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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
New Trump Administration Could Bring Shift in Approach to
Snake River Dam Breaching (Phys.Org)
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-trump-administration-shift-approach-snake.html
Pacific Gas & Electric Says It May Have Started Yet
Another Major Northern California Wildfire in June (KQED Radio, San Francisco,
CA)
Nuclear Energy May Be Seeing a Renaissance (National Public
Radio)
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/27/nx-s1-5206512/nuclear-energy-may-be-seeing-a-renaissance
This Year Saw Some Good News for Pacific Northwest Salmon
(The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
https://www.chronline.com/stories/this-year-saw-some-good-news-for-pacific-northwest-salmon,369338
After a Canadian Orca Pod’s Decline, now ‘You Can See the
Whales Coming Back’ (Christian Science Monitor)
https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2024/1202/canada-marine-reserve-orca-whales
News
Highlights (See Stories Below)
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Says It May Have
Started Yet Another Major Northern California Wildfire in June
2.
Nuclear Energy May Be Seeing a Renaissance
3.
Data Center Hysteria: How the Power Industry Is
Accommodating the Boom
4.
Powder River Basin – Biden Blocks New Coal
Mining at Major Federal Hub
5.
U.S. Inventories Enter the Winter with the Most
Natural Gas Since 2016
6.
What’s Next After Washington Passes Pro-Natural
Gas Measure?
7.
Transformer Safety: Fire Barriers as Essential
Protection for Electrical Infrastructure
8.
These Islanders Know the Secrets to Dealing with
Long Power Outages
9.
WA State: Grant PUD Approves Five-Year Solar
Power Agreement to Meet Future Energy Demands
10.
California: How Could Offshore Wind Projects
Affect San Luis Obispo County?
11.
This Year Saw Some Good News for Pacific
Northwest Salmon
12.
After a Canadian Orca Pod’s Decline, now ‘You
Can See the Whales Coming Back’
13.
So Hot Right Now: WA Orcas Are Wearing Dead
Salmon on Their Heads in Latest Fashion Fad
14.
Salmon Deaths Bring New Attention to a
Longstanding Problem
15.
Human Activity Is Making It Difficult to Retain
Adequate Water Supplies
16.
‘It Is a Matter of Survival’: UN Court Begins
Hearing for Threatened Island Nations
17.
Oregon to Temporarily Delay Zero-Emission Trucks
Rules
18.
A Social Media Ban in Australia for Children
Under 16 Will Be First in the World
19.
Nineteen of the World’s Most Influential
Scientists Work For, or with, This Eastern WA Lab
20.
New Trump Administration Could Bring Shift in
Approach to Snake River Dam Breaching
21.
Donald Trump’s Call for ‘Energy Dominance’ Is
Likely to Run into Real-World Limits – Baseload Power Touted
22.
Washington’s Dan Newhouse Looks Ahead to a New
Trump Era
23.
Washington Dept. of Transportation Studying How
Removal of Snake River Dams Would Affect Transportation
24.
U.S. Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez (WA) Helps Secure
$454,436 to Support Barge Service on Columbia River
25.
Bitter Cold in Forecast: December Set for
‘Coldest Start’ in Years for Many
26.
Nuclear Energy Proposal in NW ‘Distraction’ from
Proven Renewables
27.
Opinion: Artificial Intelligence Power Demands
Are Rising, And So Are Attacks on Utilities. Here’s What They Can Do About It.
28.
Columnist: Why California’s Favorite Bagel Shop
Is Defending Fossil Fuels
Word of the Day – The Horrible Haiku Edition
Enervate /ENN-err-vayt/ Verb – 1: to reduce the mental or moral vigor of; 2: to lessen the vitality or strength of.
Using passive
voice
Enervates your
turgid prose
Use the active voice!
Energy
& Utility Issues
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Says It May Have
Started Yet Another Major Northern California Wildfire in June (KQED Radio, San
Francisco, CA)
2.
Nuclear Energy May Be Seeing a Renaissance (National
Public Radio)
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/27/nx-s1-5206512/nuclear-energy-may-be-seeing-a-renaissance
3.
Data Center Hysteria: How the Power Industry Is
Accommodating the Boom (Yahoo! News)
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/data-center-hysteria-power-industry-110415708.html
4.
Powder River Basin – Biden Blocks New Coal
Mining at Major Federal Hub (The Hill)
5.
U.S. Inventories Enter the Winter with the Most
Natural Gas Since 2016 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=63864
6.
What’s Next After Washington Passes Pro-Natural
Gas Measure? (Cascade PBS)
https://www.cascadepbs.org/news/2024/11/whats-next-after-washington-passes-pro-natural-gas-measure
7.
Transformer Safety: Fire Barriers as Essential
Protection for Electrical Infrastructure (Power Magazine)
8.
These Islanders Know the Secrets to Dealing with
Long Power Outages (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Renewable
Energy & Self Storage
9.
WA State: Grant PUD Approves Five-Year Solar
Power Agreement to Meet Future Energy Demands (Source ONE News, Ephrata, WA)
10.
California: How Could Offshore Wind Projects
Affect San Luis Obispo County? (San Luis Obispo Tribune, CA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/could-offshore-wind-projects-affect-130000478.html
Fish
& Wildlife
11.
This Year Saw Some Good News for Pacific
Northwest Salmon (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
https://www.chronline.com/stories/this-year-saw-some-good-news-for-pacific-northwest-salmon,369338
12.
After a Canadian Orca Pod’s Decline, now ‘You
Can See the Whales Coming Back’ (Christian Science Monitor)
https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2024/1202/canada-marine-reserve-orca-whales
13.
So Hot Right Now: WA Orcas Are Wearing Dead
Salmon on Their Heads in Latest Fashion Fad (Tacoma News-Tribune, WA – Via
Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hot-now-wa-orcas-wearing-220019865.html
Environmental
Afflatus – Clean Up on Aisle Three
14.
Salmon Deaths Bring New Attention to a Longstanding
Problem (National Public Radio)
Water,
Water, Anywhere?
15.
Human Activity Is Making It Difficult to Retain
Adequate Water Supplies (Columbia Insight)
Climate
Change Sequestration Vault
16.
‘It Is a Matter of Survival’: UN Court Begins
Hearing for Threatened Island Nations (Christian Science Monitor)
I
Sing the Car Electric
17.
Oregon to Temporarily Delay Zero-Emission Trucks
Rules (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/11/27/oregon-to-temporarily-delay-zero-emission-trucks-rules/
Public
Relations, Marketing & Media
18.
A Social Media Ban in Australia for Children
Under 16 Will Be First in the World (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Barrel
O’ Green Potpourri – Seething Stew of Science
19.
Nineteen of the World’s Most Influential
Scientists Work For, or with, This Eastern WA Lab (Tri-City Herald, WA – Via
MSN)
Management,
Politics, & Governance
20.
New Trump Administration Could Bring Shift in Approach
to Snake River Dam Breaching (Phys.Org)
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-trump-administration-shift-approach-snake.html
21.
Donald Trump’s Call for ‘Energy Dominance’ Is
Likely to Run into Real-World Limits – Baseload Power Touted (Associated Press)
22.
Washington’s Dan Newhouse Looks Ahead to a New Trump
Era (Washington State Standard)
Other
Things to Know About Today
23.
Washington Dept. of Transportation Studying How
Removal of Snake River Dams Would Affect Transportation (KNDO & KNDU-TV,
Yakima/Tri-Cities, WA)
24.
U.S. Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez (WA) Helps Secure
$454,436 to Support Barge Service on Columbia River (U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp
Perez, WA)
25.
Bitter Cold in Forecast: December Set for ‘Coldest
Start’ in Years for Many (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bitter-cold-forecast-december-set-194558597.html
Soapbox
Serenade – Vox Populi
26.
Nuclear Energy Proposal in NW ‘Distraction’ from
Proven Renewables (MSN News)
27.
Opinion: Artificial Intelligence Power Demands
Are Rising, And So Are Attacks on Utilities. Here’s What They Can Do About It. (Utility
Dive)
28.
Columnist: Why California’s Favorite Bagel Shop
Is Defending Fossil Fuels (Los Angeles Times, CA – Paywall Advisory)
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
You Might Be Surprised to Hear How the Word Pecan Is
Supposed to Be Pronounced
Notre Dame Cathedral Unveils Its New Interior Five Years
After Devastating Fire
Llamas & Alpacas Bring Laughter & Love to Portland Airport:
See Where They Live
Man Compensated $2.53 After Unwrapping Smooth Mars Bar
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/12/02/britiain-smooth-Mars-bar-Milky-Way/3531733161446/
Song of the Day
The Archies – Sugar, Sugar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2lxjZZeJM8
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