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August 29, 2022

Benefits of dams must be replaced before breaching

  • A draft report concluded the benefits provided by the dams would cost between $10.3 billion and $27.2 billion to replace.
    • By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS
    Associated Press

    SPOKANE — The benefits provided by four giant hydroelectric dams on the Snake River must be replaced before the dams can be breached to save endangered salmon runs, according to a final report issued Thursday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Washington U.S. Sen. Patty Murray.

    That is especially true regarding the reliable and carbon-free electricity the dams generate, the report concluded.


     
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