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NewsPosted: June 8, 2022Report: Cost To Replace Dams Between $10.3B and $27.2B
A draft report commissioned by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Sen. Patty Murray says replacing services of the four lower Snake River dams will cost between $10.3 billion and $27.2 billion over the next 50…
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NewsPosted: June 7, 2022A Factory Wants To Reopen Making ‘Green’ Aluminum. Now It Just Needs Clean Energy.
The struggle to re-open the Alcoa Intalco aluminum smelter shows the difficulties of creating green manufacturing jobs at home. Read the full article: A Factory Wants To Reopen Making ‘Green’ Aluminum. Now It Just Needs…
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NewsPosted: May 31, 2022
Breaching Snake Dams Would More Than Double NW Region’s Risk of Power Shortages
Last fall, Sen. Patty Murray and Gov. Jay Inslee announced they would lead a regional process to consider “all options” to restore declining salmon and steelhead runs in the Columbia River. Read the full article:…
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NewsPosted: April 4, 2022Biden Admin Reaffirms Commitment to Tribal Treaty Rights, Snake and Columbia River Salmon Recovery
The Biden administration reiterated Monday its determination to change course on the decades-long, $17 billion effort to recover wild salmon in the Snake and Columbia rivers and to uphold. Read the full article: Biden Admin…
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NewsPosted: March 12, 2022
WA Restaurants Are Worried About Salmon. But Is Breaching Snake River Dams the Solution?
The latest debate on tearing out the lower Snake River Dams has landed on the fine dining tables across the state of Washington. Read the full article: WA Restaurants Are Worried About Salmon. But Is…
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NewsPosted: February 5, 2022
Proposed Dam Breaching
Western Montana’s electric cooperatives could have a big dam problem on their hands if 4 hydropower-producing dams along the Lower Snake River are breached. Read the full article: Proposed Dam Breaching
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NewsPosted: December 28, 2021
Remove the Snake River dams or not?
1 survey recently said a majority of people in the Northwest want the Snake River dams to stay in place. Another said a majority of Washington voters want the dams removed. Read the full article:…
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NewsPosted: December 23, 2021
Survey Shows Broad Support for Keeping Snake River Dams
A new survey commissioned by Northwest River Partners indicates broad public support for keeping the Snake River dams. Read the full article: Survey Shows Broad Support for Keeping Snake River Dams
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NewsPosted: December 21, 2021
New Survey Shows Support for Snake River Dams, in Contrast to Earlier Survey
A majority of people in the Northwest want the Snake River dams to stay in place, according to a new survey commissioned by Northwest River Partners, an organization that supports the dams. Read the full…
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NewsPosted: December 21, 2021
‘Policy Leaders … Take Note.’ Survey Finds Nw Residents Support Keeping Snake Dams
The majority of Northwest residents polled in a survey commissioned by Northwest River Partners said they oppose tearing down the 4 Snake River dams in Eastern Washington. Read the full article: ‘Policy Leaders … Take…