All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Petition for Jefferson County PUD electrical authority vote almost ready, organizer says
- Puget Sound Energy cuts ribbon on new downtown Port Townsend office
- Puget Energy buyout rejection recommended
- Puget Sound Energy sale gets two strikes
- Chelan County PUD extends sale date for Cashmere power system
- Seattle City Council members back keeping City Light chief
- McCain Sets Goal of 45 New Nuclear Reactors by 2030
- 'Smart meters' May Soon be Outdated
- Pickens: Gas, wind power key to nation's energy future
- Natural gas price is nearing record
- CANADA – Vancouver air quality officials will do what they can to stop power plant boost
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial – Salmon: Right this time?
- Federal bills would expand Oregon wilderness and salmon protection
- Greenpeace gives grocery chains failing grades on seafood buying practices
- History Be Damned: wild West bounties won’t save the Snake River runs
- Sturgeon fishing steps up to fill gap left by steelhead
- Brewery water in hands of panel
- City of Port Angeles looking into copper levels in water
- King County's Brightwater costs up; sewer rates to rise, too
- GE Study Finds Tax Revenues from Wind Farms Offset Tax Incentive
- CALIFORNIA – News Release – REC Solar to Host Walnut Creek Solar Challenge
- Trash-fed generator deployed in Iraq
- TEXAS – Spike in electricity demand prompts conservation alert
- NEW ZEALAND – Lights out for old style bulb
- Canadian Carbon tax won't raise gas prices, sources say
- NORTH CAROLINA – Mighty, mighty broadband
- Yahoo launches 2 new e-mail domains
- "Today's 'Bandwidth Hog' is Tomorrow's Average User"
- MASSACHUSETTS – Selectmen quiz Verizon reps on boxes on poles
- Building a Better Browser: Firefox Keeps Innovating
- Electronics Trafficking Ring Revealed
- Midwest Flooding Could Be Act of Man
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Recurring • \rih-KURR-ring\ • verb – 1: To happen, come up, or show up again or repeatedly 2: to return to one's attention or memory 3: to return in thought or discourse.
Willie the wildebeest awoke with a start. The recurring dream that had haunted his dark nights had returned. In his nocturne wanderings, he had been transformed into a humanoid biped, wandering aimlessly in packs of hundreds through concrete jungles…going hither and thither…not knowing the destination, or the reason for his travels. “The horror, the horror,” he muttered.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Petition for Jefferson County PUD electrical authority vote almost ready, organizer says (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080619/NEWS/806190308
Puget Sound Energy cuts ribbon on new downtown Port Townsend office (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080619/NEWS/806190303
Puget Energy buyout rejection recommended – Staff at two state agencies recommend buyout rejection (The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/367479_puget19.html?source=rss
Puget Sound Energy sale gets two strikes – Utilities and Transportation Commission staff, consumer agent recommend against deal (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/482981.html
Chelan County PUD extends sale date for Cashmere power system (Wenatchee World, WA)http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080618/NEWS04/658698908
Seattle City Council members back keeping City Light chief – Despite “communications, appreciation issues” (Seattle Times, WA)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008005690_citylight19m.html?syndication=rss
McCain Sets Goal of 45 New Nuclear Reactors by 2030 (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/us/politics/19nuke.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
'Smart meters' May Soon be Outdated (LA Times): Screw-up Illustrates PR Challenge (Energy Strategies Blog – Seattle Times)
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/energy/archives/141432.asp?from=blog_last3
Pickens: Gas, wind power key to nation's energy future (Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/06/16/daily33.html?ana=from_rss
Natural gas price is nearing record (Augusta Chronicle, ME)
http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/061508/met_462257.shtml
CANADA – Vancouver air quality officials will do what they can to stop power plant boost (Macroworld Investor)
http://www.mworld.com/m/m.w?lp=GetStory&id=310692671
FISH & WILDLIFE
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial – Salmon: Right this time? It sounds unlikely, but maybe the answer will be yes
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/367495_rivered.html?source=rss
Federal bills would expand Oregon wilderness and salmon protection (The Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1448288~Bills_would_expand_Oregon_wilderness_and_salmon_protection.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Greenpeace gives grocery chains failing grades on seafood buying practices (The Seattle Times, WA)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008005520_seafood19.html
History Be Damned: Wild west bounties won’t save the Snake River runs (The Source Weekly, Bend OR)
http://www.tsweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2946&Itemid=75
Sturgeon fishing steps up to fill gap left by steelhead (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/482955.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Brewery water in hands of panel – A little-known volunteer board will determine how much of the water that was once the main ingredient in Olympia Beer will one day flow through the faucets of utility customers in the county's three largest cities (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/483023.html
City of Port Angeles looking into copper levels in water (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/3738
Brightwater costs up; sewer rates to rise, too – King County's $1.8 billion cost estimate for the Brightwater sewage-treatment plant understates the likely cost by at least $41 million (The Seattle Times, WA)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008005688_brightwater19m.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
GE Study Finds Tax Revenues from Wind Farms Offset Tax Incentive (Renewable Energy World Online)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=52825&src=rss
CALIFORNIA – News Release – REC Solar to Host Walnut Creek Solar Challenge (REC Solar)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/story?id=52818&src=rss
Trash-fed generator deployed in Iraq (CNET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9972359-54.html
CONSERVATION
TEXAS – Spike in electricity demand prompts conservation alert (The Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5845375.html
NEW ZEALAND – Lights out for old style bulb – Old fashioned light bulbs are set to be switched off in a new initiative aimed at cutting New Zealand's power bills (TV New Zealand)
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411368/1850650
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Canadian Carbon tax won't raise gas prices, sources say (The Globe and Mail – and it will make you taller, better looking, and a better dancer!)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080618.CARBON18//TPStory/Environment
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
NORTH CAROLINA – Mighty, mighty broadband – The small city of Wilson is leading the way in providing faster, cheaper Internet service (Independent Weekly, Durham, NC)
http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A259848
Yahoo launches 2 new e-mail domains (Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2008/06/16/daily53.html?ana=from_rss
"Today's 'Bandwidth Hog' is Tomorrow's Average User" (Apprising, via Baller/Herbst)
http://app-rising.com/2008/06/todays_bandwidth_hog_is_tomorr.html
MASSACHUSETTS – Selectmen quiz Verizon reps on boxes on poles (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
http://www.wickedlocal.com/marblehead/news/x19918962/Selectmen-quiz-Verizon-reps-on-boxes-on-poles
Building a Better Browser: Firefox Keeps Innovating (Washington Post, DC)http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061802731.html?nav=rss_technology
GENERAL NEWS
Electronics Trafficking Ring Revealed – The last of four men suspected to be part of a ring that stole thousands of dollars turned himself in yesterday (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1213811130&archive=
Flooding Could Be Act of Man – As the Midwest landscape is altered, the ability of ground to absorb water is diminished, experts say (Washington Post, DC)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061803371.html?nav=rss_email/components
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Woman Sues Victoria's Secret For Thong Injury – Says Metal Piece Flew Off, Struck Eye
http://www.kirotv.com/money/16644963/detail.html
Skunks Cause $75,000 In Damage To Home – Skunks Chew Through Utility Room
http://www.kirotv.com/money/16643918/detail.html
"Curse of the Fuwa" fulfilled by Chinese floods – Floods sweeping southern China seem to have fulfilled the final stanza of an Internet curse involving Beijing's Olympic mascots
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080619/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_curse;_ylt=AqHSY4rEbftGE_NqlWnJbartiBIF
German court rules fear of letters is no excuse – Phobia of official letters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080618/ap_on_fe_st/odd_germany_letter_phobia;_ylt=AkRuJnMmVMk4d5hQ7e6s1LDtiBIF
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Energy News Digest for June 18, 2008
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Grays Harbor PUD – Bonneville classification could sink deal for cogeneration at Cosmopolis Pulp Mill
- Final vote set for 17-year Chelan PUD-Alcoa power contract
- Michigan utility may face scrutiny over response to outages
- Grays Harbor County PUD bills will change
- McNary Dam to hold open house
- Energy Pulse Commentary – "Politics": How Do Regulators Respond?
- Port Angeles workers "round up" utiilty awards try at lineman rodeo
- U.S. plan to balance Northwest salmon and dams is challenged
- Columbia producing lots of sockeye, Chinook
- Federal agencies to evaluate state of the nation's water
- Plain ol’ tap water now all the rage
- Study: Solar energy cost will plummet by 2025
- Senate blocks debate of clean energy tax credits
- Nev. senator seeks renewable energy development
- FERC approves NYISO plan to integrate wind power
- FLORIDA – Soaring utility bills in Tallahassee spark conservation efforts
- OREGON – Governor Kulongoski Says Improving Energy Efficiency Is Vital
- Avoid being 'green-washed'
- Class Tests Carbon Trading, With Troubling Results “…as students put in a position to manipulate the market do so all on their own…”
- CANADA – Most oppose carbon tax
- Congressional Research Service – Climate Change: Current Issues and Policy Tools
- GEORGIA – Thieves target cable amplifier boxes
- Verizon speeding up FiOS Internet service
- We Heart Data Center Engineers
- North Mason Schools to Seek Bond, and Levy, in 2009
- Former L&I Director of The Safety And Compliance Section Admits Supplying Drugs To Teen
- Public Servants Flee Tough Oregon Ethics Laws
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Mansuetude • \MAN-swih-tood\ • noun – The quality or state of being gentle: meekness, tameness
The sweet little wildcat’s apparent mansuetude was belied by the constant twitching of its stubby tail. Unfortunately for Ambrose, and fortunately for his reconstructive surgeon, it was noticed too late to avoid the inevitable lashing out of the irritated cat.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Grays Harbor PUD – Bonneville classification could sink deal for cogeneration at Cosmopolis Pulp Mill (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/06/17/local_news/03news.txt
Final vote set for 17-year Chelan PUD-Alcoa power contract (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080617/NEWS04/310508503
Michigan utility may face scrutiny over response to outages (The Associated Press, via AOL Money & Finance)
http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/mich-utility-may-face-scrutiny-over/n20080613183609990004?cid=1214
Grays Harbor County PUD bills will change (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/06/17/local_news/02news.txt
McNary Dam to hold open house – Non-U.S. citizens who want to see secured areas of the dam must register by Friday (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
http://www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2008/06/17/local_news/080617local03mcnarydamtour.txt
Energy Pulse Commentary – "Politics": How Do Regulators Respond?
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1768
Port Angeles workers "round up" utiilty awards try at lineman rodeo (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/3733
FISH & WILDLIFE
U.S. plan to balance Northwest salmon and dams is challenged – Conservation and fishing groups file complaint in court (The Associated Press, via the Seattle Times)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/367379_salmondams18.html
Columbia producing lots of sockeye, Chinook (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/391876.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Federal agencies to evaluate state of the nation's water (The Associated Press, via the Contra Costa Times, Walnut Grove, CA)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_9617248?source=rss
Plain ol’ tap water now all the rage (The Associated Press, via the News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/391896.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Study: Solar energy cost will plummet by 2025 (Nashville Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2008/06/16/daily28.html?ana=from_rss
Senate blocks debate of clean energy tax credits (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1730263720080617
Nev. senator seeks renewable energy development (The Associated Press, via Forbes.com)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/06/18/ap5128877.html
FERC approves NYISO plan to integrate wind power (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=331960&C=ENVIR&dcmp=rss
CONSERVATION
FLORIDA – Soaring utility bills in Tallahassee spark conservation efforts (The Tallahassee Democrat, FL)http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080618/BREAKINGNEWS/80616013
OREGON – Governor Kulongoski Says Improving Energy Efficiency Is Vital (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/2363-kulongoski-says-improving-energy-efficiency-vital/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Avoid being 'green-washed' (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/20181229.html
Class Tests Carbon Trading, With Troubling Results “…as students put in a position to manipulate the market do so all on their own…” (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91625716&ft=1&f=3
CANADA – Most oppose carbon tax – Anti-tax sentiment a potential threat to Liberals ahead of election, pollster says (The Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=0c50aa7d-d414-4eb6-8b86-843d2ef28cad
Congressional Research Service – Climate Change: Current Issues and Policy Tools
http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RL34513
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
GEORGIA – Thieves target cable amplifier boxes – Comcast equipment taken from Cobb neighborhoods (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, GA)
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/06/17/cable_box_thefts.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13
Verizon speeding up FiOS Internet service (The Associated Press, via the Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008003218_verizonfios18.html?syndication=rss
We Heart Data Center Engineers (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/06/17/we-heart-data-center-engineers/
GENERAL NEWS
North Mason Schools to Seek Bond, and Levy, in 2009 (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/jun/17/north-mason-schools-to-seek-bond-and-levy-in/
Former L&I Director of The Safety And Compliance Section Admits Supplying Drugs To Teen (KIRO-TV, Seattle, WA)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16637600/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Public Servants Flee Tough Oregon Ethics Laws (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91606626&ft=1&f=2
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Arkansas city releases shelter dogs into national forest
http://www.helena-arkansas.com/news/x1470883524/Arkansas-city-releases-shelter-dogs-into-national-forest
Reel fast: New track ready for riding lawnmower races
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080618/NEWS/806180301
Lemonade Stand Robbery Goes Sour – Suspect Arrested On Felony Charge
http://www.kirotv.com/family/16631621/detail.html
Sometimes it rains cement
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSHAR75844520080617?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Teacher fired for running from quake school “…Paging George Costanza…”
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN1735552720080617?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Grays Harbor PUD – Bonneville classification could sink deal for cogeneration at Cosmopolis Pulp Mill
- Final vote set for 17-year Chelan PUD-Alcoa power contract
- Michigan utility may face scrutiny over response to outages
- Grays Harbor County PUD bills will change
- McNary Dam to hold open house
- Energy Pulse Commentary – "Politics": How Do Regulators Respond?
- Port Angeles workers "round up" utiilty awards try at lineman rodeo
- U.S. plan to balance Northwest salmon and dams is challenged
- Columbia producing lots of sockeye, Chinook
- Federal agencies to evaluate state of the nation's water
- Plain ol’ tap water now all the rage
- Study: Solar energy cost will plummet by 2025
- Senate blocks debate of clean energy tax credits
- Nev. senator seeks renewable energy development
- FERC approves NYISO plan to integrate wind power
- FLORIDA – Soaring utility bills in Tallahassee spark conservation efforts
- OREGON – Governor Kulongoski Says Improving Energy Efficiency Is Vital
- Avoid being 'green-washed'
- Class Tests Carbon Trading, With Troubling Results “…as students put in a position to manipulate the market do so all on their own…”
- CANADA – Most oppose carbon tax
- Congressional Research Service – Climate Change: Current Issues and Policy Tools
- GEORGIA – Thieves target cable amplifier boxes
- Verizon speeding up FiOS Internet service
- We Heart Data Center Engineers
- North Mason Schools to Seek Bond, and Levy, in 2009
- Former L&I Director of The Safety And Compliance Section Admits Supplying Drugs To Teen
- Public Servants Flee Tough Oregon Ethics Laws
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Mansuetude • \MAN-swih-tood\ • noun – The quality or state of being gentle: meekness, tameness
The sweet little wildcat’s apparent mansuetude was belied by the constant twitching of its stubby tail. Unfortunately for Ambrose, and fortunately for his reconstructive surgeon, it was noticed too late to avoid the inevitable lashing out of the irritated cat.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Grays Harbor PUD – Bonneville classification could sink deal for cogeneration at Cosmopolis Pulp Mill (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/06/17/local_news/03news.txt
Final vote set for 17-year Chelan PUD-Alcoa power contract (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080617/NEWS04/310508503
Michigan utility may face scrutiny over response to outages (The Associated Press, via AOL Money & Finance)
http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/mich-utility-may-face-scrutiny-over/n20080613183609990004?cid=1214
Grays Harbor County PUD bills will change (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/06/17/local_news/02news.txt
McNary Dam to hold open house – Non-U.S. citizens who want to see secured areas of the dam must register by Friday (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
http://www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2008/06/17/local_news/080617local03mcnarydamtour.txt
Energy Pulse Commentary – "Politics": How Do Regulators Respond?
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1768
Port Angeles workers "round up" utiilty awards try at lineman rodeo (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/3733
FISH & WILDLIFE
U.S. plan to balance Northwest salmon and dams is challenged – Conservation and fishing groups file complaint in court (The Associated Press, via the Seattle Times)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/367379_salmondams18.html
Columbia producing lots of sockeye, Chinook (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/391876.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Federal agencies to evaluate state of the nation's water (The Associated Press, via the Contra Costa Times, Walnut Grove, CA)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_9617248?source=rss
Plain ol’ tap water now all the rage (The Associated Press, via the News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/391896.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Study: Solar energy cost will plummet by 2025 (Nashville Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2008/06/16/daily28.html?ana=from_rss
Senate blocks debate of clean energy tax credits (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1730263720080617
Nev. senator seeks renewable energy development (The Associated Press, via Forbes.com)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/06/18/ap5128877.html
FERC approves NYISO plan to integrate wind power (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=331960&C=ENVIR&dcmp=rss
CONSERVATION
FLORIDA – Soaring utility bills in Tallahassee spark conservation efforts (The Tallahassee Democrat, FL)http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080618/BREAKINGNEWS/80616013
OREGON – Governor Kulongoski Says Improving Energy Efficiency Is Vital (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/2363-kulongoski-says-improving-energy-efficiency-vital/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Avoid being 'green-washed' (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/20181229.html
Class Tests Carbon Trading, With Troubling Results “…as students put in a position to manipulate the market do so all on their own…” (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91625716&ft=1&f=3
CANADA – Most oppose carbon tax – Anti-tax sentiment a potential threat to Liberals ahead of election, pollster says (The Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=0c50aa7d-d414-4eb6-8b86-843d2ef28cad
Congressional Research Service – Climate Change: Current Issues and Policy Tools
http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RL34513
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
GEORGIA – Thieves target cable amplifier boxes – Comcast equipment taken from Cobb neighborhoods (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, GA)
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/06/17/cable_box_thefts.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13
Verizon speeding up FiOS Internet service (The Associated Press, via the Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008003218_verizonfios18.html?syndication=rss
We Heart Data Center Engineers (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2008/06/17/we-heart-data-center-engineers/
GENERAL NEWS
North Mason Schools to Seek Bond, and Levy, in 2009 (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/jun/17/north-mason-schools-to-seek-bond-and-levy-in/
Former L&I Director of The Safety And Compliance Section Admits Supplying Drugs To Teen (KIRO-TV, Seattle, WA)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16637600/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=news
Public Servants Flee Tough Oregon Ethics Laws (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91606626&ft=1&f=2
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Arkansas city releases shelter dogs into national forest
http://www.helena-arkansas.com/news/x1470883524/Arkansas-city-releases-shelter-dogs-into-national-forest
Reel fast: New track ready for riding lawnmower races
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080618/NEWS/806180301
Lemonade Stand Robbery Goes Sour – Suspect Arrested On Felony Charge
http://www.kirotv.com/family/16631621/detail.html
Sometimes it rains cement
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSHAR75844520080617?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Teacher fired for running from quake school “…Paging George Costanza…”
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN1735552720080617?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Energy News Digest for June 17, 2008
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Olympian Editorial – Puget Sound Energy rate decision is important
- ENERGY: Regional task force meets Wednesday in Portland
- News Release – Climate and cost concerns reinvigorate NW energy efficiency efforts
- MONTANA – PPL Montana owes state rent for use of riverbeds
- Longview, WA marijuana operation's power theft difficult to estimate
- OREGON – Springfield utility chief gets raise, extension
- Gas Cost to Rise: Vectren Warns Price Could Increase 50 Percent By Winter
- National Electric Rate Comparisons
- Obama, McCain differ on energy policy
- Testing Politicians' Claims in the Energy Debate
- NEW YORK – Spanish Firm’s Bid for Maine-Based Electrical Utility Hits a Hurdle
- Groups to file suit over latest plan to balance imperiled salmon with the operation of hydroelectric dams
- CANADA – British Columbia wild salmon in short supply
- Project Succeeding to Relocate Caspian Terns to Help Protect Juvenile Salmon and Steelhead
- Two-ton salmon to beach on Capitol Hill
- Tiny, Clingy and Destructive, Mussel Makes Its Way West
- OREGON – Judge tells regulators to reconsider whether they have the power to regulate toxic algae
- OREGON – Rogue elements are imperiling our rivers
- MONTANA – Flathead Lake well below full pool
- Washington State Department of Ecology avoids layoffs by shuffling jobs
- Treatment plant to clean water, allow Lacey to restart well
- Intel team heads to Oregon for solar spin-off
- ALASKA – Juneau family has personal hydropower, lives off the grid
- NEW YORK – Solar energy future still bright in state
- KANSAS – Group explores issues with adding wind energy
- One megawatt of grid storage, 10 big flywheels
- Electric Hand Dryers vs. Paper Towels – How to keep your paws clean and green
- CANADA – Liberal carbon tax would hit home heating fuel, but not gas at the pumps
- San Jose Mercury News Editorial: Yahoo's drama ends in clear win - for Google
- PENNSYLVANIA – Philly Wi-Fi Network May Survive After All
- 2 years for Shelton, Washington couple in death of infant
- Weather Permitting – City of Shelton’s Northcliff Paving Set for Wednesday & Thursday
- Corn prices jump near $8 on fears of reduced crop
- Four Washington daily papers hit by McClatchy cuts – The Olympian; The Tacoma News Tribune; Tri-City Herald; and Bellingham Herald to be affected
- All charges dropped against suspect in LaCenter state lawmaker’ Spokane sex case
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Jaywalk • \JAY-walk\ • verb – To cross a street carelessly or in an illegal manner so as to be endangered by traffic
No example sentence today, but some fascinating history about the origin of the word:
Wikipedia – According to one historian, the earliest known use of the word jaywalker in print was in the Chicago Tribune in 1909. (The earliest citation in the Oxford English Dictionary is from 1917.) The term's dissemination was due in part to a deliberate effort by promoters of automobiles, such as local auto clubs and dealers, to redefine streets as places where pedestrians do not belong. It is a compound word of the words jay and walk; jay referring to a foolish rural person, a rube, unfamiliar with city ways. An alternative folk etymology refers the word to the letter "J", describing the line followed by the pedestrian - going parallel with the road when the other side is reached
Oxford English Dictionary Etymology (word origin) – What is the origin of the word 'jaywalking'? The complete Oxford English Dictionary traces the word jaywalker back to 1917 and labels it 'originally US'. There is a cross-reference to the word jay, which has a number of slang senses. The relevant one is 'a stupid or dull person, a simpleton. Also (as adjective) dull, unsophisticated; inferior, poor'. This is labeled 'US colloquial', and there is evidence of use from 1900. So persons who stupidly ignored traffic regulations were given (in Boston, it seems) this compact name.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Olympian Editorial – Puget Sound Energy rate decision is important (Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/478199.html
ENERGY: Regional task force meets Wednesday in Portland (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/214814.html
News Release – Climate and cost concerns reinvigorate NW energy efficiency efforts – Energy, business and government leaders join forces in forum tomorrow (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/212115/
MONTANA – PPL Montana owes state rent for use of riverbeds – Judge says PPL Montana must pay state more than $40 million in back rent for use of riverbeds (The Associated Press, via Yahoo! Finance)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080617/mt_dams_lawsuit.html?.v=1
Longview, WA marijuana operation's power theft difficult to estimate (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/06/17/area_news/doc4857123a9f888989387752.txt
OREGON – Springfield utility chief gets raise, extension (Eugene Register Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=112027&sid=4&fid=1
Gas Cost to Rise: Vectren Warns Price Could Increase 50 Percent by Winter (the Evansville Courier and Press, IL via RedOrbit)
http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1421106/gas_cost_to_rise_vectren_warns_price_could_increase_50/index.html
National Electric Rate Comparisons (Renewable Energy World Online)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/ate/story?id=52761&src=rss
Obama, McCain differ on energy policy (CNN Money)
http://biz.yahoo.com/cnnm/080617/060908_candidates_energy.html?.v=3
Testing Politicians' Claims in the Energy Debate (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91573893&ft=1&f=3
NEW YORK – Spanish Firm’s Bid for Maine-Based Electrical Utility Hits a Hurdle (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/nyregion/17wind.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
FISH & WILDLIFE
Groups to file suit over latest plan to balance imperiled salmon with the operation of hydroelectric dams in the Columbia River basin (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/06/06172008_Groups-to-file-suit-over-latest-salmon-plan.cfm/
CANADA – British Columbia wild salmon in short supply (CTV News)
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080616/BC_suzuki_salmon_080616/20080616/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome
Project Succeeding to Relocate Caspian Terns to Help Protect Juvenile Salmon and Steelhead in the Columbia River “…terns and cormorants annually consume more than 10 million juvenile salmon…” (Science Daily)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616133113.htm
Two-ton salmon to beach on Capitol Hill (The Oregonian, Portland, OR – Will someone PLEASE get some photos of folks coming out of the other end of this thing?)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2008/06/2ton_salmon_to_beach_on_capito.html
Tiny, Clingy and Destructive, Mussel Makes Its Way West (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/science/17muss.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
OREGON – Judge tells regulators to reconsider whether they have the power to regulate toxic algae coming from behind hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River (The Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1444605~Judge_tells_regulators_to_reconsider_Klamath_algae.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Rogue elements are imperiling our rivers – Rafting while afraid of being shot for trespassing is a terrible way to run a river. And setting public policy stream by stream is a terrible way to run a state (The Oregonian, Portland, OR – Insert cinematic cultural reference here…)
http://www.oregonlive.com/editorials/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1213392304202350.xml&coll=7
MONTANA – Flathead Lake well below full pool – PPL Montana's license to operate Kerr Dam calls for the lake to be at full pool by June 15, unless there are flood-control concerns (The Missoulian, Missoula, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/06/17/news/mtregional/news07.txt
Washington State Department of Ecology avoids layoffs by shuffling jobs – Agency avoids threatened layoffs in its water-quality program, in part by moving some affected workers to other agency positions (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/stateworkers/story/479893.html
Treatment plant to clean water, allow Lacey to restart well (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/480821.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Intel team heads to Oregon for solar spin-off (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/17/BU6F11A5QF.DTL&feed=rss.business
ALASKA – Juneau family has personal hydropower, lives off the grid (Alaska Journal of Commerce)
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/061508/hom_20080615016.shtml
NEW YORK – Solar energy future still bright in state – Despite departure of DayStar, General Electric, TerraWatt and others work to capitalize on the growing demand for solar power (Albany Times-Union)
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=696279&category=BUSINESS
KANSAS – Group explores issues with adding wind energy – Proponents of wind energy say it can play an important -- and growing -- role in meeting Kansas' electricity needs. But others say wind's whims make it a bit player at best (Salina Journal, Salina KS)
http://www.saljournal.com/rdnews/story/wind-group-pre-6-16-08
One megawatt of grid storage, 10 big flywheels (CNET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9968539-54.html
CONSERVATION
Electric Hand Dryers vs. Paper Towels – How to keep your paws clean and green (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2193740/?from=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
CANADA – Liberal carbon tax would hit home heating fuel, but not gas at the pumps (Victoria Times-Colonist)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=5b14d75b-c44d-420c-bd68-e9b8da077817
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
San Jose Mercury News Editorial: Yahoo's drama ends in clear win - for Google (San Jose, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9609830?source=rss
PENNSYLVANIA – Philly Wi-Fi Network May Survive After All (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Philly-WiFi-Network-May-Survive-After-All-95341
GENERAL NEWS
2 years for Shelton, Washington couple in death of infant – Couple who gave their fussy infant son a deadly concoction of adult medications have pleaded guilty (San Diego Union-Tribune)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080617-9999-1m17plea.html
Weather Permitting – City of Shelton’s Northcliff Paving Set For Wednesday & Thursday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/244/reftab/1896/Default.aspx
Corn prices jump near $8 on fears of reduced crop (The Associated Press, via the Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008000372_apcommoditiesreview.html?syndication=rss
Four Washington daily papers hit by McClatchy cuts – The Olympian; The Tacoma News Tribune; Tri-City Herald; and Bellingham Herald to be affected (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/367256_mcclatchy17.html?source=rss
All charges dropped against suspect in LaCenter state lawmaker’ Spokane sex case (The Associated Press, via the Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://news.columbian.com/news/state/APStories/AP06172008news330145.cfm
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Ghost Hunters Want to Search Retired Washington State Ferries
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16621599/detail.html
Leona Helmsley's Well-Heeled Dog Loses $10M
http://www.kirotv.com/money/16619921/detail.html
Over half of Hawaiian McDonald’s Drive Throughs Have Remote Order Takers In Texas
http://www.kirotv.com/money/16618333/detail.html
Date Palm Seed From Masada Sprouts – Seed was about 2,000 years old
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/science/17obseed.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Romanian village re-elects dead mayor
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL1626574720080616?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Fifth human foot washes up on Canada coast
http://news.columbian.com/news/state/APStories/AP06162008news330214.cfm
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Olympian Editorial – Puget Sound Energy rate decision is important
- ENERGY: Regional task force meets Wednesday in Portland
- News Release – Climate and cost concerns reinvigorate NW energy efficiency efforts
- MONTANA – PPL Montana owes state rent for use of riverbeds
- Longview, WA marijuana operation's power theft difficult to estimate
- OREGON – Springfield utility chief gets raise, extension
- Gas Cost to Rise: Vectren Warns Price Could Increase 50 Percent By Winter
- National Electric Rate Comparisons
- Obama, McCain differ on energy policy
- Testing Politicians' Claims in the Energy Debate
- NEW YORK – Spanish Firm’s Bid for Maine-Based Electrical Utility Hits a Hurdle
- Groups to file suit over latest plan to balance imperiled salmon with the operation of hydroelectric dams
- CANADA – British Columbia wild salmon in short supply
- Project Succeeding to Relocate Caspian Terns to Help Protect Juvenile Salmon and Steelhead
- Two-ton salmon to beach on Capitol Hill
- Tiny, Clingy and Destructive, Mussel Makes Its Way West
- OREGON – Judge tells regulators to reconsider whether they have the power to regulate toxic algae
- OREGON – Rogue elements are imperiling our rivers
- MONTANA – Flathead Lake well below full pool
- Washington State Department of Ecology avoids layoffs by shuffling jobs
- Treatment plant to clean water, allow Lacey to restart well
- Intel team heads to Oregon for solar spin-off
- ALASKA – Juneau family has personal hydropower, lives off the grid
- NEW YORK – Solar energy future still bright in state
- KANSAS – Group explores issues with adding wind energy
- One megawatt of grid storage, 10 big flywheels
- Electric Hand Dryers vs. Paper Towels – How to keep your paws clean and green
- CANADA – Liberal carbon tax would hit home heating fuel, but not gas at the pumps
- San Jose Mercury News Editorial: Yahoo's drama ends in clear win - for Google
- PENNSYLVANIA – Philly Wi-Fi Network May Survive After All
- 2 years for Shelton, Washington couple in death of infant
- Weather Permitting – City of Shelton’s Northcliff Paving Set for Wednesday & Thursday
- Corn prices jump near $8 on fears of reduced crop
- Four Washington daily papers hit by McClatchy cuts – The Olympian; The Tacoma News Tribune; Tri-City Herald; and Bellingham Herald to be affected
- All charges dropped against suspect in LaCenter state lawmaker’ Spokane sex case
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Jaywalk • \JAY-walk\ • verb – To cross a street carelessly or in an illegal manner so as to be endangered by traffic
No example sentence today, but some fascinating history about the origin of the word:
Wikipedia – According to one historian, the earliest known use of the word jaywalker in print was in the Chicago Tribune in 1909. (The earliest citation in the Oxford English Dictionary is from 1917.) The term's dissemination was due in part to a deliberate effort by promoters of automobiles, such as local auto clubs and dealers, to redefine streets as places where pedestrians do not belong. It is a compound word of the words jay and walk; jay referring to a foolish rural person, a rube, unfamiliar with city ways. An alternative folk etymology refers the word to the letter "J", describing the line followed by the pedestrian - going parallel with the road when the other side is reached
Oxford English Dictionary Etymology (word origin) – What is the origin of the word 'jaywalking'? The complete Oxford English Dictionary traces the word jaywalker back to 1917 and labels it 'originally US'. There is a cross-reference to the word jay, which has a number of slang senses. The relevant one is 'a stupid or dull person, a simpleton. Also (as adjective) dull, unsophisticated; inferior, poor'. This is labeled 'US colloquial', and there is evidence of use from 1900. So persons who stupidly ignored traffic regulations were given (in Boston, it seems) this compact name.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Olympian Editorial – Puget Sound Energy rate decision is important (Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/478199.html
ENERGY: Regional task force meets Wednesday in Portland (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/214814.html
News Release – Climate and cost concerns reinvigorate NW energy efficiency efforts – Energy, business and government leaders join forces in forum tomorrow (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/212115/
MONTANA – PPL Montana owes state rent for use of riverbeds – Judge says PPL Montana must pay state more than $40 million in back rent for use of riverbeds (The Associated Press, via Yahoo! Finance)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080617/mt_dams_lawsuit.html?.v=1
Longview, WA marijuana operation's power theft difficult to estimate (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/06/17/area_news/doc4857123a9f888989387752.txt
OREGON – Springfield utility chief gets raise, extension (Eugene Register Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=112027&sid=4&fid=1
Gas Cost to Rise: Vectren Warns Price Could Increase 50 Percent by Winter (the Evansville Courier and Press, IL via RedOrbit)
http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1421106/gas_cost_to_rise_vectren_warns_price_could_increase_50/index.html
National Electric Rate Comparisons (Renewable Energy World Online)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/ate/story?id=52761&src=rss
Obama, McCain differ on energy policy (CNN Money)
http://biz.yahoo.com/cnnm/080617/060908_candidates_energy.html?.v=3
Testing Politicians' Claims in the Energy Debate (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91573893&ft=1&f=3
NEW YORK – Spanish Firm’s Bid for Maine-Based Electrical Utility Hits a Hurdle (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/nyregion/17wind.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
FISH & WILDLIFE
Groups to file suit over latest plan to balance imperiled salmon with the operation of hydroelectric dams in the Columbia River basin (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/06/06172008_Groups-to-file-suit-over-latest-salmon-plan.cfm/
CANADA – British Columbia wild salmon in short supply (CTV News)
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080616/BC_suzuki_salmon_080616/20080616/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome
Project Succeeding to Relocate Caspian Terns to Help Protect Juvenile Salmon and Steelhead in the Columbia River “…terns and cormorants annually consume more than 10 million juvenile salmon…” (Science Daily)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616133113.htm
Two-ton salmon to beach on Capitol Hill (The Oregonian, Portland, OR – Will someone PLEASE get some photos of folks coming out of the other end of this thing?)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2008/06/2ton_salmon_to_beach_on_capito.html
Tiny, Clingy and Destructive, Mussel Makes Its Way West (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/science/17muss.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
OREGON – Judge tells regulators to reconsider whether they have the power to regulate toxic algae coming from behind hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River (The Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1444605~Judge_tells_regulators_to_reconsider_Klamath_algae.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Rogue elements are imperiling our rivers – Rafting while afraid of being shot for trespassing is a terrible way to run a river. And setting public policy stream by stream is a terrible way to run a state (The Oregonian, Portland, OR – Insert cinematic cultural reference here…)
http://www.oregonlive.com/editorials/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1213392304202350.xml&coll=7
MONTANA – Flathead Lake well below full pool – PPL Montana's license to operate Kerr Dam calls for the lake to be at full pool by June 15, unless there are flood-control concerns (The Missoulian, Missoula, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/06/17/news/mtregional/news07.txt
Washington State Department of Ecology avoids layoffs by shuffling jobs – Agency avoids threatened layoffs in its water-quality program, in part by moving some affected workers to other agency positions (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/stateworkers/story/479893.html
Treatment plant to clean water, allow Lacey to restart well (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/480821.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Intel team heads to Oregon for solar spin-off (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/17/BU6F11A5QF.DTL&feed=rss.business
ALASKA – Juneau family has personal hydropower, lives off the grid (Alaska Journal of Commerce)
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/061508/hom_20080615016.shtml
NEW YORK – Solar energy future still bright in state – Despite departure of DayStar, General Electric, TerraWatt and others work to capitalize on the growing demand for solar power (Albany Times-Union)
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=696279&category=BUSINESS
KANSAS – Group explores issues with adding wind energy – Proponents of wind energy say it can play an important -- and growing -- role in meeting Kansas' electricity needs. But others say wind's whims make it a bit player at best (Salina Journal, Salina KS)
http://www.saljournal.com/rdnews/story/wind-group-pre-6-16-08
One megawatt of grid storage, 10 big flywheels (CNET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9968539-54.html
CONSERVATION
Electric Hand Dryers vs. Paper Towels – How to keep your paws clean and green (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2193740/?from=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
CANADA – Liberal carbon tax would hit home heating fuel, but not gas at the pumps (Victoria Times-Colonist)
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=5b14d75b-c44d-420c-bd68-e9b8da077817
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
San Jose Mercury News Editorial: Yahoo's drama ends in clear win - for Google (San Jose, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9609830?source=rss
PENNSYLVANIA – Philly Wi-Fi Network May Survive After All (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Philly-WiFi-Network-May-Survive-After-All-95341
GENERAL NEWS
2 years for Shelton, Washington couple in death of infant – Couple who gave their fussy infant son a deadly concoction of adult medications have pleaded guilty (San Diego Union-Tribune)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080617-9999-1m17plea.html
Weather Permitting – City of Shelton’s Northcliff Paving Set For Wednesday & Thursday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/244/reftab/1896/Default.aspx
Corn prices jump near $8 on fears of reduced crop (The Associated Press, via the Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008000372_apcommoditiesreview.html?syndication=rss
Four Washington daily papers hit by McClatchy cuts – The Olympian; The Tacoma News Tribune; Tri-City Herald; and Bellingham Herald to be affected (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/367256_mcclatchy17.html?source=rss
All charges dropped against suspect in LaCenter state lawmaker’ Spokane sex case (The Associated Press, via the Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://news.columbian.com/news/state/APStories/AP06172008news330145.cfm
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Ghost Hunters Want to Search Retired Washington State Ferries
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16621599/detail.html
Leona Helmsley's Well-Heeled Dog Loses $10M
http://www.kirotv.com/money/16619921/detail.html
Over half of Hawaiian McDonald’s Drive Throughs Have Remote Order Takers In Texas
http://www.kirotv.com/money/16618333/detail.html
Date Palm Seed From Masada Sprouts – Seed was about 2,000 years old
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/science/17obseed.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Romanian village re-elects dead mayor
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL1626574720080616?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Fifth human foot washes up on Canada coast
http://news.columbian.com/news/state/APStories/AP06162008news330214.cfm
Monday, June 16, 2008
Energy News Digest for June 16, 2008
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Olympian Op/Ed – Steve Johnson: Should Thurston PUD start providing electricity to customers?
- BRITISH COLUMBIA – Undersea cable between Canada and Port Angeles gets permits
- MONTANA – Power line route for Mountain States Transmission Intertie project would abut wilderness
- MONTANA – Flathead aluminum plant may trim jobs
- Great Falls Tribune Op/Ed – The Montana Public Service Commission feels Montanans' energy pain
- Utilities raising price of power – Utilities across the USA are raising power prices up to 29%
- MICHIGAN – Group takes issue with energy bills
- And so it begins: NERC enforces compliance with electric reliability standards
- Cleaning Coal
- A powerful revival – Old One-Hundred year old Holtwood Hydroelectric Dam in Pennsylvania upgraded as electricity source
- SOUTH CAROLINA – Meter reader caught electricity thefts, Greer police say
- Alaska’s ‘golden goose’ is a fish – By branding its wild salmon as gourmet – and banning salmon farms
- Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality finish management plan for Lake Coeur d'Alene
- Larger sockeye run on the Cedar River is on the horizon
- Columbia River Gorge – In the water, in the air, in the Great Divide
- Wind Power Touted for West Lewis County
- Grays Harbor County PUD officials say fears over Cosmopolis biomass cogeneration are unfounded
- CALIFORNIA – Utility finds foes to renewable energy line plan
- Congress urged to keep alternative energy booming
- A New Wind Power Design Good for Rural and Urban Environments
- Maine waters, wind touted as untapped energy
- New Jersey weighs bill encouraging alternative farm energy
- Jumping on the L.E.D. Bandwagon – Next stop, television
- China Increases Lead as Biggest Carbon Dioxide Emitter
- Days of bandwidth buffet on Internet appear to be numbered
- Google prepping broadband-monitoring tools
- Minnesota: An Internet backwater soon? Is the end of the Internet at hand?
- Kentucky city gets $1 million grant for fiber-optics
- The News Tribune Opinion – Online is forever, and it’s usually not private
- Good Grief Charlie Brown! Oil hits record near $140 a barrel on dollar, fire
- Thurston County Government – Poor planning led to budget woes
- Stimulating Confusion – As millions of taxpayers await checks, others find themselves with two
- Landscaper faces $163,000 bill for topping trees in Lacey public right of way
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Obeisance • \oh-BEE-sunss\ • noun – 1: a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission: bow *2: acknowledgment of another's superiority or importance: homage
“Kiss my grits,” shrilled the agitated Florence Jean Castleberry to the unruly customer at the diner counter. Unexpectedly, the grizzled truck driver immediately dropped to one knee in obeisance, gently removing the steaming bowl of hominy grits from the counter and planting a kiss on the gloppy goo.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Olympian Op/Ed – Steve Johnson: Should Thurston PUD start providing electricity to customers? (Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/columnists/story/478198.html
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Undersea cable between Canada and Port Angeles gets permits, but project delayed (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080615/NEWS/806150308
MONTANA – Power line route for Mountain States Transmission Intertie project would abut wilderness study area (Helena Independent Record)
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2008/06/14/top/80lo_080614_powerline.txt
MONTANA – Flathead aluminum plant may trim jobs – Job prospects appear to be tightening in the Flathead Valley, bad news for workers facing layoffs at Columbia Falls Aluminum Company “…’The futures prices are up around $105 or $110 per megawatt hour,’ far higher than the plant can afford, even with hefty subsidies from Bonneville Power Administration…” (The Missoulian)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/06/16/news/local/news03.txt
Great Falls Tribune Op/Ed – The Montana Public Service Commission feels Montanans' energy pain and wants to ease it – The increasing costs of energy of all kinds are knocking holes in family and small business budgets all across the state of Montana
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080616/OPINION/806160304
Utilities raising price of power – Utilities across the USA are raising power prices up to 29%, mostly to pay for soaring fuel costs, but also to build new plants and refurbish an aging power grid (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2008-06-15-power-prices-rising_N.htm
MICHIGAN – Group takes issue with energy bills – Consumers Energy wants the state to limit its competition, a lobbying group alleges, so that it doesn't have to worry it will lose customers after bills increase next year. (Jackson Citizen Patriot, MI)
http://blog.mlive.com/citpat/2008/06/group_takes_issue_with_energy.html
And so it begins: NERC enforces compliance with electric reliability standards (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=330890&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Cleaning Coal (Power Marketing Association Online)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8kowu%5D%5Ckinnijq%5BThe%7DGL%7Dbfen%5Fv
A powerful revival – Old One-Hundred year old Holtwood Hydroelectric Dam in Pennsylvania upgraded as electricity source (The Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bay_environment/bal-te.md.dam15jun15,0,1291485.story
SOUTH CAROLINA – Meter reader caught electricity thefts, Greer police say (The Greenville News, SC)
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080616/NEWS01/806160310
FISH & WILDLIFE
Alaska’s ‘golden goose’ is a fish – By branding its wild salmon as gourmet – and banning salmon farms – this fishery is thriving sustainably (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/06/13/alaska’s-‘golden-goose’-is-a-fish/
Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality finish management plan for Lake Coeur d'Alene (The Associated Press, via the Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/479768.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Larger sockeye run on the Cedar River is on the horizon (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2004477760_outn15.html?syndication=rss
Columbia River Gorge – In the water, in the air, in the Great Divide (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/O/relationships/index.ssf?/base/living/1213143904308420.xml&coll=7
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind Power Touted for West Lewis County – Blades of Energy: Consultant Presents Possibilities, With Pe Ell as Example Site (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1213379719&archive=
Grays Harbor County PUD officials say fears over Cosmopolis biomass cogeneration are unfounded (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/06/13/local_news/03news.txt
CALIFORNIA – Utility finds foes to renewable energy line plan (The Associated Press)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hYJCibCIJ6_ZXcMaHIdu1DcYvyPQD91AKPAG0
Congress urged to keep alternative energy booming – Congress' decision not to put a price on carbon emissions this year probably won't slow the growth of wind and solar power, but failure to extend tax breaks for these renewable energy sources could. (Business First of Louisville)
http://louisville.bizjournals.com/extraedge/washingtonbureau/archive/2008/06/16/bureau1.html?market=louisville
A New Wind Power Design Good for Rural and Urban Environments (Voice of America)
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-06-10-voa14.cfm
Maine waters, wind touted as untapped energy (Bangor Daily News, ME)
http://bangornews.com/news/t/midmaine.aspx?articleid=165602&zoneid=182
New Jersey weighs bill encouraging alternative farm energy (The Associated Press, via the Charlotte Observer, NC)
http://www.charlotte.com/nation/story/671913.html
CONSERVATION
Jumping on the L.E.D. Bandwagon – Next stop, television (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/16/jumping-on-the-led-bandwagon/index.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
China Increases Lead as Biggest Carbon Dioxide Emitter (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/14/world/asia/14china.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Days of bandwidth buffet on Internet appear to be numbered (The NY Times, via The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/389451.html
Google prepping broadband-monitoring tools (CNET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9968972-7.html
Minnesota: An Internet backwater soon? Is the end of the Internet at hand? (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
http://www.startribune.com/business/19920264.html?location_refer=Business
Kentucky city gets $1 million grant for fiber-optics (WZTV, Nashville, TN)
http://www.wztv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/224fc391-www.fox17.com.shtml
The News Tribune Opinion – Online is forever, and it’s usually not private (Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/388898.html
GENERAL NEWS
Good Grief Charlie Brown! Oil hits record near $140 a barrel on dollar, fire (The Associated Press, via the Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004468388_apoilprices.html?syndication=rss
Thurston County Government – Poor planning led to budget woes – Thurston should have cut earlier, commissioner says (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/479106.html
Stimulating Confusion – As millions of taxpayers await checks, others find themselves with two (MarketWatch)
http://finance.yahoo.com/taxes/article/105233/Stimulating-Confusion
Where's Mine? About 30 million stimulus payments totaling more than $27 billion were sent to taxpayers in the two weeks ending May 9, the U.S. Treasury Department said Friday. (MarketWatch)
http://finance.yahoo.com/taxes/article/105054/Where?
Landscaper faces $163,000 bill for topping trees in Lacey public right of way (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/479904.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Help! Family Spam Is Crushing My Inbox! (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91402876&ft=1&f=10
Rare Coffee Sells For $15 Per Cup
http://www.kirotv.com/money/16599424/detail.html
Fighting crows halt trains in India's Bihar
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080616/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_india_crows;_ylt=ApC6ro_FihGn0MiA6L2wNpjtiBIF
Italian kidnaps ex-girlfriend to get ironing done
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080616/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_italy_kidnap;_ylt=AjFGsF9Pogy_Hfbj4uCnOartiBIF
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Olympian Op/Ed – Steve Johnson: Should Thurston PUD start providing electricity to customers?
- BRITISH COLUMBIA – Undersea cable between Canada and Port Angeles gets permits
- MONTANA – Power line route for Mountain States Transmission Intertie project would abut wilderness
- MONTANA – Flathead aluminum plant may trim jobs
- Great Falls Tribune Op/Ed – The Montana Public Service Commission feels Montanans' energy pain
- Utilities raising price of power – Utilities across the USA are raising power prices up to 29%
- MICHIGAN – Group takes issue with energy bills
- And so it begins: NERC enforces compliance with electric reliability standards
- Cleaning Coal
- A powerful revival – Old One-Hundred year old Holtwood Hydroelectric Dam in Pennsylvania upgraded as electricity source
- SOUTH CAROLINA – Meter reader caught electricity thefts, Greer police say
- Alaska’s ‘golden goose’ is a fish – By branding its wild salmon as gourmet – and banning salmon farms
- Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality finish management plan for Lake Coeur d'Alene
- Larger sockeye run on the Cedar River is on the horizon
- Columbia River Gorge – In the water, in the air, in the Great Divide
- Wind Power Touted for West Lewis County
- Grays Harbor County PUD officials say fears over Cosmopolis biomass cogeneration are unfounded
- CALIFORNIA – Utility finds foes to renewable energy line plan
- Congress urged to keep alternative energy booming
- A New Wind Power Design Good for Rural and Urban Environments
- Maine waters, wind touted as untapped energy
- New Jersey weighs bill encouraging alternative farm energy
- Jumping on the L.E.D. Bandwagon – Next stop, television
- China Increases Lead as Biggest Carbon Dioxide Emitter
- Days of bandwidth buffet on Internet appear to be numbered
- Google prepping broadband-monitoring tools
- Minnesota: An Internet backwater soon? Is the end of the Internet at hand?
- Kentucky city gets $1 million grant for fiber-optics
- The News Tribune Opinion – Online is forever, and it’s usually not private
- Good Grief Charlie Brown! Oil hits record near $140 a barrel on dollar, fire
- Thurston County Government – Poor planning led to budget woes
- Stimulating Confusion – As millions of taxpayers await checks, others find themselves with two
- Landscaper faces $163,000 bill for topping trees in Lacey public right of way
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Obeisance • \oh-BEE-sunss\ • noun – 1: a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission: bow *2: acknowledgment of another's superiority or importance: homage
“Kiss my grits,” shrilled the agitated Florence Jean Castleberry to the unruly customer at the diner counter. Unexpectedly, the grizzled truck driver immediately dropped to one knee in obeisance, gently removing the steaming bowl of hominy grits from the counter and planting a kiss on the gloppy goo.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Olympian Op/Ed – Steve Johnson: Should Thurston PUD start providing electricity to customers? (Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/columnists/story/478198.html
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Undersea cable between Canada and Port Angeles gets permits, but project delayed (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080615/NEWS/806150308
MONTANA – Power line route for Mountain States Transmission Intertie project would abut wilderness study area (Helena Independent Record)
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2008/06/14/top/80lo_080614_powerline.txt
MONTANA – Flathead aluminum plant may trim jobs – Job prospects appear to be tightening in the Flathead Valley, bad news for workers facing layoffs at Columbia Falls Aluminum Company “…’The futures prices are up around $105 or $110 per megawatt hour,’ far higher than the plant can afford, even with hefty subsidies from Bonneville Power Administration…” (The Missoulian)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/06/16/news/local/news03.txt
Great Falls Tribune Op/Ed – The Montana Public Service Commission feels Montanans' energy pain and wants to ease it – The increasing costs of energy of all kinds are knocking holes in family and small business budgets all across the state of Montana
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080616/OPINION/806160304
Utilities raising price of power – Utilities across the USA are raising power prices up to 29%, mostly to pay for soaring fuel costs, but also to build new plants and refurbish an aging power grid (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2008-06-15-power-prices-rising_N.htm
MICHIGAN – Group takes issue with energy bills – Consumers Energy wants the state to limit its competition, a lobbying group alleges, so that it doesn't have to worry it will lose customers after bills increase next year. (Jackson Citizen Patriot, MI)
http://blog.mlive.com/citpat/2008/06/group_takes_issue_with_energy.html
And so it begins: NERC enforces compliance with electric reliability standards (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=330890&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Cleaning Coal (Power Marketing Association Online)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8kowu%5D%5Ckinnijq%5BThe%7DGL%7Dbfen%5Fv
A powerful revival – Old One-Hundred year old Holtwood Hydroelectric Dam in Pennsylvania upgraded as electricity source (The Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bay_environment/bal-te.md.dam15jun15,0,1291485.story
SOUTH CAROLINA – Meter reader caught electricity thefts, Greer police say (The Greenville News, SC)
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080616/NEWS01/806160310
FISH & WILDLIFE
Alaska’s ‘golden goose’ is a fish – By branding its wild salmon as gourmet – and banning salmon farms – this fishery is thriving sustainably (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/06/13/alaska’s-‘golden-goose’-is-a-fish/
Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality finish management plan for Lake Coeur d'Alene (The Associated Press, via the Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/479768.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Larger sockeye run on the Cedar River is on the horizon (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2004477760_outn15.html?syndication=rss
Columbia River Gorge – In the water, in the air, in the Great Divide (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/O/relationships/index.ssf?/base/living/1213143904308420.xml&coll=7
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind Power Touted for West Lewis County – Blades of Energy: Consultant Presents Possibilities, With Pe Ell as Example Site (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1213379719&archive=
Grays Harbor County PUD officials say fears over Cosmopolis biomass cogeneration are unfounded (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/06/13/local_news/03news.txt
CALIFORNIA – Utility finds foes to renewable energy line plan (The Associated Press)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hYJCibCIJ6_ZXcMaHIdu1DcYvyPQD91AKPAG0
Congress urged to keep alternative energy booming – Congress' decision not to put a price on carbon emissions this year probably won't slow the growth of wind and solar power, but failure to extend tax breaks for these renewable energy sources could. (Business First of Louisville)
http://louisville.bizjournals.com/extraedge/washingtonbureau/archive/2008/06/16/bureau1.html?market=louisville
A New Wind Power Design Good for Rural and Urban Environments (Voice of America)
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-06-10-voa14.cfm
Maine waters, wind touted as untapped energy (Bangor Daily News, ME)
http://bangornews.com/news/t/midmaine.aspx?articleid=165602&zoneid=182
New Jersey weighs bill encouraging alternative farm energy (The Associated Press, via the Charlotte Observer, NC)
http://www.charlotte.com/nation/story/671913.html
CONSERVATION
Jumping on the L.E.D. Bandwagon – Next stop, television (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/16/jumping-on-the-led-bandwagon/index.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
China Increases Lead as Biggest Carbon Dioxide Emitter (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/14/world/asia/14china.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Days of bandwidth buffet on Internet appear to be numbered (The NY Times, via The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/389451.html
Google prepping broadband-monitoring tools (CNET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9968972-7.html
Minnesota: An Internet backwater soon? Is the end of the Internet at hand? (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
http://www.startribune.com/business/19920264.html?location_refer=Business
Kentucky city gets $1 million grant for fiber-optics (WZTV, Nashville, TN)
http://www.wztv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/224fc391-www.fox17.com.shtml
The News Tribune Opinion – Online is forever, and it’s usually not private (Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/388898.html
GENERAL NEWS
Good Grief Charlie Brown! Oil hits record near $140 a barrel on dollar, fire (The Associated Press, via the Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004468388_apoilprices.html?syndication=rss
Thurston County Government – Poor planning led to budget woes – Thurston should have cut earlier, commissioner says (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/479106.html
Stimulating Confusion – As millions of taxpayers await checks, others find themselves with two (MarketWatch)
http://finance.yahoo.com/taxes/article/105233/Stimulating-Confusion
Where's Mine? About 30 million stimulus payments totaling more than $27 billion were sent to taxpayers in the two weeks ending May 9, the U.S. Treasury Department said Friday. (MarketWatch)
http://finance.yahoo.com/taxes/article/105054/Where?
Landscaper faces $163,000 bill for topping trees in Lacey public right of way (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/479904.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Help! Family Spam Is Crushing My Inbox! (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91402876&ft=1&f=10
Rare Coffee Sells For $15 Per Cup
http://www.kirotv.com/money/16599424/detail.html
Fighting crows halt trains in India's Bihar
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080616/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_india_crows;_ylt=ApC6ro_FihGn0MiA6L2wNpjtiBIF
Italian kidnaps ex-girlfriend to get ironing done
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080616/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_italy_kidnap;_ylt=AjFGsF9Pogy_Hfbj4uCnOartiBIF
Friday, June 13, 2008
Energy News Digest for June 13, 2008
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Experts debate role of hydropower in the Northwest
- News Release – Congressional Hearings on Hydropower
- Oregon PUC memo gives Liquefied Natural Gas supporters a boost
- CALIFORNIA – Company abandons liquid natural gas project in Long Beach
- Tacoma Public Utilities dedicates a $19 million building addition
- SOUTH CAROLINA – Duke Energy reports electricity thefts in Greer
- NEW YORK – Web Tool to Track Con Ed Power Failures
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Opinion – Time for bold action on energy
- Seattle Times Op/Ed – Protect wild-salmon strongholds
- Bush Tries to Raid Salmon Disaster Funds
- Seattle City Light contributes to Skagit conservation project
- Extension of Chinook season on Yakima paying dividends
- New state law regulates whale watchers' distance
- Talking It Over: Mighty Columbia's long flow through the ages
- Longview switching to well water
- Where Does Water Come From: Part 3
- Tapping the oceans – Desalination turns salty water into fresh water
- Break in canal floods Prosser Cemetery
- In Eastern Iowa, the City That ‘Would Never Flood’ Goes 12 Feet Under
- Los Angeles Reservoir Covered With Balls To Protect Water
- Arizona Republic Opinion – Green energy will be costly for Arizonans
- Eco-friendly wind power's growth to deliver less-popular side effect: transmission lines
- Lessons Learned by Offshore Oil Industry Boost Offshore Wind Energy
- Taking Your Home Off The Grid – Is It A Good Idea For You?
- CALIFORNIA – Report turns up heat on AC installations
- Alaska village threatened by warming gets funding
- Yahoo makes Google ad deal; Microsoft talks fail
- Qwest exec sees growth in broadband
- Clearwire aims for 38 million users, $17.5B in revenue
- 200kbps Officially No Longer Qualifies As 'Broadband'
- Santa Fe Shoots Down 'Wireless Allergy' Group – Will move forward with Wi-Fi deployment
- AT&T weighs extra fee for Web's bandwidth hogs
- Secretive D.C. firm says corn growers' anti-Google letter is legit
- Relays For Life This Weekend
- Washington Department of Corrections faces federal suit over millions of dollars in unpaid overtime
- Which way out of rising gasoline costs?
- Exxon sells US gas stations to distributors
- A New Way to Guzzle Gas – Thieves are finding ingenious ways to steal gas
- A weather-beaten economy
- Belgian bid for Anheuser-Busch a bitter brew for U.S. politicians
- Vinyl shower curtains pose risk
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Triskaidekaphobia • \triss-kie-deck-uh-FOE-bee-uh\ • noun – Fear of the number 13
“Friday the Thirteenth, pshaw,” exclaimed Fergus. Triskaidekaphobia had never been a part of his foibles, until the day he unwittingly walked under a ladder while a black cat crossed his path…all while stepping on a crack in the sidewalk. His mother never forgave him for the pain it brought her. However, inexplicably, Fergus received a Christmas card from his mother’s chiropractor from that year on.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Experts debate role of hydropower in the Northwest (The Associated Press, via the Columbian, Vancouver, WA – See Corwin and Culbertson testimony in yesterday’s energy news digest…)
http://news.columbian.com/news/state/APStories/AP06122008news328663.cfm
News Release – Congressional Hearings on Hydropower: America's leading renewable energy resource has bright future (National Hydropower Association)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/story?cid=3340&id=52776
Oregon PUC memo gives Liquefied Natural Gas supporters a boost – Regulators say liquefied natural gas terminals would help meet the region's demand, but those conclusions contradict an earlier department of energy position (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1213327510226630.xml&coll=7
CALIFORNIA – Company abandons liquid natural gas project in Long Beach (The Associated Press, via the San Luis Obispo Tribune)
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/348/story/380990.html
Tacoma Public Utilities dedicates a $19 million addition Wednesday to their administration building – Will house the Click! Network and transmission and distribution workers (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/387949.html
SOUTH CAROLINA – Duke Energy reports electricity thefts in Greer (The Greenville News, SC)
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080612/NEWS01/80612026
NEW YORK – Web Tool to Track Con Ed Power Failures (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/nyregion/13coned.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Opinion – Time for bold action on energy
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2008/06/13/isaksoned.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Seattle Times Op/Ed – Protect wild-salmon strongholds – This spring, the collapse of California's Sacramento Chinook salmon stocks has effectively shut down coastal salmon fisheries in Oregon
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2004474315_salmoped13.html?syndication=rss
Bush Tries to Raid Salmon Disaster Funds-- West Coast Members of Congress Send Stinging Letter (California Progress Report)
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2008/06/bush_tries_to_r.html
Seattle City Light contributes to Skagit conservation project (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/366837_habitat13.html?source=rss
Extension of Chinook season on Yakima paying dividends (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/4903
New state law regulates whale watchers' distance (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/19875649.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Talking It Over: Mighty Columbia's long flow through the ages (The Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080612/NEWS04/729979897/1025/rss1025
Longview switching to well water – water supply will come from a giant aquifer deep below the Mint Farm Industrial Park rather than the Cowlitz River (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/06/13//area_news/doc48521556b6fd8963562752.txt
Where Does Water Come From: Part 3 (NW Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=3973
Tapping the oceans – Desalination turns salty water into fresh water. As concern over water’s scarcity grows, can it offer a quick technological fix? (The Economist Magazine)
http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11484059
Break in canal floods Prosser Cemetery (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/211409.html
In Eastern Iowa, the City That ‘Would Never Flood’ Goes 12 Feet Under (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/us/13flood.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Los Angeles Reservoir Covered With Balls To Protect Water (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16586853/detail.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Arizona Republic Opinion – Green energy will be costly for Arizonans “…The reality check is this: Going green, particularly in a growing state such as Arizona, is likely to be very expensive…”
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0612robb13.html
Eco-friendly wind power's growth to deliver less-popular side effect – You mean, these things need transmission lines? (MinnPost, Minneapolis, MN)
http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2008/06/13/2215/eco-friendly_wind_powers_growth_to_deliver_less-popular_side_effect
Lessons Learned by Offshore Oil Industry Boost Offshore Wind Energy (Renewable Energy World Online)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=52760&src=rss
Taking Your Home Off The Grid – Is It A Good Idea For You? (The Article Dashboard)
http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Taking-Your-Home-Off-The-Grid---Is-It-A-Good-Idea-For-You-/409365
CONSERVATION
CALIFORNIA – Report turns up heat on AC installations (East Bay Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/eastbay/stories/2008/06/09/daily66.html?ana=from_rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Alaska village threatened by warming gets funding – One of Alaska's most eroded villages is getting more than $3 million in state aid to help it relocate to higher ground (The Associated Press, via the Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004474717_apvillageerosion.html?syndication=rss
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Yahoo makes Google ad deal; Microsoft talks fail (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080613/tc_nm/yahoo_microsoft_dc_15
Qwest exec sees growth in broadband (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/business/businessNews/2008/06/06132008_Qwest-exec-sees-growth-in-broadband.cfm/
Clearwire aims for 38 million users, $17.5B in revenue (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/06/09/daily27.html?ana=from_rss
200kbps Officially No Longer Qualifies As 'Broadband' – New FCC data collection methodology becomes official (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/200kbps-Officially-No-Longer-Qualifies-As-Broadband-95253
Santa Fe Shoots Down 'Wireless Allergy' Group – Will move forward with Wi-Fi deployment (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Santa-Fe-Shoots-Down-Wireless-Allergy-Group-95251
AT&T weighs extra fee for Web's bandwidth hogs (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9573392?source=rss
Secretive D.C. firm says corn growers' anti-Google letter is legit (CNET News…say hello to the nice people, urged the ventriloquist to his puppet partner…)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9966971-38.html
GENERAL NEWS
Relays For Life This Weekend (KMAS Radio, Shelton)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/212/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Washington Department of Corrections faces federal suit over millions of dollars in unpaid overtime (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/477166.html
Which way out of rising gasoline costs? (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2008-06-12-gasolineprices_N.htm?csp=34
Exxon sells US gas stations to distributors (The Associated Press, via the Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004473323_apexxonmobilgasstations.html?syndication=rss
A New Way to Guzzle Gas – Thieves are finding ingenious ways to steal gas from stations, pumps—and your car (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/141199?from=rss
A weather-beaten economy – The severe weather that has battered the interior US this year is taking an economic as well as a human toll (Christian Science Monitor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080613/ts_csm/aweather
Belgian bid for Anheuser-Busch a bitter brew for U.S. politicians (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004474352_beer13.html?syndication=rss
Vinyl shower curtains pose risk (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9573354?source=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Friday 13th not more unlucky, study shows
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSHER25778420080612?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Men fillet Charlie the Tuna statue in Oregon
http://www.examiner.com/a-1438891~Men_fillet_Charlie_the_Tuna_statue_in_Oregon.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Boys Throw Rocks At Attempted Dog Snatchers
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16592737/detail.html
Anticlimax Alert – Contents of Oregon Cannery Safe Revealed
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=3978
Soggy weather threatens B.C. pot crop, activist says – There's little hope for this dope.
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=6870c076-13ee-4c54-894a-7d2696e26910
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Experts debate role of hydropower in the Northwest
- News Release – Congressional Hearings on Hydropower
- Oregon PUC memo gives Liquefied Natural Gas supporters a boost
- CALIFORNIA – Company abandons liquid natural gas project in Long Beach
- Tacoma Public Utilities dedicates a $19 million building addition
- SOUTH CAROLINA – Duke Energy reports electricity thefts in Greer
- NEW YORK – Web Tool to Track Con Ed Power Failures
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Opinion – Time for bold action on energy
- Seattle Times Op/Ed – Protect wild-salmon strongholds
- Bush Tries to Raid Salmon Disaster Funds
- Seattle City Light contributes to Skagit conservation project
- Extension of Chinook season on Yakima paying dividends
- New state law regulates whale watchers' distance
- Talking It Over: Mighty Columbia's long flow through the ages
- Longview switching to well water
- Where Does Water Come From: Part 3
- Tapping the oceans – Desalination turns salty water into fresh water
- Break in canal floods Prosser Cemetery
- In Eastern Iowa, the City That ‘Would Never Flood’ Goes 12 Feet Under
- Los Angeles Reservoir Covered With Balls To Protect Water
- Arizona Republic Opinion – Green energy will be costly for Arizonans
- Eco-friendly wind power's growth to deliver less-popular side effect: transmission lines
- Lessons Learned by Offshore Oil Industry Boost Offshore Wind Energy
- Taking Your Home Off The Grid – Is It A Good Idea For You?
- CALIFORNIA – Report turns up heat on AC installations
- Alaska village threatened by warming gets funding
- Yahoo makes Google ad deal; Microsoft talks fail
- Qwest exec sees growth in broadband
- Clearwire aims for 38 million users, $17.5B in revenue
- 200kbps Officially No Longer Qualifies As 'Broadband'
- Santa Fe Shoots Down 'Wireless Allergy' Group – Will move forward with Wi-Fi deployment
- AT&T weighs extra fee for Web's bandwidth hogs
- Secretive D.C. firm says corn growers' anti-Google letter is legit
- Relays For Life This Weekend
- Washington Department of Corrections faces federal suit over millions of dollars in unpaid overtime
- Which way out of rising gasoline costs?
- Exxon sells US gas stations to distributors
- A New Way to Guzzle Gas – Thieves are finding ingenious ways to steal gas
- A weather-beaten economy
- Belgian bid for Anheuser-Busch a bitter brew for U.S. politicians
- Vinyl shower curtains pose risk
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Triskaidekaphobia • \triss-kie-deck-uh-FOE-bee-uh\ • noun – Fear of the number 13
“Friday the Thirteenth, pshaw,” exclaimed Fergus. Triskaidekaphobia had never been a part of his foibles, until the day he unwittingly walked under a ladder while a black cat crossed his path…all while stepping on a crack in the sidewalk. His mother never forgave him for the pain it brought her. However, inexplicably, Fergus received a Christmas card from his mother’s chiropractor from that year on.
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Experts debate role of hydropower in the Northwest (The Associated Press, via the Columbian, Vancouver, WA – See Corwin and Culbertson testimony in yesterday’s energy news digest…)
http://news.columbian.com/news/state/APStories/AP06122008news328663.cfm
News Release – Congressional Hearings on Hydropower: America's leading renewable energy resource has bright future (National Hydropower Association)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/story?cid=3340&id=52776
Oregon PUC memo gives Liquefied Natural Gas supporters a boost – Regulators say liquefied natural gas terminals would help meet the region's demand, but those conclusions contradict an earlier department of energy position (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1213327510226630.xml&coll=7
CALIFORNIA – Company abandons liquid natural gas project in Long Beach (The Associated Press, via the San Luis Obispo Tribune)
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/348/story/380990.html
Tacoma Public Utilities dedicates a $19 million addition Wednesday to their administration building – Will house the Click! Network and transmission and distribution workers (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/387949.html
SOUTH CAROLINA – Duke Energy reports electricity thefts in Greer (The Greenville News, SC)
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080612/NEWS01/80612026
NEW YORK – Web Tool to Track Con Ed Power Failures (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/nyregion/13coned.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Opinion – Time for bold action on energy
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2008/06/13/isaksoned.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Seattle Times Op/Ed – Protect wild-salmon strongholds – This spring, the collapse of California's Sacramento Chinook salmon stocks has effectively shut down coastal salmon fisheries in Oregon
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2004474315_salmoped13.html?syndication=rss
Bush Tries to Raid Salmon Disaster Funds-- West Coast Members of Congress Send Stinging Letter (California Progress Report)
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2008/06/bush_tries_to_r.html
Seattle City Light contributes to Skagit conservation project (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/366837_habitat13.html?source=rss
Extension of Chinook season on Yakima paying dividends (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/4903
New state law regulates whale watchers' distance (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/19875649.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Talking It Over: Mighty Columbia's long flow through the ages (The Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080612/NEWS04/729979897/1025/rss1025
Longview switching to well water – water supply will come from a giant aquifer deep below the Mint Farm Industrial Park rather than the Cowlitz River (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/06/13//area_news/doc48521556b6fd8963562752.txt
Where Does Water Come From: Part 3 (NW Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=3973
Tapping the oceans – Desalination turns salty water into fresh water. As concern over water’s scarcity grows, can it offer a quick technological fix? (The Economist Magazine)
http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11484059
Break in canal floods Prosser Cemetery (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/211409.html
In Eastern Iowa, the City That ‘Would Never Flood’ Goes 12 Feet Under (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/us/13flood.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Los Angeles Reservoir Covered With Balls To Protect Water (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16586853/detail.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Arizona Republic Opinion – Green energy will be costly for Arizonans “…The reality check is this: Going green, particularly in a growing state such as Arizona, is likely to be very expensive…”
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0612robb13.html
Eco-friendly wind power's growth to deliver less-popular side effect – You mean, these things need transmission lines? (MinnPost, Minneapolis, MN)
http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2008/06/13/2215/eco-friendly_wind_powers_growth_to_deliver_less-popular_side_effect
Lessons Learned by Offshore Oil Industry Boost Offshore Wind Energy (Renewable Energy World Online)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=52760&src=rss
Taking Your Home Off The Grid – Is It A Good Idea For You? (The Article Dashboard)
http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Taking-Your-Home-Off-The-Grid---Is-It-A-Good-Idea-For-You-/409365
CONSERVATION
CALIFORNIA – Report turns up heat on AC installations (East Bay Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/eastbay/stories/2008/06/09/daily66.html?ana=from_rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Alaska village threatened by warming gets funding – One of Alaska's most eroded villages is getting more than $3 million in state aid to help it relocate to higher ground (The Associated Press, via the Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004474717_apvillageerosion.html?syndication=rss
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Yahoo makes Google ad deal; Microsoft talks fail (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080613/tc_nm/yahoo_microsoft_dc_15
Qwest exec sees growth in broadband (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/business/businessNews/2008/06/06132008_Qwest-exec-sees-growth-in-broadband.cfm/
Clearwire aims for 38 million users, $17.5B in revenue (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/06/09/daily27.html?ana=from_rss
200kbps Officially No Longer Qualifies As 'Broadband' – New FCC data collection methodology becomes official (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/200kbps-Officially-No-Longer-Qualifies-As-Broadband-95253
Santa Fe Shoots Down 'Wireless Allergy' Group – Will move forward with Wi-Fi deployment (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Santa-Fe-Shoots-Down-Wireless-Allergy-Group-95251
AT&T weighs extra fee for Web's bandwidth hogs (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9573392?source=rss
Secretive D.C. firm says corn growers' anti-Google letter is legit (CNET News…say hello to the nice people, urged the ventriloquist to his puppet partner…)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9966971-38.html
GENERAL NEWS
Relays For Life This Weekend (KMAS Radio, Shelton)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/212/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Washington Department of Corrections faces federal suit over millions of dollars in unpaid overtime (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/477166.html
Which way out of rising gasoline costs? (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2008-06-12-gasolineprices_N.htm?csp=34
Exxon sells US gas stations to distributors (The Associated Press, via the Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004473323_apexxonmobilgasstations.html?syndication=rss
A New Way to Guzzle Gas – Thieves are finding ingenious ways to steal gas from stations, pumps—and your car (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/141199?from=rss
A weather-beaten economy – The severe weather that has battered the interior US this year is taking an economic as well as a human toll (Christian Science Monitor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080613/ts_csm/aweather
Belgian bid for Anheuser-Busch a bitter brew for U.S. politicians (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004474352_beer13.html?syndication=rss
Vinyl shower curtains pose risk (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9573354?source=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Friday 13th not more unlucky, study shows
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSHER25778420080612?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Men fillet Charlie the Tuna statue in Oregon
http://www.examiner.com/a-1438891~Men_fillet_Charlie_the_Tuna_statue_in_Oregon.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Boys Throw Rocks At Attempted Dog Snatchers
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16592737/detail.html
Anticlimax Alert – Contents of Oregon Cannery Safe Revealed
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=3978
Soggy weather threatens B.C. pot crop, activist says – There's little hope for this dope.
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=6870c076-13ee-4c54-894a-7d2696e26910
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