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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
California Misses
Water Conservation Mark for 2nd Month as Newsom Declares Statewide Drought
(Courthouse News Service)
Vice President Urges
Enactment of Climate Spending on Visit to Drought-Stricken Lake Mead (Arizona
Republic, Phoenix, AZ)
New Energy Plan to
Charge More for Peak Time Use, According to Pacific Gas & Electric
(KMPH-TV, Visalia, CA)
https://kmph.com/news/local/new-energy-plan-to-charge-more-for-peak-time-use-according-to-pge
Interior Eyes Oregon
for Offshore Wind Energy Development (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/10/20/offshore-wind-oregon-coast-biden/
Klamath Basin:
Untaming a River – The Stakes Behind America’s Largest Dam Removal (Christian Science
Monitor)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. New
Energy Plan to Charge More for Peak Time Use, According to Pacific Gas &
Electric
2. California:
Pacific Gas & Electric Blames Overnight Power Pole Fires on Rain, Dust,
Dirt, Salt Accumulation
3. Montana
State Regulators Reach Settlement on Colstrip Ash Pond Cleanup; Deal Leaves
Door Open for Talen Alternative
4. Portland
General Electric Lays Out Plan to Eliminate Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2040
5. The
Boom of Cannabis Growers in Oklahoma Is Straining Rural Utilities
6. Boosting
Transmission Between East, West Grids Will Lower Costs: NREL
7. Could
Small Nuclear Reactors Be the Future of Energy?
8. ‘We
Don’t Have Water’: South American Dam Faces Energy Crunch as Parana River Ebbs
9. Guest
Essay: Record Northwest Heatwave Illustrated Need for Goldendale Stored Hydro
Project
10. Guest
Essay: WA State Building Code Council Should Eliminate Natural Gas in
Commercial Buildings
11. King
County, WA: November Drinking Liberally - Securing a Better Energy Future with
a Public Utility District
12. Interior
Eyes Oregon for Offshore Wind Energy Development
13. Solar
Panels Make Money in Rural America. They Don’t Always Make Friends
14. Solar
Investor Commits $52 Million to Push 14 Oregon Projects to Completion
15. EIA
Sees Increases in Wind, Solar Generation Worldwide Through 2050
16. Nevada
Dilemma: Renewable Energy or National Monument?
17. Meet
the Rogue Birding Group Blocking Wind Energy at Every Turn
18. California,
14 Other States Urge Feds to Strengthen Efficiency Programs, Rescind Trump-Era
Rules
19. British
Columbia: Bitcoin Mining Could Be Heating Homes in North Vancouver Next Year
20. Klamath
Basin: Untaming a River – The Stakes Behind America’s Largest Dam Removal
21. Removing
Condit Dam Spurred Hopes, But It Also Begged Questions the White Salmon River
Is Slowly Answering
22. That
Sounds Fishy: Demonized Trash Fish Finally Gets Some Respect
23. British
Columbia: Salmon Counting at Colquitz River Cut Short Thanks to Thieving Otters
24. Urine
Trouble: High Nitrogen Levels in Puget Sound Cause Ecological Worry
25. California
Misses Water Conservation Mark for 2nd Month as Newsom Declares Statewide
Drought
26. Oregon’s
U.S. Senators Focus on Warm Springs Reservation in Fight Over Infrastructure
Spending
27. Water
Rights: Environmental Groups Fight to Save Great Salt Lake
28. Vice
President Urges Enactment of Climate Spending on Visit to Drought-Stricken Lake
Mead
29. California
Just Recorded Its Driest Year in Nearly a Century
30. The
Candy Corn Has Been Hacked
31. Facebook
Plans New Group Name to Revamp Image, Says The Verge
32. Heavy
Rain, Wind from Tropical ‘Superstorm’ Headed to Pacific Northwest
33. The Bomb Cyclone Offshore – The next 24 hours are going to be meteorologically exciting as a powerful storm grows rapidly offshore
WORD OF THE DAY
Bravura \bruh-VUR-uh\ Noun - 1: a musical passage requiring exceptional agility and technical skill in execution 2: a florid brilliant style 3: a show of daring or brilliance.
“WOW,” exclaimed the corporate administrative assistant to her seatmate at the local production of “Rocky Horror Picture Show.” “I knew that Montague was a theater nut, but I had no idea that he could play ‘Frank-N-Furter’ so broadly, with so much bravura,” she said.
Monty was never seen in the same light again, as he daily wheeled the mail cart through the cubicles…the “gophers” rolling their chairs out to watch him strut by.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
https://kmph.com/news/local/new-energy-plan-to-charge-more-for-peak-time-use-according-to-pge
2.
California: Pacific Gas & Electric Blames
Overnight Power Pole Fires on Rain, Dust, Dirt, Salt Accumulation (KIPX-TV, San
Francisco, CA)
3.
Montana State Regulators Reach Settlement on Colstrip
Ash Pond Cleanup; Deal Leaves Door Open for Talen Alternative (Montana
Standard, Butte, MT)
4.
Portland General Electric Lays Out Plan to
Eliminate Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2040 (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
5.
The Boom of Cannabis Growers in Oklahoma Is
Straining Rural Utilities (KGOU Radio, Norman, OK)
6.
Boosting Transmission Between East, West Grids
Will Lower Costs: NREL (Utility Dive)
7.
Could Small Nuclear Reactors Be the Future of Energy?
(C|Net News)
https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/could-small-nuclear-reactors-be-the-future-of-energy/
8.
‘We Don’t Have Water’: South American Dam Faces
Energy Crunch as Parana River Ebbs (Reuters)
https://news.yahoo.com/dont-water-south-american-dam-100508051.html
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
9.
Guest Essay: Record Northwest Heatwave
Illustrated Need for Goldendale Stored Hydro Project (Bend Bulletin, OR)
10.
Guest Essay: WA State Building Code Council
Should Eliminate Natural Gas in Commercial Buildings (Tri-City Herald, WA)
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/article254924557.html
11.
King County, WA: November Drinking Liberally -
Securing a Better Energy Future with a Public Utility District (Patch)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
12. Interior
Eyes Oregon for Offshore Wind Energy Development (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/10/20/offshore-wind-oregon-coast-biden/
13.
Solar Panels Make Money in Rural America. They Don’t
Always Make Friends (Christian Science Monitor)
14.
Solar Investor Commits $52 Million to Push 14 Oregon
Projects to Completion (Portland Business Journal, OR – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2021/10/19/solriver-oregon-solar.html
15.
EIA Sees Increases in Wind, Solar Generation
Worldwide Through 2050 (Daily Energy Insider)
16.
Nevada Dilemma: Renewable Energy or National
Monument? (E&E News)
https://www.eenews.net/articles/nevada-dilemma-renewable-energy-or-national-monument/
17.
Meet the Rogue Birding Group Blocking Wind
Energy at Every Turn (Grist Online)
https://grist.org/energy/american-bird-conservancy-wind-energy-project-icebreaker/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
18.
California, 14 Other States Urge Feds to Strengthen
Efficiency Programs, Rescind Trump-Era Rules (Utility Dive)
19.
British Columbia: Bitcoin Mining Could Be
Heating Homes in North Vancouver Next Year (Vancouver Sun, BC)
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/bitcoin-could-be-heating-homes-in-north-vancouver-next-year
FISH & WILDLIFE
21.
Removing Condit Dam Spurred Hopes, But It Also
Begged Questions the White Salmon River Is Slowly Answering (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
22.
That Sounds Fishy: Demonized Trash Fish Finally
Gets Some Respect (Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/407470/sounds-fishy-demonized-trash-fish-finally-gets-some-respect
23.
British Columbia: Salmon Counting at Colquitz
River Cut Short Thanks to Thieving Otters (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/otters-salmon-colquitz-1.6215291?cmp=rss
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
24.
Urine Trouble: High Nitrogen Levels in Puget
Sound Cause Ecological Worry (Crosscut Seattle, WA)
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
26.
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Focus on Warm Springs Reservation
in Fight Over Infrastructure Spending (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
27.
Water Rights: Environmental Groups Fight to Save
Great Salt Lake (Christian Science Monitor)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
29.
California Just Recorded Its Driest Year in Nearly
a Century (Huffington Post)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/california-record-dry-year_n_616daf4de4b00cb3cbd65bb9
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
30.
The Candy Corn Has Been Hacked (Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/the-candy-corn-has-been-hacked-1847901307
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
31.
Facebook Plans New Group Name to Revamp Image,
Says The Verge (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebook-plans-change-its-name-verge-2021-10-20/
OTHER THINGS TO KNOW TODAY
32. Heavy
Rain, Wind from Tropical ‘Superstorm’ Headed to Pacific Northwest (KIRO News, Seattle,
WA)
https://mynorthwest.com/3194529/heavy-rain-wind-from-tropical-superstorm-headed-to-northwest/
33. The
Bomb Cyclone Offshore – The next 24 hours are going to be meteorologically
exciting as a powerful storm grows rapidly offshore (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-bomb-cyclone-offshore.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Vikings Landed in the Americas
Exactly 1,000 Years Ago, Scientists Reveal
https://www.courthousenews.com/vikings-were-in-newfoundland-exactly-1000-years-ago/
The Tale of
Telemachus, the Tapestry Cat
https://rockandrollglobe.com/pop/the-tale-of-telemachus-the-tapestry-cat/
Tiny Crab Trapped in
Amber Is a 100-Million-Year-Old Stunner
https://gizmodo.com/tiny-crab-trapped-in-amber-is-a-100-million-year-old-st-1847900826
British Museum to Display
World’s Oldest Map of Stars
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/10/18/british-museum-to-display-the-world-s-oldest-map-of-stars/
SONG OF THE DAY
Carole King - I Feel
the Earth Move
