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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
WA State: Kitsap Voters to Decide on Public
Power Authority This Fall (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/kitsap-voters-decide-public-power-003653548.html
Five states – Including Idaho & Utah –
Offer to Accept Nuclear Waste in Exchange for Help Developing Nuclear Energy
(Associated Press)
Oregon: Salem Residents Rage Against Proposed
Data Center & City NDA That Kept Plans Secret (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Willamette River Reservoirs Are Low, Leaving
Managers with Fewer Options on How to Manage Them (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/28/oregon-willamette-river-valley-basin-reservoirs-low/
Oregon on Track for Record Fire Year After
Wildfire Total Hits Grim Milestone (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
News
Highlights (See Stories Below)
1.
WA State: Kitsap
Voters to Decide on Public Power Authority This Fall
2.
Five states –
Including Idaho & Utah – Offer to Accept Nuclear Waste in Exchange for Help
Developing Nuclear Energy
3.
Antares Raises $470
Million to Build Nuclear Reactors for the U.S. Military
4.
As Winter Approaches,
Southcentral Alaska Utilities Are Worried About Running Short of Gas
5.
Fall River Electric
Announces Partnership on New Power Plant
6.
Utah: ‘The Pipeline Is
Gone’: Beaver City Looks to Rebuild Hydroelectric System Destroyed by Flood
7.
Arizona: Groups
Formally Oppose Pumped Storage Proposal Targeting Black Mesa
8.
WA State: Badger
Mountain Solar Project Withdrawn After Colville Tribes Opposition
9.
Leaders in Northeast
British Columbia Push Back Against Province’s Plan to Fast Track New Wind Farms
10.
Montana: Missoula
Government Officials Approve Clean Energy Program Agreement
11.
WA State: Pierce
County Is Creating a Solar Array on An Old Landfill on the Key Peninsula
12.
Podcast: Bringing
Solar Energy to the Wind River Reservation
13.
The U.S. Clean Energy
Boom Will Continue to 2030. Then Things Get Hazy.
14.
75 of These Whales
Remain. A New West Coast Pipeline Would Be ‘Devastating’ for Them, Experts Say
15.
The EPA Halted a Study
on Gas Stoves & Asthma. But Even Partial Results Were Striking.
16.
Willamette River
Reservoirs Are Low, Leaving Managers with Fewer Options on How to Manage Them
17.
Army Corps of
Engineers Uses Released Water from Dworshak Reservoir to Cool River Temperature
18.
Oregon: Salem
Residents Rage Against Proposed Data Center & City NDA That Kept Plans
Secret
19.
Hillsboro Bans New
Data Centers in Surprise City Council Meeting
20.
Pro-Data Center
Industry Group Behind Ad Campaign in Oregon, Six Other States
21.
OpenAI’s Rogue Agent
Compromised a Customer at a Second Tech Firm, Executive Says
22.
Electric Vehicle Sales
Lag as Hybrid Cars Becoming Top-Sellers in California
23.
Here’s Where Trump Has
Canceled Wind Farms – And How States Are Pushing Back
24.
Trump Administration
Bans Foreign-Made Robots & Power Gear Amid Fears of Chinese Influence
25.
Oregon on Track for
Record Fire Year After Wildfire Total Hits Grim Milestone
26.
Hurricane Genevieve to
Bring Massive Swells, Life-Threatening Surf, Rip Currents to SoCal
Word of the Day – The Homeric Edition
Theoxenia /thee-oh-ZEE-nee-yah/ Noun – Hospitality towards a god who visits as a guest. Also known as Zeus’ Law.
Word Origin: There are gods wandering the Earth disguised as humans, and therefore we have an obligation to treat others – particularly strangers or people we don’t know or understand – as we would want to be treated ourselves. With compassion, honor, and generosity.
1.
WA State: Kitsap Voters to Decide on Public
Power Authority This Fall (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/kitsap-voters-decide-public-power-003653548.html
2.
Five states – Including Idaho & Utah – Offer
to Accept Nuclear Waste in Exchange for Help Developing Nuclear Energy (Associated
Press)
3.
Antares Raises $470 Million to Build Nuclear
Reactors for the U.S. Military (Tech Crunch)
4.
As Winter Approaches, Southcentral Alaska Utilities
Are Worried About Running Short of Gas (Juneau Independent, AK)
5.
Fall River Electric Announces Partnership on New
Power Plant (KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls, ID)
6.
Utah: ‘The Pipeline Is Gone’: Beaver City Looks to
Rebuild Hydroelectric System Destroyed by Flood (KTVX-TV, Salt Lake City, UT)
https://www.abc4.com/utah-weather/utah-flooding/beaver-city-rebuild-hydroelectric-system/
7.
Arizona: Groups Formally Oppose Pumped Storage
Proposal Targeting Black Mesa (Tó Nizhóní Ání)
https://tonizhoniani.org/groups-formally-oppose-pumped-storage-proposal-targeting-black-mesa/
Renewable Energy &
Self Storage
8.
WA State: Badger Mountain Solar Project
Withdrawn After Colville Tribes Opposition (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
9.
Leaders in Northeast British Columbia Push Back
Against Province’s Plan to Fast Track New Wind Farms (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
10.
Montana: Missoula Government Officials Approve
Clean Energy Program Agreement (KPAX-TV, Missoula, MT)
https://www.kpax.com/news/missoula-officials-approve-clean-energy-program-agreement
11.
WA State: Pierce County Is Creating a Solar
Array on An Old Landfill on the Key Peninsula (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
12.
Podcast: Bringing Solar Energy to the Wind River
Reservation (Boise State Public Radio, ID)
13.
The U.S. Clean Energy Boom Will Continue to 2030.
Then Things Get Hazy. (Canary Media)
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/us-clean-energy-boom-rhodium
Fish & Wildlife
14.
75 of These Whales Remain. A New West Coast
Pipeline Would Be ‘Devastating’ for Them, Experts Say (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
Environmental Afflatus –
Clean Up on Aisle Three
15.
The EPA Halted a Study on Gas Stoves &
Asthma. But Even Partial Results Were Striking. (Washington Post – Via MSN News)
Water, Water Anywhere?
16.
Willamette River Reservoirs Are Low, Leaving
Managers with Fewer Options on How to Manage Them (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/28/oregon-willamette-river-valley-basin-reservoirs-low/
17.
Army Corps of Engineers Uses Released Water from
Dworshak Reservoir to Cool River Temperature (Idaho Capital Sun)
HAL’s Internet Café
18.
Oregon: Salem Residents Rage Against Proposed
Data Center & City NDA That Kept Plans Secret (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
19.
Hillsboro Bans New Data Centers in Surprise City
Council Meeting (The Oregonian, Portland, OR – Via MSN News)
20.
Pro-Data Center Industry Group Behind Ad
Campaign in Oregon, Six Other States (Washington State Standard)
The Wizarding World of
Technology & Cybersecurity
21.
OpenAI’s Rogue Agent Compromised a Customer at a
Second Tech Firm, Executive Says (Reuters)
I Sing the Car Electric
22.
Electric Vehicle Sales Lag as Hybrid Cars
Becoming Top-Sellers in California (CBS News)
Politics, Governance,
and Management
23.
Here’s Where Trump Has Canceled Wind Farms – And
How States Are Pushing Back (Christian Science Monitor)
https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2026/0729/wind-farms-energy-power-trump
24.
Trump Administration Bans Foreign-Made Robots &
Power Gear Amid Fears of Chinese Influence (Politico)
Other Things to Know
About Today
25.
Oregon on Track for Record Fire Year After
Wildfire Total Hits Grim Milestone (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
26.
Hurricane Genevieve to Bring Massive Swells,
Life-Threatening Surf, Rip Currents to SoCal (Los Angeles Times, CA – Via Yahoo!
News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/articles/big-waves-hurricane-genevieve-bring-170849437.html
Diversions - Alligators in the Sewer
TSA Finds Civil War-Era Cannonballs in Checked
Bag at Alabama Airport
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/tsa-finds-civil-war-era-180410787.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
Video: Divers Clean Christ of the Abyss Statue on
Seabed Off Coast of Italy
‘The Wallet That Came Home’: Lowell High Renovation
Uncovers Wallet Lost in 1972
https://www.wcvb.com/article/the-wallet-that-came-home-lowell-high-school/73289691
KFC Founder Colonel Sanders’ Home, Memorabilia Set
for Auction in Kentucky
https://www.wlwt.com/article/colonel-sanders-kfc-auction-memorabilia-home-kentucky/73171326
Song of the Day
Steely Dan – My Old School
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK7239PSOs8
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