PacifiCorp Agrees to end Damaging Hydro Practices: Corporate Spin Machine Turning Faster Than Turbines
By Tom Chandler on Apr 17, 2008 in Klamath River, News
PacifiCorp — the Underground’s least-favorite utility because of its bid to hold onto the Klamath’s Salmon-destroying damns — agreed to refrain from running their Link River Dam hydroelectric project during the months when the project kills endangered fish species (this project is located in Klamath Falls).
Fans of corporate spin will no doubt find the following passage amusing in the face of the paragraph we’ve placed below it:
PacifiCorp Energy President Rob Lasich says the settlement shows that sincere negotiations can produce positive results for fish as well as PacifiCorp’s customers.
The Portland-based utility agreed to negotiations after the conservation group Oregon Wild filed notice it would sue under the Endangered Species Act…
OK, we get it; PacifiCorp won’t engage in "sincere negotiations" until it’s forced to by the threat of a lawsuit. Still, it’s a good result for Oregon Wild and Klamath fisheries (a little good news, eh?).
Boo Boo | Apr 17, 2008 | Reply
Good to hear that one enviro group is making progress in the Klamath!
Fish Wiz | Apr 18, 2008 | Reply
Yeah the same enviro group that is damaging thousands of square miles of wetlands with their emotionally based platform. At least they finally did one thing right.
Ask any local Biologist, who has experience with them, what they think of Oregon Wild.