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Rivers are the West’s largest source of clean energy. What happens when drought strikes?

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Rivers are the West’s largest source of clean energy. What happens when drought strikes?

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Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 7 months ago

With rivers across the West running low, electric utilities must get creative if they are to meet demand without increasing emissions.

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We are at no risk of drought in the PNW. It rains like 3/4ths of the year

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