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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Scorching Daytime Highs, Warm Overnight Temps Pose Heat
Danger This Week (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/08/08/scorching-daytime-highs-pose-heat-danger-oregon/
Climate Change: United Nations Report Is ‘Code Red for
Humanity’ (British Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58130705
With Power Subsidy in Court, Rural Alaskans Anxiously Await
a Steep Rise in Electricity Costs (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
California Hydropower Plant Forced to Shut Down as Water
Levels Fall at Lake Oroville (Cable News Network)
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/06/us/lake-oroville-water-level-power-plant/index.html
Seattle City Light Commits to Studying Impacts of Removing
Skagit River Dams (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
With Power Subsidy in Court, Rural Alaskans
Anxiously Await a Steep Rise in Electricity Costs
2.
California Hydropower Plant Forced to Shut Down
as Water Levels Fall at Lake Oroville
3.
Seattle City Light Commits to Studying Impacts
of Removing Skagit River Dams
4.
Arizona: Tribes Cheer Withdrawal of Two Little
Colorado Hydropower Projects But Fear a Third
5.
Judge Rejects Challenge to Eastern Oregon
Transmission Line
6.
Alaska: Replacement Undersea Power Cable Nears
Completion
7.
Avista Makes Annual Price Adjustment Filings in
Idaho
8.
Power, Planning, Taxing – Montana Cities Grapple
with What Legal Weed Will Mean
9.
EIA: COVID-19 Reversed Recent Residential
Electricity Demand Drop in 2020, But Not by Much
10.
WA State: Wahkiakum PUD Appoints New General
Manager
11.
Guest Essay: Kate Brown – The West Is on Fire.
It’s Past Time to Act on Climate Change.
12.
Wind Farm Wars – Why a Secretive Chinese
Billionaire Bought 140,000 Acres of Land in Texas
13.
How a Federal Agency Is Blocking America’s
Largest Wind Farm
14.
Goldendale Pumped Hydro Project near Columbia
River Could Stabilize, Expand Energy Grid
15.
Avista Starts Regional Electrification Program
Following Approval from Washington State Regulators
16.
For the First Time in 111 Years, Summer Chinook
Are Swimming in the Little Spokane River
17.
Canada: Up to 85 Percent of Historical Salmon
Habitat Lost in Lower Fraser Region
18.
‘More & More Dire’: Idaho Salmon Advocates
Rally for Snake River Dam Breaching
19.
Climate Change: United Nations Report Is ‘Code
Red for Humanity’
20.
Leaders, Activists Alarmed, Not Surprised by
Climate Report
21.
DC Circuit Orders FERC to Analyze Climate,
Environmental Justice More Thoroughly
22.
WA State: Will Broadband Legislation Help Bridge
‘Digital Divide’ Locally?
23.
WA State: ‘Incredibly Well Positioned’: Lewis
County PUD Optimistic About Expansive Broadband Plan
24.
CenturyLink Selling Copper Assets
25.
Scorching Daytime Highs, Warm Overnight Temps
Pose Heat Danger This Week
26.
President Biden’s Infrastructure Bill on Cruise
Control to U.S. Senate Passage
27.
A Chat with the Congressman Trying to Make ‘Hot
FERC Summer’ Happen
28. ‘Let’s Get This Thing Going’: Canada Opens Border to Fully Vaccinated Americans for Travel
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Men in Rubber Suits on a Rampage
Monstrous \MON-struss\ 1: strange, unnatural 2: having extraordinary often overwhelming size 3: gigantic 3a: having the qualities or appearance of a monster 3b: teeming with monsters 4a: extraordinarily ugly or vicious: 4b: shockingly wrong or ridiculous 5: deviating greatly from the natural form or character: 6: very great — used as an intensive
Ode to Godzilla
Man in rubber suit
Tiny Tokyo destroyed
Monstrous behavior
https://joelshorriblehaiku.blogspot.com/
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
With Power Subsidy in Court, Rural Alaskans Anxiously
Await a Steep Rise in Electricity Costs (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
2.
California Hydropower Plant Forced to Shut Down as
Water Levels Fall at Lake Oroville (Cable News Network)
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/06/us/lake-oroville-water-level-power-plant/index.html
3.
Seattle City Light Commits to Studying Impacts of
Removing Skagit River Dams (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
4.
Arizona: Tribes Cheer Withdrawal of Two Little
Colorado Hydropower Projects But Fear a Third (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ)
5.
Judge Rejects Challenge to Eastern Oregon Transmission
Line (Blue Mountain Eagle, John Day, OR)
6.
Alaska: Replacement Undersea Power Cable Nears
Completion (Petersburg Pilot, AK)
7.
Avista Makes Annual Price Adjustment Filings in Idaho
(Coeur d’Alene Press, ID)
https://cdapress.com/news/2021/aug/05/avista-makes-annual-price-adjustment-filings-idaho/
8.
Power, Planning, Taxing – Montana Cities Grapple
with What Legal Weed Will Mean (Montana Free Press)
https://montanafreepress.org/2021/08/05/montana-cities-legal-weed-detail/
9.
EIA: COVID-19 Reversed Recent Residential
Electricity Demand Drop in 2020, But Not by Much (Power Engineering)
10.
WA State: Wahkiakum PUD Appoints New General
Manager (Wahkiakum County Eagle, Cathlamet, WA)
https://www.waheagle.com/story/2021/08/05/news/pud-appoints-new-general-manager/19707.html
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
11.
Guest Essay: Kate Brown – The West Is on Fire. It’s
Past Time to Act on Climate Change. (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2021/08/05/kate-brown-west-is-fire/
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
12.
Wind Farm Wars – Why a Secretive Chinese
Billionaire Bought 140,000 Acres of Land in Texas (Forbes Magazine)
13.
How a Federal Agency Is Blocking America’s Largest
Wind Farm (Los Angeles Times, CA)
14.
Goldendale Pumped Hydro Project near Columbia
River Could Stabilize, Expand Energy Grid (Business Institute of Washington)
https://thelens.news/2021/08/05/goldendale-project-could-stabilize-expand-energy-grid/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
15.
Avista Starts Regional Electrification Program
Following Approval from Washington State Regulators (Daily Energy Insider)
FISH & WILDLIFE
16.
For the First Time in 111 Years, Summer Chinook
Are Swimming in the Little Spokane River (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/galleries/2021/aug/07/for-the-first-time-in-111-years-summer-chinook-are/
17.
Canada: Up to 85 Percent of Historical Salmon
Habitat Lost in Lower Fraser Region (Science Daily)
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210805115525.htm
18.
‘More & More Dire’: Idaho Salmon Advocates
Rally for Snake River Dam Breaching (Yahoo News)
https://news.yahoo.com/more-more-dire-idaho-salmon-100000662.html?soc_src=yahooapp
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
19.
Climate Change: United Nations Report Is ‘Code
Red for Humanity’ (British Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58130705
20.
Leaders, Activists Alarmed, Not Surprised by Climate
Report (Associated Press)
21.
DC Circuit Orders FERC to Analyze Climate,
Environmental Justice More Thoroughly (Utility Dive)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
22.
WA State: Will Broadband Legislation Help Bridge
‘Digital Divide’ Locally? (Edmonds Beacon, WA)
23.
WA State: ‘Incredibly Well Positioned’: Lewis
County PUD Optimistic About Expansive Broadband Plan (The Chronicle, Centralia,
WA)
24.
CenturyLink Selling Copper Assets (Pots & Pans)
https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2021/08/09/centurylink-selling-copper-assets/
OTHER THINGS TO KNOW
25.
Scorching Daytime Highs, Warm Overnight Temps
Pose Heat Danger This Week (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/08/08/scorching-daytime-highs-pose-heat-danger-oregon/
26.
President Biden’s Infrastructure Bill on Cruise
Control to U.S. Senate Passage (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/08/biden-infrastructure-bill-senate-502785
27.
A Chat with the Congressman Trying to Make ‘Hot
FERC Summer’ Happen (Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/a-chat-with-the-congressman-trying-to-make-hot-ferc-sum-1847430476
28.
‘Let’s Get This Thing Going’: Canada Opens
Border to Fully Vaccinated Americans for Travel (USA Today)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
NASA Seeking People to Pretend to Live on Mars for a Year
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nasa-live-on-mars-job_n_610e96dae4b05f81570ac962
Ohio Man, 95-Year-Old Grandma Cook Up World’s Biggest Oreo
Fish with Mouth of Human-Like Teeth Caught in North Carolina
Waste Workers Find $25,000 Accidentally Thrown Out by Ohio Family
SONG OF THE DAY
Alfred Newman – How the West Was Won – Main Title (Movie
Soundtrack)
