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GRID: Regional transmission experts say the buildup of energy-intensive data centers poses an “emerging risk” to grid reliability in the West. (OPB) California’s public advocacy agency recommends applying new net-metering rules to existing rooftop solar, saying slashing compensation would reduce cost-shifting to non-solar customers. (PV Magazine) A...

Analysts: Data centers pose emerging risk to the Western grid

Texas State

GRID: A flood of new solar and battery capacity have kept Texas’ independent state power grid afloat as it sets a new record for peak demand, experts say, though some state lawmakers also credit a new conservation alert system. (Canary Media, KIII) STORAGE:. Georgia Power plans to install 500...

Renewables prop up the Texas grid against record demand

Illinois State

UTILITIES: Illinois ratepayers have paid an extra $1.8 billion since 2015 by choosing alternative energy suppliers over traditional utilities like ComEd and Ameren, according to a consumer advocate’s analysis. (Daily Herald) ALSO: A utility serving about 13,500 customers in South Dakota will add a roughly $4 fee on customer...

Electric choice has cost Illinois ratepayers nearly $2 billion, report finds

SOLAR: The leader of a “grassroots” anti-solar energy group admits to Ohio regulators that a well-connected natural gas executive is among its largest financial supporters. (Energy News Network) ALSO:. An Ohio city considers annexing land and creating new zoning regulations to accommodate a proposed 40 MW solar project....

‘Grassroots’ Ohio anti-solar group admits fossil fuel ties

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Montana State

Reuters

(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration said on Thursday it had finalized a plan to expand solar energy on federal lands in 11 western states, part of a broader push to speed the permitting and construction of big infrastructure projects.

Biden administration finalizes solar lands plan, touts permitting progress

Latin Times

The federal government is processing citizenship requests at the fastest rate in a decade, addressing a backlog that accumulated during the Trump administration and the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the close to 3.3 million immigrants who have become citizens during the Biden administration, processing speed sits at under five months, on par with 2013 and 2014.

Immigrants are becoming U.S. citizens at the fastest average rate in a decade

Snopes

"Take note of the following birth dates," Laura Loomer posted.

Fact Check: Harris' Mom Lied on Immigration Form So She's Ineligible To Be President?

Florida State

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Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said he will consider more DUI patrols if voters legalize recreational marijuana use in Florida. Voters will consider Amendment 3 in November. It would allow adults 21 or older to possess, purchase or use marijuana products and marijuana accessories for non-medical purposes.

More DUI patrols possible if marijuana issue passes

CBS News

A federal judge in Texas on Monday temporarily blocked the Biden administration from granting legal status to unauthorized immigrants married to American citizens, granting a request from 16 Republican-led states who challenged the new policy.The order by District Court Judge J. Campbell Barker effectively brings to a halt a large immigration program that opened just last week to an estimated half a million immigrants living in the U.S. without legal status. While preliminary and temporary, the ruling is also an early blow to one of the two major moves taken by President Biden in June on immigration, a top campaign...

Judge blocks Biden administration from granting legal status to spouses of U.S. citizens

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Texas and a coalition of Republican-led states on Friday sued President Joe Biden's administration over a new program that offers a path to citizenship for immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally and are now married to U.S. citizens.

Texas sues over Biden legalization program for immigrants married to US citizens

Fox News

Lawful permanent residents are becoming naturalized United States citizens at a pace unseen since 2013 and 2014, potentially reshaping the electorate ahead of the election.

Immigrants becoming citizens at breakneck speed as election approaches: report

Salon

Donald Trump insists he would win the state of California in November if the votes were counted by Jesus himself. “If Jesus Christ came down and was the vote counter, I would win California, OK?” Trump said Tuesday in an interview with Dr. Phil McGraw. He criticized California’s mail-in...

Donald Trump tells Dr. Phil he’d win California if "Jesus Christ came down and was the vote counter”

TheDailyBeast

A California state senator, fed up with the Democratic Party’s supermajority in the Golden State’s legislature, announced she is defecting to the Republican Party. Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil was elected in 2022 to represent California’s fourth senate district, which includes parts of the Sierra Nevada mountain range and the agrarian Central Valley. Alvarado-Gil made the party switch announcement on Thursday, after serving two years of her four year term. “I was elected to serve the public, not a political ideology,” Alvarado-Gil said in a statement. “The status quo under a supermajority Democratic rule in the legislature is simply not working for this state.” In an interview with Sacramento Bee opinion columnist Marcos Bretón, Alvarado-Gil said the “last straw” was the attempt to pass reforms to Proposition 47—a decade-old ballot initiative that downgraded some property crimes like shoplifting, forgery, and writing bad checks to misdemeanors. Read it at Sacramento BeeRead more at The Daily Beast.

California State Senator Defects From Democratic Party

Los Angeles County, CA

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Herbie J Pilato

[Note: The quotes and commentary that appear in this article are from an interview the author conducted with David White in 1989.]. Actor David White, who died in 1991, found great success for his best-known and likable performance as the devious advertising executive Larry Tate on the classic TV sitcom,Bewitched (ABC, 1964-1972).

'Bewitched' Actor David White Forever Mourned the Tragic Pan Am/Lockerbie Death of His Son

Record breaking fossil fuel production, all time high greenhouse gas emissions and extreme temperatures. Like the proverbial frog in the heating pan of water, we refuse to respond to the climate and ecological crisis with any sense of urgency. Under such circumstances, claims from some that global warming can still...

Climate Recovery After Overshooting 1.5°C Is a Dangerous Myth, Scientists Warn

A new program aimed at giving work permits and green card pathways to certain undocumented family members of U.S. citizens is now open for applications. Roughly half a million people are eligible for the program, according to government estimates. And these families — and the U.S. economy — stand to benefit.

The economics behind a new program protecting undocumented family members of U.S. citizens

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Fox Business

The energy needs met by fossil fuels will be prevalent "to 2060 and beyond," according to one billionaire businessman who believes Democrats are waking up to that "truth."

Billionaire oil CEO says Democrats are 'starting to recognize' the green energy push is 'all a fallacy'

The Center Square

(The Center Square) – As the Texas oil and natural gas industry continues to break production records and add jobs, it’s also calling on Congress to pass permitting reform legislation.
                In July, Texas again set employment records. Among the new jobs added were 1,600 in the upstream sector alone of the Texas oil and natural gas industry. The upstream sector involves oil and natural gas extraction and some mining. It excludes refining, petrochemicals, fuels wholesaling, oilfield equipment manufacturing, pipelines, and gas utilities, which all support...

Texas oil and gas Industry calls on Congress to pass permitting reform

Arizona State

Former President Donald Trump reiterated his vow to forcefully crack down on illegal immigration during a visit to Arizona on Thursday, seeking to draw a contrast between his policies with those that Vice President Kamala Harris would implement should she be elected. The event, part of a series of stops...

With snipers pointing at Mexico, Trump vows to crack down on immigration in Arizona border visit

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The misinformation at the heart of rural solar opposition

In central Ohio, a fight has been going on for more than a year between developers of a solar project and a so-called “grassroots” group that...

The misinformation at the heart of rural solar opposition

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