Energy News Digest for June 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

This Week’s Solar Flare Illuminates the Electricity Transmission Grid’s Vulnerability (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2011/06/09/09climatewire-this-weeks-solar-flare-illuminates-the-grids-63979.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

American Rivers CEO Is Nominated for Interior Assistant Secretary Post – “…group has…advocate(ed) for the removal of dams on the Lower Snake River and criticizing an Obama administration salmon restoration plan for the Columbia River…” (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/06/09/09greenwire-american-rivers-ceo-is-nominated-for-interior-79219.html

Oregon Green Energy Tax Breaks Face Sweeping Changes, Cutbacks (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/06/oregon_green_energy_tax_breaks.html

Snowpack Declines in Northern Rockies - Upper Columbia Region ‘Almost Unprecedented’ in Last 800 Years, Study Says (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/06/snowpack_declines_in_northern.html

Study of 800-Year-Old Tree Rings Backs Global Warming (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015274835_snowpack09m.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• This Week’s Solar Flare Illuminates the Electricity Transmission Grid’s Vulnerability
• Solar Storm Delivers a Glancing Blow to Earth – And a Warning
• Wind Dispute is Costly – Bonneville Power Administration’s Excess Hydro at Play
• All That Hydropower, But No Rate Cuts, As Missouri River Roars Through Dam Systems
• Arizona wildfire calms overnight, firefighters added – Electricity Transmission Lines Threatened
• American Electric Power to Retire 6,000 MW of US Coal Generation
• New Hampshire - Degrading Materials at Seabrook Station Didn’t Impact Overall Safety
• California - Copper Thieves Besiege Farms on Island in Sacramento River Delta
• Power-Pole Posters A Safety Hazard, BC Hydro Says
• Texas - Energy Theft Costing San Antonio Ratepayers Big Bucks
• American Rivers CEO Is Nominated for Interior Assistant Secretary Post
• See Big Trout, White Sturgeon at State of Oregon’s Alsea Hatchery
• California Water Pumps’ Fish Slaughter Alarms Conservationists
• Snowpack Declines in Northern Rockies - Upper Columbia Region ‘Almost Unprecedented’
• Rockies Snow Decline Bad Sign for Water Supply
• Heavy Runoff Making River Trips More Challenging
• Nesting Owl Fouls Water Supply in Northeast Oregon Town
• Oregon Green Energy Tax Breaks Face Sweeping Changes, Cutbacks
• Idaho Keeps Smaller Rate for Wind, Solar Power Production
• Blustery States Boost Wind Power over Gas with US Tax Break
• Wind Farms Adapt to Forest Conditions
• Experts Lay Out Energy Game Plan
• United Kingdom - Paying for Wind We Don’t Use: How Effective is Wind?
• News Whiz - Seattle Should Be Steamed Over Filthy, Dangerous For-Profit Incinerators
• EcoFactor: Using Big Data to Reduce Home Energy by 17%
• Study of 800-Year-Old Tree Rings Backs Global Warming
• Global Warming Since 1995 ‘Now Significant’
• Wild, And Deadly, Weather: Is La Nina To Blame?
• The Self Corruption of Climate Science
• Six Electric Car Charging Stations Installed At Qwest Field
• Nissan Leaf: Cute Ad, But Will It Backfire?
• Editorial - In ‘Green’ Trade-Off, Ecology Is the Bottom Line
• Oregon Biogas Industry Primed to Ignite
• Improve Quality of Life Downtown, Reduce Our Carbon Footprint
• Greenhouse Gas Pains: Shoot the Farting Camels?
• Analysis: FCC’s Slow Pace on Internet Rules Puzzles Some
• CenturyLink Is Selling $2 Billion in Bonds
• June 22-23 - PUD 3 Upgrading Major Fiber Optic System Components, Short Service Outage Scheduled
• Power is a problem. Cloud is the answer
• Shelton Mayoral Challenger Files – Mason County’s Day 4 Election Filings
• Mason County Elections’ Department Site - 2011 Candidate Filings
• Hood Canal School Near Potlatch Closed After Fire
• Mason County Fire District 5 Chief to Retire
• Thurston County Detectives Find Olympia Teen Safe at Shelton Motel
• Feds to Look into Title IX Practices at 125 Washington State School Districts
• Washington State Supreme Court: Workers Can be Fired Over Medical Pot
• Vandals Target Photojournalist, Tag Olympia Newspaper
• Study: In-Flight Cell Phone Use May Cause Serious Problems
• Tsunami Brought a Wave of Change to Brookings, but the Oregon Coast Port is Finding Its Way Back
• Help Calibrate Grays Harbor’s New Doppler Weather Radar

WORD OF THE DAY

Diorama • \die-uh-RAM-uh • Noun - 1: a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening 2a: a scenic representation in which sculptured figures and lifelike details are displayed usually in miniature so as to blend indistinguishably with a realistic painted background b: a life-size exhibit (as of a wildlife specimen or scene) with realistic natural surroundings and a painted background

The museum’s grim-faced docent glided silently across the buff-waxed floors to the latest diorama, which had been meticulously constructed and sealed by the normally attentive maintenance staff. Unfortunately, they did not count off before hermetically sealing the display, leaving Clem gasping for breath in the background of a tableau featuring stone-faced (actually wax-faced) Cro-Magnon family huddled around a campfire. “Poke some holes in the top so he can get some air,” barked the docent. “And then get the giant can opener from the broom closet. This is gonna take some time.”

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

This Week’s Solar Flare Illuminates the Electricity Transmission Grid’s Vulnerability (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2011/06/09/09climatewire-this-weeks-solar-flare-illuminates-the-grids-63979.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Solar Storm Delivers a Glancing Blow to Earth – And a Warning (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0609/Solar-storm-delivers-a-glancing-blow-to-Earth-and-a-warning

Wind Dispute is Costly – Bonneville Power Administration’s Excess Hydro at Play (EnergyBiz Insider)

http://www.scoop.com/remote/article/include/253222463/53616c7465645f5f7e05fb19029d2bb3aaf25d5a77895b6771cc4e7a1d3eb2b2cff425af8ea39467

All That Hydropower, But No Rate Cuts, As Missouri River Roars Through Dam Systems (Associated Press)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/industries/all-that-hydropower-but-no-rate-cuts-as-missouri-river-roars-through-dam-systems/2011/06/09/AGwgncNH_story.html

Arizona wildfire calms overnight, firefighters added – Electricity Transmission Lines Threatened (Reuters)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110609/us_nm/us_wildfire_arizona

American Electric Power to Retire 6,000 MW of US Coal Generation (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/09/utilities-operations-aep-idUSN0916146020110609

New Hampshire - Degrading Materials at Seabrook Station Didn’t Impact Overall Safety (Foster’s Daily Democrat, Dover, NH)

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110609/GJNEWS_01/706099721/-1/FOSNews0313&template=PortsmouthRegion

California - Copper Thieves Besiege Farms on Island in Sacramento River Delta (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/10/3690368/copper-thieves-besiege-farms-on.html

Power-Pole Posters A Safety Hazard, BC Hydro Says (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/business/Power+pole+posters+safety+hazard+Hydro+says/4915287/story.html

Texas - Energy Theft Costing San Antonio Ratepayers Big Bucks (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2011/06/09/energy-theft-costing-san-antonio.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

American Rivers CEO Is Nominated for Interior Assistant Secretary Post – “…group has…advocate(ed) for the removal of dams on the Lower Snake River and criticizing an Obama administration salmon restoration plan for the Columbia River…” (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/06/09/09greenwire-american-rivers-ceo-is-nominated-for-interior-79219.html

See Big Trout, White Sturgeon at State of Oregon’s Alsea Hatchery (Oregonian, Portland)

http://blog.oregonlive.com/terryrichard/2011/06/something_fishy_going_on_at_st.html

California Water Pumps’ Fish Slaughter Alarms Conservationists (SF Chronicle, CA)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/09/MNNB1JOVQP.DTL

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Snowpack Declines in Northern Rockies - Upper Columbia Region ‘Almost Unprecedented’ in Last 800 Years, Study Says (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/06/snowpack_declines_in_northern.html

Rockies Snow Decline Bad Sign for Water Supply (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/09/us-usa-snowpack-melt-idUSTRE7587B820110609

Heavy Runoff Making River Trips More Challenging (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015279778_sundial10m.html

Nesting Owl Fouls Water Supply in Northeast Oregon Town (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/06/nesting_owl_fouls_water_supply_in_northeast_oregon_town.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Oregon Green Energy Tax Breaks Face Sweeping Changes, Cutbacks (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/06/oregon_green_energy_tax_breaks.html

Idaho Keeps Smaller Rate for Wind, Solar Power Production (Twin Falls Times-News, ID)

http://www.magicvalley.com/news/local/twin-falls/article_9fdad928-9255-11e0-b585-001cc4c002e0.html

Blustery States Boost Wind Power over Gas with US Tax Break (Bloomberg – And so it begins…)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-08/blustery-states-boost-wind-power-over-gas-with-u-s-tax-break.html

Wind Farms Adapt to Forest Conditions - New generations of turbines with higher towers and longer blades are opening up previously impractical sites to development (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/06/wind-farms-adapt-to-forest-conditions?cmpid=rss

Experts Lay Out Energy Game Plan (MSNBC)

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/09/6824029-experts-lay-out-energy-game-plan

United Kingdom - Paying for Wind We Don’t Use: How Effective is Wind? (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13710986

News Whiz - Seattle Should Be Steamed Over Filthy, Dangerous For-Profit Incinerators (Real Change)

http://www.realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/5638/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

EcoFactor: Using Big Data to Reduce Home Energy by 17% (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/cleantech/ecofactor-using-big-data-to-reduce-home-energy-by-17/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Study of 800-Year-Old Tree Rings Backs Global Warming (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015274835_snowpack09m.html

Global Warming Since 1995 ‘Now Significant’ (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13719510

Wild, And Deadly, Weather: Is La Nina To Blame? (KPAX-TV, Missoula, MT)

http://www.kpax.com/news/wild-and-deadly-weather-is-la-nina-to-blame-/

The Self Corruption of Climate Science (Forbes Magazine)

http://blogs.forbes.com/williampentland/2011/06/09/the-self-corruption-of-climate-science/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Six Electric Car Charging Stations Installed At Qwest Field (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/28185497/detail.html

Nissan Leaf: Cute Ad, But Will It Backfire? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/new-economy/2011/0610/Nissan-Leaf-Cute-ad-but-will-it-backfire

Editorial - In ‘Green’ Trade-Off, Ecology Is the Bottom Line (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/jun/09/our-view-in-145green-trade-off-ecology-is-the/

Oregon Biogas Industry Primed to Ignite (Sustainable Business Oregon – Ha, Ha! Give Lee points for a creative headline…)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2011/06/oregon-biogas-industry-primed-to-ignite.html

Improve Quality of Life Downtown, Reduce Our Carbon Footprint (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Green-Economics/2011/0610/Improve-quality-of-life-downtown-reduce-our-carbon-footprint

Greenhouse Gas Pains: Shoot the Farting Camels? (Live Science)

http://www.livescience.com/14531-methane-camels-killing-climate.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Analysis: FCC’s Slow Pace on Internet Rules Puzzles Some (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/09/us-usa-internet-regulation-idUSTRE7585II20110609

CenturyLink Is Selling $2 Billion in Bonds (Denver Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2011/06/10/centurylink-is-selling-2b-in-bonds.html

June 22-23 - PUD 3 Upgrading Major Fiber Optic System Components, Short Service Outage Scheduled (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=877

Power is a Problem. Cloud is the Answer (Gigaom)

http://gigaom.com/cloud/data-center-owners-say-power-is-a-problem-and-cloud-is-the-answer/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Shelton Mayoral Challenger Files – Mason County’s Day 4 Election Filings (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/8369-day-4-election-filings

Mason County Elections’ Department Site - 2011 Candidate Filings (Mason County Auditor)

http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/mason/Elections/CandidateInfo/Pages/2010%20General%20Election%20Candidates.aspx

GENERAL NEWS

Hood Canal School Near Potlatch Closed After Fire (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/8366-school-closed-after-fire

Mason County Fire District 5 Chief to Retire (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/8367-fire-district-5-chief-to-retire

Thurston County Detectives Find Olympia Teen Safe at Shelton Motel (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/06/09/1699823/thurston-county-detectives-find.html

Feds to Look into Title IX Practices at 125 Washington State School Districts (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/jun/10/feds-to-look-into-title-ix-practices-at-125/

Washington State Supreme Court: Workers Can be Fired Over Medical Pot (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/06/09/1681520/wa-court-workers-can-be-fired.html

Vandals Target Photojournalist, Tag Olympia Newspaper (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/123583729.html

Study: In-Flight Cell Phone Use May Cause Serious Problems (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/123599754.html

Tsunami Brought a Wave of Change to Brookings, but the Oregon Coast Port is Finding Its Way Back (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/06/tsunami_brought_a_wave_of_change_to_brookings_but_the_oregon_coast_port_is_finding_its_way_back.html

Help Calibrate Grays Harbor’s New Doppler Weather Radar (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2729

DIVERSIONS

Crows Attacking Cops in Everett

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2011/06/10/1524767/odd-crows-attacking-cops-in-everett.html

Snow Pile in Massachusetts Hangs On Despite Extreme Heat

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/06/09/national/a114156D55.DTL

Telescope in Chile Captures Stunning Views of Cosmos (Photos)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2011/06/08/telescope-in-chile-captures-stunning-views-of-cosmos-photos/

Statue of Hindu God Drawing Complaints in Idaho

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2011/jun/10/statue-of-hindu-god-drawing-complaints-in-idaho/

SONG OF THE DAY

Foreigner – Cold as Ice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSmhv8Rw4ag

Energy News Digest for June 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

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

La Niña May Be on Way Out, El Niño Returning (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/jun/09/la-nina-may-be-on-way-out-el-nino-returning/

Get Used to It, Scientists Warn As US Swelters (Globe & Mail, Canada)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/get-used-to-it-scientists-warn-as-us-swelters/article2052811/

Bonneville Power Administration Giving Away Power (KBND Radio, Bend, OR)

http://www.kbnd.com/page.php?page_id=60248&article_id=8368

Op/Ed - Columbia River Treaty Negotiations Provide Opportunity to Work Together (Trail Daily Times, BC)

http://www.bclocalnews.com/opinion/123487534.html

Data from Puget Sound's Depths Tell of Marine Life at Proposed Tidal Turbine Site (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/jun/08/data-from-puget-sounds-depths-tell-of-marine-at/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Bonneville Power Administration Giving Away Power
• National Hydropower Association Releases "Guideposts" for Pacific Northwest Power Dispute
• Arizona Wildfire Races toward Transmission Lines
• Thieves Are Now Climbing Poles to Steal Copper
• South Carolina - Man Steals Electricity for Family: Electric Company Reports Increase in Theft
• Cowlitz County Coal Terminal Opponents Make New Push Following Fire
• Coal Companies Say Railroad Monopoly is Driving Up Electric Bills Nationwide
• Colorado - Report Estimates Cost of Boulder Municipal Electric Utility Could Top $622M
• Special Report: After Japan, Where's The Next Nuclear Weak Link?
• Northern Pikeminnow Catch Improves Slightly on Columbia River
• Tribal Officials Explain Dislike of Fin-Clipping Columbia Basin Salmon
• McDonald’s to Serve Sustainable Fish in Europe
• Op/Ed - Columbia River Treaty Negotiations Provide Opportunity to Work Together
• Dwindling of Colorado River Linked to Climate Change, Energy Production
• Family's Olympia-Area Farm Sale to DNR Angers Some
• EPA's Tests of Air Outside Schools Find Problems – Story Cites a Portland, OR School
• Data from Puget Sound's Depths Tell of Marine Life at Proposed Tidal Turbine Site
• Project Pits Green Energy vs. Wildlife
• Wind Farm without Buyer Gets North Dakota Go-Ahead
• United Kingdom - Hidden Green Tax in Fuel Bills
• With Help from Cowlitz PUD - Dick Hannah Toyota Dealership Implements New Energy-Efficiency Measures
• Oregon –Budget Passed by City of Ashland, But Conservation Post is Rejected
• Intel Research Eyes Home Energy, Building Efficiency
• Get Used to It, Scientists Warn As US Swelters
• Americans Still Split on Global Warming, Poll Shows
• Portland Should Brace for ‘Climate Refugees’
• Utility Groups Trade Blows on New EPA Emissions Rules
• USDA Testing Climate Credits for Farmers
• California’s Green Jihad
• Mitt Romney: No Apologies on Climate Change Stance
• Free Green Construction Job Training Begins
• Researchers Discuss Electric Cars
• Moses Lake - Start Your Sun & Get Ready to Race!
• US Is Falling Behind in the Business of ‘Green’
• Product's Green-Ness Often in Eye of the Beholder
• Irony - Portland Mayor Sam Adams Involved In Crash with Bicyclist One Block from City Hall
• 'Super Wi-Fi' Network in Doubt
• Analyst Tells Operators to Quit Whining About the Mobile Data Tsunami
• Levin: Broadband Plan Had 'Pretty Good Year'
• Rob McKenna to Run for Governor of Washington State
• Kitsap Democrats Set Timeline for Replacing Retiring Washington State Senator Phil Rockefeller
• A Federal Study Finds That Local Reporting Has Waned
• Mason County League of Women Voters Wins Award
• California Has Eliminated 29,398 State Issued Cell Phones
• Heat Grips Half the Nation, Schools Close Early
• La Niña May Be on Way Out, El Niño Returning
• Charges Filed Against Man in Allyn Crash That Killed 3; Case Delayed to August
• Boeing's South Carolina Move Gets Even More Political
• Meeting Tonight on Widening Hwy 3 in Belfair
• ‘Solar Flare 2011′ Means Spectacular Northern Lights — Maybe Even in Seattle
• “Scotty, we need more power!” CERN Scientists 'Trap' Antimatter for More Than 16 Minutes

WORD OF THE DAY

Compunction • \kum-PUNK-shun\ • Noun - 1a: anxiety arising from awareness of guilt b: distress of mind over an anticipated action or result 2: a twinge of misgiving: scruple

The dense, dusky silence of the early morning office environment provided the perfect cover for Bosworth’s nefarious activity. Stealing into the break room, the jittery janitor drained the newly made pot of coffee of each caffeinated drop, the carafe making only the slightest tinkling sound as he sat it back on the burner. Did he have any guilt, compunction, hesitation? No, for the voices in his head told him it was OK.

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

Bonneville Power Administration Giving Away Power (KBND Radio, Bend, OR)

http://www.kbnd.com/page.php?page_id=60248&article_id=8368

National Hydropower Association Releases "Guideposts" for Pacific Northwest Power Dispute, Future Planning (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/national-hydropower-association/news/article/2011/06/national-hydropower-association-releases-guideposts-for-pacific-northwest-power-dispute-future-planning

Arizona Wildfire Races toward Transmission Lines (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/2011/06/09/137075624/wildfire-races-toward-transmission-lines?ft=1&f=3

Thieves Are Now Climbing Poles to Steal Copper (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Thieves-are-now-climbing-poles-to-steal-copper-1417056.php

South Carolina - Man Steals Electricity for Family: Electric Company Reports Increase in Theft (WYFF-TV, Greenville, SC)

http://www.wyff4.com/news/28173264/detail.html

Cowlitz County Coal Terminal Opponents Make New Push Following Fire (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_bff73378-9241-11e0-bc2c-001cc4c002e0.html

Coal Companies Say Railroad Monopoly is Driving Up Electric Bills Nationwide (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/06/09/37225.htm

Colorado - Report Estimates Cost of Boulder Municipal Electric Utility Could Top $622M (Boulder Daily Camera, CO

http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_18233806

Special Report: After Japan, Where's The Next Nuclear Weak Link? (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/09/us-nuclear-power-emerging-idUSTRE75828N20110609

FISH & WILDLIFE

Northern Pikeminnow Catch Improves Slightly on Columbia River (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2015267756_northern_pikeminnow_catch_impr_1.html

Tribal Officials Explain Dislike of Fin-Clipping Columbia Basin Salmon (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/jun/09/tribal-officials-explain-dislike-of-fin-clipping-s/

McDonald’s to Serve Sustainable Fish in Europe (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/business/global/09fish.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Op/Ed - Columbia River Treaty Negotiations Provide Opportunity to Work Together (Trail Daily Times, BC)

http://www.bclocalnews.com/opinion/123487534.html

Dwindling of Colorado River Linked to Climate Change, Energy Production (Colorado Independent)

http://coloradoindependent.com/90545/dwindling-of-colorado-river-linked-to-climate-change-energy-production

Family's Olympia-Area Farm Sale to DNR Angers Some - Customers fear they'll soon lose access (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/06/09/1680837/familys-farm-sale-to-dnr-angers.html

EPA's Tests of Air Outside Schools Find Problems – Story Cites a Portland, OR School (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2011-06-09-air-pollution-schools_n.htm

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Data from Puget Sound's Depths Tell of Marine Life at Proposed Tidal Turbine Site (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/jun/08/data-from-puget-sounds-depths-tell-of-marine-at/

Project Pits Green Energy vs. Wildlife - Windmills on ridge planned at historic military crossing (Beaverton Valley Times, OR)

http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=130713234058225000

Wind Farm without Buyer Gets North Dakota Go-Ahead (Minneapolis Star-Tribune, MN)

http://www.startribune.com/business/123483054.html

United Kingdom - Hidden Green Tax in Fuel Bills: How £200 stealth charge is slipped on to your gas and electricity bill (The Daily Mail, UK)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2001181/Hidden-green-tax-fuel-bills-How-200-stealth-charge-slipped-gas-electricity-bill.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

With Help from Cowlitz PUD - Dick Hannah Toyota Dealership Implements New Energy-Efficiency Measures (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_2339f516-9241-11e0-b046-001cc4c002e0.html

Oregon – Budget Passed by City of Ashland, But Conservation Post is Rejected in Council's $94.6 Million Budget (Ashland Daily Tidings, OR)

http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110609/NEWS02/106090306/-1/NEWSMAP

Intel Research Eyes Home Energy, Building Efficiency (ZD Net)

http://www.zdnetasia.com/intel-research-eyes-home-energy-building-efficiency-62300651.htm

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Get Used to It, Scientists Warn As US Swelters (Globe & Mail, Canada)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/get-used-to-it-scientists-warn-as-us-swelters/article2052811/

Americans Still Split on Global Warming, Poll Shows (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/americans-still-split-on-global-warming-poll-shows/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Portland Should Brace for ‘Climate Refugees’ (Portland Tribune, OR)

http://www.portlandtribune.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=130713227325162200

Utility Groups Trade Blows on New EPA Emissions Rules (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/06/08/08greenwire-utility-groups-trade-blows-on-new-epa-emission-87246.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

USDA Testing Climate Credits for Farmers (Des Moinse Register, IA)

http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2011/06/08/project-aims-to-pay-for-farmers-for-cutting-greenhouse-gases/

California’s Green Jihad (Forbes Magazine)

http://blogs.forbes.com/joelkotkin/2011/06/07/californias-green-jihad/

Mitt Romney: No Apologies on Climate Change Stance (Politico)

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56580.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Free Green Construction Job Training Begins (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Free-green-construction-job-training-starts-this-month-123540089.html

Researchers Discuss Electric Cars (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.kndu.com/story/14871295/researchers-discuss-electric-cars

Moses Lake - Start Your Sun & Get Ready to Race! (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/school_news/article_c38ce7ae-91f5-11e0-8445-001cc4c03286.html

US Is Falling Behind in the Business of ‘Green’ (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/business/09subsidies.html?_r=1

Product's Green-Ness Often in Eye of the Beholder (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/2011-06-09-review-baig-green-tech_n.htm

Irony - Portland Mayor Sam Adams Involved In Crash with Bicyclist One Block from City Hall (Oregonian, Portland)

http://blog.oregonlive.com/portlandcityhall/2011/06/mayor_sam_adams_crashes_with_b.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

'Super Wi-Fi' Network in Doubt (Politico)

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56520.html

Analyst Tells Operators to Quit Whining About the Mobile Data Tsunami (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/broadband/analyst-tells-operators-to-quit-whining-about-the-mobile-tsunami/

Levin: Broadband Plan Had 'Pretty Good Year' - Despite Poor Map, and No Coverage or Competition Improvement (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Levin-Broadband-Plan-Had-Pretty-Good-Year-114614

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Rob McKenna to Run for Governor of Washington State (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/politics/Rob-McKenna-to-announce-run-for-governor-tonight-sources-say-123470589.html

Mason County Elections’ Department Site - 2011 Candidate Filings (Mason County Auditor)

http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/mason/Elections/CandidateInfo/Pages/2010%20General%20Election%20Candidates.aspx

Kitsap Democrats Set Timeline for Replacing Retiring Washington State Senator Phil Rockefeller (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/jun/08/kitsap-democrats-set-timeline-for-replacing-sen/

A Federal Study Finds That Local Reporting Has Waned (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/business/media/09press.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Mason County League of Women Voters Wins Award (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/8288-lwvmc-wins-award

California Has Eliminated 29,398 State Issued Cell Phones (Sacramento Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2011/06/08/california-has-eliminated-29398-state.html

GENERAL NEWS

Heat Grips Half the Nation, Schools Close Early (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Heat-gripping-half-of-US-expected-to-last-for-days-1416444.php

La Niña May Be on Way Out, El Niño Returning (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/jun/09/la-nina-may-be-on-way-out-el-nino-returning/

Charges Filed Against Man in Allyn Crash That Killed 3; Case Delayed to August (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/jun/08/charges-filed-against-man-in-allyn-crash-that-3/

Boeing's South Carolina Move Gets Even More Political (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2015269434_boeingnlrb09m.html

Meeting Tonight on Widening Hwy 3 in Belfair (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/8209-meeting-on-widening-hwy-3-in-belfair

‘Solar Flare 2011′ Means Spectacular Northern Lights — Maybe Even in Seattle (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2011/06/08/solar-flare-2011-will-produce-spectacular-northern-lights-maybe-even-in-seattle/

“Scotty, we need more power!” CERN Scientists 'Trap' Antimatter for More Than 16 Minutes (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/0607/CERN-scientists-trap-antimatter-for-more-than-16-minutes

DIVERSIONS

Girls Who Play in Dirt Grow Up Healthier According to Researcher

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=493934

Does Coffee Make You Hear Things? A new study reports a link between caffeine intake and mild hallucinations

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2011/06/08/coffee_hallucinations/index.html

P.U. at UW: School's Corpse Flower Opens to Rancid Stink

http://www.nwcn.com/news/PU-at-UW-Schools-corpse-flower-opens-to-rancid-stink-123548259.html

Campbell River Garden Gnome Bolts for the Stanley Cup Final

http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/Campbell+River+garden+gnome+bolts+Stanley+final/4908580/story.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Johnny Rivers - Where Have All The Flowers Gone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpE8IiE437M