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HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
What If ... A Look
at the Fallout If the Lower Snake River Dams Are Demolished (Capital Press –
Paywall Advisory)
Editorial: Keep
Lights on as Washington Transitions to Clean Power (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Should Wind
Turbines Be Limited on Tri-Cities Horse Heaven Hills? WA Taking Comments
(Tri-City Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.aol.com/news/wind-turbines-limited-tri-cities-123000247.html
Tanker Crash
Accidentally Releases 70,000 Salmon into Wrong Oregon River (Yahoo! News)
https://autos.yahoo.com/tanker-crash-accidentally-releases-70-123900315.html
Heat-Trapping
Carbon Dioxide & Methane Levels in the Air Last Year Spiked to Record Highs
Again (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. What
If ... A Look at the Fallout If the Lower Snake River Dams Are Demolished
2. Hawaii
Ducks Maui Fire Class Actions but Isn’t Off the Hook Yet
3. The
World’s Biggest Hydro Powers
4. Should
Wind Turbines Be Limited on Tri-Cities Horse Heaven Hills? WA Taking Comments
5. WA
Site Council Drafts Report to Inslee on Horse Heaven Power Project
6. Washington:
Wheat Country Forecast – Specter of Wind Turbines Divides the Palouse
7. Clearway’s
152-MW Wind Farm in Idaho Reaches Commercial Operation Date
8. Oregon
Seafood Industry Calls on Gov. Tina Kotek to Halt Offshore Wind Energy
Development
9. California
Unveils Research into ‘Floating Solar’ Project Over Major Canal
10. DOE Issues
Energy Efficiency Standards for Distribution Transformers
11. Will a
Heat Pump Save You Money? It Depends
12. Tanker
Crash Accidentally Releases 70,000 Salmon into Wrong Oregon River
13. A
Government Proposal to Kill a Half-Million Barred Owls in Pacific Northwest
Sparks Controversy
14. Heat-Trapping
Carbon Dioxide & Methane Levels in the Air Last Year Spiked to Record Highs
Again
15. With Help
from Outside Influence Groups, Idaho Lawmakers Work to Ban Climate Action
16. California
Carbon Capture Facility Scrapped After Federal Agency Digs into Details
17. UW Studies
a Drastic Way to Cool a Warming Planet — Cloud ‘Brightening’
18. Cantwell
(Sen. WA), McMorris Rodgers (Rep. WA) Strike Bipartisan Deal on Landmark Data
Privacy Bill
19. There’s an
Under-The-Radar Part of the Stock Market That’s Riding Artificial Intelligence
Mania to Gains of Up to 140%
20. Washington
Initiative Could Cease Most Funding for State’s Electric Vehicle Investments
21. Electric
Vehicle Ownership Ticks Up, but Fewer Nonowners Want to Buy One
22. Washington
Begging Drivers to Slow Down in Work Zones to Avoid Crashes
23. South
Carolina Finishes Perfect Season with NCAA Championship, Beating Iowa 87-75
24. Editorial:
Keep Lights on as Washington Transitions to Clean Power
25. Editorial:
Don’t Rule Out Nuclear Power in Warming Climate
26. Columnist:
Utility Must Make Reliability, Affordability Priorities
WORD OF THE DAY
Raconteur \rack-on-TURR\ Noun – A person who excels in telling anecdotes.
Never at a loss for words, Bertha was considered the company’s foremost raconteur. She could tell stories about her work with regional transmission organizations that would make people’s hair curl. Her downfall was chit-chat on everyday, mundane happenings. She couldn’t talk about her children or social life without tying them into some anecdote about electricity and transmission capacity.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
What If ... A Look at the Fallout If the Lower Snake
River Dams Are Demolished (Capital Press – Paywall Advisory)
2.
Hawaii Ducks Maui Fire Class Actions but Isn’t
Off the Hook Yet (Courthouse News Service)
https://www.courthousenews.com/hawaii-ducks-maui-fire-class-actions-but-isnt-off-the-hook-yet/
3.
The World’s Biggest Hydro Powers (Statista)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
4.
Should Wind Turbines Be Limited on Tri-Cities
Horse Heaven Hills? WA Taking Comments (Tri-City Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.aol.com/news/wind-turbines-limited-tri-cities-123000247.html
5.
WA Site Council Drafts Report to Inslee on Horse
Heaven Power Project (Capital Press – Paywall Advisory)
6.
Washington: Wheat Country Forecast – Specter of
Wind Turbines Divides the Palouse (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/apr/07/wheat-country-forecast-specter-of-wind-turbines-di/
7.
Clearway’s 152-MW Wind Farm in Idaho Reaches Commercial
Operation Date (Renewables Now)
https://renewablesnow.com/news/clearways-152-mw-wind-farm-in-idaho-reaches-cod-853877/
8.
Oregon Seafood Industry Calls on Gov. Tina Kotek
to Halt Offshore Wind Energy Development (Oregon Capital Chronicle)
9.
California Unveils Research into ‘Floating Solar’
Project Over Major Canal (Courthouse News Service)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
10.
DOE Issues Energy Efficiency Standards for
Distribution Transformers (Daily Energy Insider)
11.
Will a Heat Pump Save You Money? It Depends (Canary
Media)
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/heat-pumps/will-a-heat-pump-save-you-money-it-depends
FISH & WILDLIFE
12.
Tanker Crash Accidentally Releases 70,000 Salmon
into Wrong Oregon River (Yahoo! News)
https://autos.yahoo.com/tanker-crash-accidentally-releases-70-123900315.html
13.
A Government Proposal to Kill a Half-Million
Barred Owls in Pacific Northwest Sparks Controversy (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
14.
Heat-Trapping Carbon Dioxide & Methane
Levels in the Air Last Year Spiked to Record Highs Again (Associated Press)
15.
With Help from Outside Influence Groups, Idaho Lawmakers
Work to Ban Climate Action (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article287306525.html
16.
California Carbon Capture Facility Scrapped
After Federal Agency Digs into Details (Courthouse News Service)
17.
UW Studies a Drastic Way to Cool a Warming
Planet — Cloud ‘Brightening’ (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
BEAM ME UP, SCOTTY - THE WIZARDING WORLD OF
TECHNOLOGY & CYBERSECURITY
18.
Cantwell (Sen. WA), McMorris Rodgers (Rep. WA) Strike
Bipartisan Deal on Landmark Data Privacy Bill (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/apr/07/cantwell-mcmorris-rodgers-strike-bipartisan-deal-o/
19.
There’s an Under-The-Radar Part of the Stock
Market That’s Riding Artificial Intelligence Mania to Gains of Up to 140%
(Business Insider)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
20.
Washington Initiative Could Cease Most Funding for
State’s Electric Vehicle Investments (The Center Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_beb3dcaa-f20f-11ee-9f0f-abd02cf05dc9.html
21.
Electric Vehicle Ownership Ticks Up, but Fewer
Nonowners Want to Buy One (Gallup)
https://news.gallup.com/poll/643334/ownership-ticks-fewer-nonowners-buy-one.aspx
OTHER THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY
22.
Washington Begging Drivers to Slow Down in Work
Zones to Avoid Crashes (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
https://mynorthwest.com/3956480/washington-begging-drivers-slow-down-work-zones-avoid-crashes/#//
23.
South Carolina Finishes Perfect Season with NCAA
Championship, Beating Clark & Iowa 87-75 (Associated Press)
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
24.
Editorial: Keep Lights on as Washington
Transitions to Clean Power (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
25.
Editorial: Don’t Rule Out Nuclear Power in
Warming Climate (Vancouver Columbian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
26.
Columnist: Utility Must Make Reliability,
Affordability Priorities (Vancouver Columbian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Russ Cook: The
Hardest Geezer Who Ran the Length of Africa
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-68725446
$1.3 Billion
Powerball Jackpot Winning Ticket Sold in Portland, Oregon
Comic Featuring Superman’s
Debut Sells for Record-Breaking $6 Million
100 Huskies Escape
Dog Cafe & Run Through Chinese Mall
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/04/05/huskies-escape-pet-cafe-mall-Shenzhen-China/2381712348066/
SONG OF THE DAY
Mark Ayers – Running
Man (Main Theme Soundtrack)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG8gm_7U-K8
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