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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
California Drought Could Reduce Hydroelectric Generation to
Half of Normal Levels (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=52578
Former Executive Gets Prison for $1 Billion Solar Energy
Fraud (Associated Press)
Unprecedented Water Restrictions Hit Southern California
Today: What They Mean to You (Los Angeles Times, CA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-06-01/southern-california-new-drought-rules-june-2022
Return of Salmon Part of Columbia River Treaty Negotiations:
First Nations (Yahoo! News)
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/return-salmon-part-columbia-river-080739865.html
U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Texas Law on Social Media
Censorship (Associated Press)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/supreme-court-social-media-texas_n_6296936ce4b090b53b7e81b0
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
California Drought Could Reduce Hydroelectric
Generation to Half of Normal Levels
2.
Hoover Dam Power Production Down 33%, Official
Says
3.
Why Are Blackouts Looming? Blame Extreme
Weather, Not Wind & Solar
4.
PacifiCorp Gets Nod to Build 416-Mile Power Line
Across the West
5.
Alaska Utilities Plan $200M Investment in Grid to
Boost Renewable Power, Increase Reliability
6.
‘More, More, More’: President Biden’s Clean Grid
Hinges on Power Lines
7.
WA State: Crypto Mine in Usk Gets Conditional
Use Permit from Pend Oreille County; Opponents Appeal
8.
Avista Not Planning Utility Shut Offs for This
Year’s Wildfire Season
9.
Alaska Legislature Passes Bill to Expand Rural
Power Subsidy Program
10.
Tribe Files Motion to Join PGE Case Over
Willamette Falls Property
11.
Small Nuclear Power Projects May Have Big Waste
Problems – Study
12.
U.S. Rep. Newhouse (WA) Brings GOP Congress
Members to Tri-Cities to Learn About NW Issues Firsthand
13.
Canada: Price of Natural Gas Could Climb Higher
Still After Cresting Multi-Year Highs
14.
Editorial: Finish the Job of Protecting Alaska’s
Salmon-Rich Bristol Bay
15.
Audio: Along Those Lines – ‘Super-Power,’ The
Impact of Hydroelectric Dams
16.
Former Executive Gets Prison for $1 Billion
Solar Energy Fraud
17.
As Push for Offshore Wind Accelerates, Oregon
Fishing Industry Pushes Back
18.
Miracle Fuel Hydrogen Can Actually Make Climate
Change Worse
19.
How Do Heat Pumps Stack Up Against Gas Furnaces,
Swamp Coolers & Air Conditioners?
20.
Return of Salmon Part of Columbia River Treaty
Negotiations: First Nations
21.
WA State: Fish Passing Through Tumwater Dam Near
Leavenworth Help Hydro Projects
22.
Chinook Helicopter to Help Coho Salmon
23.
It’s a Girl! Southern Resident J Pod Orca Calf
Born Earlier This Year is Female
24.
Bison Gores Tourist, Tosses Her Ten Feet at
Yellowstone National Park, Rangers Say
25.
Air Quality Impacts of Northwest Wildfires Reach
as Far as New York
26.
Unprecedented Water Restrictions Hit Southern
California Today: What They Mean to You
27.
Cold Spring Means Above-Average Snow in Cascade
Mountains
28.
Scientists Warn Future Temperatures Will Test
Humans’ Ability to Survive
29.
States Are Tackling Climate, Using Federal Cash
as Congress Lags
30.
States Look to Electric Utilities for Broadband
Connections
31.
Electric Highway Improvements Celebrated in
Oregon
32.
U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Texas Law on Social
Media Censorship
33.
U.S. Forest Service Says It Caused New Mexico’s
Largest Wildfire
34. Nearly 1,000 Drivers Refused to Stop for WSP Troopers
WORD OF THE DAY
Malaise \muh-LAYZ\ Noun – 1: an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness *2: a vague sense of mental or moral ill-being
“MMMMMM, yummy mayonnaise on my ham and cheese sandwich,” gushed Danforth at his high school reunion picnic. In what was to become known as the “Riverdale Moldy Mayonnaise Malaise” Danny and his classmates would soon fight for position at the single port-a-potty the overwhelmed organizers had rented for the occasion.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
California Drought Could Reduce Hydroelectric
Generation to Half of Normal Levels (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=52578
2.
Hoover Dam Power Production Down 33%, Official
Says (Your Central Valley, Fresno, CA)
https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/hoover-dam-power-production-down-33-official-says/
3.
Why Are Blackouts Looming? Blame Extreme Weather,
Not Wind & Solar (Canary Media)
4.
PacifiCorp Gets Nod to Build 416-Mile Power Line
Across the West (Bend Bulletin, OR)
5.
Alaska Utilities Plan $200M Investment in Grid to
Boost Renewable Power, Increase Reliability (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/alaska-utilities-plan-200m-investment-134800764.html
6.
‘More, More, More’: President Biden’s Clean Grid
Hinges on Power Lines (E&E News)
https://www.eenews.net/articles/more-more-more-bidens-clean-grid-hinges-on-power-lines/
7.
WA State: Crypto Mine in Usk Gets Conditional
Use Permit from Pend Oreille County; Opponents Appeal (Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/jun/01/crypto-mine-in-usk-gets-conditional-use-permit-fro/
8.
Avista Not Planning Utility Shut Offs for This
Year’s Wildfire Season (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/may/29/avista-not-planning-utility-shut-offs-for-this-yea/
9.
Alaska Legislature Passes Bill to Expand Rural
Power Subsidy Program (KTUU-TV, Anchorage, AK)
10.
Tribe Files Motion to Join PGE Case Over Willamette
Falls Property (Portland Business Journal, OR – Paywall Advisory)
11.
Small Nuclear Power Projects May Have Big Waste
Problems – Study (Reuters)
12.
U.S. Rep. Newhouse (WA) Brings GOP Congress Members
to Tri-Cities to Learn About NW Issues Firsthand (Tri-City Herald, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/politics-government/article262006220.html
13.
Canada: Price of Natural Gas Could Climb Higher
Still After Cresting Multi-Year Highs (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/natural-gas-prices-could-climb-higher-1.6468716?cmp=rss
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
14.
Editorial: Finish the Job of Protecting Alaska’s
Salmon-Rich Bristol Bay (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
15.
Audio: Along Those Lines – ‘Super-Power,’ The
Impact of Hydroelectric Dams (National Rural Electric Cooperative Association)
https://www.electric.coop/along-those-lines-impact-of-hydroelectric-dams
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
16.
Former Executive Gets Prison for $1 Billion
Solar Energy Fraud (Associated Press)
17.
As Push for Offshore Wind Accelerates, Oregon Fishing
Industry Pushes Back (Portland Business Journal, OR – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2022/06/01/offshore-wind-oregon-conflict.html
18.
Miracle Fuel Hydrogen Can Actually Make Climate
Change Worse (Bloomberg News)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
19.
How Do Heat Pumps Stack Up Against Gas Furnaces,
Swamp Coolers & Air Conditioners? (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
https://www.sltrib.com/renewable-energy/2022/05/27/so-how-do-heat-pumps/
FISH & WILDLIFE
20.
Return of Salmon Part of Columbia River Treaty Negotiations:
First Nations (Yahoo! News)
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/return-salmon-part-columbia-river-080739865.html
21.
WA State: Fish Passing Through Tumwater Dam Near
Leavenworth Help Hydro Projects (Wenatchee World, WA – Paywall Advisory)
22.
Chinook Helicopter to Help Coho Salmon (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
23.
It’s a Girl! Southern Resident J Pod Orca Calf
Born Earlier This Year is Female (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
24.
Bison Gores Tourist, Tosses Her Ten Feet at Yellowstone
National Park, Rangers Say (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/bison-gores-tourist-tosses-her-124233912.html
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
25.
Air Quality Impacts of Northwest Wildfires Reach
as Far as New York (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/now/air-quality-impacts-northwest-wildfires-140018633.html
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
26.
Unprecedented Water Restrictions Hit Southern
California Today: What They Mean to You (Los Angeles Times, CA – Paywall
Advisory)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-06-01/southern-california-new-drought-rules-june-2022
27.
Cold Spring Means Above-Average Snow in Cascade
Mountains (Associated Press)
https://www.opb.org/article/2022/06/01/above-average-snow-cascade-mountains/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
28.
Scientists Warn Future Temperatures Will Test
Humans’ Ability to Survive (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/human-body-survive-heat-adaptation-1.6467410?cmp=rss
29.
States Are Tackling Climate, Using Federal Cash
as Congress Lags (Bloomberg News)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
30.
States Look to Electric Utilities for Broadband
Connections (GCN)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
31.
Electric Highway Improvements Celebrated in Oregon
(KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
32.
U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Texas Law on Social
Media Censorship (Associated Press)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/supreme-court-social-media-texas_n_6296936ce4b090b53b7e81b0
OTHER THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY
33.
U.S. Forest Service Says It Caused New Mexico’s Largest
Wildfire (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2022/05/28/forest-service-caused-new-mexico-largest-wildfire
34.
Nearly 1,000 Drivers Refused to Stop for WSP Troopers
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Licensing Company Tells Las Vegas Chapels: No More
Elvis-Themed Weddings
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/las-vegas-chapels-elvis-weddings_n_6296a63ce4b07aa93893193f
The Mona Lisa Was Attacked with a Pastry by a Man Disguised as
an Elderly Woman in a Wheelchair
https://www.insider.com/mona-lisa-pastry-cream-man-in-disguise-louvre-2022-5
Archaeologists Uncover Trove of Ancient Egyptian Mummies
Doppelganger Deception – Couple Mourn Beloved Cat & Bury
Remains in Garden - Only for Pet to Turn Up Next Day
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/couple-mourn-beloved-cat-bury-27037659
SONG OF THE DAY
Elvis Presley – Don’t Be Cruel
