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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Trump EPA Moves to Repeal Landmark ‘Endangerment Finding’
That Allows Climate Regulation (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-climate-epa-endangerment-zeldin-5cba0871c880e23d044ef40a398c57b2
Inside the West’s Booming Market-Building Movement (Latitude
Media)
https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/inside-the-wests-booming-market-building-movement/
Department of Energy’s National Labs Reportedly Consider
Layoffs Amid Budget Cuts (Utility Dive)
FCC Considers Changing Broadband Goals (Pots & Pans)
https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2025/07/30/fcc-considers-changing-broadband-goals/
Oregon Congressional Lawmakers React to Salem Water
Emergency (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/07/29/salem-drinking-water-emergency-drought-willamette-valley/
News
Highlights (See Stories Below)
1.
Inside the West’s Booming Market-Building
Movement
2.
WA State: Feds Ask Cowlitz PUD to Consider
Additional Leakage Monitors on North Fork Lewis River Dam
3.
Electric Bills in Washington State Will Go Up,
Lawmakers Say
4.
Utility Spending Trends Under Scrutiny Amid
Rising Electricity Rates in California
5.
A Nuclear Power Plant 120 Miles from Boise? This
Company Wants to Build One
6.
Cheyenne to Host Massive Artificial Intelligence
Data Center Using More Electricity Than All Wyoming Homes Combined
7.
If You Live in One of These 13 States, You Might
Have a Higher Electric Bill Next Year. Blame Data Centers.
8.
Will Dismantling a Dam for One California River
Doom Another?
9.
The Battery Belt Is Getting Skinnier
10.
Legal Settlement Reached for Endangered Species
Act Decision Deadline for Olympic Peninsula Steelhead
11.
Oregon Congressional Lawmakers React to Salem
Water Emergency
12.
Navajo Nation Pushes for Water Rights as
Colorado River Shrinks
13.
Great Salt Lake Slipping Back Into ‘Scary Low’
Water Levels
14.
Trump EPA Moves to Repeal Landmark ‘Endangerment
Finding’ That Allows Climate Regulation
15.
FCC Considers Changing Broadband Goals
16.
How U.S. Adults Are Using Artificial
Intelligence, According to AP-NORC Polling
17.
Helion Energy Starts Construction on Nuclear
Fusion Plant to Power Microsoft Data Centers
18.
Elon Musk Is Turning U.S. Liberals Off Not Just
Tesla but Electric Vehicles in General
19.
The Southern California E-Bike Crackdown
Continues
20.
Voice Actors Push Back as Artificial
Intelligence Threatens Dubbing Industry
21.
NOAA Nominee Pledges Full Weather Service
Staffing
22.
Department of Energy’s National Labs Reportedly
Consider Layoffs Amid Budget Cuts
23.
Lawmakers Consider State Energy Capacity with
Artificial Intelligence, Data Centers Looming
24.
Three Takeaways from U.S. Rep. Newhouse’s First
Phone Town Hall Since 2024 Election
25.
Tsunami Warnings Fading After One of the Largest
Earthquakes Ever Recorded. Here’s What to Know
26.
Map Reveals Best & Worst Places to Live for
Natural Disasters
Word of the Day
Praxis /PRACK-sis/ Noun – 1: action, practice: such as a: exercise or practice of an art, science, or skill b: customary practice or conduct 2: practical application of a theory.
My cat, Molly, is smarter than I give her credit for. Her morning routine of meowing incessantly at an empty food bowl, then immediately receiving tasty treats, is a perfect example of his praxis for getting what she wants – a flawless blend of annoying theory and immediate gratification.
Energy
& Utility Issues
1.
Inside the West’s Booming Market-Building
Movement (Latitude Media)
https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/inside-the-wests-booming-market-building-movement/
2.
WA State: Feds Ask Cowlitz PUD to Consider
Additional Leakage Monitors on North Fork Lewis River Dam (Vancouver Columbian,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
3.
Electric Bills in Washington State Will Go Up,
Lawmakers Say (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
https://www.kuow.org/stories/electric-bills-in-washington-will-go-up-local-leaders-say
4.
Utility Spending Trends Under Scrutiny Amid
Rising Electricity Rates in California (WTTV-TV, Bloomington, IN)
5.
A Nuclear Power Plant 120 Miles from Boise? This
Company Wants to Build One (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID – Via MSN)
6.
Cheyenne to Host Massive Artificial Intelligence
Data Center Using More Electricity Than All Wyoming Homes Combined (Associated
Press)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/cheyenne-host-massive-ai-data-232410509.html
7.
If You Live in One of These 13 States, You Might
Have a Higher Electric Bill Next Year. Blame Data Centers. (Business Insider –
Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/live-one-13-states-might-090001148.html
8.
Will Dismantling a Dam for One California River
Doom Another? (San Francisco Chronicle, CA – Via MSN)
Renewable
Energy & Self Storage
9.
The Battery Belt Is Getting Skinnier (Politico)
Fish
& Wildlife
10.
Legal Settlement Reached for Endangered Species
Act Decision Deadline for Olympic Peninsula Steelhead (Journal of the San Juan
Islands, Friday Harbor, WA)
Water,
Water, Anywhere?
11.
Oregon Congressional Lawmakers React to Salem Water
Emergency (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/07/29/salem-drinking-water-emergency-drought-willamette-valley/
12.
Navajo Nation Pushes for Water Rights as Colorado
River Shrinks (Utah News Dispatch)
13.
Great Salt Lake Slipping Back Into ‘Scary Low’
Water Levels (Idaho Capital Sun)
https://idahocapitalsun.com/2025/07/29/great-salt-lake-slipping-back-into-scary-low-water-levels/
Climate
Change Sequestration Vault
14.
Trump EPA Moves to Repeal Landmark ‘Endangerment
Finding’ That Allows Climate Regulation (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-climate-epa-endangerment-zeldin-5cba0871c880e23d044ef40a398c57b2
London
Calling –Telecommunications
15.
FCC Considers Changing Broadband Goals (Pots
& Pans)
https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2025/07/30/fcc-considers-changing-broadband-goals/
The
Wizarding World of Technology & Cybersecurity
16.
How U.S. Adults Are Using Artificial
Intelligence, According to AP-NORC Polling (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-poll-229b665d10d057441a69f56648b973e1
17.
Helion Energy Starts Construction on Nuclear
Fusion Plant to Power Microsoft Data Centers (Yahoo! News)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/helion-energy-starts-construction-nuclear-120833116.html
I
Sing the Car Electric
18.
Elon Musk Is Turning U.S. Liberals Off Not Just Tesla
but Electric Vehicles in General (The Guardian, UK)
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/30/elon-musk-tesla-liberals-electric-vehicles
19.
The Southern California E-Bike Crackdown Continues
(KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, CA)
https://ktla.com/news/california/southern-california-city-the-latest-to-announce-e-bike-crackdown/
Public
Relations, Marketing & Media
20.
Voice Actors Push Back as Artificial
Intelligence Threatens Dubbing Industry (Reuters)
Barrel
O’ Green Potpourri – Seething Stew of Science
21.
NOAA Nominee Pledges Full Weather Service
Staffing (Politico)
Politics,
Governance, and Management
22.
Department of Energy’s National Labs Reportedly
Consider Layoffs Amid Budget Cuts (Utility Dive)
23.
Lawmakers Consider State Energy Capacity with Artificial
Intelligence, Data Centers Looming (The Daily Montanan)
24.
Three Takeaways from U.S. Rep. Newhouse’s First
Phone Town Hall Since 2024 Election (Tri-City Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/politics-government/article311492277.html
Other
Things to Know About Today
25.
Tsunami Warnings Fading After One of the Largest
Earthquakes Ever Recorded. Here’s What to Know (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/pacific-tsunami-warning-evacuation-4bf4cda5efc9dcc7bfdff736abf0f3af
26.
Map Reveals Best & Worst Places to Live for Natural
Disasters (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/map-reveals-best-worst-places-200425641.html
Diversions - Alligators in the Sewer
Rare 4,000-Year-Old Egyptian Handprint Found
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqvzevep2eo
Zookeepers In Prague Become Puppeteers to Save Baby Vultures
Idaho State Treasurer Unveils ‘Historic’ Spuddy Buddy Mascots
for America250
Typewriter Artist Creates Meticulously Detailed Cityscapes &
Portraits
https://mymodernmet.com/typewriter-art-james-cook/?
Song of the Day
Brandenberg Symphony – The Typewriter Symphony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW8dGwa2zRw
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