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HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
California Regulator Probes High Winter Natural Gas Prices
(Reuters)
NuScale Must Triple Subscription Level for Small Modular
Reactor in Idaho by Early 2024, Company Says (Utility Dive)
Feds Plan March 31 Snake River Dam Listening Session
(Moscow-Pullman Daily News, ID)
Researchers: Inbreeding A Big Problem for Endangered Orcas
(Associated Press)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/researchers-inbreeding-big-problem-endangered-orcas-97991621
NOAA’s Spring Outlook Sees Drought Spreading in Pacific
Northwest (Capital Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
California Regulator Probes High Winter Natural
Gas Prices
2.
California: Bay Area Officials Vote to Ditch New
Gas Furnaces & Water Heaters
3.
NuScale Must Triple Subscription Level for Small
Modular Reactor in Idaho by Early 2024, Company Says
4.
New Mexico Opts for Veto Power in Spent Nuclear
Fuel Debate
5.
Feds Plan March 31 Snake River Dam Listening
Session
6.
News Release: Alcoa Announces Closure of WA
State Intalco Smelter & Prepares Site for Redevelopment
7.
Five Decades of Aluminum Smelting in Whatcom
County
8.
WA State: Critics Question Grant Request to
Restart Usk Paper Mill
9.
WA State: Douglas PUD Spending More on Power
Units at Wells Dam
10.
U.S. NE: What This $6 Billion Power Line Means
for Clean Energy
11.
Opposition to Renewable Energy Is Growing.
Here’s Why
12.
Editorial: Carbon Credit Auction Will Increase
Energy Costs Soon
13.
WA State: Silicon Smelter Once Proposed for
Newport Being Built in Tennessee
14.
Washington Bill Could Help Ease Renewable Energy
Development Tensions
15.
Tri-City Lawmaker’s Bill to Limit WA Wind
Turbine Lights Goes Too Far, Critics Say
16.
Researchers: Inbreeding A Big Problem for
Endangered Orcas
17.
New Orca Legislation Demands Boaters Keep Their
Distance: 1,000 Yards, to Be Exact
18.
Oregon: Human Elements – Dog Detectives Are
Helping Endangered Butterflies
19.
After the Dams: Restoring the Klamath River Will
Take Billions of Native Seeds
20.
NOAA’s Spring Outlook Sees Drought Spreading in
Pacific Northwest
21.
Drone Photos Show Dramatic Rise in California
Reservoirs After Record-Setting Rain, Snow
22.
EIA Projects That U.S. Energy-Related Carbon
Dioxide Emissions Will Fall Through 2050 in AEO2023
23.
We Are Heading Toward Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change’s 1.5 C Threshold of Warming, But All Is Not Lost
24.
Ski Resorts Are Embracing a New Role: Climate
Activist
25.
WA State: Lewis County Public Utility District
Pushes Forward with Open Access Fiber Plan
26.
Oregon: Semiconductor Bill That Would Give Gov.
Tina Kotek Land-Use Power Moves Ahead
27.
Oregon to Suspend Electric Vehicle Rebates as
Money Runs Out
28.
News Release: Transportation Electrification
Projects Awarded Nearly $1 Million in Clean Energy Fund Grants
29.
Elon Musk Sets P**p Emoji as an Autoreply to
Twitter’s Press Email
30.
Light Pollution Frustrates Astronomers Looking
for Discoveries
31.
U.S. Rep. McMorris Rodgers (WA), House
Republicans Unveil Sweeping Energy Policy Bill
32.
It’s the First Day of Spring: Here’s What That
Really Means
33.
Fed’s Tough Challenge: Confront Inflation &
Bank Jitters
34. Amazon to Lay Off 9,000 More Workers in Addition to Earlier Cuts
WORD OF THE DAY
Chorus /KOR-uss/ Noun – 1a: a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action, b: a character in Elizabethan drama who speaks the prologue and epilogue and comments on the action, c: an organized company of singers who sing in concert, d: a group of dancers and singers supporting the featured players in a musical comedy or revue. 2a: a part of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, b: the part of a drama sung or spoken by the chorus, c: a composition to be sung by a number of voices in concert, d: the main part of a popular song, also a jazz variation on a melodic theme. 3a: something performed, sung, or uttered simultaneously or unanimously by a number of persons or animals
Sing you lonely
frog
Join the aquatic
chorus
Spring's sweet song of love
ENERGY &
UTILITY ISSUES
1.
California Regulator Probes High Winter Natural
Gas Prices (Reuters)
2.
California: Bay Area Officials Vote to Ditch New
Gas Furnaces & Water Heaters (Canary Media)
3.
NuScale Must Triple Subscription Level for Small
Modular Reactor in Idaho by Early 2024, Company Says (Utility Dive)
4.
New Mexico Opts for Veto Power in Spent Nuclear
Fuel Debate (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/nuclear-fuel-waste-new-mexico-b49566ab7d4832e714698d92b005f9f5
5.
Feds Plan March 31 Snake River Dam Listening
Session (Moscow-Pullman Daily News, ID)
6.
News Release: Alcoa Announces Closure of WA
State Intalco Smelter & Prepares Site for Redevelopment (Alcoa)
7.
Five Decades of Aluminum Smelting in Whatcom
County (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/five-decades-aluminum-smelting-whatcom-214553837.html
8.
WA State: Critics Question Grant Request to
Restart Usk Paper Mill (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/mar/16/critics-question-grant-request-to-restart-usk-pape/
9.
WA State: Douglas PUD Spending More on Power
Units at Wells Dam (KPQ-Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
https://kpq.com/douglas-pud-spending-more-on-power-units-at-wells-dam/
10.
U.S. NE: What This $6 Billion Power Line Means for
Clean Energy (Politico)
SOAPBOX SERENADE
– VOX POPULI
11.
Opposition to Renewable Energy Is Growing. Here’s
Why (Columbian Insight)
https://columbiainsight.org/opposition-to-renewable-energy-is-growing-heres-why/
12.
Editorial: Carbon Credit Auction Will Increase
Energy Costs Soon (Capital Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
& SELF STORAGE
13.
WA State: Silicon Smelter Once Proposed for Newport
Being Built in Tennessee (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/mar/19/silicon-smelter-once-proposed-for-newport-being-bu/
14.
Washington Bill Could Help Ease Renewable Energy
Development Tensions (Northwest News Network)
15.
Tri-City Lawmaker’s Bill to Limit WA Wind
Turbine Lights Goes Too Far, Critics Say (Tri-City Herald, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article273285055.html
FISH &
WILDLIFE
16.
Researchers: Inbreeding A Big Problem for
Endangered Orcas (Associated Press)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/researchers-inbreeding-big-problem-endangered-orcas-97991621
17.
New Orca Legislation Demands Boaters Keep Their
Distance: 1,000 Yards, to Be Exact (KOMO News, Seattle, WA)
18.
Oregon: Human Elements – Dog Detectives Are
Helping Endangered Butterflies (Crosscut Seattle)
ENVIRONMENTAL
AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
19.
After the Dams: Restoring the Klamath River Will
Take Billions of Native Seeds (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/03/20/klamath-river-dam-removal-restoration-billions-native-seeds/
WATER, WATER,
ANYWHERE?
20.
NOAA’s Spring Outlook Sees Drought Spreading in Pacific
Northwest (Capital Press)
21.
Drone Photos Show Dramatic Rise in California Reservoirs
After Record-Setting Rain, Snow (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/drone-photos-show-dramatic-rise-000003796.html
CLIMATE CHANGE
SEQUESTRATION VAULT
22.
EIA Projects That U.S. Energy-Related Carbon
Dioxide Emissions Will Fall Through 2050 in AEO2023 (U.S. Energy Information
Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=55840
23.
We Are Heading Toward Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change’s 1.5 C Threshold of Warming, But All Is Not Lost (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/ipcc-climate-target-1.6782625?cmp=rss
24.
Ski Resorts Are Embracing a New Role: Climate
Activist (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-activism-ski-industry-028d83e19543db5d7633ea83932bdde3
LONDON CALLING –TELECOMMUNICATIONS
25.
WA State: Lewis County Public Utility District
Pushes Forward with Open Access Fiber Plan (Broadband Breakfast)
BEAM ME UP,
SCOTTY - THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY & CYBERSECURITY
26.
Oregon: Semiconductor Bill That Would Give Gov. Tina
Kotek Land-Use Power Moves Ahead (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
27.
Oregon to Suspend Electric Vehicle Rebates as Money
Runs Out (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
28.
News Release: Transportation Electrification
Projects Awarded Nearly $1 Million in Clean Energy Fund Grants (WA Dept. of
Commerce)
PUBLIC RELATIONS,
MARKETING & MEDIA
29.
Elon Musk Sets P**p Emoji as an Autoreply to
Twitter’s Press Email (Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-twitter-poop-emoji-autoreply-press-email-1850243014
BARREL O’ GREEN
POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
30.
Light Pollution Frustrates Astronomers Looking for
Discoveries (National Public Radio)
MANAGEMENT &
GOVERNANCE
31.
U.S. Rep. McMorris Rodgers (WA), House
Republicans Unveil Sweeping Energy Policy Bill (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/mar/20/mcmorris-rodgers-house-republicans-unveil-sweeping/
OTHER THINGS TO
KNOW ABOUT TODAY
32.
It’s the First Day of Spring: Here’s What That
Really Means (Associated Press)
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/it-s-the-first-day-of-spring-here-s-what-17849882.php
33.
Fed’s Tough Challenge: Confront Inflation &
Bank Jitters (Associated Press)
34.
Amazon to Lay Off 9,000 More Workers in Addition
to Earlier Cuts (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/20/amazon-layoffs-company-to-cut-off-9000-more-workers.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Long-Lost Mural of George Washington Found Rolled Up in a New
Jersey Basement
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/mar/19/long-lost-mural-of-george-washington-found-rolled-/
The Beauty of Earth from Orbit
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2023/03/photos-beauty-earth-orbit/673444/
Camera Found After 13 Years in Colorado River, Photos
Recovered
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/03/20/camera-13-years-Animas-River-Colorado/7091679334672/
82-Year-Old Virginia Woman Is the World’s Oldest Female
Hockey Player
SONG OF THE DAY
Paul Simon – Kodachrome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rlDTK6QI-w
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