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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Hottest
Weather of Summer Possible This Coming Weekend. Here’s What to Know (KOIN-TV,
Portland, OR)
U.S.
Power Demand Sets New Weekly Record During Heat Wave, EEI Data Shows (Daily
Energy Insider)
Trump
Administration Rolls Back a Key Protection for Imperiled Wildlife (National
Public Radio)
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/11/nx-s1-5890025/trump-administration-imperiled-wildlife
Snohomish
PUD Prepares to Open First Battery Storage Site in Arlington (Everett Herald,
WA – Via MSN News)
Amid
Criticism, Meta Reins in New Artificial Intelligence Tool That Automatically
Accessed Public Instagram Images (Associated Press)
News
Highlights (See Stories Below)
1.
U.S. Power Demand Sets
New Weekly Record During Heat Wave, EEI Data Shows
2.
CPUC Considers
Penalizing Pacific Gas & Electric $22 Million for Mosquito Fire in Placer
County
3.
San Francisco
Completes Major Step as it Explores Public Power Expansion
4.
U.S. Dept of Energy’s
Office of Electricity Publishes 2026 Draft National Transmission Needs Study
5.
Snohomish PUD Prepares
to Open First Battery Storage Site in Arlington
6.
Nevada Thieves Stole
11 Tesla Battery Trailers in Weeks, Hauling Away Millions
7.
California Needs More
Round-The-Clock Clean Power. Could Idle Wells at The Geysers Be the Solution?
8.
Trump Administration
Rolls Back a Key Protection for Imperiled Wildlife
9.
Bering Sea Heat Wave
Cited as Trigger for Nosedive in Yukon River Chinook Salmon
10.
Transient Killer
Whales Are Showing Up More Often in Washington Waters
11.
Glusenkamp-Perez
Introduces Bill to Protect Columbia River Salmon from Sea Lions
12.
What To Know as Coho
& Tuna Catches Soar Off the Oregon Coast
13.
Microsoft’s
Climate-Warming Emissions Surge 25%, Driven by Artificial Intelligence
14.
The Oceans Are Full of
Heat, & It’s Coming Ashore
15.
New Report Finds
Health of Snake River Has Improved, Recommends Further Intervention
16.
Snake River Water
Trust Users Won’t Face Water Curtailment in Idaho This Summer
17.
Outdoor Guides
Struggle as Washington’s Rivers Shrink Amid Drought
18.
No Internet, No Screen
Time? FCC Weighs Cutting Subsidy That Lowers School Internet Bills
19.
As Natural Gas Plants
Rise to Power Artificial Intelligence, Renewable Energy Allies Are Fighting for
Cleaner Alternatives
20.
Nevada: Lyon County
Leaders Face Public Pushback Amid Surge in Data Center & Energy Development
21.
Amid Criticism, Meta
Reins in New Artificial Intelligence Tool That Automatically Accessed Public
Instagram Images
22.
Artificial
Intelligence Notetakers Promise Easy Meeting Recaps, But Some Professionals
Question Their Use
23.
In a Sweet Discovery,
Astronomers Find Sugar Lurking in the Space Between Stars
24.
Montana Governor
Gianforte Suspends PSC Commissioner Brad Molnar
25.
Hottest Weather of
Summer Possible This Coming Weekend. Here’s What to Know
26.
Southern California
Braces For 110-Degree Heat, Thunderstorms This Week
27.
If Permanent Daylight
Saving Time Bill Passes, Would It Impact Oregon, Washington?
28.
United Airlines Must
Face Lawsuit Over 'Window Seats' That Lack Windows
29.
Guest Essay: Large
Data Center Proposals Face Power Limits in the Tri-Cities
Word of the Day
Gallivant \GALL-uh-vant\ Verb - 1: to go about usually ostentatiously or indiscreetly with members of the opposite sex 2: to travel, roam, or move about for pleasure.
The cobwebs of his misty daydream drifted away from the corners of his mind like a waning thunderstorm over a vast, waving field of Midwest wheat. Walter Mitty was being called back from his “Virginia Mayo” daydream by his hulking, matronly supervisor. “Gallivanting around the countryside with that blond strumpet again,” she bellowed into his ringing ear. “Get back to work, or you’ll be daydreaming about the unemployment line.” If he had known his boss’s true feelings, he probably would have preferred the jobless queue.
1.
U.S. Power Demand Sets New Weekly Record During
Heat Wave, EEI Data Shows (Daily Energy Insider)
2. CPUC
Considers Penalizing Pacific Gas & Electric $22 Million for Mosquito Fire in
Placer County (CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/cpuc-considers-pge-22-million-penalty-mosquito-fire/
3. San
Francisco Completes Major Step as it Explores Public Power Expansion (American
Public Power Association)
4. U.S.
Dept of Energy’s Office of Electricity Publishes 2026 Draft National
Transmission Needs Study (American Public Power Association)
Renewable
Energy & Self Storage
6. Nevada
Thieves Stole 11 Tesla Battery Trailers in Weeks, Hauling Away Millions (The
Cool Down)
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/nevada-tesla-battery-theft-supply-chain-issues/
7. California
Needs More Round-The-Clock Clean Power. Could Idle Wells at The Geysers Be the Solution?
(Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, CA)
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2026/07/13/geysers-geothermal-energy-geozone-greenfire-eavor/
Fish
& Wildlife
8.
Trump Administration Rolls Back a Key Protection
for Imperiled Wildlife (National Public Radio)
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/11/nx-s1-5890025/trump-administration-imperiled-wildlife
9. Bering
Sea Heat Wave Cited as Trigger for Nosedive in Yukon River Chinook Salmon (Alaska
Beacon)
10. Transient
Killer Whales Are Showing Up More Often in Washington Waters (KNKX Radio, Tacoma,
WA)
11. Glusenkamp-Perez
Introduces Bill to Protect Columbia River Salmon from Sea Lions (AOL News)
https://www.aol.com/news/glusenkamp-perez-introduces-bill-protect-211742437.html
12. What
To Know as Coho & Tuna Catches Soar Off the Oregon Coast (The Oregonian, Portland,
OR)
Climate
Change Sequestration Vault
13. Microsoft’s
Climate-Warming Emissions Surge 25%, Driven by Artificial Intelligence (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/11/microsoft-climate-warming-emissions-surge-25-driven-by-ai/
14. The
Oceans Are Full of Heat, & It’s Coming Ashore (Grist Online)
https://grist.org/climate/heatwaves-oceans-record-temperatures-el-nino/
Water,
Water Anywhere?
15. New
Report Finds Health of Snake River Has Improved, Recommends Further
Intervention (Idaho Capital Sun)
16. Snake
River Water Trust Users Won’t Face Water Curtailment in Idaho This Summer (Washington
State Standard)
17. Outdoor
Guides Struggle as Washington’s Rivers Shrink Amid Drought (KNKX Radio, Tacoma,
WA)
London
Calling –Telecommunications
18. No
Internet, No Screen Time? FCC Weighs Cutting Subsidy That Lowers School
Internet Bills (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
HAL’s
Internet Café
19. As
Natural Gas Plants Rise to Power Artificial Intelligence, Renewable Energy
Allies Are Fighting for Cleaner Alternatives (Associated Press)
20. Nevada:
Lyon County Leaders Face Public Pushback Amid Surge in Data Center & Energy
Development (Carson Now, NV)
https://www.carsonnow.org/07/10/2026/lyon-county-leaders-face-public-pushback-amid-surge-in-data-center-and-energy-development
Public
Relations, Marketing & Media
22. Artificial
Intelligence Notetakers Promise Easy Meeting Recaps, But Some Professionals Question
Their Use (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, WA)
https://www.seattlepi.com/living/ai-notetakers-promise-easy-meeting-recaps-but-a22338981
Barrel
O’ Green Potpourri – Seething Stew of Science
23. In
a Sweet Discovery, Astronomers Find Sugar Lurking in the Space Between Stars (Associated
Press)
https://apnews.com/article/erythrulose-interstellar-medium-sugar-357144f4d69449b29dff17271ccd0dcd
Politics,
Governance, and Management
24. Montana
Governor Gianforte Suspends PSC Commissioner Brad Molnar (Montana Free Press)
https://montanafreepress.org/2026/07/10/gianforte-suspends-psc-commissioner-brad-molnar/
Other
Things to Know About Today
26. Southern
California Braces For 110-Degree Heat, Thunderstorms This Week (KTLA-TV, Los
Angeles, CA)
https://ktla.com/news/california/southern-california-110-degree-heat-thunderstorms/
27. If
Permanent Daylight Saving Time Bill Passes, Would It Impact Oregon, Washington?
(KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
https://www.koin.com/news/politics/permanent-daylight-saving-time-bill-impact-oregon-washington/
28. United
Airlines Must Face Lawsuit Over 'Window Seats' That Lack Windows (Reuters)
Soapbox
Serenade – Vox Populi
29.
Guest Essay: Large Data Center Proposals Face
Power Limits in the Tri-Cities (Tri-City Herald, WA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/large-data-center-proposals-face-130000550.html
Diversions - Alligators in the Sewer
Bayeux Tapestry Returns to
Britain for First Time in Nearly 1,000 Years
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/bayeux-tapestry-arrives-london-ahead-sell-out-show-2026-07-10/
Former Whitworth Basketball Player Sets Guinness
World Record for Grappler Pull-Ups
Bear Steals Golf Clubs from Cart on British
Columbia Course
Song of the Day
Dan Fogelberg – Crow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYsEsOBhbao
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