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 […]

The hugely complex Klamath Basin Restoration Deal was announced just a couple days ago, and already the dissent has been withering.
In one sense, we shouldn’t be surprised; it’s a loaded issue, and any agreement would likely add fuel to the firestorm over the Klamath’s dying salmon runs.
I was willing to chalk up much of […]

Are we one step closer to seeing the four Klamath Dams removed? Will the Klamath finally escape the decades of environmental degradation that have left its salmon runs teetering on the brink?
Maybe.
After more than two years of behind-closed-doors negotiations between 26 different groups — including Native Americans, irrigators, conservation groups and county, state, and federal […]

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) just issued its final EIS on the Klamath River dam relicensing.
And guess what? They say it’s still cheaper to remove the four Klamath dams than it is to keep them (these are the same dams that are beating the crap out of the Klamath Salmon runs and commercial […]

One of the bogus arguments being used to “save” the salmon-extincting Klamath dams is that we can’t afford to give up even the measly 160 “carbon neutral” megawatts generated by this project (in a wet year).
It’s bullshit.
There is so much grossly wasted energy out there — waiting to be reclaimed — that massive conservation is […]