To the editor: Fantastic information of dam removals on the Klamath River restoring its free circulation, permitting the return of salmon runs to historic breeding grounds and the restoration of native habitat because of the collaboration by many teams and businesses (“One 12 months after dams have been torn down, an Indigenous author sees a therapeutic Klamath River,” Sept. 11).
This previous July, I went on a rafting journey on the Decrease Klamath and loved soaking within the clear, clear, fast-moving river. The guides advised me that earlier than the removing of the dams, the river was algae-choked, with stagnant pungent swimming pools that wouldn’t invite a swim.
On our journey, we encountered a big group of Indigenous youth who have been kayaking from the “supply to the ocean” to have fun the unshackled river.
With the present assaults on the surroundings on the whole, this excellent news is actually welcome.
Tony Baker, Rancho Palos Verdes
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To the editor: This was a heartening report at a time when a lot of the local weather progress of the previous few years is being undone by the Trump administration (“The U.S. retains breaking renewable vitality data,” Sept. 10). Whereas it bends over backward to prop up the fossil gasoline trade, it’s clear that the vitality market — pushed by goal financial issues — is aggressively shifting to renewable clear vitality sources like photo voltaic and wind, based mostly on their decrease prices and faster pace of deployment. These statistics lay naked the folly of desperately clinging to grease and fuel, whose greenhouse fuel emissions proceed to drive local weather change, somewhat than working to speed up the transition to wash, renewable vitality.
It’s maddening that the present administration continues to work towards photo voltaic and wind energy initiatives. We mustn’t enable President Trump to ship us backward because the world strikes ahead.
Chad Edwards, Altadena
