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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Cargill:
Washington State Wants Another Dam Study – But It Doesn’t Want an Honest Answer
(KTTH Radio, Seattle, WA)
Utility
Company Pays $314 Million to Eaton Fire Victims (The Center Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_682143d8-b0c0-4a15-8e03-ff40d7034ff5.html
Judge:
Lummi Nation Must Be Told of Telecommunications Work at Point Roberts Amid
Burial Grounds Lawsuit (Cascadia Daily)
California
Threatens Lawsuit Over Federal Offshore Wind Lease Buyouts (KRCR-TV, Redding,
CA)
https://krcrtv.com/news/local/california-threatens-lawsuit-over-federal-offshore-wind-lease-buyouts
Renters:
Know Your New Portable Air Conditioning Rights as WA Heatwave Approaches (KOMO
News, Seattle, WA)
News
Highlights (See Stories Below)
1.
Cargill: Washington
State Wants Another Dam Study – But It Doesn’t Want an Honest
2.
Request for Proposals:
Lower Snake River Energy Replacement Analysis
3.
Utility Company Pays
$314 Million to Eaton Fire Victims
4.
Gold Mining Company
Sues to Re-Route Portion of $1.5 Billion Oregon Boardman-To-Hemingway
Transmission Line
5.
British Columbia First
Nations Explore If Nuclear Power Could Meet Province’s Electricity Needs
6.
Natural Gas Supplies
‘Not Looking Good’ for Southcentral Alaska This Winter, Enstar Says
7.
New York Imports More
Electricity from Canada After High-Voltage Transmission Line Opens
8.
House, Senate
Committees Approve WRDA Bills
9.
FERC Fast-Tracks
Reviews to Accelerate Actions at Hydropower Projects
10.
All 50 U.S. States
Ranked by Power Consumption in Eye-Opening New Data
11.
California Threatens
Lawsuit Over Federal Offshore Wind Lease Buyouts
12.
Central Valley Farmers
Reluctantly Turn to Solar as Water Supplies Dry Up
13.
An Old-School
Geothermal Giant Rides the Tech’s Newfound Popularity
14.
All That Wildfire
Smoke Sent New England’s Solar Production Plummeting
15.
Puget Sound Energy
Says Clean Energy Surpassed 50% Of Power Supply in Latest Compliance Report
16.
Renters: Know Your New
Portable Air Conditioning Rights as WA Heatwave Approaches
17.
Thieves Stealing
Air-Conditioning Units in Pasadena, Police Say
18.
Why Did Energy-Saving
Tips Disappear from the U.S. Energy Department Website?
19.
‘Real Consequences’:
Washington Congresswoman Questions Bonneville for Ending Salmon Hatchery Funds
20.
Majority of U.S.
Voters Link Extreme Weather to Climate Crisis, Study
21.
Judge: Lummi Nation
Must Be Told of Telecommunications Work at Point Roberts Amid Burial Grounds
Lawsuit
22.
Data Center Opponents
Stage 142 Protests Across 42 U.S. States
23.
Without Tax Credits,
EV Sales Are Searching for a
24.
Significant Heat
Arrives in Portland This Week: What to Know
25.
Heat Wave Pushes
Western Washington into High Wildfire Danger as Temps Near
26.
Montana: Weather
Forecast: Hot with Thunderstorm Chances This Week
27.
‘Long & Dangerous’
Heatwave Forecast for Southern California This Week
28.
Is Portland at Risk
for Urban Wildfire? A Local Expert Who Analyzed Los Angeles Fires Thinks So
29.
Guest Essay: Powering
Artificial Intelligence – The Bonneville Power Administration Must Play a
Critical Role
30.
Guest Essay: Why Data
Centers Are Part of the Solution for Our Power
31.
Guest Essay: New BPA
Leader Must Find Balance Between Modernization, Conservation
Word of the Day
Surd \SERD\ Adjective - 1: lacking sense: irrational 2: voiceless - used of speech sounds.
Surd – Description of a person afraid of radio waves from Wi-Fi transmitters who calls “Papa Murphy’s” on their cellphone to place a pickup order for a family-sized cowboy pizza on de-light crust. Then spends the next half hour on the cell phone (while driving to the store) talking about their upcoming twentieth tanning session.
Word Origin via Merriam-Webster Dictionary - Both “surd” and its more common cousin “absurd” come from the Latin word “surdus,” meaning “unhearing, deaf, muffled, or dull.”
1.
Cargill: Washington State Wants Another Dam
Study – But It Doesn’t Want an Honest Answer (KTTH Radio, Seattle, WA)
2. Request
for Proposals: Lower Snake River Energy Replacement Analysis (WA Dept. Of
Commerce)
3.
Utility Company Pays $314 Million to Eaton Fire Victims
(The Center Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_682143d8-b0c0-4a15-8e03-ff40d7034ff5.html
4. Gold
Mining Company Sues to Re-Route Portion of $1.5 Billion Oregon Boardman-To-Hemingway
Transmission Line (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
5. British
Columbia First Nations Explore If Nuclear Power Could Meet Province’s
Electricity Needs (Global News, Canada)
https://globalnews.ca/news/11970664/bc-first-nations-explore-nuclear-power/
6. Natural
Gas Supplies ‘Not Looking Good’ for Southcentral Alaska This Winter, Enstar Says
(Associated Press)
7. New
York Imports More Electricity from Canada After High-Voltage Transmission Line
Opens (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67867
8. House,
Senate Committees Approve WRDA Bills (American Public Power Association)
https://www.publicpower.org/periodical/article/house-senate-committees-approve-wrda-bills
9. FERC
Fast-Tracks Reviews to Accelerate Actions at Hydropower Projects (American
Public Power Association)
10. All
50 U.S. States Ranked by Power Consumption in Eye-Opening New Data (Unilad Tech)
Renewable
Energy & Self Storage
11.
California Threatens Lawsuit Over Federal
Offshore Wind Lease Buyouts (KRCR-TV, Redding, CA)
https://krcrtv.com/news/local/california-threatens-lawsuit-over-federal-offshore-wind-lease-buyouts
12. Central
Valley Farmers Reluctantly Turn to Solar as Water Supplies Dry Up (Los Angeles
Times, CA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/water-restrictions-hit-farmers-solar-100000309.html
13. An
Old-School Geothermal Giant Rides the Tech’s Newfound Popularity (Canary Media)
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/geothermal/ormat-next-gen-geothermal-popularity
14. All
That Wildfire Smoke Sent New England’s Solar Production Plummeting (WBUR Radio,
Boston, MA)
15. Puget
Sound Energy Says Clean Energy Surpassed 50% Of Power Supply in Latest
Compliance Report (Daily Energy Insider)
Conservation
& Efficiency
17. Thieves
Stealing Air-Conditioning Units in Pasadena, Police Say (KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, CA)
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/thieves-stealing-air-conditioning-units-in-pasadena-police-say/
18. Why
Did Energy-Saving Tips Disappear from the U.S. Energy Department Website? (Grist
Online)
https://grist.org/politics/energy-department-saving-disappear-website/
Fish
& Wildlife
19. ‘Real
Consequences’: Washington Congresswoman Questions Bonneville for Ending Salmon
Hatchery Funds (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR – Via Yahoo! News)
Climate
Change Sequestration Vault
20. Majority
of U.S. Voters Link Extreme Weather to Climate Crisis, Study Finds (Yahoo!
News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/majority-us-voters-extreme-weather-110026917.html
London
Calling –Telecommunications
21. Judge:
Lummi Nation Must Be Told of Telecommunications Work at Point Roberts Amid
Burial Grounds Lawsuit (Cascadia Daily)
HAL’s
Internet Café
22. Data
Center Opponents Stage 142 Protests Across 42 U.S. States (Reuters – Via Yahoo!
News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/us-data-center-protests-national-100647987.html
I Sing the Car Electric
23.
Without Tax Credits, EV Sales Are Searching for
a Spark (Inside Climate News)
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16072026/inside-clean-energy-us-ev-sales/
Whither the Weather
24. Significant
Heat Arrives in Portland This Week: What to Know (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
https://www.koin.com/weather/significant-heat-arrives-in-portland-this-week-what-to-know/
25. Heat
Wave Pushes Western Washington into High Wildfire Danger as Temps Near 90 (KOMO
News, Seattle, WA)
26. Montana:
Weather Forecast: Hot with Thunderstorm Chances This Week (KPAX-TV, Missoula, MT)
https://www.kpax.com/weather/weather-forecast-hot-with-thunderstorm-chances-this-week
27. ‘Long
& Dangerous’ Heatwave Forecast for Southern California This Week (KTLA-TV, Los
Angeles, CA)
https://ktla.com/weather/long-and-dangerous-heatwave-forecast-for-southern-california-this-week/
28. Is
Portland at Risk for Urban Wildfire? A Local Expert Who Analyzed Los Angeles Fires
Thinks So (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Soapbox
Serenade – Vox Populi
29.
Guest Essay: Powering Artificial Intelligence – The
Bonneville Power Administration Must Play a Critical Role (The Center Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/opinion/article_1b3a1d4c-5857-443a-8fe8-2e1d5d767729.html
30.
Guest Essay: Why Data Centers Are Part of the Solution
for Our Power Grid (Tri-City Herald, WA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://finance.yahoo.com/energy/articles/why-data-centers-part-solution-120000902.html
31. Guest
Essay: New BPA Leader Must Find Balance Between Modernization, Conservation (Seattle
Times, WA – Via Save Our Wild Salmon)
https://www.wildsalmon.org/news-and-media/opinion/bpa-must-balance-modernization-conservation.html
Diversions - Alligators in the Sewer
Viral Seattle Raccoon ‘Jimothy’
Inspires Mural, Tattoos & Seattle Proclamation
Portland Secures Guinness World Record for Largest
E-Bike Ride
Inflatable Dinosaurs Race at Emerald Downs, in Photos
https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/trex-races-photos-948e4e7a95dbc254bf86710da684e1fd
Face-to-Face with Ancient Rome: Exhibition in Hungary
Brings Forgotten Faces to Life
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/world/face-to-face-with-ancient-rome-exhibition-in-a22345881
Song of the Day
The Beatles – Rocky Raccoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqA4ZiQaGtU
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