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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Homes Lose Running Water in Klamath Basin as Houses Compete
with Farmers, Ranchers (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Alleged Boise Neo-Nazis Charged with Planning Power Grid
Attacks in Idaho, Northwest (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/crime/article253637873.html
Skagit County Sues Seattle for Public Records in Fight Over
Fish Passage at City Dams (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
PacifiCorp More Than Doubled Wind Energy Production Under
Newest Project (Daily Energy Insider)
A Bitcoin Mining Power Plant Secretly Set Up Shop in
Alberta. Now It’s Being Forced to Shut Down (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/link-global-bitcoin-mine-alberta-1.6137731?cmp=rss
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Alleged Boise Neo-Nazis Charged with Planning
Power Grid Attacks in Idaho, Northwest
2.
Salt River Project Announces Plans to Expand Its
Coolidge Natural Gas Generating Station
3.
Idaho Power Seeks Surcharge on Blaine County
Customers – Money Would Pay for Burying Portions of New Transmission Line
4.
Historic Drought Slashes Hydropower Generation
in California, Other Western States
5.
WA State: Pend Oreille PUD Approves Interim
Power Contract for Former Mill Site
6.
Half of the Pacific Northwest Region’s
Electricity Comes from Water
7.
Ex-Westinghouse Executive Charged in Failed South
Carolina Nuclear Project
8.
Linework Trainees Seek a Grounded Career - Four
Stories High
9.
News Release: Prioritizing Dam Removal &
River Restoration: An Update on Federal Legislation
10. PacifiCorp
More Than Doubled Wind Energy Production Under Newest Project
11. California’s
Curtailments of Solar Electricity Generation Continue to Increase
12. California:
Supervisors Approve Rosamond Solar Project
13. Clean
Energy Financing: Congressional Democrats Face Call for Help from Electric
Co-Ops
14. Skagit
County Sues Seattle for Public Records in Fight Over Fish Passage at City Dams
15. Cross-Border
Salish Sea Study Finds Key Puzzle Pieces of Wild Salmon Die-Off
16. WA
State: Researchers Using Drones to Track Salmon on Wenatchee River
17. Fukushima
Nuclear Water to Be Released Via Undersea Tunnel
18. ‘A
Combination of Failures:’ Why 3.6 Million Pounds of Nuclear Waste Is Buried on
a Popular California Beach
19. Homes
Lose Running Water in Klamath Basin as Houses Compete with Farmers, Ranchers
20. Scientists
Launch Effort to Collect Water Data in US West
21. As
Pacific Northwest Utilities Contemplate Building Decarbonization, Affordability
Concerns Linger
22. The
City Is Inching Toward a New Carbon Tax Even as the Portland Clean Energy Fund
Is Awash in Cash
23. StarLink
Has Shipped 100,000 Satellite Internet Terminals, Musk Says
24. A
Bitcoin Mining Power Plant Secretly Set Up Shop in Alberta. Now It’s Being
Forced to Shut Down
25. Who’s
Making Those Electric Vehicle Batteries That Are Catching on Fire?
26. WA
State: Jefferson Transit Eyes Options for Electric Buses
27. Scientists
Just Overcame a Major Hurdle in Nuclear Fusion Research
28. Counties
Have No Say on Railroad Expansion in Columbia River Gorge
29. Feds
Remind You They Will Shoot Down Your Drone If You Fly It Over Their Nuke Lab
30. Salt River Project Elevates & Assists Women & Diverse Businesses with Supplier Diversity Program
WORD OF THE DAY
Glockenspiel \GLAWK-ken-shpeel\ Noun – A percussion instrument consisting of a series of graduated metal bars tuned to the chromatic scale and played with two hammers
“Sonny, with shoulders like that, you’re a natural to carry the marching band’s glockenspiel in the parade,” intoned the well-travelled virtuoso. “You do understand that I’ll be hammering away on the cranky thing while you walk four miles?”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Alleged Boise Neo-Nazis Charged with Planning
Power Grid Attacks in Idaho, Northwest (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/crime/article253637873.html
2.
Salt River Project Announces Plans to Expand Its
Coolidge Natural Gas Generating Station (Agribiz Media)
https://azbigmedia.com/business/srp-announces-plans-to-expand-its-coolidge-generating-station/
3.
Idaho Power Seeks Surcharge on Blaine County Customers
– Money Would Pay for Burying Portions of New Transmission Line (Idaho Mountain
Express, Ketchum, ID)
4.
Historic Drought Slashes Hydropower Generation in
California, Other Western States (Utility Dive)
5.
WA State: Pend Oreille PUD Approves Interim
Power Contract for Former Mill Site (Pend Oreille PUD, WA – Links to PDF File)
6.
Half of the Pacific Northwest Region’s
Electricity Comes from Water (Bonneville Power Administration)
https://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Half-of-the-regions-electricity-comes-from-water.aspx
7.
Ex-Westinghouse Executive Charged in Failed South
Carolina Nuclear Project (Reuters)
8.
Linework Trainees Seek a Grounded Career - Four
Stories High (Associated Press)
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
9.
News Release: Prioritizing Dam Removal &
River Restoration: An Update on Federal Legislation (American Rivers)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10.
PacifiCorp More Than Doubled Wind Energy
Production Under Newest Project (Daily Energy Insider)
11.
California’s Curtailments of Solar Electricity
Generation Continue to Increase (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=49276
12.
California: Supervisors Approve Rosamond Solar
Project (Bakersfield Californian, CA)
13.
Clean Energy Financing: Congressional Democrats Face
Call for Help from Electric Co-Ops (Yahoo News)
https://news.yahoo.com/daily-energy-democrats-face-call-162200847.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
14.
Skagit County Sues Seattle for Public Records in
Fight Over Fish Passage at City Dams (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
15.
Cross-Border Salish Sea Study Finds Key Puzzle Pieces
of Wild Salmon Die-Off (National Observer, Canada)
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/08/17/news/salish-sea-study-wild-salmon-die-off
16.
WA State: Researchers Using Drones to Track
Salmon on Wenatchee River (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
https://www.kpq.com/researchers-using-drones-to-track-salmon-on-wenatchee-river/
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
17.
Fukushima Nuclear Water to Be Released Via
Undersea Tunnel (Associated Press)
18.
‘A Combination of Failures:’ Why 3.6 Million
Pounds of Nuclear Waste Is Buried on a Popular California Beach (The Guardian, UK)
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
19.
Homes Lose Running Water in Klamath Basin as Houses
Compete with Farmers, Ranchers (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
20.
Scientists Launch Effort to Collect Water Data
in US West (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
21.
As Pacific Northwest Utilities Contemplate Building
Decarbonization, Affordability Concerns Linger (Utility Dive)
22.
The City Is Inching Toward a New Carbon Tax Even
as the Portland Clean Energy Fund Is Awash in Cash (Willamette Week, Portland,
OR)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
23.
StarLink Has Shipped 100,000 Satellite Internet
Terminals, Musk Says (C|Net News)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
24.
A Bitcoin Mining Power Plant Secretly Set Up
Shop in Alberta. Now It’s Being Forced to Shut Down (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/link-global-bitcoin-mine-alberta-1.6137731?cmp=rss
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
25.
Who’s Making Those Electric Vehicle Batteries
That Are Catching on Fire? (Bloomberg News)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-24/who-s-making-those-ev-batteries-catching-fire
26.
WA State: Jefferson Transit Eyes Options for
Electric Buses (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/transit-eyes-options-for-electric-buses/
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
27.
Scientists Just Overcame a Major Hurdle in Nuclear
Fusion Research (Salon)
https://www.salon.com/2021/08/24/fusion-power-nif-results/
OTHER THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
28.
Counties Have No Say on Railroad Expansion in Columbia
River Gorge (Courthouse News Service)
https://www.courthousenews.com/counties-have-no-say-on-railroad-expansion-in-columbia-river-gorge/
29.
Feds Remind You They Will Shoot Down Your Drone
If You Fly It Over Their Nuke Lab (Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/feds-remind-you-they-will-shoot-down-your-drone-if-you-1847547472
30.
Salt River Project Elevates & Assists Women &
Diverse Businesses with Supplier Diversity Program (Transmission & Distribution
World)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
‘Excuse My Dust’ One Last Zinger: Dorothy Parker’s Headstone
Unveiled in New York City
Rolling Stones Drummer Charlie Watts Dies at Age 80
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/08/24/rolling-stones-drummer-charlie-watts-dies-at-age-80/
Giant Rubber Ducky Takes Flight; Where Will It Land Next?
https://apnews.com/article/oddities-europe-business-4c015c91e48893dc2a9da50d3554140a
Chevy Dealer Replaces Customer’s Corvette after Employee’s
148-Mph Street Race
https://www.autoblog.com/2021/08/20/corvette-148-mph-street-race-dealer-replaces-car/
SONG OF THE DAY
The Rolling Stones – Get Off of My Cloud
