Record-breaking heat in the Pacific Northwest

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🗓️ 29 June 2021

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A massive heat dome -- an atmospheric trap of hot ocean air -- has had temperatures soaring in the Pacific Northwest for days. Plus, Republicans consider taxing big tech to close the digital divide. And, movies in theaters are back...fast and furious. Guests: Amy Harder, Vice President at Breakthrough Energy and Axios' Margaret Harding McGill and Sara Fischer. Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Dan Bobkoff, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, Amy Pedulla, Naomi Shavin, and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. We have a new feature to text Niala directly! Text questions, comments and story ideas as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Go deeper: Pacific Northwest heat wave reaches astonishing peak on Monday Republicans' new plan to tax Big Tech Judge dismisses FTC's antitrust complaint against Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Tuesday, June 29th. I'm Nyla Boo. Here's how we're
0:10.3	making you smarter today. Republicans consider taxing big tech to close the digital divide. Plus,
0:16.8	movie theaters are back fast and furious. But first, today's one big thing, living through the
0:23.0	record-breaking heat in the Pacific Northwest.
0:30.0	A massive heat dome or an atmospheric trap of hot ocean air has temperatures soaring in the
0:35.9	Pacific Northwest and it's been like this for days. We heard from several of you including
0:40.4	listener Kat with her local take from Portland, Oregon. I'm recording this at 9 a.m. on
0:45.6	Monday, June 28th and it's already over 90 degrees with 116 as the forecast for today.
0:51.4	This city is not made for this. Our infrastructure is not built for extremes. Our streetcar and
0:56.9	light rail train are both down because the power cables are melting. Stores are blocking frozen
1:02.2	sections because coolers can't take the heat. Our roads are crumbling under the pressure of high
1:06.8	temperatures. Almost all food carts and restaurants are closed, a devastating blow to business owners
1:12.5	who just opened up after COVID. Our public pools are even closed because it's simply not safe to
1:17.4	be outside. And stores have been sold out of fans for over a week. So this isn't a once in a
1:22.3	lifetime event. This is a once in a several dozen lifetimes event. Thanks again to Kat from
1:28.3	Portland for sharing that with us. Now for some reaction to that and what's happening in Washington
1:33.2	State plus the bigger picture here. We're joined by my former exeos colleague, Amy Harder,
1:38.8	who's now vice president at Breakthrough Energy. That's a Bill Gates funded network that's
1:42.9	supporting the transition to clean energy. Hi, Amy. Hello. It's great to be here. Amy, is this a one
1:49.6	and several dozen lifetimes event? Certainly looking backwards, that's how scientists and meteorologists
1:55.9	would describe this type of event. But we really shouldn't be doing that. We should be looking forward
2:01.0	and climate change is going to make these types of events far more common. Look all around the
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