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HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Storm Scenes: Voices of Fear, Hope as Ian Lashes Florida
(Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-ian-evacuation-stories-f2cb061257ef38bb72778540aba73fba
Oregon Abandons Plans for Gas-Fired Power Plant in Umatilla
County (KPTV-TV, Portland, OR)
https://www.kptv.com/2022/09/27/oregon-abandons-plans-gas-fired-power-plant-umatilla-county/
Key Oregon Permit Approved for Boardman to Hemingway Transmission
Line (Transmission & Distribution World)
Electric Vehicle Charging Network Plans Approved for All 50
States (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ev-charging-network-highway-plans-NEVI/632876/
Is This the Beginning of the End of the Internet? How a
Single Texas Ruling Could Change the Web Forever (Atlantic Magazine)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Oregon Abandons Plans for Gas-Fired Power Plant
in Umatilla County
2.
Key Oregon Permit Approved for Boardman to
Hemingway Transmission Line
3.
More Than One in Four Southern California Families
Are Unable to Pay Energy Bills. Heat Waves May Make It Worse
4.
What Is ‘Dead Pool’ & What Does It Mean for
the Colorado River?
5.
Hydro Provides Reliable Electricity Even During
Historic Droughts Says New Study
6.
The U.S. Air Force Wants to Install a Nuclear
Microreactor at the Eielson Base in Alaska
7.
What Does a Ban on Natural Gas Appliances Mean
for Homeowners?
8.
Germany Delays Exit from Nuclear Power to Offset
Energy Shortfall
9.
Commentary: Economic Headwinds Mean the West
Coast Should Stop Being an Offshore Wind Laggard
10.
Report: 24% of U.S. Electricity Came from
Hydropower, Wind, Solar in First Half of Year
11.
Tiny Oregon Town Hosts First Wind-Solar-Battery
‘Hybrid’ Plant
12.
Green Buildings Get a Boost in WA, But Policy
& Demand Still Lag
13.
‘You’re Living in a Tin Can’ – Arizona’s
Mobile-Home Residents Are Far More Likely to Die from Excessive Heat
14.
WA State: Sequim ‘Net-Zero’ Home Joins National
Solar Tour Oct. 1
15.
Youth Rally to Protect Salmon in the Snake River
16.
The Racism, and Resilience, Behind Today’s
Salmon Crisis
17.
Study: Heat Wave Led to Unprecedented Melt of
Swiss Glaciers
18.
Electric Vehicle Charging Network Plans Approved
for All 50 States
19.
Electric Vehicle Charging Needs to Shift to
Daytime, Study Says: Here’s Why
20.
More Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Are
Coming to Washington State
21.
WA State: Chelan PUD Says It’s Prepared for
Electric Vehicles
22.
Is This the Beginning of the End of the
Internet? How a Single Texas Ruling Could Change the Web Forever
23.
NASA’s Asteroid Crash Captured in Dramatic
Before & After Pictures
24. Storm Scenes: Voices of Fear, Hope as Ian Lashes Florida
WORD OF THE DAY
Golem \GOH-lum\ Noun - 1: an artificial being in Hebrew folklore endowed with life *2: someone or something resembling a golem.
The employees trudged into their gray, windowless sarcophagus, a place they called “work”; their putty-gray faces frozen in a mask of hopeless resignation. Fortunately, one of these workers rose above the level of a golem: a laughing, horn-honking red-haired clown known only to his co-workers as “Bozo”.
ENERGY &
UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Oregon Abandons Plans for Gas-Fired Power Plant in
Umatilla County (KPTV-TV, Portland, OR)
https://www.kptv.com/2022/09/27/oregon-abandons-plans-gas-fired-power-plant-umatilla-county/
2.
Key Oregon Permit Approved for Boardman to
Hemingway Transmission Line (Transmission & Distribution World)
3.
More Than One in Four Southern California
Families Are Unable to Pay Energy Bills. Heat Waves May Make It Worse (KABC-TV,
Los Angeles, CA)
4.
What Is ‘Dead Pool’ & What Does It Mean for the
Colorado River? (Christian Science Monitor)
5.
Hydro Provides Reliable Electricity Even During
Historic Droughts Says New Study (Waterpower Magazine)
6.
The U.S. Air Force Wants to Install a Nuclear
Microreactor at the Eielson Base in Alaska (Aviacion Online)
7.
What Does a Ban on Natural Gas Appliances Mean
for Homeowners? (The Hill, Washington, DC)
8.
Germany Delays Exit from Nuclear Power to Offset
Energy Shortfall (The Guardian, UK)
SOAPBOX SERENADE
– VOX POPULI
9.
Commentary: Economic Headwinds Mean the West
Coast Should Stop Being an Offshore Wind Laggard (Forbes Magazine)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
& SELF STORAGE
10.
Report: 24% of U.S. Electricity Came from
Hydropower, Wind, Solar in First Half of Year (The Center Square)
11.
Tiny Oregon Town Hosts First Wind-Solar-Battery ‘Hybrid’
Plant (Associated Press)
CONSERVATION
& EFFICIENCY
12.
Green Buildings Get a Boost in WA, But Policy &
Demand Still Lag (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
13.
‘You’re Living in a Tin Can’ – Arizona’s Mobile-Home
Residents Are Far More Likely to Die from Excessive Heat (High Country News)
https://www.hcn.org/issues/54.10/south-housing-youre-living-in-a-tin-can
14.
WA State: Sequim ‘Net-Zero’ Home Joins National
Solar Tour Oct. 1 (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
https://www.sequimgazette.com/life/sequim-net-zero-home-joins-national-solar-tour-oct-1/
FISH &
WILDLIFE
15.
Youth Rally to Protect Salmon in the Snake River
(KUOW News, Seattle, WA)
https://kuow.org/stories/youth-rally-to-protect-salmon-in-the-snake-river
16.
The Racism, and Resilience, Behind Today’s
Salmon Crisis (ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-racism-and-resilience-behind-todays-salmon-crisis
CLIMATE CHANGE
SEQUESTRATION VAULT
17.
Study: Heat Wave Led to Unprecedented Melt of Swiss
Glaciers (Associated Press)
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Study-Heatwave-led-to-unprecedented-melt-of-17472016.php
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
18.
Electric Vehicle Charging Network Plans Approved
for All 50 States (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ev-charging-network-highway-plans-NEVI/632876/
19.
Electric Vehicle Charging Needs to Shift to
Daytime, Study Says: Here’s Why (KGO-TV, San Francisco, CA)
https://abc7news.com/electric-vehicle-charging-stanford-study-ev-daytime/12254632/
20.
More Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Are
Coming to Washington State (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
21.
WA State: Chelan PUD Says It’s Prepared for
Electric Vehicles (KPQ-Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
PUBLIC RELATIONS,
MARKETING & MEDIA
22.
Is This the Beginning of the End of the
Internet? How a Single Texas Ruling Could Change the Web Forever (Atlantic
Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN
POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
23.
NASA’s Asteroid Crash Captured in Dramatic
Before & After Pictures (Mashable)
https://mashable.com/article/nasa-dart-asteroid-images-before-after
OTHER THINGS TO
KNOW ABOUT TODAY
24.
Storm Scenes: Voices of Fear, Hope as Ian Lashes
Florida (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-ian-evacuation-stories-f2cb061257ef38bb72778540aba73fba
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Judge Hears Arguments in Federal Lawsuit Over ‘Leavenworth
Oktoberfest’
https://kpq.com/judge-hears-arguments-in-federal-lawsuit-over-leavenworth-oktoberfest/
This Jet Suit Could Make You Fly Like Iron Man — If You’re
Rich
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/28/iron-man-jet-suit-gravity/
Man Becomes the Second-Ever to Kayak from California to Hawaii
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/09/28/man-kayaks-from-California-to-Hawaii/3651664395595/
Overdue VHS Tape Returned to Kansas Library after 19 Years
SONG OF THE DAY
Tom T. Hall – I Like Beer
