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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Group & Planned ID Coal Gasification Plant Reach CO2 Emissions Pact
• Jury Says Sempra Didn’t Breach California Power Contract
• Coal Protesters Tie Selves to Generator Bound for South Carolina
• Hoover Dam power plant modernization continuing
• California - Power Line Knocked down After Owl Causes Misfire
• Oil Still Fuels the Green State of Denmark
• Massachusetts Decoupling - State Rulings Set Back National Grid, NStar
• Oregon Seafood Choices on ‘Super Green’ List
• Montana - Changes on Upper Missouri Could Boost Fish, Trees
• Montana Regulators Fine Great Falls Utility over Lack of Renewables
• Hood River Hydroelectric Projects Win Low Impact Certification
• Company Plans 500 Megawatt Wind Farm in Montana
• Editorial - Put Wind to Work
• Ontario Will Pay Farmers 14.5 Cents per kWh for Their Wind Generation
• Forget the Birds - Scottish Wind Farm ‘Could Cause Fighter Jet Crashes’
• Op/Ed - Rhode Island’s Renewable-Energy Suicide
• Energy Secretary Says US Falling Behind in Clean-Energy Race
• Massachusetts - $68m in Solar Rebates Goes Fast
• Federal Aid Helps Save Energy
• Editorial - Watt-Guzzling TVs Latest Target But Not Last
• South Dakota Panel Considers Energy Efficiency in Natural Gas
• NorthWestern Energy & NEEA Offer Energy Efficient Suggestions for Shoppers
• Op/Ed - Climate Change in the Business Sector Vital to Economy
• E-Mail Fracas Shows Peril of Trying to Spin Science
• Penn State Will Investigate ‘Climategate’
• Google Hosts Energy Experts amid Climate Talks
• Verizon Landline Sale Advances
• Analyst Predicts Massive Google Growth
• Charter Communications Emerges From Bankruptcy
• Clearwire 4G Finally Comes to Seattle
• Comcast Releasing Promised Usage Meter
• Baltimore to Ban Lazy Cable Installs
• Online Shopping Off to a Strong Start
• Cop Killer Suspect Shot & Killed by Seattle Police
• Three Persons Accused of Helping Lakewood Police Killer
• Chehalis Bondsman Wouldn’t Have Bonded Suspected Cop Killer
• Pierce County Sheriff’s Office Fires Back at Huckabee
• Lumber Prices Tick Up Slightly, But How Real Is Rebound?
• City of Shelton Has another Draft U-G-A Agreement Ready to Go to Mason County
• Washington State Adopts 7.6 Percent Workers’ Comp Rate Hike
• Fees Soar for Those Who Own Cabins on Federal Land
• Lady Washington Wintering At Columbia River Ports
• “Stealing Lightbulbs” - Ban on State Fund Raids May Be Put to New Jersey Voters
WORD OF THE DAY
Espouse • \is-SPOWS (sounds like house)\ • verb - 1: marry 2: to take up & support as a cause: become attached to
The town crier’s days were numbered. His demise began early one morning as he made his pronouncements beneath the swinging wooden sign of the local butcher…espousing vegetarianism as the cure to all human ills. Unfortunately for him, the butcher was not only his brother-in-law, but the Mayor of the small town. The pink slip arrived the very next day.
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
Group & Planned ID Coal Gasification Plant Reach CO2 Emissions Pact (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1054499.html
Jury Says Sempra Didn’t Breach California Power Contract (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aYma15YVI7gk
North Carolina - Coal Protesters Tie Selves to Generator Bound for South Carolina (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/30/financial/f090545S43.DTL&feed=rss.business
Hoover Dam power plant modernization continuing (Enquirer Herald, Rock Hill, SC)
http://www.enquirerherald.com/365/story/988373.html
California - Power Line Knocked down After Owl Causes Misfire (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2347292~Power_line_knocked_down_after_owl_causes_misfire.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Oil Still Fuels the Green State of Denmark - Something is rotten: Despite wind power, fossil fuels still dominate electricity production (Globe & Mail, Canada)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/oil-still-fuels-the-green-state-of-denmark/article1382028/
Massachusetts Decoupling - State Rulings Set Back National Grid, NStar (Boston Business Journal)
http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/11/30/daily20.html?ana=from_rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon Seafood Choices on ‘Super Green’ List “…Wild-caught Salmon…abound in the ocean waters off Oregon, Washington & Alaska…” (Oregon Magazine)
http://oregonmag.com/Seared1209.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Montana - Changes on Upper Missouri Could Boost Fish, Trees (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/30/financial/f143458S76.DTL&feed=rss.business
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Montana Regulators Fine Great Falls Utility over Lack of Renewables (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20091201/NEWS01/912010302/PSC-fines-city-utility-over-lack-of-renewables
Hood River Hydroelectric Projects Win Low Impact Certification (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/11/hydroelectric-projects-win-lihi-certification?cmpid=rss
Company Plans 500 Megawatt Wind Farm in Montana (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010391181_apusmontanawind.html?syndication=rss
Anchorage Daily News - Put Wind to Work: In Projects Big & Small, Alaska Turns to Renewable Energy
http://www.adn.com/opinion/view/story/1034827.html
Ontario Will Pay Farmers 14.5 Cents per kWh for Their Wind Generation (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/12/ontario-will-pay-farmers-14-5-cents-per-kwh-for-their-wind-generation?cmpid=rss
Forget the Birds - Scottish Wind Farm ‘Could Cause Fighter Jet Crashes’ (STV)
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/141137-wind-farm-could-cause-fighter-jet-crashes/
Providence Journal Op/Ed - Rhode Island’s Renewable-Energy Suicide
http://www.projo.com/opinion/contributors/content/CT_gebhard28_11-28-09_92GAOBJ_v13.3f8cf39.html
Energy Secretary Says US Falling Behind in Clean-Energy Race (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internal_ReutersNewsRoom_BehindTheScenes_MOLT/idUSTRE5B006E20091201
Massachusetts - $68m in Solar Rebates Goes Fast: State readying new plan for January (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/12/01/68m_in_solar_rebates_goes_fast/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Federal Aid Helps Save Energy - Seven cities will share nearly $500,000 in federal stimulus money for lighting, heating & other conservation projects (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091201/NEWS01/712019939
News Tribune Editorial - Watt-Guzzling TVs Latest Target But Not Last
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/975711.html
South Dakota Panel Considers Energy Efficiency in Natural Gas (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hUj-8FNAt4ypAPfNLcZVFYC-mh0QD9CA3V6G0
NorthWestern Energy & NEEA Offer Energy Efficient Suggestions for Electronics Shoppers This Holiday Season (Charkoosta News, MT)
http://www.charkoosta.com/2009/2009_11_26/think_green_this_holiday_season.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Columbian Op/Ed - Climate Change in the Business Sector Vital to Economy
http://columbian.com/article/20091201/BIZ01/712019999/-1/biz
E-Mail Fracas Shows Peril of Trying to Spin Science (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/science/01tier.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Penn State Will Investigate ‘Climategate’ (US News & World Report)
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2009/11/30/penn-state-will-investigate-climategate.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Google Hosts Energy Experts amid Climate Talks (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10406568-265.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Verizon Landline Sale Advances - The Everett City Council & other local governmental bodies approve the transfer to Frontier Communications, but the deal still needs the OK from state & federal regulators (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091201/BIZ/712019959/-1/rss03
Analyst Predicts Massive Google Growth (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/186716.asp?source=pimail
Charter Communications Emerges From Bankruptcy (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/30/financial/f113104S80.DTL&feed=rss.business
Clearwire 4G Finally Comes to Seattle (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/personaltechnology/2010392451_clearwire01.html
Comcast Releasing Promised Usage Meter - Trial launched in Portland, accuracy measured by independent firm (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Releasing-Promised-Usage-Meter-105731
Baltimore to Ban Lazy Cable Installs - New bill would require coax be buried within fifteen days (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Baltimore-To-Ban-Lazy-Cable-Installs-105706
Online Shopping Off to a Strong Start (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13896314?nclick_check=1
GENERAL NEWS
Cop Killer Suspect Shot & Killed by Seattle Police (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/975864.html
Three Persons Accused of Helping Lakewood Police Killer (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11598330
Chehalis Bondsman Wouldn’t Have Bonded Suspected Cop Killer (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Station-Chehalis-Bondsman-Wouldnt-Have-B=1&blockID=97448&feedID=410
Pierce County Sheriff’s Office Fires Back at Huckabee (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=249095
Lumber Prices Tick Up Slightly, But How Real Is Rebound? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6295-lumber-prices-tick-slightly-how-real-rebound/
City of Shelton Has another Draft U-G-A Agreement Ready to Go to Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=742:city-of-shelton-has-another-draft-u-g-a-agreement-ready-to-go-to-mason-county-&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Washington State Adopts 7.6 Percent Workers’ Comp Rate Hike (Associated Press)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=249191
Fees Soar for Those Who Own Cabins on Federal Land (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-11-30-cabins_N.htm
Lady Washington Wintering At Columbia River Ports – Diesel engine too dirty for California marinas (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/78157017.html
“Stealing Lightbulbs” - Ban on State Fund Raids May Be Put to New Jersey Voters (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/30/financial/f125853S09.DTL&feed=rss.business
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Movement Under Way in California to Ban Divorce - Effort Meant to Be Satirical Statement
http://www.kirotv.com/family/21762785/detail.html
Barry White Box Set Reveals a Master at Work (Nat’l Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120504764&ft=1&f=3
Arizona Board Sued Over Fish Pedicure Squabble
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/30/national/a150131S23.DTL&feed=rss.news
Are You a Twitter ‘Meformer’ or an ‘Informer’?
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/business/story/811377.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
SONG OF THE DAY
Barry White w/Luciano Pavarotti - You’re the First, the Last, My Everything
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-McQLoBX_IA
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
Energy News Digest for November 30, 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)
• Two Apply to Fill Jefferson PUD Vacancy Created by Roberts’ Death
• Phone Glitch Keeps Gig Harbor Electricity Customers in Dark
• Montana - Critics Blast Electric City Power Report
• Naming Rights - Tacoma Power Says No to Dome
• Woodland Considering Utility Tax Increase to Fund New Firefighter Position
• Nevada Power Transmission Line Project Moves Forward
• Pennsylvania - Electricity rates are about to explode (30%) in Berks County
• Maryland Lawmaker Won’t Stand in Way of Re-Regulating Energy Industry
• Paying for Water with Power
• North Carolina - US wanted hydro plant closed
• Virginian Electrocuted - Another hurt taking down temporary lights
• Minnesota Tribe to Rally against Nuclear Expansion
• Entering the Nuclear Age? Duke Energy CEO Wants Federal Control on Energy
• Ohio Electric Supplier Pulls Its Plan for $4B Power Plant
• Wenatchee’s Rocky Reach Dam Sees Huge Steelhead Run
• Prospects Looking Dim Again for Lake Washington Sockeye Fishery
• Columbian Editorial - Salmon in the Creek
• Columbia River Anglers Will Pay New Fee in 2010
• Alaska Fishermen Aim for Higher Quality, Better Prices
• French Oyster Farmers Suffer From Wave of Thefts
• Washington State Considers New Irrigation Water Rights
• Oregon Tax Dollars Blow Away in Wind Projects – Subsidies in question
• Controversial Project Strikes at the Heart of Murrelet Recovery in Washington
• California - Bureaucracy Trips up Renewable Energy Projects
• Port of Longview Profits Soar on Wind Energy
• Wind Turbines Beginning to Energize Alaska
• In the Wind: What’s a Wind Lease?
• Rhode Island Governor to Speak About Offshore Wind Power Plans
• New Jersey Lawmaker Pushing for Windmills on Piers
• Pennsylvania Wind Turbine Plant Laying off 141 Workers
• Solar Panels Causing Some Storms
• Germany Faces Solar Power Component Shortage
• Hearing Set for Massachusetts Bill on Wood Power Plants
• Push for Alternatives to Coal Lights a Fire under Wood-Pellet Industry
• US Unlikely to Use the Ethanol Congress Ordered
• Idaho Ethanol Plant Aims to Reopen as Market Improves
• Mason County: PUD Has Programs, Ideas for Energy-Efficient Home
• Ellensburg to Join in ‘Smart Grid’ Effort
• Puget Sound Energy Offers Tips for Safe & Efficient Ways to Light up the Holidays
• Montana - Multimillion-Dollar Meters
• Conservation pays off for Northern Wasco County PUD
• Ordinary Buildings to Respond to Electricity Demands
• LED Bulbs Save Substantial Energy, a Study Finds
• Protecting the Forests & Hoping for Payback
• Richland Woman Bound for Denmark Climate Conference
• Carbon-Credit Dispute Threatens New Climate Deal
• The Carbon-Subprime Connection: A Cautionary Tale?
• Wall Street Journal Editorial - ‘Cap & Trade Is Dead’
• Hacked E-Mail Data Prompts Calls for Changes in Climate Research
• Washington Post Editorial - It’s Not the Climate; It’s the Cover-up
• New Climate Targets May Not Change Daily Life Much
• Monday Climate Change Meeting Seeks Public Input
• When Trees Fall Next Door, Neighbors Make the
• Airlines Call Christmas Truce in the Green War
• Rural Carriers Quickly Embracing Fiber
• Waterloo, Fastest (Internet) Town in the Midwest
• Nebraska - Recession Slows Plan to Build Bunker Data Centers
• In-Flight Internet Taking Off With Row 44
• Will Cyber Monday End With a Bang or a Whimper?
• Don’t Bet Newspapers Will Get Rich Shunning Google
• Suspect Wanted in Lakewood Police Shootings Not Found in Seattle House
• Former Shelton Officer: Slain female officer remembered
• Huckabee Commuted Sentence of Man Tied to Police Slayings
• Former Evergreen Student, Ecoterrorism Suspect Sentenced in China
• Former Idaho Congressman Loses Appeal in Swindling Case
• Timber Prices Rally; Trade Group Foresees Demand
• Noble Fir Trees Harder to Come by This Christmas
• Signal Fading on Radio Traffic Reports
• You’ve got mail – for 6 years
WORD OF THE DAY
Congruous • \KAHNG-groo-us\ • adjective - 1*a: being in agreement, harmony, or correspondence b: conforming to the circumstances or requirements of a situation: appropriate 2: marked or enhanced by harmonious agreement among constituent elements
The bleary-eyed reviewer slowly turned his gaze from what appeared to be a concerted letter-writing campaign by a certain candy cane company which had been trying to keep its confections in the hands of department store Santas. “The congruous nature of these letters is astounding,” he sighed. “They’re exactly the same, tout the benefits of high fructose corn syrup for children, and are all return addressed to the north pole.”
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
Two Apply to Fill Jefferson PUD Vacancy Created by Roberts’ Death (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091130/news/311309994
Phone Glitch Keeps Gig Harbor Electricity Customers in Dark (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010357789_penlight26m.html?syndication=rss
Montana - Critics Blast Electric City Power Report: Should Great Falls stay in the electricity business (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20091128/NEWS01/911280311/Critics+blast+Electric+City+Power+report
Naming Rights - Tacoma Power Says No to Dome: Public utility won’t buy naming rights to icon, but it will help upgrade the lighting (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/974275.html
Woodland Considering Utility Tax Increase to Fund New Firefighter Position (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/28//area_news/doc4b107e7195c89535121130.txt
Nevada Power Transmission Line Project Moves Forward (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/29/state/n130245S78.DTL&feed=rss.business
Pennsylvania - Electricity rates are about to explode (30%) in Berks County “…Rate caps put in place to foster competition in the electric generation industry…actually backfired & resulted in 13 years of unrealistically low electric rates in Pennsylvania…” (Reading Eagle, PA)
http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=172027
Maryland Lawmaker Won’t Stand in Way of Re-Regulating Energy Industry (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://baltimore.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/11/30/story13.html?ana=from_rss
Paying for Water with Power (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ)
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2009/11/28/20091128biz-srpwater1129.html
North Carolina - US wanted hydro plant closed (News Record, Greensboro, NC)
http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/11/29/article/us_wanted_hydro_plant_closed
Virginian Electrocuted - Another hurt taking down temporary lights for repair of water main (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/25/AR2009112501839.html?wprss=rss_metro
Minnesota Tribe to Rally against Nuclear Expansion (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010368434_apusminnesotanuclearpower.html?syndication=rss
Entering the Nuclear Age? Duke Energy CEO Wants Federal Control on Energy (Daily Finance)
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/28/entering-the-nuclear-age-a-utilities-ceo-wants-federal-control/
Ohio Electric Supplier Pulls Its Plan for $4B Power Plant (Toledo Blade, OH)
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091126/BUSINESS01/911260359/-1/BUSINESS05
FISH & WILDLIFE
Wenatchee’s Rocky Reach Dam Sees Huge Steelhead Run (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/25/counters-log-record-run-of-steelhead/
Prospects Looking Dim Again for Lake Washington Sockeye Fishery “…It doesn’t make any sense that the Lake Washington & Fraser River [in British Columbia] sockeye runs were so poor, while the Columbia River was so good…” (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2010379208_outn29.html
Columbian Editorial - Salmon in the Creek: Small victory seen in ongoing local struggle to improve fish habitat
http://columbian.com/article/20091130/OPINION02/711309987/-1/opinion
Columbia River Anglers Will Pay New Fee in 2010 (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/story/969784.html
Alaska Fishermen Aim for Higher Quality, Better Prices (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010385420_apakbristolbayseafood.html?syndication=rss
French Oyster Farmers Suffer From Wave of Thefts - A shortage of shellfish created by a virus has led rogue growers to steal from their colleagues (Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/29/french-oyster-farmers-thefts
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington State Considers New Irrigation Water Rights (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/28/washington-considers-new-irrigation-water-rights/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon Tax Dollars Blow Away in Wind Projects – Subsidies in question (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/11/tax_dollars_blow_away_in_wind.html
Controversial Project Strikes at the Heart of Murrelet Recovery in Washington (Conservation NW)
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1201/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=28101
California - Bureaucracy Trips up Renewable Energy Projects (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/26/MN451AP7MF.DTL
Port of Longview Profits Soar on Wind Energy (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/27//area_news/doc4b0f8312597db892509738.txt
Wind Turbines Beginning to Energize Alaska - More Alaskans harness renewable energy (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://www.adn.com/3221/story/1032572.html
In the Wind: What’s a Wind Lease? (Queen City News, Helena, MT)
http://www.queencitynews.com/modules.php?sid=10858&thold=0&order=0&file=article&name=News&op=modload
Rhode Island Governor to Speak About Offshore Wind Power Plans (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/30/financial/f073858S03.DTL&feed=rss.business
New Jersey Lawmaker Pushing for Windmills on Piers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010369408_apuswindmillenergynewjersey.html?syndication=rss
Pennsylvania Wind Turbine Plant Laying off 141 Workers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010368425_apusturbineplantlayoffspennsylvania.html?syndication=rss
Solar Panels Causing Some Storms - Even as California & the federal government encourage solar power, homeowners often have to fight homeowners associations for their right to install the systems (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-solar-panels30-2009nov30,0,5567208.story
Germany Faces Solar Power Component Shortage (Energy Matters)
http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=680
Hearing Set for Massachusetts Bill on Wood Power Plants (Associated Press)
http://nhbr.com/news/statenewengland/456969-227/hearing-set-for-mass.-bill-on-wood.html
Push for Alternatives to Coal Lights a Fire under Wood-Pellet Industry (Edmonton Journal, Alberta)
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Push+alternatives+coal+lights+fire+under+wood+pellet+industry/2279107/story.html
US Unlikely to Use the Ethanol Congress Ordered (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/27/business/energy-environment/27ethanol.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Idaho Ethanol Plant Aims to Reopen as Market Improves (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2343033~ID_ethanol_plant_aims_to_reopen_as_market_improves.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Mason County: PUD Has Programs, Ideas for Energy-Efficient Home (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1053551.html
Ellensburg to Join in ‘Smart Grid’ Effort - $600,000 grant will help city contribute to regional energy-sharing project (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/11/26/ellensburg-to-join-in-smart-grid-effort
Puget Sound Energy Offers Tips for Safe & Efficient Ways to Light up the Holidays Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=123541
Montana - Multimillion-Dollar Meters: NorthWestern Energy gets grant to test smart grid in & around Capitol (Helena Independent-Record, MT)
http://www.helenair.com/news/local/article_38d9c0f0-dd74-11de-bfce-001cc4c002e0.html
Conservation pays off for Northern Wasco County PUD (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/11/news11-27-09-02.shtml
Ordinary Buildings to Respond to Electricity Demands (R&D Magazine)
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2009/11/Energy-Ordinary-buildings-to-respond-to-electricity-demands/
LED Bulbs Save Substantial Energy, a Study Finds (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/business/energy-environment/30led.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Protecting the Forests & Hoping for Payback (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/science/earth/29trees.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Richland Woman Bound for Denmark Climate Conference (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/972156.html
Carbon-Credit Dispute Threatens New Climate Deal (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/29/AR2009112902405.html?wprss=rss_business
The Carbon-Subprime Connection: A Cautionary Tale? (Financial Times of London, UK)
http://blogs.ft.com/energy-source/2009/11/30/the-carbon-subprime-connection-a-cautionary-tale/
Wall Street Journal Editorial - ‘Cap & Trade Is Dead’
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748703499404574558070997168360.html
Hacked E-Mail Data Prompts Calls for Changes in Climate Research (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/science/earth/28hack.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Washington Post Editorial - It’s Not the Climate; It’s the Coverup: Scientists have the evidence on their side but toss the unbelievers a bone
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/75066562.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ
New Climate Targets May Not Change Daily Life Much (Seattle Tmes)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010361304_apusclimatecosts.html?syndication=rss
Monday Climate Change Meeting Seeks Public Input (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1049851.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
When Trees Fall Next Door, Neighbors Make the Noise (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/nyregion/29tree.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Airlines Call Christmas Truce in the Green War (The Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/kamal-ahmed/6678146/Airlines-call-Christmas-truce-in-the-green-war.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Rural Carriers Quickly Embracing Fiber - Both fiber to the node, & to the home (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Rural-Carriers-Quickly-Embracing-Fiber-105701
Waterloo, Fastest (Internet) Town in the Midwest (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/30/waterloo-iowa-will-soon-have-faster-internet-than-you-do/
Nebraska - Recession Slows Plan to Build Bunker Data Centers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010383169_apnebytebunkers.html?syndication=rss
In-Flight Internet Taking Off With Row 44 (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010386245_btinflightinternet30.html?syndication=rss
Will Cyber Monday End With a Bang or a Whimper? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/30/will-cyber-monday-end-with-a-bang-or-a-whimper/
Don’t Bet Newspapers Will Get Rich Shunning Google (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2345942~Don_t_bet_newspapers_will_get_rich_shunning_Google.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
GENERAL NEWS
Suspect Wanted in Lakewood Police Shootings Not Found in Seattle House (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/974749.html
Former Shelton Officer: Slain female officer remembered as stickler for officer safety - ‘So hard for me to believe that someone could ambush her,’ former chief says (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/412738_griswold30.html?source=rss
Huckabee Commuted Sentence of Man Tied to Police Slayings (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/412737_suspect230.html?source=rss
Former Evergreen Student, Ecoterrorism Suspect Sentenced in China (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1052656.html
Former Idaho Congressman Loses Appeal in Swindling Case (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/30/former-idaho-congressman-loses-appeal/
Timber Prices Rally; Trade Group Foresees Demand (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010364444_aportimberprices.html?syndication=rss
Noble Fir Trees Harder to Come by This Christmas (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/412702_firs27.html?source=rss
Signal Fading on Radio Traffic Reports (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010369311_apustrafficwatchers.html?syndication=rss
You’ve got mail – for 6 years: Pierce County Employees’ e-mails to be stored in effort to support public accessibility, executive says (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/972046.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
‘12 Days of Christmas’ Items’ Cost Would Top $87,000
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/29/national/a210210S11.DTL&feed=rss.news
Dog with Name Tag ‘Works’ Drive-Through
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21725311/detail.html
Comatose for 23 Years, Belgian Feels Reborn - Belgian Man Was Conscious During 23-Year ‘Coma’
http://www.kirotv.com/health/21709881/detail.html
Beatles, Ukulele-Style (Nat’l Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120915943
SONG OF THE DAY
From Me to You - Beatles Ukulele Cover Version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw-S-YEDC60
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Two Apply to Fill Jefferson PUD Vacancy Created by Roberts’ Death
• Phone Glitch Keeps Gig Harbor Electricity Customers in Dark
• Montana - Critics Blast Electric City Power Report
• Naming Rights - Tacoma Power Says No to Dome
• Woodland Considering Utility Tax Increase to Fund New Firefighter Position
• Nevada Power Transmission Line Project Moves Forward
• Pennsylvania - Electricity rates are about to explode (30%) in Berks County
• Maryland Lawmaker Won’t Stand in Way of Re-Regulating Energy Industry
• Paying for Water with Power
• North Carolina - US wanted hydro plant closed
• Virginian Electrocuted - Another hurt taking down temporary lights
• Minnesota Tribe to Rally against Nuclear Expansion
• Entering the Nuclear Age? Duke Energy CEO Wants Federal Control on Energy
• Ohio Electric Supplier Pulls Its Plan for $4B Power Plant
• Wenatchee’s Rocky Reach Dam Sees Huge Steelhead Run
• Prospects Looking Dim Again for Lake Washington Sockeye Fishery
• Columbian Editorial - Salmon in the Creek
• Columbia River Anglers Will Pay New Fee in 2010
• Alaska Fishermen Aim for Higher Quality, Better Prices
• French Oyster Farmers Suffer From Wave of Thefts
• Washington State Considers New Irrigation Water Rights
• Oregon Tax Dollars Blow Away in Wind Projects – Subsidies in question
• Controversial Project Strikes at the Heart of Murrelet Recovery in Washington
• California - Bureaucracy Trips up Renewable Energy Projects
• Port of Longview Profits Soar on Wind Energy
• Wind Turbines Beginning to Energize Alaska
• In the Wind: What’s a Wind Lease?
• Rhode Island Governor to Speak About Offshore Wind Power Plans
• New Jersey Lawmaker Pushing for Windmills on Piers
• Pennsylvania Wind Turbine Plant Laying off 141 Workers
• Solar Panels Causing Some Storms
• Germany Faces Solar Power Component Shortage
• Hearing Set for Massachusetts Bill on Wood Power Plants
• Push for Alternatives to Coal Lights a Fire under Wood-Pellet Industry
• US Unlikely to Use the Ethanol Congress Ordered
• Idaho Ethanol Plant Aims to Reopen as Market Improves
• Mason County: PUD Has Programs, Ideas for Energy-Efficient Home
• Ellensburg to Join in ‘Smart Grid’ Effort
• Puget Sound Energy Offers Tips for Safe & Efficient Ways to Light up the Holidays
• Montana - Multimillion-Dollar Meters
• Conservation pays off for Northern Wasco County PUD
• Ordinary Buildings to Respond to Electricity Demands
• LED Bulbs Save Substantial Energy, a Study Finds
• Protecting the Forests & Hoping for Payback
• Richland Woman Bound for Denmark Climate Conference
• Carbon-Credit Dispute Threatens New Climate Deal
• The Carbon-Subprime Connection: A Cautionary Tale?
• Wall Street Journal Editorial - ‘Cap & Trade Is Dead’
• Hacked E-Mail Data Prompts Calls for Changes in Climate Research
• Washington Post Editorial - It’s Not the Climate; It’s the Cover-up
• New Climate Targets May Not Change Daily Life Much
• Monday Climate Change Meeting Seeks Public Input
• When Trees Fall Next Door, Neighbors Make the
• Airlines Call Christmas Truce in the Green War
• Rural Carriers Quickly Embracing Fiber
• Waterloo, Fastest (Internet) Town in the Midwest
• Nebraska - Recession Slows Plan to Build Bunker Data Centers
• In-Flight Internet Taking Off With Row 44
• Will Cyber Monday End With a Bang or a Whimper?
• Don’t Bet Newspapers Will Get Rich Shunning Google
• Suspect Wanted in Lakewood Police Shootings Not Found in Seattle House
• Former Shelton Officer: Slain female officer remembered
• Huckabee Commuted Sentence of Man Tied to Police Slayings
• Former Evergreen Student, Ecoterrorism Suspect Sentenced in China
• Former Idaho Congressman Loses Appeal in Swindling Case
• Timber Prices Rally; Trade Group Foresees Demand
• Noble Fir Trees Harder to Come by This Christmas
• Signal Fading on Radio Traffic Reports
• You’ve got mail – for 6 years
WORD OF THE DAY
Congruous • \KAHNG-groo-us\ • adjective - 1*a: being in agreement, harmony, or correspondence b: conforming to the circumstances or requirements of a situation: appropriate 2: marked or enhanced by harmonious agreement among constituent elements
The bleary-eyed reviewer slowly turned his gaze from what appeared to be a concerted letter-writing campaign by a certain candy cane company which had been trying to keep its confections in the hands of department store Santas. “The congruous nature of these letters is astounding,” he sighed. “They’re exactly the same, tout the benefits of high fructose corn syrup for children, and are all return addressed to the north pole.”
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
Two Apply to Fill Jefferson PUD Vacancy Created by Roberts’ Death (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091130/news/311309994
Phone Glitch Keeps Gig Harbor Electricity Customers in Dark (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010357789_penlight26m.html?syndication=rss
Montana - Critics Blast Electric City Power Report: Should Great Falls stay in the electricity business (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20091128/NEWS01/911280311/Critics+blast+Electric+City+Power+report
Naming Rights - Tacoma Power Says No to Dome: Public utility won’t buy naming rights to icon, but it will help upgrade the lighting (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/974275.html
Woodland Considering Utility Tax Increase to Fund New Firefighter Position (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/28//area_news/doc4b107e7195c89535121130.txt
Nevada Power Transmission Line Project Moves Forward (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/29/state/n130245S78.DTL&feed=rss.business
Pennsylvania - Electricity rates are about to explode (30%) in Berks County “…Rate caps put in place to foster competition in the electric generation industry…actually backfired & resulted in 13 years of unrealistically low electric rates in Pennsylvania…” (Reading Eagle, PA)
http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=172027
Maryland Lawmaker Won’t Stand in Way of Re-Regulating Energy Industry (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://baltimore.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/11/30/story13.html?ana=from_rss
Paying for Water with Power (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ)
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2009/11/28/20091128biz-srpwater1129.html
North Carolina - US wanted hydro plant closed (News Record, Greensboro, NC)
http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/11/29/article/us_wanted_hydro_plant_closed
Virginian Electrocuted - Another hurt taking down temporary lights for repair of water main (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/25/AR2009112501839.html?wprss=rss_metro
Minnesota Tribe to Rally against Nuclear Expansion (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010368434_apusminnesotanuclearpower.html?syndication=rss
Entering the Nuclear Age? Duke Energy CEO Wants Federal Control on Energy (Daily Finance)
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/28/entering-the-nuclear-age-a-utilities-ceo-wants-federal-control/
Ohio Electric Supplier Pulls Its Plan for $4B Power Plant (Toledo Blade, OH)
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091126/BUSINESS01/911260359/-1/BUSINESS05
FISH & WILDLIFE
Wenatchee’s Rocky Reach Dam Sees Huge Steelhead Run (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/25/counters-log-record-run-of-steelhead/
Prospects Looking Dim Again for Lake Washington Sockeye Fishery “…It doesn’t make any sense that the Lake Washington & Fraser River [in British Columbia] sockeye runs were so poor, while the Columbia River was so good…” (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2010379208_outn29.html
Columbian Editorial - Salmon in the Creek: Small victory seen in ongoing local struggle to improve fish habitat
http://columbian.com/article/20091130/OPINION02/711309987/-1/opinion
Columbia River Anglers Will Pay New Fee in 2010 (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/story/969784.html
Alaska Fishermen Aim for Higher Quality, Better Prices (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010385420_apakbristolbayseafood.html?syndication=rss
French Oyster Farmers Suffer From Wave of Thefts - A shortage of shellfish created by a virus has led rogue growers to steal from their colleagues (Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/29/french-oyster-farmers-thefts
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington State Considers New Irrigation Water Rights (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/28/washington-considers-new-irrigation-water-rights/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon Tax Dollars Blow Away in Wind Projects – Subsidies in question (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/11/tax_dollars_blow_away_in_wind.html
Controversial Project Strikes at the Heart of Murrelet Recovery in Washington (Conservation NW)
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1201/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=28101
California - Bureaucracy Trips up Renewable Energy Projects (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/26/MN451AP7MF.DTL
Port of Longview Profits Soar on Wind Energy (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/27//area_news/doc4b0f8312597db892509738.txt
Wind Turbines Beginning to Energize Alaska - More Alaskans harness renewable energy (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://www.adn.com/3221/story/1032572.html
In the Wind: What’s a Wind Lease? (Queen City News, Helena, MT)
http://www.queencitynews.com/modules.php?sid=10858&thold=0&order=0&file=article&name=News&op=modload
Rhode Island Governor to Speak About Offshore Wind Power Plans (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/30/financial/f073858S03.DTL&feed=rss.business
New Jersey Lawmaker Pushing for Windmills on Piers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010369408_apuswindmillenergynewjersey.html?syndication=rss
Pennsylvania Wind Turbine Plant Laying off 141 Workers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010368425_apusturbineplantlayoffspennsylvania.html?syndication=rss
Solar Panels Causing Some Storms - Even as California & the federal government encourage solar power, homeowners often have to fight homeowners associations for their right to install the systems (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-solar-panels30-2009nov30,0,5567208.story
Germany Faces Solar Power Component Shortage (Energy Matters)
http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=680
Hearing Set for Massachusetts Bill on Wood Power Plants (Associated Press)
http://nhbr.com/news/statenewengland/456969-227/hearing-set-for-mass.-bill-on-wood.html
Push for Alternatives to Coal Lights a Fire under Wood-Pellet Industry (Edmonton Journal, Alberta)
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Push+alternatives+coal+lights+fire+under+wood+pellet+industry/2279107/story.html
US Unlikely to Use the Ethanol Congress Ordered (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/27/business/energy-environment/27ethanol.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Idaho Ethanol Plant Aims to Reopen as Market Improves (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2343033~ID_ethanol_plant_aims_to_reopen_as_market_improves.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Mason County: PUD Has Programs, Ideas for Energy-Efficient Home (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1053551.html
Ellensburg to Join in ‘Smart Grid’ Effort - $600,000 grant will help city contribute to regional energy-sharing project (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/11/26/ellensburg-to-join-in-smart-grid-effort
Puget Sound Energy Offers Tips for Safe & Efficient Ways to Light up the Holidays Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=123541
Montana - Multimillion-Dollar Meters: NorthWestern Energy gets grant to test smart grid in & around Capitol (Helena Independent-Record, MT)
http://www.helenair.com/news/local/article_38d9c0f0-dd74-11de-bfce-001cc4c002e0.html
Conservation pays off for Northern Wasco County PUD (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/11/news11-27-09-02.shtml
Ordinary Buildings to Respond to Electricity Demands (R&D Magazine)
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2009/11/Energy-Ordinary-buildings-to-respond-to-electricity-demands/
LED Bulbs Save Substantial Energy, a Study Finds (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/business/energy-environment/30led.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Protecting the Forests & Hoping for Payback (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/science/earth/29trees.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Richland Woman Bound for Denmark Climate Conference (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/972156.html
Carbon-Credit Dispute Threatens New Climate Deal (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/29/AR2009112902405.html?wprss=rss_business
The Carbon-Subprime Connection: A Cautionary Tale? (Financial Times of London, UK)
http://blogs.ft.com/energy-source/2009/11/30/the-carbon-subprime-connection-a-cautionary-tale/
Wall Street Journal Editorial - ‘Cap & Trade Is Dead’
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748703499404574558070997168360.html
Hacked E-Mail Data Prompts Calls for Changes in Climate Research (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/science/earth/28hack.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Washington Post Editorial - It’s Not the Climate; It’s the Coverup: Scientists have the evidence on their side but toss the unbelievers a bone
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/75066562.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ
New Climate Targets May Not Change Daily Life Much (Seattle Tmes)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010361304_apusclimatecosts.html?syndication=rss
Monday Climate Change Meeting Seeks Public Input (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1049851.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
When Trees Fall Next Door, Neighbors Make the Noise (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/nyregion/29tree.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Airlines Call Christmas Truce in the Green War (The Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/kamal-ahmed/6678146/Airlines-call-Christmas-truce-in-the-green-war.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Rural Carriers Quickly Embracing Fiber - Both fiber to the node, & to the home (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Rural-Carriers-Quickly-Embracing-Fiber-105701
Waterloo, Fastest (Internet) Town in the Midwest (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/30/waterloo-iowa-will-soon-have-faster-internet-than-you-do/
Nebraska - Recession Slows Plan to Build Bunker Data Centers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010383169_apnebytebunkers.html?syndication=rss
In-Flight Internet Taking Off With Row 44 (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010386245_btinflightinternet30.html?syndication=rss
Will Cyber Monday End With a Bang or a Whimper? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/30/will-cyber-monday-end-with-a-bang-or-a-whimper/
Don’t Bet Newspapers Will Get Rich Shunning Google (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2345942~Don_t_bet_newspapers_will_get_rich_shunning_Google.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
GENERAL NEWS
Suspect Wanted in Lakewood Police Shootings Not Found in Seattle House (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/974749.html
Former Shelton Officer: Slain female officer remembered as stickler for officer safety - ‘So hard for me to believe that someone could ambush her,’ former chief says (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/412738_griswold30.html?source=rss
Huckabee Commuted Sentence of Man Tied to Police Slayings (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/412737_suspect230.html?source=rss
Former Evergreen Student, Ecoterrorism Suspect Sentenced in China (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1052656.html
Former Idaho Congressman Loses Appeal in Swindling Case (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/30/former-idaho-congressman-loses-appeal/
Timber Prices Rally; Trade Group Foresees Demand (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010364444_aportimberprices.html?syndication=rss
Noble Fir Trees Harder to Come by This Christmas (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/412702_firs27.html?source=rss
Signal Fading on Radio Traffic Reports (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010369311_apustrafficwatchers.html?syndication=rss
You’ve got mail – for 6 years: Pierce County Employees’ e-mails to be stored in effort to support public accessibility, executive says (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/government/story/972046.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
‘12 Days of Christmas’ Items’ Cost Would Top $87,000
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/29/national/a210210S11.DTL&feed=rss.news
Dog with Name Tag ‘Works’ Drive-Through
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21725311/detail.html
Comatose for 23 Years, Belgian Feels Reborn - Belgian Man Was Conscious During 23-Year ‘Coma’
http://www.kirotv.com/health/21709881/detail.html
Beatles, Ukulele-Style (Nat’l Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120915943
SONG OF THE DAY
From Me to You - Beatles Ukulele Cover Version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw-S-YEDC60
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Energy News Digest for November 25, 2009
The Energy News Digest will be celebrating Thanksgiving with family and friends the rest of this week. May you all have the opportunity to do the same. May we all give thanks for our blessings, and learn from our hardships.
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)
• US Dept. of Energy Selects Pacific NW for $178M Smart Grid Demo
• 9-1-1 Not the Place for Power Outage Information
• Proposed BPA Substation Would Cut into Troutdale’s Development-Ready Land
• Enron & Others Pay for Roles in Manufactured Energy ‘Crisis’
• First in Six Years - Benton PUD to boost residential rates starting Jan. 1
• Some Douglas County Residents Billed for City Utility Tax
• Proposed 26.6 % Electric Rate Hike Sparks Worries in SD
• West Virginia Delays Power Line Decision until Feb. 2011
• Report: Indiana Power Plants Fourth Dirtiest in US - Washington 11th cleanest, Oregon 10th cleanest
• Pacific Gas & Electric Seeks Diablo Canyon Nuke License Renewal
• West Pennsylvania Nuclear Reactor Stops after ‘Unusual Event’
• Beyond Yucca: Experts Question Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant
• Winter Electric Reliability Outlook Generally Good
• Florida’s Utility Regulators Focus on Ethics
• Salmon Plan Is Close, Judge Says
• Redden Says 2008 BiOp, New Adaptive Management Plan ‘A Good Piece Of Work’
• No Light at End of Fish Debate Tunnel
• Editorial: Our (endangered species) Laws Conflict
• Statement on the Federal Columbia River Power System Biological Opinion
• Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board To Make $48 Million in Project Decisions
• Chelan PUD Boat Barrier to Protect New Fish Habitat
• Columbia River Ringold Steelhead Fishery Still Kicking Out Fish
• Invasive Snails Close Capitol Lake Boating
• Stormwater Projects Approved in Three Wash. Cities
• Which US States Make the Grade On Net-Metering?
• ‘US or Else’ Mentality Could Stymie Wind Energy Growth
• Wind Rights Whip Up Controversy
• Wave Energy Generator Pumps Power to Scotland
• Let Puget Sound Energy Manage Your Thermostat & Get Paid
• Avista Plans to Show off ‘Smart Grid’ in Pullman
• Avista Pushes Climate Bill - Business group lobbies for cap-and-trade
• California Takes Step to Limit Emissions
• Obama to Go to Copenhagen with Pledge of Emissions Cuts
• Poll Shows Fewer Americans Believe in Global Warming
• Editorial - PECO Should Pass Cap & Trade Windfall On To Its Customers
• Dead Sea Clings on for Dear Life
• FCC Chairman: Broadband Access Should Be Universal
• Despite Billions in Universal Service Fund Fees, U.S. Libraries Lack Bandwidth
• FCC Broadband Problem List Omits ‘No Competition,’ FCC Itself
• Comments On Net Neutrality Irk AT& T
• Clearwire Nabs $2.8 Billion in Additional Funding
• Can News Corp. Afford Calling Google’s Bluff?
• Mason County Fires HR Director
• Second Arrest Made in Murder of Former Belfair Resident
• Mason General Hospital Announced $33 Million Expansion
• After the Floods - Unraveling the Mystery behind the Northwest’s Scablands
WORD OF THE DAY
Accentuate • \ack-SENT-shuh-wait\ • noun – Accent, emphasize; also: intensify
A wonderful Thanksgiving sentiment from Mr. Johnny Mercer:
You’ve got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
Don’t mess with Mister In-Between
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
US Dept. of Energy Selects Pacific NW for $178M Smart Grid Demo (Your Story)
http://www.your-story.org/doe-selects-nw-for-178m-smart-grid-demo-58647/
9-1-1 Not the Place for Power Outage Information (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?9-1-1-Not-The-Place-for-Power-Outage-Inf=1&blockID=95028&feedID=410
Proposed BPA Substation Would Cut into Troutdale’s Development-Ready Land - Leaders concerned about impact of project (Gresham Outlook, OR)
http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=125911092760962100
Enron & Others Pay for Roles in Manufactured Energy ‘Crisis’ (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091125/NEWS01/711259844
First in Six Years - Benton PUD to boost residential rates starting Jan. 1 (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/805587.html
Some Douglas County Residents Billed for City Utility Tax (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/25/some-douglas-county-residents-billed-for-city-tax/
Proposed 26.6 % Electric Rate Hike Sparks Worries in SD (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010352451_apusbhprateincreasesouthdakota.html?syndication=rss
West Virginia Delays Power Line Decision until Feb. 2011 (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010345103_apusmultistatepowerlinewestvirginia.html?syndication=rss
Report: Indiana Power Plants Fourth Dirtiest in US - Washington 39, Oregon 40 (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010345749_apuspowerplantspollutionindiana.html?syndication=rss
Link to Environment America Report on Power Plants Is Here:
http://www.environmentamerica.org/home/reports/report-archives/global-warming-solutions/global-warming-solutions/americas-biggest-polluters-carbon-dioxide-emissions-from-power-plants-in-2009#tduTppMOy9H6e9Y0dyCUeg
Pacific Gas & Electric Seeks Diablo Canyon Nuke License Renewal (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/24/BUL61AQ0CA.DTL&type=business
West Pennsylvania Nuclear Reactor Stops after ‘Unusual Event’ (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010344624_apuswpanuclearreactor.html?syndication=rss
Beyond Yucca: Experts Question Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6268-beyond-yucca-experts-question-hanfords-waste-treatment-plant/
Winter Electric Reliability Outlook Generally Good (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=123284
Florida’s Utility Regulators Focus on Ethics (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010347240_apusfloridapscethics.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon Plan Is Close, Judge Says - But the federal government must decide whether it wants to reopen the process to make sure Obama administration additions are legal (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/984569.html
Redden Says 2008 BiOp, New Adaptive Management Plan ‘A Good Piece Of Work’ (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/366278.aspx
No Light at End of Fish Debate Tunnel (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6270-no-light-end-fish-debate-tunnel/
Albany Democrat Editorial: Our Laws Conflict
http://www.democratherald.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_460f3ede-d929-11de-a760-001cc4c002e0.html
Statement on the Federal Columbia River Power System Biological Opinion (Nat’l Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20091124_columbiariver.html
Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board To Make $48 Million in Project Decisions (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/366274.aspx
Chelan PUD Boat Barrier to Protect New Fish Habitat (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/24/boat-barrier-to-protect-new-fish-habitat/
Columbia River Ringold Steelhead Fishery Still Kicking Out Fish (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2010344557_columbia_river_ringold_steelhe.html
Invasive Snails Close Capitol Lake Boating (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1048579.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Stormwater Projects Approved in Three Wash. Cities (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010344787_apwastimuluscleanwater.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Which US States Make the Grade On Net-Metering? (Reuters)
http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2009/11/25/which-us-states-make-the-grade-on-net-metering/
‘US or Else’ Mentality Could Stymie Wind Energy Growth (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/11/wind-energy-components-should-not-necessarily-be-made-in-the-u-s-a-?cmpid=rss
Wind Rights Whip Up Controversy (KYFR-TV, Bismarck, ND)
http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=35802
Wave Energy Generator Pumps Power to Scotland (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10404209-54.html?tag=nl.e703
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Let Puget Sound Energy Manage Your Thermostat & Get Paid (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/73372437.html
Avista Plans to Show off ‘Smart Grid’ in Pullman (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/25/avista-plans-to-show-off-smart-grid-in-pullman/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Avista Pushes Climate Bill - Business group lobbies for cap-and-trade (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/25/avista-pushes-climate-bill/
California Takes Step to Limit Emissions (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/25/science/earth/25climate.html
Obama to Go to Copenhagen with Pledge of Emissions Cuts (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/26/us/politics/26climate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Poll Shows Fewer Americans Believe in Global Warming (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/11/24/ST2009112403099.html?hpid=topnews
Pottstown PA Mercury Editorial - PECO Should Pass Cap & Trade Windfall On To Its Customers
http://www.pottstownmercury.com/articles/2009/11/24/opinion/srv0000006862176.txt
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Dead Sea Clings on for Dear Life (The Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/6642474/Dead-Sea-clings-on-for-dear-life.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Chairman: Broadband Access Should Be Universal (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/25/financial/f051435S42.DTL&feed=rss.news
Despite Billions in Universal Service Fund Fees, U.S. Libraries Lack Bandwidth - Welcome to dysfunction junction (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Despite-Billions-In-USF-Fees-US-Libraries-Lack-Bandwidth-105633
FCC Broadband Problem List Omits ‘No Competition,’ FCC Itself - Surely decades of bad FCC policy carries some responsibility? (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Broadband-Problem-List-Omits-No-Competition-FCC-Itself-105620
Comments On Net Neutrality Irk AT& T - White House official links the issue to censorship in China (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/24/AR2009112404175.html?wprss=rss_technology
Clearwire Nabs $2.8 Billion in Additional Funding - Now they just need to build the network, run it well, & add users (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Clearwire-Nabs-28-Billion-In-Additional-Funding-105642
Can News Corp. Afford Calling Google’s Bluff? (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10403830-265.html?tag=nl.e703
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Fires HR Director (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=705:mason-county-fires-hr-director&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Second Arrest Made in Murder of Former Belfair Resident
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/24/second-arrest-made-in-murder-of-former-belfair/?partner=RSS
Mason General Hospital Announced $33 Million Expansion (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=703:mgh-announced-33-million-expansion&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
After the Floods - Unraveling the Mystery behind the Northwest’s Scablands (High Country News)
http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.20/after-the-floods
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Police to Drop Theft Charges against Lehigh University Non-Tippers
http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/all-tip-charges-112309-cn,0,3955261.story
Scientific Proof That You Hate Christmas Creep (Note: there may be PG-13 language in the comments section)
http://consumerist.com/2009/11/scientific-proof-that-christmas-creep-is-evil.html
Conflict over Where Dogs Do Their Business Escalates in Lakewood
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/968298.html
Neighbor Calls for Break-In, Accidentally Busts Pot Grow
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911/archives/186098.asp?source=pimail
SONG OF THE DAY
ZZ Top - I Thank You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa3vzkNUVa0
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)
• US Dept. of Energy Selects Pacific NW for $178M Smart Grid Demo
• 9-1-1 Not the Place for Power Outage Information
• Proposed BPA Substation Would Cut into Troutdale’s Development-Ready Land
• Enron & Others Pay for Roles in Manufactured Energy ‘Crisis’
• First in Six Years - Benton PUD to boost residential rates starting Jan. 1
• Some Douglas County Residents Billed for City Utility Tax
• Proposed 26.6 % Electric Rate Hike Sparks Worries in SD
• West Virginia Delays Power Line Decision until Feb. 2011
• Report: Indiana Power Plants Fourth Dirtiest in US - Washington 11th cleanest, Oregon 10th cleanest
• Pacific Gas & Electric Seeks Diablo Canyon Nuke License Renewal
• West Pennsylvania Nuclear Reactor Stops after ‘Unusual Event’
• Beyond Yucca: Experts Question Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant
• Winter Electric Reliability Outlook Generally Good
• Florida’s Utility Regulators Focus on Ethics
• Salmon Plan Is Close, Judge Says
• Redden Says 2008 BiOp, New Adaptive Management Plan ‘A Good Piece Of Work’
• No Light at End of Fish Debate Tunnel
• Editorial: Our (endangered species) Laws Conflict
• Statement on the Federal Columbia River Power System Biological Opinion
• Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board To Make $48 Million in Project Decisions
• Chelan PUD Boat Barrier to Protect New Fish Habitat
• Columbia River Ringold Steelhead Fishery Still Kicking Out Fish
• Invasive Snails Close Capitol Lake Boating
• Stormwater Projects Approved in Three Wash. Cities
• Which US States Make the Grade On Net-Metering?
• ‘US or Else’ Mentality Could Stymie Wind Energy Growth
• Wind Rights Whip Up Controversy
• Wave Energy Generator Pumps Power to Scotland
• Let Puget Sound Energy Manage Your Thermostat & Get Paid
• Avista Plans to Show off ‘Smart Grid’ in Pullman
• Avista Pushes Climate Bill - Business group lobbies for cap-and-trade
• California Takes Step to Limit Emissions
• Obama to Go to Copenhagen with Pledge of Emissions Cuts
• Poll Shows Fewer Americans Believe in Global Warming
• Editorial - PECO Should Pass Cap & Trade Windfall On To Its Customers
• Dead Sea Clings on for Dear Life
• FCC Chairman: Broadband Access Should Be Universal
• Despite Billions in Universal Service Fund Fees, U.S. Libraries Lack Bandwidth
• FCC Broadband Problem List Omits ‘No Competition,’ FCC Itself
• Comments On Net Neutrality Irk AT& T
• Clearwire Nabs $2.8 Billion in Additional Funding
• Can News Corp. Afford Calling Google’s Bluff?
• Mason County Fires HR Director
• Second Arrest Made in Murder of Former Belfair Resident
• Mason General Hospital Announced $33 Million Expansion
• After the Floods - Unraveling the Mystery behind the Northwest’s Scablands
WORD OF THE DAY
Accentuate • \ack-SENT-shuh-wait\ • noun – Accent, emphasize; also: intensify
A wonderful Thanksgiving sentiment from Mr. Johnny Mercer:
You’ve got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
Don’t mess with Mister In-Between
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
US Dept. of Energy Selects Pacific NW for $178M Smart Grid Demo (Your Story)
http://www.your-story.org/doe-selects-nw-for-178m-smart-grid-demo-58647/
9-1-1 Not the Place for Power Outage Information (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?9-1-1-Not-The-Place-for-Power-Outage-Inf=1&blockID=95028&feedID=410
Proposed BPA Substation Would Cut into Troutdale’s Development-Ready Land - Leaders concerned about impact of project (Gresham Outlook, OR)
http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=125911092760962100
Enron & Others Pay for Roles in Manufactured Energy ‘Crisis’ (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091125/NEWS01/711259844
First in Six Years - Benton PUD to boost residential rates starting Jan. 1 (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/805587.html
Some Douglas County Residents Billed for City Utility Tax (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/25/some-douglas-county-residents-billed-for-city-tax/
Proposed 26.6 % Electric Rate Hike Sparks Worries in SD (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010352451_apusbhprateincreasesouthdakota.html?syndication=rss
West Virginia Delays Power Line Decision until Feb. 2011 (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010345103_apusmultistatepowerlinewestvirginia.html?syndication=rss
Report: Indiana Power Plants Fourth Dirtiest in US - Washington 39, Oregon 40 (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010345749_apuspowerplantspollutionindiana.html?syndication=rss
Link to Environment America Report on Power Plants Is Here:
http://www.environmentamerica.org/home/reports/report-archives/global-warming-solutions/global-warming-solutions/americas-biggest-polluters-carbon-dioxide-emissions-from-power-plants-in-2009#tduTppMOy9H6e9Y0dyCUeg
Pacific Gas & Electric Seeks Diablo Canyon Nuke License Renewal (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/24/BUL61AQ0CA.DTL&type=business
West Pennsylvania Nuclear Reactor Stops after ‘Unusual Event’ (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010344624_apuswpanuclearreactor.html?syndication=rss
Beyond Yucca: Experts Question Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6268-beyond-yucca-experts-question-hanfords-waste-treatment-plant/
Winter Electric Reliability Outlook Generally Good (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=123284
Florida’s Utility Regulators Focus on Ethics (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010347240_apusfloridapscethics.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon Plan Is Close, Judge Says - But the federal government must decide whether it wants to reopen the process to make sure Obama administration additions are legal (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/984569.html
Redden Says 2008 BiOp, New Adaptive Management Plan ‘A Good Piece Of Work’ (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/366278.aspx
No Light at End of Fish Debate Tunnel (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6270-no-light-end-fish-debate-tunnel/
Albany Democrat Editorial: Our Laws Conflict
http://www.democratherald.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_460f3ede-d929-11de-a760-001cc4c002e0.html
Statement on the Federal Columbia River Power System Biological Opinion (Nat’l Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20091124_columbiariver.html
Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board To Make $48 Million in Project Decisions (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/366274.aspx
Chelan PUD Boat Barrier to Protect New Fish Habitat (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/24/boat-barrier-to-protect-new-fish-habitat/
Columbia River Ringold Steelhead Fishery Still Kicking Out Fish (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2010344557_columbia_river_ringold_steelhe.html
Invasive Snails Close Capitol Lake Boating (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1048579.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Stormwater Projects Approved in Three Wash. Cities (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010344787_apwastimuluscleanwater.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Which US States Make the Grade On Net-Metering? (Reuters)
http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2009/11/25/which-us-states-make-the-grade-on-net-metering/
‘US or Else’ Mentality Could Stymie Wind Energy Growth (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/11/wind-energy-components-should-not-necessarily-be-made-in-the-u-s-a-?cmpid=rss
Wind Rights Whip Up Controversy (KYFR-TV, Bismarck, ND)
http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=35802
Wave Energy Generator Pumps Power to Scotland (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10404209-54.html?tag=nl.e703
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Let Puget Sound Energy Manage Your Thermostat & Get Paid (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/73372437.html
Avista Plans to Show off ‘Smart Grid’ in Pullman (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/25/avista-plans-to-show-off-smart-grid-in-pullman/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Avista Pushes Climate Bill - Business group lobbies for cap-and-trade (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/25/avista-pushes-climate-bill/
California Takes Step to Limit Emissions (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/25/science/earth/25climate.html
Obama to Go to Copenhagen with Pledge of Emissions Cuts (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/26/us/politics/26climate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Poll Shows Fewer Americans Believe in Global Warming (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/11/24/ST2009112403099.html?hpid=topnews
Pottstown PA Mercury Editorial - PECO Should Pass Cap & Trade Windfall On To Its Customers
http://www.pottstownmercury.com/articles/2009/11/24/opinion/srv0000006862176.txt
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Dead Sea Clings on for Dear Life (The Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/6642474/Dead-Sea-clings-on-for-dear-life.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Chairman: Broadband Access Should Be Universal (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/25/financial/f051435S42.DTL&feed=rss.news
Despite Billions in Universal Service Fund Fees, U.S. Libraries Lack Bandwidth - Welcome to dysfunction junction (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Despite-Billions-In-USF-Fees-US-Libraries-Lack-Bandwidth-105633
FCC Broadband Problem List Omits ‘No Competition,’ FCC Itself - Surely decades of bad FCC policy carries some responsibility? (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Broadband-Problem-List-Omits-No-Competition-FCC-Itself-105620
Comments On Net Neutrality Irk AT& T - White House official links the issue to censorship in China (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/24/AR2009112404175.html?wprss=rss_technology
Clearwire Nabs $2.8 Billion in Additional Funding - Now they just need to build the network, run it well, & add users (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Clearwire-Nabs-28-Billion-In-Additional-Funding-105642
Can News Corp. Afford Calling Google’s Bluff? (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10403830-265.html?tag=nl.e703
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Fires HR Director (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=705:mason-county-fires-hr-director&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Second Arrest Made in Murder of Former Belfair Resident
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/24/second-arrest-made-in-murder-of-former-belfair/?partner=RSS
Mason General Hospital Announced $33 Million Expansion (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=703:mgh-announced-33-million-expansion&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
After the Floods - Unraveling the Mystery behind the Northwest’s Scablands (High Country News)
http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.20/after-the-floods
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Police to Drop Theft Charges against Lehigh University Non-Tippers
http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/all-tip-charges-112309-cn,0,3955261.story
Scientific Proof That You Hate Christmas Creep (Note: there may be PG-13 language in the comments section)
http://consumerist.com/2009/11/scientific-proof-that-christmas-creep-is-evil.html
Conflict over Where Dogs Do Their Business Escalates in Lakewood
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/968298.html
Neighbor Calls for Break-In, Accidentally Busts Pot Grow
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911/archives/186098.asp?source=pimail
SONG OF THE DAY
ZZ Top - I Thank You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa3vzkNUVa0
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Energy News Digest for November 24, 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)
• September Electricity Generation Down In the US
• Southern Montana Electric Writes off $9.1M on Power Plant near Great Falls
• New York - Alcoa Will Miss $600 Million Power Agreement Deadline
• Benton PUD to Vote on Rate Increases Today
• Three Mile Island - Pipe-Cutting Led to Radiation at Pennsylvania Nuke Plant
• Green Energy? Get More Nuke Plants
• Florida Power & Light Sends Out Nuclear Plant Emergency Booklets
• $200 Million Power Plant for Texas Panhandle
• Working Plan Looks Closer for Pacific Northwest Salmon Protection
• Judge Likes Columbia River Salmon Plan, But Sees Flaw
• Redden Salmon Decision Will Take More Time
• Live Blog: A Portland Court Date for Salmon and Dams
• Libby Dam Releases to Increase in December
• Washington State, Farmers at Odds over Water Rights
• City of Shelton Sewer Moratorium Could Be Amended
• Feds Uncover Clean Energy Leaders State by State
• FERC Enters a Maze of Questions about Renewable Energy Transmission
• Wind Power Initial Public Offering Lures Big Names
• Maine - Can wind power lift Maine's economy?
• Ohio Utility to Store Air Underground to Generate Power
• How Centuries-Old Flywheels Can Improve the Electric Grid
• Maryland - Direction of School Wind Project Shifts
• Changes in Regional Conservation Efforts Mean Mason PUD 3 Programs Are Being Updated
• Climate Emails Stoke Debate
• Key Scientist Says Politics behind Stolen E-Mails
• Opinion - Climate Change Efforts Don’t Need Idea Police
• UN Says Greenhouse Gases Reach Record High in 2008
• Carbon Dioxide Curve Ticks Upward As Key Climate Talks Loom
• Price of global warming cuts may stop deal at UN meeting
• Funds Will Buy Cleaner Engine for Lady Washington
• Op/Ed - It's Time to Promote Development That Conserves Land And Energy
• Could Electric Stations Replace Gas Stations?
• What Our Compute Demand Looks Like
• Supercomputing for the Masses
• FCC Chairman to Visit Arkansas, Talk about Broadband
• New Attack Targets Weakness in Internet Explorer
• News Corp. Weighs an Exclusive Alliance with Bing
• Verizon-Frontier Deal Stirs Concern among Washington State Consumers
• Mason County General Election Results Official
• Two-Year Colleges Report Record Enrollment
• Eight Years for Man Who Held Up Convenience Store with Daughter at Side
• Illegal Workers Quietly Let Go - Companies, Rather Than Workers are Targeted
• Can Honey Bees Save The Washington State Budget? Tax Exemptions Eyed
• Thousands of Bees Due to Die on Cold Idaho Highway
• Big Bang Machine Achieves First Particle Collisions
• On This Day: D.B. Cooper Hijacks Plane
WORD OF THE DAY
Macédoine • \mass-uh-DWAHN\ • noun - 1: a confused mixture: medley 2: a mixture of fruits or vegetables served as a salad or cocktail or in a jellied dessert or used in a sauce or as a garnish
Bartholomew’s presentation was a disaster. Instead of an organized, carefully reasoned argument in favor of retaining green “Necco Wafers,” his speech was sidetracked by a howling wind that roared through an open side door and cast his notes into a macédoine of paper strewn around the “Holiday Inn” meeting room. “It had all the coherence of a fever dream, or a raucous Congressional health care forum,” noted the local paper.
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
September Electricity Generation Down In the US (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=371196&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Southern Montana Electric Writes off $9.1M on Power Plant near Great Falls (Missoulian, MT)
http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_c5e48af2-d84c-11de-94fb-001cc4c03286.html
New York - Alcoa Will Miss $600 Million Power Agreement Deadline - Company taking more time on modernization plan (Watertown Daily Times, NY)
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20091124/NEWS05/311249955
Benton PUD to Vote on Rate Increases Today (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/804995.html
Three Mile Island - Pipe-Cutting Led to Radiation at Pennsylvania Nuke Plant (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010336784_apusthreemileislandradiation.html?syndication=rss
Green Energy? Get More Nuke Plants - Some environmentalists believe the benefits override the dangers of radioactive waste (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/nationworld/story/966851.html
Florida Power & Light Sends Out Nuclear Plant Emergency Booklets (Stuart News, FL)
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/nov/23/fpl-sending-out-nuclear-plant-emergency-booklets/?partner=RSS
$200 Million Power Plant for Texas Panhandle (Dallas Morning News, TX)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9C5U0202.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Working Plan Looks Closer for Pacific Northwest Salmon Protection (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/post_8.html
Judge Likes Columbia River Salmon Plan, But Sees Flaw (Associated Press)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/23587042-46/story.csp
Redden Salmon Decision Will Take More Time (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6266-redden-salmon-decision-will-take-more-time/
Live Blog: A Portland Court Date for Salmon and Dams (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/live_blog_a_court_date_for_sal.html
Libby Dam Releases to Increase in December (The Western News, Libby, MT)
http://www.thewesternnews.com/articles/2009/11/23/news/doc4b0b44f5cd9c2634486476.txt
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington State, Farmers at Odds over Water Rights (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/yahoonews/story/804722.html
City of Shelton Sewer Moratorium Could Be Amended (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695:city-of-shelton-sewer-moratorium-could-be-amended&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Uncovers Clean Energy Leaders State by State “…Washington led in total renewable generation in 2007 if hydroelectric resources are included…Leading wind energy states are Texas, California, Iowa, Minnesota, and Washington…” (Physorg.com)
http://www.physorg.com/news178272077.html
FERC Enters a Maze of Questions about Renewable Energy Transmission (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/11/23/23climatewire-ferc-enters-a-maze-of-questions-about-renewa-29763.html
Wind Power Initial Public Offering Lures Big Names (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/24/business/global/24ipo.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Maine - Can wind power lift Maine's economy? Project aims to position Washington County as energy hub (Bangor Daily Times, ME)
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/130697.html
Ohio Utility to Store Air Underground to Generate Power (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010339411_apuselectricityfromair.html?syndication=rss
How Centuries-Old Flywheels Can Improve the Electric Grid (Popular Mechanics)
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4337758.html?nav=RSS20&src=syn&dom=yah_buzz&mag=pop
Maryland - Direction of School Wind Project Shifts (Carroll County Times, Westminster, MD)
http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2009/11/24/news/local_news/4_wind_project.txt
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Changes in Regional Conservation Efforts Mean Mason PUD 3 Programs Are Being Updated (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=630
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate Emails Stoke Debate - Scientists' Leaked Correspondence Illustrates Bitter Feud over Global Warming (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125883405294859215.html?mod=rss_Politics_And_Policy
Key Scientist Says Politics behind Stolen E-Mails (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010336449_apclimatehackedemails.html?syndication=rss
News Tribune Opinion - Climate Change Efforts Don’t Need Idea Police
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/966886.html
UN Says Greenhouse Gases Reach Record High in 2008 (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010336818_apunungreenhousegases.html?syndication=rss
Carbon Dioxide Curve Ticks Upward As Key Climate Talks Loom (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010337069_apclimate09co2offthecharts.html?syndication=rss
Price of global warming cuts may stop deal at UN meeting (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/globalwarming/2009-11-24-copenhagen24_CV_N.htm
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Funds Will Buy Cleaner Engine for Lady Washington (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010336975_apwaladywashington.html
Seattle Times Op/Ed - It's Time to Promote Development That Conserves Land And Energy
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2010320411_peirce23.html?syndication=rss
Could Electric Stations Replace Gas Stations? (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11561986
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
What Our Compute Demand Looks Like (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/24/heres-what-our-demand-for-compute-looks-like/
Supercomputing for the Masses (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/technology/23compute.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
FCC Chairman to Visit Arkansas, Talk about Broadband (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010344019_aparfccchairman.html?syndication=rss
New Attack Targets Weakness in Internet Explorer (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/11/new_attack_targets_weakness_in.html
News Corp. Weighs an Exclusive Alliance with Bing (NY Times – Great, another RSS feed JUST for News Corp.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/24/technology/internet/24soft.html?th&emc=th
Verizon-Frontier Deal Stirs Concern among Washington State Consumers (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010333806_btvzfrontier23.html
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County General Election Results Official (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=701:general-election-results-official&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Two-Year Colleges Report Record Enrollment (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=246387
Eight Years for Man Who Held Up Convenience Store with Daughter at Side (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010340997_webholdup24m.html?syndication=rss
Illegal Workers Quietly Let Go - Companies, Rather Than Workers are Targeted (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010333876_firedjanitors23m.html
Can Honey Bees Save The Washington State Budget? Tax Exemptions Eyed (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/186033.asp?source=pimail
Thousands of Bees Due to Die on Cold Idaho Highway (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2337844~Thousands_of_bees_due_to_die_on_cold_Idaho_highway.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Big Bang Machine Achieves First Particle Collisions (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5AJ3TQ20091124?feedType=nl&feedName=ustopnewsearly
On This Day: D.B. Cooper Hijacks Plane (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/November/DB-Cooper-Hijacks-Plane.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Person in Chicken Suit Crashes City Council - Costumed Visitor Flapped Arms, Laid Egg
http://www.kirotv.com/politics/21664972/detail.html
Pot Farm Stunk Up LA Police Station Lot - Marijuana Operation Found 25 Feet from Police Station
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21658738/detail.html
Foul! Study Says Hoop Refs Try To Even the Score
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2010337141_apbkcrefereebias.html?syndication=rss
Trash Crew Picks Up Couple's Brand New Dryer
http://www.dailymail.com/News/Kanawha/200911171055
SONG OF THE DAY
The Allman Brothers Band – Jessica
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr6_erJ3tfk
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• September Electricity Generation Down In the US
• Southern Montana Electric Writes off $9.1M on Power Plant near Great Falls
• New York - Alcoa Will Miss $600 Million Power Agreement Deadline
• Benton PUD to Vote on Rate Increases Today
• Three Mile Island - Pipe-Cutting Led to Radiation at Pennsylvania Nuke Plant
• Green Energy? Get More Nuke Plants
• Florida Power & Light Sends Out Nuclear Plant Emergency Booklets
• $200 Million Power Plant for Texas Panhandle
• Working Plan Looks Closer for Pacific Northwest Salmon Protection
• Judge Likes Columbia River Salmon Plan, But Sees Flaw
• Redden Salmon Decision Will Take More Time
• Live Blog: A Portland Court Date for Salmon and Dams
• Libby Dam Releases to Increase in December
• Washington State, Farmers at Odds over Water Rights
• City of Shelton Sewer Moratorium Could Be Amended
• Feds Uncover Clean Energy Leaders State by State
• FERC Enters a Maze of Questions about Renewable Energy Transmission
• Wind Power Initial Public Offering Lures Big Names
• Maine - Can wind power lift Maine's economy?
• Ohio Utility to Store Air Underground to Generate Power
• How Centuries-Old Flywheels Can Improve the Electric Grid
• Maryland - Direction of School Wind Project Shifts
• Changes in Regional Conservation Efforts Mean Mason PUD 3 Programs Are Being Updated
• Climate Emails Stoke Debate
• Key Scientist Says Politics behind Stolen E-Mails
• Opinion - Climate Change Efforts Don’t Need Idea Police
• UN Says Greenhouse Gases Reach Record High in 2008
• Carbon Dioxide Curve Ticks Upward As Key Climate Talks Loom
• Price of global warming cuts may stop deal at UN meeting
• Funds Will Buy Cleaner Engine for Lady Washington
• Op/Ed - It's Time to Promote Development That Conserves Land And Energy
• Could Electric Stations Replace Gas Stations?
• What Our Compute Demand Looks Like
• Supercomputing for the Masses
• FCC Chairman to Visit Arkansas, Talk about Broadband
• New Attack Targets Weakness in Internet Explorer
• News Corp. Weighs an Exclusive Alliance with Bing
• Verizon-Frontier Deal Stirs Concern among Washington State Consumers
• Mason County General Election Results Official
• Two-Year Colleges Report Record Enrollment
• Eight Years for Man Who Held Up Convenience Store with Daughter at Side
• Illegal Workers Quietly Let Go - Companies, Rather Than Workers are Targeted
• Can Honey Bees Save The Washington State Budget? Tax Exemptions Eyed
• Thousands of Bees Due to Die on Cold Idaho Highway
• Big Bang Machine Achieves First Particle Collisions
• On This Day: D.B. Cooper Hijacks Plane
WORD OF THE DAY
Macédoine • \mass-uh-DWAHN\ • noun - 1: a confused mixture: medley 2: a mixture of fruits or vegetables served as a salad or cocktail or in a jellied dessert or used in a sauce or as a garnish
Bartholomew’s presentation was a disaster. Instead of an organized, carefully reasoned argument in favor of retaining green “Necco Wafers,” his speech was sidetracked by a howling wind that roared through an open side door and cast his notes into a macédoine of paper strewn around the “Holiday Inn” meeting room. “It had all the coherence of a fever dream, or a raucous Congressional health care forum,” noted the local paper.
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
September Electricity Generation Down In the US (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=371196&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Southern Montana Electric Writes off $9.1M on Power Plant near Great Falls (Missoulian, MT)
http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_c5e48af2-d84c-11de-94fb-001cc4c03286.html
New York - Alcoa Will Miss $600 Million Power Agreement Deadline - Company taking more time on modernization plan (Watertown Daily Times, NY)
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20091124/NEWS05/311249955
Benton PUD to Vote on Rate Increases Today (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/804995.html
Three Mile Island - Pipe-Cutting Led to Radiation at Pennsylvania Nuke Plant (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010336784_apusthreemileislandradiation.html?syndication=rss
Green Energy? Get More Nuke Plants - Some environmentalists believe the benefits override the dangers of radioactive waste (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/nationworld/story/966851.html
Florida Power & Light Sends Out Nuclear Plant Emergency Booklets (Stuart News, FL)
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/nov/23/fpl-sending-out-nuclear-plant-emergency-booklets/?partner=RSS
$200 Million Power Plant for Texas Panhandle (Dallas Morning News, TX)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9C5U0202.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Working Plan Looks Closer for Pacific Northwest Salmon Protection (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/post_8.html
Judge Likes Columbia River Salmon Plan, But Sees Flaw (Associated Press)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/23587042-46/story.csp
Redden Salmon Decision Will Take More Time (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6266-redden-salmon-decision-will-take-more-time/
Live Blog: A Portland Court Date for Salmon and Dams (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/live_blog_a_court_date_for_sal.html
Libby Dam Releases to Increase in December (The Western News, Libby, MT)
http://www.thewesternnews.com/articles/2009/11/23/news/doc4b0b44f5cd9c2634486476.txt
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington State, Farmers at Odds over Water Rights (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/yahoonews/story/804722.html
City of Shelton Sewer Moratorium Could Be Amended (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695:city-of-shelton-sewer-moratorium-could-be-amended&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Uncovers Clean Energy Leaders State by State “…Washington led in total renewable generation in 2007 if hydroelectric resources are included…Leading wind energy states are Texas, California, Iowa, Minnesota, and Washington…” (Physorg.com)
http://www.physorg.com/news178272077.html
FERC Enters a Maze of Questions about Renewable Energy Transmission (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/11/23/23climatewire-ferc-enters-a-maze-of-questions-about-renewa-29763.html
Wind Power Initial Public Offering Lures Big Names (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/24/business/global/24ipo.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Maine - Can wind power lift Maine's economy? Project aims to position Washington County as energy hub (Bangor Daily Times, ME)
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/130697.html
Ohio Utility to Store Air Underground to Generate Power (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010339411_apuselectricityfromair.html?syndication=rss
How Centuries-Old Flywheels Can Improve the Electric Grid (Popular Mechanics)
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4337758.html?nav=RSS20&src=syn&dom=yah_buzz&mag=pop
Maryland - Direction of School Wind Project Shifts (Carroll County Times, Westminster, MD)
http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2009/11/24/news/local_news/4_wind_project.txt
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Changes in Regional Conservation Efforts Mean Mason PUD 3 Programs Are Being Updated (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=630
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate Emails Stoke Debate - Scientists' Leaked Correspondence Illustrates Bitter Feud over Global Warming (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125883405294859215.html?mod=rss_Politics_And_Policy
Key Scientist Says Politics behind Stolen E-Mails (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010336449_apclimatehackedemails.html?syndication=rss
News Tribune Opinion - Climate Change Efforts Don’t Need Idea Police
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/966886.html
UN Says Greenhouse Gases Reach Record High in 2008 (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010336818_apunungreenhousegases.html?syndication=rss
Carbon Dioxide Curve Ticks Upward As Key Climate Talks Loom (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010337069_apclimate09co2offthecharts.html?syndication=rss
Price of global warming cuts may stop deal at UN meeting (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/globalwarming/2009-11-24-copenhagen24_CV_N.htm
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Funds Will Buy Cleaner Engine for Lady Washington (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010336975_apwaladywashington.html
Seattle Times Op/Ed - It's Time to Promote Development That Conserves Land And Energy
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2010320411_peirce23.html?syndication=rss
Could Electric Stations Replace Gas Stations? (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11561986
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
What Our Compute Demand Looks Like (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/24/heres-what-our-demand-for-compute-looks-like/
Supercomputing for the Masses (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/technology/23compute.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
FCC Chairman to Visit Arkansas, Talk about Broadband (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010344019_aparfccchairman.html?syndication=rss
New Attack Targets Weakness in Internet Explorer (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/11/new_attack_targets_weakness_in.html
News Corp. Weighs an Exclusive Alliance with Bing (NY Times – Great, another RSS feed JUST for News Corp.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/24/technology/internet/24soft.html?th&emc=th
Verizon-Frontier Deal Stirs Concern among Washington State Consumers (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010333806_btvzfrontier23.html
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County General Election Results Official (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=701:general-election-results-official&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Two-Year Colleges Report Record Enrollment (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=246387
Eight Years for Man Who Held Up Convenience Store with Daughter at Side (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010340997_webholdup24m.html?syndication=rss
Illegal Workers Quietly Let Go - Companies, Rather Than Workers are Targeted (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010333876_firedjanitors23m.html
Can Honey Bees Save The Washington State Budget? Tax Exemptions Eyed (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/186033.asp?source=pimail
Thousands of Bees Due to Die on Cold Idaho Highway (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2337844~Thousands_of_bees_due_to_die_on_cold_Idaho_highway.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines
Big Bang Machine Achieves First Particle Collisions (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5AJ3TQ20091124?feedType=nl&feedName=ustopnewsearly
On This Day: D.B. Cooper Hijacks Plane (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/November/DB-Cooper-Hijacks-Plane.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Person in Chicken Suit Crashes City Council - Costumed Visitor Flapped Arms, Laid Egg
http://www.kirotv.com/politics/21664972/detail.html
Pot Farm Stunk Up LA Police Station Lot - Marijuana Operation Found 25 Feet from Police Station
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21658738/detail.html
Foul! Study Says Hoop Refs Try To Even the Score
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2010337141_apbkcrefereebias.html?syndication=rss
Trash Crew Picks Up Couple's Brand New Dryer
http://www.dailymail.com/News/Kanawha/200911171055
SONG OF THE DAY
The Allman Brothers Band – Jessica
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr6_erJ3tfk
Monday, November 23, 2009
Energy News Digest for November 23, 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)
• 11,000 Lose Power after Storm Hammers Pacific County
• Seattle’s Power Price Jolt - Electricity-Rate Increase Sparks Fears for Some Firms
• Idaho Power’s Cloud Seeding Efforts Keep Water Flowing over Dams
• “Green Jobs” Likely in Idaho, Perhaps Driven by More Hydro Power
• Setbacks Stall Finish of China’s Massive Dam Project
• California - Utility Shut-Offs Soar for Poor Pacific Gas & Electric Customers
• Help With Heating Bills Late To Arrive This Year
• Much-Discussed ‘Nuclear Renaissance’ Slow To Arrive
• Higher Wyoming Rates - Don’t Blame Wind, Officials Say
• Rocky Mountain Power - Utility chief talks challenges at Wyoming Forum
• California Utility Wins OK for More Transmission
• Poised for Powerful Growth
• Redden Letters Pose Procedural, Substantive Questions for Monday’s BiOp Hearing
• Federal Judge Takes Third Swing at NW Salmon Plan
• Oregonian Op/Ed - Pact Marks Joint Effort to Go Forward for Northwest Fish
• Daily News Editorial - No Reason to Drag out Salmon Fight
• Arguing, Still, Over Columbia River Dams
• Salmon Debate: Learning the Lessons of the Pahsimeroi River
• Save the Salmon by Eating Salmon
• Grant PUD Fish Plan Raises Natural Questions
• Fish Aren’t Out Of Water
• Salmon Center Embraces New Belfair Farm Home
• California - Bid to Rejuvenate Salmon Will Protect Trees near Streams
• Frozen Salmon over Fresh? Why, It’s Better for the Planet That Way
• California Fisherman Arrested in Sea Lion Shooting
• Great Lakes - Asian Carp May Have Breached Electronic Barrier
• Tap water beats bottled in Oregon environmental study
• First Flows from San Joaquin River Restoration Stop below Mendota Dam
• As Sewers Fill, Waste Poisons Waterways
• Bio-Fuel Growth Raises Concerns about Forests
• Wind Blades Fall In School Yard
• The Answer Is Blowing In the (Small) Wind
• BC Hydro Advances 36 Hydroelectric Projects in Clean Power Call
• Report Suggests Public Wants ‘Go Slow’ Approach on Wave Energy in Northwest
• Markey Proposes Renewable Energy Tax Credit for Utilities
• Energy Efficiency Stimulus Funds Coming for Grays Harbor Cities
• It Will Take Three Cities To Change These Light Bulbs
• Energy Codes & the WA State Building Code Council
• How Will California’s New TV Energy Standards Affect You?
• NY Saves $3.1 Million in Energy Efficiency Program
• Kettering Engineer Cuts Power Use in Open Coolers
• Hackers Leak E-Mails, Stoke Climate Debate
• Hacked E-Mail Is New Fodder for Climate Dispute
• In the Trenches on Climate Change, Hostility among Foes
• Outlook: Extreme - As the Planet Warms, Look for More Extremes
• What’s the greenest way to get home for Thanksgiving?
• California Recycling Program Is On the Rocks
• City Of Eugene Seeks To Sustain ‘Green’ Manager’s Future
• U.S., Internet’s Inventor, Lags in Web Access
• Spain Declares Broadband A Legal Right
• FCC Hints At Return to Open Access
• Broadband over Powerline’s Poster Child Pulling the Plug
• Google’s Past Failures Offer Perspective on Chrome OS Release
• Survey Shows Data Theft on the Rise
• California Police Arrest Woman, 20, in Killing of Belfair Native
• New Tahuya River Bridge Nears Completion
• Spokane, Cda Residents Get Head Start on Snow Supplies
• Tumwater Takes Steps to Curb Light Pollution
• State Pays Connell $11 Million for Prison Impact
• Judge Says July 4 Fireworks Don’t Need Environmental Review
• Little Creek Casino Gets New Chief Executive, GM
• Schafer-Lake Sylvia park meeting draws 40
• Washington Wine Named Best In the World
• Colorado to Review Governor’s Taxpayer-Paid Lobbyists Practice
WORD OF THE DAY
Forlorn • \fore-LORNE\ • Adjective – 1a: bereft, forsaken b: sad and lonely because of isolation or desertion: desolate 2: being in poor condition: miserable, wretched 3: nearly hopeless
Add a dash of a cheating girlfriend; a broken down pickup truck; a forlorn landscape with swirling dust; a six-pack of warm beer…shake vigorously, and you have an instant country music song.
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
11,000 Lose Power after Storm Hammers Pacific County (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/71055757.html
Seattle’s Power Price Jolt - New Year’s Electricity-Rate Increase Sparks Fears for Some Firms (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/11/23/story1.html?ana=from_rss
Calling Burt Lancaster - Idaho Power’s Cloud Seeding Efforts Keep Water Flowing over Dams - and may save you money (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/978705.html
“Green Jobs” Likely in Idaho, Perhaps Driven by More Hydro Power, State Agency Says (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/environment/story/981073.html
Setbacks Stall Finish of China’s Massive Dam Project (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120291176&ft=1&f=10
California - Utility Shut-Offs Soar for Poor Pacific Gas & Electric Customers (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/20/MNEL1ANIO7.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Help With Heating Bills Late To Arrive This Year (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091123/NEWS01/711239916/-1/rss02
Much-Discussed ‘Nuclear Renaissance’ Slow To Arrive (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/6255-much-discussed-nuclear-renaissance-slow-arrive/
Higher Rates - Don’t Blame Wind, Officials Say - Contention is that renewable portfolio standards in other states are driving up rates in Wyoming, where there is no such requirement (Caspar Tribune, WY)
http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_af78e2cb-a668-5ecd-8106-e6623cafb774.html
Rocky Mountain Power - Utility chief talks challenges at Wyoming Forum (Wyoming Business Report)
http://www.wyomingbusinessreport.com/article.asp?id=103088
California Utility Wins OK for More Transmission (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2024463020091120
Poised for Powerful Growth - MYR Group sees stimulus boost for firm’s electrical transmission work (Chicago Sun Times, IL)
http://www.suntimes.com/business/pincus/1898922,CST-FIN-pincus23.article
FISH & WILDLIFE
Redden Letters Pose Procedural, Substantive Questions for Monday’s BiOp Hearing (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/365822.aspx
Federal Judge Takes Third Swing at NW Salmon Plan (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Federal-judge-takes-third-swing-at-NW-salmon-plan-70714902.html
Oregonian Op/Ed - Pact Marks Joint Effort to Go Forward for Northwest Fish
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/11/pact_marks_joint_effort_to_go.html
Daily News Editorial - No Reason to Drag out Salmon Fight
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/22/editorial/doc4b088c4ced0ca097751034.txt
Arguing, Still, Over Columbia River Dams (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/19201/
Salmon Debate: Learning the Lessons of the Pahsimeroi River (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/LocalNews/story/983340.html
Save the Salmon by Eating Salmon (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/412524_joel23.html?source=rss
Grant PUD Fish Plan Raises Natural Questions (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/21/fish-plan-raises-natural-questions/
Fish Aren’t Out Of Water - Dave Brown’s Wild Fish Rescue transports first load to Salmon Creek (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091122/NEWS02/711229957/
Salmon Center Embraces New Belfair Farm Home (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/22/salmon-center-embraces-new-farm-home/?partner=RSS
California - Bid to Rejuvenate Salmon Will Protect Trees near Streams (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2341714.html
Frozen Salmon over Fresh? Why, It’s Better for the Planet That Way (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/frozen_salmon_over_fresh_why_i.html
California Fisherman Arrested in Sea Lion Shooting (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010326960_apussealionshooting.html?syndication=rss
Great Lakes - Asian Carp May Have Breached Electronic Barrier (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010319812_apusasiancarp.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Tap Water Beats Bottled In Oregon Environmental Study (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/oregon_environmental_study_fin.html
First Flows from San Joaquin River Restoration Stop below Mendota Dam (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2340633.html
As Sewers Fill, Waste Poisons Waterways (NT Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/us/23sewer.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Bio-Fuel Growth Raises Concerns about Forests (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010334503_apusforestsasfuel.html?syndication=rss
Wind Blades Fall In School Yard - Children sent home after 50ft turbine collapsed (Press & Journal, UK)
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1492247?UserKey=
The Answer Is Blowing In the (Small) Wind (Wall Street Journal – OK, only 15 cents for Bob Zimmerman this time)
http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2009/11/20/the-answer-is-blowing-in-the-small-wind/?mod=rss_WSJBlog
BC Hydro Advances 36 Hydroelectric Projects in Clean Power Call (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/11/bc-hydro-advances-36-hydroelectric-projects-in-clean-power-call?cmpid=rss
Report Suggests Public Wants ‘Go Slow’ Approach on Wave Energy in Northwest (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/365815.aspx
Markey Proposes Renewable Energy Tax Credit for Utilities (The Coloradoan)
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20091123/NEWS01/91122008/Markey-proposes-renewable-energy-tax-credit-for-utilities
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Efficiency Stimulus Funds Coming for Grays Harbor Cities (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/11/20/local_news/doc4b06e00548068478332486.txt
It Will Take Three Cities To Change These Light Bulbs - Stimulus-funded project will save energy (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091122/NEWS02/711229967/
Energy Codes & the WA State Building Code Council - Boldly going where legislators fear to tread (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-28764-Seattle-Green-Building-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Energy-Codes-and-the-WA-State-Building-Code-Council--Boldly-going-where-legislators-fear-to-tread
How Will California’s New TV Energy Standards Affect You? (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/11/20/how-will-californias-new-tv-energy-standards-affect-you/
NY Saves $3.1 Million in Energy Efficiency Program (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/22/financial/f100947S54.DTL&feed=rss.business
Kettering Engineer Cuts Power Use in Open Coolers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010330452_apmicoolconservation1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Hackers Leak E-Mails, Stoke Climate Debate - Hackers posted hundreds of private e-mails & documents online - stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010324598_apeuclimatehackedemails.html?syndication=rss
Hacked E-Mail Is New Fodder for Climate Dispute (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/science/earth/21climate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In the Trenches on Climate Change, Hostility among Foes - Stolen e-mails reveal venomous feelings toward skeptics (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/21/AR2009112102186.html?nav=rss_email/components
Outlook: Extreme - As the planet warms, look for more floods where it’s already wet & deeper drought where water is scarce (National Geographic)
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/04/changing-rains/kolbert-text/1
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Trains vs. Planes vs. Automobiles - What’s the greenest way to get home for Thanksgiving? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2236185/?from=rss
California Recycling Program Is On the Rocks - Program of recycling beverage bottles & cans mired in debt & litigation (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2340449.html
City Of Eugene Seeks To Sustain ‘Green’ Manager’s Future (Eugene Register Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/23365440-46/story.csp
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
U.S., Internet’s Inventor, Lags in Web Access
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120652957
Spain Declares Broadband A Legal Right - Everyone must get 1 Mbps service by 2011 (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Spain-Declares-Broadband-A-Legal-Right-105578
FCC Hints At Return to Open Access - Companies are of course, annoyed (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Hints-At-Return-To-Open-Access-105589
Broadband over Powerline’s Poster Child Pulling the Plug - Years later BPL’s proponents have gone, but shoddy city network remains (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Broadband-Over-Powerlines-Poster-Child-Pulling-The-Plug-105576
Google’s Past Failures Offer Perspective on Chrome OS Release (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/21/googles-past-failures-offer-perspective-on-chrome-os-release/
Survey Shows Data Theft on the Rise (Boston Business Journal)
http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/11/23/daily1.html?ana=from_rss
GENERAL NEWS
California Police Arrest Woman, 20, in Killing of Belfair Native (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/20/california-police-arrest-woman-20-killing-belfair-/?partner=RSS
New Tahuya River Bridge Nears Completion (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/19/new-tahyua-river-bridge-nears-completion/?partner=RSS
Spokane, Cda Residents Get Head Start on Snow Supplies (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/20/spokane-cda-residents-get-head-start-snow-supplies/
Tumwater Takes Steps To Curb Light Pollution - Requires most new, replaced outdoor lights to be shielded & directed downward (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1046070.html
State Pays Connell $11 Million for Prison Impact (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010336629_apwaconnellprison.html?syndication=rss
Judge Says July 4 Fireworks Don’t Need Environmental Review (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=244949
Little Creek Casino Gets New Chief Executive, GM (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/1044485.html
Schafer-Lake Sylvia park meeting draws 40 (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/1046083.html
Washington Wine Named Best In the World (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/185845.asp?source=pimail
Colorado to Review Taxpayer-Paid Lobbyists Practice - Governor paid $1.1 million to lobby state lawmakers (ABC News)
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9140664
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
College Students Arrested for Not Paying Tip
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20091119_College_students_arrested_for_not_paying_tip.html
Man Uses Excavator in Destructive Rampage
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21673933/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_12pm&tmi=sea_12pm_1_02000211202009&ts=H
Group Decries Saturated Fat in Movie Popcorn
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010308573_apusfeafoodfattypopcorn.html
Sneakin’ Lizards! Reptile Smuggler Arrested At LAX
http://www.examiner.com/a-2332823~Sneakin__Lizards__Reptile_smuggler_arrested_at_LAX.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Canadian Woman Loses Benefits over Facebook Photo
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010328471_apcncanadafacebookinsurance.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Popcorn - Hot Butter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N4ckFN96-k
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• 11,000 Lose Power after Storm Hammers Pacific County
• Seattle’s Power Price Jolt - Electricity-Rate Increase Sparks Fears for Some Firms
• Idaho Power’s Cloud Seeding Efforts Keep Water Flowing over Dams
• “Green Jobs” Likely in Idaho, Perhaps Driven by More Hydro Power
• Setbacks Stall Finish of China’s Massive Dam Project
• California - Utility Shut-Offs Soar for Poor Pacific Gas & Electric Customers
• Help With Heating Bills Late To Arrive This Year
• Much-Discussed ‘Nuclear Renaissance’ Slow To Arrive
• Higher Wyoming Rates - Don’t Blame Wind, Officials Say
• Rocky Mountain Power - Utility chief talks challenges at Wyoming Forum
• California Utility Wins OK for More Transmission
• Poised for Powerful Growth
• Redden Letters Pose Procedural, Substantive Questions for Monday’s BiOp Hearing
• Federal Judge Takes Third Swing at NW Salmon Plan
• Oregonian Op/Ed - Pact Marks Joint Effort to Go Forward for Northwest Fish
• Daily News Editorial - No Reason to Drag out Salmon Fight
• Arguing, Still, Over Columbia River Dams
• Salmon Debate: Learning the Lessons of the Pahsimeroi River
• Save the Salmon by Eating Salmon
• Grant PUD Fish Plan Raises Natural Questions
• Fish Aren’t Out Of Water
• Salmon Center Embraces New Belfair Farm Home
• California - Bid to Rejuvenate Salmon Will Protect Trees near Streams
• Frozen Salmon over Fresh? Why, It’s Better for the Planet That Way
• California Fisherman Arrested in Sea Lion Shooting
• Great Lakes - Asian Carp May Have Breached Electronic Barrier
• Tap water beats bottled in Oregon environmental study
• First Flows from San Joaquin River Restoration Stop below Mendota Dam
• As Sewers Fill, Waste Poisons Waterways
• Bio-Fuel Growth Raises Concerns about Forests
• Wind Blades Fall In School Yard
• The Answer Is Blowing In the (Small) Wind
• BC Hydro Advances 36 Hydroelectric Projects in Clean Power Call
• Report Suggests Public Wants ‘Go Slow’ Approach on Wave Energy in Northwest
• Markey Proposes Renewable Energy Tax Credit for Utilities
• Energy Efficiency Stimulus Funds Coming for Grays Harbor Cities
• It Will Take Three Cities To Change These Light Bulbs
• Energy Codes & the WA State Building Code Council
• How Will California’s New TV Energy Standards Affect You?
• NY Saves $3.1 Million in Energy Efficiency Program
• Kettering Engineer Cuts Power Use in Open Coolers
• Hackers Leak E-Mails, Stoke Climate Debate
• Hacked E-Mail Is New Fodder for Climate Dispute
• In the Trenches on Climate Change, Hostility among Foes
• Outlook: Extreme - As the Planet Warms, Look for More Extremes
• What’s the greenest way to get home for Thanksgiving?
• California Recycling Program Is On the Rocks
• City Of Eugene Seeks To Sustain ‘Green’ Manager’s Future
• U.S., Internet’s Inventor, Lags in Web Access
• Spain Declares Broadband A Legal Right
• FCC Hints At Return to Open Access
• Broadband over Powerline’s Poster Child Pulling the Plug
• Google’s Past Failures Offer Perspective on Chrome OS Release
• Survey Shows Data Theft on the Rise
• California Police Arrest Woman, 20, in Killing of Belfair Native
• New Tahuya River Bridge Nears Completion
• Spokane, Cda Residents Get Head Start on Snow Supplies
• Tumwater Takes Steps to Curb Light Pollution
• State Pays Connell $11 Million for Prison Impact
• Judge Says July 4 Fireworks Don’t Need Environmental Review
• Little Creek Casino Gets New Chief Executive, GM
• Schafer-Lake Sylvia park meeting draws 40
• Washington Wine Named Best In the World
• Colorado to Review Governor’s Taxpayer-Paid Lobbyists Practice
WORD OF THE DAY
Forlorn • \fore-LORNE\ • Adjective – 1a: bereft, forsaken b: sad and lonely because of isolation or desertion: desolate 2: being in poor condition: miserable, wretched 3: nearly hopeless
Add a dash of a cheating girlfriend; a broken down pickup truck; a forlorn landscape with swirling dust; a six-pack of warm beer…shake vigorously, and you have an instant country music song.
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
11,000 Lose Power after Storm Hammers Pacific County (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/71055757.html
Seattle’s Power Price Jolt - New Year’s Electricity-Rate Increase Sparks Fears for Some Firms (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/11/23/story1.html?ana=from_rss
Calling Burt Lancaster - Idaho Power’s Cloud Seeding Efforts Keep Water Flowing over Dams - and may save you money (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/978705.html
“Green Jobs” Likely in Idaho, Perhaps Driven by More Hydro Power, State Agency Says (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/environment/story/981073.html
Setbacks Stall Finish of China’s Massive Dam Project (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120291176&ft=1&f=10
California - Utility Shut-Offs Soar for Poor Pacific Gas & Electric Customers (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/20/MNEL1ANIO7.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Help With Heating Bills Late To Arrive This Year (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091123/NEWS01/711239916/-1/rss02
Much-Discussed ‘Nuclear Renaissance’ Slow To Arrive (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/6255-much-discussed-nuclear-renaissance-slow-arrive/
Higher Rates - Don’t Blame Wind, Officials Say - Contention is that renewable portfolio standards in other states are driving up rates in Wyoming, where there is no such requirement (Caspar Tribune, WY)
http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_af78e2cb-a668-5ecd-8106-e6623cafb774.html
Rocky Mountain Power - Utility chief talks challenges at Wyoming Forum (Wyoming Business Report)
http://www.wyomingbusinessreport.com/article.asp?id=103088
California Utility Wins OK for More Transmission (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2024463020091120
Poised for Powerful Growth - MYR Group sees stimulus boost for firm’s electrical transmission work (Chicago Sun Times, IL)
http://www.suntimes.com/business/pincus/1898922,CST-FIN-pincus23.article
FISH & WILDLIFE
Redden Letters Pose Procedural, Substantive Questions for Monday’s BiOp Hearing (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/365822.aspx
Federal Judge Takes Third Swing at NW Salmon Plan (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Federal-judge-takes-third-swing-at-NW-salmon-plan-70714902.html
Oregonian Op/Ed - Pact Marks Joint Effort to Go Forward for Northwest Fish
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/11/pact_marks_joint_effort_to_go.html
Daily News Editorial - No Reason to Drag out Salmon Fight
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/22/editorial/doc4b088c4ced0ca097751034.txt
Arguing, Still, Over Columbia River Dams (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/19201/
Salmon Debate: Learning the Lessons of the Pahsimeroi River (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/LocalNews/story/983340.html
Save the Salmon by Eating Salmon (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/412524_joel23.html?source=rss
Grant PUD Fish Plan Raises Natural Questions (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/21/fish-plan-raises-natural-questions/
Fish Aren’t Out Of Water - Dave Brown’s Wild Fish Rescue transports first load to Salmon Creek (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091122/NEWS02/711229957/
Salmon Center Embraces New Belfair Farm Home (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/22/salmon-center-embraces-new-farm-home/?partner=RSS
California - Bid to Rejuvenate Salmon Will Protect Trees near Streams (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2341714.html
Frozen Salmon over Fresh? Why, It’s Better for the Planet That Way (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/frozen_salmon_over_fresh_why_i.html
California Fisherman Arrested in Sea Lion Shooting (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010326960_apussealionshooting.html?syndication=rss
Great Lakes - Asian Carp May Have Breached Electronic Barrier (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010319812_apusasiancarp.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Tap Water Beats Bottled In Oregon Environmental Study (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/oregon_environmental_study_fin.html
First Flows from San Joaquin River Restoration Stop below Mendota Dam (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2340633.html
As Sewers Fill, Waste Poisons Waterways (NT Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/us/23sewer.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Bio-Fuel Growth Raises Concerns about Forests (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010334503_apusforestsasfuel.html?syndication=rss
Wind Blades Fall In School Yard - Children sent home after 50ft turbine collapsed (Press & Journal, UK)
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1492247?UserKey=
The Answer Is Blowing In the (Small) Wind (Wall Street Journal – OK, only 15 cents for Bob Zimmerman this time)
http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2009/11/20/the-answer-is-blowing-in-the-small-wind/?mod=rss_WSJBlog
BC Hydro Advances 36 Hydroelectric Projects in Clean Power Call (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/11/bc-hydro-advances-36-hydroelectric-projects-in-clean-power-call?cmpid=rss
Report Suggests Public Wants ‘Go Slow’ Approach on Wave Energy in Northwest (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/365815.aspx
Markey Proposes Renewable Energy Tax Credit for Utilities (The Coloradoan)
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20091123/NEWS01/91122008/Markey-proposes-renewable-energy-tax-credit-for-utilities
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Efficiency Stimulus Funds Coming for Grays Harbor Cities (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/11/20/local_news/doc4b06e00548068478332486.txt
It Will Take Three Cities To Change These Light Bulbs - Stimulus-funded project will save energy (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091122/NEWS02/711229967/
Energy Codes & the WA State Building Code Council - Boldly going where legislators fear to tread (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-28764-Seattle-Green-Building-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Energy-Codes-and-the-WA-State-Building-Code-Council--Boldly-going-where-legislators-fear-to-tread
How Will California’s New TV Energy Standards Affect You? (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/11/20/how-will-californias-new-tv-energy-standards-affect-you/
NY Saves $3.1 Million in Energy Efficiency Program (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/22/financial/f100947S54.DTL&feed=rss.business
Kettering Engineer Cuts Power Use in Open Coolers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010330452_apmicoolconservation1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Hackers Leak E-Mails, Stoke Climate Debate - Hackers posted hundreds of private e-mails & documents online - stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010324598_apeuclimatehackedemails.html?syndication=rss
Hacked E-Mail Is New Fodder for Climate Dispute (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/science/earth/21climate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In the Trenches on Climate Change, Hostility among Foes - Stolen e-mails reveal venomous feelings toward skeptics (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/21/AR2009112102186.html?nav=rss_email/components
Outlook: Extreme - As the planet warms, look for more floods where it’s already wet & deeper drought where water is scarce (National Geographic)
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/04/changing-rains/kolbert-text/1
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Trains vs. Planes vs. Automobiles - What’s the greenest way to get home for Thanksgiving? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2236185/?from=rss
California Recycling Program Is On the Rocks - Program of recycling beverage bottles & cans mired in debt & litigation (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2340449.html
City Of Eugene Seeks To Sustain ‘Green’ Manager’s Future (Eugene Register Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/23365440-46/story.csp
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
U.S., Internet’s Inventor, Lags in Web Access
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120652957
Spain Declares Broadband A Legal Right - Everyone must get 1 Mbps service by 2011 (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Spain-Declares-Broadband-A-Legal-Right-105578
FCC Hints At Return to Open Access - Companies are of course, annoyed (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Hints-At-Return-To-Open-Access-105589
Broadband over Powerline’s Poster Child Pulling the Plug - Years later BPL’s proponents have gone, but shoddy city network remains (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Broadband-Over-Powerlines-Poster-Child-Pulling-The-Plug-105576
Google’s Past Failures Offer Perspective on Chrome OS Release (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/21/googles-past-failures-offer-perspective-on-chrome-os-release/
Survey Shows Data Theft on the Rise (Boston Business Journal)
http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/11/23/daily1.html?ana=from_rss
GENERAL NEWS
California Police Arrest Woman, 20, in Killing of Belfair Native (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/20/california-police-arrest-woman-20-killing-belfair-/?partner=RSS
New Tahuya River Bridge Nears Completion (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/19/new-tahyua-river-bridge-nears-completion/?partner=RSS
Spokane, Cda Residents Get Head Start on Snow Supplies (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/20/spokane-cda-residents-get-head-start-snow-supplies/
Tumwater Takes Steps To Curb Light Pollution - Requires most new, replaced outdoor lights to be shielded & directed downward (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1046070.html
State Pays Connell $11 Million for Prison Impact (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010336629_apwaconnellprison.html?syndication=rss
Judge Says July 4 Fireworks Don’t Need Environmental Review (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=244949
Little Creek Casino Gets New Chief Executive, GM (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/1044485.html
Schafer-Lake Sylvia park meeting draws 40 (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/1046083.html
Washington Wine Named Best In the World (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/185845.asp?source=pimail
Colorado to Review Taxpayer-Paid Lobbyists Practice - Governor paid $1.1 million to lobby state lawmakers (ABC News)
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9140664
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
College Students Arrested for Not Paying Tip
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20091119_College_students_arrested_for_not_paying_tip.html
Man Uses Excavator in Destructive Rampage
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21673933/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_12pm&tmi=sea_12pm_1_02000211202009&ts=H
Group Decries Saturated Fat in Movie Popcorn
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010308573_apusfeafoodfattypopcorn.html
Sneakin’ Lizards! Reptile Smuggler Arrested At LAX
http://www.examiner.com/a-2332823~Sneakin__Lizards__Reptile_smuggler_arrested_at_LAX.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Canadian Woman Loses Benefits over Facebook Photo
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010328471_apcncanadafacebookinsurance.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Popcorn - Hot Butter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N4ckFN96-k
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