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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Oregon Utilities Crunch Big Data, Tap Artificial
Intelligence to Reduce Wildfire Risks (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Dam Politics: Why Public Power Utilities Are Pouring Cash
into the Campaign to Support Lower Snake River Dams (Seattle Times, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
Fierce Local Battles Over Power Lines Are a Bottleneck for
Clean Energy (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/26/why-the-us-has-a-massive-power-line-problem.html
Biden Administration Tosses Trump Definition of ‘Habitat’
for Endangered Species (NY Times – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/climate/biden-endangered-species-habitat.html
Where Colorado River No Longer Meets the Sea, a Pulse of Water
Brings New Life (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/where-river-no-longer-meets-120055347.html?soc_src=yahooapp
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. Oregon Utilities Crunch Big Data, Tap Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Wildfire Risks
2. WA State: Wildfires Impact Chelan County PUD Insurance Plan
3. Dam Politics: Why Public Power Utilities Are Pouring Cash into the Campaign to Support Lower Snake River Dams
4. Several Hundred Take to Willamette River, Willamette Park to Protest Four Snake River Dams
5. Idaho: First Lineworker Class Graduates at NIC Parker Center
6. WA State: Another Look at Mossyrock Dam
7. CAISO’s Proposed ‘Emergency’ Interconnection Process Could Hurt Pending Projects: Vistra
8. Guest Essay: Tell These Politicians About the Value of Hydropower
9. Free Money Everywhere: The Pretense on Which Washington State’s Energy Policy Is Based
10. Fierce Local Battles Over Power Lines Are a Bottleneck for Clean Energy
11. Solar Powered Umbrellas Sold at Costco Have Been Recalled Because They Can Burst into Flames
12. House Bills Would Require Demand Response-Enabled Water Heaters, Strengthen Weatherization Program
13. British Columbia: BC Hydro Offers Tips on How to Save Money During Summer Heat
14. Biden Administration Tosses Trump Definition of ‘Habitat’ for Endangered Species
15. To Unravel Some of the Ocean’s Mysteries, Pacific Northwest Scientists Head to Sea
16. Where Colorado River No Longer Meets the Sea, a Pulse of Water Brings New Life
17. California: As Tule Lake Vanishes, So Do Lives & Livelihoods
18. Washington Ranks 10th Most Green State, But These Measures Still Need Improvement
19. WA State: Biden Administration Awards More Than $1 Million to Suquamish Tribe for Community High-Speed Internet
20. What WA’s Cold, Wet Spring Means for Summer Wildfires
21. California's Largest Private Landowner Closes All Forestlands to Public Indefinitely Due to Wildfire, Drought Danger
WORD OF THE DAY
Pariah \PUH-RYE-uh\ Noun –1: one that is despised or rejected 2: a member of a low caste of southern India.
Bobo the clown was crushed. He thought his grease-painted friends would love his new shoes. Instead, he was banished from the clown car for two weeks because the shoes were “way too small” according to the clown prince. “A pariah over shoe size,” Bobo grumbled. “Next thing you know, they’ll be regulating clown nose colors!”
ENERGY &
UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Oregon Utilities Crunch Big Data, Tap Artificial
Intelligence to Reduce Wildfire Risks (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
2.
WA State: Wildfires Impact Chelan County PUD Insurance
Plan (Wenatchee World, WA – Paywall Advisory)
3.
Dam Politics: Why Public Power Utilities Are
Pouring Cash into the Campaign to Support Lower Snake River Dams (Seattle Times,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
4.
Several Hundred Take to Willamette River, Willamette
Park to Protest Four Snake River Dams (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
5.
Idaho: First Lineworker Class Graduates at NIC
Parker Center (Bonner County Daily Bee, ID)
6.
WA State: Another Look at Mossyrock Dam (The
Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
https://www.chronline.com/stories/another-look-at-mossyrock-dam,295853
7.
CAISO’s Proposed ‘Emergency’ Interconnection
Process Could Hurt Pending Projects: Vistra (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/caiso-emergency-interconnection-process-vistra-ferc/626095/
SOAPBOX SERENADE
– VOX POPULI
8.
Guest Essay: Tell These Politicians About the
Value of Hydropower (Issaquah Reporter, WA)
9.
Free Money Everywhere: The Pretense on Which Washington
State’s Energy Policy Is Based (Washington Policy Center)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
& SELF STORAGE
10.
Fierce Local Battles Over Power Lines Are a Bottleneck
for Clean Energy (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/26/why-the-us-has-a-massive-power-line-problem.html
11.
Solar Powered Umbrellas Sold at Costco Have Been
Recalled Because They Can Burst into Flames (Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/costco-sunvilla-s-solar-led-market-umbrella-recalled-1849112378
CONSERVATION
& EFFICIENCY
12.
House Bills Would Require Demand
Response-Enabled Water Heaters, Strengthen Weatherization Program (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/house-bills-demand-response-water-heaters-weatherization/625937/
13.
British Columbia: BC Hydro Offers Tips on How to
Save Money During Summer Heat (CTV News)
FISH &
WILDLIFE
14.
Biden Administration Tosses Trump Definition of
‘Habitat’ for Endangered Species (NY Times – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/climate/biden-endangered-species-habitat.html
15.
To Unravel Some of the Ocean’s Mysteries, Pacific
Northwest Scientists Head to Sea (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
WATER, WATER,
ANYWHERE?
16.
Where Colorado River No Longer Meets the Sea, a Pulse
of Water Brings New Life (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/where-river-no-longer-meets-120055347.html?soc_src=yahooapp
17.
California: As Tule Lake Vanishes, So Do Lives &
Livelihoods (Redding Record-Searchlight, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE
SEQUESTRATION VAULT
18.
Washington Ranks 10th Most Green State, But
These Measures Still Need Improvement (Tacoma News Tribune, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/state/washington/article262856033.html
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
19.
WA State: Biden Administration Awards More Than
$1 Million to Suquamish Tribe for Community High-Speed Internet (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
OTHER THINGS TO
KNOW ABOUT TODAY
20.
What WA’s Cold, Wet Spring Means for Summer
Wildfires (Crosscut Seattle)
https://crosscut.com/environment/2022/06/what-was-cold-wet-spring-means-summer-wildfires
21.
California's Largest Private Landowner Closes
All Forestlands to Public Indefinitely Due to Wildfire, Drought Danger (San
Francisco Chronicle, CA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE
SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Rick Astley Revisits His Career-Making Song With ‘Gratitude’
David Spade Donates Thousands to Burger King Employee Who
Received Goodie Bag for 27 Years of Service
NASA: Give Us Back Our Moon Dust & Cockroaches
https://apnews.com/article/oddities-technology-science-moon-3e717afffedf62ddbbe827f4ad0d05ec
'She's Perfect & She's Beautiful': Frozen Baby Woolly
Mammoth Discovered in Yukon Gold Fields
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/frozen-whole-baby-woolly-mammoth-yukon-gold-fields-1.6501128
SONG OF THE DAY
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
