Fed Judge Rejects Halt to Killing of Sea Lions That Eat Protected Salmon as Lawsuit Continues (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/energy-environment/fed-judge-rejects-halt-to-killing-of-sea-lions-that-eat-protected-salmon-as-lawsuit-continues/2012/05/31/gJQAruDq4U_story.html

Energy News Digest for May 31, 2012

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Feds Slap Tariffs on Chinese Wind Towers (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/uciliawang/2012/05/30/feds-slap-tariffs-on-chinese-wind-towers/

Garbage Generates Electricity - County, Kootenai Electric Co-op Unveil New Energy Plant (Coeur d’Alene Press, ID)

http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_6db9a3ba-844b-5c93-bbe0-933fa7d9af81.html

Fishermen versus Sea Lions - Humane Society Sues to Protect Sea Lions (Epoch Times)

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/united-states/fishermen-versus-sea-lions-245071.html

California, Oregon, Massachusetts, Washington, and Colorado Lead the Nation in Clean-Energy Leadership (MarketWatch)

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/california-oregon-massachusetts-washington-and-colorado-lead-the-nation-in-clean-energy-leadership-2012-05-30

FERC-NERC Staff Report on Northeast Transmission Outage Stresses Vegetation Management (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission – Links to PDF File)

http://www.ferc.gov/media/headlines/2012/2012-2/05-31-12-news-release.pdf

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

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

FERC-NERC Staff Report on Northeast Transmission Outage Stresses Vegetation Management (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission – Links to PDF File)

http://www.ferc.gov/media/headlines/2012/2012-2/05-31-12-news-release.pdf

US Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2018325791_apusnaturalgasstorage.html

Op/Ed - Thurston County Public Power Campaign about Systemic Change (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/05/31/2123591/public-power-campaign-about-systemic.html

Consumer-Owned Utilities Hold Their Own in Emissions Reductions, Study Finds (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=178494&issueID=23115

Florida - Funeral Is Today for Ocala Lineman Timothy Beard (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=178614&issueID=23115

FISH & WILDLIFE

Fishermen versus Sea Lions - Humane Society Sues to Protect Sea Lions (Epoch Times)

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/united-states/fishermen-versus-sea-lions-245071.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Ending Puget Sound’s Bad Acid Trip (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://earthfix.opb.org/water/article/what-is-making-puget-sound-so-acidic/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Feds Slap Tariffs on Chinese Wind Towers (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/uciliawang/2012/05/30/feds-slap-tariffs-on-chinese-wind-towers/

Garbage Generates Electricity - County, Kootenai Electric Co-op Unveil New Energy Plant (Coeur d’Alene Press, ID)

http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_6db9a3ba-844b-5c93-bbe0-933fa7d9af81.html

California Poised to Require 'Solar Ready Roofs' on New Homes & Buildings (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_20744057/california-poised-require-solar-ready-roofs-new-homes

What Electric Grid Operators Want: Good Wind Energy Forecasts (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/uciliawang/2012/05/30/what-electric-grid-operators-want-good-wind-energy-forecasts/

Grid Realities Cancel Out Some of Wind Power's Carbon Savings (R&D Magazine)

http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/05/Energy-Grid-Realities-Cancel-Out-Some-Of-Wind-Powers-Carbon-Savings/

US Treasury Pays For Part of $11.8 Million Boeing Solar Roof (Charleston Post & Courier, SC)

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20120531/PC05/120539837/us-treasury-pays-for-part-of-118-million-boeing-solar-roof

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

State Commission Reviews Idaho Power’s Energy Efficiency Programs (Twin Falls Times-News, ID)

http://magicvalley.com/news/local/commission-reviews-idaho-power-s-energy-efficiency-programs/article_4411deb7-97fa-5db7-b2d3-7d10f35fd58d.html

And the Winning Energy Efficiency App Is… (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/and-the-winning-app-is/?partner=rss&emc=rss

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Study Accuses Corporations of Hypocrisy on Climate Change (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-coproate-climate-control-20120530,0,2592843.story

Top US Companies Shelling Out to Block Action on Climate Change (The Guardian, UK)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/may/30/companies-block-action-climate-change

Scientists Suspect Thunderstorms as a Climate Culprit (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/research/story/2012-05-30/thunderstroms-pollution/55287438/1?csp=34news

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

California, Oregon, Massachusetts, Washington, and Colorado Lead the Nation in Clean-Energy Leadership (MarketWatch)

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/california-oregon-massachusetts-washington-and-colorado-lead-the-nation-in-clean-energy-leadership-2012-05-30

Washington State Electric Car Chargers Turned on for I-5 & Highway 2 (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018321707_ehighways31m.html

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

Here’s What Our Web Addiction Looks Like in 2016 (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/broadband/heres-what-our-web-addiction-looks-like-in-2016/

World Powers Play Blame Game with Flame Virus (US News & World Report)

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/05/30/world-powers-play-blame-game-with-flame-virus

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Judge Rules Eyman Tax Initiative Unconstitutional (Associated Press)

http://www.keprtv.com/politics/local/Judge-rules-Eyman-tax-initiative-unconstitutional-155754575.html

Washington Supreme Court Upholds Liquor Initiative (Associated Press)

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2012/05/31/washington-supreme-court-upholds-liquor-initiative

Henry M. Jackson: Everett's Humble Giant (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120531/NEWS01/120539994

Judge Rules against Alt-Weekly in Public Notice Case (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/judge-rules-against-alt-weekly-public-notice-case/

GENERAL NEWS

Prosecutors: Drug Money the Motive for Shelton Double Murder (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Prosecutors-Drug-money-the-motive-for-Shelton-double-murder-155848355.html

Two Best Friends, a Bellevue Mom, 2 Others Die in Seattle Shootings (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018322044_victimsall31m.html

Cherry Point Refinery Back Online; Will Gas Prices Dip? (Northwest Cable News)

http://www.nwcn.com/news/155679975.html

In Tacoma, Liquor Hoarded Amid Price Worries (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/05/30/2163157/in-tacoma-liquor-hoarded-amid.html

Mason County Forest Festival This Weekend (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/?p=5578

DIVERSIONS

Angry Birds Theme Park to Open in Finland

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120531/BIZ/705319921

Romney Campaign App Carries Typo in Word America

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2018325720_apusromneyappmisspelling.html

Cleveland Waitress Receives Huge IRS Refund Check by Mistake

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-05-30/IRS-tax-refund-cleveland-waitress/55293094/1?csp=34news

Peter Carl Fabergé: How Communism Crushed the Fabergé Egg

http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Tech-Culture/2012/0530/Peter-Carl-Faberge-How-Communism-crushed-the-Faberge-egg

SONG OF THE DAY

Sarah McLachlan - Blackbird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6e6Fot7tmQ

The Beatles - Blackbird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp6bd2vf314