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HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Federal Regulators Nix
Proposal on California’s Last Nuclear Plant (Associated Press)
WA State: Nuclear
Fusion Company Exploring Lewis County Coal Plant Property (KING-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Lake Mead’s Decline May
Slow, Thanks to Winter’s Wet Start (Las Vegas Review-Journal, NV)
Washington Farmers
Dragged into Cap-And-Trade Costs (Capital Press)
Pole Attachments:
Utilities Coalition Warns Against Shifting Cost of Replacing Poles (Broadband
Breakfast)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. Federal
Regulators Nix Proposal on California’s Last Nuclear Plant
2. WA
State: Nuclear Fusion Company Exploring Lewis County Coal Plant Property
3. Drought
Threatens Hydropower Produced by Colorado River
4. New
Mexico: Threats Over High Natural Gas Bills Shutter Deming City Hall; Some
Bills Reach into the Thousands of Dollars
5. California:
Pacific Gas & Electric Town Hall on Frequent Power Outages in Bennett
Valley Cut Short by Power Outage
6. Portland
General Electric Touts Demolition of Final Coal Plant, Reduced Outage &
Restoration Times in Year-End Review
7. Amid
Political Scandals, Florida Power & Light CEO Announces Retirement
8. The
7 Most Awe-Inspiring Dams in the U.S.
9. Soaring
Utility Bill? Blame The Instability of Fossil Fuels
10. Editorial:
Broadband Service for All Should be a Priority
11. Hydropower
Could Help Developing Nations Decarbonize . . . With Minimal Environmental
Impact
12. Duke
Energy Begins Operating Idaho’s Largest Solar Plant
13. Idaho:
BLM Favors Wind Turbine Arrangements with Less Impact to Minidoka Internment
Site
14. Company
Behind Unalaska’s Geothermal Energy Project Hits Major Construction Milestone,
Clams Up on Funding
15. Dead
Whales & Tough Economics Bedevil Biden’s Massive Wind Energy Push
16. States
Reimagine Power Grids for Wind & Solar Future
17. Fish,
Eat & Profit! Program Pays Anglers to Turn in Pike Heads Caught in
Washington State’s Lake Roosevelt
18. Lake
Mead’s Decline May Slow, Thanks to Winter’s Wet Start
19. Washington
Farmers Dragged into Cap-And-Trade Costs
20. Most
U.S. Mayors Don’t Want to Ban Gas Stoves, Leaf Blowers Over Climate Change
Impact, Survey Finds
21. A
Global Rush Is on to Reduce Cow Burps — And Help Save the World from Climate
Change
22. Pole
Attachments: Utilities Coalition Warns Against Shifting Cost of Replacing Poles
23. WA
State: High-Speed Internet Is Coming to Part of Rural Pierce County. Here’s the
$5 Million Plan
24. FCC
Broadband Service Maps Disputed at Thousands of WA Locations
25. Portland
Looks to Increase Electric Vehicle Charging at New Apartment Complexes
26. PUD
Says Electric Car Increase 25% Every Year in Chelan County
27. Tesla
Will Invest $3.6 Billion in Nevada Truck Factory Expansion
28. An
Asteroid Will Whip by Earth Tonight in One of Closest Approaches Ever Recorded
29. Washington State Might Nix-Single Family Zoning
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Frowsy \FROW-zee\ Adjective - 1: musty, stale *2: having a slovenly or uncared-for appearance.
Open the old trunk
Frowsy air comes
wafting out
I gasp on stale air
ENERGY
& UTILITY ISSUES
1. Federal
Regulators Nix Proposal on California’s Last Nuclear Plant (Associated Press)
3.
Drought Threatens Hydropower Produced by Colorado
River (Marketplace)
https://www.marketplace.org/2023/01/25/drought-threatens-hydropower-produced-by-colorado-river/
4.
New Mexico: Threats Over High Natural Gas Bills
Shutter Deming City Hall; Some Bills Reach into the Thousands of Dollars (Albuquerque
Journal, NM)
5.
California: Pacific Gas & Electric Town Hall
on Frequent Power Outages in Bennett Valley Cut Short by Power Outage (Santa Rosa
Press-Democrat, CA)
6.
Portland General Electric Touts Demolition of
Final Coal Plant, Reduced Outage & Restoration Times in Year-End Review (Daily
Energy Insider)
7.
Amid Political Scandals, Florida Power & Light
CEO Announces Retirement (Tampa Bay Ties, FL – Paywall Advisory)
8.
The 7 Most Awe-Inspiring Dams in the U.S. (World
Atlas)
https://www.worldatlas.com/places/the-7-most-awe-inspiring-dams-in-the-us.html
SOAPBOX
SERENADE – VOX POPULI
9.
Soaring Utility Bill? Blame The Instability of
Fossil Fuels (Baker City Herald, OR – Paywall Advisory)
10.
Editorial: Broadband Service for All Should be a
Priority (Vancouver Columbian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
11.
Hydropower Could Help Developing Nations
Decarbonize . . . With Minimal Environmental Impact (Anthropocene Magazine)
RENEWABLE
ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
12.
Duke Energy Begins Operating Idaho’s Largest
Solar Plant (Power Magazine)
https://www.power-eng.com/solar/duke-energy-begins-operating-idahos-largest-solar-plant/
13.
Idaho: BLM Favors Wind Turbine Arrangements with
Less Impact to Minidoka Internment Site (Boise State Public Radio)
14.
Company Behind Unalaska’s Geothermal Energy
Project Hits Major Construction Milestone, Clams Up on Funding (KLDG Radio, Dillingham,
AK)
15.
Dead Whales & Tough Economics Bedevil Biden’s
Massive Wind Energy Push (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/dead-whales-tough-economics-bedevil-170041107.html
16.
States Reimagine Power Grids for Wind &
Solar Future (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/jan/25/states-reimagine-power-grids-for-wind-and-solar-fu/
FISH
& WILDLIFE
17.
Fish, Eat & Profit! Program Pays Anglers to Turn
in Pike Heads Caught in Washington State’s Lake Roosevelt (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
WATER,
WATER, ANYWHERE?
18. Lake
Mead’s Decline May Slow, Thanks to Winter’s Wet Start (Las Vegas Review-Journal,
NV)
CLIMATE
CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
19. Washington
Farmers Dragged into Cap-And-Trade Costs (Capital Press)
20.
Most U.S. Mayors Don’t Want to Ban Gas Stoves,
Leaf Blowers Over Climate Change Impact, Survey Finds (Yahoo! News)
21.
A Global Rush Is on to Reduce Cow Burps — And
Help Save the World from Climate Change (Yahoo! News)
LONDON CALLING –TELECOMMUNICATIONS
23.
WA State: High-Speed Internet Is Coming to Part of
Rural Pierce County. Here’s the $5 Million Plan (Tacoma News Tribune, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/community/gateway/g-news/article271551187.html
24.
FCC Broadband Service Maps Disputed at Thousands
of WA Locations (Crosscut Seattle)
https://crosscut.com/news/2023/01/fcc-broadband-service-maps-disputed-thousands-wa-locations
I
SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
25.
Portland Looks to Increase Electric Vehicle
Charging at New Apartment Complexes (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
26.
PUD Says Electric Car Increase 25% Every Year in
Chelan County (KPQ-Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
https://kpq.com/pud-says-electric-car-increase-25-every-year-in-chelan-county/
27.
Tesla Will Invest $3.6 Billion in Nevada Truck
Factory Expansion (San Luis Obispo Tribune, CA)
https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/business/article271646282.html
BARREL
O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
28.
An Asteroid Will Whip by Earth Tonight in One of
Closest Approaches Ever Recorded (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nasa-asteroid-near-miss-earth-1.6726423
OTHER
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY
29.
Washington State Might Nix-Single Family Zoning
(Axios)
https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2023/01/23/washington-state-single-family-zoning
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Lawsuit Alleges That Fireball
Cinnamon Mini Bottles Are ‘Misleading’ Because They Don’t Contain Whiskey
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lawsuit-claims-fireball-cinnamon-has-no-whiskey-misleading-label/
Egypt Archaeology: Gold-Covered
Mummy Among Latest Discoveries
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-64415816?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Portlanders Will Soon
Get a Chance to Pay $150 for a Cup of Coffee
Audio: The Real-Life
Refugees of ‘Casablanca’ Make It So Much More Than a Love Story
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/23/1150791939/casablanca-war-movie-film-refugees-nazis
SONG OF THE DAY
Patsy Cline – You
Belong to Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWR8EhxI9xU
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