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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Advanced Nuclear Reactor Proposed in Washington State
(Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/maryland-tri-cities-washington-5e7cb2092414f345ec18efb177d5d7f8
Study Plan for Seattle City Light’s Skagit River Dam
Relicensing Expected This Week (Skagit Valley Herald, Mt. Vernon, WA)
Pacific Northwest Officials Consider Hydrogen Fuel
(Associated Press)
Scientists, First Nations Team Up in Fresh Attempt to Revive
Struggling British Columbia Herring Stocks (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
President Biden’s Plan to Fix America’s Internet (NY Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/technology/biden-internet-plan.html
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Advanced Nuclear Reactor Proposed in Washington
State
2.
Grant PUD Joins Tri Energy Partnership to Build
First Commercial Advanced Nuclear Reactor
3.
Study Plan for Seattle City Light’s Skagit River
Dam Relicensing Expected This Week
4.
Op/Ed: Idaho Congressman’s Dam-Breaching
Proposal Ignores Looming Power Shortage
5.
Op/Ed: Oregon Gov. Brown’s Lawsuit Challenges
Collaboration
6.
Op/Ed: Dam Breaching Proposal Is a Terrible Idea
7.
Op/Ed: We Need to Work Together on Snake River
Dam Plan
8.
Bills to Save Wyoming Coal Gain More Ground in
Legislature
9.
Electricity Price Decrease Proposed for Idaho
Customers
10.
Op/Ed: Bill Dobbins: Microsoft Should Bear the
Risk, Not Douglas County PUD
11.
Op/Ed: NorthWestern Energy’s Leadership Banks on
Dirty Energy & Montanans Footing the Bill
12.
Past Due Electric Bills an Undue Burden on
Americans
13.
Electric Bills Rise in Norfolk after ‘Smart
Meters’ Installed; Dominion Says Meters Aren’t to Blame
14.
U.S. Energy Consumption Fell by a Record 7% in
2020
15.
Pacific Northwest Officials Consider Hydrogen
Fuel
16.
WA State: Benton PUD Was ‘Wary’ of Wind Power
Last Fall–Horse Heaven Hills Project
17.
‘It’s Irreversible’: Goldendale Pumped Hydro
Green Energy Project Highlights a History of Native Dispossession
18.
British Columbia: First Nation Granted Almost
$500,000 for School Solar-Power Project to Reduce Reliance on Diesel
19.
Apple to Build Battery-Based Solar Energy
Storage Project in California
20.
New England’s Solar Growth Is Creating Tension
Over Who Pays for Grid Upgrades
21.
Scientists, First Nations Team Up in Fresh
Attempt to Revive Struggling British Columbia Herring Stocks
22.
NOAA Fisheries: Warming Ocean Should Focus
Attention on Freshwater Actions to Improve Salmon Survival
23.
Rainbow Trout Removal Project Proposed on
Wilderness Stream That Flows into Yellowstone
24.
Group Sues U.S. Over Inaction to Protect
Threatened Species
25.
Western Rivers Face Pinch as Another Dry Year
Takes Shape
26.
Editorial: WA State ‘Cap & Invest’ Proposal
Carries Promise for Emissions & Economy
27.
Op/Ed: Banning Natural Gas in Homes Will
Increase the Consumption of Natural Gas
28.
President Biden’s Plan to Fix America’s Internet
29.
That Spotty Wi-Fi? There’s $100 Billion to Fix
It
30.
Biden Broadband Plan Embraces Community
Broadband in Stark Contrast to Trump
31.
Broadband’s Have-Nots Test Biden Plan for Rural
Internet Rollout
32.
Facebook Data for 533 Million Users Leaked in
2019 & Hey, It’s Still Out There
33.
Portland General Electric’s $10 Million Big-Rig
Charging Plan Hits a Bump at the PUC
34.
President Biden’s Plan to Rev Up the Electric
Car Market Is Complicated by Battery Supplies
35. In a Pennsylvania Town, a Facebook Group Fills the Local News Void
WORD OF THE DAY
Descry • \dih-SKRYE\ • Verb – *1: to catch sight of 2: find out, discover.
Burrowed deep in the switchgrass fields of Nebraska, contemplating his latest treatise on renewable energy, Francisco was slipping in and out of sleep as he descried buzzards lazily circling in the sky directly overhead. Unfortunately for him, that was the last thing he saw, as a harvesting machine snatched up the hummock of grass in which he was nestled. How ironic that the famous ethanol researcher was to become a tank of fuel himself.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Advanced Nuclear Reactor Proposed in Washington State
(Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/maryland-tri-cities-washington-5e7cb2092414f345ec18efb177d5d7f8
2.
Grant PUD Joins Tri Energy Partnership to Build
First Commercial Advanced Nuclear Reactor (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
3.
Study Plan for Seattle City Light’s Skagit River
Dam Relicensing Expected This Week (Skagit Valley Herald, Mt. Vernon, WA)
4.
Op/Ed: Idaho Congressman’s Dam-Breaching
Proposal Ignores Looming Power Shortage (Tri-City Herald, WA)
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/article250443111.html
5.
Op/Ed: Oregon Gov. Brown’s Lawsuit Challenges
Collaboration (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
6.
Op/Ed: Dam Breaching Proposal Is a Terrible Idea
(Capital Press)
7.
Op/Ed: We Need to Work Together on Snake River Dam
Plan (Roseburg News-Review, OR)
8.
Bills to Save Wyoming Coal Gain More Ground in Legislature
(Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
9.
Electricity Price Decrease Proposed for Idaho Customers
(The Preston Citizen, Logan, UT)
10.
Op/Ed: Bill Dobbins: Microsoft Should Bear the Risk,
Not Douglas County PUD (Wenatchee World, WA – Paywall Advisory)
11.
Op/Ed: NorthWestern Energy’s Leadership Banks on
Dirty Energy & Montanans Footing the Bill (Helena Independent-Record, MT)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2021/04/oped-northwestern-energys-leadership.html
12.
Past Due Electric Bills an Undue Burden on Americans
(Forbes Magazine)
13.
Electric Bills Rise in Norfolk after ‘Smart
Meters’ Installed; Dominion Says Meters Aren’t to Blame (WTKR-TV, Norfolk, VA)
14.
U.S. Energy Consumption Fell by a Record 7% in 2020
(U.S. Energy Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=47397
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE – BUILD IT, WE DARE YOU
15.
Pacific Northwest Officials Consider Hydrogen
Fuel (Associated Press)
16.
WA State: Benton PUD Was ‘Wary’ of Wind Power
Last Fall–Horse Heaven Hills Project (KFLD Radio, Tri-Cities, WA)
https://newstalk870.am/benton-pud-was-wary-of-wind-power-last-fall-hh-hills-project/
17.
‘It’s Irreversible’: Goldendale Pumped Hydro Green
Energy Project Highlights a History of Native Dispossession (Spokane Public
radio, WA)
18.
British Columbia: First Nation Granted Almost $500,000
for School Solar-Power Project to Reduce Reliance on Diesel (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
19.
Apple to Build Battery-Based Solar Energy
Storage Project in California (GDN Online)
20.
New England’s Solar Growth Is Creating Tension
Over Who Pays for Grid Upgrades (Energy News Network)
FISH & WILDLIFE
21.
Scientists, First Nations Team Up in Fresh
Attempt to Revive Struggling British Columbia Herring Stocks (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
22.
NOAA Fisheries: Warming Ocean Should Focus
Attention on Freshwater Actions to Improve Salmon Survival (Northwest Power
& Conservation Council)
23.
Rainbow Trout Removal Project Proposed on Wilderness
Stream That Flows into Yellowstone (Billings Gazette, MT)
24.
Group Sues U.S. Over Inaction to Protect
Threatened Species (Oregon Public Radio)
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/04/02/group-sues-us-over-inaction-to-protect-threatened-species/
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
25.
Western Rivers Face Pinch as Another Dry Year
Takes Shape (Associated Press)
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Western-rivers-face-pinch-as-another-dry-year-16072881.php
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
26.
Editorial: WA State ‘Cap & Invest’ Proposal
Carries Promise for Emissions & Economy (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
27.
Op/Ed: Banning Natural Gas in Homes Will
Increase the Consumption of Natural Gas (The Hill, Washington, DC)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
28.
President Biden’s Plan to Fix America’s Internet
(NY Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/technology/biden-internet-plan.html
29.
That Spotty Wi-Fi? There’s $100 Billion to Fix
It (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/that-spotty-wi-fi-theres-100-billion-to-fix-it/
30.
Biden Broadband Plan Embraces Community
Broadband in Stark Contrast to Trump (TechDirt)
31.
Broadband’s Have-Nots Test Biden Plan for Rural
Internet Rollout (Bloomberg News)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
32.
Facebook Data for 533 Million Users Leaked in 2019
& Hey, It’s Still Out There (Mashable)
https://mashable.com/article/facebook-2019-data-leak-533-million-users-free/
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
33.
Portland General Electric’s $10 Million Big-Rig
Charging Plan Hits a Bump at the PUC (Portland Business Journal, OR)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2021/04/portland-general-electrics-10-million.html
34.
President Biden’s Plan to Rev Up the Electric
Car Market Is Complicated by Battery Supplies (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/04/04/electric-cars-batteries/
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
35.
In a Pennsylvania Town, a Facebook Group Fills the
Local News Void (NBC News)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Mon Apr 5th, 2021 – Star Trek First Contact Day
https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/star-trek-first-contact-day/
Piece of SpaceX Rocket Debris lands at Washington State Farm
Stanford Holds Off Arizona 54-53 to Win Women’s NCAA Title
https://www.theolympian.com/news/nation-world/article250431461.html?ac_cid=DM421129&ac_bid=-26191832
Unopened Super Mario Bros. Game from 1986 Sells for $660,000
https://apnews.com/article/video-games-games-e6e5f81cf829b81a4873faa4cc3e8384
SONG OF THE DAY
Star Trek First Contact Main Title
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhoa7oWPPhk
Star Trek Medley – Virtual Orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x2Y10-MdDU
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