Energy News Digest for 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

John Whalen, Former Mason County PUD No. 3 Commissioner, Dies at Age 94 (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=1133

Mason County PUD 3 Adopts $59 Million 2013 Budget – Renewable Energy Law & Bonneville Power Administration Energy Prices Affect Local Rates (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=1132

Idaho Power Asks State to Cancel Contracts with Biogas Developer (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2012/11/idaho_power_asks_state_to_canc.html

Dark Warnings about Future of Internet Access (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/28/technology/dark-warnings-about-future-of-internet-access.html?_r=0

Maverick Tim Sheldon May Become Senate President Pro Tem (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/11/26/2332950/maverick-tim-sheldon-may-become.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Mason County PUD 3 Adopts $59 Million 2013 Budget
• Cowlitz PUD Commissioners Approve 2013 Budget
• John Whalen, Former Mason County PUD No. 3 Commissioner, Dies at Age 94
• Drop-In Sessions on SW Washington Bonneville Power Administration Line Begin Dec. 4
• Hawaii PUC Tosses Out Smart-Meter Complaint against Kauai Island Utility Cooperative
• A Nuke-Free Germany May Be Forced Into Dirty Embrace With Coal
• Species de Jour - Federal Judge Halts 11 Oregon Timber Sales over Seabird Nesting Concerns
• Washington State Panel Presses for Action on Ocean Acidity
• Vancouver Island - Greater Victoria Sewage Committee Votes to Keep Project Flowing
• Op-Ed - Hood Canal Still Needs a Pollution Fix
• Nature Reclaiming Snohomish County Marshlands after Dikes Breached
• Idaho Power Asks State to Cancel Contracts with Biogas Developer
• Wind Industry Continuing to Set New Records in Texas
• Hurricane Sandy Revives Debate over Sea-Level Rise
• Survey: Most Americans Say Nation Should Treat Global Warming, Clean Energy as a Priority
• Pot Growers Are Using, And In Some Cases Stealing, Solar Panels
• Dark Warnings about Future of Internet Access
• FCC Chief’s Painstaking Approach Earns Mixed Reviews in Turbulent Times for Telecom Industry
• ‘Do Not Track’ Internet Privacy Initiative Struggles to Keep Momentum
• Wired South Korea to Stem Digital Addiction from Age Three
• Maverick Tim Sheldon May Become Senate President Pro Tem
• Long-Running BIAW Lawsuit Roars Back to Life
• Op/Ed - Norm Dicks’ Retirement a Loss for Us & for Congress
• U-S Senators Murray, Cantwell Demand Justice Department Gas Price Probe
• Port Angeles Faces Bill of Up to $65 Million for State Environmental Mandates
• West Coast Log Exports Up, Lumber Exports Down
• Tribal Sovereignty Curriculum Available to Washington State School Districts
• Police Say Mother Left Toddler in Car While Gambling
• Mariners Attendance Drop the Worst in Major U-S Sports

WORD OF THE DAY

Hortative • \HORT-tuh-tiv\ • Adjective - Giving exhortation: serving to advise or warn

Stay frosty my friends

Hortative exhortation

Bird bombs from above

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

Mason County PUD 3 Adopts $59 Million 2013 Budget – Renewable Energy Law & Bonneville Power Administration Energy Prices Affect Local Rates (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=1132

Cowlitz PUD Commissioners Approve 2013 Budget (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/cowlitz-pud-commissioners-approve-budget/article_91cfc0e0-3944-11e2-adf5-0019bb2963f4.html

John Whalen, Former Mason County PUD No. 3 Commissioner, Dies at Age 94 (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=1133

Drop-In Sessions on SW Washington Bonneville Power Administration Line Begin Dec. 4 (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/nov/27/drop-in-sessions-bpa-line-start-dec-4/

Hawaii PUC Tosses Out Smart-Meter Complaint against Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (Pacific Business News, HI)

http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2012/11/27/hawaii-puc-tosses-out-smart-meter.html

A Nuke-Free Germany May Be Forced Into Dirty Embrace With Coal (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2012/11/28/a-nuke-free-germany-may-be-forced-into-dirty-embrace-with-coal/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Species de Jour - Federal Judge Halts 11 Oregon Timber Sales over Seabird Nesting Concerns (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/11/federal_judge_halts_11_oregon.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Washington State Panel Presses for Action on Ocean Acidity (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019773857_apwaoceanacidification2ndld.html

Vancouver Island - Greater Victoria Sewage Committee Votes to Keep Project Flowing (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Greater+Victoria+sewage+committee+votes+keep+project+flowing/7617633/story.html

Op-Ed - Hood Canal Still Needs a Pollution Fix (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2019776551_michaelbrettopedxml.html

Nature Reclaiming Snohomish County Marshlands after Dikes Breached (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20121126/NEWS01/711269970/1122/NEWS01

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Idaho Power Asks State to Cancel Contracts with Biogas Developer (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2012/11/idaho_power_asks_state_to_canc.html

Wind Industry Continuing to Set New Records in Texas (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2012/11/27/wind-industry-continuing-to-set-new.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Hurricane Sandy Revives Debate over Sea-Level Rise (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2012/11/27/sandy-sea-level-rise/1730405/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Survey: Most Americans Say Nation Should Treat Global Warming, Clean Energy as a Priority (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=197943&issueID=26898

Pot Growers Are Using, And In Some Cases Stealing, Solar Panels (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/climate-energy/pot-growers-are-using-and-in-some-cases-stealing-solar-panels/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Dark Warnings about Future of Internet Access (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/28/technology/dark-warnings-about-future-of-internet-access.html?_r=0

FCC Chief’s Painstaking Approach Earns Mixed Reviews in Turbulent Times for Telecom Industry (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/2012/11/27/6fda5576-2f59-11e2-ac4a-33b8b41fb531_story.html?wprss=rss_business

‘Do Not Track’ Internet Privacy Initiative Struggles to Keep Momentum (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/do-not-track-internet-privacy-initiative-struggles-to-keep-momentum/2012/11/27/38988a7a-38c7-11e2-b01f-5f55b193f58f_story.html?wprss=rss_business

Wired South Korea to Stem Digital Addiction from Age Three (Associated Press)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/11/28/2185864/wired-skorea-to-stem-digital-addiction.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Maverick Tim Sheldon May Become Senate President Pro Tem (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/11/26/2332950/maverick-tim-sheldon-may-become.html

Long-Running BIAW Lawsuit Roars Back to Life – Backhanded Counterattack Could Embroil All Major Organizations in Olympia (Washington State Wire, WA)

http://washingtonstatewire.com/blog/long-running-biaw-lawsuit-roars-back-to-life-backhanded-counterattack-could-embroil-all-major-organizations-in-olympia/

Op/Ed - Norm Dicks’ Retirement a Loss for Us & for Congress (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/11/28/2334243/dicks-retirement-a-loss-for-us.html

GENERAL NEWS

U-S Senators Murray, Cantwell Demand Justice Department Gas Price Probe (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Murray-Cantwell-demand-Justice-Dept-gas-price-probe-181035311.html

Port Angeles Faces Bill of Up to $65 Million for State Environmental Mandates (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20121128/news/311289991/port-angeles-faces-bill-of-up-to-65-million-for-state-environmental

West Coast Log Exports Up, Lumber Exports Down (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2012/11/west-coast-log-exports-up-9.html

Tribal Sovereignty Curriculum Available to Washington State School Districts (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2012/11/tribal_sovereignty_curriculum.html

Police Say Mother Left Toddler in Car While Gambling (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/tacoma-mother-leaves-toddler-car-while-she-goes-ca/nTHJX/

Mariners Attendance Drop the Worst in Major U-S Sports (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Mariners-attendance-worst-among-major-sports-181003081.html

DIVERSIONS

Seattle’s Top Dog Names for 2012

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/fyi-guy/2012/11/27/seattles-top-dog-names-for-2012/

Dog Fur Knitting New Craft, Old Northwest Tradition

http://nwpr.org/post/dog-fur-knitting-new-craft-old-northwest-tradition

A Look at Who Else Has Been Duped by the Onion

http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2019777631_apaschinaonionkimglance.html

Researchers Mine 2.5 Million News Articles to Prove What We Already Know

http://gigaom.com/data/researchers-mine-2-5m-news-articles-to-prove-what-we-already-know/

SONG OF THE DAY

Devo - Working in a Coal Mine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWU8CU9m0Lc

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.

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

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

http://masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/44209-mason-county-shooting-victim-identified

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

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/nov/26/tahuya-peninsula-roads-returning-to-normal/

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

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019771037_orca27m.html

Washington State Program to Recycle Mercury Lights (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019768102_apwamercuryrecycling.html

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

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/11/26/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-u-s-wind-industry-in-one-chart/?wprss=rss_economy

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

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

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)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjOA1Ay4RIc

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

http://www.cdapress.com/columns/sholeh_patrick/article_1de9ca34-386f-11e2-963f-0019bb2963f4.html

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

http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/11/27/52550.htm

How to Avoid the Next Sandy Meltdown (CNN Money)

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/11/26/how-to-avoid-the-next-sandy-meltdown/

FISH & WILDLIFE

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

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019771037_orca27m.html

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

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Scientists-want-new-name-Biggs-killer-whale-for-transient-orcas-180860971.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

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

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019771441_apwaoceanacidification1stld.html

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

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Poulsbo-home-flooded-with-sewage----again-180924711.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

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

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/11/26/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-u-s-wind-industry-in-one-chart/?wprss=rss_economy

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

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=1131

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

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2012/11/pge-receives-bids-for-39-renewable.html

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

http://www.governing.com/news/local/mct-solar-power-plants-burden-counties.html

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

http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2012/11/26/165911832/spain-hopes-for-economic-boost-with-wave-powered-electricity-plant?ft=1&f=2

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Washington State Program to Recycle Mercury Lights (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019768102_apwamercuryrecycling.html

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

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=425

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

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

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/UN-says-thawing-permafrost-to-boost-global-warming-4069107.php

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

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

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=2137754

New Gym Turns Workouts into Watts (CNN)

http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/27/world/europe/gym-workout-watts-electricity/index.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_22072683

Cyber Monday Sales Finish Strong (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2012/11/26/cyber-monday-fast-bumpy-start/1727005/

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)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/facebook-privacy-chain-letter-resurfaces/2012/11/26/8c27bd94-3801-11e2-8a97-363b0f9a0ab3_story.html?wprss=rss_technology

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

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

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/11/24/2330320/state-considers-private-bids-for.html

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

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019771193_transition27m.html

GENERAL NEWS

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

http://masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/44209-mason-county-shooting-victim-identified

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

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/nov/26/tahuya-peninsula-roads-returning-to-normal/

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

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20121127/news/311279996/private-study-sees-some-job-loss-with-wild-olympics-legislation

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

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2012/11/washington_refineries_processi.html

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

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/44287-bloomfield-farewell-reception

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

http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/nov/26/thieves-targeting-metal-storm-drain-grates/

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

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/nov/27/colville-tree-for-us-capitol-in-2013/

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

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/1127/Moon-rocks-discovered-in-Minnesota-but-more-rocks-missing

DIVERSIONS – ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER

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

http://seattletimes.com/html/entertainment/2019768468_apusrollingstonessupremecourt.html

Pot Institute Formed at Humboldt State University

http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2012/11/pot_institute_formed_at_humbol.html

Alligators Found Guarding Olympia Marijuana Grow

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2012/11/king5-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.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/kim-jong-eun-as-sexiest-man-alive-chinese-news-site-falls-for-an-onion-story-on-the-supreme-leader/2012/11/27/134d1ff2-38a3-11e2-a263-f0ebffed2f15_blog.html?wprss=rss_politics

SONG OF THE DAY

John Lennon - Beautiful Boy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_j-tpmdPlI