🌊 Axios PM: Weekend surge

Plus: "Cheers" = 40 | Friday, September 30, 2022

Open in app View in browser   Presented By The American Petroleum Institute   Axios PM By Mike Allen · Sep 30, 2022 Today's PM — edited by Justin Green — is 396 words, a 1.5-minute read. 🚨 Situational awareness: The force that caused leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines "probably corresponded to an explosive load of several hundred kilos," according to a letter from Denmark and Sweden to the UN. Go deeper.     🌊 1 big thing: Ian tracks north Photo: NOAA via Getty Images Hurricane Ian hit South Carolina as a Category 1 storm, bringing a "life-threatening" storm surge of 4–7 feet, Axios' Andrew Freedman reports. 🎯 South Carolina is expected to bear the brunt of the resurgent Ian, which landed near Georgetown, about 60 miles north of Charleston. ⚡️ More than 277,000 customers were without power across the Carolinas, according to PowerOutage.us. The storm's center is projected to sweep across eastern South Carolina and central North Carolina tonight and tomorrow. Ian's wind field is more comparable to a winter storm than a typical hurricane, expanding the potential for power outages well inland. Go deeper.     2. Florida's power creeps back Data: PowerOutage.us; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals Close to 900,000 Florida customers have had their power restored after Hurricane Ian. Outages are concentrated in southwest Florida, where Ian made its first U.S. landfall. Share this story.     A message from The American Petroleum Institute Collaborative research project drives methane solutions     As director of CSU's Methane Emissions Tech Evaluation Center, Dan Zimmerle oversees a facility simulating the real-world workings of the natural gas industry. We spoke with him about why reducing methane emissions matters, how to make methane testing more efficient and the future of energy.     3. Catch up quick Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP Above: Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson stands with Chief Justice Roberts after her investiture ceremony today. Russia is annexing four regions of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said today. This escalation leaves no clear path to peace. Go deeper. Ukraine is making an "accelerated" bid to join NATO, President Volodymyr Zelensky said today. Scoop: Chamath Palihapitiya is seeking to raise billions of dollars in outside capital for his venture capital firm Social Capital, Axios Pro Rata author Dan Primack reports. Suicide rates increased 4% in the U.S. in 2021 after declining for two years, according to preliminary data released by the CDC. Go deeper.     4. 📺 "Cheers" turns 40 tonight "One for the Road": The "Cheers" finale episode, in 1993. Photo: Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images "Cheers" first premiered 40 years ago today, on Sept. 30, 1982 — with last call more than a decade later, on May 20, 1993. The show's 275 episode run helped launch the careers of actors Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson, Kirstie Alley and Kelsey Grammer, Axios' Herb Scribner reports. "It was like going to camp — a good one, not one you wanted to call home every day," actress Rhea Perlman told ABC News about working on the show. "It just was a very comfortable, fun place to be," Perlman added. "We had great writers, we had a great cast and we had fun."     A message from The American Petroleum Institute New technology is cutting greenhouse gas emissions     Carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. are among the lowest levels in a generation, thanks to technological innovations and partnerships across the country. Learn how the men and women of the natural gas and oil industry are building toward a better future.   Thanks to Sheryl Miller for copy editing today's newsletter. Are you a fan of this email format? It's called Smart Brevity®. Over 300 orgs use it — in a tool called Axios HQ — to drive productivity with clearer workplace communications.   Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. If you're interested in advertising, learn more here. Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content. Axios, 3100 Clarendon B‌lvd, Arlington VA 22201   You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from Axios. Change your preferences or unsubscribe here.   Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up now to get Axios in your inbox.   Follow Axios on social media: