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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
South Carolina: Federal Judge Approves $192 Million
Shareholder Settlement Over Failed Nuclear Project (The Post & Courier,
Columbus, SC)
As COVID-19 Surges, Federal Regulators Worry About Energy
Sector Supply Chain (Utility Dive)
California Regulators Consider Proposal to Incorporate
Climate Planning into Utility Rate Cases (Utility Dive)
Opinion: Latest Claim About Snake River Temperatures Fails
Basic Fact Check (Washington Policy Center)
Some Washingtonians Concerned as End of State Eviction
Moratorium Draws Near (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
South Carolina: Federal Judge Approves $192
Million Shareholder Settlement Over Failed Nuclear Project
2.
As COVID-19 Surges, Federal Regulators Worry
About Energy Sector Supply Chain
3.
Moody’s Assigns Aa2 to City of Seattle’s
Electric Revenue Bonds; Outlook Stable
4.
Maine Secures Deal for Discounted Energy from
Hydro Quebec
5.
Op/Ed: As Columbia River Treaty Negotiators Get
Serious, Basin Residents Need to Speak Up
6.
DOE Lists China, 5 Other ‘Foreign Adversaries’
as It Asks How to Enforce Trump’s Grid Security Order
7.
Nile Dam Row: Egypt & Ethiopia Generate Heat
But No Power
8.
Federal Clean Energy Standard: DeGette
Introduces Legislation to Cut Carbon Emissions from U.S. Electricity Producers
9.
Hydrogen Production with a Low Carbon Footprint
10.
At This New Net-Zero Energy McDonald’s, On-Site
Solar Provides 100% of the Power
11.
Opinion: Latest Claim About Snake River
Temperatures Fails Basic Fact Check
12.
California Regulators Consider Proposal to
Incorporate Climate Planning into Utility Rate Cases
13.
We Could Breach the 1.5 Degrees Celsius
Threshold in the Next 5 Years
14.
U.S. House Member: ISPs Keep Claiming Service
Where It Isn’t
15.
Why Low-Earth Orbit Satellites Are the New Space
Race
16.
Amazon Asks Employees to Delete TikTok Amid Security
Concerns
17.
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Half of Oklahoma Is
Native American Land
18.
Inland Northwest Tribal Leaders, Lawyers Praise
Key Supreme Court Decision on Tribal Sovereignty
19.
Some Washingtonians Concerned as End of State
Eviction Moratorium Draws Near
20.
Three More COVID-19 Cases in Mason County
21.
Coronavirus Forces Economic Reckoning in Central
Washington State’s Cherry Country
22.
Washington State: Held up Jobless Claims to Be
Resolved by End of Month
23.
Final Victim of Deadly Plane Collision Over Lake
Coeur d’Alene Recovered
24.
Struggling Hawks Prairie Casino Seeks Another
Tax Break from Lacey
WORD OF THE DAY
Histrionic /hiss-tree-AWE-nick/ Adjective – 1: deliberately
affected: overly dramatic or emotional: theatrical 2: of or relating to actors,
acting, or the theater
See Shatner, William
Defined as histrionic
Hear him howl, “Kahn! Kahn!”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
South Carolina: Federal Judge Approves $192
Million Shareholder Settlement Over Failed Nuclear Project (The Post & Courier,
Columbus, SC)
2.
As COVID-19 Surges, Federal Regulators Worry
About Energy Sector Supply Chain (Utility Dive)
3.
Moody’s Assigns Aa2 to City of Seattle’s Electric
Revenue Bonds; Outlook Stable (Yahoo Finance)
4.
Maine Secures Deal for Discounted Energy from
Hydro Quebec (Associated Press)
5.
Op/Ed: As Columbia River Treaty Negotiators Get
Serious, Basin Residents Need to Speak Up (Rossland Telegraph, BC)
6.
DOE Lists China, 5 Other ‘Foreign Adversaries’ as
It Asks How to Enforce Trump’s Grid Security Order (Utility Dive)
7.
Nile Dam Row: Egypt & Ethiopia Generate Heat
But No Power (British Broadcasting Corporation)
8.
Federal Clean Energy Standard: DeGette Introduces
Legislation to Cut Carbon Emissions from U.S. Electricity Producers (U.S. Rep. Diana
DeGette, D, CO)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
9.
Hydrogen Production with a Low Carbon Footprint (Forbes
Magazine)
10.
At This New Net-Zero Energy McDonald’s, On-Site
Solar Provides 100% of the Power (Fast Company)
FISH & WILDLIFE
11.
Opinion: Latest Claim About Snake River Temperatures
Fails Basic Fact Check (Washington Policy Center)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
12.
California Regulators Consider Proposal to
Incorporate Climate Planning into Utility Rate Cases (Utility Dive)
13.
We Could Breach the 1.5 Degrees Celsius
Threshold in the Next 5 Years (Gizmodo)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
14.
U.S. House Member: ISPs Keep Claiming Service
Where It Isn’t (Multichannel News)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
15.
Why Low-Earth Orbit Satellites Are the New Space
Race (Washington Post)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
16.
Amazon Asks Employees to Delete TikTok Amid
Security Concerns (Yahoo News)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
17.
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Half of Oklahoma Is Native
American Land (British Broadcasting Corporation)
18.
Inland Northwest Tribal Leaders, Lawyers Praise
Key Supreme Court Decision on Tribal Sovereignty (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
SICKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
19.
Some Washingtonians Concerned as End of State
Eviction Moratorium Draws Near (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
20.
Three More COVID-19 Cases in Mason County (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
21.
Coronavirus Forces Economic Reckoning in Central
Washington State’s Cherry Country (Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
22.
Washington State: Held up Jobless Claims to Be
Resolved by End of Month (Associated Press)
23.
Final Victim of Deadly Plane Collision Over Lake
Coeur d’Alene Recovered (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
24.
Struggling Hawks Prairie Casino Seeks Another
Tax Break from Lacey (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Lost Dog Swims Columbia River Multiple Times Searching for
Home
Asian American Girls Saw Pivotal Icon in ‘Baby-Sitters Club’
It’s the Summer of the Drive-In, Thanks to the Coronavirus
‘Spectacular’ New Comet Should Be Visible from Seattle
Friday Night
SONG OF THE DAY
Henry Gross – Shannon
