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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Energy,
Utilities Groups Applaud Passage of $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill (Daily
Energy Insider)
‘Imagine the Unimaginable’: How the Pacific Northwest Is Trying to
Build a Reliable Grid in a Changing Climate (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/pacific-northwest-reliable-grid-changing-climate/608959/
Georgia Nuclear Plant Price Doubles to $28.5 Billion as Other
Owners Balk (Associated Press)
Arborists Warn of ‘Zombie Trees’ Stressed by February Ice Storm,
Extreme Summer Heat (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
https://www.oregonlive.com/hg/2021/11/arborists-warn-of-zombie-trees.html
WA State Gov. Inslee Announces Plans to Fully Electrify
Washington’s Public Fleets by 2035 (KOMO News, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. Energy,
Utilities Groups Applaud Passage of $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
2. ‘Imagine
the Unimaginable’: How the Pacific Northwest Is Trying to Build a Reliable Grid
in a Changing Climate
3. Georgia
Nuclear Plant Price Doubles to $28.5 Billion as Other Owners Balk
4. This
Next-Generation Nuclear Power Plant Is Pitched for Washington State. Can It
‘Change the World?’
5. WA
State: Everett-Based Helion Raises $500 Million for Fusion Energy Generator
6. Electrification
of the Natural Gas Sector Is Not Happening Rapidly in British Columbia, Despite
the NDP’s Climate Plan
7. Oregon:
Helicopter with Saw Makes Short Work of Eugene Water& Electric Board Tree
Project along McKenzie River
8. WA
State: Copper Theft Spikes in Sequim, Including Live Wires
9. Use
of Electricity in Houses to Grow More Quickly in Developing Economies
10. John
Oliver Takes a Deep Dive into the Messy, Troubling World of America’s Power
Grid
11. Maine:
Avangrid Files Lawsuit, Vows to Continue Power Line Project Despite Voters’
Rejection
12. Drone
at Pennsylvania Electric Substation Was First to ‘Specifically Target Energy
Infrastructure’
13. Elon
Musk Is Officially in the Texas Electricity Business
14. Columnist:
California Governor Gavin Newsom Proclaims Natural Gas to Be Zero-Carbon
15. Guest
Essay: Tennessee is Selling a Power Advantage
16. Guest
Essay: Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo Should Come to the Table Around Northwest Salmon
Solution
17. Wind
Manufacturers Blown Off Course
18. Bees,
Sheep, Crops: Solar Developers Tout Multiple Benefits
19. A
Nova Scotia Fish Hatchery Is Confronted by Death, Disease & Climate Change
20. Arborists
Warn of ‘Zombie Trees’ Stressed by February Ice Storm, Extreme Summer Heat
21. Hope
After Wildfire: Tiny Sequoias Could Grow into Giants
22. This
Alaskan Town Is Finally Getting High-Speed Internet, Thanks to the Pandemic
23. AT&T,
Verizon Agree to Pause 5G Rollout Over FAA Safety Concerns
24. Mapping
Rural Cellular Coverage
25. Why
Does Google Need So Much Water in the Dalles – Where Is It Coming From?
26. Most
Washingtonians Experienced a Data Breach This Year, New Report Finds
27. Inslee
Announces Plans to Fully Electrify Washington’s Public Fleets by 2035
28. Video:
You Can Power Your House With...Wind Turbine Art?
29. Roads,
Transit, Internet: What’s in the Infrastructure Bill
30. Here’s
How the Federal Infrastructure Bill Would Impact Oregon & Washington
31. Here’s
What California Stands to Gain from Biden’s $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
32. United
States Land Borders Reopen to Fully Vaccinated Canadians
33. Snowstorm to Blast Cascade & Olympic Mountains with Over a Foot of Snow
WORD OF THE DAY
Tontine \TAWN-teen\ Noun - A joint financial arrangement whereby the participants usually contribute equally to a prize that is awarded entirely to the participant who survives all the others.
“What a stupid prize,” muttered Barty to his assembled friends who had come to the party celebrating the tontine that had begun late in his senior year in high school. The prize was a gift certificate to the local tattoo and massage parlor.
Rather than depending on death, the agreement centered on the one person who had not succumbed to having a Mike Tyson-like tattoo engraved on their face. Of the 21 students in the pool, he was the only one not to enjoy the benefits of tattoo ink on his head. His posterior, however, was a different matter. Anyone who had the chance to see Barty’s ample tuckus was “treated” to a startlingly lifelike portrait of Mike Tyson’s face.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/pacific-northwest-reliable-grid-changing-climate/608959/
3. Georgia
Nuclear Plant Price Doubles to $28.5 Billion as Other Owners Balk (Associated
Press)
4.
This Next-Generation Nuclear Power Plant Is
Pitched for Washington State. Can It ‘Change the World?’ (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
5.
WA State: Everett-Based Helion Raises $500
Million for Fusion Energy Generator (The Business Journals)
6.
Electrification of the Natural Gas Sector Is Not
Happening Rapidly in British Columbia, Despite the NDP’s Climate Plan (The
Canadian)
7.
Oregon: Helicopter with Saw Makes Short Work of Eugene
Water& Electric Board Tree Project along McKenzie River (KMTR-TV, Eugene, OR)
https://nbc16.com/newsletter-daily/heli-trimming
8.
WA State: Copper Theft Spikes in Sequim,
Including Live Wires (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
https://www.myclallamcounty.com/2021/11/03/copper-theft-spikes-in-sequim-including-live-wires/
9.
Use of Electricity in Houses to Grow More
Quickly in Developing Economies (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=50256
10. John
Oliver Takes a Deep Dive into the Messy, Troubling World of America’s Power
Grid (Mashable – Includes PG-13 Language)
https://mashable.com/video/john-oliver-power-grid
11.
Maine: Avangrid Files Lawsuit, Vows to Continue
Power Line Project Despite Voters’ Rejection (Portland Press-Herald, ME)
https://www.pressherald.com/2021/11/03/avangrid-vows-to-move-ahead-with-maine-power-line-project/
12.
Drone at Pennsylvania Electric Substation Was
First to ‘Specifically Target Energy Infrastructure’ (WPVI-TV, Philadelphia,
PA)
https://6abc.com/drone-threat-pennsylvania-substation-electric-grid-supply/11197345/
13.
Elon Musk Is Officially in the Texas Electricity
Business (Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-is-officially-in-the-texas-electricity-busine-1848016342
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
14.
Columnist: California Governor Gavin Newsom
Proclaims Natural Gas to Be Zero-Carbon (Forbes Magazine)
15. Guest
Essay: Tennessee is Selling a Power Advantage (Nisqually Valley News, Yelm, WA)
16. Guest
Essay: Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo Should Come to the Table Around Northwest Salmon Solution
(Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
https://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/readers-opinion/article255530246.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
17.
Wind Manufacturers Blown Off Course (Wall Street
Journal)
https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2021/11/08/wind-manufacturers-blown-off-course/
18.
Bees, Sheep, Crops: Solar Developers Tout
Multiple Benefits (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
19.
A Nova Scotia Fish Hatchery Is Confronted by
Death, Disease & Climate Change (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
https://www.oregonlive.com/hg/2021/11/arborists-warn-of-zombie-trees.html
21.
Hope After Wildfire: Tiny Sequoias Could Grow into
Giants (Associated Press)
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/11/07/hope-after-wildfire-tiny-sequoias-could-grow-into-giants/
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
22.
This Alaskan Town Is Finally Getting High-Speed
Internet, Thanks to the Pandemic (National Public Radio)
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/07/1052855054/alaska-tribe-broadband-infrastructure
23.
AT&T, Verizon Agree to Pause 5G Rollout Over
FAA Safety Concerns (C|Net News)
24.
Mapping Rural Cellular Coverage (Pots &
Pans)
https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2021/11/05/rural-cellular-coverage-2/
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
25.
Why Does Google Need So Much Water in the Dalles
– Where Is It Coming From? Q&A (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
26.
Most Washingtonians Experienced a Data Breach
This Year, New Report Finds (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
https://kuow.org/stories/data-breaches-reach-record-high-in-washington-state
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
28.
Video: You Can Power Your House With...Wind
Turbine Art? (Mashable)
https://mashable.com/video/wind-turbine-art
OTHER THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY
29.
Roads, Transit, Internet: What’s in the Infrastructure
Bill (Associated Press)
30.
Here’s How the Federal Infrastructure Bill Would
Impact Oregon & Washington (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
31.
Here’s What California Stands to Gain from Biden’s
$1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill (San Luis Obispo Tribune, CA)
https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/california/article255606451.html
32.
United States Land Borders Reopen to Fully
Vaccinated Canadians (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
33.
Snowstorm to Blast Cascade & Olympic
Mountains with Over a Foot of Snow (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Large Cache of Stolen
Vintage Comics, Collectible Action Figures Recovered by Seattle Police
Naked Man Found in
Walls of Theater, NY Officials Say. He Was Trapped for Days
https://news.yahoo.com/naked-man-found-walls-theater-185925810.html
‘Vax’ Earns 2021 Word of
the Year from Oxford English Dictionary
https://www.fox13news.com/news/vax-earns-2021-word-of-the-year-from-oxford-english-dictionary
Doug the Ugly New
Zealand Potato Could Be World’s Biggest
https://apnews.com/article/oddities-lifestyle-new-zealand-gardening-a6ce44c5937ff8e180554fe4e27169da
SONG OF THE DAY
A Flock of Seagulls - I
Ran (So Far Away)
