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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
APPA, Members
Celebrate Pride in Public Power During Public Power Week (American Public Power
Association)
U.S. Supreme Court
Declines to Block Emissions Rule That Requires Colstrip Upgrades (Montana Free
Press)
Tribes Slow
Oregon’s Offshore Wind Plans to Ask ‘The Big Questions’ on Cultural,
Environmental Impacts (The Oregonian, Portland, OR – Via MSN)
Tribes Celebrate
the End of the Largest Dam Removal Project in U.S. History (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/klamath-dam-removal-completed-tribes-435b955f5bfdeaca82de66bfc6551ba1
Powerful Hurricane
Milton Takes Aim at Tampa as Florida Braces for Fresh Blow (Reuters)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/powerful-hurricane-milton-takes-aim-171338522.html
News Highlights (See
Stories Below)
1. U.S.
Supreme Court Declines to Block Emissions Rule That Requires Colstrip Upgrades
2. A
Coal Power Plant Demolition Serves as a Poignant Historic Moment for the Navajo
3. Pending
Federal Bill Aims to Enhance Dam, Hydropower Safety
4. Alaska:
On Eklutna River Restoration, Governor’s Decision Leaves Door Open for More
Ambitious Idea
5. WSU
Tri-Cities Unveils Institute for Northwest Energy Futures Facility
6. Pathways
Initiative Proposes Regional Organization to Oversee Western Power Markets
7. Tribes
Slow Oregon’s Offshore Wind Plans to Ask ‘The Big Questions’ on Cultural,
Environmental Impacts
8. Oregon:
Farmers Push Back Against Industrial Solar Farm
9. Solar
Farms Don’t Hurt Nearby Property Values, New Research Finds
10. Training
Center in Oregon Teaches Wind Technicians from Around the U.S.
11. Oregonians
Won’t See $113 Million in Promised Clean Energy Rebates Until Late 2025 or 2026
12. Tribes
Celebrate the End of the Largest Dam Removal Project in U.S. History
13. Endangered
Orca Pod Makes a Return to the Puget Sound
14. Orca
Tally ‘Frustrating’ for Those Trying to Save the J, K & L Pods
15. Paywall
Advisory: Hood Canal Salmon Run Sees Booming Recovery as Fish Face Extinction
16. $240
Million Will Go Toward Tribal Salmon Hatcheries Across the Pacific Northwest
17. The
World’s Rivers Faced the Driest Year in Three Decades in 2023, the UN Weather
Agency Says
18. A
Top Energy Strategist Is Optimistic About Climate Change – E Has the Data to
Back That Up
19. Federal
& State Grant Funding Helps Connect Underserved Communities in Rural Idaho
to Broadband Internet
20. Chinese
Hack of Telecommunications Companies Under Investigation, NSA Chief Says
21. A
Fifth Recall for Tesla Cybertruck Within a Year, the Latest Due to Rearview
Display
22. Lack
of Electric Vehicle Chargers Dogging Washington Agency’s Electrification
Efforts
23. APPA,
Members Celebrate Pride in Public Power During Public Power Week
24. Powerful
Hurricane Milton Takes Aim at Tampa as Florida Braces for Fresh Blow
25.
Mount Adams Rumbling: Is the Sleeping Giant
Waking Up?
Word of the Day – The Horrible Haiku Edition
Ephemeral /if-FEM-uh-rull/ Adjective – 1: lasting a very short time, 2: lasting one day only
Thought interrupted
Ephemeral memory
Dimmed passage of life
Energy & Utility Issues
1.
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Block Emissions
Rule That Requires Colstrip Upgrades (Montana Free Press)
2.
A Coal Power Plant Demolition Serves as a Poignant
Historic Moment for the Navajo (National Public Radio)
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/05/nx-s1-5076973/coal-power-plant-demolition-navajo-new-mexico
3.
Pending Federal Bill Aims to Enhance Dam,
Hydropower Safety (Daily Energy Insider)
4.
Alaska: On Eklutna River Restoration, Governor’s
Decision Leaves Door Open for More Ambitious Idea (Alaska Public Media)
5.
WSU Tri-Cities Unveils Institute for Northwest
Energy Futures Facility (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
https://keprtv.com/news/local/wsu-tri-cities-unveils-institute-for-northwest-energy-futures-facility
6.
Pathways Initiative Proposes Regional
Organization to Oversee Western Power Markets (Utility Dive)
Renewable Energy & Self Storage
7.
Tribes Slow Oregon’s Offshore Wind Plans to Ask ‘The
Big Questions’ on Cultural, Environmental Impacts (The Oregonian, Portland, OR –
Via MSN)
8.
Oregon: Farmers Push Back Against Industrial
Solar Farm (The Daily Emerald, Eugene, OR)
https://dailyemerald.com/151812/features/farmers-pushback-against-industrial-solar-farm/
9.
Solar Farms Don’t Hurt Nearby Property Values,
New Research Finds (Canary Media)
10.
Training Center in Oregon Teaches Wind
Technicians from Around the U.S. (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/10/06/avangrid-wind-technicians-training-oregon/
Conservation & Efficiency
11.
Oregonians Won’t See $113 Million in Promised
Clean Energy Rebates Until Late 2025 or 2026 (The Oregonian, Portland, OR –
Paywall Advisory)
Fish & Wildlife
12.
Tribes Celebrate the End of the Largest Dam
Removal Project in U.S. History (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/klamath-dam-removal-completed-tribes-435b955f5bfdeaca82de66bfc6551ba1
13.
Endangered Orca Pod Makes a Return to the Puget
Sound (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
14.
Orca Tally ‘Frustrating’ for Those Trying to Save
the J, K & L Pods (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
15.
Paywall Advisory: Hood Canal Salmon Run Sees
Booming Recovery as Fish Face Extinction (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
16.
$240 Million Will Go Toward Tribal Salmon
Hatcheries Across the Pacific Northwest (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Water, Water, Anywhere?
17.
The World’s Rivers Faced the Driest Year in
Three Decades in 2023, the UN Weather Agency Says (Associated Press)
Climate Change Sequestration Vault
18.
A Top Energy Strategist Is Optimistic About
Climate Change – E Has the Data to Back That Up (Associated Press)
https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/a-top-energy-strategist-is-optimistic-about-19820292.php
London Calling –Telecommunications
19.
Federal & State Grant Funding Helps Connect
Underserved Communities in Rural Idaho to Broadband Internet (Inlander, Spokane,
WA)
Beam Me Up, Scotty - The Wizarding World of Technology & Cybersecurity
20.
Chinese Hack of Telecommunications Companies
Under Investigation, NSA Chief Says (NBC News)
I Sing the Car Electric
21.
A Fifth Recall for Tesla Cybertruck Within a
Year, the Latest Due to Rearview Display (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/tesla-cybertruck-recall-musk-32836a3471855a0a864ac1ba3d5769fc
22.
Lack of Electric Vehicle Chargers Dogging Washington
Agency’s Electrification Efforts (The Center Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_acdd5aee-8277-11ef-b271-5b8f73ec2499.html
Public Relations, Marketing & Media
23.
APPA, Members Celebrate Pride in Public Power
During Public Power Week (American Public Power Association)
Other Things to Know About Today
24.
Powerful Hurricane Milton Takes Aim at Tampa as Florida
Braces for Fresh Blow (Reuters)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/powerful-hurricane-milton-takes-aim-171338522.html
25.
Mount Adams Rumbling: Is the Sleeping Giant
Waking Up? (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
Nibi the ‘Diva’
Beaver to Stay at Rescue Center, Massachusetts Governor Decides
Lost Biblical Plant
with Medicinal Properties Resurrected from 1,000-Year-Old Seed
https://www.yahoo.com/news/lost-biblical-tree-resurrected-1-134721648.html
Mailed Job
Application Returned to Woman After Nearly 50 Years
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/07/job-application-mail-50-years/8911728317310/
Emoji Drone Show
Breaks Guinness World Record
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/04/Guinness-World-Records-drone-emojis/9591728066357/
Song of the Day
Journey – Wheel in
the Sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez-lRQAklV4
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