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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
More Nuclear Power in the Tri-Cities? Energy
Northwest Meets with Stakeholders for Proposed Plant Expansion Near Richland
(Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/jun/30/more-nuclear-power-in-the-tri-cities-northwest-ene/
Chelan, Douglas, Grant Public Utility
Districts Suing Over Treaty, Payments to Canada (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
https://kpq.com/chelan-douglas-grant-puds-suing-over-treaty-payments-to-canada/
Are Power Shutoffs Coming? Avista Officially
Shifts into Fire Safety Mode (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/jun/27/are-power-shutoffs-coming-avista-officially-shifts/
California Lawmakers Unveil $10 Billion Bond
Proposals for Climate & Schools (Associated Press)
A Sockeye Success Story on the Columbia
River (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Today’s
News Lineup (See Stories Below)
1.
More Nuclear Power in the Tri-Cities? Energy
Northwest Meets with Stakeholders for Proposed Plant Expansion Near Richland
2.
Chelan, Douglas, Grant Public Utility Districts
Suing Over Treaty, Payments to Canada
3.
Are Power Shutoffs Coming? Avista Officially
Shifts into Fire Safety Mode
4.
Pacific Gas & Electric Says Several
California Counties Likely to Experience Power Shutoffs Tuesday
5.
Commercial Electricity Demand Grew Fastest in
States with Rapid Computing Facility Growth
6.
News Release: U.S. House Acts to Protect
Millions of Northwest Ratepayers
7.
Bonneville Power Administration Engineer
Recognized for National Role in Promoting Interregional Transmission
8.
Why Are Midwest Grid Operators Turning Away Wind
Power?
9.
Hydropower Remains Renewable Leader Despite
Climate Challenges
10.
Universal Hydrogen, Pioneer of Hydrogen-Powered
Flight, Goes Bust
11.
How Water Could Be the Future of Fuel
12.
Community Solar Expands Access to Clean Energy,
New Study Shows
13.
A Sockeye Success Story on the Columbia River
14.
Oregon: Reedsport Hatchery Disappointed with
Sentence of Man Behind Mass Deaths of Juvenile Chinook
15.
What It Means for the Supreme Court to Block
Enforcement of the EPA’s ‘Good Neighbor’ Pollution Rule
16.
Utah: Officials Rejoice After Iconic U.S. Lake
System Reaches Peak Water Levels for First Time in Over a Decade
17.
California Lawmakers Unveil $10 Billion Bond
Proposals for Climate & Schools
18.
Data Centers Could Set Back Climate Progress
19.
Gassy Cows & Pigs Will Face a Carbon Tax in
Denmark, a World First
20.
The Chemtrails Conspiracy Theory
21.
With a Week to Qualify, Backers of WA Energy
Choice Initiative Feeling Confident
22.
Dangerous Hurricane Beryl restrengthens to
Category 4 off Grenada
23.
Why Mount Rainier Is the U.S. Volcano That
Troubles Scientists Most
24.
Guest Essay: Battle Over Dams & Salmon Still
Rages in Pacific Northwest
25.
Guest Essay: Hydrogen Is Key to Fighting Climate
Change, But We Must Get It Right
26. Editorial:
San Diego - Who Won & Who Lost in the Campaign for a City-Run Electric
Utility
Word of the Day – The Horrible Haiku Edition
Afflatus • \ah-FLAY-tus\ • noun: a divine imparting of knowledge or power
Aroused
afflatus
Brilliant,
divine knowledge
God’s breath inspires us
Energy
& Utility Issues
1. More
Nuclear Power in the Tri-Cities? Energy Northwest Meets with Stakeholders for Proposed
Plant Expansion Near Richland (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/jun/30/more-nuclear-power-in-the-tri-cities-northwest-ene/
2. Chelan,
Douglas, Grant Public Utility Districts Suing Over Treaty, Payments to Canada (KPQ
Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
https://kpq.com/chelan-douglas-grant-puds-suing-over-treaty-payments-to-canada/
3. Are
Power Shutoffs Coming? Avista Officially Shifts into Fire Safety Mode (Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/jun/27/are-power-shutoffs-coming-avista-officially-shifts/
4. Pacific
Gas & Electric Says Several California Counties Likely to Experience Power
Shutoffs Tuesday (KCRA-TV, Sacramento, CA)
5. Commercial
Electricity Demand Grew Fastest in States with Rapid Computing Facility Growth
(U.S. Energy Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=62409
6. News
Release: U.S. House Acts to Protect Millions of Northwest Ratepayers (Northwest
RiverPartners)
7. Bonneville
Power Administration Engineer Recognized for National Role in Promoting
Interregional Transmission (Bonneville Power Administration)
Renewable
Energy & Self Storage
8. Why
Are Midwest Grid Operators Turning Away Wind Power? (U.S. Energy Information
Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=62406
9. Hydropower
Remains Renewable Leader Despite Climate Challenges (Power Magazine)
https://www.powermag.com/hydropower-remains-renewable-leader-despite-climate-challenges/
10. Universal
Hydrogen, Pioneer of Hydrogen-Powered Flight, Goes Bust (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
11. How
Water Could Be the Future of Fuel (Washington Post, Via MSN News)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-water-could-be-the-future-of-fuel/ar-BB1oZ10s
12. Community
Solar Expands Access to Clean Energy, New Study Shows (Canary Media)
Fish
& Wildlife
13. A
Sockeye Success Story on the Columbia River (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
14. Oregon:
Reedsport Hatchery Disappointed with Sentence of Man Behind Mass Deaths of Juvenile
Chinook (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/07/01/hatchery-salmon-kill-bleach-sentence-reedsport/
Environmental
Afflatus – Clean Up on Aisle Three
15. What
It Means for the Supreme Court to Block Enforcement of the EPA’s ‘Good Neighbor’
Pollution Rule (Associated Press)
Water,
Water, Anywhere?
16. Utah:
Officials Rejoice After Iconic U.S. Lake System Reaches Peak Water Levels for
First Time in Over a Decade (The Cooldown)
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/utah-water-levels-drought-governor-cox/
Climate
Change Sequestration Vault
17. California
Lawmakers Unveil $10 Billion Bond Proposals for Climate & Schools (Associated
Press)
18. Data
Centers Could Set Back Climate Progress (High Country News)
https://www.hcn.org/articles/do-data-centers-mean-doomsville-for-renewable-energy/
19. Gassy
Cows & Pigs Will Face a Carbon Tax in Denmark, a World First (Associated
Press)
https://apnews.com/article/denmark-cow-tax-greenhouse-gases-9a570518639e0a1990806fd1a05ac11a
Barrel
O’ Green Potpourri – Seething Stew of Science
20. The
Chemtrails Conspiracy Theory (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-chemtrails-conspiracy-theory.html
Management
& Governance
21. With
a Week to Qualify, Backers of WA Energy Choice Initiative Feeling Confident
(The Center Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_4c16fd9a-3598-11ef-9656-cbabce8aea9a.html
Other
Things to Know About Today
22. Dangerous
Hurricane Beryl restrengthens to Category 4 off Grenada (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-beryl-caribbean-islands-aaae273e307658866fdd27f9f2c76592
23. Why
Mount Rainier Is the U.S. Volcano That Troubles Scientists Most (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-mount-rainier-us-volcano-110015271.html
Soapbox
Serenade – Vox Populi
24. Guest
Essay: Battle Over Dams & Salmon Still Rages in Pacific Northwest (Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/jun/29/bonner-russell-cohen-battle-over-dams-and-salmon-s/
25. Guest
Essay: Hydrogen Is Key to Fighting Climate Change, But We Must Get It Right (Yahoo!
News)
https://news.yahoo.com/news/commentary-hydrogen-key-fighting-climate-080000836.html
26. Editorial:
San Diego - Who Won & Who Lost in the Campaign for a City-Run Electric
Utility (San Diego Times, CA)
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
The Real Meaning Behind the Muppets’ Rainbow
Connection
https://www.grunge.com/330243/the-real-meaning-behind-the-muppets-rainbow-connection/
As Ice Melts, Everest’s ‘Death Zone’ Gives
Up Its Ghosts
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-melts-everests-death-zone-032836170.html
Video-Gaming Teenager to Become First Catholic
Millennial Saint as Pope & Cardinals Approve Canonization
https://www.yahoo.com/news/video-gaming-teenager-become-first-094240219.html
Rainforest Animal Called a Kinkajou Rescued from
Dusty Highway Rest Stop in Washington State
Song of the Day
Enya - Orinoco Flow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTrk4X9ACtw
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