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HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
More Snow & Bitter Cold Expected to Hit the Region This
Week After Monday Snow Showers (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/nov/28/more-snow-and-bitter-cold-expected-to-hit-the-regi/
Snared in Power Lines, Two Rescued from Small Plane Crash
Near Washington, DC Authorities Say (Reuters)
Want to Buy into a Nuclear Power Project? This Utah Group
Would Like to Talk. (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
https://www.sltrib.com/renewable-energy/2022/11/24/want-buy-into-nuclear-power/
WA State: Public Meeting Set for Yakima County Solar Farms
(Yakima Herald-Republic, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Scientists: Let’s Test Removing Salmon-Eating Seals, Sea
Lions (Capital Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Snared in Power Lines, Two Rescued from Small
Plane Crash Near Washington, DC Authorities Say
2.
Want to Buy into a Nuclear Power Project? This
Utah Group Would Like to Talk.
3.
Managing NuScale, Other Small Modular Reactor
Waste Will Be ‘Roughly Comparable’ with Conventional Reactors, DOE Labs Find
4.
New Mexico Court Asked to Reconsider Electricity
Rate Case
5.
Oregon: Hydropower Project Proposed for
Applegate Dam
6.
Western Day-Ahead Market Could Save $1.2 Billion
a Year, Boost Renewables Output 1,800+ GWh: CAISO Report
7.
Canada: Blackouts After Muskrat Falls
Transmission Line Test in Labrador Fails
8.
Sober or Bright? Europe Faces Holidays During
Energy Crunch
9.
U.S. Senator Manchin’s Spat with FERC Chair
Glick Splits Energy Industry Groups
10.
Superlative States: The US’s Top Energy
Producers Ranked
11.
WA State: Public Meeting Set for Yakima County
Solar Farms
12.
Alaska Power Companies Look at Building
Community Solar Farms That Households Can Invest In
13.
Scientists: Let’s Test Removing Salmon-Eating
Seals, Sea Lions
14.
Lawsuit Looms Over Tiny Rare Fish in
Drought-Stricken West
15.
WA State: Cle Elum Fish Passage Facilities &
Fish Reintroduction Project
16.
Arizona: Fish Herding Prepares Mesa Canal for
Maintenance Work
17.
A Shrinking Lake Powell Is Causing Costly
Problems for Page, Arizona
18.
New Research: 2021 Pacific Northwest Heatwave
Had Multiple Causes, Including Climate Change
19.
WA Gov. Inslee Plans to Ban Gas-Powered Cars by
2035. Is It Doable?
20.
Musk Plans Twitter Check Mark Feature Again,
This Time with More Colors
21.
More Snow & Bitter Cold Expected to Hit the
Region This Week After Monday Snow Showers
22.
Oregon: Heavy Snow, Wind Make Travel on Cascade
Passes Hazardous Through Monday
23.
WA State: Weather Around Puget Sound Will Be a
‘Doozy’ with Chances of Snow
24.
Cyber Monday Sales to Touch Up to $11.6 Billion
as Shoppers Go Discount Hunting
25. World’s Largest Active Volcano, Mauna Loa, Erupts in Hawaii
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Auriferous \aw-RIFF-fuh-russ\ Adjective – Containing gold.
Gold’s evil glitter
Midas’ touch, king’s unwise choice
Auriferous curse
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Snared in Power Lines, Two Rescued from Small
Plane Crash Near Washington, DC Authorities Say (Reuters)
2.
Want to Buy into a Nuclear Power Project? This
Utah Group Would Like to Talk. (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
https://www.sltrib.com/renewable-energy/2022/11/24/want-buy-into-nuclear-power/
3.
Managing NuScale, Other Small Modular Reactor Waste
Will Be ‘Roughly Comparable’ with Conventional Reactors, DOE Labs Find (Utility
Dive)
4.
New Mexico Court Asked to Reconsider Electricity
Rate Case (Associated Press)
5.
Oregon: Hydropower Project Proposed for Applegate
Dam (Medford Mail-Tribune, OR – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.mailtribune.com/top-stories/2022/11/25/hydropower-project-proposed-for-applegate-dam/
6.
Western Day-Ahead Market Could Save $1.2 Billion
a Year, Boost Renewables Output 1,800+ GWh: CAISO Report (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/day-ahead-market-caiso-west-edam-spp/637266/
7.
Canada: Blackouts After Muskrat Falls
Transmission Line Test in Labrador Fails (Hamilton Spectator, Ontario, Canada)
8.
Sober or Bright? Europe Faces Holidays During
Energy Crunch (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/sports-business-wrestling-europe-8cb163439782aea4260b525270b142d9
9.
U.S. Senator Manchin’s Spat with FERC Chair
Glick Splits Energy Industry Groups (Bloomberg News)
10.
Superlative States: The US’s Top Energy Producers
Ranked (Washington Examiner, DC)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
11.
WA State: Public Meeting Set for Yakima County Solar
Farms (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA – Paywall Advisory)
12.
Alaska Power Companies Look at Building
Community Solar Farms That Households Can Invest In (Anchorage Daily News, AK –
Paywall Advisory)
FISH & WILDLIFE
13.
Scientists: Let’s Test Removing Salmon-Eating
Seals, Sea Lions (Capital Press)
14.
Lawsuit Looms Over Tiny Rare Fish in
Drought-Stricken West (Associated Press)
15.
WA State: Cle Elum Fish Passage Facilities &
Fish Reintroduction Project (Bureau of Reclamation)
https://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/eis/cle-elum/
16.
Arizona: Fish Herding Prepares Mesa Canal for
Maintenance Work (Phoenix Daily Independent, AZ)
https://yourvalley.net/stories/fish-herding-prepares-mesa-canal-for-maintenance-work,345266
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
17.
A Shrinking Lake Powell Is Causing Costly
Problems for Page, Arizona (National Public Radio)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
18.
New Research: 2021 Pacific Northwest Heatwave
Had Multiple Causes, Including Climate Change (Courthouse News Service)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
19.
WA Gov. Inslee Plans to Ban Gas-Powered Cars by 2035.
Is It Doable? (Crosscut Seattle)
https://crosscut.com/environment/2022/11/gov-inslee-plans-ban-gas-powered-cars-2035-it-doable
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
20.
Musk Plans Twitter Check Mark Feature Again,
This Time with More Colors (Washington Post, DC – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/25/musk-twitter-verified-check-marks/
OTHER THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY
21.
More Snow & Bitter Cold Expected to Hit the Region
This Week After Monday Snow Showers (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/nov/28/more-snow-and-bitter-cold-expected-to-hit-the-regi/
22.
Oregon: Heavy Snow, Wind Make Travel on Cascade Passes
Hazardous Through Monday (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
23.
WA State: Weather Around Puget Sound Will Be a ‘Doozy’
with Chances of Snow (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
https://mynorthwest.com/3730331/weather-around-the-sound-this-week-will-be-a-doozy-snow/
24.
Cyber Monday Sales to Touch Up to $11.6 Billion as
Shoppers Go Discount Hunting (Reuters)
25.
World’s Largest Active Volcano, Mauna Loa,
Erupts in Hawaii (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Yakima/Tri-Cities, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Fisherman Catches 67-Pound Goldfish
https://nbc-2.com/news/weird/2022/11/24/fisherman-catches-67-pound-goldfish/
Seattle Man Visiting Qatar Finds Solution to World Cup
Alcohol Ban
‘Gaslighting’ Is Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2022
https://apnews.com/article/word-of-the-year-2022-80d02a3e0a347e542466571ca9cdb2ef
Letter from Holy Roman Emperor Written in Secret Code
Finally Cracked After 5 Centuries to Reveal He Was Worried About Being
Assassinated
SONG OF THE DAY
Willie Nelson - Whiskey River
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSYEvTni79M
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