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HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Worries Grow for
‘Secret Plan’ on Snake River Dams Negotiated by Biden Administration (Tri-City
Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article282124308.html
Portland Nuclear
Power Startup NuScale Hit with Investor Lawsuit (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/11/22/nuscale-nuclear-power-lawsuit/
Opponents of
Washington Climate Law Submit Signatures to Repeal (Spokesman-Review, Spokane,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/nov/21/opponents-of-washington-climate-law-submit-signatu/
Chelan County PUD’s
Rocky Reach Dam Sees 93.78% Juvenile Chinook Survival Rate — Highest in 20
Years (Wenatchee World, WA – Paywall Advisory)
EPA Discovers
‘Forever Chemicals’ in Pacific Northwest Water Systems (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. Worries
Grow for ‘Secret Plan’ on Snake River Dams Negotiated by Biden Administration
2. Biden
Admin Quietly Developing Settlement with Groups Seeking to Tear Down Key Power
Source
3. U.S.
Rep. McMorris Rodgers (WA) Demands Transparency, Access to Secret Package in
Columbia River System Operations Mediation
4. Portland
Nuclear Power Startup NuScale Hit with Investor Lawsuit
5. California
Supreme Court Says Pacific Gas & Electric Can’t Be Sued Over Safety-Related
Power Shutoffs
6. Grays
Harbor PUD Says ‘Do Not Let Them Into Your Home’ Amid Reports of Scammers
7. Colorado
River Crisis: How Did the Nation’s Two Largest Reservoirs Nearly Go Dry?
8. An
Energy Company Wants to Build Hydropower Projects on the Navajo Nation. Not
Everyone Is on Board
9. How
Solar Sales Bros Threaten the Green Energy Transition
10. Infographic:
U.S. Clean Energy Policy, State by State
11. Heat-Pump
Water Heaters Are a Winner for the Climate — And Your Wallet
12. Chelan
County PUD’s Rocky Reach Dam Sees 93.78% Juvenile Chinook Survival Rate —
Highest in 20 Years
13. Chelan
PUD Touts Fish Survival Rate Through Rocky Reach Dam
14. EPA
Discovers ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Pacific Northwest Water Systems
15. Opponents
of Washington Climate Law Submit Signatures to Repeal
16. The
World Is Careening Toward 3 Degrees of Warming, UN Says Ahead of Climate
Conference
17. The
U.S. Has a Controversial Plan to Store Carbon Dioxide Under the Nation’s
Forests
18. Every
State Is About to Dole Out Federal Funding for Broadband Internet – Not Every
State Is Ready for the Task
19. Why
Do Older, White, Rural Residents Have Slower Broadband Speeds?
20. News
Release: U.S. House Chairs Rodgers & Latta Announce FCC Oversight Hearing
21. Public
Power Utilities Will Need to Continue to Increase Investments in Cyber
Security: Fitch
22. California
Aims to Force Adoption of Electric Trucks, But 19 States Sue to Block
23. Musk’s
X Sues Liberal Advocacy Group Media Matters Over Its Report on Ads Next to Hate
Groups’ Posts
24. Surging
King Tides Could Combine with Deadly Sneaker Waves in the Pacific NW
25. JFK
Assassination Remembered 60 Years Later by Surviving Witnesses to History,
Including AP Reporter
26. Guest Essay: States’ Historic Opportunity to Make Homes for Renters Healthy & Safe
WORD OF THE DAY – Horrible Haiku Edition
Count your blessings, one by one.
Thanksgiving /thanks-GIVE-ing/ Noun – 1a capitalized: Thanksgiving Day b: a public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness 2: the act of giving thanks 3: a prayer expressing gratitude.
Blessed Thanksgiving
Family, friends, and colleagues
Glad thanks for them all
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Worries Grow for ‘Secret Plan’ on Snake River Dams
Negotiated by Biden Administration (Tri-City Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article282124308.html
2.
Biden Admin Quietly Developing Settlement with
Groups Seeking to Tear Down Key Power Source (Fox News)
3.
U.S. Rep. McMorris Rodgers (WA) Demands
Transparency, Access to Secret Package in Columbia River System Operations
Mediation (U.S. Rep Cathy McMorris Rodgers, WA)
4.
Portland Nuclear Power Startup NuScale Hit with Investor
Lawsuit (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/11/22/nuscale-nuclear-power-lawsuit/
5.
California Supreme Court Says Pacific Gas & Electric
Can’t Be Sued Over Safety-Related Power Shutoffs (Los Angeles Times, CA – Paywall
Advisory)
6.
Grays Harbor PUD Says ‘Do Not Let Them Into Your
Home’ Amid Reports of Scammers (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
7.
Colorado River Crisis: How Did the Nation’s Two
Largest Reservoirs Nearly Go Dry? (Colorado Sun, Denver, CO)
https://coloradosun.com/2023/11/19/colorado-river-lake-mead-lake-powell-dry/
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
8.
An Energy Company Wants to Build Hydropower
Projects on the Navajo Nation. Not Everyone Is on Board (KUNC Radio, Greely, CO)
9.
How Solar Sales Bros Threaten the Green Energy
Transition (TIME Magazine)
https://time.com/6337766/solar-sales-bros-door-to-door/
10.
Infographic: U.S. Clean Energy Policy, State by
State (S&P Global)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
11.
Heat-Pump Water Heaters Are a Winner for the Climate
— And Your Wallet (Canary Media)
FISH & WILDLIFE
12.
Chelan County PUD’s Rocky Reach Dam Sees 93.78%
Juvenile Chinook Survival Rate — Highest in 20 Years (Wenatchee World, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
13.
Chelan PUD Touts Fish Survival Rate Through
Rocky Reach Dam (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
https://kpq.com/chelan-pud-touts-fish-survival-rate-through-rocky-reach-dam/
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
14.
EPA Discovers ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Pacific
Northwest Water Systems (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
15.
Opponents of Washington Climate Law Submit
Signatures to Repeal (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/nov/21/opponents-of-washington-climate-law-submit-signatu/
16.
The World Is Careening Toward 3 Degrees of
Warming, UN Says Ahead of Climate Conference (Grist Online)
https://grist.org/cop28/un-emissions-gap-report/
17.
The U.S. Has a Controversial Plan to Store
Carbon Dioxide Under the Nation’s Forests (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
LONDON CALLING –TELECOMMUNICATIONS
18.
Every State Is About to Dole Out Federal Funding
for Broadband Internet – Not Every State Is Ready for the Task (The
Conversation)
19.
Why Do Older, White, Rural Residents Have Slower
Broadband Speeds? (The Daily Yonder)
https://dailyyonder.com/why-do-older-white-rural-residents-have-slower-broadband-speeds/2023/11/22/
20.
News Release: U.S. House Chairs Rodgers &
Latta Announce FCC Oversight Hearing (U.S. House Energy & Commerce
Committee)
https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairs-rodgers-and-latta-announce-fcc-oversight-hearing
BEAM ME UP, SCOTTY - THE WIZARDING WORLD OF
TECHNOLOGY & CYBERSECURITY
21.
Public Power Utilities Will Need to Continue to
Increase Investments in Cyber Security: Fitch (American Public Power
Association)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
22.
California Aims to Force Adoption of Electric
Trucks, But 19 States Sue to Block (Energy Central)
https://energycentral.com/c/ec/california-aims-force-adoption-electric-trucks-19-states-sue-block
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
23.
Musk’s X Sues Liberal Advocacy Group Media
Matters Over Its Report on Ads Next to Hate Groups’ Posts (Associated Press)
OTHER THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY
24.
Surging King Tides Could Combine with Deadly
Sneaker Waves in the Pacific NW (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
25.
JFK Assassination Remembered 60 Years Later by
Surviving Witnesses to History, Including AP Reporter (Associated Press)
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
26.
Guest Essay: States’ Historic Opportunity to
Make Homes for Renters Healthy & Safe (Energy News Network)
PIGS IN THE FOREST – DIVERSIONS
A Population of
Hard-to-Eradicate ‘Super Pigs’ in Canada Is Threatening to Invade the U.S.
Ultramarathoner Who
Used Car in 50-Mile Race Banned from the Sport for 12 Months
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ultramarathoner-used-car-banned-sport_n_6556606ae4b0998d699f630c
America’s Last
Lighthouse Keeper Is Retiring. She, And Her Light, Are Ready.
Man Tries to Scare
Off Birds, Accidentally Creates ‘Magpie God’
SONG OF THE DAY
Judy Collins - Bird
on a Wire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWK6RhBGvts
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