The Energy News Digest: Energy News Digest for May 16, 2012

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)

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

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

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/science/earth/noaa-report-says-six-types-of-fish-back-to-healthy-levels.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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

http://tdn.com/news/local/corps-of-engineers-presses-ahead-with-plan-to-raise-toutle/article_f92d4eb8-9ed7-11e1-9154-001a4bcf887a.html

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)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/pondering-that-green-label/?partner=rss&emc=rss

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

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120516/news/305169985/protesters-march-to-sequim-council-meeting-to-seek-rescheduling-of

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

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

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

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=677054

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

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/05/16/2107103/public-enthusiastic-about-pud.html

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

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=1036

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

http://www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com/usatoday/article/39261983

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

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2018216385_apusagingnukesreadinesshighlights.html

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

http://www.forbes.com/sites/christophercoats/2012/05/15/how-much-longer-does-european-nuclear-have/

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

http://www.fierceenergy.com/story/consert-top-social-media-outlets-utilities/2012-05-14

FISH & WILDLIFE

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

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

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

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/science/earth/noaa-report-says-six-types-of-fish-back-to-healthy-levels.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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

http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/may/14/states-consider-reopening-chinook-fishing-columbia/

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

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018215351_dranolake16.html

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

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Island+salmon+farm+culling+fish+after+virus+confirmed/6627309/story.html

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

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=677353

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

http://tdn.com/news/local/bald-eagle-rebound-comes-with-peril-of-increased-human-interaction/article_4792846a-9ef1-11e1-8cc8-001a4bcf887a.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

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

http://tdn.com/news/local/corps-of-engineers-presses-ahead-with-plan-to-raise-toutle/article_f92d4eb8-9ed7-11e1-9154-001a4bcf887a.html

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

http://www.king5.com/news/environment/Sewer-line-sewage-leak-Bitter-Lake--151702565.html

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

http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/may/15/la-center-repeals-sewer-agreement-with-cowlitz-tri/

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

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2012/05/15/historic-water-pact-signed-between.html

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)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/q-and-a-the-most-endangered-rivers/?partner=rss&emc=rss

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

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

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120516/news/305169985/protesters-march-to-sequim-council-meeting-to-seek-rescheduling-of

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

http://www.environmental-finance.com/news/view/2491

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

http://grist.org/list/turbine-that-looks-like-a-piece-of-art-will-fit-right-in-at-your-yacht-club/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

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

http://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/post/study-northwest-mammals-may-not-keep-pace-climate-change

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)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/pondering-that-green-label/?partner=rss&emc=rss

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

http://grist.org/list/learn-conservation-leadership-skills-get-a-free-endangered-animal-tattoo/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Wireless Startup LightSquared Files for Bankruptcy (Associated Press)

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-05-14/lightsquared-wireless-network/54960864/1?csp=34tech

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

http://news.ph.msn.com/sci-tech/greenpeace-members-arrested-in-apple-cloud-demo-3

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

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404407,00.asp

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

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/05/15/national/a162111D61.DTL