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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Arizona: Divided Salt
River Project Board OKs Expansion of Gas-Burning Power Plant (Associated Press)
WA State: New Pipeline
Will Deposit Treated Water from Ex-Uranium Mine Directly into Lake Roosevelt
(Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/sep/15/new-pipeline-will-deposit-treated-water-from-ex-ur/
Thousands of Salmon
Washing Up Dead on California Creek Banks Due to Climate Crisis (The
Independent, UK)
Utah’s Water Outlook
Slightly Improved, But West Remains in Grip of Long-Term Drought (Salt Lake
Tribune, UT)
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2021/09/14/utahs-water-outlook/
California
Overwhelmingly Rejects Recall, Keeps Newsom as Governor (Los Angeles Times, CA)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-14/recall-election-california-newsom-results
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. Arizona:
Divided Salt River Project Board OKs Expansion of Gas-Burning Power Plant
2. California:
Emergency Natural Gas Electric Generation Station in Roseville Goes Live This
Week
3. Washington
State Urges People with Overdue Utility Bills to Get Help Before Shutoff
Moratorium Ends Sept. 30
4. Out-Of-Season
Outage Closes the Dalles Dam Navigation Lock
5. British
Columbia Not Effectively Overseeing Safety of Dams: Auditor General
6. Comment
on the Draft 2021 Northwest Power Plan
7. U.S.
Regulators Approve Texas Nuclear Dump Despite Opposition
8. National
Grid Site Fire Shuts Down Power Cable Between France & UK
9. Guest
Essay: Don’t Be Fooled: Hydropower Is an Essential Part of a U.S. Climate
Solution
10. Guest
Essay: Dam Breaching Advocacy Ignores Climate Science, Public Safety Needs
11. Guest
Essay: Renewable Hydrogen Pilot Given Green Light in Washington State
12. Nevada:
Bureau of Land Management Moves Forward on Green Link West Solar Project
13. California
Grid Limits May Worsen Inequitable Access to Solar Energy: Study
14. CAISO
Launches Graph Showing California Battery Storage Deployment & Effects
15. Idaho:
Open House for Lava Ridge Wind Project, Scoping Period Extended
16. Idaho:
Ketchum Analyzing Whether Hot Springs Could Offer Clean Energy
17. Firm
Behind ‘World’s Most Powerful Tidal Turbine’ to Head Up New $31 Million Energy
Project
18. Idaho:
Software Switch Powers Energy Savings Equivalent to Three Homes at Pocatello
Regional Airport
19. Thousands
of Salmon Washing Up Dead on California Creek Banks Due to Climate Crisis
20. Swinomish
Tribe to Sue Army Corps over Salmon
21. Bringing
Spring Chinook Salmon Back Home
22. Three
Killer Whales Are Pregnant & Boaters Need to Stay Far Away, Washington
State Officials Say
23. WA
State: New Pipeline Will Deposit Treated Water from Ex-Uranium Mine Directly
into Lake Roosevelt
24. Experts
Seek Ways to Avoid ‘Dead Zones’ In Puget Sound Caused by Excess Nutrients from
Humans
25. Utah’s
Water Outlook Slightly Improved, But West Remains in Grip of Long-Term Drought
26. Oregonians
Are Pessimistic About Solving Climate Change, Survey Finds
27. Lack
of Broadband Creates Daily Struggle on Reservation in Northern Nevada
28. New
Internet Provider Brings Open-Market Broadband to Winlock
29. NISC
Selects AWS as its Preferred Cloud Provider
30. Utilities
Would Like to Speak to the Manager About Your Tweets
31. Goodbye,
Darkness: Light Pollution Has Increased 49% Over Past 25 Years, Study Finds
32. California
Overwhelmingly Rejects Recall, Keeps Newsom as Governor
33. Nicholas
Deluges U.S. Gulf Coast with Heavy Rain, Flooding
34. Microsoft Remote Work Study: Average Length of Workweek Has Increased 10% During Pandemic
WORD OF THE DAY
Scarify \SKAIR-uh-fye\ Verb – 1: to make scratches or small cuts in (as the skin) 2: to lacerate the feelings of *3: to cut or soften the wall of (a hard seed) to hasten germination 4: to clear ground of debris in preparation for replanting, as in logging clean up
Ambrose wandered aimlessly through the wasteland that was his backyard. A stunted tree with a crazily angled swing off a cracked limb; an abandoned fish pond filled with frogs eggs and mosquito larvae; and his barren garden plot, half an acre of rocky soil that looked as if God had scarified it as a part of a biblical curse. “hmm, maybe potatoes this year,” he pondered.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
2.
California: Emergency Natural Gas Electric
Generation Station in Roseville Goes Live This Week (Sacramento Business
Journal, CA)
3.
Washington State Urges People with Overdue
Utility Bills to Get Help Before Shutoff Moratorium Ends Sept. 30 (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
4.
Out-Of-Season Outage Closes the Dalles Dam Navigation
Lock (KLCK Radio, Goldendale, WA)
https://gorgenewscenter.com/2021/09/13/out-of-season-outage-closes-the-dalles-dam-navigation-lock/
5. British Columbia Not Effectively Overseeing Safety of Dams: Auditor General (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
6. Comment on the Draft 2021 Northwest Power Plan (Market Screener)
https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Comment-on-the-Draft-2021-Northwest-Power-Plan--36426847/
7.
U.S. Regulators Approve Texas Nuclear Dump
Despite Opposition (Bloomberg News)
8.
National Grid Site Fire Shuts Down Power Cable
Between France & UK (British Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-58570893
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
9.
Guest Essay: Don’t Be Fooled: Hydropower Is an
Essential Part of a U.S. Climate Solution (The Hill, Washington, DC)
10.
Guest Essay: Dam breaching advocacy ignores
climate science, public safety needs (Post-Register, Post Falls, ID)
11.
Guest Essay: Renewable Hydrogen Pilot Given
Green Light in Washington State (Wenatchee World, WA – Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
12.
Nevada: Bureau of Land Management Moves Forward on
Green Link West Solar Project (Pahrump Valley Times, NV)
https://pvtimes.com/news/blm-moves-forward-on-green-link-west-project-104555/
14.
CAISO Launches Graph Showing California Battery
Storage Deployment & Effects (Daily Energy Insider)
15.
Idaho: Open House for Lava Ridge Wind Project,
Scoping Period Extended (KLIX Radio, Twin Falls, ID)
https://newsradio1310.com/open-house-for-lava-ridge-wind-project-scoping-period-extended/
16.
Idaho: Ketchum Analyzing Whether Hot Springs
Could Offer Clean Energy (Idaho Mountain Express, Ketchum, ID)
17.
Firm Behind ‘World’s Most Powerful Tidal Turbine’
t Head Up New $31 Million Energy Project (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/14/firm-behind-most-powerful-tidal-turbine-to-head-up-new-project.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
18.
Idaho: Software Switch Powers Energy Savings
Equivalent to Three Homes at Pocatello Regional Airport (KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls ID)
FISH & WILDLIFE
20.
Swinomish Tribe to Sue Army Corps over Salmon (KUOW
Radio, Seattle, WA)
https://kuow.org/stories/swinomish-tribe-intends-to-sue-army-corps-over-salmon-loss
21.
Bringing Spring Chinook Salmon Back Home (Bonneville
Power Administration)
https://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Bringing-spring-chinook-salmon-back-home.aspx
22.
Three Killer Whales Are Pregnant & Boaters
Need to Stay Far Away, Washington State Officials Say (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA
– Paywall Advisory)
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/state/washington/article254233493.html
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/sep/15/new-pipeline-will-deposit-treated-water-from-ex-ur/
24.
Experts Seek Ways to Avoid ‘Dead Zones’ In Puget
Sound Caused by Excess Nutrients from Humans (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2021/09/14/utahs-water-outlook/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
26.
Oregonians Are Pessimistic About Solving Climate
Change, Survey Finds (Salem Reporter, OR)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
27.
Lack of Broadband Creates Daily Struggle on Reservation
in Northern Nevada (National Public Radio)
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/14/1036584618/infrastructure-series-broadband
28.
New Internet Provider Brings Open-Market
Broadband to Winlock (Yahoo News)
https://news.yahoo.com/internet-provider-brings-open-market-035900062.html
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
29. NISC
Selects AWS as its Preferred Cloud Provider (Telecompetitor)
https://www.telecompetitor.com/nisc-selects-aws-as-its-preferred-cloud-provider/
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
30. Utilities
Would Like to Speak to the Manager About Your Tweets (Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/utilities-would-like-to-speak-to-the-manager-about-your-1847642483
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
31.
Goodbye, Darkness: Light Pollution Has Increased
49% Over Past 25 Years, Study Finds (USA Today)
OTHER THINGS TO KNOW
32. California
Overwhelmingly Rejects Recall, Keeps Newsom as Governor (Los Angeles Times, CA)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-14/recall-election-california-newsom-results
33. Nicholas Deluges U.S. Gulf Coast with Heavy Rain, Flooding (Reuters)nds-coastal-texas-louisiana-with-rain-2021-09-14/
34.
Microsoft Remote Work Study: Average Length of
Workweek Has Increased 10% During Pandemic (Geekwire)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Must. Have. Food. - Man
Claims Disney ‘Brainwashes’ Guests at Theme Parks
https://www.intheknow.com/post/smellitizer-disney-smells-speaker/
Firm Raises $15 Million
to Bring Back Woolly Mammoth from Extinction
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/sep/13/firm-bring-back-woolly-mammoth-from-extinction
No Bull: Scientists Potty
Train Cows to Use ‘MooLoo’
This Rubber Duck
Started a River Race in Alberta & Washed Ashore in Russia
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/rubber-duck-alberta-russia-1.6175532?cmp=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
