisqually
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/1008272.html
Walla Walla Partnership Launches Project to Redraw Water-Use Rules (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/10/19/local_news/091019local03h20.txt
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Cle Elum Information Meeting on Solar Project Is Thursday (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/10/20/cle-elum-information-meeting-on-solar-project-is-thursday
Bellingham Mayor Proposes New Office, More Green Power in City Budget (Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/1120915.html
Environmental Concerns Delay Solar Projects in California Desert (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-solar19-2009oct19,0,2124650.story
US Department Of Ecology Buys Geothermal Plant in Wyoming (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/19/financial/f140526D61.DTL&feed=rss.business
Giant Wind Turbine, Centerpiece of Research Venture, Switched On Near Boulder (Denver Business Journal)
http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/10/19/daily20.html?ana=from_rss
Michigan - Wind Turbine Concerns Lead to Road Closure, House Evacuations (Cadillac News, MI)
http://www.cadillacnews.com/story_news/?story_id=1175360&year=2009
Vermont Willow Harvest Promises Cheap Biomass Fuel (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010089561_apuswillowpower.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Cowlitz County Contest: How Much Electricity Can You Conserve? (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/20/area_news/doc4add50800416c242168848.txt
Vetting the Fridge: Is Your Appliance Lying to You? (Wall Street Journal)
http://www.smartmoney.com/Spending/Deals/Vetting-the-Fridge-Is-Your-Appliance-Lying-to-You/
Largest ‘Smart Grid’ Test Hopes to Shock Consumers about Energy Use (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/10/20/20climatewire-largest-smart-grid-test-hopes-to-shock-consu-92426.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Hoax Pulled on U.S. Chamber over Its Position on Climate Change (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a3IaPOkIataY
Punked: Chamber of Commerce Says It Was Victim of Climate-Policy Hoax (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/10/19/punked-chamber-of-commerce-says-it-was-victim-of-climate-policy-hoax/
Chamber Of Commerce in Climate Change Hoax (Nat’l Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113943699&ft=1&f=2
Fake Reporters Part of Climate Pranksters’ ‘Theater’ (NY Times – story says faux reporters diminished “real” reporters’ credibility. No, what diminishes “real” reporters credibility is that they fell for this act hook, line and sinker)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/10/20/20greenwire-fake-reporters-part-of-climate-pranksters-thea-39576.html
Global Warming Could Boost Northwest’s Forest Growth -- Except In Most-Logged Areas
(Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/global_warming_could_boost_nor.html
Fossil Fuels’ Hidden Cost Is in Billions, Study Says (NY Times - Ed. Note: I HATE headlines like this. It SHOULD read “Study Says Fossil Fuels’ Hidden Cost Is in Billions”)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/science/earth/20fossil.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon’s Fly-Fishing Governor Aims to Hook Green Jobs (Nat’l Public Radio - Fishes for steelhead, catches a Chinook Salmon)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113841255
Another Global-Warming Tort Case Moves Forward - Mississippi property owners can sue oil, coal & chemical companies whose pollution allegedly elevated sea levels & “added to the ferocity” of Hurricane Katrina (Courthouse News)
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/10/19/Another_Global-Warming_Tort_Case_Moves_Forward.htm
Study Says Electric Cars Don’t Deserve Halo Yet (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE59I5QH20091019
Portland’s Street Grid: Bad for the Environment? (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/portlands_street_grid_bad_for.html
How Green Is Tofu? You’d Be Surprised to Know “…(processing) steps require energy—and they dramatically increase tofu’s carbon footprint…” (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2232916/?from=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Kansas City Star Op/Ed - Last-Mile Demand Should Be First Concern for Broadband
http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/1517715.html
Top Tech Firms Back Net-Neutrality Rules - Letter comes as FCC prepares to vote (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/19/AR2009101903575.html?wprss=rss_technology
The Robots Are Coming! Oh, They’re Here (NY Times)
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/the-robots-are-coming-oh-theyre-here/
GENERAL NEWS
Hand Sanitizer Helps Spread Fire At Shelton-Area School (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_101909WAB-shelton-school-fire-SW.2313fed53.html?rss
Shelton City Commission Asked to Reconsider Cutting Police Officer (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=420:shelton-city-commission-asked-to-reconsider-cutting-officer&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Supreme Court Justice Kennedy Blocks Release of R-71 Names (Associated Press)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/10/19/justice-kennedy-blocks-release-of-r-71-names
Landslide Repairs Will Delay Washington Highway Projects (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/6050-landslide-repairs-will-delay-washington-highway-projects/
Income Levels Rise In Washington, 35 Other States (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/10/19/daily12.html?ana=from_rss
Study Says Washington State Has Nation’s Third-Highest Tax Rate (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/10/19/daily9.html?ana=from_rss
Shelton Clears State Audit (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=421:shelton-clears-audit&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Bremerton Mayor’s Salary May Drop 20 Percent (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010099967_apwabremertonmayor.html?syndication=rss
Oh, Rats! Rodents on the Rise - Thurston County sees more critters and in new areas (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1008232.html
Online Commenting: What Works and What Doesn’t? (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/technology/2009/oct/Online-Commenting--What-Works-and-What-Doesn-t--.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
A New Coke? Well, It’s Smaller
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/all-we-can-eat/?nav=rss_email/components
‘Big Brother’ Winnings Used To Buy Pills - Reality Show Winner Admits To Trying To Resell Oxycodone
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/21348594/detail.html
Robbery Victim Prays With, Hugs Suspect
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21347992/detail.html
Neighbors Object to Four-Story Tree House - Man Ordered To Destroy Structure
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21347579/detail.html
Wily Coyote Survives Wild Ride - Animal Struck By Car, Gets Trapped Behind Grill
http://www.kirotv.com/family/21345970/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Blue Oyster Cult – Godzilla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6rDWqjnW7w
Monday, October 19, 2009
Energy News Digest for October 19, 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 Makes Payment to US Treasury
• Eugene Water & Electric Board Manager Opposes Pay Cuts
• Bogged-Down Dams - Emerald People’s Utility District Seeks to Add Turbines
• Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Warns About Possible Telephone Scams
• Customers Say New Pacific Gas & Electric Meters Not Always Smart
• US Rejects Nuclear Plant Design over Specifications of Key Piece
• United Kingdom Power Bills May Rise to Fund Reactors
• Lower Granite Fish Run Ranks Among Best
• Steelhead: Hatchery Fish Pose Threat
• Op/Ed - Migrating Toward Consensus on Salmon
• Op/Ed - Obama Disappoints On Salmon
• Oregon - Restoration Attempts to Help Salmon
• California Water - It’s Fish vs. Lawns, Not North vs. South
• NOAA's 2009 Winter Outlook Has Pacific Northwest Drier than Average
• California Water War Spreads to Congress
• Help for Puget Sound Water Management
• Roslyn Gets New Water Deal
• Bassett will try again with Cosmopolis Pulp Mill
• California & Texas: Renewable Energy’s Odd Couple
• Small Wind Goes Big
• Canada - Controversy Heats up as Cities Look to Incinerators
• Energy Star Appliances May Not All Be Efficient, Audit Finds
• Energy-Efficient Appliance Rebate Program Still Lacks Catchy Name
• Op/Ed - There's Real Power in Energy Conservation
• Kitsap Community Resources Taking Applications for Weatherization Program
• Graser Hired For New WSU/PUD Energy Program in Ferry County
• New Lighting Technology Gaining Ground
• Energy Firms Are Split on Bill to Battle Climate Change
• US Hunters, Anglers Lobby For Climate Bill
• Private Capital Looks to Cash in On Carbon Trading
• Puget Sound Cars About To Get Plugged In
• Residents of Transit-Oriented Oregon Community Still Driving Cars to Work
• Editorial - Time to Drop Ethanol Credit
• Colorado - Climate Concerns Turn City's Smell into Cash Cow
• Hurdles Remain As FCC Ponders Net Neutrality Rules
• Broadband Now! So Why Don’t Some Use It?
• Canadians Take Heed of Harvard Broadband Study
• Comcast to Raise Rates Nearly 3% in January
• Firms Wonder If They Should Use Twitter
• Symantec Says Fake Security Software in Millions of Computers
• US Supreme Court Asked To Hear R-71 Case
• Balloon Scare Was a 'Hoax'; Felony Counts Deemed Likely
• Welco to Close Naples Lumber Mill
• Stimulus Good for Washington - Part of It, Anyway
• Northwest Tribal Leaders to Meet With the President
• States, US Treasury in Spat over WWII Bonds
WORD OF THE DAY
Auteur • \OH-tour\ • noun – 1: a film director whose practice accords with the auteur theory; broadly 2: an artist (as a musician or writer) whose style & practice are distinctive
Alfred was a self-proclaimed auteur in his small town of Brooklyn, Washington. One could not deny that his hats made out of old beer cans were unique.
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
BPA Makes Payment to US Treasury - U.S. taxpayers get return on their investment in NW hydro system (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/357166/
Eugene Water & Electric Board Manager Opposes Pay Cuts (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/21551288-41/story.csp
Bogged-Down Dams - Emerald People’s Utility District Seeks to Add Turbines despite Roadblocks (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/20497939-57/story.csp
Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Warns About Possible Telephone Scams (Baker City Herald, OR)
http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/OTEC-warns-about-possible-telephone-scams
Customers Say New Pacific Gas & Electric Meters Not Always Smart (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/10/18/BUJI1A658S.DTL
U.S. Rejects Nuclear Plant Design over Specifications of Key Piece (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/science/earth/16nuke.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
United Kingdom Power Bills May Rise to Fund Reactors (Reuters)
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/10/18/business/business-uk-electricity-britain.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Lower Granite Fish Run Ranks Among Best - Nearly a quarter of a million steelhead have crossed Lower Granite Dam this year, making it one of the biggest runs on record (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/918609.html
Steelhead: Hatchery Fish Pose Threat - Wild stocks’ gene pool at risk of dilution (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/19/hatchery-fish-pose-threat/
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Migrating Toward Consensus on Salmon
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2010079939_guest18stelle.html?syndication=rss
East Oregonian Op/Ed - Obama Disappoints On Salmon
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=14&SubSectionID=50&ArticleID=99125
Oregon - Restoration Attempts to Help Salmon: Landowners donated land to project on North Santiam (Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091019/GREEN/910190329/1001
California Water - It’s Fish vs. Lawns, Not North vs. South (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/science/earth/18sfpolitics.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
NOAA's 2009 Winter Outlook Has Pacific Northwest Drier Than Average Due to El Nino (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/361275.aspx
California Water War Spreads to Congress (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010072957_apuscaliforniawaterwoes.html?syndication=rss
Help for Puget Sound Water Management - Department of Ecology grant money will assist in updating plans for managing creek, lake & Puget Sound shorelines (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091019/NEWS01/710199805/-1/RSS02
Roslyn Gets New Water Deal (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1005511.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Bassett will try again with Cosmopolis Pulp Mill – union rep hopes Bassett is able to “cut a deal” with the Grays Harbor PUD to do something with the Cosi Mill’s power house (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/10/16/local_news/doc4ad8b5b16824b324528709.txt
California & Texas: Renewable Energy’s Odd Couple (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/weekinreview/18galbraith.html
Small Wind Goes Big (Wichita Eagle, KS)
http://www.kansas.com/business/story/1016741.html
Canada - Controversy Heats Up As Cities Look To Incinerators: Groups argue over whether benefits of green technology outweigh the possible health effects associated with burning garbage (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Controversy%20heats%20cities%20look%20incinerators/2113736/story.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Star Appliances May Not All Be Efficient, Audit Finds (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/business/energy-environment/19star.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Energy-Efficient Appliance Rebate Program Still Lacks Catchy Name (Consumerist – Note: comment section may contain PG-13 language)
http://consumerist.com/5382656/energy+efficient-appliance-rebate-program-still-lacks-catchy-name
Oregonian Op/Ed - There's Real Power in Energy Conservation
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/10/theres_real_power_in_energy_co.html
Kitsap Community Resources Taking Applications for Weatherization Program (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/15/kitsap-community-resources-taking-applications/?partner=RSS
Graser Hired For New WSU/PUD Energy Program in Ferry County (Omak Chronicle, WA)
http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n091018a.shtml
New Lighting Technology Gaining Ground (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/greenenergy/ci_13568681
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Energy Firms Are Split on Bill to Battle Climate Change (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/business/energy-environment/19fuel.html?hp
US Hunters, Anglers Lobby For Climate Bill (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/sarahPalin/idUSTRE59H0VY20091018
Private Capital Looks to Cash in On Carbon Trading (CNBC)
http://www.cnbc.com/id/33347684
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Puget Sound Cars About To Get Plugged In - Federal project aims to build electric charging corridor (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1007256.html
Looking Under the Hype - Residents of Transit-Oriented Oregon Community Still Driving Cars to Work (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/despite_urban_design_most_oren.html
Spokesman Review Editorial - Time to Drop Ethanol Credit
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/19/time-to-drop-ethanol-credit/
Colorado - Climate Concerns Turn City's Smell into Cash Cow (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/nationworld/story/1005895.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Hurdles Remain As FCC Ponders Net Neutrality Rules (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010089712_apustecinternetrules.html
Broadband Now! So Why Don’t Some Use It? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/business/18digi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Canadians Take Heed of Harvard Broadband Study - Mirror U.S. policy, get same mediocre results (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Canadians-Take-Heed-Of-Harvard-Broadband-Study-105036
Comcast to Raise Rates Nearly 3% in January (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091017/BIZ/910179997/-1/BIZ
Firms Wonder If They Should Use Twitter (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1007329.html
Symantec Says Fake Security Software in Millions of Computers (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/19/AR2009101900096.html?wprss=rss_technology
GENERAL NEWS
US Supreme Court Asked To Hear R-71 Case (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/19/us-supreme-court-asked-hear-r-71-case/
Balloon Scare Was a 'Hoax'; Felony Counts Deemed Likely (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010091154_balloonboy19.html
Welco to Close Naples Lumber Mill (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1005421.html
Stimulus Good for Washington - Part of It, Anyway - Most of the money allocated for Hanford (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/411212_stimulus16.html?source=rss
Northwest Tribal Leaders to Meet With the President (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6048-tribal-leaders-meet-president/
States, US Treasury in Spat over WWII Bonds - More than $16 billion unclaimed (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/business/story/1007258.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Longview’s “Hound of the Baskervilles” - Mystery Roaming Mastiff Claimed By Owner
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/16//area_news/doc4ad6445b5e7e2392595381.txt
Two-Year Sentence for Coin-Machine Thefts
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091016/NEWS01/710169807/-1/RSS02
Police Stop Driver for 15 Violations in 11 Minutes
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/21335140/detail.html
Man Finds A Rocket Launcher On His Property – Displays it in Living Room
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21307607/detail.html
Arizona County to Workers: Stay Home Or Risk Firing
http://www.kirotv.com/health/21309819/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Bad Company- Live for the Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gx5nWKXOjw
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• BPA Makes Payment to US Treasury
• Eugene Water & Electric Board Manager Opposes Pay Cuts
• Bogged-Down Dams - Emerald People’s Utility District Seeks to Add Turbines
• Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Warns About Possible Telephone Scams
• Customers Say New Pacific Gas & Electric Meters Not Always Smart
• US Rejects Nuclear Plant Design over Specifications of Key Piece
• United Kingdom Power Bills May Rise to Fund Reactors
• Lower Granite Fish Run Ranks Among Best
• Steelhead: Hatchery Fish Pose Threat
• Op/Ed - Migrating Toward Consensus on Salmon
• Op/Ed - Obama Disappoints On Salmon
• Oregon - Restoration Attempts to Help Salmon
• California Water - It’s Fish vs. Lawns, Not North vs. South
• NOAA's 2009 Winter Outlook Has Pacific Northwest Drier than Average
• California Water War Spreads to Congress
• Help for Puget Sound Water Management
• Roslyn Gets New Water Deal
• Bassett will try again with Cosmopolis Pulp Mill
• California & Texas: Renewable Energy’s Odd Couple
• Small Wind Goes Big
• Canada - Controversy Heats up as Cities Look to Incinerators
• Energy Star Appliances May Not All Be Efficient, Audit Finds
• Energy-Efficient Appliance Rebate Program Still Lacks Catchy Name
• Op/Ed - There's Real Power in Energy Conservation
• Kitsap Community Resources Taking Applications for Weatherization Program
• Graser Hired For New WSU/PUD Energy Program in Ferry County
• New Lighting Technology Gaining Ground
• Energy Firms Are Split on Bill to Battle Climate Change
• US Hunters, Anglers Lobby For Climate Bill
• Private Capital Looks to Cash in On Carbon Trading
• Puget Sound Cars About To Get Plugged In
• Residents of Transit-Oriented Oregon Community Still Driving Cars to Work
• Editorial - Time to Drop Ethanol Credit
• Colorado - Climate Concerns Turn City's Smell into Cash Cow
• Hurdles Remain As FCC Ponders Net Neutrality Rules
• Broadband Now! So Why Don’t Some Use It?
• Canadians Take Heed of Harvard Broadband Study
• Comcast to Raise Rates Nearly 3% in January
• Firms Wonder If They Should Use Twitter
• Symantec Says Fake Security Software in Millions of Computers
• US Supreme Court Asked To Hear R-71 Case
• Balloon Scare Was a 'Hoax'; Felony Counts Deemed Likely
• Welco to Close Naples Lumber Mill
• Stimulus Good for Washington - Part of It, Anyway
• Northwest Tribal Leaders to Meet With the President
• States, US Treasury in Spat over WWII Bonds
WORD OF THE DAY
Auteur • \OH-tour\ • noun – 1: a film director whose practice accords with the auteur theory; broadly 2: an artist (as a musician or writer) whose style & practice are distinctive
Alfred was a self-proclaimed auteur in his small town of Brooklyn, Washington. One could not deny that his hats made out of old beer cans were unique.
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
BPA Makes Payment to US Treasury - U.S. taxpayers get return on their investment in NW hydro system (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/357166/
Eugene Water & Electric Board Manager Opposes Pay Cuts (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/21551288-41/story.csp
Bogged-Down Dams - Emerald People’s Utility District Seeks to Add Turbines despite Roadblocks (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/20497939-57/story.csp
Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Warns About Possible Telephone Scams (Baker City Herald, OR)
http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/OTEC-warns-about-possible-telephone-scams
Customers Say New Pacific Gas & Electric Meters Not Always Smart (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/10/18/BUJI1A658S.DTL
U.S. Rejects Nuclear Plant Design over Specifications of Key Piece (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/science/earth/16nuke.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
United Kingdom Power Bills May Rise to Fund Reactors (Reuters)
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/10/18/business/business-uk-electricity-britain.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Lower Granite Fish Run Ranks Among Best - Nearly a quarter of a million steelhead have crossed Lower Granite Dam this year, making it one of the biggest runs on record (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/918609.html
Steelhead: Hatchery Fish Pose Threat - Wild stocks’ gene pool at risk of dilution (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/19/hatchery-fish-pose-threat/
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Migrating Toward Consensus on Salmon
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2010079939_guest18stelle.html?syndication=rss
East Oregonian Op/Ed - Obama Disappoints On Salmon
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=14&SubSectionID=50&ArticleID=99125
Oregon - Restoration Attempts to Help Salmon: Landowners donated land to project on North Santiam (Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091019/GREEN/910190329/1001
California Water - It’s Fish vs. Lawns, Not North vs. South (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/science/earth/18sfpolitics.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
NOAA's 2009 Winter Outlook Has Pacific Northwest Drier Than Average Due to El Nino (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/361275.aspx
California Water War Spreads to Congress (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010072957_apuscaliforniawaterwoes.html?syndication=rss
Help for Puget Sound Water Management - Department of Ecology grant money will assist in updating plans for managing creek, lake & Puget Sound shorelines (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091019/NEWS01/710199805/-1/RSS02
Roslyn Gets New Water Deal (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1005511.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Bassett will try again with Cosmopolis Pulp Mill – union rep hopes Bassett is able to “cut a deal” with the Grays Harbor PUD to do something with the Cosi Mill’s power house (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/10/16/local_news/doc4ad8b5b16824b324528709.txt
California & Texas: Renewable Energy’s Odd Couple (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/weekinreview/18galbraith.html
Small Wind Goes Big (Wichita Eagle, KS)
http://www.kansas.com/business/story/1016741.html
Canada - Controversy Heats Up As Cities Look To Incinerators: Groups argue over whether benefits of green technology outweigh the possible health effects associated with burning garbage (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Controversy%20heats%20cities%20look%20incinerators/2113736/story.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Star Appliances May Not All Be Efficient, Audit Finds (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/business/energy-environment/19star.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Energy-Efficient Appliance Rebate Program Still Lacks Catchy Name (Consumerist – Note: comment section may contain PG-13 language)
http://consumerist.com/5382656/energy+efficient-appliance-rebate-program-still-lacks-catchy-name
Oregonian Op/Ed - There's Real Power in Energy Conservation
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/10/theres_real_power_in_energy_co.html
Kitsap Community Resources Taking Applications for Weatherization Program (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/15/kitsap-community-resources-taking-applications/?partner=RSS
Graser Hired For New WSU/PUD Energy Program in Ferry County (Omak Chronicle, WA)
http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n091018a.shtml
New Lighting Technology Gaining Ground (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/greenenergy/ci_13568681
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Energy Firms Are Split on Bill to Battle Climate Change (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/business/energy-environment/19fuel.html?hp
US Hunters, Anglers Lobby For Climate Bill (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/sarahPalin/idUSTRE59H0VY20091018
Private Capital Looks to Cash in On Carbon Trading (CNBC)
http://www.cnbc.com/id/33347684
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Puget Sound Cars About To Get Plugged In - Federal project aims to build electric charging corridor (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1007256.html
Looking Under the Hype - Residents of Transit-Oriented Oregon Community Still Driving Cars to Work (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/despite_urban_design_most_oren.html
Spokesman Review Editorial - Time to Drop Ethanol Credit
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/19/time-to-drop-ethanol-credit/
Colorado - Climate Concerns Turn City's Smell into Cash Cow (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/nationworld/story/1005895.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Hurdles Remain As FCC Ponders Net Neutrality Rules (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010089712_apustecinternetrules.html
Broadband Now! So Why Don’t Some Use It? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/business/18digi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Canadians Take Heed of Harvard Broadband Study - Mirror U.S. policy, get same mediocre results (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Canadians-Take-Heed-Of-Harvard-Broadband-Study-105036
Comcast to Raise Rates Nearly 3% in January (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091017/BIZ/910179997/-1/BIZ
Firms Wonder If They Should Use Twitter (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1007329.html
Symantec Says Fake Security Software in Millions of Computers (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/19/AR2009101900096.html?wprss=rss_technology
GENERAL NEWS
US Supreme Court Asked To Hear R-71 Case (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/19/us-supreme-court-asked-hear-r-71-case/
Balloon Scare Was a 'Hoax'; Felony Counts Deemed Likely (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010091154_balloonboy19.html
Welco to Close Naples Lumber Mill (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1005421.html
Stimulus Good for Washington - Part of It, Anyway - Most of the money allocated for Hanford (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/411212_stimulus16.html?source=rss
Northwest Tribal Leaders to Meet With the President (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6048-tribal-leaders-meet-president/
States, US Treasury in Spat over WWII Bonds - More than $16 billion unclaimed (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/business/story/1007258.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Longview’s “Hound of the Baskervilles” - Mystery Roaming Mastiff Claimed By Owner
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/16//area_news/doc4ad6445b5e7e2392595381.txt
Two-Year Sentence for Coin-Machine Thefts
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091016/NEWS01/710169807/-1/RSS02
Police Stop Driver for 15 Violations in 11 Minutes
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/21335140/detail.html
Man Finds A Rocket Launcher On His Property – Displays it in Living Room
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21307607/detail.html
Arizona County to Workers: Stay Home Or Risk Firing
http://www.kirotv.com/health/21309819/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Bad Company- Live for the Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gx5nWKXOjw
Friday, October 16, 2009
Energy News Digest for October 16, 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)
• 9:55 AM - Electricity Restored to Harstine Island Customers
• Fiery Accident Knocks Out Power to Everett Businesses
• Puget Sound Energy's New Substation Angers Some Kirkland Residents
• Activists at Power-Planning Hearings Push for Cleaner Energy
• Oregonian Op/Ed - Making a Transition to Our Energy Future
• Pacific Gas and Electric to Give Customers One-Time Refund
• The Fantasy of a US Super-Grid
• Will the Smart Grid Really Be Made of Dumb Pipes?
• Wisconsin - Landowners' Trees Fall amid New Approach on Power
• A Ray of Hope for Electric Choice in Illinois?
• Kentucky - State Rejects Electric Cooperative's Request for New Headquarters
• Oregonian Op/Ed - Columbia Basin: Salmon, Science and the Law
• Spotted Seals off Alaska Coast Denied Federal Protection
• New Orca Calf Born to L Pod
• Toxic "Red Tide" Closes Northern Puget Sound to Shellfish Harvesting
• Partnership Ponders How to Measure Progress in Restoring Puget Sound
• Murray Wins Funding for Columbia Basin Water Study, Lower Monumental Dam
• Elwha Dam Removal - ‘It’s going to Be Just like Tse-Whit-Zen’
• Water Uncertainty Frustrates Busy California Farmers
• Sacramento Bee Editorial: Time for Truce on Renewables
• Texas - Austin Energy’s Solar Program Going Dim
• Texas - Texas Might See Wind Power Slowdown
• West Virginia Approves $100 Million in Bonds for Wood-Fired Power Plant
• United Kingdom - Golden Eagles Scupper Wind Farm
• Now Is the Perfect Time to 'Winterize' Your Home
• A Forest and a 'Carbon Sink' Grow On Vashon
• Oregon Governor Betting Big On E-Cars in His State
• Florida May Ban Paper, Plastic Bags
• US Broadband Study Says "Open Access" Fosters Competition
• FCC Study: Open Access Lowers Prices, Improves Competition
• Microsoft Says It Can Restore Sidekick Data
• Google: Profit Up 27%, 'Recession behind Us'
• Leaked: Google Chrome Operating System Build
• Ohio - FBI Still Probing County's Fiber Optics System
• State Warned Naches Gravel Pit of Slope Instability 4 Years before Landslide
• 9th Circuit Lifts Ban on Release of R-71 (Domestic Partnership) Petitions
• Winter Forecast: Warmer West, North; Cooler South
• State Legislature - 16th District Candidates Have Similar Platforms
WORD OF THE DAY
Scupper • \SKUP-urr\ • noun/verb
Noun - 1: an opening cut through the bulwarks of a ship so that water falling on deck may flow overboard 2: an opening in the wall of a building through which water can drain from a floor or flat roof.
Verb - To defeat or put an end to: do in
The surging, blue green water cascaded in torrents across the deck of the frail, storm-tossed schooner, its white flecked streams gushing through the scuppers with each shuddering collision with the house-sized waves looming over the spars. The grizzled captain shouted his frustration at the howling storm, realizing that nature had scuppered his much-deserved carousing in Kingston by at least a week.
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
9:55 AM - Electricity Restored to Harstine Island Customers (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=606
Fiery Accident Knocks Out Power to Everett Businesses (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_101609WAB_accident-power-out-everett-JM.220bf3381.html?rss?npc
Puget Sound Energy's New Substation Angers Some Kirkland Residents (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/64459337.html
Activists at Power-Planning Hearings Push for Cleaner Energy (Daily Journal Of Commerce, OR)
http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/10/16/activists-at-power-planning-hearings-push-for-cleaner-energy/
Oregonian Op/Ed - Making a Transition to Our Energy Future
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/10/making_a_transition_to_our_ene.html
Pacific Gas and Electric to Give Customers One-Time Refund (San Francisco Business Times)
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/10/12/daily66.html?ana=from_rss
The Fantasy of a US Super-Grid (Reuters)
http://blogs.reuters.com/columns/2009/10/15/the-fantasy-of-a-us-super-grid/
Will the Smart Grid Really Be Made of Dumb Pipes? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/15/will-the-smart-grid-really-be-made-of-dumb-pipes/
Wisconsin - Landowners' trees fall amid new approach on power lines (Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, WI)
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/environment/article_567109d8-b9e4-11de-a488-001cc4c03286.html
A Ray of Hope for Electric Choice in Illinois? (St. Louis Dispatch, MO)
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/0/6D1D1A542F64C494862576510006FF14?OpenDocument
Kentucky - State Rejects Electric Cooperative's Request for New Headquarters (Lexington Herald-Leader, KY)
http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/979006.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregonian Op/Ed - Columbia Basin: Salmon, Science and the Law
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/10/columbia_basin_salmon_science.html
Spotted Seals off Alaska Coast Denied Federal Protection (Associated Press)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/oct/15/spotted-seals-alaska-coast-denied-federal-protecti/
New Orca Calf Born to L Pod (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/15/new-orca-calf-born-to-l-pod/?partner=RSS
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Toxic "Red Tide" Closes Northern Puget Sound to Shellfish Harvesting (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010073367_webredtide16.html?syndication=rss
Partnership Ponders How to Measure Progress in Restoring Puget Sound (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/14/partnership-ponders-how-to-measure-progress-in/
Murray Wins Funding for Columbia Basin Water Study, Lower Monumental Dam (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/755023.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Elwha Dam Removal - ‘It’s going to Be Just like Tse-Whit-Zen’ (Indian Country Today)
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/63860642.html
Water Uncertainty Frustrates Busy California Farmers (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/business/1310ap_us_farm_scene_california_drought.html?source=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Sacramento Bee Editorial: Time for Truce on Renewables
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/story/2254311.html?mi_rss=Opinion
Texas - Austin Energy’s Solar Program Going Dim - Solar panel rebates popular, but cuts now foreshadow what’s to come later (Austin Business Journal)
http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/10/19/story1.html
Texas - Texas Might See Wind Power Slowdown (San Antonio Express News, TX)
http://www.mysanantonio.com/livinggreensa/64464782.html
Company Says West Virginia Has Approved $100 Million in Bonds for Wood-Fired Power Plant “…will burn more than 400,000 tons of wood waste annually…” (Associated Press)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/economy/ap/64387357.html
United Kingdom - Golden Eagles Scupper Wind Farm (The Scotsman, UK)
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Golden-eagles-scupper-wind-farm.5739432.jp
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Now Is the Perfect Time to 'Winterize' Your Home (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS159699+15-Oct-2009+PRN20091015
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
A Forest and a 'Carbon Sink' Grow On Vashon (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/411059_carbon15.html?source=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon Governor Betting Big On E-Cars in His State (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
http://www.katu.com/news/tech/64209437.html
Florida May Ban Paper, Plastic Bags (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21313682/detail.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
US Broadband Study Says "Open Access" Fosters Competition (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE59E16J20091015?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
FCC Study: Open Access Lowers Prices, Improves Competition - Agency discovers real science, U.S. broadband mediocrity (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Study-Open-Access-Lowers-Prices-Improves-Competition-105014
Microsoft Says It Can Restore Sidekick Data (Associated Press)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=225405
Google: Profit Up 27%, 'Recession behind Us' (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/10/12/daily48.html?ana=from_rss
Leaked: Google Chrome Operating System Build (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/182169.asp?source=pimail
Ohio - FBI Still Probing County's Fiber Optics System (Middletown Journal, OH)
http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/fbi-still-probing-countys-fiber-optics-system-349897.html
GENERAL NEWS
State Warned Naches Gravel Pit of Slope Instability 4 Years before Landslide (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010074658_landslide16m.html
9th Circuit Lifts Ban on Release of R-71 (Domestic Partnership) Petitions (Associated Press)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21307484/detail.html
Winter Forecast: Warmer West, North; Cooler South (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/weather/21305149/detail.html
State Legislature - 16th District Candidates Have Similar Platforms: energy interest contributions pointed out (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/918280.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Police Probe Boy's 'For the Show' Comment - 'Balloon Boy' Gets Sick During TV Interviews
http://www.kirotv.com/family/21307080/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_1_09000210162009&ts=H
22-Inch Nepal Man Aims For Shortest Title
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21316743/detail.html
Sheboygan Inmates Scuffle over 'The Office' - Inmate Wanted To Watch Something Else
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/21309104/detail.html
Cops: Man Caught With Weed Stuck To Forehead
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21306963/detail.html
Church Plans to Burn Bibles, Christian Books - Pastor Says Burning Meant To Light a Fire Under True Believers
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21296553/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Gary "US" Bonds - This Little Girl Is Mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4T_Scnt3WQ
Bruce Springsteen - This Little Girl Is Mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMKmF7cxSg
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• 9:55 AM - Electricity Restored to Harstine Island Customers
• Fiery Accident Knocks Out Power to Everett Businesses
• Puget Sound Energy's New Substation Angers Some Kirkland Residents
• Activists at Power-Planning Hearings Push for Cleaner Energy
• Oregonian Op/Ed - Making a Transition to Our Energy Future
• Pacific Gas and Electric to Give Customers One-Time Refund
• The Fantasy of a US Super-Grid
• Will the Smart Grid Really Be Made of Dumb Pipes?
• Wisconsin - Landowners' Trees Fall amid New Approach on Power
• A Ray of Hope for Electric Choice in Illinois?
• Kentucky - State Rejects Electric Cooperative's Request for New Headquarters
• Oregonian Op/Ed - Columbia Basin: Salmon, Science and the Law
• Spotted Seals off Alaska Coast Denied Federal Protection
• New Orca Calf Born to L Pod
• Toxic "Red Tide" Closes Northern Puget Sound to Shellfish Harvesting
• Partnership Ponders How to Measure Progress in Restoring Puget Sound
• Murray Wins Funding for Columbia Basin Water Study, Lower Monumental Dam
• Elwha Dam Removal - ‘It’s going to Be Just like Tse-Whit-Zen’
• Water Uncertainty Frustrates Busy California Farmers
• Sacramento Bee Editorial: Time for Truce on Renewables
• Texas - Austin Energy’s Solar Program Going Dim
• Texas - Texas Might See Wind Power Slowdown
• West Virginia Approves $100 Million in Bonds for Wood-Fired Power Plant
• United Kingdom - Golden Eagles Scupper Wind Farm
• Now Is the Perfect Time to 'Winterize' Your Home
• A Forest and a 'Carbon Sink' Grow On Vashon
• Oregon Governor Betting Big On E-Cars in His State
• Florida May Ban Paper, Plastic Bags
• US Broadband Study Says "Open Access" Fosters Competition
• FCC Study: Open Access Lowers Prices, Improves Competition
• Microsoft Says It Can Restore Sidekick Data
• Google: Profit Up 27%, 'Recession behind Us'
• Leaked: Google Chrome Operating System Build
• Ohio - FBI Still Probing County's Fiber Optics System
• State Warned Naches Gravel Pit of Slope Instability 4 Years before Landslide
• 9th Circuit Lifts Ban on Release of R-71 (Domestic Partnership) Petitions
• Winter Forecast: Warmer West, North; Cooler South
• State Legislature - 16th District Candidates Have Similar Platforms
WORD OF THE DAY
Scupper • \SKUP-urr\ • noun/verb
Noun - 1: an opening cut through the bulwarks of a ship so that water falling on deck may flow overboard 2: an opening in the wall of a building through which water can drain from a floor or flat roof.
Verb - To defeat or put an end to: do in
The surging, blue green water cascaded in torrents across the deck of the frail, storm-tossed schooner, its white flecked streams gushing through the scuppers with each shuddering collision with the house-sized waves looming over the spars. The grizzled captain shouted his frustration at the howling storm, realizing that nature had scuppered his much-deserved carousing in Kingston by at least a week.
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
9:55 AM - Electricity Restored to Harstine Island Customers (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=606
Fiery Accident Knocks Out Power to Everett Businesses (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_101609WAB_accident-power-out-everett-JM.220bf3381.html?rss?npc
Puget Sound Energy's New Substation Angers Some Kirkland Residents (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/64459337.html
Activists at Power-Planning Hearings Push for Cleaner Energy (Daily Journal Of Commerce, OR)
http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/10/16/activists-at-power-planning-hearings-push-for-cleaner-energy/
Oregonian Op/Ed - Making a Transition to Our Energy Future
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/10/making_a_transition_to_our_ene.html
Pacific Gas and Electric to Give Customers One-Time Refund (San Francisco Business Times)
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/10/12/daily66.html?ana=from_rss
The Fantasy of a US Super-Grid (Reuters)
http://blogs.reuters.com/columns/2009/10/15/the-fantasy-of-a-us-super-grid/
Will the Smart Grid Really Be Made of Dumb Pipes? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/15/will-the-smart-grid-really-be-made-of-dumb-pipes/
Wisconsin - Landowners' trees fall amid new approach on power lines (Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, WI)
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/environment/article_567109d8-b9e4-11de-a488-001cc4c03286.html
A Ray of Hope for Electric Choice in Illinois? (St. Louis Dispatch, MO)
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/0/6D1D1A542F64C494862576510006FF14?OpenDocument
Kentucky - State Rejects Electric Cooperative's Request for New Headquarters (Lexington Herald-Leader, KY)
http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/979006.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregonian Op/Ed - Columbia Basin: Salmon, Science and the Law
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/10/columbia_basin_salmon_science.html
Spotted Seals off Alaska Coast Denied Federal Protection (Associated Press)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/oct/15/spotted-seals-alaska-coast-denied-federal-protecti/
New Orca Calf Born to L Pod (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/15/new-orca-calf-born-to-l-pod/?partner=RSS
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Toxic "Red Tide" Closes Northern Puget Sound to Shellfish Harvesting (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010073367_webredtide16.html?syndication=rss
Partnership Ponders How to Measure Progress in Restoring Puget Sound (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/14/partnership-ponders-how-to-measure-progress-in/
Murray Wins Funding for Columbia Basin Water Study, Lower Monumental Dam (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/755023.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Elwha Dam Removal - ‘It’s going to Be Just like Tse-Whit-Zen’ (Indian Country Today)
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/63860642.html
Water Uncertainty Frustrates Busy California Farmers (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/business/1310ap_us_farm_scene_california_drought.html?source=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Sacramento Bee Editorial: Time for Truce on Renewables
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/story/2254311.html?mi_rss=Opinion
Texas - Austin Energy’s Solar Program Going Dim - Solar panel rebates popular, but cuts now foreshadow what’s to come later (Austin Business Journal)
http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/10/19/story1.html
Texas - Texas Might See Wind Power Slowdown (San Antonio Express News, TX)
http://www.mysanantonio.com/livinggreensa/64464782.html
Company Says West Virginia Has Approved $100 Million in Bonds for Wood-Fired Power Plant “…will burn more than 400,000 tons of wood waste annually…” (Associated Press)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/economy/ap/64387357.html
United Kingdom - Golden Eagles Scupper Wind Farm (The Scotsman, UK)
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Golden-eagles-scupper-wind-farm.5739432.jp
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Now Is the Perfect Time to 'Winterize' Your Home (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS159699+15-Oct-2009+PRN20091015
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
A Forest and a 'Carbon Sink' Grow On Vashon (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/411059_carbon15.html?source=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon Governor Betting Big On E-Cars in His State (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
http://www.katu.com/news/tech/64209437.html
Florida May Ban Paper, Plastic Bags (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21313682/detail.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
US Broadband Study Says "Open Access" Fosters Competition (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE59E16J20091015?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
FCC Study: Open Access Lowers Prices, Improves Competition - Agency discovers real science, U.S. broadband mediocrity (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Study-Open-Access-Lowers-Prices-Improves-Competition-105014
Microsoft Says It Can Restore Sidekick Data (Associated Press)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=225405
Google: Profit Up 27%, 'Recession behind Us' (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/10/12/daily48.html?ana=from_rss
Leaked: Google Chrome Operating System Build (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/182169.asp?source=pimail
Ohio - FBI Still Probing County's Fiber Optics System (Middletown Journal, OH)
http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/fbi-still-probing-countys-fiber-optics-system-349897.html
GENERAL NEWS
State Warned Naches Gravel Pit of Slope Instability 4 Years before Landslide (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010074658_landslide16m.html
9th Circuit Lifts Ban on Release of R-71 (Domestic Partnership) Petitions (Associated Press)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21307484/detail.html
Winter Forecast: Warmer West, North; Cooler South (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/weather/21305149/detail.html
State Legislature - 16th District Candidates Have Similar Platforms: energy interest contributions pointed out (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/918280.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Police Probe Boy's 'For the Show' Comment - 'Balloon Boy' Gets Sick During TV Interviews
http://www.kirotv.com/family/21307080/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_1_09000210162009&ts=H
22-Inch Nepal Man Aims For Shortest Title
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21316743/detail.html
Sheboygan Inmates Scuffle over 'The Office' - Inmate Wanted To Watch Something Else
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/21309104/detail.html
Cops: Man Caught With Weed Stuck To Forehead
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21306963/detail.html
Church Plans to Burn Bibles, Christian Books - Pastor Says Burning Meant To Light a Fire Under True Believers
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21296553/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Gary "US" Bonds - This Little Girl Is Mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4T_Scnt3WQ
Bruce Springsteen - This Little Girl Is Mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMKmF7cxSg
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Energy News Digest for October 15, 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)
• Environmentalists, State Spar over TransAlta Deal Meeting Set On Portland General Electric's Plan to Cut Pollution at Boardman Coal Plant
• New Power Readers Will Help Benton PUD Run More Efficiently
• Editorial - Transmission Line Decision Needs Public Input
• Clean Energy Challenges: The Power Grid and Renewable Energy Infrastructure
• Re-Powering the Flathead Dialogue Series
• Big Names Decline to Attend Wyoming Energy Symposium
• California - South Bay Power Plant Closer To Shutting Down
• Op/Ed - Columbia Salmon Plan Is Legally and Scientifically Sound
• Can Salmon Evolve To Survive Among “Fish-Killing” Dams?
• Free Tours Saturday of $16 Million PUD Chelan River Project
• Op/Ed – Governor, Forget the Dams
• East Oregon Wind Farms Springing Back To Life
• U.S. Biomass Subsidy Poses Threat to Canadian Forest Industry
• What Will Talking Power Meters Say About You?
• Congressional Budget Office - Cap-and-Trade Would Slow Economy
• Farm Bureau Aims to Kill Climate Bill
• Use of Forests as Carbon Offsets Fails to Impress In First Big Trial
• Burying Carbon Dioxide: Fix or Folly?
• Cheap Way to Curb Climate Change: Seal Gas Leaks
• Green Lake Eco-Friendly Homes Going For Much Less
• Will Solar Speed Up Emerging Cell Phone Revolution?
• Broadband Now A Legal Right In Finland
• Microsoft: Most Lost Sidekick Data Almost Restored
• Report: Microsoft, T-Mobile Sued Over Sidekick Glitch
• Walmart Jumps into the Wireless Business
• Draft Report Outlines State Prison Cuts
• One-Day Strike at St. Peter Hospital in Olympia
• Teller Allegedly Took Thousands from Elderly
• Thurston County Classes Will Aid Emergency Preparedness
WORD OF THE DAY
Wiki • \WIK-ee\ • noun - A web site that allows visitors to make changes, contributions, or corrections
The residents of Creaky City used their wiki to pass along the goings on in their isolated, rural community. When visitors came “from the coast” they were all required to log on to the service and provide juicy gossip that would circulate through the small town like wildfire.
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
Environmentalists, State Spar over TransAlta Deal (Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/10/15/news//doc4ad60add718de798881317.txt
Meeting Set On Portland General Electric's Plan to Cut Pollution at Boardman Coal Plant (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/meeting_set_on_portland_genera.html
New Power Readers Will Help Benton PUD Run More Efficiently, Save Customers Money (KVEW-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kvewtv.com/news/?sect_rank=1§ion_id=1&story_id=18948
Helena Independent Record Editorial - Transmission Line Decision Needs Public Input
http://www.helenair.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_509e410e-b941-11de-b0d7-001cc4c002e0.html
Clean Energy Challenges: The Power Grid and Renewable Energy Infrastructure (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-12791-Bay-Area-Green-Careers-Examiner~y2009m10d14-Clean-energy-challenges-power-grid-and-renewable-energy-infrastructure
Re-Powering the Flathead Dialogue Series (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/re-powering_the_flathead_dialogue_series/13576/
Big Names Decline to Attend Wyoming Energy Symposium (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/14/financial/f095752D53.DTL&feed=rss.business
California - South Bay Power Plant Closer To Shutting Down (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2267973~South_Bay_Power_Plant_closer_to_shutting_down.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregonian Op/Ed - Columbia Salmon Plan Is Legally and Scientifically Sound
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/10/columbia_salmon_plan_is_legall.html
Can Salmon Evolve To Survive Among “Fish-Killing” Dams? (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/are_some_northwest_salmon_evol.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Free Tours Saturday of $16 Million PUD Chelan River Project (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/oct/14/free-tours-saturday-of-16-million-chelan-river/
SF Chronicle Op/Ed – Governor, Forget the Dams
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/14/EDJS1A5O7U.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
East Oregon Wind Farms Springing Back To Life (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=98984&SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48
U.S. Biomass Subsidy Poses Threat to Canadian Forest Industry (Winnipeg Sun, Manitoba)
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/10/14/11399326.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
What Will Talking Power Meters Say About You? (MSNBC)
http://redtape.msnbc.com/2009/10/would-you-sign-up-for-a-discount-with-your-power-company-in-exchange-for-surrendering-control-of-your-thermostat-what-if-it.html#posts
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Congressional Budget Office - Cap-and-Trade Would Slow Economy (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/14/AR2009101404054.html?wprss=rss_politics
Farm Bureau Aims to Kill Climate Bill (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/farm-bureau-targets-cap-and-trade/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Use of Forests as Carbon Offsets Fails to Impress In First Big Trial (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/14/AR2009101403762.html?wprss=rss_business
Burying Carbon Dioxide: Fix or Folly? (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Burying+folly/2064972/story.html
Cheap Way to Curb Climate Change: Seal Gas Leaks (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/business/energy-environment/15degrees.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Green Lake Eco-Friendly Homes Going For Much Less (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010066396_ashworth15.html?syndication=rss
Will Solar Speed Up Emerging Cell Phone Revolution? (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE59D01C20091014?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Broadband Now A Legal Right In Finland - While here in the U.S. we're still trying to define it (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Broadband-Now-A-Legal-Right-In-Finland-104984
Microsoft: Most Lost Sidekick Data Almost Restored (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/15/microsoft-t-mobile-lost-sidekick-data-almost-restored/
Report: Microsoft, T-Mobile Sued Over Sidekick Glitch (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2010065580_report_microsoft_t-mobile_sued.html?syndication=rss
Walmart Jumps into the Wireless Business - Unlimited voice, data and SMS for $45 a month (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Walmart-Jumps-Into-The-Wireless-Business-104992
GENERAL NEWS
Draft Report Outlines State Prison Cuts (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010066700_prisonclosures15m.html?syndication=rss
One-Day Strike at St. Peter Hospital in Olympia (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010071133_apwahospitalstrike.html?syndication=rss
Teller Allegedly Took Thousands from Elderly (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/10/14/local_news/doc4ad6121b975d0189646002.txt
Thurston County Classes Will Aid Emergency Preparedness (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1003610.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Eagle Scout Suspended for Keeping Pocketknife in Car
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21295903/detail.html
'Lottery Winner' Causes Riot At Ohio Coat Store
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_coat_store_riot;_ylt=AsvDozft8kUb8lu6ZVxw1mDtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJuYzc0anVxBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMDE1L3VzX29kZF9jb2F0X3N0b3JlX3Jpb3QEY3BvcwMxBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2xvdHRlcnl3aW5uZQ--
Instand Karma - Don’t Moon Passing Trains
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091012/od_nm/us_germany_bottom;_ylt=AmRMiwzZ4sSsnYe0VOtI.fjtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJtNmdvdjIyBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkxMDEyL3VzX2dlcm1hbnlfYm90dG9tBHBvcwM4BHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDb25jZWluYWJsYWNr
Ralph Lauren Model Filippa Hamilton: I Was Fired Because I Was Too Fat!
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/fashion/2009/10/14/2009-10-14_model_fired_for_being_too_fat.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Andrew Gold - Thank You for Being a Friend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3eNjxZ8lec
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Environmentalists, State Spar over TransAlta Deal Meeting Set On Portland General Electric's Plan to Cut Pollution at Boardman Coal Plant
• New Power Readers Will Help Benton PUD Run More Efficiently
• Editorial - Transmission Line Decision Needs Public Input
• Clean Energy Challenges: The Power Grid and Renewable Energy Infrastructure
• Re-Powering the Flathead Dialogue Series
• Big Names Decline to Attend Wyoming Energy Symposium
• California - South Bay Power Plant Closer To Shutting Down
• Op/Ed - Columbia Salmon Plan Is Legally and Scientifically Sound
• Can Salmon Evolve To Survive Among “Fish-Killing” Dams?
• Free Tours Saturday of $16 Million PUD Chelan River Project
• Op/Ed – Governor, Forget the Dams
• East Oregon Wind Farms Springing Back To Life
• U.S. Biomass Subsidy Poses Threat to Canadian Forest Industry
• What Will Talking Power Meters Say About You?
• Congressional Budget Office - Cap-and-Trade Would Slow Economy
• Farm Bureau Aims to Kill Climate Bill
• Use of Forests as Carbon Offsets Fails to Impress In First Big Trial
• Burying Carbon Dioxide: Fix or Folly?
• Cheap Way to Curb Climate Change: Seal Gas Leaks
• Green Lake Eco-Friendly Homes Going For Much Less
• Will Solar Speed Up Emerging Cell Phone Revolution?
• Broadband Now A Legal Right In Finland
• Microsoft: Most Lost Sidekick Data Almost Restored
• Report: Microsoft, T-Mobile Sued Over Sidekick Glitch
• Walmart Jumps into the Wireless Business
• Draft Report Outlines State Prison Cuts
• One-Day Strike at St. Peter Hospital in Olympia
• Teller Allegedly Took Thousands from Elderly
• Thurston County Classes Will Aid Emergency Preparedness
WORD OF THE DAY
Wiki • \WIK-ee\ • noun - A web site that allows visitors to make changes, contributions, or corrections
The residents of Creaky City used their wiki to pass along the goings on in their isolated, rural community. When visitors came “from the coast” they were all required to log on to the service and provide juicy gossip that would circulate through the small town like wildfire.
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
Environmentalists, State Spar over TransAlta Deal (Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/10/15/news//doc4ad60add718de798881317.txt
Meeting Set On Portland General Electric's Plan to Cut Pollution at Boardman Coal Plant (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/meeting_set_on_portland_genera.html
New Power Readers Will Help Benton PUD Run More Efficiently, Save Customers Money (KVEW-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kvewtv.com/news/?sect_rank=1§ion_id=1&story_id=18948
Helena Independent Record Editorial - Transmission Line Decision Needs Public Input
http://www.helenair.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_509e410e-b941-11de-b0d7-001cc4c002e0.html
Clean Energy Challenges: The Power Grid and Renewable Energy Infrastructure (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-12791-Bay-Area-Green-Careers-Examiner~y2009m10d14-Clean-energy-challenges-power-grid-and-renewable-energy-infrastructure
Re-Powering the Flathead Dialogue Series (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/re-powering_the_flathead_dialogue_series/13576/
Big Names Decline to Attend Wyoming Energy Symposium (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/14/financial/f095752D53.DTL&feed=rss.business
California - South Bay Power Plant Closer To Shutting Down (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2267973~South_Bay_Power_Plant_closer_to_shutting_down.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregonian Op/Ed - Columbia Salmon Plan Is Legally and Scientifically Sound
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/10/columbia_salmon_plan_is_legall.html
Can Salmon Evolve To Survive Among “Fish-Killing” Dams? (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/are_some_northwest_salmon_evol.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Free Tours Saturday of $16 Million PUD Chelan River Project (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/oct/14/free-tours-saturday-of-16-million-chelan-river/
SF Chronicle Op/Ed – Governor, Forget the Dams
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/14/EDJS1A5O7U.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
East Oregon Wind Farms Springing Back To Life (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=98984&SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48
U.S. Biomass Subsidy Poses Threat to Canadian Forest Industry (Winnipeg Sun, Manitoba)
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/10/14/11399326.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
What Will Talking Power Meters Say About You? (MSNBC)
http://redtape.msnbc.com/2009/10/would-you-sign-up-for-a-discount-with-your-power-company-in-exchange-for-surrendering-control-of-your-thermostat-what-if-it.html#posts
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Congressional Budget Office - Cap-and-Trade Would Slow Economy (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/14/AR2009101404054.html?wprss=rss_politics
Farm Bureau Aims to Kill Climate Bill (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/farm-bureau-targets-cap-and-trade/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Use of Forests as Carbon Offsets Fails to Impress In First Big Trial (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/14/AR2009101403762.html?wprss=rss_business
Burying Carbon Dioxide: Fix or Folly? (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Burying+folly/2064972/story.html
Cheap Way to Curb Climate Change: Seal Gas Leaks (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/business/energy-environment/15degrees.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Green Lake Eco-Friendly Homes Going For Much Less (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010066396_ashworth15.html?syndication=rss
Will Solar Speed Up Emerging Cell Phone Revolution? (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE59D01C20091014?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Broadband Now A Legal Right In Finland - While here in the U.S. we're still trying to define it (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Broadband-Now-A-Legal-Right-In-Finland-104984
Microsoft: Most Lost Sidekick Data Almost Restored (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/15/microsoft-t-mobile-lost-sidekick-data-almost-restored/
Report: Microsoft, T-Mobile Sued Over Sidekick Glitch (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2010065580_report_microsoft_t-mobile_sued.html?syndication=rss
Walmart Jumps into the Wireless Business - Unlimited voice, data and SMS for $45 a month (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Walmart-Jumps-Into-The-Wireless-Business-104992
GENERAL NEWS
Draft Report Outlines State Prison Cuts (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010066700_prisonclosures15m.html?syndication=rss
One-Day Strike at St. Peter Hospital in Olympia (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010071133_apwahospitalstrike.html?syndication=rss
Teller Allegedly Took Thousands from Elderly (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/10/14/local_news/doc4ad6121b975d0189646002.txt
Thurston County Classes Will Aid Emergency Preparedness (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1003610.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Eagle Scout Suspended for Keeping Pocketknife in Car
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21295903/detail.html
'Lottery Winner' Causes Riot At Ohio Coat Store
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_coat_store_riot;_ylt=AsvDozft8kUb8lu6ZVxw1mDtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJuYzc0anVxBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMDE1L3VzX29kZF9jb2F0X3N0b3JlX3Jpb3QEY3BvcwMxBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2xvdHRlcnl3aW5uZQ--
Instand Karma - Don’t Moon Passing Trains
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091012/od_nm/us_germany_bottom;_ylt=AmRMiwzZ4sSsnYe0VOtI.fjtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJtNmdvdjIyBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkxMDEyL3VzX2dlcm1hbnlfYm90dG9tBHBvcwM4BHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDb25jZWluYWJsYWNr
Ralph Lauren Model Filippa Hamilton: I Was Fired Because I Was Too Fat!
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/fashion/2009/10/14/2009-10-14_model_fired_for_being_too_fat.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Andrew Gold - Thank You for Being a Friend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3eNjxZ8lec
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Energy News Digest for October 14, 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)
• Grant County PUD Approves Rate Structure Changes
• Central Lincoln PUD to Increase Electricity Rates
• Natural Gas Rates Drop Again; Electric Rates Go Up Slightly
• Thieves in search of copper wire again hit Benton PUD storage compound
• British Columbia - Going After Copper Lands Two Men Jail Time
• Northwest Power Plan Includes Fewer Fossil Fuel Plants, More Conservation
• Power Planning Council to Hold Public Hearing on Region's Electricity Needs
• New Mexico Project Would Link Nation's 3 Electric Grids
• Boeing to Move Defense Strategies to 'Smart' Energy
• Tokyo Electric May Raise Nuclear Reactors Capacity to Meet Climate Goal
• How Much Did The U.S. Spend In 2007 To Protect Endangered Species?
• Tribes Demand State Fix Salmon Passage Problems at Culverts
• Harvest Maxed Out - Fall Chinook Season Closing Early At Hanford Reach
• Decision on Salmon, Steelhead Plan Looms
• Canada - It's one of the Worst Years in History for Salmon, And We're Still Killing Them
• Will Orcas Mix With Tidal Energy Turbines?
• Congress Votes to Protect Skagit River Salmon Stream
• Technologies Grant County PUD Uses to Track Fish Movement
• N. Korea 'regrets' causing deadly flood in S. Korea – Water released from dam
• Supreme Court Hears Carolinas Water Case
• Growth Management Strikes - Little League Seeks Water for Ballfield
• Simpson Tacoma Kraft Helps Light Sacramento
• Wood Making Comeback as Power Source
• Fed Grant - Principle Power Combines Waves, Wind
• Texas - Scientists Study Birds Killed By Wind Turbines
• New Nebraska Group Forms to Cash in On Wind Energy
• United Kingdom - Vandals Cut Wires on 230ft Test for Turbine
• Recipe for 700,000 New, Green American Jobs? Just Add Water
• Colorado Law Opens Way for Solar-Energy Leases
• 3TIER Launches Next Generation of Solar Assessment Products
• Iowa - Wind Turbine Driver Fined More Than $82,000
• California Considers Strict Energy Standards for Televisions
• Mandate or Negotiation - A Tale of 2 Ways to Save Electricity
• Boise, Inc. Mill to Be Site Of Carbon Study
• EPA Document Creates Crossfire between Midwestern Utilities and Enviros
• Obama EPA Releases Bush-Era Global Warming Finding
• Corporate Green Walls Could Inspire Energy Conservation Efforts
• Car Colors, Engines Reveal Regional Quirks
• Hybrid Cars May Include Fake Vroom for Safety
• Sidekick Outage: How Can Microsoft Save Face?
• Microsoft Issues Record Number of Security Updates
• Sweden Breaks the Internet - Or at least their portion of it
• Mason Jobless Rate 9.5 Percent - State Rate At 9.3 Percent
• Colorado Becomes First State to Lower Minimum Wage
• Grays Harbor - Back-To-Back-To-Back-To-Back Storms Headed Our Way
• Man's Death, Downed Trees, Power Outages All From High Winds
• Serial Burglar Stealing Dental Gold
• Mason Sheriff's Office Raises Enough Money for Patrol Dog
WORD OF THE DAY
Limn • \LIM \ • verb – 1: to draw or paint on a surface *2: to outline in clear sharp detail: delineate 3: describe
Agatha looked on in silent horror as the medium turned the tarot cards. As each card fell with a soft thud on the green felt tabletop her future was limned out in stark detail, including an ill-fated relationship with the pizza faced mail boy from the neighboring office complex.
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
Grant County PUD Approves Rate Structure Changes (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/10/13/news/doc4ad4f2d9309c1972740821.txt
Central Lincoln PUD to Increase Electricity Rates (South Lincoln County News, Waldport, OR)
http://www.southlincolncountynews.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1082
Natural Gas Rates Drop Again; Electric Rates Go Up Slightly (Redmond Reporter, WA)
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/red/news/64012362.html
Thieves in search of copper wire again hit Benton PUD storage compound (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/yahoonews/story/753554.html
British Columbia - Going After Copper Lands Two Men Jail Time (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=120324
Northwest Power Plan Includes Fewer Fossil Fuel Plants, More Conservation (Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_11cde96a-b87a-11de-94f9-001cc4c002e0.html
Power Planning Council to Hold Public Hearing on Region's Electricity Needs (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/10/power_planning_council_to_hold.html
New Mexico Project Would Link Nation's 3 Electric Grids (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/13/financial/f153312D32.DTL&feed=rss.business
Boeing to Move Defense Strategies to 'Smart' Energy (Bloomberg News)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/boeingaerospace/2010058153_boeingmulenburg14.html
Tokyo Electric May Raise Nuclear Reactors Capacity to Meet Climate Goal (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aw9_aIe2Cgek
FISH & WILDLIFE
How Much Did The U.S. Spend In 2007 To Protect Endangered Species? “…The species that required the most money in 2007 was the Chinook Salmon…” (Scientific American – in the salmon’s case, you can thank BPA public power customers for footing a big chunk of the bill)
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=how-much-did-the-us-spend-in-2007-t-2009-10-13
Tribes Demand State Fix Salmon Passage Problems at Culverts (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/64111462.html
Harvest Maxed Out - Fall Chinook Season Closing Early At Hanford Reach (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/64187037.html
Decision on Salmon, Steelhead Plan Looms (Heartland Institute)
http://www.heartland.org/publications/environment%20climate/article/26170/Decision_on_Salmon_Steelhead_Plan_Looms.html
Canada - It's one of the Worst Years in History for Salmon, And We're Still Killing Them (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/worst+years+history+salmon+still+killing+them/2099674/story.html
Will Orcas Mix With Tidal Energy Turbines? (Whidbey News-Times, Oak Harbor, WA)
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/whidbey/wnt/news/64158482.html
Congress Votes to Protect Skagit River Salmon Stream (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/181955.asp
Technologies Grant County PUD Uses to Track Fish Movement (Hydro World)
http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/article-display/0133662363/articles/hydro-review/volume-28/issue-7/articles/fish-tracking__technologies.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
N. Korea 'regrets' causing deadly flood in S. Korea – Water released from dam (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/13/international/i222042D74.DTL&feed=rss.business
Supreme Court Hears Carolinas Water Case (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/10/12/daily17.html?ana=from_rss
Growth Management Strikes - Little League Seeks Water for Ballfield Just Outside Sequim Growth Area (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091014/news/310149986
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Simpson Tacoma Kraft Helps Light Sacramento - ‘Green power’: Simpson turns wood waste into enough electricity for 38,000 homes (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/915493.html
Wood Making Comeback as Power Source (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2009-10-13-wood-power_N.htm
Fed Grant - Principle Power Combines Waves, Wind (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/xconomy/411060_xconomy45537.html?source=rss
Texas - Scientists Study Birds Killed By Wind Turbines “…Birds killed by wind turbines pale in comparison to birds killed by cars, buildings and other animals…” (WFAA-TV, Dallas, TX)
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa091013_lj_winddurbines.211e06347.html
New Nebraska Group Forms to Cash in On Wind Energy (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/13/financial/f131755D86.DTL&feed=rss.business
United Kingdom - Vandals Cut Wires on 230ft Test for Turbine near Queniborough (Leicester Mercury, UK)
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Vandals-cut-wires-230ft-test-turbine-near-Queniborough/article-1416245-detail/article.html
Recipe for 700,000 New, Green American Jobs? Just Add Water (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/national-hydropower-association/news/article/2009/10/recipe-for-700000-new-green-american-jobs-just-add-water?cmpid=rss
Colorado Law Opens Way for Solar-Energy Leases (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/13/financial/f165526D43.DTL&feed=rss.business
3TIER Launches Next Generation of Solar Assessment Products (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/3tier/news/article/2009/10/3tier-launches-next-generation-of-solar-assessment-products?cmpid=rss
Iowa - Wind Turbine Driver Fined More Than $82,000 (Globe Gazette, Mason City, IA)
http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2009/10/13/news/latest/doc4ad503e235a90062396219.txt#vmix_media_id=6693796
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
California Considers Strict Energy Standards for Televisions (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iOdSjBeSBXoLiftQRTMLX92Eu8ggD9BAG6D00
Mandate or Negotiation - A Tale of 2 Ways to Save Electricity (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/10/14/14climatewire-a-tale-of-2-ways-to-save-electricity-75494.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Boise, Inc. Mill to Be Site Of Carbon Study (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/10/13/local_news/091013aacarbon.txt
EPA Document Creates Crossfire between Midwestern Utilities and Enviros (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/10/13/13climatewire-epa-document-creates-crossfire-between-midwe-43213.html
Obama EPA Releases Bush-Era Global Warming Finding (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/13/national/w122816D27.DTL&feed=rss.news
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Corporate Green Walls Could Inspire Energy Conservation Efforts (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/2009/oct/Corporate-Green-Walls-Could-Inspire-Energy-Conservation-Efforts.html
Car Colors, Engines Reveal Regional Quirks (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010055553_apuscarcolorsglance.html?syndication=rss
Hybrid Cars May Include Fake Vroom for Safety (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/automobiles/14hybrid.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Sidekick Outage: How Can Microsoft Save Face? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/181814.asp?source=pimail
Microsoft Issues Record Number of Security Updates (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/10/microsoft_releases_record_numb.html
Sweden Breaks the Internet - Or at least their portion of it (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Sweden-Breaks-The-Internet-104954
GENERAL NEWS
Mason Jobless Rate 9.5 Percent - State Rate At 9.3 Percent (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_wash_jobless.html?source=pimail
Colorado Becomes First State to Lower Minimum Wage (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13551794
Grays Harbor - Back-To-Back-To-Back-To-Back Storms Headed Our Way (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/10/13/local_news/doc4ad4be5db8e89627158122.txt
Man's Death, Downed Trees, Power Outages All From High Winds (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/weather/21288241/detail.html
Serial Burglar Stealing Dental Gold (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_101409WAB-dental-gold-serial-burglar-TP.217040e3d.html?rss
Mason Sheriff's Office Raises Enough Money for Patrol Dog (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/13/mason-sheriffs-office-raises-enough-money-for/?partner=RSS
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Fraud Fugitive Busted After 'Friending' Wrong Person on Facebook
http://www.kirotv.com/technology/21287466/detail.html
Juggling Shown to Change Wiring of the Brain
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/science/2009/oct/Juggling-Shown-to-Change-Wiring-of-the-Brain.html
'Godfather' Singer Al Martino Dies At 82
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2010059376_apusobitalmartino.html?syndication=rss
Farmers Try to Plant Hemp at DEA Office, Arrested
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010058726_apusfarmscenehempprotest.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Al Martino - I Have But One Heart (Song from “Connie’s” wedding in Godfather)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHflxC89DDY
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Grant County PUD Approves Rate Structure Changes
• Central Lincoln PUD to Increase Electricity Rates
• Natural Gas Rates Drop Again; Electric Rates Go Up Slightly
• Thieves in search of copper wire again hit Benton PUD storage compound
• British Columbia - Going After Copper Lands Two Men Jail Time
• Northwest Power Plan Includes Fewer Fossil Fuel Plants, More Conservation
• Power Planning Council to Hold Public Hearing on Region's Electricity Needs
• New Mexico Project Would Link Nation's 3 Electric Grids
• Boeing to Move Defense Strategies to 'Smart' Energy
• Tokyo Electric May Raise Nuclear Reactors Capacity to Meet Climate Goal
• How Much Did The U.S. Spend In 2007 To Protect Endangered Species?
• Tribes Demand State Fix Salmon Passage Problems at Culverts
• Harvest Maxed Out - Fall Chinook Season Closing Early At Hanford Reach
• Decision on Salmon, Steelhead Plan Looms
• Canada - It's one of the Worst Years in History for Salmon, And We're Still Killing Them
• Will Orcas Mix With Tidal Energy Turbines?
• Congress Votes to Protect Skagit River Salmon Stream
• Technologies Grant County PUD Uses to Track Fish Movement
• N. Korea 'regrets' causing deadly flood in S. Korea – Water released from dam
• Supreme Court Hears Carolinas Water Case
• Growth Management Strikes - Little League Seeks Water for Ballfield
• Simpson Tacoma Kraft Helps Light Sacramento
• Wood Making Comeback as Power Source
• Fed Grant - Principle Power Combines Waves, Wind
• Texas - Scientists Study Birds Killed By Wind Turbines
• New Nebraska Group Forms to Cash in On Wind Energy
• United Kingdom - Vandals Cut Wires on 230ft Test for Turbine
• Recipe for 700,000 New, Green American Jobs? Just Add Water
• Colorado Law Opens Way for Solar-Energy Leases
• 3TIER Launches Next Generation of Solar Assessment Products
• Iowa - Wind Turbine Driver Fined More Than $82,000
• California Considers Strict Energy Standards for Televisions
• Mandate or Negotiation - A Tale of 2 Ways to Save Electricity
• Boise, Inc. Mill to Be Site Of Carbon Study
• EPA Document Creates Crossfire between Midwestern Utilities and Enviros
• Obama EPA Releases Bush-Era Global Warming Finding
• Corporate Green Walls Could Inspire Energy Conservation Efforts
• Car Colors, Engines Reveal Regional Quirks
• Hybrid Cars May Include Fake Vroom for Safety
• Sidekick Outage: How Can Microsoft Save Face?
• Microsoft Issues Record Number of Security Updates
• Sweden Breaks the Internet - Or at least their portion of it
• Mason Jobless Rate 9.5 Percent - State Rate At 9.3 Percent
• Colorado Becomes First State to Lower Minimum Wage
• Grays Harbor - Back-To-Back-To-Back-To-Back Storms Headed Our Way
• Man's Death, Downed Trees, Power Outages All From High Winds
• Serial Burglar Stealing Dental Gold
• Mason Sheriff's Office Raises Enough Money for Patrol Dog
WORD OF THE DAY
Limn • \LIM \ • verb – 1: to draw or paint on a surface *2: to outline in clear sharp detail: delineate 3: describe
Agatha looked on in silent horror as the medium turned the tarot cards. As each card fell with a soft thud on the green felt tabletop her future was limned out in stark detail, including an ill-fated relationship with the pizza faced mail boy from the neighboring office complex.
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
Grant County PUD Approves Rate Structure Changes (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/10/13/news/doc4ad4f2d9309c1972740821.txt
Central Lincoln PUD to Increase Electricity Rates (South Lincoln County News, Waldport, OR)
http://www.southlincolncountynews.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1082
Natural Gas Rates Drop Again; Electric Rates Go Up Slightly (Redmond Reporter, WA)
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/red/news/64012362.html
Thieves in search of copper wire again hit Benton PUD storage compound (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/yahoonews/story/753554.html
British Columbia - Going After Copper Lands Two Men Jail Time (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=120324
Northwest Power Plan Includes Fewer Fossil Fuel Plants, More Conservation (Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_11cde96a-b87a-11de-94f9-001cc4c002e0.html
Power Planning Council to Hold Public Hearing on Region's Electricity Needs (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/10/power_planning_council_to_hold.html
New Mexico Project Would Link Nation's 3 Electric Grids (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/13/financial/f153312D32.DTL&feed=rss.business
Boeing to Move Defense Strategies to 'Smart' Energy (Bloomberg News)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/boeingaerospace/2010058153_boeingmulenburg14.html
Tokyo Electric May Raise Nuclear Reactors Capacity to Meet Climate Goal (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aw9_aIe2Cgek
FISH & WILDLIFE
How Much Did The U.S. Spend In 2007 To Protect Endangered Species? “…The species that required the most money in 2007 was the Chinook Salmon…” (Scientific American – in the salmon’s case, you can thank BPA public power customers for footing a big chunk of the bill)
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=how-much-did-the-us-spend-in-2007-t-2009-10-13
Tribes Demand State Fix Salmon Passage Problems at Culverts (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/64111462.html
Harvest Maxed Out - Fall Chinook Season Closing Early At Hanford Reach (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/64187037.html
Decision on Salmon, Steelhead Plan Looms (Heartland Institute)
http://www.heartland.org/publications/environment%20climate/article/26170/Decision_on_Salmon_Steelhead_Plan_Looms.html
Canada - It's one of the Worst Years in History for Salmon, And We're Still Killing Them (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/worst+years+history+salmon+still+killing+them/2099674/story.html
Will Orcas Mix With Tidal Energy Turbines? (Whidbey News-Times, Oak Harbor, WA)
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/whidbey/wnt/news/64158482.html
Congress Votes to Protect Skagit River Salmon Stream (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/181955.asp
Technologies Grant County PUD Uses to Track Fish Movement (Hydro World)
http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/article-display/0133662363/articles/hydro-review/volume-28/issue-7/articles/fish-tracking__technologies.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
N. Korea 'regrets' causing deadly flood in S. Korea – Water released from dam (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/13/international/i222042D74.DTL&feed=rss.business
Supreme Court Hears Carolinas Water Case (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/10/12/daily17.html?ana=from_rss
Growth Management Strikes - Little League Seeks Water for Ballfield Just Outside Sequim Growth Area (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091014/news/310149986
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Simpson Tacoma Kraft Helps Light Sacramento - ‘Green power’: Simpson turns wood waste into enough electricity for 38,000 homes (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/915493.html
Wood Making Comeback as Power Source (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2009-10-13-wood-power_N.htm
Fed Grant - Principle Power Combines Waves, Wind (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/xconomy/411060_xconomy45537.html?source=rss
Texas - Scientists Study Birds Killed By Wind Turbines “…Birds killed by wind turbines pale in comparison to birds killed by cars, buildings and other animals…” (WFAA-TV, Dallas, TX)
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa091013_lj_winddurbines.211e06347.html
New Nebraska Group Forms to Cash in On Wind Energy (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/13/financial/f131755D86.DTL&feed=rss.business
United Kingdom - Vandals Cut Wires on 230ft Test for Turbine near Queniborough (Leicester Mercury, UK)
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Vandals-cut-wires-230ft-test-turbine-near-Queniborough/article-1416245-detail/article.html
Recipe for 700,000 New, Green American Jobs? Just Add Water (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/national-hydropower-association/news/article/2009/10/recipe-for-700000-new-green-american-jobs-just-add-water?cmpid=rss
Colorado Law Opens Way for Solar-Energy Leases (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/13/financial/f165526D43.DTL&feed=rss.business
3TIER Launches Next Generation of Solar Assessment Products (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/3tier/news/article/2009/10/3tier-launches-next-generation-of-solar-assessment-products?cmpid=rss
Iowa - Wind Turbine Driver Fined More Than $82,000 (Globe Gazette, Mason City, IA)
http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2009/10/13/news/latest/doc4ad503e235a90062396219.txt#vmix_media_id=6693796
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
California Considers Strict Energy Standards for Televisions (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iOdSjBeSBXoLiftQRTMLX92Eu8ggD9BAG6D00
Mandate or Negotiation - A Tale of 2 Ways to Save Electricity (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/10/14/14climatewire-a-tale-of-2-ways-to-save-electricity-75494.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Boise, Inc. Mill to Be Site Of Carbon Study (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/10/13/local_news/091013aacarbon.txt
EPA Document Creates Crossfire between Midwestern Utilities and Enviros (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/10/13/13climatewire-epa-document-creates-crossfire-between-midwe-43213.html
Obama EPA Releases Bush-Era Global Warming Finding (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/13/national/w122816D27.DTL&feed=rss.news
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Corporate Green Walls Could Inspire Energy Conservation Efforts (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/2009/oct/Corporate-Green-Walls-Could-Inspire-Energy-Conservation-Efforts.html
Car Colors, Engines Reveal Regional Quirks (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010055553_apuscarcolorsglance.html?syndication=rss
Hybrid Cars May Include Fake Vroom for Safety (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/automobiles/14hybrid.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Sidekick Outage: How Can Microsoft Save Face? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/181814.asp?source=pimail
Microsoft Issues Record Number of Security Updates (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/10/microsoft_releases_record_numb.html
Sweden Breaks the Internet - Or at least their portion of it (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Sweden-Breaks-The-Internet-104954
GENERAL NEWS
Mason Jobless Rate 9.5 Percent - State Rate At 9.3 Percent (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_wash_jobless.html?source=pimail
Colorado Becomes First State to Lower Minimum Wage (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13551794
Grays Harbor - Back-To-Back-To-Back-To-Back Storms Headed Our Way (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/10/13/local_news/doc4ad4be5db8e89627158122.txt
Man's Death, Downed Trees, Power Outages All From High Winds (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/weather/21288241/detail.html
Serial Burglar Stealing Dental Gold (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_101409WAB-dental-gold-serial-burglar-TP.217040e3d.html?rss
Mason Sheriff's Office Raises Enough Money for Patrol Dog (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/13/mason-sheriffs-office-raises-enough-money-for/?partner=RSS
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Fraud Fugitive Busted After 'Friending' Wrong Person on Facebook
http://www.kirotv.com/technology/21287466/detail.html
Juggling Shown to Change Wiring of the Brain
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/science/2009/oct/Juggling-Shown-to-Change-Wiring-of-the-Brain.html
'Godfather' Singer Al Martino Dies At 82
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2010059376_apusobitalmartino.html?syndication=rss
Farmers Try to Plant Hemp at DEA Office, Arrested
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010058726_apusfarmscenehempprotest.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Al Martino - I Have But One Heart (Song from “Connie’s” wedding in Godfather)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHflxC89DDY
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