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In a major shift, Northwest tribes — not U.S. officials — will control salmon recovery fund

The Biden administration punted on key demands from Indigenous leaders to tear down hydroelectric dams hindering salmon. But tribes won control over $1 billion for other salmon efforts.
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Cleaner snowpack could help slow climate change and provide more drinking water, scientist says

Researchers in the Northwest are studying dirty snow – and how cleaner snow could someday help with water resources around the world.
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Offshore wind farms could offset billions of dollars in climate change-related costs in the Pacific Northwest

Floating wind farms off the coast of southern Oregon and northern California could triple the Pacific Northwest’s wind power capacity while offsetting potentially billions of dollars in costs for utilities, ratepayers, insurance companies, and others who bear the cost of climate change’s effects, according to new research.

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Wildfires can make your wine taste like an ashtray. These scientists want to stop that

The U.S. West Coast produces over 90% of America’s wine, but it’s also prone to wildfires — a combustible combination that spelled disaster in 2020 for the industry and one that scientists are scrambling to neutralize.
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Fire as medicine: Using fire to manage forests, prevent catastrophic wildfires in the Northwest

As a member of the Karuk, Hupa and Yurok tribes, Ryan Reed has learned how fire can be used to restore forests and rivers, improving the ecosystem for salmon, elk, oak and hazelnut trees.

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US faces deadly floods in north-east and longer heatwaves in south and west

Flash flood warnings were still in place in parts of Vermont on Tuesday morning, as the state capital Montpelier’s downtown was under water and officials fear a local dam could fail for the first time since it was built, threatening further inundation.

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Could the Northwest’s basalt rocks help slow climate change?

Northwest scientists say the region’s unique geology could help the planet. To keep heat-trapping gasses out of the atmosphere, researchers want to pump CO2 deep underground.
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