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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Pacific Northwest
Braces for Another Multiday Heat Wave (Associated Press)
Hydropower Levels Under
Careful Watch as Drought Ravages the West (Power Magazine)
https://www.powermag.com/hydropower-levels-under-careful-watch-as-drought-ravages-the-west/
More Klamath Basin
Wells Go Dry as Groundwater Decline Persists (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Explainer: What the $65
Billion Federal Broadband Service Plan Will Do (Associated Press)
WA Dept. of Ecology Set
to Begin Climate Commitment Act Rulemaking This Fall (Washington State Wire)
https://washingtonstatewire.com/ecology-set-to-begin-climate-commitment-act-rulemaking-this-fall/
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. Hydropower
Levels Under Careful Watch as Drought Ravages the West
2. WA
State: Lawsuit Aims to Keep Natural Gas Measure Off Spokane Ballot
3. As
the Climate Warms, Electricity Demand Shows a Regional Shift
4. WA
U.S. Rep. Newhouse Introduces Legislation for Establishment of Nuclear Power
Purchase Agreement Program
5. NW
Natural to Buy Renewable Gas Credits, Puts Out Call for More Renewable Natural
Gas
6. Historic
Postal Rate Increase on Co-op Marketing Mail Starts Aug. 29
7. Utility
Companies, State Officials Team Up to Protect Consumers from Utility Scams
8. Biden
Officials Push to Hike Federal Lightbulb Efficiency after Trump Reversal
9. U.S.
Senate Infrastructure Package Could ‘Significantly Improve’ Salmon Habitat
10. Officials:
Idaho Trap-&-Truck Salmon Effort Successful
11. WA
State: Swinomish Tribe Objects as State Allows Cooke Aquaculture to Stock Net
Pen at Hope Island
12. More
Klamath Basin Wells Go Dry as Groundwater Decline Persists
13. Kristen
Bell Says She Doesn’t Shower Often for Environmental Reasons. Experts Weigh In.
14. WA
Dept. of Ecology Set to Begin Climate Commitment Act Rulemaking This Fall
15. U.S.
Power Emissions Set to Surge Most in More Than 30 Years
16. Explainer:
What the $65 Billion Federal Broadband Service Plan Will Do
17. Canada:
‘Up to 1 Million’ Bitcoin Processors Could Be Relocated to Alberta from China
Under Energy Firm’s Proposal
18. Hackers
Behind Historic Crypto Heist Have Reportedly Returned $256 Million in Stolen
Funds
19. Supercomputer
Forecasts Are Now Helping Utilities Prepare for Climate Change & Extreme
Weather
20. Idaho:
In Bellevue, New Homes May Soon Need Outlets That Can Charge Electric Cars
21. Future
of Driving: Electric Cars for Everyone! But What About the Expensive Price Tag?
22. Pacific
Northwest Braces for Another Multiday Heat Wave
23. The
Summer’s Second Heatwave Comes into Focus – And Slightly Cooler Than Initially
Predicted
24. Huge
California Fire Grows; Montana Blaze Threatens Towns
25. Climate Change, Broadband - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Visits Taholah, WA
WORD OF THE DAY
Foolscap \FOOLZ-kap\ Noun - 1: a cap or hood usually with bells worn by jesters 2: a conical cap for slow or lazy students 3: a size of paper formerly standard in Great Britain; broadly: a piece of writing paper
Ha! A fool’s cap made from foolscap!
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1. Hydropower
Levels Under Careful Watch as Drought Ravages the West (Power Magazine)
https://www.powermag.com/hydropower-levels-under-careful-watch-as-drought-ravages-the-west/
2.
WA State: Lawsuit Aims to Keep Natural Gas
Measure Off Spokane Ballot (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/aug/10/lawsuit-aims-to-keep-natural-gas-measure-off-spoka/
3.
As the Climate Warms, Electricity Demand Shows a
Regional Shift (PV Magazine)
4.
WA U.S. Rep. Newhouse Introduces Legislation for
Establishment of Nuclear Power Purchase Agreement Program (KPQ Radio,
Wenatchee, WA)
5.
NW Natural to Buy Renewable Gas Credits, Puts
Out Call for More Renewable Natural Gas (Portland Business Journal, OR – Paywall
Advisory)
https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2021/08/09/nw-natural-rng-rtc-deal.html
https://www.electric.coop/historic-postal-rate-increase-on-co-op-marketing-mail-starts-aug-29
7.
Utility Companies, State Officials Team Up to
Protect Consumers from Utility Scams (Daily Energy Insider)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
8.
Biden Officials Push to Hike Federal Lightbulb
Efficiency after Trump Reversal (The Hill, Washington, DC)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
U.S. Senate Infrastructure Package Could ‘Significantly
Improve’ Salmon Habitat (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
10.
Officials: Idaho Trap-&-Truck Salmon Effort
Successful (Associated Press)
11.
WA State: Swinomish Tribe Objects as State
Allows Cooke Aquaculture to Stock Net Pen at Hope Island (KNKX Radio, Tacoma,
WA)
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
12. More
Klamath Basin Wells Go Dry as Groundwater Decline Persists (Oregonian, Portland,
OR)
13.
Kristen Bell Says She Doesn’t Shower Often for Environmental
Reasons. Experts Weigh In. (Yahoo News)
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/kristen-bell-shower-saving-water-151418215.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
14.
WA Dept. of Ecology Set to Begin Climate
Commitment Act Rulemaking This Fall (Washington State Wire)
https://washingtonstatewire.com/ecology-set-to-begin-climate-commitment-act-rulemaking-this-fall/
15.
U.S. Power Emissions Set to Surge Most in More
Than 30 Years (Bloomberg News)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
16. Explainer:
What the $65 Billion Federal Broadband Service Plan Will Do (Associated Press)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
17.
Canada: ‘Up to 1 Million’ Bitcoin Processors
Could Be Relocated to Alberta from China Under Energy Firm’s Proposal (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bitcoin-mining-black-rock-petroleum-company-1.6106978
18.
Hackers Behind Historic Crypto Heist Have Reportedly
Returned $256 Million in Stolen Funds (Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/hackers-behind-historic-crypto-heist-have-reportedly-re-1847465401
19.
Supercomputer Forecasts Are Now Helping
Utilities Prepare for Climate Change & Extreme Weather (Canary Media)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
20.
Idaho: In Bellevue, New Homes May Soon Need
Outlets That Can Charge Electric Cars (Idaho Mountain Express, Ketchum, ID)
21.
Future of Driving: Electric Cars for Everyone! But
What About the Expensive Price Tag? (NY Times)
OTHER THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
22. Pacific
Northwest Braces for Another Multiday Heat Wave (Associated Press)
23.
The Summer’s Second Heatwave Comes into Focus – And
Slightly Cooler Than Initially Predicted (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-summers-second-heatwave-comes-into.html
24.
Huge California Fire Grows; Montana Blaze
Threatens Towns (Associated Press)
25.
Climate Change, Broadband - U.S. Secretary of
the Interior Visits Taholah, WA (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
https://www.thedailyworld.com/news/u-s-secretary-of-the-interior-visits-taholah/
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Perseid Meteor Shower
Expected to Peak Wednesday Night. Here’s How to See It
https://www.seattlepi.com/weather/article/how-to-watch-perseid-meteor-shower-in-seattle-16377877.php
‘Jeopardy!’ Names Mike
Richards & Mayim Bialik as New Hosts
https://mashable.com/article/jeopardy-hosts-mayim-bialik-mike-richards
14-Year-Old Becomes
Youngest to Swim Length of Lake Tahoe
https://apnews.com/article/swimming-sports-lakes-2cd7115f0a0072099d82789e6afd0510
115-year-old time
capsule found during church demolition in Seattle
SONG OF THE DAY
Boy Meets Girl – Waiting
for a Star to Fall
