Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Energy News Digest for November 27, 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.

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Mason County Shooting Victim Identified (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Tahuya Peninsula Roads Returning to Normal (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

California Farmers Want Orcas Taken Off Endangered-Species List (Seattle Times)

Washington State Program to Recycle Mercury Lights (Associated Press)

The Rise & Fall of the U-S Wind Industry, In One Chart (Washington Post)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

  • Op/Ed - Co-Ops Put Democracy to Work
  • New York Utility Wants Its $770,000 Hydroelectric Special Assessment Back
  • How to Avoid the Next Sandy Meltdown
  • California Farmers Want Orcas Taken Off Endangered-Species List
  • Scientists Want New Name for Transient Orcas
  • Washington State Governor to Announce Action on Ocean Acidity
  • Poulsbo Home Flooded with Raw Sewage – Again
  • The Rise & Fall of the U-S Wind Industry, In One Chart
  • VIDEO - PUD 3 Shows Where the Wind Energy in its Power Mix Comes From
  • Portland General Electric Receives Bids for 39 Renewable Energy Projects
  • Solar Power Plants Burden the Counties That Host Them in California
  • Spain Expands Renewables with Wave-Powered Electricity Plant
  • Washington State Program to Recycle Mercury Lights
  • Check out this news release from 2008! PUD 3 to Provide for Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb Recycling
  • United Nations Says Thawing Permafrost to Boost Global Warming
  • Toilets Use Rainwater in New Government Building in Seattle
  • New Gym Turns Workouts into Watts
  • Bitter Struggle over Internet Regulation to Dominate Global Summit
  • Cyber Monday Sales Finish Strong
  • Google’s Name Used in Bogus Report of $400 Million Acquisition
  • Facebook Privacy Chain Letter Resurfaces
  • Washington State Considers Private Bids for Mail, Web Work; Printer is Next
  • Mason County Shooting Victim Identified
  • Tahuya Peninsula Roads Returning to Normal
  • Private Study Sees Some Job Loss with Wild Olympics Legislation
  • Washington State Refineries Processing Crude from North Dakota, Montana
  • Mason County Commission - Bloomfield Farewell Reception
  • Thieves Targeting City of Vancouver’s Metal Storm Drain Grates
  • Colville Tree for U-S Capitol Christmas in 2013
  • Moon Rocks Discovered in Minnesota, But More Rocks Missing

WORD OF THE DAY

Sederunt • \sud-DEER-unt\ • Noun - A prolonged sitting (as for discussion)

“Call it what you will,” puffed the indignant visitor to the ‘progressive marketing’ party of his assertive neighbor. “A pow-wow, party, sederunt, intimate affair; it’s all the same to me, a hard-sell campaign for you.”

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Video – The Green Economy 126 “Hydro Power” - Don & Andrew find out how hydroelectric power is green by visiting Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River (The Green Economy)

Op/Ed - Co-Ops Put Democracy to Work (Coeur d’Alene Press, ID)

New York Utility Wants Its $770,000 Hydroelectric Special Assessment Back (Courthouse News Service)

How to Avoid the Next Sandy Meltdown (CNN Money)

FISH & WILDLIFE

California Farmers Want Orcas Taken Off Endangered-Species List (Seattle Times)

Scientists Want New Name for Transient Orcas (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Washington State Governor to Announce Action on Ocean Acidity (Associated Press)

Poulsbo Home Flooded with Raw Sewage – Again (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

The Rise & Fall of the U-S Wind Industry, In One Chart (Washington Post)

VIDEO - PUD 3 Shows Where the Wind Energy in its Power Mix Comes From (Mason County PUD No. 3)

Portland General Electric Receives Bids for 39 Renewable Energy Projects (Sustainable Business Oregon)

Solar Power Plants Burden the Counties That Host Them in California (Governing)

Spain Expands Renewables with Wave-Powered Electricity Plant (National Public Radio)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Washington State Program to Recycle Mercury Lights (Associated Press)

Check out this news release from 2008! PUD 3 to Provide for Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb Recycling (Mason County PUD No. 3)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

United Nations Says Thawing Permafrost to Boost Global Warming (Associated Press)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Toilets Use Rainwater in New Government Building in Seattle (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)

New Gym Turns Workouts into Watts (CNN)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Bitter Struggle over Internet Regulation to Dominate Global Summit (Reuters)

Cyber Monday Sales Finish Strong (USA Today)

Google’s Name Used in Bogus Report of $400 Million Acquisition (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_22068355

Facebook Privacy Chain Letter Resurfaces (Washington Post)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State Considers Private Bids for Mail, Web Work; Printer is Next (Olympian, WA)

Washington State’s Past Governors’ Advice to Inslee: Move Quickly (Seattle Times)

GENERAL NEWS

Mason County Shooting Victim Identified (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Tahuya Peninsula Roads Returning to Normal (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

Private Study Sees Some Job Loss with Wild Olympics Legislation (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Washington State Refineries Processing Crude from North Dakota, Montana (Associated Press)

Mason County Commission - Bloomfield Farewell Reception (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Thieves Targeting City of Vancouver’s Metal Storm Drain Grates (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Colville Tree for U-S Capitol Christmas in 2013 (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Moon Rocks Discovered in Minnesota, But More Rocks Missing (Christian Science Monitor)

DIVERSIONS – ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER

On Average the Stones Are Older Than U-S Supreme Court

Pot Institute Formed at Humboldt State University

Alligators Found Guarding Olympia Marijuana Grow

The Onion Strikes Again - Kim Jong Eun as ‘Sexiest Man Alive’? Chinese News Site Falls for an Onion Story on the Supreme Leader.

SONG OF THE DAY

John Lennon - Beautiful Boy