It’s greater than a little bit disingenuous for public energy advocates to take out a full-page advert within the Oct. 2 Seattle Instances titled, “Now is the time to talk, not fight over hydropower and salmon.”
The Northwest Public Energy Affiliation and its member organizations are the identical people that pressed the present administration to terminate the Resilient Columbia Basin Settlement with Decrease Columbia Tribes and the States of Washington and Oregon and finish the collaborative work it supported. Their choice means the return to the litigation they declare to oppose.
Pressing motion is required now to guard Columbia and Snake River salmon and the items they create to our area. Returning to court docket is important to maintain endangered salmon alive. For the reason that Boldt and Belloni selections, the tribes have been comparatively profitable in defending salmon via litigation. There’s no motive to consider they received’t prevail in court docket once more. However it didn’t should be this fashion.
If the Trump administration and public energy advocates had honored federal treaty guarantees, the return to litigation wouldn’t be obligatory.
Bob Dylan as soon as sang, “Cash doesn’t speak, it swears.” Attorneys, not ratepayers, are the one individuals who stand to realize from this choice.
The Rev. John P. Rosenberg, Tumwater
