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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Federal Study Finds
Climate Change Will Boost Pacific Northwest Hydropower (Vancouver Columbian, WA
– Paywall Advisory)
Washington's
Sockeye Runs Are Smashing Records (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2024/09/17/washington-sockeye-runs-smash-records
Will British
Columbia's Massive New Dam on the Peace River Have Downstream Impacts on
Alberta? (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/site-c-dam-bc-hydro-alberta-peace-river-1.7322035
Idaho Falls Power
Negotiating PPA with Modular Nuclear Reactor Company (American Public Power
Association)
Arizona Tribe
Fights to Stop Lithium Drilling on Culturally Significant Lands (Associated
Press)
News Highlights (See Stories
Below)
1. Federal
Study Finds Climate Change Will Boost Pacific Northwest Hydropower
2. Will
British Columbia's Massive New Dam on the Peace River Have Downstream Impacts
on Alberta?
3. Idaho
Falls Power Negotiating PPA with Modular Nuclear Reactor Company
4. U.S.
Nuclear, Coal Power Sites Could Host Up To 269 GW of New Nuclear Capacity: DOE
5. Alaska:
Golden Valley Electric Association, Usibelli Coal Mine Ink New Contract Through
2029
6. Federal
Grant Could Ring Death Knell for Coal for Rural Arizona Power Co-ops
7. NERC
Remains Concerned About Maintaining Sufficient Natural Gas Supplies this Winter
8. Utility
Regulators Shoot Down NV Energy’s Proposed Rate Change for Northern Nevada
9. Bonneville
Power Administration Protects Wood Poles & Reliable Service with
Fire-Resistant Wrap
10. California:
Pacific Gas & Electric Customer Charged for Someone Else’s Utility Bill for
Up to 18 Years
11. Arizona
Tribe Fights to Stop Lithium Drilling on Culturally Significant Lands
12. WA
State Recommends Limits for Tri-Cities Wind Turbine Farm Project
13. Dissatisfaction
All Around at WA Energy Council's Approval of Horse Heaven Project
14. Oregon
Tribe Sues Over Federal Agency Plans to Hold an Offshore Wind Energy Auction
15. The
Solution to Birds Flying into Wind Turbines May Be Simpler Than You Think, OSU
Researchers Suggest
16. U.S.
Solar Panel Manufacturing Jumps Fourfold After Inflation Reduction Act
17. Washington's
Sockeye Runs Are Smashing Records
18. WA
State: Pierce County Dam Blocks Salmon Passage. Watch a Crew of Volunteers Help
Fish Move Along
19. Orca
Calf - Just Days Old - Spotted with Mother Near San Juan Island
20. As
Election Day Nears, Climate Repeal Turns Up the Heat on WA’s Transportation
Budget Crisis
21. Our
Digital Lives Need Massive Data Centers. What Goes on Inside Them?
22. Tech
Companies Are Making an Incredible Investment in a Surprising Source of Energy:
'Enormous Potential'
23. Electric
Cars Overtake Gas Models in Norway
24. Instagram
Overhauls Teen Accounts with Sweeping Privacy, Age-Verification Changes
25. Musk's
Satellites 'Blocking' View of the Universe
26. Congress:
Mike Johnson Open to Keeping Some Green Energy Tax Credits
27. Federal Reserve Cuts Key Rate by Sizable Half-Point, Signaling End to Its Inflation Fight
28. Opinion:
Columbia River Treaty Update a Game-Changer for British Columbia Amid U.S.
Tensions
29.
Editorial: Washington Poised to Meet Energy
Demands
Word of the Day – The Horrible Haiku Edition
Akrasia \uh-KRAY-zhuh\ Noun – Weakness of will: weakness of will, especially a failure to act according to a sense of moral obligation.
Alfonse was ridden with akrasia. On the one hand, he knew that the double cheeseburger with jalapenos, blue cheese, thick bacon, and avocados was bad for him. On the other hand, he knew that his head would explode if he could not take just one tasty bite of this forbidden fruit. “I know just as Ulysses felt as he had his crew tie him to the mast as they passed by the sirens,” he pondered. In the end, his vegetarian friends came to the rescue, tying him to the bumper of their hybrid vehicle as they slowly glided past the burger joint on their way to the organic “Humus Hut” on South 43rd Avenue.
Energy & Utility
Issues
1.
Federal Study Finds Climate Change Will Boost
Pacific Northwest Hydropower (Vancouver Columbian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
2.
Will British Columbia's Massive New Dam on the Peace
River Have Downstream Impacts on Alberta? (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/site-c-dam-bc-hydro-alberta-peace-river-1.7322035
3.
Idaho Falls Power Negotiating PPA with Modular
Nuclear Reactor Company (American Public Power Association)
4.
U.S. Nuclear, Coal Power Sites Could Host Up To
269 GW of New Nuclear Capacity: DOE (Utility Dive)
5.
Alaska: Golden Valley Electric Association, Usibelli
Coal Mine Ink New Contract Through 2029 (KTVF-TV, Fairbanks, AK)
6.
Federal Grant Could Ring Death Knell for Coal for
Rural Arizona Power Co-ops (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ)
7.
NERC Remains Concerned About Maintaining
Sufficient Natural Gas Supplies this Winter (American Public Power Association)
8.
Utility Regulators Shoot Down NV Energy’s Proposed
Rate Change for Northern Nevada (Nevada Independent)
9.
Bonneville Power Administration Protects Wood
Poles & Reliable Service with Fire-Resistant Wrap (Bonneville Power
Administration)
10.
California: Pacific Gas & Electric Customer
Charged for Someone Else’s Utility Bill for Up to 18 Years (KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)
Renewable Energy &
Self Storage
11.
Arizona Tribe Fights to Stop Lithium Drilling on
Culturally Significant Lands (Associated Press)
12.
WA State Recommends Limits for Tri-Cities Wind
Turbine Farm Project (Cascaded PBS)
13.
Dissatisfaction All Around at WA Energy
Council's Approval of Horse Heaven Project (The Center Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_1d560fc0-751a-11ef-9797-334414b66d80.html
14.
Oregon Tribe Sues Over Federal Agency Plans to
Hold an Offshore Wind Energy Auction (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/oregon-offshore-wind-tribe-lawsuit-3521898a48c7dc18bd19ff57375145ad
15.
The Solution to Birds Flying into Wind Turbines
May Be Simpler Than You Think, OSU Researchers Suggest (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
16.
U.S. Solar Panel Manufacturing Jumps Fourfold
After Inflation Reduction Act (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/us-solar-panel-manufacturing-capacity-q2-tariff-impact/727360/
Fish & Wildlife
17.
Washington's Sockeye Runs Are Smashing Records (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2024/09/17/washington-sockeye-runs-smash-records
18.
WA State: Pierce County Dam Blocks Salmon
Passage. Watch a Crew of Volunteers Help Fish Move Along (Tacoma News-Tribune,
WA – Via MSN)
19.
Orca Calf - Just Days Old - Spotted with Mother
Near San Juan Island (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Climate Change Sequestration
Vault
20.
As Election Day Nears, Climate Repeal Turns Up the
Heat on WA’s Transportation Budget Crisis (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
The Wizarding World of
Technology & Cybersecurity
21.
Our Digital Lives Need Massive Data Centers.
What Goes on Inside Them? (Washington Post, Paywall Advisory)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2024/data-centers-tour-northern-virginia/
22.
Tech Companies Are Making an Incredible
Investment in a Surprising Source of Energy: 'Enormous Potential' (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/tech-companies-making-incredible-investment-110025843.html
I Sing the Car Electric
23.
Electric Cars Overtake Gas Models in Norway (Courthouse
News Service)
https://www.courthousenews.com/electric-cars-overtake-gas-models-in-norway/
Public Relations,
Marketing & Media
24.
Instagram Overhauls Teen Accounts with Sweeping
Privacy, Age-Verification Changes (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2024/09/17/instagram-teen-privacy-age-verification-changes
Barrel O’ Green
Potpourri – Seething Stew of Science
25.
Musk's Satellites 'Blocking' View of the Universe
(British Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4dnr8zemgo
Management &
Governance
26.
Congress: Mike Johnson Open to Keeping Some
Green Energy Tax Credits (E&E News)
https://www.eenews.net/articles/mike-johnson-open-to-keeping-some-ira-tax-incentives/
Other Things to Know
About Today
27.
Federal Reserve Cuts Key Rate by Sizable
Half-Point, Signaling End to Its Inflation Fight
Soapbox Serenade – Vox
Populi
28.
Opinion: Columbia River Treaty Update a Game-Changer
for British Columbia Amid U.S. Tensions (Business Intelligence For BC)
29.
Editorial: Washington Poised to Meet Energy
Demands (Vancouver Columbian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/sep/17/in-our-view-washington-poised-to-meet-energy-demands/
Snakes in the Swamp – Diversions
Florida Python
Challenge Winner Removes 20 Burmese Pythons to Earn $10,000 Prize; Novice
Hunter Catches Longest Snake
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-python-challenge-winner-ronald-kiger-20-burmese-pythons/
Stray Kitten Befriends
WA State Trooper After Accident, Quickly Finds New Home
Trove of Dinosaur
Fossils Found High in British Columbia Mountains
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-researchers-fossil-trove-1.7325926?cmp=rss
A Construction
Project at a Los Angeles High School Uncovered Millions of Fossils
Song of the Day
John Williams –
Theme from Jurassic Park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqxOFP9aRIw
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