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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Heat Record Set in 1905 Melts in Sweltering
Tri-Cities Heat Wave. It’s Not Over Yet (Tri-City Herald, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/weather-news/article289887409.html
Oregon’s Electric Grid Powers Through
Record-Breaking Heat (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/07/09/oregon-electric-grid-heat-wave/
Washington Snowpack Already Mostly Melted
Heading into Heat Wave (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Oregon State Climatologist Says Heat Waves
Getting Hotter, More Frequent & Coming Earlier (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Natural Gas Debate to Hit the Ballot in November
After Collectors Gather 500,000 Signatures (Tri-City Herald, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/politics-government/election/article289802779.html
News
Highlights (See Stories Below)
1.
Oregon’s Electric Grid Powers Through
Record-Breaking Heat
2.
Rising Frustration in Houston After Millions
Lost Power in Storm
3.
WA State: Residents Asked to Conserve Power in
Extreme Heat
4.
U.S. Electricity Prices Rise Again as Artificial
Intelligence, Onshoring May Mean Decades of Power Demand Growth
5.
Montana: Yellowstone County Inches Closer to
Laurel Power Plant, While Residents Fume
6.
WA Gov. Inslee Visits Key Fusion Energy
Companies in Everett to Witness ‘World Changing’ Endeavors
7.
EIA Expects Rising Electricity Demand &
Natural Gas Prices to Affect Electricity Fuel Mix for the Rest of 2024
8.
NW Natural Once Again Misses Its Own Targets to
Offset Emissions with Renewable Natural Gas
9.
Los Angeles Ratepayer Advocate Predicts Fee
Increases, Recommends Delaying City’s 100% Clean Energy Timeline
10.
California: South Orange County Residents Decry
Proposal to Build Battery Storage Facility
11.
Seattle’s Air Conditioning Usage Rises Amid
Escalating ‘Heat Island’ Effect
12.
Stop Setting Your Thermostat at 72
13.
Washington Snowpack Already Mostly Melted
Heading into Heat Wave
14.
Oregon State Climatologist Says Heat Waves
Getting Hotter, More Frequent & Coming Earlier
15.
Montana Republicans Urge Reversal of Landmark
Ruling in Climate Change Lawsuit by Young Plaintiffs
16.
‘Convincing’ Good to Go! Toll Scam Rears Its
Ugly Head in WA State
17.
Oregon To Expand the State’s Network of Electric
Vehicle Fast Chargers
18.
Tesla’s Market Share Falls Below 50 Percent for
the First Time
19.
A Brand-New Electric Bus, No Charge – That Was
One Problem
20.
What-A-Power: Houston-Area Residents Hungry for
Outage Info Turn to Whataburger App Map
21.
We’re in a New Era of Survey Science
22.
Three Actionable Steps for Getting Past the Fear
of Public Speaking
23.
Natural Gas Debate to Hit the Ballot in November
After Collectors Gather 500,000 Signatures
24.
It’s Getting Harder for Pacific Northwest
Residents to Access Public Records
25.
Heat Record Set in 1905 Melts in Sweltering
Tri-Cities Heat Wave. It’s Not Over Yet
26.
Record-Breaking Heat Suspected in at Least 7
Deaths as Temperatures Soar Across U.S.
27.
Hundreds of Deaths, Thousands of Injuries,
Billions of Dollars Is Cost of Extreme Heat in California
28.
Fire Danger Reaches ‘Near Record’ Levels Due to
Low Humidity, High Temps
29. Guest
Essay: The Importance of Renegotiating the Columbia River Treaty
Word of the Day – The Horrible Haiku Edition
Favonian / fuh-VOH-nee-un //Adjective – Of or relating to the west wind: mild.
Favonian winds
Salty
fragrance from the sea
Push whitecaps to shore
Energy
& Utility Issues
1. Oregon’s
Electric Grid Powers Through Record-Breaking Heat (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/07/09/oregon-electric-grid-heat-wave/
2. Rising
Frustration in Houston After Millions Lost Power in Storm (NY Times, Via Yahoo!
News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rising-frustration-houston-millions-lost-113728532.html
3.
WA State: Residents Asked to Conserve Power in Extreme
Heat (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA – From July 8)
4.
U.S. Electricity Prices Rise Again as Artificial
Intelligence, Onshoring May Mean Decades of Power Demand Growth (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/electricity-price-inflation-rising-again-BofA/720673/
5.
Montana: Yellowstone County Inches Closer to Laurel
Power Plant, While Residents Fume (The Daily Montanan)
6.
WA Gov. Inslee Visits Key Fusion Energy
Companies in Everett to Witness ‘World Changing’ Endeavors (Lynnwood Times, WA)
https://lynnwoodtimes.com/2024/07/09/fusion-energy/
7.
EIA Expects Rising Electricity Demand &
Natural Gas Prices to Affect Electricity Fuel Mix for the Rest of 2024 (U.S. Energy
Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/pressroom/releases/press556.php
Renewable
Energy & Self Storage
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/07/10/nw-natural-misses-own-targets-renewable-natural-gas/
9.
Los Angeles Ratepayer Advocate Predicts Fee
Increases, Recommends Delaying City’s 100% Clean Energy Timeline (Los Angeles
Times, CA – Paywall Advisory)
10. California:
South Orange County Residents Decry Proposal to Build Battery Storage Facility
(KABC-TV, Los Angeles, CA)
https://abc7.com/post/south-orange-county-residents-decry-proposal-build-battery/15029516/
Conservation
& Efficiency
11. Seattle’s
Air Conditioning Usage Rises Amid Escalating ‘Heat Island’ Effect (KOMO News, Seattle,
WA)
12. Stop
Setting Your Thermostat at 72 (Vox)
https://www.vox.com/climate/358898/best-thermostat-setting-save-energy-money-ac
Water,
Water, Anywhere?
13. Washington
Snowpack Already Mostly Melted Heading into Heat Wave (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Climate
Change Sequestration Vault
15. Montana
Republicans Urge Reversal of Landmark Ruling in Climate Change Lawsuit by Young
Plaintiffs (Associated Press)
Beam
Me Up, Scotty - The Wizarding World of Technology & Cybersecurity
16. ‘Convincing’
Good to Go! Toll Scam Rears Its Ugly Head in Wa State (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle,
WA)
https://mynorthwest.com/3963822/convincing-good-to-go-toll-scam-rears-ugly-head/
I
Sing the Car Electric
17. Oregon
To Expand the State’s Network of Electric Vehicle Fast Chargers (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/07/05/oregon-expanding-network-of-ev-fast-chargers/
18. Tesla’s
Market Share Falls Below 50 Percent for the First Time (The Robb Report, Via
Yahoo! News)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-market-share-falls-below-173000071.html
19. A
Brand-New Electric Bus, No Charge – That Was One Problem (NY Times, Via Yahoo!
News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/brand-electric-bus-no-charge-114102258.html
Public
Relations, Marketing & Media
20. What-A-Power:
Houston-Area Residents Hungry for Outage Info Turn to Whataburger App Map (KERA
News, Dallas, TX)
21. We’re
in a New Era of Survey Science (Slate Magazine)
https://slate.com/technology/2024/07/yougov-polling-online-phone-survey-accuracy.html
22. Three
Actionable Steps for Getting Past the Fear of Public Speaking (Forbes Magazine)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/goldiechan/2024/07/10/overcome-public-speaking-fear-3-steps/
Management
& Governance
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/politics-government/election/article289802779.html
24. It’s
Getting Harder for Pacific Northwest Residents to Access Public Records (Crosscut
Seattle)
https://crosscut.com/news/2024/07/its-getting-harder-pnw-residents-access-public-records
Other
Things to Know About Today
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/weather-news/article289887409.html
26. Record-Breaking
Heat Suspected in at Least 7 Deaths as Temperatures Soar Across U.S. (NBC News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/heat-wave-shatters-records-blistering-171714360.html
27. Hundreds
of Deaths, Thousands of Injuries, Billions of Dollars Is Cost of Extreme Heat in
California (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/us-news/heat-waves-wildfires-general-news-bc550167983c375f06239d6605f8ac5e
28. Fire
Danger Reaches ‘Near Record’ Levels Due to Low Humidity, High Temps (KING-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Soapbox
Serenade – Vox Populi
29. Guest
Essay: The Importance of Renegotiating the Columbia River Treaty (Castanet, Kelowna,
BC)
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
Alabama Woman, 108, Stays Young by ‘Flirting with
Men with Mustaches’
Overturned Truck Covers California Highway in
Tomatoes
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/07/10/truck-spill-tomatoes-Patterson-California/1361720631073/
Man Tries to Smuggle 100 Snakes in His Trousers –
It Goes as You’d Expect
https://metro.co.uk/2024/07/10/man-tries-smuggle-100-snakes-trousers-goes-expect-21201414/
Man Trapped in Sewer for Three Days Is Rescued
After Walker Heard Cries for Help
Song of the Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXQS4S3vgGA
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