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)
• Dec 8 - Oak Park Power Outage
• December 8 - PUD 3 Commission to Hold Hearing on 2010 Budget
• Puget Sound Energy Ready for Surge in Power Demand
• Avista Energy Traders’ Awards Upheld
• Idaho Power on Track to Deliver Shock to Residential Customers
• California Judge Backs Rate Hike for Power Misers
• California - Report Blasts Marin County Public Power Proposal
• Report Says Fairbanks, South Central Could See Big Savings with Central Utility
• US Hydropower Consumption Increases 4%
• Survey Says State Regulators Like Nuclear Power
• “Sticker Shock” A Concern in Nuclear Power
• Was Electric Deregulation Beneficial?
• Texas’ electricity market ranked first in North America
• Tennessee Valley Authority Says Repair Work Will Kill Fish
• Pollution - Dark Side of a Natural Gas Boom
• Kittitas County - Desert Claim Wind Power Project in Governor’s Hands Now
• Construction to Start on Oregon Wave Energy Project
• Wind Power - Vestas to Suspend Production, Furlough Workers at Colorado Plant
• An Effort to Spread Green Power to Coasts
• Putting a Lot of Energy into Energy Conservation
• New Analysis Says Global Warming Is Not Slowing
• Obama, Dem Efforts on Climate Cooled Off
• Op/Ed - Electricity Sector’s Priorities on Climate Change
• Washington Algae Research Gets $2M Boost
• Finding New Power for Old Tractors in Electricity
• Google Introduces Real-Time Results, Photo Search
• Yahoo, Microsoft Finalize Search Deal
• The Bandwidth Hog Does Not Exist
• Washington Cold Spell Could Turn Into Weekend Snow
• Wood Stove Blamed for Kelso House Fire
• Thousands to Honor Fallen Lakewood Officers Today
• Shelton City Commission Holds Final Hearing on 2010 Budget
• Mason County Commission to Hold Continued Budget Hearing Tonight
• US Settles Royalty Dispute with Indian Tribes
• State Rep. Wood Says He’ll Retire at End of Seventh Term
• Capitol Tree Lights up Taxpayers for $13,272
• Giant Waves Crash on Hawaii’s Beaches
• Ad Campaign Tries to Elevate ‘Made in China’ Tag’s Cachet
WORD OF THE DAY
Leviathan • \luh-VYE-uh-thun\ • noun - 1: the political state; especially: a totalitarian state having a vast bureaucracy *2: something large or formidable
The legend of the mysterious Potholes Reservoir leviathan ranged far and wide in bass fishing circles. The mythical creature was said to have a mouth big enough to gobble down small children, and reportedly stalked Canadian geese for fun. In the end, it turned out to be Albert, his scuba-diving second cousin, and a large, fiberglass bass sculpture stolen from the local bait shop many years ago.
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
Dec 8 - Oak Park Power Outage (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=639
December 8, 6:00 PM - PUD 3 Commission to Hold Hearing on 2010 Budget (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=632
Puget Sound Energy Ready for Surge in Power Demand (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1062871.html
Avista Energy Traders’ Awards Upheld (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/08/in-brief-avista-traders-awards-upheld/
Idaho Power on Track to Deliver Shock to Residential Customers (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=123889
California Judge Backs Rate Hike for Power Misers - Ruling says San Diego Gas & Electric’s plan follows state law (San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/08/judge-backs-rate-hike-power-misers/
California - Report Blasts Marin County Public Power Proposal (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/08/BA071B0HM0.DTL
Alaska - Report Says Fairbanks, South Central Could See Big Savings with Central Utility (Fairbanks Daily News Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Report+says+Fairbanks-+Southcentral+could+see+big+savings+with+central+utility%20&id=5033116-Report+says+Fairbanks-+Southcentral+could+see+big+savings+with+central+utility&instance=home_lead_story
US Hydropower Consumption Increases 4% - In Washington & Oregon, the top hydropower-producing states, consumption decreased slightly (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/12/u-s-hydropower-consumption-increases-4-percent?cmpid=rss
Survey Says State Regulators Like Nuclear Power (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=371541&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
“Sticker Shock” A Concern in Nuclear Power (Electricity Forum)
http://www.electricityforum.com/news/dec09/Stickershockofnuclearpoweraconcern.html
Was Electric Deregulation Beneficial? (Standard Speaker, Hazleton, PA)
http://www.standardspeaker.com/news/was-electric-deregulation-beneficial-1.466811
Texas’ Electricity Market Ranked First In North America (Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX)
http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/1815892.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Tennessee Valley Authority Says Repair Work Will Kill Fish (Associated Press) http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010448739_apustvafishkilltennessee.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Pollution - Dark Side of a Natural Gas Boom (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/business/energy-environment/08fracking.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Kittitas County - Desert Claim Wind Power Project in Governor’s Hands Now (The Daily Record, Ellensburg, WA)
http://www.kvnews.com/articles/2009/12/07/news/doc4b1d4fdabbde9950322720.txt
Construction to Start on Oregon Wave Energy Project (KPIC-TV, Roseburg, OR)
http://www.kpic.com/news/local/78701082.html
Wind Power - Vestas to Suspend Production, Furlough Workers at Colorado Plant (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/12/07/daily11.html?ana=from_rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+bizj_portland+%2528Portland+Business+Journal%2529&utm_content=Google+Reader
An Effort to Spread Green Power to Coasts (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/business/energy-environment/08grid.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Putting a Lot of Energy into Energy Conservation (KUOW Radio, Seattle)
http://kuow.org/program.php?id=18954
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
New Analysis Says Global Warming Is Not Slowing (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/science/earth/09climate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Obama, Dem Efforts on Climate Cooled Off (Associated Press)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091208/OPINION/912080307/1049
The Hill Op/Ed - Electricity Sector’s Priorities on Climate Change
http://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/71023-electricity-sectors-priorities-on-climate-change
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Washington Algae Research Gets $2M Boost (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/12/07/daily6.html
Finding New Power for Old Tractors in Electricity (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/12/08/financial/f000103S22.DTL&feed=rss.business
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Introduces Real-Time Results, Photo Search (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/187476.asp?source=pimail
Yahoo, Microsoft Finalize Search Deal (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10409809-265.html?tag=nl.e703
The Bandwidth Hog Does Not Exist - One blogger offers an invitation for ISPs to prove otherwise (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-Bandwidth-Hog-Does-Not-Exist-105809
GENERAL NEWS
Washington Cold Spell Could Turn Into Weekend Snow (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1063331.html
Wood Stove Blamed for Kelso House Fire; officials urge caution with home heating (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/12/07//area_news/doc4b1dc29cc75d6801268247.txt
Thousands to Honor Fallen Lakewood Officers Today (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Thousands-to-honor-fallen-Lakewood-officers-78771187.html
Shelton City Commission Holds Final Hearing on 2010 Budget (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=798:shelton-city-commission-holds-final-hearing-on-2010-budget&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Mason County Commission to Hold Continued Budget Hearing Tonight (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=797:mason-county-commission-to-hold-continued-budget-hearing-tonight-tuesday&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
US Settles Royalty Dispute with Indian Tribes (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010453226_apusindianmoney1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
State Rep. Wood Says He’ll Retire at End of Seventh Term (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/08/wood-says-hell-retire-at-end-of-seventh-term/
Capitol Tree Lights up Taxpayers for $13,272 - ‘Holiday tree’ erected under new policy (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1062864.html
Giant Waves Crash on Hawaii’s Beaches (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010449372_apushighwaveshawaii.html?syndication=rss
Ad Campaign Tries to Elevate ‘Made in China’ Tag’s Cachet (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010450393_chinaimage08.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Muppets engage the Web with ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/06/muppets-engage-the-web-with-bohemian-rhapsody/
After 50 years, UK ministry shuts down UFO unit
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B416X20091205?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
City Opts for ‘Charlie Brown’ Christmas Tree
http://www.kirotv.com/holidays/21807400/detail.html
What Do Cats Do Home Alone? Cat Cams Have Answers - 22% of Time Spent Looking Out Windows
http://www.kirotv.com/family/21799186/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Leon RedBone & Zooey Deschanel - Baby Its Cold Outside
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJWSDeP4k-M
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Energy News Digest for December 7, 2009
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Seattle Mayor Balks At 13.8 Percent Electricity Rate Increase; It’ll Go up Anyway
• Idaho Power schedules public meeting ON East Oregon Transmission Lines
• New NW Power Plan: Conserve More & Clean It Up
• Washington Company Gets $350 Million Grant for Texas Clean Coal Plant
• Nukes Are Necessary, Clean Energy Forum Hears
• Future Unclear for ‘Megatons to Megawatts’ Program
• Editorial - Smart Meters Need Independent Testing
• Editorial - Great Falls’ Energy Road Is Paved With Good Intentions
• North Carolina Court Ruling Orders State to Return $7M to Electricity Co-Op
• Environmental Group Leader Debates Dams in Kennewick
• First Fish Passes through Million-Dollar Deschutes River Passageway
• Deal Portends Better Fishing on Upper Columbia
• Elwha Fish Hatchery Project Back on Track after Bidders’ Protests Dismissed
• Bald eagles flocking to Lake Coeur d’Alene
• BPA Seeks Fluctuating Level of Lake Pend Oreille This Winter
• Portland E. Coli Scare Renews Questions about Covering Reservoirs
• Trees Energize Solar Dispute
• Lewis County Wind Farm Meeting Addresses Residents’ Concerns
• Trimming the Costs of Wind Power
• Wind Industry Takes Root in Farm State’s Fertile Soil
• Chinese Wind Power Companies Target Global Markets
• Oregon Wave Power Project Advances
• Massachusetts - Local Dams Being Targeted for Electricity
• Drive for Geothermal Power Heats up on US Campuses
• Federal Weatherization Program Lagging in Washington State
• Enron Settlement Money Coming to Mason County
• Revisions for PUD 3’s Conservation Program
• Cowlitz PUD Conservation Contest Winner Cut Energy Use by 41 Percent
• US Energy Department Approves 29 States for Appliance Rebates
• Rebates for ENERGY STAR Appliances
• Green Homes Red-Hot: 17% of New Builds Get Energy Star Seal
• U.N. Talks on Climate “Turning Point” Set to Start
• Some Background on the Climate Talks
• For Public, Climate Change Not a Priority Issue
• Gregoire Attending Climate Summit in Copenhagen
• Editorial - That Climate Change E-Mail
• Hacked Climate E-Mail Rebutted by Scientists
• EPA: Greenhouse Gases Endanger Human Health
• Business Fumes over EPA Rule - Carbon-Dioxide Emissions to Face Curbs
• Federal Forests Could Be Tasked With Fighting Global Warming
• Denmark’s Green Credentials Obscure Some Unpleasant Facts
• Power Plants’ Coal Smoke Tarnishes Halo of Electric Cars
• Op/Ed - Seattle Can Lead the World as a Carbon-Neutral City
• Is Seattle Smarter Than Portland?
• Studies: Increased Carbon Dioxide Not All Bad
• Solar-Powered Airplane Has Liftoff
• Google to Unveil New Features Monday
• Rural Alaska - Bringing Broadband to the Bush
• Ten Proposals for Fixing the E-Mail Glut
• On This Day: Japan Bombs US Base at Pearl Harbor
• Northwest Cold Spell to Last All Week
• Unsafe Heater Leads to Union Gap Fire
• Former State House Speaker Bagnariol Dies
• Wash. Lawmaker’s Husband Accused of Sexual Assault
• PNW Timber Program Becomes Vast National Entitlement
• NW Pilots Who Overshot Airport Blame Traffic Controllers
• 1,100 Service Stations Won’t Be Chevron Any Longer
• Supreme Court Considers Sarbanes-Oxley Board
• Lakewood Officer Tina Griswold Was a ‘Ball of Fire’ in a Tiny Package
WORD OF THE DAY
Onager • \AWN-ih-jerr\ • noun – 1: an Asian wild donkey that usually has a broad dorsal stripe & is related to the kiang 2: a heavy catapult used in ancient & medieval times
The ropes creaked, and joints groaned as the massive beams on the onager bent to the will of their sweating, swearing operators. The supervisor, his knotted muscles standing out on his dirt smeared forearms, patted the head of the tribal leader’s onager. “Ye’ll be the first donkey to enter yon city since it was founded,” he drawled. “In fact, we’re sendin’ he air mail.”
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
PUD 3 Holding Budget & PURPA Hearings Tuesday Night (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=790:pud-no-3-holding-budget-a-purpa-hearings-tuesday-night&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Franklin PUD Considering District Realignment Options (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/983669.html
Priest Rapids Dam Troubles Cost $300,000, Grant PUD Says - Utility had to purchase power to meet demand (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/dec/04/dam-troubles-cost-300000-grant-pud-says/
Seattle Mayor Balks At 13.8 Percent Electricity Rate Increase; It’ll Go up Anyway (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/187246.asp
Idaho Power schedules public meeting ON East Oregon Transmission Lines (Baker City Herald, OR)
http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Idaho-Power-schedules-public-meeting-set-for-Dec-17
New NW Power Plan: Conserve More & Clean It Up (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1209
Washington Company Gets $350 Million Grant for Texas Clean Coal Plant (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/78607057.html
Nukes Are Necessary, Clean Energy Forum Hears (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/187289.asp?from=blog_last3
Future Unclear for ‘Megatons to Megawatts’ Program (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121125743&ft=1&f=2
SF Chronicle Editorial - Smart Meters Need Independent Testing
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/04/EDTL1AUK3L.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Great Falls Tribune Editorial - Great Falls’ Energy Road Is Paved With Good Intentions
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20091206/OPINION01/912060306/Great+Falls++energy+road+is+paved+with+good+intentions
North Carolina Court Ruling Orders State to Return $7M to Electricity Co-Op (The Virginian-Pilot, Hampton Roads, VA)
http://hamptonroads.com/2009/12/ruling-nc-must-return-7m-electricity-coop
FISH & WILDLIFE
Environmental Group Leader Debates Dams in Kennewick (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/yahoonews/story/819333.html
First Fish Passes through Million-Dollar Deschutes River Passageway (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/6330-first-fish-passes-through-million-dollar-passageway/
Deal Portends Better Fishing on Upper Columbia (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1358/story/818271.html
Elwha Fish Hatchery Project Back on Track after Bidders’ Protests Dismissed (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091204/news/312049992
Bald eagles flocking to Lake Coeur d’Alene - Spawning Kokanee lure eagles to feast (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/06/bald-eagles-flocking-lake-coeur-dalene/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
BPA Seeks Fluctuating Level of Lake Pend Oreille This Winter (Bonner County Daily Be, ID)
http://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/articles/2009/12/06/news/doc4b1b4540efdc6323092164.txt
Portland E. Coli Scare Renews Questions about Covering Reservoirs (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/12/e_coli_scare_renews_questions.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Trees Energize Solar Dispute - Couple seek Sequim law to protect sunny harvest (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091206/news/312069985
Lewis County Wind Farm Meeting Addresses Residents’ Concerns (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/12/04/news//doc4b19579bef8fc874430495.txt
Trimming the Costs of Wind Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/business/energy-environment/07iht-green07.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Wind Industry Takes Root in Farm State’s Fertile Soil - What can Iowa teach Wyoming? (Billings Gazette, MT)
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_467c1e70-e223-11de-a58c-001cc4c002e0.html
Chinese Wind Power Companies Target Global Markets (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/12/06/financial/f092014S90.DTL&feed=rss.business
Oregon Wave Power Project Advances (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/oregon-wave-power-project-advances/
Massachusetts - Local Dams Being Targeted for Electricity (Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA)
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_13936692?source=most_viewed
Drive for Geothermal Power Heats up on US Campuses (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/12/06/financial/f104811S05.DTL&feed=rss.business
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Federal Weatherization Program Lagging in Washington State (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010445916_apwastimulusweatherization.html?syndication=rss
Enron Settlement Money Coming to Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=772:enron-settlement-money-coming-to-mason-county-&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Revisions for PUD 3’s Conservation Program (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=773:revisions-for-pud-3s-conservation-program-&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Cowlitz PUD Conservation Contest Winner Cut Energy Use by 41 Percent (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/12/04/top_story/doc4b1873f8d2ca7784038135.txt
US Energy Department Approves 29 States for Appliance Rebates (Nasdaq)
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200912041643dowjonesdjonline000695&title=us-energy-department-approves-29-states-for-appliance-rebates
Rebates for ENERGY STAR Appliances (US Dept. of Energy Note: Washington’s rebates to begin in February 2010)
http://www.energysavers.gov/financial/index.cfm/mytopic=70020
Green Homes Red-Hot: 17% of New Builds Get Energy Star Seal (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2009-12-03-green-house-energy-star-new-homes_N.htm
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U.N. Talks on Climate “Turning Point” Set to Start (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/12/06/world/international-uk-climate-copenhagen.html
Some Background on the Climate Talks (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010443496_apclimateqa.html?syndication=rss
For Public, Climate Change Not a Priority Issue (Nat’l Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121105095&ft=1&f=3
Gregoire Attending Climate Summit in Copenhagen (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=251262
NY Times Editorial - That Climate Change E-Mail
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/opinion/06sun3.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Hacked Climate E-Mail Rebutted by Scientists (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/05/MNRL1AV3Q1.DTL&feed=rss.news
EPA: Greenhouse Gases Endanger Human Health (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/nationworld/story/1062038.html
Business Fumes over EPA Rule - Carbon-Dioxide Emissions to Face Curbs (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126013960013179181.html
Federal Forests Could Be Tasked With Fighting Global Warming (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/federal_forests_could_be_ask_t.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Denmark’s Green Credentials Obscure Some Unpleasant Facts (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-copenhagen-climate6-2009dec06,0,1664916.story
Power Plants’ Coal Smoke Tarnishes Halo of Electric Cars (Dallas Morning News, TX)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/120509dnbusnuelectriccars.189e3e2.html
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Seattle Can Lead the World as a Carbon-Neutral City
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2010418866_guest04curtis.html?syndication=rss
Is Seattle Smarter Than Portland? (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/is_seattle_smarter_than_portla.html
Studies: Increased Carbon Dioxide Not All Bad (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/study_carbon_dioxide_speeding.html
Solar-Powered Airplane Has Liftoff (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/technology/2009/dec/Solar-Powered-Airplane-Has-Liftoff.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google to Unveil New Features Monday (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/187286.asp?source=pimail
Rural Alaska - Bringing Broadband to the Bush (Alaska Dispatch)
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/dispatches/rural-alaska/3142-bringing-broadband-to-the-bush
Ten Proposals for Fixing the E-Mail Glut (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/10-proposals-for-fixing-the-e-mail-glut/?partner=rss&emc=rss
GENERAL NEWS
On This Day: Japan Bombs US Base at Pearl Harbor (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/On-This-Day--Japan-Attacked-US-Base-at-Pearl-Harbor.html
Northwest Cold Spell to Last All Week (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010445668_apwacold.html?syndication=rss
Unsafe Heater Leads to Union Gap Fire (KNDU TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11631143
Former State House Speaker Bagnariol Dies (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=252311
Wash. Lawmaker’s Husband Accused of Sexual Assault (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11623490
PNW Timber Program Becomes Vast National Entitlement (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/412974_timber06.html?source=rss
NW Pilots Who Overshot Airport Blame Traffic Controllers (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/NW-pilots-who-overshot-airport-blame-traffic-controllers-78688262.html
1,100 Service Stations Won’t Be Chevron Any Longer (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/981521.html
Supreme Court Considers Sarbanes-Oxley Board (Nat’l Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121146830&ft=1&f=3
Lakewood Officer Tina Griswold Was a ‘Ball of Fire’ in a Tiny Package (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010442902_shootinggriswold07m.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Oregon School Removes Holiday Tree, Bans Santa Claus
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/78647482.html
Federal Workshop on Openness Closed to the Public
http://www.kirotv.com/politics/21884928/detail.html
Vinyl Records & Turntables Are Gaining Sales
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/nyregion/07vinyl.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Brazil Thieves Tunnel Their Way to Nearly $6M
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21885157/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
MST3K – Multicultural Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwgVnyxN5eo
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Seattle Mayor Balks At 13.8 Percent Electricity Rate Increase; It’ll Go up Anyway
• Idaho Power schedules public meeting ON East Oregon Transmission Lines
• New NW Power Plan: Conserve More & Clean It Up
• Washington Company Gets $350 Million Grant for Texas Clean Coal Plant
• Nukes Are Necessary, Clean Energy Forum Hears
• Future Unclear for ‘Megatons to Megawatts’ Program
• Editorial - Smart Meters Need Independent Testing
• Editorial - Great Falls’ Energy Road Is Paved With Good Intentions
• North Carolina Court Ruling Orders State to Return $7M to Electricity Co-Op
• Environmental Group Leader Debates Dams in Kennewick
• First Fish Passes through Million-Dollar Deschutes River Passageway
• Deal Portends Better Fishing on Upper Columbia
• Elwha Fish Hatchery Project Back on Track after Bidders’ Protests Dismissed
• Bald eagles flocking to Lake Coeur d’Alene
• BPA Seeks Fluctuating Level of Lake Pend Oreille This Winter
• Portland E. Coli Scare Renews Questions about Covering Reservoirs
• Trees Energize Solar Dispute
• Lewis County Wind Farm Meeting Addresses Residents’ Concerns
• Trimming the Costs of Wind Power
• Wind Industry Takes Root in Farm State’s Fertile Soil
• Chinese Wind Power Companies Target Global Markets
• Oregon Wave Power Project Advances
• Massachusetts - Local Dams Being Targeted for Electricity
• Drive for Geothermal Power Heats up on US Campuses
• Federal Weatherization Program Lagging in Washington State
• Enron Settlement Money Coming to Mason County
• Revisions for PUD 3’s Conservation Program
• Cowlitz PUD Conservation Contest Winner Cut Energy Use by 41 Percent
• US Energy Department Approves 29 States for Appliance Rebates
• Rebates for ENERGY STAR Appliances
• Green Homes Red-Hot: 17% of New Builds Get Energy Star Seal
• U.N. Talks on Climate “Turning Point” Set to Start
• Some Background on the Climate Talks
• For Public, Climate Change Not a Priority Issue
• Gregoire Attending Climate Summit in Copenhagen
• Editorial - That Climate Change E-Mail
• Hacked Climate E-Mail Rebutted by Scientists
• EPA: Greenhouse Gases Endanger Human Health
• Business Fumes over EPA Rule - Carbon-Dioxide Emissions to Face Curbs
• Federal Forests Could Be Tasked With Fighting Global Warming
• Denmark’s Green Credentials Obscure Some Unpleasant Facts
• Power Plants’ Coal Smoke Tarnishes Halo of Electric Cars
• Op/Ed - Seattle Can Lead the World as a Carbon-Neutral City
• Is Seattle Smarter Than Portland?
• Studies: Increased Carbon Dioxide Not All Bad
• Solar-Powered Airplane Has Liftoff
• Google to Unveil New Features Monday
• Rural Alaska - Bringing Broadband to the Bush
• Ten Proposals for Fixing the E-Mail Glut
• On This Day: Japan Bombs US Base at Pearl Harbor
• Northwest Cold Spell to Last All Week
• Unsafe Heater Leads to Union Gap Fire
• Former State House Speaker Bagnariol Dies
• Wash. Lawmaker’s Husband Accused of Sexual Assault
• PNW Timber Program Becomes Vast National Entitlement
• NW Pilots Who Overshot Airport Blame Traffic Controllers
• 1,100 Service Stations Won’t Be Chevron Any Longer
• Supreme Court Considers Sarbanes-Oxley Board
• Lakewood Officer Tina Griswold Was a ‘Ball of Fire’ in a Tiny Package
WORD OF THE DAY
Onager • \AWN-ih-jerr\ • noun – 1: an Asian wild donkey that usually has a broad dorsal stripe & is related to the kiang 2: a heavy catapult used in ancient & medieval times
The ropes creaked, and joints groaned as the massive beams on the onager bent to the will of their sweating, swearing operators. The supervisor, his knotted muscles standing out on his dirt smeared forearms, patted the head of the tribal leader’s onager. “Ye’ll be the first donkey to enter yon city since it was founded,” he drawled. “In fact, we’re sendin’ he air mail.”
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
PUD 3 Holding Budget & PURPA Hearings Tuesday Night (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=790:pud-no-3-holding-budget-a-purpa-hearings-tuesday-night&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Franklin PUD Considering District Realignment Options (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/983669.html
Priest Rapids Dam Troubles Cost $300,000, Grant PUD Says - Utility had to purchase power to meet demand (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/dec/04/dam-troubles-cost-300000-grant-pud-says/
Seattle Mayor Balks At 13.8 Percent Electricity Rate Increase; It’ll Go up Anyway (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/187246.asp
Idaho Power schedules public meeting ON East Oregon Transmission Lines (Baker City Herald, OR)
http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Idaho-Power-schedules-public-meeting-set-for-Dec-17
New NW Power Plan: Conserve More & Clean It Up (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1209
Washington Company Gets $350 Million Grant for Texas Clean Coal Plant (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/78607057.html
Nukes Are Necessary, Clean Energy Forum Hears (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/187289.asp?from=blog_last3
Future Unclear for ‘Megatons to Megawatts’ Program (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121125743&ft=1&f=2
SF Chronicle Editorial - Smart Meters Need Independent Testing
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/04/EDTL1AUK3L.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Great Falls Tribune Editorial - Great Falls’ Energy Road Is Paved With Good Intentions
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20091206/OPINION01/912060306/Great+Falls++energy+road+is+paved+with+good+intentions
North Carolina Court Ruling Orders State to Return $7M to Electricity Co-Op (The Virginian-Pilot, Hampton Roads, VA)
http://hamptonroads.com/2009/12/ruling-nc-must-return-7m-electricity-coop
FISH & WILDLIFE
Environmental Group Leader Debates Dams in Kennewick (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/yahoonews/story/819333.html
First Fish Passes through Million-Dollar Deschutes River Passageway (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/6330-first-fish-passes-through-million-dollar-passageway/
Deal Portends Better Fishing on Upper Columbia (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1358/story/818271.html
Elwha Fish Hatchery Project Back on Track after Bidders’ Protests Dismissed (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091204/news/312049992
Bald eagles flocking to Lake Coeur d’Alene - Spawning Kokanee lure eagles to feast (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/06/bald-eagles-flocking-lake-coeur-dalene/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
BPA Seeks Fluctuating Level of Lake Pend Oreille This Winter (Bonner County Daily Be, ID)
http://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/articles/2009/12/06/news/doc4b1b4540efdc6323092164.txt
Portland E. Coli Scare Renews Questions about Covering Reservoirs (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/12/e_coli_scare_renews_questions.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Trees Energize Solar Dispute - Couple seek Sequim law to protect sunny harvest (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091206/news/312069985
Lewis County Wind Farm Meeting Addresses Residents’ Concerns (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/12/04/news//doc4b19579bef8fc874430495.txt
Trimming the Costs of Wind Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/business/energy-environment/07iht-green07.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Wind Industry Takes Root in Farm State’s Fertile Soil - What can Iowa teach Wyoming? (Billings Gazette, MT)
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_467c1e70-e223-11de-a58c-001cc4c002e0.html
Chinese Wind Power Companies Target Global Markets (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/12/06/financial/f092014S90.DTL&feed=rss.business
Oregon Wave Power Project Advances (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/oregon-wave-power-project-advances/
Massachusetts - Local Dams Being Targeted for Electricity (Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA)
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_13936692?source=most_viewed
Drive for Geothermal Power Heats up on US Campuses (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/12/06/financial/f104811S05.DTL&feed=rss.business
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Federal Weatherization Program Lagging in Washington State (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010445916_apwastimulusweatherization.html?syndication=rss
Enron Settlement Money Coming to Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=772:enron-settlement-money-coming-to-mason-county-&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Revisions for PUD 3’s Conservation Program (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=773:revisions-for-pud-3s-conservation-program-&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Cowlitz PUD Conservation Contest Winner Cut Energy Use by 41 Percent (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/12/04/top_story/doc4b1873f8d2ca7784038135.txt
US Energy Department Approves 29 States for Appliance Rebates (Nasdaq)
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200912041643dowjonesdjonline000695&title=us-energy-department-approves-29-states-for-appliance-rebates
Rebates for ENERGY STAR Appliances (US Dept. of Energy Note: Washington’s rebates to begin in February 2010)
http://www.energysavers.gov/financial/index.cfm/mytopic=70020
Green Homes Red-Hot: 17% of New Builds Get Energy Star Seal (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2009-12-03-green-house-energy-star-new-homes_N.htm
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U.N. Talks on Climate “Turning Point” Set to Start (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/12/06/world/international-uk-climate-copenhagen.html
Some Background on the Climate Talks (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010443496_apclimateqa.html?syndication=rss
For Public, Climate Change Not a Priority Issue (Nat’l Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121105095&ft=1&f=3
Gregoire Attending Climate Summit in Copenhagen (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=251262
NY Times Editorial - That Climate Change E-Mail
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/opinion/06sun3.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Hacked Climate E-Mail Rebutted by Scientists (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/05/MNRL1AV3Q1.DTL&feed=rss.news
EPA: Greenhouse Gases Endanger Human Health (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/nationworld/story/1062038.html
Business Fumes over EPA Rule - Carbon-Dioxide Emissions to Face Curbs (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126013960013179181.html
Federal Forests Could Be Tasked With Fighting Global Warming (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/federal_forests_could_be_ask_t.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Denmark’s Green Credentials Obscure Some Unpleasant Facts (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-copenhagen-climate6-2009dec06,0,1664916.story
Power Plants’ Coal Smoke Tarnishes Halo of Electric Cars (Dallas Morning News, TX)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/120509dnbusnuelectriccars.189e3e2.html
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Seattle Can Lead the World as a Carbon-Neutral City
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2010418866_guest04curtis.html?syndication=rss
Is Seattle Smarter Than Portland? (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/is_seattle_smarter_than_portla.html
Studies: Increased Carbon Dioxide Not All Bad (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/study_carbon_dioxide_speeding.html
Solar-Powered Airplane Has Liftoff (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/technology/2009/dec/Solar-Powered-Airplane-Has-Liftoff.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google to Unveil New Features Monday (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/187286.asp?source=pimail
Rural Alaska - Bringing Broadband to the Bush (Alaska Dispatch)
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/dispatches/rural-alaska/3142-bringing-broadband-to-the-bush
Ten Proposals for Fixing the E-Mail Glut (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/10-proposals-for-fixing-the-e-mail-glut/?partner=rss&emc=rss
GENERAL NEWS
On This Day: Japan Bombs US Base at Pearl Harbor (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/On-This-Day--Japan-Attacked-US-Base-at-Pearl-Harbor.html
Northwest Cold Spell to Last All Week (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010445668_apwacold.html?syndication=rss
Unsafe Heater Leads to Union Gap Fire (KNDU TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11631143
Former State House Speaker Bagnariol Dies (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=252311
Wash. Lawmaker’s Husband Accused of Sexual Assault (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11623490
PNW Timber Program Becomes Vast National Entitlement (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/412974_timber06.html?source=rss
NW Pilots Who Overshot Airport Blame Traffic Controllers (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/NW-pilots-who-overshot-airport-blame-traffic-controllers-78688262.html
1,100 Service Stations Won’t Be Chevron Any Longer (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/981521.html
Supreme Court Considers Sarbanes-Oxley Board (Nat’l Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121146830&ft=1&f=3
Lakewood Officer Tina Griswold Was a ‘Ball of Fire’ in a Tiny Package (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010442902_shootinggriswold07m.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Oregon School Removes Holiday Tree, Bans Santa Claus
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/78647482.html
Federal Workshop on Openness Closed to the Public
http://www.kirotv.com/politics/21884928/detail.html
Vinyl Records & Turntables Are Gaining Sales
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/nyregion/07vinyl.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Brazil Thieves Tunnel Their Way to Nearly $6M
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21885157/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
MST3K – Multicultural Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwgVnyxN5eo
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Energy News Digest for December 3, 2009
All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
· Equipment Defect Shuts Down Priest Rapids Dam
· Clallam PUD System Changes Aided Storm Response
· Light at the end of the Enron scandal: $9 million for Washington
· Snohomish PUD Launches New User-Friendly Web Site
· Yucca Mountain Nuclear Disposal Site Is Dead, Says Longtime Advocate
· Smoke Over UW Caused By Faulty Oil/Natural Gas Power Plant Switch
· California Dams to Feel Impact of Climate Change
· Weak Demand Puts Natural Gas Prices At 52-Week Low
· Leavenworth Hatchery Plan Ignites Critics
· Alaska to Refund Nearly $70M In Fishing Fees
· Tough Season May Force Texas Oystermen to Fold
· Montana Ranchers Seek To Curb Residential Wells
· Explosion at Grays Harbor biodiesel plant
· Oregon Governor Changes Course, Supports Phase-Out of Wind Energy Tax
· Lakeview Light & Power: Small utility with big plans
· Study: Wind Farms Have No Effect on Property Value
· Harvesting Electricity That Would Otherwise Go to
· Benton PUD Passes out Free Light Bulbs and Energy
· Cash for Appliances Program to Launch in April
· As Emissions Increase, Carbon 'Sinks' Get
· Google Earth Explores Climate Risks to
· Elusive Goal of Greening U.S. Energy
· In Denmark, Ambitious Plan for Electric Cars
· Google Offers Online News Compromise
· Sweden: A Model for the Broadband Future?
· Comcast Gets NBC from G.E. in Deal That Reshapes TV
· Searchers Find Missing Shelton Mushroom
· Aunt Went to Police When Clemmons Called
· GAO Asks NOAA to Reconsider Fleet Move from Seattle to
· Gregoire Creates Cabinet for Natural Resource
· Study Says Seattle Has Nation’s Worst Traffic
WORD OF THE DAY
Winnow • \WIN-oh\ • verb - 1: to remove (as chaff) by a current of air; also: to free (as grain) from waste in this manner 2: to remove, separate, or select as if by winnowing *3: to narrow or reduce 4: to blow on or fan
Bertie was stunned by the vast amount of material produced as a result of his information request. “I might as well toss this pile in the air and randomly pick a page rather than winnow it down by reading each document,” he whined to the sympathetic secretary.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Equipment Defect Shuts Down Priest Rapids Dam (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/dec/02/equipment-defect-shuts-down-priest-rapids-dam/
Clallam PUD System Changes Aided Storm Response (Sequim Gazette, WA)
http://search.sequimgazette.com/news/article.exm/2009-12-02_pud_system_changes_aided_storm_response
Light at the end of the Enron scandal: $9 million for Washington - Attorney General distributes Enron settlement money this week (Washington State Attorney General)
http://www.atg.wa.gov/pressrelease.aspx?&id=24828
Snohomish PUD Launches New User-Friendly Web Site (Mukilteo Beacon, WA)
http://www.mukilteobeacon.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2760:pud-launches-new-user-friendly-web-site&catid=112:city-government&Itemid=213
Yucca Mountain Nuclear Disposal Site Is Dead, Says Longtime Advocate (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/12/02/02climatewire-yucca-mountain-nuclear-disposal-site-is-dead-59660.html
Smoke Over UW Caused By Faulty Oil/Natural Gas Power Plant Switch (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21786706/detail.html
California Dams to Feel Impact of Climate Change
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/california-dams-to-feel-climate-impacts/
Weak Demand Puts Natural Gas Prices At 52-Week Low (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010411066_apoilprices.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Leavenworth Hatchery Plan Ignites Critics (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/dec/02/leavenworth-hatchery-plan-ignites-critics/
Alaska to Refund Nearly $70M In Fishing Fees (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010414061_apakfishingrefund1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Tough Season May Force Texas Oystermen to Fold (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/us/02oyster.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Montana Ranchers Seek To Curb Residential Wells (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010410393_apusfarmscenewaterwoes.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Explosion at Grays Harbor biodiesel plant (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Explosion-at-Grays-Harbor-biodiesel-plant-78374817.html
Oregon Governor Changes Course, Supports Phase-Out of Wind Energy Tax Credit (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/12/kulongoski_changes_course_supp.html
Lakeview Light & Power: Small utility with big plans (Energy Digital)
http://www.energydigital.com/Lakeview-Light---Power--Small-utility-with-big-plans_39314.aspx
Study: Wind Farms Have No Effect on Property Value (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010404615_apuswindfarmshomevalues.html
Harvesting Electricity That Would Otherwise Go to Waste (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/harvesting-electricity-that-would-otherwise-go-to-waste/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Benton PUD Passes out Free Light Bulbs and Energy Tips (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11607533
Cash for Appliances Program to Launch in April (Nashville Business Journal)
http://nashville.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2009/11/30/daily26.html?ana=from_rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
As Emissions Increase, Carbon 'Sinks' Get Clogged - World's oceans, forests becoming less able to absorb CO2 (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/02/AR2009120203732.html?wprss=rss_business
Google Earth Explores Climate Risks to California (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010411093_apuscaliforniaclimatechange.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Elusive Goal of Greening U.S. Energy (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/business/energy-environment/03greenjobs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In Denmark, Ambitious Plan for Electric Cars (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/business/energy-environment/02electric.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Telecommunications & Technology
Google Offers Online News Compromise (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5B13VF20091202?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
Sweden: A Model for the Broadband Future? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/12/03/sweden-a-model-for-the-broadband-future
Comcast Gets NBC from G.E. in Deal That Reshapes TV (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/business/media/04nbc.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Searchers Find Missing Shelton Mushroom Picker (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21778917/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_4pm&tmi=sea_4pm_1_06000212022009&ts=H
Aunt Went to Police When Clemmons Called Her (Seattle Times)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1057864.html
GAO Asks NOAA to Reconsider Fleet Move from Seattle to Oregon (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1056697.html
Gregoire Creates Cabinet for Natural Resource Agencies (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/dec/02/gregoire-creates-cabinet-for-natural-resource/?partner=RSS
Study Says Seattle Has Nation’s Worst Traffic Congestion (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/11/30/daily14.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Some Mont. Businesses Angry Over Shopping E-Mail
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010413919_apmtbusinessesangered.html?syndication=rss
Alan Parsons Project Band Co-Founder Woolfson Dies
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2010413970_apeugermanyobitwoolfson.html?syndication=rss
Cambodian Moms-To-Be Chew Tobacco For Nausea
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010411019_apasmedcambodiapregnanttobaccochewers.html?syndication=rss
Idaho Man Beats Speeding Ticket After 2 Years
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1057867.html
SONG OF THE DAY
The Alan Parsons Project - Games People Playhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myJDOWh0_eU
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
· Equipment Defect Shuts Down Priest Rapids Dam
· Clallam PUD System Changes Aided Storm Response
· Light at the end of the Enron scandal: $9 million for Washington
· Snohomish PUD Launches New User-Friendly Web Site
· Yucca Mountain Nuclear Disposal Site Is Dead, Says Longtime Advocate
· Smoke Over UW Caused By Faulty Oil/Natural Gas Power Plant Switch
· California Dams to Feel Impact of Climate Change
· Weak Demand Puts Natural Gas Prices At 52-Week Low
· Leavenworth Hatchery Plan Ignites Critics
· Alaska to Refund Nearly $70M In Fishing Fees
· Tough Season May Force Texas Oystermen to Fold
· Montana Ranchers Seek To Curb Residential Wells
· Explosion at Grays Harbor biodiesel plant
· Oregon Governor Changes Course, Supports Phase-Out of Wind Energy Tax
· Lakeview Light & Power: Small utility with big plans
· Study: Wind Farms Have No Effect on Property Value
· Harvesting Electricity That Would Otherwise Go to
· Benton PUD Passes out Free Light Bulbs and Energy
· Cash for Appliances Program to Launch in April
· As Emissions Increase, Carbon 'Sinks' Get
· Google Earth Explores Climate Risks to
· Elusive Goal of Greening U.S. Energy
· In Denmark, Ambitious Plan for Electric Cars
· Google Offers Online News Compromise
· Sweden: A Model for the Broadband Future?
· Comcast Gets NBC from G.E. in Deal That Reshapes TV
· Searchers Find Missing Shelton Mushroom
· Aunt Went to Police When Clemmons Called
· GAO Asks NOAA to Reconsider Fleet Move from Seattle to
· Gregoire Creates Cabinet for Natural Resource
· Study Says Seattle Has Nation’s Worst Traffic
WORD OF THE DAY
Winnow • \WIN-oh\ • verb - 1: to remove (as chaff) by a current of air; also: to free (as grain) from waste in this manner 2: to remove, separate, or select as if by winnowing *3: to narrow or reduce 4: to blow on or fan
Bertie was stunned by the vast amount of material produced as a result of his information request. “I might as well toss this pile in the air and randomly pick a page rather than winnow it down by reading each document,” he whined to the sympathetic secretary.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Equipment Defect Shuts Down Priest Rapids Dam (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/dec/02/equipment-defect-shuts-down-priest-rapids-dam/
Clallam PUD System Changes Aided Storm Response (Sequim Gazette, WA)
http://search.sequimgazette.com/news/article.exm/2009-12-02_pud_system_changes_aided_storm_response
Light at the end of the Enron scandal: $9 million for Washington - Attorney General distributes Enron settlement money this week (Washington State Attorney General)
http://www.atg.wa.gov/pressrelease.aspx?&id=24828
Snohomish PUD Launches New User-Friendly Web Site (Mukilteo Beacon, WA)
http://www.mukilteobeacon.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2760:pud-launches-new-user-friendly-web-site&catid=112:city-government&Itemid=213
Yucca Mountain Nuclear Disposal Site Is Dead, Says Longtime Advocate (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/12/02/02climatewire-yucca-mountain-nuclear-disposal-site-is-dead-59660.html
Smoke Over UW Caused By Faulty Oil/Natural Gas Power Plant Switch (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21786706/detail.html
California Dams to Feel Impact of Climate Change
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/california-dams-to-feel-climate-impacts/
Weak Demand Puts Natural Gas Prices At 52-Week Low (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010411066_apoilprices.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Leavenworth Hatchery Plan Ignites Critics (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/dec/02/leavenworth-hatchery-plan-ignites-critics/
Alaska to Refund Nearly $70M In Fishing Fees (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010414061_apakfishingrefund1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Tough Season May Force Texas Oystermen to Fold (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/us/02oyster.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Montana Ranchers Seek To Curb Residential Wells (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010410393_apusfarmscenewaterwoes.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Explosion at Grays Harbor biodiesel plant (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Explosion-at-Grays-Harbor-biodiesel-plant-78374817.html
Oregon Governor Changes Course, Supports Phase-Out of Wind Energy Tax Credit (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/12/kulongoski_changes_course_supp.html
Lakeview Light & Power: Small utility with big plans (Energy Digital)
http://www.energydigital.com/Lakeview-Light---Power--Small-utility-with-big-plans_39314.aspx
Study: Wind Farms Have No Effect on Property Value (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010404615_apuswindfarmshomevalues.html
Harvesting Electricity That Would Otherwise Go to Waste (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/harvesting-electricity-that-would-otherwise-go-to-waste/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Benton PUD Passes out Free Light Bulbs and Energy Tips (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11607533
Cash for Appliances Program to Launch in April (Nashville Business Journal)
http://nashville.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2009/11/30/daily26.html?ana=from_rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
As Emissions Increase, Carbon 'Sinks' Get Clogged - World's oceans, forests becoming less able to absorb CO2 (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/02/AR2009120203732.html?wprss=rss_business
Google Earth Explores Climate Risks to California (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010411093_apuscaliforniaclimatechange.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Elusive Goal of Greening U.S. Energy (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/business/energy-environment/03greenjobs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In Denmark, Ambitious Plan for Electric Cars (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/business/energy-environment/02electric.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Telecommunications & Technology
Google Offers Online News Compromise (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5B13VF20091202?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology
Sweden: A Model for the Broadband Future? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/12/03/sweden-a-model-for-the-broadband-future
Comcast Gets NBC from G.E. in Deal That Reshapes TV (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/business/media/04nbc.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Searchers Find Missing Shelton Mushroom Picker (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21778917/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_4pm&tmi=sea_4pm_1_06000212022009&ts=H
Aunt Went to Police When Clemmons Called Her (Seattle Times)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1057864.html
GAO Asks NOAA to Reconsider Fleet Move from Seattle to Oregon (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1056697.html
Gregoire Creates Cabinet for Natural Resource Agencies (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/dec/02/gregoire-creates-cabinet-for-natural-resource/?partner=RSS
Study Says Seattle Has Nation’s Worst Traffic Congestion (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/11/30/daily14.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Some Mont. Businesses Angry Over Shopping E-Mail
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010413919_apmtbusinessesangered.html?syndication=rss
Alan Parsons Project Band Co-Founder Woolfson Dies
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2010413970_apeugermanyobitwoolfson.html?syndication=rss
Cambodian Moms-To-Be Chew Tobacco For Nausea
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010411019_apasmedcambodiapregnanttobaccochewers.html?syndication=rss
Idaho Man Beats Speeding Ticket After 2 Years
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1057867.html
SONG OF THE DAY
The Alan Parsons Project - Games People Playhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myJDOWh0_eU
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Energy News Digest for December 2, 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)
· On This Day: Enron Files the Largest Corporate Bankruptcy in US History
· Clark County - Enron Penalty Aids Local Utility
· Avista Will Distribute Enron Settlement Funds
· Daily News Editorial - Property Owners’ Anger Is Understandable, but New Transmission Line Will Soon Be Needed
· Chelan PUD Budget Has New Holes
· Idaho Clean-Coal Permit Sets National Standard in the Fight against Climate
· North Carolina - Progress Energy to Close down 11 Coal
· California - Feds Probe Switch Problem at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant
· Roughly 70,000 Sockeye Salmon Return To South Okanogan
· Pacific Salmon Named One of “America’s Hottest Species”
· Poison Planned To Keep Asian Carp from Great
· Water Rule Raises Fears for Farms in Chimacum Valley
· Group Says It Will Sue City of Spokane over River PCBs
· Wenatchee World Op/Ed - Columbia Basin Project Goes Badly Astray
· California Projects Historic Low for Water
· New Mexico - Report Says Transmission Key to Renewable Power
· New York Eyes Offshore Wind Farms on Great
· Cape Wind inks power deal with National Grid
· Idaho - Rupert Awarded $100,000 for Energy Improvements
· Associated Press Perspective: Ohio Light Bulb Fight Offers Lessons
· UK Climate Scientist To Temporarily Step Down
· Australia’s Carbon-Trading Legislation Fails
· Five Eco-Crimes We Commit Every Day
· Gates Foundation Grants $3.4 Million for Library Internet Connections
· FCC Chairman Pushes Changes to Expand Broadband Access
· FCC Aims to Expand
· Microsoft Says Black Screens Not Caused By Security Updates
· Reality Check: Global Bing, Yahoo Market Shares Stink
· Deputies Seek Missing Shelton
· E-Mails Show Washington State Battled To Keep Clemmons in
· Prosecutor Gives Details on How Clemmons Was Helped To
· Gregoire Backs Off Move of State Parks into Department of Natural
· Online Readers, Aggregators Need To Pay For News: Murdoch
WORD OF THE DAY
Pundit • \PUN-dit\ • noun - 1: a learned person: teacher *2: authority, critic
Strictly speaking, some talking heads passing themselves off as “pundits” are anything but.
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
On This Day: Enron Files the Largest Corporate Bankruptcy in US History (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/December/Enron-Files-the-Largest-Corporate-Bankruptcy-in-U-S--History.html
Clark County - Enron Penalty Aids Local Utility: Settlement will help reduce low-income people’s heating bills (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091202/BIZ01/712029968/-1/biz
Avista Will Distribute Enron Settlement Funds (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/02/avista-will-distribute-enron-settlement-funds/
Daily News Editorial - Property Owners’ Anger Is Understandable, but New Transmission Line Will Soon Be Needed
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/12/02/editorial/doc4b15a9859f9d5621757301.txt
Chelan PUD Budget Has New Holes (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/dec/01/chelan-pud-budget-has-new-holes/
Idaho Clean-Coal Permit Sets National Standard in the Fight against Climate Change (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/992165.html
North Carolina - Progress Energy to Close down 11 Coal Plants - Representing 30% of total coal-fired output (Triangle Business Journal)
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/11/30/daily31.html?ana=from_rss
California - Feds Probe Switch Problem at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.ktvu.com/news/21771822/detail.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Roughly 70,000 Sockeye Salmon Return To South Okanogan (Osoyoos Times, BC)
http://www.osoyoostimes.com/news/2009/12/01/roughly-70000-sockeye-salmon-return-to-south-okanagan/
Pacific Salmon Named One of “America’s Hottest Species” (SF Bay Independent Media)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/12/01/18631036.php
Poison Planned To Keep Asian Carp from Great Lakes (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010403991_apusgreatlakesasiancarp.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Water Rule Raises Fears for Farms in Chimacum Valley (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091202/news/312029993
Group Says It Will Sue City of Spokane over River PCBs (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/02/group-says-it-will-sue-city-over-river-pcbs/
Wenatchee World Op/Ed - Columbia Basin Project Goes Badly Astray
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/dec/01/basin-project-goes-badly-astray/
California Projects Historic Low for Water Deliveries (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010396482_apcacaliforniawater.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
New Mexico - Report Says Transmission Key to Renewable Power (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010404109_apusenergytransmissionnewmexico.html?syndication=rss
New York Eyes Offshore Wind Farms on Great Lakes (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5B04J320091201
Cape Wind inks power deal with National Grid (Boston Business Journal)
http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/11/30/daily33.html?ana=from_rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Idaho - Rupert Awarded $100,000 for Energy Improvements (Magic Valley Times-News, ID)
http://www.magicvalley.com/news/local/article_b282877f-3ee9-5dc1-b75f-dba9b8ca7348.html
Associated Press Perspective: Ohio Light Bulb Fight Offers Lessons
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hF4WOkdKCzzMAjJaP99313_e_SAAD9CAKLQO0
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
UK Climate Scientist To Temporarily Step Down - Pending an investigation into allegations that he overstated the case for man-made climate change (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010396116_apeubritainclimatehackedemails.html?syndication=rss
Australia’s Carbon-Trading Legislation Fails (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010403866_apclimateaustralia.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Five Eco-Crimes We Commit Every Day (New Scientist)
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427361.900-five-ecocrimes-we-commit-every-day.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Gates Foundation Grants $3.4 Million for Library Internet Connections (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thebusinessofgiving/2010396684_gates_foundation_grants_34_mil.html?syndication=rss
FCC Chairman Pushes Changes to Expand Broadband Access (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125968577577971313.html?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_hs
FCC Aims to Expand USF - But again, they probably should bother to fix it first (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Aims-To-Expand-USF-105752
Microsoft Says Black Screens Not Caused By Security Updates (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/186837.asp?source=pimail
Reality Check: Global Bing, Yahoo Market Shares Stink (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/186810.asp?source=pimail
GENERAL NEWS
Deputies Seek Missing Shelton Woman (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/1055974.html
E-Mails Show Washington State Battled To Keep Clemmons in Custody (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010400203_shootingdoc02m.html
Prosecutor Gives Details on How Clemmons Was Helped To Escape (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/1055556.html
Gregoire Backs Off Move of State Parks into Department of Natural Resources (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091202/BLOG13/912029999/0/NEWS01
Online Readers, Aggregators Need To Pay For News: Murdoch (Yahoo! Tech)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20091201/tc_afp/usmediaindustrynewspapersnewscorpmurdochftc
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Breast-Feeding Mom Says Target Kicked Her Out, Called Police
http://www.freep.com/article/20091201/NEWS02/91201031/1322/Breast-feeding-mom-says-Target-kicked-her-out
Woman Says She Was Pressured Into Buying Car
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/21764175/detail.html
Cost of School Formals Soaring As Teenagers Glam-Up
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5B03Y020091201?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FoddlyEnoughNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Oddly+Enough%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo
Owl swoops down to attack dog on leash
http://www.nwcn.com/news/Owl-swoops-down-to-attack-dog-on-leash-78288942.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Little River Band - The Night Owl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFLdHx2ZXUA
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
· On This Day: Enron Files the Largest Corporate Bankruptcy in US History
· Clark County - Enron Penalty Aids Local Utility
· Avista Will Distribute Enron Settlement Funds
· Daily News Editorial - Property Owners’ Anger Is Understandable, but New Transmission Line Will Soon Be Needed
· Chelan PUD Budget Has New Holes
· Idaho Clean-Coal Permit Sets National Standard in the Fight against Climate
· North Carolina - Progress Energy to Close down 11 Coal
· California - Feds Probe Switch Problem at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant
· Roughly 70,000 Sockeye Salmon Return To South Okanogan
· Pacific Salmon Named One of “America’s Hottest Species”
· Poison Planned To Keep Asian Carp from Great
· Water Rule Raises Fears for Farms in Chimacum Valley
· Group Says It Will Sue City of Spokane over River PCBs
· Wenatchee World Op/Ed - Columbia Basin Project Goes Badly Astray
· California Projects Historic Low for Water
· New Mexico - Report Says Transmission Key to Renewable Power
· New York Eyes Offshore Wind Farms on Great
· Cape Wind inks power deal with National Grid
· Idaho - Rupert Awarded $100,000 for Energy Improvements
· Associated Press Perspective: Ohio Light Bulb Fight Offers Lessons
· UK Climate Scientist To Temporarily Step Down
· Australia’s Carbon-Trading Legislation Fails
· Five Eco-Crimes We Commit Every Day
· Gates Foundation Grants $3.4 Million for Library Internet Connections
· FCC Chairman Pushes Changes to Expand Broadband Access
· FCC Aims to Expand
· Microsoft Says Black Screens Not Caused By Security Updates
· Reality Check: Global Bing, Yahoo Market Shares Stink
· Deputies Seek Missing Shelton
· E-Mails Show Washington State Battled To Keep Clemmons in
· Prosecutor Gives Details on How Clemmons Was Helped To
· Gregoire Backs Off Move of State Parks into Department of Natural
· Online Readers, Aggregators Need To Pay For News: Murdoch
WORD OF THE DAY
Pundit • \PUN-dit\ • noun - 1: a learned person: teacher *2: authority, critic
Strictly speaking, some talking heads passing themselves off as “pundits” are anything but.
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
On This Day: Enron Files the Largest Corporate Bankruptcy in US History (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/December/Enron-Files-the-Largest-Corporate-Bankruptcy-in-U-S--History.html
Clark County - Enron Penalty Aids Local Utility: Settlement will help reduce low-income people’s heating bills (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091202/BIZ01/712029968/-1/biz
Avista Will Distribute Enron Settlement Funds (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/02/avista-will-distribute-enron-settlement-funds/
Daily News Editorial - Property Owners’ Anger Is Understandable, but New Transmission Line Will Soon Be Needed
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/12/02/editorial/doc4b15a9859f9d5621757301.txt
Chelan PUD Budget Has New Holes (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/dec/01/chelan-pud-budget-has-new-holes/
Idaho Clean-Coal Permit Sets National Standard in the Fight against Climate Change (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/992165.html
North Carolina - Progress Energy to Close down 11 Coal Plants - Representing 30% of total coal-fired output (Triangle Business Journal)
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/11/30/daily31.html?ana=from_rss
California - Feds Probe Switch Problem at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.ktvu.com/news/21771822/detail.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Roughly 70,000 Sockeye Salmon Return To South Okanogan (Osoyoos Times, BC)
http://www.osoyoostimes.com/news/2009/12/01/roughly-70000-sockeye-salmon-return-to-south-okanagan/
Pacific Salmon Named One of “America’s Hottest Species” (SF Bay Independent Media)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/12/01/18631036.php
Poison Planned To Keep Asian Carp from Great Lakes (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010403991_apusgreatlakesasiancarp.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Water Rule Raises Fears for Farms in Chimacum Valley (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091202/news/312029993
Group Says It Will Sue City of Spokane over River PCBs (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/02/group-says-it-will-sue-city-over-river-pcbs/
Wenatchee World Op/Ed - Columbia Basin Project Goes Badly Astray
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/dec/01/basin-project-goes-badly-astray/
California Projects Historic Low for Water Deliveries (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010396482_apcacaliforniawater.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
New Mexico - Report Says Transmission Key to Renewable Power (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010404109_apusenergytransmissionnewmexico.html?syndication=rss
New York Eyes Offshore Wind Farms on Great Lakes (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5B04J320091201
Cape Wind inks power deal with National Grid (Boston Business Journal)
http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/11/30/daily33.html?ana=from_rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Idaho - Rupert Awarded $100,000 for Energy Improvements (Magic Valley Times-News, ID)
http://www.magicvalley.com/news/local/article_b282877f-3ee9-5dc1-b75f-dba9b8ca7348.html
Associated Press Perspective: Ohio Light Bulb Fight Offers Lessons
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hF4WOkdKCzzMAjJaP99313_e_SAAD9CAKLQO0
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
UK Climate Scientist To Temporarily Step Down - Pending an investigation into allegations that he overstated the case for man-made climate change (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010396116_apeubritainclimatehackedemails.html?syndication=rss
Australia’s Carbon-Trading Legislation Fails (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010403866_apclimateaustralia.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Five Eco-Crimes We Commit Every Day (New Scientist)
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427361.900-five-ecocrimes-we-commit-every-day.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Gates Foundation Grants $3.4 Million for Library Internet Connections (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thebusinessofgiving/2010396684_gates_foundation_grants_34_mil.html?syndication=rss
FCC Chairman Pushes Changes to Expand Broadband Access (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125968577577971313.html?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_hs
FCC Aims to Expand USF - But again, they probably should bother to fix it first (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Aims-To-Expand-USF-105752
Microsoft Says Black Screens Not Caused By Security Updates (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/186837.asp?source=pimail
Reality Check: Global Bing, Yahoo Market Shares Stink (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/186810.asp?source=pimail
GENERAL NEWS
Deputies Seek Missing Shelton Woman (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/1055974.html
E-Mails Show Washington State Battled To Keep Clemmons in Custody (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010400203_shootingdoc02m.html
Prosecutor Gives Details on How Clemmons Was Helped To Escape (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/1055556.html
Gregoire Backs Off Move of State Parks into Department of Natural Resources (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091202/BLOG13/912029999/0/NEWS01
Online Readers, Aggregators Need To Pay For News: Murdoch (Yahoo! Tech)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20091201/tc_afp/usmediaindustrynewspapersnewscorpmurdochftc
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Breast-Feeding Mom Says Target Kicked Her Out, Called Police
http://www.freep.com/article/20091201/NEWS02/91201031/1322/Breast-feeding-mom-says-Target-kicked-her-out
Woman Says She Was Pressured Into Buying Car
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/21764175/detail.html
Cost of School Formals Soaring As Teenagers Glam-Up
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5B03Y020091201?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FoddlyEnoughNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Oddly+Enough%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo
Owl swoops down to attack dog on leash
http://www.nwcn.com/news/Owl-swoops-down-to-attack-dog-on-leash-78288942.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Little River Band - The Night Owl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFLdHx2ZXUA
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Energy News Digest for December 1, 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)
• 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
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
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
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
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