Alice Dubiel 🔬💉🦠😷🌬☮️
Some of the best news today. Protecting the protectors of the Skagit River is long overdue, and one of Seattle’ most important responsibilities.
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https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/4b-seattle-city-light-hydropower-deal-gets-mayor-wilsons-signature/
May 13 at 10:57pmWeb
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@odaraia Paywall free article here https://archive.ph/W1YKU
Show threadLed By Gilded FoolsMay 13

@odaraia This article goes into a lot more depth

Thank goodness for people like Scott Schuyler of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13052026/seattle-tribes-skagit-river-dam-settlement/

#Skagit #SkagitRiver

After a Century Powering Its Growth with Dams, Seattle Settles With Tribes That Lost Their River - Inside Climate News

As part of its relicensing of three dams on the Skagit River, Seattle City Light is paying $1.35 billion to three tribes, which will raise electricity rates but help the river and reservations.

Inside Climate News
Show threadAlice Dubiel 🔬💉🦠😷🌬☮️May 14
@MHowell Yes, more comprehensive coverage than the Times, which has been critical of Mayor Wilson's appointment of former EPA executive to head City Light instead of a "businessman [sic]." Hope this is the beginning of City Light decentralized grid building and ultimate dam removal on one of the most amazing rivers in the world. Thank you for the alert.
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