{"id":1551195,"date":"2022-07-12T17:34:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T21:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1551195"},"modified":"2022-07-12T17:34:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T21:34:09","slug":"white-house-suggests-breaching-dams-to-save-endangered-salmon-even-though-it-would-worsen-energy-and-supply-chain-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-suggests-breaching-dams-to-save-endangered-salmon-even-though-it-would-worsen-energy-and-supply-chain-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Suggests Breaching Dams To Save Endangered Salmon, Even Though It Would Worsen Energy And Supply Chain Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-suggests-breaching-dams-to-save-endangered-salmon-even-though-it-would-worsen-energy-and-supply-chain-issues%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1551195&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/biden-administration\">Biden administration\u2019s<\/a> National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recommended breaching dams on the Snake River to ensure the survival of endangered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/animals\">salmon<\/a> \u2014 a move that could jeopardize <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/energy\">power<\/a> supplies in the Pacific Northwest and worsen the <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/supply-chain\">supply chain<\/a> crisis.<\/p>\n<p>A Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/media.fisheries.noaa.gov\/2022-07\/icrb-salmon-steelhead-recovery-summary-draft-v2.5.pdf\">draft report<\/a> from the agency suggested that the four lower Snake River dams should be breached to decrease travel time for salmon, as well as reduce stress on juvenile fish and encounters with powerhouses. The \u201cearthen portion of each dam would be removed, and a naturalized river channel would be established around the concrete spillway and powerhouse structures,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>The dams, however, provide 3,033 megawatts of capacity to the Pacific Northwest, according to a 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/nwriverpartners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BPA-Snake-Dams-Fact-Sheet-2016.pdf\">fact sheet<\/a> from the Bonneville Power Administration. The entity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bpa.gov\/-\/media\/Aep\/power\/hydropower-data-studies\/e3-bpa-lower-snake-river-dams-power-replacement-study.pdf\">added<\/a> this month that replacing the dams would cost $415 million to $860 million per year until 2045, amounting to a total cost of up to $19.6 billion and increasing electricity costs for households by up to 18% over the same horizon. The replacement is made more expensive over time \u201cdue to increasingly stringent clean energy standards and electrification-driven load growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, lawmakers from the region \u2014 including Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) \u2014 are calling for President Joe Biden to nix the proposal, noting that the administration issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/06\/06\/declaration-of-emergency-and-authorization-for-temporary-extensions-of-time-and-duty-free-importation-of-solar-cells-and-modules-from-southeast-asia\/\">declaration of emergency<\/a> last month with respect to the nation\u2019s grid capacity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, with the release of these draft reports, one thing is clear: the Biden administration is talking a big game on carbon goals while simultaneously engaging in actions to undermine valuable clean, affordable, and renewable power resources on the Columbia River System, thus compromising energy stability across the region,\u201d the lawmakers\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/mcmorris.house.gov\/posts\/mcmorris-rodgers-pnw-lawmakers-blast-potus-for-cherry-picking-science-to-justify-breaching-lsr-dams\">statement<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>Citing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbr.washington.edu\/dart\">data<\/a> from the University of Washington, the lawmakers noted that salmon returns have been increasing since 2019, with spring Chinook salmon returns rising 31% above the 10-year average. \u201cWe urge this administration to consider the facts, prioritize transparency, and utilize sound science and input from all tribes, industry groups, and the ratepayers themselves before coming to an outcome in any final report that would be catastrophic to the communities we represent,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>Last summer, the Pacific Northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/climate-change-government-and-politics-business-environment-and-nature-6a66be20ed86ad18ed131156c9f7a517\">faced<\/a> rolling blackouts \u2014 which are intentionally induced to preserve capacity in the long run \u2014 amid an historic heatwave, leading to roughly one dozen deaths. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rolling-summer-blackouts-expected-across-united-states\">reliability assessment<\/a> from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation said earlier this year that much of the United States is at a \u201chigh risk\u201d or \u201celevated risk\u201d for rolling blackouts this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) <a href=\"https:\/\/newhouse.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/newhouse-introduces-bill-protect-four-lower-snake-river-dams-clean\">introduced<\/a> the Federal Columbia River Power System Certainty Act in June to ensure that the lower Snake River dams are not breached.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmidst a national energy and supply chain crisis, it is unconscionable that dam-breaching advocates \u2026 repeatedly attempt to force a predetermined, unscientific conclusion that will put our communities who are already struggling at risk,\u201d Newhouse said. \u201cIn the Pacific Northwest, not only do we depend on this critical infrastructure for clean, renewable, and affordable energy, but transportation for 60% of the nation\u2019s wheat. The Snake River Dams are integral to flood control, navigation, irrigation, agriculture, and recreation in Central Washington and our region cannot afford to lose them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration\u2019s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recommended breaching dams on the Snake River to ensure the survival of endangered salmon \u2014 a move that could jeopardize power supplies in the Pacific Northwest and worsen the supply chain crisis. A Monday draft report from the agency suggested that the four lower Snake River &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1526169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1551195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1551195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1551195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1551195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1526169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1551195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1551195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1551195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}