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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Oregon’s Data
Centers Want a Lot More Electricity. Who’s Going to Pay? It Could Be You (The
Oregonian, Portland, OR – Via MSN)
To Meet U.S.
Nuclear Goals, Big Reactors Need to Get Built Today, DOE Says (Canary Media)
Washington’s
Old-Growth Forests Capture Carbon Better Than Nearly Any Other (Vancouver
Columbian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Central Coast
Fishermen Sue California Coastal Commission Over Wind Energy (Cal Coast News)
The Fate of
Thousands of U.S. Dams Hangs in the Balance, Leaving Rural Communities with
Hard Choices (Grist Online)
News Highlights (See
Stories Below)
1. Oregon’s
Data Centers Want a Lot More Electricity. Who’s Going to Pay? It Could Be You
2. To
Meet U.S. Nuclear Goals, Big Reactors Need to Get Built Today, DOE Says
3. Nuclear
Power Could Solve U.S. Electricity Needs. But at What Cost?
4. Federal
Agencies Join Forces to Bring Little Goose Dam Back Online
5. WA
State: Grant PUD Plans Major Power Supply Expansions Amid Growing Demand in
Grant County
6. Florida
Power Outage Map: More Than 400,000 Still in the Dark in Hurricane Milton
Aftermath
7. A
New Move in the Grid of Thrones
8. U.S.
Hourly Electricity Demand Peaked in July with Widespread Heatwaves
9. Central
Coast Fishermen Sue California Coastal Commission Over Wind Energy
10. Nevada:
The Battle for Bahsahwahbee – Federal Solar Plan at Odds with Decadeslong
Monument Fight
11. Volunteers
Bring Solar Power to Hurricane Helene’s Disaster Zone
12. ‘Very
Lumpy & Skinny’: Endangered Southern Resident Orca Calf Emaciated, Stopped
Breathing
13. Steelhead
Fishing to Open in Upper Columbia River for First Time in Nine Years
14. Spokane
Man Claims 20-Year-Old Water Meter Led to Inflated Water Bill
15. Washington’s
Old-Growth Forests Capture Carbon Better Than Nearly Any Other
16. Oregon-Led
Report Calls for Action as Climate Change Accelerates
17. WA
State: Port of Coupeville Broadband Project May Leave Out Some Residents
18. Microwave
Power? Waves That Heat Your Burritos Will Get Internet to Part of Pierce County
19. When
Meteor Showers Will Dazzle Night Skies This Fall
20. Will
Carbon Tax Initiative 2117 Lower Washington Gas Prices? That’s Debatable
21. The
Fate of Thousands of U.S. Dams Hangs in the Balance, Leaving Rural Communities
with Hard Choices
22. Guest
Essay: Energy Projects, Preemption & Politics
23. Guest
Essay: Why Digital Access Is the Key to Survival for Washington’s Small
Businesses
24.
Podcast: Eleventy-First Episode & Energy
System Analogy World Cup Championship
Word of the Day – The Horrible Haiku Edition
Monstrous \MON-struss\ 1: Strange, unnatural 2: having extraordinary, often overwhelming size 3: gigantic 3a: having the qualities or appearance of a monster 3b: teeming with monsters 4a: extraordinarily ugly or vicious: 4b: shockingly wrong or ridiculous 5: deviating significantly from the natural form or character: 6: very great — used as an intensive
Men in rubber suits
Tiny Tokyo destroyed
Monstrous behavior
Energy & Utility
Issues
1.
Oregon’s Data Centers Want a Lot More
Electricity. Who’s Going to Pay? It Could Be You (The Oregonian, Portland, OR –
Via MSN)
2.
To Meet U.S. Nuclear Goals, Big Reactors Need to
Get Built Today, DOE Says (Canary Media)
3.
Nuclear Power Could Solve U.S. Electricity
Needs. But at What Cost? (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nuclear-power-could-solve-us-100007851.html
4.
Federal Agencies Join Forces to Bring Little
Goose Dam Back Online (Bonneville Power Administration)
5.
WA State: Grant PUD Plans Major Power Supply
Expansions Amid Growing Demand in Grant County (Source ONE News, Ephrata, WA)
6.
Florida Power Outage Map: More Than 400,000
Still in the Dark in Hurricane Milton Aftermath (USA Today – Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-power-outage-map-more-111916162.html
7.
A New Move in the Grid of Thrones (Politico)
8.
U.S. Hourly Electricity Demand Peaked in July with
Widespread Heatwaves (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=63445
Renewable Energy &
Self Storage
9.
Central Coast Fishermen Sue California Coastal
Commission Over Wind Energy (Cal Coast News)
10.
Nevada: The Battle for Bahsahwahbee – Federal Solar
Plan at Odds with Decadeslong Monument Fight (Las Vegas Review-Journal, NV)
11.
Volunteers Bring Solar Power to Hurricane Helene’s
Disaster Zone (Associated Press)
https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/volunteers-bring-solar-power-to-hurricane-19834243.php
Fish & Wildlife
12.
‘Very Lumpy & Skinny’: Endangered Southern
Resident Orca Calf Emaciated, Stopped Breathing (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle,
WA)
13.
Steelhead Fishing to Open in Upper Columbia
River for First Time in Nine Years (Source ONE News, Ephrata, WA)
Water, Water, Anywhere?
14.
Spokane Man Claims 20-Year-Old Water Meter Led to
Inflated Water Bill (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Climate Change
Sequestration Vault
15.
Washington’s Old-Growth Forests Capture Carbon
Better Than Nearly Any Other (Vancouver Columbian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
16.
Oregon-Led Report Calls for Action as Climate
Change Accelerates (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/10/09/oregon-report-action-climate-change/
London Calling
–Telecommunications
17.
WA State: Port of Coupeville Broadband Project
May Leave Out Some Residents (Whidbey News-Times, Oak Harbor, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.whidbeynewstimes.com/news/port-broadband-project-may-leave-out-some-residents/
18.
Microwave Power? Waves That Heat Your Burritos
Will Get Internet to Part of Pierce County (Tacoma News-Tribune, WA – Via Yahoo!
News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/microwave-power-waves-heat-burritos-194500758.html
Barrel O’ Green
Potpourri – Seething Stew of Science
19.
When Meteor Showers Will Dazzle Night Skies This
Fall (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Management &
Governance
20.
Will Carbon Tax Initiative 2117 Lower Washington
Gas Prices? That’s Debatable (Cascade PBS)
Other Things to Know
About Today
21.
The Fate of Thousands of U.S. Dams Hangs in the Balance,
Leaving Rural Communities with Hard Choices (Grist Online)
Soapbox Serenade – Vox
Populi
22.
Guest Essay: Energy Projects, Preemption &
Politics (Washington State Standard)
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/10/10/energy-projects-preemption-and-politics/
23.
Guest Essay: Why Digital Access Is the Key to Survival
for Washington’s Small Businesses (Olympian, WA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-digital-access-key-survival-120000259.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
24.
Podcast: Eleventy-First Episode & Energy
System Analogy World Cup Championship (Public Power Underground)
https://publicpowerunderground.substack.com/p/eleventy-first-episode-and-energy
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
Model Makers in Madagascar
Are Bringing History’s Long-Lost Ships Back to Life
https://apnews.com/article/madagascar-model-ships-history-famous-1649d037fe34d3435616721d26eac6c5
Ohio-Based Eatery
Breaks World Record for Hot Dog Photos
Baby Born in
Microbrewery Parking Lot Honored with Special Beer
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/14/One-Well-Brewing-baby-beer/2961728925931/
Farm Creates
Massive ‘Beetlejuice’ Pumpkin Mosaic
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/11/Beetlejuice-mosaic-Sunnyfields-Farm/7641728660539/
Song of the Day
Paul Anka – (You’re)
Having My Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXzuaybzS6k
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