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HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
World Registers Hottest Day Ever Recorded on July 3 (Yahoo!
News)
https://news.yahoo.com/world-registers-hottest-day-ever-155017716.html
U.S. Electric Vehicle Goals Will Require Up to $127 Billion
to Install 28 Million Chargers by 2030: NREL (Utility Dive)
WA State: $163 Million Power Up Project in Grant County
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
https://columbiabasinherald.com/news/2023/jul/03/powering/
Power Prices Drop Below Zero as Solar Output Surges in
Europe (Bloomberg News)
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/power-prices-drop-below-zero-as-solar-output-surges-in-europe-1.1941320
How Local Agencies Plan to Get Out Critical Information in
Face of New Limits on Twitter (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See
Stories Below)
1.
WA State: $163 Million Power Up Project in Grant
County
2.
Oregon: Red Flag Warning Prompts Heightened
Safety Measures by Douglas Electric Cooperative
3.
2023’s Most & Least Energy-Expensive States
4.
Power Prices Drop Below Zero as Solar Output
Surges in Europe
5.
Solar Is Booming in the California Desert,
Running Local Wells Dry Amid Water Woes
6.
Leaving Your Ceiling Fan on When You’re Away
Won’t Cool Your Home
7.
Want a Free Shade Tree? Take This Salt River
Project Class Online
8.
Orcas Are Ramming into Boats, But Experts Warn
Against Calling It Revenge on Humans
9.
Rights for the Rivers: Groups Fight for
Recognition of Natural Entities’ Legal Rights
10.
Some of the Worst Air Quality in the World over
Puget Sound: Blame Fireworks
11.
Explainer: How Japan Plans to Release Fukushima
Water into the Ocean
12.
‘Stay Out of the Water’: What Lurks Below
California’s Zombie Lake?
13.
World Registers Hottest Day Ever Recorded on
July 3
14.
U.S. Electric Vehicle Goals Will Require Up to
$127 Billion to Install 28 Million Chargers by 2030: NREL
15.
Hackers Already Infiltrate Electric Vehicle
Chargers. It Could Only Get Worse.
16.
How Local Agencies Plan to Get Out Critical
Information in Face of New Limits on Twitter
17.
Meta Threads: Instagram Owner to Launch Twitter
Alternative
18.
Email Etiquette: The Do’s & Don’ts for Using
cc & bcc in Email
19.
Columbia River Gorge: Tunnel 5 Fire Now 546 Acres,
Still 5% Contained
20.
Mason County, WA: McEwan Fire Near Shelton
Remains Behind Fire Line, More Than 200 Homes Still Evacuated
21.
Washington Wildfire Season Just Warming Up with
High Rain Deficits
22.
Columnist: Who Decides Where We Get Electricity
& How Much We Pay? Mostly White, Politically Connected Men
WORD OF THE DAY
Cicerone \siss-uh-ROE-nee\ Noun – 1: a guide who conducts sightseers *2: mentor, tutor.
“And if you look to your left, you’ll see an actual copy of the replica of a Halloween costume of Elvis’ jumpsuit from the later stage of his career,” droned the ponderous cicerone who was leading a rag-tag group of tourists at the low-budget Elvis impersonator museum in Las Vegas. “This is the worst fifty bucks I’ve ever spent on something,” muttered Ambrose to his impeccably coifed companion.
ENERGY &
UTILITY ISSUES
1.
WA State: $163 Million Power Up Project in Grant
County (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
https://columbiabasinherald.com/news/2023/jul/03/powering/
2.
Oregon: Red Flag Warning Prompts Heightened
Safety Measures by Douglas Electric Cooperative (KMTR-TV, Eugene, OR)
3.
2023’s Most & Least Energy-Expensive States
(WalletHub)
https://wallethub.com/edu/energy-costs-by-state/4833
RENEWABLE ENERGY
& SELF STORAGE
4.
Power Prices Drop Below Zero as Solar Output
Surges in Europe (Bloomberg News)
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/power-prices-drop-below-zero-as-solar-output-surges-in-europe-1.1941320
5.
Solar Is Booming in the California Desert,
Running Local Wells Dry Amid Water Woes (MSN)
CONSERVATION
& EFFICIENCY
6.
Leaving Your Ceiling Fan on When You’re Away Won’t
Cool Your Home (KTVB-TV, Boise, ID)
7.
Want a Free Shade Tree? Take This Salt River
Project Class Online (KPNX-TV, Phoenix, AZ)
FISH &
WILDLIFE
8.
Orcas Are Ramming into Boats, But Experts Warn
Against Calling It Revenge on Humans (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/orca-boat-incidents-social-media-reaction-1.6895465
9.
Rights for the Rivers: Groups Fight for
Recognition of Natural Entities’ Legal Rights (National Public Radio)
ENVIRONMENTAL
AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
10.
Some of the Worst Air Quality in the World over
Puget Sound: Blame Fireworks (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2023/07/some-of-worst-air-quality-in-world-over.html
11.
Explainer: How Japan Plans to Release Fukushima Water
into the Ocean (Reuters)
WATER, WATER,
ANYWHERE?
12.
‘Stay Out of the Water’: What Lurks Below California’s
Zombie Lake? (The Guardian, UK)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/03/california-lake-tulare-storms-flooding
CLIMATE CHANGE
SEQUESTRATION VAULT
13.
World Registers Hottest Day Ever Recorded on July
3 (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/world-registers-hottest-day-ever-155017716.html
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
14.
U.S. Electric Vehicle Goals Will Require Up to $127
Billion to Install 28 Million Chargers by 2030: NREL (Utility Dive)
15.
Hackers Already Infiltrate Electric Vehicle Chargers.
It Could Only Get Worse. (Grist Online)
PUBLIC RELATIONS,
MARKETING & MEDIA
16.
How Local Agencies Plan to Get Out Critical
Information in Face of New Limits on Twitter (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
17.
Meta Threads: Instagram Owner to Launch Twitter Alternative
(Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/meta-launch-twitter-like-app-threads-2023-07-04/
18.
Email Etiquette: The Do’s & Don’ts for Using
cc & bcc in Email (USA Today)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/tips/2023/07/05/what-does-cc-mean-in-email/70340185007/
OTHER THINGS TO
KNOW ABOUT TODAY
19.
Columbia River Gorge: Tunnel 5 Fire Now 546
Acres, Still 5% Contained (Columbia Gorge News, Hood River, OR)
20.
Mason County, WA: McEwan Fire Near Shelton Remains
Behind Fire Line, More Than 200 Homes Still Evacuated (Yahoo! News)
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/mcewan-fire-near-shelton-remains-161404564.html
21.
Washington Wildfire Season Just Warming Up with High
Rain Deficits (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
https://mynorthwest.com/3905807/washington-wildfire-season-just-warming-up-with-high-rain-deficits/
SOAPBOX SERENADE
– VOX POPULI
22.
Columnist: Who Decides Where We Get Electricity &
How Much We Pay? Mostly White, Politically Connected Men (Energy News Network)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Joey Chestnut Wins 16th Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating
Contest After 2-Hour Weather Delay
Video of Gull Swallowing a Squirrel Whole Is Totally Normal &
Fine, Say Researchers
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/gull-eats-squirrel-1.6890338
The History of the American Anthem ‘Will the Circle Be
Unbroken’
Baby Owls Rescued from Under Stage After Guns N’ Roses Concert
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/07/05/britian-Glastonbury-owls-Guns-N-Roses-rescue/6811688577375/
SONG OF THE DAY
Leo Sayer - Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KWYOXAcRg0
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