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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
California: San Diego
Gas & Electric May Shut Off Your Power This Thanksgiving Weekend (KNSD-TV,
San Diego, CA)
The Pacific Northwest
Faces Second Damaging Atmospheric River in a Week (Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/pacific-northwest-faces-second-damaging-atmospheric-riv-1848116544
Hybrid Salmon Found in
Canada May Be a Result of Climate Change (New Scientist)
REC Silicon Moves
Closer to Reopening in Moses Lake (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
https://columbiabasinherald.com/news/2021/nov/23/rec-silicon-moves-closer-reopening-moses-lake/
Utah’s Great Salt Lake
Is ‘A Puddle of Its Former Self’ – Nearly Half the Size It Was 35 Years Ago
(The Daily Mail, UK)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. California:
San Diego Gas & Electric May Shut Off Your Power This Thanksgiving Weekend
2. WA
State: Divisive Tacoma Natural Gas Project Wins Approval from Key State Board,
Upsetting Puyallup Tribe
3. Bonneville
Power Administration Closes the Book on Financially Successful 2021
4. Last
Peace River Dam Power Turbines Arrive in Canada
5. NE
U.S.: Amid the Push for a Cleaner Future, a Proposed Power Plant Threatens to
Escalate the War Over the Region’s Power Grid
6. Major
U.S. Utilities Spending More on Electricity Delivery, Less on Power Production
7. Heating
Bills for Oil & Natural Gas Are Set to Rise This Winter. Here Are 5 Ways to
Winterize Your Home — And Save Some Money
8. California
Gov. Newsom Names Energy Adviser as State’s Top Utility Regulator
9. Editorial:
Washington State’s Moment to Shine in Offshore Wind Energy
10. News
Release: Seattle City Light Explores Renewable Hydrogen Fuel at the Port of
Seattle with Department of Energy Awards
11. Guest
Essay: Our Decarbonization Efforts Are Being Compromised, But That Can Change
12. Guest
Essay: Montana Is Poised to Build a Bright Broadband Future
13. REC
Silicon Moves Closer to Reopening in Moses Lake
14. Nevada
Solar Construction Project Racks Up Big Fines for Blowing Dust
15. Powerful
Battery Pack to Be Tested by Logan City Light & Power Is the First for Utah
16. Introducing
‘Regenerative,’ the New Climate Buzzword
17. Hybrid
Salmon Found in Canada May Be a Result of Climate Change
18. Alaska
Lawmakers in Both Parties Demand Action on Excessive Fisheries Bycatch
19. ‘The
Next Great Casualty of Climate Change’ Could Be Global Fishing Stocks
20. Rallying
for Salmon with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe at the Idaho Capitol
21. West
Coast Dungeness Crab Season to Open December 1 for First Time in Years
22. Higher
than Average River Flows Cause Excessive Muddy Run Off in Columbia River
23. WA
State: Clallam Bay Running Water Service Restored by Clallam PUD After Bypass
24. Tracking
Washington State’s 2021-22 Snowpack Through Maps & Charts
25. Utah’s
Great Salt Lake Is ‘A Puddle of Its Former Self’ – Nearly Half the Size It Was
35 Years Ago
26. WA
State: High-Speed Fiber-Optic Internet Now Live in Tekoa
27. Fraud
in Broadband Subsidy Sign-Ups Alarms FCC Watchdog
28. Five
Conversation Starters for Thanksgiving Dinner
29. Who
Invented the Lightbulb?
30. The
Pacific Northwest Faces Second Damaging Atmospheric River in a Week
31. Santa
Ana Winds to Increase Southern California Fire Danger
32. Weather,
Natural Gas Supplies - Fertilizer Shortage May Lead to Spring Scramble on North
America’s Farms
33. U.S.
Jobless Claims Hit 52-Year Low After Seasonal Adjustments
34. Quarter Shortage Creates a Two-Bit Black Market in Coin-Operated Seattle
WORD OF THE DAY
Obverse \AHB-verse\ Noun – *1: the side of a coin or currency note bearing the chief device and lettering; broadly: a front or principal surface 2: a counterpart having the opposite orientation or force; also: opposite.
Garfunkel was enjoying his summer daydream. He was a lucky silver dollar in the pocket of a Wall Street Trader. The daydream had its downside, like the time the trader flipped the coin over and over with the obverse side constantly landing up. “One more time and I’ll urp up silver,” opined the daydreaming Garfunkel.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
2.
WA State: Divisive Tacoma Natural Gas Project
Wins Approval from Key State Board, Upsetting Puyallup Tribe (Tacoma News
Tribune, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article256036547.html
3.
Bonneville Power Administration Closes the Book on
Financially Successful 2021 (Bonneville Power Administration)
https://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/BPA-closes-the-book-on-financially-successful-2021.aspx
4.
Last Peace River Dam Power Turbines Arrive in Canada
(Alaska Highway News, Canada)
https://www.alaskahighwaynews.ca/regional-news/site-c/last-site-c-turbines-arrive-in-canada-4790401
5.
NE U.S.: Amid the Push for a Cleaner Future, a Proposed
Power Plant Threatens to Escalate the War Over the Region’s Power Grid (Boston
Globe, MA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/11/23/science/new-skirmish-war-over-future-regions-power-grid/
6.
Major U.S. Utilities Spending More on
Electricity Delivery, Less on Power Production (U.S. Energy Information
Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=50456
7.
Heating Bills for Oil & Natural Gas Are Set to
Rise This Winter. Here Are 5 Ways to Winterize Your Home — And Save Some Money (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
8.
California Gov. Newsom Names Energy Adviser as
State’s Top Utility Regulator (Associated Press)
SOAPBOX
SERENADE – VOX POPULI
9. Editorial: Washington State’s Moment to Shine in Offshore Wind Energy (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory. From the “Build it, we dare you” department)
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/washingtons-moment-to-shine-in-offshore-wind-energy/
10.
News Release: Seattle City Light Explores
Renewable Hydrogen Fuel at the Port of Seattle with Department of Energy Awards
(Powerlines, Seattle City Light, WA)
11.
Guest Essay: Our Decarbonization Efforts Are
Being Compromised, But That Can Change (Puget Sound Business Journal, Seattle,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
12.
Guest Essay: Montana Is Poised to Build a Bright
Broadband Future (Billings Gazette, MT – Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
13. REC
Silicon Moves Closer to Reopening in Moses Lake (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, WA)
https://columbiabasinherald.com/news/2021/nov/23/rec-silicon-moves-closer-reopening-moses-lake/
14.
Nevada Solar Construction Project Racks Up Big
Fines for Blowing Dust (Associated Press)
16.
Introducing ‘Regenerative,’ the New Climate
Buzzword (Washington Post – Paywall Advisory)
FISH & WILDLIFE
17. Hybrid
Salmon Found in Canada May Be a Result of Climate Change (New Scientist)
18.
Alaska Lawmakers in Both Parties Demand Action on
Excessive Fisheries Bycatch (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
19.
‘The Next Great Casualty of Climate Change’
Could Be Global Fishing Stocks (Yahoo! News)
20.
Rallying for Salmon with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe
at the Idaho Capitol (KIVI-TV, Nampa, ID)
21.
West Coast Dungeness Crab Season to Open December
1 for First Time in Years (Associated Press)
https://katu.com/news/local/dungeness-crab-season-to-open-dec-1-for-first-time-in-years
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
22.
Higher than Average River Flows Cause Excessive
Muddy Run Off in Columbia River (KPQ-Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
https://www.kpq.com/higher-than-average-river-flows-cause-excessive-muddy-run-off-in-columbia-river/
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
23.
WA State: Clallam Bay Running Water Service
Restored by Clallam PUD After Bypass (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/clallam-bay-running-water-service-restored-after-bypass/
24. Tracking Washington State’s 2021-22 Snowpack Through Maps & Charts (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
26. WA State: High-Speed Fiber-Optic Internet Now Live in Tekoa (KQQQ-Radio, Pullman, WA)
https://pullmanradio.com/high-speed-fiber-optic-internet-now-live-in-tekoa/
27.
Fraud in Broadband Subsidy Sign-Ups Alarms FCC
Watchdog (Bloomberg News)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
28.
Five Conversation Starters for Thanksgiving Dinner
(Bonneville Power Administration)
https://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Five-conversation-starters-for-Thanksgiving-dinner.aspx
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
29.
Who Invented the Lightbulb? (California News-Times)
https://californianewstimes.com/who-invented-the-lightbulb-live-science/601285/
OTHER THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY
30. The
Pacific Northwest Faces Second Damaging Atmospheric River in a Week (Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/pacific-northwest-faces-second-damaging-atmospheric-riv-1848116544
31.
Santa Ana Winds to Increase Southern California
Fire Danger (Associated Press)
32.
Weather, Natural Gas Supplies - Fertilizer Shortage
May Lead to Spring Scramble on North America’s Farms (Reuters)
33.
U.S. Jobless Claims Hit 52-Year Low After
Seasonal Adjustments (Associated Press)
34.
Quarter Shortage Creates a Two-Bit Black Market in
Coin-Operated Seattle (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Dollar Tree Makes It
Official: Items Will Now Cost $1.25
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dollar-tree-raises-prices-125_n_619d6f8ee4b044a1cc0e37ed
Bettor Turns $50 Into
More Than $1 Million Thanks to Wild 15-Leg Parlay
Rare First Printing of
U.S. Constitution Sells for Record $43 Million
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/rare-printing-constitution-sells-record-43m-81275943
Island Beaches in Epic Migration to Sea
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/red-crab-migration-christmas-island-1.6259254?cmp=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
ABBA – Money, Money,
Money
