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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Canada, U.S. Confirm
Next Round of Columbia River Treaty Negotiations (British Columbia Ministry of
Energy, Mines & Low Carbon Innovation)
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021EMLI0072-00228
Sierra Nevada Snowpack
Could Largely Vanish by 2040s as Climate Warms, Scientists Say (Sacramento Bee,
CA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/water-and-drought/article256224117.html
Renewable Energy Has
‘Another Record Year of Growth’ Says International Energy Agency (The Guardian,
UK)
Northern Washington
Tribes Fear ‘Devastation’ of Salmon by Extreme Floodwaters (KUOW Radio,
Seattle, WA)
Twitter Bans Images
& Videos of Private Individuals without Consent (San Francisco Chronicle,
CA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Twitter-bans-photos-video-private-individuals-16662751.php
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. Canada,
U.S. Confirm Next Round of Columbia River Treaty Negotiations
2. Eleventh
Round of the Columbia River Treaty Negotiations
3. Court:
Arizona Utilities Can’t Use Legal Shield in Cases of Negligence
4. California
Hydroelectric Facilities Continue to Respond to Prices Despite Drought
5. California:
Iconic San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Slowly Being Dismantled
6. Modular
Nuclear Reactors a ‘Long Shot’ Worth Studying, Says Yukon Gov’t
7. Wanted:
A Town Willing to Host a Dump for U.S. Nuclear Waste
8. Idaho:
Rate Settlement Could Bring 1.4 Percent Increase to Rocky Mountain Power
Customers
9. Arizona:
Customers Who Lived Under Troubled Johnson Utilities May Get Millions in
Repayments
10. Western
Area Power Administration Releases Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report
11. Bonneville
Power Administration Offers Grants to Help Students Learn About Energy &
Transmission Issues
12. Environmental
Groups Ask Maine to Suspend Energy Transmission Project
13. 12
Nuclear Power Plants? 113 Hydropower Dams? That’s How Much Canada Is Short of
Its Green Energy Needs, Report Says
14. How
Public Power Communities Are Shaping the Future of Utilities
15. The
Absurdity of Broadband…the Official Speed Definition That Is
16. Renewable
Energy Has ‘Another Record Year of Growth,’ Says International Energy Agency
17. Idaho:
Wind Turbines Proposed Near a Site of Former Japanese American Incarceration
Camp Prompt Outrage
18. WA
State: Moses Lake’s REC Silicon Plant Under New Leadership as CEO Steps Down;
Plant to Restart Production in 2023
19. Idaho:
Boise Officials Want to Increase Geothermal Heating
20. Montana:
Missoula Adds Clean Energy Specialist, Drafting Rules on Marijuana Power Use
21. Oregon:
New Energy-Efficient Heating Solutions for IFA Nurseries Helping Save Thousands
in Energy Operating Costs
22. A
Well-Positioned Skylight Is a Simple Way to Harness ‘Passive Solar’ Power,
Oregon Research Finds
23. Northern
Washington Tribes Fear ‘Devastation’ of Salmon by Extreme Floodwaters
24. Heat,
No Food, Deadly Weather: Climate Change Kills Seabirds
25. Conservation
Groups, Federal Government Agree to New Endangered Species Review for Spotted
Owl
26. Sierra
Nevada Snowpack Could Largely Vanish by 2040s as Climate Warms, Scientists Say
27. How
Climate Change Is Affecting Oregon’s Snowpack
28. Adapt
or Mitigate? Washington State Republicans Roll Out Climate Proposal
29. Climate
Change Not a Huge Contributor to Washington Flooding, UW Scientist Contends
30. San
Diego Will Stop Investing in Fossil Fuel Industry to Avoid Contradicting City
Climate Goals
31. 3G
Is Out the Door, 5G Is Taking Over!
32. Losing
Bidder Throws Wrench in FCC Broadband Dataset Rollout
33. ‘A
Long Way to Go’: How ConEd, Xcel & Four Other Utilities Are Helping Cities
Meet Big Electric Vehicle Goals
34. Twitter
Bans Images & Videos of Private Individuals without Consent
35. Facebook
Whistle-Blower Urges Lawmakers to Avert Impasse on Social Media Laws
36. How
I Consistently Get High Audience Engagement as a Newbie
37. All
Southwest British Columbia Under Flood Watch as Third Consecutive Storm Rolls
Through
38. New Rule Will Allow Debt Collectors to Track You Down on Social Media
WORD OF THE DAY
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The throbbing tom-tom, wailing sax, blaring trumpets worked the audience into a frenzy. Each red-blooded American male had plunked down a sawbuck to take in a show featuring the zaftig goddess, Mae West. Unfortunately, all they got was Mae East; a passable, generic substitute, but not as good as the real thing.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021EMLI0072-002281
2.
Eleventh Round of the Columbia River Treaty
Negotiations (KLCK Radio, Goldendale, WA)
https://gorgenewscenter.com/2021/11/30/eleventh-round-of-the-columbia-river-treaty-negotiations/
3.
Court: Arizona Utilities Can’t Use Legal Shield in
Cases of Negligence (Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, AZ)
4.
California Hydroelectric Facilities Continue to Respond
to Prices Despite Drought (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=50516
5.
California: Iconic San Onofre Nuclear Power
Plant Slowly Being Dismantled (KNSD-TV, San Diego, CA)
6.
Modular Nuclear Reactors a ‘Long Shot’ Worth
Studying, Says Yukon Gov’t (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-smr-nuclear-reactor-feasibility-study-1.6264262
7.
Wanted: A Town Willing to Host a Dump for U.S.
Nuclear Waste (Bloomberg News)
8.
Idaho: Rate Settlement Could Bring 1.4 Percent
Increase to Rocky Mountain Power Customers (Daily Energy Insider)
9.
Arizona: Customers Who Lived Under Troubled Johnson
Utilities May Get Millions in Repayments (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/customers-lived-under-troubled-johnson-224223828.html
10. Western
Area Power Administration Releases Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report (Western
Area Power Administration)
https://www.wapa.gov/newsroom/NewsReleases/2021/Pages/WAPA-releases-2021-annual-report.aspx
11.
Bonneville Power Administration Offers Grants to
Help Students Learn About Energy & Transmission Issues (Bonneville Power
Administration)
12.
Environmental Groups Ask Maine to Suspend Energy
Transmission Project (Associated Press)
13.
12 Nuclear Power Plants? 113 Hydropower Dams?
That’s How Much Canada Is Short of Its Green Energy Needs, Report Says (Toronto
Star, Ontario, Canada)
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
14.
How Public Power Communities Are Shaping the
Future of Utilities (American Public Power Association)
https://www.publicpower.org/blog/how-public-power-communities-are-shaping-future-utilities
15.
The Absurdity of Broadband…the Official Speed
Definition That Is (Telecompetitor)
https://www.telecompetitor.com/the-absurdity-of-broadband-the-official-speed-definition-that-is/
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
17.
Idaho: Wind Turbines Proposed Near a Site of
Former Japanese American Incarceration Camp Prompt Outrage (High Country News)
18.
WA State: Moses Lake’s REC Silicon Plant Under
New Leadership as CEO Steps Down; Plant to Restart Production in 2023 (iFIBER
One News, Ephrata, WA)
19.
Idaho: Boise Officials Want to Increase
Geothermal Heating (Associated Press)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
20.
Montana: Missoula Adds Clean Energy Specialist,
Drafting Rules on Marijuana Power Use (Missoula Current, MT)
https://missoulacurrent.com/outdoors/2021/12/missoula-climate-specialist/
21.
Oregon: New Energy-Efficient Heating Solutions for
IFA Nurseries Helping Save Thousands in Energy Operating Costs (Portland
Business Journal, OR – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2021/12/01/new-energy-efficient-heating-solutions-ifa.html
22.
A Well-Positioned Skylight Is a Simple Way to
Harness ‘Passive Solar’ Power, Oregon Research Finds (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/11/30/oregon-research-skylights-energy-source/
FISH & WILDLIFE
24.
Heat, No Food, Deadly Weather: Climate Change
Kills Seabirds (Associated Press)
25.
Conservation Groups, Federal Government Agree to
New Endangered Species Review for Spotted Owl (Courthouse News Service)
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/water-and-drought/article256224117.html
27.
How Climate Change Is Affecting Oregon’s Snowpack
(KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
28.
Adapt or Mitigate? Washington State Republicans Roll
Out Climate Proposal (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
https://washingtonstatewire.com/adapt-or-mitigate-washington-republicans-roll-out-climate-proposal/
29.
Climate Change Not a Huge Contributor to Washington
Flooding, UW Scientist Contends (Big Country News, Clarkston, WA)
30.
San Diego Will Stop Investing in Fossil Fuel
Industry to Avoid Contradicting City Climate Goals (San Diego Union-Tribune,
CA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
31.
3G Is Out the Door, 5G Is Taking Over! (KNDO/KNDU-TV,
Tri-Cities, Yakima, WA)
32.
Losing Bidder Throws Wrench in FCC Broadband
Dataset Rollout (Bloomberg News)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
33.
‘A Long Way to Go’: How ConEd, Xcel & Four Other
Utilities Are Helping Cities Meet Big Electric Vehicle Goals (Utility Dive)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Twitter-bans-photos-video-private-individuals-16662751.php
35.
Facebook Whistle-Blower Urges Lawmakers to Avert
Impasse on Social Media Laws (Associated Press)
36.
How I Consistently Get High Audience Engagement
as a Newbie (Medium)
OTHER THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY
37.
All Southwest British Columbia Under Flood Watch
as Third Consecutive Storm Rolls Through (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wyntk-bc-floods-dec-1-1.6269084?cmp=rss
38.
New Rule Will Allow Debt Collectors to Track You
Down on Social Media (Washington Post – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/11/30/cfpb-debt-collector-rules-facebook-instagram/
SYRUP ON TAP, EH? – DIVERSIONS
Why Canada Is Unlocking
Its Vault of Maple Syrup
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/maple-syrup-strategic-reserve-1.6268352?cmp=rss
Mother Who Gave Birth on
a Plane Thanks First Responders Who Delivered Baby
https://news.yahoo.com/mother-gave-birth-plane-thanks-173300703.html
Those Cute Cats Online?
They Help Spread Misinformation.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/those-cute-cats-online-help-131133962.html
Indian Man Builds
One-Third Sized Taj Mahal Replica for Wife
SONG OF THE DAY
Roxy Music – Love Is the
Drug
