摘要: |
Barging interests, the wheat growers who depend on barge transportation and businesses in the Pacific Northwest who benefit from cheap, clean hydropower are among those are reacting to a proposal by Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson to breach the four Lower Snake River dams as part of a $32 billion "Columbia Basin Fund" for "economic transition." The proposal comes one month after the Corps of Engineers released a final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) declining to breach the dams. Simpsons plan has been reported in multiple media outlets and is said to be still under development. Part of the fund's purpose would be to compensate residents of the region who would lose transportation and/or hydropower benefits if the dams are permanently breached. |