The Dams Come Tumbling Down--That's Real Progress

by akmk

The Rogue River dams in Oregon are down.  

The Savage Rapids dam on the Rogue was dismantled in October 2009.  And a bit ahead of schedule, in September of 2010, the temporary dam in place to allow for removal of the Savage Rapids dam parts, was also removed.

The Rogue River flows free once again.

The Elwha dams (both of them) in Washington State are scheduled for demolition before next summer.

Who says life isn't getting better in the U.S. of A.?

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Weekly Mulch: Can Washington Stand Up to the Energy Industry?

by The Media Consortium

By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger

President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders spent this week trying to stand up to the oil industry. In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Obama pushed BP to siphon $20 billion into a escrow fund that will cover liability claims, and Congress grilled BP CEO Tony Hayward and other oil bigwigs as to how they were protecting the country’s coastal waters.

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