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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Radar Ridge Wind Farm Plan an Uphill Battle for Utilities
• Update - Electricity Restored in N Mason Outage
• Wyoming – Lower Valley Energy Grapples with Demand Increase
• Wall Street Journal Editorial - Why the U.S. Needs Nuclear Power
• Self-Described Nuke Watchdog Group Folds amid Claims It Was a Front
• Maryland - Third Reactor at Calvert Cliffs Moves Forward
• United Kingdom - Government Plans Fast-Track Nuclear Expansion
• Creating a Landfill to Have Cleaner Air
• Potential Problems at 20 West Virginia Coal Ash Dams
• California Power Company Seeks Higher Rates for Energy Efficient Customers
• Texas - Electric Companies Offer Time-Of-Use Pricing
• Investing - Wholesale Power: A Smart Alternative to Regulated Utilities
• Chinese Company to Buy Stake in AES
• The Scientist in the Courtroom
• Researchers Say Sea Lion Numbers Fall, But Appetites Rise at Bonneville Dam
• Fishery Managers Say Harvest Rules Must Allow More Spring Chinook above Bonneville Dam
• Big Return for Steelhead
• Chum, Coho Salmon Take an Upstream Ride in the Rain
• Dam Removal, ‘Roughened Channel,’ Allow Return of Salmon in Upper Yakima Basin
• New Antennas Help Biologists Study Salmon
• Canada - Hatching a Plan to Solve BC’s Salmon Crisis
• Canadian Government Name BC Judge to Head Probe into Salmon Stock Collapse
• Four-Way Land Deal Designed to Protect Habitat around Mud Lake
• State Agencies Sign Water Quality Roadmap
• Conservation Groups Challenge Eastern Washington Water Delivery Project
• Rogue River Dam Removal May Leave Wetland High & Dry
• Appeal Lost In Olympia Brewery Water Case
• Flush With Knowledge on Water-Efficient Toilets
• Port Townsend’s Efforts Earn State ‘Solar City of the Year’ Honor
• Powered up – Bend Solar Power Business Plans for Expansion
• Spokesman Review Op/Ed - Clean Energy Action Crucial
• Flathead Beacon Op/Ed - Biomass Power Key to Future of Energy
• Massachusetts Governor Rethinks Wood-Burning Plants
• SMUD Signs 16-MW Biomass Power Purchase Agreement
• Stimulus Funds Put Wind in the Sales for Iberdrola
• Iowa - Wind Mill Worker Survives Fall
• Can Offshore Winds Spin a Market for US-Made Turbines?
• Railroads & Windmills: Berkshire’s ‘Green’ Bets
• An Elixir for Health Reform? Lawmakers Offer ‘Black Liquor.’
• Columnist - Silicon Valley’s Catholic Community Finds Higher Power in Solar Power
• Ocean Energy Advocates Testify to Senate Subcommittee
• Tennessee - Tribal Company Shielded from Biodiesel Plant’s Claim
• Inventors’ High-Flying Kites Harness Wind Power
• San Francisco Area Utility Turns Food Waste into Green Energy
• Cold Ocean Water to be Turned into A/C
• Washington Post Columnist - Bad Climate for Global Worriers
• No Clear Map for Democrats on Path to New Energy Plan
• Is the U.S. News Media Failing to Do Its Job on Climate Change?
• Oceans Give Warning Signs About Climate
• Environmental Groups Want to Rework Columbia River Crossing for Climate, Costs
• Biomass Imbroglio – San Francisco Fines for Burning on Winter “Spare the Air” Days
• New Home for Plastic Foam - Tumwater site takes stuff that was garbage
• State Of California’s Recycled Paper Trail Not So Green for Climate
• America’s Berlin Wall of Energy & Germany’s Feed-In Tariff
• Internet Changes Course of Learning
• Broadband Growth Will Come from New Tech, Not New Adds
• Law Experts: FCC Neutrality Rules Too Murky
• 15 States Have Now Gotten Broadband Mapping Money
• Minnesota Needs Significant Internet Upgrades
• Census Bureau, Lockheed Martin to Open Data-Capture Center in Phoenix
• Former North Mason Man Found Shot, Killed Outside San Francisco
• Unofficial Election Results: Wallitner Extends Lead for Port of Shelton
• City of Shelton to Hold Budget Hearing Tonight –Sewer Rate Hike Looms
• Heavy Snowfall Has Some Washington Ski Areas Opening
• Ex-Boeing Worker Guilty of E-Mail Threats
• Editorial - Price of Public Records Delay: $525,001
• Germany Celebrates Memory of Berlin Wall Falling
• What Does “Stable” Condition Mean?
WORD OF THE DAY
Imbroglio • \im-BROLE-yo\ • noun - 1: a confused mass 2a: an intricate or complicated situation (as in a drama or novel) b: an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding c: a violently confused or bitterly complicated altercation
“You need to burn wood to stay warm,” intoned the nature camp director. “But don’t burn it on the coldest days; or when the wind is still; or if your neighbors complain; or if it is in an open pit; or if it is in an urban area…lest you invoke an imbroglio with the pollution control forces.”
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Radar Ridge Wind Farm Plan an Uphill Battle for Utilities (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/09/top_story/doc4af3b3f12c723029882123.txt
Update - Electricity Restored in N Mason Outage (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=617
Wyoming – Lower Valley Energy Grapples with Demand Increase (Jackson Hole Daily, WY)
http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=5266
Wall Street Journal Editorial - Why the U.S. Needs Nuclear Power: Other clean energy sources can’t meet the needs of a growing economy
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704224004574489702243465472.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Self-Described Watchdog Group Folds amid Claims It Was a Front for a Competitor That Wanted To Store Nuclear Waste (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1028952.html
Maryland - Third Reactor at Calvert Cliffs Moves Forward: Constellation, EDF finish $4.5 billion deal (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/06/AR2009110604767.html
United Kingdom - Government Plans Fast-Track Nuclear Expansion (The Guardian, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/6521576/Government-plans-fast-track-nuclear-expansion.html
Creating a Landfill to Have Cleaner Air (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/science/earth/08tva.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Potential Problems at 20 West Virginia Coal Ash Dams (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010219217_apuscoalashwva.html?syndication=rss
California Power Company Seeks Higher Rates for Energy Efficient Customers (Raw Story)
http://rawstory.com/2009/11/calif-power-company-seeks-higher-rates-energy-efficient-customers/
Texas - Electric Companies Offer Time-Of-Use Pricing “…TXU charges 8.9 cents per kWh for…off peak. Power used during peak times…costs 24.3 cents…” (Dallas Morning News, TX)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/industries/energy/stories/DN-timeofuse_07bus.ART.State.Edition1.3cbe492.html
Investing - Wholesale Power: A Smart Alternative to Regulated Utilities (Seeking Alpha)
http://seekingalpha.com/article/171931-wholesale-power-a-smart-alternative-to-regulated-utilities?source=yahoo
Chinese Company to Buy Stake in AES (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/06/AR2009110601977.html?wprss=rss_business
FISH & WILDLIFE
The Scientist in the Courtroom (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://voices.idahostatesman.com/2009/11/05/rockybarker/scientist_courtroom
Researchers Say Sea Lion Numbers Fall, But Appetites Rise at Bonneville Dam (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/sea_lion_numbers_fall_appetite.html
Fishery Managers Say Harvest Rules Must Allow More Spring Chinook above Bonneville Dam (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/364176.aspx
Big Return for Steelhead (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/69540652.html
Chum, Coho Salmon Take an Upstream Ride in the Rain (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/07/chum-salmon-swim-upstream/?partner=RSS
Dam Removal, ‘Roughened Channel,’ Allow Return of Salmon in Upper Yakima Basin (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/364171.aspx
New Antennas Help Biologists Study Salmon (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010224984_apidsalmonantennas.html
Canada - Hatching a Plan to Solve BC’s Salmon Crisis (Globe & Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/hatching-a-plan-to-solve-bcs-salmon-crisis/article1354885/
Canadian Government Name BC Judge to Head Probe into Salmon Stock Collapse (Ottawa Citizen, Ontario)
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Feds+name+judge+head+probe+into+salmon+stock+collapse/2193479/story.html
Four-Way Land Deal Designed to Protect Habitat around Mud Lake – Part of $40.5 million BPA pact with Washington State (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091108/NEWS02/711089973/-1/news
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
State Agencies Sign Water Quality Roadmap (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/11/06/state-agencies-sign-water-quality-roadmap
Conservation Groups Challenge Reclamation’s Eastern Washington Water Delivery Project (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/364173.aspx
Rogue River Dam Removal May Leave Wetland High & Dry (Medford Mail Tribune, OR)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20091108%2FNEWS%2F911080325%2F-1%2Frss01
Appeal Lost In Olympia Brewery Water Case - Trustee says he again might try to recover money lost in former Tumwater beer factory (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1028342.html
Flush With Knowledge on Water-Efficient Toilets (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/ecoconsumer/2010221511_ecoconsumer07m.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Port Townsend’s Efforts to Generate, Share Renewable Energy Earn State ‘Solar City of the Year’ Honor (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091109/news/311099995
Powered up – Bend Solar Power Business Plans for Expansion (Bend Bulletin, OR)
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091106/BIZ0102/911060378/0/NEWS01
Spokesman Review Op/Ed - Clean Energy Action Crucial
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/08/clean-energy-action-crucial/
Flathead Beacon Op/Ed - Biomass Power Key to Future of Energy
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/biomass_power_key_to_future_of_energy/13951/
Massachusetts Governor Rethinks Wood-Burning Plants “…Some environmentalists fear the plants could lead to the clear-cutting of forests while actually pumping more carbon dioxide into the air than coal plants…” (WWLP-TV, Springfield, MA)
http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/local/wwlp_local_Patrick_rethinks_wood_burning_plants_200911081042
SMUD Signs 16-MW Biomass Power Purchase Agreement (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/11/smud-signs-16-mw-biomass-ppa?cmpid=rss
Stimulus Funds Put Wind in the Sales for Iberdrola - Spanish company receives $550M in grants for its wind farm investments (Portland Business Journal – Chuck Shumer Alert….)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/11/09/story6.html?ana=from_rss
Iowa - Wind Mill Worker Survives Fall (KIMT-TV, Mason City, IA – Editor must have been asleep: “…to get the guy to the ground…”)
http://www.kimt.com/content/localnews/story/Wind-Mill-Worker-Survives-Fall/J9PmOqI2j0-APGpFLXH4kQ.cspx
Can Offshore Winds Spin a Market for US-Made Turbines? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/11/09/09climatewire-can-offshore-winds-spin-a-market-for-us-made-71345.html
Railroads & Windmills: Berkshire’s ‘Green’ Bets (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125755485686735097.html?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_hs
An Elixir for Health Reform? Lawmakers Offer ‘Black Liquor.’ (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/07/AR2009110703179.html?wprss=rss_politics
San Jose Mercury News Columnist - Silicon Valley’s Catholic Community Finds Higher Power in Solar Power
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13729555?nclick_check=1
Ocean Energy Advocates Testify to Senate Subcommittee (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/11/ocean-energy-advocates-testify-to-senate-subcommittee?cmpid=rss
Tennessee - Tribal Company Shielded from Biodiesel Plant’s Claim (Courthouse News)
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/11/06/Tribal_Co_Shielded_From_Biodiesel_Plant_s_Claim.htm
Inventors’ high-flying kites harness wind power (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/06/MNC71AFVT1.DTL&feed=rss.news
San Francisco Area Utility Turns Food Waste into Green Energy (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2009-11-09-foodfuel09_ST_N.htm
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Cold Ocean Water to be Turned into A/C (US News & World Report)
http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2009/11/08/cold-ocean-water-to-be-turned-into-ac.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington Post Columnist - Bad Climate for Global Worriers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/06/AR2009110603075.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
No Clear Map for Democrats on Path to New Energy Plan (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/us/politics/09caucus.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Is the U.S. News Media Failing to Do Its Job on Climate Change? (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmEnergy/idUS343035023720091109
Oceans Give Warning Signs About Climate - NOAA left out of recommended members of policy council (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/946215.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Environmental Groups Want to Rework Columbia River Crossing for Climate, Costs (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/environmental_groups_want_to_r.html
Biomass Imbroglio – San Francisco Fines for Burning on Winter “Spare the Air” Days (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/09/BA0M1AG1TO.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
New Home for Plastic Foam - Tumwater site takes stuff that was garbage (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1029927.html
State Of California’s Recycled Paper Trail Not So Green for Climate (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2314229.html
America’s Berlin Wall of Energy & Germany’s Feed-In Tariff (Seattle Post-Intelligencer – From the “Long Reach for a Metaphor” category….)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/archives/184444.asp?source=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Internet Changes Course of Learning - More K-12 students drawn to flexibility, options of online education (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/09/internet-changes-course-of-learning/
Broadband Growth Will Come from New Tech, Not New Adds (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/09/broadband-growth-will-come-from-new-tech-not-new-adds/
Law Experts: FCC Neutrality Rules Too Murky - As now written, could be utterly useless (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Law-Experts-FCC-Neutrality-Rules-Too-Murky-105386
15 States Have Now Gotten Broadband Mapping Money - And Connected Nation has yet to be included (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/15-States-Have-Now-Gotten-Broadband-Mapping-Money-105403
Minnesota Needs Significant Internet Upgrades (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/06/financial/f091457S36.DTL&feed=rss.business
Census Bureau, Lockheed Martin to Open Data-Capture Center in Phoenix (Phoenix Business Journal)
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/11/02/daily66.html?ana=from_rss
GENERAL NEWS
Former North Mason Man Found Shot, Killed Outside San Francisco (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/07/former-belfair-man-found-shot-killed-outside-san/?partner=RSS
Unofficial Election Results: Wallitner Extends Lead for Port of Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=564:unofficial-election-results-wallitner-extends-lead-for-port-of-shelton-leader-in-hood-canal-school-board-race-changes-while-other-race-stays-same&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
City of Shelton to Hold Budget Hearing Tonight – Six Percent Sewer Rate Hike Looms (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=576:city-of-shelton-holding-budget-hearing-monday-night&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Heavy Snowfall Has Some Washington Ski Areas Opening (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11466348
Ex-Boeing Worker Guilty of E-Mail Threats (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010221643_threats07m.html
News Tribune Editorial - Price of Public Records Delay: $525,001
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/947078.html
Germany Celebrates Memory of Berlin Wall Falling (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13743872
What Does “Stable” Condition Mean? How can someone be “critical but stable”? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2234903/?from=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Man Steals Car to Make Court Appearance…on Auto Theft Charges
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/06/state/n171544S75.DTL&feed=rss.business
Industry Pushes Chocolate Milk In Schools
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010234080_apusgotchocolatemilk.html?syndication=rss
9-Year-Old Stops Carjacking - Boy Takes Keys from Ignition
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21561438/detail.html
Woman Passes Driver’s Exam on 950th Try
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21542425/detail.html
SONG/COOL THING OF THE DAY
The Kinks - A Well Respected Man (Thanks to tip from Central Lincoln PUD)
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2251329/7095632
Monday, November 9, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Energy News Digest for November 6, 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)
• Packwood Lake Hydroelectric Facility to Get $800,000 Stimulus
• Stimulus Fund Loan Guarantees at Issue - McClintock Proposes Bill Axing WAPA Bail-Out Provisions
• Earthjustice vs. TransAlta Heads to Federal Level
• Get the Jump on Winter Storms!
• Power Restored In Downtown Spokane
• Op/Ed - A New Power Line Isn’t the Only Answer
• Virginia Court Upholds Permits for Construction of Multistate Power Line
• Tonbridge Power Inks Agreement for New Transmission Line in Montana
• S. Colorado Power Line Faces Further Environmental Study
• High-Voltage Export from Canada
• Editorial - Energy Initiative Should Spark Broader Dialogue
• Op/Ed - Embrace Technology to Turn Nuclear Energy into Environmental Solution
• Nuclear Stirring up Old Debate
• Tennessee Valley Authority Prepares To Start Smokestack Scrubbers
• Ethics Panel Clears NC Congressman in Tennessee Valley Authority Probe
• Natural Gas - Energy West Gets 83 Percent of Cut Bank Utility
• Canada to Probe Missing Salmon Stocks
• Comments Sought On Washington State Hatchery Water Quality Certification
• Pelican Convention
• Looking for Sharks Deep in Puget Sound
• Editorial - Clean Water Requires More Than Idealism
• Op/Ed – California Legislature Breaks a Generation of Water Gridlock
• Large Dams Can Bring Long-Term Benefits
• Wyoming Sets Wildlife Guidelines for Wind Developers
• Jobs Question Jeopardizes Texas Wind Farm’s Stimulus Deal
• Wind Industry Faces ‘Prairie Rebellion’ in Kansas County
• Massachusetts Commission Ruling Means Delay for Cape Wind
• South Carolina - Santee Cooper Releases Offshore Wind Turbine Simulation Photos
• Biologists Study Effect of At-Sea Turbines on Migratory Birds
• Congress Seeks To End Biofuels Paper Tax Breaks
• Tennessee Governor Calls Biofuels Project Criticism ‘Outrageous’
• Lewis County - A Chance to Ditch Avacado Green, Harvest Gold Appliances
• Carbon Traders Deny Sub-Prime Crisis Brewing
• Senate Democrats Advance Climate Bill Without GOP
• Environmental Groups at Odds over New Tack in Climate Fight
• Study Says British Columbia Has Enough Electricity for Millions of Vehicles
• Personalized Solar Units Could Power Homes & Cars, Scientist Says
• Being Green: Ten Earth-Friendly Habits You Can Adopt
• Oregon Regulators Not Thrilled With Verizon/Frontier Deal
• CenturyLink Earnings Jump after Embarq Purchase
• Voice is Cable’s Secret Weapon for Growth
• Army Officials Praise Policewoman Who Wounded Shooter at Fort Hood
• Police: Gunman Trailed Patrol Car before Deadly Shooting
• Wild Weather Blows through Puget Sound
• Forecast: 2010 to Be a Good Year for Lumber Demand
• Bellevue Land Use Dispute Ends In Assault Charge
• Longview Switching To Four-Day Work Week for City Employees
WORD OF THE DAY
Maugre • \MAW-gur\ • preposition - In spite of
Bobby liked his erector set. Liked it so much that he would play with no other toys, maugre the family fear that the boy’s obsession would soon dwarf the neighboring houses with a swaying, shining structure that was literally held together with cheap bolts, tape and bailing wire.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Packwood Lake Hydroelectric Facility to Get $800,000 Stimulus (Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/11/05/news//doc4af31a1dd4e8f547688386.txt
Stimulus Fund Loan Guarantees at Issue - McClintock Proposes Bill Axing WAPA Bail-Out Provisions (The Union, Nevada County, CA)
http://www.theunion.com/article/20091105/BREAKINGNEWS/911059966/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1053
Earthjustice vs. TransAlta Heads to Federal Level (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Earthjustice-vs-TransAlta-Heads-to-Feder=1&blockID=87203&feedID=410
Get the Jump on Winter Storms! (Lake Stevens Journal, WA)
http://www.lakestevensjournal.com/county-state/article.exm/2009-11-05_get_the_jump_on_winter_storms
Power Restored In Downtown Spokane (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/05/power-goes-out-downtown-spokane/
Mountain Express & Guide Op/Ed - A New Power Line Isn’t the Only Answer: There are numerous alternatives to reduce peak demand.
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005128681
Virginia Court Upholds Permits for Construction of Multistate Power Line (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010210005_apvamultistatepowerline.html?syndication=rss
Montana - Tonbridge Power Inks Agreement for New Transmission Line in Montana: Would connect with Bonneville Power Administration on Colstrip transmission line (MarketWire)
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Tonbridge-Power-Inc-TSX-VENTURE-TBZ-1072060.html
S. Colorado Power Line Faces Further Environmental Study (Denver Business Journal)
http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/11/02/daily87.html?ana=from_rss
High-Voltage Export from Canada - Our largest trading partner, Canada, wants to start shipping the U.S. a new product: green energy (Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN)
http://www.startribune.com/business/69312552.html?elr=KArks:DCiU1OiP:DiiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
Tri-City Herald Editorial - Energy Initiative Should Spark Broader Dialogue
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/opinions/story/782478.html
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Embrace Technology to Turn Nuclear Energy into Environmental Solution
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2010211528_guest06alben.html?syndication=rss
Nuclear Stirring up Old Debate (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2009/11/nuclear_stirring_up_old_debate.html
Tennessee Valley Authority Prepares To Start Smokestack Scrubbers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010217920_apustvacoalwastetennessee.html?syndication=rss
Ethics Panel Clears NC Congressman in Tennessee Valley Authority Probe (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010211237_apustvashuler.html?syndication=rss
Natural Gas - Energy West Gets 83 Percent of Cut Bank Utility (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010217815_apusenergywestmontana.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Canada to Probe Missing Salmon Stocks (AFP)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jd9nbEDBZJdq8bh6yU1G6H4wIGeg
Comments Sought On Washington State Hatchery Water Quality Certification (Wash. Department of Ecology)
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2009news/2009-262.html
Pelican Convention (Bandon Western World, OR)
http://www.bandonwesternworld.com/articles/2009/11/05/news/doc4af210394be21900003804.txt
Looking for Sharks Deep in Puget Sound (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69353182.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Spokesman Review Editorial - Clean Water Requires More Than Idealism
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/06/clean-water-requires-more-than-idealism/
SF Chronicle Op/Ed – California Legislature Breaks a Generation of Water Gridlock
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/05/EDU11AFRR7.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Large Dams Can Bring Long-Term Benefits (Swazi Observer, Africa)
http://www.observer.org.sz/index.php?news=8744
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wyoming Sets Wildlife Guidelines for Wind Developers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010210894_apuswindenergywildlifewyoming.html?syndication=rss
Jobs Question Jeopardizes Texas Wind Farm’s Stimulus Deal (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/business/energy-environment/06wind.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Wind Industry Faces ‘Prairie Rebellion’ in Kansas County (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/11/05/05greenwire-wind-industry-faces-prairie-rebellion-in-kansa-34024.html
Massachusetts Commission Ruling Means Delay for Cape Wind (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010217786_apuscapewindmassachusetts.html?syndication=rss
South Carolina - Santee Cooper Releases Offshore Wind Turbine Simulation Photos (WBTW-TV, Myrtle Beach, SC)
http://www2.scnow.com/scp/news/local/grand_strand/article/santee_cooper_releases_offshore_wind_turbine_simulation_photos/85210/
Biologists Study Effect of At-Sea Turbines on Migratory Birds (Press of Atlantic City, NJ)
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic_city/article_8dde4c12-ca5d-11de-890c-001cc4c002e0.html
Congress Seeks To End Biofuels Paper Tax Breaks (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BusinessofGreen/idUSTRE5A35JK20091105
Tennessee Governor Calls Biofuels Project Criticism ‘Outrageous’ (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010217845_apusbiofuelsinitiativetennessee.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Lewis County - A Chance to Ditch Avacado Green, Harvest Gold Appliances (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?A-Chance-To-Ditch-Avacado-Green-Harvest-=1&blockID=87615&feedID=410
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon Traders Deny Sub-Prime Crisis Brewing (Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/6510147/Carbon-traders-deny-sub-prime-crisis-brewing.html
Senate Democrats Advance Climate Bill Without GOP (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010209528_apusclimatebill.html?syndication=rss
Environmental Groups at Odds over New Tack in Climate Fight (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/05/AR2009110502134.html?wprss=rss_business
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Study Says British Columbia Has Enough Electricity for Millions of Vehicles (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/11/03/bc-electric-vehicle-study.html
Personalized Solar Units Could Power Homes & Cars, Scientist Says (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/personalized_solar_units_could.html
Being Green: Ten Earth-Friendly Habits You Can Adopt (Scientific American)
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=ecofriendly-habits-walking-school-bus-locasexual-gas-cap
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Oregon Regulators Not Thrilled With Verizon/Frontier Deal - ‘Lots of risk, but very little upside...’ (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Oregon-Regulators-Not-Thrilled-With-Frontier-Deal-105372
CenturyLink Earnings Jump after Embarq Purchase (Kansas City Business Journal)
http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2009/11/02/daily39.html?ana=from_rss
Voice is Cable’s Secret Weapon for Growth (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/06/voice-is-cables-secret-weapon-for-growth/
GENERAL NEWS
Army Officials Praise Policewoman Who Wounded Shooter at Fort Hood (Voice of America)
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-11-06-voa19.cfm
Police: Gunman Trailed Patrol Car before Deadly Shooting (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69326562.html
Wild Weather Blows through Puget Sound (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=236950
Forecast: 2010 to Be a Good Year for Lumber Demand (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/11/02/daily42.html?ana=from_rss
Bellevue Land Use Dispute Ends In Assault Charge (Seattle Post-Intelligence)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911/archives/184218.asp?source=pimail
Longview Switching To Four-Day Work Week for City Employees (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/06//area_news/doc4af3c00a5c67b811319369.txt
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Man in Gorilla Suit Beat Up By Girlfriend
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/kitsap/poi/news/69308392.html
Dog Swims Dangerous Waters to Leave New Lighthouse Home
http://www.timescolonist.com/life/swims+dangerous+waters+leave+lighthouse+home+Trial+Island/2186390/story.html
Van Stolen In Spokane 35 Years Ago Turns Up In Shipping Container
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/05/van-stolen-here-35-years-ago-turns-shipping-contai/
Airplane Part Falls onto New York Home’s Front Lawn
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13728935
Boy Brings Peanut Dog to School
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Boy-Brings-Peanut-Dog-To-School-69324642.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Duke Ellington - It Don’t Mean a Thing (If it Ain’t got that Swing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDQpZT3GhDg
Ella Fitzgerald - Night & Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEM_63_P0CY&feature=related
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Packwood Lake Hydroelectric Facility to Get $800,000 Stimulus
• Stimulus Fund Loan Guarantees at Issue - McClintock Proposes Bill Axing WAPA Bail-Out Provisions
• Earthjustice vs. TransAlta Heads to Federal Level
• Get the Jump on Winter Storms!
• Power Restored In Downtown Spokane
• Op/Ed - A New Power Line Isn’t the Only Answer
• Virginia Court Upholds Permits for Construction of Multistate Power Line
• Tonbridge Power Inks Agreement for New Transmission Line in Montana
• S. Colorado Power Line Faces Further Environmental Study
• High-Voltage Export from Canada
• Editorial - Energy Initiative Should Spark Broader Dialogue
• Op/Ed - Embrace Technology to Turn Nuclear Energy into Environmental Solution
• Nuclear Stirring up Old Debate
• Tennessee Valley Authority Prepares To Start Smokestack Scrubbers
• Ethics Panel Clears NC Congressman in Tennessee Valley Authority Probe
• Natural Gas - Energy West Gets 83 Percent of Cut Bank Utility
• Canada to Probe Missing Salmon Stocks
• Comments Sought On Washington State Hatchery Water Quality Certification
• Pelican Convention
• Looking for Sharks Deep in Puget Sound
• Editorial - Clean Water Requires More Than Idealism
• Op/Ed – California Legislature Breaks a Generation of Water Gridlock
• Large Dams Can Bring Long-Term Benefits
• Wyoming Sets Wildlife Guidelines for Wind Developers
• Jobs Question Jeopardizes Texas Wind Farm’s Stimulus Deal
• Wind Industry Faces ‘Prairie Rebellion’ in Kansas County
• Massachusetts Commission Ruling Means Delay for Cape Wind
• South Carolina - Santee Cooper Releases Offshore Wind Turbine Simulation Photos
• Biologists Study Effect of At-Sea Turbines on Migratory Birds
• Congress Seeks To End Biofuels Paper Tax Breaks
• Tennessee Governor Calls Biofuels Project Criticism ‘Outrageous’
• Lewis County - A Chance to Ditch Avacado Green, Harvest Gold Appliances
• Carbon Traders Deny Sub-Prime Crisis Brewing
• Senate Democrats Advance Climate Bill Without GOP
• Environmental Groups at Odds over New Tack in Climate Fight
• Study Says British Columbia Has Enough Electricity for Millions of Vehicles
• Personalized Solar Units Could Power Homes & Cars, Scientist Says
• Being Green: Ten Earth-Friendly Habits You Can Adopt
• Oregon Regulators Not Thrilled With Verizon/Frontier Deal
• CenturyLink Earnings Jump after Embarq Purchase
• Voice is Cable’s Secret Weapon for Growth
• Army Officials Praise Policewoman Who Wounded Shooter at Fort Hood
• Police: Gunman Trailed Patrol Car before Deadly Shooting
• Wild Weather Blows through Puget Sound
• Forecast: 2010 to Be a Good Year for Lumber Demand
• Bellevue Land Use Dispute Ends In Assault Charge
• Longview Switching To Four-Day Work Week for City Employees
WORD OF THE DAY
Maugre • \MAW-gur\ • preposition - In spite of
Bobby liked his erector set. Liked it so much that he would play with no other toys, maugre the family fear that the boy’s obsession would soon dwarf the neighboring houses with a swaying, shining structure that was literally held together with cheap bolts, tape and bailing wire.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Packwood Lake Hydroelectric Facility to Get $800,000 Stimulus (Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/11/05/news//doc4af31a1dd4e8f547688386.txt
Stimulus Fund Loan Guarantees at Issue - McClintock Proposes Bill Axing WAPA Bail-Out Provisions (The Union, Nevada County, CA)
http://www.theunion.com/article/20091105/BREAKINGNEWS/911059966/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1053
Earthjustice vs. TransAlta Heads to Federal Level (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Earthjustice-vs-TransAlta-Heads-to-Feder=1&blockID=87203&feedID=410
Get the Jump on Winter Storms! (Lake Stevens Journal, WA)
http://www.lakestevensjournal.com/county-state/article.exm/2009-11-05_get_the_jump_on_winter_storms
Power Restored In Downtown Spokane (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/05/power-goes-out-downtown-spokane/
Mountain Express & Guide Op/Ed - A New Power Line Isn’t the Only Answer: There are numerous alternatives to reduce peak demand.
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005128681
Virginia Court Upholds Permits for Construction of Multistate Power Line (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010210005_apvamultistatepowerline.html?syndication=rss
Montana - Tonbridge Power Inks Agreement for New Transmission Line in Montana: Would connect with Bonneville Power Administration on Colstrip transmission line (MarketWire)
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Tonbridge-Power-Inc-TSX-VENTURE-TBZ-1072060.html
S. Colorado Power Line Faces Further Environmental Study (Denver Business Journal)
http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/11/02/daily87.html?ana=from_rss
High-Voltage Export from Canada - Our largest trading partner, Canada, wants to start shipping the U.S. a new product: green energy (Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN)
http://www.startribune.com/business/69312552.html?elr=KArks:DCiU1OiP:DiiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
Tri-City Herald Editorial - Energy Initiative Should Spark Broader Dialogue
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/opinions/story/782478.html
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Embrace Technology to Turn Nuclear Energy into Environmental Solution
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2010211528_guest06alben.html?syndication=rss
Nuclear Stirring up Old Debate (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2009/11/nuclear_stirring_up_old_debate.html
Tennessee Valley Authority Prepares To Start Smokestack Scrubbers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010217920_apustvacoalwastetennessee.html?syndication=rss
Ethics Panel Clears NC Congressman in Tennessee Valley Authority Probe (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010211237_apustvashuler.html?syndication=rss
Natural Gas - Energy West Gets 83 Percent of Cut Bank Utility (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010217815_apusenergywestmontana.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Canada to Probe Missing Salmon Stocks (AFP)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jd9nbEDBZJdq8bh6yU1G6H4wIGeg
Comments Sought On Washington State Hatchery Water Quality Certification (Wash. Department of Ecology)
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2009news/2009-262.html
Pelican Convention (Bandon Western World, OR)
http://www.bandonwesternworld.com/articles/2009/11/05/news/doc4af210394be21900003804.txt
Looking for Sharks Deep in Puget Sound (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69353182.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Spokesman Review Editorial - Clean Water Requires More Than Idealism
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/06/clean-water-requires-more-than-idealism/
SF Chronicle Op/Ed – California Legislature Breaks a Generation of Water Gridlock
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/05/EDU11AFRR7.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Large Dams Can Bring Long-Term Benefits (Swazi Observer, Africa)
http://www.observer.org.sz/index.php?news=8744
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wyoming Sets Wildlife Guidelines for Wind Developers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010210894_apuswindenergywildlifewyoming.html?syndication=rss
Jobs Question Jeopardizes Texas Wind Farm’s Stimulus Deal (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/business/energy-environment/06wind.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Wind Industry Faces ‘Prairie Rebellion’ in Kansas County (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/11/05/05greenwire-wind-industry-faces-prairie-rebellion-in-kansa-34024.html
Massachusetts Commission Ruling Means Delay for Cape Wind (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010217786_apuscapewindmassachusetts.html?syndication=rss
South Carolina - Santee Cooper Releases Offshore Wind Turbine Simulation Photos (WBTW-TV, Myrtle Beach, SC)
http://www2.scnow.com/scp/news/local/grand_strand/article/santee_cooper_releases_offshore_wind_turbine_simulation_photos/85210/
Biologists Study Effect of At-Sea Turbines on Migratory Birds (Press of Atlantic City, NJ)
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic_city/article_8dde4c12-ca5d-11de-890c-001cc4c002e0.html
Congress Seeks To End Biofuels Paper Tax Breaks (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BusinessofGreen/idUSTRE5A35JK20091105
Tennessee Governor Calls Biofuels Project Criticism ‘Outrageous’ (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010217845_apusbiofuelsinitiativetennessee.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Lewis County - A Chance to Ditch Avacado Green, Harvest Gold Appliances (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?A-Chance-To-Ditch-Avacado-Green-Harvest-=1&blockID=87615&feedID=410
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon Traders Deny Sub-Prime Crisis Brewing (Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/6510147/Carbon-traders-deny-sub-prime-crisis-brewing.html
Senate Democrats Advance Climate Bill Without GOP (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010209528_apusclimatebill.html?syndication=rss
Environmental Groups at Odds over New Tack in Climate Fight (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/05/AR2009110502134.html?wprss=rss_business
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Study Says British Columbia Has Enough Electricity for Millions of Vehicles (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/11/03/bc-electric-vehicle-study.html
Personalized Solar Units Could Power Homes & Cars, Scientist Says (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/personalized_solar_units_could.html
Being Green: Ten Earth-Friendly Habits You Can Adopt (Scientific American)
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=ecofriendly-habits-walking-school-bus-locasexual-gas-cap
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Oregon Regulators Not Thrilled With Verizon/Frontier Deal - ‘Lots of risk, but very little upside...’ (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Oregon-Regulators-Not-Thrilled-With-Frontier-Deal-105372
CenturyLink Earnings Jump after Embarq Purchase (Kansas City Business Journal)
http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2009/11/02/daily39.html?ana=from_rss
Voice is Cable’s Secret Weapon for Growth (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/06/voice-is-cables-secret-weapon-for-growth/
GENERAL NEWS
Army Officials Praise Policewoman Who Wounded Shooter at Fort Hood (Voice of America)
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-11-06-voa19.cfm
Police: Gunman Trailed Patrol Car before Deadly Shooting (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69326562.html
Wild Weather Blows through Puget Sound (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=236950
Forecast: 2010 to Be a Good Year for Lumber Demand (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/11/02/daily42.html?ana=from_rss
Bellevue Land Use Dispute Ends In Assault Charge (Seattle Post-Intelligence)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911/archives/184218.asp?source=pimail
Longview Switching To Four-Day Work Week for City Employees (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/06//area_news/doc4af3c00a5c67b811319369.txt
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Man in Gorilla Suit Beat Up By Girlfriend
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/kitsap/poi/news/69308392.html
Dog Swims Dangerous Waters to Leave New Lighthouse Home
http://www.timescolonist.com/life/swims+dangerous+waters+leave+lighthouse+home+Trial+Island/2186390/story.html
Van Stolen In Spokane 35 Years Ago Turns Up In Shipping Container
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/05/van-stolen-here-35-years-ago-turns-shipping-contai/
Airplane Part Falls onto New York Home’s Front Lawn
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13728935
Boy Brings Peanut Dog to School
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Boy-Brings-Peanut-Dog-To-School-69324642.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Duke Ellington - It Don’t Mean a Thing (If it Ain’t got that Swing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDQpZT3GhDg
Ella Fitzgerald - Night & Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEM_63_P0CY&feature=related
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Energy News Digest for November 5, 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)
• Cushman Hydroelectric Plant Gets Federal Stimulus Boost
• Federal Grant Supports Power, Fish Project on Snohomish River
• Cushman/Packwood - Two Washington State Projects Chosen For Hydropower Upgrades
• Op/Ed - Invest In Seattle City Light to Keep the Lights On
• BC Hydro CEO Leaving His Post, No Replacement Named
• Nuclear Waste: Coming To a Town near You?
• Florida Energy Regulators To Do Ethics Self-Examination
• Dynegy Posts 3Q Loss on Sale of Plants
• Cowlitz Census Shows This Is Best Coho Season Since 1990
• Easements Will Preserve Mid-Valley Habitat - BPA contributes $965,000
• Thousands of NW Seabirds Killed By Algal Foam
• Clallam County, PUD Sign Carlsborg Sewage-Treatment Agreement
• Detractors Line Up Against State’s Spokane River Plan
• Tiny Oregon Town Takes Geothermal Lead
• Senator Wants No Fed Money for US-China Wind Project
• Green Ink: Gas Glut, Climate Fights, & Black Liquor
• Pacific Gas & Electric Loses Solar Agreement
• Okanagan Environmental Industry Alliance Slams Province’s Love Affair with Run of River
• Backyard Wind Turbine? There’s an App for That
• Using Bossie for Biomass - Row over Plan to Use Unsold Meat for Power
• California Delays Vote on Energy Efficiency Standards for TVs
• State May Require Companies to Track Greenhouse Gases
• Climate Legislation Is Running Into a Chilly Reception
• CEO: Utilities Must Join Climate-Change Debate
• Study: Clean Energy to Boost US Manufacturing Jobs
• Energy Watchdogs Say It’s Not Easy Going Green
• Landscapes Now Get ‘Green’ Ratings
• British Cops Unable to Use Blue Lights on New Electric Car
• Verizon Plan To Sell Washington State Landlines Hits Bump
• New York AG Says Intel Paid Billions in Kickbacks, Bullied Competitors
• If the Data Center Is the Computer, the Fight Is on to Control the Ecosystem
• CNN Explains the Cloud … Badly
• Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Could Go Global
• Microsoft to Do Major Revamp of MSN Site
• Comcast Hints At Layoffs - As it’s poised to acquire NBC Universal
• There Are Now 100,000 Apps for That
• T-Mobile Says Software Glitch Jammed Network Tuesday
• Hang On To Your Umbrella; It’s Going To Be a Blustery Day
• Flood Watch Continues for the Skokomish River
• Army Corps of Engineers Say Dam Work Lessens Seattle-Area Flood Chance
• Prolific Serial Burglar Lands City Job
• Feds Pledge Overhaul of Tribal Recognition System
• Olympic National Forest - Permits Available To Cut Christmas Trees
WORD OF THE DAY
Glissando • \gliss-sand-oh\ • noun - A rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
Where would flashbacks be without a harp glissando?
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Cushman Hydroelectric Plant Gets Federal Stimulus Boost (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/942481.html
Federal Grant Supports Power, Fish Project on Snohomish River (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/04/federal-grant-supports-power-fish-project-on/?partner=RSS
Two Wash. projects chosen for hydropower upgrades (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1025554.html
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Invest In Seattle City Light to Keep the Lights On
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2010203583_guest05carrasco.html?syndication=rss
BC Hydro CEO Leaving His Post, No Replacement Named (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Hydro+leaving+post+replacement+named/2184006/story.html
Nuclear Waste: Coming To a Town near You? The nuclear industry could be on the verge of a major expansion just as the government cancels a plan to store the waste. Where’s it going to go? (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/04/news/economy/nuclear_waste/index.htm?section=money_news_economy
Florida Energy Regulators To Do Ethics Self-Examination - Amid complaints the agency has been too cozy with the utilities it regulates (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010209664_apusfloridapscethics.html?syndication=rss
Dynegy Posts 3Q Loss on Sale of Plants (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/05/financial/f042121S94.DTL&feed=rss.business
FISH & WILDLIFE
Cowlitz Census Shows This Is Best Coho Season Since 1990 (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/1025997.html
Easements Will Preserve Mid-Valley Habitat - BPA contributes $965,000 for protected areas (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091105/GREEN/911050352/1001/news
Thousands of NW Seabirds Killed By Algal Foam (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010205181_aporkillerfoam1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Clallam County, PUD Sign Carlsborg Sewage-Treatment Agreement (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091105/news/311059987
Detractors Line Up Against State’s Spokane River Plan - Draft seeks to reduce phosphorus levels by 90 percent in the next decade (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/05/detractors-line-up-against-states-spokane-river/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Tiny Oregon Town Takes Geothermal Lead (Daily Journal of Commerce, Oregon)
http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/11/04/tiny-town-takes-geothermal-lead/
Senator Wants No Fed Money for US-China Wind Project (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/05/AR2009110501245.html
Green Ink: Gas Glut, Climate Fights, & Black Liquor (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/11/05/green-ink-gas-glut-climate-fights-and-black-liquor/
Pacific Gas & Electric Loses Solar Agreement (San Francisco Business Times)
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/11/02/daily129.html?ana=from_rss
Okanagan Environmental Industry Alliance Slams Province’s Love Affair with Run of River Power (CKFR Radio, Kelowna, BC)
http://www.am1150.ca/news/565/1017338
Backyard Wind Turbine? There’s an App for That (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10390435-54.html?tag=nl.e703
Using Bossie for Biomass - Row over Plan to Use Unsold Meat for Power (The Metro, UK)
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Row_over_plan_to_use_unsold_meat_for_power&in_article_id=762817&in_page_id=34
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
California Delays Vote on Energy Efficiency Standards for TVs (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13713307
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
State May Require Companies to Track Greenhouse Gases (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/05/state-may-require-companies-to-track-greenhouse/
Climate Legislation Is Running Into a Chilly Reception (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/05/AR2009110502134.html?wprss=rss_politics
CEO: Utilities Must Join Climate-Change Debate (Associated Press)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-nd-powerfuture,0,6468657.story
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Study: Clean Energy to Boost US Manufacturing Jobs (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5A351U20091104
Energy watchdogs say it’s not easy going green (Salt Lake Tribune, UT – Here’s another 25-cent royalty payment for Jim Henson)
http://www.sltrib.com/midvalley/ci_13707823
Landscapes Now Get ‘Green’ Ratings (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2009-11-04-green-rating_N.htm
British Cops Unable to Use Blue Lights on New Electric Car (Gas 2.0)
http://gas2.org/2009/11/02/british-cops-unable-to-use-blue-lights-on-new-electric-car/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Verizon Plan To Sell Washington State Landlines Hits Bump - State utility commission fears deal with Frontier would hurt consumers (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091105/BIZ01/711059978/-1/biz
New York AG Says Intel Paid Billions in Kickbacks, Bullied Competitors (Courthouse News)
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/11/04/Intel_Paid_Billions_in_Kickbacks_Bullied_Competitors_NY_AG_Says.htm
If the Data Center Is the Computer, the Fight Is on to Control the Ecosystem (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/04/if-the-data-center-is-the-computer-the-fight-is-on-to-control-the-ecosystem/
CNN Explains the Cloud … Badly (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/04/cnn-explains-the-cloud-badly/
Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Could Go Global (Information Week)
http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/microsoft_news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221600447&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News
Microsoft to Do Major Revamp of MSN Site (Seattle Tmes)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2010195551_msn04.html
Comcast Hints At Layoffs - As cable giant is poised to acquire NBC Universal (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Hints-At-Layoffs-105347
There Are Now 100,000 Apps for That (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/there-are-now-100000-apps-for-that/?partner=rss&emc=rss
T-Mobile Says Software Glitch Jammed Network Tuesday (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2010204191_t-mobile_says_software_glitch.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Hang On To Your Umbrella; It’s Going To Be a Blustery Day (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1025936.html
By the looks of this weather model, mid-day may be the blustery part of the day
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~ovens/loops/wxloop.cgi?mm5d2_slp+///1
Flood Watch Continues for the Skokomish River (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=546:flood-watch-continues-for-the-skokomish-river&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Army Corps of Engineers Say Dam Work Lessens Seattle-Area Flood Chance (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010209423_apusvalleyinperil.html?syndication=rss
Prolific Serial Burglar Lands City Job - Failed Background Check Under Review (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21523230/detail.html
Feds Pledge Overhaul of Tribal Recognition System (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010208585_apusindianrecognition.html?syndication=rss
Olympic National Forest - Permits Available To Cut Christmas Trees (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010205157_bluebox05m.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Police: Man Who Claimed Stabbing Didn’t Want To Go To Work
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/21509945/detail.html
Calf Frolics with Prosthetic Legs
http://www.kirotv.com/family/21516931/detail.html
Fla. Baby Missing For 5 Days Found Alive Under Bed
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21527933/detail.html
Woman Calls 911, Says Man Won’t Marry Her
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21529326/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Glenn Miller Band/Nicholas Brothers - I’ve got a Gal in Kalamazoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFv_PoZ2iP0&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh+div-HM
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Cushman Hydroelectric Plant Gets Federal Stimulus Boost
• Federal Grant Supports Power, Fish Project on Snohomish River
• Cushman/Packwood - Two Washington State Projects Chosen For Hydropower Upgrades
• Op/Ed - Invest In Seattle City Light to Keep the Lights On
• BC Hydro CEO Leaving His Post, No Replacement Named
• Nuclear Waste: Coming To a Town near You?
• Florida Energy Regulators To Do Ethics Self-Examination
• Dynegy Posts 3Q Loss on Sale of Plants
• Cowlitz Census Shows This Is Best Coho Season Since 1990
• Easements Will Preserve Mid-Valley Habitat - BPA contributes $965,000
• Thousands of NW Seabirds Killed By Algal Foam
• Clallam County, PUD Sign Carlsborg Sewage-Treatment Agreement
• Detractors Line Up Against State’s Spokane River Plan
• Tiny Oregon Town Takes Geothermal Lead
• Senator Wants No Fed Money for US-China Wind Project
• Green Ink: Gas Glut, Climate Fights, & Black Liquor
• Pacific Gas & Electric Loses Solar Agreement
• Okanagan Environmental Industry Alliance Slams Province’s Love Affair with Run of River
• Backyard Wind Turbine? There’s an App for That
• Using Bossie for Biomass - Row over Plan to Use Unsold Meat for Power
• California Delays Vote on Energy Efficiency Standards for TVs
• State May Require Companies to Track Greenhouse Gases
• Climate Legislation Is Running Into a Chilly Reception
• CEO: Utilities Must Join Climate-Change Debate
• Study: Clean Energy to Boost US Manufacturing Jobs
• Energy Watchdogs Say It’s Not Easy Going Green
• Landscapes Now Get ‘Green’ Ratings
• British Cops Unable to Use Blue Lights on New Electric Car
• Verizon Plan To Sell Washington State Landlines Hits Bump
• New York AG Says Intel Paid Billions in Kickbacks, Bullied Competitors
• If the Data Center Is the Computer, the Fight Is on to Control the Ecosystem
• CNN Explains the Cloud … Badly
• Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Could Go Global
• Microsoft to Do Major Revamp of MSN Site
• Comcast Hints At Layoffs - As it’s poised to acquire NBC Universal
• There Are Now 100,000 Apps for That
• T-Mobile Says Software Glitch Jammed Network Tuesday
• Hang On To Your Umbrella; It’s Going To Be a Blustery Day
• Flood Watch Continues for the Skokomish River
• Army Corps of Engineers Say Dam Work Lessens Seattle-Area Flood Chance
• Prolific Serial Burglar Lands City Job
• Feds Pledge Overhaul of Tribal Recognition System
• Olympic National Forest - Permits Available To Cut Christmas Trees
WORD OF THE DAY
Glissando • \gliss-sand-oh\ • noun - A rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
Where would flashbacks be without a harp glissando?
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Cushman Hydroelectric Plant Gets Federal Stimulus Boost (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/942481.html
Federal Grant Supports Power, Fish Project on Snohomish River (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/04/federal-grant-supports-power-fish-project-on/?partner=RSS
Two Wash. projects chosen for hydropower upgrades (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1025554.html
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Invest In Seattle City Light to Keep the Lights On
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2010203583_guest05carrasco.html?syndication=rss
BC Hydro CEO Leaving His Post, No Replacement Named (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Hydro+leaving+post+replacement+named/2184006/story.html
Nuclear Waste: Coming To a Town near You? The nuclear industry could be on the verge of a major expansion just as the government cancels a plan to store the waste. Where’s it going to go? (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/04/news/economy/nuclear_waste/index.htm?section=money_news_economy
Florida Energy Regulators To Do Ethics Self-Examination - Amid complaints the agency has been too cozy with the utilities it regulates (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010209664_apusfloridapscethics.html?syndication=rss
Dynegy Posts 3Q Loss on Sale of Plants (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/05/financial/f042121S94.DTL&feed=rss.business
FISH & WILDLIFE
Cowlitz Census Shows This Is Best Coho Season Since 1990 (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/1025997.html
Easements Will Preserve Mid-Valley Habitat - BPA contributes $965,000 for protected areas (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091105/GREEN/911050352/1001/news
Thousands of NW Seabirds Killed By Algal Foam (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010205181_aporkillerfoam1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Clallam County, PUD Sign Carlsborg Sewage-Treatment Agreement (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091105/news/311059987
Detractors Line Up Against State’s Spokane River Plan - Draft seeks to reduce phosphorus levels by 90 percent in the next decade (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/05/detractors-line-up-against-states-spokane-river/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Tiny Oregon Town Takes Geothermal Lead (Daily Journal of Commerce, Oregon)
http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/11/04/tiny-town-takes-geothermal-lead/
Senator Wants No Fed Money for US-China Wind Project (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/05/AR2009110501245.html
Green Ink: Gas Glut, Climate Fights, & Black Liquor (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/11/05/green-ink-gas-glut-climate-fights-and-black-liquor/
Pacific Gas & Electric Loses Solar Agreement (San Francisco Business Times)
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/11/02/daily129.html?ana=from_rss
Okanagan Environmental Industry Alliance Slams Province’s Love Affair with Run of River Power (CKFR Radio, Kelowna, BC)
http://www.am1150.ca/news/565/1017338
Backyard Wind Turbine? There’s an App for That (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10390435-54.html?tag=nl.e703
Using Bossie for Biomass - Row over Plan to Use Unsold Meat for Power (The Metro, UK)
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Row_over_plan_to_use_unsold_meat_for_power&in_article_id=762817&in_page_id=34
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
California Delays Vote on Energy Efficiency Standards for TVs (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13713307
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
State May Require Companies to Track Greenhouse Gases (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/05/state-may-require-companies-to-track-greenhouse/
Climate Legislation Is Running Into a Chilly Reception (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/05/AR2009110502134.html?wprss=rss_politics
CEO: Utilities Must Join Climate-Change Debate (Associated Press)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-nd-powerfuture,0,6468657.story
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Study: Clean Energy to Boost US Manufacturing Jobs (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5A351U20091104
Energy watchdogs say it’s not easy going green (Salt Lake Tribune, UT – Here’s another 25-cent royalty payment for Jim Henson)
http://www.sltrib.com/midvalley/ci_13707823
Landscapes Now Get ‘Green’ Ratings (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2009-11-04-green-rating_N.htm
British Cops Unable to Use Blue Lights on New Electric Car (Gas 2.0)
http://gas2.org/2009/11/02/british-cops-unable-to-use-blue-lights-on-new-electric-car/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Verizon Plan To Sell Washington State Landlines Hits Bump - State utility commission fears deal with Frontier would hurt consumers (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091105/BIZ01/711059978/-1/biz
New York AG Says Intel Paid Billions in Kickbacks, Bullied Competitors (Courthouse News)
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/11/04/Intel_Paid_Billions_in_Kickbacks_Bullied_Competitors_NY_AG_Says.htm
If the Data Center Is the Computer, the Fight Is on to Control the Ecosystem (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/04/if-the-data-center-is-the-computer-the-fight-is-on-to-control-the-ecosystem/
CNN Explains the Cloud … Badly (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/04/cnn-explains-the-cloud-badly/
Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Could Go Global (Information Week)
http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/microsoft_news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221600447&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News
Microsoft to Do Major Revamp of MSN Site (Seattle Tmes)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2010195551_msn04.html
Comcast Hints At Layoffs - As cable giant is poised to acquire NBC Universal (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Hints-At-Layoffs-105347
There Are Now 100,000 Apps for That (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/there-are-now-100000-apps-for-that/?partner=rss&emc=rss
T-Mobile Says Software Glitch Jammed Network Tuesday (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2010204191_t-mobile_says_software_glitch.html?syndication=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Hang On To Your Umbrella; It’s Going To Be a Blustery Day (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1025936.html
By the looks of this weather model, mid-day may be the blustery part of the day
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~ovens/loops/wxloop.cgi?mm5d2_slp+///1
Flood Watch Continues for the Skokomish River (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=546:flood-watch-continues-for-the-skokomish-river&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Army Corps of Engineers Say Dam Work Lessens Seattle-Area Flood Chance (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010209423_apusvalleyinperil.html?syndication=rss
Prolific Serial Burglar Lands City Job - Failed Background Check Under Review (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21523230/detail.html
Feds Pledge Overhaul of Tribal Recognition System (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010208585_apusindianrecognition.html?syndication=rss
Olympic National Forest - Permits Available To Cut Christmas Trees (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010205157_bluebox05m.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Police: Man Who Claimed Stabbing Didn’t Want To Go To Work
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/21509945/detail.html
Calf Frolics with Prosthetic Legs
http://www.kirotv.com/family/21516931/detail.html
Fla. Baby Missing For 5 Days Found Alive Under Bed
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21527933/detail.html
Woman Calls 911, Says Man Won’t Marry Her
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21529326/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Glenn Miller Band/Nicholas Brothers - I’ve got a Gal in Kalamazoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFv_PoZ2iP0&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh+div-HM
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Energy News Digest for November 4, 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 Floats Idea of Raising Lake Entiat Levels
• Central Lincoln PUD Awarded Nearly $10 Million in Smart Grid Funds
• How Stuff Works: How the Smart Grid Works
• Oregon Reduces Avista Utility Rate Hike Request
• Nuclear Power - Uncertainty Grows on Vermont Yankee Future
• Constellation to Use Funds from EDF Deal to Buy Power Plants
• Constellation Deal Makes Maryland Quest for Affordable Energy Tougher
• Florida - Lower Fuel Costs Lead FPL Customers to Receive Break
• Record Returns for Sockeye Salmon - 833 red fish make trip back to Sawtooth Valley
• Canada - BC Natives Claim Victory in Landmark Court Ruling on Commercial Fisheries
• Oregon - Removing Barrier Allows Big Creek to Run along Its Natural Path
• Report Says Barbed Wire Fences Deadly to Sage Grouse
• Energy Companies Offer Reward in Poaching Incident
• An $11 Billion Price-Tag - California Legislature Passes State Water Conservation Bill
• High-Tech Forecasting for Howard Hanson Dam
• Experts Say Total Impact of Hydro Projects on BC'S Rivers Unknown
• Biomass Brouhaha - Forest Service Accused of Polluting Yakima Air
• Oregon Curbs Controversial Tax Breaks for Wind and Solar Firms
• Oregon - Emergency Measures Needed To Stop Energy Tax Credit Abuse
• Oregonian Editorial - Oregonians Ask, 'Where's My Subsidy?'
• The Federal Energy Subsidy Scorecard: How Renewables Stack Up
• Officials See Challenges for Kansas Wind Energy
• Financial Post Op/Ed - Wind Power Is a Complete Disaster
• Oregon - Solar Plant's Opening May Light Salem Future
• Fire Extinguished at REC Silicon in Moses Lake
• Wisconsin - Wood-Fueled Power Makes Gain in State
• TransAlta Acquires Over 93 Per Cent of Canadian Hydro Developers
• Puget Sound Energy Selects Comverge for Smart Grid-Enabled Demand Response Pilot Program
• California State Energy Commission to Vote on TV Power Standards
• From Smart Meters to Smart Thermostats
• UN Climate Talks Focus On How to Cut Emissions
• Survey: Economists See Threat in Climate Change
• The Vagaries of Estimating Cap-and-Trade’s Impact on Consumers
• Oregon - ‘Treebates’ Might Help City Stormwater Programs Branch Out
• Rejoice! Billions More Reasons To Panic
• Microsoft Lays Off 800 More Workers Worldwide
• Cisco, EMC Form Acadia Joint Venture for Data Centers
• Microsoft to Set Up Cloud Research Center in Taiwan
• Why Run Fiber When You Can Run Ads That Pretend You Do?
• Better Business Bureau Refers Comcast 'Fiber-Optic' Claim To FTC
• AT&T to Verizon: We Have a Lawsuit for That
• Winds, Rains Heading for Washington
• Unofficial Election Results: Tight Race for Port of Shelton; 3 New Commissioners for Port of Hoodsport; and Levy Lid Lifts & School Board Redistricting Passing
• Mason County Auditor’s Election Results Site
• State Changes Mind on New License Plates
• Kellogg Pulls Immunity Claims from Rice Krispies
WORD OF THE DAY
Vagary • \VAY-gu-ree\ • noun - An erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion.
Beatrice was the most graceful of dancers; her lithe form was pure poetry whether it floated on the strains of soft classical music or bounced along on the latest beat of hip-hop. Her friends were always amused at the vagary of her condition off the dance floor, which showed her to be one of the clumsiest persons imaginable when conducting normal human locomotion.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Chelan PUD Floats Idea of Raising Lake Entiat Levels (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/03/pud-floats-idea-of-raising-lake-entiat-levels/
Central Lincoln PUD Awarded Nearly $10 Million in Smart Grid Funds (Umpqua Post, Reedsport, OR)
http://www.theumpquapost.com/articles/2009/11/04/business/doc4af0c0a43cada833804070.txt
How Stuff Works: How the Smart Grid Works (HowStuffWorks.com)
http://www.scoop.com/remote/article/include/122967224/53616c7465645f5f4e36fe4ff45cce03383286141d2a4db45a57a72ed74b8623
Oregon Reduces Avista Utility Rate Hike Request (Yahoo! Finance)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Ore-reduces-Avista-utility-apf-2107493167.html?x=0&.v=2
Nuclear Power - Uncertainty Grows on Vermont Yankee Future (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010201835_apusvermontyankee.html?syndication=rss
Constellation to Use Funds from EDF Deal to Buy Power Plants (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200911031104DOWJONESDJONLINE000463_FORTUNE5.htm
Constellation Deal Makes Maryland Quest for Affordable Energy Tougher (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bal-constellationletter1104,0,221160.story
Florida - Lower Fuel Costs Lead FPL Customers to Receive Break, State Agency Rules (News Press, Fort Meyers FL)
http://www.news-press.com/article/20091104/NEWS01/911040414/1002/FPL-customers-to-receive-break--state-agency-rules
FISH & WILDLIFE
Record Returns for Sockeye Salmon - 833 red fish make trip back to Sawtooth Valley (Idaho Mountain Express & Guide, Sun Valley)
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005128642
Canada - BC Natives Claim Victory in Landmark Court Ruling on Commercial Fisheries (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/natives+claim+victory+court+ruling+commercial+fisheries/2179770/story.html
Oregon - Removing Barrier Allows Big Creek to Run along Its Natural Path: Project could enhance the return of historic fishing runs (Daily Astorian, OR)
http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=65372
Report Says Barbed Wire Fences Deadly to Sage Grouse (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010194034_apwysagegrousefences1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Energy Companies Offer Reward in Poaching Incident (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010201262_apusbighornpoachedcolorado.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
An $11 Billion Price-Tag - California Legislature Passes State Water Conservation Bill (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-water4-2009nov04,0,3695225.story
High-Tech Forecasting for Howard Hanson Dam (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/High-Tech-Forecasting-for-Howard-Hanson-Dam--68994887.html
Experts Say Total Impact of Hydro Projects on BC'S Rivers Unknown (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Total+impact+hydro+projects+rivers+unknown+experts/2181082/story.html
Biomass Brouhaha - Forest Service Accused of Polluting Yakima Air (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1023840.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon Curbs Controversial Tax Breaks for Wind and Solar Firms (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/oregon_curbs_controversial_tax.html
Oregon - Emergency Measures Needed To Stop Energy Tax Credit Abuse (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6146-emergency-measures-needed-stop-energy-tax-credit-abuse/
Oregonian Editorial - Oregonians Ask, 'Where's My Subsidy?'
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf/2009/11/oregonians_ask_wheres_my_subsi.html
The Federal Energy Subsidy Scorecard: How Renewables Stack Up (Renewable Energy World - Note: But is it truly a subsidy if it has to be paid back, I.E. Columbia-Snake hydro?)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/11/the-federal-energy-subsidy-scorecard-how-renewables-stack-up?cmpid=rss
Officials See Challenges for Kansas Wind Energy (Wichita Eagle, KS)
http://www.kansas.com/news/breaking/story/1040395.html
Financial Post Op/Ed - Wind power is a complete disaster (Canada)
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/04/08/wind-power-is-a-complete-disaster.aspx
Oregon - Solar Plant's Opening May Light Salem Future (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091103/GREEN/311030001/1001
Fire Extinguished at REC Silicon in Moses Lake (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/11/03/news/doc4af0b6bfb5137020227061.txt
Wisconsin - Wood-Fueled Power Makes Gain in State: We Energies plans to spend $500 million on two facilities (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. WI)
http://www.scoop.com/remote/article/include/122897554/53616c7465645f5ffbb3c39960e4614ef353578eb89f9970dece43ca28f4c5b5
TransAlta Acquires Over 93 Per Cent of Canadian Hydro Developers (Trading Markets)
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2623084/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Puget Sound Energy Selects Comverge for Smart Grid-Enabled Demand Response Pilot Program (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS155085+03-Nov-2009+PRN20091103
California State Energy Commission to Vote on TV Power Standards (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2303689.html
From Smart Meters to Smart Thermostats (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/from-smart-meters-to-smart-thermostats/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
UN Climate Talks Focus On How to Cut Emissions (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i9u9GMQj8IuTIkIKDmsiGSXq4KuAD9BOON7G0
Survey: Economists See Threat in Climate Change (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/2009-11-03-economist-climate_N.htm
The Vagaries of Estimating Cap-and-Trade’s Impact on Consumers (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/the-vagaries-of-estimating-cap-and-trades-impact-on-consumers/
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon - ‘Treebates’ Might Help City Stormwater Programs Branch Out (Portland Tribune, OR)
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125731371395092500
Rejoice! Billions More Reasons To Panic - CO2 from yeast; wood stoves and fire; cow flatulence… (Cape Cod Times, MA)
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091104/OPINION/911040330/-1/NEWSMAP
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft Lays Off 800 More Workers Worldwide (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=235768
Cisco, EMC Form Acadia Joint Venture for Data Centers (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13707848
Microsoft to Set Up Cloud Research Center in Taiwan (Yahoo! Tech)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20091104/tc_nm/us_microsoft_taiwan_3
Why Run Fiber When You Can Run Ads That Pretend You Do? And why not run those ads when nobody stops you from lying? (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Why-Run-Fiber-When-You-Can-Run-Ads-That-Pretend-You-Do-105329
Better Business Bureau Refers Comcast 'Fiber-Optic' Claim To FTC - Verizon Had Challenged the Operator's Ad Claim It Provides Services Over A ‘Fiber-Optic Network' (MultiChannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/367682-Better_Business_Bureau_Refers_Comcast_Fiber_Optic_Claim_To_FTC.php
AT&T to Verizon: We Have a Lawsuit for That (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/03/att-to-verizon-we-have-a-lawsuit-for-that/
GENERAL NEWS
Winds, Rains Heading for Washington (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010201254_apwastorm.html?syndication=rss
Unofficial Election Results: Tight Race for Port of Shelton; 3 New Commissioners for Port of Hoodsport; and Levy Lid Lifts & School Board Redistricting Passing (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=539:unofficial-election-results-tight-race-for-port-of-shelton-3-new-commissioners-on-port-of-hoodsport-and-all-measures-passing&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Mason County Auditor’s Election Results Site (Mason County, WA)
http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/mason/Elections/ElectionResults/Pages/ElectionResults.aspx
State Changes Mind on New License Plates (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/68867962.html
Kellogg Pulls Immunity Claims from Rice Krispies (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010201944_apuskelloggricekrispies.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Rebels Ban Musical Ringtones on Phones
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5A24CE20091103?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Sportscaster Must Pay Ex-Wife $916,000 A Year
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091103/SPORTS/711039787/0/NEWS
Co-Worker Recognizes Voice of Woman Phoning In Bomb Threat
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21521580/detail.html
Robbery Victim IDs Suspect From Old Yearbook
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21521505/detail.html
Man Appears Alive At Own Funeral in Brazil
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21520673/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller Orchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XQybKMXL-k&feature=related
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Chelan PUD Floats Idea of Raising Lake Entiat Levels
• Central Lincoln PUD Awarded Nearly $10 Million in Smart Grid Funds
• How Stuff Works: How the Smart Grid Works
• Oregon Reduces Avista Utility Rate Hike Request
• Nuclear Power - Uncertainty Grows on Vermont Yankee Future
• Constellation to Use Funds from EDF Deal to Buy Power Plants
• Constellation Deal Makes Maryland Quest for Affordable Energy Tougher
• Florida - Lower Fuel Costs Lead FPL Customers to Receive Break
• Record Returns for Sockeye Salmon - 833 red fish make trip back to Sawtooth Valley
• Canada - BC Natives Claim Victory in Landmark Court Ruling on Commercial Fisheries
• Oregon - Removing Barrier Allows Big Creek to Run along Its Natural Path
• Report Says Barbed Wire Fences Deadly to Sage Grouse
• Energy Companies Offer Reward in Poaching Incident
• An $11 Billion Price-Tag - California Legislature Passes State Water Conservation Bill
• High-Tech Forecasting for Howard Hanson Dam
• Experts Say Total Impact of Hydro Projects on BC'S Rivers Unknown
• Biomass Brouhaha - Forest Service Accused of Polluting Yakima Air
• Oregon Curbs Controversial Tax Breaks for Wind and Solar Firms
• Oregon - Emergency Measures Needed To Stop Energy Tax Credit Abuse
• Oregonian Editorial - Oregonians Ask, 'Where's My Subsidy?'
• The Federal Energy Subsidy Scorecard: How Renewables Stack Up
• Officials See Challenges for Kansas Wind Energy
• Financial Post Op/Ed - Wind Power Is a Complete Disaster
• Oregon - Solar Plant's Opening May Light Salem Future
• Fire Extinguished at REC Silicon in Moses Lake
• Wisconsin - Wood-Fueled Power Makes Gain in State
• TransAlta Acquires Over 93 Per Cent of Canadian Hydro Developers
• Puget Sound Energy Selects Comverge for Smart Grid-Enabled Demand Response Pilot Program
• California State Energy Commission to Vote on TV Power Standards
• From Smart Meters to Smart Thermostats
• UN Climate Talks Focus On How to Cut Emissions
• Survey: Economists See Threat in Climate Change
• The Vagaries of Estimating Cap-and-Trade’s Impact on Consumers
• Oregon - ‘Treebates’ Might Help City Stormwater Programs Branch Out
• Rejoice! Billions More Reasons To Panic
• Microsoft Lays Off 800 More Workers Worldwide
• Cisco, EMC Form Acadia Joint Venture for Data Centers
• Microsoft to Set Up Cloud Research Center in Taiwan
• Why Run Fiber When You Can Run Ads That Pretend You Do?
• Better Business Bureau Refers Comcast 'Fiber-Optic' Claim To FTC
• AT&T to Verizon: We Have a Lawsuit for That
• Winds, Rains Heading for Washington
• Unofficial Election Results: Tight Race for Port of Shelton; 3 New Commissioners for Port of Hoodsport; and Levy Lid Lifts & School Board Redistricting Passing
• Mason County Auditor’s Election Results Site
• State Changes Mind on New License Plates
• Kellogg Pulls Immunity Claims from Rice Krispies
WORD OF THE DAY
Vagary • \VAY-gu-ree\ • noun - An erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion.
Beatrice was the most graceful of dancers; her lithe form was pure poetry whether it floated on the strains of soft classical music or bounced along on the latest beat of hip-hop. Her friends were always amused at the vagary of her condition off the dance floor, which showed her to be one of the clumsiest persons imaginable when conducting normal human locomotion.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Chelan PUD Floats Idea of Raising Lake Entiat Levels (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/03/pud-floats-idea-of-raising-lake-entiat-levels/
Central Lincoln PUD Awarded Nearly $10 Million in Smart Grid Funds (Umpqua Post, Reedsport, OR)
http://www.theumpquapost.com/articles/2009/11/04/business/doc4af0c0a43cada833804070.txt
How Stuff Works: How the Smart Grid Works (HowStuffWorks.com)
http://www.scoop.com/remote/article/include/122967224/53616c7465645f5f4e36fe4ff45cce03383286141d2a4db45a57a72ed74b8623
Oregon Reduces Avista Utility Rate Hike Request (Yahoo! Finance)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Ore-reduces-Avista-utility-apf-2107493167.html?x=0&.v=2
Nuclear Power - Uncertainty Grows on Vermont Yankee Future (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010201835_apusvermontyankee.html?syndication=rss
Constellation to Use Funds from EDF Deal to Buy Power Plants (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200911031104DOWJONESDJONLINE000463_FORTUNE5.htm
Constellation Deal Makes Maryland Quest for Affordable Energy Tougher (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bal-constellationletter1104,0,221160.story
Florida - Lower Fuel Costs Lead FPL Customers to Receive Break, State Agency Rules (News Press, Fort Meyers FL)
http://www.news-press.com/article/20091104/NEWS01/911040414/1002/FPL-customers-to-receive-break--state-agency-rules
FISH & WILDLIFE
Record Returns for Sockeye Salmon - 833 red fish make trip back to Sawtooth Valley (Idaho Mountain Express & Guide, Sun Valley)
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005128642
Canada - BC Natives Claim Victory in Landmark Court Ruling on Commercial Fisheries (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/natives+claim+victory+court+ruling+commercial+fisheries/2179770/story.html
Oregon - Removing Barrier Allows Big Creek to Run along Its Natural Path: Project could enhance the return of historic fishing runs (Daily Astorian, OR)
http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=65372
Report Says Barbed Wire Fences Deadly to Sage Grouse (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010194034_apwysagegrousefences1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Energy Companies Offer Reward in Poaching Incident (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010201262_apusbighornpoachedcolorado.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
An $11 Billion Price-Tag - California Legislature Passes State Water Conservation Bill (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-water4-2009nov04,0,3695225.story
High-Tech Forecasting for Howard Hanson Dam (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/High-Tech-Forecasting-for-Howard-Hanson-Dam--68994887.html
Experts Say Total Impact of Hydro Projects on BC'S Rivers Unknown (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Total+impact+hydro+projects+rivers+unknown+experts/2181082/story.html
Biomass Brouhaha - Forest Service Accused of Polluting Yakima Air (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1023840.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon Curbs Controversial Tax Breaks for Wind and Solar Firms (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/oregon_curbs_controversial_tax.html
Oregon - Emergency Measures Needed To Stop Energy Tax Credit Abuse (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6146-emergency-measures-needed-stop-energy-tax-credit-abuse/
Oregonian Editorial - Oregonians Ask, 'Where's My Subsidy?'
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf/2009/11/oregonians_ask_wheres_my_subsi.html
The Federal Energy Subsidy Scorecard: How Renewables Stack Up (Renewable Energy World - Note: But is it truly a subsidy if it has to be paid back, I.E. Columbia-Snake hydro?)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/11/the-federal-energy-subsidy-scorecard-how-renewables-stack-up?cmpid=rss
Officials See Challenges for Kansas Wind Energy (Wichita Eagle, KS)
http://www.kansas.com/news/breaking/story/1040395.html
Financial Post Op/Ed - Wind power is a complete disaster (Canada)
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/04/08/wind-power-is-a-complete-disaster.aspx
Oregon - Solar Plant's Opening May Light Salem Future (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091103/GREEN/311030001/1001
Fire Extinguished at REC Silicon in Moses Lake (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/11/03/news/doc4af0b6bfb5137020227061.txt
Wisconsin - Wood-Fueled Power Makes Gain in State: We Energies plans to spend $500 million on two facilities (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. WI)
http://www.scoop.com/remote/article/include/122897554/53616c7465645f5ffbb3c39960e4614ef353578eb89f9970dece43ca28f4c5b5
TransAlta Acquires Over 93 Per Cent of Canadian Hydro Developers (Trading Markets)
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2623084/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Puget Sound Energy Selects Comverge for Smart Grid-Enabled Demand Response Pilot Program (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS155085+03-Nov-2009+PRN20091103
California State Energy Commission to Vote on TV Power Standards (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2303689.html
From Smart Meters to Smart Thermostats (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/from-smart-meters-to-smart-thermostats/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
UN Climate Talks Focus On How to Cut Emissions (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i9u9GMQj8IuTIkIKDmsiGSXq4KuAD9BOON7G0
Survey: Economists See Threat in Climate Change (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/2009-11-03-economist-climate_N.htm
The Vagaries of Estimating Cap-and-Trade’s Impact on Consumers (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/the-vagaries-of-estimating-cap-and-trades-impact-on-consumers/
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon - ‘Treebates’ Might Help City Stormwater Programs Branch Out (Portland Tribune, OR)
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125731371395092500
Rejoice! Billions More Reasons To Panic - CO2 from yeast; wood stoves and fire; cow flatulence… (Cape Cod Times, MA)
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091104/OPINION/911040330/-1/NEWSMAP
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft Lays Off 800 More Workers Worldwide (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=235768
Cisco, EMC Form Acadia Joint Venture for Data Centers (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13707848
Microsoft to Set Up Cloud Research Center in Taiwan (Yahoo! Tech)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20091104/tc_nm/us_microsoft_taiwan_3
Why Run Fiber When You Can Run Ads That Pretend You Do? And why not run those ads when nobody stops you from lying? (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Why-Run-Fiber-When-You-Can-Run-Ads-That-Pretend-You-Do-105329
Better Business Bureau Refers Comcast 'Fiber-Optic' Claim To FTC - Verizon Had Challenged the Operator's Ad Claim It Provides Services Over A ‘Fiber-Optic Network' (MultiChannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/367682-Better_Business_Bureau_Refers_Comcast_Fiber_Optic_Claim_To_FTC.php
AT&T to Verizon: We Have a Lawsuit for That (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/03/att-to-verizon-we-have-a-lawsuit-for-that/
GENERAL NEWS
Winds, Rains Heading for Washington (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010201254_apwastorm.html?syndication=rss
Unofficial Election Results: Tight Race for Port of Shelton; 3 New Commissioners for Port of Hoodsport; and Levy Lid Lifts & School Board Redistricting Passing (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=539:unofficial-election-results-tight-race-for-port-of-shelton-3-new-commissioners-on-port-of-hoodsport-and-all-measures-passing&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Mason County Auditor’s Election Results Site (Mason County, WA)
http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/mason/Elections/ElectionResults/Pages/ElectionResults.aspx
State Changes Mind on New License Plates (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/68867962.html
Kellogg Pulls Immunity Claims from Rice Krispies (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010201944_apuskelloggricekrispies.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Rebels Ban Musical Ringtones on Phones
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5A24CE20091103?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Sportscaster Must Pay Ex-Wife $916,000 A Year
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091103/SPORTS/711039787/0/NEWS
Co-Worker Recognizes Voice of Woman Phoning In Bomb Threat
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21521580/detail.html
Robbery Victim IDs Suspect From Old Yearbook
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21521505/detail.html
Man Appears Alive At Own Funeral in Brazil
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21520673/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller Orchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XQybKMXL-k&feature=related
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Energy News Digest for November 3, 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)
• Clallam PUD’s Share Of Two Wind Energy Projects to be Paid With $55.6 Million
• How Taking out Dams Splits Environmental Groups
• Fitch Affirms Cowlitz County PUD Bonds at ‘A-’
• Seattle Utilities Provide Tips on How to Avoid Electrical Injuries
• Kootenai Electric to Turn Off Power for Maintenance Work
• Consumers Energy Ordered To Partially Refund Rate Increase Money
• Developers abandon plan for SD power plant
• Arizona - Tribe’s Environmental Fight: Coal Mines & Power Plant Give Navajos Income, Controversy
• West Virginia - Recession Slows Big Power Projects, Including Coal-To-Gas Plant
• Enron Exec Gets Home Confinement after Guilty Plea
• Idaho Sturgeon Hatchery Worker – Ready for His Close-Up
• Daily News Columnist - Should We Continue To Drink From The Cowlitz?
• Nisqually Refuge - A Restoration Celebration
• Odessa Water Level Solutions Addressed
• $50 Million Allotted For Chesapeake by US Senate
• Big Blue Helps Ireland Stay Green
• Columbian Op/Ed - State on Cutting Edge of Clean Energy Sector
• Chinese Involvement in Proposed Texas Wind Farm Stirs Passions
• Minnesota Power: Going Green Means a Rate Hike
• NY Times Editorial – Cape Wind: Reject Tribal Claims for Viewscape
• Sweden - Two Wind Turbines Self-Destruct in One Week
• Scottish Jobs at Turbine Firm in Danger in Fight with Europe Rules
• California - Altamont Landfill’s Gas Fuels Garbage Trucks
• Snohomish PUD Plans Energy-Saving Project
• SF Chronicle Op/Ed - TV Energy Regulations Will Harm Innovation
• Electric Utilities Are Invited to Shed Light on Energy Efficiency
• GOP Senators Absent At Start of Climate Debate
• Climate Bill Faces Hurdles in Senate
• Winners & Losers of Cap-and-Trade
• Something Funny Happened On the Way to a Carbon Price Floor
• Snow Cap Disappearing From Mount Kilimanjaro
• Where the Jobs Are: Clean Tech
• Data Center Demand Growing As Concerns for Industry Loom
• Inside Microsoft’s Huge New Chicago Data Center
• Three States Approve Frontier/Verizon Deal
• Dissension Festering in the Net Neutrality Ranks
• California - Vallejo Seeks To Expand Utility Tax to Cell Phones
• Feds: San Diego Man Sold Cable Modem Hacking Equipment
• Ballot Measures Top Ticket in Election
• City of Shelton’s 2010 Preliminary Budget: Over $50 Million, Four Positions Cut
• City Of Olympia Notifies 14 of Layoffs
• Shelton City Commission Holds Hearing on Sewer Rate Increase
• Weather Service Beefing Up Flood Forecasting
• Vancouver May Add Fort for Name Recognition
• Philadelphians Reap Rewards from New York’s Trash
• Critics Blast Kellogg’s Claim That Cereals Can Boost Immunity
• Tribune Co. Newspapers Won’t Use AP Next Week
WORD OF THE DAY
Herald • \HARE-uld\ • noun - 1a: an official at a tournament of arms with duties including the making of announcements and the marshaling of combatants b: an officer with the status of ambassador acting as official messenger between leaders especially in war c(1): officer of arms (2): an officer of arms ranking above a pursuivant and below a king of arms 2: an official crier or messenger 3a: one that precedes or foreshadows b: one that conveys news or proclaims: announcer c: one who actively promotes or advocate
The white smoke billowed from the county courthouse’s imposing brick chimney, swirling around the ramparts before descending on the breathless, coughing crowd. “I wish the commission would use a different method for heralding the completion of their budget process,” wheezed the local newspaper’s gadfly. “Maybe releasing a flock of crows would be more appropriate.”
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Clallam PUD’s Share Of Two Wind Energy Projects to be Paid With $55.6 Million (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091103/news/311039989
How Taking out Dams Splits Environmental Groups - The bedeviled Klamath River basin, where a seeming agreement is dividing the greens (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/11/03/science-environment/19322/
Fitch Affirms Cowlitz County PUD Bonds at ‘A-’ (BusinessWire)
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091102006245&newsLang=en
Seattle Utilities Provide Tips on How to Avoid Electrical Injuries (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010189393_winds03m.html?syndication=rss
Kootenai Electric to Turn Off Power for Maintenance Work (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/03/in-brief-kootenai-electric-to-turn-off-power/
Consumers Energy Ordered To Partially Refund Rate Increase Money (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010187578_apuspowerbillsconsumersenergymichigan.html?syndication=rss
Developers abandon plan for SD power plant (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/02/financial/f172112S08.DTL&feed=rss.business
Arizona - Tribe’s Environmental Fight: Coal Mines & Power Plant Give Navajos Income, Controversy (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ)
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/11/02/20091102navajo1102.html
West Virginia - Recession Slows Big Power Projects: AEP President Says Company Still Committed To Building Coal-To-Gas Plant (Charleston Daily Mail, WV)
http://www.scoop.com/remote/article/include/122705559/53616c7465645f5f3c485219e65d2decd719c00221123a7b3eec12a968282613
Enron Exec Gets Home Confinement after Guilty Plea (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010187060_apusenronbroadband.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho Sturgeon Hatchery Worker – Ready for His Close-Up (Rapid City Journal, SD)
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/article_8d8c71e2-8063-53d5-8d9f-3de4a28b6db8.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Daily News Columnist - Should We Continue To Drink From The Cowlitz?
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/01/focus/doc4aebd38de1592704096451.txt
Nisqually Refuge - A Restoration Celebration: New trail to open at public ceremony marking tide’s return to estuary (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1023377.html
Odessa Water Level Solutions Addressed - Recharging Aquifer Topic of Conference (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/11/02/news/doc4aef5f2398bcc504144660.txt
$50 Million Allotted For Chesapeake by US Senate (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.trails02nov02,0,5378720.story
Big Blue Helps Ireland Stay Green - IBM has partnered with environmental authorities in the country to establish a real-time water management portal (Information Week)
http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/info-management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221600079&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Columbian Op/Ed - State on Cutting Edge of Clean Energy Sector
http://columbian.com/article/20091103/BIZ01/711039999/-1/BIZ
Chinese Involvement in Proposed Texas Wind Farm Stirs Passions (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/business/energy-environment/02iht-green02.html?_r=2
Minnesota Power: Going Green Means a Rate Hike - About $13 a month (Duluth News Tribune, MN)
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/150865/
NY Times Editorial – Cape Wind: Reject Tribal Claims for Viewscape
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/opinion/02mon3.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Sweden - Two Wind Turbines Self-Destruct in One Week (Copenhagen Post, Denmark)
http://www.cphpost.dk/business/119-business/47384-two-wind-turbines-self-destruct-in-one-week.html
Scottish Jobs at Turbine Firm in Danger in Fight with Europe Rules (The Times of London, UK)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6898827.ece
California - Altamont Landfill’s Gas Fuels Garbage Trucks (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/02/BUM81AE52U.DTL&feed=rss.business
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Snohomish PUD Plans Energy-Saving Project (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091103/NEWS01/711039916
SF Chronicle Op/Ed - TV Energy Regulations Will Harm Innovation
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/02/ED7H1AE46C.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Electric Utilities Are Invited to Shed Light on Energy Efficiency (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS162527+02-Nov-2009+PRN20091102
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
GOP Senators Absent At Start of Climate Debate (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010190162_apusclimatebill.html?syndication=rss
Climate Bill Faces Hurdles in Senate - Democrats Split: Deal on Nuclear Plants Offered to Court Republicans (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/01/AR2009110102593.html?wprss=rss_politics
Winners & Losers of Cap-and-Trade (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/winners-and-losers-of-cap-and-trade/
Something Funny Happened On the Way to a Carbon Price Floor (Financial Times of London, UK)
http://blogs.ft.com/energy-source/2009/11/02/something-funny-happened-on-the-way-to-a-carbon-price-floor/
Snow Cap Disappearing From Mount Kilimanjaro (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010187055_apusscisnowsofkilimanjaro.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Where the Jobs Are: Clean Tech (Forbes Magazine)
http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/02/clean-tech-jobs-leadership-careers-employment.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Data Center Demand Growing As Concerns for Industry Loom (Austin Business Journal)
http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/11/02/story8.html?ana=from_rss
Inside Microsoft’s Huge New Chicago Data Center (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2010186768_inside_microsofts_huge_new_chi.html?syndication=rss
Three States Approve Frontier/Verizon Deal - California, Nevada & South Carolina ok huge sale (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Three-States-Approve-Frontier-Verizon-Deal-105282
Dissension Festering in the Net Neutrality Ranks (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/02/dissension-festering-in-the-net-neutrality-ranks/
California - Vallejo Seeks To Expand Utility Tax to Cell Phones (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/02/MNTI1AD5O1.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Feds: San Diego Man Sold Cable Modem Hacking Equipment (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13696460
GENERAL NEWS
Ballot Measures Top Ticket in Election (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/politics/21501383/detail.html
City of Shelton’s 2010 Preliminary Budget: Over $50 Million, Four Positions Cut (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=532:city-of-shelton-releases-2010-preliminary-budget-over-50-million-four-positions-cut&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
City Of Olympia Notifies 14 of Layoffs - Budget trims may ax some programs, up to 27 positions (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1023367.html
Shelton City Commission Holds Hearing on Sewer Rate Increase (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=534:shelton-city-commission-holds-hearing-on-sewer-rate-increase&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Weather Service Beefing Up Flood Forecasting (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=234726
Vancouver May Add Fort for Name Recognition (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010186269_apwavancouvername.html?syndication=rss
Philadelphians Reap Rewards from New York’s Trash (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/nyregion/02garbage.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Critics Blast Kellogg’s Claim That Cereals Can Boost Immunity (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2009-11-02-cereal-immunity-claim_N.htm?se=yahoorefer
Tribune Co. Newspapers Won’t Use AP Next Week (Reported By…..Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010190183_apustribuneap.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Fists Fly after Post Editor Tells Writer, “It’s the Second Worst Story I Have Seen in Style in 43 Years”
http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/people/capitalcomment/14004.html
Australia - Vegemite Contest Draws Protests
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/business/global/03vegemite.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Colbert Goes for Gold, Sponsors US Speedskating - Of the many countries participating at the Vancouver Olympics, add Colbert Nation to the list.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2010188856_apustvcolbertolympics.html?syndication=rss
Police: Man Robs Taco Bell, Then Gets Job Application
http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=80049&catid=35
SONG OF THE DAY
Tito Puente - Ran Kan Kan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMY9zMITHkU&feature=related
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Clallam PUD’s Share Of Two Wind Energy Projects to be Paid With $55.6 Million
• How Taking out Dams Splits Environmental Groups
• Fitch Affirms Cowlitz County PUD Bonds at ‘A-’
• Seattle Utilities Provide Tips on How to Avoid Electrical Injuries
• Kootenai Electric to Turn Off Power for Maintenance Work
• Consumers Energy Ordered To Partially Refund Rate Increase Money
• Developers abandon plan for SD power plant
• Arizona - Tribe’s Environmental Fight: Coal Mines & Power Plant Give Navajos Income, Controversy
• West Virginia - Recession Slows Big Power Projects, Including Coal-To-Gas Plant
• Enron Exec Gets Home Confinement after Guilty Plea
• Idaho Sturgeon Hatchery Worker – Ready for His Close-Up
• Daily News Columnist - Should We Continue To Drink From The Cowlitz?
• Nisqually Refuge - A Restoration Celebration
• Odessa Water Level Solutions Addressed
• $50 Million Allotted For Chesapeake by US Senate
• Big Blue Helps Ireland Stay Green
• Columbian Op/Ed - State on Cutting Edge of Clean Energy Sector
• Chinese Involvement in Proposed Texas Wind Farm Stirs Passions
• Minnesota Power: Going Green Means a Rate Hike
• NY Times Editorial – Cape Wind: Reject Tribal Claims for Viewscape
• Sweden - Two Wind Turbines Self-Destruct in One Week
• Scottish Jobs at Turbine Firm in Danger in Fight with Europe Rules
• California - Altamont Landfill’s Gas Fuels Garbage Trucks
• Snohomish PUD Plans Energy-Saving Project
• SF Chronicle Op/Ed - TV Energy Regulations Will Harm Innovation
• Electric Utilities Are Invited to Shed Light on Energy Efficiency
• GOP Senators Absent At Start of Climate Debate
• Climate Bill Faces Hurdles in Senate
• Winners & Losers of Cap-and-Trade
• Something Funny Happened On the Way to a Carbon Price Floor
• Snow Cap Disappearing From Mount Kilimanjaro
• Where the Jobs Are: Clean Tech
• Data Center Demand Growing As Concerns for Industry Loom
• Inside Microsoft’s Huge New Chicago Data Center
• Three States Approve Frontier/Verizon Deal
• Dissension Festering in the Net Neutrality Ranks
• California - Vallejo Seeks To Expand Utility Tax to Cell Phones
• Feds: San Diego Man Sold Cable Modem Hacking Equipment
• Ballot Measures Top Ticket in Election
• City of Shelton’s 2010 Preliminary Budget: Over $50 Million, Four Positions Cut
• City Of Olympia Notifies 14 of Layoffs
• Shelton City Commission Holds Hearing on Sewer Rate Increase
• Weather Service Beefing Up Flood Forecasting
• Vancouver May Add Fort for Name Recognition
• Philadelphians Reap Rewards from New York’s Trash
• Critics Blast Kellogg’s Claim That Cereals Can Boost Immunity
• Tribune Co. Newspapers Won’t Use AP Next Week
WORD OF THE DAY
Herald • \HARE-uld\ • noun - 1a: an official at a tournament of arms with duties including the making of announcements and the marshaling of combatants b: an officer with the status of ambassador acting as official messenger between leaders especially in war c(1): officer of arms (2): an officer of arms ranking above a pursuivant and below a king of arms 2: an official crier or messenger 3a: one that precedes or foreshadows b: one that conveys news or proclaims: announcer c: one who actively promotes or advocate
The white smoke billowed from the county courthouse’s imposing brick chimney, swirling around the ramparts before descending on the breathless, coughing crowd. “I wish the commission would use a different method for heralding the completion of their budget process,” wheezed the local newspaper’s gadfly. “Maybe releasing a flock of crows would be more appropriate.”
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Clallam PUD’s Share Of Two Wind Energy Projects to be Paid With $55.6 Million (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091103/news/311039989
How Taking out Dams Splits Environmental Groups - The bedeviled Klamath River basin, where a seeming agreement is dividing the greens (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/11/03/science-environment/19322/
Fitch Affirms Cowlitz County PUD Bonds at ‘A-’ (BusinessWire)
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091102006245&newsLang=en
Seattle Utilities Provide Tips on How to Avoid Electrical Injuries (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010189393_winds03m.html?syndication=rss
Kootenai Electric to Turn Off Power for Maintenance Work (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/03/in-brief-kootenai-electric-to-turn-off-power/
Consumers Energy Ordered To Partially Refund Rate Increase Money (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010187578_apuspowerbillsconsumersenergymichigan.html?syndication=rss
Developers abandon plan for SD power plant (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/02/financial/f172112S08.DTL&feed=rss.business
Arizona - Tribe’s Environmental Fight: Coal Mines & Power Plant Give Navajos Income, Controversy (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ)
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/11/02/20091102navajo1102.html
West Virginia - Recession Slows Big Power Projects: AEP President Says Company Still Committed To Building Coal-To-Gas Plant (Charleston Daily Mail, WV)
http://www.scoop.com/remote/article/include/122705559/53616c7465645f5f3c485219e65d2decd719c00221123a7b3eec12a968282613
Enron Exec Gets Home Confinement after Guilty Plea (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010187060_apusenronbroadband.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho Sturgeon Hatchery Worker – Ready for His Close-Up (Rapid City Journal, SD)
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/article_8d8c71e2-8063-53d5-8d9f-3de4a28b6db8.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Daily News Columnist - Should We Continue To Drink From The Cowlitz?
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/01/focus/doc4aebd38de1592704096451.txt
Nisqually Refuge - A Restoration Celebration: New trail to open at public ceremony marking tide’s return to estuary (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1023377.html
Odessa Water Level Solutions Addressed - Recharging Aquifer Topic of Conference (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/11/02/news/doc4aef5f2398bcc504144660.txt
$50 Million Allotted For Chesapeake by US Senate (Baltimore Sun, MD)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.trails02nov02,0,5378720.story
Big Blue Helps Ireland Stay Green - IBM has partnered with environmental authorities in the country to establish a real-time water management portal (Information Week)
http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/info-management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221600079&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Columbian Op/Ed - State on Cutting Edge of Clean Energy Sector
http://columbian.com/article/20091103/BIZ01/711039999/-1/BIZ
Chinese Involvement in Proposed Texas Wind Farm Stirs Passions (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/business/energy-environment/02iht-green02.html?_r=2
Minnesota Power: Going Green Means a Rate Hike - About $13 a month (Duluth News Tribune, MN)
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/150865/
NY Times Editorial – Cape Wind: Reject Tribal Claims for Viewscape
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/opinion/02mon3.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Sweden - Two Wind Turbines Self-Destruct in One Week (Copenhagen Post, Denmark)
http://www.cphpost.dk/business/119-business/47384-two-wind-turbines-self-destruct-in-one-week.html
Scottish Jobs at Turbine Firm in Danger in Fight with Europe Rules (The Times of London, UK)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6898827.ece
California - Altamont Landfill’s Gas Fuels Garbage Trucks (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/02/BUM81AE52U.DTL&feed=rss.business
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Snohomish PUD Plans Energy-Saving Project (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091103/NEWS01/711039916
SF Chronicle Op/Ed - TV Energy Regulations Will Harm Innovation
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/02/ED7H1AE46C.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Electric Utilities Are Invited to Shed Light on Energy Efficiency (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS162527+02-Nov-2009+PRN20091102
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
GOP Senators Absent At Start of Climate Debate (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010190162_apusclimatebill.html?syndication=rss
Climate Bill Faces Hurdles in Senate - Democrats Split: Deal on Nuclear Plants Offered to Court Republicans (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/01/AR2009110102593.html?wprss=rss_politics
Winners & Losers of Cap-and-Trade (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/winners-and-losers-of-cap-and-trade/
Something Funny Happened On the Way to a Carbon Price Floor (Financial Times of London, UK)
http://blogs.ft.com/energy-source/2009/11/02/something-funny-happened-on-the-way-to-a-carbon-price-floor/
Snow Cap Disappearing From Mount Kilimanjaro (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010187055_apusscisnowsofkilimanjaro.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Where the Jobs Are: Clean Tech (Forbes Magazine)
http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/02/clean-tech-jobs-leadership-careers-employment.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Data Center Demand Growing As Concerns for Industry Loom (Austin Business Journal)
http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/11/02/story8.html?ana=from_rss
Inside Microsoft’s Huge New Chicago Data Center (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2010186768_inside_microsofts_huge_new_chi.html?syndication=rss
Three States Approve Frontier/Verizon Deal - California, Nevada & South Carolina ok huge sale (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Three-States-Approve-Frontier-Verizon-Deal-105282
Dissension Festering in the Net Neutrality Ranks (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/02/dissension-festering-in-the-net-neutrality-ranks/
California - Vallejo Seeks To Expand Utility Tax to Cell Phones (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/02/MNTI1AD5O1.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Feds: San Diego Man Sold Cable Modem Hacking Equipment (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13696460
GENERAL NEWS
Ballot Measures Top Ticket in Election (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/politics/21501383/detail.html
City of Shelton’s 2010 Preliminary Budget: Over $50 Million, Four Positions Cut (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=532:city-of-shelton-releases-2010-preliminary-budget-over-50-million-four-positions-cut&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
City Of Olympia Notifies 14 of Layoffs - Budget trims may ax some programs, up to 27 positions (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1023367.html
Shelton City Commission Holds Hearing on Sewer Rate Increase (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=534:shelton-city-commission-holds-hearing-on-sewer-rate-increase&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Weather Service Beefing Up Flood Forecasting (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=234726
Vancouver May Add Fort for Name Recognition (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010186269_apwavancouvername.html?syndication=rss
Philadelphians Reap Rewards from New York’s Trash (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/nyregion/02garbage.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Critics Blast Kellogg’s Claim That Cereals Can Boost Immunity (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2009-11-02-cereal-immunity-claim_N.htm?se=yahoorefer
Tribune Co. Newspapers Won’t Use AP Next Week (Reported By…..Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010190183_apustribuneap.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Fists Fly after Post Editor Tells Writer, “It’s the Second Worst Story I Have Seen in Style in 43 Years”
http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/people/capitalcomment/14004.html
Australia - Vegemite Contest Draws Protests
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/business/global/03vegemite.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Colbert Goes for Gold, Sponsors US Speedskating - Of the many countries participating at the Vancouver Olympics, add Colbert Nation to the list.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2010188856_apustvcolbertolympics.html?syndication=rss
Police: Man Robs Taco Bell, Then Gets Job Application
http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=80049&catid=35
SONG OF THE DAY
Tito Puente - Ran Kan Kan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMY9zMITHkU&feature=related
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