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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Europe’s Energy Crisis Is About to Get Worse as Winter
Arrives (TIME Magazine)
https://time.com/6124191/winter-europe-energy/
Arizona: Unsustainable, Resource-Hungry & Loud: Why
Chandler Wants to Ban More Data Centers. (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ –
Paywall Advisory)
Investors Are Buying Up Rural Arizona Farmland to Sell the
Water to Urban Homebuilders (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ – Paywall Advisory)
Lummi Nation Declares Disaster as Tens of Thousands of
Invasive European Green Crab Found (Tacoma News Tribune, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/state/washington/article256140892.html
How Clean Is Green? Nevada Town Fights to Keep Solar
Industry Out of Desert (NBC News)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Europe’s Energy Crisis Is About to Get Worse as
Winter Arrives
2.
Quick Take: Can Small Nuclear Reactors Really
Help the Climate?
3.
Are We at the Dawn of a Nuclear Energy
Renaissance?
4.
What Happens When America’s Coal Plants Die?
5.
Guest Essay: Christine Reid, Stanley J. Kocon
& Kurt Miller: U.S. Hydropower Can Secure a Greener Tomorrow – And Create
American Jobs
6.
Can the DOE’s Community Solar Target to Power 5
Million Homes Be Met? Not without State-Level Support
7.
How Clean Is Green? Nevada Town Fights to Keep
Solar Industry Out of Desert
8.
Community Systems Offer Alternative Paths for
Solar Growth
9.
The Underwater ‘Kites’ Generating Electricity as
They Move
10.
Energy-Efficient Isn’t Enough, So Homes Go ‘Net
Zero’
11.
More Oregonians Embrace All-Electric Home
Movement, ‘Future-Fitting’ Upgrades That Improve Efficiency, Help Keep Harmful
Smoke Out
12.
Forget Gas & Hydrogen. Your Next Boiler
Should Be a Heat Pump
13.
British Columbia: Salmon Arm Stockpile of
Burned-Out Lightbulbs Too Much for One Recycling Event
14.
Lummi Nation Declares Disaster as Tens of
Thousands of Invasive European Green Crab Found
15.
Smaller Fish Tags to Help Sockeye Studies Above
Grand Coulee Dam
16.
Washington State Seeks Tighter Wastewater Rules
for Puget Sound – Sewage Plant Operators Push Back
17.
Investors Are Buying Up Rural Arizona Farmland
to Sell the Water to Urban Homebuilders
18.
British Columbia: ‘Tiger Dam’ Being Built on
Highway 1 in Abbotsford to Hold Back Floodwaters
19.
Researchers Try Producing Potato Resistant to
Climate Change
20.
These Americans Are Just Going Around in
Circles. It Helps the Climate.
21.
Hundreds of Millions in Broadband Spending
Brings Pacific Northwest Closer to Closing Digital Divide
22.
Why Billions in Broadband Money May Go to the
Wrong Places
23.
Task Force on Broadband Internet in Alaska
Releases Report
24.
Utah: UTOPIA Fiber Completes Payson City Project
& Publishes Results of Customer Feedback Survey
25.
Arizona: Unsustainable, Resource-Hungry &
Loud: Why Chandler Wants to Ban More Data Centers.
26.
‘JRR Token’ Is a Punny Name for a
Cryptocurrency, But Tolkien’s Estate Is Not Humored
27.
Some British Columbia Municipalities Are Turning
Off Comments on Their Facebook Posts to Protect Their Staff
28.
Local News Outlets Could Reap $1.7 Billion in
Build Back Better Aid
29.
Jack Dorsey Steps Down as Twitter CEO; Parag
Agrawal Succeeds Him
30.
Russia Says Twitter Mobile Slowdown to Remain
Until All Banned Content Is Removed
31.
I Can’t Stop Watching These Power Plant
Demolition Videos
32. Washington State Perspective: Here Are Six Takeaways from the Tribal Nations Summit
WORD OF THE DAY
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Europe’s Energy Crisis Is About to Get Worse as
Winter Arrives (TIME Magazine)
https://time.com/6124191/winter-europe-energy/
2.
Quick Take: Can Small Nuclear Reactors Really
Help the Climate? (Washington Post – Paywall Advisory)
3.
Are We at the Dawn of a Nuclear Energy
Renaissance? (Huffington Post)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nuclear-power-revival-climate_n_619e8b35e4b07fe20114c6b0
4.
What Happens When America’s Coal Plants Die? (The
Guardian, UK)
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/26/what-happens-when-americas-coal-plants-die
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
5.
Guest Essay: Christine Reid, Stanley J. Kocon &
Kurt Miller: U.S. Hydropower Can Secure a Greener Tomorrow – And Create American
Jobs (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/nov/28/christine-reid-stanley-j-kocon-and-kurt-miller-us-/
6.
Can the DOE’s Community Solar Target to Power 5 Million
Homes Be Met? Not without State-Level Support (Utility Dive)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
7.
How Clean Is Green? Nevada Town Fights to Keep
Solar Industry Out of Desert (NBC News)
8.
Community Systems Offer Alternative Paths for
Solar Growth (Associated Press)
9.
The Underwater ‘Kites’ Generating Electricity as
They Move (British Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59401199
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
10.
Energy-Efficient Isn’t Enough, So Homes Go ‘Net
Zero’ (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/energy-efficient-isnt-enough-so-homes-go-net-zero/
11.
More Oregonians Embrace All-Electric Home
Movement, ‘Future-Fitting’ Upgrades That Improve Efficiency, Help Keep Harmful
Smoke Out (Bend Bulletin, OR – Paywall Advisory)
12.
Forget Gas & Hydrogen. Your Next Boiler
Should Be a Heat Pump (Bloomberg News)
13.
British Columbia: Salmon Arm Stockpile of
Burned-Out Lightbulbs Too Much for One Recycling Event (Saanich Observer, BC)
FISH & WILDLIFE
14.
Lummi Nation Declares Disaster as Tens of
Thousands of Invasive European Green Crab Found (Tacoma News Tribune, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/state/washington/article256140892.html
15.
Smaller Fish Tags to Help Sockeye Studies Above Grand
Coulee Dam (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
https://www.kuow.org/stories/smaller-fish-tags-to-help-sockeye-studies-above-grand-coulee-dam
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
16.
Washington State Seeks Tighter Wastewater Rules for
Puget Sound – Sewage Plant Operators Push Back (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
17.
Investors Are Buying Up Rural Arizona Farmland to
Sell the Water to Urban Homebuilders (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ – Paywall Advisory)
18.
British Columbia: ‘Tiger Dam’ Being Built on Highway
1 in Abbotsford to Hold Back Floodwaters (Abbotsford News, BC)
https://www.abbynews.com/news/tiger-dam-being-built-on-highway-1-to-hold-back-floodwaters/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
19.
Researchers Try Producing Potato Resistant to
Climate Change (Associated Press)
20.
These Americans Are Just Going Around in
Circles. It Helps the Climate. (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/americans-just-going-around-circles-195345213.html
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
21.
Hundreds of Millions in Broadband Spending
Brings Pacific Northwest Closer to Closing Digital Divide (Spokane Public
Radio, WA)
22.
Why Billions in Broadband Money May Go to the Wrong
Places (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/29/fcc-broadband-maps-biden-523425
23.
Task Force on Broadband Internet in Alaska Releases
Report (KINY Radio, Juneau, AK)
24.
Utah: UTOPIA Fiber Completes Payson City Project
& Publishes Results of Customer Feedback Survey (Broadband Breakfast)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
25.
Arizona: Unsustainable, Resource-Hungry &
Loud: Why Chandler Wants to Ban More Data Centers. (Arizona Republic, Phoenix,
AZ – Paywall Advisory)
26.
‘JRR Token’ Is a Punny Name for a Cryptocurrency,
But Tolkien’s Estate Is Not Humored (National Public Radio)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
27.
Some British Columbia Municipalities Are Turning
Off Comments on Their Facebook Posts to Protect Their Staff (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fernie-tofino-facebook-comments-1.6261912?cmp=rss
28.
Local News Outlets Could Reap $1.7 Billion in Build
Back Better Aid (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
29.
Jack Dorsey Steps Down as Twitter CEO; Parag
Agrawal Succeeds Him (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
30.
Russia Says Twitter Mobile Slowdown to Remain
Until All Banned Content Is Removed (Reuters)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
31.
I Can’t Stop Watching These Power Plant
Demolition Videos (Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/i-cant-stop-watching-these-power-plant-demolition-video-1848117789
OTHER THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TODA
32.
Washington State Perspective: Here Are Six Takeaways
from the Tribal Nations Summit (Tacoma News Tribune, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/state/washington/article256043492.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
New Zealand Politician Cycles to Hospital in Labor, Gives
Birth
Merriam-Webster Chooses Vaccine as the 2021 Word of the Year
https://apnews.com/article/merriam-webster-word-of-year-vaccine-89de731624901bc53f4febdbc5925f80
O Holy ‘Fight’: Lawyer & Neighbors Are at Odds Over Home’s
Holiday Display at West Hayden Estates
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/nov/29/o-holy-fight-lawyer-and-neighbors-are-at-odds-over/
United Kingdom – ‘Oh Wow’: Remarkable Roman Mosaic Found in Rutland
Field
SONG OF THE DAY
Paul Anka – You’re Having My Baby
