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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Preliminary
Agreement Reached for a Modernized Columbia River Treaty (Northwest Public
Broadcasting)
Canada:
Agreement-in-Principle Reached to Modernize Columbia River Treaty (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
WA State: Seattle
City Light Rates to Increase as Utility Struggles with Supply, Demand (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Record Sockeye
Salmon Run on Columbia River Is Now Threatened by Hot Water (Tri-City Herald,
WA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/record-sockeye-salmon-run-columbia-193309901.html
Idaho’s Lava Ridge
Clean Energy Project Tanked in U.S. Congress (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
News Highlights (See
Stories Below)
1. WA
State: Seattle City Light Rates to Increase as Utility Struggles with Supply,
Demand
2. Oregonians
Should Be Aware of Power Companies’ Potential Safety Measures
3. California
Power Grid Held Up Better Than Years Past Amid Heatwave
4. Texas
Gov. Greg Abbott Demands Answers as Customers Remain without Power After
Hurricane Beryl
5. To
Meet Clean Energy Goals, The West Coast Will Need to Produce, Store & Share
More Power
6. Learn
the Intertwined History of the Bonneville Power Administration & Direct
Service Industries
7. Oklo’s
Nuclear Order Book Shows Potential of Small Reactors
8. Artificial
Intelligence’s Thirst for Electricity
9. Preliminary
Agreement Reached for a Modernized Columbia River Treaty
10. Canada:
Agreement-in-Principle Reached to Modernize Columbia River Treaty
11. Canada:
British Columbia to Regain Control of Columbia River in New Agreement
12. Stakeholders
Wait & See on Modernized Columbia River Treaty
13. Statement
from President Joe Biden on Reaching an Agreement in Principle on Modernization
of the Columbia River Treaty Regime
14. Summary
of the Agreement in Principle to Modernize the Columbia River Treaty Regime
15. Idaho’s
Lava Ridge Clean Energy Project Tanked in U.S. Congress
16. How
the Nez Perce Are Using an Energy Transition to Save Salmon
17. WA
State: Ameresco Signs Battery Storage Contract with Snohomish County PUD
18. Canada:
Alberta Copper Thieves Target Wind Turbines Near Saskatchewan Border
19. Don’t
Blame Clean Energy for Rising Electric Bills
20. Record
Sockeye Salmon Run on Columbia River Is Now Threatened by Hot Water
21. Army
Corps Misses Key Deadline to Report to Congress on Ending Willamette Hydropower
to Save Salmon
22. Climate
Change Increasingly Taking a Toll on Oregon Farmers, Ranchers
23. CenturyLink
Sued for Allegedly Breaking Internet ‘Price for Life’ Guarantee
24. ‘Put
on a Seatbelt’: Artificial Intelligence Is Accelerating System & Data Risks
for Co-ops
25. Electric
Vehicles May Become Harder to Rent
26. Saharan
Dust Reaches Stunning Levels in Atlantic. Here’s What That Means for Hurricane
Season
27. As
Alpine Glaciers Melt, The Corpses of Long-Lost Climbers Keep Popping Out of the
Ice
28. Large
Wildfires Already Burning in Oregon as Heat Wave Increases Fire Danger
29. Most
of WA Remains in Drought Conditions
30. Forest
Fires, Power Demand, Melting Pavement: Sumer Heat Smothers Europe
31.
AT&T Says Criminals Stole Phone Records of
‘Nearly All’ Customers in New Data Breach
Word of the Day – Sand & Sandals Edition
Craven \KRAY-vun\ Adjective – Lacking the least bit of courage: contemptibly fainthearted
Flavius stood undefeated in the arena, his blood-stained sword glinting in the sharp, angled glow of the setting golden sun. No craven bone in his body had he…except for his uncharacteristic fear of chickens. Whether by suspicion or a childhood incident involving the family rooster, he would quake in fear at the mere mention of any poultry dish or the appearance of a feathered opponent.
Energy & Utility
Issues
1.
WA State: Seattle City Light Rates to Increase as
Utility Struggles with Supply, Demand (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
2.
Oregonians Should Be Aware of Power Companies’
Potential Safety Measures (KLCC-Radio, Eugene, OR)
3.
California Power Grid Held Up Better Than Years
Past Amid Heatwave (KNTV San Jose, CA)
4.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Demands Answers as Customers
Remain without Power After Hurricane Beryl (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-beryl-texas-power-outages-5f4a6c563430fb49c975640c37e11872
5.
To Meet Clean Energy Goals, The West Coast Will
Need to Produce, Store & Share More Power (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
6.
Learn the Intertwined History of the Bonneville
Power Administration & Direct Service Industries (Bonneville Power
Administration)
7.
Oklo’s Nuclear Order Book Shows Potential of
Small Reactors (Reuters)
8.
Artificial Intelligence’s Thirst for Electricity
(National Public Radio)
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/10/nx-s1-5028558/artificial-intelligences-thirst-for-electricity
The Dotted Line –
Columbia River Treaty News
9.
Preliminary Agreement Reached for a Modernized Columbia
River Treaty (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
10.
Canada: Agreement-in-Principle Reached to Modernize
Columbia River Treaty (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
11.
Canada: British Columbia to Regain Control of Columbia
River in New Agreement (The Globe & Mail, Canada)
12.
Stakeholders Wait & See on Modernized Columbia
River Treaty (Capital Press – Paywall Advisory)
13.
Statement from President Joe Biden on Reaching an
Agreement in Principle on Modernization of the Columbia River Treaty Regime (The
White House)
14.
Summary of the Agreement in Principle to
Modernize the Columbia River Treaty Regime (U.S. Department of State)
Renewable Energy & Self
Storage
15.
Idaho’s Lava Ridge Clean Energy Project Tanked in
U.S. Congress (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
16.
How the Nez Perce Are Using an Energy Transition
to Save Salmon (High Country News)
https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-7/how-the-nez-perce-are-using-an-energy-transition-to-save-salmon/
17.
WA State: Ameresco Signs Battery Storage
Contract with Snohomish County PUD (American Public Power Association)
18.
Canada: Alberta Copper Thieves Target Wind
Turbines Near Saskatchewan Border (CTV News, Canada)
19.
Don’t Blame Clean Energy for Rising Electric
Bills (Canary Media)
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/utilities/dont-blame-clean-energy-for-rising-electric-bills
Fish & Wildlife
20.
Record Sockeye Salmon Run on Columbia River Is
Now Threatened by Hot Water (Tri-City Herald, WA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/record-sockeye-salmon-run-columbia-193309901.html
21.
Army Corps Misses Key Deadline to Report to Congress
on Ending Willamette Hydropower to Save Salmon (Oregon Capital Chronicle)
Climate Change
Sequestration Vault
22.
Climate Change Increasingly Taking a Toll on Oregon
Farmers, Ranchers (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/07/11/climate-change-mental-health-impact-oregon-farmers-ranchers/
London Calling
–Telecommunications
23.
CenturyLink Sued for Allegedly Breaking Internet
‘Price for Life’ Guarantee (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Beam Me Up, Scotty - The
Wizarding World of Technology & Cybersecurity
24.
‘Put on a Seatbelt’: Artificial Intelligence Is
Accelerating System & Data Risks for Co-ops (National Electric Cooperative
Association)
https://www.cooperative.com/news/Pages/AI-Is-Accelerating-System-and-Data-Risks-for-Co-ops.aspx
I Sing the Car Electric
25.
Electric Vehicles May Become Harder to Rent
(DNYUZ)
https://dnyuz.com/2024/07/14/electric-vehicles-may-become-harder-to-rent/
Barrel O’ Green
Potpourri – Seething Stew of Science
26.
Saharan Dust Reaches Stunning Levels in Atlantic.
Here’s What That Means for Hurricane Season (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/saharan-dust-reaches-stunning-levels-223449333.html
27.
As Alpine Glaciers Melt, The Corpses of
Long-Lost Climbers Keep Popping Out of the Ice (Los Angeles Times, CA – Paywall
Advisory)
Other Things to Know
About Today
28.
Large Wildfires Already Burning in Oregon as
Heat Wave Increases Fire Danger (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
29.
Most of WA Remains in Drought Conditions
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
https://columbiabasinherald.com/news/2024/jul/15/most-of-wa-remains-in-drought-conditions/
30.
Forest Fires, Power Demand, Melting Pavement: Sumer
Heat Smothers Europe (Christian Science Monitor)
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2024/0711/central-southern-Europe-extreme-heat
31.
AT&T Says Criminals Stole Phone Records of ‘Nearly
All’ Customers in New Data Breach (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/t-says-criminals-stole-phone-102759370.html
Whales in the Water – Diversions
‘Absolutely Incredible’:
Man Rowing Solo Across Atlantic Is Surrounded by Whales
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/11/nx-s1-5036545/whales-rower-atlantic-tom-waddington
Scientists Have
Confirmed a Cave on the Moon That Could Be Used to Shelter Future Explorers
These Picassos Prompted
a Gender War at an Australian Gallery. Now the Curator Says She Painted Them
This Nearly 10-foot
Gatsby Sub Is Made by a South African Restaurant with a Taste for the Supersized
Song of the Day
Paul McCartney
& Wings – Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPyMVB-OYUM
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