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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
WA State: Natural Gas
Customers Will See Bigger Bills Starting Nov. 1. Here’s Why (News Tribune,
Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article255384981.html
Tough Room: WA State
Gov. Inslee Defends Climate Commitment Act Veto, Vows to Continue This Work
with Tribes (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/state/washington/article255332316.html
California:
Environmentalists, Native Americans & Fishermen Blast Vandenberg Offshore
Wind Project (San Luis Obispo Tribune, CA)
https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/environment/article255366796.html
U.S. Supreme Court to
Hear Bid to Curb Federal Power to Limit Carbon Emissions (Reuters)
Diablo Dam Powerhouse
Damaged After Rockslide, Seattle City Light Says (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. WA
State: Natural Gas Customers Will See Bigger Bills Starting Nov. 1. Here’s Why
2. Regulators
Approve Cost-Driven Jump in Oregon Natural Gas Rates
3. Home
Heating Prices Are Skyrocketing - There’s Nothing President Biden Can Do About
It
4. Diablo
Dam Powerhouse Damaged After Rockslide, Seattle City Light Says
5. Nuclear
Power Plant Operators Want to Run for Eight Decades - A Federal Lab in
Washington State Found ‘Critical Gaps’ in Knowledge About How Reactors Age
6. While
Coal Makes a Comeback, Reduced Supplies Stoke Fears Over Electrical Grids
7. Montana
Court Rejects Permit for Rosebud Coal Strip Mine Expansion
8. Oregon:
PacifiCorp Wildfire Lawsuit – New Filings Provide Look at Possible Causes of
Labor Day Fires
9. Arizona
Regulators OK Belt-Tightening in Utility Rate Case
10. Yucca
Mountain Report ‘Good News’ for Nevada
11. Electricity
Travels 42 Feet to Kill Construction Worker in Ditch, Pennsylvania Officials
Say
12. Warm
Springs Man Tapped to Replace Sams on Northwest Power & Conservation
Council
13. Guest
Essay: Hydropower’s Absence in the Reconciliation Bill Is a Major Gap in U.S.
Clean Energy Strategy
14. Guest
Essay: Struggling Families About to Take Another Hit: Home Heating Costs
Projected to Soar
15. News
Release: Snake River Dams - Murray, Inslee Bend to Political Hostage-Taking
16. Guest
Essay: Eyewitnesses to Disaster - Commercial Fishermen Implore Action on the
Collapse of Alaska Ecosystems
17. California:
Environmentalists, Native Americans & Fishermen Blast Vandenberg Offshore
Wind Project
18. Idaho:
Lava Ridge Wind Project Faces Criticism
19. Federal
Grant to Fund Oregon Wildlife Research Ahead of Offshore Wind Farm Development
20. Old
Power Gear Is Slowing Use of Clean Energy
21. Will
Reviving British Columbia’s Declining Salmon Stocks Require a Rethink of
Hatcheries?
22. ‘A
Giant Step’ for Salmon: As Dam-Breaching Debate Rages, Cantwell Quietly Secures
Billions for Fish Recovery
23. Biologists
Have Giant Questions About Monster Fish in Upper Snake River
24. U.S.
Supreme Court to Hear Bid to Curb Federal Power to Limit Carbon Emissions
25. Tough
Room: WA State Gov. Inslee Defends Climate Commitment Act Veto, Vows to
Continue This Work with Tribes
26. Earth
Gets Hotter, Deadlier During Decades of Climate Talks
27. The
World’s Largest Companies Are Turning to Carbon Credits - The Market Is Smoking
Hot.
28. Sophisticated
Hackers Could Crash the U.S. Power Grid. Money, Not Sabotage, Is Their Focus
29. Idaho
Ranked as the Third Worst State to Own an Electric Vehicle
30. Seattle
Kraken ‘Three Stars’ Postgame Ceremony Features Players Tossing Plush Salmon to
Fans
31. WA
State Gov. Inslee Lets Eviction Moratorium Expire on Sunday
32. Americans Sour on Economy Amid Inflation Woes: AP-NORC Poll
WORD OF THE DAY
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Sequacious viewer
Left and right, talking
heads shout
Truth is on the outs
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article255384981.html
2.
Regulators Approve Cost-Driven Jump in Oregon Natural
Gas Rates (Portland Business Journal, OR – Paywall Advisory)
3.
Home Heating Prices Are Skyrocketing - There’s
Nothing President Biden Can Do About It (KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)
4. Diablo
Dam Powerhouse Damaged After Rockslide, Seattle City Light Says (KING-TV, Seattle,
WA)
5.
Nuclear Power Plant Operators Want to Run for
Eight Decades - A Federal Lab in Washington State Found ‘Critical Gaps’ in Knowledge
About How Reactors Age (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
6.
While Coal Makes a Comeback, Reduced Supplies
Stoke Fears Over Electrical Grids (Bakersfield Californian, CA)
7.
Montana Court Rejects Permit for Rosebud Coal
Strip Mine Expansion (Reuters)
8.
Oregon: PacifiCorp Wildfire Lawsuit – New Filings
Provide Look at Possible Causes of Labor Day Fires (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
9.
Arizona Regulators OK Belt-Tightening in Utility
Rate Case (Associated Press)
10.
Yucca Mountain Report ‘Good News’ for Nevada (Pahrump
Valley Times, NV)
https://pvtimes.com/news/yucca-mountain-report-good-news-for-nevada-106104/
11.
Electricity Travels 42 Feet to Kill Construction
Worker in Ditch, Pennsylvania Officials Say (Fresno Bee, CA)
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/nation-world/national/article255351666.html
12.
Warm Springs Man Tapped to Replace Sams on Northwest
Power & Conservation Council (Bend Bulletin, OR)
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
13.
Guest Essay: Hydropower’s Absence in the Reconciliation
Bill Is a Major Gap in U.S. Clean Energy Strategy (Utility Dive)
14.
Guest Essay: Struggling Families About to Take
Another Hit: Home Heating Costs Projected to Soar (The Hill, Washington, DC)
15.
News Release: Snake River Dams - Murray, Inslee
Bend to Political Hostage-Taking (U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-WA)
16.
Guest Essay: Eyewitnesses to Disaster - Commercial
Fishermen Implore Action on the Collapse of Alaska Ecosystems (Seattle Times,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/environment/article255366796.html
18.
Idaho: Lava Ridge Wind Project Faces Criticism (KIVI-TV,
Twin Falls, ID)
https://www.kivitv.com/ksaw/lava-ridge-wind-project-faces-criticism
19.
Federal Grant to Fund Oregon Wildlife Research
Ahead of Offshore Wind Farm Development (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
20.
Old Power Gear Is Slowing Use of Clean Energy (NY
Times)
https://finance-commerce.com/2021/10/old-power-gear-is-slowing-use-of-clean-energy/
FISH & WILDLIFE
21.
Will Reviving British Columbia’s Declining
Salmon Stocks Require a Rethink of Hatcheries? (The Narwhal)
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-salmon-hatcheries/
22.
‘A Giant Step’ for Salmon: As Dam-Breaching
Debate Rages, Cantwell Quietly Secures Billions for Fish Recovery (Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/oct/31/a-giant-step-for-salmon-as-dam-breaching-debate-ra/
23.
Biologists Have Giant Questions About Monster
Fish in Upper Snake River (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/nov/01/biologists-have-giant-questions-about-monster-fish/
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
24. U.S.
Supreme Court to Hear Bid to Curb Federal Power to Limit Carbon Emissions (Reuters)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/state/washington/article255332316.html
26.
Earth Gets Hotter, Deadlier During Decades of
Climate Talks (Associated Press)
27.
The World’s Largest Companies Are Turning to
Carbon Credits - The Market Is Smoking Hot. (Yahoo News)
https://news.yahoo.com/carbon-credits-fighting-climate-change-100006028.html
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
28.
Sophisticated Hackers Could Crash the U.S. Power
Grid. Money, Not Sabotage, Is Their Focus (Utility Dive)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
29.
Idaho Ranked as the Third Worst State to Own an Electric
Vehicle (KMVT-TV, Twin Falls, ID)
https://www.kmvt.com/2021/10/28/idaho-ranked-third-worst-state-own-an-electric-vehicle/
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
30.
Seattle Kraken ‘Three Stars’ Postgame Ceremony
Features Players Tossing Plush Salmon to Fans (ABC News)
OTHER THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY
31.
WA State Gov. Inslee Lets Eviction Moratorium
Expire on Sunday (Associated Press)
https://www.koin.com/news/washington/gov-inslee-lets-eviction-moratorium-expire-on-sunday/
32.
Americans Sour on Economy Amid Inflation Woes:
AP-NORC Poll (Associated Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
1,000 Andy Warhol
Sketches Will Be Sold for $250 Each. The Catch? 999 Are Forgeries.
Hundreds of Paddleboarding
Witches Brave Heavy Winds on the Willamette River for Biggest Turnout Yet
Editors Add 455 New
Words to Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary
This Ruby Is 2.5
Billion Years Old & Contains Evidence of Ancient Life
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