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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Why White
Supremacists Are Trying to Attack Energy Grids (NY Times – Via MSN)
Bonneville Power
Administration Seeks Dismissal from Lawsuits Claiming Its Actions Ignited A
2020 Wildfire (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/08/11/bpa-holiday-farm-fire-lawsuit/
Washington Solar
Project Paused Amid Concern About Indigenous Sites (High Country News)
https://www.hcn.org/articles/washington-solar-project-paused-amid-concern-about-indigenous-sites/
Major Internet
Service Providers Press FCC to Speed Pole Access Ahead of Big BEAD Projects
(Broadband Breakfast)
https://broadbandbreakfast.com/major-isps-press-fcc-to-speed-pole-access-ahead-of-big-bead-projects/
July Ends 13-Month
Streak of Global Heat Records as El Nino Ebbs, But Experts Warn Against Relief
(Associated Press)
News Highlights (See
Stories Below)
1. Why
White Supremacists Are Trying to Attack Energy Grids
2. Bonneville
Power Administration Seeks Dismissal from Lawsuits Claiming Its Actions Ignited
A 2020 Wildfire
3. Puget
Sound Energy Outlines Wildfire Prevention Plan at Roslyn Community Meeting
4. Pacific
Power Responds to Yakima Co. Concerns Over Wildfire Emergency De-Energizations
5. Oregon:
‘Customers Simply Can’t Afford’ Portland General Electric’s Proposed Rate Hike,
Advocacy Group Says
6. Wyoming:
Rocky Mountain Power Wants to Hike Rates Again, This Time by $123.5 Million, or
14.7%
7. California:
Troubled Trail Ahead for San Onofre’s Spent Nuclear Fuel
8. Montana:
Sun River Electric Co-op Lineman Dies in Workplace Accident
9. WA
State: Grant County PUD Addresses Power Concerns Amid Growing Demands; Poll
Shows Readers Want Nuclear Energy
10. Drought
Costs U.S. Hydropower Billions While Increasing Emissions, Study Finds
11. Which
U.S. States Have the Cleanest Electricity?
12. Fire
at Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine Puts Experts on Edge
13. Washington
Solar Project Paused Amid Concern About Indigenous Sites
14. How
a Heap of Lithium on the Nevada-Oregon Border Could Ignite an Environmental
Battle
15. High
Energy Costs, Delayed Tax Credit Pose Hurdles for PNW Hydrogen Hub
16. U.S.,
India, Russia, Japan Are Building Out Wind Power Much Too Slowly for Climate
Change, Report Says
17. Algal
Blooms, Fueled by Warmer Northwest Waters, Create Toxic Recipe for Coastal
Shellfish
18. Video:
How the Chilcotin River Landslide Could Affect British Columbia Salmon Runs
19. Oregon
Commercial Fishing: Booms & Busts, But Trend Is Up Overall
20. Boater
Fined After Close Call with Orca
21. Federal
Infrastructure Funding Is Fueling a Push to Remove Dams & Restore River
Habitat
22. July
Ends 13-Month Streak of Global Heat Records as El Nino Ebbs, But Experts Warn
Against Relief
23. For
At Least a Decade Quinault Nation Has Tried to Escape the Rising Pacific. Time
Is Running Out
24. Major
Internet Service Providers Press FCC to Speed Pole Access Ahead of Big BEAD
Projects
25. What
Lies Beneath: The Growing Threat to the Hidden Network of Cables That Power the
Internet
26. Data
Centers Want to Tap Existing Nuclear Power. Is That Good or Bad?
27. WA
Rolls Out One of the Nation’s Most Generous Electric Vehicle Rebate Programs
28. 1
in 5 Charge Failures a ‘Substantial Risk’ to Washington’s Electric Vehicle
Strategy
29. Fissures
on Energy Policy Possible Among GOP, Industries If Trump Wins
30. Forest
Service Predicts Areas of Washington & Oregon Are Likely to Burn Until Rain
Arrives
31.
Commentary: Footing the Power Bills for
Artificial Intelligence Is Anything But Smart
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 greatly from the natural form or character: 6: very great — used as an intensive.
Ode to Godzilla
Man in rubber suit
Tiny Tokyo destroyed
Monstrous behavior
Energy & Utility
Issues
1.
Why White Supremacists Are Trying to Attack
Energy Grids (NY Times – Via MSN)
2.
Bonneville Power Administration Seeks Dismissal from
Lawsuits Claiming Its Actions Ignited A 2020 Wildfire (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/08/11/bpa-holiday-farm-fire-lawsuit/
3.
Puget Sound Energy Outlines Wildfire Prevention
Plan at Roslyn Community Meeting (Apple Valley News, Kennewick, WA)
4.
Pacific Power Responds to Yakima Co. Concerns
Over Wildfire Emergency De-Energizations (Apple Valley News, Kennewick, WA)
5.
Oregon: ‘Customers Simply Can’t Afford’ Portland
General Electric’s Proposed Rate Hike, Advocacy Group Says (KOIN-TV, Portland,
OR)
6.
Wyoming: Rocky Mountain Power Wants to Hike
Rates Again, This Time by $123.5 Million, or 14.7% (Wyofile)
7.
California: Troubled Trail Ahead for San
Onofre’s Spent Nuclear Fuel (San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
8.
Montana: Sun River Electric Co-op Lineman Dies in
Workplace Accident (KRTV-TV, Great Falls, MT)
9.
WA State: Grant County PUD Addresses Power
Concerns Amid Growing Demands; Poll Shows Readers Want Nuclear Energy (Source
One News, Ephrata, Wa)
10.
Drought Costs U.S. Hydropower Billions While
Increasing Emissions, Study Finds (The Energy Mix)
11.
Which U.S. States Have the Cleanest Electricity?
(Canary Media)
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/which-us-states-have-the-cleanest-electricity
12.
Fire at Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine Puts
Experts on Edge (Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/fire-at-nuclear-power-plant-in-ukraine-puts-experts-on-edge-2000485875
Renewable Energy & Self
Storage
13.
Washington Solar Project Paused Amid Concern
About Indigenous Sites (High Country News)
https://www.hcn.org/articles/washington-solar-project-paused-amid-concern-about-indigenous-sites/
14.
How a Heap of Lithium on the Nevada-Oregon Border
Could Ignite an Environmental Battle (The Oregonian, OR – Via MSN)
15.
High Energy Costs, Delayed Tax Credit Pose
Hurdles for PNW Hydrogen Hub (Washington State Standard)
16.
U.S., India, Russia, Japan Are Building Out Wind
Power Much Too Slowly for Climate Change, Report Says (Associated Press)
Fish & Wildlife
17.
Algal Blooms, Fueled by Warmer Northwest Waters,
Create Toxic Recipe for Coastal Shellfish (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
18.
Video: How the Chilcotin River Landslide Could
Affect British Columbia Salmon Runs (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6474642
19.
Oregon Commercial Fishing: Booms & Busts,
But Trend Is Up Overall (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
20.
Boater Fined After Close Call with Orca (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/boater-fined-after-close-call-with-orca/BEF2O5W3ZVCOTGERCPC5HG44KQ/
Environmental Afflatus –
Clean Up on Aisle Three
21.
Federal Infrastructure Funding Is Fueling a Push
to Remove Dams & Restore River Habitat (Associated Press)
Climate Change
Sequestration Vault
22.
July Ends 13-Month Streak of Global Heat Records
as El Nino Ebbs, But Experts Warn Against Relief (Associated Press)
23.
For At Least a Decade Quinault Nation Has Tried to
Escape the Rising Pacific. Time Is Running Out (Associated Press)
London Calling
–Telecommunications
24.
Major Internet Service Providers Press FCC to
Speed Pole Access Ahead of Big BEAD Projects (Broadband Breakfast)
https://broadbandbreakfast.com/major-isps-press-fcc-to-speed-pole-access-ahead-of-big-bead-projects/
25.
What Lies Beneath: The Growing Threat to the Hidden
Network of Cables That Power the Internet (The Guardian, UK)
The Wizarding World of
Technology & Cybersecurity
26.
Data Centers Want to Tap Existing Nuclear Power.
Is That Good or Bad? (Canary Media)
I Sing the Car Electric
27.
WA Rolls Out One of the Nation’s Most Generous Electric
Vehicle Rebate Programs (Crosscut Seattle)
https://crosscut.com/news/2024/08/wa-rolls-out-one-nations-most-generous-ev-rebate-programs
28.
1 in 5 Charge Failures a ‘Substantial Risk’ to Washington’s
Electric Vehicle Strategy (The Center Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_f669b9a6-54ea-11ef-b4ea-935a153f3870.html
Management &
Governance
29.
Fissures on Energy Policy Possible Among GOP,
Industries If Trump Wins (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2024/08/09/trump-gop-fissures-energy
Other Things to Know
About Today
30.
Forest Service Predicts Areas of Washington &
Oregon Are Likely to Burn Until Rain Arrives (KNDU/KNDO-TV – Tri-Cities, Yakima,
WA)
Soapbox Serenade – Vox
Populi
31.
Commentary: Footing the Power Bills for Artificial
Intelligence Is Anything But Smart (Energy News Network)
https://energynews.us/2024/08/09/commentary-footing-the-power-bills-for-ai-is-anything-but-smart/
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
Ancient Pot of Gold
Unearthed in Turkey Hints at ‘Gravest Misfortune,’ Researchers Say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pot-gold-coins-uncovered-turkey-234247857.html
Beware of Giant
Spiders: Thousands of Tarantulas to Emerge in Three States for Mating Season
https://www.yahoo.com/news/beware-giant-spiders-thousands-tarantulas-192729295.html
A 19th-Century
Shipwreck Is Filled with Champagne Bottles – Sweden Won’t Allow Anyone a Sip
Bhutan's Marathon
Runner Gets Standing Ovation for Last-Place Finish
Song of the Day
Spandau Ballet – Gold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNPzJ-h62kc
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