Energy News Digest for May 10, 2011

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

Third Plan for Columbia Basin Dams & Wild Salmon May Still Have Holes, Judge James A. Redden Warns (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/05/governments_third_plan_for_col.html

Oregonian Editorial Board - What We’re Thinking & Writing About “…We think Redden ought to approve the biop, which is the best plan the feds…have ever produced for Columbia salmon…” (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/05/editorial_board_what_were_thin_12.html

Microsoft Buying Skype for $8.5 Billion in Its Biggest Deal Ever (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2011-05-10-microsoft-skype_n.htm

‘Fracking’ for Natural Gas is Polluting Ground Water, Study Concludes (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2011/0509/Fracking-for-natural-gas-is-polluting-ground-water-study-concludes

Feds Rank Portland General Electric No. 1 in US for Number of Renewable Power Customers (Bradenton.com)

http://www.bradenton.com/2011/05/09/3179914/doe-ranks-pge-no-1-in-us-for-number.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         ‘Fracking’ for Natural Gas is Polluting Ground Water, Study Concludes

·         Montana – Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Makes Request for Local Tax Cut

·         Ratepayers Will Pay for Removal of PacifiCorp’s Klamath Basin Dams

·         Pacific Gas & Electric’s Underground Electrical Gear Blamed for Fires, Explosions, Power Outages

·         Tacoma Utility Workers to Get Raises

·         May 17 - Planned Power Outage for Shelton-Matlock Road Area

·         Power Outages Affect Large Swath of Venezuela, Raising Concerns about Recurring Problem

·         Chile Approves Huge Dam Project in Wild Patagonia

·         Planting the Right Tree in the Right Place Prevents Risk of Injury, Power Outages

·         PJM Region Grows, But Ready For Hot Weather Power Demand

·         Third Plan for Columbia Basin Dams & Wild Salmon May Still Have Holes, Judge James A. Redden Warns

·         BiOp Oral Arguments - Redden Asks About Accountability if Future Survival Evaluations Fall Short

·         Lawyers Argue Columbia River Salmon Numbers

·         Judge Redden Hears Perhaps His Final Arguments in Salmon vs. Dams Debate

·         Oregonian Editorial Board - What We’re Thinking & Writing About

·         Columbia River Restoration Off to Good Start

·         Columbia River Spring Chinook Count Looks to Be on Par With Preseason Forecast

·         Columbia River - Four Days Added to Spring Chinook Season

·         Hood Canal Council Could Get Millions from Navy for Mitigation Projects

·         Feds Rank Portland General Electric No. 1 in US for Number of Renewable Power Customers

·         Austin Energy Top Green Power Seller in US

·         Ocean Power Technologies Testing New Wave Power Device

·         Solar Power A Natural Deep in the Mojave Desert

·         Massachusetts - Opponent of Planned Springfield Biomass Plant

·         British Columbia - Carbon Offset Target ‘Will Be Met’

·         Ice Flows - What Do 28,000 Time-Lapse Photos Tell Us About Everest’s Melting Glaciers?

·         Electric Car Grid Balancing Options Limited: Study

·         Utility Price Hikes Push Demand for Wood in Tanzania

·         Goats Enlisted to Help with Work on Oregon Levees

·         Backyard Beehives the New Buzz in Town

·         Microsoft Buying Skype for $8.5 Billion in Its Biggest Deal Ever

·         Google to Launch Cloud Music Service

·         San Francisco’s Digital Realty Gains on Data-Center Frenzy

·         Wi-Fi Networks Could be Disrupted by Climate Change

·         Congressman Doc Hastings Hospitalized

·         State Budget Negotiators Look to Outsource Some Government Functions

·         An Environmental Scorecard from Olympia

·         North Mason School District to Lay Off Librarians, Other Teachers

·         Gas Price to Drop as Oil Joins Commodities Plunge

·         No Federal Stimulus Money to Stop Washington State Railroad Mudslides

·         Mason General Hospital Gets New Name & Logo

WORD OF THE DAY

Decalogue • \DECK-uh-log\ • Noun – 1: capitalized: ten commandments 2: a basic set of rules carrying binding authority

Here’s My Decalogue

God said to trembling Moses

Now, use them wisely

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

‘Fracking’ for Natural Gas is Polluting Ground Water, Study Concludes (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2011/0509/Fracking-for-natural-gas-is-polluting-ground-water-study-concludes

Montana – Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Makes Request for Local Tax Cut (KPAX-TV, Missoula, MT)

http://www.kpax.com/news/cfac-make-request-for-tax-cut/

Ratepayers Will Pay for Removal of PacifiCorp’s Klamath Basin Dams (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/ratepayers-will-pay-removal-pacificorps-klamath-basin-dams/

Pacific Gas & Electric’s Underground Electrical Gear Blamed for Fires, Explosions, Power Outages (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_18020802

Tacoma Utility Workers to Get Raises (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/05/10/1659159/city-utility-workers-to-get-raises.html

May 17 - Planned Power Outage for Shelton-Matlock Road Area (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=861

Power Outages Affect Large Swath of Venezuela, Raising Concerns about Recurring Problem (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/power-outages-affect-large-swath-of-venezuela-raising-concerns-about-recurring-problem/2011/05/09/AFl5o4bG_story.html

Chile Approves Huge Dam Project in Wild Patagonia (Associated Press)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gjJHQ6wvG-m0b51ImWx9I-FbB-3A?docId=d04c24f5797d4faebeea10c37a745d11

Planting the Right Tree in the Right Place Prevents Risk of Injury, Power Outages (Electric Energy Online)

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=154533

PJM Region Grows, But Ready For Hot Weather Power Demand - Recession Continues to Impact Summer Demand (Electric Energy Online)

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=154561

FISH & WILDLIFE

Third Plan for Columbia Basin Dams & Wild Salmon May Still Have Holes, Judge James A. Redden Warns (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/05/governments_third_plan_for_col.html

BiOp Oral Arguments - Redden Asks About Accountability if Future Survival Evaluations Fall Short (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/408275.aspx

Lawyers Argue Columbia River Salmon Numbers (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/may/10/lawyers-argue-salmon-numbers/

Judge Redden Hears Perhaps His Final Arguments in Salmon vs. Dams Debate (Oregon Public Radio)

http://news.opb.org/article/judge-redden-hears-perhaps-his-final-arguments-salmon-vs-dams-debate/

Oregonian Editorial Board - What We’re Thinking & Writing About “…We think Redden ought to approve the biop, which is the best plan the feds…have ever produced for Columbia salmon…” (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/05/editorial_board_what_were_thin_12.html

Columbia River Restoration Off to Good Start (Oregon Business)

http://www.oregonbusiness.com/high-five/10-high-five/5252-columbia-restoration-off-to-good-start

Columbia River Spring Chinook Count Looks to Be on Par With Preseason Forecast - Sport fishery in lower river could reopen soon (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2015005935__just_ask_anyone_who.html

Columbia River - Four Days Added to Spring Chinook Season (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/nwhookandbullet/fishing/regulations/article_e77ee95a-7819-11e0-a712-001cc4c03286.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Hood Canal Council Could Get Millions from Navy for Mitigation Projects (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/may/09/hood-canal-council-could-get-millions-from-navy/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Feds Rank Portland General Electric No. 1 in US for Number of Renewable Power Customers (Bradenton.com)

http://www.bradenton.com/2011/05/09/3179914/doe-ranks-pge-no-1-in-us-for-number.html

Austin Energy Top Green Power Seller in US (Austin Business Journal, TX)

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2011/05/09/austin-energy-top-green-power-seller.html

Ocean Power Technologies Testing New Wave Power Device (Electric Light & Power)

http://www.elp.com/index/display/article-display.articles.electric-light-power.renewable-energy.wave-title.2011.05.Ocean_Power_Technologies_testing_new_wave_power_device.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html

Solar Power A Natural Deep in the Mojave Desert (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110510/biz/705109947/-1/rss03

Massachusetts - Opponent of Planned Springfield Biomass Plant: Project ‘Full Steam Ahead’ Despite Proposed New Massachusetts Regulations (Springfield Republican, MA)

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/05/opponent_of_planned_springfield_biomass_plant_project_full_steam_ahead.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

British Columbia - Carbon Offset Target ‘Will Be Met’ (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Carbon+offset+target+will/4756020/story.html

Ice Flows - What Do 28,000 Time-Lapse Photos Tell Us About Everest’s Melting Glaciers? (Slate Magazine)

http://www.slate.com/id/2292964/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Electric Car Grid Balancing Options Limited: Study (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/10/us-automobiles-electricity-idUSTRE7492ZD20110510

Utility Price Hikes Push Demand for Wood in Tanzania (AlertNet)

http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/utility-price-hikes-push-demand-for-wood-in-tanzania

Goats Enlisted to Help with Work on Oregon Levees (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014998800_goats09.html

Backyard Beehives the New Buzz in Town (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015009956_bees10m.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Microsoft Buying Skype for $8.5 Billion in Its Biggest Deal Ever (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2011-05-10-microsoft-skype_n.htm

Google to Launch Cloud Music Service (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, CA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2011/05/10/google-to-launch-cloud-music-service.html

San Francisco’s Digital Realty Gains on Data-Center Frenzy (SF Chronicle, CA)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/09/BU1Q1JB2DH.DTL

Wi-Fi Networks Could be Disrupted by Climate Change (PC Advisor, UK)

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/network-wifi/3278771/wi-fi-networks-could-be-disrupted-by-climate-change/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Congressman Doc Hastings Hospitalized (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/story/14602290/congressman-doc-hastings-hospitalized

State Budget Negotiators Look to Outsource Some Government Functions (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/05/10/1646131/wrangle-looms-on-privatization.html

An Environmental Scorecard from Olympia (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/2011/05/09/environment/20897/An-environmental-scorecard-from-Olympia/

GENERAL NEWS

North Mason School District to Lay Off Librarians, Other Teachers (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/may/09/north-mason-school-district-to-lay-off-other/

Gas Price to Drop as Oil Joins Commodities Plunge (Associated Press)

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/05/06/ap/business/main20060555.shtml

No Federal Stimulus Money to Stop Washington State Railroad Mudslides (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015008320_rail10m.html

Mason General Hospital Gets New Name & Logo (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/6279-new-name-and-logo

DIVERSIONS

Oregon German Shepherd Opens Kennel & Clinic Doors in Late-Night Escape from Vet’s Office

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/oregon_german_shepherd_opens_kennel_and_clinic_doors_in_late_night_escape_from_vets_office/2011/05/10/AFoDkIhG_story.html

Police: Connecticut Man Dials 911 to Solve Beer Emergency

http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Police-Conn-man-dials-911-to-solve-beer-emergency-1372440.php

Rich Countries Not Drinking Enough Beer

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Rich-countries-not-drinking-enough-beer-The-1372106.php

Fircrest Teacher Gets on ‘Oprah’ After Dropping 302 Pounds

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/05/10/1659148/fircrest-teacher-gets-on-oprah.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MEO31mR0eo

Energy News Digest for May 9, 2011

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

Follow the news digest on Twitter for breaking news & notices:

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Salmon Wars Return to Portland Courtroom: Can At-Risk Fish & Hydroelectric Dams Coexist? (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/05/salmon_wars_return_to_portland.html

Green talk vs. green action – Radar Ridge in the Crosshairs: NIMBY’S, BANANA’S, NOPE’S & CAVE people, oh my (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_93e2ce12-783f-11e0-bdbf-001cc4c03286.html

Senators Urge Reopening of Aluminum Plant, Question Tax Reduction Request (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT – Give us cheap power…but what’s the deal with this tax break?)

http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/senators_urge_reopening_of_aluminum_plant_question_tax_reduction_request/22915/

Klamath River - California Commission Approves Removal of Four Southern Oregon Dams (Oregon Public Radio)

http://news.opb.org/article/california-commission-approves-removal-four-southern-oregon-dams/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Klamath River - California Commission Approves Removal of Four Southern Oregon Dams

·         US Senators Question Columbia Falls Aluminum Company’s Tax Relief

·         Senators Urge Reopening of Aluminum Plant, Question Tax Reduction Request

·         Cowlitz PUD Studying Taking over Power Lines along Spirit Lake Memorial Highway

·         Op/Ed - In Government, Less is More: Suppose Local Governments Ran Like Snohomish PUD

·         California – Pacific Gas & Electric Gets State OK to Charge Customers More

·         US Bill Favors Manitoba Hydro's Power - Electricity from Wuskwatim generating station would be a 'renewable resource'

·         Power Plant Cooling Rules Aim to Reduce Fish Kills

·         Canada - The Debate: Wind vs. Nuclear

·         Illinois - Local Students Using Utility Company Website to Learn About Energy

·         Salmon Wars Return to Portland Courtroom: Can At-Risk Fish & Hydroelectric Dams Coexist?

·         Timeline, Major Players in the Northwest Salmon Lawsuit in the Columbia River Basin

·         Habitat Restoration Soars on Columbia River, But Fish Benefits Are Murky

·         Op/Ed - Give Salmon Plan a Chance to Work

·         Washington State Anglers Reaping Benefits from Fin-Clipped Trout, Salmon

·         Portland's Unique Spring Salmon Run Blooms With the Dogwoods

·         Sea Lion Yanks Willamette River Fisherman Overboard on Tug-Of-War over Salmon

·         News Whiz - A Pivotal Hearing for the Columbia & Snake Rivers

·         Agents Go Undercover to Bust Washington Shellfish Poachers

·         Canada - Banner Sockeye Run Expected: Mid-May Start to Angling Season Widely Anticipated

·         Vancouver Island - Three Weeks after Crash, Goldstream River Remains Blighted by Fuel Spill

·         Elwha Dam's Days Numbered; Powerhouse First to be Shut Down

·         Editorial - Caldwell: Water Disputes Need Local Solutions

·         Green talk vs. green action – Radar Ridge in the Crosshairs

·         Visitors Drawn to Wild Horse to See Farm-Fresh Wind Power

·         California - Permit Process Clouds Solar Energy Projects

·         Massachusetts Firm Proposes Hydro Plants at Locks & Dams along the Upper Mississippi River

·         Wisconsin - Walker, GOP Reversing Green Initiatives

·         Solar Panels Can Melt Away Utility Bills

·         United Kingdom - Offshore Wind Farm Plans 'Are a Costly Mistake'

·         Renewables to Raise UK Energy Bills – Report

·         Denmark Tops List of Clean Technology Producers; China is No. 2; US at 17 is Rapidly Expanding

·         Five Things You Need to Know Before Buying a Refrigerator

·         Green Jobs Have Been Slow to Grow

·         PNW Developers Vie to Construct “World’s Greenest” Buildings

·         Editorial - South Sound Faces a Reckoning over Wood-Burning

·         Julia Roberts Joins Campaign for Cleaner Stoves

·         Tesla Posts a $48.9-Million Loss despite Jump in Revenue

·         Could “Cloud” Become a Dirty Word for Consumers?

·         Is Email Going the Way of the Floppy Disk?

·         Washington State Workers Lose Furlough Battle

·         Body Found in Lake Limerick Identified

·         Mason County Supports New Corrections Facility

·         Thurston County Residents Voice Concerns about Proposed Corrections Facility

·         La Nina Phenomenon to End Soon

·         Navy's Floating Acoustics Lab Doing Work in Hood Canal

WORD OF THE DAY

Ken • \KENN\ • Noun - 1a: the range of vision b: sight, view 2: the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge

Oh Rolf, you quisling: “…Totally unprepared are you; To face a world of men; Timid and shy and scared are you; Of things beyond your ken…”

(Sound of Music, Sixteen going on Seventeen)

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

Klamath River - California Commission Approves Removal of Four Southern Oregon Dams (Oregon Public Radio)

http://news.opb.org/article/california-commission-approves-removal-four-southern-oregon-dams/

US Senators Question Columbia Falls Aluminum Company’s Tax Relief - Request that Flathead County waive 95 percent of the 2010 property tax bill (The Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT – Sure, give us subsidized electricity, but local tax breaks…no way!)

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_1c2afee0-7906-11e0-8425-001cc4c002e0.html

Senators Urge Reopening of Aluminum Plant, Question Tax Reduction Request (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT – Give us cheap power…but what’s the deal with this tax break?)

http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/senators_urge_reopening_of_aluminum_plant_question_tax_reduction_request/22915/

Cowlitz PUD Studying Taking over Power Lines along Spirit Lake Memorial Highway (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/f8d8785c-7381-11e0-b134-001cc4c03286.html

Op/Ed - In Government, Less is More: Suppose Local Governments Ran Like Snohomish PUD (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110508/OPINION03/705089952

California – Pacific Gas & Electric Gets State OK to Charge Customers More (SF Chronicle, CA)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/06/BUSV1JCGH6.DTL

US Bill Favors Manitoba Hydro's Power - Electricity from Wuskwatim generating station would be a 'renewable resource' under a Wisconsin bill, making it eligible to export power to the state (Winnipeg Free Press, Manitoba)

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/us-bill-favours-hydros-power-121432899.html

Power Plant Cooling Rules Aim to Reduce Fish Kills (Midwest Energy News)

http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2011/05/03/power-plant-cooling-rules-aim-to-reduce-fish-kills/

Canada - The Debate: Wind vs. Nuclear: Replacing the province’s nuclear generators with wind turbines would drive up power bills and eat up vast swaths of countryside (Toronto Star, Ontario)

http://www.thestar.com/business/companies/article/986390--the-debate-wind-vs-nuclear

Illinois - Local Students Using Utility Company Website to Learn About Energy (Quincy Herald-Whig, IL)

http://www.whig.com/story/news/Ameren-Class-050111

FISH & WILDLIFE

Salmon Wars Return to Portland Courtroom: Can At-Risk Fish & Hydroelectric Dams Coexist? (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/05/salmon_wars_return_to_portland.html

Timeline, Major Players in the Northwest Salmon Lawsuit in the Columbia River Basin (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/05/timeline_major_players_in_the.html

Habitat Restoration Soars on Columbia River, But Fish Benefits Are Murky (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/05/will_habitat_improvementsbe_en.html

Op/Ed - Give Salmon Plan a Chance to Work (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2011/05/01/1472684/give-salmon-plan-a-chance-to-work.html

Washington State Anglers Reaping Benefits from Fin-Clipped Trout, Salmon (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/may/08/feeling-distinguished/

Portland's Unique Spring Salmon Run Blooms With the Dogwoods “…Spring Chinook have begun moving upriver, too, with Willamette Falls counts jumping into the hundreds. About 1,500 have headed south so far. At Bonneville Dam, daily counts also jumped, into the thousands…”  (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2011/04/portlands_unique_spring_salmon.html

Sea Lion Yanks Willamette River Fisherman Overboard on Tug-Of-War over Salmon (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/05/sea_lion_yanks_a_willamette_ri.html

News Whiz - A Pivotal Hearing for the Columbia & Snake Rivers (American Rivers)

http://www.americanrivers.org/newsroom/blog/mgarrity-20110509-a-pivotal-hearing-for-the-columbia-and-snake-rivers.html

Agents Go Undercover to Bust Washington Shellfish Poachers (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Agents-go-undercover-to-bust-Washington-shellfish-poachers-121424654.html

Canada - Banner Sockeye Run Expected: Mid-May Start to Angling Season Widely Anticipated (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/Banner+sockeye+expected/4738264/story.html

Vancouver Island - Three Weeks after Crash, Goldstream River Remains Blighted by Fuel Spill (Vancouver Sun, BC)

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/thewest/Three+weeks+after+crash+Goldstream+River+remains+blighted+fuel+spill/4743013/story.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Elwha Dam's Days Numbered; Powerhouse First to be Shut Down (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20110509/NEWS/305099994/elwha-dams-days-numbered-powerhouse-first-to-be-shut-down

Editorial - Caldwell: Water Disputes Need Local Solutions (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/may/08/water-disputes-need-local-solutions/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Green talk vs. green action – Radar Ridge in the Crosshairs: NIMBY’S, BANANA’S, NOPE’S & CAVE people, oh my (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_93e2ce12-783f-11e0-bdbf-001cc4c03286.html

Visitors Drawn to Wild Horse to See Farm-Fresh Wind Power (Renewables Biz)

http://www.renewablesbiz.com/article/11/05/visitors-drawn-wild-horse-see-farm-fresh-wind-power

California - Permit Process Clouds Solar Energy Projects (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/01/3590755/permit-process-clouds-solar-energy.html

Massachusetts Firm Proposes Hydro Plants at Locks & Dams along the Upper Mississippi River (Renewables Biz)

http://www.renewablesbiz.com/article/11/05/firm-proposes-hydro-plants-locks-and-dams

Wisconsin - Walker, GOP Reversing Green Initiatives: Recycling, Wind Power, Energy Efforts Weakened (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI)

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/121449869.html

Solar Panels Can Melt Away Utility Bills (North Jersey Media Group, NJ)

http://www.northjersey.com/community/house_gardening/121430308_Solar_panels_can_melt_away_utility_bills.html

United Kingdom - Offshore Wind Farm Plans 'Are a Costly Mistake' - Climate experts demand rethink on turbines and more nuclear power (The Daily Mail, UK)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1384898/Climate-experts-demand-rethink-turbines-nuclear-power.html

Renewables to Raise UK Energy Bills – Report (Reuters)

http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFLDE7451BO20110508

Denmark Tops List of Clean Technology Producers; China is No. 2; US at 17 is Rapidly Expanding (Canadian Press)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g86wJ1CpeAChilK5rPoVJH9lV-sw?docId=6789257

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Five Things You Need to Know Before Buying a Refrigerator (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/general/2011-05-05-reviewed-dot-com-refrigerators_n.htm

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Green Jobs Have Been Slow to Grow - Workers are training for positions in the green economy, only to discover many of those jobs don't yet exist (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110508/biz/705089924/-1/rss03

PNW Developers Vie to Construct “World’s Greenest” Buildings (Northwest Public Radio)

http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=8737

Editorial - South Sound Faces a Reckoning over Wood-Burning (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2011/05/07/south-sound-faces-a-reckoning-over-wood-burning/

Julia Roberts Joins Campaign for Cleaner Stoves (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2014981474_apusjuliarobertsstoves.html

Tesla Posts a $48.9-Million Loss despite Jump in Revenue (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_18002124

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Could “Cloud” Become a Dirty Word for Consumers? (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2011/04/29/could-cloud-become-a-dirty-word-for-consumers/

Is Email Going the Way of the Floppy Disk? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/2011/05/06/is-email-going-the-way-of-the-floppy-disk/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State Workers Lose Furlough Battle - Unpaid days off OK because contract had comma in right place (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/05/07/1643331/workers-lose-furlough-battle.html

GENERAL NEWS

Body Found in Lake Limerick Identified (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/6154-body-found-in-lake-limerick-identified

Mason County Supports New Corrections Facility (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/6104-mason-county-supports-new-prison-

Thurston County Residents Voice Concerns about Proposed Corrections Facility (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/121331069.html

La Nina Phenomenon to End Soon (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=475977

Navy's Floating Acoustics Lab Doing Work in Hood Canal (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/may/06/navys-floating-acoustics-lab-doing-work-in-hood/

DIVERSIONS

Osprey Pair Makes Unwanted Home on NOAA Ship

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Osprey-Pair-Joins-NOAAs-Ark-121410689.html

The Mark of Kane - Orson Welles' Masterpiece, 70 Years On

http://www.slate.com/id/2293387/

16-Year-Old Mason County Girl Graduating From WSU

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/121392689.html

Groom Jilted at the Altar Sues Fiancée for Emotional Distress

http://www.timescolonist.com/life/Groom+jilted+altar+sues+fiancee+emotional+distress/4740242/story.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Bernard Herrmann - Citizen Kane Overture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Ob74I6bRc