• Posted: April 10, 2026
    Editorials
    Murray-Inslee Report Confirms Importance of the LSRD, High Value of Hydroelectricity to the Region

    Community Service Advocates Were Concerned Replacement Costs Would Fall on Disadvantaged Vancouver, Washington — August 25, 2022 — Senator Patty Murray and Governor Jay Inslee today released their final “Lower Snake River Dams Benefit Replacement…

  • Editorials
    Posted: August 25, 2022
    Dam Breaching Not Feasible at This Time, Inslee and Murray Announce

    Washington politicians acknowledge that a free-flowing Snake River would be the strongest action to help salmon and steelhead, but region isn’t prepared to give up benefits of dams. Read the full article: Dam Breaching Not…

  • Editorials
    Posted: August 21, 2022
    Salmon Face Bigger Threat Than Snake River’s Dams

    Our 2020 study demonstrated that chinook all along the Pacific Coast of North America have seen a 65% decline in survival since the 1970s. Snake River salmon are not the exception,… Read the full article:…

  • Editorials
    Posted: August 1, 2022
    All Those EVs Are Great, but Where Will the Electricity Come From?

    As part of my career of over 30 years in the energy industry, I led the effort to complete Oregon’s portion of the… Read the full article: All Those EVs Are Great, but Where Will…

  • Editorials
    Posted: July 30, 2022
    A Carbon Free, Renewable Resource Faces Extinction

    The lower Snake River dams— a critical component of the Federal Columbia River Power System—play an essential role… Read the full article: A Carbon-Free, Renewable Resource Faces Extinction

  • Editorials
    Posted: July 27, 2022
    Damned if You Do…

    The 20-page report is called “Rebuilding Interior Columbia Basin Salmon and Steelhead,” it was released July 12 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with input. Read the full article: Damned if You Do…

  • Posted: April 10, 2026
    Editorials
    Apples to Wine: Washington Ag Backs Dams on the Lower Snake River

    Dams benefit family farms, local food production Vancouver, Washington — July 25, 2022 — Family farms depend on the benefits provided by the lower Snake River dams (LSRD). Removing the dams would hurt agriculture and…

  • Posted: July 19, 2022
    Editorials
    Labor Leaders Across the PNW Support Keeping the Dams on the Lower Snake River

    From Pierce County to Idaho, union members back clean, affordable hydroelectricity Vancouver, Washington — July 19, 2022 — This summer, a growing movement of labor leaders and the organizations they represent took a stand to…

  • Editorials
    Posted: July 13, 2022
    White House Reports Eye Dam Removal on Lower Snake River

    The White House dropped a couple of weighty items into the lower Snake River dams discussion on Tuesday – a draft scientific assessment that makes a case for dam breaching as part. Read the full…

  • Editorials
    Posted: July 13, 2022
    Blatant Political Posturing Overrides Science in WA’s Snake River Dams Debate

    It appears partisan politics has unabashedly and officially taken over the debate on whether salmon and the Snake River dams can coexist. The Biden Administration’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) just released 2 draft reports…