By Taxpayer Association of Oregon Foundation
Idaho Congressman, U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson, has introduced a plan to breach four existing hydroelectric dams in the Northwest to help improve salmon runs.
It is part of a $33 billion Project that includes extra economic development funds, compensation for lost revenue for certain industries and billions in incentives for farmers.
The dams slated for removal under this plan are the Ice Harbor, Little Goose, Lower Monumental and Lower Granite dams. more
Brilliant. Lower availability of electricity will slow further development and restrict population growth. Thus keeping Idaho red.
Beating lefties at their own game.
Who elected this jackass? District include Boise? That’s where most of the CA transplants end up.
“Part of the plan requires environmental groups pledging not to use lawsuits over federal environmental-protection laws violations.”
Because environmental groups have been so trustworthy in the past honoring their promises. Sheesh.
Study the de-growth movement and the what the wreckers are up to becomes abundantly clear.
First elected in 1998. That’s a big part of the problem right there.
And, of course, this will require more windmills and solar panels since the western states are already experiencing power shortages. MORON
The power generated from these hydros is considered a byproduct in creating the reservoirs for irrigation and flood water management. Is this guy being paid off by bill gates to put farmers out of business so his farmland in other areas can enjoy less competition?
What’s this guy’s dam(n) problem?
Fuck the salmon!! I pay 7.25 cents per kWh thanks to hydro power here in Idaho. Is this douchenozzle going to help with my electric bill?
Why not convert them to by pass dams, keep the power generation and allow the fish to migrate.
Run your house with a windmill you stupid bastard!
When they actually breach one of the dams it would make a terrific photo op for Rep. Simpson.
You can’t see much of a dam from upstream, so he should position himself downstream at the bottom of the spillway with the dam looming above and behind him. Give him a big button to push to release the dammed up waters. It would make for really great live TV.
Note to TV news crews: use camera drones.
Our idiot rug-muncher governor has declared Oregon will be fossil-fuel-free by 2030. At the same time, she and the greenies want all the dams removed, so there goes hydro, and nuclear has been off the table for 50 years. In a good part of the PNW there are more cloudy days than sunny. So I guess it’s going to be unicorn farts after all!
Makes a big gateway to buy more solar panels from his buddies in China.
$30B to tear it down – $300B to China.
all the dams mentioned all have fish ladders. so what the hell is this yoyo talking about?
That dumb bastard should be sentenced to 6 months of aimlessly roaming up and down Rosie O’donnell’s butt crack…without GPS.
This smells like the Sierra Club and Friends of the River. They suck.
Fish ladders are speciesist!
Replace dams with garbage, coal, or nuclear plants first. Do America a favor: Surround Salem with the new power plants.
@jellybean — LOL – literally!
…a little bit of gagging, but mostly laughing…
Follow the money – it goes right into the pocket of this rino asshole.
Put another log on the fire!
It was 20 some below this morning when I talked to a friend in Helena today
Helena huh? JDH, would like to contact. How do IOWers privately connect?
He must be a McMullin(McCain) Republican (by the way, McMullin is forming a uniparty for nevertrumpers and other RINOs). This stinks of something hatched by staffers and lobbyists. They are the real power in government.
This is only a warning shot from the ecofascists. They will be looking to breach all the dams on the Upper Colorado, starting with Glen Canyon, it being the most hated. Coming soon to an executive order near you.
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