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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Nine New Bills
Filed to Reverse Biden Administration’s Snake River Dams Agreement (Yahoo!
News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/9-bills-filed-reverse-biden-120000433.html
U.S. Energy Panel
Approves Rule to Expand Transmission of Renewable Power (Associated Press)
Survey Respondents
Cite Electric Vehicle Purchase Price as Significant Barrier to Ownership
(American Public Power Association)
Google Unleashes
Artificial Intelligence in Search, Raising Hopes for Better Results & Fears
About Less Web Traffic (Associated Press)
California: Group
Fails to Collect Required Signatures for San Diego Gas & Electric Ballot
Measure But Has Another Plan to Oust Utility (San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
News Highlights (See
Stories Below)
1. Nine
New Bills Filed to Reverse Biden Administration’s Snake River Dams Agreement
2. California:
Group Fails to Collect Required Signatures for San Diego Gas & Electric
Ballot Measure But Has Another Plan to Oust Utility
3. Oregon:
Portland General Electric Seeks Another Rate Increase Following an 18% Hike
Earlier This Year
4. Forest
Service Announces $50 Million in Grants to Oregon, Washington Communities for
Efforts to Reduce Wildfire Risk
5. WA
State: Be Prepared for Power Outages This Fire Season
6. Alaska
House Approves Bill Designed to Unify Railbelt Electric Transmission System
7. Maryland
Woman Pleads Guilty to Plot Attack on Baltimore Power Stations
8. U.S.
Energy Panel Approves Rule to Expand Transmission of Renewable Power
9. California:
SMUD Holds Ribbon Cutting for Wind Farm Project
10. Will
Offshore Wind Be Good for Humboldt County, California?
11. California:
Floating Solar Panels Proposed for Sweetwater Reservoir
12. Why
Heat-Pump Water Heaters Could Soon Take Off
13. ‘Welcome
to Our Cathedral’: Cowlitz Tribe, Columbia Land Trust Hail Dam’s Pending
Removal
14. Landfills
Release Millions of Tons of Methane. Washington State Is Responding with New
Regulations.
15. California
Moves Closer to Requiring New Pollutant-Warning Labels for Gas Stoves
16. Hot
History: Tree Rings Show That Last Northern Summer Was the Warmest Since Year 1
17. Judge
Dismisses California Kids’ Climate Lawsuit. They Plan to Try Again
18. As
Sea Levels Rise, the Quinault Nation Moves to Higher Ground
19. Cloud
Brightening Study in California Is Halted by Local Officials
20. Group
Points to a Few Early Problems with Broadband Labels
21. BEAD
Project Area Possibilities: Rules Vary a Lot from State to State
22. Google
Unleashes Artificial Intelligence in Search, Raising Hopes for Better Results
& Fears About Less Web Traffic
23. Survey
Respondents Cite Electric Vehicle Purchase Price as Significant Barrier to
Ownership
24. The
Inside Story of Elon Musk’s Mass Firings of Tesla Supercharger Staff
25. The
Future of Electric Cars Hinges on a Dongle
26. Artificial
Intelligence-Generated Spam Is Starting to Fill Social Media. Here’s Why
27. President
Biden to Raise Tariffs on Chinese Goods from Electric Vehicles to
Semiconductors
28.
President Biden Hints at Hiring Climate Hawk, WA
Governor Jay Inslee in Second Term
Word of the Day – The Horrible Haiku Edition
Peregrinate \PER-uh-gruh-nayt\ Verb – To travel especially on foot: walk. To walk or travel over: traverse.
Traversing hot coals
Painful peregrination
Get the ice bucket
Energy & Utility
Issues
1.
Nine New Bills Filed to Reverse Biden Administration’s
Snake River Dams Agreement (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/9-bills-filed-reverse-biden-120000433.html
2.
California: Group Fails to Collect Required
Signatures for San Diego Gas & Electric Ballot Measure But Has Another Plan
to Oust Utility (San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
3.
Oregon: Portland General Electric Seeks Another
Rate Increase Following an 18% Hike Earlier This Year (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
4.
Forest Service Announces $50 Million in Grants
to Oregon, Washington Communities for Efforts to Reduce Wildfire Risk (KTVZ-TV,
Bend, OR)
5.
WA State: Be Prepared for Power Outages This
Fire Season (KNDO-TV, Yakima, WA)
6.
Alaska House Approves Bill Designed to Unify Railbelt
Electric Transmission System (Alaska Beacon)
7.
Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty to Plot Attack on
Baltimore Power Stations (KBOI-TV, Boise, ID)
Renewable Energy &
Self Storage
8.
U.S. Energy Panel Approves Rule to Expand
Transmission of Renewable Power (Associated Press)
9.
California: SMUD Holds Ribbon Cutting for Wind
Farm Project (American Public Power Association)
https://www.publicpower.org/periodical/article/smud-holds-ribbon-cutting-wind-farm-project
10.
Will Offshore Wind Be Good for Humboldt County, California?
(Brookings Institution)
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/will-offshore-wind-be-good-for-humboldt-county-california/
11.
California: Floating Solar Panels Proposed for
Sweetwater Reservoir (KNSD-TV, San Diego, CA)
Conservation &
Efficiency
12.
Why Heat-Pump Water Heaters Could Soon Take Off
(Canary Media)
Fish & Wildlife
13.
‘Welcome to Our Cathedral’: Cowlitz Tribe,
Columbia Land Trust Hail Dam’s Pending Removal (Vancouver Columbian, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
Environmental Afflatus –
Clean Up on Aisle Three
14.
Landfills Release Millions of Tons of Methane.
Washington State Is Responding with New Regulations. (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
15.
California Moves Closer to Requiring New
Pollutant-Warning Labels for Gas Stoves (Associated Press)
Climate Change
Sequestration Vault
16.
Hot History: Tree Rings Show That Last Northern
Summer Was the Warmest Since Year 1 (Associated Press)
17.
Judge Dismisses California Kids’ Climate
Lawsuit. They Plan to Try Again (Los Angeles Times, CA – Paywall Advisory)
18.
As Sea Levels Rise, the Quinault Nation Moves to
Higher Ground (Grist Online)
https://grist.org/indigenous/as-sea-levels-rise-the-quinalt-nation-moves-to-higher-ground/
19.
Cloud Brightening Study in California Is Halted
by Local Officials (University of Washington)
https://urban.uw.edu/news/cloud-brightening-study-in-california-is-halted-by-local-officials/
London Calling
–Telecommunications
20.
Group Points to a Few Early Problems with
Broadband Labels (Broadband Breakfast)
https://broadbandbreakfast.com/group-points-to-a-few-early-problems-with-broadband-labels/
21.
BEAD Project Area Possibilities: Rules Vary a
Lot from State to State (Telecompetitpr)
https://www.telecompetitor.com/bead-project-area-possibilities-rules-vary-a-lot-from-state-to-state/
Beam Me Up, Scotty - The
Wizarding World of Technology & Cybersecurity
22.
Google Unleashes Artificial Intelligence in
Search, Raising Hopes for Better Results & Fears About Less Web Traffic
(Associated Press)
I Sing the Car Electric
23.
Survey Respondents Cite Electric Vehicle
Purchase Price as Significant Barrier to Ownership (American Public Power
Association)
24.
The Inside Story of Elon Musk’s Mass Firings of Tesla
Supercharger Staff (Reuters)
25.
The Future of Electric Cars Hinges on a Dongle
(Atlantic Magazine – Paywall Advisory – Partial Story Available)
Public Relations,
Marketing & Media
26.
Artificial Intelligence-Generated Spam Is
Starting to Fill Social Media. Here’s Why (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/14/1251072726/ai-spam-images-facebook-linkedin-threads-meta
Management &
Governance
27.
President Biden to Raise Tariffs on Chinese
Goods from Electric Vehicles to Semiconductors (Boise State Public Radio, ID)
28.
President Biden Hints at Hiring Climate Hawk, WA
Governor Jay Inslee in Second Term (Politico)
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
Orcas Sink Sailing
Yacht in Strait of Gibraltar
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/orcas-sink-sailing-yacht-strait-gibraltar-2024-05-13/
David Sanborn,
Grammy Award-Winning Saxophonist, Dead at 78
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/13/entertainment/david-sanborn-death/index.html
How Long Have Blue
Jeans Been Around? Paintings Show They Were Worn in the 1600s
Watch: Seattle
Mariners’ Fans Grab Free Hot Dogs Dropped from the Sky
Song of the Day
David Dundas - Jeans
On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsEQRyZc03s
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