Energy News Digest for July 16, 2009

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Controversial California Power Line Project Cancelled
• New Seattle Power Lines - Homeowner: 'My Heart Sank When I Saw This'
• Energy's Thirst for Water Challenges Carbon Debate
• South Carolina Nuclear Reactor Costs up
• Colorado Regulators Mull Oversight of Electric Co-Op
• Work At Chief Joseph Dam Will Impact Salmon Fishing
• Puget Sound Hatchery Chinook Fishing Opens Today
• Ocean Fishing Producing Salmon Success
• Grant to Help Restore Bumblebee Habitat near Farms
• Western Washington River Cities Get Head Start on Flood Strategy
• Interior Secretary to Address Pacific Northwest Forests
• Feasibility Assessment of the Water Energy Resources of the United States for New Low Power and Small Hydro Classes of Hydroelectric Plants
• REC May Supply Kittitas Solar Power Project
• Grants for Grays Harbor Wind and Wave Energy Sought
• Oregon - Surf's Up: Douglas County Catching The Wave
• Can Wind Farms Change the Weather?
• With Push toward Renewable Energy, California Sets Pace for Solar Power (NY Times)
• New Mexico - Hydrogen Power Plant In Works
• Las Vegas School Features Geothermal System
• United Kingdom - Consumers Face Growing Costs For Green Energy
• Op/Ed - Recovery Act Funds Old and New Technology to Conserve Energy
• Green Remodel Eliminates Home's Electric Bill
• GE Planning "Net-Zero Energy Homes"
• Power Industry Infighting Heats Up Over Climate Legislation
• Senator Holds Up EPA Nominee over Climate Study
• Editorial - A Glass Partly Full: The Long, Fractious Road to Global Climate Talks
• Op/Ed - Climate Bill Needs Incentives for Small Forest Owners Like Me
• EPA Releases Clean Energy Guide
• Virginia GOP says Kaine fumbled Apple Data Center to North Carolina
• Minnesota - Stimulus Fizzles For Northfield Fiber Optics
• Property Tax Initiative Will Be On Washington Ballot
• “Red Flag” Rules - Photo ID to be Required at Dental Offices
• Television, Newspapers Beat Internet as Source of Economic News, Pew Poll Finds
• Texas - Cooperative Village Residents In Grand Prairie Enjoy Low Costs

WORD OF THE DAY

Tenebrous • \TEN-uh-brus\ • adjective – 1: shut off from the light: dark, murky 2: hard to understand: obscure 3: causing gloom

“These tenebrous budget predictions do nothing to help us predict the next budget year,” stuttered the fresh faced budget analyst to her stern-faced boss. “What I need is at least a glimmer of clarity from your policy makers as to where you want us to spend the money…and where it is going to come from.”

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

Controversial California Power Line Project Cancelled (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12845469?nclick_check=1

New Seattle Power Lines - Homeowner: 'My Heart Sank When I Saw This' (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50910422.html

Energy's Thirst for Water Challenges Carbon Debate (Fox Business News)
http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/energy/energys-thirst-water-challenges-carbon-debate/

South Carolina Nuclear Reactor Costs up (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/07/15/ap6659618.html

Colorado Regulators Mull Oversight of Electric Co-Op (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2119616~Colo__regulators_mull_oversight_of_electric_co_op.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Work At Chief Joseph Dam Will Impact Salmon Fishing (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090715/NEWS04/707159929/1025/rss1025

Puget Sound Hatchery Chinook Fishing Opens Today (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009477970_fish16.html?syndication=rss

Ocean Fishing Producing Salmon Success Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/911919.html

Grant to Help Restore Bumblebee Habitat near Farms (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/911689.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Western Washington River Cities Get Head Start on Flood Strategy (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/812183.html

Interior Secretary to Address Pacific Northwest Forests (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/912114.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Feasibility Assessment of the Water Energy Resources of the United States for New Low Power and Small Hydro Classes of Hydroelectric Plants (4.5 MB PDF File - Dept. of Energy – Look at Washington State…WOW!)
http://hydropower.inel.gov/resourceassessment/pdfs/main_report_appendix_a_final.pdf

REC May Supply Kittitas Solar Power Project (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/07/15/news/doc4a5e5273c6548910713394.txt

Grants for Grays Harbor Wind and Wave Energy Sought (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/07/15/local_news/doc4a5e1ba557820034046839.txt

Oregon - Surf's Up: Douglas County Catching The Wave (News Review, Roseburg, OR)
http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090715/NEWS/907159979/1063/NEWS

Can Wind Farms Change the Weather? (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/2009/07/can_wind_farms_change_the_weat.html?hpid=news-col-blog

With Push toward Renewable Energy, California Sets Pace for Solar Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/science/earth/16solar.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

New Mexico - Hydrogen Power Plant In Works (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/16/hydrogen-power-plant-in-works/

Las Vegas School Features Geothermal System (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/15/state/n151205D30.DTL&feed=rss.business

United Kingdom - Consumers Face Growing Costs For Green Energy (The Scotsman, UK)
http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Consumers-face-growing-costs-.5464026.jp

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Seattle Times Op/Ed - Recovery Act Funds Old and New Technology to Conserve Energy, Create Green Jobs
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009478109_guest16jones.html

Green Remodel Eliminates Home's Electric Bill (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/athome/408151_green0715.html

GE Planning "Net-Zero Energy Homes" - But Consumers Can Take Smaller Steps Now (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/2009/july/GE-Planning--Net-Zero-Energy-Homes--But-Consumers-Can-Take-Smaller-Steps-Now.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Power Industry Infighting Heats Up Over Climate Legislation (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/07/16/16climatewire-power-industry-infighting-heats-up-over-clim-38477.html

Senator Holds Up EPA Nominee over Climate Study (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009478168_apusepanominationhold.html?syndication=rss

Washington Post Editorial - A Glass Partly Full: The Long, Fractious Road to Global Climate Talks in Copenhagen
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/15/AR2009071503380.html?nav=rss_opinions

Atlanta Journal Constitution Op/Ed - Climate Bill Needs Incentives for Small Forest Owners Like Me
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/climate-bill-needs-incentives-92232.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

EPA Releases Clean Energy Guide (CitiesGoGreen)
http://www.citiesgogreen.com/2009/07/15/epa-releases-clean-energy-guide/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Virginia GOP says Kaine fumbled Apple Data Center to North Carolina (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/15/state/n163916D68.DTL&feed=rss.business

Minnesota - Stimulus Fizzles For Northfield Fiber Optics (Northfield News, MN)
http://www.northfieldnews.com/news.php?viewStory=49096

GENERAL NEWS

Property Tax Initiative Will Be On Washington Ballot (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009478395_apwapropertytaxinitiative1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss

“Red Flag” Rules - Photo ID to be Required at Dental Offices (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10734538

Television, Newspapers Beat Internet as Source of Economic News, Pew Poll Finds (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12846178

Texas - Cooperative Village Residents In Grand Prairie Enjoy Low Costs (WFAA-TV, Dallas, TX)
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/wfaa090714_lj_avion.3d39f3d7.html

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS

Did They Say Bacon-Flavored Ice Cream?
http://www.kirotv.com/health/20058701/detail.html

6-Year-Old Michigan Boy Hits Hole-In-One
http://www.kirotv.com/sports/20060284/detail.html

Dog Wet Nurse Saves Panda Cubs in China
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009479554_apaschinapandas.html?syndication=rss

SONG OF THE DAY

Cool Water - Sons of the Pioneers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWJPnhScrwI

Energy News Digest for July 15, 2009

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• NW Energy Resources Form the ‘Middle East of North America’
• Contractor Gets Too Close - Power Restored To Downtown Olympia
• Including BPA Poles - Keizer Woman Accused Of Setting Fires in Detroit Area
• Entergy Pushes To Get Spinoff of Nuclear Reactors Done
• Colorado Regulators Review Gas Drilling At Nuke Site
• Nearly 70 Million Households Now Use Online Banking
• Avista Spares Tree House in Old Apple Tree
• $10 per Year per Customer - Oregon to Fund Klamath River Dams' Removal
• Salmon Run at Rocky Reach Dam
• Showdown at Icicle Creek
• PacifiCorp Agrees To $10.5 Million Settlement in Wyoming Raptor Deaths
• California State Lawmakers OK Temporary Dredging Ban Targeting Salmon Habitat
• California - Sea Lions Are Flooding Into Bay Area Rescue Centers
• Whitewater Park Faces Trout Hurdle
• Treating Ballast Water Could Fight Invasive Species
• Leaks Found In Seattle City Reservoirs
• Water Shortage in Benton City
• Alaska - Huge Blob of Arctic Goo Floats past Slope Communities
• Ellensburg - Public Testimony Heard Over Desert Claim Wind Farm
• Editorial - Wind Farms Are Coming; Who Stands To Benefit?
• Renewable Energy Developing in Northwest, But Transmission is a Bottleneck
• BLM Seeks Comment on Use of Public Land for Large Solar-Energy Projects
• Energy Department to Pay $52.5 Million for 24/7 Solar Power
• Feds Reviewing Bay Area Geothermal Energy Project
• Stimulus money to give NW consumers rebates for Energy Star appliances
• Reflective Roof Paint Repels the Heat
• How to Teach Kids about Global Warming
• The Gray in 'Green Jobs'
• Wal-Mart to Rate Products’ Impact on Environment
• My Backyard Fish Farm
• Constrained Power Grids for Data Centers Zap Sales at 3Par
• Wireless Innovation Faces Roadblocks
• Bing Reverses Microsoft’s Decline, But Actual Gain Is Modest
• Microsoft Office Users Attacked By Cybercriminals
• Google’s Software Plan Confusing, Ballmer Says
• Comcast Online Video Trial Grows To 23 Networks
• Google Voice Goes Mobile
• Wash. unemployment rate rises to 9.3 percent
• Mason County Residents Angry About Added Recycling Fee
• Boy Scout Missing from Camp near Hood Canal Found
• Ferry Stimulus Shorts Washington State, Officials Say
• Federal Aid May Go To Local Swine Flu Fight
• Thieves Steal New Wiring at Harmony Sports Complex
• North Dakota Could Have a Huge New Oil Field

WORD OF THE DAY

Fractious • \FRAK-shus\ • adjective - 1: Tending to be troublesome: unruly 2: quarrelsome, irritable

Dilbert walked warily to the teller’s window at Fractious Bank. He was unaware when he had opened his account a month prior that it was required that each customer had to argue loudly and forcefully for withdrawal of funds…and plead pitifully to be allowed to deposit money at the beautifully appointed financial center. Closing an account: that was an entirely different matter…

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

NW Energy Resources Form the ‘Middle East of North America’ (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/14/nw-energy-resources-form-middle-east-north-america/

Contractor Gets Too Close - Power Restored To Downtown Olympia (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/911519.html

Including BPA Poles - Keizer Woman Accused Of Setting Fires in Detroit Area (Keizer Times, OR)
http://www.keizertimes.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=11477

Entergy Pushes To Get Spinoff of Nuclear Reactors Done (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009469910_apusentergyspinoff.html?syndication=rss

Colorado Regulators Review Gas Drilling At Nuke Site (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/15/financial/f114004D01.DTL&feed=rss.business

Nearly 70 Million Households Now Use Online Banking (The Business Journal of Milwaukee)
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2009/07/13/daily35.html?ana=from_rss

Avista Spares Tree House in Old Apple Tree (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/910556.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

$10 per Year per Customer - Oregon to Fund Klamath River Dams' Removal (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2009472063_klamathdams15.html?syndication=rss

Salmon Run at Rocky Reach Dam - Right now is a good time to look a salmon in the eye at the Rocky Reach Dam Visitor Center (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee)
http://www.kpq.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1195

Showdown at Icicle Creek - A long dispute over the way U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service operates its hatchery has moved to the courts (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/07/15/agriculture/19107/

PacifiCorp Agrees To $10.5 Million Settlement in Wyoming Raptor Deaths (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/pacificorp_agrees_to_105_milli.html

California State Lawmakers OK Temporary Dredging Ban Targeting Salmon Habitat (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/latest/story/2025063.html

California - Sea Lions Are Flooding Into Bay Area Rescue Centers (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sea-lions15-2009jul15,0,4663405.story?track=rss

Whitewater Park Faces Trout Hurdle (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/14/whitwater-park-faces-trout-hurdle/

Treating Ballast Water Could Fight Invasive Species (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106599241&ft=1&f=2

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Leaks Found In Seattle City Reservoirs (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071309WAB-reservoir-leaks-discovered-TP.3d919d74.html?rss

Water Shortage in Benton City (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/50804167.html

Alaska - Huge Blob of Arctic Goo Floats past Slope Communities (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://www.adn.com/2835/story/864687.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Ellensburg - Public Testimony Heard Over Desert Claim Wind Farm (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10726846

Idaho Statesman Editorial - Wind Farms Are Coming; Who Stands To Benefit?
http://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/story/834013.html

Renewable Energy Developing in Northwest, But Transmission is a Bottleneck (New West)
http://www.newwest.net/city/article/renewable_energy_developing_in_northwest/C108/L108/

BLM Seeks Comment on Use of Public Land for Large Solar-Energy Projects (Denver Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/07/13/daily38.html?ana=from_rss

Energy Department to Pay $52.5 Million for 24/7 Solar Power (San Francisco Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/07/13/daily53.html?ana=from_rss

Feds Reviewing Bay Area Geothermal Energy Project (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/14/national/a095839D80.DTL&feed=rss.business

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Stimulus money to give Oregon, Washington consumers rebates for Energy Star appliances (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/stimulus_money_to_give_oregon.html

Reflective Roof Paint Repels the Heat (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cool-roof15-2009jul15,0,2823772.story

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

How to Teach Kids about Global Warming - Without Scaring Them (Opposing Views)
http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/advice-how-to-teach-kids-about-global-warming-without-scaring-them-r-1247688250

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

The Gray in 'Green Jobs' - Everyone from patent lawyers for washing machines to security guards in green buildings wants a ride on this gravy train. (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0715/p08s01-comv.html

Wal-Mart to Rate Products’ Impact on Environment (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/business/energy-environment/16walmart.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

My Backyard Fish Farm (The Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/my-backyard-fish-farm/article1218280/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Constrained Power Grids for Data Centers Zap Sales at 3Par (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/15/constrained-power-grids-zap-sales-at-3par/

Wireless Innovation Faces Roadblocks (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12837756

Bing Reverses Microsoft’s Decline, But Actual Gain Is Modest (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/07/13/daily23.html?ana=from_rss

Microsoft Office Users Attacked By Cybercriminals (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE56D6FU20090714?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest

Google’s Software Plan Confusing, Ballmer Says (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/811126.html

Comcast Online Video Trial Grows To 23 Networks (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/14/financial/f112748D98.DTL&feed=rss.business

Google Voice Goes Mobile (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/google-voice-goes-mobile/?partner=rss&emc=rss

GENERAL NEWS

Wash. unemployment rate rises to 9.3 percent – Mason County at 10.1% (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/910327.html

Mason County Residents Angry About Added Recycling Fee (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7791/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-RESIDENTS-ANGRY-ABOUT-ADDED-RECYCLING-FEE-/Default.aspx

Boy Scout Missing from Camp near Hood Canal Found (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20061704/detail.html

Ferry Stimulus Shorts Washington State, Officials Say - Despite nation’s biggest system, Washington low on federal funding list (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/910887.html

Federal Aid May Go To Local Swine Flu Fight (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2009472064_bluebox15m.html?syndication=rss

Thieves Steal New Wiring at Harmony Sports Complex (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090714/NEWS02/707159976/

North Dakota Could Have a Huge New Oil Field (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/14/financial/f090317D07.DTL&feed=rss.business

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS

Man Tries To Fix Airbed, Blows up Apartment
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE56E3XV20090715?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews

Here Is My Job Resumay
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE56D4XA20090714?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest

Prisoner Released After Fooling Judge
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20059980/detail.html

NH Man Charged 23 Quadrillion Dollars for Smokes
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090715/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_quadrillion_dollar_debit;_ylt=Aq1Z.liCPc0A0oS8WXhUZOftiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTMwcTN0cGs2BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzE1L3VzX29kZF9xdWFkcmlsbGlvbl9kb2xsYXJfZGViaXQEY3BvcwMxBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA25obWFuY2hhcmdlZA--

SONG OF THE DAY

Jerry Garcia - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEuJqlrfEZ0

Bryan Ferry - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJtMoX_mHBg

Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htmIjfNuZqs

Energy News Digest for July 14, 2009

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Chelan PUD to Issue Up To $71 Million for Dam Projects
• Meeting Set On Pacific Northwest Transmission Lines
• New England Electric Grid Operator Feels Congressional Heat
• Co-Ops on the Cutting Edge
• Power Outage Shuts Down New Jersey Nuke Plant
• Massachusetts - Critics Say Pre-Paid Utility Plan May Leave Some in Dark
• Pakistani Clerics condemn theft of electricity
• Oops! City of Richland Utility Bill Rises Steeply: $250 To $74,599
• State To Inventory Tidelands
• Feds Ban Krill Fishing To Save It for the Whales
• Plan for Green River Dam Won't Help Much This Season
• Green River Valley Residents Urged To Buy Flood Insurance
• Controversial Manchester Sewer Project Is Rejected
• Port Of Longview Strikes Deal To Handle Garbage from Hawaii
• Iraq Suffers as the Euphrates River Dwindles
• King County Companies Band Together To Build Skills for Turbine Repair Work
• Debate on Clean Energy Leads to Regional Divide
• Quake Fears Stall California Energy Extraction Project
• A Solar Land Rush
• Renewable Energy Corp. Says Share Issue 60 Pct Oversubscribed
• Energy Firm “PV Powered” An Extension of HP's Legacy
• Texas - Austin’s Clean Energy Program Costing More, Selling Less
• Wind Company Downsizes, Ordered To Pay Back Wages
• Kansas among States Boasting a High Electrical Yield from Wind
• Wind Conference Shows How Hoosier Farms Can Grow Electricity
• Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative Agrees To Market Wind-Turbine Equipment
• Texas - With Wind Turbines, Saving Money Can Be a Breeze
• The Challenge for Green Energy: How to Store Excess Electricity
• Powering “the Cabin” - Pondering Energy Alternatives
• Low Gas Prices Hurt Sales of High-Ethanol E85 Fuel
• A Business Guide to Energy Conservation
• Montana - Schools Race Clock to Spend Energy Money
• Baltimore Gas & Electric Announces Plan for 'Smart' Meters
• Op/Ed - Cap and Trade Not Best Way To Reduce Greenhouse Gases
• Editorial - Palin Slams Obama on Energy Plan
• Carbon Accounting: Currency of the Future?
• The Summit of Green Futility
• Microsoft Takes on Google as Office Moves To Web
• Want Microsoft Office Web? Don’t Hold Your Breath
• Google Apps Add Features, Syncs with Lotus Notes
• Clearwire Hiring in Dallas, Seattle
• Facebook Gets $6.5 Billion Valuation with Share Sale
• Palo Alto Considers Going Wireless
• Internet Regulator Mulls Cybersquatting Block
• Travelers Should Be Wary Of Wireless Networks, BBB Warns
• States Seek To Jam Cell Phones in Prisons
• Man Charged with Theft of $18,000 in State Injury Benefits
• More Than $827 Million in Stimulus Money Spent In Washington
• State Official Gets Earful from Tri-City Biz Owners
• Bystanders Beat Man Who Tried To Grab Tacoma Girls

WORD OF THE DAY

Clinometer • \klie-NOM-itt-err\ • noun – Any of various instruments for measuring angles of elevation or inclination

Ambrose was considered an exacting person in all his habits. Regardless, all his climbing partners in his assault on Mount Rainer nearly pulled their eye muscles in an elaborate eye-rolling exercise when he pulled out his home-made clinometer. The Rube Golberg device was intended to measure the exact angle of the mountain slope and provide the exact caloric output necessary to overcome it. “Come on man,” ventured one, “just carb-up and do it.”

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

Chelan PUD to Issue Up To $71 Million for Dam Projects (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090714/NEWS04/707149970?Chelan-PUD-to-issue-up-to-$71-million-for-dam-projects

Meeting Set On Pacific Northwest Transmission Lines (The Union Bulletin, Walla Walla)
http://www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/07/13/local_news/090713local04bpa.txt

New England Electric Grid Operator Feels Congressional Heat (Connecticut Post)
http://www.connpost.com/news/ci_12828053?source=rss

Co-Ops on the Cutting Edge: In Conduct of Their Operations, Generation and Transmission (EnergyBiz Insider)
http://www.scoop.com/remote/article/include/101718113/53616c7465645f5f6b77b999a8f4b53334b7fa31438ddcc9c0f576eacfc45cef

Power Outage Shuts Down New Jersey Nuke Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/649570.html

Massachusetts - Critics Say Pre-Paid Utility Plan May Leave Some in Dark (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/07/14/critics_say_utility_plan_may_leave_some_in_dark/

Pakistani Clerics condemn theft of electricity (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE56C4RL20090713?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews

Oops! City of Richland Utility Bill Rises Steeply: $250 To $74,599 (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009465679_webbill14.html?syndication=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

State To Inventory Tidelands - Taylor Shellfish: Second possible trespass triggers surveying effort (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/909853.html

Feds Ban Krill Fishing To Save It for the Whales (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jSUIMoDkJOGnQdlG1v3tFccRmYWwD99DQ38G1

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Plan for Green River Dam Won't Help Much This Season (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071309WAB-howard-hanson-dam-grout-wall-TP.394d1d09.html?rss

Green River Valley Residents Urged To Buy Flood Insurance (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50685072.html

Controversial Manchester Sewer Project Is Rejected (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/14/controversial-manchester-sewer-project-rejected/?partner=RSS

Port Of Longview Strikes Deal To Handle Garbage from Hawaii (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/14//area_news/doc4a5bf0e2ec919029651291.txt

Iraq Suffers as the Euphrates River Dwindles (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/world/middleeast/14euphrates.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

King County Companies Band Together To Build Skills for Turbine Repair Work (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/07/13/story4.html?ana=from_rss

Debate on Clean Energy Leads to Regional Divide (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/science/earth/14grid.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Quake Fears Stall California Energy Extraction Project (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/business/energy-environment/14drill.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

A Solar Land Rush (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/a-solar-land-rush/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Renewable Energy Corp. Says Share Issue 60 Pct Oversubscribed (Reuters)
http://in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINLD71341920090714

Energy Firm “PV Powered” An Extension of HP's Legacy (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090712/BIZ01/707129992/-1/BIZ

Texas - Austin’s Clean Energy Program Costing More, Selling Less (Energy Tribune)
http://www.energytribune.com/articles.cfm?aid=2052

Wind Company Downsizes, Ordered To Pay Back Wages - Layoffs plague firm with Boulder ties, turbine manufacturers nationwide (Daily Camera, Boulder, CO)
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2009/jul/14/boulder-wind-company-downsizes-as-orders-dwindle/

Kansas among States Boasting a High Electrical Yield from Wind (Daily News, Hays, KS)
http://www.hdnews.net/Story/wind032009

Wind Conference Shows How Hoosier Farms Can Grow Electricity (Lafayette Online, IN)
http://www.lafayette-online.com/business/2009/07/wind-conference-farms-electricity/

Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative Agrees To Market Wind-Turbine Equipment (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2009/07/13/daily8.html?ana=from_rss

Texas - With Wind Turbines, Saving Money Can Be a Breeze: Area users of small wind turbines say they’re happy with return on their investment (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, TX)
http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/1478831.html

The Challenge for Green Energy: How to Store Excess Electricity (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2170

Powering “the Cabin” - Pondering Energy Alternatives (NY Times)
http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/pondering-energy-alternatives/

Low Gas Prices Hurt Sales of High-Ethanol E85 Fuel (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/14/national/a011114D15.DTL&feed=rss.business

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

A Business Guide to Energy Conservation - How to use less energy and lower your business's utility bills (Inc.)
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20090701/a-business-guide-to-energy-conservation.html

Montana - Schools Race Clock to Spend Energy Money (Daily InterLake, Kalispell, MT)
http://dailyinterlake.com/articles/2009/07/13/news/local_montana/news_8752543908_01.txt

Baltimore Gas & Electric Announces Plan for 'Smart' Meters - Consumer groups skeptical of savings consumers might achieve (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.bge14jul14,0,1356638.story

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Columbian Op/Ed - Cap and Trade Not Best Way To Reduce Greenhouse Gases
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090714/BIZ/707149984

Boston Globe Editorial - Palin Slams Obama on Energy Plan
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/07/palin_slams_oba.html

Carbon Accounting: Currency of the Future? (Energy Pulse)
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=2089

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

The Summit of Green Futility (NY Times)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/13/AR2009071302587.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Microsoft Takes on Google as Office Moves To Web (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE56C34T20090713?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology

Want Microsoft Office Web? Don’t Hold Your Breath (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/13/want-microsoft-office-web-dont-hold-your-breath/

Google Apps Add Features, Syncs with Lotus Notes (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/google-rolls-out-new-apps-features-aimed-at-wooing-the-enterprise/

Clearwire Hiring in Dallas, Seattle - Company pushes toward 9 market launches in '09 (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Clearwire-Hiring-In-Dallas-Seattle-103446

Facebook Gets $6.5 Billion Valuation with Share Sale (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE56C4TH20090714?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest

Palo Alto Considers Going Wireless (Palo Alto Online, CA)
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=13038

Internet Regulator Mulls Cybersquatting Block (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009464360_apustectechbitinternetoversight.html?syndication=rss

Travelers Should Be Wary Of Wireless Networks, BBB Warns (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/bizbeat/story/643232.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News

GENERAL NEWS

States Seek To Jam Cell Phones in Prisons (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009465940_prisonphones14m.html?syndication=rss

Man Charged with Theft of $18,000 in State Injury Benefits - Records show he worked while claiming he couldn’t (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/909852.html

More Than $827 Million in Stimulus Money Spent In Washington (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009465571_webstatestimulus13.html?syndication=rss

State Official Gets Earful from Tri-City Biz Owners (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/643499.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News

Bystanders Beat Man Who Tried To Grab Tacoma Girls (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/809847.html

DIVERSIONS

Swearing Can Make You Feel Better, Lessen Pain
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE56C1B320090713

Web Site Recreates Apollo 11 Mission in Real Time
http://www.kirotv.com/technology/20034140/detail.html

Vocal Minority Insists Moon Shot Was All Smoke and Mirrors
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/science/space/14hoax.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Port Angeles Woman Allegedly Pulls Gun on Wal-Mart Customers over Wrong Ammunition
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090712/news/307129995

U.S. Chicken Feet Are Being Booted Out Of China
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5674D420090708

SONG OF THE DAY

Annie Get Your Gun – Ethel Merman (Irving Berlin once said that you should never write a bad song for Ethel Merman…because you’ll hear it!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuGMKRewa0w&feature=related

Energy News Digest for July 13, 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)

• Mid Columbia PUD Planners Work against Rising Costs to Keep Rates Low
• Power Outage for Hillcrest Residents Sunday Night
• Montana PSC Commissioner Vows to Kill Power Line Project
• Colorado - San Miguel Sues over Energy Corridor
• Editorial - Look West For Power Grid Upgrade
• U.S., Canada Gathering In Boise to Talk About Combining Energy Resources
• Washington Looks To Hydro to Combat Climate Change
• New York - Alcoa to implement layoffs at East plant Monday
• NY State Power Authority Plans Rate Hike And Bonuses
• Gas and Diesel Engines Step Up As Variable Resources Grow
• Arizona - Salt River Project: Rate hike needed to afford cleaner energy
• Politico Op/Ed - Nuclear Energy Must Be Part of the Equation
• Texans Asked to Reduce Electricity Use
• Should We Force Marriage Between Broadband and Power Cos? (
• Op/Ed - The Salmon Stalemate Sheds Light on Global-Warming Conflicts to Come
• Snake River Dams - NY Times Targets Renewable Energy
• Op/Ed - Fish Counts Show Dam Removal Isn’t Needed
• EPA Questions Idaho Power's Snake River Plan
• Op/Ed - An Alarm Rings At Chilean Fish Farms
• Idaho Anglers Looking For Numerous Steelhead
• Illegal Gillnet Investigated On Humptulips River
• Untold Thousands of Crab Pots Litter Ocean Floor
• Obama Parks Pick Enmeshed In California Oyster Flap
• Topless PETA Activists Protest Veterinarians’ Fish Toss
• Disillusioned Environmentalists Turn on Obama as Compromiser
• Nisqually Delta Restoration: Back to Nature
• Kitsap Commissioners to Rule on Manchester Sewer District
• Clark County - Local Governments Reach Sewage Treatment Deal
• Will the Recession Kill Recycling?
• Cash rebate if you go solar in Snohomish County
• Grays Harbor Meetings Tuesday on Wave Energy
• Navy Invites Public Questions Wednesday about Tidal Kinetic Energy Project
• Oregon - Future unclear for Biomass One
• Wind Projects at a Standstill
• Oregon - Shepherds Flat Wind Power Farm Lifts Off
• Oregon - Morrow County projects promise cash, contention
• Caught In the Turbine
• Op/Ed - Turbines Are A Costly Blight
• Oregon - Chinese Group Plans Local Solar Panel Hub
• California Green Power Plan Will Cost Consumers Billions
• Michigan - Few Sell Power Back to Grid
• United Kingdom - Plan To Simplify Selling Energy Back To National Grid
• The Silence of Hybrids Causes Some Alarm
• Energy Star Adds System to Aid in Understanding Savings
• Say Watt? Little Device Could Save You Big Money
• Empowering the Elderly to Save On Electric Bills
• Call Center Impacts of Smart Metering
• Editorial - Climate-Change Challenge Shifts to the US Senate
• Survey Says Cap-And-Trade Support Hinges On Economy
• Could cap-and-trade create another economic bubble?
• The Coming Carbon Bubble
• Low-Carbon Strategy Will Raise Household Energy Bills By £200 ($324 US)
• WWU Researcher Turns To Ancient Bristlecone Pines for Clues on Climate Change
• Editorial - South Sound Can Help Lead the Way toward a Green Economy
• Washougal's Carbon Footprint Measures Up
• NW Schools Offer Training in Renewable Energy Tech
• Wanted: Companies to Help Develop Smart Grid Technologies
• Can You Be An Environmentalist And A NIMBY?
• Fisher Plaza Running Smoothly, But Permanent Fix Months Away
• Microsoft Data Center Receives Cooling Water
• Microsoft Cloud Computing Gets Down To Earth
• South Korea: Computer Cyber Attacks Traced to Sites in Five Nations
• Twitter Suspends Virus-Infected Accounts in New Attack
• Urban Areas Join Rural Regions in the Quest for Broadband Funds
• Telemedicine Becoming New Way To See Patients
• New Chief Defends US Base for Agency That Manages Internet
• Former FCC Commissioner Tate Turns Quickly to Shilling for Carriers
• AT&T Temp Arrested For Data Theft
• Mason County: Elma Man Found Dead After Fall from Boat
• Second Search Launched For Missing Shelton Man
• Civility Becomes a Casualty in Tahuya Fire-Services Fight
• Lobbying Scandal May Help Rep. Dicks
• Third Congressional District: Two from GOP take on Baird
• Teen Hunter Gets 30 Days in Shooting Death of Hiker
• Passengers Leaving Laptops at Sea-Tac
• Washington Finally Notices the Winter Olympics
• Property Owners Creating Fake 'No-Parking' Zones

WORD OF THE DAY

Autodidact • \otto-DIE-dact\ • adjective - A self-taught person

Perhaps the most famous autodidact in US history is Abraham Lincoln; he of the charcoal compositions on the coal shovel.

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

Mid Columbia PUD Planners Work against Rising Costs to Keep Rates Low (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090710/NEWS04/707119998?PUD-planners-work-against-rising-costs-to-keep-rates-low

Power Outage for Hillcrest Residents Sunday Night (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7767/reftab/1632/t/POWER-OUTAGE-FOR-HILLCREST-RESIDENTS-SUNDAY-NIGHT/Default.aspx

Montana PSC Commissioner Vows to Kill Power Line Project (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2115186~PSC_commish_vows_to_kill_power_line_project.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines

Colorado - San Miguel Sues over Energy Corridor (The Daily Press, Montrose, CO)
http://www.montrosepress.com/articles/2009/07/11/news/doc4a593e342a350562150128.txt

Wisconsin State Journal Editorial - Look West For Power Grid Upgrade
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/opinion/458146

U.S., Canada Gathering In Boise to Talk About Combining Energy Resources (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/832015.html

Washington Looks To Hydro to Combat Climate Change (Water Power Magazine)
http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?sectioncode=166&storyCode=2053557

New York - Alcoa to implement layoffs at East plant Monday – “…despite contract for low-cost hydropower with the New York Power Authority…” (Watertown Daily Times, NY)
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20090712/NEWS05/307129943

NY State Power Authority Plans Rate Hike And Bonuses - 12.1% jump eyed; lawmakers fume (Buffalo News, NY – Fascinating!)
http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/613429.html?imw=Y

Gas and Diesel Engines Step Up As Variable Resources Grow (Penn Energy)
http://www.pennenergy.com/index/articles/newsdisplay/s-132858203.html

Arizona - Salt River Project: Rate hike needed to afford cleaner energy (Arizona Republic, Phoenix)
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/07/11/20090711biz-srpratehike0711.html

Politico Op/Ed - Nuclear Energy Must Be Part of the Equation (Senator Jim Inhofe, OK)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24832.html#ixzz0L9l9NP4v&D

Texans Asked to Reduce Electricity Use (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/texans-asked-to-reduce-electricity-use/

Should We Force Marriage Between Broadband and Power Cos? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/10/should-we-force-marriage-between-broadband-and-power-cos/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Oregonian Op/Ed - The Salmon Stalemate Sheds Light on Global-Warming Conflicts to Come
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/the_salmon_stalemate_sheds_lig.html

Snake River Dams - NY Times Targets Renewable Energy “…utterly foolish demand that we tear out existing hydroelectric dams…that provide most of our renewable energy in the form of water-generated electricity…” (Canada Free Press)
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12855

News Tribune Op/Ed - Fish Counts Show Dam Removal Isn’t Needed
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/letters/story/808234.html

EPA Questions Idaho Power's River Plan - The agency's preference for cooling the Snake to help fish could raise customer rates (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/831427.html

Oregonian Op/Ed - An Alarm Rings At Chilean Fish Farms
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/an_alarm_rings_at_fish_farms.html

Idaho Anglers Looking For Numerous Steelhead (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1358/story/643686.html

Illegal Gillnet Investigated On Humptulips River (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10716339

Untold Thousands of Crab Pots Litter Ocean Floor (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2113311~Untold_thousands_of_crab_pots_litter_ocean_floor.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines

Obama Parks Pick Enmeshed In California Oyster Flap (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009450334_apparksdirector.html?syndication=rss

Topless PETA Activists Protest Veterinarians’ Fish Toss (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50546027.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Disillusioned Environmentalists Turn on Obama as Compromiser (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/11/us/politics/11protest.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Nisqually Delta Restoration: Back to Nature - Despite a recession, millions of dollars pour in to restore fertile delta (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/808151.html

Kitsap Commissioners to Rule on Manchester Sewer District (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/13/kitsap-commissioners-to-rule-on-manchester-sewer/?partner=RSS

Clark County - Local Governments Reach Sewage Treatment Deal (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090713/NEWS02/707139976/

Will the Recession Kill Recycling? (The Daily Beast)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-11/will-the-recession-kill-recycling/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsR1

RENEWABLE & ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Cash rebate if you go solar in Snohomish County - The Snohomish County PUD is putting its money where its mouth is (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090713/BIZ/707139964/1005

Grays Harbor Meetings Tuesday on Wave Energy (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/07/12/local_news/doc4a5988540c55e390822671.txt

Navy Invites Public Questions Wednesday about Tidal Kinetic Energy Project for Admiralty Inlet (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=24677

Oregon - Future unclear for Biomass One: wood supplies and exclusion from renewable standards hurt… (Ashland Daily Tidings, OR)
http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090711/NEWS02/907110314/-1/NEWSMAP

Wind Projects at a Standstill - Despite Washington's Enthusiasm, Recession and New Regulations Slow Firms (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/11/AR2009071100148.html?wprss=rss_business

Oregon - Shepherds Flat Wind Power Farm Lifts Off (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95194

Oregon - Morrow County projects promise cash, contention: As interest in development goes up, so does resistance (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95195

Caught In the Turbine - Some are not so excited to see the region filled with new wind farms (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=95196&SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48

Boston Globe Op/Ed - Turbines Are A Costly Blight
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/07/13/turbines_are_a_costly_blight/

Oregon - Chinese Group Plans Local Solar Panel Hub (Eugene Register Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/16800609-46/story.csp#ID:16800609

California Green Power Plan Will Cost Consumers Billions: Reports says $115B energy switch likely to miss deadline, raise utility bills “…one family’s…electricity bill is likely to increase by $45 a month on average…” (The North County Times, Escondido, CA)
http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2009/07/11/news/sandiego/z4975c324665e00f2882575ee00605cf9.txt

Michigan - Few Sell Power Back to Grid: New state rules will make it easier (Detroit Free Press, MI)
http://www.freep.com/article/20090712/BUSINESS06/907120434/1019/BUSINESS06/Few-sell-power-back-to-grid

United Kingdom - Plan To Simplify Selling Energy Back To National Grid (The Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/5803960/Plan-to-simplify-selling-energy-back-to-National-Grid.html

The Silence of Hybrids Causes Some Alarm (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/business/energy-environment/13iht-green13.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Energy Star Adds System to Aid in Understanding Savings (Las Vegas Review-Journal, NV)
http://www.lvrj.com/real_estate/50533132.html

Say Watt? Little Device Could Save You Big Money (TCM Net)
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/07/11/4268216.htm

Empowering the Elderly to Save On Electric Bills (TMC News)
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/07/12/4268364.htm

Call Center Impacts of Smart Metering (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=115390

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

SF Chronicle Editorial - Climate-Change Challenge Shifts to the US Senate
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/12/ED5618I1CC.DTL&feed=rss.opinion

Survey Says Cap-And-Trade Support Hinges On Economy (Reuters)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2009/07/10/afx6641734.html

Could cap-and-trade create another economic bubble? “…New laws could…create a huge new market for trading carbon emission permits and offsets…” (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/07/10/could-cap-and-trade-create-another-economic-bubble/

The Coming Carbon Bubble “…fasten your seat belts and tuck all personal belongings inside the car because the carbon market is set to take off…” (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/bigMoney/idUS80432382720090710

United Kingdom - Low-Carbon Strategy Will Raise Household Energy Bills By £200 ($324 US) A Year (Financial Times of London, UK)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6684912.ece

WWU Researcher Turns To Ancient Bristlecone Pines for Clues on Climate Change (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/807179.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Olympian Editorial - South Sound Can Help Lead the Way toward a Green Economy
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/908341.html

Washougal's Carbon Footprint Measures Up - City is 'not sustainable' but it's getting closer (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090712/NEWS02/707129974/

NW Schools Offer Training in Renewable Energy Tech (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/13/focus5.html?ana=from_rss

Wanted: Clean Technology Companies to Help Develop Smart Grid Technologies (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-6461-DC-Government-Technology-Examiner~y2009m7d11-Wanted-clean-technology-companies-to-help-develop-smart-grid-technologies

Can You Be An Environmentalist And A NIMBY? (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/408026_nimby13.html?source=rss

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Fisher Plaza Running Smoothly, But Permanent Fix Months Away (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/07/06/daily56.html?ana=from_rss

Microsoft Data Center Receives Cooling Water – Quincy Facility Received Its First Batch of Reclaimed Water This Week (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/07/10/news/doc4a57640a1755d163130647.txt

Microsoft Cloud Computing Gets Down To Earth (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2009458942_microsoftazure13.html?syndication=rss

South Korea: Computer Cyber Attacks Traced to Sites in Five Nations (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/11/world/asia/11briefs-Korea.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Twitter Suspends Virus-Infected Accounts in New Attack (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/06/daily62.html?ana=from_rss

Urban Areas Join Rural Regions in the Quest for Broadband Funds (Sacramento Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2009/07/13/story6.html?ana=from_rss

Telemedicine Becoming New Way To See Patients (The Business Journal of Milwaukee)
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2009/07/13/story12.html?ana=from_rss

New Chief Defends US Base for Agency That Manages Internet (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/technology/internet/13iht-icann13.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Former FCC Commissioner Tate Turns Quickly to Shilling for Carriers - Metered billing is all about being nice to your grandmother. (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Former-FCC-Commish-Tate-Turns-Quickly-To-Shilling-For-Carriers-103403

AT&T Temp Arrested For Data Theft - Stole co-workers' info, took out loans online (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Temp-Arrested-For-Data-Theft-103435

GENERAL NEWS

Mason County: Elma Man Found Dead After Fall from Boat (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/908956.html

Second Search Launched For Missing Shelton Man (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071309WAB-shelton-man-missing-SW.380a56ca.html?rss?npc

Civility Becomes a Casualty in Tahuya Fire-Services Fight (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/11/fight-over-life-saving-service-gets-residents/?partner=RSS

Lobbying Scandal May Help Rep. Dicks - Lawmaker could have options to take over if Murtha’s forced out (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/808899.html

Third Congressional District: Two from GOP take on Baird (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/808115.html

Teen Hunter Gets 30 Days in Shooting Death of Hiker (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50495582.html

Passengers Leaving Laptops at Sea-Tac (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071009WAB-seatac-lost-laptops-TP.2a374e8b.html?rss

Washington Finally Notices the Winter Olympics (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/19011/

Property Owners Creating Fake 'No-Parking' Zones (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50394287.html

DIVERSIONS

Prank Leads Florida Couple to Trash Hotel Room
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20016860/detail.html

Toy-Gun Robber Foiled By Bat-Wielding Store Worker
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090713/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_toy_gun_stickup;_ylt=AsUGp26MT6NuBpuxML3BRQbtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJudXFubXIwBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzEzL3VzX29kZF90b3lfZ3VuX3N0aWNrdXAEY3BvcwMxBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA3RveS1ndW5yb2JiZQ--

Police: Man Seeks Ride from Detective After Heist
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090711/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_robbery_ride;_ylt=AppcTShKTAlCwvwUCs5GVBftiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJrZDZybGVuBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzExL3VzX29kZF9yb2JiZXJ5X3JpZGUEY3BvcwMyBHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA3BvbGljZW1hbnNlZQ--

"Hitler Tree" May Face the Axe in Polish Town
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090707/od_nm/us_tree_hitler_odd;_ylt=AkByRPyAOVBQ4wSCz1dZyXntiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJub2ptNWk0BGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwNzA3L3VzX3RyZWVfaGl0bGVyX29kZARwb3MDNwRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA3F1b3RoaXRsZXJ0cg--

SONG OF THE DAY

The Beatles - Got To Get You into My Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LmG5lpkfb8

Earth, Wind & Fire - Got To Get You Into My Life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cByrcn4-iAw

Energy News Digest for July 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)

· Seattle City Light, Pend Oreille County At Odds Over Boundary Dam Payments
· Columbia Generating Station - Nuclear Plant Operating At Reduced Capacity
· BPA Invites Public To Provide Feedback On Proposed Transmission Line
· Los Angeles' 'Coal Free' Vow Scuttles Utah Power-Plant Expansion
· Editorial - Unit 3, RIP: Good riddance to Intermountain Power Project
· Colorado Governor Hails Natural Gas As Critical Fuel
· Mason County PUD No. 3 Clears Another Audit
· Missouri - Tree Cutter Knocks Electric Transformer Into Other Trees
· After 16 Years, Skagit River Open For Salmon Fishing
· Prepare for the Pink Salmon in Puget Sound
· A Caterpillar Infestation Of “Biblical Proportions” Hits Kamloops Fir Trees
· US Senator Requests $2 Million for Chehalis Basin Flood Projects
· Tulalip Nation Gets $2 Million For Snohomish River Basin Work
· Editorial - Time For Decision On Future Of Olympia’s Capitol Lake
· Car Washers Seeing More Rules On Soapy Runoff
· World's Largest Solar Plant May Be Built In Cle Elum
· Oregon Governor May Veto Bills On Biomass Rule, Wind Credits
· North Olympic Peninsula - Funding In Works For Battelle Tidal Power Research
· Las Vegas Touts Plans To Use Solar Panels
· BP Closes Alternative Energy Division
· Guidelines For Renewable Energy Funding Released
· Solar Is Nearly Competitive With Traditional Energy in Some Markets
· Study: Utility Investment In Smart Grid Remains Strong
· Editorial - Oregon Legislature Misses Big Opportunity on Climate
· Greening The Internet: How Much CO2 Does This Article Produce?
· Buses May Aid Climate Battle in Poor Cities
· Are Green Jobs Really On The Way?
· Akamai: U.S. 33rd Fastest Broadband Country
· PCs Used in Korean Denial of Service Attacks May Self Destruct
· Google vs. Yahoo: Two Routes Toward Carbon Neutral
· Puget Sound Poised For Extremely Dry Summer
· El Nino May Hurt Vancouver Olympics
· Washington's White Pass Ski Area Being Expanded
· Barge Hauling 1 Million Gallons Of Gas Runs Aground In Columbia Gorge
· Washington Health Officials Prepare For More Flu
· GM Emerges From Bankruptcy After Government Bailout
· 7-Eleven Rallies Customers Against Credit Card Transaction Fees
· Washington Court: Partial Fence Not Enough For Burglary
· Hundreds Of Bodies Dug Up In Chicago Grave Reselling

WORD OF THE DAY

Bandy • \BAN-dee\ • noun – 1: to bat (as a tennis ball) to and fro 2a: to toss from side to side or pass about from one to another often in a careless or inappropriate manner b: exchange; especially: to exchange (words) argumentatively c: to discuss lightly or banteringly d: to use in a glib or offhand manner

Adjective - 1 of legs: bowed 2: bowlegged

The diminutive, bandy-legged auctioneer tried valiantly to inject himself into the conversation between his peers. Regardless of his efforts, he couldn’t get a word in edgewise as the tobacco auctioneer and his art-house companion bandied words about like so many bubbles of champagne on a party night at Bernie’s.

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

Seattle City Light, Pend Oreille County at odds over Boundary Dam payments (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009443192_pendoreille10m.html?syndication=rss

Columbia Generating Station - Nuclear Plant Operating At Reduced Capacity So Workers Can Fix Leak (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/641801.html

BPA Invites Public To Provide Feedback On Proposed Transmission Line - 500-kilovolt line would help integrate wind and reinforce reliability (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/287482/

Los Angeles' 'Coal Free' Vow Scuttles Utah Power-Plant Expansion (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/09/09greenwire-los-angeles-coal-free-vow-scuttles-utah-power-29532.html

Salt Lake Tribune Editorial - Unit 3, RIP: Good riddance to Intermountain Power Project
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_12805077

Colorado Governor Hails Natural Gas As Critical Fuel (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/07/09/ap6638772.html

Mason County PUD No. 3 Clears Another Audit (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7739/reftab/1632/Default.aspx

Missouri - Tree Cutter Knocks Electric Transformer Into Other Trees (Pulaski County Daily News, MO)
http://www.pulaskicountydaily.com/news.php?viewStory=1058

FISH & WILDLIFE

After 16 Years, Skagit River Open For Salmon Fishing (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50412862.html

Prepare for the Pink Salmon in Puget Sound (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/906650.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

A Caterpillar Infestation Of “Biblical Proportions” Hits Kamloops Fir Trees (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Caterpillar+infestation+biblical+proportions+hits+Kamloops/1774887/story.html

US Senator Requests $2 Million for Chehalis Basin Flood Projects (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/07/10/news//doc4a562d6512118234656800.txt

Tulalip Nation Gets $2 Million For Snohomish River Basin Work (The Herald, Everett, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090710/NEWS01/707109958

Olympian Editorial - Time For Decision On Future Of Capitol Lake
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/906632.html

Car Washers Seeing More Rules On Soapy Runoff (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009443661_apuscarwashrunoff.html?syndication=rss

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

World's Largest Solar Plant May Be Built In Cle Elum (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009441447_websolar09m.html?syndication=rss

Oregon Governor May Veto Bills On Biomass Rule, Wind Credits (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/ore_governor_may_veto_bills_on.html

North Olympic Peninsula - Funding In Works For Battelle Tidal Power Research (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090710/news/307109991

Las Vegas Touts Plans To Use Solar Panels (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/09/state/n142911D69.DTL&feed=rss.business

BP Closes Alternative Energy Division (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106437880&ft=1&f=2

Guidelines For Renewable Energy Funding Released (Associated Press)
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/07/09/ap6638381.html

Solar Is Nearly Competitive With Traditional Energy in Some Markets (Renewable Energy World – Ed. Note…thanks for being man enough to admit that subsidies have a great deal to do with this)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/07/solar-is-nearly-competitive-with-traditional-energy?cmpid=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Study: Utility Investment In Smart Grid Remains Strong (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=365971&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Statesman Journal Editorial - Oregon Legislature Misses Big Opportunity on Climate
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090709/COLUMN0103/907090358/1001/NEWS/Legislature-Misses-Big-Opportunity-on-Climate

Greening The Internet: How Much CO2 Does This Article Produce? (CNN Tech)
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/07/10/green.internet.CO2/

Buses May Aid Climate Battle in Poor Cities (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/world/americas/10degrees.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

BARRELL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Are Green Jobs Really On The Way? (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/50412562.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Akamai: U.S. 33rd Fastest Broadband Country - Behind Slovakia, in terms of percentage of connections above 2Mbps (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Akamai-US-33rd-Fastest-Broadband-Country-103395

PCs Used in Korean Denial of Service Attacks May Self Destruct (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/07/pcs_used_in_korean_ddos_attack.html
Google vs. Yahoo: Two Routes Toward Carbon Neutral (Business Week)
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2009/tc2009079_137943.htm

GENERAL NEWS

Puget Sound Poised For Extremely Dry Summer (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=187443

El Nino May Hurt Vancouver Olympics (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_070909WXB-el-nino-snowfall-olympics-TP.24234630.html?rss

Washington's White Pass Ski Area Being Expanded (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10677545

Barge Hauling 1 Million Gallons Of Gas Runs Aground In Columbia Gorge (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/barge_hauling_1_million_gallon.html

Washington Health Officials Prepare For More Flu (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009441541_apwaswinefluwashington.html?syndication=rss

GM Emerges From Bankruptcy After Government Bailout (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/10/AR2009071001473.html?nav=rss_email/components

7-Eleven Rallies Customers Against Credit Card Transaction Fees (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009441525_apus7elevenfees.html?syndication=rss

Washington Court: Partial Fence Not Enough For Burglary (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10670472

Ghouls Are Us - Hundreds Of Bodies Dug Up In Chicago Grave Reselling Scheme (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009442929_cemetery10.html

DIVERSIONS

United Airlines Breaks Passenger’s Guitar- Revenge Video Persuades Them to Pay Up
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/scarce/united-breaks-guitars

SF Mayor Bans Doughnuts for City Employees
http://www.examiner.com/a-2110715~No_doughnuts_under_Newsom_s_SF_healthy_foods_plan.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines

Dictionary Adds News Words: Frenemy, Staycation
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106459410&ft=1&f=3

Paging Morticia Adams - Thief Snips 100 Rose Blooms From Maine Park
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19990668/detail.html

Michigan: 200 Tons Road Salt Is Stolen
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/us/10brfs-ROADSALTISST_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

SONG OF THE DAY

Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWGNQIecbcc