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The massive dam removal on the Klamath may save salmon but can't solve the West's water crisis

MOUTH OF THE KLAMATH RIVER, California — Sheldon SmilingCoyote locked his eyes on the push and pull of the waves in front of him, suddenly slashing the tip of his handheld hook through the water, pulling out a slimy prehistoric fish.

Tribune News Service · Jun 15, 2023

Jury: PacifiCorp must pay punitive damages for wildfires, plus award that could reach billions

A jury in Oregon says the electric utility PacifiCorp must pay punitive damages for causing devastating wildfires in 2020

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023

Jury finds electric utility PacifiCorp liable in devastating Oregon wildfires; company to appeal

A jury in Oregon has found electric utility PacifiCorp responsible for causing devastating fires during Labor Day 2020 in a civil lawsuit

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2023

US to demolish four dams in river restoration effort

Decision by regulators comes after years of advocacy by Native American tribes and environmentalists.

Al Jazeera · Nov 17, 2022

The largest dam demolition in history is approved for a Western river

The destruction of four dams on the lower Klamath river will open up hundreds of miles of salmon habitat. U.S. regulators approved the plan Thursday in a unanimous vote.

WEKU · Nov 17, 2022

US regulators to vote on largest dam demolition in history

The largest dam demolition and river restoration plan in the world could become reality as U.S. regulators vote on whether to approve the removal of four aging structures, reopening hundreds of miles of California river to imperiled salmon

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022

Sister of 73-year-old lookout killed in McKinney fire, dozens of others sue utility company

LOS ANGELES — A week after PacifiCorp was sued by Northern California residents who lost homes and property in the McKinney fire, the utility company faces another lawsuit on behalf of dozens of people, including the sister of a longtime Siskiyou County fire lookout killed in the blaze, alleging wrongful…

Los Angeles Times · Aug 27, 2022

Federal report boosts plan to remove 4 dams on Calif river

Federal regulators have issued a final environmental impact statement that supports the demolition of four massive dams on Northern California’s Klamath River to save imperiled migratory salmon

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2022

Drought threatens coal plant operations — and electricity — across the West

The Western drought and shrinking Colorado River basin threaten operations at the region's coal plants. With a looming risk of blackouts, it's unclear who is overseeing this threat on the ground.

WEKU · Aug 26, 2022

Lawsuit alleges utility company is responsible for deadly McKinney fire in Northern California

LOS ANGELES — Residents in Northern California allege that sparks from PacifiCorp's high-voltage transmission lines and other equipment are what ignited the deadly McKinney fire last month near the California-Oregon border in Siskiyou County, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this week.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 18, 2022