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Water Velocity And Discharge From Tidal Freshwater Creeks In Forested And Herbaceous Wetlands
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-026-01690-w <-- shared paper
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#water #hydrology #tide #tidal #ecosystem #wildlife #fish #fisheries #nursery #nutrients #trophicenergy #discharge #ColumbiaRiver #Oregon #Washington #USA #fluvial #tidalfreshwater #TFW #habitat #restoration #flowregime # herbaceous #forested #wetland #marsh #aquatic #sediment #sedimentation #estuary #inundation #monitoring #measurement #velocity #discharge #volume #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #river #riverine #hydraulic #pluvial #precipitation #upstream #subtidal #wavelet #tidalcreek #AcousticDopplerCurrentProfiler #instrumentation #elevation #spatial #mapping -
Water Velocity And Discharge From Tidal Freshwater Creeks In Forested And Herbaceous Wetlands
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-026-01690-w <-- shared paper
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#water #hydrology #tide #tidal #ecosystem #wildlife #fish #fisheries #nursery #nutrients #trophicenergy #discharge #ColumbiaRiver #Oregon #Washington #USA #fluvial #tidalfreshwater #TFW #habitat #restoration #flowregime # herbaceous #forested #wetland #marsh #aquatic #sediment #sedimentation #estuary #inundation #monitoring #measurement #velocity #discharge #volume #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #river #riverine #hydraulic #pluvial #precipitation #upstream #subtidal #wavelet #tidalcreek #AcousticDopplerCurrentProfiler #instrumentation #elevation #spatial #mapping -
Finished up attending a state preparedness conference this last week. The keynote speaker who has a PhD in '#AI in #EmergencyManagement'. What entailed was a nearly two hour-long ad for ai and robots. The what now feels old shtick of 'if you don't hop onto the planet-burning bandwagon, you'll be left behind. Robots will run shelters and do all #SAR.'
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Finished up attending a state preparedness conference this last week. The keynote speaker who has a PhD in '#AI in #EmergencyManagement'. What entailed was a nearly two hour-long ad for ai and robots. The what now feels old shtick of 'if you don't hop onto the planet-burning bandwagon, you'll be left behind. Robots will run shelters and do all #SAR.'
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Finished up attending a state preparedness conference this last week. The keynote speaker who has a PhD in '#AI in #EmergencyManagement'. What entailed was a nearly two hour-long ad for ai and robots. The what now feels old shtick of 'if you don't hop onto the planet-burning bandwagon, you'll be left behind. Robots will run shelters and do all #SAR.'
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Finished up attending a state preparedness conference this last week. The keynote speaker who has a PhD in '#AI in #EmergencyManagement'. What entailed was a nearly two hour-long ad for ai and robots. The what now feels old shtick of 'if you don't hop onto the planet-burning bandwagon, you'll be left behind. Robots will run shelters and do all #SAR.'
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Finished up attending a state preparedness conference this last week. The keynote speaker who has a PhD in '#AI in #EmergencyManagement'. What entailed was a nearly two hour-long ad for ai and robots. The what now feels old shtick of 'if you don't hop onto the planet-burning bandwagon, you'll be left behind. Robots will run shelters and do all #SAR.'
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4 North American Wine Regions to Visit Next in the West, From Oregon to Mexico
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#dining #cooking #diet #food #AmericanWine #America #Americanwine #BajaCalifornia #california #ColumbiaGorge #ColumbiaRiver #kylemaclachlan #Lodi #mexico #michaelsavage #Oregon #Portland #tastingrooms #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesWine #USWine #USAWine #valledeguadalupe #WallaWalla #Washington #Wine
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2605211/4-north-american-wine-regions-to-visit-next-in-the-west-from-oregon-to-mexico/ -
4 North American Wine Regions to Visit Next in the West, From Oregon to Mexico https://www.diningandcooking.com/2605211/4-north-american-wine-regions-to-visit-next-in-the-west-from-oregon-to-mexico/ #America #AmericanWine #BajaCalifornia #california #ColumbiaGorge #ColumbiaRiver #KyleMaclachlan #Lodi #mexico #MichaelSavage #Oregon #Portland #TastingRooms #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesWine #USWine #USAWine #ValleDeGuadalupe #WallaWalla #Washington #Wine
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Darigold to Pay $2 Million Penalty and Reduce Water Pollution in Settlement with Columbia Riverkeeper
#columbiariver #biodiversity #nature #conservation #wilderness #wildlife #indigenous #resistance #raiseyourvoice #takeaction
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#TheSpokesman:
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‘Slap in the face’: White House proposes $400M cut at Hanford nuclear site
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".. Hanford Office of River Protection is responsible for 56 million gallons of radioactive + hazardous chemical waste..."".. hold on deactivation of the Hanford 324 Bldg. which sits over a leak of highly radioactive cesium +strontium 1000 feet from the Columbia River .."
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/apr/04/slap-in-the-face-white-house-proposes-400m-cut-at-/
4.4.2026
#Atomkraft #Atommüll #ColumbiaRiver #DOE #Hanford #Kernenergie #NuclearPower #NuclearWaste #USA
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#TheSpokesman:
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‘Slap in the face’: White House proposes $400M cut at Hanford nuclear site
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".. Hanford Office of River Protection is responsible for 56 million gallons of radioactive + hazardous chemical waste..."".. hold on deactivation of the Hanford 324 Bldg. which sits over a leak of highly radioactive cesium +strontium 1000 feet from the Columbia River .."
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/apr/04/slap-in-the-face-white-house-proposes-400m-cut-at-/
4.4.2026
#Atomkraft #Atommüll #ColumbiaRiver #DOE #Hanford #Kernenergie #NuclearPower #NuclearWaste #USA
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#TheSpokesman:
"
‘Slap in the face’: White House proposes $400M cut at Hanford nuclear site
"
".. Hanford Office of River Protection is responsible for 56 million gallons of radioactive + hazardous chemical waste..."".. hold on deactivation of the Hanford 324 Bldg. which sits over a leak of highly radioactive cesium +strontium 1000 feet from the Columbia River .."
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/apr/04/slap-in-the-face-white-house-proposes-400m-cut-at-/
4.4.2026
#Atomkraft #Atommüll #ColumbiaRiver #DOE #Hanford #Kernenergie #NuclearPower #NuclearWaste #USA
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#TheSpokesman:
"
‘Slap in the face’: White House proposes $400M cut at Hanford nuclear site
"
".. Hanford Office of River Protection is responsible for 56 million gallons of radioactive + hazardous chemical waste..."".. hold on deactivation of the Hanford 324 Bldg. which sits over a leak of highly radioactive cesium +strontium 1000 feet from the Columbia River .."
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/apr/04/slap-in-the-face-white-house-proposes-400m-cut-at-/
4.4.2026
#Atomkraft #Atommüll #ColumbiaRiver #DOE #Hanford #Kernenergie #NuclearPower #NuclearWaste #USA
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#TheSpokesman:
"
‘Slap in the face’: White House proposes $400M cut at Hanford nuclear site
"
".. Hanford Office of River Protection is responsible for 56 million gallons of radioactive + hazardous chemical waste..."".. hold on deactivation of the Hanford 324 Bldg. which sits over a leak of highly radioactive cesium +strontium 1000 feet from the Columbia River .."
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/apr/04/slap-in-the-face-white-house-proposes-400m-cut-at-/
4.4.2026
#Atomkraft #Atommüll #ColumbiaRiver #DOE #Hanford #Kernenergie #NuclearPower #NuclearWaste #USA
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Hype for the Future 147E: City of Vancouver, Washington
Overview The City of Vancouver is a city in and the county seat of Clark County, Washington, along the north bank of the Columbia River. Notable amenities and attractions include, but are not limited to, the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, the Pioneer Air Museum, the Clark County Historical Museum, the Historic Covington House, and the Devil-ish Little Things Museum. Overall, however, the entire community is overshadowed by the larger City of Portland, Oregon.https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/hype-for-the-future-147e-city-of-vancouver-washington/
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Hype for the Future 146E: Sherman and Gilliam Counties, Oregon
Overview Within the State of Oregon, the boundaries of Sherman and Gilliam Counties are associated with county seats at Moro and Condon, respectively. To the north, both counties are bounded largely by the Columbia River, with Sherman County positioned further downstream than Gilliam County. While Sherman County is associated with United States Route 97, Gilliam County is exclusively associated with Oregon Route 19. -
Hype for the Future 146E: Sherman and Gilliam Counties, Oregon
Overview Within the State of Oregon, the boundaries of Sherman and Gilliam Counties are associated with county seats at Moro and Condon, respectively. To the north, both counties are bounded largely by the Columbia River, with Sherman County positioned further downstream than Gilliam County. While Sherman County is associated with United States Route 97, Gilliam County is exclusively associated with Oregon Route 19. -
Hype for the Future 146E: Sherman and Gilliam Counties, Oregon
Overview Within the State of Oregon, the boundaries of Sherman and Gilliam Counties are associated with county seats at Moro and Condon, respectively. To the north, both counties are bounded largely by the Columbia River, with Sherman County positioned further downstream than Gilliam County. While Sherman County is associated with United States Route 97, Gilliam County is exclusively associated with Oregon Route 19. -
Hype for the Future 146E: Sherman and Gilliam Counties, Oregon
Overview Within the State of Oregon, the boundaries of Sherman and Gilliam Counties are associated with county seats at Moro and Condon, respectively. To the north, both counties are bounded largely by the Columbia River, with Sherman County positioned further downstream than Gilliam County. While Sherman County is associated with United States Route 97, Gilliam County is exclusively associated with Oregon Route 19. -
Hype for the Future 146E: Sherman and Gilliam Counties, Oregon
Overview Within the State of Oregon, the boundaries of Sherman and Gilliam Counties are associated with county seats at Moro and Condon, respectively. To the north, both counties are bounded largely by the Columbia River, with Sherman County positioned further downstream than Gilliam County. While Sherman County is associated with United States Route 97, Gilliam County is exclusively associated with Oregon Route 19. -
If you love unspoiled places on the Washington side of the Columbia Gorge, you might have Pat Arnold to thank
https://columbiainsight.org/the-conscience-of-conservation-in-southwest-washington/
#columbiariver #washington #learnsomething #biodiversity #nature #conservation #wilderness #wildlife #endangeredspecies #resistance #raiseyourvoice #takeaction
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#ColumbiaRiver #SnakeRiver #Salomon
From AP News.com: Judge orders changes to Columbia and Snake river dam operations to help 'disappearing' salmon
https://apnews.com/article/snake-columbia-rivers-dams-salmon-trump-d9e5f824be812d3f86539060272c234a
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#SilentSunday #digitalphotography #photomanipulation #multipleexposures #portland #marinedrive #columbiariver #governmentisland #surreal #nogenerativeai
Ghosts of Government Island
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the mountain was out,
even though it’s always there,
it’s a treat to see#WyEast #MtHood
#ColumbiaRiver
#Photography #Haiku
#MonochromeAndColor #WinterPhotography
#LandscapePhotography
#OregonPhotography #Oregon #PNW
#MakeArtEveryDay #MakeToEscape -
Tribes and environmental groups oppose Klickitat hydroelectric project | News
WASHINGTON STATE — Local tribes and environmental groups are raising concerns over a proposed hydroelectric project in Klickitat…
#Environment #columbiariver #indigenouspeoplesofnorthamerica #LocalNews #NativeAmericantribes #nonstoplocal #Washingtonnews #yakama #yakamaindianreservation
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#SilentSunday #portland #columbiariver #mthood #sunrise #2018CE #digitalphotography #nogenerativeai
Morning on Fire (2018 photo)
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Summer sunset on the Columbia River. I took this photo back in 2007 with my Nikon D80 and manual focus Series E 75-150 f3.5 lens!
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Days #613-619 of Our Epic Trip
We saw the aftereffects of the Ice Age Mega Floods and enjoyed the beauty of the Columbia River.https://happyvegancampers.com/2025/12/16/days-613-619-of-our-epic-trip/
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The Rise and Fall of #NuScale: a nuclear cautionary tale
Kelly Campbell
October 29, 2024"A decade ago, NuScale, the Oregon-based small modular nuclear company born at Oregon State University, was on a roll. Promising a new era of nuclear reactors that were cheaper, easier to build and safer, their Star Wars-inspired artist renditions of a yet to be built reactor gleamed like a magic bullet.
"As of last year, NuScale was the furthest along of any reactor design in obtaining Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing and was planning to build the first small modular nuclear reactor in the United States. Its plan was to build it in Idaho to serve energy to a consortium of small public utility districts in Utah and elsewhere, known as #UAMPS.
"This home-grown Oregon company was lauded in local and national media. According to project backers, a high-tech solution to climate change was on the horizon, and an Oregon company was leading the way. It seemed almost too good to be true.
"And it was.
"Turns out, NuScale was a #HouseOfCards. The UAMPS project’s price tag more than doubled and the timeline was pushed back repeatedly until it was seven years behind schedule. Finally, UAMPS saw the writing on the wall and wisely backed out in November, 2023.
"After losing their customer, NuScale’s stock plunged, it laid off nearly a third of its workforce, and it was sued by its investors and investigated for investor fraud. Then its CEO sold off most of his stock shares.
"NuScale’s project is the latest in a long line of failed nuclear fantasies.
"Why should you care? A different nuclear company, #XEnergy, now in partnership with #AmazonCorp, wants to build and operate small modular #nuclear reactors [#SMRs] near the #ColumbiaRiver, 250 miles upriver from #PortlandOR. #BillGates’s darling, the #Natrium reactor in #Wyoming is also plowing ahead. Both proposals are raking in the Inflation Reduction Act and other taxpayer funded subsidies. The danger: Money and time wasted on these #FalseSolutions to the #ClimateCrisis divert public resources from #renewables, #EnergyEfficiency and other faster, more cost-efficient and safer ways to address the climate crisis.
"A recent study from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis concluded that small modular nuclear reactors are still too expensive, too slow to build and too risky to respond to the climate crisis.
"While the nuclear industry tries to pass itself off as 'clean,' it is an extremely dirty technology, beginning with #UraniumMining and #UraniumMilling which decimates #IndigenousLands. Small modular nuclear reactors produce two to thirty times the radioactive waste of older nuclear designs, waste for which we have no safe, long-term disposal site. Any community that hosts a nuclear reactor will likely be saddled with its radioactive waste – forever. This harm falls disproportionately on #Indigenous and #LowIncome communities.
:For those of us downriver, X-Energy’s plans to build at the Hanford Nuclear Site on the Columbia flies in the face of reason, as it would add more nuclear waste to the country’s largest nuclear cleanup site.
"In #Oregon, we have a state moratorium on building nuclear reactors until there is a vote of the people and a national waste repository. Every few years, the nuclear industry attempts to overturn this law at the Oregon Legislature, but so far it has been unsuccessful. This August, Umatilla County Commissioners announced they’ll attempt another legislative effort to overturn the moratorium. Keeping this moratorium is wise, given the dangerous distraction posed by the false solution of small modular nuclear reactors. Let’s learn from the NuScale debacle and keep our focus on a just transition to a clean energy future–one in which nuclear power clearly has no place."
#EnvironmentalRacism #HoltecLies
#NuclearLies #TEPCOLied
#NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #Hanford #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies -
The Rise and Fall of #NuScale: a nuclear cautionary tale
Kelly Campbell
October 29, 2024"A decade ago, NuScale, the Oregon-based small modular nuclear company born at Oregon State University, was on a roll. Promising a new era of nuclear reactors that were cheaper, easier to build and safer, their Star Wars-inspired artist renditions of a yet to be built reactor gleamed like a magic bullet.
"As of last year, NuScale was the furthest along of any reactor design in obtaining Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing and was planning to build the first small modular nuclear reactor in the United States. Its plan was to build it in Idaho to serve energy to a consortium of small public utility districts in Utah and elsewhere, known as #UAMPS.
"This home-grown Oregon company was lauded in local and national media. According to project backers, a high-tech solution to climate change was on the horizon, and an Oregon company was leading the way. It seemed almost too good to be true.
"And it was.
"Turns out, NuScale was a #HouseOfCards. The UAMPS project’s price tag more than doubled and the timeline was pushed back repeatedly until it was seven years behind schedule. Finally, UAMPS saw the writing on the wall and wisely backed out in November, 2023.
"After losing their customer, NuScale’s stock plunged, it laid off nearly a third of its workforce, and it was sued by its investors and investigated for investor fraud. Then its CEO sold off most of his stock shares.
"NuScale’s project is the latest in a long line of failed nuclear fantasies.
"Why should you care? A different nuclear company, #XEnergy, now in partnership with #AmazonCorp, wants to build and operate small modular #nuclear reactors [#SMRs] near the #ColumbiaRiver, 250 miles upriver from #PortlandOR. #BillGates’s darling, the #Natrium reactor in #Wyoming is also plowing ahead. Both proposals are raking in the Inflation Reduction Act and other taxpayer funded subsidies. The danger: Money and time wasted on these #FalseSolutions to the #ClimateCrisis divert public resources from #renewables, #EnergyEfficiency and other faster, more cost-efficient and safer ways to address the climate crisis.
"A recent study from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis concluded that small modular nuclear reactors are still too expensive, too slow to build and too risky to respond to the climate crisis.
"While the nuclear industry tries to pass itself off as 'clean,' it is an extremely dirty technology, beginning with #UraniumMining and #UraniumMilling which decimates #IndigenousLands. Small modular nuclear reactors produce two to thirty times the radioactive waste of older nuclear designs, waste for which we have no safe, long-term disposal site. Any community that hosts a nuclear reactor will likely be saddled with its radioactive waste – forever. This harm falls disproportionately on #Indigenous and #LowIncome communities.
:For those of us downriver, X-Energy’s plans to build at the Hanford Nuclear Site on the Columbia flies in the face of reason, as it would add more nuclear waste to the country’s largest nuclear cleanup site.
"In #Oregon, we have a state moratorium on building nuclear reactors until there is a vote of the people and a national waste repository. Every few years, the nuclear industry attempts to overturn this law at the Oregon Legislature, but so far it has been unsuccessful. This August, Umatilla County Commissioners announced they’ll attempt another legislative effort to overturn the moratorium. Keeping this moratorium is wise, given the dangerous distraction posed by the false solution of small modular nuclear reactors. Let’s learn from the NuScale debacle and keep our focus on a just transition to a clean energy future–one in which nuclear power clearly has no place."
#EnvironmentalRacism #HoltecLies
#NuclearLies #TEPCOLied
#NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #Hanford #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies -
The Rise and Fall of #NuScale: a nuclear cautionary tale
Kelly Campbell
October 29, 2024"A decade ago, NuScale, the Oregon-based small modular nuclear company born at Oregon State University, was on a roll. Promising a new era of nuclear reactors that were cheaper, easier to build and safer, their Star Wars-inspired artist renditions of a yet to be built reactor gleamed like a magic bullet.
"As of last year, NuScale was the furthest along of any reactor design in obtaining Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing and was planning to build the first small modular nuclear reactor in the United States. Its plan was to build it in Idaho to serve energy to a consortium of small public utility districts in Utah and elsewhere, known as #UAMPS.
"This home-grown Oregon company was lauded in local and national media. According to project backers, a high-tech solution to climate change was on the horizon, and an Oregon company was leading the way. It seemed almost too good to be true.
"And it was.
"Turns out, NuScale was a #HouseOfCards. The UAMPS project’s price tag more than doubled and the timeline was pushed back repeatedly until it was seven years behind schedule. Finally, UAMPS saw the writing on the wall and wisely backed out in November, 2023.
"After losing their customer, NuScale’s stock plunged, it laid off nearly a third of its workforce, and it was sued by its investors and investigated for investor fraud. Then its CEO sold off most of his stock shares.
"NuScale’s project is the latest in a long line of failed nuclear fantasies.
"Why should you care? A different nuclear company, #XEnergy, now in partnership with #AmazonCorp, wants to build and operate small modular #nuclear reactors [#SMRs] near the #ColumbiaRiver, 250 miles upriver from #PortlandOR. #BillGates’s darling, the #Natrium reactor in #Wyoming is also plowing ahead. Both proposals are raking in the Inflation Reduction Act and other taxpayer funded subsidies. The danger: Money and time wasted on these #FalseSolutions to the #ClimateCrisis divert public resources from #renewables, #EnergyEfficiency and other faster, more cost-efficient and safer ways to address the climate crisis.
"A recent study from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis concluded that small modular nuclear reactors are still too expensive, too slow to build and too risky to respond to the climate crisis.
"While the nuclear industry tries to pass itself off as 'clean,' it is an extremely dirty technology, beginning with #UraniumMining and #UraniumMilling which decimates #IndigenousLands. Small modular nuclear reactors produce two to thirty times the radioactive waste of older nuclear designs, waste for which we have no safe, long-term disposal site. Any community that hosts a nuclear reactor will likely be saddled with its radioactive waste – forever. This harm falls disproportionately on #Indigenous and #LowIncome communities.
:For those of us downriver, X-Energy’s plans to build at the Hanford Nuclear Site on the Columbia flies in the face of reason, as it would add more nuclear waste to the country’s largest nuclear cleanup site.
"In #Oregon, we have a state moratorium on building nuclear reactors until there is a vote of the people and a national waste repository. Every few years, the nuclear industry attempts to overturn this law at the Oregon Legislature, but so far it has been unsuccessful. This August, Umatilla County Commissioners announced they’ll attempt another legislative effort to overturn the moratorium. Keeping this moratorium is wise, given the dangerous distraction posed by the false solution of small modular nuclear reactors. Let’s learn from the NuScale debacle and keep our focus on a just transition to a clean energy future–one in which nuclear power clearly has no place."
#EnvironmentalRacism #HoltecLies
#NuclearLies #TEPCOLied
#NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #Hanford #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies -
The Rise and Fall of #NuScale: a nuclear cautionary tale
Kelly Campbell
October 29, 2024"A decade ago, NuScale, the Oregon-based small modular nuclear company born at Oregon State University, was on a roll. Promising a new era of nuclear reactors that were cheaper, easier to build and safer, their Star Wars-inspired artist renditions of a yet to be built reactor gleamed like a magic bullet.
"As of last year, NuScale was the furthest along of any reactor design in obtaining Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing and was planning to build the first small modular nuclear reactor in the United States. Its plan was to build it in Idaho to serve energy to a consortium of small public utility districts in Utah and elsewhere, known as #UAMPS.
"This home-grown Oregon company was lauded in local and national media. According to project backers, a high-tech solution to climate change was on the horizon, and an Oregon company was leading the way. It seemed almost too good to be true.
"And it was.
"Turns out, NuScale was a #HouseOfCards. The UAMPS project’s price tag more than doubled and the timeline was pushed back repeatedly until it was seven years behind schedule. Finally, UAMPS saw the writing on the wall and wisely backed out in November, 2023.
"After losing their customer, NuScale’s stock plunged, it laid off nearly a third of its workforce, and it was sued by its investors and investigated for investor fraud. Then its CEO sold off most of his stock shares.
"NuScale’s project is the latest in a long line of failed nuclear fantasies.
"Why should you care? A different nuclear company, #XEnergy, now in partnership with #AmazonCorp, wants to build and operate small modular #nuclear reactors [#SMRs] near the #ColumbiaRiver, 250 miles upriver from #PortlandOR. #BillGates’s darling, the #Natrium reactor in #Wyoming is also plowing ahead. Both proposals are raking in the Inflation Reduction Act and other taxpayer funded subsidies. The danger: Money and time wasted on these #FalseSolutions to the #ClimateCrisis divert public resources from #renewables, #EnergyEfficiency and other faster, more cost-efficient and safer ways to address the climate crisis.
"A recent study from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis concluded that small modular nuclear reactors are still too expensive, too slow to build and too risky to respond to the climate crisis.
"While the nuclear industry tries to pass itself off as 'clean,' it is an extremely dirty technology, beginning with #UraniumMining and #UraniumMilling which decimates #IndigenousLands. Small modular nuclear reactors produce two to thirty times the radioactive waste of older nuclear designs, waste for which we have no safe, long-term disposal site. Any community that hosts a nuclear reactor will likely be saddled with its radioactive waste – forever. This harm falls disproportionately on #Indigenous and #LowIncome communities.
:For those of us downriver, X-Energy’s plans to build at the Hanford Nuclear Site on the Columbia flies in the face of reason, as it would add more nuclear waste to the country’s largest nuclear cleanup site.
"In #Oregon, we have a state moratorium on building nuclear reactors until there is a vote of the people and a national waste repository. Every few years, the nuclear industry attempts to overturn this law at the Oregon Legislature, but so far it has been unsuccessful. This August, Umatilla County Commissioners announced they’ll attempt another legislative effort to overturn the moratorium. Keeping this moratorium is wise, given the dangerous distraction posed by the false solution of small modular nuclear reactors. Let’s learn from the NuScale debacle and keep our focus on a just transition to a clean energy future–one in which nuclear power clearly has no place."
#EnvironmentalRacism #HoltecLies
#NuclearLies #TEPCOLied
#NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #Hanford #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies -
The Rise and Fall of #NuScale: a nuclear cautionary tale
Kelly Campbell
October 29, 2024"A decade ago, NuScale, the Oregon-based small modular nuclear company born at Oregon State University, was on a roll. Promising a new era of nuclear reactors that were cheaper, easier to build and safer, their Star Wars-inspired artist renditions of a yet to be built reactor gleamed like a magic bullet.
"As of last year, NuScale was the furthest along of any reactor design in obtaining Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing and was planning to build the first small modular nuclear reactor in the United States. Its plan was to build it in Idaho to serve energy to a consortium of small public utility districts in Utah and elsewhere, known as #UAMPS.
"This home-grown Oregon company was lauded in local and national media. According to project backers, a high-tech solution to climate change was on the horizon, and an Oregon company was leading the way. It seemed almost too good to be true.
"And it was.
"Turns out, NuScale was a #HouseOfCards. The UAMPS project’s price tag more than doubled and the timeline was pushed back repeatedly until it was seven years behind schedule. Finally, UAMPS saw the writing on the wall and wisely backed out in November, 2023.
"After losing their customer, NuScale’s stock plunged, it laid off nearly a third of its workforce, and it was sued by its investors and investigated for investor fraud. Then its CEO sold off most of his stock shares.
"NuScale’s project is the latest in a long line of failed nuclear fantasies.
"Why should you care? A different nuclear company, #XEnergy, now in partnership with #AmazonCorp, wants to build and operate small modular #nuclear reactors [#SMRs] near the #ColumbiaRiver, 250 miles upriver from #PortlandOR. #BillGates’s darling, the #Natrium reactor in #Wyoming is also plowing ahead. Both proposals are raking in the Inflation Reduction Act and other taxpayer funded subsidies. The danger: Money and time wasted on these #FalseSolutions to the #ClimateCrisis divert public resources from #renewables, #EnergyEfficiency and other faster, more cost-efficient and safer ways to address the climate crisis.
"A recent study from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis concluded that small modular nuclear reactors are still too expensive, too slow to build and too risky to respond to the climate crisis.
"While the nuclear industry tries to pass itself off as 'clean,' it is an extremely dirty technology, beginning with #UraniumMining and #UraniumMilling which decimates #IndigenousLands. Small modular nuclear reactors produce two to thirty times the radioactive waste of older nuclear designs, waste for which we have no safe, long-term disposal site. Any community that hosts a nuclear reactor will likely be saddled with its radioactive waste – forever. This harm falls disproportionately on #Indigenous and #LowIncome communities.
:For those of us downriver, X-Energy’s plans to build at the Hanford Nuclear Site on the Columbia flies in the face of reason, as it would add more nuclear waste to the country’s largest nuclear cleanup site.
"In #Oregon, we have a state moratorium on building nuclear reactors until there is a vote of the people and a national waste repository. Every few years, the nuclear industry attempts to overturn this law at the Oregon Legislature, but so far it has been unsuccessful. This August, Umatilla County Commissioners announced they’ll attempt another legislative effort to overturn the moratorium. Keeping this moratorium is wise, given the dangerous distraction posed by the false solution of small modular nuclear reactors. Let’s learn from the NuScale debacle and keep our focus on a just transition to a clean energy future–one in which nuclear power clearly has no place."
#EnvironmentalRacism #HoltecLies
#NuclearLies #TEPCOLied
#NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #Hanford #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies -
Paradise in the desert Everything in the midst of nothing. rustyring.blogspot.com/2012/08/ww-p... #ColumbiaRiver, #GoldSide, #river, #summer
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HT @MusiqueNow
Trump Cancels Deal With Tribes to Restore #ColumbiaRiverSalmon
"Less than two years ago, the administration of President Joe Biden announced what tribal leaders hailed as an unprecedented commitment to the Native tribes whose ways of life had been devastated by federal dam-building along the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest.
"The deal, which took two years to negotiate, halted decades of lawsuits over the harm federal dams had caused to the salmon that had sustained those tribes culturally and economically for thousands of years. To enable the removal of four hydroelectric dams considered especially harmful to salmon, the government promised to invest billions of dollars in alternative energy sources to be created by the tribes.
"It was a remarkable step following repeated failures by the government to uphold the tribal fishing rights it swore in treaties to preserve.
"The agreement is now just another of those #BrokenPromises.
"President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Thursday pulling the federal government out of the deal. Trump’s decision halted a government-wide initiative to restore abundant salmon runs in the Columbia and Snake rivers and signaled an end to the government’s willingness to consider removing dams that blocked their free flow."
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-salmon-columbia-river-tribes-deal.
#FirstNations #IndigenousNews #salmon #USPol #ColumbiaRiver #TrumpSucks #BrokenTreaties #CorporateColonialism #SnakeRiver #WaterIsLife
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How the Columbia River Treaty Got Tangled in Trump’s Feud With Canada - Negotiations over the Columbia River basin could affect the environment in Canada and ele... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/technology/trump-canada-columbia-river-treaty.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #columbiariver(pacificnorthwest) #britishcolumbia(canada) #eisenhowerdwightdavid #hydroelectricpower #leveesanddams #trumpdonaldj #rischjamese #insleejay #treaties #floods #rivers #water
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Also, he made the first legal move to remove the United States from #NATO.
If he comes after #BC, he gets the rail terminus, #Deltaport, #Vancouver & #PrinceRupert ports: he will end the Canadian economy & have all the west coast ports. If he takes #Alberta too, he gets oil and gas. If he takes #Saskatchewan, he gets the rest of the oil and gas, and all of the potash. (Alberta would likely just join the #usa.)
Then he can control all the dams on the #ColumbiaRiver in BC & #Washington.
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#Tribes, #environmentalists gather forces against Amazon’s #Northwest #nuclear plan
Amazon’s push for small modular nuclear reactors [#SMR] is just the latest development in decades long fight over #NuclearEnergy
By Antonio Sierra (OPB)
Jan. 7, 2025"Chuck Johnson was 25 years old when he helped bring Oregon’s nuclear energy industry to a sudden halt.
"Fresh out of college, Johnson helped lead signature gathering and field organizing to pass Ballot Measure 7, which banned all new nuclear power plants in the state until the U.S. had a federally licensed permanent disposal facility. When Oregon’s only nuclear energy facility was closed in 1992, the measure effectively ensured that nothing would take its place unless major changes happened.
"For decades those changes seemed unlikely, but a new push by the power-hungry tech industry has reignited interest in nuclear energy in the region.
"Amazon announced in October that it is partnering with Energy Northwest to develop and build nuclear reactors in southeast #WashingtonState that would power its #DataCenters in #Umatilla and #Morrow counties. Amazon would work with its partners to develop and roll out a novel technology – small modular nuclear reactors – without brushing up against the limits of Measure 7 because the reactors would be north of the #ColumbiaRiver.
"For Amazon, SMRs would allow the tech and e-commerce giant to harness the immense, low-carbon [sic] power potential of nuclear energy while staying true to its climate goals, and avoiding the safety and environmental concerns that have plagued traditional reactors. More than 40 years after passing Measure 7, Johnson isn’t convinced.
"'If you can’t get rid of the waste produced by these plants, it’s irresponsible for us to – for the sake of some electricity right now – leave this legacy to future generations,' he said.
"Johnson is a part of a group of environmentalists, academics and American Indian tribes who are gathering force against a nuclear energy revival in the Northwest.
"Nuclear energy opponents argue that SMRs are simply a new coat of paint on the industry’s old problems. Like traditional reactors, they say that SMRs aren’t economically feasible and risk exposing people to #NuclearRadiation in a region still recovering from its World War II legacy."
Read more:
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/01/07/tribes-environmentalist-amazon-northwest-smr-nuclear-reactor-energy/
#NoNukesForAI #NoNukesForBezos #AmazonCorporation #NoNukesForTechBros #NoNukes #NativeAmericanActivism #AntinuclearActivism #NoNukesForBigTech #BigTech #AWS #Downwinders #CorporateColonialism -
#Tribes, #environmentalists gather forces against Amazon’s #Northwest #nuclear plan
Amazon’s push for small modular nuclear reactors [#SMR] is just the latest development in decades long fight over #NuclearEnergy
By Antonio Sierra (OPB)
Jan. 7, 2025"Chuck Johnson was 25 years old when he helped bring Oregon’s nuclear energy industry to a sudden halt.
"Fresh out of college, Johnson helped lead signature gathering and field organizing to pass Ballot Measure 7, which banned all new nuclear power plants in the state until the U.S. had a federally licensed permanent disposal facility. When Oregon’s only nuclear energy facility was closed in 1992, the measure effectively ensured that nothing would take its place unless major changes happened.
"For decades those changes seemed unlikely, but a new push by the power-hungry tech industry has reignited interest in nuclear energy in the region.
"Amazon announced in October that it is partnering with Energy Northwest to develop and build nuclear reactors in southeast #WashingtonState that would power its #DataCenters in #Umatilla and #Morrow counties. Amazon would work with its partners to develop and roll out a novel technology – small modular nuclear reactors – without brushing up against the limits of Measure 7 because the reactors would be north of the #ColumbiaRiver.
"For Amazon, SMRs would allow the tech and e-commerce giant to harness the immense, low-carbon [sic] power potential of nuclear energy while staying true to its climate goals, and avoiding the safety and environmental concerns that have plagued traditional reactors. More than 40 years after passing Measure 7, Johnson isn’t convinced.
"'If you can’t get rid of the waste produced by these plants, it’s irresponsible for us to – for the sake of some electricity right now – leave this legacy to future generations,' he said.
"Johnson is a part of a group of environmentalists, academics and American Indian tribes who are gathering force against a nuclear energy revival in the Northwest.
"Nuclear energy opponents argue that SMRs are simply a new coat of paint on the industry’s old problems. Like traditional reactors, they say that SMRs aren’t economically feasible and risk exposing people to #NuclearRadiation in a region still recovering from its World War II legacy."
Read more:
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/01/07/tribes-environmentalist-amazon-northwest-smr-nuclear-reactor-energy/
#NoNukesForAI #NoNukesForBezos #AmazonCorporation #NoNukesForTechBros #NoNukes #NativeAmericanActivism #AntinuclearActivism #NoNukesForBigTech #BigTech #AWS #Downwinders #CorporateColonialism -
#Tribes, #environmentalists gather forces against Amazon’s #Northwest #nuclear plan
Amazon’s push for small modular nuclear reactors [#SMR] is just the latest development in decades long fight over #NuclearEnergy
By Antonio Sierra (OPB)
Jan. 7, 2025"Chuck Johnson was 25 years old when he helped bring Oregon’s nuclear energy industry to a sudden halt.
"Fresh out of college, Johnson helped lead signature gathering and field organizing to pass Ballot Measure 7, which banned all new nuclear power plants in the state until the U.S. had a federally licensed permanent disposal facility. When Oregon’s only nuclear energy facility was closed in 1992, the measure effectively ensured that nothing would take its place unless major changes happened.
"For decades those changes seemed unlikely, but a new push by the power-hungry tech industry has reignited interest in nuclear energy in the region.
"Amazon announced in October that it is partnering with Energy Northwest to develop and build nuclear reactors in southeast #WashingtonState that would power its #DataCenters in #Umatilla and #Morrow counties. Amazon would work with its partners to develop and roll out a novel technology – small modular nuclear reactors – without brushing up against the limits of Measure 7 because the reactors would be north of the #ColumbiaRiver.
"For Amazon, SMRs would allow the tech and e-commerce giant to harness the immense, low-carbon [sic] power potential of nuclear energy while staying true to its climate goals, and avoiding the safety and environmental concerns that have plagued traditional reactors. More than 40 years after passing Measure 7, Johnson isn’t convinced.
"'If you can’t get rid of the waste produced by these plants, it’s irresponsible for us to – for the sake of some electricity right now – leave this legacy to future generations,' he said.
"Johnson is a part of a group of environmentalists, academics and American Indian tribes who are gathering force against a nuclear energy revival in the Northwest.
"Nuclear energy opponents argue that SMRs are simply a new coat of paint on the industry’s old problems. Like traditional reactors, they say that SMRs aren’t economically feasible and risk exposing people to #NuclearRadiation in a region still recovering from its World War II legacy."
Read more:
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/01/07/tribes-environmentalist-amazon-northwest-smr-nuclear-reactor-energy/
#NoNukesForAI #NoNukesForBezos #AmazonCorporation #NoNukesForTechBros #NoNukes #NativeAmericanActivism #AntinuclearActivism #NoNukesForBigTech #BigTech #AWS #Downwinders #CorporateColonialism -
#Tribes, #environmentalists gather forces against Amazon’s #Northwest #nuclear plan
Amazon’s push for small modular nuclear reactors [#SMR] is just the latest development in decades long fight over #NuclearEnergy
By Antonio Sierra (OPB)
Jan. 7, 2025"Chuck Johnson was 25 years old when he helped bring Oregon’s nuclear energy industry to a sudden halt.
"Fresh out of college, Johnson helped lead signature gathering and field organizing to pass Ballot Measure 7, which banned all new nuclear power plants in the state until the U.S. had a federally licensed permanent disposal facility. When Oregon’s only nuclear energy facility was closed in 1992, the measure effectively ensured that nothing would take its place unless major changes happened.
"For decades those changes seemed unlikely, but a new push by the power-hungry tech industry has reignited interest in nuclear energy in the region.
"Amazon announced in October that it is partnering with Energy Northwest to develop and build nuclear reactors in southeast #WashingtonState that would power its #DataCenters in #Umatilla and #Morrow counties. Amazon would work with its partners to develop and roll out a novel technology – small modular nuclear reactors – without brushing up against the limits of Measure 7 because the reactors would be north of the #ColumbiaRiver.
"For Amazon, SMRs would allow the tech and e-commerce giant to harness the immense, low-carbon [sic] power potential of nuclear energy while staying true to its climate goals, and avoiding the safety and environmental concerns that have plagued traditional reactors. More than 40 years after passing Measure 7, Johnson isn’t convinced.
"'If you can’t get rid of the waste produced by these plants, it’s irresponsible for us to – for the sake of some electricity right now – leave this legacy to future generations,' he said.
"Johnson is a part of a group of environmentalists, academics and American Indian tribes who are gathering force against a nuclear energy revival in the Northwest.
"Nuclear energy opponents argue that SMRs are simply a new coat of paint on the industry’s old problems. Like traditional reactors, they say that SMRs aren’t economically feasible and risk exposing people to #NuclearRadiation in a region still recovering from its World War II legacy."
Read more:
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/01/07/tribes-environmentalist-amazon-northwest-smr-nuclear-reactor-energy/
#NoNukesForAI #NoNukesForBezos #AmazonCorporation #NoNukesForTechBros #NoNukes #NativeAmericanActivism #AntinuclearActivism #NoNukesForBigTech #BigTech #AWS #Downwinders #CorporateColonialism -
#Tribes, #environmentalists gather forces against Amazon’s #Northwest #nuclear plan
Amazon’s push for small modular nuclear reactors [#SMR] is just the latest development in decades long fight over #NuclearEnergy
By Antonio Sierra (OPB)
Jan. 7, 2025"Chuck Johnson was 25 years old when he helped bring Oregon’s nuclear energy industry to a sudden halt.
"Fresh out of college, Johnson helped lead signature gathering and field organizing to pass Ballot Measure 7, which banned all new nuclear power plants in the state until the U.S. had a federally licensed permanent disposal facility. When Oregon’s only nuclear energy facility was closed in 1992, the measure effectively ensured that nothing would take its place unless major changes happened.
"For decades those changes seemed unlikely, but a new push by the power-hungry tech industry has reignited interest in nuclear energy in the region.
"Amazon announced in October that it is partnering with Energy Northwest to develop and build nuclear reactors in southeast #WashingtonState that would power its #DataCenters in #Umatilla and #Morrow counties. Amazon would work with its partners to develop and roll out a novel technology – small modular nuclear reactors – without brushing up against the limits of Measure 7 because the reactors would be north of the #ColumbiaRiver.
"For Amazon, SMRs would allow the tech and e-commerce giant to harness the immense, low-carbon [sic] power potential of nuclear energy while staying true to its climate goals, and avoiding the safety and environmental concerns that have plagued traditional reactors. More than 40 years after passing Measure 7, Johnson isn’t convinced.
"'If you can’t get rid of the waste produced by these plants, it’s irresponsible for us to – for the sake of some electricity right now – leave this legacy to future generations,' he said.
"Johnson is a part of a group of environmentalists, academics and American Indian tribes who are gathering force against a nuclear energy revival in the Northwest.
"Nuclear energy opponents argue that SMRs are simply a new coat of paint on the industry’s old problems. Like traditional reactors, they say that SMRs aren’t economically feasible and risk exposing people to #NuclearRadiation in a region still recovering from its World War II legacy."
Read more:
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/01/07/tribes-environmentalist-amazon-northwest-smr-nuclear-reactor-energy/
#NoNukesForAI #NoNukesForBezos #AmazonCorporation #NoNukesForTechBros #NoNukes #NativeAmericanActivism #AntinuclearActivism #NoNukesForBigTech #BigTech #AWS #Downwinders #CorporateColonialism -
An A.I. Boom Makes Electricians Flock to Central Washington - The rural region is changing fast as electricians from around the country plug the tech i... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/technology/ai-data-centers-electricians.html #internationalbrotherhoodofelectricalworkers #columbiariver(pacificnorthwest) #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #electriclightandpower #hydroelectricpower #organizedlabor #microsoftcorp #laborandjobs #datacenters
