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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
U.S. Acknowledges
Pacific Northwest Dams Have Devastated the Region’s Native Tribes (Associated
Press)
https://apnews.com/article/columbia-snake-river-dams-tribes-58f5c6737df3c3e141cbc8e1cd4926ca
Shasta Tribe Will
Reclaim Land Long Buried by a Reservoir on the Klamath River (Arizona Republic,
Phoenix, AZ)
Electricity
Shutoffs for Non-Payment Soar as Utility Costs Increase in Oregon (KPTV-TV,
Portland, OR)
https://www.kptv.com/2024/06/17/electricity-shutoffs-non-payment-soar-utility-costs-increase-oregon/
Electric Vehicles
Emerge as Flash Point in 2024 Election (Washington Post, Via MSN)
U.S. Heat Wave Sets
Records in Central, Northeast States (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-heat-wave-sets-records-central-northeast-states-2024-06-18/
News Highlights (See
Stories Below)
1. U.S.
Acknowledges Pacific Northwest Dams Have Devastated the Region’s Native Tribes
2. Nik
Blosser Will Lead Biden’s Columbia River Task Force
3. News
Release: Biden-Harris Administration Releases Report Highlighting Historic
& Ongoing Negative Impacts of Federal Columbia River Dams on Tribal
Communities
4. News
Release: Statement from Northwest RiverPartners on Establishment of Columbia
River Task Force, Report from Interior Department
5. Shasta
Tribe Will Reclaim Land Long Buried by a Reservoir on the Klamath River
6. Electricity
Shutoffs for Non-Payment Soar as Utility Costs Increase in Oregon
7. Concerns
Raised About Chelan PUD Power Shut-Off Plan
8. Pacific
Power Explains De-Energization Plans
9. Idaho
Power Files Two More Condemnation Suits for Boardman to Hemingway Transmission
10. Grant
County Resident Under Investigation for Pirating Power from Grant PUD
11. Green-Certified
Revenue Bonds Support Clean Energy Infrastructure, Lower Interest Costs
12. Day in the
Life of Power System Dispatchers
13. Montana:
Local Renewable Energy Source at Flathead County Landfill Continues to Expand
14. WA State:
Orcas Power & Light Asks for Support for Local Renewable Energy Projects
15. Farmers
Who Graze Sheep Under Solar Panels Say It Improves Productivity. So Why Don’t
We Do It More?
16. Converting
Cow Manure to Fuel Is Growing Climate Solution, But Critics Say Communities Put
at Risk
17. ‘Floatovoltaic’
Solar Panels on Lakes Could Unlock Lots of Clean Energy
18. An Eastern
WA Salmon Fishing Tradition Is Being Stopped. State Says It Got Too Popular
19. Research
Finds Log Booms Harmful to British Columbia Salmon & Fish Habitats
20. WA Gov.
Inslee Announces Grants from Climate Commitment Act Funding, Pushes to Preserve
It
21. American
Indian & Alaska Natives in Tribal Areas Have Among Lowest Rates of
High-Speed Internet Access
22. Wireless
Industry Renews Effort to Access Light Poles
23. Amazon
Scraps Plan to Use Fuel Cells, Powered by Natural Gas, to Run Oregon Data
Centers
24. Bacon Ice
Cream & Nugget Overload Sees Misfiring McDonald’s Artificial Intelligence
Withdrawn
25. Electric
Vehicles Emerge as Flash Point in 2024 Election
26. ‘Catastrophic
Failure’ of E-Bike Battery Pack Caused Coeur d’Alene Police Building Fire
27. Pair of
Merging Quasars Reveals Secrets of the Universe’s Earliest Days
28. U.S.
Senate Poised to Send Bill Boosting Nuclear Power to President Biden
29. U.S. Heat
Wave Sets Records in Central, Northeast States
30. It’s
Summer Solstice Time. What Does That Mean?
31. The
Beginner’s Guide to Celebrating Juneteenth
Word of the Day – The Horrible Haiku Edition
Pizzicato • \pitts-sih-KAW-toe\ • Noun - A note or passage played by plucking strings.
(To be read in a soft, nasally, pretentious manner…)
The dancing mice in the orchestral score of “Three Blind Mice” will be represented by the sharp, pizzicato passages.
Energy & Utility
Issues
1.
U.S. Acknowledges Pacific Northwest Dams Have
Devastated the Region’s Native Tribes (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/columbia-snake-river-dams-tribes-58f5c6737df3c3e141cbc8e1cd4926ca
2.
Nik Blosser Will Lead Biden’s Columbia River
Task Force (Willamette Week, Portland, OR)
https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2024/06/18/nik-blosser-will-lead-bidens-columbia-river-task-force/
3.
News Release: Biden-Harris Administration
Releases Report Highlighting Historic & Ongoing Negative Impacts of Federal
Columbia River Dams on Tribal Communities (U.S. Department of the Interior)
4.
News Release: Statement from Northwest RiverPartners
on Establishment of Columbia River Task Force, Report from Interior Department (NW
RiverPartners)
5.
Shasta Tribe Will Reclaim Land Long Buried by a Reservoir
on the Klamath River (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ)
6.
Electricity Shutoffs for Non-Payment Soar as
Utility Costs Increase in Oregon (KPTV-TV, Portland, OR)
https://www.kptv.com/2024/06/17/electricity-shutoffs-non-payment-soar-utility-costs-increase-oregon/
7.
Concerns Raised About Chelan PUD Power Shut-Off
Plan (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
https://kpq.com/chelan-pud-power-shutoff-concerns/
8.
Pacific Power Explains De-Energization Plans (KNDU/KNDO-TV,
Tri-Cities, Yakima, WA)
9.
Idaho Power Files Two More Condemnation Suits for
Boardman to Hemingway Transmission (Baker City Herald, OR)
10.
Grant County Resident Under Investigation for Pirating
Power from Grant PUD (Source One News, Ephrata, WA)
11.
Green-Certified Revenue Bonds Support Clean
Energy Infrastructure, Lower Interest Costs (Bonneville Power Administration)
12.
Day in the Life of Power System Dispatchers
(Western Area Power Administration)
https://www.wapa.gov/day-in-the-life-of-power-system-dispatchers/
Renewable Energy &
Self Storage
13.
Montana: Local Renewable Energy Source at Flathead
County Landfill Continues to Expand (KPAX-TV, Missoula, MT)
14.
WA State: Orcas Power & Light Asks for
Support for Local Renewable Energy Projects (San Juan Islander, Friday Harbor,
WA)
15.
Farmers Who Graze Sheep Under Solar Panels Say
It Improves Productivity. So Why Don’t We Do It More? (Grist Online)
16.
Converting Cow Manure to Fuel Is Growing Climate
Solution, But Critics Say Communities Put at Risk (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/dairies-digesters-methane-c4c39b3519fce4219d76d17332e4aa8a
17.
‘Floatovoltaic’ Solar Panels on Lakes Could
Unlock Lots of Clean Energy (Canary Media)
Fish & Wildlife
18.
An Eastern WA Salmon Fishing Tradition Is Being
Stopped. State Says It Got Too Popular (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/eastern-wa-salmon-fishing-tradition-184720226.html
19.
Research Finds Log Booms Harmful to British
Columbia Salmon & Fish Habitats (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/log-booms-bc-salmon-habitat-1.7236837
Climate Change
Sequestration Vault
20.
WA Gov. Inslee Announces Grants from Climate
Commitment Act Funding, Pushes to Preserve It (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
London Calling
–Telecommunications
21.
American Indian & Alaska Natives in Tribal
Areas Have Among Lowest Rates of High-Speed Internet Access (U.S. Census)
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/06/broadband-access-tribal-areas.html
22.
Wireless Industry Renews Effort to Access Light
Poles (Broadband Breakfast)
https://broadbandbreakfast.com/wireless-industry-renews-effort-to-access-light-polls/
Beam Me Up, Scotty - The
Wizarding World of Technology & Cybersecurity
23.
Amazon Scraps Plan to Use Fuel Cells, Powered by
Natural Gas, to Run Oregon Data Centers (The Oregonian, Portland, OR Via MSN)
24.
Bacon Ice Cream & Nugget Overload Sees
Misfiring McDonald’s Artificial Intelligence Withdrawn (British Broadcasting
Corporation)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c722gne7qngo
I Sing the Car Electric
25.
Electric Vehicles Emerge as Flash Point in 2024
Election (Washington Post, Via MSN)
26.
‘Catastrophic Failure’ of E-Bike Battery Pack
Caused Coeur d’Alene Police Building Fire (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/jun/18/catastrophic-failure-of-e-bike-battery-pack-caused/
Barrel O’ Green
Potpourri – Seething Stew of Science
27.
Pair of Merging Quasars Reveals Secrets of the
Universe’s Earliest Days (Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/first-known-merging-pair-quasars-cosmic-dawn-1851541061
Management &
Governance
28.
U.S. Senate Poised to Send Bill Boosting Nuclear
Power to President Biden (The Hill, Washington, DC)
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4726452-senate-nuclear-power-energy-bill/
Other Things to Know
About Today
29.
U.S. Heat Wave Sets Records in Central,
Northeast States (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-heat-wave-sets-records-central-northeast-states-2024-06-18/
30.
It’s Summer Solstice Time. What Does That Mean? (Associated
Press)
https://www.usnews.com/news/news/articles/2024-06-19/its-summer-solstice-time-what-does-that-mean
31.
The Beginner’s Guide to Celebrating Juneteenth (Associated
Press)
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
Poisoned Trees Gave
a Wealthy Couple in Maine a Killer Ocean View. Residents Wonder, at What Cost?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/poisoned-trees-gave-wealthy-couple-043241687.html
Mystery Monolith
Appears in Nevada Desert
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cekk7gm97j4o
Tributes Paid to ‘True
Giant’ of Baseball, Willie Mays
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp99w0wme02o
Vermont Lawmaker
Apologizes for Repeatedly Pouring Water in Her Colleague’s Bag
Song of the Day
Joni Mitchell - Big
Yellow Taxi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2595abcvh2M
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