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Our Government - La Voz Colorado

White House President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum revoking “Restoring Healthy and Abundant Salmon, Steelhead, and Other Native Fish Populations in the Columbia River Basin” Memorandum, which placed concerns about climate change above the interests in reliable energy resources. President Trump continues to prioritize the use of natural resources over speculative climate change concerns. Colorado Governor Governor Jared Polis…

As Trump cancels Columbia River deal, promises to tribes are still being broken • Washington State Standard

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Trump ends Columbia River salmon deal, halting dam removal and energy transition plans

The Trump administration has withdrawn from a Biden-era agreement to restore salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest, ending plans to remove four dams and invest in tribal-led renewable energy.Tony Schick reports for Oregon Public Broadcasting in partnership with ProPublica.In short:The Biden administration’s 2023 deal with Northwest tribes sought to halt decades of litigation by pledging billions for clean energy and promising to consider removing…

Trump quits deal with Northwest tribes to restore salmon

The plan to remove four hydroelectric dams in the Columbia River Basin that blocks the free flow of salmon was canceled. The post Trump quits deal with Northwest tribes to restore salmon appeared first on High Country News.

Treaties: Promises are still being broken

By Becky Tallent | FāVS News Columnist It is a common phrase in treaties between the U.S. Government and Indigenous American tribes: “Each tribe or band shall have the right to possess, occupy and use the reserve allotted to it, as long as the grass shall grow and the waters run, and the reserves shall be their own property like their horses and cattle.” Treaties and betrayal But as Angie Debo pointed out in her 1940 book “And Still the Waters R…

Trump Revokes Biden Memo on Columbia Basin Protection

Trump's order cancels a restoration program that was allotted over $1 billion by the federal government.