Posted on 12/10/2023 9:19:33 PM PST by george76
'Congress alone has the authority' to breach federal dams, lawmakers write in letter to White House..
The Biden administration is quietly discussing a potentially far-reaching settlement with environmental groups that advocate for tearing down four hydroelectric dams in Washington...
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In the filings, jointly submitted by the federal government and eco groups...
However, the filing failed to detail exactly what conditions were included in the secretive package
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We find it necessary to remind you Congress alone has the authority not only to order the breach of the Lower Snake River Dams, but also exclusive authority to direct the study of breaching or to authorize replacement resources," four House Republicans from the Pacific Northwest led by Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., wrote to the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
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This is statutory fact, and we warn the Administration not to attempt to circumvent that fact through clever wordsmithing," the lawmakers continued, noting they have received a "plethora" of complaints from stakeholders and constituents about the federal government's secretive negotiations on the matter.
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The dams.. main benefit has been their reliable clean energy output. provide about 8% of the state's electricity, enough to serve millions of residents, and have a large total capacity of 3,000 megawatts.
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In addition to the impacts on energy and climate ambitions, industry groups have argued that removing the four Snake River dams would disrupt the economy and harm agriculture exports.
The river system notably feeds the largest U.S. wheat export gateway. Aided by the dams, barges traveling along the Columbia River system carry about 60% of Washington's annual wheat exports. A staggering 40% of the nation's total wheat production, valued at billions of dollars, travels through the river system.
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George, don’t forget, Trump will be a DICTATOR.
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It’s not enough to destroy the “fossil fuel” industries they have to eliminate hydro-power too.
I guess water is no longer a “clean” energy source.
“They” want us to burn only camel’s dung for fuel.
And we’re all out of camels.
But we have a lot of commies to burn.
Clean energy
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That power is a source of cheap energy in that area. It feed massive bitcoin mining operations.
If this passes I would advise to sell all bitcoin.
Tribal agreements
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If everything else fails, try to use tribes.
Smelly, but doable.
There are fish ladders at the dams which the salmon have no trouble using...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEpVt_rBwzw
Sabotage. That is why the Chinese Communists picked Biden in the first place.
There is literally nothing good or practical that this administration won’t attack or try to destroy, especially when related to the dependable production of energy. If you were trying to destroy the entire nation, I don’t know what else you would do.
But hydroelectric power is renewable, and green, and safe, and works—Oh.
First, they wanted to knock out one dam. Now it is four dams. How many people will be impoverished when they no longer have cheap hydroelectric power? This is how you drive up inflation. The Indians, who want more salmon, will rue the day when they experience the unintended consequences.
buyden will keep it up until congress stops him....
This Regime has gone insane.
The Entire Globohomo Empire seems to be on a self-destruct mission to collapse the nations they rule.
In every country they are going after reliable electricity and energy. In some they are also shutting down agriculture and the food supply, with all of them planning to do it eventually.
They cannot Fall from power fast enough.
Who cares about exporting food, the woke Amish will have their organic farms, a cow, chickens and a horse for plowing. Those will miss their selfies and lattes but that is a price of economic freedom and social justice for the fish!
I presume this would be Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose and Lower Granite. All are run-of-the-river plants operated by the corpse of engineers.
I don’t know what pretext they will use to attack geothermal but attack it they will.
These locks and dams provide power, navigation and water and flood control. They are relatively new having been built between 1962 and 1970. Each is about 100’ high.
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