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HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
What It Would Mean for the Economy If the U.S. Defaults on
Its Debt (Associated Press)
https://mynorthwest.com/3892162/what-it-would-mean-for-the-economy-if-the-us-defaults-on-its-debt/
The Coming Battle Between Americans Who Want to Go Electric
& Their Landlords (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/coming-battle-between-americans-want-143025604.html
Tribes Ramp Up Pressure on WA Over Gas Prices as Climate
Laws’ Effects Take Hold (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Siberian Prawns Found in Huge Numbers in Pacific Northwest
Rivers (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
TikTok Files Lawsuit to Overturn Montana’s First-in-Nation
Ban on the Video Sharing App (Editor & Publisher)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
The Coming Battle Between Americans Who Want to
Go Electric & Their Landlords
2.
California: SoCal Edison Substation Vandalized
in Santa Fe Springs, Triggering Brief Power Outage
3.
Proposed Pumped-Storage Energy Project on Sacred
Yakama Nation Site Gets Key Permit
4.
Including Alaska & Arizona: U.S. Energy
Department Funds Small-Scale Clean Energy on Tribal Land
5.
Siberian Prawns Found in Huge Numbers in Pacific
Northwest Rivers
6.
Colorado River States Strike Deal to Save Water,
Hydropower
7.
Oregon: Detroit Lake Levels Finally High Enough
to Open for the Season
8.
Tribes Ramp Up Pressure on WA Over Gas Prices as
Climate Laws’ Effects Take Hold
9.
‘Leap of Faith:’ Alaska Pursues Carbon Offset
Market While Embracing Oil
10.
Heat Wave & Black Out Would Hospitalize Half
of Phoenix Residents
11.
WA State: Whatcom PUD to Build Broadband in
Point Roberts
12.
The Rural Cellular Crisis
13.
Soon, You Can Help Decide Where Idaho’s Electric
Vehicle Charging Stations Will Go
14.
TikTok Files Lawsuit to Overturn Montana’s
First-in-Nation Ban on the Video Sharing App
15.
How to Meet Rising Rates with Cooperation
16.
Energy Permitting Reform Divides Environmental,
Clean Energy Groups as It Remains in Debt Limit Talks
17.
What It Would Mean for the Economy If the U.S.
Defaults on Its Debt
18.
UPS Strike Looms in a World Grown Reliant on
Everything Delivered Everywhere All the Time
19. Do Not Call: States Sue Telecom Company Over Billions of Robocalls
WORD OF THE DAY
Fritter \FRIT-ter\ Verb – 1: to spend or waste bit by bit, on trifles, or without commensurate return usually used with away 2: to break into small fragments.
OR
Fritter \FRIT-ter\ Noun – A small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat
Olaf was content to fritter the day away by frying up pan after pan of clam fritters while a strong, westerly wind swirled around his beach cabin. Unfortunately, there was a hole in the roof, that kept his mind from wandering…where it will goooooooooo.
ENERGY &
UTILITY ISSUES
1.
The Coming Battle Between Americans Who Want to Go
Electric & Their Landlords (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/coming-battle-between-americans-want-143025604.html
2.
California: SoCal Edison Substation Vandalized in
Santa Fe Springs, Triggering Brief Power Outage (KABC-TV, Los Angeles, CA)
https://abc7.com/socal-edison-vandalism-substation-damage-power-outages/13279521/
RENEWABLE ENERGY
& SELF STORAGE
3.
Proposed Pumped-Storage Energy Project on Sacred
Yakama Nation Site Gets Key Permit (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
4.
Including Alaska & Arizona: U.S. Energy Department
Funds Small-Scale Clean Energy on Tribal Land (Reuters)
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/u.s.-energy-department-funds-small-scale-clean-energy-on-tribal-land
FISH &
WILDLIFE
5.
Siberian Prawns Found in Huge Numbers in Pacific
Northwest Rivers (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
WATER, WATER,
ANYWHERE?
6.
Colorado River States Strike Deal to Save Water,
Hydropower (E&E News)
https://www.eenews.net/articles/colorado-river-states-strike-deal-to-save-water-hydropower/
7.
Oregon: Detroit Lake Levels Finally High Enough to
Open for the Season (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
CLIMATE CHANGE
SEQUESTRATION VAULT
8.
Tribes Ramp Up Pressure on WA Over Gas Prices as
Climate Laws’ Effects Take Hold (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
9.
‘Leap of Faith:’ Alaska Pursues Carbon Offset
Market While Embracing Oil (Associated Press)
10.
Heat Wave & Black Out Would Hospitalize Half
of Phoenix Residents (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2023/05/24/heat-wave-black-out-phoenx-heat-deaths-hospital
LONDON CALLING –TELECOMMUNICATIONS
11.
WA State: Whatcom PUD to Build Broadband in Point
Roberts (Cascadia Daily News)
https://www.cascadiadaily.com/news/2023/may/23/pud-to-build-broadband-in-point-roberts/
12.
The Rural Cellular Crisis (Pots & Pans)
https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2023/05/24/15972/
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
13.
Soon, You Can Help Decide Where Idaho’s Electric
Vehicle Charging Stations Will Go (Idaho Capital Sun)
PUBLIC RELATIONS,
MARKETING & MEDIA
14.
TikTok Files Lawsuit to Overturn Montana’s First-in-Nation
Ban on the Video Sharing App (Editor & Publisher)
15.
How to Meet Rising Rates with Cooperation (Pioneer
Utility Resources)
https://www.pioneerutilityresources.com/ratesguide/
MANAGEMENT &
GOVERNANCE
16.
Energy Permitting Reform Divides Environmental,
Clean Energy Groups as It Remains in Debt Limit Talks (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/permitting-reform-debt-limit-talks-biden-mccarthy/651120/
OTHER THINGS TO
KNOW ABOUT TODAY
17.
What It Would Mean for the Economy If the U.S. Defaults
on Its Debt (Associated Press)
https://mynorthwest.com/3892162/what-it-would-mean-for-the-economy-if-the-us-defaults-on-its-debt/
18.
UPS Strike Looms in a World Grown Reliant on Everything
Delivered Everywhere All the Time (Associated Press)
19.
Do Not Call: States Sue Telecom Company Over
Billions of Robocalls (Associated Press)
https://news.yahoo.com/not-call-states-sue-telecom-225357901.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Legendary Singer Tina Turner Dies at 83
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Culture/legendary-singer-tina-turner-dies-83/story
Man Returns Overdue Book Checked Out by Grandfather-in-Law
96 Years Earlier
California Couple Rescue Kitten from Sewer
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/05/24/sewer-kitten-North-Hollywood-California/8331684953308/
Idaho Duo Break Their Own Record for Party Blower Toots
SONG OF THE DAY
Tina Turner – Proud Mary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gciy9oG5678
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