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HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Maine Considers
Electrifying Proposal That Would Give the Boot to Corporate Electric Utilities
(Associated Press)
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/maine-considers-electrifying-proposal-that-would-18469873.php
Future of Lava
Ridge: Congressmen Speak on Controversial Project (KIVI-TV, Nampa, ID)
Lawmakers Propose
Loosening Heat Pump Requirement for Homeowners Rebuilding After Spokane County
Fires (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/nov/03/lawmakers-propose-loosening-heat-pump-requirement-/
WA Wants to Join
California, Quebec in Pollution Pricing Marketplace (Crosscut Seattle)
https://crosscut.com/briefs/2023/11/wa-wants-join-ca-quebec-pollution-pricing-marketplace
Would You Pay $17 a
Month for Facebook & Instagram? (Yahoo! News)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pay-17-month-facebook-instagram-164730507.html
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. Maine
Considers Electrifying Proposal That Would Give the Boot to Corporate Electric
Utilities
2. Growing
U.S. Anger with Electric Utilities Finds Its Epicenter in Maine
3. Public
Power Is on The Ballot in Maine. Will Voters Take a Leap of Faith?
4. Electric
Utility Bills in California: An Unfair Burden on Consumers
5. Wyoming
Rate Hike Inspires Slew of Bills to Scrutinize Electric Utilities
6. California:
No Easy Solutions for Removing San Onofre’s Spent Nuclear Fuel
7. Pacific
Northwest Tribes Build Momentum in Large Gathering for Dam Removal, Salmon
Restoration
8. Pacific
Gas & Electric Undergrounds 197 Miles of Power Lines in a Single Year
9. Utah:
Two Seriously Injured by Electric Shock While Working on Power Lines
10. French
Power Supplier Says Technician Killed as It Battles Damage from Storm Ciarán
11. Virginia:
High School Girls Learn About Careers in Electrical Line Work
12. Future
of Lava Ridge: Congressmen Speak on Controversial Project
13. Report:
Horse Heaven Windmills Would ‘Dominate’ Landscape
14. WA
State: Construction Underway at Goose Prairie Solar Near Moxee; Other Projects
on the Way in Yakima County
15. Proposal
for WA’s Largest Renewable Energy Project Shows Challenges for Future
16. Insight:
U.S. Solar Panel Manufacturing Boom Threatened by Cheap Imports
17. Oregon
Agencies Support Floating Offshore Wind Project, But Ask for More Federal
Engagement
18. Behemoth
Blades: Nearly the Length of a Football Field, These Wind Turbine Parts Are
Hard to Move – Barges Help
19. Sequim
Lab Gets $1.35 Million for Energy Project
20. Lawmakers
Propose Loosening Heat Pump Requirement for Homeowners Rebuilding After Spokane
County Fires
21. Heat
Pumps Are Hot, But Commercial Retrofits Face Cold Realities
22. This
Billion-Dollar Plan to Save Salmon Depends on a Giant Fish Vacuum
23. Restoring
Salmon in the Upper Columbia: A Quest for Balance
24. State
of Oregon Recognizes Two Bonneville Power Administration Fish & Wildlife
Projects
25. Ornithological
Society Will Rename Dozens of Birds — And Stop Naming Them After People
26. U.S.
Regulators Will Review Car-Tire Chemical That Kills Salmon, Upon Request from
West Coast Tribes
27. WA
Wants to Join California, Quebec in Pollution Pricing Marketplace
28. WA
State Rep Abbarno Says Washington ‘Should Not Be Trying to Emulate California’
in Carbon Plan
29. Effective
Climate Policy Should Make People Partners, Not the Enemy
30. Microsoft
Vows to Revamp Security Products After Repeated Hacks
31. Feud
Over Power at Colorado Cannabis Farm Heats Up
32. Would
You Pay $17 a Month for Facebook & Instagram?
33. How
Microsoft Is Making a Mess of the News After Replacing Staff with Artificial
Intelligence
34. Here’s
When to View King Tides This Season on the Oregon Coast
35. Meeting
Net Zero – Energy Northwest CEO Robert Schuetz
36. Wind
Advisory in Effect Through Monday Night for Portland, Southwest Washington
37. Column:
Do Californians Want Solar & Wind in Their Backyards? New Poll Says Yes
38. Guest
Essay: If You Like Hydro, Let’s Start with the Lower Snake River Dams
39. In
Our View: Agreeable Solution Critical for Iconic Salmon
40.
Editorial: Progress But Growing Threat in WA’s
Fight Against Wildfire
WORD OF THE DAY
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Angus was furious at his neighbor’s disdain for the Weekly World News. “That rag is nothing but a collection of canards…from the recurring ‘Batboy’ sightings; aliens visiting dead presidents; to Satan’s face in bomb and fire smoke plumes,” his friend howled. “But it’s in print,” muttered Angus. “No reputable newspaper would waste ink and newsprint if it weren’t true!”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Maine Considers Electrifying Proposal That Would
Give the Boot to Corporate Electric Utilities (Associated Press)
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/maine-considers-electrifying-proposal-that-would-18469873.php
2.
Growing U.S. Anger with Electric Utilities Finds
Its Epicenter in Maine (Washington Post, DC – Paywall Advisory)
3.
Public Power Is on The Ballot in Maine. Will Voters
Take a Leap of Faith? (Grist Online)
https://grist.org/politics/maine-public-power-utility-referendum/
4.
Electric Utility Bills in California: An Unfair
Burden on Consumers (Energy Portal)
https://www.energyportal.eu/news/my-word-stop-the-looming-electric-utility-tax/431383/
5.
Wyoming Rate Hike Inspires Slew of Bills to Scrutinize
Electric Utilities (Energy News Network)
6.
California: No Easy Solutions for Removing San
Onofre’s Spent Nuclear Fuel (KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, CA)
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/no-easy-solutions-for-removing-san-onofres-spent-nuclear-fuel/
7.
Pacific Northwest Tribes Build Momentum in Large
Gathering for Dam Removal, Salmon Restoration (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
8.
Pacific Gas & Electric Undergrounds 197
Miles of Power Lines in a Single Year (Daily Energy Insider)
9.
Utah: Two Seriously Injured by Electric Shock
While Working on Power Lines (KSL TV, Salt Lake City, UT)
https://ksltv.com/599259/two-seriously-injured-by-electric-shock-while-working-on-power-lines/
10.
French Power Supplier Says Technician Killed as
It Battles Damage from Storm Ciarán (Associated Press)
11.
Virginia: High School Girls Learn About Careers in
Electrical Line Work (WCAV-TV – Charlottesville, VA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
12.
Future of Lava Ridge: Congressmen Speak on
Controversial Project (KIVI-TV, Nampa, ID)
13.
Report: Horse Heaven Windmills Would ‘Dominate’
Landscape (Capital Press)
14.
WA State: Construction Underway at Goose Prairie
Solar Near Moxee; Other Projects on the Way in Yakima County (Yakima Herald-Republic,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
15.
Proposal for WA’s Largest Renewable Energy
Project Shows Challenges for Future (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
16.
Insight: U.S. Solar Panel Manufacturing Boom
Threatened by Cheap Imports (Reuters)
17.
Oregon Agencies Support Floating Offshore Wind
Project, But Ask for More Federal Engagement (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
18.
Behemoth Blades: Nearly the Length of a Football
Field, These Wind Turbine Parts Are Hard to Move – Barges Help (Capital Press)
19.
Sequim Lab Gets $1.35 Million for Energy Project
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/sequim-lab-gets-1-35m-for-project/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
20.
Lawmakers Propose Loosening Heat Pump
Requirement for Homeowners Rebuilding After Spokane County Fires
(Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/nov/03/lawmakers-propose-loosening-heat-pump-requirement-/
21.
Heat Pumps Are Hot, But Commercial Retrofits
Face Cold Realities (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/commercial-heat-pump-retrofits-cold-costs/697621/
FISH & WILDLIFE
22.
This Billion-Dollar Plan to Save Salmon Depends on
a Giant Fish Vacuum (The Oregonian, Portland, OR – Paywall Advisory)
23.
Restoring Salmon in the Upper Columbia: A Quest
for Balance (Energy Portal)
24.
State of Oregon Recognizes Two Bonneville Power
Administration Fish & Wildlife Projects (Bonneville Power Administration)
25.
Ornithological Society Will Rename Dozens of Birds
— And Stop Naming Them After People (Associated Press)
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
26.
U.S. Regulators Will Review Car-Tire Chemical
That Kills Salmon, Upon Request from West Coast Tribes (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/epa-tires-toxic-chemical-salmon-tribes-ce4ea04af17e78d84632da5e68ab356c
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
27.
WA Wants to Join California, Quebec in Pollution
Pricing Marketplace (Crosscut Seattle)
https://crosscut.com/briefs/2023/11/wa-wants-join-ca-quebec-pollution-pricing-marketplace
28.
WA State Rep Abbarno Says Washington ‘Should Not
Be Trying to Emulate California’ in Carbon Plan (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
29.
Effective Climate Policy Should Make People
Partners, Not the Enemy (Washington Policy Center)
BEAM ME UP, SCOTTY - THE WIZARDING WORLD OF
TECHNOLOGY & CYBERSECURITY
30.
Microsoft Vows to Revamp Security Products After
Repeated Hacks (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/nov/02/microsoft-vows-to-revamp-security-products-after-r/
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
31.
Feud Over Power at Colorado Cannabis Farm Heats
Up (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/feud-power-colorado-cannabis-farm-heats-rcna123237
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
32.
Would You Pay $17 a Month for Facebook & Instagram?
(Yahoo! News)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pay-17-month-facebook-instagram-164730507.html
33.
How Microsoft Is Making a Mess of the News After
Replacing Staff with Artificial Intelligence (Cable News Network)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
34.
Here’s When to View King Tides This Season on
the Oregon Coast (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
MANAGEMENT & GOVERNANCE
35.
Meeting Net Zero – Energy Northwest CEO Robert
Schuetz (CEO Magazine)
https://digitalmag.theceomagazine.com/robert-schuetz/
OTHER THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY
36.
Wind Advisory in Effect Through Monday Night for
Portland, Southwest Washington (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
37.
Column: Do Californians Want Solar & Wind in
Their Backyards? New Poll Says Yes (Los Angeles Times, CA – Paywall Advisory)
38.
Guest Essay: If You Like Hydro, Let’s Start with
the Lower Snake River Dams (Clearing Up – Newsdata)
39.
In Our View: Agreeable Solution Critical for
Iconic Salmon (Vancouver Columbian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
40.
Editorial: Progress But Growing Threat in WA’s Fight
Against Wildfire (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Three-Year-Old Girl
Named Journey Breaks Record for Youngest Person to Visit All 63 National Parks
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/3-old-girl-named-journey-180000124.html
Vienna’s Controversial
New Water Fountain – Beauty Belongs in the Public Square
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/beauty-belongs-in-the-public-square
Tens of Thousands of
Ancient Coins Have Been Found Off Sardinia. They May Be Spoils of a Shipwreck
https://apnews.com/article/italy-ancient-coins-sardinia-divers-cabdfa070d37a8020f874dd90c0a2433
Escaped Pigs
Wreaking Havoc on Connecticut Neighbors’ Lawns
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/11/03/escaped-pigs-Sterling-Connecticut/8901699031584/
SONG OF THE DAY
Andy Williams – Three
Coins in the Fountain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y9mmxzTqbA
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