Energy News Digest for May 25, 2010

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

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP SIX STORIES

Grant PUD Considering $511 Million Supplemental Gas Plant - The plant would provide a hedge to back up two dams (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/may/24/grant-pud-considering-511-million-supplemental/

Vancouver City Council Says Keep Power Lines out of City - Resolution urges BPA to choose alternate route for project (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/may/25/Vancouver-BPA-power-lines-council/

One Meeting on Mason County Biomass Projects Down; Two More This Week (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/2237-one-meeting-on-biomass-projects-down-two-more-this-week

Radar Ridge Wind - Testing of Bird Radar System Could be Key to Project (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2010/05/24/local_news/doc4bfae249c5eef988762096.txt

Google’s Washington State Impact: $2.8 Billion (Google – Links to PDF File)

http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Feconomicimpact%2Fpdf%2Fgoogle_economicimpact_washington.pdf&pli=1

Dino Rossi to Declare Run for Senate This Week; Key Staff Hired (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2011942043_rossitodeclarerunforsenatethisweekkeystaffhired.html?syndication=rss

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Grant PUD Considering $511 Million Supplemental Gas Plant

·         Vancouver City Council Says Keep Power Lines out of City

·         Wenatchee World Editorial - Audits Speak Well for Chelan PUD

·         Feds Name New Director for Hanford Project

·         Tennessee Valley Authority Eyes Older Nuke Option

·         Ohio - Area Power Plant Uses Controversial CO2 Method

·         Competition Could Bring Cheaper Electricity to Pennsylvanians

• Dual Strategy Ramps Up to Increase Columbia River Fish Survival
• Oregon - Salmon Fishing Again This Year in Powder River
• UN Fish Stocks Review Opens With Dire Outlook
• Chicago Poisoning Operation Finds No Asian Carp
• Migrating Thousands of Miles With Nary a Stop
• Gregoire Criticizes Puget Sound Cleanup Agency
• Shelton City Commission to Hold Hearing on Sewer Moratorium Next Month
• Carlsborg Sewer, Water Treatment Plant Could be Running by Late 2012
• Olympia-Area Water & Wastewater Organization Changes Name & Identity
• Tri-City Herald Editorial - Public Outreach Improves Between Yakima River Sewage Spills
• One Meeting on Mason County Biomass Projects Down; Two More This Week
• Wisconsin - Biomass Suppliers Line Up for Charter Street Project
• Fired Up for Jobs - Wood Scraps Go Up in Smoke to Create Electricity, Money for County
• Xcel Rethinking Wisconsin Biomass Project
• Radar Ridge Wind - Testing of Bird Radar System Could be Key to Project
• Massachusetts - Governor Deval Patrick: Cape Wind Energy Will be Worth It
• Proposed Wyoming Power Line Names Wind Farm Customers
• Five Turbines in the Works for Wind Power Project in Lake Erie
• Kansas’ Potential for New Energy is Getting Lost in the Wind
• Federal Standard for Renewable Energy Sought
• Wind Advocates Rally in Dallas
• Ohio State Lawmakers Push Competing Tax Break Bills for Green Energy
• Florida – Lake Wales News Editorial: US Playing Catch-Up in the Clean Energy Race

·         Minnesota - Zoning Laws Collide: Private Turbine Comes Down

·         Solar Company to Install LED-Light Poles on Boise State Campus

·         Biogas - Scotch Distillery Turns Whisky into Watts

·         European Union - New Plans Try to Revive Carbon Trading

·         New Zealand - Green Law Pushes Up Power Price

·         United Kingdom - Birmingham Zero Carbon House Wins RIBA Award

·         Google’s Washington State Impact: $2.8 Billion

·         Google’s Oregon Impact: $512 Million

·         1996 Communications Law to be Reviewed

·         String of Suicides Continues at Electronics Supplier in China

·         Dino Rossi to Declare Run for Senate This Week; Key Staff Hired

·         Ex-City of Bremerton Employee’s Age Discrimination Case Now in the Hands of Jury

·         Website Lures Oregon, Washington Businesses to Idaho

·         3.4 Quake at 5:21 AM Tuesday near Duvall

·         Quilcene Couple’s Killer Gets 118 Years in Prison

·         ‘Prince of Pot’ Pleads Guilty, Accepts 5 Year Prison Sentence

·         Weather Radar to Improve Wash Coast Forecasts

·         Winlock Store Manager Accused of Stealing $100K in Scratch Tickets

·         New Washington Cell Phone Law Creating New Hazard

·         Paint Shortage Causing Road Striping Work to Stall

WORD OF THE DAY

Foppery • \FAHP-uh-ree\ • noun - *1: foolish character or action: folly 2: the behavior or dress of a fop

The pressure was mounting in the small utility’s outage center. What started out as a trickle of calls from customers had quickly become a torrent of whining and abuse for the harried phone operators. It was at that critical moment that Belvedere set the stage for his eventual firing, as he jumped on the table and started belting out “I Will Survive” in front of the astonished dispatchers and engineers. Needless to say, his foppery was about as welcome as a beer belch in church.

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

Grant PUD Considering $511 Million Supplemental Gas Plant - The plant would provide a hedge to back up two dams (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/may/24/grant-pud-considering-511-million-supplemental/

Vancouver City Council Says Keep Power Lines out of City - Resolution urges BPA to choose alternate route for project (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/may/25/Vancouver-BPA-power-lines-council/

Wenatchee World Editorial - Audits Speak Well for Chelan PUD

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/may/25/audits-speak-well-for-chelan-pud/

Feds Name New Director for Hanford Project (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/94801224.html

Tennessee Valley Authority Eyes Older Nuke Option (Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN)

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/may/25/tva-eyes-older-nuke-option/

Ohio - Area Power Plant Uses Controversial CO2 Method (The Athens News, OH)
http://athensnews.com/news/regional-news/31204-area-power-plant-uses-controversial-co2-method

Competition Could Bring Cheaper Electricity to Pennsylvanians (Pittsburgh Tribune, PA – that is, after “competition” drove up prices)

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_682731.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Dual Strategy Ramps Up to Increase Columbia River Fish Survival (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/05/23/1026748/dual-strategy-ramps-up-to-increase.html

Oregon - Salmon Fishing Again This Year in Powder River (Baker City Herald, OR)

http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Salmon-fishing-again-this-year-in-Powder-River

UN Fish Stocks Review Opens With Dire Outlook (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/05/24/international/i105238D64.DTL&feed=rss.business

Chicago Poisoning Operation Finds No Asian Carp (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011945040_apmiasiancarpgreatlakes.html?syndication=rss

Migrating Thousands of Miles With Nary a Stop (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/science/25migrate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Gregoire Criticizes Puget Sound Cleanup Agency (NW Public Radio)

http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=7314

Shelton City Commission to Hold Hearing on Sewer Moratorium Next Month (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/2238-shelton-city-commission-to-hold-hearing-on-sewer-moratorium-next-month

Carlsborg Sewer, Water Treatment Plant Could be Running by Late 2012 - Clallam PUD to be the Operator (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100525/news/305259984/carlsborg-sewer-water-treatment-plant-could-be-running-by-late-2012

Olympia-Area Water & Wastewater Organization Changes Name & Identity (LOTT)

http://www.lottonline.org/news.htm#name

Tri-City Herald Editorial - Public Outreach Improves Between Yakima River Sewage Spills

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/05/25/1027562/public-outreach-improves-between.htm

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

One Meeting on Mason County Biomass Projects Down; Two More This Week (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/2237-one-meeting-on-biomass-projects-down-two-more-this-week

Wisconsin - Biomass Suppliers Line Up for Charter Street Project (The Daily Reporter, Milwaukee, WI)

http://dailyreporter.com/blog/2010/05/24/biomass-suppliers-line-up-for-charter-street-project/

Fired Up for Jobs - Wood Scraps Go Up in Smoke to Create Electricity, Money for County (Hickory Record, NC)

http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2010/may/25/fired-jobs/news/

Xcel Rethinking Wisconsin Biomass Project (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, WI)

http://www.jsonline.com/business/94792404.html

Radar Ridge Wind - Testing of Bird Radar System Could be Key to Project (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2010/05/24/local_news/doc4bfae249c5eef988762096.txt

Massachusetts - Governor Deval Patrick: Cape Wind Energy Will be Worth It (Boston Herald, MA)

http://bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1257039&position=0

Proposed Wyoming Power Line Names Wind Farm Customers (Associated Press)

http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_0c40add1-a7c5-5dc9-8bbc-77f35f678ee6.html

Five Turbines in the Works for Wind Power Project in Lake Erie (Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH)

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/05/5_wind_turbines_are_in_the_wor.html

Kansas’ Potential for New Energy is Getting Lost in the Wind (Kansas City Star, MO)

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/23/1966098/kansas-potential-for-new-energy.html

Federal Standard for Renewable Energy Sought – by Wind Power Advocates (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, TX)

http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/05/24/2212160/federal-standard-for-renewable.html

Wind Advocates Rally in Dallas “…Currently, renewables other than dams supply 3.5 percent of the nation’s electricity…” (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/24/wind-advocates-rally-in-dallas/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Ohio State Lawmakers Push Competing Tax Break Bills for Green Energy “…funnels the tax break to projects from renewable energy sources…also extends the state handout to clean coal, advanced nuclear & co-generation projects…” (Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH)
http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2010/05/state_lawmakers_push_competing.html

Florida – Lake Wales News Editorial: US Playing Catch-Up in the Clean Energy Race

http://www.lakewalesnews.com/articles/2010/05/22/opinion/letters/doc4bf6d1552f5ed383139155.txt

Minnesota - Zoning Laws Collide: Private Turbine Comes Down (Winona Post, MN)

http://www.winonapost.com/stock/functions/VDG_Pub/detail.php?choice=36451&home_page=1&archives=

Solar Company to Install LED-Light Poles on Boise State Campus (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/05/24/1204792/solar-company-to-install-led-light.html

Biogas - Scotch Distillery Turns Whisky into Watts (CNN Environment)

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/20/whisky.biogas.distillery.scotland/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

European Union - New Plans Try to Revive Carbon Trading (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/business/global/25carbon.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

New Zealand - Green Law Pushes Up Power Price (New Zealand Herald)

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10647457

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

United Kingdom - Birmingham Zero Carbon House Wins RIBA Award “…Wood-burning stove: top-up space & water heating fuelled by wood from the garden…regrowth of trees captures the carbon dioxide emitted by the stove…” (Green Building Press)

http://www.greenbuildingpress.co.uk/article.php?category_id=1&article_id=587

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Google’s Washington State Impact: $2.8 Billion (Google – Links to PDF File)

http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Feconomicimpact%2Fpdf%2Fgoogle_economicimpact_washington.pdf&pli=1

Google’s Oregon Impact: $512 Million (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/05/24/daily11.html

1996 Communications Law to be Reviewed (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/technology/25broadband.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

String of Suicides Continues at Electronics Supplier in China (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/26/technology/26suicide.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Dino Rossi to Declare Run for Senate This Week; Key Staff Hired (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2011942043_rossitodeclarerunforsenatethisweekkeystaffhired.html?syndication=rss

Ex-City of Bremerton Employee’s Age Discrimination Case Now in the Hands of Jury (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/may/24/closing-arguments-today-ex-employees-case-against-/?partner=RSS

Website Lures Oregon, Washington Businesses to Idaho (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011948307_idaholoveletter26m.html?syndication=rss

GENERAL NEWS

3.4 Quake at 5:21 AM Tuesday near Duvall (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011948259_apwaduvallearthquake1stld.html?syndication=rss

Quilcene Couple’s Killer Gets 118 Years in Prison (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/94785524.html

‘Prince of Pot’ Pleads Guilty, Accepts 5 Year Prison Sentence (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/94777664.html

Weather Radar to Improve Wash Coast Forecasts (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011941956_apwacoastweather1stldwritethru.html

Winlock Store Manager Accused of Stealing $100K in Scratch Tickets (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/23661357/detail.html

New Washington Cell Phone Law Creating New Hazard (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Cell-phone-law-creates-new-hazards-94782159.html

Paint Shortage Causing Road Striping Work to Stall (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Paint-shortage-causing-road-work-to-stall--94760674.html

DIVERSIONS

Teen Werewolves Descend Upon San Antonio High Schools

http://www.kens5.com/news/Teen-wolves-in-San-Antonio-94015234.html

Chicago Hoarders Found Buried Alive Under Trash

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011948181_apuschicagocoupleburied.html?syndication=rss

Piles of Undelivered Mail Found in Michigan Shed

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100525/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_hoarding_mail

George Washington’s library book returned 221 yrs late

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100520/od_nm/us_library_washington

SONG OF THE DAY

Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MRu8N2K0NY

Energy News Digest for May 24, 2010

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

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

NRC Hearing Scheduled in Richland on Energy Northwest Nuclear Plant - Concerned about too many unplanned shutdowns (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011941332_apwanuclearplantshutdowns.html?syndication=rss

Latest Forecast Predicts Spring Chinook Return at 340,000 Fish; Second Best on Record (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/387044.aspx

Birds Key Roadblock to Radar Ridge Wind Farm Plan (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2010/05/22/local_news/doc4bf77ffd78e9e977727682.txt

As Wind Power Booms, So Do the Challenges “…Wind-power developers…could pay companies that operate gas turbines to crank up capacity when wind dies off, & also pay to have those gas turbines backed off when the wind is blowing…” (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011931473_windpower23m.html

FCC to Revise Pole Attachment Rules (CED Magazine)

http://www.cedmagazine.com/News-FCC-revise-pole-attachment-rules-052110.aspx

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         NRC Hearing Scheduled in Richland on Energy Northwest Nuclear Plant

·         New Snohomish PUD Hydroelectric Dam to be First in County Since ‘80s

·         Great Falls Electric City Power Wins Ruling

·         New Mexico’s Largest Utility Plans to Seek Rate Increase - Has raised rates by 24 percent over the past three years

·         What’s So Smart About a Smart Meter?

·         Wisconsin - Alliant’s President Says No More Coal Plants ... For Now

·         Power Station Fuels Power Struggle in Broke Virginia Town

·         Texas Nuke Dump May Expand to Include Waste from 36 Other States

·         FPL Group Shareholders Vote to Change Name of Company to NextEra Energy

·         Puget Sound Energy May Remount Historic Blue Flame Sign by Boeing Field

·         Latest Forecast Predicts Spring Chinook Return at 340,000 Fish; Second Best on Record

·         Orcas Sighted in Columbia River near Longview

·         Hydro/Fish Managers Release Dworshak Water to Quicken Juvenile Migration through Lower Snake River

·         Parasite in Klamath River Killing Salmon

·         Summer Steelhead Returning Strong in Some Lower Columbia Tributaries

·         Elwha River’s 100-Pound Salmon: Did They Exist? Will They Return?

·         Tri City Herald Gallery: Juvenile Fish Barging

·         East Oregonian Editorial - Stelle & Hcas: Talking a Good Show for Salmon Recovery

·         Port of Olympia - Volunteers Trying To Band 3 Chicks Face Wrath of Adult Falcons

·         Great Lakes - Second Chemical Attack on Asian Carp Planned

·         Can’t Care Enough for Alaska’s Famed Kenai River

·         Oregon - Klamath Voters Reject Dam-Removal Supporters

·         Drugs Passing Through Septic Tanks & into Local Waters

·         State Fines Manke Lumber $20K for White River Pollution

·         Small Towns Struggle to Fix Aging Sewage Systems

·         Bound for Washington State - Ready to Ship in Hawaii: 20,000 Tons of Garbage

·         South Fork Skokomish Valley a Sunny Spring Delight

·         British Columbia - No Plan for Mr. Floatie to Resurface – Yet

·         Birds Key Roadblock to Radar Ridge Wind Farm Plan

·         As Wind Power Booms, So Do the Challenges

·         Vancouver Wind Turbine Novices Seek Toehold

·         Renewables Need Helping Hand from Gas

·         Seattle Times Op/Ed - Time for Washington State to Move Beyond Coal

·         Rate Questions Linger For Cape Wind

·         Duke Energy Invests in Wind-Power Projects – Three in Wyoming

·         Mason County: Advocacy Meetings Set to Discuss Wood Waste Burning

·         Northern Minnesota Cities Burn Wood for Power

·         Michigan – Traverse City Record Eagle Editorial: Time to Look at Biomass Options

·         Texas - Mesquite Is Good for Something; a Power Plant Fueled by Wood – Oh, and Barbeque

·         Nevada - Prison’s $8 Million Biomass Plant Too Expensive to Operate

·         Pennsylvania - Turning Trash into Treasure

·         Oregon - Behind-the-Scenes Work on Brink of Landing Solar Plant

·         Idaho Company Plans 405-Acre Solar Farm in Jerome County

·         Despite Green Diet, Data Centers Still Gobble Power

·         Montana - In DC, Flathead Residents Press Senators on Climate Change Bill

·         Olympian Editorial - Puget Sound Energy Green-Energy Customers Can Get Retail Discounts

·         Will the Volt Recharge GM & US Auto Industry?

·         Paper Bags or Plastic Bags? New Proposals Like Neither

·         FCC to Revise Pole Attachment Rules

·         Washington State on List - FCC Clears Verizon Plan to Sell Phone Lines

·         Congressman Inslee at Center of Debate Over Who's Policing the Internet Providers

·         Why Broadband Regulation Needs Help from Congress

·         Sure, (Google) It’s Big. But Is That Bad?

·         Dino Rossi Speech Hints at US Senate Bid

·         High Court Rejects Microsoft Patent Appeal

·         Microsoft Spent $1.7 Million Lobbying in 1Q

·         Flying Pickax Hits Car on I-405 in Kirkland

·         Parking at New Olympia City Hall: prepare to be Creative

·         Bassett Still a Player in Cosmopolis Pulp Mill

·         Logging Moratorium Set for Huge Swath of Canadian Forests

WORD OF THE DAY

Denouement • \day-noo-MAH\ • noun - 1: The final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work 2: the outcome of a complex sequence of events

The courier’s trembling hands released their sweaty grip on the latest Biological Opinion from the federal government…the thick tome snatched away by the harried law clerk in Portland. The carrier was hoping his latest of numerous trips was the last act, or the denouement, in the Columbia River salmon management fracas.

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

NRC Hearing Scheduled in Richland on Energy Northwest Nuclear Plant - Concerned about too many unplanned shutdowns (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011941332_apwanuclearplantshutdowns.html?syndication=rss

New Snohomish PUD Hydroelectric Dam to be First in County Since ‘80s (Everett Herald, WA)

http://heraldnet.com/article/20100524/NEWS01/705249879/-1/news01

Great Falls Electric City Power Wins Ruling - Case centered on whether the city could offer additional power to existing customers under state law (Great Falls Tribune, MT)

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20100522/NEWS01/5220310/Electric-City-Power-wins-ruling

New Mexico’s Largest Utility Plans to Seek Rate Increase - Has raised rates by 24 percent over the past three years (Associated Press)

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/NMs-largest-utility-plans-to-apf-1322839689.html?x=0&.v=1

What’s So Smart About a Smart Meter? (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_15112878

Wisconsin - Alliant’s President Says No More Coal Plants ... For Now (Wisconsin State Journal)

http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/article_ce3b68d2-6461-11df-9c4d-001cc4c03286.html

Power Station Fuels Power Struggle in Broke Virginia Town (Virginian Pilot, Hampton Roads, VA)

http://hamptonroads.com/2010/05/power-station-fuels-power-struggle-broke-va-town?cid=mr

Texas Nuke Dump May Expand to Include Waste from 36 Other States (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011931869_texasnuke23.html?syndication=rss

FPL Group Shareholders Vote to Change Name of Company to NextEra Energy (MarketWatch)

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fpl-group-shareholders-vote-to-change-name-of-company-to-nextera-energy-inc-board-declares-quarterly-dividend-2010-05-21?reflink=MW_news_stmp

Puget Sound Energy May Remount Historic Blue Flame Sign by Boeing Field (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/420444_flame24.html?source=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Latest Forecast Predicts Spring Chinook Return at 340,000 Fish; Second Best on Record (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/387044.aspx

Orcas Sighted in Columbia River near Longview (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/05/22/1196715/orcas-sighting-near-longview.html

Hydro/Fish Managers Release Dworshak Water to Quicken Juvenile Migration through Lower Snake River (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/387047.aspx

Parasite in Klamath River Killing Salmon (Klamath Falls Herald & News)

http://www.heraldandnews.com/top_story/article_ad6dda2c-5f25-11df-b58b-001cc4c03286.html

Summer Steelhead Returning Strong in Some Lower Columbia Tributaries (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2011932645_summer_steelhead_returning_str.html

Elwha River’s 100-Pound Salmon: Did They Exist? Will They Return? (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100523/news/305239991/elwha-rivers-100-pound-salmon-did-they-exist-will-they-return

Tri City Herald Gallery: Juvenile Fish Barging

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/05/21/1023610/gallery-juvenile-fish-barging.html

East Oregonian Editorial - Stelle & Hcas: Talking a Good Show for Salmon Recovery

http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=14&SubSectionID=50&ArticleID=108526

Port of Olympia - Volunteers trying to band 3 chicks face wrath of adult falcons (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/05/22/1196502/stay-away-from-my-baby.html

Great Lakes - Second Chemical Attack on Asian Carp Planned (Chicago Tribune, IL)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-0506-asian-carp-20100505,0,5631401.story

Can’t Care Enough for Alaska’s Famed Kenai River (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/may/21/cant-care-enough-for-alaskas-famed-kenai-river/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Oregon - Klamath Voters Reject Dam-Removal Supporters (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/klamath_voters_reject_dam-remo.html

Drugs Passing Through Septic Tanks & into Local Waters (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/may/21/drugs-passing-through-septic-tanks-and-into/?partner=RSS

State Fines Manke Lumber $20K for White River Pollution (Puget Sound Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2010/05/17/daily43.html

Small Towns Struggle to Fix Aging Sewage Systems “…The municipalities that managed to keep rates low by neglecting maintenance now find they can't qualify for grants because their rates are too low. Meanwhile, they face fines of thousands of dollars when the plants break down…” (Associated Press)

http://gazettetimes.com/news/state-and-regional/article_e9ab0ea9-6b57-5923-8b9c-0e62f346d5af.html

Bound for Washington State - Ready to Ship in Hawaii: 20,000 Tons of Garbage (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/us/23garbage.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

South Fork Skokomish Valley a Sunny Spring Delight (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2010/05/23/local_news/doc4bf8c37cee799011343052.txt

British Columbia - No Plan for Mr. Floatie to Resurface – Yet (Saanich News, BC)

http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_south/saanichnews/news/94505134.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Birds Key Roadblock to Radar Ridge Wind Farm Plan (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2010/05/22/local_news/doc4bf77ffd78e9e977727682.txt

As Wind Power Booms, So Do the Challenges “…Wind-power developers…could pay companies that operate gas turbines to crank up capacity when wind dies off, & also pay to have those gas turbines backed off when the wind is blowing…” (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011931473_windpower23m.html

Vancouver Wind Turbine Novices Seek Toehold: Christensen Shipyards offshoot fires up blade production line (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/may/23/wind-turbine-novices-seek-toehold/

Renewables Need Helping Hand from Gas “…in a way, additional solar & power generation can actually increase the need for backup gas plants…” (San Diego Union Tribune CA)

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/may/23/renewables-need-helping-hand-from-gas/

Seattle Times Op/Ed - Time for Washington State to Move Beyond Coal

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2011924722_guest22nace.html?syndication=rss

Rate Questions Linger For Cape Wind (Boston Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2010/05/24/story10.html

Duke Energy Invests in Wind-Power Projects – Three in Wyoming (Charlotte Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2010/05/24/daily1.html

Mason County: Advocacy Meetings Set to Discuss Wood Waste Burning (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/05/23/1247683/mason-county-meetings-set-to-discuss.html

Northern Minnesota Cities Burn Wood for Power (Minnesota Public Radio)

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/05/21/woodburner/

Michigan – Traverse City Record Eagle Editorial: Time to Look at Biomass Options

http://record-eagle.com/opinion/x433572462/Editorial-Time-to-look-at-biomass-options

Texas - Mesquite Is Good for Something; a Power Plant Fueled by Wood (Abilene Reporter-News, TX)

http://www.reporternews.com/news/2010/may/22/mesquite-is-good-if-plant-fueled-by-wood/

Nevada - Prison’s $8 Million Biomass Plant Too Expensive to Operate (Gardnerville Record-Courier, NV)

http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20100522/NEWS/100529944/1062&ParentProfile=1049

Pennsylvania - Turning Trash into Treasure (Philadelphia Inquirer, PA)

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/homepage/20100524_Turning_trash_into_treasure.html#axzz0oraqDKw0

Oregon - Behind-the-Scenes Work on Brink of Landing Solar Plant (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/05/behind-the-scenes_work_on_brin.html

Idaho Company Plans 405-Acre Solar Farm in Jerome County (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/may/23/idaho-company-plans-405-acre-solar-farm/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Despite Green Diet, Data Centers Still Gobble Power (PC World)

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/196931/despite_green_diet_data_centers_still_gobble_power.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Montana - In DC, Flathead Residents Press Senators on Climate Change Bill (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)

http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/in_d.c._flathead_residents_press_senators_on_climate_change_bill/17798/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Olympian Editorial - Puget Sound Energy Green-Energy Customers Can Get Retail Discounts

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/05/24/1248471/pse-green-energy-customers-can.html

Will the Volt Recharge GM & US Auto Industry? (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011928965_apusvoltofhopeabridged.html?syndication=rss

Paper Bags or Plastic Bags? New Proposals Like Neither (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/us/21sfplastic.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

FCC to Revise Pole Attachment Rules (CED Magazine)

http://www.cedmagazine.com/News-FCC-revise-pole-attachment-rules-052110.aspx

Washington State on List - FCC Clears Verizon Plan to Sell Phone Lines (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011921832_apustecfccverizonfrontier.html?syndication=rss

Congressman Inslee at Center of Debate Over Who's Policing the Internet Providers

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/may/23/inslee-at-center-of-debate-over-whos-policing/?partner=RSS

Why Broadband Regulation Needs Help from Congress (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/23/AR2010052303786.html?nav=rss_opinions

Sure, (Google) It’s Big. But Is That Bad? (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/technology/23goog.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Dino Rossi Speech Hints at US Senate Bid (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2011925896_rossi22m.html?syndication=rss

High Court Rejects Microsoft Patent Appeal (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/05/24/1248811/high-court-rejects-microsoft-patent.html

Microsoft Spent $1.7 Million Lobbying in 1Q (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011924424_apusmicrosoftlobbying.html?syndication=rss

GENERAL NEWS

Flying Pickax Hits Car on I-405 in Kirkland (NW Cable News)

http://www.nwcn.com/news/Flying-pickax-hits-car-on-I-405-in-Kirkland-94739704.html

Parking at New Olympia City Hall: prepare to be Creative - 250 Employees’ options will include alternative transportation, pay lots & on street (Olympian, WA – Check out the creative parking variances…)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/05/23/1247667/parking-at-city-hall-prepare-to.html

Bassett Still a Player in Cosmopolis Pulp Mill “…Grays Harbor PUD Commissioners have said they have no interest in the mill, but have wished Bassett the best of luck…” (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2010/05/22/local_news/doc4bf77fc93b68c689546486.txt

Logging Moratorium Set for Huge Swath of Canadian Forests (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/may/22/logging-moratorium-set-for-huge-swath-of-canadian/

DIVERSIONS

Chicken Costumes Banned at Nevada Polling Places (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/politics/23646463/detail.html

Thirteen-Year-Old American Climbs Everest, Calls His Mom

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/05/21/1196375/us-boy-13-becomes-youngest-to.html

Pac-Man Hits 30 without Losing Its Way

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/22/AR2010052200254.html?wprss=rss_business

SONG OF THE DAY

Apocalyptica - Hall of the Mountain King

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf2aIVKp1OY