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.

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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)

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

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

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)

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

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


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FISH & WILDLIFE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

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

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

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

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

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)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

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

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

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

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

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

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)

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

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Wireless Startup LightSquared Files for Bankruptcy (Associated Press)

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

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

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

United Kingdom Broadband Firms Told to Improve Speed Information (The Telegraph, UK)

Scientists Make Wi-Fi Twenty Times Faster (Gizmodo)

Why Did GM Kill Its $10M Facebook Ad Campaign? (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)

GENERAL NEWS

Name of Deceased Mason County Car Wreck Victim Released (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Rivers Rising Amid High Temperatures (Wenatchee World, WA)

BP Restarting Cherry Point Refinery (Associated Press)

Olympic Peninsula Not Affected By Wood Stove Burn Bans, Business Owner Says (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Thieves Take Historic Olympia-Area Urns (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)

DIVERSIONS

Kodak Confirms It Had Weapons-Grade Uranium in Underground Lab

Infamous Fistfight over a Pig’s Provenance Leads to Lawsuit

Pacific Northwest Department Store Found Raising Prices Before Sales

Solar Eclipse: ‘Ring of Fire’ Coming Sunday

SONG OF THE DAY

Social Distortion - Ring of Fire

Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire