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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Idaho: Effort
Continues Toward $1.5 Billion Energy Project on Camas Prairie (Idaho Mountain
Express, Ketchum, ID)
Oregon: Salem Ice
Storm Repair to Cost More Than $4 Million (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Washington Governor
Signs Law Extending Excise Tax Exemption for Credits Against Bonneville Power
Administration Funds (Bloomberg News)
Study: U.S. Broadband
Gaps Three Times Worse Than Government Claims (Vice)
Thousands of Salmon
Fry Released in Fraser River Tributary to Restore Populations Devastated by Big
Bar Landslide (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/salmon-fry-released-bc-river-1.6021508?cmp=rss
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. Oregon:
Salem Ice Storm Repair to Cost More Than $4 Million
2. Looking
Back on the Table Rock Fire Ahead of Wildfire Season
3. Small
Modular Reactors: NuScale Eyes New Equity Partners After Raising $40 Million
4. Oregon:
Jordan Cove Natural Gas Pipeline Project on Pause
5. EIA
Expects Changes in Electricity Generation & Increased Electricity Use as
Economy Improves
6. New
York: Environmental Concerns Arise Over Energy Needed to Mine Bitcoin
7. Guest
Opinion: U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson’s Snake River Dam Plan Is No Solution
8. Pole
Polemic: Making Rural Electric Co-Op Customers Help Pay to Expand North
Carolina Broadband Is Unfair
9. Commentary:
Is $100 Billion More for Broadband Really Necessary?
10. Idaho:
Effort Continues Toward $1.5 Billion Energy Project on Camas Prairie
11. California
Leads the U.S. in Rooftop Solar Production. Changes Proposed by Utilities Could
Halt Progress.
12. U.S.
Solar Jobs Fell 7% in 2020 on Pandemic, Efficiency Gains
13. Biden
Administration Approves Nation’s First Major Offshore Wind Farm
14. Oregon
Wave Power: PacWave Presents Construction Timeline
15. Eminent
Domain Opens Doors for Fossil Fuels — Could It Do the Same for Renewable
Energy?
16. Washington
Governor Signs Law Extending Excise Tax Exemption for Credits Against
Bonneville Power Administration Funds
17. WA
State: LEDs Could Light Port Townsend Streets
18. Thousands
of Salmon Fry Released in Fraser River Tributary to Restore Populations
Devastated by Big Bar Landslide
19. Bureau
of Land Management Will Revisit Sage Grouse Protections After Trump’s Attempt
to Open Habitat for Mining
20. Tiny
Chips & Fish ‘Social Security Numbers’ Help Track Salmon, Steelhead
Survival
21. Catch
a Fish, Save a Salmon — And Make a Little Cash
22. Oregon:
Klamath Basin Water Crisis – A Microcosm for Climate Change in the West
23. Building
People Power to Restore the Willamette River — And Communities’ Relationships
with It
24. Stunning
Drone Photos Over Lake Oroville Show Drought Emergency in Northern California
25. Can
Oregon Democrats Learn from British Columbia’s Carbon Tax?
26. Washington
State Passed its Cap-and-Trade Climate Legislation. Now What?
27. Study:
U.S. Broadband Gaps Three Times Worse Than Government Claims
28. This
Is a Map of America’s Broadband Problem
29. Emergency
Program to Give People $50 off Internet Bill
30. Despite
Empty FCC Promises, Broadband Prices Jumped 19% During Trump Era
31. Pacific
Northwest National Lab Awards $3.9M to NRECA to Expand Cybersecurity Information
Sharing Partnership
32. The
U.S. Has Ignored Pipeline Cybersecurity; Now You’re Paying the Price
33. Oregon:
Providing an Outlet for Electric Vehicles
34. Idaho
Eyes Sewer, Water, Broadband with Federal Rescue Money
35. COVID-19 Pet Boom Has Veterinarians Backlogged, Burned Out
WORD OF THE DAY
A Paean to pee
See the “Diversions” below
Glorious Pantone
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1. Oregon:
Salem Ice Storm Repair to Cost More Than $4 Million (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
2.
Looking Back on the Table Rock Fire Ahead of Wildfire
Season (KTVB-TV, Boise, ID)
3.
Small Modular Reactors: NuScale Eyes New Equity
Partners After Raising $40 Million (Portland Business Journal, OR)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2021/05/small-modular-reactors-nuscale-eyes-new.html
4.
Oregon: Jordan Cove Natural Gas Pipeline Project
on Pause (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
5.
EIA Expects Changes in Electricity Generation &
Increased Electricity Use as Economy Improves (U.S. Energy Information
Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/pressroom/releases/press479.php
6.
New York: Environmental Concerns Arise Over
Energy Needed to Mine Bitcoin (National Public Radio)
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
7.
Guest Opinion: U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson’s Snake
River Dam Plan Is No Solution (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2021/05/guest-opinion-us-rep-mike-simpsons.html
8.
Pole Polemic: Making Rural Electric Co-Op
Customers Help Pay to Expand North Carolina Broadband Is Unfair (Charlotte
Observer, NC)
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article251305628.html
9.
Commentary: Is $100 Billion More for Broadband
Really Necessary? (Utah Policy)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
11.
California Leads the U.S. in Rooftop Solar
Production. Changes Proposed by Utilities Could Halt Progress. (Monterey County
Weekly, CA)
12.
U.S. Solar Jobs Fell 7% in 2020 on Pandemic,
Efficiency Gains (Reuters)
13.
Biden Administration Approves Nation’s First
Major Offshore Wind Farm (NY Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/climate/climate-wind-farm.html
14.
Oregon Wave Power: PacWave Presents Construction
Timeline Newport news-Times, OR)
15.
Eminent Domain Opens Doors for Fossil Fuels —
Could It Do the Same for Renewable Energy? (Grist Online)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
17.
WA State: LEDs Could Light Port Townsend Streets
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/leds-could-light-port-townsend-streets/
FISH & WILDLIFE
18.
Thousands of Salmon Fry Released in Fraser River
Tributary to Restore Populations Devastated by Big Bar Landslide (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/salmon-fry-released-bc-river-1.6021508?cmp=rss
19.
Bureau of Land Management Will Revisit Sage
Grouse Protections After Trump’s Attempt to Open Habitat for Mining (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
20.
Tiny Chips & Fish ‘Social Security Numbers’
Help Track Salmon, Steelhead Survival (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
https://www.idahostatesman.com/outdoors/fishing/article251281914.html
21.
Catch a Fish, Save a Salmon — And Make a Little
Cash (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/05/10/catch-a-fish-save-a-salmon-and-make-a-little-cash/
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
22.
Oregon: Klamath Basin Water Crisis – A Microcosm
for Climate Change in the West (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
23.
Building People Power to Restore the Willamette
River — And Communities’ Relationships with It (Grist Online)
24.
Stunning Drone Photos Over Lake Oroville Show
Drought Emergency in Northern California (Los Angeles Times, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
25.
Can Oregon Democrats Learn from British Columbia’s
Carbon Tax? (Jefferson Public Radio)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Can-Oregon-Democrats-learn-from-B-C-s-carbon-16171416.php
26.
Washington State Passed its Cap-and-Trade
Climate Legislation. Now What? (Associated Press)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
27. Study:
U.S. Broadband Gaps Three Times Worse Than Government Claims (Vice)
28.
This Is a Map of America’s Broadband Problem
(The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/22418074/broadband-gap-america-map-county-microsoft-data
29.
Emergency Program to Give People $50 off
Internet Bill (Associated Press)
30.
Despite Empty FCC Promises, Broadband Prices
Jumped 19% During Trump Era (TechDirt)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
31.
Pacific Northwest National Lab Awards $3.9M to NRECA
to Expand Cybersecurity Information Sharing Partnership (Daily Energy Insider)
32.
The U.S. Has Ignored Pipeline Cybersecurity; Now
You’re Paying the Price (Gizmodo)
https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-u-s-has-ignored-pipeline-cybersecurity-and-now-you-1846867597
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
33.
Oregon: Providing an Outlet for Electric
Vehicles (Blue Mountain Eagle, John Day, OR)
GOVERNANCE, MANAGEMENT, AND COMMERCE
34.
Idaho Eyes Sewer, Water, Broadband with Federal
Rescue Money (KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)
https://www.kxly.com/idaho-eyes-sewer-water-broadband-with-federal-rescue-money/
35.
COVID-19 Pet Boom Has Veterinarians Backlogged,
Burned Out (Associated Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
https://kottke.org/21/05/the-pantone-pee-chart
Belgian Farmer Accidentally
Moves French Border
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56978344
Wine That Went to Space
for Sale with $1 Million Price Tag
Bear
Has Close Call on Utility Poles in Arizona Border City
https://apnews.com/article/az-state-wire-bears-c4ea61abf97a3168b6b4303bd914672a
SONG OF THE DAY
Tight Rope – Leon
Russell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Z9qN8R9Bg
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