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Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an angry cow with an angry sheep? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. How Regional Collaboration Can Help Local Governments Rethink Capacity and Deliver Climate Action (mrsc.org) — Redmond is a core member of the Eastside Climate Partnership, which is using shared staff, tools, and programs like Energy Smart Eastside to help residents and businesses adopt clean energy. This piece explains how collaborations among Redmond, Bellevue, and neighboring cities can stretch limited local capacity, unlock funding, and accelerate real climate projects across the Eastside.
2. Cypress Creek Brings 80-MW Ostrea Solar Project Online in Washington Under Microsoft PPA (energytech.com) — Microsoft's Redmond headquarters will benefit from a new 80‑MW Ostrea Solar project in Yakima County, which will feed clean power into the regional grid serving its Washington facilities. The long-term project is expected to support Microsoft's growing AI energy needs, generate millions in tax revenue, and preserve hundreds of acres of habitat while boosting the state's renewable energy mix.
3. Tech Companies Highlight Local Impact of Data Centers (rfdtv.com) — From Redmond, Microsoft leaders are outlining how new data centers aim to be better neighbors, including dropping NDAs with host communities and paying for or augmenting local power use. They highlight examples in Texas, Washington, and Iowa where facilities cut water consumption, create jobs, and contribute to local tax bases and community programs.
4. WA father sues school district for denying religious opt-out from LGBTQ instruction (adfmedia.org) — A Lake Washington School District parent is suing in federal court after the district, which serves Redmond, refused most of his requests to opt his elementary-age son out of LGBTQ-related instruction on religious grounds. The case argues the district's policies violate his constitutional parental and religious rights, potentially influencing how future classroom content and opt-out requests are handled for Redmond families.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: An animal that's in a baaaaad mooood! (Thank you Lisa A. for sending it in!)
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