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HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
‘It Was Preventable’:
Landmark Case on Liability for 2020 Oregon Wildfires Begins with Opening
Arguments (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
A Look at How
Washingtons 2023 Snowpack Data Could Impact Local Farmers in the Summer
(KNDO/KNDU-TV, Yakima/Tri-Cities, WA)
Switching to Wind
& Solar Energy Will Require a Lot of Land (Washington Post, DC – Paywall
Advisory)
WA State: Lower
Elwha Klallam Tribe to Fish for Salmon on Elwha River a Decade After Dams Fell
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
The Chevy Bolt, GM’s
Popular Electric Vehicle, Is on Its Way Out (National Public Radio)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. ‘It
Was Preventable’: Landmark Case on Liability for 2020 Oregon Wildfires Begins
with Opening Arguments
2. Montana:
Policy Analyst Concerned About Future Colstrip Costs to NorthWestern Customers
3. An
Oregon City Banned Natural Gas. The Gas Company Fought Back
4. Debate
Over Snake River Dams – Key to Wheat Exports & Clean Power, Battle Over
Snake River Dams, Salmon, & Environmental Justice
5. Man
Arrested After Allegedly Threatening Avista Crew with Shotgun
6. Less
Natural Gas Was Withdrawn from Storage This Winter Than in the Last Seven
7. Retiring
Coal-Fired Power Plants Need a Replacement. These Western States May Have the
Answer
8. Groups
Voice Opposition to Proposed Pole Attachments Legislation
9. Switching
to Wind & Solar Energy Will Require a Lot of Land
10. WA
State: Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe to Fish for Salmon on Elwha River a Decade
After Dams Fell
11. Can
the United Nations Help Save Pacific Salmon?
12. A
Look at How Washingtons 2023 Snowpack Data Could Impact Local Farmers in the
Summer
13. Huge
Rocky Mountain Snowfall Provides Drought Relief but Causes Flood Worries
14. Panel:
Climate Change, Not Wind Prep, Is Threat to Whales
15. Cable
TV ‘Cord-Cutters’ Became the Majority in 2022
16. WA
State: Okanogan County Broadband Action Team Works to Expand Better &
Faster County Access
17. How
Broadband-Powered Remote Work Is Good for the Environment
18. WA
State: Douglas County PUD Agrees to More Power for East Wenatchee Data Center
19. A
New Front in the Water Wars: Your Internet Use
20. The
Chevy Bolt, GM’s Popular Electric Vehicle, Is on Its Way Out
21. U.S.
Supreme Court Will Decide If Government Officials Can Block Social Media
Critics
22. Podcast:
How to Build More Hydropower – Adding Terawatts of Hydropower Capacity Doesn’t
Have to Increase Ecosystem Impacts
23. Dumb State Laws Blocking Community Broadband Could Mar Historic Subsidy Efforts
WORD OF THE DAY
Bohemian \bo-HEE-mee-un\ Noun - 1a: a native or inhabitant of Bohemia b: the group of Czech dialects used in Bohemia 2a: vagabond, wanderer; especially gypsy b: a person (as a writer or an artist) living an unconventional life usually in a colony with others.
Barnabas thought he was living life to the Bohemian fullest: rooming with four guys; drinking Jägermeister each night with wild abandon; blogging incoherently about anything and everything that popped into his febrile mind; rolling out of bed, bleary-eyed the following morning to raise the dough for rent and the rare Pork Top Ramen. His distraught mother put it more succinctly: “My son? He’s living like a bum.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
‘It Was Preventable’: Landmark Case on Liability
for 2020 Oregon Wildfires Begins with Opening Arguments (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
2.
Montana: Policy Analyst Concerned About Future
Colstrip Costs to NorthWestern Customers (The Daily Montanan)
3.
An Oregon City Banned Natural Gas. The Gas
Company Fought Back (Bloomberg News)
4.
Debate Over Snake River Dams – Key to Wheat
Exports & Clean Power, Battle Over Snake River Dams, Salmon, & Environmental
Justice (Progressive Farmer)
5.
Man Arrested After Allegedly Threatening Avista Crew
with Shotgun (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/apr/25/men-arrested-after-allegedly-threatening-avista-cr/
6.
Less Natural Gas Was Withdrawn from Storage This
Winter Than in the Last Seven (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=56280
7.
Retiring Coal-Fired Power Plants Need a
Replacement. These Western States May Have the Answer (Deseret News, Salt Lake
City, UT)
8.
Groups Voice Opposition to Proposed Pole
Attachments Legislation (American Public Power Association)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
9.
Switching to Wind & Solar Energy Will
Require a Lot of Land (Washington Post, DC – Paywall Advisory)
FISH & WILDLIFE
10.
WA State: Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe to Fish for Salmon
on Elwha River a Decade After Dams Fell (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
11.
Can the United Nations Help Save Pacific Salmon?
(Crosscut Seattle)
https://crosscut.com/environment/2023/04/can-united-nations-help-save-pacific-salmon
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
12.
A Look at How Washingtons 2023 Snowpack Data
Could Impact Local Farmers in the Summer (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Yakima/Tri-Cities, WA)
13.
Huge Rocky Mountain Snowfall Provides Drought
Relief but Causes Flood Worries (National Public Radio)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
14.
Panel: Climate Change, Not Wind Prep, Is Threat to
Whales (Associated Press)
LONDON CALLING –TELECOMMUNICATIONS
15.
Cable TV ‘Cord-Cutters’ Became the Majority in 2022
(Sacramento Bee, CA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article274727981.html
16.
WA State: Okanogan County Broadband Action Team
Works to Expand Better & Faster County Access (Quad City Herald, Brewster, WA)
https://www.qcherald.com/news/broadband-action-team-works-expand-better-and-faster-county-access
17.
How Broadband-Powered Remote Work Is Good for
the Environment (NCTA)
https://www.ncta.com/whats-new/how-broadband-powered-remote-work-is-good-for-the-environment
BEAM ME UP, SCOTTY - THE WIZARDING WORLD OF
TECHNOLOGY & CYBERSECURITY
18.
WA State: Douglas County PUD Agrees to More
Power for East Wenatchee Data Center (Wenatchee World, WA – Paywall Advisory)
19.
A New Front in the Water Wars: Your Internet Use
(Washington Post, DC – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/04/25/data-centers-drought-water-use/
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
20.
The Chevy Bolt, GM’s Popular Electric Vehicle,
Is on Its Way Out (National Public Radio)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
21.
U.S. Supreme Court Will Decide If Government
Officials Can Block Social Media Critics (engadget)
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
22.
Podcast: How to Build More Hydropower – Adding Terawatts
of Hydropower Capacity Doesn’t Have to Increase Ecosystem Impacts (Canary
Media)
https://www.canarymedia.com/podcasts/catalyst-with-shayle-kann/how-to-build-more-hydropower
23.
Dumb State Laws Blocking Community Broadband
Could Mar Historic Subsidy Efforts (TechDirt)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Harry Belafonte: Singer
& Civil Rights Activist Dies Aged 96
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65390525
California Is
Covered in Flowers – California Is Experiencing a ‘Superbloom’ After a Super-Wet
Winter
https://gizmodo.com/california-superbloom-flowers-photos-1850374072
Colorado Rescue
Discovers Rare Male Calico ‘Unicorn’ Kitten
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/04/25/unicorn-cat-male-calico-kitten/3811682452027/
Lost Dog Reunited with
Idaho Owner After Two Years
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/04/26/lost-dog-found-two-years-Idaho-pug-Sven/9421682524904/
SONG OF THE DAY
Harry Belafonte – Jamaica
Farewell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aajSxr8nghE
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