Energy News Digest for May 27, 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

Commercial Fishery Near Grand Coulee Dam Says Trout Being Killed by Spill Effects (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/may/27/commercial-fishery-says-trout-being-killed/

Grays Harbor Paper Shuts Plant; 240 Jobs Lost (Seattle Times, WA)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2015159995_papermill27.html

Iberdrola Renewables Contract Will Help Puget Sound Energy Meet Customers’ Peak Power Needs (News Blaze)

http://newsblaze.com/story/2011052611403300002.bw/topstory.html

WA Lawmakers Kill Film, Newspaper Tax Breaks in Waning Hours – Data Center Incentives to Expire “…Tech companies planning to build new data centers will have to break ground by June 30 to avoid sales tax on the equipment…” (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/05/27/1682224/lawmakers-kill-3-industries-tax.html

California - Plan for Giant Turbines near I-10 Exit in Palm Springs Generating Controversy (Palm Springs Desert Sun, CA)

http://www.mydesert.com/article/20110527/BUSINESS/105270306/Windmills-Iconic-eyesore-

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Iberdrola Renewables Contract Will Help Puget Sound Energy Meet Customers’ Peak Power Needs
• California - Pacific Gas & Electric Rates to Drop for Heaviest Utility Users
• California - Oakley Natural Gas Power Plant Clears Final Regulatory Hurdle
• Constellation Energy to Buy Electricity Seller StarTex for $142.5 Million
• Maryland - Shattuck’s $15 Million Pay Riles Constellation Shareholders
• Kansas to Delay $2.3 Million Disaster Payments to Electric Cooperatives That Suffered Disaster Damage
• Puget Sound Energy Finds Family of Flying Squirrels in Power Pole
• Group Proposes Solar Panels for Backup Power at Nuclear Power Plants
• Canada - Hydro Quebec Chief Says Critics Rely on Myths: Wind & solar ‘too expensive’
• Wind, Water & Questions - Readers Come Through With Suggestions
• North Dakota - Basin Electric Idles a Generating Unit While Missouri River Dams Crank Out Electricity
• Basin Electric Backs Off Coal for Surplus Garrison Dam Power
• Commercial Fishery Near Grand Coulee Dam Says Trout Being Killed by Spill Effects
• Virtual Fish Put New Eyes On Underwater Toxins
• Naturally Competitive - On Your Mark, Get Set, Name That Shrub
• Clallam PUD’s Carlsborg Sewer, Peninsula College Projects Make Final State Budget
• Ruling Upheld in Spokane Sewer Plant Death
• Lake Roosevelt Water Levels 60 Feet Below Normal
• California - Plan for Giant Turbines near I-10 Exit in Palm Springs Generating Controversy
• A Natural Gas Power Plant to Make Renewables More Practical
• German Steel Warns of Rising Costs in Move to Renewable Energy
• Clackamas Community College Offers Class on Do-It-Yourself Wind Turbines
• Editorial – Washington State Needs Better Reporting of ‘Green’ Building Data
• NOAA’s Eye-Opening Time-Lapse Video of April’s Deadly Tornadoes
• Venice May Be Less at Risk from Seas than Feared
• US Electric Car Revolution to Go Forward, With or Without Congress
• Sloppy Recycling Seen Posing Threat to Green Tech
• WA Lawmakers Kill Film, Newspaper Tax Breaks in Waning Hours – Data Center Incentives to Expire
• What Did & Didn’t Pass In Legislature This Year
• Washington State Representative Angel Went on Cruise during Special Session
• Gary Locke breezes through Senate hearing – Nominated for Ambassador to China
• Grays Harbor Paper Shuts Plant; 240 Jobs Lost
• ou Need to Know
• Average Gas Price in Washington $3.95
• Mason County Man Shot with Arrow Says Daughter Kept Him from Calling 911
• Feds to ‘Barefoot Bandit:’ You Owe Us the Rights to Your Story
• New Washington State Coastal Radar Dome Installed
• Retiring Shelton Schools Superintendent
• Tiny Beetles Deployed to Contain Scotch Broom Problem
• Mail Carrier Who Defecated in Yard Gets to Keep Job

WORD OF THE DAY

Tussle • \TUSS-ull\ • Noun - 1: a physical contest or struggle: scuffle 2: an intense argument, controversy, or struggle

“Don’t go in there!” shouted the scarred employee who stumbled from the board room into a growing crowd of curious, yet strangely calm cubicle-dwellers. “A tussle over the last maple bar went horribly wrong…and the CEO did not come out the winner.”

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

Iberdrola Renewables Contract Will Help Puget Sound Energy Meet Customers’ Peak Power Needs (News Blaze)

http://newsblaze.com/story/2011052611403300002.bw/topstory.html

California - Pacific Gas & Electric Rates to Drop for Heaviest Utility Users (SF Chronicle, CA)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/27/BU1F1JLL1G.DTL

California - Oakley Natural Gas Power Plant Clears Final Regulatory Hurdle (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_18148277

Constellation Energy to Buy Electricity Seller StarTex for $142.5 Million (NASDAQ)

http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201105270849dowjonesdjonline000377&title=constellation-energy-to-buy-electric-seller-startex-for-1425-million

Maryland - Shattuck’s $15 Million Pay Riles Constellation Shareholders (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)

http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2011/05/27/shattucks-pay-riles-constellation.html

Kansas to Delay $2.3 Million Disaster Payments to Electric Cooperatives That Suffered Disaster Damage (Associated Press)

http://www.newstimes.com/default/article/APNewsBreak-Kansas-to-delay-disaster-payments-1397179.php

Puget Sound Energy Finds Family of Flying Squirrels in Power Pole (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/flying-squirrel-power-pole-122704519.html

Group Proposes Solar Panels for Backup Power at Nuclear Power Plants (Penn Energy)

http://www.pennenergy.com/index/power/display/2534318592/articles/pennenergy/power/nuclear/2011/may/group-proposes_solar.html

Canada - Hydro Quebec Chief Says Critics Rely on Myths: Wind & solar ‘too expensive’; Alternatives to Romaine River dam would cost far more (Montreal Gazette, Quebec)

http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Critics+rely+myths+Hydro/4846691/story.html

A MIGHTY RIVER vs. A MIGHTY WIND

Wind, Water & Questions - Readers Come Through With Suggestions (Renewables Biz)

http://www.renewablesbiz.com/article/11/05/wind-water-and-questions

North Dakota - Basin Electric Idles a Generating Unit While Missouri River Dams Crank Out Electricity (Associated Press)

http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/9ae378537e3145e6a5f563cab38e0c56/ND--Basin-Unit/

Basin Electric Backs Off Coal for Surplus Garrison Dam Power (Bismarck Tribune, ND)

http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/local/article_037f6578-87c2-11e0-8088-001cc4c03286.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Commercial Fishery Near Grand Coulee Dam Says Trout Being Killed by Spill Effects (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/may/27/commercial-fishery-says-trout-being-killed/

Virtual Fish Put New Eyes On Underwater Toxins (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/virtual-fish-put-new-eyes-underwater-toxins/

Naturally Competitive - On Your Mark, Get Set, Name That Shrub; Mason County Eco-Field Trip Inspires Students (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/05/27/1666186/naturally-competitive.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Clallam PUD’s Carlsborg Sewer, Peninsula College Projects Make Final State Budget (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/6919

Ruling Upheld in Spokane Sewer Plant Death - Supreme Court says CH2M Hill liable for $6.5 million (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/may/27/ruling-upheld-in-sewage-death/

Lake Roosevelt Water Levels 60 Feet Below Normal (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Lake-Roosevelt-water-levels-60-feet-below-normal-122676724.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

California - Plan for Giant Turbines near I-10 Exit in Palm Springs Generating Controversy (Palm Springs Desert Sun, CA)

http://www.mydesert.com/article/20110527/BUSINESS/105270306/Windmills-Iconic-eyesore-

A Natural Gas Power Plant to Make Renewables More Practical - GE says its new gas-plant design can address the sudden drops that occur with renewable forms of energy (Technology Review, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/37635/?mod=chfeatured

German Steel Warns of Rising Costs in Move to Renewable Energy (Bloomberg News)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/05/27/bloomberg1376-LLUJGO6JTSEG01-4RKHUPKVA950GNCEAED7754V9M.DTL

Clackamas Community College Offers Class on Do-It-Yourself Wind Turbines (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2011/05/clackamas_community_college_offers_class_on_do-it-yourself_wind_turbines.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Editorial – Washington State Needs Better Reporting of ‘Green’ Building Data (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/05/27/1666226/state-needs-better-reporting-of.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

NOAA’s Eye-Opening Time-Lapse Video of April’s Deadly Tornadoes (TreeHugger)

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/05/noaas-eye-opening-time-lapse-video-oif-aprils-deadly-tornadoes.php

Venice May Be Less at Risk from Seas than Feared (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/26/us-climate-venice-idUSTRE74P65O20110526

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

US Electric Car Revolution to Go Forward, With or Without Congress (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/27/idUS37064606420110527

Sloppy Recycling Seen Posing Threat to Green Tech (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/26/us-recycling-idUSTRE74P5LN20110526

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

WA Lawmakers Kill Film, Newspaper Tax Breaks in Waning Hours – Data Center Incentives to Expire “…Tech companies planning to build new data centers will have to break ground by June 30 to avoid sales tax on the equipment…” (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/05/27/1682224/lawmakers-kill-3-industries-tax.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

What Did & Didn’t Pass In Legislature This Year (Seattle Times, WA)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015159908_legwrap27m.html

Washington State Representative Angel Went on Cruise during Special Session (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/may/25/angel-went-on-cruise-during-special-session/

Gary Locke breezes through Senate hearing – Nominated for Ambassador to China (Seattle Times, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/05/27/1682299/locke-breezes-through-senate-hearing.html

GENERAL NEWS

Grays Harbor Paper Shuts Plant; 240 Jobs Lost (Seattle Times, WA)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2015159995_papermill27.html

Hitting Road This Memorial Day Weekend? What You Need to Know (Seattle Times, WA)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015149731_memorialday26m.html

Average Gas Price in Washington $3.95 (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/122718394.html

Mason County Man Shot with Arrow Says Daughter Kept Him from Calling 911 (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=487898

Feds to ‘Barefoot Bandit:’ You Owe Us the Rights to Your Story (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Feds-to-Barefoot-Bandit-You-owe-us-the-rights-1398006.php

New Washington State Coastal Radar Dome Installed - Radar expected to be operational by end of September (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/122724239.html

Retiring Shelton Schools Superintendent (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/7490-retiring-shelton-superintendent

Tiny Beetles Deployed to Contain Scotch Broom Problem (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_92106114-8805-11e0-9a4a-001cc4c03286.html

Mail Carrier Who Defecated in Yard Gets to Keep Job (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/122672324.html

DIVERSIONS

America’s 20 Most Well-Read Cities, According to Amazon

http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/05/26/americas-20-most-well-read-cities-according-to-amazon/

Faux Pregnancy Senior Gets 3.9 Grade on Toppenish High Project, Plus High Octane Agent & Attorney

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/05/faux_pregnancy_senior_gets_39_grade_on_toppenish_high_project_plus_high_octane_agent_and_attorney.html

ATM Repairman Accused of Loading Fake Money

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/27/BANQ1JLBKP.DTL

Sheriffs Shut Down Iowa Bar’s Mouse Racing

http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/28048202/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

David Porter - Funny Money

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqVaVs1RGvI

Energy News Digest for May 26, 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

Op/Ed – Scott Corwin: Shutting Down Wind Power a Necessary Measure of Last Resort (Oregonian, Portland)

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

Bonneville Power Administration & BC Hydro Seek New Long-Term Water Storage Agreement (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/1096919/

Washington State Senator Rockefeller to Leave Senate - Joining Northwest Power & Conservation Council (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2015144312_statesenrockefellertoleavesenatefor.html

Oregon & Washington Suspend Sea Lion Killings (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/26/us-sealions-salmon-idUSTRE74P03X20110526

Boosters See Northwest Future in Aviation Biofuel (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/122641529.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Bonneville Power Administration & BC Hydro Seek New Long-Term Water Storage Agreement
• Washington State Senator Rockefeller to Leave Senate - Joining Northwest Power & Conservation Council
• 6,900 Affected by Shelton Power Outage - BPA & Mason PUD 3 Investigating
• Man Hailed as Hero Saving Coworker Burned by Kitsap County Power Line
• Chelan PUD Beaming In $36 Million Savings
• Thurston County PUD Bond Sale Raises Nearly $3 Million
• Fitch Rates Eugene Water & Electric Board Revenue Bonds 'AA-'; Outlook Stable
• ‘Smart’ Meter Installation to Begin for General Public June 6 in Port Angeles
• Electrical Currents: EPUD Provides Power to Please People & Pocketbooks
• New Mexico Electricity Co-Op Loses Lawsuit over Member Bylaw Efforts
• State of California’s Energy System Will Need Major Overhaul
• Minnesota Power adds hydro supply from Manitoba
• Vermont Files Opposition to Entergy Request over Yankee Nuclear Power Plant
• US Senate Queries Tennessee Valley Authority Board nominee
• Smart Grid Costs Are Massive, but Benefits Will be Larger, Industry Study Says
• Op/Ed – Scott Corwin: Shutting Down Wind Power a Necessary Measure of Last Resort
• Editorial - A Power Fight Best Avoided
• Op/Ed - Flexible Power System A Must to Meet the Region's Demands
• Editorial - Push for Wind Power Was Not Thought Out
• Oregon & Washington Suspend Sea Lion Killings
• Salmon Fishing Expanded on Columbia River
• Clallam PUD Instates another Three-Year Set of Water Rate Increases
• Two Clallam County Cities Combining Legal Efforts on Fluoride
• Idaho PUC to Hear Oral Arguments in Wind Dispute
• California - Biomass Plant Gets Go-Ahead in Lode
• Texas - Company Proposes Hydropower Plant at Longhorn Dam
• Heavy Metal on the Roof - Solar Panels for All New Buildings in Japan?
• India - Factory Sealed for Using Illicit Timber to Produce Power
• New Jersey Governor Announces Pullout from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
• Iran's Largest Lake Turning to Salt
• Boosters See Northwest Future in Aviation Biofuel
• Editorial - Policy Support Needed to Develop Northwest Aviation Biofuels Industry
• Republican Sees Electric Car Bill as a Climate 'Step'
• Americans Say 'No' to Electrics Despite High Gas Prices
• Oregon Sustainability Center Backers Sport New Optimism
• Home Deconstruction: Can an Entire House be Recycled?
• Big Companies Aggressively Jump Into Clean Tech
• Titan Data Center Continues Expansion
• Users Blaming Microsoft for Skype Outage
• Asia Will Become the New Center of the Internet
• Google: There’s No Magic Needed for Greener Data Centers
• Demystifying the Cloud
• Draft Horses Bring Fiber Optics to Remote Locations
• Twitter Diplomacy New Face of Foreign Relations
• Sleepless? Then Stop Taking Your iPhone To Bed
• Washington State Senate Passes $32.2 Billion Budget in Show of Bipartisanship
• Mason County - Daughter Accused of Shooting Father with Bow & Arrow after Cellphone Taken Away
• Two Severed Feet Linked to Man Reported Missing in 2004
• Washington among States Involved in Country's Largest Measles Outbreak
• Grays Harbor Paper Shuts Down
• Rivers Run High in Northwest
• Mason County Unemployment Dropped in April
• Rapid Progress on New Washington State Coastal Weather Radar

WORD OF THE DAY

Aphasia • \uh-FAZE-ee-yuh\ • Noun – Loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage

Robinson Crusoe may have maintained the ability to use words and comprehend them through writing in his journals…but one wonders if he suffered at least partial aphasia from the lack of verbal communications with other humans.

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 & BC Hydro Seek New Long-Term Water Storage Agreement (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/1096919/

Washington State Senator Rockefeller to Leave Senate - Joining Northwest Power & Conservation Council (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2015144312_statesenrockefellertoleavesenatefor.html

6,900 Affected by Shelton Power Outage - BPA & Mason PUD 3 Investigating (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/7393-shelton-power-outage

Man Hailed as Hero Saving Coworker Burned by Kitsap County Power Line (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/122591694.html

Chelan PUD Beaming In $36 Million Savings (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2011/may/24/chelan-pud-beaming-in-36-million-savings/

Thurston County PUD Bond Sale Raises Nearly $3 Million (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/05/25/1663350/bond-sale-raises-nearly-3-million.html

Fitch Rates Eugene Water & Electric Board Revenue Bonds 'AA-'; Outlook Stable (Finance-Yahoo!)

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Fitch-Rates-Eugene-Oregons-bw-3907337849.html?x=0&.v=1

‘Smart’ Meter Installation to Begin for General Public June 6 in Port Angeles (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20110526/news/305269989/-8216-smart-8217-meter-installation-to-begin-for-general-public

Electrical Currents: EPUD Provides Power to Please People & Pocketbooks (Creswell Chronicle, OR)

http://www.thecreswellchronicle.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=9412

New Mexico Electricity Co-Op Loses Lawsuit Over Member Bylaw Efforts - Socorro Electric Cooperative sued all of its approximately 10,000 member-owners in an effort to block three bylaws aimed at increasing transparency (Valencia County News-Bulletin, Belen, NM)

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110525/A_NEWS/105250311

State of California’s Energy System Will Need Major Overhaul (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2011%2F05%2F25%2FBA541JKAP7.DTL

Minnesota Power adds hydro supply from Manitoba – Hats off to the PR person who spun this meme: “…will help Minnesota Power shift from coal-based energy sources to renewable ones. It will not, however, help the company meet the state mandate that utilities generate 25 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2025. That’s because when the mandate was passed by the state Legislature in 2007, it excluded large-scale Canadian hydro power from being counted…” (Duluth News-Tribune, MN)

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/200090/

Vermont Files Opposition to Entergy Request over Yankee Nuclear Power Plant (Legal Newsline)

http://www.legalnewsline.com/news/232863-vermont-files-opposition-to-entergy-request

US Senate Queries Tennessee Valley Authority Board nominee - Tells panel he wants to focus on conservation (Knoxville News-Sentinel, TN)

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/may/26/senate-queries-tva-choice/

Smart Grid Costs Are Massive, but Benefits Will be Larger, Industry Study Says (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2011/05/25/25climatewire-smart-grid-costs-are-massive-but-benefits-wi-48403.html

A MIGHTY RIVER vs. A MIGHTY WIND

Op/Ed – Scott Corwin: Shutting Down Wind Power a Necessary Measure of Last Resort (Oregonian, Portland)

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

Editorial - A Power Fight Best Avoided (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110526/OPINION01/705269975

Op/Ed - Flexible Power System A Must to Meet the Region's Demands (Oregonian, Portland)

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

Editorial - Push for Wind Power Was Not Thought Out (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110524/OPINION/105240310/Push-wind-power-not-thought-out

FISH & WILDLIFE

Oregon & Washington Suspend Sea Lion Killings (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/26/us-sealions-salmon-idUSTRE74P03X20110526

Salmon Fishing Expanded on Columbia River (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2011/05/salmon_fishing_expanded_on_col.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Clallam PUD Instates another Three-Year Set of Water Rate Increases (Sequim Gazette, WA)

http://www.sequimgazette.com/business/article.exm/2011-05-25_pud_instates_another_three_year_set_of_water_rate_increases

Two Clallam County Cities Combining Legal Efforts on Fluoride (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/6914

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Idaho PUC to Hear Oral Arguments in Wind Dispute (Times- News, Twin Falls, ID)

http://www.magicvalley.com/blogs/capitol-confidential/article_0daf1a3e-86f5-11e0-8157-001cc4c03286.html

California - Biomass Plant Gets Go-Ahead in Lode – Legal settlement means dozens of new jobs (Stockton Record, CA)

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110525/A_NEWS/105250311

Texas - Company Proposes Hydropower Plant at Longhorn Dam (Austin American-Statesman, TX)

http://www.statesman.com/news/local/company-proposes-hydropower-plant-at-longhorn-dam-1498593.html

Heavy Metal on the Roof - Solar Panels for All New Buildings in Japan? (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/25/idUS354487615820110525

India - Factory Sealed for Using Illicit Timber to Produce Power (Times of India)

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-25/nagpur/29581345_1_hectare-forest-trees-bran

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

New Jersey Governor Announces Pullout from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (NJ.com)

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/05/gov_christie_to_announce_nj_pu.html

Iran's Largest Lake Turning to Salt (Associated Press)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110525/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_environmental_disaster

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Boosters See Northwest Future in Aviation Biofuel (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/122641529.html

Editorial - Policy Support Needed to Develop Northwest Aviation Biofuels Industry (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/05/26/1664865/policy-support-needed-to-develop.html

Republican Sees Electric Car Bill as a Climate 'Step' (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2011/05/26/26climatewire-republican-sees-electric-car-bill-as-a-clima-79979.html

Americans Say 'No' to Electrics Despite High Gas Prices (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2011-05-24-most-americans-refuse-electric-cars_n.htm

Oregon Sustainability Center Backers Sport New Optimism (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/columns/2011/05/osc-backers-sport-new-optimism.html

Home Deconstruction: Can an Entire House be Recycled? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2011/0525/Home-deconstruction-Can-an-entire-house-be-recycled

Big Companies Aggressively Jump Into Clean Tech (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2011-05-25-green-tech-investing_n.htm

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Titan Data Center Continues Expansion (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_d6f2ac9a-861d-11e0-abf5-001cc4c002e0.html

Users Blaming Microsoft for Skype Outage (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/2011/05/26/users-blaming-microsoft-for-skype-outage/

Asia Will Become the New Center of the Internet (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/broadband/asia-will-become-the-new-center-of-the-internet/

Google: There’s No Magic Needed for Greener Data Centers (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/cleantech/google-theres-no-magic-involved-for-greener-data-centers/

Demystifying the Cloud (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110525/biz/110529931/-1/rss03

Draft Horses Bring Fiber Optics to Remote Locations (Vermont Digger)

http://vtdigger.org/2011/05/22/draft-horses-the-transportation-method-of-choice-for-high-tech-fiber-optics-in-vermonts-remote-locations/

Twitter Diplomacy New Face of Foreign Relations (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2015155230_apeutwitterdiplomacy.html

Sleepless? Then Stop Taking Your iPhone To Bed (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2011/05/23/report-mobile-workers-in-bed-with-smartphones/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State Senate Passes $32.2 Billion Budget in Show of Bipartisanship – Then Sine Die (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/05/25/1680572/senate-votes-34-13-to-pass-322.html

GENERAL NEWS

Mason County - Daughter Accused of Shooting Father with Bow & Arrow After Cellphone Taken Away (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/28032504/detail.html

Two Severed Feet Linked to Man Reported Missing in 2004 (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=486938

Washington among States Involved in Country's Largest Measles Outbreak (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Washington-among-states-involved-in-country-s-1396213.php

Grays Harbor Paper Shuts Down (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2689

Rivers Run High in Northwest - Low Clearance Lifting Bridge over Columbia River (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/may/26/rivers-run-high-in-northwest/

Unemployment Dropped in April (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/7391-unemployment-dropped-in-april

Rapid Progress on New Washington State Coastal Weather Radar - Tower completed, radar dome to be installed within days (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/weather/28021255/detail.html

DIVERSIONS

Tri-Cities Health Board Nixes 'Butt' Billboards

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015154642_apwabuttbillboards.html

Washington Dairy Princess is Lactose Intolerant

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Washington-dairy-princess-is-lactose-intolerant-122599084.html

Osama Bin Laden’s Widows Say Young Wife Turned Him In

http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2011/05/23/osama-bin-ladens-widows-say-young-wife-turned-him-in/

Compressed Air Makes Trucker a Human Balloon

http://www.kirotv.com/news/28033926/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Procol Harum- The Milk of Human Kindness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCnd9lEjhOA