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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- BPA, Columbia Falls Aluminum Talk about Electric Rates
- Union-Bulletin Op/Ed - Hydropower Should Be Considered Renewable
- TransAlta coal power plant faces heat from Sierra Club
- Here’s the Sierra Club Letter for Action on TransAlta
- TransAlta Releases Its 12th Annual Report on Sustainability
- Locations of High-Risk Coal Ash Sites Kept Secret
- Nuclear Power May Sprout
- Monday is moment of truth for nuclear power plant near Mountain Home
- Investors Pour Cash into Columbia River LNG Project
- Study: U.S. Public Power Was Financially Sound In 2008
- Seattle City Light Rolling Out Hybrid Repair Trucks
- Renton - Overloaded Outlet Sparked Five-Alarm Blaze
- Northern Wasco County PUD Gives Away $30K
- Utilities Profit from Lower Electricity Sales
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District Rolls Out a Smart Electrical Grid
- $1.3 Billion FPL Rate Increase Raises Ire of Florida Attorney General
- Ohio - Foes Help Sink Gorge Hydro Project
- Massachusetts - Highest-In-Nation Power Bills Poised To Surge In 2010
- Austin Energy - Finding Energy for Future Is a Worry for Utility Chief
- South Carolina - Utilities to Tweet If Hurricane Hits
- Electricity Woes A Way of Life in Afghanistan
- Lake Washington Sockeye Fishing Season Unlikely
- Northern Pikeminnow Fishing Is Off To a Good Start
- Upper Klickitat River Opens For Hatchery Spring Chinook Fishing
- Progress at Condit: Removal of White River Dam Set for Next Year
- Klamath Dam Removal Moves a Step Forward In Salem
- Water Management in California Deemed Critical to Orcas
- Peninsula Daily News Op/Ed - Lower Elwha Klallam Nurture River Steelhead
- Oysters In Deep Trouble
- NY Times Editorial - Of Fish and Flexibility
- Biologists Study Decline In Eastern Washington Geese
- Climate Change & Renewables: Bills to Protect Environment Derailed By Finances
- Nestle Eyes Columbia Gorge Spring to Bottle Water
- Bainbridge Sewage Pipe Leaked More Than Thought
- Bainbridge Leak Highlights Island's Decaying Sewer System
- Castle Rock and Cowlitz County to Meet About Water System
- Portland Building Will Be Sewage-Recycling Standard
- Columbian Op/Ed - Company Confronts Maze in Effort to Develop Wind Energy
- Idaho Statesman Editorial - Idaho Must Act to Keep Clean Energy Growing
- California Sees Big Costs To Renewable Power Plan
- The Switch: Oregon Well Situated For Ocean Energy
- Seeking Growth Market, Chip Maker Eyes Solar Cells
- Idaho - Hoku polysilicon plant faces delay
- Oregon - Green and On Top
- Biodiesel Refiners See Red, Not Green
- How to Get Solar Power on Your Farm or Ranch for Cheap
- Irish Investor Blows Into Illinois with $1 Billion to Buy Wind Farms
- Today is Global Wind Day
- Solar Airplane Aims for 36-Hour Flight
- ‘Built Green” Homes Grew In Value in Last Two Years
- Energy Audit Company in Mountain View Hits Potential Stimulus Hot Spot
- Water, Energy, Climate Top Western Govs' Agenda
- Gov. Gregoire Has Overstepped Her Authority with Climate Policy
- Daily Astorian Op/Ed - Thoughts on Energy
- Democrats Struggling for Consensus on Climate Bills
- U.S. Emissions Bill Is Criticized Abroad
- Washington Post Op/Ed - Could We Engineer a Cooler Planet?
- Boxlight Trades In Poulsbo for New, Smaller Belfair Home
- Quincy, WA - Data Centers Keep Economy Humming
- Arizona - Data Center Breaking Ground in Phoenix
- IBM Ready to Help Business Users Step into Cloud Computing
- Widespread Broadband Internet Access Moving Closer to Reality
- The Tweet Smell of Success
- WA Gov Prepares For Further Budget Cuts
- Port Orchard Remains Likely From Young Man
- Russia Faces Collapse of 'Monotowns'
- Radar Money for Washington Coast Passes Committee
- Oregon Gets Tough on Metal Thieves
- Neighbors to Sue Sea-Tac Airport over Noise from New Runway
WORD OF THE DAY
Avuncular • \uh-VUNK-you-lerr\ • adjective - 1: of or relating to an uncle 2: suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality
“Here ya go sonny,” croaked Francis to the small boy, patting him gently on the head and dropping a hard candy into the tiny, begrimed child’s hand. Francis was known throughout the neighborhood as a benign, avuncular porch-sitter. What had most of his neighbors scratching their heads is that it appeared that a kindly 75-year old man resided in Francis’ 15-year old body.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
BPA, Columbia Falls Aluminum Talk about Electric Rates “…it's not just electrical rates that are affecting the companies bottom line, but also a sharply depressed aluminum world market…” (KPAX, Missoula, MT)
http://www.kpax.com/global/story.asp?s=10487855
Union-Bulletin Op/Ed - Hydropower Should Be Considered A Renewable Energy Source (Walla Walla)
http://www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/06/13/opinion/daily_editorial/090614editorialhydro.txt
TransAlta coal power plant faces heat from Sierra Club (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/06/15/story8.html?ana=from_rss
Here’s the Sierra Club Letter for Action on TransAlta (Seattle Dirt)
http://seattledirt.com/2009/04/09/stop-the-coal-industrys-sweetheart-deal-write-gov-gregoire-today/
TransAlta Releases Its 12th Annual Report on Sustainability (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=113715
Locations of High-Risk Coal Ash Sites Kept Secret (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009331951_apuscoalashdisclosure.html?syndication=rss
Nuclear Power May Sprout - Energy supply system seeks to study construction of small reactors at Hanford reservation (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/778125.html
Idaho Statesman Columnist - Monday is moment of truth for nuclear power plant near Mountain Home (Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/802660.html
Investors Pour Cash into Columbia River LNG Project (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/14//area_news/doc4a349a24d99af601688295.txt
Study: U.S. Public Power Was Financially Sound In 2008 (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=364431&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Seattle City Light Rolling Out Hybrid Repair Trucks (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/06/08/daily50.html?ana=from_rss
Renton - Overloaded Outlet Sparked Five-Alarm Blaze (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/47963861.html
Northern Wasco County PUD Gives Away $30K - Gymnastics, fort win biggest grants (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/06/news06-12-09-02.shtml
Utilities Profit from Lower Electricity Sales (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009332801_apusskewedutilitiesglance.html?syndication=rss
California - Sacramento Municipal Utility District Rolls Out a Smart Electrical Grid (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/business/story/1942943.html
$1.3 Billion FPL Rate Increase Raises Ire of Florida Attorney General - Average increase would be 30% for typical customer (Tampa Bay Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2009/06/08/daily72.html?ana=from_rss
Ohio - Foes Help Sink Gorge Hydro Project: A long and heated battle over adding hydroelectric facilities to a Cuyahoga River dam between Akron and Cuyahoga Falls appears over (Akron Beacon, OH)
http://www.ohio.com/news/48007187.html
Massachusetts - Highest-In-Nation Power Bills Poised To Surge In 2010 (Boston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/06/15/story8.html?ana=from_rss
Austin Energy - Finding Energy for Future Is a Worry for Utility Chief (American Statesman, Austin, TX)
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/06/14/0614duncan.html
South Carolina - Utilities to Tweet If Hurricane Hits: Twitter will be used to help give S.C. residents updates on storms (The State, Columbia, SC)
http://www.thestate.com/local/story/827242.html
Electricity Woes A Way of Life in Afghanistan (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105249682&ft=1&f=7
FISH & WILDLIFE
Lake Washington Sockeye Fishing Season Unlikely (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_061209WAB-no-salmon-KS.747e5faf.html?rss
Northern Pikeminnow Fishing Is Off To a Good Start (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009336118_outn14.html
Upper Klickitat River Opens For Hatchery Spring Chinook Fishing (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009332708_upper_klickitat_river_opens_fo.html
Columbian Editorial - Progress at Condit: Removal of White River dam set for next year after Department of Ecology ruling (Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090615/OPINION02/706159988/-1/OPINION
Klamath Dam Removal Moves a Step Forward In Salem (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5208-klamath-dam-removal-moves-step-forward-salem/
Water Management in California Deemed Critical to Orcas (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2009/06/11/water-management-in-california-deemed-critical-to-orcas/
Peninsula Daily News Op/Ed - Lower Elwha Klallam Nurture River Steelhead (Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090615/NEWS/306159989
Oysters In Deep Trouble: Is Pacific Ocean's Chemistry Killing Sea Life? (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009336458_oysters14m.html?syndication=rss
NY Times Editorial - Of Fish and Flexibility: New bill would poke holes in the Magnuson-Stevens Act that imposes ambitious timetables for rebuilding fish stocks and gives scientists a say in setting limits.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/13/opinion/13sat3.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Biologists Study Decline In Eastern Washington Geese (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/881973.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon – Climate Change & Renewables: Bills to Protect Environment Derailed By Finances (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090615/LEGISLATURE/906150328/1042/STATE
Nestle Eyes Columbia Gorge Spring to Bottle Water (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/nestle_eyes_columbia_gorge_spr.html
Bainbridge Sewage Pipe Leaked More Than Thought (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/WN_061309WAB-AP-sewage-leak-KS.793dae43.html?rss
Bainbridge Leak Highlights Island's Decaying Sewer System (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/12/bainbridge-leak-highlights-islands-decaying/?partner=RSS
Castle Rock and Cowlitz County to Meet About Water System (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/14//area_news/doc4a34974f418ca959114308.txt
Portland Building Will Be Sewage-Recycling Standard (Associated Press)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/778172.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Columbian Op/Ed - Company Confronts Maze in Effort to Develop Wind Energy (Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090614/OPINION03/706149992/-1/OPINION
Idaho Statesman Editorial - Idaho Must Act to Keep Clean Energy Growing (and where, pray tell, is your inclusion of hydropower?)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/Opinion/story/801971.html
California Sees Big Costs To Renewable Power Plan “…28 percent rise in electricity rates and $115 billion in construction if the state wants to get a third of its electricity from renewable sources…” (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55B5KN20090612
The Switch: Oregon Well Situated For Ocean Energy (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5206-switch-oregon-well-situated-wave-and-tidal-power/
Seeking Growth Market, Chip Maker Eyes Solar Cells (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/13/business/energy-environment/13chip.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Idaho - Hoku polysilicon plant faces delay (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/881483.html
Oregon - Green and On Top: Solar. Wind. Water. Geothermal, biomass and even garbage. With all these opportunities, it’s no wondering Oregon leads the nation in clean energy (The Bend Bulletin, OR)
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090614/BIZ0102/906140325/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
Biodiesel Refiners See Red, Not Green - Combination of factors closes at least a third of U.S. plants (The Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/14/biodiesel-refiners-see-red-not-green/
How to Get Solar Power on Your Farm or Ranch for Cheap (Business Insider)
http://www.businessinsider.com/solar-power-for-the-farm-or-ranch-2009-6
Irish Investor Blows Into Illinois with $1 Billion to Buy Wind Farms (Chicago Tribune, IL)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-biz-windfarm-june15,0,6549179.story
Today is Global Wind Day - In U.S. organizers hope to alert country to risk of losing jobs in this sector to China (Industry Week)
http://www.industryweek.com/articles/today_is_global_wind_day_19356.aspx
Solar Airplane Aims for 36-Hour Flight (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/solar-plane-aims-for-36-hour-flight/?partner=rss&emc=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
‘Built Green” Homes Grew In Value in Last Two Years (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/realestate/2009333428_builtgreen140.html
California - Energy Audit Company in Mountain View Hits Potential Stimulus Hot Spot (Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/06/15/story7.html?ana=from_rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Water, Energy, Climate Top Western Govs' Agenda (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_ut_western_governors.html
Olympian Op/Ed - Gov. Gregoire Has Overstepped Her Authority with Climate Policy
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/880966.html
Daily Astorian Op/Ed - Thoughts on Energy
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=393&ArticleID=61748&TM=56845.91
Democrats Struggling for Consensus on Climate Bills (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/14/AR2009061402266.html?wprss=rss_politics
U.S. Emissions Bill Is Criticized Abroad: Inadequate for the climate and unfair to poor countries. (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/12/AR2009061202072.html?wprss=rss_business
Washington Post Op/Ed - Could We Engineer a Cooler Planet?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/12/AR2009061203453.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Boxlight Trades In Poulsbo for New, Smaller Belfair Home “…Another draw is the availability of fiber optics. PUD 3's massive system provides faster service than in Seattle…” (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/14/boxlight-uproots-from-poulsbo-for-new-belfair/
Quincy, WA - Data Centers Keep Economy Humming (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090613/NEWS04/706139972?Data-centers-keep-economy-humming
Arizona - Data Center Breaking Ground in Phoenix - A 160,000-square-foot retrofit dubbed Phoenix NAP (Phoenix Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/06/08/daily64.html?ana=from_rss
IBM Ready to Help Business Users Step into Cloud Computing (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009338808_ibmcloud15.html
Widespread Broadband Internet Access Moving Closer to Reality (Pittsburgh Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2009/06/15/story11.html?ana=from_rss
The Tweet Smell of Success (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/weekinreview/14cohen.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
GENERAL NEWS
WA Gov Prepares For Further Budget Cuts (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5202-wa-gov-prepares-further-budget-cuts/
Port Orchard Remains Likely From Young Man (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10529514
Russia Faces Collapse of 'Monotowns' - As small cities centered around one industry feel economic strain, popular unrest grows (Forbes Magazine)
http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/11/russia-putin-monotowns-business-oxford.html
Radar Money for Washington Coast Passes Committee (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/06/14/local_news/doc4a3344993c0d2366025061.txt
Oregon Gets Tough on Metal Thieves - If it passes, law could be a boon for Clark County (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090615/NEWS02/706159967/Oregon+gets+tough+on+metal+thieves+
Neighbors to Sue Sea-Tac Airport over Noise from New Runway (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009338948_webseatacsue15.html?syndication=rss
DIVERSIONS
PETA Complaints Won't Stop Fish Toss
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_061309WAB-AP-peta-fish-KS.78c8697d.html?rss
Mother Secretly Lives In Home for Sale - Woman, 2 Children Stay In House Unbeknownst To Homeowner
http://www.kirotv.com/money/19735014/detail.html
Parking Space in Boston Sells For $300,000
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/19722079/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Take Me to the River - Talking Heads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anjT71N4PGM&feature=related
Monday, June 15, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Energy News Digest for June 12, 2009
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- As Wind Power Grows, a Push to Tear down Dams
- Okanogan PUD Hires Team to Remove Fire Dangers near Poles
- Tree Cutting Costs Farmers - BPA buzzes through hazelnut orchards
- Metal Theft Bill Clears Oregon House
- NorthWestern Energy Adds Hybrid Bucket Truck
- Alternate Gas Routes Studied In Eastern Oregon
- Cantwell - Senate Panel Hands FERC 'Cease and Desist' Power for Gas, Electricity Markets
- Chesapeake Energy: McClendon Mum On Lawsuits Over $75M Bonus
- Stalled Clean Coal Plant Moving Ahead In Illinois
- Wrongful Death Suit Filed In Fatal Water Heater Explosion
- Into the Breach - Unlikely voices call for a more inclusive approach to resolving the Snake River’s dam vs. salmon conundrum
- Lower Columbia River Opens Again After Delay
- Coho Salmon Season Set for Oregon Coastal Rivers
- Dead Fish in Lake Washington Prompt Concern
- State Approves Water Right for Large Eastern Washington Feedlot
- Obama Turns Out To Be Not So Much a Friend of the Environment
- Oregon - Hybrid Car Tax Break May Fade Away
- Nation's Largest Solar Plant to Be Built In New Mexico
- Atlanta Startup Turns Human Waste into Fuel
- Eating Your Own Dog Food: Congress Will Run Project on Saving Electricity
- Tacoma Building So Green It Needs To Be Mowed
- North Carolina - Duke Reaches Save-A-Watt Settlement
- Solid-State Lighting is a Bright Idea for Energy Efficiency, Study Says
- Agricultural Panel Jeopardizes Climate Bill
- Agriculture Carbon Offsets - Savior or a Boondoggle?
- Congress - GOP Charges Markey with Climate Witness Intimidation
- Clever Cap and Trade Primer - Where's My Carbon Credit, Dude?
- Stations Turn Off Analog Signals as Digital TV Deadline Arrives
- GAO On Broadband: Please Listen To Us. For Once. Please.
- Broadband Confession: I Have Pipe Envy
- Microsoft to Sell Windows minus Browser in Europe
- Yahoo Names New CFO, Fills Void Left By Shake-Up
- Twitter Helps Dell Rake in Sales
- Study Says Belfair Bypass Is Top Priority on Highway 3 Corridor
- Science Publication Says Mount St. Helens May Sit On "Supervolcano"
- Oregonian Op/Ed - What Ever Happened To Those 'Green' Jobs?
- Ride Out the Recession in Olympia
- Hanford Digs Up Radioactive Wasp Nests
- Olympia: Legendary KGY Broadcaster Got His Wish
WORD OF THE DAY
Glutinous • \GLUTE-tin-uss\ • adjective – Having the quality of glue: gummy; sticky
“The key to eating rice with chopsticks is the rice itself,” the cook breathlessly whispered to the apprentice chef. “If you cook it just right, it will result in a slightly glutinous mass, which makes it easy to pick up the bowl and start shoveling chunks of tasty rice into your pie-hole.”
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
As Wind Power Grows, a Push to Tear down Dams (NY Times, surprisingly more balanced than the headline implies)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/business/energy-environment/12bonneville.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Okanogan PUD Hires Team to Remove Fire Dangers near Poles (Omak Chronicle, WA)
http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n090611a.shtml
Tree Cutting Costs Farmers - BPA buzzes through hazelnut orchards to clear right-of-way (Capital Press)
http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=67&SubSectionID=618&ArticleID=52003&TM=64607.3
Metal Theft Bill Clears Oregon House (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2064957~Metal_theft_bill_clears_Ore__House.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
NorthWestern Energy Adds Hybrid Bucket Truck (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/11/financial/f191109D77.DTL&feed=rss.business
Alternate Gas Routes Studied In Eastern Oregon (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2063296~Alternate_gas_routes_studied_in_Eastern_Oregon.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Cantwell - Senate Panel Hands FERC 'Cease and Desist' Power for Gas, Electricity Markets (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/06/12/12greenwire-senate-panel-hands-ferc-cease-and-desist-power-74482.html
Chesapeake Energy: McClendon Mum On Lawsuits Over $75M Bonus - The chief executive is under fire for taking a $75 million bonus while the company was losing billions (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009331585_apuschesapeakemeeting.html?syndication=rss
Stalled Clean Coal Plant Moving Ahead In Illinois (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/12/financial/f071856D24.DTL&feed=rss.business
Wrongful Death Suit Filed In Fatal Water Heater Explosion (Wisconsin State Journal, Madison)
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/454621
FISH & WILDLIFE
Into the Breach - Unlikely voices call for a more inclusive approach to resolving the Snake River’s dam vs. salmon conundrum (The Inlander, Spokesman Review’s Weekly, Spokane, WA)
http://www.inlander.com/content/newscommentary_mike_crapo_and_jim_risch_snake_river_dams
Lower Columbia River Opens Again After Delay - Small run of spring Chinook salmon put opening on hold (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090612/OUTDOORS/906120332/1034/SPORTS/Lower-Columbia-River-opens-again-after-delay
Coho Salmon Season Set for Oregon Coastal Rivers (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2064804~Coho_salmon_season_set_for_Ore__coastal_rivers.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Dead Fish in Lake Washington Prompt Concern (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_061109WAB-stickleback-KS.6fb5e042.html?rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
State Approves Water Right for Large Eastern Washington Feedlot (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/878436.html
Examiner Columnist - Obama Turns Out To Be Not So Much a Friend of the Environment
http://www.examiner.com/x-5908-Boston-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m6d12-Obama-turns-out-to-be-not-so-much-a-friend-of-the-environment
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon - Hybrid Car Tax Break May Fade Away (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1244775306167300.xml&coll=7
Nation's Largest Solar Plant to Be Built In New Mexico (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gOVUnTb2J7yKCIVSfCfWRZtHOF_QD98OQFU81
Atlanta Startup Turns Human Waste into Fuel (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/smallBusinessNews/idUSTRE55B3UU20090612
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Eating Your Own Dog Food: Congress Will Run Project on Saving Electricity (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/11/AR2009061102978.html?wprss=rss_politics
Tacoma Building So Green It Needs To Be Mowed (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/776124.html
North Carolina - Duke Reaches Save-A-Watt Settlement (Charlotte Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/06/08/daily51.html
Solid-State Lighting is a Bright Idea for Energy Efficiency, Study Says (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmBuildings/idUS178093055120090611
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Agricultural Panel Jeopardizes Climate Bill - Lawmakers threatened to derail controversial legislation to combat climate change unless it does more to support forestry and farming interests (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/11/MNP0185SB3.DTL&feed=rss.news
Agriculture Carbon Offsets - Savior or a Boondoggle? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/12/12climatewire-agriculture-offsets----a-savior-or-a-boondog-33517.html
Congress - GOP Charges Markey with Climate Witness Intimidation (The Hill)
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/gop-charges-markey-with-climate-witness-intimidation-2009-06-11.html
Clever Cap and Trade Primer - Where's My Carbon Credit, Dude? (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105285865
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Stations Turn Off Analog Signals as Digital TV Deadline Arrives (NY Times)
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/stations-turn-off-analog-signals-as-digital-tv-deadline-arrives/?partner=rss&emc=rss
GAO On Broadband: Please Listen To Us. For Once. Please. - Government waste agency wants clear goals (duh) for broadband (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/GAO-On-Broadband-Please-Listen-To-Us-For-Once-Please-102891
Broadband Confession: I Have Pipe Envy (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/06/11/broadband-confession-i-have-pipe-envy/
Microsoft to Sell Windows minus Browser in Europe (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10519030
Yahoo Names New CFO, Fills Void Left By Shake-Up (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12570906
Twitter Helps Dell Rake in Sales (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE55B0NU20090612?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
GENERAL NEWS
Study Says Belfair Bypass Is Top Priority on Highway 3 Corridor (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/11/study-says-belfair-bypass-is-top-priority-on-3/?partner=RSS
Science Publication Says Mount St. Helens May Sit On "Supervolcano" (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/science_publication_says_mount.html
Oregonian Op/Ed - What Ever Happened To Those 'Green' Jobs?
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/06/what_ever_happened_to_those_gr.html
Ride Out the Recession in Olympia (KIRO Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=177803
Hanford Digs Up Radioactive Wasp Nests (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/47890677.html
Olympia: Legendary KGY Broadcaster Got His Wish - Dick Pust has been a part of KGY for more than half its history (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/879075.html
DIVERSIONS
City of New York Investigating Bar Mitzvah Held in Jail
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/nyregion/12jail.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Filming the Flight of a Winged Maple Seed
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/science/16obseed.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Chimps Made Honorary Citizens of Cle Elum
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_061109ANB-cle-elum-chimps-KS.6f3cbbf8.html?rss
Obama Writes Girl a Note for Missing School
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009328636_apusobamanote.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Maurice Jarre - Lawrence of Arabia (Backdoor shout out to Stephen Colbert)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irPSvEkQl8Q
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- As Wind Power Grows, a Push to Tear down Dams
- Okanogan PUD Hires Team to Remove Fire Dangers near Poles
- Tree Cutting Costs Farmers - BPA buzzes through hazelnut orchards
- Metal Theft Bill Clears Oregon House
- NorthWestern Energy Adds Hybrid Bucket Truck
- Alternate Gas Routes Studied In Eastern Oregon
- Cantwell - Senate Panel Hands FERC 'Cease and Desist' Power for Gas, Electricity Markets
- Chesapeake Energy: McClendon Mum On Lawsuits Over $75M Bonus
- Stalled Clean Coal Plant Moving Ahead In Illinois
- Wrongful Death Suit Filed In Fatal Water Heater Explosion
- Into the Breach - Unlikely voices call for a more inclusive approach to resolving the Snake River’s dam vs. salmon conundrum
- Lower Columbia River Opens Again After Delay
- Coho Salmon Season Set for Oregon Coastal Rivers
- Dead Fish in Lake Washington Prompt Concern
- State Approves Water Right for Large Eastern Washington Feedlot
- Obama Turns Out To Be Not So Much a Friend of the Environment
- Oregon - Hybrid Car Tax Break May Fade Away
- Nation's Largest Solar Plant to Be Built In New Mexico
- Atlanta Startup Turns Human Waste into Fuel
- Eating Your Own Dog Food: Congress Will Run Project on Saving Electricity
- Tacoma Building So Green It Needs To Be Mowed
- North Carolina - Duke Reaches Save-A-Watt Settlement
- Solid-State Lighting is a Bright Idea for Energy Efficiency, Study Says
- Agricultural Panel Jeopardizes Climate Bill
- Agriculture Carbon Offsets - Savior or a Boondoggle?
- Congress - GOP Charges Markey with Climate Witness Intimidation
- Clever Cap and Trade Primer - Where's My Carbon Credit, Dude?
- Stations Turn Off Analog Signals as Digital TV Deadline Arrives
- GAO On Broadband: Please Listen To Us. For Once. Please.
- Broadband Confession: I Have Pipe Envy
- Microsoft to Sell Windows minus Browser in Europe
- Yahoo Names New CFO, Fills Void Left By Shake-Up
- Twitter Helps Dell Rake in Sales
- Study Says Belfair Bypass Is Top Priority on Highway 3 Corridor
- Science Publication Says Mount St. Helens May Sit On "Supervolcano"
- Oregonian Op/Ed - What Ever Happened To Those 'Green' Jobs?
- Ride Out the Recession in Olympia
- Hanford Digs Up Radioactive Wasp Nests
- Olympia: Legendary KGY Broadcaster Got His Wish
WORD OF THE DAY
Glutinous • \GLUTE-tin-uss\ • adjective – Having the quality of glue: gummy; sticky
“The key to eating rice with chopsticks is the rice itself,” the cook breathlessly whispered to the apprentice chef. “If you cook it just right, it will result in a slightly glutinous mass, which makes it easy to pick up the bowl and start shoveling chunks of tasty rice into your pie-hole.”
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
As Wind Power Grows, a Push to Tear down Dams (NY Times, surprisingly more balanced than the headline implies)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/business/energy-environment/12bonneville.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Okanogan PUD Hires Team to Remove Fire Dangers near Poles (Omak Chronicle, WA)
http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n090611a.shtml
Tree Cutting Costs Farmers - BPA buzzes through hazelnut orchards to clear right-of-way (Capital Press)
http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=67&SubSectionID=618&ArticleID=52003&TM=64607.3
Metal Theft Bill Clears Oregon House (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2064957~Metal_theft_bill_clears_Ore__House.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
NorthWestern Energy Adds Hybrid Bucket Truck (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/11/financial/f191109D77.DTL&feed=rss.business
Alternate Gas Routes Studied In Eastern Oregon (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2063296~Alternate_gas_routes_studied_in_Eastern_Oregon.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Cantwell - Senate Panel Hands FERC 'Cease and Desist' Power for Gas, Electricity Markets (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/06/12/12greenwire-senate-panel-hands-ferc-cease-and-desist-power-74482.html
Chesapeake Energy: McClendon Mum On Lawsuits Over $75M Bonus - The chief executive is under fire for taking a $75 million bonus while the company was losing billions (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009331585_apuschesapeakemeeting.html?syndication=rss
Stalled Clean Coal Plant Moving Ahead In Illinois (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/12/financial/f071856D24.DTL&feed=rss.business
Wrongful Death Suit Filed In Fatal Water Heater Explosion (Wisconsin State Journal, Madison)
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/454621
FISH & WILDLIFE
Into the Breach - Unlikely voices call for a more inclusive approach to resolving the Snake River’s dam vs. salmon conundrum (The Inlander, Spokesman Review’s Weekly, Spokane, WA)
http://www.inlander.com/content/newscommentary_mike_crapo_and_jim_risch_snake_river_dams
Lower Columbia River Opens Again After Delay - Small run of spring Chinook salmon put opening on hold (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090612/OUTDOORS/906120332/1034/SPORTS/Lower-Columbia-River-opens-again-after-delay
Coho Salmon Season Set for Oregon Coastal Rivers (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2064804~Coho_salmon_season_set_for_Ore__coastal_rivers.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Dead Fish in Lake Washington Prompt Concern (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_061109WAB-stickleback-KS.6fb5e042.html?rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
State Approves Water Right for Large Eastern Washington Feedlot (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/878436.html
Examiner Columnist - Obama Turns Out To Be Not So Much a Friend of the Environment
http://www.examiner.com/x-5908-Boston-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m6d12-Obama-turns-out-to-be-not-so-much-a-friend-of-the-environment
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon - Hybrid Car Tax Break May Fade Away (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1244775306167300.xml&coll=7
Nation's Largest Solar Plant to Be Built In New Mexico (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gOVUnTb2J7yKCIVSfCfWRZtHOF_QD98OQFU81
Atlanta Startup Turns Human Waste into Fuel (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/smallBusinessNews/idUSTRE55B3UU20090612
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Eating Your Own Dog Food: Congress Will Run Project on Saving Electricity (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/11/AR2009061102978.html?wprss=rss_politics
Tacoma Building So Green It Needs To Be Mowed (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/776124.html
North Carolina - Duke Reaches Save-A-Watt Settlement (Charlotte Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/06/08/daily51.html
Solid-State Lighting is a Bright Idea for Energy Efficiency, Study Says (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmBuildings/idUS178093055120090611
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Agricultural Panel Jeopardizes Climate Bill - Lawmakers threatened to derail controversial legislation to combat climate change unless it does more to support forestry and farming interests (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/11/MNP0185SB3.DTL&feed=rss.news
Agriculture Carbon Offsets - Savior or a Boondoggle? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/12/12climatewire-agriculture-offsets----a-savior-or-a-boondog-33517.html
Congress - GOP Charges Markey with Climate Witness Intimidation (The Hill)
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/gop-charges-markey-with-climate-witness-intimidation-2009-06-11.html
Clever Cap and Trade Primer - Where's My Carbon Credit, Dude? (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105285865
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Stations Turn Off Analog Signals as Digital TV Deadline Arrives (NY Times)
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/stations-turn-off-analog-signals-as-digital-tv-deadline-arrives/?partner=rss&emc=rss
GAO On Broadband: Please Listen To Us. For Once. Please. - Government waste agency wants clear goals (duh) for broadband (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/GAO-On-Broadband-Please-Listen-To-Us-For-Once-Please-102891
Broadband Confession: I Have Pipe Envy (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/06/11/broadband-confession-i-have-pipe-envy/
Microsoft to Sell Windows minus Browser in Europe (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10519030
Yahoo Names New CFO, Fills Void Left By Shake-Up (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12570906
Twitter Helps Dell Rake in Sales (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE55B0NU20090612?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
GENERAL NEWS
Study Says Belfair Bypass Is Top Priority on Highway 3 Corridor (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/11/study-says-belfair-bypass-is-top-priority-on-3/?partner=RSS
Science Publication Says Mount St. Helens May Sit On "Supervolcano" (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/science_publication_says_mount.html
Oregonian Op/Ed - What Ever Happened To Those 'Green' Jobs?
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/06/what_ever_happened_to_those_gr.html
Ride Out the Recession in Olympia (KIRO Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=177803
Hanford Digs Up Radioactive Wasp Nests (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/47890677.html
Olympia: Legendary KGY Broadcaster Got His Wish - Dick Pust has been a part of KGY for more than half its history (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/879075.html
DIVERSIONS
City of New York Investigating Bar Mitzvah Held in Jail
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/nyregion/12jail.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Filming the Flight of a Winged Maple Seed
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/science/16obseed.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Chimps Made Honorary Citizens of Cle Elum
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_061109ANB-cle-elum-chimps-KS.6f3cbbf8.html?rss
Obama Writes Girl a Note for Missing School
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009328636_apusobamanote.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Maurice Jarre - Lawrence of Arabia (Backdoor shout out to Stephen Colbert)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irPSvEkQl8Q
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Energy News Digest for June 11, 2009
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Not Done Fighting Yet
- Tennessee - Senate Passes Resolution Urging TVA to Finalize Contract with Alcoa
- Chinese Miner Orders Guyana Layoffs Amid Global Economic Crisis: Lower Demand For Bauxite
- BPA Contracts with Oregon Firm to Build Part of a New McNary-John Day Transmission Line
- RELOCATION: Cascade Natural Gas to move corporate office to Tri-Cities
- Alaska - Aurora Energy Plant Fire Will Affect Golden Valley Electric Association Bills
- Montana - Whitefish’s Hydropower Plant: A Mystery and an Opportunity
- Crow Sizzles, Downtown Bend Goes Without Power
- Maryland Regulators Say They Must OK Nuclear Power Deal
- Company Calls New Small Nuclear Reactor a 'Game Changer'
- Mississippi - (IGCC) Power Plant Challenges Dismissed
- Steep Contango Points to Sharp Rebound in Natural Gas
- 1,000-Page Bill Attracts Lobbyists to Energy Plan
- President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
- Chelan PUD boosts habitat budget for longevity
- Trapping Fish to Help Stocks Recover
- Puget Sound Anglers Come Through With Hatchery Help
- More fishing options looming in the Columbia River
- Columbia Steelhead Recreational Sport Fishery Opens Friday
- It's Early, but Salmon Fishing Looks Good On the Sound
- Farmed Salmon in High Demand but Still Faces Challenges
- "The Sea Lion Attack"
- Puget Sound Cleanup Budget May Rise By 150 Percent
- British Columbia - Victoria to Stop Sending Untreated Sewage to Sea
- Washington DOE to Lead Crescent Bar Water Raise
- Washington Tribes Receive Nearly $2 Million to Protect Puget Sound
- Portland Settles Bias Case by Sewer Worker
- Wyden Calls BPA Wind Energy Hikes 'Downright Unaffordable'
- Will wind energy follow ethanol's path?
- After Long Wait, Longview Man's Windmill Nearly Ready To Generate Energy
- Rhode Island Lawmakers Debate New Plan for Funding Wind Farm
- Study: Jobs in fledgling green-energy sector growing
- States with most, fewest clean energy jobs listed
- Congress abandoning Obama clean energy goals
- Electric Utilities Fail to Promote Their Energy-Efficiency Initiatives
- Japan Sets Emissions Targets, and No One Seems Pleased
- Of Kites, Coal and the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill
- World's Largest Fossil Bed Linked To Ancient Climate Change
- Data Center Overload - Pics of Central Washington Data Centers!
- Amazon’s EC2 Service Suffers Outage
- Community Broadband - High Capacity, Low Cost
- Comcast Sued Again Over Forced Equipment Leases
- Dry Spell: 23 Days without Rain
- Boy dies during PE class in Vancouver, Wash.
- State Finds Union Fire Commissioner Benefited From Vote
- Newspaper Subscribers Get Petitions on Immigration
- Bill Would Tone Down Commercials
WORD OF THE DAY
Toupee • \too-PAY\ • noun – 1: a curl or lock of hair made into a topknot on a periwig or natural coiffure; also: a periwig with such a topknot 2: a wig or section of hair worn to cover a bald spot
“Toupee or combover,” mused Phil as he reviewed his graybar motel grooming options. “Combover it is,” he decided. “I’m sure unnatural things would happen to my wonderful wig collection if it were to be confiscated by the other prisoners.”
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Not Done Fighting Yet - With production at just 10 percent of capacity and layoffs looming at the end of July, things look bleak “…Senator Baucus: "I've fought to help keep Columbia Falls Aluminum Co.'s doors open for 30 years, and I'm not giving up now…” (Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell, MT)
http://dailyinterlake.com/articles/2009/06/10/news/local_montana/news_8755388518_02.txt
Tennessee - Senate Passes Resolution Urging TVA to Finalize Contract with Alcoa - For 500 employees: “…The smelter's power cost is in the top 15 percent of all smelters in North America…” (Blount Today, Marysville, TN)
http://www.blounttoday.com/news/2009/jun/10/senate-passes-resolution-urging-tva-finalize-contr/
Chinese Miner Orders Guyana Layoffs Amid Global Economic Crisis: Lower Demand For Bauxite (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/03/ap6499547.html
BPA Contracts with Oregon Firm to Build Part of a New McNary-John Day Transmission Line (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/280520/
RELOCATION: Cascade Natural Gas to move corporate office to Tri-Cities (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/609305.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Alaska - Aurora Energy Plant Fire Will Affect Golden Valley Electric Association Bills (Fairbanks Daily News Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jun/11/aurora-energy-plant-fire-will-impact-electric-bill/
Montana - Whitefish’s Hydropower Plant: A Mystery and an Opportunity (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/whitefishs_hydropower_plant_a_mystery_and_an_opportunity/10984/
Crow Sizzles, Downtown Bend Goes Without Power (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2061679~Crow_sizzles__downtown_Bend_goes_without_power.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Maryland Regulators Say They Must OK Nuclear Power Deal (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/11/financial/f083221D80.DTL&feed=rss.business
Company Calls New Small Nuclear Reactor a 'Game Changer' (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/06/10/10greenwire-company-calls-new-small-nuclear-reactor-a-game-45123.html
Mississippi - Power Plant Challenges Dismissed - $2.2 billion integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) facility that converts “brown coal,” into a gas to generate lower-emission electricity (Associated Press)
http://www.sunherald.com/business/story/1402247.html
Steep Contango Points to Sharp Rebound in Natural Gas - Producers cut back exploration; prices still face pressure in short term (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/natural-gas-could-see-sharp-rebound-this-year?siteid=moren
1,000-Page Bill Attracts Lobbyists to Energy Plan (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105240996&ft=1&f=3
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts: John R. Norris, Nominee for Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (The White House)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Announces-More-Key-Administration-Posts-6-10-09/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Chelan PUD boosts habitat budget for longevity (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090610/NEWS04/706109961/-1/PRINTINDEX?PUD-boosts-habitat-budget-for-longevity
Trapping Fish to Help Stocks Recover (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/06/11/news//doc4a2ffd17b9468537238719.txt
Puget Sound Anglers Come Through With Hatchery Help (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090611/news/306119987
More fishing options looming in the Columbia River (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009324924_more_fishing_options_looming_i.html
Columbia Steelhead Recreational Sport Fishery Opens Friday (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/11//area_news/doc4a30a37686965956923002.txt
It's Early, but Salmon Fishing Looks Good On the Sound (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009325220_fish11.html?syndication=rss
Farmed Salmon in High Demand but Still Faces Challenges (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/Technology/Farmed+salmon+high+demand+still+faces+challenges/1682302/story.html
"The Sea Lion Attack" (w/ photos) (Tri City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/sports/blogs/degerman/story/608410.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Puget Sound Cleanup Budget May Rise By 150 Percent (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/774823.html
British Columbia - Victoria to Stop Sending Untreated Sewage to Sea (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_victorias_sewage.html?source=pimail
Washington DOE to Lead Crescent Bar Water Raise - May be too expensive for Wanapum Dam power increase (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/10/news/doc4a30286b6a533917846217.txt
Washington Tribes Receive Nearly $2 Million to Protect Puget Sound (Indian Country Today)
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/47225337.html
Portland Settles Bias Case by Sewer Worker (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2062825~Portland_settles_bias_case_by_sewer_worker.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wyden Calls BPA Wind Energy Hikes 'Downright Unaffordable' – Proposed wind integration rate increase (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5185-wyden-calls-wind-energy-hikes-downright-unaffordable/
Will wind energy follow ethanol's path? (The Wichita Eagle, KS)
http://www.kansas.com/topstories/story/847964.html
After Long Wait, Longview Man's Windmill Nearly Ready To Generate Energy (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/10/area_news//doc4a2f0fcdc8525763528756.txt
Rhode Island Lawmakers Debate New Plan for Funding Wind Farm (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009325166_aprixgrrenewableenergy.html?syndication=rss
Study: Jobs in fledgling green-energy sector growing (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12565163
States with most, fewest clean energy jobs listed (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/10/financial/f134945D85.DTL&feed=rss.business
Congress abandoning Obama clean energy goals (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12565794
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Electric Utilities Fail to Promote Their Energy-Efficiency Initiatives (Forbes Magazine)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/gigaom/green/2009_06_10_electric_utilities_fail_to_promote_their_energy_efficiency_initiatives.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Japan Sets Emissions Targets, and No One Seems Pleased (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/world/asia/11emit.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Of Kites, Coal and the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmEnergy/idUS387554852520090608
World's Largest Fossil Bed Linked To Ancient Climate Change (Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, CA)
http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_12562210
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Data Center Overload - Pics of Central Washington Data Centgers! (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/magazine/14search-t.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Amazon’s EC2 Service Suffers Outage - Lost connectivity in a part of its network because of a “localized power issue.” (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/06/10/amazons-ec2-service-suffers-outage/
Community Broadband - High Capacity, Low Cost (MuniNetworks)
http://www.muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-high-capacity-low-cost
Comcast Sued Again Over Forced Equipment Leases - May ultimately result in one class action suit (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Sued-Again-Over-Forced-Equipment-Leases-102883
GENERAL NEWS
Dry Spell: 23 Days without Rain (KIRO Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=177347
Boy dies during PE class in Vancouver, Wash. (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009325320_webboycollapses10.html?syndication=rss
State Finds Union Fire Commissioner Benefited From Vote (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7505/reftab/1632/t/STATE-FINDS-UNION-FIRE-COMMISSIONER-BENEFITED-FROM-VOTE/Default.aspx
Newspaper Subscribers Get Petitions on Immigration (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009325131_apwaimmigrationpetitions2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Bill Would Tone Down Commercials - Broadcasters have their own plan to lower volume (The Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/11/bill-would-tone-down-commercials/
DIVERSIONS
Dog Gets High On Pot Found In Park
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_061009WAB-dog-pot-park-KC.6b862fc4.html?rss?npc
Mo. Family Christmas Photo Turns Up In Czech Ad
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090611/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_card_photo_prague;_ylt=AvSFVL8wwR_XKNDRgcSH4WXtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJwM3JlZDRmBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNjExL3VzX29kZF9jYXJkX3Bob3RvX3ByYWd1ZQRjcG9zAzEEcG9zAzIEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yeQRzbGsDbW9mYW1pbHljaHJp
Man Toupee (To Pay) For Revealing Bald Truth
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090609/od_nm/us_taiwan_wig;_ylt=AvMzrDFYSskEcVqIbfyQgIrtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJpcGMzbWxqBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwNjA5L3VzX3RhaXdhbl93aWcEcG9zAzYEc2VjA3luX2FydGljbGVfc3VtbWFyeV9saXN0BHNsawNtYW50b3VwZWVmb3I-
Venezuela Bans Coke Zero, Cites "Danger to Health"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090611/od_nm/us_venezuela_coke;_ylt=AnaG72JLa2314tDxS8reLkPtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJtaWVmbm1hBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwNjExL3VzX3ZlbmV6dWVsYV9jb2tlBHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDdmVuZXp1ZWxhYmFu
SONG OF THE DAY
Jigsaw - Sky High
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mudlXF3MA8Q
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Not Done Fighting Yet
- Tennessee - Senate Passes Resolution Urging TVA to Finalize Contract with Alcoa
- Chinese Miner Orders Guyana Layoffs Amid Global Economic Crisis: Lower Demand For Bauxite
- BPA Contracts with Oregon Firm to Build Part of a New McNary-John Day Transmission Line
- RELOCATION: Cascade Natural Gas to move corporate office to Tri-Cities
- Alaska - Aurora Energy Plant Fire Will Affect Golden Valley Electric Association Bills
- Montana - Whitefish’s Hydropower Plant: A Mystery and an Opportunity
- Crow Sizzles, Downtown Bend Goes Without Power
- Maryland Regulators Say They Must OK Nuclear Power Deal
- Company Calls New Small Nuclear Reactor a 'Game Changer'
- Mississippi - (IGCC) Power Plant Challenges Dismissed
- Steep Contango Points to Sharp Rebound in Natural Gas
- 1,000-Page Bill Attracts Lobbyists to Energy Plan
- President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
- Chelan PUD boosts habitat budget for longevity
- Trapping Fish to Help Stocks Recover
- Puget Sound Anglers Come Through With Hatchery Help
- More fishing options looming in the Columbia River
- Columbia Steelhead Recreational Sport Fishery Opens Friday
- It's Early, but Salmon Fishing Looks Good On the Sound
- Farmed Salmon in High Demand but Still Faces Challenges
- "The Sea Lion Attack"
- Puget Sound Cleanup Budget May Rise By 150 Percent
- British Columbia - Victoria to Stop Sending Untreated Sewage to Sea
- Washington DOE to Lead Crescent Bar Water Raise
- Washington Tribes Receive Nearly $2 Million to Protect Puget Sound
- Portland Settles Bias Case by Sewer Worker
- Wyden Calls BPA Wind Energy Hikes 'Downright Unaffordable'
- Will wind energy follow ethanol's path?
- After Long Wait, Longview Man's Windmill Nearly Ready To Generate Energy
- Rhode Island Lawmakers Debate New Plan for Funding Wind Farm
- Study: Jobs in fledgling green-energy sector growing
- States with most, fewest clean energy jobs listed
- Congress abandoning Obama clean energy goals
- Electric Utilities Fail to Promote Their Energy-Efficiency Initiatives
- Japan Sets Emissions Targets, and No One Seems Pleased
- Of Kites, Coal and the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill
- World's Largest Fossil Bed Linked To Ancient Climate Change
- Data Center Overload - Pics of Central Washington Data Centers!
- Amazon’s EC2 Service Suffers Outage
- Community Broadband - High Capacity, Low Cost
- Comcast Sued Again Over Forced Equipment Leases
- Dry Spell: 23 Days without Rain
- Boy dies during PE class in Vancouver, Wash.
- State Finds Union Fire Commissioner Benefited From Vote
- Newspaper Subscribers Get Petitions on Immigration
- Bill Would Tone Down Commercials
WORD OF THE DAY
Toupee • \too-PAY\ • noun – 1: a curl or lock of hair made into a topknot on a periwig or natural coiffure; also: a periwig with such a topknot 2: a wig or section of hair worn to cover a bald spot
“Toupee or combover,” mused Phil as he reviewed his graybar motel grooming options. “Combover it is,” he decided. “I’m sure unnatural things would happen to my wonderful wig collection if it were to be confiscated by the other prisoners.”
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Not Done Fighting Yet - With production at just 10 percent of capacity and layoffs looming at the end of July, things look bleak “…Senator Baucus: "I've fought to help keep Columbia Falls Aluminum Co.'s doors open for 30 years, and I'm not giving up now…” (Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell, MT)
http://dailyinterlake.com/articles/2009/06/10/news/local_montana/news_8755388518_02.txt
Tennessee - Senate Passes Resolution Urging TVA to Finalize Contract with Alcoa - For 500 employees: “…The smelter's power cost is in the top 15 percent of all smelters in North America…” (Blount Today, Marysville, TN)
http://www.blounttoday.com/news/2009/jun/10/senate-passes-resolution-urging-tva-finalize-contr/
Chinese Miner Orders Guyana Layoffs Amid Global Economic Crisis: Lower Demand For Bauxite (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/03/ap6499547.html
BPA Contracts with Oregon Firm to Build Part of a New McNary-John Day Transmission Line (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/280520/
RELOCATION: Cascade Natural Gas to move corporate office to Tri-Cities (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/609305.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Alaska - Aurora Energy Plant Fire Will Affect Golden Valley Electric Association Bills (Fairbanks Daily News Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jun/11/aurora-energy-plant-fire-will-impact-electric-bill/
Montana - Whitefish’s Hydropower Plant: A Mystery and an Opportunity (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/whitefishs_hydropower_plant_a_mystery_and_an_opportunity/10984/
Crow Sizzles, Downtown Bend Goes Without Power (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2061679~Crow_sizzles__downtown_Bend_goes_without_power.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Maryland Regulators Say They Must OK Nuclear Power Deal (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/11/financial/f083221D80.DTL&feed=rss.business
Company Calls New Small Nuclear Reactor a 'Game Changer' (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/06/10/10greenwire-company-calls-new-small-nuclear-reactor-a-game-45123.html
Mississippi - Power Plant Challenges Dismissed - $2.2 billion integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) facility that converts “brown coal,” into a gas to generate lower-emission electricity (Associated Press)
http://www.sunherald.com/business/story/1402247.html
Steep Contango Points to Sharp Rebound in Natural Gas - Producers cut back exploration; prices still face pressure in short term (MarketWatch)
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/natural-gas-could-see-sharp-rebound-this-year?siteid=moren
1,000-Page Bill Attracts Lobbyists to Energy Plan (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105240996&ft=1&f=3
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts: John R. Norris, Nominee for Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (The White House)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Announces-More-Key-Administration-Posts-6-10-09/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Chelan PUD boosts habitat budget for longevity (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090610/NEWS04/706109961/-1/PRINTINDEX?PUD-boosts-habitat-budget-for-longevity
Trapping Fish to Help Stocks Recover (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/06/11/news//doc4a2ffd17b9468537238719.txt
Puget Sound Anglers Come Through With Hatchery Help (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090611/news/306119987
More fishing options looming in the Columbia River (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009324924_more_fishing_options_looming_i.html
Columbia Steelhead Recreational Sport Fishery Opens Friday (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/11//area_news/doc4a30a37686965956923002.txt
It's Early, but Salmon Fishing Looks Good On the Sound (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009325220_fish11.html?syndication=rss
Farmed Salmon in High Demand but Still Faces Challenges (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/Technology/Farmed+salmon+high+demand+still+faces+challenges/1682302/story.html
"The Sea Lion Attack" (w/ photos) (Tri City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/sports/blogs/degerman/story/608410.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Puget Sound Cleanup Budget May Rise By 150 Percent (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/774823.html
British Columbia - Victoria to Stop Sending Untreated Sewage to Sea (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_victorias_sewage.html?source=pimail
Washington DOE to Lead Crescent Bar Water Raise - May be too expensive for Wanapum Dam power increase (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/10/news/doc4a30286b6a533917846217.txt
Washington Tribes Receive Nearly $2 Million to Protect Puget Sound (Indian Country Today)
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/47225337.html
Portland Settles Bias Case by Sewer Worker (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2062825~Portland_settles_bias_case_by_sewer_worker.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wyden Calls BPA Wind Energy Hikes 'Downright Unaffordable' – Proposed wind integration rate increase (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5185-wyden-calls-wind-energy-hikes-downright-unaffordable/
Will wind energy follow ethanol's path? (The Wichita Eagle, KS)
http://www.kansas.com/topstories/story/847964.html
After Long Wait, Longview Man's Windmill Nearly Ready To Generate Energy (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/10/area_news//doc4a2f0fcdc8525763528756.txt
Rhode Island Lawmakers Debate New Plan for Funding Wind Farm (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009325166_aprixgrrenewableenergy.html?syndication=rss
Study: Jobs in fledgling green-energy sector growing (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12565163
States with most, fewest clean energy jobs listed (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/10/financial/f134945D85.DTL&feed=rss.business
Congress abandoning Obama clean energy goals (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12565794
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Electric Utilities Fail to Promote Their Energy-Efficiency Initiatives (Forbes Magazine)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/gigaom/green/2009_06_10_electric_utilities_fail_to_promote_their_energy_efficiency_initiatives.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Japan Sets Emissions Targets, and No One Seems Pleased (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/world/asia/11emit.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Of Kites, Coal and the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmEnergy/idUS387554852520090608
World's Largest Fossil Bed Linked To Ancient Climate Change (Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, CA)
http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_12562210
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Data Center Overload - Pics of Central Washington Data Centgers! (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/magazine/14search-t.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Amazon’s EC2 Service Suffers Outage - Lost connectivity in a part of its network because of a “localized power issue.” (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/06/10/amazons-ec2-service-suffers-outage/
Community Broadband - High Capacity, Low Cost (MuniNetworks)
http://www.muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-high-capacity-low-cost
Comcast Sued Again Over Forced Equipment Leases - May ultimately result in one class action suit (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Sued-Again-Over-Forced-Equipment-Leases-102883
GENERAL NEWS
Dry Spell: 23 Days without Rain (KIRO Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=177347
Boy dies during PE class in Vancouver, Wash. (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009325320_webboycollapses10.html?syndication=rss
State Finds Union Fire Commissioner Benefited From Vote (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7505/reftab/1632/t/STATE-FINDS-UNION-FIRE-COMMISSIONER-BENEFITED-FROM-VOTE/Default.aspx
Newspaper Subscribers Get Petitions on Immigration (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009325131_apwaimmigrationpetitions2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Bill Would Tone Down Commercials - Broadcasters have their own plan to lower volume (The Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/11/bill-would-tone-down-commercials/
DIVERSIONS
Dog Gets High On Pot Found In Park
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_061009WAB-dog-pot-park-KC.6b862fc4.html?rss?npc
Mo. Family Christmas Photo Turns Up In Czech Ad
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090611/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_card_photo_prague;_ylt=AvSFVL8wwR_XKNDRgcSH4WXtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJwM3JlZDRmBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNjExL3VzX29kZF9jYXJkX3Bob3RvX3ByYWd1ZQRjcG9zAzEEcG9zAzIEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yeQRzbGsDbW9mYW1pbHljaHJp
Man Toupee (To Pay) For Revealing Bald Truth
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090609/od_nm/us_taiwan_wig;_ylt=AvMzrDFYSskEcVqIbfyQgIrtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJpcGMzbWxqBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwNjA5L3VzX3RhaXdhbl93aWcEcG9zAzYEc2VjA3luX2FydGljbGVfc3VtbWFyeV9saXN0BHNsawNtYW50b3VwZWVmb3I-
Venezuela Bans Coke Zero, Cites "Danger to Health"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090611/od_nm/us_venezuela_coke;_ylt=AnaG72JLa2314tDxS8reLkPtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJtaWVmbm1hBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwNjExL3VzX3ZlbmV6dWVsYV9jb2tlBHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDdmVuZXp1ZWxhYmFu
SONG OF THE DAY
Jigsaw - Sky High
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mudlXF3MA8Q
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Energy News Digest for June 10, 2009
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- California - Two Shocked In Long Beach Electrical Accident
- Construction to Begin on BPA Transmission Line
- BPA offers reward in Lexington wire theft investigation
- Grant PUD Progresses With Manager’s Contract
- Alaska - Matanuska Electric Association Board Limits Manager's Authority
- Final Run For A River Watcher - Rob Campbell, operator of Lake Chelan Dam and powerhouse
- Congressional Republicans Draft Energy Bill with Heavy Focus on Nuclear Power
- Small Nuclear Reactors in the Offing?
- Texas - Electric Co-Op Companies Say Deregulation Slowdown Is a Good Thing for Customers
- Florida - Angry Customer Punches Utility Truck, Goes To Jail
- PETA Peeved Over Pike Place Fish-Throwing Demo
- Wimping Out? Veterinarians Visiting Seattle Rethink Fish Toss
- Study: Hatchery Trout Have Reproductive Problems
- Yakama tribe pulls out of cleanup council for Portland Harbor
- Activists Say Port of Olympia Work Violates Clean Water Act
- Chelan Falls - Just Add Water: Temporary River Gets Its Test
- City of Bend Considers Building a Hydroelectric Project on Tumalo Creek
- Not So Windy: Research Suggests Winds Dying Down
- United Kingdom - School Installs A Turbine To Harness Sea Breezes
- Google Closing In On Cheap Renewable Energy
- New Report Says Energy Efficiency not a U.S. Consumer Priority
- Salem OR Statesman-Journal Editorial - Clean coal, clean carbon: is this really a good idea?
- Could Carbon Prices Hit $180?
- One-Third of U.S. Doesn’t Have Broadband
- Traffic Jam Ahead? Cisco Predicts Massive Web Growth
- The FCC Gets Bombarded With Broadband Opinions
- Broadcast TV Never Converted Its Digital Dream
- Broadcasters compete to fill new analog gaps
- Major Firm Drops Plan for Arizona Data Center Site amid Concerns over Cost and Reliability of Delivering Electricity
- Tennessee City Considers Suing Dell – Claims the company failed to live up to an agreement
- Verizon Asks Comcast to Halt ‘Don’t Fall For FiOs’ Ads
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - Internet Access: Neutrality Is Misguided
- Bones Found At Port Orchard Construction Site Are Human
- Mason County Resident Concerned About Use of Mental Health Funds for Balancing County Budget
- Testosterone Thief Guilty
- Ruling OKs Brinnon resort, but opponents consider appeal
- Cruise Ships Chartered For Vancouver Olympics Lodging
WORD OF THE DAY
Trepidation • \trep-uh-DAY-shun \ • noun – Timorous uncertain agitation: apprehension
“Just remember,” the teacher told his nervous speech student, “it’s against the law for them to kill and eat you.” The sage advice did little to avert the trepidation that the student had as he prepared to speak to a full audience about the fascinating topic of curing concrete.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
California - Two Shocked In Long Beach Electrical Accident (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2059453~2_shocked_in_Long_Beach_electrical_accident.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Construction to Begin on BPA Transmission Line (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/608855.html
BPA offers reward in Lexington wire theft investigation (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/10//area_news/doc4a2f18fcba441758886748.txt
Grant PUD Progresses With Manager’s Contract (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/09/news/doc4a2ecaad69b3f525280365.txt
Alaska - Matanuska Electric Association Board Limits Manager's Authority, Looks To Hire (Anchorage Daily News, AK)http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/matsu/story/825371.html
Final Run For A River Watcher - Rob Campbell, operator of Lake Chelan Dam and powerhouse (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090609/NEWS04/706099974/-1/SPORTS02?Final-run-for-a-river-watcher
Congressional Republicans Draft Energy Bill with Heavy Focus on Nuclear Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/us/politics/10energy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Small Nuclear Reactors in the Offing? (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/small-nuclear-reactors-in-the-offing/
Texas - Electric Co-Op Companies Say Deregulation Slowdown Is a Good Thing for Customers (KTRE-TV, Lufkin, TX)
http://www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S=10505694&nav=menu118_1
Florida - Angry Customer Punches Utility Truck, Goes To Jail (WFTS, Tampa, FL)
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story/Angry-customer-punches-utility-truck-goes-to-jail/sMZ3QlIaU0idtrYi19T9oQ.cspx
FISH & WILDLIFE
PETA Peeved Over Pike Place Fish-Throwing Demo (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_060909WAB-peta-fish-KS.6438183a.html?rss
Wimping Out? Veterinarians Visiting Seattle Rethink Fish Toss (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009319936_apwapetathrowingfish1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Study: Hatchery Trout Have Reproductive Problems (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/06/08/daily30.html?ana=from_rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Yakama tribe pulls out of cleanup council for Portland Harbor (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_portland_harbor.html
Activists Say Port of Olympia Work Violates Clean Water Act - Officials defend site preparation work as safe while agency waits for final permits (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/875721.html
Chelan Falls - Just Add Water: Temporary River Gets Its Test (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090609/NEWS04/706099980/-1/PRINTINDEX?Just-add-water--Temporary-river-gets-its-test
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
City of Bend Considers Building a Hydroelectric Project on Tumalo Creek (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5174-bend-considers-building-hydroelectric-project-tumalo-creek/
Not So Windy: Research Suggests Winds Dying Down - The wind, a favorite power source of the green energy movement, seems to be dying down across the United States. And the cause, ironically, may be global warming - the very problem wind power seeks to address (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009321621_apusscidiminishingwinds.html?syndication=rss
United Kingdom - School Installs A Turbine To Harness Sea Breezes (Kent News, UK)http://www.kentnews.co.uk/kent-news/School-installs-a-turbine-to-harness-sea-breezes-newsinkent25143.aspx
Google Closing In On Cheap Renewable Energy (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersINCOnlineReport/idUSTRE5592X120090610
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
New Report Says Energy Efficiency not a U.S. Consumer Priority (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=364261&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Salem OR Statesman-Journal Editorial - Clean coal, clean carbon: is this really a good idea?
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090610/OPINION/906100436/1049
Could Carbon Prices Hit $180? (BusinessWeek)
http://www.businessweek.com/investing/green_business/archives/2009/06/could_carbon_pr.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
One-Third of U.S. Doesn’t Have Broadband (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/06/10/one-third-of-u-s-doesnt-have-broadband/
Traffic Jam Ahead? Cisco Predicts Massive Web Growth (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/06/08/daily34.html?ana=from_rss
The FCC Gets Bombarded With Broadband Opinions - Everybody, at once, chimes in on new broadband plan (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-FCC-Gets-Bombarded-With-Broadband-Opinions-102861
Broadcast TV Never Converted Its Digital Dream (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/09/AR2009060903144.html?wprss=rss_technology
Broadcasters compete to fill new analog gaps
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009320391_tvfuture10.html
Major Firm Drops Plan for Arizona Data Center Site amid Concerns over Cost and Reliability of Delivering Electricity to the Site (Arizona Daily Star)
http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/296454
Tennessee City Considers Suing Dell – Claims the company failed to live up to an agreement to provide 1,000 jobs (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12549110
Verizon Asks Comcast to Halt ‘Don’t Fall For FiOs’ Ads (Philadelphia Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2009/06/08/daily28.html?ana=from_rss
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Internet Access: Neutrality Is Misguided
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/northwestvoices/2009319503_internet_access.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Bones Found At Port Orchard Construction Site Are Human (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/47520092.html
Mason County Resident Concerned About Use of Mental Health Funds for Balancing County Budget (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7497/reftab/1632/t/RESIDENT-CONCERNED-ABOUT-USE-OF-MENTAL-HEALTH-FUNDS-FOR-BALANCING-BUDGET/Default.aspx
Testosterone Thief Guilty (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/876817.html
Ruling OKs Brinnon resort, but opponents consider appeal (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090610/news/306109984
Cruise Ships Chartered For Vancouver Olympics Lodging (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5165-cruise-ships-chartered-vancouver-olympics-lodging/
DIVERSIONS
Drawing on a Hobby during Delays – Harmonica fills the bill
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/business/09flier.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Toilet Planters Create Stink in Illinois Town - Woman Told To Remove Planters or Face Fine
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19694134/detail.html
Wash. Judge: Blaring Car Horn Is Not Free Speech
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/876432.html
Woman Junks Mattress with Almost $1 Million Stuffed Inside
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12560432
SONG OF THE DAY
Bobby Sherman - Julie Do You Love Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsMONykezJM
Here Come The Brides opening theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr9f1FaXbV8&feature=related
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- California - Two Shocked In Long Beach Electrical Accident
- Construction to Begin on BPA Transmission Line
- BPA offers reward in Lexington wire theft investigation
- Grant PUD Progresses With Manager’s Contract
- Alaska - Matanuska Electric Association Board Limits Manager's Authority
- Final Run For A River Watcher - Rob Campbell, operator of Lake Chelan Dam and powerhouse
- Congressional Republicans Draft Energy Bill with Heavy Focus on Nuclear Power
- Small Nuclear Reactors in the Offing?
- Texas - Electric Co-Op Companies Say Deregulation Slowdown Is a Good Thing for Customers
- Florida - Angry Customer Punches Utility Truck, Goes To Jail
- PETA Peeved Over Pike Place Fish-Throwing Demo
- Wimping Out? Veterinarians Visiting Seattle Rethink Fish Toss
- Study: Hatchery Trout Have Reproductive Problems
- Yakama tribe pulls out of cleanup council for Portland Harbor
- Activists Say Port of Olympia Work Violates Clean Water Act
- Chelan Falls - Just Add Water: Temporary River Gets Its Test
- City of Bend Considers Building a Hydroelectric Project on Tumalo Creek
- Not So Windy: Research Suggests Winds Dying Down
- United Kingdom - School Installs A Turbine To Harness Sea Breezes
- Google Closing In On Cheap Renewable Energy
- New Report Says Energy Efficiency not a U.S. Consumer Priority
- Salem OR Statesman-Journal Editorial - Clean coal, clean carbon: is this really a good idea?
- Could Carbon Prices Hit $180?
- One-Third of U.S. Doesn’t Have Broadband
- Traffic Jam Ahead? Cisco Predicts Massive Web Growth
- The FCC Gets Bombarded With Broadband Opinions
- Broadcast TV Never Converted Its Digital Dream
- Broadcasters compete to fill new analog gaps
- Major Firm Drops Plan for Arizona Data Center Site amid Concerns over Cost and Reliability of Delivering Electricity
- Tennessee City Considers Suing Dell – Claims the company failed to live up to an agreement
- Verizon Asks Comcast to Halt ‘Don’t Fall For FiOs’ Ads
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - Internet Access: Neutrality Is Misguided
- Bones Found At Port Orchard Construction Site Are Human
- Mason County Resident Concerned About Use of Mental Health Funds for Balancing County Budget
- Testosterone Thief Guilty
- Ruling OKs Brinnon resort, but opponents consider appeal
- Cruise Ships Chartered For Vancouver Olympics Lodging
WORD OF THE DAY
Trepidation • \trep-uh-DAY-shun \ • noun – Timorous uncertain agitation: apprehension
“Just remember,” the teacher told his nervous speech student, “it’s against the law for them to kill and eat you.” The sage advice did little to avert the trepidation that the student had as he prepared to speak to a full audience about the fascinating topic of curing concrete.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
California - Two Shocked In Long Beach Electrical Accident (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2059453~2_shocked_in_Long_Beach_electrical_accident.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Construction to Begin on BPA Transmission Line (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/608855.html
BPA offers reward in Lexington wire theft investigation (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/10//area_news/doc4a2f18fcba441758886748.txt
Grant PUD Progresses With Manager’s Contract (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/09/news/doc4a2ecaad69b3f525280365.txt
Alaska - Matanuska Electric Association Board Limits Manager's Authority, Looks To Hire (Anchorage Daily News, AK)http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/matsu/story/825371.html
Final Run For A River Watcher - Rob Campbell, operator of Lake Chelan Dam and powerhouse (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090609/NEWS04/706099974/-1/SPORTS02?Final-run-for-a-river-watcher
Congressional Republicans Draft Energy Bill with Heavy Focus on Nuclear Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/us/politics/10energy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Small Nuclear Reactors in the Offing? (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/small-nuclear-reactors-in-the-offing/
Texas - Electric Co-Op Companies Say Deregulation Slowdown Is a Good Thing for Customers (KTRE-TV, Lufkin, TX)
http://www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S=10505694&nav=menu118_1
Florida - Angry Customer Punches Utility Truck, Goes To Jail (WFTS, Tampa, FL)
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story/Angry-customer-punches-utility-truck-goes-to-jail/sMZ3QlIaU0idtrYi19T9oQ.cspx
FISH & WILDLIFE
PETA Peeved Over Pike Place Fish-Throwing Demo (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_060909WAB-peta-fish-KS.6438183a.html?rss
Wimping Out? Veterinarians Visiting Seattle Rethink Fish Toss (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009319936_apwapetathrowingfish1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Study: Hatchery Trout Have Reproductive Problems (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/06/08/daily30.html?ana=from_rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Yakama tribe pulls out of cleanup council for Portland Harbor (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_portland_harbor.html
Activists Say Port of Olympia Work Violates Clean Water Act - Officials defend site preparation work as safe while agency waits for final permits (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/875721.html
Chelan Falls - Just Add Water: Temporary River Gets Its Test (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090609/NEWS04/706099980/-1/PRINTINDEX?Just-add-water--Temporary-river-gets-its-test
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
City of Bend Considers Building a Hydroelectric Project on Tumalo Creek (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5174-bend-considers-building-hydroelectric-project-tumalo-creek/
Not So Windy: Research Suggests Winds Dying Down - The wind, a favorite power source of the green energy movement, seems to be dying down across the United States. And the cause, ironically, may be global warming - the very problem wind power seeks to address (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009321621_apusscidiminishingwinds.html?syndication=rss
United Kingdom - School Installs A Turbine To Harness Sea Breezes (Kent News, UK)http://www.kentnews.co.uk/kent-news/School-installs-a-turbine-to-harness-sea-breezes-newsinkent25143.aspx
Google Closing In On Cheap Renewable Energy (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersINCOnlineReport/idUSTRE5592X120090610
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
New Report Says Energy Efficiency not a U.S. Consumer Priority (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=364261&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Salem OR Statesman-Journal Editorial - Clean coal, clean carbon: is this really a good idea?
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090610/OPINION/906100436/1049
Could Carbon Prices Hit $180? (BusinessWeek)
http://www.businessweek.com/investing/green_business/archives/2009/06/could_carbon_pr.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
One-Third of U.S. Doesn’t Have Broadband (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/06/10/one-third-of-u-s-doesnt-have-broadband/
Traffic Jam Ahead? Cisco Predicts Massive Web Growth (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/06/08/daily34.html?ana=from_rss
The FCC Gets Bombarded With Broadband Opinions - Everybody, at once, chimes in on new broadband plan (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-FCC-Gets-Bombarded-With-Broadband-Opinions-102861
Broadcast TV Never Converted Its Digital Dream (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/09/AR2009060903144.html?wprss=rss_technology
Broadcasters compete to fill new analog gaps
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009320391_tvfuture10.html
Major Firm Drops Plan for Arizona Data Center Site amid Concerns over Cost and Reliability of Delivering Electricity to the Site (Arizona Daily Star)
http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/296454
Tennessee City Considers Suing Dell – Claims the company failed to live up to an agreement to provide 1,000 jobs (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12549110
Verizon Asks Comcast to Halt ‘Don’t Fall For FiOs’ Ads (Philadelphia Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2009/06/08/daily28.html?ana=from_rss
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Internet Access: Neutrality Is Misguided
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/northwestvoices/2009319503_internet_access.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Bones Found At Port Orchard Construction Site Are Human (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/47520092.html
Mason County Resident Concerned About Use of Mental Health Funds for Balancing County Budget (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7497/reftab/1632/t/RESIDENT-CONCERNED-ABOUT-USE-OF-MENTAL-HEALTH-FUNDS-FOR-BALANCING-BUDGET/Default.aspx
Testosterone Thief Guilty (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/876817.html
Ruling OKs Brinnon resort, but opponents consider appeal (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090610/news/306109984
Cruise Ships Chartered For Vancouver Olympics Lodging (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5165-cruise-ships-chartered-vancouver-olympics-lodging/
DIVERSIONS
Drawing on a Hobby during Delays – Harmonica fills the bill
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/business/09flier.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Toilet Planters Create Stink in Illinois Town - Woman Told To Remove Planters or Face Fine
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19694134/detail.html
Wash. Judge: Blaring Car Horn Is Not Free Speech
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/876432.html
Woman Junks Mattress with Almost $1 Million Stuffed Inside
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12560432
SONG OF THE DAY
Bobby Sherman - Julie Do You Love Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsMONykezJM
Here Come The Brides opening theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr9f1FaXbV8&feature=related
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Energy News Digest for June 9, 2009
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Negotiates For Lower Electricity Rates with Hopes of Reopening
- Columbian Op/Ed, Don Brunell - Obama's Energy Plan Will Cost Taxpayers Dearly
- Northwest Governors Back BPA Call for Pumped Storage Study
- City Of Snohomish Settles With UW Professor Arrested For Photographing Power Lines
- Eastern Oregon Co-Op Considers New Facility
- Michigan Utility Wants New Coal Plant
- Michigan - Police Say Trio Stole $2 Million from Great Lakes Energy
- Building the Smart Grid
- Tri-City Herald Op/Ed - Dam Breaching Should Be Off the Table
- Word on Columbia River and Tributary Sport Fisheries
- Return of the Once-Rare Beaver? Not in My Yard.
- Urbanization Not All Gloom and Doom for Bird Life
- Grant County PUD’s Quincy Shoreline Meeting Attracts Hundreds
- Auditors Question Tennessee Valley Authority Shoreline Deals With Wealthy
- The Switch: Is Solar Power Only A Rich Man's Renewable Source?
- Kiss the Utility Company Goodbye - The renewable-energy buzz is on
- Seattle preparing for electric vehicles
- Arkansas Windmill Blade Plant Laying Off 80 Workers
- Wood Pellet Producer Opens Mississippi Plant to Produce Feedstock for Alternative Energy
- Puget Sound Energy Distributed 10M Fluorescent Bulbs since 2002
- Feds Sends $15 Million in Stimulus for Oregon Energy Efficiency Program
- How Will Boise Spend Its Energy Stimulus Grants?
- Climate Activists Target Rio Australia Aluminum Smelter
- Governors Warn Energy Plan Could Stifle Growth
- Emissions Caps Seen Costing Airlines $7 Billion A Year
- Intuit Helps Small Business Capture a 'Green Snapshot'
- Rural Americans Long To Be Linked To Broadband
- Levin To Help Run Government Broadband Plan
- Forecasters Say El Nino May Be Developing
- Cadaver Dogs Find Bones at Port Orchard Construction Site
- Mason County Commission Has Partial Plan to Cover Latest Budget Shortfall
- City of Lacey Hires Finance Director
- Shades of Olympia - Soldier Sanctuary Resolution Divides Bellingham
- Seattle Parking Policy Peeves Tourists and Residents Alike
- Singer-Songwriter Kenny Rankin Dead of Lung Cancer
WORD OF THE DAY
Altruism • \AL-troo-iz-um\ • noun - Unselfish interest in the welfare of others
Alfred P. Newkirk was considered the saint of the second floor cubicle cadets. He never used the speaker phone, did not eat his usual garlic and onion humus snacks at his desk, and always seemed to have a clean, orderly desk at the end of the day. What some attributed to altruism was one day revealed to be a sham. Alfred really didn’t work there; he just liked living in the cubicle. His duplicity was revealed when a fellow employee asked HR when he had been hired so that a party could be thrown in his honor.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Negotiates For Lower Electricity Rates with Hopes of Reopening (The Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/06/08/bnews/br10.txt
Columbian Op/Ed, Don Brunell - Obama's Energy Plan Will Cost Taxpayers Dearly
http://columbian.com/article/20090609/BIZ01/706099986/-1/BIZ
Northwest Governors Back BPA Call for Pumped Storage Study (HydroWorld)
http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/article-display/6690582890/s-articles/s-hrhrw/s-News/s-northwest-governors.html
City Of Snohomish Settles With UW Professor Arrested For Photographing Power Lines (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/406968_aclu08.html
Eastern Oregon Co-Op Considers New Facility - Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative is weighing whether to construct new building (Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland, OR)
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/06/08/Eastern-Oregon-coop-considers-new-facility-Oregon-Trail-Electric-Cooperative-is-weighing-whether-to-
Michigan Utility Wants New Coal Plant (WWJ Radio, Detroit)
http://www.wwj.com/Michigan-Utility-Wants-New-Coal-Plant/4546314
Michigan - Police Say Trio Stole $2 Million from Great Lakes Energy (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
http://www.gaylordheraldtimes.com/articles/2009/06/08/breaking_news/doc4a2d3b2e98c2f338032467.txt
Building The Smart Grid - By promoting the adoption of renewable-energy technology, a smart grid would be good for the environment—and for innovation (The Economist)
http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13725843
FISH & WILDLIFE
Tri-City Herald Op/Ed - Dam Breaching Should Be Off the Table
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/964/story/597991.html
Word on Columbia River and Tributary Sport Fisheries and How Fish Returns are Shaping Up (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009316304_word_on_columbia_river_and_tri.html
Return of the Once-Rare Beaver? Not in My Yard. (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/science/earth/09beaver.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Urbanization Not All Gloom and Doom for Bird Life (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5161-urbanization-not-all-gloom-and-doom-bird-life/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Grant County PUD’s Quincy Shoreline Meeting Attracts Hundreds (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/09/news/doc4a2d7c17454b1277845772.txt
Auditors Question Tennessee Valley Authority Shoreline Deals With Wealthy (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/09/national/a000843D71.DTL&feed=rss.business
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
The Switch: Is Solar Power Only A Rich Man's Renewable Source? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5150-switch-solar-power-only-rich-mans-renewable-source/
Kiss the Utility Company Goodbye - The renewable-energy buzz is on (Minneapolis Star-Tribune, MN)
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/47171822.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUncacyi8cyaiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
Seattle preparing for electric vehicles (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_060809ENB_seattle-electric-vehicles-JM.5fcbf419.html?rss
Arkansas Windmill Blade Plant Laying Off 80 Workers - Windmill blade maker LM Glasfiber said it will lay off about 80 workers because it does not have enough orders (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009313824_apuslmglasfiberlayoffs.html?syndication=rss
Wood Pellet Producer Opens Mississippi Plant To Produce Feedstock For Alternative Energy (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009315512_apusmississippiwoodpelletplant.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Puget Sound Energy Distributed 10M Fluorescent Bulbs since 2002 (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009317895_apwafluorescentbulbs.html?syndication=rss
Feds Sends $15 Million in Stimulus for Oregon Energy Efficiency Program (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/us_sends_15_million_in_stimulu.html
How Will Boise Spend Its Energy Stimulus Grants? The City Council will discuss 10 potential energy projects, including LED streetlights. (Idaho Statesman)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/796461.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate Activists Target Rio Australia Aluminum Smelter (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE5576FX20090608
Governors Warn Energy Plan Could Stifle Growth (Associated Press)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/08/AR2009060802188.html
Emissions Caps Seen Costing Airlines $7 Billion A Year (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55718G20090609
Intuit Helps Small Business Capture a 'Green Snapshot' (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmSmallBusiness/idUS277971092420090608
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Rural Americans Long To Be Linked To Broadband (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-06-07-rural-broadband-digital_N.htm
Levin To Help Run Government Broadband Plan - Primary architect of 1996 Telecom Reform Act returns (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Levin-To-Help-Run-Government-Broadband-Plan-102815
GENERAL NEWS
Forecasters Say El Nino May Be Developing - can lead to wetter than normal conditions in the intermountain regions of the United States (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/forecasters_say_el_nino_may_be.html
Cadaver Dogs Find Bones at Port Orchard Construction Site (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_060909WAB-human-foot-bones-JM.6350688c.html?rss?npc
Mason County Commission Has Partial Plan to Cover Latest Budget Shortfall (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7484/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-COMMISSION-HAS-PARTIAL-PLAN-TO-COVER-LATEST-BUDGET-SHORTFALL/Default.aspx
City of Lacey Hires Finance Director (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/875720.html
Shades of Olympia - Soldier Sanctuary Resolution Divides Bellingham (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/47273937.html
Seattle Parking Policy Peeves Tourists and Residents Alike (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_060809WAB-seattle-parking-policy-SW.6020b2c4.html?rss
Singer-Songwriter Kenny Rankin Dead Of Lung Cancer
http://www.examiner.com/a-2058185~Singer_songwriter_Kenny_Rankin_dead_of_lung_cancer.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
DIVERSIONS
Florida Fisherman Hooks Live Missile in Gulf Waters
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12551746
Dog Plays Fetch With Live Grenade in Germany
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19691635/detail.html
Bike-Riding Rooster Ordered Out Of Miami Beach - Owner Ordered To Get Rid Of Fowl Because Of Early Morning Crowing
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19681325/detail.html
Coach Put Little League Boys Up To Burglary, Police Say
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090609/NEWS01/706099933/-1/RSS02
SONG OF THE DAY
Blackbird - Kenny Rankin (RIP)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIKl3QhdtlY
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Negotiates For Lower Electricity Rates with Hopes of Reopening
- Columbian Op/Ed, Don Brunell - Obama's Energy Plan Will Cost Taxpayers Dearly
- Northwest Governors Back BPA Call for Pumped Storage Study
- City Of Snohomish Settles With UW Professor Arrested For Photographing Power Lines
- Eastern Oregon Co-Op Considers New Facility
- Michigan Utility Wants New Coal Plant
- Michigan - Police Say Trio Stole $2 Million from Great Lakes Energy
- Building the Smart Grid
- Tri-City Herald Op/Ed - Dam Breaching Should Be Off the Table
- Word on Columbia River and Tributary Sport Fisheries
- Return of the Once-Rare Beaver? Not in My Yard.
- Urbanization Not All Gloom and Doom for Bird Life
- Grant County PUD’s Quincy Shoreline Meeting Attracts Hundreds
- Auditors Question Tennessee Valley Authority Shoreline Deals With Wealthy
- The Switch: Is Solar Power Only A Rich Man's Renewable Source?
- Kiss the Utility Company Goodbye - The renewable-energy buzz is on
- Seattle preparing for electric vehicles
- Arkansas Windmill Blade Plant Laying Off 80 Workers
- Wood Pellet Producer Opens Mississippi Plant to Produce Feedstock for Alternative Energy
- Puget Sound Energy Distributed 10M Fluorescent Bulbs since 2002
- Feds Sends $15 Million in Stimulus for Oregon Energy Efficiency Program
- How Will Boise Spend Its Energy Stimulus Grants?
- Climate Activists Target Rio Australia Aluminum Smelter
- Governors Warn Energy Plan Could Stifle Growth
- Emissions Caps Seen Costing Airlines $7 Billion A Year
- Intuit Helps Small Business Capture a 'Green Snapshot'
- Rural Americans Long To Be Linked To Broadband
- Levin To Help Run Government Broadband Plan
- Forecasters Say El Nino May Be Developing
- Cadaver Dogs Find Bones at Port Orchard Construction Site
- Mason County Commission Has Partial Plan to Cover Latest Budget Shortfall
- City of Lacey Hires Finance Director
- Shades of Olympia - Soldier Sanctuary Resolution Divides Bellingham
- Seattle Parking Policy Peeves Tourists and Residents Alike
- Singer-Songwriter Kenny Rankin Dead of Lung Cancer
WORD OF THE DAY
Altruism • \AL-troo-iz-um\ • noun - Unselfish interest in the welfare of others
Alfred P. Newkirk was considered the saint of the second floor cubicle cadets. He never used the speaker phone, did not eat his usual garlic and onion humus snacks at his desk, and always seemed to have a clean, orderly desk at the end of the day. What some attributed to altruism was one day revealed to be a sham. Alfred really didn’t work there; he just liked living in the cubicle. His duplicity was revealed when a fellow employee asked HR when he had been hired so that a party could be thrown in his honor.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Negotiates For Lower Electricity Rates with Hopes of Reopening (The Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/06/08/bnews/br10.txt
Columbian Op/Ed, Don Brunell - Obama's Energy Plan Will Cost Taxpayers Dearly
http://columbian.com/article/20090609/BIZ01/706099986/-1/BIZ
Northwest Governors Back BPA Call for Pumped Storage Study (HydroWorld)
http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/article-display/6690582890/s-articles/s-hrhrw/s-News/s-northwest-governors.html
City Of Snohomish Settles With UW Professor Arrested For Photographing Power Lines (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/406968_aclu08.html
Eastern Oregon Co-Op Considers New Facility - Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative is weighing whether to construct new building (Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland, OR)
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/06/08/Eastern-Oregon-coop-considers-new-facility-Oregon-Trail-Electric-Cooperative-is-weighing-whether-to-
Michigan Utility Wants New Coal Plant (WWJ Radio, Detroit)
http://www.wwj.com/Michigan-Utility-Wants-New-Coal-Plant/4546314
Michigan - Police Say Trio Stole $2 Million from Great Lakes Energy (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
http://www.gaylordheraldtimes.com/articles/2009/06/08/breaking_news/doc4a2d3b2e98c2f338032467.txt
Building The Smart Grid - By promoting the adoption of renewable-energy technology, a smart grid would be good for the environment—and for innovation (The Economist)
http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13725843
FISH & WILDLIFE
Tri-City Herald Op/Ed - Dam Breaching Should Be Off the Table
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/964/story/597991.html
Word on Columbia River and Tributary Sport Fisheries and How Fish Returns are Shaping Up (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009316304_word_on_columbia_river_and_tri.html
Return of the Once-Rare Beaver? Not in My Yard. (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/science/earth/09beaver.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Urbanization Not All Gloom and Doom for Bird Life (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5161-urbanization-not-all-gloom-and-doom-bird-life/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Grant County PUD’s Quincy Shoreline Meeting Attracts Hundreds (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/09/news/doc4a2d7c17454b1277845772.txt
Auditors Question Tennessee Valley Authority Shoreline Deals With Wealthy (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/09/national/a000843D71.DTL&feed=rss.business
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
The Switch: Is Solar Power Only A Rich Man's Renewable Source? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5150-switch-solar-power-only-rich-mans-renewable-source/
Kiss the Utility Company Goodbye - The renewable-energy buzz is on (Minneapolis Star-Tribune, MN)
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/47171822.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUncacyi8cyaiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
Seattle preparing for electric vehicles (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_060809ENB_seattle-electric-vehicles-JM.5fcbf419.html?rss
Arkansas Windmill Blade Plant Laying Off 80 Workers - Windmill blade maker LM Glasfiber said it will lay off about 80 workers because it does not have enough orders (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009313824_apuslmglasfiberlayoffs.html?syndication=rss
Wood Pellet Producer Opens Mississippi Plant To Produce Feedstock For Alternative Energy (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009315512_apusmississippiwoodpelletplant.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Puget Sound Energy Distributed 10M Fluorescent Bulbs since 2002 (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009317895_apwafluorescentbulbs.html?syndication=rss
Feds Sends $15 Million in Stimulus for Oregon Energy Efficiency Program (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/us_sends_15_million_in_stimulu.html
How Will Boise Spend Its Energy Stimulus Grants? The City Council will discuss 10 potential energy projects, including LED streetlights. (Idaho Statesman)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/796461.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate Activists Target Rio Australia Aluminum Smelter (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE5576FX20090608
Governors Warn Energy Plan Could Stifle Growth (Associated Press)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/08/AR2009060802188.html
Emissions Caps Seen Costing Airlines $7 Billion A Year (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55718G20090609
Intuit Helps Small Business Capture a 'Green Snapshot' (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmSmallBusiness/idUS277971092420090608
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Rural Americans Long To Be Linked To Broadband (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-06-07-rural-broadband-digital_N.htm
Levin To Help Run Government Broadband Plan - Primary architect of 1996 Telecom Reform Act returns (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Levin-To-Help-Run-Government-Broadband-Plan-102815
GENERAL NEWS
Forecasters Say El Nino May Be Developing - can lead to wetter than normal conditions in the intermountain regions of the United States (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/forecasters_say_el_nino_may_be.html
Cadaver Dogs Find Bones at Port Orchard Construction Site (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_060909WAB-human-foot-bones-JM.6350688c.html?rss?npc
Mason County Commission Has Partial Plan to Cover Latest Budget Shortfall (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7484/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-COMMISSION-HAS-PARTIAL-PLAN-TO-COVER-LATEST-BUDGET-SHORTFALL/Default.aspx
City of Lacey Hires Finance Director (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/875720.html
Shades of Olympia - Soldier Sanctuary Resolution Divides Bellingham (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/47273937.html
Seattle Parking Policy Peeves Tourists and Residents Alike (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_060809WAB-seattle-parking-policy-SW.6020b2c4.html?rss
Singer-Songwriter Kenny Rankin Dead Of Lung Cancer
http://www.examiner.com/a-2058185~Singer_songwriter_Kenny_Rankin_dead_of_lung_cancer.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
DIVERSIONS
Florida Fisherman Hooks Live Missile in Gulf Waters
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12551746
Dog Plays Fetch With Live Grenade in Germany
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19691635/detail.html
Bike-Riding Rooster Ordered Out Of Miami Beach - Owner Ordered To Get Rid Of Fowl Because Of Early Morning Crowing
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19681325/detail.html
Coach Put Little League Boys Up To Burglary, Police Say
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090609/NEWS01/706099933/-1/RSS02
SONG OF THE DAY
Blackbird - Kenny Rankin (RIP)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIKl3QhdtlY
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