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A Fight Over Automation Plans at US Hydroelectric Dams
by: Matthew Weaver
Ag stakeholders say theyâ...

Wallowa Chieftain

Northwest stakeholders say they’ve been shut out of the federal mediation sessions over the Snake River dams. Read the full article here.

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Biden’s Fishy Plan to Breach the Snake River Dams
by: Faith Bottum
Biden’s Fishy Plan to B...

Wall Street Journal

The Biden administration is committed to destroying four hydroelectric dams on the Snake River in southeastern Washington state. Given the energy crisis in America—with two-thirds of the U.S. risking electricity outages this summer, including nearly everyone living west of the Mississippi, according to a recent warning from the North American Reliability Corp. Read the full article here.

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Northwest RiverPartners - Hydropower for a better northwest
by: Big Country News
Idaho has the Lowest Elec...

Big Country News

LEWISTON – According to a recent 2021 state electricity profiles report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Idaho has the lowest average electricity cost in the nation… Read the full editorial

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Northwest RiverPartners - Hydropower for a better northwest
by: Matthew Weaver
Snake River ag stakeholde...

Capital Press

Regional stakeholders are mixed on whether federal regulators’ decision to breach four dams on the Klamath River has any bearing on future arguments to breach dams on the lower Snake… Read the full editorial

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Northwest RiverPartners - Hydropower for a better northwest
by: Bob Larson
Breaching Dams Pt. 2

Ag Information Network

From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson. Breaching the dams on the lower Snake River is still the focus in the final report that came out recently from NOAA Fisheries… Read the full article.

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Northwest RiverPartners - Hydropower for a better northwest
by: Matthew Smith
NOAA determines dams on l...

Fox 13 Seattle

SEATTLE – The final report from NOAA on rebuilding salmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia basin is out; among other actions, it calls for the removal of the four lower Snake River dams. Read the full editorial

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