Energy News Digest for November 8, 2010

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Vermont-Yankee Nuclear Plant Shuts Down After Leak from Pipe (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013373427_apusvermontyankee.html

Transformer Explosion at NY Nuclear Power Plant (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/11/07/financial/f195213S52.DTL

Surplus Wind & Hydro Power Have BPA Looking for Solutions (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/17776-surplus-wind-and-hydro-power-have-bpa-looking-solutions/

Sea Lion Deaths on Oregon Coast Prompt Health Warning for Beachgoers, Dogs (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2010/11/sea_lion_deaths_on_oregon_coast_prompt_warning_for_beachgoers_dogs.html

Cost of Green Power Makes Projects Tougher Sell (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/science/earth/08fossil.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·       ·         Vermont-Yankee Nuclear Plant Shuts Down After Leak from Pipe

·         Transformer Explosion at NY Nuclear Power Plant

·         Two Northeast Power Plants Face Emergency Shut-Down: Is Nuclear Power Really Safe?

·         Surplus Wind & Hydro Power Have BPA Looking for Solutions

·         Seattle City Light Crackdown on Power Outages Mean Several Trees Must Go

·         Northwest Natural Gas Reports $7.4M Loss, Cuts Washington State Rates

·         Giant Vitrification Assembly Arrives at Hanford from Utah

·         Nebraska Utility: New Rate Hike Will Raise Average Residential Bill 11.4%; $12 a Month

·         California - Pacific Gas & Electric Cleanup? Hinkley Water Tainted by Chromium 6 Spreading

·         European Nuclear Waste Shipment Prompts Protests

·         Sea Lion Deaths on Oregon Coast Prompt Health Warning for Beachgoers, Dogs

·         Fall Coho, King Plentiful on Olympic Peninsula

·         Hundreds of Steelhead Found Trapped in Dworkshak Turbine Tube; About 1,000 Fish Killed

·         States Raise Concerns About Sturgeon

·         NOAA Supports Catch Shares for Commercial Fisheries

·         Washington Prisoners Helping Save Endangered Frogs

·         Thirsty San Diego Could Learn from South Sound

·         Decrepit Washington, DC Water System Brings $8M Claim

·         Cost of Green Power Makes Projects Tougher Sell

·         Oregon - Dallas Site Attracts Interest from Biomass Business

·         Burning Questions About Biomass - Of Cane, Coal & Carbon Dioxide

·         Columnist - ‘Old Fogies’ Obsession: Turning Waves into Power

·         Tidal Stream Power Generator Ready for Deployment

·         Ocean Power Dips Its Toes in Water

·         Wisconsin’s Renewable Energy Mandate May Get New Scrutiny

·         Shining Light on the Cost of Solar Energy

·         Green Group: Compressed Air Storage Key to Clean Energy

·         Texas - From Dung to $$$: El Paso Biogas Startup Has Big Plans

·         Avista Gears Audits Toward Plugged-In College Students

·         Tri-City Businesses Glad Cash for Appliances Program Ends

·         Energy-Saving Tips for Fall - As Leaves Keep Turning Orange, Here’s How You Can Stay Green

·         California’s Global Warming Law ‘Full Speed Ahead’ -- But Faces Long Road

·         Energy Policy Explored as Cap-&-Trade Dies

·         Climate Scientists Fighting Back - Campaign Targets Skeptical Lawmakers

·         Arctic Melting Sets International Issues Bubbling

·         Forest Products - Bill Virgin: When Old Becomes New Again

·         Your Personal Biomass Incinerator - Got Wood?

·         Tribes Working to Buck Unemployment with Green Jobs

·         European Biofuels Goals May Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Lobby Groups Say

·         Will Masses Embrace Electric Cars despite High Prices?

·         Stimulus’ End Worries Some Cleantech Companies

·         Broadband Usage Growing Even as Gaps Persist

·         Financial Woes Cloud Clearwire’s 4G Wireless Broadband Plans

·         Report Says AOL Hires Advisers for Options as It Eyes Yahoo

·         Whatever Happened to Free Wi-Fi in San Francisco?

·         Africa Is on the Cusp of an Internet Boom

·         Web Firms Face Brutal Competition in China

·         FCC to Ignore Net Neutrality This Fall

·         Mason County Election Results - Mason County and 35th District Candidates Solidify Leads

·         Washington State’s Balance of Power Still in Democrats Favor

·         California’s Secretary of State Office Gets Refund for Election Website Failure

·         Man Dies When Party Explosives Detonate; 1 Arrest

·         Mason County Hunter Charged with Manslaughter in Death of Brush Picker

·         Possible Grocery Strike Could Bring Thanksgiving Havoc

·         WA Governor Hopeful About Moses Lake Carbon Fiber Factory Expansion

·         Pro-Israel Students Harassed, Leave Evergreen State College

·         Port Townsend Couple Scammed by Woman Hired to be Surrogate Mother

·         North Mason’s Mission Creek Work Crews Popular for Local Projects 

WORD OF THE DAY

Pungle • \PUNG-gull\ • verb - To make a payment or contribution of money; usually used with up

“Never bet a million bucks on politics and coin flips,” announced the gold-toothed bookie to his humbled pigeon. “Now’s the time to pungle up, my friend,” he said sarcastically.

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

Vermont-Yankee Nuclear Plant Shuts Down After Leak from Pipe (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013373427_apusvermontyankee.html

Transformer Explosion at NY Nuclear Power Plant (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/11/07/financial/f195213S52.DTL

Two Northeast Power Plants Face Emergency Shut-Down: Is Nuclear Power Really Safe? (TIME Magazine)

http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/11/08/two-power-plants-face-emergency-shut-down-is-nuclear-power-really-safe/

Surplus Wind & Hydro Power Have BPA Looking for Solutions (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/17776-surplus-wind-and-hydro-power-have-bpa-looking-solutions/

Seattle City Light Crackdown on Power Outages Mean Several Trees Must Go “…After a huge blackout back East, federal regulators are cracking down on power providers…” (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/106800963.html

Northwest Natural Gas Reports $7.4M Loss, Cuts Washington State Rates (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/nov/06/nw-natural-reports-74m-loss-cuts-state-rates/

Giant Vitrification Assembly Arrives at Hanford from Utah (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_vit_plant_melters.html

Nebraska Utility: New Rate Hike Will Raise Average Residential Bill 11.4%; $12 a Month (SF Examiner)

http://www.sfexaminer.com/economy/neb-utility-new-rate-hike-will-raise-average-residential-bill-114-percent-or-12-a-month-106781673.html

California - Pacific Gas & Electric Cleanup? Hinkley Water Tainted by Chromium 6 Spreading (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/08/MNI11G1P93.DTL

European Nuclear Waste Shipment Prompts Protests (Associated Press)

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/11/07/general-eu-germany-nuclear-waste_8082931.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Sea Lion Deaths on Oregon Coast Prompt Health Warning for Beachgoers, Dogs (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2010/11/sea_lion_deaths_on_oregon_coast_prompt_warning_for_beachgoers_dogs.html

Fall Coho, King Plentiful on Olympic Peninsula (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/nov/05/fall-coho-king-plentiful-on-olympic-peninsula/

Hundreds of Steelhead Found Trapped in Dworkshak Turbine Tube; About 1,000 Fish Killed (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/401379.aspx

States Raise Concerns About Sturgeon (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/nov/07/states-raise-concerns-about-sturgeon/

NOAA Supports Catch Shares for Commercial Fisheries (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/17738-q-noaa-supports-catch-shares-commercial-fisheries/

Washington Prisoners Helping Save Endangered Frogs (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=13462725

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Thirsty San Diego Could Learn from South Sound (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/11/06/1430747/thirsty-san-diego-could-learn.html

Decrepit Washington, DC Water System Brings $8M Claim (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/11/08/31672.htm

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Cost of Green Power Makes Projects Tougher Sell (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/science/earth/08fossil.html

Oregon - Dallas Site Attracts Interest from Biomass Business (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20101106/UPDATE/101106010/-1/update

Burning Questions About Biomass - Of Cane, Coal & Carbon Dioxide (High Country News)

http://www.hcn.org/hcn/issues/42.19/burning-questions-about-biomass

Columnist - ‘Old Fogies’ Obsession: Turning Waves into Power (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2013366016_danny07.html

Tidal Stream Power Generator Ready for Deployment (Renewable Energy Focus)

http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com/view/13777/tidal-stream-power-generator-ready-for-deployment/

Ocean Power Dips Its Toes in Water (CNET News)

http://news.cnet.com/2300-11128_3-10005446.html

Wisconsin’s Renewable Energy Mandate May Get New Scrutiny (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI)

http://www.jsonline.com/business/106807903.html

Shining Light on the Cost of Solar Energy (National Geographic)

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2010/11/101105-cost-of-solar-energy/

Green Group: Compressed Air Storage Key to Clean Energy (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50621183-76/storage-thomas-compressed-energy.html.csp

Texas - From Dung to $$$: El Paso Biogas Startup Has Big Plans (El Paso Times, TX)

http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_16545188

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Avista Gears Audits Toward Plugged-In College Students - Company challenging them to take charge of their energy use (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/nov/08/power-to-change/

Tri-City Businesses Glad Cash for Appliances Program Ends (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/11/08/1243124/tri-city-businesses-glad-cash.html

Energy-Saving Tips for Fall - As Leaves Keep Turning Orange, Here’s How You Can Stay Green (Chicago Tribune, IL)

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-11-07/news/ct-met-eco-questions-fall-20101107_1_biodegradable-paper-bags-bulbs-plastic-bags

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

California’s Global Warming Law ‘Full Speed Ahead’ -- But Faces Long Road (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/11/06/3163723/californias-global-warming-law.html

Energy Policy Explored as Cap-&-Trade Dies (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=131104674&ft=1&f=2

Climate Scientists Fighting Back - Campaign Targets Skeptical Lawmakers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/nov/08/climate-scientists-fighting-back/

Arctic Melting Sets International Issues Bubbling (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/11/arctic-melting-sets-international-issues-boiling/1?csp=34tech

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Forest Products - Bill Virgin: When Old Becomes New Again (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/11/06/1413783/news-brief-07virgins.html

Your Personal Biomass Incinerator - Got Wood? How Eco-Friendly Hipsters Keep Warm in the Winter “…people can use wood pellets or hardwood to cut their energy bills in half…” (Out & About Newspaper)

http://blogs.outandaboutnewspaper.com/samjones/?p=731

Tribes Working to Buck Unemployment with Green Jobs (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS332926023320101107

European Biofuels Goals May Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Lobby Groups Say (Bloomberg News)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-08/eu-biofuels-goals-may-increase-greenhouse-gas-emissions-lobby-groups-say.html

Will Masses Embrace Electric Cars despite High Prices? (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2010-11-08-1Aelectriccars08_CV_N.htm?csp=34money

Stimulus’ End Worries Some Cleantech Companies (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/national/2010/11/stimulus-end-worries-some-cleantech.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Broadband Usage Growing Even as Gaps Persist (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013374754_apustecbroadbanddata.html

Financial Woes Cloud Clearwire’s 4G Wireless Broadband Plans (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/11/financial-woes-cloud-clearwires-4g-wireless-broadband-plans/1?csp=34tech

Report Says AOL Hires Advisers for Options as It Eyes Yahoo (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A70BV20101108

Whatever Happened to Free Wi-Fi in San Francisco? (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/08/BUR51G7ARS.DTL

Africa Is on the Cusp of an Internet Boom (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/Africa-Monitor/2010/1105/Africa-is-on-the-cusp-of-an-Internet-boom

Web Firms Face Brutal Competition in China (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16525849

FCC to Ignore Net Neutrality This Fall - November agenda involves politically safer issues (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-To-Ignore-Net-Neutrality-This-Fall-111280

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Unofficial Mason County Election Results - Mason County and 35th District Candidates Solidify Leads (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/component/content/article/3672-unofficial-election-results

Washington State’s Balance of Power Still in Democrats Favor (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_wash_election.html

Clock Ticking to Remove Political Signs near State Highways (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/11/05/clock-ticking-to-remove-political-signs-near-state-highways

California’s Secretary of State Office Gets Refund for Election Website Failure (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/11/06/3163838/money-repaid-in-website-fiasco.html

GENERAL NEWS

Man Dies When Party Explosives Detonate; 1 Arrest (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013373380_apwapartyblastdeath1stldwritethru.html

Mason County Hunter Charged with Manslaughter in Death of Brush Picker (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/news/3732-mason-county-hunter-charged-with-manslaughter-in-death-of-brush-picker

Possible Grocery Strike Could Bring Thanksgiving Havoc (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/106861918.html

WA Governor Hopeful About Moses Lake Carbon Fiber Factory Expansion (NW Public Radio)

http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=8017

Pro-Israel Students Harassed, Leave Evergreen State College (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=388091

Port Townsend Couple Scammed by Woman Hired to be Surrogate Mother (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/25652276/detail.html

North Mason’s Mission Creek Work Crews Popular for Local Projects (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/nov/05/mission-creek-work-crews-popular-local-projects/

DIVERSIONS

Alaska - Former North Pole Postal Worker Accused of Throwing Away Mail

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/11/07/1431223/former-north-pole-postal-worker.html

For Exercise in New York Futility, Push Button

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/27/nyregion/for-exercise-in-new-york-futility-push-button.html

Mystery, Debate Still Surround Sinking of Edmund Fitzgerald

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-11-08-fitzgerald08_ST_N.htm?csp=34news

Theater of the Obvious - Michael Jackson’s Mother Says Son Was Addicted to Plastic Surgery

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_16555213

SONG OF THE DAY

Joe Cocker - The Letter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xraj86LNgYc

The Box Tops – The Letter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQaUs5J2wdI

Energy News Digest for November 5, 2010

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Standard Time Returns: Set the Clock Back Saturday (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2013354192_apusfallback.html

US Senator Murray of Washington State Wins 4th Term (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013350381_apuswashingtonsenate4thldwritethru.html

Bonneville Power Administration Unmoved by Pleas to Reconsider Power Line Site (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_eabef0dc-e8a5-11df-8a0e-001cc4c03286.html

Stakes High in Resolving Yakima Basin Water Issues (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/11/04/stakes-high-in-resolving-yakima-basin-water-issues

Vermont-Yankee - An Uncertain Nuclear Countdown (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/an-uncertain-nuclear-countdown/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Bonneville Power Administration Unmoved by Pleas to Reconsider Power Line Site

·         Bonneville Power Administration Chief Stands by Decision to Rule Out Oregon Route

·         Clallam PUD’s Electricity Costs Upped Eight Percent Dec. 1

·         Energy Northwest Trying to Improve; Low Rating from Nuclear Non-Profit

·         Giant Melter Has Flat Tire on Way to Hanford Vitrification Plant

·         Vermont-Yankee - An Uncertain Nuclear Countdown

·         Two Mason PUD 3 Officials Receive Community Recognition for Service

·         Avista Contributes $10,000 to its ‘Project Share’ in Honor of Employees

·         Oregon - Bradwood Landing Decision May Affect Other Liquefied Natural Gas Projects

·         Natural Gas Pipes Safe in Oregon, Operators Tell PUC

·         Pacific Gas & Electric: California Pipeline Blast May Cost Utility $1 Billion

·         California - Bogus Natural Blast Victim Wanted It All, Prosecutors Say

·         British Petroleum Defends ‘F’ Ratings on Alaska Oil Pipelines

·         Detroit – ‘Hookup Guys’ Illegally Connecting Electricity to Homes

·         United Kingdom Says Power Reform Will be Biggest Thing Since Privatization

·         Judge Reduces License Revocation & Fine against Shellfish Company

·         Snohomish County Hatchery Tour Shows Our Role in Salmon Cycle

·         Conservation Area Trestle Coming Out at Woodard Bay

·         Elwha Dams’ History Highlight of Park Lecture Series

·         Stakes High in Resolving Yakima Basin Water Issues

·         One Last Scoop Creates Deeper Columbia River

·         Water Quality Is Defined by the ‘Standards’ We Use

·         Voters Want to Continue with Klamath River Basin Restoration Agreement

·         Alaska Gets Green Light for Water Pollution Permit Authority

·         White House - Gibbs Plugs Renewable Electricity Standard

·         Turbines Could Tap the Mississippi’s Power

·         Homeowner Says She Has the First Rubber Roof in the Tri-Cities

·         Micron Technology Installs LED Lights in Idaho Supermarket

·         Optimum Energy Names New CEO – Frey Formerly with WorldWide Packets

·         You Built the WWW & 777; Now Build a Brain for the Smart Grid

·         Carbon Dioxide Outburst Spurred Warming 40 Million Years Ago

·         Op/Ed - Integra CEO Questions CenturyLink, Qwest Merger

·         Clearwire Adds 1.23 Million New Subscribers

·         Clearwire Cuts 15% of Staff

·         Qwest Bleeds DSL, But Sees VDSL User Spike

·         Cable Subscribers Flee, But Is the Internet to Blame?

·         Nielsen Says Its Web Traffic Data Is Flawed

·         Call Center Jobs Move from Outsourcing to ‘Insourcing’

·         Internet Privacy Could be Priority in Next Congress

·         US Senator Murray of Washington State Wins 4th Term

·         Dems Lead Three Key Washington State Senate Races; Majority at Stake

·         Republicans Hastings, McMorris Rodgers to Get Top House Assignments

·         US Representative Norm Dicks: ‘Bloodbath’ Looming over Government Spending

·         Tim Sheldon is on It - Liquor Store Privatization Debate Lives on in Legislature

·         Standard Time Returns: Set the Clock Back Saturday

·         Missing Mason County Teen Girl Found Safe

·         Mason County - Federal Funds Awarded to Replace Hunter Bridge

·         Washington Moves to Tighten Driver’s License Requirements

·         Board of Pharmacy Oks Rule Allowing for ‘Conscientious’ Refusals

·         High Gas Prices Likely to Effect Holiday Spending This Year

·         Heritage Bank Stock Jumps Nearly 10%

·         Trees Hold Dangers for Deer Hunters

·         Close Encounter with Comet Hartley 2 Sets NASA Astir

WORD OF THE DAY

Emaciated • \ih-MAY-shee-ate-ed\ • verb - Wasted away physically 1: Loss of flesh so as to become very thin 2: to be feeble

The thin, pinch-faced clerk heaved a deep sigh. It was either pay $250 for a prime parking spot from his emaciated bank account, or walk ten blocks from a free public lot that had feeble lighting, and heavily cracked pavement…weeds fighting their way to the thin winter sunshine. “I guess that we’ll have to make that a ‘parking lot’ issue until we pay off our loan on the new car,” he told his imposing, virago-like wife. “Hmmph,” she snorted. “Looks like the only thing you got out of that management training were some fancy buzz-words.”

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

Bonneville Power Administration Unmoved by Pleas to Reconsider Power Line Site (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_eabef0dc-e8a5-11df-8a0e-001cc4c03286.html

Bonneville Power Administration Chief Stands by Decision to Rule Out Oregon Route -

Meeting on proposed power line draws crowd of 400 (Vancouver Columbian, WA – looks like the meeting was sponsored by Diet Pepsi & Aquafina! Nice product placement)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/nov/04/bpa-chief-decision-power-lines/

Clallam PUD’s Electricity Costs Upped Eight Percent Dec. 1 (Sequim Gazette, WA)

http://search.sequimgazette.com/news/article.exm/2010-11-03_electricity_costs_upped_8_percent_dec_1

Energy Northwest Trying to Improve; Low Rating from Nuclear Non-Profit (Oregon Public Radio)

http://news.opb.org/article/17581-energy-northwest-trying-improve-low-rating-nuclear-non-profit/

Giant Melter Has Flat Tire on Way to Hanford Vitrification Plant (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/11/04/1237708/delay-giant-melter-has-flat-tire.html

Vermont-Yankee - An Uncertain Nuclear Countdown (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/an-uncertain-nuclear-countdown/

Two Mason PUD 3 Officials Receive Community Recognition for Service - Shelton Newspaper’s Reader’s Choice Awards (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=796

Avista Contributes $10,000 to its ‘Project Share’ in Honor of Employees (Electric Energy Online)

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=143564

Oregon - Bradwood Landing Decision May Affect Other Liquefied Natural Gas Projects (Oregon Public Radio)

http://news.opb.org/article/17585-bradwood-landing-decision-may-affect-other-lng-projects/

Natural Gas Pipes Safe in Oregon, Operators Tell PUC (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/11/natural_gas_pipes_safe_in_oreg.html

Pacific Gas & Electric: California Pipeline Blast May Cost Utility $1 Billion (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013354036_apuspipelineexplosionpge.html

California - Bogus Natural Blast Victim Wanted It All, Prosecutors Say (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/04/BA7J1G76PJ.DTL

British Petroleum Defends ‘F’ Ratings on Alaska Oil Pipelines (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013348993_apusbppipelinecorrosion.html

Detroit – ‘Hookup Guys’ Illegally Connecting Electricity to Homes (WXYZ-TV, Detroit, MI)

http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/national/%27hookup-guys%27-illegally-connecting-electricity-to-homes

United Kingdom Says Power Reform Will be Biggest Thing Since Privatization (Bloomberg News)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-04/u-k-says-power-reform-will-be-biggest-thing-since-privatization.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Judge Reduces License Revocation & Fine against Shellfish Company (NW Public Radio)

http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=8015

Snohomish County Hatchery Tour Shows Our Role in Salmon Cycle (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20101105/NEWS01/711059856/-1/rss02

Conservation Area Trestle Coming Out at Woodard Bay - Bat colony, other habitat make removal challenging (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/11/05/1428359/conservation-area-trestle-coming.html

Elwha Dams’ History Highlight of Park Lecture Series (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20101105/news/311059977/elwha-dams-history-highlight-of-park-lecture-series

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Stakes High in Resolving Yakima Basin Water Issues (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/11/04/stakes-high-in-resolving-yakima-basin-water-issues

One Last Scoop Creates Deeper Columbia River (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/nov/05/11-05-roundup/

Water Quality Is Defined by the ‘Standards’ We Use (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2010/11/04/water-quality-is-defined-by-the-standards-we-use/

Voters Want to Continue with Klamath River Basin Restoration Agreement (Oregon Public Radio)

http://news.opb.org/article/17567-klamath-county-votes-continue-restoration-agreement/

Alaska Gets Green Light for Water Pollution Permit Authority (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/11/04/31619.htm

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

White House - Gibbs Plugs Renewable Electricity Standard (The Hill)

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/127741-gibbs-plugs-renewable-electricity-standard

Turbines Could Tap the Mississippi’s Power - Underwater turbines could harness a massive amount of energy; but could cause problems for boat navigation (MIT Technology Review)

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/26679/?p1=A1

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Homeowner Says She Has the First Rubber Roof in the Tri-Cities (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=13449151

Micron Technology Installs LED Lights in Idaho Supermarket (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013345416_apusidmicronlights.html

Optimum Energy Names New CEO – Frey Formerly with WorldWide Packets (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/xconomy/429577_xconomy110421.html

You Built the WWW & 777; Now Build a Brain for the Smart Grid (TechFlash – Seattle)

http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/11/you-built-the-www-and-777----now-build.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Carbon Dioxide Outburst Spurred Warming 40 Million Years Ago (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/11/carbon-dioxide-outburst-spurred-global-warming-40-million-years-ago/1?csp=34tech

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Op/Ed - Integra CEO Questions CenturyLink, Qwest Merger (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/northwestvoices/2013345427_guestcolumnintegraceoquestionscenturylinkqwestmerger.html

Clearwire Adds 1.23 Million New Subscribers - Though company cash concerns are beginning to escalate (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Clearwire-Adds-123-Million-New-Subscribers-111267

Clearwire Cuts 15% of Staff (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/xconomy/429606_xconomy110506.html

Qwest Bleeds DSL, But Sees VDSL User Spike - Apparently network upgrades are important after all (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-Bleeds-DSL-But-Sees-VDSL-User-Spike-111254

Cable Subscribers Flee, But Is the Internet to Blame? (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013348564_apustecinternetvspaytv.html

Nielsen Says Its Web Traffic Data Is Flawed (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013349334_apustecnielsenwebmeasurementerror.html

Call Center Jobs Move from Outsourcing to ‘Insourcing’ (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=387349

Internet Privacy Could be Priority in Next Congress (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/03/AR2010110309508.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

US Senator Murray of Washington State Wins 4th Term (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013350381_apuswashingtonsenate4thldwritethru.html

Dems Lead Three Key Washington State Senate Races; Majority at Stake (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013350189_apwalegislature1stldwritethru.html

Republicans Hastings, McMorris Rodgers to Get Top House Assignments (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/11/05/1410634/hastings-mcmorris-rodgers-to-get.html

US Representative Norm Dicks: ‘Bloodbath’ Looming over Government Spending (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/106774293.html

Tim Sheldon is on It - Liquor Store Privatization Debate Lives on in Legislature (NW Public Radio)

http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=8011

GENERAL NEWS

Standard Time Returns: Set the Clock Back Saturday (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2013354192_apusfallback.html

Missing Mason County Teen Girl Found Safe (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/news/3725-missing-teen-girl-found-safe

Mason County - Federal Funds Awarded to Replace Hunter Bridge (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/news/3724-federal-funds-awarded-to-replace-hunter-bridge

Washington Moves to Tighten Driver’s License Requirements (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/11/04/1410498/wa-moves-to-tighten-drivers-license.html

Board of Pharmacy Oks Rule Allowing for ‘Conscientious’ Refusals (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/11/05/1410620/board-oks-drug-referrals.html

High Gas Prices Likely to Effect Holiday Spending This Year (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2010/1105/High-gas-prices-likely-to-effect-holiday-spending-this-year

Heritage Bank Stock Jumps Nearly 10% (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/11/05/1410674/heritage-bank-stock-jumps-nearly.html

Trees Hold Dangers for Deer Hunters (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-11-04-hunting04_ST_N.htm?csp=34news

Close Encounter with Comet Hartley 2 Sets NASA Astir (NY Times – Neat Picture)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/science/space/05comet.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

DIVERSIONS

Nuns Sell Honus Wagner Card for $262,000

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2013354081_apusnunsbaseballcard.html

Most Popular Baby Names in Washington State Are...

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013345227_babynames05m.html

Yo-Yo Experts String Kids Along in Sherwood Afterschool Program

http://www.oregonlive.com/tualatin/index.ssf/2010/11/tualatin_colin_leland_yo-yo_university_greg_winterrowd_sherwood_shools_tigard-tualatin_schools.html

The First Action Hero - Hollywood mythologized him as ‘Lawrence of Arabia,’ but the real T. E. Lawrence was bigger than that. In fact, he may have been the original worldwide media celebrity (Note: contains PG-13 material)

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/11/04/lawrence-of-arabia-was-too-big-for-just-a-movie.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Lawrence of Arabia (Overture) - Maurice Jarre

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuxHLzwlDY4