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HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
California Could Lend Pacific Gas & Electric $1.4
Billion to Save Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant (Los Angeles Times, CA – Paywall Advisory)
As Temperatures Rise, California Power Grid Manager Tells
Generators to Keep Plants Humming (Sacramento Bee, CA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article264462836.html
WA State: Grant PUD Considering Wanapum Dam Embankment
Analysis (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
https://columbiabasinherald.com/news/2022/aug/11/grant-pud-considering-wanapum-dam-embankment-analy/
Ruling Clouds Future of Southeast Alaska King Salmon Fishery
(Associated Press)
https://news.yahoo.com/ruling-clouds-future-southeast-alaska-192229871.html
FCC Cancels $886 Million in Funding for SpaceX’s Starlink
(PC Magazine)
https://www.pcmag.com/news/fcc-cancels-886-million-in-funding-for-spacexs-starlink
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
California Could Lend Pacific Gas & Electric
$1.4 Billion to Save Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant
2.
As Temperatures Rise, California Power Grid
Manager Tells Generators to Keep Plants Humming
3.
WA State: Grant PUD Considering Wanapum Dam
Embankment Analysis
4.
WA State: Seattle City Light Proposes Rate
Increases for 2023, 2024 as Customer Debt Mounts
5.
WA State: Okanogan PUD Backs Process for
Potential Enloe Dam Removal Study
6.
Judge Revives Obama-Era Ban on Coal Sales from
U.S. Lands
7.
U.S. Utility Survey Suggests Industry Mulling
Additions of 90 GW of New Nuclear
8.
Spotlight on Alaska – Waterpower Opportunities
Abound
9.
Report: Rural Electric Cooperatives Lack Women,
Minorities in Elected Positions
10.
Guest Essay, Steve Wright: Coordination Between
Utilities & Crypto Miners — When Does It Make Sense?
11.
The Cost of Green Energy: The Nation’s Biggest Lithium
Mine May Be Going Up on a Site Sacred to Native Americans
12.
‘The Sacrifice Zone’: Myanmar Bears Cost of
Green Energy
13.
Ruling Clouds Future of Southeast Alaska King
Salmon Fishery
14.
Excitement in British Columbia Indigenous
Communities as Salmon Get Past Fraser River Slide Zone
15.
WA State: $855 Million Fish Passage Facility to
Be Built at Hanson Dam Along Green River
16.
Conservationists, Bonneville Power
Administration Aim to Wrap Up $5.5 Million Wildlife Restoration Project in
Cathlamet by October
17.
Hatched to Be Wild: Why Tribes Are Pursuing a
Controversial Salmon Recovery Strategy
18.
‘If They Can’t Make It, None of Them Will.’
These Idaho Salmon May Hold Key to Survival
19.
Poland/Germany: Dead Fish in River Oder Spur
Contamination Probe
20.
Tensions Grow Over Lack of a Water Deal for the
Shrinking Colorado River
21.
‘All Bad Options’ as Biden Administration Faces
Western Water Crisis
22.
A ‘Megaflood’ in California Could Drop 100
Inches of Rain, Scientists Warn
23.
These Areas of WA State Are Likely to Get Hotter
— But People Keep Moving There
24.
July 2022 Featured Hottest Nights in U.S.
History
25.
Satellite Imagery Shows Antarctic Ice Shelf
Crumbling Faster Than Thought
26.
FCC Cancels $886 Million in Funding for SpaceX’s
Starlink
27.
Inaccurate Maps Are Delaying the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law’s Broadband Funding
28.
Fast Fiber Networks Have Quietly Won the
Broadband War
29.
New Technology Designed at PNNL Will Help
Predict Storm Damage from Hurricanes, Climate Change
30.
Mid-Week Heatwave Forecast to Envelop Western WA
31. Methane ‘Loophole’ Shows Risk of Gaming New U.S. Climate Bill
WORD OF THE DAY
Visage \VIZ-zedge\ Noun – 1: the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal 2: aspect, appearance
Sidney hummed absently while brushing his teeth, unaware until it was too late that the medicine cabinet had swung open to reveal the jolly visage of his next-door neighbor, Chuck McCann. “Hi guy!” exclaimed Chuck, “fancy meeting you here after all these years.” MONA!
No. 94 on Drew Babb’s 100 Greatest TV Spots of All Time – Right Guard/”Mona”: God knows why we love this sad sack Sidney, standing at his bathroom sink crying out for his wife, Mona! (Wouldn’t you cry out too if your medicine cabinet opened into your neighbor’s bathroom?) Love the hail-fellow-well-met neighbor, played by Chuck McCann, who greets our schmoe with, Hi, Guy! This campaign pooled into a series in which we get to know Sidney’s wife and kid. And the neighbor’s kid, too.
ENERGY &
UTILITY ISSUES
1.
California Could Lend Pacific Gas & Electric
$1.4 Billion to Save Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant (Los Angeles Times, CA –
Paywall Advisory)
2.
As Temperatures Rise, California Power Grid
Manager Tells Generators to Keep Plants Humming (Sacramento Bee, CA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article264462836.html
3.
WA State: Grant PUD Considering Wanapum Dam Embankment
Analysis (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
https://columbiabasinherald.com/news/2022/aug/11/grant-pud-considering-wanapum-dam-embankment-analy/
4.
WA State: Seattle City Light Proposes Rate
Increases for 2023, 2024 as Customer Debt Mounts (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
5.
WA State: Okanogan PUD Backs Process for
Potential Enloe Dam Removal Study (Methow Valley News, Twisp, WA)
https://methowvalleynews.com/2022/08/12/pud-backs-process-for-potential-enloe-dam-removal-study/
6.
Judge Revives Obama-Era Ban on Coal Sales from U.S.
Lands (Associated Press)
7.
U.S. Utility Survey Suggests Industry Mulling
Additions of 90 GW of New Nuclear (Power Magazine)
8.
Spotlight on Alaska – Waterpower Opportunities
Abound (National Hydropower Association)
https://www.hydro.org/powerhouse/article/spotlight-on-alaska-waterpower-opportunities-abound/
9.
Report: Rural Electric Cooperatives Lack Women,
Minorities in Elected Positions (The Daily Yonder)
SOAPBOX SERENADE
– VOX POPULI
10.
Guest Essay, Steve Wright: Coordination Between
Utilities & Crypto Miners — When Does It Make Sense? (Utility Dive)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
& SELF STORAGE
11.
The Cost of Green Energy: The Nation’s Biggest
Lithium Mine May Be Going Up on a Site Sacred to Native Americans (NBC News)
12.
‘The Sacrifice Zone’: Myanmar Bears Cost of
Green Energy (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/technology-forests-myanmar-75df22e8d7431a6757ea4a426fbde94c
FISH &
WILDLIFE
13.
Ruling Clouds Future of Southeast Alaska King
Salmon Fishery (Associated Press)
https://news.yahoo.com/ruling-clouds-future-southeast-alaska-192229871.html
14.
Excitement in British Columbia Indigenous Communities
as Salmon Get Past Fraser River Slide Zone (CTV News, Vancouver, BC)
15.
WA State: $855 Million Fish Passage Facility to
Be Built at Hanson Dam Along Green River (Kent Reporter, WA)
16.
Conservationists, Bonneville Power
Administration Aim to Wrap Up $5.5 Million Wildlife Restoration Project in Cathlamet
by October (Longview Daily News, WA)
17.
Hatched to Be Wild: Why Tribes Are Pursuing a Controversial
Salmon Recovery Strategy (Columbian Insight)
18.
‘If They Can’t Make It, None of Them Will.’ These
Idaho Salmon May Hold Key to Survival (Phys.Org)
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-idaho-salmon-key-survival.html
ENVIRONMENTAL
AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
19.
Poland/Germany: Dead Fish in River Oder Spur
Contamination Probe (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idRCV00BC7S
WATER, WATER,
ANYWHERE?
20.
Tensions Grow Over Lack of a Water Deal for the Shrinking
Colorado River (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/tensions-grow-over-lack-water-120055499.html
21.
‘All Bad Options’ as Biden Administration Faces Western
Water Crisis (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/western-states-face-drastic-water-160000729.html
22.
A ‘Megaflood’ in California Could Drop 100
Inches of Rain, Scientists Warn (Washington Post – Paywall Advisory)
CLIMATE CHANGE
SEQUESTRATION VAULT
23.
These Areas of WA State Are Likely to Get Hotter
— But People Keep Moving There (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
24.
July 2022 Featured Hottest Nights in U.S.
History (Washington Post – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/10/hottest-us-nights-july-climate/
25.
Satellite Imagery Shows Antarctic Ice Shelf Crumbling
Faster Than Thought (Reuters)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
26.
FCC Cancels $886 Million in Funding for SpaceX’s
Starlink (PC Magazine)
https://www.pcmag.com/news/fcc-cancels-886-million-in-funding-for-spacexs-starlink
27.
Inaccurate Maps Are Delaying the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law’s Broadband Funding (Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/bipartisan-infrastructure-law-broadband-funding-delayed-180710457.html
28.
Fast Fiber Networks Have Quietly Won the
Broadband War (C|Net News)
https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/fast-fiber-networks-have-quietly-won-the-broadband-war/
BARREL O’ GREEN
POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
29.
New Technology Designed at PNNL Will Help
Predict Storm Damage from Hurricanes, Climate Change (Northwest News Network)
OTHER THINGS TO
KNOW ABOUT TODAY
30.
Mid-Week Heatwave Forecast to Envelop Western WA
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
https://mynorthwest.com/3594815/mid-week-heatwave-forecasted-envelop-western-wa-90-degree-days/
31.
Methane ‘Loophole’ Shows Risk of Gaming New U.S.
Climate Bill (Bloomberg News)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Meteor Likely ‘The Size of a Beach Ball’ Causes Sonic Boom
Over Utah, Experts Say
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/nation-world/national/article264499671.html
Disoriented Bear Cub Rescued in Turkey after Eating ‘Mad
Honey’
https://news.yahoo.com/disoriented-bear-cub-rescued-turkey-164434919.html
Disney Guest Films ‘Torture’ of Being Stuck on It’s A Small
World Ride for Over an Hour: ‘I Would’ve Lost My Mind’
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/riders-were-stuck-disney-small-204744286.html
Dog Rescued After Being Lost in Missouri Cave for up to 2
Months
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/08/15/dog-rescued-Missouri-cave-two-months/5661660592677/
SONG OF THE DAY
The Archies – Sugar Sugar
