Thursday, May 31, 2012
Energy News Digest for May 31, 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.
THE NEWS DIGEST ON TWITTER
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the news digest on Twitter for breaking news & notices:
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Feds
Slap Tariffs on Chinese Wind Towers (Forbes Magazine)
Garbage
Generates Electricity - County, Kootenai Electric Co-op Unveil New Energy Plant
(Coeur d’Alene Press, ID)
Fishermen versus Sea Lions - Humane Society Sues
to Protect Sea Lions (Epoch Times)
California,
Oregon, Massachusetts, Washington, and Colorado Lead the Nation in Clean-Energy
Leadership (MarketWatch)
FERC-NERC Staff Report on Northeast Transmission
Outage Stresses Vegetation Management (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission –
Links to PDF File)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- FERC-NERC Staff Report on Northeast Transmission Outage Stresses Vegetation Management
- US Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week
- Op/Ed - Thurston County Public Power Campaign about Systemic Change
- Consumer-Owned Utilities Hold Their Own in Emissions Reductions, Study Finds
- Florida - Funeral Is Today for Ocala Lineman Timothy Beard
- Fishermen versus Sea Lions - Humane Society Sues to Protect Sea Lions
- Ending Puget Sound’s Bad Acid Trip
- Feds Slap Tariffs on Chinese Wind Towers
- Garbage Generates Electricity - County, Kootenai Electric Co-op Unveil New Energy Plant
- California Poised to Require 'Solar Ready Roofs' on New Homes & Buildings
- What Electric Grid Operators Want: Good Wind Energy Forecasts
- Grid Realities Cancel Out Some of Wind Power's Carbon Savings
- US Treasury Pays For Part of $11.8 Million Boeing Solar Roof
- State Commission Reviews Idaho Power’s Energy Efficiency Programs
- And the Winning Energy Efficiency App Is…
- Study Accuses Corporations of Hypocrisy on Climate Change
- Top US Companies Shelling Out to Block Action on Climate Change
- Scientists Suspect Thunderstorms as a Climate Culprit
- California, Oregon, Massachusetts, Washington, and Colorado Lead the Nation in Clean-Energy Leadership
- Washington State Electric Car Chargers Turned on for I-5 & Highway 2
- Colorado - Strike Up the Broadband! Remote Towns Cheer Coming Upgrades
- Here’s What Our Web Addiction Looks Like in 2016
- World Powers Play Blame Game with Flame Virus
- Judge Rules Eyman Tax Initiative Unconstitutional
- Washington Supreme Court Upholds Liquor Initiative
- Henry M. Jackson: Everett's Humble Giant
- Judge Rules against Alt-Weekly in Public Notice Case
- Prosecutors: Drug Money the Motive for Shelton Double Murder
- Two Best Friends, a Bellevue Mom, 2 Others Die in Seattle Shootings
- Cherry Point Refinery Back Online; Will Gas Prices Dip?
- In Tacoma, Liquor Hoarded Amid Price Worries
- Mason County Forest Festival This Weekend
WORD OF THE DAY
Fugacious
• \fyoo-GAY-shush\ • Adjective - Lasting a short time: evanescent
Drop
the mail and run. The company’s transient messenger service was as fugacious as
flatulence in a windstorm: in one location for a very short time before
disappearing.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
FERC-NERC Staff Report on Northeast Transmission
Outage Stresses Vegetation Management (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission –
Links to PDF File)
US Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week (Associated
Press)
Op/Ed - Thurston County Public Power Campaign about
Systemic Change (Olympian, WA)
Consumer-Owned Utilities Hold Their Own in
Emissions Reductions, Study Finds (American Public Power Association)
Florida - Funeral Is Today for Ocala Lineman Timothy
Beard (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fishermen versus Sea Lions - Humane Society Sues to
Protect Sea Lions (Epoch Times)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Ending
Puget Sound’s Bad Acid Trip (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Feds
Slap Tariffs on Chinese Wind Towers (Forbes Magazine)
Garbage
Generates Electricity - County, Kootenai Electric Co-op Unveil New Energy Plant
(Coeur d’Alene Press, ID)
California
Poised to Require 'Solar Ready Roofs' on New Homes & Buildings (San Jose
Mercury News, CA)
What
Electric Grid Operators Want: Good Wind Energy Forecasts (Forbes Magazine)
Grid
Realities Cancel Out Some of Wind Power's Carbon Savings (R&D Magazine)
US
Treasury Pays For Part of $11.8 Million Boeing Solar Roof (Charleston Post &
Courier, SC)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
State Commission Reviews Idaho Power’s Energy
Efficiency Programs (Twin Falls Times-News, ID)
And the Winning Energy Efficiency App Is… (NY
Times)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Study
Accuses Corporations of Hypocrisy on Climate Change (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Top
US Companies Shelling Out to Block Action on Climate Change (The Guardian, UK)
Scientists
Suspect Thunderstorms as a Climate Culprit (USA Today)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
California,
Oregon, Massachusetts, Washington, and Colorado Lead the Nation in Clean-Energy
Leadership (MarketWatch)
Washington
State Electric Car Chargers Turned on for I-5 & Highway 2 (Seattle Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Colorado - Strike Up the Broadband! Remote Towns
Cheer Coming Upgrades (Pueblo Chieftain, CO)
http://www.chieftain.com/business/strike-up-the-broadband/article_b8519b30-aac9-11e1-88b5-001a4bcf887a.html
http://www.chieftain.com/business/strike-up-the-broadband/article_b8519b30-aac9-11e1-88b5-001a4bcf887a.html
Here’s What Our Web Addiction Looks Like in 2016 (GigaOM)
World Powers Play Blame Game with Flame Virus (US
News & World Report)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Judge Rules Eyman Tax Initiative Unconstitutional (Associated
Press)
Washington Supreme Court Upholds Liquor Initiative (Associated
Press)
Henry M. Jackson: Everett's Humble Giant (Everett
Herald, WA)
Judge Rules against Alt-Weekly in Public Notice
Case (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
GENERAL NEWS
Prosecutors: Drug Money the Motive for Shelton Double
Murder (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Two Best Friends, a Bellevue Mom, 2 Others Die in Seattle
Shootings (Seattle Times)
Cherry Point Refinery Back Online; Will Gas Prices
Dip? (Northwest Cable News)
In Tacoma, Liquor Hoarded Amid Price Worries (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Mason County Forest Festival This Weekend (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Angry Birds Theme Park to Open in Finland
Romney Campaign App Carries Typo in Word America
Cleveland Waitress Receives Huge IRS Refund Check by
Mistake
Peter Carl Fabergé: How Communism Crushed the Fabergé
Egg
SONG OF THE DAY
Sarah
McLachlan - Blackbird
The
Beatles - Blackbird
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Energy News Digest for May 30, 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.
THE NEWS DIGEST ON TWITTER
Follow
the news digest on Twitter for breaking news & notices:
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Seattle City Council Opposes Coal-Export Terminals
in Washington State (Associated Press)
Hoopa Tribe Asks Federal Officials to Resume
Klamath Dams Relicensing - May Speed Removal (Associated Press)
Summer Ocean Salmon Fishing Could Be Memorable -
Early signs indicate schools of Chinook are now cruising off the coast in
fairly good numbers (Seattle Times)
Summer Ocean Salmon Fishing Could Be Memorable -
Early signs indicate schools of Chinook are now cruising off the coast in
fairly good numbers (Seattle Times)
Drug Debt a Likely Motive in Shelton
Double-Homicide (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Seattle City Council Opposes Coal-Export Terminals in Washington State
- Eugene Water & Electric Board to Cut 50 Jobs, Overtime
- Idaho Falls - Power Rates Possibly Changing for Local Consumers
- Snohomish PUD Looks to Dam Skykomish River for Power
- Snohomish PUD Ranked Among Top U.S. Utilities for Value – How Did It Get There?
- Op/Ed - California: Time to Try Electricity Deregulation Again
- Even in Coal Country, the Fight for an Industry
- Grid Operators Say Germany Must Invest $25 Billion
- Public Power - Will Minneapolis Follow Boulder in Challenging Xcel?
- US Senate Confirms Two FERC Nominees
- Utility Industry Groups Back NERC Proposal for Review of FERC Staff Audit
- Behind the Switch - Delivery of Electric Power Is a Vital Backbone to the Nation’s Economy
- Hoopa Tribe Asks Federal Officials to Resume Klamath Dams Relicensing - May Speed Removal
- Salmon from Infected Pens Sold for Compost and, Possibly, Food
- Summer Ocean Salmon Fishing Could Be Memorable
- Bonneville Dam Flows Configured to Limit Descaling of Central Idaho’s ESA-Listed Sockeye
- Mussel Infestation Threatens Pacific Northwest Waters
- Students Get an Electrifying Lesson with Fish
- Lower Elwha Road Failing Due to Dam-Removal Project
- Commissioning of Oregon Geothermal Power Plant to Begin
- Wind Farms Considering Detection Systems to Prevent Bird Deaths
- Greens Fight Mojave Desert Wind Farm
- On Clean Energy, Time to Follow Where Google, GE, Buffett Lead
- Is FERC Rule 1000 the Key to Getting Green Power to Market?
- Montana’s Flathead Co-op Bullish on Savings
- Apple Starts Selling the Nest Smart Thermostat
- New Street Lights for Ukiah’s State Street - Equipment is also ‘dark-sky compliant’
- China to Spend $27 Billion on Emission Cuts, Renewables
- Electric Car Makers Can Sell Credits in California
- Natural Gas Rebranded as Green Energy by the European Union
- Click! Paid to Put Up Disputed Tacoma Billboards
- Verizon FiOS Is Getting Insanely Fast 300Mbps Home Internet
- Google Chrome OS Lives on with Big Update, New Hardware
- Intel to Offer ‘Free’ Wi-Fi in Its Ultrabooks, Tablets
- Sophisticated Computer Virus “Flame” Hits Iran Hard
- Judge to Rule if Washington State Supermajority Tax Vote Lawsuit Should Go Forward
- Washington State Senator Zarelli Won’t Complete Current Term
- Incumbent Primary Losses Begin to Mount, May Approach Record
- Drug Debt a Likely Motive in Shelton Double-Homicide
- Washington State Economic Forecast Holds Steady
- Weather Service Money Shifting Problems Hit Agency
WORD OF THE DAY
Sprachgefühl
• \SHPRAWK-guh-few-ul\ • noun - 1: the character of a language 2: an intuitive
sense of what is linguistically appropriate.
Bobby
had taken extensive language immersion classes, hoping that during his European
vacation that he would not stand out as a painfully obvious tourist. His
instructor knew that his student would fail miserably. “You just don’t have the
sprachgefühl of the German language that native speakers do,” he intoned. And,
to himself, “you’ll have to ditch the camera, clothes that absolutely scream ‘I
am a tourist,’ and the penchant to only order burger and fries for every meal.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Seattle City Council Opposes Coal-Export Terminals
in Washington State (Associated Press)
Eugene Water & Electric Board to Cut 50 Jobs,
Overtime - General manager cites feedback from customers concerned about
continuing increases in utility bills (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Idaho Falls - Power Rates Possibly Changing for
Local Consumers (KIDK-TV, Idaho Falls, ID)
Snohomish PUD Looks to Dam Skykomish River for Power
(Seattle Times)
Snohomish PUD Ranked Among Top U.S. Utilities for
Value – How Did It Get There? (Western Energy)
Op/Ed - California: Time to Try Electricity
Deregulation Again (SF Chronicle – My Response?)
Even in Coal Country, the Fight for an Industry (NY
Times)
Grid Operators Say Germany Must Invest $25 Billion (Associated
Press)
Public Power - Will Minneapolis Follow Boulder in
Challenging Xcel? (Midwest Energy News)
US Senate Confirms Two FERC Nominees (Electric
Co-op Today)
Utility Industry Groups Back NERC Proposal for
Review of FERC Staff Audit (American Public Power Association)
Behind the Switch - Delivery of Electric Power Is a
Vital Backbone to the Nation’s Economy (Albert Lea Tribune, MN)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Hoopa Tribe Asks Federal Officials to Resume
Klamath Dams Relicensing - May Speed Removal (Associated Press)
Summer Ocean Salmon Fishing Could Be Memorable - Early
signs indicate schools of Chinook are now cruising off the coast in fairly good
numbers (Seattle Times)
Salmon from Infected Pens Sold for Compost and,
Possibly, Food (Northwest Cable News)
Bonneville Dam Flows Configured to Limit
Descaling of Central Idaho’s ESA-Listed Sockeye (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Mussel Infestation Threatens Pacific Northwest
Waters (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Students Get an Electrifying Lesson with Fish (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Lower
Elwha Road Failing Due to Dam-Removal Project (KONP
Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Commissioning
of Oregon Geothermal Power Plant to Begin (Electric Light & Power)
Wind
Farms Considering Detection Systems to Prevent Bird Deaths (Los Angeles Times,
CA)
Greens
Fight Mojave Desert Wind Farm (Courthouse News Service)
On
Clean Energy, Time to Follow Where Google, GE, Buffett Lead (Forbes Magazine)
Is
FERC Rule 1000 the Key to Getting Green Power to Market? (Windpower Engineering
& Development)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Montana’s Flathead Co-op Bullish on Savings
(Electric Co-op Today)
Apple Starts Selling the Nest Smart Thermostat (GigaOM)
New Street Lights for Ukiah’s State Street - Equipment
is also ‘dark-sky compliant’ (Ukiah Daily Journal, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
China
to Spend $27 Billion on Emission Cuts, Renewables (Reuters)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Electric
Car Makers Can Sell Credits in California (USA Today)
Natural
Gas Rebranded as Green Energy by the European Union (Greenwise)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Click! Paid to Put Up Disputed Tacoma Billboards (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Verizon FiOS Is Getting Insanely Fast 300Mbps Home
Internet (Gizmodo)
Google Chrome OS Lives on with Big Update, New
Hardware (Christian Science Monitor)
Intel to Offer ‘Free’ Wi-Fi in Its Ultrabooks,
Tablets (GigaOM)
Sophisticated Computer Virus “Flame” Hits Iran Hard
(Associated Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Judge to Rule if Washington State Supermajority Tax
Vote Lawsuit Should Go Forward (Associated Press)
Washington State Senator Zarelli Won’t Complete
Current Term (Longview Daily News, WA)
Incumbent Primary Losses Begin to Mount, May
Approach Record (Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Drug Debt a Likely Motive in Shelton
Double-Homicide (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Washington State Economic Forecast Holds Steady
(Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)
Weather Service Money Shifting Problems Hit Agency (Associated
Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Weather-service-money-shifting-problems-hit-agency-3593197.php
DIVERSIONS
Kansas Boy Buys Camera at Garage Sale, Finds Photo
of Dead Uncle
http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/05/30/kansas-boy-buys-camera-at-garage-sale-finds-photo-of-dead-uncle/
Stay Connected While You Go: Bathrooms Go High-Tech
Too Cute or Too Weird? Couple Dresses Alike for 30
Years
Man Breaks into Radio Station to Change the Channel
SONG OF THE DAY
Harry
Chapin – WOLD
One
nit to pick: radio stations west of the Mississippi River start with the letter
“K”…East of the river they start with “W”
– Except KDKA in Pittsburgh – Therefore, WOLD in Boise, Idaho…come one Harry…
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