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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Planned Umatilla Electric Cooperative Transmission Line
Draws Opposition (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
Google Faces $5 Billion Lawsuit in U.S. for Tracking
'Private' Internet Use (Reuters)
Puget Sound Energy Moves Quickly to Implement Clean Energy
Law – Thanks To BPA Hydro & PUD Renewable Gas (The Lens)
For the Yakama Nation, Saving a River Means Saving the
Sturgeon (NY Times)
Washington Eviction Moratorium Extended Until August 1
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Planned Umatilla Electric Cooperative
Transmission Line Draws Opposition
2.
Puget Sound Energy Moves Quickly to Implement
Clean Energy Law – Thanks To BPA Hydro & PUD Renewable Gas
3.
Grant PUD Refinances Some Debt
4.
The 3 Key Challenges to Expanding the West's Real-Time
Energy Market to Day-Ahead Trading
5.
Oregon: Canby Then Shines Light on City’s
Electric History
6.
Op/Ed: The New Reality – Don’t Ignore the Black
Swan Events
7.
For the Yakama Nation, Saving a River Means
Saving the Sturgeon
8.
Warming Waters Could Put Rare, Fragile Glass
Sponge Reefs at Risk, UBC Researcher Says
9.
The Air Inside Your Home May Be More Polluted
Than You Think
10.
U.S. Residential Energy Storage Posts Record
Quarter – COVID-19 Threat Looms: Report
11.
The Future of Solar Is Double-Sided Panels that
Follow the Sun
12.
As Utility Solar Costs Drop 82%, US Renewable
Leaders Target Majority Generation Share by 2030
13.
Chelan PUD and LocalTel Offer Lower Cost
Internet Option
14.
Congressional Leaders: Invest in Broadband,
Domestic Supply Chains to Restore Economy
15.
Google Faces $5 Billion Lawsuit in U.S. for
Tracking 'Private' Internet Use
16.
Zoom Booms as Pandemic Drives Millions to Its
Video Service
17.
House Democrats Roll Out $500B Green
Transportation Infrastructure Bill
18.
Study: Climate Change, Industry Harming
Old-Growth Forests
19.
How The Internet Transformed Climate Activism
20.
Washington Eviction Moratorium Extended Until
August 1
21.
Governors Warn Congressional Leaders of
Billion-Dollar Shortfalls Due to Coronavirus
22.
Mason County Looking at Phase 3 for COVID-19
Recovery
23.
Health Officials Worried About New Cases Of
COVID-19 Due to Protests
24.
County Extending Building Permits Due to
COVID-19
25.
Harrison Medical Center No Longer: Hospital
Changes Its Name to St. Michael
26.
Climate Prediction Center – Latest Summer
Weather Outlook
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
2.
Puget Sound Energy Moves Quickly to Implement
Clean Energy Law – Thanks To BPA Hydro & PUD Renewable Gas (The Lens)
3.
Grant PUD Refinances Some Debt (Columbia Basin
Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
4.
The 3 Key Challenges to Expanding the West's Real-Time
Energy Market to Day-Ahead Trading (Utility Dive)
5.
Oregon: Canby Then Shines Light on City’s
Electric History (Canby Now, OR)
6.
Op/Ed: The New Reality – Don’t Ignore the Black
Swan Events (Power Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
7.
For the Yakama Nation, Saving a River Means
Saving the Sturgeon (NY Times)
8.
Warming Waters Could Put Rare, Fragile Glass Sponge
Reefs at Risk, UBC Researcher Says (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
9.
The Air Inside Your Home May Be More Polluted
Than You Think (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10.
U.S. Residential Energy Storage Posts Record
Quarter – COVID-19 Threat Looms: Report (Utility Dive)
11.
The Future of Solar Is Double-Sided Panels that
Follow the Sun (Gizmodo)
12.
As Utility Solar Costs Drop 82%, US Renewable
Leaders Target Majority Generation Share by 2030 (Utility Dive)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
14.
Congressional Leaders: Invest in Broadband,
Domestic Supply Chains to Restore Economy (USA Today)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
15.
Google Faces $5 Billion Lawsuit in U.S. for Tracking
'Private' Internet Use (Reuters)
16.
Zoom Booms as Pandemic Drives Millions to Its
Video Service (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
17.
House Democrats Roll Out $500B Green
Transportation Infrastructure Bill (The Hill, Washington, DC)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
18.
Study: Climate Change, Industry Harming
Old-Growth Forests (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
https://www.thedailyworld.com/nation-world/study-climate-change-industry-harming-old-growth-forests/
19.
How The Internet Transformed Climate Activism (Grist
Online)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
20.
Washington Eviction Moratorium Extended Until August
1 (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
21.
Governors Warn Congressional Leaders of
Billion-Dollar Shortfalls Due to Coronavirus (Los Angeles Times, CA)
SICKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
22.
Mason County Looking at Phase 3 for COVID-19
Recovery (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
23.
Health Officials Worried About New Cases Of COVID-19
Due to Protests (KIRO News, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
24.
County Extending Building Permits Due to
COVID-19 (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
25.
Harrison Medical Center No Longer: Hospital Changes
Its Name to St. Michael (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
26.
Climate Prediction Center – Latest Summer
Weather Outlook (The Everett Post, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Foe of ‘Tiger King’ Zookeeper Granted Oklahoma Property
Scientists Learn How Tiny Critters Make Ocean 'Snot Palaces'
Looters Burned Her Business, Then a Complete Stranger
Stepped in to Help
Lost Monument of Early Maya Civilization Discovered in
Mexico
SONG OF THE DAY
George Harrison – Crackerbox Palace
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