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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Decision to Install
1.3 Million Solar Panels on Benton County Farm Now in WA Gov. Inslee’s Hands
(Tri-City Herald, WA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/decision-install-1-3-million-130000230.html
Interim Measures to
Continue Columbia River Treaty Coordination (U.S. Department of State)
https://www.state.gov/interim-measures-to-continue-columbia-river-treaty-coordination/
Gov. Newsom Says
California Could Offer Electric Vehicle Rebates If Trump Eliminates Federal Tax
Credit (Associated Press)
WA Gov. Inslee
Addresses Efforts to Assess Damage after Devastating ‘Bomb Cyclone’ (KOMO News,
Seattle, WA)
Mother Transient
Orca with Three Offspring in Vancouver’s False Creek a Sign of Recovery:
Researcher (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
News Highlights (See
Stories Below)
1. Interim
Measures to Continue Columbia River Treaty Coordination
2. WA
State: Snohomish PUD Crews Work Tirelessly to Restore Power after Devastating
Bomb Cyclone
3. Amazon
Offers $334 Million for Nuclear Reactors to Be Built at Hanford
4. Data
Center Boom Fuels Demand for Nuclear Projects
5. Map
Shows States Generating the Most Nuclear Energy
6. Oregon:
Willamette Valley Vineyards Seek $11 Million in Damages from Utilities for 2020
Holiday Farm Fire
7. 24-Year-Old
Man Dies After Being Electrocuted While Hanging Up Christmas Lights
8. U.S.
Reps. Gluesenkamp Perez, Newhouse (WA) Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Support
Bonneville Power Administration Recruitment, Retention, and Resiliency to
Reduce Costs for Ratepayers
9. Balancing
Authority of Northern California Signs Agreement to Join CAISO Extended
Day-Ahead Market
10. Decision
to Install 1.3 Million Solar Panels on Benton County Farm Now in WA Gov.
Inslee’s Hands
11. Court
Hears Arguments in Challenge to U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Natural Gas Furnace
Rules
12. Mother
Transient Orca with Three Offspring in Vancouver’s False Creek a Sign of
Recovery: Researcher
13. $3.38
Million in Grants Awarded for WA State’s Shoreline Conservation, Salmon Habitat
14. Project
2025 Calls for Massive Changes to Hanford Nuclear Cleanup
15. Feds
Outline ‘Necessary Steps’ for Colorado River Agreement by 2026, but No
Recommendation Yet
16. California:
AT&T Offers $20,000 for Information Leading Redding Police to Copper
Thieves
17. Data
Breaches Surge to Record Levels in Washington State, Attorney General Calls for
Policy Changes
18. Gov.
Newsom Says California Could Offer Electric Vehicle Rebates If Trump Eliminates
Federal Tax Credit
19. Auto
Industry’s Shift Toward Electric Vehicles Is Expected to Go on Despite Trump
Threat to Kill Tax Credits
20. After
Fast Start, Electric Cars Need a Recharge as Range Limits, Cost Leave Some
Drivers Skeptical
21. Overhauls
of ‘Heritage Brands’ Raise the Question: How Important Are Our Products to Our
Identities?
22. WA
State: Mandatory Manual Recount for Benton PUD Commissioner Race to Start Dec.
2
23. WA
Gov. Inslee Addresses Efforts to Assess Damage after Devastating ‘Bomb Cyclone’
24. Western
Washington Windstorm Victims May Qualify for Disaster & Tax Relief. Here’s
What to Know
25. A
Pleasant No-Drama Thanksgiving Weekend: But a Big Surprise
26.
Guest Essay: Pacific Northwest Tribes Are Key to
Restoring Salmon in the Columbia River Basin
Word of the Day – The Horrible Haiku Edition
“Oh, Captain, I Do Declare!”
Demure /dih-MYOOR/ Adjective – 1: reserved, modest 2: affectedly modest, reserved, or serious: coy
Fluttering lace fan
Sparkling eyes, a hidden smile
Demure southern belle
Energy & Utility
Issues
1.
Interim Measures to Continue Columbia River
Treaty Coordination (U.S. Department of State)
https://www.state.gov/interim-measures-to-continue-columbia-river-treaty-coordination/
2.
WA State: Snohomish PUD Crews Work Tirelessly to
Restore Power after Devastating Bomb Cyclone (KOMO News, Seattle, WA)
3.
Amazon Offers $334 Million for Nuclear Reactors to
Be Built at Hanford (Cascade PBS)
https://www.cascadepbs.org/news/2024/11/amazon-offers-334m-nuclear-reactors-be-built-hanford
4.
Data Center Boom Fuels Demand for Nuclear
Projects (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/data-center-boom-fuels-nuclear-construction-projects/733603/
5.
Map Shows States Generating the Most Nuclear
Energy (Newsweek – Via MSN)
6.
Oregon: Willamette Valley Vineyards Seek $11
Million in Damages from Utilities for 2020 Holiday Farm Fire (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/11/26/smoke-taint-oregon-wine-lawsuit/
7.
24-Year-Old Man Dies After Being Electrocuted
While Hanging Up Christmas Lights (USA Today)
8.
U.S. Reps. Gluesenkamp Perez, Newhouse (WA)
Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Support Bonneville Power Administration
Recruitment, Retention, and Resiliency to Reduce Costs for Ratepayers (U.S.
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp-Parez, WA)
9.
Balancing Authority of Northern California Signs
Agreement to Join CAISO Extended Day-Ahead Market (American Public Power
Association)
Renewable Energy & Self
Storage
10.
Decision to Install 1.3 Million Solar Panels on Benton
County Farm Now in WA Gov. Inslee’s Hands (Tri-City Herald, WA – Via Yahoo!
News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/decision-install-1-3-million-130000230.html
Conservation &
Efficiency
11.
Court Hears Arguments in Challenge to U.S. Dept.
of Energy’s Natural Gas Furnace Rules (The Center Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_3b02918a-ac31-11ef-9a9b-772eba6134eb.html
Fish & Wildlife
12.
Mother Transient Orca with Three Offspring in Vancouver’s
False Creek a Sign of Recovery: Researcher (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
13.
$3.38 Million in Grants Awarded for WA State’s
Shoreline Conservation, Salmon Habitat (KOMO News, Seattle, WA)
Environmental Afflatus –
Clean Up on Aisle Three
14.
Project 2025 Calls for Massive Changes to Hanford
Nuclear Cleanup (Cascade PBS)
Water, Water, Anywhere?
15.
Feds Outline ‘Necessary Steps’ for Colorado
River Agreement by 2026, but No Recommendation Yet (Associated Press)
London Calling
–Telecommunications
16.
California: AT&T Offers $20,000 for Information
Leading Redding Police to Copper Thieves (Redding Record-Searchlight, CA)
The Wizarding World of
Technology & Cybersecurity
17.
Data Breaches Surge to Record Levels in Washington
State, Attorney General Calls for Policy Changes (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
I Sing the Car Electric
18.
Gov. Newsom Says California Could Offer Electric
Vehicle Rebates If Trump Eliminates Federal Tax Credit (Associated Press)
19.
Auto Industry’s Shift Toward Electric Vehicles
Is Expected to Go on Despite Trump Threat to Kill Tax Credits (Associated Press)
20.
After Fast Start, Electric Cars Need a Recharge as
Range Limits, Cost Leave Some Drivers Skeptical (Associated Press)
Public Relations,
Marketing & Media
21.
Overhauls of ‘Heritage Brands’ Raise the Question:
How Important Are Our Products to Our Identities? (Associated Press)
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/world/article/overhauls-of-heritage-brands-raise-the-19940481.php
Politics, Management,
and Governance
22.
WA State: Mandatory Manual Recount for Benton
PUD Commissioner Race to Start Dec. 2 (KNDO & KNDU-TV, Yakima/Tri-Cities,
WA)
Other Things to Know
About Today
23.
WA Gov. Inslee Addresses Efforts to Assess
Damage after Devastating ‘Bomb Cyclone’ (KOMO News, Seattle, WA)
24.
Western Washington Windstorm Victims May Qualify
for Disaster & Tax Relief. Here’s What to Know (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
https://www.kuow.org/stories/western-washington-storm-victims-may-qualify-for-relief
25.
A Pleasant No-Drama Thanksgiving Weekend: But a Big
Surprise (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2024/11/a-pleasant-no-drama-thanksgiving.html
Soapbox Serenade – Vox
Populi
26.
Guest Essay: Pacific Northwest Tribes Are Key to
Restoring Salmon in the Columbia River Basin (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/nov/27/secretary-of-the-interior-deb-haaland-and-solicito/
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
Dictionary.com Has
Named Its Word of the Year, And It Isn’t ‘Brat’
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/demure-dictionary-com-2024-word-091354864.html
A Secret Parachute
in the FBI’s Possession May Have Finally Solved D.B. Cooper’s Identity
https://www.yahoo.com/news/secret-parachute-fbi-possession-may-201700706.html
Fossilized Dinosaur
Vomit & Poop Exposes a Surprising Jurassic Snack
U.S. Customs Seizes
3,000 Counterfeit Gibson Guitars; Worth $18 Million If They Were Real
Song of the Day
Silver Connection –
Fly Robin Fly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZM--cq_Bi4
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