Energy News Digest for June 4, 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

Will Idaho’s Solar Industry Go Dark? Oversupply has dropped prices to record lows for solar panels, which is good news for installers (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/06/04/2142041/will-idahos-solar-industry-go.html

Avista Seeks Surcharge Reduction (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/jun/01/avista-seeks-surcharge-reduction/

Signatures Submitted for Putting Proposed Gill-Net Ban in ‘Inland Waters’ on Oregon Ballot (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/420963.aspx

Climate Change Causes Nuclear, Coal Power Plant Shutdowns (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2012/06/climate-change-makes-nuclear-coal-power-plants-vulnerable/1?csp=34tech

San Francisco Man Provides Window into Lucrative Copper Thefts (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/06/03/MN0F1OHQAU.DTL&feed=rss.news

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Avista Seeks Surcharge Reduction
• Seattle City Light's Rate-Hike Proposal Deserves Close Scrutiny
• Mason County PUD 3 Video - PUD Service a Selling Point in Economic Development Efforts
• Naval Research Leading Team to Reduce Noise at Hydro Plants
• Groups Review Options for Controversial Montana Power Line Route
• British Columbia - BC Hydro Expects Electricity Demand to Rise 50 Per Cent by 2032
• San Francisco Man Provides Window into Lucrative Copper Thefts
• Utility Executives Expect a 'Significant' Rise in Electric Bills
• Texas Should Raise Power Prices to Avoid Blackouts
• Will Supreme Court Take Up Legality of FERC's Market-Based Rate Policies?
• Bentonite Booms in Wyoming, Montana
• North Carolina - Some See Conspiracy in Smart Meters
• Greece's Debt Woes Mutate into an Energy Crisis
• Signatures Submitted for Putting Proposed Gill-Net Ban in ‘Inland Waters’ on Oregon Ballot
• Salmon Fry Found, Spawning Taking Place in Upper Elwha River
• Lower Skagit Set for First-Ever Sockeye Fishery
• Salmon Ruling Limits Gold Hunt
• Further Details Sought on Costs of Hundreds of Endangered Species Act Lawsuits and Settlements
• Editorial - Salmon Virus Alarming
• Scientists: Columbia River’s Needs Go Beyond Salmon Recovery
• Good Olympic Peninsula Water Supply on Tap This Summer Thanks to Snowpack
• Feds: No Environmental Impact Statement for Toutle River Spillway Project
• Will Idaho’s Solar Industry Go Dark?
• Sequim-Area Ranch Erects 100-Foot Wind Turbine to Produce Own Electricity
• Air Quality Chief Answers Biomass Questions at Port Angeles Market
• Sacramento Scales Back Solar Project at Sutter's Landing Park
• The New Hydropower: Small-Scale Turbines Have Big Potential
• ‘Low-Impact’ Hydroelectricity: A Flirt with Political Correctness?
• United Kingdom - Microhydro Energy: Reinventing the Wheel
• Developers Lining Up for Massachusetts Wind Farm Project
• Editorial - Wind Power: Wind is Good, Clumsy Policy is Not
• Op/Ed - How to Make Renewable Energy Competitive
• Properly Used, a Programmable Thermostat Cuts Energy Costs
• Keep Cool about Summer Cooling Costs
• A Strategy for Using LED Light Bulbs
• Co-op Consumers Test LED Performance
• Bob Olsen Memorial Award - NWEC Honors BPA for Building a Cleaner Energy Future
• Climate Change Causes Nuclear, Coal Power Plant Shutdowns
• Global Warming Turns Tundra to Forest: Study
• Stay or Go? Some Towns Eyeing Retreat from the Sea
• Why We Ignore Low-Tech Fixes for the Climate
• Nation's Biggest Rooftop Garden Opens at Seattle Center
• Schools Need 100Mbps for Every 1,000 Users
• Medical Data Breaches Raising Alarm
• AT&T Considers Upgrading Rural Lines Instead of Selling Them
• Romney Backers Sweep Final Ten Delegates at Washington State Convention
• Democrats Endorse Kathleen Drew, Pridemore, Heck
• Washington State Now Has Highest Gas Prices in Lower 48
• Sequim Man Arrested in Deaths of Two Sex Offenders
• Pilot Car for Highway 3 North of Shelton
• Cowlitz County Copper Theft Causes Railroad Crossing to Shut Down

WORD OF THE DAY

Profligate • \PRAWF-lih-gayt\ • Adjective - 1: wildly extravagant 2: completely given up to dissipation and licentiousness.

Abernathy was known around the office as the corporate skinflint. The customary joke was that if he ever opened his coin purse a moth would fly out. Anyway, his common thriftiness went out the window when the ‘Monopoly’ game was wheeled out for the annual company picnic. Never was there a more flamboyant player; his profligate spending on rents and penalties was legendary…as was his playing piece: the high-heeled shoe.

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

Avista Seeks Surcharge Reduction (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/jun/01/avista-seeks-surcharge-reduction/

Seattle City Light's Rate-Hike Proposal Deserves Close Scrutiny (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorials/2018335732_edit04citylight.html

Mason County PUD 3 Video - PUD Service a Selling Point in Economic Development Efforts (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=1042

Naval Research Leading Team to Reduce Noise at Hydro Plants (Penn Energy)

http://www.pennenergy.com/index/power/display/5219394354/articles/hydro-review/volume-31/issue-04/departments/r-d-forum.html

Groups Review Options for Controversial Montana Power Line Route (Billings Gazette, MT)

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/groups-review-options-for-controversial-power-line-route/article_b6432546-61b3-50c8-80e9-1f12575301db.html

British Columbia - BC Hydro Expects Electricity Demand to Rise 50 Per Cent by 2032 (Vancouver Sun, BC)

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Electricity+demand+rise+cent+2032+Hydro/6724913/story.html

San Francisco Man Provides Window into Lucrative Copper Thefts (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/06/03/MN0F1OHQAU.DTL&feed=rss.news

Utility Executives Expect a 'Significant' Rise in Electric Bills (Cable News Network)

http://money.cnn.com/2012/06/04/news/economy/electric-utility-bills/index.htm

Texas Should Raise Power Prices to Avoid Blackouts - Proposal to triple peak wholesale power prices (Bloomberg News)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-01/texas-should-raise-power-prices-to-avoid-blackouts.html

Will Supreme Court Take Up Legality of FERC's Market-Based Rate Policies? (SNL Financial)

http://www.snl.com/Interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-15007277-12338

Bentonite Booms in Wyoming, Montana (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/jun/03/bentonite-booms-in-wyoming-montana/

North Carolina - Some See Conspiracy in Smart Meters (Gaston Gazette, Gastonia, NC)

http://www.gastongazette.com/articles/conspiracy-71811-meters-see.html

Greece's Debt Woes Mutate into an Energy Crisis - Power is regulator calling an emergency meeting next week to avert a collapse of the country's electricity and natural gas system (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/01/us-greece-power-idUSBRE8500ML20120601

FISH & WILDLIFE

Signatures Submitted for Putting Proposed Gill-Net Ban in ‘Inland Waters’ on Oregon Ballot (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/420963.aspx

Salmon Fry Found, Spawning Taking Place in Upper Elwha River (Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission)

http://nwifc.org/2012/05/salmon-seen-spawning-in-upper-elwha-river/

Lower Skagit Set for First-Ever Sockeye Fishery (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2018336619_outn03.html

Salmon Ruling Limits Gold Hunt (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/jun/03/salmon-ruling-limits-gold-hunt/

Further Details Sought on Costs of Hundreds of Endangered Species Act Lawsuits and Settlements (US House Natural Resources Committee)

http://naturalresources.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=297790

Editorial - Salmon Virus Alarming (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/06/04/2128330/salmon-virus-alarming.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Scientists: Columbia River’s Needs Go Beyond Salmon Recovery (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://earthfix.opb.org/water/article/scientists-columbias-needs-go-beyond-salmon-recove/

Good Olympic Peninsula Water Supply on Tap This Summer Thanks to Snowpack (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120604/news/306049994/good-water-supply-on-tap-this-summer-thanks-to-snowpack-in-olympics

Feds: No Environmental Impact Statement for Toutle River Spillway Project (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/corps-no-eis-for-toutle-river-spillway-project/article_8183bfee-ac49-11e1-92a7-001a4bcf887a.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Will Idaho’s Solar Industry Go Dark? Oversupply has dropped prices to record lows for solar panels, which is good news for installers (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/06/04/2142041/will-idahos-solar-industry-go.html

Sequim-Area Ranch Erects 100-Foot Wind Turbine to Produce Own Electricity (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120603/NEWS/306039988/sequim-area-ranch-erects-100-foot-wind-turbine-to-produce-own

Air Quality Chief Answers Biomass Questions at Port Angeles Market (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120604/NEWS/306049991/air-quality-chief-answers-biomass-questions-at-port-angeles-market

Sacramento Scales Back Solar Project at Sutter's Landing Park (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/04/4535725/sacramento-scales-back-solar-project.html

The New Hydropower: Small-Scale Turbines Have Big Potential – Even in Eastern Washington Irrigation Canals (Grist Online)

http://bostonglobe.com/business/2012/06/03/developers-lining-for-wind-farm-project/0mJVr5mMd3fNJbYhpjeDdO/story.html

‘Low-Impact’ Hydroelectricity: A Flirt with Political Correctness? (Right Side News)

http://www.rightsidenews.com/2012060316350/life-and-science/energy-and-environment/low-impact-hydroelectricity-a-flirt-with-political-correctness.html

United Kingdom - Microhydro Energy: Reinventing the Wheel (The Guardian, UK)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/03/microhydro-hydro-mills-electricity-wales

Developers Lining Up for Massachusetts Wind Farm Project (Boston Globe, MA)

http://bostonglobe.com/business/2012/06/03/developers-lining-for-wind-farm-project/0mJVr5mMd3fNJbYhpjeDdO/story.html

Editorial - Wind Power: Wind is Good, Clumsy Policy is Not (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/wind-power/2012/06/03/gJQAOEB1BV_story.html

Op/Ed - How to Make Renewable Energy Competitive (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/02/opinion/how-to-make-renewable-energy-competitive.html?_r=1

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Properly Used, a Programmable Thermostat Cuts Energy Costs (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/The-Simple-Dollar/2012/0601/Properly-used-a-programmable-thermostat-cuts-energy-costs

Keep Cool about Summer Cooling Costs (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/jun/01/keep-cool-about-summer-cooling-costs/

A Strategy for Using LED Light Bulbs (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/The-Simple-Dollar/2012/0603/A-strategy-for-using-LED-light-bulbs

Co-op Consumers Test LED Performance (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/efficiency-conservation/consumer-outreach/north-carolina-co-op-members-test-leds/44540

Bob Olsen Memorial Award - NWEC Honors BPA for Building a Cleaner Energy Future (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/BPANews/ArticleTemplate.cfm?ArticleId=article-20120531-01

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Climate Change Causes Nuclear, Coal Power Plant Shutdowns (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2012/06/climate-change-makes-nuclear-coal-power-plants-vulnerable/1?csp=34tech

Global Warming Turns Tundra to Forest: Study - Shrubs have grown to trees in just a few decades (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/03/climate-arctic-idUSL5E8H251P20120603

Stay or Go? Some Towns Eyeing Retreat from the Sea (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/story/2012-06-02/cities-flee-ocean/55348992/1?csp=34tech

Why We Ignore Low-Tech Fixes for the Climate (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/why-we-ignore-low-tech-fixes-for-the-climate/2012/06/01/gJQAVUUm7U_blog.html?wprss=rss_business

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Nation's Biggest Rooftop Garden Opens at Seattle Center (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=687527

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Schools Need 100Mbps for Every 1,000 Users (Computer World)

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9227646/Schools_Need_100Mbps_Per_1_000_Users

Medical Data Breaches Raising Alarm (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/medical-data-breaches-raise-alarms/2012/06/02/gJQAVPWt9U_story.html?wprss=rss_business

AT&T Considers Upgrading Rural Lines Instead of Selling Them (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/atandt-considers-upgrading-rural-lines-instead-of-selling-them/2012/06/01/gJQABNGR7U_story.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Romney Backers Sweep Final Ten Delegates at Washington State Convention (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2018342501_romney_backers_sweep_final_10.html

Democrats Endorse Kathleen Drew, Pridemore, Heck (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/06/02/2126704/democrats-endorse-kathleen-drew.html

GENERAL NEWS

Washington State Now Has Highest Gas Prices in Lower 48 - Prices Mostly Due to Refinery Issues (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Report-Wash-state-now-has-highest-gas-prices-in-lower-48-156823385.html

Sequim Man Arrested in Deaths of Two Sex Offenders (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=687775

Pilot Car for Highway 3 North of Shelton (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/?p=5635

Cowlitz County Copper Theft Causes Railroad Crossing to Shut Down (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/copper-theft-causes-railroad-crossing-to-shut-down/article_2742ebc4-ac7e-11e1-b7e7-001a4bcf887a.html

DIVERSIONS

Hansel & Gretel Redux - Four Arrested in La Mesa Snack Bar Caper

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jun/01/four-arrested-la-mesa-snack-bar-caper/

Black Bear Euthanized after Eating Canada Murderer

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2018352723_apcncanadabeareatsmurderer.html

Could New Clues Solve Amelia Earhart Disappearance?

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/06/04/could-new-clues-solve-amelia-earhart-disappearance/

SONG OF THE DAY

Henry Hall & His Orchestra - The Teddy Bear's Picnic

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

Energy News Digest for June 1, 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

Judge Michael Simon Denies Request to Stop Killing of Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam (Oregonian, Portland)

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

Tidal Energy Company Seeks to Make Rural River Power in Alaska (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidferris/2012/05/31/tidal-energy-company-seeks-to-make-rural-river-power-in-alaska/

Altamont Pass Celebrates ‘Repowering’ of Wind Farm (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_20753019/californias-altamont-pass-celebrates-repowering-wind-farm

California Sets Stronger Energy Efficiency Rules for Buildings (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-california-energy-efficiency-20120601,0,3168852.story

Suspected Shooter in Shelton Double Murder in Custody (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/?p=5596

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Op/Ed - Thurston County Public Power Initiative Still Short of Signatures
• Electricity Company Threatens to Suspend Work on Patagonia Dam until Chileans Reach Consensus
• When Cleaning Up Power Plants, Time is Money
• Judge Michael Simon Denies Request to Stop Killing of Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam
• Washington State Congressman Hastings Hails Court Decision on Sea Lions
• 3 Groups Sue Oregon To Save Marbled Murrelet Habitat
• Summit Today to Review New Scientific Findings for Lower Columbia River
• State’s Chum Recovery Efforts Spread to Lewis River’s East Fork
• Orcas Return to Puget Sound with New Baby
• Alaska - EPA Hears Comments on Bristol Bay Mine-Proposal Study
• Tidal Energy Company Seeks to Make Rural River Power in Alaska
• Tide Turns towards Undersea Energy
• Altamont Pass Celebrates ‘Repowering’ of Wind Farm
• Turn Waste into Energy, Group Urges New York
• Talking Trash - Energy from Waste
• Sen. Bingaman: ‘The Only Losers in the Clean Energy Race Will Be Those Who Do Not Compete’
• Mitt Romney Visits Solyndra Headquarters, Knocks President Obama
• California Sets Stronger Energy Efficiency Rules for Buildings
• Making Big Cuts in Data Center Energy Use
• California Lawmakers Approve Cap-And-Trade Revenue Bill
• Gallery: 20 Think City Electric Vehicles Land in Portland
• Will Los Angeles Ban Spell End for Plastic Grocery Bags?
• Marin Schoolkids Want Crayola to Go Green
• More Bad News for Facebook, as Site Crashes
• Oregon’s Call Center Gains Mean Losses Elsewhere
• Cable Still Beating Telcos at the Broadband Game
• United Kingdom – Minister of Parliament “Farmers Don’t Need Broadband”
• Stuxnet, Flame & Fulfilling the Dream of Sun Tzu
• First Female Alaskan Judge Joins 9th Circuit
• Suspected Shooter in Shelton Double Murder in Custody
• Two Dead in Murder-Suicide near Hoodsport
• Private Retailers Now Selling Booze in Washington State
• Belfair’s Store Turns Out the Lights on the State’s Liquor Sales
• Liquor Sticker Shock: Why is Booze So Expensive?
• Bias Seen in Forest Service Practice on Olympic Peninsula
• Venus Takes Center Stage in Upcoming Rare Sky Show
• Seattle Will See a Partial Lunar Eclipse Next Week
• Cosmic Smashup Predicted, But Earth Will Survive

WORD OF THE DAY

Guetapens • \GETT-uh-pawn\ • Noun - Ambush, snare, trap

Spider waits for victim

Master of the guetapens

Web has no escape

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

Op/Ed - Thurston County Public Power Initiative Still Short of Signatures (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/06/01/2124741/public-power-initiative-still.html

Electricity Company Threatens to Suspend Work on Patagonia Dam until Chileans Reach Consensus (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/industries/electricity-company-threatens-to-suspend-work-on-patagonia-dam-until-chileans-reach-consensus/2012/05/31/gJQADhMI5U_story.html

When Cleaning Up Power Plants, Time is Money (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/01/when-cleaning-up-power-plants-time-is-money/?partner=rss&emc=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Judge Michael Simon Denies Request to Stop Killing of Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam (Oregonian, Portland)

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

Washington State Congressman Hastings Hails Court Decision on Sea Lions (US Congressman Hastings)

http://hastings.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=297869

3 Groups Sue Oregon To Save Marbled Murrelet Habitat (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/3-groups-sue-oregon-save-marbled-murrelet-habitat/

Summit Today to Review New Scientific Findings for Lower Columbia River (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/06/summit_to_review_new_scientifi.html

State’s Chum Recovery Efforts Spread to Lewis River’s East Fork (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/lifestyles/state-s-chum-recovery-efforts-spread-to-lewis-river-s/article_b1833f86-ab8f-11e1-a751-001a4bcf887a.html

Orcas Return to Puget Sound with New Baby (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Orcas-return-to-Puget-Sound-with-new-baby-155991585.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Alaska - EPA Hears Comments on Bristol Bay Mine-Proposal Study (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018327901_bristolbayhearing1m.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Tidal Energy Company Seeks to Make Rural River Power in Alaska (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidferris/2012/05/31/tidal-energy-company-seeks-to-make-rural-river-power-in-alaska/

Tide Turns towards Undersea Energy (Cable News Network)

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/31/world/europe/underwater-tidal-turbine/index.html

Altamont Pass Celebrates ‘Repowering’ of Wind Farm (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_20753019/californias-altamont-pass-celebrates-repowering-wind-farm

Turn Waste into Energy, Group Urges New York (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/turn-waste-into-energy-group-urges-new-york/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Talking Trash - Energy from Waste (The Economist)

http://www.economist.com/node/21556095

Sen. Bingaman: ‘The Only Losers in the Clean Energy Race Will Be Those Who Do Not Compete’ (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/06/the-only-losers-in-the-clean-energy-race-will-be-those-who-do-not-compete?cmpid=rss

Mitt Romney Visits Solyndra Headquarters, Knocks President Obama (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romney-visits-solyndra-headquarters-knocks-president-obama/2012/05/31/gJQAAnge5U_story.html?wprss=rss_business

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

California Sets Stronger Energy Efficiency Rules for Buildings (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-california-energy-efficiency-20120601,0,3168852.story

Making Big Cuts in Data Center Energy Use (Rocky Mountain Institute)

http://blog.rmi.org/blog_making_big_cuts_in_data_center_energy_use

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

California Lawmakers Approve Cap-And-Trade Revenue Bill (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/justingerdes/2012/05/31/california-lawmakers-approve-cap-and-trade-revenue-bill/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Gallery: 20 Think City Electric Vehicles Land in Portland (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2012/05/twenty-think-city-evs-land-in-portland.html

Will Los Angeles Ban Spell End for Plastic Grocery Bags? (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/story/2012-05-31/los-angeles-plastic-bags/55303002/1?csp=34news

Marin Schoolkids Want Crayola to Go Green (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2012%2F05%2F30%2FBAHV1OMM0M.DTL

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

More Bad News for Facebook, as Site Crashes (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2012/05/31/more-bad-news-for-facebook-as-site-crashes/

Oregon’s Call Center Gains Mean Losses Elsewhere (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2012/05/call-center-decisions-affect-jobs.html

Cable Still Beating Telcos at the Broadband Game (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/broadband/cable-still-beating-telcos-at-the-broadband-game/

United Kingdom – Minister of Parliament “Farmers Don’t Need Broadband” (Pc Pro)

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/374953/mp-farmers-dont-need-broadband

Stuxnet, Flame & Fulfilling the Dream of Sun Tzu (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/stuxnet-flame-and-fulfilling-the-dream-of-sun-tzu/2012/06/01/gJQA6lJv6U_blog.html?wprss=rss_national

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

First Female Alaskan Judge Joins 9th Circuit (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/05/31/47007.htm

GENERAL NEWS

Suspected Shooter in Shelton Double Murder in Custody (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/?p=5596

Two Dead in Murder-Suicide near Hoodsport (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/2-dead-in-murder-suicide-near-Hoodsport-156298065.html

Private Retailers Now Selling Booze in Washington State (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=686684

Belfair’s Store Turns Out the Lights on the State’s Liquor Sales (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/may/31/belfairs-store-turns-out-the-lights-on-the-sales/

Liquor Sticker Shock: Why is Booze So Expensive? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2012/05/31/liquor-sticker-shock-why-is-booze-so-expensive/

Bias Seen in Forest Service Practice on Olympic Peninsula (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018327993_forks01m.html

VENUS & MARS ARE ALRIGHT - SKYVIEWING

Venus Takes Center Stage in Upcoming Rare Sky Show (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Venus-takes-center-stage-in-upcoming-rare-sky-show-3601215.php

Seattle Will See a Partial Lunar Eclipse Next Week (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2012/05/31/seattle-will-see-a-partial-lunar-eclipse-next-week/

Cosmic Smashup Predicted, But Earth Will Survive (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Cosmic-smashup-predicted-but-Earth-will-survive-3599439.php

DIVERSIONS

Queen of England to Eat Invasive Species Pie

http://grist.org/list/queen-of-england-to-eat-invasive-species-pie/

Confiscated Pot Stinking Up Oregon Courthouse

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/may/31/confiscated-pot-stinking-oregon-courthouse/

Why Anchorage Is the ‘Worst-Dressed’ City in America

http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0601/Why-Anchorage-is-the-worst-dressed-city-in-America

Boy Germs? Men Have More Bacteria in Offices than Women Do

http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/healthyperspective/post/2012-05-31/boy-germs-men-have-more-bacteria-in-offices-than-women-do/705645/1?csp=34news

SONG OF THE DAY

AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_t5GPbp5IY