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  • Should the Corps pull the plug on hydro power?

    Tony Schick, OPB|Jan 23, 2025

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it could make hydroelectric dams on Oregon’s Willamette River safe for endangered salmon by building gigantic mechanical traps and hauling baby fish downstream in tanker trucks. The Corps started pressing forward over objections from fish advocates and power users who said the plan was costly and untested. That was until this month, when President Joe Biden signed legislation ordering the Corps to put its plans on hold and consider a simpler solution: S...

  • Despite promise to protect old forests, Biden administration moves to cut them down

    April Ehrlich and Tony Schick, OPB, McKenzie Funk, Propublica|Dec 5, 2024

    On Earth Day in 2022, President Joe Biden stood among cherry blossoms and towering Douglas firs in a Seattle park to declare the importance of big, old trees. “There used to be a hell of a lot more forests like this,” he said, calling them “our planet’s lungs” and extolling their power to fight climate change. The amount of carbon trees suck out of the air increases dramatically with age, making older trees especially important. These trees are also rare: Less than 10% of forests in the lower...