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HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Weather Helping, But Threat from Western Fires Persists
(Associated Press)
Power Back on in Oregon after Weekend of Fire, High Winds
(Associated Press)
Crypto Mining Is Threatening U.S. Climate Efforts, White
House Warns (Bloomberg News)
Thousands Allegedly Bilked U.S. for Free Internet — In One
Child’s Name (Washington Post – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/09/08/fcc-broadband-fraud-coronavirus/
Fueled by Human Waste – An Algae Bloom Has Killed Thousands
of Fish in the San Francisco Bay Area (Cable News Network)
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/03/us/san-francisco-bay-area-algae-fish/index.html
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Power Back on in Oregon after Weekend of Fire,
High Winds
2.
WA State Utilities Proactively Turn Off Power as
Wildfires Come West
3.
Why California Has Blackouts: A Look at the
Power Grid
4.
Portland General Electric Set to Demolish
Shuttered Boardman Coal Plant
5.
Montana Nuclear Power Advisory Council Plan
Changed at ‘11th Hour’
6.
Small WA State: Everett Nuclear Research
Facility Gets $750 Million Infusion
7.
Nuclear Reactors Emerge as Energy Option, But
Risks Loom
8.
Is Nuclear Power a Green Solution? Why World
Tilts Toward ‘Yes.’
9.
Russia Hits Power Stations after Ukraine
Counteroffensive
10.
Alaska Dividend, Energy Check Payout Will Be
$3,284
11.
Sparking Change? Why Activists in New York,
Maine & Elsewhere Are Pushing for Public Power.
12.
Squirrel Knocks Out Power to 10,000 Customers in
Virginia
13.
WA State: Editorial – As Water Levels Drop,
Yakima Emerges as a Model
14.
Guest Essay: What Arizona Can Learn from
California’s Inability to Keep the Lights On
15.
Guest Essay: Democratic Governors’ Energy
Policies Do You No Favors
16.
Public Power Officials Play Key Roles with
Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association
17.
Chart: Women Hold Less Than a Third of Jobs in
Wind & Solar Power
18.
Blue LED Streetlights in Spokane Are
Manufacturer’s Defect; City Investigating
19.
Air Conditioning Has a Climate Problem. New
Technology Could Help.
20.
Sockeye Returns Near Wenatchee Shatter 30-Year
Records
21.
Federal Survey Delivers More Bad News to the
Bering Sea Crab Fleet
22.
Canada: River Mystery – What Is Killing the
Giant Sturgeon of British Columbia’s Nechako River?
23.
Conservation Group Ask Feds to List Rare Nevada
Springsnail as Endangered Due to Lithium Mine
24.
Retailers Pull Lobster from Menus after ‘Red
List’ Warning
25.
100 Years after Compact, Colorado River Nearing
Crisis Point
26.
Fueled by Human Waste – An Algae Bloom Has
Killed Thousands of Fish in the San Francisco Bay Area
27.
Poop & Pee Fueled the Huge Algae Bloom in
San Francisco Bay. Fixing the Problem Could Cost $14 Billion
28.
‘Timber Cities’ Might Help Decarbonize the World
29.
Biden Administration Launches Website to Provide
Real-Time Climate Data, Predict Future Scenarios
30.
It Wasn’t Just Oil Companies Spreading Climate
Denial
31.
Thousands Allegedly Bilked U.S. for Free
Internet — In One Child’s Name
32.
Crypto Mining Is Threatening U.S. Climate
Efforts, White House Warns
33.
Idaho’s Road Ahead for Electric Vehicles: More
Cars & Charging Stations, Many Questions
34.
New York City May Ban E-Bikes in Public Housing
Following a Spate of Fires
35.
Monster Clouds Towering 40,000 Feet Over
Mosquito Fire in California Stun Scientists
36.
Weather Helping, But Threat from Western Fires
Persists
37. ‘Triple Dip’ La Niña Is on the Way. Here’s What It Means for Weather in the U.S.
WORD OF THE DAY
Heliolatry \hee-lee-AH-luh-tree\ Noun – Sun worship.
“Boy, those ancient religions and their sun worship,” scoffed Tiffani to her deeply tanned companion. “How they would have the gall to worship the sun as a god and arrange their lives around its heavenly path is beyond me,” she sighed as she slathered on another layer of sunscreen to ward off the effects of another four hours spent on sunbathing. Her unwitting heliolatry would be her undoing ten years later.
ENERGY &
UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Power Back on in Oregon after Weekend of Fire,
High Winds (Associated Press)
2.
WA State Utilities Proactively Turn Off Power as
Wildfires Come West (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
3.
Why California Has Blackouts: A Look at the Power
Grid (ABC News)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/california-blackouts-power-grid/story?id=89460998
4.
Portland General Electric Set to Demolish
Shuttered Boardman Coal Plant (Portland Business Journal, OR – Paywall Advisor)
https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2022/09/08/pge-boardman-demolition.html
5.
Montana Nuclear Power Advisory Council Plan
Changed at ‘11th Hour’ (Helena Independent-Record, MT)
6.
Small WA State: Everett Nuclear Research
Facility Gets $750 Million Infusion (Everett Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.heraldnet.com/business/everett-nuclear-research-facility-gets-750-million-infusion/
7.
Nuclear Reactors Emerge as Energy Option, But
Risks Loom (Associated Press)
8.
Is Nuclear Power a Green Solution? Why World
Tilts Toward ‘Yes.’ (Christian Science Monitor)
9.
Russia Hits Power Stations after Ukraine Counteroffensive
(Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-kyiv-kharkiv-77988f0d236f26025159709918f78181
10.
Alaska Dividend, Energy Check Payout Will Be
$3,284 (Associated Press)
11.
Sparking Change? Why Activists in New York, Maine
& Elsewhere Are Pushing for Public Power. (USA Today)
12.
Squirrel Knocks Out Power to 10,000 Customers in
Virginia (United Press International)
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/09/09/Dominion-Energy-Virginia-squirrel-substation/8831662746430/
SOAPBOX SERENADE
– VOX POPULI
13.
WA State: Editorial – As Water Levels Drop, Yakima
Emerges as a Model (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA – Paywall Advisory)
14.
Guest Essay: What Arizona Can Learn from California’s
Inability to Keep the Lights On (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ)
15.
Guest Essay: Democratic Governors’ Energy
Policies Do You No Favors (Lewiston Tribune, ID)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
& SELF STORAGE
16.
Public Power Officials Play Key Roles with
Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association (American Public Power Association)
17.
Chart: Women Hold Less Than a Third of Jobs in Wind
& Solar Power (Canary Media)
CONSERVATION
& EFFICIENCY
18.
Blue LED Streetlights in Spokane Are
Manufacturer’s Defect; City Investigating (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/sep/12/blue-streetlights-in-spokane-are-manufacturers-def/
19.
Air Conditioning Has a Climate Problem. New Technology
Could Help. (Washington Post – Paywall Advisory)
FISH &
WILDLIFE
20.
Sockeye Returns Near Wenatchee Shatter 30-Year
Records (Wenatchee World, WA – Paywall Advisory)
21.
Federal Survey Delivers More Bad News to the Bering
Sea Crab Fleet (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
22.
Canada: River Mystery – What Is Killing the Giant
Sturgeon of British Columbia’s Nechako River? (Lethbridge News, BC)
23.
Conservation Group Ask Feds to List Rare Nevada Springsnail
as Endangered Due to Lithium Mine (Nevada Current)
24.
Retailers Pull Lobster from Menus after ‘Red
List’ Warning (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/retailers-pull-lobster-menus-red-list-warning-rcna46886
WATER, WATER
ANYWHERE?
25.
100 Years after Compact, Colorado River Nearing
Crisis Point (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2022/09/12/100-years-after-compact-colorado-river-nearing-crisis-point/
ENVIRONMENTAL
AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
26.
Fueled by Human Waste – An Algae Bloom Has
Killed Thousands of Fish in the San Francisco Bay Area (Cable News Network)
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/03/us/san-francisco-bay-area-algae-fish/index.html
27.
Poop & Pee Fueled the Huge Algae Bloom in San
Francisco Bay. Fixing the Problem Could Cost $14 Billion (San Francisco
Chronicle, CA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/algae-bloom-sewage-sf-bay-17416719.php
CLIMATE CHANGE
SEQUESTRATION VAULT
28.
‘Timber Cities’ Might Help Decarbonize the World
(Inside Climate News)
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12092022/timber-cities-decarbonization/
29.
Biden Administration Launches Website to Provide
Real-Time Climate Data, Predict Future Scenarios (Northwest News Network)
30.
It Wasn’t Just Oil Companies Spreading Climate
Denial (Atlantic Magazine)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
31.
Thousands Allegedly Bilked U.S. for Free
Internet — In One Child’s Name (Washington Post – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/09/08/fcc-broadband-fraud-coronavirus/
BEAM ME UP,
SCOTTY - THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY & CYBERSECURITY
32.
Crypto Mining Is Threatening U.S. Climate
Efforts, White House Warns (Bloomberg News)
I SING THE CAR
ELECTRIC
33.
Idaho’s Road Ahead for Electric Vehicles: More Cars
& Charging Stations, Many Questions (East Idaho News, Pocatello, ID)
34.
New York City May Ban E-Bikes in Public Housing
Following a Spate of Fires (Grist Online)
https://grist.org/cities/nyc-may-ban-e-bikes-in-public-housing-following-a-spate-of-fires/
BARREL O’ GREEN
POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
35.
Monster Clouds Towering 40,000 Feet Over Mosquito
Fire in California Stun Scientists (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.theolympian.com/news/nation-world/national/article265637101.html
OTHER THINGS TO
KNOW ABOUT TODAY
36.
Weather Helping, But Threat from Western Fires
Persists (Associated Press)
37.
‘Triple Dip’ La Niña Is on the Way. Here’s What
It Means for Weather in the U.S. (USA Today)
https://news.yahoo.com/triple-dip-la-ni-way-171523098.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Commanders Embarrassingly Try to Sell Mugs with Outline of Washington
State Behind Team Logo
Bear Crashes 2-Year-Old’s Birthday Party, Eats Cupcakes
2,098 Toy Trucks Spell Out Sentence for Guinness World
Record
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/09/12/Guinness-World-Records-toy-truck-sentence/2111662994105/
Welcome to the National Day of Encouragement – September 12,
2022
https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day-of-encouragement/
SONG OF THE DAY
The Hollies – He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother
