Energy News Digest for February 8, 2010

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)

•  Poor Snowpack Could Shrink Pacific Northwest Hydropower

•  Low Runoff Cuts Bonneville Power Administration Hydropower, Revenue Forecasts

•  NE Washington County Asks for More Seattle City Light Dam Compensation

•  Five Dead, Dozens Hurt in Connecticut Power Plant Blast

•  Before Blast, Few Safety Problems as Energy Project Rose at Abandoned Mine Site

•  Montana - Financing for Highwood Power Plant ‘Just Around the Corner’

•  Wyoming - Nuclear Energy Group Sets Meeting

•  Columbia Basin Bulletin Interview - Bruce Measure, New Chairman of Northwest Power & Conservation Council

•  California - Marin County to Bypass Pacific Gas & Electric with Its Own Power Agency

•  New York - National Grid Wants 20 Percent Increase in Electric Rates

•  Canada – Watch Dog Group Expects Higher Electricity Prices

•  Australia Signs Huge China Coal Deal

•  United Kingdom - Power line row to be election issue

•  Battle to Electrify Kandahar Shows Afghan Dilemma

•  Georgia – Cable Companies & Electric Cooperatives Spar over Utility Pole Rates

•  An Engineering Marvel Takes Shape near Hoover Dam

•  Season’s First Chinook Caught as Vanguard of Expected Return of 550,000 ‘Springers’

•  Idaho Expects Large Spring Run of Chinook Salmon

•  Columbia River Salmon Runs Plentiful Now, But Don’t Count on the Trend Continuing

•  Poachers Seeking Caviar Threaten Columbia River Sturgeon

•  200 Gather for Hatchery Groundbreaking on Elwha River

•  California - Testing Waters for Salmon in San Joaquin River

•  Tides Rechanneling Nisqually River

•  Feds Asked to Finish Columbia Basin Irrigation Project

•  Environmental Group Says Mile-Long Spill into Columbia River is a Sign that Better Regulation is Needed

•  Water District Sues Arizona Over Money Grab

•  Centralia, Pennsylvania - How an Underground Coal Fire Erased a Town

•  Mason County Bioenergy - John Deere Official talks about Harvester ADAGE Will Be Using

•  Winds of Change: Port of Longview Looks beyond Recent Wind Energy Boom

•  Oregon’s Steens Mountain Could Soon Have Wind Farms

•  California - Moving Parts for Giant Burney Windmills Will Be Massive Job

•  Wyoming - Wind Company Drops Duncan Ranch from Project

•  Clean Energy Focus of Conference in Kennewick

•  Helena Independent Record Op/Ed - Biofuel Production for Beetle-Killed Trees?

•  Massachusetts Wind Farm That Obama Administration Might Support Meets Strong Resistance

•  Lewis County PUD Plans to Send Out Thousands of Energy Efficient Lights

•  Light Bulb’s Promises Are True Only Where Nighttime Lasts Three Hours

•  Small Stimulus Energy Grants Making Big Difference in Rural Oregon

•  Energy Conservation - Adjusting for Rate Increases

•  Cutting Your Energy Use Can Also Lighten Your Tax Load

•  Fraud Besets European Union Carbon Trade System

•  United Kingdom - Market for Carbon Trading Is Starting to Look Rather Shaky

•  Panel on Climate Faces Challenges

•  NOAA Reorganizes to Provide More Info on Global Warming

•  Wenatchee World Columnist - Climate Change; Wrong Motivation

•  Dry Ski Slopes Will Be Least of British Columbia’s Troubles

•  Agency Warns Investors to Avoid ‘Green’ Scam

•  In Utah, Company Aims to Store Energy in Air

•  The Carolinas - Microsoft Next Up for a Data Center In Charlotte Region?

•  Internet ‘Driver’s License’? Microsoft’s Mundie Wants It

•  Armored Car Guard Shoots Man In Robbery Attempt

•  Tacoma Gas Station Erupts In Flames

•  Moving to Elma? Consultant Pinpoints Place for McCleary’s Mark E. Reed Hospital

•  Three Politicians Who Want Gregoire’s Job In 2012

•  Republican State Senator to Challenge Murray

•  The Green File: Southside School Honors Grandparents with Luncheon

•  NY Times Op/Ed - Sucking the Quileute Dry

WORD OF THE DAY (Homonym Theater)

Elicit • \ih-LISS-it\ • verb - 1: to draw forth or bring out *2: to call forth or draw out

Illicit • \ih-LISS-it\ • adjective - Not permitted

The growling cop towered over the trembling suspect, his peppered questions intended to elicit a confession from the pizza-faced hoodlum. “You know something about the illicit trade in counterfeit Peruvian anchovies you punk….now fess up.” The suspect soon did, all over the detectives brand new shoes.

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

Poor Snowpack Could Shrink Pacific Northwest Hydropower (The Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/02/poor_snowpack_could_shrink_nw.html

Low Runoff Cuts Bonneville Power Administration Hydropower, Revenue Forecasts (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/473655/

NE Washington County Asks for More Seattle City Light Dam Compensation (NW Public Radio)

http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=6796

Five Dead, Dozens Hurt in Connecticut Power Plant Blast (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/nyregion/08explode.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Before Blast, Few Safety Problems as Energy Project Rose at Abandoned Mine Site (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/nyregion/08kleen.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Montana - Financing for Highwood Power Plant ‘Just Around the Corner’ (Billings Gazette)

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_6430fa5c-13b1-11df-be0f-001cc4c03286.html

Wyoming - Nuclear Energy Group Sets Meeting (Billings Gazette, MT)

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_9580454c-13b4-11df-a7c1-001cc4c03286.html

Columbia Basin Bulletin Interview - Bruce Measure, New Chairman of Northwest Power & Conservation Council

http://www.cbbulletin.com/375787.aspx

California - Marin County to Bypass Pacific Gas & Electric with Its Own Power Agency

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/05/MNEB1BTEUL.DTL

New York - National Grid Wants 20 Percent Increase in Electric Rates (Syracuse Post-Standard, NY)

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/national_grid_wants_20_percent.html

Canada – Watch Dog Group Expects Higher Electricity Prices (Sault This Week, Sault St Marie, Ontario)

http://www.saultthisweek.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2385661

Australia Signs Huge China Coal Deal (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8501777.stm

United Kingdom - Power line row to be election issue (The Herald, Scotland, UK)

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport-environment/power-line-row-to-be-election-issue-1.1004150

Battle to Electrify Kandahar Shows Afghan Dilemma (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011008282_apasafghantheelectricitywar.html

Georgia – Cable Companies & Electric Cooperatives Spar over Utility Pole Rates (Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA)

http://www.ajc.com/business/cable-emcs-spar-over-292431.html?cxtype=rss_news_128746

An Engineering Marvel Takes Shape near Hoover Dam (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011008284_apushooverdambridge.html?syndication=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Season’s First Chinook Caught as Vanguard of Expected Return of 550,000 ‘Springers’ (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/375788.aspx

Idaho Expects Large Spring Run of Chinook Salmon (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/1059441.html

Columbia River Salmon Runs Plentiful Now, But Don’t Count on the Trend Continuing (The Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/02/columbia_river_salmon_runs_ple.html

Poachers Seeking Caviar Threaten Columbia River Sturgeon (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/22479404/detail.html

200 Gather for Hatchery Groundbreaking on Elwha River (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100207/news/302079985

California - Testing Waters for Salmon in San Joaquin River (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/06/BATF1BS147.DTL

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Tides Rechanneling Nisqually River (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/1058924.html

Feds Asked to Finish Columbia Basin Irrigation Project - The job is only about half finished (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2010/02/05/news/doc4b6b5d4ede488228523836.txt

Environmental Group Says Mile-Long Spill into Columbia River is a Sign that Better Regulation is Needed (The Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/02/environmental_group_says_mile-.html

Water District Sues Arizona Over Money Grab (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/02/08/24462.htm

Centralia, Pennsylvania - How an Underground Coal Fire Erased a Town: The coal fire is expected to drive out the town’s few remaining residents (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Bright-Green/2010/0205/Centralia-Pa.-How-an-underground-coal-fire-erased-a-town

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Mason County Bioenergy - John Deere Official talks about Harvester ADAGE Will Be Using (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1288:john-deere-official-talks-about-harvester-adage-will-be-using&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50

Winds of Change: Port of Longview Looks beyond Recent Wind Energy Boom (The Daily News, Longview, WA)

http://www.tdn.com/news/local/article_96fa57b8-139c-11df-9924-001cc4c03286.html

Oregon’s Steens Mountain Could Soon Have Wind Farms (The Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/02/oregons_steens_mountain_could.html

California - Moving Parts for Giant Burney Windmills Will Be Massive Job (Redding Record Searchlight, CA)

http://www.redding.com/news/2010/feb/06/moving-parts-for-giant-burney-windmills-will-be/

Wyoming - Wind Company Drops Duncan Ranch from Project (Billings Gazette, MT)

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_ea11b4fe-139d-11df-b542-001cc4c03286.html

Clean Energy Focus of Conference in Kennewick (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/1060606.html

Helena Independent Record Op/Ed - Biofuel Production for Beetle-Killed Trees?

http://www.helenair.com/news/article_e8e646b2-13b1-11df-b19b-001cc4c03286.html

Massachusetts Wind Farm That Obama Administration Might Support Meets Strong Resistance (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/07/AR2010020702965.html?nav=rss_email/components

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Lewis County PUD Plans to Send Out Thousands of Energy Efficient Lights (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?PUD-Plans-to-Send-Out-Thousands-of-Energ=1&blockID=177051&feedID=410

Light Bulb’s Promises Are True Only Where Nighttime Lasts Three Hours (Consumerist Online)

http://consumerist.com/2010/02/light-bulbs-promises-are-true-only-where-nighttime-lasts-three-hours.html

Small Stimulus Energy Grants Making Big Difference in Rural Oregon (The Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/small_stimulus_energy_grants_m.html

Energy Conservation - Adjusting for Rate Increases (Billings Gazette, MT)

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_570946ae-1460-11df-8b22-001cc4c002e0.html

Cutting Your Energy Use Can Also Lighten Your Tax Load (Associated Press)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100207/BIZ/702079945/-1/rss03

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Fraud Besets European Union Carbon Trade System (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/business/energy-environment/08green.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

United Kingdom - Market for Carbon Trading Is Starting to Look Rather Shaky (Financial Times of London)

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc4d175c-13ff-11df-8847-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1

Panel on Climate Faces Challenges (Wall Street Journal)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704197104575051620263103684.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

NOAA Reorganizes to Provide More Info on Global Warming (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/08/AR2010020801696.html?nav=rss_email/components

Wenatchee World Columnist - Climate Change; Wrong Motivation

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/weblogs/Werner-janssens-blog/2010/feb/06/climate-change-wrong-motivation/

Dry Ski Slopes Will Be Least of British Columbia’s Troubles - Climate change demands new water laws (Globe & Mail, Canada)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/dry-ski-slopes-will-be-least-of-bcs-troubles/article1459611/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Agency Warns Investors to Avoid ‘Green’ Scam (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/feb/07/agency-warns-investors-to-avoid-green-scam/

In Utah, Company Aims to Store Energy in Air (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011008044_apuselectricityfromair.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

The Carolinas - Microsoft Next Up for a Data Center In Charlotte Region? (Charlotte Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2010/02/08/story6.html

Internet ‘Driver’s License’? Microsoft’s Mundie Wants It (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/193602.asp?source=pimail

GENERAL NEWS

Armored Car Guard Shoots Man In Robbery Attempt (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/22491842/detail.html

Tacoma Gas Station Erupts In Flames (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/22493858/detail.html

Moving to Elma? Consultant Pinpoints Place for McCleary’s Mark E. Reed Hospital (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1128105.html

Three Politicians Who Want Gregoire’s Job In 2012 (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100207/NEWS01/702079875/-1/rss02

Republican State Senator to Challenge Murray (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/83807842.html

The Green File: Southside School Honors Grandparents with Luncheon (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1282:the-green-file-southside-school-honors-grandparents-with-luncheon&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50

NY Times Op/Ed - Sucking the Quileute Dry

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/opinion/08riley.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

DIVERSIONS

Wyoming Suspect Flees - Into Police Station

http://www.kirotv.com/news/22486201/detail.html

Yakima - Erratic Driver Hits Power Pole, Hundreds Miss Super Bowl

http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11948736

Body found in landing gear of NY-to-Tokyo flight

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/02/08/international/i034628S54.DTL&feed=rss.business

Lynnwood Council Considers Proper Length for Grass

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011015058_apwatidylynnwood.html?syndication=rss

SONG OF THE DAY

The Friends of Distinction - Grazing in the Grass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhUlP4wiAQo

Energy News Digest for February 5, 2010

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)

•  PUD 3 Restores Electricity to Mt View Area of Shelton

•  Editorial - Nuclear Energy Talk Meaningless Without Commitment to Managing Waste

•  New California Power Plant Gets Greenhouse Gas Limits

•  Issue of Burying Power Lines Resurface As Electricity Trickles Back on in Southwest Oklahoma

•  When Windmills Don’t Spin, People Expect Some Answers

•  Texas - Reliant Energy Launches New Seasonal Rate

•  Business Customers Rate SMUD As Best Midsize Utility in the West

•  Steelhead Surge into Grand Ronde River

•  Steelhead Fishing Still Good on the Methow, Okanogan

•  Morse Creek fish crib nears completion as preparations continue for removal of Elwha, Glines Canyon dams

•  Groundbreaking for New Elwha Fish Hatchery

•  Mt. St. Helens Still 'Death Valley' for Wildlife 30 Years Later

•  Lawmakers Ask Corps for Prompt Green River Dam Fix

•  Plan Would Put Waste to Work - Shelton Biomass Facility Proposed to Turn Wood into Energy

•  ADAGE & John Deere Announce Biopower Alliance Beginning with Proposed Site in Mason County

•  Proposed Shelton Power Plant - Mining Washington's logging debris for green jobs

•  Bioenergy Plant Announced for Shelton, WA

•  Zillah Dairyman at Odds With Pacific Power over Manure Digester

•  Washington Post Editorial - Interior Secretary Should Allow Wind Farm to Proceed

•  Wind Power Growth Limited by Radar Conflicts

•  3TIER Releases Wind Performance Maps

•  Northeast Neighborhood Taps Hot Energy Plan

•  Study Shows Renewable Energy Means Jobs for North Dakota

•  Millions flowing to Cash for Caulkers

•  APOGEE Interactive Helps Georgia Schools Surpass 20 Percent Energy Savings

•  Carbon Credit Scam Threatens New Zealand Firms

•  GOP Lawmakers Seek to Suspend California Climate Law

•  Oregon - EPA Calls Philomath a 'Green Power' Spot

•  U.S. Scientists Given Access to Cloud Computing

•  Got a Need for Internet Speed? Move to Vancouver

•  Search on for Armed Shelton Espresso Stand Robber

•  Judge Rules State Not Fulfilling Duty to Provide Education

•  Auditor Finds Mason County Has Inadequate Controls Over Inter-Fund Loans

•  Fuel-Efficient Cars Affecting Washington Gas Tax

•  WA Environmentalists & Oil Companies Set to Battle Over Tax

•  Congress - Cloud Will Challenge Dicks for Fourth Time

•  Advisor to Seattle Mayor Resigns, Admits He Lied About Ph.D.

WORD OF THE DAY

Idiom • \IDD-ee-um\ • noun – The language peculiar to a people or to a district, community, or class: dialect b: the syntactical, grammatical, or structural form peculiar to a language.

A style or form of artistic expression that is characteristic of an individual, a period or movement, or a medium or instrument.

“…Now, as I was meeting at the RTF, talking about CFL’s and concerns about BPA and the DOE from the PPC, ICNU, NWPPA, WPUDA, and PNGC, and……” the power manager’s presentation trailed off in his staff meeting to a dull buzz, his idioms floating away in the breeze, as the public information officer started to ponder his lunch plans….

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

PUD 3 Restores Electricity to Mt View Area of Shelton (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=675

Daily News Editorial - Nuclear Energy Talk Meaningless Without Commitment to Managing Waste

http://tdn.com/news/opinion/article_af2fc74c-11e8-11df-8192-001cc4c03286.html

New California Power Plant Gets Greenhouse Gas Limits (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/02/04/state/n115924S78.DTL

Issue of Burying Power Lines Resurface As Electricity Trickles Back on in Southwest Oklahoma (Associated Press)

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-ok-okla-storm,0,4859369.story

When Windmills Don’t Spin, People Expect Some Answers (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/science/earth/05cold.html

Texas - Reliant Energy Launches New Seasonal Rate Plan (Electric Energy Online)

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=127015

Business Customers Rate SMUD As Best Midsize Utility in the West (Sacramento Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2010/02/01/daily59.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Steelhead Surge into Grand Ronde River - Recent spring-like conditions perfect for anglers (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/feb/05/steelhead-surge-grand-ronde-river/

Steelhead Fishing Still Good on the Methow, Okanogan

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/feb/05/steelhead-fishing-still-good-on-the-methow/

Morse Creek fish crib nears completion as preparations continue for removal of Elwha, Glines Canyon dams (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100205/NEWS/302059993

Groundbreaking for New Elwha Fish Hatchery (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/5492

Mt. St. Helens Still 'Death Valley' for Wildlife 30 Years Later (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Mt-St-Helens-Death-Valley-83597652.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Lawmakers Ask Corps for Prompt Green River Dam Fix (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_green_river_flooding.html?source=pimail

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Plan Would Put Waste to Work - Shelton Biomass Facility Proposed to Turn Wood into Energy (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/business/story/1126936.html

ADAGE & John Deere Announce Biopower Alliance Beginning with Proposed Site in Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1278:adage-a-john-deere-announce-biopower-alliance-beginning-with-proposed-site-in-mason-county&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50

Proposed Shelton Power Plant - Mining Washington's logging debris for green jobs (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Mining-Our-Forests--83567707.html

Bioenergy Plant Announced for Shelton, WA (NW Public Radio)

http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=6787

Zillah Dairyman at Odds With Pacific Power over Manure Digester (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/02/04/02-05-10-digester-dl

Washington Post Editorial - Interior Secretary Should Allow Wind Farm to Proceed

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/04/AR2010020404422.html?nav=rss_opinions

Wind Power Growth Limited by Radar Conflicts (CNET News)

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10447450-54.html

3TIER Releases Wind Performance Maps - Maps illustrate impact of El Niño in 2009 (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/3tier/news/article/2010/02/3tier-releases-wind-performance-maps?cmpid=rss

Northeast Neighborhood Taps Hot Energy Plan - Neighbors push for greater use of solar electricity in homes (Portland Tribune, OR)

http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523588273803100&utm_source=AllTodaysNewsRSS

Study Shows Renewable Energy Means Jobs for North Dakota (Minot Daily News, ND)

http://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/536359.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Millions flowing to Cash for Caulkers - Local residents line up for jobs, but some question the costs (Portland Tribune, OR)

http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523586216985100&utm_source=AllTodaysNewsRSS

APOGEE Interactive Helps Georgia Schools Surpass 20 Percent Energy Savings (PR Newswire)

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apogee-interactive-helps-georgia-schools-surpass-20-percent-energy-savings-83498982.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Carbon Credit Scam Threatens New Zealand Firms (Stuff – New Zealand)

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/3299006/Carbon-credit-scam-threatens-NZ-firms

GOP Lawmakers Seek to Suspend California Climate Law (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010986276_apuscaliforniaclimatelaw.html?syndication=rss

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Oregon - EPA Calls Philomath a 'Green Power' Spot (Corvallis Gazette Times)

http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_2b0dcea6-11dd-11df-8b98-001cc4c002e0.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

U.S. Scientists Given Access to Cloud Computing

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/science/05cloud.html

Got a Need for Internet Speed? Move to Vancouver (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2010/02/04/got-a-need-for-internet-speed-move-to-vancouver/

GENERAL NEWS

Search on for Armed Shelton Espresso Stand Robber (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/83609822.html

Judge Rules State Not Fulfilling Duty to Provide Education (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/feb/05/education-funding-chided/

Auditor Finds Mason County Has Inadequate Controls Over Inter-Fund Loans (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1277:auditor-finds-mason-county-has-inadequate-controls-over-inter-fund-loans&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50

Fuel-Efficient Cars Affecting Washington Gas Tax (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_gas_tax_efficiency.html?source=pimail

WA Environmentalists & Oil Companies Set to Battle Over Tax (NW Public Radio)

http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=6789

Congress - Cloud Will Challenge Dicks for Fourth Time (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/1057582.html

Advisor to Seattle Mayor Resigns, Admits He Lied About Ph.D. (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010986793_bushnell05m.html?syndication=rss

DIVERSIONS

California Politics - 'Demon Sheep' Ad May Be Bad Move, Experts Say

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/05/MNQA1BSNJG.DTL

Rhode Island Man Charged With Operating on His Own Dog

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010991247_apusillegaldogsurgery.html?syndication=rss

Plane Door Falls on Mall Parking Lot

http://www.kirotv.com/news/22476154/detail.html

Car Dealer Caught Taking 150 MPH Test Drive

http://www.kirotv.com/news/22463819/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AzEY6ZqkuE