Energy News Digest

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Energy News Digest for May 17, 2012

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

PROGRAMMING NOTE

The news digest will be avoiding sneaker waves & rolling logs on the Oregon Coast May 18 & 21. It return with sand in its shoes & saltwater in its nose on May 22,

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Energy Northwest’s Nuclear Fuel Buy Deal is Set (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/05/16/1941547/energy-northwests-nuclear-fuel.html

Clallam County Health Board Denies Biomass Moratorium (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/7892

Pacific Power Has Cash for Community Renewable Energy Projects (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2012/05/pacific-power-has-cash-for-community.html

Energy Challenge Creates Jobs, Saves Energy in Whatcom County (Bellingham Herald, WA)

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/05/12/2518794/energy-challenge-creates-jobs.html

Elwha River Dam Removal Ahead of Schedule: Glines Gone in a Year (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120517/NEWS/305179992/dam-removal-ahead-of-schedule-glines-gone-in-a-year

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

Energy Northwest’s Nuclear Fuel Buy Deal is Set
Dust in the Wind? Environmentalists Are Alarmed by Six Coal Export Proposals at Pacific Northwest Ports
Avista’s Power Play Fails in North Idaho Races
Puget Sound Energy Investigating Cause of Brief Power Outage in Olympia
McMinnville Water & Light Still Sorting Out Budget
What Happened at Southern Montana G&T is Lesson for Other Electric Co-ops
Bonneville Power Administration Makes Good on Promise to Mitigate Overcutting of Powerline Plants in Bethany
Energy Adviser: Electrical Hazards Lurk Outdoors
Bonneville’s 75^th Anniversary – Video Celebrates Columbia River
FERC 2012 Staff Report on the Arizona-Southern California Outages on September 8, 2011
Tennessee Valley Authority Chief Addresses Bellfonte Nuclear Plant
Power-Line Profit May Wane - Regulators May Cut Transmission Firms’ Incentives
Pacific Gas & Electric Installs 9 Millionth Smart Meter
Elwha River Dam Removal Ahead of Schedule: Glines Gone in a Year
Treaty Tribes Dedicate Final Columbia River Replacement Fishing Site
Northern Pikeminnow Fishing Derby in Southeastern Washington This Friday to Sunday
The Yakima River Valley - A Water Plan for Fish, Families & Farmers
Declining Columbia Basin Aquifer
Don’t Forget the Rivers in Debate over Colorado River Basin Water
Clallam County Health Board Denies Biomass Moratorium
Pacific Power Has Cash for Community Renewable Energy Projects
Quechan Tribe Challenges Southern California Wind Farm
Salt River Project Using Geothermal Power from New Plant
Energy Chief Chu Calls for Renewable Energy Tax Credit Extension at Denver Forum
US Senate Bill Would Make Chinese-Made Solar Panels Ineligible for US Tax Credits
Denmark Aims Low with Green Energy Policy
Germany - Merkel Ditches Environment Minister after Poll Rout
Energy Challenge Creates Jobs, Saves Energy in Whatcom County
Zap That Bill! Save Money on Energy Costs with High-Tech Conservation
California’s Cap-And-Trade to Generate Billions, Tough Choices
SolarCity: Ditch Your Big Utility & Get a Free Rooftop Solar System
DirecTV Cuts Satellite Broadband Deals with ViaSat, Hughes to Blanket US
Mason County Election Filing, Day Three
Kucinich Announces He Won’t Run in Washington State
Fatal Mason County Crash Being Investigated As Vehicular Homicide
Steven Powell Guilty on 14 Counts of Voyeurism
Washington State Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.1 Percent
BP Expects to Restart Refinery Blamed in Part for Spiking Pacific Northwest Gas Prices by Month’s End
Three People Arrested in Obituary Burglaries
Washington State Patrol Cadets Still Falling Short on Fitness Tests
Ebey Slough Rename Proposal Sparks Marysville-Area Debate

WORD OF THE DAY

Maffick • \MAFF-ick\ • Verb - To celebrate with boisterous rejoicing & hilarious behavior.

Maffick stopped traffic

Burning cars all around us

Must have won the championship

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

Energy Northwest’s Nuclear Fuel Buy Deal is Set (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/05/16/1941547/energy-northwests-nuclear-fuel.html

Dust in the Wind? Environmentalists Are Alarmed by Six Coal Export Proposals at Pacific Northwest Ports (Portland Tribune, OR)

http://portlandtribune.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=133721219844877400

Avista’s Power Play Fails in North Idaho Races (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

http://voices.idahostatesman.com/2012/05/16/rockybarker/avistas_power_play_fails_north_idaho_races

Puget Sound Energy Investigating Cause of Brief Power Outage in Olympia (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/05/16/2107558/pse-investigating-cause-of-brief.html

McMinnville Water & Light Still Sorting Out Budget (Yamhill County News Register, McMinnville, OR)

http://www.newsregister.com/article?articleTitle=water-light-still-sorting-out-budget--1337201071--3479--home-news

What Happened at Southern Montana G&T is Lesson for Other Electric Co-ops (Sidney Herald, MT)

http://www.sidneyherald.com/news/article_7155f54a-9eea-11e1-b8ec-001a4bcf887a.html

Bonneville Power Administration Makes Good on Promise to Mitigate Overcutting of Powerline Plants in Bethany (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/north-of-26/index.ssf/2012/05/bpa_makes_good_on_promise_to_m.html

Energy Adviser: Electrical Hazards Lurk Outdoors (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/may/17/electrical-hazards-lurk-outdoors/

Bonneville’s 75^th Anniversary – Video Celebrates Columbia River (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/30263-bonneville-anniversary

FERC 2012 Staff Report on the Arizona-Southern California Outages on September 8, 2011 (FERC – Links to PDF File)

http://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/Files/20120517110643-A-4.pdf

Tennessee Valley Authority Chief Addresses Bellfonte Nuclear Plant (WAFF-TV, Huntsville, AL)

http://www.waff.com/story/18439765/tva-chief-addresses-bellfonte-nuclear-plant

Power-Line Profit May Wane - Regulators May Cut Transmission Firms’ Incentives (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, WI)

http://www.jsonline.com/business/powerline-profit-may-wane-4a5et38-151813015.html

Pacific Gas & Electric Installs 9 Millionth Smart Meter (Electric Light & Power)

http://www.elp.com/index/display/article-display.articles.electric-light-power.meetering.2012.May.PG_E_installs_9_millionth_smart_meter.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Elwha River Dam Removal Ahead of Schedule: Glines Gone in a Year (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120517/NEWS/305179992/dam-removal-ahead-of-schedule-glines-gone-in-a-year

Treaty Tribes Dedicate Final Columbia River Replacement Fishing Site (High Country News)

http://www.hcn.org/hcn/blogs/range/treaty-tribes-dedicate-final-replacement-fishing-site

Northern Pikeminnow Fishing Derby in Southeastern Washington This Friday to Sunday (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2018219442__the_qwuincy_ather_your.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

The Yakima River Valley - A Water Plan for Fish, Families & Farmers (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://earthfix.opb.org/water/article/a-water-plan-for-fish-families-and-farmers/

Declining Columbia Basin Aquifer (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

http://www.kpq.com/05-16-12-Declining-Aquifer-more-/13147718

Don’t Forget the Rivers in Debate over Colorado River Basin Water (National Geographic Magazine)

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/05/16/dont-forget-the-rivers-in-debate-over-colorado-river-basin-water/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Clallam County Health Board Denies Biomass Moratorium (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/7892

Pacific Power Has Cash for Community Renewable Energy Projects (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2012/05/pacific-power-has-cash-for-community.html

Quechan Tribe Challenges Southern California Wind Farm (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/05/16/46560.htm

Salt River Project Using Geothermal Power from New Plant (Electric Light & Power)

http://www.elp.com/index/display/article-display/7539248039/articles/electric-light-power/renewable-energy/2012/May/Salt_River_Project_using_geothermal_power_from_new_plant.html

Energy Chief Chu Calls for Renewable Energy Tax Credit Extension at Denver Forum (Denver Business Journal, CO)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2012/05/16/energy-chief-chu-calls-for-tax-credit.html

US Senate Bill Would Make Chinese-Made Solar Panels Ineligible for US Tax Credits (SNL Financial)

http://www.snl.com/Interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-14904517-12336

Denmark Aims Low with Green Energy Policy (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/17/uk-eu-denmark-green-idUSLNE84G01G20120517

Germany - Merkel Ditches Environment Minister after Poll Rout (Climate Spectator)

http://www.climatespectator.com.au/news/update-2-merkel-ditches-environment-minister-after-poll-rout-0

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Energy Challenge Creates Jobs, Saves Energy in Whatcom County (Bellingham Herald, WA)

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/05/12/2518794/energy-challenge-creates-jobs.html

Zap That Bill! Save Money on Energy Costs with High-Tech Conservation (KHOU-TV, Houston, TX)

http://www.khou.com/news/texas-news/Zap-that-bill-Save-money-on-energy-costs-with-high-tech-conservation-151865605.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

California’s Cap-And-Trade to Generate Billions, Tough Choices (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2012%2F05%2F17%2FBUPQ1OIGTI.DTL

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

SolarCity: Ditch Your Big Utility & Get a Free Rooftop Solar System (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddwoody/2012/05/16/ditch-your-big-utility-and-get-a-free-rooftop-solar-system/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

DirecTV Cuts Satellite Broadband Deals with ViaSat, Hughes to Blanket US (MultiChannel)

http://www.multichannel.com/article/484658-DirecTV_Cuts_Satellite_Broadband_Deals_With_ViaSat_Hughes_To_Blanket_U_S_.php

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Mason County Election Filing, Day Three (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/?p=5322

Kucinich Announces He Won’t Run in Washington State (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Kucinich-announces-he-wont-run-in-Washington-State-151768755.html

GENERAL NEWS

Fatal Mason County Crash Being Investigated As Vehicular Homicide (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/?p=5320

Steven Powell Guilty on 14 Counts of Voyeurism (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.nwcn.com/news/151753495.html

Washington State Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.1 Percent (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Wash-unemployment-rate-falls-to-81-percent-151754815.html

BP Expects to Restart Refinery Blamed in Part for Spiking Pacific Northwest Gas Prices by Month’s End (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2012/05/bp_expects_to_restart_cherry_p.html

Three People Arrested in Obituary Burglaries (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=678302

Washington State Patrol Cadets Still Falling Short on Fitness Tests (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/State-patrol-cadets-still-falling-short-on-fitness-tests-151717845.html

Ebey Slough Rename Proposal Sparks Marysville-Area Debate (Associated Press)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/may/16/ebey-slough-rename-proposal-sparks-debate/

DIVERSIONS

Chickens Come Home to Roost for Bremerton Residents

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/may/16/chickens-come-home-to-roost-for-bremerton/

Police Hold Diamond-Swallower until Evidence Moves

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/may/17/police-hold-diamond-swallower-until-evidence-moves/

Truck Welded Around Column for Eastern Washington Senior Prank

http://www.nwcn.com/news/Truck-welded-around-column-for-Eastern-WA-senior-prank-151740245.html

Puppy Rescued after Escaping Hawk & Falling from Sky

http://grist.org/list/puppy-rescued-after-escaping-haw/

SONG OF THE DAY

Seals & Crofts - Diamond Girl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5b65hociXU

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Energy News Digest for May 16, 2012

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

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Federal Judge Declines to Rule Immediately in Killing of Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/05/federal_judge_declines_to_rule.html

Good News for Six Types of Fish - rebuilt populations include…Chinook salmon along the Northern California coast, Coho salmon off Washington State (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/science/earth/noaa-report-says-six-types-of-fish-back-to-healthy-levels.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Corps of Engineers Presses Ahead With Plan to Raise Toutle River Dam Spillway (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/corps-of-engineers-presses-ahead-with-plan-to-raise-toutle/article_f92d4eb8-9ed7-11e1-9154-001a4bcf887a.html

Pondering That Green Label – Case being made against the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, which has been in the cross hairs of an environmental group (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/pondering-that-green-label/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Protesters March to Sequim Council Meeting to Seek Rescheduling of Cancelled Biomass Forum (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120516/news/305169985/protesters-march-to-sequim-council-meeting-to-seek-rescheduling-of

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

Puget Sound Energy Rate Hikes Kick In
Op/Ed - Public Enthusiastic About Thurston PUD Initiative
May 24, 2 PM - Johns Prairie Operations Center Dedication
Judge Denies Electric Co-op’s Request to Leave Southern Montana Electric Co-Op
Some Attack Plans Bolstered, Others Eased for Nuclear Power Plants & Their Communities
How Much Longer Does European Nuclear Have?
Consert: Top Social Media Outlets for Utilities
Federal Judge Declines to Rule Immediately in Killing of Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam
Good News for Six Types of Fish - rebuilt populations include…Chinook salmon along the Northern California coast, Coho salmon off Washington State
States to Consider Reopening Chinook Fishing in Columbia
Drano Lake Fishermen: The Fight is on for Spring Chinook
Vancouver Island Salmon Farm Culling Fish after Virus Confirmed
Let the Hype Begin – Washington State Readies for First Shipment of Copper River Salmon
Bald Eagle Rebound Comes With Peril of Increased Human Interaction
Corps of Engineers Presses Ahead With Plan to Raise Toutle River Dam Spillway
Years Long Bitter Lake Sewage Leak Traced to Incorrect Sewer Line
La Center Repeals Sewer Agreement with Cowlitz Tribe
Historic Water Pact Signed between Colorado’s East, West Slope Interests
Potomac Named Most Endangered River In US
Q. and A.: The Most Endangered Rivers
Protesters March to Sequim Council Meeting to Seek Rescheduling of Cancelled Biomass Forum
New Jersey Solar Renewable Energy Credit Market Set to Dim Further
Turbine That Looks Like a Piece of Art Will Fit Right in at Your Yacht Club
Study: Northwest Mammals May Not Keep Pace with Climate Change
Pondering That Green Label
Nonprofit Teaches You How to Save Endangered Species, Then Gives You a Tattoo of One
Wireless Startup LightSquared Files for Bankruptcy
Greenpeace Members Arrested in Apple ‘Cloud’ Demo
Report: Apple Planning iCloud Upgrade for WWDC
Utah Tech Director Resigns in Wake of Data Theft
United Kingdom Broadband Firms Told to Improve Speed Information
Scientists Make Wi-Fi Twenty Times Faster
Why Did GM Kill Its $10M Facebook Ad Campaign?
Name of Deceased Mason County Car Wreck Victim Released
Rivers Rising Amid High Temperatures
BP Restarting Cherry Point Refinery
Olympic Peninsula Not Affected By Wood Stove Burn Bans, Business Owner Says
Thieves Take Historic Olympia-Area Urns

WORD OF THE DAY

Argot • \ARR-goh\ • Noun - An often more or less secret vocabulary & idiom peculiar to a particular group.

Acronyms flowed like a heady wine, as utility executives babbled away to each other at the regional energy forum, speaking in low tones that sounded almost like a conversation in Klingon at a Star Trek convention. “Get ready for a steady diet of ‘argot stew’ like this every time you come here,” whispered the grizzled utility energy planner to his fresh-faced recruit.

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

Puget Sound Energy Rate Hikes Kick In (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=677054

Op/Ed - Public Enthusiastic About Thurston PUD Initiative (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/05/16/2107103/public-enthusiastic-about-pud.html

May 24, 2 PM - Johns Prairie Operations Center Dedication (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=1036

Judge Denies Electric Co-op’s Request to Leave Southern Montana Electric Co-Op (USA Today)

http://www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com/usatoday/article/39261983

Some Attack Plans Bolstered, Others Eased for Nuclear Power Plants & Their Communities (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2018216385_apusagingnukesreadinesshighlights.html

How Much Longer Does European Nuclear Have? (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/christophercoats/2012/05/15/how-much-longer-does-european-nuclear-have/

Consert: Top Social Media Outlets for Utilities (Fierce Energy)

http://www.fierceenergy.com/story/consert-top-social-media-outlets-utilities/2012-05-14

FISH & WILDLIFE

Federal Judge Declines to Rule Immediately in Killing of Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/05/federal_judge_declines_to_rule.html

Good News for Six Types of Fish - rebuilt populations include…Chinook salmon along the Northern California coast, Coho salmon off Washington State (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/science/earth/noaa-report-says-six-types-of-fish-back-to-healthy-levels.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

States to Consider Reopening Chinook Fishing in Columbia (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/may/14/states-consider-reopening-chinook-fishing-columbia/

Drano Lake Fishermen: The Fight is on for Spring Chinook (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018215351_dranolake16.html

Vancouver Island Salmon Farm Culling Fish after Virus Confirmed (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Island+salmon+farm+culling+fish+after+virus+confirmed/6627309/story.html

Let the Hype Begin – Washington State Readies for First Shipment of Copper River Salmon (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=677353

Bald Eagle Rebound Comes With Peril of Increased Human Interaction (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/bald-eagle-rebound-comes-with-peril-of-increased-human-interaction/article_4792846a-9ef1-11e1-8cc8-001a4bcf887a.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Corps of Engineers Presses Ahead With Plan to Raise Toutle River Dam Spillway (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/corps-of-engineers-presses-ahead-with-plan-to-raise-toutle/article_f92d4eb8-9ed7-11e1-9154-001a4bcf887a.html

Years Long Bitter Lake Sewage Leak Traced to Incorrect Sewer Line (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/environment/Sewer-line-sewage-leak-Bitter-Lake--151702565.html

La Center Repeals Sewer Agreement with Cowlitz Tribe (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/may/15/la-center-repeals-sewer-agreement-with-cowlitz-tri/

Historic Water Pact Signed between Colorado’s East, West Slope Interests (Denver Business Journal, CO)

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2012/05/15/historic-water-pact-signed-between.html

Potomac Named Most Endangered River In US (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2012/05/15/potomac-named-most-endangered-river-in.html

Q. and A.: The Most Endangered Rivers (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/q-and-a-the-most-endangered-rivers/?partner=rss&emc=rss

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Protesters March to Sequim Council Meeting to Seek Rescheduling of Cancelled Biomass Forum (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120516/news/305169985/protesters-march-to-sequim-council-meeting-to-seek-rescheduling-of

New Jersey Solar Renewable Energy Credit Market Set to Dim Further (Environmental Finance)

http://www.environmental-finance.com/news/view/2491

Turbine That Looks Like a Piece of Art Will Fit Right in at Your Yacht Club (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/list/turbine-that-looks-like-a-piece-of-art-will-fit-right-in-at-your-yacht-club/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Study: Northwest Mammals May Not Keep Pace with Climate Change (Boise State Public Radio, ID)

http://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/post/study-northwest-mammals-may-not-keep-pace-climate-change

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Pondering That Green Label – Case being made against the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, which has been in the cross hairs of an environmental group (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/pondering-that-green-label/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Nonprofit Teaches You How to Save Endangered Species, Then Gives You a Tattoo of One (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/list/learn-conservation-leadership-skills-get-a-free-endangered-animal-tattoo/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Wireless Startup LightSquared Files for Bankruptcy (Associated Press)

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-05-14/lightsquared-wireless-network/54960864/1?csp=34tech

Greenpeace Members Arrested in Apple ‘Cloud’ Demo (AFP)

http://news.ph.msn.com/sci-tech/greenpeace-members-arrested-in-apple-cloud-demo-3

Report: Apple Planning iCloud Upgrade for WWDC (PC Magazine)

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404407,00.asp

Utah Tech Director Resigns in Wake of Data Theft (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/05/15/national/a162111D61.DTL