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SEATTLE AP 鈥?The U.S. government on Tuesday acknowledged, for the first time, the harmful role it has played over the past century in building and operating dams in the Paci stanley cup fic Northwest 鈥?dams that devastated Native American tribes by inundating their villages and decimating salmon runs while bringing electricity, irrigation and jobs to nearby communities.In a new report, the Biden administration said those cultural, spiritual and economic detriments continue to pain the tribes, which consider salmon part of their cultural and spiritual identity, as well as a crucial food source.The government downplayed or accepted the well-known risk to the fish in its drive for industrial development, converting the wealth of the tribes into the wealth of non-Native people, according to the report.The government afforded li stanley es ttle, if any, consideration to the devastation the dams would bring to Tribal communities, including to their cultures, sacred sites, economies, and homes, the report said.It added: Despite decades of efforts and an enormous amount of funding attempting to mitigate these impacts, sal botellas stanley mon stocks remain threatened or endangered and continued operation of the dams perpetuates the myriad adverse effects. The Interior Department report comes amid a $1 billion effort announced earlier this year to restore the regions salmon runs before more become extinct 鈥?and to better partner with the tribes on the actions necessary to make that happen.That includes incre Bifa Jury awards $150M for Jeep fuel-tank fire death
Maine utility regulators have been warning of a big increase in electricity prices this winter. The problem is that the northeast is heavily reliant on natural gas for electric power generation. With limited pipeline capacity, the regions growing demand for gas cant be met.Natural gas is the largest source of electricity generation in Maine, followed by renewables mostly biomass, but also wind and hydroelectric. Maine had the lowest average electricity retail prices in New England at the end of 2013, according to the Energy Information Administration. Energy costs in New England are well above the national average, largely because the region has no indigenous energy sources, such as coal or gas, or large public hydroelectric projects.Maine also is unusual because residents remain highly dependent on heating oil. Last year, 64 percent of Maine households used oil to heat their homes, compared with 5.5 percent nationally. With dropping crude oil prices, h stanley cup eating oil prices also have declined, with the national average about $1 per gallon less than it was at its peak in Febr stanley cup uary.Still, natural gas is a more economical and environmentally friendly alternative, so homeowners, businesses, schools and others continue to switch their heating systems from oil to gas.But this further increases demand for natural gas. And since heating customers generally have priority for the gas sup stanley cup ply in winter, gas-powered electric plants have to pay more for the regions limited natural gas supply.
SEATTLE AP 鈥?The U.S. government on Tuesday acknowledged, for the first time, the harmful role it has played over the past century in building and operating dams in the Paci stanley cup fic Northwest 鈥?dams that devastated Native American tribes by inundating their villages and decimating salmon runs while bringing electricity, irrigation and jobs to nearby communities.In a new report, the Biden administration said those cultural, spiritual and economic detriments continue to pain the tribes, which consider salmon part of their cultural and spiritual identity, as well as a crucial food source.The government downplayed or accepted the well-known risk to the fish in its drive for industrial development, converting the wealth of the tribes into the wealth of non-Native people, according to the report.The government afforded li stanley es ttle, if any, consideration to the devastation the dams would bring to Tribal communities, including to their cultures, sacred sites, economies, and homes, the report said.It added: Despite decades of efforts and an enormous amount of funding attempting to mitigate these impacts, sal botellas stanley mon stocks remain threatened or endangered and continued operation of the dams perpetuates the myriad adverse effects. The Interior Department report comes amid a $1 billion effort announced earlier this year to restore the regions salmon runs before more become extinct 鈥?and to better partner with the tribes on the actions necessary to make that happen.That includes incre Bifa Jury awards $150M for Jeep fuel-tank fire death
Maine utility regulators have been warning of a big increase in electricity prices this winter. The problem is that the northeast is heavily reliant on natural gas for electric power generation. With limited pipeline capacity, the regions growing demand for gas cant be met.Natural gas is the largest source of electricity generation in Maine, followed by renewables mostly biomass, but also wind and hydroelectric. Maine had the lowest average electricity retail prices in New England at the end of 2013, according to the Energy Information Administration. Energy costs in New England are well above the national average, largely because the region has no indigenous energy sources, such as coal or gas, or large public hydroelectric projects.Maine also is unusual because residents remain highly dependent on heating oil. Last year, 64 percent of Maine households used oil to heat their homes, compared with 5.5 percent nationally. With dropping crude oil prices, h stanley cup eating oil prices also have declined, with the national average about $1 per gallon less than it was at its peak in Febr stanley cup uary.Still, natural gas is a more economical and environmentally friendly alternative, so homeowners, businesses, schools and others continue to switch their heating systems from oil to gas.But this further increases demand for natural gas. And since heating customers generally have priority for the gas sup stanley cup ply in winter, gas-powered electric plants have to pay more for the regions limited natural gas supply.